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Published by Theodore Schoch.
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efirO the iid (if lUr Vr:tt. Tivn i!iilf.ti ntnl liuir
N pipers Jissrtmi:i:elntusnarfcarsfj6atepnld
jWn?.leit'Mnfrti nu pxciinft one square (ten
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pruned -vuii uc.iiiicss aim ucspuicu, on rcusonn-
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' HOUSE A?D SSCH PAIMTER-
Shoo in Auracher's butldin-!- ou
abcth street.
5l rrtii. clinrrt
I'a.
w here
inay be had at alj tinges
Sash, Doors, OMikis & ShU;(trs9
which will be sold at the lowest rates.
7,'0all and examine before purchasing
elsewhere.
' F;on the Nov York Ledger.
BOILDEH HEROISM.
BY EMEUSOX EENXET.
It was in the spring of ITSo, and on a
clear and beautiful day, that a party,
consisting of two men, a woman, and a
child, were passing down tho Ohio iu a
conveniently-sized boat, for the purpose
of joining some friends at a settlement be
llow. This party bore the surname of
Marston, and the relationship of husband,
-brotbtr, wife aud daughter. They bad
come from the interior of Pennsylvania,
"transporting their goods by horses to the
Alleghany, and thence descending that
river and the Ohio in the boat thoy now
.occupied.
The eldest of the four was a larc, tall,
fine looking man, some thirty years of
4igc, and the husband of the lemale, and
father of the child. The wife appeared
to be some sis or eight years the juuior of
Jjor.partncr, was small, slender and grace
ful, and possessed a countenance of more
than ordinary intelligence and beauty
The brother was younger than the hus
band, and the inferior in. 'ize and ttrength, j
but comely in feature,
-i .i .
ntifi f.i'iiicnri v a
: frMn.!.l., ,c,,l,r nmrnr
Tfin vniiTi,TP-t. nf (hi! nnrfv was a sive(.
chatting bJuc-cveu. olden-haired little j
fU.iT- emmnr: tl.n fi.vnrJfnnf n 1 !
and especially the idol and joy of its fond
and almost girlish mother, both of whom
Bcemcd much out of place in journeying
through that wild, unsettled and perilous
region.
Thus far our adventurers had met with
no material accident or misfortune, nor
had they seen auy of those fierce enemies ! down and thlcw thc shrieking child upon
of their Tace, who were then known to be ! ucr ' 1
prowling through the great forces which j jThe two-Indians now proceeded to se
Rtretch away on cither baud for hundreds ! curc tue boat. bJ working it up under tho
of miles; but now they were '.uore direct- i overhauling bushes, and so disposing of
ly entering the country inhabitedfty their ; Kcm as to. completely couceal-it from the
Kwarthv foes, and which had been more 1 ew of 3DJ party passing up or down the
distinctly markod by tie aggres-ious of J
tho latter upon their white inradors: aud
as they turned their eyes toward the
preen and Howry banks ol the delightlul ,
stream, upon whose placid boo:n they creu the use of her faculties, and had be
vrere floating, it was less to admire the , gun to bemoan her hard fate in low, cho
knlnhin lu'mitin;) of naturo. tlinn in dnnd ki fobs, the -whi!o straiHin! her trcuibi
of what those mighty forests might con-
ceal. Yet thc men. as was natural thev
should, relying upon their strength,' and. arm could shield it from the merciless
their tkill in the use of weapons, seemed foes. ;,
less uticay thau thc girlish mother, j Oue of the Indians now advanced to
t evry unusual sound, would clasp her her side, and rudely pushing her with his
offspring to her heart, and glance around f00t, made tdgns. that shemust get up
ber in fearful apprehension. j and follow him ashore. She understood
'Mary," said her husband, approach- aad .complied with by desirer-for "she
ing her on oue of these occasions of had now,' some little, hope that her child,
alarm, which became more frequent as WOuld be spared, to. her apl.wjth a moth
bo advanced on her journey, 'how is that ' er's undying Iqvej she felt that she would
you, who have been so courage's all along, willingly struggle through anything,. enr
KVvcjiow of a suddeu becomo so timid?" j cyorything, for its sweet sake. . .
