-.lthei?-444:sieditoisKialiMfaW jest -- "tifelitiVit - 6 - 0 . 11;ii:: - Miirifite - #1 . 4 - yrii - kienii; is onedollav',a, °nth on every-len—ghat is two dollars )101a half for the.-tienty-five, dollane*.and 'JO old, 'rule ,• mind, 'We keep nothing 69r..ri c i . 1129061; flf 4 inriodi.". --- '., It _ Any Attetriptl L 3 to difve a . etter. bargainiihe . pdor grief-lade girl knew. vould be . useless, and so she robe ied pie twenty - two; dolliirs that . were. tin era: her, :.and . with eager * hasteed back, to 'h - steps n t e cheerless room where her inli g . parent lay, and provided i her many wan as best.she could i tlut of her scanty . fitoti-- - 4tr: 0. Picayu ne. . , ••..w. • ' - .Murder of. Jonas Matthews.h -7. - - The.city-was thrown into considerable ex citement by the announcement .of—another -..- tourder"*Fiti "` ay; It is hoped that this 11 .-is the-last ;on We , shall be compelled to wehroniele in -4 - year I 183,5--as -three bare" 1' already takrn lace ( New Haven since last 1 is, • April. . i; , ~,,,-. , : i t-s cem l t! 2 e ,there!exists. in the tipper part of the citY aniZenliarl• religion s sect- known "Xs the . ,'-Wake italtek,"'who bait() made their -..d.itriniticknoWnliY,lnaltkilog meeting at the t . .;l47iiise:of it . -11r. Elawnsely - fily, who lives in ii - Aane or=siieik:between Dixwe ll and Beaver ;.-str;litk''''' li e1i4.41.1 hieneiwife or family,-but - h a s .4 ,A'ilkoltisin'lEi'tin in rte house with him, nem 'id Ithtidaf:lN .kettran, who is the founder - of I `the- 'eect- Oat ' the !'l' Wakenaanites." This • *oiaaii-stffi that she was muniere,d about AO yeartsig4, -- and' Went to hea v en, and for ' - some risme& wh ich she does not state, came back on earth. and; founded the_ sect already alluded to. .f.S e" preaches and prays, and.', on l iz, hold meetint t he t house, giving. to those' who sesio,mlyie to hear her peculiar stories, her 'clews about the Bible and her experience' in the cpiritUal wo rld Among her believers ' ~T and followos onnny families who live in llainden e - - end her dile in the habit of eom l• ~ - . ing down t oher house every' Sunday to at-- tend meeting. Shell.held a meeting at - her i heLise . laitSunday evening, and there Were, precent at the meeting Almeroo. Saufpfd - liid _ liii wife Jit.it g ..I%..ltttlie - ers" - , Betsey Keeler, a its I . )avis,n a coiorecl man named Josiah Uacton. , T h ey met al)out 2 o'clock Sunday :iifiet neon, and • con ti Pried their meeting ' until a lath hourl ln the night. About 2 olelock on Monday morning, the Widow . Wakeman (the i ' prePlietess) says that she heard a noise n the room below. She oc . cceptes a sm, ll room in the attic of the house. The I oust it, a common story and a half house, with tbln partition, and a noise ~.in; time lowerstory could be easily heard in the rooms a ve. The widow gars that she told Betsey; eele.r,lWhen she heard the noise that Elie thought 11l was not right below." Although VidoW, Wakeman affirms that she thouAt "all was not right below" at 2 • 'elot..-k in th morning, „no effort was made by her to ase ;rtain anything concerning the' snresed tro tile. i . Ahout 9 el:lock yesterday, (Monday) mor -ning,'-ii young. 11 of Justus Mathews begaii to Fenrch for leis.-father, wondering why he had notfinadeliis appearance at so late an: hour in the i'oniing. He went to the door ()Cone. ef the fFont -ooms and found it locked but, porsisted in balting open the door. He leoktd into tle r oom, and there beheld his father lying rad . I tt ipan the , ./loor, with pools 1 ,11 of blood;iierr 7.2dt,"g h is head ! . The. boy w s str ek, almost dumb with ter ror, and imm dist 4c ran into the street and went to the ext `ouse and got Mr. Lewis Dormaitf to c me t o the ..house and see the' hedy. idr.'. di 'mot go into the house, but immediatelywent and notified Justice Ben- . I.: v nett of the'fa 'ts. Il fr. Bennett and a number of mien repaired iti3mediately to the scene of blood. r he\ lathe Workn ritt, trsta:imo Meet; 71 4 .3,eld :Althen first d floor; with tk fod:it was tc Ord the ...wiry ;malty Very :room: Plot floor 'around . *ere found awfnl scene nearly from to-be .nearl t',vident that the:deed hi wounds.: T Lat%het or more 'PPM ropp w_a•fo 'rope were di evident : that thii rope,. , Jury.° ri4ted the 1 than adjerarn poSt-mortem o'clock op waStxritriin cleansed; found the body to be that of 1 w . F. , cirho is a pistol maker "and itrie vine, bat lives in Hamden. if_ t `- individuals presenVat the. at tie house Sunday evening. i .s .cov the body la,y upoirihe teheld toward a bed in the room; and with the face turned tow ow, lying upon the left side, nearly in the middle of . the ed .4:09(1 itßti ;hair lay upon the him,' hr . ta several_ pools of blood Pear. his head. It was truly an o wit'ness. The throat was cut .ir to 41: ear, and his head seemed severed from his body. It is e ' tuld not , have committed sel i from the nature of the ey ,were ',doubtless made by a ine.4iler instrument, heavier and I t 'la a knife or, razor. A small d 6 ''the Boor and marks of a ov, ' d on his wrists, and it was the g ists had been bound by- Itkl ousel ed Mo . 