XXXIVTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
WASHINGTON, Decem'tr 13, 1866.
In the Senate, on motion of Mr. Jones, the
credentials of Mr. James Harlan, Senator from
Jovva, with the protest of the Senate of that
state relative thereto, were taken up. and after
discussion the subject was referr<ti to the Com
mittee on the Judieiurv—veas 31, imys 13.
On motion of Mr. IIALE, a resolution was
adopted instructing the Committee on the Ju
diciarv to inquire whether any further legisla
tion is necessary to carry into effect the act
regulating the compensation of members of
Congress, passed August last.
Mr. HOUSTON, of Texas, gave notice of
bis intention to introduce a bill providing for
the establishment of a mail route, and for ear
rjinga setni-weekly overland mail from the
Mississippi river to San Francisco.
The House bill providing for the settlement
of accounts of officers of the revolutionary war
and their widows and orphans was theu dis
cussed till the adjournment.
In the House, Mr. ETHERIDGE submitted the
following resolution, which was read for iufor
inatiou :
Rt*olrrd, Th it this House regard all auege-tions nd
propositions of everv kind, ly whomsoever made, for a re
rival of the Slave frade. as .shocking to the moral seuti
meuts of the enlightened portion of mankind ; and any ac
tion on the part of Congress .conniving at.or legalizing that
h->rrid and inhuman traffic, would justly subject the Go
vernment and citizens of the Tinted States to the re
proach and execration of all civilized and Christian peo
ple throughout the world.
Objection was made to the introduction of
the resolution.
Mr. ETHKRIDGK moved the suspension of the
rules.
Mr. CAMPBELL, of Ohio, demanded the YEAS
nnd nays.
Mr. WALKER asked whether, if the House
should suspend the rules, it was the purpose of
Mr. Ktheridge to move the previous question
on the adoption of the resolution in order to
cut off debate.
Mr. E THKRIPGE replied, that the resolution I
eoutuined a self-evident proposition. He pre
sumed that every gentleman had an opinion on
the subject.
He would not discuss it, but would move the
previous question.
Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, wanted Mr. Ethe- J
ridge to leave out the argument in the resolu-1
tion, saying he was as much opposed to the :
re opening of the African slave trade as his
colleague.
[ He was here called to order by the Speak
er, who said that debate was inadmissible at
this time.]
Mr. J ONES said be would not be gagged by
either the Speaker or anybody else.
Mr. OUR ineffectually strove to substitute
simply, resolved, " It is inexpedient to repeal
the laws prohibiting the African slave trade."
Mr. ETHERIDGE'S resolution to suspend the
rules to euable him to introduce his resolution
was curried—yeas 140, nays 53.
The question being upon the resolution of
Mr. ETQERIDGE, of Tennessee, condemning the
project of re-opening the African slave trade,
Messrs. Greenwood, M'Mullen, Smith, of Va., |
ZollicoflVr, Burnett, Barksdaie and Phelps se- i
verally gave their reasons for voting " No," to
the effect that while they oppose the re-open
ing o! the slave trade they thought the resolu
tion out of character and ill-timed.
Mr 1 'HEI.PS, of Mo., said he was against ab
stractions, Gov. Adams' message not being be
fore the House.
Messrs. KEITT and GARNFTT remarked, had
tbey been present they would have voted in the
negative.
Further explanations from the democratic
side were objected to by mauy members, amid
cries of " order," " order."
The demand for the previous question was
Rustained by 3(5 majority, and the main ques
tion ordered by 41 majority.
Mr. M'QVEEN, of S. C., moved to lay the
resolution on the table. Motiou lost—yeas
71, nays 137.
Mr. ETHERIPGE'S resolution was then adop
ted by yeas, 152 ; nays, 57, as follows :
YEAS— Messrs. Akers, Albricht. Allen, Allison. Ball,
Barbour, Barclay, Bennett,of N. Y.. Benson, Billingburst,
Bingham. Bi-hop, Bliss, Bra<lshaw. Brenton. Broome,Bur
llngame. Biiffington,('adnrallader,(ampbell.of Pa..Camp
bell, of Ohio, ChafTe, Clarke. Clark, Jr., Clawson. Colfax,
Comins, Cox, Cragen, Cuilen, Cumbaek, D.inirell, Davis,
of 111., Davis, of Mass, Day. Dean,De Witt. Dickson,Dodl,
Durfee. Kdie, Kdwards, Kmrie. English, Etheridge, Flag
ler. Fuller, of Maine, Galloway, Giddiings. Gilbert. Gran
ger. Grow, Hall, of lowa. Hall, of Mass., Harlan, Harris,
of 111., Harrison, Haven. Hickman. Holloway, Horton. of
N. Y.. Horton, of Ohio, Howard. Hugh-ton. Jones, of I'a .
Kelly, Kelsev, Kennett. King. Knapp, Knight, Knowlton,
Knox, Kunkle, I-eiter, Mace, Alex. K. Marshall, of Kv.,
Humphrey Marshall, of Kv . Marshall, of 111., Matteson.
