gentle tlame - Of butnibit,
tains of au ealsimsieif i
illumines your i path,l i
wanderiog,. liestranding
(Irak valley in every , lift
the enchanted,mountair
Will - steed alight tolguie you there. ,
u p °
Volt know where to k for the fountain 1
of all light and truth. 'ou know _that there 1
is a book whi..-.lr einnta,i 'the earliest and mo s t
accurate balmy, :te üblim poet, est , i the
profeundestreatiouing - , he most burninprelo
luence, the purest , morality--:whose wisdom
' Rofound and pure,runttlike R stream ii rough
14i illeratarre, so that &the' thoeglkta copied
from and suggested b.i the Book of Books
. ireretaken but of Itlti on, Shak, espeare and
other eminent writers,' there Would. be an
empty - ekeietott insital •of the firing fire 'and
strength which_ here unmortalized tlusru :--
ill — this you ` kn ow. . is' I' . urge you toatudy
It; to ponder it, to.`inf. se into .tier very he
-3141 • ' ' ' '
i -If you nre young nil wish entertaining
4 'sidties, therein the :tor, of 'Paradise of -kd
''sm and Eve, of .01e'FI , od and the Ark, of
Z - the 'tower of -Babe, of Abraham offering
Isaac, Of Esau selling - his birthright, of the
- 11 °1 ,iii' Joseph. ?the birth of Slose, the
'llagtesitt Egypt; the crOesin, of the Red
" is,the piilar of-cloud rd the pillar , of fire,
`die tnistra,,jhe brazed rpent,. the return of
"the spies bringieg the :rapes of Eseh 1 tir-e
-siege uf.lerrico, Elijah nil the - ens, ilisha
-` and the boys at t i ; ~ the wars with the
' Phnittine ,ue" e wondr •ushistory s of SaMpson ,
tathrilling career .of David the Shepherd
' boywho hems king,o Solomon and the woni
.
=
'dirful temple, of 'Mil's! adorn, his way. of le
enling which cf two b 1 hnauts was tho moth
of the Child, and then Daniel, and the I..ion'e
den, Rutls the gleaner and Queen Estber,atid
:si Atones - fad other stori.s with which The old
Ten'annent abounds. And then the New
1 'Teitietuent, it seems '. bare he o n ma d e on
"fiarpoels for the young Its life of ads% it's
simple Jarguage, Its p 'varies, ils.teachiugs.stf
„gentleness', and loye, 1 a beautiful imaFes, its
aneet ;at , winning iritatiLus, its accounts
oflesue itself.* i
auilia pure, lovely and
tl
loving, cha acter, the teeds 4i,lue by the Apos
tles, their voyages a d travels, -their 'ship=
Irreeks, fa.ping atc,on ranters, tieing I st:lined
:and nersec ted and p .r. In prison, ar.d then
their iette , especial] thoe of J.;hn uddres
' sed to littl L eh:Limit,' nd ,hii hook of Rerela
lion wind rg up I th 1 giorilus I3ook. of Ole
134 1
• Lord with a ul:lst it rest mg AI: a attractive
picture of the holy e , ty, tbc Lew, :leriusalem
,`•ishoee,gtt s 2 r2rOf rl and whose str e ts art.
of fine gel , Ishei) ha no rig 't, and needs
not sut,.o moor! or 5 1
Can the a he a riH
' , treasure bett•e of steri
.
young 1
Aldpit-..act the G
§t` 11;..4114. in 'a Louie.
jjaßela; i may 5,- , llti
Yet•ii:ore•prgeicu 01..1
iu Ileartt.
6. b
pro ri^ to hpprop
.'vents !;••I', a may co
aiid Tour groertb.
In t it - YoU
a4ractiv - e rzersn:u o 1
elf preeepi• and.; eral
clear.gt di(reetina• to
&O!—Atiii while its
jot that." mv.cf.;iktz:2
ea::s
bane the :orte'ittioz
Fkar.,Goe:
Amyl
nd keel
fin El7l
_ , I pie Sel
The rep t'cf thy;
. forms us tthe cm
lenaployed wring_ the
:eient tz;gi eiadeqtra
.marts, az. JO the j
American citizeps in
,The' th., e
' -"-- Sivad
eit,
.•
of ; te-liag. 'Meer, .11. i:
t4ted .tif.l e attain_ f
-aneke,Ali _ 'goers of
, • and. t,ti scer-11.esultit
- • •`"'' - .- ' i.
t . The . l-return of Wril , ter'4 meia from Central I
nfericklLoonside it an act of humani,ty:l
and the Sec s retsry a• de if another. expedition
rie ;
. - . .
makes a‘landing„-it will be
. becausel• it, .has
-- • • eluded- the ;tile of the squadron. ---,
• :The forge - in the. acifia, undef the corn
. ' 'mend of the flag ocar, Wm.' Merrine, con
': !listed of the frigate' It.deptoderice, thisictops
es-
'•
ewer St.; Mary ' s; '°ha- Adams- - Decafur;
and . the irar steam rllfassachusetta.
.„
..' rue I.lr ail Mediterranean ; squadrons
„ qu etly, and effectively, to
perform the d site, quire,' of -thir, 'respect
- , - iiely f without any _act of direct int erference.
Sit, • vess ell-Lace been nsafully - em ployed• on
•-' iho l cosill of Africa. 1 • 5
' • - Thi stearti frigat San Jacinto,.
Heny t'.11;11, and thkaiOops of #i
ntonth, -- Commende. Foote, an t ,' Want
• . mende r William S' itb, +Are constitun
__
:-. - Elia India squadro ~. under flag of.rcer -.f
• . Arnisttong. Tbe 8 ties of 'the sqoadrou ti
` been - a:du:l4a, sudt ,i 5 officers and minim tae
.
• ed to it distil:Tu .. .. ell theasselyes on ii; memo
,- table -oncesiOn. • 1 '--.- t - •
-.. Oh the 1 - sth a ove w ber, 1636, its one"ofl
• -. _ kli,e hosts of the Sq adron was passing up the
- rirer : ttil Ounton, wth the Auserien flag fully - I
displayed, it . Wig' Villa times firell upon by'
' ,z•the Barrier-fortai- nittsrgerina the lives of all
- i
_,
'on board. The ou t riowe ,WaS promptly ressteu
•,
• and‘stkress ed ly' to l capture and 'Jest:li:Ann
'of the forts and - airy , -their, midis, tad ,tba
• .'grcund. The fort., four in numbei t , command
•
. .
-- • wiethe aspreistelt o Cs.,tht.tin, sante tinlQl4 ilie
erns:gest .tiefeitsei of the Einpire;'nictunt - ;ing..
- • 376 guni - . • The . 1 1 erupt , and -
. deeltiye course
- :perused Ly iiony more Arinstrong. his offi
cers and marl, has! •ausF.42 the fllg of iha-.Unit,
ed States to IA r rested by tint t. l 'ttineSe,tion
tributed largely i" + the s.,:turilyof ()lir -oilkit-CIS
, in - China. nutl. ‘l4 ntr,- . .the troubles, which col,
. „,..Ikiwrid;n-,s pzol}ol.: sy-beein-, the means of saving
• "-Oany . livesalizi 1. tfcla properly.
