uot uow d" what we propo-ed to do in the
last Congress ? We then voted through the
Senate an en a tiling act, called the iuotubs
bill," believed to be just and fair in all its pro
visions, pronounced to be almost perfect by
the Senator from New Hampshire* f Mr. HAI.KJ
only lie d d not like tlie man, tlien President of
the United States, who would have to make
the appointments. Why can we not take that
bill, and out of compliment to the President,
add to it a clause taken from the Minnesota
act, which he thinks should be a general rule,
requiring the constitution to be submitted to
thhc people and pass that ? That unites the
party. You all voted, with me, for that bill
at the last Congress. Why not stand by the
same bill now ? Ignore Leeompton, ignore
Tojieka, treat both those party movements as
irregular and void • pass a fair bill—the one
that we framed ourselves when we were acting
as a unit ; have a fair election, and yon will
have peace in the Democratic party, and peace
throughout the country, in ninety days. The
people want a fair vote. They will never be
satisfied without it. They never should be
satisfied without a fair vote on their constitu
tion.
If the Toombs bill does not suit my friends,
take the Minnesota bill of the last Congress—
the one so much commended by the President
in his message as a model. I,et us pass that
as an enabling act, and allow the people of all
parties to come together and have a fair vote,
and I will go for it. Frame any other bill
that secures a fair, honest vote to men of all
parties, and carries out the pledge that the
people shall be left free to decide on their do
mestic institutions for themselves, and I will
go with you with pleasure, and with all the
energy I mav possess. Hut if this constitu
tion is to be forced down our throats, in viola
tion of the fundamental principle of free go
vernment, under a mode of suhtnisMon thut is
a mockery and insult, painful as it. will be to
me, I must break all associations or connec
tions rather than forfeit my principles. I have
no fear of party associations being severed.—
I should regret to see social and political ties
severed ; but if it must be, if 1 cannot act
with you and preserve my faith and uiy honor.
I will stand on the great principle of popular
sovereignty, which declares the right of all
proule to be left perfectly free to fonu and
regulate their domestic institutions in their
own way. I will follow that principle where
cver its legal ami logical consequences may
may take me, and 1 will endeavor to defend
it against assault from any and all quarters.—
Xo mortal man shall be responsible for my ac
tion but myself. By my actiou I will co.u
proruit uo man.
XXXVTH CONGRESS.
•VJFIRST SESSION.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Dec. IFI.
.SENATE. —A resolution was
the Senate will, to morrow, proceed to the
election of a printer.
On motion of Mr. Gwix, a resolution was
adopted calling oi the President for all cor
respondence between the Departments and the
present Governor of Kansas, together with all
orders and instructions which hove been issued
to said officer.
Mr. GREEN proceeded to speak on Kansas
affairs. Mr. DOUGLAS' speech, he said, took
him by surprise, not only as to its matter, but
an to its manner, and it was well calculated
to prejudice the question pending before Un
people of Kansas. He wished to count ru t,
so far as might be in iiis power, the impression
which had been made by that speech. The
real issue now was. Ought Kansas, when her
Constitution shall be presented, to be admit
ted into the Union, or ought the consideration
of what the Senator from Illinois calls the
'• fundamental error of tin; President," to be
regarded as sufficient cau-e for keeping Kan
sas out of the I too i and keeping up the- agi
tation of this ino.-t unfortunatequc.-i.ion. The
question was not whether we approve or do
not approve of all the individual parts of the
Leconipton Constitution, as to the provision
in reference to the bank*, taxations, etc.
These are matters with which we have nothing
to do, but which are to bo left to the people
themselves to regulate. The only question
for Congress to consider is, does the Constitu
tion emlnidy a republican form of government?
