~:r• ' IN ANT REPUBLICAN. 0 •, , . • \ A F. READ AND 11. U. FRAZIER, EDITORS MONTROSE, PA. Thursday, March 1, 1855• ve Von Heard from 'Boob.? •;, We think it Cannot,be denied that the De mocracy have triumphed in 11uSh. - Aiel • : Toppet.;'Charles B. : Perrigo,. and the other =successful candidatoc we believe; are pretty • good Democrats. The defeated candidates, , however, Will'doubtless be surprised to learn '..- : *:they were on,. the Wrong side,.--on the anti . .pemocraticticket,infact, , and will therefore 7- • set themselves .right-by doing over to the other side, as soon us possible. N. D. Say der, fur instance ; who thought he was the regular DemOcratie' . candidate for Assessor, must - have. had . his eyei.ope.ned when he re. : eeiVed but 16 votes. Or, if he still thought • the Democracy was beaten in his person, he learned better 'When he came to read the _ news. And the Irishman Who was so highly . incensed at the;result of the eleetiun, as to threaten.to,bara the houseS of some of his. neighbors, %dm he thought had .cootributed to the - *exult, .701 no doubt.cool off,..wh4 he learnsthat the (::.Dimmeicrats' have triumph-. ed, after all: W hope the people of journe!illi feirl - , -e-etair" , 4ed to perseVere in well phild-Air- • (IS al parties approve their conduct. • • The New Tanfr . . The lionsei - i 'of Representatives; on. Satur day last, adoptpd'.an amendment to - the Gen eral appropriation bill, reducing the tariff on brandies and affil other distilled liquors from 100 per cent. to S 0 per cent. ad:valorem ; on tobaCco; cat.-., glass,. tnahoiany, and , -ether fancy .Wood, from , 4o',per cent. to 33 per cent.-ad valorem on iron in .all shapes, cotton fabrics,' woolen do., (with exoeptionS,), carpets, arms; ale and beer, clothing, coal, cutlery; furniture, hats, hemp, jewelry, linen manufactures, 'silk manufactutrs, ' wares-, of brass, copper, iron, tin, &c., from 30 per cent, to 24 per cent;; ait, dyestuff, seeds, ice, and - animals of all kinds, to be henceforth Five ; and most Other articles to, pay 20 per cent.. _leis than they ha-ve hitherto done. • Weheliee this tariff is in some respects an" improvement on that. of 1846, but. while it ?Oil benefit a portion of the ,States; it muit, prove most injurious to Pennsylvania. sta4 with its Forty Millions of debt., can ill droll to have a chief source of its 'wealth, the iron interest, destroyed, - as - it is feared it 'will be bY•thiS reduction of the tariff on iron: liembers.of both houses, from this 'Silte, : of all parties, are •opposed to. the measure.— ,Senators Cooper , and Brodhead opposed it strongly,' and, the latter a ft 4 days ago rriade an ahle,(ipeeeli.in the Senate agaitiSt it. TW:vote, in. the House, on• adopting the Atneildinent, was as follows :. • - : . YEAs—Messrs. Abercrombie, Aiken, Jas. • C. Allen. (111.,). Willis Allen, Appleton, Ashbe, Bailey. Banks, Barksdale, . Barry, Belk Benton, ss, Bocot.. Boyce, .B rencken- Bridges„Brooks_caskie. Chamberlain, Chastain;Chrisman,-Churehu:eil, Clark, Cling; man, Cobb. 'endue, • Cutting. Davis, - (lnd.) Davis, (R. L. Dewitt, Dickenson. Disney. Do‘ydell, Dunbar, Dunham, Etv..ttrian,\ Eddy, • Edgerton, Edniands, Ednitindson, Elliot, (Mass.) Ellison, English, Etheridge, Fulkner; Florence . , F . oller, Goode, Goodrich, Green, ;Grenwood,- Grey, Hamilton, -Harlan, (Ind„) Harris, (Ala.,) Hastings, Hendricks, Henn, Hibbard, Houston, • Jones,.. (N. v.,) Jones, • (Tenti„) • Jones. (Pa.,) Jones, . (La.) Keitt, Kidwell, Lamb, Lane; Lathan). Letcher, Lewin, Lilly, Lindsley, .(Ohio.) WMullen, • McNair, - McQiieen, Afecy, , AfaxWell,. - May, (lad.,) MillsOn, Morrison,. Murray, Noble, Olds, Oliver; (N. Y:) Orr, Peek, Peckham; Perkins ; (La:). Phelps, Phil: '• lips, POwell,L Richardson, (Ohio.) Ruffin, Seward, Shannbri; 'Sham', Shower,. Skelton, Smith, (Temi„) Smith, (la.,)Stnith, (Ala„) Smythe, (Texas.) - Stanton, (Tenn.,) . .Statiton (Ky.;) Steven; (Mich.,) Straub, Stu art, (Ohio,), o;) . Stuart, (Mich.) Thurston, Upham, Walbridge, Walley, Walsh, Warren,- Wells, . Wentworth, (Ill„) Westbrook, Wheeler; Wit te, Wright; (Miss.) Wright. (Pa.) . ,NArs-;---.MesSrs, Ball, Belehey, Bennet, Ben son, Btig,g, Campbell, Carpenter, Caruthers, . Chase, Cook, .COrwin, Cox, Crockr...Cullum, • Curtis, ;Dawson, Dick, Dunn,. - Everhart, Far - lev,. ream, Flagler, Gamble, Giddings; • G'Oodwin; Harlan ' (Ohio,) Hirrison, Haven Hiesr o HoWe, ..Hughes, Hunt, telngersoll, Knox, Butz, Lindley,(Alo..)Lypti r Me&lloCh, Med - maid, Matteson ; Mauriee, Meacham, Middleswarth.. Morgan, Norton, Oliver, (M 0.,) Packer, P.arker, Pennington, Pratt, Preston, Puryear, Reedy,. Riddle, Ritchie, (Pa„) Robbins, Rowe l Russd,Sabins, Sage, Sapp, Seymour, Simmons . , Sollers, Stratton, Taylor,: (N. Y„) Taylor,' (Ohio,) Taylor, (Tetin„)Teller, Trout; Tweed, Van Sant, Wade,' . Walker, . Washburn; (I 11„) Washburn,(Me„) Wentworth,(Mais.;) lates, ZolliCoffer. nr It will be - seen by,. the telegraphic despatch hi another columnohat.there was a falling off •in the vote for Cameron and Buckalew, the three ballotings. for U. S. Senator, on Tuesey . last.. We have not . learned the vote for the other. candidates. It - . appears that: Buckalew had only 23 votes. 'whereas two' Weeks befOre heliad 28 _on the first ballot. ', We are curious to letirnwhetly. er the others, of the five followed the exam ple of Mr. SUllade,,anil went over from Buck-. slew to Cameron, 'and it they did so, we sho'd like to knOvi how such a course of action will be accounted for. • ray-Putnarres _Monthly, for March, is one of the best numbers that have yet appeared. The series of . able articles on the 'leading questions of the day, add greatly to the val., ue of Puttnun r The paperonMormonism,. nd the relation, of religion to .politics, an tract from which will be found on our first page, Will be read with interest. IlarMr: James-Watson of Franklin, says the statement that'threats.of prosecution for perjury, - &c., were made to him, to prevent his voting igaiusi the KnOw-Nothings, is ut terly false, and no such statement was ever made by him to anyspersian.--, W*Sevtild 'communications and othei aitieles, that should_ have appeared in this week's Republican, are unavoidably deferr ed. arWe are under obligations to Hon: Groli for several - 'valuable Congress ionattloeunients. • . - w . • • Since_ passage ,qr ,the - .llebraskit elections bare been held 14 inoilt Of the Free States. 