, ...
aellorts Alt: the 1 . - to
- :Pon °PM!. • _
The &T art: of the 1 3 4treeeteTh Gelieral
shows a nevinorease of 8 2_Post Offices dor - ,
ring the year ending the piA of June, 1855
Its whole tomber of offices;at that date,. be
ing 2,4,410,itind onthe .6to. of Neve:al:lir,
24,770: On the 30th Oi4ette last there were
. 7 333 'mail•routes ; at in est imated length of
277,908 miles : J .. The, to Vannual transports
-third-ref Milli -wait 61;491 18 11 - 1 lee, costii
t
$5,345,238. • Compared With the service of
the year previnue,there i •an` increase of 3,
897,02.5 . milisoftranspo ilon r orzof- - ehoet.-
.51. per cent, and of $875,251 cost, or about
14,,4,100 percent. ! The increase by rail
road service is 3,480,132 Miles ; by modes
-.not speeified,, -3,61tt,1 4 ,: ilea--while--the n
transportation'by coach ; 41, less by,. 2.325,
$2B mil* aturby iteabolt --
1, 336,856.
This chart e results Miain y Om the reletting
4ifoontrac in many' o '-'the, Southern and
I t
Western tate and 'rerntonei. On the 30th
of June lasetheriiirere in ; tierviee 219 4oute
agents -it ir ionipensatieni of 4235,170, 65.
160 : 29 local:a - gents—et , 815328 ; and-981
' mail ineteengers at $1600; : 4 i 1 65:; making
a total of 3354,910,00'',.bet -added to the
3 )
cost of transportation . his makes the total
. amount-for the current e ar $5,'824, 0.80, 20,
*hich will probably , be i i iMiessed . to :86,000,
000, by dew -Services an routes. The cost
of foreign mail service ,
1 net included' here,
ILIt mounts to $ 511,487. The Postmaster states
i ,
-11 '011 . on the 3d of April last, he concluded a-1
- AttratitArith 11r. James , ,F,. Joy, to convey
; le Mails from Cario to New Orleans and
back, daily, he having full' power to nerti
- aie - such contracts on'-
behalf of the Illinois
Central Railroad, but tholigh the latter used
every exertion-to comply with their engage
' ment,ithey failed to do-so from the high price
i,denranded of them by the owners of.the boitts
- OD the'line4nd the rotate was accordingly
'advertised for relettiog, 1 . .. -
1 The.new . distribution 'schemes have been
completed, and each diStributing office has
nowielphabetical lists of all the counties' tiP
all the States; except - Oalifornia. In accor
dance with the late act' f Congre suitable
zieasurei have been ado fed to put iti opera
,iiir.
:Lon thene* system of e''''istering valued let
ters, bull it his not bee:llmi • y long in
operation to he able - to
i onn a just estimate
Of the success of the plan. The- Postmater
-has however t lfound abndatit proofi of - its
usefulness, and of the n cessity' of bringing it
to perfection.) 't. ., ,
The expenditures of the Department for
\ the litstfiseat year amo qt. to $9,968,342,and
-the groSs revenue deriv .from postai*, (in
land aud foreign,)-are te ,61,136 13, which,
v.l
adding the* anual app 4priations made in
compensation of mail se co to the goiern
tnent, by the acts of the dof March, - 1851,
amount to $7,342,1399 , 13. Deducting - the
'balance, against. the Unird States,due to For
eign Pow, s, for fiostal a l ccoimuk, from the
above the ideal gross revenue of the Depart
ment for the year ending.;3oth
,June, 1855,
Will be 87,335,117. The g ross revenue of
1854, after deducting f o re ign balances, a
mounted to $6,316,651 91, making a differ
ence in favor of 1855 cif ' - $5lB 519 10. The
mess of expen diturefbr 1855 „over that of
i 8,54 is V;t46,206 46. ',This excess is attri
buted' partly to the increase .of compensation
- to Postmasters and Clerks of office, '' and part
/3, to the increise of 'expenditures for trans
fortation owing to the great ext t ension of the
-raikoail 4rriee• , The chi of the I)e
-partmeht goes to sho,.' t the rates fixed by
la•
the acts of 34.111arch,1 641, tout riot enable
the Department to suslain, itself by its owu
resources.- - , I
,
- Atiiither cause of thi xcess of expendi
ture is ;attributed to the e ters and documents
, . ,
tarried free of zharge - f• r_i memhers of Con
- -
gress and others, and to the immense amount
of printed matter conve •ed at low rates.
The l'Ostmastei Genera thinks 'that the re
&lotion of fitty Per c t; for 'advance pay
meq on neWspaper. is, holy without 1
justifi
cation. He'nlso recom ends - that pre-pay
mentby stamps 'be mad !compulsory on all
-kinds.of matter. The e penditure of the De
partment for 1856, is mated at 610,194,
024, and the' means: ar4ilable fur the same.
~.year, 59,010.874, leaii 1 ' : deficienc ; y, of 'sl,
188 151 to be provide faro
Reference l is again m eto the fact that the
Collins line of steamers receives frror Govern
ment $758,000 for twentl-six trips, while the
British, Goiernnient p Id for Cunrad, line
$866,709 for: fifty-tWo ipty.which in the opin
- ion of the Postmastereneral, is amplyruf
fleient:; Measures hay bsen recently taken
I
to lay before the Mexi n Government proyo
sals on the subject of a Postal `Convention.
The Report inlbdes t 4 me length to the last
Report' of the Postmas er General of Great
Britain, and concludes b 3, deprecating the
denunciation of the De artment for mistakes,
carelessness', or neglect ); instead of advising it,
a . th e wrong _ - committ e d, and leaving it' t 0 ,,,
,apply ; the remedy- 1. : . . . -
lei' Employing any'person to make ic
-titioutbidelat an aucti i cin, or gett ing the auc
--tioneer to "run the property up, renders the
l a
sate void. Jn reading Pa., a few days since,
a suit w4s brought on promissoiy note, giv
en bi.a widow for the- first payment on a
property Which she hid in for $l6Ol, at a
public sali i held by pl,aintiff. The defeats
- was that the_ sale -was illegal, the. plaintiff
hiving; employed whEK, ' - the triw terms "puf
• leis, --
at the saletha is, i , ndividuala ie. - Intake
ioticious bide for the purpose of running up
? the properiy, and that )s this iray he got the
Property hid to $1600; land , then told defen
dant that italic! wouldlbid one . dollar more
she should hive the Ooperty. ' She did so,
.
and it was t struck off to her sod 9. ze note giv
ta
en.'. An e ff ort was 'lade on the other side.
to contradict all thl
and. show that - the
, I
property, Was not , set above .itsreal yetis.'
