rom I.llo.Waqiington'Union.•
n's 4 peeeli at the Rau
to Lord Elgii.,
Mr. Buchan
. quell
: s • - . .
banquet given in London, on
the 6th - ult., .t.o.Lora.:Elgin,
I -of (Jarman, Mr.;' Buchanan
zespondea• to a toast-.by tlui
tie as fOltows i -- ~ • ,- -!
E erdo l i p es t f rd e: ;
arii i l n ,dl : : ! ct l o n
i g i:1 1 .:1 1
cu l ‘t i .
ii c in. o l
01 ' i
, i fr i
e j
i i ..). 1 I : ,
~
kineriCan Minister;" and, in.
! to das own recent visit to
es, fo the hospitable reception
at he bad seen in the western
Upon .him.
nan then. rose : and :said : My
!anen„ I.eame,to England ail
I might find - myself. a strau
!p land'; but, alto-the first hour,
led to`--feel Myself at home in
Englishmen which it has been..
o -to meet...: In the name .of
, I thank your lordship. (the.
ie.) - most cordially for the kind
li
you. have p*oposed in favor
and myself as its repreSenta-.
gratitude is due, to this . large,
led. e - othpany for. the, entlinsi-.
that sentiment has' been re-
At a splendi‘
.the
_evening of
governorlieneo
was present and
Earl of Ellesmci
"•The Esrl o
nientary terms,
I.7,xcllency the
doing , so, referr
• the United Sta
which he recel
ion which all t
• 'world had left
"Mt.
lortls,and . gentl
ticipating that
ger in a string
:I have never fa
airy society of
. ray good fortun
7 .lny coulltryme4
Earl.ofEllesuier(
.
sentiment Whic 4 l
of. my country,
tive; and my ,
. and distingiusl
asm with wliic.
ceived.• Thisepor will be fully apPreciated
on the other side -'of the
,';ktlantie, If•iny
• countrymen't einsek;e:s could, have selected
the individual y whoM such gracions•land
_kind words sh tild,be, spoken; I ain'persuaded .
theiichoice* add have, fallen upon the no-,.,
.bre Earl. lie, as been atnongSt us; he has-I,
i i
seen •us.At hort?e * l , and has been
• I
- KTo our virtues Very kind,: - '• • '
; •
And to our faults a little blind." - -7.-•,.,• ,
• There are thoCsands ou the other 'side of the
Atlantic who *ill respond to the universal ,
sentiment, of 4pprpbatioh . in this- country,
when they leani that his soVereign • has eon::
~'ferred upon him one of the highest and proud
est marks - of distinction which.' it - Was-in her
power to bes - toW._ May. he long, live, to' enjoy
•
it - 1 Certain I fun that•the penalty denounced
by the motto of the garter •will never, reach
either his head or Ins heart - . And here I'
ought, porhaPs, to stop. ,We' .Lace been
taught that rater dinner-speeches are danger-'
ons ;, and prudence Might; on 'ordinary occa,-.
sions, dictate hat I should proceed no fur-.
ther. If, howciver, tit an public dinner., given
to Lord Elgin, as governor-teneral of Can
- h id 'I.
da,- I.s ou. •ma -e• no-re,erenee to
• I would _expos myself to the condemnation
,
of my own co
i ntiymen. Lfrider his caught
. cued goVerwnent,'llerMajestY's NOrth Amer
ican provinces realized the worth
ofa
wise, pru den t,' and pro - spero us adini ills tra ti oi i ;.
and - .we of 'tl4 .neighboring nation,
though
jealous of our rights,
have reason to be abtin- •
• datilly satisfied 'with his_ justald friendly con-
duct towards -Ourselves. - Hes known how
to reconcile lii devotion to her' Majesty's ser
vice with a proper re g ard to.: the 'rights and
interests of the kindred and neighboring pen
ple. - Would to Heaven' We bad sueli-gOver
nors-general in ali the European eolonies-in
the vicinity oflthe United_ States ! IBS lord
sliiiihad solved one of the most difficult prob
lems of statesinanShip. Ile; has, been able;
, " - gitcces'sfully" and satisfinitorily„ to administer,
ainidst'inaily difficulties,. a colonial' govern ,
N nient over a free people: This Is an eaS•s,'„taSk
• where, the commands of a despot are law' .to
• his obedient sUbjects ; • but net so in a colony
•where the people,fe - el that they, possess the
rights and priVilegc_.s 'of
_native-boOti
: Britons.
. And noir what. shall'l _say %, iii -reply tb , the
wish so - -earnesitly expressed by his lordship,
that he inightl never live to see thS bonds of
' friendship interrupted • between:the kindred
nations 9 Ilad I' no t i imagind iat my own,
binnble instrumentality might ontribute in
• Seine small delgree - to .:remove: existing causes
of- dissension between the twig ceuritr•re, and
to confirm'and perpetuate their mutual, f'',rid-. 1 1
• Ship, rshorildinot have enjoyed the privile„. 1
of - nddressing You this,dav as the minister, of
illy country. llt is ply most earnest
. desire
'that the two nations, kindred as they ,are in
'point of bloodk should be equally kindred in,
each :other's affection's. And" . why should.'
they' jiot be ? ' We-have many - free. .princi- 1
pies in common, whichit• would be tedious to.
' enumerate;, vile .speak the same language 4 we
read-the same books, ..and we both enjoy a
free' press, Without Which liberty in ' any.
countryLivould soon become an empty name.
'We el:dm - your old masters to be our proper
ty•as much ii.S: votirs, and, thank, -.God ! - our
people are able to read and-appreciate them.
.
Every horn in -roost of our -States has
the same 'right to receive a' good and uSellil
. - : comitionAelio l o,l education as,to breathe his
native air or to drink Ifrom his native culla
. tains. • IVlY,lthen, shook' any jealousy exist
, between' Us? I There Have never teen two na
tions on the face of the earth whose irinteriab
... interests are. 40 closely ' identified: Commer-
cially speaking,-, ' the progress. of the.,l.T . nited
tateshlas proven: nearly . 'as . beneffeial to
. -i •
•, 'reat
our
as s to ourselves.• The extension
- ,
of Our - possessions 'On
,the continent . of 'Amer-.
,ica, from' the purchase' of Louisiana' to the .
present Imoinent--;--art extension which has
' . !Yieen ticeoinPlisliA4hatever.may be said to
the COntraryl 'upon Pure principles of honor
7 hiiti.l6tlC - e.,—Liba in the very:same 'degree. ex
tended Britigh cemm i e rce and, manufaetnres..
'thiiii . &, , :li not ' lessed 1 ith a poetic imagjnation
• 1 .. 1 look forw.(l,. with confident, hope 'to-the'
' • Ility,Witeri.tl e Engli. :language, •whiehis the
.1..,
• language of 1 liristia ,' eirTl . and -political free
dom, will be the' latf(lruage 'of the larger pot-.
. -
. - *. tion of 'the hatitableTglote.' NO people speak-
Ling this language cacti everbecome - the Willing
- instruments bf ilespotie poWer. These great re,.
"suits, in the! detirly •iSf the. future, are to be
' ' l peacefully..AC:ceroplishedby the energy; enter;,
• • prisec.iiiditidomitabbi perseverance of tire Brit;
ish and American races. I do not confine my;
self to thelinglo-SaXen. iiiee, alone, beCause a.
