distoVered,.*. but ake; or any other mild animal, hist-, eggs, the parent leaves them If the eggs be 'remove4, -she the male, and reeomtnenees lay otherwise abe lays- hut One It - test ing the; "season. Several: Atirkey Ltk, - . - perhaps • mutual safelY, their eggs in the same nest; and broods . together. 11ir. Audabbn . '.liree females:sitting On-forty,two ,ielt-eass z lhe nest. is, constantly one of the .:parties, so that no , polecat, dare`appro.ach . -it.— will not fom. this her eggs, when la While life remains • -she Will ea, , . dosure to be- made - Around- and -, rither.than abandon, her ,charge, :co Mi. Qrow—Nen of Muscle in - WASHINGTONi June 6. To thi'Editor nt the .Evening . Post The- , editorial comments in yesterday's. , Ruining . .eosf, upon. the presentation of a wild medal by the ":Sons of the Old Key !Lone State in Kansas to Hon, G. A. Grow," .-. not Justified by ,the : facts. The medal, 4sides the inscr pt on hch I- quote, con . Wss-the engraving of an -arm . and clenched .'fit; around Which is the following , sentence : ib " e' first blow struck for freedom in - Con. : ess, Feb. 5th,1858." ' The-medal . came to • r. Grow privately. "In like Manner. Pres- S. Brook" did not ""reicive tamesan,d ' tebers for his assault on Sumner," ..a the Aening Fait states. The Presenta ! tons to BrOoks were .made in the most pub -1;c manner, and were received by him in pub -1 eaddiesscs. In several instances.iir.'Grow las been tendered citnes'and declined 'them. He Would have'requested even that this tit,i l i lg. t ng tribute of respect from a fitting class at* laca Might be withheld, but he knew noth.' i of the intention of his . friends .. in Kansas until he received the gift, and now it would 6 'highly imprnpei in him-to fling it bawl in heir fseeq. The circumstances attending the wo affairs-are by , no- means of 'parallel 'rela -on.' In one case a Senator , was stricken own'hhiiseat inln'unguarded monient,inid as beaten until he was insensible, Fur this e a.vasilunt, who was• a .siolator of parlis- , entary and criminal law, Was rewarded.—. n the other case, an insult and assault were .rotriptly 'resented, and a blow was struck in tdefenee, and under ttleipot aggravating ircumstanees; for which Mr.. Grow 's friends • w fit to send, him privately a taken of their espeet. This was their right. That it was .üblished to the world is no fault of, Mr, row's, nor is he responsible rm. it, but those ho tentit.- One word_ more on another 1 1 , int.., - . . ; 1 -- -111 i writer 'in tha Evening Post thinks that muscle and pluck in Congress" should not be honored with public testimonials,"' If, .y this lan,guage, the editor means tu'exclude ll'Muscle and plubk" from congress, in the resent state of-affairs, so fair as the North is concerned, I beg leave resp&tfully to differ ith - When the . South, ceases sending eir slave:driving bullielth the national led= islature for the purpose •of brow-beating northern representatives, it will be time for the North to consider the subject. 'A man of talent s and legislative experience may increase their .efficiency pang . ruffians by the ex hibition- of physical prowess. The North viAlose-nothing by sending-not only men,if ability, but also then of "muscle and pluck." Such a course will not require Tom Byer or Bill Poole to be sent to Congresm, and need not.inrn-legislation into a brawl nor the Cap itol' into -a not-house. . 'l . GrOVERNIIENT PROGRE SS'— The Knickerfocker indulges inihe following live ly hit atßUriele Samuel's. _ " I:atrwz._sometimes comes out with a gObil thiwa4Blethre.n,T said he, if God had referred the - 4410 a committee on naval af fairs; it's my4,inion it wooldn'tL hale been built yet!' Spurgeon refers to matters and things in Great BEttain, yet the remark is equally applicable-to naval matters in this country. The naval Bureau; were twenty. three yeti's building the frigate Sabine; when they finishes : - her deck, it.was discovered that her keel was so rotton that she would have to be rebuilt. Geo. Steers built the steam frigate Niagara in eichteen months, and yet the Niagara is four times as large as the Se , bine: The line=of : hattle ship Pennsylvania cost 461000,000. Phe was on the stocks ten years. When launched, - 6E6 proved . unsea worthy, and came near being wrecked in get ting from Philadelphia to Norfolk. She has never beervta sea, and probably- never will be. Great institution;• that Naval Bureau. Fcir wasatig money, they are not equalled by anybody. of old fossils to - be ;found in this country. • .11:W'' No. ditiparsionate - person, whatever his political partialities ; can fail to see that, the various enterprises undertaken by Mr. Buchanan do not ‘seem"- to prosper in 'hi:s hands. Be• has meddled in nothing, sugg est. ed nothing ,- entered upon noiling,ainceleen tereti the White House, which has not ended ccnifiision worse confounded. Ills rosi es t • apples -have -proved Dead Sia fruit, and . "turned to ashes on his lips:" his "dear ga-. zelles'no sooner come to "know and love him well than they are sure to die." The prettiest -quarrel, under manipulation, turns into a humdrum, inglorious peace.— He deveitet3 the first year of his reign to-try ing to pievent the .people of Kansas from voting upon them own constitution, , and be finally had to join in rejoicing over an ar rangement by which it was. submitted to tbefit in full. The British. cruisers seemed - disposed to Itelpiiim "Col his predicament, 'and committed "a score of outrages .on our ships 3. but be no sooner set about .preparing for war, and, dispensing fat contracts, than ,the-foe apologised for everything, and disa vows everybody who has done.wroog. The Mormon war was as promiiing a little quar rel as ever an enterprising statesmantloated. over. ri contained every -element of success, and pOpularity: ImpudentiMpc , lsture, ders, rapes, polygamy, treason, intrusion on Cnited• States Territory—defiante to the ) Government and to public opittion--:nothing was wanting to'convert our-venerable Prest dent into a glorious qusader on behalf of lar; order, morality, and national dignity. The - Wding was full of plums . It too has failed _ ' Even Brigham, the Prophet, has not -- Lang oat as well as was expected. ,and re fosets to`be - a traitor; and when the Loi'd's , anointed' deserts our ;President in the time of .his need, bibs ease is indeed - most, pitiable .' X :1: roes.. • • tak" ,A - London letter writer states that the public- there believes that ' Lord - Palmerston ; When quitting O ffi ce;' tnust have sent out . in structions to the West India squadron for the PAIrPOS - e. of involving .the Derby .A.drninistia 41op in difficulties; and that piesent Gov. eminent will undoubtedly at once seriously _set. to work and try to remove all the ill feel. ing s erated by the kite occurrences. , - ' - . l llMr Col. Themes L time Jigs arrived in Missoitri, with highly important news frotn VIA Gov;,Cuniming's efforts to stop' the Morn:von lEfira to the South' had prayed • - uusgecessful. Salt Like City, is nearly desert - ed, &few persons ;oat) remaining to guard the" bandinf,, , s. t Forty thousaed Saints' are iil to be in motion. Their destination, is supposed ' to :Le &Mora, though thit merely Iv that they:ure ,bound Stnk. The inU-Lecoington_Demoeiraiy. , On Thursday, last,a meeting of Anti-Le m txmipton Democrats wtte- . held at:Philadel phia;as a tribute Of respect to llOni J. C. Mckllthiti; of taliforniaa.:eative Penns)). 