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rxs us.Ressrrinaciriknotir 4tiortpys-mo
E. B. MASS;
Xleastrame,TininidaiyAbirebSTillift*
gar Qlll 4113 fin, part WA publish 'the Thi r
iport -of ow County Superictitic*.t sok -P.c4,.
ioott Schools made to the State &Twisted:-
%lactic pursuance with the Act of Assembly.
It is a well writtett Aoce t ment. containing some
gookpoiots.stursuggestioos.
. , .
Alegr'Spftker 13anke haa appointed ! T .
- co:0o Oliver of ?Amour', and
WrsiTif of Michigan to proceed to "Xmas
irld,inveatipto the.reledged eleetiln fraud's.
New Book.
tvlies,lityou wish a real good . •
that is well calculated to
l eve our sex bleb
and noble idtists of what the true heart, of wi3-
mitt ita ay accomplish, go to the Post: 015e4
and buy " Chrir.ine, or, Womatt's Trials and
Triumphs," by . Lions s..Cortis, just publish
ed by Deviitt S. Ilavenport7lBoi&-162
sett Street, y. It is " a remarkeb)e
13ook." • - • , I '
-.Sr We give one readers.toLdsy the first
of a series of letters which we have *ngagd
:roman Able Now York Correspondent, in the
style of the celebrated Doestick's. We knew
they will be pleased with them' I
,
T, Our Friends. .
11..,,0urt will commence one week from• next
Monday. ''tj'e desire to say tol - otiV patrons,
that we am eery touch in need of a settle
,.
meat of the accounts of Chase* Day. Will
you not, make calculations 'to' aid us some
.then The amounts to you, are very small,
Amit to na they makeup a sum total .very
much needed. , We hope you fill eall_and
,
400 411. . • t . .1
,
Ar-Wensatalso suggest that then;-,too
1 ., •
- will be a i geod time to put yur names.n
••• e Bel! of d onor, "— as advance subs4i
the
bersi 1
- -,- ,
+ sis.wo ' .• .
sir Ur. Wilmot, in behalf of the Repub
lie= State Comniittee, has issued an address
'calling.* State'Conventiork of that 1 party ,to
nieeterPhiladeiphia, in June next, Ito norni
nate a State ticket.. -
Two=years agO ROB. George Scott, ni)w
.the DeMocratic_candidate for Canal,Comiiis
, alone?, was a candidate for the sarne , office'
before the Democratic Convection.' Mr. Nil
`l
*lot thetowrote a letter to 'a Delegate in that'
Convention, urging the-nominatiod-of Seint.
We are permitted to make the folleiring!ex-1
tract' from that letter, dated Towanda,'Mairchl
ftd,,18.54 : '. '. ; '
1 , /
. 4 Beyond . doubt Scott is the most upright,,
lanest man of the lot. Indeed he is, or was
when he left, Bradford, a man I.of as, high jrn-1
ft.-gray, and of as;nobte a nature. as; any man;
in the State.,_, J it.strould be fortunate for 'the
State if be' should be nominated. I'Vr,ith,
Forsyth - and Scott we might confidently ,
look for an economical and fulthito tuanige
inept of our public woPks." ,. I. :
This letter was written after the introseem
‘• lion of the Iliebraska bill as ,will be seeni by,!
- the date, and ihenConceation,l* the public
are-aware,wasihead tls.eighth .day'of /larch
.after the intreiduction of that bill iu;laciunyi:
_lt was the same COUrention that -re-norrit
-ed
Governor
.- -t Bigler.. .
Now it will not be pretended ;that' Seoft
'liar changed since that time, politic:ol4o4
eiin +is capability to discharge the' doti . of
that officio. .Why then should not Mr. Vii
routi_ and his friends support. him I . Why ill'e
necessity for another nomination, for certaiil::.
be tines notexpect to nominate a better roan
A that he represents Mr. Scott to be .ink tlic
P above. extract, - ~ . ' 1 '
The Bradford Reporter, the home organ of
Mr. Wilmot, after having devoted its .iene'r
r 'g es and influence the past year and a half to
the building up of thg Know Nothing o!rdr,
is now forced to ha& out, and begs piti:•ui
ly of thole whom it has l seduced into the
Lodges to come oat. Its last number says;
adopting the language of the Era , :
" We call -upon all true " Anti-slavery men
Lo tam been trying to use the Orderi to
- advance the interests of freedom, now that( it
is openly sectionalized and committesli to the
cause-a Slavery, to give it up—dishaticil your
Oonneils, , ce„ where-you . have not this power,
leave them evithout the influence your pres.
ence has hitherto Inut them. Let its have a
Republican party, Whitt*, if not suCeessfut in
1856, shall cbme into pewer in 1866: with" the
full - force of its pritici ples, u what aced . by
' base alloy." .
Now is: not this cool I WilmOt 'stabil;
friends in this District have been trying ft. to
r usithe- Order to advance the interests l l of
I:reethast !" ' We then have at last what
•
Wilmot and his follower mean freedom.
They 'simply mean freedom in its nominal
sernee, for they - do - not propose ,to abolish sla
very ivtliereltairits, for the negro map of, the
", South. • La to accomplish this they have
beei , trying we the Know .Nothing 0 ilder
yid 'have failed. Thus they ackairoledge
that they hare been engaged in, the tlost-ez
v.ecrable. tyranny while deceiving the people
with the ety of e Freaons. They.bate hien
: t iding in the work of persecuting men on
seccarntof their religions opiniOns, anal thitp.
'with Illhoot and his organ is u!ad4anc-:
mg the interests of Preedons: l l - . Mill pro.
