without local law, and of course, without t In ordinary guaranties of p-ace and public or der. Tn other respects the Governor, instead of exercising constant vigilance and put ting forth a!i his energies to prevent or counteract the tendencies to illegality which are prone to ex ist in all imperfectly-organized and newly-asso ciated communities, allowed his attention tola- i diverted from official obligation by other ob- , jrcts, arid himself set an example of the viola- i tiou of law in the peiformauce of aits which rendered it my duty, in the sequel, to remove him from the office of chief executive niagis- ; tratc of the Territory. Before the requisite preparation was accom plished for election of a Territorial Legisla- | lure an election of Delegate to Congress had ! been held in tlie Territory on the 2l)tli day of I November, and the Delegate to >k his seat in the House of Representatives without challenge. If arrangements had been per fected by the Governor so the election for members of the Legislative Assembly might i tie held in the several precincts at the same j time as for Delegate to Congress, anv ques tion appertaining to the qualification of the jxirsons voting as people of the Territory would have passed necessarily and at once under tilt supervision of Congress, as the judge of the ' validity of the return of the Delegate, and would have been determined before conflicting passions had become inflamed by time and be fore opportunity could liave been afforded for systematic inbrferencc of the people of indi vidual States. This interference, in so far as concerns its primary causes and its immediate commence ment, was one of the incidents of that perni cious agitation on the subject of the condition of tiie colored persons held to service in some of the States which has so long disturbed the repose of our country, and excited individuals otherwise patriotic and law-abiding to toil with misdirected zeal in the attempt to propagate their social theories by the perversion and abuse of the powers of Congress. The persons and parties whom the tenor of the act to organize the Territories of Nebras ka and Kansas thwarted in the endeavor to impose, through the agency of Congress, their particular views of social organization on the people of the future new States, now perceiv ing that the policy of leaving the inhabitants of each State to judge for themselves in thi> respect was ineradicable rooted in the con victions of the people of the Cuion, then had recourse, in the pursuit of their general object, to the extraordinary measure of propagandist colonization of the Territory of Kansas, to prevent the free and natural action of its in habitants in its internal organization, and thus to anticipate or to fore? the determination of that question in this inchoate State. W itli such views associations were organiz ed in some of the States, and their purpose was proclaimed through the press in language extremely irritating and offensive to those of whom the colonists were to become the neigh bors. Those designs and acts had the neces sary consequence to awaken emotions of in tense indignation in States near to the Terri tory of Kanrsas, and especially in the adjoin ing State of Missouri, whose domestic peace was thus the most directly endangered ; but they are far from justifying the illegal and rep rehensible counter-movements which ensued. I'nder these inauspicious circumstances the primary elections for Members of the Legis lative Assembly were held in most if not all of the precincts at the time and the places and by the persons designated and appointed by the Governor, according to law. Angry accusations that illegal votes had been polled abounded on ali sides, and impu tations were made both of fraud and violence. But the Governor, in the exercise of the pow er and the discharge of the duly conferred and imposed by law on him alone, officially re ceived and considered the returns ; declared a large majority of the members of the Council and the llousc Representatives " duly elected;" withheld certificates from others because of alleged illegality of votes ; appointed a new election to supply the place of the persons not certified, and thus at length, in all the forms of statute, and with his own official authenti cation, complete legality was given to the first Legislative Assembly of the Territory, Those decisions of the returning officers of the Governor are liual, except that, by the parliamentary usage of the country applied to the organic law, it may be conceded that each House of the Assembly must have been com petent to determine, in the last resort, the qualifications