AAAIV ill i UiWIUVSN FIRST SKSSIO.W I W KDNF.SIUY, PJpl ogkir... I n the Senate to-day, they gagid! in receiving and disposing of fiapil naval officers who had been retired hr accir-j dance with tlie report to tlfttVjHid,. B&dfcJbv. the late Naval Kefonn Boarfl. Hocse. —Mr. ThonngtM withdrew hisreMv "TtftTyftl'Tif.">vT-TfiiifT.lP fTc of a S- • hv a plii.ralU-\> as the desired gmdhtT ! Inf-e rjrS f,*v) huFTif HIW propu- ! sLtiou to-day or to-iuurrow. Mr. Campbell of Ohio, said there were I sonic things said in the discussion yesterday > wliich might create a disposition on his part to | reptv; pwrfTfttTfitlv to Mr Humphrey MarMmTT.j who would read out of the American oiyatu zatinn every member of this IKM.IV who had not come hither with n padlock on his tongue.— The discussion he regarded as premature; but lie was willing to meet the ecrttlMmui, agree ing h. be did with hinven the material firwntfc of Anioricftnism on the ohc hand, ami with the unbroken phalanx of the advocates of the Nebraska bill on the Other. lie desired to throw no obstacles in the wnv of nn organiza tion, nntl hoped the Clerk would proceed to cull the roll. i?-. Crios of "(tall the roll." Tho Homie then again proceeded to vote for tweaker. Before the result of the ballot was announ ced, .Mr. Afr.MifHen inquirer] whether it would he in order to rtiuvo a call of the House!— Some gent Semen wcrn absent, thinking the time would be occupied in debate. He said j-.odid not know whether the hist liallot elect- j ed a Speaker or not. The t'lerk siiiil there had been no election, and announced the cobalt of the doth bnilot a follows— Hanks, - - - -10*.] ' Richardson, - - 12 Culler,- - - - 37 | Leiter, - - - - % Scattering, - - - I. Mr. Barclay explained his position in reply ing to his colleague, (Mr. Campbell.) Hg pahl he had netcr had the slightest sym-1 pathy with the Free Soil heresy. IP and j his party friend* regarded it astir* Hosinahtc of Cervantes : namely, a long, lean, miserable Jackass of a horse. [Laughter.] He we.*, in the last canvass, opposed to the repeal of the Missouri line, because lie heftcred it agita ting a question involving only a mere abstrac tion. Bnt if a bill \vefc' fmw Introduced to restore that line, he would lie Found in a solid column, with the democrat*, voting agalrst it. 1 Mr. Cujnpbell of Pennsylvania, a-ked hi* callcagne whether he was not elected as an A nti-N'ehraska man. Mr. Ma relay replied that he was regularly nominated as the Democratic candidate, and was opposed as mneh to the restoration of the Mi mri Hne as he was to its repeal in the first place, because the hitter gave occasion for agitation, to break down the Democratic party and damage the Union. Mr, Whitney explained and defended the principles of the legitimate American party at' the North. In conclusion, Mr. Wliitney snb- j mitted a resolution that the House proceed to i elect a Speaker by bnilot. The motion was laid on the table yeas 243 nays 1. Mr, CndwaTlnder congratulated the country upon this rote. It was condemnation of the secret priuciple relied on by the Know-Noth ings. Mr. Fuller of Pennsylvania, explained his {xvsition, opposing the further agitation of the slavery question. If he had been here the ln=t Congress, he would have opposed all terri torial legislation, but he would not vote for the restoration of the* Missouri line, and would admit Kansas with or without slavery. He ! would leave that to the people. Mr. Todd, of Pa., said, if he had before known this, lie would have suffered his right hand to wither before voting for Mr. Fuller. Mr. Keller replied to Mr. Whitney, saying that the basis of Know-Nothingism in Now York was Free-Soilism, and that tho latter eonhl not have been elected to Congress had it not been for divisions atwrhg the Democracy. Several other gentlemen explained their posi tion*. Messrs. Walker and fiakc were ready to lie satisfied with Mr. Fuller's position. .Mr. Hall was not, and had \ot<<d for Mr. Hanks. Mr. Campbell of Kentucky defended the American party, and was very severe on the Freec Soilors. During the debate there was considerable i xcitement, with frequent applause, and occa sional hisses. The Honse then proceeded to another Ivallot, which resulted as follows : Hanko, - - - 1 Oft Itichnrdson, - - 75 Fuller, - - - 31 ' Scattering, - - ff No election. Necessary to a choice, 113. Adjourned. Tffrnsr'.vv, Dec. 20. Senate. —Mr. Hroadhcad, from the Com mittee on Claims, submitted a report, direct ing that all private claims, in which