Term* «l Publication. THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is pub lished ever; Thursday Morning, and mailed 4o sub- Wibfert'aV tHfeVcry reasonable jirice Sr OM Dot-' li’a-psrtanutiHibtxirtsfey lf isinfend ed lo notify,bver>n sUbfecribenWheu Iheittrmiiir jvhich. ,ba veer pircd,by.the pUmp r-r“ Time pui,l' oa the, ,margin of the Jest .paper. The paper wUl'the'tj be stopped ufltil a 'fUrther rc rniUartee Uerfeceivfed. r BytnissrrfengdfneHt nomfen o*o bo 'brought, indeijt to the'.pdnttr.f v ’ s [Tbs •Hqi-nHua. U the Offiqiil Paper Of the Cptfß iy| with a largo pod .Jeadily increasing circulation reaching Into nearly every 'neighborhoodl, ip the County. It is s eiil fiei 6f postage toany Fost-t)ffico within the county limits; and'to those living within the limits, but whose mosUxmvonient pOstofiicc may be in an adj(dnujg / pyi) nt y- , i . Business Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper in ejuded, ti per year. , 1 For The AgiUtor. th fc’ sea. BI M. L. poup, I hara pmwuvtf t)T thoe oft fright ummmtpftwvr In my’ chlldhbodliouTs. Ifhen wild thought Wire free; And thy fttncfcd unite U Vttantf tth rftfll— • ; , But only In fcney thy yolee will come, far, the grown of thy dashingfoarn . An the idngs,'Sroic« wdnTd gfcny sour .To thj verdant Uk*k arf rdok bo?ad shore.. Dhyoftttaiee, taaulbwd my eyes, iwuoder Jn-drtanui ’neaib the sunlitaklu, Wtidrt Wild birds wfcrblft their songs of glee, And thy, wfco, Is hre-nl, thou bright bine ml with barque unmoored fitom the'cocky Chore, With spreading Mil.nnd dipping oar. Away I speed o’er the billows bright— Ah. tbo dream baa flown with the morning llghtl Hhall I ne’er behold thy bounding wrtcs, Or gaxe in ihy depths, yhero the mermaid lares ? Oh, let mo.still hope, there lingers (Or me To the future, the sight of the bright glad sea I Stim iWfjctllartj?, From tho Buffalo Republic How Sandusky was Saved from famine. A HISTORICAL REMINISCENCE.' One of the. most agreeable duties of jour nalism « to chronicle the heroic deeds of these whom chance or unusual natural-devel opments have rendered benefactors to the' human race. It is a part of our legitimate province to rescue the fame of such individuals from oblivion, and by enacting the part ol the his torian, to hand-their names and the record of their achievements down to the admiration and gratitude of future generations. The village philanthropist, or the benefactor of a local community,'is as much a part of (be history of this time as the heroes of a Stale, or as the sacred geese whose gabbling at the rock of Tarpeia saved Rome from the hor rors of a sack. Our duly in the present in stance is to relate a similar occurence, which transpired much nearer home. Years ago, when the course of trade ran in a counter direction to what we now behold, owing to a severe drouth, the city of Sandua uy underwent all the horrors of a protracted famine. The water on the bar at ihe mouth of the Bay was so low that vessels were una ble to reach the port, ana as there was no land transportation at that time which could be relied upon in a case of sudden emergency, u appeared as if Providence had forsaken the piace entirely, and that its inhabitants must soon perish. For,days and weeks their flock oi provisions had been gradually disappear ing until soon all was gone, and their only reliance was upon Ihe few fish which they were enabled to obtain from the waters ofiho Bay, an occasional meagre supply of game from the neighboring fores., At the lime at which we write the woods in me vicinity, and in fact throughout the West ern Reserve, were frequented by vast num bers of wild hogs which obtained a bountiful subsistence and grew fat upon the shack which everywhere abounded. These hogs were doubtless originally estrays, but Ihe sparse ness of the population in the interior, and the rapidity with which they multiplied, rendeted them strangers to man and very shy of his pretence. During the drouth, ol which men tion has already been made, large droves of these animals wended their way to.thelake in tne neighborhood of which they continued to remain. Sandusky Bay in particular was a favorite place of resort for them, in the waters of which they were accustomed to wallow after slaking their thirst. Those who arc acquainted with the locality of which we speak, will remember the annoyance to which Ihe early settlers were exposed in the shape of a fine, red sand which covered the beach and which, in times