outtost gitutotrat.
A. J. GERRITSON, Editor.
' - 14:ONTZ.013E, P 41.,
'Thursday, Febritary 18, 1858.
. lay - Distant subscribers whose term of pre
;payment has expired; will observe that this
'entice is marlied with , a pen. Tkey are re
.ipectfully soliciteds-to renew their ,subscrip-
Jions. •
rir The second quarter ofjth: Suaque 7
.banna- County Noi mai School will mmence
' , on -Monday, Feb. 22, 1858. .Thy opening
addreiii wilt be delivered in the Academy
Hall at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of that day
.by Abe Ber. A. L. Posy. r The public - is re
,
-spectfully invited to be jreaent.. '
jrigr Mr. C. 1). Lsturop advertises c over
atid.time•ly seed fir, sate, in 'to-day's paper,
?--Niself..P. Crowley - gives notice - that he. has
;spewed a grocery in the basement of the
Franklin Motel.'-z--Tbe Post Master itidvertises
the; uncalled for letters in this paper, it. hav
ing the largest circulation in the range of the
Post Office.—Xonin wants, a situation.' See
advertisement. ' ,
-i. t4P* We turned yesterday that a Miss Bagley
of Brooklyn died , very suddenly and misteriously
on Tuesday.last. She was living at the house
of Mr. Eiisha G. Williams. The family were
'all absent in the afternoon, and on returning in
eref4ng, found the house faste4d ; after
eYgering she was discovered lying upon the floor
in the bedroom, with a pillow under *her head,
-dead. The cause of her . death could not be dia
covered..Coroner Blackman was , sent for yester
di
far Ii - has I,eeu understood - that the real
cause of contention between the President
and Douglas, was the different construaiou
of the Nebiaska Bill, the former believing
teat the Co - nstitutional Coniention was not
boUnd:: by its terms to submit any.question
but that of slavery id the popular. vote;
the latter bolding that they were, as lie un:
stands it. : It is \Ohl , probable that since his
pa — rtial alliance with Black Republicanism, -
the'liule giant
'w tray understand it, but that
such as not bis opinion in June 1856; is
clearly khown by his own - ree - ord. Read. the
article headed "Senator Bigler-sustained;" in
which you will find a quotation- froth Mt.
Douglas' own kpeech e in wiiichhe states that
he helped to strike out of the -"Toombs Bill"
the clause _requiring the submission of
atituticm to the mote of the people.
/tar One off our subicribers in Brooklyn
informs 11S - that he does not get bit . paper un
til Monday er,Tuesday after its publication.
• For the last six weeks the Dtrnocret has been
mailed for Brooklyn regularly On Thursday
evening, and it should arrive there on Friday.
If it has not, it has been mis-sent or detained
on the route. In ease this continues, we.hope
our friends will give notice of the fact and
we will endeavor to show who is the party
responsible for the detention. •
Our papers, sent liv.the Friendsville.
wood, - Ilarford and D. L. & W. R. R. (going
ei ''.2.lr On trove - x - (72m
Office in time for the afternoon mail on Thurs
day; those-for the Towanda;Tnnkhanno4,anil
1). L. .& W. R. R (going south) routes, are
left atstlie POst Office on Thursday evening
and go the next morning. 'Tbe Auburn mail
does not go until Monday. We expect; to fill
our mails in accordance with the above, every
week, unless prevented by unavoidable Cir
cumstances. In such -cases notice will be
given of the fact, otherwise :those who have
charge of the rust Offices — ard mail routes
- tnua, be held accountable for the non-arrival
of our' paper &t the paper time.
Susq'a. . Co. Agricultural Society.
TegSDAr EVESING; Jan. 26, 1858—
Tbe'Sociefy met at the Court-House,,pur
mut to notice. President, Thomas Johnson
in the •Chair. . The minutes of the last meet
ing were :tread and adopted. On motion, a
committee was appointed to recommend offi
cers fur -the ensuing yeti-, which reports as
follows, arid-th.e StSclety adopted their. report:
THOS. JOHNSON, Pres.
. STEPHEN W. BREED, I t ,
A. IL PATRICK. - - 7 -- res
11, L. CATLIN. ", Rec. Seey.
ABEL CASSEDY, Cor..Sec'y.
S. F:CARM ALT, Ex. Com..
A. LXTHROP, Treas.
The-Executive CoMmittee having examined
the Treasurer's-account, report as follows :
1857. Jan. 1; Receipts.
- " Balance On • hand, $166.94
Sept. 23 it44sh - recld on Fair Day, -305,90
" From Co. Treas i z,. 100,00
•
DiShursements.-
Sept. - 23. Cash paid Band. $:25,00
" ' " - N. Lyons bill 7,99
" " A. Baldlvin, 29, 5.
• " " James Deans, 6,56 .
F. B. Chandler; - g,25
T. Mawhinney, 9,71
" " 1). Post, •8,75
" " _ McCollum L-Gerritson,. 10,00
" " Police , .9,00
" " .Door Keepers, 4,00
A " . G. Jessup &A. Johnson,.; 3,00
" " A. Lathrop th-C0.....,.., 16,73
" . Premiunis, J .354,50
OW=
Jan. 2t,3Rr18. Balance on hand . $84,90
Signed; THOS. NICHOLS''ON,
'• • - A. BALDWIN. -
Report of crops raised by A. H. Patrik, of
Bridgewater, on his farm of 80 acres o im
proved land : `-
Oats, 287 bushel, at 371 cts.
• -Corn, 350 " of ears, at 30 .
Rye, - 160 " . at 75
Wheat, 25 " at $1,25
_ Potatoes, 60 "at 7s
-- Apples 75 "of grafts at-15
".• 100 "of common at 25
Hay 48 tuns at sB,oo'per too,
Pork 900 lbs at $6,00 per lb.,
Milk and butter from 4 cows,
Curn stalks and straw,
I bare pastured 1 - span of borses, one poke
°Coxed; tau" cckvs and''3o head of young cat
tle. Signed fA. II PATRICK.