„foaling - tile treated Sympathy for thei fetfered
lioeJeohe tiem - they, hare beeti ,
to manacle tie usssete' ot, and fetter thefsouls,l
- of their felkm. With the cry of lE+Ol4- ,
for the African Slave, may. have been aiding
lry Ase suaehinery of blasphemous ikat:t,
the 'ultn e3l of
ilia InOar* 3l3l A ; -d ul y
the baits But the sonlsiof their' fellows, to
crush out their manhood and take kans them
.
every right- tyf frosmety:because, their,
father; they itersborn in another hnst r i, the
sal of *Web Lai often *en Iritere4 by their
tears aid - thek blood . in.:the-400m of human'
fteedont. AM-yet - 4mb !atrOnier 14 - thts M
• Wilmot and hue orgsa ban been ".using to
,
advance, theiisuie . heedoto,"! . and iroir find
_
the Aixty ,inure faileti la the inVie to
cenfidia.4B.they ce4 Ors ia.
profiavionit of - feeedont; like' these. . I Whot ,
fiitssimlstt'rbolsirar,l°Ekt°ißu4ors -d
i *iscppreiot'oli, 440aet
•! . ff tltiGSr. of their own tare enlorj, from
. . ,
I.4*ih6W Aftiti* •
elt liforeaskm - Um . Divest
spor* of deOpti4liiff , . artful ffieei,'-for . ,,An
09M,i4Neini-0*0MP0 4 014 1 4 01
ofrosikliciirei
be . :plficed )n it lire cannot ~ee..;lf the=
-Eoftoul
?loci uptot l ey
were - so profoundly pesitrated ;with lore for
ernedcitti; it is strange
~ that lota, should
slave their own race and - color; or that they
should - be - willing to oppress,-degrade s and
enstgve their peers, that they loosan the
chains of ae!Southern Slave I Frain the do
nnnion of men who advocate- such freedom
let our country be delivered:
Feuratosvu.LE, March : 22, 1857. .
ED. DEMOCRAT .1--It rosy hawed sotee -of
your readers (especially the afflicted) tolearn
that'Mrs. Elizabeth 'Wells;_ resident of this
County, the mother of our well known ciii- .
ions, Perrin and Reuben . Wells, after apply : ,
ing to , many of themost eminent physicians
Of the country, for relief from one of the most
malignant cancerous tumors of the face and
'neck, has at last found relief. Dr., N, Y.
.
Lett, of Friendsiille, late graduate-of the Ura
.
versity 'of Pennsylvania, on Monday, 17th
J.
test., made a . successful sweets, operation;
•
he excised the cancer fromthetace and neck.
. ,
The operation on the neclr, - had by the most
eXpetienced surgeons, been pronounced im
practicable, being so intimately connected
with the blood vessels and nerves of *neck.
Mrs. Wells, although ilk years old, could not
think of being killed by the slow, yet sure
workings of t* - loathesome tumor, and on
-Consulting Witt our young and Skillful sur
geon, he informed her that he had confidence
enough in his own skill to undertake the up
eration. Mrs. Wells with more than ordinary
courage and firmness seated herself in a chair.
The surgeon was about 20 minutes perform
ing the operadon. First *he - removed the
cancer in the face, he then continued the in
cisio from the face to the ,
neck, laying bare
thei t...
ood vessels 'and nerves of the neck, and
with firm and 'skillful hand, separated the
cancer from those vessels . and nerves. Dnr
ine•o. the pe.rformance Mrs. Wells never shrunk
from the knife whilst the profusion of blood
drove a crowd of spectators from the room.
The surgeon took up and tied six wounded
arteries and stopped the blood. The two
cancers weighed six ounces. • We are grati
fied that notwithstanding the painful opera
tion, Mrs. Wells is doing well. .
Dr. N. Y. Legit has successfully performed
several other difficult surgical onevations since
his return from the University, and has al
ready gained for himself and profession it
high reputation. • '
- - 11, .--.0.- liN-------."--
Mn. E. B. ens.E Decir. Sir.—A.s. I steel
dentally caught up' he so called Independent
Republican, rnyeyeught the - spee& .Of our
once
. friend GroW"(iirAe Kansas question...l
-
must confess that made a '•somewhat
ingenious speech, for at seems to he natural
(row to get off i something that . would
' A pp ear i t i s ilind plausible unless closely in
spected by a person qtebSeriAtion . and . , 4 aga!
city. • It would seem as. though Grote
about to be iaken and made a cat's paw of,
.(by..our enemies, - the Know-Nothing Republi
eansy if that shZuld prove the case I do not
tee where we shall look fors. - man to trust
hereafter. prow and Wilmot have as near
as, I can judge from present appearances be
come real fanatics On the negro question. - •
I notice you
.hare not published . in your
paper of this week dud. -remarkable speech,
but I hope it will come out in your next. 1
think it will show to. the Democrats of this
Congrsional DistCict bow little confidence
there is in political ofce seekers. I feel anx
ious to see this speech in our truly Democrat
ic paper. Respectfully ‘-yours,
_ A Suasealass.
We should beltanpy to oblige our cone-
spondent by pnblishing the speech, but we
confess we have a little spirit about; it- After
it had Leen published in the .Republican, we
received a copy of it undo Mr. Gram's frank.
We have no objectiOn if Mr. Grow , chooses
to make that paper his organ. Ile ; will un
doubtedly find more congenial comtoany,and
be more ably sustained by his old enrny thap
by his old friend. So be it ; let his Add
abusers tar sound- his praise, but, under such
circumstances voe shall not play 41-I..second:fid
(lle' to that, paper, tesc - uing Mr. Grow's
speeches from oblivion by publishing them in
, the Democrat.
jar The Clerk of tbe weatterinfarms that
the idea of a thaw which- has been cherished
the past week is all fudge. Nor has he com
municated to Lorenzo Dow or anybody else•
when it will come. Ile says, though, we
shall have wregular ofd soaker' when it does
let loose! ,
M - Forty cue papers in- Penmylvania
have raised the names of Fi!more and Dona
stei. Some six or seven advocate the interests
of the Repuh:icari party. and corneas yet take
no sides. It - can te readily seen that the Re
publicans are a dial! party in Pennsylvania.
They will take just about enough votes from
the Fihnore tie Vet t,o give the State to the
Democrats by -a handsome Majority. j. Go
it ye cripples .
