•'■i -n
■
r TW tjnjtid Shaft*' Mdr i
Capl. West, (Void ti*er podl.j.o o’cl<»k morris
ng of VVednesday,Feb. 6, arrived ptySaddy
Fldok at 10 o’clocltjon Saturday nigljt.
The Atjaoiio expen^ced.strong, Weaiei;!*
gules for ien days in attbccssion from Livery
pool. Id W. 45° 30',.)0n. 48 4 25', duripg
tHlpk foggy weather, fell id withalarge fiplrf.
of ice, and traced if southerly to laf, 4«? t
and westerly 'P lon. .50.°,.keeping it in fight
for, ihrehday.s.. . „
j The Cujiard. from.ldver
pool on the S'h iiwt„arfivedhere*l3i £. m.
yesterday. ■ - ••, ■
Neither of these ships brings ady injleUiv
gonce of the jniisingi Sleacrier Pacific,, w.bicb
had been out seventeen ddya when the.,Asia
sai’ed. ;
The last.mails received from; America
were those carried.out by ,fhp; Atlantic. ....
. John Scott,,, ftiissell it. Co.-, thfr eminent
shipbuilders, who are now building theim.
inensc steamship Great Eastern, have sus
pended payment; liabilities £lBO,OOO
The protocol preliminary to. the Congress
of Paris has been signed, and dll goes on fa
vorably in the direction of peace. ' There is
0 report, .although it is traceable (o no good
foundation, that the Emperors of Russia and
Austria will visit Paris.during the Conferen
ces, - Nothing of interest comes from the
primes or (rpm Asia.- The last of ihe docks
of Sevastopol has been destroyed. An ar
tni'flice, by land only, will probably be agreed
upon, nil the 31st of March. •
Wboaihe Allantic sailed Britain was in a
slate of excitement on the subject of a.war
with the United Slates. . It was again repor
ted on Liverpool 'Change that Mr. Buchanan
bad demanded bis passports ; and'his absence
Irom Lady Palmerston's soiree was attribu
ted to lbs personal misunderstanding between
Irord Clarendon and himself (to which ref
erence was made in last dispatch from Halt,
fax). We have no particulars of the repor
ted misunderstanding, as the English papers
maintain complete silence oin the subject.—
Clarendon is however, reported to have spo
ken in a most imperioos manner to Mr. Bu
chanan, Which ftlr. B. promptly checked by
closing the interview. Uis staled that the
Derby party intend to bring forward a motion
in Parliament on the subject of the omission
of all allusion to America in the Queen’s
speech, it was also stated that England and
France had jointly sent envoys to Brazil to
enlist that ccmniry against the interests of the
United States to Central America. The gen
eral tone of the English press was also
threatening and presumptuous toward iho
United States. The purely commercial
presses from an exception ; and the Cham
bers of Commerce of Manchester and Liv
erpool protested against any interruption of
amicable relations. Funds were depressed
and unsettled by the threatening aspect of
affaire
It was, however, staled by The London
Morning Advertiser subsequently to the
sailing of the Atlantic that Sir Henry Bulwer
had intimated the gratification it would af
ford him to act as a sort of official meditator
between the British Government and the
American Embassador in London. It was
further staled that he was to come from
Brighton on Wednesday, the 6th inst., with
the view of seeing what could be done to
ward bringing about a more friendly feeling
I tel ween the two Governments. Since then
the fame paper asserts that Sir Henry But
wer, in concert with a Member of Parliament
of great diplomatic experience, is endeavor
ing to arrive at a solution which may be more
acceptable to both countries- than the plan of
'arbltrali n. This interference is a non-offi
cial dapacity takes place at the instigation of
Lord Palmerston. An interview' wag to take
place at the Embassy, when Sir Henry Bui
war would explain at length toTWr. Buchan
an the compromise which, he is prepared to
recorhmerid
Ji n remarkable .that every one of the
linden papers, with the sola exception of
The Morning- Advertiser, maintains the
most profound silence on ibis kppor.snl sub
ject.
Tbeco is but little general news by these
Itvo steamers. The Plenipotentiaries of the
five "Powers, are wending their way toward
Puns. Prussia is not mentioned in the ilfon
iteur's official announcement of the Powers
about to treat. Sardinia is reported to be
much dissatisfied with the secondary part
accorded to her in the conference. The
Porte has granted liberal concessions to the
Christians, Parisian news relates solely to
balls and revelry, and to preparations for the
advent of the coming stranger to whom the
City of Paris intends to present a more mag
nificont'cot than ever the King of Rome was
cradled in. The breach between lie Su
premo Government of Denmark and the
Duehv of Holstein becomes wider; the King
has refused to recognize (he vote of the Diet
to impeach the Ex-minister Scheel. From
other parts of Europe the intelligence is of
little interest
Hos. G. A. Grow.—The appointment
of our distinguished member as chairman of
the important Committee on Territories, has
given great satisfaction to .his friends in this
district, and is a compliment he has earned
by bis unflinching advocacy of the principles
of Freedom, and by the ability and courage
he has shown in the nine weeks struggle,
which ended in the election of Mr. lUxks
as Speaker. The friends of Freedom may
be certain'ihat in all matters appertaining to
the cause, brought before (hat Committee, (he
side of Human Rights and Justice will be
boldly and zealously set forth, without resort
td unfairness or illiberally towards opponents.
