Five liiat those laws do not meet with the ap
-1 rohation of a majority of the people.
Under these circumstances, what is the du
ty of Congress ? Is it their duty to sit quiet
ly Iv and behold these altercations in the'ter
ritory, without devising any meats to avoid
them ? Is it the duty of Congress, which em
bodies the sentimeuts of this whole Republic,
to sit quietly by and allow the institution of
slavery to extend itself into territory under
its exclusive jurisdiction, and which was once
consecrated by solemn act to freedom, fn
181W, Louis Mri-me, of Delaware, during the
discussion in the Senate that preceded the pas
sage of the Missouri compromise, though him
self a slaveholder and from u slave State, de
clared that—
'l Xotliing <*on nmn gladden the heart than the eon
lcuciUUnu oi'a portion of tciiivwy consecrated to freo
dmi, whose -oil -h <uM nptiT be ninDtened by the tear
M'the davv or degraded by the step of the e;pnwor or
oppressed."
But, to day. the soil whose contemplating
so gladdens the patriotic heart is not only
moistened with the tear of slave, but is threat
ened to be drenched with fraternal blood. —-
In this cfnsadc to propagate slavery, not only
by changing the constrnction given to the Con
stitution for more than half a century, but by
force of arms, permit me to call your attention
to the almost dying counsel of one of the coun
try's most illustrious names. Though born
and reared under southern influences, it is n
sentiment that will find a cordial response in
the patriot heart everywhere, and is worthy
• to be inscribed on his tombstone. In discus
sing the compromise measures on the sth o!
February, 1850, us if foreboding the present
hour in his country's history, Mr. Clay said :
• But if unliappilv , we should be involved in war be
ween the two part-, of this Confederacy, in which the cf
.nt upon the one side should he to ml rain the introeltie
t;,m of slavery into the v; v Territories, and npou the oth
er side fo force it • introduction there, what a spectacle
should we pro enl. to the astonishment of mankind, in no
olt'ort, not to propagate l ights. hut- I must say it, tuonyh
I trust it will be understood to tie said with no design to
e\ ite feel in? —; war to propagate wrong* in the Territo
ries thus acquired from Mexico. It Would be a war it.
tot:ich we should hare no sympathies, no good withe* —ill
Which our own history itself would tie against US : for,
from the conimemvment of the Revolution down to the
present time, we have constantly reproached our British
rtneestors for the introduction or slavery into this country."
From the tcmb comes the voice of your
sainted dead, to rebuke the efforts making to
day to establish slavery upon the soil of Kan
sas ; and is it for the freemen of this country
not only to turn a deaf ear to the safe coun
sels of the venerated dead, but to stand in in
difference to the best interests of the future ?
Will you carry into Kansas the institution of
slavery under the protection of the Hag of your
country ? For it is for Congress to say what
shall be done, and what kind of institutions
shall exist there during its territorial existence.
On some future occasion 1 hope to have an
opportunity to discuss at length the constitu
tional power of Congress over the Territories ;
but at this time the only proper inquiry is. what
is the cause of the unprecedented state of af
fairs in Kansas, and what can he done to save
that people from bloodshed and civil war ?
The President in his annual message, after
reviewing the slavery question, closes with this
rather singular summary of the cause of the
present excitement at the North :
'• If the pa donate r.isrc of fanaticism ami partisan spi
rit did nut force the fact upon our attention, if would be
difficult to believe that any considerable portion of the
people of tli: -< enlightened country should have aerren
•lered themselves t,> a fanatical devotion to the supposed
interests of the relatively few Africans in the l nited
j-t.atc -. as t dally to abandon and disregard the interests
of the tweiits-livc millions of Americans."
The art of the lawyer and the politician is
ever to associate names made odious in the
public mind with what they wish to destroy,
and upon them attempt to cxeitc the preju
dice of men.
Sir, the men of the North have not " sur
rendered themselves to a fanatical devotion to
the supposed interests of the relatively few Af
ricans in the United States," but they desire
to gladden the heart of the patriot forever
with the " contemplation of a portion of terri
tory consecrated to freedom, whose soil shall
never be moistened by the tear of the slave,
or degraded by the step of the oppressor or
oppressed.''
The rights of the citizens of Kansas are the
m rights of the twenty-five millions of Americans,
and the wrongs of the one should lie adopted
as the wrongs of the other. If the rights of
one man in this country can he trampled upon
by legislative enactment, the rights of all may.
When men arc disfranchised by law, and de
prived of their nearest and dearest rights, and
that law rests upon the (Joveriimout of the
country for its validity and its sanction, it
comes home to the bosom of every person, no
matter in what part of the Republic he lives ;
and he who would set quietly down and per
mit wrong and injustice to be done to a citi
zen of the country when he conhl prevent it,
is guilty of a gross dereliction of duty.
