MIMMIIIIIUIMO E I taking all the glory and the ollices, thus cheat jug every body_eiSe_whortiderl-thent,iwan ywayL, is their designs. Lag f,tll, the facLionci which . wade np the oppw.:ition not promising to pull well together, n fusion of their respect i.el fita to Committees was I)rfin OA - about, and all - I tered upon one candidate for . canal Commis ,P).\ - Es's CoraTsutP," tiro tirst 4 s inner---.care having hoer; taken that whatever sa-series -"-(4 iliustrated-Hurnorms Works, name he 'should ha 'e for the public, he 'should has just issued from the press of T;l3. Nam. secret/j/ he known rts what. be really was, a pox, 10.2 .Chesnut street, lthdadelphia—price f)llotvcr of tire sneaking dark, an tern -Sam. '' GO Bents. The work contains a number-of the i I This dodge. did not snacced, however, thanks Major'stiersriAt, heretofore published, be- i to the orlened eyes and returning sense of ir,arty hides .thirteen engravings from original designs previously humbugged. _ REPUBMCM*, CONN LER, GETTYgBIPRG, PA. MONDAY 31013-Nl-NG, rTi3. 25, 1g56 by Darley. The lovers of fun will lose noth ing by sending foi 110(4: Address as blVe. f r - Nir. NICHOLAS MELIA a. of Carroll county. - Ahh. aged about 50 years. on Wednesday morning last, in &tempting to get on the cart; whilst mowing, oat the Hanover Junction, dipped 48(1 leH. and tray dragged some dis tance Irith one leg upon the track ; and before be could be cxtiicated from this frightful sit uation, the whole train passed over it, crush ing and mangling it in a most shocking man ver. It is feared the litub will require ampu tation. Are not the trains on the , Nortlitirn Cential always in too great a hurry in start ing at this important point ? Would anything rtw lost to the Company or - passengers by al lowing an additional moment or two ? G.:711,er. Daniel Waldo, a Congregational minister of New York, aged t)4 years, and 70 years in •the' ministry, was on Timrsd3y elect ed Chaplain to the national Ifouso of Wpm,- sttutativ,s.. ~." Thecbminittee on elections, in the house At Wnhltington, have before them three cases of contested election front Illinois, one front . Louisiana, Maryland, lowa. K.awas and New 'Mexico each. tlinscfrout Nan aska and Maine will soon be submitted. • T/UCIIANAN AND Lou) CJARENDONT.— EC The report that angry words had recently been exchanged between these two gentlemen is not credited. „journal upon whose authority it is reported is the London Morning Advent - her, a - paper which - is said to be the receiver of all - the filthy whispers and , absurd fictions floating about the purlieus of the British me• • tropolis. - _ . itMONUD►ENT TO HE NEV {.'►.ay.--Sineo the in puguration of the magnificent equestrian sta tue to the memory of Audi ew Jackson, some of the citizens of New Orleans have made a move toward erecting a monument to Henry Clay on one of the publiCsquares of thut city. DEATTf OP DUN LATN , MINISTIM OP PEIW he .-*T Petersburg bitelligencer ,Itas -re ceived a letter from Limn, Perth.dated Janua ry 9, 1856, giving the following . account 'of the singular death of thelate Minivter of Peru to this country : •'The late Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru to the United States, who returned to this cnuntry about six months ago. died lately in Lima in a singular manner. :While asleep he swallowed three . of his fdse teeth with the gold blind which confined them, and died from the effects shortly after. Kfhirts were made to ex-tract the teeth, but without success." SuivioN or .1 Suser;rwit.n YousG 31,tv.-41 young luau, Mr. S. 11. Taylor, of Ravenna,. Ohio, committed suicide last Mongny by tak ing laudanum, ."in consequence or a disap pointment in not being able to go on a sleigh ride upon which his heart was very much set." ,So says the Democrat of that place. FAST VAr•—The bishops of the Methodist Chureh. have issUed a,proelaination appointing the :21st of March as n do of fastin_ tun prayer for a general revival of religion lIAVING A G 4 )01) MIK IT.—The editor of the Pittsfield (Mass.) F.ogle counted from his office window, the other day, two six -horse sleighs, fourteen four•horse, nine two-horse, marl any quantity of single teams, all from Lee, conveying :la individuals, all bound to have to good time." ‘.