The alkare 'report bras adopted and pretniun2
on - feted to lie paid.
_ .
The Colloviug resolutions were 'offered and
adopted..
lbsnived, That the track ib the Fair ground
trijo graded for the mere purpose of shOwing
t!:e aMianair.,on exhibition at .he }fair aw was
notintended or designed to exhibit the speed
cf btses i and this. Society hereby expresses
its entire hostility to any exhibition' of speed.,
at its Fairs as being inconsistent with thk ob
jects of the Society.
Resolved, 'that the Society request the
President to communicate to Caleb Carmalt,
the wishes of the Society that he with
draw his resignation of life Metithership, and
[-that he continue to favor the Society with his
aid,. and that while the Society decline the
liberal donation offered by him upon the con
ditions annexed to its acceptance as at this
time inexpedient, - they most fully indorse and
adopt the sentiment contained in his -
commu
nication.
`The following resolution was offered and
pissed for'the- , tirst time, and laid over until
the next meeting for further action. •
Resolved, That the annual Fair of the So
ciety be kept open for two days and that the
reports - of Committeei be made at the close
of the annual Address; which shall bideliver
ed on the second day of the Fair. •
If. L. CATLIN, Sec'y.
....The Canadian press is largely occupied
now with discussions upon the selection..of
Ottawa as the - future-capital. Acquiescence
rat'her than satisfaction characterizes the
_re
marks of the Toronto,Kingston, Montreal
and
. Quebec journals. ,
.Cincinnati, Feb. 10th.—A despatch from
Maysville to -the Commercial says, that the.
extensive establishment known as the Union
Factory, recently erected for the manufartnte
of coal oil Was entirely destroyed by fire at
a o'clock -yesterday afternoon.' The loss is
estimated at from forty to fifty thousand dol
lars. No insurance.
• . :..Utica, N. Y., 'Feb. 10th.---.-The Evening
Telegraph .gewspaper office and bookstore of
Jc W. Fuller & Co, were destroyed by fire
last night.. The drug store of G. 1). Foster
was also greatly damaged. ThB aggregate
lostlis from thirty to thirty-five thousand dol
lars. Insurance about twenty thousand doh
lars.
-....l3altimore, Feb. 10th.—The schooner C.
R. Vickery from A4takapas, reports that in
lat. 34 34, long. 81 14, saw a vessel supposed.
to - be a brig Of • three or four hundred tons
btirthen, burned nearly to the water's edge,
atotndoned. On 'the first day out, Thomas
lodge of Bath Me., mate of the C. R. Vickery
fell overboard, and was drowned.
- ....Richmod, Va., 'Feb. 10th.—A bill was
reported in the [louse to-day' requiring the
Banks to resume specie payment on the Ist
of April next.
A portion of the old cotton factory at
Manchester, this State, was burnt this after
,noon. L&s ten thousand`dollars. Fully in
mired here.
Senator Bigler Sustained.
Our, readers will remember the scornful
terms in which - Mr. Douglas attempted to
throw`off the charge of Mr. Bigler, that at a
meeting of the Democratic members of the
Senate Committeeon Territories, held in Mr.
Douglas' own house, it was decided to strike
out of the Toombs Kansas bill the clatise pro
viding for the submission of the Constitution,
.when -formed„to a.vote of the people. The
Black Republican' letter writers at Washing.
-ton_ favored. us with rhapsodical desCriptions
of the defiant 'manner of the Little Giant, as
be-dared - the Senator from Pennsylyania to
say that he. had participated in the discussion
at hic own louse, or been in, any- degree in
strumental in striking out the clause referred
to. We' propose to prove. out of Mr. Douglas'
own mouththat he had. a band in alteringthe.
4 " ." 11ii .
0n tie - t o March, 186, 3fr. Douglas,
from_the Committee on Territories,. reported
to the Senate - a bill "-to authorize the people
'ofthe - Tesritory
. of Kansas to form a Constitu
tion and _ State government, preparatory to
their . admission Into the Union." The
25th
did not act upon the hill, and on the 25th
of Jiine of the same year, Mr. TooMbs_offered
a substitute, which contained as did the
original bill of Mr. Douglas) the following
clause :
"That the following proposition be and the
same are hereby offered to the said convention
of the people of :Kansas, when formed, for
their free acceptance or rejection, which, it
accepted by the Convention, and ratified by
the people at the election for their adoption
of the Constitution, shall be obligatory on'thc
United - States B'A-the State of Kansas."
On !notion of Mr. Douglas, the bill of Mr.,
Toombs was referred to the Committee on
Territoriv , . and on the 20th of June, Mr.
Douglas -made a leitgthy report from this
Committee, aecompanied by a bill., This bill
embraces many of the features ()CALL Toombs'
bill,-but the provision for submitting the Con
stitution to a vote of the people was left out:
The section was made to read :
- "And be it further enacted, That the fol
lowing propositions be, and the same are
hereby offered to said Convention of the peo
ple of gansas, for their acceptance-or rejec
tion, Wi:ich if accepted by the Convention
\shall be obligatory on the United States and
upon the said State of Kansas."
Now let us hear what Mr. Douglas has to
say itilregard to the modification of the
Toombs billthe striking out of that portion
of the section first above quoted, requiring a
ratification by the people. Let us hear who
did the striking out. In his speech some
time ago, Mr. Icouglas,gave the'following ac
count of the transaction :
071,94
" The President does not say he - does - not
mean that this Convention had ever been re
cognized by the Congress of the United States
as legal and valid. On the contrary, he
knows, as we hereknow, that during the .last
Congress I reported a bill from the Commit!te
on Territories to authorize the people of Kan
sas to assemble and form a Constitution for
themseltes. Subsequently the Senator from
Georgia [Mr. Toombs] brought forward a
substitute for my bill, which, after having
been modified by him and myself in consul
tation, was passed by the Senate. It is known
In the couiltry as 'Toombs bill.' It author
izes die people of Kansas Territory to assem
ble inCimventionanel.form a Constitution pre
paratnry to their admission alto the Union as
a State."..