PIAI4OIII AND Musxo.—We learn that nor
ace. Waters,of 333 Broadway,N.Y., agent for
the sale of many of the most codeloated mak
ers of pianos and Melodeons, is offering them
at prices which we advise all who desire
to purchase to . avail themselves of,as an oppor
'unity not. likely - often to occur. He is also sell
inghis large, nd well known Catalogue ofMu
sk at one-third orforns the regular price,and
will - forward the same free of. postage. offers
to tiWtrao, teachers, and , sehOOlit h are of the
Emit 'favorable eharaiter--411 of which he will
toe able to 611 to the for having wisely ,adj
optid the cash_sYstetn. The lioratoe - Waters'
N ic o l are 'melte, as among the very best. We
atownabled lipea"4 those ifteteiumenti w i t h
some degree of coillairtt personal know
ledge of shell. excitiletit fo"sad dumb!. - qua.
ty„-.4. Y. Etstsigel44.-
"Or irtia.6on4o Mini'
der *horse ihieh ,*u 'Sway sad thaw hie
clerical riderlboisett. he should hank Bo a Si
MAR fOr Int imeihag - 036 041.11
Commuiiitationi. -
Remarks.
-~-~
Sik gni tut
k Nit r You;
I I.llocsot4 tuilituat
41 - 0 vent ure *bake the'
pintalo* I want to do.
aitillasblehable'suspiolta.
ioed . -by the tea
that the Ball of the lie
Academy of Maio was, t --' .. the sip :. -top of
fair of the season, I eon ided to pi rcluuse a
ticket, after which I f?i' iirded an invitation
to a lady friend to ‘,. . pang .me to the
Terpsichore:is- • entertaiument, thiu- evening
armed we proieeded tni her AmidC i rny.' 'he
,c
dry koelout admitted uS-iLf;ter levying on our 1
pasteboard and having j °wattled the lady
to the dressing room, I r Proceeded 'to deposit
my hat and overcoat in the custody of a
greimy looking indivi4lo rho ,presided. over
that department. Deg_ tedfifteee , minutes
to unsuce.ersful etfarts to makemyself appear.
Pretty with the deliberaintentioti of creating
a sensation; Suceeedeilin putting on a pair
of white ; kid gloves . WO DO - other damage
than tearing them bet_ n font ofthe fingers
I I;
of each glove, after wh regained my la-.
I
dy cud together we p,ineeded in th e ba ll
room, I bad seen ; * . o '''Wds ; had witnessed
jams ; but I conftga t iat until .now I had
never looked upon a 1 Ush. Every seat of
the . three tiers of boxeiltras by a person
who bad eyes, but . nO , r4-:-.or if a generous
nature had formed- the with those physical
extensions, they wer e . #j disposed to use them
dancing - ,
• But on the s r - the= dancers were
•ti affectionate, uncom s natio and even dan
gerous proximity—M t they were as thick
- as fleas. A side coup • being Wanted in' a
quadrille set, I stenied forward with . my ladr
and filledit. Three f .t in front of us was
tim opposite couple 'jw ist my - contra partner
was so close to us, On `i y left, that some os
trich feathers in her .:7r. Manifented an un
accountable liken* my proboscis; and
whenever she moved 1r head the feathers
would tickle my sine againsf,- which the
organ in-question aro l 4 protest emphatical-
ly: by n spasmodic I nn', .:
ze. All being ready
"honors" were called' -,': lid the result to me
~.
iris an affectionate It f in my shins inflicted
by 'a fat party in thirear _Whilst trying to
ti
make a bow; " - right ,
,nd left" secured me a
dig it the ribs from t e owner Of the ostrich
fintheri; " balancti fdiir" resulted in a groan
and the involuntary 4ibbing of two malig
nant corns on my :tei. foot . causing me to
step back anti infnug on the real estate al
.,
f
lotted to the cOupie . ''
the. rear ,-,;f• us ; they
.
recovered their Fight I r
however, during " La
dies Chain". by pu.,bing.me back tigainst os
trich fentbers' partner eta upsetting him ;
lint I .helped him Wp in. time to " promenade
four half round," vili'ch change I had fancied
brought With it no mishafe.; but I 'soon re
alized my mistake, fo l r wLen - fled off in the
"right and left sides"l I carried ostrich feath
era' mantilla with me--t he lace 'of that gnr r
ruent baying caught i upon :oue of my 'coat
buttons. Extricated! the Mantilla in a frac
tured condition and in time to, trot. into
" promenade fou," and knock over a -vjonian
in a red dress who h4d come with her part
net., on a fillibusterinW expedition into our set.
Hostilities' were ceas ed for ten minutes, in or
.
der to give the belligetents tiruerto rest; but
" forward two" renewed the programme of
_accidents and before the chanffe, was conclu
ded, the set was broken up in this way; my
opposite partner in attempting to •dove tail a
prionette into a suctikeding pigeon wing, sent
her curls into my:mouth where they remain
ed—and detuonstrOed to, the toonisised-be
.
holders that if the ends were really her own,
it was only becatiselshe had paid for them.
I combed the captll*ry oleaginous compound
ont of my mouth!Ah my . fingers and polite
ly offered them to the owner who so far from
thanking we, gave a villainous look at me '
and
,made a precipitate retreat, I made no
further attempt at dancing unti l we reached
the polka in the little three inch "bills of ,
fare." Prepared rnOself for a herculean effort
atdancing. MY pittner put her left hand
affectionately on m* , right shoulder ' and her
left cheek in lOvin -,and tempting proximity 1
to my chops. T:11 music. began and off we
e f
started with a pro Aof clear sailing. Pro
f
ceeded ten feet'. lien a malicious t.fficer
!caught his Arm
.! between my legs and
fetched me up st ding. On a second at-
tempt a fat. wen an gave me s a lick on the ,
particular .spot. W ere My dinner was deposit
edcausing my he 4 6 strik an iron post
and enabling me tO Study astronomy without
the aid of a tel Opt., made a. third attempt
e..
and when faint: n :46T way my partner's back
hair caught on t. " epaulette . qf. a high pri
vate, and makin ,!it one uniVirsal demoli
tion. The prospect being a speedy pulveri
sation
if we remained on the floor and not
having taken the Precaution toinsure my life,
;my partner and Myself beat a hasty'retreat
from the premises. We proceeded to a res
taurant partooksome fried (system and ale
t h
and then sped;fo :Cur homes. ' .
