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1141,IntridaTOPebritary I Va.
RgI4IIII,ICAN TICKET FOR 1860:
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FiIEMONT.
Eon TICE PRESMANT,
t'ltt A. !A r. DAYTON.
ta"The .ndrertisemeni of "Impmred
thort-horna" in our .last issue contained so
any errors, that we call attentlon to the
same as. corrected, this "ca.
~- he New York Murder Cake.
sii4e One laid issue, two important items of eri—
deuce hate been elicited before the jury - % The first
WaSthe 'e'sidence of a shoemaker named Farrel,' who
testified 'that he was in Bond, street on the night of
the mutTlr t andsattiownon the steps of Dr. Dnrtlell'±
tqi his shoestring in his shoe: that while
sitting there,a manwith a cap and shawl on, .came.
np_the street ind passed iato the house at the .front
door; .thit the man was not in' the house more.than
*minute:pd.*. half before he (Farrel) heard , acr y of
murder, and*aid to himself, There is a mu.ss in tivr
house; thut he heard nothing of er'the cry but sone
thing,like the sound of an empty barrel thrown with
it* end downwards On the floor ; that in half a min
ute or fia!gifter that noise, a man opened the door and
looked Out, land said to witness, "What' :are you do
ing therer• Ili spoke in a rough manner; witness
was 'frightened, thinking •he had been sent by the
man wholWent in, to put him off 'the steps:. It was
-not the nitre who went in that opened the door. The•
-rnausalsotipened the door was in his shirt-slcevi•s;
witness saw - his left arm and hotptler; saw pno u gh
of his bvid tosee he.had a large freard; his hair was
lattake; . Witriess thbught he could recognize him
again: iihe - re was blood on the fiber where Farrel
represented this man who entire to the &was haring
taken - herd tit it. ifekrt was placed 'in a 'room with
ionic 25 Others,allin their shirt. sleeves, -and Farrel
was thenlntzt:Atteed and pointed out Eckel as the
whelperne tO • the door and looked out. The
doctor-teatifted : that the bleed .On the front.door wAs,
apiarengy the setae kind as that from the - wounds of
ills: : hurdelt ;
H ~..knoth4r, witn,tep, --Madame Alviset, testified that
~‘.v...0,0r attiee day* before ; the doctor's,death, a young
rum,' :whim • she -reemaized as Snoligrals, called at
her t(*.iin BroadwaY •to • putchaie: a dagger, and
:.*; it aftifs trying one and objecting to it as not strong
easaugh.lie selected a four-edged dirk and paid 18
A l t
for "' e it :" evidence was in part corroborated by
that of es Smith„ a clerk in the store: A dagger,
iiinflat teethe eme alleged to hare been sojd to Smut
grau;(4iiiloiamined-by Dr. Walker; and-tried in the
•woundi , iO , - - ilie . drettielt, and he thiand 'rounds to ;
'friorrispOd instil risPeeta, loth in the body "and the
TherotOlier . having delivered his charge to thejn:
ry, they retired at
, 4 : 45 p. in., and at 10 : i 5 p. tn.(
;they returned .hatian , oarreed• uPon a verdict, that
'Darcy Ilurdel'ori the 3:at.h -day- o r j an d ary, 1857 ,
!at No-BI Bond Street, was feloniously murdered,
and mrtiel to his death I); ' being slabbed in various
parts Of tid hotly With a dgger cirother sharp instru
ment; "Mid thejurers belicie - from-the evidence, and
therOrrifind, that Emrria Augusta Cunningham and
Jolni . J,*Ckel, were 'principals in the commission of
said murder and that George Vail Enod ,, ralgs either
joined the said Emma A, .Cunningham andJ. J. Eck-
C I 111 *' ac 'Pnit'Yi9 . of tkie Said - murder, or 11 - as ate
accessorrhefore the ; fact ; and that AlwastaCitnning!
.ham,,an .l.f
d t elen Cunnirtelam, daughters of the said
„ ...
,Euizna; ~:liefog -in the `house. a here -Faid murder real
gi
conetted,laave . &ante _knowledge -of the facts con
•nectedlrifit the anttider, - which shey have concealed
foam tissjury. and titat. is the duty of the coroner”,
to hold them for the future action of the g--rand jury.
Mts. e c amninghani, Eckel, and Snodgrass, are lodg
-ed inthe;"Tombs, and leis said to be the intention
*of the' atithniitieS tnfilace the two daughters in the
.conidet:6l.the'Siiters of Mercy ; fOr the'preient, frt .
safekielling. 'Cie said thatthe District Attorney is
in,posicslqn qf Other Diets that will tend to unravel
the toYitqry ' -that !tit 'surrounds the murder.
~. • I ., - . .
iiirbb idiots and can tell which phrase should
be Thiedil "TheCsatamittee to which was refeired,"
or; 'ttit*Colismittee•to shoat.• was"referrAl l "--Ohio
Jincritta ittEducatiOn. •
- • the nspge. in thii particular;oeeminot to be prop
erly settled:, Hence we often see such ezpresions
as tltis-.A,' The ssommittee, which-was ap p ointed yes-
Ttport,7 dr.o+thich is manifestly incorrect
for, -.:',4toiisoittec' is - i nominative to the' plural verb,
• renxirt,' lstkiht ; 4 *Lich' nondnative tke singular
verb, - :"'lsss appointed,' in violation of the rule of
grim:tart:hat reeffires the relative pronoun to agree
- irillumber with itskanteeedent. To say, "The corn
tisittee 41lielrwere ippoin' Tod," would hardly be.cor
rect; fee i'ert.'‘eennuittee' stands for the individunal
persons althorn it is composed, or, in other words,
noun 'e.l•l multitude conveying plurality of idea,
and in that case who' should be used"instead of
i A.Ml,"sine!ci moderU Usage has established=
the ikrintithat aphiral verb should be used with a
nohn l oi nCiatitude whenever It is admissible, it would
tippeartluit the relStive who' . should be used instead
of , Shieh.i Otherwise the committee should proceed
to report "#4.itismconsidereStbe matter referred to
irt, An di is of opiEtif), would be contrary
p:t mTelk.esyiblielleti usage. ;.• •
ntrk . it4tcass or BEDFORD iOR Wmuor.—The Re-
P: ..-
11 41,4170 1 a Bedford crunty have had it county Yeti
ins
.5.4 aipo 4e/egates to the Republican State
. . . .
ponrcutitip : , Astinug the ..re6olutitins is one mem
.Lcield.4l.o4l4sl,o4ot An the candidate for Govern-
Vr i fte {I DS. Vtate Pant* Fob: 14th, the im
portant Hintnie LiR fdi two nifoot mati to California,
one yeg{at ,g at Port gerney and going 'by the way
Of ilia wren pass 01 the ac through; the other
I . MA:in; Ai fl Paao. hear Santa. Fe, and going to the
n - f;Aci, tf road 'betweeitAiatt.a Fe aiid 3flasouri not
, VirTieNsehington. - oorreeitoadeat of the Ti.,i
titrnesayelthet the lopition prevails in 'Washington
Ihmos-.Legisistere Kenna have soitzed
.ittlegsits hiarera therioptioh of -a Shire Ccrestitu
'itanitoy thtil Cottrentios;.eud. the upset of)affeirs de
,-iiptitithatfiCaossi 10111;4ve - edroitted ss iliirre State
. _ - I.
