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I IL FRA2III2, EDITORS
ORRESPONDINV BDITOR
Loomis,
'PROBE. PA.
XO
,*,lititrch 4, 1850.
%%Mid
5 - `
far Tho annual report - of thO County
SuperintetuietetfoOcmmon Schools 1,111 be
found on otir tout•th page. tr
Petersoti's rhilaclelphia Countirfeit
Detector anti lltibk Note List s the March
number jii6t received, is,
we beliei-e, a carefully.prepared and reliable
work, and 4s taraished to-subscriberetnonth
ly at•one.doll4 a!year.' • -
Ur - , e following are the !steal: discred
. tited Bankt:. Derr, Bank, Derry, N. H.;
I gn
Bank of Cra ford County, . Pa.; McKean
.County'link, Pa;;. Central Bank, IloilidaYs-
Ararg, Pa. li - County ss 111,nk, - Tinga, Pa..;
-irersey Shore Bank, Pa. The Anthracite,
• Viryetning , ,.eaniii Allentown. Banks in: I'enn
sylvanta, are it6ln quoted-'good. Bites .on
- .the Saline B
. k, ' N. T., have triade 'their
ap
pearance - the cis no such Bank. • 1 "'.
rff re'.l,v:il of'—
religiOn conuneoped in
rz
the M. E. Church, in:Montrose, : betweett
Christma and piew Years; and cortiinvied
about Mx weeir.s.l Over seventy persons -ex
perienced religion s abouefiky of whoMhave
.united with
.the . i . Ohurch 'up .to the p.resent
tithe, and a deep', religioua• feeling still.
rails in the'Cbureh..Quite a humhef of those
who experienced!, religton s were . a cfass of
promising youn, , it ladies and gentlemeh eon,
netted w'th the Normal School' m this place.
Wln o r. gclnans ibis ; week - t ill il ‘ e
!wird 1 , 1 reixiit E of:the proceedings . of the
-Teithera In I titute held in Gibson, the! fifitir
-ult. The r oltition there adopted in iiifer-
. .. ,
ence to .the " Reduction of Currencies" as
• '-
found in St dard's Arithmetic, Woula seem
to ind* t lt.the 'drawer of the res4lutito:
was-netw . eOf the fact that substantially
- the sain4 ,l
sta enients and the same rules . are
found:'n allyour • Arithnietim of merit, and
-that theldifferent:w in the ,currencies of the
• severalStatos,: as set forth by Mr. Stoddard,
-are simply hose which existed at the time
of die Oopt l ton orFederal, moneyby tie
-United States. I'll is a gofd,rule Of action in
all matters- 1 -"( First be siire you are right,
then . gonheid.' We believe in free • discus
sion, to the fullest extent; but, considering
Mr.
_Stoddard's Ales correct, we have not
.thought proper to let the resolution go forth
nnoontradicted:; for otherwise 'many .might
be led Withti • stit examinatiothto - bifir that the
criticistn was deserved. And iCtiiight hard
gly be i nons`derai 4 fak requital from- the
7.eachers tut Other friends of education,
,to
lir: Suds d i L for the ,weeks oflabor he is'
ci.
spent glratuitonsly in this County in endear
oniqr to ad4,atice the cause of education, to
proMulgatel 4ithotrt contradiction nn-nude
seryed charge of inaccuracy against his Arith
metic. Mi. Stoddard's reputation rests in
a great-degive bpon his superior niaiherr.ati
cal ability, which has already. been severely
teatedl,by t mpetition with distinguished au
thors in the firld
,; and the steady pro:
gress his athematiCal works are making in
publiefaV.r,•shows that they have stood well,
She-test. ' , , . 1
• The f6ll wing brief extract from a' work
113eiforel us, eems to furnish a very' clear' ex
'TaicatiOn O the origin of the differennef in
the several States; as I:ipm
shilling's, and pence :.
Federal mone4r .was adopt
colonial currency, or bills
• the ColO n ni, had trioie nr
value: that iso alkoolonial
less than a poun'd Sterling;
, than a Sterling rh4llit:g,
'Anion being gieatOt• in some
others, gave rise to the ztif
tes of the Slate currencies,'
fewit
'pr . I the,24th day of.last month, Dr.
Job mith, Representative -from Wyo
- I ,1
g ounty, introditc6:l into the Houie r abili,
of which - the following is a copy: • -
AN ACT; Be* tire" lola Courts in Brad-.
ford and Susgtteltanna Counties.
,Be it enacted by the Senate and
Noise of. Representatives of the Common
-11a in General Assembly
enacted by tike authori
from and after thh first
r neat, - the County cf
texe.d to. and constitute
4xth Judicial District,.
isquehanna shall be an
te part of the eleven{
this Commonw4lth.
In of the. several Courts
,hall be held by the pie
' twenty.sixth, Judicisi
_ - Mondays of February;
ptember, and December, ftA.- such
is tow required by law.
3. :That the terns ,of the several.
pf Styquitharina County, shall he held
Oresiding Judge of said eleventh di:-
District on the 'second Monday of
(first Monday June, third Monday
tmber, and =second Monday of De
an& continue 'as now! required by
lia i r s :
tine as
SEC.
edurts
ibyl the
mb,
.-of•ep
d eli . ;
„Sze.l4.l"be terms of The several Courts
-of t . Sullivita, , :County shall commence two
- seeks lateithan the time now fixed by .law.
IWe nderstand that a strenuous effort wilt'
be ma eby certain individuals to have thii
. outrageous bill passed. It is therefore prop
- ,
• m. that We should make a plain statement, of
facts, to give our,L#gislators some of
the o''gin and object- of the movement:—
: tirstthen, this scheme,- like all iniquitou s
it
iehenies, was concccted secretly—kept from
tbe ptiblic gaie as much as possible, end un-
ex' pectiodly sprung upon the l , leopie. When t
t t. I
law' is to be. enacted affecting the people of i
It . -ticulak portion of the State, it is the geb: - .1
• • egliad proper course to ascertain the wilt
' , l eil l lite , Rao* to be a ff ected by it;- and .if
• they are:0 , 4:03 to be.getterally opposed to it.
4
. Legislators—all who have guy irgard
!far eprilci,p/sApf Democracy—will oppoie
• . , 4 e. - In, this.case there were no peti:
-. ti ous , •culateti 11 4is >fistrict for the pro.
1 ?: law.•;-_,;or - if,gicre.kveze any, they. were
. ik frc kip tlivii - )Plowleilie oiftite public,, and
from
eeeretlYamors, r a. Jew bitter'
oeelt of Judge Wilracit.” , 'Whin the Tact
did beemoo known /10^e that,an effort would
really•baintle to dearoy this district by act
of. AssemblY, it excited great - indignation
among men of all political parties alike, .and
earnest rerbonstruniv; i signed
,by hundreds of
oin. citizens without distinction of party, have
been or scion •be-fufwarded Oar . Melo-
. . .
resentative andiinatoti, to' be presented to
. .:
the Legislature. •It is known that t his whole
proceeding originsiteii ii the private malice o(
a few. individuali, l who, to gratify ~their per..
