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The_Tltird Volume ofthe Isnet.E$DZ:CT RtrtmUcatt
commence in
January, 1547. The paper, which
his 'already *cquired n large circulation and,beCome
ostablitthed ott mpermanent baitis will receive the in
creased attentioa.of. the Editms ;luring the. ensuing
yeat, and their Ode:lvor will be to improve it in ev
ery department, so that, if kilns heretofore deserved
iho Commendations - of the pies& and
_of its -subsea
bent. it will hereafter still better deserve theta.
The eircumstancei tinder which. the IsivErtNnnti
REtII3IIICaN was:established were these: : The rapid
and daring - encroachments of the-Slave Power hod
culMinatedia thi.pasiage of the Nebtaitica-Kansas
Act, thereby: elating. the most intense' indignation •
freedom-I(iving citizens of all parties.; and all.
in whom patidoulm predominated over partisanship
felt that the .time-f ra: union of freemen to resist the
aggressions of Slavery liad.Mrived. In the Autumn
of 185.1, the : freemen of Stistptchatnia County, 'with
out distinction of party; anct,and ore - tilted the Re
publican par(r,• (being the first organization of the
kind in this• State,) for, the purpose of maintaining
those of liberty transmitted to trChy the
fathers of theißepuldic, is the Declaration 6f. Inde
pendence. and tthe Coristitu:ion of ..theTitited States.
How the Tarty, has increased in Magnitude and pow-
er since that nine,
the history of the country eati tell:
on its first trial of streng:h on the narionaidrenn, it
:has armost overthrown the. once invincible and fully
' - orgtnized Coliiiits Of tlo Sl:tve Democ:-acv, eihild Lig
.such a victor and c - vpransiveness, as to fill our oppo-.
'nentS with - di:tinny i t t their future ,prospects, and to
awaken in theJtearts of the fiends of freedom. wtli
grounded hopes - of the speedy triutni.h of the
-plea of frectimn; jitstice; And humanity. In January,
succeeding the Organization` of the Republican party I
. in this County2,..,thepultlieation of our piper wits corn- I
Y. meneed; to.advOcate the pi inciples of that party. ICJ,
metzith a giiiitrous'Avelconie, and we trust was`not
'without its intinlence in aiding . to build up -the noble I
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organization se tit C.”11(..i the Wilmot Disnict,for,l
---rremontAv mcc than nine thousand majoriiy, and
returneAalit'sha A.:.Gio'ir to that seat in the Rouse
• venial be fills'With stith high honor to himself and 1"
his constituents. - To the support of that organira-• I
'lion. while it remaiiis:true to the -cause of freedom,
ave,Shall continue to : ales-we our best •energies; and
we ace convinted that it is only required to/Itate the
. Republican prineiplel l fully understood byth give
the - patty . grea'ilv intreased igth famine. ;he ma
ses of the people; raithevoter hcr-clists t 'his ballot
for"ro e " purpose Of sertish aggrandizement, but for his
country's . good alonerneilds only to be convinced, to t
vote right;- and.witicvitch a cause as oars, with rea- - . 1
-son and jostice, and til the better instiucot of the lin
' roan :heart on our si'l', we roust be derelict of ditty
if we jio nut win iialreased support tor the cause- of
:.freedom. 1
. at js indisputable that the press exerts a great in-
..ftdelleC, for.. geiul or evil, over the opinions of the l•
people.. Had tr i te old Organ of the Democratic patty
tbis . 6innly taliein the same stand.for fie levy that
the org.att cif that party, the rirodt:rd
.'Rep.i..rkr; did
in 'Bradford Vomit. =as; =to retain its consistency as
paper profs sing irf,e,still principles; it should have
• - Ilepurilca'n natty would have tarried al- !
• most the entire vote-of Snsquelnumac.ounty, except:
titht alsof yWrs no argiunt.utt,S or consider-
, miens-of might couldireitelt.. To. counteract the
chlevous inllitence pr papers teaching wrong piinci
..ples and sustaining the cause of Slavery aggression, I
• it beetarit ess.ii eS: nee v for those' who lin ve the mute
•
freedom nt 11."-art, ,
I-eeuy extensive circulation ,
of paps r \Voli
pa's. tive to arlinowleilge the r.
gefieioas V . % (!k •many'frier.ds in, the difftrentd
,Township 4, the list of Subscribers to":
the Isris.re.Nt*Nr Bnt it is an tindoubt
— ed`fact that there si It remain bundredi, in the Conn.
ty,:that thi interest.; oflhe ReptildiCan party—as I
. Well as oar oten—ribluire shoulchbecoine subscribers,
and who might be procust.l by a little systematic . ef
fort. .As an aililitt(Mal indneenient to such
.of our I
ffietitis . as may elioct l ;e to iaterest theinselvei io this.l
• matter, for rt!citeb cif si.r . tecit subscrib; rx, paying for !
oue'vcar <l . lfrone , ,l',lrr mill srvdwn c.e., a linnebcr for.",
fore 3frai 11? grltoti up if the club, ac ;tome contpot
sati.iin for hik iron*. •
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Our yeaders,will bear ‘l,l .witness 'that we give a
ninth greater amount of reading matter in our col
umns than conntry.Papers'in general ; and While our
first object is Atististain the principles of the Repub
lican party; we ain4o-givt such a variety, consisting
of poetry, tales, Aettches, agricultural articles; . cor
respondence; liew.4 items, Le., as will mate the Rt
• rrnmeax an interesting and useful-family paper.
If our Republican; friends agree with ns on thelm
portance of giving'an extensive circulation to the Jo
' cal Republican peciis; we trust there will be found
mem - heettfry County who will-act
-accordingly. _
. TEnts.:-•••::t1 .V) in advance. •
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THE SLAyETE.OI,Iit cONC.:rttss.---On. Mon
day_ last:Mr.: Etheridge, old line Whig, of
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Tennessse, , tut rO(Tueed .ifit'o the 1-louse the fol
lowing- fesointii9:l;:
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Resolved, if hat this House regard 'all sug
--tiotts or propositions of every kink by
iornsoever4nade f ur the revival of 014 Ai:
..r. , ),re • , , .
-yean tirade as ,shocking to the mi , ral
- e'en t itnent - 1t enlightened portion of than
, kind, orany facton the. part of Congrss
kg
islatiug cu t..linnivin, , 4
. 14 or Iczalizing that hor
rid an:] inhu :tan :traffic, would justly ;..-übject
• the Uniteil St:lt(s tq, the reproach of ,all.eiv
ilised and 7' Chritian people Ahron..hout the
world. ,
- fb.T-a-1 few . Oh.,;e4lons and remark.,7froin
sundry firs-.eaters, the resobilion,ivas adopt
ed E;i2, nays Brooks,
Ed u.3.,midsOn, Ilerbert, llowe.ll Cobb, - Quit
tnari,
Sarage; Olivet of Mo. And the
extr6ne'.fitit-sliti-ery fatqlon generall)',with nt,
kit one. ;ICorthern . dough fuee; Tiorenee 'of
- Pennsylvunia, t=oting in -the.negative.
• 711 E "c(15.111 . 01"01.2TAN . 6 ART ASSOCIATION ,
WiloSC Isclvlt:rtisement appears in our columns
this-we Wa, s during the two years 9f its ex
istence; mFt wilbthe warm srptoril. of the .