'yanian—fqr his course ottLecomptit i For • ney,lilicktnan,"and-AttAntiey Genera Knox, were among tile speakera.,• Fiom the speech of Mr. McKibbin we extract the following: t am aware, ger.tlernen, that it was:a com mon sympathy, upon a. leading measure of the Administration, that has 'brought ?us here to-night. - .;When the great issue thaidiStract ed the country first; presented -itself to Cote .kreti... I had no heart -to enter ; the fight,— While my judgment and my, conscience in dined, nine to differ ;with the Admintitration, no legret of my life has been so profound yes that that which followed; the vote for which it is attempted to alienate you and me I my the Democratic party. My interests, my attach ment to party, and the reverence I have ever Ihad - fur our venerable' Chief Magistrate, •all prompted me to ,a different course.. put per sonal, interests, party ties,,and politteal pref. erencee, gave way ;when I thought ;Ire were receding from the true interpretation of the great compFoulise---the right of the people to regulate `their domestic institutions in their own way. I voted against the admission of Kansas under' the: Lecompton Ctettitution, because I did not ,thielieve it embodied the will of a majority of her people. I knew tint a large portioh of the people had been disfraechised of thhir representation,: and that delegates - to the Constitutional Conventicin had ' violated their (solemn - fledges to the peo. pie, and as the: crciwning act, an unfair. and partial submission: was assumed, tO fill the measure of th 4 Kansas -Nebraska bil , and the reassertion of its principles-in the 'ncinnati cainvention. Had I ever doubted the prep,ri ety of my action, ;the stthsequent protest of the territorial Legislature, and the .vote of ten thousand .freemen, told me that , that Con stitution was conceived in fraud, :mai shrouded in, infajtiy. I Wren :the English bill was 'reported as a compromise betyteen tb conflicting= wings of the pefrty, nicrst gladly would I have receded from my former position, and contributed to heal the differentess that were fast drifting us asunder. But wben I examined ;that meas ure, I was perfectly appalled at. its character, -and. with scorn and contempt turned from a measure, which, while it stultified . the!actien of Southern Democrat; was dishonoring and degrading to the North. and destructive of that equality that can alone hold the States t6gether. Stripped of its extraneous matter, I could see nothing but insult to the ' free States; and while . 1 have ever boo the sup porter of the SOuth and her constitutional rights, 1 pan never forget that I was - born in a free State and {adopted into one, tiiii:l that their honor is name, and I could neither de grade them or Myself by a vote that would ' surrender their rights, or-those of Kansas, to present herself as a free, upon the same terms as she. istied admission as a slave State. It was a measure intended to bear, one con struction South and another North;: a aiece of political chicanery that will ever remaN, a disgrace upon our statute books, until, I trust, a mitre correct ;sentiment will: have it ex punged. 'One of the most signi fi cant circumstances -connected with the tweeting, was the fact that the 110n....J0hn C. Knoi, the Atteirney Gen eral efvl'ennsyly'ania, and the imtlediate ad- . viser,of Goverder Packer, attended the meet ing and spoke holdly and • emphatically in commendation cif Air. 11'Kilibin's opposition to the Administration of Mr. Buchanan.— The following are a portion of the remarks of Judge Knox : - , , • " We are hero to do honor, to a man who has nobly stood up for the right amidst all the temptations which have surrounded him, and never for a' moment falteredtin his sup port of the priaciple of popular sovereignty. We are here to do - )honor to a Democrat.— [Applause.] We are here ':to do honor to a tneniber 'of the'great Democratic party, who believes that there is truth in the professions. of that party, and who insists that its pledges. shall be fulfilled. [Cheers.] We are here to do honor tott man who is desirous, as all are, that the Democratic: chrty shall act in unison, that there shall be unity in its ranks, but who is desiroue • above . all things, that tfiat unity shall be founded upon ,correct and enduring prin/ iples, and that the party shall be united tipo a - living truth, and not upon an-exploded ,l aliehood. . [Appfause.] As Philadelphians and as Pennsylvanians, we are here to do honor to . the' faithful ' representa tive of the true Democracy bt, California, tion. Joseph. [Prolonged' , C. McKibbin. - , cheering.] 1 ope. gentlemen, that be will be sustained -noblyand fully sustained—by the freemen Of California.- [Cheers.] They understand *the doctrine of popular sovereign ty ; _they ipplied it to their own State, and they are determined to stand by, it. let ,who will desert it, fir it is the only principlE worth sustaining, and when it is 'surrendered everything is gone., I feel that the constitu ents of our guest will triumphantly vindicate his course no this question. If they do not —if it were possible that they could refuse to sustain a Faithful !presentative, they ought .never to be repres'ented herea ft er in Congress except by a craven who could bend the knee at the consmanft of power. [Enthusiastic Applause.] Gentlemen, 1 did, not rise for the purpose of making a speech.' I am not, here for that purpose, but I am" here to bear testimony to She fact. thatthe true Democracy of Pennsyl vania are in (hear of popular sovereignty.— They stand now where they stood in 1856, and they arc willing to fight the battle of the party upon this „ principle, and this alone. If any other ftagie-raised they will refuse to follow it, let thi leader be-whom he may.