1 •d a Drai `gets: H t.l • being belo,- ercwils oT laotme to I • c. , :fifing the ever, were • _The hnus. bloody clod ICiood neon, the room, in 'e po and -op ru t . .. .1 thoroughly, searched, and Were fotind, .and . marks . of ;rides of • the.deor leading to eh the body was discovered. Mier knife was,found in a box 'ell. slmped and having, the Ar, used: recently,' but - no ad 'except ,one so. dull and . e,could be made: of it.: ' -'' ' A !common ch liciirance of be) iiNte-luot was , 'fou ru4y that* us ti'he following tti afteruoop a . w 41.1 eouitni i ttiu iletr cory.to t rou Sanford ftd S. piopltetess,) uatuod Josi t„ fOU ik, . S_T I B E iii PP Y. ” —Such was the . eipression if a gentleman . mede to . a friend se his res 4 ace ; while- both wei e gazing , u p . on :lino's& dope(ain, the possession of the perion,isad • ,S(4. ~ Happy'' was the ro aponse..gtl, Ppy.T. oh ! . Do, I. - ani ',-,‘ not, .for I hare no lit' l e boy . to break the glass" He Eu 4 15e,.14 14essed >wijh a brig,lit eyed little tiagel-,-an,Tel 6:?i'',:titat. household,. at least -3 - bi'st its spirt tisii early : had." sp e d, away to the manSio o I.oe-blessed: ~ - 1:011 l ,wh t nnexpresiive senilenee was that .. -4 ,4 1 have o little boy to break the glass." He h 4. bee t ititipy--truty - haPPY, while, his - little O 0 2s with hith., The' hours ;sped- • ' -lightly by., iid 'no - dare Or. trouble seemed,to rest for a onient in that household: - 'Twat hard —r j er), linr,d, to pert 'with one, so' dettr to - .. them . : Tli 'al (lost ' breaking - hearts refued to - te - conif in - the hour of - their sifilio , ties, for,' it fright star of hope bad gone " i - to rest y 'fi a 1 0 0 Rilgh:rilmid . .9f, wealh, sumnaded by._ ererltkiiag _ that gaieties could cowl r.iiitiirtkie father was sot bar ; pf,- beeie . hre little tine ' had gone apoa:thia -. i lencrjourne from , , whence there is _ea ..re» • - Orn, (leather toj , 'ertnr.;:" 7,1 w 4 , Ooltl i ftA.Dl tb • - e. e 'fitels..rsex ISENII2 'nest was summoned; who luld clewed the body., and 6 o'clock on Monday. .A -ination, was held. at 2 day - afternoon. The body the wounds probed and ;Knight, Jewett, and D• • • mortem . pxamination was also throughout the day, assembled in front of the e facts and partieular3 eon ler ; but few persons, how ,ted-into., the house. - persons we re arrested during ad 'lodged. in charged r' or in some way being an ! itne ; Israel Wooding, Aline.; wife, Abigail Sables Thank- Ithe widow Virakenian, (the ,uel Sly, aad co:ored man ac,ks.ori. - . _ !smr- - Ji I fbal 211E_LAR6EIrr CIRCIiLAXION IR ICOETHEYIIIS :EF.. : prWE;'7. Montrose, Thitand!ty, lan. 3; 11958. oAr stiOlesß?ers do not bring .us some wood we *ill have revenge. We will desorivethem of- ?waling the Demo* at least for one week.. Wrenn% set typr with cold fingers,—nor bake hOe-cake _ 'Ott:cold /air We want some hay. Bring iti,along, 'and we . _will pay cashfor it. .4112 r " Agriculture" received too late for this paper. It is an excellent AV' C. M. Simmons advertises •a hango Of location in to-dayi paper. t- . "L F. S e " Lines accepted. Will ap. pear next meek.: They are, pretty indeed. ,lar - se4" in:your namestr the Democrat. We can ,and ,will untke . it the \ beit paper' ever published in this county.' Give us yOur en couragement, and we will endeavor te come 1 • up to your- most sanguine expectations. • 53. - •_ . • lar . •the Carrier desires us to return hist wannest thanks tcrAkose•wlui so generously; paronited his address. r&eived hetweeni twelve and thirteen more th rrr doub le: what any Carrier ever received before.—.— ITnder'the direction of his friends he will in vest this - ainount,, and who can tell bow large fortunehe maTicaron this . small 'Founda tion-? ' PATRONS .ANDIRIVNDS.—The changes of this changeful life have brought as iritO some "what new relations at this, 'the coMmence- oent of 1856..' illeneefOrtb: the DE.''.iaocttAr brill be entirely under my enntiol, and I have . . made up my mind fer.s6me time to Come at `least, to Make it my principal husineSs. To this time I Lave pursued the F,ditorial, profession rather as -a temporary than', pernia- ient oceupaticin—,rather because I Iliad be-. come involved in the property of , t ..t printing office, without present opportunity Of releas ing mySelfi than with, any intention of Fet tling permanently in the profession. -Indeed, I expected,. six weeks ago, that this issue of the: DEMOCRAT would contain. tiv vaiedicto- ry; 1)0, events have changed entirely,the whole aspect of things, reversing me expcc- tabor's. \ . Having coneluiled to giro my One and ~ attention -mainly-to the' interests of! this 'pa per; 'I shall announce, .as fully' as 'necessary, ,the, course I . shall pursue. I .hare marked out the path,, _ and, without. turuiu to 'the right or the left, .I shall walk therein' 7 ..Those, then, iho like the platfortn, I expect .will stand with ine anitediy and with god heart and purpose; and those who do toy likfi it, will ; I trust, find something in ihn manner of sustaining it to elicit their manly .respeet. . • The.Daltoca.vr will be, henceforward, democratic paper, the' •uniparing and tidal-. tering defender anct adiocate of 'the princi ples of the Deirfociatic party as We under stand, them.' We have now no -compromise td:Offer to Error, no truce with the:foes 'of-the bes t principles for. th e ou n try's safety, happi ness and peace. • Events, every day thicken ing,-*shosi in the clearest light possible that the Democratic party must: e recalled toinc, , tive energy, and poser,—that the present Year must 'witness its triumph in this nation; b a r that consequences the - most calamitous will come to pass. 'We. shall , labor to pro molt , a healthy state of political sentiment, .to call men back'to reason' and .tellection, to awaken . in their heart 4 those ittriotie irnpul- ses that enoble'f American citizens,- that in culcate a love for their country, mid her in- stitutiont, that. will eradicate thosesel6sh feelings and bitter jealousies towards their brethren of the confederacy, which the sor did ambition' of bad men Ms taught them to l'egard us the very perfection of correct grin ciples. A Prcsidential canvass is rapidly npproach ihg, and the result of that will determine whether the '' - "ountrY, shall go orb in her Unex ampled "career of prosperity, orl whether the ,ngerous isms of the hour ale to riot for tba future amid the ruins of theinational qui etude and peace. For one we have n 9 doubt of tbe'result of that contest. ; We believe the masses of the people, sick.a4 heart.of the present distraction, and seeing no go-.ur like ly to result .therefrom, will turn firmly to the -businesslef electing a man whose command ing position, flea statesman, is such ;Its to give a sum ' guarantee, that the ancient order of things shall be restored.