STAR OF THE NORTH. R. W. VVEAVZR, EDITOR. llloomsLurt, Uluo-dnr, Scpr. g* |Ra?. Dacr<it' iN trinlnnticii*. FOR (JOVKR.WI. M lL LI ASi F. PACKER, FOH JLPCK- (•> TI,K K'PNR .VR r- L'UT, H I L L I A M 8 T It U N , J A Mfi S T H 0 .11 P SOX, FOR CANAL rnMMIAAIONER, AIM ROD STRICKLAND, DISTRICT AND COUNTY 1 1CKET. " JOHN M'REYNOLDS, Svtjecl to the iUcidi'mi <J ihc Cuii/fiesmonut C'cn ftrenct. A-- FAT Til. V, PETER ENT, JOHN V. SMITH. PROTHONOTARTI JACOB E Y EItL Y , RFUI-TFR A*n RrCORDFR, DANIEL LEE, COMMIS-IONRR. EL IAS DIETER UK, TSKAi-tOtRR JAM E S s. Ii cN I N CD, I AUDITOR. JOII \ R - 10 HE. | ItrpreM-uimtVP • onf' mice. We are glad thai justice has been done n to die lime ot holding die Representative I Conference, ami we would have been eti'l I belter pleased il tl.e nomination could have ' been entirely free from ail cniisiderannii* j outside ol this subject, and upon the nietiis I ol the candidates alone. We do not say j that the result would have t-cen different, lor j we had no personal reason to lavor either j candidate; but it would have been more lion- | oiuble to the party and stronger with the j people. It was urged that the Represeuta- | tive must goto Wyoming to secure Conures- j for die low er end of the district. But by tins j rule a county which did no- have me luck to i be in our Congo nimal Di-nlci wonldal-j ways be ruled mo lit JL-, re-eii'd'tve; t y-j cause upon some future occasion W) timing I would be equally inieicsled to give Colum bia and MottloU' each a Representative, so at u secure a Congressman in the upper end. l)i Smith has beeu one year in the Legis lature, and Was lust year u candidate lor Ins second term. Mr Jackson was then the | choice ol Sullivan, hut noignaniriiou.-l) gave I way to Dr. Suit.h, who was Humiliated aim j dcleuied in that Republican district Ihe I first jeur ho was elected by reason ol a di | vision Huong the Opposition, lie spent soma j lime Inst winter in Harrisburg IO secure the | connection ol Wyoming county with oui I present Representative district, and to hie i It Irotn the Republicanism ol Siisquehuena. which always overwhelmed it. Ihs ctiitti y w ill no doubt give him a gratelul vote for lit" suretsslul services. Dr. Sun h u a'so for s. uci'im etliuu ol | the Soitli liiutic.'l .' eir.no,>>; and in the Leg- j islaturo his votes wuta ail Dcmocralic, PO j fur as we now ten.ember. Au f xpl.motion. We regret to hour some persons on the ' South sitle of the river complain that the proposition made to tl.o Utc contention o have that side vote first lor Treasurer was not agreed to by this side. For ourselves we always thought that us the Treasurer mus conceded to that region, it ought sub stantially to select tho man: and we said so to all three of the candidates. But we do not think lhat tho South sitle of the river has any cause to complain lite Contntis sioncr was conceded to this side: and by the same rule which we suggest above, de ference and respect ought to have been pan) to tho voies ol this side on the subject ol Commit-sioeer. The delegates Oil this sitle v oted as ftl.o\v: For Dieteriek, 4 For Fiinston, IS For Wuitcrateon, 11 '1 lie South side did not ob-erie'ho rule in this eauo which limy laid down lor i reus urer; ai d could theretore hardly expect this side to bo bound by it. The difieretiee in tho vote for Treasurer was not so much on the other side ol lite river as for Commis sioner on this side. It stood— For McNiuch, tt For Kiefcr, 10 As a general rule we believe that tho re giou in which a titan lives is the best qual ified to judge Ol him, and that the neigh borhood to which a candidate is conceded to bo allowed in edict to select htm. It is as safe as any o Iter !r, and theugh per sonal friendship m\ ' - a immediate neighbors, yet this cannot intiuetice any large circle of com try A nomination is always stronger lor I eitig ihe fair and clear expression of the people's choice. The transgr *-irn of any principle will bs sure to invoke its retribution. PF.ACHK* This delicino- froil i< vrv sesroe ic our latitude this )e >r. a- many nt it e tree have teen serioudy it.j'ire.l by ihe !' two severe winters. But Hit? orchard of .Mr lli ram J. Reader, a few mi'es beyond La atvis sa, is • fortunate exception to thi- general it! luck; and he has during the past week furn ished some fine fruit to this place and Caia wii-sa—much superior to that brought here from the city. His orchard is carefully at tended, and be underi-lands procuring the best species of patches. It 110 doubt remu nerates him. for be ecu'd ft d a n ark'-t tt r ten imit-s the quantity he can rti.