The freemen of Kansas are entitled to your
protection. They are entitled to yonr protec
tion against invasion at the ballot-box, to your
protection against unjust laws which violate all
their rights, your protection in the freedom of
speech and the press. The supervision of all
their legislation being under the control of
Congress, let it, then, do its duty, and remove
from the people theseodiouft enactments which
the President- hns declared must be enforced,
and secure to them the free and undisturbed
exercise oftheir civil rights and privileges.
The men of the North are but resisting the
attempt to subvert the spirit and genius of
the institutions of the Republic ; and the ef
fort now making to overturn its well-establish
ed policy iu legislating for the Territories, the
effort to reverse the decision of the courts mak
ing slavery a local, sectional institution, rest
ing upon local law for its support, an 1 to na
tionalize it by throwing over it the shield and
the protection of the Constitution arid the Un
ion, wherever it goes beyond the jurisdiction
of the local laws which gave it support,—it is
against this doctrine that the men of the North
war, atid not in behalf of " tiro relatively few
Africans" in the country. Their condition,
however deplorable in the States where they
exist, is beyond our reach. We must there
fore leave them to those who have tho control
of the laws under which they live. Rut we
insist that the flag of the Union shall float, as
heretofore, the emblem of freedom, and under
its folds, everywhere, the freedom of speech
and of tho press, and the inalienable rights of
men, shall lie protected.
LOFT-TANA PoMriirs.—The following dispatch,
from the Louisiana Democratic State Conven
tion has been received at Washington, from a
private source :—t
Baton Rotor, Lv, March 13.- The State
Convention has elected anti-Buchanan dele
gates to the Cincinnati Convention. In the
contest foe delegates for the State at large,
Soule ted one ticket and Slide 11 the other. The
ule ticket is elected t.y about 50 majority
Sniiforb ilqiortn*.
E. o. GOODRICH. EDITOR.
CI —FT" V* T
TOA\ r A:ND A_ :
••• ♦
|3atnrbrtp Rioruinn, Uttarcl) 23, lfc'oli.
I TV.:ms— One Dollar per annum, invariably in advance.—
Don/ week* previous to the crpirufion of a subscription,
notice will he girrn bp a printed wrapper, and if not re
i nctced, the paper wit! in all cans bi stopped.
(T.I T.IUNU - Tin Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fol-
I lowing I'tremely lotr rates :
i(l copies for ?"> (in | 1." copies for. . . ft? 00
10 copies for 8 0!) , 110 copies for 15 00
AnvKKTisvrfENTs— For a square of ten linn or lets, One
Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-fire cent*
for each subsequent insertion.
i Jon-Wo r.se—E eeruted with urrurary and rfenateh, and a
i re turn ihle prices —with every fii'- : 'it'i for doing Rooks,
• \ Blanks. Hand-bUh, Ball tickets. <s•''-
MONEY may he sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an
envelope, and properly directed, we will be responsible
for its safe delivery.
"REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
I I —ln fulfillment of the duties imposed upon the uii
! fiersi.ituM. a< member of the National Executive Commit
-1 tee for the State of Pennsylvania, (appointed by the 15-
- ! puhlir„tn Convention held at Pittsburg on the 22il ult.)and
, : in compliance with the wishes of numerous friends tlim*.
1 out the slate, notice is hereby given tlwit a KKJM'IM.K 'AN
l j KTATB CONVENTION will he held in the rity of Phila
-1 ! delphia on MONDAY, the IHth day of JCNE next, at 10
- o'clock, A. M., for the formation of an Electoral Ticket.
1 I and the nomination of a State Ticket, to be supp rtod at
- I the ensning Presidential and State elections ; and gener-
C ! ally for tho trait-action of all such business as shall conic
before said Convention,
t 1 The undursignrd would recommend that the Conven
. I (ion ! e composed of Delegates. twice in number to that of
I the Senate and House ol" Representatives ; and that the
; friends of Freedom in the several counties of the Coniinoii
r j wealth meet at tho county seat, or other convenient place
in their respective counties, on Saturday, the 31st day of
i May next, (unless 'some other day will better aeeomino
,, j date.) and elect delegates to represent them iu said State
u : Convention ; and al-o. at the same time arid place, three
I, ! delegates from rlic several Co jrrcssion.d districts, to rep
-1 re-cut this state in the National Nominating Convention
' to lie held on the 17th of .Inne next, at Philadelphia.
D. WILMOT.
Member of National Ex. Com. for Pa.
To wan da, March IS, 1' AH.
h R FPU RLIC AN COUNTY
j CONVENTION.—At a meeting of
the Republican County Committee
)• j held at the Court llonse. in Towanda. Monday, March 17,
! ISA'!, the following resolutions were adopted :
| Resolved. That a Countv Convention be held ill the
i- | Borongh of Towanda. on Tuesday evening, May fit h. to
| for the purpose of electing delegates to the Republican
" j State Convention, providing for the election of delegates
- I from this Congressional district to the Republican Nation
-9 j al Convention, and for the consideration of such other
• j matters as may be brought before it.