I 411111114.14Mitivr* 4bge remtsylTaris 1 440411te
# 11 1 19 .44 5040 4•l6l4oPjaaits fob` EQ;q Qr. Q 4 L ;(O
lio?iftioglibeir Amos 404031 y written- or
jitiitiedgoon4iteirareAnii:drAmapooods, with:
astat*iont:Of their compooto4/48, •
, 1 r* l3e 4 the teaCtl4Of Are
ifPgAgllkßg pets PP er ll Vlth : 6°l 4o o f #IC 41OM''
ff (k gkr .4Pf';e4/04(M4_44 ift,pfte ! aim! of
-1 31 ret.'Prfl, (FFPl** 4 4 l ‘9 B ,-gtMieren ,
itielligarOP raging SD? ka44:tt9. The *ter is .
cornet , APpor, from the to/W* l W
liffittetf4lo4 0f,•31s A; the otwie of 3 most be 4
*VOA 2(4 Ant Wiz iti luaus 27 but/ in the slime
0•114 4 " 1 9" thl number of what 9 oitini to be
Sound, inns!. be 6/ times 29,134. 4od one gird
Oil* f , 44 4•41, ansitr. •
. .
CORN Piisrest.-lieachant's Patent Foot: Corn.
lif
„Planter, the only machine+ver inv ed.for,p*lng
corn by the foot, appears to best i• ' ingeniottOnd
4 ,usarul;trentinn Ity tlgsmethod exelthiptithe,.
'Operaltris mad eL . perfolgti the wli+ lalint ofSant
ing.!.,llki# no / Aime .',,. st, aptie can Otint 4_,fitst* lad
, can wSk. .'tire he maibinels :- a tige—lqso.
ILlS...‘.;)slile JOte agora,
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— tehtrao:r.,
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Or The Richmond 14guirer does not stein at all
satifitied with the appearance of the political horizon.
It believet Mr. Buchanan will redeem his prombes
1 and pledges to the South, but is greatly exercised on
account of the buoyant, fubiktnt'spirit of "Black Re- ,
/ puhlicaniem," and because this finale:d i :wicked "or
-
I ganilation exists with a stronger vitality than ever,
I, and tare already projecting i plan of campaign for
' ist.lq.7 . .• - - . ,
, .
ThePittsbuigh Gazette, remarking upon the
.Anntial tteport of ifi'e" "thee .
Public Vi"Orke of - FeMiiiylrardi," %aiding the:debt
the4on, hire cost the t.a.'s payers within the last year
the sum of ttG,VO,OOO and hare prp r duced
to pat for it, leaving on the debtor side of the Ac
count $1,22.1,000."
ar Dr. Dixon, Editor of-the Scalpel, requests his
exchanges to assure their readers that:" the Beall
is net, and never leas been, a medical journal." We
see that the Scalpel is largely quoted from by our
exchanges. • Ii is remarkable for originality and forte,
of thought and style.
Ur Edward A. Penniman, a prominent Dem.
politician of Philid., died recently, in the prime of
life. He wits brother of Judge Penniman, of the
Honesdale Republican p-appr.
Tnt; AwI:WAN STAlF.suvt.:—A Political Ilistory,
exhibiting the Origin, Naturr, and'Aractied Op
eration 1( Constitutional Corernment in the Uni
ted States: the Rise and Pr/wrest of Parties;
and the' I — iews of Rise_
Statesmen on
( ` Questions of Foreign and Domestic' Polley ; wills
an appendix, containing .Explanatory Notes,'
Essays, Statiltieal /11 formation, anti other
uSeful. matter,- Ty Andrew; W. roung„4 nthnr
of " Science of Gorernment," " First Lessons in
CI Pil. Corer:men'," " Citizens 3ltinual of Gorern-
Men! and Late." •
lii the word of the preface, "the desigti.of this
- nori: is to bring within the reach of ( - ur citizens gen
erally, Ka single 'volume,' the
. greatest possible a
moint of that kind of information which nit ought to
. poss'e.ste ; but which is to be obtained elsewhere only
in Works so voluminous anti expensive.as to render it
inaccessible to the greater portion 'of community."
A work with such an-object—exe:euted impartially
as this - claims avitt appears to be—ought to he owned
and: diligently rend - by every , vo:er in the land: As
manual containing 'reliable facts, speeches, votes,
le tors, &c., on all great measures -of the country
from the commencement of its history, it must be es-
Roiled' an incaltnible . acquisition by all who take an'
interest in public affairs. The a elk has received
the warm • commendation of many of the leading
messes of the country, of alipparties. It contains
ont.!itlinunand and ni.rtern pages, is well printed, and
sub i sta ntially bound, and is . sold Al the reasonabLe
price of $3,50 per copy: Derby & Jackson, pnblisb
er 119 Nassau street, New .York.
Oliver Lathrop,..Eq., of Springville, has thecxelii-
Fire agency for the Pale of the work in Susquehanna
county.
Republican State, Convention
The Republican State - Convention, for th e
nomination of. candidate) for GovernOr; and
other State officers, will be held at Harris
burg, •on Wednesday, the rh of March,
18;17. Each District will el@ Delegates in
the usual manner, - equal in pumber to its rep
reSentation in the iwo 'louses of the State
Legislature; and no person will be entitled,
Ilysub,t it otion,to repr sem a - district in which
he does not .
- • "CHARLES-GIBBONS, •
Chairman of thi. State Executive Committee.
Icy.
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:. '. . It k enough to make one sh l idd e t to
read the printers' advertisement (or a 1)4 of
" moral . character," when it is well known
they intend to make a "devil," of him.
1, panther, nien.uriug eight feet long,
.was slot' near the Penns Valley Narrows, in
Centre county, some two or three weeks
Letters receinved from Kansas say that
the joint committee of both honses of the
Territorial Legislature has reported in favor
of taking a census, preparatory to a cony en .
tion to:form a State constittitiou..
~The Committee on the Militia Sys
teM Of the Legislature have issued a call tiir
a Military Convention, to be held in Harris
burg on Thi-Sday, the s. 26th inst:---Lifarrii
bityg, I7elegraph.• .
. ..The Captain General of Cuba - has
granted permission to "'all persons" 'lc ? land
Chimise apprentices on the island, so the traf
fie'in coolies hinc:..fOrth . is to be .unre'strict
ed.
...ICape of GlNia Hope papers by the
i bampic Springhnok, arrived at lioston, Ml
' cate
. 01;a the Colony was in'a quiet and pros
-1
iperous condition. 1 e celebrated feniale
traveller, . Madame Pfeiffer, left - Car.
.Town, Nov. 20, for M agasear. The anne
al' examination of the South African College
tin place on the 15th of DiTember. .
