. . Letter — from, Joliet—The - Laughlin ram- !mediate. He knew of the death of his da..ight er / 1 _ . Illinois Not Bad . - • _ ily Dead. - I Laura Louisa. which occurred at the scene of , The telegraph was a little too fast is an - The following letter has been received by the : the accident, but it was deemed nnadvisable to nonncing the election of an entire anti-Nebras. Postmaider at this place, from a. gentleman inform him of the death of his Wife and other ka d e legation to Congress from Illinois. On of Joliet, 111.. in reference to 'the terrible rail- child, and therefore while he retained big con- . the contrary, the Chieago Times arid telegrap road accident by which Mr. WM. C. LAUGHLIN bdODSDCSS, Wiliell Was until within a few mo. is despatches to the Washington papers assert - and his family were, at one feel swoop. hurried merits 'of his death, he supposed them both to that Wm. A. Richardson, the leader of the Ne into eternity. The letter is a private one, but be living and likely to recover.i ' ' braslca interest in the house of representatives.; , ._. the general desire manifested to know every l Mr. Ferry. Who r having passed some time is re-elected : also, James C. Allen, who voted - particular in the premises, warrarts its publi- i here, near the scene of horror, (which hetvenfor the bill. Willis :Alen, the only other mem cation.. It possesses a melancholy interest, grant 1 may never again be called on either to , , bee from Illinois who voted for the bill, was and its writer hag the thank-s of this community act in or witness,) will b e abl e -to furnish, you not a candidate forge-election, but S. A. Mar for his kind and.untit ing attentions to our late ! with many particulars and incidents which I - shall, a Nebraska democrat, is elected in his fl - Thanksgiying day,,was very generally fellow-citizen and family : knowi_ will be of melancholy interest to the ' stead. Add to this, that T. L. Harris, a Ne . eitserved by our citizens. - Service was had in ; . [friends, but which the limits of a letter will at braska democrat, is elected in the Sangamon 0 several of th_e_churehes in the morning, and in _Jonirr, Tr-r.., Nov. 18.1854. , i.Vithara Gzllespir, Esq•, ?ash miler, Gettta - 'lit le -- ; toe-from giving. r-w ill distil:et - a --over -Y a te_s,_ w big, who-v-otcd a za _a a _ B l_ the evening Rev. J. H. C. Dosit addressed, by " bur , , Adams wanly, Pa. therefore merely say, iiieonclusion. that lAtall the bill. Lyman Trumbull, anti-Nelaaska invitation. the Odd Filloi'Vs. Sons of Temper- Dean Sin :--:The Postmaster' at this place l t a k e pleasure in 'furnishing the friends of any 'democrat, is elected in the Bth district, in place once, and citizens generally, in the Methodist I has just bandavl me a letter signed 11. D. Wat- of the victims of this melancholy catastrophe, of Win. 11. Bissell, democrat, who was absent Church, on the death of CaumFa.:Mem.s and- ties and J. B. Danner; tinder date ,of the 13th iall the information in my power. - or not voting when the question was taken. - W,m. C. rAUGHLIN. '. • ;_instant ; making -inquiries. in _relation to _Mr. _ _ I am, very respectfully - a yours, . - - TheJourno/ef Commerce stuns up as follows : —:'----T-he-Ciat-ra:---was , -indu-striously (ngaged-Attri, 1 in and family. with the reipiest N. 1). 11V 0 .101). 1 '"lllineist i..l , ,,..:tTresen Led _in the present (old) • _ from* Tuesday morning until late on Saturday that an answer should be addressed to yourself. - . ,Degla of Judge Durkee. win, by four Ix bibs and five democrats.. ho gave three votes far the Nebraska bill and f----A-bout 2 o'clock on theon-onaing of the 2d inst., Hon.. Daactim Deartra.l expired, at his resi- ' to the train going west, on the C. & R. L.R deuce, in York, on Thursday evening last, al s R. ter a protracted illness,_ aged about 64 years. The cause of the accident appears to have been.. • His remains were interred at 2 o'clock *on from running.on to a horse. There were in the train, in addition to the engine and baggage Saturday. The deceased was admitted to the car, five first class - passenger cars. The. en bar-in 1818, since which time he has been ac- tively engaged - in the law, either as Judge or ~ ac gine, after striking the horse, by some strange _ .CDistrict some cause, was completely reversed end for end, . . unsellor. lie presided in this D thing like fourteen years,-we think. lie was and full clear of the track, and was passed by a sound lawyer, a good citizen. a kind husband the tender, baggage car and the first passenger and father, always courteous and quick to do car, the second car was turned up partly side .a favor, and he sinks into the grave respected way-sand stopped, resting on the engine : and , as the cone, valves, etc., on the engine had be r''The following is asection of the Act of come broken off, in an instant. the car, which ; Iby all who knew him. The Court and Bar of this county have taken -ppropt i.ute action ott the death of Judge Dur the Legislature incorporating Ever Green con_ must have been 'filled by about 110 persons.was 7 . kec, as will be seen below etery, of this place. We publish it so that all filled and drenched with hot water and steam: __ __. ____ - Cbrnninnirated. , rimy act ..accordin) :" in. sonic instances jets of hot water must have A meeting of the members of the liar and "Section 4.