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CIRCULATION, 2136.
C. F. READ k H. H. CRAZIER, EDITORS
F. E. LOONIS, CORRESPONDING EDITOR
01117108$ sus CO., PA.
Thursday, February 3, ISM
No4lee.---Yr., E. W. FRAZIER is our traveling
*gent, authorized to receive subscriptions, advertise
ments, at., and to collect moneys for the Intkpend !
ad Repuh Zieax
itgr Some of our friends ha% ing express
ed a curiosity to know in which towns the
Aepuldilxin has the largest circulation, we
have - counted the , nanies in it few town; and
find ihat vyi have - 124 subscribers in Auburn,
122 in SOngTille, 120 in Gibson, 107 in
- Brooklyn, 00 in Harford, SO in New Milford,
'7l in Jackson, 70 lit SusqUehanna Depot and
Oakland, 63 in Dundaff and Clifford, 61 in
Dicnock, 56 is Lenox. 55 in Jessup, 50 in
Great Bend, 42 in Rush. 40 in Lathrop, &c.
b,t Montrose and Bridgewater our circulation
is 265. • -
tar -We understand that some very ex
travagant reports are•current in the Counkt
concerning the small pox in Montrose. The
facts are the( WOrden Shipman came
tome to his &thee; in Montrose, about three
weeks - ago, from Syracuse,, where he had
attended a person sick with the small pox ;
and; having been previously. .vaccinated, he has
bad the varioloid. since his return. He is
now recovering. No other case has occurred
,here to ouiknOwledge, nor is - it probable
that . any other.will occur, as precautions have
been taken to prevent the:,sPreading of . the
irifeetion..
lar Messrs. Guttenburg, Rosenbaum,&
c',l,,vauest usin.state that In the recent
sbeiiff ; s sale of, the real estate of H. C. Bur-
gesN—the note on-which the judgment was
obtained having passed out of their, hands
before judgment, they had no interest in the
;matter and nothing to do with issuing the ex.
ecution. They desire to make this explana
tion, because many persons appe_ar to raison.
derstand the matter.
- On.Tbursday last, Richard Walthall
and Catharine Rooney, of Auburn township,
iere arrested 'and brought before Thomas
Adams, Esq. of that township, on a charge
of poisquing Andrew Rooney, husband of
the said Catharine. Andrew Rooney died
Mat New Year's morning, after an illness of
three or four days. The accused were ar
rested 'on complaint of Peter Rooney, a son
andrew and Cithirine; and after a bear
which continued -two days, they were
committed to jail, to await a further examin
-.at4on, after an : inquest and post mortem exam
ination to' be held by Coroner Blackman.
Catharine Rooney is an Irish woman, rath-
-sir tinder the middle size, and about thirty.
.`eight_or forty years old. Richard Walthall
is an Englishman, about twenty , two years
1 - old.
Simons sAcctossr. 7 -On Friday of last
week; Judge Jessup, with his ,nephew, Mr.
H. C. Hodgson, left this place by carriage
for Carbondale. On reaching the Martin
Creek hill; west of Oakley's Depot, the
breast strap to one of the horses broke,when
be commenced kicking, and both ran with
fearful violence down the hill and became en•
tirely unmanageable. They succeeded in
getting one of the horses into the ditch on
the upper side, but upon coming to a :gulley
cutting through the bill, the horses sprang
back into the road, and the carriage' was
dashed on the stones on the opposite side,
throwing Judge J. and 14s nephew upon the
ground nude; the carriage, which was turned
completely upon the forward end. Judge
Jessup struck upon his head, inflicting; a' sr
vire bruisei. his collar bone was dislocated,
and he was also severelyy - injured in the right
-. side. :Providentially his nephew escaped
with a alight bruise upon his head.
• *The Judge was enabled,
,with some -diffi
culty,-_to be brought home - sin Saturday, and
we are happy to learn is now quite comfort
able, though it be . some weeks before he
will be able to be about again.
After laming the carriage, the horses ran
'lown to the bottom of the'hill, but • not be
able to turn upon the bridge, dashed off
. 'tt*fluil'pond, striking upon their sides, and
Slid te.the middle beforelthey stopped. One
401 - ilte horses was, killed by the fall, while the
'other was Scarcely injured. - -
Isom Wasbinton.
CorTespondence of the 21; Y. Tribune
WABIIINFON, Tan. 30, 1859.
The decision of the Senate Democratic
caucua against the Tariff seems to have put
an end to all expectations of any :change du
ring this Congress. Hearn that the South
ern Democrats in the House are nearly
- unanimous in their-opposition to any
,modifi
cation.. They considet Pennsylvania as irre.
trievably lost to the party anyhoW, and
deem it ageless to try to regain her. The
President, however, expresses much indigna.
tiara at the action of the caucus. 'Secretary
Calibi being asked last night what was the
difference between him and Mr. - Buchanan,
replied that " The President is opposing the
Administration." Mr. Bigler declared in the
,caucturthat - the vote not to modify the Tariff
itureadered Pennsylvania to the Republicans.
Dmiglat participated in the caucus and
voted with the majority,
The Aintito Democrats of'
Beets County have formed an independent
orgeakeakc o and_aboar a ,determination pot
410 : be driven or talked - *lt into the fold 'of
-Laeocuptotniza. regaid this as one of
-Alletnixt alcougsging signs imaginable. for
• that county. where _the name of Dein :eicae i g
bpepAvorfhipped to the fXclusion of all
' z i l trerVir t° .she
4.411'7.
*reel Pitimieihnie—Beemid Week
MONTROSE, JANUARY 24TH, 1859.
David Munson vs. Mary Craig Munson:"
Libel for Divorce. Court decree, divorest.
-from the bonds of ,matrimotiy.. - '
Calelk Cirmalt,Mi. Patrick Kennedy. AC.
tachmeiit. Verditt for plaintiff f0ri537,42. '
James or. Case and-Mar . ctiii; Case - 14.-
man W. Kellum. 'Ejeetment.. — Plaintiff
tales non4ros.;;thereupon judgment aFairist
plaintiff for costa.
Cbaniberlin 'vs. Orson Case, Marcus
Case, and Jai. G. Case, Ejectment. , Ver•
dim for
: plaintiff.