:large, rez.. - peritatile, aid useful 'portion of the
° population Of my., oWn country have sprung
` - - from thelriih,the , Cerrnan,and 'other European
stocks. Tam myself, whatever' may be my
merits or roy _
aults,lthe son Of tin natiKe-born
Irishman, and I.ain,proud'of my dscent.—
' With sour indubvelit I patiellec, I shall advert
..te:oue other topic hefore I take nay seat. I
••• •.. cannot Stif l re p r'this ot'casionAo pass - without
_ expressing ruy grafi ication kith her Majesty's
. •
.:wise and .liberal declaration in favor` 'of neu
• .
.tral tommetial ri his dining.. the-'existing
_.*tit. - itls ; orthy • f the -• civilization- of -the
$
nineteentril Cent - m.l,
_I and; worthy" ,of the,
'Vest constitutional. sovereign-! - Wlielias ever'
, ••sat. , upon the prond .. and ' poWertlit throne
• of. 2,o„ratit. • IBri till n.. • :The ti Me 'will I arrive
. ~
when - war again private- property- ..up,-
, au, the; OCeati will „ :entirely
_prescribedq l
all eiviliief nation , -as.' it has' :already been
t e
' upon the lard, and when . ilie :gallant coniq
' •-. I : in:Anders-of the no, s! orthe. world will es:::
. . ...
- . teem •it as ,4yreat• disgrace to, rob '-a pence
-4 .
• ' - ..ll,rinerehan-ivessel, upon : the seas as the gen
t =4l of an army WOild, no* do to, plunder the,
• - rivet° Louse .:of .41:1 . :;u.noffending ditio- 11 -71
- .. .
: • LOnd cheers. -I 1. - . ,• ,- ' i .11
zi jam' Nebraska '-about which we hear is'?
: znifeb eani t OSt diIICIASIOU just to); }s an' if i n ;
. ..perial 'tante!). it atent., :It embraces A
, the fantail- cede.d4hy France to the United
..' Siates,iwhiek yet. mains unorganized und4
State or Territorial government. it—lio
ut pd
between Ati isao ' IP,wa; landXhluesota et.
the eat3t;itu d th e kr Mountains on th
meet: Jte-bounda t
-, is three thousand mil+
in length ; 4ts, a ''''fiver liandrad tbousanli
squre-rnil: , ; and It will farn, it tw stated.
wet .e Sta e. , , cac as litrge as Oltio. ii
'
giattost
liE watoggft. lORTHE
r-
L B. CHASt SAT IN pAY;EDricins
Thursday, May 4, A 11854.
01111
Vomina ipns.
• For Goivroor,
' WILLIAt- BIGLER,
OP CLtAlitF 4 Iy.L.D COILNIV.
For Judge of !4,ltpreme\Coarf,
JEREMIAH S• BLACK,
or 13019R/ET CONLFII7.
ror Canal Coinmistioner,
HENRY A. MOTT,
ox rn:s COLINTrj
irif - We ire .updet• obligations to Hon.:
JAB. CotirEn, of U. S.l&nittr, Icon 'M.
PL , :rr,of Stati - .! seilate,.: r ttnd Passniore ant.Deo7
the Ifoittle; fork valuable public to ors.
jte - The Senate orkFriday last passv l tl the
House resolution for a final . adjourinnent,
with amendment s substituting the 9th for the
2ci - ofiNfay. The Hotiseuftcirward stru:ek out
the Ofh t and buierted the 4t .
lea that Gov: I "
n ii
GLER ns sign.
e(1 the ill tiro Wing for the salo of the; nain
line of the Puble, Works. •
, .
, , ;--..-41.-0---------- ,:
. tar We I • Cain that , the -iLancaster liar
have invited ~Tudge• 'JEssuv to . take a 'plice•
on the pencil of that . l)istrict r . and ar , urg
ing 014ernor ritoLin,te uppoilit. him 011. the
electionneeill, t - xibich time they Ingree
to eleefiltim:' They Ca'tt get no' Imilyer :)t*
their-tr to. accept. the place; prac tee in,
that ottntybcing thindt better than th e sala
ry of i ludge: li. ;,
• Welhave no doubt ;Governor 13tot.r;a wilt'
the Represeniative. of, 614 county • 4 1 1-
• consul
• . - •1- . ,
tanking that appointMent. • - • I; i , -
.1 0, Pooi Whigs!„
_,The Lancaster tribune, Pittsburg Jo:Urnal,
and, other . prominent j whig journals are' call
ing upon Mr. PottoOcto vithdr4 from the.
field andlet tbein tate up.o.',Demociatlas an .
independent ' candithite for Governor;', We
think this decidOly tool, and 'wonder!:not a
little at it: -A'decet!respeet for themselves,
as!.well :is -f .l ortte: feelings ;of the man they
„•
have put in nomination, ought to hav j e pre
vented such t l suggestion being made 4 The
...
.contest is tlu given f . ,np• at - the. outset With
Piit...OcK,.but\ say they, "we want sonieboly
to,h , :it BIGLEit.” . ' Well, noW, gentlemen,you
cannot find that man :in iiiis Conittionnealth,.,
for BIOPPn cannot be beati; .!o you mOy just
as. well save yourselvds front ftirther trouble,
and not exhibit " the,dark . :Fidc,of human na
titre' any furtherL I
„We. cafe not whorn ~you
put in.the fielti,.ThtiLan will be electeti by a
~. - ,
inajoray like that given "iQld Hickory" .in .
PoinsYlvania.': .. Now*eadyise you to keep
-10(4. an grin and hare li," amid trAht. Mr.
Pollock as f an honorable eland erve4 to • Ile
1. . .
located by a patty _that has 'voluntarily put
iiirn• in nomination. ; - 1 ' ...! 1 -li -
We are . willing Mr. PoLpocK should be
withdrawn and a renegade Don:ler:it taken
up in his.pliee, for then ,there *ould :,; be no
, ..
seul to DIGLEWS, majority. Thelimest rank
and file of the.'Whicrslcould tiler]. nottfaiL to
-...,~
see the.want of sincerity. in their leaders,- 7
ivonitl naturally • lenongh become . dhigusted
.
with[ the whole 'scheme, and the most of them
who would notlvOte for - 131GLEn would stay
afhoinej 'and not ?vote at all. , ,
If the, Whigs Were;sincere in! theirp i reten
, -
ded.flevcitionto principle, it 'strikes nl they
:would not be taking Up Some "squenkeDera
ocrotrLsome Mail whom the democrati par
ty would not Ortk of asking . the pcloile of
Pennsylvania to inpriort, and that tool after
;they have nonfinated, a man of their Oi po
litieol Rath, if ;indeed they" Can.be 'shpioosea
to Itave any faith:: i' ~ • ~ 4
;•
••;'....-...----
1 ear #'llltre Prowp4cts. _ i
The present) perplexed 'Condition .
Of Euro
pean nations, sirs the Washington S'aitinel,
ma' be made l cMinently conducive to tte pc
curriary intOrc,VstS of our country, if !Wei shall
tie-Wise enough to, keep ourselves (reel from
their wars'and chtartglements. , A false step,
a rash more, may Wvolt43, us in `the Melee.—
It' then becarnesus to .l be prudent; Wary, cir-
Crinlispet. . With the [fights 1 - .)f . ne4trids ac
-1.--tio'fledged, ouriprodu,ce .wil I command ready
and l libigh prices; for, it will be needed to'feed
fitatintha of tijousands. We may also be-
cout~e the 'comirMn carriers of the world. - In
. addition to thiS,Twhile the nations of Europe
arelveakeiring i lthemselves' by their , wars, we
shall advance I)steadily in - ( growth, develop:l
Tent ; and' power: The only .two dangers .to
guahl against ',re the "extension o any Euro
'pearl !alliance teiltlis.coutinent,... so as to con:
trol land fetter iis, „and the unjust eUtOrcemi.nt
against us on the high seas Of. what - is called
the right of search:;'. Should either or .*.ll
Of these ibin i gs es
Ocelot r, then it do' not require
a Prk,phei, or the ,iibi:i of a ; prophet; to foretell
ttiati l War l Will_ be inevitable; nor Will it , be
diffritult,to nartie gib powers with which we
wouid tie embrOiled: - I'. ' '
• , The, Freshe I
If veillbe seen bireferene,9 to the ilows.in-
Anotbar colutian 14elstAiirtai have pisc,
duce& such a. fresh as. to, seriously *pair
raillfoaa travelling.) Great (14mage .been
;till!.___ 7 .... Ig.p. ~.i . ,..,..1,w.".
