t in female dress wiicheraft, would • imagine that the weareilad sloughed her_ akin, : and that immense ati'd terribly deformed .ribs were painfully apparent. When the wind blovra against the side of the dress, the - other side goes up in the air,,and i a- . verf hasty glance will satisfy the beholder as to the number-of skirts worn, their texture, and a - good Many •other - things that he shouldn't be certain of. 'These things'ciciiii - iiii - it'ivitidyrdaY:' - r - "13.0 - ,• therefore, all'ye . who do not wish to make a parade of the ought-to be concealed - etyqf Skirts: and ,generally un conscious em . broilet-jo r weir your hoops only when ' the wind is but a zephyr and the lake like silver. From The. Union N0v..27 ITIr. Buchanan and the Loudon The following is a copy of the contradic tion forward by Mr. Buchanan, the American Minister at London, to the editors of The dart Tintes, in refutation of the article Which appeared iu that paper charging him with harinz Made certain assurances to the mem bers.ot. the British ministry onthe subject of the war with Russia,, and e:Tc:silillv in rela tion` to the British .enlistnteats in this court try . for the Criinea. Its•mild.and temporate tone contrasts admirably with the violent, vituperative character; of the charges of Thc ,Times; and yet not withstanding it was for- warded to the editors of that _journal nearly ,ati month ago, they had refused to make . any -cetrection up to the period disposed to com ment at length . upon such an exhibition as this. The act.of attributing to the American I'diniater expressionsinfamouslyfalse,followed up by a - stubborn declension to publish his calm and respectful contradiction proves a foregone determination of misrepresentation which 'would be unworthy of the most ince sponsible journal. Such conduct Epca k s for ..• • • ".The Noteriaan Minister presents his cOrn pliments to the editors •of The Tipzi.,\(l . assures them that they have been rnisinfonned with respect to the expressiofi ;and condac attributed to him in their leadita article - of this morning. Always mindful 'of the neutrality of, his Government, which,lie fully approves, &t Was with deep regret he learned, as he first Alia. from Washington, that attempts were. made in the United States to recruit soldiers for the British army ; bqpaase he felt confi dent that these attempts would tend to weak en the. friendly relations between the two countries, which it has bee'n his- ardent desire, ever since his arrival in England, to cierish and promote. ' _ - The American Minister can, ofecurse, en ter: into no discussion in the public journals of questions between the two Governments, or state whit is or what is not contained. in any correspondence which may have arisen out of these questions; but he has felt, it both due td The Tres and himself to , make this prompt 'correction. "No. 53 Harley street, Lodon, Nov. 1,1855." Troubles In Kansas Between - The Free State and Pro-Slavery Settel ers The Military Called Out. Sr. Lotus, Thursday, Nor. 30,.1855. We have accounts from Independence to day stating that three armed Free-State men had attempted to drive Mr. .Coleman, a Pro- Slavery settler, from his claim near • Flielory _'Points Mr. coleman lined one of his aßsail ants, when a mob gathered together, drove him and other settelers-off, and. then burned down their houses. The . ringleader in this was arrested by Marshall Jones aad taken to • Lecompton. Gov. Shannon, has c:xlled out _ the military. Many citizens from In depen `—cteni;^ Weston, and St.joseph's have got:e to offer their services to the Governor to restore order. - The people of Lawrence are in anus and have five pieces-of artillery. A. number • of houses have been burned in Douglas Coun ty, and several families driven toMissouri for • refuge. The law-and-order people of the Territory, are rallying in large numbers to assist the Sheriff in the execution of the laws Sixteen, houses were burned at_ lickory Point at.d several of the citizens were missing. The Know Nothings and the next Piesiden ey.—E. B. BARTLETT, president of the•Na- Lionel Council, puts forth a proclamation to the Know Nothing Order of the United States, to the effect, that the Convention for the par pose;of tici - minating candidates for 'the Presi dency and Vice gesidency, shall be held in the city of Philadelphia, on the 22d of Feli nary, 1856, td be composed of delegates elec ted by the subordinate Councils—one from each Congressional district; and two from each State Council.—ln consequence of this reso-, lution-itis proclaimed that !the Councils of each Congressional district in eaeh State shall . elect delegates as aforesaid, and slso two al ternates. for each Congressional and State delegate. Another proclamation .of the same Order, gives notice to the State Councils and dele gates to the National Council, that there will be a special meeting of said Council at Phila delphia, on Monday, the 18th of Febuary, for the transaction of such huisnes.s as may be brought before it. 2.9llancholy Sepctale. The New Yorkrinzq of the lgth inst.says: Among the twelve who were published fur drunkenness was one—a female—,whose his tory is truly melancholy, though by no means unusual. She is not yet old, and was once pretty,courted 'and admired by all. She was born in the South, of wealthy parents, and her early years were blessed with all the bless ings of one, in her situation. Her education was thoroughly complete, and she early gain ed a good reputation as a writer. She awn evinced's vassion for the stage--a passion so - uncontrollable, that'despite the entreaties of strangers and friends, she became an actress. In thu sphere she was very successful, and after a time made her appearance, cu the bbards in'this city,-where she created no lit tle furore. Her appearance was always hail ed with but afters time her fa - me and fortune began to wane. She fell, as many of her .profession had done before, a victim to drink. - Becoming daily worse, no . manager `r- 1 would rnn.the Ask of -engaging her., 'For a time she gave evidence of an intention, to re .fw,u, but_ the terrible ,passion_ predominated ; ahe'agabi fell. The formerly lovely woman talented auttortils, and fine -eaten," sleeps to night a vagabond in the Tombs. • - DEEP:* of Rawdon, Wright:Hatch and Edson, New York, October, 1855: Dona S. Dra, Ewa, • Deaf n g .'rammed the plan • proproted is Our " Beek Noie - Delineator,: for enabling the public to detiit I;pusna Altered Bank Notes, by fureishing;'accura7 t e 4eacriptimis of the genuine notes' of the -, Banlucof - the,country, we take ' pleasure in exOtteitigvatappnYval of the same, as, affor - ding a !ample and effectual protection vainst that species of fraidalent paper money." • 'Respectfully yours, ' Edson. Dr:Devi Chscon fits: '..iiditothieLititi, Peru, leaving a foritiue of a doll:iri s which be -won at-gateing illad.all.o Times. V -- *4f.0.4, - ..'gt,.;t4triat. TR' DAMES? COCITLAT/01 E. B. CHASE Sr McCO4l.ll, EDITORS A LVIN I AV, Publisher. Montrose, Th oda, , ,Dec. 6 • 855 • Wood ! Wood ! Those who wish to pay us in wood we de sire should bring us some now. We are out As yolk are 'coming into tiwn bring ns. along ome. Do. • Letter from r. Ward. _ our paper to-day is a letter from C. L. W ar d, Esq.„. ; referring to,a note in our paper some weeks since, stating that a suit had been commenced against several persons here to recoer a large araouttt the notes- of the old Susquehanna county Bank. . In - pjrtuitting the note a place in our col: ,umns, i did . not occur to us that we were doing injqstice to ally one. The fact that such :1 . 64 had been commenced had raised I cxinsiderale inquiry among . thti, \ citizens of the couat as to the precise sh4e in which ; it. viaybrOught, and we therefore more r'cadi -1 ly give !publicity to .the -note.; regarding it in no outer light -thaa a mere local news item, proper in it l iself and injurious to no one. We mg-et cxceeding . that we should have in kired th - e c feelings ciUMr. Waen; for nothing could have been'further from our intentions. It will be Seen that Mr. Ward makes a stAtemel.t. of frets, in reference to his connec iion with the l i lank. showing that under . the rygime of S. John and Post he had no con nection wil, Or responsibility in the man agement of its ;affairs. Since the subject has • beencalled upas it has,ftis• - pe.rhaps no more than simple'jusitice to saY that his statement is sustained by' the facts of the case as bro't o t by the- investigation of the legislative CO • ittek., Messrs. WRIGHT and BUCKALEW. Altho , ill it I may be annoying to have such a sUit'llan i ,'ng over one, we do • not suppose any On'e sr.' a the end a injured, in body, i rninil, or ester .., who oukht not to be. Those who really I!:(1 ie thing in charge, on whose inte'rify and go.. faith the public were re lying for safety, and ' • whoseetitire want of attention to their busint4s, and reckless in difference to consequencLs, Ole public was swiadl.l, l ottglit as- a matte of justice, in some .way, to be made to ma- in every Idol lar that.was lost. Whet+t it c n'or wilt be done in the suit now instituted we -now not, i • for we 'know nothing about_ the c u ,13nt these innosent, in . this, as' in other ( --s, o course should not suffet l . - , . 1 6. WI 411, Since we hrtie . any recollection of poi litical . matters, they have never : presentedl se many mutations as...they have- in the Shorl period of tiro years past.. The- - -passage of the NebntAa Kill precipitated - our people into the most angry and unloOketrfoicOnt6t, out. of Which lave grow n others pn side issues; and - others. still ttotti them. till sober, calcu lath 1131%11; has'o known where : to vote. Thi. a isturbanra of . he ancient order of political affairs, lois had another, and Very deliterions effect upon parties ar.d men: It Las developed)n the Atnerican people a dis position tO:ritn!further towards the extremes of a maddeqd inobocacy, than we supposed , they -possessed. ' Of at leasttwo parties, the ultra northern and ultra southern, this is em inently true, and we cannot regard it with itiiilierence. 4 government resting entirely upon the judgement pf the peiple for support, mus t b e t , - dure in the end, or it must have a peoplel f cot:) . heads,, eliberato pUrpose, and remarkably fr&.: from these Periodic at tacks of popular elauacr• The sole reason whv the people of France a, - e to-day not en joying, the blessings of a free 2.epublic like ours, is found in their wild and merC 4 ltial _ na ture, giving away 'before the first brea`h of fakaticism and violence l ,and thusbeiug sw e i , t like 'chatTbef ore the wind into the vortex( of 1 anarchy ;* then of course falling prey to the designs of the 'venal,' and filially returning to . monarcley as the only government strong enough to keep in curb the wild passions of'l her people. Though at heart republican,l France can . never be a R4ablic.,, till this character/4'e of (her p4ple shall meet a rad- ical change. Every well regulated goven- ' merit' must have a substantial basis. 1.1ut,v,-e shall be.asked, what can be more substantial than the love of the people for liberty and equalill 1 We answer nothing, when the great ir!ipular mind is sobtr and thus fixed upon .I.s own 'substantial good; tut when that mind! ta ileetinz and uncertain,—when) .it is easily intoxicated With ideas of.the hour, —.when it becomes unstable, and the easy prey of the smooth-tongued demagogue—the man whose only aim is, power and place; theta, .however ardent its sober momenta may be with attachment to free institutions, it be cornea after all an uncertain reliance in times of pe4l and excitement. i 1 Continlied popular convulsions are baneful to Republics. ~Any goverunaeut must give its subjects repose and stability, or its yoke will become galling and , I oppressive; and if this be true of governments concentrated , in the hands of a few, like I's menarchy, it. is ' ova eminently true goirernment depending en t irely on thepid i lu' will, and litherefore more certainly affected by the tides of pub tic passion and panic. Nothing then can be more important in a republic, thin that, the public mind should not be easily moved, by light and transient causes, from a sure and safe anchorage in public affairs: All kinds of fanaticism should be' discouraged. 