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the thi
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". T. B. Peterson; No. 102 Chestnut at.
.Iphia has in Press and will pnhlish . on
/v, May sth, " Tle . c Alissing -Bride" lA
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T.): E. N. Southwortb, author of " The
ress,"" The wife's Victory," &c. Mrs.
oth has, won an, variable reputation
. pen, and is justly recnrded as "one
Lost original and talented cf living
female Writers."
' Thework will bilssued in neat style, and
.will doubtless meet with:an extensive sale.—
It. will b i e furnished "complete in cae large
volume,seatly round in cloth, for'One Dollar
and Tioenig Fie cents; or in tz.:::: volumes,
paper: - cO l vcr, for One Jiellar.7
From Europe.; •
The steamer Nashville hal arrived since
our last, but the news is not ve,:y . important
Some however are sanguine that' Peace 'will
soon foldhts white wings over Europe. The . .
leadingflesh Journals arc endeavoring -to.
satisfy the people that the Allies would.suf
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fer nothing in their military prowess and 1
pride, in . e opinion of the world,: should
ill
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they con nt to a peace without the down
fall . of Seastopol. This .is much like Whist
. .. ,
; ill fr , to keep their. courage up. . _
Some .ard
which both sides claimed the victory. , It is fighting bad taken place; in:
is
very evident that " the'old Russian Bear" is
not soon to be humbled. The peace confer
ence at Vienna
. has adjourned : for a short
time, ailei. having agreed to two points of the.
, negotiation. The third point is the must dif
ficult, but we FilOtilid
. not be surprised to learn
et its icceptan i ce by the Allies when the' con
-fere:ice shall again meet. .:
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Philadti
Satutd2l
Mrs. E.
Lost J 1
Sonthw i
with he
of the n
IMr: Riss Resigned.
,;:712e. Tribune of the 24th inst. says: •
"TheiotoriOus Hiss yesterday resigned his
Seat in this Massachusetts House of Reprewn
tatives." , ,
It is well that Mr'. Hiss has sense enough to
volnntarilS , resign a position he has disgraced.
-Probably there are some things connected
with that *unery-investigation that he would
"k•
prefer sho ee illd remain secrete. The poiition
of, the ma? in the Legislature must have be.
come very unpleasant. He had excited a
feelibg of disgust toirards himself,' by his re
puted lawless conduct at the Seminary, and
is doubtl happy to creep out of his public .
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position. His resignation is an act of corn
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nion sense. -
/Urje. have received the continuation of
Ned Lopeks Journal, and* will appear next
week. Ned did ; not receive the Democrat for
the reason that be either did not send us his
real name. or - else we lost it, and we the4ore
did not how to whom to scud it. We kept
back theiiiiblication thinking we should hear
from him: bout it, and finally we published
it., and learned a day dr two afterwards that
he was at home. Is not Ned satisfied now
Forest Lake, April 21,185.5\
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. - Messrs. Editors,: ‘ .
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When the Know-Nothings
put
their hands on theliooci ,
.old moral . Law
to take the . big oatla,44rould advise them to
open'tbat holy - volume - and read the law of
olden time. . •
• . , "LevitiCns 70th chap. 3d and 4t h verses.
And if a strover sojourn with theeein your
land ye shall not vex him.
Bet th*stranger that dwelleth with you
. - Abell he natO you as one born among you,,
and tkim shalt love him as thyself; for ye - ,
were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 23d chap. 9th. verse. Also ' th ou.
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. i ' . shalt nl oppr ess a stranger, for ye knOw the
heart of a Stranger, seeing ye were . strangers
. 'in the land' of Egypt._ . .
='' By reference to the 20th chapter of so
.. ' Ana, preceding the above quotations, it - w'l
ki
be seen that they . ate the commandments C
God to ..hi people, for
. his people were once
" strattget i in the-land Of Egypt. Wens - not
our lathers lance gravers in this land. Let
se reflect: ' •-, . .
Weise beta Association.
The Sus+ CO. Teachers AtecCiationmet
the•Metnedst Church in New Milford ,tit
urdity 'March 7th. . Association was called
to order by rProf. w. R.ichardson and Rer. H.
O, bun g was chosen Chlirmsn pro. teat.
' Rev. M. Thompson - opened the exercises 'wi th
prayer. H -
'The folloiwing resolution was then dis Cus
sed by Prof:Richards& W. Walker Wm. .
H. Bedell: Rev.- Mr. Thompson and 8.. F.
Tewksbury,
Res.. That webelieve more benefit might
be derired.froin tie use of the Intellectual
than the Pieties! arithmetic, in common
sehoolts,--adopted.
The subje4t of ,corporeal renniihment was
iliscassed byll. W. Walker P4..Riehardiou
B. F. Teat , ry.
STANLEY TURRELL
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It was then unanimously Resolved. That
we deem it highly important, that examina
tions be held atzthe close of wheels, and that
Parents - should he presenk -
The time and place of holding the nst meet
ing was then cottidered, and it was decided
that-when we *lleum, we atjonrkto meet'
at the MethoclistiChurch in. Renick on This
day May third, at: ten o'clock A. M. '
A, vote of thanks was given to the Trus
tees.. of the Chuvidt for "the' use of the build.
I,
ing during the session of the ;Association.—
]On motioti. adjottrned. • 1.
A. J.Gstaimos,Seciy.
The Work oh. the 'Capitol at• Wash.
• lusteu....The sew 11.1britrp...A
True Fresco- Piatnt/uii.
• WiL'Atunroiog,.MAitc4., 1855.