of high winds, was not only exceedingly troublesome, but dangerous. Thousands of hogs, in consequence of fre quenting this spot, became totally blind ; but still, with ail the cunning which belongs to this perverse race in their natural stale, they continued to elude the hunters One day, when the famine in the city was a', us height, and when it was apparent that even tho strongest must soon succumb, Joe » took down his gun and resolved to make a last effort to secure bis wife and little ones from a fate the most horrible of which me mind has any conception. All day long nad their sunken eyes and shriveled hands implored him in vain (or bread—and alas! be knew too well that not within the whole city was there a mouthful to be had, though ne were to offer in exchange thrice its weight m gold. Nerved to desperation by this re flection, but still with feeble steps, he took ms way to the forest, resolved not to return wnnout relief in some shape. {■or a long lime he hunted in vain, trav ersing miles of weary pathway, without so mutm as seeing a single evidence of animated nature, until he was on the point of yielding toncspait. At this momenta noise, as of approaching footsteps, attracted bis attention, ana ne paused with every faculty rendered Keen by hunger, to listen. Nearer and nearer name the tramping, and just as Joe, to screen nimself from observation, look shelter behind “ tree, a wild hog emerged from behind a tnicite;, advancing direotly toward him, fol 'owed immediately by another and another sl th- The hunter, trembling with anxiety and excitement, raised his gun, but suddenly paused in astonishment at the singular phe. aomonon before him. The drove (for drove mere was) was approaching him in Indian nte, and headed directly for the Bay. The second hog held in his mouth the tail of the ■irst, the third (hat of the second, and so on, ‘o me number of sixty and upward, each was Holding fast to the caudal appendage of his Predecessor, and all wore being led by the orernosi of the drove, and he being the only e jhat could see, was thus conveying his Hnvcied companions b Tne nun-.er comprcnenocc me scene in a ■U I > 'X' /. TTTTTi ft _ Tft B ]]/B/IB 1 ‘ ' 1 - iii- r - wßstH^Jf n * l ' l BL p ’ n>i, '*f ll!! h r f | isi n»)!>3i B-a ■ t fe!iß > '‘ vli 'B‘ »>y jmh.-hhß \ 'ijp i)Sj:i ß >lJ i J ' ''■>■' f ' , ul mßta, oJB irA •' —ißnii j f ' .’' '' r ‘‘ { " J ‘\ - •' ,,! ‘ - 5 ; 1 - j ‘“ s^! 0 - C . J ' l I - ' j .'. riflfJlW; /l;' h - ' II I ■■ i<« ti Hl | ■; —. I« I ' ■ I |‘l -In ■ '■« at.rn «»ll r, Jn;s.-iStlliM II i.i f r..-«T I*>< 111 l ill pit I VT»-?-;—I {>-)H Wl I , . a / ! refill! arc s Iv.vc .vv.l *m t 1 w .. - tie Mm* M Mmt/ommJf t&'&wtfM'-M ikwitibtMtftitito' ■* ... ' • ' ss-ti r.f.riLr j,ni'H ;;.-• **■ GOBa i STURROGK : & COi, VOL.J. moment, andj instantly .. decided upon; iiijs course. Raising,nisgun deliberately,hefirpd, and sevcrefihetjail of-iheießder c|oseto,the mots. His, affrigbletl leedeijship, wiihip Md. [scieeHl, Quoded jnlo,,lbp reared, while hip Blind.compaaJenpicapaaio.a; deaihplt. , divesled.ifairnsel.f ,afl his bools hup crept stealthily .up |o lb? first of' jthe band, wjaich.stpod quietly, holding in bis mouth the amputated tail of his.,former con ductor. This the hunter.seized aqd cpm mettced gently pplljog upon , it., First one hog.atarlfid, il)iefl another, than mjojher, unfit, soon, tike a train-of all were in motion, and, without pausing to rest for a Single In stant, Joe led them .quietly into a : huge pen near his residence, where they were soon slaughtered, and the city teas saved/ eommmUcnUontf, Letter from the West. snbjoinod'letter Is from a c!titen*of tbli County, traveling in the West, A friend ha a handed it in for publi cation, together with seven] others of tho same series. .The reading will dnobtlasa be ’lnteresting to many our readers.] Ed. Aa. Dear Wipe ; —As I closed my last letter with a description of Eau Clare, 1 shall now proceed with my narrative from .thjs point, westward. At this point we got our break fast, which also proved to be our dinner, for we had to go 24 miles before we arrived a{ another stopping place. -Soon after leaving Eau Clare, we came upon a drove of tSlk, eight in number, and drove with opr sleigh very near them. It was an interesting sight to us, you may be assured, but we.,had no lime to slop foi sporting and so the elk, esca ped, at least, a good frightening. From this point on for 20 miles, we passed through an open