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E. 0. GOODRICH, OXTOFL
Towanda, WeAlaWayrilanuary 31,1849
Bear David W Itzsol , e Letter.
' The fetter which we imblish to-cl!t, from the
lion. P. VI-Warr, Open the sphject of Slavery and
the Slave Trade in the M 4140 of Coltimbia, Was
written, it will be seen, rather to impart informa
tion, only uccessitie nt Wa-hitivon, than with a
view to publication. We hive concluded, howev
er, to publish it as received, as the farts it contains,
would gain nothing by any remodelling they might
toceive from as. Reed it, by all means.
The Caney, for V. S. Senator.
We had no intention, in speakingnf Cul. Mssos's
eceithset in the caeca for SCnolor, to do any loins.
lice to ors Members in the House. Our excuse
for urn mentioning, that they too, manfully repudia
ted Simon Cameron, °b the meagre information we
then 'laid of the proceedings. We waited some
time to ge4 an explanation of the nomination of
Brodhead, and obtained all we then knew froma
correspondent of the Easton Argos. where the only
name used was Col. ILAsore:s. We find won uh.
mining the fall proieedings, that Messrs. W.ITTLEs
and Srocxwert, as well at some eight or ten oth
ers, united in , signing tr,pmeest ag,titi Sutton's no.
rniaatiotty. and' wet e deermlued not to support him.
This, with Col. Mason's fearless expose of his co 1-
due, undoubtedly prevented his nomination. We
are . also assured, that had be succeeded by the
.machinery of a WJUCLIS nomination, in receiving the
fell democratic Note, enough Whigs Were pledged
-kw him, to have elected him. manly stand
taken by our members, reveives the unqualified
soprobatirm of their constituents. filmy have pro
ved themselves, by their hoiesty and
firmness worthy to be the Representatives of the
intelligent and radical Democracy whom they rep
resent.
Canal Coamaaalssloner.
The Hollidaysburg, S:andard, speaks thus favo
rable of oar Senator, in connection with this Mee •
Col. Gomm' F. MAI.ON, of Bradfrod, is spoken
of as a candidate for the nomination for Canal Com
missioner. The Colonel is at present a member of
the Serrate, and has listing tidied himself as an in
dustrious, useful member, attentive to the interests
of his constituents and of the State, and a Demo
crat in whom there is, " no vaiiablene sor shadow
of lumina." He will divide the Fu`,Tiges of the
North with Mr. Gamble, and should he ritceire the
nomination, will carry into the Canal lloard a dc
gree of imlustry, ability and integrity unsurpassed
by any of "illu,trions predecessors. - "
A Pointed Basing.
George Lippniil writes many truths, and prints
them in his Qnaker City. gut he never wro:e 3
more truiliful or pointed saying, than the, following:
"Never answer a calumniator. If you wilt only
give a rattlesnake time enough, he will bite himself,
and die of his own venom?'
The efforts of the s andcrey may harm for'i time,
hnt they speedily recoil upon the inventor's Bead.
Live them calmly and tilenly down, mid your
memory will be revected, when theiri is despised
or for„gotten.
ILLINOIS-ELECTION OF GEN. SIIIF.I.Etg TO THE U.
1. Svc/ay.—The St Louis, Rept/144-ra of the 15,11
inst, learns by telegraph from Springfield, that Gen.
J.lxes SEUEL.I,4II:I4 been elected to the Senate of
the United States for six years from the 4th of
March nest, when Ind- 4et lkeese's Irwin will ex
pire. The vote mood; for Shields 70 ; Gen Vim.
F. Thornton, (Wnig) 2.5: W. B. o;th:a (Free
Boiler) I.
Judge Breese, it will be' observed was not a
'emendate before the Legislature. Ile was killed
MI in caucus the night previous. There, on the
'firsthallot, Shields received 33 votes ; Breese 27 :
-McClemand 8. on the SWUM' and last ballot Shields
.24; Breese 24, (three of• his friends going cky , er to
.Shields,) and McClemand 8 votes:
Cassius M. Ciao, E:q. through 'the columns of
the Examiner, purposes a convention of the Anti-
Raver) , men of the nest Spring,. for the pur r iose of
organizattic; with a view to secure Coe adoption of
some sae eof eniancipation in the new
ntion.
Procceitinrs of ttre LiorOn3l7 eo n e .
38111.1i.Ty
'Vresenr: R. MIX. Burgesal C. 1.. W A RD, M .C.1110171' R.
E. D. factNTAS YIN. 0. D. BA RTI.h.TT and E. O. 000D
fucti, Council—who took and subscribed the usual oaths.
On mouse. the Act of Incorporation of the Tiorough, and the
?set:lite Ordinances In knee. were read.
Tis Couneilthen elected W M. SCINT. Clerk cud Treasurer
--MIL MIX sa d W .El.o' ELI., Street Commis. *nem—
N. N. hem, O. D Battleit and D. It. bull. Fero ‘Verdeus.
'fit..Dartlett offered the bibwwg . rraolut.on•, which were
80 0 1 1 • 14- : • ' -
.itaral wed. That on th e anklerslatmling alibis ()cane.' the Street
Comm' meaner" - are 'damp' under obhaut.ana to vrov lc urea. the
somata and aide-vralhs licensing; to the advice and direction
+ of the Coasted.