,The Cuurt Ichalged thiit the value of the prop
erty_ was pf no con4squence =that the law
does not, a rdlOw • fitititions bids, and that if
" puffers*ivere employed, the sale was.abso
'lately void. Verdict for defendant
1
• Mr. Buchan
Thi Belfast Reim
tbe 414 eat and most
_Tarn' in 4 he State
name of James ',Bach
Er
.
as its favorite candid to for the Presidency.—
- We mako:iithefollow . t g extract : •
i
". Thou 4h-ii on ;Of ennsylvania, she 'ma
e
not_appropriate kiw i ,for he belongs Co the
F I'd :e
whole. Union . First the :Senate, first in
the Cabinet, and, first i Diplomacy among liv
ing statesmen, we we liiin tube also first
in the henr6 of the People., _ '
, / '' , AltleAgh it is believed limit itr. &laid
. in _does not desire 41in* noinination, he will
4onbiless . oseeede to the wishes - ef the Demon
raeY When they sha,ll 'have been fully - , made
_. kOwn„ • 'l3elievils that the :masses of. the
. pumoniney of . idamel'prefer s him-to' any. Other,
',--,,e3nditliteiatid:tbit bill ,name would 14 a
. , tower of strength in ikhe..conteltt of '56; `:we .
~
hive departed from frOm it nasal mune, 'sod •
' suggestedbins Wl ' thf,
~ Amite tandidate o f
. ? th ousands' of the Lopti - of
, • IF We imtke'sr44.l4 . -a,tii6otieellta
made by the Legishttika; , ,the 'times - 4:1 - 6.0.
1. Bolton;-of TunkbaiAtie - k, Pe, AS : 4411 0 4 $1 1" Of
• ‘: dcks,r-keil*4 at the,isol 44,114011 t A. 3.0 iisq .
Iton is WiSistnct ividsingoi'M dialfoiai-' - -,
viz Asa itsi czion.amos iii Aotinistirrlli&
'ant,'
rlican 'clap of
!influential Democratic
Plaice; has -raised the
tam to: the 'mast-head
J 1 Dense peuttrat.
IC It- CIWII4-. . r'
Mos traw l , Thitralkay, Jan IV, 16644
Notice.
L
Last week we sent bills kilt portion of our
Subicribeis iiiarieaiiilioffdisrliriii of
Chase lk Day, and thilbseek - send
more
_ ,...
CIL !! 4?.1.*0„.1.4.4.4., Jet, ont:,f,ri ends knew the
amount of their indebtedness so that they
can firward the amounts, or call when in
town and arrange it. The firm is now dis „.
"are StillOwsl,o,Ottle..:ciug :matter up.
,The
bills i re . aut if - ;*reatege price for
the paper, s2,so . per year. TO thekce who at
tend proniptly . .to our necessities, fioin
thisjiine and dui/ng•CoUrt week, atidare two
years in arreari, still - continuing 'their sub
scription,ane dollar and kV cents will be
deducted. Those w h o are nokmore than one
year its arieara , tirsl luive a ieceipt for two
years far $3, theadvance terms. Come friends,
you have had•bouutiful , crops, - high . prices,
and are ,full of money.. Let us settle '6up
promptliiiiid save Money on both "sides..
, CUASE AT, DAY.
4g7" ".J. F. S." Prettier tha.n ever,. and
most welubme. IVe 'Muit-lidie the mule in
full. IVo cannot remain la ignorance of Our
gifted c,oire.spondent. Received to late ii for
this palms., . •
1Z!" This - week disposo with the Sheriff's
SaleSfirr p his Term,- together with eonsidern
ble other, leg4l ad ertistog.- •We hope to sup=
ply their place, with' g . l'iod:reading - Matter. .
tar The•NeW York 4giilature •is in ':the
same - fix that they are at .Washington the
house can't orgapize.Some fifty ballots have
been' had -with no. result. :r Wonder if the
-people.* not about sick of this fusion par
ty shoUld- think die would .be. •
We lettii from ilarrisburg that; the
bias received by the Governor for the Public
Works, onlrrefer to the Columbia Railroad.
It.strikes us that it would he'ruinous to the
% y., t
Stlle to'fsell; . that, iithout selling with* the
Main"tine of Canal. We trust no such fol
ly will he comminuted. '. . •: !
Auditor General.
We hive seen the name of our old friend,
AftirTy Whall9n, Esq., of Erie, mentioned for
the °flick Of Auditor General.
- to
. - him We should be rleasell nomina
ted.tn-i
by the fourth a March nventionj' . We,
believe he would` to the strength of the
ticket by his popularity'in the 'Western part
of the State. - Ile Waa - :la.st Fall triumphantly
elected to the Legislature from the oldVbig
county of ...e, and ranks among the-ablest
and tru.- 4r emocrats of that body. . Suncess .
to „frie.t Whallon. .. If nominated we...will
gke hit , all the Democrat* votes vie have
in ih egion:
„ ..
, c , . . :- . • ot, • - .
The tuned Stales Review;
We hardly know whether it is best'' to no
_
{ice the January NuMber of this democratic
Magazine or not. True, it is an able,lteview,
and we could Wish it success in the advocacy
of sound principles-; but, heretofore we have
found thagafter noticing add putting forth a'
good.clesdik exertion in its .behalcire have
come out minus' all the test of the .:nurnliers
for the year. We dont intend Mite caught
in that way again. t If the pulaishers choose
to send us a copy so that we can ,bare a . vol
nine at the end - Of the year, we will i cheetful.
itsßut
ly -circ ulation. they dont get the
• ..•
aid A nd we lose the copy.
•s U..S..44entstor.; „
Friday evening last - .the democratic, 'mera
hers of the Legislature . . Met . in , caudos and on
'the sixteenth ballot nominated Wst.
flzat,nu for Senator of the - . United States, and.
on Monday he was. triumphantly 'elected, by
a full den:foe:ratio vote. • •
This result will be bailed With , •gladness
throughout- the State and Unien, as: a most
signal - . and: derved vindication of the de- ;
,moeracY_ of. Pennsylvania, as well: al . one : of
the purest ist,stestrien of the day.
With I,3lntia in the Senate, •Pennsylvania
will ;again .Conhand in that' bodythe position
she once, occupied, shen her Buchanan. was
slobbered• • among the (Tient intellects of that
• • • is
1 intellectual forum.-- Nopolitical Omni in the
1 -
- past -quarter of a Century: hss !Contributed:
maiethan this will contribute; te 'place the
Deinoeriey of the St ate on the rOek impreg
=Me, 'honor to the Legislates' of 18-
' 56'i ','-• •• • .
.
whichintd so signally marked his past career,
A Rare pwem. '" , . hid from human view. There rose up a day
''-:' On eurStrst page this meek ,cie publish a
ofdark
• ,-,-• contention and .strife. In vain did
poem of rare excellence by a Edith May 99...
