_ O. P. REAP cE yqIZIER. EDITORS E. LOOAITS, • 6RT PONDIkO EDITOR ',,ritosz.,,PA. Tr.un3r.e7 ~k. c liitiar)• Is, 113519:- UrAtpong3lstweal notices- will be found an • t I lorieed the (44-1.4-the L.TOST pin 4o re: the addres the ppenini of the Susqueluidna 'aunty Normal Sdhool, on: he 22d inst. i • -. 1(4 1 o f A disfiatelitrom Washington, dated Fetru kryllsth, ys‘•-:• .1 The adtninistmtionoSenators in. tend to has the passage. of the Lecompton Consti 'uiiort by a resoltfon to "elose ' debate: at an early day. - The, debat promises to be one of the greatest t m the history of Congress. ill the Republican Ben *tors are s preparingtO. take part in it. Judge Doug l . is making ronly for a great. deroonstraticm. The pamtion of himself and of Messrs.. Stu*t,--BrOder, It?, Haiiis,l.llarsfiall, Ilimtnmery, Illekman,'Coa, d'iheinassociaoa,•frota the Licompton. party,• is: eked Upon - rta inal and, complete. Arrangements re in progress ton. the. eonSolidation of • a great anti. Lecompton party" . •. ..) • . • tar The Don • Democritt . s.of New Yorlt d did not ;s sold their 11 tueetf ,es rertmed Fri ,last . ay, the birectors bacingpt:the lairs' Moment ordered the clod- ing of the Hail ol thi.dtead'emy of 3fusis; which - lute been enms-edlovthe Meeting, - M . " The L4n)'s BOOK, for March, -contains ; the usual amount of embellishiientscfsshion'plites,.pat terns, music; literul• matter, &e..Thispe . ritAinil con, tinues to prosperf notwithstanding the "-h ) ard a suicient Evident that it hip l3ecoms indispensahli' to the ladies. Several biographical dictioarnies st4o that dial celebrated 'Lola Pontes was born in Ifontgose—tho she heiself swol recently before a• referee, thai 4he-1 was born Litt re Ireland. • flowerer; as she statedlimmidiatly afterwards that she " was not pres ent when she wais,borri," her -statement i 3 taken with. .same grains of allowance. It is paper td add, to prerfxit mistakes, that it is Montrose;Sentland„and-not MOtitzToel'aii.that claims the hotvir of Leratirity. . , - -14%. Porctan Soskuit , .. , . -- ry EximPurvi>.4-The Demo- 1 trade Party,' whp. a little while ago pretended to .he in favor . of poptilar sovereignty for 6(3 1 Terrltoril are Stunk ashing rongres9 toinerlaie, permanently, the standing army, to Ti r sonip-FireliThoutand al it; to enable the United States gOverurrient, among, Otlier things; to contiol the peopie s l .l o the . TerritoriesXl - This 'is A* coaiistent,iis it -.4 fo g , them to:pretend 1 greit hoStility to paper money, iv 01.-u'ing ‘20;660 ,- 1 1-.000. of . G overnm6nt shinplasters Modern llemocre 7 cy is all a I. slutnaLso evidently such that none but the most verdant ca l k think it genuine. ; • i ',We imp .-i t ourriaderattnderstand why the pcp.bd ! ratic et :pro-Slaved party in Congress strug i ,iied so lOng a4i des s perately to prevent s the refer ': eime-ofthe Pr4idenes;Lecouiptdn Constitution mes sage to ti CeMntittee with -power • to investigate. • If. e -t - thing abok. the sending mi . of that 'Constitution frOnt ilans.is l talisOgress. , had been fur and right, .1.:37 . ..e c...sald haw been no objection to an iniestiga t,..2: 'But the'sham-Dernocracy - know very well that ille Lecompton'Constitetiort is the offspring of fra‘..ud s. 44 1ri fliE#TRA - SWttirMniViNs - et a iii . r ,,, ; : of-the _fraud, mid they-make the Support of it a test of party tillecia l ce, and to have the fraud officially' 'investigatod - and brought to light,' might, materially tianutge the'paify by-disgusting many who are now. blindly aiding the Slayery-pictpapaa in th - eir at tempt to force gar_sas inta the -I.Tnion'aS - a Slave State. 1 . .. 4 • ~.... .. _ . , •• ____. • We have in our language, not only, active transitive r• - A'' The lote'snapton Constitution is pro-Slavery. adjectives, also &wive transiti+e nouns: Thus, ini I ,It contithis a ptoviso that it mav be altered after. 1864; the phrase, "scaling yonder peak," "peak" is a noun -and Lima is udderstood lir,Affigiith j ern men to - mean in the objective case, rind governed by the active that it shall sc . it be altered before that time ; and the tranSitite adjective "scaling." And in the example,' cuderstandirii i of Southern men comes u'aniattle to -- We made preparations for defending ourselves," be the:under,tanding of the Democratic party ; \and —" ourselves:, is in the objective case, being the ob -fae acts of•th4 party are regulated accordingly. But ieet of an action expressed by the active transitive sonle Northern' Denfficrats, at present, pretend to be „swim "defending." Take ,another example : "Be live that if kinsro , is affinitted tinder the Lerompton was banished for haring accidentally . kill the kin& ConstAtatkm, the people can and n il' .r.i, knee Pryi favorite." here, " baring killed," according to • Mr. he Constitution and exclude- Slavery, Cla#, Ha noun, although -it not only govents the ob ceed to alter t and tints make Kansas a free State. Do they really iectve• casi, but is also qualified by the adverb 4. believe this? or is it only a pretence for ailvocatin,g "accidentally" But shat is an adierb i Mr. Clark the admission l under the Lectunpton • Constitutiow?= 1 himself teaches us (page 149) that" an adverb is a •Let us.see what is the machinery prepare d __ for ' ma ' k _ ‘ word - used to modify the signification -of ,a verb, an 1 1 adjective,or another modifier" hence it-is evident lag, ot rather keeping: Kansas a Slave State, after it is so admitied. 'The que4ion - ss to whetlier,,,ihr• that either his definition' of tat adverb, or his man , Free State pty or the pro-Slavers party elected the , her of parsing participles, w z dig ; for "having Stattt'officei+ll a ihajmity of the Legislature at the killed" is modified by aroadymb, though it is neither a verb, an adjective, n'Or a modifier. 