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E. 0. GOODRI'..s.H, EDITOR.
17;149:
Er . U.3OMMIFTBES OF VIGILANCE.—The
Democratic alkarilitutliumrmittee of Brad
ford county. hereby call a Convention to be compos
ed of rwo Delezates from each electiUn district in
said enmity, to be holden at. Towanda, on Tuesday
evening, February Bth. 1848, for the imrpose of elec
ting Delegatm.,to the State convention at Pittsburg.
on The 4th day of July heat, t nominate a candidate
fitr-Canal Commissioner, and hare appointed the
following43ommitibes of Vigtlauce fur the several
.districtsof said county.
The Committees will call meetings on Saturday.,
February 3d, between the hours of 3 and 8, P. M.,
for the election of Delegates.
We would enjoin upon the Committees the re
upoirsibility which rests upon them, and the necessi
ty of discharging their duty faithfully and fully
Tllle,'BrimarY meeting abonlil he called on the day
named, at the tr ysu al place for holding said meetings
at kome — place most c , invenient to tne democrats
of the district. Great care should be taken that avow
illitnocrat has notice of the Delegate ineeting. - tbat
all may have a chance of attending.
E. IFSIE +.l{A GOODRICH.
4;EORGE W. ELLIO FT,
E. W. JONEm.
A. D. SPALI.ING,
THOMAS MMEAD,
C. C. ORIOLE% ,
C. H. HERRICK,
'AVM. BLAKE,
•
NATHAN MAYNARD,
Januar) 43, I Kid. Standing Canmillet.
Albany—Arunah T,adhl, Benjamin Wilcox ;
Armenia—John
. Kitt Israel More:
Asvlntri —John M. Horton. Benjamin P. Ingham;
Athens pityough—L. H. Sherman, George Park;
Athens townshtp—David Gardner, N. Ctlininster;
Borlington--Samuel McKean, Hiram Gee;
Ca - titan—C. 8: Elliott. Asa Pratt, ji.;
tolumbia—Chas: Ballard. Isaac Strait;
IThrell—Maili-oin Decker, D. L. States ;-
Franklin—l H. Haynes, Ahira Gni;
I Wanvilte--Efun Bailey, (3. D. Boss:
HeVrietr—Alnion-Fuller, Jonathan Battles;
Lerov—lforace Stone, John Kelly;
Litehfietd—Cyrus Merrill, Benj. Ball;
Monroe—Daniel Cook, A. L. Crantner;
Orwell—ll. Z. Frisbie. Aaron Chubbuck ;
Pike—John Baldwin, 1,4 m. Hutchinson ;
Rome—Charles Forbes. Hiram Rice;
Ridgberry..-James IL Webb, Wm. R. Bock;
Sheshequin—Daniel' Brink, jr., Alfred Gore ;
Smithfield—H. Huntingdon, D 'rid Hill;
SPringfiAd—Elisita Knapp. Robert Bardwell ;
lipeipp..hill—Judson Stevens, Jerome Green;
sonih - oreek—Charles Lewis, Benj. Quick; •
Standing Stone—P. D. Havens, A. Ennis;
Towanda born'—Wm. D. Shaw, Wm. Scott ;
Towanda tp.—Nelson Gilbert. J. F. Ketchum;
Troy boro'—E. F. Ballard. D. V. Barnes;
Troy tp.—AlonzralMorse.j. M. Smith ; ,
Ulster—H. Vandyke. Edward Mills ;
Warren—H. B. Bowen, W. W.Bakrr ;
Wells-John Brownell. John H. Cole:
Windham—J. B. Wettter, B. Knykendall ;
Wyaluaing—Edward Elliott. Edward Hornet;
Wysoe--8. Stricliland, jr., .1. M. Reed.
°overuse* Iffesesge.
.On •otir outside, will be found the message of
Jormwrow, entire. It is rather lengthy, but af
ter previous inflictions, to be borne meekly. We
have no room to remark upon this document, fur
ther than to say that there are someillings in it to
be commended, and many to which
,t,ve object—
which corn pri 4es the et-sence of the usual criticisms.
«A. Good Time Coming"
The course of the Pennsylvanian and Washing
ton Union 'lately, afford the surest and strongest
guarantee that could be offered, that the Slavery
propagandists see that it is high time to pause be.
lore they have filly aroused the spirit and determi•
nation of the Freemen of the North. A mighty
change has been going on with them. A few
months since, and anathemas and denunciations
~wece dealt oat nisei the devoted heads of
the friends of Freedom. They were summarily
beheaded; topped off with a single blow of the
self-constituted executioners from the. Democratic
party. No quarter was shown them, but ono-Jeep
grave, dn•g by the stipenitaries of the administra
tion yawned to receive them, in common.
