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15ree4ion In, Fre* Territory.
Ef O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Saturday, Jaunary U 185 k.
42 , 50 per anadak—if 14;10 wilttrts titp ye:yr !S01.1.11'! , ; 11/
ele•lt.eted ;ray:lvry SI 00 will be
do•htete.i. iNo 1,11... t Rrnt user two yetNrs. w.mt for. •
per Ni.inn. of tou .cv. iv( the
arm and 25 caw.; for each sul.setittent ittreshltt.
'TT fitch.r. in the 1'.1•113 Klock? tu•nts oi•te 01 the Nhtte
ettlogroeblvtrt door fn 11.-..lrortl lintel. tut react. broxcelt
WNW& A3annetnd ElkirciralaVr offiCOS.
Ponaillsontie besislature.
Leji , lature of this State convened on Toes
slay 144'. I'Ve have the liest Jay's proceedings.—
The !louse Was organized by the election of Jowl
S RU' as Speaker, by the following
John 8. )They, (dem)
John Acker. (whig) 84
Frederick Reel, (native) .1 4
'Scattering,
Senate was tmakile to effect an oronizatioa.
Every member was present, and three balloting,.
were had with the following, result :
,
tit Winn:. tkit r4l
John 11. Walker, (whig) 16• 15 15
H. A. Muldenberg„ (dem) 15 'l5 15'
Wm. F. Padzer, (tletb) ! .
'homas Carson, (whig)
0:1 the second and third ballots, Mr. liar"!...ton,
(qatire) from Philadelphia, did r... ) 1 r o t e , there
u ere two bca!tef ;ng Yoles, given by lilegirs. Walk.
Brand Mulact4ntrs.
The GorectiN's It...stage in cot:sequence, has not
been rec6ved. Tice Democrats held no caucus for
ofimrs of the Svm.tc.
We are gratified at the election of Mr. Rtivr, ai
Speskr of the [louse. Ile was warmly supported
by Me Nollbeta tnernbers, and besides being- well
i i nislitied for the has ever been the warm
supporter of the interests tf the Notth.
Ries:Am's ttiLeca, the Treasurer elect for this
County, gave the tieceorals, an took posses
-OM of his Awe on Muli,lay'lmq. It u ill be grati
fyin;; to the taxpayers to Learn, drat Ito has a6oint
e4/ Mr. J.1311:3 M. Pka:k. as his Deputy fur the entire
.term; Mr. Pr oc. having threogli t h e or-
Oto acklic of many col his tr:eints, to transact
the business of the office fur two years longer. The
seat and t-fii..;iency with which hts / has managed
the county aii4rS during the s.x years he has been
Jilt the Tieasury has given the public the• inmost
confidence in his integrity, unit will be a guarantee
that the li:witl affairs of the e'oputy will not fall hilt)
neglect or embarrassment. Mr. feet. is perfectly
familiar with all the details of the business, and it
has been mainly througli. his untiring efforts, (aia
eil.of course, by the promptness of the collectors
,arid uts-payers) that t.te County credit has been
sestained through the heavy disbursements which
have been necessary for three or four years.
The last Sorth Brandt beinocral contains the
vatedictory of lion. Grcinca: SANutasos who has
presided over its editorial columns for the past year.
This withdrawal,we are assured, is in consequence
of the pug having i exp**l for ',which AILS agreed
to conduct the paper and the pressure of other do
nee prevents him from continuing his labors.—
Whether the 'Democracy of Bradford will sink un
der the less, remains to be seen. Somehow, those
enthosiastic gentlemen-who take upon themselves
the task of enlightening; the Democracy of Bradford,
get disheartened' in a short time, and give oP the
job as a had one. Who wilt be the nest " Rich
mond in, the field P W hy. do not the goil-fathern
of the concern it once lteCClre the valuable serving'.
of Dr. 6ALtSBVRT "Next to the Senator, we believe
him the best qualified for the post of editor of the .
'DeMiltnit
(4-; We are gratiCeit to learn, that our member
~, cif Ctugress, has ,alteaily matte a favorable impres
sion upon tlits , meuthers of the house as a talented
• and - promising young man. We publish in anoth
er column, his remarks upon the resolution of re
,'•',colon tts Koss:o4 as reported in the Globe. The
Lolloiringparagraph weeut from the "I ribune, where
it appears without cteSit
"A Yoram Melissa op Cosoasss.--Galusba A.
Grow: Member of_ the House of llepresentatives
trout Pennsylvania; is the youngest member of that
body, being only twenty•sis years of age. He came
~,to Amherst College eleven years ago from the back
woods: of Pennsylvania, to commence his education.
Previous to that he had bean engaged in rafting logs
down the Susquehanna and in deer hunting in the
He soon took a'high rank id his class,
•
excelled as a writer and especially as a •declaimer.
- On leaving college, in 1843, he studied /law with
David Wilmot, end took the, stump for Polk and
Dallas in the year following. He is an ultra Demo
crat, and was elected to Congress last year."
•-•/. •
Oz Messrs Pecs, pvicros and Wsmes, the
Bnard of County Auditors, a're now engaged in Au
diting the accounts of the Comity. We bear testi
mony will pleasure to the efficiency and ability of
me s present. %aril.. IL is no disparagenieot to their
predecessors to any that a body has never convened
Tor a similar purpose, which transacted 'their busi
ness-tin a mite prompt and therOugh manner. •
Tine COINACt OF nit P17114E1. PHU bitat.-Z i rhe
roinalta of the I V. S. Mint at Philattelphia, for the
.'inonth of Deceinber reaches 'the large sum of
t and the deposits of California (101k15.5,.