M'Carty, Miller, of X. Y.. Miller, of la.. Millward, Moore.
Morgan, Morrill, Morrison. Mott. Murray. Nichols, Nor
ton, Oliver. of N. Y., I'acker, Paine, Porker, I'carce, Pol
ton, Peck. Pennington, Perry. Petit, I'ike. Porter. Prin
gle, Purviance, Puryear, Ready. Hi'-and. Ritchie, Uivers,
Bobbins, Roberts, Kobison, Sabin, Sage, Sapp,Scott,Sim
m >ns. Sherman. Smith ot Ala.. Spinner, Stanton. Strana
hau, Swope, Taopan. Thnrnington. Thurston, Todd. Ty
son. Underwood, Vail.Valk. Wade. Wakeman, Walbridge.
Waldron, Wash burns, of Wis., Underwood.
NAVS —Messrs. Barksdale. Bennett, Bovre. Brooks.Rur
net. Campbell,of Kv.,Caruthers,Caskie,i lingman, Cobb,
of Ale.. Crawford. Davidson, Denver, Dowdell, Edmond
son, Elliott, Eustis, Evans, Florence, Foster, Garnell,
Goode. Greenwood, Keitt, Lake, Letcher. Lumpkin, Max
well, M'MulJen. M'Queen, Oliver, of Mo.. Orr, Phelps,
Powell, Quitman, Ruffin. Savage,Shorter,Smith, of Tenn.,
Smith, ot \ a., Sneed, Stephens, Tulcott, Tavlor, Trippe,
Walker, Warner, Win-low, Wright, of Miss., Wright, of
Tenn.
Mr. ORR. of S. C., under a susj>ension of the
rules, submitted a resolution that it is inexpe
dient, unwise and contrary to the settled policy
of the United States, to repeal the laws pro
hibiting the African slave trade.
The resolution was adopted—yeas 182, navs
1, as follows :
N AYS- Messrs. Barksdale, Bennett, of Mi*, Brooks,
Keitt, Shorter. Walker, Wright, of Miss.
Mr. WASHBURXE, of Maine, asked leave to
offer a resolution, calling on the President to
communicate a statement of the amounts of
money paid and liabilities incurred for the pay
aad support of persons called into the service
of the United States, either under the designa
tion of militia in Kansas or as a possr comitattu,
by the civil officers in that territory, since the
date of its establishment, and for witnesses and
arrest, detention and trial of persons charged
with treason against the United States,or with
violation of the so called laws of the territorv.
Pending this the House adjourned.
DECEMBER IS, 1856.
In the Senate, Mr. BROWN [Miss.] gave no
tieo of a Pacific Railroud aud Telegraph bill.
Mr. WILSON [MassJ introduced a bill to
amend the Xebraska-lvansas act. Referred t©
the Territorial Committee.
Mr. RI SK [Texas i got up the joint resolu
tion giving time to the Ist of January, 1858,
for creditors of Teqas to file their claims. He
advocated the extension of time.
Mr. BENJAMIN "[l*.] moved to refer to the
Finance Committee. Lest.
After some debate, the subject was laid
over.
Mr. FES SEND EN [Me.] moved a bill amend
ing •he t uir. .1 Stales Criminal Old''. As the.
law now is, a homicide at sea is not punished
unless the victim dies liefore landing. The
same is true as to poisouiug at sea. Another
anomaly is R greater punishment for assault
where the victim does not die than where he
does. Mr. F.'s bill is to remedy these incon
sistencies. It was aent to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
In the House, Mr. WHITFIELD [Kansas] in
troduced a bill to indemnify citizens of Kansas
for losses sustained by the late disturbances.
Also, establishing a District Court at Leaveu
worth, and two additional Land Districts.
Mr. CAMPBELL [Ohio] reported the Indian,
C : vil and Army Appropriation bills, which
went to Committee of the Whole.
Mr. CAMPBELL also reported certain amend
ments to the T Tiff of 1846, which were passed.
On his motion the bill to reduce the tariff on
imports was postponed to the first Tuesday in
January.