But now, bow different their Dowse. The organ
grinder has changed his tone. The Proviso rears
its hideous head in Congress, and Hale and Did-
dings utter their most diabolical sentiments without
a .warning sound flpm the Nestor of the Press. The
Pennsylvanian, too, which once considered itself
Pio especial guardian of the peculiar institution, is
silent.. An apathy' has apparently seized upon it,
evept an occasional escruciattng shriek about the
Dissolution .of the Union ! Do these watchmen
upon the walls of Slavery sleep? Or do they think
Wetter of the efforts of those who seek to secure for
Freemen and their posterity the' fair fields of our
nest Territory .! We trust they do; but we fear the
lesson they have learned has been an unwilling
one. T.icy have seen %Vir.mcr, and Pitrstos Krtru
stud Gjontsius,', arid numberless others lifted by the
'popular voice, tar above their power, baCked by
the influence of the administration: Under the
most adverse circninstarceS, they have heard a
voice which they dare not disrespect. Northern
men, erperialiy must pay heed' to the demand for
Freedom, or sink theinselves in the depths of po
pular:odium and degradation. The will'of the peo
pie lists had , no opportunity to show itself in its
suerigth. There have been occasional glimmer
ings.Of it to be sine, when proscription had attemp
ted to debat the champions of their kilt, which
shciW what will be its power when: aroused and
concentrated towards one object. It• esists in the
great hearyof 'the mass. tearly for .o c iion : roo t wo
to'those WhO - seek to disregard it.
tiretook place at Pittsburg
ork:Satpr.lpp inorning.last about two o clock, which
was - gaiteodmorectire- , -so. me fifteen bowie. &stores
ben burnt. The' enfire lcoLs is pmbablY .1200,000,
ot!,!Sftifclithere Wasp partial insurance. Three Per
stets were injured daring the fire• and one person--
a son,olJuilga-klaya--wati tilled, by a wall falling
upon - I'm/Ale Wes highly esteemed and has left a
wiliNefdingrchildrerl.
.C.6l,7l3atiobe - F: Sasua,'ooßradford county is
Aternneratie papers the
n ! iallicnexii*..pkt) Co l ornio o p.
et. .paiseat a • State, Senator g horn the
Boulfoni district! anif.etlnya a pin.' repntation for
ability and practical e4erienee. The nest can.
&date is conce.lcd to the:North.—Rciding fkm.
ERMI3
Wilms wash be Galatea by a Dbisoluitlea at
trel ar m " 11.0,41 -
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. f a c es,t i that the: eterm now atied (unite
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teary - f Slaltry, ends rink t permant
aline "tithe Rqinblic,idd we pose - now brielly
to consider the reasons urged, and also what could
in iliqevelithersati44 — Wilie ;~`lavlt s tsieir; talon
they dismember hennielves front the Confederacy.
We shall endeavor to treat the matter in as serious
an aspect as if the Union was really in danger, al
though, as we believe, -it was never upon • firmer
foundation than at this preieritmoment
presentancitnient Whet result utthsespeas ,
sion by thirteen of the free States through their Le
gislatures; that the Territory which we ',have ac
quired, should remain in - the same situation as
when it came into our hands, protected by law
against the introduction of domestic Slavery. That
the South, if they have not encouraged the late war
with. Mexico for the purpose of acquising new
fields upon which to enhance the worth of their
human property, depreciating in value, have at Yeast
looked upon it as likely to produce so desirable a
result, is now made strikingly manifest. They
have submitted quietly to the establishment of the
Jefferson Ordinance, on a number of occasions,
without manif.atting such feeling, and without rais
ing a single objection on the score of unconstitu
tionality or of infringement upon their rights. And
uow, when they freely admit that Slavery is prac
tically impossible to exist in the , nevi ly acquired
region, both on account of climate and the will of
its inhabitants, what new aspect is presented to the
Proviso That it should be so repugnant to Southern
interests ?" The only reason which recurs, is that
the slaveholders have looked with longing eyes
upon our new Territories, for an additional Slave
mart, and that all their professions as to the impro
bability of extending Slavery, are mere pretences,
made to deceive and delay, until they can obtain
a footing:there with their human ,chattles. Hence
to frighten the North from her, position upon this
question, by menaces and bravado; to make her
stand still, while they quietly and speedily take
possession of our newly acquired possessions, is the
reason why she attempts to put on such a treasona
ble front. If it succeeds, it will be but another ig
noble instance where the North has succumbed, to
the rapacity of the South ; if it fails, our Southern
kiends, now so full of valor. and iletermivation, will
quietly submit to their manifest destiny.
Each succeeding day, illustrates more dearly and
forcibly, that the South have much the greatest into
, test in pieserving this Union intact. They have sue-
I ceetled heretofore, by.,-the aid of the Northern De
mocracy, in monopolising the greater share of the
patronage of the General Government; while they
contribute but a small share to its support, and the
time is fast hastening when they will have to ap
peal to the North to protect them against the curse
which is now in their midst. Will they, by engen
dering sectional animosities, so alienate their north
ern brethren that they " will mock at their calami
`4, and laugh when their fear cometh I" Except
on this Continent. the whole civilized world look
with abhorence upon the institution of Slavery. It
is left for this Model Republic—a shining light to
oppressed. slavery hating Kingdoms—to foster and
encourage this evil in their midst. To whom. then,
in the day of their calamity could the south look
for support and succor? They comprise in their
population of eight millions, three millions of slaves,
held by three hundred thousand capitalists. These
three millions of human beings are held in a state
of bondage abhorrent to the instinztsNature has im
planted in the breast of every individual, however
ignorant or unlearned he may be. Hi!tory furnishes
us with terrible examples of the determination and
'ferocity which this class of beings exercise when
once aroused to action for their liberty and rights,
and smarting under the recollection of repeated and
long-continued injuries. Those who have no pe
cuniary interest in the institution, would flee from
impending, danger as from a pestilence. The three
hundrel thousand owners of three millions of infu
riated and maddened slaves would find themselves
almost alone in the midst of the calamity they had
themselves invoked. Their fair fields might be
laid waste, and their country be incarnadined with
blood, and the only effect of their appeals to the
North and the remainder of the civilized world, if
answered, while it released them from their danger,
would inevitably result in the effectual destruction
of Slaver..
