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At Aspires Aph,, , r.ek. • s eee EDITOR, PUBLISHER, AR / 0,. // ;fet:o •imim 1111:11118MOSI 0111111011., MSS tilt VOLUME or asta MONTRO I IE DICIIOCIUT .esouneneed with the, number issued oar the ad dayenauttary. lata—belnx the lith voltuneelnee wellare amitotiosettod with the office. had the 4th duce pan' boo under oar exclusive control; and we ate- esd to bo osablad to annottnos the Ihet that UN hissiaosa la at thls WWII amoral Nam healtiwand proven's' erudition, to an 11111POCA= 1 : any former period tune we entered Makable slate of afrain i t i rga u g= low olden of assist ollesenseeences Calre li naneV i aleepoelally.Jo whteh ate jaallionn i l i sfanott aad i l el topirtmaaahlagliertheihe prdeperitratoirooderteidnix, Woof refer tom %%epee etpulyearkas smell wan deltas of the Vetift'r. 1111*" ol tom itilitrahchs with proderleo sod lisierrlP. =AA to the Wants of our patrons with an increase* dame of promptaeso and tegabally. - • ' It Mall tai.our'elinielt endeavor tee make out papsr a I dateable familyjouthal—one that shall be eagerly sought l leg sad read With pimisureamt prOlit by each member of Ika foray drde. Bellevingthat no country °rituality can benefit itself by destroying or crippling the interests deny Esther, de Ma oppoeie, botkin national and interstationd politic a, all measures based upon selllstuaese ; and sustain such doetrinet only, as recognize the fundamental ides of mammal progress. In national again. particularly, that dam of mallaures which look to the advancement of one metros at theappareet expense of anotheroballtontinue tommetve oar earnettand unquallged condemnation. it will be dike our duty endear it in ADVANCIii dad ask your friends to do the same.' fend your adverti• slat and Job printing, to this office and pay. for actatzt week or next year, but cash down. : If You thick it strange that the Printer cant wait for yon to pay him the trifle of S.W. Peat reMembee the embarrassment mivadd , by say 5t like you to..cping, back *7430. Oar friends must not forget that we are in • a minority, ..terc. and that the want of favoritism front officials who . control public patronage, renders their cash patronage more dettrable and nectsmry, Bat wed° not wish tube understood as intir4sting that oar patronage Is, or should be. Confined to anydasa and • men of all parties arevespecifelly invited to embrace the advantages resulting from sending in theircadere, and we doubt not that all who are not blinded, by bigotry, to their own and the public good will continue to do sq. We prefer being judged be our efforts, rather Dian by a enmity; ansy of fonwern?ie morrows: During the last •r=rnr ex pended forneztirC ar I p,emeuis,l madr., as our patronage warrants. Let our prompt patrons be true to their old custom, and our slow once quicken Op for a IfeW 'YEAR—and ALL remember that " the more the merrier," and that thesete always " room for more,r and aur future intercourse will be mutuallyugrogible. we 1211*d—ft& and health being spared—to continue at our Present badness. mid to devote our whole time and.arten ' to oar paper, we invite our old friends and patrons to still eaanttnne their friendslii p and favors; and we shall strive to convince all that we intend to rek deal that each man will tad ft both pleasant and profitable to real, twain." Anyone procuring us Ave new cash subscribers, for one jou. will recite* an per a nn um copy. gratis. - Terms —sl.4so per annum, in Idesnet. Bogs Rarozra—Almost every' day false despatches are sent from Washington and other feints, to the daily, : papers. The real difficulties are - bad enough without the bogus addititons of hireling agents of, sensation papers. -. • IR" The first petitions sentTrom Phil adelphia to Harrisburg last week, asking the repeal of the an t i-fngitive slave law,etc. (similar to that printed in this paper,)con sistect of lists of names of lousiness men -of 111 partiesi to the length of 456 feet: We print the latest and most relia ble news relating to the deplorable state of the country, to-day. It is prolruble that -Alabama; Mississippi, Georgia, Florida. Texas, and, possibly, - the whole South, is destined to follow the hasty, treasonable course of Sonth Carolina. - Loo Joan's -the trial of some gamblers at Chicago recently, proof was . developed that the gambling frater nity paid a consider able suni - of money to promote the election of John Weniworth the Republican candidate for Mayor, last spring, err the explicit pledge that 'during - Ms term of Ace they should not be mo lested. The evidence was so clear as not, to admit a doubt that it was true. . Wentworth's success was desired by all I Repablicandom, as a necessary aid to that of Lincoln. Quite probable. • Mr. Senator Davis of Mississippi. said in debate recently that if .evideneecould be given to show that hostility towards. the SOuth did not exist at the NOrth, all bitterness there would cease, He is right. Even South • Carolina • will yield. her due allegiance, when shown thatiLineoln_ and his party do- not "hate slavery—to use t -Old Abe's own words—as much as ANY AbOlitionist.r Let him and his friends .- take back such threats as—"the I.7nion - .gannet - permanently exist half slave and 'free; the States must all made free; ) and, we are deterr.iined-to abolish slavery at all ,hazards," and quirt is restored; but when the threat is made that "We have the Smith tinder our fret and will grindit to powder," eacessloo may be expected. Ma.rmarssm.