JMews Items.
—Old Bullion is in exMacies at ths result of the
recent elections, and rejoices especially over the re
election of Mace, and 'he signal overthrow of the
impartial Chairman, Mr. Olds. He thinks the Ne
braska iniquity is not popular cither in the Great
A alley or in the country. His language is, " It ia'nt
popular, Kir, I thought so in the beginning, Sir.—
My opinion is confirmed. Sir. Iris'nt popular. The
voice of the people must be obeyed. It must be
bowed to, Sir.
—The Ilarrisburg Herald states that on the 3d
instant a drover undertook to drive about nine hun
dred sheep across the Susquehanna liver, near Liv
erpool, Pa., and lost seven hundred of them. The
citizens went to the rescue with boats, and with a
great deal of difficulty succeeded in rescuing abont
200.
—The WarTaxcs now imposed directly upon the
British people, and paid for it in hard cash, am >unt
to fifty millions of dollars annually. This is about
equal to the whole amount of annual taxes levied
by the United States Government on its revenue
duties.
—ln front of a fine dwelling in Marlboro', Mass.
there are six majestic elms, which the owner keeps
insured against injury from lightning or lire, in the
sum of five hundred dollars !
—There were 653 deaths from yellow fever at
New Orleans during the month of September.
— A party of thirty two men and two women from
Maryland, provided with hunting materials, bouud
for Nebraska, passed ever the Oiange Railroad on
Tuesday. They were to be joined by another party
at Culpepper Court house, for the same destination
—The Reading papers state that three women
from that place.of doubtful reputation,attended the
Volunteer Battalion at Bernville, Pa., and cut up
some very tall capers. The citizens procured a drum
and fife, captured ihe ladies, and drummed them out
of town to the tune of the rogue's march.
—A letter from an officer of the United States
steamer Saranac, dated at Spezzia, September 18,
states that when she was at Constantinople, the
combined English and French forces had lost some
thirty thousand men by cholera, and they were still
dying in great numbers. The English frigate had
lost one hundred and seventy men during the night.
—A Cincinnati paper says that a sparring match
has been arranged between Tom Hyerof New Vork,
and McGowan, of St. Louis. The stake is S3OOO.
The parties are to meet midway between St. Louis
and New York.
—Fanny Fern is writing a domestic tale—a novel
with an old-fashioned, homely name, " Ruth Hall."
It is hinted that in the heroines some glimpses of
Fanny's own veiled history will be divulged.
—A cigar maker named RETNOIDS, of Corning,
was assaulted by a young blood from Rochester.—
The " blood" was sentenced to ninety days in jail,
and fined SSO.
—A Grand Jury in Charleston, S. C., recommends
that the Slave Trade be legalized, by repealing all
existing laws against it. The grand jury are, no ]
doubt, sincere, but their slavery fanaticism exceeds I
any display of that quality yet exhibited by the most !
rabid abolitionist. We sha' 1 cxt have the Grand
jury recommending piracy . very honorable pur- ,
suit.
—lt is computed that there will be twenty-one
thousand miles of railroad in the United States on
the first day of January next. The longest railroad
upon the surface of the globe is the Illinois Central, !
which is seven hundred :nd thirty one miles in
length, and is rapidly approaching completion. j
—The United States frigate Mississippi,Cammo
dore Perry, from Japan and Loo Choo, arrived at j
Hong Kong on the 32d of July. It is said that the !
Commodore has secured certain privileges at Loo !
Choo for citizens of the United States.
—There were but six barrels of flour shipped from
the port of New York to Liverpool during all last
week. But little wheat and corn are going, and the
packets have to go almost a begging for freights.
—The China, which arrived at Quebec lately, re
ports seeing off Cape Race, on the 30ih ult., aquan- '
t.ty of wreck and a great number of chests. They !
probably belonged to the unfortunate steamship ;
Arcuc which met her disaster but three days before
—The ladies of New York have it in contempla-. !
tion to present the survivors of the crew of the Arc
tic with a life preserver and a leather medal each, !
as the most appropriate memorials of their late
achievements.
—The Niagara Falls Gazette says, that workmen
are busily engagod in re-building Brock's monument
on Queenatown Heights. It is placed a short dis> '
tance from the former site, nearer the brow of the
mountaiu, and in a more conspicuous position.—
From the view obtained from the American side it
looks as if it would be much larger and more beau
tiful than the old one.
—The Life Insurance Companies of New Ycrk
city suffer to the extent of SBO 000 from the loss of
the Arctic. Of this sum $15,000 was on the life of
Edward Sar.dford, of N. Y., and $5,000 on the life ]
of W. W. Comstock, of Providence, Rhode Island. ;
The latter effected the insurance, for the benefit of
his family, just before starling for Europe.
—The Wild Cat Banks in the West are exploding
like soap bubbles. A large amount of the bills of
these banks are circulating in New York, being j
pushed iff as tar from home es possible. The con- i
sequence is, that the people of New York have their i
pockets sbamefullv picked.
