children prattled gaily for some time, but at length their voices ceased ; they were subdued into stillness by the unwonted gravity of their father. Never had tlicy seen him so Mirrowful, and they marvelled in their innocent hearts; for he was happy, they knew, at'coming back to Cheritou—to his old home. Ail the after noon he had been pointing out to them his fa vorite haunts—his garden, his tree with the Scat uudor it, and the little room where he used to sleep. Me had been so smiling and glad then. What could make I'.ipa look griev ed now ? Awed bv the mvsterv, tliev gave their good night kiss with ad lad tenderness, but silently ; and followed their mother from flic room.— j Rut she j-gtumed almost immediately, an I stole softly behind the chair wherein her hnsbah 1 sat, c til! looking forth with that si! at, longing, regretful look. Even when ho felt her arm around his neck he did not turn. But she spoke softly— " Dearest, I know. Rut be comforted. It will be made right some day. Perhaps before another Christmas, (bid has been so good to us, lie will not deny this one blessing you so crave, so pr.iy for." And William folded her to his heart, and smiled, Mary's voice never sounded in his ears but to create peace, or to add to content. When she left him again, the moonlight fell on his face, ami showed it calm, hopeful, and se rene. There came a heavy tread on the stone steps leading to the entrance door, and then the great bell rang startling!;' through the quiet house. William rose, and himself went to meet the intruder. Fairly, clearly, purely gleamed the moon light in at the window ; warm and generous glowed the fire, revealing the pleasant home like aspect of the room. So William threw back his grey hairs from his brow—a boyish habit, continued ever since the time of golden curls-—and went to the outer door, unbarred and opened it. A gush of chill, sharp air—the sound of the sea, like a far-off chant—the moonbeams, white on the stone porch and pavement —and a dark figure standing motionless there ; —this was what William felt and heard and saw, the first moment. The next, a face looked on him, a hand was stretched towards him, and a voice uttered only one word— " Brother !" William's joyful cry answered him : then Hke Joseph of old, ' he fell upon his neck, and wept.' And at the door where the two children had so often entered from their play, the two grey haired men stood, the Christmas stars shining on their faces. How to Mako Kansas a Slave State. LETTER FORM SENATOR BROWN*, OF MISSISSIPPI. STEAMER EMPRESS, N'OV, 21, ISSI. Long'and anxious reflection has satisfied me that the Southern people owe it to their own safety to use all the means in their power to introduce slavery into Kansas, and protect it after it gets there. The Northern Free Soil Emigration Aid Societies are actively engaged to exclude slavery from the Territory. Their efforts ought to be met and promptly repelled. The most efficient means for us to use in the accomplishment of this purpose is tlie proper question for our consideration. Our decision must not be long delated, if we mean to defend our rights. The late movement in Georgia in favor of individual subscriptions to raise money in aid of pro-slavery emigration to Kansas, lias alrea dy attracted considerable attention. But Ahe backwardness with which our people approach that proposition seems to indicate that it will not. be embraced with unanimity. Every slave holder has a direct interest in the question,and every one should contribute in proportion to Ilia interest. This, fam satisfied, all, or near ly all, would willingly do, if proper guarantees were given Jhat the money so contributed was to be judiciously applied." To secure this, and at the same time to obtain speedy and decisive action, will it not be well for the Legislature to take the matter in hand ? A tax of one dollar per bead o.i slaves would raise at once three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. In such an emergency the people would not grumble if it were assessed in March and col lected in May. This sum. judiciously laid out, would buy nt lea.