I'tieHanm (laeitlon Epitomised. Gm'Oiy.i^tr if N:"Y. ‘ Hodh of ItipxMLmilvn, Wlatcb is, I^SB. 1 rise, Sir, to say "but ,a few words., The question U not. Sir, whether 60s. Reeder or <>eo.i .W bitfield shall occupy, a seat op this door 5 but whether you will or.will’noi'grapi to thp Committee on Elections power to send for person* and papers. Sir, what, has, this Committee to dot Ithas to investigate, and. report on a subject of deep ..and pervading interest to (he whole of the American people. Millions of our ponatituenta are .now, watch; ing with Intense interest the action of this Committee. And .shall we, Sir, deny them the aid required, and, block the wheels and cripple the energies of this Commitie at the outset 1 ; for the honor of ibis .House pod the welfare of the copntry, I trustnot, - But, why this determined opposition ..Why this attempt to shroud this investigation in dark ness 1, The reasons, given seem |o me unsat isfactory, contradictory and baseless. . Th& honorable gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Letcher,) in maintaining the other side of I fie question, look occasion to say that if the ad ministration of this Government was taken from the party that now holds it, the Union would be dissolved. Sir, these threats have been so often repeated, and from the same quarter, that they have become stale, insipid, and scarcely deserve a passing nolice. Such threats are idle. They cease to disturb. — Like the rattle in the tail of a toothless snake, they are heard without alarm. Dissolve (his Union 1 Who dissolve it I The North will not;. the South dare not, the world in arms can not. Away with such silly nonsense.— The Hon. Member frqm Maryland (Mr. Davis) denies us jurisdiction. There he comes in conflict with the Constitution. The Consti tution is clear on that point. It says express ly that “Each House shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members.” There is not a legislative body in the world that does not exercise this power over its own Members, and even to. expel a Member at discretion. The Hon. Gentleman fought gallantly, but he fought “ As one that beatcth the air.” He dealt fearful hi uws, but his adversary was beyond his reach. It was a;pity such valor was wasted. Sir, the Hon.* Member from Maryland was on ihe wrong aide. The Hon. Member from Missouri (Mr. Oliver charges the Massachusetts Aid Society with malprac tice. If 'he charge Is true, who not investi gate? He charges the Kansas sett/ers with having rifles. Is it possible ? What! Free men have arms in their hands I VVho ever heard of these rifles till Kansas was invaded ? Then, Sir, you did hear of them. Then they came out and spoke for themselves. .It is charged that the New England emigrants go tq make Kansas a Free Slate. Ay, Sir, a Free Slate. “ A lion in the way.’Y Sir, the sons of the Pilgrims go, as their fathers came, to plant and rear a Free State. If that be wrong, it is the fault of the family. Their fathers did so before them. Free Speech, Free Press, Free Schools, Free Religion Free Soil, and Free Men. Sir, they do go to make a Free Slate. And, God be praised, they will do t.. But Gov. Reeder is in the way. Gov. Reeder has been assailed—rude ly assailed—on this floor. Gov. Reeder is the last man to be here complained of. The blame before the country rests elsewhere than on the head of Gov. Reeder. Has the Hon. Member from Missouri so soon forgot that the invasion of Kansas was from his own Slate! And when the Hon. Gentleman says he did not approve of it, it will be news to me. Does he not know that if Missouri ap proves or palliates, she must share the shame? But she will not do it. And I was surprised to hear what I did hear from one of he Rep resentatives. But Gov. Reeder is in the way. He is the evil genius that haunts the drearns of the Hon. Member from Missouri by night and disturbs his equanimity by day. The Hon. Member says Reeder comes, poking along here —“ a traitor.’’ Suppose I were to-say—which surely I will riot—that Whit field comes poking along here ? True, they are both here; and what of it? What has that to do with the quesiion ? Sir, Gov. Reeder comes here by the voice of the people of Kansas j and they sent him there in accor dance with the Higher Law and the Lower Law—the .Law of Self-preservation and the Law of Self-defense. If he has not a right here who has? Gen. Whitfield comes here the fruit of- an election—an election ordered by a spurious Legislature a Legislature forced on an unwilling people by a band of armed invaders, with guns and drums, and implements of death who marched into Kansas on Election4iay, and stormed nearly every poll at once, elected this Legislature, and returned back to Missouri in triumph/ Sir, let the Committee examine ; give them all the help they ask for; let us have the truth and no dodging ; the country demands it. Sir, 1 am ready for the vole, and ! envy not the man who shall record bis vole in (he