Court order rentre facies Jetratores ftir
Grand and Petit 'Jurors, in Quarter Sessions,
Oyer and Terminer, and Common Pleas, for
April Term, 1959. Venires issued January
26, 1859,
. Phelps, Chitteaden, and Blies vs. S.
Wells and J. M. Chittenden, partners &c.—
In Debt. Verdict for plaintiffs,..for $2791,98.
Plaintiffs' attorney paid Jury fee, whereupon
judgment. •
• William Cooley 2d vs. Samuel Tewksbu
ry. In Case.. Verdict for defendant, where
upon judgment against Rlaintiff for Costs.
Jane Lusk', administratrix &c, of Franklin
Lusk, deceased vs. W. F. Bradley, with_ no
tice to Cyrus Decker and Oeorge Cressey,
Terre Tenants. . &ire Facia:. Verdict for
defendants. ' ' •
Commonwealth vs. - . Thoth as Hefferon.—
Presentment in the nature of a Bill of
ofictment in Lunacy. The Jury being duly
called and sworn and affirmed well and truly
to try the issue, do say that they find the
said Thomas Ilefferon insane, as alleged in
the Presentment of-the Grand Jury.
Katurah Bartle vs. _Levi Vosbury and
Cooper Corbitt. Trespass. Verdict for de
fendants. '
Cooper Corbitt vs. David Bartle and Ka
turah Bartle. Ejectment. Verdict for plain
tiff. • .
N. C. Warner vs. J. F. Dunmore. Seire
Facia:. Verdict for plaintiff for $347,11.
Moses Giddings vs. Alanson Chalker, E.T.
Young el. a/. In Debt. Appearance and
plea withdrawn, and judgment to be entered
for plaintiff, amount to bc; ascertained by the
Prcitbonotary from note filed.
Stowers, McKinney & Co. vs. Elijah
Westfall. •In'Debt. Verdict for, plaintiffs
for $141,40.
Commonwealth vs. Thomas irefreron. The
Court direct notice to be given to the Over- .
.seers of the Poor of the township of Afiddle
town, to appear on the first Monday of April
next, and show cause why the Pou;t , should
not then make an order declaring the settle
' ment of the said Thomas Hefferon to be in
said township of Middletown—that notice
be given to said Os erseers by serving a copy
of this Order upon them, at least thirty days
before the caters , of this rule.
Gibson Township vs. the Borough ,of
Honesdale. Appeal dismissed and Order of
Justices affirmed.
Gibion Township. vs. Manchester Town
ship. j Appeal dismissed and Order affirmed.
Commonwealth vs. Jared Lillie. Upon
an Order of Court commanding' said Jared
Lillie to pay two dollars per week for the
support of Betsey Lillie, his mother, Court
commit the Said Jared Lillie into custody
for noncompliance, until he comply with said
Order by paying the amount now due.
William Mills, indicted for Larceny, (pants
and overcoat,) sentenced to nine months im
prisonment in Eastern Penitentiary &c.
The same for Larceny (of cow,) nine
month 4 imprisonment &c.
William - Matthews . indicted for Larceny
(of money,) sentenced to one year and three
months' imprisonment &c.i.
The Tariff—Careens of Democratic Senators
—No Change to be made this Session.
Wssantotos, Jan. 29.-114, Democratic
Senators held a caucus this morning on the
subject of the Tariff:
Mi. Flouter (Virginia,) Offered a resolution
declaring it inexpedient to change the law at
the present Session.'
Mr. Bigler proposed a substitute, as fol
lowS:
- .
.Resolved, That the revenue being insuffi
cient to meet the -expenses of the govern
ment, it is wise and expedient to increase the
import• duties to meet the deficiency.
Mr. Bigler's substitute was voted down.
Mr. Hunter's resolution was.sdopted by a
large majority.
Mr. - Slidell thereupon offered a resolution,
which was adopted. 'that it is the duty of
Congress to look rather to the redaction pf
expenditures than to Or increase of revanke.
Ther much excitement during these
proceed s, during which Mr. Hunter ex
pr e opinion; that with the revival of
bus?ne there would be sufficient revenue .
for the purposes of the government -
Mr, Bigler, it is understood, spoke of the
suffering industrial-interests, and argued an.
increase of the -duties. He said the public
debt was now sixty-four millions, and it wo'd.
bean hundred millions by the 30th of June,
1860, without the thirty millions proposed to
be added to the foreign intercourse fund,
looking_ to' the purchase of Cuba.
Messrs. Toombs (Ga.).and Benjamin (La.)
were willing to favor specific . dpties on the
great staples, but against attempting anything
at the present session.
Mr. Iverson (Ga.) filvored . an increase of'
the tariff as absolutely necessary ; while not
favoring specific.iliities he would be willing
to give3o per centum on iron.
Mr. Douglas, (Ill.) thought it was import
ant that the Democratic party should settle
its policy as to whether it would favor spe
cific or ad rakrrem duties.
Mr. liticter, (Va.) replied that all seemed
to agree on the policy that the tariff should
be for revenue, but that the mode of assess
ing the duties was not a party test.
Mr. Fitchllnd.,) acquiesced in this view,
remarking that the Senatorial' Democratic
caucus while held tor a conference, never
soughtto bind men to vote for ita measures.
The result of the caucus has caused much
excitement among the members of Congress
and others. •
•
The President will probably send a mes-
Bagel° Congress early next week, showing a
deficiency of twenty millions, and urging the
necessary arrangement to relieve the govern
ment from the prospective financial embar
rassment, reminding Congress that only four
weeks are remaining of the session.
lasnorabls Baying.
Let us not forget the following from Pres.
dent Buchanan's letter to Professor Silliman,
August 15th, 1857:
"SLAVERY kaisted at that period (I 854)
and it still crisis IN KANSAS lar UN
DER THE
.CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES. .This point ha. 4 at last
been rar FINALLY DECIDED,-by the
highest tribunal (Judgeaaney) kiimrn to our
laws. Row it could ever have - been doubted
IS A MYSTERY."