..,... 1
dcon the N. Y. 'S: E. Itailroadiin co nence
of l !which we' hare not received 4our mail
sup Plies regularly. ' Ak. Stairway stalit,about
eight nult. west of Po Jerrie,'n,tt N. Y.
dil E.,'a portion of theitraci and embanhlnent
wer'ef waelied - aw;sylin o the Deleware river.
Nine men,'employed in repairing ihe track
ati thiS point were' alsd carried into; the IriVer
with it, and all; sire +to, Were iiroivned:
l
'Ar The New Yet Courin" says.: ." We
to
Lave iin our power s tate that,lslr;,.Buenitt
-An ' received offmi avAtut:ances.froto,,Eng
laud, no , attempt iwill be made to enforce'
nny elaitn to the sernees of Buel!' of her sub
',feete its have bezOnie natnraliFed .citizens '
of
the Lnited states." ' . .: ~- ,
asbeen read ousoo
h d • if
itei)*tatires to abolish, the _B oat el of Ca
ialdozniuissione: I
pougolit.
Oitoriat QEorrOponbence.
\c,
• HARRIBMIRO, April 21:.
PitA.n *rote you a ‘A.ek ago to
nigl4,'. and tlieti told you that I prolArbly
not - Writey'eti again before the close of
the gession:bUti happen. to Marc a little Isis-
• •, .
ure evening, -.—our weeks work being
clvei; By the.W.tv, did you-aet my last let
ter IA- time; The mails were blocked up
with Stiow betWeeu' here and
. Philadelphia
. r .. •
two:whole days.. _ Whether .the - letter' got
rtheail of the atoint is a question. .
Tie lIouSe: has finally agreed on a day of
adjotirtnnent,t,a week from 'next Tuesday,-=--
but' l 'We have had bad luck with the' ApproL
Priation . bill,. and I learn to=night that it is
dotbtfulwhethe'r the Senate ,will concur With
our ;illesolution.' , . 'lt looks as though we
1 1
t shotild not bd able to get the Bill through
both Branch& by that time, in. Which event
.. . ,
I suppose vv6'Shall have
. to stay longer. We
mUitlp
" ass that qr " the wheels 'of government
i 1 . .
mnst stop, of course.. - - - .
got
have finally
We , the Bill, for the sale
1 i
of the Maine :i.iti . e. through both -branches. I
• i 5
had the ple.asure of signing it Thursday night
ittst!ariii it is tow in the hands 'of the Gor
enter, whorl signature, it .will certainly 're-.
ceiVe. .The..prie'fiXed below'Which no bids.
shalt be entertained; is ten millions ofdollars,
•
two billions Of,Whiclt must be: paid in ninety
klays; 'froth aceeptance: I Was informo- by
the President 4 the PerinsylVania Railroad .
'company yeilterday. that they would take it
.1 . . ;
at that price withi aii - extension of time for
thel first payMent, alreduction'of the interest
on. the ;
balani.e• to five per cent. and aJelease
of tbe tonagOtaX . op 'their • road included.- 7
M)1 notion. is that ‘ it; will be taken by that
ecinpany. without
.t.hese reservations, and
ten : Vial be wiped Out ten millions of .our
SO+ debt, With' the most prolific source 'of
its 'Creation. 1 I ain S l ure that a short-of rejoic
ing, ong. and lend, tvill go\ up, from the tax.
payers of tili Cloinntonwealth When such a
result - shall . Ifinally be ' accomplished. The
- -I ,
!public workslought to be, must and 'shall be'
.Sold,' and thel State, broken down and grown
oldlainder the etiormens load' they have im-
I ''
posed, will tben: be • irejuvevated in all Leten-
ergies and strength. I wish every tax payer
in the Countionwealth - could have heard .the
.
speeeh of ill& eloquent COOK - of. AVestmore
laud (he introd need the Bill) in concluding
•
the: lonr , amt s.tortny "discussion in the no.use.
Ile Opened the debate and closed it, and-con-.
eluded his hist;speeeli With these words.—
"r tell !ion gentlemen - of the. , opposition, in
thiS Ilot*, that the
d ie cast: Thii 0u , ...-
tionean no l . .onger be evaded—can not again
be Crushed ;doivii: ;The.. peoPle demand a .
a sale,- , -- - -froni evert hill side and every valley
comes' th. 3 miiverml.shout of demand, and by
thiS throu'gh this Legislature, or
oveithis Legrslature, this. Bill will pass.t---
It has passed by and through it,—the people
will not have ft : over it ! •
The Senate has.been liusy several ilays iii
attempting to disposelof the •:' Erie Railroad
trobbles." . 'i'we bills have beendefeated,and
it looks much like beiiim obliged to adjourn
finally (
. without a diiposal of the Road--:-I
hoir such ,1411 not be pie ' •
The Bill 'reolcranizing the School system
'"
is'final passte in!the IIonse:: «e s~iall
react and pass it, the first thing when the Ap
propriation 3ill shalllbe finally disposed of
and 'sent tb theigenate, ,
It is a capital Bill,
midi' have no doubt Will mect'.general
faction. lt i .is opposed strongly by, Some
members, pimeipally from the German Dis
trits.i.iviier44 thi.7 ha 4 not been so Partial to
.
system of free schools as to schools suppor-'
t:€4l !entirely by themselves. They will comeinto r , the system; after. .if !it shall once
beetane establish i
- The Bill giving to ;Justices of
,the Peace
final jurisdiction in .p;etty criminal caSes,. in
whiCh many of your poople felt a deep inter
est, has gone dwn. It is lying ; on second
reading, but it is so Alisatled, .that its friends
see no use n attempting its final passage:—
More than one half inf. the counties were
stinck out. of the ammitnent in Committee
of the-Whole, besideiheincrso mutilated oth
erwise as to datroy its efficiency. There is
sucit an utter aversion to change, among the
Getman Districts of the State specially, that
1 •
it is nest to intpossibie to get any such inno-
vation thrciugli, save; years of agitation and
, .,
trial. They alledge,itoo, that their Justices
of the, Peate are not 'competent to - be'' intrus
tediwith such Idiscretion and Power. There
tuaY be great conclusiveness in the last are
ment now; for lustic#, have little, to do, and
are'tlierefore not selected with the care that
they. would be, under such a system,and,when
elekted, dq not take the pains to prepare them. :
selt-esthat they otherwise Would. Such a
system ItOwever will sometime prevail in
Frenniylvania„and then will the people won
(lei, why they kver submi ted so long without
it. - . 1 r ,
I "'have feceilved wverill letters, and quite a
,
nuinber of petitions ; urging me "to pass a
Bill for the erketion-of a county poor house,
similar in.its_provisions to the Bill pm---ced for
Wepte county,. in 185 Q", I, have exatni• - •t1
i ,.
that Act and must - say ;that`. do not feel us-
tified in passing such a one for our con ty,,,
Without the snbjecti l being more thorou ly
agitated and explressed upqn than it has en
bir' our people 4 It' , . certainly is alaiid. ble
11 1
purpose, and !one that. has, my syrnpat ies,
but our Peoplk., are taxed to an enormous' to
now, and .I mtteli d'oubt that they wouldt b
t
mit to the borrowing of several thousand ol
lars, on the erect' it of the county, as they wquld
be', obliged tip do under . such ,a Bill. ' he
county is r runtrAnglargely in debt for thee ec
tiOn of c(sl,int!,; , buil;rings, and I hardly think
our Commissioners would like to plight !the
faith of the county !further just at this ti'me,
of that our'SoPle would like to. hate - them
dd -so. At a4y rate, I cannot take the i ilk
sponsibility or passing such an
,Act without`
some general i ,exPtikasion from our;citizens, on
the,au*ct. ~ ;1 1 ~.