prairie, perfectly level, and extending bp either side as far as we could see, with scar cely a tree or shrub upon it—there being on ly here and there a scrub oak about the size and appearance of a large apple tree, in a state of decay. These trees resemble sq mitch the old orchards of the eas{. ihqt Mr. Jones frequently remarked that he had discovered another orchard, and certainly-it bad that ap pearance. In passing through this prairie we shot two prairie chickens, a great number of which we have seen on our journey here; we have,also seen a great many deer tracks, but no deer, except those that had been kill ed by the hunters. We stopped at night at the Menomonie River, at Willson’s Mills, from which point I, wrote a letter. There is here quite a little village nnd.il is exactly the antipodes of Black River Falla in morals,— .The reason is evident; for there is not a drop of liquor aald in the place. This, .COmoanV have in their employ about fiOO" men aho are doing a.very successful lumbering business. The logs are cut some 25 or 30 miles above this point and floated down here, manufactur ed, rafted and run down this river to the Chippewa, (into which it empties) ond so on to the Mississippi. Lumber is worth at Me nomonie $l5 per M., and at Dubuque, $3O, and the cost of running to Dubuqe is about $2 per M, Hero we stayed ail night and had good accommodations and started on our jour ney the next (Tuesday) morning, through what is here called the “ Big Woods,” 28 miles in extent, and no intermediate slopping place. It took us all day to go through, the road being new and very rough. We arriv ed at the station at the edge of the prairie just before dark, and put up for the night. The country through these woods is beautiful in deed ; it is good land and well watered. The timber is sugar Maple, Basswood, Elm, As pen, and the different kinds of Oak, with oc casional clusters of Pine of every good qual ity. 1 forgot loyrnenlion in its proper place, that all along our route over the prairie country there are numerous Tamarac swamps from whiih the settlers obtain their fuel, fencing, and building material. Wo had very comfortable fare at ibis station (Baker’s,) and in the morning, started for Hudson, 20 miles distant, where we arrived at 2 o’clock, P. M. We passed this day through a beautiful Prairie country, and 1 am told that the soil is much belter than the eastern or southern prairie—it being a black loam; whereas, the southern and eastern are a mixture of sand and loam, and too after a superabundance of sand, especially where the country is rolling, or uneven. The country generally, from Lacrosse to Hudson, is broken and uneven, although there are many Prairie’s of large size as level as a house door.; yet you can see the bluffs in the distance. On the sides of many of these bluffs there is to be found plenty of good stone for-building, and other purposes. The whole country from Lacrosse to Hudson is, on the whole, a delightful one; the great est objection being, at many points, a want of fuel, fencing, and building material. The price of land on this route will vary from five to twenty-five dollars per acre, and a great deal of it is not for sale at any price—it being at present in the hands ot speculators who are not anxious to sell at present prices, as there is a fair prospect of a Rail Road run ning through this region which when built will materially enhance the value of land in its vicinity. ■ Wo.had a very cold ride from the Big woods (o Hudson, the wind blowing a gale and the snow flying, so as to fill the beaten track and cause os to make very slow progress. We are told that it is not usual la have such winds in this country —the weath er usually being clear, cold ana still. Of this we shall be better able to judge after a {rial. On our route from the Menomonie (or Red Cedar River) to Hudson, we crossed the head waters of the Eau Gallae, Kinnie-Kinnie and Rush Rivers, 25 or 30 miles from where they empty into the Mississippi. These streams, where we crossed them, are large, enough.to afford good water power for grist and saw mills. The country about them is very fine, and tolerably well timbered. There are but few settlers on the route from Lacrosse here, • * u‘)-r, ■< . ’ . 1 .* r-n 'a-JT 1 *.W ' J *:»' **!