Strolling along Pennsylvania .Avenue, Are
perceived, , during the occasiiimal intervals,
of dust clouds the Capitolusually the first
object'of attraction to the, stranger, which,
under the masterly direction Of. Thomas LT:
Walter(the*A . .rebitect bf the Clirard College,)
is designed to be.tt lasting monument as well
to his talent as t::411e handiwotk• . of American
mechanics: •
Seated upon an eminence-s-vieing in this
respect with' the Eternal City,-,this structure,
even in its unfinished condition, cannot fail,
.from its.cominanding and imposing appear
ance, to create in the minds of all-,aye,eyen
of fanatics of theS"Orth and South—thoughts
of the vastness and beauty of that galaxy of
stars whose noble institutions, for selfish in
terests, have so been tampered with, thAt the
ball long since vomited forth,, having accu-
L ululated in its course the most deadly as-•
phasis, at no distant day, threatens at its ex
; plosion, to stifle the dignified and deliberate
, but. sluggish will of true Americanism.--
I 'The Union one and inseperable, now and
Iforever," are' the . imperishable svords of a
great mind—may the Union last as long as
the Capita, shall •be my prayer to a nierci- I
ful Grel, the '' Author and giver of every good
and perfeet i g .2' t: l'
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The' haimony of the terraced grounds,
ornamented I with sarts,and beautiful shrub
bery, is harshly broken by a miserable wood
en,
- would-be Gothic 'box, used as a .gate
keeper's lodge, ferturiately nearly concealed
from vie's. until witliii , i the enclosure, then
impudently confronting the loverof the beau
tiful S the aforesaid boi being at the entrance
most commonly' Used, ias it is an additional
distance of one htindred yards to the Princi=
pal gate Way, having <Meitner side of its mod
est stone lodges; ; planned in keeping with
surrounding objeCts, but who can expect
Young America in these fast times, to go so
far from sa - direct Ourse. I '- '
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Gradually - adva'neiug to the base of the
building, its beauty is tnereitial,..by loosing
sight of the dome, externally by no means an
agreeable feature from its Wavy and shape
less character; appearing, especially when
eiewed from the East., to crush' and flatten
the'struenire or to i" be all dome and nothing
else" The. appropriation of tlOO,OOO has
been mad to erect a new dome, in , accord
ance with the design of Mr. Walter, .the obs
petion to the present one will .asubtlis be
obviated. 'Could au additional height of this- .
ty or forty feet be given to the central, or old
building,, the different facades ; and more
particularly the Eastern, would thereby be
much improved. L
The library. is oflitself worthy of a visit to
Washington. ' The boldness .arid at the same
time the perfect reposes of the room can only 1
bei;disseribed by the word' faseinating. It
occupies the same space as before its destruc-
tiou by fire, and is about oue l liiindred feet in J ,
lesigils, forty in width; and tiorty-five to , forty
in height. Three stories o 4 alcoves, project
into the room, receeding to tithe uppermost,
thus affording convenient galleries to the, .se-,
coed and third stories. 'The Oojecting sides as
' also 'the ends ortlia-e alcosai are fitted with
'ceases for .the books, and shelltevs could with
['safety be handed to Kurz! Pach a. - The ceil
ing Is suppest - al by rich .heavy consol e s, _
handsomely lornamented, and is divided up
into sunken panels; ;light is introduced into
the room from sky fghts and from windows
in the western wall. The repose of the room
ell`from the color us 'in deeoraiing deserves
especial praise.; excepting the golden tints
uppn the moulding,. they 'are of the various
shades so carefully selected by the Fair
friends; the decorators of tha Crystal Palace
and also of the East room of illePresident's
mansion, could with considerable advantage
have taken lessons from this library, and the
eves of the beholder not be offended by. the
mixture of incongruous colors, not that the
East room should have the grave Colors of the
library, but the light col Ors used his the pa
peringshould have assimilated with those on
the- beautiful'earpet, and. both; have been in
keeping with,the ceiling, whereas each , of,
them are "oil, eir own hook," and pment a
gaudy pet pciuni. -
Understatejints 'an interesting FreSco was
being painted, fproieeded towards the room
designated; temporarily used.as the office of
Capt. Meigs, lU..S'!Engineer Corps,; whose
1 1
manly-and detertn nad resistance to, and ex
posure. of, the fm - ssigainst the government
has brought no little,envy, upon himself. On
'the way the eve is -attracted by the Martell
change for tee bettei, in comparing the de
tails of the 4ld and new buildings, the key
stoue,introdoced into the square Lea win
dows of the Old basement'ni, in flagrant vio-
Cation of the architectuirdi propriety ; 'but to
prevent 'too marked a difference between the
1 old and new, th e keystones are retained, and
I the window frames , made segmental'—thus
I rendering them apj4priate. So al4 in the'
Carving of thd pilaster caps, and theltrusses 1
to the windows. of th e principal story—the
new are done in a shold and workinan-like
style—the old-in a mekningless and flat man
ner. It is to be regrtted, that 'short, -lintel
stones are used in - some cases in the cornice
of the new basement Over the panels—since
as the natural settlem4nt take place, breaks
i
at the joining will netitably occur
.from the
1 resistance of the piers ; to the superincumbent
weight, (notwithstanding the beanng of these
*through stones upon the wall) whereas.) the
effect is betters (as evinced by thOse properly
constructed:) from a want of the Unnecessary
multiplicity ofjoints, and the strength would
be materially ificnesied lby !a more uniform
bearing upon the pierti. )_Ficuse this digres
i sion—but as Uncle Sara is spending our mo
ney-
very freely] I feel anxious to have all my
part laid out to the 'best advantage. .
