The New Development in Kansas.
(From Forney's Philadelphia Press.)
While the people of Kansas have in every
shape, voluntary and legal, protested against
the Lecompton fraud ; while tbeir representa
tive or delegate in Congress has protested
against it ; while Governor ROBERT J. WAL
KER and Secretary FREDERICK P.STANTON, both
inen of strong southern attachments, and one
of them a itotive of the South, have denounc
ed it as unworthy of the aire ; the ready an
swer of its advocates, at least to us of the free
States, has been : " We admit that it is hard
to insist upon such a Constitution —we admit
it is wrong to force it upon the people who
npurn it with loathing as a thing abhorred ;
but then slavery was the only issue in the late
Presidential battle, and as slavery is sure to
be voted out on the 21st of December, the
mere matter of the Constitution can be soon
amended after Congress has compelled the
people to take it." Such arguments as these
backed up by the idea that, after all, there
was no practical issue at stake, lulled the minds
of many good easy men. And then the fact
that nearly every leading man in the South
had declared that Kansas was not intended
by climate or by events to become a slave j
State, was the clincher to the nail in the cof
fin of all adverse argumentation. If it needed
anything else to settle the ghost of objection
to the Lecompton fraud, and to its virtues and
justice, a few allusions to " Black Republican
ism" were sure to perform the work.
But the apparition will not down. THE
PRACTICAL QUESTION HAS TRANSPIRED ! The
election on the 21st has passed off ; and slave
ry is decreed in Kansas. It was given out
as we have said, in more than one quarter,
that if the Constitution was accepted, slavery
should be prohibited. We are even told that
the pro-slavery men, and that CALHOUN and
his accomplices, would themselves vote out
slavery if only the people would take the Le
compton Constitution. The sequel is before
ns. A most contemptible faction in Kansas
voted for this Constitution and for slavery ;
and now like the submissive and law-abiding
men we are called upon to accept the decree
as a boon.
Had the slavery clause been stricken out,
and the odious provisions protecting slavery
in that Territory been retained, the majority
of her people refusing to vote on account of
the test oath, and various other disabilities
imposed upon them in the advance of the vote,
binding them to submit to a Constitution upon
which they were not permitted to vote, and
convicting them of perjnrv in the event of re- i
fusing to obey its provisions, we should still
have raised our voice against the decree, and
in so doing, we believe, we would have been '
sustained by an overwhelming majority of tiie
Democracy of Pennsylvania. It is against the !
Constitution framed at Lecompton by a mi- j
nority Convention that the people of Kansas i
protest. It is against the instrument which ;
in its Bill of Rights, declares that it is " an |
inalienable and indefeasible right of the peo j
pie of Kansas to amend or aTter their Consti- j
tntion whenever they please," and in its sched
ule, which follows, that whenever the Consti-!
tntion may be amended they shall not be p*r
mitted to make any amendment affecting the
right of property in slaves ; it is against this .
high-handed attemj t to elevate the right of
property in slaves ever every other domestic I
institution, that the people of Kansas protest.
It is, against the assumption by the Conven- i
tion of legislative functions • against the pro-!
vision for the creation of a mon-ter bank ;
against the aristocratic and auti-Jeffersonian 1
disqualification of adopted citizens ; against |
grants to railroads ; against the unprecedon- i
ed and partial selection of a site for a State I
capitol ; against the arrogant provisions of
the right to tax and legislate over the lands
of the United States within the borders of |
Kansas equally with the lands of individual I
citizens—it is against these and many other ,
clauses of this Constitution that the people of .
Kansas have arrayed themselves.
But even if the instrument had been all that
the W ashington ( iiinn originally declared it
to be ; even if it deserved the extatic eulogy j
conferred upon it by that journal ; if thopeo 1
pie of Kansas, who are to live under it, refus
ed so to regard it, we—a portion of the con
stituency of those representatives in Congress
who are to accept the instrument or to reject
it, we—a portion of the Democratic party
which voted for Mr. BUCHANAN in 185H, and
pledged ourselves that the people of Kansas
should form and regulate their own institutions
in their own way—should steadily sustain
them in their course.
