Die bAepeOeqf
C. F. READ (I £ g FRAZIER, EDITORS
MONTROSE, PA.
Thursday, January 94th, 1S 6.
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- .lb:publican Notice.
inteEeptiblican Executive Conunittee of Stumm
ban* 'County, ,m1 1 meet in Moptiose on Monday
evening, January' 28th inst., for the transaction of
business. The members of the Committee are Sam
uelF. darmalt, D. B. Warner, Isaac P. Baker, J. W.
Car, id, - G. Be B. Wade, Stillman Fuller, Amos Wil
liams, and P. L. Norton.
Or Petitions for, and remonstrances
against, the repeal of the present Liquor law
of our State are pouring in to the Legislature.
:A bill has been introduced to repeal the law,
and another bill has been reported by Mr.
Wilkins of the Committee;:on Vice and Im
morality, "to regulate tavern licences and
restrain this use of intoxicating liquors." '
- Or We notkv,by the Legislative Record,
that Mr. Ingham, the Republican Represent
ative in our State I r egislatnre from this dis
trict, has introdue6d a bill instructing our
United States Senators to vote for the repeal
of the Kansas-Nebraska act. We Yrish there
was more likelihood that spelt a bill would
pass, or if passed, that the instructions would
- t, -
- 12irA pu . is meeting was held in. Chip
go, on Monda, .evening, the 7th inst., at which
resolutions‘ i e 'ie:adopted unanimously culo
.gizing the ricent struggle of the Free State
1 .
party in K sai as a great moral Nicsory. A
subscriptio was ° started to remunerate the
Free Soil tiers for the losses sustained by,
- them iu cl fence of, their rights, and about
',. $l2OO-was subscribed on the rpot. ,
Is THAT So ?—art . the course of a debate in
. the - House,-on.thElleth inst., Henry M. Fel
ler stated that "he was not elected on the
anti-Nebrask4 issue ; and that, although a
Strong feeling did exists in his district adverse
tothe repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
felt assured that ho was now representing
, thewishes of a large majority of his ,constit
uents."
• We should like to enquire of the people of
this district, if that is co. -
larWe are enabled to report a slight
provemeut in the mail facilities between
Montrose\ and Topeka, Kansas, as indicated
:in our attempted exchange with the Kansas
Freeman. When we first referred to the
subject we had been sending our paper tothe
Freeman, for two or three months, but had
never seen a number of that' paper. Since
that time,liot have received just three num
bers of the Freeman, all told, and, in the last
one, dated January 2d, the editor, referring
to our statement, says he his sent his, paper
regularly z and has never received but two
numbers of the Republican.
- Smarramo Nzw.—Mr. Albert Truesdell
tuks laid on our table editorial a unique little
article, a perfect beauty of poi celain,
glass, and brass, and as useful as ornamental
--in short, a damming miniature brass.clock,
sqppeirted on a pedestal of porcelain, and ooto
iiletely oovhad tout not concealed by a bell
thaped glass awe. The price is only dve
dol
-lars.
be " round among the
folks" of Susquehanna Coumf, and give them
a chance to buy , his elegant little time-keep-
ler 'We-dtd mot attend tie Mass Con
vention of the Demmrstie party of Susque
hanna. County," advertised to come of en
Monday last, but are informed, that there
were about a dozen persons present, mostly
.disoonsolate wire-pullers , and Offsee-seekers.-7,.
.They thought it best to go through the mo-
Vmus, for ,the ;'sake of walking a show on pa
per, and amordittgly pas some resolutions
and elected IL L Webb" and soenehody else,
(we did - not learn whom,) delegates to the
'State Convention to be held at, Harrisburg on
the -.l6th of March. .Quitc; a melanettely af
fair.
nir The North Anteriectrittkins sip ar
ticle on - country roads, and tb Importance to
country towns of having numerous roads coo
centrate in them, for fseility of mem to the
surrounding country. The importance of this
subject is no doubt good deal overlooked
by those most interested.' Other. &lugs be.
ing equal, or . nearly equal, farmers; will fol
low the best 'roads to market with their pro.
duce. If nvalry au' its between your town
and a neighboring ones go to trork and get
as many, good roads extending into all parts
of the surrounding country, to concentrate in
your town, as imaible. Thin, unless your
rival is equally enterprising, you will be like.
ly to bear away the palm.
rla Nonk Americas states the number of
roads centering In several inland towns adze
State, as follows: York hai eleven; Own
beral‘urg eleren, Lancaster fourteen, Amer.
set twelve, Garlick teri, diromisburg "nine,
heading eleven, Uniontewn ten, Washington
ten flonesdOs tbree, Laptite itlmr;liontroise
five, Viands five, Tunkbannock six, Bloom
field six, Westebsstersevsn, Norristairsev
snokii:
United States senator
We:announced ,in our last that Wm. Big
ler had been elected United States Senator
by the Pennsylvania Legislature. As the
old line Democracy have
. a large majority in
our Legislature, of course n?,other result was
anticipated, than the el4tion of 'member of
that party. Bet many are disappointed in
the individual &elected for the office. There
were fourteen candidates before klie Demo
cratic nominating Convention,-lindluding C.
R. lJuckalew, H. D. Foster, D. R. Porter,
Asa Packer, .1. Dawson, J. Glancy Jones,
dc. but atter an angry and protracted con
test, Bigler was nominated on the lath:hal
-
A.eaucus of Republicans and Americans
'was subsequently held, forty-four members
being present. , On the third ballot, Hon. E.
Joy Morris, member of the •House_ from
Wll3 nominated as die Candidate
tor United States Senator. The nomination
was confirmed unanimously. The following
resolutions were adopted without a dissent
ing voice :
.
Resolved, That we ire opposed to the admbisiont
of any more Slaves' States into this Fnion ; there
fore.
~,.. k
Resolved, That Kansas and Nebraska should only
"be admitted Into the sisterhood as Free States.
Resolved, That we are opposed to political Roo-
menial; or the interference of any foreign.ecclesiar
tical establishment with th political affairs of our
country. •
Resolved, That the natu ' ticiu laws ought to
be so modified as to correct, the evils which the pres
ent system entails on the 'country, and that rigid
treasures should be taken to prevent the importation
of foreign paupers and pallets.