}'v , vr y ■ >»-r , f,“T ■>: h agitpaxios oP isxhb aEann»Boiop.iwtn><9r;t , .i>« vi .v t» .1 WLLSSOMiGH; TIOGA COUNTI. rA., :TIttmSDAT EOttMM,:taA»GH 5. IS.C t> ‘ “ biit'ffie latfd WeiretoldJ is takett by spectators, Oats artwdWfrbni' 'TStctef 3 to ff;2S .pr h'affiel; cotn v |li2s£ ,wKeal’*l; ifflMlf%, Sip Pinery qqrq„ worth from $l5 to «20 per ton, and prairie at that.- >W« found on ooranival alHudaon that Gol. Potion* thecbief engineer oFthe Sti Croix *nd Lake: Superior Rail i Roadwaa about to start forSuperiorp and as that was our'distination we made arrangements fortunate, We soon obtained-ropes andholp and pulied.out our team and sleigh with the majority of our.loadiog. Mr. Jones lokk his riflefforwhich- he offered 835- reward and afterwards obtained it, it having been fished up with hooka-made - for. that purpose) and Field his watch-chain, worth #35, end sever al other small article* are missing. We were about three hours .on the ice before we got everything out of the water* whdn we hired’a team end brought opr effects back to Hudson, where upon opening our trunks and and car* : pel’Pags. we found the whole'•contents con. solidaled with ice; everything in them was materially damaged and many things entirely rained; but we cared'but little Tor thedarn - age done, and felt thankful that there were no lives losl—which is not tin unustial occur* ence in this Lake'during the'winter season'. Hudson-is a flourishing loWti, siiuated im (he east Lake St. Grots, nt ,! (htf month of Willow River, 'll is about Sik'nitles below Stillwater, on the Opposite side of the' Lake, and is at the southern terminus of St.' Cattmidt^VM R. R. Along the Lake Shore at this point 1 is a good landing for steam boats running to this and points above. The country about this place is beautiful in the extreme, and the “ manifest destiny” of Hudson, is progress and prosperity. But for a more definite his tory of its past, present and ftiture prospects, I must refer you to "North Star,” sent from Hudson. We were demined in Hudson after our cold bath until Friday morning, Deo. 12' —at which time we again started for Supe rior. Our company was composed of the fol lowing persons : Col. Patton, Jones, Field, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Brown and myself. We had to pay for our loam, $5 per ,day and de fray nil expenses. Wo drove the first day 33 miles and put up for the night at a house on Crandall Prairie, wheie we found gopd fare and lodgings. Seven milesfrom Hud son, we crossed Willow River, and seven miles farther Apple River, both fine streams,' with good water power, and on eilher side a good agricultural country. The country from Hudson to Crandall Prairie is Somewhat broken and Uneven, but is good land, and susceptible of cultivation. Soon after cross ing Apple River, we passed six miles through a strip of good timber land, it being mostly Covered with the various kinds ofOak. After passing this limber, we come upon a large and level Prairie where we saw some of the finest farms we have yet met with. The road hero passes about two miles { east of Oceola, the county seat of Polk Co., situated upon the bank of the River St. Croix, and about the same distance west of the line of the St. Croix and Lake Superior Rail Road ; but for want of room I must now close. - In my next I will continue ihe subject of our fan her travels. Yours affectionately. SorEßton, Doug. Co. Wis., ) C. V. E. Dec. 1858. J A gay young man in Pittsburg entered one of the “ fashionable Churches” in that city last Sunday with a lady on his arm, and af ter gracefully laying his overcoat over the back of his seat, sat down. Suddenly, how. ever, the congregation was startled by a most outrageous racket and lo! from the' pockets of the young man’s overcoat had rolled a tor rent of bullets and caps followed by. a silver mounted pistol. The owner of the coat was observed to'be very red in the face. " Women’s Rights.”—A mother and four daughters, who all reside in Northampton. Mass., have had seventeen husbands amongst them. The mother has had lour; one daughter four; and the other three daughters three each. Value op Science.