and the election of its members' The subject was, by its nature, one appertain ing exclusively to the jurisdiction of the local authorities of the Territory. Whatever ir regularities may have occurred in the elections, it seems too late now to raise that question as to which, neither now nor at any previous time, has the least possible legal authority lieen possessed by the President of the United States. For all present purposes the Legis lative body, thus constituted and elected, was the legitimate assembly of the Territory. Accordingly, the Governor, by proclama tion, convened the Assembly thus elected to meet at a place cal'cl Pawnee City. The two Houses met and were duly organized in the ordinary parliamentary form ; each sent to and received from the Governor the official communications usual on such occasions ; an elaborate Message opening the session was communicated bv the Governor : and the gene ral business of legislation was entered upon bv the Legislative Assembly. Hut, after a few days, the Assembly re solved to adjourn to another place in the 'l\r ritory. A law was accordingly passed, against the consent of Governor, hut in due form otherwise, to remove the seat of government temporarily to the " Shawnee Mauual-labor School" (or mission,) and thither the Assem bly proceeded. After this, receiving a bill for the establishment of a ferry at the town of Kickapoo, the Governor refused to sigu i*, and, by special message, assigned for reason of refusal, not anything objectionable in the bill itself, nor any pretense of the illegality or iacomjKJtency of the Assembly as such, but only the fact that the Assembly had by its act tranferrcd the seat of government tempo rarily from I'awuee City to Shawnee Mission. For the same reason he continued to refuse to sign other bills, until, in ;!i * eour c of a few days, he, by officiul Message, communicated to the Assembly the fact that he had received notification of the termination of his functions as Governor, and that the duties of the office wore legally devolved 011 the Secretary of the Territory ; thus to the last recognizing the body as a duly-elected and constituted J.eis lative Assembly. It will be ]>erceived that if any constitu tional detect attached to the legislative acts o! the Assembly, it is not |vre to tided to consist m i 'regular'.ty of election or want of (pialilica t-oii of tht- member-, but ouiv in the change of its place of session. However trivial tin* J objection may seem to be, it requires to be considered, because upon it is founded a.!! that su|M rstTueturo of acts, plainly aguiast law, whii h now threaten* tlie peace not only of the Territory of Kansas but of tlie Union. Sueli an objection to the proceedings of the legislative Assembly was of exceptionable origin, for the reason that, by the express terms of the organic law, the seat of Govern incut of the Territory was " located temporari ly at Fort Leavenworth and yet the Gover nor himself remained there less than two months, ami of his own direction transferred the seat of Government to the Shawnee Mission, where it in faet was at the time the Assembly were called to meet at Pawnee City. If the Gov ernor had any such right to change temporari ly the seat of Government, still more had the Legislative Assembly. The objection is of exceptional origin for the further reason that the place indicated by the Governor, without having an exclusive claim of preference in it self, was a proposed town site only, which lie and others were attempting to locate unlaw fully upon land within a military reservation, and for participation in which illegal act the commandant of u post, a -uperior officer of the Army, lias been dismissed by sentence of court martial. Nor is it easy to see why the Legislative j Assembly might not with propriety pass the i Territorial act transferring its sittings to the j Shawnee .Mission. If it could not, that must be on account of some prohibitory or incom patible provision of act of Congress. 1 bit no i such provision exists. The organic act, as al ' ready quoted, says "the sent of Government j " is hereby located temporarily at Fort Leav- I enworth and it then provides that certain i of the public buildings there " may be occti " pied and used under the direction of the i " Governor and Legislative Assembly." These expressions might possibly lie construed to iiu i ply that when, in a previous section of the act, | it was enacted that "the first Legislative As j " semblv shall meet at such'place and on such j " day as the Governor shall appoint," the , word " place" means place at Fort Leaven | worth, not place anywhere in the Territory.