—An American citizen, named Phillips, was re- 1
eently arretted at Basle, Switzerland, on the suppo
sition that .he was Mazzini. Mr. Phillips was treat
ed very harahlv, and confined in jail for several days.
He aska 25,000 francs as damages, and an apology
from the Swiss Central Government. This has
been refused, and Mr. Phillip* comes home to get
the Federal Government to interfere in his behalf.
—lda Pfeiffer was one night last week, publicly
presented to the Bostonians, by their Mayor, at Fa
ueuil Hall. A native of Vienna, she is about fifty
eight yejgs of age, with a dark complexion and a
fine black eye. In thirteen years, entirely alone,
she has traversed nearly the whole of Asia, crossed
the deserts of Africa, has been in Hindostan, in the
islands of the Pacific, and in Peru, and in Iceland,
and lastly in California.
—Among the ladies who have aohieved the ascen
sion of Mont Blanc the past season, was a French
woman, who, after reaching the summit, caused her
self to be lifted upon the shoulders of her guides, so
that she might be able to boast of having been high
er than any man in Europe.
—Texae negroes, of late, are in the habit of run
ning off to Mexico in droves—tempted thither by
wandering tribes of women, wandering about like
gypsies. So it is said. The slaveholders, however,
■re organizing, to prevent a continuance of the stam
pede.
—Hon. John (Long John) Wentworth closes his
report of the recent election returns in the Chicago
Democrat, as follows: ''Taking Judge Douglas's
course as the Democratic platform, about what year
cf our Lord will he be sworn into the Presidential
chair?"
—An old man aged 60 years, ran away from Cin
cinnati last week, and carried with him a lass of
"sweet sixteen," the daughter of one of hie neigh
bors.
—lt is stated that Dr. Townsend, of New York,
hss dor.ated four lots of ground, valued, in the ag
gregate, at SIO,OOO, as a site whereupon to erect a
building for the "Christian Home for Female Ser
r&nts," in that city.
—Among the names of those who were lost by
the destruction of the Arctic, few are more widely
known than that of Mahlon Day, for many years the
only publisher of children's books in the United
States, whose name is known in every corner of the
land, and whose toy books have passed through so
many editions.
The ground was covered with snow to the depth
of two inches in Montreal on last Monday morning.
The hills of Vermont were ( fikewise white with snow
on the same day.
—Gov. Biglc'r was at Waehingtm. on Saturday
last, stopping at W.Hard's
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
Probable Discovery of Ihe Remains
of bis Parly.
MONTREAL, Oct. 21, 1854.
The Herald of this morning has the following ;—
" In our extra of yesterday evening, we intorm
eJ the public that a rumor w as current in town, that
the remains ot .Sir John Franklin and ol his crew
and their ship had been discovered We immedi
ately dispatched a special messenger to die Hudson
Bay Company's House, at Lachine, ami through the
: kindness of the Governor, Sir G-orge S inpson, are
! enabled lo lay belure our readers the following out
-1 lines of a dispatch received by him yesterday Irorn
■ Dr. Rae."
" Di Rae has been absent on the coast since the
I first ol the mon h of June, 1553, and returned to
Yoik Factory on die 28tti August last, from when, e
ho forwarded leitets by express lo Sir Geo Sirrip
son, via the Red River Settlement
Alter briefly noticing die result of his ownexplo
rations, and die difficulties with which they had to
; contend, lie proceeded to s ate dial hum die E-qui
i in an x he had übained cerium information ot the
j file ol Sir John Fianklin, who had been starved to
J death, after the lo*s of their ships, which were
crushed in the ice, and while making their way
south to die G.eai Fish River id Buck near the out
let ol which a par y of wiiites died, leaving ac
counts ol dieir Milleiiiig* fti die mutilated corpses of
some, which had evidently furnished food to their
unfortunate companions
This information, although not derived from the
Esquimaux, who had communicated will: the
whites, and who found dieir remains, but from an
other band who obtained the details vim voce may
ye; be re! Ed up n No doubt is left ol tetu li of
ihe. it-port, as the natives had in their possession
various articles of European manufacture, which
had been in possession of die whites. Among
these are several silver spoons, foiks, etc.. on one
I of which is engraved Sir John F.ranklin, K C 8.,
j while die othets have crests and initials on them
; which identify the owners as having belonged io
(he ill-fated expedition. Drawings ol some ol lliese
have been sent down.
Tins fearful tragedy must have recurred as long
| ago as the Spring of 1850.
The foregoing embraces all ihe particulars asyei
known,
Additioual Particulars.
BOSTON, Monday, Oct. 23
Late Montreal papers contain some additional
details concerning the discovery of Sir JOHN FRANK
LIN'S party, obtained by Dr. RAE from the Esqui
maux The report is as follows:
In the Spring of 1850 a parly of white men,
amounting to about for y, were seen navelling
southward over the ice and diagguig boats with
thein, by some Esquimaux Indians who were kil
ling seals on the north shore of Kmq William's
Land, which is a large island named Keiiiuk by the
Esquimaux'. None of the party could speak tfie
native language intelligibly, but by signs die na
tives were maJe to understand that their ships had
been crushed by ice, ard that the whites were now
going to A- here die) expected to fir.d deer to shoot
From the appearance ot the men, all ot whom ex- j
cept one cb ei officei looked thin, they were sup- ;
posed lobe get.ing short of provisions, and they !
purchased a seal from the natives.