— [Cheers.] They stand under the true flag, and under that, and no other, an they tri tiaiph. In concluiion, permit me to gi,ve you the health of our friend and guest, gott. Jos. C. M'Kibbin, a Pennsylvanian by' birth, and a true Pennsylvanian; ti' Democrat by prin ciple and a faithful representative of the great State of California. [Cheers.] ' , ErrastaoAXes.—The printing of the thir. ty-third and thiffy-fourth congresses cost the Government over- $6,000,000, , This sum would have coastrncted fifteenor twenty first class steam sloops Of war, or built three bunilrol miles-of railroad to the Pacific; yet the amount hassbeen principally squandered ii eseless pietuie books. Or An eruption of Mount Vesuvius oc, curred on the 27th of WO last. As describ ed by a Correspondent of to London Times, the Whole lower part of cone of Ve suvius appeared on fire, and thick masses of smoke were thrown up, mixed with red-hot stones and flakes of lava. FiVe or six dis tinct fountains of fire appeared ) from which the lava issued, and, the several streams unit: iug, poured down upon the valley, The fire finally appeared to be burstingout over whole acres at once, and the torrentiof lava in one placewas five or six feet high! and eight 'or ten yards wide,and rolled along at the rate of five or six feet . ri minute. On Friday morning, May 28th; the eruption continued to increases M l "'Good Cerra weather, Improve it, Kr. °rift In Rev Yerk. - . A 'tnettlng, orthe Central Committees of the party-ofßepuhlican . New- Ynrk, , , dity was held Thursday evening, June 15th, to web e • the lOpPOsi don Members of , COngress their ,e urnfront. Washitigton:' Among the COnireasmen present Were Messrs. Love joy, of Illinois, GrOw,!4Peiinsylvitinhy Till, of Veriuorit, Morgan; of New York, an. 13ick; ofrentisylvaniti. Short.apeeebes were 'made by Grow, Lovejoy, and Morrill. The following is an abstract of Mr,,Grow's . Mr. brow was introduced to the tludiencii and was received with, loud cheers. .lle thanked the meeting for their greeting. lie was happy to rreet the Republicans of New York. They occupied a position of - vast - itn portancei in this Republic. -New York ..had always held to the doctrines of the fathers of the Repnblie. Pennsylvania. had -stood by her shoulder to shoulder until the last. Presi, dential election when they had separated, and he regretted to say that it Was Pennsylvania which had faltered. 7 She bad forgotten the teathino-of Franklin and the . fathers of the Republic. It Was his fortune, however, to be in a district where there were-free Men; and where there was a bright augury .of the fu ture. • That territory was the Gibralter of• the Jackson Democracy and now it held to doctrines of freedom. [Cheers.] It opposed the present Administration, which. had taken to its bosom, to nourish and sustain, Antal-. 'can Slavery, and had uttered as one of its sentiments thatthe Constitution carried Slave ry with' it wherever it let jurisdiction. This Administration had come into power a little over a year , since With -twenty millions of money in its Treasury, had expended eighty font millirms, and was now 'a beggar for aid. Any pOlitical economist who could tell how, this AdministratiOn could increase its ex penditures *20,000,000 in a single year in time of peace, and without adding to-our ter ritory at all, would do a great thing. The Pierce and Buchanan Administrations had ex pended more money in five years in a time of peace than hsd been expended in 46 years previously, leaving out the Mexican war and the Black Hawk war, Jackson's Adfilinis tration. r What was the cause of this? It be .R gen in the year'lBs4, when the doctrine of squatter. sovereignty was uttered, and be cause the doctrine of Slavery extension was required to be forced through by means of Executive patronage.. The parties of this country represented two : systems of labor— the (toe Free,Labor and the other Slave La bor. The Democratic party had enlisted in favor of the slave oligarchy, whO held inter est in,Slavery. of isver 300,000 millions of detlars. : The qoestion arcise,ehould the Ter ritories of. this Union be the homes of free men or be at the disposal ormen who were -competing with Free La t 4 by the unpaid labor of the slave ? . Was- it strange, then, with this demoralization, that a party could be found to say that.Cour-ti of Justice . are not established to protect the weak against the Strong, and, that too in this day of free dom,? From the highest tribunal in the land it had gone forth, that a n.an born in this land, reared finder the same flag, had no rights that a.white man was bound to-respect. Tho Snpromo enurt declared that the truth° uttered in the Declaration of Independence Were self-evident lies. A new reading of the Declaration IA Independence was given. It %via that all ,white men and Indians were born with-certain inalienable rights, and that mu• lattoes and negroes had no such rights. For sixty years the courts acted upon the Princi-' pies declared by the Father's of the Constitu tion, but now Clic courts declared that, by the Constitution Slavery belonged every where._ These things indicated that the drift of the- Administration•was toward barbarism, even to the reopening of the slave-trade.--- What reason was there that the wide ocean should not be an auction block for the sale of slaves as •well, as the territories of the rnited States? In Conclusion lilt. Grow thanked . the meeting for, the receptian they had elven him. . Letter from " OceasionaL" Correspondence of the Phira Press. WAEMUNGTON, June 18, 1858. There is visible trepidation here about your Congressional elections.. It is announc ed in one of the city papers that Thaddeus Stevens will run and be elected from—tthe. President's own county of Lancaster, and by a Harrison majority, too. - One of the best -Democrats from that county, who was on a visit here last week, says that there is no rallying the party in that quarter upon the new platform or scaffold put up in. this me tropolis some nine months ago. Mr. Leidy's case is another one that both ers our twin leaders, Jehu Jones and -Bigler. He is the, present member from the Danville district; a fair urn and a good member; but he went over to the swindle under the ma nipulations of Mr. Buckalew, who wanted to -bathe his wearied brain in the South Ameri can airs, and who bought his ransom from pOwer by fixing Mr. Leidy, and)by writing a long Lecompton report. Now Mr. L.'s case is to go to ' the jury, and there is trouble about it. One of3he postmasters from his district writes here to send no more of "there' documents; the dose is too 'heavy. The democrat who takes it rejects it at once and angrily. • The. Washington Union is out to-day -de fading Dr. Leib against Judge Douglas's at tacks. ,But not a word is Said in regard to the scandalous office-holders' State Conven tion in Illinois. That body is rather justified than condemned. -Among the worthies who got this Leib appointed to office 'to 'break up the Democracy of Illinois are the immacu late John Forsyth Carter and Jehu Glancy Jones. These are good endorsers for, the Pennsylvania Democracy. - , The English Legation are exercising the right of search most vigorously. My Lord of Napier, with the French Minister, the ec centric Sartiges, is hunting out information as to the coal and iron wealth 'of Pennsylvania, and your 'railroad continuations; and Sir Gore Ousley, with a party of some forty in. number, .members of ibe English Legation and others, started - out yesterday at day break to find out s tool spot for a picnic in Old Virginny. OCCASIONAL. xp r% EATO CAUSID...BY A BLOW BWATLE.