(log fair . ' °petted in Boston receutly, and an infinite number of the canine race of every breed, size and color, were represented. One cof the aninuils announced little barker only three and a ha/f /ring, contrasted with which arc New fon ndlands capable of holding hire in their mouths. An F.:4tpiiinaux dog brought home by Dr. Kuno, was also on exhibition. petition tvarti pret : ,ented in the Senate last week tram a number• of single ladies from Northern PellinNylVanift asking for a law to prohibit Men from wearing moustaches r7rl e winter has heen so mild England that ag:rienitural laborers were, on the sth of last .f.uniary, working in the in the Iteighberhooti of Derby. So says die LOndon Tiutek,fifJanuary 7. r'The Ifenangrs says. that . Sunday morning week, at Franklin. the Iher mometer :stood at 35 degrctN ZUro. NVlii),liey was congealed, and retailed by the pnuii•during, the bitting of the :;raud jury the evitgis week. 014 lady New Jeria.y. nearly ninety years of ago, h is liad a growth bletek hair on her fora year past. Sh e 3 1, 0 etaiiiig new teeth: unJ her bight kar curse to her fur the Seeowl time. &C? - 1%1 J. It (3 , ll , DiNgs has publiOted z - luttkr deqlitrittg a re-elcetinti to Congre:;s. Inc nintklers have been eutivilil!,..l in ,?Ajunigiiis, Tenn., within a year, anti ne c 4 the intipiereri bas been brnugbt 0, 1 :,Lieff the b it • i b i ,, L B ot h ow i,„ ; i t notv ? About Samuel V. A.lert lek has been elected - C . rhf.) itirst shad of tine se a .01 1 41 Pot tg.. ninety of the brotherhood, p I tri o ti u I'rtsnlen of_the-Sanbury and I.:Tie Itadruad, in rapyti.r. V 4., ar rival utt Ti m; 8,/,14, have fitrEM Li.V.liCl r A 4,:.0,114 , cu:Nt of :;IL; th by- a- per,lstent vote, fur - t.il4liiVilreiil4i# ' hi 4, 01119, Another Sham ! Wilen it . hecnkle the. setthvi: secret purpose or the Kttoiv N4things to ttontirante lames Pu.l.- lock for Go4i,ert4or. they resolved to eatek out s4c" NViijgc by having hitra po iely uoin haa trot - it,' a sq-eille.l Whig Couveti Lima ! bait 40 . 6-k-,-An 4 1-11e-was-elccimi =ll Not Ili ng,_ W B see Lite g. nu w Nothing members of the Legislature issue a call to ali opposed to t 1 4 4 kliioCraey; 4 MCC 111 minfenitnn, an, r 4 noininate Stat., oleos. "4 union for the biah d eof the 'mon," they call_it—a union, rather, for the sake of the spoils, The whole manienvre has a Know Nothing humbug air about it—ctunigli, we think, to condemn it, in . the outAart, in the eyes of all sensible people. i•Dark lariternisin" is tt susr,icious **institu tion," decidedly. [allie - Know Wothing National Oland! met at:Philadelphia on Monday last, and con tinued in session until Thursday night, ex citement, noige and confusion being nearly all the'while-in-tbe ascendant. So discordant a body hardly ever before met in this country-- proving its Members to be anything but the light kind of , -AinerieansliThile At, the open;ng of the Council, two sets of delegates prowented themselves from Pennsyl vania., "the N.atiunals,":_lteaded - -by Broome, and "The Sectionals," headed by Edie. The latter were admitted. greatly to the mortifi eation-of Nationals," among whom there was "cursing loud and deep." The delegates from Louisiana were admitted, alter• a sharp, contest, wilhout credentiahr, bdt it vas understood that the evasion was to be limited, in its eireeni, to Louisiana alone. Ev erywhere else those who do not adhere to the Bth, or anti• Catholic section, are to be excluded. The Council, diseoVering that their doings could not be kept a secret—the disstttisticd usoukt“tell tales out of school"—.reholved to make a virtue of necessity, and adniit the re. porters. The great bone of contention - was "the 12th section" of their platform, having reference to the slavery question : the "North An ericatiS" taking the t•lllack Republican" view, (nearly all of them belong to that party;) whilst the "South Americans" insisted on retaining the section alluded - to, thus leaving' than vexed question to manage itself. On Wednesday, the 12th section was strick en out, (104 yeas totls- nays.) amidst the great est excitement. Mr. _Ford, of Ohio, made a strong anti-slivery speech, increasing the dis satisfaction of the Southern members, Mr. Bowler, of Virginia, immediately rose, and said he had been prepared to meet the . broth ers of the North iii‘p6nce and harmony, but, be now considered that there could be no such thing as union among the Northern and South ern tnemberS of. the party. The 12th section was their-only hope, and now, since it was gone, they were (lone. "Confusion worse con founded" followed, and amidst a shower of propositions. the ConVentlon . adjourned to the next day. On Thursday, a sulistitute.for the entire platforms was adopted, by a vote of 10S yens to 77 mi'ys, when another scene occurred baffling, all description, 'several of the Ohio delegation vehemently declaring that the new platform was a death blow to "Americanism" in that State. - The Council - adjourned . SlllO die sometime that night, and next, day the Na- Vona Cinlventhin met. to nominate candidates fur Pregident and Vice President of the Unitcd States but nt last accounts was doing nothing but wrangling. 