At a later dale during the same season, but pre- '
vious to the disruption of the ice, the bodies of about i
thirty white persons were discovered on the continent , j
and five more on an island near it, about a long day's |
j lurney—say 35 or 40 miles—to the northwest of a
large stream which can be no other than BACK S j
Great Fish River, as its description, and that of the j
low shore in die neigtibothood of Point Ogle and :
Montreal Island agree exactly with that of Sir j
GEORGE BACK'S. Borne of the bodies had been !
buried, some were in tents, o hers under a boat j
thai had been turned over to Jorm a shelter, and j
several lay scattered in different directions. Of;
those found ou the island, one was supposed to ;
have been an officer, as he had a telescope over j
his shoulder, arid Ins double barrel gun lay under- j
neatii him From the mutilated state ol many of j
die corpses, and the contents of the keitlrs, it is evi- j
dent that the party had been driven to the last le- j
source, " Cannibalism," as a means of prolonging
life.
There appears to have been an abundant stock i
of ammunition, as the powder was emptied in a j
heap on the ground by the natives out of die kegs j
or cases containing it, and a quantity of ball and j
shot was found below high water mark, having •
been left on the ice close to the beach. There j
niu-t have been a number ol watches, telescopes, j
compasses, guns, &c , all of which appear to have ,
been broken up, as Dr. RAE saw pieces ol these '
different articles with the Esquimaux, together wi li
some 6ilver spoons and forks, as m .oy of which as
could be obtained were purchased, and a list of the
most important of the relics found, with the draw
ings of others, were to be forwaided to London.
INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE FROM DR KANE'S
EXPEDITION —A lerer horn Dr. Hayes, of Chester
county, one ot ihe second Grinnell expedition in
search of Sir John Franklin, has been received in
New Yoik. li is dated the 2'Jih of July, 1853, at
Proven, one ot die most tioiiheily of trie Danish
settlements on the Greenland coast. The expedi
tion was just about to S;art <>n ITS exploration. The
most active preparations had been made for the
search; which would begin at the point where die
vessels could not penetrate fur'her on account of
the ice. A boat and sleighing party were to con
duct the search. The great object of this expedi
tion would be to pave the way for future opera'ions
in the spring. For this purpose they carry with
tbeui a stock of provisions, consisting of pemican,'
preserved meats, meat biscuit, &C, wi'h a lew
luxuries, to be left at different points on the way.
The boat " The Forlorn Hope," for so she is ca -
led, is so constructed as to propel either on ice or
water —on ice by eight men operating against
vvooden bars lashed athwart the boat, while the
Doctor will lead off in advance to explore die track
The stern is covered with an India rubber cloth
tent, lo serve as protection by night and cooking
apartment by day. Having arrived at the terrtiitia
; tion of iheir journey, leaving the Forlorn Hope
arid provisions to the mercy of the wolverines and
bears, they will return to the brig on foot, in the
darkness of die polar night, guided by dieir com
pass and the stars The party will endeavor to
prevent attacks of the scurvy, caused by living en
tirely on animal diet, by active exercise anil daily
ablutions in die snow. A large supply of ducks
and other birds and their eggs, abounding in that
region, is to serve for the principal articles of lood
and loxury during the winter. Mr Bousalt has ta
ken a number of Daugerreotype sketches ot the
country, the chemicals working hne in that high
latitude. This is probably the last intelligence
which will be received from the expedition till the
arrival of the Advance at New York, next month,
where she is expected. ShoulJ she fail to reach
port within that time, it will probably be because
Capt. Kane had determined to continue his re
searches in the Arctic regions for another season.
SAM IIorsTON AND THE PRESIDENCY —The de
mocratic eeneralcommiitee, representing (he Burke
and anti-Nebraska section of the party in New
Hampshire, have adopted an address lo the people
of the United States, recommending them to sup
port Gen. Houston for the Presidency, in opposition
■to any nominee of a convention. The address I 9
said to have been written by the Hon. Edmund
Burke, formely commissioner of patents, and who
recently commended ihe doctrines ol the Know-
Nothings.
To politicans this movement is worthy of more
than passing consideration, lor if ihe suggesiion be
successfully matured and developed, it may de
' stroy the Presidential prospects and ardent aspira*
j tions of certain gentlemen who have been playing
| desperate games to come up " trump."
i o tr A PENSION of £IOO a year has been award.
! ed by the Queen to Mrs. Taylor, widow of the well
: xnnwu discoverer m steam navgation.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Saturday, October 28, 1854.
Terms of TUe Reporter.
S'l SO per annum—if paid within the year 50 rents will
>e deducted —for cacti paid actually in advance 91 GO will be
educled. No paper sent overtwo years. uulesi> paid for.