Riaaitviri. Thai Ihr Rime? Cournmeconove he hereby ll:nrct
c.l tweeter into a wr-tirea alicrouweass wdls phy wc.ayto au.od
• and furnish sill iteemulitry apulicinro to iha ligoroasch pAutpers.
ha& pertnanekt and tresparacy. kw the camera year. wee i--
from 1.4 Feb. PO. to Pelt - 1 Ifiso nod to make such arraslg.-
risentwitit the physician who will tie the same ler the. lowest
Arrows's were presentel by .1 D. ruuslerionalt. fir services,
inwaintreti ; . H. Petting, clerk of elect:on, for
Blair. which were passed. •
,Ora moon of Xt. *ord. it welt
Resolved. 'Mot the Fere , * Cotnin-Wonero Iv motborized to
estedraer with tax-tatTers for suitable vire Mai& 1. Id or in
Aleet btt t• awl tophes to th•aknerts. sal o kir ..r , ttz.jii..e,e 3
llw‘itaidees. seaming in length inner; sant Moak. no tolk:ws :
Onktra to be drawn lin all Ftturkof B. axt under. aprhealtl• to
tkiut•-ut :tar's welts: ihr Wit ann• neer ki and ander Site
" 4 1 0 *PAN" oerial . 4mirar to the tales ei 1.111 and 1.60; for
ill sum. over CO awl wader 4N In he appl•ed 14 equal .amt
Int was 1M.11 1 61. end ISM; 0aVr1.4161 In "quit lettia•
itt the tales elite live row nr yearn. th • orernt ine:ua ee.--
1114h441111111 firentidOnv niaterVi. ro Eltenverl d-is pun.
,Ilese_rel Ilse milk shall he Ispd, melded the gurus • 1 4 1,11 telt bg
maven any riming wiek.
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On =sew of lit Bartlett. It woo •
illesalet* - 11willrrie is Inentstettihrira4 be laid mu,
foal' suislirrei foot Olt wide. lusvisartioper mei...awns mad '
iiwiel••• and in welts shall he p air nntrr. eoutnikielvd
midlarbst dieeetaa etas Wren Comutisigenters. •-.
ipaiiptionoC 116 r.. Ward, it as as
•lleii.4. 44 tftiu the llirlettmi•Weitterslw . ilit.etetl to lyre
ten dli,Tr 2irelp foreOriiikaviap sere** de...4y wok s .
auirittlt• rettisetnhs urn ennedled with.ahe
.6=aw li n t :Lcur,te ern stahei io rectors all sucks-es as
iiriett
On motion. C L.Ward. Bartlett and R.O.Ormultleliverte
appointed a roritrientitmesd the DovoughOnli
ranoocileinieiwigt WI the net"- - ;
Andomilacdmii•Arbit the ell ink rold nidikr Ire ourpuita•
. tit he plotted in din rharjz of lie Fire War.lcus. ,
Mit nate•cw. a.linatada.
elartcra Sub die Slavc !grata. in tt c !District.
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Dr..ta Sari—l have resolved to devote the even-
wri,ting,nu afetter a. urti the rutiect of S -
!cry artireglicirTatiejii tfirdistliet 'A r tie
'nmbia. Should you deem the facts l maw commu
nicate, of sufficient importance, I would be pleased
to have you prepare for your paper a well digested
article, placin; the", he4olpiii9ut
could not fail to eicile inteWt at this time ; arlr?ara
valuable aashowitqlhe state-of •puidici-srmtinieut,
in times past. -
7'l:© resolution of Mr. Gott as,you will tecollect,
did not contemplate abolition: It was aimed. at the
traffic in Slaves; and instructed the Committee to
report a bill, for the supponarioa of the Slate Trade
within the District of Colombia.. This s resoludas I
sustained, in couneetion with a. large' majority of
the Demoer.►ts from the free State:; and do most
heartily approve of its object. Moe South, or ntth.
colic Slaveholders who a'oeitt speak for the South,
profess to see in this resolution, a flagrant assault
upon Southern rights; and certain northern presses,
among which the Pennsylvanian . stands pm emi
rent, in their hot haste to do fealty to the power .
that 41:spenses patronage, have denounced it as un
constitutional. This.over-leaps the top of the most
ultra assumption of Cie South. It is a plunge - into
the lowest.derths of . sabservieacy to the Slave Pow
er, and excites emotions of pity and contempt.—
There is not an eminent Sou hem Statesman, Mr.
,Calhoun excepted, al reckless of his fame as to
promulgate such a doctrine. " Exchuice legislation
in alt c,sse trhatsoccer," is given to Congress by the
'constitution, over the District of Columbia. There
cou4l be no broader or more comprehensive grant
of power. No State has I..,lislative authority over
this District, and it - every sou hem State were toabol.
ish slavery rte. lacy , reill it must remain perpetual
here, if the power of Congress over it is denied.—
The propriety or policy of exercising that power at
this time, is a question about which ri:s.ht-mini ell
men may hones ly differ: but to deny the existence
of the power, and the constitutional authority of Con
gress over the subject, belongs to a class of Dough
tares, rare even among the official menials of
Power. " Such a _fellow should be whipped for
over doing—he out herods Herod." -
The traffic in Slaves as carried on in this Dis
trict, should in my judgment Le prohibited at once
—cut up root and, branch; but I am not of those,
who would vote at this time, for the absolute and
immediate abolition or slavety here I would sus
tain a bill for gradual emancipation, so fouuded arc
that uo injustice should be done to Unlit ideal ;nil
prir ate interests.
The District of Columbia, is wholly within the
ori4inal limits of the State of Maryland ; that por
tion received from Virginia, haring been retraced.
ed ; and to a proper uuderstanding of the merits of
Mr. Gott's resolution, it should be known, thht the
:rate of Mary laud has prohibited the internal slave
trade by severe penal statutes. No slave can be
brought horn another State into Maryland for the
purpose of sale, and the whole traffic ix diecounte
naticeil,'by a strung and humane public sentiment.
Thus the save dealers of Mary land, driven from
their own State, make the of. Wiling:on the
mart and head quarters of tattir' operations. The
-business is here carried on, in a manner that would
not be tolerated in the cities of . Baltimore or Anna-
Here slave pens are erected within sight of
the Capitol, and all the di-rgusting details of a busi
ness exposed to view, bcfare the Nation and the
would, from which the Maryland Slaveholder
shrinks, and which is made punishable by the laws
of that State. It was against this infamous traffic
that Mr. Gott's resolution was directed, and not
against the property of the bona slavehokler of
the District.