' .. -•:. 1- ' • The iatißcatio,Ul - itife treaty. vita Siam. mid I,
- the ti;it of irs..e Uthe - --ICings of • ililftt to die]
... . United S-ates sl;i . ..Portanaouth, aleailuded . to.
_ • Thelatten ---
tisan f'cdngr
t
MS i 5 called to the .I
tint ifineamer do". d hi. the - .l!kle, Mr. Roliert 1
.14',.'Sterer14;-ani- parChailA, at-TfOoken:l it-1
1
iiiiiicomuiend4,t -OoMpletitiltirvessel.•'
• - - Tile estinettfa fez - the - .N2.7port of . the navy.
• and-marine Cm' . P.s - litia . d . 63i , ail :•c\ther:,,objects
,ender: - the . . \ control of the Iti.firy - Pfinartrnent,
' tor the fiscal year endisto. June 3 1 . i, 16 - ; - ;7i are t‘
.
Fel.. the:support
. 1 than ;'rand - •
~ ~. ,
man . tle corps., , ...... .:. i59.7:4£1.515 , 01
• • tar gilecilll-01 t 4.
seti `-: .......c. - ...ii66;763
~ 22,
i s
.. ..
aNaking...., ..... - .:.' - ... 414,616;206 22 i
•T
_ - ,
• , -Thestggrevite - tivitates for lite Osettl yearl
tip ding ' Jjapc-1 '8 1 . were $14,86p512,r, le-
•:-. r ink $Bl 0f85.1e ' , "than. tb . e present estimate 4.1
'I .-N, lUrsAifferince is - iiirificiptillv by the
. .awed
.eating $250, for th ee:mat:rent for the'
4ao
, . fiv-e.-nieriadoops; 5 0,000 more' hin last yea r - 1
: - -.1 4 iitildhig - the -. I tif . fiti;'iiis d. by - estimating for
pre r - isiosis and pa j • for onikhousind addition
-'• al men . autitorized•by il4o actor - X:101'5 185"'
- The.expendtturett for the Behr eillin: Tune
,- . -
• le,' 1867, for all putiYAelt Iri;der the qp i nittat,
of:tile Departmeh i:,:viere $32,682;660 81 15t 1
- ' Which U. 343,69611 liitig. Ali a* -- ittl cilje.cts I
-. the littirnirte- :4penses. of ''' r tik - 'lBriv• and l
"A" i ” " . 'rrif'•'''' Pnt Period I ° 9l 'o 0. 14 .1 . _ 289 , - 4
-. 0. 1 6- 65-,'• ' . '.: -1 - ._ - 5 . 7 - 1:. - - `:' 'I .
- -
Report
I distitt i i UNIf •-.-*
• antv ' - -
awl ra
w . hi le- . l
it ,if_ oude
. man. p -qr r 1
.
ttlatM,-:. -''' , tthatrit
brother... Theis iL
p il gr i ma k e, .B McCOLLU. AI,
s ate reacted u rdu GERItaSON.
sr br mole. attractive
otr.d. 'fu. the
cett4l ca,r.l-yla copy
I
t..t.9.ket anOched with .
:•ar euthrin4lu a - cis
crei loitr , t/wn
- book. 'wh4e autitoi: 1. -
1 et" learn, (o
. oovr, to .
St;; aadasgimitate eto
azt. to yotiticu-Iturcr
.12e sweetest most i
-I:funaility-t`he ihoaer ,
pie of Charity - 7 the
the exercise of:self ccin
io;• al preacher"
s rernia,ls
ia'a wearitieas. of 'the
Ton immediately tot,
whale matter —,
..o.7.lMar.dmen.ts."- 1
.Consider tho-end :
a:et:ay:s'pr the 'Nary.
euretary of the Navy in
al force w134:11 has been
past year bas been . au - Ili:-
o-se‘':uriCy to -our, cam
.ersons and prOperty of
all parts of tbe world.
on,'under. thecosnthaitd,
am Paulding; :Las :con
-e4 Wabashlap:i
01, Fro
• ar Saratoga and Cane,
'Sucquebanna •an(l
mmatlder
Ports--
Com;
kd the 1
.1,:01717.4CE,
Thrvstlrty, December 1867.
• N.OtiC43oi• - Ao p a per. sent to `a ilistafwe
unlesiipaid for strictly in advance. Natice
gill 41: , giien when te term of
expirforken tie paper will lie discontinued,
unleska remittance be reeeieed.
----4-- - I
;. .Democratic Meeting.
- The Democrats of Susquehanna County
will meet in . Masi Convention at the-Court
.flouse, in 'Montrose, on Monday evening Jan.
IS, 1 358., • NI choose delegates to. the , next
Democratic; Sate Convention. • A full attend
'mace is -desired. •
• Win: K. HATCH, Chairman
Afiintrpse, - Dee. 3O 1851. •
Itiagazitios for .11S 3S.
W.ovrotild to those, wishing to subscribe.
veitlitr of tiro folloWing named Va gazinee,
tha,tswe have arrangements with the Publish
ens- by. Whic . ll we can furnish tEi'm (in con
nection with the.Dernocrat,) at tbMiccsl club
rafts. Fot cash in advance we send
- oodev's Ltd 080
s ok and Democrat for 0,50 1 ,
Peterson's,Magazine " " " 2,75
Home Magazine " " 2,75
tgrAlrti publish in atibthei colimman edi
torial:from:the Dundee Reccird of the 24th
inst.,•givingap account" of a very extraur z •
difiary operation which was performed by Dr.
DistecK,,fottn erlY of this place.' It is the, only
case of the kind that has ever come under
our notiCe, and so far as , we can judge, must
have requir‘ed an unusual clegiee,cf confidence,.
both the part of the operator and subject,
as well as is thorough' inowledge of the hu
man system. • • 1,
The y . oupg ladti, is still living, _but wheth
er she El:0111 . EO rvive or not, the extraohlinary
skill oT the dperAtion iy in no scisidithinis,hea.
, s grWe j 'ipublish Mr. Jessup's address this
week by ? re l cilest. It appeared last week in
the Rcilubge.an, and it. was doubtless intended
that we sbould. insert it the same week, but
the copy did- riot find its - way' to this 'office
-until too late - for insertion. -The same Ras
thesesse with Mr. Bentley's address which we
,puLlithed some time ago. We wish it
to be di,tinet4,,:tvatle.rstocal irk fan ra
[Kase 'Who wish In, to insert their speeches, die.,
diust futnish us coy! before'otir . columns are
Idled, or they will be-thrown Under the table,
as we. cannot crowd our pafer . fell of. old
• •
matter,
The practice of sending but o ne coppoian
article to IRA) . papers thotild be entrely
• continued, for if it be not .Wortli cupyi i nct
cannot certainly be worth publitlind.
have been considerably bored with alien
rations in tines past, and art beartiiy-tir
it, anctintentl,ter-put a veto neon the cad
nation of the practice. Write Out Are c 1
.o . fyiinr'dociittients upon one side or i ly o f
piper, and cur compositor will. thank
for it. - - We ebarge -no "a* with blarn
%lifer neglect in this instance, but we s
of -it iiciv that ail may understand- hoji
avoid ayejection in future.
