1 ; l<» *'•»!/ ;■) < from. Ilio Sow fork Independent,,. “I’reiicliiuiillie iGoipel.” A Boston correspondent ,NeW. York Jon^ oal of Commerce, uncleMlie date olfFebj 21, fms n Jung anide upon ihe.cqnductoCtha New England clergy during t(ie late. Presi dential canvass, from which we take the fol lowing extract' ‘ "A single pastor in ono of our Atlantiociliesinot Innj ago, catno out with a political abolition, seripon, which 1 resulted in the withdrawal of ejyven families of his pengrcgotion. In the' samp city, when, the agent of Uio State Domestic Missionary Society railed.on a gentleman for }iis,annual subscription, he replied, "No more money shall I give to Jour Society while I live." When askcd. Tie t news relmt they have been coinpclled,n l luclanlly to abandon for Ihc'limc attendance upon the churcb, owidg to tbc conversion of their 1 pastdVs info parti. a*o Republican speech-makers. Ope gentleman, fbeling;that his pew was useless with such;.preach ing, sold it;' and. hearing pf one pastor in another town and denomination who confined himself to lbs ■ Gospel in iiis palp'll di«cii>sions.eenl Lilia fitly dol lars toward his'Sopport.’t ■. Thai fifty dollars dotibtleds did the business, It wnS fwetiiy pieces teftre than Judds got for about the same 1 services, via., employing his apostolic position-to- favor the- government, nnd to belrrty 1 (he wcnlc and innocent. But Judos was weak and simple as compnred-wilh his Successors; (or he repented apd hung himself, while thev will do neither. Bold his pew, did he! Did fie not first gel lip end walk out of it id a Christian passion, when the minister said iomething that he did not like 1 Did he not slnm'llie door with prodigious emphasis? And the Missionary Society.-too. wns mode to smart for it ! These Journal of Commerce Christians mean (o spite the hen then abroad, nnd the ignorant at hem", because ministers do not pleach to suit the Democratic parly 1 Bu 1 we should be happy lo look over the rnnee of look's treated by that happy recipi ent of liliv dollars, "who confined himself lo the Gone! in his •pulpit discussions VVe should he tilnd lo sec what it included, and wmi t l . reiected. We presume that this good minister would include in his Gospel sermons the’(>iwng accounts of the settlement of tho town m which 1 he preached, and the manners amt customs of tsvo hundred years ago.— That is included in the Gospel of course!— Then, doubtless, he preached general histori cal sermon', and geographical sermons, with some missionary 's name tacked to them, to give them a semblance of Gospel. Then there are literary setmons, nnd Washington sermons, anil save-lhe-counlry sermons, and tho wickeJoesa-of-ngilalion sermons; ser mons on peace and war, on heresy and here starchs, sermons on the distinction between siiperltipsarians nnd suhlapsarinns, on semi- Pelagians nnd enure Pelagians, Arians, Ar mininns, open and concealed ; sermons on Sabelltanism, Bushnellism,Taylorism, Tyler tsm, nnd Princelontsm; sermons on heathen cruelties, on the need of preaching the gospel 10 Chinese, Tartars, Mongol and the Africans in Ethiopia. Ol course, ihere are lo be fasl Ckipt*dmcalklrt|mii>V bn nddresscdfotheKditofto insahe attention.' Donatios.— The friends of Key., Mr,, H*P NSON t are respectfully invited to attend n Ddnattm 'visit at the. ParoopagCt Thursday..after won .andcjcmog* 36th March. Per order. ' 'V/e ora under obligations to Hon. 6. A.' Gaow -for-valuablepublio-doeumentst We ,fAfl fiiiyctf.&aaintbelt iafla Jiewjhiily paper published in Chicago, entitled, the Ledger, finely.puntfd peper tfmeausc of Freedom. ‘ * f .T., Gabo. —Two fine, large Elk passed through Ibis Village last Friday evening; They'were cotight aft ter a fonr near SloweUV Mills,on Tine Creek. We understand that they are on eibibitiAi at Wedge’s, irf Middlebury. . J. P. Walsh, of Mansfield, in tills, oopnly, at tempted sniyidc by eating »large quantjfy of ppium on Wednesday evening, I lift.instant. He .was die. covered and npt permitted (p succeed. This is said to be'thc second attempt. We have heard no spe cial cause assigned for this behavior. • i ■Wc bave received from J. S. Mann, Esq.,* state ment oT the'Valuation of property-in this Common wealth, iw josl determined by the Revenue Cominis, sioners. In Tioga county, the araonnt of property Subject to three, mill lax is $1,801,94 8. TVI per cent tax, $lOO. To 2 per cent tax, $3OO. Tax on Watches, $38,50. Total valuation, $1,602^248. CT Individual opinion mast suCcumb to iho irre pcaliblc decision of the suprome tribunal of the land. It is a finality. There is no more to bo said. We submit und obey.