Municipal Mo , ire again, the subject of
conversation. . The second trial of Euling,the
street commissioner has just been completed
awl the intelligent jury failed to agree-there
being thiee or four personal friends of the
accused on the jOry. There are several in
dictments bugh under the bribery act still
pending and r ro that the District Attor
ney r intends•to e nate priwiuis in them
tg ;4
all, as he thinks i;be cannot secure the con
viction of Ebling*Spots evidenee 'against him 4
Stuns, it will be impossible
over his own ;
gi i
.
I le, convict the others as the jestimony will
be statementi, ofpnversations ; Sad further ,
,- • '
more be will not ring any more indictments
' Under the act, n 01 be is empowered - by the
Legislature `to " remptorily challenge any
friend of the s.cowho may bey.subpocluesi
--),
ass-"a juryman. ~ - -'. - _ 1_ , ..
The Opera for ' short season •btui been re
lived with - okm the actors of th e company
last leasuaiWnd i dle direction of Max Mars
ded.
Veg. Woe ;;A,141 Phillips So : Americin
ailist is,one f at .14 company and will make
ties debut on! the 3 “ing night. ''' '
Theie is •. • '.• ' - ifitilf at any of I,ltet '
liksaitAsi: l '
~ '• Or ~ Fa -
63 bees a:' - . : .4W - allaCiri int', bei-huk
bind limilifir , *:; 7 ' , . to give instriitions la
Ifig:DTVelitio- are:. t0...09144111464460-'-
Vifsth.the opening spring there is an in
creasenf emigration to.-California, and the
stamens go out , leaded with passengens.- -
. Colonel Fremont Isaa's residence iq this nith
and will.firoba by remain here some months. ,
flit sudden eleva r tion into wealth lie one of
the many examples of the freaks of fortune.
A few years ago he wnai known Inly. to an
enterprising explorer, and now byi the' con•
.
firmation of the Meripoia grant he becomes
the possessor 'of wealth alinost, illiinitable.—
The Case of t'almer, Cook k Co., ot San Fran
citoo, the Bankers. afford noothis instance.
The firm is composed of four members,. Mr.
Palmer, Cook, Wright and - JoneS,. In 1811
_the then first named gentleman were poor
young men residing in Nantucke,
Hr. Jones ati that period was a. 144 keepeil,
in Clyde, Wayae Co's., Newi Yor)i on a
small salary. Being seized that year with the
California.feier they emigrated td try their
luck. Their first enterprise was fp the lum
ber business in which they were I sufficiently i
successful tOenter into banking . They are
now amone• the wealthiest' bonne- in the
world. In the financial panic, fifteen months .
since, it is said that they advanceil very large
sums to the Idifferent louses which were in.'
volved. • They own an undivided; half of the
Mariposa claim of Col Fremont,' and • other
real estate Claims said to ho of grant value.
The oldest member of the firm is only thirty
three years Of age. •
David Biodrick, who: is a leading -Anna
cratie politi'cianosnd a caudidatn .for the U.
S. Senate, ni few years since was fs resident of
this city. lie was an active fireman and was
foreman of Engine Co. No. 34. lie is self
educated, Posseised of indomitable energy,
and is said to be worth half a million of dol
lars..
Vaturt.
arch 2 5, 185 8 .
6 Vet.; 114., when
ijilres -eat of my
t upder favor - stile
i ti being generally
aad his wife
y Get* at the
In Market Cotton is a shade! lower. Or
dinary selling at 404 Middling at 7/ to 10e
Middling Fair at 19k to Ile., and . Fair at 101
to 12c.
FLOUR :;•;.D MEAL—Mirlet inactive. Sales
of Western at $6
. 75 to $8 ; Genesee at $6
to $lO 50 1 ,1; Canadian at $7 25 to $8 37 ;
SOIII4III at $7 62 to'. $9. RTE FLOUR.—
Sales 4 to $6 25. Corn Meal at $3 50 to
$4. Buck heat Flour at $1 ,75 to $3 12. per
100 lbs.
thrant.--1- 1 8ales of common 4hi to Michigan
at $1 80; 'Rye-at $1 70'; Oati at 31 to 40c.
Corn at 88 to 00c.
Suosa.- 1 -Market dull and prices n shade
lower.
•
aßasOtgtoit : Corresoilbenct.
;WASHINGTON, 11:faret 22, 1856.
Editor of the Dinzocrat
rremisiug that you be 'pleased it
even a pooT letter from the 'Ua%ional Caplto
• •
I hate dumped down by my three legged
stand to v i re you one. .
• There is!nothini. about which the mass_of
people are more . deceived than . - in life at
WashingtOn. Most everybody- regard this as
the great 4intre of pleasure—the very place,
With its round of festivities,. fo't enjoyment;
whereas, Oltort stay-here will convinceihem
that it is ape of the Most dreary places :in
the world.! There are none •ef those little
- home comforts here that .makeup the, total
life's enjoyment. There is a. continued scene
of excitement it is true,,when.F, H ongress is in
session, biit that excitement-soon becothes in
sipid and ogly, for it is made tip:of the excite
ment of the politician, of disipatiou and of
listless pleasure seekers. Theee, is nu -hear:,
no soul inl•Washington life, brt, on the' con:
teary, 11:etre:it "game of deeelkilon, of i rips ,
and - of ambition's thousand deformities, occur 1
pies the 'whole attention
..ofi the outward
world. Von soon sicken of these, ano long
for the qtfiet circle around - thgse little house
hold godf, where Youth learnt:id its lessons of
virtue tollte practiced in ft:tore life.
For weeks past thiliansas +lotion hai oc
cupied the attention of Congress mainly. At.
first it exited a good deal litf interest, 'and
much real feeling was tuAnifested, iu the. filial
conclusiOn to be arrived at. But now, after
wfeks of discussion; by I3uncombe orators
mostly, it has ceased to excite any partieulai .