I. :The rarer is,' noW; in the finest rafting order.
NOt lantimetelumz. as usual has gone down
this s.eatt,*. lit is' bringing high price/kin
Otis mar et .4.und6rstand.
Queei'timeit *h - Last .week ,I. wrote you
,
; amidst a ternbleltorua of snow,--this eve
'
./.
ng I write tvlllie . a
,test i4rifile - the,tkr
stoiin is tirilne.down upon w. = I'll Bring
the tie*t: lett& txi!self. i
~
. .
Mmenr# OpVtiaxoit.—Will those Whig
journals, say* tho York (Pa) !Grdzelle, which
have 'shouted. so liimaaly aver
. a .vietory in:oo4-
netieut, Datton;
the Whig eatallaate for: Governor, - has 'Mort;
majority against liim than he received Co.!
The majority,latiainst him 15ti2,245 ! He re
ceivea 19,405 t v'o r tes. All other candidates,
this Cleefed Cover-
•
nor, by . the ' ature
• ! ! •
, below a- oommuuication
front the bo4rd Of Canal!Commrssioners to the
i;
lioase . of RepresentatiYeS, rged
upon the, hoard ,:that they, 1)) 1 a "monstrous
• ;I •
abuse of poWer,llhad conspired to defeat., tbe
sale of the MaittlLine; tpy reMicing the tolls
sojlow, before - the Bill became a law, that no
company weuliLpurch* it-the Bill pros id
ing the purchaSing coinp:tity should ','ltever
charge highir tells thati are now charged,.
'nos is . a most serious hecusation, and thedeli
.•
fen - ee of thA3Oard. is entitled to a careful lie
s.
rttitl, and tlielallest
CANA . PcONIISSIC!NERS ' OFFICE,
• lfarri'sbur , o , April 24 . , 1854:
Speaker of [tense tit, Rep-,
1,.
• ..;
• ..;Sir :—.A.srtt liters have been put afloat in rela
tion to a , reduetfott of tolls, which, if - left un
centradictetkinight liO•e the effect to depre
ciate the 'value' 61 the niniti line. if the bill
for the sale beointe a law,. the Board
de,em.it,duct!te Legislature to plai.,e be
foreit a true, statement of the.ease.
lon the •143t1t 4f. l .llarch last a toll sheet was ,
fixed on thrOugh freights carried lw the l'ettn
sylVattia Railroad COMPany over the .1)Itiln-,
tielphia an& COltintbia Railroad, and RS own
roLtd betweenl?ltiladelPhia Johnstown. -
Tie. company 'cOmplained that .the ,rates as
effinpared Withlthose -?paid over 'the 'w}tole .
utrlin line by Other tiatisp . orters, - ' , were ,Unjust
and excesSiVe.}: . nee that time a corre4minl
'nee, has been ! pt up : int the sult}tet bet w eel]
the Beard and . flee Cempany, 'the . result of
which! was,,Ata( the Beard became. convinced
tltat a reductiOn:in.favqr of the Ctmtpany was
-donanded by itlie prineiples of justiee.r. , Ac
!••
cordingly, oni,S,ttturday last, :a reduction of
two cents per Ilpoo pottnds on first. class, and
of five cent on 'fourth •:clas.s freight, carried .
by the Collin: 0$! over the Columbia Railroad,
• W I and front, theipointsaboVe designate 4, was
agreed upon, tOltake eKct upon the first of
May. • .
•j. he Board, in fixingi that time, werei satis
fied that hill for thi:. Sale of the mainline
• -
would. be officially ,disposetiof by' the If,xecti
tiVe; before tlie iesolutton went into
Biit should itaviliitto. arise to postpone the en
•
actinent of the, law to it later . period, the res
olution is.sti guitrde4 is , to place its . repeal
within the. tower of the Boat d at anyii time.
The case - then"stands thus: If the '14;11,-1,e
-..
ecunes a las "before the Ist of May,..to, reso
itions cannot be binding on the cot:hp:My
-
pin-chest tig, : if iti conflicts with the. pro) istons
of the law. The,LegiSlature Ina' rest Itismir
ed..tbat thel.36:i!rd have not done, nor Will not
de:any act :'\11111...h may - remotely affebt the
sttle of the Works, aiiti that i -shoula! the ;enter-
g oiloy ariE ! e,' t4gr, rm.olution will be suspended.
' conclUsion, the Board must be allowed
to indulge in the, expre.ssion of their sUrprise
that any one should -believe that they N'otild
r4: , rt to. such, an expedient to Prejudiee the
-544. ' when it i : iknotrri! to every Member, of
the Legislature; Who. thought proper to ask
their opinion that a majority of the Board
ha
vored the theasnre. '
14• I iquor lit'l6solutiorts. .1:
Stri4nt,ifrrout the committee. of eonfer..-
enite . on the subject of , :tltedifferencesbetwma
the two botiseslon the j)foliibi tory liquor quei
ti4n made . it report, stihmiiting , the .. &Inc.:Lion
teA vote of the -people at the next „general
election, which after discussion, was p!0!.4-rron:.
4 for the lire-Sent. The . report• is as follows :
The comtnitiet apppinted by the Sunateon
t 6 - points:, - of difference between the two
neusui, in)-elation to. bill:No. 142, , On "the
tiles of the lleitse, entitled "Att act for the
sappreisiott ofithe manufaetirre and sale .of 11 7
tOkicatinm liqUors as # beverage,7 report that
-they met a similar committee oil the part of.
tlt Tiouse,Yand the committees 'hare Agreed
tc;;recounnend to their respective ITiniSes the
following bill As .a substitute fo,r theidlonse
trill :ind tht Senate ainendments:
tWitzau.i.i,ln. a. free. (jOiannonivealtli, all.
la vs to . _ be ibftfcient should have the aPproba
ti;n and sanc tion of the peOple,. raid no ,law
-be ; passed replignant to their Wishes, and none
censtitutionat : in ! its yproviSions be withheld
*hick a majelitv of them may . •
. .
