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C. F. RSAD d H. N. FRAZIER. EDITORS.
F. E.L00,-VIS. CORR ESPONDING EDITORS
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In furnishinghis lecture on John Ilrown for
publication, Rev. A. L. Post prefaced it with a letter
to the editor of the _Von rose Demorrat,stating that
he (the lecturer) "stat.ds outside of all poll tical,par
ties," that "none of them comti up to' his idea'of
right and-duty," and that " for hno
(pie sentiments
man
besides himself, and no party or, sectis responsible."
The editor of the Donol:rat illUstrates his idea of pc
litical honesty by suppreving' this letter, and prefac
ing the leclure with the statement that the lecturer is
one of the ",Republican clergy'!" Are we to infer
dila!, the editor Ihinki he lenow3 . Elder Poses political
views better titan he ttiows them himself, or that the
suppression and statement teem made with a view to
political effect, without any regard to trutt ?
"The "Democracy" of hiladelphia made an
organized - attempt to prevent George W. Curtis trom
I
delivering his lecture on Slavezt r y in that city on the
Ifith inst. Mr. Curtis lecturer to an audience of
about two hundred, while a crord of about ten thou
sand assembled outside. Soon p.ftee:Mr.Curtis com
mended his lecture, several of the mob threw stones
at the'building, breaking the 'window-glass. Fife
htuadred policemen wore stationed in the vicinity, and
immediately made a rush upon the rioters, arresting
severarof thein. This summary proceeding had a
tendency to calm the excitement, Whiel at ficst
threatened serious consequences. Mayor Ilenry and.
the Sheriff were on the ground, and directed the po
lice. During the lecture, Mr. Curtis was several
'times hissed by some of the inside audience, 'Alen
the hissers were immediately ejected by' the; police.
These proceedings 9n the part of the mob are in ac
cordance with advice given -at. the recent " Union
Meeting" in 'Philadelphia, where speakers recom
mended that atria-slavery speakers should be hissed
down, 'Mid otherwise prevented fromexprepig
sentiments., But ,we have not quite reached_ that
point in tht korthern Otatca
t ar It will be seen by the- proceedings-_of Con
gress.; that in the Hoist' the Democracy-sloth .very
• little aid from the Republicam‘—have spent the Ses
sion thus far in agitating the slavery 4nestion. With
that lack of discretion usual. to them since'. he
domination of the'Slave Power in the Goverrinlentpas
been threatened with overthrow, they have taken
the very beSt-course to give an extensice circulation
to Helpers bbok, 'The Impending Critiii,7 which
contains comparisons'of free and slave labor, and sta
tistics and facts of various kinds, calculated to pro
-duce a very damaging effect on slavery wherever gen
erally read. 'This book is the production of a South
ern man, of the class of 'poor whites, and is in, part
addressed- to titon-slaveliolderl of the Slave States
whom the author wishes to induce to make an eirort
for the abolition of Slivery. It is probably In this di
rection that the greatest danger to Shivery lies, arid
fur that reason the Slaveholders denounct; direst vet•
geance on the head of the autl;or of_the book. lie
advises:" prior whites" to rebel .against the 'political
supremacy of the - Southern aristoeragy, to Over!hrOw
a system of ptrltticat economy which keeps all the
.wealth, and-respectability, and power in the hands
of a-few "first families;" while the #t rascal many" are
kept forever poor. ignorant,-and micatvd fur. lle
, 4 1 - if they are despised and trampled
upon, it is thei(own fault: that the majority ou-ht to
Reim •
at p
ritie.in Southern State '
tat t h u anu nuntanity Coin•
:
Line to demand-of
.‘ , ..raction or ,outhern Society. These
ideas the political leaders of the Soinli call treason ;
but it only means treason against their long-estab
lished control ()film politics of the South. 'Noll, that
these Democratic Congfessmen have been at so great
pains toinake known the elisterice cf the book, it
a chance if the " poor whites" of the South do not
find sonic - Means to become acquainted with its con
tents and:to profit by -its tetiebing.'s.
Or We should think that the frequent exures
siOn of disitnion.sentiments by Southern Senators and
Representatives,.since Congress assembled, ought to
attract the attention and call forth the disapproval of
our Northern Democratic 'newspapers. ,But
seem to paSs them by quite unnoticed.
" Impending-Crisis," the production cif an obscure
individual, whole represented b-y his Southern'breth
ren as one-of the lowest and vilest-of men, draws
forth livers of Democratic ink, sans of pro-si,ivery
and oceans of doughface tears over the danger
of the talon ; brit when grave, Sertaun , .'und fiery
Representatives from the South, rise- in the capitol,
and boldly utter treasoMagainst the 'Government of
the Uniteci_States, it is-all taken as amiere matter of
course, entirely unworthy the notice of, our Demo.
cratie Union-Ss:vers. - •
' The Union-saving meetings that have been recent
ly held in some of our large northern chies, are curi
osities. The principle on wide!: they are got up ap
pears to-be this':. The Southern Del2loenak leaders
are threatening disunion unless they cap: shape the
government to suit the views of the pro-slavery mi
nority. Hereupon the cdtton men of the North arc
frightened, and hasten to get together• in public
meetings and assure these:arrogant Southern traitors
that, if they will only consent to stay- in the. trillion,
they shall have their own -way in 'everything, as far
as the aid of the said cotton men can give it to them.
, 'We would suggest that that is not exactly the way
to keep these Aouthern traitors in order.f Let them
see chat they cannot frighten the North by their
threats of disunion, and not only will there be no
-Clanger of a dissolution of the' Union, but we shah
soon ceas.e tohear any such threats. The Souih dare
-not separate from the North. •
_ .
re* Cook and Coppie, and the_negroes Green and
Copeland, were executed at Charlestorn,Ta.,last Fri
day. Cook and Coppie made anai l temps—to escape
' ma Thursday night, They bad sticeeded, after two,
. ,
weeks' labor whenever alone, andnt-night when the
bed clothing muffled the sound 'of the saw 'which
they had Manufactured out of an' ..old Barlow knife,
• in cutting through their iroil shackles, so that they
coulti.pry them off at any moinent:
- They Imd Made a sort of chisel' out of In old bed
screw, with which they succeeded, as apportunity
would after, in rewaxing the plaiter from., the
and then brick after brick, until a spii'et sufficient for
Them to pass through was opened all, but removing
the last brick.. This was concealed by their bed.—
'The bricks taken out were concealCd in the drum of
the attire, and the plaster was concealed between the
• bed elethin.- ' .• At a
.quarter past . eight, Thursday
evening, the attempt to escape was-made. The town
was thrown into great conitnotionhy the report of - a
rifle under the Wall of the jail, followed by several
othel•ahont. The military werestialleti to anus„ and .
all was intense excitement. The, sentinel reported
that at quarter past eight be observed a man on the
jail Wall:. Be challenged, and receiving no answer
tired'upon hint. Another head also appeared over
the wall, but was withdrawn when the sentinel fired,
Cook, who was on the wall, seemed at first determin
ed to jump down, but the seutirml declared thurite
would impale him on his bavonet, and then he re
. treated into the jaillard with Coppie, and both gave
themselves up. The Shenandoah mountains ure with
in ten minute's run of the jail, and had Cook reached
them, he would probably, hays escaped. '
The executions were winiessed_by at least sixteen
hundred 'people. Copeland and Green were hung a
few minutes past- eleven u clw k n rb. Cook and
- Coppie were then brought out and drawn to the place
of execution, and launched into eternitra few , min
utes before one o'ck:ick. They evinced the most un
flinching firmness, and said nothing, , except to' bid
**relit° the minima:a and sherin;
Congripaional.
' On Saturday the Senat3 was not in SeSsion.
