Two yeanginen.--brothers, named Hen
rtand Lemuel -- klcy. wished - to have
legal'restraints placed on their father, Sam. :
nel Berkley. whom 'they represented
dangeioiti lunatic.• -
blase} l— vhut proofs have Yon that
„he
is derarigedl• •• ;'
Renr--llis ;conduct isoverk strange,
• Sir. Redoes something every day that . no
•
man in his right;scnses posiibly could do.
- -Lemit i ct•For instance ho puts - rolls of
'•1 brimston t o into the stove and almost suffu
,,, eates the vvhola family,•
• Afayer- . —Tluit is Angular conduct, to be
""'siire„ bil, - it 'does not peeve him to be a
maniaci. - •,: ; :
-Leinact=--Hestricarahis bread With mus- I
~ : k ,tard,instead = butter i ' and, eats ' mato
•!'' catsup With his;apple dumplings. - •
only, a matter of-teste,
' concernmiwhich according to . ; the ancient
proverho',l'. there caribe no diiputing.",
• HeinV=llaihaVe - s'iiiinself with a case
!-ltriifo and sinotlies • his hair ,with a curry
'; qr ..` •l• • -
~ 1 1140, 7 • Thia:he may do to show - his
+contempt for limury, effeminaneyand spu
- pious refinement. . •
Let:ilia—Ha wears thin, cotton :panto
limns and a gingham roundabout in the
dead of i winter. ,
3fayd,r,-Soine physicians have recom
landed:6 similar practice to harden, the
constitution arid protect it against the ,
ehangesjof our 'Climate. I see no Proofe of
- nisanitylas yet. - •
- • Henry—be takes a bath every day in a
• cask of fish oil.l • ' • ; •
Illayck—An idea borrowed from the an
..rientglidiaters, who anointed their' limbs
with edit* improve their suppleness.
Lem4el-11b has his bed made on the
roof of the house, exposing himself to the
night air and to the risk of rolling offend
breaking his neck. - • , -
- 3.141,mr This is eccentricity,_ but not
absrdute madness.,. Have you no . stronger
testimony to establish' his lunacy
• Henry, and ' Lemuel both together—
. Yes we have. - Ho was caught in the
very act' of reeding the whole of the Pres
, -idents !Message..
1140r---..,E1)? Indeed I Well, alto=
.
gether,%his caSe is a very strands one, and
'I must hold it Under further advisement.
Accordingly, next Wednesday was ap
pointed for another hearing . The last fact
etatedby tha junior Be rkleys caused a
murmur of surprise and incredulity to run
• . through the whole office. .
uNS v raw or Saw FRANCISCO.—The
following is a ortra ct from a letter writ
ten,to the N. l O, Picapine by one who has
teen for the last two years , in:California, _
but only - visited San Francisco a month or
two since:
What can I say.to you cf this city, the
great wonder - of the world—a city that has
seven times been.burned to ashes, and even
nowlears the marks of recent_ disastrous
conflagration?
•
It is difficult for a newly arrived visiter
.to imagine at Ara in. what part of the globe
ho You may enter ono saloon and be
lieiro yourself 1:t France; in another yon are
in Gennany.;l then in China, 'and so on
throughout - the nations of the
„globe, with
an assortment of almost - every language
_
every -color.
The society is profligate in extreme,
The City is filled with gambling saloons; -
and iii them you can see men of all grades,
_ ages and conditions—white baits mingled
vvithyouthfuleurls ; ,respectability side by
aide with rags—ell staking their entire ear
niogs on the turn of a card held in a slier
,' Per's 'each on the throw of dice, rattled by
'despellide'S 'band. Every means are
' • 'made use of iii these spleodid and number
: -leis Oinks of gilded, infamy to dazzle the
senses or tironse•the passions. Young girls
are-hirq to -attract sensuality's' gaze and I
__patronage by an :immodest exposure of
-their, persons whilst the walls are covered
withpaiutings---the -productions of licen
tions French taste, :that raise a Mush of
ilianie rind 'disgust. to the cheeks of any
Man: possessed of, a. particle of modesty, or
• ''refinement: '
. .
~ ../k CALiPONLAN InetnEss.— ., -Ttvo years ,
bi
'
ago a r.,
_MO rdy,, of MOnmouth . Ct. went'
to Califoinialeavinglis wife and child with
bet' father: In his letters lie
_repeatedly
i
-expressed n fervent; wish that his young
%wife should jinn him in the'golden land.—
, Ashis Circumstances become more 'cheer
inglyd proaPprons, the wish becamemore
intense: 'Still noilefiniteplan or arrange
meut was made, :The. wifi not able to
--, brook farther delay, dete.rmined at all haz
di to realize his wishes and Its own. •
.
She started for far-off home of her love."
)ar
, ilutbis health was meantime impaired, and
i' - nbout.the'saiae time she left 'Boston, be left
'.- San,'ranciicis, to seek in her love and care
' -the anstainment and happiness his Weak
',ened health required.
' - Be found On arriving at, New York ,he
;had lota toaster - his hard earnirts by the
,fails re of the imam in :..which ,he had Made
„investments.. !_'This eirCumstance so preyed
wpon his feeble health that the shoe given
- him by finding his home lonely,• and her
- *hem he loved gone. on that' hapless ; cr:
. rand : of 10%4, ' broke his heart._ In .one,
'Wek be was laid in MonmOuth graveyard.
aiir.A, great meeting•was" held in New
_Atlantis...on the:evening of :the:llth-inst.,
behalf,of Mr.-Thrasher, at which -les°,
,;lations were.,oaSsedusking our . Government
la:interfere in the matter akonee; and de
wand 1 4 6 -.instant xelease also, to 'warn
'4B,l4,i,agajnat;Such an, outrage in future.