'btf.seen that &Leh subscriber
gets . bis in'rney7a worth in a three-dollar mag,-
izine or 'en.-ak - in. , besides the chance of
dravein.r work of art. - _V. A_ Case
-Esq. is the lionOrary 'secretary Montrose,'
to Allow: tlice.N - itliing to subscribe ()r for
ataloitit:i's. allay 4 r.
A Sustm'k.utAs?:A • Boi zh Li:CR.—We ob..
- serve that Mortiolcr W. Smith; son of Dr.
..11.,Srnith e tu-.d formerly of this place, has late
ly beer elcctcd to the office of Recorder and,
Clerk of the Circuit Court, in. Ogle County,
111.. The office, ; we :und erstand ,; answ,ers to
,
what areknown 'here as .. the offices of Pro
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thonotary:-/ nd luc v . • -
ricrottix..—in ins new advertisement in our paper
this week, - 14: R. Deans enumerates. - the ditfere4
Fireeeues 'by . is prepared 1.0 " take off tt e
people. Bel .tin paguerieotype Ambrotypie
'elm. or 4treetuyir4pit ?etu",4ll in the'inst style of
ibe,art. Who couid *for stay thing morel .
the Atrephogruph is drama invention Alf James
31 . .-•LettK• of pan tie Tate cc:. tz, • F4parti
bin, see afirertist ant: - - •
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'43. l!tlntheifilOt. --- r : .--', - : 1, 1
Mr.. Samuel Brush, 4 . 0:11:land, killed a,
large panther , in the woOds in
.eta„ , Niiford I
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TOwnship, this County, near the line:of - Pak-1
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land, two weeks ago last Sunday:- Sothe boys I
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.had diseovered ' in the snow not far froin Mr.
Brush's houSe, What. they supposed' tor be al
- bear's tracks, acid Samuel ,Brash, COartland
W 64 - I d, tin4.l l "vin Bru4; \with their rifles; three
or four boys, and three dogs, Startedout in
pursuit of thefame.:- The hunters se . parated
--Samuel. Brush, who is an experient9cmt•
7 er, taking the dogs and two b o ys and'pa!ow- .
.ing.ti - .e traeks,.'while the otherS took a differ-1
cat direction. ' T* dogs soon gave] : indica- i
1 tions that- the pantie - was near, and' as Mr. I
Bru4iwal 'cant t ouslyadvaneing along aledge
.0f.," nieks towards whlch their aftentinu secm..- 1
, - .
ed directed, 4'4410 „anima . ' ;leaped from be..l
hipd the ledge and bounded away behind a
thick growth of trees.' While in the act of
snaking the last leap before re:Ain:the con-'
cealnunt of another ledge at a little iliAanee,
his bOdy, which appeared ati.iut as large ns a
deer's, for the, first time was exposed fo the
view of the hunter, who immediately drew
up and fireii,,btit apprentry *. withont. effect.
In the mean time the dogs, having , lost the
trail and Tim on.. ahead, -
.were returning, , so
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that the panther las'now between , them and
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Mr. BruSh. •Theanimal then treed in 4 hem-.
lock, running up the•tree Some 40 or 50 feet
front the ground. Discovering the kind of
'antaputist he had encountered, the hunter
Yainl attempted to disable him by lodging
a bal in Ina shoulder, lie then fired two
shots at , - head, both of which tooleeffect,
but the laet t 'l-m'4h the ear :into the brain,'
was fittal, and the huge animal bumbled 50
feet to the ground, apparently dead.: Two of
the-dogs ituntediateli ru,hed upon r hitn, when,
sitting up,• With a stroke_ of his - fore 'Paws he
kr. s:ked them a‘iay, throkring one a dis . tauee
of three rods: jinni( dintcly afterwards. ht
:fell 'forWard, and Was dead. The hunter had
. retained his coolness .and had fired with great
precision d.ttring the conflict; but he aelmowl
e,',ged that after the danger wa: over he f g.
:the first time began 10 feel a little frightened.
The Daiiiher was an enormously large one,
measuring -seven feet fonc inchcA frOm the
nose to theliprof• the tail, and Weighing i 47
punds.
his 'honked elaw.i, an • inelk and a
half long,ihis long, sh,trp teeth. powercid hotly
and iiiusetilarlimbs. showed him a 'terrilde
antgonist.• Evt:iy shot had hit him. The
first, tired friant the rear ; plaided a bullet in
his thigh; the'nect in hts shOulder, the third
in the nose and lower part of -rthe lread,:and
the last in the.brain.
It is not known that but one ivither" was
ever hfore.seen in that vicinity, and th:tt was
shOts.2l yelrs ago .W.• Alien Trcalime)! wit!.
of where this . iwas kill:ed.: . •
two ini
rs: nc . e . publishitig our . recilll article on : seem incredible . that' I am still alive and en.
the CountySuperin endew y, we haveboc,:,-,,, ji,y ing good :Ilea lt h, 'after reading such a itita.‘
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pos- , essed .of int.r data upon the pith iject,. ! 211:1 .7 , wilhirl i n. l 7 2 alfial. eating, article as that
Avl44-11 appeared in the last fiemocral, intrpot t
readers to aid them in forming an ititell j elent ' i ing 14' In 8..tep1,.. to ins lei ter,-7—whielt von
jUdgment with regard to the matter.,. ; were so kind as. toi pUb)ish-Lbut: such is . in
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The whole number-of sehoids in Sn.que. del-111w - f: '. et- l; ' . .
. , 4 .lthough Ile:titer." disarpb;nted old maid,"
banns Comity is f. 163.• •It_would iltl.r.r.fore.-1.1..1 ;
la ,-,,i t - „„i. sc h,,,i mce, al i " married !ai l or • cowardly male:" lam
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;wire 131 ilavS
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low • ing half • a day• fir cash .4hool, Minty
schools aren't taught on $./durdays;.or only
vccry other end the. SupCrintend
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cut must have some days,c:r answerieg let
tersnnd attending to other mi , cellaticous du.
tics, fur hieh purpose the Saturdays tray
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ne nppropriated; and therefore butiftve•d4s
can be counted in a week fir v-iiting schools:
I it will he pereeive , i thatit would require 26
I weeks' or six months to go once .around. t o .
each 41100 l in the County, sib th a t it was jra. ,
Hp 05,414 fur the Superintendent ticvisit all
the schools. during •t he summer term, -
; understand that during the. existence of the
sOmmer schools, he .'spent almost his Whole
time in visiting schools, and that it is his in,
tention liieutitintle in that 'emplOyment the
most of the time'this winter, tSkinm' those not
visited last summer first in :order, till the
whole are.gime thrntigh with. • : Mr. Tewks
-1 bury ha's . been soperintendent - .eight months. I
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and ills reasonable to infer, fromtbe manner
I -in which he goes to Work, that: before he has
held it. two and a half years, as have those
- mOst counties, he not Only will : have visited
"all the schools, but: will have done soniething
towards imprrmit!g them. Fr Pthis purpose
o ,
lit not suffieitnt to discover: and condemn
the faults and errors of teachers—he mit
lendeavor to etirrect them. With that object
in view, he proposes to hold Teachers! Insti
tutes in different parts .of the ' COunty, and at
so to lecture tin " Common School Edam
lion,;'• once or twice in every township in the
County before Spring . .
nere is work enough laid oti't "or one man ,
in all eonscience \ -, and when we einisideethe
drawbacks that.he will !eve to encounter—
& apathy - Of parents and eonsequent apathy
of directors on.the's.ul l j -et of sebool itnproVe
ment—the . opea or secret hOstiliti of some
—the penny-Wise policy of hiring "cheap.
