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To OonrK-PONji;:TS. Vic have received a com
.Jauni!:;tioa fron 'a-use where, the Lord only
"knows wfce-re) and if tbe author v. Ill come and read
it for us. we v. ill tall him whether or not it can le
'published'. Our pet Shanghai, could make a better
looting scrawl by travel ling over a piece of paper
after his Act had been dipped in the ink.
. L. S. Letter received and amount credited.
J X. L. Can t do it wont pay and would'nt
if it did.
. J. P. IYilinpa we'll publish. See about it.
, It. O. Made a contract to take e2ect in about
. three weeks. Your'o too late.
A Good Oppohtcxitt. We call the atten
tion of onr mechanics and builders to the ad
vertisement in another column, soliciting pro
posals for the erection of a School House, at
Curwensville. Read it.
Read Them. We publish in another column
a most excellent article on "Convents," from
the '-Christian Advocate ami Journal," which
we lir.pe none of our friends will bo deterred
from reading on account of its length. Peruse
ii carefully. We would also call attention to
the vciy pithy and able article, from the "St.
Louis Tiiieliigencer" on the '-Kansas Difficul
ties." It is well worth a perusal.
IliAWAi-iiA. Siiic; l,oxf;rELLov.- has publish
ed his pj.'in of "Hiawatha," every body is cut
ting at ill in . Even if we deemed ourself capa
ble d writing it, the columns of an obscure
country paper is not the place for a defence or
a criticism of sueh a Poem, but we' can't help
saying, that it seem to us if "Hiawatha" had
been the production of some cockney English
man, or other freiguor, it would have been all
right. Instead of being decried, it would have
been lauded as the very quintessence of poetry.
But being the production of an American Au
thor, aud exclusively an American poem, of
course it is to be cut and clashed, and consid
ered as a very mediocre atlair, by the would-be
critics, who can sec no m.-rit in anything that
Lad its origin on this side of the Atlantic.
The man who says there is no poetry in "II ia
watha," don't know what poetry is ho has not
an atom of the element in his poor, narrow,
contracted, slab-sided, fippenny-bit soul.
Cool, Veut. We have heard, or read some
where of a gentleman ordering a bottle of wine
and glasses for himself and a friend at the
dinner table of an eastern hotel, and of a large,
trapping iudividu.kl opposite, coolly reaching
across the table, seizing the bottle and helping
himself liberally to its contents. "That's
cool!" exclaimed the owner of the wine in as
tonishment. " Yes," said the individual.
tuos's ice in it .'" We thought at the time
that, as a manifestation of cool impudence, ibis
incident could not be surpassed, but it seems
that the Government of Wertemburg are far
ahead of anything this side of the Atlantic.
Their protest against the Xew Yorkers send
ing back the ship loads of criminals an I paup
ers they annually send to America, is about
the "coolest" thing we have heard of in our
experience. "It is undesirable," say they,
"that those who have been sent to America al
I'iC expense of the State or of communes, in case
th.-y should not meet with success in America,
whether it is owing to their own faults or not,
should return to their native country to be
come a burden upon the State or the com
mintcs, which in such casa would have entirely
thrown away the? cost of transporting tliem."
And the scoundrels, higblv indisrnmt, say
t!:ey aro going to
oh;g to "take a!! proper steps to
sondhs-r l-.:ck of such irdivi Iiuls!"
: i-TiA ft
:pr.cede:.ied imp(.rleua:ic?,
expreisloa, beats the devil.
to use a
Tii;
UI.iiOAI". We have leCe'iVr I a letter
iVoin Mr. M x to oml'kt, in answer to our ir.-rai-ry
t.f lajt week, and are glad to learn that he
is still breathing the pure atmosphere vf the
"blue Allcglunies," in daily anticipation of
the granting of the Letters Patent, for our
Railroad, which have been applied for, and in
the event of which, a permanent organization
of the Company will I alfectcd, an election
held for President and Directors, &c.
We are truly glad to learn that the enterprise
is-so far advanced, and we can now have some
hope that work will be actually commenced on
the road, in the coming Spring. We can well
believe that the brightest page in the history
of our town and county, will be that which re
cords the completion of the iron-link, that will
connect us in one unbroken chain with the
markets of the East.
.'Jr. ifoxTGOMLRY truly observes that our sis
ter Stales of the West, w hich have but recent
ly come into the confederacy, by the rapidity
with which they are constructing railroad eom
luunications between their remote towns and
villages, are setting us a glorious example of
enterprise, and truo "American Progress."