3:7A "Black Republican" Convention as• scudded in Putsbol.g on /Monday, Francis P. Blair acting President. Speech-making was the order of the day, Messrs. Greeley and Cid dings hying among the speakers. Rev. Mr. Lovvjoy, of Illinois, said he was willing- to go to Kansas as a captain or a private—recom mended evvry ttiatt to supply himself with. Sliarpe's rifle, aini said let there be war to the knife ! J pious and palriutic speech it must have been. Sick of Know Nothingism. The LouiBville ( ourier, edited by Walter Haldeman, Esq., formerly a Whig, but more reeently a Know Nothing, has repudiated his Ilea , . him : BM '•'l'he next, c•lt•ction will SEAL 'FILE DOOM OF KNOW NOTIIINGISM IN KENTUCKY. TismisftsidA if 1 1 who ruled the Kouu Noth ing. ticket lux( •'ing - ust, are now utterly disgusted with the purl//. and will work with a will at the next election to secure its defeat. Within 1!u• last live months such changes have been as to leave not the slightest doubt as; to what will be the position dour noble State in the next contest." There is nut a TIO.Tg PATRIOT in the land _that ~ do u bts it." Kentucky m just as eel Lain to east her electoral vote fur the nominee of the I)emocra tie National Convention, as that the (lay of elevtiun will come. A pA Louisville Democrat \k lokt the elections of the lucent conga-o,lnel/ W 1:1'4! going on in the North the of Nam chiimud the honer_ Thcy saw Lis foot-prints in cvety contest, rokl.the call Ig triumphant. The I)eintx.tacy were betnco. ant beaten by 8.1:11. GI (.It. was the ao,l tejoiehi c ;. 'IVe did hiwiltud ray's : -- MZI us n t.Tie n ra tcl An Important Executive Proclamation. Documents in Relation to the ICan Who are Responsible? LOCAL JTENS. The election of Mr. lianks as Speaker of the In laying before our readers the folll9wivie• s a , e ff ra ai l r o s. ffic i i i al ui d o o n ;: Tronble,s. Gtr t; US TILE ITLMS.—qur friends bah . ; j h ju se of pi eget, ta 0 .i yes has cos( the country important paper, we need loudly say that it The . President, OH Monday, conutinnicated ir, town and country would eonfer a great iiivireds a thousands of dtAlars. For this ex. . i t t o t I r lee ela U tio . n B. to Se K n a ll i te isa: travagna wilia.e of motley, the people will fl , rvor by informing us of any tuattGr—s airaterest meet the lapprobstion ofe<,•ery true patriot, ;that may transpire in their respeetire because it shows that the Federal Government Bold the opAition relion4ishle. 11;id th,e'y, • srholie duty-in the-premises well, and are tiaoreportS of Gov -- Shannon to thePresi iiorhoods. Local -news is the s - the Ca rl i e - fiersioc ra_t - united , lu„ty ' shopld have dolle, instead of berating and -eaeh- have-been elected on the first day of the Session. The Dernig:,rats were but a 54 mail minority of the Nom:e t and could not, therefore, by ally have elected the Speaker. The responsibility rests with the opponents of the .1 , 1- u,irristraUnn, the e n ern lev of,petpoera.ey, wlu, bane d'emonstrated.their factional character by nflowing the wheseis of govefnutent to stand still, while they quarrel/42d over their piety shibboleths, and narrow sectional platforms. The - - Know Nothings Perplexed.. The know Notliings and Abolitionists, de spairing of electing a President by the -people, Mime of •Itepiesentatives, and thug avail theinselves of the fanatical elements which temporary egeitetnent lms thrown into that body. But the data which the Ihnige has furnished, in - the last few weeks, for a judg ment of its political character, has tended very greatly to dampen these anticipations. and the Troy Budget and other know -Nothing organs are in - great tribulation lest the patronage of the government shall, drier all, slip through their fingers. In an election by the louse, the votes are cast by Stat'es, and:the Budget clas sifies the Stateif as lI Democratic,ll Republi can, 7 _ Ainetican, and tied. A majority, therefore, could not be obtained. Moreover, the Constitution provides that if the House does not elect a PreSident before the 4th of larch. the Vice Preskient chosen is to net, and if there be no Vice President elected, the - Sen ate shall then elect the Vice President, who shall act as President. Should the election. thereGire, he thrown into- the House, and a deadlock, like the late one on the Speaker, occur, the eleetion ,ofa Viee President would hexane the duty of the Senate; in which body tlwre is very !kik of Know Nothing sytnpathy. —ilaPipi.ore Republican* The great -glory of our g,overrnnent in the pit has been that required no snore front the citizen than what was requisite for the general good. Whenever the time moos that principle is stinek down, then there is little hope for the Constitution. . We must fight to r;nve the Union.