To t h e r u ht te .
.. rant. The Demotney arew"-tinit in
,swilp. rt
With this number closes my- conne‘ tibn 1 of Ore I'Oje9 of admittiLl Kiaikeri f viio It r 1
with the ii 071 btu. %Democrat. T have I ns- l_witliryt.elesery,sa ..ths,neopla.trf LVet'Territio-' 1
tuned me interest in the serne'to 14,.6 ' nit- • shall decide at tbOallot-box. the only I
: ,
son, ripen whom-the_sole management vo the • question about Which democrat, in, pr out i of
pis - per will hereafter &verve. ..,Ilis abili Yto I dmgress, ditTer, is this : - ~'Shall W Leer:isnt) ,
l a
interest and prc,At its patrons -canno t esi, ton Convention be recognized! ,To this ere
doubted. I rust that be Will be liberally Jidministration responds affirmatively, or;.
_sustained in his itTorts to . promote correct these reasons. That-Convention
. was held . in
principles—those'. principles to -'which the Pitrsuttn,ce.of an act of the Territorial Le i s-
Democratic party is now, as it has .alirrays latuie, which 1,03 y 'Congresi..has repeate4ly
been, devott; . 4 aril true: - With. "a happy recognized as valid. In obedience. to the ct-
New Year' to the Hama of the Democrat genie law of,,jhe Territory it 'fairly. refeded
and the fraternity of • " quill-drivers," I tale the quesfion of slavery to the people for thin
by leave of Je u rnalisrn—itainrplexitica an d decision. The - proceedings are therefore '.e
its pleas'uris.- .1.13. McCOLLUNL/ gal and should be upheld. This policy. atilt
- - - bring, Kansas into the Union during the pies
1- To the Public. .
j In assuming the re.sponsibility of Editor and
',Publisher of 'the Dem'oarat, deem- i tltinne
cessair to speak at length, at :Xis time; ofthe
• -
course I shall pursue, as the merits of a - pa,
per,aa' d . the e.orreetnes of the doctrine , ad
recited, are.t'ue reil.test, and by them ei
to be judged. In relation to poliics.
support stich measures s as I believe best
6alc.uiitcl toadyance the interests of our whole
country; believing that DO particular teCtron;
sect,-interest'or parsuit,•Las any claims upon
our gorernMent Or people for special favors,
and that each .and allr are entbAed to; and
bltc;l3l.l be, allowed ;to enjoy their common
rights free . from hindranee.'' .ißut the Demo
crat till not be devitted exclusiVely to politics,
•
as my det,-,n be to publish a paper that
will be interptu•-g to the general'reader;
welame guest in the family chile. •• . I Alan
indulge in no.personal controversiesosar per
mit olhera to 4o - .so thiough the columns of
I.llie -paper, as - such ,things are produtitise of
no, possible-good. From the old and future
IPatrons -of the ProroCra!, and the .Publie ken
'orally. I respicifully solicit a share of patron
.
agi; my brethren of the Press, eZtinid
thelland of friendship, hoping that our
,
- 4 1 ga may be mutually pleaSaitt, and to all I
-wish a very "happy
,New Year." .
A. J. GERgILSO.N.
gar Nye notice in the N. Y. .Tribune of:
the 28th, several eplumti'rrom the "special"
R . ristts scribbler in relation to 'affairs in that
_Territory.:The ,',licirtler IZufflati outrags at r f
Fort SCO':!... ate ittlorth at, length, in accord-. 1,
mice •witli what' ild deetrri "my ditti,"• in. a
style that would • Coritinse . persons, not ptltel,,
iliat the .".Slare :rower" was .ebMinitting
fri i ghtfui Outragee' to an extent Deter before
known;: But the utterialsitY (as usual) .'of
his statements, is sho n by a ,letter from
Chief hstico Willie - -n Pennsylvanian—
whose statements play be received wi'di , tar
raore.eredit than those of the fired Scribblers of .
the Tril ark, wilo hare Moen showntO be ligroin'
uniaerrius iat3ti6ei. 'lteacl y lc 1 1 7:,'s lettir:
It ..sh9yrs... that "Beeeher's , Bibles!: in: the
baud's or Topeka Couvkationianatiel..iit the
instigation ; of tbe•inisCrestut Lane, are reipon
'bible for •the diifipuiti l and 'Mg v Cc - thtliniltigg
the entrwly .._
• -
When Seaator Douglasessaulted the Ills
seersi Ltliethreirthousand New England par-
sons a'patbemiltized him, and . no epithet in
onr language eras koo'serere, or vulgar for
the abolition press to applf to him. Ile was
„braided as a narrow-mended , demagogue
whose treason to law ty *ought to render him
ferever! int:lmons. lie beaded ,not the pas
sionate and insensate hew! of Lis enemies and
the toys to self-government, but with a sub
lime courage marched te Tletory
s and won
tho admiration o .e a large, majority of his
eciuntrr men.
ED IT (X.IIR
Three years have elapsed since the repeal,,
afitt-the rri Who hunted and denounced the I
" little' , giant, ow * damn him with Mamie
q ,ti,,lakstr.4
Irraise , H .For "Ste EI ARNOLD 'llouglas,",
we bare "Lim:gins the p rotund statesman,"
. for " the low dernagogne , ' tool of the
South," 'We hive " the' bold. a.
,eham . tion of popular sovereignty,'.' ir
,this sudden change iu the Oppositiou estima.
of their old enemy I Has Douglas deserted
to the party of the "pathfinder;" or' has that
-pitiable tragmeut of humanity become Casein- ,
ateid with the demoeratic doctrine of popular,
sovereigity I ' We do not .believe either - of
ef these isunpottitions well founded. Sena:,
:tor Douglas repudiates the -Lecompto',
Convention, hut Claim 4 to : be as Vitoted t
the 541(-gaverkineut principle, as heAttefor
The'difference between him and the adOsinis
.trition ii very slight; the one maintainin
that the:beSt - intresta of Kansas and th
country require that the Lecompten move
:thent alniuld be sustained, and the other be
tiering its condemnation expedient and net
. cessary. Both loOk to one resullthe - ad.
