. :; eun'S SENATE. K: Price, W. A. Crabb. 2. , Philadelphia :county—W. L Foulkrod, N. B. Browne. - a. -Montgomery—B. 4. , Chester and Delaware—J. J. Lewis' • 6. .Berks—W. M. Heisler, • 6. ' Bucks—H. K. Sager, 'l. Lancaster and Lebanon—J., W. Killinger. J. G. Shuman. V 8. Northumberlin and Dauphin—David 7ag gart., 9. , Northampton and Lehigh.—Wm. Fry., 10.; ; Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne.—J. H. Walton. _ 11. Adams and Franklin—D. Mellinger. 12.' York—Jacob S. Haldeman. , 13 Cumberland aid Pcrry.—Sam'l 'Wherry. , 14., Centre, Lycoming, Sullivan'and Clinton— & W. Quiggle. _ 15:{ l3Tair, Cambria andHuntingdon--1. Cress - well, jr. _ - 16.iLuzerne, Montour and Columbia—C. R. Buckalew. 1'7." Bradford, SusqUehanna and, Wyoming— W. M. Platt. - • 18.. Tinga, Potter, M'Kean, Elk, Cleatfield, Jefferson and Forest—B. D. _Hamlin. 19 Mercer, Venango and Warren,4homai Hoge. 20: Erie and - Cntwford—Jarnes Skinner. • 21. Butler, Bearer and Lawrence—John Fer guson. , 22. , Allegheny--Gsorge Darsie, Jonas R. BF- Clintock. 23.: Washington apd Greene—John C. Flan ntlen ' 24. Somerset, Bedford and Ftilton—Francis jordan. • ' 25: Armstrong, Indiana and Jamison. 26.• Juniata, Mifflin and Union- , --James M. 27.: Westmoreland and tAyette--Wm., zer. 28. Schuylkill—M t n Ilendricks. Democrats 18-IVhigs, &c., 15. •°•••••••• 0 • • • HOI,SE OF REPRESENTATIVES. . _ Adams—f3loseallrlean : • • . Allegheny—John Kirkpatrick, jeccb Gay, J. .114 - se, D. L. S3IITH, C. S. EVST . ER; Armstrona, Clarion and . P., Clover, .A. W. Lane. ' • g • Bearer, Butler and Lawrence--13. 4 8. Cham • - Berlin, W. Stewart, R. I.l.Al'Conda. BedfoH, Fulton and - Ccumbrid—William P. •Dangherty, Gt. , n. S. King. -;- Berks—,A: Sallade, Jeremiah Mengle, - J. F. — Linderman, Samuel Shearer. a - • Blair and Huntingdon—Geo. Lena, Geo. Sinitt:7 Bradford,—B. Laportel J: Ilakowbe.i ••• BuCkal-=S. Gzrintz r, E. G : flarrison, B. • • —P. Mogill. • . : Carbon and Lehigh—i-Ther. James . Reese': - • • . . . centre—D.. M. Boal. • . • ..,Chester—M. A. llodgron, Al. J..Penrypacker, Wm. K Dawning.. . . 'Clearfield. "M'Keaty aud Elk—A. Caldwell. Clinton, Lycoming and Potter-Thos. Wood, . IVnz. !T. Fearon: ' Columbia and G. Max ell. Crawford-1.13, Roe; Howell Cumberland—Montgomery Donaldson, G. W. Creet;ell. • Dauphin—John A. Stehley, Lot Rergaresser. - Delawaiv—Thomas It. Maddock. Erie-=-G. J Ball, James Thonipson.- •PaYytke and Westmoreland—Clement nubbs, Jesse ;We-2 - Y, James Foster, S. B. Page. . Pranklin—Janips B. Orr, James Lowe. • . GrUenes—John M. Sociable. "", Indiana—Alexander Conn , ll. \• • • Laneastertiugh M. North, Jacob. L E. Franklin, D. W. Witmer, John-Fr/Lem Lebanon—W. A. Barry.' Loierne—A. B. Dunning, -G. W. Palmer. Mercer, Venan;go, and Warren—S.*P.. Mtal. mot, Daniel Lott, Ralph Clapp. Morrison. Monroe and Pik—Ahrahatn Merger. Montgomerv—Jaeoh Frydr., If. N. IVicker sham,:Jamrs" Rittenhouse. Northampton—P. Johnson, M. Bosh. Noithumberhimd—G. M. Yorks.- - ..*. Pelt -L•Ki`rk Ifain.s.• - - Philadelphia city—M. V. Baker, H. K. Strong, iPm.)2. Morris; Geo. R. Smith. • Philadelphia county*Ales. Cummings, I% • M. Carlisle, fit. L Wright, E. G. W Anunoust, NICHOLAS TIIORSF.y CHAS.; " R.. ALIGOOD, .1.. A. • S/MPSON. THOS,- C. STEELE,' ROBERT 31. ForsT, J. S. FLETCHER, S. IL BOWMAN. . Schuylkill—Benjamin Christ, Chas. Frailey. . Somerset. —Joseph Camminf. •-• • Susquehanna, Sullivan and Wyoming-- t fuhn - Stzirderant, C. J. Lathrop. .• • " Tioga—T. L. Baldwin. - . . • -'Union and Juniata—J. W. Crawford. Washington -S. J. Krepps, Jas. M'Culliingh. Wayne—Otis York—Eli 'W. Free,•Wm. 3r Conkels' Daniel Rutter. . DemOerats in 4ornan—Whigs. in hallo—Na tives in SMALL Csrs--*Tempemnce Democrats.. Thanksgiving ProcLamation. NSYLVA NI A, S. ln•tic nanie and by the authority of Ike Coni, monwealth of Pennswleania, . 'WILLIAM BIGLEP GOVERNOR Or SAW COMMONWEALTH. IL. si A. PROCLAMATION. FELLOW CMZENS :—A sincere belief in the existence of God,'and a just.,coneeption o Hie attributes lie at the foundition of true:re ' ligion and civilized society. The free decla.:- ration of this belief becomes a Christian reo . pie. . The, Almighty and Benificent God greatly blessed the Commonwealth and be. inhabitants during tie year :that has jus , closed. •An humble acknowledg,tneut of His goOd . news and mercy, - and, an open . manifestation of gratitude to Him, is an act of homage em •inently becoming'a people so highly favored: The blessing of Peace He has bestowed up on us. Our relations with all other ••States are most amicable, 'and - - the tuniult of intern- 1 . al strife has not been heard in our :rnidst.-j All thy. great interests of the people, harp .been eminently prosperous, 'except :only 'the . -agricultural, which, in parts of -the State has ' suffered from the drought. With the exception of a fewcommunitiek which -claim our syinpathieS, the blessings .o , health have prevailed: Our .institutions o government have been perpetuated; and eiVil and religious, liberty enjoyed by the people The cause of Eduithtion and Christianity-ha. been advancedz-Lthe arts' and ..'scienees'hay.:' progressed s , and the moral -and phyßical con dition of the country been improved.; - ‘• • , The deva'stations of war, which are now -.• sorely afflicting the people of Europe—th: desolations 'of . famine and -the ravao'of thence, have .not.been permitted to. invad: our favored Comnionwealth. • These manifold blessings are -the gift Ondisaud to Him our 'most devout' thank. 61Kkultl'be offered. Under the sole* couvi'. lions of duty, therefore, ' • cOnfonirit `_with the wishes of_many good citizent, Wii ham Bigler,. GOverno r of-the Coninionwealt • pf - Pensylvania, do hereby ap,peint • Thursday, the 23d d.ay of Noveinber.next, as:a day of general Thanksgiving : a#d Prai.: throughout the State, arid . eirrletls7 impior the people, .that;seiting asidelall worldly p suits -on that day, they. unite in offering thank to AlodiglitY 'God for His past - goodnpois, s Ain, mercy and beieeeh'ilrn fora campnuance.O . , his pessinn.s. Given unfer'iny hand, and the Great Sear o the Stitt, atNarribburg,'this twenty-eight. day of getober, in'the year , of our Lord oit thousand eight Ike:wired and fify-four, an of the Corinnoiwialtli, seventy-ninth. ti tßyviasoi. c A. - Secretary of,the,Connsonivealth. Oct. 28t14 1 185 . , . • /or The Crii-oilor , of North; Oarol;nu ko..."