The . ManehesterlN. IL) Mirror f.ays,
thaf„ . there is noWful exhibition in that city a
man 34 veers feet three. inches high.
who weighs only SSI: pounds. When he
was IS years old he weighed ISO. ' Ile is a
mere frame-work, skin and bones,and a great
curiosity. Ile - was born and brought _up •in-
West4joirstown, a few miles from Alaoches,
ter. • •
A ii4chinist at Afetnritis, Tennessee,
has contrived what he calls a marine locomo.
tire, Which he is c infident ain he conatt net
_ed so as to-make thirty miles nn hour. The
in cormists in using two huge parallel
hollow 'screws in 'place ef the present keel;
and revolving them by means of steam.pelv
er, so . that they will cut their own way thro?
the water as a wrn mon screw cuts into wood.
I'ti£tiTOi BE,O , C;SC'S IlAuni.-4t has been
remarki.d by those who'were acquainted with
Mr. Brooks ihat: intoxication had becorrie a
eOnfirmed vice with him. since the • Surnner
affair. He liasSeetninglAattcfapted to drown
conscience in the wine cn_ii;atid 'latterly has
been so:constantly under the' • influence :of
Strong drinks : as to induce the_ apprehension
that his life Would:be prcrnisturely cut short.
Trciretkr.
•
8160E . 5 . SIZE. --The findertaker tor Mr.
Brooks wfts. miable to furnish",a coffin large
and:long en#tigh--the - most tonple metallic
toffin in his ektablishment being only six feet
fi,ur inches in length,' whereas he required
one no less than Six reit, Jfe says Mr.
Brooks was the largest' . franied
,and longest
m 'e
'an - lite ever , died in Washington:
Fi yr. 'llinuntso Dottota Rawatio.- 4 ,ralfr:
Pollock las iimued -1 - Druclanastion offering
the:Amite rftWAr4 fi* theAN*73thel*ioProrl he
putrilertr Atur,driwia,.
crow, of East I"ingtoti s lifssasatinsetta. who
found lawilarod, near A z t au-the
14th of Japairy, ,
PRA SiSt&tx'MissOirtii-fr; Pt6ti. who 4
has just been elected by the Missouri Legs.;
lature fis Director of the :State Bank of i
'e openly -avowed advocate of
the gradual . abolition of Slavery in Missouri. 1
He was the nominee (If the anti Benton mu . -
easy awl his own4leclaration of sentiment w as
read in the Legislature. before the vote . was
eoiteesporAewe,,.
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.45 : ._, ~ . 4 :. FOrAilt I ,, terlidell i Replitoitra,, v,, .
itunigehaoll9;ranj",acherf AssOlittiori.
"Thaij'eachiice 4trart ' elWssociairin iillikitQuehtuc•
. ...:
_Alt Crlsinty, itrgreeebly- to notice, wt held in the meet
....
Itig botwe n ail.Atrittbew Igeehyccin.4-eieTup 4 -- Ito the
- .lth and sth 'of Itecetriber;'lBs6. , -
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Fain nav's SrAlloic.—The meeting. wail called to
order by A. G. Kent, President.. The minute)iof the
preceding meeting; - ireht:2l,SpringvWe, :.were read.
and adopted. The Constitution and By-I.aws were
then read, and approved, and q u ite numerously sign
ed. ' A programme of exercises was presented by"
the Chairman ofthe counnitte of anangements, and
adopted by the Association. An exercise in iotelleet
ual Arithmetic," The Geometry 'of early life," the
lAbought.producing lever. by which the ponderous
weight of 'ignorance can he moved, arid the dormant'
mind aroused turd its sleeping energies awakened—
was then pleasintly and interestingly conducted by
teachers; in wider; others participated. Music-by the
choir: .W. Faurot, in compliance 'with requ e st oral°
members, graphically delineated Prof. D. B. Chamber 7
I • -
1 lin's Natural System of analysis, and suggested some
improvements -which were highly commended by the
teachers. Musieby,,the choir. ' Adjournment. ,
lEvEmsa Snsstrs.—Met at 6 o'clock. A. - 11. Kent
I exhibited Ito roo t ' s School Apparatus, consisting of
I an'Ortery . , Teiliiiitn, GeometriCal Solids, Terrestrial
Globe, Numeral Frame, Hemisphere Globe, Cube
I Root Block, Text Book Or Guide, and Magnet, whiCh
i arc of great utility in the school room, and should be
lin every school in the county—car $O, only. ••
.
Address by Rev. JAI. King, which was highly itl 7 . :
1 ter estiog and beneficial to parents and children, as
well' as Teachers. , Be said, " the material on which.
I the teachers • have to work, is the different .minds
hoilied In the dingy apologia for school houses."—
' Ile mentioned sonic_ of the -means by which these
1 minds may be brought to their primer elevation. The
parents ;mist be interested, as well as the teacher and
children. We must hare good School houses, prop
; elly ventilated, and iveod houses well filled with good
1 wood ; and then, have what is necessary in the school
room a chair,. two or three will do no hurt,) a pail,H
!
I cup an( m. Do not, for conscience' sake, compel
I a teacher to eighborAccomodation and bort ow
1 any of these things. We m u st have Charts, Black.
boards, Out-line Ma s, - and it f2O anwiratus, and
then a Tcoehrr that will set all things to work in the
iiglit place. How a; C 'these things'to he had? In
order to bare good teachers they meat be paid a sal-1 i
:try. suf fi cient to enable . them to 9unkfg themselves 1
for the glorious business. Our common -schools Ire at
the foundation of all religions, and moral, As well as
mental improvement. lie highly favors teaching the
I rudiments of reading by "Webb's Word System."—
Parents, visit Tour schools, to encourage the teacher
and scholars; above all, do not stay away and mali-,
ciously and carelessly blame the teacher,—it is the
worst of folly. See that your boys do their work hi
season, that they may be eat lyat school, and not only
I early, but send them every day. 'Teachers, you too
must be interested . See that the scholars are there
I in due season"-every one in his place, with book in
hand: .You must avail yourselves of the best moth
! ori; of dischalging your duties, fc(r if there is a person
in this world that needs.to be perfect, it is the Corn-i
mon School Teacher. You abouldairive to..beeonie
ia teacher in tire._ first degree. 11 try ! blockhead can
Ikeep school: but there isa great difference between
leaching and keepin'g school. labor] to make yours
1 the beid, and trobfed calling. Labor trot tog-t a price
1 but to ?ern it. Take hold of-the work, in earnest.
The thanks of file audience were tendeicd to the
speaker fCr his interesting address.) Music by the
Choir. .
B. F. Tewksbury being called said, he would make
a few remarkS in relation to the common school ass-.
tern, and hoW it works. Ins rernarks weie excellent
and.plaikly show that he is labciring !dpromote=the
education of the riving generation. Although most,
in Jesup Township, 'favor the common school sys
tem, Many were once influenced to view itAitTerent
ly, and noW,say, they scithere is "good coming out
ofNazare . tl..' Adjourned, to meet• Friday 'morning,.
nine o7ciock.'
MonNtsu r.s . stox.—Prayer by the Res. B. Porter
Music by the choir. •
B. F. Torksbury'eonducted an exercise in reading,
in which die Teachers all participated, for the pur
pose of passik through the " fiery ordeal" of being .
criticised by this efficient critic.' Orthography was,
also thoroughly explained by him. Adjournment.