,
Mission of
.Kansas with such 'a
governmen,
as her people desist'? The policy of the MI
liiiiiiistralion would achieve this itioonett
the plait' of Mr. Douglas, and for this Tease
we.suppOrt the former. - While-the Opposi
tion praise Douglas for his present attitude!
they are bitterly hostile to the principles , 11
advocates. It is the prospect of a divisiet
in our ranks that pleases them; and the
hatter Dongtas in-the hope of making him a ,
instrument' for the of our party. 1 1
• , •
/Olt is w
a well known fact that. publishers
This is the secret of their laudations of hii
i Who send out their papers on credit, annual
they have' so often burnt in effigy ;this th , 1 , y. ,
- i lose 0 large slim by ,o doing, as many will
occasion of theicrejoicings, To charge the
I
receive and read-a paper from year to year
with a friendly regard for the policy-of - an, without . paying
for it; and to collect the:
" enabling act 1 is .to • accuse them of the ,
: arrearages dye on such accounts is needssari
grossest ineousistency. ' Scarcely one
Y e ' ;ly aitended with much; expense and aetual
ago„they united in repudiation of such pot •-•., .I„,,,—rtrisvoiatrits, many country publish
-11. TIT y MITI %I ram we reter to , their reje - '
! era,are adopting the system of pre payment,
tion of the `‘ Toomb's bill." They caun t I
thus sechriniptem.elres againit,such heavy
support Douglas'
.sehe.me now, without d - I
-losses. , , .
_. . .
re:ctly condemning their favoriie policy
,'
We hare decided to adopt the plan,.to take
106. Are they prepared 2to do this? ' A e.
elect-after the - first of January, 1858. ,1441-
they willing to record their rotes against t e las we have given no previous notice to tliht
Tirpeltn' &winiile,. and_consequently agni .
i
t ' effect, it. would not be proper to enforce ii
the revolutionary career of their einini,-aritii,, hnineavery .
with all our subscribers. We
Lace, & Co. It is, quite plain that if they c :1 4,ha11,
therefore,. for the present continue- to
alea-ce with Douglas with at, view to weak '
I send the Dzstocaar to such as have shown
the Adre i nistration, they abandon their Phi - i
I I theinselves to be paying subscribers; while
itcleiphia phttrm, and acknowledge the w*- who hake
. ~ those tv,to aTe suffered accounts to run
l iti . n.: I I
door of'l. ' he rkular sosereignq "ctri" ftr from rear-t, year, caneot in justice ask us to'
(..,
P' es 'i Ile settlement of the'shavery question. Thiy
• h !era -
aie poierless now, and only throughthe 4.:4- continue to furnish ,Less,with our paper any
loager without remuneration.
' ).°u t fectiou .of men in whom the Democracy ha e ' - , _____,...
.........,_______
L 'A
Or
t confided, can they hose to revive the dang, • jar Hoe. Wm. H. Witte -in a;spettch de
I I
sus agitation which the eleetion of -Mr. -_}`livered in _Philadelphia, refers to the fact
to l'clianau.so effectually quieted. We,apprehe d I that eighteen of our thirty-one States did not
I dug their present jubilatiuus are.witlitrat wr' su r t a t Ir--ft,.21,.,..„01‘,0tuti0.13 lc,
the
rioter
‘ete
. . ~..
pe
of,l
m a .__ r - i•
ent session of- congress antrend a eontrovtirsy
...---s„
113at•has,been prolific of evil. It will localize
the strife and place Kansas on an equi ity
with the States, giving her people also ute
control cf all their institutions. Its Oppoite
—the plan of Senator Douglas—indefin'.ely
postpones a settlement of tbe‘quarrel,in K n
lii
,s•ks and :encourages a re , enamnient of he
scebes which have disgraced the nation' Lid
per lied its best interests. , -Without coodernd
ing-Inv----olia- ni_ve a tt......ntinois Senator, l .we
thiuk the effect of - tlia'course be is puis trig
r.
:mist be evil. It not only injuriously a recta
Kansas, but it breathes into the defunct car
. case of sectionalii-n i , new life, and ar s I
With dangerous weapons.
..,, NV hen Senator . GREEN of Missouri had, on
eluded - his response to Douglas' criticis iy
.the Message, tl latter in - attemptieg to al
ry' its effect, admitted !fiat he 7 did not cm aid
el.; it a fatal of jection to4ae Lecompton on- W becomes of the Proviso P
I stitution ! that. it was t i ot.sidimitted as a w ole I, The Ned York Times—the .mast- influen
t, to' the popular vote ;, neither did- be re and i tin} of the 1 Republican Tournals"—bas the
1
an "enabling act" as ncqcszary to rende the / I folloWing hi reference to the future of parties.
1 acts .of the Couyentiou legal- TLe 0i je o Where `) will . Wi l mot go now to recit e liii stale
c
tions to the Lecompton programme cone ed I twn ' about the " policy of the fatheiril"
fo r be I withsuit-- merit and we enquire ilpon I The gr 'inaes'of "the: Republicaas -Lave
what grounds theSenktctfrom Illinois itisi4- i practically •cr toted 'aeldecSii ofCon
fis his position •of antag nisur to -his Parts - , ; gressifil - ioh M
lrel - eee s . Tertiterieg, and
aod to his Springfield' sr _ of-lune half 1—
A
, have adopted the principk•Yof popular sore ,
resysty.
FO'hylint does • he contend I If he does! not ; •
1 cOri;idef the 'neglect ect . the Convention to re- '
1
fer-its whole work to the people for r,atifica
-1 •
tion or rejection fatil to-its validity.,-Cwbf
f does Lie,diciare himself the t opponen‘•Othe
l l'
1 Conifitution,.without reference to
_the ' milt
~
of tb e eleetibri of the 21st inst.? llis s ch
1 against the constitution Las 'b exteu.'vely
i circulated. Its str ongand 1 • "nts h be
1 1...,
. on y•
l'oaseirentli odic% iced to be cif noo wl
not osculate the admissions as an- an o
for., the`., raisehmvous tendencies of the "alai
effort I - While the__ intent of Mr. DO lai
nOtsufficiently manifest:to wariant,a fit
s J
ton of its •charicter, we take ptide-ia th Co
viction th.4.i. no man, however able and ell
Nen'. hc-ay : be. cab . lead , the - DetOoora ) y
, 'an •slatid . oniakukOf their cherished wed t in
honored 'principles: Despite the thand ra
tri F.,
lhe ii littleightni " titid".ther'shrittirs of e s
,
tiltticiii'hest r - the national party will aOhi
to 5 1 4' f,TiNlct rout ,, of—g ”,,,,irs,,,,,,entil,
• • 'Oidiesita-Wesii0111111114411: "'-`"
For sotae ' time previous to tht;' - t:iieetiiig of
the Constitatioual • Conientionlin Oregon, the
Kansas ofgso attempted to get up quite an . l
excitemeht njwq, tile ,qtiestion of slavery it
that Territch.y. It wall well:knowu that the
settlers *ere. Mostly . Democrats, and it was
charged thlt most of the paper's were "
deci
~edly in favor of making it a slavdt State."
'But . the COnventiog met and framed a Con
stitution and submitted—some reports state,
the whole as well as separate claims, and other
reports that -they submitted. separate 'clauses'
only =to the people for ratification or rejection.
113 tit °tit Shiieking triendi are. taken by surt
Lptise at leaching that,the vote is almost unani-
I hunts in - fait/of:of alfree State, - also against the
atintrissioh of ner,roes either slaves or free.