Mr. NICHOLS [Ohio] took up the debate on
the President's Message, and defended the Re
publicans froin the charges made in that docu
ment. He also showed up the " Free Kansas"
electioneering swindles of the democracy of
Ohio und Pennsylvania.
Mr. CRAWFORD [Geo.] approved every word
in the Message. He charged the Republicans
with a desigu to interfere with Slavery in the
States by attacking it iu the Territories.
Mr. JONES [Tenn.] attempted to show that
the Government had and had not powerinthe
Territories. He said the Fremont men were
not Republicans, but despots in tbeir coercion
of the people of the Territories.
December 17, 1856.
11l the Seuate, the bill to extend the time for
Texas creditors to file their claims was further
discussed and finally adopted.
In the House the debate upon the Presi
dent's Message was couthmed by Mr. CIMBACK
[liul.] who defended the Republican party
from the calumnies of President Pitree.
Mr. WALKF.R [Ala.] reviewed the affairs of
Central America, expressing an opinion that
the Government did wrong in suspending di
plomatic relations with Nicaragua, and eulo
gizing Gen. Walker, as possessing all the ele
ments for a hero and a statesman. He view
ed him as the future instrument for securiug U9
free transit to the Pacific.
Mr. ENGLISH find.] while defending the na
tionality of the Democracy of Indiana, asked
whether auy Southern man would oppose the
admission of Kansas as a Free State provided
that was the clearly expressed will of a majori
ty of the people.
Mr. BROOKS avowed his willingness to abide
by such a decision of the people, if fairly ex
pressed ; but repudiated Squatter Sovereign
ty as dumagiug to Southern rights iu the Ter
ritories.
DECEMBER 18, 1856.
In the Senate, Mr. FISH [N. Y.J desired
the Commerce Committee to report as to the
expediency of building a Custom-House at Sag
Harbor.
Mr. HAI.K [X. U.J wanted the Military
Committee's opinion as to abandoning the Mili
tary Asylum in the District of Columbia. The
soldiers might be better supported at much less
cost.
Mr. THOMPSON [Ky.J added queries as to
the Harrodsburg Asylum, and whether it might
not properly be removed to California.
Mr. PEAKCE [Md.J offered a resolution to
have the medals for Dr. Kane and his officers
completed and preseuted.
Mr. Srt'ART [Mich. J presented the memorial
of E. K. Collius, stating that his pay is not
sufficient for successful competion with*the Cun
ard steamers, and asking the Government to
buy the Collins steamers. Referred to Post-
Office Committee.
The President's Message was then taken up.
Mr. JONES [Tenu.J justified the President's
denunciation of the Republicans, and thought
he spoke only truth, lie then spoke as to the
power of Congress to carry Slavery into the
| Territories or exelude it. It was not for Con
| gress but the Supreme Court to decide the
| question, and he looked for a decision in a few
| days. Whatever that might be, he was ready
Ito acquiesce. Squatter Sovereignty lie de
-1 nounced as a humbug. He read extracts
from speeches of Free-Soil Senators to show
that they labored to extinguish slavery in the
States. -
Mr. SEWARD [X. Y.j took exception to the
manner of quoting, and offered Mr. Jones a
copy of his speeches published by his own au
thority.
Mr. JONES promised to accept and read, but
doubted if he might get into the Peuitentiarv
by so doing. At any rate, he would not run
the risk of taking them to Tennessee.
An amusing colloquy ensued between Mr.
JONES and Mr. IIALE. Mr. WILSON [Mass.]
got the floor, aud the Senate adjourned.
In the House 20,000 copies of the Message
and Documents were ordered.
The consideration of the Message was then
resumed
Mr. QCITMAN [Miss.] believed the President
had spoken well aud truly on Slavery. The
Republicans had declared their intention to de
stroy Slavery in the States. He then took up
the Central American business, where he was
opposed to yielding to England and France.
We waut no advice or assistance as to our du
ty on this continent. He lielieved Gen. Walk
er was an instrument in the hands of Provi
dence to carry on American civilization, and
that it was the duty of our Government not to
throw obstacles in "bis way. Mr. Q. defined
his views of the theory of our Government and
its practical application. He was a strict States-
Rights man.
Mr. BRANCH [X. C.] defended the Sonth
from misrepresentations as to her prosperity
and social condition. The last election, he
thought, decided in favor of peace and no Con
gressional agitation. The Democracy were
not divided in their construction of the Xebras
ka bill ; they were for letting the people de
cide for themselves, under the Constitution.—
There was no Squatter Sovereignty in that
bill. He was willing to abide by the expected
decision of the Supreme Court on the question
at issue.