Has anybody disputed that proposition and
contended to the contrary ? Certainly the
Senator from Illinois has not done so. There
seemed to bo a want of clear understanding as
to the relation which the Federal Government
sustains towards a Territory. The inhabitants
of Kansas are a people, and what enabling act
is required to impart to them power to propose
a change in their form of government ? Is an
enabling act to give them more political rights
or more inalienable rights ? That would be a
solecism aud a contradiction. From those
considerations it must be argued that Con
gress would have no right to refuse to admit
Kansas under the Lccompton Constitution.—
The people of Kansas never proposed to form
A State Government without the consent of
Congress. The Convention was held in sub
ordination to the Territorial Government. If
admitted into the Union a State Government
will take the place of the Territorial Govern
ment, aud not without. If any attempt were
made to subvert the present Government mid
•et up another in opposition to the Federal
authority, we could subjugate it, but they do
not propose !o interfere with the Territorial
Government until the assent of Congress is re
ceived. There were eight Stat"* in the Union
which formed Constitutions without enabling
nets for admission, two of which the Senator
from Illinois, himself, voted for. Florida and
California had noenabling act. If Mr. DOUG
MS could vote for these, there could lie no
reason why he could not vote for the admission
of Kansas. The assent of Congress may be
given any time. The organic act declares rind
the people of Kansas shall be jK-rfectly frr-e to
form and regulate their domestic institutions
In their own way. That way was to leave it
to the action of the Convention, which was
nndor no obligation to submit the Constitution,
or any part of it,,to the popular vote. They
chose to submit the Slavery question, which
was the great bone of contention, as a matter
of policy and prudence, and not from any legal
companion whatever. It was his (GREEN'S)
opinion that the submission of thai question
alone was better calculated to get at the real
will and judgment of the people than if the
whole Constitution had been submitted. It
has been also said that the people of Kansas
wefe deceived, and that positive pledges and
premises to submit the Constitution had been
mtuie and violated. That was a matter about
which there his been a great deal of contro
versy, bat as there was no positive evidence
of this he did not think it proper to dwell up
©u it. In conclusion, be urged the importance
o 'toidujg the question -speedily, so as u put
an end to the constant agitation which has so
long embittered the feelings of the people in
the different sections of the Union. lie tho't
the Constitution met the approbation of a ma
jority of the people of Kansas, and if any of
its provisions were obnoxious to them, they
would have the power of modifying or chang
ing thorn at any tune.
Mr. Doici.vs replied that he was gratified
at the tone and spirit in which the Senator
from Missouri had discussed the question, but
a that Senator seemed to have misapprehend
ed his (Dot OCAS') position as laid down in his
>pe'eh delivered the other day, lie (I)oroi..\s)
would make a brief statement on joue or two
points, in order that the Senate and the coun
try might see what his position reailv was.—
First, he did not regard it a* a fatal objection
that there was no enabling act in advance.—
Second, he did not take the position that it
was a fata! objection that the Constitution
was not submitted before it was sent to Con
gress for acceptance. The position lie did as
sume was, that the regular mode of proceed
ing i< bv an enabling act, and that if the Ter
ritorial Legislature proceeds to call a Conven
tion, without the consent of Congress to do
so, that is irregular, but not so irregular that
it necessarily follows that all the proceedings
arc vitiated. The Convention of any other
body of men may send a petition to Congress
for a change in the form of their Government,
and Congress is at liberty to accept or reject
the petition as it pleases. The Leeompton
Convention was not an unlawful body and
might send a petition, but it was not a Con
vention authorized to establish or institute a
Government for Kansas. Many of the new
States had heen admitted without an enabling
act being fi r st passed by Congress. The sche
dule said that the Constitution should be sub
mitted to all the people of Kansas for appro
v;il or disapproval. No Constitution could
be considered as Republican which did not
embody the will of the people who are to be
governed by it and was not formed by their
actio". The next question, what is the best
mode of ascertaining that will ? lie argued
with the President that the best mode was to
refer it 1 iii> people for acceptance or rejection
by a fair vote. He (DOUGLAS) could not ad
