litemar Hon. do A. emir", In 'the House af Rweiptatives, at Wash jington, on thetnbjit t ',lf the Railroad ilV cultics at • Brie,, Pa. • • • It is not. lon i r prisented here le liana, .compla~ni vania for *anti of stitntion of th.s sister States. have Wen repiies oral Gs ertunnui the &Antal. coal sent to esecutC burning the hki tearing up thei r four- weeks in Sti. • tion.to interrup The Eastluid fare ; ing aur l abeiti! -passengers have since that a memorial was ; • the'citizens of Ohio, or la , g of the State of Penusyl.: fidelity to the 1 aws and Con nion, and of - comity to her nd since then her , citizens • nted in hostility to the Oen , disobeying the decrees of ts, imprisoning the marshals he process oti those courts, ges of the railroad eonipany, railroads for some three or -cession, showing a dispai all communication between t across that greati.horough that her Executive is aid ig mobs and rioters. That 'been subjected to great in business men to unnecessa- convenience. ant ry delay'and:exl etiities at-Erie; i versv, but who i ought the bla ! Int l ir, some yea •. vania constructs :-French crvelc,l • hall mites, to F -- wassubsequentl transferred to a build a railrOad harbor of Erie; . nor any. part Of • road from thel I Erie; two.. pima: • those fixed itidtb i . tirely different rc that makes:the c -Ohio, and is Of tfi roads. The eo 4 prone court,. of ' thatta year ago and its, use sin • lave been entir wealth; and ;is thins and restric proper to impos 1 The conueati -of New York i. Erie and Nortin which was fiXed line and the bcp ' i' I, nse, by _reason of the diffl not. the question in . contro 1n fault for it, and where' ; to.reat t _ - : : 2 .. since the State' of Periasyl -5d a canal from Franklin,aloug distance' of eighteen atika each creek aqueduct, which y, by act . of the I.egislature, company, with authority to I between - Pittsburg, and the but that- road was never built t; but'the coinpany bUilt ihitri State line to the city of seperate and distinct tf rotn i heir charter, and over.' an en oute. And this is the road • :onneettou betweeri Erie and he same gauge as the .ohici 3truction of this road the sti. Pennsylvania decided, more ,was without legal authority, :that time cii.uld . „ therefore, y restrained by the Common mow subject to such conllij ions as the Legislature thiuk n between Eric anti the State. made by. what is called the ast Railroad;' the termini of by_ its charter= atState .ugh of Erie, and *one Of. the conditions ofli . incorporation was, that -"the said railroad - sh It he so cous'tructed -- ailiot to impede or obit ct the free use of any 'public , ' road, street, hit e, :or bridge." And. at: the time of builrlin said road, the . company tip plied to :the flit - authorities for permission to . . lay their track within the limits° of the city,- so as to connect with the Franklin Canal • Company's Ira s. - That permission, as Inu derstand, waS - g . nted with the express condi . • Lion that it iiii , lit be:revoked at any time b} - the city author ties. At the-time of:putting; „doWn the track of this read, it was laid at Ibirbor Creelt 3. -- some eighty or ninety rods along, a public tighway, ii eluding the bridge over said ere'ek, and that, too, under a protest ~ . .of the superviso A.of the toWnship. But . the. track - as originilly laid, remained unmolested , - till he company commenced taking it up to • change the gange,. and, then they. Were neti:.. . fled by the- .township authorities, that if they • .. took it-.up they would not be permitted to lay 'it again - on the public highway. • - , . . And here' r iS sue point pf conflict' betweein ~._ the.citizens Of larber creek. township and the - . Northeast. Rail oad Company ; and the other •.. is,•within the iorporate Baths 'of the eit:s,=.-.0..f ° Erie, where tht railroad' company. never; had any authority from the. Commonwealth of . Pennsylvania is lay down n - traoi. -Dm IN:nal , . evi , ,r differeric of Opinion there may be as to the right of th • railroad company, under their charter, to' Cr the township bridge at Har boy Creek; an - run ,along. the public. high- ' - way, that dim' t, it seems, tO!,me, must!endat the eastern )in of the original - limits of the borough of; . e. From - that "point to the .State line o' 0 riotheCommOnwealthofPenn- sylvania has n >ref granted anY franchise : for the construct] en of n railroad. Between these pointy, t en, the citizens of Erie ate • but resisting e croaelithents attempted upon - their rights!,ss citizen's, and as members. of . a . . -municipal govnnment, by an associate coin pans acting w'thout any legal 'franchise.— . And though t iey • may be gnilty Oesome ex cesses the party tha ° attempts- thOt encroachments, ° - most todatne.l Had .the 4 coinpanies been content to ret4tiin quiet-till the meeting Of the . ° Legislature, atat then sought there,' for legal . authority !before- acting, there would have been'no distarhance• at Erie, and travel, and - . trade would have proceeded as heretofore,un- Eno! - e,,.. , ...te1. .I, Bt why should._ the public com plain that thy - ( should be; break of gauge i • . at Erie inste: - 'of Butfalo; for it must, of ne- . cessitY, hel at one. ,place. or-the other. The. . , railroad gnage of Ohio is fohr feet ten inches: of'New Itirk, six feet and four feet eight - and - • a half inches: and the Pennsylvania gauge !, k -is four feet eight. and a half Inches. It ,i's, ' . . therefore, inn- :Bible to pass `from • the north _ west,. throng either -New Yorl or Pennsylva nia:, to the' A lantic se,aberd, without a change. ,- •• of gauge. I . . . And is the , any mason why the citizens of Erie orlth Commonifealth of PennsYlvn 7 ' nik_Should'n. t avail 'themselves of the coin-. mercial . adv ntages of their local and gers-,- • • graphical! - 'ition, especially .Iwhen they Can . . do it withou any obstruction . 'of . commerce , or .trade,] a d - without injuky to arty oth . section of the Unio)! How' is i trade ' and .• travel obstritcted any more•by a change of gauge at Eri than at Buffalo, or any other point bet Wee i the inland States and the sea board I Tlf gauges which the different States haVe lected for themselves, without 'any action o the part of Pennsrlvania,; has made such e ange necessary. And all ,Allitt i Penns'ylvani. l or any of her citizens desire, is the simple e 'orment of the advantages other position, . •SI e has no disposition to tax trade awl comM3r •e• passing through her limits, nor to obstruct its cheap aid speedy transit All c ompt ies now acting under her franchi-, sea can lay eh tracks astheythink prope,r, and, (daily ge. She simply says to Ohio and New Y you have each free pertnis sion•to b.ti your own gauges," within our 1 • limits, and. ill their either at Erie or any point west o that._ This ,is the declaration of her Excel ive--this is the law of her stat ute-book. ; v this arrangOneut, all• her rights and inieres s in her improvements already constructed, and those in eonrse of constrac lion, are see red, and that, too, without any_.,_ _ injury to th• trade of hei'sister States, or any 'Latest obi Europe. , obstruction . their interests. And :•because The Abia, which arrived at New York on c she is dispo :. to avail herself of the commer- uesday m -' ll bi' is three ` ' days later.. ad. Ctnal g, 1 n er ‘gtial advanta: t., of her poition wllen she can .