With the advantages which are now within their
reacbj the friends of our enterprise should
seize the golden opportunity, and with one
united, hearty, and determined effort, place
the project beyond the possibility of a failure.
The Letters Patent will of course bo granted,
;m election will be held, and active operations
.commenced. We regard the making of the
road as a fixed fact, and belie ce that in three
years from this date, we can breakfast in Clear
field and dine (at the fashionable Lour) in Phil
adolphia, and in yiaw of the usual condition of
the roads between this and Tyrone, it is cer
tainly, " consumption most .devoutly to be
Hished." .,.-
Irish Convention. An Irish "National"
Convention assembled recently at the Astor
House in New York, and after a somewhat
protracted, and certainly not harmonious ses
sion,thoy adjourned, having issued an Address
to the "Irish race," in which, among other
things, they say that undor what ever flag they
find shelter, their "natural home is among the
sweet valleys of Old Ireland, beside her histo
ric rivers, and under the shadow of her ancient
pillars, towers, and chathedrals!" Beautiful
Americas citizens, ain't tbey ?
It seems that their proceedings, as we might
suppose, werj decidedly rowdyish. Col. Doh
eny is reported to have said that he represent
ed on that liuor at least two thousand armed
men, but if Mr. M:Clenahan (editor of the Ci
tizen) was permitted to take a scat, he (Doheny)
would tai:e up his hat sind walk out. Mr. 51c
Clenahan informed Doheny, in a loud voice,
that lie would be held responsible for that lan
guage. Doheny, hiaid loud cries for order, in
sisted upon Mr. M'C'lenahau's leaving the Con
vention, pronouncing him a "tritor," and de
claring that, within two hours, he would bo
closeted with the British Consul, making that
individual acquainted with all the proceedings.
A delegate from Rhode Island, hoped that the
members would conduct themselves as men
and as gentleman, and not as ruffians. O'Ma
hony, of New York city, wanted to know what
the gentleman from Rhode Island meant, and
to whom ho applied the epithet "ruffian." A
satisfactory explanation followed. Another
delegate said that if Mr. M'Clanahan sat in
that room, no New Yorker would sit with him,
as he was a mean man. M'C. said he lied.
Th2 delegate shaking bis fist in M'C.'s face,
"I'll hold you responsible for that remark
when I get you out of doors." Another dele
gate said if any reporters were present, they
had better retire. After this breeze was over,
a delegate from Ohio rebuked the disposition
to disunion, visible in the Convention. After
awhile, v. h r.i the army was ready to march, he
s dd, they would all be squabbling ns io te;o
shonll be general, ho supposed. For his own
part, he was ready to serve in the ranks.
Thus we have had an "Irish National Con
vention," and we see by a circular publishod
in the Penntylvanian, and other "' Democratic"
pap-rs, that Irish political clubs, are being
formed, all over the State ! What next ?
Co:;ore33. The twenty fourth Congress
met at Washington on Monday of last week.
The Sen ite simply organized and adjourned.
The House of Representatives was called to
order at noon, aud was occupied until the
hour of adjournment in unsuccessful attempts
to elect a Speaker.
On Tuesday, the Senate elected a Chaplain,
and swore in a few members. The House had
four more unsuccessful ballots for Speaker,
and adjourned without a choice.
On Wednesday, in the Senate, Mr. Hale of
fered a resolution asking tho President for in
formation relative to the disturbenco in Kan
sas. Mr. Adams gave notice of a bill to
amend the naturalization laws. The House
ufu-r eix more ballots, without effecting an
election adjourned.
On Thursday, in the Senate, Mr! Hale's res
olution in relation to Kansas was laid over un
til the organization of the House. Ti:c Houso
had three more ballots for speaker without a
choice.
On Friday, in the Senate, Mr. Miller gave
notice that he intended to bring in a bill au
thor izing and facilatatiiig the construction of
a Railroad and Telegraph to the Pacific. The
House resumed the balloting for Speaker.- On
t!.c 23d ballot. Mr. Campbell, the Republican
Candidate withdrew. After the 7ta ballot
the Ilvuse adjourned.
The Representative from this District, Mr.
Barclay, voted for Richardson, the Demo
cratic candidate, ou every ballot. We vill at
tend to Mr. Barclay's casa hereafter.
Most Excellent Advice. The editor of the
Irish Jmeriran, in New York, is most strenu
ous in furthering the eilorts now being made
by the Iris h in America to rescue and redeem
their native land forgetful of the manifest
wrong of iiny movements made in 1 3 1 i 3 country
t.ivv ir.i.s an invasion or revolution in Ireland".