Or from his message
"It has been solemnly adjudged by the
highest Judicial Tribunal, that am" slavery
exists in Kansas by virtue of tbe Constitution
of the United States. Kansas ii, therefore, as
much a slaVe State as Georg?' or South
Carolina." . •
Or this, from tbe Dred Scott decision:
"The African race was so - Sir inferior that
they bad so rights whir/ teas whim . vian was
&mad to. respect; and that tbe negro might
just4i. and larrfa4 Or isstaeed to ikveryfor
kit "
t
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Congressional:
WAstitscrrott, Jim. 24.
Scsaist.—Mr. 'Bigler presented a joint res.
olutkxt from the liegioriatore of Pennsylva
nisi' m favor Of the - lpasser, 'at the presenti
sesaion„ofsueh an-act niewill.not only _tend ;
tolnerease. this retinue by . importation ti s:
ties, bat afford eneourageakelat to Aiericari
industry, 'paiticubtrly • that engaged in coal
p•
and •on production, Also, heartily approv
ing he President's views in-fever of spec ifi c
due;.
Mr.
and
cordially approved those
views. and would cheerfully obey these in
structions; but he commented on sudden
Changes in 'views of public Men, which were
somewhat remarkable. It is true that the
President in his annual massage recommend•
ed all that is now asked for by the people of
Pennsylvania, but that was not enough. If
he will use in behalf of their interests the en
ergy and vigor with which . ho pressed the
Leoompton Constitution last session, the tar
ill question can soon be disposed of satisfac ,
torily. The Committees_are in the : hands of
the President and of the administration mr
ty, and they have the power to &this if Aey
will. He referred to a.charge in a liar's
burg paper, that the Republicans would qp.
pose such a modification of the tariff, and de
nied the truth of the statement. He, and the
party Witasvvhom he acted, were desirous of
bringing into the Treasury entnigh to molt
the ordinary expenses of, Government tali
paying its-honest debts. ' .
Mr. Bigler believed tile resolutions express
ed the sentiments of 'the majority of tifil eon
stituents, and it was his intentton .to carry
out their spirit so far as he had the power to
do so. He would take the opportunity, -to
express his views at length on this whole sntr
ject. He did - not doubt the sincetity of his
colleague upon the tarifftplestion, but he had a
clear opinion that the worst friends of a
proper and prompt readjustment of the Tar
iff were those who were constantly atteinpt
ing to give the question the aspect ofd 'p'arti
san issue, and to mix it up with the politics
of the day. lie had listened to his colleague
with some surprise, and could see no necessi
ty for bringing in remarks about the admie
sion of Kansas and the Lecon.pten fAiltstitu"-
,tior. No min could inisimithitand the im- 1
&lotion conveyed in those remarks; it was
as much as to ray that the President's Mes
sage was not sincere so far as it relates to the
readjustment of the Tariff. • Nor contd he see
the necessity for talking silent sudden and
peculiar change in entitnents of public men.
He was ready to Unite with his colleague in,
good faith in accomplishirewhat he believed
to be the will of a majority or the people he
represented ; and to do that he w i s willing
to treat the question as a business affair con
cerning the treasury, and the great industrial
ietee..te of the country, yrithout attempting
to invest it with the character of a struggle
between the two great parties of the country.
Mr. Cameron—M3 colleague says he is sur:
prised at my 'remarks. There we differ ; for
I am never • surprised ut anythini , r my (pi-
I league does or saes. There have been sod
den changes, and-1 will take his record to.
stow that he has changed most miraculously.
All that I ask is, that he and the other gen
tleman who represent the President, shall act
in good faith. Mr. C. went on to allude to
the declaration of Mr. Bigler, in 1857, that
he was a national man, and would make a
tariff to suit the country. Mr. C; was a
Pennsylvanian. and detdred to look out for
the interests of his own constituents first.--=
There was one feature in Southern gentle
men that he liked to see; they always stand
up for their own,section ' and if Pennsylvani
ans would stand-up as bravely and firmly for
their interests, there would lbe very little
trouble in getting all they asked for. At a
proper time ho oleo would make some full re
marks on this subject. In closing, he pre
sented a copy of the same resolutions sub
mitted by Mr. Bigler. •
The following are the resolutions referred
td in the above debate: • .
Mr. Lawrence, chairman of the select com
mittee to which was referred the resolutions
recently introduced by him, made the follow
ing report :
WHEREAS, The experience of the past and
precut most fully demonstrates that it is a
wise and beneficent policy of the General
Government which ,dictate, the imposition Of
daimon such products of foreign nations as
come in such direct contact with those of our
Own country, as to injure and prostrate the
trade on our own soil, and among our own
citizena.
The artizans and laborers in many depart
ments of trade are compelled to abandon
their accustomed pursuits—especially do our
Own coal and iron interests suffer; therefore
Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the Commohevealth o/ Penn
sylvitnia in General .4ssembly met, That our
Senators in Congress be instructed, and our
Representatives requested, to labor for the
pasiage (at the present session) of such an
act as will not only tend to increase the rev,
mine by' the linposilion of duties, but afford
ample encouragement to all the intel elm of
the country, Injured by the productions of
the cheap labor of other nations; but more
especially to urge an increase 'of duties on
coal and iron, in which a portion of our own
people are deeply interested.
Resolved, That - the'views of the President
expressed in his late annual message in refer
ence to the advantage of definite or specific
duties, over ad valorem duties, as more uni
form, less liable to frauds, and affording the
most certain and uniform amount of revenue ;
meet our hearty approbation.
Resolved, That the Governor be requested
to forward to each of our Senators and Mem
bers of Congress a copy of the above pream
ble and resoluttons, informing them of their
adoption. Stipa by 'corn mi t tee.
_ G. V. LAWRENCE, .
P. C. GRITMAN,
• GEO. W. WOOD,
JNO. W. - ROHRER.,
JNO. J. PATTERSON,
. GEORGE WILEY,
W. P.-WILCOX.
STBANBS Pao.mc-r.—We find the fol
lowing paragraph in the papers, but it seems_
solinprobable that we doubt its being a gen
uine report. of the legislative -proceedings ;
we cannot believe there is a member in that
body who would seriously make such a-prop
osition :
"A bill has been introduced into the Penn
sylvania Legislature, to provide additional
means for the eztinguiehment of the State
debt by raising the rate of discount by banks
to 7 per cent. one per cent to go to the
Commonwealth."