—The corresponder.t of an eastern paper tells of , the death of a Mr. Aben, in Clinton Co., lowa, caused by thb breath of a " blow snake."-- Mr. A. being a new - settret; was entirely ig norant of the " blow, snake," and seeing one, he got close enough , to 'strike it, when the snake suddenly raised itself up and blew in its pursuer's face, causing Mr. Aben to in hale „the breath of the reptile, poisonous enough to cause the death of the unfortunate man in a short time. ' • gai" We are requested to state that there will be two horse races or trotting matches near the Gienws•od Hotel, Susquehanna coun ty, on Friday the second' day of July next.— One horse is from Ett•ston„another from Bing. harnton ' and the others frotn the neighbor hood. One•mile-distance. On the evening of the same day, there will be a Ball at the Glenwood Hotel, and Mr. Snovei, the Proprietor, is making arrange ments to accorrimodate all who are ple ased , to attend the races or the treeing party.— ifonettfale Herald, jle Iqdepeqaelif RepOlic44. C. F. READ d: If. 11. FRAZIER. EDITORS. F. E. LOOM 4 (.:ORRESPOSDING EDITOR. MONTROSE. SOSO. 00.;111.' Thursday. June "21, I SSS. Vir We have never felt very strongly inclined to favor " tlsions," "coalitions," or "unions" of differ ent political parties merely for the sake of the ".spoils." We doubt whether, such debaseinent 'of parties is ever productive of any permanent good.— It requires some potent agency to bring about a per fect union between elements Which have no natural affinity' fiur each other ; there 4ihould _ be something More thiin the lose of spoils, or- the gratification of defeating a third party, to cans,c . a.union orfusion of parties. There should bo so*3 impOrtant principle drawing them together, which ' Annld be of such great and urgent tensequence that cause each to forget for the time its own distinctive principles, and -inducethem to concentrate their Separate powerstip.- on some one, great measure whosb demands are int% mediate and pressing. • Such we conceive to be the ff,ceise condition in which the different political partgs in 'Pennsylvania, opposed to the national admiiitrition, are finding themselves placed. They are.;4forgetting some of their old differences, and are Uniting in a common cause. Since their differentl'platforms were last made, a new element has entlied into political' dis cussions—a new principle ha,.been thrust upon,their attention, which overrides in IMportanee all the prin ciples they were holding at Wile. Its demands are ; immediate, urgent, and pressing; and it requires prompt, and efficient action on the part of its oppon ents The Democratic party has abattlonedits new and specious principle of populace sovereignty, which it had trumped up as a reason .for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise; and has advanced one still more destructive to the rights of free labor. It is contained in the Dred Scott decision, which declares that the Constitution, protects Slavery in the Territo ries, and that it cannot be excluded-therefrom either by the choice of its residents or by the action of Congress. It is a principle of immense ning,nitnde. It takes in and swallows up all other principles con itected with the Slavery question. If it is admitted that Slavery is protected wherever the Constitution is recognized, it is unconstitutional for the.people or for Congress to exclude Slavery from the Territories —unconstitutional to pass the Wilma Proviso = un-. constitutional to shot& Slavery ,in the District of Columbia—unconstitutional to piece - at a slaveholder from bringing his slaves into free Stites and residing here with them. It is the grandest scheme aver sprung upon the country. It is the last and greatest, effort of the Slave Power to make Slavery a national 0rt.4E,..5.a to literally sseep out " northern fanaticism," and make this a ma;‘t...t.st. et nation. The administration has not thrown this principle out as a thing fbr the people to think of and to dis cuss. It is attempting to put it into immediate prac tice, and is pushing it forward with " indecent haste." It ift forcing it on us with all the powers, machine ries, and appliances which the reins Of government plaoo in itdt hawk% It.is Cletermintri that it shall be- Conic the settled principle of the country, whether the Deople will it or not. Without submitting the principle to the country for approval; and regardless of remonstranclir big in flora every quarter, the administration ptcd to for this principle upon the peoplesof Kansas, in eimtempt of their most ear nest entreaties. The outrage was only prevented by the efforts of patriotic men of every-party. The Ile; publican members of Congress were a unit in their opposition to the odious measure. Ainericans,under theiead of Mr. Crittenden; a Southern man, with Southern principles. firmly opposed an ,act of such gross and palpable injustice. DoUglas, who has done more than any other one man to introduce Slavery into free territory, could not so far forget every prin ciple of honor as to help force it npon Kansas against the known and expmsed Wishes of her actual set tlesrs. With him acted a few honorable Democrats, who were not forgetfuNhat popular sovereignty was the main plank in the DemocratiCp . latform, and co'ti not, so soon after election, ignore the principle they were chosen to represent By milting their strength with Republicans and Americans, they were - able to defeat the administration, and prevent the grossest outrage ever attempted ,upon a tree people. The members of Congress who voted for the Grit: tenden-Montgomery Amendment, and thus frust.eated the iniquitous:designs of the administration, are ':now at home, and their Course of action while in Wasa ; ington is about to be submitted