7.Tbe , generalresultof those elections is thnbest eviience of the present-stitte of.l feeling at the North, on the Slavery question. Every . .qoverni t ai that 'has!; been elected, isitur avowed •nnti-Nebraska - .A very great .majority of, this Representatives elected' to the next Congress, are alS'O Free-Soil men; so that we: are Sure_ of a iVtee-Soil Hous(i of Representatives, during- the session succeeo ing \me One that.passed .the 'Nebraska I Within the last •year, . the Legislatures of eight-Statei have elected "United States Sena • titr.4., follows: Maine; W. P., Fessemlen, I to fill arvacaney ; Verniont, - Latirence 1 and ; liassachtisetts, Henry 'Wilson, .in place 9f Edw'ard rett Cottneetidat, L. S. 'Fos. .tcr ; NeW 'York, ANT.tr:. Seward ; WiSCon: sin, \Charles purkee, it place of Isaac P. Walker ; lowa,..James , Oarbin, in place of A. C. bodge ;; Illinois, I.'..Yritan Trumbull;. in place of ..TimS Shields. I:'.•tre.rY one oflthe new Senators is anti-Nebraska. Pennsylva • nia came - hear I.l.leingi swindled into . sending an old pro-Slavery de4glifaCe, (secretly pledged • for Free to the Senate,; but this disgrace ;t o the State has_ been happily averted (brittle, present; and we trust forever. In these resuhs . we isee 'Much to inspire the friend of freedom I- with hope that the • 1- reign of the . Slave Power in' our National .Gorernmet t is-.near its. end..: I .;',:,:::,11n anOther.eolunin of this Paper !Will be .found 4 'letter fromli.tu b AV doe ILator, e.v: - • . . • - : - i dosing to le 'just indignation ofr'the people one of thO'rekrious plota of Simon Cameron ad his hir4.ling - satellite?,i; to build up, by the basest•trea .wry' . and falsehood, the ' 'fortunes of the . Mid : letown BanktPresident, Cameron. ii .l Free-SoilT I. of- Sus4uchanna l - read; and. .refieet. - I/ \ • i - . . AN ACT • I . To Prevent . .the Sal e of Inteizieating Liq uors on the .first day'&' the week,. coin'tiionly called Bundzp. . Sec. L !Be it enacted; &c . ..; That troth and after . the.tifst day of. APO next., it shall not -be lawful tot any, persOp or persons to sell, trade or barter in any spirituous or Malt liq uors; ivinelor; cider on ;the. :first day, of the week, conundnlY called iSunday, or. for . the keeper or keepers of:4Fly . hotel, inn, tavern, ale-house, Jeer-house, or, .other .uublic-house 'or, place:, knowingly to tillow or pertnit: any spirituous I oa malt.l i quors, wine or eider, to be'.drank on or within - the premisesier house occupied (*)r kept by stiql keeper otilceepers, his; her, of their agents or servants on the said first davjof the week. - i: .. Sec i .2 *That any per4en or persoas 'N'iolat,- ing the previsions of the foregoing: section, shall for each and-eveky. offence forfeit and , • pay the sum lif fifty doll i ars, one lialftof Which shall be Nid to the s pro andecutor the other half to .theignardians of ;;the poor of ',the city and county inswhich snit is brought, or. in counties having no guardians of the poor, then to the..overse'erslOf the poor of the township, ward, o r vor i ough. in • ‘ llicii . • the offence was committed, tp be:recovered as debts of like amount fire . now by IOW- recoverable- in any action of ;lebt brought! in the' name of the Commonyenhh of Penitsylvania, as well for. the use o the guardians of 'thenipoOr (Or for i i the 'aversyers of tile poor of the township, *Ward prlo r rOugi i i, as the ease may be) as for the 'person '‘eing. „PrOrided, That when any i prosecutOr is himself' 0 witness !on any' trial under the_lmPvisiens 'ot:this section, then the i s whole pena'tyor forfeiture s shall be paid to . the,guardians or:ovzrseers as aforesai4. 1 Sec. 3. That siaAddition to the eivil penal- s . !ties imposed b l / 4 - ;the last preceding sectiOn for Ia violatiOn Of. .the.ProVisions.of the 4 ....N.t. sec tion Of this act, .every ;person who shall view late the provisions.of Init. section - shall be taken acid (leaned to s hhve committed 0 .mis demeanor, and sindl onleonviction thereof in ,any erjminal curt in this Commonwealth be fined in any sum abf lts thew ten, dollars or More than one hundred dollars/ and. be im prisoned ,irftlie cianntY' jail. for :iperiOd not less than tea days.uor more than sixty days, at the discretiOn ofithe,Court, and upon being . tWiee convicted as aforesaid; he sh:dliforfeit any lieenSe he iniy! haste for selAg,lthe afore said liquors 4 :' i !; - . , I ' The. above act has pa.'ssed bothranches - of the Pennsylvat ia Lenislature and will tin-. 1 ~, - , , '. doubtedly receive the Signature of the' Gov -11 -ernor; • . Senator iyrlni H. Sewnird. r• - P. . , . The Kennebeek (.Mtne) Journ4l, Ali a bl y b conducted Free SOH - paper,- comtnenting up on Mr. SeWard's ',re-election to he United Statei Senate., trusts that his friends.-will nut . misunderstand the ;=tiSe, and the jneaning of I his triumph. `lsis eleetion (argue-#s the Jour- nal) is not the success il or the defeat of either of the old political : OrganizatienSi. .1 Ills bit terest and ablest foes t are . amongi those who claim to belong to-1.4 party 'With which he labored from its formation to the: hour ;of its, final overthrow. - Many of his .1 ableSt and `most devoted friends!: and Suppprters have ibelonged to the IDentOcratie part*: In reali ty his election haS Isejn secured liy that par , ty . which ilta:s . , been. gaining . numbers and I strength from .all fortrier organizationSi which i has arien a, young giant, soon to be the Her 1-cules to drive the monster from the - national [ capitol, and trample[under its feet the ser- 1 1 pents andl vipers which . have alarmed and I bitten the Sons of Liberty; and . poiioned and 'checked tlhgrowth !of thebest plants f i . 1 American civilizationi . Not as the ehamp ' ion of an tiffete, or A rapidly dissolvin party, but as a great statesman and sworn defender of Freedorn and thelinion t he finds 'congenial fellowship: with Cha4C, Sumner, Wadi!, Fes senden, Hamlin, King, 'Johnston, - Wilson, Hale, Durkee, and i.that whole school . of strong and determined men of common•blood and -aim, whore by the will of God and the people to make it a historical fact ere 1860 ,• that slavery is? sectional . and temporary, that freedom i national ' and universal, and that • A ; tnerican principles;, shall rule to.the exclu sion -of. 4 easand elements which hail _their birth ami the- feudal [institutions and the des potism. of the bid world. ! _ The Sexqttoila: Election.