-t three hundred slaves, and leave a surplus sufficient to defray the expen ses of three hundred emigrants to Kansas. My plan would "be thus : for each State to purchase the slaves in her own name, and scud them in charge of reliable persons into the Ter ritory, to be held there as the property of the Htntr, and used fnr the benefit of the persons having them in charge. Mississippi is certain ly part owner of the Territory, and the power that could rightfully confiscate or c x n '' I her property from the Territory would have to be something greater than an equal—l think great er than those of an individual. The point gain ed by this movement would, as I think, be to plant slavery in the Territory, backed bv the sovereignty of the State, and thus place it up on the most solid and certain basis. The persons going out in charge of the slaves could be chosen by commissioners, to be ap pointed for each county by the Governor, and these commissioners could also purchase the slaves. A young Mississippian, thus made the mas ter of a slave by Ins State, and sent, free of charge, to such a Territory as Kansas, would do the necessary voting, and. if needs be, the fighting also, required to sustain the acts of his State in the Territory. In short, my proposition is for the State to colonize three hundred slaves, and appoint three hundred of her young men to defend them ballots, and, if necessary, with bullets. To do this will cost one dollar a head oncvorv slave in the State, and no more. If all the slave States will follow the example, in twelve months we would have a slave colonv in Kan sas that all the Abolitionists in the I'riion could not expel. If you think well of this proposition, put it in such a form as will arrest the attention of the Legislature. It will not do to rely on individual enter prise. The interest involved is too great to be left to such uncertain defences. The per sons interested are too numerous and too wide ly scattered, even, to act in sufficient concert to procure the best and speediest results. A. G. BROWN. ANOTHER VETERAN <;O\E :—C'apt. Abel I)C borest, a soldier of the Revolution, died at Binghamton on the 24th ult., aged ninety-four years and eight months. U c was for a" time zzz:i!^ y rv nd Cumuiodore JL,,U was one of his hand*. Collision on ths Hudson River R. R. A terrible collision occurre d on the Hudson River railroad, about one and a half miles South of - oaghkeepsie, on Wednesday thi 9th, 1 resulting in the death of three persons and ss vera injuries to many others. The Albany Express train, which started I on Iter south trip at 11 A. M. Wednesday, ar ' rive lat Poughkeepsie at 1 1-2, having been • detained one hour. After leaving that station, ■ when near ohl Troy, at a mile and a half from Piii'.gbkeepsie. she was stopped by a red flag, : because of a broken rail some distance ahead, j At ihis time the way passenger train from i I'oHghkeepsic, wliich should have left at 2 1-4 i bust w'nicli was detained to 3 1-4, because of ! the detention of the former train, came on. The conductor of the leading train saw the j other approach, and at once jumped from the 1 platform ou which he was standing, and went , towards her, waving the red signal, but too . late, for she ran into the Express, smashing j two cars and breaking up one of the two en ! gines that were drawing her. j The foremost train had live passenger cars, j one baggage car, and one engine. The way ! train was drawn by two engines and had two j cars. The foremost engine of the hind train ran j into the kind cars, crushing otic to atoms, and gutting a second, and smashing the engine j "Missouri." The cylinders of that engine were j completely crushed and the water, rushing out, ; scalded several. The wreck was complete. Men, women and l children lay in a promiscuous heap, and the | groans of the wounded and dying, with the j escape of steam from the imbedded locomotive, I and the struggles of those who had sufficient i strength, endeavoring to extricate themselves ! from the fearful prison, constituted a secuo of I awful terror. Within a quarter of a ruile of the scone of the accident (north) is a curve. It was on reaching this point that the Engineer of the Express train saw the signal. And although moved by but one engine, the train could not lw stopped within a shorter distance than it was. Aware of this, and apprehensive of the danger which was pending, the conductor, as soon as his train stopped, sent back the flag man, hoping that he might reach the curve be fore the approaching train. But in this he failed. Before he reached the curve the train appeared. The brakes were immediately applied ; but being moved by two locomotives, the train could not be stopped within the same compass which answered to stop the Express train ; the same signal practically warning both trains. For, although the flagman went back, he might as well have remained at the point where he signaled the Express train, as the signal would have been seen there as soon as at the point it had reached. The following is a list of the killed : Mrs. CIIAIU.ES If. GREEN - , of Utica. Mrs. HCRLBVT, of Albany. A man supposed to be JAMES GORDON - , of Clinton, Canada West. The third person killed by this accident was a man whose name is at present unknown.