Mr. DAVIDSON [La.] argued to show that
Congress has no {*>wer to legislate on Slavery
in the Territories. He thought the Presi
dent's remarks were true to the letter. Ad
journed.
TREASURE FOUND. —About one thousand dol
lars, in old American and Spanish gold coin
and French silver, were found on Tuesday last,
in a smoke house attached to the dwelling of
•Mr. Tester, on the South mountain, in Lower
Ileidleberg township, Berks county, Pennsyl
vania, iy one of the girls living with him. The
sraoke-nouse had been used by the family dai
ly for a great many years, in entire ignorance
of the treasure it concealed. The oldest pie
ces bear the date of 1733, aud the American
coin i" principally of t lie issue of 1800 to 1801.
srabfortseportfr.
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THE REPUBLICAN CO.
COMMITTEE will meet at the Ward
House, iu the borough of Towauda.
on MONDAY, the 12th day of JANUARY. 1857, at one
o'clock, p. in. A geqfral attendance of the menihers is
requested. U. MERCUR, Chairman.
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The Susquehanna, at this place, has at
last succumbed to the chilling breath of winter,
and is imprisoned beneath a covering of solid
ice. The natural bridge thus formed, has been
in use for some days, being entirely safe for
" man and beast."
t&" An important case has lately been ar.
gued before the Supreme Court at Washington,
involviug the constitutionality of the Missouri
Compromise, that of Dred Scott, plaintiff, vs.
Johu F. A. Sanford. The plaintiff, a man of
color, brought a suit to try his right to free
dom. He claims to hove been emancipated by
his master, having taken him to reside iu Illi
nois, which act, it is declared by the constitu
tion of that state, operated to emancipate. The
Circuit Court decided against the plaintiff on
the ground that, by his return to Missouri, his
master's right, dormant while in Illinois, was
revived by a local law which the courts of oth
er states were not bound to enforce.
The case was argued at the last session, but
the decision was reserved to allow of argu
ments on certain points of law, amongst which
are the following :
First—Whether a free black man is a citi
zen of the United States, so as to be compe
tent to sue in the courts of the United States.
Second—Whether a slave carried voluntari
ly by his master iuto a free state, and return
ing voluntarily with his master to his home, is
a free man by virtue of such temporary resi
dence : and,
Thirdly—Whether the eighth section of the
Missouri act of 1820, prohibiting slavery north
of latitude 36 deg. 30 uiin., is constitutional or
uot.
; Montgomery Blair and George W. Curtis
appeared for the plaintiff, nnd Reverdy John
son and E. S. Geyer for the defendant. The
S argument was concluded on Thursday last, and
■as the Court takes time for deliberation—the
decision will not be made for several weeks.
U. S. SENATOR. —It is reported that Colonel
FORNEY, who had withdrawn from the Senato
rial contest in this State, has again entered in
to the feld, under the direct countenance of
Mr. BUCHANAN. The Lancaster Intelligencer
published an article in his favor, which the
Penns y lranian copies with commendatory re
marks. We would not be surprised to see an
attempt at his election, in which unlimited pro
mises of patronage from the incoming Admin
istration will be freely used.
THE NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. —The
United States Railroad and Mining Register
says that we may shortly expect the announce
ment of the completion of this Road to the Le
high Valley Railroad ; for the whole of the
track is now down, except about six miles,and
across this gap the track-layers, in two gangs,
are approaching each other in opposite direc
tions ; so that, in a few days the long defer
red but unxiously awaited union of this city
with the Lehigh region—by an iron tie to re
main unsevered between communities never to
be divorced—will be communicated.
UNIVERSALISTS —The Supreme Court of
North Caroliua has confirmed the decision of
Judge Mauley, that members of the Univer
salist Church are incompetent to testify in
courts of justice, according to the laws of that
State. By this decision the Universalists of
North Carolina are virtually outlaws, as no
members of that religious denomination can
collect his debts, swear to an assault, or testi
fy before the Courts iu any case.
JACOB M. IIALDEMAN, Esq., president of the
Harrisburg Bank, and one of the wealthiest
men of the interior of Pennsylvania, died on
Monday evening, of apoplexy. The Telegraph
says he was seated, at the time, in his office,
engaged in conversing with one of his sons, to
whom but a moment previous to the fatal
event, in reply to a question relative to his
health, remarked that he " never felt better in
his life."