-e. In this season, ai.d when tearly ore half of the people dare scarcely eat any other fruit thssn peaches, the man whose ram and anention •upphee the luxury like Mr. Header is a pub lic! benefactor. It scene that a high and dry place is the proper one for a peach orchard. The iteea are riijured in eatteys and damp localities by the fieeaief at tin tun nd enow up on the Imbs la the spring Complimi'Ul'iry JIOIIMI. To*-h<i\v in what respect Mr. George P. Jack .sen is held by. those who know him wc copy the following complimentary notico from tlio Hctciik Gazette of a few weeks ago:— (tetlROK 11. J%< KON, l>Q. Tiiis gentleman, whom the Democratic Convention of Sullivan County have re cently honored uithan unanimous nomi nation tor the General Assembly. has been [spending a few days,'the past week, in ' Columbia, and made tlio acquaintance of many ol our citizens, ull of whom, so tar as we have been able to learn, have been pleased with his general appearance. Mr. Jackson is a merchant at Dushore, in Sulli van. In polities lie is a sound Democrat, a young gentleman of line p-rsotiul appear ance, manly address and splendid business qualifications, and, should h- be nomina ted by tko 11-presentativo Conleree Con vention, and elected, in connection with cur late worthy member, I'eior lCnl, Esq., would honor our district, and adorn a seat in the halls o! our Stale Legislature. ! In copying this the Sullivan Democrat says: ' The sentiments will be cordially indorsed by every one who knows Mr. Jackson. Al though comparatively a young man, he is old in experience, and possesses all the requisites lor an able and etlicieut Member Since his advent into the political arena he hauß always acted wiih tfiC- Democratic par ty —shared its deteats and rejoiced in its victories—at,J It -s always been Ibuud true to his professions. We hope he wiL re ceive the nomination, then we shall have a chance to express our.-clf. Miikii g JJuiii'v <HI a Chance. [ There is much money by small rick. , One ol onr richest men, during the lalicr par' | nl hi" IIIP, invested in lotteries as ail amu-M --menl, and thus added ui his ureal smre nl I j wealth- A man may upend, in dissipation that demoralizes Ids character, ten dollar* pur week, which would he much better appiopri aied 10 the purchase of loiiery tickets, lor he would ho sure, tiltim-l, In draw a hand-orim | dill! by which he would he lurni"hed wi'h ! capital In supply himself Willi a good larm, or in rs'iiblish I irnseil in bu-iness. The Jas per Cninny Academy Lnl'.ery, of winch Ad- | der-nii U Soli, ol Mucou and Savannah, (la , j are the managers is so honestly and lanli | fully conducted, dial no one need hesiiale In | send them $lO fin a whole, $5 lor a hall, or [ $2 50 lor a quarter ticket in their excellet.l I lottery, wherein the tickets are only number I ml singly, from one to thirty •.liousand. The ! managers are well known to he men ol char- I acier, and will furnish their correspondents j wiih all uecc"-ar> n iiiiuiiiiioii. We under-| "land, by die Southern papers, lhat their next | drawing will take place oil tlie 15 li ol Sep- i leinher next, ami promises to be u inaginti I cent allatr Any one who wishes to make money on I siicli a lavorahie chance as is here aff >nted, | can do no bolter Itiau to make Ins invest- j rneiiis at once, nl thunk lus stars, w hen lie i is enriched, that lie has teen put upon ilic I right truck ai las!. Il people will speculate, j li t i:.fin do it In 'ln- most ea-y inriliod, and ' not CCIIIIIII.C their tune and health bv such j opportiiniiies us are tillered at card tables and among the iri.-qrumeiils el uamhling. The at ove-nametl managers perform their duties i to the bones in which they resile with lailh- ! Inlness, ami can he trusted a- honor .hie man. I Chose w ho wind tickets most write their ad- j dies." plain, and direct to Anderson & Son. 1 Malingers. Macon or Savannah, who will, in ' lelurn, answer promptly. t on it I'ri'cci ding*. C'onrt opened here last Monday with Judg-j es Woodward, Evans ami Kline on the bench. \ Chillies Ktiltlcr, Esq.. was appointed Fore man of the Giunil Jury. John Uren was ap pointed Constable of Co- vug'am township, and I'tt*.rick Murphy ami Jacob Perk iveio appointed Supervisors of the same town- I ship. Orphan#'Court business and notions j were disposed of on Monday, but'there is 1 no ease of very general interest to litis term. ! On Tuesday morning a jury was called in j the two eases of Adam St roup 'or use of Har ris & A ppleman vs. Rupert S: Koons. They i are actions ol covet ant brought on an ore j lease, and is still in progress. Hurley and j Weaver lor plaintiffs: Clark and Buck a lew j tor defendants. j The Grand Jury have found the follow ing , indictments: | Com. cs. Wm. Houghton: Assault ami bat | tery, it true bill. | Com. vs haute : Fornication and bastardy, a true bill. I Coin. vs. Geo. Reichart: Fornication and j bas'artly, a true bi I. ; Com. es. Wm. Stvntliers: Selling liquor ; without license, a true b 11. j Coin.rs. Elizabeth Sirmhers: Selling li j quor without license, a true bill. I Com !'v Jacob Gettscl and John Ingold : ] selling liquor, not a trite bill. {-<T We are g'.nl to see that in the Wash itiglon and Greene Senatorial District Geo. } W. Miller, Esq , lias been agreed upon as a 1 harmonious rtonti .ee by the Democrats : There was a contest between the counti-'s ! as to which should have the candidate, but that is now healed. Mr. Mtiler is a sate and able matt, and has some creditable leg- I islativeexperience. A FIT NOMINATION —We ARE g'ad to ob serve that Wra I'. Solie 1 Ksq , of Bedford, has been nornina ed by the Democrats ol Somerset, Bedford and Huntingdon district for Senator. He is in a hard Republican district, but we are sure he ought to be elected if the people vo e for the best matt. MAIL SKKVICC.