.Arrrr.yoos SESSION.—Rev. J. D. King,lacing call
ed, arose, and after making some excellent'• remarks,
said, he could say no more than to repeat the Mission
ary lad's letter which was, "Go on. go on. go on," in
the glorious cause in which yon are engaged. The
choir applied the words to the good old tune of
" Anld Lang Syne," and also sung the reply, "We
will, we will, we will." A practical exercise in Men
tal A rithmetic was ablysondecterlty Miss P. 11. Bart.
The following resolutions wergthen read and adopted:
Prsarcel, That we repose implicit confidence in
the abilities mid integrity of our present County Su
perintendent; and the thanks of the teachers and
fiiends of popular education, are due him for his wise
and judicious aims and plans for the! noble cause in
_which he is engaged; and the earnestness, gigot and
inagnanimitv of spirit manifested by Lim in carrying
them out, liespeak, his appreciation of the 'ram im
portance of our common schools, and must eventual.
ly be of great benefit to these public institutions.
Resolred, Thai we tender our thanks to the choir
of singers for their,entertaining music during the
session.
nesolee4 That , we adjourn to meet on the first
Friday and Saturday or. Febrnary next, at the place
which shall he designated be the executive committee,
and publisbed in the County Papers.
We have had the pleasure of attending a number
of the Associalions in this County, and some in others,
and without exaggeration we think we Can,eay we
never attended one of more interest, or in which more
ability was displayed. The :thole meager report fur
nishea but a very inadequate idea of the proceedings,
the deep interest, the firmness of purpose manifested,
the pertinent remarks, the valuable criticisms offer
ed by the teachers, which discovered their ability to
judge•of the niee points ; bat, in consequence of a
presYure of other duties. and the imperfect manner in
which the notes were taken, we are compelled to sub
mit it with all its imperfections.
`-The Star - of Intelligence" is rising in the Intel
lectual Horizon, of which the Institutes and Associa
tions arc satellites, from which a halo of brighter days
is beaming.
; To those kind and benevolent:friends in the vicin
ity of the Association 'our sincere and unfeigned
thanks arc due for their great - generosity so profusely
and geuerslly shown its members.
W.. Farßol., Clerk.
For ihe' Independent Itepyibrtcan.
Wyoming County Correspondence
A- Journey Home'—The Flood—A Fatal
• --- :Accidetit,ifc. - •• -
• ..nciTotsos, Pa., Feb: 14,1857. '
/lassr.s. Rith k FILAZIEE :—A hasty . tammons
last week called me to the roof-tree of iny• parents,
after an absence of more than fire years. At the
Bend, the N. Y. & E. train :trai tar 'behind time, and
quite Wamber of passengers sat close aroundthe
Depot stores begtaling . the weary hours'of night with
Stcrrytelliing and humorous aneedotes. - ;Agaltr;" at
PYraiuse there was farther detention . , the New-York
Central being behind tine; but it was some utisfac
ilori LOsfand at•the'Telegilitt office, ind'eiery'rew
minutes tear the operatbi, report the prcit, *Es 'of the
expected Mul;hatiteriing
toward Sitspension Bridge, soon left ire ne,Lo4port,
wilenee an hoar's 'ride' after a livery horse brought
me to lily father's house--then the "warm greetings
andjoyons welcome and there were. little strangers
who. htki . been taught - to call rue uncle. Five • years
oft.firnes produce ghat changes. Th rice in that time
has the mail brought me sad tidings of death in our
family eirele•—one an elder brother, the dearest com
panion of all my boyhOod. The orderings of Provi
dence may sozoOtaes appear dark and mys)erious,
yet it is good to realize that our Ileavenly father,
thc;ugh he afilicts. 135, loves us all.
. Niagara Ceunty has iMproved greatly during my
absenc in raped . to mauls, buildings , a and
the gen appearance 4f.the Stems. value of
1 .
the . hit, depletVateti ilktepsequenee
of the flOtre o a r ts). 4kitihrti4 thi s -ray:4w
of the %%111. , ' sr sew ; in i tflitthi of that greht,
and horitelithat i 4 41yeara 0 . 4 destinctive we-evil
will 465p0e5i,4 4 1119,: - pnitrast„. between thit country
and this, a s ppented• More striking than liver before :
this,. undolating to a fault, ind that; almost es level
as a western priirie,' except through the central part
. 44. -Mosgara , CoulttiAni ridge roaring East
and West. i ,
The recent freshet creitiskmed but . little damage in
that section, but returning ; at Rochester I found that
the Buffalo St. and othel bridges, together with sev
eral stores, had„bcen sw . ept away to Lake Ontario.—
Of the wide spread destiuctien at other Points you.
have had, accounts !
Between Syraeuse.and: Binghamton a wheel came
off from our baggage cal; 'hitt fortunately we *ere
just stopping at a station. A little further on we
were obliged to change cars,• u the bridge across the
Rillawog (a creek that intst hare had an aboriginal
christening) hadireen sw@pt away. Just this side of
Oakley's we were detaineti a
. few minutes by a broken
rail. I little thought that the train was then making
its last trip to Seranton—ibut so it proved, for on its
return yesterday the entire train nut off from the high
embankment at Fieteryville, instantly killing the fire
man and a brakemtr. lhe.engineer has since died
and another cannot reco'ver. As , it was the Secont
°dation Freight • there a were only ten passengers
aboard, the most of whom providentially escaped with
slight injury. The car in ;which they were, turned
over once, and took fire i from the stove.. The train
is a complete wreck, anti this hi the most extensive
accident that has happe t lea: .this B a il R oa d..
Reaching this place I toittid the new bridge across
the creek here at Bacon's, gone down stream, and
part of the dam of the nee Flouring Mill washed out
—both these ()rump, occasioning great inconvenience
to the people of this connnitnity.
Itt - nry last, I expressed the hope that the next let
ter would be longer and Letter, but the time fails me.
Very truly yours. . 3. 3. 8.
" For the Indeplident Republican.
" Falling fr om Grace."
;,
J` Who eon* argue el*n suck telling logic with
the ntillicm l" t '
~....-.,
in j.lo Rep:Wean, No.l6lst, 2d volume, (Dec. 31,)
the foregoing language is found at the closing up of an
article, or anecdote, about /Ilaj. Smith . ; and the yeti:-
or tells us •it was originally presented by Lorenzo
Dow; and it rearm, fnereover, that the wt !ter of
said article is somelitee Tersnaded that the case here
represented fully demonstrates the doctrine of tilling
from grace, to wit, that a:Christian may apostatize so
as to draw back to perditiok Ills example, however,
as represented in said angclote, appears, at least to
very many, to be exceOing flimsy and unscriptural,
and yet calculated to tisgulde unstable and credu
lons minds. As to Doer's being the original author
of said anecdote, we have 'but one word to say.—
Verily, Mow was sotnetimis extremely eccentric, and
not possessing a sound mind, and yet we have no re
collection of ever hearing front him such language as
" Coararteri," " de," "elgin," " natur," - and the
like. • However, we consider it a matter of some im
portance that we now'reliew the case of Maj. Smith
—Cie sqhjeet of filling from grace, and compare it
with the word of God. Tlie writer tells us that "3laj.
