^ •
"The I3tigher Law."
We Wonder whether Senator Seward is
not indebted to the hero of Cooper a novels
for his doctrine of the', ,higher law.
In tin; Deer Slayeriand Harry liany, in
which the doCtrine isjelearly,expounded by,
the former,' sieakingrot- th e colonial act
giving a',bounty for '-I ndian sialps, he de
-nouneesi:t "ns a bad ibusiness, which even
the-IndiUns cry shame on, seeie its again"
a q white.man's-gifts,',' -adding, ''lna state.
osf lawful warfare,
_such as 'we have lately
get into, ifis a duty t'o keep down all coM
pssionato feelings,", so far as life goes,
tkgais - "Other (French or Indians,) but
when it;-comes to scalps _ it's a very dif
thients.Matter."; 'To which -his comrade fe
plies...3\l# . . .
, hearken to reason if you please,
DeerslaYer, anjtell'nie - if the Colony can
snake an milawrui lavil Isn't any onlawful
Is:* mare agin natur' than sealpin', a sav"- -
agP IA. law can no more be onlawfisithan
truth con be a. •
.".ch4t .sounds reaionable, (said Deer
slayer)i -hut it has a .mbst onreasanable
tearing, Darcy. LsWa-'•dou t t come from
the- sanio quarter.
.Qed has , given us
. and some come;from theliing -anti parli
ment. yhen the Colony's laws, or even
OM King's laws run"agin the laws of God,
they vet to be unlawful ain.l ought 'not to
_
Therc.is the whole - dpetrine in a not
clearly and coticiselY set , forth
vs-it could be done by Senator .Sci'vSrd
flirnialC • •• -•-
Ilain.o Liquor Law: - • .• ,
A dispatch, dated- Belfast, Maine, Dee.
st,li, saYs : -several 111&311. were- dangerously
1
it not foully stabbed at Frankfort, yester-
day, fa attempting to. seize a -quantity,of
liquor, en board the -Steamer. Boston, Capt. ,
Sanford. the steamer was froin Boston,'
botrol - to Ilingor. and reached- Frankfort
do Wtidnesdsy , night, where she was de
tained by the ice. • Capt. S. had left ,Ban
gar, giving orders not to land the • liquor .
until the - charges were paid.. Deputy Sher
ilDlilas; with-a posse of-officers, attempted
to seize, the liquor,when be .was requested
by, LeJtuis Taylor, agent of the boat, to
wait fir- the , return of the captain. Ile
refused and attempted, to make the seizure,
ulaen Tesistence was made by the crew,
and the-Officers driven off by violisee. Iu
the make officer Staples wa.s very severely
wounded ' and his recovery is considered
doabtffil.—Mr William . Chase, - of Frank--
, fort, Wd.s.lait evening reported to be dead.
A man 12named Carlton was also severely
injaredi as well as twe of the boat's crew. .
The btat afterwards started for Boston,
the -captain having returned ; but on her
arrival !atthis place, site was boarded by
Shcriffllmst, af,d the- captain and crew
- Were *rested. The' captain gave bail in
$3,000p but the mate and the crew .were
a mmutted. Mr. Taylor, the agent; who is
repotted to have directed the crew to re
sist, was also arrested and held to bail.-
The first pilot, Davidson, cannot be found.
The liquor , was finally Saiited - and des;.
troyed... ‘ .
TELEGUAPLIIC FEA.S.-I.llr. Bulk
ley, the Superintendent of the New Orleans
Telegraph Line has ' lately invented what
be ealh; a "Connector," by means of which
placedlat each station on the fine, the -op
eratertki are enabled to "tutu the current of
the idearicity from their offices, and thus
p)nnect the most extreme points." The
"connectors," by some ingenious =clan
ism, ally , fully understood by the intelli-
gent
m ad practical inventor, bare the effi.et
to ron.ow the magnetic force wherever ap
iwhich means the great, difficulty
of -writing in long circuits is,
.wholly over
come. t This invention, thereto, . would
seem destined to .became one of the most
important- aids in the annihilation of
space:, We understand that the New 'OF-
Joari - s Line, under Mri.l3.'s uPerifitendence,
.16::I'lien supplied with these "connectors,"
and their practical utility, fur the pUrpose
desired, was very satisfactorily tested yes
terday, .by enabling Mr. Long - and •his ac
eomphshed asslitants, in, the 6fflie in• this
eitr; to bold a dirhet and' instantaneous
_chit-ehat 'WWI theirfellow -co-operators in
the ofrme. at New Orlleans, a distant, by , the
wires, el 2,300. Business messages were
also sent with the Same rapidity.—N. Y.
Tribanc.
Dt,...1-.esti-Nosts,- l A"resolution has- been
introditiced 'to the j i Kentucky Legislature
ithichiProvidei "that-the keeper of the Pen-,
ineetiary shall procure a suitable chemical
snch-as will stain the eutielc: outerl
surface of the skin perfectly black, so that I
it cannOt - be washed or in anY wad_ be
-
utrnoNied, until time' shallwcar it away, and
'nature - furni.4h a 'neW'iuticle or-outer sur-:,
fnet: and that with thii dye he shall have
flic.uci - se of each convict . painted titer
bldek and renew • the 'application as
eten,ni may :be necessary to keep -it so,
nt;l within one M Ont h :of the expiration of
his sentence; when it shall be: discontinued
• for t 6 purpose of permitting nature to
'entiroV the; feature te'its original
itue,Preperntory te the second advent of its
I-Owner in the -world.' -Pike of the Kentucky
-Y/11 -, 2 4 , is in favor of the resolution .with an
amendment that..the Sheriff of each-eoun
.ty be'required te.icatch .every delinquent
newspaper subscriber in his bailii~ie :. and
black, his nese zed .11{:tteRit blackened 'until
- Many perions Might help-themselres, as
some;' do, by remembering throughout the
yearlon that day the Ist of January fell
aud,by perinenently remembe-ring the first
flay-.f each montbr, Which agrees with- the
(lay, bt the yCar. IThus this present year
be.gin on "Wednesda, and the 6th. of Aug
itst 4therefore Wednesday, as - are the 13th,
:By !the following lin'es the
key to the iu - oatbs may be kept in mind:
Theriot tifOrtobor, you'll fictl if you try,
.