--: That no streets or roads shall poured into the car, the consequences of which Officers of the Courts of Adams county . , was hereafter be opened through the lands of :said - were dreadtullieyond the power of ruy pen to held in the Court-roorn on Friday evening, (Cemetery') corporation, except by and with tllE 1 describi.; This accident occurred* about 14 • consent oldie said company,, and that any per- 1 :. ' •Nov. 24, at 7 o'clock, with a view to an ex- I- mites west of this place, at a point where im- -, son who shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, de- pressiOn of feeling in relation to the death of -fatedujure,-or-re-move,,- any tom ba-montllll-01t,--Hlnediale_asststanee_to the_su Frei-era was out-of_.: Bo n - lia - Nrs:l - - 1) - c - rMto 4 -- whin - on Mod om - H um gravestone,' or other structure, placed . in the - th e ques ti on . The ta al o aa t IT of thet 1 niiCaineCemetery aforesaid, or any fence, railing, or____ vi tin . sioace _for jle l p - , - 1 - 11 - 14b - e L i i . lglllys - e - 1 .- f:ain- c o l f i l i e : i ! It i ou l ear J. Fisus.a was called to piaside, as , ,ist- . lion - . SAMUEL. It. -RINsELL,. and Hon. cer of the company,, became to my lionso,w here ' e" J ' Y IJoir.; M'Guyi.m. - as Vice Presidents ; and It. he arrived a few minutes before 5 o'clock in the ; ; , . CREARY, Esq. was .appointed Secretary. morning. W G e immediately summoned to our The . 1 l business of the meeting was introduced by aid several physicians, and by means of a spe- I Judge Fistant, in some feeling remarks, in the end train, we repaired withal] possible speed ! coin se of which he paid an eloquent tribute to to the scene of horror. On our arrival, we itn- , { the virtues and memory of the deceased ; after mediately set to work for removing all the in-' ; i which, on motion of R. G. Mccimans - , - Esq., a lured persons to this place, and arrived here I committee, consisting of IIon.MOSES McCia.fasr, about 7 o'clock the slime ! morning.l had the ' „ normal . G. McCitnalty and JAMES G. REED, sufferers taken to a dwelling house which was is* ~. sqs. were appointed by the Presidtnt, for the fortunately vacant, where every care and atten- I E --- purpose of preparing resolutions expressive of lion within reach was given. Our -citizens ' ; the sentiments of the tueetin , so one and all, though horror-struck at the extent 1 In the absence of the Committee, Davin of human suflirring,a were untiring n their ef- ' McCorcatantv,. Esq., addressed the meeting in of ' forts to nurture and relieve-but in spite an eloquent and appropriate manner, in which all, the number of the dead at this time has i lie was followed by WiLmaxt B. MeCtano.as reached 15, and the condition of two others is 1 ais 7 ri t, c t h e ar 1 Mill 11%, L . VA MNIELL, l'ls(V. ;u t ter w hi c h o critical. Nearly every person in the car was Iconnnittee reported the following preamble scalded, but about 25 were able to pursue their ' - and resolutions :* - journey-35 persons were brought here and Whereas we deem it due to ourselves,as placed under treatinent, 33 of whom were in- ' well as to. theonemory of the deceased, to give jured by scalds, and two, viz: the engineer and formal expression to the emotions which in Ltd- I fireman. the fir - Arnotserioto;tebtiseti,osiaLthe_tiacence of this event hash produced in us-- : last had one leg badly broken. . It is indeed very strange that of the six per ! sons who composed the Laughlin family, not one survives. - They must have been seated near together, and all nearly equally exposed to the action of the fearful element, so hital in Zlic Republican ktompiler. GETTYSBITRG, PA. MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 27. 