• cniisylvtantiti Logi,littare. , . 'HARRISBURG, Feb. 24, 1858; St ATE.--:-Mr.• Iluckalew , from tile Select Coro t, Luce on the Kansas res.oluti' ats made, a m ority report, recommending that Mr. - Ga . m's resorution against theadmission of gat Kan s under the Lecompton.Constitution be hide itely postpoited„and reporting, Mr. Wil -me resolution approbatory. ,The re port is lengthy, and urges the speedy ad - missi n of Kansas under the Lecoinpton . Cons l itution, with the declaration of 'the [right 1 of the people of Kansas to alter the Constitu, tion whenever they desire, through the roper legallmeans. `The report sustains thegrounds 'assunted in the Preside:W.; message . .• , ' . M. Wright Moved , to print -three thou •sandl copies of the report in pamphlet form. Mfr. Souther moved tirpostpOne'the print ing for one week, in order to give the mi. 'll oriti an opportunity to prepare erninority Tepoit. Not agreed to , •--yeas 10, ria3s - 20. [The i Democratic • members: all voted n the negative, and the Republicans ,in the atrrnad tivel , • .. - .. - .• gr, Gazzam minle a stateinenV. th t the . Committee met - only last evening, for the first) time, and that the minority had.nci tithe to prepare a minority report, and asked that time be grafted. Refused: . • ~ . . • 1 ' From Ilarrislins i...., .! - . Cariwpondenee of the N. Amer. - aiid 11:..S..aZeiti. - • amitustuno, Feb. 4. - There has been little of interest-don ; hero to-day; The two-Marked events of. the . pes- . siondthe Le,,crislature were the presentation of a report by -- Mr.',,Buckalew in liehilflof the niajorityalf the, Special 'lc.ansaa Committee, in the Senate; ;and the-appearanceof tihe'arf- 1 ti -Wilmot; co.:1141i tt oe,', fro tit , : lipid ford county, 1 before the Judiciary committee: of the F i louse. 1 They made a .nutnber of speeches Lefure 'the 1 co mmittee-very -denanciatory o Judge Wil- Inotl But when asked by AfeClu i Ye, of Franklin, Whether they *mild say, -law •yers, and tnen, That they Lad ever. -Hawn- it judge Wilmot to ,be guilty of partial ty..in his judielal decisions,. on account of,th. poli lila'. opiniOns Of any man, they _refnse , -to, an 'fswer, the question. categorically. ' ln fact, not ,one'of them 'world answer it any .raj-; •save b y lung ispecchd% tie inferential tenor of which AV s, they thought so. - When the 4pestion was put directly. and so pointly, a. second time, that •They •could not. )escape froM it,.they hesitated and faltered, and at ;last some 7,young - -laWyer—l think hie nature is Overton, declared thathe believed sp. ' - {any-of the leading -Democrats doubt the constitutfoner 'of : the Legislature-to - pas , a bill of 'the charater . proposed. e shall have some definite ac ion in a few days relative to it: ' • . . The Death .Ppnaity. . • ,ilt hill Ihas been introduced in the House by:ll,[rtruthers,_of Warren, to permit the -Governor to con;mute, the death'penalty in - certain cases„ to perpetual Imprisonnfent4— He is to.besritinitted to do this when " facts shitll come to his knowledge which raise a - reasonable doubt,r The power of so Conf . muting the penalty in capital. cases has been long given by-la* to ttie Governors of • lta:s- suchusetts and other'Statt , s. IndeCd : a prac ,;ti(4 has grown into usage in this state, which ipetlrnits the Goiernor virtually to . exercise this power. Fora instance, if a party,. is con demned to death, and'the warrant (or the ex- 1 ecution is -signed, the' Governor ~-reprieves him, arid nodaris fixed for; his ekccution. tam 'The culprit is tbns p fitted -by.ri: non-c? f ier- cise of his power, to .ive on in pri,!on. .Thys; Simon Green, .condt tried to death and atti c . , tenced to be hung a year ago, was reprieve \rwithout dpy, , and still lives. Gov. Packer , 'will-not assume to - order his execution when - . hls predecessor. refasell to do 'it.' There is another case in one of ;the interior counties, where the party -has been .intprisoned more. #0 • ' than ten years. 