— N. Y* Mirror,. Submit and obey, then. Give every man the prir. Urge of Freedom, and if he eboose to be a slave, let him be a slave. We have concluded to resist tyran* ny to tHe bitter end,-though we hang for it. Tell it in Gath I—A clergyman of this borough procured, on Saturday of last week, $1,500 in sub* ecripltons to the New Academy, Building Fund! Wo are not prepared to say that this con not be’beat, simply because, so far as we can ascertain, this .is the first attempt at getting .subscriptions. Thtf-is the proper way to build the Academy. Too much talking, appealing and urging has paralyzed the ten* der energies of the Trustees and cheated the project of its vitality— action. Suppose the Trustees spend one day each in soliciting subscriptions—just for experiment's sake ? We have great doubts whether the people will subscribe without solicitation. Slavery National. The decision of the Supreme Court In the Dred Scott case, startles the honest and intelligent uf all parties. It is a declaration that the laws of Miss ouri creating and sustaining Slavery within the lim its of that State, are paramount everywhere; and therefore, that under the almost worshipped const!, lulion of the Republic, a Free Siale can never exist. 1( is a further declaration that the Missouri Com promise, so far as it undertook to prohibit Slavery in any Territory not belonging to the Union at its birth, or to endow negroes, living in territory acquired since the adoption of the Constitution, with citizen* ship, was unconstitutional and void. These aro the only points in the decision bearing essentially upon the future political issues of this Government, as we understand them. These points in the decision establish Lite nationality of Slavery. They likewise determine the meaning and intent of the Constitution as regards the question of Slavery. Whatever doubt may heretofore have cu ai* tach itself to tho moaning of certain clauses of the Constitution, it is now cleared up. The highest au thority in the land has fued the bounds of Slavery, and there is no remedy under Uie Constitution —no appeal. If the people are wronged and Humanity outraged; if the spirit of our institutions has been trampled undir fool and Liberty insulted, there is no remedy under the Constitution. There is a rem. edy, but it must not be hastily resorted to. There is a remedy, But it is the last resort of an oppressed people. That, is Revolution. » Whoever lias deluded himself with the belief that Congress or the Constitution was created superior to Shivery, may now be undeceived. He may not pause to consider the justice of the decision which so confounds the wise and the simple; it is so de cided, and whether justly or unjustly, it is now the law of Hie land. To dispute itf validity is construe live treason; to resist its application is treason, un less the resistance bo successfully made, in which case it would be a Revolution. A gentleman remarked in our hearing Iho’othcr day, the decision of Chief Justice Taney being the subject of conversation, " That decision is no more “ nor less than a bloodiest Revolution." It must be so recognized and treated by the honest and patriot ic everywhere. The contrary has been held by the purest patriots and (lie greatest statesmen for more then Ihre'c-fouptlia of a century. The power of Congress to restrict Slavery bad been the doctrine of nil parlies, and of the Democratic party especial ly, up to 1800. But now that the patriots and great men of that parly have passed away, and with them Us integrity and ftspcctablilily, wo are told that the men whose genius fashioned our liberties, and whose wisdom is yet on the lips of admiring nations, in. auguralcd a mistaken 'policy in the outset, and died undeceived. It is left for the pot-house politicians and trimmers of this degenerate day, to undeceive a nation rocked in the arms of a Washington, an Adams and a Franklin, a Jefferson and a Madison, and