This doctrine conflicts with the idea that ne
'grime arc citizens, of the United States, and it
remains to • be•tieen how they will act upon
the sp'pliciti(3ll for admission as a State. They
refuse the admission of a free State, or
the sills notion that aegroes are
:citizens,
cc of New York city
- iity,have elprelsed
Buchanan'a
Iglas,
rgi - Tho
With commondable
thei! übyilifie( . l approv
Kati7as poiier,Laud tbeir'bon
r to the disorganizing schetties' of
Forniy, .ALCo.. New York is the repro
five city of the Union, and the prompt ,
fearless action 'of her Deniticracy in . this:An,
stance is worthy and certain 'of iniitation
i nrheiemer tistionni, patriotic sentinneitile not
!outlaWed. Let the Union men of the- cotin
try rally itrouriambe. President of their choiCe
and aid hint in iiis'Afftrrt - to — quiet-sagitation
and give permanence to oar institutions under
\he bent:lkea influence of popular sove
reignty. Calhoun made war on the adminis-,
nation ofJadrsoiv, but the patriotic firmness
of " Old Ilickcr?Nuailed not before the at•
tacks of the great logician. The-theorizing
,diserenizer coiih.l mit resist the practical
1 sense and indomitable will of the statesman
and pstriet. Thin reminiscence is suggestive.
Let Mr. Douglas Profit: by it.
;iaiiicatiat or rejection. We clip the follow
int, list from the Mauch Chunk Democrat.
4 . _
STATES WllOir. CONST/IKTIONS ITI;NE NOT Stli•
SOTTED FOR RAM:IC.I+I9N TO THE I'EOPL
.Maine, New -Ilaropshire, Yertnont, Max. ts
chusetts, Couneetient, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina,
South Cal ohne, Geo rgi aba re a, Mi ssi pPi,.
Kentucky, ,Ilissonri, Arkansas , and lowa.
STATES ISLICSIE CONSTITUTIONS WERE StintITTED
OSTIFICATIO'S TO THE PEOPLE.
Rhode Jr. hind, Maryland-, Virginia; Florida,
Louisiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana,
Wisconsin,Texas,and California.
Ohio, although in the latter list, did not,
we lieliere, submit her first constitution to a
I popular vete, but did so in HiM.. Some of
the other's have ; submitted amendments, and
..1
in some cases new constitutions to the people
for approval, but this• in no wise affects the
way in which they wero suirmitted into the
Union.
• jpr At:meting of the Democracy' is Called by
the Chairman of the County Committee for
the iturpose of choo;ing delegates to the next
Democratic State Convention. The time fur
the hohlingiOf the- State Convention Is not
vet fixed ; tlie,Chairman of the Central Cont
.• *tieer.liccx.aLsvv i being :empowered by
etsoltttion e.all it when
he.9finksii roan - appropriate for the State
ant party intereits. It will piobiably be con
! tec*dearly in the Spring. 'We-,hope that
_ I the County.tneeting will be Well it tided. =
1 It Will be a ft. occasion to renew oil? .expres
,.._ Mon of confidence in our•ab r .o Chief Magie•
trate;,,
tairGen: Wm. - Walker'. stas ,errested at
Punta Areiias on the 7thinvit., - by douimodore
'Paulding. ,Walker 'is to• be .banded over,
to the - Federal Courts to be dealt withtac
cording to law. .Tboki wider his command
and itested witli him - have been sent to Nel
-1
folk. The General left New York - Tuesday
,or Washingtpn, in charge- of Marshall Ryn
y ders,end aAx. r pmptinied - by Lis,coneiel, T. F.
to 1 Meagher andsThos.-Campbell,l4qrs.
in - aie
.
: 16 - .QuEitste--The Trainte scribbler intimates
i- that ilbe. Legislature - of, KOMIISE, ahho' Free
n-1 State men, are of the 't tiatitl'elasic" sad are
i- unclej the inlpression:" timt_hotio . t. limitalhem
to to ce.tainliK,islation." - This imobittif txtesPS
that They are nten,..not blaxithirsty abolition%
ofists, and that . they look .to
.constitational
h- limi t s, 'partially , in their . acts.: Ife l yns
eea • to
re d
, I 1
deeply
, I
• control over , them !
NA nsas advicin to, the inst. (the day
follurring the election) report the Voistitutiori
;with the slavery , chitin adopted. ;Nothing
-defitaitil WiiittYo' l lll Irriwyri'estothe
The nOtoriosii:
gone to'fort &Ott with the-krowed fete min
ation to ! destroy chat ''plice;,exterron
at s e tle
pro•slavery settlers on
,the,Plawneeresetia.
gum and carry the war which he is trying
hard to inaligurate, into Missouri. Gen.,
Denver had assumed the Gloymionilsipof-the
Territory, and issued an address exerting the
citizens to appeal to the ballotAoil for mg set
leletnent of the difficulties WhickuncorUpaiis
them. ' '.•
sc,, .t\. misnames. Electiori. ‘,...1:
The completion of the official eanvis's - of
the late.eleotion in Minnisota shoirs the en
tire'Democratio ticket triumphant. The Leg
islature on the . 19th inst., elected the Hon.
Ifeery-W. Rice and the Hon. James-Shield.
U. S. Senators. These gentlimen are tried
and true Democrats.- - Gen. ,Shilis formerly.
represented Illinois "in the U. S. Senate; le.
served With distieetion in the Mexican war
Though born in a foreign country,
cell him in-devotion to the institut
larid of his adoption.
prThe te!egraph informs us that 'the neg
lecti of-the Kattgas Legislature at is extra ses
sion, to provide for . a vote upon the Topeka
titution,. (riches the wraiti hie LANE
m.ellites. These incendi a ries it seems
' with the privtl eof voting
.... .
ln instruna t
_; they
. 011 7
nal& scheme "of:pail
)intoiive gfiv.evo
id Alia:Sena-
are not
down the L.
stinately flink to .
slotted partitaaai . 7 a
lution. They ebstild bear
tor. Douglas it 1130/$ battik,
than .the. Lecomptoa:. movement,
ne44. not Jotpect him to join them in al
. of the former.
.ilarA large 'and enthusiastic meeting of
the Demkracy Atari held in Jayn's liall•Phil
adelphia, on the evening of the 28th inst., and
presided over by ei.Chief J widen, Le wis;'',Sen
ator Bright of Indiana, lion. S. A. Smith of
Tennessee, Hon. Wm. B. Witte ef Phil
adelphia, and others addiested the tneetig..l
Resolutions endorsing the President's Kansas'
policy and expressing unabated ,confidence
in his ahility and patriotism were unanimous
--, •
:/tir The grand jury of Warren Qounty
lately made the following presentment sigaiiist
that portion of the present Schot:il•Law which
creates the office of County Superintendent :
" We would present that pOition of the
late School Law providing 1011, the appoint
ment of County Superintendents m involvidg
.
a wasteful expenditure of 'the School Fund
and as having failed to give tHe Schools of our
county that thorough sirperVision intended'by
tLe Legislature 'pits enactriterit, Grand
Jury would ealeestly. recommend. its repeal.