The subject Of . the Fresco to Which I Iskie
alluded_ is the calling or aneinnatns to the
Dictatorship, and this is tiie only true Italian
'fresco to be seen in this 'Oeinitiy, executed
with oil paints upon' the high" plastering,
(placed 'from titly 'to day on tlaetrall only to
the amount' erected to be net pined by the
artist and .cut matt and replaced the next
morning,
if not painted upon,) I ,there being.
as much difference betseen this and the ini
properly, .. termed freied -used in decorating
our churches, as there l between water colors
and ..01l piloting. Across the
,intervitting
Tiber the buiklingslof "Rome r appear in the
distance and against the red banks the Get
ter : which hap brought over from fion:4 the
delegatio' a .of Petra. Conscript; s the Chief of
the delegatiota Clothe d , with the Senatorial'
Irobe, with a hiurel - wreathenseirelmg hie brow,
i is in 'the act or pie:ailing lea ancitmatas the
helmet, swor4, and other military ins'sgitia
1 •
whilst'the anxio s countenances 'l:lr.:same, and
the scrutinizing looks of othrs of the'retinue,
portray the intense interesttan his expected
reply. The dignity of the attitude/m(l%lolm
tenance of Cincinnatus is beautifully depicted,
one'band up= the ploughshare and , pointing
with, modestrcharacteristic! of greatness to
his Chest with the other, and toy his expriission,
asking whetter Rome with her_ many great
minds siallt desired to confer• such honors
upon himself, a retired citizen. Add ison's
definition of, a picture, "A poem without
words,"„is realized in its fullest extent on this
production ; ;indeed justice cannot be given to,
it unless it was done in the Magical, words of
Shakespeare.t l The *unity 'of the design—the
contrasted 4:thriony of tliecoloring of 'the
different attires—the cheerful white retie of
the Senator, :. _and rich yellow hues in the
dress of Cincinnatu . 4 are adminible.i The,
serene blue Sky dill:uses itself agreritilY-:over
the mind, and the bright yet passive Colors
of the gerinents are eminently characteristic
of the inhabitants 'of the warm sunny clime.
'We occasionally see in the worki of art
a single face illustrating the in:olfeet and
manly dignity with the corresponding majes
tic form pel:uliar - to ancient Rome;[ and
America also, ever since the }lava of "if.t, has
had her Clay and Calhoun leer Jackson and
her - Webster—but who, noticing the self
'created standard of American - men of '55 . ap
preciated by 'the
greater or fess intensity of,
the fatigued and cnued expression (usually
accompanied., -with the Pipe Stem Polka
Frame) is not forced to exclaim, 0, Temporal
0, Mores! but - revernens - a 'metre fresque--
where ire have not, one but many intellek dial
Romans represented. ‘'
The face of a young man is nicely intro
duced among the Senators, and his robe as a
background relievi% the white rube of the
Chief—the soldiers, bearing the fasces are
beautiful studies, especially tie one resting
his hand on the axe and calmly measuring
with his eye the physical strength of Cinein
natus. The oxen are so truthfully .represent
ed that you are surprised they do not nibble
at the adjacent bush. The.l child playing
r with the dog is very naturally painted; and
is said, to be
,a portrait of a:Son of Captain
Meigs.
The artist Constantinoßritniidi remarked in
our hearing that the plow, asl, represented in
this fresco, is still in use in ;tidy, after', the
lapse of near two thousand. years. One of ,
our shrewd down-east farmers, doubtless,
would have calculated how many more fur
rows he turns over with a self-sharping;
self
guiding and self-plowing plow, than the no=
We Roman with his three assii,tants.--Balti
more.‘...inierican.
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Proceedings of the State. Gra l ud
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Council of Knoni-Nathings. I -
The Supreme order of the Star Spangled
Banner pursuant to noice, met at Fulton
Ball on Tuesday morniu , APril 3rd. The
t .
attendance was slim, only 68- delegates ii.p
pearing. In the absence of the Pr s 6itlent 0..
H. Tiffany, Jacob L. Gossler. b Philadelphia
city, was called .to . the chair. Oitford, of
Philadelphia, Secretary.
After the formal opening of .66 Council,
'the credentials of delegates Were read, and
with one or two exceptions approved, and 'the
delegates recOgnized and admitted to seats.
The first business in order Was the consid
eration of the minutes of the Pittsburg iron=
vention, which after an animated discussion,
characterized by , the most violent personal
criminations, were approved bj a vote of 48
to 18, four delegates. refusing tol vote. - Broth
er Freemen, of Philadelphia, at this stage of
the proceedings rose and stated, that be had
been informed that the worn' tbey were then
occupying was not as secure as it should be;
that outsiders by posting themselves in the
entry, could, sear ail that was tra' id, and that
-thus their p occeding' would be; made kmiwn
immediate! ; be would therefore call, upon
the delegat from the city ofi Lancaster'. to
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inform. .the Council whether the information
be received , vas correct?
Having tAken his seat, Jesse Landis, Esq'r,
arose and id! a speech of considerable length;
distinguished for its pprity of stile and beau
ty of diction, assured his worthy friend and
brother, that he had beepmismformed,—that
no person could possifile hear anything that
was said in the ball, and that Ino miserable
eaves dropper, forsaken' by good men and de
tested by bad ones, could learnianything,
hanging- around that door or peeping through
that key hole. Jesse having bten safely de
livered of his speech, sat down 106:king as dig -
1-nified and wise as an owl. The opinion of
IJesse was corroborated by statetnents from
Shaler, Reichenbach, and Hess.'
The Treasurer of the State Council, having
been called upon to report thel condition of
the Treasury, stated, that the funds belong
,ing to the State - council were al! exhausted,
and that there was not a cent inithe,Treasury,
and that therefore he had thought it useless
to submit a written report. He further stated
-that during the -last month no money had'
been received-by - the Grand Council from sub
ordinates, and that he hoped before the Grand
Council adjourned, they would make some
arrangements whereby funds would_ be made
available to meet pressing debts, contracted
by the Council during the last Gubernatorial
election. On motion of Secretary Gifford,
the subject was indefinitely postponed.
No other matter being before! the Council
, adjourned - to meet at 2 oieleck; in the after
-1 noon.
Arrractocrs SESSIO?.i, 2 tiqlock, F. M.
Council met and opened in regular form =
,86 members answering to their names. The
President, 0. H. Tiffany, being present, took
the chair. The committee on credentials re
ported that after . mature dela:lt - lotion" of. the
matter submitted to their charge, they -were
of opinion that all the delegates; were entitl
ed to seats, with the exception of i f ex-Governor
Wm. F. Johnson, in whose case they were
unab:e to agree, they . therefore !asked to be
discharged from the fifither consideration
of the subject. On motion thn report was
received-and the committee discharged.
