that oighl after.l 'wept to bed, for Jerusha and Ibe dandy 'cHap bad the hull to themsolV.es .rousing;| to •park. I- tou|£dVStood' the to want to hear wfiat they 1 Hadtosay fpr tnera delves. Whisper! whisper! whisper I You may laugh ai it, bill ifs the naked truth lam going to tpll you. lhave laughed ■myself at 7 the same thing.' 'Whea l heard something pop like a kibs, bygjdger I cduld aland my heart-thumps Dd logger.. Curipjsiiy and jealousy got’Hte''u(i|idr hand on me; I wanted to see for myself, so I slid out,orbed silting flat like a tailor ‘on the floor, deter* mined to hitch op juat as I sot, inch! at the time, to the openfhgover (ho hearth where the beams and gun hooks were. A cal couldn’t been no stiller drier a mouse, but my heart thumped louder at’every hitch, just as it will when a man goes to do what ain’t r%ht. Well, jusf'aa I Had gained the right pint to look over af ’em, just tilted, the floor, down I went, tow shirt lo.gunhopk—^ •nd there I hung blindfold, like a squirrel half skinned, right over ray rival and awert ’art—ready for bathing. I couldn’t see them at all arter that,' and it was more then ten minutes before the old boss awoke to tear me loose, dangling round tlje fire. What, what, said he; got a spare rib? Ha I let me down, .said I. I ggt pretty well baked,'anyhow, and hain’t been quite so raw in love matters. I never looked. Jerusha in the face from that day,- nor a girl in the neighborhood, for I could swear she told ’em all. That accident got my grit up to make a forlin. I went off a few miles and'marirjed Ihe first chance l got; just out of spite—and Patsy is worth all ’em arter all:—and .marry, ing is n lottery business. Then don’t hang yourself, es t did, be cause you can’t gel o particular girl—but remember, that your heart is like rubber, it will sldelch a go«yj ways and not break. “In there ii Strength.” ' v hoever labors to prerent a union of the opponenls of Slavery-extension, labor, in ef fect, to promoleHhe further' progress of the Slave Power. This no one who appreciates the value of organization, and the nature and extent of the combination that Free-Soilers hare to oppose, will deny. A glance at the history of the action,of pur national govern ment for the years, will be sufficient lo fhow that the South is acting on a regular system, and that, when necessary for the ac complishment of the purpose for which that system was devised, the whole power of the South can be concentrated, almost os one ‘man. -The acquisition of extensive territo ries, in the same latitude as the Slave States, the violent opposition of the South to the Wilmot Proviso, and to the admission of Cal ifornia asja free State, the passage of the Fugitive Slave law, the violation of the Mis souri Compromise, the proposition to acquire Cuba, by i force or purchase—to organize Indian Territories, from which the Indian Slave-holders may exclude all Free-Soil em igrants—to re-open and legalize the African Slave trade, with all its horrors, all these points to a single object, steadily pursued— the supreme control of the Slavery Interest in the government- of the United States. By adroitly managing Northern politicians, sod playing one parly against the other, the champions of the Soulh have generally man aged to carry their measures through.— Their success has indeed been wonderful. If any one had prophesied a year ago that in a few months the Missouri Compromise would be repealed, who, north of Mason and Dixon’s line—except a few traitors, like Douglaq—would have believed it 7 And yet, despite the indignant protest of the northern people, the deed was done. And what shall prevent their other plans from being brought to a similar successful issue-1 Nothing but a speedy, determined, and united opposition, by tho masses ol the North. We have already begun the great work, but only begun il.-r- Right should certainly have as bold hnd de termined champions as wrong. If we have not so direct a self-interest in the subject as our opponents, we have the higher motives of philanthropy and justic; We may yet awaken from a false security, and find our govern ment irrecoverably surrendered into the hands of those who will use-it as a mighty instru ment for the perpetuation of wrong. We are all ogreed that ihe time has come when a stop should be put to the rapid ad vance of tho slave power, and that, effectu ally to accomplish that object, an Anti-Slave ry President must be elected in 1856. Let ■s begin to marshal-Freedom’s forces for that great conflict. —Montrose Republican. Saxe. John G. Saxe is a Yankee of Ibe Yankees, He read parts of his poem on the “ Money King" at the Tabernacle the other evening, the'hearing of'which, as read by him, gave us a new sensation. We wish all the elocu tionists in the land had been there, to bear how deliciously a man may read if he only sets at itaught all their rules. Saxe is a giant ill physical proportion* very tall, large framed, and good-looking. He is not one of your wiry Yankees, all spring and steam, and no safety-valve. Ho is rather a lazy man, we should judge, as he says he is.