THIRTY-SIXTH COXGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Bince our last issue, the House has mainly been cccnpied in listening to tt® disunion speeches of Southern members. Several bal ots have been had for speaker, SHUKMAN lack ing four votes of an election. On Thursday, Dec. 29, Mr. GROW proceeded fo address the House, in answer to remarks made by. Mr BAANCH of North Carolina, charging Lim with defeating the Post Office appropriation bill of last session, and impugn ing hie motives for his action on that occasion. Mr. GROW gave the history of the event, with authorities and precedents showing that the House was defeuding its prerogatives, aud proceeded to reply to Mr. BRANCH'S personal mputations as follows : Mr. GROW. Such, MR Clerk, is the his tory of the proceedings of the two Houses (f Congress on the Post Office bill to which the Senate attached their amendment increasing postage. Such are the authorities and de cisions on which we rcl ed to sustain the ac tion of the majority of the House in relation to it. And had the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. BRANCH] been as familiar with constitutional laws and parliamentary preced ents as his long practice in legislation would have led us to suppose, he could have found r-iifficient and abundant reasons to justify my Conduct and that of a majority of the House, without violating all parliamentary and gen tlemanly courtesies that are recognized in all deliberative bodies, by impugning the motives of his peer, and charging soidid and selfish considerations as the moving motive and cause of our action. Mr. BRANCH. I desire to ask the gen tleman from Pennsylvania whether I am tr understand his language as imputing to me any conduct that was nngentlemanly ? Mr. GROW. I said that the gentleman violated a!! parliamentary NR.d gentlemanly courtesies that are recognized in all delibera tive assemblies. It R.eeds no reference to par liamentarj law to know that. The first ruh of parliamentary law is that no gentleman has tb© right to impugn the motives of another. Mr. BRANCH. 1 desire to ask the gen tleman whether he means, by that language, to impute to M.e any conduct that is ungen tlemanly ? Mr. GROW. I ask the gentleman to re fer to his own language, and see what hi thinks Mr. BRANCH. I demand of the g*n thunan from Pennsylvania to know whether he means by that language to impute to me any conduct that is uDgentlemanly or. unbe coming ? Mr. GROW, The gentleman charged, the other day, that I had defeated the Post OT tiee appropriation bill, in order to compel the President of the United States to call an ex tra session of Congress. 1 say that such an imputation on my motives was not geutlemauly under parliamentary law. Mr. BRANCH. I repeat the que tion which I have already asked the gentleman from Pennsylvania — whether he designs, in those remarks, to impute to me any conduct unbecoming a gentleman ? A failure to re spond I shall assume to be an affirmative an swer. Mr. GROW. Mr. Clerk. I take the LRN gufige of the gentleman. What I have said on it is plain English, and there it stands The gentleman, the other day, impugned my motives of action on the Post Office lull. The impugnment of motives in a legislativ- body is everywhere regarded, tint only unparliamen tary, but as ungentlemanlv, under parliamen tary practice and law. Mr. BRANCH. I repeat that the gentle man has not responded to my inquiry, and that I shall take his failure to respond a? an affirmative answer. Mr. GROW. The gentleman can take just what he pleases. Air. BRANCH. I will do so. Mr. GROW. I will read the gentleman's own language, from the Globe of Monday last- " How, T think T am iustiflalile, in the fare of these facta, in saying that the de.siin which the gentleman nail in view was to kill the bill, and that the motive and ob ject that lie had was to compel the President to call Con girts together shortly after the 4th of Starch." That is the language to which I apply the parliamentary law ; and I take back nothing that I have said. SENATE, Dcc.30 — Mr. Rice of Min. introduced several bills relative to public conveniences in that State, and also gave uotice of a bill pro viding for a temporary government within the Territory of Dacotuh. Then Senate then ad journed till Tuesday next. HOUSE, Dec. 30. — Mr. Perry of Me. moved