-art the .00th fur thaidositsinp tima t ra nI,Sg. .11 4nr10541.- LABS ST CIRCULATION IN; NORTHERS TES WA. B. ‘.(4IASE & VIII. DAY: EiniOns- I ntrose, Thu ay.; i NgF: 9, 1.854. - 1 ' ' I litoodt . Wood ! 1 • i I II i ' 4:; 1 lose f our-subsribe w n 3. ho contemplate pay ng u in i;woodi will' greqtly oblige by WI ging some Om Recolleet,- g?cd wOCKI 1 fl . and J good. be mal t:t e! wa in . lig r.b, a paper, . l . can it i akei the evil, good-natured. e* he eleCtiop inliF, { , l 1 )I:4cu_Tf . o, „go i that: is eltjeteti over; tinsi nre dat, le • , c I , diJntes. Oar: To. lark; tee L I 1,0:; le gentlemen . elytO theititereS •-. Their articles g well and %hall ' , .---------0 The /Nevoid if Freedom. e haVe r4Ceite4.ll th i n first number of a pa , earitio' the above tale, published at,Wak- AD • , KaUsaS!Territorvt • It is- a large sheet, - 1 ' ! by,' O. ''iW. 13a, o•IN - : 'ik Co., formerly of , •Conoettutillie . Cnitra f icr,(lritivr4rd..Cotinty,, 'lt is!ide r loted - 41, the' :cibject of. making 1 sas a IlrL4-!S i tate;lanii. is edited Withgreat 1, ! - I t ty and force. The! editor • says that he ir d; this•. first ntlrrilier, 20,000, which of se re4nires a steam:, press. A large. share. le'editiOn:is eirclttlateCl iu the states, for . purpose' of aconais itig .the people with territory,, its Indu ments t We ad 7 ~ ; evervbOdHc- Wholira. an iiniety ° to keep in -;. 1 . ned as to this territ ry; which is noir,' at - rain, tin.. - 4- so Much:attentien, by 'Ol means to -• 1 r -, :cribe for this paper. It iS'well north the ey.• ..k._dress ti. W.r-ThoWn tt- C0.,..8uf- N ew •l ic or, winch is the editorial agency ' hel.States;'enciciitia f 2.00. There is - no rim the 'pion better Worth .the money.. trust the 'editori Will:, see that is •is sent rktu[ , .• - i • - • larly.: - :•, i 1 FOlfiluienf of .f'rophery._ -, :i . si - ould say in all kindness to-the .repre- • tiVCSIof the 'south upon this tloor,, that if Would Strike . d4wii the .true trier of the ikvhc l ihaVe ever, With maul - ' tie *lir .: . , ~ y in xt Il in:untamed • your constitutional rights i nst all fanatical :assaults, :yen haVe but to ..,_ k upon them thel passage of this bill-as:a ieal t issne."--LM,;. .GrOw's speech in Con int e.A r cl in:as . ha Big. ~ , .th . . Vim are the • true men of the north ? . arp. those who,'," with manly intiexibili- . • milli:lined the.cOnstitotiOnal rights of the i agait4t'all fanaticaliassardts?". Where iliey[i to be found;? Are they to be found e district which the honorable gentle rerftwents ? . Did the diminished deitio i4ajetties in Ole counties; ofhis district; tl&se isemprotnise tneasures'were under ssi ( iii,;inakfl.up i lhe eiyeeial body-gthird 1 !•, on sti t utton , ' 4-2. fr - 11 7 R ilea • -reply to I 6:reprj• • j . j r—•• ' I e rake the above iprotations for two 1 , se.i.-+-the:one to let th e people - see how 1 . lotion li:4s turned into: prophecy Nailed, 1 the Other to anstver 4 gr. Witte'spiestion, I 0, aretlie true Med of the . North" at a 1 n ( libn 11:: may lie .sor 07 - exc.tr4sedi to ~ . iievenlithere they are, so Geep has the ion piled wreckiarid ruin 1 npOn them.— ' I . ; ill was passed ,'irs a:Political issue, the -tupOn that issue has been fought; and :fr. Witte, letzns.go iforth and-look nP rikilled and W r ontided,—that we • may lamorii them we shall find " the true men North."- Where stands -Wm. BIG4R . i r le been ,struck down, and . was 'not - he . • of Ale true men of diet North .?- - Can you not ski to l ille South in ' his behalf, that he " has; ever itnaintaine ? d, with manly intiexibil- ity, vour constitutional rights ? . Ifashe - not eyel• Maintained the ;rightS of the South, even At his-Own*petil,-when before the peopleof the State for the hiahest office in their gift''? •,, . _ Will you not,' Mr.-Witte,! acknoWledge him as one 'of `the true- men?' And where is he ... w no ? Hurled froin the position: he has rhon ored, not. 1 that hisl'Administration Las not ! been popular, not* frOm.his • own - record, ,but ' because-that, Bill has forced upon the North as .".-politicallliSsud. ~ Ddes Mr. - Witte Say "Kn . WNothitias" his -e done this I It , ,!- r ',. may . be true that i they .liave'•'-been mainly , . • / • the instnunetit, but r ,lwhat gage them diseon •- ' • ' l• i ~ • .tent in the ranks ofithe ,Deinocracy, on which . ' la ti - to:feed ? ,c,,tt tovhave made such havoc with the party one year agol Was the-Dern cicratic pit . t'tyever:si): strong,. antl. left -so coin . plitely roster of t.lie field as it was before the introduction of that Bill i, •NeVer, lrever !: - And : noL• we iniiiit ask lifr.• Wiue if he would 11(41e:ill CollWri , ' , ht one of the " true .• • - . men . of the North.': , . N . Ve . presutne he 'Would ‘ •answer yet, with'gr i ent, earnestness. .klten let liiui search 44014, rknaessliere ,ai the bottom of a stacki.esoo9 l'oties from the usual dem'- "be:ratie m::,jorty ii i i; his ' district, and lying thd`re, with life erulhed out' by the ponderous i 'weight of {the. repetil, the, 'will. find this "true i roan of the N r - th.l . .And - •so let him go. over ' ' •tite State,4lti in eerl; District, save three,he wilt - find auto .ig tl+ mangled '• and slain, - . the " true men 0 . duel Nbrth;'. dad . thote three way be said 1 o hale: comae off mortally wenn- - dol, nith bu, 7so#lll band . of their victori-- 1 i I ous legiors ..: v -..1 froin a total defeat. . . , • t-- :And then;fier . ."%I. :Witte shall have per- , i i fornied las mis sion throngli this State,-"and " ~, , . th e a aseertain4iere: wno are true men of 1 1 • the North,' ; -he ita a journey to the . • -he mi 6 i .l. President's —W State, land amon , r the gran- _ L i • i • 0 ite bills of I.Ni?wifampShire, see if he can find - I : •'. } ~ • - i ameng'hlr giam Le- heartul- Democracy, 'any I ! of , tire " trtielnen of the -.North," fallen by r rev:- eon of the passage of :that Bill. HO might_ even extend his. - traiels to - every northern State I. •4. - 1. •!--i!a• - eri sun) north-,of Mason &' Dlion's line i , , •! —and we ini'agase: thatiever).where,. scatter-, ed'all over, ire will 'find, 4l l ". the true men of the ..-- North" •sirueli down. After -- -all this-circuit 1.4 sliitirint4 toe n completed ' - we faneY that !if Air 1 • -, Mr atr, 31m)e. itars to weep he will p re . pare'tO shedithe'M i now4l • We fnney his ques tion 'milt I lhay'e• ken. answered, evea,.to :his own eon:4ll.4am ion, " - #lllo . tre the true men - of the NOithhiointed out by` Mr. Grow ?.