— If so, the Governor would have been the first j to err in this matter, not only in himself hav ing removed the seat of Government to the Shawnee Mission, but in again removing it to l'awuee City. If there was any departure ■ from the letter of the law, it was his in both | instances. But. however this may be, it is most urirea ; sonuble to suppose that by the terms of the organic act Congress intended to do impliedly what it lias not done expressly—that is, to for bid to the Legislative Assembly the power to choose any place it might see tit as the tempo rary seat of its deliberations. That is proved by the significant language of one of the sub sequent acts of Congress on the subject, that of .March 3, IS.which, in making appropria tion for public buildings of the Territory, en j acts that the same shall not be expended, " un | "til the Legislature of said Territory >hall have ! " fixed liv law the permanent seat of govern " lueiit." Congress, in these expressions, docs not profess to be granting the power to fix the permanent seat of government but recognizes the j tower as one already granted. But how? Undoubtedly by the comprehensive provision ; of the organic act itself, which declares that " the legislative power of the Territory shall "extend to all rightful subjects of legislation > "consistent with the Constitution of the Cni " ted States and the provisions of this act."— It, in view of this act, the Legislative Assem bly had the large power to fix the permanent seat of government at any place in its discre tion, of course by the same enactment it had the less and the included power to fix it tem porarily. Nevertheless, the allegat : on that the acts of the Legislative Assembly were illegal by rea son of this removal of its place of session was | brought forward to justify the first great move ment in disregard of law within the Territory. One of the acts of the Legislative Assembly provided for the election of a Delegate to the present Congress, and a Delegate was elected under that law. Hut, suLse piently to this, a portion of the people of the Territory proceed ed, without authority of law, to elect another Delegate. Following upon this movement was another and more important one of the same general character. Persons confessedly not constitu ting the body politic, or all the inhabitants, but merely a party of the inhabitants, and without law, have undertaken to summon a convention for the purpose of transforming the territory into a State, and have framed a con stitution, adopted it, and under it elected a Governor and other officers and a Ilepresenta tive to Congress. lii extenuation of these illegal acts, it is al leged that the States of California, Michigan, oud others, were self-organized, and as such were admitted into the Cnion without a j re views enabling act of Congress. It is true that, while in a majority of cases a previous act of Congress has been passed to authorize the Ter ritory to present itself as a State, and that this is deemed the most regular course, yet such an act has not been held to be indispensable, and in some cases the Territory has proceeded with out it, and has nevertheless been admitted into the Union as a State. It lies with Congress to authorize beforehand, or to confirm after ward. in its discretion ; hut in no instance has a State been admitted upon the application of persons acting against authorities duly consti tuted by act of Congrt \ss. In every case it is the people of the Territory, not a party among them, who have the power to form a constitu tion and ask for admission as a State. No principle of public law, no practice or prece dent under the Constitution of the United States, no rule of reason, right, or common sense confers any such power as that now claim ed by a mere party in the Territory. In fact, what has been done is of revolutionary charac ter. It is avowedly so in motive and in aim as respects the local law of the Territory. It will become treasonable insurrection if it reach the length of organized resistance by force to the fundamental or any other federal law and to the authority of the General Government. In such an event the path of duty for the Executive is plain. The Constitution requir ing him to take care that the laws of the Uni ted States be faithfully executed, if they be opposed in tl o Territory of Kansas ho tnaynnd should place at the disposal of the marshal any public force of the United States which hap pens to be within the jm-isdiction, to be used as a portion ot the pone eomitalm ; and, if that do not suffice to maintain order, then he rnav call forth the militia of one or more States for that object, or employ forthe same object any part of the land or naval force of the United States. So also if the obstruction be to the laws of the Territory, and it be duly presented to him as a case of insurrection, he may em ploy for it- -appro.