We perceive that censure has lioen cast up
on the inen who have voted to make Kansas
a slave State. At all events, we repeat our
admiration ot their courage. Their course was
natural. They saw a number of Northern
men solemnly pledging themselves to vote for
the Lecompton Constitution, with slavery or
without slavery, and they determined to make
sure of their interests, to leave nothing to in
ference and to doubt ; and so they voted in
the slavery clause And, notwithstanding the
cunning preparation for the protection of -.la
very in the event of the rejection of that clause,
they preferred the other course, and call upon
those Northern men who promised to abide by
the election of the 2lst, to come forward and
fulfill their obligations !!
But may we not readily excuse our fellow
countrymen who on the 21st in Kansas icfu-ed
to vote ? They found themselves, ns we have
said, in danger of being challenged to supoort
a constitution upon which they had no right to
express their opinion. Who will say, with
the fact before his eyes that nineteen counties
out of thirty had been practically disfranchis
ed in the election of delegates to the Conven
tion, that the people of Kansas were under
any obligation to vote for a contrivance so
odious ? Who will say that they were obliged
to vote for it in the face of the broken pledges
of CALHOUN and his followers to submit their
work to tbe ballot-box ? The great bo !y of
the people of Kansas stood aloof from the
contest, aud allowed the minority to proceed
in their own way, (however we mav differ from
their policy,) thus presenting to the American
Congress and the American people, the sub
lime s|>ectacle of an overwhelming majority of
the citizens of a free Territory refusing to be
bound by the mandates of a faithless cabel, ami
waiting the Iwur when they might legally indulge
the expression oj thost opinions, which is the
inalienable rigid of all citizens of the United
Stales.
The practical question, we repeat, has trans
pired ; WHAT is NEXT TO BE DONE 1 What will
Congress do ? Will this miserable farce of
the 21st of December be elevated into the dig
nity of a popular vote 1 Bather, will not
the patriotic uieu of all parties in tbe Nation
al Legislature, combine in favor of such an
euahliug net as has been preseuted by tbe dit
taipushed Senator from liLLuo's? We do not
regard the President of the United States as
committed to the recognition of this treble
Lecompton fraud—a treble fraud, having its
inception in the June election for delegates to
the Convention, in the proceedings of the Con
vention, and in the preparation of the Bill of
Rights, the schedule, and the body of the Con
stitution itself, nnd now, finally in the mauner
in which it has been referred to the popular
vote. We believe that the President of
the United States, calmly considering the vast
responsibility of his position, and investigat
ing the fully developed volume of public opin
ion on this subject, will not ask Congress to
force this Constitution upon the reluctant peo
ple of Kansas.
HORRID SPECTACLE AT AN EXECUTION.—
Greenbnry O. Mnllinix was executed at Green
castlc, Indiana, on Friday last, for the murder
of his wife. There was a large attendance
from the country, although the execution took
place within the walls of the prison, and was
only witnessed by a few. The prisoner mani
fested the utmost indifference and levity while
preparations for his execution were in progress
While the Sheriff was adjusting the rope about
the prisoner's neck, he laughed and exclaimed,
" It's getting pretty tight, Bill!" As the
drop fell the rope broke ! Blindfolded and
choked, the prisoner still appeared to have
reason and presence of mind, and walked in
direction of the steps, as if to reascend the
seaff>>l(l. A horrid sound, like the death-rat
tle, escaped from his mouth, which made many
cf the immediate spectators sicken and turn
pale. In a, moment Mnllinix was in the arms
of men who held him while the Sheriff tied
the rope and drew him up from the ground,
and thus this object of the law's vengeance
soon passed from time to eternity.