( 4 481,04
Here Mr. Doneas distinctly admits that
be had .a share in modifying Mr. Toombe bill,
As charged by Mr. Bigler, but which Mr. a
defiantly challenged the proof of 4t the time.
'This is a curious chapter in the recent politi
cal history of the distinguished i Senator from
Illinois. We may add that after the bill was
modified, Mi. Douglas and all-the Democratic
members of the-,Senate voted for it.; but the
House of Bepresentatives, which contained a
majority of Republicans, rejected it—arid
upon the issue thus .presented, the opposition
parties appealed to the country, which sus•
tained the Democracy.— Valley Spirit.
$107,62
105,00
120,00
31,25
45,00
56,25
25,00.
384,00
54,00
80,00
60,00
ju r ,We clip the tollowmg from the Har
risburg.papers:
-
"The Citizen • soldiers who served a cam
paign, at Baltimore, in The war of 1812, under
the command of Brig. Geo. Foster, with such
others, as may find it convenient to attend,
are invited to meet in Harrisburg, at the
Court House, on the 22d day of Feb. next,
for the purpose 'of taking into consideration,
the propriety of memoraliaing the Congress
of the United States, to pass - a law, that shall
place theta on the same foottag with the sol
diers-of the revolutionary war.
$1008,32
News Iteius.
A Judicious Veto.
The annexed veto message from our-excel
lent Gov. Packer will mkt the hearty ap-'
proval of every lover of a sound currency.—
Read it, it explains itself :4
EXECUTIVE lin VdDER,
HARRIEIBURI:I, January .28, 1858. t •
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the Common w j ealth of Pennsylva
nia :
GEVTLEMEN Jerevittu re.....-
Rouse. of ,Representatives; in which it origi
nated, thebill entitledAn net relative' to
the borough of Scranto n" without my appro
val.
This bill proposes to ahthorize the Burgess
and Council of the borokh of Scranton, , in
Luzerne County, "to Issue. orders on Its:
Treasurer for the payment - of laborers employ
ed by said borough, and, pledge the taxeslor
Itreet and borough purpbses for the payment
of said orders, and otherwise anticipate the
revenue of said bqrough for the same year for
the purpose of providin_z, work for the desti
tute and unemployed laborers during this win
ter." • I _ ,-
The evident object of thisbill is to create
a species of local 'curreticy, tfpon the credit of
the corporation, to be distributed in small
ti.)
amounts among the I oring population.—
This isin direct conflic with existing gener
al liws of the State. The act of 12th of April,
1828, entitled "An st l t concerning small
notes for the paymen tof money," add the
resolution of the
,24thiof June, 1842, estab
lishcd a general \ policy,lwhich it will be wise
to maintain. I am' notlaware of any recent
attempt to depart from that policy, nor am I
aware of any public,opinpan which would sanc
tion it. The object ofj the State should be
to furnish her laboring population With a
sound currency, and ink my opinion their true
interests will not be promoted by laws of the
character now proposed.
The objections to small notes_ apply with
peculiar force to those issued by municipali
ties, depending for th it prompt redemption
upon the uncertain rev nue policy of the cor
poration,-and partaking generally of the im
perfections of paper not redeemable on demand
in coin, they are liablb to sudden and great
depreciation. I
-This bill is also liable to the general objec
tions which apply to sYecial acts for patticu:
lar localities, exempting them from the opera
tion of general laws. Our laws relating to
boroughs are believed ,A) be • liberal, and suffi
cient for alt. leoitimtite purposes. If they
should be found ' to he imperfect, the true
remedy is to amend th t m by provisions which
shall operate equally yid generally through
t:tit, the Cornruottweait.
• . WM. F. PA C KER.
From Woshiugton.
The Board appointed by the War Depart
ment to examine Sharps breech loading pis
tol, of a similar construction to the breech
loading carbine, have !made a report, the oh:
ject being to ascertain how long they could
be used ,without cleaiting. After twenty-six
shots with the eight Snch, and thirteen with
the ten inch pistol, the moveable or sliding
breech became su foci as to work with diffi
culty, and to render j further experiment im
practicable. Ten shots were fired in one.min
ute.-
The Treasurer's sta ement for the week end
ing Monday : Receip nearly six hundred and
sixty four thousand dollars; amount deposited
in New -York, upward of onernillion five hun
.dred thousand dollat; subject to draft, four
million four hundred and thirty' nine thousand
dollars ; drafts paidalne million one hundred
en ing with Decem er . Receipts in the
Treasury from 411 souket", seven million nine
ty two thousand, sis hundred and sixty - five
dollars; expepditures, seventeen million dol
lars.
A majority of the Senate Committee on
Territories are preparing a report and a bill
for the admission of; Kansas into the Union
under the Lecornptihn constitution. They
are acting without reference to the question
of whether the free State or pro-slavery party
has the Le g islature 6 . ! State officers. In de
ference to Mr. Douglas, the Chairrogn of the
Committee, who has illeessin his family, the
repot will probably not be made before
Thursd4, in order to give him, time to pre
pare is dissent*, views. Messrs: Wade A:
Collamer will unite a third report.
It is clearly understood that in the event of
ro .. ersigent attempts first to pass the Minnesota
State bill, a proposition will be made-to unite
it with the Kansas Measure, that the success
of the one may depend - upon the passage
of the other. Suchi4 the present programme.
The Kanshs 'Committee.
Speaker c.hta has constituted the following
special committee to; investigate the circum
stances surrounding the Lecompton Constitu
tion, under Mr. llAnvils resolution:
Thomas L. Harris, Illinois, Anti-Lecompton
Democrat.