•• 1 - - do' it 'wit out injury to, any other sec- vices trein the conti nent. The news P‘'' 'ef f. an Lion, .a 'pre udico is attempted te be ere- eicitit'S and [highly ilf l P 3ll . 44l64 racl.er • 'Ac sted agains her citizens, and even the law-. cording to the accounts i another greet battle makers, of . : country talk of withholdinithol has been fought, in Whiqh tha Turks were vie rights due , r as a member,' of this Conteder-P' torious. Tb cl i me - in ut took place at - ,acy. Phil: Pennsylvaniaiisloyal to the Con- -, ,aie . 1 { -- • , nearltalefat,!on the Danube: Omer stitution am laws oftit. Union, and faithful / . /a - I 1 to her & - States, she is equally.J6al and Pa s ha , 1641 1 5 N° IP II3 N stormed 4 1 4 took flithfulto . . And because her Locative, a Russian eitrello, horst occupied by 20,000, i - who is!c ~• • • with the :paintenani* of . be: sad aka sepilistd-a b6cli of 18,000, March in g • . _,. .... ' ri g hte ", 44 cuutc4l4lll ts Q1 9 °1 " 1 , P 2414 ' I to rolaforce, 'the amy l routed by hialfirst at . oth, as!.rights ci I tizen, t w i t , , . ' . I.• , , i against up! limerociehmsabs by: mpaajes • 1 . I • _. 1 - acting iw:th ut leg-t. 1 frnnohise, he ii niaic 1 • 1 - the s-a:ije,_:t f raisrepresntat ion rind ep 6.:1.t. 1 .). '.kfr. IWAFs I.NAti:E, of IninOiS. I 1 05i.de in the Wei..., a ici I would i1 .. ,:t t, :ask ;JAI 'gc.l - afo queitioz.- ..0 . , 7 . , Mr. (Meow . It would gire - mir pleasure•• to oblige the gentleman from -,,lllinois, but after the experience I have just had in attempting. . to oblige: - .a,friend.l cannot ; yield . , .S ir, what diflereuce Omit . - ake to t* l„NYetit, and how ti Ee is her . interests aft fed, - Whether the Chine - of railroad gauge at Erie': 4 Btillalol' far M•atiy local in crests arfacince,rned :th4is simply a controversy between Erie, and .13utra lo, in whielt the - frade of) the great West in its transit to . -the sea-bon - 0 :Beta no, in terot, save as it is at p4lt, :,obstriteted by these-ail:hail:les. ..' . - ..! . - .'; •—i .. - , Ist. - But is the Eiecutive f JPennsiivania, and the citizens of Erie the party in blame for their existence, as they conceive they have. been re , sisting only .illegal encroachments' and - exttc- , tinny by unauthorized companies J.. Every de- i•Cree..-of the-State, courts has • inmi faithfully I observed ; and instead Of . totthuitig this con -1 troversy to the State courts witstaken to 11 t it the district court of the - United .States b} the • railroad company'; and the .citiieus of Erie, ' acting-under legal rtdvice;disi*garded its de * elves for want of jurisdiction.' And the court when that- is fully argued, instead , of deciding,it, reserves the opinion, and iniiiris-. lons. the citizensi .lAnd now one complaint againit the - Commonwealth. is, that she int pprisons theniarshafs and . officers of theFedeml I court. Sir,. she hits the tight, . not . ot& to 1 imprison the tn4rslials, but the judges, when 1 they act viitheitt, the authority of law. , the t, :proceeding con t Plained of is simply to test that qnestion. . It is a question of conflict; be tween State and Federal. jurisdiction. And from the time this controversy Went, into the district court of the United Statei it: wag' ta ken out of the hands; of•the Executiveand of .the -State courts.. . . . . , . . . No application 'lts: beki made , • to di save in one ;instance, atiti-iii that edsethe:de eree of the,. Court was,!ehforced by :state .au thority,.. and fti9rfulici'ObSi•rvEd by the Citi-' zees; sand , in pd' - ease . has the- Governor given' eneoitragentent 'to riots orl breaches of !the , . , -peace.. !- 1 `-i. • .. i , _ 'Such are, in brief, 4otne Of the cireurosiati ces• of the controversy, between the Citizens of Erie- and the corporalionSto - whichl havO re , ferred. It it:ca - controverSy . i - 4 ween the rights of the citizens and. the privilt .t zes' Of a municipal ity—And eorportitions 1 acting: without let:tal -. ranehises. ' •• • i :•i ' :. '. . I have taken this oceasie ! n, . sir, . to make these reinarks,. in order to !eorreet the trnis • statement of facts which is c-alettlatril to;', do injustice to theexecutive and judicizd offiers of , the Oonurionwealth . ( - f.Petttsylvania, ',and • injtirsj to het c iti zens . ~ --• ' i! ~ t fie Prinorraf. • • 1 , • I. NoRTIEERN PFKFA • E. 11:131ISSE tk, IX DAY Finrcins Mantirw, F4H►runry 2, 111,54, Waisted, 41 Otis Office, On sUbseription, qiiiintify of Ont., for which the hilliest mlirket price will he: ,X..v" We are indt6te.l - 40 11.”;. M r . ~,,,. 14 , IIEAD, of the 1:. S. -sohate,-for valuable piiblie . . . favors: -} . . ._ .. ' . Tlict- , Nelir.l6 •-• . - i . • . ' "I, I! ' - Douglas' ' Nebraslit • Bill, •front ~ which we - • - giye an exiraet in atothi4. 'column; came lir in the .Senate on 310 . day last: A Ittrg and entliusiastic rrteeting' was held in the city of New, York, rentonstriti ng : against' the repudi ation:of the..NissOuri l l . tjoniproluise. For fur tiler, particUlars on this subject, see our "t'aish ingtoti PorreSponderfi!e.- . Two dtruCtire fill i t occurred in the, _city' . of Yeiv YorlpiOn Saturthiy night last, depri ting. nearly "one hundred families of their .homes. Theloss: of pr+rty is •estimaled at about it. 00,060. ... .. 1 ' . -, ' . 1 Init. , ''' attest accounts from the "city of aieci- co are to the _7th • ult. •Oreat exUitemvit pre vailed at Chihuahua and Sonora, in i3onse gnence of the pew treat.) } ; with the United r. States; and the leadin , * men there sari they will annex tlieniselv .to the United' ~. tato, rather than AUblllit: to the provlSions of that treatv.`]l. . . , • On Monday 'the Sepate of the Unit4States adopted thillouse n...Kolittion,providing for a " joint committee to take into consideration the propriety of so amending the Constitution AR to do :sway with the general ticket sytem in tlie election of President and Vie President. It is - propoK-d to vote l.)y• Congiessional and Senatorial districts. ' ' A very destructive fire oecuried af,-Wor cester,"Utss.,—whic.h consumed prbpertY to the • amount of about 30,009.