Advertisemkjcts, per square of ten tines. 50 cents for the
fir-it and 'ls cents for each subsequent insertion.
[n7~t>fi>ce in the'* Union Block." nonhsideol the Public
Square, next door to the Bradford Hotel. Entrance between
essrs. Adams' and Elwell'slaw offices.
The Result.
The overwhelming defeat which the Democrat
ic party has sustained in the late election, furnishes
mailer lor much speculation, and is worthy the con
sideration ol every voter. But two years since,
(he Democracy emerged from a Presidential con
test victorious—more than victorious. That "party
was then thoroughly uniied, and gave to their op
ponents such a Walerloo deftrtu, thai it was a sttb
ject of serious consideration with many of the
Whig leaders.whether their party was not totally and
irremediably annihilated.
The administration ot FRANKLIN PIERCE was in
a igurated under auspices more brilliant than any
preceding it. The policy ot the country seemed
settled peace spread her blessings over the land
plenly was within our borders, and general pros
perity prevailed. Yet in every election which has
taken place during the summer and autumn, a spe
cial rebuke has been administered to his Adminis
tration, i s literals have been stricken down, and
disaster and defeat seem yet iu 6tore. What has
wrought this great and humiliating change 1 What
has demolished and prostrated the Democratic
party, until it can hardly be said it exist, except
in name ?
lii our judgment the question admits of no argu
ment. It is as plain, as the most self evident
truth. The most potent measure in producing this
remit, has been the Repeal oi the Missouri Com
promise. That measure shocked and alarmed the
whole county The most indifferent to the en
croachments of slavery, saw in that unjust and un
called for Repeal, a degree of moral and political
turpitude, adisregarJ ol Compromises, and solemn
obligations, which awakened ihe fears of the
least timid, and aroused a state of public sentiment
such as never before existed in this Country. Men,
who in the struggles of the past,have been arrayed
against the efforts of the friends of Freedom, be
came alarmed at the extent to which Southern arro
gance and Northern ambition and treachery dare
go, and denounced the aggression with as much
zeal as those who have been endeavoring for years
to curb the progress of Slavery.
We are content that the results which have as
tonished politicians, should be ascribed to any or
ganization or sentiment, they see proper. It the
friends of Judge DOUGI.AS find comfort, in endeav
oring to convince themselves that the Repeal ol the
Missouri Compromise did not enter into the con
test, but that the overthrow the Democratic par
ty has sustained is owing to the agenc> ol that mys
terious organization, known as " Know Nothings,"
we are cotiten*. Because there must be some
great and powerful cause, underlying all, which
can give to any organization for such purposes,
any great degree oi potency and strength. There
must be some weakening of the bands of party,
some loosening ot party lies, before such an ele
ment can become powerful.
A> early as May last, the Representative in Con
gress from this Dictiict, in the course of his remarks
upon the Nebraska bill, amongst other truths, ut
tered the following prophetic sentence:—
" But, Sir, as an early and constant friendof this
Administration, I desire the defeat of this bill; for
its passage will, in my judgment, insure beyond a
doubt, an anti-Administration majority in the next
Congress. As an earnest and devoted friend of the
Democratic party, to which I have cheerfully given
my best energies from my earliest political action,
! desire the defeat of this Bill; for its passage will
blot it out as an national organization, and, leaving
but a wreck iu every northern State, it will live
only in history. As a lover of peace, liaraiony,and
fraternal concord among the citizens of the Confed
eracy, and as a devotee at the shrine of this Union,
with all its precious hopes to man, I desire the de
feat of this bill—for its passage will tear open
wounds not yet healed, lacerated spirits already
frenzied, and " the bond of confidence which unites
the two sections of the Union will be rent asunder,
and years of alienation and unkindneas may inter
vene before it can be restored, if ever, to its wonted
tenacity and strength."
How hi? forebodings have been realized, let New
Hampshire, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio and InJi
ana answer. Is (here in any Northern State any
thing more than the wreck of a patty, and can the
fragments be relied upon in a tuture contest ?
But it has been in Pennsylvania that the direst
efforts of the Nebraska iniquity have been experi
enced. It was been here that the blow has fallen
with the m >st weight. It has defeated the re-elec
tion of an Executive, whose Administration of State
affairs meets the approbation of men of every par
ty. Bolter that a hundred DJCGLAI'S had been de
feated, than that one BIGLKR had been stricken
down But he has the proud consolation of know
ing that it is lor the sins of others that he suffered ;
that in all the contest through which lie has passed
r>o one has dared to say aught against his reputa
tation, or attempted to arraign his Administration
of the affairs ol the Commonwealth. His name
will stand amidst the list of Executives, a bright
ensamplar—his recommendation and his vetoes be
models for future years.