mit that a Constitution forced upon the peo
ple against their will was a Republican Con
stitution. It was no use to say it was a good
Constitution. Congress had no right to cram
a good thing down their throats against their
will. The question was whether the people
shall be permitted to form their own Coristitu
; tion ? The Senator from Missouri urged the
j importance of terminating this controversy.—
Now he (PorGi.A?) would do anything that
was right, and anything just, in order to ter
minate it. lie would sacrifice everything but
principle and honor and country, in order to
close this unhappy agitation, but how are we
to do it ? It must be done upon principles of
eternal justice and truth, or it will not stay
closed. Congress must terminate it upon the
principles of self-government, or they will not
have a republican system of government. No
system of pntching-np and trickery will settle
this question. Instead of having peace, it will
only be the beginning of a new controversy
It would be necessary to increase the army and
use the military power of the Government, if
the majority were to be subjected to the op
pression of the minority. He trusted that
tiiere would lie no outbreak, no violence—but
he feared such a result if a majority of the
people of Kansas were to be coerced into sub
mis-ion to the wili of the minority. Tim Sena
tor from Missouri had said that tliev could
change the Constitution immediately after they
became a State, but he (DOUGLAS) argued on
the other hand that it could not be changed
until lbr4, and then onlv by a Convention to
be called by two-thirds of the Legislature It
was a principle of law, when a constitution
provides for i's being changed at a particular
time and in a particular mode, it excludes all
other modes. Any Court in Christendom
would tlitis construe it, and the only other
mode of changing their constitution would be
by revolution. Tlds scheme, therefore, is a
scheme of civil war, and leads directly to war.
If he should vote to admit Kansas under the
Lcrompton Con-ritntion, he should feci oblig
ed, in consequence, to increase the army ami
enforce it at the point of the bayonet. He
besought Senators to pause before they com
mitted themselves to such a fatal error. This
was not to tie regarded as an Administration
measure. Every man on the floor of the Son
ate was at liberty to vote for or against it
without surrendering his party tics. The
adoption of the measure would not only rend
asunder the Democratic Party, but endanger
the peace and perpetuity of the Cnion. The
President was a frank man, and he did not be
lieve that the President would ask his partv
to do that to which lie was unwilling to com
mit himself on paper. He did not believe the
President would ask Senators to run their
im ks into the halter of disunion or civil war
before lie was ready to take the lead and point
out the way. Then let us restore peace to the
country by ignoring these irregular Conven
tions at liccompton and Topeka, and authorize
the people to go forward and form a Consti
tution and State Government for themselves
That, lie (DOUGLAS) believed, would restore
quiet in ninety days.
Mr. GREEN responded, denying that the
people of Kansas would be compelled to re
tain their present Constitution unchanged tin
til iNfi-i. and argued that a Convention could
be called at any time, to make such a change
as a majority of the people might de a ire.
The further consideration of the subject was
then postponed until Monday. Adjourned.
HOUSE.— The House met in the new hall.
A communication was received from the
clergymen of Washington, tendering their ser
vices to open the daily sessions with prayer.
Amid much confusion, the members proceed
ed to select their seats by lottery.
Mr. JONES, of Pennsylvania, from the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, reported a bill for
the payment of the invalid and other pensions.
Memorials were presented from Messrs.
BROOKS and Wmrr, of Baltimore, contesting
the seats of Messrs. DAVIS and HARRIS, and
were referred to the Committee on Elections.
The Printing Committee reported in fuvor
of printing 20,000 extra copies of the Presi
dent's Message and accompanying documents.
The resolution of the Printing Committee
was adopted ; also a resolution to print J6,
000 copies of the financial report of the Sec
retarv of the Treasury. t
Mr. TAYLOR, of New-York, made an incf
fctual effort to introduce a joint resolution for
the payment of arrearages of salaries of mem
bers at the commencement of the besiou, in
stead of at the end. *
A resolution was adopted instructing a Se
lect Committee to inquire and report what ad
ditional number of messengers aud pages are
rendered necessary by the removal to the new
half, aud vrJuit arrangements are necessary to
accommodate reporters, and promote the com
fort of members. Adjourned.
THCBSDAY, Dec. 17.