Mr. Gaow is now in his third term in his
third term in Congress. His case illustrates
why the South _ has usually had the prepon
derance of legislative experience and. ability
the House.— They keep their able and
faithful servants for years in succession, until
they 'actjuiro a knowledge of tactics and a
personal reputation which time only will
suffice Id gain. Mr. Grow has now a position
and cxpermdco which makes him of eminent
service to the cause of Freedom, and of
■which, tlje'Freemen of this district may well
i>e prjOtud. We predict that in the high and
post ha now'filfa he will gdin new
honors for hioseif, and reflect Mill greater
credUuppti'his constituency ßhiifori Re-
THE A(WA|6|.
M. H. COlm.flTiSElgTqfe.
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* # »AHBa»iot _inc mnJc*W
be tddrened to the Editor to intare attention.
Iff fA sr ,*
PM' gfMUent la >SSGi
-Hoar^A7ffi^WlillOT,ijfPBiin»a;
mw hu-'oar thanks for a copy of
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'Th« last Euftpeah sieamerbrlhgs ! nc ws tint pfeiee
is about So fcs concluded between 1 Russia and the
Killed Powers* t •• ■ . >*.
.Acc|QE&it. —We Regret Ur byvrn that Mrs. fe*w* N
Of uiUWoiigh, was injured yesterday, of.
(ernpon by falling upon the ice, fracturing her arm
near the wrist. •* '
Correspondents will pleads exercise a little pa
tience toward us for a few days, when wo hope to
be able to cxauime/lbcir favors and reply to such
need especial acknowledgment. . n
To our E*ADKRs.—We ore constrained to beg lbe
indulgence of our friends for. a few days, if oar de
partment should chance to exhibit lew vigor and
care than heretofore. Indisposition prevent* ppntin*
ued.lhoagbt. upon eubjeoU that would intcreaUhe
reader. Wiffi returning strength we hope
lo fill our post not less acceptably than before, and
more efficiently. We purpose to accomplish this by
making a division of labor in the editorial depart
meat, placing the News apd Local Department un
der the sole charge of our a&sociutc, in whose
ability to please we have the fullest confidence.
Being* without assistance hitherto, closely con.
fined by unabated hand labor in addition to intense
mental exertion, and harassed continually by the
cares, responsibilities and embarasamenls of bosi.
ness, we long since discovered that the Local Dc.
partmcnl of the pap£f lacked!wo great essentials—
variety and detail. Under the new arhuigemfenl
we can confidently promise t{iat the defect will be
remedied. The Political and General department
will remain in our charge as heretofore, and reldss.
ed from the details which now devolve upon another,
we hope to conduct it with greater energy and
•Silftro TUB EDITOR.
We publish elsewhere a short article frottf the
Bradford Reporter relative to the strictures of-E. B.
Chssc, on the coarse of Mr. Grow in Congress.
Mr. Chase's hostility to oor sbfo and sled fast Rep.
resentative is as natural as It is inconsistent. 1 It
does uot seem an age since the ox-Speaker professed,
great friendship for Mr. Grow as well aa sympathy
whh his Ffee-Soil'sentiments. Mow. from a friend
sod advocate, he has become iho aasai/er. Mr. G.,
has increased the respect and confidence of his con
sthoents by his atraitforward adherence to the Re
publican candidate for Speaker and by the able and
efficient part ho played in the interesting and
exciting debates prior .Is the organization of the
House. That his services were property appreciated
by hii co-laborsrs is sufficiently indicated in bis ap
pointment (o the most important, and at the same
lime, Uie most responsible post in their gill—Chair
man of the Committee on Territories. We rejoice
that the champions of freedom havo not been for
gotten in the distribution of the honors and respon
sibilities. They have stood up and battled for God
and Humanity when the storm threatened as well
rs in cohn and sunshine. As they have labored <o
Jet them be rewarded—not with spoils, for the true
champion of Human Rights is no pilfering disciple
of Greed, hut with an investiture of Julies and res.
ponsibilities.