This subject has repeatedly been presented to
Congress. On the first day of" March, 1816, John
Randolph, of Virginia, introduced the following re
solution:
"Resolved, That a committee he appointed to
inquire into the existence of an inhuman and ille
gal traffic in slaves, Cairied on in, and through the
thatrict of Columb:a, and to rerort whether any,
and what measures are necessary for putting a stop
to the same."
By reference to the columns of the National In
telligeneer of that date, I find that Mr. Randolph
raged upon the House, the necessity n 1 providing
a remedy for a practice so heinous and abominable;
as making, this District a depot fur the slave trade
of the neighboring States, and enfo ced Ins resolu
ti,in by a vaiitey of remarks, conrludbig by the
ileclaratinn, that " if ihe business was declined by
the Douse, he would undertake it himself, and
ferret out of thetr holes and corners the villains who
carried it on."
The resolution passed without a division, and a t
committee was appointed consisting of
,one north
ern, and four southern tnerribers, Mr. Randolph
being chairman. At this period, many of the mos-t
eminent Democrats of the South, were. members of
the Ilousenl Representatives; among them I find the
names of Calhoun and Lounges, of S. C , Philip P.
Bar, , our, of Va., John Forsyth, of Ga.,. and Nathan
ill Macon, of N. C.: Yet Mr. Randolph's resolu
tion created no excitement, nor did it meet with op
pr siti in: - It passed without a call of the yeas and
stays: or any divi,ion of the liJuse. A s uthern
committee consented to take charge of the subject,
not dreaming that it was an invasion of the rights
'of the South ; rntreh less, that it proposed action up
on a subject, over which Congress had no consti-
Hiram] control: It did not provnke the assemblage
of a Southern caucus, to devise plans of resistance,
and fur the disolution of the Union. This resolu
tion covered the whole ground embraced in Mr.
Gott's, and its lungtte is no More courteous to the
Chivalry, than i.s.the 'preamble of that gentleman.
itando'ph characterized the slave trade within this
Distrito, as inhuman, illegal, heinous and .boxinalic ;
and those ergaged in it, as Moir's, *lime holes
and corners he would ferret out; and • his move
dent lo6kea to its entire and total suppressiors
'Again, in 1824, a Min:tonal Opted by raorethati
One thoussn !raf the reputable citizens of this Dis
trict, was piesented to Congress, praying for the
gradual abulition of Slavery ; and about the same
period, the grand jury presented the traffic in Slaves
here, as ri.grievancts The neglect of Congress to
suppress this National reprioach; induced the corpo
rate autheritieS at Washington 'o attempt it. in
1831, a city 'oritinarre eras Fumed, requiring of
those who - made the Ibtlyirii, and r&lfiosofifteres a
bilitiese, tO.Obtain from the Mayor ii Mei st;, ha ,
• o-bioh - ththe lila iinfnedlieharged the awn of tear
hiintroia-doll.mr; ati'idiiiort!'relii , e ;l>: s !iS• efficarify
o put a stop to the trill V s ibis' o:nil:la.:lei' vrt it
ailed by ttret dealers idllaves;and the district court
• ' d4o.cEt ed, i n tion had not th ority
us udable eforts th ,-. izeiti
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fity rter 4 .. v , .11y satisfied tlt s a rjorily ,
of, ..jh I.?' of 7., Dianct, woult plity, wail
for the immediate supprese.ion of this infamous
41414a1491414aradisal abolition of Slaveryit- ..
itell.":lliit bill offered by Mr. Giddings irt the e a rly
part oi the present setriun, was,. highly objectiona
ble, inasmuch as it proposed to admit the blacks,
bond * and free, to vote upon the question of the
man)innishi.frof SltiVeritstithim this Dintict:` 1 es- •
mined to - Mt. Giildinos I and to othe r s, immeili-•
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'atidylin — itt blit offetett; my strong- repugnance
to the hill, and/my regrets ihat he had eat given a
practicable character to dm* measure, by providing
for taking the sense of the legal and qualified so
tens of the District. 1, however, voted: in connec
tion with.a large proportion of the Democrats from
the free States, ognirr4 the motion to lay the bill
upon the table, in order that it might be referred to
the appropriate committee, -remodeled, and ;main
brought before the House in an unexceptionable
Wm. Had the motion to lay on the table failed, I
shenkl i mediately have moved, that tire bill be
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referred i the committee npon the District of Col
umbia. WI instructions so to amend it, as to allow
the legal 'iand qualified voters, to express through
the ballot box, their wishes, whether for, or against
the continuance of Shivery within this District.
On th 6th of January. 1829, 1M r. Minor, of Penn
ayilranial offemd.the lolowing accom
panied by a tong preamble, setting forth the out
rages and inhumanities practised here, in the pro
aeration of the Slave truffle : •
"Be it resolved. That the committee nn the Dig.
trict of Columbia, be instructed to take into consi
deration the laws within the 'District in reeprct to
Slavery and that they inttnire into the Slave trade
as it ezists in, and carried on thronch the District.
and that they report to the House such amendments
to the existipg laws as shall seem to them to be
just."
"Resolved, That the committee .be further in
strudel!, tat inquire into the expediency of providing
by law for the gradual abolition of Slavery within
the District, in such manner that the interests of no
individual shall be injured thereby."