In the Senate, a bill was reported from the
Senate Committee on Finance by Mr. II INTER,
who asked its immediate consideration, and
caused to be read a communication from the
Secretary of the Treasury, giving a resume of
tlte condition of his Department. After the
reading of the bill, nn abstract of which will
be found elsewhere, objection was made to its
consideration then, and Mr. lli NTEK gave no
tice that he would call it up to-day. Senator
G WIN presented a memorial, praying for the
establishment of the Territory of Arizona, and
on motion of the same gentleman, a Commit
tee of nine was ordered to consider that part
of the President's Message relating to a Pa
cific Railroad. The Senate ventured at last
upon a ballot for Printer, and Mr. HARRIS, ot
the Union, was elected, receiving twenty-eight
out or forty-nine votes east.
HOUSE. —In the House the death of Mr.
MONTGOMERY, of Pennsylvania, was announced.
FRIDAY, Dec. IS.
In the Senate, Mr. DOUUI.AS introduced his
hill to authorize the people of Kansas to form
a Constitution and State Goverument prepara
tory to admission into the Union. The reso
lutions submitted on Thursday, calling on the
President for further information relative to
Kansas affairs, were agreed to. The remain
der of the day was devoted to tiie considera
tion of the Treasury Xote bill, but no conclu
sion was arrived at.
HOUSE. — In the House, Mr. CI.INCM.YN of
fered a resolution providing for the examina
tion of the House stationary, and for ascertain
ing its true value, stating that lie had found it
so inferior as to be obliged to buy other at
the bookstores. In this connection he alluded
to the statements published recently in the
(J lobe, implicating the 1-ste Clerk of the House,
Mr CUI.I.OM, in an embezzlement of the public
money, and called for an investigation. Af
ter some debate, it was resolved to refer Mr.
CUIXOM'S accounts to a Select Committee of
live, with power to report at any time, and to
send for persons ami papers. A bill was reported
from the Committee on Finance, similar to
that report*d in the Senate, authorizing the
i-sue of Treasury notes. The House imme
diately proceeded to its consideration in Com
mittee of the Whole, but after some discussion
this action being thought premature, further
consideration was postponed until Monday
next, anel the Committee rose. Mr. BANKS
introduced a bill authorizing the people of
Kansas to form a Constitution and Slate Go
vernment preparatory to admission into the
Union It was referred to the Committee on
Territories.
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MEETING OF THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
The Message of Secretary STANTON to the
Kansas Legislature, at the opening of the ex
tra session is published. Mr. S. recommends
to the Legislature that they limit their action
to measures for securing a direct popular
vote on the Constitution, which has been
only partially submitted by the Leeotnpton
Convention. In pursuance of this purpose lie
advises the passage of a law "directing an
election to be held, either under existing regu
lations, or in pursuance of other suitable pro
visions to be expressed in the act, in which
the people shall lie authorized to rote for the
Constitution, in either of the forms presented
by the Convention, and also against that Con
stitution in Loth forms." This single act, he
thinks, will be sufficient to meet the whole
emergency and to dispel the excitement which
pervades the Territory.
The correspondent of the St. Louis Repub
lican states that the members of the Kansas
Legislature now in session, have decided not
to go beyond the recommendations of Mr.
STANTON'S Message, but to provide for a full,
fair and honest vote of the people upon the
vhe.lt Constitution and then adjourn
FOREIGN' NEWS. —The North Star arrived
at New York, on Saturday last, bringing four
days later intelligence. The detailed news
from India and China by this arrival is inter
esting and important. The pointf may be
thus summed up. Generals OCTRAM and
H \v BLOCK maintain themselves at Lucknow,
and Col. GREATHED is ou his march towards
them with ample reinforcements. Around
Delhi the districts are settling down into or
der. The I'unjaub is tranquil; the Madras
Presidency is undisturbed; while that of Bom
bay is troubled only by the movements of
original tril>es. British supremacy in India
may be regarded as again asserted. From
China we receive the important intelligence
that the British preparations are complete for
another bombardment of Canton. It is assert
ed that the attack would be made towards
the end of November. The Russian Ambas
sador has been refused admission to Pekin ;
and the action of his celestial Majesty in this
case seems to have convinced the British Pleni
potentiary that all his attempts to negotiate
a peaceful treaty would be futile.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
December 7, 1857, The Court of Oyer and
Terminer, Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas
wan called at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, Judges
Wn.Mor, President, and LONG Associate, pre.