“He was Mr. Grow at twenty-one, and hoi* Mr
Grow at thirty-two!” says Mr. Chase, depreciating,
ly. But that is, in our view, highly complimentary
of his integrity and manhood. Good sooth, it can
be written or said of few men entering public ser
vice so early in life ss did Mr. Grow, after six years
of Waslilfigton experience. W e ’ fear it cannot be
said of Chase, who was lifted up in Harrisburg for
a brief season to be let down the nnhappy being be
now is, soured in disposition and a bankrupt in pol
ilieal'morals. If llife Chase of to-day is the same
Chaso.tlißl entered;opon his majority, we can think
of nO hotter argument againat the doctrine of Pro
gression.
To Patrons.— ln compliance with the promise
■Hide some time ago, such of our subscribers as are
in arrears will receive no paper until they pay up
and renew their subscriptions. Circumstances ren
dered it necessary to delay tlio closing up of this
arrangement on the IStli instant, as advertised, but
no further grace can be consistently extended. We
part with many for a few days or weeks only, and
with a few forever. However much we may regret
Ibis, justice to ourselves and to creditors demands it.
Debts must be paid. Had we started out on (he
cash system with (bo the first number of the Aoita
tob, It would have saved ns much thought that those
who remain in debt for Iho paper do apt dream of.
To those who have promptly responded to the
call made upon (hem a few weeks ago, tbo take tills
occasion to return thanks, Their promptness lias
proved that some men era aware that newspapers
canout be printed for nothing nor debts bo paid
without money. But scanty returns, up to date,
have keen received from agents, to whom wc
look fgr material aid, hoping that the accounts in
their hands will bo promptly collected where collec
tion can be made without distressing (he poof.
Friend Barker of Ogdonsbarg, will please accept
onr thanks for a material addition to our subscrip,
lion list.
Tue Law or Liheu —An important Bill relative
to Libels has been reported in the Hot)so by Mr.
Getz of Berks County. A< it strikes at tbo root of
an acknowledged evil it is to be hoped dial it may
became a law. We append (be Bill:
.Section I. Be it enacted. &,c,. That from and
after the passage of this act; bn Hie trial of indict-'
media Ibr writing or pnbliehing a libel, the truth of
the matter charged as libelous, may be given- id evi
dence; and if the jury in any such case s|)aU Gad
that the act was induced by good motives, and with
no malicious intent and that no charged
is true, it shall operate'to the acquittal dftbo de
fendant or defimdante;
Sec. 2- T)iat in actions for damages fur the wri
ting or publishing a libel, when; the ll;p" truth is
pleaded and given in evidence, if it be y found that
the same waa written or published properly for pdb.
lie Information, and with no mischievous or mali
cious motives,-the jury jn*y, fiudlbr the- defendant,
or defendants. ~ , ~
Hiawatha has new leached to' the twentieth thon
-send. -;It is only twelve weekseioca this remarkably
popular, poem waa Usoed.—£*.
evidenco to any bat carping critics that
Hiawatha is a poep) of sterling merit., (Bad poetry
never did and never can sell to tbo unprecedented
namber of twenlf thousand copies ia three month*.
Ft+Teafiao-ficrpducaif CoKVErmoN.— K grand
ral 'y<!f Bepublicaha took place atPittsburgon the
29dfnet; ftf flit purtMec' of eininrtiig eoheiked ao.
tion in the opening Presidential campaign. If was
10
Urjßy attended, n»ply everd Bußbelrigirprj
ed.s|Eren
replftented, imiiiw llinililiiViilW that the {
dtxßnore, and ffieelMg tbrwaSajwn the j
fielßf HeformjSprophMio thadHLnl tps £d
glory and prceperily of the ceueoofFrirtdom.
it cheering ter-roark boweariy-ppdvwaiingly ihT
tM(S^3iSSW^SS
n-bf-ttafl
Millennial Day,
and healed, Uib bond nude free and" tho great one*
of mea
s-4 6(Wy <vJU(a
If, imbued with an adequate feme of Ihe important
dtilleeTfithtrm'g'npro
upon tte£-'fi(jia‘jrf’iaSSn 1 look
behind him, whatever raajrthreaten, until the eirmn-
Jsipition df tbie riJeftrall bo accomplished, all wilt'
yet be'well: ■' 11 1 01 ' l ', l:: ■ •■-’••
following named gentlemen ire aiithorixcd
\iS collect dtief and reMlire aubicnpliotia forthd Ag
itator. Tbeirrtcetyt* will bo regarded ai pay;
media.i; ■; ■ •. ,t:
yin. Garbetson Tioga, ~,
J. 1). Potter ....... Middlebury Center.
G. Vi. Stanton Lawrcnceville.
Da. J. C. Whittaker i .Elhlandi
John Sebrino - Liberty.
•O. P.TaVlob. ..Covington.
