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7116 LAN,SEST CIRCULATION IN NORTIIERNITIWA.
E. B. CHASE fk J. B. MCCOLLUN, EDITORS
ALVIN DA V I , Publisher.
noutrose, Thursday,Sept.; 13 ,L 855.
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Fan AUDITOR,
any eri,ir WELLS, Of lirldiessiiter.
sir In our colums to Any -will be fotiN
extracts .from letters of the Hon. - G. A. Grow
_ to - his fatnily,friends. We have been kindly
furnished with these letters, and shall extract
from theta for several numbers of our paper.
Our readers are under great _obligations for
these favors from the old world.
Letters From the Candidates.,
In another column i'Ve_ publish the letters
, -
of interrogation,by the Committee appointed
by the Demecrati : Convention, 'and the .
plies of the candidates so far as receii'ed. , —
The sameletter i viiiied Only as to the office
named, was addressed to all of them.
It will he seen that the. candidates place
themselves boldly. on the issues before the
people, and we believe their sentiments will
find a response in the couviotions of a large
majority of the people of this county. In
deed, we can seeno exense for any man, pre= .
tending to have been a Democrat, who per
sists in striving to defeat - the ticket: If he
does so,. What reason can he render Can
L...still say:that the great question of freedom
ia involved in - the result I We - apprehend
that no m'au who Ms a 'regard for his man
hood, will pretend even that such is the. case.
He will not pretend that . our nominees are
not,_yea More, have not been from the rust
hour, firm, consistent men on that .issue. - -
Suppose then•those men are defeated, their
&feat will justly be attributed - to a por-
' tion of the free soil democrats; or those - - „pre- .
.' tendingtO be such. Now can the men .who
thus defeat them convince men that they are
-. honest in what they profess, when they thus
. leave a ticket and a platform . which they
must acknOwledge to be right, and join hands
with aim . tylio have opposed the Democracy
in. every cOngressional conflict, on that issue
since the Subject M'3s first agitated -in Con
gress.
.T.\'‘ie suppose that no one 'will deny
that it has been the Democratie, party of this
District, - `every time against the opposition of
the Whig, or Know NOthing'party, that has
- 8.- Mined the free:soil 'question, electing Mr,
-- WilltnOt one term 'more than -Duty Usage,
and the same of Mr. Griiw .And yet now: it
. is this same Whig party, upder, another name
• with whiCh Democrats are askedto coalesce
and defeat their own men on - that
. issue.—
The idea is prepbsterous,'involving an absur
. • dity too glaring.for ,Lonest men to embrace.
If the - Deinocratic ticket is'defeated. in - t its
county this fall t , it will be defeated not on the
.
free-soil issue at all, because that is p an
issue between the parties.. It - will be •cause
men, professing:to act only with reference to
the free-soil -question, . really care -more for
their' connection with the Know - Nothing
Lodges than for free soil.. - This is the only
'treasonable construction the world . can - put_
on their conduct, and when that shall be
....-. .
made to appear, honest,straight-forward Men,
,will be 'very apt to treat them as men.' Want
ing in political integrity- and virtue. This is
just the position that those free soil Detno
crats who unite with the opposition this fall
to defeat :our county ticket will End them
selves phiced in. In oar judgement the;
' could not strike a more fatal blow • at the
principlegi they profess. We hope 'therefore
that they *ill look well to the consequences
before they mks: such a' step.
The Pittsburg Couventiciu.
Since Our last, the Republican party has .
- held its State Convention at Pittsburg 'nod
nominated Passmore Willianigon of Philadel
phia fOr Canal Commissioner. It is said that
he is not ; a Know-Nothing, and that there
, fore a third man will be brought into the
field. If this be the.. case, die result will
probably be the election of Mi. Phimer by a
'large majority. Judge Jessup of thiss t ounty;
who made a speech in the llaltitnbre Con-,
yention three years ago in favor of: the Fwgi.:
- tice Slase Law, and pledging the Whig paro
ty of. Pennsylvania to the South; presided'
Over thisanti-Slavery Convention, Whichpi.ss :
es Resolutions in favor of repealing that LitAV,
declaring that SlaverY is . sectional, &c., Sc.
Novi this same Judge Jesiup is the file leader
of thc'Republican party of 'this county, which
seks“free soil" Demoorrats to enlist, under
Ms banner to resist slaverY! A pretty lead
, et indeed for Democrats to follow. He pre-.
tended to be a Democrat himgOlf till General
Jackson vetoed the United States Bank Bill,
and theix4ie deserted the old hero and joined
_the Bank .party, operating extensively, bim
selfas Our maders - reollect, in Bank affairs
in this county. Then he turned Abolitionist
and made Abolition speeches, .till tke wooden
horse at Williesbarre- converted- him, alie n
his next strike in politics of the most
pro-slayery patine, three years ago. Now he
is on the other sideag*n.. Truly Deriocrats,
—Jackson Demobtats,4—must he proud of
sach.a.leader, and 'those who follow him, if
any so'foolish as Io& so, will find thein
selves in :the end in - tlie embrace 'of the old
Whig .401,0t,T ) : Pay perhaps under ' another:
mune," •
Mr.liarmen is confined in Jail in Phil
adelphia, for FOL ttlf12:11),, of Court in the mat
ters-rtrisWent'Orths:Wheeler slave cate.— r
From'a careful perusal of _the • facts brought
before the Supreme Court in_ his case,.-hie
stands in
,Mt thnVtltiOn. - Wheeler bre%
his slaves to Philadelphia, and Williamson
went on board the h. s itat and tokd thew they
t+ Srifurcils. Ars Lail of Paniorritania..whish.
eras undoubtedly true t ,_ Wheeler then went
d
before thetTni l - States Judge and obtained
a)utheai cioop i ; giveribi That Nit lain - se - a li4
unlawfully abducted his slave". Judge Kane
issued the writ, and :Willianison, instead or
matieg tbillegal return;solbat,the questioe
of the fn..ed4ni_ of the slaiei could be - tried,
contented himself with denying.. the jurisdic
tion of the oourtto make tOra produce them;
whereupon the. Judge committed himto jail
for contempt of Court. - lie thin appli ed to
our State Spretne Court, for a writ of habeas
corpus to discharge hi* which that Court
refu'se t to grant, Judge lin.or dissenting. The
SuprZnne Court decide that they have no jur
isdiction to reverse the dcrees of the United
States Courts. That an' Court is its own
judge of contempts, and its -
decrees final.—
_I .