1 | Resolved, That tic Committees of Vigilance lie reques
j. I ted to call primary meetings in their respective election
| districts on Saturday, May 15, l s.ifi, between the hours of
1 j 3 and 7, P. M., to elect two delegates from each district
; I to said Convention. A El. EN M'KKAN,
I March It), 1556. Chairman.
1 COMMTTTKES OF VIOtt.ANCE.
- Albany—Wells Wilcox, M. 11. Codding. John Sterigcrc,
Daniel Kellogg ;
' Armenia -AlfredKiplev, David S. Becker, Alba Burnham.
t W. Pierce;
'. Asylum—lolin F. Dodge, J. H. Morrow, Geo. W. Ingham
I'riali Terry ;
f Athens township -S. W. Park, John Orifliu, David Gard-
I tier. Krastus Woleott:
: Athens borough—N. C. Harris, C. Ilunsiker, 1,. S. Keelcr.
1 ; D. 1> Cotton :
Burlington- Roswell I.uther, J. W. Spcnccr, D. M. Ale.v
. I andcr. James Nichols ;
I Burlington Wr.-t—Plynii I'helps jr., Perry 11. Pratt, S. H.
Stiles. J. lb MeKean ;
Burlington borough—Philander Txmg, Chester Kingsley,
Charles Lewis, N. T. Diekerson :
e Columbia—James Bullock, Hummer l.illev, Andrew Gcr
e imt. Isaac Strait :
Canton- S. Newman. M. H. Case. S. Owens. W.Ea wrenre:
I DurtH—R. Bull. I). 1.. Staatos. E*. Moody, Edw'd Hornet;
i Franklin -Nelson Gilbert, 'lliomas Sniiley, J. M. Martin,
s Festns K. Fairebild :
Granville— iat man Putnam, M'illiani Ihinyon, Benjamin
Saxton. Harrison Ross;
5 Herrivk- 1. A. Park. F. Carr. A.R.Brown. Abel P.< dies-.
Eiteliliehl-Mil"Merrill,Cvru.s 111 lOdgood,Stephen Evans,
i Heman Moore;
, | Foßny—A. D. Loss. R. Bailey. Charles Famh, John Cole ;
. Monroe township- -Freeman Sweet, Daniel Decker. Chas.
| G. Holloit, Rowland Rockwell ;
j Monroe borough- K. 11. Coolbaugh. S. S. Ilinman, Anlho
- i ny Mitilan. J. 1.. Rockwell ;
j Orwell—S. N. Bronson, John W. l'aysou, Henrv Gibhs,
, A. G. Mathow- :
- j Overton- .lames \f. Haverley. William Waltman. Orange
Chase. George Hotteustine ;
Pik" K. ( raiidal. R. B. Bailey. E. S. Skeel, G. W. Brink ;
(' Roni" P. Forbes. O. Young. .!.<. Towner.K.W.Maynard:
_ Ridgimry—G.Cooper. H. Owen. W. Stevens.J.D.Hammond
, Sheslieqnin o. H. P. Kinnev, Charles Chaffee, C. \V.
1 Bulbs. A. J.Cole ;
, Springfield—C. H. CirtnpVdl, Ambrose G.Brown, Amos
.. Kuapp, Dmic F. Bullock ;
Smithfield G. K. MeVarnion, t)rpbeus K. Bird, Clinton
K. Wood. E. G. Hurley :
•> S 'nth Creek —W. Y. (limes. Ira Crane, J. F. Gillet, Linus
Williams :
Standing Seone . William Gridls, Henry Noble, William
1 Kingsley,'Seorge A. Stephens ;
e Sylv.mia Borough—Peter Monroe, N. H. MeCuilom, Is N.
Tiiikliatn. James H. Nash ;
1 fii-eorora Edw'd C. Wells, A. J. Cogswell, Henrv Mont
gomery, Davis Gray ;
Towa.'oii borough Jerc Gulp, Frank Overton, Wall in
Bull. Pereival Powell ;
| j Towanda -Hir.tniC. Fox, Samuel ('.Means, J. 11. Decker,
1.. I>. Bov. man ;
North rowanda George Mills, A. D. Kingsbory, Hzr.i
Rutty. Samuel Strut ton ;
) Tf >v •> 'rough F. I!. Parsons, George P. Newberry, Dan'l
Dobbins, B. S. Dart ;
• Tr >y township - Monr.o Thom.is,
Greeno. J. M. Smith ;
i'Dter—S. C. Hovey, D. J. Chubhuck, J. 1.. Gor-eliue,
S. N. Havens:
, Wysox Moses Caufield M.J. Coolbaugh, I. P. Spalding.