a resolution that, until an organization was effected, members be restricted to twenty minutes speaking, aud not more than once, until all members desiring to speak shall have been heard. Also, that all motions to lay on the table btj decided without debate. But objections were made to offering the resolu tion, and Mr. Boyce of S. <). took the iloor, aud tttftde an attack on the Republican party, charging it with obstructing tno execution of the Fugitive Slave law. Mr. Stanton of Ohio replied, when there was a lengthened colloquy respecting the tariff" bill of 'O7, partisan pol itics, kc., w hen Mr. Stanton, in view of the inability to effect an organization by the ma jority rule, suggested the adoption of the plurality. This was objected to by members of the Administration party, and Mr. Mont gomery of PeuQ. moved that Mr. Corwin be declared Speaker for 21 hours, in order that a Deficiency bill might be passed for the relief of mail contractors and other Government creditors. Amid confusion, an adjournment was had, by oue majority, until Tuesday. THE IIARVPER'S FERRY INVESTIGATION. —The Special Committee of the Senate appointed to inquire into all the facts connected w ith John Brown's foray have subpuiiiaed Judge Amy.of Kansas ; Mr. Conw ay. Congressman elect Irom Kansas ; Augustus Wattles, editor of the Kan sas Jlt raid of Freedom ; Captain Montgomery, oue of the Ivuusas free State border ruffian leaders ; G. P. Lowrey, at one time Adjutant General of the free State forces of Kansas ; Dr. Howe, of Boston ; Mr. Sanborn, of New- Hampshire, and Gerrit Smith. HEALTH OF Mr. DOUGLAS.— Says the Wash ington St?r of Tuesday : " Senator Douglas, it is said, is far from being a well man, "and his permanent recovery is very remote, if not doubtful His disease is said to be trout in the stomach. His purpose of going to Florida is prevented l)y his inability to travel at present though it is his purpose to go South as soon us he ie strong enough to travel. grabtejlcpork . TmVANDA: . Thursday Morning, January 5, 1860. E. O. 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It tnef in New York on Wednesday last and fixed upon Chicago as the place for holding the convention to nomii ate a President, and the 13th of June t.s the time. A number of places were suggested to the committee, among them. Wheeling, Buffalo St. Louis, Indianapolis. A strong inclination was manifested to make choice of Wheeling, but the fear that it might be misconstrued by our sensitive Virginia friends into v. kind of bravado prevented the selection. St. Loui.- was considered as too far removed from a cen tral location. The terms of the call ate broad enough to satisfy all, save the mo 3 t captiuu , and those intent on not being satisfied in any event. ARRIVAL OF SENATOR SEWARD.- -The dis tinguished New York Senator arrived at New York on Wednesday week. After receiving his friends at the City hall, on Thursday, he left for Auburn, in the afternoon. His hone ward journey was a series of gratifiying dem onstrations of popular regard. At Albany, where lie landed in the course of Thursday night, crowds were waiting to receive him, and lie was escorted to his lodgings amid the blaze of torches and the glare of Roman condles. At Utica, Syracuse and Rome, as lie passed those cities, the population was on the qui rive to greet him, which they did with the heart iest. cordiality. It was, however, when lie reached Auburn, his place of residence, that the most enthusiastic expressions of joy weie uttered. Speeches were made, cannon fired, bonres decorated, and all o'.her known indica tions of popular satisfaction afforded. ° fttU A destructive fire 0:1 Thursday tnjrn ing broke out 111 p. frame factory in Bickman st.N.Y., destroying not only that building with its contents, bit the stores of Bulklev Bros, and Cyrus W. Field, with several others on Aau street, and some tenement houses—fif teen in ail. Tue total loss of property is es timated at $500,000, of which the two firms first named lust about SIOO,OOO each—mostly covered by insurance. Several families were driven out in the <-o!d, which was intense at the time. Three or four firrmeu were badly wounded, and several others are said to bo missing. UST" Whila Tom Corwin was breakfasting at Brown's on Tuesday morning, Dec. 20, the conversation turned upon the nomination