Many' speeches_ wrie'made by, both , Whigs
liod.l),eogniaes,' and t!id W:ar' aidrit was
strongly infinife - steC ;" '
• • . MitILDEII. 017,',1,- BANTU= B
1N NYTALo.
• , ==ChristianWraitiarmas.raurdered Buf
iSio- -
.'on the lath by, his brother,
Vannerdurlng an 'altercation ,'concerning
money lent to Christian.' by Iris brOther.—
The , deaeasedi was stabbed in the thigh, and
41/1413p1y bait hoar" :Vhe .inurderer is
`. 7 Tar s • OnarzAtt.- - Tie. R e v;
aithltlToNll. lidasaiks, the ilietGodistciur
Was meallly-;eleited 0 hapfaio to the
!" Notional bottle of B.spreientatives, ia said;
by41)9, - }o,6gt O ilkAilzocale, , to--onjoy in a
high 4egroiltlci epuiderkee;:o.f people,
\ 24. 4 1 .
4"04 ppr,entp/ity, and. tha„oputktioa
'o4 6 i :0-e.aili93!o-:tll3lc,t;iand imp es e
-\"/
qua ametramr.,
The- ,
Largest Mutilation hi NOttherif Pullet
1,032 COPIE WIBEKVir.
S. D. dr...0. D. ERASE.; Eori.4)&&
BIONTROSID. PA. -
Saturday, December ,
Denwratie
county 40 0 1L a hhafeeting.
The Meeting of the Democratic County
Standin4 Committee for-Susquehanna county
will be held at the Dote! of William K. Hatch,
in Montrose, on Saturday, Dee. 27th, (inst.,)
at one o'Clock r. M. A full attendance of the
Committee is &Arable, ris businessof 6.i - sit!.
erable interest will demand their consideration.
The'following entletnen compose said com
mittee
P. B. Streeter,
William J. Turret!,
Thos: P. Phinney,
31 J. %mined,
STEAD, Chninnnn.
0. G. Ilernagt . end,
Joseph L.lierrim,
O. Igithrop;• `I
B; Cimse
Q. d. 11E311'
• , - ` Our New contaibUto
givden our first page, this, week, a PO= !
ern ciotti the able pen of - Mts. I.:irnia , JAZyIE
Pmasos, who _ se eontribetior4, • either inpoefry .
Or prose, we have engaged . regularfr ..for . the
Democrat. Ofour new contributor; .nothing
by us need'beriaid her reputation is world
wide, ranking as she does-among rhefirst fe
rn-ale Writers of Our land We .congratulate
Our readers on thiSrieW accession tO the Liter
department of our paper, and doubt not
her articles will be read with the liveliest in
terest. ;
• • Harper s : •
We will furnish , this•inest'excellent Maga
zine to any. who wish to sUbscribe, for $2,50 . ;
cheaper than can be obtained at silly agency in
this village. We will also; furnish this Mag,a
zinc and the "Montrose D l omoerat" for 03,50.
A rare chance for our Maiazitie idaders;
Eithei GoilWs - Lady's Book
tain's Maga:ine and the Montrose Democrat
furnished one year for $3,50. -Llst . year we.
ftiniished several ofour friendS, and should be
.
happy to do so again.' _
Canal Commissioner. ! '
in another part of this paper may beifound
two communications in reference .to tie sub
ject of Canal Cominissioner. The gentlemen
therein named we . are quite well acqtlainted
with, and have no hesitancy in saying that we '
think either would snake an efficient officer.—
We suppose_ other names will be, mentioned
in due time, thentgh we know of no otit✓ r can=
didates now, nor had . we any inti.aatiou that
there will be any other northern candidates.
It is not our purpOse, in . This artiele,to ei
press any preference as to these two gentle
men. .We have other objects in view, and
are influenced by other motives.' Thia time
has not yet come fur' us to speak end aLt with
direci,:personaLobjeets in reference.
Werelt possible for us to .. do so, we would
;address this article to the:perusal of every
Democrat in this broad Comtnonwealth.. We
weed invoke their'attention 7 --we would eak
them to hear,corisidirotrui heed._ l_Ye would
ipeafteifiii - Iffiritheracy of Pennsylvania, and
derriand of them an audience. We would do
so because we feel' that, holding a humble po
sition among theDeinocrrey l of the North, we
have a right to be heard for ourcanse. The
day is comirig,and now Is, when the long neg
lected' claims of Pennsylvania's truest, most
unselfish and-unwavering, Dennocracy;must be
tecognhedl The great Democratte party of
'the State has long and triumphantly been sus
tained by- our devotion to her cause, and as a
potent member of that fmily,.,When a battle
.pia to be-fought and ilt victory to he VrOn,.'we
feel-assured:now that our service Is appreci
ated. ,' _ = •' • .-- I 1 -_ '
. ,
W w
e ould not be paderstood; as intimating
that the _Democracy of the North fight in view
of the spoils, and that when .they i tail t re
-calve a share of--those their-devotion to the
party -and its principles, by niason of such
neglect, grows cold: We repudiate such in i
idea, endpoint to the history. of the past to
sttstain' - us. Year alter year 'have wee st.4od,'
by . end-seen:our Foster,•lpdder, Woodward;
1 and others, stricken down at the outset of
hard fought contests, and .beforc'Those same
contests have ended,Nre haVe heard !rt voice
from other sectionsilf the State Proctaim,"Atl
hope rests with the Dem.neraegirf the NOrth.".:—
We say we have heard that voice, andl.trne to
ourselves, time after time, hare:budited on
our armor, rolled up our all.potent snalerities,
and led the Demoerney of the 'State forth from
the battle with 'victor): -blar.ing upon,he ban
ners. We appeal - -to all paitpolitical history
of thn-State for the'truth of what we say. '
-.Now, any Democrat, or taw, section of Dein,
• ocrats, may easily perceive howit comes' that
'a whole.section of State,. sit such aciptowl.