— A Urge and nourishing business commnniiy will be gratified to learn that route 32l*< Bloomsbur® to White Hall, lias been extended via. Exchange to Turbots villi? affording additional important mail la ctones as memorialized. A NEW POST OFFICE.—The Postmaster General bas established a new post office at the Exchange, in Montour county, and J.C. , Etfir appointed Postmaster. ftepit-.t-uitillve fnnferee Convention. The Conferees bl rtnk Representative Dis ' trie I, composing the counties of Columbia, ' Montour, Sullivan and Wyoming, met Fii s day, Sept. 4h', 1837, in Bloomaburg, consist ing ol the following delegates: Cutumbia —[rain Derr, W. A. J. Briltain. ii'ontuur —Gutelias Snyder, J. Reese Philips. Sullivan —Junes Degan, C. C. Finch. Wyoming —W. M. Piatt, L. C Conklirt. t The Convention organized at 3 o'clock, P M.. hy the apt'Oin'metit ot thn following offi jeer-:—lffAM DKflif, President; C.C. F titbit ami Win. Al. Piatt, Secrelarfos. Tlie Convention then pioceeded to itorni i.am candidates for Members of the Legts I ■ ll re, —only two of whom are to be elected, —when the following nomination* were made : Col D> gan nominated George D. Jackson.. <■ I S.tllivaii county. Col. Bri tain liominateJ Peter Enl, of Co lumbia county. M-ij. Conktin nominated Juhn V. Smith, of Wyoming county. On motion, the nominations -closed, and the Conferees proceeded to vole, when, on the first ballot, PETER ENT, Esq , was unan imously nominated. Tt.c Convention then proceeded to ballot lor anu'her candidate Ini Assembly, Messrs. Smith anil Jackson being lit nomination, with j the following result: t I Fi>a JI-jix V Sunn —Messrs. Derr, tor j dsr, Piatt anil Conkltn—4 | Foil GEO. D. JACKSON —Messrs. Britlain, I Philips, Degan and Finch—4. There being no choice, four more bal'ois were itien nad with the same result, when the Convention took a recess of some ten minute.-. On the re-assembling of the Convention, die 6th ballot was had, with the lollowing re sult : Foil SMITH —Messrs. Derr, Brittain,Snyder, Philips, Con kit II end Piatt 6. Fori Jot KSON— Messrs. Degan and Finch Whcreni-im JOHN V SMIIH, of Wyo ruing cminiy, was Oci-laivd duly nnoiimiied, and the nuiiini.itniii unanimously ruiified. Tue lollowing resolutions were ihoti iulto duce.d and utianiiniiusly adopted: On motion of Mr. Snyder, it was Krsnlrr/I, That Hie nominations made this ' day lur Represenialives, bo nnanimnnsly sup ' pmled t.v lite Conletens id this Cnnleicnce. 1 Raolvcd, I lull the uieeliiig of die Confer- - res ot this district, heiealier, be held uiniuully J on the secniul Fiulaj ol September. I On motion olCol Brinain. it was j litsolveil, Tit at die next Conferee Meeting j* lit Id at I.qiorle, Sullivan County. On million of Map I'tui', it was lU'Suli'Cil, Ttial ilia proceedings of this Con j mpioit b published in all din Democratic j paper* in this Representative district. The Convention then sojourned sine die. I RAM DKRII, Pm't. J- J.- |n [ , | '| ATT ' | Secretaries. Bieo nsburg, Sept. 4, 1857. \t ytimiiiß i uuuiy. The Demneratio eonnty conventior. was held cut the same day in Wyoming as in Co- ImnTta. Hon. Robert R. I.tttle was nomina itt.l unanimously lor Cungruss, and Thomas Ostfihont and C. D. Cearltart elected Cini gri'S"ional conferees. Fur Assembly, Cnl A. Gtmiiner was nominated by a vote of IS ui lti lor Dr. Jnhti V Smith. The nominee at onto declined, as lie was In favor ol Sullivan having tho candidate. The con vent tun then tuimimued D. John V. Smith,, and elected f. C. C'liikitu, Fisq , and D. N. C Purdy Reprn sontttove Conlerees to meet at B'uoinvbiirg on tie 4th ol September. The tallowing oth er notiiitia'.ions were made : For Sheriff—Zalia Billings. l'rntl ottotar) — David D. Hewitt. Commissioner—Harrison Cornslock. 11 g:*ler and It 'cooler—Horace Haliock. Aunii- r—Julm Ctaw lord. Tl.e l unkhaniinck Democrat the organ ol the Democracy of 'he county, thus speaks ot the conventions and nominations: 'The Ditmoera'ii! Convention, which a*- sembled here oil Monday, was one of the largest and most respectable that has been held in Hi's county tor a number ol years.— We are well pleased vvi.h the selection ol candidates, fot the various offices, so tar as the men themselves are concerned, but think the Representative Conlerees should have been instructed to concur with Sullivan eouu for in truth the Representative belongs to her this year. But, upon the whole, we have I tit reason to find fault with the action ol the ' Convention ; *i bough the coutse pursued by tin tr. in close . :e . ours .gainst about snlers ac think is not t viu patible vvitii tl.e Demo cratic creed, and something we are unac customed to see pract ceil by the Democrat ; c. r liberal party. In our estimation, ihe j 1 Convention could have made the nomiua- j ! tttuis openly ami boldly, democratic fashion! —in the pie-ence ol all spectators, as well a- j ! to exclude tliem llierelrom; but we are dia i i pcs"d to make ilue allovvattce lor the it.flu- | !etce ot deep ami evened let-lings. It is not ; easy lor men in a large assemblage, vvttli a , bnef nine allotted lor business, to adopt per feci precision in its rules and regulation",nd to our mimls. had the Convention not acted ' fu.m the impulse ol die moment, —had they ! tiav.r taken the second thought lltey would I not l ave adopted that mode, which borders I too much on Know Nothing customs, for o to tolerate. We