I hardly lenow myself William," she j We may Uotd well, upon her' feelings,
replied in a sweet musical tone, looking . for mQQ but a olhar so suddcnly:and
p witu a smwc, uuiC u .s mat we arc
cotering a more dangerous region, and
that I am every .moment growing more
fond of our pretty little Ada, and rnprc
A.
vcr the child
wJ,;"',i c
now held
in her
w
Srnisitshe imprinled a
mother's kiss
of
1q'0 upon its ruby lips.
"But I'm not afraid, mamma, when you
gp4 papa arc with me," prattled the blue
eyci pet; "for I know nobody'll hurt me
where you are."
"Ahj God bless your trusting inno
fiehV' cried the father, impulsively
catching .cr UP iu his arms, and cover
in" her cherub face with kisses. "No
one shall hurt you where I am and may
the good God keep us all from haruil"
During their voyage dowu the river, it
liad'laeen necessary to lay up at night, es
pecially in foggy weather; but Uiey bad
generally managed this matter with great
"capion. securing their boat near, rather
than' at the shore, by making a line fas to
soe-.ov.erb anging branch, .and dropping a
soritf rude anchor. Atthcsc stopping pla
cestui vovairers bad been the most ap
nrfrfrfVikiirfe! vet it was-pot -at these that
ft..' t. U n; Jinrfii- hl vehWn 1
tuev were renny uiuai-" "-"e.v- ' - 1
J. . ? . 11 l.!-u f
floating aionw in tue urifui utm
Jioawu aiuuQ i,u p & , t
ntiafi sequel of oyr narrative win uut. .
till' ... y l :iAnr,
iiTI " S - f ,- ' :n '
On the very uay ,iuas w mj,vufv.v
iUc to A. reader, bt 6,me twoor tbreo
EubscaucDt to tho converfation re-.
corded,' the little girl, in looking toward'
4 f-4hc' Ohio thore, became much attracted
Mo a long line of beautifully-flowered
. shnubbery, which so ovcrhunjj the stream
: uat a branch might easiij' to brokcp in
passing; and with infantile glee she clap-
"Oh, papa, do get little Ada some prct -
.'ty flowers!"
! ;T(bcboat was, not far from the land
and the current set in close to the bank,
an easy matter to. comply
k r j
fing directions to this effect', and himself
' t-aking an oar, was about to push in to-
. - . 1 ,t1 . f .1 .i, - ..I'l
warns tnc luicKrt. wncn tnc motner. witu
, - , , , . . : ,
. what seemed to be a premonition of dan-
ger, quickly interposed, saying, eagerly
and earnestly-
I "Nay, William, do notth.iuk, of such a, and whispers of terror that it seemed in?,
thipg, but keep further out in the stream. Istinctively to comprehend.
I'rom some cause 1 am frcightened
feci that danger lurks, in every thicket,
"Pbcih, Mry, you are!too erisily a -
Eliz-':lVU50UV' repllwci her husband; uno onelrcaspncd that, her foes wero no no ,lenger.l
toul" 1)0 010110 cautious uran l, if l tuo t
there" was danger; but there is none here,
surely; and little Ada might as well have
a bunch of flowers to please hen"
'So ssj-ing, and without heeding the
rcnioustranecs of his more timid com
panion, he, assisted by his brother, lurn
cd !thc boat up alongside the shrubbery,
aud both were in the act of plucking a
nowenn? branch the
wltilc , in her mother's
little sirl. mean-1
trembiinii arms ',
"clrping her tiny hands with delight
when suddenly two sharp reports, almos.t1
blended inlo one, rung bat 'upon the still i
air.
and tho brothers fell back togther, '
the one shot through the heart and the
other through the brain.
At the same instant there was a series
of terrific yells, . a rustling among the
bushes, and two hideously-painted sava
ges came leaping into the boat. Eirfet
making sure of their victim?, by plung
ing their knives several times into
their bodic, they next tore off their
scalps, end tauntingly shook the gory
trophies, in the very face of toe now pe
trified and horror-stricken wife and moth
er, who stood lijic a statue of marble, as
motionless and seemiugly as cold,- her
eyes glaring wildly, and the little girl
clinging to her in, a terror she could, not
-comprehend. Then attaching .each his
.scalp to his girdle,-they made a. flourish
of their tomahawks over the head, of the
mother, rather as it seemed with the ju-
tnnfmn of torrifvinrr flmn nf fcf.r? Imtkt hnr
. . , ...... .......... .