ocie.ort of Sprit 'iditrell atily, • -
i!epte4er, whieb rhymes to D!cetr.ber,
V.y..l . purtfi
,day otJu c, WA no otter7 . remerati . e., •
T;l:ihTei of i'aip;;i6'ati% atltari:ll, 11,1•Xos'ettibcr;
.'•Ehe aitd . itventh. ormny•,
~)filsoi the 'Arita tho Tear.lope r.ttao of tho day
But; )oikert leap•utot!th has Anti boon
. . - ThS s soniontio•datis'will Shliwilot the Ilist butthe sec
rod • , .2 , • • -
! Ll' A Scuoot,
Ruiford, aged pipilcit welle.l
School, at Pittsfield, :Nas_paolittr
netti,' di.ocirOl'he'rsolf on Wednesday . 'Min .
1- d's;instant., She left a note stating ,Its th e
• liqqaii'OT raili:iet,,"want friends,trOnb
es a:ll.llriali novel zeadint;,4v.,..
PIE6t 2 M -140
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10:LaigeA,Cittilatipitialotthern
1 6.3"-eoilti.s
S. J 3. .S.c. E.• 13:
• **•
lIIONTILOSi, P. 44.
Thursday, December ?.5. 1551.
Democratic
• •
County
The 'feeting, of :the Renl9ei . atic county
Standinr , Committee for Sinnue Mona 'eminty
will Rola at the Hotel of Willtaro H.!llatch,
In Montrose, on Saturday, Dee.ifl,7th, (inst.,)
one - o'elock . A full nttendanee of the
Committee is-desirable, as business of eonsid
erable interest _will demand theis 'consideration.
The followlao gentlemen coinflose_said Om
.
O. G. llempstead,.. Fl! B. Streeter,- •
Josephl. Turreil, 2
•0. Lathrop, • Thos. n Phinhey,
S. 13. Chase, iii. J. Mum for 4
. 0. G. lIE3IPSTEAD,; Chair:matt.
We .issued two. paperS last week—One
on Tuesday and one on Saturday, thtis inaking
up for the lost number. With this paper our
volutnefer this year •is *complete. 'No Mier
be issued froM our - office nest week.- We
slall - Make.up.our next volume_"With.Out
And then, isuir readers must haVe - a little sym
pathy for " the Prii4er ifroni the com
mencement: of the year to. its close there is no
rest, i9r them--they Must be steady at their
task. Give them a little.thanee for recreation
once a year, and they . will commence. the now
year with. light hearts.
• •
'Now, kind. patrenS,We, are not going
to (liiky6u ; oh, no; to Intl
, mato thut we are irtrzeokolfunds; and What
is more, that we must have some; even: if we
have to ,borrow.' Our palibr bills Must be met;
our woiiimen must be paid,and.ue must have
living,,.all of which 'inuSt -come from us.- in
cash.. Now if the eiglit-Mindicilior thousand
who
,are owing -us a year's - subscription or
riore, which is only a suMit amend, easy ler
ithceato raise at any titueorpuld just forward
the money and tike_ a .reeeilit!,: therefor;:'how
much more 'comfortable. '; 7 %. - they feel , in
their consciences, and, of what immense com•
furl would it.be to:: us. : Conte, now, try • it
Tithe Tatrons: and - Readers of
, the Democrat. I -
, .
' This number of our paper closes the Volume
for 's], which makes it peculiarly appropriate
fetus to offer you a few. thoughts. We do
so not onlV because the time is atippropriate .
one, but also becatise it strikes us as a pleas
ant duty--a kind of duty:we love to perform.
One mere year havowe 'traveled owtogether -
in the journey of eventful existence, having,
come again to the threshcdd of the 'New rear.
The Year ] SSI has" well-nigh hurried itself in.
the Church-yard of Time:—nought save, its I
shadows linger about its,,.. Its days are nearly
numbered, its weeks have fled away, and its I
months live only in memory. - TheY.have left 1
their trace on the cheek of 'Youth, the brow of
Age,..and in the. momentous events already
chronicled on the open Page of the world's.
History. , Returuless as the flight of Time, so
may each of us look upon the loas of joys,the,
weight of : sorrows, together. with ail the events
that' ave sprungyp in our own history since
' our last Holiday greeting. "„They, live net
.longer,—,they have-no further existence, tho'•
they may be paged on the record of memory,
flier° to gladden or make sad as their remem
branee may he .pleasing or painful.. .
.. ~ .
...We have ever coned, ;as years- roll away ' some new phase of Life is developed—some
neiv . page in itsfated Took is opened, reveal-
• .;ng strange and still - stranger realities,. events
never dreamed of, and mysteries before hidden
froM our gaze by an impenetrable veil.. We
say Time develops these thing,s_to_ us, as we
are berm.tolorig on. its ,'ever- , zriOving current,
and,,frOm Our own, we judge such to pe. tt.e.,
experience of all mankind. Judg,int,T i thus, we
have"coine;to regard Life As the greatest Ito.
niance,---one,. that no pen, can et ... cr. - delineate in
I its wild.truthfulness„ bringing.. to the., senses
and undersMading - of min- its varied, and-mtr
varyinl g incidents. It s
- '- ' . '' -•—
I, 1
.. ,
... .
..
.
A dream that is aot all a dream,--;-" . •
and more dream-like from its own reality.
~.