Interest. (- I think the public •:mind Iteiej has
become iired of the subject, and' dispst
with thetuses to . which. it is applied. A it!
1 s..'s
of politieiaus have staked. their fortunts
this quettion;and they Are 'Struggling des
peratelyi to make it pay. It- is evident that
they' will mostly fail, for to succeed' they
must keep the public mind excited constant
ly ; and', the more turbulence and. disorder
they can make in the government the better.
The peeple soon tire of this, and then the lou
der thel)Wriots rave the more they disgust
the public. I should judge that this Kansas
question was having just this effect. Every
desperate political gamester has brawled
kansaa! Kansas ! Freedom for Kansas !
though! fresh from a Know 'Nothing I.odge
where his efforts have been direeted to op
pressirtite men, till it is no wonder that the
people are disgusted. The character, of the
men is it is enough to - disgust anybody. It
is evid4nt that the sober thought is returning,
that Kansas is quite competent' , to take care
of herself aid that she will boon be a sister .
State, grets4gloriocts, and frte !
Mr. I:4itgliss from the Committee on Ter
ritories in the Senate, has reported , a Bill for
the achnissiort• of Kansas as a State. It says
'nothing about slavery, bui simply provides
that .when Kansas shall nimber a population
sufficient to entitle her to a member of Con
,
rem ,hishall, upon application with A COD
stitutioi alreadf formedlby Ihe action of her
peopl% be admitted as a State of this Union:
his proposed to pass tips Bill and then leave
the matter to time, letting the people of Kan
sas aoeept the protecti4n it offers as soon as
it mai be in their poler. Mr. Seward has
offered a: substitue for Bill differing from
this original in no imPortaot particular, save
that it &Clams " that Kansas shall be one,
and is hereby ii&larid to be one of the Uni
ted States of Alierica." 'The only difference
'essentially is in t't4e, •Mr. Douglas waiting
fOr the requisite poinlation on which to base
•
rOveteutation, andiMr. Seward proposing to
mit it instanter. I think Seward's amend
* twill be voted (down •by the Senate. and
that Douglas' Billiwill then be Maned Immo.
diattily._ It . will Shah go to the House awl '
the Black publicans will have to fact; the'
music. If they vote for mill pass it, the )lan.:
,sait T*4;044;11 - 14 ,praatici4ly_settled, , l and'
If they vote against it "they - may fitattS• lap
thamselies open.to the ,chergoof insincierity,
If it passes novf . there'is no doubt that the
;people there. can comply. .with its requiPitions
within th; next twelve Months and - thl'o he
comea State, whereas if it is not passed now
it will, likely go over till the next session of
Congress, nearly two years, thusgiving south
ern emigration a better chance to make it a
slave State. .rass the 13111 now, too, and it:
kill itimulate uortliinn ethigration in Such a;
manner as will put all - doubt that it will - be
a"-free *ate . out of the question. Unde t r 'these
eirenuistan.eis I' cannot isee bow the filack-
Repuiilicatat can sustain themselves and vote
against Pouglas's` Bill. And yet they, will
haw to see it pass, for their life -dependson
keeping up the excitement as bug as:possi
ble.
The Llouse has plwed the. Rolutionl of
Mr. burin directing u Committee of three to
proceed to Katisas . and' investigate into the
alledged election frauds. The Speaker has
not yet announced the Cointnittee.'!' I have
no faith in the re6lllL of this e:omu4sion.— .
How is it expected that . . the • Comtnittee at
this.day will be able, in that• sparselir settled
region, to gather up anything in the shape
of reliable information, from actual witnesses 1
I predict with certainty a failure in the main.
Information -has been received here that ,
the State officers and Legislature.eleeted un-
der the free State Constitution of Kansas.
have convened and entered upon their , dutio..
It is rumored that the President has ordered
them all to be arrested. I' doubt this: Ido
not believe . they will be interferediWith till
they do some act
.in oiert-resistanee to the
Federal authority. Otgers :however are of a
different opinion, but One. thing is certain, no
one knows; outside of the 'Cabinet, what
~, •
course will be purstted, , I,4 . the gen i eral gov
.
ernmeut. •
•
Governor Bigler made_his maiden speech
iit the':;_.lenate last week. on a
Resolution .in:
(reduced- by him authorizing the purchase of
it large number of copies of the Bikok about
being - published publiAted 14 Dr. Kane, containing a
history of hits . entire Arctic expedition in
search ofSir-Jobn Franklin. It wi,ta'listened
to with profound. attention, and wis univer
-1 ---,
I sally acknowledged to be a mostdadmirable
speeiinen of Senatorial .elogitenee, :Pennsyl
vania -is destined to be honored 'in:the Senate
in the person of - our late Chief Makistrate.—
Long may he wave
From Harrisburg :
Last Friday the following Bill ' i ,was intro
duced by Senator Buck:dew, arid :passed to
second reading. •
An Act to Prc tent the Interferanic* Ja4-
es in partiz politics.
SECTION is —l3e it enacted That • it
shall not- he In ful for any law J edge, of any
court to tins omriton'wealth to!! participate
,
as an Offieer, Speaker, or Committee. man • at
any political meeting or assonbWgefor po
litical
. purposes under the penalty of Five
hundred Dollars for the first. offence and re
moval from office for .the' secen& or any
subsequent offence.
:SECTION 2.l.—That any penalty; Under this
act Mat , be su e d for and recovered in the Su
preme Court, Sitting at .2Visipriu's,lin the city
of Philadelphia. The jurisdiction Fof Avldch
court for such purposes is hereby extended
throughout- he - Conmenu ealth*; p! ov:ded
that.. if a judge of the Supreme COurt, be the
defendant, he s4all not preside atithe trial or
be concerned in any decision rehtting to said
case—and provided further that one half • the
-penalty recovered slt li be paid tithe person
the action and the reMainder be
iiaid in to the Treasurer - , of the' Common
ivealth.