VwfToa Case ..,,. Knoivijln
W. W. MoDohoall • ..Shippen. 1
Isaac Plane Brookfiel).
Jno. James. .'. .. .Btossburf.
C. F. Culver v.. .•. Osceola..
Q. H. Ba+nchard. ........ .Nelson,
£, A. Fjbii Mainshirg.
Samoel'Philues .Weetfidd.
WiC M. Johnson Daggett’s Mills.
A. Barker Ogdehsburg. .
O, M. Stebbins .Crooked Croek,
Isaac Spencer Maple Ridge.
Retire#
Mr. F. B. Plimpton, closed hit connection
with' the' Elmira Republican, Some weeks
since. Speaking of Newspaper publishing
he makes the fallowing sensible and well
limed remarks.
, He who consents to. become .a news recei
ver and a newsmonger—Who shapes and de
cides—illustrates and enforces—should have
the terseness of a Judge and the eloquence of
an advocate,' the readiness of inspiration and
the fitpshOess of. a mountain spring—the im
partiality of a historian and the qeumen of
the philosopher, with the observation of a trav,-
eiler; a combination of requisites which it is
not the fortune of the writer to posses?,thpugh
(he lack of them does not diminish his,appre
ciation of their value. The journalist should
have the ready absorption of a sponge, and
it should be no matter of surprise to him if
,more squeezing falls to his lot , than is gene
rally accorded to his sex.
Since ihe wriler’s connection with the Be
publican, he has bad an opportunity to judge
of the sympathy of. the public with its local
preps—a sympathy rarely exercised too gen
erously—and the benefits accruing to the pub
lic. It is the writer’s belief after more than
casual observation that, there is not a single
newspaper in the slates, however feebly con
ducted or bunglingly managed, that has not
relumed fourfold'all lhaf it has drawn from
Ihe public. ' Its influence may have been like,
the dews upon the century-locked tulip bulb,
imperceptible at first, but by frequent recur
rence, starling the bud of energy, the - green
leaf of enterprise, the blossom of Intelligence,
and the ripe fruit nr attainment. -The influ.
ence and ability of ihe local press will gene
rally be in the ratio of the aid extended to il
at home, h should not lie expected that a
paper having only a locdl and circumscribed
circulation should compete with’those cosmo
pollute journals which meet goneml rather
than local’ wants. The attempt to do so
would indicate (ho wildness of a visionary
and the bankruptcy of judgement. A focal
paper should be fostered as any local institu
tion, calculated for the good of community.
It is not in the amount of its fending-matter,
ihe ability of its editorials, or the size of the
papOr Olonfe, that 1 it's value' is to be fdOnd. It
is'in being fho orgtfn of home wants-; the ad
vertiser of local advantages ; the" stimulator
of Ideal enterprisethat its Value‘is I 'to be
found. So long as men will prefer a city
paper, because it is offered them at a dollar
less a year—simply bn the score offeconomy
—so long will the country press shamble on
like 0 spavined stage horse coaxing vitality
into his raclf-n-bones bv browsing onthislles.
Men never think of turning up their noses
at a (own hall or country church, bbenuse
they are loss spacious than the Tabernacle,
or less magnificent than Ihe Trinity ; yet the
local press, which stands to them in a public
view ih much the same relation, is spurned
because it does not attain impossible friagiii
tudes and perform impossible wonders.
The system of credits, is another hindrance
to the local press ; yet so established has ii
become that men will slop their papers before
they will consent to pay in less than a jear
from the date of their subscription. A news
paper subscription hook affords the clearest
insight into human depravity and the feeble
restraints of moral obligation, that the writer
has yet seen. Until the credit system shall
be abolished) and the advance system adopted,
the profits of newspaper publishing will be
among those beautiful uncertainties which
lack nothing but a tangible solution.
The Lawyers Outwitted. —The Au
burn American says:—We learn that Fy ler,
who murdered his wife some lime since nenr
Syracuse, is playing a sharp- game upon ihe
counsel who defended him. It appears that
the agreement between them was, in caseFy
ler was saVed from hanging bis counsel were
to have 84000. Of this amount 81000 was
paid in cash, and the remainder secured by
mortgage on his farm.' The counsel pUt in a
plea of insanity, and Fyler was sent to the
Lunatic Asylum. The mortgage is now about
due, and the holders, on proposing to foreclose
if, were met with ihndefense, that if the ma
ker of it, was insane when tho murder was
committed, could he have been sstio at the
lime of giving the mortgage ? It looks ns
though the lawyers'wef-c caught this lime,
Dhi FBANStia’s Recipe fob ’a Sleigh
Ride. —He recommended lo those who could
not o&lrd the expense of-« rCal.'slbigh ride,
that they -should sit in-tho chimney .corner,
pul their feet in a tub of very cold.water for
half'wi hour;, and jingle the dmner ball at the
time. Let ihottt close their-eyea at the-same
time, and imaginelhemselves flymgalong the
at'a rate of twenty knot* an hour, and
“they will tbifc'hk ve' tf feheip, fuotVjf, and Ml
crably disagrmble sleigh ride.-■ ■
Gi..UpY AGITATO
®»tb|peopwof the 90th Comgrek*
: _ tonal JRitrict of Obio. u
~||bu Kr Cimm:—The long pertiiag 1
crW&esl br th&JEcliob of a Speaker baiter*.