OUtUUUJH" UCT UUIUOVCU IOr SI1C W3S
Ti l- . i. j
:uu iarajyzeu wiiu uorror oue oi tnem
rudely snatched' the child from her arms, I
Mid 'iBadCaS if tO
dash out its brains on
the gunwale of the boat. This Tie ruijiht
indeed have done for his basilisk eyes
were gleaming with fiendish malice but
the other interposed, and said something
in their native tongue; when, turning to
the still immoveable mother, ho struck
her a blow with his fist, knocking her
rircri r looking out from the opposite
uore.
. I3y the time this was completed, -"poor
, .Mrs. Alaraton had in some degree
.airs, .uarston had in some degree recov-
ling child as tightly to her anguished bo-
!som, as if. she thought that' her maternal
tcrrib v afflicted. and so hopelessly nia, .
could compreheutl the bitter ungdhb of
hz- heart,
At a little distance -back 'from thc riv
er, the Indian bound bis prisoner to a
sapling, leaving the child free beside herj
aucMheu returned to uts .companion, and-
assistca mm in securing ueir capiureu ,
sPoil- f
They now seemed disposed to oc mer-
rv those crim. inhuman monsters as '
they !oated over their not -invaluabjo
r,rize Stripping the dead of their gar?
uients, securing their weapons nnd amu-:
nition.' and revelinff, like hungry beasts. !
fnbln edible's which their ex-.!
tutu. r
plprations exposedchatting glibly qj
their native tongue, and now and then,
laughing mcrilyTbut cautiously, as here.,
and" there they fpll upon what they con-
sidered a prize of, more than usual value
a, i-cf'f Unrr nn otliBr tliaaa
. . i.'uiJ& 'Vi; worn
in.VSrGriOUS-lCJtJiilUl; biSiit nmvu mw,
Song in discovering to be reHter, '
and over wlch thoy not only laughed,-
" " ?"'?," M y , , y . , . !
?hich they . fairly danced 104
;
AtleUD
' w , lA.'
- - o . ii 1 j
An nf fh hnnt. thev knocked in the bead
At lenfftni piacinff tue Keg iu,
, nf thn hnnt. thev knocked in tuo ueaa
- - - 1 , r . ,
Untnta on.l hnn in indulge
.1,;- I.nthi.fa am hpirnn to inUUl'je
w.m .mvi..-,
, ilii vliilprntino noison.
tu iuv v... r- ,
RTI1I1U1 2111IJ" UVIUlli riouuuni
gradually ?u
creasi-g tbe.r at m "g P"
kind of drunken carousal, uu.u ia.too
J their at firk light notations i -to a
iui.11 fa r ' -
for several hours, and finally chlled in a
state of complete intoxication'. ' "
4 Meantime the poor mother had re1!
lmaincd
listcninji
the fierce revelry' of her captors, and all
the time in trembling apprehension lest
'something might direct their thoughts to
1 her, and she and her darling Ada become
-'frosh-victiuis of their now liquor-maucned
-: pas'sioh'fr;' But as-time wore oh, rand theiif'
potations grew deeper, aud their caro'usiln.stinct -,of self-preservation, ''prepaYcd'
' more'druuken, if not less boisterous, a to defepd herself - even. :at -tbeoOst of
1 , - ' '
through their final inebriation she, pightUJye.r, because it was pot in h'er-heart to
providentially effcct her escapc;' ahdLfrom , slaj them in cold blood, if she could e-i
natmoineni sue Decamc more intensely ex-
l l l i
i ., , ,. . , . , .
cited than ever, and listened with a. still
more wildly palpitatiug heart, hushing the
; very murmurs ot her poor ohild oy looks
I i r , . i?
At last, just as the bright sun was set-
ting, the long-wished-for moment scorned
gradually died away .to silence; and she.
in a condition to prevent uer escape,
! which pcrad venture she might effect, pro-
! vided she could -immediately-get free' of
her 'bonds.
Uut how was this to be done? Iler hands
were corded behind her backhand her
body made fast to the tree. She tried to
work herself loose, but her efforts only
served to tighten the cords and give her
pain; and she was on the very point of ut-
tering a shriek of despair, when she re-
.membered in time that tho sound of her
voice might fall upon the obtuse senses of
her drunkenfocs, and mechanically arouse
them to action.