4th of Jamta7 elettico, - sectirs to depend entirely up on the spec tacit of a' single indiyidual, Calhonn,who are indicated o r participles crud ought to be parsed as participles,. - and be sometimes reports a majority ' one'::it-kv, and • and not as nouns or adjectives. Why ? The very sometimes the other, according to his notions Of what etymology of the word " payticiffie" gives a hint at the interest7of Slavery in the par' dcui•ar emergency the answer. Different words fire found to iletform tnny reqt.ire Lately—prObably thinking 'to facili; I different offices in the construction of sentences, and trite theadMission of K sit thereby—hetas given the rtioStot these words can - bet 'readily „arranged:in ,out that the Free State officers,irre elected ; but . be separateicliisses, according to the seviraf offices they makes no official statement to that effect; bueketps' Petto ; but we find one sort of•wtirds, derived the returns to his pocket; and should Kansas be-ad- 'from ne verbs, and still retaining the. verbal qualities of expressing action, beini, ke., tint at the same time witted, he mould then undoubtedly.infOrmusat once F _ that the pi-Slayery arty triumphed in the election ; possessing other qualities which do not belong to the p ;These verb but do belong to the noun or the adjec of State °deers. Kan.74 ,,- .. would then be in the ur ,...1 dye. These words could, not properly be classed ion as a Static. State, with a pro-Spirery . Hevernor and Legislature. Whatothen, could the people dolo- 7 anatang the seitis v liecause they possess some charac teristics of the noun or the adjective, which are in- would in -* it a Free State ? ' Theirfirst'moement would be denounced b consistent with those of the verb; nor could theybathe pSlavrOoy Hovernor as be properly classed , With tithe; of the milers, because rebeldon, and he wonld call upon the, President for they possess some characteristics of the verb. • They Hoops to erdsh out the rebellion. And an one can have therefore hems,put in a class by then:selves,and doubt that the , troops wetrld'be promptly furnished, ,from their miked nature arecallad participles-that even if the tittittrurg aniti• bid td be -increased f)r that purp) .II thus secured pro-Slavery: as. r is, words pallicipating thel properties of different sl , ' 4 1 Harts a s t peer the h trord "retaining" in Mr. Clark's defin cendenCy in thestart, those who feel that so great stake depends on establishing slivery - in Kansas, will • 1 .4 I ition of a participle. He calls 'Can adjestive ; bit. is resort to evrry means to keep site power in their °an it not more him a - verli?.Suppose we alter the sent hands ; and by the aid of the federal Executive and,' I fence somewhat, and make it read---" The participle ( JedicirMy, will Probably be able to do mi. retains the signification of the verb front which it it ' - Let no one he dejuded, then, by the falseamertionil z - -derived, while it also performs -the office of-some -that the,peohle of Kanias minuake it freeas easdy 1 - 1 .. ..-... as , be. I lather part of speech." Here we have retained what .r,fter it has been- admitted u.s-a - 'Slave State, is of the nature of it verb in the word " re .., fore. Whore, of late years, has Slavery been libel- 1 th'el‘e I tubing," but have dropped all of its adjective quality. • ished after dice getting a foothold by law ? The ad . i CartCartits verbal quality be tta easily dromiet* 1, and the' n 16 . 40,, 0f ianstts uliclr the , Lecompton Constitn- • 1 adjective retained ? Or, is 'it - riot evident that 'the rtion a-ou;d, isdruost - to st_certainty, ( Ex. its condition , veriaanew , ! r as a slave state. a d .. word "'retaining," asitere used, is almost a verb— ° , who are in i , I much more filte a verb than an adjective ? But the Savor of f, h adniisaion, are practically and really, admission that St has as mush the nature of the for the i---I‘u , ca It Slavery' 1 met supporters of Slavery extension la:,•• - e%er nn.eh they may prob.st to the coat . rhiel is'only to show that it ought not to be classed To yi,ow that it isstot itepuiblieins alone Rho take adjective. djectiT).... % 1....i.1 Vi:,:`;' of the Meter., we Carnet the' follawing as he doctrine that allpartifipleigoverned by-Prep u r ne3 a paper, the Pfuladelphia Press: T oSitiollg-become , fit/Wig, seems to me, if possible, ` 7: - ...:.-1•.; ..- one error of which the'friends of Le .11.,/^41,/;t4n trilliinnirylyanin nnd othersordiiiii States utore palpably moncous-than that which makes all sibuz.ld (.1 1, 4:..ze themselves in the instant: It is this • ,participles that relate tt? nouns or d. 'rats t..rt 14-to sav that, even if the Lecorni ow CI . !•-• • r pronouns' a jee'r as stit_tti ;v. el 1_,..1d be . accepted by co ngre ... s an d ' K ai ' 1 4:' I- lives. ''' ' - . 's 1 Here Isar, illustration :—" In iNjudiciouslq classify .,lll.:::,T: o,t:er it as alAnte into this Union, in that " c- Mil the people of thy',Territoty can'change that , big these words its nouns, our author has done - much i•e.brnuit - a , t, so a . s to strike out the Slavery protihon 'to !went , the ' beiellee of h°4° l3 ge- n std provide for Free ftlare institutions iinmediitel; . 1 .. And here . is'another, flow Addison's ~S:peeftstor : , g da rr a r d. l This the ionthern men deny_-Ithey make '= ~ When the hen has laid her eggs in such ..,manner no esabionlorequirocation. They hold—Toombs irs d 1 every 1qt ... 0f - I trW . --th,tt the Centiortion of Sansa.j. ,', that the can cover them. d take.• what ease tree shern ,•br...- 14, cannot he eliaoged., 'so fa' I : in • -as aettepted• Nor , gre-. - rtultg than fiequenas." : . . 'tag Skererfis,kotftfa - neti, until 1864 !-Thaft o eb An ..: . m r (A ar • it sooner is lojeattLrerow.s:terolution ; that a co - n. I' • ' ' k Pmf:esses M Im" 81n3PUed the elassifi t.titution.camoube4anged withetrirtro i tition in any , cation of words, but. is not thissimphfication, with a _other mannthat which It 'itself pres cr A m _ I rengeancen I4tead of one hybrid or mixed part of 'filo ! : bettreou tiow,aud 1804, %kb the basis of RA. speeeti,.—whlch we t erldentlyhare, namely,the art . nand .. . very lfigAxt4 140 W established, there will : heal so. 1 iciple,—be gives us two, t dc he m tljegve anii h the noun, p perstructuip . raltpid which will be next to impost '. twd wells that sknplifica ble to topple orat.wrezt- if the majotity, the huge ma: these participles as nouns by way. of 1 14704en= pricy, wfs VA-6mm 0 toppling it, : fiyer," ', ',. ,- - for mating soJtmaj , moue atictigres: ' But sou what A r~ - ' - or - the rlidelkodent Republican. . . School!, Ifteatltorial; itc.. limns. Enrroms :-,,,1n response to a • -call_ publish. l -, ,Ctl in your paper, of the 4th inst:, - a respectable nuin . her of chisels.; met at the Court liouse`to consult up on-mat(ers Pertaining . to our Schools, among other ltthings,l the -following . resolution Was unanimously I' passed •-• illt`°ed I ' l - -.Re.o'reil, That the following liemorial be publish-. l ed in both of the County papers, and that the friends in the several/ow - whips copy and circulate the same for subieribers, and that they forward the result to 4A. 0. .N,V.Freit, liontrose,...by the 25th of February. r; 76 thelllori, Senate and House of Refresentativesiof 1 . the Commonweailh,of Pennxy.'ranta :, ,' , • 'Yolfr petitioner,.cidiens of Susquehanna County, I in said State, respectfully represent to _your lionom -1 ble bodies, that...they are laboring under many incon- . . 