MO " Mr. Williamim - earriei the key ,to his
-be
prison, c.nd ul yrl l released the m oment h e
obeys. the mciydate orthe law and makes the
legal return to the tirit. That until he does
so, he need not compNA of the hardships of
the law, having it in his po;ver: it, any mo
mmt that he chooses to Obey if, to come out
of Jail.
.finox dissents on the ground :that .tit..lgo•
Kane had najnrisdiction in the cnse,and.that
•
therefore Williaptson was hot bound .to obey.
The majority of the conrt reply to this,' that
the question of Jurisdiction was not one for
Williamson- to decide,. and that if partieS
may set them Selves up• as Judges of tlio
risdictioh, thereican be no poW.er in anieourt
to enforce its pracess, and ilint witnesses, Ju
rors or any i boelf else may refuse toobey 'the
summons of oq Courts -.bpi; denying
the right or theiJadge to t6f.the caSel. This
they say would - I,e.,prepos,tei*s, and subver
sive of al; la wand order, and . hence Will
iamson innst till hG will
. make the
. -proper returncto the writ, all - that then he
will' be set at liberty.: Sack is the state. -of
the case as we glean from a *lose perusal of
the 'Opinions of the learned Judges on both
sides. • .
Morrnlosr., sept,, s, 1835.
OLIVER LATRROP, Esq.:
• Year Sir•:—The. Democratic, Convention
I 'd this County placed you in nominationfor
i
the office of Representative,—with directions
1 however to us.tol request of you - a Written
pledge that you neither have, nor will! hare
nay connection With.the Order called " Know
Nothings?' nor with any other secret political
Order or society. .We now ask tharplOge.
With the reasons which induced this, We
haVe nothing to do ; Since the CoriVention
unanimously required it. - • ,
. : But . . yourwill, not he surprised at such ac
tion:wlien you consider that the otiiv issue
• • •
,and object in the -approaching - contlst - is to
'rescue this jconnty from the dominion of the
Lodgcs,— , -Unquestionably the most ..corrupt,
.dangerous,niid" wicked system of fraud that
ever lifted ambitious Men into power. 'lf
you add to tips the fact that the Very nature
of this consp4acy is to cheat the voter uncoil
se,ionsly into its Support ; you will. .see in this
caution but; the commonest menus of self
preservation.' . • Respectfully;4,-,c.,
- .): . .R. B. LITTLE, .; . •
; -
- i-- . WM. K..IIATCfI, -Com.
. 1 THOS. JOHNSON, •,.
SPRINGILE, Sept. t, 1.85 S
P. B. 'Lrrrt,'T., EsQ.:
Dear Sir :- - --Your faVor of the _6th inst.,
as Chairmtu of the CoMmittee of the recent
Democratic Convention, appoited to inform
the candidates of their nomina ion, and ask
ing
a fth
a pledge to the effect that ey are not
now, have not been, and 'will not become
members of the Know-Nothing or any other
secret political society, has been received.
In view.of the political occurrences of the
past year, I readily admit the propriety of re
quiring the pledge proposed especially, with
reference to a connection with the secret so
cieties now - underfood to be in existence, I
have not had, Pei;her do . I design to have any
connection whatrer with the Know-Nothing
organization, or'ith any other secret • paid
cal society..of win, h I have any knowledge.
\ e
You are aware' ntlemen, that I was-nom
inated without.tb least solicitation on my
part. • Office I'h:we never sought, but if chos
en by Inv fellow tcitizens . heir Representative,
I will try " ' to serve tbeni raithfully and well.
I desire, 1 owever, that every run who may
wish to vote for me shall' icuderstand well my
position, and then he wily knoW what to ex
pect at my hands.. I leprecate this intro
duction_ of rftions opinions into politici, for
I do not
_believe :religion will be - benefitted
thereby. I am, a Protestant-i - a Member of a
j Protestant Chu;reh,—and. as such I believe
the truths of the . Go.o, in this land of free
smelt, will find their - way to the hearts of
1 tneh) ivithout poi liticil A'id The Lord is equal
1 ' 1
to the wolk he has\ appointed, amt I
_hope' .
Protestant Mulches will repel this 1 interfer;
ence of political demagogues, who' seek to
take advantage of their prejudices, - before all
that is pure and good, iti oar holy religion
shall be polluted by the an4itious purpose's
of profligate politicianr. 14 them be taught
that, at. least, they
M must nottdesecr i ate the al
tars of the ! Bost High, in their struggles - for
1 political station and power. . ,
On the question of Oave.ry, I' agree with
the ReSolations of yourl.Convention. I - am,
and, hate been :Mtn t4'first, opposed to, its
extension into free territory; and, should I
be elected, whenever called to act with refer
ence to t t lia4nv convilltions will be the guide
of my aetion,—my influence and my vote :I
.
shall usetlways, and to their- fullest, extent,
for the furtherance of free institutions. 1
My pcnition is now' defined openly on the
leading questions of the nay, and 1 have atn- o
ed to make it clear to the ripprehension ofall,l
Tor. I desire that nii man shitll vote for me fwd :
afterwards feel that he _has, been deceived:
t
- :Accept for yourself I the other gentle
men of the Committee. the assurance of myi
-v ' :
tweet. .