Thhs back over-the' look we
past. year, and
, ~ . , . -..
thus we remember the cloud of strangeevents I,
, , ,
that. has marked oar intercourse with Mir:pat-I
I
I roes and readers. The leas'' . ciO,WC:haVe . l earn . ll
ed we' trUst.,We are .ratieli Wiser . for, and trust t
also that it may redonndte our futureprofit,= . -• I
that benceforth,,in the tattle4f . .tife,andin the I
-discharge of responsible dUties, `we sgall be I
better prepared to meet, events' in store forms,'
I by 'baring liied onze over:tile.; year ?pl.
~ No ,
I person, unlearned - by experience, -can.appreci-1
ate .a.uglit of the trying, difficulties, the load of
l l anxious care, the. life.harrowing : perplexity,
that .racks the mind and Intents the .peace . of
one, whose ill-stared fate it is. to bear the le
i sponsibilitms incident to the editorial. Trot s-I
sion, especially where he is, above and beyond I
all, anxious to discharge ]its 'duties with .lion-
Tor to himself,with justice. to:his render. - I
Such is the influence, exerted by the Press in
1 all communities that no man, perhaps,. can .1.10
placed in a - iosititi Where' lie is, - or should
. be;
. more responsible and .More, directly nests
ble. .it is on hiln . more.tia
m.on
. many, ()theist
of more enlarged ,experimace and greater capi...
. bilities,that the responsibility rests-to give tone I
..mad
.eurrent
. te,Jpublic opinion-.nod .sentiment,;'
I Upon timpurity
_mid correctness of.:',.whielt,' in
{this Cettetry,..hang the Most-weighty consider,
. .... - .
I ations—the'penOe of society, the. welfare: and'
.
I happiness of communitY,—the'force, - soffeof, an.
! Licence ori-imimatiencyßf .on! lOwt . a. 04 inset 7
tutions,, r our
: national: existence • itself:_. , - , Ho
comprehensive have all 'Agee I:lcconaee., , rso lri•
riod, intricate And entangled.the..intere,, , s6
cial-;relations;nnd Political -prejudices of Colo !
muoityp . ,so. momentous,_ urAcrokerl: for; nod
corious;.l.llo politionto vents - . plat lon,every.. day:
coming tO pass,:that'otio niaedia - e. - : pOiSiessid
of n prophet's ken '...tolienetmto ..all; :foresee
their consequences and effect, _and, -plaid him ! :
self in'that proud poiltion . from -which ho,nany
gual7ditte interests.-of community, ,end:-direct
publics Bpiitisaeut in tire--right : gliaiaol.. ) - , .oell
. .. it the IseatAki ~ ' .whicii ' ail Editor,' who-.. - ..-opprnol.
- - - ' -
_ .
ateS rightly.his position . ond is o:xions to dis
charge its, obligiitio6,"ls. tossed. .-A seal
lE4oy...often , explored,, it Las! never been
and - never tt'vill';,l34,nal4Med : . - mit. - Its_slioals
and quiekiaiiS, ititnpeSt:WindS and break
ers, its, currents _anti under-torrents, its rocks
and t . reacbertms7Sheres,?... are ever-vnrying, I
CVerArifting,' and ' wheri - ; he-;.feels-, most,-se
cure and alliecins fair and smooth; tuost fre
quently the storm isnearcst and most fearful,
''i!Xi i, - ; ; - nelei a tis liicli:,:io::one' iS - 'piiipai7-
r.e.
-.,
ed, all is incertitut gand yet demanding :from
On the MoStpronipt and deeided:netion:—the
-Most-, unlimited Sagaeity: - : -', -.-•-
The above picture is notoverdrajam--it can,
not, by our pen at least, be 'drawn , -,to trullt
to::,iialiti.
.On such_an . ocean have we- passed
another year. SurrOunckdby_suelt earnsfPer
plexed :by such 'perplexities ; end harrassed by
-such Fates; we come, to its close.. ,IV4.l:come I
too, conscious that the past year covers many
errors and . has registered ,manY, follies • Ind
I.
net fo its cloge de we conic, loaded downwith
.
the reflection that those errors, and those, fol-
F IiCS, towardsourreatlers,have.been the result
Of intentioti—errors jof the heart and, purpose.
Weykim to!have endeavored to discharge our
duties with fidelity cud faith ful ness,regar:dless.l
alike of-our : liivn ease and personal preferen
ces, and we findlt paliative, if,not an exense,l
for,our errors in the'..falibility of our own judg ! I
nett, and. the imposSibility, for human un kr- 1
1
standing to Meet, perfectly, .the - responsibility i
of the positien,,,- .. . •
_ ,It il,,,easy fur every person to shape .in-,his
own mind what a papei should be to meet his
views, end prtbably no . Inv would exactly I
agree, Whilo , the mass would widely differ.-1
hence the difficulty, lnindreds,and . even, thou:.-;
sands such are to be 'consulted. Our aim is
and shall b!, first to find out our'duly as, can
doctors of the Press, and then, come what will,
to dis'elMrge it. . In l seth a path we have been
lin the past, and expect in-the future to be,-sit
I li-
•
sted so as to see on, the one hand, our 'own
ease; on the other our . dut • We have on-.
i deavored in those circumstances to follow the
bitten 'path boldly and independently.. From
I - such a position we cannot be driven.. Threats
Fsleill never, intimidate, blandishments seance
'e'raffeetien swerve us. We wilLuse the liherty
of the PreSs to expose corruption and
.. wrong
tall On whom it May; , and when -.one heart be
ennis's° cowardly as to wink at Wrong , and
i suffer, without exposure, the rights of commu
nityto be invaded, then we will -resign, our
pen to hands more -worthy to wield, it.. We
have often dwelt with 4elight, upon . the ful
-1 lowing
, - sentence, uttered by , the immortal
ISnEurnAs ..:—" Give Me the likrty of fife Press
and I will, shake doWn • corruption from its
I height, and bury it beneath the ruins and abu
sesi. of ages."
.- A sentiment +hat should be in
-1 scribed on the heart of, every American citizen!