- The only way to make that ll•glit is to assail these parties in every point. We must stand opposed to all of them, whether Know Nothings or Driirk Nothings, or any other "nothings:" The:only way for us is to stand on the Constitution as our• fathers framed it. IVe have to stand for the glorious Consti tution formed by our lathers. Strike down the government, and what is there left ? Where else on the wide-earth can a man go and say : "1 nin a freeman ; 1 ain the equal 9,,f any other man ?" In 1001% log* at our 'government, fel low-citizens, I have thought that it looked more like the fulfilment of the prophecy of the angel described by St. John in the Revelations, which, With one foot on the sea and another on the land, she said to every people, and every clime : “Behold here is a country fur the trod den of every nation.'•' I trust that the prophe cy will be veri 11'14..11. lilehardson. Henry Clay on Fusion. The follewiKt• iti no extract from a speech delivered by UNSHY CLAY, in the House of, Representatives, in Kentucky, Nov. 19, 1850, and now applicable to the doings in Congress ; and should, as a ,piece of information, be kept before the country as a beneon-light, that the people may see and avoid the quick-sands of the rilach Republicans; "Vint if it (the Whig party) is to be merged -into rr emilernplible lion party, and if (thrill hr royal/HI upiwataLitli4c Train oitoorill I renounce the party and retage lo he /7 Al/17;2:. Igo a step further :if .1 inn alive. I will give my humble support to that mau ihr the Presidency who, to whatever party he in;ty belong, is not contaminated by fanaticism, rather than to one who, crying out all the time that he is a NVing, maintai ns d oe .. trines utterly subversive of the Constitution and the linion." 117 - larimin. the Showman, has, Oleic ap pears to be nn doubt of the fact. actually made on as4gument of his property sand gone into banl,ruptey. It seems that the Jerome Clock Company, in which he was largely interested, failed for over half a million, with but little property to show. Barnum, it appears, was beaten here by his own weapon, of humb»g gory. We were literally- certain that his specu lations must some day come to a disastrous end : and while we are really sot ry for him, without knowing why, except upon the natural sympathy principle, the end did not come a day earlier than we anticipated it would. —Ger mantown TcleLfraidi. _ r.. 7 " ., The Village Record has a sly way of reminding delinquents. They are. supplied with the damaged papers, which arc always incident to last sto.am presses. We have no doubt thrir gromblings are very audible, though the remedy is in their own hands. r), - The story of an elephant that was lost overboard from a Baltimore steamer, swimming, ashore a great distance, is contradicted by the Charleston Mercory, which says the animal was almost certainly killed by a blow of the propeller of the boat. * At any rate, it Itas never been seen or heard of since. A Nr.w Pennsylvania Le gklature hat c allutscd a suppleinetiCto the charter 01 the Cumberland Valley railroad, au thorizing them to extend their road i A:rom Chain l'er';hurgl." :Illy point on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. in Vn:;inia, between Haneoel: and the Opcquan creek, or to Any point in M nglsnd. aic 11,4,hting placcs out wcst with Eul stanalq—aut • 17. -- /- Lap, 1::at slew cr.H.ova )1 d lalid a ) car ago. , Irr a titne for hia cotlit; is is saiJ• dit:J at 31alia:ivi1..1•1w,lt, ^z the I ti.l Our Government. every uewvaper. do <Tne should be deterred from - wrijing to US hy not put his ideas into a good shape. ft is the facts we want. We wilhotea(l to the matter of putting them in proper form. DEATH. OF JANIES G. REED, • ESQ.— A t a meeting of the members of the Bar am! the oili - ws of the Cunrts of Adams coonty, held 011 ijy evening of the 23t1 instant, to give eirpression to their feelings;in-view of the death of JAMES G. REP:o. E•:q., late a member of the Bar, on motion of llon. M. McCLE,OI, the lion. S. R. Rust:ELL was called to the chair, and Jot's. Pu:KiNu, Esq., appointed Secretary. It. , Met2ttE r Anr, El., after some appropriate r.ernarkg in re Lard to the bereave bent susta• - ed by the Bar and officers of. the Courts, moved the appointment of a committee to draft reso lutions. The chair "appointed Messrs. IL G. AleCreary, M. McClean and D. A. Buehler, who reported the following, which, being read, were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That we have :lieard with un feigned grief of the decease of James