Tho New York 'I' i tuts rebukes the editor, n:id
oikrs l::in excellent advice by saying "the reo-pl-z
of Ireland have a perfect riiit to rebel
against the Government which t'ry think op
presses them, and to overthrow it if thev are
aohi. But the Irish in ,imerica arc not the peo
pis of Ireland. They have no right to a voice
in its government nor are tbey sudercrs from
its oppression. If tbey desired to reform it.
they vhoald have stiid there. As subjects of
the British rule in Ireland, they would have
havo had a right to rebel against it ; but, as
American citizen, they have simply nothing
at all to do with it. If a revolution should be
started in Ireland, tbey would have a right to
sympathize with it, and digesting themselves
of their American citizenship, to go thoro and
take part in it ; but if they did so, they would
forfeit all claims to American protection, and
would subject themselves to all the hazzards
of the enterprise. But the Irish who come to
live in America, who become citizens of the
United States, and thus clothed with the pow
er of self-government which all American citi
zens possess, are bound to discharge all the
duties, and conform to all the obligations of
American citizenship ; and as they have, re
nounc -d allegiance to every other government,
they have no more right to interfere with any
other than have the native citizens of the Uni
ted States. Every citizen has tho richt of nr.
patriation ; but while the Irish remain in
America, they have no right to set on foot hos
tile operations against any government with
which they are at peace. "Their duty is to be
come Americans io study the institutions of
the country to fit themselves for tho dis
charge of tho duties which American citizen
ship imposes. If they had done this more
generally; if they had acted here raoro uni
formly as Americans, and not as Irishmen ; if
they had been less clannish, less anxious to
porpetnato here their foreigu habits and feel
ings, aud more ready to adapt their, conduct
to thoir new relations, they would have given
no occason for the political movements which
are now so rife and so strong against them.
We submit to Mr. Ltxch that he would do his
countymen in America a much better service,
by urging them to become more thorough
Americans in spirit and in conduct, than by
feeding their resentments against the Govern
ment from whose authority they have escaped,
und - perpetuating the passions which made
them so wretched and so helpless at home."
Coxvexts. In a former article we inciden
tally alluded to the anomalous condition of
the female inmates of these places of ostensi
bly religious seclusion. The matter is of such
very serious importance that we think proper
formally to call the attention of our readers to
it. In so doing we are well aware that we are
venturing upon ground commonly considered
dangerous ; but we have been walking over
dangerous ground all our lives, and are now
not very susceptible to fear, unless the threat
ening evil present itself in the form of sin. Of
that we are afraid. Our acquaintance and ob
servation of it have oul- increased our dread
of it ; but of all other things considered for
midable, experience lias lessened siptjvehen
sion. We feel that we owe a duty to the ius
happy Yvomcn confined in the so called religi
ous houses of RoTrdah priests. The proverb'
"out of sight out of mind," has been too true
in application to them. Buried alive we see
bat their tombs., and feel only that kind of in
operative pity which we give to the dead. We
feel sad and 'do nothing. Tho time has come
when we may do much. Our pity should
swell into indignation now that action is possi
ble. .
fri. . : . ....
' "Z recent elections have placed in tne
legislatures of several of our States a majority
of men w ho have been elected in defiance of
Catholic opposition. They are therefore
free to act according to their judgment, with
out reference to the w ill of the Romish priests.
Heretofore it was useless to attempt any legis
lative protection of the conventual inmates.
Both of the great parties of tbe country were
courting Romanist votes, and these were well
known to be cast by the Hierarchy whenever
occasion excited them to use their authority.
The pitia' le selfishnes which so tyrannizes
over a manly character, restrained the legis
lators of the country from considering this
subject. Happily many of the recently elect
ed legistors, having nothing to hope from the
Catholics, have nothing to fear, and they may
be mentioned with impunity. It remains to
be seen whether they will prove so. We have
our fear.'.
The people of this country arc well satisfied
tliat j-oung females induced to enter convents
at a time of life when their judgment is feeble
and their imagination strong, are compelled to
remain in those strongly built places against
their will. That few of "them would remain if
permitted to exercise free volition, is a certain
ty founded on all we know of human mt-ire.