, .
• Fom' Allftestsington. _
. 0 4i - siliseros, Dec. 26, 1837 ;
Letters to
,;: dai,irere received at the Siftte
Department , :frosK-chief Justie4 Williams of
Kansas Territoix liming a detailed account
of disturbances tehfeh hive taidn'place in the
Yleinity Of, Fort Scott. He says}: •
Authenticinformation verified by (be oaths
of most creditable witnesses has been brought
to day to Goverbor Stanton that a 'body of ,
men, fully armed and equipped with etharpe's
rifles and revolvert, to, the-.llumber of one,
huudied, halt i. t peared in tt t ,,,-,;,..:-:,.....4.
Fort Seim, ladder, the adiicirinandVf (hie 'Mont
gomery,. who was' a member I f the Topeka
Convention. - The'c'bmpauy `oll a portion of
it proceeded to the houses of Messrs.-Weston
Gouriky an&Sortibetela and violently seized
1
:hem Itnd took, them away, since ,ibich time
nothinglias been heard of them. A report
is -abroad that • they 'murdered' them. This,
however, I think lacks- - 41ithenticity. Com
plaint iedue "ferin of taw having been made
of these acts before a Justice of the Peace,
the proper process WO psi into the kends of
1 the Mirahal - TO arrest the offenders. tie pio
ceeded to their rendezvous in Southwood's
Ihouse, found it fortified and as he approached
it fifty men.armed with Sharpe's rifles and
1
revolvets came forth from the house in mil
itary,Ordet,comaranded by Montgomery, andl
demanded of him an account of his business;
,
there.
Having informed them that he was the!
Marshal, and that he hid come to arrest then !
or some of them, by virtue of legal process;
their reply wag that they had received a clis•:,
patch froth James H.-Lane that the Legislai
i
ture now in session bad rep/sled all thelaws
of this Territory, and that they were their own
Jaw makers and executors ; therefore they
would not, permit, any arrests to be made!,
and that he might leave.. Finding their de.
terrioation to resist him, and knOwing that
he alone could not withstand the Parse.op)
posed' to him,. -he left them and. returned to
Fort Scott.
.' , , • • i
Thus stnds the affair, as far as beard from.
-_Now,these - men openly profess to be organ
izdtin-rent to Fort Scott and vicinity by
General Line ' Aetney'op l ety and. boldly
swear they 'will burn Fort Scott, the citizentof
that place are viituall-y besieged and obliged
to be on duty day and night, while ! in the
country areund, the people bylamilies are fly
ing from their hoine.s, leaving their property
exposed to the depredations Of these lawleis
I
men. •
• The abo v e- are substantially facts, as they
are well aut h enticate d , Yodrs trely, -
I." WILL IAMS,
VChief Justice of Itansns Territory.
1
WASItINGTON, Dec. 24, 1857., '
i
. A requisition was made on the Irease 'y
o-tlity fur i s33l),ooo for, the pay . of Aetnb ft,
of Congress from the 4th of March lasr,und r
he joint Scautions recentjy passed, Of this
mount o ver $120,000 has already been rt.
urml in gokl,. • .
•
In addition . to the Piwnee delegation of
ndians, &delegation of the - Pouches from
ebraska 'has arrived here, both on business
ith, the Government. .
-
. 4 !e President has issued a proclamation
.:tting Part the 13th of Febrhary for taking
the sen s e o e voters , of the Distriet. of Ob
i
ornbiaoul ane code of bteri.
Contraeta for en ring the _plates of .tbe
Treasury notes, have '
made,
,ti e r ol:4 and the ls.t
er Will bh issued in abimt o weekS - . Thinr
.enoutinltions will be one hundt• ~ five Into
rel and l one thousand dollars '. ' .•
.The Prrideni, - in reply_to • resOlitio . , b e
-..nate, transmitted to that body Yesiet , e
he correspondence which, took'phtee'lleavl;? a.
• ear ago,. ilk reference to tha boutbardmen of
reytowri.
_Count; Sartigoe;it appeari;askrel
"ndemnitY-fOr actael COaiwiAristgained by. she
rettCh - subject% who, twaapacantd 4 1 4.
sis oss
cally ins iblo to relmiforttutir -gmds tom.
• bong ration rinsed by . ~th, moimielnla
.f•the co .etelltle; of the 1 1 • 8 :' 40 °Pretivat.
0' Ane. Gav,_.,Mavey, in ';ePIY, • ideta.*lfile•
hat tba resi dent- has net Lb*.wlt,,ablet Jci $ll4
;or,. I princirtes of 'vi•ght,-etevenorelui-
taw liiistatned, it * ii
patch eipounds to hint the' interim;
w.
t Sartiges ar,lcnowledges, its receiPt,
sfie will not fail to send Dior. Marcy*
citation to the Fron'cl(rGoye, rnuiet
pee to the letter is eitibratijal In Me',
• nti. Although tht.resol title() call tg
&rotation, included tiny cgire,spolid7
gilitat Britain, none iraf-transulit
iießenille. •
Affhe
di,
ti al I
Coo
oiad sa .4
or ED.
1c ap seN
40 1
for the ',
erica
W e tantirtrros, Dec. 22, 837.
overorrient is 'officially advised of the
n New ~cork of two Wails of fire arms
from Her Britanic Majesty's Gov
iw returi- for the arms sent thither
last. • ",
The
arrival
• prose
erumen'
Augustl
president to day nominated ,to the
n Ball: ex-member of Congress: from" "
Chief justice of Nebraska, together
ilellire. r Reed, Wright, Murphy, Angel
ere long_ago appointed amt heretofore
teed,' for foinigtimissione... • •
The
Senate
with )(
and tat
amour
Vela Cenirifst,
WASHINGTON, Diet. 19, 1857.
- rittenden of Kenttic,ky . stilmnitted:res -
Is that in Considirntion of the'financial
'on df the country and the eintierrass•
the Treasury ~the rates or duty es
:d by the, tlyiff of NATO' last, ought to
increaW ; and also in favor of
Itution of a system of borne vahni.•
Imported goals. 'The vesolutions lay
°lotion'
conditi
meats
tablisW
be ma
a subs ,
tion
over.
tione ex;
Itions of the
Senate resumed the consideration
.01
• siry . note bill.
bill was.aMeidetl the...ope
is the stelt until the
tat of 1a1ar7,1859 .
oldhltirig-iteteS of-a - less deaominOtion
ne hundied Ateliers, and it then Passed
against IS, as follow'
t---Messrs.: Bayard; beejamin,
Butler, lirown,'Clay,Ceittendeo,lJoug
,•ans, • Vitae, Fitztatrich,' FoOt . , Green,
Vaunter, Iverson, Johnson of Arkansas,
1 Kennedy, Mallory, Hason„Pearee,P,elk,
:ebastiati, Seward, Stuart, Thompson
JeStey, Wilson and Wright.
