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Possible That we may not issue a paper
next week. We are unable to say yet, but if
our readers should get none, they need not be
disappointed. . . ,
" Rink of Court. We call-attention to the
Kale of Court in another column, fixing the
day for applications for License under the new
law." ; Those who intend to apply can read it.
7 Local Items. We will .always' be glad to
receive from our friends in any part of . the
county, items of occurrences in their neighbor
hood, and we hope . when anything happens
""worthy of note, they will send it to ns for pub
Jication. . . i . . .
' ? Thanksgiving Day. Gov. Pollock has ap
pointed Thursday, the 22d of November as a
day of Thanksgiving and Prayer, throughout
the Commcnwealtlu We regret that we have
not room for the Proclamation. ' Wo hope
and believe. -that the day will be generally
observed by our cititens. ;
Successful ix one Thing Among the objects
intended to be accomplished by know-nothingisni
was that of -'purifyiti the old parties." This ob
ject they certainly accomplished, at least so far as
the Democratic party is concerned. -Orgi."
The "purification" it has undergone has had
n similar effect to that of the patent medicine
on the Quaker there was nothing left, but his
broad-brim hat ? -. '- . .v :.
Graham's Magazine, far November, is full
of life and freshness,,. and is altogether, indis
pensable to such, as desire to keep posted ,.up
on the fashions of the day. Any lady that has
an eye for the elaborate and elegant in. dress
ing, would be certain to subscribe for it, if she
would only sec the present number. Publish
ed at $3 per annum, at 106, Chcsnut St., Phi
ladelphia. . .
': Putnam's : Monthly, for November, is a
most excellent number, filled with a higher
class of reading than is usually found in niaga
ilnes and gives assurance that ample succsss
is attending the efforts of its present publish
ers to furnish Us an original American serial,
fall I common "sense, rich in matter, and lively-
in tixle. I utnr.ro will rank with the very
hest English magazines. Price $3; per an
num. Dix & Edwards, 10, Park Place, X. Y.
. "Tue Wild IIcxt after Office." It is a
ra using to look over the cdUmio of our Loco
foco exchanges and see them", from nearly ev
ery county in "the State, presenting their
claims for a share of "the spoils," in the shape
of' candidates for Speaker of the Senate or
House; Sergeants at Arms, "Door Keepers,
Messengers, &c.j &c. Truly may it be said of
tbemi at least, that they have no horror of the
wild hunt after office which distinguishes
the age.'
- Prairie Stkamcoat. Mr. Thompson, of
Kansas,", says th.e Missouri Republican, has
jifst completed a prairie ship or' wagOn,' to be
propelled by wind," in which he proposes to
make a voyage to the Rocky 3ronntains. Thir
ty paasengers are to cmbark in June next, on
the voyage. " ' , '
We wish the voyagers may have a good time
of 'it.""' We 'apprehend there need be noTear of
leaks, if they can only keep her clear of the
shoals and bars.' "
I A Word to ocr Fhtexps. We understand
that an impression -exists among- some of our
friends, that onr time is so much occupied with
the -oirte,asto interfere with our" profession
al duties. This is a mistake, as our present ar
rangements enable us to devote almost our en
tire time to purProdssion, and all business left
in our charge will receive strict and careful at
tention'.' If the editorial department of the Jour
nat prevented us from fulfilling bur profession!
engagements, we would abandon it at once,
but, we;' have " ample time "to attend to
all the' business bur 'friends may comm it to our
charge. The Journal does not occupy, one
hour out of the twenty-four. "
eThe PcRcnAs:,OF MorsT Versox. That
sacred spot where drooping willows mark the
tomb of the 'Father of his Country,' is about to
be sold, and the question must now be decided
whether it shall pass into the possession of a
band of nnscrcpnlous speculators, or ; whether
it ahall become the property of the American
People.' Congress having long and oft refssed
to purchase for the" nation the last resting
place of our illustrious Washixgtox, it is in
vain to hope that their "attention can now be
directed to the mouldering bouse and neglect
ed tomb ' But we are glad to see, that .while
th'e men of our Country have turned coldly
away from' the oft repeated , appeals to .their
patriotism and gratitude, American Womex
have resolved to preserve and adorn the-grave
Of WASniXGTOX. .
An Association of ladies has been formed
for the purpose of raising funds for the pur
chase of Mount Yernon, and already the larg
esVpbrtion of the $200,000, the value fixed
upon it by the present owner, has been con
tributed. We have no doubt the entire amount
will be raised, and w sincerely hope the ladies
of Clearfield will" add their quota to the sum
already collected. 'We suggest tbat some of
the beautiful and enterprising . ladies of our
village, go to work, raise what they can, "and
remit it to Edmckd Wilcox, Esq.," 128 Ches
nut St. Philadelphia, who is the Treasurer of
thf PeDnsylTania Association.