It is useless to argu ? about it. The situation
of theso women is utterly unnatural, and must
be intolerably irkso-no until the enfeebled
mind loses its power to struggle against mise
ry. Moreover a mimlr of nuns have from
time to' time escaped. (!) Alas! that this
word should in this country be th-i o-ily one
applicable to the departure of a woman from a
house where she has been ker.t without lqgal
authority. The story told by these is invaria
bly the same. They all havo become disgust
ed with convent life ; they all have been ea
gerly desirous ofd-parturc; they all havo been
carefully watched by their keepers ; and they
all declare that many, unable to c-.c:pe, are
pining miserably in their cloisters. Supposing
that the real purpose of thes'j houses is reli
gious admitting all that the priests would
have us believe of their own superhuman pu
rity, yet it is horrible that women should Le
kept in these places, after they havo found
their mistake in going into them. Why should
a young woman be compelled to be religious
alter this unwomanlv fashion? What rround
can the priests have for retaining them when
they are no longer nuns in heart ? Why keep
hypocrites in these chambers of th'; saints t Is
it not apparent that if all was right in Hiose
pdaccs the priests would expel every worn in
whm they found apostate in soul 1 Is it rea
sonable to suppose that thsy would detain by
force as a bride of the IVity, a young wefhan
whose heart was utterly unfaithful f o her vows?
It is plain enough that the priests have other
than religious views and maxims in relation to
convents.
But again : Much h is been revealed of the
abominations practiced in these places. It has
been proclaimed to the world, upon the autho
rity of Catholics themselves, that housas of re
ligion where young women are under the con
trol of Catholic priests are liable to be pervert
ed into places of shocking licentiousness and
most unmittigated despotism over the hearts,
minds and persons of the nuns. In Catholic
countries again and again ecclesiastical autho
rities have searched into these matters, and
proclaimed the horrible wickedness of nunne
ries. In our own country no authority has
ventuaed to search Ihe secrets of these pi ices;
but now and then a wretched woman has con
trived to make known to tho American peo
ple the fact that in the srtcets of their cities,
and in the prominent places of their beautiful
country, foreign ecclesiastics arj repeating
in the' convents the conduct charged upon
them in Europe. An American, a clergyman
of the Eniscopr.1 Church, who recently "wcut
over to Rome, and became a priest, while his
wife went into a convent, was so shocked by
the abominations which be witness'irt, and by
t lie attempts made upon the virtue of his wife,
that be withdrew from the church, and has
published an appeal to the world against its
wickedness. It is not at .all necessary to ad
duce facts to confirm our readers in their sus
picions of the wrong done to American women
in convenes. No body of men could have un
restrained power over women without abusing
it; and of all men, the Catholic priests, from
the nature of their relation to society, are the
least likely to bo blameless under these cir
cumstances. '-Opportunity is the most pow
erfuKtemptatiou." When opportunity is con
tinual, restraint unfelt, secresy secured, expo
sure fully guarded against, it "needs no record
to inform, us of the consequence.
When our legislatures meet they will and a
great number of houses large and commodi
ous, walled and barred, where a large number
of women are known to be confined, in the
charge of a pneshood of unmarried men. These
women are not under the protection of the
law. The law has no knowledze of them :
they have no access to it, except at the will of
inose wno Keep tiie keys of their prisons. The
law provides that a wife shall have protection
against her husband. Close as is the relation
ship by law established, it is not as close as
the relationship of the woman to the law. She
may at any time go before a magistrate and
make complaint against her husband, and the
magistrate will do her justice, even thourrh he
should send the husband to prison. The fa
ther has not uncontrolled authority over the
daughter. Tho law claims a nearer interest
in her, and interposes to shield her ninst
harshness. Were it known that a husband
kept his wife locked up, or a father his daugh
ter, an officer of the law would soon inquire
into the cause of the detention. The woman
should have leave to speak, and to speak to
those able and ready to redress her wrongs.
The State itself is not at liberty to keep a fe
male prison without permitting insiection by
the Grand Jury, that great vigilance committee-
which always watches over personal liber
ty and right. But what a husband may not
do what a father may not do what the State
may not do, is freely accorded to foreign
priests that we know not of, except that in the
land whence they came men's hearts are sick,
and their souls weary because of them. The
priests may keep the nuns locked up, nobody
interferes; they may offer them the grossest
insult3, inflict upon them the utmost outrage,
and the poor victims cannot make complaint.
NoGraudJury enters these portals, which
once closed upon the nuns, shut them in from
all the devices of society for the protection of
person.- When a nun is removed nobody
knows it; when she dies nobody necessarily
knows it there are no coroners' inquests in
nunneries. : ' "
We believe that in all Catholic countries tbc
civil power does keep the nuns under its pro
tection. Even where tbe spiritual power of
the priests is strongest, the governments exer
cise discipline over the convents. They do
net permit priests to take in w hom they please
and to do with them as they please. Yet if a
word is said here about putting these places
under control of law,' even similar control to
to that exercised in countries professedly Ro
man Catholic, a cry is raised as bitter and im
precatory as (hough vs proposed to abolish
religious privileges.