—ion the militia of anv State or the lant] or naval force of the United State-. j And if tlie Territory he invaded by the citizens of other States, whether for the purpose of de ciding' elections or for any other, aud tlie local authorities find themselves unable to repel or withstand it, tliev will be entitled to, and upon ' the fact being fully ascertained tlioy shall most j certainly receive the aid of the Genera! Gov- j eminent. Hut it is not the duty of the President of the United States to Volunteer interposition by force to preserve the purity of elections either . in a state or Territory. To do so would be I subversive of public Freedom. And whether • a law be wise or unwise, just or unjust, is not , a question for him to judge. If it lie constitu- < tional—that is, if it be the law of the land—it j is his duty to cause it to be executed, or to sustain the authorities of auv State or Territo-1 ry in executing it in opposition to all insurrec tionary movements. Our system affords no justification of revolu tionary acts ; for the constitutional means of; relieving the people of unjust administration and laws, by a change of public agents and by j repeal, are ample, and more prompt and effec tive than illegal violence. These constitution al means must be scrupulously guarded this great prerogative of popular sovereignty sac redly respected. It is the undoubted right of the peaceable an I orderly people of the Territory of Kansas to elect their own Legislative Body, make their own laws, and regulate their own social insti tutions, without foreign or domestic molcsta | tion. Interference, on the one hand, to pro cure the abolition or prohibition of slave labor in the Territory, has produced mischievous in terference, on the other, for its maintenance or introduction. One wrong begets another.— | Statements entirely unfounded or grossly ex l aggerated, concerning events within the Tcrri ! Tory, are sedulously diffused through remote States to feed the flame of sectional auimosty there : aud t lie agitators there exert themselves imlefatigably in return to encourage and stimu late strife within the Territory. The inflammatory agitation, of which the present is but a par*, lias for twenty years pro ! duced nothing save unmitigated evil, North and South. But for it the character of the domestic institutions of the future new State would have been a matter of too little interest to the inhabitants jof the contiguous States, personal or collectively, to produce among them any political emotion. Climate, soil, produc tion, hopes of rapid advancement, and the pur suit of happiness on the part of settlers them selves, with good wishes but with no interfe rence from without, would have quietly deter mined the question which is at this time of such disturbing character. But we are constrained to turn our atten tion to the circumstances of embarrassment as they now exist. It is the duty of the people of Kansas to discountenance every act or pur pose of resistance to its laws. Above all, the emergency appeals to the citizens of the States, and especially of those contiguous to the Ter ritory, neither by intervention of non-residents in elections, nor by unauthorized military force, to attempt to encroach upon or usurp the au thority of the inhabitants of the Territory. No citizen of our country should permit him self to forget that he is a part of its govern ment, and entitled to be heard in the determi nation of its policy and its measures ; and that, therefore, the highest considerations of person al honor and patriotism require him to main tain, by whatever of power or influence he may possess, the integrity of the laws of the Re public. Entertaining these views, it will be my im perative duty to exert the whole power of the Federal Executive to support public order in the Territory ; to vindicate its laws, whether Federal or local, against all attempts of organ ized resistance : and so to protect its people in the establishment of their own institutions, un disturbed by encro lehment from without, aud in the full enjoyment of the rights of stlf-go j vernmcnt assured to them by the Constitution and the organic act of Congress Although serious and threatening distur bances in the Territory of Kansas, announced to me by the Governor in December last, were speedily quieted without the effusion of blood, and in a satisfactory manner, there is, I regret to