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, I ;
' ' 4 - 1. - LATHROP; .t'
l e
- lifoxraok Sept 10,1855;
Gentlemen. , : / : , ' -
I pare 'your note of t, sth . informing
me officially Of ' my Domitiation foi Pouoty
Theismr by the late rketooctatic Cool - maim:l
- fad redinivirg .f So* filar that 1 hjyri no
connection with the Order ' commonly called
-K ll 9w Nott 4l o, are- • • -
ICan assure you, in the most positive man
ner that I have no connection with any , se
cret political o . eiety of tiny kind or for any
purpose, and that .I look upon such couibina
tikins' as a dangerous element in a government
like ours, where , the people should have every
facility for canvassing, the mend of the can
didates 'for their suffrages, and where the
etioice of the voter . Should be restrained by
no obligation save those he owes to his coun
try and to his God. I believe that the Mass
ei of 'the people arepatriogc, and therefore, by
open and manly diseussion, those who may
have:enahraced an error in moments of excite-
Meat:will return to correct principles as the
error becomes manifest.
It affords the pleasure to say that I concur
heartily:in the principles laid down by your
dOnvonfion.- - From the firsttagitation of. the
eitensin of slavery into free• territory, Ihave
opposed its extension, and should - I
be elected
Whatever influence may
.-pertain • to the• sta
tion, I should feel -myself bound; as a pemo
erat-tand as a man, to use " perpetually on
the side of freediim." •
• Very Truly yours,
TURRELL.
B. B. ',TITLE, Chairman of Conftee.
(Cozistus tcATED.)
Montrose -Politics.
The Editors of the Knoothing Organ ,
here, perrnitra certain t4rson, win: is perfect
ly known! o "us all, almost' every wcek to
adorn that elegant ma! useful print with AUL!!
things .as he ean write.: The main feature in
alt these 'Communications is a sort of insanc•
hiared tOWard a priv.ate citiien,whose offence
is that he presumes, in this free country,- to
•exercise the right to carry- out his ideas of
freedom in the Democratic, insterid of the
know-Nothing party. That writer is inflarn,.
ed with this hatred to a degree that seems to
exclude every Other thought ; and every week
alniost, ever siuce last fall,. in every form Of
.attack, this moral/mania struggles Ourof him
to the edification, no donht, of those men at
'Montrose, who, in the- distribution of labor,
assigned him this delightful duty. Well,Mr.
Little-Can defend himself if he chooses ; but
he Will hardly stop to ? reply ,to those boyish
assaults, so pointless in vvir,.--so weak : in de
nunciation, and so utterly void of - all kind
of ability. Were he to do so,. it would . be
Z sT
some 'moment's p.astit to quiet him ;, "as
the Osprey. does the fi ; who takes it by :-,ov
ereignty of nature.". here is - nothing in
there but hate, a thing that always defeats its
purpose.. , , . ,
But this . same writer talks flippantiy as a
boy; about "Chase Democrats,"-as Sas
-quell:man freemen were anybody's Democrats.
His school begets such ideas; and these pol
iticians at Montrose- regard the people as
mete tools, - made by a kind of Machinery, as
they make Know-Nothings,—and politics :rs
a game; where cunning is stronger than right.
The way they Worked the lodge-System last
fall, has made them wild with this
They have no conception of manhoodi They
never knew that a- Democrat, rich or poor,
was a very sovereign, thinking and acting As
such, and spurning dictation from any source.
• Look at these politicians. ,Just now they
deliberately, voted the Fugitive Slave Law
upon little befor - e, they were crazy for
Taylor, with his army of slaves;—and always,
they ja - satie - d - the patriarchal institution, just
as their God, Henry clay did. And some of
them, in common with that. very writer of
whom we have spoken, now, ore third degree
mentheri'Of the Order, whose oa th ignores
Slavery! 7 : Yet, in the estimation of these
men, our Ticket is so pro-slavery, they can't
support it, withfint seriously damaging their
consciences. All at once they are seized
with a horror - of Slavery, like a fit,—so,pene
trated with virtuous reflections upon that sub;
ject, that they can't Sleep,—a very nightmare
of rirtue,-setting upon their pure bosoms, un
til after electibn !
Democrats might as well keep on plough
ing this fall. The work is taken out of their
hands; and gill be done on .au improved plan.
There will be no more' Caucus, nor corrup
tiOn. This new exaltation breaks out into a
sort of Church-worship, so sacred that it can't
endure the rude gaze and contact of unity-,'
spired men; bet must hold its weekly meet
ingsl at midnight, in saw-mills, Tanneries,
Asheries, and other secluded spots, where un- .
:Seal, conscience ,can regale itself -with images
of patriotism. And then there is the guar- -
terly meeting at Montrose, where these blest
votaries meet, the very priesthood . of the Or
der, fight at the altar of the Country, .;where
their mellow and fused splits- mix together,
and exhale like . incense. Why don't they
abolish the Offices,—voting is so vulgar, done_
by everybody but nd sometimes by
them event After all, there is nothing' like
office to cement a' party, and just now they
have particular use for them, to hold in bolt
ing Dnt
eoerats that x+ft, to go back this fall.