_ .
est" teachers, and' sending off the best ones
to seek employment elsewhere4---we may well
suppose it, will require a great deal of ener
gy and - rwrseverrnee to accomplish the Sob,
jeets of the . Law, namely, the improvement
of our common schools, .and the consequent
advancroent of general.educationawnig the
people. . .
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REPrBLIPAN• CANDIDATE FOR icOVER
We observe that many Republican papers in
different sections of the State; have declared
in favor of Judge-Wilmot as the Republican
candidate tor Povernor in .1.8fi7.
who
there is no man in the State; has done
more - 16 - r• be Repubican : cause, or is better
fitted for the 'office, than David
possesses - g reat strength here in the North.
The frantic efforts of the Shatn-Demoeracy
for the last two years to injure . him, : have
..suited in. their complete - discomfiture, hiving
only served :to *.trengthen the," eOnfidence of
the people in his wimlom and patriotism: The
great 'Republican majorities in Ibis Congress_
ional -district nt the late eleOions, arc not
only an evidence of th:firrn bold that the
Pritivii.les of fr'eedoin. base upon the popular
heart Where'ver ihey_nre well mideratoOd, but
_May alsobe . eonSidered. a full end On s. c k tri of
the .politieal - course of.JudgetrAflot ac .well
.aattf Mr. Prow..
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the in. . was 1
'- •Wc . know - - not I,‘ batter he - vreuld consent hii bead eta of the , If• • ht
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to be a candidate. but, while we• shall cheer. .ll"r , he . could hear the measured tread of
the sentinel as lie paced up and down his beat,
filth. support al)). #ood inan who May receive
tht:- . .Rep#blica!: noniination, .Judge Wilmot [ • about thirty feet from the building. While
t the man was reconnoitering, -another of the
would certainly be our first choice. . . • I priloners Skied behind ~..him, holding ii • ,blanket
to-preventieutsiders from catching a s;ray ray
of light through the wall. The singing stop.
tied, and-out sprang. the twoJesders; closely
followed' by the others ; and in this *ay thin.
ty.olic made their mare, Unobserved by the
guard.
tV''The following brief .extract from. the
p r o ce diags of the.noneo, December
recorded in the Con:gressional Mahe, will be
intercAhig to our readers, furnishing as it
does an exposition by one of his filends.: of
Mr. Ilnehanan's vieixs on the, question of Sja•
very in , the Territories. It Will: beiseen that
Mr. Smith claims fir the President elect ex
treme South&rn views on that qbestion . : • I
Mr. Grow, I would ask the gentleman if
be, antl.the party with whom helaeted in the
South, understand that resolutiOn to mean
that previous to the 141-motion. ofa Statf. eon- I
stitution the people ore Territory Could pro.
hibit or permit slavery ?
Mr. &nth, or Tennessee. Iris well known
that there; is a difTel'ence of opini4 •between
northern And southern gentlemen upon what
is called the question:of "squatter sovereign
ty. 7 I bave.never regarded it as of any im..
_sportance. I knew that a largo portion :4 . 1 he
people 'of North, of all parties, believe
that the people, in a territorial capacity, can
.exclude or admit slavery, becattse they:be.:
'Neve it is' n inherent right,: and not one con
ferred by -} coagreso. The people of the South
isbelieve that, with some ezeeplions. There
are some in the South `who believe .that,the
people have an inherent right to Admit bicx
,cludo slaVery in- a territorial 'capacity, nod
there are many in the North who believe that
the people" of a Territory have not that pow. ,
er until they form a constitution to as.k ad-
Mission as 'a State into the Unitin. • .•
lhave said liecard this as trquestion of no
practicabilitl. 1 have held that in a territo
riaLeapaeity they had not I lie right to exclude
slavery. Yet the majonty. ut the•people in
the TerritOry win decide this vestion,.after
all. In a Territory we must havi) laws, not
to estahlish, hut to protect the institution of
shivery ; aid if a majority of the people of a;
Territory are' opposed 'to the institution; they
will refuse to pass laWs for its protection..
We We the right, to:take:slay.i.s into . the .
Territory Witlantt any law,n,stubli,hing the
institution. 4 k But, .southern Inca must he sat.
6:l
ed that . there will J,se laws tut- their protec
tion before :,they will take their property,
whether thigroes or ' i liors.eia, with them into
any - State or Ter *tory of the • United_ Siates.
Mr. 11. Ma tall. - I would inquire whelk.
er Mr. -B, r
tatnut in the'presidentiM campaign
took the. northern osouthern.construetion of
the? •
Yr. Smith, of Tensessee. ; He took the
hold - and strong grotitrd that the peopli. had
the 'right toSettle thequestion•for therftselves.
He has always taken ground. against _what
the letnan termt" squatter sovereignty,"
H. Marshall.: • Do I understand the
orntlemau to say that Mr. Buchanan holds
" 'that. the people of 4 ToTitOry, . prior to the
fointation of a State constitntion : have the
right to occlude slai,ler . N,? • • -
Mr. Smith of Tennesse?. Buchanan
has never•taki.n any',such ground.
For thd Repubiii;on.
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EDS. OF rip REPIitILICAN Perhaps it may
St) " 111011:raie " • 1i(1 "intractable" as to be
unsati-fied . with the " explatiat.i(;ll" . . %Odell
thcvsirak ,• for .tafter pt:rusing those beau
tiful lines. ovi , r anti'4 over again, am unable,
to find nitytiMig that bears: the remotest re
sembhmee "explanation." St) that a:
reply is:tpiit:e •tini'ecek`try %dere there'
nothing to apswer.
I shmild c( ! urs43 exceedingly regret that
no further ntitiee . 4-as to be taken of Me, by
geqlemen nhOse aftentibmi or good .opinions
were-wort 141 of regard ; but, "'circumstances
alter case.," w.nderfully !_ (an et imed:
The readers of the Democrat mil'na doubt
appreciate -the promised consideration in their
:behalf, viz; noi,to f " make room fur such sil
ly (..-otni;ent;" and possibly they would not
to still greater improveMents in the
same direction.. .
After. l sneering at the " banner - presenta
tion, with it:: aceoMpanying display ,Of wit and
brilliancy," ;and evincing their-light es, itna-
Con'of " woman's -smiles," %vas it not very
amusing to see them go down on:their knees
at the close !of -tl*.article, with that. humble
apology?. It was something .very like a.
twinge of conscience, but it Certainly could
not have been that, ' Apologies so incoro-iist
ent and heartless are Unacceptable to, .. •
• TnE- .c.ixe. RI, A.Nosvltors Scut:name." •
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- .- Ito4l KASSAB. .. '. , - ..
Escape f Thirty-one .Free-State,Prisoners.
