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
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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'..
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! 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
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' 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
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:' Wif : 3ll/NaliON, J:l9. ZO, '
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Ftur.isn eitxst:::-.4-The all-absor , 11 , . one -
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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 • -. :• !: .
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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
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:f14.7"- -• N • r- . .I`I.OL.TII.
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tori - tspoithenct.
Islkni
lie. a
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• : 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
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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 - ' .
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! - 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.