edged importance ‘to zjrarty -as in this, ~will
finally became partially weakened bythe nen
recognitiotref its inapc;rtance•;.and Claitn.s, es-
Ipecially s iltenn along, stfies sucb hns been
icontinned„ - Our party nifty hc,'and is, devoted
Its,
,principle--has been, and is, tinivaverink in
fidelity to :her -catise; and yet, whin we see
uo disposition..runnifested. in deedtt to do us
equal rand exact -justice, which all we ask,
wocau hut fear. for our future,strength. -1 Oar
adversaries .see this; and•profit'il;lyite
_
the past campaign,when the_ while North was
unrepresented, on the Depocratiatieltet,they
thiew a latio b:ilance'Of• theire towards this
section; and titian - tided ninch.to 'their strength,
and woitidhave'dbne inore',l),YU"j4cionsee.
lection of more Popular men the *ate 10..
CrditiiB."'
_ .
- *any nnen'toiLl iote for eatididates- in their
own sention - withent referew.o to their pet!:
tics.., And when " one section . is 'smith: . 4
neglected 'by, our: pa!ty, and
'ION the disposition` by tfie 'lugs tp _ do ins:'
lice to that section; doei, nanst;nnd trili grad.:
nallt tkewns..tlespite our :bat said - moat
constant :strode. ii n, then: we claim to be
ti ca rd.."„w:ben Avensk for ; the pemottacy of the
NortlL shit thelc.Sercices 'shall --be*ognized,
and their :lea. in repreientstion on Vie
DemocrSiss 3icket hi-acknowledied;Ave are
aiking but, justice, or ielves, and toritizi
the mine na-for,-oe , commini&d , our
kutr.nt large. '-'llO - NortlOntivaliveys poteA
... . -
the buhrark aralsalvaticailif the. party in- the -
esylvanian. '
_ _
State. Other seetions have been strengthen- The Next Canal Co m missioner. -
ed by their candidates till candidates •e. - _-C0L.4.,W ,r'''''onaair.. Dee r :Sir :—Our
!Irene, them no longer, and if anyth i n g State Election being over, and having ter:
ern be • gained In that way, why should that 'urinated most 1111spiciously for the; Demo- '
section be longer neglected jo which the erotic 'Party, it may he proper,and appro.
wholeSta'kparty lias, been so deeply indebt- pririte,to direct publib nttention to the se
ed in . the past for - success? While WO ac- lection of the next,. Democratic - candidate '
knowledge it our duty to stand by our party for. Canal Commissioner. 'lt is conceded
and defend in its person our principles with- on all hands, that the next nominee for
out iesPeA . to the locality of candidates, we that station, as the successor of the Hon.
should be blind not to see that much may be john.A. Gamble, whose term of office will
ire next year should bo one of the true
done towards strengtheningthe patty at large
by dfair and equitable distribution of condi- - e a x n P d . tried Democracy
. i of Northern
. Pennsyl
dates te'all loealities. Is it 't then, thed ram. In consideration of this fact, the
sq.) ,"-- name of Col. Lava L. TATS, bf Columbia
Democratic
ty of 'the ' party to make its nomi-
county; will be present for -nomination; to
nations in accordance with this 4 0 FtrirtS!. :Is the Fiturth Of March Democrati c , - State
it - trot- a , diatiAetnanded by c o nsiderations Convention. ' . . ; .
.
- alike, ofJusiice, fair'arrangement, and good Without:reflecting upon the merits of
to the party at large! If our principles are others, it 'may not be dmis:sto remark; that.
worth anything-they are worthy of our 'best few men in the; North have stronger claims
'efforts to maintain them; and how can they upon the Democracy of his native .State,
he.ttuatained without' the -increasingstrength than has Co!. TATE': He has 'served the'
public faithfully, as a' De
of the pirtyi and ba'w can that .be provided moeratic Editor,'
without asking any remuneration for hisla
for busby fair dealing towards - eiery section
~ bars, for the past twenty years; always yiel
of 1 3 - • , ding an active and e ffi cient support to the
lii the last Democratic Conventions we,had great principles of the party, and cordially
taunt. At' Reading, no northern candidate sustaining regular Democratic nominations..
was presented, and we did suppose that in the Normal it be saying too much, to mention
neinintition office men , for a Judicial , ticket, that, in the late contest, his , untiring efforts
deference would be paid to so important a 10. contributed, much, toward the glorious re-
entity as the "Democratic North." In that we demption of Pennsylvania.
were disappointed, and returned to our , people . Col. T., possesses, in a high degree, all
to find them disappointed and dissatisfied al- the requisite qualifications for the - office of
So. In few:weeks the Lancaster Conven. Canal Commissioner. He is thoroughly
aequainte,d with our Internal-Improvement
tiOn met and planted a Whig nominee in our system—of middle age in life—unimpeach
r,Cry midst. , Towards the close - of the cam- abl e. moral character, and extensively
paign a correspondent in the southern portion known as a sound. Democrat. - His flamer
-of the State said , to us, "if our ticket, is elect. ous friends in all sections of the State,
ed . the North must do it."' 'Alt! thought we, will doubtless' hail the opportunity of yiel
the North is of consequence now. Butwhere ding him an ardent support. And in no
shall we look for any incentive to urge us on district of the Commonwealth, _will his ,
save a common devotion to the principles of nomination he more cordially 'welcomed, as
our party I Had we that able Jurist, and in. his merits arc generally appreciated, than
'
corruptible Democrat on our tieket'as4we ask-
with the ever faithful Democracy of
SORTIIERN PENNSYLVANIA.