I • * ''.- Watisst Btotu appeal to 'the record oil&
It is one of those. gems of literature that g public acta ; while: admitting their
ten and sparkle-like " frost diamonds" inC'tl li t s- i fe and
clear morning sunlight, and we can see their n ,
rectitude men would sacrifice biro- for the sin
-- . ,
" magic glitter" in evertline of her delicate of others In vain did he appeal to the im.
imagery. On ibis ON little poeM it -writer mortal - principles of
. Amensn,f r eedoln , fol . in
might rest,;the repntaticin of a lifetime. the dark corners, under the'lban of God-for-
If we. mistake not this poem wart originally
published in Graham's Mgazine,. some years
since, with an engraving of" Frost lictures."
We copy it now from the Philadelphia Bul
letin; crediad tO the Poems of 'Xdith May."
It is unquestionably One of the purest in the
language, the delicate polish of tbe !style re
winding us of i theproductions of I.ongfellow.
It ie perhaps-not generally:known, even in
this eiiinity, by the'masses of the people, that
”
" Edith Mav ia a resident of Mon time. Miss
. - -
Anna, daughter of Joseph Drinker Esq, of
this Borough is the veritable "Edith May" ,
Few there are indeed, but have fir 'yenta ad
mired berfritinga, erid'paid dim homage to
her . fame, hut:from her ficticiqua name, mom
have been all the while ignorant AS the
sot*attess on whose lays they. lava hung`with
rapt".arei. l reaided,Comparatiiily 7.yealking, ,in
(their iiiwt),,tiorntantiity; -'". -. , :L
'Xialtifehe'titne in denote health int ,
nottodedWillemdePu4enea -of mesisk and,
flienakilbilatiieli for the pablin bait aeidorn
cede Orel -2 1 1 10 1 ' * e rg 'W I / 4 ) 1 /0 1 °.' sttaistid
eeiliniMititim*Mtitriflittera: ' But all ilei
1
wri - sea "of
liter m a* marked *hid* *Val 4 41 -
: elle" lautrotlibiogivo4 - 4 0 togr
knea, tenteda
by il iiiii ifteditiAtir ter kw .
..%
' .:: . -4 • ...,.--.•''''sfk.flipiill..ll.4l64Gr
.It kin - nits ',Vat, men •controvert • this in
`esimit 'saying of - the . ' ifihontedan •Prophet,....-.
tcrod is just." . Eideages . Of'ilts truth Pay
be fennd in.. ;° '.. everyday , occurrences,'' not less
iban:ia the recordi:of His . dealings. with His
lacieniPeepl*..:....— ,:.,,,,:,...: -.. t . • ' • • .
•, - ...CoMkaratively a (OW _years ago, There was .
....... , • „ • -
living in . tne western section of Pennsylvania.
a,peor,..Arpban;;l:oy, _.withont i infleentiel.-ar.
viesithifriends,;:throwa -upon. the world at a:
tender. age-. to .bieome the architect of his ow a
fortunes. • :...He was apprentiied to: print-.
ingimisinesa, i.40g.,P00r, rind friendless..: But,
-in` the mind of that :boy the .Alinightif . had
;,-
planted,, he .choicest gertai-of intellect _arid
Menhood,, , rout ' ay.. today, and from i yetti
to year he 4oil
. on..ainidst poverty, and the
'coldindiffelice which his lot :al ways secures
Om- the , dorld.'• He, was•only a poor_orphan
•iirinter,Loy in the eye - of the
. Wbrld .about .
•him;• but, within, there struggled . an ambi
tion,a-will, an intellect and a Consciousness
of moral. and intelletitual power; . Whet can
tell, that has not 'experienced it,.' the hours
of bitter agony; the mortification that the_ri;.,
bulls of an unfeeling world ; often inflicted up=
on the sensitive 'heart .of --;, that - poor orphan
printer! , And yet, nothing daunted he strug
-gig on. • ! ,One obstacle after • another" , was
overcome, and still others ::reared - ' themseles
in his :. pathway: , Snatching : every leisure
hour, he applied himself to study and reflect-.
ion. .. - Yearitrolled by and,heliecame a mar.;
His intellectUaratrength and energy impress
ea) themselves
. upon the community about
• him. IFS high ,moral purpose ancljnst,-.Con-,
. cep . dons of thanheod drew around him. friends;
•and, while yet but
.a young man, we find
s him invested with tie people's' trust, entering
the Legislativecouncilsaf a . great. Common- -
Wealth.- That young man- n the orphan—the
pOOr printer boywits . Wit.u.s.si • BIG tutt of
Pennsyliania! " pod is just !". .. . ' -, -
We need not' trace ' his ' career in detail
through the long-period of his service in the
eouncils,of the State,. for it. is • fresh 'in, the
minds. of our people... But there, as in more
obScure life, his I character! was marked by
those noble virtues that preeminently adorn
the - man' and the statesman Laborious and
untiring in the discharge of, his duties, lade
fatigable in his researches, noble, matey and
patriotic by nature, he grew in the contidenet
of the, people-of his Commonwealth, - notless
than iu the love and pride -Of • his immediate
constituents, finally closing his career in', the
Senate . with the 'highest honors . that hody
could bestow. ."God is just 1" -
Not long was. , Watasu BIGLER to remain
in private lite. But a few short years rolled
round before there asSembled, lathe City of
Reading one of the most intelligent and' pa
triotic Conventions that ever • assembled in'
this great .State. •.. Its purpose was to place
before 'the peoples than for the highest office
in the. gift of a sovereign common wealdi.---
Mementous conseetiences depended on the; re
sult of that selection, for the country had
just passed through its expentest peril, itnd,
the result was to tretermine the perpetuity of
its repose. At such .a time, in view of the
importance Of success and • the ',lamentable
.consequences of defeat, all eyes were turned
.j tO the youthful statesman--i-the orphan pun
ter boy—WILLIAM 131oLea,1 and he was nomi
nated witkacelamations that Made tl . • '
heavens thunder, r —foe. " Goad is j st ."
.. , ver.slill we forget that scene; while,
ye e applause of that 'gtfeht multitude 1713
itli
ec
,ingout upon the pleasent wind, alinoini- •
cinghis unanimous noinination,• when- Wii.t-
issi-.BIGLia t conducted by a few friends p4ss
ed-drxti the broad aisle,* and,
,at the •Calll. of
the thoumnds in and atxiiit that • spacieus
temple of Justice, ascended the platforin i to
return_his heartfelt acknowledgements for the
great honors just loaded upon him.'. Over
poWered with emotion, for some time he stood
there like - a marble 'staple,. while peel after
peel of joyous acclamation rolled throtigh the
vast arches.. All 1 that ryas a proud dayfor the
orphan ,piinter . boy,—prouder in i taTepabli
can simplicity; and homage, than the ancient
triumphal honors of a 'Ronan, Hero! - Who
that looked on that scene will. denyl..".:Ood
EDITOR.-
,
is justl”
-Through 'the terrible o'rdeal . that ensued he
passed unscathed, and the people ratified that
nomination by placing the poor printer boy
„in the Executive ehair,—foi "God is just."