—As . Republicans ,do not understand Why the South regard diem as being enemies to the constitutional rights of fifteen States, we remind- them of the principles-a4vocated. bY tlaci Helper book; which the Republican party gave apecial eadorsemnt "No cot Aeration w•it : tj alive holders in politics—no affiliation with them in religion —no affiliation with them in society. For -ign Bdwa.. ' The steamer Australasian, - arrived at New York on t e 30,1 ringing $111 . 5,000. ate left . Lirerp ..1 Dee; The • • • The weather in England was grate cold and; wintry, -an I the country was ,coTered' with snow, in some places to _a considera ble depth.- - ; • A new exped .tion of 2400 menwai res._ sly to start for Cochin Chins.. • 1 The 'Bombay 'opera give an tutfirorahle ---- ; picture of the state of India.. Strong de. Pi m $3 Forvsnik, y ear .. ,tnuustrations h been made 6 4 .,enhist the 7 4 , the.t . l4l. patrxts the moutrose income tax in v rious..places. •At Poona, t.er erat thousa d natives „assembled and DwActerat as have s•efficetcl. T'7lrl7 ` ,:their 1 publicly tore u the income papers. • subScript.icas for the pastynar,,-. 444. - The news ch niclei the defeat of Brit ,f,a44 read us as to pay f or ,thepgrit, N A44 . ish troops by New Zealanders: The cause ecankig rms. ,b; A m u lie as I of the hostdi . ty which'exists between 'the •, . natives and th English is-the old story 40111 k, {of opPression. 'The _People hare , teen - • Stle The Illarford Agrk.ele..ere4aid Xs. harshly dealt a• th ; the natural advantages ehmtleal - Associathm holdtheirsanual lof their cotinti, made to redound to the tit- • lemetienf-forei nem- their mesas of !iv- Pet4.l". fur the t e . T r"" e ' ' 4 ' hee6ts g ehe I lag lajnrs3d, a 'r • sersonal liberty Aare for the coming year, at the 15600 teetro - vengeo" natural ft. - t. n liord .11 Monday • . - Y te —top .1 loge, oft eb Cling' of ,t poor creatures under the de, : 841213 ,44* . m1, Members are reques- ctlettnatannea, they twee banded la to be present. We should be happy selves _to secure, it. This far to meet Nen& of Ag ri culture. from.-1 their-courage. not gone for nothing - ; ••- - .200 of thin e . snotecdell )*ting be adjoin .. .mg An 'rho vvering. •‘, • ,_ j! t.CY I4 regular spluittf., • No recognition of ,pro-slarery men, except as niffiarts, outlaws, and criminals." Such the tone in Which 14publiCans _deliglit.to speak o the: Southern people, -jolio srm3.4cra "thut they shrink back bear from the dominion of:tueli men. . .. whep spy people tamely inhi'llit to sueli ontrigeoitstts, from' those who rule them, they will shots themselves - to he St for.no positiott in tv eivilized community, . , • the J• 'List". '. - • h printed iaiiut: 'Or this : w eek ; and our readers cad lets:, lui suer;',Otablg 4 f i ' court, and lookout;.• a ditible. to - !end I pay Tim their park sointOf tham. ...i . t a. ' . up : alttelf:, -. I Nce earnestly appeal to ver y . one iti t debted to tills -OE to make it a' point 1 of honor to settle t eir bills as . soon as possible,,. : - ; .Several hundred _dollars are now due us, and' We need it ell, immediate ly, to pay our cu'at bills; Mud add to t cimprorements f our pager. liotimt, but negligent gent! men, do ire appeal to ti. yon in -fain t !? Be j arta ,younselvet and k. the ?rin. tar Th i i e notorio has-been elected Muse or preset' Such of his party ~ be bonest,pretend Lobby; Corruption i¬r settled that :1011141 absolut medium or I , topubl, I winter. - Those wh can - be favlted, wl i nclt get justice: _ ii i 1 Co' _lt i ts tu mor to be Sgeretary. of Lincoln! IA niore even accordingto —thanSinSon n ,cou the country. It is Lincoln can be so . . . • t , 'posts tos.stinn creat we should take hit called him in his h • ---"AiiUntutoied r. • just sense enough teal to ignorant pertinent OestiOn much does iMon `• honest" Old Abe of Lade Sam? —Sint* writing the Republican Cil find with Cainero it to .I,anciAn7a.ign —Cameron's f pron4e, but Alex not be fulfilled, nu; 'Go it, Irrepressi ...Pay in! Advance. , • ' W e . e trust that Iteh of our patrons will take tke . first oppe timity to pa}' us in ad ftnce for the'Mon rose Democrat, for the coming year. .Th'i hard times Cannot but severely affect ' he the picire prom Grant to keep. up this,comity, Shopl =MI the line in times I Sate_of' Az , Ig..TOre annot : of War, rCsigued, i siist allied :Majr.-Ati , I General Ilolt is . li 1 The President re t.South . Carolina treat with the U. .1. i demands as indivi I tnantlo the ren Charkston,ilut li' ' also announced hi collect the reventi 1 to now in the occ South Caritlina ni 1 seizure of the U. I;high-handed outra The gleam sloo 1 at Norfolk; is ord 1 for any emergenc --Major. Anderso went . that re-info, a Fort Sumter. ThE Republica *emery with fres of .15,000 to aid war, in Kansas. The rettirns fr. largeimajwity are elected. , - j torts Pulaski •iid Jaekson..have beenl occupickby the. 'corgis State troops,; un -1 der the instructions ‘of the ' Governor', of 1 the State. But for this action on the part Of the Governor the Savannah papers say the forts wo Id have been: seized', by I: a spontaneona u rising of the . people.- ' • - I From Florida there is a telegrani 'that. the State has flowed the example .of I South Carolina mideclared herself iota I of the Union, an ; also; that the seceders i have taken pose ion of theUilited St:ates .forts and prope yat Key West. Ofsim ilhr pfirport are espatches from North Carolina,. Gov. 