The writer...of this oracle has been made
aware that an idea Is. :prevalent to* some es. 7
tent, that he intendi to withdraw from. the pa
per at the close of this present .volume. It is
true that .he, has anticipated a temporary ab
sence, and had made arrangements' aceordirig
-Iy, hilt - untrue that he has anticipated a :with
drawal from the paper.. Recent , events, `how
ever, have induced -us to relinquish thet
gagement, so that nn change -whatever may be
looked -for in the conducting of - the:paper the
coming year. l'et-lhe future We pfomiso to
devote ourselves entirely to• our Milling, and
trust that we-shill merit and obtain that lib
eral and increasing patronage of , which 'we
have been the bountiful receipients in the past.
To our patrons and friends we acknowledge
ourselves under the deepest obligations, .and
hope %tie shall not forfeit their gerierons con-
ftdeizee. trtisting that we- may be honored
still further with that confidence and patron
We close by invoTtingrelllwordly 'gocid_ to
`follow you ever, and iisppy Holidays to meet
you now. .:-. E. B. C.
Canal
-Commissioner--- Bights .of
- ,the North, &e.
In'an article la.stWeelt we , spoke with.some
freedoin in reference to. what , tve conceive to
he the just claims 'of the Democracy of the
North open the party in the Stater l, ' .e urg
ed then, and insist now, thAtwe are actnilted"
by no sectional feeling, above what we .con
cerveto be justice'_; and that,,above and :be
yond all, the interests of the'Whole State,nnite•
to deMand thr,l such juitieesh - all bo adminis-1
iered. ".\l7e
, h.
nsii not Merely, bemuse fair rep
w
- resentatienwould giveit,-- : not simply because'
justice detnands if,-4 intl , kcauzeihe,iiia . l in-'
!eresti . 4f the ireqt Dapperatie iany' . of . the
1 State:thiinand it. ;.+This is our position, s and
lanai the motives that:
. actaate, influence., end
[ controlal. : COuld we see dillere.ntly ; could '
Ime see that: the intereSts -of .our, party, and
1 conse'qUentlY the iparainonnt inlerests of, our
principles, would be better serve,i'..biLollli
_ • . , . , •
flatlet?, acandidate
_in some other section . of
the commonwealth, though ju‘tiee
,and fair
rePreientatiOn wonfil give - it to thn.NOrth, ,we
Would - most cheerinily' forego the latter con_
siderations and acquiesce in the. ormer. But
i when' as now, We conceive that aßthese coo
l siderations . blind : tog,ethr.r rind: point to the
INOrthior the imiii,.We catnot but_ urge our
cause With' earnestness:' Our. reasons for
thiniiingatich to bb the state .- of things lye
gave ast. week, edit i.; gnite - unneeetsary:to
repeat them here: : . ' ,'--_: - • - ' -
SuCh being Our. position and views, the
question; what and where is Als..North, , be-
Icomes in important, one. •We: Will ,answer
this by pointing but the North' of, what we
I consider, this subject, - ad . 13 - ratter. -. It is
,1 indeed still.further,towards the polo.; than
_the
I politicians of the State have formerly cOnaider
'i ed, though not quite so
a far into
. tim Arctic re
gions as . d Joe Ritner penetrated, when_ be
• found himself in 'the : lovely village - ,of
,fling
hatnton, New
.'"Vork, and in rapture exclaimed,'
.:.--“ lisli slid not knew dat dar wash' s soch rtutty
downs in norf -of :Pepttsylvania V', Lu.short i v,:e
would like to - hayil our bretlirmi in.otlmr see. j
!i lions: understand that'' the.. State iiii . C..is soma
II distance Alive Wilkeibarris and Williamsport,]
whei,g, politically, it has always secined,te be
I- letat,ed I Wi_worild - like ,Ilem i to
„tinders tauul 1
'...that.it.is in' the. neighborhood of that Jine, - too,
frold'whenee,non,leslhOse neverfailing major,
rities4mtlie lour of - most, urgent neces.sity,Mat
1 carry dismay`:to,Ple:)*ks:of itYli . i,ggety, - ,and.
' 'joy Mid i;ictory4oltie Deturiergey." We would
'i Ithv ;let :hag'. them. ,Miglet.Toloalni,'tovPrithat;nlitT
green hills and lovely sallies are fast becem:
ing , loaded down with fertility and welth,tliat l
is pouring, :tlioTreasury of the * Cornitmi-.
full end equal' proportion of-Mir rer , !
enues,--that, our_people are exeelled by no
section - of the . `State in intelligence, enterprise
and wortilf—thet,:w6-have men in, ouriparty
here - of true hearts, of noble Purpose, capable
• .
1 to discharge , and worthy to be honored, with.
any position in the State government..! We
- sholll
o lik ft
oto e : our party'mulerat.;nd and'
r!Pilr:etitge these thiiiifor then - we are certain
Vitilat the demoCra tic,epitit of our party Will be
, aroUsSd and justiee be cheerfallyruetediont.
The Heim 'from Trance.: '
. .
..2:themews flotn :France, which We,,print in
another part:4_today's: Aer;lS of the most
startling niter cat; Truly; - ‘ye . live in thuds
when everydaY is big With the most impor
tanteventS,L--eV'nnts thin change eve Ty •hsiTeit
in 'the . world's history:- EU rope: is in •en nno•
U.arthen'Ves like a - volcano, and ivtat
will be the end'otall those thitigs.no' one can
•
. -•
. ,
;Ve t hOwever,do not look uppn'these events
With the fearful apprehensiona - that niany do.