While Southern men are entailing upon their
children the calamity, at the contemplation of
which they shudder. it is assuredly not their inter
est to cut them off from the support which the
Cation gives to their safety and their institutions.—
Every acre of Slave territory which is:Le/anted, but
pots off the clanger instead of averting it. Sever the
tie which binds these States together—draw a line of
sectionality between the Free and the Slave States
—and that moment the eflorts of fanatics, which
are now impotent to do injury, will become of ter
tibia consequence to the South—endangering them
by coutinued anal indirect assaults upon their pro-.
peaty, conducted necessarily with impunity, and
which Will create a breach heightened by rancor
andernnitY'
Theproperty of the South can only be valuable
in proportion to its safety ; to be secure it must
have the protection which the presence of the North
in the compact, and the true compromises of the
Cont.-tau:Nl, afford. -I A - dissolution of the Union
would render that property worthless, by affording
an asylum foe' the Slave, where be would be se
cure from recapture. A continual dispute would
be thus -kept up, which would be anything but be
neficial to the South, and be the cause of much as.
parity and ill•feellng.
This is a subject full of interest—we have par
sued but a single branch. It will be seen that the
value and security of property—the safety of their
own .firesides, and the future prosperty of the South.
depend upon their continuing in alliance with the
North. We shudder at the tearful consequences
which the unwise counsels of Southern fanatics
might bring upon their.owu heads. We have no
feeling for the South except of fraternity, and pray.
Heaven that her counsels mar be guided with wis
dom andjustice. The North cm* ask that Slavery
P hall not extend—that our Capital be purified from
-the unsightly slain. upon it.---and they will stand by
the South in every emeT,ency. To these reason*.
blesdemands, the greater portion-of the South are
willing to acquiesce—if,they.rep-diate the treason
which dares to think of Disimien, the Brotherhood
of - St:ilea it safe. •
Mr. Brat:rkra, it .. stiti 'by a Washington . Omee
pondent, valorised , to this Senate a Free Sailer, nod
one of the Semite's born Texas} it is also weenier',
entertains thezerune views.
The Cassias the T. I. Sweater
We I+ w • m , ..,., i•leapore, (from eirriljsiom I
dent 'ld iee . 4Des.,) the reourpu f
~sued Wei-Mir
.., ... - flees Senator,ollk .3,
in!tha dtimcr . -"us to nominate - , ate
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foi, II Sae . . ine 2d ballot w '''' Taus_
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itt gii'V . ~..2 ; Cameron, 22; . I .'- at ,-
cal, i.i—tantl there was some probability that the arch
' Vaguer iiill.liZecee7iii `s car
nation, Col. Nivea declared iultievivuod terms
that he and some ten others would protest agaillst
it, and should not, and would not, IA ider any cir.
mimstanceai :vote i Ills him; and ,is , the Gummi
terms' releiTed to 'and dinisinced the ',listener in
'Whitt hilnDr blifoDlKTlDDiedy . -Far.** Col. -Ms-
son dwarves the thinks of the democracy of this
County, and of the State. Ho represented truly the
feelings of his constituents, in endeavoring so no
bly to ward off itupendiui disgrace from oui Com
monwea ith. •
Finally, on the fifth Willa, llitoonno was no
minated, receiving 32 votes, to Cameron 27. The
power of the patronage which Simon bag wielded,
availed him not, and those only who have been
provided for at his hand*, will regret that he once
more sinks to the obscurity for which he was de
signed. The fangs of the viper lay in the perfect
control which he bad of all the patronage of the
General Government within the State and much
oat of it :—that will won bo gon6---and when it is,
there will be none so poor as even to hate him.
We could have wished that some other Demo
crat might have been selected for the empty honor
of the nomination—than a Congressman who has
been to devoted to Southern' interests—but we are
not disposed to find fault now, when we see how
imminent was the danger the party has escaped. It
has to be relieved of but a few more such excres
cences, to become in a healthy state.
The Cholera.
This dreadful and singular disease is making its
ravages in the South. At New Orleans the deaths
have been frightfully frequent. A singular fact
connected with the Cholera is the death of one
third of the Bth regiment of infantry at Port Lavaeae.
Texas. These troops left New Orleans befor3 the
Cholera had developed itself; but must have en
countered before their departure the causes which
produce the disease.
Our latest accounts from . New Orleans bring the
gratifying ir.telligence that the Cholera was rapid
ly decreasing in that city. ;Vicksburg, which has
sell - emit severely. is now entirety free of the die
ease; as is also Cincinnaui.
For C all fenalii.
Our young men, on Tuesday last, had the pain
of bidding a I , good-bye " to two of their compan
ions--W. F. Mansion and .1. M. Cou.rss— who
took their departure for New York, en route for Ca
lifornia. Many a tear started at the parting; and
they carry with them in their long and tedious jour
ney to their new homes, the thoughts and heartfelt
wishes of our entire community. We wish them
both, a safe and pleasant voyage, and a full realm.