'His - having dispatehed troops to — sieze n n Fort Macon,-at Beau= 1 ibri,:the forts: Wilmingtoh, and '• the I United States 1 rsenal, at Fayetteville, 1 I • All is quiet at Charlestoii. Fort .Sum- ter has not - been beseiged, as reported: • . I, - • The U. S. A . nal at Mobile, Alabafna, was:taken on th 4th; by the troop's" of the .ity, - It co tamed six staud.of-, arms, I,s9obarrels of wder, 300,000 rounds of musket cartridges and other. munitions of war: .There was no defence. • • It is ru .mored that Fotit Morgan was taken.'; •. Representatives h i Curry and Pugh of Al- Abamaave left for home.. Other Repre sentatives of the isame - State. will follow next Week, while members of other. pros-. pectively seceding States arc making prep. aratiOnslo take th'eir, departure... • . 1411 4P..- - itsly - corrupt Littlejohn Speaker by Republic* ;atives Of . New York:, WiSheci ,to app ar to -to oppose him, bit * Co. triumphed: ''t. wholesale bribery will dominion through the caul= at Albariy, this .. will .pay cash • for it ile honest parties will' I=ll= ced that t Cameron ii. he Treistiry under 3lr basely corrupt thing 4-• I 1 epablican testimony. d not be found in tll hard eto believe thk . • 'sane as to offer entail' I res. SboUid he doio, to be-what Mr. Grow st speech at Montrose, Ilihlof Naiure; ": with. o split rails, but a great or t:abinet.making. A naturally arises : HO* ameron the Briber pay I or fingering the money he above, we learn that ngresspien are ilissatis• a selection, and charge torance: ends boat of a written McClure, says it shall d he lias last .seen Abe . ! 'ble Cuntlictijes I lid our friends should tin our aid. All who' conservative . paper in march square up to e these. hO. Country. .: i need, Flo - yd, Secretary because the President ulerson. - Post Master kingin place of Floyd. : uied to , recognize the omthissioners, sent Ito S. • He replies to their , cltials: only. They de- Aural -, of. troops frOm .., refused to do so. lie firm determinations to es, and that the prober- pancy of the troops! of 1 ust.' be restored. The S.:Arsenal he deenis a ,ge. f-war, .Hroeldyn, now. red.to 4 in .readineSs' that may happen. I . informs the Govern ments. are nut' needed shave furnished Mont- supplies. . :#. plies to the atuotutt u Ins abolition . boider Gleorgia Indicate that f the sevession-delegates Gl:Nor:ft Packer's liessage. bite b nicATed lest InSPAge toO:htefor iniertton, euttre, in , our - Payer, tOday; and AP*, divided to prnt only arijdietract.•AndLaomni quota tie.,ks from Oe more important portions. 7*. suit a taiga majority of our 'readers, as such long,-, documents are ioonedious for many to petuse. • WC give a fair statement of the whole message - : '• He . state.s that - : : i►otwithstandins , the universal the finantial condition ofl Pennsylvania is highly satisfactory . . . The receipts at the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending on the 30th of 'No= ,vernber, 1800,were:53,479,257 31, to which add the available balance in the Triasury, on the Ist of December; 1859, $839,323 09, and. the Whole;suni available for the year I will be found to bii $4, '3":18,580 40.; The • expenditures were *3;037,14.7 - 32. ' ing an available balance in. the Treasury, on the lest.day of Deeeinher, 1800, of *OBl,- 4 . 33 08. • • ' . . Daring his three year's ierm..of office, the State debt has been reduced $2,230,- 80215, and: is now $37,9139,80 50. Since July, 18511, the Pennsylvania Rail road Company has refused to pafthe tax on' tonnage required tehe paid by the act incorporating. the company, and its vg. ri-, OM supplements ; and there is now auel to the State, on that account, exclusive of interest, the .sum of $674,290 22: Inclu ding:the interest the • sum now due is about 000,000: Before my annual message was communicated to the Legis lature, a case had been tried in the court of.couunon pleas of Dauphin 'county,' be tween the CounnonwealtL and the railroad ; Company, involving. din:question of the censtittitionality of this tax, which was, decided in favor of the State, ;ind the fin th.e tax preuoultectl Constitu tional: Iu January lastonother-suit was tried between the' same parties. is the same court, the sgmo liiiiStioll, with a like result. • . In December hist - , a. judgment vas °I), t tamed in the district court of rbiladeiphia, upon one of the semi-annual. settlemcnts,„ for $110,600. So that judgment has been obtained for 8365,000 of the debt, being the whole amount which became due pri pr to 1860. The tax which accrued during the past Tear, amounts to 308,829 03. Thel first settlement for the year is before the Dauphin county 'cowl., on an appeal taken by the'company ; and the secohd, :or last settlement was made but a few days since, by the accountant department of theepm monweal t h. After the recovery, in. the common pleas of Dauphin county, th 3 eases were removed by writs of error, taken. on be half of the defendantS, to the Supremo Court of this State, where they were ar- .. gued in June last, and. in October • that tribunal sustained the decision of the • court of common pleas, and held the tax 1 to he clearly constitutional; thus uniting with the law making power in a ffi rming the right of a State to tax a c orporation under a law to which it owes its existence. But notwithstanding this 'concurrence . -ofopiniop and action on beludf of the con stituted authorities of Pennsylvania, the - - litigation is noLyet at . an .end;' for the railroad ompany hhs recently removed the eases,sby :writs of error, to the Su preme Court of the United States, where they are now pending. • lie thinks the State. will lie sustained in her rig,hts. -ticecutiOns have, heen . js sued to collect the jndglitents Without waiting for the action of the ,1. 