-sonal•batted of Jtidge Wilmot, Whom. they
take it fin. granted the people will meleet—
propse do this great, wrong to our dis.
"tract. It is well known that some half a doz
en men in Bradford dounty, have entertained
a tife-long enmity against JuAg4:Wilmot,i4la
are always on the watch I for an opportunity
to strike tikr at him. Some of these men
had been arrisburg, fur a Week or two,
boring fur the passage of this lair, when Dr.
Smith introduced his bill—and Chase,
came also among them. aseal now a res
ident of Wilkesbarre ; but "he remembece
Judge Wiltnot as the)nan who put anend . to
his libelous =reef as editor in this Counti ;
and be-feels it's little -s 4ve for the Judge as
Dr. Smith does for the people of this County
since,. when lasehe was running befOre - them,.
they taboocd'him so decidedly Jor violdting.
his pledges previously even, in favor of Free
Soil principles. if the people to -be , affected
by this law; desired it, their Representatives,
the men -wham the Majority elected to repre
sent our interests inthe Legislature, would
be the proper men to more in its , But our
'Representative; S. B. Chase .sq., and the
two RePresetitativ;s from Bradford, as +well
as our Senator; 1d :liver, are all, like the
mass o f th e ir e ph s tituent.C . , trenuously.oppos
ed to the movement; and it was necessary
toga 'out of thepistrictearid find' some des
! Picable tool of party. tricksters,' like Smith
of Wyouitng, to introduce the bill. Such is
I the true aspectof this movement. It is the,
attempt of a few men, of no political influi
.ence here, to central the destinies of , this Dis- ;
triet; against \the wishes ofPinelenths of the
people. It is an attempt to apply the Bor
der Ruffian system of tacti c s iti‘Kansas un .a,
small scale. As a few Border 'Ruffians are
seeking, by the aid of the *general govern
mem, td eoerce..the, great majority Of the
people M. Kansas into submission to laws
which they abhor and had no voice in mate- 1
ing, so these few Pennsylvania Border Ruf
flan's call: upon the Legislature of Penn Sylv
ania to sill them in forcing upon us a law, in
opposition to the united Vote of - our Repre
sentatives and Senator, in: spite of the re-"
monstrance's of the people, in shameful viola , .
tion of every principle of betnoeracy and
popular sovereignty. We doubt wheth
er a majority of par Legislators cant thus be '
made the tools of a clique, to gratify whose
private malice they must outrage the feelings
and widies'of the people of this portion of the
State, as well as their-own sense of propriety!
and justice. If there are any who, from par
tisau or other motives, are - inclined . to favor
thieYoutrage, 'we warn them to pause and con
sider'some of the - probable consequences of
the act. It is no long since we:had an anti-
Democratic Leg slature ; and it -is by no
meansimprobable, from the divided state of
the Democratic party on the Lecempton Con
stitution, that We may soon have another.,-,
g then, the present Legislature fUrnishes a
Precedent for legislating-Judicial Districts
out of existence, from partisan considerations,
what guarantee have Democratic Judges for
the secerity of - their • own 'seats upon , the
Bench whenever an opportunity for retells
tion shall oecurl. If ibis system of destroy-
Sing jedicial Districts for political pitrpotes is
onceintrodUcted, What-dite coausicin in the
Courts of Justice must follow. - Every Judge
in the State must always feel. that, although
be has been duly elected by the people, in
pursuance of therm-Won of the Constitution,
for a term of teh yeais, the t t enure of his of
bee-depends upon the triumph ; of his party
in tiie State at each annual election -; -- for an
opposttion Legislature raiglatst once proceed
to nullify the -aut,Pf the people in electing
him, and legislate hS. District out of exist
ence. - Will not thiS state of things tend in:
evitably to make the judges the most inter
ested partisan politicians, meddling in every
local election to secure the triumph of their
party '1 if the Democracy of the State are
really opposed tol -the meddling of Judges
ith . political affairs; let them not' initiate a
line of legislation that will inevitably drive
thein all into such a course..
.9f arguments _in factit 'of the
_proposed
measure, we have heard none ; but_the'objee.-
tions to it are many. Let us etnimerate a
few •
I. As we hi!ve akeady stated, it . is against
the wishes of nine-tenths of the people to
whom the propo;;ed legislation will apply ;
and nobody is to be bent.fitted - by. it. -
1 2. It is contrary to the spirit and ihtent of
the emittitution, which provides that -the
President-Judges shall be elected by the peo
ple oftWir respective Districts, and Surely
never contemplated such a inside of deli wing
the people of the elective franchise it confers
upon them. .- , . .
3. It will present to the world the specta
cle of the rest State of Pennsylvania unlaw- •
fully, employing its Legislative power to pro
scribe one man—Judge Wilmot—for his . p&
litical opinions.
4. It will cause great inconvenienee'and
injury to the peoitle of this County by chang
ing the time of bolding our Courts; for now
only . the August term of-Court is held at a
seasswi of the ye.ar when most of 'our citizens,
are busy with, their crops, whereati- this act.
I. proposes•to fix one term in the month of Sep
tereber, and another in June, when it' is al
most impossible for farmers to leave home
Without great detriment to their farming op
; erutions. -
In view of th facts, we call o our'
. 1 -measure.
The
eat this iniquitous -measure.
The peopled o this District claim the Con-
Istitutional right, at' the election next FAL to
elects. President _Judge, just as the people of
othel..Distriets are permitted to do. We ask
no ex c lusive or peculiar privileges, but .we
demapd our rights —an equality with other
• citizens Of the Cominonwealth. Tbe . allega.•
dons of want of judicial integrity Which wo
, .
understand.. are whispered: aga stJudisi
Wilmot by his dastardly foes, as . reason for
the enactment of ibis law, are • and mali
cious falsehoods which no res. . able man
cante_feund to utter in this' Di trict ;, and
whin E.. B. Chase was accused of having
made such charges, he came out an edito.
rial in his paper, and 'denied e er having
mimic them, or having any reason to believe
there wns any foundation for em: The
people of this District are capable of decid
mg upon-this pint for themselves. If they
see fit to fe,electATUdge Wilmot that r on the,
Demociatie principle that the miljority• shall
rule, n and on the Constitutional pinOple that
the people shall elect,their Judgia, fit it suffi
cient answer to these unfounded jand, wicked
allegations.