Oti these res iltitions Mr. Weems demanded that
the qnestion, " wilLibe House now proceed to con
sider the same !" be put. And the said question
being put, i. passed in the affirmative : ayes, 101-1
nays,yo. - Nearly the entire Democratic represen
tation from the North, voted in the affirmative ;
and every member from Pennsylvania, except
three. In the affirmative wand recorded James
Buchanan, George Wolf. and Samuel McKean, of
our Stale ; Silas Wright, C. C. Cambrelhig and
Michael Hoffman. of New York. together with ma
ny others whose names arc favorably known to the
Democracy of the country. Mr. Wicklifi moved
"that the preamble be stricken out," and Mr. Al
exander moved, " that the resolutions do lie upon
the table;' which latter motion was :04, by a vote
of 137, to 66, nearly every Northern man voting in
the negative.- The motion of Mr. Wiekliff prevail
ed, anti the preamble was stricken nut, when the
first resolntinn was passed by a vote of 126, to 59;
and the second, by a vote of IR to 66. Onty
some three or four Northern teen voted against the
passage of 'hese resolutions ; anti from Petin.yl
vania only one name is recorded in the negative.
The foregoing brief history from the records of
the past, white it exhibits the growth of that arm
gant and dictatorial spirit, which now impotently
threatero the dissolution of the Union, will alsn,l
trust, atlimmish certain Editors at the North, ever
ready to do the work of Slavery, (at least sr) long
as they are well !mid.) to be more cantina.; in
tare, how they deal nut blows, least they fall upon
the heads of their friends.
Very truly, your=.
I). WILMOT
To E. 0. Gootlrich
Srure or StICIETY IN Tne GILT) fis:sunw.—Mr.
Ten-Ey)r•k, Anter.can Commissioner at the Sand
wich Dian& writes honte to his friends at Water
town. New York. under date of Angest 9th.
"I have Visited the limMns. some •forty miles
along what is called the American Fink of the
Sacramento; almost every yard is occupied. and all
are getting out quatititie I of ore. I have about
tas worth of gold dttst which I washed out myself
in the course of tweror three brims. I shall keep
of course al. a memento of vk hat I rargelf hare
clone in gold digging,. The effect of thisrtiscovery
will be bad for the morals of the country, and will
rain all its prospects as -a farming or agricultural
country • I would not again go through whit I have
to see the country. and I would not acltle to lice in it
for all Me gold in Ow mines. The mode of life is
horrible. and a more ilissipiceil and immoral set n
people !never yet mriv. People are nor-kiwi in
here from all parts of-the coast, and as soon as the
news reaches foreign parts, the worn of their popu
lation will errdarate hither,' l.pity any decent white
man who may live in this region six months hence."
BURNED VS ITER Biro —The Onondaga Standard
states that a few nights since. a daughter of HS,
Coming. of that place, was severely burned. in her
bed by her clothes taking fire fmm.a light she hail
been using, while reading,-in 'bed. It stems that
the young lady fell asleep. and was only awakened
by the pain oveasioned by the flames. She sprung
out of bed and in doing tso. her nightclothes took
fire. Her screams soon brought help to her rescure
X hired man burst into the room, and, With great
presence of mind seized a blanket, and' quirk as
thought wrapped it about the young la.ly and smo
thered the flames—not, however, until she was
considerably burnt -[
We trust that the frequency of these accidents
will operate as some kind of a warning to 'oung
'&11-'1:generally. The custom of reading in bed is
more prevalent than many caref u l mammas ima
gine, and however much Miss Rosa Mafil-la may
to pursue the latest nourelldle, she has no
right to singe her own pretty person,or set the house
on fire and burn up the old folks.
blovsat.c Faulkner. a well-in
formed member of the Virginia Legislature, from
the County of Berkley, recently made a speech of
much ability and embotlyints. important and ralna
hle facts relative. to the canseS. , of the di
minution of theStaropopulation in that faaie. The
county which ho -represents has he affirms, lost,
by evasions into Pennsylvania, in four months past,
.11 Valuable slave.: the planters in Jefferson. Clarke
and Frede-ick . have also suffered consitletable Ins-, es
n the same way: and he sets dORIN the an.
anal less to-the Vinginia slavelinhlors. hip the eves
it nof the ,bves, at $60,000. With:srlt discour
agement., I e espressos his apprehetts on that the
iastitutinn of Shivery " will sink under the weight
of its own : insecurity." and that" men will nt t own
saves if they mu.it . hold theta by so precarious a
t nnre."
MR- CLIC IN CUE .I. 4 r.Nrre —A further tle.nateh
7iroto Franklin, Hy.. oars in relation 10 the Whify.
LegiAlative noruinatioulast fluids of 4r. Clay for
the V. r Sena'e z
" Meerr haii beeri received front Mr. Clay. in
whirh-lurespretotes his willinitnem • to neeepi the
.nOmintion. It it undertabotl here that . Mr. Clay
:11aEr,:tta . paityytFitrral.Titylor of his mine to the
1,10 city n !Self pro
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Proceedings of the PCillea Legislature
Tr,
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smitpreoniid tiefittont • , ainstpais
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vi 4n Petkii.,ACct • 1.1 '74
- Um*. Sniper, RiciariVAStinCand Dinning
hail, for the etew coor*f , •
A number of petitions fiir the completion of the
North Branch Canal were preset:led.
law prohibiting the issuing 'dismal', nreeri.
The Senate preceded to the consideration of the
bill to develope the mineral resources of the Com
monwealth. After a short discussion, it was read
a second and third time and passed.
On morion,,the4Sentite +took up. the bill Inrri.la
ting Rail Itotalcumipanies, bin before the question
-watt takew.thwßenam adjourned., •
Hoesz.—The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from the Hon. Ellis Lewis, relative
to the subject of Capital punishment, and in favor of
the substitution of solitary impriaunruent ut the
place of the penalty of death.
Mr. Fuller reported a bill fur the completion of
the North Branch Canal, and Mr. Ball one supple
mentary to the net incorpomtiug the Pennsylvania
Railroad Co.
The resolution previously offered, calling on the
Canal Commissioners fur a statement of the annual
revenues of the several lines of internal improve
ments, and the amount expended for repaint there
on. -.as also adopted. •
The House reoutted the second reading of the
resolution relative to the bilk passed hist session,
and now hrthe hands of the Governor. without hav
ing received his signature, which was discua:ed
WI the. hour of adjuun.mein.