Mince the fusion of the Whigs that is their
IKnOW-Nothing absorption, it is amusing to
isee how they love a Democrat. It is a new
1 ! ardor. They caught perhaps a dozen or two;
and those few, if they'll only . 'stay, can just
rule-the party. Why a Whig stands no
tchance for office,—these precious Democrats,
1 that once stood..high in their 'ptrty, lend us
such a lustre, that any terms, any 'fawning,
is a cheap price for such riacessions; What
a dignified set of men these Whigs are' just
- now 1.
But to return, this movement has. a public
and a private aspect,—one political; the oth
er, we may as well call 'reli9ibus. The re-
/iyioul or in-irate, side does up the catholic
question, ignores slavery, and other patriotic
citiesin the Lodges; the political, or "Re
publican" side, does the voting, takes the offi
ces, makes speeches, prints the Organ, and
crushes out Slavery !
This - is what is meint_by carrying ones re
ligion into politics; a subject never properly
understood before. Thus, in Blciomer-Hall;
the former side resolves'" on account of the
pressing_ nature of the Slavery question, to
make no nominations this fall,"--tben these
virtuous men take their other, or Republican
side, and - go right - up to the Court-House,
gad p ri p sre for somisaiiev+4. Slavery /melt;
es so unusually hard this fall, that we, lodges;
must_ bold on awhile, and .:_lattkolt Republi
can Auditor and commissioner to stop that
pushing. It wouldn't do for the lodge to go
on, and leave, a Democratic--Anli-Starery
•Tieket to keep thit monster. that ptishes so .
hard, out of the Qoutity. -We must have all.
the offices, " even to Constable,". not because.
we arclelfiA, but only to stop slavery. ..
. Just so last fall, they elected Pollock, and
kept 'slavery out of Pennsylvania ; and the
outsiders who honestly voted him for that .
laudable purposknever -knew, until -it was .
too late, that this Worthy 'Executive had. a
private. side, known only to- the initiated,
adapting him to some other. purpose that they
hadn't bargained for.: They could only hear
the high,ooble free-soil speeep r —they cohldn't
. see certain *making of the gagers around the
vest .buttons, that revealed ,the private •side
to
- the eyes - of the faithful only. • .And
.it is
always so. The Republican side appears to
make the Ticket; but you, will be sure never
to find anything but a.Know-Nothing on it ;"
unless perhaps it- was one of them prominent
bolting Democrats whom they Want to hold
I I t
till they.get established.
Then when they come to the Polls, a
Know-Nothing is nowhere to be seen ; -they
are all Republicans, moving about sastealth
ily there ; !and eschewing all corrupting dis
cusSions e i dth rabble' Democrats. What a
so)enin businesm,,this country-saving is ; only
to be done - by getrat cunning and wisdom
-Some men think they can oppose slavery
without going into the " Outer-darkness" of
the Lodges. ^ Rut they' ansWer, this is because
Itbis . .,are unconverted,—k is a mystery, but
nobody et:in hit Slavery, but us. Your anti
is all pro-slavery. -There is nobody really
sincere but us. - secret societies are the thing.
The Abolitionists faile,l because they were
for light and discussion. The truth is if our
country is ever saved,- it must - be done pri
-vatelv.
. .
The bolting Democrat just now, .is.a , queer
figute.it is refreshing, these corrupt times, io L
commune with such purity. He don't wan't t
Office,-not he,—he'll go anywhere " hisyrin
.
ciples7 go.: But we cever knew his pr i nci. '
pled take him vberelt didn't. look as if office
lay.. . •
That is a t .ot .the new nomenelature,
caught from the 'ma that four times a year. 1
.administers to theSei
men; their little stock of 1
political ideas, in ;u icious doses ; • suited to
.their respective cap4cities: The thing gets
pretty sVeather beaten along the latter part
of the quarter;
.but the man comes at last,
and their strength is. revived. •-" My prinei
.
ples,".LL:whnt a charm in the Wod, especially
when spoken hind, and set in between a brace
of oaths.. So disinterested, and self-saetifie
in:.; it looks like the martyr Ake, come again
to H e ..., th e world.. De'nt,l", beg of you, sus
pect these men, because it happens,—merely
happens just now, that some of them are in
the field, and others about to- come in the
field, as candidates; who a little i while ago,
were asking" the same gifts from the people,
while proclaiming exactly the opposite senti
ments. What, a pure. Democrat ! The Con
vention, And . candidates of that party 'are
pledged to . the - teeth against slavery,—the
_welt' question this fall is, shall Susquehanna
County,-in its judicial, and executive depart
ments, lie under the.dominion of-secret, oath
bound Lodges"? - They are obliged to admit
this, and yet "my principles" lead s the into
that mystery of ittiquity,—the Lodge.
But he says, lam fixing for '56. 'Wait
till that comes; we don't know how the is
strs will come up then-;',.besides yoti :don't
advance your "principles" by upholding the
Lodge, Whi"et is.the.tool of the South. Do
present duty. . . . .
.We can't tell what Will bein '5O ; .but we
know that these hills are covered with Dem
ocrats;who will not leave their party at 'the .
bidding of the Slave-driver, nor support Sla
very either. -He wifl stand .by her when
right, and reform . her - where wrong. - She
garners up his confidence :and his hopes ;•he
cause she alone bears the Ark of a nation's
progress, and.the .elements of her grandeur.
Ai times defeated, she has vet reclaimed' her
heritage frimi the spoiling of the Vandal; by
a law of our being, as sure as is the principle
of self-government ; which it is her ruisSiettr to
vindicate Before the world. She will again .
re=assert her empire in the Republic every
,l .
where. To § this party on any one idea,
and 'plunge into the awful corruptions . of the
L.odges, shows a depraved heart, covering its
somerse" t after office, by "the mock - cry
. of
"nay pridriples." _ . . • .