The feeling of respect for Gov. BIGLER, of admi
ration of his official acts, saved him many voles,
which otherwise would have been cast in the man
ner best calculated to express disapprobation ol the
Nebraska bill. Democrats voted against him with
the utmost reluctance. They acknowledged his
worth as a man—they admitted his soundness and
wisdom as an Executive—they knew thatachange
could not better the Administration, and yet they
dreaded more that the triumph of the party should
be heralded as an endorsement or even acquiesence
in the Repeal ofthe Missouri Compromise. In vain
Gov. BIGLER declared that he wished to be tried up
on his own merits alone—in vain his protestations
that he was not accountable for the actions ol Con
gress—the People decided that through him and
through the Democratic party, the rebuke was to
be giver.
The loss of* Democratic Executive we deeply
deplore—the causes are with that ambition which
would betray the interests of our country to propiti
ate Southern sentiment. Judge DOUGLAS and his
coadjutors in political rascality are answerable for
tne defeat of Gov. Bigler and lor the present miser
able condition of the Democratic party. That par
ty, will in time, we have no doubt, arise in renew
ed s rength,pruned ol such despicable excresences,
and one of its first acts will be to vindicate the ol
ficial and personal character of Gov. BICLF.K
Judge Campbell.
We observe that one or two papers are endeav
oiing to create the impression that the appointment
of Judge CAMPBELL as Attorney General of this
State by Gov. BIGLER, and lite supposition through
his recommendation and influence the iormer was
placed in (he Cabinet ofGen PIERCE, has had great
effect in producing the late disastrous result in
Pennsylvania. How far this may have affected
certain localities we have no means ol judging;
but as far as we have any knowledge,the assertion
is totally without foundation. We speak more par
ticularly of the North, where Gov. BIGLEK'S vote
has fallen off, very materially; and where this
cause assigned has not had the slightest influence.
When Judge CAMPBELL was a candidate before
the people, the North sustained him nobly, and
grieved when treachery struck him down. It is
not likely that the same section would now urge
his elevation as a reason tor opposing Gov. BIGLER
On the contrary, we know many men who have
allowed their friendship for Judge CAMPBELL to
mitigate their opposition to the Administration of
which he is a member, but who utterly ar.d totally
condemn its policy.
This charge is not only unjust and unfair, but it
is put forward to hide the true causes of our disas
trous overthrow. Antipathy to no one man could
have produced that result, and though there may
have been those who desired the selection of some
other man as Post Master General, yet that the pres
ent incumbent has faithfully and impartially dis
charged the duties ol his po-t, all concede, and ihat
done, all just cause ol complaint ceases.
We make these remarks ae a simple act of jus
lice to Judge CAMPBELL ; we have not received nor
shall we ask any tavore from him. Our best en
ergies shall be devoted to the overthrow of any
administration favoring the designs of Slavery—
but in anything affecting their personal character, i
or standing at home, will ever be ready to do all]
men justice.
The Canal Commissioners have appointed
W. R. MAFFET, of Luzerne county, Engineer ard
Superintendent upon the North Branch Canal, in
place M. A GAMBLE, resigned. Mr. MAFFET has
had great experience upon the Canals of the Com
monwealth, both as an Engineer and as Supervi
sor, and has a very high reputation lor ability and
energy.
Mr. GAMBLE resigns on account of business en
gagements which demand his undivided time and
attention. During his stay here, he has secured
the confidence arid esteem of the entire communi
ty, and will carry him their best wishes lor his
prosperity.
MOUNT PPOSPECT WATER CURE. —This institution
located within a mile ol the village ol Binghamton.
N. Y., is deservedly one of the most celebrated
resorts tor invalids in that State. It is delightfully
located at the foot of Ml. Prospect, commanding a
view of unusual beauty, in a healthy spot, affording
admirable facilities for walks, drives and boating,
and an abundant supply of the purest spring water
for bathing.
The visitors are under the care ol Dr. TIIAYEU
and Lady, lesideul physicians, who have a high
reputation lor experience and skill. The proprie
tor, Mr RANNEY, also gives his personal attention
to the comforts of the guests. We can confidently
recommend (his establishmeal, as offering advan
tages 10 be met with at no other place.
APPOINTMENTS BY CANAL COMMISSIONERS. —The
Board ol Canal Commissioners will meet at Har
risburg on Tuesday, the 14th of November next,
for the purpose of making the annual appointments
to office, on the Canals and Railroads of the Com
monwealth.
A FREE FIGHT —The Pennsylvanian is down up
on Judge WILMOT, REAM FRAZER and SIMON CAM
ERON ;the feeble puppy of the Patriot yelps in uni
son ; while the Union pitches into BUCHANAN, FOR
NEY and Judge CAMPBELL. Ain't we the harmo
nious Democracy!
PROHIBITION.— CompIete returns from (ne State
show a majority of about 20CT0 against a Prohibi
tory Liquor Law. When the official vote is ascer
tained we will publish it.
The official vote of the State and a complete
list of members of the Legislature have not yet been
published. When they are published, we shall
lay them before our readers.