The miserable pretense pros
argument to deceive the simple•
into support . 4the measure, the
saving of the expense of one JA
ty worthy at notice. There at.:
trial list in this County, for the
out Court of , Common Pleas; 'ome seventy
or eighty cases, not one hall of which can
posiibly be tried at that term, for want of
time ; and we have petitioned th e Legisla
ture.l for an extension of our to us of
,Court
to three.weeks, so that suitors nay not be
so.long delayed in- the trial b their causes
as they neir are, to their great -exatfon and
expense. • Bradford and Susqtie anna furnish
business enough fur one Judge ; and
with its two Courts at Wilkesbarre Luzetne
alone,.
I
and Wier/dale, furnishes onoh for noth
lig
et ; and if Susquehanna iS an cud Lu
zerne, We shall be worse. off. t an be ore, in
respect to wan t . of time for th 1 trial of tutus-
es.' The 'Judges are paid by tthe . State at
large-, and the difference:of it i Judge more
or less would never be appre
. ated, since it
would' be divided among the" sables. of the .
whole State ;''but the vexatioriof having the
trial of our causes 'still furth .r delayed for
the want of time to try them' and the. loss
"arisingfrom having two term of Court -held
at the season of the year whet farmers fa t (' it
, .
most necessary to be at hum , attending to
their crops, would fall upob ou citizens alone.
• 1,
The man who presents this ar innent in favor
of destroying • the District, m st either -sup
pose that he has fcroli for an audience, or that
the people of this County arel very patriotic
and, selflacrificing—wiliing tto suffer great
loss and . inconvenience indivi ually; to save,
the State a sum Which - is as a • drop in the
bucket, in 'proportion to - the amount squan
dered annuallylorluo Benefit I purpose what
ever: Let these reformers b gin with cutting
f
off the leeches thae hang abou the State Treas.
ury,instead of attempting ?to- diminish the
,
public-outgoes. at the expens of the people of
Susquehanna and IBradford . tunties.'
Finally, if there are any who expect to
make political capital for the Democratic
I t
party by destrayri g this Jatliteial District, we
are sure they are laboring o der a great mis•
take. The Republicans of this region' - nee
notof-tlie sort to be worried out of their faith
by political pers4cution ; mid a large portion
of those who remain in the pemocratic party
here, are held to i their ollelance by so Slight
cords of pa r ty fealty, that s , little pressure
will suffice to snap them asittider'; now, when
the support of the Leconvton Si/kindle has
shaken the faith of so ma
,i.). Democrats in
the party, let these conspiAotors succeed in
urging their villainous sclkme through the
Leg,islajnre, and : they ‘fill huiekly see anoth
er stampede among tho . Niirthern, Democra
je
cy. Politi6lly as Republ'cans, we have no
thing to fear frdrn the 'sue ss of this meas
ure; but as citizens of t District again st which the outrage is intented, knowing . the .
inconveniences to which it will subject the
people, we must., earnestly protest against it.
Roe the helep .
Rough 01; Ready,
The semi-annual electio
Rough and Reddy Fire w
at their engine !house, op'
March Ist. 1
Ak our boys; never do gangs by halves, or
It
let any measure go by de Mt, it seems quite
unnecessary to y say that. t ereovas a full at
tendance. Thetommatio 'having been made
at a •previons Meeting, th e was nothing to do
but to go right about the voting, which was
done with a ocimmendabl degree of,harmo
ny—there bemg just strife enough to give in.
tert, but not;enongh to cause any " fuss in
the family." ;
For Foremitn, three ndidates were on
the: ticket ; bat E. C. !ordham, who has
served us so l' Ong and so 0 ell in that office,was re-electedi without onglopposing vote. 1
For First !Assistant, ere were several
competitors, but C. W. Mott, who held that
e l
post during the previo • term, was again
chosen for the second-in „otnmand.
For Second Asststant, a number of hearty
looking fellows were on he course, and start
ed o ff well, hilt F. A.
.. ,e, proved to be n
little the best runner, to -ing a very respect
able lead on the last quarter. His wind and
speed are thoght to be equal - to any on the
averse between Montrose and .Ifrooklyn.
For Secretary, C. - 1 Benjamin received
1
all the votes put trne,.p.n on inquiry 'it was
satisfaCturily aseertaine that the opposing
vote was notleast by th rival candidate.
For Treastirer G. F Fordham was entire
master of the field—ti re being nobody to
run against him, be waq elected et eOurse.—
He has rend red good lervice in that capaci
tyl for several terms p t, anfithe Company
had no desire for a cha ge.
Fur Pipetnan theme as no lack of •candi.
dates, all anXious
To hold tfie , pipe that 'es the, stream,
To stand wl; i re the flaw in fury gleam,
•To sing, as 6 fire grn hotter -and hotter,
41 Oh give me the liquid the pure cold water,
And straiAt with I send to quench and-to save,
For lam die Pipeman, sty and bruse."
_
Wth. .Masehinney, . having received. the
highest number of yule. was chosen Ist Pipe
man, and A. F. Keeler, standing next high
est, was deelared 2nd :pipernan. '
For Waidens, they was also a sufficiency
; of competitors, but their generosity exceeded
1 their thlrst ;for office, es they all seemed anx
its
i ious that the honors uld be conferred on
some one else. . The ur receiving the high
est number of votes ere declared elected,
viz :S. WI Mulford, . B. Deans, H. F.
Turret!, anll W. H.. 1 up. 1
John StOnt was iipented by the Foreman .
, to act as Porter for t e Company, it being
i t decided that the o of Porter .is not an el ,
ective one.l .
At the elose of-the election, the Foreman,
in behalf et, the aleegv elect, and in 'keeping
with a titne•honor ieutem, invited the
members io the Sal 4o partake of reiresh- s ,
"Amide. i
1 • Long Jive " Nun; r One"—ite Officers
land all its!,yembers (
At the post of d
-, Earnest, act*,
Boort* eb. 22, 1858.
FR
- MUSD& Rape AND jilt ;—As we ex
pest to embark "to-rnorro;
*turning, I write
you a word'about our arrangements for
Wesail
ing , ! •
ore to 'sail in the clipper, barque " Hen-
ry Hill," an named from -)dr. Henry , Hilt,
fcirrnerly for many years.;the Treasurer of
the " American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missioni." It is's vessel 'of about.l
600 tons burthen, and is said to be One ofsi
the,faitest vessels ever. buiNin Boston, The
general model is that clipper barques,
but there-is one peculiariti which is n a novel
ty.in iship building. The keel is six feet
deeper at the stern thaw at the bows, thus af
fording less resistance in lier progress • Biro'
the waves. Captain Watson, who was 'the
Captain of -the " Sultana" in which I sailed
two years and two months two; now com
mends the "Henry and he thinks as'
.much of his vessel as a Bedouin Arab does
of a favorite horse. Owing s to the general-I
stagnation of business in: the country; it is
not easy to obtain tr full cargo for any for
eign port, and 'we.shall sail with 'a " light"
vessel. Tins will be favorable to speed,but,
I apprehend, net quite scaavorable in other
respects. ,A light vessel has more' motion.
in 'pitching and, rolling, .Which' every One fa
miliar with the sea kno*s to be eminently
1 conducive to seasickness, that' malady of
maladies. Our passengers will be a pleas.
ant company, as far_as I Can learn.