sent. Tlie commission of Judge WIEMOT, who
was recently commissioned as President Judge
of this Judicial District for the ensuing year,
from the first Monday in December, and the
commission of AI.I.EN M'KEAV, Prothonotary
of the Common Picas & Clerk of the Court of
Oyer and Terminer, to take effect from Decem
ber 1, 1857, were read in open Court after
which court adjourned to meet ugaiu at three
o'clock in the afternoon.
In the afternoon court was again called,
pursuant to adjournment. The constables of
the several townships made their usual returns.
The following Grand Jurors appeared, and af
ter being sworn, were sent out under the
charge of the Court:
11. S. DARTT, Foreman ; J. C. Beardsley,
Jacob Bowman, J. S. Clark, Darwin Cook,
John Carman, C. G. Gridley, G. W. Brown,
Chester Goodell, Stephen Harlow, William
Howell, J. F. Seeley, Bascom Taylor, John
M'Kee, William M'Cabc, John Nesbit, M. B.
Porter, Miles Prince, George Parcel, William
Peck, Scth Stevens :
who were in'session until Thursday afternoon,
at which time they were discharged. During
the time they was in session, the following
business came before them and was disposed
of :
Com. vs. HOT. Unison —Larceny —Grand
Jury return a true bill.
Com. vs. lu. G. Chapman —Assault and
battery. True bill.
Com, vs. G.D. Mace —Fornication and bas
tardy. True bill.
Com. vs. R. M. Johnson —Selling liquor ou
Sunday. True bill.
Com, vs. some —Selling liquor without li
cense. True bill.
Com. vs. John Thorn —Larceny—True bill.
( 'ninth vs. Israel Cornell —Larceny. True
bill.
Cent. vs. J. Anthony, ami O. Iliney—Lar
ceny. No bill, and county for cast.
Com. vs. J. If. I^nt —Larceny. No bill.
Com. vs. Levi Adams —Perjnry—No bill,
and prosecutor for cost.
Com. vs. Unci Smith — Selling liquor with
out license. No bill, county for costs.
Com. vs. Hiram Dewey —Assault and bat
tery. True bill.
Com, vs. Henry M'Tjcan —Assault and bat
tery with intent to kill. True bill.
Com. rs R Morley —Selling liquor without
license. True bill.
Com. vs S. Yonderpool —Selling liquor 011
Sunday. True bill.
Com. vs. set me —Selling liquor without li
cense. True bill.
Com. rs. C. VetndrrpcMjl —Selling liquor with
out license. True bill.
Com. vs. same —Selling liquor on Sunday.
True bill.
Com. vs. Same —Selling liquor to drunkards
and minors. True bill.
Com. rs. S. C. Mycr —Furnishing liquor to
drunkards, &e. True bill.
Com. vs Ann Whulon —Selling liquor with
out license. True bill.
Com. vs. S. Felt on —Selling liquor without
license. True bill.
Com. vs. 11. Porter —Larceny. True bill.
The following presentment was unanimous
ly made by the Grand Jury :
The Grand Jury are convinced that the
public good demands t hat the sale and use of
intoxicating liquors ought to be suppressed as
much as possible under the laws having refer
ence thereto, and therefore earnestly recom
mend that the officers whose duty it is to see
that these laws are faithfully executed, he
prompt and efficient in the discharge of their
duties.
The following business came up, before the
Court and Traverse Jury, and was disposed of
in order as follows to wit:
Com. vs. Edward Mills —lndictment found
at last Sept. sessions, on a charge of Fornica
tion and Bastardy, with one Sarah Lucrecia
Adams, daughter of Caleb Adams, of Ulster
township, December Bth, 1851, deft. Pleads
not guilty; whereupon a Jury was called and
sworn, Morrow, district Att'y., Mercur and
Baird for Commonwealth, and Messrs. El well,
Adams and D'A. Overton, for the deft. De
cember 1 Oth, after a full hearing Jury return
a verdict of "not gnilty." Defendant for
costs.—Dec. 11th, Defendant sentenced to pay
costs Ac.