- :
.And whereas; It inippisible to obtain. a
certain indication of popular sentiment in
,re
lation to n.iptehibitoty liquor .lawi • by. pea
tims and remonstrances; therefore,
Sze. 1. it 00dd - by the Senate and
Abuse .e . „.* resentatires:iof the Ommon-
Wealth of .t?znsijleania, in;VeneralAiisenzbly,
hereby enacted by the aittlibrity .
orthe mule , lirhat the qualified votersof
t - ,oinnionW4tilth - are hereby!l anthorizedi-st. the
place for hol mg tlgenera
elections in tl tr
respective Wards, borough.s! and . ,townshiv., on
the seeond:Tuesday of Octbber nett, .to vote
'ter and encrust a kW which shall entirely
pyohibit, by proper and constitutionatiegula
lipns and perialties, , the manufaetttre :tad sale
or intoxicating liquers,•except- for medicinal,-
- SacramentA mechanical, and nitistleal„ pup:-
-
pews. ' , 1 t ?... • ' •
SEc. :2. ;That the officers authoriZed by
lriw toltoldelectioni. in each ward; borough
and townsliip of this' commonwealth-, are
are
hereby-directed and requited, :at. the. places
:fixed by lair in the Several,- districts •;for: the
_lieldipg i ef the general - eledtions-, in said dis-:
tricti, on second. Tneslay Oetoer next,
*hen they )shall be ,organized as An election
'lioa - 14, to receive from each qualified Toter of
'the sin dtr;ttict, a ticket Written or .;printed
on the prohibitory liquor law.," and
;the.ticicet iii i.vor of the proposed.laW shall
eontain on4he inade the words, "ford a pro- ,
hibitory
proper
;those • oppesed• • to
the prop d Wall ‘letaiti:in. Lthe inside
the words," against a proliiiitP r y li q uor la w; ",
'Width vo*.shall be courtied:.:rld retilrned to
the. court lionse of iihe • cOuntiescity :
Which the‘aid - eleetion..shall on / th e
.following*riday, by .the rititt j udges„. who
shall cast ;tip and certify all the. Von* .pot.d
in said c ounty or= city,. to the: oflice:. of. the!
Secietary,Fof the Common Barris
burg, dir*ted era trans fitted, in \ the- same
manner a$ the vote. for anvcriiprare: ioquir
ed-tote.directed and transmitted; tini.l the
said Seertary *all, on. ,the third
..Fiiday : of
January next ensuing ; ceintnuniCate 'the said
returns W the Legislature, to be.•opened.. mid
Countedin &cisme : manner 0 the Vptes- for'
rlivernortire , opened and counted, and eon
stdered 0 the trayertif the voters of this Coin
inonwealth relative•Aci• a prohibitory. liquor law.
•
- Sze. 31 Tbat alrg.lection lairs of- the' State
•prescribmg., the hour 6 r,-4- jen i n n• . i v a
anlos i t i_ •
the polls,the reception ot
tuent fot4illegal voting, the defraymg - t te ex
• . • _
'Mos. IL Foncirni.
lair The gags. kaktured
im-tbeltevolution. to the
l'iCapitol by.
g po.-W..Vark Ther.ll
I}llies viers Resonted ,to,Generaf Waalkingion
Itbe highe4t, mirk of - *Opt; witigh could
hita Congre'sd•
peti:+ of publication.andlioldir4 th e gen 'er,
al .elejtions, and return of the .Bind
other - iiratiers ineidCut thereto',`ht), and;-,ite.
saiiicl 'are declaro. applicable to the election
nbovii,authorized. - , •
;4.
Sd 4. That: it shill ; be the duty of :the
sheriffs of the soteretcouti tioi Of this Conintint
wealth, to itisie - Oit copy of this'l.tetlin the prbc
lunation for the, general eleetion4 to; be held
on .the second "rtiez.lav of,Oetober next.
.
,
AV" . We' extract the following! very truth-•
ful sketch of " Ale in :Washington," from - the
.
Washino - ton correspondence of the :POniyl-
van
• tan: b. - 1
—.- l i - . '
i_. 1• -
` i I.IIFE IN: WASH111101'0N.: ' • .
. Before 1 carne to this tund=gentlrating, (last
be-clouded, felier-and-agne .caOtol, in, the
height of my ignorance, I -regar i ded l our M.
o.'s its very, large and, healthy . speciiAtiS of
Irea jury vamptres—as occupying a. sort', of _
net tkal ground; : or comproinise !line, if you
cho4ee to call it, between the botch of trust
and Ote 'down-iiight switallnig, kentry,; and,.
therclore, beyond the reach of Hip myrmidens
of the - law, althhughnot bevoml the reach of
those:Brutes.es Of the shingle site 4)apeni of
the interior, who so successfully stir up the
"soiereigns" of the:rural diStricis on all the
(treat-issues of the day.' "Eight dollars a day," .
musedc. 4
we to ex i ciann, (that is, edttorially,) " a
snug stun in tllse shape of mileag4--the frank-.
ingprivile,ge-Hittle stealings, ii i the shape of .
stationerv—the run of the Secretaries' horses
and .tables-an occasional- dinner at Ithe.
White Ilouseoysters and eltampanne I for
thelucre askipg--,and for What r.,, And then
we ironed anSwer in a strain of pa!rietie irpny
a--(tor editors ;Mil parsons never permit euf-, '
shiers to misw4 their own queStMns)—" Why,
for Sit tingin their seats just three hours and
a half per diem - , and, as if that law was Itoo
touch, g, .for eagerly Seizing, on ev4..ry .Silly .pre
, -
text to obtain one nettS two "holidays :each
-.- 4-
. ' - I Ix is a mark of a - sound, if. riot of a great
• 1-
TA when in:error, to own up. The . illus-•
limns Clay, alier'having spayed fruit') the
great republican fold, in.his'asst da,vs ietrac
01.1iis s ; e p . s, and .we have every reason to infer
that. he died_ in the true Democratic faith;
Anil, co ming down several pe . , - E s i:s! lower, :/why
shotild not . 1, • tend my brotitt-r - ;unitS- of this
ble;sed Uniou+when conviction is forced up
on a s —hon'esily acknowledge t. at our mem
ber 4 of Congre•-;s ;ire a well abusiNl set of mew,
.and . ; are miseral , ly paid for their'.. political ser- -
viols and pecuniary sacrifices? ',As dealing in
genil - alities carries about Voi In Olt weight' as
dealing in inAaphors, I shall piek out a .ease
at '';': - tudoni, ashn average sample,' and front
thejremisylvania delegation, ias I am ; most
farniliar with the public and piavate acts of
thatturtly . band of eight-dollarsTer diem
lolgs - --over whose movemeutS- 1. watch with
thel tender solicitude of - a S.iiint i Sac - age,
Christia'n; Deutoerat, a I
nd Philtopher. But
to Ole ease; mid as I want it irepressednpon 1
the - iithills of grumbling coriqi t uences,i Alm '
dig)tity of a new paragraph is - i, imperatively
deli:a:ied. •;
There's iny..0,1 friend, Col. 'S,traub, of the
Schuylkill - district-,-and a Mote- ;Mtivt, 'ar
deliti'ariti eflieient - democrat never animated.
the! raiik and tile to opr)ose the rominoni cue
tnyioti Peitify...ratic Principles.•ll.l..-t ,us I take
h4.icakei—and it is no 'unJoinniOu oue 7 -- - and
se . e.what Ire dt‘es for his -eight dollars a[ day.
Oni?ui a.,•eraf_., , e, he receives every day thirty
long Shia , ,' k i,istles from hi: - clol:%tituclits.—
These letters must all be answered promptiv, - .
and theroines'ts contained in the same.' par-.
tialV if not fully attended to. Pile man asks
thel,..Colonel (remember, all the (public %build
ings in' Washilif-ton are something less I i11:111
tw miles apaK.) to call at the ile..-nsioli Offi,, l e
and hunt up alrinherited elaiiti,- as his father
fonght,
.:bled, - . dithl, and 1:0 lon .:the'l-cohl
- frrouud, Anew). the revoltitionnry:s.truiggle.
z-,
Another
. wrge3 aLi ..1 desires t 1 . 1:11. Sitn pei race
of (I . son nr . ty be appointed to t West )(lint
Corm',..t sh 1 ii. *An Ottte r wants- sjim, -,.....i.4....a
Whig postmagter turned out Of office,Zand
the 'writer subStituted in hie plr....ce - . At they,
diii res. two applications for pa'tent rights. to
-beturade ' and he is a poor mani the ciiht dol
ha's per diem 4;preseutative tight - pay th.;..i fees.