' Sti'opc ;
Wyalusirur C. K. Ingham, Fraueis liomct. Klisha Lewis,
Harry ( lark ;
Warren—Miles I'rinee, Jacob Rogers, James Cooper, Mi
randa ( halloo ;
1 Well- L ee.izoj Grinnell, John Brownell, Newell I.eon
! aid, John Blasted ;
e j Windlmm Piatt Vandyke. James M. Peek, James Olm
: sted. William S. RabeneK ;
I I Wilmot—Jonathan Buttles, J. 11. Turrell, J. L. Jones,
j' | Hiram Stone.
I | THE NEWS BY THE PERSIA. —The Persia,
■ i which left England at aliont (he time of the
j departure ot the Pacific, lias reached
our shores, but brings no tidings of that mis
•: sing vessel. Hope now clings alone to the
Azores. One word from Faynl and all sus
| pense is over.
European advices arc without point. The
peace conference progresses we may iufer iu the
order of time, bnt its transactions are manifest
ly so shrouded in secrecy that rumor has to
make the meat it feeds on.
The movement of the Rritish fleet from Ki
el for the purpose of re-establishing the block
ade of the Russian ports of the Ilaltic indi
cates the purpose of the allies to maintain the
aspect of war until peace is satisfactorily se
j cured.
At present there does not appear to be any
assurance that the conference will result in
' peace, though everybody seems to he liopc-
I. ful of it, and consequently it is anticipated
with confidence. But there are evidently
) some difficult passages to be encountered be-
UgM|ucli a result is attained as a finality.
continued depression of the Rritish mar
! ket, in both cotton add breadstnffs, may bo re
i garded as an evidence that peace is expected.
<>n the other hand, the stringency in the mo
ney market cviuees some hesitation uutil a
positive result is declared. *•
f®Tbe Governorship of Wisconsin has been
decided in favor of Mr. Bashford.
THE LEGISLATURE. , !
Ameodmcnts to Senate amendments to House
bill No. 333, further supplement to the act to '
establish a ferry across the Susquehanna Uiver
at or near Ulster, Bradford county, were conj
curved in by the Senate. y 1
The House Committee on Banks, after ma-
turc deliberation, have cutue to the determina- j
tion
Ist. To report no bill, with a favorable rc-1
commendation, for the charter of any new bank ,
or new savings institution. j,
2d. To favor the extension of the charter of |
no bank which has not kept its notes at par, ;,
agreeably to the existing law of this Common- , (
wealth.
The hill in regard to the public printing has :
passed finally, and only needs the Governor's
signature to become a law. It provides for (
the election in joint Convention of the two
Houses of a State Printer, aud fixes the rate j
of compensation.
The election is to take place ten days after
the bill becomes a law, to be for three years
from the first day of Silly next. Thereafter
the election is to take place on the first Mon
day in February in every third year.
The prices are forty cents per thousand ems
composition, and "0 |>cr cent, additional for
rule and figure work, and forty cents per token
for press work. Bills sixty cents per page, to
contain about 1100 ems—-200 copies.
For blanks—foolscap and flatcap, forty ets.
per quire: folio-post, fifty ; denii, sixty; medium,
eighty ; royal, $1.25 ; super royal, $1.50, in
cluding feint lining. Printer to find paper for
blanks—State to find paper for laws, journals, ,
documents and bills.
A Superintendent of Printing to be appoin
ted, as now at a salary of SSOO per annum,
who is to purchase paper and superintend work
generally.
The House has had under consideration the
general appropriation bill, and passed it to j
second reading. In the Committee the section j
increasing the salaries of the law judges of the
State was stricken out.
The Judiciary Committee in the Senate has
1 reported adversely upon the bill changing the
venue in Col. PIOLLET'S libel suit.
The Senate has passed two Bank bills—the
Union Bank of Philadelphia, and the Tioga I
County Bank.
Mr. BICKAI.KW, 011 leave, read a bill in place j
' to prevent the interference of Judges in parti
san polities ; which,
On motion of Mr. CRABB, was read aud ta- J
ken up for consideration.
Mr K ILI.IXGKR enquired what was the object
iof the bill ? Was it not intended to apply to
r judge of a particular district ?—(Alludingto j
the Hon. DAVID WII.MOT.)
Mr. BICKAI.EW disclaimed any intention to j
apply it to any particular case. It was a gen- 1
oral bill, which applied to all the President :
Judges—Common Picas, District and Supreme
Judges.
Mr. TAGGART expressed himself in opposition
to the bill. It was an interference with the
; freeman's highest privilege—the right of speech.
Mr. BI CKAI.KW then spoke in defence of the 1
bill. He argued that it was nothing more than
right that a judge, in whose hands the most
delicate and important interests of the people
| are frequently placed, should abstain fro in par
ticipating in the proceedings of political meet
ings. There was nothing iu the bill to debar
them from the full enjoyment of the right of
suffrage, and all other rights, except taking
part in political meetings and hnrangnciug the
people on the stump. Under the present dec- 1
tive feature of the Constitution, this was a
great evil, and it was proper to guard against
it. Perhaps under the old constitution a pro
vision of law of this kind was not necessary,
but under the present system he believed it was
not only necessary, but would prove highlv '
salutarv-
Mr. STILUS inquired whether it would pre-j
vent a jndgc from becoming a candidate for 1
office ?