whose steps were guided up to a lusty manhood by such spirits as Jackson, Marshall, Wirt, Clay and Webster Heaven help this unhappy nation ! It is best that Ihe people thoroughly understand the nature of Ihe Drcd Scott case Decision. It is not that DreJ Scott, with his children, must now sit down at Ihe Oppressor's feel lorcvcr. It is not that a presumed free citizen of the United States has been stripped of his dignity as a man and degraded to the condition of a Chattel; for, terrible as this may seem to the philanthropic, and it Is terrible in deed, it is the condition of four millions of tinman beings in this enlightened Republic. It is a matter of graver import to the American people than the return of Drcd Scott into Slavery. If the laws of Slavery be declared operative in what has been con sidered Jree territory heretofore, then Is Slavery na tional. Chief Justice Taney has so decided t' a ma jority of his associates concur. Il is now the law at the land, and upon this law the premeditated tyr anny of the new Administration will be .shouldered. If, hereafter, a free negio be kidnapped from the -State of Pennsylvania,’carried into Virginia and en. ■laved, what remedy has he 'Under the law 7 The iiiual process may issue, but to wiiat,- effect 1 The Decision of Judge Taney declares that under the Constitution negroes are not recognized as.citizens ol the Republic, and therefore Hie Doited States’ Courts have no jurisdiction in their cases. This leaves,Uie negro without remedy, and by a liberal construction of this Decision, any ftce negro may a- [doge ftpm bcSsiriod into a caM.bui Id deau aChat this alajJ BMpanan iitm iwwrlo be (aknr Qjßg-bnt step c jflbo Bundatioi fcr IbfrTeclaißt m may in time put hate been brought into the tree | States by Iheir matters, and thus obtained freedom, Iw'&l | will be to enable slaveholders to tiarcl through the flee States'withtlielrllareslhattendineb, and this without loss of propertTsin roon;, ;-,shs idecitiop-of , tlje.infanww Kims, isJlte,Wbse)« ifeta-Cwt,wM a grand, and.duubllcsa a .alep in thpl. di/eciiatr—(Jb) entering wedge to/tlio Tcuey Deeisj ion; and. .when death, shall be so nierciful to lliis afflicted people as to withdraw . lilr'Taney from a. I pdsitiohWhicK 'he'ddcUfnea by the 'merest dbdi'dfcnl, Judge 'Kin's. ir wlll become in aaioiiate of his sucefessdh t Bthlillef pVifces’hive porcliaied great ’er ntfen thaw our KabbJ bot Tyranhy 'ndveppluchar edVgPeitdr knave Witf traitof.' .’ ■ ! ‘ n i ,: ' ! '<-' ; d’Thert is one oilier Important point irtllie Decis ion; il'-U that' the expression “Territory Siid bllier ‘•■property of tha.Unlbtfd States,‘to the CohstUotion, applies only to such territory as the Union l possessed at the adoptlonoflhe Constitution. ■ It Would seem then, llmtCongrcss has transoetided Its constitution al powers habitually, since l lBo3. It oould have bad n.o authority to dispose of 'the territory acquired by tbo Louisiana, Florida and Mexican purchases, to erect territorial governments and to sell real prop erty-over which it ltad.no constitutional control. |3ul it has been held, further, that Congress-hod no power to prohibit Slavery in any territory inclu ded in the Louisiana-Purctinse, because Slavery pre vailed there at the time of purchase- it Wat pre sumed rule would Wprk both ways, and that Congress would have power to prolubit Slavery from entering territory in which the institution had no existence at UiB lime of purchase. Tims, the pro-slavery orators, in admitting the possibility that Kansas might be enslaved, were wont to except the Mexican Purchase as secured to Freedom by virtue of the Emancipation Acl under Mexico. Bui this Decision ' effectually removes that, disability, by de nying to Congress any jurisdiction oyer the lerrilo. rial domain,'under the Constitution.' It might'be replied, that, strictly considered, Congress has no power to fuichaie, or many way to odd to the com mon domain. ' Vet, the’territory acquired by the War with Mexico, was the spoil of Conquest, and in the very teeth of the spirit of the Constitution. It is now decided by the highest authority in the land, that slaves are personal property in lew, even as horses and oxen. -Yet thrce.fiflhs of the whole . number of slaves are represented in Congress as