A Volitie dame, prohablv.in the Mahon;. .re-
.• - 1 . ,
nitill states , hat she has been. safelV delivered
4
of three chil ren,at one birth, iand - that she is
t
informe'd that tier reprentatie IS hand-in
glOve with the, I're. at pe White
'''muse every day 7 --to say nothing - of ii 'sofa
, beai in the east room on wet nights. I "Would
Cole Straub l)4 so 'kind as 14 use . his:well
known-influence with the. GeriSrabto secure a
1 pens'ion for one - who-has *shown such a patri
otic' desire to have a r i big
show; for the census
, oft 860." i •
-- ' -
.
fflie corm spbadefice disposed of,- hundreds
. midi hundveds ,of public :doeuments . _ mist . be
deSpatched to: hungry *coristi,tuents, or else
'rbinbling both loud. -and - deep.' Then 'the
lala t irs of the . Oommitto room, Which are fre-
miently of 4 protracted and arduous charac
ter.: Then three hours - and it:half chained to
•'"• • •
.T4ur seat; watching like aseati, lest some awk-.
ward or maliCious booby frond a neighboring
State should tread on .the corns tit roar eon
.stititents. Ncir . is'. this all. lMembers are
w-eekly „visitcid• by some ofl their constitu
entiL. These *isitors_mtist be trotted :about
public" great .national
daubs in the •rotunila. must bei pointed out 'to
the; r. astiinighd pains • must be,
taken to. fill themlnp with oYster; and liquo
ti''Correspond—Land finally, they : must be/Cs
eiited to the 'railroad deliot -andodepositedin
the, ears in a state-of awfull4wilderment. •
As a general rule the pay Of a' meniber of
Orotigreiis 'do6 . not cover ems' rises:.
Ifni, in a very; large majority of dseA, -to sup
-7•
ppt, his faniii!ir at home, while/lila expenses
are rt.ining- . Up -here; and 'Washington . ex
ii`pases are:cf. the most peeket.:alartning Char
acter. - Rooni; . rent is, higiq house rent 'is
fttiful I . and , as 'for•the: / fiShil-mable- landlord,
riot some remarkable interind process.' they
461ze your .pile" andAargelaccordinmlv.: •
•
. ; ! The Infurreetiola in 4 11exic0...,:
.--
I'd The followhig7impirtant dispateh is: from
.:T l ew: orl hans,.dated- TilesdaYt.- Apn I 25 th
The steamship,Texis, froM. Very. Crui, has
if rriv e d at thia port,biinging _dates from the
qi ty. of Mexico to- the l Bth . tast... : I . N . .!
:i A'great eii,,:cragemeat:\haditaken . 'place be-.
(weep/Santa Anna and -A'lv:U.ez,in which the
•:i l
I. tier was routed: The:victOry: of Santa An
il. ;Was telebnited at the,caOtal.with great
ie)oicing. Ageneml ilhimivation;tok place.
Other: acedunts state. that jthe victory . is a
Odic:Aqua exaggeration. . 1: . !!,-, .!! ~!- N
11- It is reportWthat fifty-One perWuS, receltt
.i v. a rrestcxl. itx the schooner. Arata,',. Ifeer : San '
fllas,lfor lanOng without palaportk; had been ,
harried .' heavily Chained*, to the capital.,-- i
Arnong the prisendis were twenty nativeArrier-.
5-ans, twelve adopted citizenly, and four., !Dig;
flishsoem , : :i! : '. • -,'• :4. ~ 1 ~
! The' nrk Grapeshot:is stajberew this city.
, 1 1e__r deitilkatiini is:a! mystery;.,,i : !.! -.r -• -' :
I The steams kip Empire City. ,Icailis, liere!to
pierrow for lia , ia.lind Nevi . York. .!.-
The Blacki,,.Waniiyr, -for ; 'the-, same . : ports„
sailed froin Mobile tiAi l y„ .1'... ~.
i The 'Arabileainewsi w.laxe4eisreil here .at 4'
!O!cloili thili,:afternoon. •
Mr. GrOClisr . aad a 111_ . artitern it ep - tib
.. I
. 1. • Llic.' . . - 1 - -•' 1 ..
. : Mr. - GreeleY isof late-devoting the coluMaS
of Tiibitrie to speculations upon the value
of the, Uhion. l , -- H - I -I - • - -.- - ''''
lied - s not openly advocate the 0636;
lution o the I - UniOn, but commences , 'witho...
lengarg, men& to !satisfy the people thatrthe
.North ain - dd *Mout the Southll that 1 -the
North has twice the , poPulation, wealthy,-skill,
enterpri+ ) iuiusfrv,; and Military 1 ,ra. .of
the South; and that a seperation , of tie two
seething iwould -iaene.ilainage to 'the North.
The next, step vre;:suppoSe will be, 'to satisfy
I - i .! • 1 ,
us that 1 neasiion is deairable, I and Weald
greatly beneflt Northern; ;interests.' l• Thuathe
treacherous. Poison is to be gradually and eun
llingly- a
et dniiiiistered, -until
. the Northern Mind
is thorone ilttim b uedb.with its baleful itiflu-
~ fully Pr ,
enee,- and fulepared for Ihe v:ol,tintAry!, de,-
striiptiOii of .The •nOblo.fabric of repbblicanism
'and selligovernitient, Which - our fathers reared,
and ceutented with their'hlix.abi I- -. ',
' But do ncitlfropose to treat with nicl
SerOUS t WSS thins retiOwecrlittempt 'to
foster and.
encourage enmity (between the• North and, the
South; !and '.cultivate - throughout the land
a slight' regard .for the Union. - - There is - ,,t00
nuidli good - sense and patriotism iii the hind
to permit suet dangerous cotinsela, to.pretrail.
Abolitionists, and their ambitious leaders
would doubtless be .Willing to see the. cenfed
eracy dts...solved, and a No - rtiiern republic !for
med over Which' they Would hope : te; : rule. in
triumph. And, from the course - pursued! by
the 2'riftuneltithcirto, iv ; Can hardly' be tionlit
ed: that Ii ts principal editor . and. piJoprietor is
among the number • 1 provided himself, 'and
his particular friends, could win all the glory.
..,
and profit. • ! , . - - • 1 - - ,
SeWard, Greeley, Theodorn.Parker, Garri
son, Giddings Gerrit SMith, and it fetv other
Men of boundless ,ambition, : and 1. easy :Con
' sciences, appear -to . have become convinced
that unless the .present cenfederael is destroy
ed, and; new' mitional boundaries, r.is well --as .
new - political parties formed, they Can never
gain,the political ase• elideney,.and the
. Itigh
stations! to Which they aspire. -. i .
If the Union was- dis Solved, «"M. 11. Sew
ard might Possibly become, President of I,the
. northern Republic, ' and Mr,
.9•iddligs . ' ' Vice
President. Afister such an admimstration
Mr. GreeleV , ,inust of course - - be. Se c retary, of
State. Taking the files of . the T'i i -ibune', 'for
the • laSt.five ye:xis ) and!..the- principles it. ihas
-1 advocated a - ' - - ilelice,f . - We may conjectures
I what, Wouldbe. - the, racte'r of the cabinetj
and C0u . , , r, , e4,:5, and.the :nature of the - policy,
under she'll a GreelY-free-soil northen republic.