Mr Morris addrisSed - the Caucus, after an
unsolicited nOmination had been tendered
him, and gave his unqualified sanction to the
resolutions adopted. • .
The following is a repot tot the pr'oe4d
ings in thu convention for the. election of.Stn
ator
o'clock, M., the Senators entered the ilall
of the House; when the Speaker of the Senate took
the ChaSr, and the following ballot was had for a Sen
ator to repreietit the State for six years from the
fourth of March last:
For William Bigler—Messrs. Browne, 'Buckslew,
Creswell, Elf , Evans, Iloge, Ing-rom, Jamlson,Knoz;
Laubach, Welintock, Straub, Walton, Welsh, Wilk
ins and Piatt, Speaker of the Senate ; and Messrs.
Anderson, Back-us, Beck, Beruhard,Boyd, Anderson,
Beyer, Brush, Campbell, Carty, Cobeurn, Craig,Thaw
doll, Edinger, Fourfold, Foster, Fry, . Fulton, , Getz,
Hamel!, Hancock, Harper, Heins, Hibbs, Hill,
Rifle
gas, Ripple , Huneker, Innis, Irwin, Johns, Johnson,
Lebo, Leisenring, Longaker, Lovett, M'Carthy, Ma
gee (Allegheny,) Manly,Mattgle, Menear, Miller,Mont
gomery, Nunnemacher, Orr, Patterson,Pearson,Ram
sey, einhcid,.lliddle, Roberts, Robinson, Salisbury,
Shenk, Smith (Allegheny,)' Smith (Cambria,) - Smith
(Philadelphis,) Smith (Wyoming,) Thompson, Tail,
Walter, Whallon, Wright (Luzerne,) Yearsley, Zhu
merman and Wright, Speaker, of the House . --8?..
For E Joy Morris—Messrs. Crabb, Felustin, Fin- ,
ney, Flenniken, Frazer, Gregg, LewirkYratt, Sellers, ,
Shuman, Soniher and Taggart, of Senate ; and Messrs.
Augustine, 13aldwhi, Ball, Barry,prown, Clover,
Crawford, Dock, Giylord , Gibboney, Mines, Hol
coMb, Housekeeper,lmbrie c lngham, Kerr, Laporte, 1
Lott, M'Cahuont, M'Pombs,. M'Ghec (Clintim,) Moor- I
head, Mumma, Phelps, Prucell, Reed, t...!trUuse, Stru
3.
Wintrode- and right ( Dauphin, ) of-re House
—4 1
For John C. Flen ikeit--Mr. Morris, of ithe House
• Thereupon Win. Bigler was declared duly elected.
Theiertificates of election Were preparid, - signed , '
and read, and the Convention adjourned. I •••-• .
Position of Mr• Banks. I
Extracts from his speech in the lioue of
Representatives, in answer to interrogatbries
by Mr. Zollicoffer 'and othcrs: •
Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts, the
address.. , 'lie ycster4y voted
with OleasUre for the resolution preSented by
the honorable gentleipan from llennmsee,
(Mr: Zollicoffer s .) It embod:_edalprineiple
which he believtd to be a Sound one--the
right of every gthitlernin inquire into and,
understand the principlaintained by the
candidate fur whom he chose to give his vote.
_ _
Had he a candidate for the Speakership he I
should, standing upon that principle, claim.(
the right to know his views upon questions in
which he was interestetil but lie had nosuch
candidate. Nor was he himself a candidate 1
for any (Zee. He had accepted the . norni- i
nation, and did not understand upon what i
principle gentlemen had voted fur him except I,
that such was their choice.. lletherefore did
not feel himself called nptin, as a candidate,
to answer any. interrogatories that gentlemen.
might be pleased to put to him ; but having
fixed opinions npon all the great questions
in which the country. , was interested; as a
member- of the House representing a district
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts he,
was free to speak, 'and i had no hesitation in
responding to the interrogatories which had
been submitted to the gentleman from Illinois
by the gentlemarlfrOm Tennessee. -
In reply to the first questioil propounded
b, ,"the gentleman froth Tenn ,he would
i
ch
distinctly say that he did not r ard the Kan
sas and Nebraska bill as pro othie of the
formation of free States, inasin jai Is re.
pealed ;the protnuttion of tilegistitutiori of
slavery over the section of cuuty to which
, that measure applied. , ,
I In regard to the second question he should
give a general reply in the affirmative. He
believed in the Lonstitutionality, of the Wit- I
mot proviso, and that it was within the pow-
er of Congress to prohibit, the institution of
slavery in all the . Territories belonging to
the United States. As to whether or not he
should advocate the passage ofi such an , act
in regard to territory where it was clearly
unneeessary in consequence of its prohibition
by pre-existing local laws, he had nothing to
say. - Very likely, if IWlthought it unneees-.
sary, he shoufd be willing to vote for a bill
without that'Orohibition -, but' with regard to
the territory covered by the measures of 1850,.
had he at that time held it seat here and be
lieved it uetary, to prohibit slavery there
in, that the Ilmat • proviisu should be pas
sed,-bi wished it distinctly understood that
he should have voted fur it. I
As to tbe third question, be did :not be
lieve that•the Constitution carried the insti
tution of slavery into the Territories of the
United States. His understanding of that
qurestion was based upon the declaration of
Mr. Webster i that even the Constitution of the
United States itself did not go to the Terri
tories until carried theaby act of Congress.
He (Mr. B.) did not believe that the Comii
tutioncarried to any Territory of the United
States the right to. bold Ilavef there. He
recognised the riett to protection of all prop
erty, on the pelt of the South a well as on
the part of the liorth, in the Territories-of
the United :States - but when ;ties. spoke. , of
• Operty he meant that.which %ls u s considered
as such by the universal laws of the world.