Uut stay! another strange wild hope
enters. her heart! Can she make uso of
Ada Can she venture the poor child to
the fearful risk of returning alone to
the boat, aud procuring a knife!-- It is a
thought as trying as death itself, though
less fearful than a long and hopeless cap
tivity,nnd it seems to be their only salva
tion. ;Timb is.paasing, her captor3 have
become still, and something must be done!
Shall she risk the only .alternative in her
power? Something seems to urge her to
do so; and finally, wrought up to a pitch
of desperation and madness, she-explains
to, the trembling little cr ea'ture what she
needs of' her, and, gives her directions how
to proceed. (
Aud that innocent little thirigrcompre
bended her, and finally sat. out " on her
fearful mission. Oh! what a trial was
that to tlie teudcr nerves of that poor
I
UIUlUl .
and from tho moment of her de-
Fuua-, uu iuaioi utr reiuru, iu unci
suspense was to her an age of horror. But
'the child went, and returned in safety.
and brought back a knife, which the had
very stealthily taken from the very side
of the murderers of her father arid uncle;
and which wa3 even yet red with their
blood.
The poor captive shuddered as she
looked upon the fearful weapon, and'yet
she experienced a faint gleam of joy, ai
the thought that it would be the means
of setting her free, and thus', under God,
the saving of herself and child.
Little Ada, by her mother's dircctionj
soon cut the binding cords; and the mo
ment Mrs. Maraton found herself at lib
erty, she caught thc heroic little girl in
her arms, covered her sweet face with"
kisses, and then, with almost bursting
heart, knelt upon the ground, and poured
forth a fervent prayer of thanksgiving1 to
the Great Unseen.
Strengthened by this, she aro'so! and
PrePaTera li,lCL5 i me tnouguc ot.wuat
wu& uciuiu nui , auu tuv situ niuuuor lureuu
upon; which her .owu life and that of her
child depended, brought bnck a sinking
of the heart, . and a trembling' -of .every
nerve. What was .to.be done now? She
was alone in the great wilderness a weak
feeble woman-far from home and friends,
and surrounded by dangers of every im
aginable description. Could she escape
on foot .with her child? impossible! thoy
would either (Starve, or fall a proy to wild
beasts or Indians: AVhat oourso then? 1
for they must' escape. There ' was - thc
boatrbut then there lay. the taurdgrcra
of hcr.husbniia and bis orother, and what
could c-'ue do with them? Should she iff"
turn murder them; while they Slept their
drunken sledp? Acdld icy shudder crept7
tbrou&b'hJf tbin ht the bare thougKtT
But- theti he'r child must bo saved! and to'
save that, by any meank, was'imperativo-
lr her duty.
We 'will not follow her thoueht3. E-
n0Ugu that .she at last, carrying the chW(
in her arms, resolutely but cautiously, re--
turneu io luujeanui seeue, wuuxu aim my
thc.dead; bodies of her friends and
most beside them, but upon so'mo1
add bpxes,-nearly on a level with the. gUn
wald, their now drunken' murdordrs.,
With' the -kdife firmlyolasp'od in her
habd,' th'otidowed riibther1 'reached the31
- .- i
boat; she entered 4ty-shtf stood over her
foes; they were iu her. p.bwer; she. raised !
the k'oife1, should she strike? , She hesita--!
ted-Tr.treuibledgrew faint of hcartr-her .
hand fell. -She: thought other uhildjr and;
the arm was again nerved, and again
raised, but airain foil powerless." . v i
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U another thought She..,hqrwfc,
forward, placed the bhild. pear the bo,u
; ' 1 , ., , , , . . ,. , .
and warpeq if nptj,o spenA.pr .st.ir; t.anu.
theDkeizipganib.anf,pushe
tUa linrft. and set-it dr ft lnffi down : t iov
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sirpaiu, -"v
secur.
rin2 the
riu vu" wwww.. ..--, ,
weapons;
nf. I1p.11 nnoinlps. nhn.
nerved herself for the gre.t, tt.iah !and,i.
t. ... ,
using all her strength, euddeuly rolled
. , ., . . the river. '
b"b flw'r
uiom
On striking the water", onoVf the two;
Indianssunk alraostimtnedia.cly;,but the
other, who perhaps had drunk less'. deep-
to. ly, and was not so much intoxicated, be-
gan to strugglefpr life, and soon, appear-
ed to recover suthcient consciousness to
comprehend what had happened, and
'struck out fiercely for' the boat!' But
'that girlish mother, nerved by the tho't
- bf her "chiidj1 her own ' wroil'gs aii'd'lhc in-
, - - : - T
.1 t I I - ' n ' .