1 veniences afeiri x n - ft diibies,' growing out of the admin ' 1 istration of, the present. School Law. • And your pc-. [ titiotiers pray your Honorable bodies to repeal so much of the Act passed the Sth nay of May, 1854;, as proiidessfor the election of Six School Directors, and - also that 'relating to the, election an office of-County . Superintendent for Susquehanna Conn v, and instead :- thereof, to provide ft* the election of ree -Dircct -1 ors, and One Sup'elintendent in each .to n,l and that 1 they be paid a reasonable compensati for- their services, it being the duty - of some oneof - them to ' , visit each school in; their lc:Medico towns at' least twice each term: And your poi (ionerewill ever pray. Tor the Inckpendent Republica - 7i Clark's Grammar. PARTICIPLES., . . Hiving in my former letter pointed out Mr, Plark.'s error in, classing nouns and pronouns in ;he posses sive case as adjectives, t now proceed to examine ; another point wherein it seems to me that his Grate mar is lerioneous.. ,Ho clissifles Wordsintooine clas ses, or -I parts of speech, namely, nouns, Pronoun's, lid jectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, I exclanations, and words of euphony. Here, it will! be ebserved, is no parAcCiple ; but under the head of verbs We rind the. folloiving definition : " -It partici ple is a word derived 'from a vgb, retaining the signifmatiet of its verb, while it, also „performs the , 'office of- some . other `part or speeeh.'"- Front this, withouaurther examination c the work„ -we might perhaps infer that -Mr. Clark recogiizes the I existence of participles as a distinct class of words, _ •• . or at least ass distinct, subdivision, and 'would,ptirse them as such ; but on further examiiialion welearu that, according to him, the words here dcsignated as perticipls, - are never to be parsed as participles, but i -nlwaYsas some other part of speech. Or, in MS own ,I words—page 114—" Participles bore no distinct et ythplogical character. IT'ley find,a place iii all the parts of speech, being used-as -nouns, adjectives, ad l sets; • pieposiiions, cOnjunctione, exclamations, In - predicate with auxiliary • verbs, iend to introduce a paiticipial phrase." Should,it be said that the part iciple may. at times be useain eackof the ways here indicated, and yet at times be wed in such a ,way that it cannot pthperly be called anything else than i 'partieiple, I reply that such evidently is not the opinion, of Mel Clark. This, it not . satisfactoris • ,--- established by the quotation above, I think will be, by what follo - ws. 'His only rule of syntax for the panting of participles, is this—" A participle has the I same construction as the part of speech for which it is used.' (Page , i 82.) -This shows that the intends • the participle. to be parsed in all cases as some other part of speech, for otherwise his rule, as the sole rule for parsing participles, would be worse than nonsense. The same thing .is evident from the examples he gives in yarioni parts of the book; f:',r some of the words that he ritlls nouns or adjectites are surely par ticiples, if,any ivords in the language are, For in stance; the woiitia in Italics in the •following exam ples,.,he' calls tidjectirea : "Scaling yonder peak, I caw au eagle ;"I—' 4 We saw the childieripicking ber- Ties t"—" &pi-fnding the treachery of our guide, we piepared for derense ;"---"Our horse becoming fright ened, wileaped from the carriage. (Page 243.). And those in the iiiPowing examples, hs calls nouns : "sßiChes turn our thoughts too inuch upon ~njoying • our superfluities;"—" We have succeeded in mak ing a beginning ;77" We made preparations.for de faidi.l ourselfes ' - ° . ' - 1 . 1 then ie'tlr. Clark's doetrinex .Liir,q,c,„4,4 : else—which sderfi's to me as far frotn the truth as his other doctrine tbat'nouns in the possessive ce....x . are adjectives. i But let us s'ee what are some of the consequences -43 f, the adoptiow of 'this classification. It follows that sort of parsing is the reis It •ot:his hr ret'ements.— On page 244, he givesi this example ". I heard of Peter's buying John's horse." Here, iecording to Clark, u Ptter's" is an adjective e liiniti g " buying ;" -"buying" is a noun, - governed bf." o • and - horse is a noun,' premed by. "buying." But e aISO tells us (page 247) that " Peter'ill'. is the .logi 1 subject of " buying ;"isiS that the adjective " ter's" is the subject of the act expressed by the 're transitive noun " buying." Is not that making a strange juna lite of grammar? My conclusion is that, instead of *ad ling a classi fichtion which makes nouns and a . ectivcs partly fertis, and thus mixes and confuse these different kinds of words, we should keep up th 'clear and known distinctions. betriegn - them; and that these words /if a mixed nature, partly bs :and partly nouns or myectirce, ought to be et. - fled. separately as partic i p l es. ' A. • • Fot the Independeri Farm Work for Fe . . '--- Never was there a better time to Jo winter ,work than has been this present winter. There - has be , en scarcely a week that the plow could not be used, adad such a time for zoning fellows, c ttinefire-wood, drawing stones, building fence, .t - Every 'farmer ought to get all these thins oft his ands before the' c.i spring. opens, for there is, as the' ooslers say, " a right smart chance" for a late spring I have always observed that the crops 'which were,. put in earliest in. their season were the'surest. • L4e crops make as much or more straw, but do not gir l ; the same heft of grain. Nature brings ev&ything • land in its prop er season, but it requires time to p uce a perftet crop, kind when the time is limited by the fault 'of - i of man, the crop is pretty sufe to , offer. When, let all wq:b propose sowing spring whet, be prepared to ,put itpu as soon as the ground ope in the spring— no !twitter if it is in March ;it will stand snow and freezing. But too many f:artners ha e a way of put ting oil' the building and repairing d , fences die., un- ; til it is time they were putting in th it crops. 