I ed,—Hon. Luther Kidder,—then indeed might
• •
we go into the work' with -retiolibled
Bnt : tlin Norili did go to, work, and disregard
log all past: cpnaiderations, gave a largely in.
creased majority " for the Deaioc'ratic ticket,
foreign as it WdS, in the verritowe of the
position canciiddes. Hare we not been" good
and faithful servants," in the past, and may we
not hope for;,a bigher position in the, future
Are these things to,have no end,- or will the
Democratic party of Pennsylvania do Justice
to itself in-the Person of the North I We.look
on. hope on, and as we purpose to : continue
this subject in, a little different , forim we con
clude this our salutatory article on the rights
of ihe North.
MovethentS 'of Kossuth.
The Magyar Cidefter), statesman and orator
is still in - NeW York .The excitement crea
ted, by his arrival seems to increase rather than
lessen. Crowds of deputations from all kinds
of institutions, sect's end creeds flock . to his
presence, and to each and all he "replies in
speeches eloquent add appropriate. .The Ban
quet speech of which .we spoke itt , our last
issue, was undoubtedly. the greatest speech of
the age,--the greatest ever made on this Con
. Linea. - fearninar.loniP. ' 6 )=4' ftm,
thrilling eloquence. It goes over the waole
ground of the Hungarian Revolution, develops
his plans forihe future, lay's down the ruleS
by which be asks this government and Eng
land to be governed in ipproaehing events, and
inforceshis 'petition with so much reason and
learning, that it seems to as the whole Amer
ican people ;will respond "so let it be
We shall:find time soon to lay - before our
readers the Iwhole Subject in extensa. 'We
svishive could publiSh everything pertaining
to this,subjpet as it is being developed. Bat
our space will'Permit-only;the substance in a
digested form." The largest New York daily
papers are
. 611' from day to 'day. „of ?nat
ter pertaining to it, and judging from the spirit
displayed We should think that there never
was so great excitement in , that city before.--
It is the great eientthe nineteenth cenin- ,
ry, and upod it . : hang - events "_that. Willquite
likely revolutionize the Such a com
bination of great 'qualities, it wouldseem,were
bei'ir before found hinny one man_,
Kentucky 11. S. Senator.
The Legislature eficenticky, at F'unkfort,
elected the lion. John B. Thompson; Whig;
U. S. SenntOr,' - for yesuz, : from , the 4th of
March next, in place of Mr. Underwood;
Afr . Seivani's Resolution or tveloope
to Kossuth: which we nnoonneed as hating
passed the &nate; in our Est, h# since liassd
ed the Hotise without , discussiotO end but, six
negative voien. ..• •
EEr Thos:1). • St, John, for 891110 years a
resident of Montrose. and cashief of the Sus
tinehanini Ciiutity Bank, has been. elected in
_
connection : witrr Mike -to represent
New York city in the State Legislature;
Izmir. Lan is singing in Philadelphia
to crowded houses. Thefuror . e consequent ,
in thateiti, iS veal as' ever.
rirgfitia Eection. •
The Rlchmond Times has the following
summary: of charier& of the late election :
f silty two eonatiett of- Eastern Vir
ginia, which gave General 1752
maj9rity, (including all'ex cept AcioMic,
Henry, r`Patrick;' PittsYlvania,' LanCaiter,
Weitmorelaud, Lunenburg l - 111athe vs,-
Northumberland and • Prince William,
which`gave Gen, Taylor a majority: f 457)
lohnseo. no* obtains a majority'of 2250,
and in.twenty.Western counties heard from
.0400 16 3 to44irlhath,: Shenandoah and
Vag°, in which wo assume. that gets
4400,) he obt ains , majority . of shout. 3700.
'These tireety counties gave Oeneraf Caen
a majority ofl4BB. In the eightyturn cow
tiduteard frini, thereto - re; +which_ 'give 001) !
'Taylor net . mafority 0f..264; Johnson TleiV
getaithout.;-5301V- As the Ste - lei:gave Gen.
Cast a : taajetity of some-1600 ; the Diem=
cystic- gain.thuti far without farther cbinge,
would, giye - Alabama an aggregate majority
of about 001;L:
'Vrettre informed, of the electionof .48
Democrats and 40-WkigO tq. , Abe.Hopae of
Delegateal and 24. Democrats_ and. 11
Whigs*te ea &Mite The house has 152
Members; and the: Renate , ,
From the E4tonDemocrat and Argus
, Canal Commissioner.
M. EntTea.—As the time approaches
for the nomidation• of a"candidate, for„,,Ca
nal Commissioner, to be supported by the
Democratic. party at the_ next election, I
preceive drab the several sections of the
Commonwealth are putting forth their men
and urging their claims upon the consider
ation Of the party, and the convention
which will assemble on the 4th of March
next. Already there are many good men
named for this important post—man whose
capacity is of first order, and whose-demoo
racy is above all doubt or reproach, so
that in any event the Convention will have
presented to it material-from which to se
lect a candidate who shall do honor to the
Commonwealth, when, elected. I desire,
Mr. Editor, to add to the catalogue of wor
thy names, still another, not inferior to any
now before the public; one that has done
much and good service in the democratic
cause, who is abundantly cap - able to dis:
charge, the daties of the, office with honor
and credit to both himself and his masa
' tnents whote integrity and firmness are
above the reach of contumely, and offer
the most sanguine assurance of a watchful
guardianship over the interests of the State
and a certain guarantee of a faithful dis
charge of official duty. That .man is Col.