cupo uv ouier means Dut sue was urmiv
. .-, , . , , .. ,, . . ; . "
resolved not to be taken aaiii; aud brinsi-:
" ing a 'rifle to bear upon tBo,cstru":glin
satagejfShc. waited till she sow him about;
i ti . . .
to. make, a lo
pulled, trigger.
lodgtuent astern, and then
A flash, a report, a sroan J
j tollowod, and the bubbling' waters grew
i red above the grave'of her foe.
ic mother watched by her' living child
and its dead andrgory father, and. labor
od hard to keeD the . boat., from
drifting to either shore; but what pen
can portray her mingled emotions of grief
for thc dead and joy for thc living, her
hopes and fears, 'her 'horror and despair?
, Sho lived through her trials, however, and
the next day was discovered by a party
of hunters, Yfho, at her cries of distrotSj
cacic to' her relief, and thus she was sav
ed. : -Wo will simply odd, that that heroic
little child,, Ada 3Iarston, in after years
became the wife of one of Kentucky's
mostdiiti.nguished and chivalric eons.
Who Was "Waiting.
An amusing incident took' place in one
of tho large dry Goods stores of an 'c'as-
-.tern city a short time since. A good
looking,. honest iaced country. girl came
to town with her "feller" to do a trifle of
shopping
Mil j . m .
.main standing a few moments. At length
a dapper fellow, with a, gold watch chain
flourishing moustache, came bowing and
smiling up to the blushing customer with
"Anybody waiting on you, madam ?,J
The color deepening' in her checks, as
she hesitated and drew a long, breath, .tijl
finally, with a uod of her head towards
the' door, she faltered out :
- "Yes, sir, he. h.
. - Land Warrants -in Virginia.,
' Tho system of ffrautin warrants to Jo-
c'ate vacant and unappropriated lands in
'Virginia has been carried to such excess
U'lic magnitude ot the store, thc piles,, c.io.s lor another declaration lhe pro
on piles of goods, the dazzling array of slavery men ip Congress are discontented
ar,tieles, the rows of busy 'clerks, fthe fit- at these Northern threats. They are de
ting, cash boys, quito overpowered ,f our , tcrmincd.; therefore, to keep all thc cards
goo.d friend, who scarcely knew what to in their own hand ; and so tho arch ma
do, Her "feller" obstinately re fusetl to r gician changes front again, and causes
go in, but litered about the door. j it to be finally and emphatically announ-
The clerks being all busy at the mo-, ccd that he will not decide who has got
nipnt thc young lady was obliged to re-, thc Legislature of Kansas until tlie Le-
.thafGov.1 Wise has felt it his duty to pro- barrass the action of Congress. If the eer
iest against the grosd frauds practiced uri- tificates, overlooking the returns, were
der.for years.. The. warrant is granted given to the free-State candidates, the
to any body, who, will pay two cents an, a- South would be dissatisfied ; even if thoy
crof and the warrantee may find the land j were given to the pro-slavery party Con
yyHere he can in a region already "shin- ' gress would not, without. a, severe strug
gled'f:bver' with thc conflicting titles.- gle bring in Kansas as. a. Stato under the
-Ignorant persons in tho North and else- . Lecompton Gonstitiou."
where bavo bought these warrants atjfrom t There is a complacency in this abso
eigl!;ty to one hundred cent an acre, un- Jutely refreshing. The oaths of the two
derVn impression that there. vvould be ; no Speakers of the. two Ilouses of Kansas
difficulty in making a location, wbereag Legislature given after a complete can
in 'truth there is no land left. ' The Gov- 1 yass thc testimony of Gov. Denver him-
orrior is ragaiustan.y further issues! ofitbis
C - J
sort. ;t , -ji'. j;;
Reasons for not Marrying". IO, the election on tlie Atu o January last.