THE NEBRASKA BILL SINCE THE ELECTION.—
There never was a completer or more disastrous
miscarriage than the Nebraska bill. It has not on.
ly blasted every expectation that was originally
formed of it,but it has proved to its authors a posi.
live and unmitigated curse, lustead of giving el
lect and confirmation to the compromise ol 1854,
it has blasted that compromise into nothingness.—
Instead ol securing two' additional slave States to
the Union, it has secured two additional free States
And instead of putting an end to Free Soil doctrine
it has given that doctrine a power and a respecta
bility which it never possessed before, and which,
we believe, it could never have attained through
any other medium than thai opened by this bill
We do not speak ot this in exultation. Most cer
tainly not. There is much in the present aspect of
things that we deplore—much that ws did our ut
most to prevent, by Joing our utmost against the
passage of the bill. But the responsibility is not
with us—our duty has been thoroughly discharged.
Able to do nothing more, we can fitly turn the "bai
lie over to our former opponents ol the Virginia
school, and, withal, enjoy a smile or two af the
sight of their obstreperous vowmgs before all the
stars ol high heaven lhey'll ne'er submit, yet all
the while submitting— Charleston JS r eus.
EMIGRATION OF MORMONITES.— A large number
of persons in South Wales have left, and others are
soil preparing to follow, for the Mormonite settle
ment in North America. These persons are prin
cipally from the Counties of Carmarthen and Gla
morgan, and many have given up a comfortable
home and subsistence in order to seek their para
dise on the banks of the Salt Lake. A very large
exodus of these deluded people has taken place
from South Wales, and the movement appears to
be on the increase. The emigrants are principally
small larmers, mechanics, iron-workers, colliers
&c , with here and (here persons of a better class.
They make their way to Liverpool, Bristol, or Ply.
mouth, and thence r.art lor New Orleans, where
i th *J' awend the river to their new settlement.
Por the Brad ford Reporter.
Teacbct'N Association.
Several objects are to be attained by the occa
sional meetings of the teachers of a town, or coun
ty, a few ot which 1 propose to point out in this
communication.
One, and perhaps the fist in importance, is to be
come acquainted with each other. Not to torm a
speaking acquaintance, so aa merely recognize
each other when they meet, but to know one anoth
er in their feelings and plans in educational mat
ters—do understand the views upon all subjects
connected with school matters. Such an acquain
tance, will entirely dispel that spirit of jealousy and
distrust, that has hitherto prevailed.
At the meetings of these associations, the difler
erent methods of teaching the various branches
are discussed. The different plans lor arranging,
classifying and governing schools,are talked about.
The duties, responsibilities, trials, troubles and pre
plexities ol the teacher, are made topics of conver
sation. The numerous text books are criticized;
in short, every subject that can interest '.hose en
gaged in the great work of educating the youth of
the country—is brought before the meetings. Up
on these various topics, teachers and friends of ed
ucation of experience, give their views and expe
rience, those less experienced learn their plans,
and the methods of imparting instruction, by which
they have gained a reputation as teachers. Take
for instance, the best method, or rather, the vari
ous methods of teaching grammar, lor a topic of
discussion. There are almost as many modes of
teaching as there are teachers—all cannot be equal
ly successful. It is true, that no one way will be
the best for every teacher, under all circumstances
—still, there are some methods of teaching this im
portant branch, which w ill always be more success
ful than others. Now it is important for the teach
ers to know what those methods of communicating
instructions are. How scholars can be made to
love to study that which has been considered so very
dry and dull; how they can rapidly acquire a cor
rect and critical knowledge ol their own language
Young persons, who have never taught, but who
intend to lake upon themselves the duties of the
teacher, would gain very much in their teaching
life, if they could know, when they commence,
how others have been successful in teaching gram
mar. Let this matter be discussed at a meeting
where the teachers of the county are collected; lei
the experienced give their views and plans—each
one, of course, differing in some of their details,
from any other. From these statements when ful
ly presented and rigidly criticized, the inexperienc
ed will be enabled to adopt a plan for themselves,
by which they can teach grammar more suecesslul
ly. than if they had spent one or two terms in try
ing experiments.
Again, those who may have very good methods
of leaching, will be likely lo find, by hearing the
plans of others, that theirs can be modified and
improved, by adopting a part of others. What is
true ol leaching English Grammar, is equally true
with the regard lo each ol the other sciences. The
alphabet, the corner stone of all our education, is
taught lo little children in much less lime by some
teachers than by others. In seme schools, the small
scholars, if they have not been taught the alphabet
at home—as all children should be—will be kppt
drilling at their letters three months, while in oth
ers, all the letters would be taught lo (he same
scholar, in as many week?. This is not because
the first teachers are not as anxious as the last, to
have their pupils do well, and learn rapidly, but
because one has hit upon a better method of teach
ing the letters than the other—both are doing the
very best they can—but one knows how to do be'-
ter than the other.
Now if so much time can be gained, by some
teachers, in teaching the first principles ol ail sci
ence, is it no: worth while to take some measures
to save it. II by getting together occasionally, and
comparing notes, and exchanging sentiments upon
this department alone, all could adopt some expe
ditious mode of learning their small scholars the
names of (he several chaiacters which represent
the sounds of the English language—would not th e
compensate for all the trouble and expense it might
cost tor one year? But this is one only of the many
interesting subjecls thai should be brought up for
consideration—one only of the many things lhat
are to be laughl by our teachers, and that the most
elementary of all. In others, (here might be as
much lime gained by some teachers as in this, if
they knew the best way lo leach.