— Orange or lemon juice left upon a knife, or other piece of iron, will in a few days produce a slain so nearly resembling that caused by blood, as to deceive the most careful observer; and not .many years ago, in Paris, a man was nearly con victed of murder, owing to a knife being found in his possession, stained with what was pronounced by several witnesses to be blood, but afterwards discovered to be simply liiiie Juice, 5 TP W tol" Jilt 1 ir: HnStfturday'lkfi m’thrHthritf'of Ufipite m corhmiftee'en Tefftlofeß; - 1 pfesentbd 'life telling U KhtfTdmM’KafisarbWt ’’‘The Cbmmitlbe pn Tbfril'oribif. to Whicli *a» referred 1 thb seijaiebiil’N;6; .S6o'eHHtled ” An aci fo aulhoriie Itio 'peqpld ‘'of (tie Tqf rUP'ry hr itapstis ip form a and Stdte Government preparatory to the! [ad mission, into the union 1 tqiiai footing with, the priginal Sfales,”’’ltaving examined apd considered the same,.beg leave to report: In the act of organizing the Territory of Kapsas, the actual residents who might spek p (tome wjlhm its, lliqils ,ware assured that Ibpy Werpto be perfectly, free to form an 4 regulate their, domestic institutions in , fhfcir PWP way, subject onjy ,tq ,tbo Constitution of li>9 United Slates. A prohibition on the ex islence of Slavery that Md remained in force for more than a third ofa.contory was strick en: off, and a vast empire was thrown open as a piixe io-be struggled- for by free and slave labor; , .... - ■ - ; • The first Legislature Ur be selected would in-a great (neasure if not wholly, determine the' supremacy of Slave or Free 'institutions in the expected Slate. ’ Whet > would be its ehdraclerwas, therefore, a questionofsbsorb- 1 ing interest,'not only lo those who expected to ritake Kansas their future home, bul also to the people of the Whole Country. To the’- settlers seeking this Territory it Was a ques tiori bf vital interest whether he would bO'per mitled to tear his Children free from the' en ervating influences of the iOstUutions of hu man bondage'; to, free labor whefher it would bo, allowed a choice, of,home oni ,the public domain free from the degradation Which con tract with Slavey everwhere brujgs upon la bor aqd the laborer; , to. the .people of the wbq)e country, whether the policy of Sla very;fe?iription inaugurated by the Fathers, of the, Republic, and continued uninterrupted ly for more than sixty years* sanctioned by every department of tho Government—legis lative, executive and judicial—was to be over turned and a new doctrine, subversive of.lhe,- guarantees of Freedom,and of the-rights and interests.of free labor, to be established in its. stead. r; .Those xvhp regarded, the expansion of Sla very.as an element of political, power, bailed the repeal of. tbe Missouri Compromise as n most fortunate measure in furtherance of their designs. ' The kind ofinstruciions which should be /AQionnajitsm Kansas .would affect the . char acter of the Federal uovernnreu, r^,r ,„.i„. controlling influence which it would havq ini determining the- balance ot power between (he conflicting elements of Free and Slave: labor. Hence the same -influence, that se cured the repeal of the restriction, planned and sought to execute, the scheme of subject irg Kansas to Slavery: This plan—matured and stimulated by se cret societies organized in the western coun ties of Missouri, even before the Territory was opened for settlement—developed itself at the election held therein for the Legislature by the appearance at the polls of almost five thousand men who came in organized bands, and were distributed through the Territory so as to control every representative district but one. The invaders appoint their own officers of election, so as to control the supervision of the polls, and then by force or intimidation prevented actual residents from voting. Of the 6,301 votes polled' at the election for members of the Legislature, but 1,410 were legal - votes. A Legislature, elected thus by fraud and vio lence, sought to secure a self-perpetuation of its power, by enacting laws ingenious devised, in utter disregard of the political and consti tutional rights of the people, operating upon future elections, upon the administration of justice, (he organization of the courts, on the selection of all officers, and evepry source of influence and power, so as to hedge in the usurpation in such manner as to close every avenue of redress and preclude all possibility of overthrow. The more effectually to guard against any loss or transfer of. power, they denied the people the selection of all officers, civil, military and judicial, and continued the control of subsequent elections in themselves, by providing such discretionary power as ef fectually to keep (he successive elections un der the same influence and thereby defeat add smother the popular will, and thwart the ac tion, which in our form of government is in dispensable to success, all opposition or con structive resistance