13 THE -COMPTISR. 14 1.113ERTY, THE UNION, AND THE CONS:1'111110N." GETTYSBURG. PENN' Monday Morning, .70,15, 1857, siarA.. TVA Office, named "Granite Hill," has heed established at, ilann's Store, on the tick turnpike, nbrin three miles friktic this -place--Plitmi If The Defenders of the Country in . the Witi of 1812, Will' sheet; we see _'hy nu; an nouncement of ,the President, 11On. Joel B. butherland, in the„clity Of Washington, on the Bth of January inst.,. the.unniversnry of the battle of '4l'evr Orleans, ptirsuant to adjourn ment. It , is hoped all who can 'will attend, as business of importance will be laid before the Convention. 'zirThe winter in Europe has so far been .7'64 cold. Vast quantities of , snow have fal len in, Austria. - On the first ofDeceMber the toads east of Vienna were impassable,on e.e coutit , of the snow, and in Vienna such vast passes of Silo* had accumulated in the streets • rig: 'that locomotion was greatly impeded.. ln snglantl'we seuthat they had skating in the eat-ly_ part of December. The "Dyed Scutt" Case. —lt is stated that' .the t. S. Supreme ('Otirt have come to u de- cision in the Dred S,eutt case, recently argued before them. All the judges but tiro, hold that Congress has no power over the question of slavery in the Territories, and that the, Missouri eoniproniise iattneonstitutional, eon- sequontly null and void. Judges McLane and Curtis dissentitl from the majority, hold 'that Cengress has POviier to prohibit slavery in the Territories. The deelsion will be pro nounced in a few days. loch. tneMber. of Oungrass from -New York, is preparing a bill to equaliie the thileage'of Congressfiten.• The !tutus now paid range from see' nfeen tofteithinitian'a t u ne had "dred and:llxty per. sesiti on.. The bill 'proposes to continue the present rate up to two' !kindred ankfifty diillars; and after that to r reduceit to ton .eents; per mile. It also pro poses -to . deduct ;from the ''pay of members twenty-five,' or • 'thirty - dollars :per day each for volUntary alisitiCe from either hotiSe. • We concur entypYyl, with t ,the honorable member in .regard,-to the proposed , deduction in eases' of voluntary absence ; but the mile age- reform is not Carried far enough. 'Under the law oflast,yeari,each'roamber receiVp's thotOilml, &Warn pay per,ses,sion, which,. with a sum for mileage' equal to his actual necessa ry travelling - expenses, would - very. liberally cifinpensate nioStpf the' members fur all the, services they Tender. itiar"Thel, Court" of Oyer , and Terminer at Pittsburg ; afew days since, rejected au appli catien fur atlivoice made principally On the ground that the wife - was ,au inveterate seal, theretirre a-most - undesirable life : companion. Judge McClure. remarked, that if Men married sharp tongued . Women, they 'must expect' an Oil:as:hand . excoriation., anti „not trouble his C 'tat with applications fora. severance,. Bach . ehirS• should remember :this decision, and as it 'remembrancer;''we ativise them to cut tltis paragraph o'ut,and pit Ste it in their hilts. (he' Sporting 16t1(1.-- - --For smite time past a controversy has been going on in the Columns of Porter's' Spirit, between two spirited damsels, writing under'the respective ueus f "Di—Ver-nott".-LaMPlCab' ruin ," aid.etaitroversy.having grown out of a chal lenge to "back the flYing steed," 'given by the • hater to the former. Atter much debate, the parties have come to terms, and in-all proba bility, the tirstratiug match on record between ladies,'ivill come off in next., The says, that ,they will first engage "in a trot - ting contest of a mile, and subsequently in it three-mile 'burst' on high mated raring hors es, at top speed, like a shot out of a gun." Ou the same day, it is said, the parties who ' have taken the matter — it) charge, purpose giv ing a "Ladies' -plate," free for all ladies who come properly accredited, which,, it iS thought, , will be the foundation of an annum contest. SerJANES 13: Slogs°it, Esq., will be a can didate for re-electioti to the past he held in the House lasi winter, and we presume he will he chosen without opposition from our side. made a good and popular officer, and the faithful mariner in which he discharged his duties in the lasi campaign, entitles him to the -warm regard . -and consideration of the Democratic party. We could wish him some thing that would pay- better. So says the Iledford Gazette. and - pp say we. Since . the eleciiim, we hear mull in , /: alxnat the "ten .cents" a day. llqw is this' Our ..uspvonents pledged their honor, a, weft, .:thist if Mr, Buchanan were eleete.l President , the wages . f labor would 'be reduced to ten `tents a day, a ius deceived many honest reo'ple - who 'eyed them... Why don't they Teite . e charge now that he is elected ? Because they knerw that they are "caged." and that MR official seta will el,p;_bse - the dirty sand sitarsefai falsehood. Here is the death of suottler of the" undsigs over which they have been Eh( ag. ever siaue.Mr. B. was ;muted Or the Presidency. • ,ga•":l'.iigland_ has declared scar agai n t and the declarsaium iaaccepted tlle Lit ter. It a•;Kia is said AZ be preparing 1. 