- An ineffectual attempt. was tiow made to
ipass a resolution, recognizing the right of Mr .
Johnson to .10 seat, which led ' to a protracted
, and exciting debate." The Cameron men
were evidently determined to prevent his ad
mission, notwithininding SimOn professed
himself friendly to it. This WAS all gammon,.
however, for there were already tbo many as
pirants for the . United States !Senatorship
present, to be agreeable to his feelings.-
On motion Of Brother McCislinont, the
Council then !went into committee of the
*hole, on the state of Order in Pennsylvania.
Bronson, of Clapemont, in the chair.
President Tiffany arose, and delivered rath
er an eloquenti,but tart and unpoistable 114.•
dross. He argtired no :meccas tQ the Order,
but. rather its rapid declension and ultimate
downfall, from ibe faet that not One tenth of
the subordinate councils in the State went
there represeuitsi That even- r ,, those that
were represented , distracted-by dissen
sions and want kif harmony, whbili boded no
good. He had shoe `thl last general eke
lion Visited many ..kartsi of the State; sod
truth sod justice compelled him to say, that
`the Order was fast sinkinjg away". by its own
tweittot of corruptist. Thasots Cif , the psar•
eat Aigishilsoissi atbesiietorkeo each
deffte tifitiirpidityoretiatity. and 40eig*saner,
That the oral -weeder frith Wm, that
thee,yiet)ple hod tolerated it' as long as they
have done., He hoped, however, that .now,
with all these. things before theni, the rock
on nhich'they:will surely split full in view ;
that 'they . .irould betake theniselves to the
proper retntidy titne,-;-that all would pass
out of that hill more &filly resolved than
ever to be true to - the ORDER and their
OATHS. . • •• • • -
After the profe‘or had taken his seat, dele
gates from Harrisburg, Chester, Philadelphia,.
and 'other phices,j•ave an account of the 'or
der' in therrespeCtive districts. All had the
Mine story, thwouisiders knew . too much--
the novelty of the thing was gone! and. Mein
berg were growing restive under the guidance
of the Grand Council., The Mass of 'their
constituency Inid ho confidence in their lead
ers--and the err of Sam and Americans
Must rule Ameriea, had lost its charm and
with the charm its potency. There must
,-
new features be introducedmore - degrees,'
i n which it it ,he possible more' awful and
binding oaths and obligations` trust - be ad
ministered. If 'this be not : done—the.. only
alternative is an open brganizatiOn. None of
the delegates from Lancaster ventured a
word i in this "experience meeting." Dickey
had chewed the bitter end of a'3 persimmons
.and could not bluster and bellow like Slay
maker's bull; Hess was asleep, Jesse was
meditating it prayer. while Walt and Gorrecht,.
and the "old Governor," were sitting in a
corner evidently' engaged iu calculating a
Know-Nothing Almanac for 1.856.
From -the . County some of the representa!,
tives.seemettwilling to arise: John Seheaffer'
was there, looking as amiable as he did the
morning he discovered Stouffer was elected
Register. "Fool Natt" was mui.ching gin
zerbread and wiping his teeth on it white
Cambric,. while Pete Martin said, lie didn't'
ask Frazier what to say,,and must therefore
postpone his remarks to anoder time, hekase
Jake said if be would' keep Lin in claw to
bacco for a Week, he would write him a speech.
- The remarks of the De., caused considera
ble "emotion," after which Council adjourned
to meet at 11 o'clock on Wednesday morn
.
ing.
WIWISESDAY MORNING, 1.1 o'clock
• Council met • pursuant .to adjournment, J.
IL Church in the chair, after the usual exam
ination„the R§v'd Mr..ltankin . of Westmore-.
land addreSQ.44 a Throne of Grace, asking the
divine blessing upon their deliberations, and
invoking the aid of Jehovah in the furtherance
of their sublime, patriotic and religioui cause.
The committee on amended Constitution, re
ported programs and were continued. after
which n motion was offered and adopted . by
a vote of 37 to 31, declaring Gov. - Johnson
entijed to a seat. During the forenoon the
Governor caine into tlip hall and was cordi
ally greeted by his friends; he appeared,
howev"r, 44 . manifest but little interest in the
proceedings.
The morning session was taken up by the
reading of several reports, none of which par
took' of a public interest, and in listening to
speeches from various delegates. After quite
a frothy declamation' from a Philadelphia
brother, our olfrfriend and ex-Sheriff Adam
Bear of •Leacoek rose and asked permission
to say 'a few words. Adam appeared in the
veritable old overcoat and spectack, which
he w)re twenty-five - years agd, when he was
in'company with I;'enn, he was teaching, the
good . people of Earl township and new Hob
'land,' how poor Morgan was liool-winked
and cabled-towed, killed d e ad as a stone,
by the bloody ma,Sous who were banded. to
gether the ".aWfulest" oaths, which the
Grand Master made them take.
Upon the - -plena occasion, however, Adam.
was one of 'the oath bound, he too, had
sworn, on entering the Know Nothing odge,
forever to*keep secret all he knew, and all he
didn't know of the Order. 'Well, Adam ruse
to make a spereeli,—ht•said be was a plain
man and was going to talk plain. He said .
the Know-Nothings in this country were
strong, strong as the anti-thasons in 1830,
and he believed that if he waia young Mau,
he might get a chance for office himself. - But,
Said he, we .have a paper that, the people be
lieve in,and it is hard on the Know-Nothingii.
I mean t he Examiner, (here tbe speaker gave
an audiTile groan,) the people believe in that
.paper, and they say if the society was a
good one, our paper would 'not oppose
Well that paper add a set of liars who write
for it are playing the very duce with us, and
if I had •Q in the Corner, I would hang Bier
as high as I did Sheatfer (not any relation to
(John) when I was sheriff. •Now, Mr. Presi
dent, we must put down that paper,. because
if we don't,'it will put us down. But as Ad
/ am "broached" the subject, we will let him
I pass.