negative. Gov, FpHD Defining His Position. —- Lieui. Gov. Thomas H. Ford, who was.a delegate Crom Ohio to the Philadelphia Amer ican National Convention, made a speech at Columbus, 0., before the O/der of United Americans on tjie evening of Wednesday, fith insl., to which he look occasion to define his position.' He claimed to be an American with his whole heart—opposed to foreign ag gression whether of Church dr Stale. But he was also opposed to despolism at home as well as abroad. He said he learned at Phil adelphia what Americanism means in the South—.and that was—a.negro.. He ridicul ed the Idea of the Soul hern States seceding from the Union, He concluded in the fol lowing decisive words, i “I.repeal that I am opposed l« all aggrpM ion. Whenjl see Iwo'mooslqra coming I are ready to strike the one which approach-' e« first; ’This great question must (resettled; and no temporising policy, will answer now. Tha battler of Slavery and Freedom is. to bn fought, and it must, be decided wbiab is.sec tional and which is national. The crisisus upon us. Let os meet.likepatriota—tike na tional men. ~l do not signora .the American issue 4-1 stand on that plank with both feet.) but I can’act'with any maq or..any.set of men, who take the right ground on this ques tion ■; who'are united on the p?ibcipal thaf we must have no more Slave States—no ftldrp Slave Territory/’ THE AG|Ti.T|)i| 5Th. COBB.. =11: :ifeprfo|t • All Business,and olflcr Communicalionsmust Ttinrsday Morning, April 3,1800. *cpn|t)Ucunl»ojulnatio«». For Preildent I n ISSiT; Bon. BM&ONP. CHASEjOf 01#. . For Vice-President:. Hon. 9AYIP WUMOT, of Penn’a. { rfi: ■ .1 The following named gentlemen are- authorized to collect duoe and receive subscriptions for the Ag itator. .fheje. receipt r »(tll be regarded WM. Garbetpoh Tioga. . , J. B. Potter . .'MiddlebdryCculCr. 6. W.'SrANTOit.'.'..' Lowredbevllle. Dd. J.C. Whittaker,. Elkland. Joan SzsKino..Liberty. .. 0. F. Tatlob . .Cnvingmj. . Victor Case .... .Knoxville. W. W. McDouoXu; ...;. .'.■V.Sh'i|Vpon. ' ' ■ Isaac Pi.ank Brookfield. Jso. James ... Blosslmrg.' C. Jc. Culver Osceola. O. H. Blanchard Nelson. E, A. Fish M:i inshurg. 1 SamAel PmM.ira Westfield, W«. M. Johnson Daggett's Mills A. Babeeb. ~...... .Ogdensburg,, 0.. M. Btepoins ■ .Crocked Creek. Isaac 5fEitcEE .'........... Miple Ridge. Republican State Convention, In fulfillment-ol Hie duties imposed upon llie un derslgosd, ai giombcr.of iho National ExoeutWe Committee for Punftsvltattla, (appointed by the Republican Convention hold at Pittsburg on tbo 2M olt,) and iu compliance with the wished of numerous friend® throughout tho'State, notice la hereby given that a UKPUBIAOAN STATE CONVENTION will bo held lo Uio City of Philadelphia, on MONDAY, the IGth day of JCNK next. ht TO o’clock, A. M., for the purpose of forming an Electoral ticket and the nomination of a StatQ, Ticket, to be supported at the ensuing Presidential and Stab* Elections, and getieral’y for the transaction or all such busi ness as shall come before said Convention, The undersigned would recommend that the Contention be composed of Delegates, twice in number to that of the Sen ate and House of Representatives; and that the friends of Freedom in the several counties in the Oourmonwcalth meet at the county scat, or other convenient plate in 'their respect ive counties on SATURDAY, the 31st day of STAY uuxt, (un leits s6tuc outer day will better accommodate,) and elect del egates to represent them iu said Statu Convention; and also, at the same time and place, three delegates from Che several Congressional Dldtrict-vto represent this State la tbo Nation al Nominating Contention to bu held on the 17th of June next, at Phllodctbhla. D. WfLMOT, Towan da, Mar. 16, ’6O. Member of sat Ex. Com. fo?,<Pa. IT Friend Woodward, of llio If, H. Sentinel, should not have forgotten to credit “Our Boy Presi dent.” The Kansas Free Stale Legislature has elected Gdr. A. H. Reeder and Gen. J. H. Lane U.S. Sena tors. Horace Greeley writes from Washington (hat Kansaa moy be admitted as a Free State this session. The news from Europe does not shed much light upon the negotiations of the Vienna conference. The great excitement on tint continent appears to center in Paris The looked-for debut of a young Napoleon attracts unusual attention. It is to be hoped that the young prince may live to be a better man than hia father. Another Triuhml —Gov. Barstow, who claimed to have been elected Governor of Wisconsin. last fall, hasjqst vacated his seat in favor of Basil ford, Re publican, it having been proved that the latter was elected by more than 1000 ipajority. Frauds of the most- criminal character were detected in the returns which gave the office to Barstow. Hu was doubt less at the bottom of them all. Such is Rum and Hunkerisra when its heart is (aid bare. Will lire Schoharie Republican make its X? We call altunlion to an interesting letter from California, in another column. Mr. Evana