593 4 000 Both these surname unprecedentedly large.
- 1 he tail gold Coinage for the year llpt,
_amounts
14 $51 ; 143,416,and " the aggregate coinage for the
year is 652,889,83 The totalliumber of deposit.
ots Ot gold is 14,00 and of silvol 355.
rt, Bomea's CABIN T.-11 is announced, and we
Apiht not, correctly that Gov. Bigler has made the
• lirilowlng selections fir his Cabinet.
;.1010s -Vogitra, Are, of Schuylkill county,
-,Srtetery,otthe common tresl4,
lion. James .protebelf * a Philadelphia * Attorney
-1 KA 2 TtlfaT *s*Alim —th def , , Ncntackjt,
-.TargiSitinp, (tit TneOsh. Hon. Agetnituo, Dixon,
;; ; IMA l 4c4• 3 4.onited 44tuili..Senalos, w place! 9r Hon.
te l 4 ll 4,__ Mo.iervi) 14 it bid
; 1 0 -000 0-.Paloit Pimarti - 4reflieling) S.
C, 1 4 1.. k1ef417 1 iM4 1 34* apt tsko,eitici
tiro fiat shaeltr:Jos ketplabermext. •
MEd
DumatsTtclisfrattim , Cosomertoo;•.Tbertiad
liana! Demoetatic Committee- met at Washington
ors Friday la!sl, , witit a, representation from ertery
State, The that tlay of hoe milt was !giteeilittiif
Min* as Ate . plimtVfoi
-holding OM Dentoeratie 'ltatitnaul Convetnioai'
fl as
repteient - the health ofMr. Chi ee
rurnewhat inputted. fie :la his bed for several
iktfilm'fartnriftlyilita es ritekiell htf
in the views of toe Pletident in his reply taGer.
Kotou.h.
TI I E A 114 E Coo sTir . IPPIpa7
3ea, Year 6 a'ree4 fiaticlekirite triefit: We Bit
rejoiced otsoels_ otriiieugo of prooperity-so--our• eo.
temporaries. . . . .
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0...1.' The Delegate Election in the city and corn•
ry of Philadelphia on Monday last, resulted in the
election pi Delegate.' favorable to 'Mr. trguanmi.
York and Cumberland have ab i o instructed fen him.
WYOMING Coven —The' Demociate of ;Wyo.
ming county hare elected Dr. J. W. Dertniion their
Delegate to the State Conveuliun, Eir.ll instructed
him for Mt. BUCHANAN-.
Remarks of Mr. GROW.
Me Resolution of Welcome to Gov.Lovis Kossc-ra,
being before the House of Representatives, on
Wednesday. December 31st—
• 11111 GROW said, it nes not my isurpotw thus
early in the session do mingle in the'tuales t'si this
Hall, nor would I at this late tone o f ;he day troub
le the House with a"; remarks but for the charge
that bas
,1 111 1 .7...nen .11:tin the lips of the gi-ntleman
!foo l ] Lcannot refrain
replying,,when 1 have the words of Kossuth
to Jo it with. Let his own language defend him
against the chargE of audacity. He comes here
advocating the rights of erualied humanity and the
cause of his native land, and asks the American
people for their aid against the despots of his.coon
try. Frankly he lays his claims and wishes before
his hearers, and asksitteir consideration. He asks
them as men standing , ander. ttte shadow of Wash
ington, to consider the cause of humanity: and ,for
this he has charged with being guilty of the greatest
impudence ! Are his requests unreasonable, that
they should not be hearill tie brings to their elu
cidation the light of'; hia• master' intellect, and the
impulses of warm heart. In what consists his im
pudence Dues he, make a demand upon. this
Government or people, and attempt by threats or
intimidation to coerce it? De preseuis his cause
and reasons, and asks you for a voluntary decision ;
s nits if in his favor, then hest ill leave your shores—
the herald of glad tidings to enthralled nations.—
But it you tutswer no, its his own language " you
will see a mournful tear in the eye of humanity—
' its tit es-t beating with a•vorrowfol sigh—yet the
answer must be accepted."' '4 yoteanswer, you
4 would tether be on frtenity terms. with the Czar
than rejoice in Liberty and independence of Hun
' gary, hair, Germany, and France, yet dreadful as
it is I will wipe the tear of sorrow from my eye,
and say to my teetheren, let its pray, and go to the
hn,rd's last supper, and Melillo balder and to death.
' I will say to them,.there iento help , for us bet in
I our trust in God, and its oar own good swords. It
wiltleave Sou with a dying brewelf, anti bless
you with the warmest . wishes of. my heart,
'and- pray tti,God that the Sun of Freedom may
never decline from the horizon of your frappe lan!.
El this be " impudence," in what way would you
have an apostle of liberty appeal rot the sympathy
and aid of the people whose country has drank the
fife-blood pot only of its own martyrs, but of the
ruartyrs of every clime? Is. it impudent fora man
just escaped from Austrian -dungeons and Turkish
exile to stand up in the face of nations and advo
cate the conscious rights of man? Is it impudent"
•for the representative of s tieve people to present
the claims of his fatherland to the sympsibiesotthe
descendants of Washington, Franklin,andlefterserit
to make his appeal in behalf of tdeetlin^ humanity
to a people whose every battle-fled in the first and
second war of independence is led wilt the blood
of Imeigners—to a country that in the hour or peril
received the aid of)fLafayette, De Kalb, and Kos
ciusko, and whose Soil still holds the ashes of Pu
laski and Steuben
Mr. MeMULLIN, (interrupting.) His impudence
is in attempting to destroy the teachings of Wash.
ington.