His; administration , it is ugedtos far us to
dwell open, for everinian in the State is fa.
witli its history. -It:- was drawing to a
close, and so acceptable had it been that
again, by, aeclatnition,was the proffered Vion
or laid at his feet. 'But now waathatJuslice
. . .
bidden oatlis,, plotted_ men. Srho were envious
of his fame, and who would; raise thernschres
bp-tearing the well deserved hou6r from' big
hrow:, Here, in our own District, there lived
'men who did sot believe, or remember, that.
God is ust,"- and so. they.bent -to the-dark
!purpOsei of treachery, and to secure . the high
l _plaCei, of the government for, theniielies,they
,betrayed and he fell, Then
;there was . - rejoicing in the dark ;plaCesi of
oath-bound treachery, for they bad prostrated
and :irein - ..t0 receive their
- reward 7-4 seat in the Senate theUnitad
411,1 they forgot i
',that 004 s juSit,”
.-r-theit.hOpei turned to , ashes,—they-did pot
the thirty: - pieces of silver," and the i
- IL. • •
maa-4the - pOor orptian , printer - boywhO,.l l
i4ey hid betrayed-and trampled . npOn in the
lour Of their. eiultatiii;' , , last .:MondaY:lias
elected post ofionor and
i's . iontl4ence - thatr7they him' to gain
i.fot'Onntp:lolsol 15 , 9 a is
jpit
And now, irijrbshove-the :Tisch. d his, ): 0 6:
trsyerr;'the or Than p rater -boy-s= man,---a
Bator, its jnorh=than ' - ~ adicated lie goes
to the igbest council of .- the ; nsti < oe, ;c r y
big-710000i 44;oonfiAetiii o : .the
01,414101f.100;101:40-*1.:11(41i*lif14..
bear his honors- and uphold , thet fame of hil
State. Retributive,. Justice •in his person
once trampled_ Upon, hai at last,--4nd.iooners
than even he-could - -have:.siittleipatelover=
- taken these Who hetrayed him. To them wu
commend the saying, "God is just." If you
would occupy %Vial:taw Brotsa's : position in
worldly ,hcinors,,ag well mi . - *the hearts Hof
the people, emulate his virtues,---for " , God is
just !
Things Aa they , Aie.
It cannot be denied that the present time
is full of peril to y this government. We are
in the midst of
,ts . . volution, , and
though the mass of out people move on ap
parentlruneoncerned, stilt- the danger . is
none the less, for its' final •cOnsnmation may ,
thereby. be 'reached before - the' people Anal
have been . suffieientli aroused to, avoid' the
impending disaster. . .
Nearly two months have passed in a fruit
less attempt at .Washington . • to organize the
Congress. All
_efforts have thus far failed,
and, to all appearances, the lower Howe is no
nearer an organization than when it first met.
The Government is' paralyzed at the very time
when all its energies sjmuld he in the most
harmonious .Operation. We are nein: ally. in
the face of a war With 'Oreat Britain; who
most undoubtedly . i. encouraged to persevere,
in ber career of violated faith - by the discor
dant and consequently weak_ Tywition now
occupied by the . national :Congre3s at WaA-
- -
.lie most iniprtrtnnt-questiops't)t.nntioiin
concirn tire Incrifieed by • the rampant spirit
of sectionalism and- discord at 'the capitol.
Men.appearip 'have 'for:,:otten,_that any .ofher
than - the Slavery questio;can ever belof of
ticket inportance.to - e ,agti the attenticaf of
statesmen main. Foreign •and . doinstio. war
may both bellow at our doors, and :yet the.
sublime patriotism and_ exalted statequanship
of the present day, can see no importance in
either or both;, sufficient to divert their -mien-
tion for one moment from the enchanting
contemplation of the woolly bead and ivory
Call you this statesmanship I 'lt /should he
dignified . by no -such exalted appellation. It
is a species of low, grovelling demagoguis-m,
and nothing ek!. The slavery question, both
North and South, is found:••by charlatan
politicians to be a most excellent bobby with
which to arouse the Vass.ions . of the populace.
TothO . north it is done by the most extrava
gant appeals to imaginary evils. • The hor,
rors'of servitude are depicted in bloody col-
ors,—the worst passions of men
~are aroused.
and, without stopping to consider that they
are in no way responsible for Slavery in this
government, and cannot ameliorate its con-
dition if they Woul.d„ 'they rush , to the ballot.
box, and vote for. the deceiver who plays uP
on their.passions only to obtain. their vote;..
Well, he is elected to Congress, or some oth-1
er important place in the government, where 1
his whole time -is spent in keeping alive and
making worse, all this feeling on the Slavery
question,
'till the next election comes round. !
Mtn you invariably find • lurn l again in dia.;
l
field for e-electiono—the great principle is
k
again in danger, and no one ut himself
e
SAD save rt, . In the south the same. course,
by , a similar class of men Is imrsneti,of course
taking opposite doctrines. Well, these op
posingplernvnts meet in. Congress and what is
the result-1. . Months perhapspent
.in organ
izing, neglecting the .whole public bn , ineK.,.-
and sqnatufering tbe.people's money by hun 7
. drcds of thousands. And, then, when.orgln
ized the whole business of the session must
be transacted - with sole reference to this .
.'niggerArmstion,"--every possible means r-t_i
sorted to for the purpose of inflaming the
popular mind and preparing it to net at the
polls under. theinfluence of a frenzied excite
ment, for these Men well know that should
the -people litGe an opportunity once to pass
upoir - their trferits-in,sober:mina, they would
'forever after well in the" most undisturbed
.
.obscurity. . . .
'We.now ask this question, and hope it may
b e weighed well. :What good can by 'any
.possibility resat - to the country at large,f or-
to the slave, or to htimanity in general, 'by
this agitation and . disturbanee I Will .',you
free theShacklo:of it single .slave/ lio you
even purpose to do that I Certainly not.=
But; you say, We can restore
not waif.
- Missouri
Compromi , e. But you . de- '
wani.Slayery
to extend into free. Territory.' Very well, how
shall it be prevented il Not we apprehend hY
restoring ' the Missouri Compromise. Few
there are indeed who would take that course
now, thus teeitly, 'giving up all south of that
line to Slavery. The line cannot; on account
of the strong majority against it in the, n
ate, be restored before Kansas will be '. mit
led as a State. So that course would not help
matters in Kansas at all. Beiides every in
dication now shows clearly- that Kansas will
neveradopt slavery. There is, in our judg
!tient not the least doubt that, by . her / people,
she will4eject Slavery,—she tax in, truth al.
ready done it.. We can 'therefore see no
practical benefit, to be derived by - #llYbodY
from this agitatio,n,—this tumult and.. Strife
in the country, and if anybOdy can seeit - we
sheuld, like,to bave.it pointed nut. -...