is a na tive of Blossburg, and is Dow publishing the AbrM Californian,* new and able paper, at Oroville—a very suggestive Dame, especially, to printers, who, sec so little d' oro. Brother Evans has our sincere thunks for Ms letter, and is assured that we- will write him soon and arrange term*- for .its conliou r anco. Your paper has been on our X list for a month. * To Cor respondents. —lf the author of w An Es say 11 will furnish as his real name as a private guar anty, we will publish it with great pleasure. It is well written. * Melanie. Yours of the 961 h ult., U received and will be published bccabsc it is a ineritdrious production. You will receive the pdper without fur ther remuneration as long as you are willing to jet us hear from you occasionally. It was sent toCou dersporl for some months, until hearing nothing from you, you were thought to luvo changed ydur residence. The Seoßtc of Virginia lately parsed a.bill for tho vol antary cnilnvnnivnt of a trot uogro of Southampton' Co. He bad lately boeu cxuaucipateJ, but is anxious fo remain in ser vitude, which ho knows by his own erpflrieiicc and observa tion, is the best and happiest condition fur Ills rocs. So nu merous are applications of ibis character that it has bevu found n«’.WMry to Introduce a general law into the Legisla ture for the voluntary cusiirvumunt of any fr«o negro of the Commonwealth. ' Wc copy the foregoing preeiodsbif of mingled ig. nornnec, stupidity, bad grammar and worse logic, from an exchange, lire' name of which baa escaped, our memory. It embodiea tho entire argument in favor of Slavery, urged under various guise*. Tilt best pro-slavery argument extant is but an elabora tion of the arrogant assumption revealed in all its miserable deformity in the extract given above! To set out with, tho writrit enlirely misapprehends '.ho nature and operation of the law relating la, "lav ery, in Virginia. If w 6 arc rightly informed, up to the present lime, Slavery-has managed to min that Commonwealth without the friendly aid of daw- in lorm. If her Legislature baa enacted such a law os our paragrapltisi .refers 10, ai.ivcry- exists there legally, and not by sufferance a. heretofore, ■ What does it prove for. Slavery, admitting that this free negro did voluntarily pul on the yoke, of aorvi. lude? We might oppose to till, instance e thou sand in which those unfortunates have dared every danger and voluntarily endured every imaginable, privation to, escape from that very bondage- VVp might say what every intelligent man South knowato bp true —that voluntary servitude is the exception and involuntary servitude the Tull. we prelev to, consider the question iqversely— substituting the exception for the rule—and time give our author the full benefit of his nttcmpled ar gument, ' Is Sjavory a natural condition of the human race ? Lookback upoq. aboriginal America and iliqn,an swer j for, \y servitude. bo.an ordinance, of where should wq evidence, of that fact.but npob rr?an inaatalsof nature? Look upon'Africa. flavp mart on her Mnaj before the rapacious while, man, her barbarous tribes the cati value of mepl .women end children ? There is »• ; v ,r iLM ~i‘ru .? •.■j.'-'Ju t-' 1 no record of such a stale of'seciely,there aq exists (his day in the garden of the Now World; ’-The irn evjubla conqlqsjoq then, that involuntary qervi lode is' not taught by’-Als not sahctlbned hy Nature, 'then it follows sequentially tKat'ii is a qtime'igilnsl blslure’a great jaw of‘Equality fkn’dif ifbed crtoft to dcprtva a'ioah of hTs'uljerty fibrcdhsetit; What niahher of deed is that which ‘ »iWifr'doelh when ho trample* .upon Nature's taw in-hHiowTr A TOE; T t-,0 &rA,- (g QiP N 3| iiullwor mother tS \ © Hjgthe f«thon|4ruii« Repuljfi declared, jjkile rightgy liberty them) men hnijfte rigHUogo into TtilunUry*ierviUide7»ny mureTnan argument in onr text, properly, understood, proves Shyer? £ MI! fitgijfefld;- ip? .wronsh m iljhotys his dearest righto but sometimes so debases him ss to tender him inserislblhtb'Cod's gbodhe'ssirt'his gifts-toman as thal-ho-tramples-tberndn-tbemire. ( • We call to ipiodtlie .cape of a 'had lbs mUfortuhe to be hieanxrstid in'tbd Pcoi leotiary.at the -early.age of.ximeleen.—He.wu.b/- ttalure ■ high-spirited, bptin a drunken frolic he became involved jn one of a series ofrob becies undertaken. by-desperate band of men. was detected, tried end convicted.. On lh,e expiration of hip time in prison ho was dismissed. Qe appeared in faisnativo .village on a stolen, horse the very pert day, and oh being charged with the crime freely and frankly ackpojflgdged ft, pddigg il(a.t l)e preferred a prison- life to a return intq sodjety, tie back after a formal trial, and at the end of his sec: ond .term, against Ins, wishes, was. again dismissed. In two days 'from that tifne lie entered bis eatiye vil lage iii'the night-lime and committed a daring bur glary when detection waa 'incviuble. Ho is now serving bis third term in- Penitentiary, And of all the men in our acquaintance, familiar' with the singular circumstances of this casej we nev.