so many freemen. . Why should our horses, oxen*, doughfaces end other animals ho crowded out in tho apportionment 1 The issue is now clearly defined. Slavery cannot bt restricted under the Conciliation, But there is a remedy when the people are prepared to apply It They will he prepared to apply that remedy when they are driven to stand face to face with it This remedy may be delayed for a season, and must bc ; but if there be one spark of its ancient firo in the Anglo Saxon blood, the camel's back will break. Our respect and odmiration for that species of na. tore called has been measurably increas ed from observing upon what small capital some men can make merry and kick dull care to the— dogs. Some go laughing through -the world, stran gers to (he pangs and pains of indigestion, and yet the world can see not much (o laugh at. Others go through life with the shadows of unlovely midnight Upon their countenances, yet the world wonders that these never laugh. The world at large is an enen/iy tn dyspepsia in all its manifold lornis. Its disposi tion, to make merry on small capita! is therefore pardonable, if not in general a virtue. But men do not always laugh bticaiua.lli*“.v-»—- r oimsspeare writes of a bind of villain, much given to “smiling." We have scon men at tempt to laugh down arguments Uiey could not re fute. Others oileu attempt to pul a great truth out of countenance by laughing at Us advocates. We have not knnwn any great truth to hide its face from the world because somebody laughed at it. The Daily Newt, of Philadelphia, is presided over by one of these laughing philosophers. He is “ nigh about tickled to death" because some citizens of Lcwistown, without distinction of sex, have pe titioned our Legislature now sitting at Harrisburg, relative to the unjust disfranchisement of Woman. It may be well enough to give tho substance of that petition: “ In accordance with the admitted principles of our Government, that • ‘ governments are just only ■when they obtain the consent of the governed,' and that ‘ taxation and representation are insepsra ■ ble,'„we, adult men and women of Lcwistown, Pa., pray your honorable body to take such measures lor the practical application of the abavenxmed princi ples, as shaft secure to women the elective franchise, they being now held strictly amenable to laws to which they are not permitted to give their consent, and taxed without a vote.” Well, isn’t every word ol that true ? Everybody knows it is. We have yet to meet the man who in telligently denies the right of woman to tho elective franchise, Use, is the old gcay-bcard who objects, not Reason. We trust women to train our Presi dents and our Senators; why debar them the exer cise of (he rights of citizenship? There is no good reason why. Admit Woman to her every right: leave her free to exercise the privileges growing out of those rights, or not, ns she elects. Wo have no affected (bar that voting and holding office will dc stray any of that eoftneaa so much lauded in female character. Those who affect the most admiration for effeminacy in woman, do not always exhibit the greatest circumspection in their social intercourse with the sex; and their opposition to what is sneer ingly termed “ Woman's Rights,” is of no damag ing force to anybody. Threo classes are now disfranchised under our organic law, viz; criminals, negroes and women. The sex may thank their noble brothers for the dis tinguished position assigned to IhiAi. Criminals are supposed to have furfeitCih'lhcir civil tights to some extent. Negroes arc not thought to be com potent to vote, owing to the color of the skin and the kink in the hair. Woman—well, she can’t raise whiskers and moustaches, drink whiskey, chew tobacco and smoko cigars, swear and trade horses, besides maify oilier little masculine accomplishments which she lacks. It is proper to lie her to a sot or a gambler for life, or to a brute; but don’t permit the doar creatures to vote, because that might des troy the delicate aoftnen of character which makes them so loveable I Of course the wirt men at Harrisburg will iol notice the petition alluded to; it' is beneath Che dig nity of Buell A distinguished body. The Lords and Commons of England, It is true, have condescend ed to inVestigate'the claims