,Ail. good 'men, who love their country and
Ler:interests,.n.tustdesireher repose,lor with
out it, her' prosperity . and general interests
are always most
.seriously affected., For this
reason: the re.opening..of the Slavery question
:was impolitic and erten—lt lied been' set -7 .
tied at a great aacrifiee, and it should have
remained so. -- But equally thong is that
other course, which.seekit'to involvithe coint
try in the most. .unttaPpi• diicard; when 'no
practical - goOd---nothing
.but - evil,, can be at
tained theiebii: - . - -4 . •
LifdrSomeSO of our Kno* RepuLlt %
oai
papers are clenounchsg - Hon, . Henry M.
Fuller, beeanie he Stands - in-the way. of. Mr.
Banks accession to the speaker's 'Chair in
:Congresk They calla him a dough-face.—
Now . the people should. know - that Judge Jes.
aup appointed this same Mr. Fuller one of the
Repnblinan ttniteConinitttae laist fall. If he
has elmtol his coat .he only following
the eastinpin of his patron
ate and Mr'
je
pie .of the 8 " 1 , a PI our
_ tt, 411 pent 1144.6.,
ill
tiie
smith,
t (Unman
imid* kit
The 11Isabel River •
dent.
Three persons
severs. _
in our edition of yesterday', e gareia hri
outline of. the railroad acei.eot which .
: -
curred on . the day: previous On.the Bud- a
River Railroad. near. roughli.epoie.-' : . l'eot - .!
AlayouisPecail reporters went .to,POughkee,
sie; and returned lost night . . ith full - peril
viers of the accident, the nanrs of - the d • , d
and wounded, and the .condition of the Intl • r
up to a late hour,htst evenin , toirether.wi h
the .evidence befoie the Caron ;
r. • The folio ',
ing . aCcount of the accident • a. paven o I.
we givep u his own words i .. •i
OTATIpOZNT OF Mit.i OSCAR2i
LIAVEN.
.
-: I was a painger on the.. press train ft(
Albany. The train I was o blew the wli
tie fur the botkenten to bre: - up about t
'minutes after the train left I Ughkeep , •ie.
was. in the her*, and go ' oat as soon
the train sto ped,'and ran'ba :k with the e.
ductor to the flagmen, to- s e what -was t
matter. .The flagman told th "conductor tl
there was-a crack. in one of tee rail., jui , t
fore the entranee . to the tunnel,. ;There , ;.t ,
thrett' . flti;;men in sight .behind tin . ' toil .
BOughkeepsie, when our . tritin stopped, a i l
all'of them ran back 4oward , Poughkeep.!
'rho conductor shouted afterl the tlagmen
- come back, and two of theni did
.;' the th,
flag Man . continued ' to .ruts ;
. haek tour: :
PoughkeepSie;' with a red titg in ' his ha'
and We'lost sight of him behind, the cut
One of the flagmen Who carne back - got
tire rear'platforni of thelast.dar, /mu-d I did
same. .The conditctor got on
,about the
tile of our train. (whiCh couq:isted of four
senger cars.) As soon as the conductor
on, the train begltit to move, and at, th:rt
stunt the Poughkeepsie . ti - t4n carn e ,ato
the curve at full speed with; two engines]
should, think: the dktance betwe e n the 1
;f . theexpri!si. ;pun the point at * %O.
th_e Poughkeepsie train crone in
-about one-fouith of a ihile;rfhent I. jntn
from the.car into the snow;l'aftershouthe
the peiil.le tai get Out as quirk .as th:eycA
fur there was a 'train behind Its.- A -woi
with a child- in her" runts and twO or 11
other wiimen jumped 'ouL and my bra
leapeit out on the other side. My wife
in the middle of the hfnil elr.at the ti
tint! got nb',ut Ititlt-w:►r to the door w•L•r_
coßisien took place. •As the trains str
one of the splinters hit me in the back
knocked me into the river. WWI,. I go,
the ice I funnel that the two ,hind- ears o
train were all sill asked to pieces.
seetje that followed I cannot ;describe, it.
diarroning. Jlv,fist thought was for
wife, at d,l.ran toward the : ruins in sjarc,
big. - I helped to pick up a woman whil
on the track behind. the Poughkeepsie t
and at first, thought she was my wife ;
finding out my error [she proved to be
unknown Canadian] 1 ran further on, Ail
saw that my brother and -another uerson
picked her up.. Her-dress was torn to
bons, and she was badly scalded on one
of her fice and . head.- We got, her into
Of the cars of the POughkeepsielrain. ‘\.
we were in the- ears three women and se
men, all greatly injured', were brough
-In about ten minutes - the last train cam
-and tte - wounded were all transferred
and brought to Poughkeepsie. Mrs.
of Utica (ied on the train just after we.,
ted for Poughkeepsie. The
place with a sound-like r-r-r-r
the.sides of the cars flew out as,
lightning., and splinters, seats and lima a
ing: were thrown (Alt on all, sides. The.
meant and hot water flew out in every
Lion; The foremost. 'engine on the P.
keepsie train ran off • the traili- down
batik. and stopped the progress of - the
I think that the cow-catchers caves
lives, es it lifted up,the. platfortn . of the
and lluewit off. _
NA I:RATIN - E.' . ROIIERTS,
Mr. Geo. NV.. Roberts of Alb a ny, vs ",
sitting in the second car 1u the rear I
express train with :his wife and- three
dren, thus desctibes:what - he saw of the
dent : The. train, sifter it 'left. Poughkei
sill - TINA in a few *lutes and remainee
liUnary for a toilet - , -pace of time, and
suddenly started on agtin. Intim:dimel
louinr the start of the express train the;
took plaee. The shoek . was ver%'.rreatl
then I heaid a sound as of a rush o f:shi
or bits of broken wood, and found mv.-
an instant rolling headlong-. among ho'
ashes. I thought of my 4...tiddler), and
ing from.under the .ruins I got upon tl
11v mouth and eyes were tilled with
and'a dense volume otsteam surround,.
while ogoans and 'sere:unser:4o.ons l e sol
on every side. I gathered up .my
. sens:
then looked around for my fatuilr.•
,them could lie.„ seen,. and I, feared,
thn
wete . dend. 'Then!teaught,sight'of int
i i who - was' standing: out on the ice, fif
I from the wreck.; and afte
I. saw some kind-hearted strangers CH
our t o youngest. eloldren to - their : t
1 then hurried to - the wreck: and
down on my - ktee4l' heard my tide t
crying under the broken fragments, an
softie
_difficulty got' her out, and
Elwin(' all of my 'faintly alive. - •
Whet' Mr. 1164erts spoke . tif the ki
which had been:manifested toWard,l
and - the family since the. accident, hi
emotion showed the sincerity of his gra
WUUAT'THE ENGIN*Eit OF TUE .POV011b:
, - :TRAIN Lith.• it
. ,
"lkir. George. W. Sergeant, Freight ng
the Poughkeepsie train, 'made ihefoll
statement of the acts of tile. Engineer
'
Walter llawSon, the ',Enginster of th fore
moSt engine of the, Poughkeepsie trait , kept
I.i: station'until after the collision. s soon
as' he saw the, rain ahead he-gave the signal.
to, brake. up, awl utmost at the same. °Meat
tfie' . collision, took place.. There we e tWo
men to each brake, and they 'were pplied
just as quick as possible. The Engineer trie&l .
to reverse the engine, before whistlinff,.:: but
could not do so as the ice had eUnglifin th e
notches, causing' the levers to ti,y, bad ) again.