0 "in p port Pe Prustia and Switzerland are alas at I.)4ger toed*, sad it is net improbable tiaas a staun to 111%413 Vf be the re ult. =l= The principal and most delusive catch say- itrg of the Know Nothings is, "Americans shall 'rule America." , At the commencement oqh,e organization it told with great effect up on our young men, and the more unthinking of our native born citizens, Tt was seen on sill their hanners,:sbotited forth by all their speakers, and used as the caption Of Many it newspaper article. In fact,. the cunning men who belOnged to the secret order and aspired to posts of honor and profit, which they could not reach -while members of any other party, used* with Bitch effeet as to make thousands believe that our country *Ws overrun and erned by a foreign horde, and that Athericans never did rule America. result has Lena- (remarks the Philadel ; hitt Arus -to_arease in the breasts of hosts at the ignorant portion of our native born fel -1 low-citizens the:worstpassioni of human ture, and cause then; to hate and proseribo those of foreign birth and Catholic creed, as well as the liberal and truly Republican portion .of those of American birth who do not approve their anti-American notions. In a number of our large cities, Know Notte.. ingiem stio3eeded ; but their rule was so ty rannical MA corrupt, that, with but a few ex ceptions, the sober second thought of the peo ple drove them from place and power. A few places remain whose - citizens are yet bound hand and" foot by Know Nothing misrule. Louisville, New Orleans, and Baltimore, have Know-Nothing municipal 'governments. In these cities '`Ainericana rule America," with. a vengeance. Rowdyism, riot and-bloodshed is the order of the day. Men of foreign birth and opposite politics stand nochance Whatever. They are subjected to the greatest indignities and' the- grossest injustice. The ballot-hos his Wen invaded, the right of suffrage shown to be a farce, and erhninaleourts' holes throng!' which murderers have been allowed to escape unpunished, in the very thee of outraged plb lie opinion: Thus it is that AUO:ieune rule America,. 1 The city of Baltimore, scarce thirty miles &Om the seat of our national government, at the present time, is ruled with a rod of iron, surpassing in injustice the most despotic gov ernment in Europe, by the ruffians of the Know Nothing order, and those they have placed in power. Scarcely a day passes that we do not hoar of some terrible outrage com mitted by brutes belonging to the secret order, almost under the eyes of those whose duty it is to proteetthe lives and property of the citi zens and execute the laws. And yet they go tuipunished.--.-While thisis'the case those who are not 'Americans are made to' meet 'the full penalties of the' law fur the most trifling of fence. Here "Americans rule America." A few 6' cam since, while nn unoffending German citizen, named Dangle, at twilight, was standing at his door, he was assailed by three half drunken fighting men 'of the or der, and shot dead without the least pros-m - 1,- 6w. This : was seen by three persons, it be swore to the fact before the jury in the Crimi nal Court of 'Baltimore ; but notwithstanding this evidence and the strongest convicting eirenmstances, that could be produced in any case; a packed Know Nothing jury set the murderers free, that they might prey once more upon society and commit other murders when they please, to be again, in all probabit ity, ledared innocent. This is "Americans ruling America." - And what is the result of these Know Neithing out rages? They are most disastrous. They have given Baltimore a blow from which it will take her long years to recover. Some of her best citizens . are flying from the city in dis gust, determined to submit to outrage no longer, but go rather to places where some re gard is had' for life and property. The trade of Udmurt) has been injured ; merchants from the South and Southwest, who used to purchase goods there, now pass by as though the cit • was cursed h • son e .114 - even people of some of the counties of Maryland have passed resolutions not to trade or barter with Baltimore, wl►ich has heretofore been looked upon as the great heart and pride of the State. : The farmers of Milord county resolved, in public meeting, to send their produce to Phil adelphia. and buy their goods there, rather than risk their lives in Baltimore.