' We are convinced that the only tiling neces
sary to be done, in order to procure the pro
tection of the law for inmates of convents, is
to obtain the consent of the Legislatures to
consider whether such protection is now af
forded. If it is if females in convents arc
equal! safe from abuse as wives aud daugh
ters in the houses of our citizens well ; if not
they should be made so. Tills is not a religi
ous question, but a question of personal liber
ty. ; There is not a Catholic in the land whoso
daughter is liable to be received into a con
vent who has not a paternal interest in the
enactment of such laws as will bo operative
within the walls of the seclusion house, to pro
tect that child uo longer protected by him.
There is not a Catholic in the land but has an
interest in preventing houses of religious re
tirement from being made places of immorality.
We do not wish legal impediments to bo
thrown in the way cf women who may choose
to enter convents. It is a free couutry. If
they are unfortunate enough to make choice
of a life so unnatural, ur.philosophical, and ir
religious, the law may not properly interfere.
But the law should provide that none but the
willing Khail enter these gloomy abodes, and
it should take care that none but flic willing
should remain there. All this can be accom
plished without trenching at all upon any re
ligious right. We would suggest
1. That a woman resolved to enter a convent
shall give notice in person of such intention to
tbe Orphans' Court, (or court whatever be the
n-.me.) which is charged with the care of or
phans. If it be found that such an applicant
is of. sound mind, and legally of adult
age, the court should enter her name upon a
record kept fcr that purpose.
2. Should the woman have property, the
court should take charge of it, paying the in
come to her or her order. But the property
should not be bestowed upon the convent in
such a manner as to prevent the resumption,
at the option of the donor.
8. It should be tbe duty of the Judges of
the Court to see and converse with their ward
in convent several times daring the year, to
watch over her peison, and see that no injur'
he dorse h?r. Of course they would s.-e that
she did not remain a moment logger than she
might desire.
1. At the expiration of every year, from lhc
time of retirement, the nun should personally
appear before the Court, and renew her decla
ration of purpose to remain.1
5. In case of a desire to remove to another
convent, provision must be made" that the
ward be placed under the protection of law
wherever she might go.
6. In case of death of the ward, immediate
notice should be given to tbe Court.
7. Nuns Dro't from other countries, togo be
fore the Court and place themselves under its
protection, as in the casL- of those professing.
Now, we ask any Catholic whether there is
any thing iu theso provisions to interfere with
religious rights? Is there anything in them
which the priests themselves ought not to do
sire, if convents are what they assert them to
be ? Such laws as these would at once remove
all suspicion from tho public mind as to the
character ot convent life, ami consequently
would be the surest defence of convents from
violence. They would give peace to the un
quiet mind of" many a sincere Catholic
w ho.se sister or daughter has gone from under
bis protection, and is now in the hinds of
those whom he does not know, and liable at
any tinu to be removed he knew not whither.
What pyssiblc objection can bo made to theso
regulations? We can imagine but one, and
that one is powerful. The priests would con
sider the usefulness of convents at an end if
the law could enter at will. They would ra
ther have no convents at ail, and therefore they
will everywhere raise tiie cry of persecution,
as though, io protect women from them as
they are protectel even in Catholic countries,
were an outrage upon their prescriptive rights.
Sooner or later something of the kind will be
done, or worse will be done. The next cry of
"Help ! help," from a convent in Baltimore,
will find a response very diiferent from tho
last. The Catholics may now secure all the
religious rights involved in the convent sys
tem, and secure them jTorever. Should they
foolishly contend for rights unknown to hu
manity, law, or religion the right to sepa
rate a woman at once from the protection of
family and law, and keep her in sul jection
without accountability or restraint they may
have occasion to regret the outrage they are
daily committing, and continually multiply
ing against the understanding and heart of the
American people. Tho American flag must
float over tho convent of the priest, as well as
over the house of the citizen. We w ould havo
it float every where in peace : the emblem of
law, the assurance of protection. Ckris'iun
Advocate and Journal.
The Kaxs vs Difficulties. It appears from
our despatches, that we are having a hot po
litical stew in Kansas at last, ine story, as
it comes to us, is this: That three free soilers
went to a settler's house, named Coleman, who
is a pro-slavery man, and ordered him off.
They were armed, and gave the man only ten
minutes to leave it. He left for a short time,
but returned well armed. He met one of the
three men, w ho renewed his threats, and at
tempted to shoot Coleman, but his gun miss
ed fire. Coleman then shot his assailant, who
died immediately. Coleman gave himself up
for trial.