- Acid= When he • shall : ,fgo-e found theta fall, and gathered ~ : ta together ? ! he may appippititil. ly::pr , ,,. - ir#:iitj4rrn :'• this 'following con • :.:' , 4- ,-, ;.• .",...,.. .-1-,•-::". ' .1;:' .. -:'-'' --- -; - A, - - , ,•. ': ' ' H.. - ' ' ' r • ~ : . . A. . • 1 • • Pin to I ( 1 .11 Zlre uli res VII I Lnit nauj diso of th . r. parpl predi and ".wl' k•Election. w York Was held Tues to_ptcss the indications Einew Nothing eandi- Lel Whig and dont:rena -1 Tistituks . 6Cottr,_ firstpage this interesting, besides thP writt.cii. • . se InglArng.-Ttivould be more appropni aiely pronounced, perhaps, the third day of next Mareb,;ttelaxt thing before the Speaker ennonieei the 'final 'adjourninent of the pros." . 14 - eat Cungtess,- - -,-nt these - words. " - 0, ye true tnetrer tfOorth) You have gone'd4n . in the Ate* with all 4ia board ! You prefer-1 ed, in Yolii pure devotion - tothe cense of God! 1 and popOu'itovereignfy,. to ba-strickendow4 by your notv‘tituents, rattier than violate' violat youi heaVerdY consciences, and, behold :your preferences linve been regarded !" Selah„. Comproml 7 . " All OomP7mnises are at an cad," is the language of all parties now. There is some thing iti Oils! simple expression, more vitallV - • - concerning t i ne happinessand , common good , of the cOnntt,y, than many, even who-utter it IFrOtn the first effort to ormnize this confederacy till a very recent. period, .there has neveftili now ,bee Wanting . a spirit, cs peciallv ,North, compromise and r concession. Nowhere *as this more strong- ; y. eieruPlif4:llian the --ConVention: to frame o , CSnstitution, nor does that spirit seena'to groW•ti less tills within la .few tnotiths.paSt4 All dangerous agitation, and . internal:istrii . erbave uniformerly been settled by juatual cbmproinise and arrangement.-4 This .facl is 4igni6cant: It shows that there has always 'xisted an unselfish 'patriotism; which, 4,r the common good has-been ready to' hriwri - forward its-sacrifices and las-I:tient down upon the altar of their country. Sitre. - . ly, none e insensible to the importance of tit kept alive--4eingpresery e.l unimpaired, :vs the. country iqreases in greatue*S,:and consequently in conipleXiir of interests; ;," flow deeply then is it ealculated to move 'heart of the patriot,.when he'S'ecs such evideitc'es, about him; that all spirit of, conciliation land compromise,—all - uatiOnal atresctioniS: first passing away, the pOlit T ical parti4 4 the conntry are rapidly fOrni-I lag upon an eiciting,aiti3 r dangerous section al issue. Ott such a state of things rap] idly settlinObout us, 'cannot be disguiSed.; and, Whatislmore-oininous Of coming events,l cannot be avierted.' Iloweverinuch ive.maYdej precate it,--however-mach we may grieve over probahlb results, still, the issue is tho sentiment-upon which it is founded. i; herent in themature of men, all outwardl,o - seem to 'hare, couspiredl to this one point, till there is now tio way of buth' escapebe an humble submission of a vanH 'quislied minority. No balm. 'of Compromise , Will new heal the wound,-no voice of coneess-1 ion saYing'," peace, be still," Will . go Out . Anti still the angry waVes of Discord .and Strife ll Sectional jealousy and bitterness have takeni the place of fraternal affection. 'We.,confessi • that when:, tse contemplate this subject,-- 7 --, when) . ye - see iabout us these evidence's of tlie tendency 'of the country to leap over the nar-,! - row Precipice dividing it from all, the horrid 'calamities of eifil - war, a settled, dark maul impenetrable gloom comes loathing tip before'; the 'mind. ohs such to be the fate of the great-1 lever • reared on earth I Is . thet .sua of I3unkerhill, :of Monmouth, of. Valley Forge and lorktown to set in such. - a night;; and their Stbfr to he lost in such a ruin ? gut Such' retlectiOns should not deter', us from diaty, .Or persuade us to submit tOlutol-1 erable riggremsions. , Every :maul has a duty; to ptlfainv this Crisis ; gild, arming -him self with that, he should Meet the consepen ceswith firm and , unalterable purpose- -:- 1 Whatever they may be, they will rest- not with the peojtic of the free States. An Inio- IS amliition; or an; l inexcusable recklessnessl on the part of a few men in power, has brougit.the'i:-ountry to this. point, and.if it shall now belsaved harinlesS it will.owe noth-1 jug to theklWhileilif it shall, sink deep be 7, neath the-, lilbod-red surges of revolutionary contest, never to rise again, on their heads, swill rest the' esponsibilitY, with all its fearful anti crushing weight. For our part, NL' C : feel that our poetical obligations, , are canceled, save those' W 0„-.to a generous pe4le who have Sustained us in the. past, and till the! wrong shall' be made right—till the govern- , meta. Shall. , rescued from its perilous posi=! -tion,, and it. 4 figure policy settled , '.on a' basis ; permanent.yi consistent with the principles upon it was orgAnizekl, come what swill, but one lai4 shall guide our Way. The - free; institiitiOnS I)4* country must be preserved —the —the soil. which the 6 , ;(1 '.of Nature created • . as-ail Inherittincel for the free energies of a fiee jkoplc,'Must.i net be polluted with the foot Of servitilde,-,—the enterprise and charac ter ofiAnieriCa s n 'industry, shall not be degra ded beya dinnoralizing: competition, side by, side, - irkh the labor.of the neg,ro' Into ;ncli a contest has the country been forced; ?)c bead councels„ and the mitrel mustnovi , Ge decided.) No man can avoid! nieeting it ft'i lie position muSt'bei • talterl i for Ithil,battle tniv, : t Le fought. . It is idle' fer any party or set of mess-to at- 1 1 tempt\ to•sattle the slavery agitation now, bYr, the dOctrinelof nOri-intervention, 'or by leap-- i ) i ing the qiieStion to the people of the teriito•li ties. "i That doctrine will not now be aceep , l . ted Ns'. the peciple of the' North, because thev 1 - • •1 have ;one ivreeil thereto, only to find their faithin its.tinalitv insulted and broken. likla i jorit-, L - 1 ti 1 ....s alone' eau settle it in such a mariner 1 as to die satikietory for -as we have 1K;forl . i .-•,, ( 1 • • ' -'. • - 1 observe 4, :ill; onfideuei in leomproniises'or arJ. 1 - I • :, ' rangewentS ii' . been totally destroved. 