G. (iced, Esq., a member of the liar of Adams county, whu by his upright conduct, gentlemanly de portme.nt and honorable hearing at all tirneS, had I:air/co for himself the confidence and es• teem of his fellow menibitrs, as well as that of the community in which he lived. • Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Recd. our 13ar has lost a gentleman of excellent attain 'nerds as a ‘:chrdar, one m.ho possessed a mind t•tored with the learning of his profession, and who e x ercised his abilities for the perma nent benefit of those whose interests were en trusted to him, and for the honor and dignity .of the profession. . Resolved, That while we arc deeply sensible of our personal loss in this bereavement. we tender to - the family and immediate: connex ions of our deceased friend, our heart felt sym pathy in their afThction, being conscious that as their relation to hint was inure intimate than ours, so much the hiffiter klthst be their a pre cidtion of lii. worth, and the greater their grief at his departure. //mrhyd, That as a token of respect for our deceased friend, we will in a body attend his - funeral, arid wear the customary badge of mourning _Jr the spar; of thirty days:- lieso/mt, Timt these proceedings tie - entered upon the records of tile Ueliris, and published in the several -newspapers of the comity, and that a copy thereof be communicated by the Secretary of this meeting to the family of the deceased. I'lw Independent Blues and GettyS Lodge of Odd Fellows will also attend the funeral. V,ICAN T.—By the death of JACOB S. STAB- Esq., the office of Major Clefieral of the Division composed of the counties of York and Adams is rendered vacant. The remain of the deceased were interred' in Prospect 1101 Cemetery, at York, on Monday . , with military honors, the volunteer companies and field offi cers of that place, and a delegation of the Troop at Itmover, participating. TII TW ENTY-sn2DlND.—Friday last, the anniversary of Washington's birth-day, wit nessed quite a stir in our usually quiet bo rough.. In the morning, long before dawn, atlairs should always begin with the rise of the sun,) the chinch bells; were rung sim ultaneously ; at 10 A. M. the Independent Blues paraded, and marched to St. James' Church, where Washington's Farewell Address was rewl, by 'Capt. C. 11. 13rmi.mt, and an address delivered by 1). WILLs, Esq. In the afternoon the Company again para-ded. On the (lay previous, the School under the charge of Mr. llEN'ay Evi.mt, in Cumberland township, visited town in sleighs and sleds, and in passing the several printing offices, greeted each with three lusty cheers ; awl on the '2.2(1, the Schools taught by Mr. IItEsEcKER and lir. A (.I.tsms. , , in the same township, and that under Mr. llENnutx's char2v, in Freedom township, also made sleighing excursions to this place, and in passing the printing offices, paid the - usual compliment. All parties enjoyed themselves in a high degree, and returned }tonic no doulit regretting the shortness of the day. Luck go with all of them ! CWI.MON SUllool,S.—We arc indebted to Wm. Kixo, of the State Department at Ilarrisbm - g. fur a copy of the Annual - Report of the State peri n tend cot of F:'oininon Schools, from which we learn that for the year, ending June 1, 1855, the whole number of schools in Adams county "was 137—number of tonic teachers, 125—number of female teachers, 31 —average number of months taught, 4A—ave rage salaries of males per month; $2O 91.' 6 average salaries of females, $l3 32!—nuinher of male scholars, 4564—number of female scholani, 3593—average number of scholars attending school. 6312—cost of teaching each scholar per month, 55.!, cents—amount received from State appropriation, 82,188 20—received from collectors of school tax, $12,577 63 cost of instruction, 81" ,538 63—fuel and con tingencies, $1,380 SO—cost of school houses, purchasing, building, renting. repairing, S:c., $1,507 84. The whole number of scholars in the State was 539,024, and the average cost of teaching each per month, 58! cents. PROPEIin ;_•7ol.,l).—Sainuel Johnson has sold his house and lot in liendersville for 51000, and 14 acres of land lying along the Whites . - town road, for $lOO per acre—John Appleman purchaser of both. Henry Crist has sold his house and lot for slooo—Elislia Penrose pur chaseT. John W. Dull has sold his house and lot for s9oo—S.tinuel Johnson purchaser. The sale of the three acre lot mentioned in our last, hy . James J. Wills, E-1., to Walker & !Mother, should hare read for *l5O 50 per acre, instead o. RH) 50. -- (co. IV Ut ers, artosted for in flicting inj ur y upon the person of Edward flail, at Ennuitsbuig, last f.lll, was tried at Freder ick, a few days since, found guiity of assault and_ battery, and_sentenced to cit.