— He rolls about somewhat, and seems to have one tag 100 many. He lisps a little; but there are some exceedingly fine sonorous tones in his voice. There is something of sing-song in his reading, and his voice ap pears to be under no management, but rolls, swells, and subsides according to its own fancy, or, rather, as though it could not help it. The manner, however, suits the matter perfectly. The dry humor of the poem has Its full effect when read in this dry, broad, unscientific style. The personality of the men shines through, and every body wants to go up to him and; try a joke upon him to “ see what he will say.” We have rarely seen an audience more a mused.— Life Illus trated. Tub State of Obboon.— The bill which passed the' House of Representatives on Mon day lasi, provides that the people of the Ter-’ ritory, of Oregpn be authorized to form a Con siiipiion and Stale: Government, and be ad mitted into the Union on an equal fooling with the original Stales in alt respects whatever, by the name of the Slate-of Oregon, The usual Courts are to, be established, end until another census end apportionment, the new State is to be entitled' to ono Representative in the Congress the United States'. THE A&lf AMrI- M, H. as All most be addressed tojhol&itor iijpsare alftntioh. WELLSBOBOIIGH, PA,-- Xharsday'lllUrrilhgtPeb, §; LECTCBESesXbe WeUtbqnugh.,lAttraey Jnstilati has engaged the services of the ful losinglieolureirdirl! v. - , Rev. JoUN Piuresrr, February Bth and 9to. - - " CAeaVoB Jf. CtAT, <• 16th and 17th. r , r Rt-Revl Alonzo Pottxh., } ** , * o*Tfae Umvsralial Conference meets at. Man sfield an Wedoeeday,and Thursday;, jUth and 15*h, inits. iSivend; distinguished spesiira, arejexpecled 'to' be present and address tWassomblage. All are invited to attend. Erin our New-Year statistics we pat down the Webb hoase of worship as Unitarian. We are in-' formed that it 4* CpngtegaUeualisU and cbeetfuily make the correction..., . ; • , ; In. the list of Attorneys, IC Parihurst, Esq.,waa put down as a resident of Knoxville,' Ilia' address is Lawronceville. r. • , , —-I — n.. ■ ICTThe reverity of the wsslhpr .for thrps days past, pats the “oddest Inhabitant” to Ids trumps. On Tuesday night Ilia mercury, stood, nepdy 3,0 deg,- below zero. It is rumored flipt a rpan was found ftozen to death at Tioga Monday mdrning, though we do not vouch for it. The mercury did net rise, above zero at all, daring Tuesday. Wednesday, it snowed. U. S. Senator. —Hon. David Wilmot U much talked of aa tho probable sueecstor of Mr. Cooper. He was recently addressed by Mr. Laporlc in regard to bis views of protection to the interests of Penn sylvania. Ills reply is a manly and able document and shows his position to bq unequivocally, upon Urn Protective wing of the question. His notion in re gard to tho tariff of *42. while in Congress, is refer red to as consonant with bis present views, and in dilative of his future action. Wo hope the Legis lature will elect him. That Washing Machine. —Well, we hare tried it—we, Jointly, severally, individually one End indi visible, have tried the new machine, and have fbnnd it good, first-rate,'excellent and not to be beat. We tried it ourself, invading woman's that (here could be no mistake about it. It is all it is rocom-- mended to'be, and any married man' who doesn't get one is not fit to have tho responsibility of a wo man's health upon him, Our folka are delighted with it, and think no more of washing-day than of any other. One trial will convince tho most skep tical that it is really a labor saving machine—one that does its work well. Free-Trade in Rum Read and Ponder. Wo have been gathering statistics and “taking notes" of tho effects of free-trade in Hum, and seize this opportunity to lay the result of our labor before tho public. We are moved to do this for (wo rea sons. We have come in contact with severs! advo cates of the liquor traffic within the last few days, with whom we had not lime to argue the question in detail, separately, and (his method suffices for all. Again, the question of Prohibition is pending in tho Legislature, and now is the time to. talk, if even - We shill waste no limo or space in considering the abstract question. Facts and figures are what you want, gentlemen, and you shall have them. To your prejudices and conscientious scruples concern ing the endangered rights of RumscllOrs, we oppose do theoretical speculations, but tacts —those “stub, born things," which may not bo waived so easily. Let us begin with the statistics of the Rum man ufacture, gleaned from the last census. The qusn. ty of grain distilled and mailed per annum in