-• Fredrick - Aionglass. should be -Secretary of
the Interior; I.lv is one
,f Mi. Greeley's pets. ,
The Rev.. Theodore Parker should be Secretary
of War; Mr! Sumner,
.Secretary of the Treasu
ry,.andMra• l.m
army
.'Mutt, Ponimauder-in
Chief of the: armYl . ; , Congress should tecOm s
posed of political Clergymen and strtlig minded
- womem The present Constitution would! of.
course he itholished and. the ." higher law"
I substituted ; and; lest different interpretations
of that 'law should Create disturbance, a cairn
ell- of state-ilionlif be' organized to . expound
it, and settle all questions 'in •• regard to .1 its
Meaning. , - :•Win.l-Lloyd, Garrison, 'Rev. An,
tionette BrOWn and Mrs. S. would inakeprop-
- a menibers of this council, in theestimation''
of Mr.. ;Greeley: !' • -•.-- •t - -I - -1 ....
..The iNt:NSi It.'or,irHernicl would be suppres
sed at once; audits subscription list transfer
,red to the 2'rittiii,te. Instead of expensive and
noisy - political campaigns, and sttinip qfeeeir
es, justl on the eve of a ,general election, •Mr.
Greeley *Old pass through the country, arid ,
at all linportant points.; deliver, in his remar
kably !graceful 'aid eloquent manner, Ithe
printed lecture that settles so clearly aueon
cliisii-ely all ipieStions of month- • and poliCY
that could possibly arise in 'the new republic.
.. The le4ture read in a I sufficient mimber of'
places,lthe'peOple - Would have nothing to I do
but subscribe to ; the Tribune, and 'vote
.Itkc
tridtet. `r . Both sexes would' votes - of 'course ;:
and one negio's, vote ivould..ebunt the . sonic '
'as the 'otei,of tWo naturalized citizens ! IWO
the .. . a
1 , ..
1 follow Sentiments of the Trz que r t .
. The poliev . of the:new republic, under stick
an lidnii 111 si iatio'n ° ,. can !be predicted: friim 1 the
past teachings' of the- erratic genius of 'the
Tribtao. ~, •
.- _ /
All or to' reign ministers. would Leiiiiiiiez
diatef? -' recalled, and . 1
. diplomatic 1 relatio'ns
aholisfied ; 'it being the'declared - ,. opinion of
I .llr.'Gkeley that; they: are useless.. I A/tariff
would l beenacted.as high as the Chinele wall;
. and the." Ciiltivation of. flax" stimdlated 'by
, Ji!
ci,
"every ossible means. 'Mr. Gre,eley WIS evo- - -
tel 'columns to. that Snhjectalready: - ,The
Navy Would be : sold" out to( - . llusisia,' ' , Atli..
Greeter is oppesed to - .a Na. - vy And all wars
with -any
. nationl . (excePt the , sou thern . .4pnb- '
lie) for ani ; cause ,whate r Ver, would be .declar
-ed -.11 neon \titutional and unlawful. The gpv
-ernment n Ould !build' 'the' Pacifle, I Railroad
entirely at lts-oWnexpense ; 'mid. them divi
- ding i t ;jute ' sharr., - distribUte - ;the isharc4, to
the- Galphins, and. other faithful..liblic . - Ser . -
vants, upon. .tye kingle Condi tier' . that it. should
carry the Driblqsc free' of - postage.' !The Pub
lie lands wentd . bOdetiated in alternate ha
- sectionsjorrinftWay Slaves. :The- White far
mers i'oultl..buy The intermediate half section;2
and,"tlie anialgairtation of the . two iaceswould
,• : •
.be,eneOura,ged:by .initablelpountie l k . • : i .
/ 7 A new bureau' would be,COnstitiited - in 'the
/state departinerit Of the' ~e.oternitiCtif;` - entitled,
The - - ltiireau Of Spiritual' Munifesintions ; ' Over.
--whichi Mr 4 Greeley would- probably app,lint,,
JudgOEdriiondsto.prelide. .Under hia Charge,
our diplomatic relations' ith the sPirit'werld
would; dohbfless be intimate, and greatlyCon
d eel re fo:' the - public picSperity. - The Kan Sis
and Nebraska territories would bereServetllste
htinti4g- grounds. for.the Indian . s..... , ,New Mei- .
ico
. and California: wonld_be restored to. Mei-i
.ico; oti, the, .grCintid.§; . I§t . .. .That thetWere'rfn-
justfraCcpured ; :and,.261 'That . ..all' anneiat. - - . '
floes, iwhet.her.hY. purchase or.. , :citheriise,. :are .
uncoitstittitiontil,atalliad policy. ll'hOlsland
of : Ctilia wcaild'he.conetided to England,l on.
the pladttion that slaiery should be abOlish
' ea, and the island covered - With . an - AfriCari
population, so las •tof .become' - itldancreiotis
neighborte the southern republic 4, An ialli
ance..Offelilive and tlefensiVe ,would.be.ferUied
with Me4co, haying: two, Objects in view t 'the
first,..to assist tl)e uort;?ierp republiCitity' aging
eternal war on The. iOtitittionS - of -Me south;
the 'second, to assist - Mexico irt.reseonqttering
Texas '!-L ~. .. ,;' ,
.. . .., I, -..i - . I --
- ... . .
' - -Frem the declared Opinions : of Mr. Greeley'
lietetefore, tve imaging° that the I:ab,oVel. a
pretty correct Outline of the'policy.that WOW.
prevail iii the rePubliO oftliq'tiortkwlt°ti the
Union is dissolVed, and the:north .uhrected:iii
the control of
abolitionism,
,auti re l nt is
I '
ituansm ' AllG s att theot4er nimunerab . e . J . ams
-
'
'that the .
rribane has heret.efere 'adVeCated.-
PittAti<j Post ' ~
I ' -- . - •' - • ."'-,. '....",,,,:-.• --- !I: -1 , :. I
111 r-ea,VT nimaliCt*Aga!nst il Put ir l imili
i ' .":' , . '‘CoitspattV ', , '' i
BiikioN;.WOiesday,:April 26, 1864
\
In the sajt ' af. Ma .E. Shaw agoM.44*e
WoNeste,r & ihoad ,C or ation . for, ipjres
received by :; an iceicloat a Oat! road, r ite
Airy to dity re.iidered aveidaitfor tho' amtiff
fixia4 tha damages at $15,000~—, I
'Juane() sTgAmtn:in. Tilt 0 10,
' 43 0 liiA'ILLEy Apia 4.1
, Tho' stearner7ribune ran into the, qtennier
JohnNoFadden t 41,,1ty miles belo)icherP
dAy, Od.' the rter Three , rives weiv
1 0 . 4 !• •
. 3 sPo' l- figiii,'
- • IS ASIIIISGT6I4" April ;26:. •
from the Library
committee, reported a bill! for : the purchu e
of Stuarts portraits of the 'first fiye•Pre - aident B
of the 1;0h:a States to. be plitee;(l- in the Pres.
tderitial-rnansion paned,: • -•
The Senate - then ; took up the Indian Ap.
propriation bill, - ..Tind tlisetniscd numerous
amendments: • •
lloust.—Mr. Houston, from the Commit.
tee oh Ways and means, reported the, tow.
oftichAppropriation bill. ;
.1 •
Mr. Parker, from the Judiciary Committee,
reported a hill to regulate the salaries of
Judges of the United . States.-
The 'House; then 13ennett's
land.l;ill, equalize,granis of land,.,Mr.y.
nett noocate.d its passage •
Without disposing Of tlui,isubjec.. the:lion - 9A
went, into C'ormid ttee Of the 'Whole him the
Deficiency bill. • ; • -
‘ Mr. lieister,lof Pa., addressed the House in
opposition to pas - sage of the' Nebraska bill,
as a violation of the existing treaties.between
the United Statesand thel Indians, aid , also
as respecting, the Isilia.souri 'clompromilt,e. • -..