Why not tax every individual in the State,
Who is so unfortunate as to be compelled to
,borrow money, wee per cent, on'that kind of
indebtedness? Monarchies tax the capital•
ists to raise funds, but in our Commonwealth,
It seems, the idea is to be reverred.:7: The 'au
thor of that bill, we ate sure, has no notes in
bank now. We rather guess he, has some
money to lend, and is anxious to set up au
opposition to the banks, with which, under
the proposed rate ofinterest, be could corn :
pets with some success. It would be a queer.'
way of " extinguishing the State debt" to to:-
those who cannot rid of "their own.—
PirtshurGazelle: ,
Kam" Rumors prevail of the divovariof a
formidable conspiracy at Cracoari_ Poland.,
rit.ufierouilirredelfferitielkaid ,Jo" be
pliacied baie been.mvit tti44.991N--;
The Mlle Dosin Sr Aetna Settlers—
: - Mr. this's Amendment.
Thursday, Janary *chit s was a day . of the
rtuas,t, absorbing Feitefiu,l`wtt the„tiouse, the
motion of it WV tir(efealropptltlop
t 4 thsedul a prornptiou bill; too at to rittiliib•
'tithe sale of polic lartds a uction, uhtll
tht espiration a ten jeers after the surveye;
beteg, in fact, i t proymition to confine :the
sales of public Inds to actual settlers. the
proposition waluirried, the iteptiblicabs vot
ing solid for it., Then foklowed Veiniest to,
kill the bill as rnetele, the Dettiocratic op.
position being ble_ to; rally some votes
egainst the bil t las a whole, from men who
. dtcl not dare' tt oppose the amendment as a
proposition by itself. A maion io lay the
bill on the ttible *is begatived, but it was
kilted 'e last upon its passage to be engross
ed. The yeas and nays upon these several
questions will be found in our Congressional
abseract,.snd should be studied and preserved.
The (atistalled) bemocratio party op
posed, as theysiways hare date; thiss Great
measure of re grin. Ito riernanded by
justice nod ptl'ilht sentiment. It is not mere
ly that they Wish to retain a system which
makes our public domain a favorite subject
of speculation and corruption, bet On
. they
saw that the meditated re,tortit Would cause
She occuoatios of all our Territories, present
and to hi acquired,' by small cultivators and
6to laborers. It was this askiect, of the ease
which concentrated utidn it sail the passions
connected iviti the political and social prob
lems or the dsy. If the public domain is
kept from the auction block for ten yeats t the
pre-empters tlill take all that is ftt for calti•
vation, and the omommth and cultivators of
quirter eeetfohs will be farmers, and not
iiliibters. It was this view of the matter
whisis aroused the South to that pertinacious
opposition which, for the time being s has been
successful.
'''Mr„ Grown troehment presents one of
thaw issues which teat the real compositioh
of parties, ned mark their-character so that
nobody caa enistakeit. Mr. Grow'aVaend
menC is, beyond all pertd`:enture, a genuitie
democratic itt'cis'ure. It'preserves the pub.
lie liDinain for the actual settler.' It looks
for the basis of the Government to a yeo
manry, and not a landed aristocracy, It pre,
fers the farmer to the plantet., t!tt many to
the few, these who labor with their own
bands to oligirchs who subsist upon the la
bor of others Being thus a democratic
measure, it was supported by every member
of the RepittliCan party, which is the only
party of the present day which has anything
democratic abut it. M•
As the laws now stand, the auction of the
public domait following close upon the com
pletion of the surveyi," with occasional brief
respites at the capricious "discretion of the
President, there Is only a small proportion '
of the publle lands which is taken by pre
emptors, and as to that which is so taken, the
pre-emptors, who are generally poor, are
obliged to borrow money, at enormous usu.
ry, to make their entries, whereas, under Mr.
Grow 4 s measure, they will be allowed a 'suf._
ficiently long term to accumulate the .means
of payment from their crops. It is a great
hardship upon the new settler, at the ,dory
time when the erection of his tnnise and the
clearing and estaldishiOnt of his farm call
for trent outlays, to oblige him to pay for
his Aand. He rarely does it without borrow
ing, and such - loans, in new countries, are at
rates incredibly high. " It is said that Mr.
-Grow's measure would reduce the land rev.
enue, for the present. So it would, but it is
better that the Government. should borrow
money at five per cent. per annum, than that
the pioneers of the West should be obliged
to borrow money at five percent. per month.
This ineasurc-of Mr. Grow will be carried
finally, mad before lon The South will op
pose it to the end, as arnea:sure unpropitious
to the spread of Slavery, but the South is
not able to defeat it without Northern allies,
and these allies in Congress are becoming
small by degrees, and beautifully l e ss. Their
stronghold is the Striate. but their power
there is being surely, although.slowly, under
mined.
In their prompt and unanimous support of
the policy bf preserving the public domain
f,r the hardy settles, the Republicans have
vindicated themselves froM the false and odi
ons imputation of being a mere party of op
position. With a distinct creed and object
of their own, they have positive tneastfres of
their own, and this meastite in respect to the
public lands, controlling th 6 social and politi
cal futtire of more than halfthe nrea of the
Republic, is one of them. They have made
up the issue here, and they will go to the
country upon it. They are not disthayed by
a first repulse, but will fight out the battle to
the last.— irashinglon Republic.
Prom the Richmond South
The Victories of the South. ,
[The Southern Democratic Press is gener.
ally honest in its utterances. Their policy
requires no concealment. Hence we find the
key to-the opinions and purposes of the par
ty in the Southern newspapers, while our
northern Democratic press is always mealy
mouthed and careful of its out-givingsj
" A few years ago an active and. powerful.