of General Scott at the LTiion meeting in N. Y., city. In reply to a question how it would- be received, a member from Alabama replied that the South would regard Scott's nomina tion as worse than Seward's Mr. Corwin promptly replied : " 1 think so, too ; he is a fighting man." It is needless to say the mem ber did not pursue the subject. fig? - At an Union meeting at Rochester, Wednesday evening, a resolution was offered rebuking the sentiment that the election of a President having views contrary to the min ority, would be cause for a dissolution of the Union, as announced in Congress and else where. An effort was made to lay the reso lution on the table, which failed, and it was finally adopted by a large majority. SSf The repulse of the marauders, who have beleaguered Brownsville for a month past, appears to have amounted to an utter rout. On the 14th "ult., 300 United States troops marched to attack CORTINA-?, and ob tained a decided advantage, notwithstanding they had iucautiously permitted themselves to be drawn into an ambuscade in theearlier part of the frav. Ou the 20lh battle was resumed and after a severe struggle,the insurgents were defeated aud put to flight. The latest accounts left the victors in hot pursuit. 6®- Mr Sherman,the Republican candidate for Speaker of the House, is of Connecticut origin. Ilis grandfather, Taylor Sherman, Guilt the house now occupied by Nathan Beers. His father, Charles Sherman, was born in that house, and lived there until his removal to Ohio,in company with a large partyof Nor walk people, who migrated to the Connecticut Reserve, in Ohio. Mr. Sherman comes honest ly by his Republicanism, as the patriot blood of old Roger Sherman in his veins. tear The last survivor of the Wyoming mas sacre is not dead, as recently stated, one being still alive at Torringtun, Ct, llis name is Jeremiah Spencer. He was eight years old at the time, and remember very distinctly maqy incidents oonnected with the event. ME. GROW CHALLENGED! Under onr Congressional head,will be fcuud a passage between Mr. GKOW and MR, BRANCH of North Carolina. We have copied the re port of the Congressional Globt r that Mr. GROWS constituents might see precise!? what | his words were upon that occasion. Mr. BRANCH it will be observed, charges Mr. GROW with the defeat of the Post Office appropriation bill, and imputes motives to him which the latter characterizes, " not only as unparliamentary, but as ungentlcmanly under parliamentary practice end law." Mr. BRANCH tried the usual Southern method of bullying, and find fng that Mr GROW had no qualifications to make finally subsided. Various reports havebeeu telegraphed from Washington concerning a challenge and ar rests, but it appears that immediately after the discussion, Mr. BRANCH addressed Mr. GROW the following note delivered by Gov. WINS LOW. — WASHINGTON CITV. Dei. 2D, 1859. Kin—Will you please name a time and place, outside the District of Columbia, at which yon will receive from me a communication in writing. Very respectfully. HON. GALI SHA A. GROW. L. O'B. LiiUN'CH. To this note, intended as the preliminary to A challenge, Mr. GROW returned the following answer, through Hon. R E. FEXTON, of New York : WASHINGTON Crrv, Dec. SO. 1*59—7 P. M. Slß— Your note of the 2Dth iu.-dant was placed in m.v hands by your friend, Governor Win-slow, :-t 12 o'clock M. to-lay. Ik ow of nothing that make, it necew-arv | f rmetol a i< a ma ainl p! ice out-side the Di.st.ict of Columbia t - rc eive fi-m sou a communication"in writ in r. Yonrnoti was doabtl-ss—ats nothing ele bas oc curred between us—!-a-e.l upon remarks mde by ine in -Icb.ite io the House of Kepreeeniatwct in reply to your speech impugning uiy motives and the integrity of my ' acts as a legislator. On that occasion I used m language ! in violation of parliamentary law and not warranted by ; your remarks thus impugning my conduct. If your note ) is to b*'considered of s hostile character, tlien I have j thus to reply. Regarding duellin-.' as at variance with' the precepts of the Christian people, and it being pr.-bib ] iied and declared a crime bv the ltws en.totfd by the ' body of which we are members, 1 cannot weognUe it as , a justifiable mods of settling difii-iilties anun < mea, even in cases of unwarrantable provocation ; but nn p rsonal ric t , and tiie freed >m of de'-Hte, eunnnteed oy tlie const-uauon. 