Mr. BCCKALEW. Certainly not. It stmplv i
prohibited the public participation of judges in j
political assemblies. >
Mr. P i ATT had no idea that the bill was in
t-tided to meet any special case. So far as the
hill itself was concerned it was right and pro
per. He referred to the fact that Judge Wn.-j
MOT had frequently interfered in political meet
ings. He had not (infrequently held court in
the day time in the county of Susquehanna, and j
at night eanic down front the bench and ad
dressed the people on the exciting political !
questions of the day. The effect of this was
evil. It was calculated to excite political pre
judiees, and interfere with the courts of justice.
He was not actuated from political feeling.
He desired to remedy an evil, and would go !
for the bill.
Mr. TAGGART objected to the bill, because it
was aimed at an individual—with malice, afore
thought—a single man two hundred miles ; '
away. j |
He referred to the Constitution of Pennsyl- j'
vartia, which guaranteed freedom of speech to '
every citizen. He asked the Senator from
Wyoming, [Mr. PIATT,J if DAVID WII.MOT was '
so mighty—or his words so terrible to the foes t
of right aud truth, that the legislative power
of the Commonwealth must be invoked to shut I
his mouth ? How loudly mast he speak, and
to how many shall he speak to come within the j ,
operation of this bill ? To-day we enact that
he shall not speak loudly to a multitude—to
morrow that he shall not speak in a moderate
tone to an individual—and next day, that he
shall not whisper in a corner to his wife,—and i ;
then we will deprive him of his vote. Itisthe j '
same in principle. Thousands of men—and the i i
best men, wonld reject with scorn an office that I i
would muzzle them tn the declaration of their 1 ]
sentiments, whenever ami wherever and how
ever they choose to utter. them. Tlvcre arc
emergencies which require, the best talent of
the land for their discussion, and that talent is
frequently foqbd upoujthe bench. Spme mcn
wotihl ruther surrender thfr right to vote, than
theft- right to speak. Doubtless the Senator
for Columbia, [Mr. BCCKALEW,] is among them.
His-right to speak was worth ten times as much
to himself and to his party, as his vote. Ihis
was not flattery, but the truth. The Consti
tution embraced all, even judges, within its
protecting arms, and it would require more
than a simple enactment to disfranchise them.
The Senator had better include it among his
eonstitutional amendments.
Mr. PRICK said his sympathies were with
the purjoses of the bill. He thought the in
terference of judges with the partisan politics
of the day a great indecorum. But he thought
they should pause before enacting a measure
of so much importance. The bill ought to go
through the usual order of legislation. Though
lie sympathized with the movement, he was
opjiosed to too hasty action. He moved to
refer the Dill to die committee on the Judciary.
Mr. KILIIXGER opposed the bill. At a
first guess lie thought it was aimed at the
judge referred to—Hon. David Wilmot—but
as the Senator who introduced it disclaimed
this, lie was bound to accept the explanation.
He could sec no necessity for the bill. It was
throwing a stigma upon the judges, and lie was
not prepared to vote for it.
Mr. CRABB said when lie made the motion
to proceed to the consideration of the bill, lie
bad no idea that it was aimed at any particu
lar judge. It appeared to him to be right in
principle. The judges certainly ought not
participate in political meetings, lie was in
favor, and voted to increase the salaries of the
judges, in order to make independent of the
Legislature, and he thought it proper to com
pel them to be independent also of political
parties. ITe had no feeling agaiust any par
ticular judge.
Mr. BICKAI.KW was willing that the bill
should lay over for examination, but he thought
there was no necessity for referring it to a
committee. It was a plain and simple propo
sition, that the judges shall not mingle in po
litical meetings and make stum]) speeches.
After some further discussion by Messrs.
BI CKAI.KW, PRICE and TAGGART,
Mr. BI CKAI.KW called a division of the ques
tion on the motion to postpone, and refer to
the Judiciary Committee.
The first division—to postpone, was agreed
to.
The second division—to refer to the com
mittee, was then also ngroed to—ycaslG, nays
14, as follows :
YKA.S —Messrs. Browne, Crabb, Ferguson,
Finney, Flenuiken, Fra/.er, Gregg, Jordan,
Knox Mellingcr, Pratt, Price, Tellers, Shu
man, Souther, and Taggart—lfi.
X AVB —Messrs. Buckalew, Cresswell, Ely,
Evans, Hoge, Ingram, Killinger, Daubach,
M'Clintoek, Straub, Walton, Welsh, Wilkitis
and Piatt, Speaker— l 1
So the bill was referred.