— His death must have been quicker than thought for all that remained of hiui was a mass of shapeless matter, Ilis legs had been cut off at the knees, and were only united to the body by a few ligameuts ; his trunk was torn open, and all that remained of his head was a small piece of the base of the skull with a few brown hairs sticking to it, and a portion of his under jaw. His clothing was all cut to pieces, and the only means of identifying him will be by the baggage-checks found in one of his pockets. Papers found near where lie lay seem to show that his name is JAMES GORDON - of Canada West. WOUNDED. —The children of Mr. ROBERTS, of Albany, were injured seriously. The boy was badly scalded and bruised ; so also was one of the girls ; the other girl was consider ably cut and bruised, but none of them are considered to be dangerously injured. Mr. and Mrs. ROBERTS were slightly injured. Mr. J. I). GOTT, of New York, though some what bruised, returned to the City yesterday. Mr. ABEL PRIEST, of New York, has a bad cut in his head, but is not considered as iu a dangerous condition. CATHARINE HOWELL, a colored woman re siding in New York, had her head and limbs bruised, and her collar bone broken, but it is thought she will recover. Mr. BOG ART, of New York, had his head cut and his side and limbs somewhat injured, but not dangerously. He returned to the City yesterday. Mrs. C ASIPBELL, of Utica, was but slightly injured. Capt. Scnrvi.Eß, of Albany, was badly mu tilated, but he is not thought to be dangerous ly injured. GEORGE HARRINGTON, of Washington, D. C. had his face scalded, and was otherwise injured, but not dangerously. DANIEL LOUP, KQ , of New York, was slightly injured, but he was able to return to the city yesterday. JAMES LUPI.EM, of New York, was slightly injured, but was able to return to the City yesterday. JAMES A. DISBROW, of I'oughkcepsie, was slightly injured. Among the missing is Mrs. RITES BLAXCH ARD, of New York, who was not heard of after the accident. She had been married two days. Her husband escaped without injury, having left the back car a moment before the collision to speak to a young lady, an acquaintance, who had taken a seat in the second passenger car. Mr. BI.ANCIIAKI) had but just stepped upon the platform of the second car, when the crash occurred, and he immediately jumped to the ground, exclaiming, "Is the back car smashed V Diligent inquiry failed to elicit traces of Mrs. RI.ANNI.TR up to the time the train left for New York. Ihe verdict of the Coroner's Jury exone rates t lie Conductor and Engineers of the Ex press train : they approve the system of flag men, but think that more competent persons should be employed ; they censure the Con ductor of the I'oughkcepsie train for following the express train >o soon, and think that the engineer of the lust train should not have run so fast. ksa?* Another Railroad accident occurred at 1 1-2 o'clock Monday morning on the Hudson River luiilroad at Spuyten. The two locomo tives attached to the mail train that left Al bany about 4 o'clock were thrown off the bridge, by which several cars were smashed up. The engineer and Grecian of one of the loco motives were the only persons known to have been killed. There were no passengers injured to any extent. iJrabfo Ail cporttr. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOW A X I ) A : ~ - ••• Siitnr&ag XUunuun, Jaanarn 19, lcloU. TBBMS— Ono Dollar per annum, invariably in advance.— Four week* to the expiration of a subscription. notice trill he given bj a printed wrapper, mid if nut re newed, the paper will in all cases he stopped. CL.CBBIS'I— The Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : (' copies fui $5 00 115 copies for. . . Jl l 00 10 copies for S 00 | 20 copies far. ... 