—Adjournment - - • Ihrtaxsunaa, Tuesday, s Feb. 27 - 1855. The,t i ) 1-:louses Met in joint ry Convention this morning, and resumed balloting for. U. S. S.enator, ; with tac, rollowing result Simon Cameron, 55; Buckalew 23; scattering, 52: No choice.: The abOve shows a slight, falling' offamong Cameron 4 s'friends, he having 'had 59 votes at: the previous trial. Second i ;ballot,: Cameron,' 54; Buckalew, 23; balatc'e scattering.. Third ballot:'Cam eron, 55;, Buckalew ;23. . A motion to ad journ till 11 o'clock, lost-63 to 66. A motion. tn ;adjourn. tnthe first Tuesday in Oc tober next,7was agreCd to. ;Yeas :66; Nays ' The - action of the onvention virtually art ihdefin4 postponement, and gives Gov. Pollock de fewer of appointing a; Senator to act until an election toy the neat Legislature. TIMMY. 1 -i. sacog . szssiog. I - , . The. bill to Prote t officers'add oilier per. sons acting - und3r th authority.4f the United States was taken up ,February 23d. ' 4 -.. The bill ' : prtivid : that if a suit. benni inenced in any Stet 'Court, againit any OE6:- ei of .the-United St tea, or other - person, for any act_ done under i law, or color of..hti' of the,United States, t • defendant' may remove _such Suit te,,. the United States Court, sitting in that circuit, and it there is no circuit in the* district, in the" ; Co rt clothed with circuit powers.; . :.. Mr. Wade consid -to -again introttnee 1 1 'into Congress. Mr. Douglas-- 1 grets that the sessi I out..agitatioir. Ile tin that till having al I five Slave act, red thus bill as designed be agitation of slavery jc Senator from ,Ohio re «ti couldn't pass by -with eis not a word or line ity reference to the Fugi- , - there is. The word " under color of law" 'neiple of the 'bill has rtv years, and was never, Mr. Wade has recently nof State Rights. , reeentlY, but eternally. e OhhiSenator's passion ' ill, but against the Con try. Igo for the law .be , re' Ohio does not ,-,-; for lion and preventing ' an- Mr. Badger , --Y color iri the phras , [laughter.] The p been applied. for fo objected to before.. become the chainpi , Mr. Wade--.;-No Mr. Doaglas-1, is not . against - this I stitution of his:coui l cause the Senator putting down relic archy: Mr. a o n u :\ d t V i o tt;al do-My e - • Douglas—_, vided. a Supreme constitutionality: Mr:Wadez-D nois believe that tl it the FederalCou Slave LaNV:constit le - fonstitution has pro , urt to settle questions of les• the B&tator from 11li e States have, any rights is prOuounee the F,ugitive kiunal ' .Mr Douglas. Stztes and, Unite clearly, marked ; under the control lav,Ls of the - 'Unit, States jurisdiction, , are 'he delegated powers are of the constitution' and ed States. The reserved legislate upon, and upon rmer they have relinquish come here to forswear tn . intention to violate the 'lather star at home.: I I ,rade myself by coining 1,--What were your Anti- Were they not Maine Lig. tow-Nothings, meeting in d bound under illegal paths fight, smiling at those they ring to stab them ? as not your Kansas Ne ed by a secret conclave.in 1 , e,- . powers tates.:mit those only; the c io ell - When - 1, ha • mYself, mid With .. Constitution, I -WU,' will not then rdci here. :(To Wade) Nebraskatrien ? , Or ILaw men'? Kr seeret . conclaVe, tul concoeted at midi meet, while prepal , .1111- Wiale—W brasica bill ConeOci the dark ? ' t . • Mr.''Douglits—' oWn house; but, ' i l i 1. biped of the Whi, litioW : Nothirigs, N‘ men on account South, by...and , by, ism, Will .yon call ism ? You took were. -entrapped, j they come.tri, thei setts ,send •her n her Anti-Nebraslc 'Mr.- Wilson—l from Illirroirr .. place'me whOre I have a place here; I, (Tess' who i:.! not e - a unanimity 4, s ol ) that subject, a . Mr. Fesseaden . strong that we car • the Senator froM latron froth the c laiit year,', and., in nectieut i lilKide I, welcome to 4: 1 dirce all this?. ' 'Mr. Diinglas sas.NAraskii bill No, by.myself, alone in my I ottr , friends are the coin- party and all the isms-1 filo - proscribe their fellOw-' - 6f •their religion. If the comes into Know-Nothitig- I that also Anti-Nebraska eoine Demoerats, : but they. And . will . .leave you .when. it senses. Did nissachu , W .delegation, because of lisin 1 sill answer the Senator nti-N'ebraskiiistn did not .am to-day, but no man can titer, on either floor of Con- Anti-Nebraska. There is ntinient in Ma.4.sachnsetts, I 'd I neeOrd with it. The• Lil comes here so do nothing against it. If yinoia can draw any conso-. ection in New Hampshire ; the late eivetions: in Con :land, and New York;he is id. Know-Nothingisth pro- If did nut aglee to , thi: Kan : on the principles, imputed. to me. i- i Mr. 'l'.gi,send,,i)i—Jf you didn't, others did. All the :Free StaesWelter— went one way. t ,' Mr. eilr— 'alitlirnia went for the Ne- C braska bill. Six. candidates, of all parties, Were Neliniska. • Mr: Fessender —I forgot about ; the State west of 'the - Rocky Mountains. Illinois was Anti-Nebraska.. •, • • - * '... , Mr. Douglaslllitiois was not I Anti-Ne braska. JOhn NEorire was a candidate agains Whoin.the Anti-Nebraska men poured out al their sPite; :- -becinase be refused the Stat House -to the lecturers. They denounce - him in theYtuost- violent language, through their ne*spapersL .:lle had' every ism oppos! ed to him, and yet, -got• a majority of : 3,906 , - votes: , -,- i . . - - Mr - . .Feseendeii-Fer contra, look •at the Illinois Legislature giving leave to Mr. Doug -1 las g s colleague to ..stay at hone. .'But - to re. turn to the: bill. I' i The Senator from IllitioiS asked - xliether We would go-against the Conl- Istitution by refuSing to pass this bill to car ryr , its :provisions .out. I answer,! there are 'measures which inlay be- constitutional, - and Yet perfectly odious to a free constituency. - When OdiOns nieasures are proposed to carry out constitutional provisions, we are _mit , . , boundto iii.:.-ent;to such measures;, ! ' I After further:. remarks .by Messrs. Chase, ,Toucey, Walker, Benjamin, Stuart, ;Cooper and Bayard-- . . i . • Mr. But l er said this bill came to the. Coi n• , manner , ted by rnittee in .11 regular e • suppor I • Ipetitioni from. District Attorneys, Marshals ,aad Judges of the Federal Courts: The Sen.. I iator from tonnecticet drew the bill by order i 'of the torninittee... l'said,' when it comes to this; that a lair! of : the United States cannot ilhe executed without' danger to:the persons of i the officers; to whose execution it, is cominit -I;ted, somethidg must lie done. .