-,ht rnonthi i n the county pi isun. The jury were out on the c,t: , e allni a portion of re.w , q.l.morrirtrmi-rlmn Itazardi. By the President rff Ike United Stales of 3 merica. A PROCLA ATION • Whereas indications exist that public tran quility and the supremacy of law in the Ter ritory of Kansas are endangered by the repre hensible nets or purposes of persons, both within •and without the same, who propose to direct and control its political organization by force : It appearing that combinations have been formed therein to resist the eXeCutiOr/ of the territorial laws, and thus. in effect; sub vert by violence all present constitutional and legal 'authority : It also appearing that persons residing without the Territory, but near its borders, contemplate armed intervention in the affairs thereof: It also Appearing that other persons, inhabitants of-remote-.States: -- are eol !Wing money, engaginc , mcn,and_providing arms for the same purpose : And it further appearing that combinations within the Terri tory are endeavoring, by the agency of emis saries and otherwise, to induce individual States of the Union to intervene in the affairs thereof, in violation to the Consitution of the United States: And whereas all such plans for the determi tntion of the future institutions of the Terri tory, if earl ied into action from within the same, wilt constitute the fact of insurrection, and, if from without, that of invasive aggres sion, and will, in either case, justify and re quire the forcible interposition of the, whole power_of the General Government, as well to maintain the laws of the Territory as those of the Union Now, .therefore,_ ,Tranklin Pierce, President of the United States, do issue this, my procla mation, to command all persons engaged in unlawful combinations against the constituted authority of the Territory of Kansas, -or or the United States, to disperio - and retire peaceably to their respective abodes, and to warn all such pc; sons that any attempted insurrection in said— Terri tory or aggressive intrusion into the same will be resisted not only-by - the employment of the local militia, hut also by that of any avail able forces of the United States ; to the end of assuring immunity from violence and HA pro tection to the persons, property, and civil rights of all peaceful and law abiding inhabi •tunts of the Territory. If; in any part of the Union,. the fury of fac tion' or fanaticism, inflamed into disregard of the great principles of popular sovereignty which, under the constitution,. are fundamen tal in the whole structure of. our institutions, is to bring on the.country the dire calamity of an arbitrament of arms in that Territory, it shall be between lawless .violence on the one side and conservative force on the other, wielded by legal authority of the general goV erfiment. • I call on the citizens, both of adjoining and of distant States, to abstain from unauthorized intcrmeddling in the local concerns of the Ter ritory, admonishing them that its. organic law is to be executed with impartial justice ; that all individual acts of 'illegal interference will incur condign punishment; and that any en deavor to intervene by organized force will be tirndy wi hstood. I invoke "all good citizens to promote order by rendering obedience to the law ; to seek remedy for temporary evils by peaceful means ;. to discountenance and repulse the counsels.and the instigations of agitators-and of disorganiz ers ; and to testify , their attachment to their country, their pride in its greatness, their ap preciation. of the blessings they enjoy., and their determination that republican institutions shall not fail in their hands, by co-operating to uphold the majesty of the laws and to vindicate the sanctity of the constitution. - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the• seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents. Done at the city of Washington, the eleventh day of February, in the year_of our - Lord one thousand eight hundred and [sN.u..j • fifty-six, and of the independence of the the ,States the eightieth, • By the Vreside - nt : L. MARCY, Secretary of State. From the Harrisburg Patriot & Union [lf We have read the hill to incorporate the society to be called "the Franciscan Brothers," and we have failed to discover what there is in it to startle the most timid.' It proposes to in corporate a society for the purpose of giving aid to the poor and the infirm, and of instruct theqy_ng,.EknAJ:iiiy_ing only these—char itable and commendable motives, it is attacked with all the virulence_ of intensified; rabid ; Know Nothingism. A Protestant congrega tion asks for a charter to invest their Trustees with power to purchase - real estate, and pro ' vide the conveniences of their mode of worship ; or they ask for the incorporation of seminaries and colleges. for the education of their chil dren, under the supervision and direction of a Presbytery, a Synod, a Conference, or a Parish, and no whisper of opposi.i in to their wishes lis heard. In the name then of humanity, of ! charity, and of christianity, why should we refuse similar privileges to those of other re ligious persuasions? Are ive to violate the spirit of our constitution and build up some creeds, while we trample upon others ? The . proposed objects of this society are su4h as touch the tenderest chords in our bosoms,' and appeal to our purest emotions.—With one hand they deal out the rich blessings of bounteous benevolence, and with the other they lead the tender hearted and the young along the enti cing 'pXth of wisdom. Our neighbor of the relegTaph expresses surprise at the introduction of this bill, and speaks of it as a species of legislation hitherto unheard of. If he will take the trouble to re fer to the pamphlet laws of ltis3, (and doubt less of several other years.) he will find that a bill almost precisely similar to this one was passed, and there was not a syllable uttered in opposition. Then,. know-Nothingisin was in I its swaddling clothes, and had not the ellronte ry to babble and brawl, which it now indul, e s and glories in.—We have long known that "the emptiest things reverberate most sound," and we are not much surprised that empty and hollow hearted Know-Nothingism should make a great clamor upon this plain bill. RELIGIOUS :NIEETINGS.-A series of re ligious meetings will take place in the Reformed Church, in this place, , comnieneing on Thursday- next. Several '3linisters,froni abroad are expected to be prt.bent, to assist in the,excrelses GOlNG.—Winter is about to' lea v e us. At all events,. yesterday was —Matthias day," 1% inch is generally looped upon as the harbin ger for the cowing of spring. .May that "good time" not be tardy. ," --7 ., - Answer to Geographical Enigrua pub. fished in the "ComPu.En" two weeks ago_ "llullterswNll AcaticiWv." , eking an steedunt of the disturbances in DE Kansas ; and the two following letters calling for the interference of the Gleneral Government : LAWRENCE, (K. T.) Jan. 2E. 1856• To Frauldin Pierce, President of the 1.5. States : Sir—we have authentic information that nut overwhelming force of the citizens of 'Missouri are organizing upon our border. amply supplied with' artillery, for the avowed purpose of in vading this territory, demoralizing our towns and butchering our unoffenaing free Sot ie citi zens. We respectfully—dernand, on behalf of the citizens of Kansas,, that the commandant of thellnited States troops in this vicinity be immediately instructed to interfere to prevent su. - .:h an inhuman outrage. Respectfully, J. IL LANE. Chairman Ex. Com. K. T. L. ROR,INSON, Ch'rtnart Cotn. of Safety. J. R. GoomN, Sec'ry Ex. Coin. K. T. Geo. W. DErrzeu. Sec. Corn. of Safety. LAWRENCE: CITY, JAIL 23, 1856. To the President of the United States: - Sir—We notified you that an overwhelming force, supplied with artillery, was organizing, upon our borders for the avowed purpose of invading Kansas, demoralizing the towns and butchering the free State citizens, they Consti tuting fourteen-twentieths of the entire'popn lation. In addition to the relief respectfully demanded in thallioace, we earnestly request you to issue your proclamation immediately forbidding the invasion. We trust there may be no delay in taking so important a step to prevent an outrage which, if carried out as planned, will stand forth without a parallel in the world's history. Yours, respectfully, J. 11. LANK, Chairman Ex. Com. K. T. , C. Rotossos, Cli'rman Ex. Corn of Safety.- The instructions to Colonel Sumner, the commandant of the United States troops, and the instructions to Governor Shannon, are also among the , documents: The following, are Secretary. Marcy's instructions to Gov. S.: DEPARTMENT OF STA'ti WAstmcGrox, February 16, 1856. Sir : I hereby enclose to you a cony of a proclamation by the President dated the 11th instant, duly authenticated, and also a copy of orders issued &din the Department of War to Col. Sumner and Brevet Colonel Cook, of the United States Army. - The President ls.unwilling to believe that, in executing your duties as Governor of the Territory of Kansas, there will be any occa sion to call in the aid of the United States troops for that purpose, and it is enjoined upon you to do all that can .possibly be done before