A MOUSE IN A CHILD'S STOMACH. — A few
days ago, a child named Tomiison, of Green
Lane, Sulcoats, N. Y., died after a lingering
illness. It appeared that in May last, the
child passed a full grown mouse, minus its
head. The mouse had run down the child's
throat while playing in a field near Stone Fer
ry, where the parents then resided. After
that time the child continued ailing more or
less until its death, the immediate cause of
which was supposed to be diarrhoea.
A Goon SELECTION. —In the temporary ab
sein eof Charles Moran, Esq., in Europe, on
business connected with the financial affairs of
the Erie Railroad, the Directors have app< in
ted Col. S. F. Heudley, of the Morris & Es
sex Railroad, Assistant President, who will
fill Mr. Moron's place in the management of
that great enterprise. Numerous as are the
difficulties which surround the control of the
Erie Road, and various as are the demands
wlii-li it makes upon executive ability, we feel
satisfied that Col. Heudley will prove himself
equal to them. He will it is understood, en
ter immediately upon his duties, without, how
ever, relinquishing his permanent connection
with the Morris A Essex Road.— Xcwmk
Mercury.
SENATOR DOUGLAS IN NEW YORK. —Senator
Douglas, on Wednesday night, received hi<
friends at the residence of Charles W. Baker,
Esq., in Madison avenue, New York. Among
the prominent Democrats present were Arch
bishop Hughes. Mayor Wood, John McKeon,
Esq . Richard B Connolly, Esq., H<>n. Chas.
P. Daly, Col. John 11. M'-Cunn, and the new-
Judges Sutherland and Pierrcpont. The par
ty was a very agreeable one, and was prolong
ed till a late hour. Judge Douglas was toast
ed by Mr. James Brooks, and drawn out. In
his remarks of reply he was very nappy in de
fending the consistency of hi.-> course in Con
gress upon the great principles of self govern
ment and popular sovereignty.
MRS. SENATOR DOI GI.AS. — It is stated on
that which seems to us reliable authority, that
this lady takes a most lively interest in her
husband's political fortunes, and that in addi
tion to influencing him to cut down his drink
ing aud tobacco-using to short allowance, and
to dress in good taste, she has rendered him
important service in augmenting his pluck and
strengthening his hack for the attitude of hos
tility toward the Administration in which he
is now placed. She is said to be exceedingly
ambitious, and to be a thorough social diplo
matist, exercising a considerable degree of tal
ent and force IU furthering her husband's
schemes, in the parlor of the splendid new
house over which she presides. The Wash
ington letter-writers tell us that when Doug
las was making his great speech in the Senate,
last week, she looked on from the gallery.
THE MISSION TO RUSSIA. —The Washington
correspondent of the New York Times, states
that tiie Hon. Francis W. Pickens, of South
Carolina, has been nominated to the Senate
for mission at St. Petersburg, aud not Mr. Bu
chanan, of Maryland, as rumored. It will be re
membered t hat after the death of Judge But
ler, and the consequence vacancy in the United
States Senate from South Carolina,Mr.Pickeus
caused it to lie stated that he had declined to
accept a foreign mi-sion, Failing to get the
Senatorahip, it would seem that Mr. Pickens
has changed his mind, arid is now willing to
.-crve his country at a foreign Court.
It is stated that the last survivor of
the Wyoming massacre is Jeremiah Spencer,
now of Torringford, Conn., eighty-eight years
old, and in full possession of all his faculties,
mental and physical. The massacre took place
eighty years ago. but Mr. Spencer remembers
his passage down the ladder from the chamber
where lie slept, in his mother's arms, and their
flight into the wilderness.
THE OREGON ELECTION. —By the California
mail we have later returns of the election iu
Oregon on the State Constitution. Official
returns from nine counties, and unofficial from
one other, show the following resuit :—For
the Constitution, 4,597 ; against it, 1,184 ;
for Slavery, 1,322 ; against it, 5,161 ; for
free negroes, 650 ; against them, 5,479. Re
ported majorities in six counties give for the
Constitution 1,113 majority ; against Slavery,
1,106. This gives 3,826 majority for the
Constitution, aud 5,019 against Slavery.