to their constitiiiits for their approval or condemnation. The queition involved' in the issues of the coming election will consequently be, Does. the Constitution protect Sla very in the territories so far 'tat the actual residents of -a territory have not the right nor the power 'to exclude it therefrom ? The question has heratofore been, n 139 Congress the right to exclude Slavery from the Territories ? The Republican party has always maintained, and stall continues to maintain, the affirmative. The Dem ocratic party has also - held the affirinative, and acted upon it, from the adoption•of the Constitution up to the time it proposed to repealthe Missouri Compro mise. It then introduced the e principle of popular sovereignty, which was to lake the question of Sla very out of Congress and leave it with the territories. This measure was opposed by the Republican, party, not because it was unconstitutional for the people of a territory to exclude Slavery, but bgause it was not only constitutional but right and expedient that Con., press shoula continue to exercise that power.: Re. publicanS were opposed to popular • Soveretgnfy, be cause it necessarily presupposed the repeal of all acts of Congress prohibiting the extension of Slavery. • `Now the issue is changed. All acts of Congress prohibiting the extension.af Slavery are repealed.— Slavery has extended into the territories. Slavery it in Kansas, and the inhabitants are anziods to rid themselves of it. But the Democratic party has abandoned its principle of populai sovereignty, and denies that the inhabitants of the territories have any right to exclude Slavery: It now declares that there is no power under the Constitution by which Slavery can be driven out of the territories. Upon this proposition the people take issue with the Democratic~'•partp. They maintain that the Con stitution does not extend ant protection. or guaran tee to Slavery, outside of the Slave - States. They Fold that Congress is directed by the Constitution to legislate for the territories, and that it is its duty, to exclude Slavery from them; and when Congress, as In the present instance, refuses, to exercise the powers conferred upon it by the Constitution, then it is the right of the territories to legislate for them selves and to exclude Slavery at their option. Upon the general proposition, that theConst#ution does not"protect Slavery:in the territories, tbre publicans, Americana; and Douglas Demoonte,are agreed. Although the last two do not consent that Congress has the right to exclude Slavery from the territories, yet both agree that thipeeple themselves haves constitutional right to exclude it. Therefore upon the simple question, Has Bansa's a right to say she will not have Slavery any longer! the thkee par ties can vote togetker- without any sacrifice of princi ple, without 'any change of position, arid -without anycompromise whatever. That simple question doe not deny the of Congress to legislate Sla. Ii - 'rot, coit'4 the tenitoricti'irbertifer to exercise ikagain; but it does deny the principle contained in the Dred bcott decision, which is the, real ittlestion to be decided, •- InlOokipi, theny at theca!! fur Ai Conveiltiow- on the lith of .F.l ll ,l'i *9 reiotolze a great zwincip4, of - -conduaudink irnklottancli,:ifiemandhig jtTompa:, immediate oe!ioni - doming the thtiOpi*Oes togithei.;, It i$ riot a fUelon fUr theAike of the spioiia , Acita et;o • : Arlon for the mike of.victory. It is ai union for the sake of a principle. We can overcome our scruples about "fusions; and can cooperate with such a un ion most heartily. tr. A Harrisburg correspondent of the Maw-York ,Trifique is very atinguino,of, the : defeat of the "Sham: Democracy ih Pennsylvania next Fall. After a care furclatnieation of the field, he counts lm the elect ion of 21 anti-Lecompton Members of Congress, out of' the 26 to be elected. He thinks that either the Hon. J. M. Read of Philadelphia, or Judge J. J.Pien son of Dauphin County, will be the opposition,candi dite for Judge or the Supreme Court, and that the nominee will heat Porter from 50,000 to 40,000. Of the qualifications and the antecedents of t he two men, he says : "Mead is the olderind abler man-.-WILS a consistent.Deinectat until 1856, when he led off with JudgeMellv and others for Fremont. He is perhaps second only to Wm. M. Meredith as a jurist in our State, and his pre-eminent , fitness. for the positio n bids fair to give him Xhe nomination. Judge Pier son is an old Whig, formerly State Senator from Mercer; and now confessedly one of the best Common Pleas Judges we have." ' vir A People's County Copvention was held at Westchester, Chester County,- Juno 14th, to elect delegates to the State Convention at Harrisburg, Ju ly,l4th. All the different phases of the, opposition wire represented, and the utmost harmonyprevailed. A just policy towards Kansas, protection of home indttstry, and the displacement of •the sham Detrce• racy, form the basis of the movement. Republicans, Americans; and anti-LetomPton Democrats, 'com mingled harmoniously together, and adopted this as a common issue. The Convention' recommended J. J. Lewis, Esq., of Chester county, for Judge of the Supreme Court.. The Westchester Times, a sterling Republican paper, says,. in concludinpan article, on the Conventioo : "We assume our place in the ranks of he oppo sition, knowing we are in the company of ilent thou. sands, conscious that we hare not lost fealty to the Republican party, and feeling assured that such will be the course pursued by all to whom the., inter eats of the country are endeared." Or The Republicans of Illinois, at their recent State Convention, adopted strong reselutjons in favor of the Hon. Abram Lincoln for U. S. Senator in place of 'Senator Douglas whose term expires on the 4th of March; - • rjr The official dispatches received at Washing ton from the British Government are entirely differ ent in tone from what was expected, and rather in conflict with assurances given by the British Minister at Washington. The distinct and decided ground is taken that, while any offensive acts committed by British cruisers against the American flag, in the Gulf of, Mexico or elsewhere, will be disavowed, still it is the purpose of the Government to exert all proper and effectual means for the suppression of the slave trade. The substance of these dispatches is that, while - the right of search is not claimed, the right of visit, sufficiewt to ascertain the nationalitf. of the vessel, will be adhera to. Our .mouity informed of this claim, six months ago, but, ,being busy with Lecompton, took. no precautions against its