1 Those periodic cotivuhenns, whichnlifoot the estab tished order; of things, and sweep . everything , - , intent* 'common thaos, are to be dreided,not Li . enurted,--troiried urn, not encouraged sia'a law'of these things, that they. return' I t h e cyftik ::• thil {more they, lire countenanced. Tin only - 'rim.." they serve is a bit4l Dne.— eaken They, u4ettls the cede ,' of weletf mind 7 die 4xmfidepas' of,thinitistui4, in PO, caPr ' ity of the peoplae for i .valuabl.• 'isef=goTern meat. . tbiy farina dfsogr4s.and:itrifYind placte..bad meiin plena ofppl,ar. ..'They d 0... gust the better alms a ;Di m .with political aft: .. fair* aii+L!into ibes froakimilikoiN in. the affairs - ofitate, leaving'theroad tot Preferment op i n . top class of men - whose object is plun de , and who seek the honors of the -govern meld' only to• make, irem subservient to schproos of profligacy , and corruptiOn. • The events.of the , past three years are sufi cieri(evidence of the truth of our retnarks.-- , We have Only to 14ok around us to be con vinced that the kit:men of the - -conntry are rapidly leaving polities in disgust; and as one licit is out of the way; his place is supplied y a wore of - abandoned adventurers from horn we have nothing but ill to expect.— And if we look for the reason of this state of him, we shall find it, in the' contempt ,felt •y. high-minded men, for - the wild and 'un ,, only extremes to which even correct prin iples have been prostituted and carried. No ism too ridiculous, or too dangerous- to .. the sFace and well being of the country, not to slid adherents and enthusiastic followers, un der the lead of wicked and desperate men.— I iscoid and strife—animosities and hatreds, ave taken the place of fraternal affection,— .fpeace and good will around, the . altars of .ur common country. - . That . this state of things can continue and rely; and not bring'ultimate disaster upon,_ e country, it is madness to believe, and fol yto hope: The complicated relations of hii great nation, domestic and foreign ; the .oui . plicity of interests'of a national, and sec ional character, with the intricate and, difli- . cult entanglements in which they 'become in volved in the very nature of things, ,needs nd must havea settled . and stable reliance, u public sentiment and in public confideace. int the country is not now in-this condition very body feels and 'knows. A change must .e bad, and that change—or the time for hat change—is -very rapidly approaching.-L The result of the next presidential contest ust determine Whether the vainlv days of the Republic shall be restored, or whether fa na, ticism and violence, strife and contention, • n uneasy, unsettled, and, in the end , d.isas rous state of things J r , to continue to pant], .ze the energies of the government and - the eat hopes and interests 'of the. people.. . To the Democratic party is the country sOw looking with anxious, almost with trem ling-hope, for there is no. other party- now n a position to realize its - expectations,—none ether that does nbt embody in its principles some one or more of the dangerous innova ions which have justly alarmed the ,fears of he country. TheDeunicracy may make it . If more than ever deakto the affections -of the American people, by Stepping into the I' troubled water; and allaying the strife of the loud contending'*ayes of factiJn. . With her I whole, heart animated and bounding with 1 the patriotic emotions and impulses of olden 1 mes,— with an unselfish devotion to the pu lie goad; let the Democratic . party in- . yoke he -American people — to the contest, with a e an-bearing her standard ; 'whose; - .ex- . perien . ce . . - a statesman is . Of the highest or der, whose. eltriotisn is broad enough : to en close the - who. American people as a com mon brotherheo =who haS the nerve and the will to direct .ee energies of the govern mentto the restoratt,n of peace and the des truction of faction, by dealing justly with conflicting interests ; an. .restoring to the confidence of the people th love and venera tion which' they should eve .feel for • their whole eonntry .and . her mate less -instiin itions. This the Deiliecratic-par _ can do; and thus add still another star in ti crown of her rejoicing—write . another page 'it her history that after ages shall encircle with glory,—add another link to the chain t at already binds ter to the affections 'and - drat itpde of the Ameriban people. That she may prove equal to the great - work, may Heaven • direct her Counsels. - . . i2E2I The continued efforts of Jessup, Bentley Co. to induce : Judge. Wilmot to .Prosecute the senior Editor of this paper for libel were lin - ally crowned with' success; and we were ,pzo r ,:ingly Waited ou with a process from Cl 4, les A7ery, Esq., Monday afternoon after the' l Judge had left the county and thereby mace sure that no process could reach him. The Judge held out !ill 'Thursday evening last in his determinationnot 'to •prosecute, but I gave way , to them before the combined assaults of dear friends who think they have_here a good opportunity to make an in strument' of Wilmot to gratify their private malice so long '.cherished against us. Well, ye hope they will have a good time, find a t oubt not they will before the end shall be reached; The issue is - norr made up.and.we have no disposition to dodge it. The . Dcmocrat the great stumbling block in the way _of Jessup & Co.'s success in this county, and. they have banded together to crush it down. They may succeed, but we doubt it. We bare a notion that we shall lire in Montrose as long as we please, and that we shall edit a fearless Democratic paper here all we see fit. to leave it voluntarily. 