IVi3 re•rarl this as one of the Most saluta
ry Acts that could be . passed, Ind we- call
upon Mr Buckalew to pres 4 it, to; final action
without. delay. Rom 3 gLWII 10e:litirt3 is Joud
:y demanded Under our electiVe Judiciary,
and,miless it shall be settled, is evident
that our whole Jadiciarysysteni; . will, sooner
or later. become completely
We might point to facts coatirmatory. :of
this, in our own-District, but f4_ the presetit
forbear. - There can be no solid objection to
the Bill-front any quarter. N'tifjulgo who
means in good faith to ul, 2rv ,,, r o. 9pr i e
ties of the Bench will object to; it,- and- all
good men, anxious to preserve the Judiciary ,
from the contamination of polities: manage-
cot, will regard its passage ;IS a wise pre
itionary measure in- the Num- of our elec
tive. diciary. It should have been a part
of tholaworeating the election of Judges,
but no evils had then been. felt from this
source, and it was supposed that any person
aspiring to the Bench would have snffiCient
retard for the proprieties, of the position—
would have sufficient regard,; for That just
public opinion which had always been sum-,
cient to hold the Judiciary in check, with
out being bound to regard it Legislative
penalties. It is now teen, however, that this
is not the case. Let this Bill then be passed
without delay, for it will be _hailed by •th e
people as a sure guarantee that. their legal
liglitsare to be protected against the feuds
and hates engendered by partisan warfare, by
removing their Judges entirety from the po-
Might Srenti. Let the Bill Fists.
tit Liquor Bill has gone to 'a Committee
of Conference of the two ,Houses. It. is
thought probable that it will .fall between the
two. it is said that a majority of the House
will not adjourn finally till this, or some sim
ilar measure, shall become a iaw.
COORING FIAE.--..1.110 last invent
ion is a plan for cooking without fire.,described
in the Scientific American. The invention is
a combination of tin cooking 'dishes placed
one above another, the bottoni of one vessel
fitting on the top part If the'alish helaw. In
the lower dish of all email iyieintity of quiok
lime is placed, , and then, by tneans of a tube,
cold water is introduced upol the lime. Chem
ical action generates intense beat, whereby
the articles on the dishes str.4 - quickkr cooked ,
ready for the table. _l,ll
An editor in - lowa has hoe/xi:is io hollow
from depending upon thi_prlnting business
for bread,that he proposes to,,sell ilimself for
$ stove pipe.
.
Thir- mle
an who as frightened by the
lark 'of a tree, is supposed to 'have been of
reiyorts teinperament.
realist" acelderat ou the Delaware.
Butt&iy of 'Camden Ferry Boat New Jersey
—Lose Life—L-Five Bodies Recovered—
. About TateBty,Persona Burnett, and Mir
"-ty-six Ifisaingi •
• One of the', molt . fearful 'disasters i bicli
.has'hiptiened. upon the Delaware since the
burning of. the- William Penn, some , twenty,
years ago,:otlsearred _on Satdrday night,Ahe
15th inst., between 8 and 9 o'clock.
The Camden ferry boat New Jersey," be
.longing to the Philadelphia . and Camden
Ferry Company, with passengers to the num
ber of nearly one; hundred, mostly r es idents
of New Jersey, started. for Camden. ' -
The boat was headed for the canal, but
On reaching that ; point Captain, Carson dis ..
covered-that the lee was se jammed between I
the banks, that-tei • go -through would be. al. '
most in impossibility. „ ,
The boat wds then - tweed nortliward,-.so
as to cross. the ',bar sorne• distance aboVe
Smith's Mead . Wh'en nearlV.Opposite Arch'
street wharf, the boat.' was di4overed to be
on fire near Ole smoke 'steel:: An effort was
rnade to cheek the flAmes, but 'without avail`. '
A scene of wild excitement ens'oeti, the pas
sengers all pressing , forward to escape the
flames, and to lter the first to jump ashore, as
soon as the boat. 'should. touch the wharf. the
Captain having directed the •pilot to steer di
rect for the Arch street wharf The fire had
broken out arnidships,in the immediate neigh
borhood of the engine. It is believed that
it ori g inated!in Ithe fire room. The flames
spread with ;fearful rapidity, and in: an in
'l
slant, almost the Ifire, wafted in that•direction .
had enveloped the entire after part, of the
boat in , flames.
.1 Velure reaching the Wharf
th e fi re was ragtag around the pilot house
an d t h e engine. and both the; engineer and.
the pilot were dtiven from their posts, . The
boat was steered, by tiller chains, but tbe pi
lot and engineer being unable to maintain
their posit ionstlie.steamer became unmanage-
able. When wtithin about thirty feet of the
wharf, the pilot house fell. A flood tide was'
running, and setting up the river whicb caus
ed the boat to sheer off from the wharf, and
float towards the island again. 13efore this
time, however, tnost of the , passengers bad
jumped over board, some of whom managed
to get upon eak.es ice, and others 'were taken
from the water by persons ins small beats.—
Many of thV pttsentrerz, among whom were
some females, rtmained on the boat until the
burning of their clothes drove them to leap
into the water.,;
- The pilot and two other persons succeeded
in leaping lafelV ashore where the boat near
ed the wharf, lint others fell - Short, -and were
either . drow.ned pr were revued 'by - those who
Were on' the wharies and j,upon the vessels
lying along !barn. Boats were put *tit from
the shore a s r prPmptly as Possible a number
of fire companies were upon the .wharf, and
sonie of the members %serer •instrumental in
saving life J.fose.was_laidin readiness for
putting t water on tile•flame4 in case, the
boat was securto the wharf:
• • •
The bent fle atkd oter towards the bar : and
and finallylrAged iltt the bar among the ice.
She was towed by a. ferry boat over to the
Jersey, shore, Where she now lies sunk, her
paddie boxes
'the
visible at low water.