Lion on their arrival, of the most flattering accounts
which have reached us, of that country..
They will be followed in the spring, we under
stand, by aeveral of our citizens.
Tbe Seatilaiprit Coxeslt4ee.
This body were to report on Monday last. We
have as yet no information as to the character of
the suggestions they offer to the South. We appre
hend, however, that nothing serious will ensue.—
We are sensible at this ,present writing, that the
material world has suffered no destroying shock,
and we 'are equally certain that no Langer need be
apprehended to our political world. Should any
great catastrophe be produced, we will hasten to
inform our readers.
Visite& States Sea►tae.
At noon, on Tuesday, 9th inst., the Senate and
House met in Convention to elect a U. S. Senator,
in Mr: Cameron's place. Oa third ballot, JAMES
COOPER, of Adams county, was declared duly elec
ted. for 6 years, from the .Ith• of March neat. The
vote on this ballot, stood as follows:
James Cooper, 66
Richard Biodhad, 62
Taaddeus Stevens, 3
ELEcrtoic or U.S. Sensrons.—Gen. Jackson Alor
ton, Late a Taylor elector, has been elected U. S.
Senator by the Leguslature of FloriJa, to supply the
seat of Mt. Westcott. He received the vote (sleight
Whigs, and all the Democrats. Mr. Ward was the
regular Whig candidate.
The Legislature of Kentucky has elected Hon.
77romar Metallf, U. S. Senator from the dth of March
next. He now occupies the seat vacated by Mr.
Crittenden.
Senator Mainsail, of Missouri, has been re-elect.
ed lathe U S. Senate by the Legislature of that
State.
A. F. Dodge has been re-elected to the United
Slates Senate, by the Legislature of lowa, for six
years from the 4th of March next
METROPOLITAN PILIGAZIN r.—lsrael Poet. Nassau
street, New York, has issoed the first number of a
Ma,gazine with this title. This number augurs fa
vorably for the value and interest of the Magazine.
Among its contributors are some of the best writers
in the country, and the engravings by T. H. Matti
son are well designed and executed. The " Me
tropolitan". is published at the usual price, $3 per
year, or two copies for 65.
Tut Onto LEl:me:runt ib iu more ditlicuities.—
The democrats claim the election of Wr.u.ca as
Governer, by 280 majoritY—reiricting the vote of
Lorain county on the ground of informality in trans.
mining the returns. On the other hand, the Whigs
claim loan ai the legally elected Governor, and so
the Speaker announced, after the votes had been
counted 69 in Convention. The Convention wart
broken up in the most intense excitement, amidst
threats - of tome. The mmerlias been taken up in
both houses, but as yet with no degaite result.
Otr.Vb invite atiention to the remarks of Col.
Dia,sorb on the revolution to relieve the Governor
firm the responsibility of approving or vetoing the
bills, Itelthaver Gonrthelast maks' by Gov. Shank,
in anothei'liohnin.
Mews. SrOarwra.r. and Vrrt-ruor of ens Aouse,
and, col. Swig, orth e Senile, hare our thanks for
their kini attentions'.
BllorMiOtits p panaticrua "_ cornea to us en,
lamed and improved in appearance. We congra
tetate friend ilartrorreas open the prosperity of
%duct' slid:slat sure index.
JoirlrisTOX's MA.Mirri
for Governor, is (twisted to 1e 397 votes
New York .ad Tree Territory
ti ler.
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r ion''' . FielMont e nd lioltnthrtailt to Ile &acidity
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17 i ere be any one s ubject olio - n - ilr 1161 1 14 pen=
ple of the State of New York approach near to unan
linty of. seinimeeirpit is ia.theirAired determinative
to resit the extension of slay !ry over territory now
free. With them it involves a great moral . princi
ple, and overrides all questions of temporary or of
political expediency None venture to dissent ;
and in the mere difference of degree in which the
',lliiirn;intt,teitiii(linalteniace, it hat mean power
fo even to the breaking diitins of the strong barrieti
. .panyAirinutiaation.,...This„sentiinent is not of re--
cent origin with our people. It was this sentiment ,
which, fitly years ago, prompted the abolishment of
slavery in this State. It was this - nearly unanimous
sentiment of the people which' was reflected, and
received utterance in the voice of our Suite Legis
lature at the penod of the agitation of the question,
on the admission of Missions, into the Union.—
Slavery not only existed at that time within the li
mits of Missouri, bat was legalixettwithin the whole
of the territory acquired by the U. Sates under the
treaty with France. The people of our State were
induced to yield their,assent to a compromise then
made whereby a State permitting slavery was ad
mitted into the Union, formed out of itrritory not
embraced within the comproinises of the constitu
-1 lion by the consideration ,that slavery and involun
tary servitude should be forever excluded from the
remaining portion of the territory within which sla-
I very was theretofore unauthorized. They yielded
the political advantage of slave representation, by a
portion of the territory for the moraltriumph of es
tablishing freedom throughout the remainder.
They are now asked to bemuse parties to the ex
tension of slavery over territory already free.