the United Slates, is as fallows: Bushels of Corn *.11,067,661 Bushels of Bye 2,143,927 Bushels of Oats 56,517 Bushels of Apples 526,840 Bushels of Burley 3,787,195 Tuns of Hops mulled 1,204 Hhds. of Mqlasses distilled 61,675 ■ Now the aggregate value of these products at av erage' prices, is not fur from $15,000,000. Devoted to what cod 7 Drunkard-making, pouper-raaking, crime-crpating and death I Perhaps our liquor friends ms; find a partial solution of the problem of high-prieed breadstuff*, in this statement. Let us lake a practical view of the matter: Al lowing cacti bushel of corn to produce 30 lbs. of meal, which we think not .an over estimate, then we have tho nice little quantity of 33,039,830 lbs. of meal consumed in distilleries, which, allowing three pounds ol meal pee day to each individual, would feed more than 11,000,000 of adults oho day, or nearly a million of persons ono year I in ev ery pound of corn meal there'arc 14.40 ounces of nulrilious substance; or that which goes to make up bene, muscle, blood and brain. Then in the above quantity of meat there was 8,676,740 pounds of nutrition employed, jn the manufacture of whis. key,-in a thousand million gallons of'which, Ihtrt 'is nol one atom of jnutrtmsnl!—as demonstrated by the strictest analysis. Oatmeal has 91 her coni of nutriment. Rye abdnt the same, and barley 84.5. For want of space, wo leave oar friends to “cipher out” (he grqee amount of nutriment utterly wasted in tho menafketnre of alcohol from those articles in ono year, here, in tho United States—which amount will not fall far short of 30,000,000 of-pounds, . There is distilled,.of corn, 1 bushel in every 54 raised; Rye, I bushel in 5 I of Barley, three bushels in every 5 ! Upward of §8,000,000 is invested in the manufacture, producing about 60.000,000 gal lons of alcohol, valued at 819,040,897 ; giving a profit on the capital invested of §11,6G5,746. Add to this etnonnl the quantity of “bod liquor,” and that imported, and you will find quantity trebled and the profits quadrupled; and if, after looting ap the whole you conclude that the prevalence of -vice, crime and misery in this tolerably enlightened land is not to bo wondered at—who will censure you 7 A very candid man remarked to os the other day, in conversation, r lhat the traffic was not the major Cange of vice and crime. Vffi held to the contrary; anahore present a few figures that do not lie in sup port of our statement—for tho benefit of tbs skep tical ! There were committed in Now-York City during six months of the past year, thirly.Jive murdere! Of those TWENTY.THREE were perpetrated un dor the inffuence of RUAI! !,, Puly. 23, gentlemen, out of thirty-five—or about 4-stlu pet cent, of the blackest of human crimes, flawing directly oat of the traffic in ,R(tm I Only 23, out of 35 murders in ciz months and in a single city of .this enlighten ed land, that good, in rot-gut, might enjoy their blessed, constitutional privileges! Wc shudder at the horrible sacrifice of human beings under the wheels of Juggernaut, while we smile complacently while the cor of a' mlghtidr jugger naut crashes’out the lives of thousands at our vciy doors, and bespatters our door-posts with innocent blood. O, ate we a moral and a consistent people t In the single State of 'Louisiana last year, there were expended neerly 830,000,000 for intoxicating drinks—§2o,ooo,ooo of this'was expended in JJew THE TIQ.GA COUNTY AGITATO dtjeani. 16,00jlpuipets ftt mule iMhediiy andjoiWftabouf 40#4eiLtH» bf 75 offierjaimei i|6le yfmuijtjot MOO were deuced to Vagrancy Anisfl tble jrjfccuded misdijLdoes notooser a tenthpart of thereat Injury does Moiety >by4lwtnffi«r&rti^d)meMrtidTiw'*bicli-did-nat-' crop .out in overtetime, if .net . tight ail'' .wjtp|igi. r calls. f«r»clioni-but if wrong, ail Cnuft agree that there mast be tome legis lation upon wjbjwt' Or,’will you contend that lhaHmagihary broom—Morel Suasion—which you exalt into oj deipi-god, will BatSepf to sweep thb'mbn. streas abuse into oblivion? ’Morel Suasion is a good agent, but new or old, it-nover did end it nercr ; wiUpweep.elean,,, When-.it heseWcpt away the pop ;|ljpr clean enough are Insiructed to opacl jaws to, protect the virtuous and restointbovicious, it. has dope its -utmost in, the work ofhuman ,emap r cipation. i Moro, it may no), ,do ( ojsainst.t^ i; 'gt^,of f ‘Spmoßt unprmoipUdi)rafiScket‘ knew, pee a great behind hls bar and deal but (hefiflliiest pfalliltby rat-ex terminating rum to bloated customers all ddy long, and invariably', preach a ' solemn sermph pd moral suasion to him whp remonstrated with him.' “Mori, al Suction," bo would sky, “islhetromp, card of ’ealihy referm?’ ’ ' ' But we never'knew cilKer Ihis ihdivldoil, or any ' other of fils stamp to, dissuade a ctisiomef from pat 'ronizing-his, or their bar. We never knew a rum-, seller to practise Moral | Suasion—never. The traf fiekot’i idea'of Moral Suasion’is, to persuade every man who has a sixpence 'to take a “nip.” These are the facts, gentlemen, and there is no wriggling around.thenu' .We Me only one of .hundreds of thousands who believo tbjit entire prohibition of the manufacture' and saloof ardent apirita ia the -only; effective reme dy for the growiog.ovil of intetnperahco. i The con stitutionality of Prohibition as & remedial agent; we will not hero argue, but instead, present the opinions of the ablest jurists in this country, There arehnn dreda who never read a Slate Constitution in their lives, who will differ with, such men as Chief Justice Taneylon this point, but as he happens to be the highest ahtborily in the country, he may survive the contest of opinion. The opinions of all tho Judges .of the Supreme Court of the United .States- may be found in 5, Howard’s Reports j and if any are skep tical, wo shall be happy to pot the facts within their reach—it will only coat a short journey to any law library about town. Hers is Chief Justice Taney’s opinion; "If any State deems the retail and internal fraffic "in ardent spirits injurious to its citizens, and calcn “latcd to produce idleness, vice and debauchery, I see "nothing in the Constitution of the United Slates to “prevent it from reglating and restraining the traffic "or from prohibiting it altogether if it thinks proper. "Every State, therefore, may regulate its awn in “ternal traffic according, to its own judgement, and "upon its own views of tho interest and wall being "of its citizens.”—[s Howard, 237] And here is Mr. Justice McLean's: “If tho foreign article bo injurious to health or “morals of the community, a Slate may, in the ex "ercise of that great and comprehensive police power “which lies at tho foundation of its prosperity, pro. “Mbit the sale of it.”—[s Howard, 237] Mr. Justice Catron says: • "I admit as inevitable, that if tho Slate has tho “power of restraint by licenses'to any extent, she "has the discretionary power td judge of its limit, “and may go the length of prohibiting it altogether, "if its policy;” ~ “ , ■ Spacowill hot permit ua to add a mqiytyof the opinions of like tenor irqm oilier able jurists, but those will suffice to provd that the constitutionality of tho question is settled in the highest places.' It is often said that the traffic can never bo put down by force;. that coercion never reformed any any man, nor convicted him of wrong-doing. Very well, admit it. But was a vicious man over reformed by letting him sin on with impunityf Oh,no; Was a vicious horse ever eubdued except by seme sort of compulsion 7 Well, a man who makes brutes of his neighbors—bow much moro tractable is ho —be will not stop selling until conscience, public opinion or the law compels him to stop. There must be compulsion; and if conscience and public orinion arc inadequate to compel him, let the uw do it. Or, must society submit to be robbed and murdered, tamely, because the robber and murderer ought to be ashamed of his wickedness! If it is wrong to compel men to be virtuous in action, why imprison for theft and arson 7 It is presumable that society has a right to protect itself by law, if it can 'Rot do it by persuasion; and os woll against the rumsetler os any other Instigator of crimo. We may lake up (his question at another lime. CT "Friend Cobb’s zeal for an alliance between the know-nothings and the abolitionists, in the for mation of a now parly in the North, has led him in. to a dilemma from which it will be difficult to escape both horns, ♦ • The Agitator makes the' aver ment, and then rotors ,to facts in the same cornice, lion wlßeji proves a dilfarcot doctrine.”— Wayne Co. Herald. RehArks. We apprehbhd that friend BxAitDsr.XE baa made an egregious blunder s.tnd'as a friend, wo will help him out immediately.. Wo. aecrrcd that the "Shepherd of the Valley," a Catholics sheet, proclaimed the Common School System "wicked and derilish.” We did this, in or der to show in Comparison that the Slaveocracy had adopted and carried but in practice the very same idea in dealing with the Macks; ahd therefore, that the American party could not consistently either support, or ignore Slavery; since it hold to the Catholic dogma—" The masses should not bo edoca ted.” The “toots referred to which proves a differ ent doctrine," as our friend states,-was this: The sheet that uttered tho sentiment, died. Now, if the fact that that paper wont down, disproves that Calh olicism is hostile to universal education, then our reasoning was not logical. But, if ouf friend will read the Washington Union less, and history more, he will find that tho strength of Rome has always been in tho ignorance of the mosses. And in every country under Catholic rule on the globe, this dog. ma has full sway. Look at Italy, at Spain, at Mex. ice, at the South American