PACIFIC WAGON ROAD.— Lieut. Beale, in
charge of the expedition to establish a wagon
road from Fort Defiance to the Colorado river,
has announced to the War Department his ar
rival iu California, and the establishment of a
hue road over the whole distance. The success
of the expedition has been expedited in a great
measure by the use of the camels attached to
it, which are subjected to Utail which uo other
animals could endure.
frabforVlUfiorter.
E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
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FROM KANSAS. —The election on the 21st
ult., resulted in the adoption of the CALHOUN
Constitution, with the slavery clause, by a
large majority. All the Free State men, nnd
many of the Democrats, refrained from voting.
Large numbers of Missonrians, passed over in
to Kansas and deposited their votes. The
election frauds of October have been repeated,
and in the Oxford precinct, which Governor
Walker on the 21st of October pronounced
" a village of six houses, including stores and
without a tavern," has given, as before, a
thumping majority for slavery,not less in fact,
than 1,300 votes having been cast. Johnson
county, including the Oxford precinct, gives
not less than 2,000 majority for slavery. The
pacifying policy of the administration is also
beginning to work out its legitimate result of
bloodshed and civil war.
A United States marshal, with a force of
eighty men, having demanded tlio surrender of
the free state force in Bourbon county, who
had been driven to arms by a series of oppres
sive acts on the part of the border ruffians, a
battle ensued, in which after an hour's fight
the pro slavery men were beaten, and retreat
ed with a loss of one man killed and two mor
tally wounded. The United States marshal
was, at the same time, dangerously wounded.
General Lane, the regularly chosen command
er of the Territory militia, had entrenched his
men on the Sugar Mound and expressed a de
termination to fight the United States dra
goons if they should attack him. Another
battle was regarded as inevitable.
Exciting debates had occurred in the Law
rence free-state convention. The committee
on resolutions had presented three reports. —
The majority report disapproves of voting for
State officers ; the first majority report re
commends a participation in the election for
the purpose of destroying the Lecompton con
stitution ; that no man be nominated who re
fuses to pledge himself to crush it ; that the
Topeka constitution be submitted to the peo
ple, and that loyalty to that instrument be
nvide a test of fealty to the free-state party ;
fiat the Legislature repeal the present code
of laws, Ac. The most radical revolutionary
speeches were made.
Our latest accounts state that the Conven
tion had adjourned without deciding to par
ticipate in the election for State officers. It
was not settled however, that they would not
do so.
On Monday last there were two elections
in Kansas—one the election of State officers,
provided for by the Lecompton Constitution,
and the other on the adoption of the Lecomp
ton Constitution ordered by the Territorial
Legislature. At the latter election the Le
compton Constitution will be submitted to
the people in three forms :—First—Constitu
tion with slavery ; second—Constitution with
out slavery ; third—Against the Constitution.
Under the instructions of the President the
Governor was to recognize Loth elections as le
gal, and to use all tiie force at his command,
if necessary, to protect the polls, und secure a
full expression of opinion.
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEAI.TH. —The
Reading Gazelle announces that Governor
PACKER has formally tendered the office of
Seeretarj of the Commonwealth to the Hon.
W.u. M H EISTER, and that he has accepted
the appointment.
MUSICAL CONVENTION*. —The Fourth Annual
Convention of the Bradford County Musical
Association will commence on the I9th inst.,
at Rome A iihige, to continue four days. The.
Committee of Arrangements have secured the
services of Mr. WM. B. BRADBURY, of New
\oi k, t.s Director, and made such other pro
visions as will ensure the comfort and pleasure
of those in attendance. The Conventions of
the past three years, are a sure guarantee that
a large attendance may be expected at the
coming one—while those who have participat
ed, speak in the highest terms of the profit
and pleasure of such gatherings. Mr. BRAD
BURY is deservedly a great favorite in this sec
tion ; his skill as a Teacher being unrivalled
and bis tact in contributing to the enjoyment
and interest of the members being unexcelled.