There are five young' ladies, two y,oung
men, a Greek girl,and - an Arab girl, in addi
tion to Mrs. Jessup and myself. I anticipate
the voyage with great pleasure, becauge it is
a journey towards my adopted land and my
future home.
!Pnted as an
coded h ero
it wilt , e
ige, i seuree
now of our
next term of
Igo gladly 'and gratefully. 1 believe that
the highest and noblest mission of the Amer
ican nation, is to spread the light of the goa
pel and a ehristianiied civilization through
-004;111 the earth. Whoever has a part in
the glnriuus work, may,well thank God for
the privilege. &Me of the strongest of
earthly ties must be severed ; but when men,
circumnavigate the gitibe, and take up their
abode's in the darkest parts of the earth fir,
the sake of worldly emolument and_ gain,
shall we hesitate to go to. teach a perishitig
people the waysoflife, even though it involVe
what some 6[l l 3dt:denial?
shall always remember with pleasure nip
recent visit to the home of my youth, and'; it
has been especially pleasant to meet so many
of the good people of Susquehanna County.
I shall not cease to regard with interest the
educational, moral, and religious advante
ment of that _ bpautiful and highly-favored
County. Very fluty yours,
JESSUP:
For'the Independent Republica*.
Report Of the:Teachers' Institute
'held in Gibson, Feb. 20th, 1857.
Nothwithstandmg the unfavorableness of
the weather, a large number - of the teachers '
and citizens of Gibson and the adjoining towns,
assembled at the appointed hour, with tlice,c-,
pectatidn of seeing Prof. Stoddard and the
Supt., and waited" all the morning, without
organizing, with considerable iMpatiencq at
their - non-appearance.
At 2. o'clock P. M., the meeting was called
to order, and 6. W. Norton appointed Pres- '
ident pro tern., and U. S. Cook. Sec.
The teachers generally took part in an l ex- '
ereise in s reading. Mr. U. S. Cook, and
Misses Carpenter, and Senior, were appoint
ed aiommittee to criticize the residing. !Ex
ercises were conducted in Intellectual Arith
metic, Grammar, and Practical Arithmetic.
The following resolution was introduced
for consideration at the evening session
.Resolved; That that section of Stoddsrd's -
Practical Arithmetic, entitled "Reduction of
Currencies," is unfounded in reason, and s un
called for in practice, and therefore useless.
Adjourned to meet at 7 12 P. M.
7 1-2 o'clock P. M.—Meeting called ko or-
der,and Mr. Hurst, of Gibson, appointed Pres.
The Resolution,introduced at the after
noon session, vas brought up and discussed
by Messrs. Cook, Hurst, Hawley, Ingalls,
Norton, and others, and finally• adoptel, on
the ground that the shilling., into Iwhic'h the
dollar is divided in the different parts of the
Union, being of different values, are consider-
I ed- as being severally equal to the English or_
Sterling shilling.
After the transaction of some other busi
ness the following resolution was adopted
Resolved, That the thanks of the 'teachers
I are due, and are hereby tendered to th• citi
zens of this village, fur their kindness
,in of
-1 fering us the free use of this bnilding, and
hospitality lit entertainitigthe teachers during
the sessions of the Institute.
ndent Republican
Election;
of officers of the,
'• mpany, was held
Monda . r. evening,
y everfiteady,
/Wile'?" but " Resdi."
' Por the liferepetedent Republican;
Letter from U.W.' H.H. Jessup:
. 1
The meeting thetkadjourncd.
Much disappointment and regret was ex•
pressed at the absence of Prof. Stoddard and
Mr. Tewksbury.
The people of the vicinity seemed to take
much interest in the efforts of the teachers
fur improvement in- their profession, and we
may hope that. the day is' not far distant,
when a Telchers' Institute in Susquehanna
County will not consist of a President", and a
baker's dozen of-teachers, • but an, enthusias
tic-gathering of-teachers-and citizens, intent
on securing useful information.
0. WILCOX NORTON.
For the Independent R
Exhumation of the Body of; Wm.
Archer.
This is to certify that we,, the subscribers,
were present on the exhumation of the body
of-William Archer, late of the township of
Ararat. Susquehanna county, who came to
his death in November last by a gun=shot
wound. ,
With a view of correcting any misappre
hension that may have arisen, in the public
mind by the conflicting. testimony of witness
es in the late trial of Welke's. Georg. Archer
for the intentional shuottng of the said Wil
liam Archer, at the instance of Dri D. F.
Brundage the body was disinterred,On Thurs
day, January 28th, 1858, and reexamined in
our presence; and the fatal missile discharg
ed froth a heavy cut rifle, was foun4 to have
taken effect in the upper or first third of the
lumbar region, (or small of the back,) enter
ing near, and passing on the right side of the
backbone, taking a direction to the right hip
joint, as indicated by passing a ,profie itk the
wound,—instead of passing nine•tfixteenths
of an inch tcrto the left of the center of the
backbone.
Geß.Dox BARNES,. " ELI Low,'
A. R. GRIGGS, - C. G. TIFFIANT,
GEO. E.,WRIGItTIiR., F. W. GRIGGS,
DANIEL P. RUSSELL, LIRSANE BLoxfam,
Wm. Ancutß,. . ANDREW AR . IIIIER,
Him:a- P. TAir, .W: B. WALKER,
Join; SMILEY, ' G. ELTo.m
%L. TI-FFANY; W. IL BARNES,
WARD P. POPE, J. E. - _WIiITNEY,
DR. J. W. BRUNDAGE; ASAIIEL LOW,
SILAS C. GELAri
, D. F. Barx ) p..tog.
MONROE SIEWART P-ARDONEO.--Gov.
Packer Feb'y. 22, signed the parden of Mon
roe-Stewart, who was td have been executed
on Friday follow s ing as a participator in the
McKeesport tra g ed y. -This was what was
universally expected, - frotn the diring assev
erations of 'Charlotte zones and Fife, and is
in accordance with the coommoh sense of
jusUcelin Che case. The,Ood tiding was itn
it
t
mediately telegraphed to the pri ner by his
friends, and be is; by this time, a liberty.-,
Harrisburg rekgraph. _
3 9, ip
,
For the independent Repblican.
Letter from Tennessee.