1 1 ! This .artiel mac Seen) El! singular eontinut t .. ation of our;, abject last twec.k, nevertlieles its re:levanq nay' be : discovered before. we. islialliliave,Rtinple'e,i' I a series, if not now.--L Congress is shout to meet; and auxiety,:wil again be tut' to the National Capital' ItS, sc,.s.Sinu .will short however, and b:ut litth; can be eipeefed, save' occurrences which will - - - ' I • ' - servo to develop future plans of s'outhernpolL ) icy., , J, Tlie:eyts of the 'people must be opened to s thiugi clearly. Sobel 'reflection an i deterl:pinata" feasoit must take the. place of naticiistr(andireeklesstiess, where they may e - ist ; tout thii.greatest ,Oution must .. be .wee - cised that - :s 'become not thel.--aggresKor.4- Let inOrtliero . *entiment simply: stand' upon. the le'ktiiivie,.;-:-iii defense of- constitutional rights,- Tr in.4efeuse.4the rights . of .northern labof, ilia tiorthern,iiistitaions,,in defense of the dO4ttki#:s 0 lhja early. 'ttt4 ppipay` ill,iiv Ofilie'R4i,itlilie.,- me;eiinf 'every itikicryi•ibit :{*; • 1 • 1 - aliall arise, with u cool and res late firmness, Aelding•u4 One — inch till the 'Slavery ques tibia, in this.4ioi‘rnment, uhall' hd seti,led.be yind the po et;ardisturbittice.(- 'or the con sequences, UM North Will nut tic ItinsWerable. • lineldents iir the Folly j h istory of • I.Pealusyft•aufti--the fls t Lativ•ouit 1 ---the f riot Bcltool 'Tess her. Nothing tnore profitable,l and nothing should be MOM interesting to he generation o to=day, tfui.nflie incidents c , i nflected With the founding of; this gOvernmentl, by the ad .vtnturous•and : ,ifon'Alearted me 'of two coif-- , • • • Odes ago.- !Vie rude structur f .. they reared, aLith the stately ,edifice of the present,:waS: so: co:ninon:l4(le and insig nificant, that*O know of •noth s ing better cal= dilated to iniprcss the minds ofi• youth with the grentlesSbnot progress, that' the recital.} of those simple incidents of history- which the. first settlers 4,•ithis' continent 1141, on record .• •• ,1.4-their•acts' r:• . -',. •• , • ! I: - ..: ; • ' ..i Fortunatels-,cor the gratificatitin of our cu-. riosity; we lutvis', at - hand a. -comPletelrecord -4 the law-Miiiiingtind law-disPensini. body, • which controlled the 'civil attiirsOf this Corn -1 nionwe s alili; When' fi rst founded lb . s- Wsi. PENN, '', : - • aird we have thou - ht that at.kliW; iticidents t. . , :,• . culled from:. Its' pages might be.intereiting to •I • 4 our readers , o, ive are persUaded; are as . , • lOyal to the antoept,:as• well'aS Present glory .; .i. • , of Pennsylvania, as any of herisOns. i ! ; • . ,; - I We will net! stop here to 'diyell . upon. the circumstotic6: Which Obtained for Wm. Yes's, • ' :i.- :,- ' • ; ; ~ the extraordinary giant from CrrAtitts II,• to f4und the COlo i ay of . Peunsylvania, beeause it I ii probably ; fOndlitir to our readers . The first abt of l'Er . i - iiher it was obtained, ;was to • If d'raw. a " frittne of 7goVernmetiel -forhis peo ple, •-togetWii *WI a few laWsi , organizing them fur tlai:. Pittly,se of his !Mit:Sion. This ; ; 1 er as doneinygland„ on * the 11 tlr .day of Ju -1 IY, - 1681, jusk Previous to setting sail'ifor' the Xew World:: iOn 'arriving here it became i • • - 1 i . ,• . 1 necessary to ; ;organize ?i•-. more , ouipre,e sys-- . 1 tern of govOrnitent, and this simple in its Ifdria, Was fire`frected through 'a. Provincial Gourficil, conipOi.-ed of WM..l' 'NN, GioVerEor, "aipt sixteen metribers chosen 1.1 4 . the Colo lists • , 1 ; themselves, .!. i - :i :. i This Countiii first met at Pidladelphia the 1 "I pth •day of *arch 1682 ; midi it is wothy of IrOmork here; that they.. called;thia the first I Month, beginning the 3 oar v.iti, i r t Ire firit day of M"arch-in Of January. ThelCohiny was i I teii divided into six counties,' viz: Pidiadel i 1 pliia, Cliesteri Bucks, New -04tie,"fient and. 1 Sitssex, the lassi . three now cottipasingiin part 1 . .. -.-, '.the State of - Delaware. Slieriirs wero home dla t e l v erected,: rind la el ve fredmen from each . county, th ree of each to - act, mit:Oulu: . e'.l..irs to the Governori : 4ind *nine frotni each to corn= - , prise.a , General;,"Amembly, or.. egislative- De piuttnent,, ,w0:el also Clectc4d. 'the Couiieil met i - ,oli, Liar day .Oki t ve stated, fort the first. tinge, I,and thus . , waS planted the little germ which t h c irs expanded , its 1 inereaked its 1 ••• -; , enemies, t ..• sqefigtli, and pruned itsproirortion.4,. till it ni r ov stands. forth a model of iepublicanism th , . : . ~. , • e KeystOneirtthe,arch of flip. greatest eon , 1 4: - •'' ; : fe;..lerated powier,on earth.! Sorely,- that clay should be cel4ibrated above altothers' by the . I t .pople of Pvinsylvaitia,:. for. the. sun never s...Miled upori 4e so mighty 'it cpnseiittenees, li and so big with intereSt to us, the children. of i triosa- e.44.410 , 4te4 tier Ulicillieli 163k01 ui! and bleiSed its'liSi II ' l . - - I - ' [ • ' I ...- ,-. '' 1 \ , ti. As "soon nsll,ti; Governor hadreceiVed the i .: •: .. 1 I returns of . • tliclelection, the members proceed ! li.o to vied al.po:‘ker, resulting in the Choice l'l'oE •Tu 0 31.'S. ; ) 1 , , +. .' - , : and the ' , Assembly and 11 Ci.quicil being orga n ized —a complete" ; system il of Governnt9it i laving been erected -a few 1 pi“,itionswer'e]rel:eived and both Brattehes ad-1 li kiurned till tile, followoi it day. The first law z" , ipitssed was entitled ''' A Bill for planting flax -'acid lamp., land the first executive power ex ercised was ;the ptinishment .Of one.of the . I; I , criave Coifs - 014s Lir "being. disordered in ''' - .:• '. • • Ark." OS ;name was John - Richardson.- • i i 1-1 . . 1, Ije was Sfif<ll(l.e . d to pay a fine of tve. Slid- . 1 liiigs. Tliis44 on the 13th .of. March. five dais after rite Meeting of the Assembly.-: • il Tiiii . s: early.wio i the ',e t ...A:dire po.wer invoked • .• : A It aga i nst . t he , .yice ol olunKetai.e.si'; and .thus 11 early too didlit !rear its head in the halls of I' legislation. S . 