A Word to the Wise. We frequently hear
our mechanics and business men complain that
sonic of our citizens are if the habit of send
ing to Philadelphia to purchase articles whicli
are manufactured or sold at home, and that it
is wrong thus to send the money out of the
county, instead of spending it among our own
Lpeople for the. mutual benefit of all concerned.
This is true, and every'good citizen ought at
ence to see the propriety of keeping up the
home market, and enabling those to live, to
whom he must, of necessity; look for help in
the hour of need.
But while those who thus complain, can so
easily, see the mote that is in their brother's
eye, they too often overlook the beam that is
in their own.-- It-is-not long 'since" we heard
this complaint made by a man who held in his
hand, at the time, a Philadelphia paper. ' We
asked him if he was a subscriber to either of
his county papers, and he said he was not
that he could get a city paper" for leas nioney
lie forgot that we cau get the same articles he
manufactures, in "the city" for less money.
But this is not all. The same, man has a suit
in our court,, and notwithstanding' thcro are
some dozen of resident lawyers living around
him, spending their money at home, where it
will benefit their neighbors, ho has employed,
to conduct his suit, two attornies from Belle
fonte, and when he pnys them their fees, they
will put the. money in their pockets, and carry
it out Of the County. And yet this man ex
pects .the resident printers and lawyers to
patronize him, because be' lives among them
'and they ought to protect the 'home market.'
; 'It is a poor rule that wot' t work buthways,'
and it . we expect to 'live,', we must also 'let
live,' by. patronizing each other. For exam
wben : the lawyer or printer, wants shoes,
clothes, furniture, &c, he. should buy them of
the shoemakers, tailors, and cabinet makers at
home, and .not send abroad for them. - And
just so, when the shoemaker, tailor, or cabi
net .maker, want counsel or want a nowspajjer,
they bhould obtain them at home without go
ing to Bellefonte or 1 hiladelphia. If this rule
was more generally adopted and observed, it
would be productive of a vast amount of pro
fit to every member of our community. , By
supporting each other we will ; advance both
our own good and the prosperity of all our
fellow citizens. , -i-..-,
A Word about 'Crowixg. Having waited
paitently until our Locofoco friends, with their
Roman Catholic cohorts, have got their 'crow'
out, we should now just like to know what
they've been crowing about T Is it because in
this County their majority has been reduced,
in two years, from seven hundred to 1hrte hun
dred?' Or is it because we have ' elected an
American Senator in this District, which was
never before known to falter for the Democra
cy ? Or do they find still greater'catrse tor re
joicing over' the result in tfce State,' winch
clearly demonstrates that the Locofoco Ad
ministration party is in a hopeless ' inin&ritij
and at the mercy of an opposition which waiits
only uniLy of action, to be successful ? ' J
- We are certainly at a loss to discover what
reason our enemies have to rejoice over the
result of an election that exhibits the follow
ing state of tacts: First, that their candidate
is in the minority some three thousand votes,
and consequently that Pennsylvania is at this
moment, opposed to the National Administra
tion.' ' Secondly, that thougli they've polled,
their whole vote, or in other words as large a
vote as was polled for Bigler, when he was
dei'eated, yet there : was nof , by nearly aixty
thousand, as many votes polled; at this election,
as there was at that time. ' Thus nearly sixty
thousand voters stayed a homo at this election,'
of whom, it is reasonable to presume, the larg
est portion were opposed to the Administra
tration. And yet our enemies call this a ri'c
tory ! A few more : such "victories," and
they'll "sing -dumb."
The News.-- The following is the latest
news ier"-"Africa" : The London Daily News
says j "We believe there is no doubt that Gen.
Simpson has resigned ' his command 'In the
Crimea, and has recommended General Eyre
'as his successor. Tha Government, however;
has declined to accept General Simpson's res-'
ignation. ; The Duke and Duchess of Brabant
arrived at Paris at four o'clock, and were re
ceived with 'great ccreinony.- Friday's "con
stitutional," speaking probatly on good au
thority, says, that according to a--letter from
Kainiesch, dated September Sth," it' wag ex
pected thut iutwo days'tirae the floating .bat
tenes, each, carrying 3G guns, would open a
fire against the North side of the harbor.