Iti
the' Rouse, Mr. Larrabee,,,..: , DernoeMt, of Wisconsin,'
made t "speech_in Whiehfit s e rebuked the North for ‘ ,lts.
aggression, upon the Soth, and 7 chargett the whole"
agitation upon-the .Nortlt; tstept: Mr. Vallithdig..,
ham's, if was throOst abjOctdotronstration yet made.
Be was followed Volgmdighem,who reset° make
a correction of the report elf his remerfes. ,- Be did
not say that he 'Was boull:d to the
- South and'the in•
stitution of Slavery. ire laid he wits noitt Southern'
man. Be said that withlA the'Conitithtion and the
union he was a Western! Sectionalist, and that he
cut himself from ,both, 14e North and the South.
Two votes forSpeakerkqie then had, the first 'show
ing ; for Mr SheruMmi I ; for Mr. Bocock, R 5 ; for
Mr. Boteler, 2.3; tseafteOng„9. The second vote
'stood : for .Mr. Sherman, 011 ;j for: Mr. 13Oceek, 84;
for Mr, Boteler, 15;.;,f0r. Mr. Briggs, 9 ; scattering, 9.
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THE gurEsVr TlE:Airs. t . ) . l,y_ Collins, Author
of " The eadScieret,"A" . After Park," &e. New
York: BarperA Bro - thers, Publishers, .Franklin
&mare. f859!--Pric4ne goner, -
Among the, English authors who pre ileginning to
attract attention by theirr, literary merit and artistic
skill in delineating seeneir,of modern life, is Wilkie
Collins,the author Of thi n volum,d; The plan of the
work, though simple; is Accidedly attractive; and it
is charmingly,ckeented. iiThree old men, 'brother's,
a ciergyfnan,. a lawyer, atld •,a do'ctor, have •retired
front Rate life in Londoli, and are living together In
a ruinouslofd castle,amerri the mountains of Wales.
The clergyrnan.and fillysiOan are bachelors; the law
yer is a widower, with anii only . son, absent on the
continent; an Officer tlf araiy. BY the; terms of
her father's will, a beautiN and accomplished young
lady, ward of tlte . old taler, is constrained to'repair
to thelonely home of .tl;dte old Men, to remain there
six weeks. This yOunii lady is; "The Queen .of
Hearts," She proves a and most agreeable
girl, and the visit becornt f - ery ptasaut to all par
ties.. In the mean tinte.,;(be old lawyer receives si
letter from his son, diselising the fact ofltf.4 -attach
ment to the Queen of Il4r_ta, and requesting-him, if
possible, to detain her inr(Valcir till his', arrival, the
date of which he fiied . —,ptst ten - days. after the etpir
anon of the younglady'ix„„weeks' sisit The fa
titer entered ittto the ease and when - the Queen of
Hearts began tet show- syrdptoms of uneasincia - and a
desire to leave at the nee appointed, finding that
she was very - fond of " saries," and acting on a hint'
that she would like to her some- of the old men's
• reminiscences, lie enliste his brothers in the scheme,
and the three wrote ten tiles or sketches—which ten
.tale; compose the most of the Work before us—one
of which was read evi-ry.qaght, and so the'young lady
was detained for ten dayonger, mid then - the young
'officer arrived, ,S:c.`
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Republican pfinciplas, tuuytlie most influential news
parer it: the United Stater, .
Brown*d Wise.
John Brown was httnglor a crime which Goreroor
Wise, who signed his death warrant, was the. Srst to
counsel, and which Gov. Wise's friends now avow .
their intehtion to commit 4ezt Sear, shotild they fail
to elect a:Democratic PrOdent. •
",That in the ('aptain!) but aebolerie - wbed.
Which in-the Soldieris flat blasphemy,"
- That seizure of HartelsFerry 'Afsenal, which in
Johh Brown was ;Treason lin Gov. Wise "noble
'and gallant - patriotism: ' BU gay his, Deniocratic
en
dore-ers. So echoes the lAttnocratie Press through
ontthe Union. To -day Otey lavish; in .the same
breath, curses upon the eta . z,_ed old man, whet, died
made eide the attetpßt, and fulsome plogt .
upon the Governor-0o th4catens, to do the same •
thing himself.' here is I,lrginia
.authority for the
statement:
The Hempel:Rep of Herltley,.comity, Virginia, hire
held n rueeting.:„ Ifr.'Chak. J. Eaulkner, exlfember
of Congress, presided, andin4n able: conservative,
and national speech, thus showed the policy which
Governor - Wi,e laid down ttl 1850: •
It •
''When that noble andll gallant ion ef_Virghlia t
Henry A.. Wise, deelared4s was said he did, in - 'Oc
tober, 1.556, that if Fretnott should be elected, 3IE•
OULD SEIZE . THE' NATIONAL AILS,EN AL AT
HAIIPER'S . TERRT, lieefew would Ur dial tiine
hare justified so bold and tkecided a tneukereg It is
the fortune of some great find gifteduninds tosee far
in advance of their cMtemlipraries. Should iWnt. H.
Seward be elected in Jhea;:where is:the man no* iu
our 'Milk who would not 011 for the impeachment of
a Governor of Virginia whll.wolild,.silently sutler that
• Artnoreto revs under the control'uT such on Exeem ,
tire held l.
i— ------- 't -- r - -i ,
' • 'Mut. tns, SLAr e E DClVrits IRE DOING...—A 6 app ea l
has been Pui in eireulationtand exteniively
. eineulatf
Neal ed in N- York, be the agents of.the.'slave - power,
and alidressedr".to the Irish friends of the - South. in
Northern cities," dedlayinglithrit `'tlie - SOUtlii looks
tots Irish friends in the lage• cities- to ell'eet' a di.
verston in its favor,' by " burning's largelactory; or
plethoric-store, or - innuctrsgran ar y, in New York or
lit:sten," witeneV : Z7 "a 1111241. tick or a eQtlion gin is
burned attire South by WO Soil. emissaries." The,
circular says that..l"Smithe6 gentlemen will be coo
stantly among such IrishiatO,'aruDly supplied ' with
means to remove those whose pat: iptis:u has subject
ed,them to suspicioti," andjhat
." for every ' dollar's'
'Korth of I:jury's:lmm to outt,:enemits3 lit the northern
factories, the South'svill amply compensate,' and be.
side furnish you a safe refuke. ancla homestead." • It,
'says also that a league of Itlshmenis formed for this
infamous purpose, called "The United Constitutip . 1
wi t
Irish daaociation," and is signed,." The Committee. .
...Utica geroid, . -: '' - 1 '
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-Thirty-Sixth tolgess—First Session.
WASLIINGTON Dec.lo, 1859.
ISEXATE.-21tc Berate is,rit in SiMlikit: toz4iiy, lay
irjg ajournedover,till Monday. : ; , •
jiiovee
orißtralsomartvis.—Mr. Hickman ,
of
PenntiyhTania,'. moved an amendment t o the journals
that do mention bad been made therein of his . tetaa•
lotion for the adoption of the plurality rule:' ,
I The Clerk said that the resolution was merely read
for inforniation. .
Bfr.llicknutti-insisted that he had the right to offer
the resolution, which took - precedence of all other
questions. lie asked fora decision of the question.
; Mr. Grovr E bt tenosylvania, and Mr. Washourne,
of Maine, contended that Hickman had the right
to introduce The resolution.
`Mr. Houston, of Alabama, took the opposite side
of the argument: • -
Mr. Stanton, of Ohio; said that-eieh if he should
yield. the floor, to which he was entitled, the resold=
Lion could not be entertained now, as other questions s
kere pending.
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, took oecasien ; to say that
the plurality revolution was designed to enable men.
to vote indirectly for a .Blackliepublican, when' they
would norcome up like teed and vote directly for
such a nominee.