-' er hoard one attempt to prove that the life 6f a felon waa preferable to that of an honest man; in view of the strange that unfortunate young man! Very singular, was it'nolT - r - But our kulhor states that the negro ailndcd to "knows by his own experience and observation-that Slavery is the best and happiest condition -for bis race/’ A 'modest colored philosopher, truly 1 After having been "lately emancipated;” he arrives at the very sage conclusion that he isn’t fit to be free, and therefore, some 30,000,000 of his race ought to be enslaved! We will wager something that (bat col ored gentleman had white blood in-his veins. Now it.is well known that immediately before, os well as during the War of the Revolution, certain gentlemen protested against tv hellion,.asserting that a stale of servitude under King George was vastly, to be preferred to national independence. Bat wp have never yet beard jmy at the Colton whigs and democrats undertake to justify King George in his wicked attempt to subjugate the infant colonies. Is there anything strange in that? Skeptical persons ms; t>o inclined to doubt the capability of that negro, when, on a very brief ex perience, he. founds bis opinion of what is happiest and beat for Ilia race—especially when the word race may properly include the whole human family. And pro-slavery men are accustomed to argue that the negro is but a Utile remove from the brute, and therefore incapable to decide what is best fur himself. Yet here they bring a negro up to decide not alone what is best for him, but /for the African millions.’ ' ■ ' . *,* ’T is strange such difference there should be,’ Twixt tweedledum and tweedlcdee!” And then, again, if Slavery be an ordinance of Nature, why was it necessary to introduce a general law into the Legislature for the enslavement of any freeman who, walking in the marvelous light of Vir gtnia Christianity, shall conclude that God did not make him a freeman T Why not enslave him under Nature's law T •- 1 If the brother from whose papdrvwo cut tbs para graph at the head ol theao comments, Will father the extract and reply to our queries, it will he consider ed a great favor. Ooa Leoislatubi—A Gao Law Operation!—- The aristocratic limb or our atalo ticaislature was honored with the reading of a bill making it a penal offence for any Judge in this Commonwealth to mix in partisan politics. Senator Buckalow has the hon. or of originating the bill as it went before the Sen ale, but the principle has never beep now'since ty rant* first plotted sgainst freedom of speech.' Upon the report df the bill, Mr. Killinger asked if jl was not aimed at Judge Wilriiot'. Mr.B.disclaimed any such intention, but Mr. Piklt alleged that Judge W. did hold Court during Bio day and speak to large audiences in the evening, on the exciting issues of the day. Mr. Piatt said be would vote Ibr tile bill. Th’erenpdn/Mr. Taggart asked Mr. Piatt if Da vid Wilhot Was so mighty-i-or his Voice so terrible to the foes of right and truth, that the- legislative power of the - Commonwealth - mast be invoked to shut'bis mouth? Alter dome little debate the bill Was referred to the committee on the Judiciary, where it will probably die ol strangulation. Notwithstanding Mr. Buckalew's disclaimer, the real object of the bill is to gag Judge Wilmol. He is feared and haled by the Bnckalew cross of dema gogues as ar\y oilier able, outspoken and fearless man is feared and halve) by cowards and baft men. His influoncois that which legitimately copies of a determined,stand in the right—justly lo be feared by plotting psrly.mongers, fur. the words of an ear nest man stfike. conviction to the hearts of good men and terror to the souls of the bad. . Whep to sit on the Bench requires a surrender of the liberty of speech,,of any ol the privileges of a tree man, our Judiciary will be composed of such as ‘V ‘-—Bend the apppjo hinges of the -knee That thrill may follow fawning.” and ikon,the truly-earnest outspeaking man may well consider his liberty and happiness at'the mercy of a tyrant, should ha phanca In bo pul an trial. Than; pur fudges would be the veriest tools and cat paws of.such demagogues Buckalow, «pd the Court fools of such. muddy dabblers as Chase apd Piatt. The Bench .wjQJild be a city of refuge lor coWards, who are alwoye tyrants, who ate always oruel and vindictive—as witness. Jeffreys, Grjer, Mil ler end Kane, for the man who will surrender any. of his rights as. a freeman to obtain office or emolu ment will as surely dispense Justice under the di rection of favoritcism and bribery. In Ilia capacity at v> arbitrator judge must have no favorites.. When heascends the Bench he no longer recognizes individuals. , T ( lie, prisoner a| the hat Is nothing to him until, the jury ' jpcide el. thcr for sentence or discharge. lie has to'consider