• il Ma. Toncey aaid- r --I did ,not like to pro pose a laW so touch. against public opinion, but I dreW this bill in hopes of riiitbServing the Constitittion - .2 • • . i Mr. Butler—'.The papers were handed to • Mr. ToOmbs to draW up the bill; but in his. absenceltr. Toucey, took the* initiative. ~- lifr. , l 7 Vade-1 thought the bill' had ineep-' titan in a Southern latitude. • - Mr. Butler(Notwithstanding being call ed to order)—l now say that it is not so. , Mr. Wade—t Then What I said at first was true; that it came from Northern men. . f , Mr. Douglas—l ant at a little loss tO Un- IderStand the mOtives of the Senator from Ohio. iHis - poinOs to make out that this is the most I.rhonstrouS measure ever brought forward. 'lf the bill.. be monstrous,- how can Northern Ilmen exense Southern men fur an infamous act? .. He;,doeS not choose to arraign a Solith ern man. : ,- He:says, you may gb to extremes if you'lliet me demagogue, iiilsify," history, and cater4o.the prejudices of my people at home. Iliad trusted- that among gentlerrien - there would nOt be charges for political pur poses Under the naive of philanthropy, which the authots knew were false when they : made them. Why, then, this onslaught upon the Senator front Connecticut and myselfott this time? ; VrejOice that'as a Northern ntan, born at the .NOrth, -with no sympathies;' no interests,!save!what Northern men haVe in the.wholci'country, that 1 did introduce the Nebraska,: Kansas. bill. -Washington Terri tory WELS : admitteA in 1853, leaving her at her pleasure as to Shivery. One year afterward I. brought in the Nebraska bill, . the very same. , W . hy, then, this denunciation? The first was 'a Whig doctrine which that pirty conizsa State Aisbefieves in the the -Fugitive Slave Law,, Tht - ;"difference between 'ernbridied iisitlie . Witshingteii - TerritorV " un der, the platform a nd banner of Gen. Scott. You turn against the Nebraika' bill, be ause the i reby yoaieritt get men into power, who otherwise would never be elevated.; to It is hypcieliti4l,'arid you know it to be so. I haVe thkWalt into your . ..teeth 'A . thousand times.T4l, liatue into dissolve the . , Union, There is nett; an - abkOlitionist in the country who is notihlisunixinist. - And why? The Cr.tstitutloVrecognlzes Slavery. if you ,do not accept (thia; elenitsat, it is your duty' to go Toc the disiOltition ilf the, Union:, It is the bottom ef' i ttipieheMe . you have ; iti Nebraska yr.it.:do ribt care for. There is not , a principle hi the Nebraska bill that was not tin; Wiishirigtoni:bill.'. This Union cannot II be preserio excepit2by fidelity to the Con stitution 4 Shall we be true and loyal to they{ COnstitutionr. If*, we shall support all laws whi:eir,enianati under the Constitution,i. wilf;aidMit new States to have sueh, as they pa*.i, so fong as they do not violate,. the Constituti on. i While Virginia or any!! other State 'has Slit - yes, the new States should;; have ther4iina libefty. 1 deny .t he right 'of: !len who *c :kicked out of thet,Whig party' and reje'Ciedl)y the Democratic' or not bei. iOg suffi c iently honest, and who finally by fu4 siengoein i to: powet, to speak for ,the North donbtrieny your representatives came, here by lin Nothing vot e s. [to Mr. Fest sgtie: - !. ?iDo . yoi kno - iv a representative from l ttjiie who .tame here with a Knowi Mr. re,;genden4-The question was Nebrasf, or MitiNebrasia. • • . • Mr. )3hig;laS—A Know Nothing cannot be swearing al.Knowl Nothing Without to tell a, • • F, lie. i t ge4etideni----Da you apply this to me?. • . . Mr. DOtiglits—Show the a - Nebraska 'maO; Who witkeiceted By a Know NOthing vote. i, Mr.•seWard- - -Mr. Morgan from ! my . dis 7 Wet. '1 i .. ' ''. ' 11 'i i'. •., .r.Y ' t Mr. , Diaiglas—There was a Bogus lodge in that district,. . .: • j. I Mr. SeWard—lf there was, I did not kno* .., ~ 1 , , •,• !. ~ 1 •• it. I do',,not:belleve. it, and know nothing • . aboutiti i i ;., .e• . . .. . Mr: I..)onglits-7-it is well known the peoplei f ChiCatici-.' would not hear me. A lot . riff now .No,thiligs, two by two, with pistols anal owie liniVeS went into the crowd and broltei i 1 ~ 1 - • -, tip the Meeting. iMy colleague voted tor thet NCbraskii: bill under histructiOns from 'the enislainie: i Nov they say he was beateni ecausil he olieyed his instructions. 1k was ut doWn bye the Know Nothings, because be 'as guifty-!Of being borieabroad, and had ialt Tilt .b4d:cii,ough to rectify the - mistake. 11 thislpretenec :is for political purposes. .11 - , 'an forgiVC:the Senator from Ohio for his vo.li, iferatiOh--:.-his indignation. I His. 'term - is bout ti.i'clO.46, said he-does thik to combine,l 11 the 'i ;i0 htid ride into power again, Init.l, the ractis'olmostruri. They Call us traitorS.l r i 'o'whil,T.4--to the Constitution;'? No. to tie]l North:! 1.4 Mint that 'caters to a section will .sail byievery current; betray{ every fliend.li Sir, (td :Mr. Made) I am ready to meet vgn, as a Northern man, on Northern soil, todi`sl I . 1: . 1- • . :. cuss thi.4 rpiestion., . . , • ; Mr. ;Oillette--.1 regret to trespass, but it i iii asmuch l'iSi iny colleague has figured in - thi. i debate{ I feililt due . to present 7 the true sob i timents itConnecticut upon' he subject whiff : has becri precipitated upon IN.! It would b More d,O i ngenial tO me to sit - in silence, bit • when ii •propositit:in which I cannot apprott . of, andtueasures'i injurious to r humanity are, j pr0p054,..1 eannOt help' speaking. .The Sent j ator frbin Leuisinna has model aggression the burden. Oflifs 'speech. I shalt speak within the reCord. I coll the attention of the Smith; to this! i Cry.:District,- ft ir -which all the .Statili' arc . riisplinsiblel ; . [Here -Mr4 Gillette read; frOm th'-liii's . ariVeniiiii* the District of gel.•;, .. . 1 . lumbial .: . .. i• • f - ' !iH ,i, Mr. aiWsoli4These laws are as obsole e . .„ as the Blito sllaw of Connecticht. Never el -, I torced;here....' 1 don't want tieli a 'false. inl; • pression to go out.' -1 amthe Chairman t . .(1 , the Diitrictof Columbia. ' 1 t Lt I I Mr.? IGillette ()tiered the "Black Code of thei 1 Disi s ri'et of Columbia." -- . .. I Mr, Oo.tiei—That book is a slander upb i the_ i . • , - ~ • , tiiitri and 'upon the country. d I Mrl Grillette- ; f:a ,thing on rhbrFeback - vast' . clrawol along oil the Monday ; beforelast-Hai wonitut s tied .with a rope under the very shadoki• of the Capitol ! . ./ - In.anSWer to Mr. Rusk-1 did not see . htt, .but SOtrieladies;ht the house where \ I reside] told ine Of it. • .1 . -. ' - I - Mr;;• ;11,1tsk-4Where is that .book, the .`;Bliielide ofthe Columbia.'!District : Oli - i • -; ' , i. Mi,iJimes' (examininglbe •beok) .7 --By i 34: , . Allti-Sttri SoCiety,lloin the press - of Ji B. Sn . 4"o, Join 't. New York... . 1' • , Mr. Ririik--4 stippcsed so. ..