• - For the Democrat.
WILLI-01'3 COLLEGE, Aug. 15t11, 1855.
Me i ftsraEditors day . . old `V illiums
celcbtlted her sixty-tirst cominencement.- - --
An unusual' number-of strangers were pres
ent. Th 6 day was very favorable. The 'nor- .
ning pieces, particularly that of Mr. Ingalls,
were good. l ln the afternoon Mr. Holmes at
tracted considerable attention by the singu
larity of his, oration. ' It was full of spice and
flavor, and exceedingly delighted the . audi
ence. Mr. Downer contended ably for the
freedom of the pulpit. Such if soul-stirring
oration we have not heard in -a long time.—
The spec+ was well written and exceedingly
well delivered. Mr. Edwards was in- our view
the oratoi of the day. His clear articuht . -
tion and complete self-possession overcame all
the defects in consequence of his recent ill
ness. Laseevening we were addressed by
the Rev. 11. W. Beecher. Ilia . subject was
mirth—its relations to the intellectual and
creative nature of mad. It.wassit truly Beech
rian effort.
.
Yours, JACOB SAUNDERS. --.
Omsna One it the:eapital of the: territo
rylef Nebraska, and a letter writer thus speaks
of:it :
" Omaha city can now boast of some for
ty houses such as they are. There are four
stow, one hotel, three boarding houses, two
drinking houses, One blacksmith shop, onn
steam saw mill' one printing office, twenty
lawyers, nineiloetons, one minister, one hun
drat andfifty speculators, twelve goyernment
officials, thirteenlabies, seventy five legisla
tive aspirants; thirty congressional , aspirants
forty gentleman about , town, and a few more
Petunia geuetullY. Of course the place is im
proving, progressing, advancing, going-ahead
snl will eventually le a place of considerable
oriporta nag,
(Letters From Europe.)
• • t . .osnoic-May , 3l; 1855.
Deai Flip* : • • -•
_l ,
I should have written yon trip Liverpool,
immediately on our arrival, but,. as th e letter.. :
aould not go Ai il'ai*tunlity, 1 aefer‘44.
'till we shonlcUreaCh this plaice, • • .
In creasing the' Atlantic. we had it; nice'
view of icebergs, nearly all one day. 'Theri . 3.l
were fourtecnjn sight at one time, some
which were very fne. ones. The largest was?
some 600 feet long; and about 50 feet himl
But I hainn . ot time'to give. a- U A6C01114 ,
of our sea Voyge, and
. must leave details till
some other time. cf We spe nt Monday in Liv.; •
~
erpool, Mr. thennell son' of henry Grenfelf
of N.X. rode out with us e
. to. see th
and some iiior seven miles into4he coutitry . .;•
The buildings here are built for tirne,.and
ev
ery you are reminded that you i.are in
an era country.. There-ire no new build?ags
being erected, and no improvements goingon.
All. seem to' be z finished, without the -appear
ance of stagnation, for there is life and fresh
nes.4everywhere. But there is no dilapida:-
.tion. .There are no fences except hedges. and
Wall laid in weather cement. -
At Liverpool the docks are all atone, and
Make a fine show. - .No shipping lies outside
the wlinrf as with us,: but large -basins are
excavated, afterusit.g all of the channel .it
nip do to take, and outside of all, next the
water, is- a. heavy wall laid in cement sonic
20 feet high, with a wall next the water,
some 10 feet wide, called the maiine parade,
The docks at Liverpool cover 300 acre, and
here they are much larder. Foidrything is
on a magnificent . scale: From Liyerpool.we
went to chester and' Eaton hull. At Ches
ter 'we wont around the ohl, wall,. parts 'of
which were built more than. 1890 yeais - ago.
The old Cathedral is venerable and quaint
old pile of red sand stone, built A. D. 983,
though parts have been added at a later date,
-
—none however since the fourteenth centu
ry. At Chester we saw the Phoenix - tower.
where Charles the FirstsaW his ariny defeat
ed by Cromwel more than two
. centuries
ago,—and• where he lost his throne. -Ther,e
are four archwa” through the .wallfor en
trance to the Ciy, mid the streets from there
divide it into quarters, .coning together in
the eon tre, • . • •
From Chester we rode . t Eton flail, four
miles, which is the count seat (if
. the Mar
quess of Westminster. TiHall was dosed,
rode t
We went over the grot:ds in part. He
ha5 : 49,600 acres, divi,F . into a park,.:pleas
ure . grounds, and cultivated fields'. The park
contains 2000 acres ; covered with :original
forest oaks and thicket.,
.over • which • Were
7,1 e -fit numbers of deer. feeding, and in ..the
thickets were innumerable rabbits, patridges
and other game. On the one side is unboun
ded wealth, and a •proftrsion of everything,
and poverty and destitution on the other.—
The income of the Marquis is said to be about
half a million a year.. In seeing the -homes
id . the:English nobility, we realize that our
million:nes arm-I.:ally men of small wealth.—
.We saw the celebrated race horse "Touch
Stone.", He is a fine dark day, and is now
25 years old. The present Marquis, his oWn
er, refused =.2,5,00qf0r him. He was Over
beaten on tit' turf. -
.N St affectionately.
-f •
.• ) s • G. A. GROW.
.
BRITISH HOTEL, LONDO:!: June 3, 1855.