adverse reports were made or ordered, during the last session, which were pending at its close, and which claims air founded upon any law of Congress, or regulation of the executive de partments, or contracts express or implied, with the (Joverument, and which the claimants choose to prosecute before the Court of Claim*, be referred to flip said Court. The report was, on motion, adopted. On motion of Mr. Cass, the protest of the Illinois DegHafmv, against Mr. Trumbull's • lection to the United States Senate, was re ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Trumbull presented evidence showing that He erased to be a Judge, and was ucceed • d by another two years before his election to the Hhnate. Referred to the same committee. Hocse. —The balloting for Speaker was re- Bumed. The sixty-seventh ballot resulted as follows: Hanks. - 104 ijiiehardson, - - 73 Fuller, * - - - 31 Scattering, - - 10 Mr. Smith, of Alabama, said that the re sult of the vote just announced, is a pretty fair indication that no result will be reached to-day. Wishing fo promote, by degrees, the business of the House, lie proposed ito pro . cord to the election of the two next important Committees of the House, viz : the Commit tee on Ways and Means, aud forfocuroaffairs. He pnoposed pafty should nominate four members of each Coiariiiftcc', 1 Aihniim-t ration purtv, three, and the cor pora! guard of the Soufh, assisted by uiemTtcrs bom lac North, two. These Committees -••on. , -elect their chairman by a majority > and that theirin Chairmen >houll pre sale over the ordinary bu-iucs.s' of the House, A.tvruaieiy, till the Speak.-,- is elected. ID- I ductiou of bills to be referred to the appro priate committees, to be elected htreajter.-—. $ sriALi }tf Mica'hiflr- Knst ogthd <®m®<* M Wg£.- a- I Means. Snaste'wiergoaMaMrt* Dflwr ICecler. unci last, but notJclst, be ( hiphiife! through whfcse ®pra vdPperh?tW -ckP oil itwy lie throw! up&- the troubled waters. This was no time for enmhmumMU^recrhuii^ Several gentlemen objected to that plan— the law of 178'.) being in the way, prescribing that u Speaker and Cleik shall tir.-L be elected and the incmbers sworn in bv the Speaker be fore proceeding to]sufc|isfcM )i) rIHAu Mr. Smith remarked, that unless some such ITfVs ffdJipfnd. the "public buSifies!T would suffer. • : - ■ •. After remarks from several members, the House •djouruod. **■ i -no >r ar.wl I, , .) ,S. ; t—!■> > ■■■■'* , v. Fmn.AV. Her. 21. The lunate i.vtiot in session to day, having yesterday adjourned till Monday. nbPtor.~-Mr. (,'ifx resumed and finished his speeeli; and after speeches froin Messrs, Etlic ridge, Cobb and Foster, the llousu adjourned without taking a "ballot. 1 r ■ ° Monday, Dec. 21. Srxhrr. The Senate ivihvbiied this morning acted npi ui no business of importggce, and adjonrned till Thursday. Hwi'.sk.—Mr. Leiter, having received from time to time, two votes for speaker, stated distinctly, that he had never been a candidate for tiieoffice, nnd never would be, lie stated this iost- it be .suspected tbnt there might be something wrong in his position. He bad as consistently find regularly voted fur Mr. llunks as tiny man in the House. Mr. Stewart, in explanation of the reasons why he had been voting for Mr. Richardson, said that his (Richardson's) and Mr. Fuller's positions had been explained distinctly and ex* pijeitly,-but Mr. ILuikp's had nor. lie asked Mr. Ranks whether he ever said in u Sjieech ill Maine, "Let the Union slide !'' Mr. Ranks replied, in that speech I said there might bo a -late of things in which I would cnii.-out—l had reference to future con tingencies, such as the proutratiottof the.gigau tic power of the Government to the support ufa -ingle institution —.Siayery. He wits for the I uioij ito it is, and Wogld lueet its cueniies, in fair lield. He was for the Union tin the guaranty of the right* of the States aiul the main pivp of our government, aud he would have it stand on the records of history, in the language of Washington,, crowned with im mortal fame. Mr. Smith (Va.) —I am not satisfied with tlic answer of the gentleman. Did yon say. under circumstances, you would let the Union slide i Air. Banks— I have said all I desire to say. Air. Smith (Va.) —I wish it to be dintinelly understood that those who sustain Mr. Batiks are voting for him with the kt owlcdgd that in a certain contingency he Would let the L'uion slide. b Air. Grow asked the gentleman, and every member v.ito had been her<* for the last four years, whether .such a declaration had not been repeated from time to time by those now vot ing for Richardson, namely ; that they are w.iling to dissolve the Fniou, and let it slide, in a certain contingency ! We stand here continued Air. Grow) to support the Consti tution as it i; explained by the falheri of the Republic, aud contemporaneous reports for over sixty years. We say we are not willing to take any other construction, or that Sla very shall go wherever our (lag floats. Air I Joyce asked Air. Banks, among other questions, " Are you in favor of recognizing Havti, ami receiving a black minister'( Do you favor the abrogation of the Fugitive Slave Law, and the abolition of Slavery in the Dis trict of Columbia V Cries from the friends of Air. Banks, " Call the roil," atuid considerable confusion. Air. Banks replied to Air. I Joyce, and said he distinctly recollected Afr. Richardson, be ing a candidate for Speaker, had declined giv ing answers to questions propounded to him (laughter) Cries of "C <)od'V-"Good" —" Call the roll" —'/ Cull the roll." The llousc then voted with the following result : Hanksj - - - 101 | Fuller, - - - - 31 Iliehard-on, - 72 i lYimington, - - 4 Scattering, - - - 7. Necessary to a choice, 108. .Mr. Nichols offered a resolution that a Speaker he elected by a plurality vote. Tabled by a vote of 110 against 101. Adjourned until Wednesday. MKI.AN'HOI V I'CKSKXTIMKNT AND ITSSAD Fl't,- km.mkvt. —We have to record a most melan choly instance of the power of hallucination over the mind and health of a highly respecta ble and intelligent voting lady of Kinderhook, X. V., who some two years since, while in the enjoyment of robust health, was visited by lier bed side( she allunuxi at tho time) byau np paritiou, which in soletnu accent informed her that at the age of eighteen she would be an inhabitant of another ami a better world. She made tlm incident known to her mother, who vuinly endeavored to erase the circum stances from the mind of her daughter by treating it as the hallucination of a dream. The daughter, however, averred that she was iu possession of her faculties and wide awake at the time of receiving her (spiritual visitor ; and such was the effect it had upon her mind that, a girl full ol life and glee, she became , thoughtful and reserved, and graduajly suuk under its depressing Utfluence, pining gradual ly until recently she became a tenant of the grave-yard just as she was entering upon her eighteenth year.-— KiiirjetM&itg/i ~\otcs. American* State Cor yen. -A iiiceting of this body was hold in Philadelphia on Tuesday, when a resolution was adopted, approving of t lie course of Messrs. Jacob Hroora, Jno. P. Kddy, Win. Mtllward aud llcnrv M\ Fuller. Representatives in -Congress, in wfhsliir to coalesce with the Free Soil and Abolition can didate for Speaker of the Honse, and for tlie strong national ground taken by them during the content. ■" j This Lvmbei: TNUTR.-— There is said to be more lumber ef alt kind. on the wharves at Palais, Mm, at present, than at any period within fifteen years. i i —Ui.. . i'\ TVmvo vr Arcrioys.-' The Ciivurt Child oflWdiug. Pa., decided !:i-t week, 'flint the' 11 law diew not allow " ficticious bids" at auctions. and that if " pufferim* emplo.ed tin: sgle mammmwmmm I Ml— umu HI—W twmmtom l< IHIFHI 7RIIINTTRIIRII'"I|TF CTMM " JSpkfori itCM'kL P. - . OR w ; \ x i IJd 3atiiri)n Xllouimn, Pacutbcr 29, 1553. ji *~re Ulilllll WIT—WWWBK—*— Tkrms— Oj r T)t>Tlnr per annum, invariably in adcanre.— /•bur te. .At prevyyis to the ecpirutiun oi'jf subscription, nolirr mill be given kt a pvierWd 4f*m-re* iu wed, the paper u-.li in all cases be sitrpped. Cu'BßiVfi The Reporter trill be sent to Clubs at the fol , .'tfqggjpTiits* w*asNUJ To copies for S (JO | 20 copies fur 15 00 AOVV.ttT wCTTRvf6-"'- "rfeeptare ' Wires rtr ffre """ tWCtlfpry and despatch, and at re isonahle pritn-^-with fxrry facility for doing Hooks, Blanks, Hund-bills, Ball tigkets, &-c. , j- i i " . -i o I- t\ Nloxky uii iff he scpl hi/ mail. It! cup -enploitd in an ■ehvi 'opr and prnprrly directed, ice tvilj be rtsponsible JQr *v-V>. v j THlf KAWSA9 WAR ENDED ! Otui lltU WLUwtl !MWi ul JitMT Iff%Tl9ilJßi The rnvasiou hf Kansas bv the border ruf fians of Missouri, for the jnn-post" of snbjiiga tingthe Free SMte.imm lias'enrh-d, as ue .ex pected, in Uie pri;cipitute and disgr.u:el'ul re treat of tliQ Misarmriaas. The firm attitude and warlike preparations of the- yti tiers, lias overawed the whiskey-drinking loaf ers who calculated n]M>ii frighteuiug Urn cow ardly abolitionists/" 'J'iie very first rainstorm which came upon t!e invaders, was sufficient to cool their ardor. Finding that they were not to be backed up by l r , S. troo[!S, their courage abutctf, and' they finally iugkaiouc-l) scattered l'ov their Mis.