Mr. GROW. Devoutelly as we taro to thetesch
in,,s of that greatest of mortals—and Maven grant
the e day may never come when it shalt be other.
wite with the•Ameriaan.-.still the institutions opus.
ions, and men, both living and deed, of this einintry
as of all others, are here proper and open sahjeets
of man fy disedssiort . :. ' Freedom of opinion and. ex
pressions on any and alt subjects, is the .right of a
freeman !rider a tree Government. The only
sore reliance an. every case ,}s on, the virtue, Intel.
jigt.nce, and integrity of the people to correct all
errors. It beeomes not die American to bow with
blind rereretice to opinions Of instittnions because
of their_ grey age. For while knowledge is grow.
ing more comprehensive, man's relations bacon'.
ing better known, he who would cling , blindly to
all the-notions of other times, awe suicidal part to
the best interests of the present. White truth and
society are progresive, he who worth. seek the one
with an honest heart and fearless mind, andact
with a generous soul for the best interest of the oth
er cannot entertain all the notions of his predeces.
son*.
If the doctrine of non intervention was prosier for 1
oar country in' the days of Washington, aro even
thoughlbequeathed to as as bilirlying legacy, has not
the time come, or will it never arrive, for this Re.
puh:irto decide whether in its foreign relations it
an inveterate rule never Many case to be depart.
ed from ; that we must stand with folded arms
and closed lips and see a brave people, goaded by
the wirings of centuries and battling for libeity and
the rights which God and nature has given them,
and even when they have driven , the invader from
their soil, Etta down by-the hireling myrmidons,
of united despots, and their country drenched with
the blood of the noble and the brave, blotted from
the map of nations I is it the legacy of 'wisdom
and humanity bequeathed by Washington and
his compatriots, that. American freemen must forev.
er, in silence, be pierced with the " shrieks of lib.
tatty" as her votaries fanl t
Whatever may be the policy or diatision MI our
GovemMeiat in reference to armed intervention, as
the generous spirit sits not at the social board with
the robber and the assassin, let, it, at least, in its
intercourse with other nations, bees circumspect
in its company as the private citizen To that na.
'lion which tramples on the laws of nations and the
common rights of humanity, let it not extend the
hand of fellowship.. Let us welcome to our shores
and tothe hearts of our countrymen, the exile ariv
en by oppression and wrong from the fireside of
, his fathers,
•
SAD AND IIItSTI:T4tENDiND AtrIDEST.—On Tees
day, the 214 December, a flute girl, about 5 yeani
of age ? daughter of Mrs. Mary-Dolson, of New Mar
ket, 1 ork co., was so seriously bumf ender the fol
lowing cirrumstancts, as to produce death in 25
hours after. 'Her - mother, Who but two weeks ago
lost her husband, steppo across the warm a neigh.
bor, letting th i s linle.gurl With three smaller child
ren the house ekthe. It is aufersuul she had
been playing with the fire at the meg:het the stove,
aintwhen discovered was making hey Amy across
theskeet, Willy in (item of her mother, her under
garMents alt an fire, her dress having pseviously
blunt entirely oft Medics/aid was called in, hot.
to no avail:. Mies suffering the most indescribable
.agony, she died about the same boor-ot ihe-arrei
dent, the following day, 'This to another winning
psrentai as well as to those ettilihen effeibler'of
understanding the danger of. meddling with this
destruzilve element.
- Kama WaikiNs
Kossuth arrived at Washington on Tuesday atom
ing Dep. 30 r a litile-belora 11 o'ckiek, . A ; great
erorid hadiathatad M %1 1 11dePot• lent= &Mud
and Shields, w KCMG Beale, the. Seryierutwitartlns
of the Senate, anit Mr. Wank, V, S. bisithsta
thelkstrict or Columbia, receiffill hint !mu-the
lietthnoikeoluoittee.
The pow proceeded in private carriages &eel
to Brown's Hotel. Here also slugs concourse had
collected. audthey received the guest with every
INTERVItiv WIT 117,111; IIteWEIL
The Hon. Daniel - Webster, Secretary' of Salt,
waked upon Gov. KosAtilb shortly after 12 o'clock.
accompanied by Mc Hunter, ehiei Clerk of the
State Department, ands leW bieadei War :Wu id
treduoirtl; Thev.kiterview was in a great measure
private.
,A er,rpu!oal courgattibitiotis,_g_tif—ltos.
Sala Wok o&aiiion tha: k 'Mr. Webster yratinly
for thrrintereat tie (Mr. W) lutdrakon in his (Gov.
Kossuth', ) hard fate, and to express the pleasure it
pie him to meet him !ace to face, a pleasete he
had kmg desired. The interviste took nearly hall
err boar, and was evidently of meth pleasure ° to
both, freed as a was by its curnparatava privacy
from all reserve and formality.
mizavtaw wmt int rtvannaol.
M. Xussoth was introduced to the President by
Mr. Webster, Ott Wednesday. There were res.
ent the Secretary of the Navy and the Postmaster
General, besides Gen. Shields, Mr. Seward; and
others. After a brief pause, M. Kossuth addressed
the Pressident in the following terms :
" Enlightened by the spirit of your country's in
stitutions, when we succeeded to cor , solidate our
natural and tistorical State's of self govern.
mem, by placing it u7tra the broad foundation of
Democratic Italy :
inspiNsi oy your history when we had to fight
le: independence against annihilation by centraliz.
ed alsolutimi :
" Consoled by your people's sympathy when
victim of Russian interference with the laws el na
ture, and of nature's God.