GORDON P. MASON, of Bradford C.). Col.
Mason, although comparatively :: a young
man has h.:en long and actively employed
in public life - Having represented_ his
district for three years in the State Senate
where he exhibited by his industry and
research, la mbit thorough acquaintance,
with the 'condition and interests of the
State, and, especially that portion, of the
greatness nf the Commonwealth from which
she derives the maxim of her revenue—
her gigantic public:improvements—he is
peculiarlyEtted for the office of Canal Com
missioner. In addition to this, the eke
tion neit fall will be for zt successor to Mr.
GAMBLE, this only metribei of. the Board
&Om the North Eastern half of the State
a portion of democratic heritage which cov
i ered themselvbs-with glory in the late elec
tion by their majorities for the dernaerati&
nominees:'Col.' Mason, is a true, tried
and 'faithful democrat, dan ardent friend
of Or glorious Union, and a . firm suppor
ter of the Compremise. His .nomination
by the Democratic-party, -would ensure - a
triumph atthe polls, and his election would
, shed new lustre on the purity and pemaa
-1 ency of DeMocratio principles. •
TIMPErIOKEN.
:TUE Poirca." That The r hanke
are the antlers of -,the; 'present' pteeailing
panic in the money-market,: there, can-' be
no _ .question. There,. have : appeared no]
signs in ! the fiscal firmament,.toledicate a
coming storm. No coinet'i, trail, with war
and, pestilence la its wake,: has sitept.thro'
the untroubled air. :No atoning blight- 7
no Midnight 'mil deW bas:visited, the - limiest '
fields. The toiciiirees - ef the ,country - are l
greater. thanat any forum!' period. • Ite ag
ricultural
yield redundirit tO - repletion' ; its
commerce spteading",its wide wings to
rich retern - .;.iti . :putilievtiorlis: - -productive I
beyond
_example;riadividual,- State-'-arid
Federal credit at. an eaviablelittitudcialth
seven milliopa excess specie '1850 ;
and:Califainia. to augment the store :Con=
trast this picture,. Witb,.that-of 1837,, , 1then
we were . importing :bread kepi guropi
-when ofirlialf-finished works were. con-,
snoring themselves in interest".and decay.
and-no means to complete
'Merit and State" Stooks and . private cred
it were Convulsed by-the 'thteat ef reti44..
ation and thetnint Ofinspicionstinging
.
! our name:."..Then:why this panic at a'. scams
to sqbippn.to full of auspicioua pro*
lees ?- every wind tbet whistles 'Oti
"the or,in,onntaini; ig4throughAbe
iipealui of a fatige prosperity gad greatness
which the: ciobking . . Of e,:. thousand banki
cannot gainsay.
_Tlpa
et ibbuld he vested in ttin:l,st,atp t lngd
front:tile =custody `of CoipOtatienS.J:.:.!The
period' is not fiediitnne v66'4414'001
generation' willtioli,.llP(* . the'
and marvel that_ wel'ObaiildifiVe '..tidbrated
fot.a= single coloesia .44 - " the
menu-making: prerogative .of
Hunt's lifercilanfoafrgazine. t-
" b fd -
xlEir'emespo o eos s on r , .Au a , par
see; use the oloOe belongito.
to the — and'ineajcs
edit , jr; Its wif4i, and yoting'un.
Tkarty-Second Congress—Pirst
- - Session.
We.give'belotv the Committees in the Sen
ate, and will give those of thallium:l neat
week : . . •
Foreigrißelationsr--Mnssrs.-Maseri,(chn)
Douglass, Norris; , Matigum & Underwood.
Finatreeessrs. Hunter,(chn.,)Bright,
Gwinn, Pierce and Mallory. ,
Commeree--Messrs., Hamblin', Sonic,
Dodge, of Wis., John Davis and Seward.
111anufaeturer.s--Messra. Sabastiana'Bay-
Clarke„Stoekton and James.
Agrioultare--Nessrs. Soule, Walker, At
ohinson, Spruaneo and Wade.
Revolutionary-Claims—Walker, Chain,
James, Foote, and Sumner.
'Military Affairi—Shields, Clemens, Bor
land, Dawsorrand Jones of Tenn: - -
Militia;—Houston, Dodge of Wis., Bald
wini Morton and-Spruance; , •
,Naval Affairs—GWynn, -Stockton, Mal
lorY, Bader and Fish. . .
Public Lands—l!eleli. Shields, Dcltige of
Tow . a, Underwood and. Pratt.
Private Land s Claims—Downs; Whit
cenrb, Clorhens,Johri Davis and - Hale.
Indian Affairs--Atc..ison, Sebastian,
Burk, Bat and Cooper. ,„
Claims—Broadhead, Whitcomb, Bayard,
. Pratt and Vado. '
Judiciary—Butler, Downs, Bradbury,
Berrien and Geyer. .*
Post Cffices—Burk, Scale, Upham and
Morton.
Road and Canals-,:-Bright, Pratt, Doug
lass, Spruance"and Sumner.
Pensions—Jones of lowa, Borland,Stock
ton; Foote and Geyer.
Distriet of Columbia—Shielda,Bradtury,
Norris, Berrien and Clarke.