_Their
answer may be read in their past history. I be
lieve that it is almost if not entirely, the unanimous
deeishin of the people of this State, that under no
circumstances will their assent be given to any ac
tion whereby the institution ofslavery shall be in
troduced into any part of the territory of the Unit
ed States, from which it is now excluded."
Mr. Wilkins on the first day of the session offer
ed resolutions in the New York Legislature, lemon
routing against the claims of Texas to the territory
of New Mexico, and insisting u ? on New Mexico
being protected against Slavery, and instructing the
Representatives of the State in Congress, to votefor
securing governments for the Territories, and in
sist upon the prohibition of slavery in we Territory
between the N mires and the Rio Grande, as the com
mon property of the Union ; that it should be.pro
tected against the unfounded claims of Texas as a
part of that State,. and prohibits the extension of
Slavery over it.
The resolutions also re-endorse the proposition
of Mr. Gott, in Congress, prohibiting the Slave trade
in the bisttict of Columbia.
These resolutions passed the Senate by an unani r
mons vote; and the House by a vote nearly unani
mous. It is yet to be seen, whether Senator Dim
luso?" has enough self respect to consult the wishes
of his coneiiineuey, or lend himself to the purposes
of the South.
AccmnenT—Mr. Edward Carpeater, of Towanda
township, met with a serious accident, while hunt
ing in the woods on Monday last. While in the
act of putting down a ball, his"ritle was discharged,
and the ramrod driven thrciugh his hand, shattering
it badly. The bullet passed through the Tim of his
hat, close to his head.
RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT.-A man named. John Me-
Cafery, of Middletown, was mn over on the I tth
Mat_, on the railroad near Harrisburg; and instantly
Oto- The a National Reformer," formerly pub
lished at ilneesdale, has been discontinued for
wint of patronage. The editor has removed to
Carbondale, and established a Whig paper. :1
THE FINE SLEIGHING, which we have been eq.
jnying for weeks pail, is last being derinnyed br
thaw and rain. It has served its purpolp, we sup
pose, and has certainly been well improved.
Cot.. Amnaose H. Sty's'', late U. S. Senator from
Arkansas, and one of the Commissioners who ne.
gotaited the Treaty of Peace with Mexico, died
on the Ist of January.
HON. ALF.NANDER L. HAYS, l'resident Judge o
the District Court of Lancaster county, has tender
ed his resignation to the Governor.
FEARFUL ACCIDENT—WoxnEurrt. DTA PE.—On
Sunday last; our friends, Maj. Stiumel M. Mills and
Mr,. Daniel Glasamlie. tnok a sleigh ride to the new
town of Ashland, ou the north side of -the Broad
Mountain, in Butler township, about 12 miles from
Pottsville. When they reached Wasser's Broad
Mountain House, they met young Mr. Nasser, who
agreed to accompany them to Ashland. He har
nessed into a sleigh his fine young racing horse,
(valued-ai $l5O to $500.) and started after Messer.
Mills and Glassmire. In passim• some sleds, young
IVasser upset his sleigh, himself and his common
were thrown out, and his horse started to run.—
Messrs. M. and G. were descending the mountain,
when looking back, they Saw Waaser's hoise com
ing on the full run behind them. They turned out
and made way for the nuiaway; the horse passe d .
them, and about 200 yards further down, came in
contact with a drove of cattle coming to the Potts
ville market. The poor brute threw himself with
great violence on the head of a stout bull in the
drove. Both horns of the bull entered the horse's
body, one in the breast in front of the shoulder, the
other just behind the shoulder. One of the horns
a as broken off in the body, and the horse dropped
dead instantly, and in his death struggle knocking
another ox of the drove insensible upon the ground ,
where . he laid for some minutes as if killed by the
violence of the shock. The poor horse was,unhar
nessed as be lay, and . his mangled carcass robed
over the steep mountain ‘side. food • for the wild
beast, and birds of prey.—Polisville Emporium.
TERRIBLE SCENE ON THE Ice.—The ,Philadelphia
papers contain thrilling accounts of nn accident
that happened on Tuesday 9th inst. on the ice at the
Schuylkill river, near Fairmount Darn. A party
of persrms, some sixty or seventy, principally ladies
and children were upon the ice ) looking at the
Skaters, when a large cake of ice separated from
the main body,and was swept by the current to.
wards the dam, with those standing upon it. As
the ice shot over the dam, it broke with its own
weight, and swept down with it a lady. and two
children. They were rescued by a Qnaker gentle.
man, who ilisplayed great presence of mind, amid
the intense excitement. The remainder escaped
with a (lit:agreeable cold bath, but fortunately not
a.sinttle life was IDA. The scene presented was for
a time truly terrific, and most of the spectators on
shore were so completely frenzied, that they rend
ered little or no assista3ce.
The whistle of the Locomotive as it ploughs ha
way through our mountains, has been the cause of
m ;eh merriment to some, and alarm to others.—
Many of our back settlers have fancied it to be the
scream:of some terrific wild beast One man while
engaged in cutting timber s upon hearing the neigh
n(4he steam-itoniadropped his axe and ran fur his
rifle, declaring that a monstrous panther had scream
ed right out, within forty feet of him. A hunt of
three or tour days for the varmint, was the conse
quence. Aube last accounts hie beastship has not
been discivered.—[Deposit.Cottrier. . '
r Longstreth
Beat: FAILUREA,--The Bank of Norwalk and
Bank ofSandu,ky, Ohio, are reporleil to have failed
lIIEBIABILIi OF COL MASON,
Mile al Me Meese, 111:Satunlay J the s eli k
.
