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."