-ouri homes, without coining within range of Shnrpe's rifles. Wc arc yet without the full particulars, but we learn that (VV. rfn.\:\.vo\ had visited Law rence, the head quarters of the Free Slate men, and professed that lc had been grossly deceived as to their acts and intention*--and deprecated the assembling and conduct of the Ml ssourian's. The latter are suspicions ol' the soundness of tlm Governor, and vNitcd hiiu with many nwiodTtions on their return home. LETTER FROM F. P. BLAIR. ' "Wc publish ou our outside an able letter trom jfß.vNcis I*. Iji.au;, well known by repu tation to our readers us the late editor of thf Wttshmpthn in answer to the Republi can eoiiimittee of M'ashington city. Mr. IJUAIK'S letter should by read everywhere,us itsauthor is proba'uly better acquaiiited with the politi cians and political history of the country than any man living. It will be seen, that though hiin.scJf a .-la vcluilder, he refuses to subscribe lo the new democratic dot trines ]rnniubgate<l by I'tkkcF and lbrM..t, but remains satisfied with the old fashioned juinciples siieh as were considered orthodox dciflocftwy when he edited the Ottkial orgnn. For Hits nianlv- and imlcpcndent b'fter the country is indthtwl 'to NL*. BlaIu: In the gen eral scramble which is making for the favors of the slave power, it is indeed refreshing to see such u production emunnto from tlve midst of the slavooi rney, so ertlmly ami jilainlv point out the departure of the democratic party from the intentions and purposes of the early states men of tin.- country. STATU AKM.-J Missixo.-—A discovery has lately been made, that a quantity of the public arms at the State Arsenal, Hai rbbnrg, have been surreptitiously rcniuveil. They consisted oi rifles, muskets, sa,bres, and powder flasks, and it is supposed they have b< en sent to New V ork for the purpose of arming an expedition designed for Nicaragua. Anthony H, Prune, keeper of the Statu arsenal, was arrested ou the charge of larceny, in taking the arms with out proper authority, and after a hearing, was committed in default of bail to answer. The missing anus, or a portion of them, were, iiual- ly traced to an eMubhshment in Broadway, Now York, to the proprietor of which, if is al leged, they were sold by Mr. Andrew Ooburn, of Philadelphia. Mr. (.'. alleges that he bought them from the keeper of the arsenal, as con demned arms. liie Telegraph savs that an official examina tion of the arsenal was made a few dnvs ago by the Sheriff and others, when it was found that the entire contents, with the exception of fifteen or twenty muskets, had becu removed. The value* of the property taken is estimated at two or three thonTiml dollars. Tn addition to the boxss of rifles and muskets shipped to Philadelphia and New York, it is said that large qantities of arms, powder flasks, sabres, Ac., have tx-en sold to individuals in Harris' burg, and that a certain store has been dealing largely ill the -same articles. This system of rascality and plunder lias been carried on sue cessliilly for years, and there is no eaten luting the extent to which the government has been robbed. Publie suspicion points to various in dividuals at the capital and elsewhere, in con nection with this matter,and a legal investiga tion will no donbt lead to some interesting de velopments. " Tur Hi'xtrr s Feast, or ('onwrtntiftit* J'rbonifi t/ir Co Mp- Firr" by CaitMaVXT Th.Ui, is a new work just from the pre ss.oT IMVitt \ Davenport. We venture (y sayy'tUat there is no hook extant which gives such a thrilling uuel yet truthful narrative, of the stirring and perilous life of a Trapper, as d<*s this deeply instructive and hit cresting volume. The same firm has also recently published a work Uy .J i..\ n it ait, en tit led " Katk \Vi:s tox, or, lo KUI and to J Jo ." Talent and ge nius, with great- pow< r of Invention and des cription. cotiibiftcd with <\ iitppvi. ten dciipy, cotuposc tin-, clcincnis of this work, iuu king it ouu ot 'the-nkr-d \ainuble eoudiibutioiiH to the literature of the age. These worts nVay lip hibl of A! vf f, \r<.T!i'iV/ . t tin p. < mi. c r Kx CRKSS ROBHKRV.