M=esas. EDITORS :—ln my last !SATS y
an account of.the treatment which an lrii
man And' an American received at. the 'bait
of the Oligarchs;fer making wry faces at
. t
,'peculiar ' institution . I Will bow , spea k,,
some Other caseS,which I. can fully substf
Cate, and' which do one IR' these perts , ,vii,
pretend to deity.. I eloie this part of the st,
ject by narrating two outrages,. one comni
I) ted upon the person-
,tif a German butt'' '
l and the other upon a man from the Nort
but for dissimilar Offenses. In the affair
the German, lam well acquainted with,
partiel who gave_ me the information of 1
occurrence.. Some time during last win
tltis,German, who was then engaged in bu
ertfig, was accused by a poor relative o
large -family--,of.
,Oligarehs, of selling
"sick beef.' rTheGermam called on sev
reliable acquaintacces of the two parties, ,
proved that the day previous to s killing.
beef, Mr; L., a very • wealthy merchant
edigarch, told him - (the butcher)' that the
was sound, and that he vtould warrant
same Whereupon 'the aggrieved bee 1
1, chaser s called or. L., who gave him set
ana`wer us to clear himself, and g ive tht
to the 'butcher. The aggrieved then -'
unceremoniously " fell aboard" of the b 1
er, with a. bludgeon, and literally beat. 1
into a jelly—the bittcher being, at the
attic nisault, barely able to get about, r
.the effects of a cold and ,weakness• in
throat. In 'two or three-.days, the bu c
died. 'lt was said that his corpse was lite
spotted with blood, which was settled i
bruise's from the beating he had recel
No one questioned . that the death o
Dutchman was caused by the blows th -
ceived. It was the common talk of the t
that the butcher was innocent of any i,
tional !mud in-selling the beef; and ha
been a respect ,lile Tennesseean, the pert
tor of the outrage-upon him, would hay
punished, or at Isca N t prosecoul and no
some. But what is‘a poor Dutchman, r
slavciutlding country ? ,Nothing mo •
less than a mere "Jew ;" and Jews air
looked upon as being universally "c 1
"humbugs, and d----:—d abolitionists; e i
trade whit the niggers." Therefor
-death of the butcher was no lois ; the li
' burst, and there was none to avenge his
but his God ! Great disitpprobation, 'ti
was expressed by all the mechanical a
boring classes ; even the oligarchs them
could not with a good grace, defend,tli
derer, or the oligarch who sold-the bee
butcher, but then they Were easily kid',
extend the mantle of ` charity" over
.Such was the iudignation among the m
ics (save the lickspittles) that a pros.
would !navel:leen instituted but f.)r t
that the support of the nrechanics
country 6bmes mainly from the oil
particularly in this village, and the •of
here are well skilled in dictating to any
the masses.
I will 'close this subject by giving
breviated account of a case that too
in Ripley, Mississippi, last fall. A
trimmer, said to be quite intellige l
much liked for his - physical courage
cial qualities, but who had got tq-ca,
many reflections on the peculiar in:
the hero of this nffeir. Ils was
to keep silence; but he contended.t
much as the bones of his aneeslll
strown from Charleston through Ge
the Carolinas to Yorktown, while . f 1
the cause of the Whigs against the sl,
ing Tories and the British, and iita
it is suppOsed to be the privilege of
pie even in s the South to make and
the laws of their. States—he deemeg
was violating no privilege nor stat •
'though he totichi.d upon. the peculi
tion. So much audacity was ns
' borne ! -The editor of the little D
sheet published in our town took o
charge, and our hero retorted on ttt
The editor could not brook • 'reproof
from a poor ;mechanic and SiloIWO Ist: He
had fought in Mexico, and. had killed a man
last summer in that village (Ripley) and; tho'
in all probability ownieg no nigge tor it is a •
rare thing in this country that an editor is
able to own a "nigger"- ho wns n -ertheless
engaged m the ennobling service f the oli
garchs,',in keeping the lickspittles nd gray
baeks.posted in the only import.' t knowl
edge here, namely, a belief-in till poverty
and:degradation of the "poor whit folks" of
the North, their subserviency to the rich,
and of the efforts which the abolitio lists there
are making to tree the niggers, to -xtend 'to
them the right of suffrage, to prat ice amal
gamation, 43;:d. .
The editor, - prompted - by these coriSidera
tioes, "oiled right nver,r and be, g,—prob
ably for the..tim time i f n a twel emonth—
without pistols:and bowie knife, h . gave our
hero a knock on the side, of' the h ad with a
brickbat, from which, however, h: soon re
covered, and chased the editor round the
square with a revolver. Our he o's dander
was now up, and he proposed filhting any
man in town, who might be oppo to. his
exercising the liberty of spetch,,or II of them,
one at a time, in any way they m oht cheese.
But no one scented to have a re! t -, }l for the I
fight. But several, in the shape, of a corn
mittee representing the oligarchy' : f the imin,
Ordered him ,to leave "as quick God Al
mighty would let him, and Vie er too, or,
they would give bin. a free pass, ge out 4
town, on -droil." , He those the ide- of prtr
deuce, and left. TgNi. &.SEL".
Republican Conven
A Convention ef delegates rep • sentit47, the
ity of Philadelphia, and many.of the conn
'ties of this Cointnnuwealth, a:- • mbled at
Harrislaire, on Monday-, 22d' in:t.
The Convention was organized -
ing Join; ADAMS ' FISHER, Esq.,
county, as Chairman,and - Gact: S
of Cambria county, as Secretary
After such org,anizatibn; and
interchange of opinions among I
the following Preamble and Res
introduced, read, fully discussed
ordered.to be published -:
Wurisas, It is' desirable
opposed to the Joisrule of the
ministration, and especially •
attempt to force Slavery upon
the will of the people, should-u
suing election on the State no
ets, without regard to differen
on other 'subjects, and without
mode or form of effecting said.
fore,. •
•
Resolved,' That the State
which Lemuel -Todd,
-requested to call -a Conventi
willing to unite to effect the a)
• be held at Harrisburg, on son
lien than the - first of July next
Resolved, That such call sh
state that, in thin inviting, n,
'party is expected tifsacrificel
nor to approve of any prin
with whom 'be acts, saving or
practieol hostility to political'
arc tzteasiort human slay
territories of this Republic, '
• Resolved, That the. pr
Convention be signed by tb
Secretary thereof, and,' that
published in all
,the journal
friendll to the cause of -Free
right. •
JQHN A. ESHE
- G&0 8. KING, SfCraary t j
Tirgnship Officers—Bletted *lB5B.
ARAILIT.--Assesson W. K. Tyler.; Justice
of the peace, G. 0. Baldwin;
Supervisors,,
B. H. Dix , Chauncey Avery Constable, N.
r. West,; Auditor, William: , - Hathaway_
School Directers, , G. M. Foster; Bella Car-
pester; judge of ElectionN Abel P. Borden;,_
Inspectors of Elections, Joseph Blosbem,44
O. Baldwin; Uerk, E. D. Tyler, ; Treasurer,
L. A. .Bushnell.
AtlSUßN.—Assessor,Harry Carter ;Super !
visas, J. C.,Laeby, R. S - Davis ,• Constable,
R. J. Carter; Auditor, John H. Kirkhatr;
School Directors, Ephraim Hollen back, T.