Anti-Slavery element existed in the bosom
of our own. community. Now, the citizens
of the South are unanimous and, enthusiastic
in support of their institutions,
From the days of Washington and Jek er-•
sin down to a very recent period, it was the
policy,ol the Ftderal Government to repress
and restrict the expansion of 'slavery. In
1854 the current of legislation was reversed,
and by the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska
bil!, the itrdinanee of 1787 and the Missouri
restrictions were repudiated as the prejudi :
yes of an obsolete age. From the reign of
Marshall to the succession Of Taney, the
South regarded the Supreme Court with dis
trust and hostility ; but the Deed Scott decis.
ion, exhibits that ancient citadel of 'Federal.
ism as the champion,of slavery: From its
organization till the Baltimore Convention in
1852, the Democratic 'party, albeit the only
reliance of the South, was compelled to ob
serve a significant silence in respect to slav
ery. Then, fur the first time, it pledged itself
distinctly and decidedly to the support 'of
Southern rights, and by adopting the, Rest).
lutioni of 1798, signalized.renunciation of the
old equivocal-policy.
This then is the sum of the Matter: Th 9
Federal Government has renounced the pow
er of limiting the extension of slavery ; the
SOuth has been guarantied an equal partici
pillion in the common domain ; by decision
of the Supreme Court Slavery is protected
in the Federal territory, as well against the
usurpation of the local Legislature-as against
the unconstitutional intervention o(Congress,
and lastijr t by the judgment of 'the same au
gust tribunal,.ffie personal and political sub
,ordination of the negro is established at a
principle of American jurisprudence— .8o
much fur the reactionary policy of the Fed
eral Government in favor of Slavery and the
rights of the South. , •. ,
- tar The Heraki says t "From a French
paper we 6re intelligence that Mr' Morphy
is about to playtwenty games 'blindfolded,
at the same time. • We are - inforined that
Mrs Meephy;•,on Monday week,:pnbliely
challenged flarrwlis to play - hint a matelt of
five :or stit-eignmea' for 500 f. 'offering On)
odds - o(thelitait and chisalroiti
—cartel mina net:oeepier
The New thhialry, Lae.
Correspondence of the .M I:Tribune. '
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Tv AsIIINGTON, Jan. 28, 100.
- ,The' Hausa pasied today the Difolomatic
aid gOstiltte.-Aptiropriation bill, sahnifitlile:
lied stifongfindie_cotridiratioi.: ..,:..
The'dehatti thereon lilt 1 discialied v et;
kdittsftvdolif In the.hinks Otthe - Mudd
Dettioefttek'., ride Is it fofee of linnet thir
ty bijoitY'Stitithern members in tie House
who ha r velalready taken the position of re
quiring the repeal of all the laws against the,
slave trac e . Whenever the 'question comes
into pro p e r shalle, the. whole &nth will take
ground .dc It, atid,then, of course, we know
what willsecome of the remains of the so-
Felled
.zillled Democratic party in the North. A.
large nuinber of the Southern Buchanan men
have avowed theli Reition distinctly in- this
debate.,ancl itinobg them Is the son oYHettiy I
Clay whe'represen4 the Ashland 'distßet, I ,
The ischisin in the Dein:re:nil% ranks is just
as thietitening to-day as it has been at any
time since the Wilmot Proviso was first• in
troduced 'into Congress. The whole party is
• thonlbghly convulsed again qn the ISia 4 /0.7
question, and its rettraitlllit rierthern mem
hers ttfe.feit di iftpraiensive of-dander from
the agitation of the subject in its exi sting as=,
pest as ever the member of the party *ire'
at any fornviois - epeeir. This has -been dem
onstiatell by various speeches, and side re
marks, and interjected observations all thro'
the debate referred to, Hughes of Indiana
and Groesbeck of Ohio, two ,Lecosi;.ptett
members, who - we* d . ermited in the late elec.
tient, tOnice for the aggrieved Northern De
mocracyll. and protested against the new dog
ma of
_repealing the taws against the slave
trade. 4 few of the more moderate,South-i
ern menl'elso cried hush P. Welt aklneY ad,
;up, rx riots:ate Southern Men did the same !
thing when it was - proposed to repeal the
Missouri', Compromise. But the moderate
Southern! men will be oterslaualved 'nti. the
slave t%tile quervtien as 'they were .on the Ne
braska ill. It is merely a question of time
as to when the question will be pressed to a
solution.ll It will in the end complete the dis
integratien and ruin of the Northern Sham
Democracy, if indeed It try net tilt•eiAdY 'Coil:-
pleted. "You! . riallifs Ithow, of course, that
the aitOsion of this question, which has
been going on for some days, arose on the
item inhe Dipfomatic and Consular bill ap
preprint ng $75,000 to defray the expenses
in'
he
the r turn of the - wretthed retlialhs ot the
slaver - be t a-hergo.
Whether these incipient divisions in - the
patty on this new Phase of the Slavery ques
tion can ho kept under control till after the:
Charleston Convention, is, as yet, an unsclv
ed problem, !t looks tin* iii 'though this
and the lintesofved issues of the Lecompton
controversy will complete the , ruin of th'e
party atlor before that period, It is already
broken to pieces in the House, and the bill
in' question was only saved at the last by a
few bendvolent Repoblitans going over (with
questinnitble generosity) and voting with, the
Ad inini#ration.,
- Yhave alrehdY.expressed my opinhin that
there was no ples*t br anything being
done eel the Tariff, and the circle. which en
tertains that opinion is daily widening. The
Committee of Ways and Means, as you
know, can agree on nothing. The-Democrat
ic party is as much divided ntt WI question
as on tk e new ISinery issue. One wing of
it it de ouncing Phelps of Missouri ' the,
Chairm n, as having gone over from Meßem
°erotic rty to Mr. Buchanan on this ques- '
don;
is
is not the terms in which the
charge is made, but - it is really the Millet/Mee
of it. ,1
The reembers of the dominant party are
in this sh`atfered and higgledy-piggledy con
dition, not only on these two leading, ques
tions bet on almost every other. Akidsffice
the Offices of this Administration are already
all disposed - of, it is impossible to tell what
will become of the fragments of the party.