Com. vs. Henry McLean —Defendant in
dicted at the present sessions for an Assault
and Battery, committed upon Milton Rnss, in
Springfield township on the lltli day of Nov.
last. December 11th, Jury called and sworn.
Morrow, District Att'y, and Montanye for
Com'th., and Elhanan Smith for the defen
dant. After hearing Jury return a verdict of
guilty. Same day the said llenry McLean is
sentenced to undergo an imprisonment in the
Eastern Penitentiary for one year and nine
months.
Com. vs. John Thorn —lndictment brought
at the present session for Larceny, for steal
ing of one Lewis Wallace, an overcoat in Uls
ter township, in this county. December 11th,
Defendant arraigned and pleads not guilty;
whereupon a Jury called and sworn. Morrow,
District Att'y., and Lyman tor Com'th., and
D'A. Overton for defendant. After a hear
ing the Jury return a verdict of Guilty, and
value the stolen property at $2,00. The said
John Thorn is sentenced to pay a fine of $2,00
to Com'th., and costs of prosecution, and un
dergo an imprisonment in the County Jail for
sixty days.
Ccm. vs. Israel Cornell. —lndictment for
Larceny—Bill found at the present session
charging the defendant with stealing irom one
David Kahin forty eels, in the towusbip of
Standing Stone, on the 22d day of September
last. Defendant arraigned and pleads not
guilty ; wbefeopon a jury called and sworn,
Morrow, District Attorney, and Mereor for
commonwealth, and Baird for Defendant.
After a hearing, the Jury return a verdict of
of not guilty. Defendant is thereupon dis
charged.
Com. rs Reuben Aloeley —lndictment for sel
ling liquor without license. Bill found at Sep
tember sessions la.>t. Defendant appears and
pleads guilty, and is sentenced to pay a fine
of ten dollars to com'th., costs, &c.
Com. vs. Riefuird M. Johnson —lndictment
for selling liquor without liceuse, brought up
at the present sessions. Defendant appears
and pleads guilty ; whereupon lie is sentenced
to pay a fine of ten dollars and costs of prose
cution, and some day also sentenced to pay a
fine of twenty dollars to Commonwealth, and
undergo an imprisonment in the County Jail
for ten days aud costs. Also an indictment
brought at the present sessions on a charge
for selling liquor on Sunday upon which the
said Richard appeared and plead guilty.
Com. vs. Frederick Schroder —Assault and
Buttery—lndictment at Sept. sessions lust
Defendant appears and pleads not guilty. Ju
ry called and sworn, Morrow, District Attor
ney, and Lyman for Commonwealth and Wat
kins for Defendant. Same day, Jury returns
a verdict of not guilty and the prosecutor, Ab
ner Hall, for costs.
On Saturday in the afternoon, Court ad
journed over to meet again on Monday, the
14th inst., at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Monday morning, Dec. 14. 13")7, Court
again assembled, Judges present, WII.MOT and
LONG—JOHN PASSMORE having been recently
appointed to supply the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of Hon. Aaron Chubbuck, al
so appeared, his commission being read in open
Court. After which a hearing was had in the
case of Joseph Ingham against The Barclay
Railroad and Coal Co., and the report of the
appraiser finally confirmed
At the coming in of Court in the afternoon,
the dockets were read over and judgments ta
ken in the usual form in open Court. On
Tuesday morning the lollowing case was taken
up in the Common Pleas :
C. N. Shipman vs. Lewis Bortree. —This
being an issue to try the right of monies arising
from sheriffs sale of the property of I. L. Qnim
bv, Jury called and sworn and same day after
a full hearing, return a verdict in favor of the
Defendant.
