tlpallts 'eserarore . taste re
consfaiii *iv **sty iiddirtbe bill - *VI re
&read tit the Onntnlttee of the Whole on the
state 'of tie tram; and *a that motion I
demand. therevious qnestinn.
= . - /WO the Century.
Cabs or
Affainl needa-to be drifting to that point at
witiett , it will ha neeeseary for the °overt!.
meetat Washington to ebooseletween tbese
two possoakona. The pycieet of spiriting
Cuba by - fhb means or fitul, has been nursed
many years, and Mere are no indications that
it is to be abandoned• On the contrary, the
President and his advisers are very dishonest
if the thirty millions bill now before Con
gress does not mean that it is to be pursued
with dedelmt energy. We shall not believe
that Coto is n mere cover to get this im-
manse sum for the corruption of the elective l
-franchise-in 1860,as many of the opposition'
pressee_elnuge, until lessdoobtful evidence of' ':
the tact is presented to us. A crime of such
monstrous character must - not be "suspected l
.on slight grounds. We shall take it for
granted that, be policy of the Ostend Mani
festo on via,* the Administration went into' '
power is now to be carried out.. Mr. Bin
chanan's term is half over, and it is time that
the experiment were begun. .
A stigoificard, indication has recently been
Bitten on both Bides of the Atlantic, touching
this question. The Spanish Cortes has' de
elated that it will not. listen to any proposi
tion for selling Cuba to the United States:-.--
- Since the door has been closed to a. friendly
'trade, the thirty millions bill is not only not
'abandoned, but it is pushed with a more se
rious resolution. If this means anything., it
means that we are to have Cuba at the haz
ard of war. This is -the Ostend Manifesto
apFoted'by the national voice of 1856.
The next interesting question relates to the
parties who are to engage in this war.- It has
been broadly Intimated tiutt,Franm and Eng.
land hive come to such an understanding on
the subject as will make them the allies of
Spain. That thole great powers will stand
by and see the empire of their neighbor cis.
inembered is by no means likely. Interfer
ence would-be popular in both countries and
in on* half the Illeited Statee; - and once be
gun, would opt stop short of an effectual set
tlement. It is wise, then, for us to content''-1
plate - the 'contingency of a war between Eng
-land, -France and Spain on one side,. and the
United States on the otb.nr. . -
A Is* ***A hronght us the annusalreturn
of the British rttnry as it stood on the first of
- •: T ......"'uary. -It consists of war vessels and
167 gun boats. There are in forward con
struction eleven line-of-battle slaver steamers,
of frOna 80 to 131 guns each, and,fitteen oth
er screw steamers in various less advanced
stages of building. The number of vessel in
commission is 176. The steam navy of.
France has recently been reported as supers
or in Weight and efficiency to that of great
Britain. That of Spain herself will make no
contemptible wing of this immense firma--
enough to blockade every harbor- of the At
'wade and Gulf coasts, from the Ray of Fun.
dy tothe Rio Grande. -
We are-not accurately informed as to the
present force of our navy ; but at its largest,
the allied guns upon the OCNIII WOU)0 out
number it as ten to ono. Of the army, we
published in the Century of last.w4.lt'an ex
act account of its entire organization and_dis-
Position, atrived from the best' informed
ufli
cial autlorities. It is hardly adequate,\ even
iA time of peace, to - keep at bal. a • few scat
tered- hands of marauding Indians who threat
en our lxiider settlements, and distant mail
stations, .
A strict blockade of all our ports would be
the first act of-the war. The next would be
to secure the transit renal: across the Isth:
inns, in which the :allies would receive The
sympathy and aid - of the Mexican and Cen
tral Atherican populations. Then would fol
.low, inevitably, the dismembermenN of our.
own territory. California and the entire
Pacific coast would be converted into Anglo-
French Ccdonies, - and the Ostend pone! re
. ceive a grand demonstration. •
So far as common human calculations go,
these would be the imminent practical re
sults of en attempt to seize . Cuba by force.
lithe realer thinks they are extravagantly
- set forth, let him t eonsider the prodigious con
- :quests now • Contemplated by the -United
States, tinder the absurd motto of " manifest
destiny:" -'We are by no means certain that
flags embroidered with the words " the con
tinent to the Isthmus," would not carry the
Presidential contest of 1860 Stier all _oppo.
The passage by the conservative branch of
Congress of the thirty millions bill is now
highly probable. That act of itself, investing
the President and a lea of his confidential
advisers with an extent of power that no lie
ingpeoplo would delegate to king -or auto-,
.crat; - would be so wide a departure' froth the
principles and spirit of our Constitution. that
- no subsequent foil" dr madnesiivould-excite
- surprise. -
.Whave used, one expreasion in this art . *.
f ele which, we regret to ray, Is common in
. our political vocabulary, if not justified hp
existing facts- r the Government at Waahins..
ion. Has Washington then lieeorne to %he
country what Paris nt to France—the sea; t:f
a centre? power managed by cabals inknotru
to the Constiuttionl. Is there to be et Wash
lirgton an - independent cabinet to hatch cou-
Apes% end to involve the country iu war, re
genii* of the popular sense of justice and of
the popular will I
_ .