A. H. Stephens, Georgia, Lecompton Demo
crat.
Justin S. Morrill, Vermont, Republican.
John Letcher, Virginia, Lecompton Demu
th%
Edward - While, - Oliio, Republica - n.
' John A. Quitman,l Mississippi, Lecompton
Democrat.
Warren Winslow,; N. Carolina, Lecompton
Democrat. I •
Henry Bennet, Ne;w York, Republican.
Allison White , Pennsylvania Lecompton
Democrat. '
D. S. Walbridge, 151ichigan Republican.
T. L. Anderson, M-issourt.,, Lecompton Amet•-
iean.
J. W. Stevenson Kentucky, Lecompton
Democrat. •
Garnet B. Adrian, N. Jersey, Anti-Le
compton Democrat.;
Jas. Buffington, Massacbusetts,Republican.
William F. Russ 4, New York, Lecompton
Democrat. . I -
EXCITING POISON ' ING CASE IN lOWA.—The
Decatur County (lOwa) Court was recently
the scene of a most laciting trial. The , occa
sion, as we le'arn from a correspondent of the
lowa City Reputiiican,z is this: A family,
living in the ricinity of Leon, the county
seat, of about eighti or nine members, were
poisoned, four of whqm died suddenly from the
poison, which was-ptonounced by the attend
ing physicans to be arsenic, and the rest still
sui - rer` from its effects, none of - whorn, it is
supposed, will ever !entirely recoverfroa it.
Suspicion fastened Upon a Dr. Perdue, who
lived neighbor to the suffering family. It is
said he was a man ho always bad a great
many objections to urge in conversation
against his neighbors. A difficulty has
arisen between him and the community, about
a.road, in some way, and not getting matters
to go as he desired, Ihe was heard to-make a
threat that be would have revenge. After
this threat be borroWed from this family some
buckwheat flour, a part of which he returned
in a few days._ThO parents, being absent at
the time, the.eildrOn baked and ate of it, so
that when father and mother returned there
was but little of thr`f, flour left—and as they
ate bit a little, they are still living, while the
first who ate of it are dead'. After spending
sotne days in investigating his case, including
the Sabbath, Perdur!, was acquitte far want
of sufficient ev idence 'of his guilt. lie was
conducted out of to/ by night, away- flom
the mob.
The Result of tile Admilei h or Re.
Wilms of Kansas node' the Le
complou Constitution..
The special message of Mr. Buchanan sub
mitting the Kansas Constitutionto Congress
has been assailed with much rsicorous
=miry ; but the substantial reasns advanced ,
by him, in favor of the terinjiation of the
Kansas controversy, by her ',mediate ad
mission into the Union u as a Sate, have not
been answered with
,the samefacility with
which such epithets as "superamated'dotard,
weak tyrant; southern tool," do, have -been
showered upon his devoted had.. either
have the facts from which Mr. Juchanan de
duces his position ever beeu . sucessfully con
tcoverted..
-
There can be,no question tat the condi
tion and necessities of the courry second the
earnest.wish of the President tit the Kansas
question may be definitely dispsed of as soon
as possible. The great mass - 4)16e people, in
all sections, would gladly see to end of this
agilating_and.troublesome subjet. It has so
long beenstiso for mere part:eralS, by de
signing and ambitious men,that the peo
ple have come to regard ever new perfidy,
fraud or villainy enacted on tli soil of Kan.
sas as something belonging tr its territorial
condition, which cannot be of rid of until
it is made a State, and the isponsibility of
its management lakenfronixt general—gov,
4ith return to the
ernmenL . _
Wo think that the Lecornpn Con.ventiOn
committed a grave mistake imot submitting
the whole constitution to the iople, but it is.
at least questionable whetherirey had not .
the power to frame and put im operation a
constitution without popular tification, al
though they did- submit the lal portion to
a rebellious-people. But when majority of
the people of Kansas refuseito' vote, they
permitted the golden moment pass. We do
not see bow the , step can be traced. The
qaestion is now peculiarly - d entirely a
practical one—whether the a rs of Kansas
which have so long agitate ongress and
the country shall be localized whether we
'shall raise the curtain upon a zw act in the
great Katsina drama, the . e of 3vhich no
man can foresee.
Men may declaim as muc s they please
about the great frauds that •e beeti com
mitted
by the minority in K as, frotritlie
' inception of this Lecompton vention until
the birth of the constitutio ut the stub
born fact - still remains the ne,—that the
Minority . could not have gov , ed or commit
ted frauds" but for the per ion of the ma
jority. Bad this majority tied as they
should have done, the Lei..pton Constitu,
tion would now be Free Sta nstead - of nom•
finally Slave State. Their restnsibility, there
fore, cannot be questioned.they were in
vited to vote, and they refttl. They have
n 9 right to complain th those who did
vote carried the election.
The acceptance of the L mpton Consti
tution can have little prat I effect on the
future condition of Kansas. i Will be as ac
tually a free State with, as shout that con
stitution. The clause - admnig slavery will
never add a slave to the tie Late, or would
a free constitution take away. That
slavery is not really in qu nis an admit
ted truth. 'The pOwer of the ritory is in the
bands of the enemies of sh for they have
the Territorial Legislature, t Power, of the
new State is in the handy of enemies of
slavery, for they have tie Stat fficers and
the State - Legislature . the pot to alter
and amend 'the new e s mstitution nd trans
form it within a few m o nths after- admis
sion of Kansas, into a free c nation, is
%sill til_sapie n arty. It would erefore do
no pra Ica violence to the • e ; of the ma
jority," if the Lecompton Const tion were
accepted to morrow:
But, although this is not a 01011 ques
tion as far as it relates to the ablition of
Kansas, it is a momentuous questin; it af
fects the peace and welfare of tli untry.