will speak of the nominations more particularly next week." Steppage <f the Denting Cotton Mill —We have already noticed t.ha stoppage ol a nnm | ber of the largest cotton mills in the New . England States, on account ot the high price 'ot raw material; and we learn with regret I that a meeting of me directorsoi the Reading ' cotton mill I.elJ on Tuesday last, it was de ! terminer! to close it as snort as Ihe yarn now ! on hand is exhausted, which will be in tlie course of two or three weeks. The great in crease in tl.e cost of cotton makes it impos sible to keep their mill in operation excep' a' a loss. Tfte company employs about three hundred operatives, a va-y large proportion ot them women and boys, who wiH of course be thrown out of work by the stoppage of the m\ \ —Reading {Pa ) Gatette I be Aleaioriiil or Prof anil the ( Krpljr of I'rekiil' u( iuck<ianu. j WARRINGTON, .Sept. 2.—The following'is i the meniorißl o( ProfcMor Silliman and forty | two other*, of Cbnnreiicul, addressed 10 bin Excellency, J a idea Buchanan, President ''of me United Stales: The iiinlert-ignsd, citizens of the United Maiea and elector* of die Stale of Couueuli cut, respectfully offer U> ynur Excellency this their nieirinrial. The fundamental principal ■ot the Constitution *of ji United States and of nur political i*s|Muliuise* that, the people -shall make then own laws, yind elect their own rulers. We we with giei, it not with . astonishment, that Gov. Walker of Kansas openly reprosenla am) proclaims that the 1 l'leeiJeni of the United Staiea is em ploying, through him, an army, ode purpose ol which is to Inrce the people ol Kansas to obey latva nut their own nor uf the United Suncs, hit' law a which it te notorious and established upon evidence that they never made, and mlers they never elected. We represent therefore, by the loregouig, your Excellency ta held up and proclaimed, to lite great de- _ rogation ol our national character, as violat- my, in its roost essential particular, the sol- ( etoii oath which the President has taken to , support the coneliiuiion ol this Union. We call attention lurther to the lact that your Ex- | uelleocy is in like manner held up -tu thin I nation, to ull mankind, and to all posterity, in' the aliunde o "levying wear against a portrait ol the U S,'" by employing arms In Kansas to uphold a body of men and a code | of enactments, purporting to be legialalive, | f but which never hud me election nor ssuc- I lion, nor consent of the people of lite terri- , lory - . I We eaiue-lly repraseii'.lO your Excellency, I ilia; we liuve alio taken lllti oalh lo obey tile Constitution, and your Excellency may be assured ihut we shall up' reliain from the . prayer dial the Almighty God will .nukeyour ( administration un exauirle ol justice and be ueiieence, and with Km terrible majesty pro leet our people and tier Constitution. THE PltE-JDEXT's REPLY*' | Washington C'i'y, Aug. -15, 1857. , Gentlemen On my return to die city ul ( ter a lor.night'# absence, your memorial, , wiibont date, via plced in my hands, thro' | , the agency of Mi. Htna'irf King, ol ills I'ns j | Olfi. e llepHllllient; |ij wMmi it had been in j trusted. Prom The tflltinguislied source whence ii proceed-. H well a- lis peculiar j i cliuractor. I have deemed it proper 10 depart i , Irom my general rule iu such cases, and lo , give ii an answer. ' Vou fir.-t assert thai the fundamental prill- i ciples of the Cimsiihition of the United Stales, and of our political iiisiimtion-, is that die i people shall make their own laws, and elecl their own rulers. Vou then express your | | grief and astonish men I that I should have vi- i ola'ed this principle, and through Gov. Walk- i er, luve employed an army, "one ol the pur- i poses of which is to force the people of Kan as. to obey laws not their own. nor of the I United Stales, but which it is notorious and established upon evidence tliey never made, j and rulers tliey never elected." And as a , corollaiy (torn the foregoing, yon repieseni j diet I am ''openly' held up nod proclaimed, j lo die great derogation ol our iimioind char at: er, as, violating, in its most esseinnd par ticular, Hie solemn oalh which the President has taken lo siippbrt the Constitution of litis Union." These are heavy cliargos, proceeding from | gentlemen ol your high character, and, if well j founded, ought to consign my name to inla i ' my. Bill in proportion to their gravity, coin | moii jo-lice, to say- nothing of Christian char- J ny, required lliaj beloto making ilieni yon should have deafly ascertained that tliey were j well founded; if dot, tliey will rebound wiili withering condemnation upon their author, llave yon performed ihis preliminary duly toward* the man Who, however unworihy, i* the Chief Magistrate of your country 1 If so, eidior you or I ure laboring under a strange d : Ins ion. Slionl.llhis nruve to be your case, ii will present a memorable example of die i ruth, d at political prejudice is blind, even 'o me existence of the plainest and most palpa ble historical fact*. To these facte le' us refer. When I emer ed upon the duties of die Presidential olliee on the 4tlt ol March last, what was die con dition of Kansas f Tide Territory had been organized under an act of Congress, passed die 30tb dap of May, 1854, and the Government iu all its branches was lull in. operation. , A Governor, a Secretary of the Territory, a Cliiel Justice, | two Associate Justice#, a Marshal ami Dis trict Attorney, bail been appointed by my 1 predecessor, by and with the advice and con , sent ol the Senate, and were ad engaged iu discharging their re|ctive duties. A code ol laws had been enacted by the Territorial ; legislature, and the Judiciary were employed 1 iu expounding and carrying iliese laws into j eUccl. i It is quite true tl at a controversy had pre | vouslv arisen, respecting the validity of die i election of niembets n> the Territorial Legis- I lainre, and o! be laws |i-.