. • LAY;IIE!CE, Sunday, Nov. 23, 1856. •
Last .I%li . :liriday forty-seven of the Lecompton
prim tiers were escorted by a con-many' of
United StEte::: infantry to Tecumseltin "Shall--
nee County," and confuted - in the.. basement.
story of a new brick building ; but recently,
erected bY the GoVernment.for a courthouse
and prison . . These 'Men -were put into three
rooms 12 by 14 feet square; with.an iron grat
ing over ihe windows, Made of iron bars one
inch in diaineter, forming a net work.; each
bar. crossing \ thz other: at distances making
squares of ohoandaa half . inches, the (lat.
deeply set in this oaken framewo:k of the % . ritc..
dow, surrounded With mills to prevent cutting
them out The Walls of the prison were (*se
and a half feet,thiek, four courses of briq,
,made pekectly sotid., - A guard was stati4h•
led in and about he building; and a r:gid dis..
eiplineintrodnced to prevent - escape. A stove,
tables a few barrels; composed the furniture,'
and a bayonet was - used - in each of-the rooms
for a candlff-stick,;. - - , • ! .
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The counsel:fur:these men had obtained a
-change of venue. front JudgeLecompte's to
rJudge Cl'itO's Court, and they were removed .
from tbe!.Virst to the Second Judicial Dis
trier. Their trial .was to eoinmence to.mnr
row. All of the last week has been. used in
packing jurors, tend other preliminaries nec
essary in. a one-sided Court„
• All •of this titnethe prisoners were not idle;
they had concluded on leaving, and an under
standing of. the ways and means existed among
them. 'limy. all began to sing., - The :work
of inakmg links through the walls then began,
and if :the singing stopped in either of the
rooms; it was the,sigtial for theworktnen to
do likewise, and Wait until! the, singing again
mMnieneed.. The:toolstised i n removing the
brick and mortar.were the bay:filets - left for
cand k le - stieks. • It; the morning thAricks and
:mortsr were rPtheed, and a oat' hung care
lessly . over. the 'place. • All. lint outside
cobrseol bricks were loosened, aria favors
hie oppdAttinity waited for. ; • .
Last night, about 10..o'clock;t119:*Ork up
on thelast;courie of bricks commenced, and
a hole wassoou Made, - The workman -rut
Gov. Reeder on' the Condition of Kansas.,
. • WasntNina PITY, Dee..s, 1856.! ,
Hm. M.- F. C''-oriwar.-:•--Dear 'Sir: lam
truly gratified at the' legislath'e appropria
-Om. fn- Kansas which has been made by the•
State, of Vermont, and I sincerely h4e that
the example. mar be generally 'followed by
our friends in other States. If the men who
have so long carried , on-=this struggle upon
the soUof Kansas for free labOrand the rights
of the Mirth are to be sustained—it : Kansas
and the regions beyond are to he 'Saved from
the eurse'of Slavry extension, the example
must be imitate& The cause of Free Kan
sas has been for the last-two years My_ sole
• oceitpat:in, and ,there is probably no v iew of
the cage which I hate not diligently and anx
iously. nsidered.
ci i .
• Kansas, it' lett to its nat
ural coo se tander ! the present rule Of Nissou
1 ri, will as certainly become a Slave;,State as
[that an object witt drift down the ktirrent ;
' and that', too, althoUgh there is a hirge ma- I
jority of Free-State citizens ; for the govern- 1
I Meat is mit that +aft majority, but Of a mi
- •
nority, erpetuating its own rule, and protect
ed. by a league with' the people of Missouri.
i From t h is stale-*f things the majority have
no inur-diate esltspe except by resolution,
which the General .Government pre% 4 ents,and
fin which the Free State men would; have to .
conquer i not OnlyLthe usurping minority who
now gorern them, but also their Missouri al-1
lies and: protectors. The ; only remaining
remedy is to sustain those already on, the soil
and fill up the Territory with new ! :settlers,
until th ..y shall "Jutoutober,the thousands of;
men fr m Missouri who invariably!, vote at
*our el .t ions, by' the connivance of those who'
-hold an controtlitem, and under aver of !
the inti mous election-law enacted !fir that
very u jeer. Nothing' will do • thiS, and at
the sane time protect our present population.
from tl e relentlesa policy :of impoverishment,
persee tion, - and - 'extermination pursued, an
pin lin w, in every conceivable form here . -
hereafter ;
as far s possible,- into the operations of the
i l l
land-office) except a most vigorous Jand Con•
timionellort, backed by a liberal supply of
funds. - Moneys raised by ludividnal efliirt
must be limited Tit amount, and require im
mense labor and no small expense to collect.
The field has already been largely gone over
and Considerably, exhauled. Without leg;
islative aid, it' is !highly= 'probable; that „we
c.annot accomplish much beyond ; what -we
have Already door. Why, then, should _not
Northern legislators.' aid, .the enterprise 1--
The preservation of those vast regions fOr
the absolute necessities of our surpltis• and
emigrating labor, which tlinnot dispense with
them, except to-le greakinjury of the Nqrth
- era States, will, in a pecuniary point of
! view
alone,-make such appropriations a' wise in
vestment. To this might be added the ad
' vantages-of trade, and commerce aril railroads
enterprise which would flow from the• rapid
tilling up, of that Country to the Pacific ocean
with a NOrthei ti people, • and w Well in the
necessity of the easy must be drawn' to the
Atlantic through the Northern States,
drop
, ping its
_riches along tae route. .Dedicate it
! to slaverv, and the, wasting labor of the ne
gro, and forall the bentfit to be:" derived to
the - North itmight as Well he a sandy des 7
ert. • I will not discuss the considerations o f
patriotism and Inimanity, and . civilization, for
these are too ohotis and exensive for this
letter.- I repeat tr i what olejectiOn can lie
ti
raised against' th action of a State legisla
titre 1 I can seeplme which would s u st a i n
my vote for an itlttant, and I trust I would
h e om t of the last meal to advise nor one to
cast a fe'rislatii-e vote which I would hesitate
trOcast myself.' The object is not. one which
contemplates the least interference with the
functions of the: F,ederal Government, but is
simply a donation of Money to i•lieve the
necessities of late fellow citizens no' w settled
in'the Territory, and to aid Men ti emigrate
and setae there;,,with a view to, advance the
power and glory of our conunon country—
to priunote jneidentallv, the progress, and
the welfare . of`
,every "SlOrthern . State, and at
the same time Legally and peacefully, by un
-1 objectionable . means,..to • counteract the 'vile,
despotism and oppression which was striving
by three and, fraud.to stay and' pervert' the
the natural course and• consequences of .our•
countr y 's institutions. It is too plain for ar-
Igument that such appropriations would via.;
Ilate no proVision:ofthe Federal Constitution,
no provision of any State Constitution, • ind
I
no Federal.State;.6r Territorial law ; and not
1 only this, :but neither the Gencrhl Govern- .
!tient, nor the Territorial GovernMent, nor a
State Government have the plower to enact
any valid law to prevent any other State or .
any individuals from extending such relief it
they choeSe to do so. In . a word, unless
there 'is something in the constitution of the
donating State,; limiting: the po!ver of the
Legislature over the moneys of the State,
this question of State appropriatiOnS ter Kan
sas is as mere a question of expediency as.
would be an appropriation. to a flame.rav-.
aged or . plague-stricken, city
.or diStriet either
in or out of the State bovndS; and while it
• will' violate no -constitutional or legal provis
ion, is called f0r1,4 all the considerations "of
moral obligation and expedieney7 which usu
ally Influence good : and wise and patriotic
men. It will he like :bread east upon the
waters and seed sown in" gelid soil.