The London Daily News in its city " article,
says : The most serious change exhibited in
the Uank of Lngland returns, is the decrease
of no less than X639 647 in the coin arid bul
lion, and of 778 517 in the reverse. The ad
vance of the Allies on Pcrckop caused a rise
of one-quarter per cent, in Consols, making
the total advance of the day no less than sev
en eighths per cent compared" with prics quo
ted on Thursday ,' prior to the decision - of the
Bank Board being known. The latest quota
tions of this (Friday) afternoon," show a rise of
one and a half per cent. A favorable feature
tapon which stress is laid, is the apparent ces
sation of the drain of gold. ", Diminished anx
iety was also expressed as' rcg.irdr the" results
to be cxbibited in the "evening's Bank returns
at the same time it would appear that real J
relief would be best derived from immediate
supplies from Australia. Such arrivals would
be peculiarly opportune at the ' present ; mo
ment, as au excellent test would be afforded
lor ascertaining if the bnllion drain had really
subsided.. The Discount Market shows no
change of importance. Money continues in
good demand, and the supply is fair. -.In . the
Stock Exchange money commanded four to
four and a half per cent. , in Stock and Ex
change Bills. .. , ' ..-.fi ,j l.; -v
j The Bank , of England Returns, Oct. 6th,
state the amount of notes in circulation at
20,292,555, bing an increase - of -jC129,770 ;
and the stock of bullion .in both, departments
i' 12,399,271, showing a decrease of A'419,647
when compared wtth the previous return. : '
Ths Pexnsylvaxiax's Pyramid. The De
mocratic Pyramid. Let us look at the glori
ous Democratic pyramid that has been erect
ed in a few weeks by the indomitable masses
of the democracy, aroused to action by tne
attempted usurpations of f usion combinations:
MAINE!
' V TEXAS ! ! !
GEORGIA! ! ;..
ALABAMA ! ! ! 5 ,
VIRGINIA ! ! ! ! t ; -
INDIANA !!!!!! ! !
TENNESSEE ! ! ! ! ! 1 !
MARYLAND !!!!!!!!!
NORTH CAROLINA ! ! ! 1
PENNSYLVANIA !!!!!!!! I
Axi a Gaix of 5(M)00 ix OHIO !! !
How could Know Notliingism help but fall
from such a giddy height 1 Pennsylvania n. .
It "might be a 'glorious Democratic pyramid,
were you not under the necessity of stealing
the timber. . Maine is not Democratic, Tex
as, for the first time in its history, i not whol
ly Democratic Tennes ee is half and half in
Maryland the election is yet to come off, and
what you get of it, you can put in the pyra
mid, or the corner of your eye. Penusylva
is not Democratic You have a minoritv. Ca
nal Commissioner and do not reach your vote
oflast year by many thousands, when you
were beatten by about 10,000. In Ohio you
arc like the boy . at' school, who exult'mgly
boasted to his friends that he was next to head,
but had to admit that the class consisted of
him and another boy. Great pyramid that
stands out hi bold relief in the Pinmxjlcanian'
imagination, and nowhere c!sj; but suppose
it was a reality, what then ?. The Pennsylva
nian constructed one about three times as
high two years since and if "Sam's family
fell from that, they didn't com plain much
somebody else did though said they were
ground to powder, and blamed the bloody
Know Nothings and somebody else will have
occasion to blame them ajrain in .1856. . We
pity them, but can't help it. Sim's boys are
death on pyramids constructed by the Dou
glass and Campbell clans we know their pro
pensity, and have a tender regard for our per
sonal safety especially as we don't see how
the country could get along - without us so
we'll staud from under. The Peunsylvanian
can sit beneath the shade of that pyramid, if
there's enough of it to cast a shadow but if it
does, when it finds itself buried beneath the
wreck, it will please rememler with grati
tude, that it is indebted to us for a timely
warning and friendly admonition. -r
. Dissolving tub Uxiox. The bugaboo threat
of a dissolution of the Union, on the part of
Southern newspapers and Southern politicians
has lost 'all its lorce if it ever had any. The
Richmond (Va.) Dispatch has au article on the
subject which, contains more common sense
than is generally displayed' by writers in that
section of" our country, when sjo. iking of the
Union and its stability : "It is funny, to ob
serve the complacent and 'dogmatic ' manner
in which sundry politicians of the North and
South talk about dissolving the Union. They
speak of the matter as if it were one of the
easiest things' in tlie. world, an I .as if they
could do it. That is the grand mistake of
these" malcontent political agitators. They
argue that they hold the destinies of this vast
Republic in the. hollow of their hand. They
have but to open their mouth in a nullifying
Congressional harangue, or an elaborate Re
volutionary article, and presto, the Union Is
blowp into a thousand fragments ! ; .They take
no .account of any other, moral forces in this
gre-.'.t country, than those of an omnibus'lod
of Catalines," who; even if each had a power
for ruin as strong as his will, would not be
able to displace the smallest stone in the vast
temple of the American Confederacy. Outside
of this knot of discontented and aspiring men,
lies and immense lody of the American people,
as:: unmoved and indifferent to the , mimic
whirlwinds which xr.go in the contracted raind&
of a few iiullifiers as the ocean is to a tempest
in a teapet. Before one' solitary link can be
broken in the -golden' "chain which unites our
glorious band of. Republican States, the Amer
ic in people must be consulted the mighty
millions of fanners, mechanics and tradesmen,
the laboring and producing classes,' the men
who have interests to be affected by a change
of government, and who liave not the most re
mote intention of permitting those interests
to be tampered with without their knowledge
and consent. Whenever the' Union is dissol
ved, it will not be dissolved by Congress. The
people will unmake as they mad the govern
ment. r It was their work ; .they built it up ; it.