3lr. Hickman replied that the -remark did not up.
ply' to him. Ho shoUld vote for a Republican in
preference to any gentleman Who sustains this Ad
niinistmtion.. [Applause on the Republican side, in
termingled with hisses from the other side',] •
-Mr. Reagan said that nobody doubtcd the gentle.
man would vote for a Republican as against a. Demo
crat,. He repeated that the object Of this• unlawful
attempt to act upon that resolution was to shield gen
tlemen from --the responsibility .of doing Indirectly
what they would not do directly:
Hickman-LI have never conceded, anywhere
what my ultimate action would '.tte. I prefer the
election of a sound- Democrat. By that I nican a
Democrat opposed to the Administration—an anti-
Decompton Democrat. I have endeavored for a week
to elect such a man, but lam beginning to , fear that
I shall 'be unable to consummate' that work..
tieve that either a-friend of the Administration or a
Republican is ultimately to be elected' Speaker. 1.
'ain frank to say, in that event, I have decided on the'
choice of the latter. I have offered thin ret.tolution
ro:r the purpose of reaching an organization. If the
Administration party sneceed, I trust I shall submit
in a be=coming spirit. Kant perfectly willing that CV.
cry man in the country should know 'my - views. Let
. the motion to amend the journal be put to the Hous&
to deCide. ' - . .
Mr.'William Smith, of Virginia, said that the .ino!
Son 'vas-unnecessary in his yiew of the subject. It
the gentleman means to vote for the Republican
nominee, he, and those thinking with bins, can des!),
.and this ends the question. No man who' has wit
nessed that gentletuaa's course.for the last two years,
could doubt that.-he would at last land in the Repub
lican ranks. He says he wants a sound Democrat
elected,.and yet will vote with the Republicans.—
Who does he Ibol by such a doctrine as that .?, The
tnemberi of the Democratic party are here to per
form a high and - holy duty to their country. I want
him-to be understood as a Black Republican, who on
ly- takes the naino of Democrat for the purpose of,
hoodwinking and misleading.. Let me ask him,Wouldi
he vote for Mr. Bocock to-day if'he would, rise andt
sity that he was opposed to-the Administration ? -'
Mr. Hickman frankly. and unequivocally replied
that he would not, because Mr. Bocock sustained the
Administration, in. every-thing it has done, and he
(Mr. Hickman) was not a believer in eleventh hour
repentance. (Laughter.] Ile would continue to
regard, himitelf as a Democrat; notwithstanditg the
reinarles.of the gentleman from Virginia. , It is a
questiorithat will be decided by the whole - country,
whether James Buchanan, or those who Itold to the
sentiments of the Cincinnati plattoT in it : s g integrity
and entirety, embody the Democratic sent* 'ent.
.A.lengthy discussion-ensued between Messrs. Bor.
ace F. Clark, Of New York, and William Smith, of
Virginia, oh political principles.
Mr. Clark; of New York. I came into the. last
Tongresi a Deinocrat. I anisa Democrat now, but
not attached to the Democratic Organization
~in - this
[louse or in my, wn district; i l'..took-tny seat in the
last Congress by the side of grinOemen - who I -sup
posed were pledzed' with melt the Democratic plat :
tbriu—of course, I mean-its n rthern exposure. 1
hid norbeen - lotig here before I- found out that there
. was more than tine sectional party - in this House. I
- came here with the impression that there was here a
sectional partyjiirmYed against the interests of the
Union. It was not longbefore I began to suspect
that there was, more than one sectional party in the
House of Representatives. After a while, I helird n
distinguished gentleman from the StateoSouth Car
olina-(Mr. Miles) lice in his z'eat and say that the
South were riectional,.intense T sectional; and then I
began to dobbt whether I bel nged anywhere. ,And
' s
that doubt is not yet entirely removed. I claim to
tiii a tuitional limn with northerprejudices and north...,
ern sentiments, intent upon tit preservation of the
'Constitution, and willing to unje .with those men,
tome front wherever they may; who 'will co-operate.
- :with.ine in reference to the great interests of the
etiontry., I care iii.ss about party thanl,o_yr e tali
my country. [..tpplauseio*mo ew 1• 00 ,_ a env
tritaireeltiliot Word- to send a sectional man to
Congress. lie did not regard the' Republican party -
A:1 an Abolition party. Ile defined - Abolitionists- as
those atm yi - ouldint-irfere by violence with the rehte
tion of master and slave. The recentafjair at Bar
itr's Ferry furnished a strong illustration ofpracii.'
cal Abolitionism in its most hideous' form. /11 those:
mere Abolitionists_who would contributpimoney or
otherwise - to make compensation to the - Master for the
service of his slave, and in consideration of the sur
render-of his title, he knew.there z were Thousands of
them - at the - North. , "-'
Mr. Smith' said he wag / we'll 'acquainted with Mr.
Clark, and Bid not believe there. WILE an Abolition
feeling in his heart,„era drop of Abolition blood in
his v - &cock was not put up be
tdthinistratlon roan,- but because he
honored Demohnit. fle,denouncfd
of Mr. Clark's conduct in being
)crat and refusing to. act with the
inquiry f put by Mr. Chirk, whether
deem it as good givond for-a‘disso
lution of the Union if he should find the people of
tho Sol th combined as a sectional party against the .
South? Mr..Smich replied that whenever the combi
nation of a majority hi formed for the purpose of.
waning on the Consthutiomil rights of any section of
'the I:mon, am out :^ [Applause.] •
Mr. Clark—So ant .1 sin Llut_iim. have not an
swered my question.
Mr. Smith:se:id he would not undertake to FAY if
any .particuilir man should be eleeted President:, he
wouldjrametttately favor a dimohnion of the Union.
" . sufficient.for the day is the evil thereof."
Mr. Curry,;of Alabama,. made a length's speech on
Abolitioniton. He did not propose to hold the Re
piiblican party responsible for the excesses commit
te3l by men holding anti-slavery' 'opinions : He did
not . intend to charge any of that' party:_with compile- .
ity in the, raid lately made -into Virginia. Ile WPB
willing to allow the mantle of ignorance to cover the.
act of signing the rectnameudation of en Incendiary
pamphlet. _ -s
Jut he made this averment, that the ideas and
principles and politics - of the Republican party - are
necessarily to the Constitution, and the rights
and interests of the South ; for the recent invasion
in;de intoWirginia; although disavowed and. rePudi
at d, and, as be had no
- doubt, honestly and consci ,
entiously by most of the gentlemen on the other'side
oil the house, was, in his judgment, the necessary,
logicahand inevitable sequence Of their principles
and doctrines. He proposed to .show tfie effect and
the necessary consequence of this anti-slavery agita
tion and feeling.
The Republican -part. had been driven by. events.
into the assumption of doctrine, from which, a fel
years ago, they would have shrunk . : Mr. Curry re
.-
retied to the law in some of the iStates giving ne
grees theright of suffrage, to the , operation of the.
underground railroad, and to the frequent resistance
of!thfi Fugitive Slave Law, and argued that the South.
hail good reason to be under apprehension.
astited: If you bad tile power to afiolish slavery and
reader slave property insecure, would yen- not do it f'
lir. Kilgore, of Indiana, Republican—No, not it'
the Southern States.
„-
Mr. Curry—Why, in the free States, no legislation- -
would be necessary on The subject. • But you would
gradually narrow and limit our ground, until all we'd
have to flee fiOth the country of.our occupancy and
residencti. _I soy boldly, that the- animating •princi
.ple of the Republican patty Is Opposition -to the ex
tension of slavery' in the Territories. This is the lig
ament that binds the heterogeneous MOM together.
Without that you would fall to pieces at once.
- •
.
Governor Mate. in a.recent,sperth, teeentspeoeb. had suggest,-
ed that every Government:official should be ti,person
imbued with anti=slavery doetrbles,_ and that that
priikeipli . shouid be one of the teats for getting 'ari•
pottitmenta.
. .
If the North . elected Seward or Chase, orany other
member of the Republicanparty; . on a sectional plat-
Parut, Such an election was to be resisted to the die
ruption of ererr. tie which binds together the gr.eat
confederacy. (Applause from the Demoef a ti e b enc h.