DiIiOCRACY AGAINST Tax PEortx.--Dar
log the pending of it bill concerning the pub
lic laiids, in the lions; list week, Div Grow
moved an amendment that hereafter no pub
be land shall be expoied to sale by proclam
ation of the President, unless the slane shall
have been surveyed, and the return of 'such
survey duly sue in the Land Office, for ten
years or more before such sale. The effect
_Of this provision would have been to render
our public lands accessible to actual settlers,
and to themAnly, until_the expiration of ten
years from the date of their survey and the
return of that survey to the general Land
Office. After the ten - .years, - they may be
purchased on speculation as now, irt not
sooner. The 'amendment .was adopted but
the bill itself was defeated, every !republican
present voting for it and nearly everY Dein.
ocrat.against it. This salutary bill would
have kept the.public lands out, of the hands
of the speculators,and received' them for the
people, but Democracy prefers to favor the
speculators and give - them an opportunity to
fieeee the people, and hence the bill was de
tested.: Let the people remember ttils.—
Pittabsrsi-Gezdte.
Paw REST= Daresoto.—Reverend 11.
W. Beecher defends the system of renting,
pews—soine carillingliavingheesi excited by
the large sums paid fin-pews'in his church,
the effect of which is to exclude the poor from
'attendance. He contends that the secular
business of.the church is 'purely a commer
cial matter, and that no system of disposing
of the pews can be adopted except at public
auction. If the rich thereby .Have the best
chance, he says.they need more presetting to
than the poor t itcnig to thescripture pass.
age "ft is easier for a camel to - go through
the eye of a needle:We.
Vie The.Republictuits otthetbird 41464
of_Cooriecticut Jaye filmiastall Boo: AAfad.
ihnivofficOrpow!
me 110elaielleiii.
CIRCULATION, 2136.
O. F. READ k If. X. PRA zaR. EDITORS
F. E: CORRESPONDLVG EDITOR
NONTP.OBE. SVSQ. co., PA.
Thursday s February 10. 1139.
Notice.-- . 4fr. E. V. Fiume is our traveling
agent, authorized to receive subset-loam% advertise
ments. 4c. and to collect moneys for the Indcpencl
nee Seputiican,
,Ear Wejire indebted to 'Mr. Chase _for
the AttuualiZeport of the State Superidtend
ent of _Common Schools of Pennsylvania,
for 1558. -
Of The friends of - Judge Jessup will be
pleased to learn that he is sonvaleseent—as
well as could be expected under the Circum
stances.
Or' The Donationsmode to the Rev. II
A. Riley, of - Montrose, on the 2d inst.
amounted to *232. • -
far:We learn from Mr, Shipman that
the report that he attended a person sick
with the small pox, before coming home, is
incorrect
K total eclipse of the moon, risible
throughout the United Stat, Will take place
early it the morning or February 17ih '59.
It will Le seen 1):,' a special notice in
this paper,. that Mr. Bentley of the U. S.
Navy, will'lecture in Montrose, this (Thurs.-
.
evesing,, on " the Ocean."
---1----+--
.-fir. Slidell declared in the Senate,
February th, his determination Toree the
Cuba question to a debate and to a vote.
nr" Mr. Chase has introduced a bill for
the erection of - a Poor House in Susquehan-
na CountA
. The alley lion of those : interested- is
called to an alteration in the advertisement
of the Susquehanna County N4rnal School,
by which it will be seen tirat_the address of
W. 11. J-ttp,Eaq., will be on the 2Sth
in
stead of the iilst cif February. , •
In the.case of Mrs. Rooney and
Richard - Wa!than arrested on the charge of
poisoning „iindrew Rooney, the Coroner's In
quest having found after a post mortem es.
aminationtitit the deceased died of conges
tion of Ole lungs, the accused were discharg
ed from custoriv."
Or We desire to increase the value of
the-Agrlcultnral department of the Reptib/i
-eas,and-for that purpose invite farmers gen
erally'to communicate to us not only origin- ,
at articles rout also such selected pieces as
they may consider of value. One or two
ma our fourth page will be devoted
to Agriculture, and we hope the farmets will
all contr.:hate to make that department inter
estiug mud useful. Short articles,
_whether
Original or selected, gall generally bit pre
ferreil., Let facts:he stated in as few and
Edina worth as possible.
Mr The liarrtsbsirg Telegrdpli. is exp osing
the illegal t weans resorted to by the Postoffice
Depaittueno; to give: the advertising of the
letter t(3 partisans of the AdminiAtra.
Lion. Os. ti'se Ist day of December, - 11355.
the pul.arbrirs of the Telegraph received the
fetter from the Harrisburg Post
mikster
Posr OrimE, Harrisburg, Pa..
December 1;1858. f
To. T ri- ENTIONS or TNEDAILT TELEGRAPII :
Cent/en/4n:—la case you deem it eipedient
to matke application fur advertising the fete
'ters_ txtmaininff uncalled for in this office, for
the Tear 18597- you are hereby notified, in
acct u-dance with the several laws and rezula
tiolss in such - ease made and established, (cop
ies of which will be placed at your disposal
, sipotinppliistion at this office) that I will re
,
ceive such evidence of the 60:10',fidefieculi
,
,
, tion of your paper within the range of drily
ery- of this office, fur four, weeks preceding
the ;Ist of-this month, upon which Alai 'said
advertising will be allotted. -.
Very respeetfull,y; • ,
- „GEO. W. PORTER., P. M.
On the 31st tat Decetnber, affidavits were
produced showing the circulation of-the Tel
eg,;(rpli., nnd in the evening thePostmasier in
funned the pnblishers that no other applies!.