- 7 --that, amidst con ' tetidi ng factions, he will take that conserva tive course that will unite the friends of peace and order, in a vigorous, patriotic and uccess ful effort to 'preserve the integrity of the Constitution, and carry forward the great work - of national greatness which has already revcdutionized a hemisphere.'"_ ' . * 'Our position'for that.coatestis Already ta ken., With all the great principles, funda mental in the creed of the Deinocratip party, have been we have been identified since we bav,e been in politicallife. There is but one thing about :which we have differed with the general ac tion of - the 'party. That is' the question, of Slavery-re4riction. .We now find Ourselves in this positiOn ; on the one hind stands the Democratic party, whose principles are our principles, Save the 'One point of difference on main side' f .h d w o isi t iie .o w l bieh bi lta g d } " m n rti no intent oii in forma oairr. .tion ; - while, on the other hand, is- an oppo sition composed of at least' four ; fifths who have all their lives opposedopposed - every measure and principle professed by . the Demodracy, ' who do not pretend noiv to bare chang ' e 4. But, further than this, the opposition,of which we speak, isnot only composed in the log out their old and .. pernicious doctrines, only assinzing, another - name name under which to A ct; but.#4llol*.4ed &nether iiiitnie to that creed, amamigtlfakv,P 0: ,the -just principles of-tbalmaitigieuti*ii?Lay one =of its old • Vet t ** 'We iiilibt4* 'the - *gainer) , and :doLirtui,,Ofli t 4oliiOci \ kituibintja*i; ilia 6610011/41.#140-IH4-*Pcilleirlitia action .40041- - .lo4X(Cgoorposigaa atvganiuties , ,!Wribirve.thewthe - WrlcLeboiell4tieti the -Democtieevii tlx . rarrbese general Prtnei: . ' plesWkrigree; - ortorsake. every principle we have-ever professedind throw ourselves in . active OppOitien*tbem for the ptirpose of F"eir r iring out -the principle of, Slavery reStric- I lion ,_Thus, eve must, in the ranks of the 'oppoOden, e ,..r 4 Vathe lie to : our whole past life: lit is true that- we iliere might 'aid in bring ing an Anti-Slivery Administration into power, but, in doing so . , we, must also bring in.to power : an Administration opposed to every principle or, general' national policy . which: wei profess; besides aiding in _the per- • petnity -of those most wicked and hateful . dec.. trines . nf civil anti:religions intolerance which are now being fastened upon the country-by every means a desperate' fanaticism can.in .rent.•:-Noti, we think: ni'much Of the-gr.:eat principles of civil and.religious freedom, in this gOvertitnent, for twenty four Millions of intelligent human beings of our Own race and . color; 'fume do of A nominal physical free dom ter three millions of Blacks. Nor have . we' any- notion of sacrificing.. the one in a bootless tilt for the .other. Our. notions of fiteedorn .comprehend something more than mere physical freedom for A few negro slayes of the South. They extend to our own . race, to freedom of conscience, freedorn-ref thought, •• - . freedom of worship—in. Thort to lhat God given freedom which . our' fatlier... secured for hg as: entsclves and - , their ity, *ter eight 'Gig years of peril .and bloody 'strife.. - To . mr.ke our meaning more,clear,-we will not aid in displacing one single stone in" the structure of constitution al freedoin reared on- this con tinent, by the .sages of the' Revolution, for all the" niggers" in Christendom, of all there ever will be.. And. believing that the meas. 'Aires of the opposition, aside from the question of Sla% cry, will lead to that, :should they ob tain perpetuity in this government, we shall oppose them as of infinitely moreimportance to . the Country, than all 'the sliggers" that will eve,r, be inbondage or out. Having to choose between Slavery for the white, man or the black, we natur l , dly adhere t o our own , :Enrros We shall stand, i then, or fail • with the Democratic :party. All the influence we, can exert, we ; shall 'throw in the direction 'of what we feel to be right principles of govern-- Meat. - Wherever we may ditier•with the De: rnocraey, on any side issue, we fl!all express Our conviction, and•endeavor to• correct par ty errors: We can do no • more than this in anyparty.,; and, haVing done thiS, our duty will have been discharged, and the event we trill Most confidentic leave to the direction of that overruling Destiny Which has , guided our country onward an it career of prosprity . and pOwer, till is bas well nigli 'reached the -summit of earthl y "grealness. Fei. the Proaideney we ,prefer JAltts Br.- CIIANAN above any one en.,:t; now, furthe fol lowing reasons. It iS, high time the' g:tfne of expediency, in, electing Presidents . 'should be ended. Itis . time we redeemed ourselves in the eyes of the world; by. placing • statesmen at ••tllit head of the government. The lolly of not adheringto this policy has brought the country to its vreseut state of distraction and peril, and we 'should return to it before it shall be tn,l:ite. Let s us at last rsud4,all the Jeo tice in our power to that iniinortal constella tion of greatness, Buchanan, Benton, Cass, CalhOnn, Clay and Webster, • whose .names have rendered the fame of our country as im perishable as the records of Time. All save ' • - our Own Bueltanan now slumber in the dust°, or are incapacitated by age or infirmity. for the trust. , Let us, especially in these turbu loOt times, avail ourselves . of his experience; intellect.and patriotism. Let •us . - attune for past'follies by paying this just tribute to the remains of national greatness and fame. We have little doubt.of his nomination and. tri *pliant eleCtion. ,And, when that shall accompliAed, we feel assured 'that, coin* manding. the Confidence of the .