1 shal. defend whenever tliey are as sailed. Very respectfully yours, GAbUSfIA A. GROW. To H0n."1.. O'B. BiiANcn. The finale of the matter is given by the correspondent of tlie -Ye w York Herald: Correspondence of The N. Y. Herald. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 1859. The difficulty between Messrs. Grow and Branch was clothed in so much mystery last night, that it was utterly impossible to arrive at nil the facts. They are substantially as fol lows : About twelve o'clock on Friday, the 30tIi, Mr Grow received a note from Mr. Branch, by the hands of Gov. Winslow of North Carolina It was dated the 29th, and requested Mr Grow to inform Mr. Branch wiitre a communication in writing would reach outside the District of Columbia. Mr Grow, upon consultation with his fiends, on whose judgment he announced his intention to rely, no matter what their decision might be, at seven o'clock in the evening replied to the note of Mr. Branch, justifying his own ourse in the House, and announcing, in plain Anglo Saxon language, that the practice of the codi being a violation of the principles of Christian ity, and considered a crime under the laws of his own State, and by the National Legisla ture, of wh eh he and Mr. Branch were mem bers, he could not recognize it, but would de lend bis personal rights, and the right of the freedom of debate under the Constitution, whenever assailed. This note was handed to Hon. Reuben E Feuton at about eight o'clock to be delivered to Mr. Branch. Two hours after the reply was forwarded, a friend of Mr Grow received a note, through a Democratic source, that the police had obtained informa tion that there was to be a mortal combat, and were in search of the principals ; and not wishing to evade any responsibility that might follow, Mr. Grow evaded the police. Between 10 and 11 o'clock last evening Mr. Branch was arrested, and required to give bonds in the sum of $5,000 to keep the peace Mr. Grow was not arrested until to-day at 12 12 o'clock, when he was required to -give bonds in the same amount, though he had de clined the invitation to disturb the peace. No evidence was adduced to show that Mr. Grow had violated the peace before the Jus tice. The charge was made by Mr. Thomas, upon what authority or evidence nobody knows ! —certainly not upon the facts. All sorts of absurd rumors have been in cir culation to day in the metropolis about the affair, which have no foundation in truth. It has been intimated that Mr. Brunch would as sault Mr. Grow upon the street. Nothing has happened to day to indicate such intention,and it is to be hoped that the good sense of Mr. Branch will induce him to refrain from any further demonstration. Mr. Grow has pro menaded Pennsylvaniaaveuue without molesta tion. The friends of both parties regret this oc currence. I have heard a rumor today that the friends of both parties—Senator Wade and R. E Feuton on the part of Mr Grow, and Gov. Winslow, Mr. McQueen and Mr. Moore, on the part of Mr. Branch—wobld make another effort to arrange the difficulty. The community generally seem to condemn the course pursued by Mr. Branch in sending a challenge, on the ground that there was no just cause for it, because he was the first ag gressor in impugning the motives of Mr. Grow. The relations heretofore existing between Mr. Grow and Mr. Branch have been of a friendly character, and but for the excitement conse quent upon a heated debate on a nice point at this peculiar time, there would not have been any misunderstanding between them. The part borne by Mr. GROW in this matter, will meet the approbation of his constituents, and add to the fame he has already achieved as an able and feerless Representative. Al most every day during the present session the Republican members have been obliged to listen to charges made against their principles and themselves, of complicity with treason and murder. In our judgment, they have snbuiit -1 ted with too much patience to the arrogance and bluster of the Southern liobadils. And we are pleased to see that Mr. GROW has em braced such a just and fitting opportunity to teach a member manners who in defiance of truth and parliamentary decorum impugns his motives. Ilis manly and sensible answer to the challenge of Mr. BRANCH is just what his