'ion bed been received ; but the next :Blum
slay, (after the expimtion of the time specified
for allotting the advertising.) the Postmaster
gave notice that the Patriot and Union (Dem
..
cratie) had also presented afildhvits.. Aner
careful examination, -in presence of both
parties, the Posur.a.v.er decidedAat the Tet•
eproph had the largest. circulation, and was
entitled to the advertising. But the. Potiiet
and Union then sent an agent to Washington,
and orders came on from tbePostmacter
General, without any hearing en the part of
' the Telegraph, "that the adiertising should be
given to the Patriot end thing. Tlie - pub
fishers of tie Telegraph then applied to the
. Postmaster General, asking for bearing,
and averring their ability to prowl that they
bad the largegt divination, - hut have received
no - repty„ _
The value of. the adiertising of letter lists
is trifling, but such oecurrences Allow the des.
pimtde spilt. in which the Sham Democracy
administer all bmiches of the government. 1
The plainest - proyilions of laW are diarttard- '
ed, and the pettiest disputes„ as well as the,
gravest, are decided upon partisan grounds
- instead of the prineir&s of fustier
We'Malt no appliestitiffor:Ote PcishAgeti
advertising not
theleast doubt.thet_ the ,eirculution of the
Actesiti:otus Lithe -range of delivery .ot the
Itiontroee Pastotsoe is-considerahtf . , isms.
011191 ihe AffoM/4 - • -
Slai as a idedonary inf#todon,
ss ttillure. The South, so far from being
preiutred to coiaverf Africa, is herself in need
of oopyerd'on andlibethigs - ortv.held aid
moiteys contributedjkorofime to tithe in the
North, *.4llllllnlll*, CO)ateliaingiphoion:
aryithi to the South, Stich a ineedog r yas
recently held at the Independent . Presbyters.
an (lurch, Broad and George streets t Ehila•
'delphia, in pursuance of a call signed by the
"friends of the Southern Aid Society." The
principal Speaker was the Rev. 3. C. Stiles,
who said, among other thing.:
" I believe, before God, from the - vast and
present conditionsof our church and country,
that it-is the duty of the North and South to
cultivate friendly ,relations. .1f we regard
slavery al-a sin, is there a better way to
remedy it than to send them the Gospel ?
Have they not the need of Gospel ? Can
they be reached by any other means, it we
withhold that Gospel? Is there any better
way to combat the ultra sentiment, of the
South than by the Bible' "
Very good. The ligv. Dr, Stiles would
seem tube right. But what. if the only Gos
pel allowed to belreached at it: South is
the Gospel =Cording to Dr. Ross ; and to
proclaim the sinfulness or slavery would sub
ject the preacher to lynch law ? Then . the
Rev. Dr. Stiles would seem to be wrong. 7--
The application of the-principles of Christi.
allay to the subject of man's- ?folding his
brother in bondage is not permitted in the
Soulbettt pulpit, and the preacher who at
tempts it isjn danger of 10 life, as many a
devoted servant of the Lord who has been
obliged to free to the :forth fOr safety eau
bear witness. The Rev. Doctor should have
explained how the preaching of the doctrine
that slavery k a blessed institution, sanc
tioned by the Bible, is to aid Its in combs.
ing the ultra sentiment of the Smith." Will
it not rather aid in riveting the fetters of the
slave ? .
There must be a better way of reaching
the poor Africans than to bring . them to
Atiierica and then attempt to Convert them
by first converting their masters, who will
in all probability only shoot you ibr your
pains. It would .be wiser to go where more
liberty is allowed to the preaching of the
Gospel in,its purity, namely, to the, native
home of the blacks, in Africa. Many tirgu
mtnts could be adduced in favor of such a
plan. The general 'reading of the Bible is
essential_ to the maintenance of genuine
Christianity among any people: In Africa
we believe there is no law against teaching
the Ulnas to read the Bible, while at the
South such instruction is forbidden' by law,
and schoolmistresses ere .thrown into prison
for 'the offense. If the climate of Africa
unwholesOrne, , the missionary who should go
to the South and attempt to teach_Christian
ity as understood at_the North, in- England,
in Scotland, or in any Protestant country
where Slavery does not exist, would be apt
to find the Southern climate still more un
wholesome. In fine, since it appears proba
bly that the African slave trade will soon be
reopened, and - since law, public sentiment,
fanaticism, and pro-slavery religion, combine
to exclude Northern missionaries front the
South, it seems to us that the instruction of
the native -Africans in Christianity would be
the most feasible plan 6ir converting the
South, 11S by this means in a few ,years
great many Christians would be di-weminat.•
ed among the plantations, and .there is no
-telling what effect the labors of these humble
disciples, like those of the poor fisliertnan
and tent-makers of old, 'might have upon
their earthly lords and :nesters.
l'Ar• Wo copy, this week, from the new
'metropolitan journal, The Centeiry, an able
and suggestive article on the Cuba question.
When it is considered that the population of
Cuba is made up, (according to Humboldt,)
of 660,000 slaves; 2.20,000 free negroes. and
only 5(13,000 whites. 315.000 more blacks
than whites; that of the so-called white in
habitants 27,000 are
_Spaniards not born
on the Island, 20,000 are natives of the Ca
nary Islands, while the greater part of the
rest, thigh classed as Creoles, or whites,
are mixtures of whites with the Indian and
African races ; that thelanguage is Spanish,
and the established and only tolerated
relig
ion is the Roman Catholic, the connection of
Church and . State being so interwoven with
the laws and political system that it could
not be eradicated by annexation ; and that
the attempt to acquire possession of the Is.
land would almost inevitably lead to a war
with Great Britain and France as well as
Spain ; considering all this, none but such as
deem the predominauce of the slivery inter
est, in our government paramount to every
other consideintion, isith the most dough.
faced or senseless followers of such, can de
sire to seethe doctrines of the Oitend mani.
ksto attempted to be carved out by.the seis c
are of the Islaud.