15 00 ABVKRTISRMKNTS —Far a square of ten lines or less. One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-fire rents for each subsequent insertion. JOB-W'OKK — II ranted with accuracy and despatch, and at re awn able price- with every facility for doing Hooks, Flanks. Hxnd-lnils, Ball tickets, $-c. MONKY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope, mul properly directed, ice u-iti be responsible for its safe delivery. UNITED "STATES SENATOR. The Legislature passed a law authorizing an election of U. 8. Senator on Monday last, such a law apj earing necessary to legalize an elec tion. In the Democratic caucus on Friday night, quite an excitement was occasioned by the at tempt to nominate a candidate for U. 8. Sena tor. The prominent candidates were ROBBIVS, PORTER, UUUKAI.EW, FOSTER and BIGI.K.R— though the latter not being a BUCHANAN man was not supposed to stand any chance. The first ballot stood—Wm. Biglcr, 18 ; John Rob bins, 15 ; H. I). Foster, 13; O. R. Buckalew, ft ; David IL Porter, 7 ; J. Clancy .Tones, 8 ; Wilson M'Candless, 6 ; Scattering, 1). The w hole number of votes cast was 82—making 42 necessary to uominate. Upon the 16th ballot, Ex-Governor BIGT.ER was nominated, the vote standing Biglcr, 4:'. ; Foster, 18 ; Buckalew, 11 ; Jones, 7 ; Rob bins, 3. Necessary to nominate, 42. The two Houses met in Convention on Mon day last, when WM. BIGLER was elected U. S. Senator, he receiving 82 votes ; E. JOY MOR RIS 43 ; scattering 5. This result is particularly distasteful to the BUCHANAN managers, for we believe that Gov. BIGLER'S chance of a nomination by the Cin cinnati Convention is to-day better than did BUCK'S, and his election as U. S. Senator will give him a prominence which will materially enhance his prospects. Besides, BUCHANAN has never been considered as loving BIGLER, the latter having refused to submit to his dic tation in several instances. Indeed the Hnr risburg Telegraph says that there is a report in certain circles at that place, that some time prior to the election in 1854, BUCHANAN wrote a letter to Col. HOPKINS, W herein lie expressed no friendly feelings for Gov. BlGl.KR —which letter fell into other hands. Re that as it may, the election of Gov. R[GI.F.R to the U. S. Sen ate, in opposition to the plans of the leaders, will not increase Mr. BUCHANAN'S prospects for a Presidential nomination. Of all the candi dates named in the Democratic caucus, we con sider Gov. BIGLER best qualified to represent the State in the Senate. We would have pre ferred that an outright opponent of slavery extension had been elected—but we have every confidence that Gov. B. is not ready to go the lengths demauded by Douglas and Atchison and Pierce. jfcar" An annual election for President of the North Pennsylvania Railroad was held at Philadelphia on Monday last. The candidates were THOMAS S. PERSON, the present incum bent, and EDWARD MILLER, Chief Engineer of the road. It resulted in the election of MIL- We do not know what brought about tics result, but we do know that Mr. FERN-OX has been closely identified with the North Penn sylvania Railroad from its ineoptian to the present time, and by his sound judgment, in dustry and economy, has secured the universal confidence of the public. The hopes felt for the final completion of the Road to the New- York State line will be much weakened by this result. TRIBIWE ALMANAC for 1856 is on our table, embracing, besides the usual calculations, a complete list of the Executive and Judicial officers of the L nited States ; tlie members of both Houses of Congress ; the Governments of Europe ; a History of Kansas Territory ; a Critical and Historical Review of the Eastern War ; Origin of Plants ; Laws of the United States for 1854-5, and full Election Returns from each State in which elections were held last year. It is the most valuable publication of the kind in the country, and is almost indis pensable to the politician. G KEELY & M'ELRATH New York. Price 12 1-2 cts. ; $1 per dozen; $1 per hundred. MAIL COACHES FROM ST. LOOS TO SAX FRAN CISCO. —On - western mail routes arc already extensive, one being from Missouri to Santa Fc, another from Missouri to Salt Lake citv, and a third from California to Salt Lake ; but Mr. Wellcr has given notice in the Senate of his purpose to introduce a bill making a still longer one from St. Louis to San Francisco.— Ilis bill is to authorize the Postmaster Gener al to contract for the transportation of the United States mails in four horse coaches tri weekly. Something will probably be done this season toward establishing an overland mail route through to the Pacitic. THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE AND NATIONAL CONVENTION : —The National Democratic Com- : mittee, at their meeting, fixed the first Mou day in June as the time for holding the Na- i tional Democratic Convention at Cincinnati. ' The Committee transacted no other business, aud the discussion was verv brief. THE LEGISLATURE. Messrs. BRCK mid DIFKENHACCH intend to contest the seats of the members from the Ly coming district—alleging that illegal votes were polled in rotter county. Mr. L.W'OKTK has reud in place N hill to abolish the office of