He then threw
r ifitaself. ' down' by. the Wier,
and dreWitia fireman with him under the
braces. ; He escaped with a aligfit cut ill the
forehead,' and - the iceman. was tin njarefl,
The.E4ineer Of the second engine .e uld:see
- nothing with thesnow and smoke.:bu
.11e
post_ re
mainedi at his and escaped anir . ij red., ,L.
There were about four or : five int. • tigers
and - 41olofitlaten in the Peng - hi:ceps o train,
: none of whom were injured: •
,I (1 DENTS..
..:,:„. ibtp Tenstmntas or A:BRIDAL
‘-.." - *llle hail of the Ezebenge - louse
- stifictliman lOoting under great in •
(fiction. En rug is conversation . i
we learnea thit his name
~ was Ruf 1
chard, publisher, and
. booksellet, of
Illinois, and brotherof Mr. 'Bleach
publisher, of Nrsau We'd, - New-Yo
Blanchard hird wmarried on the 7t
month to Mrs.'Peri, a;most beatitifol
I complished lady, him* in'
her him in'
1 Lawiuncerounty; in thii srate.'. n
couple Were on their wedding tot
this accident overtoolt,theM; It imp
owing t,atliti crowded &tad I pf the`- Al
Albin:l'o4r: Blanchard isitidisislm
;!te1":7*,C 441 f:I:04 Mei -I,'6liall, a'' Ii ''
;it* was triVeliii With'theric; *lied in 16:80 - -
oetyter....his Wife Mr. Blanchard forget all
about her until they. arrived at Ponglikeeptie,
When Mrs,; 'Blanchard suggested that, he
Should go through * the cars and . seplif ',he
-Could find- her:* After the train hid.
his
Poughkeepsie depot, he set out oil errand'
Calamity,
it was during this brief absence that. the:
Calamity, .oceurred. Mr. Blanchard .siurang,
out of the doorof the car, and.. escaped unhurt
by leaping into the ' snow.. As soon *i the
crash was - over, he rushed wildly thiciugh the
ivrecket:l cars in search of wife, shrieking
' 114 help, and calling on her name; - But 'his
-Words Were onlyechoed be otherit equally
istracted Whose relatives-and friends werein
'solved in the common • ruin, or replied to by
die cries andt, groans of the sufferers; For
fifteen minutes, which seemed as iu an y;houti,..
he sought berevery where without sueciris-..*At
length somo.iineasketi if-his mime 'was Ru
fuslAnChard„ and thenthe, 'Mead toOk. him
i 0 the plate where his wife 14.--
_Add what a.
sad SpeetacleAnet- his View ! • She whp a few
minutes before was radiant with beauty, and.
Elovertlowing with her young joy, tiow lay be
fore him crushed and . Maimed and 'b acken-.
lied so:that he had nut recognized . her . as his
I(wife; although . he_had;passed. her ' . A (~tore of
times dining his search, supposino , from her
I' f laice thit slit) was a poor colored ,woinan: is
,• ,
1! Half crazed (with
~ sorrow :. he woulj . have \ 1
li thrown himself upOn her seemingly lifeless
!' body' in ltis great grief, and have bewailed' T
her as dead, had nut thy: bystanders held
,him
'bock. Then llis noble - wife • manife4ted her
gladness at his safet y , and bade him Nye dm t
'all tliiipis would work togetho- forgoed; .that
she would yet live • to. make , glad his heat`t,' ,
'and:to share. lik Jove.. This was.oul4 one of
*MAI scenes at the meeting of friends
And relatives after the accident. [ : - .
The unferlunato lady was. taken to the Es
tivttof P,
'ELL Of. ICE
lid
as,
rot
, . .. ...
n il cha - nge . l.touse and placed-anier medical skill.
,' 1 'Her left leg is'fractured iii. ; .tivo
. places,'near
;'",f the' ankle".
.One of her . hands is . badly cut,
'"" :and her face and bosom pare scorched or seal
"' ► deal nearly 'black, and her eyes are sOineiltat
' etl ' itijured. Up: above facts we learned front
!(!- variom . paqies who witneised 4.hein. Mr
'"d .1 Blanchard took us into the' room where his
'"" , wife .lavli and-after showin g us her Sad eon
.
'' litiutr, he took the miniature of a beautiful
womanfrout his bosom and said, "There is
what -she Was this : time yesterdav ; ;" Mrs.
i litanchald has Manifested, througinmt hei•
sufferings, the mosti heroic fortitudeV, cheer- .
I .
' h ldi
igher huand, arid. eihiLiting-a ' Spirit at
ogee hopeful and. resigned. Iler physician.l
are doing all that human:Skill .can ! do, stud
; strong hopes are . entertained that she Will
..
recover. . ,
he
t -k
ad I
otri
WONDERFCL ESCAPE OF, A-MOTDER .mvp CIIILD.
Meg. • Webster of Peekskill, with her infant in:
her arms, , kvas sitting in the last car of the
lexpress train, When slick saw the itripendi ug
danger, and rushing t 4.7 the' door, sprang out
into the strew with .her babe, and both escap
ed. without injury. . .
.. . . , .
HOW . MESSRS. CIMING, N'''.V.i` DUREN' 4ND LORD
ESCAPRI:i., ; • - 1
. . ..
The- Hon. F. B. Cutting, Smith ' ran Be
. reti and Daniel Loral; were in the rear of the
express tiaiu, when they saw the 13onghkeep
hie train approttehing,•and •inunediately gave
the. alarm to the other passengers, and then
rushed fur the door and juniped . ott: • Mr,'
' Lord was the only one of the three who sus
tained any injury. • • '
THE OHM) OF T llB . wßuck.'