.is consecrated by 'their blood ; all their earth
ly treasures arc deposited In it.- Depend up
on it they have authorised no man or set! of
men, cither in Cougress or out of it, directly
or indiretly, to pull down that structure. That
is a work they reserve to themselves. t
- A Rabid Catholic The following extract
from a threading letter, to the Editor, of the
"New York Times, "r , goes a little ahead of
anything we have yet seen or heard, for auda
city and.viciousness. Offended at something
which appeared in the columns of that . paper,
the son of-"the most ancient, the holiest, and
truest Church, that exists," fumes and,. raves
as follows . .. . ... .. . i i . ...
"The sword of Damocles is suspended over
this Republic, and, as sure as there is a God in
neaven, if these sneers against His Holy Vice
gerent and the Church's holy" institutions - are
persisted in much longer; Ilis people w ill lye
come aroused, the thread that holds thiol dread
ful sword will be severed, and then woj wo!
wo ! to j-our boasted greatness, and W.ie every
other Republic that ever cursed the word thtr
historian , will 'hold ' you up to the; scorn and
coDtempt, and iidicule.of mankind Once
moro, sir, I warn yon to bewaro. We wih
you personally no harm, but your paper I am
told, is' somewhat extensively read, and per
haps you exert an influence through i(j there
fore, I hope you will heed the warning of one
who knows what he asserts. I write thishast
ily with no view of having it printed, but if
you are a gentleman, if you are a patriot, if
you are a man, for God's sako be warned of
tho consequences hefore it is too-. late, and
cease insulting high Heavefi through those
pure and holy rtAih, to whom alone he has en
trusted the keys, that can forever open the
gates of Paradise to the fallen sons of Adam.
As for the pitiful -wretch, Dick Pinto, who
wrote you from Rome, no stronger argument
could be; urged to show the necessity of the
purifying virtues of the Inquisition than is af-.
forded by his damnable letter, aud I trust in
season its efficacy will be tried upon him be
fore he escapes from the Holy City he now
pollutes with his dirty presence." :
The Pope. The health of the Pope is de
clining; he himself expresses doubts wheth
er he will live to- see another annsversary of
his election, and Speculation is already rife
about his successor. Cardinal Antonelli would,
of course, be the candidate of the absolutist
powers.1' Strange prophecies are alive in Ita-'
ly about some great catastrophe impending,'
Stupekdocs Project. A project is on foot
at Buffalo to tunnel the Niagara river, and esti
mates of the probable cost of the undertaking
have been submitted to the Common Council
of that city, by an engineer named Ws. Wal
lace. IIe considers the plan tntirely feasible,
at a cost of less than $900,000 including three
miles of railway'.' " : - . . -. '.-
Texas Rangers Bloody Battle ix Mexico
It way bo remembered that some time ago
a body of Texas Rangers, under the eocui.ind
of Captain Callahan, were with the approba
tion of the. Executive, mustered in . the west
ern part of the S Stiite.- Tho ol jecl contem
plated by them, was to i destroy ihe encnnijw
ment of Lipan Indians on the Mexican side of
the Rio Grande, and to exterminate the warri
ors ol that tribe, which had long infested their
frontier murdering their' wives and children,
and depred&ting upon onr property and sucli
Mexicans and negroes as w ould be found allied
with them.
Captain Callahan, in an address to the peo
ple of Texas, dated Eagle pass, the 4th inst.,
gives a narrative of the campaign. The Indi
an camp, he had learned, was bituatcd about
S5 "miles west of the river, near thet;ity of San
Fernando, in the-State Tamunlipas. Towards
ths 2nd inst., about three o'clock, in the . alters
r.oon, and when within ten miles of San Fer
nando the Indian camp lying on the other
sido of tiwn they descried three horsemen
approaching them from a mound of timber
about a mile to the northward.:
."At first," says Capt. Callohan, (for we now
quote his own language,) "these meu were not
noticed, we supposing them to be herdsmen
but on their approaching within two hundred
yards of us we discovered them to be chief
tains, ready dressed and painted for . battle ;
and they were evidently striving to decoy us
from our position. Forming my. men into a
line along the road, I waited for them to begin
the battle, for by this time large numbers of
them had emerged from the timber, -seemingly
with the intention of attacking us; they
soon spread out in front of us, and to our right
and left, to the amount of several hundred
horsemen, and commenced to fire onus. About
this time one of my men fired upon a chief,
two hundred yards distant, and broke a leg of
his horse. Perceiving that the enemy, coin
posed -of Indians and Mexicans, were trying
to outflank us, I ordered my men to charge,
which was executed in fine style, and thirty of
the enemy, were slain. . .'.-: -
While making our charge, the left flank of
tho enemy, which extended fur nearly, half a
mile, came in on our rear and opened on ns a
very severe fire, during which four of our gal
lant men were killed. The front and right on
which we charged, after a gallaut fire, fled be
fore us,' leaving us in possession of the posi
tion which it was our object and determination
to gain. ' . ;
Then we. discovered that our enemy num
bered some 0 or 700, and their footmen wore
concealed in tho timer, rind had not advanced
in view on the prairie. My men formed in a
strong position lieneatli the - bank of a small
creek, on which the enemy had been encamp
ed, and their whole fo:.ce coming.up against
us, we continued the bjttle for about' three
hours, when they fled in th direction of San
Fernando, leaving, as we heard this evening,
some 85 killed, and with the loss of one hun
dred wounded.