exercise.' . Egr A correspondent of the Tunkhannlck Demo crat writes to.that paper that the Pioneer Festival here was " entirely a domestic affair," " a complete f izzle," humbug," "seemed more like a camp meeting than what ft purported to be," "and was got up for the purpose of giving the 3fontrosites a chance of freeing those whom they could allure into their meshes." The sweet-tempered and Isensible. Article is anonymous ; but we are suspicious that its author ship, like night, lies between two Days. - .tr' We have a model subscriber at Janesville, Wisconsin. lie subscribed for theiNnErEsnrsv Rx rci January Ist, 41, and has already : sent us, at different times, Etii,lk) on subscription—paying to May Ist, ISEQ. We do not hesitate to pronounce the individual referred to, the most remarkable man of the . nine: teenth century. Let, his name be icebrded in the Printers' Calendar as St. Thomac rir The attention of our readers is Called - to the advertisement of Witusu B. SIMPSON, in this lA per. He has the reputation of being a superior workman. , ar Unparalleled goods, productive of extensive injuries, are reported in different parts of the coun- try ; but the details are too, voluminous to find a place_in our columns. - g One of the raciest books of fun and humor that have appeared for a long-nme, is a little daintily printed, open-type iolume, entitled " Aquarelies ; or, 'Summer Sketches." The work is brimful of fan, frolic, and satire upon the follies and forms oh mod ern Life at the Springs, inuarrated with many ex quisite original designs. Its pc* of humor • are brilliant sallies of wit, andao; life-like that ell New port, Sharon, and Saratoga will be on the qui vise tp get the kook. We believe itwill challenge the • no tice of all lovers of light reatling, and- we are 'aims they will enjoy a rich treat in poring over its mirth provokirsg pages. We cut the following from one of our Centeniponles : "The author is evidently a skillful limner, for hii touches are instinct with life.; This is just the book to choose as a companion onla pleasure trip to- the rwiet country, or to the seaside; whether by rail-car or steamboat. It possesses 'several advantages for , this, in its gay-and sunny pictrires, c as well as its keen Yat genial satire, and its free, almost colloquial style. It will doubtless become the great faverite of all plea stme-seeking readers, at home and abroad." Stanford & Delisser, 808 Broadway New-York, are the publishers, who have also just issued a yery charming work of a different class, but no Liss ex cellent in its way, entitled , "Pearls of ',7'hought; Gathesed from Old Authors." It comprises -the best passages of the great masters of Our English prose and poesy of the lifit century—the Augustan age of letters. 'ibis sterling little volume has- been re ceived by the critics with great applause', and'isr tie coming widely popular. It is styled - by the N. Y. Obterner, " a very gem of a book, and one to, sit down Calmly with as a companion for solitude, a feast for friends in company,. a comfort in sadness, end a joy always." S. &D. have also now ready , a series of - six little volumes—The :Lillie Church Li brorr-by Jenny: Marsh Parker, s-anthor of ItThe Boy Missionary, &C. The series . comprises the great initiatory truths of Chrlatiiiniiy as' taught by the P. E. Church, beautifully and effeetivgly - describ ed in the form of narrative and well adafted to the comprehension of childhood. We 'understand that the first edition had been exhausted alltroei as soon as the work made Its appearance. It supplies a want long acknowledged in families and Sunday Schools. - or In the July number of Peterson's Maga:Mei Mrs. Ann S. _Stephens • begini a thrilling Original Novelet entitled " Mao' Perm's Dsvonna.".... Hereafter, Mrs. B. will write exclusively for Petenlm's Magazine, her OWn intrini been merged into it, and her fine corps of contributors tranakrred to it also. This. makes "Peterson" 'very superior In* literary merit. A new volume begins. with the July num ber. Now•lathe , time to subseribe. -Terms, $2,00 per ananna;,or,Might copies 'for $10,00., Address Chas. J,.Peterson, 800Chesinut street, Philadelphia. A speeimen may be seen at This Ace. . vit ein , now -furnish' that varuahle ltogllsh periodical,'Dickens's firaoteold Trords, to our sub; scribers on the same terms ea the Atlantic Monthly arid Oakes Lades Book; namely, at two dollars a year, or three dollars and , filly - cents for the truipalue and the INDErtf err'!" ROvet,teo, • 11.4ineer Intdford-Coluiti. -The following interesting sketch of, pioneer life, owing to the absence' of Mr. Drinker, to, ;whom the letter was addressed„ was not read late rio neerFestival tare , for . which it was furnished A 444 of pistoryl'il ilei.fi'rst:l4ttl*rnt liSrish fp Briifford Mj fOer, nen* Case, . - moved . W4hiPittoo Con LI., in thi rotes pr,i79 4 .2in4: took up two lots otland, libido he benighttirthi State Of Connecticitil, Situate - then in Auvittia town- ship, Lazerne Co.; stow Troy.tOwnship, Bradford Co., on which farm he built, the summer ''before, a log cabin three logs high, chut they were big ones,) cov ered it with bark, flooring and door of split baswoisi,' plank, with one end of the-house left for a fireplace _and chimney, a hole left in the bark roof for the' smoke to go out. In this shanty he moved his fam ily; cunaisthtfg of "children, T - being" the oldest, then in my eighth year---arrivecl there the 6th day of March, list--cut-the road for foie miles as the goods were moved, following: along no the At that time there were Only 18 settlers between. my father's - cabin and the river, (old Sheshequin as it was called) a distance of 20 miles, along - qi Finger creek. Our nearest mill was ou the river, and ISave frequently been to mill, hbrseback, .to John Shep-, herd's, some three miles above TiogaPoint,a ifiatance of some 110 miles by our then traveled roadti. , , Our nearest neighbor . was Natbittiel Allen, five miles down the creek, who assisted in tutting the road when we moved on to the farm. I, atilt reside on the old lot, but a few rods from where the` first cabin was built. A; that time Trey borough was a wilderness, and in Act th/Y\ whole western part of what is now Bradford, and - the most part of Tioga County was,—with the exceptionsiof - 11, few settlers along Sugar and Tiiwauda Creeks, and a .few on the Tipp river,- ; ,a wild wildernesS; I ull of all kinda Of game. - Our Mills being at so 'great a distance, we made holes in hard-wood stumps, and with . a pounder (as we called them) fastened to a springing pole, pound ed out our corn, to-make our bread and hominy.