The hour of adjournment having arrived
the Council adjourned until 3 P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Council met and opened in the usual form.
After the transaction ofsome unimportant
business, brother Small,ol'ork, seconded by
brother Jefferiei of Chester, offered a resolu
tion to this elect
Resolved, That this State Grand Council
disapprove of, and discountenance all meas
ures having for their object, the abolition'of
the secret features of our Order.
Scarcely had Secretary Gifford read this 3;
yesolation, than a perfect hurricane of hiase
'shouts, huzias,'&c., broke forth. t:cery man 3,
jumped •-his . feet, and such confusion en-. I
sued, as 'las never been witnessed since the 1
tower. of Babel wet abandoned. Threats
were made; oaths were sworn, 1143 .were
doubled, vengeance threatened, and as Came
ron, Johnson_ and others left the room in dis
gust, the President pro tem. announced that
the Council:stood adjourned eine die.
Thus ended this great • fizzle, of which I
have endeavored • to igive. you an imperfect
'sketch, and -thus may' the same confusion .
ever attend men,who in oath-bound conclaves
combine to rob 010,4(01w%. men of their rights
and privileges.bitt 1 .
"soon 7 111 their glory fade,
0! the mean' work they made!
liberal' men wondered;
Contempt for, these leaders made!
Contempt for. the.whole brigade
tiumberingbiss than one hundred."
From the Kansas Herald.
Altars st Kansas.
OVERDONt.—Therleaders of the Missourians
who came here on election day to steal 'away
our liberties, we are told, expressed regret
that they had come in so large numbers,- and
felt that the matter could present a bad as,
pectin the east, aid ifinally militate severely
against them. The future will teach them
that there is not me* enough in the'South to
establish and legalise slavery on the soil of
Kansas. The eungnition of the present sea
son from the north4rn, eastern, and western
Stites will exceed theentire slaveholding pop
ulation of Misiouri; iind, if violence shall fall
upon is single individual in the territory, that
free population will be quadrupled. Missou
rinds may talk as much as they please about
the "serfs and - paupers of Kansas-7 but they
will find out irilime that those "serfs" know
their rights nader the Constitution, and
knowing their righta,,trill maintain them.
Tara Swat,--We reel proud of the Gov
aingutiKanasts. Las shown himself to
ire true Steel during, the-exciting times of last
week. The illiseouriess visited ow-him ip
=and threatened to hang him..unless
Id ire the ple4leveryetandidates cer
tificates o felectitm. His reply was; "Gen
tlenven, two kri three of you can assassinate
me, but a"-.legion canna compel naeC,to do
that: which my conscience dries not approve." .
-Stich a man deserves well of the country, and
the people of Kansas will not be. slow to-do
him justice. '.- •.-: . .
AN Aamv,—President Pierce,. last winter,
asked C ongress to-give him: 3,000 .troops to
send into Kansas and Nebraska; with a vie
of preventing depredations-on the (Aka.—
We have not learned the fate of that request.
If successful; we hope the troop.swill be fur
.warded with as little delay as poasible, and
that they will be distributed aniongst us is
such a manner as to - preserve the general
peace of . .the Ttrritory. The army'and the
navy was at the service of the United States
Marshal in Boston when the fugitive Burns
was - borne back to servitude; why not give
us- . the aid of the former to preserve the law
and-protect, the ballot-Lei when trampled
down, and invaded by a ruthless Mob?
: KANSAS
. A Fans STATE.—We asserted s ome
time ago that Kansas would be a free State,
le. Missourians blaster as much as they
would, and we renew that assertion With
more conkdence than ever. At the - ta
king of the /census •in Febrriary • last, every
election
_district in the Territory wrs found
to have a respectable Majority of votes heir]
the free States: Had: it been otktrsVisb;
does any-one suppose our pro-Slavery neigh
bors on the other side of the line, would
have:deemed it, necessary to have incurred
so great an expense teitnport voters by the
thousand to gain apolitical ascendency 1 7 —
Another election - will be held in due . tithe,
and those Who- purpose settling here perma
nently, and desire to contribute their share
toward making Kansas a ftee State, should
hurry forward as rapidly as possible. If by
acv means the 'slave power shall , obtain an
ascendency in the Legislature, laws the most
revolting to freedom will be enacted: NO
person willl - he allowed to participate. in fu
ture elections unless he be the owner of dame.
This: was the reason so great an effort was
recently made to: make the Legislature a
unit, by sending a largo number of 'mercen
aries. into every election Distriet in the Terri
tory: - . *-
J•StAvEs.—liv the laie' . ?ensi s 11.1 this Terri
tort, ...
lt..appeared that there wis one hundred
and twenty-sie-en slaves in Kansas—a- far
re
gater number
_than there will be a year
L
'refire, if the people are. allowed to legislate
for theinselves,or through theii representa-
Jives, .
Immit:n.isTs.- - The second Kansas party,
under the an-pic , ..ts of the New. England Emi
grant Aid Company, left- Boston on March
20th, and arrived • at Ka - nsis city, on-.board
the steamer Kate Swiunec, on April'2d. : The
party consisted of 170 persons, and were un
der. the superintendence of .1. T. Farwelk of
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, while on the route.
W. Y. Roberts, Esq., from Fayette County,
Penns, - arrived in this city, on. WedneSday
evening last, with a company of about fifty
persons, Wire will locate at some point near
here, in this territory.' They come with their
families and te.,vms„ and- have with them an
ample . 'stoek of provisions and all the imple
ments necessary for;engaging at once in agri
culture.. -They were in excellent spirits; and
appeared the best titt . alified of any company
which inns yet arrived in Kansas, to :contend
with . old Nature, and contribute their- Portion
in making this Territory What it is designed
to be; and We predict for them ample -suc
cess. The Rey. Mr. Pool was in this party.
Ile Is
. a .gentleman of good education, and,
we believe, eonnected with the - Methodist de
. ,
nerninatiow. : -
A large Party arrived figm Easton, Pa.,
few ditys ago. They have tnustly located in
the v ,of Pawnee.