Smith was a fair sort of it man as the world gem"
Ile also tells us that "thei Major was converted." I
,suppose he means regettfrated—i. e. born of the
Spirit. And yet he has mot even attempted to give
us any proof of it. - lle.:says the Major. joined the
church. That's very probable, and too many such
like disciples join the churches now-a-days.. Paul
said "they crept in unatOtres," yes, '" they are tares
among the wheat," Now hear: The writer tells us
that the Major was in the: . habit of taking "flip," and
"toddy," at Northap's Tavern, until he had back
slidden into hii "old'hotils." All this may have been,
and how does the Scriptures represent Itaj. Stidilz-in
that casl ? Ans..'" The fool bath rtunied to his fel;
Iv, and the dog to his votait again, ' (Prem. 2 6 -11.
2d Pet. - 2-22.) " Like all o th er litoll -ground hearers,
he endured for a while, bat not haying any root in
himself be soon fell aWay,!: (Math, lk-21,22.) "and
so drew hack to perdition, not ' ha ve believed to
the sailing of the soul." (Ileb. 10-49) Most likely, he
made a "fair show in fhe. flesh," (Gal. 6-12) and
perhaps he appeared to be somewhat in conference
(Gal. 2-G.) . Nay more, fehile his animal passions
were heated up .he may have prophesied and done
some "wonder/Id worksi' (Math. 7-22,) and after
all, he was not renewed it; the spirit of his niincl; in
his heart, the love of God did not preponderate. As
if is written "if ye love me ye will keep my word."—
And, at the judgment daY the Lord will Pay to all such
I never knew you," (Mittb. 7-23.) Whereas, the
apostle said, " we are not of them that draw back to
.perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of
the soul," (lieb:10-39'.) :In thy ehristian is "a well
of Water springing uplnto everlasting life." (John 4
-14.) Fiir if !Lille Trtl were enemies we were recon
ciled to God by the diatk alibi son, much more be
ing reconciled we all be tared by his bile." (Rom.
5z..30.) .Hence the Christian "delights in the law of
the Lord," and " heleth every false way." (Ps. 119_
104) and why ° Because "old things have past
away and all thing have become new." (2d ('or. 5-
17.) Therefore:Tile is not tempted above What be
is able to bear."illst Cor.lo-13) and, although Si
mon may have b ass baptized; and yet be in the "gall
of bitterness,"--Wnd Demas may join the church al-
ISO, and yet " lorit epresent world," and both become
apostates at la ...nererthelese, they who "are deed.
and their lif , .i, j. . l %..with Christ in God," (Col. 3-3.)
will not be ve'l 4 Y pt. to sell their birthright for "flip,"
and " toddy,". 4 Nortbup's Tavern. ' .
. _
FIRE AND Loss or Lint.--Betsreen three
and four o'clock last Tuesday morning the
building in this village known as the "Town
Hall," but u hed
, at n, lock-up for
unruly persops and criminals. was discover
ed to be on fire. and was burnettto, the ground
before the fire was extinguished.• The de
:tenction of this building was of little conse
quence and 4carcely.erorthy of notice, were
,
it not ;hat thb h
event i nvolve d a-loss afire.
An unfortunite than named Frederick Hurd,
arrested for theft, and locked op in this" Hall"
for safe keepin g but a few hours previously,
was burned tOdeath—literally roasted alive
—his charred remains presenting a horrible
spectacle to (he unwilling witnesses of the de
struction of -the building, and to those who
arrived afterhhe fire had done its work.
When fluid was loe4d up in this building,
a fire wait litndled in-a stove in a morn ad
joining his 'volt, and, the 'burning of the build.
ing"may have originated in' some way from
that, We teem, however, that the Coroner's
jury_deeided 'that the firing of the building
was the work of an incendiary, thieats having
been made to set it on' fire heretofore, by
some Melte** individuals not named.—Scran.
ton Itepublicit,s, 121 h. •
Th r..
is xtrzl.
4
r.zn tacISLATOR.—The Demo.
cratic'Executlye Comtnittee of Hamilton Co:,
(No met at Cincinnati, a few days since, and
adopted iesoliitions denouncing the Legitla•
tore for expel ing John'P. Sloughion account
of his having knocked. a member down in
"open,seSsiuti tlf thenonse of Representatives.
He Was then Inominated'is the DemoCra" tie
candidate. to 611. the vacancy. .catiacd by the
expulsion., "Pie Repubreau ExeCutive Com
mittee eribh seine county his nominated
Robert IfoseS. \nospecial election . will
take lilacs - citi the 16th inst. On - Satiiiday
evening last, a Democratic mass meeting was
held at Metropolitan Ilall,Cincinnsiti,,at which
the renomination ofSlough was ratified, and
a hearing refilled to Curry, the Democratic
member of did House who voted for Slough's
expulsion. • ,
• Pennsylvania Legislature !
Feiner, February 6, r 11187•
nottar. or RICPRESCBTATIV
"KA . 4.4 I ' 'l l -1 7 4' 40111404 c TiiikiiVito the
rniait,,, c w to , T o i toili:orKatitui Into thi
Federal Vnior4Testrtie up. in ordei(an the pei.:-1
hate ,caleiridar; : ih& i
iiiestion- 3 beinth e Ig- upon
,
mbtion to post priMelhem.
Mr. Chase thought that the vote of the pe64.
pie of Pennsylvania 111 . fat:nr of Air. Bticharni
was no settlement of the questions arising out
Of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
had been asserted by gentlemen nn the•Detn
ocraticothle of the House. • It was a question
which never could_ be Settled until' he whole
of Kansas was put beyond the slaveholders'
grasp.. lie: proceeded tiCreview the history
of the enactment of the repeal of the Missou.
ri Compmmise. and contended-ethet the real
reason for its .repeal was to extend slavery,
and not . because it was unconstitutional as
was *intend:H . by the defenders of the meas
ure. He advaneed four reasons to prove the
constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise..
Because it was - enacted by eminent. statesmen ,
and jurists, and had been affirmed and recog- I
nized by the early=-flounders and fathers of
the country. Beeatise past legislation consti
tuted one continuous .chain of precedents in
favor of thy right of !congress to exclude sla
very from the- teerliory of the United States.
Because by the! words of the constitution,
Congress has power to make all *needful rides
and regulations for the territories. Ho would
not answer tho frivolous objections urged,
that- this only related to the soil (4 the terri
tory, but t referred to the opinion of Chancel
lor Kent `on the subject. Because it prohibi
tedan institution which robs man of his ab
solute
rights awl civil liberty, to protect
which was the first object of the adoption of
the constitution. Mr. Chase continued his
remarks at some length on the subject of Sla
very and the.admission of Kansas. ; .
Mr. Stevenson thought that these, risolu
tions proposed no new pokey.. Pennsylvania
had always thrown its influence against the
extension of slavery.. - Ho did not propose , to
discuss the constituWmality of the Missouri
Compromise, but he wanted gentlemen to
show their hands in favor of assuming the pa
.sition on this question which the State has
heretofore. assumed. ' Ile denied that the
question was settled ant the last elem.ion as
I had been assumed, ft 4hat settlement was
against freedom .in Kaman. The Democratic
orators in the Western part of the State took
the position during the last canvass that Mr.
