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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.
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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.
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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 "
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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
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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.