, H ‘rtnramin, Jan. 22, IR-19.
Sustrl r--21 number of petitions were presented,
amQna hick were several by Me'rs. Forsyth and
Small. relative to a modifiratinn of the law hi re-
•*artl to Ltrantitts tavern licenses
The bill to increase the capital etnrk of the Lyk
ens Valley Railroad C;mpany was then taken up
and discussed until the hour of adjournment.
Hocse.—The House met at 10 o'clock this mor
ning and after prayer and reading the Journal, a
great nun her of petitions were pretsented.
Among them, numerous petitions for the comple
tion of the Nord; Branch Canal, and the settlement
of Jamages.
The a•t rrlative to investigating the affairs of a
Rank," or §:wimp!' Inmitutions applying for re-char
ter, was then taken op and pwuged
IlannP-acre, Jan. 23,11849.
SH;ATF..-Mr. Mathiatt, in place, read a stipple
meni,in the act incorporating the Mine Hill a d
i•chii'lkill Railroad Company.
Th i Senate then took up and passed a resolution
that t 0 Clerk be oNpitied to ob:ain and present to
the Senate, vermin bills now in the hands of the
Governor. 'This includes the bills at present in the
hands of Gov. Johnston, chartering the Erie and
Oitio Railroad, which he says he will never sign
or veto. The Legislature, from all appearances.
intend to make him dp one or the other. as both
branches have reerrgnized the bills as laws. John.
won taking Shillta:s iii:lVe in all particulars.
i Hoc-s'—Quite a number of minnportant pirate
hills were reported frrun Standing Conimittees.
Mr Peace read in place a bill relative to. the
Berwit k Water Company.
• Mr. Redick. (Militia System.) reporteil an act to
revise the militia sr tent, arid to- pinvide for the
parading of no Companies except in uniform.
11%1:Rt.-Bei:cm, .I.m. :Pi. IS-19
SEN. try. —The S ;waker prPsente.l a.t omtnurilea
tins hotn• W tn. R. G! Presitleol of the W:l4'-
41:0011 COOl Company ; also, one from nwmbera of
the bar of :-.lleglieny couts'y, relx.ive to the rttiat.es
of Jud.:es.
The bill to etcct parts of Montzomery, Chester,-
and Berks into a new county. to be called Madison,
was taken up: the amendment of Mr. Po:lei:ter,
otfsred yesterday, %. as L lisagteetl to, and the bill
pawl a second reading.
IlocsF..—After prayer bythe Rev. 'Mr. DeWi . t.
the Speaker Irti.! before the House the 39th Annual
Retort of the Pennsylvania Bible Society.
Mr. Cooper, from the Committee of Ways a n d
Mean. ; reported the Or neral Appmpriaion Bill.
tir. Mye.s read a bill to erect out of parts of Wy.
°mitt_ and lai7erne comities, a new comi ty t o he
called " Smith." Ott question of reterence, a sinz
tzesti.m.was made that it be reterred• to " the family
of Sini‘loi." It was finally referral to a commiree
cuisisaiter, of Messrs. Al ia Smith, Wm. and
11.• Randle Smith.
The aimouneement of the Committee by the
iyealter. ocra.--ioneil a tr.eneral burst of mernment.
On motion of Mr. Fuller, the bill to provide for
tie emnpletion of Ale Nur h Branch Canal, wa.4 ta
ken up in Committee of the Whole, and reported
to the noose with amendments.
The bill proposed to create a new Stale loan,
to raise t 5500,000 the first year, the same .arnomit
the second year, and as match the third year as may
be necessary to complete the work. To pay the in.
terest on this lam, the tolls collected on the North
Branch Dir ision of the Pennsylvania Canal are to
be specially pledged.
It was estimated by Mr. Win. B Foster that the
completion of this canal would cost 81.009,000.
O.hcr engineers have estimated it to be one, two
or three hundred thousand more.
The House resumed the second reading and con
sideration of the resolution relative to the unsigned
bills Passed last session, within ten days of the ad
journment —when Mr. Schoonover replied, in a
strain of eloquent sarcasm, to remarks made while
this res Out ion was under consideration, on 4Veilttes
day, by Mr. Ball and Mr. Coryo; and in the course
of his remarks, gave an abstract of the political his
tory of the present Execu:ive, with appmpriate.
comments, which caused considerable fluttering
among the friends of the administration. After
sonic remarks by Mr. Ball and Mr. Herring called
the previous question. The call was sustained, and
the quelxion being "Shalt the main question now
be put," it was decided in the affirmative.
The main qu es tion thee being on the amend
ment to the amendment of Mr. Little, ()Berea' by
Mr. Ball. and directing the Clerk of the Ilonse to
affix certificates to the bills—it was not agreed to,
yeas 48, nays 49.
The question then being on the amendment of
Mr. Little, it was agreed to, yeas 49, nays 48.
On the question, "shall the resolution AS amend
ed be accepted," it was determined in the affirm
ative, y eas 51, nays 43.
The resolution re; adopted. directs the Judicary
Committee to inquire what action is proper and
necessary in the premises.
AWOM CY DEVOUR RD PT Wisyv EA.—A deplera
nceurrence took place in the township of nos
brough in rear of Cronwall T on Monday, Pith uh.
A woman residing in the rear of the township left
her home for the purpo.-6: • of visiting a neighbor who
lived at the disturb e of a mile and a huff or se.—
Not returning at dark as her hnsband expected, he
proceeded iu search of her, and on passing t7.rough
a piece of bush. he nt-erverl a couple al wolves
busily devouring something or other. lle chased
the animals Off, when, to his horror. he discovered
the niangled remains of his wife—in fact there was
nothing . leti excepting a piece of the ill.faterktro
mair's breast [ Corner la (Canada East) Frechader.