A mob of abolitionists, armed with Sharpe's
rifles, repaired to Coleman's house, driving
his wife and children otf, burned his house,
and ordered other pro-slavery men to leave,
and burned their houses. Deputy Marshal
Jones arrested the leader of the mob, and ob
tained the names of twenty others. Jones is
now at Lecompton, with two prisoners and
fifteen or twenty assistants. The abolition
ists are gathering at Lecompton, demanding
the release of their comrades and tho surren
der of Coleman. The Governor has issued a
proclamation calling the militia to the assis
tance of the oflicer.
Now, we have a few remarks to offer on one
feature of this caase only. Wc shall attempt
no surmise as to the full truth of the story as
it comes to us. There are, however, it is well
to remember, always two sides to a story, and
one will do very well till the other comes.
But we w ill take it for granted, for the pres
ent, that we have received the full and vera
cious account of the origin of the violence and
bloodshed that have just disgraced the soil of
Kansas, and that will, from the peculiar state
of the public feeling at this time, send a thrill
of apprehension and horror throughout the
country. Tho feature of the case that we
wish to comment on is this: The first news
of the affair that reached Jefferson City,
where the Mrssouri Legislature is in session,
was by a despatch f rom Mr. Eoojie, a citizen
of J ackson county, Missouri, to Mr. McCarthy,
a member of the Missouri Legislature. . That
despatch contained this sentence: !
: "We want help. Communicate this to the
friends." ' . ;
Now, in the devil's name, who" is it that
"wants help!" And what do they want "help"
for? Do the citizens of Missouri want "help?"
Who or what is putting the citizens of Mis
souri in peril so great that the legislators and
the "friends" at Jefferson must "help."
Is it not the government of Kansas that
wants help ? If so, let them call on President
Pierce for assistance. Kansas is under tho
care of the federal government. Missouri has
no duty to perform in the premises. If the
national government cannot take care of its
own pets and appointees, its Reeders and Wil
son Shannons, why let Pierce resign, and a
new government come in. The people of
Missouri are not the ones to be called on to
back up the miserable political puppets that
Frank Pierce shall send out from the Eastern
States, to play the fool and introduce blood
shed and anarchy in Kansas.
If the poor imbecile of the White House
had possessed the good ser.se or the justice to
put over Kansas, at the beginning, a Western
man, of high character, courage and experi
ence, there never would have been a particle
of trouble in forming tho community there in
to a quiet and thrifty State. But instead of
that, wc had Ileeder and his free soilers, then
Shannon aud bis pro-slaveryism all wretch
ed, time-serving, placo-seeking demagogues,
who have played out their reckless game for
political aggrandisement and drawn upon
poor Kansas the curss of lawlessness and
blood.
Now, let Pierce reap the fruits of bis imbe
cility. Let not the people of Missouri, by
any urgent appeal or cunning device, be
drawn into the internal feuds of Kansas. It
looks very much as if there were a preconcer
ted effort to do this very thing. Our despatch
es from the West say that parties have already
proceeded from Independence into Kansas,
and that "meetings have been held at Weston
and St. Joseph's, and companies formed to go
to Kansas."
There it is! Now, is not this conduct most
fatal to Missouri interests and bouor? In
heaven's name, kt Pierce and his political
pets his Kansas ofiicbils take care of them
selves. Have we not leen told, time and
again, that tbe pro-slavery party were the peo
ple of Kansas; that four fifths of the actual
settlers of Kansas were supporter of the Ter
ritorial oflicersand the Territorial Legislature,
and that the free soilers were an insignificant
squad out about Lawrence, who were devoid
of courage and fit only to be laughed at?
And now, forsooth, the United States offi
cials in Kansas, and the all-prevailing pro
slavery people of Kansas, arc in deadly peril,
and "despatches from Weston and St. Joseph
state that large meetings of the citizens have
been held, and companies formed to go to
Kansas all to protect that country from tbe
"paupers and hirelings" lately shipped to
Kansas, like so many cattle, we were inform
ed, at the expense of Emigrant Aid Societies.
It does seem to' us that one of the devil's
own choicest humbugs is exploding in "this
call on Missouri for "help.' St. Louis Iuiel-
('gc
er, Vec. 1.