Buchanan was in favor of free institutions,
and that his election would contribute more
to the freedom of Kansas than the success of
the Republicans, and the Democratic papers
had concealed that resolution of *the Cincin
nati convention in favor of the administration
of-President Pierre. •
Mr: Petrikin asked him if the papers and
, orators of the Republicar party did not say
• that if Mr. Buchanan was elected, Kansas
would ine‘itably became a slaVe State.
Mr. Stevenson in reply' intimated \ it was
not as alleged, when
Mr, Petrikin read extracts as follows from
the Nei York Tribune:
DEFORC TIIC ELECTION.i AFTER TIM ELECTION.
That Kansas will. be; "That Kansas is to
doomed to Slavery,' ifheennie a free State
the Buchanan Dentociseems now to be the
racy are triumpleint,i i general belief through.
is as sure as there isa',out the free States."—
Ged in Ileaven.—X. F. Tribiine.
Tribune. I
. Mr. Stevenson replied : •
The object of the resolutions was not to
embarrass the administration of Mr. Buchan
an but rather to assist it, and giving both
sides an opportunity of showing that they
were in favor•of what they proposed. These
resolutions would be car ytng out the sent',
mEnts of human frcedoni.
.and the policy
which the
• stato of Pennsylvania has always
pursued.. •
Mr. Vanvoortiis" 1641 that during, ithe late
Presidential canvass in Washington county,
the Democratic orators' nad vied with the
Republicans in representing the Democratic
party as the friend of freedom and . Kansas.
Ile alluded to the position of Jefferson and
Madison on the slavery question, and review-
ed the ordinance of F7S7, together with_
all
the acts passed' since that time restricting and
excluding slavery. Mr. Vaneoorhis pro c eeded
to review the position, past and present, of
the Detnocratid party on the question of sla
very until the hour of one_arrived, when the
H o us e adjourned.. ,
DUTT ON. RAILROAD IRON.
FEBRUARY Petrikin moved that
the order of the - day ho suspended; and
. that
the House -proceed to the consideration of :he
joint resolutions from the Senate, instructing
the Senators and requestino. the Representa
tives from Pennsylvania in Congress' to op
pose the reduction or abrogation ofthe duty
on -railroad iron: '
The motion 'was agreed to by the followine
vote: ' - • "
Yiss--,Messrs. - Abrams. Anderson, Ar
thur, Augustine, Babcock, Backhouse, Backus,
Ball, Beck, Bishop,: Bower, Brandt,. Brown,
.Calhoun, Campbell, Chase. Cleaver, Craw
ford, Dickey, Dock,' Ent, Eyster, Fausold,
Hamel. Harper, Heins; Ileistand,
liillegas, Hine, droirman,' (Lebanon,)
I lousekeeper, imbrie , Inties,--,Jacolis, Jenkins,
Johnson ' Kauffinan„ Kerr, Lebo, Lovett, Me
near, M'Calinont, Meorhead, Mumnia, Mum
selman, Nunneinaeher, Penrose, Peters, Pc
trikin, Pownall, !emelt, Ramsey, (York,)-
Reamer, Reed, Roberts. Rupp, Shaw, Sloan,
Smith,' (Can:brio.) Smith, (centre,) Smith,
(Luzerne.) Stevenson, Struthers, Thorn, Vail,
Vanvuorhis, Vickers, Waggonseller, Walter,
Warner, Westbrook, Wharton, Williston,
Wintrode s Witherow, 'Wright, i'earaley,
Zimmerman_ and Getz, Speaker—Si. -
Nays—Messrs. Gildea, Hancoek,llotrinan
(Berks,) Johns, Knight, Leisering,longsker,.
•M'llvain, and Nicholson-9.
The House then passed said resolutions
through committee of the whole, (Mr. Years-.
ley in the chair.)
The resolutions were reported to the House
without amendment, and were taken up on
second reading.
Mr. Longaker stated that he would be
Obliged-to vote,no on these resolutions, not
because he was in favor of the'redection or
repeal of the duty on railroad iron, but be
cause he was opposed to instructions, except
under the most extraordinary circumstances.
Hciwas willing at any time to attach hitsname
to a me:norial to - TAingreits as aoindividual,
'but he was opposed to giving it Legislative •
sanction: - _
Mr. Nicholson tles,iied to define his posi
tion, as he intended to vote no. He tepre
senteda district largely engaged in the man
ufacture of iron, but was opposed to the doe,
trineof instruction. He did not wish 'to tole
against the interests of- his district, yet -he
was free to avow that he *elan. out.and.ou;
&morn& man. : -
:XT. Smith, ofLuserne, would vote no, be
catise'he. thought be Might to. •
Mr. Thorn would Vote for On resolution,
because be waaln :favor of everything whjcb
Would tend to advance the interests of Penn
aylvanie.** -
The resolutions paSsed finally by .
the ful
lowinQ vote: j • •
1 . -
EAS—Metisra- Abrams, Anderson, Arthur;
Augustine, Babcock, Backhouse,Backus, Ball,
Beck, Benson; Bishop, BOwer, Brandt, Brosin,
Calhoun, : qampbeli,. Cartv, Chase, Deaver, j
Crawford, Dickey, DOck, 'Ent, Exeter, Fmk:
SLIIIIEOLITII
sold, Gibbony,Thimel, - Harper, Heins, ,Heis. -
tend, Hoffman, (BaNics i )
H0f141 . 4 (Lehanon,)„.Housekeeper,.lnthrie,
Innes, JecolKJenkins, Kauflinan, Kett, .44 0 ,
Mencar, - . lorCalmont; Moorhead, :Aluittrna,
hinsselinttn;:'Nunnemacher, - Penrose; Petiers,
Petrikin; P - Ownall, Purcell, Ramsey, (Phila
delphia). Rainsey, (York,) Reamer Reed;_
Roberts ; Rupp, Shnw,'Sloan, Smith, (Centre,)
StevensOn,Struthers Thorn, = - Vativoorhis,
Vickers, Wagonsel ler:Walter. Warner; West
brook, Wharton ' 'Williston, Wintrode,
crow, Wright, Yearsley,. Zimmerman, and
Getz, Speaker-80. - •
NAYS—Messrs. Gildea, baneocki . Johns,
Johnson, Knight, Lcisenring, Longaker, Lov.
ett, Mangle, M'll vain, Nicholson, Smith, (Lu.
.zerr.e,) and .V4iil-13. "
FRIDAY. February 13.—The joint resolu
tions relative to the admission :Of the territo
ry of Kansas into the federal Union, was the
first bill on the Calendar. -
• The question pending was on the within
made by Mr. Ball to postpone indefinitely.
Mr. Bill stated that this was the only and
last opportunity for gentlemen to addres. the
llouse on This question, As no :one wished
to avail himself of this opportunity he would
withdraw the motion to postpone indefinitely.