:If the Lecompton Constitution srejected,
what will be the nest step R Whip ivill we
again arrive so near the end of it:Fansas
controversy ? Would not its det4 be a.
signal for a bitter sectional strugglgor a re
newed agitation which would thiri to the
sarface the factious Material thaii.Ould be
eternally quieted the moment Katis entered
the Union I Would it not turn tiplains of
Kansas into a battle-field, wheriould be
renewed the bloody scenes but let f termina
ted, and would not we enter upl a fierce
contest full of deplorable conseqtes?
This controversy will decide a her prac
ticalar
question—ls a rebellious m hi to. be
permitted to rule by factious oppo on to the
government ? It is a qtrestionfity as im
portant as that rung on so many -s, as to
the will of the majority gorer g. The
triumph of any body of men vho eliberate
ly defy the government would ben invita
tion to lawlessness, dangerous b 7, govern
ment,. and productive of future ran r.—Har
risburg Potriot and Union. 1
I. lIMIr 41,--•--
re - W. 11. Seward declarettbat in spite
of Southern aggressions, agaiosivhich he has
uttered so many earnest protestons; in spite
of the continued, systematic persistent
1 11
prostitution of Northern Demo is to their
Southern masters; in spite of thetrime against
Kansas; in spite or border rufian invasions;
in spite of Calhoun and the Leitmpton Con
stitution, and in spite of tae {resident and
the dough-faced Northern De*racy, Kan
sas will come into the Unim a k a free' State
.
under the Lecomnton n Constiuttm."
The admission is a significintme, proceed
ing from Mr. Seward. lit hat heretofore
characterized the policy ‘wbbh froduces this
result as a southern aggression,,end the Nor
thern Democracy as the wlliag slaves of
Southern masters. Now he cimedes that the
result of that polidy will be tomake Kansas
a free State, although his Meats have thrown
every ,obstruction in the way ,refusing to at
tend elections, organizing the Topeka Gov
ernment, and maintaining at armed resis
tance to the General Governmet. Mr. Sew
ard is at last brought to the poitt otadmitting
that:_these Southern aggression, which bate
afforded food for orators throtrAi two or ihree
political campaigns, have termitated in a free
State.
The Fight in Coulees&
We find the following versiot of the origin
of the Keitt & Grow affair in tin Washington .
"States," an anti. Buchanan paper:
Mr GROW was moving- down the avenue,
contiguous to which was the seat of Mr.
Some honorable member made a motion,
to which Mr. Gaow objected.
Mr. Kairr said : "Go .io yOur own ; Side
of the house, sir, and make your objections
there."
Mr. Grow promptly replied that le would
make his objections where he pleased," and
indiscreetly followed up this remark -by say
ing "he wouldn't. be governed by ,s.slave-dri
ver. This was the tocsin for the war.
• •
riy- An important circular has just been
issued by_ the Oriental Bink of London, an
nouncing that as soon as the arrangements
can, be made, the extreme terms for bank
drafts in India, Ceylon, Singapore, and China
will be four
_months' sight, and that from and
after the 30th of June-next, the purchase of
metcantile bills by the Bitak, will be restricted _
to bills having the same limits.
A Duel Fought.
We clip the pirticulars of a duel from the
Philadelphia Daily-News of Saturday
At twelve o'clock yesterday, a duel was
fought between, two medical students, about
one mile and a half from the Permanent
g ridge, and a short distance to the rear of
the Blockley Almshouse. The particulars of
this bloody affair, sn far as we have been able
to learn, are as follows :
A few evenings since, a number of medical
students were in attendance at a social party
given at the house of a friend, when one of
them, Cha'a De C., behaved rather insultingly
to several of -his fellow students, and threw
a glass of old Otard over them, and 'some of
which sprinkled the furniture. One of the
students, It-- 5---, -threw a glass of hot
water into the face of Cha's De C—, who
became exceedingly indignant, vowed reyenge,
and demanded the satisfaction due - to 'a gen
tleman. The parties met next day,and:through
the medium of friends, the arrangements were
made, the weapons; single barrelled, pistols,
chosen, and at eleven o'clock yesterday, the
principals, seconds, surgeons' and a few other
intimate friends, jumped into carriages and
started for, the place selected, where honor
was to be healed by inflicting wounds in
human bodies.
,The Surgeons laid their instruments ont on
a filerfitree,ln sight-of-theamm-batantfy_and
the seconds prepared the principals for the
contest. Ten paces were measured off, and
the principals being placed back to back,
were to wheel and due. Everything being in
readiness, the words oie—twoz--three—were
given, and the next moment the sound of si
pistol. that reverberated through- the sur
rounding trees and hills, and R— &
staggered a moment, ane giving one moan,
fell backwards to the ground.. his second
hastened to him, and In staunching, the
purple, tide of life as is poured out from the
right breast of the Ptllen man, it completely
saturated the linen cambric. Cha's De C---,
the other Principal, turned pale, he began to
realize his situation,"and observing a man in
the distance with it significant star on his
breast, picked up his coat and hat, and flew
away upon wings of flight, passed over Grey's
Ferry Bridge, and the only thing heard of
him up to the dusk last evening was a small
noto'found lyi ng , on the table in his room,
containing the following, which we give ver
batim
Dear
J-- H.
I am off for Europe, will remain in New
York for a day or so—telegraph to me when
he dies—come and bid me good-bye. ,
C-- De C.--L
The letter, evidently written in a hurry,
was directed to his friend and second. It is
supposed that he started in the five o'clock
line yesterday afternoon, for New York. .
We may mention, that the whole affair
was a joke. The pistol of the fugitive pin
cipal was loaded with powder .only, and that
of the other with' paper. The blood spoken
of was obtained from a, slaughter house pri
vately, and the man with the star, who was
seen approaching in the distance,-yvas a fellow
student. There were, perhaps, not less thin
forty vtitnesse's present. who were stationed
behind trees. The whole party was in the
secret,, excepting the absconded and affrighted
Charles De C--, who has, perhaps, by this
time, passed one sleepless night in the city of
Gotham.