County Superintendent of Common Schools. Two bills have already been brought before the legislature for the repeal of the Liquor law—in the Senate by Mr. WKI.SU, and in the House by Mr. BECK. Petitions are presented in large numbers, daily, tor the repeal of the law—its opponents having taken active measures to have memo rials circulated and signed, in uhnost every county in the Commonwealth. FOREIGN NEWS. —The steamship Atlantic ar rived at >'cw York on Sunday afternoon last, bringing advices from Europe to the 22th ult. The news has no fact of very great importance. In England the hopes of peace seem to be in dustriously kept up, but on the Continent there is little left of them. It seems, also, that Count Valentine Esterhazy, whose mission to St. Petersburg is the occasion of these paeifc anticipations, is not the bearer of a positive ultimatum from Austria, . 1 o.sc rejection will be followed by an interruption of diplomatic intercourse between the two Courts. In such an event as the rejection Austria will consider what she Is next to do. Xorj does it appear that the King of Prussia backs up the Aus- Irian proposals, as was reported ; while the minor German States have selected for their representative at the Russian Court on this occasion nobody but Mr. Scebacli, a Saxon di plomat and a son-in-law of Count Ncsselrode, who w ill hardly be likely to make an very vig orous demonstration in favor of the Allies. It also seems probable that the Austrian propo sals were not submitted to Prince Goreliakotf, the Russian Embassador at Vicuna, and accep ted by him beforehand. It is plain that the Allies cannot well make peace on any other ground than the neutralization of the Rlack Sea, and the most sanguine friends of peace on the Couliiient doubt tbut Russia will agree to that condition. A great deal of attention has been excited in all parts of Europe by a semi-official pam phlet just, published at Paris. In this pamphlet a European Congress is proposed as the* most fitting means of composing all difficulties and arranging the Continent anew. The English receive this scheme with special disrelish, and a strong jealousy of Louis Napoleon is appa rent in their mode of discussing it. A council of war is about to be held at Pa ris to settle the plan of the next campaign.— This meeting is said to be held at the request of Marshal Pelissier, who declares that with their present basis of operations in the Crimea, the Allies can do nothing more toward expell ing the Russians. Swede u is to publish a circular explaining the reasons of her having concluded the treaty with tlie Allies and changed the line of her policy. In Russia the greatest energy is mani fested in the construction of steam-engines and screws for steamers, and in the casting of guns. In the Government of Olnetz, which is rich in iron ore and forests, many new furnaces have been erected. The German papers state that great numbers of Minie rifles, made in Birming ham for Russia, and shipped in England, are arriving in the unblocked llaltic harbors. Madamc Grisi has given birth to a daugh ter, and the Empress of the French expects a similar interesting event in a few weeks. " The Harrisburg Telegraph" appears in a new dress, and under the management of Messrs. M CLVUE k SELLERS. Judgiug from the first number, we have hopes that the stu pidity and weakness usual to newspapers at the Capital is to be avoided, and that the Telegraph will be made worthy of the great Keystone State. It is now printed on a double sheet,at $2 per year for a single copy, 011 the cash svs tem—the only plan that can succeed at Harris burg or any where else. RIDS FOR THE MAIN LINE :—lt is said the Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad Company propose to give four millions of dollars for the Columbia Railroad, payable in eight an nual payments after January Ist, 1856, with interest at 5 per cent., conditioned for the re peal of the tonnage tax. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company propose to buy the whole ol the Main Line at seven and a half millions, payable in ten annual payments from July, 1870, with interest at 5 percent. They agree to keep the Eastern Canal open, and also the Western, until the North Western Railroad shall be completed. They propose also to buy the Columbia Railroad at the cost of con struction, to be ascertained by three competent engineers to be appointed by the State, with the concurrence of the Company. The Com pany agree to pay forever a dividend equal to that paid to their own stockholders. They require the repeal of the tonnage tax, and that the State yield the right to purchase the Penn sylvania Railroad. £££?" 