Allow me to express my, great gratiilea
tion that yon persbnally are engaged in - this
' l , work; Your high ability, your personal zeal
and energy, your 'sacrifices for Kansas, and
I the estimation in ihich you are held - by our
people, testified by your. vlection -:to the
Bench of the
,SuprOme Court under the State.
Constitution, ascirtllas the fact that you are
a Kansas einigrancfrom aSlave
. tate,all. in
dicate you as the jiroper man to take this
matter iir charge. ';, • , . • i
Very truly yours, A. 11. WEEDER.
Wlohn • Mitchell, - the "Irish patriot,"
who although very, indignant at 'the tyranny
lof England oser foolunen,, sighs! for' the pos
session of" a planintion.yrell-stoCked with fat
'liners, Alabama," rceently delivered a
lecture in New Yog, ou ", Foreign Influence."
In it he said : •
e .;
I "The Irish are the great. conservative de
ttie'nt in this countty. • They eketed Buchan
I an.. But for their txinset7vative influence' the
four Northern Ste r ol which .went for him
would have voted tor FreMontolnd Mr.
vitamin 'Would new have been presiding' over
I the Southern half, these Dia-united States.
Ile asserted that. the Irish Catholie . %r m . con
ft.%•sed to a priest,.ittat confessed; to a bishop,
that was appoint etr,hy the Pope of Rome, was
the most effectual tampion of the true-Amer.
Ileatt idea of move rinept, and the mostef eet.
ual hairier against ihe spread offoreign luflu•
cnce in America." •
. APPOWIidENT # 11E PitEtipENT.—The
Pre,sidetknotninatid with the tynsent of the
Senate, James 0; flarriscn, . of - Kentticky,
ChiefJustiee ofthe upremeCou4 of Kansas,
in place of Judge crutipti ; ret6eved.
. - From the Chicago Tribune: • .
Reply to the *Molt ofJ.R7Trirvee on the
• Kansas Aid Society
Ovatmther eoluttni we copy from The
,St.
Lo ttis Democrat of the 2d inst. a c immuni
catien:front.J; A. Harvey, nowt of.Kai l sa.4,
but Sornterly- of this City. , Mr.l IL was one
of the company that started front Ohicago
for- Kansas-laA Jetie, and"wasthrne • back on
'the river by the Missouriiins. .-He . eft here
as the commissary of the:eon - IP:my After
ward, while in lowa, he was - eleete( captain
of the ft agment that pushed 61.0110 to Kan;
Sali ; and upon the breaking out 0 -difficid
ties"there last summer, he waS Olu ell. COlO.
net of several Small coinpanies F
ineti, and has retained that title ev
Thus much ag regards the biograph
"Colonel," and_now a.wo . rd in,repl
attack On the Aid Society. -1 -
,At the very time Harvey w+ wq
*complaints against that
. Society; iii
Mr. Amy, was on his way. to Kan.l;
I pense a large amount of relief to t
tote and suffering, and whs:in Ifarve,.
4uents were first seen by the SOciet
probably enyying the aid sent 6 h 1
now t perhaps, regretting his haSty at
vised publication. -
Every sensible person must ztio
cultics the Society had to 6nenpnte
ward aid - to the .Free-State ,rieori(
sas. The Missouri River was eloAt
thein by the ,Back
.Domperatid R
Neither proNisions, clothing.. 'nor
could Iw sent by tha natural w
national h'ghway to tht, Territ or y.
some, tedious, expensive land ' r.m
lowa and Nebra,ka wai the onW.w:
which the Comniittce could forwat;
Anil even on thiq route their train:,
ped and captured by ITuited S:ateg
and 'Flying Artillery, and tligget- i
freebooters led tin by StringfellOw,
Atchison, with robbery -and ?wink'
objeett:2 - Every train Was 4,l)lilled t
gauntivt between the warrim:s
the assassins 'of - Ault's/in. S.!,ile
to reach their 'tietittafion . nican.!
ngem, forced Marching, and linqi dig!,
the direct roak -ithottt, roving[ earl
the' d ragoonfii or having to fight the 1
Alirder7 Democrats: ,
.The land march -tram lowa City to Tope-_
ka - was abotit film hundred nii!es touch 'of
this - distane6 was l a wilderness_ where no hu
man himbitatiimns .', were to be i'• ..o nm 1, '1 here
/
were-110 bridges over the streams, nor roads:
across swamp or plain. Timel pro :i s ions for-,
the emigrants had to be wagilinedi along fmr
hundreds of miles. , The expenseland tardi
nep, the peril and hardship to l_ a met and
, , 1
overcome may be conceived ; l yet,! indespite
of . these obstacles the Cemtnitt- P, in . the
t
course of two mitontms, actually Plan,ed in Kan
sas 1,000 ablit bodied immigrants-nineteen
of every twenty-of. whom are thi
, . . . 1
and will remain permanent IC in the
But this was not all. - A verylimit4
iii want imueig the old settlers' . w;I:
Means or self-defense were in r imi.
Free State •resuiemils as well a- to t
migrants, by Ullich . they - w'l-i':
make so • gallant and stubborn a
their rights 'Ogainst the .1 1 .11fliami he/
vadeci them with time
. determihed
'".wipmng "out," to.. use- their HI
" the -last Free-State man in lians: -
m i.
ing prevented the utter extermoimn
.Frei-State men;and the lossiof t i l
Freedom in that Territory, )iiit th
Ill(r•awl imereuleao effor,s of that. sa
etfand libeled Aid Soeiet v. A-i
•
opt ratii am". forsmaith , The, truth
not a member of the Am Comminiitt
adilitiiam to great -loss of •; i 11: 1 1,);y!
''file deepest anxiety of mind. , if
i pocket . h un d re ds
t' I
I
thousands, in addition to theme fir ,
thins, fair the• succor and relief o'
cling Free State people.. '.,llmi!re
favoritism in time ai,stribiltiinr!ol:i
ti a lity f o r Otte porttott of the ;-ettl
other. To relieve those Moil in
and to help ail . requiring asssi:
I I
been the rule :mil intent Ii f 'the.
in whatever the, Committee fell . :
aim, must be_ ascribed; entirely. 1
equacy °rale means at command,
obstacles interposed by lawleSs r 9
transmission of relief by the natu
of conimunicatiOn with Bare as,
negligence, `, speculation," or faith
allegedby ',Harvey 'tk, Co. ! 1
: !