DR. KANE AT ST. THOMAS, W. I.—A letter
in the New-York Herald notices the arrival of
Dr. E. K. Kane, at that island, on the night
night of the 2d instant, from England. The
Doctor is reported to be looking poorly, as if
suffering from consumption. He will remain
a conple of weeks, and then proceed to Hava
na, Cuba.
It is said by those who kuow, that Mr.
BUCHANAN has not yet determined upon his
Cabinet, and that he has not made any offers
of Cabinet offices.
J®* By the new apjiortiouuieut of the State
for Senators and Representatives, which will
be made by the Legislature elected in October,
the strictly agricultural counties will lose, while
the miuing and manufacturing counties will
gain. Berks and Bucks will each lose a mem
ber, and Schuylkill and Allegheny will each
gain one. Westmoreland and Fayette will
lose one, and the counties west of Allegheny
will probably gain one among them under a
different combination than now exists.
, JUDGE M'LKAV. — A paragraph is going the
rounds of the Democratic press, to the effect
that Judge M'Leau had declared himself fa
vorable to the election of BUCHANAN. The
same declaration is now re-produced in the re
cent letter of JOHN VAN BUREN to the Boston
Committee of invitation. The Newark Mer
cury is authorized to give this assertion au ex
plicit denial, and to say that the Judge voted
an open ticket for FREMONT and DAYTON.
WAYNE CorxTY. —At a Republican County
Convention recently held at Honesdale, the
following resolution wus unanimously adop
ted :
Resolved, That in consideration of his long
and self sacrificing devotion to Libertv, his
large experience in public affairs, and his emi
nent administrative abilities, we rccornmeed to
our friends throughout the Commonwealth the
nomination of the Hon DAVID WILMOT as the
Republican caudidute for Governor ut the next
election.
Mr. BRUSH, of Susquehanna county,
uot long since killed a panther in the woods
near Susquehanna Depot, which measured 7
feet 4 inches in length, and weighed 147 lbs.
The huge beast refused to " give up the ghost"
until Mr. B gave him the benefit of four ri
flle balls.
GOVERNOR. —Washington county has in
structed her delegates to the Democratic State
Convention, for Co! William Hopkins, as the
caudidate for Governor.
Beaver county has instructed for Col. Sam
uel W. Black, for the same office.
RECENT BURGLARY ARRESTS IN EI.MIRA, AC.
—Four arrests have been made in Eltnira and
Geneva, under the direction of Dept. U. S.
Marshall James M. Palmer, of Canandaigua,
of persons concerned in stealing goods from
freight cars at Elmira, and receiving and sel
ling them after they were stolen.
ttotr The unfinished portion of the Northern
Central Railroad, from Trevorton Bridge to
Sunbury, a distance of ten miles, will be let at
llarrisburg on the 27th of December, instant.
The postponement of the letting was for the
purpose of making the ueccssary surveys.
FTAJ- The remains of Capt. FRANCIS L. BOW
MAN, who died at Fort Dallas, Oregon Terri
tory, arrived at Wilkes-Barre and were inter
red with Military honors on the 3d ius.t.
TUF. NF.GRO TROUBLES I.V KENTUCKY AND
TENNESSEE.— Lovisville, Saturday, Dec. 20,
1806 The Russell villi lltruld of Weduesdar
lust, says that the negro insurrection excite
ment exists in the neighborhood of Voluey
and Gordons v ille. A uumber of negroes had
been arrested. A negro at one of the iron
works in Tennessee said that he knew all
about the plot, but would die before he would
tell, ile therefore received ToO lushes, from
which he died.
At Cadiz, Trigg Co., Kv., yesterday, a free
negro was hung after being tried by a Vigi
lance Committee. There are a number more
in jail, some of whom will be hung. Judge
Cook has called a meeting of the Court for
Christmas Day. Excitement runs very high.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT —The Allentown (Pa.)
Register, of the 3d, savs :
On Friday evening last, George, a six year
old sou of Mr. Francis Billheimer, in West
Hamilton street, was so shockingly burned by
the accidental upsetting of a small metallic
camphene lamp, that his life is despaired of.
It appears that the lamp, which was defective
in the top, so that the tube head could not be
screwed on tightly, was set on a table, and
that the lad attempted to adjust one of the
small caps 011 one of the tidies, and in with
drawing his arm, accidentally hit it against the
lamp, causing it to upset, and the tube head
flying out simultaneously, a portion of the con
tents were spread in a blaze over the unfortu
nate child. His mother, with great presence
of mind, however, immediately picked him up
and wrapped him in a woolen gown, which she
wore at the time, and thus succeeded in smo
thering the flames. Both arms, his bieast,
neck and face, are so badly burned that the\
almost present the appearance of a continuous
blister, giving the little sufferer the most ex
crutiating paiu.