He meant not that whith was property only
while held in particular States ot this coun
try, and which lost its character as faith the
moment it heat beyond the limits of these
States:• _Property in man, whichithe univer
sal law of the world condemned, and which
WM property only when held under• the lo
cal Uwe of certain sections of the, country,
where hellad no dispOsitog to disturb it, was
not such property •ss - ; was protected - by the
Conetitution of the United States. But be ,
had nothing - to sa upon this very delicate
- question in mgard to the protection of prof'
erty. He believed that - the Conititutlon of,
the United States .was intended -to do . justice'.
between the different sections of the country;
to the. South as *ell as to ' the North. Ha
was for that to-day, and believed that justice
should - be done t ( t both North and.South,and
in no speech or eelaration that had,ever fal
len from hialiph; so Etc its he could remem
ber, had he expressed .sentiments. different!
from these. AO he hatred that the Con
stitution was.contemplated kiits framers as
tm instrument oflultimate.uni l ersal freedom,
.and that it was 'looked to as such by the
'world at lame; _and that the hag. was. sym.
.holized, which re presented it, i and Iliad° the
territory Over Aviich it wave , in whatever
quarter of the the globe, so ng es it. cover- .
ed American citizens, Amelican territery,
was the symbol of that ultimate. universal
freedom. He -tasted that it should cever
wave such, and nothing less.
As to the latter. part.of the laSt qiie4lon,-
reapecting the territory, acquiree from .F eapee
it was but a repeption. of the first .interrog
atory, with the addition. of a statement of
fact.: . He had to Say that.it had been doubted
whether the institution of slavery existed_ in
that territory at the time of its acquisition.
'Without.goingilito the subject of the doubt..
resting upon the question whether France,by
the decree of - 17111, had abeliShed the institu
tion of slavery there, he thought that'Con
gress. was right in interdicting the institution
over, that territory, if -such legislation was
necessary to male it free. If it , was neces
sary, in-order to jaain to the South the right
Ito 'carry the institution of slavery there, that ,
the interdiction of - 1820 should be. repealed,
he thought that the Congress of 1854 WM3
wrong in enectin that repeal; and he could'
but say,,with thu, light that had come to, him I
on this--itifestion,l ,
that interdictiOn of 1820
having forbi en! and abolished the install
i tion of slav ry, if it existed there, itsjpepeal
Ilia
,185.4, in'smuch as it allowed slavery Ito
Igo there, 1 tiless wider iinpossible seireum.
stances, !as.iin act not-promotive of . the for
-1 mation of frets State..
.
i The.next question was, whether. he was in
i fat; or of restoring the Missouri restriction, or
i for the 'entire' prohibitittn of-slavery in all the
I Territoriei of the United States ? - The . Ter.
I ritorial question of the present time referred
to the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska..
I As to the Territories to come hereafter, he
should leave them to that hereafter. .He
would say to.the gentlenur. from Mis.aissppi
a nd to the House that he Was'for the pp
hibition of slavery in the Territories of Kan
!ms and Nebraska. i -.. . .
I In regard to the first clause' of this inter-,
1
1 rugatory, as to whether he was. in favor of
i restoring the 3,itssouri compromise, he had
; to reply that ho desired that the prohibition
of the institution of slavery in the Territories
'of Kansas and Nebraska, a made by South
ern States, should be made gooti to the peo
ple of the country and to its grea(liereafter.
As to-the manner in Which it shotild be done
—whether by a restoration of the technical
line or by 9ny Other methods, appliances,aets
or principles that should give to. the lAmori
can States the prohibition for which Southern
men compacted, agret&l, and took - a consider
ation:—he had nothing to says.. He was for
the substantial restoration of the prohibition
of the institution of slavery, as prohibited in.
1820. .
, .
He would repty to the other questions by
saying that .he stood here ready, willing, de
sirous, and determined to co-operate with the'
men of the United States who were tor, the
.substantial. restoration of the interdict of the
institution of. Slavery ,in - the Territories of
Kansas and Nebraska. 'He was ready to act
with the men of any - party, of U,tiy
of views who would co-operats with him
in regard to this grert question.
Our Relations with England•
Correspondentqf the YdY.7:ribegne.
WAsincorog, Jan. 21, 1856
rose to
Tae official advices by the America do not
in.any change our friendly relations with Eng
land'. 'Mr. Buchanan writes that no. real pros
peets of peace are entertained by the Minis
try, and England in preparing the largest
fleet ever floated for operations against Itti•;
sia in the , Spring. Louis Napoleon-is still
anxious to extricate himself from the
waf—
having attained all the. desired prestige of the
oitasion.
Gen. Cass is preparing a speech on the
question of Slavery iu the Territories, for
Thursday, probably. . . .
Mr. U. R. Singleton,. a Member of the last
Congress from Mississippi; has been confirm
ed as Consul at Havana, and Mr. Brown of
Buffalo 'as Consul. at Tangiers.
The President communicated to the Sen
ate; in Executive session to-day,
.Lord John
Russel's letter of January 19, 1853, to Mr.'.
Crampton, and which was then submitted'
Mr. Everett, Secretary of State. It declares .
that the British Government intends strictly
to carry, out the Clay ton Bulwer Treaty, and
to assume; no • sovercnnty, 'directly or 'indi
rectly, in Central America., The Senate has
removed the injunction of seerasit—ana---i
-letter will 11. r...o s ften;
.Tha. Government -has., received' - no official
information as to the 'Tema bloody outrage
in Kansas, announced by telegraph. Sena
tors Lb-day informally confessed as to the pol-
icy ofiadvising the President to send milita
ry to Kansas to preserve peace and protect
the Territory against Missouri invasions.
Southern Senators predict that civil war is
•
inevitable in a short time.
SHARPENING EDGED OOLE.••11ef011OWIDli .
is taken from a German scientific journal for
the benefit of our mechanics and agricultural
laborers :
." It has long been known that the .
simplest method of sharpening a razor is to
pit it for half an hour in Water, to which has
been.added one-twentieth of its weight`of
muriatle or sulphuric aciii,.then wipe it light- 1
iy off,; and after a few hours set it on o bone._
The abid here supplies the place of a whet
stone ,by corrciding. the whole surface mai
formlii, so that nothing further buto smooth
polisa . is necessary. The . process never in
jures good blades, while badly hardened ones
are frequently, improved by it, although the
cause of \ such improvement remains unex
plained. Of late, this process has been ap
plied to many other cutting implements.--
The
workman, at the beginning of his 'noon
! spell„ - or. when he leave off ip the evening- -
ruoistena the blades of his tools with Water
acidified as above, the cost of which is ahnolt
[nothing; This saves the consumption oftithe
and labor in whetting, which, moreover,
sedily _wears out the blades.' The, mode-Of
aWpening,here indicated would be found es.
pecially. advantageous for scythes;'
g The star of Col. Kinney is said to be
4w the wane: His election as Governor of
Ban 'Juan, or Greytown; was defeated by the
exertions of the English, and particularly, if
the rumor is welifounded, by menaces eman
ating from an English mr-of-war then at an.
ebor in the har,bor. Only sus of his To.
main faithful, The others have joined Walk.
er r but with the - understanding that they will
Mum to him when called for, Moneyless
he is, too, and in a measure desponding—the
'wreck of what he Was. Martin, .his success
ful rival, Is entirely under the control of the
I British, and he boasts that he Will at all times
have an English man-of-war 'to back him in
whatever he undertakes. •
SECOND !.DISPATCII.