Slates end at France all virtually under Catholic rule—and behold the ig. norance and degradation of the masses. And even admitting that the Shepherd of the Valley killed it. self by an indiscreet avowal of tho truo policy of Romo, it proves nothing lor our friend. Now, coax- up another imaginary diletnma, bro. Beardslee. Our friend says farther, that the patrons of the sheet referred to withdrew their patronage with “commendable hdelily.” Now,, suppose that ho should withdraw his support to the South and its pel sin, and thus evidence as much “commendable fidel. ity” to his country as he claims for his Catliofic friends in Kentucky. Remember, the South enfore. es the Very doctrine they so abhorred; If our friend was free enough from a certain .bad ■trait, never to .detract from, pud never to wilfully misrepresent a brother chip before the public, ho would not havp indited a glaring falsehood in the prefatory remarks to an article in the samo column with the article above noticed, hoaded— u Too Bad." ■We care nothing more about it than this; Every man is entitled to just what he earns, whether .with the |iand or brain. Tor instance: Whitney, inven. ted the' Cotton Gin; then the merit Is Whitney's. Remember, we do not poet ourself a liar in our own or any other paper. * ■ ‘ dt —tj7eh|ve reeamditbit valuable statist!ocl AJm|t| «|o f«|Bss, a&Jad in lt a mine of inibrmlilieat, KconWns a liMor the members of CongrWpoU| raneif ot the War tatEuxopCJ, History of tbs Know-Nothings, Fugitive Save Law. - cl»BBmed A gr|da4Uqp .Treaty withGaßidaiWeaty’-wilh''Mended,Treaty' with Japan, Election Returns of every. Statein.-the Union, &&, Ac. Single copies 12) cents, 81 a dor eiiftf a hundred. TOe bobh is' richly worth 50 -cents. • - / Phrenological ,Jourtoa|.;; Fowl ers & Wells, 308 Broadway, New Totk. The Fob roary article —Physiology-i Biography ofiG.; W. Curtis and' b&a.'Ve VBpee, With ’portraits—Criminal legisla. tidn apd.Pfibon JDjreipßna-rPsyfholOfy, &o. The Agricultural department-is very valuably tilted up,' ond 'has Wear arid-dOßcriptioaioftho Double Row Corn ■ Planter. We; coosidcrit the rbast scientific Journal published. 81 a year. The I;'l^ftter-Cuite 1 ;' 1^ ftter-Cuite JbHrnal^-by. the litcab ticle on Respiration’, and 1 tfadefibcla : of ;Overheated' and'lmpure Air, illustrated with 1 Cuts;; Il ls from' Ibe pen 1 of Dr. Shew, and (s worth double tho anb •criplibh ipriee. - Dietetics, Dross-Refbrml and tho Miscellaneous dbpertment are very interesting. It -is nudoubtedly the- brightest-ahd' bost Medical Jour nal in thp country. 81 a year.- ' 'SjSfIVFSrT A letter in the Pqi ft, dated Constantinople, Jan, sth, say*: “ A column of riflemen had. taken possession of Ihe important position of eannttw; near Balaklava, alter driving out the Russians, who occupied it. The enemy in this affair, experienced severe losses j they were completely put to the route, and fled precipitately, burning their forage and ’tents. The loss of the Russians at Sevastopol and neighborhood during the last days of Decern* her, is estimated at more than 6,000. men.” The Jxmdon Time» contain? a letter from Scutari, dated January ,Bth, which says that the mortality at the Hospital was on (be in. crease; thr deaths, from January 4th to 7th, inclusive, amounted to 179. The number in the Hospital, on the.7lh of January, was 55 officers and 4,332 non-commissioned officers and'privates. The atmosphere of the. Hos pital was becoming so pestiferous that ar rangements for transferring convalescents to Malta or England Were highly necessary.. Tho ship White Falcon, of New York, sailed from London on the 16ih of January, for Marseilles—having been chartered by the French Government to convey provisions to the Crimea. < the Latest News. The Times, in a leading editorial, draws a most deplorable picture of the stale of the army ift the Crimea. At the beginning of January it could muster only 1'4,000 bayon ets ; the artillery and engineers had been re duced in the same proportion, and cavalry no longer existed as a force. The deaths amoun ted to sixty a day, and the number disabled by fatigue and sickness to 1,000- a week.— This ratio,.The Timet think, will rapidly in crease. . - . , ; ; .■• - It is computed lhat out of 14,000 men nom inally fit for service, only 2,000 are in good health.' The army was an army of invalids at the beginningiof .lhe month, although Ihe Crimean winter had not yet set in. The Times comes to the conclusion that “ unless some extraordinary stroke of fortune inter venes, we are about to lose our only army, the object of so much pride,of.so much deep affection, of so much lender solicitudeand asks if the nation is prepared for this disas er ? London, Friday, Jan. 19.