close. I have fairly and fully mat (he ac cusations made by (he honorable gentleman from Massachusetts, against the church of tehioh lam a member. Step after step hfc retreated, until he had planted himself on the Bishop of Rome ; and there he challen ged, the citation of a single disavowal on the vpart of the Pontiff, that he claimed temporal power over the subjects of other Governments. Step by step I have followed him, and-concluded the array of disavowals by a presentation to this commii'ee of an esplicit denial on the pait of the Pope that any auch authority or right was claimed bv the Church or by him. Mr. Cbeirtnau, to the warnings expressed here, and the nervous apprehensions expras eed abroad, that the prevalence of the Cath olic religion will be dangerous to the coun try, I bore only to say, that we of this coun try Jare in no.danger from Catholicity, Epie copacy, Calvinism, Luthersnism, or other form of Christianity. Sir, Christianity in any form is better than infidelity and Alho ism. And Atheism is now at work, as it even has been busy, against the Christian faith and Christian prohibitions. It assails the Romac Catholic-first, because that creed j : ituntie extensive, and without con idering ] the evil which each is doing to religion j Christian men are yielding themselves, un- | conciously, co-workers with infidelity by I (heir active hostility to each other. Mr.'Chainnan, -if this country is to fall by ■ mny other means than ordinaiy deaay or lo j cat convulsions, it is not Christianity, not the I Christianity of Geneva, Rome, Scotland, or j Hngland, that will produce the ruin. The mischief will be wrought by infidelity.—j Sapping first the confidence of the people I in each other, undermining the foundation of C brislian charity, breaking the bonds of eocta'lHife, relaxing the ties of moral obliga liana, setting creeds in hostile attitudes, till Ibere is nothing left for hostility. And bring ing down the whole scheme of domes tic, so cial, and political life to the plans and enJs of socialists and atheisis, who laugh at the existence of a God, and seek their triumphs in the obliteration of the doctrine and teach ings of Chtist. Mr. Chairman, I have forborne to day all ralalialory imputations, all irritating com 1 -parisons, and confined myself to a refutation , of charges made against men of the Roman Xlatholio creed. I have not aough: this con teal, but, for the sake of honor, of truth, of myself and my co religionists, for the sake of the institution am) the Constitution of my ded no point, nor attempted to darken oOun sel. I have me: a charge fairly, candidly, and truthfully. I have dealt in no street ru mors. I have confided in no idle gossip. I have adduced no testimony not of my own knowledge, or from those who are authori zed to speak to the question at issue, and with veference thereto, with my hand upon my heart, and my eye on Heaven, I call this House, and ( I speak with reverence ) 1 call my God lo Witness the truth of all the asser tions made from my own convictions and knowledge, and my entire confidence in the credibility of all the testimony which I have adduced from others. NOTE— The Foreign Quarterly for January, 1836, says:—''ln the eleventh century the iPapacy fought the Battle of Freedom.'' Ancellor., unfriendly lo the Pope, 6ays: — "In the middle ages there was no social or der: it was the influence and power of the Popes that, perhaps, alone saved Europe from a state of barbarism. It was their pow er that prevented and stayed the deyioiism of the Emperors, that replaced the want ol equilibrium and diminished the inconveni ences of the feudal system.'' Southey says:— I "The Papacy was moral ly and intellectually the conservative power o( Christendom. Politically; too, it was the sating o( Europe." And a Protestant writer, in the American Encyclopedia, in an article on Gregory VII, says:—"The Papal power was (or .sges the -great bulwark of order amid the turbulence of the semi civilized people of Europe." AN EXTRAORDINARY BAJ.LOON ASCENMOJV BT * WOMAN. — At Eastou, Northatniori coun ty, last week, Mies Louisa Bradley ascen .ded in a balloon. fihe knew very little about the business she had undertaken, or of the effects likoly to be produced upon Jine balloon when it reached the rarifled atmosphere. The bal loon was an old one, and the silk had be come Toltcn. When she reached this height she states that the balloon, whioh was nol entirely filled when it left the sartb, expan ded, when lire gas brgan to e6oape at thb seams, and became very offensive to her.