As soon as tho Missouri ri.Ferfiveatne nav
igable for Free-State men, tint Aid' Commattee
lost nut it day in availing itself orthimt, chan
nel olcommunicatiOn to -pour in relief- to the,
settlers. Clothing and provision's; groceriesl
and, other necessaries . have ;been disbursed'
with a liberal hand. The fl'inOntit, of ' assist
:tire shipped by the river and distributed. over
the Territory within the past six weeks has
been so large that, i
with: what rernaiims to be
sent, - very: little danger of ex: reme . !lest it ution
need be apprehendokand•no,FreC-State titan
or family will be obliged to leave the Terri.
tinythis Winter, in Consequence, of Want of
food or ciothing. It has not-been time policy
of the Committee to give 'lnOncyl to . the emi
grants miscellaneously,. as that tuethod of re.
lief is subject to great abuseand "Speculation,"
nut on the:part of the' Committee, but of the
recipients.. • Money would he wits ! ted and ab
sorbed in a thousand :rays, ' Without acethn:
plishing the purpose for which it was o r iven.,
Aid in the more tangible form of; bread. and
1 raiment -was coneeivedlim be More efficient
I, and economical than in the subWe shape of
Igold, for the relief of actual clescitt4ion.
Southern CAM tnereit
met on Mimday of last week, at
About six hundred delegates IA
representing ten southern' States'.
Alisiissippi, Missouri, K'entneki
:ware, are not repiksented. 'Jain
Virginia, were chosen Presideq,
a lengthy speech, expressing
South should adhere tO the Gait
prepare for . future .cOntingeneie4
tion, offered' by . Mr. Swatt,of
all bOnds and notes issued sot
cities, or counties, shooltk be ma
the. State. Where issued, and
fered by Mr. •Peoples, of Geor,
It - imbue of .the convention, sit
towards the establishment Of
steamers to Europe, were' ref
'Betlitime, of Georgia, made ri I
favor of the abolishment Of the t
ing funds fOr. the support,' of th?
by direct taxation. Mr. Kean,
offered' resolutions deprecating
of southern youth at the North,
.ing the eneourageniCnt of south
newspapers ° , and inanufttettires.
lug of Georgia; 'offered resolutio
southern Congressmen to' tiSe.tl
repeal the tariff, mid repeal the]
ing the - slave trade;;:uld prOeur
the rendition- of -slaves from,
was laid :On the table. Mr- M
hams, offered a resolution in fa
road - from the Mississippi to the
I the thirty-second parallel.; ,
MILK
. SICKNE'S.— fhe ! I 'en vi
pure say that the'nkill: Ni;el;i n
to an :larding extent toe )%
huff, :4,10t ten tulles !Nan.
One -hundred head of eattieidit.
from the , disease; vie fanner
eattle. atilt spreading, a
dare not touch or taste Oient,
ip the whole region
CECTIPEO.,
COL. 1- IPIT•fi7. AT TUE EAST...--Tie Missouri
1 veteran - 4:4 taring, as our readers are aware,
1 m tht New England ;States:. A. recent le e .
lure lit' Portland, Maine, suggests to thtedi,
. • • I -—; for of the Advertiser .1 - lelding edit - ar'• l
.. lion. GeO. -C. Dunn, member -of Congeess;.;
I Th e iedjidr ; d i fr ers in a.--coucte.tii—us: atylelilin.7l
from Indiana, it la supposed will. be unable . to reach -
. . . . t u i . t: re l ee v t e tt r rit4tu t t e : t 3y s that his rerniniscene t i
and pleasantly' telalQ,
•Washington this winter on account of i I health.
.....It is said that Mr. Secretary Du, hrie, in limn- I The AdVertiscr,besi n de g sthe Bunten leadtii h a „.
1
ing biS reciprocity tari ff with Canada, Made the "du- several 'paragraphs. upon; the
,Alistingujsh e d
ty" on milk so high, the farmers on the royal borders, I . stranizer, one of altich-welintiei.": .
instead of milking their cows at home mid sendingtlie , %i- Even th ,- ise w ha. d iffered - inost. from CO,
milk in cans into the States, find it mo economical I Etentdii. the other,evenin7, : cotildtA help id
hel..
.13
to drive•thcir cows over, milk-them On he American miring:hint whet) contra:Ced with President
side,and then drive them back again. hey Commute Pierce. - 'The' hitter intimates thatilieWlitil e
for the toll over the bridges for a very , odostte con- diflieull.y about slavery originated .with Ilie
sideration. ' This is - called smuggling goods in the people of the North attackingienthern initi:
" original Paekage - -- i ',alum% while Mr. ,Bulatoti says, thelerigin is
1 • - • -
to be .found among the
,diSuntetilSts 'of ^ the
.... The Detroit Aqncrliser of Friday notices.the sou .._ . -. fro,inev': o ..
: egan: the':agitation i*. he. 'saYst;
fact that six Indians who came down da the Mtn
ineral
although he •isafraidwehave sometimes 'help.
Rod:, started . for Lake Superior
. yestetday with the
lad them. SO much more liberal'. is. a south
mail.' They, go first to Saginaw, mid thence through , i ,i n min) ;
than - 'd northern mantoadin g t h e
the woods on foot, to -their destinatim),. - - 1 South.'" -.: -," -•:•': •: . y -
I - . • I I •
_ _ _
PICKED UP IN NEWSF'APEADOM.
ecState
r since.
or the
to' his
king lig
is agent,
as to ill s
he demi
y.'s" state
r: he was
and is
nd
. New York State with.thirty five electoral
rotes, polled at the late Presidential leetion 595,-
ISO rotes, while twelve other States, haying togeth
er G 8 electoral votes polled 595,03. LThese Stites
arc Florida , Delaware, Arkansas , Alaha fa, Maryland,
Texas, Louisiana; Mississippi, North jarolina, Ver
mont, New Hampshire and Californil •
• the d
.
m for-
e of Kan.
apinst
.., . .
, !
• .... Whitfield was admitted to 'a scat in flit: House
as delegate from Kansas.on Tuesday or last steek, by'
a vote of 101 to 108, several NOrthetin FillmOreites
who:voted against him last slimmer nionir uniting with
the sham Dernoemcy in admitting him •
inigrants.
ell as the
The toil
e :to rois
ty
left l)V
s!iceor..
-ere stip.
)rag lons
AP action' wits brought at Carlisle yu. by Jos.
Wambaugh against Rev. W. Winn, for solenutiring
the marriage of plaintiff's daughter, wliti *as a minor.
Defendant confessed judgment in the lusual .penalq
of 5.5 i.): :
by the
fituA anhi
having concluded his c.ourse 'of lee.
tnres on Italy at Manchester, is now i llivering them
at Liverpool to very large audience.g.
as their
SEM
iorce and
Gayazzi has been lecturing in London on Ital
ian Independence.
inaoaged
of stral-
MIN from
.. It is sahl,that England -thaws front us annual
ly -some $500,000 for steel pens. is strange
When we remember that one of the rartiest lesions
taught by all Yankee sautol ivasteig was how• to
make,onr own pens.
nred b
Liiwana
Fientont's cote in sixtee . n . norpternStatea is
larger than the whole 'tote for Scott, Clay, Cass,Tam
lor, or Polk. , s. • } •
A gentleman In this place sett our campaign
Sot/4v/ to his brother 'in IllLrois. We Mailed it
weekly,„ His brother ii -rites,, that nitfr the - election
was over„the - postmaster handed him the whole.lot.
, ssktabra f t [o.] Sentinel. •
• The Federal Government ensts the -People'
about $0,600,000 per annum, besid4 , s the payiiient
of about
.$10,000,000 per year on '.the . Ptlblie Debt,
which reduced to abed $61.1,000,000:
re to-(1.1%.