—Letters from Odessa of tho 6ih Male that a hard frost, equal t 0,9 or 10 degrees below the freezing point, had brought the roads into a fit state for the conveyance Of troops and munitions of-wpr loPerekop. The Boulogne Qa?etle published advices from Berlin, slating fhnl.lo diplomatic circles, no doubt is,entertained that Russia and Aus tria will, come to an agreement on the freedom of the Danube, and ihe cessation of the Rus sian protectorate in the Principalities. Austria has gained the object about which she was really interested. ' There are accounts from Weimar, accor ding to which the Austrian Governmeht has signified to the Princes of the, flburingian States that,- after the pacific declaration of Russia, it appears advisable qot to proceed with Ihe mobilization of the Military Contin gent of the Germanic Slates; .and (hat Aus tria will not, therefore, bring the question be fore tho Dipt. The. Emperor of Austria has abolished (the punishment of death in the Austrian arrpy. j Runaway Slaves—Thb Undehohodnd Railroad. The travel 'over the under ground railroad for the post few days has been, wo are informed, unusually active, and no fewer than seven lots of runaway, slaves have arrived at this terminus within a week. The first of those lots was composed of three men ; the next of three men ; the third,, of two men; the fifth, of one man. All these were from Kentucky. The sixth lot was composed of middle-aged, stout men, who had come on foot from Louisiana to this place, sleeping by day, and walking toward the North star at night. They arrived here on Wednesday, and after recruiting, are to he sent over the underground railroad to Can ada. The last lot was composed of a mother and three .children, who came up on the mail boat from Louisville, and were |o be taken |o Paris, Kenlucky,' She managed to get to some Abolitionists,.and was immediately sent north. The total loss, to ,the master, from the escape of these fifteen slaves, must exceed fifteen thousand dollars. woman named Johanna Piles is, now.mCincinnati, soliciting funds to purchase her husband, who is a slave in Washington Couniy. Kenlqcky, iThe ,wife and two chil dren, with sixteen others* .were manumitted about a year since by r their .mistress who then resided in Washington County, Kentucky, but locaied- those she.set free inlowa. —Cincinnati Columbian, . Jan. 89. Sam you're a drunkard ; you’re allets drunk, and your habits is loose, nigga, your habits is loose.” ... “ Well, axe me dis, den, how de mischief am my habits lobso when I is “ tight” oil do litpol” —A ' J|‘ ’Wolnin cingMM.' • '’ ” TOe-Hug. Senatoron Tuesday, spent the thb disejusionof the Army Ai). pro(matlo||bill. lipthe House l , the bill pu thorrang-thS" construction of a subterranean line o! telegraphy to the'' Pacific was under ocwirred between of Oregon, Mr, LANw,; of -Oifesoß,’J'appealed 'to the committee, to.set-this. bilLaside. . . , Mr. Fahley rose to a point of I ! ' Mr.; Lake—l did not yield the‘floor for your,pointoforder. ... „ - Mf- FARLEy—I have.as much right tooall -you to order as you.had. to call me to order. Lane called him a l ' liar,” ot “ dam fed ilari’.’Jwhich .was reiorlec) by Mr. Fabiey, with.pihpHQsis., ,The ; parties were abput ten feet apqft at thefime— Lane standing near the main . In a moment t^e--distance was shorteheli iwo-thirds nt least—.bclih agi fated,frames, and threatening gektd’rp-i but 'several ‘ gehtjeiioan ney ,-by interferjjd, and thus pj-oventbdthe belligerents, coming to close quarters, :.-iGfeqt excitement preiriylßd, and scene. ' .' THp, : ../fir, Phelps) called Jhe Sergapt.al-Arms, when (Bat officer appeared, his'maca ,p(- office,- ,and 4ha crowd in the galleries stretched pvqr (o see the pro ceedings on the floor. .Quiet was very soon restored.- All this happened ip less time than it takes to tell it. , -' Mr. Benton declared that while he was unwilling to delay the,' Territorial business, he was-resolved.to fight the bill now before the committee. He gave way to Mr. Lane, of Oregon, who said that, when that fellow (pointing to Mr. Farley) called me to order, I was—[The rest of the sen tence was lost in deafening cries of “ order,” “ order !’T Afler 'a pause, Mr. Lane resumed, saying he did not wish to excite ill-feeling, and again appealed to the committee to set aside the bill before them, in order to proceed to the Ter ritorial bills. Would it not be for better for members of Congress to set apart one day in every month for pugilistic purposes ; then invite Yankee Sullivan, Tom Hyer, and all other prize fighters to take a hand in tho-sport- In this way members would have more time to attend to the interests of the country, and the pro ceedings of Congress would be attended with less disgrace.