18M. mig• as ,in •e ria 0 le case e monwealth, by Wni. Hunter, against' Joseph Ilunter. It will be resumed this morning at '9 o'clock, and we suppose finished to-day. The testimony is more voluminous than in any other Irisl for many years, or ever, had here. o:7' Another effort will be made to sell the Public Works of this State. The Governor announces that sealed proposals for the pur chase of the lain• Line, or any division there-- of t -will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth; until Monday, the first day ofJanuary nest. ot er wor. - , or t protec ion or ornament o -said Cemetery; or of any tomb, monument, ,_,gravestone, or other structure placed thereon as afore - said—or . shall wilfully destroy,. chit, break, or remove, any tree, shrub, or plant, within the limits of the said Cemetery,--ur 14 hal shoot or discharge any gun or other firearm, within the limits thereof—shall be deemed guilty of s misdemeanor, and shall upon con viction thereof, before any Justice of the Peace of the county of Maths, he punished by a fine, at the discretion of the Justice, according to the aggravation of the offence, of not fess than Live nor more than fifty dollars, or shall on conviction thereof in the Court of Quarter Ses sions of said county, be punished by line as aforesaid, and by imprisoliment, according to the aggravation of the offence, at. the discretion Of the Court." • 7The following persons were, on Monday last, elected Directors of the Bank of Gettys burg, for the ensuing year :—George Swope, Jctshtia Motter, Dr. John A. Swope, David Kendlehart, George YoUng, Dr. Win. R. Stew art, J. K. Longwell, Win. Gardner, David Wills, Alex. S. Hines, Henry Wirt, Joseph A. _Short), William Douglass. ' (7'Tl►e Legislature of Rhode Island held a session -week before last, which con tinned only 'four days. During this bi ler time fifteen acts and ten resolutions of a public nature, and sev en .acts and eighteen resolutions of a private nature, were passed ; a number of vacancies in State offices were filled, salaries regulated, &e. The-Nebraska bill was not repealed,,and the general slavery question was left undisturbed. And then everybody went home in good humor. FATAL ACCIDENT.—We learn that. onWednes day night, the 15th inst., an accident, which terminated fatally, occurred at the Mount holly Iron Works, in this county. It appears that a teamster, employed at ,the Works, ac companied by hislither,named JOHN 11A - rimw, .was driving a Mule team, andehaving halted upon the bank to discharge his load, the old wan alighted with the intention of walking. lie then shouted to his son to drive on, which he did. The father, however, being pat tially intoxicated, and the night very dark, he stum bled and fell, the wagon passing over his, breast, crushing and bruising him in such a dreadful manner that he died in a few hours afterwards. On Thursday last, an inquest was held upon the body by Coroner THOMP SON. and the Jury returned a verdict in accor dance with the facts.--Carlisle Valaisleer. • SUDIAIN Ditsyn.—Mr. Psisa lluov Ea, a wor thy-farmer, livings few miles from Waynesbo ro', died very sitdden!y on Thursday week. lie was at the mountain, a few miles from home, in-company with his son, loading wood. W hilst in the act of lifting np a stick of wood he fell and instantly expired. He had previously en. joyed good health, and the supposition is that hint desease was caused by apoplexy. SUZGOLAg FATALITY.—Near Lawrenceville, Monroecounty, A rkansas.Oct. 14, Aaron McMul lin. aged twelve years, was killed by the bite IS a rattlesnake. The head of the snake had been severed from its body and laid on a log. 'The little fellow had forgotten the head was there, and laid his arm on its mouth, which was instantly dosed on. it, and was only diz.. engaged by pulling it of with his other hand„ tearing a vein and an artery of his aim. lie died in twenty-four hours. Frils.,/arts.—Tite. Suprem e Con ri of Holland liar; justillecidoel a ease begun in 142 t), respect ing the boundary hetwevn two COIIIIIIIIIICS. I[l . The year 1854 began on Sunday ,a will , end on Sunday., thus having fifty-three Stilt- January, April. July, October. and De ,couber leave each live Sundays.—Such an ar raYat S.indays, it is said, wilt not occur again 111161 1K:2.2. I had but little conversation with either the mother or wife, but I conversed freely with Mr. F. ..lolni,on linve Laughlin. Ile tvas not it lir:4 thought to be ois dangerous indeed 1 do not think he himself thought the danger so . innnediate as it proved : On the To -Rau. PLoN VVlTn.—The i moruing; of (lie day of his death he told ;11e he was afrtii,l he would not recover, but the rrntinstit too i rlntrly ulyntracted with a 1,,,n,10 tt physiciarsenerally behlg constant at- Milli for thirty -hire mtui tiny „, t .„ \l ill ti were ot‘Thinion th:ir tie ‘voald recur._ cr• atid all thoo4ht rian..zer In ea. , ,e-nnt :Lake tl.rtt :61t•IV e 7 1 7/ The frivwis of Win rnlied a uweitng at KiHaoning, to tit .elett:ion to tlx, U. S. Senate. its consequences. Win. C. Laughlin died 12i v. M. N0v.4,1854. Ca tha rine Laughlin • 4 P. M. 4 4 Marg't.C. Laughlin " 2 P. M. 3, Catharine Laughlin (child) 9r. -2, Laura Louisa Laughlin (child), almost instant ly at the accident. Mary Samson died 6 r. N. Nov. 8.. After making sure that, every one of the suf filers was eared for, the next, object of my at tention was, to obtain' the - na,tne, residence, money, and other valuable effects that each possessed, and then attend to any request that any of them desired to make. 1 was particu lar in desiring each to inform me what friend or-friends-they wished-written or telegraphed to. Mr. Laughlin desired ine to write to his brother-in-law, Mr. Ferry, which 1 did—and Mr. Ferry arrived here on Wednesday last, Laving, before leaving home, taken out letters of administration on' Mr. Laughlin's estate.