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IN
ANT REPUBLICAN.
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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.
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The New Tanfr
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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.
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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,
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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. • .
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• 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
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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
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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:
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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.
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Free-SoilT I. of- Sus4uchanna l - read; and.
.refieet. - I/ \ • i - . .
AN ACT
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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
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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-.
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doubtedly receive the Signature of the' Gov
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-ernor;
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. Senator iyrlni H. Sewnird.
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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
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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
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• Ihrtaxsunaa, Tuesday, s Feb. 27
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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
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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.
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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
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'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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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boundto iii.:.-ent;to such measures;, ! ' I
After further:. remarks .by Messrs. Chase,
,Toucey, Walker, Benjamin, Stuart, ;Cooper
and Bayard-- . . i
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Mr. But l er said this bill came to the. Coi
n• , manner , ted by
rnittee in .11 regular e • suppor
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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 •
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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, •