irmntMa. - FreeHoiri has achieved her lira rant"
lives of the American
fafc&s WfhfcU&vhi
lotion, have bppn re-established in thecitadoj
of oppression. . ~ "
il should‘ do "vioJeUOb' loi rriy Owa 'feelings,
-were-f'torcfflain-silem-oosuoh-WMwcasiotH
■and J ppizejipon my .fifst /leisure .moments to
■tender |yobwy heartfeltchngrauilatlaiM.' • Us
■fatuUry-ofibclfars-lobeenjoyed by. youfiry
*?•“tflll^&cWWW
I pray you not tq t under«lppd me as addres
sing myself to any .particular parly: I em
brace.'in> these' salutations r the Ipeeple oPall
pariies. : Those whp, have opposed.,thapro
graia, qf, jCrpedqm were hones,t,; pndlo ifigro
and their offspring will the blessings of aj/ree
Gqvevhment’ be as important as to those who
have labored to lustratCtimt Government from
the corse of Slavery. In the fullness of my
heart 1 greet you all,' and pray that you and
ourUpvefDipcei may all be purified from the
crimes, of oppression. ~ ~ , „
The2dorFebruary, A. D. 1856, will mark
an important era in the history of Congress.
On that day, a man Who'dared declare that
he held, with the enrly lathers of our Re
public, "that all men are endowed by their
Creator wilh the inalienable right lo life and
liberty," Was elected Speaker of the HouslTbf
Representatives. ■He : stood firmly on this
tdek of truth. The shalts of slaveholding
calumny and 1 vituperation were hurled at him :
But he looked his opponents in-the face, bade
defiance to their impotent assaults, and'tri
umphed. He was elected open the identical
doctrine, for ihe utterance of which I was
driven from my seat in this body fourteen
years since.
' You bade me return, and maintain the doc
trines which 1 had avowed. To the extent
of my humble abilities I have obeyed your
behest, and those’doctrines are now recog
nized by a majority of'this body. In what
I have done, I have acted os your agent, rep
resenting your views. It there be honor to
those who have stood firmly as the advocates
of Freedom, that honor belongs to you, in
common with those who acted with you. I
claim nothing more than to have been the
fortunate Representative of your doctrines and
interests.
This progress of truth is' without a parallel
in the history of our Government.—We may
well say, “It is a victory of truth over error,
of freedom over oppression, of justice over
crime.” 'Let it stimulate us to further and
greater efforts. I rejoice at the appreciation
of this important victorjt by the People. The
lovers of Liberty may well rejoice ; and the
monileslaiions of the popular feeling, which
notv reach us from all the • free slates, will
serve in coming time to stimulate our public
servants to boldness of action.
Here, too, I see the warmer feelings of.our
nalpre'gushing forth from honest hearts, re
joicing at this triumph.of Liberty. Tome,
the whole scene is solemnly interesting.
Looking around me, 1 find none of those with
whom I sloqd in the darker, days of our cause.
Mr. Adams has gone to his reward. Messrs
Ola Jc, Oates, autJ others, have retired to pri
vate life; not one of them is left. .1 seem' Jo
stand alond, an old man, jn the midst of a
generation’ of statesmen wndse advent upon
the stage of political life, js of comparatively
recent dale.
In the long period of my service here, i
have sought neither.-emolument nor distinc
tion. 1 have labored for the re-esfahlishment
of those principles for which our revolution
ary fathers contended. ’ I have lived to see
(hem recognized by a majority of the popular
branch of Congress. I regard myself among
the most fortune of public men. ] haveal
tained the highest point of my ambition. /
ani. satisfied. And -Pknow that-you will ap
predate myTeelings, when I express the hope,
that at the expiration of my present term of
office, I may retire from public life—step aside
from (he public gaze—rbtiint 'to my humble
home—ancl in that retirement'so congenial to
my nature, spend the remainder of the lite<
which Heaven has allotted to me; while other
an‘d abler statesmen shall carry forward the
work so auspiciously commenced, until our
Government shall be redeemed and regenera
ted from the corroding sin of oppression, and
the blessings of Heaven shall rest upon a free
people. J. R. Gl DOINGS.