3.Sherwoodt John Tewksbury ; Judge , of
Election; 'Thos. H. Dawson ; Inspector •of
Election, E J. Nowrey, JI P:Carter Clerk,
Edward Dawson ; Treasurer, C. Mehlickep.
Reataccar.-:rAesessor, David fteree;
tice of the Peace, L. W. Barton ;Supetvisor,
Silas Beardstee ; Constable,' Patrick Walsh ;
Auditm , Harry Barney ; School Directors,
Michael Cunningham, E. B." BeardEle,y
Judge . of Election, Patrick - N;)ville ;. Inspect
ors of Election;.lames beynch, Richard CM
; 'Clerk, Harry Barney ; Treastirer, Da
-1 vid Butrum.
ro
1
13itooatam—Assessor, R. F. Brced'j Jus
tice-of the Peace, A. E. Tewkibury ; Super
visor, 0. C. Ely; Constable, J.:L. Adams;
AuditxU:, E. L. Gere • School Directors, A.
G. Riynolds, S. W. Breed, J. H. Sterling l 0.
CiEly* G., M. Ely ; ;,Judge of Election,' as:
Sterling ; inspectors of Election, A. C. Quytk,
Samuel Westbrook ;' Clerk, 3, Lines, jr. ;
Treasurer, R. T. Ashley.
BRIDGEWATSII.—ASSeSSOY, Otitr Bullard ;
Supervisor, C. J. Curtis; Constable, Wm. L.
Beebe; Auditor, J. W. Curtis; School Di
rectors, -Milton Hunter, A. 0. Warner, - M.
L. Catlin ; J udge of Election, G. B. Eldred ;
Inspectors of Election, Abel Patrick, Charles
Sprout; Clerk, 11. S. Stephens ; 'Treasurer,
A. C., Luce.
r wn,
'ten
he
CIIOCONUT.—As - sessor, M. Kane, jr,•; Jus
tice of the Peace, Patrick McMannus ; Super-
visor, Samuel_ S. Lee ; •Cotistable, Bernard
Clark ; Auditor,_R. J.Addison;• Senpal Di-
rectors, M. J. - Donley, B. W. Battey, P. Fitz 7
mentine, E. H. Kinney ; Judge . of
H. W. Eldred ; Inspectors otEleetion, Hen
ry Purte, Edward Sweeney ; Clerk, T.; II:
Ponnellp; Treasurer, M. Hickey.
CLlFFORD.—Assessor, Alex. Burns ;
,Jus
tices of the Peace, M. C. Stewart, A.lex. - Bnrns;
Supervisor, J. F. Hodgson ; Constable, Ezra
S. Lewis; Auditor, J. B. Wetberby ; School
Directors, O. Lewi.,q, George Salisbury ; Judge
of Election, Es an Jenkins ; inspectors of
Election, Abein Burdick, Samuel Arnold ;
Clerk, J. C. Decker; Treasurer, G. IL Stew
art.
3)tmocK.—=Assessor ' . A. Stepherft;
pervisot, Alpheus Burdickd Constable, E. B.
Gates; Auditor, A. W. Malt?; School Di.
,rectors, S: B. Woodhouse, John Foster, :
Judge of Election, AAlollister . .; Inspect.
ors of Election; F. A. Muuy, C. C. Atills •
Clerk, Lyman Maleslee.
DumsrT.—Assessor, Benj. Beltrwriell;Jus-
an ab-
tics of the Peace, Enoch Chambers ; Ctinsta
ble, N. E. Wright; School Direelors, :S. B.
Welts, T. P. Phinncy ; Judge of Election,
W. G. Graham-; Inspectors of Elcltion;
G. 'Weaver, U.W. Phinney and . A. H. Ay Os
.tie. • -
FOREST LANE.—Assessor, Stanley Turrell;
Justice of the Peace, S. D.. Cornell ; Super
visor, Elisha Griffis, jr.; Constable, M. S.
Towne ; Auditors, Chauncey Wright, J: S.
Towne ; 'School -Director's, Luman Hawes,
F. H. Soutbweli ; Judge of Election, John
Brown ; Inspectors of Election, J. P. Hamlin,
Moses Stoppard • Clerk, M. S. Towne ;
Treasurer s N. It. Cole; Oirerseers -of Poor,
Milon Birchard, H. K. West.
Frwratfir.—Assessor,.E. J. • Webb ; Su
pervisor, 'Lyman Beebe; Constable: F. E.
Cole; Auditor, John C. Webster ; School
Directors, H. M. -Smith, Jarab Stephens ;
Judge of Election, D. B. Townsend ;Inspect
ors of Election, N. Park, Henry -Webster ;
Clerk, J. Leighton ; Treasurer, J. Blowers.
FRIENDSVILLE.--Assessor; B. Glidden ;
Constable, H. Birdsall ; Auditor; Jas. ~riettd ;
School Directors, Jas. Mead, Edwin Bliss, J.
Hosford, 'E. F. Cosier, G. A. Struppler,„ C.
L. Leet ; Judge of Election, N. Y. Leet ;In
spectors of Election, M. C. Sutton, N. Grit
&
. GlBSON.—Assyssor, W. W. Williams,
JustiCe of the Peffee, Timothy Carpenter;
Supervisor, .J. L. Gillet ; Constable, J. E.
W hitney ; Auditor, tG. N. Veils ; 'School
Directors, Oscar Washburn, - Joel Denney;
Chas Ress'eguie . ;. Judge of Election, A.' W.
Barnes;, Inspectors of Election, J. Brundage
jr., _Watson Clafflin -• Clerk, C. A. Kennedy ;
Treasurer,'_. E. Kennedy. 1
GREAT BEN D.- 7 .A.SSCSSO r 3 A.T.Trowbriage),.
Justice of the Peace, Wm. A. Snow; Stiper-I
visors, I. F. Green, Galen Newman ; Coasts
-i
ble, R. P. Terboss ; Auditor, Ebenezer,Gill i
School Directors, Charles L. Monell, Dank ,
Baldwin ; Judge of Election, A. C. Daniels
Inspectors of Election, George . W.. Brown
Charles .Simpson; Poor. Masters,; George
Buck, John B. Hamlin..