— This alarmed her, er>d she pulled the valve rope, but permitted but little gas to escape, as she was afraid she would fall into the Delaware In a few moments after this the balloon collapsed, and fell lor the distance of six hundred or Beven hundred feet. It eems that when the balloon burst it was tom into ribbands, except the lower part or I neck of the balloon. So completely was ths upper part lorn *.o pieces, that large pieces of silk blew a way, arid the remainder hung down even below :he car. When she had fallen-this diitano? the neck of the balloon auddenty blew up, turning inside out, and catching against the net >J'ork, formed a par achute, which bore Ivor safely to d' e ground. She came down in an open fie. I ''. nd so lightly did the car strike the earth tii.al she saya there was not the slightest jar. ix'er presence of n.ind was extraordinary. After this fearful fall, and when the balloon waa still decending with terrific velocity, she threw out her sand bngs and anchor, and then with the utmost calmness commenced einging a hymn. She alighted about four mile* from this place. The trip must be conaiderea B quick one, as at a quarter past 12 she rode into lown safe and in fine spir it*. BT Preeidetrt Hitchcock Jf* there are in Great Britain, at the preaent day fifteen thou sand steam engines driven by the means of coal, with a power equal to that of :wo mil lion* of men; and thua ia put in operation machinery equaling the unaided power of 300,000,000 or 400,000 of men. The influ ence thue emanating teaches the remotest portions of the Globe, and tends mightily to the civilization and happiness of the race., HT There is six feet of snow in the Nor thern towns of New Hampshire. otar of tl)c Norll). R. W. WEAVER, M-ITOR. UlOQUl abort; Thursday I'eb. 8, 1830. Appointments by Gov, Pollock, Governor Pollock has made the following appointments: Thomas J. Power, of Boaver county, ( A mericau Democrat) Adjutant General of the Slate. Christian Myers, of Carbon county (Amer ican Whig) Whiskey Inspector, for Phila delphia. C. L. Magee, (American Whig ) Inspec tor of Weights and Measures for Allegheny county. Mr. Culp, ( American ) "Flour Inspector for Pittsburg. It is now well understood that Gov Pol lock has appointed S'.eohen Miller, of the Daily IleralJ, Inspector of flour at Pbiladsl phia. There is great complaint among the Pltil adelphians at this decision of the Gover nor. Two or three other of the Philadelphia appointments will de given to the interior. t'otirt Proceedings- Court opened last Monday with a pretty large attendance. John B. °f was appointed Foreman of the Grand Jury. Among the busines done was the following : Com. vs John Fruit. Assault and Battery on Waller Johnson. True Bill, —Jury out. Corn. vs. Coleman Cramer.—Larceny.—A true bill- Defendant pleads guilty, an.! th? court sentence him lo restore the property stolen, pay a fine ol like value at'd the costs of prosecution, and suffer imprisonment in county jail for 60 days. Com. vs. Flemuel K u rns. Fornication and Bastardy. True bill. Pleads guilty and the usual sentence. Com. vs. John Wurdetl. Assault SEE. Not a (rue bill, and that the prosecutrix, Louiea Betz, pay the costs. Coin. vs. George Hull. Obtaining goods under false pretences. True Bid. Several juries were called in civil cases, but only one of the cases was lried and a veidict rendered. t"? HON. JOSEPH R. CHANDLER'S SPEECH To the exclusion of our usual variety, we conclude to-day the late able speech of the Hon. Jus. R. Chandler, in defense of the Catholic citizens, for which ue would ask ait attentive and candid reading. The dis tinguished speaker, who has been twice os tracised by his parly—ouca for being, and once for not being a member of a secret so ciety, makes out a strong case against inter ested partisans and dogmatical sectarians who woul.t erwv from our constitution the sacred guaranty of "liberty of conscience." His defiance of papal temporal authority, and his eloquent and patriotic allusion lo "his own, his native