Washington City , Feb. 8. 1859.
Bear Hunt — Gen. Putnam Outdone. —
One day lasi week a large bear was seen on
ihe Schiader branch, and a number of hun
ters turned out lo capture bruin. He was
tracked through the snow for three days, and
finally found securely ensconsed in his den, a
fearful-looking cave near the bank of the
creek. All efforts lo dislodge hin ftom his
retreat having foiled, William Northrop
made preparations for “bearding the bear in
his den." Furnishing himself with a torch
and his trusty rifle, and with a rope tied to
one leg, a la Putnam, lo expedite his retreat,
should it be necessary,'he entered the cave.
The ascent, for about eight feet, tons nearly
perpendicular, and crawling about 12 feet
farther the aperture widened sufficiently to
allow of his standing upright. The light of
his torch showed him the bear sitting upon
his haunches at the farther side of the cavern,
awaiting the attack. Aiming at the eyes,
which gleamed from the torchlight, he fired,
and made his exit as speedily as possible.—
Having every confidence that his aim had
been true, aud the shot effectual, in a short
time he returned, and found dead.
A rbpri having been procured and fastened to
the tie&r, by ■ the aid of those outside. 'He
was found to be a monstrous animal, weigh
ing oyerbOO pounds.— Bradford Reporter,
9th iiist.
Awful. —‘We hear of,a horrible case of
-freezing todeaih, which'our informant stales
occurred on theNiogora.'PaHs Railroad, three
or four mile* above Tonawanda. ’Men had
-been sent-out: to ; shovel off tho - (rack. . / The
snowdrifteduplhe track almost as-fust as it
waa shovielled aWqyiucßecoming very cold
they attempted, to return, and became closed
in by ihe drifts j and when' an engine, which
• had been sent ouiveame 16 (hfvicinity; they
ware“vfmrnd ! frozdrt stark knd stiff. —Buffalo
Ripublic. -
- Tta li i ' , |i w
I We MfS'weived aiwl
ohn Old F«t
%, gifts qjjfurther iwoi
tensive gang of horse-tnf
Ti4-Thieves.
[her letter from Mr.
\e, Luzerne County,
jrroation of the ex
jievee whose head
-- -*u. iioiuuiiOlßQ IDCId) null nuuw
Swie wftfe wmraf New-TdiVState line.—
'Lhreepet»<m#BUspeQiedof-b6ing-leftder#in
the party ha,v ( e j
heavy bail,"another is' in the Lancaster Pris-
Wj-and the'thl rtf (JbhtTßUttefJ'iS tn ouY Jail
on,a 'Charge) a horse irt WejtpJo/e
-lind A warrant has been issued
rf«jtmhrwhO'hra‘ihorfti^ffdHrtrfe*i:
This biteak Intheirrtnks arose frohn acbr
respondence with our paper, caused by dur
publicaudnofaietler from Mr.'Stewart to
Ml. Postmaster’ Linhari, at Gfcrrick; in this
county —sihctfwhert Mr.S, has received hu
tnerobs letters of inquiry relative to afbleh
hordes from- various Stales—and has fbund
owners for four valuable horses, stolen from
M. George SetTerling of Wilmore, ’Cambria
County; David Sloan ohd-^-*-^—Johnson of
of New Alexandria, Westmoreland County.
The Ihioves have a system o'f correspond
ence and numerous stations on the route—ex
tending from this -neighborhood, by Indiana
add Luzerhd" counties in this State, at least as
far as the Uoadilla River, in Otsego county,
New York—and the difficulty of convicting
them is increased by their mode of operating
by which honest, worthy men are frequently
made witnesses in their favor. Some scoun
drel steals ci horse here’and rides away. At
some station on the route he publiply trades
him for a horse stolen in New York. Should
either be arrested for stealing the horse found
in his possession, he readily proves an alibi,
and that he traded for him openly ; and 100
often this defence, sustained by witnesses of
good character, enables the scoundrel to es
cape justice.
In Luzerne alone, these honest horse-deal
ers have disposed of more than fifty horses
manyof them young and valuable. It is
believed many,of these may bo recovered if
our exchanges will ’give circulation to these
facts, and advise losers to send descriptions
of the stolen animals to Mr. John Stewart, at
Old Forge, Litzernh county, who has been the
means of exposing the gang. Mr. Stewart
in his fast letter, says :
“Dr. Speer, then of New Alexandria, Pa.,
but now of the State of Missouri, had a
horse stolen from him in 1853, valued at
8250. John Brown and John Rutter brought
the horse stolen font Dr. Speer and David
Sloan to this - place. Dr. Speer’s when it
came, was nearly dead, and did die two or
three days after its arrival. The saddle and
part of the bridel which belonged to Dr.