• TEE BP,
Editorial, C'orresixtricknee of the N. . Y. Tritisle,
PEABUBMP,
WAilincaroa, Monday, Jan. 21, 1856.
We are now 'visibly approaching' the end
°IV:a contest for Speaker. •. Only - one-ballot
was4aken toklaY;on which Banks needed a
change of sever tetes - to elect Min. Several
bums:nut) propositions. were successively
made and tabled, after the House emphatical
ly refused to rescind the — anti-speaking rule
adopted on Saturday. • Fuller and Penning
ton declined .'and finally Carlisle (South
American) moved that'Gov. William Smith
of Virginia beSpeaker, and obtained the pre-
Simla question thereon. • Only 47 voted in
the affirmltive—less than 20 Democrats ; the
rest South Arnericans. Adjourned.
•I think an effort will be made to-night and
to-morrow - to concentrate tha Democratic and
South American vote on one candidate, and
then moves plurality rule. If the effort fill's,
I believe we shall have a result somehow this,
week, perhaps - on Wednesday. -The impa:
tienee of the Government and citizens for an
organization is very great. Forney says' he
has never tliougbt of abandoning the Clerk
ship till Superseded:
The Snow . is - fair sleighinmdepth, and the
.
skies Wintry. I o.
The gate of tbinain 'the Home.
- Congress has been in session more than
seven weeks,and no Speaker hasyet been cho
sen. The House is divided. into three Parties
—the Administration, the National __Know
Nothing and the Republican. We use the
term, ' Republitam,'Ao designate that. class of
members who putting aside all other kstires,
unite in accepting the issue forced upon them
by the Administration .and Slavery—the Ne
braska Bill and the Pro-Slavery policy eit
bedied. in, and implied' by it. " Questions
tion Laws, &e.; are subordinated with diem
to the paramount Question—shall the organ-
ization of. the House be for or against, the
Nebraska bill; its principle and policy ? The.
Repukticans say, against, and therefore vote
,for Mr. Banks, who stands as the exponetil , of
Mat issue alone. The Administration men
and National Know :Nothings say, for, and :
therefore tlie former select' Mr. Richardson,
who introduckd and carried through the bill, .
as its candidate, and the National Know-Noili-
lugs' select Mr. Fuller; who his pledged him
self to abide by the bilyand all existing acts
in relation to Slavery.
But, there is an intermediate group of
members, elected as Ant,i-Nebi•aska men, who
will not vote for any of these candidates.-- - -
if they would support Mr. Banks, he would
be elected. They refuse ; and their refusal
prevents.an election of Speaker on the major-
ity principle. 'What are the reasons? Mr.
Dunn says that Massachusetts has had enough
distinction in national affairs ! ' For the life
of us,
we can find no other reason . assigned
by this gentlenian for not voting with the
body of Anti-Slavery men. ,_
Surely, certain xepresentatives. Cl- Anti-Sla
very constituencies underrate the interest of
the People in this struggle. These care noth
ing for Mr. Banks personally, but they see
that he. is put forward as- the representative
of the w'll of the non-slavet olding voters of
the country—that the contest is between him
and the Slave Interest—and that his defeat
will be the defeat of the Anti-NebraSka Move
ment, and' another humiliation of the free
States. 'Let the men who now support him
surrender-their ground, and they become front
that moment irretrievably disorganized, and
we may expect defeat on every question re
lating to Slavery that shall cow before the .
House.. Surely, the gdptlemen- who. are seat
-
teen , * their votes, or, While voting for Mr.
Bank's, are encouragingkhe opposition to him,
overlook the real tiatur taf the struggle, and
the vast importance of
, ts consequences.' Let
.them deceive themselves as they please, it is
a contest betweet l / 4 Freedom and Slavery; be
tween the represent Aisles of the non-holding
voters and the Slave 'Power;. and he,- who
from personal considerations, or a blind de
votion to Know. Nothingism, or an anxiety to ,
promote other interests, prevents the decision;
of the struggle in favor of Liberty, it.ssumesa
fearful responsibility. -
. .
In the present House of Representatives—
the great issue made is, this very Nebra'ska.
Question. The Administration Party makes
it parainountthe National Knew Nothings
generally; by their own declaration, stand
, with them upon it... Now, what should - eve
ry Anti-Nebraska representative do ? Meet
them on this paramount question, so that the
free sentiment of the country May .confront
directly the Slavery-propagatiug sentiment.
This is the judgment of nearly all_the An
ti-Nebraska. meinbers, an hence their selec
tion of Mr. Banks. Whais his position 1---
e,
He is known to have bee a. o Democrat—and
is known to-be a.Repubh n. But, what Re
publican cares - . now for . is opinion about a
Tariff? ' That is not the! question.' - He is
known to have been a meinber of the Amer
iearr Order—lleis npztepubiican. Who
-tzre - rabeuchis opinion on natnrati...,:-.....?__ .
That is not the question.
He stands as the exponent of the only
~.1 practical Question before - the American Pco
ple, recognized as of paramount importance,
by the people of all sections—the question—
shall Slavery or Freedom govern the Union?
-He stands as.the exponent of that question
alone—and no man in voting for him,' con
keedes any principle, any opinion ; his vote
simply says, that question 'is paramount—
all others are - and must be subordinate. till
.
that- b e 'settled.'.—National Era.