The Kansas DirFicri.Tr. It seems that
President Pierce has taken no positive steps
as to the requisition of Governor Shannon for
United States troops. When Shannon's des
patch was first received in Washington its au
thenticity was doubt- d by the President and
bis Cabinet, but when the fact that the thing
was not a hoax r.ppeared to be satisfactorily
established, the President telegraphed Sban
on to employ all tho authority at his com
mand to suppress the outbreak, . jind when a
full and formal statement of the facts in the
case should reach Washington, the govern
ment wouIJ act as tbe exigency of the case
should seem to demand. It is regarded by
the President as u question requiring in every
aspect very delicate treatment, particularly as
the County Sherfl'and not the United States
Marshal appears to have been the executive of
ficer. In this state of the case i summons by
him to the government troops at lort Leaven
worth would hardly meet with a favorable res
ponse, as such troops are entirely beyond hi3
jurisdiction, and not subject to the posse com
mitatus call. If tbe President filially con
cludes in accordance wit Ii the requirements of
Governor Shannon, he must first issue his
Proclamation of Warning, unless there be in
deed open positive rebellion. So the immi
nent danger of grave consequence at present
is not seemingly impending, as far as the arm
ed interference of the Goverment is concern
ed. The Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Snn says Governor Shannon may have
acted'upon false or exaggerated complaints,
aud there is also reason to believe that it was
intended to create a row just at the moment of
the organization of Congress. Governor Shan
non being armed by the United States, may so
use his authority as to quiet the agitation, if
any prevails, or to increase or aggravate it.
It is not stated in the' despatch of Governor
Shannon what particular laws have been re
sisted by the inhabitants but it is known that
a portion of them regulate all the laws cf the
Territorial Government, though they do not
resist their execution by violence. Tncy do
not sue for certain before the Justices, nor
resort to the Courts of Probate. But it is un
derstood that they intended to resist the actu
al execution of the 12th section of the sedition
law, which provides for the punishment of any
person with fine and imprisonment, who may,
iu words spoken, deny that Slavery exists le
gally in Kansas. A person was convicted nn
dcr this act, and the Free State people had
determined not to resist the law unt il sentence
should be passed, when they would interfere
to prevent its execution. So it is possible
that this is the cause of tho present disturbance.
E Tho steamship Atlantic-arrived on Fri
day evening, with European advices to the 17,
ult., one week later than those previously re
ceived. The news is interesting, but not im
portant. Financial matters. were in a very fe
verish and unsettled state. "Weak at 88," is
the latest report of the price of consols. Cot
ton contiuued firm, and an improvement in
breadstuff is noticed. From the Crimea there
is scarcely a word of the least importance.
Omer Pasha has gained a victory over the
Russians in Georgia. In the absence of more
imposing achievements this has been loudly
extolled by a portion of the press. The Prais
Exhibition closed on the loth inst., with great
pomp.
Psalms vs. Hxms. A maiden lady, suspect-
1T1IT tlnf liar fnmoln Kmint, 1V.1S rCffalinff her
beau upou the cold mutton of the larder,called
Betty, and inquired whether sue am noi near
some one speaking with her dow n stairs. "Oh
no ma'am," replied tbe girl, it was only mo
singing a psalm." "You may amuse yourself,
Betty," replied the maiden, "with Psalms,
but let us have no Jiims, Betty. I have a great
objection to biras."
K7" The merry holidays are aproaching; the
days that are so fondly anticipatepby children.
Parents, make your children as happy as pos
sible, at these times as age and knowdedee
comes on apace, their joys break away, and
vexation ocupies ther minds.
: ' 7 :;; PENCIL NOTES.
Blustery the weather.
Commences Court on Monday next
Settled the railroad question. We're touni lo
have it.
Rumored that we have sold the Journal Per.
haps to. .
JJnorganizeit the House of Representatives, up
to last advices.
Local tuftrs. Koad the Sheriff's sales, which ar.i
to take place next week.
In statu quo tho war and tho state of politic
in Europe. Xo news of importance.
Wantei ladly a town clock. 'We ought to
havo something to keep us straight.
Going fast and the ' throe fips"' we got
last week'.. Wb"11 soon l -strapped.'
Wanted potatoes, at tho highest market prico.
at this office. Who has any for u.lo?
Getting plenty fresh butter, and marketing
generally. Prices still keep cp "however.
A tntisancf the stables on the street opposite
onr office. They are a disgrace to the town.
Returned ike Rev. Mr. C.opar, froci his trip
to the South He looks mueh improved in health.
Colap.e4mT pocket book, aud the individual
that tried to steal our Ehaoghai. Got hurt, did'nt
you?
DiVnl come our daily papers last night. Got
no mail, consequently wo are a day behind the
uews.
An stent. Wo re got a h 1 of a cold tha Lost
apology we can make for want of interest in our
pencil notes.