9 : . '''''' ~ - The bill -has - been reported favorably, and will, it is thotight, pass both branches .without 1: a / difficAk—Hurrialiurg: Telegraph ll . ... . . - - LEGILATIA,--In the Pennsylvaliia House cif • Ilepresentatir es, February: I•Sth, -Mr. ila . se.orcse?ted a petition from citizens of rarkiti township,.Susquehanna‘ county; for an fact, giving Justices the: Pence power, with-a jury, to finally try certain criminal cases, and it not•for the Slate. .to pass an act for said county;'.and otrthe- saute day, Mr. • Strdthers; three from citizens-- of -Warren county Tor the repeal of the caurtty. school Superintendency.. : • • On the saint) day Mr. Chase, from the ju diciary committee, reported ~as committed the bill to extend the terms of the several Courts bf Susguehanna county ; also as corn- Mated a lfillibinermse the pay of Juibra in Bridfora county . ; also, with a negative rec ommendation, the bill to repetil the : act cre ating independent school districts. . February - 2,5th Mr. Chase presenteda rE monstrance from citizens, of Susquehanna county, prows - atm againSt -annihilating the Airteenthjudicial e' ilistrict, for divers unan: iwerable reasons therein setJfortb. • •• Also, a petition:from: D. O. Turrell and :others bf Suaquelbanna county, for a repeal of the County Superintendency and other • , - `Modifications of ithe school, law. • • .Also, one. fro , .eitfzens of Susquehanna county, for an a to prevent. taking; rout bee ttreen the first d y of October and the first . . •day of -April. February . 2fitit,i MP. Chase . read .in place -bill to 'erect thirteenth Normal School . district.. 5 AFRAID 01 A. ACTS.-1. he 'Washington correspondent of the Daily Times says the. job printers of -that city are among the actu al-sufferers-by - the Kansas excitement. -In former years, _Northern Democrat;:, repre senting:as.they generally do large • reading i l i constituencies, h ve been in the h or dering immense quantities of speeches and habit of documents to se d to their districts for polit ical effect. This iii inter; :however, those of them who, support' lecompton, - have been able to find •uothirio wbsteVerthat is safe, to e. at, and as a consequence whey order noth ilia. The president's—Message; and . pretty -much eery speech' made . - in congress this year, no Inattdr by - . whom,- 1. ...s calculated, to make converts to the opposition,—and the Lecomptonites could better afford to pay for ftheir supprmision than for their ciretilation. The Position of the Republicans, in ;the pre.ient crisis, is one of commanding pa: I triptism.„- - There is not 'a Republican press, I not a Republican legislate?, nor a Repa,bli can' voter in_the 'Whole country, that.does not utterly condemn and oppose the outrages now being practiced upon our democratic institutions. :With the assistance of a few revolted Democrats, they-havethils'fitr seized our country from the shameful position-of a fallen republic, and upon them .is the respons ibility of her future fame.: - Courage, then, Republiauis. you are the conservators of your country's welfare, and upon your consteney to your principles, rests the per manency-of Our garentinent. • The Young Men's Christ Lin 'Associa tion of Pittsburgh, has 'distributed- 23,000 bushels a coal to the poor. wittiou,t any ;ref erence to sect, class or nation. 