of Woman to civil equal ity with man ; but snob condescension is not expect ed from the Legislature of the sovereign State of Pennsylvania. “ How to WaiTE,"—We are much obliged to the enterprising publishers, Messrs. Fowler & Wells, Tor a copy of a work entitled. as, above. It contains excellent bints, suggestions and directions how to properly biuinetq. correspondence, how to write Idlers of Friendship, how to writ# for tbs UJUPY AGITATO*,- i|3io ci j|[ Mr. ichTre^rucfl frees, |fkl not ye bashful swa'ns! wrilo girls in an irresistible wkyi* TO Ihetjjpung ofSnth-'acxes this book will aid. Jlfho Art of Ponctnalion is LtngM| Ksopfa fully Hrltcan W tanghl theoretically. ‘Tor ' . price and fprllier perllcnlar. m advertisement in, another place. 'fh&Lcidy%SjSik js.^lh^ai.t other of those finely executed line engravings for _ which it is celebrated. Wo lornish this' Magatioe ' ahdWrrttiitfWWS'’ r.Tt••••'- , lere ij er the role] it extreme n-of buc’ About 'Thieves. JaikHtarfit,i&iik Jkcli (itjSiVorj, arul luk . Dog.~A Novel Pah—The Firtt Gar• folte irTthii Country. , 1 ~ Jusf, k u aitracted «*jpjU. .jfitrpdupeqiUn, this .poetry, jvilj,hp,t!be out q( plaqfe. ..‘oVp is a science m. ihis|pa,fxbue ,i(j;piein,' vyhicfi makes if abso , lulely ijpuossjbje for the strongest of men to content) widi a thief. Themote you struggle ll.eworso you makama|[en?,.an(Jl|ie ,ijghler ihegrpsp .thief tjecorSie'sl Mahv;at tempts have been made .Jcyiescrlhe.the modus operaqai or ihc garrotte ihlet', but they are al) incorrect, whichds well*.for IF faithfully givqn if >he number of this class of thieves among us.' Jack Harris, the Sailor, was the first paap wbp’introduced the .system of gar rotte rqbbecy .among us. Formerly the thief attacked bis victim with a slung shot fr.om behind, and if death did not ensue, he was .sjur.e to Carry the marks of that nigKlJs yio lervce tq i,he l( grnve. The ga f rottp dispenses yvitji that cowardly instrument of death and vengeance—the siung-shbt., In England the .gajrolfe system of robbery prevailed a Jong lime bofpr.e it took toot amongst us, and when jl did, make its appearance it changed its name, and became known as., “muggiag.” A thief, in London is a “mugger” thief irr this, city. Sailor Jack practised “mugging” a long lime before it became general or,'to be ap proved of by the thieving fralerni'y, but it seems apw to be only system of robbery which.'is really appreciated. Jack is notv in Philadelphia, but when in New York he was generally to be found in' the Fourth Ward. He was known as one of the most desperate thieves of the country, although of laie years he has abandoned “mugging” having found something else to pay him better. He is looked up to as a second Jack Sheppard.— We believe he has served two terms in Slate prisons through the treachery of his asso ciates. Jack’s complexion is fair, about five feet six inches in. height, and weighs about one hundred and forty-five pounds. He is quick in all his actions. He has no'pals now excepting a dog, and swears he shan’t have any, as he has been betrayed so often by them. Flis pew pal is a noble Newfoundland dog, which ho has trained to be almost as smart as himself, and .ettn^render fur more assistance than any three men, while at the same lime though it may growl it can’t “squeal” and secrets are perfectly safe with it. When Jack and his dog got out on a for aging expedition, the dog never walks by his side ; it is. before him or after him, and a snap of his finger is enough to call its atten tion. They visit (he banks, steamboat land ings, and railroad depots together, and the moment Jack sets his eye on a man whom he tiiinKs lms a~gboa feeling “dummy,” a knap of the finger is heard, the dog turns round, a nod is then given, and the dog fastens on the victim’s legs, and makes a terrible lime, as if he would shake the man to pieces. Jack hastens to (he man’s relief, but ns the man •very naturally feels (ike kicking the dog, Jack seizes him by the breast to keep him off, and while picking his pocket, he shouting in great excitement, “Don’t kick my dog, sir,—don’t kick my dog,” Of course the thief enn scarcely be discovered. All eyes are directed to the dog, which snarls and .growls and makes a terrible fuss, as if in earnest. The last thing the man