constituents expected at his hands. Opposed on principles of morality to duelling, they would not permit Mr. GROW to put his life in I the bauds of every Southern slave driver, who may from caprice or design choose to consider himself iusalted—bat they do expect that he will hold himself ready, when attacked, to " defend his personal rights, and the freedom of debate, guaranteed by the Constitution." Mr. GROW has demonstrated, io his Con gressional career, that be will not permit either to be trifled with, and his determina tiou and ability to defend them when attacked. Ilis constituency watch, with pride and grat ification, his able and cuorageous course, proud in the consciousness that they have a Repre sentative who is more than a match for the Dictators of the South npon the floor of Con gress, and who no ruffianism can deter from the faithful performance of his duty. If the Northern Representatives will follow out the course initiated by Mr. GROW, and when South ern Disuuionists make their charges against the Republicans of complicity with murder, in cendiarism, Ac., promptly but resolutely hurl back upon them their conduct as onparlia tary and ungcntlemanly, we should soon have less display of " plantation manners," and more of courtesy. o©-The Tribune remarks of Mr. Branch's; challenge : We have hitherto said nothing about the j l>orsonal quarrel which Mr. L O'B Branch of N. C. has endeavored to fasten on Mr. Grow of Pa., because the remarks of both gentlemen in the Congressional debaling-club had been fairly reported in our columns, and every on who read them must be already aware tlm Mr. Branch was first to give auil first to tnk offense, and that his attempt to bully Mi Grow into a apology or a duel was utter ~ unwarranted. Mr. Groiv's response to b - virtual challenge was < x ictly what it s mil! be, and will secure the hearty approval of to constituents, and of all others who recognizt the divine command, " Thou shult not kill,'' as a " higher law" than the du- l ist's 1-loodi code. Mr. Grow's position is eminently ami nobly right, and will be nobly maintained. —And not let us see whether the law o! the land which sternly forbids du> ling and challenging to fight by Members of Congress is worth the paper on which it is printed.— EithcrMr. Branch has broken this law, or ant one who chooses may drive an ox-cart through it with impunity. Let the country know whether this law is a reality or a sham. It a reality, Mr. Branch has forfeited and mus' vacate bis seat in Congress. SPAIN AND MOROCCO. —The war which Spaii has declared against Morocco may prove ; more difficult enterprise than she anticipated It seems that the Spanish invading force have suffered severely at the very opening ol the campaign. Tlie Moors, though little ad vanced in civilization, are a warlike piople.and they bate the Spaniards with all the fiereeues of religious fanaticism. It is said that tin Emperor of Morocco has 40.000 regular troops, and that they arc well armed and equipped foi warfare. The war sprung up, in a great measure, from the traditional hatred existing between the Spaniards and the Moors. For nearly eight centuries the Moors held domin ion in Spain, and though, more than three cen turies and a half have elapsed 6ince their cx pulsion, the old feeling of religious prejudice still exists. Marshal O'DOXNELL, in his proc lamation to the troops composing the expedi tion, thus expresses this feeling The Queen has placed me at your head that we might together fulfil a duty of patrotism, of religion and of military glory ; a duty which for Spani ards are traditional and historical—war against the Moors." Spain engages in a new crusade against the Moslem, who, in turn, rouses up all his old fanaticism to nerve him in the com bat. SSyThe Washington Correspondent of the the Herald says. " the prevailing opinion is that the present state of affairs will never be repeated if tlie House is ever organized. A law will be passed providing that after the trial of a reasonable number of ballots, and it shall appear that a majority cannot elect, the plurality rule shall then take effect. The most serious objections to the operation of the plurality rule in the present House are made by about twenty democrats who were in the Thirty fourth Congress. They entertain the the opinion that they were deceived