- A Bill atinulling the Charter (.3 r the Yrank i lin Canal Company has been plssed by our • State ;Legislature, and sent.to the Governor: :The resolutions of the RhOlelsland' lature, in opposition , to 'the Nebra"4 13 which were passed unanimously 4 tiutt body, were presented to both branches :1 of Ch , algless on Monday. • • Canal Commtssionei. , The ides ;of March will soon `be upon us, when the State Convention will meet to nom inate candidates for Cr.overnor, Judgei'of. the Supreme Ciurt, find Canal Cortuuissil,ner.— Gov. Bigler and . ..ludgei Black Will probably be nominated by acclamation.l For Canal, Commissioner the Contest Will be, bftW6n Mr. Mott, of Pike, Shenv.ixid, of Tipga, anfl Scott, of Columbia. I 6 strikes us that this district should rally around Mr.•Sherwbod. 1;11.irle ; .; .4 cation right, and is an able man. j. He was a member of the Senate some yea' lace,: and held a position in that body l so de4ryed l high as to beeleet'eXt speaker, Which o Effee be filled with great credit to himselfand ttency; • lie is a good man for the place, and now that it ;iS - co ncede to the North, Ct'-e trust - - at. North - will rally. upOti a man evcry . way deserving of theii confidence and sup. rt. .13:611. J. GLANci: JONES of riewliug, le - the lieloO•rajic ear.lid:ite for CZll,;;re,..t.s from coltuty,to- st:pl4 1 the •vactithiy oec:l.- '2::.2e1 by thr.l death of ' .. A New.PrOject: ' .. The New York Eerai of a recent date,. lad .an editOvial . articl. in 'which it . denoun cod, Presidentialtiominntang Conventions by :the: re . spectivie political:pariies of the country, and advocated , the propriety of a `.,cnib race' and-free` field' in 1850 i! :It garea li,t of some twenty probable" - eal4lidetes. for the Chief Magistracy of the Iteriii4nt that time, whom it advised 'ti run witliont l submitting their names a t all; to any 'Convention. ln order to recominetid :Ithispoliticell!icheme -to the small States the 4 . eraid stated that `under its op eration the iiontest...wonl have to be Aecided 1 by the llouß.e of Itepresetinitives, where Flbr ida, with one itePresenltatiVe, w o uld have on }Nun! voice In dctertniiiir4 .the result - With . New York, .ikhich has thirty-three, or Fel+. f. 1 - sylvania, which his twenty five. I NO better argument; sacs- the . Chicinnifti lEnquirer., ,was ever m: de' in favor of the pro- ' `priety. of .conventions tliaol the simple state; Ment of this . fact. The orst a l imse of the • nominating system in not i leilecing the wish- I:es of the people in the' l choice of it candidate OS desirable compared. to !pitch a method of I choosing the President.. • lilt Would be a revi. cal of the ,old Conirrional.cancus,•sci hate-- 1 : - - fol to the country in worst form. The ma jority of the:people wOuld`. not have the Slight -1 est chan6e c4*.choctiini the highest olliCer of .of the . nation. .A small ditinotity would-pret-. tv certainly 'always -govern in the seleoitin.- - If'would afford ati em!ell'ent field for corrup tion: and intrigue, bargai!n and sale, and if any thing can O .e . rtltrow the Oonstitution it. would be a choice a a niunlii4 f Presidents under it. in the House, of•Reprdssetitati VCS. , The body is elected tWo years pire+tis to the time it I would be calledtipOn ' t'Olehoose a .President: it:is not selected :at all .with reference to that .event, and,l is not likely that .the- people's wishes wotild be reth - tad in the . matt i er. But whenwe cowii t ilet that the vote would be taken byl States•L->all ' ,e'n : New -York, Penn sylvaniayOuld only count the same . Florida; Oela l ware ItiMl Rhode Islantl—we are sl•uck iWith its gtoss i ! inequality and injus tice: It perfect) tsUbvcr,live of thefun ; • : ; , • damental principle 'upon wlnchnliourinstitu -1 • tions - are 6:tlsed, - Iviz: that the majority should govern, sic the three great States • jUst men ! tioned--;•-wilich,cOntain kuore than . one third of the fret white popplation orate Union, and. , . have mor titan a!qu t- arter of the whole num-7 her of electoral VotesHyould have but three votes put of thirty-one, if the Presiilentialcon test -was tO;be . thrown it to thehouse.l.if Rep 1-resentativeS. Ther4lW4e - never but two Pre , "- ridents - elected hyi that bOdv slime . the Organi 7...ttion of the goverMneniLMr. JeffersOlv in 1801, Rue „lohn*Q. Adams in 1826. - ..a..mtstatie.in Liie I;.onventitm„noirequiring the Electors, of President and Vice President to distinguish - upon their ballots betweetrthose • •• officers and: providing that the c.:lndidatehav- ing the hiditest nuniberl- L I of votes should be. President:7 - ind the n'ext, hi , rhestViFe Pres : • ; \ 1 • was the cause. • or the election beit , thrown into the Ilousel l lin 1801. It ilia, nut deem` to occur to the fr i farc•rs than ! meat that- both parties bo to givei their respective candidates for-President and - Vice Prei;identlthe :tame number of vote, , , and that it wOttld then be a 1 question under I the . 'Constitution who was to have the first - Office and wholthe second. of the Donchiatie Elixtors;:l6lBo6, votediforletfenion and Burr for President and . View; President, each . re . ceivmg 73 votes. Thti Federalists were more cautious4onetheitlElecto not rbting for • • Pinkney; their candidate for : Vice Presidem tlius . making khind Adams, whom they intended for presi i dent. • The latter received 64 Votes thelermer 63. So Jefferson acid ,Bnrr :Were elected ;- and then it was first diseoVered Ithat although was the general • uaderstanding amoral; the p , Ople that Jefferson should ti!,:.President, , - it could not be so 4eclartid.l there -was an apparent tie, and the house id', BCpkcyentativ had to / de I:l=iiiii - • the'question; Not 'e mber of that 'body was ignorant of the fact - that Burr i had . not received a single rate From the people for Chief • Malestrate, yet, it I itequired thirty-si* • ballot's before Jefferson cOuld i t . be chosen—Burr. ob taining a large suPpoi-Vin the.llouse'notWith , . standing that kno*leilgt. .he been elec ted in defiance of t ‘thei people's wishes,' no one man can say what. wOuld :have been 'the rc ult. It Cottld not but have been -disasterottS , in its effecta.upon the perpetuity of the • Gov ernment; which )14 the just gone . , into op eration. i . .. . . "The Constituticin was immediately allteled requiring . the elee,tora Of Ptesident and Vice Presideat to, distinguish:upon their ballots be tween the offices in .1 question. - Twenty five years passt.J.away before the election went to the House,. . Wh4n Mr. Monroe's Presidential term drew near- its close s - there were four can didates in the field • fOr the ,fuCeession in Gen eral JaCksondohit Q. A:dain,...WilliA•in 11. ICrawford and lien i ry Clay. The federal or , ganiza lion havingbeendisbanded, its %It's found • impassible to' unite the. Democratic party :up .on a single nominee,. so all the persons above .mentioned were Candidates before the people, . -not one of course; as might have - been ex .. - peeted, received s' m Jjority Over all.