A to ,5 a t I t if 1? doubted rhblic securities, and coin in such 1 proportion to circulation ami deposits as may be deemed sufficient to secure their conver sion into specie, on demand, with proper lim itations and restrictions, is deemed preferable to the present system. Irs introduction would correct many existing abuses not only in the system itself, but in the present ruode of bank ing. These questions. however, with the rem edies necessary to prevent a recurrence of the evils under which we now suffer, together with the nature and extent ot the relief, if any, that may yet be required bv the Banks of the Commonwealth, to enable them to resume the payment ol their liabilities in specie, are all referred to the wisdom of the Legislature. They are practical and important business piestions, and as such should receive your in telligent consideration. The present condition of our Commonwealth and country deserves at least a passing re mark. A severe financial revulsion has oc curred, inducing a suspension of specie pay ments by the Banks, not only ct tiiis Com monwealth, but of all the States ot the Union, deranging the currency and atiecting disas trously all the great interests of commerce rnd the industrial pursuits of the citizen. Labor is without employment, and thousands of strong active men are now asking for work or bread. The causes assigned for these evils are almost as various as the interest or pre judices of those who undertake their explica tion. To whatever cause or causes they may be referred, it is neither just, nor proper to charge all our present financial and commer cial distress to the Banks and their manage ment. However much they may have con tributed, other causes have operated still more directly and powerfully to produce these re mits: and among them first in importance and influence is the present system of !oi du ties, in connection with the warehousing sys tem, adopted as the policy of the General Gov ernment in lSi'3- The abandonment of ti e protective policy, as embodied in the Tariil act of 1842, was resisted by Pennsylvania with a unanimity almost unparalleled in her history. Iler representatives in both branches of the .National Congress strenuously opposed the repeal of that act. The evils under which we are now suffering were predicted, as a conse quence of such repeal. But other counsels prevailed, the act was repealed, and the indus try ct the country exposed to a rninons coin petition with the cheap labor of foreign na tions. The disastrous effects of the repeal, were postponed by the operation of causes well understood I y every intelligent citizen. Famine abroad produced an unprecedented demand for our breadstr.rfs, and the pol l of California, although it may have added to the excitement of our proiress, and contributed its full share in producing existing financial and commercial embarrassment, in millions, supplied the means of paying the overwhelm ing balances against us en our foreign impor tations. Under the present system ot low duties, the escess ot imports over exports has been beyond the most extravagant wants o!" the country. They have been enormous aud ruinous destructive if domestic industry, and involving the home manufacturer and home lalor, in one common ruin. We have imported more than we could piy lor, and much more than we needed. Pennsylvania abounds in iron ore. Iron and its manufac tures are justly regarded asimportaut elements of her material wealth ; and from her abun dance, it properly fostered and protected by a wise national policy, could supply the markets of the world ; and yet, since the passage of the act of lSlu, we have imported of iron and teel and their manufactures, more than two hundred millions of dollars in value; paid for in gold er our bonds and stocks, now held by foreign capitalists the interest on which but adds to the burdens imposed upon us by our foreign indebtedness. The same is true of many other important branches of home in dustry. Many millions in value of cotton and wcolen goods have, during the same peiiod, l-een imported, that should have been made in our own workshops, should have been woven on American, and not on British, French or German looms. As an example of the practical working of the system, otliciil documents exhibit the fact, that during tiie past four years, the im ports of foreign merchandise exceeded our exports one hundred and eighty-four millions two thousand seven hundred nd sixty-eight dollars; aud as a co!isepien.:e, the drain of the precious metals was correspondingly great. The amount of specie sjnt out of the country during that period was two hundred and thir teen millions three hundred ami sixty-four thousand three hundred and eighty-four dol lars; specie imported, twenty-six millions nine hundred and twenty-seven thousand four hundred and twenty-seven dollars: leaving a balance against us on specie account ot one hundred aud eighty-six