4
ferrltory,
amount
reli•evp4.l,
liieti.to the'
.le, how it - 11.
oinh!etl to
delenze of
41tt ~vtti in.
Ipp 115:t.
tangini4 , (4,
No; li- •
...ion of On - -
110 cans'e.
nntli4ll
-
is, thore. is
!ve, lin, in
nit out ot
,
ise inon
sulisi..4l-ii,
. •
.... Cargoes of slaves from theA l frican coast are
fretpisently landed in Cuba. Unscrupulous wretches
tints' brave—toO often sticeessfullyall the pmils'that
cluster aboitt this aceursetAraffie. lye suppos . se Gov.
Adams, of Smith Carolina, rejoices t.'‘ see the:trafric
flourish. . •
... The Buchanan Party in Wasiaington city cel
ebrated the election of theij' candidate a few days
ago by a procession, and the usual .ccontpaniments.
In the procession a banner was born + aloft, inscribed
With the motto :—"SrMNEtt AND Kit'SAS.7LET. iliEll
nt.t.En!" This was paradedin open daylight, to. the
enduring shame of' the f: otitmunit,y,l and .t - e, party
which countenanced such atrocious 4nd heartless sen
timents. •II
•
I
t Louisvite dispatch .say-4-4), ur negroes
have been hung at, Dover, Tenne: , sti,.for being Inpli-:
catedin the comsphacy fur rebtillion among the
slaves in that quarter,
1
The returns ofthe popularvote for the Pros
• 1 •
blent as far siz.? received are as follows : Buchanan
1,796,277 ; Fremont 1,32:1,1E15; F,ilhbore 822,629:
The returns to tome in will not In t iterially vary the
result. Mr. Buchanan is over foarihundred and *six
ty-ciglA thousand ahead of mr ( . l kremoitt on Mr.
Fremont has nearly half a million kotes tuoie than
Mr.. Fillmore. 'The combined vote of Frcznont and
Fiihnore is greater than that of Mr. Bichannak by three
hundred and fifty-four thousand Six hundred and
twenty-eight,
the stritfr:-
Itas heen no
par
'
i•r,, over an
nee!.l (irst,
:ince. have
Committee.
( hurt 61 its
.6-010
811 . 11 to 011'
flivis to the
al ell. yawls
Ind: not to
essness,
Judge Butler said in the Senate : him
South Carolina makes up
- her mind,ilet me inform the
Senator you,uill hear very little fitss from - her."-
Whereupon MrsWatle•replied rhen she has not
made -up her Mind 'lately." •
= •
. . A. messenger arrived at Washittgton, Decem
ber flth, frOm Kansas, with dispatches to Gov. Ree
der, embracing petitions to the Hoitse of Represent
ativer, front the actual settlers. ag,:iihst the right o f
-Whitfield as a delegate front KansiN and in favor of
Gov. Reeder.
.... Gov; Geaiy has refused to let • Donalson, put
the ball and chain upon the State prisoners,.deelaring .
that no man with, a spark . pf humanity would' desk%
to indict the disgraee, The Goveqmr.ha.f deniandod
of the President she ir , oval of Lecontpt, and gives
notice that he will resign ifit is . not done.
. An apple has been ,prOdtiee d in Oregon mens
ming eighteen 'inches and a half round,' and weighing
two pounds five and a half ounces This beats the
world
The candidates'for the Legislature in a : cottn,
ty: of Wiseonsin were J. M. • Root, Democrat; Robt;
Hogg, Free Soil ; T. IL Dye, Know :Nothing . . So
it was Root, Ilogg, or Are, -with the l'oters sure
enough. • : I H,
. Prenticelsays, Presidert rerce,lin a letter to
the Ner,:. Hampshire agricultural society,declares his
preference foie farmer's life. will have a chance
to go to raising potatoes after the fourth. of March,
and,even though .1.0 may be as miserable afitrrner as
-he is a President; we don't believe' be will ever be
able to raise's anall a potatoe asiltimself.
I v en OM
avannab.—
crc pr - esent,
'Arkansas,
y, and Dela
les Lyons, (if
lie- made
Visit- thit the,
1 •
Lgtituti( ; yet
• . A result!:
!
nnessee, that
thern States,
le payable in
esolfition; o f..
, ia, that each
)seri be $l . OO
irect line of
erred. 'Mr.
I•ng speeell in
raf, and rais-
Onvernment
of
education he education
and- ad vorat
rn books and
Mr: Pauld.
ts instructing
leir efforts to
Aws - interdiet
a-treaty fin.
anatll. This
ore,
..01 Ala
•or of-n Hail
i'aeifie, along
.. Peter Naseau, a colored man, now a resitient
of Woodstock, Vt., has reached the extraordinary
age of 126 years and is douhtleSil the oldest living
man in - the country. IBS history has been traced out,
by N Ifasketh Esq., town clerk . of Woodstock, and
it "appears he was born . two fe. avs before Washington,
Was 46 years old at the dat9iilhe - Declaration of In.
dependence, and before the;se‘ond War with Great
Britain broke out he had passed the scriptural. limit
`of life. .
ArMemphis, Tennessee, the Buchanan and
Fillmore nien had a united celebr4ion over-the de
feat of Frement. Al ht, as al! were of the cunt'
kidney. - )
- . •
While the sOuther9, papersare clamoring for
a renewal of the African Srsve trade with all its bar.
bandies, not a northern paPer . that ..supported. Bu
chanan utters a word against it. ;
Col. Titus, - the 'Kansas fdlibuster, - was born in
Trenton, N. J.,:atid lived fora while in Wilkesbarre;
Pa. Ile subsequently Went to Flerida, and from there
to-Kansas, which place he has juSt_left for Nicaragua,
. . .
. .. The statement that the'ra are no 'slakes in
Kansas is ;flatly 'contradicted by the correspondentof
the Xew York Times." He says there are a number
of slavesein ftecinptott, all the servants in one hotil
beingitlares, and that the eolotred waiter of Ger.
Geary is a slave hired of Col Titus. - . •
...... The Republican Aisociation of Washington
have passed a aeries , of resoluticaut denouncing . that
pcortion.of poor Pierce's message :which refers to the
.great Republic.an party of the country, and nurivall
fiedly stamps the charge that that party "attcmpted
to usurp the control of the governMent,": as shallow,.
false, unmeaning and univatranted. .. • •
Illinois,' pa
is 'prevailing
atAi ea w. to*
• Over
one wevh
ost-fitri, hue
d the people
ilk- or butter
.. . . .
.. The heavy stone which"prevailed on Sunday ,
last appearite har3 been very tliestructive in fts ef
fects in• all parts of the eountr7.. . .
1
AYNE Cotxrr.—Afa Republica; Ceuaiy
Convention recently hehl 'll6nesdale, the
following resr - duCon, was taratlitnotadyadepted ;
• Res9lced, That in. col - iiudq4tion of is Wag
and self-sacrificing devetionAa Liberty, his
laige experience in . .publiiiiifirairs,.auite his em.
anent adininistrative abilitiea, aye recetnrnecd
to our friends throughoitt the Corntnenwealth
the nomination at the • lien: . DOcri . lVlLiarr
as the Republican candidate' for.trovernor at
the next election. ,
ffofiees.