land," attest his sin cerity. PCBI.ISHINQ THE LAWS IN THE PAPEI.S. —The Legislature has rejected a resolution, requiring the laws to be published in one of die papers of each county. The only way the people can obtain a knowledge of the laws, is by such publication. Tho expense will be but little more than the present method of publishing a number of pam phlets, to which not one in a hundred can have Access. The plan is nol a novelty It has been iu operation tn Ohio, lor some years, and has given general satisfaction. tsr A N UMBER of gentlemen have during I t|, past week spoken to u> upon the sub ject of the proposed new law for the collec tion of laa'es- Every person, so far, agrees that the principle of Mr. Ball's act is correct, but the general opinion is that one per cent, to the Treasurer arid two per cent, to the constable would be a fair compensation, if one man had all the taxes io collect. rF" Far FEES.—Francis W. Hughe*, late Attorney General of this State, received dur I ing the past yeai S3IOO besides his salary for collecting money for the Commonweai.il. James McCormiek and John N. Purviance j received as fees in one case 56750 from the j StaK fP' Not correct—the statement that all let ters have to he pre-paid since the first ol January. The bill of Mr. Olds, containing such* clause, passed the ileus* but was lost in the Sena*. %sr We are told that there is more joy in the wigwam, over one Democrat who joins the Know-Nothings than oome fetilire* or strong-minded woman, before lorg, enH iho announcement by these two women ot their intentions, proves our conclusions right.— Mormonism at fir-t, was, and is still, a vijb hoax by which simple-minded people are led to the adoption of a system at variance with every principle of Christianity and so cial order. It was designed to enrich some \ at the expense of the credulous, and thus far has worked admirably. What a credulous people no are! One set get np a humbug and make a fortune out of it, and another do the same thing by opposing it. We presume, however, it is all rtglr.— llarrisburg Union. biLi ca Caeca Cct.-!.iKatcs---UaQUK.sciiANLK Fina—Four years ago, what is now callc I the old breaker, at Thomas 4 Dually'* mio", caught fire ftortt KII explosion. The -fire was communicated to rhe dirt heaps around, where it had been seemly burning ever since . It made its appearance again, about live weeks ago, in the immediate vicinity of the new briaker, and men were, ar d are still employed in removing the d.rt heaps there, that being the only method praclica bio to insure safety. A stranger might pass it in the daytime, and not nonce it as there is but litUe smoke, and the daylight drowns every other appearance of ilm lire. It U only at night that the danger present* itself in its reality—showing itself to the beholder in an enormous mass of lire, partly hidden by u thin coating at the top, nut yet consum ed, and decorated with a number of pretty blue lights, proceeding from as many bright spots r.f burning anthracite coal. Thu mine has stopp-d, as well as every ether mine in the neighborhood. It is qu,t hard times for the poor miners.— Pottsville Register. rr During the year 1854 no fewer than 76,C87 persons died in London out ol a pop - ulation ol two millions and a half; 4855 morn than died durmg the disastrous chulura your 1849. Snot: MAMT.ICTI'BINO —About 1,000 per sons including men, wrmieh and children are out ol employment in Lynn. 'lWshod manufactures hive beon obligrj to contract their business, which throws many out of wo'k. RELIEF FUR DA kisi—The National house ol Representatives pa;sod the Senate resolution u lu-rizing tiro Navy Department lo 6ettd a steamer und a tender to the relief or rescue of Dr. Kane arid h-is Arctic expe dition. The Secretary of the Navy wilt dis patch the vessels ordereit immediately. RAII .aiiAiis TO HK FENCED IN .—The Legis lature ol Illinois has a bill before it requiring all railroads lo tie fenced in. It Iris passed one House, and ft Is beloved will pass the other. THIS OHIO LMCOIT LAW has beea sustain ed by ihe unanimous decision of the Su preme Courl of thai State cn all its points. It is said t hut ihe Russian war bus already made 11,090 widows in England. SfECIAL NOTICES. 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