millions four hundred and thirty-six thousand nine hundred and titty-seven dollars. This depleting process, aggravated by excessive importations, unset tled the currency and induced an inflated pa per circulation, resulting in bank suspensions and financial embarrassment. But the evil does not end here. An inflated paper curren cy, by cheapening the price of money, increa ses in this country the cost of production, and thus, whilst the American manufacturer is ex posed, under a system of low duties, to a ru Itious competition with the cheap labor of Eu rope, he is paid fcr his goods in a curreiiey less valuable than that paid to his foreign com petitor. As a necessary result, the home fab ric is driven from the market, aud the home manufacturer ruined. The operation of these causes, stimulated by low duties, is suilicient todestroy the industrial energies of any people. With there facts before usit is no matter of surprise that our mills, factories and furnaces have been closed, and thousands of honest laborers thrown out of employment ; that com merce has scarcely an existence, that bank ruptcy and ruin are around us, our general prosperity paralyzed. To avoid these disas ters, to which we have been periodically ex posed, reform not only in our system of bank ing, but in our revenue laws, becomes indis pensable. If the principle of the act of 1812 had been preserved even if its rate of duties had been reduced onr specie, by millions, would not have gone into foreign coffers to build up and sustain the foreign manufacturer; homo indus try would be prosperous, and the cry "we want work," issuing from a thousand lips in our large cities and manufacturing districts, would not now be heard ; nor would a foreign debt of nearly five hundred millions of dollars exist, to startle and alarm ns. That system that practically prefers foreign to home labor; that keeps our workshops in Europe, instead of bniiding and supporting them here ; that takes our gold to pay the wages of the British laborer .whilst our own are without employment and without bread ; that fills the eountry with foreign merchandise, to the exclusion of the borne fabric ; that lays the British rail upon the road through our iron districts, and by onr rolling mills, whilst they are silent and deserted, and tbat invites to speculation and extravagance, is at war with every true Amer ican interest,and should be at once abandoned. A period of low duties has altvays been mar ked by excessive importations; large exports of specie 5 overtrading ; bank expansions and snsensions. and financial and commercial re vulsions. Under the protective policy, these peculiar and startling characteristics of free trade bave all been wanting. The history of the country establishes these facts. A well regulated tariff", adjusted to protect the pro ductive industry of the country, is not only the true policy of the government, but is a better regulator of the currency, and a more certain security against bank expansions, than any system of paius and penalties yet devised for the control of banking institutions, or the operations of capital. To this we should re turn. Pennsylvania is yet true to her ancient and long cherished convictions of its proprie ty and necessity. She may have been misled. Political and partizan pressure may have lor ced her from her true position. This was her misfortune, not her fault. She sees and feels the wrong, and with an emphasis, intensified by her injuries, will demand redress; protec tion for herself, and thj great industrial inter ests of her people. The agricultural interests of fhe country should ever be fostered :.nd sustained by the Shite. They arc first in necessity and useful ness, and constitute the basis of State and Na tional prosperity. Upon their progress and development depend the success of our me chanical, manufacturing and commercial In terests. Agriculture, in its varied and multiplied re lations, is the unfailing sotiice of national wealth, and to its promotion all should con tribute. Individual enterprise and liberality, State and county associations, have done much to advance this important branch of pro ductive industry: Iifive collected and circulat ed much valuable information ; and encouraged Ly their honorable exertions, the progress of scientific and practical agriculture. Science and art have nobly profiered their aid the State should not withhold her encouragement and support. I have heretofore recommended the estab lishment of an agricultural bureau, in connec tion with souu one of the State departments, to give ciliciency to the collection and diffu sion of useful knowledge on this subject. Im pressed with the necessity and usefulness of such a bureau, I again earnestly recommend it to your favorable consideration. The Farmers' High Sciiool of Pennsylva nia," an institution incorporated by the Legis lature of 18-73, is entitled to the especial atten tion of