SiNSIBLE Visw.—The Newport Kentucky
News has the following manly paragraph on
the pretended ,‘Nationalism" of the slavehol
-ders. It is refreshing to contrast such honest
confessions, coming from a slave State print,
with the doughface sentiments of man}' North
erit prints : ' •
"The cry of sectionalism, the twin bugbear
of, disunion, is just now about the only weap
on in the army of the cotton politicians of
the country. Opposition to the spread of sla
very, which runs counter to the interests of the
mere handful directly interested in slave prop
erty is called `sectionalism' although it would
spare our 'new" territories from the blight of
slavery, and leave them free for thtioceupan
cy of the non-slayeholding whites of the coun
try, North and South. The real sectional par
ty pf the day, is that which forgets the inter
ests of the millions of non-slaveholders of the
Country, and prostitutes law and official pat
ronage to the support of slavery
Ee4 Conevr.—At a DernoCratic meeting
held in Ridgeway on the Ist in'St., the follow.
ing resolutions - were adopted :''
Resolved, That the repsd of the Missouri
Compromise was .wrong, and that every man
should do all in his power toward its restore•
tion. -
Resolved, That Messrs: Sumner, Wilmot,
Giddings, Bale and others, deserve the sin
cere thanks of every true American, for the
fruit produced by their noble efforts, which
we - new realize in the many voices, raised in
Congress, for the election of N. P. Banks—
Speaker.
, Resolved, That the course of David Bar
clay,;our member =in Congress, lt* secured
him the sxontemptof every honest and upright
man i and that he - be requested to return to
his-constituents, that they' may proeure his
-
dsglierreotype.
The Xf,iiiion Danger.
_. .
It is now four or five years since the '- god- Progrese. of th i Indian' War—Deip - eratelkitL
entment: of the United States was hilly in. • t/et . and Great Slaughter . •
formed that the community; located in the ap e .- : •
have : Portland , - 0. T., - papers to. the .
vicinity of_the Salt Lake was .
j of sueli . ..ii:c . ll..tr . . 15 1 u e t . D • - her.
.- :„: . . .. . 1
acter and :organization as to - be ininnesa to .The
6. following dispatch, from Lieut. Col. '
the republic, and to be, in filet, ea much an' .
elly to Adjutant Farrar, is d
publishe_ in an
enemy in out' midst gas a bottle tribe-of Itt-. K.
-- ‘e•• •,, ';. of . the .Democratic Standard, and
dials. The : information Was received, a. ."' .
contains the . latest news of the condition, of
mong other sources, from. officers appointed
Indian alie*:
by•the national administration, to underta ke ,
7° William IL farrag o Adj u tant of
_ Dee. 8, •
the performance of various judicial and' ex'. • CAMP WALL& W ALLA,.yec. 1855.
of Peg. • •
motive functions, but which 'they found" on .
their arrival- to _be utterly impossible. They . Sin : Yesterday morning, as my command
wits on the - fine of march from the mouth of
therefore . resigned .their offices, returned to
Toucher River to Whitman Valley, we were
the national capital and, in a formal commit.
attacked -by about
hundred Indians,with
nication, simied by three of their number—
whom we.kept, up a running fight all day,
informed the President- of the treasonable
and for adistatiee of . about ten miles from'
character of the community settled in Utah._
Since that period almost every mail has 4 the: Walla Walla River. At dark on yester.
day the battle was suspended, by the hid
brought fresh confirmation of the facts alleg
ians withdrawing. We drove them from ey
ed, and numerous publications have born I.
sued from the press giving detailsouthe sub- b- eq. position which they took, both in the
jest. Yet both Pre,Aden ! brushwood along the riverbank; and on the ts Fillmore and !brushwood
hills.. This morning the battle was
Pierce suffered the matter
~to go by default,. I
renewed,' and raged all
. day. At . dark ..this
while, at'the same time, thel•fact was siOringij,
the -Indians again withdrew. The
them in the .face th at:every month , increased ;,evening
the danger by augmenting the populatio n — .l number of Indians . who fought us to-day
been . considerably greater than yes
-
wealth and' power of the formidahl e combina. I has
terday;and - is suppoSed to exceed six hitn
tion. The great - mistake Made' by Presideut
dred. To-morrow morning we expect a re-
Fillmore of appointing Brigham - Young Gov-. j
newal o f the battle, which in all probability
ernor of the territory, has to this day been
• .
: suffered to remain. uncorrected:- For surely I will last for some tune to come..
I regret to say that 'yesterday and te-day
the waste of a whole season; by; appointing a
military officer who could ,only acre pt in _ a we have lost-many..brave and excellent men,
Who fell nobly fighting for. their country.
certain contingency; amounts to nothing more i
than connivance at the evil. ! . i • - The rloSs of the Indians must be very great,
I* - -,But that military officer, after visiting
.the ' AS their killed . alone, during the two "day S- -,
Salt: Lake settlements, with'a strong military ; cannot be lessihan- fifty men. Among their
free, and' inspecting for himself 'the field of I killed on yesterday, was the noted chief of
operation;, has th o ught proper to return . to'', the NValla Wallas ; the celebrated Pc-Pea- I
California, an d . send word to the President l Mox-Isfox. lie was takeu prisoner by: my
that to reduce the territory to submission to i command mm the sthrinet.,' near his camp on
the federal laivs, will- require a-much strong- ' the Toucher. and during the battle yesterday
er force.' At least such is the !report current- I made .an effort to escape. In: doing so ho
lt) the newspapers. 'And what has (he Pres:l vac killed together with four Others who Were
'dent dinie• in the premises*? Nothing. He ;'`made. prisoners at the some time, and who al--
did not even allude to the subject in his a u.• so.attempted to get away., To-morrow, as I -
uual message, although the whole coun t r y - said, we
.expect a. renewal of the battle, and I
knew that great- difficulty existO. *Perhaps regret to saw that we arc not in a situation to
he was too busy settling the
_theoretic relax repel the attack of the Indians with that rib..
a
' dims of slavery.- i • ! or which is desired. This arises from our
_Thus, year afterf - year goes over, and still -scarcity of ammunition, and thebroken down
the treason is permitted to riu(riot. Wig_ -condition of our horses. The Animals have
barn Young, Governor of. Utah,. is, to all in- become so poor and jaded that it-is impossi
tents and purposes, a monarch, uniting in him. ble to' make a successful .charge against the !