VIRGINIA Gm.n.—Commodore Stockton's gold
mine* at Whitehall, Va. hare been worked during,
last week by his new machinery, now, for the first
time in operation. Fifty negroe4 were employed
in the unit. mut the product for the week was
!FB2OO. niffi is quite ei t ual to California. being an
average of , 327 33 (holy to ea-lt man. This
will no doubt be greater, as the vein is worked
deeper.
A NEW Rorer: ro CALtrottsm—A etimpany i 4
now !turning for the purpo.4e of opening a new
mote to the nuitie. via San Juan River and Like
Niraia2na. It ka maid that a fewthoutantl
will make the Sin Juan River navigable to the Lake
thronah whit-hive:lm veg-els ran pa to Leon, a
!mutt! tow,' within iten wilt% of the iliwifie coaAt.—
Over thiA ten mile•, plank road or racial vau be
e*'ity wade and the scare Veil a ill be ,tittte 500
nine neater than t , y Cliagtef at:4 P.e , atua. , '
Proceedings of the' Xnth Congre.s.
n^.
Se
Ad). 221 2 5 .
;'.,SE ne.—After3fte Senate had been , dulyorgeu
ink ichaPlninitilrered up prayer. Sundty corn
plum ticne
rpnefieriAien received from die 411,Tecuttie s
Pepe . , nuff4 V... • ,
•i i .•:, ?,
,11" A rrretinorlatTfi .pr esented from e :
eiti7.Ensof
Brodlifilipmying Ccmmess to legislate infavor of
the establishment of a branch Mint in that city.
. ,Thekresulutiosavt-theliewitork,Largislaturetin
structing her representatives to vote against slavery
in the new territories, also against the traffic in the
District of Columbia, and agitinat the Texas:mann
of boundary, were presented by Mr. John A. Dix,
who afterward moved that they shoti:d go or the ta
ble, which waihttleptedv. ;.
`r. Ytilee said ihafthe resolutions were an in.
mutt 10 filteenantesathe Union.
Mr. Rusk also opmsed the resolutions.
Foot ilaid-he , wiliAl.favor of printing the res.
olutions,si that wtg a courtesy usually extended to
State Leabilatures: • ,• • • .
Mr. Dix vindicated the resolutiens.
The subject was ftirther diSated by seveititl mem
tiers, who also touched on tim slavery queStion.
Mr. Yidee reiterated his previous statement, and
was much opposed•to printing - the resu!utioas—he
said that the Union was now tottering .on its base
from the assoults and attacks of northern . fanatic..
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, endorsed Mr. Yulee',s
charge. He said that he would not rote to print.the
resolutions—when New York respeetedkesself he
would respect hcr.
Messrs. Berrien, Douglas end King, expressed
themselves in favor of prialing:
Mr. Downes spoke at Some length against prin
ting the resolutions ; he considered that the Union
was in great danger ; lie.said the South has been
denied the right to reclaim fugitive slaves, and
that it could not endure her grievances much longer
After some other discussion, the question to print
was put, anal decidedin the affirmative.
Hoesv..--- s The California and New Mexico terti
torial tills were trade the order ef the day fur
Tuesday week, and to cominuelbe order daily ; ex
cept on Fridays and Saturdays.
Mr. Wilson presented petitions from the Legisla
ture of New Hampshire on the subject. of shivery.
The bill refunding to Alabama monies advanc
ed to the troops, was brought before the House,
which after being amended, was passed.
Mr. Flournoy wished the rules suspended, that
he might offer a bill in favor of retroceding the Dis
trict of Columbia to Maryland, which was lost.
On motion, ten thousand extra copies of the
, Treasury Report on Commeree• and Navigation,
were ordered to be printed.
The House then, in Committee, took up the
general Appropriation Bill. Sundry amendments
were discussed, when the CoMmittee rose. Ad
journed.
Jantury 2-1.1819.
SENATF--Tbe Vice Prefident called the Senate
In order at 12 o'ckx.k. Prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Sheer. Petitious atii . meniurialspreseuted and re-,
lert ed.
Mr. Calhoun having reeoFered from his recent
iniliepo-ition, resumed his seat in the Senate
. this
animist!.
Afier the preliminaries were gone through with,
the house. Civil and Diplomatic bill came up for
consideraon, and was referred to the Committee
on Finance.
On motion the committee on the intheary was
diecharged loan the farther consideration. of the
ntemortal of Mr. O'Reilly. prayir e' , that Judge Muir
roe be impeached, for probibititighis telegraph line
from extending through certain parts of Kentucky.
Mr. Yule° submitted a resolution, which vras
read and agreed to, ilistructiug the committee on
Public (Ands to tale into'consaleration the proprie
ty of reducing the minimum price of the public
Mr. Donziass moved to take op the bill admitting
Cal,fornia into the Unica' as a State.
• Mr. Niles ohjected The session a :IS drawing
to a c:ose : and there were many bills which it was
actually necessary should be legislated mina with
out delay. The hill would give rise to many nice
points, and would consume the tt hole of the bat
:thee of the session
Mr. Douglas did not • believe much discussion
cvon.d ensne. Circumstances rendered it tvi2tilv
important uo take some speedy actin upon the bill.
The qnestion to taken. • but. no quorum voting, it .
was re taken and carried.
The substitufe previously ollered by Doug.
lass was stitxstilutett for the original bill.
Messrs Tn4 ey and Foote proposed amendments
to the bill.
Mr. Butlerloved to refer the bill and amend
mr•otsto the C Jumittee on the Judieary.:
Mr. Clayton:said that as the Committee opposed
the main featu es of the bill, he would st t
teT" est that
it be referred I a Select Committee.
Smnie delnu ensued, when on motion ot Mr.
Douglass, the all was referred to a select commit
tee of seven. 1
On motion the Senate then proceeded lathe con
sideration of the bill for this rettnetinn of postage.