The idea of acquiring new and unsettled
lands has in it something attractive fur the
mass of the people; but Cuba is already
settled, having 32 inhabitants to the square
mile, which is about the average density -of
agricultunil population, and more 'than „lefty
per cent. greater than the average population.
of. Virginia. Cuba therefore is not a country
for emigrants. The land' is all fader •
titles 300 years old, and mostly in
_large
plantations. -Why . then should we, with: our
bankrupt national treasury ; think of paying'
200,000,000 dollars, or of sacrificing life and,
treasure in war, for the privilege of govern
ing the Spaniards and Malattoes who would
continue to occupy and possess the Ishind ?
' it is more than we can yet do decently to
govern ourselves. Let the general &sem
meat show its capacity to take Awn of ' our \
present possesidons without involving, us in
debt millions of dollars annually in time of
peace, before ittetnptiAs to make further,ac-
Tits-Wens of ;.,efritciry..,, , „
Aniciig the . inszi7 Pfrirl' that
have recently 9914 Op loWesilrork,Frank
Leslie's Stars sad Stripes seems to ue likely
to beeime tee of the most popular. It is an
illustrated literary weekly i; aid the public
are already aware of the editor's talent for
filling that ,departfo - int - .5r - oeirepaperdon3o—
terms are—one 44y,tawiyear, V; two
caPieli) Att"!_ I , 44with 'ex" copy,
Addams Fr* Editor sati„
7_ /g riniOriairoitiNOF Tc*,
FMB
:art Mr. °rola'. lionaestesd . 8111 paned :
theilainie;Ehbetisix. I, by yeas, to 76
ilit6uislisis of the on. the final
passage Ottbikblll shows tbit 1b,14 liotea
for it: Ilapnblicans 82, Dieleperata 38
it Democrats 60, 4imeritiani.ls,
Republiatnal,,(ltr. Nichol. The I**
ern Democrats who voted for it were, 'Eng
lish, Hughes, Niblack, Marshall, Shaw, (Ill.,)
and Leidy. About twenty Northern Demo.
Brats dodged.
_ The bill proridets that any,person who is
the head of a family , twenty one ,years of
age, and a citizen of the United States, or.
who has declared his' intention to become
such, as required by the naturalization laws,
shall be entitled to enter one-quarteiseetion,
(160 acres,) which may, at the time of the
application, be subject to entry at *1,25 per
acre; to be located in a body, in conformity
with the local sub-divisions , of the public
lands, and after the. same shall have been sur
veyed.
The Tribune remarks that, "had this bill
become a law fifteen years ago,' it would
have saved a vast deal of public corruption,
and would have added immensely to the
power and happiness of the country." 1-,
'„ff" We find in the Biadford Reporter a
communication, evidently from a , Roman
Catholic, in which the writer thus comments
on the ..Vorilt Broach . ' Democrat's account of
the.reFent abduction of Mr. Langdon's daugh
ter from Tunkhannock
" Although I know n.'thing of the outrage
in question, except what I glean from the
Democrat's report, I have no hesitation in
pronouncing the whole thing a pure fabrics
lion. The report is so evidently one-sided,
and exhibits such a straining after effect—so
much effort to collie up to the requirPments
of his highly excited villagers, that the im
passioned editor has doubtless mistaken. fic
tion for fact, and thereby - made the wrong
appear the righteous cause. But aside from
the suspicious statement of the Democrat,
mid its obvious Suppression of essential facts,
the prudence and piety displayed in his long,
useful, and unpretending life, spent in this
comtuunit . ),, renders it highly cimprobable
that the venerable -priest of " Cnocanut"
would approve, much less abet, the abduction_
of a child from the jurisdiction of her natut;.
al or legal guardian except for paramount
motives of humanity.
" Will the Democrat come up to the re.
quirements of law and honesty, and give the
excited public " the truth,_ the whole truth,
and nothing. but the truth ?" When the Dem
ocrat will bare done this, I am confident that
It will be made apparent in this, as in many
kindred cases. that have obtained newspaper
.notoriety within my recollection; that the
cry of "stop thief". has been raised by the
guilty party, as a ruse to direct attention
and escape detection."
Or The Ebensburg Sentinel, one of the
Democratic organs of Cambria county, is
very decidedly against the Little Giant.—
Hear it :
"We say Lmadly and 'boldly, that we
wonid rather that the right hang which God
gave us should wither, than thAt it should
cast a vote for hin: (Douglas) ter the highest
or.lowest office in thezift of the American
people."
Alter this strong lang . uage, .if Douglas
should - be nominated by the Charleston con
vention. for President, the Sentinel man wo'd
probably vote for him left•handed.
r— A correspondent of the Indianapolis
Daily Juui-nal, discussing the question of
nominations for the next President, says :
The next Republican candidate for Presi
dent must, to be successful, carry Pennsyl
vania, Indiana, and Illinois; he must reside
in one of those States ; he must be a man
of no doubtful character, but strong, upright,
clear-headed, honest-hearted--a true Repub.
lican—,such- a than as Galusha A. Grow,
Henry S.. Lane, Abraham Lincoln, or Gov
ernor Bissell.
lar We are sorry to learn that M. 11.
Cobb, Esq., one of the ablest writers in the
guite, and an earnest, honest, unswerving
Republican, has - vacated the editorial Chair
of the'Tioga Agitator. He is succeeded by
Hugh Young, E-q., who gives token of abil
ity and adaptation for the position, and whose
experience in Kansas is a guaranty of his de
votion to Republican principles- .