C R. COBUKN.
Is Senator Douglas a Slaveholder 1
The editor of the Dealer recently denied that
Arnold DOUGLAS owned any slaves, directly or in
directly, and offered to make a bei of SI,OOO to
that effect. We have been famished with the fol
lowing facts from a persona! acquaintance ol Douo
LAS who has them directly from his own month.
Some twelve years ago DOBOLAS married ihe
daughter of a North Carolina slaveholder. The
father-in-law possessed a worn out plantation in
North Carolina, and on it 150 half-star'ved negroes,
besides some 850 000 of Bank stock. Some time
after his daughter's marriage to DOUGLAS he pur
chased two tracts of land in Mississippi, and
stocked one with 80 and the other with 40 negroes,
the residue of his "peculiar properly" remaining
at the dilapitated homestead. A few years after
wards the iatlier-in-law offered lo make a gift of
the larger Mississippi plantation to DOUGLAS. BUI
fear of public sentiment in Illinois and the North
deterred him from receiving the " live stock" in
his own name. He suggested to the olj man thai,
under the circumstances it were better that the " nig
gers" sh'ould be settled upon his wife, which ac
cordingly was done. Shortly afterwards the old
gentleman gave up the ghost, and was gathered lo
his fa'hers ; the other daughter alsc deceased ; and
recently his own wile, leaving him a widower with
three children, the oldest of whom is six years oIJ.
His wife's sister died without issue, consequent
ly her plantation and forty or fifty niggers fell to
DOUGLAS' wife, as also ihe " family niggera" of
the father-in-law, upon his demise; the widowed
relic, we believe yet survives, holding a life estate
in her husband's properly, "mixed" and real
DOUGLAS derives the rents and profits of both the
Mississippi plantations, and anually pockets the
surplus labor of some one hundred and sixty or
more Slaves. He visits his plantations frequently
and gives his negroes a grand barbacue once a year'
inspects h,s crop of picaninieS of African, Ameril
can and Senatorial paternity ; gives instructions to
his overseers, and receipts to them for the
cash extracted from the sweat and toil of his
human chatties during the preceding year He
will be legally emitted to repeat his burbacues and
collections lor fifteen years, wh~>n his eldest son
will come ol age, and relieve his lather of one.
third of the profits deiived from the Slaves. DOUG
LAS does not technically own the Mississippi Slav,
es, but he owns their usufruct , as a lawyer would
term it, which means, " the right of enjoying a thing
which belongs to another, and of deriving from it
all the profit or benefit it may produce."
The reader will observe the technical loop-hole
through which the' Postmaster 'expected lo crawl
in case of his Set being taken up.— From the Cleve
land lAAiUr.
Tbe Present State or Parties.
It is surprising how rapidly intelligence is con
veyed from one place to another in our country
The Washington Union, the organ of the adminis
tration, has got news of the election in the three
great free states along the slave border. As an evi.
dence of its prompt attention to the subject, it quotes
from a North Carolina print, the Raleigh Standard,
an aiticie relating to (hose elections, to which it
gives a conspicuous place in its editorial columns.
It begins thus:
" We give, in another column, elections returns
from Pennsylvania, Ohio and tmliana. The friends
and advocates of the constitutional rights of the
South in these stales have encountered disastrous
defeats. Anti-Nebraskaism, or, in other words,
abolitionism, and a determination on the part of
the free states to circumscribe slavery, if possible
hate swept nearly everyihing. Know Noifnngiam'
has had some agency in producing the results; but
the main element ot evil is abolitionism."
We are happy to perceivs this indication tha
they take the true view of the matter at Washing
ton. Not much of the late election is to be ascrib
ed to Nstiveism. The unpopularity of the mea
sure introduced at the last session by Senator Doug
las, adopted by the administration and carried
through the two houses by corrupt means, has done
more than any other caue to break down, in all
those states, the party which supports the adminis
tration. There never was a better choice of terms
than made by the Raleigh print in speaking of
the great question on which these elections turned.
There is a " determination on the part of the free
states to circumscribe slavery"—that is to say, to
resist its further spread in the United States—a de
termination to which the late measures of Congress
have given a far higher degree of strength and in
tensity that it ever possessed betore. The repug
nance of the North to the ex'ension of slavery has
been set at defiance and treated with scorn by the
politicians at Washington, until what was simple
repugnance has been changed by a series of ex
asperation into the resolute determination of which
the Raleigh print speaks What we have seen in
the late election is not the last manifestation ol it.