'We .are fully aware of the strength of the combination against us, —that everything .that money and malice can do will be done to accomplish the pur poses of these men, for they have the stron gest of all motives--revenge--to incite them on. The contest' may be long and fearful, but let it come,--ecnutnunity will better un derstand the designs of our enemies before it shill be ended. If it is supposed that this conspi racy will silence our press from the fair and legitimate discussion of great public' abuses., those who entertain the idea will be wOndArfullY mis taken. It will have no such effect. For the Freedom:of the Judiciary from all those ex citing struggles in politics, which inevitably tend to weaken public confidence in the ad minitsrationofJustice, and in the motives of Judges, we shall contend long and earnestly. 'This branch of out government is about the only barrier left against the surges of anar chy and political demoralization.: and, as such; the public cannot be too' vigilant in guarding the firstapproach towards its pros tration. It is the duty of the press to lead ilia way. in this work, a 'duty that nothing can'deter'Us from discharging. We know 'our rights and we dare defend them. .We the 'purrs* . of this hombistatios 1 A Libel at Last: against us, and Weshalt:me& it, if needs. be single handed and alone, and if at last over borne by fearful odds, we shall go down eon- . tendingfor wha t :we believe to be right prin.; I ciples. and for the purity of their aduiinistra tio6. From the correspondexce of the New 'for': Herald, we publish l letter in another col umn-informing us that a Catholic Priest his ben fined $l5O, in Connecticut for adminis 7 tering the consolations of Religion after the forms of that church to a dying. woman [ ,This is carryitig.the.spirit of 'Know Nothing l ism a step further in its progresS than it has i ever before dared to go.. We think We may 1 . flask thinking men of all .denominations. to i look at this matter without alarm if they can: We are not assailing individual mem bers of the Know Nothing order as men or . 1 - as citizens, but we .must be permitted to ask I every man connected with that order, to look at the icture here presented .and then tell ['us if s di are the natural fruitsof their (Joe -1 1 trines, how much short of a total subversion i of the civil and religious libertit of this gov -1 erntiint shall tile.;:e things stop.? Ilan it in -1 deed come to this, in :our land- of religious . toleration, that the gaunt 'form of the law can be pCrmitted to come between the expir- I ing penitent and-him whose mission it is to hcld up to his gaze the of an expiring Redeemer? , Are the last sad rites of. relig ions- duty on earth, tO• be plaCed -tinder the . &tin of .outlaw, unless performed -as 'some modernJetfries may Iliclate from the Bench i In the last moment of life, when thelast fare wells of loved ones are being. taken, when the last of earth is receding from our ,3:ision : and the soul desires communion with its clod, have we a public sentiment entrenched even lin the Judiciary, that will permit mercena ; ries armed .with the law, to invade the cham 'ter of 'Death, and drag from our bedside hint . Ito *hose' spiritual guidance we have comniit _ ted ourselves in life, and by whose : prayers. ivehope-to be consoled in the moment of death ? If such be the 'case. then are our boasted privileges a by-word—would be spit -limn by the meanot .I:tve that crouches at •the frown of Des - potism. - . Protestant.ChutchMen should look at these things and pause. What excue can th e y . ; • render to their own conscience, or to an of 7 fended God for a persecution so remorseless as this ? -Is'such the spirit of "hristianloYe, and of such is the Kingdom of Heaven t It it is,—and if this spirit is permitted to grow Mitch longer, not only unrebuked but, en coufaged by.profes.ed christian -people, they may expect as a natural consequence, that infidelity will in two years number thousands where-it mow numbers te p s. It is cagier for us -to believe this talked. - of religion a hum bug and a fable, than to 'believe its precepts can have a lodgment in the hearts of those: who Wink at such persecution. Talk not to us of a subliine faith in a crucified Savior, when vPu impose piiinfnnj penalties on hith vt . hose Sinit is, that:he kneels by the hed.ide' Of the dying penitent, holding the cross of a dying' Savior, and bidS him believe and live C) wicked man; in the In 4 day will not God Judge you, 'n ye L and-Mondemn you, too, " for rasthrich ns ye have done it to one of these=the least of my children, ye have done it unto tne." Then - wil! this wicked intolerance, this . publican purity appear as of no avail, for if -there be a just' God in Heaven, and if there be a hell, how do these stiff necked persecu tors expect to stand before ,the one, or escape an awful sear . trAing in the other? _ To•(he Editors of the Ito:arose Democrat Gthinthit; :—I have this moment casual y met with your' paper of the first inst., in which appears a•notice, apparently editorial,l thatA civil suit had been brought in your Cotirt, against several persons named, in view of some supposed liability connected with the Bank of • Susquehanna County. Latham Gardner is said to be Plaintiff, and. N. New ton, Attorney-in the case. - • Now, as this is . the ,very first intimation that I ever received either from Mr. Gardner, or his counsel, of being in any way his debt or, or liable to him in any :amount--I read the announcement with no little surprise:— . The more so, because I have never held a single share of stock in the Bank of Susque hanna County, since the month