—Already we bear of the failure of seine of the first dry goods houses in Baltimore, occasioned by the fullingolf in trade and the immense amount of goods on hand unsold: These are the sad results of Americans, or K Nothi , - - imo Americo. ter-By the Pittsbtr Gov. - Pollock has rec man'who was sentenced to six months impris onment for an assault and battery telth ;Weld fu kill. Wu make no objeetiou to the pardon, as it tnay be all right, but if a Democratic Gov ernor had granted this pardon, it would have extorted a dreadful ,yell from the biggest to the smallest cur that harks in the K. N. camp. As it is, we hear not a word of complaint. Gov. Pollock pardon every convict in both oar Penitentiarieq, we do not believe the art would l.e condemned by a K. N. paper in tile State.—lketfurd HY'llooms forfrom three hundred and.fifty to live hundred members of the Philadelphia Keystone CIO), have been engaged at Wash iugton, for fire days, on the occasion of the inauguration of President Bitelianan. 0-,:rrnpleasant rumors (says the -New York 3-urnal of Commerce) respecting the remains of the hate Lorenza.l3. Shepard have been in circulation for some days past, hasetl upon the supposition of a premature burial. We ate authorized by an intimate friend of the deceased, who performed the last offices, to contradict them as entirely without foundation. ti...Priliect Yuussoupoff, attache to the Russian Embassy at Paris, has taken for 86,- 1 -- - - -...•..,- . 000 f a year, the hotel of the hue Baron t.:. i ti.v-W, Gli,sos: has bought the Faint of J. Rothsehihi, in Puri.,and weans to c.s.yeaki / Tauxr.t.r., near Euirnitsburg, containing . '423 ~.. - - , .2130,91 1 0 f. in lUruithing it. ~ , - -- acres, fur :7,z:!.:?. ;tar acre. . Congressional Folly. The New York Sun is right in . its opinion that twenty-five dollars per diem is rather too mulch to pay tt member of Congress for discus sing the Slavery question with President Nom: It. is (to use - the lanktuage of Poor Ridhard) paying very datr for the-whistle. 7-- The, newspapers can do it„at a far.elleaper rate,. and at the , some time vary the enter tainment, by giving their readers - the - home and foreign news. There is no practical end to be gained by this Congressional discussiun. If it should go on until the end of the session, eye even to doomsday,-it would not change a single vote in either-Ifouse. — : - The people de- Cided the question on the fourth of November lust,, for, themselves,' mid each, Senator and Representative, we suppose, will vote in oz .( 4 ance_irith_the_wilLof his co utleast ought to do se.- The conversion of Congreis into a mere po litical debating society in becoming an intoler ble. nuisance—and the sooner it is abated the better it will be fur the country at large. It is too bad that, men whom the people elect to legislate fur the promotion of the general interests of the Nation, should spend the time which they ought to devote to the public ser vice, in exhibiting their powers of disputation and their ready wit. "fin 'time a stop was put to such conduct. Bnt if Congressmen will talk, and do nothing else, we nt least en treat them to vary their topics a little. Their debates on the slavery question are becoming extremely dull and insipid, anda little variety would really'be a great relief to the public in general who read the newspapers and desire novelty. UM Electoral Votes Lost. . The Electoral vote-of Wisconsin was lost, in the canvass in the following manner:— The first Wednesday of December being the day fur the assembling of the Electors Of the several States. at their respective State Capi- WS, the ineetors of Wisconsin started in time, from their homes, to reach Madison, under ordinary conditions of weather and roads, on the day. But. a snow storm on the Tuesday previous, shut in the Capital, and prevented all ingress. Thelegal day passing over with out any action of the College, of course the donations of the Electors no longer continued, and all they had to do was to return home, private citizens. lly the recent newels from California we learn that its Electoral vote' mune very - near 1(44; lost by au ambient.