-e.l by them. Bui j ai ihe lime I e.mered upon try oliieial duties, Cougr. # had recognized tniv Legisltiure, in | d 11-ient hum*, and by different enactments The delegate eleced lo lite House ol Repre sentatives, ttiuler the Terriioritl law, had just completed his terra of service en (he day pre vious lo my inauguration. In fai t, I found die Government ol Kansas as veil established as thai of any other Territory. Under il.e-e circumstances, what was my duty? Was ii not to sustain this government; to protect ii from the violence ol lawle-s men; io prevent it being overturned by foice ; in the language of the Constitution, "to take care thai the laws be faithlully executed?" Ii was lot tbis purpose, and this alone, thai I ordered a military force lo Kansas, as a 1 pos>c comitatus, aiding thy civil magistrate to ! carry the laws into execution. The condition ' of Ihe Territory at the tbnie, which I need not portray, rendered lifts precaution absolutely ' necessary. In this slate of affairs, would I not have been jusly con.leuiuiul, tad I left the Mar -1 slial and oilier nlficer# of a like character iin ■ potent o execute the process and judgments i ol a court of Justice, established by Congress, i or the Territorial Legislature under its ex ores# authotity ; aod thus have suffered the government itself to become an object of : I contempt in the eyes of the people? AD<l I yet this is what you designate as forcing "the ' people of Kansas to obey laws not their own, nor ol the United States," and for doing which, ynu have denounced me at having violated my oath. I ask what ejse con Id I have done or ought I to have done? Would yon have desired that I should abandon the Territorial Govern ment, sanctioned as it had been by Congress, to illegal violence, and' thus renew the scenes nf civil war and bloodshed, which every pa triot bed deplored? Tflia would, indeed, have been to violate my oath of office, and to "fix a damning blot on the character of my admiuishaiion. 1 most cheerfully admit that the necessity for sending a military force to Kansas, to aid in the execution of the oivil law, reflects no credit upon the Miarac ter ol our country. But fei trie blame fall upon lite heads of the guilty. -Whence did this necessity arise ? A pnrtion of the people of Kansas, unwil ling to trust to the ballot box —the certain American remedy for tne address of allgriev aiices—umlermok In create an independent Government for themselves. Had this at tempt proved successful, it would, of course, | have subverted lite existing Government, pre i scribed am' recognized by Congress, and sub j stituted a revolutionary government in its stead This WHS u-urpation of the same char aoier as it wftlild be lor a portion of the peo ple ol Connecticut to undertake to establish a separate governtffenl within its own limits for.the purpose ef redressing any grievance, real or imaginary, of which they mignt have complained against the legitimate govern me it. Such a principle, it carried into exe cution, would destroy all lawful uulhority and produce universal anarchy. 1 ought to specify more particularly a con dition of tiffairs, which I have embraced only in general terms, requiring the presence of e military force in Kansas. The Congress of the United Stales has most wisely declared it to be the true interest end meaning ol this act —the act organising lite territory—not to legislate slavery into any territory or Slum, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perlectly Iree to form and reg ulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States. A- ii liaoiral consequence, Congress has ul-o prescribed by the mine act, that when the IVrriinry of Kansas shall be admitted as a S'ate, it whall be received into itiis Union with or wilioul slavery, as their constiiu •ino may prescribe at die tune of dieir udmis sion. Slavery existed al that period, and still ex isis in Kaii.