self all the • most despotic Powers of Church Indians, who are mounted on fleet horses!, and
and State. No civil euurts!Orc permitted by can easily escape.
him to exercise jurisdietioiL The authority •Nr.e are- therefore compelled, in- a measure; •
of the great republic is a - practical nullity i to net un- the defence of-Wr present position,
Within its own borders: We fitinish means width we are , now fbrillying by, making a
for. building the governmental edifices, we stockade fort. Our ammunition will be 'ex
give liberally to encourage education, and pay j hausted, I fear, with another day's hard'fight.
salaries to officers and legislators,- frOns th e ing; and'ueless we can prom& a supply from
national treasury . ; and in return •we are not Fort Henrietta, our position will be critical
even permitted to establish' the common tri_ indeed. 'Of provisions, we have only enough
buuals of justice, to secure the protection of for abou . t three days, but we expect. to-get a
Ifisr to our nun-Mormon citizens. In fact, l supply in ti‘o or three days.
there is no law in Utah except the code of . I mast .
. insist upon supplies dell kinds be-
Mormon, who s e. edicts proceed Irons secret in` sent torward at once, as Ido nut intend
conclaves, and are enforced:by:midnight ban-' ..
to . abandon this position until the last extrem - -
ditti. The territory is without civil - thagis- ity: \By so doing the enemy would be great
traces, courts or. ot dmanees: Even the Mor, ily emboldened. .
won church members have.little if any voice,
- This dispatch is written in great haste, and
in the regulation Of their: re. A few lead_ s disconnected and exceedingly brief, and I
ers do every thing, and the ignoriint herd are I know will be unsatistitetory ; hut I wish .to
governed br . a species of terrorism which send the message forward immediately, so as
-Makes one loan master of ' a ll. :.-. ' . to reach Fort Henrietta before daylight. At
Such a condition-of things is not merely a i another titnel will give you a more detailed
stain upon the national escutcheon . ; it is a report of all transactions that have +occurred
gross insult to the dignity of the 'republie... j sibee leaving the fort on the Umatilla. .
and an- 'Outrage upon the rights of eitiz e ns... I Respectfully yci,urs- J.,K. „KELLY;
The President is derelict in : the performance i Lieut. CoLiflogiment 0. M. V.
Of his duty when he negleets :to take bold
.I stepsto i right this great wrong : 'Through his
.. . .
- permission the territor=y" Qt Utah has been
converted into a scat of husility to-the Union.
That reuion o
nw closed 0 every citizen of
the U nited States'‘who is n u t-d Mormon. It
is even alicaed by the escaped wife of a 3,lvr-
neon elder that those outlaws mage war against
tile overland emigrants to , California and Or
egon, and have committed numerous robber
ies and murders upon them.. Who can dyAbt
it, in view of the known deinavity of the per-
sons at the head of this theocratic despotism ?
We have not spoken of the licentious prat:-
tires of polygarny,-norof the :tetu:tl ensflve
went .of the female sex - under 'cover of „that
instittition f and fur the purpose of using wo
men :IS fartn•lahorers, ect. These, it. is said,
are local institution4,' which lilac ne.grdslave
ry, are beyond our reach. But surely we
should vindicate our national authority %%Acre
defied.—North American.
Indiana to Kansas Greeting.
Corn Tont:lmre of the Y. Y. Tribune
LAVMENCE, (K. T.) Jan. 5, 1856,
• Co). Lane received 11 note from Guy. Wright
of Indiana by the bvst mail from Westport,
which, from the influence it has exerted, de
serves to be recorded in the annals of our
State. - It is dated : lndianapolis, Dec. 4.' He
says that news have just ,been received of
Lane's resistance- to .the ijorder Ruffians:—
He has money and sons; and ,is ready to
come himself, and spend every cent he has,
got hi adletoSe of the Northern Free-State em=
ii'.rants 22e tram nee nutittrell men who are
ready to iliarch :it once far : Kansas: ' Write
immediately, and telegraph if possible. - The
boys:here are greatlyfexcited, but have con
fidence in Jini . Lane.:
Such is the substance of the Icttei:
As it-is more than probable that Wd will
have to 41it on the first Monday of March,
next—when our' Legislature - assembles and
the State Government. is put in operation—,
it would be well if the young North, who are
ready to 'assist us to the death, if necessary,
would emigrate as soon aS navigation.opens,
instead of waiting until special messengers or
telegraphic dispatches apprise you of our . clan
.
ger. The late war'. is -not the last of the
Missouri invasions. Atchison is not a man
to be thwarted in his designs, although for a
time he may deiay the executior - of th em .—
Quitman and other Southern flilibusters (it is
said•in Platte County) are prepared to March
to Kansas early in the Spring. Georgia,
abarea, the Carolinas and 3ilksissippi are ready
to asSist the BOrderers with Money or men.
if the North riiinforixts us by. March, peace
will be preserved ; but with our preient num
ber and resources there bstio hope - of cscap,
ing a civil war in Katisits. Let eniigmnp, a
void Kickapno, Atchison and' Delaware Cities,
and. settle in Leavenworth, Lawrence,' Tope,
ka, Prairie ,City; Council city, or Dyniplaut.
Sail froni!St, Louis to Letivenworth- - 7not .to-
Kansas City ; -for it aids our inVaders,. tnis
represents_our party, and, is situated . iir)ifis-
Private letters have been received.: here.
from Gov.:Reeder. , From \ the comments ho
makes on the contest for Speaker, I iUfet: that
he will soon desert the National Democracy
for the Republican party. Col., Lane, since
the war; nppeara to be drifting in the same
direction.' J. R.
rgr A pious minister after lecturing a
ragged - Sunday - school
-class -Sunday-school
.class in a Most edifying
manner; proposed to chi S e. the exercises' by
singing, "Jordan," meaning the -hymn "On
Jordan's - stormy banks I stand." The
thy_ man, was horrified by hearing the whole
school immediately strike' up, "Jordan n?' - i
hard road' to travel, I lielieye."-Boiton . Jour
nal..