't.4On afterwards, by ordOr of the Assembly, the - Governor - issued a 'prochuna -1 •;• I • ti: . (4 7 to supprOs the selling of rum, and ail disorder in ptiblic houses." : '- , . . Nearly twe i•ktrs pa&ted - quietly•by„nothing . oLurringto,dii4arb the good order and pros piity thO Colony: PENN emplOyed his tiiine'in.attenditiz, to the business of •his gov einment; ant fn devising means for the rapid siittlement ofdtiS grant. • Ills people Were so 14:r, industriOuand bOnest. No Courts of. 14w had Yet bieen organized, for .no necessity -had occurred; therefor. When neighbors dis agreeti;they had been in the' habit of refer ringf • their . dispute to the Governor in person for ndjudication,*or to ,the :Governor and I wlur dispensed equity after,. having heard Ihe.statdments of the parties. But thiis hoppy.repose:.Was destined to recewe a shock. Ott the 24th :of: October; 1683, the delibera tions of the;COuneil were interrupted . by a hasty and inirkertant message from-the Goy ! • • • ernor, annutnieing 7 that some person ,haa been putting riway bad moneyr—in. short. that counterfeiters were auiong theth. The • . tnessage 'secrhs to .haye thrown thew into the. greatest'cotonation. centmd-im tnediately -tipuit, two then, named;Charles J.,iekerjug and iS'am lincOey," and the Conn, (41 ordered ti: n arrant to be drawn and the of fenders to bd arres ted, which was .done. • { • therewas nq regularly organized blurt, they , . were.brought,before the Gover.nor and Conn.- w,til give, 'the proceeding. in• the LOatter,preciWy as they are recorded on the jO urtial of-tile:Council ' • , The • GOrernor telleth Chas. Ph:kering Samuel 'Mackie) , of their übusd tO I the goverutnent: ih coining Spauieh Bitts and Boston= iou, 0, to' the great"damage ;rind abuse of t. 14 subjects thereof,. and' asked . them Whether, or iniihey are guilty of the fact.— Thei confers•that. they:bare .put . off „Kane of there new ...I.fitts, but. they say that all their Mon§y was its good silti'er as . any Spaiaislilmo-, denY'that .they had any &Ind . in. tlie... - tnatfo: : Charles -Pickering*: •saitit he Will stand 14' it and be tried.; -he declareth fieheard' 404 4tteh swear: that - lie tip ant 13uE. Violin (4eingi . Ont for and examined, pqsiticely dm* whatChas.:Piakerinci affirmed." ITho. Governor • ask6l Samuel . Buckley ther lie did not help to ipelt.the:money. confessed) that he luith be'eu.geilty tiotne; rtt 'of that." After a aborthearing further, y were both ,beld to bail not to go out of .govetnnient. seeinA. to: have acted in ipipertatit ;platter o i the: princ:ple, that certainty and prompititude of punisinnent de e ail important-to the prevention of crime, t 4 pr the very next day. the Council' met and ordered an indietment drawn ttg:iinst the of 'titlers, which Wasilend,and the Sheriff or dered to summon a Grand Jury." iln the af " ternoon of the same day, t 'Ju y met—the I is Jury ever asseint)H in PennVlvania, of vlitch Thomas Lloyd . '2ln„ Journal, says, the 1 Grand kJqy being (al ed over, went forth tia'find.thethill against, C harles Pickering, antil returned 4:nd found the bill as. beiUg a and grievous ne..". A jury. of twelve then empan 7 td try theause .. ; •tid Mtn )I , liite.was.. e AttorneffGeneral( to pled on . Folk s.. The GoVvrnor atitfad a 5 Itidge,charg . the Jury cif, - the . - oneltision [of • the' &l ice, who soon uturne4 n verdi4t of guilty." 6 Governor: then scut nccd Imp to take. d: all the 'policy he. hid-passe4, to pay a oflforty pounds towitrds btlihrtnga - Court itise, and find ; seetVrq.'for his' ood behav .':..l3uAlev Was al,tiq onvjc tcdl and fined cy, ten poundsi-beeau4 ilte:Par(ly confessed e . This affair awakened the: Governor and tined to the imporirtlee of organizing anis of - Justice, an& an : ;Act; was pat's .l • soon after, creattug• flive,f, provincial Ages, and - orianizinaull COuls of record. other suit however; art .tried before .the vernor, • which was eornplaint against Q i re oril I is 1 1 ,1 (tIl ( I ruit M• tgaret Mat6hu- for witchcraft. • At that d'a • the existence. of, 'wilt:oh-es •Wa.S a . , thihg- of ridigiotts belief, !and t 4 said Margaret. was t Iti first. case oneurringLin •Peurisilvania.— • The Goveinnr tintColin:ell •ProOed - ed With. t-at solehinitv,on. the - 120th' dar.lof Febium; I rv; 11.08:"3, toin . ake the iiiyestigatiOn.. The •evi -1 ! . dlenee was pretty severe; against the prisoner. akid the finding ,l'i t f the jurv:Was 4 nh%etty.•--- .. 1111 2. y fonnd her'"guilt of leaving the eont nOn Ihine of 111. witch,; • but: not dot' being a: I I' 1 '" ' li wite 1. - So . argaretl Was Ordered to find 1 I ' , • - sr.curttv for' her goOd belhavior, ati:d let oo.— ' :IC first Judges holditig Uotninissiol . in', I i •hnsylVania; wireWntl. il''cleh,.N ielt Moore, \Vim WOOd, Robt. Turner and .1(lin Ecilev: Ut {der. them a slystein of :JutisprUdenee•swaS e•• tablished . and adminis'tered.l ;. • I is yet no. Schools liad been established: , Th's attrinited the earlylattentiun of the Goy-_ ell! or. - and Coitueil hOweYer, and 'we find:that . I on !the f4.6:11 of Deeernb4r, 1653, the proceed in gs.are - recorded . : • i • , I : • . • , ; ; I't The Governor and council having taken into theirseriou4 consideration the great nes cti.' , ;..sitv„tlitire. is of :t Sehbol .Master for the in stHciion and sober oltiOtion!Of youth in the, ton of Philatletphia, st*t foi Enoch Flower, an inhabitant of - said toWn,Whol for twenty' 3-Ors past hath i beeiv eiiiircised - - in that. care And employment .in England,; tolwhom hav-. ing• communicated their minds, he embraced, it inpon these: terms : Thllealin th read ..Eng li,ili, 4 shillings Per quarter, thread and write,' 6 Otillings per %Omer, triad_ to learn . to'read, write and cast 4Counts,l . 8 sliillings per guar tor. !I :. • :. . . • f;Nir. Flower wits the fi st Se l hool Teacher in th•!I State-, .and flired biz the; Governor and .Legislature. ,Thus earl . i' Was the doctrine of, the duty of the LegiSlatpre to .provide a sys tea of Goluinoni Schooli - •- • ;I re - e l ognized—like - a; gtitt- of tuustarA Idatiled . .by- the hand of go‘;alnes and bi-uevolehee--1t: has brought' fot.ll a plentifulliart ; for did generation ofkoldar to reap I • • , 1 H • t • I -• _ 1:1W - NN'e . extrit'et the 01lowing from nn ar titite in the Bradford Rcoortc-r., Nye :Ire alikd thlit (11: 4 .1 : ;C;Still t0,.d0 BInLIU t sittiple justice, though be at a tintewhen. be l t does not need It : • • . AS early :14 . May last, the . Represen- . : tative Congt - Css - froin:thiS:•Distriet, in the course of-his remarks orlon the Nebraska bill, mho - no-A other 'truths; tittered the folloWing prOphetic sentence : . •-,.; sir, as an early and, constant friend ofi this adMinistration, l de! , ire l thkAefeat of I tins bill ;. for, itS passage will,- in uli judg 7. l mein, insure beyenelA qoubt ; ari anti‘AdMiti istration majoritV-in ti ii t Cmgress.. : ..As I an earnest and dcroted friend o; the Deitio- - f erotic party, to - Which I have eheerfully,gic'- I n eby best etterr;ies front my earliest politiCal • I action.desireir the gent of this Bill ; for it; passage will blot it put is a natienaFor r.:Mization, and, leaving ] but in wreck in every I nOrtliern State, it will live Only in history.