11 t Now is the time tofprepare for :king maple au - gar. Let every man, who • - owns maple tree; be ready to take advantage of the firs 'run of sap. In tapping, bi all means use a bit or a ger ; - boxing the trees is a most, ruinous practice. or small trees a half-lueli bit is a' good'siae, for larg tfees use a three fourths - bit. Very many who own ut few trees an/ some who own a large number, thik k it does not pay to make maple sugar,vrhen cane s' 7ar can be bought so cheap. But, every dollar that t fit home is not only one.saved but t he already has. . And the year 1§ ! marked for farmers' keeping' ou which preceded it were for their: r . And as.sugar is no longer a luau" ' let every man produce all or as uc he Uses. Wooden pails make go.. the sap, and .;!! used carefully.wii years. It has long been a practice fo, their finit trees either in this 1130 U, The practice is very injurious to them to bleed freely, and if theebtl i any way large, they will mi . & he .whereas if . trimmed • in July or 'form ucw weed ocer the stumps c or two seasons, and the vitality- - ; wasted by the loss of sap. , Now is the time to select ciort for grafting any trees which reqnire.it'; and there rc a vast number of them - which dp. - -Use saw dust to absorb the liglida in Stables and pig pens. Take all sate of the manure rile : it is the key that unlocks the storc-housdlarNature. AGRICOLA., For the indepenlelent Republican. SUSQ. , COUNTY AGRICUL URAL SOCIETY. tEESDLT EVEN,ING, anua7 28, 1856. The Society met at the Court House, pursuant to, notice. THOMAS JOHNSON, rest. in the chair. The minutes of last meetingwe e read and adopted. On motion, a Committee was a pointed to recom- N ve.,l_,O&l.t e oF , the ensuinkl I,..w4ggliSomplit.tc.e. THOMAS JOHNSON, Prisi , nt. STEPILEN . W. BREED, ADEL. P RICK, Vice Pres!. M. L. CATLIN; Recording Se cctary.- ABEL CASREDY. Correspendiair Secretary. P. F. CAnmscr, Executive Coininittee.r . Azor.L.Antwir, 7TCpsurer. 1 . The Executive . Committee wring examined the Treasurer's' account, report as Bows 1857. J :: nEcEirrs. Jan. 1, Balance on h':ind,.... ... ... Sept. 23, Cash received on Fai ~day,. Cash from Tratsury, , \ I 1857. DISBURSE/MOS. Sept. 23, rash paid Band,. .„, " N. H. Lyons bill, . • - " A. Baldwin,. " F. B. Chandler,— .. James Deans • - z Tho Mas MawhinneYi David Post, " McCollum and Gen! " P01ice,........... • Door Keepers,.... " George Jessup and A. Lathrop & C 0.,. • Premiums,, Jan. 26, 1858: Balance on ban Signet, T , - Report of crops raised by A water, on his farm of Sp acres Oats,... 237 bushels,:at t7', cent5,......5107,62 Corn, i —.330 ",ofeas at 30 cents,. 105,00 Rye, ...AGO " at '1 , cents, . 120,00 Wbeat,. :25 " ,atl -, " • . 31,25 Potatoes,. 60 " at 'it " • . 45,00 Apples,.'. 75 " .of 6 118,75 cts,... 56,25 Apples,..loo " Com on, 25 " ... 20,00 Hap, 43 Tuns. $8,06 r tun,. 384,00 Pork,— .200 lbs., $6,00' pe cwt., 54.00 Milk and Butter from four ws,. BO,OO Coim stalks and straw,.... ! • 60,0 Q . • - *1068,12. I have pastured one span w Horses, one yoke of Oxen, four Cows, and thirty la' ad of young cattle. . s. Sfget.l. A: If. PATRICK.' The above report was adopt ri,and premium order ed to be paid. 1 ~ The following resolutionsw e offered and adopted : Rexolred, That the Track ' the fair grounds was graded for the there purpose showing . the animals on•exhibition at the Fair, and was not intended, or designed to exhibit the epee of horses; and this So ciets„hereby expresses its en ire -hostility to-any ex ibitton of speed at its Fain': as being inconsistent with the objects of the . Socic y. . Resolved, That the ...Spciet request the President to communicate to Caleb Ca - alt, Esq., the wishes of the SoCiety, that he with raw his resignation of life membership, and that h continuo - to favor the Sodety with his aid r and tit While the Society sde dine the liberal donation o red by him upon the conditions annexed to its a ptaitce, as at this time , inexpedient, they most fully indorse and adopt the !'sentiments contained in his c.mmunication. ' _ The following resolution as 'offered-and passed, for the first time, and laid o r until the next TRW. ing, for further action Rejoined, That the'Atinn kept open for Tyro Days, the Committees be made at Address., ohich shall bendela, of thesFair.- M. I; A Citiv,sme Suod the leading organ of tor inakes• roost rueful downfall of its protege, urea, howeVer„. to the . South Carolinian was fe antagonist, it advances, flection: • "This, however; is nol A gentlenian may be , 1 huge-boor like Grow,w: disgrice," - The fact that Keiti, of the same size, and th is slender, renders the • ' ludicrous ihan its stab spurs of chivalry - sre.d -New Pork &mill! Pennsylvaula slature. 'IIOIfSE - ViRiIkiiiNTATIVICS. •;,Patirer 'Feb 5, '1857. Mr. Chpse read In place a bill to repeal the Lenox Road taws 1n the townships of Brooklyn-and Gibson, Susquehanna county rllodds and Bridgesq Air.-Smitii;of'W;yoinlrii,'"n bill in - Tanuex certain territory to.N.V yorning county. . - (New Comities, clze.) • CALENDAR or.r,haLto BILLS. The following hilts pram up agreeably to order : An Act to authorize etetatots and admin istrators to, administer oaths in certain cases. The Hoiiie went:Juto committee of the whole (Mr. Wilcox in the chair.) when the bill passed coinmittee, - was reported to the Howie - and taken up on a second reading. Mr. Scott observed with surprise that, the Judiciary Committee had- reported, this hitt with a negative recommemlation. , He was under the impression that this•was a very important bill. He had some experience on the subject 'and found great inconvenience from the fact that ,ekecutora and administra riars had tot - power to,adtuinistor oaths. In. oases of claims against an estate, administra tors in country districts were.put to the in convenience of having them proved by an oath. lie could see no good reason why they could not administer the oaths them selves, without being put to the incoilvenience. of going to a magistrate. ' Mr..Goepp said' that as this bill-had been negatived -by the Judiciary C9minittee, and as its passage was urged, he would state ' ionic of the reasons that induced thAommit . tee to make an adverse report. It was the duty of executors rind - administrators to sat isfy themselves of the Correctness of -bills be fore .paying them. In certain parts of the State It was customary fur administrators to require claimants to swear to the justlea of their-claims--but no law- required it—it was merely a voluntary extrajudicial act. .- hetion for perjury could be sustained against a person taking a false oath in such ease.— But, in many parts of the State this-practice did not: prevail. Certainly - an executor or .administrato r s would not be protected if he paid a claim, upon a false oath, because it was..his duty, to . i.attsfy himself as to the jus tice of -every claim presented to him.• A mere oath would not be held as such evidence.- •ICreally bad no-effect whatever, and was moreover calculated to mislead executors and administrators, who would suppose them selves justifiable - 1n paying claims when they were not legal and never ought to be paid.— Ile_trusted:that:the House would not pass the bill. Mr. Chase -had read this bill in place at the instance of one of birt constituents who had settled many esiates.: A -similar bill had been introduccd•-ritithe lest session, and was also 'reported with a' negative recom mendation by the JOdiciary Committee.