of April 1842; and therefore,_ could not, and did not have anything to do with its management, wheth er as a director or otherwise, froth that date up to the day.of its final failure in - 1849. When that occurred, I was myself, a deposit ing.,creditor to a considerable amount • . the tin:e the Messrs. St. Johns became connec~ t e d with tithe iinstitution,l had not the remotest interest in Ms direction ; and most as.strredly,• had not die Slizhte_st possible agency in any of'its affai i rs afterward, -,subsequent 'to the period of its failure:--Laad tltot only as itn vis.sig,nee, for a humane and bencletal pur pose, of a single iteni of its assets. It may Lult the spirit of Latham Gardner's personal. malice towards me, to drag my name into a pretended gui l t against the St. Johns—jai - especially asl the cost to him, whatever the result may - bc, are not. likely to be increased by so doing ; but when 'these um tints mingled, must have been apparent upon the - face of things, I cannot tut re gret that you should have allowed the use-Of even the small space the notice occupied in your respectable columns against one who has always been - Truly your friend. ' . - C.- L. IW'-ARD. • \ Washington City, Nov. 25, 1855. S,—The Bradford Reporter, having copied your article—will, I take it for gran ted, deem this explanatory note, of quite as much interest to its readers, as the_ origirial publication:. At all' events,..its sense of jus tice must induce such a result. - To litenovE GROWN ' WHIZ corres pondentinforms us that he has mixed one bushel, of corn with , two bushels of wheat and ground the mixture, and it made good bread. Tile wheat ground alone, Could not be used.' The cOrn.shoutd be very dry and throughly mixed with the wheat. We hope that our millers are not tempted to mix anything 'Rome than corn with high priced flour; but in ! por opinion analysis:of some of the flour now in this - markets iroukl diserose sow ue.r Wogs. • A Patriotic teller'. Thefollowing warm, cordial and patriotic from the lion. IlenrY . A. Wise, cover nOr eieetof-Virenia,Was recently received by t et iectura Coirtinittne of the Boston Mercat . 'tile libraryAssociation,in answer to an in vitation to lecture 'before them . . was avi-• dently written in a touch more gentlemanly . Mood than the one he addressed to the !Anti .Slavery Committee of 13ostoti r some felir weeks previonsly;which, we confess, we did not like nt all. But there is this excuse *) he offered eitettuation'of Mr._ Wise's, exhibition Of strong feeling on that occasion : i ne, like ally title Southerner:, iti enliarly si nsitise upon. the' Slavery 'question, and _an invitation to lecture on that subject, hy a society of- red hot. . Abolitionists—and Illasslchusetts Aboli-. tiOnists, at -that-who could hardly be sus pected of a desire fn hear that they might he convinced, would naturally, to a Man of Mr. temperatneot, be looked upon as tin insult, to be repelled. and. resented:. This second letter to the literary association of Boston, we take. to be a true expres , 4ion- of the feelings of his heart toward "that portion of his 'country called New England." • L .. ONLY, NEAR O:CV:VC/CIL VA., Novi 11..'55 , GENTLEMEN :—Yours i)t . the 2d, inst.. Was Awaiting, my:irrival at home .yesterday, from temporary Ab..4enee at 'Washington city. • I greatly acknowledtte the coMpliment of your invitation to deliver otie.of a course of lecture , ,, during the - pre•iimt. winter, l•efore the Mercantile Library Asocialion of BOs ton. • I am welt assoied of the respeeta nle character and of the laudable. of of your literary as•!-ociation, :mil no body of the kind could have I cen to, , re hout.3ld iL 3II on have been bv the i:ltt-trionA Orators - •afid 7 4.ate:m-n who have shedilipOn yOur lectures the li.rhts of their great Minds. I hav_e no doubt too of the cordial welcome" I would rceic . ‘e from " very many" of your hospitable citizens.; but it is not in my power,. gentk iuen, to arcept.your invitation. The situa thin of. my private atrairs,l and the duty 'of preparing for montits to come for new scenes of pnblic ,ervice, will engrosA all - my time and tittentiOn the whole - of the couiik• tiir.! I have been compefled . to devline every of the game - kind from many quarters in Inv Own State,. a't d other -States besides veurs. • I sincerely regret this thernitire, becaUse• I have perer yet scirry foot on the beloved soil of that portion JOfmv country called New - England. 'This has 'not leen 'owing to any antagonism on my part towards that ftvored section. 'Massachusetts especially, •I hare.. been taught to - venerate and cherish as the elder sister of Virginia. When I retleCt up on their attitudes and relations in the dark i and'nessn "-loom of the night of the revolution • s. -when i listen to their hails, sister to sister Virginia to MaSssachusetts, Massachusetts to the "time which tried men's souls:" —when I watch the fires kindling on the heights of. Boston: - and see Virginia !ro . . ing forth. across the rivers and the land, by the sea. leading her best beloved son . by the hand,-dripping blood and tears at every step tht.re and baCk-, leaving him there on post to hl 4 guard your, t-ery city, and to 'Maize the 'op- . pressors evacliate - 41—and when I contrast this picture_ with the present sthte Of things in. out' confederae.y, which makes' you assure me, "'that the feelings of the people of Massachu— setts toWards Inv .State arc not, those of an tao-onism,;' I gush forth in anguish and ask, Why a necessity for such assurance? . Why any antagOnism bet Ween these, the deyoted States of Hancock and Washington. May'- God in his mercy and'in love guide them, as of yore ! May they ever be cemented - in Un itm by the blood of the revolution And whoneyer another night of gloom and , trial shall come, may they hail and cheer' each other on afrain - to victors-, for civil and fell giOus liberty. . Yours truly, HENRI — A. Wls To Charles G. Ch L asc•and others, cow% The mysterious - Affair of SchoOndr Imogen The Captain and Hate. Uudoabtalfet Mar i Four days and more have now elapsed since-the' sinking of the: schooner :Eudora Itmer . ene, Capt. Win. Palmer, of Deep River, Conn., and.vJtthe affair remains to.some ex , tent a mystery : there is not however, the least doubt in.the minds of those who have visited the locality where the schooner was sunk, that the captain acd mate have been murdered in cold blood for the Purpose of plunder. The murderer, no doubt, is a negro —a Five Point's thief-,-who succeeded in hireing , out upon tll schooner n few weeks since as cook, and probably has availed him 'elf of the first : fA voizi hie opportunity to car ry out his designs- From information our reporter received at WestehesteiVillage,there is relson to believe that a conspiracy had been entered into by the cook .and another colored man, who was' hanging .about Westchester. illage on Friday afternoon, 'anti whose snnrinc,r 01,:i4tod from various' Cans - es• lb, invited particularly .for and Hunter's Island:, and since the- sinking r of the' schooner has become , known it is believed that he was in some way impliCated with the took. e The name of the schooner is Eudora Imo gene, as above stated, instead of ' Eudora,' as at first. reported. We.were informed vester 7 day by Capt. Arnold, brother-in-law-of Capt. Wm. Palmer, whO is suppoiied to be murder"- ed, that the schoener Was _manned by the carain, the niat:,„ named Pratt,' - .he colored cook. George Wil , on, ti;)w under arrest. The following are the facts in reference - to this''mysterious atrair.up to the present., time : On WiAttesilay afternoon last, 66_1;k:boon , er E u d or a Imogene laden with coal, and bound east, canna; to anchor about half a mile from-City Island, between that and Hatt IN.. land, in consequence of adverse winds.. She remained there until Friday evening about 7 o'clock a man was observed- sculling along the shore • .his singular and unskillful manage ment of the boat • attracted the attention of Mr. Charles McC.leunan, hotel keeper at City Island, and C. Le . Vaanis. 'Supposing the individual was prowling aboutlor the purpose Of stealing - aboat or a load of oyster., they ,went down to,the shore, and secreting them:. selves behind is vessel mateh«xl biKmovemetiO. While there Sp, Meclenuon s aw the schoon er heeling over;sbutewhat, and remarked that 'they,' must b4Jighterting herin order' t0'...k0 up the chain : lel' Some three ininuteir after the vessel began to heel over again; and 'al . most immediately sank. They thew-ran to the small bpitnand:antrted omf, to replier tot : sistance to the crew who - were snpposeti be on board, and et . the same time eilled.out. i . to the suspicions person they bad heed watittf , ' log in theism& boat ttiVettlinini"LUAß . cue tlui crew but instead of rendering assist- tt fullypie •e,d suckarbeles as he: late n t e j. once, he changed his_ .Course . and attenipted t•tojake-with him, and cutting-a . through •to pull away from thp . shorein•another direc; die- -- bottoni Of t the schooner, and uadef cove r ..atm. Mr. McClennan and Capt. Le Van*, ethe:pfgh waket ake goOd-his t •etarape to som e hastened to the.sclxmor t in stern! boats . butt den-in • the ''' - trity - and •revel over the small 'diseotTred no signs of the Captain or .crew, t booti ; ;A•rbtaitted at the cost of the blocid of two 'and they were led to suspect that there had I humai beings..• En 'his effort to remove, all been foul phty. - Capt. L 4, Varnis then. pulled tr a C ei ., o f Iris crime he went too f ar , s i nk. after th e stranger in the stnal) boat,- and be: ling, the' schooner, bet led to.hitt arreit. • ing an expert, oarsman;'Soon came•-atongside The-Sad news Was conveyed tir 'Mrs." andjumped i n t o the boat.. The o c enp t o t t merpti Monday afternoon, ntrw: triter ill front proved to be the color e d cook of the seboon- recent contintanctit•—Nero-Y64- Tribune. er Iniegene. This was close in shots.. The first thing he observed Was was a large butcher knife and a. hatchet, lying on the buttons of the boat ; there were also- a large - , sack, a earpet4mg and various article= of provisions. Taking t hese into 'eonsidera. .tion, the inhabitants deemed it, lulvis;ible. to .nrrest and detasn the colored man to await • further di3velopmeuts. Il^e was accordingly taken•to the hotel and placed in charge of' Constable Alexander Itt.bife: The "sad; was . found to 'contain clothing. belonging , to the captain and mate ; a spy-glass, eloek, knives 'and fotls 30 other articles. On his pet on was found a silver pencil, and in hi's:boot-le t .; it wane, in which -was five tenelollar t Vaud - others anicunting in all to 159. . The Prisoner stated that on the mimung.of rit • the .9 t. . tin- went,. to New liodhelle. in • a small sad boat with a Man who'came side after hint This was known to be tt a falsehood,as there had been a gale all, day too severe for a small sail-boat to venture out.r 'Also that he di covered the vessel to be and 'gathered, up the arti c les in his pus session hurriedly to • save them .for the cap tain ; l,e said that the inolto,y beton:zed to the captain and the silver watch to th'e tnate. In reply to :a question why he t did. n o t -gitai the alarm wham he foam! the vessel sinking. he replied that he `did . t rat ,thiuk worth while: There - were no marks or spots •• of bl o od found-uputttthe negro which wouldin- . ; dieate thatlei bad been . engaged in a scufil•!. The' prisoner was t seeured for the night, and several citizens volunteered to keep wateh on him in order that he should not' escape. 