' This we learn from some Mexicans who
were engaged in the battle, and from other
scources since my report to his Excellency ,the.
Don. E. M. Pease. The same Mexicans have
also informed me .that the actual number of
our enemy was seven hundred and fifty mtn:
I "After the retreat of the enemy, which was
about dark, we, supposing-., that they would
come on us again before day,, with large rein
forcements, fell back to the Rio Grande, where
we would be sal frem any number of men,
arid any quantity of artillery they m-ght bring
aguinjst us. .'" . , - , -.. - . .,
Approaching the town of Piedras Ncra.s
about suniitse. we took possession of and now
occupy a position opposite Eagle Pass, on the
west bank of the Rio Grande. The men who
wero; killed of my command are :W. H. Clop
to!) and Ausrust Smith, of my. company of
Rangers ; Willis Jones, of Capf. Henry's com
pany, and Miv II. R. Holland's' company of
Volunteers ' - - ;
Ax Eloquent Speaker. The late S, S.
Prentis was, j erhaps, -one of thc..mit elo
quent speakers of his day. The sketch of his
life, which has just been published, alludes to
a scene at Havre de Grace, immediately after
Mr. -Wise and Mr, Menifee had spoken : . ,
"Prentiss was shouted for, and came up as
he always did, nothing t flecting him like a
courser in perfect keeping. WviphysiHt was
wonderful in that respect, his digestion was
good, his body sound, and Ire could- bear, ev
ery extreme variation of temperature and hab
it. He was nevr oat of sort,a:i 1 jst once light
ed up this scene. Said he : 'Fellow-citizens
by the Father of Waters at New Orleans 1
have said Fellow-citizens on the banks of
Ohio I have said Fellow-citizens here I spy
Fellow-citizi'iis- and a thousand miles beyond
this, North, thanks be-to Goa! I can still
s:iy Fellow-citizens !' Thus, in a single sen
tence, be. saluted his audience, drew every
man, woman and child near to him, made him
self dear to them, and by "a word covered the
continent by a line mapped the "United States
from the Gulf to the Lakes by a greeting,
warm from the hearty beaming from the coun
tenance, depicted the whole country, its pro
gress, developement, grandeur, glory and uni
on! Every :hat was wnirled in the air, every
handkerchief was: waving, the welkin rung
with hurrahs the multitude heaved upio the
stand, stood on tip-toe, and shouted cheer af
ter cheer, as if wild with joy and mad with ex
citement. Never for one moment did he re
lax his grasp upon that mass of human pas
siontj. . L:e rose higher aud higher, went up
arid up, on and on far, Tar away, like the
flight of the carrier pigeon ! ; It was the mu
sic of sweet sounds, and anon it was the roar
of. the " elements. : Figures bubbled up and
poured .themselves ..forth, like springs in a
gushing fountain, which murmer and loap ' a
while amid mountain rocks, then run smooth
and clear through green and flowery valleys,
until at length swollen into mighty-rivers,
they roll onward to the ocean!" i ; ; '
' KtoxArpER' Akhestfd. Tie Hollidaysburg
Whig states that on Saturday of last week, the
community of that borough was thrown iut'j a
state of excitement, by the, attempt of a man
from Virginia, as he represc.uted himself, for
cibly to carry off a negro, w ho, he alleged, be
longed to a citizen of Virginia,- and was his
slave. A number of citizens interfered ..with
his effort to forcibly carry off the colored man,
and demanded of him by what authority .he'
made the arrest, 'which he 'refused, staling
that he acted under tho laws of Congress, and
cursed the laws of Pennsylvania.- Not being
in possession of the . requisite authority for
carrying off" the negro, he was , permitted to
run at large. A warrant was tlieni issued for
the negro catcher, which was served, and the
defendant bound over in the sum of two thou
sand dollars for his appearance at this term of
our Court. The laws of the United States and
of Pennsylvania do not permit a man, whether
the property he claims belongs to him or not,
to forcibly and without producing his authori
tyicarry off a human being, without having his
case properly adjudicated before some legal
oficer. " " - r .. . ..