thinks about is his pocket safely and the fear of hydrhphobia lakes the place of everything else. The moment the theft is affected, Jack lifts his foot to kick the dog, but before it has descended, the dog has let go of tho leg, and is flying home at full speed, Jack after him, and both disappear round a corner, and that is the last seen of man and dog, or the victim’s money. Of course no personal injury is inflicted. The leelh hov ing been filed so (hat they never penetrate the flesh. Jack has also trained his dog so that it has now become a famous hotel thief. Jack and his dog enter a hotel together, and if he sees a parcel which he thinks worth carrying off, he has only to give the cue to the dog, which picks it up in his teeth, and if any one at tempts to slop it, one of those terrible growls of his makes every one open a passage lor him. Once in the street, he dashes off at full speed, for home, where his mistress is ever ready to receive him. Jack in the mean time walks leisurely home.’ - This remarkable dog weighs about eighty pounds, and will soon be unfit for service ihrough nge. Jack’has accumulated money enough to keep him independent for life, but bis thriving propensity won’t allow him to give it up. The contributor who sends us these (bets requests us, if we want further information aboun the man, ; to inquire of Poggie Joe, who is well posted up in his doing. Guess, we won’t call just now.— N. Y. Police Ga zelle. An act lias been before the Legislature, this winter, divorcing “David Becbtell and Catharine his wife,” These are the parties who about a year ago got married inChesier county "in fun,” bul;have found, it. rather se. rious sport. -They have never lived together as.mqn.and wife, but fpr all that, the law re garded them ns such. They were both res pectable, and Mr, Bephlell .has considerable properly in Ohio, which he wants to sell, hut must have the assent of his fun-got wife. If they get out of this trouble, jl is not likely they will be so. ready in future to trifle with so.spripus a thing aspulling their .neeks in the noose.—rjQlair Whig. The Senate of the United States, is now cpnpposod as follows—tha number o( Repub licans bping doubled (Republicans, 2Q; Dem ocrats, ~37 j Americans, 5.; Rj, For <*« Agitator. WTmfls for whai purpose was mao -created f~'Thmfollowing thoughts- were sug* gesied.ihis af|ercwQmp|.church, where were wsserftbleil Inrfariifcr k'rid mkrtffiani, the law yer-# nd the clieotr-lho mechanic and the scribbler forljie publicpress.lhe learpedand the unlearned, the rich and the poor,' all ap j paremlr havhif lffid aside'thrburdetisofno jlilpflo’bcstow an hour of reflection upon the dirlt and untrodden path of tne fu i hire p und* whife-the-nodicncr were'anxiously ;«waiting the arrival of the worthy pastor theso. thoughts flowed rapidly through’my mipd- ■ ’ "■■ v .'"■Allpersona looking upon the-things that -surround them through different, oyea' add .judging of acts and eoenteby differently con stituted minds, itis not strange than he great majority of the. human t»oe look upon life with-such-a diversity of tastes end opinions, indeed, it would be impossible fur all to form .the.same ideas of life, Doei ibe man of iet -lers farm the same aspirations- as the igno rani and unlearned?'-Doe* the-master and slave look upon life from the same point ) Do the tich aad the poor (brm the same no tions of what constitutes-true happiness?— -Certainly- not ! Ask the village belle her opinion of life and she would lelhyou-to give her plenty of pleasure excursions, allow har to dreks in the height of fashion, read novels, attend plays, have plenty of beaux, smile uuon-Wit of them, but at heart-detest the - whole, let.her ma do the woshing and baking, whilst she works upon some fanciful piece of 'embtoidery,-and this life- lo her. would be a close approximation to aheir'.hly,paradise. Ask the student, and he would tell you, a mind elevated above (he baser feelings of man’s, nature, be Would prefer developing his mind to all things leUe, he cares not for his .empty purse or rusty clothes, be cares not what liter fashionable' fop may -say of him ; all he wishes, all he desires is to develop his ‘moral and mental faculties so that he may labor, and that the world may become better .for