We anticipate a large assemblage, and a joy
ous and entertaining time generally for those
who attend.
BOOK BINDERY. —The want of a Book Bin
dery in this place, has long been experienced,
and we take pleasure now in stating that our
neighbor of the Argus has made arrangements
for supplying this want, having secured the
services of a skillful binder, and procured the
necessary apparatus for the work. Those hav
ing books, periodicals, newspapers, &c., which
need binding will do well to look them up, and
have them placed iu a condition for preserva
tion.
Senator BIGLER in the eonrse of his con
troversy with DOUGLAS, udmitted that he was
oue of a caucus of Senators where it was agreed
to provide a Constitution for Kansas, which
should not be submitted to the people of the
Territory for rejection or ratification !
When Mr. BIGI.F.R was a candidate for Gov
ernor lie made a speech at this place, in which
he declared the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise nowise and wrong, and sad that,
had he been-in Congress he would have voted
against it—at the same time he piofessed a
great love for the doctrine of " popular sov
ereignty" because the people should be allowed
to form their own domestic institutions 1
We have seen some superfine specimens of
Dough-faces in our day, but none which could
compare for facile and unblushing pliancy in
the hands of the Slaveocracy with Senator
BIGLER. If any Northern mau expects to keep
up to him in the race of subserviency he must
be able to dive to the lowest depths.
We invite the attention of such men as Sen
ator BIGLER, to the following paragraph taken
from the Richmond South, it expresses the
true feelings entertained by Southern men, for
the miserable lick spittles of the North who
so ready to do their dirty work :
"So Mr. DOITGI. is has shown his cloven foot to the
South at last. I never believed he was whole-footed.—
All that he has ever done has been to cajole the Sontli to
choose between evils. t take the bed she can pet, to sn
p;ir over nauseous pills, and bribe the Southern members
to coax the South to swallow them. I never had confi
dence in hiin. 1 have no confidence in any man North
of Mason and Dixon's. They cannot be our friends and
be honest. The interests of the two sections are antago
nistic. The Northern man who poe> for onr interest nec
essarily poes against the interest ot the North, and 1 can
have no confidence in a traitor no matter how high is his
price."
A NEW COVNTKRFF.IT DETECTOR. —About
the most useful thing- that any person in busi
ness, can have in these times, is a correct and
reliable Counterfeit Detector and Bank Note
List. This want is now to be supplied.—
Messrs. T. B. Peterson A Brothers have just
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which contains all the information that can
be obtained in regard to all Counterfeits, Bro
ken Banks, and the rates of discount on all the
Bank Notes of the country. Messrs. Drexel
& Co., the well known Bankers and Brokers,
of that city, will supervise it and make the cor
rections in each number of the list, so that it
may be perfectly relied on, while the well
known house of E. W. Clark & Co, Commis
sion Stock and Exchange Brokers, will correct
the Stock List. Not being intended to sub
serve the purpose of any banking house, as
most of the I> doctors do, it will be a useful
and reliable publication to the whole business
community, and wc would advise all of our
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sjription to the publish jrs at ou:e for it. The
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TO TEACHERS AND SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
We find the following in the official depart
ment of the Pennsylvania, School Journal :
Department of Common Schools,
HARRISBURG, December, 1807.
It appears that teachers are still in the ha
bit of teaching without certificates, and after
their term is out, applying for a certificate in
order to get their wages. This practice is il
legal. and forfeits both the teacher's wages
and the State appropriation to the district em
ploying them. Superintendents arc not at
liberty to grant certificates under such eireum
stances, or tor such purposes. Every such ap
plication should l)e reported to the Depart
ment, giving the name of the Teacher, and the
name of the President, or Secretary of the
District.
M e call the attention of all concerned to
an extract from the School Journal, which will
be found in another column. The fact that
such an order from the Department is neces
sary, shows that there is, or has been, neglect
of duty on the part of somebody, in certain
portions of the State, if not here.