Ittapon.p.- 2 -Assessor, Er: MI. jlinies;; dli
tics of the Peace„ Dexter - F...iblity. ;: Stipartv.iS4
or, Joseph Moore.; donsttillib;,l£2. W. &eel);
Auditor, Cliarlias z Tikdby FSChool Director.,
Byingiiin Thamlim r. T. Tiffany ;: Jiidge. f
Dectiiitr„ dos: Powers ; Inspectors of •Elle
Mont W. E. Tingley, G. A, Lindsey';' Cler ,
R. R. Thatcher; Treasurer, Dexter . Sibley' .
Ilmmorr.—Assessor„Harry Shutts ; J'h
tice of .the Peace, A. K. Newell ; Superviso ,
J. W. Austin ; COnstable, aid TaylOr;'
Auditor, .1. N... , ,Pirsh ; School Directors,
Wm.: Potter, David Tayor, P. L. Norton,
R. A. Webb;. Judge of Election, John-
Watrous ; Inspectors of Elettion, Soloni n'
Stone,
Stone, Richard Martin.; Clerk, F. D. L; on
Treasurer, Benj. COmfort., . .
. , .HE.aatcx.—Assessor, J. T. Ellis.;. jits.t.loe
of 'the Pettee, H. H. ElliS ; Supervisor, Thos.
!Barnes, John Gardner; Constable, Sundfcird
Burns; Auditor, W. T. Dimmick ; Sch4ol
Directors, John Croft, G. W. Barns ;-Ju ge
of Election, G. W. Arnold ; Inspect Ors of
• Electiott„.E. D. Dimmick; .. Dimmick , s il-
Hams ; Clerk,' lit. Williams ; Treasurer; J.
Miller. . ' , ; . .
by appoint=
of Dauphin
Km, Esq.,
full and free
11 - e delegates,
lutions were
adopted and
hat i nll those
ational Ad
its atrocious
!ansas against
ite at the en
,County tick
of opinion
regard to the
.hject ; there.
Jacirsoll.--Ass'essor, J. W. Firra'r ; Jus
tice of the Peace, Horace French ; Supe!vi.
sor, Nathaniel French ; Constable, L. C.
Benson ; Auditor, N. Williams ; Scl , 00l
Directors. T. W. Tingley, H. G. Case.;
Judge of Election, Reuben Harris ;' InsPect
ors 0 - Election, Evander Tucker, .De ter
Washburn ; Clerk, Austin, 13enson ; Tre u
rer, thauney, Lamb.
JusuP.—Assessor, John Bedell ; Sup
, rvi= l
sem, Benj. Shay; Constable, Lucius S mith ;
Auditor, Wm. Whelock ; School Directors,
,H. K. Sherman, Corydon Caswell ;-.JUdge
o(Election, H. A. Blrehard ;-Inspectors of
_Election, C. Davis, B. Gri ffi s ; Clerk, C. Citi
wel!;\ Treasurer, J. H. Bartlett.
LATHROP.—.lVsessor t Ansel Sterling ,; Jus
tice of the 'Peace, S. W!Tewksbirry ;e'Super
visor,-GCO. Decker ; Constable, . Writ. R
sett ; Auditer, S. W. Tewksbury; S6boul
Directiirs, G - eo, Decker, John-Aney,
Sterling, E. S. BroWn ; Judge of Election,
Daniel Wood ; Inspector of Election,' r: 1.
R9birison, leorOnzo lisveet‘\Clerk, 13irwn - ;
Treasurer Truman Bell: '
, y N • --'
- LEffox.—Aisessot, D.erial e
i" ' as ; „Super
-NisDaniel McConnell, Chapinjlarding;
Constable; Perial Peas;, Auditor:ok ,B.
• .mmittee, of
Chairman, be
Lin of all those
linwe object, to
ie day not ear.
1.641 ti4tinctly
s individual or
i any Ifrinciple,
idple , ut those
1 hi earnest and
despo4raas, t and
, I . ovei! the live
1 i 4
of this
Chairman and
th e be
@ 'giUn
of this-State
om, justice-and
? giairmeT,
,_.,
Clark ; Selool Directors, - Ltleius line
y, . ~ •
S. 'Snitthi - A, F. &over, Jesie Benjatnitr; ' .
Judge,#fEleetion,-S. F. Tanner ; Inspectors'
Of •Electioirn, Adam; Miller;, S. •J. Millard ; ,
Cltek,liplien Bell ; Treasurer, A. L-Jeffers. •••
LIE; RiT.---Assessor, J. R Webster; Juti
tfrz:otthe Pettis, Silas Bened ict; Supervi- • '
ior, * 11. Hoe ; Constable, J. 13. Chalker;' .
- Ainlit . iir;P: B. Stockwell ; ,School L..iireetors, - .. ,
J. W:lgnowfbitvid-li A ile:y ; Judge 'of. Elea- --
tiott, Sohn Deakin Inspectors of Election,'
-Hiradt T. Law, Willard Truesdell. .. -.
MitlntrroWs.—Assessor,Santuel Taggart ;
ssperYisors,,john Bradshaiv, Miles Baldwin,:
Otis b oss ; Constable, John T. Buxton ; Au- •
litorDaviet - Thomas.; - •:School • ' Director*
.• • '
Michael.. Keogh, Thus. Cueford,lsaiteStrange ;_.
Judge of - Election, - David Height. :' .' •
...,I
.. - atontrose, 77. -Assessor i „,Wm...,11.„,80ya ;
Porn. Maskers, W. A. Crossnian, George- L.
Sionei; Wiistable, N..c.' Warner;, Additar r
- George Keeler; Ju - ge 'of Med; R. C
Fordham ; ,insp ; ors, ot i , Election;• Joseph
I Creek'yne, F. A' ; Case. - , , •;; • , , -
~ l'sr w Milfor .- 7 -Assessor, K.4.Johnstoh ; ' •
Justi e of the Peace, josefilt.Williarns ; Bu
i,
pe_rxi Or, F. - .1 7 . • I.:Ager. ;arias. bie,', J. P. • i
Afiller ; Auditor, OgdO Pratt; sthoul Di. '
rectdts, R. L. - Sutphin; Gordon ~Moxley ;.+ 7
Judge of Election, W..: S. Moxley ; IpspeetL .
ors of Election, J. B. Page, Norman Ting- .
-fey ;j Clerk, M. C. Dikeman; Treasurer, .
Trite,y Hayden. '' 1 .:- ; • .
Oaltland.—Assessor, Calvin Brush; Jus.. -
.
tice II of the 'Peace, Stephen .Frasie r; J. Kt •
Barnett;' Constable, E. A. - Barton; Auditor, .
J. I Bkinner -; School ~ Directors, 1, John Par
sons Stephen Farnum ;, Judge Of Election,
J. li, 1 ;. Grimes ; Inspectots of Election, Brad
ley Beebe„Othniel Phelps ;'Clerk, Geo.. T.