Speer, were found in the possession of Lewis
Brown, who is now under $l,OOO bail. These
circumstances will be fully proven at the next
term of the Westmorland County Court, Mr.
David Sloan having obtained competent wit.
nesses, who were in the employ of Lewis
Brown at the lime he received the stolen
property.”— Pittsburgh Dispatch .
Tbc Kansas People and the Prc-
sidvnt.
When the People of Kansas, having been
sunynoned under the organic act to elect a
legislative Assembly, were overawed and dri
ven from the polls, and the elections control
led and held by Missouri invaders, hired ban
dits and drunken ruffians, the President of
the United States had no word of censure or
rebuke to utter, no restraint to apply to
correct (he outrage or prevent its‘repetition.
When called lo elect a Delegate to represent
them in Congress, and again .driven from the
polls by hordes of bullies and “Border Ruf
fians," the President was equally silent and
nerveless. When the Governor of his own
appointment hesitated to sanction such lawless
outrages, he was summarily driven from his
post, and a more pliant tool sent to lake hjs
place and help on the work of pro-Slavery
conquest and the subjugation of freedom.
Whe.n.again a mob qf lawless, reckless inva
ders, beleagured the town of Lawrence, mur
dering inoffensive citizens, waylaying travel
ers, intercepting mails, and training to burn
the .'own arid butcher its 'inhabitants, and
Wei? diver(ed from their fiendish purposeopfy
by tho manful resistance r ‘f the unaided citi
zens, the President utteifed no word °f dis
approbation, but rather encouraged Ijje foray.
But at lost his slumber has been broken.
He has learned that there is trouble in Kan
sas. Tho North is awake, and alive and
ready lo slay up the hands of the indomitable
free settlers of Kansas. Slavery after all
may not be stably planted there. The Presi
dent now comes lo the rescue—of slavery,
issues his proclamation and calls to arms.
He denounces the Emigrant Aid Societies of
the North and East. He deprecates the sym
pathy of the People of the North with the
free seltlprs qf Kansas. He announces that
the laws of the Border Ruffian invaders must
be enforced, laws which make freedom of
speech arid the press felonies, punishable with
death. He has allowed chains to be forged
and locked upon the limbs of freedom, and
then sets .guard over victims lest they may
wrest them o(T and. regain their freedom.
While ihe President does this he can not
omit to condemn the Missouri invasion, class
ing it in atrocity with the Massachusetts emi
gration.
The people of Kansas^re victims of a bru
tality nourished by that system characterized
as the “sum of all villanies,” and protected
and abetted by an executive whose cold sel
fishness, hesitates at no atrocity, falters at no.
depth of injustice, pales, .at no horror of ini
quity, if u only promises to forward a mise
rable'ambition to retain the place whidh ho
now disgraces. —OiJotA Times,
A Legal Question.— Thomas E. Frank
lin, Esq., Attorney General of Pennsylvania;
to whom was referred the question whether
the State of New York , has a right, by the
construotion of a dam across the Chemung
river, to supply with water (hs Chemung
canal, qna'oflhe public improvements of that
Slate, and thus divert lha water-from ihe nau
ural channel of Cltemongriuer into the-Sen
eoa lake, thereby materially diminishing .the
capacity of that rlver 'to supply the Ifarjh
Brpnch canal in this State, —has given his
optnioiVfoundedoD the lew of, nations, i that
such right doe* :pot okist, and thW one- State
dr nation cannot divert Ihe waters of a public
river from uheir maiural.channel, loi thadotri
tnenl of the Stale or nation below,
This gentleman is nowmorerrf ajion tfa® a
ever. His failuire jUecej,.
Ail advertisement <£ himself than say M pe;
dient over aphD. j apd though it
did not come abotti ia .precisely the ~«ay
intended, ycl we 'hf«rtnfu j6;>ay, greet
Showman will (umiiiis newly acquired ooto.
riety to a gpod aedhjjnl.y The Evening p otl
says:— ‘
The squabble about Barnum’s property
among the creditors-, we lawn, is juu .beam
nlng. Ttwl^flareff--pB6cfeTan^thgfe
lion odTftfcgDrdir:
appointed Mr. Frederick Crqawell their
signee. loßridgipoM, bn the 1 petition of the
Farmers’ Bank.of. Bridgeport,
Sapford has assignee.
is said,' claims that the 01(1.
er is' illeg’ally appointed,, aodthe matter h to
he settled by the Stale,Court of Connecticut.
All plaims not presented within sixty days
from the tithe the assignees make the m.
opuncprnqnt are ctitpff.from. dividends.