—OIiver King and War ren 0. Ay res were arrested on the uight of the f inpilic J|ov paUaJfiur*®" vv&dkJ I were published some weeks sinee. The accus f^ay^JTt^Tnci^^'^Oul^^jurainiVn^ed^ruir^'xuni 1 i n at ion ou Wednesday. Their Imil was fixed at thir ty thousand dollars. Ay res was recently a broker iu Host on. andKiiig a hotef ke<na;r ju til W. <'. White, the expsess messenger/ who had charge of Ute money ly-tween Cfifragtvand Detroit when it Wn* stolen; is also lit til £r arrest j ntfd eireninstaiiecs strViftgfV implicate him with it it" " "r \' * " the others. A,.fourth per?ou is also in custo dy. , AVhitr, tt short time alter the roblrerv, left tlifc-einpioy'of the- American Rxjarss-Cdrt}- panv. Officer Rest, of Buffalo was instrumen- TT Mrr"" tal |u matter to light. , —*"i7T" ..• r J- a I>!T\rvt:f.^—The Xfcitragnii Transit<'ompaiivV steamer Northern Light was ut faelied hy the T"iiitod State.-? Dbuict- Atlornev, as she day at her .wharf, at New York on Wednesday afternoon, on the charge of having on hoard tillihiisfers and arms and ammrtnition to lie used against the State of Nicaragua. By some mistake the Custom- House autlioritjef wereeOrdered to refuse a i clearance to the Star of the West Instead of 1 the Northern Light, and Cnpt. Tiuklcpangh i hityiug gut his .clearance papers, put to sea, in : the teeLh of Mr. M Keou and the Fresideut, taking the United Statesofficers with with hiin. Birt a shot front the Revenue-cutter Washing -1 —— ■ ...n-| hi Til II f"~T . O brought liiin to at tyiaruntme. and lie was oonipejled to rcto.ru and anchor in the North flKMbd ah m JPagf* The Honrsdnil llt/ehi i< very anxious for somebody to " mark" Mr. GinVs votes for Speaker. We can ..assure our friend Bf.vros u.k that .Mr. Grows constituents have wateh ,ed his voles not with anxietv, but with great • ,v satisfaction. lie has lieeti true to his princi ples, and to the wishes'of Tils constituency.— Tim pride, they feel iu him, evinced by electing liiin three terms, is heightened by the unswerv ing fidelity with which lie adheres to thecause of Freedom. fithj' TLe ImcUiranna. Herald states that live Lackawanna and Bloonisbnrg liaii Road Com pany have recently negotiated their bonds to the amount of *500,0d0, which will enable thorn to prosecute their rohd with increased vigor, and imsiu'e its. completion at an earlv day. The formal opening of the road will take place abont the Ist*of April next. Vrtluvc Icarus from a gentleman who knAws, that George Law in carrying all I'oford liiiu iti the election of Delegates hv the Know Councils of the state of New York, to the K.N. Presidential Convention to be held at Philadelphia oil the 22d of February. TUK GAIXKS \VTI.I, ( isst.- —On the 17th inst., the Supreme Court in session at New Orleans, gave their derision in the case of Mrs. Gaines, reversing the decision of the Second district Court, and decreeing that Daniel Clark's will of lslii lie probated, and that Mrs Gaines be put in possession of the property. Further from Kansas. r' ■ T-. o ,j The Chicago Journal of tfle 20th has late intelligence from Kansas. A gent leman direct | from Kansas informs that paper that on auin terview with the people ot I,awreiice, Governor I Shannon acknowledged he hud been mistaken j in the Juris upuu which his proclamation was i based, and promised to send home the Missou ! ria'ns. Communicating the action of the eom , luittee to thorn, they agreed to dislmiid i/f" the j people of Jriwrcuce uuuld give up Llw.ir arms.— j Phis the Committee refused to do, replying that ! the iirug> were their private property, and as j such as sacred us their lives, aud the Border Ruffians could not have the one without the I other, whereupon the men in buckram valiant- j ' ly returned to Missouri. Our informants state, however, that it was ' more iroin a knowledge that the people of Lawrence were determined to bear themselves . like men. and to abandon the cause of right I aud justice only when tlioy had no more lives ! to oiler than from auv other, that caused the ! Mi ssouri outlaws to disperse. The S7. lujiris Democrat of the 2yth pul>- i lislies the following ; | ''We had an interview last evening with; Gen. Shank laud, just returned from the scene | ! of the late lilliculties in Kansas, giving lis very interesting information of the preseut powtion j of affairs in the Territory. The proposition of peace eigne froui Atchison and Shannon, at a council held in Lawrence last Friday and Sa turduy, at which a treaty of peace was con-1 eluded. To the demand made upou them to i obey ttie laws and deliver up their arms, the people of-jLawruuce