Use demands, of violated law, not the relations of ev. ery day, active life. ' Hi) may not always hr "ilo ' -j, may not always bo. able to conquer but justice apffera in juai {lie do! press has not been, sparing of liAcc. toward judgOjWituuT. ' tfe liaa auflfeiled'the doga to' bark and’prOlstd' ; Un 'ln' Hid "palliiof duty. Should the gag bo applied it canijol prevail itf'jhfcse redeemed'ebudlies.: So '.long 1 as' (he Slavi 'power threaten! Freedom, jie cannot‘ be Ijilent— the ieojtt will bi lileht,'' ' The Union Convention heldatHirriaocrg on*ibe 26th; behaved in livery creditable manner, .Tpa'fol lowing are the nomination:,'j;. ; ir for: omlnufiontn n—,.Ti)9mi«,E., Cochran, of York,,, ■ , . . , ~ For Auditor (ffneral—Dwwto.theJpß, of Arm **rSlg, o |qm ‘-■ Aci" t «•. j ForSuntj/tr UporW, of liiS ii ‘A'Vetr’Strong l 'UbVit 1 MppkretHlj', (hifiMtlit, bo eficfieG if thotJnioh ii Uni l/ftfemat-leabt OldiV is the most satisfactory evidence that «uch' (nuil be AGITATO IVrngr no f p. && ibe JcsaU.tjplr. Coomk it taid to havo been t Wlita-ferf||r]y. JvfPiltLrt it an American, anrf Mr.SUrom it a RiSllhlliyin. ' I < >lnrenll that WMnecobity Tor a Union Consul* -iiakd. Bdtunue it aid exitt, we are gltolo lion' exit jKeLthaiUniqn thß ppßOiUioa .fcrcesLon.pm onm, man platform of hostility to the present mis.tuiipg is%inS6.tia.r.fil n(jt h m'mnn ,Tlie ? PhiUdelpht» JV«u« i« advised to drop its Slang andremeraber that hard names rhakehovofes : (bf lihyHlbket ‘lt maybe' fashionable: In Philadel. phia.bul-woiU.httd -people.-in. tha-rutildialricU do 3Vfe Monthly'Rijihbovo.—TUU excellent pnblica. 1 ti stream el to'ni'greatly enlarged and improved,- It is by/Georgb'atCrofctjThUfeiel. phia, ia a large, handsome sheet, nnezceptionably printed and -filled with a choice variety Of original scientific and ,: careTany-'selected literary niilUir. The Meteorological depaHinent is as heretofore 6bnJ ducted' J by i Dr'.'OKapniani whine ay item ofPreciiU dilutions ia deservedly attracting ihe attention of scientific' minds I- Those who will take‘the trouble to'ttom'parcbia'lablei 'with the weather, saimotbot 1 be struck with the general correctness of bit theory!- , Termav'fiO centaia yearinadvance. i , i Republican Declaration of Prin cipled, adopted bylUe PlTlabtirg Convention.: c 1. We demand and shall; attempt to secure the-' repeal of all laws which allow pie introduction .of slavery into territories once consecrated, to Freedom and will resist by every ‘ constitutional means, the existence of Slavery iri any ol the tmiloriea ol the Unites States. ' r' : 2. We will support by every . Uprinl.means oar brethren in |Cansas in their manly.and constitution al resistance to the usurped authority of their law less, invaders, and will give the lull weight of our' political'pmver in favor of the immediate admission of- Kansan to the Union as a. free, sovereign, inde pendent Stale. 3, Be|ieving.that the present national Adminis tration has shown Itself to be weak' and faithless, and'that its continuance in power is identified with the progress of the slave power to notional suprem acy, with the,delusion of Freedom.from the terri tory, and with increasing-civil dispord, it is a lead ing purpose of our organization to oppose and over hrow it. Kansas In Congress. The following is Mr. Dunn’s proposition Resolved, That a Committee of three o( the merrfbers of -litis. House, to be appointed by the Speaker, shall proceed 10 inquire into' and collect evidened in regard to (he troubles inKnnsas generally, end particularly in re gard-to any fraud or force attempted or prao ticed in reference to any of ibe elections' which have taken- place in said Territory, either under the law organizing-said Territo ry, or under any pretended law which may be alleged to-have taken effect therein since. That they shall lully investigate and- take proof of all violent and tumultuous pro-' ’ceedings in said Territory at any lime since the passage' of the' Kansas -Nebraska Act, whether engaged in by residents of said Ter ritory, dr by any person or persons from elsdwhere going into said .Territory, and do ing, -or encouraging others to do, any act of violence or public disturbance against (ha laws of the United Slates, op the rights, peace and safety of the residents of said Territory ; and for that purpose said Committee shall' have Aid power to send fur sod examine, and tnke copies of all such papers,’ records and proceedings,; os in their judgement "will be ■useful in the premises ;■ and, also, to send for persons,- and to examine them on oath, of ufirmaiinn. as to mailers wiihin their knowl edge touching ihe mailers of said investiga tion and such'Cdiinmiliee, bv their Chair man,-shall have- power to administer all nec essary oaths or affirmations connected with iheir aforesaid duties^- Resolved further, That said Committee may' 1 hold' their investigations'at such places and times as to them may seem advisable, arid that they