Itre 'aro satiSfied that a terrible - Crisis. ia-nri
-proiiching,--n crisis, perhaps, that will Oventa.:
itte in a world of war,and.SteeP in blood the
loVellest ' &Ma, of Europe. ' And, .perchanee ,
too. Our own conntrymay be. involved Mid en
tangled in the grand - melee, for we are prepar,••
ed now for althoSt anYthing and any event,-d
-ier what has transpired. ' • ~ ', , '
We say ive do not indulge those feastelnp
. .many , . .
prehension's that n do,•in view.of the pros
pect in future. , It is plain to see from whence,
arised these terribls ; :convulsions' in the old
'world, and seeing this, we apprehend that all;
will ' eventuate right, even thpugh rivers_ of
LIMA must first tibW. The, struggle ,ia the
old worldmow is not a struggle, among and ,
betaeen ItS monarchs and goveraments for
conquest and subjugation. No such work of
1 wild ambition is going on. On the' eontrarY
there is a - general_, understanding, "a fellow,
feeling" among them. There is a'' general
banding together of the forces of DespotisM
I
to crush the spirit of Fre l edom which. has got
Isuch Putt hold of the masses of the people
I there,. The recent struggle in Ireland - --the
I French Revolution of '43, the struggles in !
Italy, Hungary and other smaller provinces,
I had their foundation in the determination of
1 the masses to overturn the'order of things and
I erect
"governments by : their •own hands liberal
- I
e' .
and republican-like. France only fully suc-1
i ceeded, but so universal has the spirit of. De
-1 ruocraey become rooted in the. hearts, of the
iWhole people of thosp countries that there is
scarcely a Throne in Europe that stands only
by the popular suit - h nce, which is likely to end
its indulgence atany, day _and whelni, by a
general
. ontbreak, every government with
Iwhich it comes in . contact. 'This is the true
state of things. The convulsions in Europe
I, are produced by .the struggle that is going on
I between Pemocmoy and Monarchy, between
1 the People and Royally.--.7he time has come
•• when the Monarehs of Europe See that, they
have: eitherto relinquiSh their - sceptres or make
a final struggle to smother entirely
.the princi
-1 Ple of Liberty thatis.'doing such fearful rava
ges with . kingly prerogatives. A spark of our
own Rev . olution was taken home to -France
by the. brave souls who fought here. It igni
ted there soon after, dethroned..the Bourbons
and established something like Republicanism
in place of the throne on which•they sat. The
sovereigns ,of Europe then combined to re-
store Monarchy to • France and did so.. The
fip,, was smothered, not .
_quenched. • It has
been contirmally-bursting oat, here and there,
and new. pervades every nation. The final
struggle.ilas long•been averted but to all sp.
pearanees it _cannot ; be much longer. 'The
question must be settled, and settled too •by
the sword, whether Europe shell be . free. or .
Absolutism - prevail,sithether- Man-. 13 hail be
possessed of, his natural rights-:or be longer
the slave of usurped Power. The settlement of
this grdat qUestion cannot longer be postpon
ed,
_because the pepplp,are demanding their
rights in • full and preparing. to.,enforce.:their
iletuands r at, all hazards. . • :,,
',lids Last movement on the - iart of the,Pres
ident of France Weregard as having its, head
quarters in the heart of European despotiiin
. --4,tussia and ; Austria. A.. Republic _like
France—so powerful in war, so-potent in in
iliience—,existing in the ;midst--of Thrones ,
the most complete ...harrier to Absolutism that
could be erected. -- the first object -is
to crush it down, cautiously bat.with•the deo
- This last act of President.Napo
leen ia the first step. to accompliSh that result.
The . plan is clearly devele'ped, it hasbeen
most artfully.contrived and thus_far, ost skil
fullY executed. We believe him a despot-at
heart, , and in league with the deipots ofßus
sia and Austria to suppress_ Freedom_ in Ett7
rape, restore Monarchy rto France and Abio !
lutism to.the old world. No'liolder usurpd
flea ever marked the history- of a despot than
those perpetrated by the overthrow of the
French Assembly and ConstitiitSon, the im
;prisonntent'of resisting members and;theiSum
uaary edict by which new are order
ed Which shall place the, Executive - absolute
for ten years. This hiOdintide4 :,usurpation
apheld,anct the first and most important - step
is gained towards 31entirehY,--astep reaching
full as, far as that of the' elder :Napoleon,
when he overthrew rthe_Directory and caus
ed himielf to be, proclaimed firstbonsul of the
flatlet:. it is s counter Part, evidently, of
~the
saree, movement and designed, to reach; the
same revalts. „ • .
„
Row artfully has ail tbis been
He has proclairned:universal isuffiage,thus
pealing to the is IMpulses and weakest
pltssions add prejudices of the.Frencli people,.
who ire proverbially'. enthOsiastie, impulsiyo,
and idolizing: He has Ordered:anew election
for President, immediately, giving'ne time Air
discussion and dispassionate deliberation. His
peoplea‘e recetved f tom hi s •mn e beon
fOr'whicnthey have aci struggled;--uni
verial suffrugend the entbusiumn created
by that will more than likely piaci) him in,the
Chair of State forthenext ten.years, end give
Sanction to past tisurpitiena, whteh •fie
not be slow to use Prec,edenti for still bold
er ones. e ; Vir nedictlliat - such: will bothe re
sult, and ifthe - greatest,., the :bleediest
_ _ .
. _
straggle - the : world ever saw will be. opeiv.,d, I
and will-be' ono: great battle fief
Where . Fsiedinn:tiattlei',fne-.Prapire,,aind - pdV.
:potisch . ,for
last inevenient*plains '
Koisu th'S ti T atinentli , y:thelye;WPioldent,
ThO' plan--basl?gen long tnatitiingwand',i4 :net
yet half dOeloped. Ilia' object. is!palpablei—:.
i arid the Anestion.niust noW be met by the ad : .
vocafes of Freedoni. They.must:trieet it,con
iPier an VOID*, be•eoptinered_iind be "slaves;
or lamely 13,abniit,: --WO apprehend the -former
! at ~ LI 3 I S
f P - ;r1 ec'deiire .
fatherlo. the , • .
.
• " Congress. .
We would publish the nroceedinr , s in COT'
press could, we find anything further than
following to publish:" Each dayiat i 2
"they 'march up the hill; and then Marcli down
again." The above, is the
,prognunine of pro
eeedingra—" the order:of exercises. , 'Somecx
cieed discussion, is had, in the Senate'on Mr.