" Protected in exile by the Government of the
Voitell States, supporting the Sultan of Turkey in
his noble resoletiou to andergo the very danger of
l o wer, rather than leave unprotected the, rights of
humanity against Russo-Austrian despotism :
" Restored by the United States to life, because
restored to freedom, and by freedom to activity in
behalf ut those &lies which, by my nation's moan.
moss coafitlence and sovereign will, devolved
upon Mel
" Raised in the eyes of many oppressed nations
to the standing of a harbinger of hope, became the
etar-spangted banner was sees casting protection
around rue, announciug to the world that there is a
nation,
alike powerful as free, seedy to. protect the
laws of nations, even in distant parts of the earth,
and in the person of a poor exile:
." Cheered by your people's sympathy, so-as free
men cheer—not a man whatever, but a principle :
~ I now bow before you, sir, in the proud posi.
lion of your great nation's guest, generously wet
corned by a resolution of the Congress of the U.
States, with equal generosity approved and Execu
ted by your Excellency.
"I beg leave to express my fervent thanks, in
my name, and in the name of my associates, who,
after having shared my misfortunes, have now the
reward to sha:e the honor and the benefit which
the g reat Republic of the Hinted States was pleased
re stow upon Hungary by bestowin,-; it upon its
freelychosen chief, when he became a. persecuted
victim of despotic violence.
" # beg leave to , express my fervent thanks in my
country's name, also, which, amidst the sorrows of
its desolation, feels c heered by yoriceoantry's gun.
erosity, and looks with , noel :mien to-the lumen ling
bone ' because it is confident - that the- time thaws
near when - the eternal code die lbw of nations
will become a reality.
O President ! I stand before your Excellency
living protestation against the violence of foreign
ifitederehee oppressing the sovereign right of na
lions to regulate their own domestic concerns. --
" I stand before your Excellency a tiring protes
tation • against centralization oppressing the State
right of self-government.
" May I be allowed to take it for anal , of bet.
ter times that, in landing on the happy shores of
this glorious Republic, fltoded in a tree and pow
erful country, whose honored Chief Magistrate pro
claims to the world that this country cannot remain
indilletent when the strong arm of s foreign power
is invoked to stifle d public sentiment, and repress
the spirit-al freedom in arty country.
" I thank God that he deemed me not unworthy
to act and to sußer - lor my fatherland.
" I thank God that the fate of my errantry be
came so intimately connected with the fate of lib.
erty and the independence of nations m Europe, as
formerly it was intimately connected with the se
verity of christendom.
" I tl ank God that my country's unmerited woe,
and my personal sufferings, became an opportunity
womb a manifestation of 'the spirit and principles
of your Republic.
"May God the Almighty bless you with a long
life, that you may long Miry the 'happiness to sae
ref country great, glorious, and free, the eomer
stone or internetional.' justieet, and the eolomo of
freedom ors the earth, as it its-already an eitylein to
the oppressed.
"Sir, I pledge to your country the everlasting
gratitude of Nunnery!'
The PiesidenereplieJ, briefly, to M. liossudett al&
dress in slllbiligileB as follows
I am happy, Governor Kossuth, to welcome
you to this laud of freedom ; and it gives me pleas.
ure to congratulate you upon yogi' release from a
tong confinement in Turkey, and your safe arrival'
here. As an individual, I sympathized deeply with
you in your blase straggle for the independence
and freedom of your native land. The American
people can never be imirifferem to such a contest,
but oar poliey es • nation in this respect has been
uniform, from the commencement - Of our Govern.
went ; and ray own views as the Chief Esecutive
Magistrate nf this nation, are folly and freely es.
pressed in my meant message to Congress, to which
you have been pleased to allude. They are the
same, whether speaking to Congress here, or totbe
nations of Europe.
' Should your county) be restored to independ
ence and freedom, lehould then wish per—as the
greatest blessing'you could enjoy—a restoration to
your native land; but, should that never happen,
can only repeat my welcome to you and your cam
penions here, and pray that God's blessing may
feet upon you wherever year lot may be cast."
M. Kossuth and the President then entered into
a conversation in regard to the present condition of
Hungary and th,e,ms neral politics of Europe; the in
terview being con ducted . with mutual cordiality and
'
Tut STATE or Passcm—The following is an ex
tract Lam a private letter, dated Dee. 12, from an
American gentleman now in London:
"I beard day before yesterday from Lord Cr.litt
esvc Panva, the Director of the 0140nlinee, that a
Government Messenger had arrived from Paris
saying that there had been 8,000 kilted instead of
800 as armed, and that the majority were innocent
persona, who had taken no part in the. revolution.
Another gentleman who has arrived from Paris, an
k:nglishman whotaa resided there, says that it shots
were fired out of one house in a block, cannon
were fired into the whole block and the soldiers
then rushed in and bayonetted indiscriminately all
•within. This gentleman says he escaped from one
of those block of houses, but that his clerk and wife
were killed by the bayonets of the soldiers. I:-also
learned through Lord Paget that the British Gov
ernment are a good deal alarmedat the supposition
that Louts Napoleon will unite' with Anstrta• and
Russia to put down England and Liberty in Europe,
and that the Govern nen; Dockyards are alive, with
Amman" risen as can get around the ships getting
them ready Eta . see."
Farmers anti gardners are called for ;in Wen.,
Illinois, where there is too little -attention paid to
mil matters, in comparison with the miningi.sper
aliens of the region:' It is urged that, trio twantess
pays better than the :Malaga( perishabbt reduce
ts. the neighborhood et large places.
litteutirsom , l .