"WASII.INGTO:t, April 27.
SENATE. --, -The Scutt met at twelve o'clock
and was called to order. :
Several memorials and petitions were pre
sented. - • -
Among the meinoriali 'was one from fie
Governor And 'legislature! of- Mneatehaseits,
and' others,in favor of a system `of I.,Oacip
ocean postage.-:: • •.. 1
Senator Pratt of lifaryland, presentedla me,
mortal from the Mayor And common
, of. the .city, of4altimore; ashinggranta 'Oland
to aid in ; the eiection of reform schoolaforint
reviles:' • I • sl
. , 1
The bill incorpoiating .. _the,- National IHotel i
Co., of Washington, was on motion to en np,.
read a third time and paSsed. . *l l
(to
, The Senate. then proceeded to the,, ' nsid
eratiotirn of the Indian .Appropriation bil. _ . - 1-
:
- Nuefous amiendments were propo , and
discussed. ,
.HousE.—After the' usual oliening I(' ness,
the House resumed the consideration I 'of the
Motion to re-eomMit Mr. RennettTs Land bill,
equaliiing grants of land to the state, i for ln.
ternal improvements and educational Ipurpos• -
11ir. Ilisuey, of Ohio, inlan able speech, op',
josed theipassage of the bill.' .
He said.that-'amid all the strifes . 4.
.party'
"..that had been witnessed during theinst..olty,
::years, .the publiclauds hnd beta prepred in
tact; and it now remained for this
„Congress
to signalize itself by departure froin all pre-',
-nuns and avowed principles, and introduce a ;
Systm which threatened,the entir
.4e4rtic-!
4ion of the:public lands. .• • !,; •
• . Withotit.disposing . thre bill, thei)louse;
on ..motion„
went' into•
. committee ',45E the .
Whole, and
ruthedthe,c:obsiderii*ii of the
kleficieney Writ' s '
''•
Mr. Sinith, of Virniniardelivered an earnest!
! speech in favei of Nebraika. 4 ,, , ;.
• WAsniNgerr, -May 3, .A . /354.
SE's.arE.—The President skid ' before the
Senate an net passed by •tbe Legislature/of
Rhode Island, at its recent session, anntilling
the sentence passed upon. Governor - 1? ) orr,
The document was read. . ;1/
Numerous memorials relatiog ./ fol various
subjects were - presented. ' &rioter Slidell; of
,Louisiatia, submitted a reacilutiOn i ldirectiag
the Committee on Judiciary.kffiiirsite inquire,
into the expediency of authorizing the ,FPreii 4
dent of the_United State , to suspend "the new
tiality laws, should theA-I'm-be deeined"
visable during the recess Of Congress. ,
'The speaker pr seeded address. tbe
House at some length, showing; in ati elabo
rate speech, ,tI
_, e designs of ..Eagla,nit F and
France to secur /i e the appropriation 0. Cuba
to',themselves,,and urging thel necessity of
..Fivino• the /President some power to Connter-
F,F
act t4eir / movements, wheneverthe Same shall.
become/necessary. . Ft r.. ,
Ilotsc.—After the rending of the ISOurthi;
Mr,/Skelton, of Now Jersey, asked leave: of
die House to introduce - a:, hill for' the better
/ protection of lives and'propertyoti t e ersey
coast from-shipwreck. -• , 1 -;
Mr., Richardson, of Mink objected. t 9 ale
'same, as the .present weeklhad,binn set apart
for
the consideration of territorial btisinus.
The House then, on meticm, 'took' up the
bill for the. ceitstruction red& ii. New Mex
ico, which, after a: brief Consideration, isas
read a third Anne and pA4cd.
.Arival of the Arabia gat liestcin—.
- \ Further Favair,. Einrofise; "
' - " - 13osros:,`' Virednesdriv,. April 26,,'1854. "
' The steamship Arabia ;eachedialt dociat
East 1.30t0n at-4 o'clock this:afternoon, ma
kittg.the run front lialifax;in 29'1:airs. i
illere is but little
.new in ;661 English
journals additional tethe llalifak'diapateh.:
The - following is anicirt4 the latest tele
graphed from London to Liverpool..l: , i
The 'WAYS of the defeat of the. Greekinsur
gents near Janina is conftrined. l The Greek
commander, Gyivas, was retreatrig.l .
' The relations 'betweetusitia: and Rusin,
were-daily becoming more distant ' ". -
It'was thoug,ht that Atistrialuid .reposei
to Prussia a Germanic.ultimatum,demluiding .
the evacuation of the.DenehiaiiPpt r ir4ti,es
by Russia. - ', ; ..• - _
Advices front Odessa of , Aril o;We' that
Omer Pasha hai received t. instrieliims 'from
Constantinople to . ; undertake' 310 I important
Operations until the arrivatef the allied fel
• , The English and „Pritieh , declarations of
war were read to the' troops'at ' Katarit 6
Ihelith; and received With - reineadotra ,
ip-
Accounts from Varnato Aprin ,state that
the British sqadron i having landed the Tur.il
-ish troops, prOeeeded in the direbtion of tle
vastopol. /.'. , ' r ''', ";_ 1
A large number of the'Engliali, troops pt
Malta had sailed' in steamers for Constantino
ple. A
. I; 1 '
dispatch from M a nt alof April 9 saiailla., 1
it was reported at Constantinople' that the
Russians had been driienatiess the D4nabe•
• Accounts fr:sm Copenhagen. state that the,
Danish Minister of :War had, resigned, an d_
.t h at the naval armaments. were. oil a larger
settle than neutrality seer* tit-reeitrire. '
The China kit. says that they do ist
tioulit the'necuraey •of the - 0 0emllg 'of t h' 3 :,
ports of Japan.- Th e aopinese officials stated
.:that all tla ports might rtt, enne-hecowi&, l "
ed open, for supplies , . of ;wood and ast e r,
Niftier, and fur refitting ; but that tilyearns,tat
'eldiise before any treatror priVile:gioef tri l°
'could come into opeiation.- ~ : I i
The Ltnielon . Tim es. neyik.;' ‘-`.We lear tbera
is neAoubt,of the fact E mperor a
Russiatilts seized the '
propertylOf Jar II ,S , 'Y'
Ah
mour,ei'British Etitilor at St Iret ers.
burg. • , - -
-The- Viennik correspcsitidnt-of ,' rite!, risa, _
1
'toys th at the 'rutin( ehele , that...thel 1n. ,:
~
Mustapha Pasha wakohltged to_evaelfai° , I.;
ppbroli a Avila theTialiirti of the, promised aki
f the : Anilf:tnenoh"froets-:--and adds,' ti at
Mc iiitaitittion of '•tlfe'Ttitltish ' Gene'Fia °'"'
t.affayed: ! len in. the Matter than :has Oat ' d
the.rtilies,,,-- e'' s. :;,-.::.. i- I : '' , ~ i
snopuuieatia to be eected i nt Eas•
'ton; hotkoi Gee,' Payter, , Otto of th e
Agnes of the Decimation , " of Indepeladeoce,