;''"Uuder this V ' caption V corxeVpoudcnt .cn Calhoun is .asserted to have admit
sei'ids ushe following' "tit 'for tat,"' win- , tod as such on several occasions. t And
dirrg-up with a moral.' We cannot vouc'h ye:to refuse :to give' these' people their
for, its. originality but it will bo admitted
on all . hands io be an imDrc.?ive, nicture;
Tt is -KkMrlor flmf ?i tnnn in o iti, t ti rr nna
al-!da:ys, ihaH-ies a great (leal more tjian
h'dlja-rgai lied for'. ' H'e' not only wcds'h'im- .dence. ttud belier, aud those who resist
self to:a woman, b'Ut a-laboVatory of pre-, j.arid protest against bis monstrou ii!ur
parecjialk, i quintal of. wlratcbone,J eight pation.are excommunicatcd-in thcofficial
cpffcp bags, iQur.bcjjkcta.of ,ppypls.,onp
poodle-dog, and a Eysiom.ozvealc nerves,
Hinf. will lnhn four corvants Vmi J tiiroo '
doclofs -around your housc' moSt of 'the ' the returns of an election, fairly conduot
tjQJC , ; ; vo .Hi 1 cd, until .another was decided ? The Buck
This frightful report ucnough to make Shot War grew put ofa piece, of conduct
bachelor?: ButduKroJa anothorv.side to
.! . . a ... ij..
oo
.. k A H ... .
Sho would wed a dozen
ll reiiuieu iuuu. uuu nuuiu vou u uui-u
. , . . i , i , i ...
pair or rejecceu pants, a uox oi ouuon-
jeaa hinsix bottles of haitv.oil, a little
chost,of patent medicjnes- with itjie, .labels
lous 'Usiwdll ns -vulgar way,,,o,f ''Bpfcnding
life,;, a. .. . . . ; '. ' ' t
,33oth scs. JiaVjCj much to. jconsidcr .bq-,
foVe" en taring ; uriop tho 'marne.to) j
. i- , - ,
, Matrimonial FxEiuiiNqB. AnrsoId
Du.tqh tavern keeper iu the borough of
Cheker, had his:lhird wl'feapd! beTrig
a-k ed"'li is- vie vs' 'of m atr nno by '" f d plio U
4'Yel den, .yousee,idefirsi;trmdsi
Ltmarries!
- - T
lo-dat, IasU Z V
for peautpdat, vash ,g9P ,tqp apout so
nnnh no h.. fii-if. .lntt ills tnnn m:irrn9
br-r 1 rvj iz. ri-P'i--:-t--j", y,
Vm
view 01
I
t UMwun
1 . .
4-'A;mariiin:.'Shienoctaday i auccrlisesIa
vciocu jor-saio mcix, n
'tax ?atherer."
i 1 e .... . . Mt.. -
in tho French lanrua!?a. a mass of.unnaid
, ai- i aiior's hills, a broken conatitiori. with a
- A 'Conveuient Ballot-Box.
,. uu- .... lusiui-ni,
nuM.ouuu uu u.o ..l. u,u
carried his funds in his hat. hut John
wiiivuu, iuu luvmiui ui mu xr uuu:pLon
iraua, nas improvca upon tins iuca no
is a sort of' peripatetic ballct-.liox.
.u " Ti ,
uiuuuuu. jfisuiiliimg isju Uiu luuuu oi '
suffrage, he first secures the votes bl'cer-
tain deluded men in Kan'sa;-1 and then"
proceeds to count and chang'c these votes,'
with a facile rapidity that would- amaze mittee, inviting me to address the mass
H err Alex and err Signor Blitz, "or cvcn.tccetihg of the Democracy of TnrU n
the -celebrated Hbutoh, who - JivtoniShcs the 2l -of this month at India nan dli-'lfasr
European- Kings and Obmraoris 0V-S been received. It would have given ma
houo has removed his apparatus to Wa-h-Sincere pleasure to have complied with
ington city, and has been performing all' -our reoucst, but ou the 2-lth of ft,;.,'
'sorts 'o'f achievements of Iccerdcm aid'
( - j - .mU(, taaus
diuoe his arrivaL there with hid rare con- now pending in the Supreme Court of the
triyance. When he got' t6"St. Louis, hej United States, is set down for argument'
oaused it to be announced that thc prosla-j and I cannot be absent on that occasion.'