7 : S. Court, land the rigl.t to,thns collect, is pending in our State court. I In referente to completing the Sunbury kt.: Eric llailroad,headtises such action by 4 the State as will be mutually advantageous, A • I i 31111 not endanger:State interests. I The subject of general.edueation is clis ; cussed approtingly. Ile adiocates further I improvement in the qualifications of teach= ers, as very' desirable. Granting aid to. eolteges, .ie., is not advised at present. ' ContrAting the main results of the past year, with those torl 857, we find that the I whole number ofpupils now in the schools, ! is 64-7,414, being an increase of 44;422 ;-H -! these were taught in 11,577 schools; 621 more than in 1857, du,ring ati average tcrin of five months,and five abd one-half daya, •at a Cost of fifty-six- cents ' - per pfipil, per I month, by 14,0 . 65 teachers, being 520 more than in 1857. The . .entire expenditure Of the system, Sro the pa 4 year, including that of the School D,epartment, is *2,6381- 5.50 80. These figures afford some idea of the magnitude of the operations - athe I system; , but neither-words nor figures { , can adequately express the importance cif its influence upon the present; or its• seta lions to the future. . I The- Farmer's High School. is ITCOIII - as an' enterprise highly 'lsola to' timbering, agricultural . progress ; • am i d which ought. to he encouraged. It is a matter of Satisfaction that the I new free banking law willTclieve the leg islature of the task of 'chartering - bank's. Private banks should he tnxed. - Further safeguards should he, thtow i n around the State Treasm:y. At presentd .the Treasurer gives a bond in only *BO,- 060 ; 4 -and he has usually control of nearly *1,000,000 ; which he deposits where he pleases, and pays out upon hisindividu6l check. Banks holding this money on 4. posits should give Security; the Auditor General should countersign all cheeks': I a Monthly statement be published in one newspaper in Harrisburg, and Philadel- phia; and the treasurers bot.ds.be inereas-.1 ed to *250,000. ' ~ He recommends the various.l public charitable and refonnatery institutions 4= i the State Lunatic - Hospital at Hatria;bitrg,l 7 - the Western Pennsylvania llce,Apjtal for' the insane at Pittsburgh—the Asylums for the Blind and Deaf and Dumb at Phil adelphia-,..the Houses of Refuge at: Phiia-1 'delebia and Pittsburgh, and the Pennsil- .vanta, Training School for Idiotic - and fee-'-1 ble-Minded Children, at Media, to the. dia- I eriminating-liberality. Of the legislature; but refraine r as usual, from recommending local charitable societies as entitled to a 'shake Of theveneral fund. --,,- , • . i An appropriation should - be made to. pay for fireproof roofing for portions lof the. Eastern Penitentiary., . , • - Commendable improvententa have been made in the State : Library, and ' a new_ building Will - wen be wanted for . its en larged dimensions.' :, - ! • •: . Ile ado an - appropriation to complete ffirnishing the Exectitiye' residence for his successor, • POLITLCAL AFFAUtIi. He refers to Southern inasession argu ing that no snob right constitut4 molly..ex ins., Th e govenunent owes, protectlon p ej o" jpri 'am,* turn. ow* it their affieippur. Its-laws ammo he is sated 1 .1 gs citizen% without, otr.noUntabil itY Re-tElbunols created ui euforcc its decrees agd to punish offenders,- fJrgan iced resjetcuce to it,. is rebellion ,If sue ' I. •scfil, it may be purged of crime by rev. .01ut10n.... If iminceessfolt the persona en- Oifa :iiiyibelox;llimil niitY:be'i*Cuted aCtraitOrs. -;:-.--•. • .- _.. I ~,,-.-", - ... it; Wattrtaith true, thatlticases Of g reat 'e:att'reti4y, *hen the oppression. of Gov.- eratiaentlas-,:become so, intolerable that civil wit', is - .*efentlil - to longer aulitisa- - ionil.thetit . remains the eroltittonary right of resistance ; ' the authority. of , the Governtnent Is limit by a writtenl Constitution; abd each d ' rtment is held in chick.by the other tlepa tnent s,. it wilr.: rarely, if ever,' 'happen , . the the - citizen may net.l3o•Miequatelyiroteeted, Without resorting to ' the sacre dand inalienable right to resist and destroy a= government which has been perverted to a tyranny: 110 E, while denymg - the. right of a State. , to absolt. its eitmens from the allegience which the 'oak, to the Federal Govern ment, it is ne . ' erthelesihighly proper that We should 'cure 11 and candidly exam ine- the reasons 1 . licit are advanced by , those who have evu ed a - de termination to destroy the Union : these American States, and if it shall app ar t hat, any .of the causes of complaint are vell founded k .they should be , ufiltesitatim, •• removed, and, as far'as possible, repara 'on made for the past, and ,security give!' - or the future; for it is not to be tolerated, that . \ a government Created by the- people, ' td maintained for. their benefit, should do i justice to any portion of its citizens., He discusses the subject of the law ob struCting the rendition of fugitive slaves, at considerable length ; and while he does, not hold - that it was the intent to prevent justice being done, And As the' act of Con gress- isro reinores supposed ne cessity tar said la*,he advises tits nneondi-' tional repeal,as it is not only unnecessary, but i calculated to place us in a position of at least apparent hostility to a fitgitive slave law. The Governor, goes • one step further , than this in recommending the revival of I the act . of 1820, w as to leave it to - the I option Of the claimant whether he would seek his remedy 'under State or National' laws. - Ile also recommends, as due to the comity -which 'should ever exist between . , the different States of the Union, the res toration of so witch of the act of 1780 per- . ., nutting masters while sojourning in the State for a limited period, or passing throl it, to be accompanied by their slaves, with out losing the right of their service; and the arguments advanced in favo; of -these measures are irresistible. The Territories of the United- , States belong to the General Government, and in those,Tertitories the people of the, sev eral • States Unquestionably - Igive equal rights. They were acquired by means of the common •expeuditure of blood and treasure. By the Federal Constitution power is given to Congress " to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory and. other proper ty belonging to the United States?'