Out on a hunt the -African Senator.' Would'nt
wc like to be in seeing digtaueo, when he'd get
the first si-jht of a deer ?
To our readers If we issue a paper next week
at all, it will be later than our usual day of pab
lication. Wc cant help it.
To le hojted that our subscribers will provido
us with a little of ' tho needful" at the coming
court. We're -hard up,' and must have it, somo
how.
A comet the Jefferson Str. It makes periodi
cal visits, but there's a mighty long time between
them. Do you issue quarterly or Scini-anuallv
Mac?
Pnhaps. 'Somebody's rejoicing that we'vn
isold out.' Take gare, my buek, you're not out of
the woods yet. Don't be too sure of your '-good
news."
CreJitahle the efforts ef the Proprietor of tho
Stage line to accommodate. The drivers all make
excellent time now. There is a decided improve
ment lately.
Interesting thji! conversation among the Iadlea
the other night, and the reason aligned for the
"slou? coach." Stir up the animals with a -lonsc
pole,' and they'll more faster.
Good idea. The signatures to the petitions for the
repeal of the Restraining Liquor Law. will bo
published in pamphlet form as soon as they, are
presented to the Legislature
Pnssihle that no paper will be issued during
court. If so. our readers may attribute it to the
making of negotiations which will probably cause
an entire change in the establishment.
A fast man the b'hoy that plays the fiddle, and
does some other taings tico at a time. Go it Ed.
and you'll soon supply Barnum 'with specimens'
which we'll guarantee, will take the prize.
iVifip winlle. At Davenport, Iowa, recently,
when some lots, of ground were to be sild at auc
tion for r.on-payment cf taxes, the sale, by the di
rection of the authorities, was opened with prayer.
Not received yet the President's Message.
Dont supposo it will amount to much, when wc do
gct it. If it does, it will create m ro surprise
than anything that has ever yet euiicated front
the same source.
Query why dout tho Presbyterian Congrega
tion, get a bell for their Church? It is r&lber
singular that wc havo not a church bell iu town.
The '-things'' on the Court IIoue aud Academy
sound like cracked tea kettles.
Agitatel the question of whether or not the
Commissioners should build anew Court House, or
make some addition to the present building. It's
entirely too small, and ought either to be enlarged
or torn down, and a new one erected.
Or ful the preparations made by our sportsmen
on Monday for one grand hunt. Tl.o way tho
knapsacks, 'pocket pistols,' etc., flew round. led us
to think they were about to storm Sebastopol. We
suppose there will bean awful slaughter ou on
the commons.
S.i.' Convention. The Locofuccs have f xed
upon the 4th of March next as the time for holding
their State Convention, to nominate candidates for
Surveyor General, Auditor General, and Canal
Commissioner, and for electing delegates to the
National Convention.
Notice. Our devil has notified us that Lo wast
'a quarter on Christmas. In view of this impor
tantfact. we hope some of our subscribers will clu
together and try if they can raise us that amount
by that time. If not, we'll have to pawn our boots,
and its rather cold to go bare-foot.
American- Prospects in Ariansai, Tbe Arkan
sas Iticll says that the American party will have
tie assendency in Arkansas at the next election,
thore can be scarce the shadow of a doubt. The
party already numbers about 17.000 men, good"
and tree, and is increasing rnpidly.
Keen the reply of tho g'hal who was solicited
to form a matrimonial alliance with an exoecdiog
Iy small specimen of the "genus homo." Sard
she, '-Oh no. I cau't think of it, for tho fart is.
John, you are a Utile ton big t? put in. a cradle
and a little too tmill to put iu a bell
Drptxrted our 'fireman' the immortal Ofcaley
for parts unknown. Sorry he's gone, for he
was a clever fellow, and deserves to bo immortal
ized for the feats of daring Le performed on "Old
Segacety s gray, at the Harvest Home, last fall
Wherever you are 'Nealey,' take care that you
don't 'fire up"1 once too often.
Singular that boys, and men who for years
havo been going to the devil, like a train of ear
down hill on a greased track, can get liquor when
ever thoy want it, and yet we have not a licensed
house in town ? Where doss it come from ? Why
do not the officers see to this matter ? Somebody
will get themselves into a "pucker-snateh" shortly.
A question. Suppose some of the wooden buil
dings of which our town is principally composed,
should take fire on a windy day or night, how
would wo pretend to arrest the progress of the
flames, without an engine, or any other modo of
extinguishing them except with buckets ? Would'nt
nearly the entire town be laid in .ashes? Why.
does not the town Council procure a fire engine?