— Dcm. IJnion. Public Lectures. Our exchanges teem-with dodoes of public lectures on various scientific subjects, as w.efl as on the different moral questions which en gage the minds of the people especially at the present lime. This we regard as one of the most encouraging signs of the day. The pub lic lecturer bus come td occupy a position in ferior to that of Ihe newspaper editor in but little else than that he is brought into contact with masses less'frequently, and is there fore, - confined to a more limited range of themes; The editor, too, communing daily or weokly with his headers, can prolong the discussion of any given subject from lime to time without wearying his renders with too long a-disquisition at once, and is thus enabled to present it in all its various phases. An entire mastery of the subject is a very desirable equality in the public lecturer, as in all others who endeavor to enlighten the peo ple in science or morals, but is by no means indispensable. Immense good is often accom plished, particularly in rural districts, by the lyceum, or by the literary society, the mem bers if which alternately communicate to each other the results of their investigations in any field of inquiry to which they may have been cspcially attracted ; and thousands of our readers, doubtless, can trace the awake ning of their interest in some scientific] or moral question directly to the stimulus giyen by one of these humble associations. I And in the number and constantly improv ing character of these efforts for Ihe enlight enment of the people is to be found one of the greatest advantages which we, as a na tion possess over the masses in other coun tries. In profound erudition we have few, very few, who can compare with the learned class in Europe'; but the demand in every direction-for light through the labor of the lecturer, is one df the surest of proofs that the butklof our people aro beginning to ap preciate, to an extent unknown in any other country, the benefits occuring from the pop ular lecture. A Double Execution In Kentucky. The Cincinnati Commercial has a long ac count of the execution of Stephen Short and William Hanning, for murdor, at Grcenups hurg, Ky., last Friday. They were both, ac cording to the Commercial,-worthless drunk en fellows, and each had- a large family.— The same paper gives the following speeches and incidents at the gallows : Short rose and said.:—“ I want all of you to tako warning by mo. See what whiskey and bad wonfhn has brought me to. I have been to a good many hanging scrapes myself, and thought it was great fun, but I never thought I’d be hung myself. This is the work of Capt. Whiskey. I am willing to die for the life of.theman that I took. Talk of pleasure—l have tried all kinds of it—- about shanties drunk end everywhere else— but I have had more real pleasure up in (ha 1 old jail, than ever before in all my life; and chains on my legs, big heavy chaiiis at that. I just took off this old coal, and whipped Satan clean out, fair. l’v£?Vnade my election sure, I think. Yes, sir, I think my eleclion is sure [Some ono in the crowd called out. “ If you are safe, I don’t think there is much danger for the rest of us!”] I nm perfectly willing -to die. Tho man you hnvo got in jail for aiding me is perfectly innocent, and ought to be let go; ; but that Blair deserves all that I’ve got.’ [Blair was the mao who told him to shook] “Ho was os much to blame as I was.” Some one inquired— 11 Are you willing to die, Sieve ?” Said ho, “ Yes ! I hale (his world and my own lifeand he contin ued, wilh an air that was nearly exulting, “ and I’m going to leave itl’ll be in. Paradise befofe sundown. Now, farewell I farewell 11 meet me in the other world. • I want to. see you all in Heaven." An old man, §omewhaf drunk, pressed upon him—Short said, "Whis key brought me to this; I expect you along in a few' days!’’ \ ■" \SC ' \ ~S J A M. jt ».»* t!anDiDg,;thefliquirk}njglnev6ry'limb, got up and Baia^-*‘lfavehU'^ got anything againat.me npw.”r,i &Wg9,-.wim. bera of bis ■ acquaintances; crowded* about, shaking handstoithbim and .asking questions, until the lasfemorneot. Heknew all’his old good will wiiti them until Hie whitd cap was drawn down over sided up firmly, aa »V.' w»d Kaid, allhat instant; very. diatinQlly->- , ‘ fare wllil*all (ny friendsf’wbenttio fatal noose checked hie utterance. ; •• v ' - 1 A SWeet UlbVscJ. ' The Petersburg (Va.), InteUißtncir, of October 21, contains; the following amiable paragraph' :■ i ■ ’ DEitoNisM.