-conntry,. un der the, guidance of his great experience, id-. 'ty intellect and undoubted patriotism, see-. tional centeution and angry strife will cease, and the angel-band of happiness,and prosper ity again-strew 'garlandslalong the triumphant pathway of the nation's advancing -gloty. We have : dwelt thus at length.on, our po litical courselecause.we' desire it to be u.n derstned, that public expectation may be' rected aright, and no disappointments mar the page of the future. . The advocate of thVmost liberal prinCiples and progressive ideas, the unsparing assailant orpoliticjvice, 'and the stern defender of public virtue, will be charactevistics of the Dean rut in our hands.. All - subjects proper for public discussion will be discussed as Ape ca.siori may demand, and, though • we may sometimes err in . judgement,for_ who does not err .?—yet we shall claim one virtue,— the public. Will always know where to find us, for they will' alWays have our . opinions • and the reasons on which they are formed, • • Finally, we shall Conduct the paper .; - with . the dignity ora true professional pride. Moro than it haibec!n,'shall t - we make, it a bold,. high-toned and f earleas exponent Of, the prin- : flples we deem most conducive to the coun 'try's good,.—best calculated to promete the national prosperity ' • ' Relying ppon the intelligence and.:•patriot lira. of, this pee;ple, for suppert,—of whose con- Science, -we have heietofere received the most Muistakeable evidence ; Most earnestly desi ring its continuance, and a.ss . uring - thetn' that We shall labor unCeasingly'lO rdeserie: it, 'We close this.eiPositiOn of our aims and inten tions, hoping, that we mayinot fait short of ptiblie.:nxpectatio in 4.1.16 . -Idischarga pf.. the , diffietilt . dutit Otir,;_pesilion. , •• • - • January 1, 1856. k. • • EZRA B. CRikEE. 4 • inr:' 'Monirm•e, like any other:tity,-has i • place t'of amusements. Miss 'Bradley's le • • tures, 'by wilt t we base' beard, furnish • abun; dant fun. The panaran2a" is a great institu ticale7-it eihibits " Sebastopol just 4.)rer the bluff!" - Wonder if it is necess ary , . to •go-lap in a balloon to See f Sup pose the balloon should : hunt Pet whea the'g r ong fires a tre mandout brosuiside into the. Great Rectal"; or sbould•fall within.iinge of the, bass drum at the prenise =mint it discharges a fifty fouf. pound 4411 . „Would'nt the . Russians - I , 'TollidAranbet; • jiriso spirit of gattory. do wd , intend eotn- . , - meriting briefly- on the • above caption, but. rather tO adareas a few plain sayirgs to that most-numerous - class of oar community. kis not too much to say that the farming intervit of this county is in aprosperingand . hihgly favored condition, With a climate less mild. and therefore-not so well addapted to ihe production of the less hardy: fruit.% still Ire havo a climatg abundantly suitable to the most natural prOauctions of this soil. A few years ago. the people of thig• county were comparatively without facilities" to a good market.:. We were:humnled.in , by rocks and mountains, bueeaiiital, 'enterprise and eller- gy have placed 135 - 011 the Brat highway of the Northern States, and opened to us all the benefits of a metropolitan market. changep that sit—years have wrought in the condition of the fanning interests of this county are wonderful,—if predicted fifteen years ago would have been proOunced chi merical. But thes'have,been wronght—theV now, exist in active reality, 1i - outing golden treasures into the laps of our people. We soon becara faruiliariied to a change of situation for the better, and 'so after rutting forth pro Per exestions to enjoy , our better lot awhile, the tendency is to relapseibnek to the .—.• • - old path. Do our farmers really realize that they* are among the • favored ones• of the country thsy realize - tie limporcanCe 'of taking advantage of their fortunate situa tion,:an active, living, breathing, contini.rciul advantage, of their favored loCation, • and most valuable. privileges. We . fear they do not: We fear. hat the. general agricultural interest of this county, are not appreciated asthey Aould by the Mass of 'farmers. . As an intitrest it has nut kept rice with the vast improvement: - going on around us, though it haS progresse4 s Look 'atit, you grain,..Meat, butter, Cheese, stock, 41:C:, .eomma`rul the prices' i of the best ' markets eiethis continent. Their returns are: speedy, safe, reliable, for it is i:cish. ..Arpor: lion of 'our fartners - i appreciate •itbeir lucky location, and "are making themse!ves fortiircA' with great t apidi lJut others, the majority do not seem to - appreciate it, and are trudg ingon in the same old path their father, trod before, we corne near -writing cirdiz.a tion, broke over our mountain peaks and il lumidated Our rallies. At least they are behind 'the age, half a century. They do not improve opportunities to -profit by Ether sa ving 'machinery, of which the country as they,tnight, thus doing double the work, raising double theerops,. and giving .double tillage to. theirland with the saine labot and time. They use little efforts tot improve the breed of-horses, cattle, sheep -and-other farm animals. 