From Mexico.
aewest at les,
YEW ORLEANS. Pph 1 1 -43. W. At(',/, T.
papers, received by the Tennessee,-.0 - mn --,I
Cruz, furnish interesting details of the odt.",t
retices that have recently transpired in that
unfortunate Republic.
There was a series of conflicts in the City
of Mexico for eleven days, before General
Zuloaga triumphed over the Government
troops. There were but'very few -killed, how
ever.-
General Zulosga received 26 votes out of
the 28 forming the Council of Notables,-for
the post of Provisional President of Puebla,
and the few other points where the new order
of things was recognized. The whole country
continued in a state of anarchy and con-
fusion,.
James, Perodi, Dablado and others opro3ed
the new Government-, They elpezted to
march soon against the Capitol, where- pre
parations were making to repulse the attempt
to capture it. More fighting is therefore inev
itable.
Gen. Alfara has pronounced at San Luis in`
favor of Santa Anna as Dictator.
Gen. Zulohga had issued dec?ees restoring
the ecclesiastical and military jurisdiction,
and repeated the laws of 1850, which declar
ed the property,of the ecclesiastical corPora
tionskalienahle,and Fondling the sales made of
the chnrch estates under that law.
It is reported-that the clergy have loaned
the Zuloaga party one million of defiers to
promote the success of the movement.
Ad vices from Sonora show the same state
of civil warrare eysting there.
Intelligence from Northern Mexico states
that Gov. Garzia and Vidaurri have settled
their difficulties, and also report that the
States of Taumaulipas and Coahuila will act
in union with the coming , confliet.
Distinguished Deaths Abroad.
The Arabia brings news of the death of
several persons who have held conspicuous:
positions in Europe. Frederick . William
Louis, - Grand Duke Baden, died on the 21st
of January. He was born September 9th,
1827, succeeded as regent in the place of his
brother Louis, April 24th, 1852, and was
created Grand Duke by patent, September
sth 1856. His wife is a daughtei of the
king of Prussia and sister of the Prince:Royal
of England. He will be succeeded, we
bpre
sume, by his infant son , t, .
1857, but probably the Grand Du cihess, his
widow will be 'regent. The late Duke was
not a remarkable man - in any respect. ,
William Spencer Cavendish, sixth Duke of
Devonshire, died at Hard wiiike Hall Derby
shire, on the 17th of February, aged sixty
eight years. He has been well known as one
of the wealthiest English noblemen, the lord
of Chatworth, and other estates that were fit
to be residences for royalty. He was well
known as 'a liberal patron of the arts and of
literature, but was not in other qualities
worthy of especial estimation. - He dieo un
married, and is succeeded by his cousin,
William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington.
On Friday.the 23d of January, while the
preparations for the Royal marriage in St.
James' Palace were going on, the `Marchion
ess of Westmeath, who occupied apartments
in the Palace, adjoining the Royal Chapel,
where the ceremony was to be perforined,.
died, and the signs of mourning were ex
hibited at the moment the nuptial. arrange
ments were making. -
These` deaths had. cast a gloom over the
„courtly circles in the midst of the wedding
festivities.. .., .
AV - Pu/mmrary - Consumptina.—The great
scourge of our northern climate is disarmed
of half its -terrors since_ we have a remedy ! so
singularly efficacious as Wistar's Balsam of
Wild Cherry. It is performing-many
_wonder
ful cures: None is genuine unles signed I.
Butts.
Gen. Jackson's
The general temper of President Buchanan,
his easy, pleasant manners and racy conver
sation, have always rendered him a great fa
vorite in society abroad as well as at home )
and few of our public men have laid up such
a stock of amusing andvaluable reminiscences.
There is one anecdote which he tells of Gen.
Jackson, villa ia cbaracterestic of the old
hero that is,vrortb preserving. The President
relates that one day during the administra
tion of Old :Hickory; be went to the White
House to ask permission to present to him the
celebrated Miss Betsey, Caton. Gea..Jackson
readily assented, and [laded - the next day rer
the interview: At the appointed hour Mr.
Buchanan repaired with Lis fair charge .to
the Ptesidential_Mansion, and leaving thela
dy in one of the drawing minis he mounted
to the private cabinet of the President. To
his great surprise and disappointinenr, he
found the General buried in his books and
papers, and; attired in a plain morning dress,
his chin unshaved; and his flivorite pipe in Lis
mouth. The Senator from Pennsylvania was
greatly embarrassed. He was apprehensive
that if be announced Miss Caton 's presence
the ,gallant veteran would descend all in
neglge, as be was. Mr. Buchanan did`not
like t 6 expose the renowned belle_ to such -a
chock as that, and, on the other hand, be
equrilly dreaded offering a suggestion on the
subject to the old fiery horse. There was , no
alternative; however, and he had to state that
Miss Caton was waiting the General's presence
in the green drawing room. Up jumped Old
Hickory at the first, word and laid down his
pipe. There was not a moment to be lost, so
Idr, Buchanan, in a timid and apologetic
manner, ventured to observe that the " lady
could very - well wait till the President had
ehaved himself." The General saw what he
was driving,at, and shook-his frizzly beatrat
him like the mace of an enraged lion.
" Buchanan," thundered out the impetuous
old man, "did you ever hear of the man in
Kentucy who got rich by minding his own
business I" Without stoppin4 to say wbetb
er he -was acquainted with the individual
in question, the experienced Senator fled from
the storm and took refuge with his lovely
companion down stairs. In a few minutes
afterwards the hero of New Orleans entered
the room with the dignity of manner which
no man knew better how to assume; and
great was Mr. Buchanan's relief to find that
not only was his face virginial in its smooth
ness, but that he was got up in his best black
suit, with boots of faultless radiance.