--but Gen - 1 eral Jackson ,was- the highest in the • number of electoral Votes'. 9 lie, obtained 99; Mr. Adam 4. 1 84, Mr. 'Crawford 41, and Henry Clay 37.--- 1 As the.ConstitOrion restricts the -Rouse to a \ - 1 selectio . rcbetween the three highest 'candidates -1 Mr: Clsy was throw Out altogether. - . . . Afte,r_a protrawoct and sthetuont contest, Mr. Adams got a majority of SLatek, and was Ans • _ 7 _ declared President. This elmtion, and par ticularly the, objectionable manner in which it was effected,. Was Very unfavorably received by the country, iihiCh has since taken good care not to liavrqstiy more Presidential con tests deCide4 by,, the 'louse of Representative& That mode of electiPn has ever been deserved ly unpopular, and cannot be favorecl .by any true • Deemrat, *ho is dein= than the _ma jority ehould yule in the cheice of the Chief Magistrate Of the nition. - Among other dif freuleo attending it is the eery serious con tangency which Is l hely to'hap ( pen, that, the , fourth OS M ircTi fa/1 that. ail; at ail an.l the 1T.).:-.eratnent might come iv I.4,,staaii. If, for iiitanee, we I Fre . . o)av,ent)oas. . , • ' -- , 1850; and the lists' btlore'the • people • be otten.to all coreptititors, khere wont! , . dozen ' candidatt.% runittilettist. -- 1 - . - No one weuld be likely te . have a M..tjtirity •- . ' 1 t ( . over all the re 4, an4ithe elecion • world he, • • ~t • : • r thrown into the Irani() to decidebe:ween t)tree highest. .Now it .ii•Oiie probable thainilie j . HunSe neither of .the. t;atidit i lates woul . have a Majority ever both the ethem, and ifi the I . m . supporters,Of each u . ;ere' (let .. -.ra l lined, no, clie w o uld be Made, - bet.tiecm ,lte fourteenth (1f FebrUary, AV li ei) . thel halltiting woulki t:otn menee, i andjthe f ourthof \lan -It, whieh 'Would .. . • 1 terminate its officiliekiste*e. Weliat,-eseen the hotuk...sitend six ',Wet.lks in electing-a siteal:- - : er, which is not near 'wig. important an •Offii-e . as the Proident i and Wliic.ll.would not hegin to elicit its, much , ettiencion. Shotildi the. nesti-Presidential ci-MieSt 04) to the 114,e, the • ':: • I I . • , -,•• , , • , people would witne;ts,l,oty- amount to•intrigue -i. andcorruption that: 4%1)1114. be disreputidile' to the eotintry, and the rrt.4ttli woul..l:quitti recon ciletlient to the.pre.4ininithhod ofttominitg tin .-• I - Conventions. We ',.e.4.linoti •believe, IteNiever, , : • that the re is the least danker of such an event taking place. '' • ' " . 11'.. .. „... .. . ! lictu -V iiblitatiins i . • • ;1 ..':i ~ I , • - • Grakion fin' F.4)oary! r i•bris been reeekved, andrit is a rare - spei;iliten :Of ntgakine liitera- A urk4, ; , niplete milli illistrueli‘e and interesting re:nling4: anal in adiljtion o this, it \eonfitin.: a very handsomely desigia4k.steel engravin g, l en ti th.id t'iNature.and; Art," and! numerous other mabelliihments.. tiii,,iiiiinl)E4 eommeOes an illuiltrao life of . ‘ 7 lisliing:t4m, by J. T. ilead ley,! wldeh will be Itinial of - paramount :linter ' : . • - est to its readers. ::. ' c : 4 f ..- t ' . ' 7 :Peteilon ' s LirdiOs'i,Vat;onal Malorz;iej for Felirtial*, is on hatial PUblislied by1.'.41 Pe-. ittrson,llo2 istr4et, We should juilgte is. , ',une• of the !best .la niagazines nilwiptiltliAted in the coUntry. filshion are superb; and then i,t ?s!ti1 . 101 with , a varit!iv of .intemsfing . reading., fro m ilie most popullir au thot-st tif the day. .1 i Rs Will tileindtlishOs furnish ;w ith tile r Jahn:lrv, tunni - .tef icor -some reason or other ive did not riscOive We miss it •very much), ! , . • TThePopular Etlocutori, , for Janttarv., i osa , e; • fore mi,. .;This is 4144 work, devote(' )6110-, rgaly fp'theeartse iifoaue4tiott, and corn iiends its It to theeart, heart,sui•rotlt. of ; ,every \ lager of learnii4r - It treats ppon fia -variety Of hranelt j which fpnnil Hof iloep ; je st to .14 Stil4llt, viz: Natural, Itistorv; llatheintities, cOntains variety of othei:interstitic reading: Matter', for the !reneral re - ad'pr. PitbliAed ht der - 11initgoniery,I7 Sibriiee 1 1414/lair's Afaya.iln! , r, fOr\Fehrt on hand. The Intik; of Arthur inaivaine taiionisnelt :is it jitsity ;It is, .1 Address T.l4..Artlttit &.Co. l llliladt ; Price.;s2 a year. Qlorrespoar 4 , T i „,, 1 :' Wif : 3ll/NaliON, J:l9. ZO, ' „ - ~i 1 / i Ftur.isn eitxst:::-.4-The all-absor , 11 , . one - 1 ''' ' 4 ' ' : 1 ~? , ~, tion lii.re,..at 'pre4...m,., i,.. , en.e.orl, i Hing as toil for the ,' organization - of Nebratika.: • ,It is a qUestiOn Of great i Magnitude ; One.Whieli tle -AulanlA,' and shoithri reecit'e, tlii r attention of til'en TiOto every seetion ; of the i til'ott.- The liiiiterMination ellibiteciiin VariOn ; tpotioas 'or . 1 - the slavelioldin . w.. AO neu-slaYelioliling states to, open afresh tile slave . )y agitation, din con 1 - tempt of the solelittlitoquant of 1859.! is wdl , ,:Vei, it:neml to ardit4*' sentot;.apPreheation4. in - the initt.ls of ciiii4OA•atief , an.t iia.rio t ie men . of every fplarteri It was fon.lly Bold tha. - thci Coinproinisel:of:lB*o - had giverq a find quietus - to poli;ienl fibolii iou and sceiiseil last- . ,t ,iiig peace upon,..ilie.ol4 subj6..t whiten s:lri -1 , _ •„: .. ilit'lv threatened the concord and in.c.grity of . the Union.. !; -. • J The memory bf i the dark mil poi.. entiOns times .Which pretycilitd `the.settletnenC a is lin ftsit in the minds, !4.ifthe people.:l'!• ! vas Ih - . lieved by the the:Most iciiiinAit stiff a, men' , of the country that the 17:ition was.itt„.al and. imminent peril, ',,attil.it iwas only by ; lie lie Wis r. dont'atid patriatisin bfithe 7,reatestinrelleets of - this or env' tither land, that - tire' ftepublic wasl,then saved'frOnt the terrors of, 4iisum,i, inii civil war. I,The int,ister spirits WholLtiir ed. in : that tetra 44t period, and ho site. seeded at last lir stilling the surgingl l :vve:4:,of t fanaticism and seetional strife,„liiive, n .tost of them:at least, laisi,inheicc l,frottic Ot action -and there are fiiiviif any, now Pguriug - on the theatre of public 'atfaits, who 'can 'brig the .-ianie abilities, intitietican:l weightot' char • acterto resist and suppress a fresifl,Ou,brliak Of seetional tlisCord. i ”. I : 1 Indeed, if the. 