1 - The . consequence isi that every • 'generation of animals they raise ] grows pour er and poorer. They do not study the na ture and *conditions of their soils, the whys and wherefore.; of laige or small crops. Tloy go through a routine of plowing, sowing, and reaping, at state,"l times and seasons. It they pare large crops it happen:: so, but, it • gener ally, happens, we apprehend,that with the application of a little science, figether' with modern improrements4ey might haveunde the -same arcs Auce!lit least double-what they have done. - We have no time to elaborate further oa this most•interesting subject this week., We' have Only' hinted, 'by way of introduction, at what we have—low . contemplated writing a series ofarticles. upon. We intend to follow it - up, to - make some' home •thtusts, to see if we cannot 'awaken a little ,:more interest among our farmers to take the I-high position so easily attainable - by them. its importance to them cannot he overestiturited ; and, not to them only, but to their childlen after them, and to society at large through coming gen erations. OUR. IIEAD.: ' Yon. have' already inspected the new head ! of onr. paperand pronounced .your verdie:l. New donetyou say that it is the Prettiest head you, ever saw ? how elan it looks- 7 how it illuminates the first p al ,i e l . W e h a d it engraved expressly for our Paper, them be, ing no such letters in ty:pe. punt you .think , I we have h pretty\good eye furgettieg up let ters i It is engraiedon - soinelkitid of invtal.. 'and, electrotyped with„eopper. I t cost us lit tle , , I': • less than one dotutr. per letter, to: get it' 'engraved, electrotyped iitc. We are satisfied our patrons will all agree'thi'sl is a.-great im provement. It makes the 'pape'i look so much more inviting,—so clean;it makes it look literary, fit to Le a lailfir periodical.— Indeed it is a great head ! .There if'no dark ness about it. It is-light, luMinous,. sagg_,es , tire of die troths of Dem eerao-,•the - oppesite ' of those black beads, colored .heads, or woolly heads, whatever they call themselves, for they change. so often we,ean'tt keep track of them. There is nothing dark, suggest We-.of the "'dark lantern" in our head either. In fact, it is just the head for tbe_ handsomest, cheapesand best papa' in leunsilvania. : --- AIM, th e so.? so.? ' i _, - I .. - . . - . "Are you otgoiu g to imp 4 ,•oCe; your paper and give us more. reading the,corning year," asked a valtiiti patron the, other day, paper is too . rull of advertisements," have ur ged nathhera of patrons the past Week. Well; we ;lave felt that the paper was too mall crowded with*. advertising .matter, tut •how. could we refuie them . IThey pay well, and 'our patrons should recollect that the price I of the paper was reduced to t 1,50 when the paper on which it was-.publiSlted did - not cast more than half.what it now ciosts, and alien provisions could be bought for one . half , present price; and.-yet we cannot .raise 'cm , espondingly the price of the paper. They iiist see Therefore that we innst haVe a Much larger-advertising andlob Fitroniige, or we must sink:: . But.being detntrilned thati there .shall tie nothing lacking on our part, it - will be Seen' that we haieThii*C.ek thrown opt everything in the shape of - Advertiiiligthat. can go out ootstliatently with,existing contrac to; making sonic-four or five columns , of oClitional read- . hig,, as much , aiinny : snbscriVer can by, exrioiCt i ' ines - ith co - , 4 re aq r *24411y ?6 . • os---;-- Miiiiii An Ofik.,r. tisiflg How cl i Hsists mainly of Lo wliicli'of course every : subscriber his paper. . . • Now, we propose to'gi've the li each. week, -sve perhaps occasion ' ence of sheri rs salei, and the', liks l ;I •I - , propose to gi l ve our 'attention to it, it good re:ulinfr—snake it interest 0 io 'this,. we feel that something too nI in , return,and we appeal most - el , our friends in . all sections:of the *c' adjoining counties; to exert thetn: tarn subscribers. - •- To any person .1 send us si.r.finod paying .subicrib . send the se renth copy .pia . tis.! A exertion by 'our friends. May seen inelease 'and if they desire, a ward papei—such an one as wilT o•I , , to the intelitereuce of the county, P • and sustain ns, and you shall, -ha every friend interest himself and • be doubled in six weeks. Let . , subscribers, 'even if you cannot g send him aping. -I - - -------eLicl• -0.- 7 - • .. , . • ( ICiIY *lark Corrr,pal , ~- ,i, , 1 YcAtK, .I)e' Messrs'Edilors There litt . been the dence•to two or •thrett . day ; =. The stedinsi Li:llit has b i e , -?ti - forcibly cletaioed 6intnent'.; 84) , 1sotne three o'r tl, v .. i etni - rrants to INcarri . _irna have shore. I JulAt "Niclieon,.the U. S. 1 I ' torney ons, gone a good deal of to effect thit i : that gentluirtatt :eked, of la i te, an' ing, -or any iiitig re , ena , lanet., to .it, remark that' he - Was of New York " DirettoKy," ol.jet. was to colleet none • { to *.tit)l,ly nlirtnitionsof war . to, Ireland, for tile- rtrpose 'of a(rain,t their Government fiefact ne wi!re at [l:,eace.: \V hatever ma of the rightcouness of the. coi \Vall:er it. is certain iliac his is . now thestabil , hed (;overnin ragna, and4s mach more entillc, Lion than was -the Government der Ilbumbn, in face of the ProttH It is thought; here that noiperir sition will br can consistently IH ! , colonizatieln of Nicarnolm, Christi:4s was more . g.ner: here this 4ear . th'im for •years was- no -businefss .doing. The ~... sloppy, tniTerable ; but evety pl meat in the city was crowded dome. .TI onsands', as usual, ; :Y tors for the young ones, OR) I already destroyed nine-tenths u t tm adrertisili . ns of the 'city 1 ' r "1t of book adyertiFgements; the a being, foz the most part, ; •mu written: and certainly more in , , the boults,i NV , /1 i: on are mainly b001z.4, witl i i gilt..edge4.and,red ded exclitsrely for center tat ever read 4 them i lam happy ' however, tio chroniclb the !pub RanneY, 4 this city, 'of au, et I set 61..philbS 1 ophical Y. gharts` wi , . use in the Normal ' School a i . M. ' afro,- Frit nk 0. J.,llnson. M. D is the author ,ottliese.ehart. ninny years of iny I ins, in elf no: tite: led a zoo; and thi j it. school -11o' )1: or ,sellool tippara h:ylf,-as matter. of upon my •s, to five,tigate and e o m i on all e ,, ueational aids. • Jo sophical Charts will . frreatly fi rptisition ( of Natural Philosop. ten charts. in all, and - abotit - 31. diae-r.unsl illustrative of 'the- Ales ., of mechanics. Optic's, astr( other sciences included in the Philosophy. Boys have . adv days, th: l t they didn't have v l i school ; • , ut somehow ' or otl vag,abonds. don't seem to app The Mania,for seeking tl New Yofk, which • has so among young couu.trymen, is ting ; and I Mu heartily glad ninety-nine cases out of one men froth the country don't while an equal - amount of n education; hidustry an .