IPatents--Norris, James, Whitcomb,
Dairson and SMith.
Itetrenehment=Bradbury, Bright,Feleb,
Mangum and Fish. -
Territories—Douglass, Houston, Gwinn,
Cooper, and Jones of Tenn.
Public Buildings--Whiteomb,i Hunter,
- er and Clarke.
Printing—Borland, Hamlin and Smith.
Engrossed Bills-Bayard, Mallory and
Hale.
Likrary—Pearee, Clemens, and Dodge
of lowa. '
Enrolled Bills-4ones a Iowa; Badger
and
Contingent Expenditures'of the Senate
—Dodge of lowa, Walker'and Bell. • I
The House has passed a bill . Making
Land Wariants assignable. That is right.
The Resolution of Welcome to Kossuth
was taken up in the House as it left the
Senate, and passed, 181 to 16. In the :
Senate tbe votes against it were as follows
Messrs. Badger, Borland. Clemens, Daw
son. Morton and linderwood--4.
The announcement of the result was re
ceived with much applause in the'gallery.
A bill to establish a Branch Mint in Cal
ifornia has passed the Senate: •
Nothing farther of importance-has been
done since our last. ;Mr. Foote's silly res
olution, affirming the Comproitise, is giv
ing rise to a good deal of excitement, and
is occupying the whole attention of the
Senate; We shall babe something to 'say
abtint this as soon as we get time. We
do not look for' much to be done in Con
gresslill after the holidays.
New York EleCtion.
Mr. Chatfield, Attorney General of the
State of Nei , York, has at length, after a
world of uncertainty and appreheiision, re
ceived his certificate of 'election. Thus
ends this protracted earivasi. - • The result,
though not all that-conid .have' been desir
ed, or all that an appeal to •the courts may
award-neverthelessstill v secures to the
Democracy a substantial victory, with the
earnest in the future, and especially in,the
Presidential contest of 'fi2, of a complete
and hrilliant triumph.
The State officers elect are ,
'Henry q. Raridall,Democrat,Seretary of
State: - - •
John C. Wright, Don.; Comptroller:
Levi S. Chatfield Democrat, Attorney
General.
'Wm J. - McAlpine, Dem., State Engi
neer and Surveyor.
- Henry Storing, Democrat,- State .Prison
Irispector.
'James M.: goOlc,-Whig, State Treagurer.
Henry Fitzugb, Whig,. Canal -
- .
1102911TiliND nts 3ltsitoii.--Wo find
the folloWing• letter from Kossuth in the
New York - papers ofSaturday. It speaks
for itself-- •
NEw Yowl . , Dee. 12, Issl.
• •
To the People of the U. States.
Having come
. to. the :United Staten to
avail myself, for the canse - of 'my country,
of tho "sympathy 'which I had reason to be
lieve exited in the heart, of the nation, I
found it iny duty to declare, in the first
moments of my arrival, that it is-my ads
sion.to plead.the independence of IlUngary
and the liberty of the Eitropeaa-continent;
before the Great.. Republic of the !Jolted
States. , principle in
,this respect is,
that every nation has the ..sovereign.. sovereign rigt
t o
dispose of its own domestidiffairsmith - -
'Out any foreign interference; that Lthere
fore, 001 hot meddle with any - dothestio
concerns of the United States;. and that ;1
eipect it from nil the: riends 'of my cause
not to do anything in respect to rayself,that
could throw:my way;- and
while,expressing sympathy, for ' tho causo,
would inure -." -
' It is with regret that I must feel AIM
necessity of rtg!in . making that appeal, to
the`Public' opinion of this country, and par-
tionlarly to thoid who profess - themselves
to be .the'.friendri **cause, to give one
proof of their sympathy by avoiding' every
step Which..might.entangle-nie.into
ties in respect to that rule which I "have
OCPted..end , which I again 'declare to he
my lending : principle, viz p• not, to mil, 'and
net
_to lie oused, up with .whatever. domes
-0o or party concerns. •
L. KOSSUTIT.
• I, r
It is said that the, resilient :has„sent`a
naval forge . " Nicareiga te'pretect our
vesiels.4-:For some time past the EngTiati
have - heed- piarsuing ix high-handed policy
in Nicarauga, and if they pursue it further
a, few round sliokand shells from a- Yankee
long,!qm- 0 , 14,, settle the',question.,:,; The
fact is, there is entirely too much tameness
in lour , autheritic,s, at Washington ta- Mgt
the
Shall we take the Sandwich Isl.
, ands ,
The Boston Advertiser contains a com
munication from James Hi-Jarvis on the
subject. Of annexation of the Sanditich 181;:
: ands Ca this countr3r.. Mr J. has been.for
a number, of years a resident Of .ITonolula,
where be.Publisbes a. newspaper in English
and Hawaiin. :He says •the offer its , now
made to the Citizens of the republiC as a
Tree gift. of, the entire Sandwich group ,
,on
such terms as Congress may themselves en
join. The islanders ask in return simply
to receive the rights and protection accord—
ed to American citizens.
_Mr.Jarvis says:
The group in territorial extent is unimpor
tant, its area being about r,6',500 Squire
miles, but it is capable of supporting ten
fold its present population, (80,000.) It
is the commercial and : military key to the,
_North Pacific. , Possessing, fine harbors, a
fertile soit'undigood clirriate, nothing is re
quired, but a stable government to make it
the Cuba of the Pacific. ! Its American
permanent population is not far from one
thousand, possessing valuable sugar . and
cotton plantations, 'in -large sums
have been expended. The American Board
Of Missions have expended near $1,000,000
in their operations. .