Frazier; Treasurer, S. ;Quick. . - .
u '
sh.•=-A. ,se ofof sso, David Case; Justice
11 3
the Peace Philo Sherwood; Supervisor,
Fre eriek
Fargo;
Constable Al T. .Bakes;
,Au it.or, A. B. Lung; School Directorti;liii-
re Dewers, J. D.. Pepper ; Judge. of .',lee
tio' .1. 11. Hall.; Inspectors of Election, Tat.
Reding, A. F. Shaddock ; Clerk; Alansoa,
Lung; Treasurer, H. Cogswell..
SILVER LAo.—Assessor, Timothy Still': -
vall ' Supervisor, Matthew; Kelley ; Coasts
11e,,
,Edward Konen ; Auditor, Th o mas En- ,
gli;li ; School Directors, F. A. BlLsii; M. Mc-
D4naid .5, Judge of Ekction, Patrick Philin ;
Inspectors of.Elction,, Patrick O'Day, Isaac"
Griffith ;:' Clerk, --- ffohn - Critik• ;- Treasurer, Je
re Dotiov:4l., :--- ' •-, .
SPRINGULLE.—Assessur, Jas. Kasson -, Sit
.pervisor, G. C.- Lyman ;
.Cotistables- S. B. .
'Cult er ; Auditor i Prentis Lyman;School
Directors, G. C. Lyman, G. G. Rogers;
'Judge of Election, H. G. Ely ; Inspectors of „-
Election A. M. Scott, Pardon Fish;" Clerk,
M. Pritchard ; Treasurer; Ira Scott. .
SUSQUEHANNA DEPOT; Assessor, A. J.
Seymour.; Justice of the Peace, L. S. Page.;
Poor Masters, C1...,5. Brigham, W. Nngent ;
onstable, Benj. Sabins ;Apditor, M.'S Shit.-
an ;;.Schopl Directors, L. X. Clark; I.4•S_
k
hags, T. Spring teen, Georg e Curtis, Seba
E
ryant . ; Judge tf, ElectiOn,J. B. ; Scov Ile •
lkt.
Ispectors of Ele 'on; Thos. At rbstron A_
i.
ierson ; Town..CA cit., Peter Tait, Gaylo •
tfrtis, G. Kirk, 'W. Hunt, J. 11 . -Parling ;
( i.
ligh Conktable, B. Sabins.. ' . ; •
Tit OMSON.—A ssessor,S.King . ; Supervisors,
.1 . Jenkini, Ralph Williams; - Const•J. W..
iranhorn; Auditor, Robert Gelatt ; School
Directors,Ralph Williams, E. M. . Bryant,
Daniel .righter ; Judge of Eleation, P. A.
Harrison ; Inspectors of Election, J. W. Car-'-•
gill, L. S. Aldrich; Clerk; '.0..P. Wandin ; ~
Treasurer, A. P. Crosier. ; • - , ./
No Change until 1864,
The report of the Senate! Committee on
erritories speaks of the Ledor,opton Consti
tution as " a Constitution lotzich they [the
people of Kansas] : cannot don ge, WITIIOUT
RESORTING TO REVOLUTION, until 114 year
1864."
Further on, after reciting the neveral dee
larations -in the preamble of Ae t "Lecumpton
Constitution; that all power iS ; inherent in the
poSple,:and that their rightjo alter their
forms of government is inalienable and inde
fimsable, the report sets forth that these dec
larations give the people of Kan,sas.the, pew
er to "change - or dbaliih, their . Constitution,
at LEGAL TIMES pla?es.r This is
, the doctrine' of the South,. and wilrin dire
time, be the doctrineLof the Supreme Qourt.
It has been said to ;be in contemplAtiotrto
I accompany the passage of. the Lecompton
bill, with a Congressional declaration of the
Rower of the - people ofKansarto alter. their
Constitution at, any time. This Senatorial:
report exp,ressly negatives-the idea that any
such declaration is to be made. " congress,''
it says, and -says truly; "has no power to.
ii:Odify, or alter, a State Coletitution." Any
COngressional declaration,
, : of the character.
said to have been contemplated, would be
utterly valueless, eici-pt tor.ritirposes of de-.
eeption. It might' be available,as a tempo--
rary shelter.,for. Northern.owpaivglits,,yho.
, intend'. to. suppcipt. tfio : 'll,ecio,rnp,tfinlfratteil,as
t he• plftat °flirt p ulhn• so merni iv,rity,.• wa- fp n-tflose
• ; who. suppontaditile•l But
Sbutlierm lbadil's do not meanrto.itigat,
the 'pit! ae all: Ttie more obnoxious they
can make it,
.th.e. better for their real' Put
pose, which is tg create strictly .sectional
parties and breztleuP• the
ton Repbtic. , . ," .
THE LATE. AP iR 115 CA`ZG glo-*
Monk affair occurred in Congre's, on - Satur
day, in. which a sneaking, rascally* Abolition,
Black Republican scoundrel, neared' Grow,
,who hails from sonie.wrettled' locality in the
interior of PerinsylVanie, got his deserts at •
tide hands of the gallant and ehiValrous Hon.
Ifhwrenee South -Carolina. It
_sitems:that the man Grow Ind the . .audemous
impudence to. cross over to the Pernocratie"
side of the house, and while there took part •
in the proceedings.l For this he was rebuked
by Mr. Keitt, 'and the man Grow 'replied
with Black Republican:slang about • this tie
ing a free land. -Mr:-Keitt linniediately .re
l-sented-this insolence by Making en effort to
seize the• seoundrt by-the: throat, , at the
same time im Black Republican
puppyf Grow put out , his fist (from the
shoulder) for -the purpose of keeping Mr.
Keitt from hurting him,vr hen the latter struck
the fist of Grow such a tremendous- bloW
with his eye•theeMr. Keitt fell- down from
the rebound. -
Several Southern gentlemen ipterfered to
prevent Keitt from continuing to puni,h the
insolent-Black:.Republipen, and Mr. Barks.
dale, of Mississippi, struck -Washburn°, of-
Illinois, such a blow in the fistwith hi 4 head,
that. thowi,g worn .by Mr: B. \was - knocked
off. It is hoped that this decided course, on
the part of our gellent.Soetherri-repiescnm
tives in Congress; will put,:an effectual - stop
to such insOlenee as-talking`
about this being - a free land.—Sonthersi Fire.
eater. •
Gen: goriston said in, his.reCent speech
An. the Senate, that
. the number of regular
tkzwops in
• Texasd averaged t h rec . tfirifsand
I'4 • some years Ipast ; that they were . entirc•
ty useless"fir any purpose:of repressing lns
dial ostilities, unit: that it _ - ritst more to
traiasport . provisions for. the in. to - the posts.
thef 'occupy,v. than it would to maintain
',efficient force :of Imo thousand . rangers.
GOugh . .bas - .returned — turnet.l - front
Scotland io London,where has been le
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wing twunmeno - andiepe.s,
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