The United States Mail atemeship Atlantic, cat
tails Wm; ortimist.New Yetkon Sent* seer.
ottonon 4 *Vlach. • Sbe tea Liverpool soothe Sat
of Ikeemberi: tit *mom Oohing the
runtage in fp,days, SI hours.
Shtbrinsi funpfive pumenseM, and • roglicar
la or teeteWndistr.
%F r om pith oar advice. ass to the morning of
'23d of December.—
:The financial and commercial swoons continua
From-.1b.. manaladmin . ip districts of
Great Britain and Frante,,the reports are aatisfact-
•
o
e ereantits tithe V.ench election, so far is
they have been steely show, as was anticipated
a Ty large majority in Lica of the Freud
,cot's
ralttnalcel o f-P w\fur:* i s aic The inidclity• in
the department is, boireereT, very much !utter Ihilt
its-Paneo- isnowthought:that the -ultimate n 1 .5.-
ority will,be about two•thirds. The conittlerctil
reports are very favorable.
It is reported that a censorship will be establish
ed on books containing less than three or four
alt sets ; as the suppression of the daily press caus
es opinion us' lake :refuge in pamphlets. This_is
'Rheumatics& at the.reatoration, when a censor•
ship was establish& for the' same reason,
M. Vivien, vice-president oldie late onseti d'i'al
has drawn up a. memoir against the coup &dal,
written with weal vigor and soundly argued. The
document is mach spoken cd.
The Constitutiond says:—" We are informed that
the Pope has addressed a letter to his nuncio in Pa.
tie, in which he expresses entire approbation of the
acts ofteuis Napoleon, which have saved society
and religion."
Numerous arrests, principally among the leaders
of the utra.republicans, tontine& to be made in
Paris Amongst others, M. Miot, evrepreseottr
live,is to be brought to a coon-martial
A terrible colliery explosion took place at Raw.
Marsh, England, an the 20th ; 50 lives were lost .
Mr. R. 3. Walker has declined the dinner offered
him at Elouthemton ; reason why, must go home.
Consols closed cm Siglitday, Dee. 20th at 961 to
97.
Mr. G. F. Young, the protectionist {ruder, ta very
se r iously indisposed , at Hastings. On Sunday, Dec,
20th he was seized with paralysis.
Tho Admindity have determined not to send an•
other expedition in search of Sir John - Franklin, by
way Behring's Streit. The Plotter iskto be corn.
municated with each year by a maa•of-war—the
Amphitrite is the next.
TRANCE
Toe gcrxrrost.—The Election at Paris passed
of with great tranquility: The prat day mace than
100,000 elector, voted.
The election returns are not all known yet ;
about, half of the Departments having been heard
front: Our a..tvices from Paris are to 8 P.M. of
Dec. 22. At that time the returns stood 2,000000,
[or Louis Napoleon and 600,004 against. It was
then suppoied that his majerity would be about
7,000,000. ,
The Paris correspondent of 71re Daffy New on
the evening of the 20th writes as follows:
This morning, at B o'ctock, commenced therpoll
which is to determine the acceptande or rejection
by the electors of France of the Government Impos
ed by vielenee upon the French people. Each al..
rondissemeno throughout Prance is divided into sev
eral sections ; in which some convenient aeons is
selected for the operations of the election. Before
entering one of these you observe generally in the
coon of the house a strong detachment of the na•
lion& guard mixed with troops on the line. Loung
ing about the doors and passages are a great neat
bet of Bonapartist touters, who thrust into the hands
of all comers tickets printed with oui. I did not
observe any agenta distributing tickets insembed
with eon; although the hfo:titeur of this morning
stater that the Presidenc,ofthe aamber of Printers
has been ordered. to notify to the printing establish
ments' throughout Patio that the Government is on
ly desirous of arriving at the sincere wishes of
Frince, and repudiate s, as a eafumnious invention
the report that it ken taers any means to prevent
the punting of negative votes. I found, indeed,
that there waeLnolack °Wiese in•the offices of pa
pers that survey the Flyses with no , friendly eye.
loaner's resort* pile* of " Noes" trait rtr be used by
the faithful. Very different is the aspect' of the
polling places fronnwhat it was on the 30th el No
vember, when Mr..Devinck was recommended aa
a conservative sandittate for the representation of
Paris, to the Assembly where he was never doom'
dal to take his seat.. Then , bat ur few dozens of
electors preeented themselves in. the course olp an
hour. To day, even though the sections are multi. ,
plied as much tpk, possible, to give room lot the
enornuts crowd, the dram of all arerdboselk t \tong
ed.
When you enter the room where - the operation
takes place, you see six person. sewed at a table,.
*rho form the board. The rresident of the board
is either mayor or deputy mayor, munfeipiatcoan
ciller' or • delegate appointed by the jtigadepaix.
Each elector is provided with scud. which he has
applied for at the mayory, and which identifies his
person, and confirms his right to vote . ' This card
he han ds to the President, who calls its number,
Coif thrliwers it to the secretary, whochecki the card
by there:Al of the electors of the section: Tne oleo
:tor then . Mips a folded! ticket inseribed with " Yes"-
or " No" Into a slit in the cover of a small square
box on the table, which constitutes what is called
the electoral urn. If there should be more than
onerticket in the same fold, the fraud or mistake is
et once recognised on the examination of the votes
and the vote is annulled. After the end of the
oneration the box is sealed and deposited during
the night at the mayory, where they are guarded
by a post of the national+ guard or fine. Tne doors
of the room where it is laid• are also sealed. Each
box has two locks, one of the nonesconding keys
being in the hands of the eldest aseessor. All the
operations have been conducted in the most per
fect order. The ballot is to be kept open until 8
o'ckek instead GIS, by degree of the Ministers of
of the interior. -Up to 4, about 100,000 electors
bad voted. Telegraphic dispatches have been re
ceived from the provinces, stating that the same
maim" to vote is mani4eisted everywhere.