Foote's - resolutiOnin reference t the-Compro
mise, and, that is about all:;
Henry
.
Henry Clay has resigtied his seat in the Sen
ate; and an, election, for,the t-.l;itley will be
held next Tuesday, by, the lienucky Vegisla-
. .
—PnAtram, Magnzirie netoriety, - 4ust
Inve "n soul ns ns'ini ex . ." `We like' him;
by the %ray -we knori, he has rich thinks in
store for his suhscrihers in '52.± He inulo§es
us ie Circtilar from which'yo rOke the follow
ing extract: WO invoke our -subscribers to
read it • • •-•
Cuntousis'wr:—They intend; in Kentucky,
to blacken the ncices:af all convicts, so thatif
they escape they may be deiected... Pike, of
the Flag, suggests that the oliratipn be ex
,
- tended to all delinquent subscribers - to . period-.
icali and ,newspapera4
Grahatn lays (lewd And expolindli the low as
it ought in be applied 'to those !who forget
pay rip enec a
Lives there a mati - IVith soot so (lead . _
Mello ni:rcrto" hiniself bath!sahf! ;
This is the paper—and 'tis ead • •
I'll go and pay the printer:
'Then let his face be covered o'er
That he 'nay face it outr—tia
But if he don't p 4, up his ;score;
Remain an apalinl--er.. .
Graham wrote the any° under the_ inspira
tion of the discovery that he has,overlo;ooo
due on his books in little : California :amps of
s3—and is poorer than he was hist year—which
he-resists and don't intend to stand.
Graham had occasion last year to say 4 take
your country papers"—and gdod doctrine it
is too--he Says 210 W, " . G0 Ali/1 .1%1T,F011. =Eat !
,171"! •
r.ty — The editor of the Phitadelphia.:b4ily
News (Whig) is at Nya - shing,toti, - and in Cor
responding isith his Paper makes startling de
velopments. Here is . an item of 'news be has
picked up, in his owe words: "Grow, from
Wilmot's district; ii,:artd always lais been, .a
Lactfaco." - That editor must be fast beconi
leg a politieian, and snenld ho stay at . Wash
ington Much !eager Will :get so wise as to be
ClangeronS . . we fear:
A_ Washington correspondent of the
North Branch Denwarcd, thus speaks of our
member, Mr. Gnov.-:- . ,
"The talented and 'eloquent Representative
from Bradford district, makes a vety favorable
impression
,among the -old Menibets• of the
'IBS course has been consistent, aid
in•every respect; above suspicion!"
- NV° stated last week that T. T. St
John, formerly Cashier-of Susquehanna Bank
had been elected to the New York .I..egisla
hire. We saw. the statement in the Sullivan
county Democrat, and supposed it correct, but
-since have learried k bY good authority, to.. the
contrary.: . Another:person of the same nettle.,
I '* The ease of Col. Wntoni, whO is con
testing the sent - of-Hon. - IL FUZ:LEU, in
Congress, is noiv lief Ore Committee' of the
House. We, think OA the . Colonel should
suececd in justice.--
- SA hog, weighing,fieelundrc4.andfif2y
s4: pounds, dressed,- was recently by F.
13,C0 - ox, in Bridgewater ; - this county. , This
hog Fe believe took the first• premium:at the
last Agrieulturnl rain
. , .
- "'lC.ossnth has"gone to Pliiladelf,hia,and
proceed :to >W ashington .in a few days,
where he will be received by ConoTesslwith
iniposi. -• .
ceremonies.
Tlui Columbia Democrat is out for .31r
Buchanan. Col. Tate,jts.editor,ii candi
date for Canal Commissioner •
13IPORTANT TO SOLDIET:S L OF TIIE Buck
adoi Wail:—Wo learn the application' of
Thad, Stevens for a land warrant-has been
rejecterkby'tile proger authority, •on the
following grounds ; • _
Ist. tcrs of Iho Buckshot w• are
not entitled pensions or warrants:—.
to
2d, Tho.ddens, bafiag deserted at the
mostcritical motnent of the 'war, would
not be entitled to . a warrant if the preceding
objection were not valid.- •• *
. .
• It is supposed-that no more - applications
will be milk by `the
_heroes of "thnt most
memorable struggle.
A CRYSTAL PALACE Naw Yo
A petition is about to be presented to the
Common' Council of New York, for - the use
of Madison Square for the • erection :ot a
Crystal - Palace to accommodate rte second
Great World's - Fair in? 1852. !qr. Paxton
bak made the - design-500 by 200 feat,
two:stories; and.the contractors agree' to
have - the structure completed in three
Months. - Riddle . ; United States Cotn-
Missioner t?:,the',World's' Fair, has the
pledge of some seven hundred contributors
of artieles. - ' • , - • •
Gov. YOung of Utah. the Mormon terri
tory, bas, it i# said, - as 'many as
,ninety
wires. . drove along the streets, a few
days since, with - sixteen of them is a long
carnage—foarteen of them baying each an
infant, at' her boson', This statement is
endorsed -by the 'returning Chief Justice
and:Secretary, - hi' very well, we think,
that Tresident Fillmoro has decided upon
removing thislustful Turk ; for a man with
such a &fully to -look.after. can, have pre 7:
cious to attend to State affairs.
InIffil) 1 ,11T11 11 .i`,0>
EIGHLY- IMPORTANT NEWS
Louis IYapolea's coup d'etat—the
• disso
lutioti_ of -44 e Assembly, and it
minfof some . of its members-Paris,;
a - state of seige 7 :,:•Restoration of (Tra
versal Sufraget:-INIeo form ol govern-
meat, ste. . • -
•
-- The -news - from 'Franco is most In - Ipm.-
tant - L ind the affairs in that country have
engrossed attentioain Europe, ,to the ex
clusion of everything else.. _ .