In the House, the section of the appropria
tion Dill appropriating SIO,OOO to the Towan
da Bridge being under consideration, an amend
ment was offered and agreed to, making the
aniouut $7,500. Soon after, Mr. MC.VL.MOXT
informed the House that a proviso had been
handed him by the Canal Commissioners,which
he wished to add to the section. The vote was
reconsidered, and he offered the following pro
viso :
That in case the Canal Commissioners deem
the said bridge the best means of crossing the
Town in la dam, then so much of the said sum
only shall be drawn from the treasury as the
Canal Commissioners may decide as the proper
proportion which the State ought to pay to
wards the re-building of said bridge ; but if
they, on examination, should decide that the
river could be crossed by other means afford
ing equal facilities to transportation, with more
safety and at less cost to tho Commonwealth,
then the said stun of $7,500, or so much there
of as ninv be required, is hereby appropriated
to the construction of such crossing as may be
decided upon by said Canal Commissioners."
'1 his proviso was agreed to ; and the section
is amended then agreed to.
The Committee of Conference on the license
bill, have agreed upon a bill, which will be re
ported in a day or two. It fixes $25 as the
minimum of hotel licenses in the country ; SSO
in county towns and other boroughs with over
200 taxablcs ; $75 iu Philadelphia and Pitts
burg. and one hotel to be licensed in the cities
for every 100 taxablcs, ami one for every 150
taxables elsewhere. It also allows one restau
rant or eating-house to be licensed for every
four hotels everywhere ; the license not to be
less than S2O, and to be granted by the courts.
liiQt OR LAW St" STAINED IN* MICHIGAN-. —The
Supreme Court of Michigan lias pronounced
its opinion on the liquor law, deciding that
the legislature has a perfect right to pass a
prohibitory law. Judge Pratt alone dissent
ed—the other seven judges affirming the de
cision. The search and seizure clause was pro
nounced unconstitutional on the ground of fa
tal defects in its form of proceeding. The
question of principle in it was not passed upon.
KANSAS INVESTIGATING CojiMitTKE.—Speaker
BANKS, on Monday, appointed Messrs. GAMP
HELL, of Ohio, HOWARD, of Michigan, and OLI
VER, of Missouri, as the Kansas Investigating
Committee. Mr. CAMPBELL subsequently de
clined, and Mr. SHERMAN, of Ohio, was appoint
ed iu his place.
MAT LACGHLIN, at the Tost Office, adverti
ses in another column, a valuable book entitled
" Lttrtluers One thousand Things worth know
ing," containing much information beneficial to
alt classes of community, in most all of the de
partments Of life.
SL'ICIDK OK A WOMAN BV HANFLLNU. TILC
Honesdale JI fro hi says:—Coroner Putnw>r fu
voretis with the particulars of the snicide of
•Mrs.- CATHARINE CLKTIK, a widow, which oc
curred in the,township of Cherry Kidge, B few
'miles west ofour borough, on the 14th inst.—
She was living on a small farm, left her by her I
husband, in comfortable circumstances. She
tfaft the mother of three children, otic being
married, and the others living with her at the
time of her death. On the morning of the 14 th,
when the children got up, tlioy found their mo
ther bunging in the stairway to one of the up
per floor sills. They gave the alarm to their
neighbors who hastened to the house, and took
her down, but she was past resnscitation-r-she
was dead. She had tied a handkerchief around
her neck, and. from all appearaccs, had tied it
to a rope which was fustod above, while stand
ing on the stairs, and then stepped off. Her
feet were but a few inches from the floor. The
children were not awakened by any noise, nor
knew nothing of the sad affair until about 7
o'clock i the morning.
No cause is assigned by her neighbors for
this act, other than that of trouble about some
of her property, which was in dispute between
herself and her son-in-law. She had appeared
strangely for several days, hut no one antici
pated any such melancholy result. She was
about 50 years of age.
Tho editor of the 7J "//< Counh/ ITcr
a hi. having given an endorsement to CHASE'S
libels upou Judge WII.MOT, now voluntarily
makes the omemlt honorable in the the follow
ing manner : —" On the 22d of November last
wc hastily copied in the columns of the Ilcrahl ,
an editorial article from the Montrose Demo
crat, edited by K. 15. CHASE, Esq., and pub
lished in the adjoining Judicial district over
which Hon. H.vvm WII.MOT presides, in which _
lie was charged with divers official partialities
and wrongs, and for so doing was threatened
with impeachment ; but recently we havelieen
credibly informed that they were not warrant
ed from the facts of the case, and accordingly
make tho amende, honorable in our columns with
out delay, upon receiving the said information.
However widely we may differ with the Judge
politically, we have no desire to detract from
his personal character or judicial reputation,
and consequently we correct in this place any
undue impression the former publication may
have made upon the mind of our readers. —
Having but a slight acquaintance with the
Judge, and no personal knowledge of his offi
cial administration, we cannot be considered
moved by any designs upon his personal or of
ficial character by the publication referred to, ]
and regret the copying it into our paper—and
more especially that we should have been so >
incautious as to give its truthfulness our en
dorsement.''
[ror the linullord Reporter.]