under its operation at that time, believing when they voted for it they would seenre the election of Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, and assert that the election of Mr. Banks was a surprise to them. They declare that they will not be cheated again ; that tliey know the adoption of the plurality rule will elect Mr. Sherman,and cannot elect elect any other person, and it is therefore the last thing tliey will yield. Un dcr parliamentary law they can prevent the adoption of the plurality rule as long as they can obtain votes enough to demand the yeas and uays, which requires only one fifth of the members voting." S&" Gerrit Smith has so nearly been re stored to complete health, that he on Wednes day returned to his home at Peterboro', by the desire of his nearest and dearest friends, and the approval of his physician. DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE.— Marks D. Whitman, one of the members of the Legislature from Dauphin county, died at his residence in Lykens, on Saturday 24th ult., from the effects of a severe cold contracted last fall. 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The Republican electors of the several States, the , members of the People's party of Pennsylvania, and of ; the Opposition party of New Jersey, and all others who are willing to co-opcratc with them in support of the candidates who shall there be nominated, and who are opposed to the policy of tlie present Administration ; to Federal corruption and usurpation ; to the extension of Slavery into the Territories ; to the new and dangerous political doctrine that the Constitution, of its own force, j carries Slavery into all the Territories of the United States ; to the re-opening of the African slave-trade ; to siiy inequality of rights among citizens ; and who are j i i favor of the immediate admission of Kansas into the I Union under the Constitution recently adopted ly ita j people ; of restoring the Federal Administration to a ! ■lystem of rigid economy, and to the principles of Wash- i igton and Jefferson ; of maintaining inviolate the rights j • 4 tlie States, and defending the soil of every State and . I'i-rritory from lawless invasion ; and of preserving the | inegrityof this Union, and the supremacy of the Con s tut : on and laws passed in pursuance thereof, ag linst .he conspiracy of tlie leaders of a sectional party to re- j sit tlie majority principle as established in this Govern ' ucDt at the expense of its existence, arc invited to send rora each State two delegates from every Congressional District and four delegates at large to the Convention. EDWIN D. MORGAN, New 'York. JOSEPH BAHTLETI, Maine. GEORGE G. FOGG, New Hampshire. LAWRENCE BRAI.XERD, Vermont. JOHN T. GOODRICH. Massachusetts. WM. M. CHACE, Rhode Island. GIDEON WELLS, Connecticut. JAMES T. SHERMAN, New Jersey. THOMAS WILLIAMS, Pennsylvania. GEORGE HARRIS MirvLtnd. ALFRED CALDWELL, Virginia. THO.M AS SPOOXER. Ohio. CASSIUS M. CLAY, Kentucky. JAMES RITCHIE. Indiana. NORVIAX B. JUDR, llliuoia. ZACHaI.I vll l'H YNPLKB, Michigan. JOHN II TWEEDY. Wisconsin. ALEXANDER RAMSEY, Minnesota. ANDREW J. STEVENS. lowa. ASA S. JONES, Missouri. MARTIN F. COX WAY. Kansas LEWIS CLEPUAXE, District of Columbia. llov PRESTON Kixg, Senator from New York, and Hon. K. S- Bison IM, Senator from Michigan, were in this place, la>t week paying a visit to Hun. DAVID IVILMOT. These gentlemen were all members of the House when the Wilmot-l'roviso phalanx numbered bat eight members, and stood shoulder to shoulder through tlie contest. Now tlie friends of Freedom number enough within/oar vote, to elect a Speaker. Messrs. KINO and BINGHAM were limited in their stay to a single day, and were visited by many of our citizen.