•
s—Me.ara. Bell;
hicalerick, Chandler,
Collamer, Davis,Hizon, Doolittle t pur:
eseenden, Hamlin, Harlale, Johnson of
King, Pugh, Simmons; TreinbUll
clops
And p
than
by 31
Big.%
Topeka,
'' -they
Reid,
of Ne '
I
b • rk I
kee,
Tenn
and %
,At
ho
s•
ade.
61 the ate adjoarned. •
: se maimed tlinsoomid
pf Mr. Bennet resolatioa providing
i• appointment of a, ial Committee
e into-couaideratiou a apers on the
t of it railroad to the "Pactfiii. -
• • Bark.dale of Miss. made an unsucceis
tion Co table . the resolution; the vote
.1 tn: '
eral incidental questions *_were deter
s by yea and nay votes: .
Florence of Pa. said that. the House
ridenee that a? 'good came of sitting on
• aj. He'then made an ineffectual Eno
. adjourn. •
bubject was passed over,snd the-House
ntoCOm mittee on the Treasury Note bill.
.!Glancy l loubs.of Penneyhlinia explain
'provisions of the bill, u!lkigh. he 4'41
Similar to thor heretofore passcd under
beinocritic and Whig Administra
.. He would endeavor to get a rote up
toidaY; - •
had
Satu
tion
Th
went 1
ed ti
were
beith
tions
en it
SCNATIL, Dec. 21:
Wright e of..Nevr - Jersey; iutioduced a
continue the improvernetnt of the • har
t Nev;ark, New Jersey, which was Le:
;to the csanmittee.ofcorntneroe..
of,Norgarolina,.-submitted a
resolution tihieh 7 oas adopted by a vote
i _yeas to 12 Flys, proiiding We4 that wheis
wo Houses a
'adjourn on nesday,
ll be to meet again on the 4th -.of-Jano.
. Wilson of Itfasi".; intro:T*4d s bill
L.n
-f the FreePublie‘Schoolsiii l ttieDistriet
- •
. Bigler of .Penny addressed the Senate
eating the President's policy in the
.rtion of the• Message.
ousE.—Tbe' ILIUM resumed the tonijkl
en . of the Treasury Note bill.
,r
_ .
:6 -
or C
)1
vi i
sus'.
SZSAIA' Dec: 22
r. Wilson introduced a bill to secure to,
I settlers- the alternate sections.of sec
of the public lands, . reserved 'in the
ts to the States for -railroad Pu'rpoAes.
r. Johnson or Tenn., introduced a bill to
t, every head .of A family, who is
. a citizen
e United States, - a . homestead „of one
. red acres of land, on Condition of its oc.
ncy and cultivation. % •
1 .motion of Mr. Slidell, a resolution was
ted requesting tire. President-to commu
te a record of the precoedings of the sever
i
Naval Courts of Inquiry.
)n motion of Mr.'Seward a resolution was
'pled directing the Joint Committee on
sting to inquire and report whether any
provision of law areittecessary' to 'secure
faithful petformance of the existing Con•
is, which provide for accurate reports' of ,
debaies in the two Houses.
he Senate resumed the et,tisidetation of the
ident's annual' message. '
Dose.—The House went into committee
On !the Senate Treasury Note bill. •
t h C n S o al t,vi lth . f
were- V i r n g o i t uj ,i a n a t r l g le u ej r) a
t t u o r
e s h o o f w b t a b n a 4 t
w rci:euß.rtrshemanncrrnytegi'
no es. The bill,in effect,propctsela loan. In re•
i l
pr to'llfr.. Grow, he said that the position
ofithat ,to'itlevtian srae an apt-illustration of'
'th old adage that "an apostate Christian is
cmiTluiptkonesg."ta• ura:
acyte.ts [ L aughte r.]
g...e n t
leman
that_single remnant of his past: Democrat
areer. [Laughter.l - • ,
r. Glancy 'Jones having, replied to the
ions objections urged against the bill,
wed the necessity' of its passage,in copse
nee of 'commercial ifevulsions. The mode
lia•ed was the he.t and. lesst exceptions,.
form of a tean ; the Treasury wanl.ed ZIO: . ,
1 at the cheapest, possible rates ; it was
c } i
, proposed to issu e these' notes as eurieqey„
had been charged, but Otiwhich to-layiow'
gold and silver to meet the ' pieseut exi
.
: eta. • • 1 ..-4
' dis
he various amendineri)a. were then ' -
ssed.,' : ' .
.
Mr. Banks's.proposltion, to raise an amount
-, • . .
IFL Gaow.--Do .you not consider my views
eiceedirtg twenty millions : a:10;3 ISO° of
ock redeemable: in one y!ar y .was, rejected
a vote of 78 against 103. , - 4 . : .
The Committee. then rose.
0, :.....,...
~ . ~
,The Senate bill Was passed, 'thouiarnend•
etit,—.yeas, 11,8 ; nays, 86; , ..,
The House Aen, by . ft vote of 97 against
[
Famed the : SOste- Joint , resolution . that
len both Houses adjourn to morrow, it. be
the-4thofJenuary. Adjourned. -, ' .
. •
ado
pie,
era I
• SeNAT; Deo. 23.
The., various branobes'oC.the kresiitoot`it
.age,.srerearipropr. s *tely:tatevred• .
Sireuxousigave notice-of bie inteutton
intr a Boma yaidoie t i JAI . .
stus addnissect- the- Senate "oil Abe
bjeet o( liens
Atijourlied until ‘.
- llonsus.—Mr. Wiese .
riltilege, and offered the to
ad evolution
"-Whereas, Itippears from- theiq,
'on of Brigham - Young, ice Gore
i - liTtiiingireitie - Prefideiree Sfeteste i lhat
etiodTisttitory .: , l*.nnie in open rehtiliotiageinot
tt ,
'Oov'eilinent of . Abe United States; there
, . .
;., iteeolierk ;'That the Committee on Terri
-rti4jes he inetrtfeted to conetdei and rei!ort on
the filets, an inquire into Op - propriety of
eludine - fwiti a next .on the floor of. the
iliurrie tint delegate item. diet Territory."
'-q.)l;;Keiiiinidierd - to 'table the resolution. -
m
otion nerstived by. 72 %ain't 118. The
'resolution was then, reed to. The palmmide,
was. adopted 107 against 77.
'Mr.Puulkner, from 'the Select Committee,
made a report in,re,gard to the aceommoda- •
tion of the new hall, settings apart .a portion
of the gallery for-reporters and foreign win
isters, and curtailing the claSses of the privi I-
eged ?ha - teeters to be admitted to the floor,
ate. The report was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Iltink4,ato mach of the '
President's, Message- as refers to Utah: was
referred tti,the• Committee on Territories,.
Mr. Petit announced the • death • of Mr.
Breatoti;ead Mr. Narlack the death of Mr> "
Lockhart, both Representatives from Indiana,;
pronouncing eulogies on their eharaefera.