Mr. Cobb intimates that he sha"ll resume
his editorial labors elsewhere, and we make
haste'to bespeak an exchange in advance.
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tithe, may be had of the publishers for 0,50.
A Stasi= Movemzirr.—A bill was re•
cent!) , read in the House at. flarisburs
ing Justices of the PeaCe power with a jdry
of six men to hear arid finally determine
rcharges fur crimes of . a certain character.—
[ - This Is a Movement hi - the right - direction, i
land the niover defer' yes credit fur his ac
tion in the matter. tinder the present system
the tax payers have immense commonwealth
bills of costs to bey iiisingtrom petty nialig-
I rant quarrels that ought never 'to be hea,rd
outside'Of the neighborh o od of their occur.
rence, but which n6w ikOupy: a large portion
of the time and attention of the court, as was
the dim itt York county in tbe'sessions just
dosed and at previous sessions. - - The pro
posed bill will remed,fitt - ucb of this and_
the gam* goodavr etesider itan.importept
moinitiVl -W. i writ be pot
Tlita Adams IltatiOtarnation.
The soulAd Democratic State. Central
Committee,Oppointed by the Convention
wbich met; at Harrksbmg _on the fourth
MAreirlaat year, wairetonsitiftlf
tangible to perform limy% its expected futic
tiMse, and redid ift'stvery attempt to'endomi
the polio ofthe Genesi) Adplinistration.--
tbi sessions were merely for occasions f or
crimination . recrimination among its mem
bers. Thin committee will "die and make
no sign" on the fourth of-March. A Con
vention will then assemble for the purpose of
placing in nomination candidates for Auditor
General and Surveyor General. The pro
cess of fleeting delegates to' this body has
been completed, except in a few counties cif
the State. In nearly-every instance the ofli-
dais of Preitident Buchanan have either elect
ed themselves or have appointed others to
actas their echoes. The city of Philadelphia,
with its enormous Democratic vote, is to be
represented in that body by individuals
cho
een by packed meetings in the several di&
iricta, the great mass of the Democratic pars
ty standing off contemptuously Indifferent—..
In a tew counting' of the State the people took
the matter into their own hands, and elected
men who will go to Harrisburg with disin
terested purposes, but the great body of the
delegates are expected tit register the decrees
already written out by our masters at Wash
ington. These' decrees are not Delphic or
uncertain, but may be anticipated es readily
as an article in the Washington Union pr a
calumny in the Washington Star. The del
egates to this State Convention will give no
satisfaction to the Federal Administration,
which aspires to absorb the Democratic or
ganizations of the States, unless•they formal
ly endorse all that this Administration. has
done, includin g , or course, its atrocious Ter
ritorial "policy,and • its still More atrocious
and scandalous proscription of independent
individual. opinion.
'
About one year ago we admonished the
self-constituted censors and controllers of. the
Democratic organization in this State, that
any attempt to overt ide or overslaugh the ac
cepted principles of the Democracy would
he sternly resisted and -memorablfavenged.
That prediction was realized; The Demo
cratic party of this city, at the spring elec
t ion, last year, was defeated, because its rep
resentatives had surrendered to the Federal
powers, and, in the subsequent October eled
tion, another lesson, ten times more signifi
cant, was, terribly )aught. The weak men
who allowed, themselves to be lettered Vy the
wicked men, who had obtained power only
that they might more effectually betray the
confiding hosts vi h 9 had placed it in their
hands, suffered in common with the more
guilty. So far from this retribution produc
ing penitence in the hearts of the Washington
managers, however, it excited-only a new ap
petite for vengeance upon those who contin
ned•to stand fast-by the accepted trolls of
the Democratic party. In pursuance of this
policy, care has again been taken, in advance,
to pack the coming State Convention. It re
mains to be seen whether the scourge is.• to
be newly applied to those who rebelled be
fore, and whether the agents of a centralized
despotism are again ready to do the bidding
of their superiors. They may be well assur
ed that the principle which they could not re
press in 1858 has strengthened its loins for
the great battle of 1.859; and that the troops
who fought against them in two pitched con
flicts have been disciplined by the collision,
and are,not unwilling, if it must be so, to ac
cept all - the responsibilities of a new encoun
ter. Daily there is an awakening of the pub
lic mind. The Democrats, of 'Pennsylvania,
disenchanted of their attachment to the man
who lues.deserted, and after deserting has
sought to degrade them, have imbibed a still
more passionate love fur that
. which they
conceive to be right, and will be content with
nothing short of the amplest and most une
quivocal recognition - of their principles.
Philitgelphia Press.
- PERSONAL DESCRIPTION OF GEORGE D.
Pnisrics.—A correspondent of the Nash
ville Banner, who was a fellow passenger
with Mr. Prentice "down the Mississippi,"
furnishes the folloWing personal deicription
of that gentleman :
Prentice is aboard—George D.—editor
of the Louis% ille Journal, lecturer and. poet.