— boat- which left :..fatt . Pratneist:o on the December, gut stuck on the hog's Back, and remained there till alter nine 'o'eloek the next morning, all the hectors being on lit tart) ; and it Was at one time feared that they would not reach Sacramento in time to east their vote, the hour being fixed bylaw at two o'clock, I'. 11. These accidents suggest' the neeessity of additional legislation, as in a .close -centest such failures would lead to . the most acrimo nious agitation. Death of Reah Frazer, Esq. , We deeply regret to announce the iteath of this distinguished inan, and prominent Demo erat,which.oceurreil en t he evening of Tuesday a last. As hiwyer, he was able and success ful; anti has for years occupied a leading po sition at the lair of Lancaster comity, whieli is one of th_e first in the Vountry. As a poli tician, he hats long,. been prominently connect ed with the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, and thr nearly thirty. years hits actively pr ticipated in all the impurtant'strnggles which have ueruryed. During the last catopaign; he advocated the election of Mr. Buchanan with griTat ardor and zeal. hew men have ever played at inure active and important part upon the political stage in this State. and his (loath Will be deeply regretted by a large circle of personal and political friends.—Protowlea niall.: • MAN - Lancaster Bank. The effort to ri7.susui tate the Lancaster Bank is progre;.sing very Kuti,factorily. At the ad. juurued Aneeting of the Stockholders, on Sat urday week, it wa4 stated by A. ll.Switb, Esq., President of the Bank that the amount of new stock now subscribed was $200,000, an d assurances of further liberal subscriptions had been held out from various parties, as soon as it shall he clearly ascertained that the assets of the bank will pay off - the circulation and de posits, or Which there now scouted to be no doubt. It was further stated that some debts, winch bad been comiidered doubtful-and bad, had since become good ; and a large amount due the Bank by a certain party was in a fair way of being pai4l, or the claim satisfactorily arranged. The circulation of the bank, since the suspension, has been reduced $286,497, at which Lime the notes in circulation amounted to 5724.000. The amount now Out is 5428,- 382. The Board of Directors, since last meet ing. have token some property in part pay ment of certain liabilities due the hulk amounting, to 51.600. The agents employthl to examine the title to the Shamokin Coal re gimr,-and the condition of the Sunbury Bail road, had reported them both good, and these reports went to England in the last steamer. If the English Company shall fail to tako it, another company largely interested would take hold of those improvements, and work them to pay off the first and second mortgage bonds. - Returned tb Stueery.—The llartford (Conn.) Times gives au account of Caroline Banks and her children and Mary Francis, slaves lately liberated by their Mistress, ( M rs.Sarab Branch, of Chesterfield, Va., ) who have voluntarily re tured to bondage, after trying to support them selves in Boston as free people. They declared that they had toiled constantly and Amid scarce ly gain a subsistence and wanted a master to protect them. Ea-had/big- -7-' hieres.—The New Orleans elkiekf Police has hdopted the plan of affix ingida-eards upon the breasts and backs of notorious thieves, burglars and pickpockets, on which is printed, in large letters, the na ture of the offenee for which they have beeu convicted. They are then marched through the streets, and made u public exhibition. 44.r.t. trader in Hartford, (Conn.)_distribu- teal to the pier children - of that city one thous and pairs_uf_ rubber overshoes on Christmas . day. mc=rim PEN AND SCISSORS. - .0141 Y ear, farewell !