-hs. under die Constitution of die United 8 ices. This point has at l*sl been finally decided by Ihe highest tribunal known J In our laws. How il could ever have been seriously doubted is a mystery. If a confed eration of Sovereign States acquire a new territory at the expense of dieir common blood ami treasure, surely one set of die part ners can have no right to exclude the others Irom its enjoyment by prohibiting them from taking into it whatsoever is recognized to be property by the common cnnsii'.utioo. But when iho people, the f/oun fide residems ol sueti territory, proceed to form a Siate Con solution, then it is dieir right 10 decide the important question lor themselves, wlicdier they will continue lo ratify or übulish sla < verv. To thorn, ami to them alone, iloes this question belong, free (torn all foreign inter feienee. In the opinion of the Terri'orial Legii-I.ilure ol IVHIIMIS the time has arrived lor entering the Union, and they accordingly p.ised a law to elect delegates lor the pur pure of training a Stale constitution. This law was fair and just in its provisions. It conferred ttie right of suffrage on every bom fide inhabitant of the territory, and for the purpose of preventing fraud and the in tiusinn of citizens of near or distant States, most properly confined the right to those who hail resided therein three mouths previous to the election. Hero was a fair opportunity presented lor all quulitied resident citizdns ol the territory, to whatever organization they might have previously belonged, to partici pate in the election, and to express their opin ions at the ballot-box on the question of sla very. Hot numbers of lawless men still con tinued to resist the regular territorial govern- | men'. They relused to be either registered, i or to vote, and members of the Convention were elected legally and properly without their intervention. The Convention will soon assemble to perform the solemn duty of fra ming a constitution for themselves and then I posterity, and in the state of incipient rebell i ion which still exists in Kansas, it is my inrt j terative duly to employ the troops of the Uniicd Stales,should this become necessary, ' in defending xbe Convention against violence wtnle framing a constitution, and in protect ing lite bona fiile inhabitants, qualified to vote under the provisions of this instrument, in the free exercise of the tight of suffrage, when it snail be submiuad to the-u lor their approba tion or rejection. I have entire confidence in Governor Walker, that the troops will not be employ ed except to resist actual aggression, or in the execution of tho law ; and this, not until the power of the civil magistrate shall prove unavailing. Following the wise example of Mr Madison towards the Hartford Con vention, illegal and dangerous combinations, such as that of the Topeka Convention, will ; no' be disturbed, unless they shall attempt i to perform some act which will bring them 1 into actual collision with the constitution and the laws. In that event they shall be resisted and put down by the whole power of the government. In performing this do ty 1 shall have the approbation of my ovfn conscience, and, as 1 humbly trust, of my I God. I thank you for the assurance that you will not refrain from prayer that the Almighty God will make my administration an exam ple of justice and beneficence. You can gready assist me in carrying out this blessed consummation bv exerting your influence in allaying the existing sectional excitement on jhe subject of slavery, which has been productive of much evil and no good; and which, if it succeed in attaining its object, would ruin the slave as well as the master. This would be worth genuine philanthropy. Every day of my life 1 feel how inadequate I am to perform the duties of ray high eta lion, without continuing hi the support of the DiWfie Providence. Yet placing my trust in' Him, and in Him alono, I entertain a good hopo <hat He will enable me to do equal justice l to all portions of the Union, and thus render me an humble instrument in restoring peace and harmony among the people of the several States. Yours, very respectfully, J AS. BUCHANAN. The Work on the Capitol Filemlon. The extension of the Capitol at Washing ton is on an extensive and niagnificont scale. The cost of some of the items is given in the Washington Union. Tho windows of the north and south fronts 51,639 each. The marble workmanship on each of tho eastern front doorways, 84,070. The two figures df statuary to be plnced over each door are es timated at 86,260. Tho doors bronze, and bearing bas-relief designs illustrative of American history, will cost 813,200 for each wing. They are designed by Crawford. It is llie intention to have ono executed at Mu nich, and the oiheT, for the promotion of American art, in this country. The door opening from the old hall of the House ol Representatives into the corridor leading to the next hall will also be of bronze, bearing bss-relief designs illustrative ol American history, and will, it is estimated, cost 5-11,- 416—designed by Randolph Rogers. The statuary intended tor tho eastern pediment of tho north wing of the Capitol, designed and modeled by Mr. Crawford, it is estima ted will cost $16,000. For the design and model of the Statue of Liberty, intonded to surmount tho now dome of the Capitol, Mr. Crawford is to receive $3 000, tho Indian Girl $429, and the mantel piece for the Sen ate reception room 8300 — Lttlgtr. 