A CARD. —The Rev. N. A- DK PEW and
family, would tender their most sincere thanks
to his congregation and friends, for their visit
to the parsonage, on the afternoon and eve
ning of the 30th ult. The substantial tokens
presented to us, the generous flow of Christian
feeling, the presence (or tokens) of yourselves,
and pastors, be assured has awakened no
less our gratitude than esteem. It shall be
our humble prayer, that He who has provided
that a cup of cold water, only, when given it:
the name of a disciple, shall not lose its re
ward, may bestow upon yon, and yours, bis
gracious Benediction.
Methodist Parsonage, Towanda, Jan. 4, 1858.
ftaf" We have received the first number of
Snrgent's School Monthly, pulrfished by Epes
Sargent. It is intended for pupils and teach
ers, schools and families. Its object is to fur
nish, not only an educational periodical but
reading and declamation exercises for the
s:hool room. There are two features of this
magazine which ought especially to commend
it to those for whom it is intended. It pro
poses to give physical education a prominent
place, by treating of amusements, out door ex
ercises, &e. It will thus supply a very impor
tant want. The proper pronunciation of words
is also indicated, and notes of explanation are
appended to assist the reader in enunciation,
pronunciation, and the meaning of terms used.
Address Epes Sargent, 228, Washington street,
Boston. One copy $1 ; or Gve copies $4.
Persons desiring to apply for license at
February Court, ore informed that their peti
tions mnst be filed in the Clerk's office by Mon
day next, or they will be too late for publica
ication
i®- On the Bth of December, Gen. Wm.
WALKER, the Pirate of the Gulf," was ar
rested, with ail his forces, by Cora. PACLDINO,
of the United States navy. WALKER was sent
home in the steamer Northern Light, upon
his promise to surrender himself after his ar
rival to marshal RYNDF.RS. The latter npon
the arrival of Gen. WALKER, proceeded to
Washington, with his prisoner. It is stated
that Marshal Kynders called on the Secretary
of State, to ascertain the intentions of the
Government with regard to Walker, and that
the Secretary replied that the executive de
partment of the Government did not recognize
General Walker as a prisoner, that he had no
directions to give concerning hira, and that it
was only through the action of the Judiciary
that he could be lawfully held in custody to
answer any charges which may be brought
against him. Marshal Kynders then informed
Walker that he had further authority to de
tain liirn.
This arrest of Walker, created a great sen
sation, South. Coin. Paulding is freely de
nounced, and the Administration called upon
to punish him. What course will be pursued, is
; not yet known. The arrest involves some
j nice questions of international law, though the
, sentiment of the whole country decidedly sus
| tains Com. Paulding.
MURDER IV ROCHESTER. —The mangled and
murdered body of Charles W. Littles, a law
yer of Rochester was found 011 Saturday 23d
ult. in the Genesee river, a few rods below the
Falls, His wife, his brother, and several oth
er relations have been arrested as the perpe
trators of the deed. From the evidence it ap
pears that Littles and his wife did not live hap
pily together and that a separation took place
about a year ago, but for the past month or
two they had lived together again. On the
ground where were discovered blood and other
evidences of a conflict, were found a piece of
a vietorine corresponding with one worn by
Mrs. Littles, a rosette matching one found in
her possession, and a comb, a pair of specta
cles said to belong to her brother, Ira I*. Stout,
a young man aged about 23 years, and the
arm of a chair, said to have been taken from
the office where Littles had been employed.
Mrs. Littles' left wrist and her brother's left
arm were found to be broken, showing that
they had been engaged iu some extraordinary
conflict.
Mrs. Lirri.Es and IRA P. STOUT have been
commuted to prison, to await trial. The re
port that either have made a confession is in
correct.
The parties implicated in this transaction
are not unknown to the criminal calender of
this County, IRA STOUT having been tried and
found guilty of arson, and sentenced to four
year's and six months imprisonment, in the
Eastern Penitentiary. The sister was also
here at the time of the trial, interesting her
self for her brother.