The American floating population touch
ing at thesoislands annually is not far from
15,000 voyagers and seamen from some
400 'Ves s els. 'ln short, American enter
' prise has invested the island: with its pres
ent political importance, bestowed upon its
inhabitants - laws, religion, and civilization.'
The inhabitants ,lnive thus n'tnoral claim
upon the American nation for. protect ion.
In no way can this be more efficiently be
stowed than: by receiving them into the
family Of this great republic._ _
Ono fact is certain: the native-popula
tion is destined to be supplanted in num
bers and - power by a foreign race; They
desire us to be their protectors. Shall we
or shall we not be ? It can, now be done
with the consent and desire of all interest
ed. It requires no outlay of money ; the
present revenue of the islands are more
than adequate , to the expenses of their gov
ernment. Time, opportunity, the interests
alike 'to the ; inhabitants and ourselves, point
to this result.' I believe if all - the facts
bearing on this question be presented to
the people of the United States, 'a fav .ra
ble response to the desire of the Hawaiians
will be the result. -
The tOrest Divorce Case,
This celebrated suit' between parties
equally celebrated, has -after- years prep,
ration _been brOnglit to trial. The case is
before Judge Onkly of the Superior Court,
in the city of New York.- The form of the
suit is a sort of cross action, or of some
thing equally unnienning in its arrange-
meta. - First it is Mrs. Forest vs.
est, and' secondly Mr. Forest vs. Mrs. For
-est. Both parties are' in Court aided by
the most eminent counsel in the city, viz:
-Messrs. O'Conner and Chase for Mrs. F..
and. Messrs. John Van Buren and Robin
son for Mr. F. ; Several witnesses were ex
amined yesterday`, and . the greatest ithpu
deuce and zeal marked the condnet of the
opposing counsel. Mr. Forest was called
upon the stand to testify under the recent
laws regulating evidence in that Stp.te, in
the case. Among various other questionA
he was asked whether he had not since his
marriage with 'Mrs. F., had intercourse'
with a Certain' notorious actress. -
This question, was objected to, and after a
long arguinent by each Cot:testi:the Court
_deferred his decision for a few hours.: The
objeet of this question. was to disgrace Nr.
and thereby, sustain her,application for
a - bill of lt appears from the ten
or of proceedings that . both :parties wish
the Separation ; but endeavor 'to make - the
Oulliable for . the cause; -This is:truly
a sad -and ditraeeful trial between man
and wife..,-Wdyne Co.' Herald. •
. .
.A.Fox's R . H.VENGr.--Rey„ , J: -.Murray,
in . his work on Creation, tells the following
story : s
. .
An old and respectable man of the coun
ty of Montgomery used to relate an anec
dote of a circumstance which he saw. In
his youth he resided on the banks of the .
Hudson - River. One day he went-to a hay
,
on the-river order to shoot ducks or
wild geese. 7When.he came, to the' river
he saw six geese beyond shot. He deter
mined to wait foti them to approach the
shore. While sitting there ho, saw , a.-fox
come down to the' shore and stand some
time•and. Observe the geese., At length he
turned and Went into the woods, and came
out with a very 'l4rge bunch of moss' his
Mouth. He thenlentered the Water - very
Silently, sank himself,' and then - keeping
the moss above the water, hims.elf 'conceal
ed,-he floated among the geese. Suddenly
one of them with drawn, under: the water,
and the fox • soon, oppoared on. the shore
with the goose on - .his back. He asoended
the bank and found: 13, - hole made ; by the
tearing-up of a tree. ;The hole he - olearcd,
placed injbe goose,- and' covered it with
great tare, strewingleavei_ over it.. The
fox thee left ;' and Whi "hele wds gone, the
hunter unhurried the goose, closed-the hole
and resolVed to await the : issue.,
• In - about half;an - hour - the' fox returned
with another in coMpany. - They - went di
rectly- to the piece where tbo - geoid , bad
,been buried mid threw but the earth.. The
goose coilti.net be; found.!: - -Tbeystood re
garding each other for some time, when
ouddeniy,the second' fox attacked:the oth,
er most .furiOnsly.iiif offended afthe trick
- of his liatilit,the man
,
"Citioscie.--'perodna cantiot - oe toe can
tient, how theruse this ,dangerous liquid.
The Williatnsport (D 14,) Sotin4 giyes•the
account of recent coo In' that
town:..-- . :
: A' gentleman ' : purchased , creosote, of one
of our,druigiits, arid after iiiielying a por
tion fo the tooth' he rablied a 'small rkfuttn
tity on the gums and Cheek of 'oneiai'de of
-
his face.—. Shortly tho'inuiclea of the - face
om.that 'side. commenced &.to--'..centract, , and
draw his month to:thatsido.. alio'caus.
ed the muscles of the eye on: tba..otberlido
tobei.eont,rantg(t.and to , dose.—,
Moro, than a wee4 - las nOW,clapsod, yet the
disfigyiat cantinaes, The safest
plan lanntto u50,ci49140., ; , , . ,
The toils on; the North Brairob:Ofinct
this year, to the -first ..-Novetpber,'*ere
$258,782-:-en increase over the same date
:Ist scar of -$41;099.": - • 1,
Democratic:State Centrale Co ro
.mittee.
To, the Demoq•iittc party of Pennsy/rania.
A Democratic' State Convention will he
held at Barrisburg. on Thursday the d t y
day of Igareti, - ,1b52, for the purp ose
nominafing a candidate for the si te i f
Canal 'Commissioner, to he supported it
the ensuing Oett:ber. election.