.Thaxksoivino Day. The;. Governors ... of
Pennsylvania and Ohio have designated tho
22d, arid the Governor of Massachusetts the
29th of November as thanksgiving day in their
respective States. . Maryland and Virginia will
be a week in advance of them, as theywill ob
serve the 15th of November, North Carolina
had hef thanksgiving on Thursday last. -
Political EsiiosaCk orij-iiE Pbess.- The
crook'd backed."' Richard;. of "Glostet said
Crours got by Mood, mustle "by "blood main
tained." and in theCsame mnnr.t r the; villainy
of the Kansas . business must lie sustained and
carried on: by other villainjes. There lis'; a
postmdsterv nt Atchison, in Kansas, namtd
RcBEfeT :S.-Kf.li.t, being also one of the. edi
t6rs of: the Squat.'er orereign a paper devo
ted to slavery extension, who has taken upon
himselft excltide from circulation, and send
back to the office of publication, all copies of
a t ree Mate paper called the Herald of Free
dom, lie took all of the latter, received at
the Atchison office, and wrote on each "Sent
back from Atchison, K. T. Refused." And
on one he endorsed the follow ing : -
Necessity may bring m to crime, but while I
draw breath. I cannot be induced to lcrd a hand
to a measure which 1 know to be suicidal to the
interests of the outhI cannot, and will not cir
culate this libel.".
We challenge Loris Napoleox, or any of
the ITouse of Hapsburg, or even Sir James
Gbahsim, of seal-breaking notoriety in the
British Post Office, to institute a more auto
cratic decision than this! Having thus su
perscribed the newspapers, here-bundled the
entire package and sent them back with a note
to his brother editor, telling him
'Atbre i a law new in force in this Territory
prohibiting the circulation of incendiary publica
tions. I must rcspeotf ully decline giving them a
circulation. Yoa will confer a favor by keeping
your- rotten and . corrupt effusions from tainting
the pure air of this portion of the Territory."
This case 'has been submitted to Postmaster
General Campijell, and we much mistake his
decision of character, if he does not dismiss
him for. this shameful abuse of power. To
show the danger of the tiling, bring tlic casu
nearer home! Suppose we should be o un
fortunate as to indite an article, which did not
meet the political views of 'our Postmaster
here, Joux Millek, Esq., and in consequence
thereof he shoul.l refuse to forward or distrib
ute the 'papers, and return fhetii to onr office,
what would be the pnblic verdict? Let the
answer be applied to the man Kelly in Kans
as, . and upon the verdict let the Postmaster
General mete out his punishment. Svn.
Sebastoi'Ol Rejoicing ix New Orleans.
Boom ! The rv.port'of the lust of the three hun
dred sympathetic guns has died away in the
dim distance, and the grand Te Deum, which
awakened the echoes of the old cathedral isles,
is over. During the live long day the blood
of Sevastopol's slain has been remeinliered in
claret, and the glorious charge of the Allies,
in the charges therefoi. A great day down
town was yesterday, and unique were the re
joicings. But the allies of the Allies had it all
to themselves.. The ships in port: (with but
few exceptions) refused to honor the occasion
by a display of bunting, and up town stood a
loof. Sturdy draymen drove their drays about
as if nothing rem-irkable had taken place, and
as if Celt and Saxon had not the slightest in
terest in the gloiifieitions going o.i.
At eve, when the vesper chime rang out its
tintiuabulations on the- startled air, crowds
gathered around the old cathedral, and rush
ed within it, with eyes agape, and ears eager
for melodv. There, over and jn front of the
flower-wreathed alter, the allied flags hung iu
honored place, while far m the back ground
was that banner, for the nuking d" which
Freedom,. ' - i - .
. tore the azure robe of night .
And set its stars of g'ory there."'
Aisles, .pews and jralleries were all filled
when the ceremonies of the- evening commenc
ed, and for the first time, the old Cathedral or
gan gave voice to England's national anthem.
Afterwards, an address in French was deliver
ed, but we were at too great a distance to judge
of enthusiasm displayed, save by the gestures
of the orator. - u hen tire address was closed
the chanting of the Te Deum commenced ; and
grand, glorious and majeatic it was, in its
march of solemn sounds ! The music was a
treat, even to those who have no sympathy
for the ciuse which called it forth. - - . . "
The eculiar display, of fligs, and the Te
Deum chanted in the old Cathedral, have some
thing reminiscent in them. Time was some
foTfy years- ago when, in that same Cathe
dral of St. Louis, "2'c Deutn laudamus" was
sung, because "the meteor flag of England"
had been humbled on Chalmette-'s plain. Since
then, how things have changed ! Before that
time, too, Te Deitms had been chanted for the
success of Spanish arms, and then again for
those of La Belle France. What cause shall
claim the oblation next?