:111r. de
T. relative to 'l7' • a
AreetOrqsertaintrilis passalitric Jai! ,
gatikkilbre t . 4 ) ?4,
1 t:
at
-4 - shialtgote fristheisidefinite postponkient&theme
resolutions. I regard them ail of a most extraordi
nary character to 'the ponatilutio tl ii, and .
beyona juntialeigii7Ut at We
facts connected with them are.
It seems, that near the close of the last session
of the legislature'le adjourn
.ment,
within n days of its adjourn
ment, certain bills were passed by the senate and
, house of representatives, and ; presented to the gov
ernor jos his approhuition. - To home of them the
governor thought he Jeweived objections, which
vifoiild Babes hitifhiiiiithhelirliis assert oti and m.
consequence of his ill health, and the press of bosi
nee* which always attends the closing scenes of a
session, be coneltulethto hold them over for further
consideration until the present session, as he was
authorised to do by the constitution. In the mean
time, Gov. Shrink, owing to his increasing
and feeling himself unable longer to discruirge the
ddlies of his office, resigned it, and the duties there
of immediately devolved upon the speaker of the
senate, and to whom the bills in question were
handed by the secretary of the commonwealth,
who had chair of the executive chamber during
the govenor's indisposition. •
The resignation of Francis IL Shank did not
leave the state without a governor. The office of
governor iscontionons, and the resignation ordeath
of the incumbent cannot produce an interregnum
for a single instant.. The moment such an occur
rence happens, the duties of the office devolve up
on the speaker of the senate by the express provis
ions of the constitution, and be possesses for the
time being all the powers of the governor.
By the constitution, when a-bill passes both bon.
ses, and is presented to the governor for his appro
bation, if he approve , it is his duty to sign it ; if he
disapproves it, he is ound to return it within ten
days, (Sundays excepted) with his obj...tions, to
the house in which it ornisatetl, unless prevented
by the adjournment of the legislature, in which
event he must return it within three days alter the
next meeting of the general assembly—otherwise,
beoames a law. ' _
Now. the bills in question were presented to the
governor within ten days of , the close of the . last
session, which gave him time for consideration un
til three days after the commeneementof the pres
ent session of the general assembly, and the fact
that the duties of me office have devolved on en-
other individual, cannot change the provision of the
constitution, nor release the incumbent from the re
sponsibility imposed upon him by his oath. The
bills have passed constitutionally and r eg ularly luta
his possession, and his duty is plain. if he tip.
prove themy he should sign them ; if noyhe should
return them, with his objections, to the house in
in which they originated, as•directed by the curt-
Imitation, and as he is bound to do by his oath. The
resolutions under consideration proposed -that we
should call upon the acting governor to return them
without his objections. Thils a`rocedure utterly
unknown to the constitution. What power would
we have over them if they.were so returned ? We
could not proceed, under such circumstances, to re
censider and act on them under the provisions of
the constitution. The result would be, that these
acts, solemnly . passed by the last Aegis,' lature, would
be defeated without the interpdsion of the veto
power, and without being repealed. The constitu
tion is certainly not en defedtive rh its provisions as
to produce such an absurdity - . Besides, if we were
to pass these resolutions, they would not be obliga
tory upon the governor, and the legislature would
expose itself-to rebuke for transcending its constitu
tional power. In feet he could not comply with
them without disregarding the mandates of the con
stitution. lam therefore totallyi at a loss to know
why such a proposition has been brought before us.
01 the merits of the bills, I recollect but •little.
One of them I understand, authorises the ineorpo
ration of a company to construct a railroad from the
'borough of Erie to the Ohio state line, the object of
which is to form a connection, ultimately; with' the
New York and Erie railroad, It is said this im
pmvement would divert trade from our own wes
tern and eastern cities, and trade and travel from
our own improvements. Besides, that:undoes not
provide for the imposition of a tax on freight Over
the road, such as is imposed. on that passing over
the Central railroad. These objections may be
valid, and the &IBS perhaps ought not to become a
law. If the acting governor is of this opinion his
duty is plain; he ought, at once, to return it with
his objections, and theklby show himself the guar
dian and protector of the interests of the people
and of the state. Were Francis Shrink
and in the executive office, no man who witnessed' ,
the care and anxiety with which he watched eve ry
thing calculated to eflect the interests of th.) peo
ple can doubt what his course would be. But
perhaps the acting governor and his friends, after
the manner in which they ha-e assailed the veto
power, and the odium which they have endeavor
ed to attach to it, by denopncing it as the arbitrary
one man power, are ..unwilling to assume the re
sponsibility of exercising it, especially before he is
inaugurated. And this may be a device to relieve
him from the dilemma in Which he finds himself
placed. On the one hand the interests of the state
are involved; on the other, the interest, or consis
tency, of politicians who hate clamored against
one of the best conservative principles of thii con
stitution. We shall see which will prevail.
For my own part, I think the question under
consideration presents an admirable illustration of
the value of the veto power. and the inconsistency
of those wi o • have 'clamored against it. I ,shall
therefore norvotato relieve the executive from' the
responsibility ()fits exercise, and more especially,
because I feel that in the case, under consideration
A I I have nq constitutional light to do so.