was'declared by its courjb to be treason ; and the roost active leaders of the subjugated majority were imprisoned on such a charge, or driven from the Territory. Freedom of speech and of (he press was de nied under oppressive penalties, while peacea ble assemblages of (he citizens to petition the Government for redress of grievances ware dispersed by the armies of the Republic at the point of the bayonet. Death dr the felon’s chain and hall was the penalty Of free discus sion on the only political question upon which there was a diversity of sentiment among the people. A usurpation thus conducted, and power thus obtained, it‘ is 'unreasonable to suppose would be voluntarily’ relinquished by the usurpers. Nor is it reasonable to expect that, under any remedy that fnijjht be provi ded, the spme spirit of injustice and wrong would not seize upon every opportunity af forded by legislative defects or omissiqnif to repeat the same process of usurpation, ih qir der to re-establish or perpeluatii "jlseif ib ihe sartie ill-goUen pqWer. . . . .nv Large.bodies ojfthe men who.hayecsrried out this scheme of subjugation uhefatofore, can, with great ease, at any required moment I’TTT i3~;i i L a vv be thfowo intO tbe--Tbrritory ntidkept there under pretext ofresidenW, difficult/rfbbhlms possible, of, detection. . , o’nd of IKP fdidioiVpda promjnen[' actors— CoPJoBn scoff, ih'o'hferdffii'O'ffiMpT bfty Attorney of St. Joseph, Mo. LlJus tedimib py ibeforeilheiKanspa Committee (poge. 982 of-the Report), hff *ay«it *' Ilia {my Intention and the i Dtcmionofa, grea tm epy U bpr. Mist sourians now, icsidemin MtstokH, .whenever the Slavery issue ;is to be determined upon by the people-of this Territory in l|ie adoption of the State Constitution, to remove tb this Territory in linte to acquire the right to be come legal voters upon that question. The leading purpose of our intended removal to the Territory is to determine the domestic in slifuiions of this Territory when ff comes to be a Slate; and we would not come but for that purpose, and would never I pink of “com-, ipg here but for that purpose. I beljeve there areaigreat many in Missouri are so sit uated.” ‘ Whenever the Slavery tissue it to he determined upon by the people of Kyoto* in the adoption of a State Constitution, new invasions, it seems are tg be made with sufficient numbers to original wrong. Thus was tha>/subjugation of this Territory and the compulsion of her domestic institutions resolved upon by a neighboring people, with large' resources and favorable opportunities for carrying out (heir purpose... In any 'measure df relief,' therefore, -that seeks a remedy for the wrongs of the people of this'territory through new elections, noth ing but the most amplelprovisions for the pre vention'of force and intimidation, in every shape—of fraud, and evasion of the law by' voters —of fraud and complicity by the jod; geSj be well as for lhe subsequent ’correction of all thesa l kings, should they occur in spite of the preventive measure, can 'hold Out any hope of a r fair and satisfactory result. The hill which’ has been referred to your Cdfomilice is clearly insufficient to accomplish* these ends. ! To any one at at! familiar with the actual condition of the people of Kansas it is evident that there is in the territory, re-; suiting ftjom the circumstances briefly review-’ ed by your Committee, an anomalous condi-’ ‘dlon onhings, so that the precautions Ordi- i narily sufficient to secure a fair expression of tpe pepular will would be entirely Inadequate,, 'apd (Jeenjecj ordinarily, sufficient Nvouid -ptodiica .resultis, very, different from those, to which we have been accustomed., . The, lime for holding the elections provided in the bill could be chaqged by.amendment, but only. by abandoning the idea of bolding the election on the same day as the Presided ttai ; n the States, which was consid-. ered by the friends or mo biti-aa.oqe of. its material and most valuable features. The time itself, it wasurged, would .be one oft ha great securities against invasions and fraud at the polls. By lapse of lime the bill is stripped of tho festure which its friends regarded as so valu able. 1 ” The bill recognizes a Valid Legislature for Kansas, and then clothes five then with pow er to legislate for the Territory by appointing all the judges of election, afid prescribing the rules and regulations for conducting the same, and making returns thereof, and gives