. Mr. Longakei renewed the motion of in
definite postponement ; which was agreed to,
`by the following vote :
YEAR—Mes4rc bramS, Arderson
i
Ar
thur, Backus, Beck, 1 130Wer, Brandt, Calhoun,
Campbell, Carty, Ent, Fausold, Foster, Gil
den, Hancock, Harper,
Hoffman, (Berk,,) Jetikiw,Johns, John
son,. Knight, . Lebo, -I,eisenring, Longaker,
Lovett, Menet*, Mangle, M'll vain, Nicholson,
Nuttnemaeher., Pet rikin, ' Ramsey, (York;)
Reamer; Roberts, Rupp, Smith, (Cambria)
Smith, (Centre,) Smith, (Luzerne,)
ter, W est brook, W hart on, Yearsley, Zimmer
man and Getz. Speaker—O.., • .
NAYS—Messrs: Augustine, Babcock, Back
house, Ban,. Benson, Bishop, Chase, Cleaver,
Crawford, .Dickey, DOA, Eyster,••Gibbony,-
Iliestanklline, Hoffman, (Lebanrn,) Muse
keeper, .1 mbrie, Kauffman, Kerr, M'Calmont ;
Moornead, Mumma, MuSseiman, Nichols,
Penrose, Peters, Pownall,, Purcell, Reed,
Shaw, Sloan, Stevedson, Struthers, Thorn;
Vanvoorhis, Vickers, - Warner, - Williston,
WintrOde, Whiten)* and %V right-42.
Tne bill to authorize - executors and adinin
ignitors. to administer oaths and affire-aitions
in certain - cases,• was taken up in order Mid
passed committee of the whole, (Mr. Ander
son. in the chair.)
The bill being taketi upon second reading,
Mr. Longaker stated that this bill had been
reported from the Judiciary CoMmittee with
a negative recommendation.- He would there
fore more that, it be postponed indefinitely.
Mr. Kerr would like to know what error
there was in the bill: The interior '•countiea
of the State demanded a bill of this kind.—
Execniorzi'and administrators were generally
selected from the best class of the commun . - -
ty, who were just as capable of admiiiist r
ing oaths as:alder:nett or justicesof the peace,
and this bill would save them the trouble, in
convenience and expense of traveling ten or
fifteen miles to have an oath administered:
Longaker said that the Judieiary Com
niitt!.e had several objections to the bill. An
executor or administrator was immediately
interested as a - trustee 'to gnard the interests
of the estate. To give him the power -to ad
-minister oaths, would be the same as empow
ering a judge to try. a cause in which he wee
: immediately
interested. It would place wtth
m the power of an executora power by which
fraud noght be committed.
Mr. Benson'said that this measure-was de.
mended by thi!' ; sparsely- settled - counties.—
There could• be no earthlyiteobjection to sav
ing the troulde'' and expense of going to
judge or justice of the peace in order to have
an oath administered. What, difference woubt
it make if the executor or - administrator was
interested f Would not the pall) be just a. 4
obligating on the person on whom the oath
was administered ? Ile thovght, the objce
,tions urged by the 'gentlemen from Motitgotn
.ery, (Mr. Longaker,) were, puerile and
Mr. Chase had the greate.t respect for the
opinion of the Judiciary t'Ommittee,• but
thought, nevertheless, that the bill had real'
merit; When he introduced this :bill he did
not suppose thgre would be any of to
its rks . ge. He could see no force in the t'lb.
jeetionr
urged against it. It had been said
that th bill would
. be nriinstrument a fraud;.but,the Muse. was not; informed how. He
had one reason to,advance in favor of the bill
which had not been urged. Executors and
administrators have many bills presented to
them which require attestation on oath before .
a magistrate. These bills,. :so attested, the
executor is obliged to receive ; but if he had
;the pom:r to administer the oath, he could ex
amine the claimant and ask,any questions-he
pleased, and- no one would know more-about
the affairs of the decedent, than the cxeuutor
or administrator.
Mr. Calhoun WAS- in favor of indefinite
postponement. In nine cares o ut f.f ten; ex.
ecutors and administrators are not, qualified
toad'minister oaths. They have no idea of
the wording.or an oath, and would he ()Nig
ed first to go. to a justice of the peace and get
the form.
Mr. fill had listened to the arguments on
this bill and thought their all on one side.—
tre had lone , been convinced of - the necessity
of an.act ("ibis kind. Ile had often settled
estates, and been obliged to. send 'a great di+.
tance at conuidcrable expense to get a justice
of the;peace 10 administer an oath. -
Mr. Ball urged the passage of the bill'-as
necessary' to the rural districts of th' - Corn•
monwcalth. '
The motion to postpone indefinitely wit
agreed. to--yeas 50, nays 35. ,
SEIZOOF. OF ANOTIIKR. SLAVER.—The schoon
er Jade P. Glover, of Ilitrwich,' Mass., .has
been seized by the 7 United States . Marshal of
New York as a slaver. Accordini; to the in.:
formation of District Attorney McKean, the
schooner was to have takenlin water at
place on the Connecticut river, af:er which
she was to meet a stomp somewhere near Say.
brook or New ll , ilden, and :receive from . her
the -- captain, crew, and owner, together with
the usual stores of beans, rice, castor oil, and
- other requisites fur a voyage to the African
coast.
The schooner, however, got wind of the
suspicions which had been communicated to
the Connecticut autheritiei, and put. off. into
the Sound. „Sul ;sentiently she retioned.to .
this port, and was seized last'week. Her
owner has left for Havana, whither her cal;go
has been Surreptitiously sent after bim by t he .
barque
The proof against the vessel by Connecti
cult witnesses, is plenary, we underitand.—
But though her condemnation is certain, no
paities within reach are yet sufficiently con,
nected wittethe vessel ,to
.authorize their sr
rest, and the United States autherfties are
waiting further deeelopments.—.N3 Y. Even
my Post, ..rursday.
Wile Philadelphia Inquirer, says:
It it stated that Mr. Keitt, .the intimate
friend of the late Preston.S. Brooks, and par
ticipator in the Sumner assault, isconfined to
hiA bed with the identical disease Of which Mr.
Brooks died. The coincidence is singular.
N-The shock of an card:ulnae_ was felt
at Trenton, N. J., and through Philadelphia
county, on Tuesday night, about ball-past
cloven o'clock, •
Things in Washisgurn:
correspondent of the. Binghamton
SUtucteni, under the signature of C. W.
initials suggestive of Charles! G. Williams,
forrerlytif this County—is writing a a er i es '
of interesting letters from WaOington. ,The
timer from which we make the following e=. -
liacts was written dtiring Mr. Buchanan's late
visit 'to that' city. Referring to tho fierce ,
struggle among the hungrY DemocraCY for
office under the in-coming administration, the
writer says: =
• Added',;. to . 'the ; strife 'between Virginia, 2 ' l
Louisiana, Georgia, and a dozen' other !States,
ell!imilg the right- locnntrol the:appointments,.