'lt supplied, in tine.day,iforty families with - fuel to keep them -comfortable a month. Nearly 5000 persons have been kept_ cornfoitable during the Wither through the . e fforts of this society.; This is practical !Christianity. A OOMPXNDIUM OF NEWS. tie action of the Republican Con vention recently held at'llairisbu'rg, is con sidered very judicious; and receives the'ap procal of the anti-L-ecompion Dcmocrath- in Congress:: - • . . A dispatch from Washington says, The Kansas .Herald of Freedom has been bought up for Calhoun and Le.compton, with a: government adliertisement Worth $231. • A clergyman in Southfield, Mass., had a model do - nation visit- list .week. people put on his table an, evergreen tree, And hung its branches with goldieagles. Bishop Potter, .of Pennsylvania, is gradually recovering from his severe illness. There is now 'living in Burnside, Pennsylvania, Lifd - wick . Snyder, one hundred and- fourteen years old. His wife Jane, is one hundred and seven years old. - `lt is authentically known - in Wash ington flat Gov: Denver has - written to the Presid . ent, advising against the acceptance of the Eecompton Constitution. Gov. Denver says that 'acceptance will _undoubtedly. bring on civil war. - .... The gennes.see • Legislature has re quested Senator Bell to 'resign his seat in Congress, .in-censequenee of his action on the Reams • question. The Representatives,o the Staticare also. desired to vote for e compton. - The bill to increase the . standing .ac my of the Unit - ed States, 'after—undergoing various amendments, was finally, on Thurs day last, defeated in the Senate-by.:4 vote of t 0.16. ,Another severe,low at the • ad: . ministration.' " : ROU,G.RIA; READY" h 71 G INA COMPANY, I 'fle. - -frl The llutehinsons have - recently been co • ..Aro in lowa, Where torn is plentier, just pow,l'Are hereb •'notifiefl tobeet at th it Engine than cash. In one place they met with the, on Saturday, March 6tl at at o'c ock,1": M. 9 fallowing experieflce: 'farmer drove .C. For. lIANI Forman. , C. T accuracy. to town, with eight bushels of corn in his sleigh, find his sit ife and Aix children seated .thereon, saving, we have no money; but we all want to hear yob, and corn is the Irieq, we can tae yoti.' They accepted the 'proffer, I-gave eight twenty-five cent tickets in exchange for the grain and sung it out." Mr. Toombs thinks that 'there ought to be no " - such. people" as, the reporters al lowed •in Congress, , Let all the -1-eporters agree that. for the rest of the . ses4rrit• they, will - not once name this lofty and contemPtu pns Senator, and he will -be v.ery - glad tosree crznize "such people." l it is of " such pet,. I ale" as him that reporters . make great: men, and sometimes the -- very indifferent quality of the stock requires great skill in the Mann ! facture.—ProvideheiVoirnal.' , ... A correspondent refers the inquirer a. 54,0 the derivation of the word " filibuster," to tippincott's .",,Gazetl'er of Ate ,Ntorld," ar ticle Hayti-where We find that in 1630," the French colonists,, driven from St.; Christ°. ph - Ws. esthblishcd themselves on. the west end oethe.. island.. These settlers , captured the pigs and horned cattle, sold th - e• skins to _traders who touched on the eonst, and' smok-, ' ed the flesh, kx.th for fvod and for sale, on a ,grating of wood, called boucan, whence was given them - the name of buccaneer.. Joining arms with freebooters who, in 166% 'settled in Tortng,ai"and who were named ' Filibui leers,' froidthe small, fast 41v -boats in which their* expeditions were carried on, they be came marnuirder , by-gea ml 4 land, and their successes rendered the name of 2 buccaneer terrible over-all the Wc3t Indian seas." A - TEARIIIif: LEAGI:i.H-The Paris corres , . dent of ; the New York' Times, speaking of t' late attempted assassiha:ion of Louis Napo in, says: 1 ..- , "It is eported that one of the prisoners, Radio, has urned State's evidence, and that, in his etinfessl tyhe has •revealeda plot that does not offer a Try smiling prospective for the Emperor. • A - 9 L rding to Indio's conies. , i-m, the conspiratc-r. - 4