— For tea we used sage; and for ceffee,'pine bark and f. d ; 16 coffee root ; our Bum molasses we , Made from - sap from the maple s tree All-was peace among ns . ; all were neighbors and fri s • no,lawsuiti, lawyers, I nor Justices of the Peace n ed.. Esq . Saltmarsh, who resided at 'Tio.,,ea Point, -as the nearest &lace for years, and he had litl4rlO do in his office. - - In 1802 we beg,an tp /lave some trouble about the title to our land. Perinsylvania.clairited it. and sent on men to survey it, biit the would not allow them to survey, and drove them off,—shot some,-- a Mr. Geben was shot at what. was called "reters's Camp." on the Tioga river, near Blossburg ; and they ,tarred and feathered a man-by thd name of T, Smi ley, burned up his papers,,but let him , go. He bad been, and proeured_contractS from some of the set tlers, for the purchase money for their lots, and was then out Toranthi Creek,'getting others to contract; but they, the mob, or Indians es they . were called,- burnt up contracts and maps, and after using - a coat, of - tar and feathers, and a short ride en a - rail, -they returned to their several wigwams. This war lasted for a few years only, for the settlers, finding that Bennsylvanta owned - the laird, compromised and bought their farms over again, in 181,8, and 7, I think. In 1810 we were organized into Bradford county. Our first Court was held in the public house of Wm. Means, in what- mks then tailed Mansville,. in his ball room, iu 1811, pr 12. • 1. - attended, the first Court held in the county; and all the busineis was closed up in one week, inttead of three and not finish, as is the 1 case now. . We were in those days Poor—but rich and happy. We had plenty of the finest. kind of fish, shad, and trout, bears'ineat, and kommony, and venison, fresh, salted, and dried, and the skins we' dressed and made our pants, coats, mitts, anti shoes. For hats we used bear and coon side,"for comfort, no quarrel ing about politics, or cdficd.• • Lawyeis were scarce, and no use for`them. No • trouble abciut Banks, or counterfeit money, a small amount of cash, a.- hun dred or two of dollars was called a fortune, and he that could raise it was rich.. • The scene is now changed. Where the wild beast roamed, andbad full possession of the forest, we hitve fruitful cultivated fields, thriving villages and boroughs, Mills, Furnaces, Mechanic shops, Mere chants and - tradesmen of all: kinds, a population,of thobsands.. Rsiirwada... and Canals, and can with satin; faction feel and realize the change. May. our. child. ren and friends long live to enjoy . the blessing. , ELME' CASE. r .• Troy, Bmdford 'Co ! , Pa., May 20,.1858. , For the indeprodrot The Springfield Convention. - STRINGFIELII. nt, JUTIC 10th, 1858 Enlivens REPUBLICAN :=—Yesterdo l y was a great day with the fecoloptonites of this State. Train-af ter train came loaded with aolegateS to attend the Buchanan 'State Convention. Politician% ' from ad joining States, wire workers from Washington, old, wind 7 broken, and wheezy nags from this State, who had long ago been laid the„ shelf as so mach worthless matter by the "i'oang Americas" of Judge Douglas, were now out from their boles, in firm and brisk array, thinking they saw in the dint, shadowy outlines of the future',-another elifince for a pull at Government pip, Douglas men and Douglas editors were on hand, moving heaven and earth to effect a compromise. Republicans were out .eiijoying .the scene hugely.' Ana taken separate or as a whole,the scene . was intensely interesting. 'The Convention met in the Representatives' Hall, and organized by electing Hon. John Dougherty Chair , man. It was cleai 'from the opening address what tad policy of the Converrion would be—rttnit ne Comprimiies would bP effected, and that Douglas and his friends need ex pect no mercy: Forty-eight counties were represent ed, in all two hundred and sixty-three delegates:— Wai:e the committee on resolutions were out,speech es were the order, and those Douglas editors who had unmercifully - caricature'd the previous convention -of April last, styling ,the members: the "Lauaroni and Micawbers of parkin polities,"—" the . buzZartl crew waiting for erunthl to leed.their treachery" and offering to get their'ifietures , taken for the benefit' of the police, found they4tad whistled before - - they bad quite gotten out of. the woods, that there was yet backbone in the followers'of the administration. • I give a synopsis of the resolutions:' Adhesion declared to the Cincinnati Platform; confidence is re-' iterated in the National Democratic party; that the Democracy hive no interest'in advaneing the politi cal fortunes of any man, and that the party Otn sur vive the lack of fidelity of aspirants and political for- Anne hunters ; the principles; of non - intervention in territories is affi rm ed it rejects an d , condenins 'the. course of Senator Douglas, *and chatacteriits his course in his opposition to the adininistratiohas over. weaning conceit; rejoices in the final adjustme,pt of the Kansas difficulty, antlchisei with, a strong dentin ciation of the British outrages on the high seas, and a-kick at the Republica - n . 9 4 alleging that their princi ples have a, tendency to 7 dissolve the Union. - 'Letters were previously read from a number of dis tinguished politicians abroad, who had been invited to be present; among the rest, one from Son. Dan-, iel S. Dickinson. The venerable aspirant for Prost .dential honors, either mistaking the purport of the CAvention, or wishing to stand non-committal, or perhaps seeing in the far-off ,future a chance for a little political capital, launched into a long blOodand: thunder, denunciation_ of the British flag for interfer ing with our commerce, and threatening the most severe - punishuterit if they did not instantly " dry up." . The old wheel-horses-of the Democracy who expect 7 ed a full endorsement; of their policy in their ,war with: apkared • no - littleVhagrined at the non committal of "Old Virginia." • The Republican, who. were quiet: lookers-on, ap peared in the highest possible 'feather. With the two - wings:of. the Detneersey waging cwar :of, astir- mination, an easy Victory is before them ; and there • is a prespecithat even the dark regions of Egypt will.yet be enlightened: , Ginsos. PETERSON'S COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR.--A. reliable counterfeit detector, prepared ex. 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The , alleged slaver Wanderer, lateli seize' - 4New York, hay •been discharged, 'theritttliltg no evidence to warrsnt her fur. tfier , deteption. • • • . 