---; Whether under this, or- any . other power: couferredtby the Constitution,. Congress can prohibit and protect slavery in the territories, has been seriously . .qubstioned. But, if the power to legislate upon this delicate and important subject were clear ly vested . in Cougliess, in my judgment it ought not to he exercised. 'ro declare that slavery skill not exist in the territo ries, is calculated to exclude front their occupancy the citizens of the Southern or slayeholding States; whil6 to Make it a legahhistittition iu all the territories 'of the United States, by Congressional- en actment, and to provide for its continuance during their-entire Territorial existence,' -would be equally itijurions to the _people tif the 4 . ree States. The principle adopted in the Comprotaise.ineasures 0 rlB5O, tbr disposing of the question of •slavery in New Mexico and Utah, tied reiterated in the Kansas and Nebtasla bills of 1854, of non-intervention by Cot ress with slavery in -the States and in the'crerritories, is the true . rule.: It is the duty of Congress, when a sufficient number of hardy and ,adt-enturous pioneers find their way into our distant Territories, to furnish:tiliem shield of protection and a font of govern- - ment ; .but to the people themselves be longs the right to regulate their' own do mestic institutionOn their-Own , way, sub ject only. to the Colistitutibn of the United States.- While these views have been • long en-. tertained by me, and while I am since - rely of the opinion that their general adoption and ffiithful enforcement would have pre served, and may • yet restore peace and barmony to all sections of our country, I am nevertheless not so wedded to them as to reject, unCerembniously, all otherTrop ositions for the settlegient of the vexed questions which now threaten to minder the bonds which for three qmiyters of a century have made us one people. He- recommends the doctrine of so amending the Constitutien,-as to extend the Missouri line to the Pacific, as a peace compromise,providett the people of the United States sanction it, by a vote.. Ifnothing of this kind can he done, he advises action by . a State Convention to propose remedies: • He leaves the office -with a clear con science; and gives his best wishes to State and Union. • I=l=l=l UNITED STATES FAIR—FIRST PREMIUM FOR BEST PENMANSIIIP.—Ve have just sten the official report of the late Nation -01. Fair at Cincinnati, awarding their First Premium (a bronze medal,) Tor best husi- , husi ness penman Ship to Mt, Wm. H. Puft's I College, Pittsburg. What say tbe Queen City penmen to this ? Our young and talented townsman had but two pieces in their exhibition, having kept his master pieces for our own CitysFair which awar ded him six First Premiums all branches I orhis art over his competitors in this The justice of these 'awards and the unanimous verdict of our city press is now fully confirmed by the judges of the National Fair, and this time-honored es tablishinent has at • the head of both • the writing and book-keeping departments the acknowledged' :end accredited heads of those professions.—Pitta. :Gazette HEALTH IS - WEALTIL—GOETV IR if numA: its r,-&4.—Disease is indiscriminate in the selecticin of its victim—the king puss= ess.es no nyire immunity from the twiTires Of gout or neuralgia in his weather proof; palace, than the beggar from the attacks of rheumatism in his time battered hovel. Wealth:a itself tan neither 'imie mini nor preserve health--else•it would be a 'monopoly - attic rich —on the contrary, 016 - p:int) . or rheumatic millionaire would willingly exchange halflAs.poisessions for 'the robust constitution of the dailY labor en To the millions whosesubsistence • • depends - oe toil, 'healthjs , truly wealth, and the loss ON, entailm on them thez cry andliiifferiegs *Web are ,the= bane of p_everty ;',butthe cheapness of Holloviars Pillsand Ointluent obitate this:' evil by - placing thcin ,Within, the reit& Of ell who are exposed to the direful effe,cts of the , ' *eatlic,r. , PennsylvaidaLegialature. - 1114 body, assembled at ganittlitiii on the Ist tor b t Ihein of presen r Franklin. Irbert.ll.l"ahner, otSahuylkilj . was 4eeted Speaker, — over:Jeremiah , Shindle, (Dein.) •of lehigh. The Tote Mood 25 to 7., • Mr. Smith, (Rep.) of Philadelphia, hub- milted a preamble_and resolution in tion to the condition .of. affairs .in South Carolina,-.deayingthe right.orti Statti to secede, assertmg the devotion of Pentisyl vailia to the. Union and the Constitution, and invoking tha•.polver of. the ,Geti,Vral Government to suppress everrdemonStra-. tion, WhereVer it may arise, against it itjur t isdietion and authority. • -„ The•resolutiona were on: motion refer red. .. to' a Select Committee, consisting of Messrs.. Smith, 'Ball, Ketcham,' Shiridle and Clymer.. -• . :Russell 'Errol .was elected clerk, 'add Ramsdell,'eSsist.ant, Brady Librgrisii. • Messrs. Hat ton, .Hitchcock and. BO* , were elected Transcribing Clerks; Rer man Yerketi; s BSrgeant-nt Arms; J R Mc Mee Assistant; John G. :Martin, I)ccor ked-per,;.4-. B. Hinds and George Babb, Assistant; W. H. - Huddleson, Messenger; Joseph J Brower, Assistant. . 