say, reason to apprehend that disorders will continue to occur there, with increasing ten dency to violence, until some decisive mea sures be taken to dispose of the question itself which constitutes the inducement or occasion of internal ngitatiou aud of external interfc- This, it seems to me, can best be accomplish ed by providing that, when the inhabitants of Kansas may desire it, and shall be of sufficient numbers to constitute a State, a convention of delegates, duly elected by the qualified voters, shall assemble to frame a Constitution, and thus to prepare, through regular and lawful means, for its admission into this Union as a State. I respectfully recommend the enactment of a law to that effect. I recommend, also, that a special appropria tion be made to defray any expense which may become requisite in in the execution of the laws or the maintenance of public order in the Ter ritory of Kansas. FRANKLIN PI LUCK. Itejr Wisconsin now rejoices in two Gover nors—one elected by the people and another by the State Canvassers. Roth Basliford ami and Rarstow have taken the oath of office, and both will probably transmit messages to the Legislature. And the Senate being Re publican, will doubtless receive Bash ford's and tee Assembly Barstow's, so there will be a pretty kettle of fish. The Supreme Court will have to decide betweeu the contestants for executive honors. C.vxai. Com mi ssi ox kr.— The friends of Col. Geo. Scott, of Columbia county, are earnestly and actively at work to secure his nomination to the above office. He is ably advocated by a number of our Democratic exchanges—among tliein are the Columbia Democrat, the Fasten Argus and Fasten Sctninel. Col. S. is f;- vorablv known to the Democracy of the State. —Patriot ami Union. fta*" The richest man in Congress is the Hon. "Win. A'keti of South Carolina. His pro perty is estimated at two millions of dollare, including over one thousand negroes. fitair The Syracuse Chronule savs two hun dred fugitive slaves have passed through that city the paid year, and thirteen within the last twelve days. The New York Central and New York and Erie fv. It ~ have agreed U> ad van***' freight eharges 1 tl |M r ernt. iUabfort llfjiortfr. -s- • —s= - = -tf- ~-• - | F. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA: satnrsan fttoriuno, -fdjriwrg 2. 185Ii. Tkkms— Oiir Dollar per annum, invariably in advance. Four week* previous to thr expiration of a subscription, notice will be given by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, thr paper trill in all cases be ttopped. Ct.rcßlKi; —Ute Reporter trill be rent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : ti copies for. s■> 00 \ L> copies for . . .(12 00 10 copies for 8 00 ! 20 copies for 15 00 A (vkkti >km knts- For a square of ten lines or less, One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-fire cents for each subsequent insertion. Jois-WoKK Executed with accuracy and despatch, and a reasonable prices—teilh every facility for doing Books, Blanks, Hand-bills, Ball tickets, 4"<"• MoNKY may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed it i on envelope. and prujterly directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. Republican Committees of Vigilance. "Y Till: REPUBLICAN* COUNTY COMMITTEE of Bradford, have ap pointed the following person* as (.'oiimiittue* of Vigilance for their respective districts, for the pit—cut vear : Albany—Wells Wilcox, M. 11. Codding, John Sterigere, Daniel Kellogg ; Armenia Alfredllipley, David K. Becker, Alba Burnham, I W. Fierce: Asylum—G. F. Hortou. J. 11. Morrow, CSeo. W. Ingham, 1 Uriah Terry : 1 j Athens t. It Cotton ; Burlington- Koswell I.nther, J. W. Spencer, P. M. Alex under, James Nichols ; Burlington Woi- Plvnn Phelps jr., Perry 8.-Pratt,S. 11. Stiles, J. B. MeKea'n ; Burlington b>r >ugh Philander I.ong, Chester Kirg ley, Charles Lewis, X. T. Pickerson ; Columbia- James Bullock, Puinnier I.illey, Andrew Ger net. Uaac Strait ; Cant >n—S. Newuian, M. H.Case, S. Owens, W.tawrencc; D uel It. Bull, P- L. Staates, I'. M-snir. Edw'd lioinct ; Franklin -Nelson Gilbert, Thomas Smiley, J. M. Martin, j Festus F. Fairehild ; Granville- Luniaii I'utiiain, William Bunron, Benjamin Saxton, Harrison Boss; derrick—l. A. Park, K. Carr. A. H. Brown. Abel Bolles ; Litehtieid— Milo Merrill, • 'yrus Blood;,'ood, Stephen Evans, Heinan Moore; Leltov A. P. Koss. S. Bailey, Charles Lamb, John Cole ; Monroe totvnship -Freeman Sweet, Daniel Decker, Cha*. G. Ilollon, Itowland Bockwtll ; Monroe borough E. B. Coolbaugli, S. S. lliuman, Antho ny Mullan. J. L. Koekwell ; Orwell—S. X Bronvju, John W. I'jyson, Henry Gibbs, A. G. Mathews ; Overton—Jame- M. llaverlev. William Waltinan, Orange Chase, George Hotteiistiue ; I'ike—K. C'ratulal, It. B. Bailey, K. S. fjkecl. ti. W. Brink ; B one—P. Forties, O. Young, J. G. 