1 ie Northern Light, which arrived at New ork on Saturday evening, brings Califor nia dates to Dec. 20, aud about $(>82,000 in gold. 1 lie principal item of intelligence by this arrival relates to the Indian disturbances in Oregon. A severe light took place uear Walla- Mai la on tlie 7th and Bth of December, in which more than 50 Indians were killed. Of the 1 nited States troops five were killed ami several others dangerously wounded. A partv of American feoldiers in Paget Sound District were tired on by the Indians about the Ist of P< comber, when Lieut. Slaughter was shot through the heart. LOG.A 1, ITEMS. Messrs. GEORGE SANDERSON and BUI TON KINGSBI rtv,of this place have established a Hanking House at Scranton. POST OK VICE AFFAIRS. —The Post Master General has established a post-office at Spring hill, in this County, and appointed ROBERT MONTGOMERY post master. At present will re- j ceivc regular supply from Merrvall, 15 miles j] but after Ist of July will be on u public route. LEVI F. GOK rem I S has been appointed post I master at Sylvauia, vice L. N. Tinkhaui re signed. As ACCIDENT. —On Tuesday lust, says the .1 l/irvs (luzetfe, a boy named BENSON, in the employ of A. P. STKI-HEXS, while oiling the line shaft, between the Foundry and Stephens' Carriage Shop, allowed his comforter to come in contact with it, and was" instantly drawn down—his throat resting on the shaft. His cries brought the workmen to the spot—the engine was stopped and lie was taken down for j dad—his face drawn out of shape and much discolored. After being carried to the resi dence of his mother, he revived, hut as yet is insensibie. One arm was also cut by a con necting bolt. Had not his comforter been of soft material, so that the shaft in a measure i could slip inside, he would have beeu killed iti stantlv. Mrsic.u. CONVENTION. — \\ e uudcrstund that the Committee of Arrangements already have assurances t hat a large number of the vocalists of the county will attend the Musical Couveu- j tion at this place, on the 29th, under direction \ of Prof. BRADBERV, and the sleighing should continue as at present, we have no doubt it will be one of the largest gatherings of the kind ever assembled in this region. Those who attended last year, were universally pleased with Mr. B.'s method of instruction, and at the J advancement they made in acquiring a correct and finished style of singing. It is an occasion which should be improved by every one who i has the slightest musical disposition ■ j fair The County Auditors arc now in ses sion, " looking over the books," and auditing the accounts of the County. The board now consists of Messrs. NTCHOI.S and BCTTI.ES, and CnnisTOi-HF.R Cmi.ns, elected last fall, on the Republican ticket—-all good and competent men. Mr. EZRA C. KKI.EOCG, elected Treasur er of the County last fall, has filed the requi-1 site bonds, and been installed into the office of. County Treasurer. " tQf " Old fashioned winters'' seem to be; coming in vogue again—if we may judge by j the last and the present. The sleighing isim : proved by occasional additions of snow, and the mercury in the thermometer has auevident inclination for a region below zero. have taken a tumble down in the New York markets, and of course a corresponding decline throughout the country, l'ork, which in the New York market, some weeks ago, was $2l per barrel, is now fpioted at $15.75 and $l6. Flour has also fallen off somewhat, being quoted at $8 to $11.50, ac cording to brands—wheat $l.OO ; rye $1.31 ; oats 44c.47c ; corn 83 to 95 cents. Butter has also dropped off a few cents on the pound. This decline in prices is as inexplicable to us the preponderance of the late high rates. Wo believe, however, that both arc owing to specu lators, and that the market will recede or ad vance according to their plans. Mr. L. V. H. CBOSDV and lady gave one of their Concerts at this place, on Thurs day evening of last week. Mr. C. is a fine singer, and abounds with fun, enlivening his Concerts with humor of a rure kind. THE SECRETARY OE THE TREASURY, Hon. Mr. Guthrie, in his annual report, bears hard on the State banks, especially those issuing small notes, intimating that they tend to uni versal bankruptcy. He foreshadows an excise by Congress on the issue of such notes, so high as to insure their suppression. He proposes uniform impost of twenty-five or thirty per cent, on iron, steel, and their manufactures, sugars, wines and all fabrics of cotton, wool, silk, flax or hemp, except cheap coarse wool ens. He