Mn. EDITOH : The following, from a young
man, formerly a school-boy in Towanda, now
in Nottingham, England, may possibly be of
sonic interest to your readers. It is dated
March 7th, 1856.
" Spring lias made her appearance here with
all the freshness of the mouth of April in New
York and Pennsylvania. The farmers arc in
the midst of their spring work. You wonld
be astouishe I to see them prepare the land to
receive a crop. They take more pains to get
their fields into good condition than many in
the states do with their gardens. I pass n field
daily that had wheat in last year, and which
they are now preparing for a spring crop. I
had often heard of good farming, and thought
I had seen some before now, but since I have
witnessed the manner of preparing land here,
I renounce all ideas of good farming that I
ever before entertained. Even the stubble of
the wheat fields is raked off, and buried, before
they plough the land.
"The winter has been extremely mild here :
but a very few days sufficiently cold to require
an overcoat.."
Speaking the peace conference in scssiou in
Paris, he adds :
" Now, as John Hull thinks lie is nearlv
through with Russia, he begins to curb and
shake his horns at us. An Englishman said
to me a few days since, " that wc had better
keep quiet, or they would send their bull-do: s
across the Atlantic to silence I vcrv
coolly remarked, "that before doing this it
would be well for them to remember that we |
had sent them yelling home, with their tails j
between their legs, tirire already." "
STREET Knurr IN ERIK. —An unfortunate
and discreditable recounter took place in this
city on Tuesday, the 11th inst., between Mr.
J. 11. Thompson and A. 11. Caughvy, Esq..
one of the editors of the Constitution, in which
the latter was very severely, arid some snv, fa
tally injured. We trust, however, this last i>
incorrect. As there arc a dozen conflicting
accounts of this affair, the true one of which
will most likely bo elicited in a legal wav, we
stating cither of them authoritatively. It is
said upon the one side, that Thompson met
his antagonist, and felled him witn a club, and
then jumped upon him with his feet, thus injur
ing him internally. Jt, is claimed upon the
other side that no chib was used, but. that it
was a mere street fight, in which our cotcnipo
rary came off second best. In either case, the
affair is very discreditable, though we co i
fess not unprovoked. We say this with no d ■
sign of extenuating the outrage, for there can
be no possible circumstance where resort to
personal violence is justifiable. Wc say it,
because wc have read the article which is sup
posed to have produced this sad result, and we
hive the very best authority (obtained within
the last week) that the insinuations it contains
against Judge T. (the father of one of the pur
ties) are basely false. And being so, t%t
they should have aroused tho feelings of young
Mr. T„ we can well understand; but that
such fact is any palliation for an attack uj>on
a person so physically his inferior as Mr.
wc deny. Erie Observer, lat It.
From Washington.
k f " [Corttsj.oMk.nre of the X. Y. Trilmnr.
; WASHINGTON, March 1<) IBJS
After all tie parade and pompon? assnn,.,"
of the alleged strength of Mr. BCCHAV.V '
the Cincinnati Convention, it turns out lu
inquiry, tlmt there is not one Southern' QT" 1
pledged to his support.TheVVirginiaa a ate, te
S-'MJ. 10 U ;.'i mi while the t
cent State Convention was claimed to H,
tail to the " favorite son of Penimh- I>AR "
there was no better authority than "the I?','
which was father to thethowht The } 1
calculators are now confident, and
best evidence too, that Gen. PIERCE will
mand a much larger vote than MR [], , ~ COU> "
and while they do not claim 198
thirds necessary —they insist, and with
plausibility, that no other named CANDIDAL!?*
approach Ins aggregate. The defection of I T
tmtiim from Mr. BRRHANAX, which R <VY
ed to be as sure as Pennsylvania, HN>DIMTO
ed confidence, and impaired the SEEMLY .'L'
tigo of success, whi C |, hitherto attracted HO ,
of nominal friends. The desperate ,fT„ RT
Judge DOIOEAS to extinguish the ~|U i M S o fth
Presidents Kansas Message HA- prov.-d °
tifo >o practical result has thus far fblU
ed that demonstration, and the pouduxdi
which he made in the Senate on Thursday W
attended by no better success. The wrV ,V
pcration with which the object is PURSUE,U
the Senator from Illinois proves how HCR K W
has become the chance, and, in CONSCITLCICT
how irritated his passion. HE miv AS wellr
tire from the contest, for an inrlcliilito a.ljoim,-
J ment is inscribed opposite his name. , V ;
; he fall alone. Old and Young M ER I TA
descend into U common political grave
First, day of Action on Kansas Full In
vestigation Ordered !
[Editorial Correspondent;-of the X. V. Tribune ]
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, March IS, i->;
The House took op the KANSAS Quest;,,,-
very soon after meeting this morning, and M>-'
BOWIE of Md. made the last SPEECH on
I side of Slavery and Non-Investigation. V
• I. WASHIURN then, in accordance with th*
previons understanding, moved the PREVIOUS
Question, and there was a second. MR ][.