'Mr. MeClettnan mot rapt Le VarniS, with their sloo t as,.andahout twenty of the ittiva)- itants of the island preeeedj to the schooner and made an et fort to sweep her anchor and kruge her.into the shore,i'and continued their efforts unfit ',l' o'elock a. to. without sucess, 84, the ves , el was fast aground. . The next ta l orning sit low tide, just before day ligf4,. Mr. McClennan and Capt. Varnis .t %stmt. of and again succeeded t in removing the 'Slide ! from over the -cabin, and by the; means ofj lisoelks'attatehed to long poles fished out Reuel bed-clothing and wearing apparel. In the . afternoon a number of mon went out and emit • a hole through the deck, and succeeded in gating omit some cot c s „ and a pillow saturated with Meal, Wearing apparel ; and the • burgee;' (a large flag with the name of -the veske.l): / Upon this flag, acro s s one, end and abuut two yards in length there had been a great quantity of • blood. Several times the hooks were attatehed to pmethiag i supposed to be the bodies' of sumac of the' inurdered pers.ons,;but they were danable to get them up. • • • •• The hatehet.found with the priscnej . has every Appc' araanee of 'lasing, been used to to-take the life of arose 'on board. It had been placed in the fire as if to remove traceS 4 , of stain; the habdle . had 'been', readjns - ted: and in one or two places scraped and • tilightly smoked t oyer. The butcher knife liad the ap pear:vide of having be ea - sharpened very. ,re- Gently - On Saturday forenoon, a eoinnutment hav ing been obtuined from the justice of the Peace,, the priioner' Was removed to the coun ty jail at White, Plains by Constable Rolfe accompanied by Diehard M. Marsh and James Starkins. The prisoner W:S; . rt powerful built Man, and hail every 'apstearanee of being •'.a desper" tter character, and.those having him in charge went prepared M deliver his body at the jail either dead or alive. Op - passage to the jail he had nearely freed himself of the ropes which pinioned his arms, preparatory to attempting his - escape, when the discovery way made by Aloe!' Rolfe, who at. once drew a revolver and kept .him under subjetstion until his arias were -again secured.- lie was finally lodged in the White. Plains jail, to t await further investigations. Yesterday, morning.Capi. Arniold of TVert River, Conn., brother in-law of Capt. Palmer. together with two of the Owners residing 4 that place, came to City Island i tolook aftei. the•rosing of the vessel and the lecoyery of the bodies. Ile statedthat the vessel watt, manned by the captain, mate awl the- coles+ ed rook, now under arrest. It is possible that one ,or two others might„ have been aboard, but. is quite probable the th-ree.refer ed were all. C,apt. Arnold sometimes acted as captain in the place of Paltrier, ! and did.l'o on a trip some f.tyr, weeks since, at the time he hired the present cook, George Wit-, sou ' who het'-think, resided in the VivelPoints. lie is under she impression that. Wilson - hir ed out for no other Parpose but - to . rob • the vessel on the first favorable! opporitinity.— While he (Arnold) was aboard be 'kept a double barreled- 'gun loaded in 'the cabin which the colored man was aware of, .whilei Palmer had nothing on hoard but a single I barreled pistol. He had not the least doubt bat that the - captain and mate are - both timr tiered from' the evidences already - addnced,l and also from the fact that neither Arr . them had been heard front. Tile vessel was but I four years till, in excellent condition and had I never leaked, and, v.onsehtie.ntly the. story of ! the cook was •a falsehood: _lie was satisfied she never sank by any other means' than scuttleing. Further efforts were made 4 sws terduy forenoon to reCtiver t 4• bodies, but without success. A pillow wits taken out, One end of which. had been saturated--;*with lt out!. Eluding that nothing, further .could be done until the vessel is raised, two of. the owners lefts for New-York to make 'arrange ments for adtU'rick orothet means to get the ce.-sel up on shore. She- is now lying on'her ride in about thirteen feet of. water at low i tide with !her - apt - ter side just out of water.. Capt. Palmer was one fourth owner Of the schoriner, whi4l is 73 tuns nieruturement - and valued at about $5,000 or 0,000, or, :which •there is no inSurance. Sho.was;laden with coal at One atlas Williamsburgs yards and Amiuud for liartfOrd.. Oapt. Artpda ed to White plains . to take necessary steps tonards requirino. the insurancetompaniert, to assist in raising. the schooner, provided the cargo is insured.:-.. The greatest -exeitement exists among : the inhabitants at City Island sad the vicinity. 'Many think the ite a. , , iro should have been lynch- - ed upon the- spot. - Others think it 'is . ft cntse of piracy and the prisoner, should '.he-;hung in public upon the island or from the, yard..artit ut a vessel. We heard several persons C 0 1 1.; elude with the' assurance . that they shOuld haYe passes into the jail.yard to Seethe nig ger swing. - • -- • • - It is theimpresfion:of some that the ..bod ies of the murdered . trieti. were thrown, over heard withweighta *pitched to .hold Ahem dtiwni and of otlipra that the 'bodies: have, been ,S;c4is:l Under theeibi floor; there being sufficient room. From a Close invtigittion . it :seems:probable Abat:tbe captain enti Ewe, ►.e " ) : tnti T de Ff 44ll " , Rig l i t i .. Prtlvigu3.- while. in ati.noo of , the garments_ jm...1 hriy : stains upon tbein. ` tourink, triaiy.lbe"Colo-r -'of mitnlndsthave l been'engaged - in reimwr . iimoisfonil6.4 as :farmixirsibie,*e, • NEW 114::,'N0v.'24,18.55; A CalholiePriest Fluid fbr;:lhe Eoicirte of Hi 4 Min4try, Singular; Derisiorv•L:Con. 'necticut Ignoring the ConstitutionGslar , a, ntete l ng tdberty of C'onicienee to a/Clienomi nations, dc. - . - • Great excitement exists here;'rcliai4ing a tine of one h'undred and fifty dollars and costs. of . Coutt, assessed. on i the . Roy. Mrs .O'Neil, a Catholic priest, for administring-the rites of religion to a.dying woman, at her own re tieated - the - -implied consent': of her husband, .who .