— The baggage belonging to the .family has by his orders been forwarded to Pennsylvania. and he has gone to Muscatine. lowa. for the purpose of attending to the interest, of the estate there. Mr. Ferry will stop here' on his return, when will be placid in his hands the money and other effects remaining, belonging to the deceased I:ntailv. I was informed 'that Mr. Laughlin, very soon after the accident. made himself known as an Odd Fellow, and being one myself, I had the pleasure of his confidence as long as he surviv ed. All the members of the faMily were very badly scalded. but in every instan,•e mortality seemed to result from internal itijuries. caused by the inhalation of hot steam. Mary Samson appeared to be less injured internally, and it n as nt first most confidently believed that she would recover. Iler caseexcited unusual sytn pa; hy, from the circumstance of her for a few days heing left alone, but there was no power uu earth to sa% t her. Al: seemed conscious of the rata( extent of their injuries, yet they sec+ned Ilial:To:r.ett to hOid rensation with those in attendance.-- This was strikingly the ease with all the suf 7 lerers, attributable, 1 presume,to the intensity of suffering endured by them. AlCthe men her.: or the Laughlin family were interred in a , _ L-101 of ground in our Cemetery, appropriated for th , bmial of strange Odd Fellows and their t hcrefore &waved, That it is with deep grief and sad ness of heart that the officers and meMhers - of this Court and Bar have received - information of the death of one whose cotim:els awl society we have so long been accustomed to enjoy and confide in, and whose - rare and varied grits and dualities of head and heart have made him at, once the ()nutmeat of his profession, and the delight of the social circle. • &solved, That the deceased, by his great kindness of heart, his amenity and urbanity of manners in social life, his uniform courtesy to the Court and members of the Bar, his high toned principles and deportment as a lawyer, and his pure and honorable discharge of hiS functions as a Judge ; had most warmly at tached to him, the officers and members of this Court and Bar and our entire community. and had won for him an enviable position :emote , the firs:t, jurists of this Commonwealth and of the Country. llesoived, That as a mark of our esteem for the, virtues of the deceased and our deep grief for our loss in him, the officers and members of this Court and Bar will wear the usual badge of morning 11)1. thirty days. -ItesiEred, That the proceedings of this meet ing be entered at length upon the records of the several Courts of this county. and that they be published in the different newspapers in the district. Re:mired, That the Secretary of this meeting transmit a copy of these resolution; and rlO - to the family of the d;:ceased, the Asmirance of our sincere condolence: and heart felt spmpathy with them in this their irrepara ble bereavement. Upon, the passage of tlicse resolutions, Hon. MusEs 3.IcCLEAN addressed the meeting in a feeling and appropriate manner, after which preatuhle and resolutions were u ly adopted and the meeting adjourned. R. J. FISII ER, Pres . !. .Attest—R. G. MCCREARY, Nre'y.. ron, after the first tire, could have successfully , run in and placed themselves in communica tion with the land forces, without, probably, a quarter of the loss they have now sustained. The English loss on shipboard was two lieu tenants killed and 16 officers wounded : in all, 44 men killed and 266 wounded, and the ships considerably damaged by shot and shells. The Fiench loss was 30 killed and 186 woun - ired. On the evening of the 26th, the Russians, 8,000 strong. made a sortie from Sebastopol and also front the direction of Balaklava, but were repulsed. 1,000 men being left dead upon the field. The bombardment of the city front the heights was vigorously contined by the al lies. and the forts at the Quarantine and Fort Constantine had been razed. The southern tower and other works- had been demolished.