'Nebraska question i tii . Ifindle again in,-,fitll fury the sitioulderi, Willett were allayed by the-Compil 18;50, there will -be reason of -•doub4% +., . any ,intellect, I liowever powerful, cot ,with;patriotisne,the most pure and se" I. Icing, will hereafter Ibe . able to 'patch 1 , ping More thati.a teittporary truce lit I he slaveholding and lion 'slaYeholdttigl There will, in that event,-be too much 1 to fear that the ; ' Slavery out...tion is' i th uponwhich this ,l..7nibil is. dtineil? to 44e t t...h.. - A shOrt, time will determine attitude this tpieStion Will assume. ' iOn ay , next is the, ay set apart for the ti lotiof the NelitOta bill in the Semite! The Erie ditlittalty ;come up a few go,' in the liiitise, and was- handled . lable, and satisfaetcry spanner by the liatora ble members from l'eitusvlvania. , An .. ttack was made upott the .'Ol,l 'Keystone" iby INVade of Ohio, in the ;S Mr. Grow l , froth Your i.district,.,corn'e to'- . the resette, and In a brief, spirited,. and t.tonvinLiin: , ,peechil in which *he gave a .truthfnl atal-•:-?iir representation of .factN - . proveci.thai Peiiiillvania ne,to 1 right iu reference to:itic.Eriedifficultieh. , Mt. Drum folloWed ;• and F : after him; • - 111r..t.;attible, front LyComing, whti done himself intinil t e credit in the : clear and logical Manner of ansWe,ring the interrowttoriesZikf t he:gentlemen' - from Ohio. .Mr. Gamble, perinit the here to..siii;is nn apt and, ready debitter ; mid the fifteenth 'district, in Sending \ Mri. G. to lbok after their interests, give evidence flMt th4y toi;:i . appreciate,talent and ability. With stteh men as -Growl Oam ble4. Drum, and'. a hoht of other.4,.'-the;'- 4 Old Keystone" will, he well cared for. • .1 . • • The Senate!en, Thnrsday. .confirmed Mr. ;Redfield as celleetor'of New York. .: ft has been, l l ,*hiape:red about that Mr..R. ~ would nut be unufirmeA. The, matter is now , settled and - thttf artl4 . .no indication's ofa gen eral rupture. 1- ' i • -. :• !: . . Mr. F. B. Sifte' ter,aolicitor of the Treasury, waa also confikined on Wedn , ,daY-. - The of-. flee of BolicitAkiof tha:TreasurY is one ofgreat importance. lit . isiatireately connected with cram portion !,,Of our; Union ; 'for it .is to , 11;ie Iji4ansorthatTlhe .. Marshals look an receive *ructions iu_n_P knits - brought in the name c4:ti:e. 1 , 11" , t , 115:t_,2.!e7.;. - :%-ir; 55n . 2c..14 -. 1 . I , 1 Jasi' • ;lie !:*li for thiltliig:llikt.r; it ~01,11,1 •. , .1,1 :0 ) 1 t . . L . , v.• pir.. xv:ui a' - iiciri..l; :in iii ,,, 10r;:it5g.i... , ..t., ithc , ii:- , J,,,4 Ja ti..Fe::.l. of tAicle 'Saili,will 1. , :, , '. -, ...i11i: c ooked , :f14.7"- -• N • r- . .I`I.OL.TII. - 1 , : ' !, tori - tspoithenct. Islkni lie. a : • ~ . .. t J • : 1 H.taatsucuo, an. 2S :;1834. 1 " Min Dos."-11u my last I promised to .. - continue a "look innOni.llte - rep. e ea :Lives of flier:young DemiteracY. I • • First we; come to 14 IL Rims: of Criiii..- ford, tiirl he W is sitting near the aisle as you enter the gall; Ile is 4 short, !hiel set ma n,. rather dark eonipleXion; and retinal -ably' de liberate- it whatever he does or says.. He has a fine repiuthithr its a criminal lawyer, and judging from his argument it; .the con tested seats from Pititadolphia. last ;week, his reputation is well eaint.tit.„ He has 4 kind of technical Mind,2—speakit rather .finenth:, hit with ini apparent efiort at' display:: IL! .has inure logic; !ban 'rlieiorie, ' a nd p os 'L es . e „, t hi, .strong facnity for s t icks or ,of•leading . the inind of -the listener tot his own conehisions. Ile si'.ents te , bejan halOstrions min i , is of. en frank e'en to bliintrte&s'i but . without e..tfort to appear ethientric.. i .. - A little Ito his!. left sits -DEFit.-o:c,r;, of M.l - . He is a very young min,iandlis said to be one Of the beSt. , .syhOlars a his . age in the . State. lie aluost always seem , ah , orhol in thought. I Not haVing !taken ' , the thatri yet in .debate, I cannot speaklof his attainments in tliat respeet.' Mr,llonfarts of Fayitee,'Cltitii man of the Connnittee[of - Ways. and Meant, ...sinti neat bv. lie is one of your rltstle s, al , 1 wap-at-hit.; -- lt t-as been ill ;he Howe two sessions before, rind is well 4401 tip" with it 4 litt,ino:s. Hei , debates v4ll, 'and is .altogetheit.a - inot useful •in in' in the' 11.at•le, To his left is I.) . .t'asit.4 ilf . Warren; a young lawyer Of I p:trts and - promi,se. .alit - . has not Vet mingled.in s th'bate but bears Ole` reputa tion of derided altility.l .' • - ' - . . On' the's:mat:side sitk I,oWn.EV,. of Tioga.— Mr. Lowrey is a'goot'l ;lawyer, and an honest, industrions, and faithful member.. Ile, is zi quiet Mali, WC:holds,' as he deserVys; a high position_ lin the' Howie'. - :CRANF. nit'Wne 'ay ! comae; sits by his. side. Mr.'Clu.m.:: will leave thellOnsein a •,tiood po,itioo. .11 ! i s a put lent,•Sirglicions, twitter-of-fact-than, a. tine - lawyer i APprouttires `his business( before taro. t House eitli, Confident* and -direct, ly to the p oint. • I'l‘ir:lli.swirr of . the city, I must not forget •to mention, for he is-one o f - the ,best, natured :Olth bachelors!. yon ever sows Ile is a Molest; tine appearing; , honest and . able meta. t Nimi!_eari apprOtt,-11 him ' without be ing faVOrably iinprestd• l'o.4sessing,a high order Of tjttlents, a chile lawyer and an intlits 7 t lions liusitiess . jean,: he holds a !high posi tion'in theloilthleuttel and eiteent of his fel low meinbers. - A little further . t round sits Srociint‘iii• - . of Greenti j . He _is a voting law vet', but a short tiineitt the Bar, and certain 'ly posS4es a strOng,l vigorous, and original • min.1..1 I Ile too :spoke in the etti4steti • dee tUttretisels and Maile.4 very favorable haves : sionin The llccu'u. He will. rank' high iisa . 1 debittor jbefore the S:ssion -shall Cloi-e. Mr. I Islftu.fikirs'of Carbon sits Opposite -on the 1 Witig' , 4e. • Ile 'calk: Very . near-bi t ting Speak er,--IlkS! been three S e ssions in the liouse,---;- hat , a tptick,' actice Mind, is a good . lawyer, I atfablil. in his . Inanne6r, and well- booked on. .the Itnhisof the . 11uti4. , : lie would have made, [ a good Speaker. You must see:.my• friend t Scory.Ot Loltlllitila 'titular y, .tbr lie is a most ''i caPital 'titan. - Evervhody In the illmse 'res t pects N1i,%;..c0rr.. 144. will find hita• an :le- - 1 `five,. iMiielligentinethber,•alwayslritrrt in his 1 v0.e5.,, , ! l ad never_ot the - wron4sule of :spry Luling--;Ito Lthinoty t which Imp !lu' that 'sun - always fiadhi in - true do' his latrp6. , e antl eonvietiow.;; when the honest principles of men have 'an, raved :a l Jt•ainst. theta !ther*niatelial loot of all • .