"Henry S Id*
elected Sit4eTregrur
llforuiny laht,
NE
igrali, Democrat,- was
rerPenrk . Cu
ME
1111iNg FROM OREGON.
STATE T REASERER'S REPORT.—The report
of Col. Eli Slifer,on the finances of the State,
affords tax-payers the long-looked for conso
lation, that there i 3 sorn prospect
,of a re
duetion of the State debt. We copy the ful-
. .
lowing - paragraphs i• - ..
. , , .
. The following named counties paid into
the Treasury their respective quotas of taxes
for the current year, prior to the first of Au.
gu - st. and as authorized by the act of the 29th
of 41-11,1844, they severally were - alloWed
the abatement, to which the law entitled them,
NJiz • Ma Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Brad._
"• ' tes '
ford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Clarion, c)lut - i-
I l ia, Craivfurd, Cumberland, Dauphin, Dela-,
•are. Erie, Fayette, 'Franklin, Green, Jun
i . ta, Lancaster, LawrencK., Lebanon, , Lehigh, I
• irzerne, Atercer i Milllin,.Montgoinery, Mon
-o).ur, NorthamPton: Northumberland, Phila-
delphia,Schilylkill,Union, WaShingtonX est:.
Moreland,,.Yofk,._ The, Teettipts .from tax(...3,
on real and personal property, exceeded those
of last year, two hundred and ten thousand
seven hundred and eleven dollars and forty
cents. The =mint of abatement paid is cor
respondingly large. •
. We haVe arrived at the long-and anxious
ly 'desired period in our financial history
when the permanent sources
. qf revenue - are
equal to, and even greater than , all the neces
sary efpenditures of the government. - With
the same frugality, and economy, in the man-
A agement orpublic affairs, that have produced
- 1
\ his desirable . result. and a 'continuance of the
1 41.3i10 efficient systeirt:pf revenue; its . returns
Annually angmenting with the et4sttuit -ati,
predation of property and extension of bus:
I inc4s, we shall realize,;.at no distant day, the
I consummation so devoutly - Wished for, *die
gradual but final extinguishnient or our en
tire State debt. • - -
The leading staple of 'onr country is
-one to - which too little importance \ has_ hith
erto been attached. Wheat and cotton are
fitirly distanced, by Indian corn, for, while the
wheat crop of the year :is valued . - at: n 4 7;
100,000, and the cotton
-crop at $130,000,-1
000, the corn crop reached 43rA:300,000;.—,
Stated in bushels, the corn crop exceeds that
oNilieat much more largely, the, former be
! nig. 000,000,000 bushels, and the latter 16.5,-
000,000. . The Indian 'corn crop is eminent
' ly a national one, fir there is no .portion of
!the country, capable of cultivation, but may
I belt - lade to produce it.: 'While cotton l
strkted to the extreme south, and
.wheat , is
I most abundantly raised, in the north; corn
grows every where. 'lt keeps \ company with_
1 snrrarim . ' ne and Cotton pods in , one section
competes with-:tobacco in. another, flouriShes
with hemp in a third, and beats thi:wheat
crop in hi - head quarters, Every year in
increases the production:much more than
that of any other crop, east, .West, north -and
Scith. ...There is no other article. of agricul,
teral production which' tipproaches if either.
in amount or value, - and it seems' ikely to
.soon.,equal both wheat* cotton united..---
At the list to feting of our. Corif Trade Ssso
ciation it . was stated that . the value •of one
iyestes Crop 'Of !naiad corn exceeds the whole
product of. the Qtiliforeia gold mines 'lir to
the present -time. The.' sugar, tobacco and
-cotton crops united are but - .little 'more than
half the value of the' 'corn .+p.
rir The steamship lialitax arrived at N.
Y., with three days' later news from Europe. The
treaty between Sweden and the allies is confirined.
it binds Sweden not • to cede any of her territory to
Russia; and the Allies, l'vaunt, engage to supply
Sweden With forces tmllicient to resist: acts of ag•
gresaion. The - Austrian ultimatum gained the , went
of Angiand and FrUnca before it was forwarded ti:k.St.
Eeteribufig. .
igrA bill 'ter inciens, the pay of jimors
and Aritnoiise*, has been roportml in the Penp.
syl rania Logislatare,
.Bent the X. Y. Tri6nne.'
Republican Organization. •
The following Call has been signed by the
Chairman of the RepubliCan Central com
mittees of five Stites, and will doubtless be
signed by the others as soon as-it shall have
been presented for their approval. But the
time fixed for the meeting is BO near that -it
has been deemed advisable not to await
further signatures before submitting it_to the
public.
Let it bc„ . distinctly Understood that noi;`
nominationVare - to be made at this gathering
but only the tithe and place of holding a Na-;
tional Convention (shouldi:such be deemed
ad l visable,) agreed upon. ,ShUuld a different •
mode of ascertaining and ;concentrating the
seittittient of the Republican party With re
gard to the Presidency in; 1856 'be deemed
preferable, that will of _course bp adopted- and
recommended. What is contemplated is the
beginning of a National movement designed .
to unite all the opponents Of Slavery Exten
sion in the Presidential contest before us.
To this end it is not necessary that any
thing like a Mass Convention 'should be as
sembled, nor even one composed of ;Dele
gates ftoin the ieveral Ci3ngressiotial
tricts. From two to ten wise, intelliges .
and upright men from each 'State - which sees'
fit to be 'represented will be ample. We
trust measues will be taken, in evciry Free -
State at least, to secure such a repr entaticia
at Pittsburgh on the 2Ztl of - Fawn ry.
Republicans of the United sates. 'dm
In accordance with lug appears to to t e the gener z •
al desire of the Republican party, and the suggestion
of a large portion of the It epublican 'Press, the tut.
dersi; s tied. Citairmen of the State Republican Cosh- .
mitt ;C8 of Maine, Verniont, MaSsachusetts, New-York n
Pent.sylrania, Ohio, Michigan, !Indiana and Wiscon
sin, hereby invite the
. Republicans or the Union to
meet in informal Convention it Pittsburgh; 'en the
22d February, 1856, for the purpose orperfectingjthe
National Organization, and providing for a ;qatipnal
Delegate Convention of the Republican party, at some, -4
subsequent day, to nominate candidates feu the Pres.
idency and Vice-Presideacy, be be supported at the
election in iNovember, 1056. l.