WESTERN PORK TRADE. — Hogs are unusual
ly scarce at Louisville. The number killed
this season, up to Saturday last, was 187,740
head, leaving only 950 in pens. Good hogs
readily commanded on Saturday last $6 25
per cwt., with several sales at salo cents high
er. These prices are usually paid by the pro
prietors of pork-houses to secure the killing ;
from the hooks they have been bought at $6
atid under. At St. Louis last week sales were
made at 5 62-l-2uss 75, and supply light.
DEATH OK THE CELEBRATED DR. PCSEY. —By
the arrival of the City of Baltimore at Phila
delphia we have a brief announcement of the
death of " Dr. Hussey, Regius Professor of
Ecclesiastical History at Oxford." The New
York Times seems to think that Dr. Pusev, the
famous theological writer, is the person whose
death is referred to. He filled the office of
Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford, and
was the originator of the Anglican or Puseyite
party in the Church of Eugland.
AWFUL TRAGEDY— Two Brothers Murdered.
—John C. Fleming and Henry W. Fleming,
sons of Capt. William Fleming, formerly of
Cumberland county, Pa., but now residing at
Monmouth, Illinois, were killed on the 11th
inst. at the latter place, by a man uamcd Cro
zicr.
From Washington.
[Correspondence ot the X. Y. Tribune.]
WASHINGTON, Friday, Dec. 19, 1H56.
Mr. Buchanan assured his friends in Phila
delphia, during the last few days, that his
mind had undergone some change in regard to
points considered settled in the programme ;
that he was yet uncommitted as to the per
sonnel of the Cabinet, and meant to keep him
self open to conviction until it became neces
sary to comrilunicate directly with the parties
to he invited to the seats.
Howell Cobb is pressed with much zeal for
Secretary of State, hut not especially from the
South, where the extreme interest is adverse
to his appointment. Some effoit too has been
expended for Mr. Dix in the same position ;
hut as yet without producing any decided im
pression. New-York is not in favor at Wheat
laud.
The Senate was occupied to-day wholly with
the speech of Senator Wilson. lie spoke two
hours and a half, and never made a.speech bet
ter adapted to the place and the times. It
was bold, manly and elocjue; t. He referred
to the ungenerous reference made by General
Cass in his recent speech to Senator Sumner,
and remarked that soon his colleague would le
returned to the seat (which was now vacant)
by the almost unanimous verdict of the peoplt
of Massachusetts, while the Senator from
Michigan, in obedience to the voice of the so
vereign people of his adopted State, will be
obliged to retire, and the seat which now
knows him will know him no more forever.—
Then, said Mr. Wilson, when my colleague
shall have occasion to make known his views
to the Senate and the country, I know he will
not be so unfair and uncoinpluisunt as to speak
an unkind word of its former occupant. This
sharp and deserved reference to the venerable
S> nator from Michigan fixed all eyes upon him,
but lie sat unmoved like a dumb statue. Mr.
Brown of Mississippi obtained the floor, and
the Senate adjourned till Monday.
It is now und rstood that the *)>ccial object
of Gov. Wi.-e's visit to Wheatland was to j ro
test earnestly against Senator Toucey's ap
pointment to any place in the Cabinet. No
particular reason is assigned for this hostility,
but it may be remembered that Mr. Toucey
was Chairman of the House Committee which
reported on the Cilley duel, and held different
opinions then from now. Under his remon
strances and collateral influences brought to
bear on the same point, it is supposed that a
compromise may be made on Mr. Clifford as
the New-England man.
Mr. Slidcll has been in Philadelphia engi
neering for his particular views. He was not
invited to any exclusive conference but sought
the opportunity afforded by Mr. Buchanan's
presence to represent the wishes of the inter
est with which he is identified here. Mr. Ni
cholson of The Uvii.ii, also went over to ar
range for a surrender of the Organ whenever
it may be desired. Mr. Applctmi w ill, proba
bly, direct its music after the dead march is
played for President Pierce.
It is confidently asserted hero that Gen. Ca
meron has secured one of the three constitut
ing the Democratic majority on joint ballot in
the Pennsylvania Legislature ; a man who was
formerly his personal enemy. Another change,
with the united opposition vote, would insure
his election.