haveleabebf absence from ihe duties df this House until they shall have completed such investigation. That they be authorized-to employ one or more Clerk's,' and one ormore assistant Sergeants at-A'rms, 10 aid them' in -their investigation and may administer to'them an oath or affirmation faithfully lo perform the' duties assigned to them, respectively, ant) lo keep secret all mat ters which may come iheir ktTbwledge touch ing such investigation as said Comitiitiee shall direct, until the report of the same shall he submitted to this •House; and said Com miiiee may discharge any such Clerk; Or as sistant Sergeant ai-A-rmk, for neglect of duty or disregard of insirdciiona in the' premises, and employ olhers under like regulations, , Resolved further, That'if ally person shall in any 'mininer obstruct or hinder said inves tigation, or shall refuse to attend on said committee, and-to give eViddricC when sum moned for that purpose, or shall refuse te i predOCe ahy paper,'hodki'public record or proceeding in their imssCssloh or control, to said committee when so required, or shall make'any disturbance whe're said cbmmiileo is holding iheir sittings; said 'committee may; if (hoy see fit’; cause any 'fin'd cvery' such parson lo be arrested by said assistant ser g'eant-ht-arrn's, and brought bfefofe ihiaHoiise to bo deilt wiili, ns forcontempl. Resolved further, That for the purpose of defray ing the expenses of'said cornmissinn, there be, and hereby is, appropriated the sum of SIb.OOO, to be paj'd out of the con tingent fund of ibis House.,, , .Retolped further, That the President .of the United ~S|aies be,.pns js hereby, request ed tafurqijdi to said Committee,,should they be met, with any periods opposition oy bodies of ißjivlesp men, in.lhp discharge of their.du lie? aforesaid,,,such pid frpm any ..military force-, as may at the convenient (p them, as maybe necessary to' rerppye. ,such pppo?i)ionjpnd enable, sajd £pmminp, without pip.lpstaijpn, to,proceed 'yijjt their lobprs,.! ..Resolved-farther* ,Thatr-whep *aid Cujn, miltee shall have cojppleletUaid invaptigpUpn, they report,ql(,the evidence,jiq pqUecied, to this , , A FneNcri Story.— lf’ appears "that thf drawing fo r I Theco n s'c ri p iWnih Piahitethfe WA'pCa widow isJn egempi., ,>yhe Paris corfeppOudppt pf, New York. JJi pretit: says .thptiwhpn tha lapi annpa|,drawing took, pootn rn?n v whose. and onlp-son hpd'beeniPQ.Unlppky, ?g!(p drawa numbeCi which made .hirn a jttivful prey to the went quietly ftogt thp, pcepe.to his dwelling, and was found thftpexi mqrning hanging dead in his garret. - He -sacrificed HfeMdsavb his sort'frclhl'tnilitary °Bdr»ice, ( arid the 6hild, ff’dw : thi’SOri of awidb»,> Wist exempt from the much dreaded conscription. aiuolio^ of the j Oboviilb, March 1, 1856. | Mr*- EdFtoh You canhof imagine whirl Feb ,; ruary ana March, when the “storm king hffeigninupreniej and-the wintry blast'bowls by your Eastern honM i ipo ffeezing’-bilter cold at jo -M®-?!., .R9t jdnyjng, storm to pofTua; and by day a genial wprrnth fjlervaded ahe air, that makes .os loVe to live, and wish that all ihe human racqwere hefe for its,enjoyment. The greater part of the tinge our skies are bright, and the sun pdu'rs his golden ohTiill and dale ;and when it does rain it Tatis so gently, but abun dant, that every wish seems' gratified and want supplied, [l can be .said of California moki truly,ihkt those who leave her for other clfirt'es, return almost without exception, at tracted, by some secret spelt that they cannot resist.' Her sUhny day's andgorgeous moon light nights,such as ihejads and lassies'lpng for ift the Ailtihltc Slates, her. floral and ag ricutibra'l charms, “haunt the one t that would' desert her, with spectral visions of her lone liness, - until the faithless otic finds that a charm more pdtenl than - homes has'spirited him back to this land of' perpet ual summer life.” I have lived in California for about four years, and during (hat lime, 1 have seen but one. number of your truly' valuable and interesting sheet. Do you not print's stearher edition for California ? Have you not found yourself, sometimes or other, among strangers without a red wanting to reach a certain place where you had friends and' could raise a supply of the “ needful,” but could not get- (herb under your circum- 1 stances'! You are in an awful predicament, and contemplate suicide, but just as you are about rushing for the nearest pond, where you intend to sever the silken ties that bind you to life, you meet a friend. Ah, what a joyful meeting. You are from that moment another being. You have; well then, you canimagine my feelings, after wading thro’ a copy of the Agitator which 1 found in the cabin o( another “Tioga boy.” The most important event which has trans pired here during the last' year, is the con firmation of the ‘Limoniown land claim, by the board of Land Commissioners appointed [by the Stale Government. This board has ! confirmed