There is one point, in the mean time, to which
we wish to diaw die attention of those who occu
py themselves with what may be called tha philo
sophy ol the formation of parties. It is the natural
tendency of men in ail states of society where the
expression of opinion is free, to form themselves
into parties ; that is to say, people who hold the
same views of public policy will associate and act
together. There is a gregarious instinct which at
tracts men to tnese associations, like that which
leads wild horses 10 wander in droves Men feel
a sense of power and security which (hey are band
ed together, and a confidence in the opinions which
are delended by men ol strong intellect aciitg
with them
In ordinary times there naturally arise two par
ties in every free state, cne of them in favor of a
paternal government and much legislation, the
other in lavor ola simple government and sparing
legislation The people are satisfied (o range them
selves with one of these parties as long as the ob
jects for which they are tormed are kept in view.
When, however, the aclsve men in these parties
become corrupt and attempt (o effect by the aid of
paity organization purposes which are not fairly
within the scope of their party creed, an element tif
discord is introduced, many of the oid adherents of
the party separate from it arid form new combina
tions.
This is the case at the present moment. The
men whom the democratic party has placed in
power at Washington have been busy, almost ever
since they took charge of public affairs, in the
work of giving their old supporters a pretext for
abandoning them Thousands ot their Iriends iiave
fallen away, but in separating themselves from the
support of the administration they have not given
up their habit of party association. I' may surprise
some of our readers to learn that the Know-Nothing
taction inclodes a vast number of recruits from the
democratic party, who form some of its most active
membeis. In every part ol our state it is certain
that numbers ol these who were formerly depend
ed on to cast democratic votes, lormtng what is
called the rank and file of the Know Nothing lod
ges or inclined to favor their objects
These men do not find in the measures of the
democratic party, a* it exis s <n Washington, any
thing to awiken their enthosiasrm, and they find
much which they cannot approve. The old ties
which bound litem to it are decayed and broken,
but they cannot remain neutral or inactive The
instinct of party is still strong within thern ; they
must have their political association, their organiza
tion, their candidates ; ihey must vote with an ub
ject. The Know-Nothing movement finds them
in this condition ; it pre-enis us tailacies plausibly
to their minds; tbeie is a novelty and an excite
ment in us discussions ul.ich interest them, and
they are draw n after it and induced to join it.
At Washington they deprecate with great earn
estness the formation of this new party ; but let
them reflect whether the fault is rioi in part their
own. It Mr. Pie r ce's administration had not done
so much to make the democratic party unpopular,
the Know-Nothing party would never have had
hall the strength it is now enabled to command
Evening Post.
THE TRIAL of Dr Graham, at New York, for the
murder of Col Loring. took a singular turn on Mon
day Eleven of the jurors signed and presented to
the Court a petition asking to be discharged, on the
ground that one of the jurors was a relative of the
prisoner wife. The Court after consultation de
cided lhat the charge against the juror had net been
presented in a proper form, and therefore could not
be considervd as a fact, and that even it were, it
was doubtlul whether the Court had the power to
discharge the jury, and put Dr. Graham again ott
his 'rial. The counsel for the defence, however,
said that Dr. Graham had something more at stake
than his life, and that it was (he request of the pri
soner and his wife that the juror alluded to should
be discharged, and that the trial should, by consent,
proceed before the other eleven jurors. This was
assented lo by the District Attorney, and a formal
agreement to lhat effect was drawn up and sign
ed by the opposing counsel, and the prisoner.—
The juror was then withdrawn.
The jury in the case of Dr. Graham returned a
verdict ol Manslaughter in the second degree. A de
lay of twenty days was granted by the Court, i.-i
passing sentence, to enable Graham's counsel :o
prepare a bill ot exceptions, on which lo base att
application for a new trial. Whether such an an
plication will prove suecesslul, and whether upon
a new trial any verdict less severe would be te
turned, are matters ot course of mere conjecture
1 he penalty affixed by law to the crime of which
Dr Graham stands convicted, is confinement in the
State prison lor not less than four, nor more '.hail
seven years.
THE FOREIGN NEWS—THE CRIMEA VICTOKT A
FICTION —lt appears by the Africa's pews that the
late intelligence from the Crimea of (he r/isastrottf
defeat of the Russians and (he taking ofSebastapoi
is entirely false. AH 'he embellishments—the ex
plosion of Fort Con6tantine, the destruction of the
Russian fleet, &c —were pure lancy touches, very
skillfully put in, but lacking the essential of truth
to give them a permanent historical character —
Menschikofl lg pl j|| , n t^e w j t h 30,0CLCX men
awaiting an attack ol the allies, and the latter have
not taken up their march foi Sebastopol They
command the approaches towaids that city and
this is the firsi step towards investing it They
were within ten miles of the city on the 27th tot-
All the speculations which have been indulged
by the press, on the importance ol the victory and
the probability ot the Czar being brought to reason
able terms by his disgraceful deleat, or of his rou
sing the nation to greater exertions 10 redeem th
credit ol his arms, are of course so much newspa
per wisdom thrown away—so much political philo
sophy wasted. Hells were rung for nothing ,n
London, and church organs pealed lor victories not
yet accomplished. The hoax seems (o have beer
a very successful one. The battle at Alma is
only engagement which has taken place :a
Crimea. s