InferLIUNIMUS.
It is at last perfectly certain that Gen. Cavainac
is et liberty, and once more restored to his family
circle in tbe 'Rue du Helder. hie certain that he
has made no conditions whatever with tie Govern
ment in order to procure this advantage over the
rest of his taloa-prisoners at Ham. It was only in
fact, in consequence of the eseeranee that they al
so would shortly be stp-treerthat the Genera) final
ly consented to accept his' oven liberation.
The Government, it seems, is much nettled at
the presence of M. Thiera in London. They gave
oat that be was going to Germany, and .indeed he
launched him thrott!gb
Strataburg in that direction.
But the current of M. Thier's plane was setting sp.
wendy in the opposite direction, and no sooner
had he reached the Rhine than he doubled like an
old hare northward, until Its was ferried amass
the Channel at Ostend.
After the result of oho poll is known and pub.
fished, Cfrangarnier, Lamoricieri, and the remain.
ing prisoners At Ham will be liberated.
The. Cast or ma Paouernexta The President
in reply to a resolution of the Senate, declines esin
mno ieatine, for reasons of State, the eorrespondenee
with the British Govemrneat, or &her measures,
pursued, in referencetothe firing into the Ameri
can steamer Prometheus. by the British bng Sphinx
at San loan de Nicaragua. lie, however, furnish
es a letter of instructions from the fteeretery of the
Navy to Commodote F. A Parker, commanding
the Home Squadron, in which that officer tedium*.
ed to proceed in the Sammie (*San Jean,- in older
to protect American Commerce against (Inure
intuit and 41ressiosi. lie is directed to nod
4, the British nasal commander that a repetition of
the insult to the American flag wilt not be permit
ted t and., at the sometime to assure , the ruitherities
of Nicaraguathat the government dr the United
Sl6terr will not justify the non-payment of lawful
proper port duties, but, Ott the contrary, desires
to caltinus the most exalgabbitelattnno with that
Govetvatent
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- Aianniny lhd.oS Terretes—The Rainy Ram--
. Gnat Marini Newn—taprain fraterman--4dur
devr4ft
New Yon, kfl. 10.—The steamer Cherokee,
with the California mails of the bib, two grilled,
baying made thirpiesar in 264 days. - She brings
siooo,oixr to freight, and $a 160 in the
hands of the passengers.
The principal matter el interest from California
isibiestWahgverreert fkelingeriong the hidians
upon the Colorado and in the vieinity:of San Diego,
Los Angelo*, &Ma Barbera , Ao outbreak bad
commenced among the Indians in these iroaticts,
sod was daily areaming, a was threatening char
acter.
The enhatamtentisf the tan lira among the Indi.
ans is said to be the ostensible cause of the rebel
lion, towhich they have been incited by the tower
clam! of the native . Californians, who most bitterly
na;Z. the Americans.
The Indian chief Avionio is reported to have 3,-
000 fighting men under him, most of whom are
well armed with rifles, and illicit in 'he use of
them.
Antonio bad sent a formal declaratbair- of war to
the Prefect of San Diego, and bad commenced ope
rations by enacting the Hon. J. J. Warner's ran
'Cher°, killing one of his servants sad destroying his
property, as wolf as driving off his stock. Warner
himself narrowly emaped by flight, abet killing
two of his ataiailants.
The Indiana immed.atety aßer attacked and kill
ed four Anterioansai Aqua Calienties, two*, whom
were named Ridgely and Slack.
The citizens of the country about San Diego had
concentrated at that paint, and formed a volunteer
company of about fifty men, The WWII', on the 28th
of November, had been placed under martial law.
Alt business was euspentled, and the best arrange•
menu made to defend the town against the antici
pated attack of the hordes of Indiana.
Dr. Womnerall, one of the - Indian Commission•
era, who bad recently been eo succeeds) in new
titling with the Indians of the North, was to leave
San Francisco on the 16th of December for the
scene of war in the South. and hopes were indulged
that be might be able to arrest the difficulties which
now seriously menace the whole Southern portion
of the Stale.
The Stockton Republic says that serious appre
hensions were beginning to befeft for a continuance
of the friendly rehniens with the Sierra Indians,.
The travel in,niany parts of the mountains was con
sidered unsafe and even dangerous, and the traders
in the neighborhood contaned their operation. to a
very limited scare in consequence.
Volunteer companies were organizing to march
against the Indians. and the Governor had ordered
Gen. Hitchcock, at Sonora, to dispatch troops forth
with to the rescue of the citizens in the disturbed
districts. The Governor had' also ordered down
the fletatchment stationed at Port Orlbrit, ant? would
probably despatch one or more companion of vol.
anteera from San Francisco at an early day.
At San Francisco, Sacramento and other places a
good deal of rain had fallen, and the rainy' season
had fairly set in.
Captain Waterman, of the ship Challenge, was
bronlat before the court on the 4th ult._ but the ex•
amination was waived. He was committed for
trial upon three warrants for assault and one 6r
murder.
The sews from the mining regions continue to
bri'of the sante favorable character as that brought
by the Prometheus. The excitement in Mariposa
county is very great and the miners are flocking to
the recent discovery of Bear Golf, which is said to
be yielding gold to an- almost incredible amount.
The social and normal condition of California is
rapidly improving. Thera are comparatively few
deeds of lawtessness recorded in the papers.