4Arenl Cry but Utile Wool. y The citizens of Chicago got into anti-sla- ( very convulsions a few days ago, over the fact that a Pennsylvanian, residing in Juni nta county, liad a small colored boy with him, whose bringing up had been consigned 0 to the Pennsylvanian by the molhorof the j boy. The boy had been put upon a farm, but as he had not been used well, the Penn- J sylvaninn was removing him. Tho impres sion was created that the boy was a slave, J and a mob assembled and assaulted the gen- ! f tlcman who had him in charge, as ha was j riding oil' in a carriage, and slopped his i progress. I.a'er in the day, the mob be- 1 came infuriated still further, though tho re- \ la:ions of the gentleman and the boy had been explained to them, and the boy hail been takea to tho loclc-up for safety. Tho ' next day a suit was brought against the gen- ' | tleinan, when the facts were fully made out thai the boy'was free and was voluntarily go ing with his Pennsylvania guardian, and that all the fuss ereutnd and trouble given , was entirely needless —-Ledger. TV Miss Curtis, a school teacher, while on her way home tipar Scranton, Lu zerne county, was overtaken by a man, grappled by the throat, brutally thrown upon I the ground, and cobbed of her gold watch, j chain, and looket ; she bravely resisted the [ insult, but his superior strength compelled ' her to give up tho jewelry. JStio was but a, 1 short distance from her boarding house, but | he held her so tightly by the throat that she 1 was unable to give utterance to a single loud j sound. Tho villain lore tho jewelry from I her in the most brutal manner, and then os- j taped, though vigilant search was made. | Cy J. Porter Brawley lignres in a criin. j con. case at Erie, and was knocked down by | the husband of the woman seduced. The I woman, named Huight, was afterwards ar res'ed, and had u hearing oti a charge of | adultery, but was discharged for want ofev-t idence. B> taking of (he Submarine Cable.—The Sub marine Cable broke when about three hand- I ret 1 miles Irotn the coast of Ireland. The I Fleet returned to England. Another attempt | is lobe made—some Scientific croakers have decided that the undertaking is an aSfer-l dily, and will result in an entire failure. j A batch of twenty seven destitute filibus-1 I lers, shipped by the authorities of New , I York to Detroit, wore properly sont back by j the ofticiuls of the latter city, the other day. j IT One of the persons awaiting his trial for murder, in Danville, canto near escaping lately. He is now heavily ironed. GfT It is said that no fort ever suffered so | much from a single battle as has the piano . forte from the Battle of Prague. ' OODLAND CREAM" — A Pomade for 1 neaulifying the Iluir —highly perfumed, 1 superior to any French article imported, and fur bslf the price. For dressing Indies Hair it has no equal. giving it a bright glossy ap pearance. It causes Gentlemen's Hair to r cud in the most natural manner. It removes - dar.drutf, always giving the hair the appear i anee of being fresh shampooed. Price only I fifty cents. None genuine unless signed FETRIDGE & CO., Proprietors of the t " fin/in o/ a thousand Flowers." For sale by all Druggists. New York. TUB REV. C. S. BcßNrrr. while laboring as 1 a Missionary in Southern Asia, discovered a t simple and certain Cure (or Consumption, , Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, Nervous Debility, and all imparities of the blood; aln, ' an easy ami effectual mode of Inhaling the 3 remedy. Actuated by a desire to benefit his r t-ti(ferine fellows, ha will cheerfully send the . Recipe (bee) tosooh aa desire it, with full ( and explicit directions for prepariug and suc cessfully titling the Medicine. f Address Rev. C. S. BURNETT, 831 Broadwav. N*w York City. ! £g Aliwiai - On the li insl., by the Rev. VVm. J Ever, I Mr FFBDMUEE NICKEL to Miae EMILIA Gourr 1 both of Montoor county. 3 On the 29th olt., by 8. A. Worman, Esq., . Mr. JACOB SSVDCR of Norrhumbedaml co., to Miss SARAH BOBBIN* of Jackson, Col. 00. 5 wm* ' On Salatday, the 29ih tilt., in Hemlock tp., '• Mr. ALKXAMDBB AJAV-ST, aged 23 years, 1 mo. j and • rfsvs, GENERAL ELECTION PROCLAMA* TN>\. WHEREAS by the Uws of this Common wealth n is rttad* "the duly ol tits Sheriff of every county to give notice ol the general elections, by puttliestioii In one or mora newspaper* of the county, at least twenty dsys before the election," and to enumerate therein "die officer* to the elected,'' and to "designu'a the |4ace st winch ilia else ion ia to be held " Therefore, I, STEPHEN It. MILLER,'High Sheriff of Columbia county, do hereby make knowil and proclaim to the qualified electors ol Columbia county, that a general election will be held throughout said county, on TUESDAY, the THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, being tbe second Tues day in eaid monilt, at the several district* within the couuty to wilt— Benton township, at the house of Ezakiel Cola. Beaver township, at the bouse of Christian Sltuman. Bloom township at the Court house Blooms burg. Briarrreek township, at the Town House, Berwick. Cutawissa township, at the house of the late Stacy Margeram, Catawißia. Centre township, at the house of Jeremiah i Ileus, deceased. Fishingcreek township, at the house of Abraham 'Kline, now occupied by William Long. Greenwood township, si tha house of Joe, R. Paiiott. Hemlock township, et the Buck Horn. Locust township, at the house of David Reiubold. Franklin township, at the house of Bertja* inin Drum. Mrlilin township, at tits house of John Kel ler. Madison township, at the house of John Welliver, dee'd. Moutiipleasant township, at the house of William llutchiusnn. Montour township, af the houss of Joha Richards, now