• • 1 .. -1 MtLiGillette continued for more thane ari hour Clting-extr4cts from foreign and doilies, tie anthors,..in derogation of Slavery, when .1 ".3.10,.d0ne5, of Tennessee, said •the •Senatoti from !C{iiiiicetient (Gillett) Observed T 'at it.. 14 comin'etteeinenOof his speech. that the tneast, tire Wasprecipithted upon them, and he* read liver fifty pages which Must have taki...n a week to prepare, and speaks of the Ternarkt of MV. Wade, which shows hp,knew. whatr, Wadii WilS,going to Say. (To the.l.'ree-04,1 ers)4N.6w. own up,.gentlenien, you kneeiil abouthis bill and what each -other wi!re 1 io r i ing i tP say on iti Ido not say it . in my;1 1 . 1 atonal - Opticity,_but personally. I verilyb -. lieve yfiu,tire aband of traitors. ' 111 girl Clia,e moved the. Senate .adjourn. lAiSt4-I..siiiis 30, Yeas 7. i - .. ' ! . - I'4 rettit ridiculed the idea of Stater irq ereigiity, and gave a dissertation on. .toß.o -manq ,-:Scandinavians, Normans, - Sak,O $, Putt.k,lVatidals; the. Gracchi, 6 &e.' - I Mil;!Wilson : was ready to'', carry out eitirl proVitiiOn of the Constitution, but. was po ed •thithe existence of Slavery in the Distri t f• of dofittibia tit yin the Territories of the llqi ted 'f,.l„tes . i. andlie and those, who acted :;m/gli birri?ittre..tieteiinitted to abOlish it, there{ •They;Witived they shared the responsihility 'of itslexiStencewherever it . was - under!: tie contiorof:Congress and they desired tii, j_r lieve ItheinselVes oethat responsibility.' f„. He eartiOtly. desired the perpetuity .of the. t i t - "i . on,'aiid thought that if the;• Fugitive Slate Law Opuld bel i repealed that the provi:iiPps of thtlVAaistitution would lie. carried out thy the pt t: tes„theryiSel yes. •.1 ; u . M 5. INN . `C)Ier attid.if Mr. Wilson 'was di'sras ed temirry Dt4 the provisiOns of the Ohisti tutibil,',hiti W iould .go hand in hand with liiii,- He 1144 heard bin charged •Iwith - being a dls uninuiSt. -He Was glad that such was mitt u , cas4.li z . I • Mii:SeWardi--At 10 minutes past Itiliis 'willing; tsinmitaneously with the callitil up ofll4'hill. by Mr. Toueev I rose to prLsent • t 4 ' - 4. a proposition tor a -bronie'statue; fifty re,et high, it) thismemory of Jellerson,to beet tiit in •Whshingtorii one side to comniemorate Sl„ltieis -of theDeelarationfof Independe e., Nowo haVe whited nearlyll4 hours hit i'l 'no 'Aitspo...4tion!.'to enter the-lists among ,t 1 early! dispiitanti. The - Nebraska - bill -, in thel . light, was announced by cannon' ii for langht•l know cannon are ready tit 1 ' tiouitO. the paiiiage of this bill. Everyt i hasi been brotight into this discussion hardly-a.phase, of Slavery] exists which R notMeen AilludO to. The bill before us I recetyed none too large a share of our itte_ tion•ql-The Fugitive , Shrte Law has ..been i trcolliked. I have no concealment or re4ert, tionsf upon that subject. .1 Shall 'give - vielrti !pin on that subject; when we coil" - 1J J ,- . I; .a. I: rOphesied, t ,• . 1..; 4 iiiitioii f - Nebras ._ p /, t I tho usurpati t enof the I', gitiy'p Slave Law :.-oithl )lead to , finther 'lnsti' ationa, and; here theyi are in this bill. liundhrstatid the Know liothiiti'sa to be . cret shcietiea of or three Own tier, i i to 'eletti persons of their Own i ' nler, soth what Shrill toNative'Amer 16in ' - I hope niy protest i -thisi bill Will not 1 ' 1 - , .he i entified Qlth this .r.A. ' ifttioii; • I. belong 1 1 1 to b t hiae voiuntary shciet l y; and that is the 1 . ..'lirtitilin ,church. '1 b'eloti to bet, one polit :.'calihaitt,y, and . putt he.4'oi , n 'societies, meet nib* hroad daylight.. f ,Be ore I would bend the Itnoe;or jein; secret Oast: linking, and swear! to 8' Unlit. my judgment tw at 01 , other ' : men, lit 4 • ! . wc I suffer My hand to paralysed: Pro ;enl. wit man b4cause he W snot born in the ; ? I. tow'i,ounty, tate orieountry ! . I seriously' 'vivre the peo pl e i hereafter to be born in the ' krill etlfStatetk, to be etinye led 'to the riotestd ritiChnrch, and to be bo . white if they can ;! &Jot' they cotnninto the wo d,netwithatand inn. . .1 Fnyl advice, with black : Iht , and twisted hair ' I s h all add :it feather tt. the disibilities un4 eti;: which they naturally stifftfr thereby. - i Ifin!,•iii Pifer of v ole abolitiol of Slavery in thd i Lliatrlet of 61biebia. 1 - A4,to Slavery id the . I Stittes.; I' don't: know .Of ail individual who i 4 in lilivbr. of !abblishingl SitverY in th'e Statei' , wl .r . elit exists; by extan, 1 interference; but , . 1 it suit in 4 Slave StateAshonH use all legal' I l in. an to procure its alrohtion - there; arid. 0 tailit end I Would : try to ~e such aid from the, [T i lastilry of the' Unita tittes as.circunsta '- 'c l would afftird. AV t the Territories, ,s., all not repeat.my .ohini ns. What is pr -, 1p ,iSediliece ,is An innoVatb' w—a new measur i ; that the Courts. of the :.1 ates' may be oust. ,- ed lin 1. - elvi s h causes in !act, t .cins complained Of nniler a laW or color Of al law ef the United States. - Thirty-one equal and q ualified so ir re"i•glities Compose the Minted States. Thk hjeet of boll' are ali i kelti , protect their cit :, ..,1.5., Thd . .olie is the; E .ileral . Oovernment i e o f other the state Gilive nment. The latter As o .ganizedlte prt4et! he citizen. .Where iy.' I, the 'k'ederalle4rts are appealed ti,4,. Me Bayard—Soine'States have recent l 4, I f thfirlegislation, end ' vored to render the' lasys of the Uniti4l State,. nugatory, hence thi.,'. iidcesS °itv f such a bill : . s .this. One - State F' 7 t . iimpribons saga . a felon hi n vho asserts his right, ;to; priperty and wails Ito, rave his title. Seib Statellegislatien render the present bill in .... iperative. i-, No ofliceioi,herwise can fulfill Oa Itlnty in refei4nce to it'll lawa,of the Unit State`. Irtiti!se States ein carry their . poin 4 , . i lag l :tit the ioited Stet+, there must be a Idisso . ution. They have already done som, , . , A ,tit ! tbrOO!t:mobs and murder -1,.. flb wa ill Ithing,itowarci this . • _ 11' 4• I t •,a • • r , Vi , icy rclattempiin' further to resist dr . . laws "if Qmgress by leg; Litton. , M ....Sunnier—it i 4 tirt i w near midtright.--fr-' incu r ll O'cic;ck thislin'orning we have, been inr mix seats. This is lie:day. usually set a -1 i • . t r Ipart for private, clainis.J -There are seven - ;Aye private_ hills uttliOr '1 ; sacrificed. to Sla-. Ivery iln one. of itsltraistic diouslrinS_ -There, is te*eming.pology 'tor . lavery at home, bit tii ll at i lapolog:,y, falls tviten you bunt a man. .w io.lnis the rutelligence and .skill to secure hipfredbm. 