-- 1 AS a lover of peace, h4monv, fl-aternal concord among the eilizletts-Of the Confedera eY," aril as'a 'dertnee at the shrine of this I.7n4it ieti with all it (srecionii hopes . t.) man - , I de sire the defeat of this f 'lts passage tll. I tear open 'wounds n t yet healed,. hicera -t0 spirits already frenzied. ii 34 the--tii.ffid of ecinti,lence whieh - unites, the tWe',seetions of the' Union will he rent asunder, lantLyears caf alienation and tinkindOssi May tntervene be foi-e it can. be re'stored, if ever, tb its wonted tenacity-and•strkgth."l !How his forchodings lhave been realized, let Ncw Hampshire, Miti.m.; Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana answer. Is there in any North- C 6.1 State g anythin more than the wreck of a . 'rtv, and Can tlie - fnaititents be - r elied upon _ m a future .e,ontest ? • But. it has -Been iu l i enustivania that the direst ellects.of the Nebraska ttiquity have ben experieneed.' It mias here that the blow lias,fallen with the most weight. -It has de.; fentol the re.'ele:t:tion of . ntil?..xentive, -whose administration .of State atlitirs meets the ap probation'of men of evqry party. - Better . that hundred.ai Dotiot s.s's had l been defeated, than :that one . Bist.y.a . had Ifeen strieken Biut 'he has the! prtitnlie - sobitic:i , Of knowing that itis for the sins ofo.herS'' d r inthe sneered ; that in all 'the contest through ;which he.'has passed, no one has dared to Say aught-against his reputation, Or attempted to .nrraign iii;' administration Of ;the atfairs of the Common %ealth. stand amidst the list of Executives; al bright enstunplethis recom- Mendations - and - zhiii . fekOes bas models for fu two ye, - •- ars: • • - The feeling of respeet for. G9v. Btotitii of adOration of his ollicial nets, Waxed him tn:i ny rotes, which otilrerivise would Itve,beett east in the inainier ; be4t calculated to express 1 disapprobrition ,dthe Nebraslcalhill. Demo:, OratS voted' agaitisi, hi:) a ivitlt i tilie iitiniut re luctance. Theraclino%o edge Mitts worth aS a Ulan—they adinitted Iris soundness and wig.' dole as an' E..Xecntirti l —they kiln w that',a change could otlhetier the adnikistmtion, and - yet the'y a . tided more :' tliilt. theirluruiih Of tlie• party `should be heralded hs at; endorse incur or Circa an sicquiescweilf the Repeal Of the htissottri, Ccitepil,iii • iu •••vaiA ° Qv. ' Bigl9T-tleclar t 104 .14 411 4 149 4,0 4i it4441?-- . . on hi.' own incrits,alonein Vain 1 his prote' s tatiOni that lie . was not : neeount4ie for the actin ,of Cd i ngress4:—the People dc.iaed_that throlugh him and throngh the - Democratic pare , ihe tetinke was to be 'o4iVen.i , -- ' eil6 ! * of a Democratic M. t4ntive Iwe c ilx ! I f yiLdepiCte----the'eauses`are witktitat am bit!ulvf,tiiell would betray the jiiterestii,of our i eohntry.ito propitiate Southeinsentitnent., Jtalifejlottrts and his coadjut* in pollti-: cal ra47rtlity are answerable. for the deft of Coy. Bigler pad for the pr*ttt rui4e'rable e6n- . dition'.:of the Democratic party. That - par\tv 1 iii 1 -1 doubt, :0 . • ' %-ill time ewe have no . rise in te r aev4dlsirength, pruned of such hiespleable excre4neeS, and one of it. first ' :Os - will - ,he ;to . Yindieate.4 the official _an d personal el , 4irae- it) - . ter ;of :Gov. Bigler. - , neck that •the ball.ruei protlu ely 1_.7........,_,„;,...„,..„..., ce4. a „sli g h t , - . - flesh wound:"" Wore ha c•uld arise, however, npon- hini tin caught hum Levi 'rushed .by the c f r throat an:id:•iifter stranglin him until. he was! intliensibleoo%v-'his,dagger ..and plunged Lit • into his 4:irt,..Causing - in4taixt . death:. Gen oral further'relates that 4vi, with his aslii t ,..• tance,:took.l.lier.body as sOon as life .was 4. tinct aid carried - it to. nri adjoining hollow 'arid deposited . it--careftilly, .concealin g it. by placing three ht.'s, brUslt, weeds,!&c.npo u .• it. ! .. • • The :nec of - the deceased.- bote, evident marks of a terrible struggle with his murder: et before ;the fiefidishertne ! e:was - accompliih e d ; . 'The throat Was mutilated; the face.ota *at ple hue; the eyes protruding from their socket t y bearing evi dent. niailiSlefstrangulatioti, Whil s t, i ; ---0-42.--..---' , .----41 •., .on the left - breas`t, immediately, above the. _.i- • i •-- -Later-front:Cilistwir - - - 77-7 ' liiiat4'.wasii-g-haitly itouficrio-nletlitee—frich.-..- ilri4ol of She Black ;farrier,—H(,'h ineie,-E.r- es in; length. ,_ . .."-..:.. !1 - . 2 4::: • • .iesaions- 7 -darage c roothmt , .o.l . tae, 'rebels— . .The firing orthii!pistol aSlii siiidary litui - - , , 1 4 thei,clotericOo Consul fi red ii, #4 wou,vd- , . by the•plantatiettrhands . ,!,who were werking lad---continuid tu,ccess- of the / inngeyits. in a field some th i tee hundred yards distiint, z r .butno nnpor vice Attached-- / to .It !until '! i'l ' '''• : ` . ' i -, --.' Jolt' 4 2 • 4 f.... was '•• '• .! ....NsTosi :1 ~. Mr: I'9llms-failedlx) return, at Lis usual hOSr. ' ' LIFt, eveiiirig the Rev. 111 4 r.'llentiey and I He being a verypuncttuillman;.apprebeisions liass4.4bv theexeentionsgroural, a narrow lane 100 .feet long, occupied on One side with pot- 'were thenrf, but ivithont sncet StintitAogs for -his - - safety: l -ElearcW Was' ia teri shops, on the Otherahlank trUll.• It , ,was .then . institu edl, quite accidental that we stePped !aside. :l f ew - were protured, - .-wheiV the hotly; wagdiOciVered v:lds-rront Our !wzi,V to s'eeit, for ; ,t. !had pass. lit tlu. abeve described pesiticsitind_esiindiiien. ed lovil;.r it yeAerday when it.• Iva's ! ! ! 'cleared of The'negre..inan General liioeof.ll6o4iiiited-- derid , bodies, . ii , rid 44 , ani y -. ,re ,.,•,41„ g h i . t h e. . . as a participant. in the crime and When titres -sight of- a . ... bin, ,of (lemma , hunian heads,:' ted 7 upon examination blOod was:found npoS of his clothes and finger nails... - .-' Which, would measure as mu c h 4 3 cor d ~ .:, , . . ' wood; and ,the black, • blood-st4ed ground= .. 