resorting to that measure ; yet if it. becomes indispensably necessary to do so in order to execute the laws and preserve the peace, you are hereby authorized by the President to make requisition upon the officers command ing the United States military forces at Fort Leavenworth and Furt Ripley for such assis tance as may be needed for the above specified purpose. While cent - Wing , in the respect _of our citizens for the laws,-and the efficiency of the ordinary means provided for protecting their rights and property, he deems it, howev er, not improper, considering the peculiar sit, nation of affairs in the 'l'et rittr-y of -Kansas, that you should be authorized to have the pow er herein conferred, with a view 10 meet any extraordinary emergency that may arise, trust ing that it will not he used until you shall lila resort to it unavoidable in order to insure-the due execution of the laws and to preserve the public peace. Before actual interposition of the tnilita ry force on any occa'sion, you will cause the proc lamation of the President, with which you are herewith furnished, to be publicly read. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. L. 31 ARC 1. There are various other documents, including letters from Governor Reeder to Mr. M grey, defending himself against the charges of hav ing been concerned in the purchase of Kansas half-breed reservations and other, speculations in the Public lands of said Territory. The Union referring to them, says : "They afford the most emphatic contradic tion to the violent charges of the abolition jour nals on the subject of the President's procla mation. It now appears ,that not only was that proclamation called for by general corisid=i erations of public duty, but was earnestly re quested by Colonel Lane and Dr. Robinson, the responsible leaders of the revolutionary organization at Lawrence. Nay, by another letter to the President, the same gentlemen ne_t hat-the-troops-of-the - United States be employed for their protection. —We trust that they acid - their friends will now cease from efforts to* provoke civil war, and that all parties, within and without the Territory, will be emulous to manifest their common obedience to the law of the land. Al though as appears from these documeuts, or ders have been given to Col. Sumner and Ma jor-Cook to act if necessity requires it, we confidently believe that no such necessity will occur, and that we shall now see in Kansas the same peaceful and tranquil prosperity which exists in the sister Territory of Nebras ka." To THE: CLERK OF' THE WEATIMIL —Sir You're a nuisance ! Week after week we have endured tolerable patiently the evils resulting from your notorious nial-administration in hopes that yoti were on a temporary spree, and that all would be right in a day or two. But thingsget worse and worse. Your assortment of weathers must be terribly mixed up. We are getting the bundles that ought to go "to Nova Zembla, or the Lord knows where." You are sending icebergs to Florida, snow storms to Georgia, and balmy skies to Labrador.— You are constant to nothing—the studied ma lignity of the coldest, sleeuest, and rawest of days is followed by a treacherous dull—the sun shines warmly,qind the south wind blows, until we.have maid ly thrown aside overcoats and wrappings, and then, presto change, we have a blow, and a storm-of snow. with icebergs on the sidewalks, and treacherous well-holes in the gutters : and what sort of a dispensation there is to be served out next, there is no cal culating an hour in advance. You are clearly incompetent for your responsible position. acid our city authorities ought to haul you up in stanter' for maladministration.—Washingion Paper. SOMETHING OF A FAmiLY.—A correspondent the Urbana Citizen writes from .Bourbon county - , Ky., about a family as follows: "The old gentleman is a native of Maryland, and is now in his 70th year ; was brought to lientucky when qMte young, and has raised his funily in the above county, consisting of six sons and three daughters. , ' Ile then proceeds to describe the family, all of whom are six feet in height, the tallest be ing six feet 111 inches, and tile lowest (a &ugh_ ter) si.t feet two inches—the aggregate height of the whole of them, eleven in number, being seventy feet.--The father weighs 200 lbs., the mother and the children from 150 to 2bG lbs. Their aggregate weight is 6,500 Ibs, The writer adds: —The family are all living except theyoung. ett daughter, are all wealthy, and of the first families of Kentucky. I tivw-ot add. thaLs teal Of the grand-cr:lldrch a e over six - anti a halt fei.t, anti st;11 zio*lng."
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