---1 Many members of the s ,House then thought the measure eminently proper. The gentle inan from Northampton, (Mr. Goepp,), had ~ given the views of ttiegnajority of the Com mittee. This majority lad not been large, and he-differed froiii it.— In many counties of the State the Register required that the vouchers should all be verified by oath. He was aware that this was but a practice, and. there was no law requiring it, but neverthe less it was a practice which had existed so long, and had beccitne so universal; that it was impossible to eradicate it. As it was a practice, there certainly could be no har'in in • ; empowering executors and administrators to administer the oath. He was aware that the legal effect of such oath Would be nothing, bqt there -were many such oaths. 7 -- - led of this oath not le- Republican ritaiy; c farmer produces one added to thoio 8 ought to be 'as of debt as those ' fining Into debt. bitt a necessary, as possible all buckets to catch ast a number of farmers to trim or the nest.— le trees; causing inches cut - off are I over; but rot ; .ugt4t, they will the limbs in one I d the tree is not - All - the bili.&intemplitted, waa, that it should be administered by -administrators with the same effect. - Mr. Goepp considered the bill a.scbjection able in (mother light. It would lead•to posi tive Mischief. Administrators would be in duced to pay bills under oath under the im pression that they could not 'be made to re fund.. The bill put it in the power of person's to swear money into .their pockets without being answerable for-perjury—it would be a temptation to false swearing. Mr. Donehoo made some remarks in favor of the passage of the bill. The question being; upon the passage of the bill on second reading, it was.negativcd by the following vote; YEAR—Mes t srs. Armstrong, Babcock, Ben - , son, .Bower, Bruce ',Chia Dohnert, Donehoo, Donnelly; J . Gilliland, Hayes, Kincaid,latiman, Lloyd; ilt l Clain,.llPDonald, 'Negley, Nichol% Powell; Roland, Rose, Scott, Vocghtly, Warner _ • Nays —Messrs. -ArAhnic. Askin, Bierer, Brandt, Calhoun, Casiner, Chriiiy, Donnelly. James, Ebur; Ent, Ev:uns, Foster, George, Glatz, Goepp, Hamel, Hay, Hillegas, Ripple, Houtz, lmhrie e jrwin, Jack men ( Lawrence, Lovett, Mangle, Miller, NM, Ntumemacher, Owen, Pownall, Ramsey, Road), Rupp; Shields, Smith, (Berks,) Smith, (Cambria,) Smith, (Wyoming,) Stephens, Struthers, Weaver, Weiler, Wells, 'Westbrook', Whar ton, Wilcox, Will, Williams, Witmer, Wulf, Woods-mg, Yearsley and' Longaker, Spea ffer $166,94 305,00 100,00 $571,94 $2,5,00 7,99 29,55 2,25 6,56 9,71 ....... -8,75 -10,00 9,00 .... ... 4,00 Johnson,... 3,00 16,73 354,50 • 1487,04 84,90 OS. NICKOLSON, BALDWIN. Pa-trick, of Bridga, ,f-iroprovedlaod. _ Votes in Congress on the Lecimp ton Constitution. Mans' of our readers are no doubt anxious to kno,v how the members of - Congress, from this State, have voted on the resolution of Mr. Harris, of Illinois, on the reference of the Leeompton Constitution. This vote may be considered as- a fait' test vote, on the ad mission of Kansas under the Lecompton Con stitution: we therefore class those who voted fur Mr. Harris's 'resolution as anti-adminis tration. The following is the vote, viz: YEAS—Anti-Administration : • Henry Chapman, Dem.; Bucks District. • John Cuvode, Rep., Westmoreland Distret. William L Dewar% Dem., Northumber land District. • John Dick, Rep., Erie and-Crawford Dist. John R. Edie,Rep., Somerset District: Galusha A. iow, Rep, Bradford District. John Hickman; Dem., Chester and Dela ware District.. - Owen Jones, Dem., Philadelphia and Montgomery District. „ John C. Kunkel, Rep., Dauphin District. Wm. Montgomery,Dera.,Washington Dist: • E. Joy Morris,Rep.,Philadelphia (2d) Dist. Sam'l. A. Purviance,Rep., — Allegheny Dist. David Ritchie, Rep., Allegheny-District:- Anthony E. Roberts, Rep., Lancaster Dist. William Stewart, Rep::: Mercer District. Total, 15—Reptiblican4 'lO, Dea:eras 5. NAYS—L-Adrninistration. John A. MI, Dein., umbel and District. Dimmick, DettNorthumberland District. . • Thomas B. Florence, Dem . ' Ist District. - • James L. Gillis, Dem., Warren District. . J. Glancy Jdolti - Dppr4l3erks District. Jasucts Larttly.-*' - ..9: 1 _'-.,Vltiladelp - kia 3d Dist. Henry M. PhiltiVriVeni„ Phil'it;lth Dist. Wilson White,Pe*,,-140ming -District. Total—S—all Democrat& - Fair of the SoZiety be d that the Reports •of ie close of the Annual ered on the &cond day 'CATlAN;Becretary. vox.—The Soak, Virginia fire-eaters, ~ths in reciting tho Keith, In refer. statement that the led by the fist of his this consolatory re- tbitiff tothe purpose. " 6 nocked down - by a. thcut incurring any id Grow are shoo t : the Pennsylyanian apotogy more intended. Th - e hot wing it father Alld. rjr.The Hospital on Blsek Island was destroyed by fire, list libdirdikt morning. - -fated, ABSENT.' Paul Leidy, Dom., Columbia District. Wilson Reily,l - Dcm., Bedford District. , - 'From Wash*on. From Special Dispatches to the .Y:. Trisune. Wssnirrorow, eb. 14, 1858 - _The 521emocratie member ii of the Ho lie held-a caucus last evening it the Represei Ur tivq hall. They hid a yeti!. stormy 'm: et ing. -, Fifty-folr membersel were prese t - ;.. among them several Anti-jtecomptonites The' H on. John Cochrane; presided. -, r. Stephens of Georgia in a blazing speech' ex plained the object, of the - } M eeting to b . • a more perfect organization o. the party in he House, and arrangetnitnt o'fltheorder of us; iness. SI . After - a good deal of palaver,- Mr. ark of Missouri said that therd was -no us in beating about the bush , ally longer. he question really before the ucus was t -‘ Le compton," and they , must etc) whettie or not those who opposed the !Lecompton . in „stitution should be allowed ,o remain in 0 party. • . Upon this, there was Montgomery of Penney-I%lu compton in strong, ternU against it as ruinous to the; tv. . _ gall Mr. Barksdale of MissiSi Anti-Lecompton Democrat of -GOV. Banks- Mr. Cox of Ohio replied that they fol ettanother.Governor„viz: Wise. • Mr. Caskie and other Virginians the on pitched into Goy. right an After - a great deal of noise and conf the pi oceedings terminated with a spec Mr. Marshatl• of Illinois; who pro against making Lecompton a test of D wy, As for himself, he represente strongest Democratic District in the , States—a district which had given the majority for Boehm - an. Suppose it s turn out that a majority of the Dem party were opposed 'to 'Lecomptop. then would be read out of that party_. was an old Democrat, and d.d not V6'l be read out of the Party by men wh, so lately — Ontered it that they were dry behind the ears. The only : business transacted by the was to order a Committee, to be app by the Chairman, to