•
, Margaret Trace, a resident of 'iroy, was
one of the passengers on the express trair,
i but escaped with a ifew bruises. She . was,ta-
I
[-ken to Win. Sprague's Mouse in Ponglikeep
.sie, where in - the eOur:4e - of the night she-gave
birth fo. a line boy. -It nppeared- 'that : her
1 husband deserted I:er sonetime since, and
i bearing that In, was_ residing in Bostun, s he
I had set oat with theintention.offindiuff him.
.
- - wife- uAn CHARGE, OF TUF. TRAINS i -.
113:
up;
o it
'reen
:tar
ook
and
I: as
. be
, the
The engineers of the two engines on the i
.express train were Henry Milligan 1 and Ed: •
war,l .llanis;.; Mr., Jos. - . lk, w e rstin , was the
conductor. The engines-of Pouglikeeihie
train were in the charge of Walter LawsOn
md John Earle.; Henry camp.waS the.con
-1 (Neter. All of these men' bear the rePuta-•
I lion of bein g .
the most careful officers in . the
I - t'•
emphiy 'of the Mason River Railroad Cora ,
vany.
.
News of the accident 'tom reached 1'0U , 4-,
keepsie, atitl •in a brief space of titne au .en
! gine and cars were 'got:ready. and- proceeded .
,
I with toe necessary assistance to the .seene of
• the calamity, and ,'brought back the 'suffer
ing. tO town, while.: myriads of the towns
people hastened to
,the place of collision.. No
sooner had the t ravelers. got . back,Lthan 'Mr.
Reed,. the Telegraphic Agent,- . was .'over
.whelmed. With tuessages fur all parts of the
- • :
kept hint - w Ilia kept hint - constantly: tele
graphing nutil after„roidnight. c
•rat.ll
anti
ogles
ell in
coal
e ice.
r nip,
tided
:
Ana of
they
wife,
y feet
•ward
ing
iuther.
I .sting
child
!thus I
The foremost :engine of the Poughkeepsie
train was sinaidted up beyond repair, and the
second engine of the same train WaA, tnitch,
damaged... One of the engines was throwa
off the :rack upon the ice in tire' - river ; to
gether with oite.:,of the ears of the • expresi
train. •This engine. and ear still: remained .
there yesterday. • The whole-. of the ears' in
the express train werebadly crushed, and two
of them' were broken to pieets.lie two
curs in .the I'oughkeep 'train ive:e. also .
damaged; the gla-s being - broken', the seats
thrown frOni .their places, and some of tlietri
broken. •It is estimated • that. the damage to
tnaierial will ainountto bit_O $.19,Ci,00. 1 •
: BOoW we give an. at . ..curate list Of the kilt:
ed and wounded by.. this accident ti •
141ness
inself
deep
Oe.
EVBIE
EIS
..lira: Eliza- M. - Deese, wife of -1.-lenivilurl
lin i t orAibany, - and. (laughter of tile. latel
John 'l). , :lieese of this coy, died in the ear on(
ita way from the accident to PofiglikeiTsie.
She wits scalded about the head; her limb=
were fractured in ninny: places, and her body
crushed in a shotiiiiing manner. 'Her hus
band arrived at I'ouglikeetigie'-at- fO i l olelooll
yesterday morning in h state of extreme •tnett
tai }frost - ration(
." In the afternoon her remain
were - taken to„iNew-York by her friends. • - .I
Mrs. Greene 'of liiicri,
.although taken out
Of the ruins alive, .Survived . her_ injorieslnit
a short - . :time; 'd Oar before . - she : reached
- Vouglikeepgie, Yesterday her liretlie ,, in-10.
Mr. B. F. Munday .of New-Yolk; and her lin
band,.took her remaiiisto I,Ttied.l Mr. gurl-,
hurt, whose wife-was alg : O killed, iclates-a. re , .
-n?iirkable .cire,unistance..in - -•regaid to thesi3
unfortunate ladies: :11. Albany he placed hts
' wife, on :the same Seat- with Ails.; Greene, .in.
the last 'ear. ..Subsequently _they -both' :went
into: the next,car . forwardotfid - took different,
seats—both werekilled.- :Mts.- :Green° .„..wis
' on_ lin r - way .0 - .riiiit.. her'.
recently
lire,: Mundai,
i n New - York ; who' had .rebently . Igst_ two 'chil
dren, for , . the - purpose: of = consoling her 1p
her bereavement. -- Mr: Menday. Iverit.. to - the
meetcars to her on Wednesday evening; and
returned .home; to - his Wife , with -14 he melts . -
chaly.Aid.ingii of her sister's death.l ...-'. :1••:- - •
' .. -:-Tha third- ti ,. non -:-iilladri'bi - •, - thTia -- ' aciOdal t
wila*mati -. 'whoie mime Is -At ' , piePpt4Tu
. .; r
kriiswiii.`.. - :'. tii4 *Mkiniist -4ay . e.b,eti:Ahipi
i t
• - thiaillimght, - foriill --. that - retnitijit.4.4l4 - -,
tiaa'a ' tattii- eV shapeless - 5 , anitter-Wi ..
~
had - beaa.eatlrff at •Ati . lf ititap . *;' Mia.. were :pa . l e.
e f t
' 7atiitiiiticithelOy. - br:i f & i ie: r ' .l 4 ll o l . 6 tet'lpt ,
trunle , :siiiivtoiti..ooakoliatiitirpi 0000iitaltiej!.
•• of hislai4, was a al . ttiiii)pie:egt y ofi
. the bilie . , l l4.
' .
his sjrnit-,*ith - 4
_4l/- - *Own baits aticle-PE t, (t .
,-. ~ . f-.- ...-,-:i: n :, .--? 7 ; J.. ; ,: :: ,...,1 1 ; „.-:!•-,-,,:,.!-„,. -:. 1 --,,,
we met
• ntal af
ith him,
is Blom
hicagoi.
rti, the
k. Mr.
of this
and as
la, St.
'w happy.
*hart
antthat
leighwat
hero.
I", Mend ,
VIE DAMAGE TO MATERIAL.
-liILDED.
it, Mida . portioiaibitn*j4 - lOC nth
in4 watfiniVeujogra;piiiekind tls4f only means
o f gdentlrvingliign _will big; ilge baggage
'nhOls in ontrikt his APockets.
Lollyrsterd*Y lying coOlitntoer_ in the
fraigbt-honse at Poughkeepsi‹,covired with
a:Mgged 13utfahi-robe. Papere .found near
'there la seem is aboir, that his name
is James Gordon - of Canada Vf4 and it bas
-beet sttgigested that lietrait the busbaud
th's insensible Canadian lads „mentioned -in
the? list: of wounded. ..
.
R' ?. President's Reception imsliew
. . . Near's' .Day. : - - I
he reception . of the diplomatic. Corps, by
1;
the President, at 11 'o'cOck, attracied` quite
eetMeourse to the pOrticeof thet. White House.