Did you ever see him 'I A short man, thick
set, round body, short muscular legs, short
round arms, hands to suit, neck coming down
"into his shoulders, and pretty short and
thick ; face decidedly marked. He has
cheeks that stick out like a young cub's,
when his-mouth is distended with untnastb
cited corn, (a young cub Is a young bear,
you know,) his chin is short, his lips firm and
thin, his mouth well outlined, and of the pro
truding or pouting type ; his nose is straight,
not sunk nor Iltmni, and nett blunt nor
sharp—a regular good nose ;.his eye is little,
round, and restless, enveloped in fat, which
obscures it without he lciolts at you ; it looks
funny, witty, severely sarcastic, calculating,
cold, gaick, withwit great humanity, yet not
precisely selfish, cautious, piercing, and with
little facility fin• tears. - Ilis brow is black,
a little arched and moderately wide. His
head is, if you would have it in a Word,
round it is a good head, large behind . and
before, not MA on top and not scanty on ,the
sides; krehenithigh and full. his -ear is
small, aid stieks close to his head.- llis hair
is dark, when dry, inclined to friz up, Ob
scures his ears and, his neck, very thin at the
top, and
. hangs over his brow without care
or regularity; he shaves clean ; wears a dove
colored suit, pants and &int alike, vest of
plain black ; loose, turn-down collar, leaving
the twit cspiased ; wears no jewelry ; keeps
an old pair - bf steel specks alternately on his,
foretop or before his eyes. He (eta an old
bat, worn* smooth, which WHIPS down to his
ears, high and large, full of papers and a big
red handkerchief. He wears blue socks and
it of old buckskin moccasins,"
EE:I
THE Tivarr MILA.10!: CORRUPTIbg rust/
-The opposition to the - Thirty Million cor.
ruption project is widening. It ishy no
means confined to the Republicans. Siz or
eight Southern (sod, perhaps, ten or tirelve)
Senators are opposed to it. The organ of
the States-Rights wing of the Southern. De
mocracy in Washington, The State; newspa
per,ls out itgiinst it. Messrs. Bell and Crit•
tenden will both speak in opposition.
The idea of giving the President the un
limited control of thirty million's of money
just before the opening'of a Presidential Cam
paign, is one of those amazing propositions
that stagger even the faithful. There is that
in it which offends. Oerv• 'sentiment of pro:
priety, and 'alarms the jealousy of the most
confiding.. What will the President, do with
the money if he gets it? W6bm will ha joryl
Will it be,tbe` people of Pennsylvani*Who
have lately deserted his standard 1 Whater t
er lii may do, it Is certain 'that there - no
!
I restraint upon hilaction, by the terms of - the
proposition'to give him the control of the
thirty millitmo. His power over *it is to be -
i
'absolute,-and be la not tote - even compelled
to say what he does with it: Ostensibly, it'
is a bribe with which to corrupt Spanish offr
dais. This is an offense against .tlaat ;Gov
ernment, and s stigma upon - the American
name. • The proposition is disgraceful; looked .
1 upon kr fin-orabler - Nakedly
examined; it is seen to be full -otAlanger...-7
The authors of it might net. yor. , espest Amy.
thing lass than to be mist. , by belay_ Oic
robtio,g_l koP 91 1 4wd 9 this golf/ 40
,
• Fr 0145 Washington
CarrripetAit N. l Itrilowite.‘: 4;
Wasutualmt, F;#l4 1869.
All t Mocretti except
Mr ; Gild who is adok,4itteltdektbeir own
e pioid Anti-Tree Tradi.cataituk? .They re
fused to-at td WO other Cantata; on the
ground that wt tot i'Demeeratic, but a
Free .Trade meeting. They do not consider
the Tariff a party question. "They passed
resolutions against a National debt, and ap
proving the Tariff views of the President.—, l
Mr. Ruchesan is urging then) to persevere in'
ofmOsitionto the regular caucus. Ile is op.
posing not only, his own Administration, but
his party.. •
The Union has a significant article on the
tariff, saying there is rio principle of Demo-,
cratie policy More absolutely settled, than .
that the tariff should be SO arranged ar.to
produce sufficient revolt') to defray the -
poises of the General Government. This,
of course, is a direct blow nt Free _Trade,—
The Union also explicitly attributes the com
mercial collapse of lest year to excessive'
importations, thereby differing from the
President, who attributed it to the banks.—
The Union intimates that it is too late to re
duce expenditures, and says there. must be
either a higher tariff or an increased national
debt.
Dissensions among the pemoeracy arc
spreading. Afr. Wright; Doorkeeper of the
House, recently_had a fight ai Brown's Ho
tel with an Assistant named Price who Citatg
es Wright with falsifying his accounts of
work done in the folding room.
A Terrible Adventire on a Prairie,
-- S. U. Packard, Est:, an. lowa editor
_and
lawyer, was recently lost in a snow -storm
between Sioux Rapids . and Fort Dodge..-
About three hours after he started, a !.heavy
snow storm burst upon Lim, pecompanied by
high wind from the northweSt. Knowing the
danger of attempting to cress those large
prairies in such a storm, hetnrned back. and
attempted to retrace his steps, but soon found
that it was impossible for roan or beast - to
fare the storm ; he therefore proceeded on
his journey, conlidentAat he could ride to
I the next house (40 miles) by nightfall.. But
his horse, having broken through the ice rev"
1 eral. times, became afraid to go upon the ice,
and he was delayed many times at sloughs
lentil night overtook him eta _plough about
half May across the prairie. • Ileic he -found
. it impossible to induce the horse to go. upon '
Ole ice. and while searching for - 11 better eras
sing,'tbe ice broke with hint, - and let him into
• the water above his knees.: He ebdeavoted
to get to the shore, but the ice broke at eve- .
ry step, and he strug.gled'on through the ice,
Isnow, and water, a digtanee of twenty or thir
, ty feet, before he came to firm ice.
He at once attempted to reinove his shoes
and stockings, bigthey were so encased in
ice that it was impossible.:- Convinced that
he !nest remain where he was,untit morning,
and that his only safety was in keeping in
motion, he commenced runmng upon the ice,
and continued to-do so until daylight the next
mornhig, when t. having succeeded in getting
his horse across the slough, he started on foqt,
;a4 he supposed towards Fort Dodge. After
1 walking about two miles Old a half he found
I he had turned around and, was going back.—
He immediately retraced his steps, and walk
ed all day, dragging his frozen feet through
snow ankle deep, and at times knee deep, fr.s
horse following,him, and '-*as again °Wolk
en by night about three Miles from a house.