the friends of agriculture. In the teachings of this institution, the scientific and the practical are united ; end whilst the art of farming, arid all that pertains to the manage ment, business and work of a farm, will be the subject '.f instruction, the natural sciences, in their relati-m and application to practical agri culture, will also be taught. The student of the institution will be enabled to test, in bis daily occupation, the truth and value ot the knov, ledgo communicated. Much of the land ronnceted with the school has been successfully cultivated during the pa: year. Orchards of every variety of fruit, and hedges, have been planted, and mauv val uable mi i 'lot em ems iiia'ie. uouoic sii ieu barn, large ana convenient, as also t; er's house and l-art of the out-LuiUlin larm . have been ei wf-ted ami occupiet From the report cd' the trustees we learn that "a contract has lirin made for the erection of an edifice calculated for the residence of pro fessors, lecture halls, and dormitories for stu d jiits, to be built of stone, four stories high, two hundred and thirty-three feet in front,with wings, and to cost fifty-five thousand dollars. This building is already in progress, and it is hoped that a pait of it may be put under roof and be so far completed as to enable the board to make arrangements to receive a few stu dents before the close of the current year." The Legislature, at their last session, appro priated SoO.OjO to this institution, one-hall" of which has been paid ; the remaining $2",IH0 will be paid on condition that an cijual sum be realized from other sources, w ithin three years from the passage of the act making tin; appropriation. The objects and character of this institution its' relation to agricultural know ledge, and the pioneer in the great work of agricultural education, commend it to the generous pa tronage of the Legislature, and to the confi dence, and liberality of the people of the Commonwealth. The report to be submitted by the Superin tendent of Common Schools w ill pi t scut a clear and satisfactory statement ol the general ope ration of the sys.tem during the past year. The seperation o' the School from the State Department, by the act of the hist srssion, was a just tribute to the importance and value of our common school system. The great edu cational interests of the State, the care and guardianship of the intellectual, social and moral improvement of the youth of the Com monwealth, should occupy a prominent and independent position among the departments of the government. Ii the care of the trea sure of the Commonwealth, the development of her mate! iul wealth, and the advancement ol l.er politico-economical interests, have re ceived from the government the marked a:id distinctive recognition of their importance, how much more should the mind of her youth with i:s wondrous activities its constantly unfolding energies, and its iniinite superiority to ti:o material and physical, claim a stiil higher consideration, and receive from the representatives of the people, a more honored recognition. As un independent department, greater efll ciency will be given to the system a more di rect and immediate supervision will be secur ed the details of its operation more careful ly observed its deficiencies discovered its errors corrected the accomplishment of its noble purposes and objects rendered more cer tain, and tha system itself saved from the dangerous sad debasing influence of political excitement, and partizan prejudice. The county snperintenJency, tested by ex perience, iias realized the just expectations of the lriends of the measure, and may now be regarded as a permanent and indispensable part of the system. When committed to com petent men, it has accomplished a noble work in promoting the success and ussfulness cf our common schools; and wherever the duties of the oilice have been faithfully performed, the character of the schools has been elevated, their number and the number of scholars in creased, and the confidence and encourage ment of the public secured. In the hands of incompetent men, these results have not been obtained ; but, on the contrary, opposition has been provoked, and the cause of common school education retarded. This office should not Imj committed to any but men thoroughly qualified by education and experience for the performance of its arduous and responsible du ties ; and if the school directors of anv coun ty, in disregard of their obligations, from op position either to the system or the office, se lect an incompetent person for the place, the odium cf the act, and of failure to secure the benefits resulting from a proper and intelligent administration of the office, should rest upon them, and not upon the law authorizing the appointment. The defects of the system, when clearly established, should be promptly cor rected ; but change is not always reform ; and innovation, induced by