The final disposition of the offices removed
the lastlibond of cohesion.
rff",The Pacific Railroad bill Was killed
yesterdSr in the Senate by a side-blow. The
vote w deeigiye-38 to 20. We do not
mourn,' hough we ardently desire and hope
to chro i lele the construction of that Road.—
But it Lust be a business enterprise ; and
Congress must approach it In a business spir
it. Our country and its Federal lloYern
ment tirgentlY need a Railroad connection
between its Eastern and its Western States
--need a Railroad connecting the Valley of
the . Mississlppi with the Pacific Ocean. Our
*nails, Military service, Indian relations, the
security of .our Western possessions ; all itti
peratively demand the early construction of
stich ai nad. Rut the' government can nei
ther bu Id nor run it economically or efficient
-1
ly—it am only create and sustain such a
Road bY strengthening the hands of private
enterprlse. Let it offer to give two (or five,
or ten)
to
in width on each side of such
Road ta that Company which (without re
striction as to route) shall give good securi
ty to pBt through such a Road, within ten
years, tr the smallest possible bonus or
subven ton from the Treasury, and some
Twent l lta Forty Millions (Jeff. Davis says
,3
Ten) %l it give'us the Road; and the increas
ed saleS, of Public Lands, by reason of such
construction, will fully reimburse its cost to
the Tr4sury. We may thus have a Pacific
Railroad virtually for nothing it we will,and
may thireby save millions per annum in the
transportation of Mails, Munitions, Troops,
ate., Std r' We believe yesterday's vote has
.-- theprospect of having such it
J. Tribune, Jan. 28. , _
Governmentoi the United States
By toward a centralised Execu-,
ism. January 20th, Mr.'l3enja
lsianai bitter Whig all his life
if Slavery transmuted, hiin cud;
t fierce Buchanan Democrat—sub-
JO Senate a proposition, which, if
..Ithorizes and enables the President
to :ris k" war with all Christendom et pleas.]
ure, un er the pretext that our right s in Cen
tral A erica, &c., are assailed or threatened.
There i a great show of guarding and fortify;
ing•sga ust abuse of this power, which cap!.
rience and reason alike prove a snare and a. l
delusio .. The proposed delegation of pew
er is atldeadly war , not only with both the
spirit d letter of the Federal Constitution,
but wit the genius of flee institutions, It
cannot ow. pasi ; but the; mere proposition
is an or..Anous sign of .the times. Is it. not
enough] to make the bones of Jefferson rattle
in "his wave to have-such a proposition from
ia
such a uarter made in behalf of. Democracy? '
--Ti ne. •
_e= :The London Globe's Peril cones.
ponden writes; "l-am able to state very
confidently that the • Court of the Vineries
within -the last , two or three days,,causeci
Lord Derby'ss ovenrient to be officially :
int " in t,
a 4°4 , 0 1 . 5 41E900 ahould think
fit taim _ any m easures to counteract Ate
Amer Man policy indicated in certain parts of
Praident Boliutnan*ta gferage; she may-rely
upon the support .1:of Franc? utmost ex
.
or The Spanish Ministry, hive deebtred
that hi irould ruiver4iall Cubs, and :pro.
toin! eigalmit the, insetting hypothesis to th e
axitrsr r : -President,Ainebinan's
Message OreaniPs . _ nl use 'mono 14
;the Co oppcylitgthe mintstarhit. de ..
' li, True •Princtifie. ' - • ,
Eve" „country has Itsotational follies, ais
ever at 4 . dividual his woliktilas6l. :Nay, - each
of, or Of.hits.pelPlisalditittehas its defect.
ids sithti pnkiiit elielt algid qtaltat of any body
ethiitsiaadill.„ *ell at: WI/hole. tine of
thigrii4st ittrofil in litisiimintry is' a mis.
talealaitittit silo , the efrectkor rivalry.
it - May beiafelfassnmett that in a cot n.'
try town, two rival stoles together generally .
sell - more than twice as mbeh es one Cab' do
singly. Rivalry advertises goods and makes I
them, go o ff We know of an instance where.
in it man who had realized this truth had-a
rival gore established in a epiintry town, for
the purpon of awakenintr, pliblic attention to
the separate attractions andprices of both.—
It is remarkable that a nely,invention, which
at once gives a publlO ten, times ai much ,pf
it - certain - Article ka it' bibr urdie ' generally
-finds I deinami for ail it makes. Two news.
papers in a, town, two Magazines, two ebrifee
tioners, if th'ey - understand their business, ; al-,
ways do'better than singly. This is a law of 1
nuytufactere establishe'd by Itniii oli'aervation. 1
Thla rule is of ary' Wide application. Two
hotels will , be full ir.'a city very often, when
one would not, Ter where there are many, op,
portunitiee Iftlive hi lietelo, fiebpre at..iiiire.
the hitt. otany hotels . induce travelling.—
Thousands of persons aroid a certain region,
because there are few hotels there, and • be
cause those few are bad, al eNcrithing is apt
to be wilt., Xhire ii no rivitlrY: Thejam
rile APplies to places of public- amusement ;
I nay, in a modified form, it glides into the
I most philanthropic and estimable objects and
institutions. There are certainly , some 'faint
shades of rivalry t ocejsionallydeveloPed eireh
Igettlier'eldnAgation and_ pastors, or be
tween charitable societies; and the tendency
is good; because it promotes,actiOn. ,
The, result of rmmon . genie , and experi.
epee ,ter, , Wit nir,n 4 einiigY should .never
&Vail rivalry. If you earl give the public
something, worth. aving, go ahead, charge a
fair price for it, advertise yourself all you can
afford, and you will find that there is enough
for the man over the way anti for yourself,
too. Notilititz,slia l ohekmat like ,iin'oter
boor!" -as the rrencaproverb says—i' appeal
view In ,matigenn't---" appetite comes by eat;
inc."
A FUGITIVE SLAVE IN TIIE WHITE Dons&
—The Evening Poses YiashinFton.,CorTep-
poncleite te!ls a,iyititi by inald i etis
Stevens, the Republican representative elect
from Mr. Buchanan's District:
" A gentleman was referring, in presence
of Thaddeus Stevens, to the possibility of
Mr.-Buchanan's tureing.Most, the. flouth
for the purpose of refileving his lost fortune
in Pennsylvania, and asked Mr. Stevens
what he thought would be the result. Ittr:
Stevens replied that there would be no troub
le about that, as the leuth.could rhey'll* him
any time iii.-I:ugitive Slave law
The inquirerlscemed perfectly satisfied."