claim after claim, embrading thou sands of acres of the best and most valuable lands rn the State, without the least shadow of good sound evidenceupon which to base their decision. The Limsnton claim whirh 'covers some tweniy thousand acres of land in'and around San Francisco, estimated to be worth the enormous sum of $6,000,000 at present and much more In the future, is the last grant which they have confirmed, and they have the hardihood to say that it was Supposed by the most conclusive evi dence, when they refused to admit the ev'. dence of one Jonan, who was well acquain ted with nit the tricks employed by Liman ton to get his forged grant through, (that rhe grant is a forgery is now believed by every body.) The confirmation hns-caused dn im mense excitement among the persons residing upon Ihe lund, who are supposed lo number about twenty thousand. They have held several meetings to raise funds for opposing the claim. The case will be carried before the Supreme Court of the United States. Is it not a pity that in a country where nature has lavished her choices! gifts, such corrup tion should exist 7 How long it wilt be so, I caiinot tell. There is in the city of San Francisco at. (he present time, more legalized swindling and respectable dishonesty, than can be found in any olher civilized city in ihe world. You will find some kind of dishonesty introduced into almost every branch of business without any exception j if not openly, then it is car ried on behind the scenes. But the greatest wonder, and the one t that astonishes me the most is, the tardy movements of the car of justice, the wheels of which appear to be stopped by fangs of golden dollars. It is evi dent to every citizen who takes interest enough in the reputation ol ihe State lo look a Imle closely into matters, that the officers were paid for baffling the ends of justice in the case of Adams & Co., Bankers, The moneys have been passed from the hands of one receiver to the olher, unlil ihey have dwindled down to about one third of the ori ginal amount. The creditors are by a late decision of the Supreme Court, all entitled to a pro rata of the assets, those who obtained attachments on properly belonging to the firm, faring no better Than the others. There is now a chance for the phor victims to real ize about ten per cent or so on their claims. The books ol the firm have been missing for some time, but they were yesterday fished up out of the Bay by a man, who, after examin ing them and discovering their nature buried them in the sand, and asked thirty thousand dollars Tor them. The police were informed of the fuel, and proceeded lo search for (hem and foudd them. This will show thisgigap. tic combination of swindleamp in their true light. • I will let you know the particulars by next maii.i The trial of Charles Cora, the gambler for the-murder of Richardson, the Marshal of Sail 'Eranfcisco' commences to day. It is the opinion of every body here <hat gold will se cure 1 his discharge, although-he Is guilty. ~ The miners arb doing hut very • liitle juSI now in consequence of the scarcity of the tnufch needed element water. The-quantity of raitl'hvhrch lias fell this winter falls far short of any previous season. ”A great many people think that this country will become libClhe Atlantic States, that is, have occasion al showers all through the year, end a wet season and then a dry one ns at preseHt. It may be so, bin I doubt it.’ Yours trulj4 „ . w; evaNs. . rfemv 1 bhe a'tid a half milliohb of dead letters were opened at the office in Washing loo during the last,quarter,. Three thousand letters,-for that period contained' money to an amount exceeding, ft!8,000, about seven eight?,of w.hifjb -bee been promptly; restored to its owners. t • „ V' j ■"‘ troit strbng when- -you advertise. Busi. ness is like arcbileciuro—its best supporter* arc lull columns, ’ i - Qualm* ot Pocket. la many persons Coriscianceoperates a certainty 'juparior to instinct, and cause* them to gravitate, inevitably toward* the and the have no Consciences' and are neve? ledAnlhdperformance of ihn ' which is proper artdfHUng except by a 0»«. peal, pungently made, to their pocket. Wo find the following paragraph in the number of th Herald: “ On the 22d ot November last we ily copied into the columns of the Herald au ed'iorial anicfe from the Montrose Democrat edited by E. B. Chase, Esq. and published in (he adjoining judicial district over which Hod David Wilmot presides, in which he *ii charged wilh divers partialities and wrong, and for so doing was threatened with jbi. peichmerit, but' recqntly we have been cttdi.' bly informed that they were oof" warranted from the facts in the case, and accordingly i heflffpnfo Apnoraile in our coluaioi without delay upon receiving the said infor. raption. However widely we may difle, with the Judge ppliticaily we have no desin to detract from bis personal character or ju. dicia[ reputation, and consequently