-1 go nd duct ext - ended in any rising , the new States - would hav, fame and fortune. The c,lt: young tu l an who come•i here of . his capacitv, and with, c . (. • i coming.ultimatelv • the head find iterceedinelv difficult ts most - hultril& ethployineUt. Some hundred year.. :10, 1 tick of wearing , apparel, i hats aril 'under-clothing, was der p y the purchaser; who th* U - nld for it: In FOMe of ell townsofEurope, the a. olk still adhereto the ancient (. not be induced to look at a article Of dress.' , . But the, &'a i • ti3ing generatiorVon both Si, ti e , l ia ii, l o ng since\ fallen i fiturcluismg most of )e abiy. ready-made. .Article after Made to order, was gradual the market' ,ready-made,,it ; • • fashionable purehasers.-; Only out, annd he was the old-fa - i - - - the hftter classes.: lie al defied !progress. • His positip as imp l regnable.' • ..heady-ma ~ , nta I - , ana patoons were Mant exelusWely : fwamen and t 'elassCi. il A. feWitouses di d '. m in me dium goodsf.bUt tiAna ' 1 we CM'thoughto , to dres 11 ' ' vest or [pantaloons readylna ago, tto' wr l ever, Mr.- s.Delvin, clothing-house - of D. •Devfi city, d - /) l ue . eived tind'ear'ried en tire 4 -rev ol utionizang: the by . .eekswog the Brost, spici 6 'r 1 .the.-neatest sewers employed by the 'first .tailors of Undo York,?*nd,Af3ioting limsel m anuflseture. of tbe v:orkja . ‘4414.4 .4. f ..4...., 4 eaf - ,aa...'a t li . , "Your teicf4iitdi:: - mWde etothing. llti concluded also to keep pit hand the - s helter giaties of- medium work; huCto . hare,nothing at all to do with inferior or slop-Made'iyork. plitnatie ceeded. so ,well; that his increased business . _ soon conipelled him to vacate the Wilding, he oedupied in Nassau St., and to erect• tint' magnificent marhlck palacc um. the turner o f Broadway and Warren St., in the bit sinees of the house is • ncwtransauted—a ha ''siness of 'between. $3,600,000 and *-1,Q09.000 tier annum, and the most extensive of its kind in the world. • The ad~er= ;faros desiies in -. . 1,2. atueunt I :1 interfer; 1 . And we. and make I tifr • .lioi nff • c,. ay' be done rnestli to • unty, and elvc4 to tap: - 1/It 0 will rs we will very little ~. . ~ 11. a large traight-for be e.' eredit liallyiaround e• 4. Let ur list could Is 'h l ye the ' it but one, - A gtcat deal has been. said, in the. apers,. ,about the action .of the late Ward , olnied .by the Government torigain, furlough ordis- 1 rniss, at its- discretion, such . officer 4 as it I might see fit. For my part I frankly admit that I know ',nothing about the• fairness or unfairness the of Joanl ; but :it „would really . .. ~. . seem, by the city papers, that r am about the - 1 onlyifournalist in New York who has not re-- . -cei‘'ed a thorough nautical education,.who has ' not' had 4 several years' experience on shipboard, who is not fa Miliar -- with every sea, lake and ri:yigablesiV'er on ; the face of the globe, who' is: not posted up in the usa -rl o•es of all the navies of the . civilized and un civilized worlds,- and who has. not ' .been per 7 otailly :acquainted from ' boyhood, with'every officer in . the American -navy. .wager w standing all this, ,1 ' would' lay . ager of a ream of the best fOulseap.paper, that not five men of the vast .army cif editors who - havl:t been enlijitening their leathers on the stu-. pidity, favoritism tiz.e. of - the; Board, could, if they were placed in a witness-box'and- Sworn, . • testify, without tendering themselves• liable •t 6 conviction for perjury, that they have any more personal,•poSikive . knowledge of. the sub ject they have _ been " flap - wing themselves" on, than my ex - et - Aleut d 0 .7, Foofo, has of the private habits Of his paternal Uncle, Josh, nosy travelling in Europe with his. master.. -- . FROM WASIIINGTON. : • 27, 035. ay )tefe,, for p Ipy - ur ho rt:!d ecti put on )istrict At of ibis way aviw con- Ottuster- nom, Rinote Nio r thr of t 6 famous : who:ie, pro ' with whieh e :people- of •afr rr iu %van zr, • .1 11'1 11 WhiCh h 1 thought rye i pursued (...tivertunent nt ..No speaker yet. The 11onse 'from Monday till 'Wednesday, when, it is said, Bank's vole will fall off some to Pen- ningtun Monday the Pre - iident sent iti.hiS mes -1 Senate it was received .with courte , yalid read: The House, after a tierce dehatc,.refu•ed to receive it, and directk.bd the 1 td recogni -3f Texas tin ts of :anent - oppo- . to the elt.lrk to return it. This wanton insult to the goi:erinnent,:inl the country,de:. - Aerve the se yereA leprohntion.' llr ob!zerved past,. There weldher . ice 'of annse-, frOm .pit to •ere spent in nve'doubtlesi; the'. The . press' a re, full dvertisements ,h mere ably tere . stiir than bolidav inten les. No one to be able,. kation by•A. tirely original ich I 7sniv in The following comprises the basis of settle-. a - tent of the Kansas difficulty. It will be seen that the Governor is found with the side Of the free State Ulan, and arms then]. with the power or the law hi - future defense. Trite it (25, There is a mistrtnierstanding be= tweet the peopltrof Kansa4; or a portion, of their awn th e . GOvernor thereof, arising out of the rescue ne Hickory 'Point •'a citi zen undcr arte,t, and some •utlie - r7inatters ; and {Whereas,. A strong apprehension exists that said misunderstanding- niaLt lead t 4.; civ- it .trite 'and blood-shed; and IVlLe'rect.t, It is . desird by • both: Go rnor Shannon, and the people of Lavvence and vicinity, to avert ! a calamity so - disastrous to ilk° intet:e'sts of the Territory and the Union, and ,t 6. place all . etore ~ , • i •..