--and a welcome to the New ! ; Abe Legislature of this State will - nteet to-morroW. The Governor's Annual 31essuge may be looked for in our next. " York Gazette, in announcing the i se-The "Independent Blues" will parade appointinent of HENRY Rxit.Y, Esq., na Reye- on Thursday next—the anniversary- of the nue Commissioner, says :—"A. fietter. selection ; battle of New Orleans. could not have been made. Mr. Reily is an,;; intelligent.and worthy man, and will make a good officer. This appointment will give great satisfaction in York county." ....On Wednesday night u kitchen on the promises of Dr. S. R. Shields, at lincapton, VU., was. destroyed by fire, anti two negro children perished in the flames. About a hundred and twenty slaves ay. =MI immoisa rived in the Fiteartmr ("Arlttia%,..at Cli-arleKtutt,-; S. C., on Saturday, bound for Wilmington, N. C., to spend the holidays. The boat. was chartered for the purpose, and they are to re; turn to Florida ttB soon as the holidays are over. In Mercia county, California, Fremont got but Iwo votes out of 400! In Stanislaus, where there is ti vote of nearly 700, he did not get a single vote .... Bogus half and quarter dollars are in circulation at Carlisle. They are said to be so well executed that it requires close scrutiny to detect them. Look out—they will_be way sonn. ....The Iliffereure tetweer; lierseveranee turd Obstinacy—one is a -strong, will—the other a strung wont. ....Pride, though it cannot prevent, the holy affections of nature from being felt, may prevent them from being shown. ....Impure words stain the tablets of a virtuous n►ind, and the more we hear of them the less, nice becomes our sense of the relined and pure, A gentleman the other eveningobjerted to playingeards with a lady, heeause she had surf► a •'sinning way about her." We N111)111111%1111( through life as through the Swiss mountains—where sometimes 'a hasty word may bring down an avalanche. hatter advertises that "Watts on the Mind" is of great importance, but declares that what's on the head is greater. ....The triumph of a woman lies not in the atlmiration of her lover, but in the respect Of her husband.and that gained by constant culti vation of those qualities ivhich she knovrs he • • most values. in enterprising but ignorant South American has sent to an Albany locomotive shop for - one hundred "cow catchers." expects to use them in taking wild cattle on the plains of Paraguay, in place of the lasso. / ....The Ohio Farmer estimates the profit ,bnish etsp, State' the lkstyear at SAILLIQ,, , , 0(10, and the whole" capital invested at SW.- 000.000. The number of sheep is probably 5.1a)0.000, and the wool clip last year reached 10,196.0110 lbs., one-fifth of the entire wool clip of the Union. ....Speaking of hoops punch says- that a man who intimmis getting round his wife mast *tart very early in the morning. .Two men fighting in a g,rneery in Cin cinnati on Monday evening. upset a stmt', ley which' one child way scalded to death and another veiy severely, if not fatally, iajtired. ....The London Shipping Gazette calls at tention to the huportanre of the direct track with Chicago. just opened, and publishes cal enlatiorf of the cost of conveyance each way, to show that it may be carried on profitably. .... It is said that a large Vompany 'is form -1 ing in Paris to supply' the public with wine, mill:, bread, groceries, fruits. and other ad ' 1 ' innets to the dinner table. at prices Inure reit sonable than are at present paid. ....The annual ritutement of railways in the - Union has-just been published by tilt . , C. . iiiiirMiiiiiiTOte,gister - :7ll — nli, the total number of miles of railway '24.192.. being an inerease,of 3,434 over the preceding year. ....The amount of gold received at New York from f 'alifornia during the year w a s 540.3E1.929. .. —The first shad of the ceagon was caught in the river at. Savannah on the 25th nit. , Mrs. Gen. Ciaine:4 Juts connnenceil another suit at New Orleans, in relation to her father's estate ..The Pollee Department of Philadelphia, now costs upwards of half u million of dollurs annually it-Cincinnati wood non• eommandg $lO per cord. Unit sells readily at 51) cents per bushel. ....The cost of the monument to the pil grim Fathers will be $;00,000, of whi c h $50,- 004 have been subscribed; and appeals will be made to the different State legislatures and to Congress for additional aid. Moses 11. Grinnel, of New York, headed a list with $l,OOO. Mr. Robert Taylor, of Totness, Eng land, is a made man. An old stone, tossing about his !raise for ninny years, has turned out to be a blue diamond, worth ,C,10.0410. ....The ingenious follow who invented the machine for Milking cows, has compounded a plaster that draws knot holes out of barn doors and sheep sheds. .The London Athenaeum announces the discovery of a buried Greek city in the Levant, by Mr, Newton, British Vice Consul at Cos. The British Admiralty have sent out in the Gordon steam frigate the apparatus required for excavatioiii, together with camerus and photographic chemicals. .... It was testified to