selfishness and pre judice, may endanger its permanency and des- trov its efficiency. fhe act cf the 20th dif of May, 1857, pro viding for the due training of teachers for the common schools of the State, by encouraging the establishment of Xormal schools within the districts designated in the law, has receiv ed the cordial approbation of all interested in the succe.s of our common schools. The pas sage of that act inaugurated a new era in the history of common school education in Penn sylvania. It ia a movement in the right direc tion ; full of encouragement and hope for the greater perfection and usefulness of the sys tem. Large and enthusiastic meetings of the friends cf education have been held, in many of the districts, to promote the establishment of .Normal schools, as contemplated by the act; and liberal sums of money have been! subscribed to secure this desirable object. A noble work has liecn commenced, and sustain ed by individual enterprise and liberality en couraged by the State, and vindicated by its own intrinsic merit, it must go on until State Normal Schools, in number and efficiency, equal to the supply of wen-trained teachers, shall become the just pride and boast of Pennsylvania. The organic structure of our system is as perfect, perhaps, as human legislation can make it ; but it needs the competent ami thor oughly trained teacher to givu it greater vital ity and efficiency, and secure the full accom plishment of the purposes of this creation. The teacher, the .properly educated, the well trained, the scientific teacher, is the great want of the system. We need the teaching mind, not the automaton movements of mere physi cal organization or antiquated routine, to di rect and control the intellectual energies of the youth of the Commonwealth. We require mind, educated mind, in our schools, that knowledge may be communicated, not only ef fectively and practically, but that in training the young, they may be taught to think and how to think to investigate, and know for themselves, and thus be fitted and prepared for the high and responsible duties of the man and the citizen. This deficiency can only be supplied by State Normal schools for the education of teachers. To them we must look. The future is full of hope. Much has already been done to provide for their establishment and support. In connection with honorable individual effort, more legislative encouragement may be re quired. It should be given cheerfully and promptly. No subject of greater interest can claim your attention; no one appeals with more reason and truth, to duty ami patriotism. Teachers' institutes, as auxiliary to Normal schools, should be aided by the State. Through their agency, sustained by the noble and self denying efforts of the teachers themselves, much good has been accomplished in educat ing and training teachers, and in dignifying a profession too long undervalued by those most deeply interested in their useful labors. In the great woik of popular education. there should be no retrograde movement in Penn sylvania no yielding to the impotent clamor of" ignorance, selfishness or prejudice, in their attempts to stay its progress. These, one and all, may denounce and condemn, but virtue, patriotism, truth, bid you onward. Let the system be maintained in its unity and useful ness : let it be improved and perfected in its details; but let no act of yours impair its strength, or ni r the beauty and harmony of its proportions. Based as our institutions are on the will of tha people dependent for preservation on their virtue and intelligence knowledge with us should occupy the high position to which it is so pre-eminently ci. titled. Knowledge, founded upon the pure principles of eternal truth, is the crowning glory of the citizen the safeguard and defence of the State. Ed ucation, full and free to all. is the boon we ask for the children of the Commonwealth it is th? duty, paramount to all others, the State owes to her citizens. The aid of the Common wealth should be liberally bestowed. The subject, in all its relations, is warmly commen ded to the generous care and patronage of the Legislature. Legislation, whilst properly encouraging the development of the material w-ea!i!Wof the State, should recognize t!ie still higher obli gation to improve the social, intellectual and moral condition of the people. The amelio ration of human suffering, the reformation of the erring, and the correction of youthful vi cioiisncss, are objects that deserve the atten tion of the philanthropist and statesman. To secure these results, the educational, charita ble and reformatory institutions of the Com monwealth should be fostered and encouraged by liberal legislation. The several charitable and benevolent in stiiiitions of the State are recommended to further encouragement and aid The Militia system is very imperfect, and requires revision. Yo!iuitecrcomp.inies should be better