-
FROM CALIFORNIA AND THE SALT LAGS.--From
Mr. George Smith, of the enterprising firm of Smith
& Bedford of this town, who returned from Coun
cil Binds, two days since, we learn that an express
mail arrived at the Bluffs, just previous to his de
pa-ture, fifty-six days from the Salt Lake. The
Mormon Colony are reported to be in a prosperous
condition, having a surplus of several thousand
bushels of grain and other necessaries of life. Mon
ey is plenty, a large portion of which is obtained in.
and brought from the gold regions in Colifornia,
either in the dust, or in Mexican geld coin !receiv
ed in exchange for the dust in California. 1,
The repoits concerning the richness and extent
of the gold mines, received by others, are hilly con
firmed by this party, some of whom are direct from
that region. bringing a large quantity of the yellow
dirt. By l this mail Messrs. Smith & Bedford, re
ceived from the Salt Lake, orders for mechandise
amounting to upwards of e-5000, acompanied with
the dust, among which was one package of ten
man's. These are the first orders received from
that quarter, and the opening of a new avenue of
trade to St. Joseph which must, be extensive and
phtifitabde.—St. Joseph Gazette.
Tim IsTaws or PANAMA is litely to become a
great quarter for trade, with the steamers running
trom Panama, to say nothing of the proposed rail
road. All the ports there are free, and the only du
ly on an it...sorted cargo is less than one per cent.,
the only exception being spirits end cigars: On the
Ist inst„ the repair of the Cruces road was 'o com
mence—Cruces being the point from whence em
barkation from the Chagres ricer takes place in
crossing the Isthmus.
Ma. AND Mae. RANDEI.I.--The celebrated Scotch
giant and giantess, have recently had a on barn
to them at their residence near Mineral Point, Wis
consin. whose weight at three ,days old was twenty
i
Iwo pounds,. This 6 heir fi rst child, and 'the tiros
saccesial experiment, ' n modem times, , in the pro
duction of a race of g anta.
On Satnnlay morn
dike of the Presbyt ,
265 Chestnut street,.
ter! to sever al atljoitti
amotint of rroperty
g last, a fire broke out in the
,rich Board of Publication, No.
';hilaidelphia, and ceturounica•
do-troy in_ a lar4l.
.fore it cuolkl be subdued.
.
.
Proceedings of the XXXLh Congress.
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i . WASHINGTON, lan. R.
t' . , rpm
.. to- ay until some time past the en s :
. , Aft ^ reading the juuntal and prayer by the
Cl* lain, mber r Ofpeuttona, on various subje ct ,
w preseld_htd, read and referred.
Berdiikellered a resolution protiitting for the
publication ofa-Synoptical Index of the Laws. , an,l
Treaties of Tnted States.. Lies
._.,...0ver under th e
iiireir-o-,;?r-t5...-mtr..... . -....-..-1 ~,........
Mr. Fitzpatrick offered a
_reps . ..ooot)
_to palipli
two thousand copies of Coltos&matfLaLtfie.-13:1.
The resolution gave rite to quite a spirited de.
bate, to which Messrs. Benton, Pearce, anal Dick.
inson participated. 'lts passage was opposed on the
plea that it was . an extravagant and unnecessary out.
Iv of theindire money. Attersome _further dis ,
iial,ifFonsawr,iftiaiir - WW
A resolution was ;dieted - Ay- 14r1, and - adopt.
ed calling for linformeatintr as 'to the amount of
claims held hi• the United States againntheChero,-
kee tribe of Indians.. ,
The-resolution_effered-yesteseey-by-blls—Vode t ,
„allt
woLu xl Ryas then taierl.,PP l 19 dr,till I. < • , <P L tsk .
praying CuropissiOnake tin . !rep Aii t i
cokmizationaifsach 4fricartk ai ' . , 0 ems:
Fate to Liberia, and such blares as rutty hereafter
be emancisiated. , I • ' ' 4.1.. V. VII . -iigl ,
bk. 1 1 4 erwood's resoldtion was for referring
the petition to the ludicarY Committee,
with in
structione to inquire whether Congress l iar power
to'make such an appropriation, and if sci, to type
a bill iti accordance with the petition.
The resolution was earnestly setpporie4 bylifirsrs..
Underiond andAletCalf, who took occasion. at th e
same.lime to advocate. the -policy of colonization.: .
"bit. Bale-spoke against restricting: the right of
petition—all classes.of our oilizenashouldiae:heaal,
without referen:e to color or condition- It was a
right guarantied to them by the Couraitution. l a
the course olbis remarks he-alluded to the inPlita-
I
!ion of slavery, dwelling upon its evils with. great
(knee. , .
ilgr. Douglass repelled in strong.terms, the hum.
tation that had been eo frequently raiserd, that to
thi Noah, and to the North alone, wasto.beattribn.-
ted.the present agitation on the question of slavery.
Merssrs. Dayton, Mason, Jefferson -and Berrien
followed.
Mr. Dickinson moved for the immediate pow
ponetnent of the question..
Upon ibis motion the yetis and nays.werecalled,
-which resulted in the ( alfirunuivo—yeras 21, nay,
23.