PIIIL--Feb--'56
Sunbury and Erie Railroad `ANCw
Project
We have been waiting patiently to see - -
what project the friends of the Sunbury and
Erie railroad would have to present to the
Legislature. It is fresh in the recollection of
every one, that at.the last session 'the compa
ny used every art to procure the passage of a
bill transferring - bonds derived from the sale
of the Main Line of the Public Works to
them, for the purpose, as -was alleged, of secu
ring the speedy completion of the Erie rail
road. The project failed in the Senate.—
Since that time thi people hive adopted an
'amendment to the Constitution prohibiting
the State from tending its credit to any cor
poration. Notwithstanding this provision,we
were apprised during the last summer that
the company had not abandoned thesidea of
procuring aid from the State. We therefore
looked forward with no . dight degree of curi
osity to see what plan could be devised for
evading the constitutional provision, and we
ste,it.aev-et”..td at, last:- ' - ~ _
%i'errons Irritatit—,,, rth
._ ling , clients orrito to ~.,
n nays. Mut. nod othffhilrod complaints arimajjell t S4l
"
low state of the body or obstruction of its/
_,.:
.e'Salli of the""giate`%an'als". It might
more appropriately be denominated, " A bill
to transfer to the Sunbury, and Erie railroad
company, for the special advantage of. said
company, all the Public. Works belonging to
the State of Pennsyliiania." It :: proposes, for
the very moderat sum of $3,400,000, to give
the company the Delaware Division,the North
Branch extension, and the West Branch and
Susquehanna canals. The Delaware Di v i "on
alone, Governor Pollock told us in his annal
message, yielded last year a net revenue - of
$114,000 ; more than the interest at five per
cent., - of . the munifieicut sum of $3,400,000,
supposing the money to be paid into the
treasury in hard cash. But this the company
have no idea of doing. They purpose to pay
the State in bonds of the Sunbury and Erie
railroad company,, bearing five per , cent. in
terest, none of which ',ball fall due until four
-1 teen years from the time of'theit issue. Not
only is the company to-manufacture bonds
for this purpose;but to issue seven :millions
of bonds, secured by mortgage on the Sunbu
ry and Erie railroad, of which those given in
payment for the Public Works are to be part.
The balance, we prekume, are to be disposed
of to any persons who will purchase them.
This bill is even more objectionable aian
the bill of last session. It seeks a transfer
of the State Works to a corporation for half
their value, without .paying a_ single cent in
money; or, in other words, it lends the Public
canals to a comprny as a basis for the issue
of a large amount of Worthless paper securi
ties, and as the means of inflating their credit.
this once accomplished, the State would be
at liberty to take back the works. We have
no idea that this magnificent speculation will
receive the least countenance from the Legis
lature.—Patriot and Union.
MEXICO AGAIN.—Late ad vices from Hava
na annoutite that a Spanish fleet, consisting
of one ship of the line, one sloop, one brig,and
a steam frigate, had sailed from thence fot a
cruise in the Gulf, ostensibly, but really for.
the purpose of landing Santa Anna at Vera
Cruz. There can be but little doubt as to the
destination of this fleet, supposed it to bare,
sailed; nor as to the fact that the " hero of
the cork leg" is on board. He will find a
,warm reception in Mexico, but the caloric
will not be of the most grateful kind. From
,all we can learn theie is a strong feeling against
Santa Anna ,with the majority of the factions
that now divide Mexico, while so far as Spain
is concerned, the oppositiOn is unanimous.
The Mother Country. has only to attempt to
land an army, in Mexico' to stir up an united
oppOsition from the people of that Republic,
and to call into their aid, hordes of volunteers
from the United States, who will eventually
bring the " Halls of the; Montezumas" once
more under the Star-Spingled Banner.
TIKE UNITEDSTATEB tßEAßUßY.—Wasing—
ton, Feb. 120.—1 t appears , from the books
of the Treasury Department, that, the total
amount of the receipts into, the Treasury,
from March 3d, 1780, (when the Constitution
of the United States went into operation,) to
the rat of July, 1857, was $1,955,000,000.
The expendhures for the Naval and, Military
services amounted to $824,000,000; for the
civil list to $11000,000; for the Revolu
tionary and other p r enaions to $77,300,000 ; for
the Public Debt to $598,000,000.
The Secretary of the Treasury advertises
for proposals for the issue of five millions ad
ditional Treasury,Notes, as authorized under
the lite law. . Sireeney, Rittenhouse, Faunt dr
Co., quote_Land Warrants at 88a91. -
lar The oldest newspaper in Holland, the
Harlemscke Courant, had been published two
hundred years on the lith of January last.—
For more .than ; one hundred_yeara it has been
owned by the family of the present editors=
Johannes Enschede & Son. The paper was
first star* by Abrabitai Csatello. -
Eseention of Henry Fife and Char
lotte Jones at Pittsburg.
The :Pittsburg papers of Saturday are filled
with the details of the execution on Friday of
Charlotte Jones and Henry Fife, for the mur
der of - George Wilson and Elizabeth Mc
Masters some months since, at IFlCeesport:
We make the following extracts:
TOE SCENE ON THE SCAFFOLD.
The scene on the scaffold was painful be- -
yond comprehension, an' drew tears from.
many of the spectators. Charlotte and Fife
were attended,-tile first by Rev. J. G.Brown,
and the latter by the Revs. Mr. Bell and Mr.