Sarah Ogdcn rs. IV. 11. H. Brown, and
others. —Action in ejectment for the recovery
of certain portions of land situate in Franklin
township, Plaintiff claiming a right in land by
heirship EKvell and Watkiusfor Plaintiff, and
Mereur and Adams for the Defendant. De
cember lGth, Jury called and sworn, and a
hearing of the evidence was continued from
day to day, until Saturday December 19t'n, at
which time the cause was submitted to the
Court and Jury with argument to the Court
only on a question of law. The Jury thereup-
on by direction of the Court render a verdict
in favor of the Defendant.
During the week, the petition of William
Woolhizer was presented setting forth that
Hamilton Woolhizer, a brother and resident
of Litchfield, is a lunatic, and has become in
capable of managing his estate and upon which
an inquest was ordered, and same held before
the Court and six Jurors and the said Hamil
ton Woolhizer is found by the inquest so held
to be a " lunatic."
Also the petition of Mary Ilorans being pre
sented setting forth that her son Carr Horans
had become a Tuna tic, Ac., npon which an in
quest was ordered and held before the Judges
of the Court and six Jurors, and the said Cary
is found to lie lunatic, and order made for his
removal to the State Lunatic Hospital.
Srisan Allport vs. Iceland AUport.—Appli
cation for divorce, December 18th, on reading
depositions, and on motion of Mr. Wotkins
the Court decree a divorce to the said Susan
Allport from the bonds of matrimony.
In the matter of the Pleasant Valley Meth
odist Episcopal Church of Sprinfield, Decem
ber 19th, the Conrt make the final decree and
grant the incorporation, as prayed lor by the
petition.
The Court makes the following; order in rcf
ere nc to the Stay Law on execution :
" That in all applications hereafter made to
the Court, to obtain a stay of execution under
act of October 13, 1857, on the ground that
the party claiming the benefit of the act, is
possessed of a freehold estate of a value above
all encumbrances and exemptions sufficient to
pay the judgment, tic., three days written no
tice of such intended application shall be giv
en to the plaintiff, if lie resides within the
County, and if the plaintiff be not a resident
within the County, then that like notice be
given to the attorney'of the plaintiff, if such
attorney be marked of record," which order
the Court direct to be filed, &c.
Com. rs. Wm. Ifeiison —lndictment at the
present sessions for Larceny. Defendant be
ing charged therein with stealing one bnsliel
of corn in the ear, in Albany twp., be appears
and pleads guilty and is sentenced to pay a
fine of one dollar and costs, and undergo an
imprisonment in the Conntv Jail for 30 days.
Solon W. Stnrdevant is brought before the
Court on a writ of habeas corpus from the jail
of the County where he had been detained
since September Term last by a decree of
Court, for refusing to comply with the order
of Court by not supporting his wife and fami
ly, or paying for their support the amount by
said decree, &c. After a hearing it is adjudg
ed by the Court that the said Solon be dis
charged from confinement, in conscqnencc of
t|ie inefficiency of the return of the constable
MR. DOCGLAS' KANSAS BILL.— The bill In.
trodueed by Mr. DOUGLAS, in the Senate, p ru .
vides for a Board ot five persons, appointed
by the President and confirmed by the Senate
to make an enumeration of the inhabitants of
Kansas, and a fair apportionment of the mem.
l>ers of the Convention to form the new Coo
stitution. The election to be held on a hay
to be designated by the Board, to be not
than ninety nor more than one Hundred and
twenty days after the passage of the act. TU
Board is to be entrusted with the appointment
of Judges and the selection of places of voting
the elective franchise to be confined to ever?
free white male citizen of tbe\United States
over twenty-one years of age, who may be a
bona fide inhabitant of the Territory on the
21st of December, and who shall have resided
three months prior to said election in the coun
ty in which he offers to vote. The Conven
tion to assemble in not less than thirty **
more than sixty days after the election of
delegates. The Constitution to be submitted
to the legal voters for their free acceptance
or rejection and unless adopted by all a ma
jority of all the legal votes cast shall le noli
and void. The bill also secures the personal
and political rights of the people, iuclndiug
those of the Speech and Press.