encouraged. The new Arsenal at Philadelphia is corn plated. A monument to the citizen soldier? of Penn sylvania who died in the service of their coun try in the Mexican war, is recommended. The State Geological Report will soon be finished and published. Under the bite amendments to the State Constitution, the Legisl dure will he required, at the present session, to apportion the city of Philadelphia into single Senatorial and Rep resentative districts. Not the least in importance amongst the recommendations of the message, is the erec tion of a Governor's House. This comes w ith preat propriety from the present Executive. Being about to retire from office, it cannot be charged that he is actuated in the recommen dation by any .selfish motives. It is a measure of eminent propriety, ami we hope the Legis lature will concur ia the views ot tha Govern or, and carry out his suggestion. In my last annual communicatoin to the General Assembly, my sentiments were fully expressed in reference to reform i;i the nat uralization laws, and the admission of appli cants to the rights of citizenship to the pre servation of the purity of elections, by the prevention ami punishment of fraudulent and illegal voting, and the enactment of a judicious registry law to freedom as the great centre truth of American republicanism the great law of American nationality to tnc rights of the States, as Independent Sovereignties, and the power and duty of thcGeneralGovernment to prevent the extension of the institution of slavery to the free territories of the Union to the wrongs of Kansas, as exhibited in the violation of the doctrine of popular sovereign ty by t'.'e General Government, in its attempts, by the military power of tiie country and otherwise, to defeat the will of the majority in that territory ; wrongs still existing and aggravated by recent outrages on the rights and privileges of that jioople and approved by the high National . Executive authority. To the views then presented, you are respect fully referred. lie refers, iu appropriate terms, to the ex piration of the period of his term of office, and remarks : "I will surrender to my suc cessor the cares and responsibilities of the of fice I now hold, with greater cheerfulness tiian I assumed them ; and will return, without a murmur, to the society and companionship of those who can approve without selfishness, and censure ouly at the bidding of truth and friend ship. To the judgment of impartial history I commit my administration and its acts, with out a fear of the result ; and when time shall have softened the asperity of partizan feeling healed the bitterness of disappointment, and corrected the errors of prejudice, truth will sustain the judgment and justice approve the record. Our beloved Commonwealth, rich in all the elements of material greatness, her broad and fertile fields her lofty mountains, filled with iueshaustiblo mineral wealth her rivers and her streams her internal improvements her furnaces, rolling-mills and factories her col leges, academies, aad her noble system of common schools her churches and charitable institutions her population, enterprising, en ergetic, intelligent and prosperous all these arc justly the pride of every true-lieartcdPenn-sylvanian. Our mighty republic "tiie free heart's hope and home" the Constitution and the union of the States the civil and re ligious privileges of the people the right ol conscience and freedom of worship the great and essential principles of liberty and free government, here enjoyed, and our American Nationality, founded in a true and single de votion to home and country, are oljects that fill -with patriotic emotion, the heart of every American citizen. May they be cherished and defended until patriotism ceases to bo a virtue and liberty' be known only as a name. The true glory and greatness of a nation consist, not itlone i:i the number, privileges or intellectual superiority of her people, her material wealth or physical strength, her po litical position or form of government. "Righteousness cxalteth a nation," and "hap py is that people whoso God is the Lord." Our fathers trusted in II im, aud were not dis appointed. Recognizing Him as the Sovereign Ruler of nations and men ; invoking a con tinuance of His watchful care over the inter ests of the Commonwealth, and His blessing upon your official labors may your acts and tiie acts of those who ma' succeed us in the administration of the government, iu their character and results, be such as patriotism demands, and hone r, truth and conscience can sanction and approve. Jams Pollock. Kansas. Authenticated information has been received at Washington, dated Fort Scott, Kansas, Dec. 2;th, which states that a force of three hundred armed Missnuriuns who "hare been encimpcd near the Fort,'" were compelled by (Jen. Lane to liberate thirty Free State prisoners and return to Missouri. One hundred U. S. Dragoons,w