in the trial of Hunting don, by a bookkeeper of a firm who Was in the practice of accommodating hint with loans for - tlie .purpose ofishaving notes, that to one of these firms he paid sometimes. tor sttms of or ten thousand dollars. one per rod. a da y, saving tha'i ierwas half what he made. It is t . ) wonder that so maim- failures ()emir in Now York., Men-who I.kiirrow at such rates certainly never intend to pay their 2:oqli igitilei.s. le-Rev. Mr. VA WVKE will preach ht the felwer,Marsh Creek Church, on Suntl4 7 , the' lith inst., ut 2 o'clock in the afternoon. FIDE ! —Considerable alarm was created at the Alms-house, on Thursday last, by the tak ing fire of one the , floors in the new Hospital, originating from a defect in a flue, or inatten tion on the part of the person having the fur nave in charge. As soon as the report reached town, our citizens hurried thitherward: but the fire was subdued by persons eonneeted4 with the Imildinos before aid was had from town. The datnafie is hut - trifiu" • and the ,proper steps will of couise be taken to prevent a reeurren"e. , tirOn Thursday evening , the 'Sabbath School connected with the Methodist EpiSco pal Church, gave an interesting public exhi bition, the ex e rcises consisting of speeches, dialogues, sinking, &c. The exercises seem ed to-be much enjoyed by a large and atten tive audience. r'file Borough School Directors, having determined to erect a large ttilding - for the -accommodation --of- all- the----SchooN—riffe sale the School Huuees now belonging to the Borough. Vier The "Eagle Hotel" property, in this place, has been purchased by a company of gentlemen, who intend enlarging the building by the addition of, another atoryr-and other wirie improving it. • Wu understand tl►at W. W. PAXTON, Esq., has dispostd of his shoe and hat e»tablish mer►t. (store building and' stock,) to Messrs. tIrEo. E. Damn is %X and II ENRY 1019 will continue the bUsineste at the .san.'• place. VirSnow to the depth: of a few inches fell on Friday night, and for an hour or two on Saturday morning the tinkling bells were heard iu our streets. Ve•Capt. .1. GRAFT, (if Straban bwnship, has a Pig, three weeks old.. whaqi weighs (weld y-eigld low 11414 . ''his is truly, it "luannnoth" in its line. U. S. Senator. Mg. EDITOR:—On the first Tuesday otArre . ! nary next lair • Legislature meets, awl' as among its first duties is the important bane 11l electing a United States Senator, to tin the place of Mr. Brodhead, Wle se term expires .on the 4th.of Mareh next. a short coMlaalitar lion bearing on this sal jout may not • bet. ill : timed orinnopropriate. In the gem:y-311de- Ftory of October.._tha_fiemocratic_party_was_ successful in electing its candidates for State officers, and also (which is of greater impor. succeeded in electing a majority - of the members of the tleneral Assembly., this being the case, there can be little doubt hat that the United States Senator to he elected will be a sonto4natienal. constitutional Petn oerat, similar to . Mr. the distinguished -gentleman who now so ably represents m part oar great State in the Senate. The party possesses a large number of ahlti and descry nig champions. every one 41i whom would re fleet credit utsm it at Washington ; and from -the formidable array of names, it may be no easy task to select one, as specially deserving of the honor. and place him in the position which any one of them would grace. But. nevertheless, it will be. the duty of the Legis lature, as the servants of the people, to settle, these conilieting claims as best they eatt and with an eye single to the good of the party and prosperity of the State. select a man worthy of the honor. Prejudices and individual pre ferenceg must be forgotten, and yield to the interests of the many. Among; the many whose claims are advoca ted, Col. Joux W. FouxEr stands forth not the lea4t prominent. Not only have many of the Ibunorratie pipers of our State, repre senting the voice of tin' people, spoken warm ly in his faVor, but able journals in every Part of the Union lu►ve ex wessed a desire to see " hint occupy a position annong the great emo cratie Statesmen of the Union. in the Senate. i Nor is he less deserving of the honor than any of his distinguished einimpqitors. From a printer !HT, he has advanced steadily to a po sition which o n ly the talented and deserving can attain. .114. has been editor suecessively of the Pea/ow/ran/on and time 'Washington reiee, th- wilier the, organ of the Democra cy of oar own Commonwealth, the