• . parties n tue.oi .., :t ;t' - To b the world; 1 1 ..Now therefore !LW sa shed by " . the said , • a•• s 4 , : , ew . ino-rui t t r zf: I Governor Shaption, vuti-the "undersigned, peo , of Brooklyn, i Plc of Lawrcuce ; .; -how; -assembled,Jliat . the 11 i matters in dispute be :settled , as . 'folltiws, tol Ravin , * devo- i • t . • - fe to teaching, , • We, the silk' citizens : of .said , Territorv,..: judge of a — protest that , the said rescue was Made with-. 1 u .- 4, I t a k e it 1 , out our knowledge Or - Consent ; but if an'Y of course at all,' our citizens wer e "Pg.ed , we led Ye b t ir. 1 , . ient freely ut 1 selves.to aid in - the • cxecution•of any legal 1 - & 17 , 1 , Iroces's against theiii; that , ' we • •-luau no-'. ~ • , tason's . Pinto: i know kedge o f the previous, preient,:or prOs: ei li tate the ne- -.ee•iVe existence Ut . :irir. oroaniza t ion in the 1 t. v; 'Th ere are ! said Teintory tor:the resistance of the laws, and that, we :have not designed', .and do not "design to resist the legal service of any tnini- inal process therein. but pledge ourselves to - aid in the execution of the laws, when called on by proper authority, in the •Town or.vf ci ni ty. of 1,a52 reuee, and that we will rise all .air influelice.. in preserving - order` therein ; and we declare that we,.. arOlow, 'a. 'We ever have been, ready at any . time to aid. the Gov ernor in security* a posse for the execution of such process. -7Propitted, that. any per Sow thus arrested in Lawcenee or vicinity, while. o . .drawinris or eatling moMy, snd the term Natural flanges, 'toil - . a • iten I went ; to . er the 'young eciate the fact. eir.' fortunes in ong prevailed somewhat'aba of jit ;' fur, in unfired, young suereeil here; auraLl capacity,. ral good eon il lade one of yielded them two: . aro that a ‘vith lotto ideas 01`denfte of be . • of a firm, will , out Fun even the a foreign force shall remain in the Territory, shall be , duly examined before a United Statei District Judge,,otsaid Territory, in said town . and- admitted. to' bail ; .and proyided, that Gov. Shannon agrees to use his influence, to Secure to the .eiti.ens of Kansas Territory remuneration for any - .damages st•Ttained; or unlawful depredation ; if any such have been committed bY the sheriff's •possein,- , Douglas 'County. ; And further, that Governor Shan now states that he has pot. called, Upon per sons residents of any; otter ,-Slates, td aid iii the executiOn of • the lairs, and such as are here in this Territory are hero of their own _ . ci;tee, awl that.'he has not any autlwrity or ;1,,, a 1. p o wer to dO;1, nor till he ekereise any Il s;e11 power, and that he .Will not, call. on any I,ettizett of another, State, ,who, may be heie. 1 That we wish it . understood th.o. We Alo'not i i '. validity ( T herein express ans;yop.n.on as; to the I of die en.tetntents or -I the Teiritorial f..,e,g,is . la-. I ture. , WILSON SHANNON, .... (Signed)C. ROBINSON, -. , . . . . . . . J - . 11. LANE. 1 early every ar lel glove -r,' made to the or- w:O. personall y . tlhe 01(1-f:ishion est. inlmbitant„s" uAcitn, and can ircadv ;.made To Charles Rubinson: .and - J IL:Lane : You are hereby :authorized and directed to take such tneAsureA, and -use the: eirrolld' 'force under your command in silc*Manner, for the -preservationrof the peitee and 'the protection -of 4he perSomt and- ,property of the people of La irenee an .I Nieinity, in your judgment diall best seenre that eiot • (Signed). . WILSON SUANNON, Lawrence, Pee:, 9, 1855.'- • i niondd of the , ei of the• A:tlan ,lto the t liabi t .of e-tunnel articles lartittle, formerly y • hroug . ht into (innil hostspf :\ ‘, no T Tian hell Ill.,ned. tailor of ne I . \\ neeessfully 1 , • si . a s "regar4ed de I conts; - , vesth 1 nearly - fanitured 1 e oiler. worlci* si all Inislites i 'Lilo peetended. . . INvm.usaul: ItEm'.ams.• 1140 are' a feW simple remedies fir every 'prevalent disorders; which wZ., have'll6. it,Ssit3tion in 40mniend ing as infallible : • ' For-ntoidents- 7 keeli out, of stun er,. To-make monev--advertitv in t 4 Montrose b i lig ,11,coit, - A few years 11e . -lhetutof • • the r,l; 'Co„ot this. ottt , 'the. ideli of d thing traile r , tiff: cuctars..nud ott:l i custom-tverk and Now •- ut i atoly to the 14, lie to' el,' 4.-. . . D'enzogra t. For COughs and 00(1.3-7:IT take Cherry rect. toral.. To keep out of jell:—pdy your 4 , lA's: . To be happy-:—,subsoribe for 'ft . tre,waparei'; '.,, . TO 1 4astrall,-.Tituind..your own .. mone sa., . To have ugood - oonsoienee--‘pa,t the pin:. tem." Vr.Tlio nagaebf ;le Post .ofllee at Elk Lake, this county, 11 , 4, bueii changed to " La 7 throp's by..tho,egisautoutt' lEEE For sell sickness—stay at borne. For.rlrunkeirnes—driok cold water. For health-- , -.take ". Ayer'!;111,1o.? "Y'lo'ivin~'ay"ls~ci~in.-- -. „ . 6,. We,-find 'a . report in h.e...Ain con- Furmer, ... of a- eoratnittee appointed to testyhe merits of 1 asteam:plciw, invented by Di::.9nin lICSSET,.. wito is known to -he one of theori'ginal in'vem- ..-,.,, ors of the Mowing Miteltine.