ith civil officers, proceeded to arrest a number of the FreeState party, but Lane, having a powerful foice at his back, forbid it. The arrests were attempted to be made under the "bogus" Rebellion Act. The U. S. troops avoided a collision with the Free State force and returned to Leavenworth. Lane then broke up his camp and returned to Leavenworth. Peace was considered restored. The recent acts of the special session of the Legislature are sustained by the people cf Kansas. A letter dated Lawrence, Kansas, Iee. 28th, states that the election returns thus far, show six thousand votes on the Lecomp ton Constitution, and the Lecomptonites boa:t that there will be ten thousand cast. The mie letter states the writer's opinion that the FreeState men will probably bo induce 1 to j vote the '-bolter's ticket," adopted by the secessionists from the late Free Slate Conven tion. It comprises a full list of names fori State officers. Thk Hero of Six Jacinto. Sam Houston has done a good deal in his life. One car. hardly help calling him1'()ld Sam," and slap ping his metaphorical back at the idea of his exploits among the chapperels-aud llowery forests of Mexico. He arrived in Richmond, Va., the other day. Says the Whig. 'die passed through Lynchburg on his way hither, and not fancying the idea of crossing the High bridge on the line of railroad, concluded to try the canal packet. Tiie Lynchburg Courier thus notices his personal appearence : He is six feet four inches high, large in proportion, and as straight as an Indian. He has but lit tle hair "on the top of his head," and what he has, has been silvered by the touch of time as has also the large moustache which digni fies his upper Hp. He w ears a vest made of some kind of animal's skin, (wild cat appar ently,) has his pantaloons stuffed in the legs of his boots, and altogether presents quite a backwoods and dilapidated appearance at least so far as his dress is concerned. As General Jackson said of the old soldier who vouhl get corned Sam has achieved enough and fought enough to wear his pantaloons any way he pleases. Important from the Utah Expeihtion. The St. Louis Republican of Jan. 8th contains a letter from Fort Kearney, of the 23d Dec, stating that Col. Johnston was at Fort Bridget Nov. 2'3. Col. Cook w ith his w hole command had also arrived. The grass had all been burnt and the animals were dying at the rate of one hundred a day. The Mormons were fortifying all the passes leading to Salt Lake City. Jes se Jones, agent of Majors & Russell, hud been released, and sent to Col. Johnston's camp. In pissing through the different canons he w;;s blindfolded by the Mormons, to prevent him from obtaining a knowledge of their move ments. The repoit that 200 of Col. Cook's troops had been massacred, lacks confirmation, and is thought to be entlrelv false. After a long and spiiited debate in secret session, on the 7th. the U. S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Theonoie Sedgwick as Uni ted States District Attorney at New Voik, in the place of John McKeon," by a vote of 2a to 2:j. McKeon was removed by the President because he opposed the le-election of Fernan da Wood. Mr. Crittenden lead off in a speech against the course of the Administration. Douglas also condemned the executive action iu the removal of McKeon, and Pugh ol Ohio spoke out forcibly on the same s'de. Slidell of Louisiana and Davis of Mississippi defend ed the Administration. Bigler has not been heard from since his last attempt at a lilt with tiie small giant. 'ifoncx'T receive it. When the ni'-ssage of Gov. Ligon, of Maryland, was announced in the House on the Sth inst., a motion was made that it be not received, and the motion was carried by a vote of 13 to 27. This action was on accouut of the expressions contained in it regarding the American party, and the Gover nor expressing the opinion that the city mem bers were elected by fraud aud violence. The message having been published before it was sent to the Legislature, the members thus ob tained a knowledge of its contents, and the majority decided to vote against its reception. Mr. Buckalew has introduced a bill into the State Senate to repeal the law erecting the School Department into a separate one. As a dependency of the State Department its affairs were badly conducted. Under the present system the school business has lieon conducted with regularity and despatch. Mr. Buckalew must, therefore, have some paitisan purpose in view. Mr. Hickok, the head of the depart ment, is a Republican, and by the act ol the last session is made independent of the Gov ernor. It is necessary to legislate him out of office in order to give his place to a Democrat. Gov. Packer'sCap.ixet It is now well un derstood that Gov. Packer's cabinet will be as follows: Win. M. Hiester, of Berks Countr Sec'T. of State; II. L. Pieffenbach, of Lock Haven, Deputy Sec'y ; Hon. John C. Knox, now the of Supreme