proposes that wool and all raw ma terials for American manufacture shall be ad mitted free. All other articles than those heretofore instanced he would have charged one uniform rate of fifteen or twenty per cent. These lie considers would favor the further dc vclopcmeut of our home manufactures. SAP AFFAIR AT THE CONCORD, X. H., LUXA TIC ASYLUM. —A very sad occurrence took the Insane Asylum in this city, 011 Friday evening, resulting in the death of one or the inmates. The facts, as we have them, are as follows : ALFRED Wrnoiv, long an in mate and hopelessly insane, and at times very violent; was sent to his rootn as usual by the attendant in charge. After going there, lie refused to do what was required of him, and appeared refractory, when the attendant went for assistance from other attendants, two of whom returned with him. Wmoix became violent and attacked them, when a serious struggle ensued, the keepers endeavoring to hold him and prevent harm to to themselves. He seized one of them, and held him in a very painful manner, when the keeper took him by the throat with a view to make him break his hold, when WIUGI.V al most instantly fell back dead. From a post mortem examination it seems probable that the cause of death was a rush of blood to tho head, to which in his diseased state he was liable, but which at this time was probablv occasioned by the struggle, y,, r Patriot, Jan. 'J. Doings m Congress. IVAHHINGTOX, Jan. 11, 1 8 "r,. In tli" 11' the whole day was wasted on a proportion by Mr. Zollicoffer, which hud been devised bv the Southern Americans as the basis of a genera! catechising of candidates for Speaker on every possible political ques tion. It was adopted and may lead to the waste of several more days. In the meantime we arc plainly approaching a p | nra | itv rn , e and a result. The opposition is visibly 9 ; Fuller 34; Pennington 7 : scattering 3. There Iving i no choice, the House adjourned to Monday. | SF.XATE, Jan. 14.—Nothing done. HOUSE. —Nothing of interest. Some BALBU : for Speaker, but no approximation toward a result. THE ELECTRO CHEMICAL BATH.—' The follow ing is the substance of a report from several : Boston pat r-rs. respecting a new curative yro ' cess, which is astonishing some of the phy-v -! iatis of Boston. It is the discovery of aPr Vergnes, of Paris, now of New York The ; report says:— The first man who was ready was stripped, ' and large running sort s were found upon fc'J : person. He complained of stiffness in ha | limbs, loss of appetite, a dizziness in his head, and a total want of energy. IP had former ly been a stout robust man, but his limbs were 1 shrunken, and, although not over thirty-fiv* j years of age, he certainly looked to be forty | five or fifty. He was placed in the bath, and a current of electricity passed through h-- j hands. After the patient had remained in the wa'e. three quarters of an honr, he was remove:. , and carefully dried with towcK lie dich'w that all stiffness had left hi.- bone-, am! ,he felt like a new man. A tumbler of f j water was taken from the hath and analyze In a few minutes, as perfect a locking was formed on the copper platc'that wa-| J ' jcd in the tumbler, as could be desired. ' deed, it was sufficiently clear to shave 1-' ~ The patient was a manufacturer of look'Y : : glasses, and had handled quicksilver for y> s '' The second patient was a painter, nlt!' l '- no one present knew his profession until tn'J i saw large quantities of white lead ndhermz the copper plate. .Another patient, with a stiff knee, was greatly relieved, olth- 1 — J ; the limb bad troubled him for fifteen and Dr. Cutter declared that two more D would banish all pain from the joint. ) The fourth patient was troubled with r ' matism in the feet, and had suffered " lorf less, for years. Large quantities of anting lead and mercury were detected, wink 1 -o every pore of the skin an immense am"' l Y; yellow slime oozed out, that had a v;!. 1 s - although the patient declared that m been in the habit of bathing every d:p' y long time, and his skin, before entering bath, bore testimony to his words. >u The battery is entirely different galvanic battery now in use, and the shock it can be called, is regular a!!i ' in . ; runnittg through the whole of his system expelling, by the aid of the cheiniciib'*Y, r are also placed in the bath, every i ; ■ front the body, t . fP The physicians present declared wonderful, and jimmised to send a ir,nl ~*W patlents, and further test the efficient 1 thing that promises to do away with •> portion of the drugging that is n !' on the human race.