1' 111r.,Ritsk+-Point pui. a word in that 1111 Which speaks! of glaverY. I, Mt.. Saintlier—lle:4 t : l it - ill - 4 heen ably disciissi il or.), ,, and Others. By -i II w iolit &bat it, is a bill 1 oiti4 Slave ct.. ' o : . " i 1 • I lily, husk'---lf- t 4, al 1 -States are nit to lid 'pr 1 h il‘V. , ' 1 -e- . ' I. A. ".',W. gum ter-=-SolSri; I.::: " lielieal yoiir law. There is nelthLr the ..word "Slave" tiOr t Slaver -," in the C,4l4itntion, Theiiill reportedly.is.is •agenatO • from the North ~ to ',twit anew the • chains of the SlaVe.• gottie gilizitorS re,(4ard the, F igitiYe Slave Law as . e(nstitution:ll, other's: e:inally conscientious, bt !hve it tojhe utterly uneonstitutional.- IThere ii u .other IL- a t it i se, , •ak, by side- with I, the t held't labor'' l ell, se, guarantech* . the ( - i , J saint privil ges and. l =unities in . 411 . the li m t le free St m St a tes,and t the citir i et s , of each State, Clit -4 izeus frog s, in ore than: one l: State, have 'been put it pr6on and in smite itistanct..s sold .' ii ~ : . ' ?4r. Butlttr•—Do )•(,) embrace South. 'r. o°lint in you statemen ? ~, II IA. r. Suniker-1 do; South Carolina . h s, . II- by her Legislature, clai, ed the righti to du .,l terfret ;thatlelatise , andlCongress has no p . w ,l e{•t legislate under that clause, .' I say of : ;Ma achuseltioluit.iiir the persons "held to. Hlab9r 7 - ) ~ claoe, she. haS 4 similar right -to ti.. • I terpret ' arid to.disclait'r the 'right of COngr . s ' to 10;14itel upon this list named cladse. .: ' ' I Thijs Iligitive Slave ac is unjust, as it is i i in l ebri4itntionhl. You ina.•.. fancy you may prop, it up by dal decisionSl f courts, but stichlan act'l 'so defiaht to the la"- of God, would drag 1 ' . - ' any ! . court I down to; oblivion. Seitato i 'rs have arraigned , ivholel . tates te•day; becanse ibt+ have 4ndeavork.4.,to throw the . sitieltli:of i , -lialii:ias!corpus and trial by: jury around the : . 11 ~ i.viertros of his atrottietis enactment. iAn n 7 lightened('iristian ptililie opinion is forming 'I in-,the Nort~i which Will render - your actSlbn , I I.his flOor,: ttugatory 4 they are unconstitu- - I initial and irrational: : 1 You . from the South l . b.RMglit : Shivery info Congress - when • )'ou 'pa -, , ,ed k! ' the flaws that is , rriiese the District ~ of, ' i dolumbia, and which' ;friend from 'Ciin i , tut, 'Mr. Gillett, his; . o very ably expoed ilti-day.• 4t us albite, say Senators from he outh;o, let its alone, - y We of the Nimil-• : letrie'glavery where i,M was underWashingt , 'clWhe n ou r Natioriall tI g didn't float, over]; r iglive.! I inoYe., to strike out the enact al Ilela Ise; and] insert au I amendment, provid'N ! , ... Iforii therepeal of the .Fugitive Slave! Act o i! 4 4 , and! 50 and!at , . , k for the leas. and Nays upoi Ilthd :: .... amendirient. • I I .! in answer. to Mr, pi l i-11,7:Suipner-s:104. : 1(.11te me to aid in' ,0 altrYe - ~ . : . : I .111 r. Butler—The" *, to i a seat here, disOW dip Constitution: : i Ir. SuMner—l do tbkhat'instrumenL ?1 I' ,*r. Sur iner'i airier. Nays' 20 ; (Yeas 9 . .. ', I An antelhrien4 all ;lems takr under t United St tes Oak . ' -'lll was passed to la 1 1 iilYeris, 20 ; ilays pi I dock, inidnight, 1 till , 1 . , NNE SAD 8E1..1.7 ' o t Y l IGNORANCE.--itho De. trait :Advertiser rel4tes an ' iastauce of [an 4, being- killed arid iii sled broken to pie .eS i by 1/ railroad ear, and becabse the Ox colald thWundertand Frenhb., The team,; conlist nib' of one English and one French ox, draw l., F. , i ing a: heavy load .pf l i wood, and drkien b' _a , i Fleuch Over„was:*rossing the track wen 1 I I the express train l a elirsmade its apt: ra I ce. a Tic driver, in gr,e44!eitement, imn ediately ... siOered his oxen to : chuck' (the F,. ncli,for Lrl liaW;') The French ox understood him and ie 1 !tirilipg; 4:the track saved himselfifroi9iin d i it4ry .;. but the English • ox ; having: never td' Studit.d the language premed further oll t nd• n • was mstatitly killed: Thia-ea....ze shoUld e. a pg. warning to farmers to have their oxn p p ' d erly educated. 1 i'.l • - . , . as 1 ' ' . : 1;, II • . . , .1 ~ X 'ociety: 4ats been formed in Wil limit:port-, which 7pt 4 edgea its memibers • 4 16 t purchaSe'for luaelaily foreign gods when pme,stic Can be rii.cured in their 'stead '— qbarles Salbfuslis,P",resident, and J. A. M ; nt lOrpery, Secretary. i", . —LSla:ery has been_'abolished in Peiu .by the, newiTresident. - -Tha California Legislature has adjoUrn ed A i n ,. / 14,•4 1 4s detesting the election :of ,a Senator; i - - ,-• • , „. —The Huse bill to modify - ,the rate of Posta,g‘i will'i taken , up;in the Senate;Feb.27. One pro'visiOn - requires prepayment ofletters, always by stamps, aver the first of Janu'ary, .1856/ 'I Another piovides for. the registration of letters. Alter some considerationthe bill was pa.6ed. , . . . . --Inj the State Legislature, on Saturday, 'resolutions passed both houses, requesting our Congr‘smen to resist the passage of the bill allowilg a Credit of three years fur duties on railroad iron. ----Aecording to the Utica Herald, Major 'Hall,:' f Brookl n, declares tkati of the eight hundr persons licensed to sell liquOr in Brook yn ilast year, only thirty-fire were Amer tan born eitfzens! i • 1 .--- he Law to prohibit the wile of liquor 4 en tht Sabbath, passed the Senate of Penn, sy I va4ia, with only two. votes in the negative ,Mri Hei,ster, of Becks, and . Mr. Walton; of Muriree. In the -House; .there • were six votislin the negative. - - '. ~. ILESOLUTIONS. Relative to ilavery and ite 'exteasicm oter ier ri4,ry ;4):o free, s • , • Th'e follbwing is a copy of the resolutions , • introduced into the. Pennsylvania Legislature by 111 i. Lgtt. • • Reitaii,ed Zydzc., That our Senators be in , strutted and our, Representatives earnestly requ4sted to oppose the admission of any new Statl as a member of the NatiOnal Union mil less slavery orineoluntary servitude. except for. crime be prohibited therein and to urge- Lyon] the National Congress the adoption of guehlinew:lires as' will effectually- prevent' the • holding ofhuman , beings in bondage and as ehattiles 'the territories .of the: United -Stat4s. The Capital of Maine. ilider the influence of a Temperance Gov ernifr' and; a Tempi ranee Legislature, Athiits:a .4 promises to beeorne as'distingnished for order andisobriky'as it has preciously been for in :l . ; temperanqe and its kindred vices. The Leg. islat„ a is now in session ; and a • gentlem:n • Mg fri.W Portland thus speaks of his visit to t • t plitee: . ' 4 ,`A i wasidelighted with my visit to Augusta. .TheielLtiOe 