them unlimited discretion in granting certificates of election. These five commissioners, for the time being, take the. place of the Legislature, which the friends of this bill claim was fairly elected, and is a valid Legislature for the. Territory. Yet the people are not to be in trusted with moulding their own institutions without the special superintendence of this Administration and its appointees. The gnards and restrains against illegal and fraudulent conduct of election judges of being provided in the bill, are placed at the discretion ofthe general administration which I has already endorsed and sustained the usurp ing government. The Commissieners who are to appoint all the judges of the election, prescribe the rules and regulations for con ducting (he same, are to be appointed by the President, and the rules and regulations for taking an enumeration of the voters are to be prescribed by a member of his cabinet, and would of course be under his supervision. In tbejudgment of your committee, there is little hope for the success of any measure of relief for thp people of Kansas, which is entrusted in its execution to an administra tion whose neglect of duly or complicity with the wrong, has brought upon them all their woes. No amendment of this bill would obviate this old objection. For strike from it ibis fea ture, and you have destroyed Ihe whole su perstructure ; audio make it of any efficien cy, entirely different provisions would be necessary. The enumeration of voters provided to he taken by this bill would in all probability be abased by the men who have been engaged in the past usurpation and subjugaliou, and thousands of names would fill the the list of those who; like Co). Scott, would be oo the soil claiming to be residents, and who would have come for nt> other purpose but to make Katasas a slave State! How are the Commissioners to exclude from their enumeration'such: men found by them on the spit at the time of taking the enuraeralieh ? The 5,000 men who invaded the Territory to usurp it's Legislative power, could with the same ease, secure a control in this election, fpr they have only lo be in a position lo se cure their eprollrperit oh the census, and all is appoinpli|hed. ’ '|’o nsc?r[siin'lhai persons found iji llie Terrilqry try the Commissioner are not resident. Bgaipsl lheir own declara tions that they are, would involve the neces sity ,o? the contestant visiting an adjoining State to find unwilling witnesses, ahd, when Bale* «l Aimiiiing, in«iar aqnpiq.vThe tbHewtofteUWlwtll bs’oWreW'fcr «nduy«Miy jVnl 1,1 •.,!' fiMooth*.;i(iStioo , « (a^B « () rt iesa ,(H5O ,;., ».t» a%4ta,. . . . :4 do ' 600 ; ado i tolomoi ~ /I OOO’ idtxP '.20 bO Icolomnv- - - ' tlSdO '■■'■ ‘SDOO' I '"'dOtKl , utveriiwignta pot. having ,ti» mm bo-of ia+ maiked noon kepi ia unlit of- ofit.anfl charged ftccqrfljnglg, ''Ported, ; ototftti^‘feirt % an§-'fitter ill kiridsof Jobbfcg*"d6ne |o> ; c«ftlry( ( wtafcUßbmetftkf q Moated opalt/imc* promptly,! 1 Jo»tio4m,V CobM*. . Vte'i V>t| conptoallj) w>; hwd i»p4 1 pryjgH o ?.%•.. U'. ... HT •f .» .V. -;&o. •$£ • is Ssfertiiße^, 1 m (ircfcesses iocotn' I pel their attendance, which if possible tq fee 'dM mi tim.vf h ll V&tt(Jue 0 wo raddfey'tq the feifeldsioa of ' all' other biisitiesa (be!fcibftlHs.‘; -V'.' ' 1; ' f ' • " ( " The extensioiiorefeßWjpj to persons ohtefdd of ihe'TerHtfery who cleirh to naVe'beph IbW od toleeve-on 1 account of the tnriiblesj'adtf whd'shalt retUrffbefoiek 'certain day/'Woiild be a vail able ’for' Iho s,oooinvaders Who voted at the election of March 90,1855,'and might be tkVeii ed'vaniam'bf' by one parly to malic a fraud, While,’-ir wojbdgb of past events, the other party Would not ho permitted to return. 1 f The provisions to prevent force and vio lence to judge* and-voters is to be exercised at the discretion of the President and his. ap pointees ;w hen the President has already' witnessed one invasion,' and the exercise of violence by- which the will'of a majority was subverted, without any interference on his part to prevent or measures to correct it. The-penalties to puilish such force or vio lence would be a'dead letter 'in the statute book, While (be courts of the usurpers are left in full vitality. The penalties for illegal voting would avail' but little when the voter as soon as he deposits his vote returns to hia house beyond the limits of the Territory.