latter that of the united party of the Union. He has served creditably as Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, and for many weeks during the struggle in the House for a presiding oifieer, performed the duties of Speaker in a manner which impressed all with n conviction of his ability and impartial ity, and for which he received the unanimous thanks of the I louse. lie was Chairman of the Denumeratie State Central Committee dur ing the last campaign, and it was in a great measure owing to his tact and ability that the united cohorts of Know Nothingism and Abo litionism were routes! in October, the present Democratic Legislature elected, and Pennsyl vania secured to her great statesman, °limes BreitAxAN. in November. His whole life has been devoted to the interests of his State and beloved party. In every position which he has filled, he has conferred honor upon both. lie has triumphed over slander, vilification and detraction: and, like all good men, only exhibits a more perfect and exalted character, as be emerges from the-confliet. Ido not think that I mistake the opinion of the De movraey of Adams, when I say that the Leg islature should elect him Senator, and thus make his .triumph complete. Let the party reward . him for his many services, and show our opponents that we appreciate talent, ener gy and character, and that all their slanders valiant alienate the heart of the people from a deserved fellow-citizen. His election would. assuredly be gratifying to Mr. Buchanan, who has fur years regarded him with favor and interest ; and he, in return, would be au able support to the incoming administration, which the Arsperate opposition are already beginning ' The Democrats of Adams would rejoice to see this fearless patriotic Democrat elected by the Legislature, and although she cannot give him a/vote, her Representative being a "won grel,",yet her two •hundred and ninety-two majority_ for Mr. Buchanan should be respect esk It bed ones the DemosFratic members to be eircumaspect in their actions. Let not our enemies triumph through _the-disagreement of our friends, after due consideration of all the candidatea—which I cannot but think must result favorably- to CuL FoRN LT Dec. 2CI, The Oyster War—Dreadfid Fighf•-flde . ed and Tierce Wininded. : • . BALTIMORE. Dee.,29.'----A dreadful ,fight took tilaeu_oa_iatristumalayong_a-raunlyer-or--- Philadelphia oysternicaritflire - Pirataxent ri ves er. One roan WWI killed and buried at Drum Print. Three ~ thers were wounded and taken ashore. Three boats were lashed- ashore, anti the tight is said to have continued all night. ' BosTos, Pee. 29.—Mr. 'fenny, the Warde:a of Charleston prison, was murderechhis after noon ben . prisoner named Peeator. Ile hail been harried only three weeks, and was ab sent on his bridal tour, when Mr. Walker. the warden, was murdered. Deeator, the tiv'ttrtler er; was serving out three•years'itaptisoument f,r an aggravated assault (nr a policeman: Ile 14 twenty years old and a native - of Maine. lle killed the warden with on hlow—in- the neck with a knife. The motive for the net is j. WILLI A toTtarr, Pa., Dec. 30.—0 n Saturday last a locomotive attached to a train of cars on the New York and - Erie Railroad, exploded at Addison, instantly killing the fireman, anti destroying .the engine. The engineer and passel - titers escaped uninjured. The fireman, whose name is S. W. Attvrood, resided at Os wego, New York. Lociscitix, Xv., Dec. 30.—A.greut excite ment exists :It Nivsliville. Tenn., in reference to a rumored risin! amen. , the negro slaves_ The corporation met and passed an ordinance requiring. the military to hull themselves itt readiness for any emergency. and appointing a large number of additional watchmen. Fi . re in New York—Two Boys Smothered. ..Nesr YORK,I)ee. 40. 1 -A fire occurred this. morning, in Broadway, near Eastern avenue, in a house orenpied by Simon Bass, shoe ma ker. Two apprentice boys sleeping np stairs• were smothered to death, The fire was extin guished before much daurage.was done to the• house. NEW Yoau. Dee. 31.—1 t is stated that just before the Fulton left Ilavre, a ele, , puteli was telegraphetl front Bordeaus, stating that the• rumored arrival there of a portion of the passengers of the Lyonnaise, was untrue. A ussr, Dee. 3 T e brig: Bounty bas• arrived here. Her captain reports - that on: her outward passage rt boat was picked up, con taining a cask of water and a life-buoy, marked ‘‘Lyonunise," together with n whit a skirt and a fine. cambric handkerchief marked. .. ( 47eut*eliiffflair—_-1 « I.'innt7y For the Coinsarr luice4r tux, hv., Dee. 31.