The fact of the passengers.coming on board
in-the night, renders it Vey v uncertain how
many•perscmslicere on, board at the time of
the aecident, and most of 'their names 'would
be unknoWn, Oeept as the individuals-would
PENN
be reco , ,THizeH by acquaintances on hoard
•
who .have "escaped. There-are five dead bod
ies recovered,; hut. some thirty persons', are
still missing. ; Probably some of these es-,
caped and their safety is known by this time
to their friends. About twenty' persona were
burned at ,Otherwise seriOnsly injured..
Win. Agnew, a resident. of. Camden,
giver a terrifh"i, description Of.the melanchol- .
ly rlittster; n fillows
fitamiling conversing with Mr.. Mum
champ, alconductor..on the amden and Am
boy Railroad, when ho discovered the flames'
bursting out-around the smoke stick. Making
an exclamation that the boat was On fire, be
sprang forward' to the windward. Lie .saw
the . eaptain in the.pilot house with the pilot,.
AlmOst the moment the fire was discovered,
the boat i was headed for the -Arch street .
wh a rf. ,'/‘ wild heartrending -scene of terror
ensued. There ':,were, nearly as he coeld.
rem!' inber, b rer ,one•hundred . persons on boaid.
including. twenty or twenty-five haies. By
a common impulse they rushed to , the
wind
ward to avitid the intene heat of thelianies,
wirieb had! now enveloped the whole after
Fall of the; doomed vessel. .Mr Aguel clung
to'lklie.gaards as long as -he could. Around .
him, frantically endeavoring -. to wrench leose
the stautreheous which were yet free from the
de.l•oriritig element, were 'the horror stricken
pa.sieugers, who, but a • feivr raome . nts before,
had! been , so full of hOpe atidhappinegs. There
was nothing he could . 'see save . a bench, or
tWO that could in any way be made available
as a float or life-preserver. Tire flames, as
the' wind droie them'aboat; increased-in vol
ume every inorkent, caught*the dresses of the
Wornen, wifoTe shrieks for assistance were ap-•
paprig.; One young girl, Miss 'Carman,. was
the only one he recognized, and
..the last ,he
saw of her she was .enveloped ' in. ire' and
screamitig piteously. The scene Was nOw'al
moat too awful for reality. One. by one— .
sometimes five or six at a time—they. made
the featful leap from the burning wreck into
the "scarcely less terrible chances _of death,
amid the ice and 'water. . •
The ',boat had straggled. up' to within twen 7
ty or tWentylve feet of ,the wbarf, When:the
pilot house fell, and . all command of being
lost, itlswung-out - head There were
at this', time-not more . than six or eight pas
sengerS remaining on board that he could see.
He leaped into the streatn,:and eays'his only
fear at the rnotnent was! of being struck by'
the.wheele.; He swami about:, one hundred
yards, when he providentially reached the
bow-eta Clipper ship and was ieticu4by tlfii
promptness of those on trisard. He is posi .7
dye
.that-not more than ; ten- minutes elapsed
from the time of the discovery of the, flames
,around the smoke stack until the boat -was,
tui
completely wrapped in Ore: Tbanaptaii4 .
far nab° could, notice in:the oonfitsion was
doing las utmost' to save the lives 'of- those
on beard and the pilot::_ieraained it his poit
to the last. - • H
The fire originOted in 'Os. fireman's town.;
does not.t4ink the least blame Can .be attach-.
ed to the captain' or pilot ;nor ; tO his knowl-.
edge to any employees . The fi reman 's room.
Was not fire-proot. Mr. Agne* was at BloOd
good's hotel, foot .of !Walnut .. street,' fri3ns
whence, 'after receiving • through. the' kind
riots 'of Mr. B. a change of clotbing,•he pro
ceeded to Camden, to allay .by. his presence'
the apprehensions - of his - regarding
his.safety... Agnew's friend, :Ponductor
Idurischainp, was_unable to *with, and-it fear ,
.
ed that be is lost.' • . -
:'• The Engineer of boat didrnOt :quit! his
pose ! ..until he veas.f.sreed to Ay by the heat.
troni . the . burning his , elothois. ! ! The..pi.htt,Mr,
Springer,' rental ned post, nptil within,
a few momenta of the 'wheelhouse.
,• • , •
Thothas, Lewis atad;!William Oslagher,
members of tb r e YigiteOt 'Engine =Company,
de du irifilspe# praise for thelt.effelis: to redieee
the pa tigersfrom the nvec, both :of iiheas..
jumped: into thewater, 'and
I,booltha Were nearly
MOE
-
A. AD STORT.-- OTO 111110111 in t e ark; ,
!l b / sni t' •ifwitakTer,,tbe tratine,ilyoung me i .
whose easecillitstmtett tetashingly the some;
times way Ward movemenkof4lielaw4ead..the-
consequences to a sentat,ive - iiiinref bait
disgraced Without being guilty; The young '
man belonged to a. ve tripetitable family '
and bore a `,:eharacter 1 oleven more ihall aver'
age ivonh. Oue'evening, - :ip'.,company with, .
sevend of ti, younglitmarites,- he visited it. ' -
restaurant for the purpose orobtaining 1001 e.
refreshments. Ile earned a cane, which he -_
stood in a corner of the room, wbereouilt- .
happened, there were several other canes.--
After the -party had indulged in eating and:
-drinking, they started 'froth the restaumnte -
While busily talking - in 'a merry mood, the'
:young aalr.te- Wbota vte es peciall y , - allude,- - ,
picketd up the wrong cash ; ' which chanced
40 lot.muohmerevaltiable than Itiaoisn.—..lle.
had- not. gone far freni the restaurant before
he was;Vue 6 ue4 by 4 4 Prc r PrietT',. eva*ell,
and, in spite:of all attempts eV. expliamiou,
transferred to a p)1 icema a, who took him
immediately to.tbetalatit:M-Ixttm The nat -
morning the accused,had a hearing before a
magistrate. The proprietor stated thakbe bad
been subjected. to much loss recently by
thefts, and some oflis customers, who had'.
also lost articles therethreaterted 1,6;16mM - ea
his establishment. In apite'of all remonstraw--
- ces and solicitations of the young man% . frinde . •
the accused was held in ' heavy bail to take
his trial for larceney. The prosecutor contin
ued stubborn, the trial came otf,and the accus
ed was conviefed-and sentenced to six months' . .
iniprisonment. This stroke fell like a thund--
erbolt upon the mind of the young prisoner.-
Ilis prospects in ilife bad been eutellent.- .