Mr. Chauncy A.Jerqme, the founder of
the clockcompany, whoowned 8175,000 of
the stock', has afso been forced into bank
ruptcy by the Stamford Bank.,
Mr, Barhum retired from Iranistan »ome
lime ago, and took up his residence in the
upper part of this city. Ah impression has
obtained, in New' York, as well a? in. other
that he owned the Muse'um. building.
Such is not' the fact. He purchased the col.
lection of. curiosities, but .leased (he build
ing of the heirs of Mr. Francis W. Olmiied
for whom Mr. H. VtL Sargeant, of Fishkili
Landing,.N. Y. is the executor.
The Museum is now and has been for
some time past, in the possession of ,lj r .
Greenwood and Butter. Notwithstanding
this crushing weight of bankruptcy, as « , 3
called, Barnum seems to bear the burden
with spirit,
Iranistan is untenanted, all of the farm,
lure having been removed to this city md
sold.
. The records in New York show ihat rha
mortgages arid judgments against Mr. Bar
num’s real estate amoonted lb 8170.000, to
which is added sortie $90,000 Tor confiden
tial debts, designated in the list of preferred
creditors, named in his assignment.
Tom Thumb, the foundation of his late
fortune Is resting at Bridgeport, and in ill
probability will come to the rescue of the
showman.
On Saturday last, the steamship Star of
the West sailed from New York for San
Juan de Nicaragua, having on board three
hundred Gllibusters as passengers lor Nicar.
ague, where they purpose joining General
Walker's already large and rapidly increas
ing military force of Anglo-Americans.—
They all had tickets, and consequently wlien
the United Slates Marshal went on board .0
examine the vessel, he. could do nothing, as
the manifest was all right, and these men
were in the guise of ordinary passengers.—
An immense crowd was assembled on ins
wharf to witness their departure. — Phil. .V,
American.
While the President thus duds Himself
powerless to prevent emigration to Nicatagui,
even when it is certain that the adventurers
goon.wariike intent, bent upon military ad
venture he vainly thinks by issuing impotent
proclamations to prevent the -citizens of (he
North from rushing to the defence 01 iheir
brethren in Kansas whom he has raarited for
slaughter by the hands of his faithful co
laborersAn -Missouri. He has sutfered these
Missouri ruffians to cross over into Kansas
and (hero, in utter defiance of the law, elect
a legislature for that territory which has en
acted laws bloodier than those; of Draco amt
more infamous lhan anything upon the stat
ute book of any civilized community.; and
the laws thus enacted by a legislature illegally
chosen he announces it as his purpose to en
force, warning the people who love freedom
to refrain from settling in a territory doomed
by him 10 a deluge of blood I Dut as ad
proclamations against emigration to Nicar
agua have proved powerless, and are daily
set at nought before his eyes, ' a fair io pre
sume that his Kansas prociau??lion, wicKed
in it; purpose and malicioba in its ihfsais,
will become as futile as his mlmmanom
against the Nicaragua adventurers. fhe
people of the North have the right to go ana
settle in Kansas, and to take arras with them
for their protection, and they will do it. if
they choose. There is no law to' prevent
them, and Franklin RiUce, thank Heaven,
has no authority to enact one.
The Trial uv Frost of Iron on tUn
roads',.*—Among the troubles of railroad man
agement, and the drawbacks upon rau'roan
profits, is the mischievous influence of frosi
upon iron, wrought and cast. All the lines
throughout the Northern States have suffered
this winter from this cause, some of them
much more than others. The differences in
the amount of damage severally sustained by
them, or ratherun the number of their acci
dents from frost, are due to. the differences in
the quality of the iron-used for making axles
and wheels, Good metal stands the test
bravely, while the poor succumbs, qnd be
trays the traveller, and troubles the engineer.
.The fracture of wheels-and axled lakes
place mostly in the early morning, about sun
rise, when, as we heard A Welch “driver'
say, the frost begins to »moye out.” The
■ day succeeding one of intense cold, is more
fatal to iron under strain, it is said, than me
cold day itself. Straining is said to be a se
verer lest 4htm percussion. During, the Isst
three-weeks upon the Eastern end of the Al
ibony nnd Utica Division of the central road,
■six large six inch axles in driving wheels
were snapped off.--— Aii. Eve. Journal,
Stsange MaUi entirely
■aaw article of transmission in -the malls »« 3
received at ite Pqstoffjce pf Ibis city *
days.since. Op opening ope of the western
mails wflat should bounce out of tbebag but
9. small dqg, properly addressed to tlie-owner
end -marked pajd, according to ijje roles of the
department, , fellow seemed si* 1 *
Jo get his libqrjjt again,, andto breathe iw
fresh air ppce more. Hq'arrived at his des
tination . apparently safe end well, — waltf’
Ipm Jour,
Another Xmtalment.