A message in writing wag received from the
President, at the hands otitis Private Secretary;
On motion, the Senate went into.F.seeutive s e „.,
sion. After-sitting with closed doors for some line,
rose anti
.Horse OF tt F.PRESF.NTATt vr.s.—After reading the
journal and a prayer b)%ilte Chaplain, the Speaker
announced as the first thing in order theconsidera
lion of the motion-.to reconsider the.vote by which
Mr. Goth's reschuuon teas passed—postponed to this
day.
The attendance of membersbeing unusually thin,
a call of the House was ordered, and one Bandied
and seventy seven members answered to their
mines.
By a vote of one hundred and ten yeas to sixty.
four nays,the.rloors were closed and further pro.
ceedue , is stopped, fOr the purpose of hearing the es-_
cuses a the absentees.
Alter a short time the absentees made their ap.
pearance, the doors Were thrown open, ,and the
*House proceeded to business.
The question to reconsider, as announced by the
Speaker, corning up, Mr. Wentworth took the floor,
but gave way to Mr. Stewart, of NI ichigan. and Mr.
Cincon, to offer amendment's to Mr. Gon's resul t) .
trot. Mr. tincon's amendment is exceedingir
long.'
Mr, BlcLane..of Maryland, asked Mr. Wentworth
if he would allow members front Maryland—on
both sides—to be beard on this question, before
taking the question to lay the motion to reconsider
on the table?. •
Mr. Wentworth refused, and moved to lay re
the table the motion to reconsider.
The Motion was taken by yeas and nays, and
lost—yeas 79 ; nays 122.
Mr. bletand addressed -the Rinse with great
warmth of manner. He said that he would . n ot
vdte for a law prohibiting the slave trade in t_e
District. of Columbia, for that would be tantamonnt
to the abolition of slavery : btit inasmuch as a Tatr
of Maryland was in force at the time thenow Doc.
trict of Columbia was ceded to the Federal Goren).
meat, which prohibited slaves from being bronslit
into that State for sale, Congress.should now eir
cise the same municipaLor police power over the'
District.
Mr..Smtth, of Indiana, followed • his remarks
approbation.appeared to meet with general approbation.
• The previous question was moved and sustained
Oe the motion to re-consider, the yeas and nays
were Called, which resulted in the affirmative—
yeas 149, nays 81.
- Mr. Botts then moved that Mr. Gott' s resolution
should be laid on the table. --•
The yeas and nayS were called, and the motion
was neFatived—yeas 94, nays 110.
Several ineffectual motions were made, when a
1 motion to adjourn prevailed. The subject lies ore.
.WAstriscrox Jan. 11, 1819
SENATE:—The Senate was called to ogle at the
usual hour to-day—a quorum *being present. Aher
reading the journal and prayer by tl:e Chaplain.
TneVice President submitted a conarouniration
fronfthe Secretary of State.
The Communication was read in such . a low tone
of voice by the Clerk—not an unusual thing with
him—that he could not be heard in the gztl!ely.
'A umber of petilicns were presented, read and.
referred, prayin. , for a still further reduction on the
present rates or postage.
Mr. Borland gave notice of his int6ntion to intro
duce a bill for the establishment of a port of entry
in Arkansas.
Mr. Breese reported a bill in furor of assignees
of Military land warrants. Read twice.
The Indian appropriation bill, as if passed the
lower House, was read twice by its title.
Mr. Renton's resolution for a
,coutinuance of the
Synoptical Index of the lax. s and treaties of the
[tiled States was called up, and afzer a brief di:-
cussion. was adopted.
Mr. Douglass m wed to make the till, namiutn;
California into the Union
. as a State, with the re,
[woof the Judititry Committee on the same, tie
special order of the day for. Monday week. Tf s.
motion* was agreed tO. .
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
• Housc nr REPE: ENT trivEs.—At 12 o'clock, the
speaker called the House to order. - The journal of
the Preeeding day was read and approved. Pray
er by the Captain.
The Speaker-announced as the first thing 'in or
der the resolution from the Committee on Print*.
in favor of printing two thousand extra copies of
-the Secretary• of War's Report relative to 'Buffalo
Harbor.
On motion the further consideration of the reo
lutiou was indefinitely postponed.
On motion. the Rouse resolved itself into . Coin•
mittee of the Whole.—Mr. Sirthh, of Indiana, in the
Chair—and took up the and Diplomatic lip
prppriation Bill. • . ,
Mr. Erubree advocated hisliuneralment reducing
and equallizing the mileage Of members.
Mr. Venable followed, andlcommenced by alto•
dingto the, well known mileage publication in the
New York Tribune, which he pronounced a very
small business from beginning to end.
Mr. Greedy obtained the floor for the purpose of
expl
McKay interrupted Mr. Groely. He Pia
that-injustice had been doim him. in the •Tribane
publication, but for all that, he a?proved of the.pub•
lication, and did not doubt but .that Mr. Greeter
was actuated by other and better motives than had
been attributed to him,
Mr. Greely resumed'and replied to the remarks
of Mr. Root. Ile yielded the floor finally to Mr.
Schanck - , who read the publication which.had ap
peered in the New York Tribune, in order to An*
that it was deliberately intended as a sneer rit - Co°'
gresi. Mr. S. attked r. Greeley if it , V.L.‘ li t't 3
sueer.i .