—News a ter-- affair_ involving, the probable'death of rt, - wiiolermanily, has re eked this eity . frons liar enersty, in this State. It appoars that ;6 wasted Stint, residing ther.e..; havite_ry fro= some tritlirtg rause. eleited iGe Of their sti..F. , !.r) cook were all mysteriouqlv poi» sonial tkiewreteft s few days ago.. Six are. already demi, and twn are supp)seil ta be dv ina. e-illair-hag-er eat ed-great_ exui t ente t I "nrilTrsily Our neer— limit 'Teel Ibms ors. • Lerntivti.P.E. Ky., Pee.. pa rtuarn.t of the Vaiver:lity S'itinated intrrviii eliiiiing the iiialsry. labi‘vatory and- missertni,, was , tiota ily burnt this morning- The li)ss is 4115>nt 4IRM'A).SI I P.. and thirinsuarmaire $51).0i Hi: • 1 es rev ei red h 'lns= rdiithhtictr- , ties in th& Nglitt h-iv est r*p4,rl Aoltlit slime -iv Aft.* litany stwitthents- rf‘glari 3, tre.2.rrtr.iii— stirrerli4 53e.,. tont f,trtht=ant , o 4 I part t 1 4 ,7 art, the ni*res4 Isautl4.algsr .- ivristts'Ait ui x rie t• iningillritiotis:, . The eorrexpooirerser a-fireem (Pup.. ;Ki'ne ..4•07P/ory qf Min_ • RV; TON T , Jail, 1 .-7-7110` 13•413ThP11 m-•- eently called for bit- the Senate...2re. Tithe v . 0 14 • - uminous, and inciroffe the- heretiAnle liitppresi sed letters of I;en:Seott and the•Semptarv;uE War relative to the .. + , rulter's pa as ruieurt.'n' ant General. • 711 , e correspondence on !salt , sides is particularly r' "tits :sal personad:-- Much anxiety fOr its rrusz§ mattifestedl. • ronriftv.—W e learn from the itap - terstravn Herald and Torch that SheriffOrarlittger start ed thr the Penitentiary on MonsEtv morning - - last with the' illowing 'criminals - eonvicteit daring the recent term of court in that place,. viz :—Antirew years ands months ; shaa—litt4har, 4 years -and 5 rnontlt net Krarift, 3 'years and 7 Inonths: Joseplt Murat, 3 rears and 6 months: Oliver Cotiths, 4 years and 6 months: Andrew .1. MAL yours and 6 months :John Mark the, '2 years and S months: David Ridenonr, 16 years and, 7 months, and Sam'l Howard, 2. years and 8 mouths. SarA Phihtflelphia paper, speaking nn• the subject of electric telegraphs, says "There is a wire from 1)4 ver to Calais under the British - Channel. There is a wire - front , Ostend to Dover, under die German Ocean. Dublin and Liverpool are connected by a wire under,the Irish Sea. Vienna and Selmstopol are linked by tt wire under an arm of the- MIA Sea. The limian Isles are next year to he wired fast to Greece. Algeria is to be fastened to France, Malta to Englan4l, and Egypt to Constantinople. The ['melon tele— graph operator. in 1858, will hold in his hand wires running to the four qUarters of the I :lobe, as easily as a coachman gathers up the reins of a four in hand." The Pulpil and ,~heir.—Last Thanksgiving' day, the Rev. Dr. Bellows, of New York, de livered an address at his church up in public amusements, taking the ground that the drama in proper hands was a valuable aid to the pulpit and the press in enlightening,. eril thating and reforming the people. Ile also took strong ground in favor of the opera. Some of the managers and leading artists of the city have since tendered to the reverend gentleman a piece of plate as a mark of their, recognition of his liberal views. lie has writ ten a letter declining the testimonial. and ex pressing a desire to address the theatrical profession especially. Arrangements are io ni • being made fir the delivery of the dis course. A Douhf ..turf.—A man up in Nets , Hampshire went out gunning one day last spring--he saw a flock of pigeons sitting on a liinl> . ! an old pine, so he dropped a ball into hi s g ull and flred.—The ball split the liTnb, which closed up and caught the toes td" all the birds in it. Ile saw that he had got them all. So be fastened two halls nrether and fired ; cut the lint!) off, which fell into the river ; _he then waded in anti brought it a shore. Oa counting them there were three hundred pigeons, and in his boots were two barrels of shad. re,ir-Tlie Louisville Democrat says that the weae-liar-who-wasarmted a slit al* time •• r_enticing_Nlayes away, is the Name Rev. Willi:au Anderson who took the stump for Jl..rton against Willard iu Indiana at the late electieu. DERN C NEWS BY TELEGIL&PN. Murder in .Prixon. Lorontotire Erplosien—Pirentan Negro Ezeitenient" at 2Viudirille. 7he 3figsi:ug Nteamer Lyfisisinuise. Drafl.
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