Here he left his horse, and started on, hoping
to reach the house in an hour or two, but he
was so faint and weary that ho fell frequent-
Ily, and was nine hours - in Walking.' the :lasi
:!three milea. - 'Win - _serntXttioris - -during this
time, as describe by him, were peculiar and
I strange; the road appeard•to be einbrolder
! ed in most beautiful colors, and he stopped
and rearled to.pick up a specimen sevemil
'times. Satisfied that, his mind was Wander-
I log. he endeavored to diVert his mind from'
the consideration of this . subjeet, but in vain;
if he looked at the side Of the road it appear!
ed to be walled up, and, to be . covered - with ,
hogs, lying on their backs.!
Raising himself, he ' proceeded, and at
length' reached the 'house of 'a Ur. WOO,
about four o'clock in the morning. Be ,was
taken in 'and - cared fin.; until the arrival, of
['fiends from Fort Dodge.
WORM'S° UP SAwousr.—The ingenuity
of Parisian cabinet-makers in Faubourg St.
Antoine has found a use - for common saw
dust, which raises the value 9f_ that eommb
dity far "above the worth of solid timber. By
a new process, combining the hydraulic press
and the application of intense -heat, these
rwooden particles are Made to re-form thytn
selves into a solid ma s, capahli; of _being
molded into any shape; and presenting a
brilliant surface, a durability and t beauty of
appearance, not found In ebony, rosewood, or
mahogany, -
An Abridgment of News.
... There are 11,000 delinquent Tax-pay
ers in the city of Philadelphia: •
.... Mr. Chase of the House has reported
a bill making it the duty of the Piothonntary
to endorse the exact time on all ',judgments,
when left for record, and if two or More judg
ments are - left fur record on the _same day,
they shall have priority according to the tune
left at the office for record. ,
„ Mr. Broderick, while speaking upon
the Pacific railroad bill, the other day, made
s point against the southern strict 'construc
tionists. These, very conscientious gentle.
men oppose na appropriation to build ;a rail.
road to California, bemire the Vonstitution
grants to antgress nij power I . make stteh
appropriations "Y et:' says Mr. Broder.
ick, ” these strict conatructioniitb to a man
vote it thirty million corruption 'fund into the
hands of the President under the pretence of
buying Cubs r
The- Washington cornivondent Of
the N. Y.- lnetepeßdent says; "Tie star of the
g,lant' pas reached its culminating po'nt,
-and from henceforth he. deseentiS. 11. e has
lost the golden opportunity of bib lifetime,
and front henceforth must plod
, wearily: with
the common mass of aspirant; after public
I honor and power. Too much Of -the NMl
clan, and not enough of the manor statesman,
has been his rum" • -
•- , •
,
..-.', In the Ilmisc, January - ZSth, ltii..
Grow gave notice that whin the Anzono bill
shall be, called up, be would offer in amend.
inept, which' was read, settirig Girth that.
whereas, the territory acquired frojn Wake',
of which Arizona is a part, was at the time
of prchase free by law trout African slave
ry, and no fuel) slavery has been Slime estali.
lisbed therein • t therifin . k. that ; nothiog con
tained in this act shall be held or taken to
authorize African slavery in *aid Territory,
as acquir4 front *exits).
.... The .: /Wines lays ihat,,, Senators
Jainism ot Tenneniee,' , Brown of Mississippi,
Houston of Tema, and. Bates , of Delaware,
have heretotbrei et , -,verioue,thnes, !spoken or
voted in favor of tbe lionteatead ' bill ;,and
that if thntOof the funs now vote Or it, it
can hardly be heated. -, --• ' , , , -
6 . ; . Willfent'lll.Presoott, the eminent his.
1
torian, died at Ithsresidanott ea; Eksiwn, Unti
ary 28th.,;,_ no instomentent , btu Ms •deatit
otisted air:MIMI neleilitkok it tits f,oontuta.
;op :,. ..-: -1-,--,1 iir ' • -,.. = . -
:tyi:Vbit4nostittaltnagiavircillii'reee in
the . United States are slid to he' owned by `.
cit;qii-York. They
are matched: Jind cost Rini 47,000 ;
end he has. been otrereti 4 9 , 0001 furthem•
„ .
A recent' English critic Ventures the
remark that "the great intellectual merit of •
the Americans le acuteness.; their great fail
ing, eunceio
. Mr: Tenuynerrei new 'poem of King
Arthur is said to-itettOn - d in liOon andlanssg
esofoneommon beatiV.. shortly
published.
:At - Dubuque, lowa,.reeer4y, an - old
lay kicked a boy at whom she was :angry,
with such force that'she raptured a hloodves
sel, and died soon•after. . _
;The Detroit tribune states that it
from various seetions that
a very extensive` rnigratiolt tyt:tuove to-,
ward Kansas early in the Spring..
."... A boy in an Indiana' ekhool; being
asked to - give the definition of beitoeve, an.,
swered, " Mitakellie hOokoff. it '
.... A bill "to prevent. Slaviry in the
Territory of Kansas,"having been brought
before the Kansas Legislature, has passed the
House by alarge majority ; and it is thought
that the Council will not dare to-vote against
it.
. ; Mrs. Partingtoifhas bought:a brie
so spirituous that he always goes aka de.
canter.