-, who regret that circumstances were such as to prevent their distinguished visitors from a more extensive ac quaintance with the staunch Republicans of this District. flta?" The next Public Deb ite of tlie "A1 pha Epsilon Society," will lake place on Tuesday evening January 10th. at which time an Essay will be read by ' HARKY WARP. FOUND DKAD. —The dead body of an old man named Abkl EDWARDS— known as a trapper and fisherman hereabouts (says the IVaverlg Adeocalt) —was found last Sunday, reeling against a stump on the river hank, near R. C. WILSON'S, in Chemung, by some boys who were out sporting with their hand sleighs. Near hy . were the remains of fire which he bad nnd mbtedly kin died to warm himself by, and not far off laid an empty I whisky jug. Tlie most natural inference would be—that 1 he had sit down, most likely intoxicated, With the view of warming himself, and the liquor and cold had lulled ! him to sleep from which he never awoke. It is supposed j that lie had come to his ilcata thure over three weeks ago, and his remains were consequently in a rapid state of de j composition. A Coroners inquest was had which proba bly resulted in a verdict iu accprdance with the above facts. DtxT There will be a Donation Party at the house of PETKK VANOORDER iu North Towanda, on Fri day afterqoon and eveuing, the 13th inst., for the benefit of Rev. S. XICUOLS. All are respectfully invited to at tend. DONATION. —The friends of RPV. S. J GIB SON, will pay him a Donation Visit at his house in She shequin, on Wednesday evening, January 11, iB6O. APPOINTMENTS BY TnE COMMISSIONERS. —The Commissioners of this County have made the following appointments for 18G0 : Clerk— E. B. COOLBACGH. .Mercantile Appraiser—A. D. Foss, of Leßoy. CounseI —ULYSSES MERCUR. Mr. COOLBCAGH has discharged the onerous and re sponsible duties f Clerk with fidelity to the County, and satisfaction to the public, and his re appointment will meet with universal approbation. B&" The County Auditors met 011 Monday la-t, to settle the financial affairs of this County for 1559. The board consists of Messrs. I'IKRCE, MASON and TRAVIS. The large amount of business transacted and the heavy expenditures necessary for elections, bridges. Ac. Ac., make the offi< e of Auditor one of great importance to the tax payers. The members of the present board has been selected for their honesty and cap city, and the public can rely with certainty that the interests of thu County will be closely guarded. FTA?* The new Treasurer, WILLIAM GRIFKIS, Esq., gave the requisite bonds and entered upon the do tics of his office on Monday last. His well known energy and business qualifications will ensure the faithful dis charge of the duties of the office. The retiring Treasurer, Mr. E. P. SH AW has managed the business appertaining to the collection aud disburse ment of the County revenues with promptness and fidel ity It is no disparagement to his predecessors to say that the financial affairs of the County have never been in better condition than Mr. SIIAW leaves them. The weather has been cold enough for a few days past to satisfy the most hyperborean disposi tion. An excellent crop of ice hits been formed, and the ice houses in this vicinity arc all being filled. COWLES, at the Ikkery, is now receiving subscriptions for the leading newspapers, both of New York and Philadelphia, to be received by express, and which will be eupplicd en the lest terms. THE SESUTK CommrEia.— THE CIAEITW Enquirer BUJS S M " Vfn regard ibe compoeitioo of the 1 committees Mas anni Uprated political o v rage. The chairmanship of every I of any importance was given to a 1 Deawerat. Wo Democrat from a free B tj q I was assigned any leading position Thewhofe 1 programme was sectional in the extreme fj, J Southern Democrats were neither jnst, 1 croon, nor magnanimous in thus appropriate, i to themselves all the political honors of 1 Senate. While the Democrats are | the Republicans as a sectional party, it (j O| J | not look well to see them fill all the Senit* 1 committees up with chairmen taken fro® one section of the Union. The free Statu I have Democratic Senators that are well quah- I Red, by ability and long service in that lo<] v for the higbes: positions. and there is noexcuy for such an unequal arrangement. The design, ers of that programme could not have the Republicans more effectually than ther have by ignoring the existence of the I)OIM> cratic Senators from the free States." THE YACHT WANDERER — The slave RNDIT 1 Wanderer, whose escape from the FINITE • States .Marshal in October last will be reioem bered, has re appeared in charge of the MAT* ] who has a strange story to tell of wandering 1 and adventures upofi the high seas. It SETM I that one Lincoln P. Patten, of Path, ME .TJJ 1 the skipper who ran off with the vessel, NTR! 1 that only a portion of the crew were privy to 1 or could be brought to approve his plann ; j that he had no stores or nautical ins'rtunenD, I and that, with the aid of the British Consul the Western Islands, where he pot in, he hail < laid in $5,000 of provisions, for which, HAVING J| again run away, he had paid nothing. To re cruit these stores when ttn-y were nearly <•*. 