They Were ditiapt ~o inted,' however '
• in the ap• -
peuratice:otegui tages in Whit* thedignita
ries arrived. • The stateliveries,
.which used
to exCite:so. mudkadmiration - rom: - the day—
kit4; *herr Pakenhaip,. and %Alec° ' drove
, _.
.110 , were not . O be seen , and the carriages
were. ~,
vve e of rather;:an,ordinary . deictiPtion. : Nit
.wlien the intnates alighted. - there was no lack
of diplomatic splendor. - - Cocked. hats bor.
deed, with :white - feathers, coats stiff with
rich gold and silver etnbroidery, brilliant-dee
44ations
.of various orders of knighthood.small
sWords, --. and other insignia of courtly favor
' , ere abundant.. . • - - -
!Atli ti'elock the President accompanied ,
, Mrs. Pierce, entered the "blue room" and
th .diploniatists . imm ediately paid their re
. .„,
spe l ets. Thera' was not any formal addresi
frOrn the oldest: ininiAter -present with ~itt,res
p!Quse, as in . days past,' hut:a truly democrat
ic greeting, as the members of each.legation
pesented themseles. . Indeed, it wept() teem
1 1
:p 1 if , the President. hakearried.ont tha.ideis
ofi the pater.-p atril; Whit). when consulted as to
he ceremonial, repliect; i..lll:rs. Washington's
v!slier coincide . with . my, own as to . siniplicity
of dress,.-and eFerything which.. tuan , -lond . to
s pport propriety''of character withoul. paria
h ng of the follies or luxiary and estentation."
I was a reception in every way befitting the -
C i nief Magistrate of a great Republic.
; - General Ai Date; . the Mexicani 31inister;
Ivt.s,the most lcsplendent, and Mr.Crampton,
of England, the-plairtest in his dre;s among
the Plenipotentiaries. The. Spanish Minister,
A%itli his broad ribtiOn and-,many star. the
Sar.liniatt CbarzeT in blue and siti6l,l3aron
gerolt. and his'stiite, the eqimable Chetalier
I.tuleman, the Swedish Charge, and other
noted diplomatists, graced the scene... They
all
appeared to pay especial attentiea to Se
nora Mareoleta who appeared as Minister from.
The members of the Cabinet
Were present, excepting the 'Attorney 6eniral;
% is abient on a visit , to 'NeWburyport,
M ass. Sidney.-Weiwter, El., the President's
priente secretary: District Minim' Hoov , r,
u!nd Dr. Blake with-a irloorning army of fe
eltale loveliness, and' a delegation', of the offt
cers of the army in full ' uniform,
.completed
the party.— IVa Aington Star. -
.ANDOnostsizan--.—The Ohio States
. .
men, says of the opposition difficulty in or
!• • -
ganizing the house :
• BUttwhen they get organized, what- are
these fusionists likely to effeet l fr ** A : i n:-
not in forghtnight's. balloting, - agree among
t i lteniselves as to - a presiding officer, how are
they to come. together upon matters ..of legis
lation 1, Can they restore the Miwouri corn-
Ilmomise, they- have pledged themselves :to .
the country 1- . Can they _do anything upon
Ire slavery question, to qttietthe .: embittered
feelingi 'of the "people?. Can they pais . any
Ittw - of.impoitance demanded by real Intel
-ests-of 'the - nation' upon which thOre - rosy 11*
oritarties - Certainly. the prospect ,
ai..Ythiuglint fatiorible, for a session o
.Stye
teast good to the conntry._. •
~
The peoplecan now understand .to their,
cOst, the evil -in placing - a psity . in' polder
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cotnpossd of nothing but hungry and
factions, without one -comMongaid
ing priniplo by
. whichto goyery t ,thorao42
Wo -hero
__it. stive.' lon all. bands .the
see °foot:Oskar - presented , this . ;_ltuijority
defies d.v.icrip,tion. There areifei meal:0(14-
tslative expertenee, - slid hardly "one of leading
talent among them. With. such elements,
:the house of representatives -of the.. present
. es,ion will prove-a lasting .reproaeh to:the
legislative ltitory of, the countryt-
Itgvassatvq-tx curriutttor on- i"
New-Englaud . road wai sent for by the Presi
dent or Superintendent of the road one day,
and rather summarily informed that after that
week the taimpauY woultl.not require his ser
vices. , He asked who was to be laissuccessoi
and the name given him. He the asked why
he was to he removed. After- pressing' : , the
question some tine, - and failing to obtain s
satistaetory exphntion, a little 'light dawn
km- upon him, and he addotte4ed his „superior
officer nearly as follows: 4 You are !beat
makings great . mistake. Sir, - a , great mis
take. You know Sit, "I have . a nice house, a
fast horse, a splendid gold watch, and an ele
,gant diatnond dug. Thatfellow yOu have
chosen lo take my place has' got to get all these
things: It is said the argument was con--
elusive,and the ennductor was allowed to re-.
.tain his position."
Marriage o! Fanny Fern.
The Sew York. Ledger of last *sell makes
the followina announcement
We have the pleasure ofannouncirtg• that
our 'gifted contlibUter, Mrs. Sarah :Payson
Eldredge, (renoweed and admired as Fanny.
Fern,) was married . on Saturday, the git inst.
to Mr. Jame Payton, Well knogn is Mein....
ry, circles as the author of the LiTe.of Homo:
Greeley.,
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THE WISCONSIN' LEOISLA.TUB , E.
Cntc.tno, Thursday, Jan.:lo, 1816.
The Wisconsin Legislature, met at Medi-
son on Monday, but as yet the, have not. or
ganized. : Mr. -Barstow has ,been
elected to the C overnorship, but his opt:Meat
in the cont,Ot,,Mr.. Bashford, had ~the oath
of office administered to him in the Buptime
Court, in order to bring theease4forn -- 14
Said Court.
jar The 'other day a small boy Amino •
tearing round a corner, with - ids rags flatter
ing in the Wind, his flen-sineared with - .no
lasses' anti a 'shingle flourishing 'in ' , his= hand,
while w*sliouting to another boy, ibOnt
the size of a peper-bnx, whortoodneaxly tzar
tel. of a mile down the street: - -
"0, Bill Bill ! get as Maitibiiys'iti ever
you can, and,e„,o'rae up , the, - street;" round the
corner, as soon a s yon con`,:far'thtire'Sagriat -
big large hogshead:of 'lasses' busted 0n . ..th0
payernent--bustediall--tniojasbin - - .
TiVeBIANSZi IWousts.-The British: Ileet,
has found 'a terribleenemy in. the Sea of.A.Sof
in the= form 'of large and destructive sea
worms: pe"liar to those witers. listairet"
inch theeninppered parts under the water
hrio-ofthe shipa and bore through then with _
Abe rtiOidity of an old carpenter handling an
'anger. - - Vessels'uarigsting the/4ElmM** to
be sheathed the' witar-litte iise-#Air
si 400.
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