'there is very great. • Formerly At NtS alliru m andj profanity, from Governor down to door-keeper.: Now it, is-all 'Temper anut. and Te4totulism, from the highest . to the lowest. GaernOr, 'Council, Senate,:all Tee ;, totalers, and . warm Maine Law men, every .onel: Pe Ilinise—not. a drinking man there si) t}tr as could learn ; and the'red-faced out sidtH anil lObby-members :were all gone, nit Gael left 4) 'remind us of the' generation. : 1 1.. * I* I When [.began to, visit Augusta 1 .lift I qen yearsiago, .in relati•in to a hiquor • law 'all : ffas fluta, runt ; every Where.; and no Tem perance tier could have any i,)ffiee. ()h,' the cluinge is wt)nderful,glOrious. If)u will see the • same ti, Albany and atWashington,--.perhaps CopgresS will be.purged of rum." ~- . flow happens it, if more liquor is' drank, in Maine now than ever (as is alleged' by the °plainer:Ss of the Maine law )..that the State. Gkernment, coming fresh 114,)m the people; shinild, in all-its departnients . be stl;thOrotigh- I v Icom ni it t ed . to Temperance:and the Maine .14w, ? There is a meaning in this fact : and tol Mir Mind it detnonstrateslibat the law is ;lc •oinplishin,,47 its beneficent W'Ork..—Proliiiti ta no 1. : . 6 , - t. I' - . • . . , . . , • , , • e caption of the 11. F d by my friend fro . 1 e ndmissiiiti of "t `o bolster up-the cers of the - Uniffd tect,ed, repeal your der, inducement wry e return Of :tfugit v ntleinan. has 'no ri,h ing_ all obligations t not disavuW otligat o dment was rejected b ' r i . 9 wing the use of de. Lis hill to be used in h ! was passed, when 11 bird reading, 11y a v t l and at 12 and '» fon t . Senate adjourned.' • Risplve.il, That the Governor of the Coro; mor4Vealth be requested to forward a copy of thiese resolutions to the Setnitors and Rep resentntlv sof the COMmonw6alth and peo ple df Pennsylvania in 'the present Congress. of 110, United States. • . , . . Tlielnvestigiting Coriunittee. 1 L „,; I J ...ue C ommittee appointed -by thi Legisla hire toj enquire .into the alleged corrupt means employed etó secure the' election of a SOator,! - are prosecuting their labors. , One' of the witnesses, a, young - lawyer of Harris. him, was particularly examined as to What h kneW of a certain letter Of-which' the fol lowing is i a cop .. y : . ... , -• . -I ' 1 ,SATcano.ir mommo. 4 'TACO 11---:.Esti :—Last night Mr. Herr paced n -your hands $9OO, for which you pledgedj yourself to certain: things. How those things were done for -Dr. Jinn it is un necessary to Say ; but sir; you will remern heryoitmade the proposition:, Now sir, Dr. Jane r pudiates and, condemns 'this: trans:. a l et i on. , , I ,do not 'resort - to!. threats ; lint I esire you- to return -$4OO to Mr.. Herr be. , ore 12 i'clock to.daythe .$5OO you can re 'thin. There. may not be 'any- resort to law if yOu dO this ; but another and' mare effeetual tiimns of redress. I triftka no comment on Yinir conduct under the circumstances; but Shall wait in patience to hear-from `au 'or jierr. I ReSpectfully, ,D. R. PAXTER.' ! • Somem curious developments were Made;' , 'whether anything will gi•uiv nut of the letter .1- . i Ire connot say. Another witness John Weld . Man, at laWyer.Of , Lebanon ; ,was examined, ncl accordiiig to his testimony it wouldseem - at Mr. Cameron, if elected, is expected to , eetire the pas Sage of Madison 'county., He a • itated .that Mr. Rittehhouse, a member froth g MontgOniery county, residing, in Pottstown, g had. an interview with him :at the opening - Of, 4' ihe i sesiitin ; that. she was bitterly opposed-to In buncriin ; : that he subsequently changed his 4 ii*VS ji became a friend of Caineron, thit t i the : bbange was brought- about by the proti*e . of d tioneron's friends to siippOrt,the new snooty 'e 1:)f _Madison. _. . . . . • We )(now nothing of the troth of the.wit t-i pets' story ; but one thing is 'certain that a ),:tote is!none the less bought. :thou the con.. • n • i., . I, l side ration may not be paid, in money ; and ' f Mr. Cameron can be : identified- with such forrupt legislation, his name 'would be justly )ufamons.— Village Record.' / . • • ' • i • _ _.....:._....—, UNITED STATES SENATOR.--#lt is worthy of ote that Mr. W ickershani, :of ,this •cciunty, ivoted •David Wilmot fur Senator. In case he has earned' out:the wishes of ' inine-tenths of his constituentN and will be' sustained. We have not the least doubt L that a larger number of the people of Mont. igotnery county are itr favor.of Wilmot than lan , other:tine man in- the State. We . trust Wickersham will sick to him . when the 1 'twit trial comes on,• 4slothing Short of "a} known 'and consistelA itnti•Slitvery man will satisfy -the, -people of • phis county., A lietnitcrat ought to be elected, lin ;Justice to the independent men - of that i party Who sustained : the present organization, and there. is no man ill the State to answer the . purpose as. well as Daiiid Wilmot. Lei all; the opponcnt&of Cameron 'unite on 'and stiek to him. ItiOnitcly better to make, DO election thair-thtiose':Simon. Pamettin or' any. other tool ofStayery.—Norristown town dlia4 Brandi', (Free. Soil.) _ . Or The Iron Masters of Pennsylvania are to hold a meeting iu Philadetphia, on the 6th oe March, to adopt such u asure as may seem - necessary to " prevent: a recurrence of those periodical disasters, noir imminent, to which this great interest 'las " unfortunately tie Come liable, as the inevitable result of the present revenue policy of Op General Gov ernment:" --- '''.-AIIECDOTE OP 1113::7A1 , - , ; Mr: Jay had become aware of a growing evil &thong his brethren,. arising fium a cause with which he being familiar, determined up. on rebuking and denouneingit; hen in the Midst of his discourse' he said.: . 4- 4 y young brother. it •• is., to be' regretted . thakOallr enter the mioistry after, they, have beedediteated, to••whose services the .church hasa'elaim, they look round And selects lady for their wife, but they.*re. careful she • _ •se*ses'a fortune. Aftera time they.b* to , get weary in well doing. They, take col -, li.' results in "a cough; they are so weak hey jw:,,s. cannot attend to the duties of their offs They resign, and live upon their wires' for. tune. .1 know five cases of this kind, may it -. never be yourlot.". , ~ - , I. . During - the delivery of °this keen .relink; tiiere was a young minister;. or rather aft ex minister, who did not seem very comfortal4 . ' .After the service was clostsi, thernerita of the discourse were canvassed; and the general opinion . was that it was only • such a- one as. could be - delivered by Mr. `.1 . 