A. P. STONE of Ohio: D*IIID WILMOT of Pa,
J. Z. GOORRICIL of Mass. WA.. WRITE of Wie,
' LAWRENCE BRAI.;ERD of Vt.
Will thel Republican press Pleaie copy. -
State Agriciltural Society. •
The fifth Annual Meeting of the Pentisyr...
vania State Agricultural SOcietyt convened
in the Hall of the House ;of Representatives
at Ilarris.burg, on Tuesday; the.lsth.
The President or the Society, James Gowen, •
being absent,- the meeting was organized ; on-. -
motion of Col.'T. P. Knok. by electing Hoe. :
Gee. W. Woodward as Chairman; . The re:.
ports of . the Committee 'on field crops, and
that of the Treasurer and Secretary,, were '
adopted:
This bein. , the time for-the election of offic
ers, the following were. duly elected.,
PreSident, James Gowen ;Nice Presidents,
Isaac p. Baxter, A. T. Newbeld, •Charles*K.'
Engle,. James Maaee, -'rhes. 'P. Knox,. Abrn
„,
ham it.- Mell vaine, Ad rain Cornell,. George
M. reitu, Joan Strolun,l J. P. Rutherford,
Amos Kapp, George W. Woodward, Augus. '-
tus Lukenbaugh, NVlllizim Jessup, IL N. Mc.
Allister, Jacob S. Haldeman, William Ileyl
ser, John S. lsott, John Mil'arland, John H:
Ewing,.JOhn Murdock; Jr, William Watigh,
William Bigler, James Mika; Additional :
Members' •of the Execiitive . Comittittee:;-
Frederick Watts, john.EVans,A..'o. Ileister, •
Isaac G. McKinley, Simon Cameron; Cores
pending seereter,y ; A. Bdyd Hantilten ; Che:
mistiand Geologist; S.-S. Halderipan.; Libra,
rian ; Henry Gilbert. - •
r , - ' •
TILE NEXT .ritzsinEscy.—Were a Liver=
.
pool steamer over due a Jay, or a California •
remittance of gold -half. a, minion, less' than -
usual, it would., create greater, anety. than
does the delay of Congress in organising for
business. But there is one view of this
tie in the Souse=—the war-in a triangle—sag-.
Bested by the Boston .: , biziertis.er
ses to an importance that - no in;lifference -to
pub i lio affairs .canignere.l
The House, Adis
traeted as it is, - may be called upon to- elect
the nest President, and the Caine partisan dil•
visions which impede the election of aSpealc-
ex, inust.emb.arrass the selection of a Presi?
dent. ln 'case of the fitilure of the Electoral
Colleges to choostr.a • Vresident the election
devolves upon'the States! through their 'rep, .
resentatives in the popular branch of Congresa:
and sixteen of them must unite - ona candi-.-
date to secure his succes.. The State . dele
gations stand : 14 ltepublicim,- 10 Democrat- ,
ic, 4 American and 3 divided. ' Those who
remember the agitating-Scenes of '1824 will
regret to-anticipate reeurrence of,suchia-1
crisis.
A CI7IIIOCS TYPOGRATIIICAL
feoi - Trench; in his latest work - on the Eng
lish language, points outla curious error. in
the 24th verse of the
. fr2d chapter. of St-
Matthew. The wordS„l "which strain at a
gnat . and swallow a camel," the professor
thinks contain a misprint, which-having been •
passed over in• the edition of 1811,has held
its ground ever since.. The translators in- -
tended. io kay "Which strain'. out a gnat and
swallow -a camel," that
. being the.. correct
reading of the original, 4., appears• in !rya,
dale's and Cramner'smanstations hotVof
which have "strained out ,"- It. was the chs.
torn of the stricter Jews to Strain.their wine,
vinegar and-other potables through linen dr'
gauze,
leSt- unawares they should drink down
somelittle unerean insect, as a gnat; and thus
trap press the Levitiml flaw.- It-was to this.
custom -the Savior alluded,- intending to say
that the Scribes mid Pharisees, while .they
strain out a gnat from their drink, would yet
swallow; a camel at a gulp. - • •
.•
SLAVERY TO BULK EVERYTIIING.—Tfie edf-•
for of the Toledo BladeH now in Washington,
writes to his paper some interesting l'etters.l
The tbllowing extract frOin a reeent one shows
what the staveholders contend for. They are
becoming,higher. laW men, and regard slive
ry as above the Constitation and superior to ,
IL Mddern De.mocrieyf will probably cork
cede the Claim. What says the Statesman ,t
" While ram writing, lir. Etheridge; of.*
Tqifti., is declartng that he dettieS that. slave
ry goes over the l'erritOrie.s by - virtne °l and
wider the Constitution,but he eniPhaticaltf
declares that, as slavery Was anterior, it Is
superior to the Constitution, und that 60
South holds its skives iq spite,of the . ' Consti
tution, and defies it. This looks a little likei
higher law. 7 • '
HITOEICAL' AND OQ I NEER ASTIVAL;,- - 4t
will be recoiled that 4 ! committee was' ap
pointed on the 0 .2 d of February last, ot cr.!
from each County comprised in the Ilistoyi
eal and Pioneer 'Asioelation of the. Sitsque
,hanna and Chemung Valleys, whPse
should be to designate the place for theholk_
ing of the next Festival. That Committee
consists of Judge Hollenback, ' of Luzeine;
P. 'Osterhout, of Wyoming -,,ludge jev ,
sup, of Susquehanna; Jadge Aver l y, of Tic-,
ga ; Judge Laporte,
of Bradfouf ; - non.
Thomas Maxwell, of Chumung ; it
.ra. Stu
art, .Esq„ of Broome; Judge Mcßurney,„of
Steuben ; C., B. Drake Esq., of Tompkini.„
A- majority ot r the diminittee have_exprea
, sed a plieferenee for Binghamton • luid:haYe
I thus discharged the duty assigned ' to them..
_'Van Diennues Land exists no longer , ,
the
. Queen having accedeiikto a petition ' from
the colony, praying that 'the 'name of ~ Vial
Diemen's Land should be changed "to' "N,
- • ' 4
CIE