1 hausted, he had pursued several merchantmen with a design of plunder ng them ; and it WS while Patter, WAS boarding a passing vess-F I with his piratical design, that his crew LNU it to a'rjut SIB,OOO. _ TEGR A squabble between ROIIJO blacks and whites at Bolivar. Mo., on CHRISTINAS night, Dec. 26. is magnified T Y rejort into a negro insurrecU, O Several N-groes were arrested and thrown into ptison. The whites were all •iruied.in i te ror prevailed That it is A mom-* magnified into a mountain, mnv be inferred troiu the fact that the population of Polk County is (by the last een.-II<) 5 816 tree in habitants and 360 slnv-S. 15 ,|ivnr is A POST town, with 500 inhabitants, * tinted in the >outh-wistern quarter of Missouri. BraS" Helper lias sent a splendidly bound copy of the unabridged edition o' his " Impeirl iog Crisis " to Missouri Clark, with a letter, returning that gentleman his s'ticere thanks for the magnificent advertis NN-nts lie HAS be stowed, free of < h ;rge, upoi. his book At the parsonage, ?n fail lon, Dereintier K th, by Rev. C. McDuiignll. Mr. X \THAX T* DKXM \RK to MISS KM MA I'AI.MKR. At the SAME time and place. Mr. ROY AL T.THOMAS TO Miss AXXA PALMER, ail of Un ion, Tioga county, I'a. Iu Granville. Decrm'wr It. Mr. ALFERD PUTNAM to Miss MATILDA SAXTON. Christmas Kve. at the house of Mr. JOHN M'KEE. HE Iter, (leu McXair, Mr. MALVERX O. B)S KY •>( Kun. Madison conu'y. X*. Y.. to* Miss EMM V M'KEK, ut Frauklin. this COUNTY. • DIED, Of paralysis on the 3,1 of November, in Asylum, MRS. ADAH LUSHO!', consort of Mr. J. M. Bishop, iu the sixtieth year of her age. The very sudden death of this estimable christian lailv, baa spread a heavy gloom over the neigbiwjrhood in which she lived, and notice of it will be received with deep sor row by a large circle of distant devotod friends, lltr gentle manner, her amiable disposition, and her mild and quiet spirit, attracted many, and secured the affectionate regard OR all who associated with her. None knew her but to love her, none became acquainted with her. Wl'H out feeling the melting influences of those LI ippy qI T i ties with which she had been gifted. In her early life she became a memltcr of the'Preshyteri.vi church, and fR more than forty years held fast the profession of her faith without wavering. FEW persons were ever more conscientious, few were ever gre iter readers of the sacred scriptnres. Her Bible WAS her daily companion. Her mind was tilled with religious truth, and olteu in private • did she hold communion with the Heavenly Father. In the various duties of life she WAS euergetic mid faithful, and in those more important ones of christian wife and mother, she attained to A peculiar txeelhuce. Long will she be remembered by all who knew her, for her virtues and her graces. " Her children will rise up and call her blessed, her husband also and he will praise her.'" B. A. Line* pritten on the death of ADAH C. Bl*nor by PNILLI* WORTH, and presented to the friends of the de ceased as a token ol his regard and friendship December 6, ISJ9. Resting with her elder brother. Ere our hearts did least expect. Has GONE home a Sainted mother. With A righteous robe bedeck'd. Charming voice ! and glorious calling! God a welcome message sends. Though to mortals quite appalling, Though severe the loss to friends. When God speaks, his grace consoling Tells a husband look above, Tells him though he's now condoling, Meet me in the land ot love. Tells the children now repining Peace in ME ye realize, Where no sorrows are combining There no clouds obscure the skies. Tells the mother, pilgrim weary, After storms there comes a calm. Though the present sceue be dreary Lean upon a Saviour's arm. Speaks to brothers who deplore her, And the sister far away, There is one Divine Restorer, Sent lo guide to endless day. Yea, God speaks, not one forsaking, Bids the child to Jesus run, Telia each father to be taking Heed, before may set the sun. May this warning voice be ringing In each sinner's bead and heart, To tine Crow nil he is clinging, Neer more with Christ to part.