we correct In this place any undue impression the formes publication may have made upon (he minds of our readers. Having but a slight scqusin. lance wilh (he Judge, and no personaUmotl. edge of his official administration, we cannot be considered moved by any designs upm hie personal or judicial character by the pub. licalion referred to, and regret the copying it into our paper, and more especially that «« should have been soiincautious as to give m truthfulness our indorsement.” For years past the Herald has pursued Mr. Wilmot with implacable hate, leiiw g no op. portuniiy slip of giving his reputation a «ab. It has gone farther. It has copied from another journal, edited by a deadly enemy of Mr. Wilmot, outrageous assaults upon bis personal and official character, and, without knowing or caring whether the accusations were true or false, has given them the benefit of its unqualified endorsement. Every dost, ing item of defalcation against Mr. VVilmol it has sedulously snapped op, and rehearsed to his detriment. Of a sudden it has changed its tone, and with a bungled effort at grace fulness makes a full recantation. T\\i'Herald " regrets” that it should have been so 11 incautious” as to endorse as inis charges which “ were not warranted from the facts.’' No doubt of Jhe genuineness of ibe regiet. A man who endorses a worthless note or bill or exchange always regrets his warn of caution when he is called on for payment. Mr. Wilmot, through his attorn, ey, gave the Herald a choice of alterns. lives; either to recant or to substantiate ill endorsement. —Honesdale Democrat. Peggy, Use Slave Woman. Our readers cannut foil to remembei the efforts of this woman to escape from her master, Mr. Gaines, In Kentucky, net croi. sing the river on the ice, her killing one of her children, and her efforts to kill •toodi ets, to save them from Slavery. This Wo map, it is well known, wns returned to Mr. Gaines by Mr. Commissioner Penderv, md his Honor, Judge Leaviit. After her return to Keniucky. il was said that her owner, Mr. Gaines, held he.r subject to a reauisiiion from the Governor of Ohio, a requisition »»i issued by Gov. Chase, and delivered into the hqnds of Joseph Cooper, Esq., who proceed ed lo Frankfort, where, as we learn from the Cincinnati Commercial of yesterday, he was graciously received by Gov. Morehead, who granted ihe proper writ for surrendering Mar garet ; bgt when he proceeded lo the jail, armed with, the documents, she was northern, having been hurried off with four others of Gaines’ negroes to Louisville, lo take the first boat for the South. They were placed on board the Henry Lewis, which was sunk by coming in collis ion with ihe E Howard, about ihree miles below Troy, Indiana, by which some fifteen lives and a large amount of property *ers lost. When ihe accident occurred, ihs ne groes were in ihe nursery, ironpd by couples. After ihe disaster, ihey were heard ceding for help, and lo be relieved of their hand cuffs. Some one happened lo be on hand lo save ihem. Margaret had her child in her arms, but bv ihe shock of ihe boat mil came lo the assistence of the Lewis, she was thrown into ihe river wiihiher child. Ths child was drowned, but a black man, mn cook, sprang into ihe river.and saved Marga ret, who, il is said, displayfd (ramie joy,when told that her child wa.w-drowned. and said she would never reach Gaines , 'Landing, in Ar kansas, the place lo which,she was shipper thus imimaiing a desire lt£ drown herself.— Ohio Columbian. Arrest of Horse Thieve*. i I Some lime sinee, a man named Ruder, *»• arrested in the Western part of this stale, ana confined in' jail in « horse; He was connected with an extensive gang of horse thieves, counterfeiters, &c., extending through Northern and Southern N. Y. Having laid in jail sometime, and the gang neglecting to bail him, he wrote 10 his uncle to comS and see him afid he would tell him someihing. His uncle went toaee hinf, and he revealed the existence of an er, tensive and organised'band; giving names of members in Bradford andGheitrting counties, with such details 1 as'lhfl’no dobbt of the oted, ibility of his slaiement. jVlu'ch’ eJtciteriffiht was created In Elmir* 8nd o yicin)ty,'and Tour individuals were arrest* etf on a charge of robbery, arson aiid^hbr* 5- stealing. The persons arrested are/Henry Loop,, of Elmira, for assisting to rob'th® store-of G. L. Davis in the fall of while acting as a watchman; H. HerzeeOl Southport, for receiving stolen goods; Col, W.' Shuart and fl. C. Wells for setting h/? to store of Mr. Lockwood- 4 .Wicks was also" arrested and taken. o*®* Jj Indiana cb., Pa., where he had been IndietW as. a receiver of stoleil property . A number of other pefsons are implio* l , and.further arrests 'yil/be made.. Through the eonfossions, of Rutter a DU ®’ ;beTsf horses have been recovered, and pWeity found just as he has stated, —‘ find Reporter.
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