Court, Attorney GeneiaL Judge Knox will resign his present position, and Wm. A. Porter, Esq., of llarrisburg, son of Ex-Gov. Porter, will be appointed Supreme Judge in his place. Mr. Coffey, on the 7th, read a bill in place in the State Senate, declaring that the true in tent and meaning of the Cth section of the act legalizing the general bank suspension is, that the stay of execution it provides "shall ex tend as well to judgments entered more than one year prior to the passage of the said act as to judgments within one year from that date." THIETY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Jaxlap.v 4. Congress, after going home to Herid the holidays, resumed its sessions to day. In the Senate, Mr. Davis introduced a joint resolution to define the authority of the President under the Naval Retiring law. Mr. Fitzpatrick called for the correspondence ami documents in regard to Central American af fairs. Mr. Pugh had loivo to introduce a bill for the admission of Kansas, which was re ferred to the Territorial Committee. The bill is olleretl as a compromise, and provides for admission under the Lecompton Constitution ; but requires that the article relative to Slavery shall be submitted to a direct vote of the qual ified electors on the 7th of April returns to be made to the Governor; the election to be conducted under the laws in force on the 7th Nov. last. It provides further, that the peo ple shall have liberty at any time to call a con vention to alter or amend their form of gov ernment. In the House, the resignation of Mr. Banks was received. Mr. Clingman called for information in regard to the seizure of Walker, which led to some debate several members desiring the President to communi cate information in regard to the getting up of Walker's expeditions. The resolution was fi nally adopted in a form to cover this ground. A committee was appointed to investigate the Fort Snelling swindle. Mr. Morrill offered a bill to punish Polygamy in the Territories, which, alter some merriment, was referred to the Judiciary Committee. A large number cf other bills were introduced. Jan. o. Jn the Senate, Mr. Fesenden in troduced a French Spoliation bill, which was referred to a select committee. Mr. Gwin of fered a resolution inquiring into the expedien cy of sending a Minister to Jap-ar. In the House, tiie debate cu the Message was re sumed, on resolutions referring its subjects to tiie proper committees. Mr. Quitma i moved for a select committee on that part relating to the enforcement of the neutrality laws, and thereupon proceeded to speak in favor ol Walker, the tillibuster. Mr. Glanoy Jones wanted the matter to go to the Judiciary Com mittee, but wasreareful not to s.iy anything par ticular for either side. Mr. Keilt pitched in to the President and supported Walker. Mr. Stephens concurred with Mr. Quitman. Mr. Grow was glad to sec the other side ready to restrain the encroachments of executive pow er, aud asked that the rule should be applied to Kansas. Mr. Lovejoy spoke severely of the character and doings of Walker. Mr. Stan ton justified the President. Before concluding the debate, the House adjourned. Jan. 0. In the Senate there was some de bate on Mr. Crittenden's resolution in favor of increasing the duties on imports, and substitu ting home for foreign valuation. Mr. Fitch moved an amendment to tax all bank notes, with a discrimination against those of small denominations. The resolution and amend ment were laid on the table. In the House, resolutions were adopted, calling lor official correspondence with Paraguay, New-Granada and Brazil. In Committec"of"thc Whole, Mr. Sickles male a speech in favor of the Presi dent, in the matter of tiie arrest cf Walker, and spoke in severe denunciations on the course of the eminent rillibuster. Mr. Bliss spoke against the Dred Scott iTecision. Mr. II skin followed on tiie Nicaragua business, taking ground with Mr. Sickles, and denoun ced Walker. Mr. II. spoke highly of Com. Paulding, and then went in to advocate a Na tional niiibustering operation of Cuba. Mr. Stephens replied, condemning Walker's ar rest as a great outrage. Mr. Gilmer depreca ted the criticisms passed upon Commodore Paulding, and wished to see the documents before eondeming him. Jan. 7. In the Senate, r.fb-r some resolu tions calling for correspondence ,md informa tion, the President's reply to the call for in formation as to the capture or Walker was re ceived. The President thinks Com. Paulding committed an error, but his motives were pa triotic. Nicaragua alone has the right to com plain, and as she received a substantial benefit there is no probability of her doing so. A de bate followed, in which Messrs. Seward, Doo little and Pcarec sustained the President's views ; while Messrs. Davis, Crittenden, Umw n, Pugh, Toombs and Douglas look the opposite ground. The message v.;;s referred to the Foreign Relations Committee. In tiie House. Mr. Thayer of Mass, spoke upon Central A mei ieasi affairs, goin for the Americanization of Nicaragua, not ly swords and rifles, but by subsoil plows and the implements cf peaceful emigration. Mr. Adrian of N. J. was in favor of such amendments to the neutrality laws as would prevent Walker expeditious in the fu ture. Mr. Washburn of Maine, tpoke on pop. nlar sovereignty, "bowing the inconsistencies of the President and tiie Democratic leadurson tiie subject. The House adjourned to Monday. The Democratic State Convention of Indi ana, whi!.! reaf'lrming t'.