report a plan.of zation and action. The caucus then a' ed to Wednesday evening. The Anti.Lecompton Democrats the split in the party as irreparable, Tar Since the organs of doughfak this region, pfetend that the first, a the collision bet Ween our Representatj Keitt, was incorrect, we . publish the fol accounts of the affitir, from Washingt pars of a later date. the first is tr National Era, of February Ilth, as f Mr. GroW; of Pennsylvania, passini - an aisle on the Administration side Houiie, hearing General Quitman, of . Sippil announce his desire to offer a p tron, cried out, "I- object." Mr. South Carolina, who was near him; i him, "Go to your own side of the and object." Slr. Grow replied—" free hall, and I shall object, wherever I —and he passed on to the area be' Speaker's chair. here 6e was met Keitt, who had passed down - anoth and who asked him, " what he meant an anwer." "Just what I said" reo I Grow ; this is a free hall; and I sha Lh ere ver I please." "rii _ let - you said Mr. Kehl., trying to take Mr. the throat. Mr. Grow struck his. but Mr. Keitt repeated—" Fit let y you Black Republican puppy"—" let you know," brad Mr. Grow, negro-driver in this hall shall crack I ot-r-i44/92,-%.13.114tig-;llo,Vhai ha sP;oken attract no general attentL Mr. Grow replied; than Mr. towards him, and a second time trie hini by the throat; but t?s time knocked him down. In an instant surfounded by Southerners, and at moment, C. C Washburn, E. B. Mr. Potter of kVisconsin, and othe can members, apprehending that - be injured, rushed to the scene and ensued, in which many hard km -given before it was understood ti the object of several of the Soutl who interfered, to prevent, not to iu a controversy ; and the Sergeant-at peering among them; sustained by of -the Speaker and the members . ! order was soon restored. Te foltowing is from the WaShi public of February 9th: Mr. Grow had been engaged oh the Dem. ocratie side of the House, in co Iversation with his eo,lleague, Mr. Ilickma . As he was about returning to his own seati, and passing down One of the. aisles, it. objected. in the ordinary course of parliam • tary pro .ceed'ings, to a resolution propose , by Gen. Quitinan. Mr. , Keitt said fro his Seat, "Go to your own side of the use ; you have no busbies; here." Mr. row said, "This is a free Hall, and ,o where please." Upon this, Keitt left hi; seat, and coming up the aisle down which Mr Grow was proceeding, called Min a " 131 ! ck Repub ; Bean puppy," and seized him by he throat. Mr. Grow pushed his hand asid , without striking him, however, and said, s' ply, that the "slave-driving language ofthe antution" was entirely out of place there. Mr, Keitt renewed the epi:het, "Black ' publican ;p ,, ppy," itnd again seized Mr. Gr tw by the throat, upon which 'Mr. G. kn, ek.ed him down This was the beginning nd ending of the matter, so far as those two entlemen were concerned. All agree.that Mr. Keitt commenced the vituperative lan. uage and the personal violence. The Washington Correspond Philadelphia inquirer, gives the fi count of the affitir : Between two and three o'clock ing, a motion 61 some kind was Southern Member. Mr. Gro State, objected to it. He hone instant to be standing on what i Democratic side di' the Chamber. of South Carolina, evidently ver cited, (from what cause a due rt jndipial, terrors of an investigating prevents me from saying, but wi readily guessed) demande of m r , he interposed the objection, to gentlem?ui replied that he chos right to do so Mr. Keitt then, in the most in ulting man, ner, and with an air that no_hum n being but himself ever did or could wear, Id him that he had no right on that side of the House, and •bade, him go to his own seat. Mr. Grow • replied with commendable calms ss. that the hall-was free to members'in eve y part, and that he should go or stay whereve ha pleased, and so moved quietly along. As the was -passjag down the main aisle,- Mr. Keitt, whose anger now mingled with, us other ex citement,, placed litttatif before him and de minded what he meant.by_' his last rettierk, Mr. Grow answered that he n cant exactly what he said, and. farthertitor , becoming naturally indignant b' this tim and under such provocation , said, hat he w uld not suf fer the Whip to t held over im by any slave driver. 'Upon this Mr . Ke . t attempted to seize him .by the throat, b Mr.' Grow avoided the uiptiOn, Intone it- two more sentences - 'of similar between akin, when Mr. Keftt.by a,ripld'ibiretnent' effected his object. His hand did not remain there long, how - ever, for one vigorous and Weil directed blow from -.his antagonist, exactly, under the :ear, brought 'the hanghty , S;.mth Carolinian' first to one knei; and , finally to a prostr.Ste . Posi.' tion s .on the floor: He fell like a . atruCitiml-, lock, - 'and' this chivalrous southern knight, who has hitheito bluStered and bellowed louder and' longer than all .his fellows corn.: bined, found himself making involuntary obeisance. to what he has so often proclaimed to be the.object of his most exquisite horror and disgust—a Bloat Republican t `This.was, of course, the signal for a general •free fight, dra- the immediate friends o'f both parties were histintly in a grand melee.— The combat did not last long. The Speaker behaved as nobly as a man could under such circumstances, and the Sergeant-at-Arms. was at once in the midst of the:parties, with his official mace., Order was soon restored, 'and the business - 0f 'the .House•was resumed —everything going on as peaceably - as though, no such interruption had occurred. This is the whole. story, exactly as the oc currence took place, though I might fill 6)1. nuns, bliel as was the action, with incidents 'that would be curtou if' not instructive.