From Washington. Nothing has transpi
red in relation to the negotiations pending in
London in regard to the Central Ameitcan dis
pute. But the questions heretofore in dispute,
have assumed a new aspect, and Mr. Buchan
an is charged .with their adjustment, under
new instructions.' The President's Message,
at the opening of the new session of Congress,
will of course set this subject fully before the
country, and perhaps he may in that docu
ment, be able to announce its satisfactory ad
justment. ' -
The result of our complaints against the
British Government on account of the viola
tion of our neutrality by recruiting men in our
limits for service in tiie Eastern war, is not
yet known.' " Of course1 our government has
made a strong remonstmnce, and- demanded
redress. So far as MriCrampton is concern
ed in this matter, his position here is ns yet in
no way affected. No demand has been made
for his recall. The fact in relation to him is
simply that this Government have morally
convicted him: of part cipation in an offence
against our laws and sovereignty.
Wu have, of course, demanded of the Brit
ish Government redress for tho offi-ncc com
mitted by their officers, and we leave it to tho
British Government, as they please, to dis
claim or to assume Mr. Crampton's acts. If
they disclaim his act, and say that he acted
without due'authority, and from an excess of
zeal in her niajesty'ii service, they will proba
bly punish him by a compliance with his long
deferred desire of promotion to a higher and
more EfT.ieable situation than Washington;
with which disposition he will of course be
content; if she eonffirm and approve his act.
we can havo no complaint against him, and
must settle the question as we best can, with
the .British 'government. , If that government
persists in' the" same offence, and with the co
operation of its Minister and Consuls, it would
involve a tetmination of diplomatic and con
sular functions in the United States. But the
British government will probably explain the
matter and give assurances against the repe
tition of like ; offences. Iu any event, Mr
Crampton will no doubt be speedily transferred
to some other post.
rTiiE- Missixo Eroxabt.' The Cincinnati
rime says that on the 3d inst., a number of
persons in that city plainly saw a balloon iu
the air, w hich, by "a powerful glass, was dis
covered to be a wreck, and infers that it may
have" been tho balloon of the missing aironaut,
Winchester, who made an assension at Nor
walk,Ohio, on the 2d inst., and has not bince
been heard of. The mystery involving Lis
fate has excited a wide spread interest and cu
riosity, which possibly may never be satisfied.
The most plausible explanation is that be prob
ably fell into Lake Erie, over which ho was
last seen, and that his balloou afterwards wan
dered uncontrolled through space till Its gas
wasexpended. ' ' ' ' - '
1 "Thb Successor of Henry Clay." i"uch
is the title which some Pemociatic journals
give to Senator Dixon, of Kentucky, who has
just announced his having joined the Dcnio
cratic. ranks. Of course partizan journals are
to bepaidoned lor endeavoring to magnify the
importance of tha persons deserting from the
opponents, but in this instance the title be
stowed upon Senator dixon is singularly inap
propriate. Mr. Dixon is a senator from Ken
tucky, and so was Henry Clay, but there the
similitude ceasea. Mr. Clay was the author
of the Missouri Compromise. Mr. Dix on was
the author of its repeal. When senator Douglas
introduced the Nebraska bill, it did not pro
vide f. r the repeal ofths Missonri Compromise.
Mr. Dixon introduced an amendment express
ly repealing that great measure of pacification,
and this was at lenghth accepted by Mr. Dou
glas Mr. Dixon originated the Tepcal.: What
ever praise or blama attaches to it belongs to
him ; hut it is difficult, to see how lie can be
the successor of nenry Clay; "whose only po
litical act of note is the undoing ol that which
constltated the greatest triumph of the genius
and eloquence of Clay. The illustrious Ken
tuckian has handed down ids name as peculi
arly identified with that compromise. His
career was that of a pacificator, aud in this
line Mr. Dixou makes no pretence whatever to
folow him. Ilis policy in the Senate has beeo
thoroughly iniiucal to that of Henry Clay. Ha
may a t on' the same piece of wood in the cap
itol which once held Clay, but as to a success
to Henry Clay pho ! S'orUt Jlmer.
Irish and German Know Nothixos. No
set of men on the face of the earth have been
more rigid and unyielding Know Nothings at
home than the Irish and Germans - who' have
come to our country since the last republican
f.iiluv in Europe.- For what did Daniel
O'Conncirfceep ii p" peaceful hoslIlTtIes"(fo ue
an Irish bull) against the British Government,
lor thirty years, but Tor the right ft Irishmen
to control the destinies of Ireland ? And lor
what was the rash and imperfect rebellion of
1818 ventured upon, by O'Brien, Mitchell and
Meagher, but to enable the Irish to rule their
own country And what was the secret of the
Hungarian Revolution Was it not to rid
that unhappy country of Austrian rule, arid
brinsr it under the government of the sons of
the soil I And the Italian revolution Vanie
net for what wai that undertaken?, Clear
ly like the others. It was to enablo natives
to shape their own laws free from any foreign
control. As the Irish and Germans are thus
shown to have been rigid advocates of the
principles of Know Nothingism in their own
native lands, it is truly miraculous to find
them taking the opposite ground here, and
raising up in bloody rebellion against tho
claims we Americans set up to rule America.