Democracy means7 , - - liatold
millions fur more Slave Territory, and raise
the rates of postage from 3 to 5 amp.
.... The New York Tines designates
President Buchanan "The Great American
Mistake of the 10th Century," and say's that
he represents the United States in about the
same sern , e and degree is Peneral Walker
represents Nicaragua. , ,
Mrs. Sarah E. Shaw of Boston has
received a verdict in the Supreme Court of
$lB,OOO against the Worcester Railroad Co.,
for killing her husband and iujering her, by
the cars coining in contact with a carriage in
which they were riding.
.... A celebrated itinerant preacher of
the present day, held forth a short time since
at Danville, N. In giving notice of his in
tention to rreach, he requested the ladies not
to ; bring their. children ,whea they came to
hear him. lie thought. it was _enough to
Witte one crying aloud in the wilderness at a
time.
A shrewd business man, - takes
little interest in polities, is reported to have
remarked that th& proposition to bay Cuba
seemed to him." like an offer to give money
that we, had. not got, kir a thing* didn't
want, to a nation that wouldn't sell I n
The Troy Whig announces that Mr.
Charles 11. Weeks u a gentleman for many
years connected with the stage, but who was
among the converts of the New revival
last Winter, and who has been preaching in
different parts of thaeobntry since that time.
has returned to the stage.
.... Cc . ll), Esq., has.retired from
the editorship-of the Tioga Agitator. Ile
possesses great strength and originality of in
tellect; a warm heart, and eatnest.convictions,
which he follows with unflinching fidelity. ! --
lie does not 'propose relinquishing the pro
fession he has adorned, but to seek a new
field of labor. Peace and prosperity attend
Min.—Honesdale Democrat.
White partridges from the north
have appeared about Quebeo,..Canadis, since
the extreme cold weather. Their bill differs
in shape from that of the brown partridge,
and they are also very thickly feathered
down the talons, like " bentgns. The In
dians say they are 'plentiful at the Saguenay
this winter, but neti s er before.
.... The Republican Senators and Repre
sentatives of CAmgress, it, is stated, have open
ed a subsoiption paper, Which was speedily
filled up, for the purpose of raisingbetween
five and six hundred dollars to purchase a
service of plate, to be presented to the Hen.
Jushua Giddingw, as a testimonial of their
appreciation of his public labors in the coun
cils of the nation.
.. A court in one of the Eastern State
has held liquor dealers
,liable fdc den - urges
committed by persons while under the influ
ence of liquor sold by them. Such a plan
as this, generally enfunitild, would lessen
drunkenness by making liquor venders very_
cautious as to the sobriety of their custom
ers, and Would render it diflicalt for a toper
to get more W'hen he . had already drank
enough. .• • ' •
„ . The Washington correspondent of
the Boston Advertiser called on the President
on Slew Year's day, and had the prit liege of
shaking hands with Miss Lane, and having
his :pocket picked simultaneously, in the
presence of a strong force of Iriskpplice.
this was accomplished to the tune of km.
Spangled Banner, played by a feeble band in
on invisible chamber. • j'. .
( •
.... The Missouri :Legislature has under
advisement a bill for the ,expulsion of free
negroes from that State within a year, or the
alternativ.e of their choosing masters and re•
ambling ns slaves. Petitions are circulating
requesting the Legislature to prohibit the in
troduction of any. more slaves into the State.
There is also a strong, emancipation move
;tient at work. .
, The Waillington States says that tree
,trade iS of vital importance to the.pradnei4
interests of the South and West, and that
protection is another form of Abolitionism,
and rather thin be responsible for its impo
sition the representatives of the Slaveholdieg
States would surrender , the control' of the
Government. The Southern Petncaseci will
yield-nothingmore to thi interests_ of their
&been) Pennsylvania. .8o says.rfes Skates. ,
.. According to the Cai(foralu Slate.
.Registerfor 1859, thertihave.been 824 news•
papers and other periodicals of all hinds start.
ed. in'the State, at 48 different localities. Of
this number there are now existing SO, pub
lished at ,44 different localities. Of the num
ber, vo arc published daily, 34 weekly, 1
semi.monthly, - 1. monthly, and enneally.—
Of the dailies anidweelies 81 are ,Democr4t
ie,-2 Republican, and 15 independent or new
tral In Politics, Of the Whole number, there
are 6religioui weeklies. .repreaenting•the
lkiethodist, Baptiet, congregational, Cample,l
ite, Catholic, and Jewish (lurches. Of the
whole number,' 6 are literat7
and one professiorial(inedietd.)_ • j
,
, • „Wjt.PM tilew, c hin, a; Bnol44,vniolis
311 d ' 4llgoolls " ThOie ltetlfd by
the - pollee in .New York. .kwoman was of):
served passing gold 'wins 'in` 'a manner that
excited suspicion and was irrested,; and the
colas on 'Close examinatiok, were Ifoued to
have been partially split, the inside- cut vet
and-the cavity filled with base 11411, So
neatly is the fraud executed that it ;is impos
sible to detect it except by Weighlrig,
, challenge - to . altatiCirie -t,girenhy
of Salem', a Di Vernon young
lady, who saucily give-nut that if any of the
male gentler could Cagek, het', she
_would for
a tails... The lEt s cpiton iferaid,f.sys that sa
athletic negro hearing of the **allele gave
ehase,ltad sooo'his irat.enelreled her waist.
Ifer.lirerther, however river* the; impend
ing intack tiresendeg the, fellota with
$5 bill--telling himto- ' Afri.
41.111 1 0 tui.4,:barkler":. with, thefeadat
fetill$681:0 1161 bli . that ",.444303
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