1 HousE.-;—The only absentee Was Mivid • is a sacred and inviolate grant, and !any . legislative infraction of this . provisiMi, is j - therefore, unconstitutional ; that it is expel client to, repeal the third, fourth fifthlaud seventh sections of'the aet, to - prevent ikid napping, and. to repeal pertain slave laws, passed the 2d March, 184 . 7 - and also the! With and 96th sections °Nile' act to bon. solidate and amend the Penal Code, l'iass- NI the 31st of March, tB6O, and that a (.7ominitree be appointed to prepare land report a bill embracing- the principles con, tabled in the foregoing resolutions. Laid over. 2d., I.!C TUt ; 45/r gk, . Philadelphia,-presented 'thirty petitions from Philadelphia, relative to exit 'troubles.lN TUE Stamback took his seat. 11. Rauch, of Carbon, was, ele'pted Chief Clerk ; E. W. Crpron, Of Cheker, Assistant Clerk ; Messrs. Wallace, Delini4: ton, Nichols and Porter, Transcii`bing Clerks.. • -. Mr. Matthews was elected Sergearit at- Arms; K D. Pickett, Doorkimper at d II A. Woodhotise,-. 1 v strict party vote. • • The Governor's mestfage; and a anat. her of unimportant bitis were rimd in4eaeh branch. - I • JAN, the Senate, nomination's] were made for U. S. Senator. The names of MessrS. Morton . McMichael, Th4mas 1 Williams, Hem,- 12. Foster,-J. IL Walker Thaddeus - Stevens, - J. P.. Penny, -Edward • Cowan, James .Veech, James. `Daniel Agnew, David Wilmot Riehrird Ilroadlied; Charles Gilpit John Hickinan, B.tartis, and William Bigler, were presentd. • HousE.--:=A Committee to consider the contested seat of Lewis Pugbe, member from Luzerne; was selected consisting of. Messrs. Armstrong, Wildey, Belly, Bisel Hays,- Gregg, - Anderson I and Preston. • House. = ln addition to the names nen- . tioned for Senator, the following iwere placed in-nomination :—Messrs. PollOck, Witte, Reeder,:, Hendrick B. Wrght,. Dimmick, Thompson, Woodward, -Me,Cal matt, Sidzer, Killing - er, and Mt... Sherry. Mr. Smith, •of Philadelphia, , offered -resOution appointing:the Governor cif the State, the Chief Justice of the! Supreme Court, and n'third person, to be appointed by a-joint resolution of the Legislature, Commissioners to meet like commilsion ,ers the - 22d of February next, for thd pur pose of proposing such -amendments. to the Constitution ,s may be deemed tleceS sary to the restoration of peace •tc our distracted country :spell amendments: to be subMitted to Congress for their Ipro- • The resoliition was laid over-under the rides. ' 1 ' Mr. Thomas, of:Philadelphia, presented a petition signed by eleven thou:pad - cit zens' of Philadelphia; aking for the +peal 1 of the 95th and 96th sections of the penal Code,. relative to the rendition of fugitiv es froth labor. _ ! I , It sv,as moved. to • refer the memormi to 1 a Select Committee 4 but the 'Louie re- i fused. -4 . Mr. Williams,. of Allegheny, offere l•res olutions relative to the troubles in South Carolina. Read and laid 'over. , 1 14Ir.Anderson 'offered a .resolution di recting the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire whether there are any lawsl upon the statute book of PeunsylVania obstructs.. ing the laws of the United States, ;Ind if so that they be directed to report la bill for their repeal. . I - The resolutiMias poStpotied." 1 After unimportmit w business both branch es adjourned AilkMonday the . 7th. ---•-......._-____. 1 ---+ • , —The Bit - Th . :unto!) Pistol Mannfietory has recently filled- an order for 30i) pis tols, to go to Charleston, S. C., and they have an order for 900 more. • I --The, following•is an extract Aqui the Tribune in October last: " wiL pleasant and. instructive to see what - a quieting effect, like thatiof oil poured upon the waters, the electiop • of Lincoln .will have upon the agitatiot just now of the political elements. —AdVices from SMS . state that V Gov. Houston is, preparing for a frol 'tier defense against. the Indians. _ • • _The steamer onhern Lt*ht_ arrived at -.""tiemi , York on the 9d, bringing 250 pas seugers, and $1,492,856 00 in. gold from California. - .1 • —The Boston•TraVeller.announied the recent death of Ralph' Farnham, the last. suivitior of the Battle of Bunker Hill. • . . . . ;—Gen. Harney, the deekake:lOf • Mil .which Occurred recently at" Paris, hat r eoMe intOepOsiessionois the 'property of hinfoilr'Ond lie Is a little thing sll y-Spars ` old,: lid by inOclf - servici and expoiarO'•is brilkln in health.' He IS theibuitliin the line'of army officers. .liiteott, liirool - and Twitigs coming before hint, . 1" ~__: New 3 of the Week. Hon .- Aoi se nimbi-of Massachu -seit4,- lain; waipreShient..lorthe Chicago etiervent#6, hia written s'ktter in favor of the rilio ,rof the:permal liblerty law of his State,i: "•• • • --Vaisachusetts and Conneetieutt rel fused-to submit the militia:of those States to orders isqued by the President, during the war of iB l2 , and in November, 1813,; •Chittenden, Governor of Vermont, -by proclamation; ordered home-the militia of his State from'Canida.- • • —r-The nuMber of slaves in "Maryland has decreased 16,000 since.. 185 e. The t wholLinuner now is' about 1.i,1i00. I —Judging from the.aigne .of the times,' 1 b we have reasonto presume that the Wide- I AiiiilickWill aoniiehange ; their :uniform.. ' If the preseiiit'ilepi*mi of business Con tinua.; instead' of wearing . a cape awl. pa- 1 riding the tAreets with a tin torch,' - . they will form a 1 - procession' in shirt sleeves, and march with, tin . pills in-their !minds, to und,from a iiouti house. - .. ' Th e St i Joseph Journal learns that a 'day or two since, as the - hands on tlie rail roa.d. were:unto:Whig a . car, a barrel; inar ked old clothes, tumbled to pieces, and in stead of vests, pants, 41.