'Din ner,F.W.Mayuard; Bidglatry— ti.ttoper, 11. Owen, W.Steven .LP. Hammond i ShesUetpiin— O. 11. I*. Kinney, Charles Chaffee, C. W. Btlli-, A. J. 6de ; Springtield—(*. 11. Campbell, Ambrose G. Brown, Amos Knupp. Isaac F. Bullock ; i Smithiield -G. K. MeVannon, Orpheus K. Bird, Clinton E. Wood, E. ti. Hurley : South Creek—W. Y. G lines, Ira Crane, J. F. Gillet, Linus i Williams ; Standing Sonne William tlriffis, Henry Noble, William Kingsley, tieorgc A. Stephens ; Sylv.inia B rough Peter Monro*, X. H. McCullom, I- X. Tinkhani. Jame- 11. Nash ; Ttisrori.ru Kdw'd C. Wells, A. J. Cogswell, Henry Mont gomery, Pa vis Grav ; I'nvunda lior >ugl> —Jere Culp, Frank Overton, Wallis Bull. l'< r. ival Powell ; Towanda -Hiram Fox, Samuel ('.Means. J. !L Decker, L. P. B >w man ; North Towanda George Mills, A. 11. Kingsbcry, Ezra Butty, Samuel Stmt ton ; Troy Is .rough—E. U. Parsons, George I'. Newlierry. Paul Dobbins, B. S. Part; Troy township- Alonzo Thomas, Ezra Looitiis, ,lma >r the President's defence of the " bor der niflians." After his annual message, per haps we should not be surprised at anything that might emanate from hint ; but this un justifiable and unexpected support of the inva ders of Kansas lias created a universal feeling of astonishment and indignation in the N'orth. Gov. UtCKiiKR has published a letter in answer to it, which is at once dignified and severe— . which wc will given ou* readers uext week. AGRICULTURAL NOTICE. Wc nrc requested by the Secretary, Wji. C 800 art, to state that the regular meeting of the Bradford County Agricultural Society will be held at the Court House, in the Boro' of Towanda, 0:1 Monday evening, February t, 1850. Dr. K vxk's forthcoming work, giving a full account of his last voyage to the Arctic regions, is now in the hands of Messrs. Childs & Peterson, of Philadelphia, and promises to be one of the most magnificent and elaborate works ever issued from the Press in this coun try. There arc to be 110 less than three hun dred illustrations, among them tweuty four steel engravings, including portraits of Dr. Kane and Mr. Grinncll. The work will be issued in two handsome octaTo volumes, as early as possible, at the low price of $5 for the set. On our first page will be found an interest ing sketch of I)r. Kane by Dr. Kldcr of Phil adelphia, to which we refer to our readers. KKKF.CT OK NON-ORGANIZATION'. —It is stated that the Secretary of the Treasury has decided that Mr. Forney is Clerk only for limited pur poses. lie has, therefore, refused to recognize his requisition for funds to pay the officers of the House, other than the clerks employed im mediately under himself. The Sergeant-at- Arms, Door-Keeper and Postmaster,employing in their various offices nearly 150 persons, have received no pay since the beginning of the ses sion, and will receive uoue uulil the House shall organize. M IXISTKR TO ENGLAND. —By a telegraphic dispatch to the Tribune, it is stated that the English mission has been tendered to ex-Vice President DAI.I.AS, and will doubtless be ac cepted. Dispatches will be sent from Boston by the next steamer to Europe requesting Mr. Brt'HANAv to remain in England until his sne or arrhes. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. The SPEAKER of the Senate presented a petition from citizens of Bradford county, for a repeal of that part of the School law us pro vides for the electiou of County Suj>criiiten dents ; and for redaction of the number and pay of the School Directors. The SPEAKER of the Senate also presen ted two jK'titions from citizens of Bradford couuty, for the repeal of the restraining liquor law. Mr. LA PORTE of tin House, for the re peal of the law creating Couuty Superinten dent ; for the reduction of the number of school directors ami the appointment of town superintendents. Mr. HOLCOMB, one of similar import. Mr. LAPORTE, one for the separation of the School from the State Department, and other modifications of the School law. Mr. I.NCIIAM moved that the House pro ceed to consider the resolution instructing our U. S. Senators to vote for the re|>eal of the Kansas-Nebruska Act ; which, after some re marks from Messrs. Ingham and M'Carthy, I was not agreed to—yeas 30, nays 65. Mr. INGHAM, also, on leave given, offer !ed a resolution that a select committe be up -1 pointed to prepare a joint resolution of the i substance of the resolutions offered by him a ; few days ago. The House refused to proceed to the second reading of the resolution. On Thursday the House repealed the Liqnor | Law by a vote of 69 yeas to 25 nays, and the j bill was sent to the Senate. In that body Mr. j BUCK A LEW moved its reference to a select j Committee, on which motion there was con siderable debate, but an adjournment took place before a vote was taken. Mr. PRICE has introduced into the Senate J a bill for the security of railroad traveling, ; which defines duties, fixes liabilities, and rcn : ders that in certain statute law which now de pends upon legal construction and decisions.