Adjourned: to of Jan U•ary. . •
Report ot.the tißeeretury o/-War.
We learn , from the y . eport ut the Ilerirgtary
ofWar, that the army- ctrtt;hti of—aineteen
vigtinentpolivided into ten of i6fantry (Ins of
artillery, twits' . of4ragoonai tvrolof etivitry gtx.l
one of ectonated riflemen. -The wboteattrengt*,.:
its posted, irst 'alarm and actittai
strength on the 14 of July
Considering the vast-extent, pith* gostotry the „
Secretary recominends an increase of five addi
tional regiments: CantOnnreiske of_ tatialry.
are deemed advisable• to be.estabhilted along,
therfrontier.
On the subject or the' Mormon .troabhrthe
report states that. great care has bee* faker..
in preparing . for the. match. to .Utah, that.
nothiog, should seein, - ta exciolapprohaablora
of any . ration" mato Par‘ of.the-mtki'io.the
least - conflicting with theifixed principlea'cf •
our institutions; by whiCit-' , thivNtiiilitary is
stiictly s suliordinate th the. vivil authority.--
The vimmenditig officer Was otrittallyinvtruo
ted not to allow any 6niftict'ttfttike dirge be
'tween ilietroeps and the people, P OF therTerri- .
tory, except Only in case he shmihl-be call
ed upon by the Governor for soldiers try act
as a poste rornitalus in enfpreing .obedience•
to the laws. , in 'conformity with this - 'semis
ment, and to assure the people of the real in
tention of the -movement, an active, discreet
officer; was Sent . % • advance of tile ariny to
Utah, fon.'tho
ions for ii,•and of assuting the people,of the
Territory ,of the petteetul intentions of the
-Government; This duty'was faithfully per
„formed.; the cheif men of the fraternity were ”
assured that no violence was intended toward•
them or any one, and that nothing
further from . the intention of the Govetinnent
or the army than tolnolest ani one for relic
ions opinions, howeYer•fibbotrent they might
be to to the principles of christiin morality.
• The evils growing out of the present con-
I dition of the stair, brevet rank and promotioii
by seniority are ,expcsed, and the Secbetarv i •
urges to provide by la s for'the construatiun
of the regiments of.herse, artillery and ban
try, as to approach titian as far as our circum
stances require to, the. practice, of mis
all nati
long eiperienced in war, and so as to admit _
their cutitraction for peace and the'ri --
re-et
pension in W*ll..without altering this basis. j•
-To place the staff,in -3roper relatiOn to :he
rest•of the, army, the law should culleat all the
officers during that branch of duty into one
rcorps, to be assigned by authority of the Pe
sident to such dunes:is entilt relay seem to be ,
best fitted for, securing to 'kelt - the rank
relative posi i tion he - now holdV. ,
To avoid,-for the future, the difficulties at
tending. brevet rank, the- best, plan is to ,cre
ate permanently; the general offices now es
eicised under'l)r_esikrl4.makingrealer-2enerals
and, brigadier-eenerats as - -thv sure of the
army
_requires.
The report of the General-i9Chieris taken
up and the plan of regimentalldepots„for re
cruiting approved. The tone Of:lberia and
file needs elevation, atiAthelpiactitie: . Of em
ploying the soldiers as ilitlinterijl; - considered
extremely sdegradint to'ibeipYide"rthe
dies. He also reconieneiThdirthet . 7.Promotion
to commission shouldtdil,f;atailL..certainly
be attainable by :meritorious •Mitt2in the
ranks:
The 'Secretary considers' the route from El
Paso to the Colorado the most feas yle for
the Pacific Pailroati.
A. national foundry is struney - recominend:
ed as one of the 'Most valuable I .oesus of de
velopi4 `the mineral wealth and . resonrces of
the country. The arms fabricated in the na
tionid Arniories are said to tie of the most, su
perior q . uality.
Refeeng.to the
- national'defenses, the Sec
retary of Wisr says that New York may be
norsiderectis . impregtiable- from any attack
from the sea, when . the fortifications .now' in
procesti shall I.l9finhbed.. The fortifications
will be better - ,1 - tne guns heavi,er, and more nu
merous than these of Sebastopol.
The; secretary:%approyes the srtem of forti
fications as the \ cheapest defenses of commer l
ciel points,. with the heavy gnni cif the prey
ant.
time.
- Intprovernents in fire-arms and breach load
ing arms in connection with recent experi
tnents4tre alluded, to.
The report7conclutle.s with a review of the
diflimilties attending the Quartermaster's ne
partment on,snaiintinttho motintainit, des
, ertt, and extent . O - rjitur-NYectern regions—and
that heavy expenditnies whiet must raise
,'result.
e, 4th of lontiotY.
tas - qvition of
, wiog pamble
°chap*.
Lur et
Repel the Poitmaister Genernl.
Postmaster General Brown gives tita,
towing itatittiiis of his j Etettsrtment si
-B,l46PAist-offir•es were estall'lislied in the,
twenty Years ftoin 1896 to 1;60, the number
established'in ten. .years fiem 1.547 t 0.1857,
was 11;444'-bein g s . An incre a se or 3,208 i.
just one balf - Tof th e former peri4 During
the last fitenl year, 1,725 offmes ba'ribeea es•
tat:dished, and 764 discontinued, being a nor
increa-o of 1,021. . • The riumiliei ,of Vostmas- •
ters alip4inted,during the ye,r, was 8,689 ; of
Which 4,797, *ere t:t. 1W vacancik;s - occasioned
by .resignations. The total, number, of Putt
i',:iffie:es in ih'e United States at, this time is,
27,148, of whit:lo64 are of the class denum
iusted Presidential, the incumbents being sub
jet t( to appointment - 14 the Pirigetit apt!'Sew- .
ay.; • - . •
On Abe 30th June last, 1,889' mail routes
,were in operation, with an aggregate length
of 242,801 miles of which 22,530 miles were
by rai1r0nd,15,245 by nteainboatit, 46,339 by
coach. The total annual ,
~11 r anipOttation
nails wis-74,906,067 utiles costing $8.6.2.2,-•
-020,:of whielt there by railroad. 24,267„-
944 , ,n,i1e5, at 2,559,847, about ,cents and
5 mint it Mile: Steamboat,4,4lB,l
At $991.99 11 , about_22 (mitts a mile. Coaolt,
10,090.930 miles at„1,410,820,.ab0ut cont
and4-tuills a mile. 'lnferior grades, 27,020,-
071 miles,,at $1,650,375; about '0 eon& a
k - • - .
The expehdiat u res including paymettts
to j
letterentriers and fori::sign postage; was
$11.606,957 93. The gr revenue to; .1857,
amounted in, $7,353,051 76. The,...•isairitate 4 l
l expenditnre for thectoming'lnar
247, and receipt" 0,799.188.
..The Baglioth money order artt - tiritteriltaded
to; the AMOUR( itilknrillitttd 4 13 ' tiVit. cprkty
_ _ .