responded by professing ) their constant wjdlinguess to do tlie former, but ! flatly refusing to yield the latter point. Ou these terms hostilities were terminated, Audj the .Missouri troops received orilers on Sunday ■( inoriijng to. disband. The Missourians were I naued wit hge vol vers and double-barreled shot- j guns, and vyero for the njost part uivuutetl. ij ' 1 lie i|i>bainiing gave rise to gcnerul imir lunrs and execrations of Shannon among the i Missouri troops. * Most, .of them reached \\ r ost-i port on Sunday night, having suffered intense-1 ly during the previous night from a terrible i stony of rain, snow and wind, which lermina- j ted in piercing cohl. They lost many horses, | some hai ing boon stolen by the indiiius, some t having strayed away, and others having died i at M cstpori fey in fatigue. They aUo lost ma-| py of their arms. ' 9 >.j e .,{j " At M est|iort tliey threatened to tear down the. hotel ai. Kansas city, aud a cmumiUeelrani tliqt place was appointed to.go to We>tport>lo , remonstrate, the iulnibitaiits determining to t defend the hotel at all lnuanU should the ru nioystrauce fH of i flct;l. No le.iimer, \>.;tmade. LOCAL ITKMS. (JKIIIXTKXUKXT.- Some JwcolKgo 3ve jg bliSpd ■ communication iliargifrg||fiat 'ateS had jßoiifl nefloußinday, for the purpo|e lofSxa- PiijJl £. The author of nieation having become satisfied that lie was tiou : to which, as an act of justice to the Su perintendent, we cheerfully {jive room : I.KRAYKVILLK, November l'J, L&55. Hear Sir- Ttie nni!rr*ijr>e<l published n cnnimuuii-ation .iu-t.li* weeks oinre. on the anb jedt L'-atnty (TTtnat niir <'onnty SuperTiitennent romc to this place on 'Tb e'3r r--1 that th^^ufcrro^ ' Kiut < ►uaty iSaperinteuderit voiue to;tliisptee at rcGirrtil : . I r <• such purjjuec : anil it ailurJ-i tie w/itesr of tlmt Vo-mintirii'-atfaii fifeaMre to'make this iorre<*ffdn., a. O: W. STKVKSJ ' fim.—csi't ri m.iT MASONIC.*—AA LITE regular cotonflnicafibn of llniotr'Chapter, No. Ifii, ~ A. Mheld in this borough on Thursday, 20th Instant., the following officers were,chosen fur the ensuing Masonic year; 11. L. Scorr, If. P. hi. O. OO6I>RK;H, AV 11. J. Maiuj.l., S. E. H.MASON,. Srrtrtnri). ' lift O- Junto H. WRBB, TRM^URER} lat id vi bnraita yirrrf Vt Vrrr** fii bad I oja Skzg" Winter, after coquetting for a long time with nx, soeths at this present writing, to have determined to comrnenco in earpeat his reign. Tin; usual Christmas siigli-ride was out of the question., but Wednesday morning a few niches 6f snow, ami the thmmorrKHef prettv down in the neighborhood of zero, have afford ed an excuse for getting out the sleighs. j RKIGN OR TKMI-KIUN'V'E.—HI compliance-with the liquor law of the last Legislature, the term for which our taverns were licensed having ex l pired, they have closed tlicir bars, and there is now no place in this borough where a thirsty j man can buy a drink—legally-—of old Otard, Loudon <lock, Hum, 4■ i ti, or even Ked Corn— without purchasing a ' quart.*. W : e will not preteud to say that the knowing ones arc hot ! able, occasionally, to ' imbib-,.' but if so, thev do it, in defiance of the act of Assembly. We believe the law is very generally observed in this county. Jkry.Js" llrvr MAN WAS drowned in the pond of Hundley s milt, at Dusliorc, on "Weduesdav last, by breaking through the icc while skating, lie was a blacksmith by trade, i Bbjf- CoMini>.'s ha? not yet organized, and \VC (In not Sep that there i.- any probability of an early election of Speaker. AVe don't believe the public lias any particular anxiety in the matter, and would as soon have them sjiend their time in voting as making speeches for buncombe, (leutlenicn, take your time I The Prospect of Peace. Peace rumors-abound in Enfupe,createdafd caught at principally by capitalists and bankers. Positive basis, official or they have none* And yet the Englisli and l-'n iieli papers speak with a certain assurance about propo-itjonsnnd representations sent to Ft. Petersburg by se veral second rate German Powers, which are said to deprecate a perpetuation ot the Czar's obstinacy. An ultimatum of Austria, and pa cificatory efforts of Prussia are also talked of, but nil. so far as we can judge, without founda tion.. C itainJy the most trust-worthy Ger man papers couvey an opposite impression, and we cannot doubt that they are equally well if not better, informed. From the-e journals we gather simply that no -ucli steps have been ta ken ; that Germany has no idea of changing its