81®-The news from Utah is more favora
ble than had been rumored. The Army is
now, no doubt safe in Winter quarters, at
Hains Fork. Fort Bridger has been aban
doned and burnt by the Mormons. Our im
pression is that the Mormons will not show
fight, and before our Army enters Salt Lake
City, they will have abandoned it, |>erhaps for
the Russian possessions. The abandonment of
Fort Bridger will no doubt hasten the occu
pation of the Morinou Capitol. Col. Johnson
in his letter to the department on the sth of
November :
"To-morrow I will march upon Fort Brid
ger, and dislodge any force I may find there,
and await the arrival of Col. Cook, when, as
the approach of winter is too near to attempt
the passage of the Wasatch range of moun
tains, with a probability of success, I will
seize U|K>II the district mentioned in my letter
from South Pass, and occupy it until nu ad
vance is practicable."
INAUGURATION OF GOV. PACKER. —The Con
stitution of Pennsylvania!) provides that the
General Assemby shall meet on first Tuesday
of January, and that the Governor shall hold
iiis office for three years, commencing on the
third Tuesday in January, 011 which day his
inauguration takes place. In the ease of Gov.
Packer, this will fall ou Tuesday the 19th day
of January.
HaT" At a meeting held in Philadelphia on
Monday night, resolutions were adopted, ap
proving without reservation the views express
ed by the President in his message, and com
plimenting the Hon. William Bigler and other
active supporters of the Administration.
THE FJI.UBUSTER EXCITEMENT.— The greatest
excitement exists in the Southern cities in ref
erence to the arrest of Walker and his men by
the United States naval force, and the move
ment seems to have given an impetus in favor
of the Nicaraguan enterprise which cannot be
easily overcome. Enlistments are now going
on in New Orleans at the rate of one hundred
and upwards per day, and there are stated to
be in that city and Mobile, awaiting shipment,
not less than fourteen hundred men. The
Texas contingent, eight hundred in number, is
said to have sailed on the 20th ult.
BSf* The Steamship Isabel, arrived Charles
ton from Havana, reports that Walker's vessel,
the steamer Fashion, had been seized by the
American Consul, her papers having been
found irregular. A report was prevaleut at
Key West when the Isahel was there that a
bark had passed that point with six hundred
men on board, who were proceeding to Gen.
Walkqr's aid.
ANOTHER RUMOR. —It is now said that the
Administration was completely deceived on the
subject of Kansas. Calhoun anb his associates
had all along represented their intention to
abandon the slavery clause as hopeless. It is
now proposed to reptal the Nebraska Kansas
act, 00 far as concerns Kansas, and nay
act to enable Kausaa to form a State Gov J
ment.
Washington Gossip.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Dec. 31
The tone of the Administration, relatir
Commodore PAULDING, is materially modif''
Captain Engle has received permission tod T"
his return to Aspiuwall until the 20th of j*'
uary. Commodore Paolding will pro J*
, carry Minister Lamar to Central
: fore his return, and then come home in his
ship, whose cruise will then be ended tT*
relieving the Commodore without convex
a modifying rebnke. ' ,6 1
Notwithstanding the positive official der
ciations of the illegality of Paulding's act 1
President privately expresses his a/lmira ,<K
and approval of it. The Commodore *
neither lie sacrificed, nor theoretically Sust ,.
ed. The President indicates a
send a special message to Congress on the
ject on Monday, but its character has
transpired.. It is probably not yet settled
Senator Drtuglas has been heard from [j
intends to take bold ground in favor of \\
ker.
From several private letters from reli„
sources, to late date, just received here fro e
Kansas, I gather a number of facts of
interest.
One letter from near the Missouri bord
fully confirms the reported death of the no*-
rious George W. Clark, the murderer of lk.
ber.