MONTIIOIII
MUSICAL CONVENTION.
Prof. W. R. egivosifity
o f N e w. York, will -conduct a Jatisical Con.
t I.la, at„ .111outroile, coati mapping December
at 10 . A. continuer hrea days, and'
(46 ednesday Evening, ivith: •
• • C 0 NC V.,..11iT. -
The Cominittee AVM. be happy to K .e th e
lovers of Music Ore.:etit. -
The... Oratorio of .114 ESTIIEIt; or the Cantata
of Daniel" by PRof.BRADBURY, wit! be
introduced. - • • -.•
Piawni, and New-Yin* glee and
rus BiKi4s Will be used; • , .
Tickets t Gentlemen, ' •• $1,04
“ - Ladies, -.- 50;
Admission to Coticeft,.'' .' • -
25.
Itoiik's and tickets to be had of J. Lyons
Stia:'
,
M. At. Morr, L. F. Finn, •
W tn. 11. ESSU P J 01IN
'l'. A. LYCixs, GEO. PICKERING,
. Guntnittee.
Montrose, Dec. 10th, 1856.
Fair and Festival.—The. ladies of - Great
IVO will hold a Fair, for the saleof useful and Eau
articles on. Wednesday DeecinbeVilst,:at :the Lacci-
WANNA AND WESTERN 110TEb. . The - Festival will be
hriditt the evening, supper at 7 07Rinek.; t•.. N. The
Proceeds will be devoted towartii The :purchase df a
hell for the Episcopal church: -The public ate ry
spectfully invited to attend. 7-
otice.-pptopriaie religinus services will be
I h eldl nt the Universaisl Church in Brooklyn on Christ.
ni Eve—'.Vedttesdayi the 24th inEt. The Citnrch_
will he. illuminated and decorated for the occasion.
,Christma3 day, the Rmirtri
toonz,rof Factoryrille, Pa.,. will dedicate the OR
Fellows Ball. at that pla.•.e. They cordially incite
brethren attic order who can make. it cant - mien%
toilarticipate in the ceremonies and
,festivities of tip!
oecasion ; ample arrahgements .hare been made for
the former, and ihmiface prontises . bountifal provil
- for the latter, id-the shape of a good dinner:
•
ce.,—There be a donation viAt for the
benefit of the Rev: ilogmoxsi INGALLS at the Parson'.
an; . Centre,'
. December Murried
people. to attend in theafte.ToOn, and young i people
in the evening. general invitation to all [4hereby
given. • . Br otibErt or C,o3rarrrzt.
11onraa and Ready ramine -tont.
party, No. 1, sitlnd.—EnigipeCoinpatty,Na.
1, are hereby notified to meet at their Engine Ileac;
prepared for rzeicirte, on Saturday, Vee. 20, at 7-01;•
cluck, • •G. Al JESScP, Seery.
Montrose Fire Engine Company,,
No.
2 d atten •
d —Engine Company No. 2. are
hereby notified to meet .at their Engine llousc, of
Monday, Jan. sth, 18.57, at 7 o'clock, P. M.. Regu
lar Semi-Annual meeting for the election of Officers.
A full attendance is requested. - •
2Ardell, g. 3t. WzisoN, &e•y.
Valnable-Diseavery:—The las t fifty year
has been marked with a greater: number of valuable
liscoverics than in all the time before since the
Christian era. Among the most important, in medi
eakseienee, is the discovery, .by Ne;
York, of a* process - by which certain plant., found
growing wild in the mountains and forests,.are con
verted into an excellent wire, of great Value as a
medical agent. This delightful wine bas a surpriz'ing
efficacy in die.cure of nervous disorders, paralris,
dyspepsia,. complaints of the
. stoMach 'and kidnqs,
and, when used-in connection with Dr. ThalSeys For
tst - Pills, rheumatism, ague and fever, dropsy, and
scrofulous diserders, are quickly and permaneatlr
• cured by theni., Dr. Italsey's advertisement will Co
seen in another columw.' Ansa, TCRRELL, Agent.
3folitrose. Dec: 3, 1856.
. . il Or '-_, RZheilischjells7
- SLIP. . SALES..
TiwrEinSbliePsmi.nntteciberPor . icislibeYrte.'rrlßeh„urco b n i inV M tgalev'
.Dec. 31.'1856, at o'clock, P. 31.
. ,
LICE 'CAREY crlit6z for . 77,t Saturday Eirtaig
.I'l' Pod.= THE STORY OF A COUNTRY
Sec„Fropectns in another place. • ' •
°VI! FOUGET -T :
rrFIAT Chandler has the largest• variety of
I. Gifts, Presents, Annuals Books, Baskets, Bag
Babies, Boxes, Brushes, docks, Br t
uins Diarv's.-
Dolls, China Goods, Pictures, dc., for the Bell
tlays,t of any shop in Town. • Please call and see.
Montrose,.Dee., 20, 18 . 50. ' -
•
TS hereby reu.to the Stockholders of the Oro:-
lyn and Lenox Turnpikc'Boad Company that the
annual election al 1. be held at Of Grow k
Brothers on Monday the sth •day of January 1857 at
one o'clock P. 1(.. E. B. GROW, President.
Glenwood Dec. 18, 785 G. • * '\
• • Auditor's Notice. 7.
fINHE undersigned-lpying been appointed by the
-A. Orphans' Court of Susquehanna County, an Au
ditor, to distribute the , funds in the handa of die Ad
ministrators• of the Estate of Eseek Thayer, ileicated,
among the heirs ant legal repmentatires, wilt
tend to the duties of his said ippointineat, at Ids ar•
flee, in Montrose, on Friday the lath day
. ofJanuari
next, at 10 A. M. ut.which time and place, all FP'
sons interested will present their claims or be fore"r
barred, from coming In upon said fund..-
F. A. CAS Auditor.
tr'a
tying been appointed by-the
ttro, f Susquehanna eotinty, an
ditor; to distribute the funds in ilia:bands of the ea'
ministrators of the Estate of Henry Benson, deceaseJ.
•will attend to the duties of his said appointment, It
his office, ip,Jiontmset cta:FridtiYi ill" 16th
dny of
tiroc
January next, at l 0 o'cloclr, A - . 31 t , it which
and place all persons interested ;hilt .Rrescut their
'claims or be forever barred from. coming in iutoe
saidlund. • A.VA:OI , I,
IdOntrcee, Dec: 17, 1856,
1Illrirals; Harrah t:lloyi I !
1 rr IE Mammoth PiCtori4Brother Jonathan for the
. 1161lidnys Just - received - Si the MOntfoSe rOat
! Aim* in the Piooilleetiloss---Finny Fern's new
'work, the Piny)ttv Hoek, tho New Lute of Zia% al?
',. Shawm,. and Ow tsew•York„ Moo 04' okoilts Boca,
`,(:ill, 0. K. for the expected _Musical 'ennventinD or
l•
st s
nnY where : •L4c) beakiet other new Mooks
iIA 4. .leo name
. rOO ment tut, ;Mir' still . more expected : inn fey ', dayA, Jtt a-gOinw: s elteep; Cheaptr, 'Cheapest I
: 3lonl.trtsi.l):T::l7 l 1 . 4:i0,
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