policy ; that Russia has made uo prelitnioa ry proposals ; in a word, that ail these wide ly disseminated ruuioi's are uiade out ot no thing but the wishes and interests of their au thors. Am tria is carrying still further the reduc tion of her army. I'nnrobert has formed no treaty whatever with iSwcdeu or Deumaik.arul it is now admit led that his mission was snc- Ccssl'ul only in a moral point of view—but pre cisely to what extent, we are not yol informed. Spain seems also to have refused to enter the alliance ; and thus the general crusade against Russia is seen to be confined to whut are call ed moral demonstrations alone. It now appears that this was the sort of de monstration which IAUUS Bonaparte meant to demand of Europe in his famous speech at the dosing ot the Exhibition. Of that discourse M. \\ alswski, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been constrained to give uu expla nation for the instruction of the world. This is iu the form of a diplomatic circular, in which the Aliuister enters upon an exegesis of what his master inteuded. Ju the first place, then, it seems that lie did luean to menace Europe witli a general war in the Spring. He recog nizes and admits the neutrality of the Powers which have chosen to remain ueutral, and docs not design to force them to change their policy. 1 hey cau, however, still beneficially iutiucnoe the course of events, and the participation to which tiie Emperor invited them was accord ingly a moral one merely, lie docs not ask them for armies, but simply for their opinion and verdict iu his favor. According to other rumors Napoleon desires peace, but Pahuers tou is deaf to.all propositions ; and as Wale w.ski sides with the English Premier, some sup pose that beforu any uegotiatious can take place tlie present French Minister of Foreign Affairs will bo replaced by.pruuyu de I'Huys, his pre decessur. lho most cou.-picnous event iu G-ennany. iu its bearing ou the probability of peace, is Uic liu-etiug of the i'russiau Diet and the mnjoritv of iitty votes fig the Government candidate for | its Presidency. This majority w ill greatly | strcngheu the GoveraiMent in its domestic anil i foreign policy, and will also conliria in their 1 cour.-e the oilier German Powers, which have \ so far been influeuecil and directed bv I'ruswia. 1 Iu Russia the levy last ordered by the Czar is said to be going on actively. The Russian pa jHr< are very war-like, aud such also soeius to be the spirit of the inerehauts or Moscow/ the hourt of.lUsfia. Que them has made to the Government a gift of SSOjfOO in rash to aid ju mining the militia, ,Xh4 ix>WMcil of avar called together at Ft. lYtOTbirg, composed of (icncrals I'udiger, (ii-abl>o a liorg, l'aiiintin*Hd nHiers. has for its ol>| 1 the defeue*- the Baltic shores in the Spring. Prince Pn-k;e kitch i- h-p.-1.-lv ill m War-aw. T Washington News and Gossip. ■ Monday, Dee. 24, 1^55 B I Kite oKood authority that the Adnii ' EtMB Txjfc 1 1116 !!"^ 1 " iail f,om Kuro l'>e Austria has submitted an ultimatum t n France and England, which they can ■m WWrntlHl* ' T .tis Z £ Western interpretation oi them. Austria ?* '? '0 ,„1 „,a,ii|i pledged to the Allies, as a condition ore,., dent r,. L tiiut, ,/' Kussl, \mm cuust m v illi Muf. ( ' Yon can giicssSvTiether tU Wi/fiaturn has :or has not beer, submitted to the R lNm '" ÜbMett MMMRB* CktpHwK, f think';? strengthens the prospect of |>eace. AIDT -hiF. i ninirfiKiis. Wasw*btox, Dec 94 ]H;r '"FT; <ow-Ori,,„. report hat Col W over , m . ,l lous .^ I."'" '..1.MW1, i\\f„U f fu , nN tiou 10 ,\ktrm hnndred of the were to leave that crtf on the schooner Gen Srott, which veffect had been fitted up for their reception, and wifs "advbrfised tofeavc the new basin on Tuesday morning, 1),. e at 10 o'clock. Officers Fisher and Rawle V-t --ing as ngt.4 for Gtn, Walker, had opened an office 011 Hoyal street, next floor to the Vnit ed States Court reaa, for the parjiose of giv ing all information to |>ersoas wishing to set tle in the new Republic." It was expected t that three hundred men would sail in the 1 steamer Fruuietheus ou tfee itith for ]' B uta Arenas, all of them bound for Walker's head- but the party might b dalaved nntil the next steamer, as no news had been reerir j ed from French, or any positive and reliable ( information as to the course of our Govern | incut been made public at New -Orleans. The ! party do not go armed. Many of them art ; men of meauij and infiueucc. OF TIIE NATIVES. M'asiiixviwk; I>ee 24. 