On the 22d inst., the difficulty at FortSer
was still progressing. Clark was at the hw
of the pro-slavery force when be was killed~
.Seven Pro-Slavery men had fallen athK*
counts, and the greatest excitement existe:
Parsons, Clerk of the Legislative Conriy
writes that " General Denver has arrived, jv
! says that if Buchanan thinks he iritl
j a different ■policy from that of Walker in.
i Stanton, he is damnably fouled P
Another prominent man writes that (V
j houn can never set np his Leeompton (j<mr.
; ment in the Territory with less than tww
: thousand Federal troops at his back.
Calhoun had become so greatly alarmed'-
his personal safety, that he had fled from t,
i ufliee at Leeompton and gone to Fort W
j enworth for protection.
Another correspondent states that if j.
! Leeompton Constitution goes through O
1 gross, there will be a bloody setting up of
I scores in the Territory.
Lieutenant Governor Roberts, Robin#
Lane, and other leaders, are in favor of ui
j ing part in the State election under the L
| comptou Constitution, on the 4th of Jannan
and electing Free State officers under it, r:
there is little doubt that the advice will
| followed.
At the Methodist Parsonage. bv the Rev. N. A.DtFrt
, Mr. CHARLES H. KELLEGG toMiwi 11. AXSiHG
BUCK, both of Monroeton.
At the residence uf the bride's mother. Pec. 31, bv:s
Rev. J. G. tjahin, Mr. J.J. NEWELL to Mist A. i
COWLED, bath of Orwell.
DIED,
, In Sbesheqmii, on Saturday morning the P'th ult sV
two weeks painful sickness, succeeding some vevsi
ill health, SILAS P. GORE, aged 43 year-. '
Mr. Gore was buried on Tuesday the 22d, undent*?
i ders of Odd Fellowship, and at a regular meeting eft.
j ley Lodge, So. 440, I. O. of O. F., the following preuti..'
i and resolutions were unanimously adopted
1 WURBKAS—By the death of p. G., SILAS GORS, W- 1-
' again calied upon to mourn the toss of one of our nws
; consistent, upright and worthy brothers, audsociety *
I ol her l>est members, therefore
Resolved. That we deeply sympathize with the fan •
and other relations ot the deceased, in this ilwirh:
j affliction . and while we would jnnt tlicm beyond L*
j confines of this w rid for consolation, we would not
selves be unmindful of the cheering and consoling tr.t:
that our brother has but exchauged a world of suftm;
' for one of imrity and jreace.
Resolved. That, as a further testimony of the high *
gard and love we have for our deceased brother, we r~
wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty day- 11
! that the mourning drapery which has so long UungoM
! our Lodge Charter, be continued for a period of the
; months.
j Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolution *
. transmitted to the family of the deceased, aad t"t/
: Countv papers for publication.
L. S. KIXGSBEBY.XG.
I Attest, O. H. P. KJXVKT, Aec'y.
XCOJ
MUSICAL ('ONVI-XM
The Fourth AnnnaT Convention of the
Bradford County Musical Association
Will be held at the
A" ILL AGE OF ROME,
Commencing TUESDAY, JANUARY lfL ls.i->. I r " i
tiuue four days, and to close with a CONCERT, at --* :
a choice selection of new music will be performed. '■*
whole to be under the direction of Mr. WM. B. HIUI'M
11Y. of New York City.
n*r~ The sessions of the Convention will le devoted •
instructions, with lectures, and practical exen isesit*
various branches of vocal music, by Mr. Bradbury-
Mr. Bradbury's new book. "The Jubilee," *
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other Musical works, will he nsed. Singers haviar *
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not the " Jubilee," can obtain them of Mr. J. G.
at the Convention.
The very great success which has attended tiie for*
Conventions of the Association, gives prom isf thai"''
will be One of superior pleasure and profit t > th-e
attend. Ample provisions have been made to fin® 4
members froin a distance with comfortable accomE*'
tions, at reasonable rates.
Admission to the whole course:
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Ladies 9
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