KANSAS.—Governor Geary is said to have
refused to allow the ball and chain to be put
to the legs of the Free State prisoners. Young
Golden from Waynesbarg, Pa., who threw
himself overboard on his way down the Mis
souri river, and was supposed to have been
drowned, lias reached his former place of resi
dence safely. He says that he overheard a
plot to take his life, and jumped into the wa
ter to escape, hut he is believed to have been
deranged in consequence of his sufft rings in
Kansas. Col. Bufurd is anxious to sell the
land he was so ready at buying at the Leav
enworth land sale, as he finds it is not worth
much. He says that Kansas is bound to be a
free State. After his purchases, during the
first few days the southern party's funds seem
to been exhausted. Teeumseh, a town
founded by the Misouriuns, appears to be revo
lutionized. A meeting has been held there,
at which conciliatory resolutions were adopt
ed, and delegates appointed to a territorial
convention, to be held at Leavenworth city,
" to consult upon and propose a policy upon
which the citizens of Kansas, without distinc
tion of party, may unite for the preservation
of peace and a general reconciliation, based
upon acquiescence in existing legislation, an
impartial administration of justice, and opposi
tion to external intervention in the affairs of
the Territory."
The " acquiescence in existing legislation"
is the grand question at issue. The Free State
Relief Committee, at Lawrence, have received
two hundred boxes of goods from the east,
containing articles valued at $16,000. This
committee lias a most thorough system of re
lef organized, i nder which the wants of all
the sufferers will be ascertained and relieved.
The militia at Lawrence, disbanded by tin
Governor, have been all settled upon clairu.-
by the agent of the eastern societies, and fur
nished with means to secure them against want
during the winter. The Governor has offered
a reward for the apprehension of a baud of se
ven robbers who infest the southern part of
tlie territory. The Lawrence Herald of Free
dom admits that there are persons committing
robberies under the plea of retaliation for lim
ing been themselves plundered, and it denoun
ces them severely.
BOLD ATTEMIT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A
few evenings since, as JEREMIAH LIDOY, of
Southport, was returning home from this vil
lage, he overtook two men on the plank road
—one a white man and the other a colored
man. As lie was about to pass them, oae of
tbcin seized him by the collar and the other
tripped him to the ground, and a struggle en
sued. Mr. LIUDV'S dog, which happened to be
with him, joined in the melee, seizing oue of
the men by the throat, who broke away from
the dog and made good his escape. The dog
then turned on the person with whom Mr.
LIDDY was still struggling, causing the desper
ado to release his hold and turn his attention
more particularly to his canine enemy, when
Mr L. went on his way, leaving his faithful
dog and the robber earnestly engaged, and
judging by the blood on the plank, next morn
ing, the dog came o(T victorious. There is no
doubt but robbery was the desigu of the assai
lauts.—Elmira Gazette.
FREMONT IN VIRGINIA. —The entire vote oast
for Fremont in the State of Virginia was 291,
viz : Alexandria 1, Brooke 40, Hanco k 100,
Marshall 29, Monongalia 2, Ohio 10-, She
nandoah 5, Scott 5, Upshur 10. Fr.mout's
vote in Virginia i> 10 more tlmu in Maryland.
Arezonia and her Delegate.
It will be observed in the report of the f*
gressional proceedings that the inhabitants S
Arezonia have presented their petition for th
privileges of a territorial government Ti
claim to such a privilege rests on the
tion, in their memorial, thut they are cut fr
by natural barriers from New Mexico and th
benefits of her laws, deprived of the safeeu.M
of citizenship and exposed to savages Ti
have also sent F A Cooke to represent then!
as delegate in Congress. 111
Arezonia embraces the territory in the
thern part of Mexico, acquired by the G-T
den treaty, in addition to the Mesilia vail,!"
which we had claimed under the former treat!'
and comprises twenty nine thousand son.;'
miles. It would thus form a state more ti
half as large as New York. thau
Although a portion of the district whirl,
Colonel Benton described as so poor th t
wolf could not get a living there, marvlat
stones are just at this time circulated as to it
abundant resources. Newspapers interested
in the project of a Southern Pacific Itailroa
publish glowing accounts of arable well-*
tered soil, rich mines of gold^ilverandco,,.,,!
Wagons have traversed the territory from
the ICo Grande to the head of the Ouif ,f
California. The territory is chiefly valunl
however, as presenting a route for a railroad
to the Pacific. The distance from tfp R;
Grande to San Diego, or San Pedro, hv rontw
which have been indicated, is about 1 Mu
miles This is the route to which Jefferson
Davis gives the preference, among those which
the government have caused to be examined
and surveyed.
Whether the House will consent to create
a separate territorial government for Arazoira
or extend that of New Mexico over it U
x . • j ,l i ,a lU!
determined.