I MAN of I'a. then, before the vote on ordcriti"
the Main Question, exercise, l |i< r ;.,} lt
1 ing the debate OH behalf of the Committee on
Elections and in defense of the Ilejiort mam
'by IMM from that Committee
Mr. HICKMAN reviewed tlie wlmle contro
versy, tiie arguments of all the leading cham
pions of Whitfield and Slavery, AND REPLIED TO
them with crushing power, lie p garded the
I course of the Slavery men as a virtual confes
sion of fraud mid usurpation in the Kan-m
Elections — fraud which IS HERE SOUGHT tu L
covered up — usurpation wliich is sought to i.,
upheld and perpetuated. He CLOSED WITH :tn
earnest appeal for investigation — full, T!,„ R .
ougli and conclusive —and avowed HIS willing
ness, to that end, to accept Mr. DLNN'- S -' R
stitute for the Committee's proposition. 11
I apprehended that a single vote : J.T
■ this day's contest, and lie would a, •> J • UR.R
J proposition wliich could be carried, provided
'it would secure a full investigation. HIS Al
penl to the House for light and liberty WA?
| most effective.
He closed, and the Southern proposal TO
; recommit was strongly voted down, the V
and Nays not being called.
The question now recurred on the props •
tion of Sir. DINS, asa snbstitnt, f. :!;■ S
ern proposal, to appoint two lawyer- therein
named to go to Kansas us Co:nm:.-;o:ior- ~ J
take testimony.
On motion of Mr. I. I>. CAMP:FT.T, the YU :
and Nays wore ordered.
Some time was now spent in .-biting and T
j plaining the question, when th- II ,u- pr
j eroded to vote on substituting Mr. I> NN'S *' r
Mr. OTIN'S proposition, which WA- carrci
the 104 Yeas to 91 Nays.
Mr. HOTVEU. Conn now inqnir 1 as to tiie
state of the question, and \va- infonncd by t l ---
Chair that the vote now tak n !.:.! k :<> -
proposition, and brought the II -use to a cho; c
between DCXN'S and the Coinmittc Ther,
upon Mr. 0., being opposed to b<>th, mow!
that the whole subject rl> lie <n th' >'• fc* -
Yeas and Nays ordered, and iimriundefeat" 1 !:
Ye is t)3 ; Navs 100. So t!,c subject *•
not laid on the table.
Messrs. II WINTER DAVIS of Ml. ? •-
of N. C., and WHITNEY of N Y. WHO HI-,
voted Yea before now voted to lay ,N '■ IO ta
ble. Messrs. T.VVTON of 1,A., and CJ ,,NV
of Ohio were accidentally absent wli>-N tb '
names were called, and both wish, ! to vote a:
the close of the call, but objection was mad*,
as no Member can vote under the rules who o
not within the bar when lii name was raiK
Their votes would hu T e jn-t balanced each
other.
The question now recurred on sub-I -
Orw's proposition (just adopted' !" tlrat .
the Committee (power to send for p'- " M 1
papers). Yeas and Nays ordered. YAS
Nays S7.
The House now proceeded to vote e:
resolution as amended (by substituting H '
proposition) with the following result. 1
,101; Navs 93.
SO the House resolved to INVEfigat>- r
i thoroughly the a 1 go 1 Election I c'd-if.
' sas and every thing pertaining tlirrcto
for that purpose to send a Coinniitt i
Members to Kansas and Mi-.-otiri to: ,
purpose, clothed with the amplest P° wer? ..
Mr. I. WASHB:'KN now nit ve >d to reeor
this vote, and to lay that motion on the t-,
Carried. And then the HOUSE 1 0 MTN
4) adjourned, having done the best DAY - '
ofthe session except that of electing
I'he Committee would have r, port ,1 - i
position like Mr. DCNX'S, but dare not A--*
much power. ~
The majority of all tlie votes taken
com | risod all the Buiks members .
j Washington, with Messrs. I hum A! ' '.
I Indiana ; Moore and Scott Harrison. * .
Barc'ay, Hickman, and Millwai',l. 1 ' y,
vania, and Bayard Clarke, Ilaven, u:1 " ' 1
wards, of New York ; Messrs. a'k
nev voted our side once each, Mr. Broom.
John Wheeler, never.
Messrs. Winter Davis. Morrison,
Humphrey Marshall, Zollicoffer, KONIIF'". I
perhaps one or two more, VOTED on ° ul ' j"
one or two preliminaries, but NOT 011 1
eisive vote. >TF3 .
The follow ing is Mr. Dunn s ll:,'iI I:, 'i" > " .
itcsulral, That a Committee of tiuve <•
members of this House, to be A !'I HH
the Speaker, shall proceed to in piir< , ~
collect evidence in regard to the u AR I
Kansas generally, and particnlur.y M
to any fraud or force attempted or
Lu reference to any of the elections u
taken place in said Territory, either UA,
law organizing slid 'lcrritory.