"AW A ittunnr.E."—The Indiana 'people
have not nnly envoTted their dittraceibi laws
granting divortea With scarcely a show of
even formality, but are inclined to go farther
and undo what,has been done. The follow•
ing undivorce ease, *lei .we find noted in
the Indianapolis Citizen of Fed* dissentO
sorn,•3 hnote.birlaiiiiiiifients to bather their
heads at Untying.' The Indiana Court told
Mr. ll'Twigg he could shuffle off the then
Mrs. M'Twigg, and marry again, and he mar
ried again.- o* the same Court tells the
then Mrs. M'Twigg t that it told Mr. M'Ttigg
And thitt-pne the only genuine
Mrs. M'Twigg living, and has a right to oust
the so•called Mrs. li'Twigg from the posses
sion of the - said llir. M'Twigg. It is a case
quite laughable to: an outsider, but if:tilled-
I s arly seriots tb NTAribig and the second Mrs.
M'Twigg. •
lar The !'Compeisatedgmancipation Con
vention,"-called to consider the utility and
practicability of Emu Buttatri'a schetneTer
procuring the epiancipatitat br the Southern
slaves donipensatingtheir masters pecun
iarily, met a few days ago, at Albany. Dr.
Non, President of Union College, presided.
Resolutions indorsing Mr.-BuFritt's plan, and
.determining to make an effort to ritise the
necessary funds, wereintroduced; but did not
receive that unanimous supportwhieh . the'
friends of the scheme hoped. - Among the
speeches made against theta Wats one by Mr.
Underwood, of Virginia, Who, while he an
nounced himself a thorough, emancipationist,
pronounced the plan of efimpensated emanci
pation_ totally impracticable. Mr. Under
wood's apeech was received vary favorably
and although ftt ah- adjourned meeting—at
which, however, there were only about a doz
en present—the resolutions were adopted,
the sense of the Convention is understood to
have been deCidedly. against. Mr. Burritt's
scheme.- The Convention adjourned tine die.
10r Douglas's organ in Washington, the
State', whose editor, Mr Pryor, was Doug.
fas's confidential advise; in the recent diffi
culty with Mr. Fitch, declares that, there is,
no longer aDeinozratic party, and cites, in
proof of its assertion, the diisinsion between
President Buchman and Secretary Cass on.
the - question of Squatter. govereignty, be , -
tween Buchanan and Floyd on the question
of the Pacific Railroad, and between Bitcban.
an and Cobb on the Tariff question. .It says
that on no single issue is-there concord in the
party, and asserts that the confusion of Babel .,
was not, equal to the present disco'rds of the
Democracy, The States being understood
to express the viewaof Judge Douglas, the
article attracts great attention.
w.,At the, se* Yearl levee s at the Tull
!cries, the Emperor Napoleon made a threat
ening.temark to the Austrian 'Minister, which
attracted great attention. The reporti grow.
ing put of the affair caused a panic,, and a de
cline of one per cent. on the Paris . Bourse,
and one.half percent. on Consols at London.
-The 'Emperor isorcla Avere r -" I regret that.
oor.relations with 'your Government are not
so goed.as-they_ were, but I request. you to
tell your Emperor that my persona! feelings
for him have not . changed," The emphatic
tone . of the Emperor and his animated gas.
tare attracted the attention of-the assembled
diplomatic eorpi. At Vienna, also; a panic
prevailed utider the rumorthat Austria wo'd"
send troops to Belgrade.
ItaliZoiltiaues.unsettled, sad Lom.
bardy
. pariiOlar. The "news from all
parts are_pregnant ,islth alarm. Vie steps.
tak tO tei i ate Luo . mba_ rdy _are . almo-st—taataihouot
ar A
s ndverti
tts a runaway: , He , is 21 zyt, is
Aeseribid as of " inther4 truth countenance."
So ire( should thick!Anyffod,t'lirith-such,*
-mane Otielt -tolOok srultt until be - C1C4014
putlo freedom,
ggir No. •Wondir.-:430 „many- sworthiess'
medicines ire advertised fot the curo of va
rious diseases, and when tried." found- want.
log" thattthe invalid loses' all faith in sPe.cir"
We tavola to learn; however, of the
fink faihve , of Widnes .Billsam :of Wild'
cherry, to:eure conghs,-colds, and pidniehit-.
'sr dtsensei.
ver. Bay Wild unless it-has, the : written
'signature of " iltatte on : the , wrapper.
7 14 r0 titiltqw'Po4t-ei4b4, mune
reimtklAtivirmwAlayeitj 4 a r-
ICIONIA YarlfelA: !,?!. 111,0 i
r ipwst“,l4l, Aril* news
isstelographed from Hall6x; hrings advices,
from Europe Wats 15thtult4ontoweeklater.
Remora of war Cordinned toter rife on th e
continent, and BieTfunds...had, suffered great
butweretetter When the Arabia
sailed. Thetotal depreciation is .estiinatee
at sixty million poundisterling. , The speed,
Of the King of Sardinitiat the,bpenint of the
Chatnbeie:St*ked of War. ,11,1. Is9itated that
oidbia haVei been en by fortis Napoleon
for the preparation . of 100 transports, to con
vey 30,000-Men frotti the Afticrn_contingent
to Italy:, On the 13th'ult, Prince Napoleee.
left for Tutin, Wheralio'lkiS to asiionse the
daughter'of the king. of ' _signifi
cant movement.. On the other hand, Austria,
in whose dominions there was much_ excite
ment; was Vincent:rating ,More troop; in hi
11,. singßombs. bafl teed silty one pe
prison:era.' Paillapient is .prorogued
to the 3a - of F ebruary . .on.thi .ttli of the
same tOnth 'the French Chamliem to
Mier. h rultiored that. Mr. Uladstone
was to, succeed Sir Charles-Young as G m .
rnisaioner of the 191'010 islandit It is stated
that:the - e'Nidencie . agalast the members of the
Chib ,
iii Ireland; or
Shop-Keepers or. mull:tides, is conclusive._
Clubs of a similar character are said to be
increasing: • The Belgian - CaNnet had dis•
solved. The; Prins Regent opened til l
Prussian C6nnibets.ptt the ; 12th ult. A t.. 1.
eiraphic cable; - which will be extended lathe-
Spring to Candia and Egypt, has been laid
to Constantinople.. The ex-King of Dellis
sentence had been carried into effect hr hit
transport4ion to the cape of Good.ll4e.