— The town of Sebastopol was represented to be a mass of ruins and on fine in three different places._ It was evident that the place could r_,v7 Edmund Burke. of New Ham pshi re. it not hold out much longer. Accot ding to one is said, has become a Know Nothing. The account, an assault was to be made by the al secret of this change i:t, that he wanted a big lies on the - 2d or :.3d of November. tat office front President Pierce, and didn't .tfct i:! Other changes may be traced to Me. •c .ani elegrapluc despatches 111)1i:4 - led in London idt cauv. on the morningof the 17th. state the town of T -- The Washington Uni,,n says that "the Sebastopol is a mass of ruins, and that the true position of the Democratic par ty is un- French l'hasseurs killed all the artillery men c , nninnnuising; in i:.7 4 hu..lil 1 61 br the (haler if WllO ShoW themse lves at embra-oires--- Kie , w -Vuthin.t:s.' De Does tins look like tah.ino. r' and a shower of balls was poured into the forts "back word% steps," or does it. - exhibit syrup-- toms of turningNatire American f" duringthe night, leaving the enemy no possi (7, 7. A Know No - thing, Council of colored per- bk. c h al ice for repairing their disasters.last , The Russian fleet had sought shellor under -.on- Iva.: opened at Ehnira, New 1"1 , 14" , , tht ,, In : the 1 , 11;1_1;11'1.s alen;; e . . 1 the T1,9" - T - i. Inrt• rj - The steamer George Law, from Aspin wall, with California dates to thelst inst., ar ri'ed at New York, on Friday evening. She brims $1,568,000 in ' sp , :cie. "Another nut for our neighbor to crack !" ''l.TscoNtat - Ett.En STEAM'? V ANQ,l:l;,stum.—Ac cording to a correspondent of llerepath's Jour nal, steam power is to be superceded by 'Tout son's Patent Pendulum & lever," which will he brought - before the public in a short time. Two men in a sitting position will be able to propel it with its full complement of carriages, at any speed to he at tained by steam power. The ten tie? s and boilers of the present, engine vt ill be constructed of about one•fourthtlie weight, and at say. one-sixth or one-eighth the cost. The wheels and frames of the pi esent engines :«ill be available for the new ones. five against it, (one member not voting,.) 'The next delegation. if they all vote. will give four votes in support of the hill, and-five against it : Nebraska gain one. The ,old delegation , com prised four whigs—tire new delegation but. three. Whig loss one. So much for crowing before'they are out of the woods." According to the Chicago Trines, the demo crat; have nine senators holding over and the chance of five others, making a majority that body—not including Judd, of Cook: In the house the Fusionists will have a late majori ty. AU. S. Senator is to be chosen by- the legislature in the place of General Shields, who voted for the Nebraska bill. The proba bility is that no choice will be effected. The only officer elected by general ticket in the late.electionin this StatemastheTreasurer, and it has been generally supposed that Mil ler, the Fn ion candidate, had been chosen by a latge majority, but the Chicago Times claims the election of Moore, dear., by from 3,000 to 5.000. "Diddled." . „ ''The Pittsburg 3merietzn is out decidedly , State. prom present indications. it would seem in favor of abolishing, the Canal Board. No that Some SOIL of an alliance is in Pece;Te'; , ' be donbt of it.. Ail t h e w bi g papers will f o ll ow tween the two liowers.- 7 --The pulpit in certain suit as soon as the)• think the Democratic ppr _ , sections, has certainly-put its fingers very deep Linn of the K: N's. can be reconciled to the into politics . of late. A New York - writer in cheat. The bargain between the Whig, and ' one of the morning, papers states that there were Democratic K. N's. that a Whig should he no less than nine sermons advertised to he elected Governor, and a Democrat Canal Corn- preached in that city on last Sabbath, in refer misioner, has been carried out. Now abolish ence to the then a pproaelling State election: and the Canal Board, and appoint Whig superin- i among the speakers at a political meeting held tenth-tts, and the - misled Democrats arc finally in New York last week, we, notice the names of 'diddled.''' . two city pastors. Neither of these, however, , , , we are happy to say, were Old school Presoy- We supposed some such game as is - fore- terians. It is true that the object ostensibly shadowed in the above extract would be play- aimed at was the promotion of temperance—a ed by the "know Nothings." Whigs who good cause, certainly, but in this instance so connected with political partizanship, that it have been prating fhr months in favor of the NI impossible for ministers to take a public sale of the public works have Changed their t part without entering the arena of political tulle, and go in now for the abolition of the strife. We have our doubts whether the cause Canal Board ! Ofcourse. It is all patriotism itself will gain by clerical advocacy in such a connection; and we feel assured that mingling and love of country