• i •
e . B. L. Carty y referred to the.recent Vniotidemonstra
tionsltithe North. He said thurthough'. they Were
more or less qualifyingits eyincing a. returning sense.
of•jhstice at the North; yet they amounted to noth
.ing.l They were'kot the true.index 9f public opin
ion. The teat of public, opinion was. through .th •
ballot-box and looking to this test. he • found„thit
NeW England stood heriarrayed
against the constitutional rights at the,Bouth; that
Dines Ty* OM here tilt but four -9r- Om ikprip
sentatites disposed to befriend the South and South
ern intaxests- -
.
Thetane, wie•true in a greater or. lesser extent in
regard Pettaylvania, Ohio,. and 'other States
When k f e looked at these indications, he wts , not. to
be ldli$(l into security by demonstrations -it Union
meetings. Thespatrlotic 'declarations And • eloquent
vindication 0 the Union were but as the staging of
Circe, b ° • - • ' •
• ' voice of the charmer,
Charming never so. wisely,"
lulling the South l and deceiying the North in regard
to_the atupendousneas of the crisis: If they were in
earneetlin these deilarations, let - them give to the
South tihmething practical, - substantial, and practica
ble.
_
, OMeluded--I do not deny that there exists in,
my State a serious apprehenaion In regard to the con.
clusioMof this agitation.' There are men in the South
v-ho,while insisting that-the Government may con
tinue td be proiperous and happy, still rieognisethe
fact. _tliat clowiland darkness are gathering over the
future,',Which oonly the . eye or, the seer. can penetrate.
Mess t ts. Kellogg and ' -Logan, of Illinoli, apologize
to the ilium for the Much regretted occurrence
which fool: place on Friday. •
• Mr. John' Cochrane, of New YOrk—After thixres
toratioil of the (linen& tordiale„l move that the
House ildjourn. The motion -was agreed-to by a - vote
of 112.10 108.- Adjourned. .
• .
•
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i' - WApITINtirCrN, Dec. 12..
.Sewe r
r.--Mr. Trumbull-presented the petition of
citirent of Washington for the construction of a.rail
road on Pennil:Wools Avenue. • .
On nintion of Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, a resolution
was adMited appointing a Coinmittee to wait on . the
President and inform him that the Senate is ready to
receiv4lcommunications, in order that he may -have
.an opplartunity to send' nominations and Executive
trusin i /
Es to the Senate previous ; to the organization
of the ouse. - .
.
On 'otion•of 31r. Brown, of Mississippi, it was re
solved o proceed to the election of a Chaplain, on
Thursday next.
Mr. tverson, of Geo.gia, said be - had been mis
unders(pod by the Cobstitution newspaper, in a re
mark shade by him about the Democratic party.
When be said he . believed." the Demoennic party, if
not corrupt, was pt least corruptible," he did not
mean tb. accuse thems&complicity or sympathy with
John lb-own; but simply to say that on the question
of the Teivilerrial rights-of the Southern -people, a
great i Ilion of the Northern 'Democracy isunsound.
This t
was a vital question to the rights' and inter
ests ofihe South, and on this question he believed
a largefpertion, if not the whole of the Northern
Democtacy was unsound. He believed, and South
ern people believed that they bad the right Under
the Constitution, to emigrate to any of the territo
ries with their slave property; and when there, they
have the right to the, protection of the:law in the
enjoytrient of their property, and Congress has
power fo give that protection, and it is its duty to
do if. :It cannot be disputed. that this is not the
position of. the Northern Democracy, at least that'
portionr t who fellow Dotigias. They deny the bower
of Congress over the subject, and deny that Congress
can exercise jurisdictions° 4 to give that protection.
They 4y the - power belongs to the people of the ter-
ritoiies;:ihemaelree, in a territorial form, and when a
sufficieiy. number of people go Into a territory to
form apolitical' community, they have a complete
right to : regulate the subject of slavery as they please,
and neither Congress nor any human 'tribunal . has ,
the'po*cr to interfere. -Now•he contended that po
sition - Was issunsmind as the Wilinot Proviso. When
he said the Democratic party -were at least corrupti i
his, heldidnet allude to them in a moral sense, but
spoke i a political sense, thinking the, time. was
fast co ning when they would be so, under the pres
sure ofiis strong and overwhelming sentiment at the
North. If they have not already become nbolition
ized, they would become so.
- Mr. Bigler, of Pennsylvania, was surprlsed to hear
the rediarks- of the SenatOr the other day. Ile
thongh't he did the Democratic party at the North
great Bijostice, for he certainly used strong language
and weht on at some length to say they were as: rot
ten and , corrupt on this subject as the 'Republican
party. Biglerwould tell him that such a decla
ration had nu foundation in fact. -
Mr. Pugh said he wished'to serve a notice on the
gentletitan from Georgia, (Mr...lverstini) and on the
Demo4atic party, in the South and elsewhere. If
the sediiments uttered 'by the gentleman from. GeOr
gia were generally-entertained - by Southern Demo
crats, ice wanted to know it, and know it now, before
the Charlesten ConVention. -
Mr. Iverson said he would define his position to
the gentleman's heart's content, as soon as he gotim
opportinity,
Mr lolnison speakingto the resolution ,-in reply
to the gentleman fromillinciis, (Mr. Trtualaull,)' con
tended:lost Congress had no sovereign' poier over
the Tes'ritories. , All the power that COngress had,
had bet.n delegated to it by the / States and It Ulla
not likely that the slaveholderdwho :paideipated in
the fratiiing of - the Constitwdon would delegate the
right of. future-interfereatre with their ptOperty in the
Territokies.
Ile :hued at lerilqh that the - Constitution-was
c t us i ve t v . a H. mu not
w_ qua Of :the African nice with the
white, tind,that it guarantees protection' to elaiery
whereVcrlbuii. He also argued that the three
fifilis rePresentation. in the :south, so mach corn
! p , youwll:of by Repubiicans,.was in a great measure
,onlanejd by the free negro_ representation at,, the
North, ',the latter not hasiug•arty more political
leges,dian the former. .
House or . ilY.PASSEsrarivirs.—Mr. Kilgore, of In
diana, sall that in consulting with his friends, he
found that they were almost unanimous in the -opine
ion that r it - wita necessary to proceed to ballot in or
.der to tiring about an org anization of the House.
The A-I:ministration was. most without 'looney, as
welt asnlivithout friends, and he wanted to
.previde
for the former . Ile wanted to tell the gentlemen on
,the other side the House that the Republicans will
not shrin k , from'alediscussion. At the
- proper time
they wdbid debate the question which had been in-
Irteluced, until - all parties were satisfied. Ile would
take the: , first opportunity to examine the condition
ref thingi at theiNorth audit the South. They had
been infermed that there would be. a dissolution of
the co-eartnersivp. He wished to examine how the
accounWstandand who lies been doing wrong.
Mr, Maynard, of Tennessee, said that they had
been engaged during en entice week, and only taken
three ballots ter .Speaker. Mui• - h of 'the time 'has
been oeFupied is in - Committee of the Whole, discus.
sing questions necessarily incident to the attempt- to
effected organization.- They had seen the' bad con
sequem*s of the olisorganizaffbn in t h e interruptions
and disturbances arising from the galleries, without a
ipresillinp officer to preserve cyrder. . Under these
cireurastances he offered a . resolution that-the oldest
Member:of thislfouse, by ! consecutive service there
in, be appointed Chairman till the House shall elect
A Spealeer.
Kilgore ohjeCted on the ground that the reso
lution-As not-in order. -
Several other gentlemen also objected._,.
Mr. Maynard referred to precedents in support of
his resOution, and showed tha't John Quincy Adams
was once appointed chairtmin tillta Speaker could be
electedA His proposition was simply for the preset;
ration of the order, dignity, and 'self-respect of the
body, 4ile the eyes of. this great nation and the
world were upon - the representatives of the peopie.