Cotton hail deciineti *tit' ot,a Penny. 14
Breadstuffs-rnarket, was dull, but steady._
Consols closed lin. the 14th at 951 to 95f..-
tri6iak
Writ —the -Washington States inCtnates
that Louis Napoleon intends . to bring Ilayti
again under - Trench dominion. Pert p,
" Le Csrand kmperedt; would comprun, e
vrith'Mr: Buchanan, nod agree-to shire spr,. ,
—Ntting °lir Uro4errimeht haire s Cuba and hF
tat t ing Ilaytt . •
Here is an extract from the article et u
States:
•" France has, in every ,sense, as clear
property in her,revolted colony as Spain
Cubs, though in the case of Hayti it stands
lit the - lorin- of Fin tiotaid filorriate,
Cuba is held in actual possession; out 7,a r ,-
lepn 111 is not satisfied with . his rights over
the . Frenth part of the island, and 'would
fain bring the Dominican 13epublic underle
peg Foes, and •tfiew setae the whole island as
an itnpatlige of his cttt IIe:_.
" this negko :eeriest:unit:of government is
blot on the map of eiiilization, and it would
be thebest and brightest act of Lours Nap:.
leou"s reign, )1 he *WM usehis,iionasill sr
strong hand to obliterate' IL All Christa.
dom—the United States included—has lie
much too patient with those. Haytien
laws, for whose misdeeds no Power will
itself accountable. 'Our merchantmen tar.
been overhauled , and robbed by
, cruisers, and our citizens hai.e.been tinju,n,
cast into their -filthy. dungeons , to die qthee ) .
ed; and these recorda . of cotylplaiet arc le'
burled and. forgbtVm M. the dark recesßs
the State Department."
WIIO IS AN' ORPHAN I—This question as
lately been judicially decided. It appear
that the Direct Ors of Girard College at PL:
adelph* some. tiritellgo; deblded that
the provisions of the will of 'the-founder
that institution; established for the eduLati,
of orphans, th'ereafter ho child should be a
mitted to its benefits who had lost calr on
parent: An injunction was Applied liar, o
behalf' ef it boy wild had been -refukl a
mission under this rule, to 'reitsaitr the
rectors-from carrying it out, as it was
lieved to be Opposed' to Mr. Girard's wish
and, will. The case was heard
: before M
Justice ;John M. Beadicif the kllepremeCc.l
sitEing at nisi prius, and of course argi
with great learning.by the Philadelphia is
yers, who were concerned in it. The dec.
ion of the Judge was that the Directors h
transcended their authority,' and that the
had no right to refuse admission to at app
cant, because both'parents were not des
or in other words, that a child who las lc
his father is as much an Orphan as l oite w
has lost: both father and mother. We
not understand that the decision places
child who has lost his , mother (we Vie
the benefits:of Girard Ctillege are contin
to male orphans)' in the same category of
pliatingb With one who hes lost his Lath,
though in many MSS he is really more
'an orphan than the latter.
Ltcerxt SPE/RD.—The n e w novel
Frederika Bremer, called,Fatiter and Dog
ter, was printed and published by the ente
prising house °ET. B, Peterson k Brothe
with a rapidity .never before equalled. T
advance sheets were received by the
steamer, and in less-than. forty•eight hoc
afterwards,'a large edition of the book *.
handsomely- printed • and bound, - and reac
for delivery ; the very paper, amounting
more. than three tons, having- been manuf
tubed by Merles Megargo 0., chile t
jype setting was going ,on. Moreover, t
paper is and the printing and bind ,
are excellent,—ail .beingworthv of tbecapl
story they contain. Such speed as thisev
the doings of the steam engine and the u.
gra ph.—Pitileifelphia.
TUE 13IRTIIPLACE OF p RITMO:WISHED Ay,
ICAN bite number of the Lit
field (Conn.) EnqUirer says: "Four of t
.wort eminent of: the pulpit.. orators of t
'present day are natives of this, town, tip:
Rev. Dr. Bushnell,• of Ifortford.; Rev.
Bushnell, of liartfind :University; 1 :-
IlenrY Ward-Ikeeher;of Brooklyn, and
Rev. Dr. 'Wadsworth, Or.PAilaelphia'"
To whieh . tnay-betidded: the ',poet preach
the Revi.:jolui PlerpOnt,OfMedford;
The cOrreapqndent,of the-Nitoe paper giv
nntien- r =qirplinVy 'fi:fr'llle benefit of stock
-....'llbit.thei_4who desire-to aceomphrh
thing great in .the ecele.:tiastical world,
Come to .7
. 41011:etd_ tole": born!"
LABILITY_ OY EX PILEBII 'CoMr sits.
Americiln.EEpreas Company having lo't
number ,of 'Michigan State bonds bete*.
to Mr. lane Sherlnarr; al they were prr)''
them from Buffato,to Detroit, refused t' F.
for them; the . , ground that Esliress.
panics are neecommon"carriers. The (I' .
tion.was brenght bolero - the, Supreme ( - 2 , *
of New decided that Expr ,
Companion aroitimirion carriers, and seen
ingly that the:A - Mei:can Express Corn;
most payy. Mr. Sherniatt for his bond's.
If it should be - decided otherwise,
Companies would suffer a diminution in t"
business. Their profits depend on the p
lie belief in their "responsibility. .
far The. Chronicle sap
"qne of the, ,iatits:de' paws intimate'
the West Branch bears off all the pm',
the State. Not so—sho. has only the 1.
tirnor - IL. U. S. - Senator, Deputy Secreig)
the COMmonwealtb;Superintendentot Sch
Deiartm e,... ent; - and'State Tre.asurer ; Surl,e
aire. tbe other ,
sbapther Senator,
PriPteri:.f4ibrariati &c., thr; dozen, si Ci.
and:oniWai logialatg re- - - many
frourthe other parts of the
Alas irratitelY+ none brilailny-:&m, out
ear merit." 1. <
ffetam,"
PaPMI