1116 n(gro ritat Levi ha snot l etitttlinT, a- i...ketting . etlluvia:'. ! •., so .hr as we learned, htitheCitiinothop e mil tins-afternoon we - li al i pe . n lf t o i t, s .- b y I to escape the . vigilance - ttrbich'iill he ;mine. Oleic jtot - long after .5 o'clock, the execution . . . ,e,executiona, I Aliately exercised rot his. arrest: ' A :-pielintir .. 'hour, :before the heialless bodies %-e,i.e reinow- .nary investigation lof - the affair - Will take' i i ,„ ( 1,1., J A irown i n .. 1 place tit fore Esquire ,N . V.ocid.on Saturday:next, ed !front the ground, 'or the, to the: heap. -. There lay fifty or sixty victims, 1 atrl. o o'clock. -7 ' I' - - ` !--- - • I:- ' ' 1 J wbieb. m, not greatly a b ove i a,. , /„.er„ geo f , MC. Ile - lines leaves ,a 4 . wire and .child to daily executions for h 'keel: or tAilc; pas i..,.. t h e I mourn • his untimely end.-- - Mias.Freetrader. ,i__ . II i , . I head ! near the body:. from -winch, !t..w.,- , 0 , 13 . 7 • 'Clii itt .iva§ju:st, smiered, the .bands tied behind the . back, the legs sprawled,- the yiCtim fallen firward upon LI K -bOly,, The : 11001 i creatures are placed lin a litatioue befote the other, in a I:keeling pos ture, the head beni . lfolkard ;• on of the .t wo• exemitioners holds Mtn, w_bilelthertherStrikes (A rth6, bead, at a single stroke, a itally, 1411,1 ti his sWerd. • ' • - 'lll - ' . ",Mr:=l3outley' could understandl- the talk of. .tli'll..standers, and it revealed ; indignant fe4ings at this slaughter, for tl Victinisitre ()ken roar and innocent, st;ized 'WHillent th t eir 11aWful' avocations "on groundic4,s'suspichni s i andletteeuted. without trial." ....I speak atMs ledlyl.llLeang-Afa used thotie worpSl. -One was tt - I.tattent,while - being shaved in a biirber"s shop... 1 Wliktiii, M 1". One of the bystanders expressed him- Iselflfrltelv to r. _miner agains !the gOvern inititit,ll his comrades hushed ! l int' , lest his woriklshetild be - overheard andtkeparted to t I • I theonandarins. .' • ''t ' -1 114.irdav the :American ciinsnl,iMr. Sport ,, nerd wishing' to ascertain the t ruState of the. 1 mat4ets at Fulishau, a toWn up .. .he riser;fif let 41 Miles sonthw'i:tst froM , here, of .000,000 linhi bitants, the possess ion wh 01 is l disPii. I te4l whir the rdiels•by the ititperntlists, cans , . i ingla s.erious.interruptibii` of .trade--went up . t r willi ,Captain pagers, of the .15 S. steamer !Jobb thincock, two or threci.oth r',A.merican I 1.4411cier4 Mr.) ton ney .as i nterprettiy,ln cirew of th a ! nnirle.n 28 , -'--in•all 40 soul: iii 'ove - 11Slats.:" 1•1 1 14 , V left at 7 A. 24.. - and returned lit 3 P. 1 . 4 4 i.. - l ikii.lßouncy tells me the beatti Iprecceded I ' '•I 1 unmolested and - passed at 10 , O'clock . the i ttransport boats . .of the imperialists,: and a lit t - - 1 tle,labOve throi%h the fleet of 27 . 1 imperialist' IjMiks,; emit:lining the heavy gibis arid the IsUltliei,tts returning. from a mornitigifight with , [did rebels at Furtshau. , The:Americans corn- i ni . ay 'Unicated slightly and in ti, friendly. W' wttsh the junks Mal passed on. When. with,l it Aral}` a mile of, the burning 14.0dingit:on..1 did opposite side of• the river front' the town' ,tlieV Were challenged bi- stragAtirr rebels,' rt• . -"i f'"? :abet,iut i'xty in number, Who.brave tilted-their ied•their • -. stf,-o''rds', looking! fiend-like, and detv,ing them. 3fr;ll3lnney caned loudly; and matie very dis-, ti'in,:tl\;7 the Chinese I S ts sit - im l of theiii frieudly in -1 1 int' ; .tt i t io, , but in vain. --- '1 1. -•• i 101141 of the rebels, several rodit:in ativaneel of 'ithe.rest,. st pped, and resting his at 14e'1,-; oh .an milt aukinent, within'; fifty feet; of 1 tli4thoat; aimed deliberately ; atlthe stern of thU, gig, where sat - . Mr. Bonney Mr. Spooner . and - Capt. Roilgers-L-the boats'ittnl been pre ,,viOuslY put about and were going down the 1 vlver..!, Capt. Rodgers noticed,' the. rebel's movement, and remarked it t4uil, so that Mr, 13bnney had time to stoop hiS head be lt* the gunwale, *hen the matchlock was fired, ; Arad a buckshot, grazed Nl'f. ;Si)oonef's clieekl and whiskers. Instantly two guns, tivro levelled and fired by the marines in the tlier bOat—the launch—and-also Capt. Rod-1 .. (Is fii•ed both charges of his .d4uble-harrell- ' 'e t tl ignO, and the assailant fell, denlitless dead. '1 lt itt 'a time of constant alarm ';hdre, among thG Chinese ; hundreds and t housqudsof whoin are mnving \vial their families and effects to tile:6, Houti-Kong, die,. pri - vink roundly for '. l . :„ . , ts- to 4. .• 1 . , steamOr conveyance. Nothing i/S I done. here 1 1 ronijitly as uith 'us, and disttithanices. may for weeks or months Were a deeis continue .: ive res,blt is Obtained ; but it . seems increas ingly_ probable that ultimately the rebels will succeed), and -the Chinese Imperial dynasty bc, Ainged. i 1 ' :t : , - The Perils tl S.att. Drsluag Mir der. Mr. '.l. E. HUlthe4, overseer on Mr. Iretiry Metcalf's place on 'Second Creek, - 10 miles .N from atchez,l ' was most brutally' murdered on 'Saturday last, about 10 o'clock.. at. The above 'report reached 'wan on Sunday when Cot °tier Wood immediately preceeded to the spot and held au inquest (met. the Ju.dy of the deueased, when the tolloa int; testimony aas elicited. 'l ite testimony is, that of 'a negro of Mt. 'Metcalf's, a hose former good' character (as; we' learn front one of the into's on.thesin quest) and disposition have'beeu sitch as to elicit from his master the utmo4 i4nifiklence, and will doubtless be entitled q, to some weight. This own.° t General, Mr. Metcalf's . stock ,_ drier, statei that, some ti me !oat, a negro titan named Levi. belonging tot Nil (__ t tandler, near Oohl Spring., was detected —by Mr. HOltnes in the het of stealing , ot n,l.witereup 011ie was caught and chastiwnent inflicted. lulthe presume of this negro. 'eneral, Levi. (~ averted vettgeuee agt:inst Mr I.loltites, and declared. that he would hav 'revenge the first 01)1)er:unity. General fartlier states that early ort Saiunlay morning- last) Whilstlie Wa4 i /' in's field attending his daily av'oeatton, stook i _dti Mg, that this negro Levi, apPooached hint, armed aith it pistol and dagger, and asked him whether he uould betray hint it; he kill ed Mt. Ilohnes. General told • hint that be would not. - Levi then askedo4eral whet* , erlhe'cifitid not mann me It; ind n ' Mr.llolmes t, .. toluome down into that field. Yedetars na - - suier to that question we do not at prest - nit , ,_ t ~,, , 2 rekollcut distinctly, so we retrain irOin giAilig• nib' tiluwer at all, for fear of a mistake. Ju t, at! any 'rate, the .iird Levi reinn - ne d` in' the field On the look out fear. ' Mr. l imos until n & aimut: ten o'uloek, when., :be .o;.e. 