— The prominent Southerners engaged were Messrs. Barksdale, Lamar, and Reuben Da - vi l Of Mississippi ; Burton Craige of North Carolina, and others. On the -Republican side were the three Brothers. Wasiphurne, Kellogg, and Lovejoy. of Illinois, and Potter, of Wisconsin. This latter gentlenian was a host in himself. He struck right ,and left, with both arms, and left his mark wherever his bhms fell. He has the reputation of hav ing "fl o ured" no less than fifteen, most, if' not all of whom, are to-day occupied in nuts- Mr. Le. te3„ par- Bare•up. ija denouucei ; and prot !Democratic i t, the ers .ippi said th were MI ingblack eyes. Most surprising of all was to`see the vene cahie Richard Mott (the Quaker !tnettiber from WO in the thickest of the fight. PoS• sibly,he was there as a peace maker, and I would not like to affirm that I saw hint strike a blow. • The most amusing sight 'was to witness the personal pas-agcy between Wash- burn 'of Maine, and Craige of North Caroli 7 , na. The fcirmer is a little dapper man of some five feet four or five inches, and the latter a tall gaunt giant of six feet and a half. While the former was just tall enough to plant his blo,ws effectually in !fiat region of hig opponent's person' where he is supposed to hale carried his dinner,- the latter was Compelled to stoop iti`orderto , reach his an: tagnnist at all, and thus gave him art addition. al advantage. • . BarkeSSalt.of Missis'sippi, lost his wig at the_first attack, and having - recovered it,phieed it on h;s head in.a reversed position, much to the amusement of the spectators. Davis, of Mississippi, who• made the rabid speech the other day, accounts forihe sable setting around his eye tins mornin, by avowing that ho 'accidentally stumbled 'aver a chair, but PottPr, of Wisconsin, thinks he knows who had a " band in it.' Seriously there ca% be• but one opinion: about the whole affair; and that is that it was unfortunate and disgraceful. Mr. Grow can. : not be blamed, or ,held in any...mariner 'res.] porir ! ibl& An. what occurred:, After_ enditring the insulting language used by Mr. Keitt, it would have been too much to expect that when he felt his rukinly grasp upon hisibrpat, he 'should have fatiMd lo extricate himself by the most natural means at his command.. Mr.- Keitt's fritpds do not ,! learn,feel called upon to sustain him, and the universal feeling is that he was served right,• What his chivalrous constituents will say to him when they lear:n• that he has been knocked down on The floor Of Congress by a Black Republican, and that pe tamely submits, to -his punishment, I do not know ; but,' doubt if he would to-day find an lipnoifible man in his own 'party mho would, under the circumstances, bear a chal 7 If i ege from hinvio Mr. Grow. Ido not, personal ePP rehend. that any, further serious portion of theillecP.s will grow out of any, The South, after bullying,. was fairly . w hi ppea, illustering and its own seeking, and will probablYa.rre" more quiescent. I do not think any bt'P_ will be done in letting the fact tin's be pub licly,known, that the Northericmen now;in Congress can, in 'an emergencyl . use their fists equally as' well as their -tongues." • '•aucus I)inte'd•rgani journ I~ =EI EN9 c and owing n pa lm the lbws: down• f the BEM •opOSl eitt, of said to House .his is a 'case ire tha by Mr, r aisle, 3,. such ied Mr. I ,object knoW," t row by Iland up, ,u know, d I will ' Uiat no h as whip passed' so as to 1 ner had 11 COWS. r. Gruw he was the same • shbarne, row wo'd `a conflict reks Were 711=1 ,ern men vite, such -arms ap he efforts enerally. • gion lie nt of the lowing ac- this morn made.by , of. your ed at that called the Mr. lieitt, much ex gard to the Committee ich may be ! Grow why !which that and had a gar' . The telegraphic ,t 1 ccount which we published last week, of the apology made to the House by: Mr. Keitt of South Carolina! for his assault on Mr. Grow, was so impel.... .fect that we now publiSh hisiremarks, togeth er with those of Mr. Grow ; as we find them in the official proceedings of Congress, in the Globe of February 9th': : • •. Mr. Keit!. Mr. Speaker, the, House will remember that its proceedings during the session of Friday were broken by nn- • un pleasant incident. It is due to fair: dealing _that 1 should assume upon niyself all the re sponsibility for the act involving a violation Of its its dignity; arid .its decorum. I was the agizresor, and whatAwer responsibil ity attaches to the act properly belongs to in'e alone, It was, hoWever, casual, accident al.; and sudden. It is also due to justice that. I should make whatever of reparation is, in my power to the dignity and decorum of the House thus violated. Ido that in the ex!: pression of my profound regrerat the occur rence. Personal collisions are •always! un pleasant, seldom excusable, rarely justifiable =never in a legislative body. - • In this connection I have hut one more ray mark to make; and that is; if any blow As direved at!me I ain not conscious of it.- aria at least utterly 'unconscious of having re ceived any. With this' explanation I part. from the subject; , ! Mr. Grow. Mr. Speaker, 1 have. been.! 4,ught from •my childlniod that 'all fightsi ainotig, men are diSgrac'eful to human nature and toe Christian community, and especially when they occur among the law!makera•of. ft people, in 'the midst of their deliberations. The judgment of my riper yetis has fully satisfied me that my edneaticin in this -re spect; at least, ties been good •and,trree. .Yet the right.of self-defense:l yeeognizeas one of the inalienable' . rights of Man, to be - exercised) on . alloecisions and under all circumstances! where it is necessary. to protect life or. per : i son. At the last sitting of this House' I] found myself unexpectedly engaged, -for the first.. time in my life-, in a personal! conflict.—!, To the House I tender.most cheerfully. ever of apology is due for this _violation of its order and decorum ; and no man . can re gret more thanTdo that there should -have ,been any occasion for h violation of eithe(.. - - „ COOK-A-DOODLE-D9 O !— W ho can read;the passage at until on the-floor of the House of Representatives, at Washington, between Grow and Keitt,-without raising a ssliont of triumph at the result? Hurrah for Pennsyl vanial. and' hurrah for Grow! Let -every_ Northern man act, us Grow has -done, and we shall-soon be rid of the bellying, stioak• ing, fire-eating Ilibtspurs, whd only :strike when there is-no danger, or ishon the •objitei bf their attack is hi a defenceless positied. Of all : men in ,Congress; Keitt veas . the ma to be floored, and we are prondt4at a Pen t: sylvanian,didit, and further that the gallant Grow wait tlWriennsylvatiianl We closeais we bOmmenced, and shout, Cock-S.4ole doo !---Norrisiotenlfertitkl -. : j -' .1. ' • . - i ' Go . Walker's -Lett • r tot-the Flinn diel ' bin Antl-Leconipton Meeting.. 1 OnO%En, N. J., 4 o'clock, : Feb. 8,1858. t 1) Alt . Sitt :.In consequence of my.abses . 44-; frot . 