— The bill relieves the people of none of their real grievances, bul leaves the usurping legis lature and its acts except, test oaths in theirbitgindl ibiceV ' Kdt’ Ono of the ‘ thany laws and protecting slavery as ah existing institution is changed any way or pretended to be, while it affords no ample security that all rights will not be again as heretofore trampled down at the ballot box, ' r Your Committee cannot appreciate the necesSfty, propriety or justice of requiring’ the people of the' Territory to pass through' the entire process of fohning a Stale Consti tution, and incur hll the ‘risks of threatened fhtud and Violence and Suppression of the popular will, which all admit is liable to oc cur, and to prevent which confessedly re quires the mosl unusual and vigilant legisla tion, and the 1 employment of the array of the United Stales fo'r-its enforcement, when that people have already adopted such a constilu lion and forra’of State Government, and sub mitted it to Congress. In ordinary cases of the admission of a State, the only questions to-be considered are the conformity of its organization to the re- 1 quiremCnts of the 'Constitution, the amount 1 of itapbpblafionfand the duration of its ter ritorial pupilage. In this case, however the urgent and’ overruling' necessity'of relieving (he people from 8 State of subjugation revolt ing to all ideas of Biepubhcanism and utterly Inconsistent with', and subversive of the prin piples of our institutions, should undoubtedly exercise a large influence, or even supercede objections of some weight in other cases, So far nsjthose Objections are to matters merely of discretion, abtl not relating to constitu tional requirement.' In the report made by your committee on this subject at the last session (and to which they beg leave to refer,) it was clearly shown that this proceeding was clearly justified by past precedents, and violated no constitutional The Territorial Legislature has no power to confer or withhold the power of the people of a Territory to form a Stale government for presentation lo Congress, With their application to be admitted as a Stale ; and all acts of permission or prohibi tion of that Territorial Legislature are nuga tory and void. This doctrine was settled in' Jackson’s Administration in the case of Ar kansas (as shown in the report above referred to,) as well as in the debates of the Senate in the case of Michigan, and especially by con stitutional doctrine there proclaimed by Bu chanan and unanimously agreed in by the Senate. The position taken in these cases, that the power lo form a State government - for submission to Congress for a redress of grievances vyhich involves, as a necessary consequence, the tight to originate the move ment by voluntary primary popular meeting. It is sometimes alleged, however, that this application of the people is not to bo tolerated, if it originate in opposition or in hostility to the Territorial Government. Your Commitiqe are unable to appreciate the pointer meaning of this objection. Every application of the kind, in order to conform to the Constitution, must treat the Territorial Government ns a grievance from which the application seeks relief, and must, therefore, be in opposition to it. If the meaning be that the Territorial Government is unfavorable to it, ypur Committee have already shown that their assent or dissent is a matter of no fo ment whatever. And even if this disfavor so strongly manifested os to create decided an tagonism between the Territorial Govern, ment and the people, bow can that in any way alter the rights of the parties! OrL if the people 'in the exercise of their constitutional privilege to complain against a “ grievance,” should complain in strong language incon sistent with some person's ideas of good lasts or propriety, it would be a singular mode of punishing tjjiem for an offense merely against good manners, (o deny them a right guaran teed by the Constitution of the Republic. ~ In the Slate Convention presented m (his case, ■here is nothing inconsistent with the Federal QonslilutioD, nor in opposition to the Terrlio rial Govern ment .except that like all inlru menis of |he kind, it necessarily supercedes such Government, and contains po assault or encroachment upon the legitimate rights of such-governments.' The worst that can be said is, that it was' tfdbpled temper toward tls “ griev&ncie’iiia and that temper I 'might have- teen (jSsSflabla or unjustifiable, (ah allegation'which your Com. See fovrik pag*.