-e.,, out rolled ear triges very inuch to the - astonishment of all. T i me lAirrel we. sent out lir the Eini ' grant Aid Society. .. , . -oVer :six thou and mechanies wort dischurged from tun loyment: in"Gincinna ti during the past Meek. The .same good Clines are experienced by:thousand's of mechanics and laboring. men in every city in the truioh. How do they lilac Reliubh can "plenty?" —The glass tininufaCture of the coun try is now a million less With three years ago, anti tlie, importation much grentbr. —The operations of the American Tract Society ro;intieh ethbarrasseq for want of funds, and do earnest appeil is . being . made for aid. „_ . . , —The. Price of the Louden Daily Times is *25 a Year, tiye times . as Mack as Amer ican nexYspapers of the same size. • - -We think Me are safe in saying, ed. The next . morning he visited the hinNe of 'Montgomery, and found . only four wenien and son. of. Montgcmtery's. This house'. known as Montgomery's Fort, is:a double house, built of heavy logs, the roof of one projecling over like a ',lock; !Anise, tho other of very heavy hewn log•=, fjtting close t or•e't hcr,except at. :Wont two inches all around. The only thing of note in the house,,except the filth,' Were two empty Sharpes rifle boxes. . • 'I believe that • Montgomery's band' is fully . as large as represented to. he; that they are sworn to,protect• each other 'by . perjury, nssasmation and in every : other way'possible... Their object is,' as declar ed publicly by themselves, to"protect to: * glace slaves in the Tetritory, to assist therif to-run away whenever - an opportti .nity offers, " taking 'them East •and-re eiving slits' dollars per' head," and to rive out of the Territory all' who ; oppose them in so doing, A- large portion. of the population' on the border either belongs 'to this organization or . sympathizes, • with them, and; those who-do not dare not op , post - t' theni or give information' concerning them: Liam satisfied that- the • greater part if not all, of the donations which are Sent to sUlTerers,in Kansas goes into the hands of this - band, and the greater por-i tion'ofit is perverted front the use inten ded ptirchaSing arms and munitions of war l'ot Carrying out their plans. It would .takie a large force to thoroughly break up the band. • Mont - Ornery has a regular organized bind of men; who receWy $lO per month besides a portion of the robberies, -ttc., 'and also spies and runners ,all over the _country, Who Hire hint timely notice of any movement set on foot against him.— The daY before the troops reached Mound City, Montgomery's men -to the number of between 400 or 500 - , assembled and passed 'resolutions, a copy of which have been published by the Black - RepOlicanti. •• - There Was a great set back given to a gent on ati exeursion . ,boat,who,in making his way through the crowd remarked that crinoline_ ook up a great deal, of room. Not 50 }midi as whiskey, retorted a pert young mi'ss. He simmered down. .• ,rff? Fail:tiers ean Hell their oats and buckwheat to N.. I. Post;* fot each, at his new store on Vain. street. Sec his new adrertiseinent. DONATION VISIT. TIIE friends of REV. HENRY WW are respectfully invited to at tend a donation visit ; at leis Iresidenee in NOtv . Milfotd, on .TitiMSDAY, JAN. 'l7th, • IMI. NAIL AREANGEKENIZ-NONTROSE P. 0 MAILS ARRlVE—Dally( ;ttnday excepted,) from the ' Ravi. and South.; by liallroad at P. F. )1. Daily, ( lund4y excepted.) hem dm West, by Railroad, at hit a. m. . • From Itirighamtou direct, every Tuesday,Thursday and Saturday; at l 3 p. m. 1 From Tuukhantioek'dired. 'every Tnesday, Thursday and SaturdaY. at I p tn. T ' " From Towanda direct, every Tuesday and Saturday at -17.p : !, Daily front Friendortile (suuday excepted )' at iI.V p. 03. .1/411.5 !LEA VE—Dally (sundays excepted) far the east and south, by railroad, at II a. to. . • p. Pally (Sunday excepted) for the west, by railroad, at 4 m. Forillslghamton direct; every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.'at m. • • ' . • ' For Tunkhannock direct, every Uptutay, Wednesday a Fridayat 6', a. m.• • - • 1 For 'Towanda direct. every Monday d'Friday at t a.m. Daily for Friendaville (aunday ex.) MIN' a. in. • For I.aerYville (through Antoun)—leaves Monday; at 9 6.4n.--arrivae Wednesday at 6 p. U. f WEBB, P. ?d. 4 Reda rod by Dyspep sia tO a nitre Ifitelotoif, l —Conno DIVIUI,4IIS 'HOLLAND BITTERL"-Mr. A. Malshatt,n.ttader .probably ee well known as Rays= In Western Panyllranla, states as "Imet with a Enver ittlirmattong county who afas reducer/WV fo anernsinki ( fen - . I porsuadcd Min tobuy a ticittle P ortre Montoya litilland Bitter*, balloting It would cute blot.-- Neetlngtdmsomo months actor what was my astoulchtunt at Plain brat a bale, hearty man; ha ;told mo ho now orelghed - 210) pounds, andthatthls wonderful change had ,beenproducedby Donhavo'allolbuid llntlent, to which he ULM:aged aololy btu restoration." . .di:C . . IlionterstLideaklllithipi—Tbe follor t igis an extinct from a latAhr laymen os thepistor of a et Chun& to. ibis "Jovial anttilletesenget i gitiettnuitt It eve volcanos In favor of Quit woetd-restowned medicine—Mac Vititsurent Bonet:pm Sans rot Catinats Iresrtnno We seean aftettleement itiyour columns °titre. Wl* sloyes Soothift *trip: Now : vite never said a ward in Linoratatik petot . ttiedkine in our life, bet we feet cont. anatli/Mt that tale to no littintsailfrars aims Toy hir, atinKNOW re To az sts. Ile cum. Me webably anent the most anteesetul medicines of the day, because It Is one ottbe best. Thyme who bark babies cut do batter than to lay to a purply. . &ale ly .