1*55 The Nnriquaj Ameficam-: held a caucus this | evening, nearly all present. After consulting they decided to stand to their guns bveontinu ; ing to vote fur Fuller. 1 ney declared it fcat | pedient to disintegrate themselves by uuitiiig with Deinobrafs. ''' [Verresprvndrnro'o'r tlil- t^Lj* vsimnotus, DcteiiiUcr IT, Isjs. -Frestdetrt-mmki ng-harrmrr com inenee,l in earnest, and.puldk- observation lx.-i;igic.\, !usivt ly dirccte/l m<Aig Know-No things and Republicans in the House, I must, as an the democrafic famfh: jars in the Senate. Before the last session closed, it was ascer tained tiiat (Jen. Cass declined standing for the -uccessioii. Air. RucluiuanV friendsmnlerstcKxi his purposti of retirement after the itcconipH-h --ment of his mission to England, Judy- Dnoglas had Annomifed that his nanre should not he presented to the country. Tin's left the field unoccupied for Senator Hunter, ahliot.di at Abut tune the condition of parties presented ' faint hope for .success. Senator 11 rig lit, with a keen eve for prefer ment, put iu for the vice presidential stake-, but uot with the concurrence of Mr. Hunter, who is too shrewd a tactician to entangle him self with any vice presidential alliance! Snm , tor lirodhi ad had likewise ißclinations for the same prize ou which Mr. BHght had fixetl his eyes. After the ailjuuriinieiit. Mr. Hunter retired , to ids farm, and made three stirrinv s]veechr* during the \ irgioia Gubrrnatorial oonpaigu. Mr. Bright, after remaining and arranging matters in \\ ashington, started for the we-t, and being a great buyer of lands, he repaired to Lake Superior, the grand theatre of luml , speculations and the resort uf many politicians , during the summer months. Mr. iirodhead left for Philadelphia, to start 1 :v jvarty under the name of Mr. Dallas for Pre* sidcut, which might -ecure him votes in the I Pennsylvania delegation, fur Vice President, liu the L'inoinnati t.'onrention. Events were prosperously ripening when the dnshiinr flee ; tion of Mr. Wiso. which ho carried himself bv : storm, transferred to him popularity and poli . tical power, which Mr. llutder had even failed Sto achieve. His star, which had seemed on the ascendant, now grew dim before the rising for tunes of Mr. Wise. The state elections which ensued—so nnex jvectiid in their results—changed the whole fact 1 lof ufTuirsg The Pennsylvania election was sug gestive Of Mr. Bnchannm—biz name loomed up 1 In-fore thy country and all eves were timed to j wards him. It now became apparent that the Know-Nothing organization, with its abolition proclivities in the north and west, must die out ( in the south ; and, altliough some states had i voted the American ticket, vet in 1 Hs< tiif I whole south would be united ; that i".' votes from the free states would elect a President, and that Pennsylvania aloirc wonhi furnish-T. ith these considerations iu the mind- of P v litians, Air. Buchanan's strength increased in every section, and he seemed likely to re ceive the Gincttioati n.imiaution without n" eflWt. J'ite other parties seeing their foiled by the current of events, found it neces sary to check the jirogress of Mr. Buehnnati, by breaking dawn the tfmov, the notional J per, and wrest that weapon out of his hands Meawrs. Nicholson and Forncv are it- editors, the former a well known friend of Gen. Fieri*, and the latter of Mr. Buchanan. At the democratic caucns, convened s usu al, to select a paper for public printing, it *'- found that Messrs. Ilimter, Bright, Brodliovl. Maeon, Buyard, Butler, and Brown of Alissip pi, who, although they eutered the Smut? therusulvcs through the straight gate >f f#u " CUB nomiautious. refused to submit to the '' joritywi d>.w Fenutor Bright, notwithstanding his rancor ous ojiposition to the President for the lad t*° ) ears, made a speech in tho caucus extollinp I'iin and his public measures, bnt declared hos tilities against tho Union. Others of tb^ l omdc similar spetoclies. Thev regard the l' rr j nUlcnt as out of the Held for a nomination, n^ 1 Bwit bin friends may to by r professions of regard into their supjvort- _ They have, however, decreed tht no frto p '' of Mr. Buchanan shall sja-ak through the (,> uians of tbt l guvennnent I*qerflf \N ashiugl "-- and iu this they are likelv to succeed, 0*0" ' success is acquired bv the aid of the k" 1 NSethhigs :md Hepubik ins, who compose ' | minority side of the S-natc. This. then. '' tlie tirsi Hp'tfint.. the vamp "f M? fban.iti.
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