European Punpeis.
.:13 . it to be laid down as a rule that nobody
shall be allowed - to land on our shores who is
poor We might fairly infer this from the
clamor that is kept up so unceasingly against
the admiss:ion of foreign Paupers into our
country.
The cripples and beggars of Europe, Ter
sons disabled by age, by infirmity of mind or
body, or by any other cause, from obtaining
their living, by their industry; should no
doubt be supported by the I communities in
which they first' became e burden: - To send
them to us that we may- support them .is a
'trick of the basest sort—:t wrong which we
ought not to endure. -
But, there are thousands in E4ope who be- .
come paupers by no fault of their own ; thou
sands who would be glad .te work, and for
whom ne o6empation is to be found in. the
land of :heir birth. They have come to the
banquet of life, and there is no.place for them
at the erowded table, unless IheY -seek it in
.another -hemisphere. '.They - have ;bodily
strength and willing. hands, and 'ell they ask
is an opportunity to labor. Under our fortu
nate institutions, and in our vast country,
with immense regions of fertile lond, waiting
to be broken by the plough, this opportunity
is to Le found: They . coine, hither not to be
supported by charity, but to get work; they
come to cover our virgin fields with 'harvests
and to-make bread more abundant and cheap,
both here and in all parts of the world. to
which we send the products of our agricul
ture. They are brought hither by the natu
ral operation of a law of trade—we might
give it's more reverent appellation ; and call
it the law of -Providence—which, under the •
new facilities for inigiatien, causes' labor to
go where there is a demand. for it. For our
own part weovould Welcome them as warmly
and bid them God-speed as heartily as if they
Came out with well-filled purses. -
That such person( have been obliged in
some -Way or other to accept:the public char
ity, is not only no, crime, but it does not ren
der them . the less usefut as laborers.' • Two or"
three years since England offered a remora-
hie example of the truth that pauperism: in
'the old world is, in most cases,-the simple ef
feet of an overcrowded population. ' In 1851 .
the poor-house of England. swarmed with
,ia
! maw. At the close of 1852,in - consequence.
of the emigration to Australia and elsewhere
they Were comparativly empty, and in dis
tricts entirely so. • The paupers left the work
houses and - entered upon the employment left
vacant by the sudden and extensive emigra
tion. The opportunity of Work was. the cure
of pauperiim there, and, in the case of thou
sands. of emigrants who came penniless to this.
country, it will be the-antidote to pauperism
here. . ;
We have immense tracts pftbe most. fertile
laud on which the sun rises and' 4ets, travers
ed by noble , rivers, and in places overshad
owed by mighty forests. - They are the com
mon heritage of mankind; and we, who have
first arrived m tbeinaeighborhood, have no
right, by any Waimea or area just interpre
tation of the laiitor:nature, to prevent our
brethren the usfortunate per of Europe,
from finnan!" these regions the employment
of which -they are in search, while: we . -open
them to the richer emigrant. It is, in fact;
the interest of country at the present moment
to hold out the greatest encouragement to , the
induatrions tiller of the soil from ;whatever
part of the world he May come, aid bowel ,
much he may have suffered by poverty in bis
native' laud. .The more unfortunate be has .
.been there, the' happier will his lot be ,here,
by way of contrast.. We have a boundlesswilderness , ready to burst into fertility at the
touch of . the -plough. We have a 'hungry
m
.erket ebecirdieg all the products of oer soil
aslast.as they leave the hands of our tillers,
told, craving new supplies. Europe, with im
mense masses of her populatiou withdrawn
'660 1 ? the labors of husbandry, and employed
in her armiel3, looks to the western Bemis.
pliere for food. The man whO bring s strong.
`armsand a willing industry from Europe,
britigs wealth to our country, if he has n ot
even .the smallest coin in his pocket. If we
repiilse him froin our shores, because there
Waa l not work enough for him to do at home
endow° can, therefore, bring bhn under the
designation of a pauper, we do, what is as
im
politic as it is iulinman.—Evening
American Humor
moil J. n. LOWELL'S LECTESES IIUDIBRAS
- - -•
doleridge, with admirable accuteness,
said that "there is such alhing as :scientific
wit." Therefore pure wit sometimes eves an
intellectual pressure without making udaugh
.mosi. freely, is that which instantly accepts.
another tuan's premises, and draws a. Conchs-
Sionfrom
,thern in its own filvor. A Country
gentleman was once showing his impuivement
to the -Prince do Linge, • and ,among. other
things pointed out to bin" a' -muddy i t .spot
which he called his lake. "It is rather slial
low,ifs it .not t" I assure you .Prince . a men
drowned himself in it.., "Al" •he must have'
been a ilatterrer then," answered. De Linge.
Of the same kind is the story told of .one
of our old Massachusetts' clergymen
Mork., At an ass'ociation dinner a debate
arose as to the benefit of whiping, in bringing
up children. The doctor took the affirmative
and his.chief opponent was a young minister,.
. whok reputation for veracity was not very
high He affirmed that parents often
,did
harts to their children by unjust punishment
frOnt not knowing the facts of the case. "Why:
said he, the only time my father ever whipped
me Was for telling the truth." "Well,"retor-.
ted the doctor, "it cured you of it didn't it?"
In wit of this sort the is always a latcnt syl
logism.. H
. 'Oen there is the wit which ddtects an un
intentional bit of satire in a word of double
mewling; as where Sir Henry Wotten takes
advantage or the phrase commonly used in
his day tolimply merely ' residence, and finds
an urnlerniining in it—saying, "that Ambas
sadors were persons sent to tie abroad for Abe
service of their Prince.