that. prompts such action. in platform discussions, under such circutnstan- Nothim , , else. No, indeed. A sale of the i ces, will not add much to the weight and in public. works has become an obsolete idea, and fluence of ministerial character. Even those nothing will answer the interests of the people who are to be politically benefitted by such aid : would prol,ably prefer that tlte clergy should but the abolition of the - Canal Board ! Let us confine themselves to their appropriate sphere, ask why is this ? The reason will be seen in and to preaching the gospel, and lease. he po .. the extract. Abolish the Canal Board and give litical electioneering to those whose province it _____l more appropriately belongs. If ministers may interfere in one instance, they may in others; and if they are to leave the pulpit to drag their garments in the mire of politics, we fear there will be a gloomy day both for the Church and for the State.—Prokyterian. At the anniversary of a religious society late ly held in New York, the Rev. ,Dr. Bethune said: the appointment of ellitiers on the public works to Mr. Poi.Locg., tisrld.l.know Nothings" will flock on the works from Philadelphia to Pitts burg, as flies upon the-stinking- carrion. Oh ! yes, let the Legislature of the State be prosti tuted to the advancement Of a secret oath bound association, and we will have a pretty time of it, by-and-by. Let them control the Judiciary—the jury box—the pulpit, and the bar, as well as the hulls of legislation, and we will have a country that would make the bones of the Revolutionary sires rattle in their graves. Go'on, gentlemen. The people are not taxed near enough, .in your judgment. Give us another sample or two. Such as they haVe now in Philadelphia would not be bad. Lay it on thick. What if the galled jade does wince No matter. This is a free country. Pass laws in your Lodges, and enact in the Legislature. Give us plenty of them. The inure the better. If people will not learn sense when honesty teaches thent what to do, let them take the consequences Of dishonesty. Our sympathy for you could be put with all ease in a quart measure.—Butler Herald. The Attack on Sebastopol. LATE FOREIGN' NEWS.—We have three days' later news front Europe—brought by the steamer Canadian. Intelligence from various sources, giving accounts of the progress of the Siege of Sebastopol, up to the 29th tilt', had been reCif - i - ved, but nothing decisive had occur red. Admiral Hamelin says that if the Russi ans had not closed thi entrance of the harbor of Sebastopol by sinkiligships, the allied squ4d- allies were about to fire upon them from new batteries, vrjo,h red hot balls. ' •, As the British and French forces have been much out up by disease awl losse-i, reinforce ments urgently called fOr from England and France, and they are forthcoming. The reinforcements made so far to the British infan try in the Crimea number 30.000. The French reinforcements are on a much, larger scale. Russia has 200,000 men facing the Austrian frontier, while Austria has embattled along her frontier from Cracow to the Danube 200,000, and 25,000 mole in the principalities. Both sides show great activity. The latest news with regard to Prussia is, that on the 25th sian atnbassailor at St.. Petersburg A Rusian victory in Asia is reported—Gen. N!eholas over Schainyl, near Frosnaia. The withdrawal of the order prohibiting Mr. Soule from passing thro' France, is continued HALIFAX, Nov. 23:—The steamer Canada arrived here this morning iron Liverpool, vitli dates four clays tater than the advicts received per -steamer Canadian. At the latest advices from the seat of war; Sebastopol had not been taken., the siege, how ever. was progressing slowly. but. surely. The substance of the news is that the allies had met w itli Lill important check, and had not made much progress. In the action at ItTaklava on the - 2.5th, con segnent on the Russian sal prise of the Turkish and English position, 400 British infantry and 600 British cavalry were annihilated-1000 men and 500 horses being killed in three hours. The numbers given are based upon the force that went into the field and those that returned from it. The Russians say they took only 60 prisoners. The_ test are missing— no-doubt. Six hundred British light infantry were en gaged and only 1U returned. Eizht hundred English cavalry were engaged and only 200 returned. The Seventh iteginicut of Lmicers were almost destroyed. Breadstufl's have advanced. Ilinisteis and Politics. - The_goolLpeopleAl S countrylinv_e_uQ : nally , been greatly- aver,e to a Union of Church and "If this were a political meetirig,,,,we might perhaps allow ourselves to discuss points not in place now ; bUt for my own part, I do not be lieve in clergymen attending political meetings, and making