Alio,to elect delegates to represent ti t
State in the
s ni at Democratic I:atisttl
Conventiim, to neminala candidates /tr
President and Viee'Proddetit of the t z i.
ted States, and nominate an Electoral lid,
et to be supported at the ensuing presida.
dal 'election. The rerpectivo ecta t i l
throughout the State will elect the etas
number of delegates to raid Convention,
' . WM. DOCK, Chainni a
BOAS, Secretary.
The Democratic papers will pleareirset
tim above notidt -
Terrible Gale and Wrecks on
...Lake Erie.
BUFFALO, Dec.l7,
The wind bas been blowing a twill,
gale since Tuesday morning, and thse
which had fallen hero to .the depth Of t r ,
feet, has-been driven into immense tup,
blocking up the roads in all direction; r a ,
pletely cutting rff mail communication.
The steamer May Fir:4er, which letto
Monday evcnivg, on ber:., last trip up /1 !
Lake, was driven ashore yesterday, tu ,
Girard, Pennsylvania, 4(1 became nat i l
'wreck, The -passenger's and , crew ,ue l
saved. -
- The propeller Oneirialas also been/fri t .
en astir.' oat Fairport.
-
Resignation of Ho#• Henry Clay,
WAsimmon, Dee.
It is . understood here'; that Hon. Ih tn
Clay sent his resignation 'as United Fteq
Senator to the 'Kentne4 Legislature,lcs.
terday.. .
Nationgl Chara , cteristica,
The New Fork Times . trauslates
folloiing portion oT a'political eate
from "11 Fischietto: 1 ; an Italian p ie
published at Turin:
Question—Who is the relict on
World ?- .
Answer---The TrenChman.
' - IVho is the heaviest ?= The Germn,
liiho is the most serious?-71e
lishman.
- Who is the most viviieus ?-77,e s z ,• 4
Who is the proudestl4-2 he Spunimi
Who is.the, most humble''— The E.
sian .
WhO is the most enterprising°—Th
Pole. -
Who is ine laziest ?—The Turk.
Who is the widest awakel—DS
nierican.
- -Who is the sleepiest? , — The Hoitatl.
• Who 'has all these virtues anll
ed together ?—The
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.- The EA.
ing is
,a copy of the memorial non cirri
ted for , signatures in tl.e different rot::4'.
in the State. s . It 'speaks for itself:-
To the Senate and Haase of Repeat:.
tires of the Commonwealth of Po
Sylvania.
The and ersigned, residents of
' in said C.,minonwealth,torce:
fully represent,--That your petitiontan
sumiog, that every society and goveL:
has aright to protect itself against any pa
and general evil, by the adoption (free
fundamental laws as will most tffee , 4
prevei.i it ;--atid till, the true repurru
principle is, that all great and vitallf:::.
portant questions should be sal:mind e:
the whole people, in 'tfteir parameart v.
ereignity, =where the same can be marl•
ently dene, r -are admitted political:lira
And :believing that; the use of intaitric
liquors; as a bevel age;by peters inter
resulting as it does, in a large [Mkt e
our cerniuunitY,ln' every put of thefts
becoming habitually intemperate, :nip
,.
ly , eausingthe utter rum, in body beim
in reputationjamily and property, of th.
: sands and tans of tboneands of our eitin
is a great moral, social and Politic:lcl
That the us.e of intoicating lignemui
1 beverage, by persons in health4hene:
I small the quantity— is always, toxic•
tent, injurious, (physically, moraine;
way of exaraple,) and "never beneffeiahai
that the only effectual mode of pattilt:
' end to this great cell, is by it s clet
prohibiting the existetece of the prrmt.ft
ciliiies to obtain intexicating liquor; -:I
reniove the temptation altogether.
Your Petitioners - pray,,that in atc.:?...
ance with the .provi.tions of the Com
flan : , an amendment be submitted tot,
qualified electors of the. State, at deo: .
est Pastille period, prohibiting the
within the State, of all int( xicatiog lirita:
as and for a
,beveragt, and requiring
~
Legislatine at -its first session after
adoption:of thia - amendment, and fro
to time thereafter, 'to pass such- hit
shall tarry - thiii - purl:ion into (re
operation. - ,
- If the boats of the Erie Cog
thousand era fificen,in number, werso.
el in 4 lbw they, would reach from a
to Utica, a distance of eighty-three
The:distance achieved by this earn:-
fleekin ono year,is eleven ruillions of e 4
equal to three thousand and -Eix debt
voyages across the Atlantic—tousl e:l
more
_than three minks of tons,.vtid'
twenty-silt times thei quantity earned
the railroads which run, along the ha v
the Canal. The daily.business el lbe
art wenty- t ouseng tons, would tea
two thOusand,cars loaded to ar It
The . valtie'in money, of thel t.
crty trantperted by the Canal in 1.560,
one - hundred add - fifty-six millions dV
Theta striking ealeulations-were mat
;re 'COuntry sehool-nmster, under ft•
of arithmetic; but by an' eminent tit
who neournuniented them to the Suss'
or tw4 before:the election.' Young A
ice, he,adds, bas not' yet got Lis der'
and=-the' Canal must be let out to
Dt
geritlcritan'S inereasing dimension. •
Atissia in 1552 will celebrate ti
1041 hp vast - expainse of her empire.
oompletibri of her thousandth year '
,existenee; which kept
all the Solemnity dim' the ierr tan r o ;
event. ` - The Russian' empire wag
852 irs,,tithiich Year th Bassist!.
RoissiensFebahly of Seandie
navion
nioda.thew appearance on. the aorcs
e l
illosphoree. -
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