Dear
.friends:
Wheal 'wrote you I had seen but little of
nmilttii
Now to give von a brief and hasty sketch
of London. Friday last we visited Westmin
ster Hall where Charles, first,Warren Hastings,
and others were tried for high treason. It is
a spacious Hail
. and interesting from. historic
- associations. In it are.now held the Courts
of Queen's Bench, Exeliever,&c. I The- J udge
es, four in number in each Court,l except 'ni
ei. Arius, wear ',hick gowns and. powdered
wigs, as in- ancient times,—so also do the
LaWyers; They present a quaint appearance
in the little•dark rooms in which they sit:
• London Tower, the place of blOod in Eng
land's
early history is iniested with- peculiar
interest -to all who speak - - the English lan : -
gunge. It was for more than : a century the
prison house of all - who fell under the dis
pleasure of the crown. It -was erected by
William the conqueror in his 'attempts to
crush out - the spirit of Liberty among the
stern old Saxons, and was for a long time
the prison house for nil those- charged with
high crimes-against tFe State. It is no lon
ger used for a prison, but is%kept as. a relic
of the past.. It is a vast and strongly fortified
fort, with three timers. Around it is a ditch
; land high wall, but there ver& secret passa-.
ges to the towers, througkWhich the min- ,
ions of the King could enter- to execute his
bloody edigtts; 0, could the stones of those
towers Speak, what a tale of unrecorded woe
and cruelty would, they tell! But the times
' that required its erection and continued rise
are passed, and it is, now used as- a store
house of arms and historic relies, and as a re
sort, of the traveller. After • this we visited
St. Pauls Church, the largest in . the World ;
except St. Peters at Rome: !There is- nod'.
ing of particular, interest about it, -save its
size and sonte . seulpture. , ..
The most interesting place we have visited
en account of its historic associations, repte
seated in the persons of - most of those who
have made the English name and language
illusttions,is Westminster Abbey; a Vetter&
ble old pile of relish stone used in the mid-,
die ages as a CltUrch, and now,excepting the.-'.
centre, the receptacle of the monuments of ,
the illUstri 0114 ded. Beginning, as you: en- 1
ter, with the moll
mint of-Chaucer, the fath
er
• of English poets, - and - passing around
' among the - statues 'of KingS, Queens and no
bles, you ; close- the scene with Shaketspear
holding a scroll, on which is inscribe these
most fitting -hues, taken' frotti his own Wif.
tins; and after days passed amid:venemb:e
piles of stone and granite, and ruins . of stu
pendous castles; nothing - could be .more :ex
- .
pressive-on leaving the restfrigplace'ef 'their .
illustrious ocupauts.
• ' - -The eont clikied towers, thi . gorgeous palaces
. The solemn temples, the gm' globe itself,.:. ! .
Yea, all it inherits shall disco ve,
, ... .
And like the baseleis fabrie o'a vision . ..- .•
• I.4avii'mot, a wreck behind :_ •.'. .- ' - ::: '
i r As a piece of Conirisition it , is, ailinirahle,
lint speaking from the marble scroll of. West-
,Iminster Abbey, amid the tombs and monu
ments of the illustrious dead, it fills the
_soul
With gloomy sadness, not to be ;described by
words. Here repose, eide,h,i side the rivils
. -
in life'. • On one bide the iiinidgmeentjir.n
betb,.ntid on the other her ‘jietinyt Miry
queen or Scotts,—and but.: little separated
aFetlie . rival statesmen Fox and
" The battle of oar life is brief,
The alarm; the struggle, the relief,
Then sleep we side by side !"
• But; to leave the dead and turn to the liv
ing. We, next' visited the stables of the
Queen's horses She has 150 in .number for
her use and that of Prince Albert and' the Ht . .:
tie princes.- 111kof Of them are bay.- Twelve
are cream col 4 and twelve blACii. which are
used only on State occasions,.at the opening
and closing of Parlianient. The • Queen and
Pritice.Albert then ride out to *house . Of
•
Lotds in the car'of•State,—a 'gilded carriage
ofireat - weight, The Queen. : ha's* two - ear
riageS for attending parties, balls &c. rwhlalt
cost each $4OOO. The groom - showed us
through to see all the horses, carriages, bar
ness&c. 'The Queen is expec 1..41 Out :to, see
. the races Thursday, at which into iwe hope
to see her. •
Saturday we wont to..the
,Grystal Palace .
at Sydenhatu, to attend the„..Aniial Floral
Exhibition. .The Palace and grOutidsexceed
in magnificence, anything I' hitt•e evei
.1.45,150,000 have been expended onthern, and.
it will take two thousand 'nore to complete
them. There are nine fountains,' with prob-,
ably 50000 jets all playing and two large
cataract and cascade fotintains in course- of
erection. The length of the Palace i ,1.008
feet, width pB4:. In addition are two wi'ngs
each 574 feet; and a cOlOnade from the wings
720 feet, taking the entire length of the
imilding covered with - glass nearly. three
fourths of a mile. The highest part is . 170
feet from the ground floor. The Palace and'
wings cover.hu area .of 802,780 square feet,
and the superficial quay` of glass used in
25 acres. In it are representations of almost
every' kind i;tf animal and - plant in the world,
iti addition.to the finest specimens of sculp•
lure, painting and the mectutnien! arts. .
Sunday we•attended servises in NYtttnin
ster.Abhy and also at St *Paida. We also
visited Hyde Park and Kiinsing,ton- gardens.
The Park and giirdens contain 740 aems, of
beautifully:ornamented ground. -Adjoining
is St. James Park of 83 acres, so: three is in
the heart of London. one pleasure ground of
over 800 acres. There are in the eitY in all,
over 1700 acres in . parks. :Hit
,was a Yen:
kee.city'theso-would be cut in lots, seven by
nice, and sold to the highest bidder.