4 New-Yigrk; I only heardafewiiiVibinfa : - • sini, that Windily,- theSth i44,ltis ,montb, was: fixed as the day for the meeting *Phil. adelphia, otthat portion of her- ind6thitable Den oerticy,opposed to forcing the Lecamp- . ton'' nstittition'on the people of Kansas: -J suppo sed it was later, My engagements -at New York are:-'so imperative as to prevent ' any a bsence from the city, but my whole beam will be with you.on this occasion. As a native of the glorious Keytitone State, a s A graduate other noble old University at Phil adelphia, where have been spitni so .many happy days of my : youth anti' manbootli : l' look so this great meeting with the deepest' lOct .. .est. In yoUr city stands the Hall of Independence,:and there - , on the 4sh of July,- - ?lit % was first promulgated the great truth, thati all free government is based upon " the ° - coyLient of do governed." LO, this truth be' - infidribed • on your banners and ;'writte on your ; hearts. Let it be proclaimed you , • that this great principle ' . shall , nei er. . he' evaded by technical quibbles, not s bverted• by . frauds and forgeries. \ ." - . . _ The real question is this, Is the 'Lecomp-i ton Cbustitution founded on the' consent of the,people of Kansas? Yon know it:is not, and ! thereford any act of Congress 'adopting. this) Constitution, is not -admitting a State on: the request of her peope into Union, in accordance with the language-of the Federal compact, but forting a State into the - Union against her will. - Such an act would be a clef r : violation - of the Constitution of the• United States, of State and ; popular icoser eignty, of.the _Kansas and Nebraska billl,andf of the iundamer_tal principles 'ofiree goverm nicht. , _.,- ;, • 'May the noble-Democracy•of Philadelphia unfurl to-the breeze the .banner c o self-gov:. ernment, and under its fedds-cti' One of . the native Sons ,of P imsylvanik I will march with you in the r nks to the . rescue of the 1034 rties of our do ntry. ° i• . Yqurs, truly, _ . R.E.--., WALKER:. . Col. JOIIN W. FORNEY. _ George Bancioft, the ; historian, - a prominent Democrat, who he'lped to elect M. Buafanan has recently pUhliahed an ad dress to the ptople,of-Ww ,against. the Lecompton Constitution, from whio we• extract the following- The cardinal point - on Whit% ti - .c great _ qustion turns is this : is the .Lecomptor, Constitution the choice and will= of the. peo-• pie of Kansas ? 1 say'it is not; itndil'shall: • prove it. The first witnesa* the - Convention. -itself; they were urged to refer 'the matter'' t the people -the President in his high of tide • r pledged himself over and cl i Ver, and over • again, to the-approbation of. that course, and - b 4 the auth'ority and _with the knoti-ledge of the President, the Governer, and officers of t, e President's appointment; qUieted the dis- . c ntetits of the people e:f Kansas. by advo- _ c. • ling the necessity_of such submission! be . fiire the Constitution could claim any validi: ty. And yet the COnvention refused , to sob- . nlit•its doing.; to the people ; tans confessing it • consciousness that its work ; would be re-' jeted. . • - . . The second witness is the newspaper press . ! o Kansas; that press is against the Consti- t Lion by . a majority of seven or right to • o ie. • j 1 • - • . - N6xt: Kansas, by act of Congress," has a. r ght to a delegate in Congress, ch,truecl-,with - the duty to speak for its people.- They e : have .. now a delegate who is undoubtedly the choice_ Of the people, and is the first.'Kawa.s.,. dole- , ate eYer Chosen by the people. Ile is t ird witnesS. . - ! , a I , . Next; ask the line of Governors appoint- ed by Presidents. themselves -,. Geary ; • )Stalker, formerly Senator kern Mississippi,. and recently proposed for aplace in the KITS- - - 1 eiritPre-ident's Cabinet,and highly commend. . (Id 1. - the President himself; Stanton, so hitely a . fiber of Congress from Tennessee, r • all agree. • • aid-1 would not fear to ask. De- , Leri the,presen 'ncumbent; he will certify ttt_ e'en a fractio of the party against the , t h an -Atte° Constitutt is more numerous • 1. Fifth: Tik. °f it s.frie ' 5 - ' ' ly, thanks to 'Nr - i: r ik ( 3:9 l Ka ,as. now luippi- ,- . I :Legislature indierputablY 4 S : 'ton, "have a people; and so soon:-as tliqese ,ing: that • their voice, they protested agaiar „lift up compton Constitutio'n. , - Sixth : Those State Officers who recei 'ed the largest numlier of votes at the election on the 4th - _of h nu.ary last; have likewiSe • sent their r-protest to Congress. -'. Seveoth : The voice of the people_of lan-. . sits itself should be'.heard. On the - 4iti - of January_ they repaired to the polls undeOpe. - ordinary circumstances -of solemnity:, _ Tie. , President had sanctioned the:proceedings by.. ; his special protection -; the Legislature and Denver took care that the Vote should be an , . honest one, and by that vto it appears that ' an civerwhelinin6, majority lof the people of Kansas reiect the Constitution of Lecomp ton. So then w have seven sets of .witnesses against Lecompton : the circumstantial :evi dencect IA the . Lecompton Convention; .the Katisas press; the 'Kansas. delegate in Con= . cress ; the series of Kansas Governors four in one year ; the j Kansas Legislature ; 'the' Kansas People. All, all 4eClare that the People of Kansas reject ttT Lecompton con stitution, . If I could hope that the' )s.oo' of one, so 'humble.as Myself could teach` the presence of 'one so high as the Presideni ,of the Uni- , ted Skates,. I would entreat him - to -lend_ his. ear reverend.), and hear 4tict re4re4cctber voice ..pf the .people - of lianas,: hOweYer tow ll,-they may seem in the log cabins and hoineS that they have made tbr themselves in the wilderness. What they have 'accornplished. there. under unexampled trials aud difficolties. is the.miraele of the age, A comnionwealth, in all its fair proporticins has.grown up, as it were, ithlhe If the,,President of the United States yeilLhave" peaceful Ad.- . ministration ; if he will; by and by, have dignity in retirement if he will itand wall with the world: of -mankind ; if, 'like NNash ington and all our great Presidents, if he asishei to stand•wenwith posterity, lei hint respect the will of the people, of Kansas." SPECIE HoMman.--There never was a pe riod in the hiStory of our country, when so 'hitch specie it ns 'at the present tihie' Indee' it is contended by the Ne - W York,Evening Post,,that the specie now 'in. the United Siates eieecds the bank-note cir culation. It is estintited that, there is:aboutt - . 0 10,000,000 of ctrin outside , Of the hanks _and in the hands of the poodle:. The arimunt in. the banks is estimated at. 660,000,000 tnakin'g a total of 8.1;60,000,0Q0. The Secre tary of the Treasury Nits dtiWn the, bank note circulation at $21.4,060000. 'Thus, it appears'that the specie exceeds. the hank' cir. etdatiQn to the nmount, of $46,000,000. The country is certainly rich. - 'There is an abut!• dtmen of money.. Confidence is all that is wanted to bring it out. , A series of resolution's apprOing the. course of Senator 'Douglas in relation to Kan sas, have been introduced into the California Legislature, and it majority of the petilocrat in leaders and newspaperit side with Douglaa, againstlthe adminlstratibn, El , ~,, ~
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