• , 1.5 - • evil in' titat lathr in legislatitn a henthone but: non stand. • Mr. ttiti• - r - r is _a- Pleasant Man; trin(in his purpose, ideeided and unyielding . in his. cimvte iow of diitv alm tit to stubbitrw i ncss. None - two' think - of persuading hits : ;o I do•thaCwhich he dem e: not right. Ilt: can j say nb, j ust as eats: ' 1 81: 4 yei, . ti) the im portuw we hangers on al;o.itt . the CaPiti',d, ants - Who infest the public. olfi..es . and - thel Legislature. I la the's respee• A NO:SCO rr we uld make: a I first rate Canal Coinini,sioner.l fet It want: a 1 man itOliat hoard O i f General .14eksoir ter- . I inintititin, in , Order! to the . pririfvin e ,t• of tire. l public Work , ; from leainp- and itiftunlerers.---, That :We have a:good Board cowl is - adinitted tat all hands, and the greatest C l are mo , ht to , : I 1 . I be eXercised.,to keeli it so . , 'must . deter a' further, look till anOlher tithe, eltle. 1 iii iy gay too mich of ro a goo tithing... 1 • .t -: - , The! greitt topic piece How is the Erie" olio cUlty, i i s sttiip , re,y(tlr - 'people in Swipieban na, dep e nding almo l itt entirely, oil the' papers of 'Neiv 'VW: for linfornorioni except the 1) .• .!mpciat, have :au idea twat. Penn - .).lvania must: : have cumulated 'a grttatl error in thi butiness,-anti that . 2i - ew Vok lin ls great et are: -of iifiniplainf . at our` hands. 'The truth is. di .. I.ec:l- the revete.,' -I The people of Erie are' con'thaling for a great principle of Itight,and 'while Unlawful prOdeeding: imii.t be iestrain ed in their &tenet:lld that Right, the pritiii-' plc. lutist -he ilefttilttl. by.reitti'sylvania,'.and reseted by oiler-Sates. The' whole gne,t tion is; . its a tart-slitill: It- is simply 'whether we Will permit NCW York.eapitalists-to steal frotn;ius the right of building .84d controlling a railroad :from tini Ohio Slate line - to. the , city ofErie,:aulthitre Yonnect . .vith an other road, finning to Batfafe • .with o ut 'any break of gauge:or transhipment, which Shall- give •Petinsylvania:a dainCe of competing fur the trade of the great Vest. So ytiluable is that privilege.that several companitis. have.etfered to•pa ' into our Sttite Treasury. 4 halt' million ,of dvi ars. for a Allier. to _build the road:— ) :.Withont any legal charter link. New York ers have built a ItOad- between theme 1 points, and now sweep through. the Stahl with au unbroken gauge ,talus robbing! our State Of this great right, ' The, citizens Of Erie•are re sisting ;bii encroinihment, and everyPennsyl"- Y an ia n tau-it s tand . by . his &mein the con es.. A. Bill playing thel road already' made in the lam 4 of thiS.Statethas passed the Senate, and will'pasS tire Llouttte, as soon as it can be acted on bythe Connuittee.; - • - I • . , Mr.-Purr, our : new S:thator ' sit rapidly itc quiripg a tine positron in the Senate:. From present intlicationtile Will hold a high rank in thaibody,which 'certainly will be most' gratifying to his iiuiraerous personal friends. - and the radical constituency Who have lain ore.' lur with a seat in that..Chainher. •' , • Ple:ise b say, to iurr people in Swquehanna thattthey. must riot Meet mnch, of. Me this - session by way of idoeuments..! teamnit get . time, anti dischlrge duties whiCh are-impera tive:in themselves; to:attend to it, and they ruit4t.take the wilk for the bedi ,Mr. Datto . As, will do what he s iain toward: it, but 'Once . counties is a pretis , large field "ter one to sup ply .By the - way friend DE,Eckt.i is going.'!O ocel f tpy a goof position in. th,o'' llon-e. 'He is! asentletnitilly trian,of first Class - busineas habits, a.'faithfulindusttiouscOnipetent mem 'ber - .I_ have.every reason to: reel proud of My colleague.' -.•. • ' t . 1 . . . --Ilearn that our friend .Street,er was con finned '. by the SeH r ate -' TueStln last, st, /Unani mously."Tlls petotion at • Nrashington is at !wad one, and- One can-dot:4thatte will flatly sustain it.l'l \ .' -- i - ' . 1 • . 1I . -....-..... v' . - • - ' i ! • '! . •.. ! - 44talsucilp...14ii. 30, 1854. ---. The' ,, Statia tettiPerance . Convention closed its , seSlion here tf,lv- before totiteril it V. t-had uotopluirtn•illy ti i ti:ltve•ti ling itS inretintrt saVC c:,v.Hogs, '31 , 1 tdt. , refOre •. lasso.;: kvill Rrti i - tiriatrit,l u ' Oirett..s. - iof tiw tn:tin pitrt. of its doings. . 1-• .' • ' .. • -. Ikon.. lion. Wm . addres4.l . a very large kAphia, IBM ig tire , ni.4e of I 'tether lbinell I II) any tween c rock g o to what 1 Mon aiou.4- 11 sti4 the 11thl of.the s llotu , e ui Rep- - s c ulitiv,.ess.,, Thursday' .ev e o-i l ig. lie splAie two imitrs and held his ittidinn ee cbat.ned to theirssents the nhule time. Ife. is nu earnest, :did, nu doulK.,_cons.lien_iims snail , bill, iu no. wise an e .traoitiiii.dy speaker, or . posstis,-ed of extino.ttinary iti..elleelual poWe6i. lie is a quick, e...v Yankee,•sincere Id- , eouidctions, anti:not : over given to fanatitiiin. lie a rgued the luestion purely as a political olte, anal asserted in the stiongest 'twills that. it Wa.s a vilitical questioii.en liely. honest and lair, more so than the positionr:lis slimed by many men-in reg . ard. toit, viz. that it is liot A iLtliitical iitiestion,iiiAt they duj not iutottl to itiNte. it. so, Ard y e t Contradict th e ir wool: by their ite-iiins. • - tic appealed stihngly to the Wi.ig partv. ' of this'S..ii:e to aIUiV.O I l!elllM:h.".a% and inakit. this isstie.di%tinet at the polls, and I w ld lip t o them us arrew,rd 1,;21. so' doing :the eeiiitit.i . of success.. lie considered that there_ really arias6o between the DP° parties tiOw;--- that the Th!,iiiiimi*s hint evjv thing thrill own ttiay; amt seeith'id - to think the Whigs get power by taking!the conr , e lira , pm: scribed. I.lle asserted . - one very bold trol l however, ? and that was that the Wilig.j had nearly ruined the coun'ryeverytime they had okainetl. the aseendeticY in the- GovernMent, and es‘liOrtixl - ;thein to do . ' better the} next • _ ... thave no doubt that Mr. Dow is n Very sincere tent :honest matt; i and 1 also .IravP no doubt that the 'Masses of Men, 'who are in fa vor of a Prohibi pry Latviare equally.sintiere awl honest.. The Mask! now, Imwever„is dimwit 011,--it is declared to be a political question en irely,' and it becomes the honest massesto.look Well to the results that Will . flow front their action,' 'and to : be very cau tious what leaders titer array themschtes top .der. I ant etinviticed by the most careful ob servntion,7--andi this is .kgood,place to ob serve.the ineyetnents of the leaders now,—l say I :on convinced that V;?ry Many who 'are now placed anti areplacing thernselves in the the van, itre the Most reckless set of political Seanqrsr that. ever disgraced kpolitical triovt.