political speeches. My office is to preach the gospel, and I was ordained to preach the gospel, and with the help of Goa, that I mean to keep to. When I have fairly gone through preaching the - gpel, and exhausted all its precious themes, and .prevailed with it over every heart. I May turn my attention to the law, and perhaps try to enlighten my hear, ers on matters of political jurisprudence, if they will consent to listen, or think that I can teach them anything on that point. Now, sir, as Christians,,what is our duty—our great and on ly commission as a Church ? It is to 'preach the gospel to every creature,' no matter where he lives, under what laws, with what colour, what his condition—he is a sinner, and we must ,preach to him the ,gospel."—Presbyte riun. ca'The proceedings on a late criminal trial in Massachusetts, says the Washington Union. have developed the startling fact that the obli gations entered into by the know-nothings come in direct conflict with the administration of the lastr iu courts of justice.—We copied, a few weeks ago, so much of these proceedings from the Lowell Advertiser as shows clearly „the practical workings of their oaths in affecting the credibility or competency of know-nothings as witnesses in court. —When the witness takes the stand he swears that he will state "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." When asked the question whether he is a member of a secret orier, and as such, bound by an oath, if he answers that he cannot testify without criminating himself and sub jecting himself to punishment, be is not a com petent witness. If he answers that he is such member, and bound by oath, he thereby violates the obligation of that oath, and discredits_hitn self as a witness. In either point of view the administration of justice is obstructed and thwarted. This case exhibits know-nothing ism in a new light. We have heretofore regard ed it as an engine of political and religious in tolerance and proscription. The case in Massa chusetts, however, shows that this was but a partial view of its enormity. The necessary consequence must be, that those who attach themselves to the order and assume its obliga tions become incompetent as witnesses, and for the same reason, alike incompetent as jurors. No man will fed safe IN hen his rights are to be determined upon testimony or .upon verdicts proceeding from witnesses or jut ors-who are bound by oaths which disqualify them to act in either capacity. The result must be, that whilst the know-nothings are corn hi ling to exclude nat uralized foreigner, and ilk:. from the full' rights of citizeilAip, they will exclude th em: . selt es ft our - Th'e rights of w ituesses and jurors. Thus it ott en happens that attempts to indict wrongs on oilicrs recoil and overwhelm the ME BEI Natters and Things in Kansas and Ne i -braska. --, The acconnts from Kansas represent a brisk Inisiness to be doing in politics. James N. Barns and J. B. Chapman had been added to• the list of candidates for C,.ngress. General' letield is the candidate of the squatters in. the northern st ction of the Territory. We i hear of no further disputes between the free soiTers and' the .slaveryitos. Everything, in decd., was going on bravely. Kansas city was full. to overflowing—the Union hotel - wa.-; literally craratned. At night the floors are covered with sleepers on buffalo- robes. The same may be said, of Westernport. If the correspondence the New England :journals are publishing from persons that have gone to Kansas is all 'to - be relied upon, the climate of the- Territory is one of the most salubrious . in the world.—Even in November thy ale said to have cool west winds almost .. cOnstantl and such • • . night as we know nothing of in this region— none or the dampness and chillints of the nights,at home. .Its effect upon the health said to be truly astonishing. A correspoutiellt - 4 , of the Springfield Republican tells us: "1 should like to show yon now some - of the pale, sickly men who came with us. Tiler nre fleshing up, eat and sleep well, and it does we good to see how they enjoy their renovated . Those who were incapable of. laborcan now do a-man's work at chopping or log roll ing. One young moan in my mess, slender and helpless when he left home, now goes into the woods with me every day, and stands up to his work like a man, and at night, like the good boy in the spelling book, says "how good this bread ami bacon tastes ?" The writer, however; adds that there are some grumblers amongst persons who expect ed to find every thing as comfortable and con venient as at theirhomes in the States. These are returning, disappointed, with exaggerated stories of suffering and want said to, exist in- the I new territory. The writer further states that coal is platy. The settlers, it