\ -; The decision, was given On. Thursday ,: the' 22d inst, iu the Superior. Courtin :14h! Judge — Waldo. presiding. The councilfor . were the , this city:. Judge Black Ma ni and 'Mr; 1341 . 01 for the: des fence of the prie:st,R.J: Ingersoll: andikT-W.. Webster. . . • In. this case the priest-was•fined . the stun for adMinistering the rites of -to a Mrs. Blakesly, - who was tdwaYs r Catholic, and d4e - exided from Catholic -an'eo: , ttiirs. At her dying hour she sent for thOlatholic 'priest. When he came, her husband, 'a fret estant' intimated that h . is . presence .eras . not Wanted. The priest replied that he had been sent for, and asked Mk lilakesly if the mot ,age he rceeived was from. her. She said Yes, The husband then inade tin further oh-, lee; ioqs, but, at ; the; priest's. request, - -hem left d ie his. Wife's' confession was be ing Yet for doing this, and 'perform log-other rites usual on such occasions; - the' aforesaid penalty . has been imposed, Oh, kb . ipora oh Moro!. In this land of pre- sinned toleration, where the rights and liber ties of r : were supposed to have a found seettre sts)luru s ette not a christian have: thel rites and tiOnsolations of religion atitninii- . teted to her, if a . bigoted and 'tyrannical hus band intimate hisdispleasure, chOoies to interrupt the final preparation'efe dying wife, min° before her Supretrie- Judge? Is the pries who rizrforna4 this ministry of consola tion With the,irnplicit -consent of her husband to bel thuS. heavily rthilteed? At least so . saws 3iur Supreme Courv• of Coneecti,cut.— And not only this ' • but the' =Judge _affirmedd that:he had uo - doubt and neitr had, but . the priest could be obliged to divulge. the tienrets of confession, if .it,were pertinent to .the case before the Conn. 'Gentlemen well versed in law knovi how differen t have been the decis ions of eminent Judges in this country, and o'eniii England; before. the repeni . ..of her pe nal code; • , . . . To be sure; theludge in givin i t_ his decis- ion, ankno4flellged that ' the .priest did no' intentional. wrong;,'_ yet , aw tided Ile :above' . . damages,! . .. ° - . tad the circumstancesßeenre' i'ersed-bsid ~ a Piotestanc , clergyman , attebderfthe ?rotes-. tam wife of a CathOlichusband; in• the sante ciretimstantewould the decis,inn 'he-regar ded as a just ono? Let -the-Protestant as . ieti as the.Catholid community look at - I tltis ~ decision, withoilt prejudice, _lt atTecti. all Christian denominations: The present decis- _ ion may be assumed as : a precedent' in deci- . ding similar Ca.‘ for all denominations, in ignoring that article of {the const4ution guaranteeing the free e*erCise of reireon to - . every-individual. - 3 , . From Washington. Editorial OniAspen&nee of the N, Y. Tribune': Wustwtorox, Monday, Dec: 3, ; 1855. . lithink we shall hardly gV.t a Speaker ta nv+rr+ow; though the conference this' evening may . -change the aspect of, the i case. 'The Mill pretty certainly organize before adjourning on .Wedriesday.: • -• • In the three hall6ts to day, Whitney, Volk, and Bayard Clarke Voted steadily rith the Pro-Shive,ry Know-Nothing for Humphrey Marshtilli Fuller of Ma r ine and Braclay of Pennsylvania, selected - ati..:Anti-Nebraska . I /enter rat s, vot ed :for Richardson. Evans,the TeNas Know-Nothiuz. voted .for Richardson throughout.. J.laven_of Bu t tfalo- William .and Spinam‘r, Free -Soil Demperats from our State', voted=Northern.- men.— The Pro-Slavery vote all told is from _lOB to -110; leaiing the Free-Soil inajority-frotn four to eight.. We - must, therefore, triumph wben ever our vote can be,: conoentrated. I still Iliac Banks'', Pennington, or Ftifibr of Pennsylva, nia 'till] be _chosen, but it imay be a new man. , , . . ',The adjournnient Wake:wiled by the two. .Pro -Slavery parties, with a few"hungry -cotes from our The I.lo).tse has yet' nt; rt 4, and the yeas and _nays - cannot be called: 7 Foruey . called not only W bitefield for Kia-O sas, but Bird, Chrtinnito,..rt• the Delegate fiem Nebnoln, where he is the beaten:candidate. Wait - a little. - 0. - •. [accoNn: - ntsPayien]-..: The conference this evening at:tbe Capitol was badly attended, the notice. h!Lving been itl.trtlie' lent. Another be. held te-tuor .l.6w,tlight, it' te' Speaker -sherd( in the .nreart• tirne be chosen ; :is is now 'probable; Wells of Wisconsin - , claimihg Anti-Nebraska, - voted steadily . for Richardson to:daY:. Prom our oWn.Corre4pondent. Lord Chtiendon's diSpatehei by the Arlan- • question of Mr. Cranipton'Swith- • drawn! - still 'in abeyance. There iatt plansa7. ble effort to extenuate the conduct of the re cruiting. officer, ' i wbich: wilt reipii re• time • and reflection- for an answer:; conAs.inently. ihn eorrespondenee On this 'subject cannot be sub.: iuit.ted to'Cotigr'ess,.it being iinyerfeot:- Tha object of .thel.lr;itisb'Goirerument'is to.igain detay.l • • . - •` The correspoklenton,the Sound duesr!rith the 0-41104'd - on Den y ark and the" reply Of the United states, tognthei with in-. . structions and labored. communications -re. • faring. to Central: America ; ,will aceotopY. the Message. The latter(plegtiOn !ull . full vexatious' . nrisi ng from ; coa ti' ("Ling constructions of the treaty.. • Front Ali4ther - Correspondent. l ... IThel ) tk:tinaster-General .to-day awarded t 1 contract for carryng the daily . :ttinil.''YY" iitatner bet ween-Cairo,n cl New - T orlean. to Messsrs..GainS Eastman and Wootlbtirn; -at . $329,090 per year: . Nicholson And . Tunker. Ornpetitiiisliir the Senate printing,. wilt - pr6bably _ se: dose Itatilth for Speal:er:wilt run' largely ;,Oentl ~‘ to-morrow.- • ." . • •ViyuCW. Smith-of SyraintraAs - Oust fortni d Ode candidate for) onse t Pfiot~r,-- Wendell will, gel wne. yotaii outside ,Of.o lo .Detnoontty. , _ Many - of lirs' b rty'4 l 4i. 11 01 , § tot Ribliditti the Aissociated. Precis, We.,i 4 i. f4v-ctre4 -WO 4'490A4 61" 41 M 48 P,E,t a r - S 4i4 VS P. , JUSTICE TO ALL
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