very men had won the prize; but since) Thcpowerof Congres3toafoncwStatea
he has felt thc public pulse, on bis way to ! into the Union has heretofore, at various
Washington, and while in that city, be'pcriods, been fully discussed by me. This
has given strong sign of allowing tho.j power of admission mot clearly implies
votes of the majority to control. At this the previous conseut of thc people of the
indication all the Northern advocates ofjinchoatc State, not oulv by the ve-v fPrma
-
the Lecompton Constitution gave a great! but as required by the fundamental princi
shoutofjoy. They were full of exulta-1 pics of our Government. Indeed. I nrcsu W
taiion iu me nare iuca oi uuiuuuu uoingfit win dc nardly contended that Congress
tho fair thing. Now it mu?t not be uu-1 possesses auy nowcr to forrn tho. nonnU fi
derstood that tlm concession was to be a
w
complete one. The hope thus held out
was only as to the Legislature. U he Gov
ernor and other Stato officers were elec
ted. aH Fuch. by the free State1 vote, but
it would not do to ive all to the majbri
I 4
ty ; so it was intimated tnat the latterHhe majority of that people. The people'
should be given to the pro-slavery mfnor
ity. in order that the Legislature should
'be able' to pass no lav over the Gover-
( n'or's veto !
But the joy of the. Northern advocates
of Lecotnptou was short-lived. Calhoutf
' has given his magic ballot-box another
examination. He-has pronounced a new
'incantation. He has. consulted the ora-
it . i . m I
comrilon Constitution is accepted, and Jb.an.
, sas compelled to take it. This places, a!aori
, two United States Sonators at his dispo
.sal. ...
j All our.lato advices are to this effect.
We have already given, ecveraj; but the
following from, the Washington letter, in-
yesterday s Ledger is conclusive:
" The .final decision ,of Mr. Calhoun, in j
regard to the result of the State elections
, nf flin lfn nf .Tannnrr is In iritJdlpIil
i until Kansas, si tall be, admitted as a State,
This is no doubt1 a wise decision, for uere
he to give certificates of election lo cither
party at )resent, iticoidd necessarily em-
sclf,.an,d al.lthe later investigations,
1 .'...7.. j7 j! J r. Ct..l
conclusively that the free State men carried',
cventhinsr. Lecishdmd, Governor, and all
rights, is sagely pronounced " a wise de-
' cision
!" And tho man who assumes tins'
.dano'CrOUS. DOWOr
tho author of this; fa-
tal wrong-ris. held up as worthy of confi-
organ: as repoia.-
What would.bd the fate ofanyofficial
in thia.Stato who would thus withhold
Which bore a moderate simuaruy to u
1?nt?oTi nntr;trrn iinftn nnnular rights
like '
. .,.- .rllCrc can
now bo no.
, i i . ,i ... t LJl,.na mrinir
..w.. ---
v..n,.i,;r,-rv- n thn hvQ'S avcrv
uouDttnat nc u'H"- fi""5
. , V -
1 -party in K
j is fastened
iva.nsas ine ! m"""-u',-"UVk""i',-v'"
upon the people:. , .
' i , l t 1
Such an act
wau u oo in cxaci ieeu-
ing.wjth all hi st.e . proceeding.
a oaVe ZtX to, this, prostitution and'ditiona l never would bave gone to Kan-
' .1 i . T I . n I a n c
- ,m. k.,llni-.l.fly . Ttctands
lE iT hrrnrurony only with; Iu my administration of he affair. 0
tl .imfa ny.iand injusticb which , have Khb,, always communicated from first
arlccd.tho Whole shameless ciusadc upon to last to tho Pre.-ident, I faithfu ly car
the will of thc majority in the .distracted ried out these views as regards the sub-.
TeVH ovy of LVhe frets, misssion of the Constitution to the vote of
dern.ioiy,oi,ixi -'lhe people, ulid by these means, as the
aru iu. ... ..-., -, ( , . Urestdent frankly admits in his late Kan-
".Nab ChaN3'eP-. Pc.nnsy'jvaiiiii sai'Mes;igef prevented a s.-mguinary rev-
fjehate has passed a bjl) . ehqnib jhe olutionitUere in June last. Tbia rovolu-
of ttio Pittsburgh and
ilailroad Company tp tha'of, tho "Pitts-
bufh! Connellsvillc'and"13ahimorrviiU
namo
Uonne law
road' Company.'' , , . . v ,
. Since tbe'firdt"bf Jaduary' 185G, 'over
ithrec thouaod sclfborhouses have ,becn
Iftrfih the SfeMUlKi.7:7 '
In courtship three .hard squeezes' arc
better than fifty soft words
lije pii 1
j- THE POSITION 01? (207. WALEEE.
t, The following letter from thn TTnn
J lie ioiiowtng letter from ,the
uoUcrtJ. Walker to the A nti-Lecomtl-'
ton Democratic Convention, held in Indi.
anaf.oiia en the '2Ld ult' did
not annear
, ".fiu,ar report oi ine proceedings.
llo but has since- been published. It
irlmg.'put to rest all doubt couc'e'ri,ih fin.