seems, take it from the earth just as they need it. Every man thorc•is his own" miner. And it may be, added, there is no scarcity of clergymen , . They have sermons each Sabbath. The wotnerri. too, find it a good field for the "lecturing busi ness." Mrs. Nichols, with her two sons, front Vermont, having . already ascended thC stump. No trouble is apprehended from the red-skim. in that region. One white man is said to ber worth a dozen Indians, in a rough and tumble fight,—and the balbarians are beginning to find out the fact. From Nebraska the news is not so encourag ing. The New York Mirror says: "A gentleman recently returned from the far West, infOrms us that there is already much sufllming among the Nebraska emigrants for the necessaries of life, and that the coining winter threatens to prove fatal to a large pot tion of the settlers." Another letter states that T.. 8. Cuming, the acting Governor, is exceedingly popular, and that Chief Justice Furgursto had taken up his residence at Bellevue, a-beautiful location for a town. It is supposed the population of the territory is now about 1,000. EVER GREEN CERETERV.—The following ex tract is made from a letter, dated at Get tysburg, published in the "Methodist Protestant . ."Like many other places, (Gettysburg has awakened , to the importance of having a Cem etery. A tract of land containing seventeen acres. lying south of the town, on an eminence overlooking the town and country for many" miles on all sides, has been purchased and laid out. On Tuesday last it was consecrated as- a burial place for the dead. Without the least exaggeration; - there is no more lovely spot to be found in Pennsylvania than -Evergreen Ceme tery." Standing upon_ the summit of the ground, a view is presented to the beholder which cannot be surpassed, if even equalled. In this lovely spot the students of the Seminary and College, with commendable liberality, have secured a portion of ground for the exclusive use of the institutions in time to come. In p years a few ;.students have ended their earthly existence here, and their remains have been placed in the di&rent burial grounds, and it is 'now difficult to tell where some of them. In the - future, should death enter our midst, we will have a beautiful spot consecrat ed to the purpose, where their remains can re poSe, a visit to which will afford distant friends a great gratification. The lots have been pur. chased and nearly paid for by the students. It is now proposed to enclose them with a neat iron railing and to beautify them in the spring with shrubbery and flowers. To accomplisn• the f4rmer will require more money than the limited means of most students will allow. It has been suggested that perhaps some of those who were wont to visit these halls in times past, with which there are many pleasant asso ciations, and also some who know how to ap preciate the feelings of a student in reference to such a matter, would gladly contribute asmall suta-towards accomplishing this laudable de sign. Friends of the college and Cornier stu dents, if you would rejoice the hearts of tnany students send in a small contribution! When you pay your annual visits here, and walk out to the Cemetery grounds - , you will be atuvl a y repaid for your small contribution. I am; thorizcd to say that donations will be teceih, and acknowledged by A. 11. Waters, chairman of the committee for the purchase of the lots. :clay this simple notice move the hearts of many." Arrr,criNG ItomANcE.—The. Whitehall (N. Y.) Chronicle records the death of a young man named Dennis Bryan, from having his legs cruslnid by a car, and adds: After his mangled limbs had been amputat ed his mind aroused to the terrible conscious ness that he must die, and he implored the bystanders to "send for his Lucy." -Where is she ? I must see her before I die-rlet me f• cc her and I can die in peace," were his fre quent ejaculations and entreaties. Ills parents were asked what he meant—if he was marriud —to which they replied that he was not, and that they knew nothing of the person he named as "his Lucy." After his death it came to light that he had been married about three months to a lady be lon'ging to one of the first families in Lan.in bnrgh. His wife's parent: had opposed their mart i age on the ground of his lark of means, and the consequence of this opposition-wasth o vounft , couple were clandestinely united and their mart iage kept api ()found secret- Young- Bryan had placed all his earninjz.Ls.„B,s.so, in the hands of placed wife, it being their intention w h e n ,F.- - o_lo had been accutmdated to publicly announce their mart ra t e. But, alas ! the day on which they intended to th Is claim and ex pected to rectirc the I;otgivcncs4 of off en d e d at,",; cd.
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