_Monday . we did but little except call on
our friend 4 who had treated . us so pall tel :nt
the dinner, at' 6-reenwich, and I;iSit Col. Colt's
armory, where he is manufacturing his revel-
Vera. It is an immense estahlishineat, -,but
not as large as the one . he has in Hartford.—
; In the evening, through the kindness of Mr.
Dillow we were iutroqueed to Mr. Fitz - Wi:!-
iam a member-of Parliament. With him we
went to the' Ho - use of Commons and heard
the debate on - the war. _The speaking, takes
together, was not as good as most you. hear
in ' Congress, though the House is mtich
more orderly And quiet. •
To-day we went to Hainpton Court ,the
'residence of Cardinal WOolsey, and after
wards for a long time, of the King and Queen .
of England._ Like everything of that kind
here, it'is a profuse exhibition . of magnifi
cence. The building covers eight acres,
with a large fountain in the centre. in an:
opJti court of about one • acre. From the
front there are three avenues, about three
hundred feetuvide, lined with immense elm,-'
lime and linden trees, reaching in a. straight
line to the banks of the Thames. - In the cep-'l,
tre are two lakes, one about 200 feet; and
the Other about three fourths of a.mile long. 1
S4arated from the main edifice by'an oval i
basin, is a large fountain filled, with gold acid'i
silver fish. In the garden is the largest
grape vine in the world. The Main stern . is
.thirty inches in circumference, nod 110 feet I
long. The branches cover' thickly. a space of
.72- sect long and thirty wide,. and it has borne
2,500 bunches of grapes in one season. ~. •'
*hen tltis palace was occupied by Wool 7 .;
so,' he had 800 persons in his. Suit,• that . _ is
set ‘antS. So you may judge of its 'vastness;
for thestyle of living 300 years ago did not
require the amount of labor it hoes now.:' in
its day it was the most splendid palace - in .
England, but now it is surpassed fin beauty:
t,,,
by quite a nutnlier.. Eaton Hall is a intu.th
' finer edifice in type ranee, though the land
about it is not qui so fine. _Hampton Court
is filled with . paining . and i .'_itulpture,• and
many royal relics: - : That Is all -it is • itsed • 'for
now. During the days. o 'Henry 'the eight
nod Queen_: Elizabeth:o s palace was the
Royal Residence, but it l i es not been :'used'
!for that for more - than 100 years . , ', .-Windsor
Castle haS now takenL its plaee.• This is - a
great country to look uPori; ' for Wealtk and
age_ have erected here their. MonuMents. -
Every incident i. __ ./ niugton .iS
frill of interest. That plain,. Immo superior
ity of mind which distinguished him atioVe
all other men, ' evident in all ehis. actions
Patriotism, Chastened by -sound judgment
carefill tlviught, prompted. all Isis public
acts, and , made them examples for'„the study
and guidance of mankind. It has, been said
;That no one con have the -shortest interview
With.a truly great man, withoat.being, made
sensible 'of his superiority. -; Of I tiori:rmauy,
who have some way. earned
__ the title of,great,:
- this is by no. means true. Its .applicability ‘
to the. character of. Washington is - verified .
in. the following interesting circumstance,
related by a correspondent;of the.; Charleston
Ciourier:'
tt
"I was resent, says is . correspondent s
i 4 When .General Washinggave his, : l t.
.Vote. It was in the spring of :
,1799, .; in the
.
spn 14;4 in , _the! 4 1 .0X 1 A 11 4filt•
Ile died the..ltth .of 1:444F „fellowl'4.,
The ,e4 l -Igo loll i9 Fairfs4 l a9uPtY.- . ;v 1 . 3 4.4 1 0 - .4
OVer . : tike. nwlr,o .honseila,d„lnetrzedletely
fronting 61 .4 6 3 4 . Pr!Pro;li The OtrWrAtiDio
•
jtovvby,,,tt....slight.tlight.ofcrazy4t lrw , wn the • - •1
election ins=
. - 'nogress .
4sereritthet*lrds of person in : the court-house .
yard. and itnmediate neighboring street; and.'
I waik-siandintr on Gadsby - 's steps when the
Father - of hls Country. up, - and
the 4urt-heuse •.steps;
Wndwliew 'within a yard or two of them, I
saw eight or ten- good: looking :men, from
different ,direetions, certainly withoutrthe least
concert, spring simultaneously, land : i place -
theniselves . in position]to uphold an'd support 1
the steps should . . they, fall in the general's':
aseent : .of . I,sras . immediately
back, an d-in that position entered the 'court-. -
house; with hi tn—fellowed i s hiS Wake - throagb, • •
a 'dense crowd to the iolls—heard
-returned with - him to the outward:: crowd •
.- - -heardlirm2clteOred by niorelling
and pectoris as be:entered-his' carriage? -and
saw his departure. • -
There were five or enididates - o - tr the
bench sitting; and as the General apprOn'cbed
them, they. rose„in . : a. body and. bowe d ! smi-
I lingly, - and the . salniation :haying bee? . •
turned: verrgincefidly,, the General, inatnedi-_.
ntely.cast. his ,eyes-: towards 'Ate registry of
the polls; when Colonel (L::think• .
Was) said ;"Well, Gener.rl,- . hOW . do•yeu:vote I" ,
The General looked at the :eandidatet, and..
said--" Gentlemen, I vote - for' measures,- not - .
I for men ;" and- turning to the, recording table,
audibly pronounced .h is vote---4aw. it entered
-made a graceful bow and retied ." • -•-
A Refactory Judge.