hishaving lived in it. In short, he greatly prefers cultivating the timer to the outer man, he lives for something beyond .the present moment, he has a mark set away off in the future and he strains every nerve to. reach it. Such is bis. view of iife and it is not a very lautljable one. Ask iho' lawyer and he would reply, a plenty of fat. clients, that are not afraid to shell out their X’s ; the preacher, a plenty of paying parishioners; the merchant, any quan tity of pq.y down customers ; the doctor, a climate favorable to the fever and ague; the farmer, the highest market price for corn, buckwheat end potatoes; the mechanic, pay for twelve hours on the ten hour system; the politician, a plenty of exciting issues to- be ultimatejy followed by a fat office; the orator, to live in his country’s history ; ihe philan thropist, to labor in the cause ol humanity and contribute his feeble efforts to raise his fellow man in the scale of social being and to advance the cause of human progress. We say there are many different views of life, but although much they may differ, al lhough (hero may bo a great diversity of opinions, yet it is self-evident that man was not created without on object, and that Provi dence ictpilres much al bU band. Did Provi dence alien “dealing the heavens and the earth,” and all things that were created, give ihem into the dominion of mao, calculating that he would not improve ihem and apply them to their own peculiar uses ! Certainly all things were intended for the benefit of man, The labors of the Infinite Being were called info use to prepare an abode for him. Considering these things, considering the magnitude of the creation, all intended for roan’s especial benefit, if is not fair to sup pose Iha t the Ruler of the universe requires muchnt our hands? All will admit that our Creator has great claims upon us, but Ibis is not all. We owe much to our common coun. try. The future welfare of this nation must depend upon the virtue, integrity and industry of its citizens. This thought alone should cause every one that bears the name of,an American citizen, to rouse himself to action, to cohduct himself in such a way that our Constitutional liberties may be protected.— The citizens of Iho Union have it to say whether this fair land shall in the future be (he home of a free and happy or an oppressed and degraded people; whether freedom shall be perpetuated and extend everywhere the stars and stripes may go, or whether slavery shall permanently become the ruling element in this gallon, and become of American liberly ; whether labor in ihe fu ture be considered honorable and befitting all classes, or whether all those that cannot roll in riches, and "faro sumptuously every day," shall be reduced to the brute level, and that “condition, not color,” shall regulaie that beautiful, patriarchal, and worlhy-to-be-ex (ended institution, human slavery ; whether education shall be placed within the reach of all and our couniry go on, advancing in the line arts and literature, or whether education shall be confined 10 a particular class, and the consequent political advancement of a system lhat to day makes it felony for three and a half millions of native Americans to read and write in fourteen of the free and en lightened slates of this model Republic!— Such are a few of the prerogatives in iho hands of the American people. How few in telligently realize the responsibilities that de volve upon every free man of this confede racy, and the vast consequences of their con duct upon fu'uro generations. No people have ever before had such vast issues in their keeping. Can any’man after maturely con sidering these things, sit with his arms folded, and allow himself tp be borne unresistingly alortg the current of time and not make an effort for the furtherance of human progress, that great principle, the spirit of which under lies the whole of our much boasted free insti tutions? Respectfully, FRANK. Five hundred hogs died of |;cholerk” in ihe vicinity of Indianapolis recently. (They haye since bpen sold in the shape of hams, lard and Bologna sausages. The Qaylon papers say the “cholera”,is brought on by the hogs eating mall from i|)o disliljerjes, which contains strychnine usqd to increase tha yield of whiskey, Pleasant