The long dreaded_c64 d'etat of:LfiniS
Napoleon has bow:made. _ The President
has seized the reins' of government, dissoli
edthe Assembly...declared a state of-seige,
arrested, the - leading opponents of his poll.
Cy, and appealed to tho people,- ~ . . .
All this was done at ,an. oarly - hOur; on
Tuesday the 2d - init. - Preparations' for it
had been perfected With consummate skill
and aderesy•• durind the pieeeding - night;
and it was completed before' any ono had
the least idea it was in progress, or even in
contemplation. '-• " i --- , ' : -. •
An - entirely - new, ministry- was formed
' during the night oil Monday... ~
- : Droclainations -dissolving e - Assembly,
appealing to the .People, restoring univor.
sal - suffrage; and prOposing a new system of
gov.ernment;,tcre printed aka private prin.
ter's in the tlysee,t and posted thrOtighout
Paris before daylight, on Tuesday: ' -
Copies of these proclainations,and of eir
aulars from ";the ministry and . the Profcet'of
Police, printed itOike roomier, were de
spatehed-toall thei. provinces,' announcing
what had been done, appealing to 'the na
tion at large, und eoaveying . stringent or
ders and instructions to all the . officers of
the government throughout the country:
The President's; proposal is the instant
restoration Of universal suffrage—the in
stant electitin, by tith people and the army,
t
...
o a President, to told office fur ten years,
supported by a conned of state, anil by two
houses of Legislatare,and that, during the
few days required to complete the election,
the , executive power shall remain in the
hands of the President. • - ,
- The election is flied to take place during
the present month; and the President
promises to bow to the will of . the peoPle,
whether they erect himself or any one, else;
and he declares that he' holds power only
until the will of th"o people can be made
known. • '
Meantime, 119 demd.rids a preliminary
vote, - fiom' both the people , and the army,
to declare svite - therl they cobfille to him the
executive power - ad interim --the army to
record their vote within forty-eight hours
=•-the citizens beirig allowed a longer time.
The President.deelares himself to have
been forced into this measurei - and it is
ascertained that Changarnier,La Moriciere,
Theirs, and other. 4 of his opponents, had
decided to demand: his *rest and impeach
ment on the 2d in:st., and were
.gathered,
and in the - very act of confirming this de
cisi-Dn, when they were 'themselves arrested
and -conveyed to Vincennes.' - '
The temporary hail used for the Assem
bly has been taken ' down by, the govern - -
meat : and -whenever members have at
tempted to meet officially, they have been
ordered to disperse, arrested if they refus
ed.
Two hundred members of the Assembly
had been arrremd in-al: ; many, however,
were released in a few hours. But all the
leader.s orthe opposition are imprisoned.
Many members, of the Assembly,
,have
given their adhciion to the President—it is
said as many as three hundred—during the
first da's. - •
No organized resistance to the govern
ment was attenipted, and telegraphic re
ports from_ the departments declare-the
newslAo. have bean bailed with enthusiasm
by tfic provincial !population.
Subsequently, however, partial athemps
at opposition, were made in Paris; and ru
nners reached that city, from . tho priminces,
hostile to the alleged unanimity or feeling
in the provinces. r •
Barricades were erected in the more
bulent quarters of Paris, but were all bro
kel down by the , troops: - -:At 'one ofthose,
two 'members of, the Assembly,'. taking
prominent places,' were killed. in Oho con
filet.
A section of the Assembly contrived- to
meet together ire Paris, on Tueiday; and
had decreed the deposition of the Presi
dent and , his impeachment for high treason
—but the Meeting was dispensed - by the
troops; and the decree ridiculed and disee
garded on all hands.'
In addition to arrests, troops were plac
ed in tho houses of Some' of the ti-officeri
of the Assembly Who were exempted from
arrest; amongst!Others, that of M. Dupin,
Presidentof. the Assembly,- =was occupied
by troops, and he .hituself phccd under a
sort of durance, althosugh not actually ar-
The full, rirmtj,of Martial. law bad 'been
proclaimed agamst all persons concerned in
barricades,. and they were accordingly shot
with out' delay. ;
lip to Thursdny.night the - success of the
government seemed" certain: . and London
tuivices to Friday night did not-Tary Mate
rially from the same .prospect. - But "new
.eleinents were'constantly mixed in tLe
strugglo, , and so long as any actual 'canteit
eontinued, there must - be more,'or.less . un
certainty. 1' he, difficulty of obtaining relt=,
I able information.was indescribable.: •
The Latest.
PARIS, Friday . blorning Dec, 5,'1851.-
A
decree appears, ordering the , vote on
the' 20th inst. to be secret instead Of pub 7
''' - •
Theraivera rumors of tho fighting hav
ing:been continued - to day ;lint the latest
accounts show that the insurgents'were put
down, after a severe struggle., The prov
incial reports are satisfactory: -1 •
It is said that several hundred- French
refugocsleftiondoalor Paris on Thursday
pulling., It is'also stated that the French
government .have stopped the
.transmission
of despatches by telegrupli.
The movements of the troops, tiro_ silent
add firm, - . . f
During the - dajr,' bairicaffes ; have, been
throWn up in earnest.--
At half past ono% ecloelt this , morning;
an immense roved, of about five' thousand=
troops;: moving along this - Boulevards, wns
fired cm 'from the neighborning passages
and bOuses. The fired:_.was returned by
the troops; ankthe combat-lasted tar half
an hour, with, - cannon abet and Muskat
At, the same time, but further lion thd
Boulevards, a brisk firing, was kept np
ti
P: had then nearly Ceased in tte
.neighborhood of the Boulevards; at Tirri el,
but continued, in other quarters.
Full particulars,etinnot be got. Noth.
ini, is certain but" that this seno r
struggle ha#a??
actually taken glace.
Many- passers-by were injured; go g
gentleman and,his' . daughter are reported
to have been killed. -
Avsioc o'clock, on the. Thinlevards
Italiennes, the, firing had: almost entire!
ceased.- • .