.Captain. Basil Hall, when he traveled in
this country,lound the Yankees a people en r•
tifely! destitute of Wit•iand humor. Perhaps
our gravity, which ought to'have put him on
the Ogg scent, .deceivOd him. 1,1), not know
moie perfect example of wit sotnethiug
which as I . have heard, was said to the:cap
tain himself. Stopping at an village inn there
camel up a thunderstorm and Captain Hall
imprised that a new country should . have
reached such :t perfeetiod in those-meteorolo
gic manufactures, said to a bystander, "Why
you have very heavy thunder'heie."
yes,'" 'replied the man-' - we do. considering the
number! inhabitants."• Here is . another
story which a stage•driver told me once A
wag on theoutside of. the coach, called to, a
man by the road-side, who was fencing some
very poor land—"l say mister, what are yon
fencing that pasture for ? 1.t., would take forty
acres on't to starve a middle-sized cow.'%.--
"Je.ssO; and l'tda fencin' of it to, keep • our
kattle eout ?" '
.
NoW.in the forty a.cres - part. of this story,
we have an instance of what talled•
can e;vageration, and which I take to be . the
symptom of most promise in Vaijkce fun.
Fur it marks that desire for intensity of ex-
, : pression Which is one phase - of imagination.
Indeed Many of these sayings -are purely:lm
' aginativeas where a man said of a painter
he knew, that " he paintel.a shingle so exadt- :
ly like a marble, that when it fell into, the
river it sunk."• A man told me once that the
peopti of a certain country town were so ani
versldly.dishonest " that they had,to take in
their itones at,night.." In some of these' sto
ries,
imagination appears yet more strongly
and' in that Contradictory union with:the an-.
der'itanding which Dias at the root of the blith
est huinor. For example; a coachman . . 'dri
ving tip Some mountains in: Vin.mont, was
asked ;if .they were as steep on the other side,
also ",Steep rchain-lightnine couldn't go
down without the breechin' on.!" . 1 be
lieve that there is more latent humor among
the American people than..innny other; and
that it , will one day develope itself and. find
expression through art. - . . • .
• From the N. 0. Ev. Delta, April 14.
iStinage Row on a Steamboat..
A grapd row occured on board the steamship
Promdtheus, last night among the deck pass
, ..
.engers, opposite Fort Jackson,as the vessel
was
_coming up the riVer. t appears that
one °tithe steeragepassengers, named Joseph
Henry:ltlartib,had been tried and acquitted in .
California oda charg,e of having robbed two
others „of oqe thousand dollars. The accused
and hiS accusers were on the' boat 'together,
and-aS they passed Fort Jackson, the ratter
and aloirty of their friends suddenly drew
their pistols and threatened to kill him if he
did not return the thousand dollars he had
been a l cdused of stealing.=—One of them snap
ped: ievolvel at him three times. Thus
intimidated and threatened With Lynch law,
he gave the ruffians all the matey he had
=minting to about $1.00.0. This morning
the facitsj were _made known to the policeond
,it liein ascertained that. some of the lynchers
Were stopping at the Arcade Hotel, officers
Mayliewiand Ross proceeded thither and sue
ceededt in 'arresting a 'man named
_Amon
Widinr l theringleader of the', gang, and
found the principal portion of the money, to
wit, E 906. This disciple of Judge Lynch is
now in the parish prison, awaiting a hearing
before Judge Bright on a charge of highway
robbery
Einatir i -Nothiugism in Unfoit Comity
—Attempted Assamination for the
Beitefit of the Order.
Wei ‘ ave a letter detailing-the doing of
the DeMocracy and their opponents of the
"SupreMe. Order," in Mill. Creek: townshiP,
Union County. Thti letter came too late to
appear ilrfore eleition, and as it is not now
necessary to give the proceedings of the Dent
ocraticl;VOminating Convention of the town
ship, shall only abstract such incidents
given by the letter, as will still interest the
re.ader. i ,
It semis that at the Democratic Conven
tion foti 'nominating officers for the township
electio4til,ll number of Know. Nothings were
present.; most of them as spies. Some of
them, hswever, who bad. &vein° shocked
and liiigusted with th e atrocious excesses of
the "Supreme Order, "
manifested a disposi
tion .to Icavl e it, and henceforth to go with
the Detiabcrata. This incensed the brethren
present, Wholll ‘ ill wedded to . their Hin
doo id4s. puttered. suppressed de- i
nur.ciatiOns of erdispleasure of the Order
upon tlithe who threatened to abandon them
to their;iitiquity---some swore venire:thee out
right. ;Our letter says one Cayenne present,
" who MI h man of no small Amount, and who
would h little Sooner halm — Alice than 'not,"
addrenuid . one of the tepid reeussants dunk
"Sir, our; . (K. - N.) ' litutthuttions have bi!,en
honorably =de l tutd - you must and shall live
up to it.';iit you dn't, you are a perjured man
and you Shall feel our wrath and indignation.
The erisiti bas'come and we, ming..meet it."
Now sate bow they did - meet it. The letter
'says "an httempt was made this 11*(571110011 to
asaaairinnk a - respeatable yowls , q wan by the
name of Simpion Price; by the Knew 'N6th.
-lags," who is reported to have been; itur une d
to join the Order. Ilaving.been`deekived is
its object., it is-reported says our letter ' th at
he leaked some of its secrets, and had left it,
This is the suppos ed cause—the only ore A i:
signed for the brutal as:SaUlt lie was fell e d
to the earth and left fur dead. - (Air infor ,
mant saw him after the attack,'and says, « he
look e d like death." S 6 it goes - -Know .Noth•
ing mobs in towns and cities—destructi on st
ballot boxes, and slaughter, and riot rampa nt
—and in the country assassinations! nada%
the timid and moderate portion of the broth.
reit better pass a resolution of " pain sad re
gret" on account of this incident of their his
tory in the rural districtiC Throw broadcast
your triangular bits of scarlet paper, and call
a distress cotincil.--Stateamen.
Ttie 'Mission at the lliewspaap er ..
The, World is apt to slight and . forget
obligation to the NewsPapet. M16 4 ) 4
Newspaper that keeps men posted iip - o - n
matters -and on all subjects thatdo not In as
under their own immediate Observation.