'vexed hini .approfichiug on hombna. • Ail: ..riktu..., roe up ve il the Lan at Ow entrance of the Gehl ) , asinounted rind ""fPlleetinglY , kV alketi in. for the purise ° C l °Aing at 00 1 U 0 Yealug in a les. *4 ad ralvanced howev#*but it Ow Arm lie was fired' upon by Ibis neweiati~, b4v l l , nth irtt(o.B43 pistol froto A Lilco of -eon ochlurnt. M r. Holmes fell instantly, and it is i'nproked from Ofotffirtii"thel , ,id o f t h e 1 Be •. The friends •of Kansa s fir the- east, and par- tkittlarly in New England; must be -active in their tnOvemetit to Torwa4d . pioneers if..they expect to secure th r is . territory to freedem.— 'Missourians are doing-thir utmost..to .sectire • , the preponderance of slatery - sentiments, and are locating by hundredsraround iForneav-- v: enworth, in - view Of the (proximity of, that • .place to the The cleetipn take.plice.Sook'and it is - all-important for the - tritttnplt of freedom that active tueasures be emploYed:to herry,upem igAttion.-'. The Etnigraitt- Aid' ,Oomp . any- it . watOled with deep intettest, - and the south -conceive it to be : tnei4 . untagonist, .hence - labor for, its i destruction. " t- Let . the •. friends .It* that Company he equally effi cient. in giving it " materiarai di v ' and the last :hope of the slate power will •eNpire, and everypart of MitisliS secured beyond; the reach of the despoiler. Wei trnst 'it will'not our tor time to -record. a pro-slavery triumph•lts- - a".. result of the first 'elec ti on rcingli the supine ness . of- northern freemeti..FiCansu.s• Herad, o CwrimtipPitAtrir- . 1441E'r week, 'according to public announcement,. the CrySiil Palace' dosed toreOr a • p!ace:of exbil,i tion.s Thete were • . a6aut two thousand, pertons present,) many of whontintd.- not visited the phtee , before. 'Shelton's : full. band .was in attendnnCe'dtrino .the evening, and:performed a vatiety polkas, Marches,. waltzei. Se. The Palace.l'Vas most hriliant-' ly i 1 i nmnated, and !presented . Crone ,With Ont, as Well as within,' a ItnagiliOcent'apPesintice. . - As most of the atticle4Fthat have been on_ exhihitinn since the 4..:l)ening :wilt not, be re moved for a month Yet; , the Directois have itaerrnitied upon ailnitting persons . to-,the , l'nhice for the nominal Sum ,of • 121 - cents. All tickets are . disilensed 'with, and be received at the-dnor; • \ , Farts- TREF.S.—We hope our friends . fronY the eastern states, who'settlein ,Kansas this veal i will bring with thenin . stock . of chOiee fruit trees.: The. soil andjcliinate is-viieW-ad dapted to fruit growing,*id, those :who ea- - gage ill the business at once will realize a for tune.. ..., in- the . 1 deed - from the business;nwe .are rte. : , gnai wed 'with no enterprtse - that: - promises a ..i greater reward to the adventurous.thati this, or tione..whielt. requires a t i lesi'areOunt of cash .to instrre success,—Our . lnnsylvania, friends have no doubt called, or w,ritten to .0..,T. : .Ifoitn . s, Esq., of Randolph; Crawford. Co., • ere . , this, :and engaged a goodtppfilfrOm . hiiek- 3, 1 1 . tensivenursery.—:Kansa Herald.. . . . . DUSTINY OF KANAS.--iTO ,show; the -senti ment on thestavery lines L ion prevailingabout ..., Fort Leavenworth; we quOte the fiilfoWitig'res,- - ol talon adopted 'at ja tneeting held near that. place, ;bout the Ist" of Sept., - whit but ;four ' dissenting -votes. ' yce.firt!ye f tip doubt it rep- . resents, the views Of the people in; that vieini- . ty, .as they are. priacipallylrom _Western ;Ts k - . oin - i.- A similar resolutiOn:viOuld not receive four affirmative votes in the valley-of the Kan-:. sas - river, as the. people.- here:: are t principally from thenorthern,and ea . tern States, And, as • far as our . informatieln exiciads . ,,are uuani 7 rnouSly - opposed te i slavery . : • . . - . .. "Reso/ved, Tliat..KansaiTerritOry-aiad tia a consequence; the,Statel:Of - Raniasof right should be, and . therefore ,et - im,i, BE slave , terry tory."—Kunsus 4eraid.'l.: ' .., .' • • Popalation of Scranton. Whole nuthber ofi m*s, t " " lemiles4 W bolo number of tamilto, • ] • 7.49 , Of these 175:ire Arnericaii,contain'etlsl : _ a • • 154 , tie'rnian,, • la- ~795 Y "- 453 ' Irish j - 2 " - 179" " 81 ,! F," ‘• " - 41.5 " 16 I English, la - . - • •-.' 770 i • --- Mien . ~ • ....The nutnWr of single:eN reported, is 585 only, while there are, •wi'thout doubt, 800 i,it: Work and living. here..' ,here are al,ki,lnail,r . nien regularly at w ork , sere, whose: :fatailies, reii,fe in IIyile• Park an PetetSburgt,J but 116 r: titer `the nien or their. fli*iti& are - ine7udeif in': ..the above euttmeratjett - .• T If all who rally. - be , ..: tong bete.were itieluded.,!=our nutnber;:wolll/- be fully ,5000. -.ln, all ! th'e•l73 :.atuerV f ,4ll,fista- illeS . int7litciin,, , the liOtel l p there are 4 9l.girls - eirip i leYed itS ,91elp'," 1 -*-O lbegtr 49, ar(Citi44, lO'Gerinait and .. a:Anietitaii• 2 4:offyi.sise Aid .. employed" in the bOtels, -le,aving-3:B:ia , piiirate: fundlies.—ScraniOn 110414' f. • " . Martin Van ßureiaTpis Antioblog- . -. • !.. raph .- , ' • - • • • ' : • :PiRIB I --, -0 0 t 4' ' /BrJ4. I 1.. * 7 . ! I Mr.l l Pate Buren is at Nreray itiswltzerland,•• ant) you will. he piresed ,to .learn, li l ac:tn .- ally and ciahe'stly at work,. iiiiore , Ilia ''autobiegra .ll)lrnin wile!) he has tilricady ailvaneed some' two three Inendred : kluges.i Ile is Ivry lunch interested in the work,=.abil, so will his , readers be when if is.published -wbieb, Ire gra to - say, will not be ein til - a fte r hh death, and that event, judging from his , present ap- ixiaranee and tonditiou, 'rilt Io many Tears . ; ~ enee.-; The =•old I,tentleman emi -to •have,:i et with althis lima - imositios - and , l 4 Prekialee,s,--for bo bad ' me s , itliougti kwer::: 4tu, I.ittu any Man I ever kne,if ub • hatit it , 8 ,'",;. i Xargo a pciitiai of hislife in 'ty c6n le'? ;-- 1 p4t4lto bas been anindifferents tar o p rim') tiekin 'the United IStateii so loig low ! . %WWI a lkls old pre'itujim au' alitipithiei4o4 W' ".'24iB' • '',' 4763.
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