Mr. Stewart, of Maryland, said that it, was neces
sary that there should be a comparison of views,
while abthe mine time the order and dignity of the
House sitould be preserved.' .Nationel mien had vot
ed for Mr. Boeock, while for the candidate of the
RepubliCan party not one member, from-the Smith:-
ertiStatts lad Toted. • The latter standing on A sec
tionalplatform, h ow could it be expected that South,
ern.mettl,cotild. gite the gentleman their support?
He (Mr.iSherman),had signed the recommendation
of lielprif's book, Which would stick to him like the
shirt of iNessusi ride - never would consent to vote
for the sipoption of the plurality rule. The Union
meetings:at - the Ntirth amount-to nothing. - They are
a delushin, unless there is acorresponding healthful
action. He believed"that there was conservatism
and intelligenCe enough at the North-to rebuke such
sentimetits is uttered by Mr. Seward.- Now was .the
time for {hear to rise in their majesty, and , vindicate
the !lathing.' sentimeots.
lle vihdicated la r ve labor as applicable to the
South, acid thought it was by' the act of kind Proid
deuce tlitt the' African was' brought to this country.
If the ncst. Presidential election should be deter
, .ined ingeor of theseNorthern,sectietual views, he
believed fiat the Southern and Pacific States would
delitieratiely take cQnnsel together to provide a 'rem
edy. 3; ,
kr, Iltokin rose to a privileged question. Ile de
sired to reply-to an artieleitttlie - Constitution, which
is recogui, z' od as the home orgah of the President. Be
did not usually notice little thing*, but as it was tin
derstaxethat that paper was edited' by Preakient
Buchanan and Attorney General Black—that, shield
ing themselves in this way, he could not help notic
ing tkis•article. Ile then referred; noon very com
plimentaty terms, to the sub-editnr, lir. Brown. •
r
The li'ew York Herald was ale personal - organ of
the Presl i tlent ; but he:could' not 'but:tire it credit
for the enterprise which it displaftil, "Melt - Was net
the cafe Frith the former—very often, hoWever, he
was veryliso?rlto say in misrepresenting facts. Ile
then refeered.to the articlo'which related to , the ac
tion oftlie anti-Lecompton Democritti:of the house,
styfmgth - ent_traitors, /lee. . • .
in refiy-6 the charges against the inti;Lpeomp
tOnitfsrhil, would say tio one 'knew the falsity of it
better dip Mr. Buelmnin ..liiinself,.for he tried by
every Corrupt means to swerve., those - hOnest men
from wbi# they.lotutidered their duty.
As to theirbeing labia to their pier** in , regard_
to himself, he 'child Fay tiiitt darinc.tha - Congresaion•
41 WP 1 4 /4 all ObtlicS b. tintrO tali NM On*
. ,
-
iistra
ments _as he has expressed s' ce he had been
in Washington. • De defiled that be had not' acted
up Wall the p . leftes.he had mad In 1/365.
He was a tiftd of Cot Foniej for Clerk ;- .
--therewas no man whose election would ;R. further ~01,*
buke the cwirUptiOns of thlildrir lion Wit tbit
of 11.7; Foci*:. . _ : z - . - '
SUIT; Dec. IB.—Mr:Mug pri
fnim Mayor Tiernan!' of New•Tork
i i
favur Of ir. 'llomestead-bill. . Mr.
Ferri , resolution
was taken up, a 1
Mr. Clay leading off in reply to R
He expressed the beijef, confidenri
tion of a Republican President 11 4 1
result In a dissolutton,of the Ii
was forewarned, and would be
hour of triali • Mr. Gwin'coocurre
Clay.said, -and hoped the. - Repu
presses policy which could only .3
the Cnion. Messrs. Hale and. Wil
ating the argurne ilea they have bef .
Wade has the Boor for totriortol
,
Flom., Dec. 13.—The question
motion of Mr. Hickman to amend
urday so as to state that be hadm
thvplutality rule, Mr. Sickles too
wereto argue-, in reply to Mr. .1
were in the North millions of
only,to The Union, but to the Con
it rests. He also denied Mr. IL'
cot•enan South - hid - violated all ; covenan
.cciripacts, and
compromises. Mr. Adroit], in a' . ply - to the charges
made by 7"li Const(tetfan, made some striking de
velopements relative to, the cour adopted by the
Administration during .the teat pton struggle in
Congress. lie also pointed out-, retty plainly the
course he and his, constituents ould pursue, with
cres - Pect to the action In the Char eston . C,ontrention.
A running debate was had, in wh ch the political pi..)-
Sitten of members was sought for when the- •Ifoase
adjourned without ki blllot,, or tak ng any question.
Swage, Dee.--14.—Mr. Wade t.ok the floor on Mr.
Mason'aresolution, and repudiat 11 the. charges of
complicity with the Harper's Fer affair, which had
been made-against the Republica,, patty for'tfie hes.
s est purposes. He treated these charges With con
tempt and scorn.- He then proceeded to show how
the Southern .people were delad d with respect to
the true sentiment of the North. - Re regarded the
speeches ofSouthern men tellingtheir people that
the great party having control f the Free States
sympathized with John Brown a the,most danger
ous and incendiary documents which equld be circu
lated at the Fouth.. He look id upon Brown as hay
lug been insane, and askefl if theipeople of Virginia •
felt deeply his .acts,'how. •rimst the people of the
North haVe felt at tune treatment of their friends in
Kansas. They were driven out; of'. the Territory;
they were murdered in cold blood, and their property
was destroyed. When appealing to Congress for.re
dress, they 'get insults instead- of sympathy: When
he Stated this - be stated what "he knew. Mr.' .W.
proceeded at length, comparing the two. cases, and.
referred to,dae heroit part Brown tletok in driving the
Bordoelbilliens . ea of .Kanetts; oad 'conquering 'll
peace. _lle thought IlroWn was maddened: by the
scenes he had witnessed in }Cables, for he did 'not
_believe any saute man would attempt what he `hid
in Virginia. •21c...W. then replied to Mr. -Johnson's
criticisms on the Republican platform. A
.vote was
finally bid onlfr, Trumbull'm amendinent to extend
the inquiry respecting the Harper's Ferry affair to
that of the seizure of the ArsCnal at Liberty, 'Missouri,
and it was rejected—yens 22; nays 32. Mr- Mason's
resolution was then unanimously adopted, tied the -
Senate adjourned: ~ . .
..
[Muse, Dec, 14.—Mr. Mcßae resumed 'his re
marks, making a general onslaught upon the Repub
lican party. He criticised the Boston Union meet
ing, and said Mr. Lincoln's speech expres.4ed no-sen
titnent which was not entertained hythe Republican
party. The resolutione Were a string of generalities.
No one had attacked the Anti-Slavery sentiment.
Mr. -Everett was a great and good man,- but he did
not assail the Anti-Slavery movement -in the right
quarter. Mr. Cushing eulogized Mr, Lincoln, when
the latter haditittered Antl-§lavsentiments. Mr.'
Mcßae wanted the,Cliarlesten oriveution:b igive the
,4,,,. 7
Cincinnati Platform an interp tition ,in accordance
with the decision of the Sepreme Conrt ink the Dred
Scott case, giving to the- South the right to carry
, their slave. property/into- the Territories, and pro
teeting it when,there. He was followed by'Mr. Car
ter, who. condetimed the 'Unbridled license of the -de
bate. . Mr. Winslow moved that a vote for. Speaker
betaken lifter a protest on the ;tart qf' Mr. ' Clark,
who- wanted a vote on his resolution first. The
Howie agreed-, and it stood: for Mr. Sherman, 108;
WI Bocock, 86; Mr.' Gather,: 22; 'scattering 11.