•is • the crowd of iiffie&iteekers: . Ere' body
wants ..en office- for' timeelfeltudtici
neighbor's ; sons. : .= Tike; preset incumbents
. -are clamorous; .they sire ' - goad. democrats,
worked hard; and - furnished.: Monet; they
ought.to be - retained, ', - of *terse . they had.—
Besides, they are used to 'the businesst,thers. •
fore better qualified; And.they :tuze.that as a
.•
reason why they:should be Jett in the enjoy.
ment of'pubfic.pap. What burg Why
don't they wait until Mr. [lndianan is Prasi,,
dent, and has offices to giee - eivayt. ilt isn't!,
•right to make • dor dtity . " . .heenee.ihis pay:
commences, and wOdoo't, weeder. that he, lit
. about returning to Wheatland. If he under.
tookio remain liereOnstea3 of 'Marching 'to
the . White jisiusie• - the 4th ot,lititivel; he
would be receiving the sympathetic offices of
ilnrrison and Taylor, choosing,-
ratherihan " bear the . - ills he- had, In fly
„to
others that he
_knew. not of.":::Thei6Ortt:
copied by the President 'elect : - r isijuSt - across
the hall kern. the, moth of our friendr, Onow„
Avhsra we go to read the morning , papers_;
and we sometimes find it difficult-to.get thro'
the crowd waiting far admittance. to , Mr. , Bu_
ehanan's apartment. On
way,
occasionxa
wre unable to forceil our way, - and employed
porter to pilot us through.the kitchen, and'
up the back stairs. And: here let naln;blie:.
ly expreis our 'thank:: to the lion. G. A. Glow
- for his kindness to us. .You. know him as a
young man of talent, legislative ability andt
intleence—as anractive and .promitsent Mont t
her of the party with' sihich.-yon.are '43ortneet
ed:---ws. krio* hint' as a. geearous,'obliging
friend, to-whom we . are' -indebted for;.many
favors: `.• ' • •.
The illness of. Giddings and they death of
Brooks furnish a two of •` paring off" unusu
al in the lions& They wore both among the
ablest members on their respective sides of
the Chamber. _ '
An immense amount of Ituaincies
- transacted in Congress.. - The Committee on
TerritorieS are doing their . work.with much
energy, as you . Will-see .from the repoats.
Among the important origin:dap:a-pi
loted thrin.th the 110*w' by, them,j are - thew
relating to Minnesota. andStregan.: -
The defeat o r Forney is still the taping*
p Intim! circles. The nett - Senate will eAm
, vene with twenty:four - .ltepublietnt 'mentbers
increase of twerilytwo since th repeal
pt thellisseuri Compromise. - 'A. distinguish.--
ed member of the House,
_Ott hearingOf
iron's ele'ctions;said--'-‘,` . Anether head : riling
on the wall—curse the nigger businsa4.7
• ?reparations for the inaugural_ milking
made on a - large scale.. -A ball' lit iktallw
place in the evenitio e , whieh _ ebuilding is
being erected on th e rwt..ground. It
)67expected
.that a latgi.r, g:ithering:Will wit -
ness- the inatigral
.of- M-. Buchanan thaw of
any of his. preslecessors. C. G.; W.
Mr. Chase on Free Kansas.
The speech. of , On! Ileprestntative,!S. B.
Chase; on the tlez:Oliitiatii:iti
" `favor ofrFtea
Kansas—a meagre sketch of which_wepobliels
this week in the proceedings of the ',,l...egiera
ture—tiudging. from the 4iiitrtnett tad the prole;
m u.t have been a, highly succesisful-efrort—
It is Aeldom that toaiden - Spieekin the Leg
receiVeS Much praiSes-as , the following,
and in fact; thn . correspondents of the, city
prer, I hough . somet mes
_given 14 kputFrag. City
m;mbers,wery
country member in any
- The enr . re'spritident Pittsburg Oa
zetis :tails: •
The Knn4as il4olutions were to-day
e debat
ed. in a very. handsomend..ereditablensan •
lIVI% Mr. Chase, of SetSquehannsi tmened the
diseussit at - in -a i‘peeeit f -great `beauty arid
strength. This is first appearance ai a
debater, but he has shOwn himself a strong
man intellectually by this - effort; Ale;will
take a high position on the , lloor. .41e, goer.
ed from the earnestness with whiL4r.heitpoke
that every fibre of his being was thoroughly
interpenetrated with a lore-tor humanity4n
all its phases: This raises , hit morel liattrifill
to a leveiWith
The Philadelphia 7titirtni4'atulitt.
tral paper, has the
. ,
-Speeches-were made on the K.:amnia:Rase
lutions only 14 the Republicats.. side,of-the
!louse, The democracy ,have.so - list "declin
ed dtscus.sion.- They .Itye nitherjhrewis
themsylves back
_upon, thek,,dignity or deem
it prudent -to refrain from
_entering into the
discuston. The speeches, 4.lltetWo. !Steve!)=
sob and Vanvoorhis on this matter,werwpar
ticularly sharp and bitter. They, suserned,:t#
have infused into..them all the rancor which
characterized the last campaign. The spew*
of Stevenson was vrell-rearued and Atrongtl
put, It brought out several ,of the Demeetata
totask questions. The speech . of Mr. chow
was. an elaborate, studied . efts%-site :
really the chastest' production, , bo_diftt elects
tics' and diction, which . ! have heard this ses
sion. It had a good deal of finitkatni selsel--
arship about it: : _ „.!
1. The correspondent. of the Pesiiiiiiimaio
Enquirer writes as 'follows ' -
The resolutions inatitiCting Oar Seitators
and Repres'entatives in Congrenii - lo'vete for
the admission of Kansas only;'as a `freee State...
As soon as they were .called -op; Mr. Chute,
or Susquehanna, took thrifleo!promppy, and
began'their discuseion. •
Mr. Chase is a new - member, who cornea
froth the " infected *district," which . gave ten
thoasand majority_egitiriat Mr. ihichimm.—
He is n young man—at - farthMleot over 3i
or 32 years old, ITO hi peison,land is,
in truth, one of the finest lOoking min in , the
house. He has a 411 round ` voice, and his .
clooution is graceful-l'atat'pleasnat.. 'He re.
viewed! at length, the: Whole question of the
repeal at the - Missoiiii - Compromisi=-44u0
its conititutiOnilitYthe absolute' power giv.
en by the fundamental law 'to Coegrest to
,legislate for the ter itories Ilia speech wet
an able and Pc,inted brie. ' , lt had another
celleece net, cifteit,foand "in speeches upon
this floor, its dietiCkiilbeing:chriateind claw.
cal. He made a finelrepteision.
_Thu age of Mr. ,Clueal
..is correctly Mat•
ed la the above: He 28 Jiari oki.
•
1147 6 A1 interijh4::witit Mr. Alison in
Washington', Mr. Buchanan - construed his let
ter (ir acceptapditii(ttiiiiiin that' tbo peoPlos. of
the Te.,
,ui
rr,iter 10 had ti i d right to 'interfere - with.
Slaiery till:aboit 16i:ruing
tutio9. idirprOatitiott'differiL !hit*
from the it - tiiiie a d- at the Nortb; and his
occasioned much. sensation ;
—.so much soi thit„ with tho , consent of dis.
erect Southern mon, 111r.' Duebanatt has been
`urged to exclude it NMI his iningaral; where
it " It desigii4 "to bo announced •as his
doctrine, - -