Mr. Allen having the floor, spoke for two hours
in favor of low, postage, and ag.unst the ocean mail
system.
Mr. Niles briefly responded, and t!M Senate ad
joomed.
llouse.—The Speaker called the 110M43 to °Met
Journal read: Prayer by the Chttplain. Petit iont
and memorials presented, and rekra ed. Amon,
them was a memorial frbrn citizens of Brooklyn,
N. Y, ptav lug for a Brant: Mint in that city, and a
statement hem Dr. Edwards iu regard to imported
drug 4.
Mr. Ficklin presented the resolutions adopted by
the Legislature of the State of Illinois, iirtructing
the Senators and Representatives from that State to
favor the principles of the Wilmot proviso, which
were ordered to belitinteil. . • -
il l .
On motion the . nate bill, bstablishin7 a territo•
rial government in linesota was referred to the
Committee on Ter itories. '
Mr. Hunt moved the conrailemtion of the bill_es•
tablishmo• revers laws over Caliternia. After
considerable della! , in Which the t subjects of sla
very: taxation, Meftenn . war Sre. Were toncr:ed up-
On, the bill was refeh-ell to Committee of tne Whole,
and ordered to hePrinted.
On motion, the House resolved itself into Corn•
mince of the Whole, and took up the army bill,
A*.ter some time spent in debate, the cotnmi'tee
rose and the House adjourned.
WssniNcrivs, Friday, Jan. N.
Sr.xivr..—The Senafe,inet at 12 o'clock. as usual.
Ninvietnits memorials and petitions were presented
and disposed of.
Mr. Atherton presented a series of resolutions
passed by the Lel.tishuere of the State of New-
Hampshire, instructing, her Representatives and re
guesting her Senators to vote aLlninst the establish
ment of Slavery in the t eiererritories, and to op
pose the Slave truffle in the District of Columbia.
Also, approving of the vote which. had been 'east
upon these subjects bi . the Senators and Represen-
tatives from that State. The resolutions were order
ed to be - printed. . .
Numerous reports of Cominittees were presented.
tied passed upon, orison, them one by Mr. Breese
of 111 from the Committee on Publ:c Land', provi
, (Eng by a Kill forahe grant of the right of way to
the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, welch
was pas ed.
Mr. King of Ala offered a resqluion directing'
an inquiry to be mode into the expediency of reg
ulating by law the number and pay of the officers
.t onnected with the Senate, which wa' by unani
mous consent considered and adopted.
T e Senate also adopted a resolntion calling for
certai information respecting; the transportation of
the it by ocean Steamers to Bremen. •
A essage was received fiom the President o
the C. S.
(*hi inntion or Mr. Johnson of Md. the . Senate
took up for consideration the bill fur the *relief of
Dad-son add others.
Mr. Phelps apposed the bill, in a length• . and
able speech.
Mr. Renewly Johnson replied to him. nod mivo.
rated life bill with marked abili v. pointing out the
ren-ou. for it 3 ra•-ntg9 itt turca)le and etter4etil
•
Mi.JO biason having concluded, the fath er mn•
sideration . of the bill was postponed, and the S ee .
me wept iillaruxecutive-SessiOn.
'after
some time spent in the transaction of Ere.
entire builiteS4With closed doors, the Senate ad.
knurled.
~I.lflorse.:Tbe House met at the. usual ho ur.
Vie Speaker laid before the House - a communk a .
Oh from-lite Secretary of the Treasury, -which al,
ordered to be printed.
Mr. Ingersoll of Pa. from the Committee on the
;:indieary, m - whom 'area teleireAlfieliktkiin hr Mir.
Little. Clerk of the tidied States Distiict Court of
the Northern District of g et
the conduct of Jude Conklin of the:tante COUrl, re.
ported a rt4olution.authorezing an investigation into
the r use and giving the Committee powerte semi
for persons and papers. After -a brief diseussiarr
by Messrs. linlersoll, Ashm tin of Mass. and-Con:let
of N: Y. Mr..atx-kwell oiCootr.Wareitta•Eaned tw
the regular order of business .arid the entrjeat wa r
indefinitely postponed_ . i
The House accordingly resolved itself-into Com.
miuee of the Whole , upon th e Private calendar,
Mr. Broadhead" cir Perth. in rit e Chair. and duly eon.
steered lul passed sixty- irl,x hills. The Committee
then rcee and reported the same to the [louse. when
the hills were - all coneurreitju, and on motion the
House adjourned. - -
TIM I.o+ OF BRADDOCR . S. ote LIMO*,
(Ohio) Gazette announres the derails, at that
on _the 4th inst. of Semi Jenkins, a coloes i t than,
aged one hundred and
_fifteen years. Ile wa s u nt . a
slave, the property of Captain;Broadwater, in F;iir•
fax county, Virginia, in 1734: Ile drove his, ma.
ter's pmvisical wagon over the Allegany Ilciontains..
in the memorable crunitaippi of Gen. Braddodr.and
remained in service at the Big Meadows until
dose. , He was held as a slave until about lOyeali
ago, when, upon the death of his master, he w,
tire by a gentles an, who brought him to the
State of Ethics and thus released him from bondage.
& t oi l a fter his liberation he settled its Lanclaster,
where he continued to ra.ide enta-his - death.
thcrigh his bodily frame had given way he retained
his mental facalitesio the fast. It is.thenglit that he
was the last man 4 living either white or colored,
.who served in Braddock's expedition, in . 1755,
against the French arid Indians, and which tenni.
limed on the Ixteks of. the Monongahela. 12-mile.
above Pittsburgh, so fatally to the British' General
and his troops. and so-much lathe military - -septa.
Lion of Gen. Washington then a yotang Man.