JudgesElrnore, of liatisas,'is jtiSt the' .
thorn ni.the President's , side that gives him
much trouble. Elmore was aparticep crinai
nis With Gov. Reeder in bi - s Indian land...spec- -
ulations,•and as ;Reeder Was litheaded
1.5 - at he won't stay dead,- Reeder died ; with
out. ,a tiOti dr+, but Elmore- is' 'gifted' with'
nuric tenacicius vitality, and tefas - es "-AO ac
knowledgiithe authority of the- aNe • Whetted '
for, his decapitatiqp or, in_ wirer' went% 'denies "
the President's right to. remov him.. from. hi's 7
J udOship and its concomitant emoluments.
11? has written a letter ti.) Attorney I, Gene
ral Cushing, stating that he has tint - .violated -
a single law of Congress, that under tivo Kari
sas Nebriiska ,Act 'he 'belch his office. four
years, and therefore respctfully,deelines to con, •
- sider himself removed: Wedon't.know-what
.President Pierce .will;d9 in thls emergency.—
His authority is denied rind:right to,remove
defied by the intractable fiansas .fuLlgc. Be
sides, Elmore. is liked'-in Kan is, and his
course sustained by the people of the I.'4rrito
ry,'and if the President persists inhaling Lim
removed, he will incur the enmity. of the vo
ters of that future - State. What, will he do-t
.
.
Jur. The few Whig papersthatbelie,ve the: - ,
old Whig , party -si.ilt - 11 ve, ate :tnakingan \ions
inquiries after the Whig. State Central': t..'oin- ,
mittee and want to kuow whetherAliere is to
he any_ Whig State Convention held tins. tear. .
They express lively fears that the Cotnipittee
Know Nothing'. ' The Was . hiugton .Cononon
tecuith says:- . - . -.-. - ,
There is certainly something - wrong
...
.sornewhere - ; -our -State Central 4 .. ...A .- urimitteere
pedectly. 4)(111 - Threat or have .betrayed and -
sold the Whig party 1' ' We "should reiTret to
believe. tlyit this - were true—but, judging :..
from' the, upp'earanoe of things, We eau scarce- .
iv y come tou'hy other,com,:liisiOn."' . •
To which, the Lancaster - Eratr,iner • adds • -
t i
as th ough it Spoh.e - •nowingly : 1 :
"The fears of the - Commonwealth are '
doubtles too well f tided.. The AdminiAta.
don- and the State Central . Committei3• hate .
evidently been guilty of treachery to the 'Whig
.party not .suroused in; infamy -.by" that .of .
' John Tyler or Bendier Arnold, .- History will,
class . them alrin. the smile catdlogn.e .of trai- '
tors.". .. • - .- -•
cROSSING . THE
working, en`►ineer
addressed a letter
upon a subject of a . invention. Of an
extraordinary character. lle claim. te . have
discovered a new motive poker which will
waft, a .shi p across the Attuntic:Ocean in thief,.
dais. ..11r.,Ross wants *OOO to i get .a ntod
el for our people. Wejeok opon the state
ment of.*. Ross. as a lfaintittg.-' . However,
if he succeeds in pimping; amount of
money .out of the Boston people on , so: pre
' posteroul a propositonne tilenbove, he will'
have ticqunplisheti amore diiikult task than
crossing I the „ocean In three days. What
does Idr.lßoss say to the resistance' of the
writer against a boly passing through it at
the rate of forty-twamiles hOurt_ Pshawi
11.1 r.. Ross is a marrinc.., , -
hates of Self-Governnient.
. By dpiilent.oo - oenoenian.—Always sit
next.tollie'earven if Volt can at dinner.
Ask no woman her-nge.'
Be civil to rich uncles and aunta. .
Take no notes or gold with you to a fat ey .
-.bazintrnotiting
Your oldest hat, Of 'oeurse, for an even nn
'party. • :
Don't play chess With' a - Widow.
Never contradict a man who stutters:,.
Make-friends with[the steard on, board . a
Steamer—there's no -knowing. how"
nowi . rig. how" soon yeti
may
.1.1 placed his:- powet.
Tu every - strainze house it's well to inqiiirb .
where'the Brandy is kept—only think if yeit_
were taken:sick in the night. ' •
..47(.41r-Your own . secrets,- ell no human
being yOu'dYe yout; whiskers. - ... •
Write' not one-ipore - letter than you can.
'Theroan who.keeps'ttp_a huge .e.orre'7
pondenee is.a inartyrlied, not to•the stake;
I but to the . post.. - —'• - -
Wind
. up . .your conduct, like your watch,
once cvery,daY,,examitiintr ti -whether"
you. are !faseor -
.
Row.
iit*Dis.cOntent, kW aces 'inuelt• of oui'dis-.
comfort, oloar irtiprovemeat. If Plato
• . • . •
had (tailed man ati• bipt!d, • •
bao dAed Inagoitas.tral - his . Tooi,ter. :
danitfk - .111, would
liars pOurd . •
• . .
- santztAttnivi?:' Qreparing to settle in
.liavjug bei:otne 4.1-gusted
Kith
Of:Siat,e,
oliitianary troublii br111006.1. .
.
1:41" Rev. lkir.-*aith,.an Episcopal Mlssia
a6- Africa, has aie4 . at Citpe
" ratee," said _a y4ting lady,
bldok de . cli4Cious
for s:tie
; I could . mitFopne• " NVtiv,".
armed Fier mother. '`.Ur. G i too rtiticicst to
to I`. - could fill a
it ~lriiil' tibelatlition .14 gliestiod per
wotit(tiiaii it , '\'' • '
Religious Settees ,
The nostannuat nivotingcif the-Susquehan
na:Association will- he l hold lit. Clifford Coin-
era: on, the,. first Yilednesday , and Thitraday
(.Ard and 4th ) of CiotobOr nO,xt: •
E. GVllASOndisir-040-
.—John Ross, a
IV° n tre4, has
nyor of
,Bio.stonc