- No ehoice, 114 lining necessary.' Mr. Miles auigest
ed, in order that, the country might- see that they
were endeavoring to elect a Speaker, that a vote be
taken each day. This was responded to' with c,ries
of " Agreed r Mr. Stanton stated that the Republi
cans had been ready the past three:days to vote for
Speaker or on the pending resolution; 'without -de
bate.' Mr. Vallandighani took the floor. 'and .pro s
ceeded to read teem-and criticise Mr..llelpetit •book.
Mr. Ashmore antmenced that a man had been ixrest
ed in the thecissille District with rieserel of •these
books in his possysrstoo fur distribntion among free
n eviveg s..:on.slaveholders. Mr. Cobb exclaimed;
idang j him !!' and Mr. A. responded that- they
- would. Be then went on characterizing Mr- Helper
as a, renegade 'thief. He "also said that correspond.
ence had been found upon the person who had been
arrested, and whose name was Darrell Willis, which
ni..do ..farthing developements as to the complicity of
Northern men.. The Douse adjourned at 5i o'clock
P. in.
Satan?, Dec. 15.—MelsnK Station, Datorta, (Inflamer.
Fitcb,..and Doolittle were named as the Committee
under Mr. Masoe's resolution to make investigation
'relative to tho ilarper`a Ferry affair. Mr.' Pugh sub,
mitred a . resolution - which, under the rule, lies over, ;
instructing the Committee on_ Territories to inquire
into the 'expediency of repealmg . so much of. the act
for the organization of the Territorial GOvernments
of New Mexico and T:tati as requires all laws passed
bythOse Territories to be submitted to Congress for
approval or - rejection. The Rev. Dr. Gurley was
elected Chaplain, and the Senate adjourned till
day next.. /'
1 Horst, Dec. 15.—Mr. Vallandighom of Obio took'
the floor, and raid that the man who indorsed Help.'
er's bind: was not fit to be a Speaker
. or Member Of
the House. „Ile declared,thlit he wait not a Northern
11111111—that he had no sympathy for'the North. Ile
was a United States man, witli'United States .princi
ples. He would give the South all that belonged
it—the fugitive Slave law, the right to. Slavery int! s
Territories, and whatever tights the Constitution co -
fers. Ile declared himself against disunion, but dirl
not believe tile Union could be maintained. exedpt
...through a united people, anti by the immediate, total,
unconditional destruction of what'll° called-the "Sec:
timed and Anti-Slavery Republican party,!" Mr.
Pennington of - N. J., in order that members mlghts
leave the chamber while discussion was going on,
moved that at 1 o'clock the House prOceed to vote
for Speaker three times ; after which no vote slit:Mid
betaken. • But it woe, not,sigreed to. Mr. Crawford
of Ga. took the floor in defense of 'Slavery, and de
nied that the South had 'violated compromises,-
as
charged by 3fr. Hickman. He claimed that the that
aggression came from the North, in demanding, upon
the admission ofHisstiiiri as a State, the reatriction
of Slavery in certain' Territories—a" privilege alivays
enjoyed by slaveliolders. -He was 'proud of those
Northern Democrats who had stood by the Conitltu
tion ; but be would•tell them they were`. powerless
against the great Republican ~ p artyt He said the
South had,rto fear of Helper's book—that Slaved"
could not bi,distorbedl by it. Ile gskedliwiry Mr.
Beecher did. not go to Virginia and preach his doc
trines. Mr- lillgrove (Ind.) replied becauae the. lib- ,
erty of speech is denied at the South. Mr. Crawford
added : "We not. nly deny liberty of speech but'
personal liberty to such men—he would be Swung
higherthan Haman l" ''He concluded by saying that
no Democrat froniGeorgla, on the floor, would sub
mit to the inauguration of a Republican Presiiicul-
A. vote for Speaker was then had, standing, for Sher.'
man, 110 ;
,Bocock, 85 ; Gilmer 22.; scattering. ;
necessary to a choice, 114. Another vote' was had
with noehange, except that Mr. (Miner had 18 and
and scattering 13. The House then adjourned.
House, Hee. 14.—0 n Motion. of Mr. Nitilaek,
Indiana ' the Clerk.was directed to act as . Speaker, _
and enforce the rules relating to order, until an or
ganization was effected. Mr. Bonham;of South Car
took.the floor, and . said thel reason..why the
House did not elect a Speaker was) that the majority
were unwilling to put in the chair an indorser of
Helper's hook.: Ile-agreed with the resolution that
'such a man was unlit , for the positiOn. Ire regarded
it LI a Gnat error when the Missouri ComproNds° was
accepted by the South, as . it encouraged Northern
/*passions against '. Slavery. He characterized Mr.
Hickman Mill renegade, who, having cast his: vote
for Mr. Sherman '' emitted the questiOn as to his being
Democrat.any longer a Deoerat. He better:o that the plu
rality rule in 'choosing a Speaker was unconstitti.
The Smith, he' Wk. claimed the'right to
'carry Slavery into cotemon Territories, and haim It
protected like .other, property 'by Territorial law,
. As to disunion, he said, without hesitatation, that on
the election of Mr. Seward, or any ;ether man, who
indorses, proclaims, and holds theLientiments de.
'dared by-Mr. Seward—call the 'party by whatever
name you please—he would be in flirt* of immediate
disunion, and he thought he spoke the sentiment ,of
his eutire State. Ile warned gentlemen that the
South would preserve Slavery or Perish': in 'the at
tempt. -Mr.Simuis; of Kentucky, - Made rip onslaught .
upon the N.:lab, and claimed for. the South the larg
est.patriotism. A. vote forSperikeri weal had' which
resulted is - follows For Mr: Sherman, 96 ; Mr.
Botkrek, 86; Mr. Gilmer, 36 Scltterlug, 9, -No'
choice. Mr. Gilmer then withdraw? 'his name,. and'
nominated Mr. Boteler. 'Another wine WWI had with
this result: For Mr. Sherman, 1111; Mr. Bocoek;
88 ;Mr. Boteler,:2l3; 'Scattering, 9. Whole bom
ibe VAL • XeCtinary SO e. choke,. 114, Tbs. Howie.
hen 40=4 •
gitiocelitugouo Atul.
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.. On.the - sth infant, ezPresident Van
Bursa cutneeted his bevrkty-sciveotti year.
''.;,.. '., . Itf,lheilitate*natieof-Siith Caroli
na,''bic-Ith, hltr.tßhett, of S .. Helena, in :
,trcabieeilik'reakihition declaring, at thil gen
eraVssetribb* ilea in -- it inelitiedien orthe peo
ttti.
Pia of South Carolina to enter 'into'any' cau
cus with the people of the ' Northern \ States
for the nomination of candidates for the\pres
idency and Vice presidency of these Vatted
states.
• • ..... In the '_Virginia State Senate,. on
Wednesday, among the resolutions introduc
ed was one placing free negroes on the same
( r ooting as slaves, in the.eye opf'the: law, as re.
garde punishment for crime; and another re
quiring merchants applying for license to
state what part of Itheir goods are manufact
ured out of the State, and if imported, at
what.portfley eniered. .
. Thurliiiv'W,' cid, who was in Wash
~,
in'gton last week, Writes to his paper :--" I
met Col. .I'Qiiiey for the first time on Sun
day, find fond him an earnest and enlighten
ed. editor. Iris course in the, coming conflict.
is alike—p t
at iotic inal unalterable . The Pres-.
ident hope 4 that the•Tionse.of Representatives
will not - subject himself to • the indignity of
receiving its messages - through such hands.—
If Col. Forney has any desire for the Clerk
ship, it is that heimay have - just means of
vindication for the persecution he has suffer
.