. DoGs.—The house of Representatives of this State
yesterday, indulged_ themselves in another day-'e
debate upon the subject granting new power to the
Municipal of the State, with regard to
controlling keeping and kiling dogs. The stitiert
is so important and interesting, that the asseinbled
wisdom of the Commonwealth could not conclude
i:s consideration en the second day, and the WI
vial its amendments has been ordered to he
ed, and has been made the special assignment for
'this day at 12 o'clock.- - IfeskmAdrertiser, 25th.
COMPLIMENT DECLINED.-A number of the poli
tical friends of Governor Johnston. having &terrai n .
ed to present the lady of that dignitary with a 5 p„.,
tea-service, wrote to the Gov., asking the privil e
•of making such, presentation. The compliment
however was r ,, ipectfully declined, With a stigges
!inn thalthe fund be appropriated to the variong
charkable societies of our city. The fund has Fiore
been apportioned in.pursuanin, of this suggestion.
—Philadelphia Ler:err.
Coxvicstotc.— Henry Nash, woo while cleft; of
the s:eamboat Ohio Mail last summer, killed a
hand on board the boat at Bloomington, lowa, ka‘
had his trial at that place. The verdict of the jnry
was manslaughter. the prisoner was sentenred in i•
the-State Prison of lowa, at hard labor, .for seven
yeart , and to pay a tine of 510,00. •
A NOTFTER REVOLUTION SOLEIFE
Midtiletoirg ' in this County, on the 4th in,t. Thom
Granger, . aged R 3. At the age of 13 he elit offal 'ls`.
the service in the Alassachnetts It.ygiment n.. a fuel
and was afterward promoted to the .rnat of ED ,
'Alitior. He remained in the army- dwiag the war.
—Akron (Ohio) Beacon:
LATER FROM ST. DoMINGO—IVe 103111 from Capt.
CoT ot the bark Lite!, hich arrived y-z
-tentav from-the City of St. Domingo.. • wheni.e
sailed on the 2d inst.. that ~the. ties Government
were about to make an anaek on that place.. .Anut
2 500 troops had man-hetl fnv that purpose. and
2.000 more men vs-ere:4 , olN4 ott by water.- The L"ry
Ellen has bad four men sick ot fever daring the
passage.
A CASE wag rreently tied in Springfield tor the
reeovery of f.g2 50 for advertising. The payment
was re-reed on the ground that errors (lectured 0
the mune; in answer to which it was Pearled ilia.
the manuscript was so badly writicn that it was
difficult.to decipher. The ease was deeidell in h
vor of theiwintere. *The:defendants appealed to a
higher eoutt. These, facts we gather luau the
Springfield .Republican.
Cov. CAITTE.Ik DE 21.—Privaie adviers from Era'
tnckv concur in the opinion that Mr. Crittenden
i ill feel constrained by the :trop; appeals made
hint from many quarters. to resign his pi esent
!inn, with nearFy his whole lour years' term rtirN•
pink!, and accept a . positinn in Geri. Taylor's fat•'
incr. It is also enderstoothhat he prefers the low
est pkace (in rant.) .to the highest.—Tritime.
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C A LWOW-VIA WI VgION.--11 :IV. William Tailor. of pj
the Rithimore,M. E. Conference, has been •appoin• ki
ted by Bishop Waugh for the Califurnia srat,fin— -i.-?:
His coadjutor is Rev. Isaac Owens of he likitaii ill
...
Conference. . .w.,
• . 4The Chicano Demoart says 1101 sixty fire t 0. .,
of Pork have been brought to that City. from Bnr t i
falo Grove precint alone since the tst of Jauuary.. t 1
• ,-,,
Ilnn. Jowx 4 iSiti.ns, now in the U. S. Serwe_
he Free Soil cats litlate for Governor of Cooney lea
DIED,
ITEM3E2
nin, oh Monday las,
4:1
boar, aged abdut 76 years.
At a meeting df 17srow Longs,.. o; :t
their hall in Towanda, the folloifing pi - enable : pa
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas,lt has pleased Our Divine Father, hr
&dispensation of His Providence. to removeirett
EartlYill the fullness of age, and the 'enjoyment 0.
a greater share of the peace and blessings of
.rner
alify thah commonly falls to onr lot, onr beI.AA
and worthy brother, Col. JOBEPH ifiItIUSBERY. -
Therefore,
Resolved, That this Lodge while . it mourns
unaffected sorrow, the loss of a member Whose cur
racier shed a lustre upon human nature f aadotrw.
marked ornament to the Fraternity. mingle they
sorrow in this common bereavement, with the Ds- j
merons relatives, and the e x tenni vecirele of friends
whn hear of his departure with pain and regret.
Resolved, That inremulating his Vinues, we still; '0
live so as to honor our fraternity and afford ; to the
world the best example of a perfect Mason, Whs. , 3
honk is enlarged towards all ralnkited; and abo und' „
in the Charity, as diffusive apaiiii l deeessitift of °I " 5.
Nature.
Resolved, That4lie.tedge weal crape for der!
days, in regard fiir our esteem of our late bo dr,
and our regret that he has ." passed away.." -
Resolvag, That these resolution be publtshe‘i.
PUBLIC NC. ICE!
©L'.:l'era•mn indl•btnl to 14 late firm of !Icon'
Ilion, are hereby witirna 1 di it
dement it mule by thcser•nnd emeli of Pvbn•eiq
the accounts will be placed iu the bawls of nn oifinl• •
for immetlin e USTON •
Tow-anibi, Jan. .18111: C. K. I,A Dp•
REMOVED.
Iv A. cHA M . eutpectfully, inform -
tN
v V public that he has rllll34fea his establishment
the room lately ocetwied bY D. Vandercook, ss sent
flee. Inhere he vein le slerayn on hand to correct trig
inne-piere.. He offers tar sale his urge ago:Menem
Jeirelry at unusually 104 priccw. -
Tva•anda, .I.m: .3 F, 13 10.
I. Joszen