Why can they not. show some consistency ?
Why will they not concede to us the riht for
which they entered npon a revolution to se
cure to themselves at home ? J Let every A
uierican Democrat propound these questions
to the Foreign Democracy, and he will con
fuse and perplex them, though be may fail to
bring them ov.;r to the tru2 f tith. 3ilt. Clip.
. Kaxsvs Concessional Election. The re
turns received at St. Louis from 22 prcincts
jive Reedcr for Cungross.. 193 votes. Ther
were stiil twenty -niiu precincts to hear from,
and it was thought that his vote would exceed
three thousand. The election passed off j.ea
crably, and no persous were permitted to vot j
unless they bad leen actual residents of a city
or town for thirty days preceding the election.
The Free-soiJers ar; petting up documents
wherewith t contest Whitfield's seat, in Con
gress. , They profess to be able to prove that,
there were only four legal pro-sV.vory votei
at Franklin, while Whitfield received sixtif
ona votes tbce that out -of upwards of 2)0
votes cast Jvxj Whitfield, at Wyandotte, only
thirty were legal ; that out of 230 cast at ()a
wotatnie not over oO were legal ; that at Bap
tist Mission, which gave Whitfield over luo
votes, there were but 17 legal voters, and ou-
ly thirteen of them east ballots, and in fine,
that not 1000 legal votes were cast for Whit
field throughout' the whole Territory. Delc
gttes to the Constitutional Convention had
been chosen. Thry will form a State Consli
tution for Kansas ami apply- for admission in
to the Union. Mr, Rkedek will lie the bear
er of the Constitution and petition to Wash
ington. '
How to Bckx Coal. Putting up stoves for
the fall and winter is an important duty now
being performed by many. Tim high price of
poor' wood, and the almost total absence ol"
good, renders the use of coal a iw.itterof econ
omy. Hence anylhiug relating to the manner
of burning this precious mineral will be of ser
vice to some 'if not all our readers- An Al
bany paper says : '"There has been a great
deal said and written on the true principle ol
burning coal. The ait of, burning coal is not
yet properly understood as is ought to be. -Too
much coal is usually placed fu the stove,
by which the draft is destroyed,, and gatses
are imperfectly consumed. Stoves should be
constructed with air-tight doors, and means, of
eupplying'air to the top of the coal fire as well
as the bottom. The feed-door should never
be opened except to supply fuel. ; Whon open.,
of course cold air rushes in and cools the sides
of tho stoves, wasting coal. . When t.oomuch
aii gets in at the ' draft-door and ash-pity the'
draft is so strong, that either your stove be
comes to hot, oi you open the feed-door to
correct the evil losing heat. When no air
is supplied" to the top of the fire, about half of
your coal escapes as vapor of carbon, unburn -ed
for want of air, without which,' combustion
cannot be perfect. -Small fiaes should be in
the stove, to admit a stream of air heated, by
contact with the. stove,, and distributed to mix
with, the gas on the top of the fire v'. '
A Presidential Programme. Washiugtosi
letters state that tho Presidential programme
is already arranged, so far as the Democracy
is concerned. It is as follows." It is neces-.
sary for the South, in order to sncceed, to
car ry Pennsylvania, . This, it is believed, can
be done with a Pennsylvania candidate, and
Messrs. Buchanan and Dallas are fixed upon
as the men, awl the' Democrats of Pennsylva
nia are to choose between theml Iu this con
test Mr. Buchanan is expected to be the ; win
ner, and it is asserted that re , is already, sure
of moro than half the delegates. Either of
these gentlemen aro expected to be. ' entirely
subservient to southern interests. AH the.
other northern . States are to bo given up. ,
Pennsylvania is to stultify aid degrade her-:
self for tho sake of the offices aud patronage.
There is a hitch in this arrangement, however.
The people may refuse to ratify the bargain.
There is a steady advance of light ou the sub
ject of the encroachments and designs of sla
very, and Pennsylvania may finally emancipate
herself by the next election! If the opposi
tion forces can -be cordially united' this will
most certainly bo the case. All tho energies
of honest nin, who have the real good of the
country at heart, should be bent to effecf th.is
purpose. ' '
- 37"Fiften Tuocsaxp Germans have, it is.
said, left Hamburg, Germany, for the shores
of Texas. They are expected to arrive at In
dianola within the next month or two. - Alt
these Germans are, of course, of: the same
stripe with those who havo preceded them to
the same quarter abolitionists. Wonder if
thev intend to make a free German stat e out
of Text? ' " :"
fin