-
• entied a listaisii
and I'o3 others in
I Mason's "itarpses
d debate resumed,
publican Senators.
l,• that tlie elect
,
uld nececessarilv
Ilion. The 'South
forearmed for her
in all : that Mr.
licans -would not
id disastrously to
son replied, relter
,re employed air:
recurring on , the
he journal of Eat
; ved the adoption of
the floor and pro.
ickman,.that there
earls devoted not
titution, on. which
1- charge that the
; A man nnmed Myers, keeper of a
disreputable house near Scranton, was shot
and instantly killed by a man named flob
Shay, n bar-tender of Bloom's restaurant in
Oat place, on thell2th inst.- It aPpearn'that‘
Shay had been hunting, and, entering, the
house, %vas driven out by . Myers, who seized
an ax 'to drive bitin out, whereupon,ShaY fir
d
upon him cartjying.away the back part of
his head. ,
•
•,. . • It is statei that . certain Sheutherners
now in Paris, are ,indignant at Lonis Napo.
leon - ter entertaining - Senator Seward, to the
exclusion of. Sodthern —gentlemen ! They
propose tqdissoNe the Union with France.
John'BroWn_did not leave any final
Statement or \ iddiess to the Mrs. 8.,
says the Inileiendencsars her husband made
no allusion to such a tiocnment. as having,
been written, Or to'any purpose of Writing
such a document.! She thinks.his final letter
to his family justOyinghis enterprise and mo
tives was all the letter he cared to leaie.—
To the- end, he Criticised his mancevnre at
llarper's Ferry•aa-a blunder, but insisted on
the righteousneas'and propriety 'of any - 'well
executed schenie to resecue the slaves frent
bondage.
lion." I
d.: Breck in ridge was,. on
the 12th inst., elected - United States Senator
by the Kentucky Legislature.
A ,local agent of the National Era,in
Maryland, has been thrown into jail
. _on the
charge of circulating' incendiary documents,
said, documents being copies of the Era:
.... The Demeeratts from Illinois, Indiana,
and Ohio, says the Cleveland Leader, betray
the West by voting foi. Mr. * Bocock for
the . Speakership. He Was always opposed
the Homestead Bill, and also 'voted against
Mr.. Grow'S Bill at the last Session, to give
preemptioners ten years to pay for t r lands.
If elected Speaker-he would so pack the
Comtriittee as to Stifle both of these measures
so'vital to the landless and to the wilderneis
West. Let emigrants of all. classes whOseek
new Western homes make a note of these
things. '
.... "Helper's Impending Crisis" is an
nounced for sale in various parts of' ,New
Jraey. One gentlenian In Paterson has
purchased 1,000 - copies for general distribn
tinh in that chi. _ .
• .
.... North Elba, Essex County,: , New
York, where lie the remains of John Brown,
is a small and•thinly settled town, one hun
dred miles north of Albany, the principal oc-.
.cupation of the inhabitants being lumbering.
The Adirondack range passes_ through' the
south part SoMe of the peaks are 3000 ft.
high, and-are among the most noted in the
State. The central portion of .the town is a •
hilly upland and the northwest part a roll
ing table land known as:the plains. Settle
menewas commenced in 1800,'but tbe town
was formed 'from ',Keene in. 1849. The total
population ie about4oo. Though poor in
material: wealth, arid situated among the.
bleak and northern hills it has secured a last
ing fame as the home and last resting place
ofone who, with unbending' fortitude, sacri.
lieeilbia life in the cause of the dciwn-trodden
slave—a victim of man's-injustice:. •
'4.... We haie carefully looked pref.. our
Democratic exchanges for some 'word of dis
seht_or disapprobation in regard to the Dis.
union Resolutions proposed in the South. Ca
rolina Legislature. But we have :looked !in
vain. They are either in favor . of the.; Dis
union movement, or dare not say they are
against it. in either case they lend it their
encouragement by their.s:lence.—AM. Jour..
4V.-Washington correspondent of the.
' Harrisburg Patriot (Loedoeo paper) makes
the following alarming statement So
,sure as there is it sun in.the heavens,
_should
,the Republiqin party elect - a President in
1800; 'the day that the fact is known will
be the:last day of this Union."
One of our oldest tnerchants, as well
as. one of our most .-esteemed citizens,, was
(waited upon' by a gentleman on Tuesday last
'NAP solicited his signature to the call for the
'Union Saving meeting to be held that day.
His reply Was in these words; ".1%1 ; ) sir,
whenever - the Union'is in danger I will fight
- for it. But when it is.in no danger, I cannot
go myself or 'call upon others to go to ,Fan.
euil Hall to toltine about it." This gentle
man is now 83 . yiats of age, .and scorns at
the idea of holding a meetitig in the Cradle
of Liberty, wtdch Will have the effect°, mak
ing our fellow citiieps of the South believe
,that,any considerable portion of the people
of Massachusetts ai.e in favor of dissolving
the Union, .when-an fact no such sentiment.
is prevalent hpre.—Bostop Atlas.
A Siaotehman nsnaed Sandy T at e
having expressed himself rather too freely
upon the slave quetition and Ifarper's Ferry
affair in the village of Sidisbury, N. C., was,
recently seized 4.4 mob, tarred and teach•
pred, after which be was set on a rail; and
carried to 2 - nCighboring duck pond,. where in
the presence of an immense throng of people
he was. ducked till he.recanted. Upon being
released,' thei poor fellow took •to his . heels,
and his not been-heard froth since.
Gov. Wise of Virginia, and Gov:
_Chase of Ohio, , had some correspondence
luely growing out Of theißrown aHdir. Gov.
Chase said ; " Ofito -will fulfil every consti- .
tutional obligation
.to:other inerribiars of the
Tlpion„:but cannot consent to invasion of
.bar- territory by Brined. m en, even foi l ., the
purpose of pursuing and arresting ftigitives
from justice."
. ; There are in the United States at the
present, time, 48 cittholio Archbishop_ and
Bishops, two mitered - Abbots, and 2,22.1 sec
ularand regular priests...
-.. The Bostoi Transcript learns that
the challenge of Mr.. Montgomery, of Phil
adelphis,, the celebritted . ehess-player will be
accepted by-Mi. Ilareitnond, ,of
Both are distinguished, but have undergone
teraporary ocbpsi by ritason of the success
Qf Nt4 / 40 :147 , j .
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.... A heists ball dollar haa been gotten
upt . o ied
at the n States Mint to - be :submit..
. l
ted to the -Gnvernment for its • apprOval.—
The new coil/ although of the - same diameter
as that now ip :circulation', is much thicker' at'
the rim in"cohatequence of the deeper sinkibg
of the die, and hence more durable. On one
side -is a meditllion pdrtrait of. - Washington,
with .the head , wreathed' with laurel ; th.;
word Liberqi on a scroll over ;the • bust ; - at
the \bottom t4e. date Mil); and around the
whole the words United • States c l f America,
in welt tdiipted raised lettets.- On the
reserse side, wreath of grain envelopes* the-
Word" Half Dollar in , the seine beautiful let
ters. The On livery handsome. .
.. A . vease' I recent'y arrived in Eng.
land limn Sehastapol, with a. cargo tetwo
hundred and thirty-seven tons of humait bones
,! .. The most profitable bioiiness in Vir
ginia; recently, has been themannfactur e of t
regimentals and uniforms for citizen suldiery. '
.... The iife of Solomon - Roberts, liv
ing some four 'or five Miles above this place,
was 'drowned in the Susquehanna River on
Friday night last. It seems that Mr . , and
Mrs. Roberta glided from this place about
dark in a carriage, to return home by way of
the tow.path,land had got `nearly in sight of
home, 'whenrom some cause - the irons at
taching the Wet to the wagon gave way, and
f
s
the wagon w precipitated down a steep em
bankment in o the• river,' where the water
was deep and the current swift. Mr. Roberts
succeeded in!siviratning to the shore; but his
Wife togethec with the wagon . we're carried
- down the, river. As.soomas the alarm - seas
given every effort was made to rescue the
drowning woman, but the water was high.
and rough, tind their efforts proved unavail
ing. She Was last beard lo cry for help
'about a mil above this . place, since - which
time nothin g his been seen or heard of her
Or the
.wagon, She was about sixty years
of age, thelother of a large family, and a
Woman high y esteemed by the community
in which shetresided.— Tunkhaaneek _Demo
-1 •
crat. - i - .