The circumstances of the arrest of an
Irishman named PATRICK NICEST, last winter,
charged with the murder of a lad named Cms.
E. SAGE, of Cromwell, near Middletown, Conn.,
will be recollected; also, the acknowledged
complicity of a sailor named BENSON, wbo,
some months subsequently, went voluntarily to
Cromwell, arid confessed that he saw the deed
done, and assisted XIGENT in disposing of the
corpse. The people of the neighborhood have
within the past day or two, been thrown into
a state of the most intense excitement by the
discovery that the supposed murdered boy U
alive, and residing somewhere in the interior
of Pennsylvania. The case is a very mysteri
ous one, and is still further complicated by the
fact that a headless body, soon after the al
leged murder, was found in the Connecticut
River, an 1 buried, uuder the supposition that
it was SAGE'S —it having several marks on it
leading to that belief.
I®* " Iranistan," the residence of P. T.
BARNCM, near Bridgeport Conn., was totally
by fire on Thursday night. The cost of the
building was over SIOO,OOO. It was erected
eight years ago. The furniture originally cost
: $'20,000, but only about half of it had been
| returned to the house from New York, whither
it was all removed some to years since
The insurance on the house was lietweeo $30,-
! 000 and $40,000, and on the furniture SI,OOO
all held by mortgages. Mr. BARNCM was pre
paring to recoeupy the premises, and the lire is
| supposed to have been occasioned bv the care
lessness of woi kmen engaged in refitting and
repairing.
A CARD. —The undersigned takes great
pleasure in testifying to the fact that th p lead
ing Banks in our Country have realiv "resum
ed Specie paymeuts." as was evidenced by a
very pleasing scene, which took place on Wed
nesday evening last.
A large representation of our citizen®, both
young and old—there being a lady among the
multitude, upwards of 80years of age—includ
ing some well-tried friends from the surround
ing Country—combined to besiege his Cottace
on that evening, and poured in such ammufii
tiens as are calculated to warm and fortify the
place for some time to come—and while the
tables were made to groan under a rich and
well served repast, in which all seemed to take
an interest, there was also "the feast of rcasou
i and the flow of sonl."
For this very liberal expression of kind feci
ing'toward himself, his family, and the church
which it is honor to serve as Pastor, he would
tender, in their name, his warm and most
grateful thanks—while his prayer and hum
ble efforts will be continued for their present
and eternal welfare. WM. SYM.
Towauda, 10, 1857.
JfcaT Uer. S.vMvn. F. Colt delivered the
Fourth Lecture of the Course, on Mouthy
evening last. The attendance was uot so
large as formerly, owing to the inclemency of
the evening, but those present enjoyed a rare
intellectual treat.
The next Lectnre will be delivered by P r -
W UXIAM KKDER, on Tuesday evening, Jan. >•
Dr. E. is one of the most eloquent and plea*
ing lecturers in the country, and gives general
satisfaction wherever he goes.
Gov Walker's letter of Resignation.
The following extracts arc from Gov. WAL
KER'S letter resigning the office of Governor of
Kansas :
WASHIMGTOS <"ITY. Tuesday, NEE. 15,
JLm. Jjcrcis Cass, Secretary of Slate :
Sin : I resign the office of Governor of the
Territory of Kansas. 1 have been most reluc
tantly forced tcf this conclusion, after anxious
and careful consideration of my duty to B?
country, and to the people of Kansas, to the
President of the United States, and to my
self.
The grounds assumed by the President i"
bis late message to Congress, and in recent in
structions in connection with the events no*
transpiring here and in Kansas, admonish n> e
that, as Governor of that Terri:orv, it will i*
longer be in my power to preserve the peace or
promote the public welfare.
At the earnest solicitation of the President,
after repeated refusals, the last being in wrl "
ting, 1 finally accepted the office, upon his let
ter showing the dangers and difficulties of the
Kansas question, and the necessity of my o n '
dtrtuking the task of adjustment. Under the#
circumstances, notwithstanding tho greai sac
rifice to me, personal, political and pecuui# r 7j
I felt that I could no more refese rnch * rS