6,y. ' Said one. ' to, the expastor:— -. . •• • -.: - ` How did you like Mr. • Jay, ;it was fin; quite a: treat;wtealit it?' . • , . 'Well, I liked - him very well, but I think he ` ` Well, rather personal. .. -.-. • -, .. -- - 4 ' PersOnal, eh, hoiv so l' - ..' -- - ' Why • you must have noticed his reference -to ministers out othealth, - resighing." - . 'Yes, yes, he 'was a little .:•elose there, I. must admit'. .• : ' '•,- - - ;• . _ , '1 shall speakto hiM•aboutit,!*id the fas tidious ex-minister. ' - . . v., ..' .' ,He - sought the vestry, air fond MT. - Jiy.. 7 .• there. He congratulated hin OW - his . health, - and discourse, but-hinted. that hOvas person al in his remarki; and: would like - to know if ° he referred to hini.. - .- ' , ~ • ' • , "•Personal,' said th patriarch; ' personal, .eh , in what part. of the discourse!' .‘ . _ . ' When you were , speakinglibout ministers reSigming., _ . . , . Oh,' said Mr.' Jan ' I se; yes, have you resicened ?' - . . `l'es, sir.' '. •. , ... ' , ' Did )you marry .a . riCh• wileT . ''.. - 7 1 ' Ye.::, sir.'. - - , . . ' Ah! my friend, yours is' the sixth case,. filet; !' -- N -. . : ' ". ' • ' This.young man reaped" the reward of his . folly, and retired confused, and 4baslie4-from the . Presence of Mr. jay.— The Wesle-yan., - - • TfiE MAINE Gi4sirgis.,-fer . nameisSilia Hardy, She is a native of Franklin county; is 'Seven feet six inches in height, is rather lean than fleshy, yet weighs -three hundred 'and thirty pounds, isnearly thirty Years age, 'and iS still growing. She has heretofore 'maititaitied . herself chiefly. by service In the, capacity of - a nurse, having the. reputation of being a. most excellent one ;. but, for a few °-months past. her - health has - not been..geod enough tor her to , practice this votriort --- Her mother is said to . have. been below-the medium size, and her E ither not aboie it. She was a twin ;and at birth .weighed but: three': and a half pOunds. Her mate did' not live.- She has alWays beenan unusually small eater , and aceustotned io r labor. .-Her:figitre:is„not erect.. ' Her complexion iSfair,lter, .eyes blue, and the very' modest and .mild: expressißn:of her countenance is said to be a: trueindex of • her charaeter.i . She has alwaks shrunk. from the presence Of strangers , and , it:. is .believed could not noW, be ind7a..e ., to appear in public, but for the plverty that,compels her to mer come her-extreme sensitive.nes.s), We are as, sured that she never, as nurse, takes an infant in her arms ' but alWays holds: it iti.her hand. Placing tile, head juptin the ends of her fingers, its feet 'extended toward' the wri4, and with , the thumb and little finger elevated, she fortns an admirable cradle ; the let:gth of her hand being equal to the while length of an, infant.' She 'is- unable, to pais ordinary doors without stooping a goOd deal; and . it - is said that fur convenience she usually puts her thimble and 'other little articles .upon the . .easing,over the door, instead, of upon any lower object; as x. table or desk. ,Whileihe,"as passing through. the kitchen of a- farm house one 'day with. a large pan of in each hand, •lierlrair caught upon. a hook that projected two or three inch. es and held her fist. She could neither stoop. to set the,pans down' nor • raise. her hands to disengage her hair,and was compelled this to remain until her !cries brought- others to her assistance. 7 —Portland Argu-s. ."-• The Senatorial Question. HARRISBURG; Monday, Feb. 26, 1855. In the Holise . thistlifternoon„qhe majority • of the Committee investigate-the charge of .t . bribery - „in relatio#to the Senatorial electiOn, made a partial report, after being called upon to do so by the'idution of the House. The report stated that twenty witnesses had - been examined . ; that four __or five could. n0t . .4 found, and that many'-yet rimain to tieexam ined ; that.tlie testimony is imperfect arid urt• satistitetory, and in its present shape - should - not be pnblished.: . It also stated- that no tes• I - timony, thus far, had. been developed, - calcu-I lated to fix on 'either. Ondidate for .Senatorts befikre the Joint' Convention, 'any attempt. to. • obtain the nomination' and ;election, by 'cotr-t rupt or: improper influences. y Mr. t. Jordan; the Chairman of the. Conaniittee,- and Mr; - BroWne refused to sign- the, -report, because:. .they placed a different estimate- on the evi-_- dence adduced.: - • • • ' AMERICAN' CITIZENS,B6RN A act has been passed by CongresS and ap . prov: ed by the. President,to-secure the . :right •of citizenchip to children of citizens. of the a S. born out of thelimits thereof. The law pro. vides that persons heretofore born, or hereaf ter to be born, out of the limits and jurisdic tion of the United. States,:whose thihers were, or shall be - at the time of their birth,.citizena Of this country shall . be . considered citizens of the United States.; provided, however, that the Tights i'vf citizanship shall. not descend to persons ,Whose tathcrs never resided 'here.- It further. provides: that any woman who . might lawfully be naturalizi.4.Under existing laws, married, or who shall be married, to k citizen ofthe United States, - shall -be deemed a citizen. - - QW* We think a little - .investigation will - 1 snow that there has been.4n6 little log-rolling between the new county- men and Gammas particular friends ;. audit will. be_ found, iu the end, that:voteshave been,tgot for Omer, on bY promising votes-in- return for new county bills., , Cameron has - some twenty de -voted partizansln the 'Legislature, Wholisve. had it in..their power, by promising their ted aid to every. new - county; to get mune- - • ous. votes for. their candidate ; and lt looks, as if they• had been . making . good use. Of this power:Pettsburg Post. Italph- - .Meteatl4 - the• candidate of Ito Know-Nothings k tor Governor of. New Haim). shire, has written . a lettOrl to the Cotainktle 3 of the Convection which nominated' him, `• ceptitig the rioinhiatioa pon • t}s' hfoidest priuCiples &the Atitericae and'Auti•NebriY ka platfornim. He also - 4tateti that: -he is in favor of uny taw, ` l / 4 .tonstithtioniii, of eourse for the suppression of.th.4 unlicensed sale of spirituous Minors, PROlifo TV " • B T RY "'A , MT4TES.. , --110115 ; IA, oitOW ilia is a list - of States thati litivv.opacted laws entirely prohibiting the +tie orint4eatibt thinks fur .a beverage :—j-Maine i .l i datiOcha' soak, Rhixly Island, Verniont,Michigan t Wi* onsill,.,Conpeotileut, •