1 ~ . . -A ybung man was .ariested . in Vir
ginin a few days ago . for -. whistling Yankee.
Doodle. i : , ~ . .
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t •
.... Prentice, of the Louis '1
ville - Journal
objects to nOti-intersturse with the North, for
various reasons, among which'are the-idea of
not eating New England salmon next spring,.
or of refusing an ice crop- frOm Chicago when
the dog stars rages ;' the bare thought of hav
ing ,Indinna grouse, or a Maine supply Of po
tatoes interdicted ; of being compelled to
stead of Nei, York t.lystere, or Pittsburgh
ale, and be n the tantalizing 'condition of noi
enjoying th4M ; the terrible calamityinvolc.
ed in giving Up the 'Newark cider sold for ,
champagneetc:, etc. The Journal says :
"_Our friend of theßichrnond Whig will for
give us, if, after having stood politically shell'.
der to ;boulder for years, we now part stom
ach to stomach on this- question of internal
improvement."
• The Democr atic-objection to Old
...,.
, Brown is, ,that he was- running niggerallorth
instead of Tith. It was simply the direc
tion in whi' he was ,traveling the • colored'
persons ilia), the 'Democracy takes excel).
Lions to. , Had he been Terming, darkies. out
of Canada into Virginia, or bringing them
froth Africa; instead-of vice versa, the chival
ry would bb yt elevatitt im to COngress rah.
er than on algallows.;
..'.
• A novel race
Penn., On .qiti 30th. ,
ran from Stigar Grove
tance of ten Ito ilea, mra
- lira By otindition of t
allowed-to Oat twenty
to Jamesto, sod thin
+n.
minus, and twenty see°,
There was rio tvit, as to'
being whetlier be cou.
with the rest of Only\ab
The feat wait performed
forty minutes, it'd fatig
'lle. i
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..
} ' ' Thee Washingt n correspondent of
Forney's - /less says, " 'he Administration
is on its itn4s before.th , South Americans
What a falling off is he ! The men who de
i t s
nounce every Democrat s ' a Republican who
may vote for a Republican- Speaker, them
selves beggi6g the vote ,!if that' party in the
Opposition ihicli; they have Most bitterly as
sailed'as ene;iniesj of adopted.' citizens. The .
administraticai of:James Buchanan has made
a tender of 4.self to the South Americans in
order to getitheiti votes for the organization
of he Ifous4. and its tender has been reject
ed with disdit;n. i And why this most shaine
less. proffer'; Only,. to help the: schenles
of •the disuhion , leaders of , the South.—
Only to sectilhalize the 'country. :. Only to
make. this grht Government a vast machine
to protect Slitvery in the Territories against
the popular OB.! • . -
.. , - Twet)ty eminent agriculturists and .
horticulturistf hate united with Profs. Porter
and Johnson of Yale College, to give a course
of eighty )ectimes:on Agriculture and ilorti
culture, at Niw Haven, in February next.
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P I O'O .I , ' • Eilistle..
()NE OF iIIE MOST !. • -.—. _
--1 . , Dellghtpil Stlahtlens Iti..—Tr.._
IN 31QN Titoi+E, ' -----
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1 11 11 : 4 "'Tib e ' d r, 4t v „tfert. sTi t n ' o f f 112‘ 11 ' Tirrt.11 . ." I t l it:; - •:rg
IVAranes and It seer C. nitrite—to take erect JILIMIry 1111,, jr,-
11011111 Likt . lialf. 1.K.VIIIIII)>7t1.161 . to MS Maids attal cl.tointry that
the abort named hstllrldonitj-kng
t o hi our eteploy foe wreral
yr.ses patt—sn, everyirsnav storthy -their cotadenee and pateoonge..-
phebustnes In Mute .111 Ine conducts,' ht. Ulm and- toy in,. t.t
anne n,under the Ili of •
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READ, WATROUS, & FOSTER, \ •
in ...how behalf I e-;rlestly ittpisk the literal iunport herettfore Alt
en IA the estahlbhunr.t. ~
' klioitetme. bec. ll,' W.f. GEO V.BENTLtY.
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for
11.8 GO. • .
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5.„„„....„ tie tontolog " N atm^ ,
the outetilt.e. I..••
,A funned'a Copartnershliy to ounanntte no the I;rst day ot J c ..
sty, 11540,nuder the tine and style of -
FOSTER,
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for the purl.na nr tnr ,- .init dn a General Mercantile Iledne... , c d ..,
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Ready-Pay System,
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Reedy -Pay
- o f Braa/1 'Profits and Quick Returng. 1
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We deolgn to keep citnctantly on baud a etoopitte a.r. nu .e,l • t
Dr, u1.04,.43,,, c ,,,i,„. r .,,,,,„„ „ ~
' -T , .•io •000, blow., 2itd 'III/More, DI .•
and Medicine,, Paint 0110 and nyeetuffacJeectry. 1\ soh., , ~ r
Ithoona. &a.. &c.. all of .04 we will well at I sorely redtoed I ro , dl
under the new e)..itnti ,
I%e ate fully 'rut Istlai (ono lava expert. nee, that a heel bei - • tra,
ailed upon the ^l..tylis you.go" prtoclolr, alfhooth w 1 ~dl4 It r" I
with 50111 l 11.4 441,011e11p. will, In the mod, add 'Al') loud, I. th r
tornts of Loth buyer and seller. We therefore mrd.s.lly OM, .• ,
old cludout , ,P. and MI punk gettenlly, to call and ea woo. , a
Gouda and priers. ~ - V. I. Iti.th t
- , I •. - WA (Hill ~
Muntnee, Decembe !..1, litna, . 11. I'. I. 0,11 IL
...-,—,-
rtir The ?Vohs and co note of the late firma cr 11. ~,a, A Itcol.
IfrrnifT ' It '" l ' dg V"-.""l'Re.d & Po.. are liethe I.i.n.ti I.f in , " %
Bentley, who will atLool to ilia. wall. anal and cullrd., a me woe.
Dee. :I. lair. ! , - .c. E. lit. tit.
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. • Addlior'ii Xotice. - • •
David Taylor va..Rotarri AleKiitte, titim'r-of 1/f Es.
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tate of S. F. Al i ertie,. decd, aril Lewis. hettls, T. 7%
pit E um:lardy:lied tint :been aksoliitesity the Com a( • in. ',
1, l'hase. ats Amino ;.t. sl.kstribute the pri..ceetis of the :.I.er.frt tit,
of fell taste In the st4ve 'cot among the lien rrealterkstlil to-OS ''''
{anise In Intoret at Ishi °Mei In Mourn., en ThurreLty, the Its ll It.,
of .134:nary urn, al I .4ehecl4 It. nt.., 3,1 %lack Mae, end pl.t.e .sh ~.. I
tune we ttembeti to make their elairits: Or (owe, be. 1134...V , 1 10.
coming In upon e 341 (Ohl, !i - W. J. TUICKELI, A . 1, " . .
Iltnitruor, Dec. .11, '40 -Ay •
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:Clubs 1 Clubs 1' Cluisl
ADVap for all Athyirt the Neragrapera and Magartors put.
11.1. Ilthed-In the hutei, at Ilte. lowest .ritth rani.
call at the Murritoile- tltvaa sad have the "CHIN K.". Au.t
have your papere arataigana sent 14 In U.'
Wool of It; 0. IC. A *.i• w.. 14.. •
Dmaqier 1 11t
Co.me ofrin Warren o
no Tiffany, by nain,,
o damestown, a dilf
wager of forty dol.
the race
,Tifrany was
seconds on the road
fy seconds at the ter-
idson the road'hack.
time, the question
-Tun twenty
, ut two minutes.—
in three hours rind .
ect Tiffany very - lit-