Williamson. They had religious services in
the cell within a f4w minutes before their re
moval to the scaffold. Shortly before ten
o'clock they left their cell, and linking arms,
the procession was formed, which entered the
jail yard in the following order : Rev. John -
G. Brown and Walter Bell ; Fife and Char
lotte, with arms linked; Rody Patterson, High
Sheriff; Jailor Phillips:-
After entering the yard, the partyasceVied
the scaffold, and took their seats on chairs,
which had, been provided for their accomo
dation, A beautiful and 'effective prayer was
then made by the Rdv. Mr. Brown,, after
which statements made by the prisoners was
then read., Fife read his statement in a clear
audible voice. During the delivery he seemed
greatly affected,:and frequently burst into
tears. Charlotte's statement was read by Mr,
Williamson, a gentleman who took much in
terest in the unfortunate woman's spiritual
welfare. Mr. W. i 3 -an-Englishman by - birth,
and a member of the Episcopal Church.
(The statements of the convicts were full'
confessions of guilt, and exonerations of Mon
roe Stuart from any band :In the murder.)
Immediately after Mr. Williamson ceased
reading, the Rev. Mr: Bell read a chapter of
the Bible, and offered up a prafer, In which ,
the prisoners joine.i. Fife, during this trying
scene, maintained the most astonishing com
posure, and when the time came, actually ad
justed the rope around his neck and stamped
on the platform, as if to say he was prepared
to meet his fate. Charlotte, on the other hand,
seemed utterly broken down and bewildered.
She cried bitterly, and every now and then
uttered incoherent sentences—now stating
that she desired to,die, and ,again declaring
that she was afraid of death and wished to -
lire. Fife, seeing her agony of soul and utter
proltration, - put his arm around her, and en
deavored in every way to console and cheer
her. Such was the state of mind of both and
quch their condition, when it was announced
that their hour has 'arrived. and that they
must, now prepare for execution. I
THE EXECUTION
. .
Everything was now 'ready for, the corn•
pletion of the final act of the s bloody tragedy,
in which the convicts bad played such a ter
rible part. - The ropes had been adjusted
around the necks of the victims, and but it
few moments were to elapse ere their souls
woul)k be astered into eternity. Still Fife's
coolness forsook_bim not. Ile called such of
them around him as he knew On the scaffold,
and shook them affectionately by the hands.
Ile then declared that "with the help of God,
be would die like a man," and with a firm
voive, in which the slightest tremor was not
discernable, exclaimed : "Remember, I die
game.", Ile then returned to his companion
in guilt, who at this time was scarcely coa•
scions, and putting his arm's-around lier,kissed
her. Both then declared themselves ready to
die,-and the signal being given,. the Sheriff
touched the spring, and the souls of the guilty
couple were launched into eternity. Fife fell.
~..inht...inr- _ na rd dica without a ctrugglo,
if& . 7eltrirforte'vteath was less easy, and 'full
ten minutes elapsed ere the pulsation of he(
t heat ceased. Fife's: heart ceased to beat
v
wit • five minutes from the time the.drop
fell.
File's appearance on the gallows differed
.but little from that which he presented_ vThile
in prison. Ile wore the same clothes as' usual,
but appeared to have dressed With greater
care. Charlotte was attired in her ordinary
clothing; and Wore over all a buff colored
•sbroud. 'She seemed haggard and pale and
looked the very 'persenification-of misery.
DISPOSITION OF THE BODIES
The' bodies were allowed to bang some
twenty minutes, after which, it being evident,
that life was extinct, they were cut down and
placed in two coffins providedlor the purpose.
Charlotte. requested that they might he buried
in one coffin, but as this could be not con
veffiently done, her request was not complied
with.
A 'relatiVe of Charlotte is in this city, wait
inn.p to receive the bodies 'and take them to ,
Monongahela city, for interment. They will
probably leavein the Brownsville boat this
evening, and be buried in the same grave.
The .Chronicle says that the bodies of the
Mc'Keesport murderers, after being cat down
were placed in coffins provided for the purpose
and placed in a furniture wagon with a view
to their removal to the grave yard for inter
ment. -The sister of Charlotte, with an affec
tion which, however wicked or abandoned its
object may have been, should secure for her
the sympathy of the crowd, took a—seat on
one of the coffins, and the wagon moved on
to its destination.
The crowd at this time was immense and
the conduct of malty of the loafers who formed,
it, disgusting. As the vehicle neared the
grave yard, however, it became much worse,
and the scenes which followed, where dis
graceful to humanity. The unfortunate
woman seated on the coffin of her sister, and
filled with grief for her untimely end, was
hooted and abused, and called all kinds of
names, and finally pelted — with stones until
her very life was almost put in jeopardy.
Foremostin dip brutal affair were a number
of abandoned_ negroes, who did everything
that their blutal "instinct" could suggest to
annoy the woman, aud-but , that they were pre
vented,we believe they would have laid violent
hands upon her. A few respectable men, whO
saw the transaction, however, interfered and
succeeded in getting the mob to desist, and
the wagon proceeded on its way. .
MARSHAL RADFTZKY SELLINGI HIS BODY TO
A CREDITOR.—German papers itate that the
veteran Radetzky,who it seems Was constantly
-in debt, sold his body, sometime pievious to
his death, to one of his creclitois, a linen dra
per. of Vienna, named Barkfrieder. It ap
pears that Barkfrieder, who had acquired RD
immense fortune from contraetsd'or furnishing
goods to the army in Italy, wins desirous of
obtaining kposttion among the. clignataries
of the Court, and determined by a .master
stroke to accomplish his elevation from the
plebian ranks. Radetzky figured extensively
in the linen drapeirs,books; the , latter offered
to cancel the obligations if thel Field ltfarsbal ,
would place his body, after death, at. his dis
posal, to be buried in his cOuntry seat at
Wizdorf, promising - at the same time, that
surrounded the veteran's; grave should be by
a handiome monument." Reotzky readily
assented, and signed a writtennareemeut -to
that effect: The old soldier now slumbers in
the grounds of Id. Barkfrieder whose coun
try seat has become the Mecca of prince%
dukes, barons, counts and - generals.
wit Thh
a
linen draper's scheme has been crowned
success—members -of the imperial family and
itled nobles . have necessarily, become- his
oasts, and be is a member Of the "Court
rcle," .