—We.observe a paragraph in one of . onr exchanges, which slams tbit .that notorious emissary of Satan,' whptgoes under the name of the Ben. Heplry Ward PheCher, preached a sermon .at ihp Plymouth Church, on Sunday last, in which be- alluded* to the loss of the and ascribed it to the wrath of the Almighty, thus poured; out upon the heads of the shipping merchants for suppor ting the Fugitive Sl,ave Law. If he did' give public utterance to iuch a sentiment, and left the pulpit ■wilhoufp ‘ bodily injury, it must only have been because be addressed a gang of devils like himself. - Such a htonsfer in human shape deserves to have a millstone fastened around his neck, and pitched Into the middle of the Atlantic-ocean. ■ This elegant extract should be preserved. Wheh Virginia shall have become a free State; and her lands shall hare risen' from five dollars an acre to a hundred : when her now comparatively useless rivets shall be made to work their way from the moun tain to the ocean over innumerable wheels; when there shall be schools and academies enough to educate their children at home without sending tjiem north ; whdn men shall no longer lake slaves for - concubines, and raise their sons and daughters for exporta tion ; ahd the Old Dominion, after her long degeneracy, shall have come back to a con dition worthy (Jf her former history; then such a paragraph as this will become an an tiquarian gem. In Ihe'fAen civilization, men :wi|l point back lo the barbarism of ideas then prevalent, and measure their growth] proudly 'by the distance which they shall hake trav eled from such vulgar and important (tyranny as this expresses. But we cannot forbear presenting our com pliments lo the editor of the Petersburg Intel ligencer, end inviting him to our l pew when next he comes tm New York. We cannot promise him very smooth things, nor things very consolatory to his present condition; but we shall be most happy to show him what hospitality can exist among that “ gang of devjls” of which Plymouth Church is made up : and then, if he will accept the poor ser vice of a bed and a place at the house of that “ notorious emissary of Satan, who goes un der the name of Reo. Henry Ward Beech er, 3 ’ we shall hope to change bis ideas in re spect to demoniac- agency, and send him back at length with kinder feelings and with a belter slock of ideas than he seems notV lo have on the subject of the liberty of speech and toleration of ojuoions. At any rale, he need not fear that ho: will be any worse for hia visit ; that would seem impossible: [lndependent. How Col. Stcptoe is Esteemed in Utah. When ihe last mail from Utah led, of course they had not heard of the appointment of Col. stoptoe 19 be Governor over the ter ritory, and rule over the Mormons. Elder Orson Hyde, very likely, would not have been so profuse in his praise of the Colonel if they had. It is a good token, however.— If Brigham Young has the wise old head on his shoulders that we have credited him with, very likely he will have a revelation to the effect that a most excellent man and true friend of the Saints has been commissioned to. relieve him of the troublesome duties of keep ing Squash-head from stealing, and his red brethren from butchering the whites. The 24 years’ experience that Mormonisra claims has not been lost upon them. They- do a great many foolish things, but most of thqir follies have a tendency to increase the num bers of their followers. It is not likely that they will decline odjnilling one who is so fa vorably thought of their governorship—ex pecting,'by ready surrender, to retain more power than by withstanding the President's, appointment. But this is what Elder Hyde says ; and Elder Hyde is an authority : "Opl. Steploe, of the United States Army with Jiis command, is now in our territory, and expects to Winter with us, This gen tlemanly officer and his associates have the good will of our society, and have, thus far, acted in a manner becoming officers of their rank. The Colonel wishes his men to con form in the best principles and rules of mor al society, and, if we mistake not, has given orders to this effect. Will the trading citi zens of this town sell to tho soldiers liquor, by which their own peace and that of tbeic families may be disturbed I If they will, do not attach the blame to the officers, but to qup own citizens, who, for paltry gain, will cor rupt the soldiers, and themselves also, by a traffic that worketh death instead of life. So far as lam a witness, the officers ' and tho men, with a few exceptions, of the United States Army now in our midsts, take extra pains to have all things move on happily and amicably, and it affords me pleasure to bo able to bear flits testimony in their behalf.—* It is hoped that all the citizens in in the sou thern country will receive Col. SteplODe,..and his command with cordiality and kindness; ■ for his high minded and gentlemanly bearing merit this testimonial of our respect add es teem. ... Respectfully, ORSON HYOfi, New Jersey. —The prohibitory liquor bill wos reported to the House on Tuesday. - It 'is similar in its provisions to that of the Eas tern States, and is to go into effect oft the 18fh of December 1855. It is to be submit ted to the people at the next annual election, but as it contains no provision for its rejec tion, it will still be a law although the people may give it on adverse vote, , 1 ’ • Sevastopol- ia like a dose of salts-—hard to lake, . .
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