They were now, tolis view, blasted -fnreveri
whi le those who loved him most wereotiffering;
under the shadow Of its disgrace: Zhe weight
was ton great for';'his reason..to bear, and;
.in a fee days after ;the:tell-dim was cloied el
upon him; he was-reported deranged; 'Some
of his friends then leacceeded is obtaining a . .
pardon for hini, and - be was' liberated; but it
was too late. The light of reason. seemed
to have fled forever , and Lis friends were
compelled to place him Insthe . Hospital for
the Insane. This:. case is one of touching
interest, and a striking illustration of the truth,
of the remark wetrade in the commencement
I
of this article. 1 ~ : .
Thomas Jefferson on the Trotter
of Slave pioperty.. = •
The following letter was written by These
as Jefferson in re6rence to the Missoueifres
lion and the tranS , it of. Slava roperty -from
Stave to Free. Staten..
1 ..,.
' Iliad for a lorrg time ceased to mazer's
-1,-
papers, or pay any• attention -to public. af-
fairs, confident that they were in good hands,
and content to be 11 passenger in our bark
to a slime from which lam not distant. But
this momentous, quesdon, like a fire bell in
the nigh t,awakeiaed and filled me with terror;
liconsidered it at once as the knell of the
Union. It is - huShed, indeed, for the moment.
But this ika. rep leve only, not a final sen
tence. A geographical line, coincidirigAvitbk
a markedlpriricifile, moral and political,.onerr '
concieved and lild to angry passions Of Met,:
will never he obliterated ; every.new.irritation
will make it deeper and deeper. I can say - .
with conscious truth, ilia rek not a man
on earth who would saciifi - Ce more than I
would to relievelus from this.heavy reproseh „
in any practicable way. The ce.ssion of that
kind of propertvi (for so it is misnamed) is rt
I,bagatelle which 1:Would:not cost me a second
thought, if in the way, a general enaancipa
tion and exterpation would be effected, and ...
gradually, and with due sacrifices, I think It
might be. But'ast it is, we have the wolf by.
the ears, one can
is
hold_ him nor let
him go. J twice is in-one scale smdself-pre--,
ervation in the other. Of one thing I am
certain, that as the passsagd' of Slaves from..
.one State to another would not make a
slave of a single human- being who would
not be so wittibut , it, so their diffusion
over a great k surface would make them
individually and proportionably facilitate tilt,
accomplishment of their -emancipation by
dividing the butden on a greater numbe;• of
coadjutors: An abstinence too, from this act
of power, would ,remove the jealousy excited
by the undertaking .of• Congress to regulate
the condition of the different dis.criptions_ of
men composing a State. This ertainly. - k.
taken
Ithe exclusive ' right of'. every - tate, whic h .
nothing - in thelConstitution h taken -_from,
them, and giv6i to the-General eiverninent. •
Could Congtuss for example, say that 'the
non-free men of Connecticut shall be free-men
or that they shall not emigrate into any oth--
er State I 1 ' •
I regret that I - am now to die in the be
lief that the useless sacrifice of themselvei, by.-
the generation
,of 1776, to . acquireself-govern-
meat and happiness to their country, is to be
thrown away by . the unwise and unworthy
passions of their sons„ and that my only con
solation is to lie that .I live not to weep
. over
it. If they would but dispassionately weigh,
blessings they wilt throw away, against" an.,
abstract principle more likely to be affixto
by union than by session, they would pause
before bey epuld perpetrate this act of sui
cide to themselves, . and of treason "spina
the hopes of the world. 'To yourself; as the
faithful advoCatepf the Union, I tender the
otrerin a o. of n] , high esteem and respect.'
. „
THE UNITED STATES SEE AM-one I0110W•;
ing . are the Senators in Congress, whose. terms;
expire March stb, 1856 :
John W. Weller, Calafornia.
Isaac Touoey, Connecticue.
Lames tk.., Bayard, 'Delaware.
- Stephen B. Mallory, Florida.
Jesse D. Bright, Indiana.
„Hannibal !Hamlin Maiat4
Thomas (4-. Pratr;Maryland.
Charles Sumner, Massachusetts.
Lewis Cass, Michigan.
Stephen I,dams, Ddississippi.
Henry S. ,Geyer, Missouri.
- John R. Thompson, New Jerson.
- liskiniltonfish, New York. -
Richard Brodhead, Pennsylvania.
Charles T. lames, Rhode, Island...
James C. Jone 4, Tennesseel
- Solomon 'Foote, Vermont... -
Henry Dodge, - ,
There are also vacancies in CalafOrniii;;lpe.,
diana, and Missouri. - - •
A Iluxra.4.---.ltow_ easy it is _to
lion-4pm! easy it is to write a' .. billion-=but
CAD C you , count . a" billon W,hyl not Stops
a bit. Suppose rumita 110 G
one tninutc7--thatis' 12,000 One hetet •;,..
28.3,000 in ,one. day„ ,and 1002000: in;ode.
.year. BuCthis not,'allOw a atts6-
moment to!' eleeK or for any othef 'husin4s.
Whatever. "To count a billion it would'rettighe
8,612 yeari, a 4 days, 8 hours 20 thititt* , -
according to the above reckoning; btitatt pde
we allow the counter twelve hours daily
rest, eatik and sleeerng—it
take j 10;204 yeant, " as days„'teti Itouri - : sad
forty minutes to, count a billion. •
A#long the lea Oeueterfeits are As 04
the Belvidere Bank, of New Jersey--ph
graph, _ fetriale„'sheitives4
of ems, dre. „Ooddese of Liberty on the right
end. WO:: on the trinteideri ,- Vointy
Bank, 4: 'altered - free), 114=' , Illikeq State
Artris- / zNyashingtori left
bsir e ignitures, -