At.-seven . O'clock a :fight'', occurred 4
the Strcits, - in the - Quartiers - St.- Mart 4
and St.-Denis. - -
The insurrection, however; is quelledl4
all parts, and the , troops have returnedto
their barracks.
• The barricades of Alm Faubotirgs-ft
Denis . and St. Martin, and ttin Boulevards
near tha Bastile, -had been • destroyed talus
the traops retired.
The-herald and Chronides correspct.
dents state that General Caitellon, "at Ly.
ons, and General Euyger, have decla re i
against the government ;.but- the report is
denied elsewhere.- -Strasburg and Ithai xt
are also said to have rise; and doubts an
entertained of General Migois.
The- Ilaily News states that, Ga lata '
Newmeyer is marching with fcnr iegimetts
from the nnrth. .
. . .
The Times says that an attempt at 13
emeute at Droyer Arnaud, energetic:lli
suppressed.—N. 1. Herald..
Kossut4 and t4o - Ladiei of Nei
Xork.
Governor Kossuth met .the :Ladies of Ne t
York, arMteropo)it.ln Hall, on Saturday at m
noou, -- and the scene, says the Tribune, ry
proliahly the most beautiful that has yet zit
the leye of the great ;Magyar
4 ince he cate t .t,
America: - Tlie - immease Hall Was densely g
with an assembly of 3000 persons, of.whta
2500 . were females. ;
The Hon. George Bancroft; addressed Ex.
soth on behalf of the ladies Of New
He was followed by the Rev. Mr.llng,e - h
Introduced and welcomed the;illustrioas str.,
ger. Kessutles•speech WAS a very fine 0L4,...
It WUniti, give us pleasure to publish it erin,
but can only find. room to-day ; for the follcv ,
ham beautiful extracts i
"It is; no wanton praise —it is a fact ale
I say—that, in my hard task to lead oath
struggle, and to govern Hungary, I Wee
more powerful ankileriesAnd no morefai6.
ful executors of the will of the nation, the
in the wanton of Hungary. You know thrt
in ancient Rome, after the battle dense,
which was won by Hannibal, the Una
was afraid to come down to the very oafs
of Rome. The • Senate called on the peo•
ple spontaneously to sacrifice all thei
wealth on the alter of their fatherland, iti
the ladies were the first to !.do it. Etei
jewel, every ornament ; was brought Mk,
so muelyeo that the Tribune-judged it re,
cssary to pass a law, prohibiting the laiia
l of Rome to •wear jewelry or any silk dreg
in order that it might not ;appear thitiii
ladies of Rome had not,by their ern tl4
done so. Now we wanted lin Hunguy 11
such law. - The women; of ; ; Hungary WI
all that they had [great applause.] Y
would have been astonished to see hoir,l
the moist wealthy houses of Hungary, if ya
were invited to dinner,you would bofergi
to cat soup with iron spoors ; and sin
the wounded and, the sick—and Env d
'them we had because we fought hard—sop
the wounded and the sick were not soul
provided as itwould have been our Li
anal our pleasure 'to do. I ordered the 6
istty and the respective public functicu•
sties to take care of them. But the pt
wounded went on suffering, and the rusk
try ivent on slewly to provide for them—,
When I saw this, one single word to 6
ladies* of 'Hungary, 'and - in a few hm
thro was: provision :made for hundred' d
thousands of sick (applaUse from the p
rlemen present.) -'And I never met z 6
gle Mother who would have withheld lit
son from sharing in the battle; but lite
met many who ordered and comma:is/
their children to fight for •their. fatherid
(applause.) I- saw many and many Moot
who urged on the. bridegrooms to dell!
their ab.y, of happiness till they shteH I
come back victorious from the battle d '
their fatherland.- . Thus acted,thelediesof
Hungary. Thai country deserves toile.;
that country deserves to have a futnrel
yet;; which the women as Much as thecae,,
love. and • cherish. • (Applause.) . Bet I
have a stronger metive than
,all those*
claim your :protecting sympathy far 11
conntrye cause. , It is her nameless trg,
natneless sufferings:. In the name of tint
ocean ofhloody tears, which the seer 4
ions hind of the tyrant rung from thee/ I 'l
of the childless mothers, Of the britk",lrLl I
beheld the hanginait's sword between tha
and their Wedding day- r in the name yid
these mothers,. wives, brides,daughtersd
sisters, who, by thousands of thrum*
weeli.'ever the graves of Magyars so del
to;theiihearts, arid weep the bloodying.;
of a patriot - las they 'all are] over the an
1 of their beloved riative, laud—in the 00
l'of all those torturing stripes ,with ull'h
the 'flogging hand of Ausfrian tyraatsdal
to outrage, humanity ,in the womarP
of mptative laud—in the name of I . La . ,
daily, eurse against Austria, with tail
even the prayers of our women are telci
=iii the name of the nameless suffer
alloy owrk dear wife (here the whole s,
once-arose and: cheered vehemently) -1 !I
faithful e)!frpanion of mY life—of hail!
for months' and. for months was huotedi!
my canary's tyrants, like a nolde deerP
having, for months, a moment's rest t!!
pose her wearied: head in safety, and
,f,
[ Ilope, nosupport, no protection but ft 17 .
humble theeshold of the hard-workingr
phi, as noble ;and.generous as they 11 ,
,Poor:-=(applause)--ia thp name of Or,
little children, who so yeun,
conscious oftheir life, had already!
wbat an Austrian prison- is—in 00.07
of all this; and, what is still worse, !a r t.
name of down-trodden liberty, ; l dam'
13ies.of New Virk, your protecting flai r
thy for my enuntry's cause." - *
M7* A. loafer happened in at one du
printing offieei in -Lynn,s few days 's
site ,
and asked ,the question—. Wkat
news'":•.!' Two dollars a year in sdrarce ,
the - re Ply... Ho subscribod,