. :; 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
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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,
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1 )I:4cu_Tf . o,
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that:
is eltjeteti over;
tinsi
nre
dat,
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diJntes.
Oar:
To.
lark;
tee
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le gentlemen .
elytO theititereS
•-. Their articles
g well and %hall
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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 • ~ : .
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Pin
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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'
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