11. . ... . . . ~,-.; - ,: . Ps Norwich, Ct., June 14t1, Athos If, Prep s , : Republican, was elected Ma or ~. °Ps-r ~,• I by 4ha *grlelnajortty over -the .combined up. Im'c' 71 . ./ . P. Willis and -his sister Fanny Fern met and spoke IO each other, at the fu neral of a relativelhe other day, for the first time in seven years. -.. A kohl medal has .teen presented .to 14-r.-prow; of Pennsylvania, by tile-Keystone Clutri!( Kansas, upOn which is the inscription, --'=First- blow' tot' ;Fi4etiosn." Where) is Keitt ? . • .. .., . _ A . • ' .... prOposition ,to amend the Constitu. tion of Connecticut ,so' Us to extend the right of suffrage to women, . received- eighty-two votes in the Conneetiit - House of Represents. tives. . It was'aefeatect by fOrty-ffve majority. .... At the election held in New London, Ct., June 14th, the Republicans were success. rai. • Stark, Republican, for • City Cleft, had a majority "of 153. The nepublicans were highly elated with their victory: =•• - • Wm. B. BAYibs, Captain of the schr. Keziah, arrested at Petersburg, Va., "convict .ed of attempting' to carry away slaves on his vessel; was sentienced recently tir forty years imprisonment. Hon. John litinor Botts has sent to Mr. Buchapaikc fine razor. 'No! let some body else skid' him a pistol', And somebody. else a rope; Abd somebody else It bottle of prussic acid. Then he can take 111:4 choice:— Prentice, • ' . .... The Brooklyn Star con,gratulates_the country upon the restoration' of peace after the three great, wars of Mr.. Buchanan's Ad. ministration, and -classes them I thus : •,‘ The, 14.forinon war," the " British. outragiz" war, and the "New Orleans,' war.; , . Mr, Mason's iesolutioni on British outrages passed' the II S: Seuate unanimous. ly, June 16th., They cObstitute a mere bra lanriulpien—a rattle for the President to' play !WI. The Senate adjourned sipe dit; the same day. 1 . • Propeller steamships -appear to. be fast superieding paddle-wheel vessels, both in regard to speed and economy. Those tanning on the Atlantic make quickerhoyag. - es in proportion to their . tonnage than the. crack steamers ofthe Cunard line..—Seiergif. le American. • ' .... After various experiments with all sorts of paving for twenty-five years, 'Boston has returned to cobble stones, as the only con venient and practical material. The iron psie ment is better, but too expensive. All ,the other paving materiatibave proved inferior to cobble stones. The steamer Pennsylvania exploded her boilers and was burnt to the water's edge on Sunday morning, June 13th, •seventy miles,below lyfemphis, Tennessee, causing a fear:ful, loss of life. There were three 'hand. red and fifty passengers on, board, - of whom, it is believed, one hundred are either killed or missing. • • We learn that Lieut. Gen. Scott, on onkultation With the Secretary of War, hat sent orders by express _to turn back a large portion of the troops now-moving in the di rection of Utah. The immense magazine of supplies will, however., be-forwarded to Utah, as a ecinsiderabte Lindy of troops *ill be kept there for some time.to come:—hat.; Intelli gencer. .... A ISIr. Nicholas Ten Brock, of Co lumbia Co., N. Y., was killed last week i ly the cliseharge'of a revolver in- the hands of his nephew. The young man had been shoot. ing crows in The field, and on returning to the house with one barrel of his reVolver still loaded, he discharged aiming at -a knot hole in', the hog--pen. His uncle, who hap pened: to be' in the hog - pen; receiyed . the ball and died in - a few- bon ra. The State Republican . Convention metat Springfield, June .16. P i ver . 1000 Delegates and Alternates were in `at. 'tendance. • James 'Miler Was- renominated for State Treasurer, and A. Bateman' tqr Superintendent of Public Instruction. ilea°. lutions were adopted endorsing the Thiladel: !Ana Platform, denouncing the Dred Scott decision, and re-affirming the power of Con gress over the Territories: , Wm. R Gere, formerty of.Susque• hantia County, Pest, is appointed .IL S. Mu shat for Southern MinnesotA. • .... Joseph R. Chandler, Esq., the emi• vent pervert to Romanism from the Whig camp; has-been appointed Minister tolliaples.• A fit man in a tit place—bilt he would not have reached it if be hall remained a Erot• estant. • The Mauch Chnk Gazette says the Moravian Congregation at' Bethlehem; Pa., have from five hundred thousand toone mill ion dollars 'out at , interest, and thinks' that they should repair the old burying ground at Leighton, which contains the ashes , of 3fdri vian Martyrs: The Vicksburg True ° Soullgron •of the 110 inst., says that the locusts , predicted by Dr. G. B. Smith:cd Baltiinore, haice made their appearance in that county, and that the 4rola are vocal with. their music—byt, no means so sweet as. the Moliait harp. "They do not r easion any damage." Alarge and enthusiastic meeting tray' held' in Philadelphia Tuesday night," Joe 15th, at which a series 'of resolutiohs wets passed in fiwor of protection to American is. dustry. ' :Henry C. Caryy Presided; and speeches Were made by Senators Collamer o Simmons and Cameron, and Representatives Humphrey Marshall, Covode, and E. Joy Morris. , • Lord Napier has left Wasiiingten, in 4: company with Senators Cameron and Setn; ard, to visit the coal=pits of Pennsylvania, • .. The -personal difficulty between Messrs., Gwin and, Wilson, arising out of collarion2n debate, has been t \ settled by the "j arbittitti4ri of Messrs. Davis, Seward, and Critietialdn, • • • .1.. One of the most simple methods, and at the same time ,cheapest means A g articsiil lowering the tem p erature of al' rcZrn is, to wet a cloth, of any size, the larger the better, and suspend ft in' the place you want cooled; let the room be well ventilated, and, the tear perature will sink, from ten to twenty grees in less than half an hour.—Sciestifie • Thiwarlikedemonstrations of Messrs. Seward, Hale,Wilson Burlingamectind oth er Republicans in CoAgress, over the lON "British outrages" in'the Gulf, have bad the effect to quench very stiddenly' the flames of political indignation on the part of the Aa ministration. long : as the Demixracf supposed they might indulge with impunit7 io the amusement of stirring up the British and manifesting: a fierce desire to' - get at him ;: secured ngainst censequent datig,er by the Republierty tagging at their coattlits and begging them not to do anything dread ful, there really was ,sonie, danger that * E bold behind.might break arid that they might E tumble into mischief, but the ,moment tog Republions joined in the war cry, the wholeaffstir oollapsed fld exploded. Cotto, does not want mar with England,
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