•- . mem. Among theta may be found .the very dregs of Awl-masonry, land ;Federalism in 1 , theit' Worst forap, togetlair with alarge class 1 t '-. -The Itaveuswood E*.plooion. - who' have Leo' driven in disgrace from both 1 ' - • .. it,! [Detws:ratic_and Whig pi,rties, and who , ' e no, I We' present to our readers, says' the - Y. F. litical fortimeti are so desperate that they are l Tribune, the - details of one of the most awful 1 - o f 1 aci.:ideil,ts we have.been.callt.td upon to'rettord n o t recognize& by :Inv respectable •boilv men anywhere. .Th t ly are restless agita o rS,. for ta,'l9 l / 4 ,1g-.tinte• Fif7t.fit persons were killed ' —ambitiotts'of political) favor and ready to'up SunrdaY, by an- explosion in a ctitridge . , ro am-Where that personal interest may seem -in , . to dictate , fer thaw will lose. nothing let the nianutautory at,l{tivenswoixt, on, Long Island . 1 oPposite 111:tekwell's Lsland. . It #ppearsthaf , t t - 1 scale turn as it will.`• I ~, , ,w , : i n i , of il i bz d as i 1 the business Was carried on in a building 15. k - ~of men, who made hiniself very prominent in l tet . by 20,.and that in ittwitreeinpleyed from . the Convention, so inuith so 'that thoSe Who, 15 to 18 persons,--Who hadjuStreturned'from i approached Mr: Dow intik do it through him, dinner at, the time of the explosion. The : . I for he was constantly :it his - side, :nal :yet balls which they were in the-habit of eniploy, 1 within one hour after tliteottvention adjourn. ing are' conical, and have the charge at the.' I .'eil be. was so drunk that n friendft as !obliged fiat end.- .T o make them slip v easily . though .: } tint home.- Thi. is bnt d e fast:wee , t 6 take. 1 .i the . barrel of the 'rifle they are greased: The '. ~. . Lof 'a score I. h:ive seen thin winter, tf•theletal grease-Pot i s ude e P basin, inserted tigiltlYin '. insineerity•of men who ate now mounting the , to eylinder - a Toot. in diameter and two feetin . Maine '.l4tw as a Politic:di hobby, mid A feii it . depth.. In this '43, - limler is. - kept an alcochol is but tbenaturalaesult bf the'improdence of tamp,. to heat the greaSe. . The air is . supplied. Tenting:ince Men, in permitting the question to the lamp by .numerous pin-holes inside of . . to I e-drawit into the pol itical aitelitl., ,* the es - limier. ' The only witness who survive() I believe that • nine oli of ten of these fel- f tit:anent:oily the 4isa.ster said in his deposi tows utiolit just tis , -9, , :o114.1:•0 tlwPther Side of 'ion, taken shortly before :his death,,tbat,it - the question if they &dd make as t oo l by uppeared to html that the-lamp burst aniNtig 7 it, and even"run i;rog-seller's .tier the Legisla- niiei I the. sattered powder, which ratiaiong tore while" ptofeSsitig - to be, Maine L:tw men flO some five ,or ten pounds .of -'powder, and themselves,±l.ntean erc:tpr..tho;,whO live hi' then tin . = 'whole Pface bleu'' up, as':lte was Susqueltanula connty.. ;They would-not. do running out ,or thit' door. ~ The cylinder for - such a -thing„o no !of tiourse no t 1 '1 , . the lainp mud the 'basin for grease are like a . The Telnperant'e pies' ion in ' i t being ' the t hi„ . st n t e •h as glue pot, the lig tu . m 'under eylin • . •• tioW assuna•d,:t itt,,ir ant tortant aspect: .If it der. the , ' grease b:lSin`iks t i g htly ~upon the 'shall go on iin tile way which it „,„4. seem; 'cvlintler,-andi no powder can getin at , the.top.: going, controlled by t ai set of men Whe t .att . 'No - nit dies wetilt kept-in the building:` Mr. .. - ei , , . endeavor:rig to • , kt! ei . nOol . of it in'theState. French, the :etifploVer, Was - in the habit of fit in onler and _ tor' the soli,•purpose of Men:ling I.ling the LOP, end lighting •it by - strikin* - a their own danutgthl and dellei:att- 1',01iii....al tnateli on the inside oft6eylintler:—lightmg' fot tunes, the whOle mokenteitt: tutt4 ;ink.to' the, lamp, aml then putting the thattth'out in :tAishottiirell grave. It 'will. go villei:e anti- 1 the. cylinder. The s tove was, coin MOu small itne , onty and - al l . kindled isms.' have .went !tyrintit. , r, i,ei, on thelbo:ird floor. It had been before it—inns whichlrfivi. disgraced !soeietv :red riot, but was not so ion the day-ittques and th e history of the; day,—bv_reason o f . I tion.. ht-t , The explosiPir was .so terrible that ' it the eorrupt and iitterly aemminilizitig influen- cut t- victitn''i. r talMince-meat.- Fragments ces '!hrewn : aruttpd it 4 Ihe u ttprinci 'pled men of fingers,' toes, entrails ' nd • • hones were cast whit ssay !te control, use, and direct I it.' _'lt:' five hundred yards,jalcing'with the catridgek may be thought that I :on writing, striing . FortrouttelY; no oneitt the house. ~ at a little things-4i.. thel , titnes require . tiletn.l It is Aistanee were injury. l.- 1 - . •.' . - high time..fhat,theitontist mil sincere portion-7' ,We need; not dwell here on the horrible .tifeotnintinitY ttniler;tan'l thiS tiling, a nd .see detaiti, but . ‘,‘ye woula beg• our Cky.tneinhers if they eantto: apply it come, iv:i. It ),; time in'the'l . ,,e . gitd "lh ature to move -premptly fore. that these Who-love tine temperance' eattse and - aPpeinttnent'of a Committee -, to inquire - into l'entp.irance principles, begin to look about the eanses of such explusi s-- which sire of them mei +ee for What ipurpo-es their ;i'in, ere periodical I.ln currence-- ‘ d , propcae:, meatis I t and. religiiius eonvieionS are being t_is4l, and for securing_the greater . tfety Of the inmates. ~.., .e.. _ ii . We think two things should be insisted upon tht: - . 1 - dire, being bar time for !On:wrath:v . in in' their; own of .their !limn's' Kive corrupt whioh those wolves in -sheep; in hob) &f it from mol an4A, If the twesent this question people, which I, sincere. then the danger may , not be so disposed, ot; 'prepare fair a Old all to puritYthis tptestioni bank: wilt) are :now so, dy destrM:tion to=all and worthy about it temper:at@ men pon_ aodithey will' fit at the Totindation. My impression is ti • will pass the - begiSlati so . informi.4 bythoSe ter a Aker canvass tl do. •If it, does ,not, o ble cOtrseeptences. 1 ' tor TIIe WaAlitio 4 ,llotreorrespondentief thh , . l'ittsbuf4 Post, has the followint , • , •,•-' I; . ~ • .. 1, - _lt has I.teett remake(' by -some of the,',oblest - . `' .1 metuliers that !there it3i more talent in the preS ent llou4e thati,therel has tweir for' a great - . number ef years: , , Tli .re are more neW mem- - J. hers in Ate present C l i agrt.K.4, .than .any 'pre -violas one, (there : heingotre hundred and tittY.);• anti. morn t)inoca.iTal In the Present COtgrtii. s• thati at any former, pqrhxl.. Speaking Of ntj.v. of anent i j!etinstylrattia has some .able moil- IKIN in that .bodr.l - I • ant ; not personally' 07.- -. quainted . witlrnil Of 4tetn, tut I kilo* some.,, of them, and rituung these, I was parti,cultir • I y. st ruck m i t ll,' the lb . ai. G. A. Grow, from the Sustpielianna 'pad 13r't 41futtl • I)istrict.- "I Ilet is the voungukt . inciirW r `from Peattsyliptia perliaitilthe,yOutiesti in the llousefull I Of gee-lu„ 4,ien,s ; . 