---j, liissteam Plow 1 is.cnfl e d the ” :Wept:looo' Steam Plotting Machine,"nod - waa r put in'nPeration during the' latO Fair of the Maryland State Agrienl- tura! Society. It was attached be threaargi." sized hand plows, by-leg chains, each .plow being' managed by a separate plowman. The • movement was about equal, to that. of a' trick ' walking horse, and—the :committee say-- "-The grotixl:w a s thoroughly hrdien.to: a depth varying &pa - seven to fourteen :inches, . and. an average width of foirrteen - niches to each plovi. - The engine proceeded across the entire length' of the ! - arets. -inside the horse ' traek,,being .a distance of about two hundred yards, encototeting a hard road bed and say- ' era . large titones, 'without any dimintition in the speed: The.pewei. require& to perform the same amount of. labor was estimated by. the ! plowmen at that.of sizteeti.horso„ It wu followed by a dense crowd of spectators, who- : I were attracted fr om. all parts of , - the grounds ' to witnessesao.novo ud intetesting in - ezhi bition.: - Three cheers w f ' ik ntiade tho welkin - ,t 7 ring_proclaimed - the triumph of this noble - effort of genius. - _The 'cro - 1 - --i'ere Chen' re 'quested to retire sufficiently- to allow the ~ committee to view . the - operation ; vhen the: engine was turned short round aild plowed back to the-place of tiegiuning;;a right band plOw Was then : substituted for the left hand one, and the engine . traversed the. grontid le third time, passing close along the, edge of the ground pret'iously plowed. .. .It is proper ' to remark that the engine was exhibited by : , ~ theT inventor !nerdy- to snow 4. the pcw'er cri, draught and the facility of backing and tura . .. , , ing in'any directitin: : The ground .had 'heed - much trampled . during the exhibition, indst one end there was a considerable ascent. The plows were all -so -far apart ' t h at each one had to break a separate furrow,'. l- ' The Committee express in th e most em phatic terms, their una nimons opinion of the importance of this first .stice - est-fal attempt V . construct a steam plowing engine,and, regaid .it as the first step in. a great revolution-in' . prairie farming.- - Mt...Hussey is -an ingenious. man; and has devoted the greater portion of his• useful life to the promotion-of agriculture: We hope that his efforts wilt be folly appre 7 ciated'and 'that he: will reap that - pecuniary reward which is eminently his clue: ••. : Fighting Indians A correspondent of the -N. 0, . Piertyune gives an accott k. of a 'fight between Saul notorious. desperado of Texas, and fifteen of the 'Lipan wad in his cornfield when they mach, their: appearance, but . managed to escape with an old qermarr into Ins cabin. The Indians soon :surrounded: ,. the house ..- with:hideous )'ells. ---- The; - oldinad- had but little arutnunition,.and was., 'of . cotime, con- • scions that every shot would tell., When the._ •„ Indians would attempt to. break in the slight -i door lie would shoot, and while lie waS load- ~'. ing the German wotildceep;them at bar, by pointing an unloaded gun at .:,them through ' the crevices of the - house.. - .They managed in' • this way until the outside of the house was br i isfling e ,with arrowsoitned at4lteni between •. the logs, and the old man's •poWder, hid giv- .• err - 0at...1' At this moment theltidians retreat ed a . .sliort distance to liold,a- - entincil... Mtn , - besieffed availed thein;clves-...0f the:chance to ;set - the assistance - of ..a - doieti - Mood llottpds that'were con6nectin an oat building, Un- . ... de - cover, of the tivo unloaded guns, Mr. Jones liberated the dogs. here; was a reinforce-. meta-the red ,scatrips :had not-calculated' up- . 1 pon, and iii - .• 0.,. - twin klint. - or "an eye, five of ithe Indians: were h.orsc/u - , e4j 7 . 700; • The bal ance came to the re•iette, and'sm,a , s'hot all the - !,retnainder of their 'arrows into the - 00,V, and, [);i:iit a retreat, bearing_ their - wounded, beat ing off the- dogs,iwith their.bow, their buclT, skimin' tatters,: and blood .streatnifig from • .!eqeiv one of thein.-; After the fight the-641 - eillibifed one dead Indian, three deaddogs, ~.. sundry pieces riCbticksltiti, 'mingled with *clot ted masses of Indian . flesh, : laundreds of - at- • rows, and pieces of ,bows. - • ....,_ , • , - Sir: John Franklin. - St: Paul, Minnesseta, llec '24.—;--A party arrived here ye.Sterday from lied fiver,. on. their way to Canada, bringing authentic in-* telligence concerning:Si rfolin Eranklin's par ty, which, it now appears, - lieriglied on the coast opposite' Montreal .'-where their bones- lie. - "\They died of hunger, a. party of Dluitnaux hating reached them just as the last man perished, . Tho.party,brOght home seVeral relics of the Frankli ex pedi tiop. Arrival.. of the apsolettei - :New Haven, Dee. ; 24.—.rtie ab:Mdened discovery: -ship illeSolute,. wnich was -taken• possession 0f,),y .- *(4ipt:•Buddiooon, of the whale ship George Henry,. in .September, last, was safely brought intO.New,Lond , M, arrived there yesterday, with her arrnament,' . stores and 'equi pments Coin plete as wlien aban doned. •.They are-estimated to be worth $lO O 000. • Wen found she had drifted aboutl,ooo mires frOM the place of her abandonment.. • - FROM UARRISIBIIIRG.. *-! The Legislature orzaiiized. Tuesday last by. , • . el e,ti Wright a. Philadelphia speak-_ - er of 'the House, and Wm.. M. Platt of Wye . ining speaker - ,of the, S . etiate." - re • . The. Montrose 'Fiie emu:my 'w.ill meet at• at tln,:ir . Engine house Nrond4 evening,. Jan." 9 th, at 4 'o,eloek,' P. M. lO:eleet and attend -to any. other husfnesa.: fall at-.. tendanee is de s ired. T. • . F. 13: CHANDkER Sees.. Susqu'a Co., Aiii•touttitial Socieiy. The annuli! inepthicr of the above . Society will ho debt 01! Tuestray evening, Jun. 22nd,, 1856. The report:4 . 6f tkentitittl'i ion Grain crops be receiv,ed, and . acted_ on at this Ineeting-itid,ofMitis will bo„eledtfd fur the ensuing_ • - L - - •-• SAWL-E; CAIMAVI:4ec'y. • . .. Jan nd 1856. • - -•-• .• •'. A' confe re nce of•• the4usijaehatihe Assoc a tiori of U n iv e rsalists.,!Nill.),telield at Sterling: viile, Wyoming CO., -434. Wednesday, and Tliur clay,-15iii. And 17th . of J-une at which tithe the qui versalists recently, cepi ,pleted there,•vriltlie.'7dOrlioafe(lo.lo the-wet -4p - 9f. the ~14i.siug, ,,.: F atber, <: Friends abd .Pitti!pra fiorn.AtOapti,-ate'ipvito come enjoy wnh us a ric . eas . - .I'er °lda' Robattailon rAitkit-t,•••• The ftienda of Rev.ll;-4 - : Rile,v and lady, ateetiaii'disilif6i at his hole on Tuesday the Bth gViranuary—iafternoo n )44:;evemog. - • y:f °SC>~'c:r' with Blood. hounds.