A MOST PAINFUL CALAMITY.—'TWO LOVELY
little brothers, aged seven and live Years the
only sons of John P. and Lvdia II Worthing
of this village, were drowned in the Chenan
go river, near their father's residence, on Sat
urday, the 13th inst., about 2 o'clock p. ui
They bad permission to spend the afternoon
with the children of Mr S. Curv, whose resi
dence is situated on the bank of the river about
one mile from its mouth. Mr. Curv's little
sou of nil* years, and the two sons of Mr. W
went down to the river, which was rising verv
rapidly, and stepped on to the ice which ej
tended some rods into the river, nnd in a fen
minutes they were floating into the current
Their ]friloiis condition was soon discovered
and alarm given, bv Mr- Carv and others,
but before assistance could lie rendered, the
float struck the main body of the ice extend
ing across the river some distance below ami
the two sons of Mr. Worthing were preripita
ed under the ice. Mr. Gary's little son jump
ed off a few roils above and waded to a -mull
island near. Measures were immediately ta
ken to recover the bodies of the children, and
prosecuted vigorously by a large number ol
citizens, removing the ice and draggin-' the
river, but they were not found until the nir>>-
nising and almost frantic parents nnd grand
parents had spent a long, sleepless night of
suspense, when, about 11 o'clock the next morn
ing, the remains of their lovely children were
borne to them, who embraced them with min
gled emotions of anguish and thanksgiving for
the almost unexpected recovery of their dead.
Their funeral was attended at the r father's
residence on the ltith inst, at 10 o'clock A. K.
—biiighamhn Republican.
tfeUr A heart rending occurrence took place
in Stockport, Columbia county, N. Y . in which
n child was killed while in the arms of its mo
ther, and by her si-ter. Mrs. DYkerman WHS
sitting in a room with her child, a boy of about
two years of age, upon her lap, engaged in
dressing if, while at the same time her sister,
a Miss Flutuer, was cutting the wick of a can
dle with a pair of scissors. The sisters were
engaged in an angrv conversation, when Miss
Platner, in a fit of rage, threw the scissors at
her sister with great force, the point striking
the child upon hi* breast, fiem-truting to the
heart. The innocent little one exclaimed, "oh,
mother ! mot Iter !" and immediately expired
Mrs. Dickerman did not see her si-ter threw
the scissors, and was not conscious ef what had
been done until SIM? saw the instrument of
death planted in his breast. A coroner's jury
was called, who, after a full investigation of
the affair, rendered a verdict in accordance
with the above facts. Miss Platner is new
confined in the Hudson jail, to await the ac
tion of the grand jury.
IMPORTANT TO BUSINESS MEN. —In the rise
of Cassard, of Baltimore, vs. Hiuman, of New
York. Judge Hoffman, of the New \ork Su
perior Court, has decided that sales of produce
or merchandise deliverable at a future day,
with no intention of the parties actually to
perform it, but merely to pay difference on toe
on the one side or the other, according to the
state of the market, such contract i a wager,
mil, therefore, void. This decision of Jus.r
Hoffman places contracts in provisions, wh-iv
differences are only understood to be |>aio "
fulfillment of the contract, upon the saute h "'-
ing as contracts in stocks, and declares then
without the pale of law.
THE LOST STEAMER LYONNAIS. —The . *
York Commercial his been informed bya^ 1
ileman who has conversed with Flora
one of the passengers of the Lyonnais rtx'W
ed and brought into port by the Ko'-e, 11*--
she says she remembers perfectly the
which is now described as having e n 1 1 le '
ip by the Neptune. She says that tln
lroke away frotn the Lvonnais, after
visions, chronometers, &c., liad been JJ :U '- 1
it, and before any person had entered st. ■
that it drifted away at the mercy ot the Wlt 1
On the following day, the boat she was • • _
the drifting boat, and took it in tow tor •
days, but was finally compelled to let <t £'
tgf There has been shipjied from t.n?
by water, the season just closed, between
000 and 85,000 tons of coal— -near the .a
amount. „, -
The average price paid was " , u ,.
say $4,33. The receipts therefore t0 tne '
ton Co. from this jort alone, the pa.-t )o ,
been over $368,000. This .-am is
that consumed in this village or taken .
by land.— lthaca Journal.
WEALTH OK THE UNITED STATE-"FFTATT
grcgate value of the real and pe r ~ l
in tiic United States is set down o ' la()tj1 a()t j
tary of the Treasury at s!!,•> 1
the population at 26,964,312.
Western N\w \ ork toe
first rate.