An extensive limestone Ibmvation. hod Unit - dis
covered oo therAnserisao Bar, Violists from Sacra
mento.
The snag! of the Yaba river hail bee* removed
at an expense ol 1115.000 to the citizens, who are
looking to Congress for aid in that improvement of
the river. A steamer of large size but descended
as far u Marysville.
Several railroad projects wets being entertained
in different parts of the State, and of some of them
considerable stock has been taken.
Numerous murders had taken place among the
miners in the interior, and lynch-law would proba
bly, be applied to the prepetratora.
The steamer California and New Orleans hail ar
rived' at Sim Francisco.
A' new arnUsaperior route had been discovered
across the Sierra Nevada, and several extinct vol
canoes had• been discovered in the mountains.
A company has been formed At San Francivco,
by the name of the North Pacific Steam Navigation
Company; who bad secured an erclusive right for
steamaatrfgatioa•to the Sandwich island.
[STAMM, KEW&
The steamer Gisiden Gate, from Sim Fiancisco,
whence - robe sailed meths Mb of freceMber, arrived
at Panama wittriti,4lo;4lloo in gold, breide• a huge
ammo it bands atter passengem
k vs* rumored at Panama= the 10th, that the
attempt of revolution at Varparsito on the let of
December, had tailed, the Government haring tri
umphal?.
AttIAFCE INATWILDN ENGLAND AND Atitlittr......
Robert J. Walker on the coup de etat—Our country
man, the Hon. Robert J Walker, recently address
ed the inhabitants of Manchester, England, by inci
tation, and during the course of his remarks he re
ferred to the outrage which has just been commit
ted on popular rights in France, as follows:
" I believe," said the speaker, "that the events I
which have recently transpiredln France are of a
momentous magnitude to England, to the United
States, and the woild, It is true there may too a
roontrintary repose of despotism—it is true that the
man who.has combined in himself the character of
a traitor--of an insurgent—and of a military tutor
per—may trample down for a moment the liberties
of Fiance. But I propound ibis single question to
Englishmen : If he does succeed, who can doubt
that a government established by the army of Lou
is Napoleon—established in favor of a man whose
hands are dripping with the warm life-bloixt of his
countrymen, of every age, sea,
and rendition—that
a government thus established will become a mili
tary despotina—that Louis Napoleon will not be
come a mere power, to be moved on the political
chessboard by the iron finger of the Czar t This
despotism of Fiance, being created by the army of
France, mat be merely be a belligerent aeppot
ism —The army must have employment. It is not
to fight against the despotism of Europe. This act
has already been sustained by the despotic power
of Austria, and I bovine dot* that you wilt and
it sustained by the Russian Csar, told by all the
despotisms oldie continent of Europe. Then if the
imperial army of Fiance ace to hate employment
may we look back io history In 1804 had we
not a somewhat -paralleled catastrophe when the
constitution of Franco was overthrown by Napoleon
Bonaparte, and an imperial government -was rees
tablished in France, as I believe it soon will be in
France again I' [Hear. Hear," What followed on
the establishment of the imperial and military pow
el in France,-in 1804, may it not follow in 18521
c , Now, gentlemen, I hope these events may not
follow ; r hope that we shall have peacer--peace
with England—peace, if possible t with all mankind
[Applaese,j , There is no genuine free-trader that
can be otherwise than the friend of peace. [Ap
plause), And Ido say this, that Ido not behave,
that it is the interest of England to ally herself with
the despots oldie continent of Europe.
And t say blither that; if upon her refusal to do so
she should beatnik() by those despotic powers—
if maintaining her own liberty of speech and of the
press, she should require our aid—l speak What
know to be the attammous sentiment of my coun
try—the entire American popolation, backed by
their government, will come as one man, and fight
the battle widryou, Bit be negcessary."
Rom CIA PRACTICAL Jo= —Some school girls
at a lernahi seminary in Washington, l'enn'a, hav
ing undertaken, a few days aincg, to frighten a
coanatli by ployingthoet. they unhappily Succeed.
ed to Wu theyfrigkeced• belt into. insanity.
,
linhostoilbek Wrest le Geive ti.
•
The correspondent of the Witlon blotting etwi t ',
'lle . has , Ale Wowing interesting details relative to
the arrest of the Generals:— •
Among the favorite subjects of gossip a top of
course, the recent attestations of the military 1, 4.
den. tis profoundly remarked that the charm",
of those indiaiduale were well illustrated by
various behavltir When informed. that they wets
prisoners.
General Bedews,tifirotre •diapeeition is mato 10
he of a - w ity; scheming and' " Managing" order, o „,
tered into argument and discussion, insisting
considering the matter of Meanest in a variety o f
lights, for the improvement of his esptors'
and finally swayed himself en grane lenge, a 0 ,.
der to avail himself of whatever influent.* his on,.
form should chance to possess with thefts be nuo,,
meet on his way. Not so the Gen. Chanprnier...
ha the officials entered he snatched op a brace-o l
pistols and•exclaimed, "le swig anne." The chief
quietly replied that fie saw Foch was the case, a i m
that he was well aware that Gen. Chatigam er,
discharging his weapons, could kill a couple of
those Whohad coma to take him. Hit, he 6 4 ,
Bested, this course would scarcely be anal*
apperciable advantages, in as. much as ti t
house was tenure by soldiers, so that the genera ,
escape would be impossible, and as, moreover, l i t
ultimate result would assuredly be a prompt try
mid a dishonorable execution.,
These argnients bad weight with. the hasty ba
sensible Changamier, who thereupon lad down ha
pistols and surrendered his person. Not so, ags
with the amiable Caraignae. The gentler ocecpi.