17anneRis capacity, _integrity anr . maply firmness., I clipped froth n Tip . . ..ginia „ paper the folloWin&in:.relationlo liitn. flow rt got away ,down in Ql4 . Virginia," I knoW•not: I•Nu4 it;lto you 4hat youjmay fee what the people in the : Old Ditrunitat think i . ,• of; at leits.t,' one of. yeiti . tnembersr ' i, • , • . ''' In rooking casua ly (says. the D4q.y. tin. ' 1) . Transcript,) over t . e congressional -• returns floM Vpairsyliraniiimr attention. has been attracttiti by the'resti tin the fourteenth .dis trict, between 'lion. 4 al 9 shi.A.Grew and Ir. [tortoni in. which M Grim:was re-elected : to Quire* by a l inloo rolievert thonsandilve Atrnii.reti and . senetakterta 1 ou# i,f ii .. votilf of . eight thousand and lixtv-two! I : His oPpe nnut, received only filar fmndroi .144 'eily,lry. 1 ii,. , ,, vote. , . Mr. (11.() . .1- is . . n n it)kur ttioippugest 1 id l ; g ,, 1, , pf,.: in-th, kti4 altpo , , l o i olvii,— i lull-of o)iji; .\ -, ~k.v,.o, , ;,,.iwhiftiv t4ITI .pi:(2,t.. I'es3.. - HQ is 0:3,1 4 e11ty wortliyi of tile tlidtiu gui4o4 wifidencia of his constituentk," tkired away. It i Mgt_ •tt to liikz this ttier and rest tte they eange Kohl the Whirli t tntl of it ig being drawn, by Mottling who are tieia :tVei the mot diSig!Se of ter , satisfactory to the v hope inav 'be', done e averted: Sho;uld it ti.niperatice men must 41. 4 uKet .utt:Nj! went ,of the political rponte- , ng hold of it, or spee hat is' pure, andgix - 5 . ,4 t ill be inevitahle Lest, r,er upon these thingS dtrtith liLe Hulk merit "t.tt Bill of some ind tm. this seizsion. 1 I` am Ito have given the mat-' 1 , 1 - 11 I tiavt -had tiMe . t6. ,hers must ho answora- E." B, C. r ECM • 'Elitritets .ttont tie .Nebeitaka - 113011.., First—" Antiwhen toltni4ed . 10 Ji . 'Stat or . • .S.ate.:s, e said • ter:l - Cory, or . 'any I.)OrtiOn' si of . the,s:ttne Arzt ) i'he tw o ved ili‘Lo the Uniati.• • • withoil tlronf • Miyery, as thei r-I.•;trusti Union ri be :al the tof their ad inission.r, • , Pfuvkied,' further, that nothing in t shall he construed to. itnintit tights of pemons or property now per. aining. 'to:tlte Indians in said lerritorv: 4- Sec;. Ip. .. , 41 be it furthei eu- . :tie ell, th it the provisions of the art entitled • . An Aet re :twain(' fugitives from.justiee and . ~,. i WO( 111.1 ' escaping fiom the serviee•of their : npproyel Feb..l2, 1703, • and -the provisrOit•: of a n act entitled ''An act to amend' and stipp ementary to ihe aforell ptoved 51it, , ,.18,• . 11850, t.A . ,.• and t 'Stone are • hereby d %tared to - o;te , tal to,•-and be-Ati full' ' fotee. Wit tilt the litnita :of said territoty, of Nev.. braska." I'. - . . . . fi'or! rat —".Tltai the Constitution and.. all laWs of the Uttiteil 8:ate: lo= are not lo eully iota iplicable'tshall have tho.sa tee. force '- '8114 . 441ee within the said Territoty. of Ne, brnska. - elsowtere, within .the United Sta'es'." Fifth in'urder lwrebk d meaning i;lavery operatiut 61'14:4,, es ures of 1 ". M ild 'heit further enacted, That, to ay.o.i4-'. - ati misconstruction , it •is dared. t - . be the' true_ intent. and t of this a .i, so far as th question of. .concern 1, - .to - earry- into - practical' .tlio foll4wing propositions and win tblished by the . Compromise.tueasH .50 viz - -• ' - -' - Ist.- I Inktail qu i eltions.pertitining toslavery in the T(rritories,:and in the .new S'uttes to be 'formed:therefrom; are to be'left to the deeis ien of the people, residing, . therein, through their,apPropriate epresentatives. • . .. . 2a.,.That tall ea: 14 involiing title to slaves;!. L. and iincbstior"pti personal freedom".llre rc--- ferred to the adjnilkation .of! the locartribli-: fla k, with the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the 01144 States." \ . -..' . . 3d. That't he provisions of the Constitution and law of theiCtiited States in resPeektofu- I gitives from serviee are to be carried, into faithful eveut ‘ion in - all the organized Ter- . 1 ,J .. . ritortes," the.same as in the State.! - . . in.reganl to all urintitlectoriokdiable to explo- Fion there should . be two policenien . ,. night and day, gunqair i : the Premises, And keeping the' work ttic:: Within the . bounds. -of prudence;. and besides thia,.no sueli manufactory should be within range .of tither housLks. Think of this infernal nutehitie being plaeed in .tholop: of. the 'Pretty villas of Raveaswood ! werethe authorities about to aIIOW suck* , thing? ' . Great Fire at Itachester. nOCIISTER; Jan: 21, 1854. About four o'clock this morning a fire wits discovered in one of the store: under.theSto i4= Hotel, and Strrettiti, was tliejmagress Of. the flames that the whole. block :If buildings from St. Paul street east to uriiaai. Palace block is in one Mass of ruins. ..•the Wind was bloWing a:stitfgale from .the wit= : . • The' principal'sutierersare Measts: Wade oAbtirn, driivist; .TameDowMiningsaloOn, Stradstreet. drGrtges, -shoe , dealerS ; Maurice . Jr: Co grocer. Oothout groceri4 ; Watr4eyek Brothers, extensive "bonnet store; Morris, harber'S shoe Landon & Moont4„ protirietisrs of theailossont House, ',who sas tam a heavy low, having but $4,000 insurt4 on their furniture. . . Two blocks on North St. Paul street, oce;u pied as stogy sun! boardingitonses, were also (lainagek . . It is probably the laivn•nre mat haiiever been , expeneneed• here. ;• The lots,, it is now thonight will not' exceed *130,000, about one half of which ig i•oer3.l) by insurance. The occapantiof_the PlO49x4in Hotel escaped; and many of theM i niantig4 to save their furniture-and Clothinff. •• I . • • .• Sh9cklug - / Aeciflead,; Fulling off . tlie . ..Rolf' of a 17i:sundry- in' i,Ae Town a.. of Yorkers, IVestekster'Countyl,-- ofie-Man ICilletl— Seven - Men Badly to fared. • On the morning 'of the • lath tilt.. 8 . o'olo6k - ' . t4o root of an. iroti - founstry sit4a ori* Spuyenslityel Creek,. ipu thti towtf. O Yoiskeh; WestChesterCoality,Mll to the eaktii. tviith a ,tremendOus -,erash,..instattly killint istaw . naineir . Michael : Brown, ' and.mutilatfig ,even ache' s in shockini . vianfier.. lie 'very largo ,dimension 4— 150. fit square, and , between , 30 _and .40 - feei ‘ius . _eree4ed _by Muir: • Ilisitelsanl S :Fellpws i , of for . J uhilson , fuller,-.Orthti same plasee., • . Destruction o r _tlie Haylvard,• ;radio Hubbtf - Works at. ,colcAester, Conn. • Itiwtronp, , • Ono half of the' :Hayward India =Rubber WOTkR were deOroyeti by fire an 'Satunial' " . ..)110 r,f tho.oi'erseer4, tlalned.Ch wr V Stt": Tea rg.; peyishtill in the !lamer. v r .trtt ha . tt.l hare h e ett •tlitowtf.4e of entpir,ynitilt. 1,1; this ealattlifx..., The lots tAvero4 by irifuraiatte.
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