The eyes of the newspaper is universal—i t
falls on all parts of the world,. and searches
out its incidents, as well-as the motives anti.
passions -that control its movements. .Noth
lig. -is. too great, nothing too trivial to er,
cape its keen, penetrating' glance; it is every.,
where—on everybody; above, below, around
it—the four quarters of the earth are in
parade ,ground; - and it „passes over then
every nioment,of each day. It is cea*elessitt
its industry--lireless in its watchfulness; and,
although gossipy in its character, it is vigi.
lant tit times; penetrative as light, , and sleep•
less as the stars.
./-Each 'succeeding ditthi comes not With'
more regularity than the morning journal
with .. the fresh batch of news despatches from
all parts of the world. The thoughts, po s i.
tions ; incidents, and movements of Individu a l s ' -
and of nations, are presented 111 its .colurn u ,
'as in a inirrer—the reflex of the 'thought s
and"
. progress of man and the World. li e
who reads carefully a well conducted news
paper, is never in any :danger of falling h e :
hind the age., His journal keeps him posted
up in everything running on With the great
,match of time; it gradually. - prepres the
mind to receive.all theinew'iliseovenes . of th e
human brain in its rapid Strides to clear and
unclouded intellrgericet. it .weans him from .
old. fashious; old Custbrni, and • old coiy
thoughts; it seperateslhim from early preju,
dice, and gradually imbues hint with sound
practicalmotions, and O'nablesitim to . fathom
the heaviest and most abstruse subjects with
the plunimet of corunton sense; it, keeps
him alive 'ton]] the:lle*. progressive steps in
trade, commerce, and art ; it'makei him fa
miliar with the details of all the events trans
pin:pg in no matter wh_at-part a the 'world,
er the day; it enables him to keep pace Witir
the intelligence and progress of.time; it 6r
ries him on, imperceptibly. to himself, With
each.progressive step of the era in.which be
lives ; and ft enables him, if he be a man of
business, to open new channels ; of ;'correspon
deuce, and thus secure for„himeelf new open
ings for Undo, and new sources of .S
Dutchman. . •
tar A law has li'een passed by the litchi.
gan.legislatnre, which provides as follOwsl
" All ch4ch property shall vest and de
'scend, with the improvernents,- in perpetual
succession to, shall be held bv l the trustee
provided in the act, iu trust for such &lurch,
congregation or society. - Na bishop, vicar,
or ecelesiastic'ef any name, or any office, or
member lzif religious, educational or chnitable
institntiOn, shall have, possess oe exercise any
power, capacity or franchise of a corporation
sale, so far, as relates to taking, holding,
managing; selling, or transiating.property,
gifts, grants, desires, bequests,cOnveyance or
lease of real estate." ‘.
- THE Bretr...—The Bibb) must bein
vention ofgood.men or angels,of bad or devil., ,r
or of God.
It .could not be the invention ofgood men
or angels for they neither would nor could
make a book and tell lies all, the time- they,
were writing it, saying,' Thus saiththe Lord,'
when, it vests their own invention. ..
. t - Could. not be the invention of bad men
or devils, for they could not make a book
w ieh commands all duty,-forbids all sin awl .
eondems themselvs to all eternity.
therefore draw this conclusion—the Bible
mist be given by inspiration of Gc:4l.---Sitap.
•
'a nX BIG Sroar.—An old gentleman who had -
eighbor rather addicted to telling large sto
_.ries, after listening one day to. several •whia -
quite taxed bis credulity, bonded that he
himself could tell a'biggei one still ; and prO
ceeded to relate the folloWing:
Said be, one day 1 was quite at tho farther
end of my farm' more than lialf a mile from
my house- 7 -when at once,Lsa ) wit heavy dark
cloud the west: _ n I saw the tor
rents of rain docending at a distant*, and
rapidly approaching - the place where I stood,
with my wagon and horses. Determined--if
possible--Ltpescape the storrnlinstantlyleap
ed into my wagon,and started my team tow
ards home. By constant application of the
whip to my horses, I barely escaped being
overtaken, by the rapidly approaching torrent.
But so tremonduous did it pour down, that
my little dog, who was - close behind me, acts
aly had to swim all the way
A Railroad Train Saved by a. Child
We are indebted to a lady . for the fallow:
ing communication, the leading facii of whiCh
had been known to us previously, and we hare
no doubt that the very approptate suggestions
of the writer as_to thO fitting tesnmoniarwill •
be redily appreyed by thasearho hare the pow..,
cr to carry it into effect : •
On the—of March, 1855, while the freight
engine, Joseph Johnson,was returning with si
train of sixteen cars laden with, cotters the
attention of the -engineer -.Willington, was
arrested by. an object in the distance, which.
apeared to be a(signal. • Be succeeded ilk.
stopping within a car's distance of the spot.
when he was informed that the eulvert,(sesen.:
ty-six miles') swan destroyed- by the firm
had•been aging in the woods for some days. •
The signal had been given by a young g.
named lteboCoa Barns, residerug with her
parents in the vicinity. She . had mat tered
exertions to arrest-the p of the hoes
to prevent the burning , culvert ;, but
finding her efforts ineffectual, with imminent
danger to herself, awaited the approach of the
engine in order to applise the engineer obi
peril which shieffected by the waving of he'
'bOnuet- Upettesstuhuhicus it was ascertain•
ed that an atqiietittoneesewookl have 'noir
hated the traus'-'aud teible resistaneo oem
hate ben procured; all vouid been
sumed.'
It watt a heroic Act, thtdatreP44l4w
was oplY eX4MXidika by its tesipiaohnitr 3
itatreatness wait enhanced by ttut fact that tbv
girl's simplicity of wind. and die obsourityfr
her position' divesther of the 04444. 1 44" -
ion that she weir tietimted hyenas's* ofambi
tion or-reward. it was , an. sot- of heroism'
more worthy Of roccui thatsimaaj of the 4oxis .
which are embla#oqed upon the pages of
histmill as deserving. -the admiration, of- the,
Patrint and the emulation of- tin 14611anthro'
pest. Slitely the Mind that coubt :soar*.
such #n -04U:client; and the heart that could