facts, these, for pork haters and whiskey drinkers! ? ii i! '* n "" WAsdiiirom, SPoa High Constable Blackburn, and F. C. Haves, the agent of tho Pennsylvania Railroad Co., which will, no doubt, prove inlpresltng io ihe readers of your extensively circulated ,oui. nal. U appears that Aaron Wolf and F. A. 3. Koons of Qloamsburg, Pa., had some business which led ihem to cross the North Mountain, a spar of ihe Alleghanies, and alter -ming 1 about ten miles they came to a roadside inc, ] known as lire Popd Hotel. Here they alight ed, and when the hostler appeared io ane charge of Iha horses, the travellers recognized in the hostler the murderer of Norcross, ihe | published description which they had on men ' persons sunipg in every particular ;he man before them. While MeKim went lo the stable loiia .ho horse, Wolf and Koons entered ;he avorn, and after making a conlidam of :lie landlord barrowed.a rifle loaded with ball. Viib dus they went into ihe yard, and as MeKim came from the stable Wolf presented the rifle at his breast, at the same lime saying, ‘you are wanted,'' MeKim at once appreneoued I Ihe cause of iha aciton, and asked Wolf ,n& trembling manner if he was an aflicer, ;a I which Wolf replied that he was, and intended Ito take him in charge, MeKim made no re sistance hut submitted quietly lo the binding of bia arms. In this condition he was taken lo Dloomsburg, and from (hence he will jo conveyed io Harrisburg io await his maL MeKim, when arrested, had one oi he handbills on his person, giving a aescupuon l of himself, and on his way :o Bloomsuurg acknowledged (hat he had traveled wun Nor. cross from Pittsburgh, but positively aemeo having killed him. He says that he oven Norcross as a brother, and would not have harmed him. After his arrival at Qloomshurg, :&e ex. cliement among ihe citiaens oi that place was most intense, even lo a lynching degree, aul by the precaution and .irmaess of ihe au. thoriues, all mamfiislanon of that kind were I nipped in the bud. [ MeKim is affable and polite in his manner, and does not look muctv like a man *na would commit murder or oe guilty oi lie many robberies imputed to aim. But 'he truih of these stories will be made mann'esi i on his I rial, which will shortly take place. Scene in tub Missouri Legislature,— On the 241 h idt„ in the Missouri Legisla ture, just before the vote on the Bans oiil was taken. Mr. AI bin, of Gentry m a lief sonal explanation, made some harsh strictures on Mr. Singleton, of Andrew. The res', ai the story is thus told in ihe Inquirer's legis lative report 1 : ‘■Here Mr. Singlelon, of Andrew, rose (rom hfe seal and went lo the side of his dess, lowards ihe left cenlre aisle ; when ho had arrived at the front edge thereof, he with his right hand gripped for his inkstand j a second clutch secured it. Drawing .back he threw with much force toward and at Mr. Albin.—> The botile, scattering ns contents all along on ils roule, slruck the'desk of Mr. A. n front of him, and bounced off, oarrying wim it a handkerchief, just glancing over ihe face of Mr. Durnes, of Scott, whose seat is aooul in n line with the seat of Mr. Albin. Upon this, and quicker than we can non the act, Mr. Albin drew from his breast a seven-inch Colt’s revolver, which ho pointed with unerring certainty, and which he held with wonderful steadiness at Mr.S. Gentle men surrounding-either party rushed towards them, not, however, until Mr. S. had stooped down in the attempt, as it would appear, to raise a spittoon. Mr. Clover of St. Louts, who happened to be near, caught the arm ot Mr. A. and at the same lime with his ted hand forced the pistol upwards to the ceiling. By this lime the Speaker had collected Himself, and ordered the parlies under arrest. Mn A. made some resistance by words, but on recommendation of his friends he left ms Hall in custody ef the Sergeant-al-Arms. dr. S. was not for the present molested. i Large Lumps. —T|ie r\lta Californian, Slates that McDonald & Co„ miners °d Sucker creek, have taken jjrq/n Jhejr claim, one lump of wgigHing one AundfrO one ditto 25 pounds, one ditto Ijoijnds, and upwards of 100 pounds in small nipces.T7.They say they have taken out mail upwards of $lOO,OOO. Peter 3, Smith write* that tHp company on a spree at kis store for three da'ys^