occupied by William Hulling*- head. Mam township, at the house of Isaao Yet ter. Hoaringcreek township, at the house of (J. VV. Driesbach, now occupied by Franklin Shuman. Orange township, at the house of Peter P. Kline. Oraugeville. Pine township at the house of Albert Hun ter. Sugatlual township, at the house of Ali tiaa Cole. Scott township at the house of Enoch How ell, E-pyiown. Coityughutn township, at tha house of P. R Wollordi. Jackson township at the house of Joshua Savage. It is funhsr diiecioj that the election *1 the said gators' disiricts shall be opened be tween the Imuis of 8 and 10 o'cluck in tbe forenoon, and sln'.l continue open without' inienup ion or adjournment, uniill 7 o'clock in the evening, when the polls shall be clos ed. Tho officers to he elected at the time and place aloisr-anl are A GOVERNOR 2 JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT. A CANAL COMMISSIONER, A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, A STATE SENATOR, 2 MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY, A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. ONE PERSON FOR PKOTHONOTARY, CLERK OF THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS. OF THE ORPHANS'COURT, AND CP THE COURTOFOYER AND TER MINER. 1 PERSON FOU REGISTER AND RE ! COUDER. | A COUNTY TREASURER, A COUNTY AUDITOR. And tie saitl election ol Congressman is | held ill pursuance of a writ to me directed I by the Governor ol the Cunimoimealih of i Pennsyliuniu, wlerein it is directed that be ! cattr-e a vacancy has happened ill the re pre ! actuation ol this State in the House ol Rep resentatives of the United Siutes, in coin-o- I quettee of the death til JOHN G. A ONT | GOMERY, Esq , elected u member ol the Twenty Fib It Congress, (rom the Twelfth I Congressional District, composed of the i counties ol Columbia. Luzerne, Montour and I Wyoming, that I, Stephen 11. Miller, High | Sheriff ol Columbia county, shall hold or : cause to be hold, in each township, at the | lime and the places aforesaid, an election for j choosing a Representative of this Common wealth it: the House of Representatives of ' the United Stales, to fill the vacancy afore said. Anil, whereat, I have been directed by the Governor to fiva notice that. joint ietulo> lion, propoiing cerium ameliditieutu to the Conaiitutiun ot tint Commonwealth, hat bean agreed to by a majority of the member* elected to oacli House ol the Legislature, at two succeiiMi e terms of the same, and that it is provided by the Constitution, that any amendment to agreed upon, shall ba sub mitted to the people for their approval or re jection. Tlierelore, for the purpose of ascer taining the sense ot the citizens of this Com monwealth in regard thereto, I, Stephen H. Miller, High Sheriff ol Columbia county, do ' give notice and proclaim to the qualified electors of said county, that an election will be held 111 each of the townships, wards and districts therein, on the second Tuesday of October, A. I). 1857, lor Itie purpose of deei -1 dmg upon the adoption or rejection of tho said amendments, or any of them; whicti said election shall be held at the places, anil opened and closed at the lime at and within 1 which the General Elections of this Com , moil wealth are held, opened and closed; ami it shall be the duty of tfie Judges, Inspectors ' ai.d Clerks of each of said townilnps, ward* and districts to receive at the said election, | tickets either written or printed, or partly ' written am) partly printed from citizens duly qualified to vote (or Members ol the Gen eral A-seuibly, and to deposit them in a box or boxes to be (or that purpose provided by the proper officers; which tickets whall be be respectively labelled on the outside, ' First Amendment," ' Second Amendment," "Third Amendment,""Fourth Amendment," and those who are favorable to said Amend ments, or any of them, may express their desire by voting eaCh as many separate writ ten or plotted, or partly written or printed ballots or tickets, containing on the inside thereof the words "For the Amendment," and tbote who are opposed to such Amend ments, or any of them, may express their' opposition by voting each as many separate written or printed ballots or tickets contain ing on tho inide thereof the words "Against the Amendments." m And further, Ido hereby give notice, di arect and proclaim, that the elociion on the said proposed Amendments, shall be opened and closed at the same time, and in alt re spects be conducted, as the General Elections of tbis Commonwealth are now conducted, as well as respects the qualifications of vo ters, the lime and manner of makiog re turns, as in all other particulars. It is lurther directed mat the meeting of the return Judges, at the Court House in Blooinsbnrg, to make out the general returns shall be on the first Friday succeeding the general election, which will be the sixteenth day of October.. \ The Congressional return Jutlgea of tha Twelfth District, composed of the counties , oi Colombia, Luzerne, Montour and Wy oming, will meet at the Court House, ia Bloomsburg, on TUESDAY, tbu twentieth , day of Uoiober next, to make out loiurua lor cnembor w <?ootes' The Seuatdriaf tStttrp judges of the fhit-
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