III. in fl.ii f......l . i- .
in the
a.,l.uoubti couccrung Got.
V aiKCl S position.
i" ' Washisgtox, Feb. 20 1858
Aufexi.v II. Bfcow.v, cs-q. Chairman &e
Silt : Your letter iu U-l.-ir r ft, n,. '
month one of
the neoob
. (.1.1VII, Ul'
a dtatc into the Union against their will.
The Union is composed of a confederacy
of coequal sovereignties, and each must
have freely entered into the Federal com
pact. By tho people of a State, under our
Federal Constitution, is always intended-
of a btate, in entering into the Union, al
ways indicate their previous assent by the.
adoption of a State Constitution.
My own opinion, as hcretafore often'
expressed, distinctly rr pcated in my letter
of acceptance of the Governorship of Kan
sas, aud reiterated iu my inaugural ad-
dress, was that thc assent of the people
to their Constitution can only properly
be ascertained by a direct popular vote
for or against its adoption. Indeed, in
what other way can it ever be known that,
the people would have assented to tho
Constitution unless they are permitted to
vote for or against its adoption ? The
President, in his message of Decembec
last, admitted this must be done a3 re
gards the question of Slavery cs regula
ted by a State Constitution, although hi
- concedes that his instructions to me as re
gards the submission of thc Constitution
were '-'general and unqualified." It is'
most unfortunate that such an opinion
had' remained so long dormant in the.
breast of the President; for if tho sligfif--est
suggestion to that effect had been
made to me, it is quite evident, from my
l!V 1 . ... . "1
nie-iong opinions on tuts very point so of
ten and distinctly expressed, repeated in
my letter of acceptance of the Governor
ship of Kansas, aud reiterated in my in--augural
address, that on snch conditions'
I never would have gone to Kansas.
It is true that the President, in his
Message, most frankly concedes, not only
that bis instruction to mo as rccardsthe;
submission, of the Constitution were "gen--eral
and unqualified," but also that ho
then supposed that the Constitution itself
would have been submitted to the voto
of thc people, and that in his judgement
this ought to have been done. But, nev
ertheless, his Message of December last,
to my surprise and astonishment, firsS
developed the astounding fact that the
President considered that nothing but
the S.lavery question was required to be
submitted to the vote of the people. I
do not mean to charrc thc Chief Magis-
trate of our country with willful decep
tion on this question, but this I do say,
uas indicated py my me ions opinions.
published again and again, repeatod in
my letter oi acceptance, reiterated in
my inaugural address snu various cis-
patches. : that tho President and all his
Cabinet well knew aiy opinions on this
subject, and that I never would have gono
to Kansas except upon the condition of
advooating tlx submission of the Consti
tution for ratification or rejection to &
vote of th people. This, with mo, was tv
vital question, embodying the only fair, .
just, peaceful and constitutional method of
sritling tho difficulties iu Kansas,
It was with extreme reluctance, and
accompanied by great sacrifices, and af
ter repeated l'efusals, that I at length'did
cr terms would l bare gone Ua upon
iiinqn iihovo innicatt'd: and it thc xresi-
, " : V . . . .i o,
, . ,
dcut had
latcd to me tnat tnc oiavcry
- rtIIfifition ou'lv was rcouired to be submit
, i , - , , n
ted to tno vote oi rue pcop.c uu si
rnnn'C mill .ill liU l!;lhinf Willi IZDOYt.
ivw, - - - .
and all my tnenua who conierreu wuu
sas.
tton,' would have covereu ivansas witu
blood andidcsolotion; it
mirlce'd b? all those ho
would have been
horrors which' ever'
accompanyoivil war, which must have-'
extended toboYdering States oud Terri
tories, and 'involved, but too probably,
thtf ruin of ouT'belovcd country. 'How;
was this (Ifdaxllulcatastrophb avolrte'd!
By my
uy add'resCBnd dispatches, quoted
by the President, ad
ocating
the aubmis-
l