— The bill requires that the baggage and freight I cars shall invariably be placed in front of the passenger cars ; steam whistles to sound an j alarm at eighty rods from any crossing of the j highway at the same level ; sjK-ed to be re duced on approaching a draw ; the running to be so regulated that no two trains moving in | opposite directions shall be on the same track at the same time, without a switch and siding between_them, unless the train that is out of time is preceded by an agent ou foot, eighty rods in advance, with a signal ; when any train is stopped when another is expected, a signal is to be seut eighty rods in the proper direc tion. In enclosed or fenced parts of the coun try, cattle guards to he constructed at every commencement and termination of such enclos ure. When a rail is taken up for repairs, a signal is to be placed at eighty rods distant each way. It is made a misdemeanor for any crossing a railroad with a horse or vehicle, or driving any animal on it when a locomotive is approaching w itl i.i forty rods of sach intersec tion. It is also made a misdemeanor, with ninety days' imprisonnit lit, for a railroad con ductor to get intoxicated. $5,000 is the great est amount which may be recovered of a rail road for any person's death through its negli gence. No recovery of damages when the per son is injured acting contrary to the printed regulations of the company. The punishment for injury through the negligence of any em ployee of the road is twelve month's imprison ment. If death ensue, the punishment is the same as manslaughter. Persons who put ol>- structions, whereby death ensues, shall be tried for murder. If injury is caused, the punish ment is ten year's imprisonment. Imt-ortaxt to Postmaster ■*. —The Washing ton I'nirn says :—Onr attention has been call ed to the fact that some postmasters are in the habit of sending back to the mailing office let ters reaching them for delivery, because tliev were not pre-paid by stamps, but bv money.— This is wrong, and arises from a misapprehen sion of the law. In no case, indeed, should a letter, after it has reached the office of delivery, be returned for postage, much less should it be returned because the postage was not paid by stamps. It is the general duty of postmasters to see that letters are pre-paid by stamps, but when (having been pre-paid in cash, either through ignorance of the law, or inadvertence, or want of stamps on the part of the mailing postmaster,) they reach their destination, it is the duty of the postmaster to deliver them the same as though pre paid by stamps. It will necessarily happen, in the introduc tion of the stamp-prc-payinent system, that sup plies of stamps will fail to reach some of the small and remote offices at the proper time, and it would be doing violence to the citizens of those localities to return, and thus delay their correspondence, because of a circum stance so unavoidable. Entertaining this view of the subject, the department lias instructed l>ostmasters, not having stamps, to forward letters as heretofore when pre-paid by money. If an unpaid letter, from any cause, gets into the mail and reaches its destination, it should be delivered on payment of postage at prepaid rates. Gov. POIXOCK lias appointed RORRRT 11 AW- I.EY Prothonotnry and Clerk of the Courts of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer for Lycoming county, to fill the vacancy occasion ed by the death of GEO. F. BOAL. t&~ Gov. Btm.KR has authorized the Prnn ■tylranian to state he is a fast friend of Mr. BICHAXAN for the Presidency. •fit" The proceedings of the Republican meeting held iu Pike tow nship, will he publish ed next week Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Philauki.l'HlA, Monday Jan 2h In Supremo Court, to-dav. Judge lb Kr . "> lixered the unanimous opinion of tin. c .' 