•• . . • ditellAtta-4ailliikti' Tenn, - 1861. Auburn-Grand iltirOilinortublo. , . Traverse- Jas Bunnell, tier'. gd - Gity, Chas . . 1 • • Apaincon-Gd-4' 31 Yuan. Varcrse -Asahel.Glraes, Michael Nolen. 2d 7) Harry Barney. • Ararat-Trav-Wni Carpenter, Elsun Stone, Denison_Tyl6r..' 2d-S N >Brooks: ••. Brooklyn •- , ---Tray.4..P. Tiffany, James Adams. Jr. 2d-Nellion Benjainin, Thos. 31'Oakley, E S Kent, Frank TesYksbury. Bridgewater-Tiav-Alex Allen, Jos • . Janieson,Danl 31ceolluni; 11.31 Williams.: 2*--DDHinds, Albert Woodcock,- Jonas Mack.. - .Clifford-Od-- -- Jas it Johnson, Wright. Wells. -Tray-Joel Stevens Jr. 2d-Win. • .Herron. Chocionet-Trar-•-,-Saii uel Lee. - '` . • Dimock-Tray-411Hollister. land-Blakeslee, - Holratio Itoberts,-Urbane Smith. I Forest Wm IMOI6. Tray—ltemi - fd—nanlelllaira. Franklin-;-Tiar-4ohn 'A. Welch - , 0 M Hall. 2d4-Henry &rah, !And reyirtlianker- Gt Bend-gd--lt Ii Ilnywood, Tr-Geo. Back,Charles Maye. , 2d-- 2 1'DEasterbrook, Gary It - lane. -. • • • • • Gibson-Gd--Geoll Wells. Trav-Gees. • Ilrundnge. •• 2d-Thnothy Carpenter. . Ilerrick-- 2 Gd-Eira Carpenter. ton, - PL Nor;- . ton, Jacob Sehlaget:' 2d-Jai•Comfori._ Itartbid-'rrav---4Wni Brundage, Fow ler Peck. .2d-A B 'Seamans. •. JessuP-Gd-Jne Bedell, Datil Picket. • Tray-Jeremiah. Bald win, Jbel Benj Shay.„ •• If Jacks - on-Gd-Asa Dix, Aniasa•Norri.. Trav-2d-John Morse. Lenox-Trav-I.lNMere: • - • Lathrop-Tr:lv-4J M Lec, El.. Lathrop, Jnoll Chapman. • : 1 . . Liberty-Tr-24,-Gary Law. Montrose-Gd--A J Brewster, George Lathrop. Trav-Sy.H Ifenstock. . 3liddletown-G4±3lichael . .Kceugh, Sarni Taggari.\ TraYerSe ...John Barnum, .T-T Buxton. • N Milford-Gd-Jno A Dix, Tracy Hay den, WmCWard. • Tray-Horace Little. 2d-P H Corwin.; Oaklan&-Gd--Gee , Brush.. Traverse- Stephen .Farnharn. BruSh am' Samuel Brush. • 'RusliGd-'•D H Levine. Tray-Sam. Cronk,-,T. P. Deyine; id Hiram Lacey. Silver LakeTraY-Thos Heavy. 2d-t-. - Truman Gaige, EdY(ard' It Hoag, Ansel C' Hinds. ' • SpringYille--Grand--A •A' Itoot, 1 - Scott. Trav-Johir Lynan, II P Loomis, John S Williams. 2A--'76 A Loomis. Susy'a T -Tray 7 -Wn 'Taunton, Newell' Thatcher. 2 . Hulce. - Thomson—Trav—Ti F Ilaittivmy,'Spnuan Stone. • Weekly Maket 'Reports ; . Corrreted ifferkiy flii; the lifontrole Democrat. NEW-YORK . IVIIOLESALk PIIIcES—Jr.i. 6; Wheat Flour; P bll., .55,00E467,00 l•ye Flour, 3,25@ 4,30 • Meal. bbl. • 4,100 3,55 RING Flour Wheat Rye Corn Oat* Senn , Duck AjTlt. •• tir ehecAt Ilay }l Salt 11 $ Gl' P.f!an.:.l ) lm.tliel, £9 Cr..s7 10 ....' 56 DAM Apple.. 7:. (1 1 00 30 Ratter:ll 1!) ...: 17 et. 14 ..... 50 ebee....e, ...... 1105.61. rt 406G41 •Ez.v, 1.1 dozen, .1$ 4P 't.N.... Corn. V bnplati linckwhen4. 31ONTROSE PRI , Wheat } ) bushel , $l, it.#lx Wheat tkntrpbbl WI sB.not Itye.... - ram:lts Aye flour 12 cu1...4 (a, 2.2,, - ,. - 'Corn . - • -,. 75 coats Corn =al 14) cwt.:2 Q, 2, 41 Buckwheat ..... ....4Stents Pork Vlb ...-.100. lt rents Oata Zrents Lard 11 lb ' 11 Cent 4. Beane ' 73 E% SIB 11 1b...1.1 6. 18 cent,. Butatn.4 - 4 17. N rents Eggs t? doz 15 yen!. ESIA W EIN9S TAR AND -WOOD NAPTHA. . • Is The best .Ifrdicine in Me world for Me cure ff Coughs and Colds, Croup, Bronchitis, Asthma, Difficult Breathing, • Palpitation of the Mart.. Fur the relief of patients in adraneed stag,! of • Consumption together with•all-Diseases of the Throat cilul Chest and which preffisposato Consumption. . • it attacks the root of disease, and snakes Meld: destroyer sueranb tails influence. It alsoprodn. res frit eapectoration, direduces health action' in the diseaeal Macaws Jfesnbrane and t issues. It iipecullarly adapted to the radical cure'of ASTHMA. - • One dace of this iniatuable SYRUP qften gives ease and ermsequently sleep, which the particular nature qf the awe e dentoe. - Itlerery pleasant.to the lade, and prompt in its erects, Try it & in merinos that inratuable in the cure of [is ou~Uissl ffetqlotsh., • Price 50 cents prr 801t1e . , , Prepared only by Dr. .L E•SEA WEIN. andsold by A. Eeenwein, Co.. N. W. aornir 911, ilia POPLAR streets, PhilatT a. Pa. For sale in Xantrose by • mho :A his) IBEL TVRR ELL bruaaist. HOOPLANDS .;;. k X Earn Eitip • 4c, _ itc..m• i • 411 STANDARD REMEDIES , et the peewit age, baii.acqulred their great yOrtiarity only thronigh years QI trUL . Chbountle4aattsfottlno: is tsuiler•il lrc tLem lu all cuss-1 HOOFLAND'S' CERIVIAN eiTTERS MU.; ratizslati ices • Liver Clpmplidat, DrspeNlia, Jactidlec. Vcrrani Do- Dyer.asea at the ;lane" sad all , dlaaaaei nri.la frOirt a illeonleradlieFrf or weak. - • ..,110111t of she StOntacli and Digeattee orgams !\t. evrq . . etramet.r rrereszr nu. n Ma l nlloos RYCI, Alt MICA An OA Fos our Almersae Pe , td:,or. Pam; 75 cents per tottla. iloolimidisl Balsamic Cordial: 1211=113: sr *arsons,. Bronchitis, Turhigniss, Croup. Pneuminis,lacipiat ColToopti.", sadLatpri> nuhltLe=Atnatealeh4:camsaverkriowq _ . CoNPIRDILD cesium - Pintos . . - =a, s pktirlimes.Caribil Itliilanoq . rascsos r_r l44l / 8 ; ; . . 1100 a, 1113111 A. 11:1111., bdas sroll knows tlubaomit Dative mat Await*. itaiala bo•ecaiskesdAtlos•l4 This !Lro Puidt Rtet idY,,are PlePart=lella+malataa, and we sagar•coated. .No bitter Pll/ aas ba Rana Palm 23 eta. par min litspand by Dr. P. BCiaessois • !. 1 5 o :9l%;alad 310„.ivad us 0014 by '4 %04 ifla Omaleig uteerae* efelrtheria na llia li a •4 4 C.:K. ;14-1,000 wfll I?* - Datha aata!da'ot sok hatslgaEas — - • • • sime...lhery6eaty" t a AIMMIWIC," publlaaat aulaauly, ion altkl Antimony 'IA onitaiondatory **ices from all Puts bt the cot: nrir ram. Afar:up:a aro givta sway bz all OU.: 3,71 0, ; • • , CES CU RR ENT.