Lion in which he had lately been engaged, b k :
probably softened his heroic spirit, and, upon b,
being aroused from his slumber" and . infor m&
that be was arrested, he placidly remarked, 1; c e ,
juste;' and, rubbipg his eyes, reqcested to be ll y,
prised whether be might be permitted to d r ,
himselt, adding, in the most courteous manna,:
his toilette would riot detain him 1011. Being el
treated to make his arrangements pereisety in
way most agreeable le himself, he rose. an.
through with his toilette choke with the most p n
feet composure and completeness, and ibex, p re .
settling himself with a bow to the officer, poe t ,
declared himself a eat odrea It I trust, not
low the " dignity of hbaary" to add that Gen Ca n
ignite forthwith addressed a le:ter to theyoang
whom he was so shanty to have espbased, d.
which he chivalronsty (lectured that fie conceiro,
that the event which had occurred had entirely dr.!
priced him of any right to consider her botnul
engagements made with a free man, and he t z .,
malty released bee from any such ties.
state this, I must claim leave to add, for the rthi h .
ration of all who can appreciate higtunaltes,
that the lady promptly and gracefully repird
so tar from considering the event in earta
having released' her from a tie its which aka toot
•so much pride / it halt, if possible, renieraltel
engagement even more binding than before foe
which little romance let its pass to the very 2:1
mantic conduct of Cot Charms, who, being
capture in bed, refused', to get up, retwed to 6.‘
himself, or to allow himielt to . be dressed; rs - 7,
that, if taken at all, he would be - taken clam
and was. into the bargain, taken at his wore.
. .
ing bundled up in such bed-clothes as came ifs;
est and in that unseemly guise th rust into a relo
and conveyed to prison. General Lamoi4
made a determined resistance of a more reline ,
kind, but the imprewion seems for be that tio
count of it, which found its way into print,
much exaggerated,. and thane patticular
done:
Another Dreadful Condo
Des:radian of Baraem's Museum-Hest
The dyir , embers of one dreadful cartilage
companiej with a melancholy less of lil
Lordly ceased smcld'ering among the rerhalt
we are called erne to ehrorticle another.
A few minutes before 5 o'clock, yestert
noon, smoke was seen slowly issuing from
of the large stx.story sand-stone building,
.oath-east corner of Seventh and Chestent.st
copied as Baineen'eMetseent. lilhe Mem
the most unparalleled efforts to confine nu
elements to the upper stories, bat to no per
the course of flatten hour the entice beiklie;,
the basement 'tribe - rear, was a sheet of flame
in an hour from theetlicerthe alarm. was fire
the entire establishment was reduced to a heut:
smoldering ruins.
The lower story of the building was °mop,
stoles, the corner by Messrs. Chas. G. 'lender.
Co., booksellers, successors to the Apple:ont:
adjoining ones by Lee & Walker, publishr
sellers of, music and musical instruments.
portion of Messrs. Henderson & Co's. I
goofs, as well as the contents of th e adjoinir
were removed to a place of safety before IL
reackfthe tower story. 'the fire hciweser
with such. rapidity, that it was an imperil'
get out the pianos and heavy articles.
The front of the Colbmbia Abase wt.
'damaged. The Windows and a portion
are badly scorches', and• the furniture wa
what injttred by water.
About 5f o'clocii , the southern wall fell
dreadful erruth:
The afternoon performance was nret
fire was first discoferett, and the only
the Museum were the employees of the
men+ otherwise the consequences mightlit
Mr. C Spoonet, the proprietor, was in lit
at the time the alarm was given. He ref ,
that the firer originated in the north-west
the building,and at a point where there bt
none used ur several months past.
Mr. Spooner's fats is between $5Ol
000, o which amount only M:009,
bpinsurance. A few picture', the
Card Player, and same other articles of
no. were the only things laved from die
collection.
The bniltlinns on theSorth side of Chete
east of Seventh, were somewhat injured tet
&ream! water.
The dwelling house on the east of the bi
owned by the Harrison lam ily i and aecril
Mr Fieher, was badly injured. The roof
tirely burned off, amt the mire place Etc
water.
The Mistrust' Building was'erected stet
years ago, and belonged . to Mr. James Slot
was wor.h perhaps 950,000. it was log!?
930,000, hi three companies. The wasirober,
and Mrs. Bowers, Mr. and Mrs:Thaver, Ind
the Matiinetti family, were entirely
Ike Tariff MINICIL
•
The Harrisburg Keystone wisely eaf*:'
gard this tariff movement as the lasi
struggles . of a powerful special interest'
Ilse and control the markets of this nail
able that interest to fix its own prices
production:—to render it so potent sot
scarcely second to the Government iaell
and importance—a movement of the bet
hied interstate at the nation to ciente a SO.
cal anaconda which will in time enttriee''
such terrible force around the legislativr
autborities of the country that it will
sentiment of equality—a movement
the-apicalturah, nteehanieall and. labong
of the country, to swell the receipts anti 0
the coffers 01 the wealthy, and to place U l f
political power of the country in the M a '
manufacturers.
That the iron. interests really require
of drry torenable it to subsist, is not prate .
the PIAUI at present arisiug from inresam
are not as large as other equally imporlo
es or boa/nese yield, cannot be mso w
iris abmird to say that there le anY
why this peculiar.. 4•PennPylrania lute
,be pampered and petted above all other
of any more importance than a hum
Interests of this state. Neither can it
that the public good of Pennsylvania tif
the great body of the people of the so
taxed for the special, benefit of a mere
capitalists..