11.. matter of the tWind, I'ai,,,!!, Ashtabula Railroad, against the C'itv of to the effect that the Railroad Compi„, v b"' the right to extend their road throu-h Fr' the eastern boundary to connect \-;m ' C , tO Xortli-Eat Roa.l, Jitlmt „" J. struct ion of property by the Mayor and ■ en., of En., n The injunction sought for was granted lit the case of the Erie and North-K<. n , against 1,,,.,,!, C,.,,, the four, Judges Black, Lowkik and Kxox held .1 repeal of the charter of the Road was,,, ■ tntional and valid, while Chief Justice I and Judge Woonw.m. held it to be unconoi tutional and vo.e. The ease is to be taken " to the Imted States Supreme Court. 1 Doings in Congress. House, Jan. 2d.—After an incffeetual #t teiupt o repeal the resolution cutting off de bate, the ous, balloted three times for SpeT ti n 111 r n -° Mh e 127 t h. had J4, Orr 64, l uller 2d. scattering 12- i IWs sary to a clioiee 1)8. Adjourned. ' llofsE, Jan. 26. — Tlie Session was passed in the disposal, without discussion, of r-sol tions to the following purport • U , -}'r" S| kl ., rt, does not fully and heartily sympathize with large majority of the country for the rcstora tion of the Missouri Compromise, or who shall hesitate to exert himself for the restore of that restriction." This was rejected. Yeas, 102 ■ \. lV< ](| o " 2 The restriction ought to be restored a, a proper indication of the wisdom, patriotism and plighted honor of the great statesmen who imposed it, and as the necessary and certain means of reviving harmony and concord among the States of the I'nioii, essential to our wj. fare and the perpetuity of our institutions" This was adopted by one majority. " 3. Useless and factious agitation of the ! Slavery question, in or out of Congress, is m,. i wise and unjust in every section of the Union i but until the restriction is restored it U * \ lemn duty we owe to the past, present and fn | lure to steadily and firmly persist in the efforts i to that end." This was rejected by a majority of three 1 " 4. The agitation of the Slavery ipiestioa is i unwise and unjust to a portion of the ]>eop!e ! injurious to every section, and ought not to be | countenanced." This was adopted by one majority. " 5. The repeiU of the Missouri Restriction was an example for useless and factious agita tion of the Slavery question." This was adopted by a vote of los to 95, and then the House adjourned. Senate, Jan. 2*.—(Jen. Ca made aUg speech on Central American affairs. He thought all things were going simxitlilv. and the President was doing his duty. Mr Col lamer gave his views o:i the Clayton and Hoi wer Treaty. Mr. Seward obtained the floor and the Senate adjourned to Tiiursday. H OCSK. — Mi* Inciter moved the Plurality rule, which motion was tabled, 10G to 101.— Some personal discussion ensued upon a let ter published in a Cleveland paper, reflecting severely on the course of Mr. CampMl and others. The Iloise then vot u the 12fftli tme for Speaker : Banks had 07, Orr G7, Puller 3d, Pennington 3. Edie, 2, Harris and Wil liams 1 each. Necessary to a choice ltd.— Adjourned. Two Cun.MIEN Bl KNK.n TO HkaTlT.—Abwt 3 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in a block of wooden buildings on the rior side of Water street, which construct] ws:? three or four dwellings, and resulted in tL> death of two children brother and >i Tlieir parents, it scorns, were out to a dancr i on the preceding evening (having first looked j the little creatures in their bedroom, from which they returned in the morning to fc-d themselves childless, liew-ai! their her-.-iven>":i', i and confront an indignant eoimmm ty The j children could easily have been saved flhws . minutes after the fire was discovered had : ' )f fact that they were in the building been know. ! —Klmira Adc., 26'^. A Close Shave.—A while ago, one hot day. a very wealthy miser of this city died oi chotf ra, and it was found necessary to place i body in the coffin without removing bis usw apparel. One of his heirs, who was standing by, suggested, just as the lid was bein? Ed, searching the deceased's pockets, which*® done, and the searcher also found an ordiii? money-belt around the corpse, containing >> I '' $•">,000 worth of notes, bills. ve. — Tribune. Itaj" Tim freezing of the Ohio Kivcr. hjti* facilities thus furnished for crossing from tuekv to Ohio, seems to have stimulated ra®! of the bondsmen of the latter State to attcaf" their escape. We learn from Cincinnati f' l -* recapture ou Monday of several of these ■a?" tives, not without tragical circumstance most affecting character. A mother escape hopeless from the hands of the catchers, to save her three children fro"' 1 *' 11 ' dragged back to Slavery, cut their threap stantly killing one and severely wound;' l other two. Six of the fugitives were car 1 " but eight, l>elonging to another party, arc to have effected their escape. 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