-.e principles of the Cincinnati platform, has resolved, by a vote of more than three to one, that State Consti tutions should be submitted to the people, and that no Territory &hvuld become a State until a fair expression of tin; will of the citi zens respecting their organic law shall I.ave been hud at the ballot-box. The Hemocafic caucus of the Ohio Legislature lies unani mously resolved to instruct the Congressional delegation of their Stat.; to oppose the Le compton mi indie. Tiiis news is said to have been as unexpected, as .t was agitating, to Messrs. Brigl.t and Pugh cf the United States Senate, as well as to the Administration, which had derived its notions concerning the feeling of the Western Democracy from those gentle men. A Rkv::i:se, asx a Bad Oxe. In the month of December, IS-'O, the exports of Domestic Produce from the port of New York amoun ted to S8,210,5C8, and of specie to $1.77'J.1S1. In the month of December. 1S-37. the exports of Produce w rs S2.832.318, w hile those of specie were S7,53".(!o2. This is turning the table completely. Perhaps some democratic politicians can explain to ns bow long it will take the country to return to prosperity under the workings of a change like this. State Treasurer. A storm seems to be brewing among the Democracy about the State Treasurership. John J. Mear.y, a catholic, of Philadelphia, is making a desperate effort to defeat Magraw, tiie present Treasurer. Col. Mott is, however, thought to be bis most for midable competitor. Insinuations have been thrown out that Magraw had made Improper use of the furds. Strixofellow, the notorious Border Ruffian who is now in Washington City, has written a letter, in which lie denounces the Lecompton Const it ut ion, and declares Kansas ought to be a tree State. He holds that the question was decided by the election of Parrot, the Free State delegate to Congress. The Washington Ui.ion refuses to publish Stringtellow's letter. PiTTsarno Election. The election for May or and other municipal officers, which was held in the city of Pittsburg on the 5th, re sulted triumphantly tor the Republicans. Mayor Weaver, the Republican candidate, was rc-eiected by a majority of 1231. Fremont had only l74 of a majority. riTTsncRGii Market. Monday, January 11, Flour sold in Pittsburgh at SI for superfine, $1,2-3 for extra, and si,o0 lor family. Butter, dull at 15 and 15 cents for prime roll. PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS. rnEPAKED FOR TIIE "RAFTSMAN'S JorEXAL." Centre Coixtv. On Tuesday ,the 20th ult., Mr. John Ilikely, residing near Kart bans, went on a hunting excursion and not returning in the evening, the people of the neighborhood went in search of him. He was found on Thursday about one mile from home in tho woods standing beside a sapling with his ami through its fork, which attitude he had assum ed to rest himself, and was nearly frozen to death. Ilikcly got bewildered and wandered about until he became exhausted. He died on the od inst., iu consequence of bis exposure. He was a single man about 2 years of aget . . . A large bear, weighing 4-"0 lbs., fas killed on the Seven Mountains, on Friday the 2-3th of December, by Mr. Peter Keilin. Quite a number ol bears have been killed in that lo cality during the present season and there are still a number roaming the mountains. ... The Whig says a man named John Leonard of Clearfield, is in the Bellefonte jail, charged with dealing in counterfeit money On the 2tth Dec, Thomas, James and John Askcy killed a large panther, on the Little Moshan-" non near the mouth of Benncr's run, which' was nine feet in length and weighed 2(K pounds A man by the name of Griflie Griffith, foreman at the engine of the steant saw mill of Irwin & llyman, in Burnsidu town ship, on the 2d inst., was by some means caught in some of the machinery of the en gine, and torn and mangled in a horrible man ner, causing instant death. One of his legs was broken into two or three pieces and torn entirely from the body, bis arms broken in several places, and -his skull badly crushed. He leaves a w ife and four children Tho son of Mrs. Allison, of Bellefonte, who wai shot accidentally in the face a few weeks ago by young Loneberger, died on the 2d January. Berks CorxTV. A few days since a bat was found ou top of Blue Mountains, between Rehicrsburg and Pinegrove, w hich has arous ed suspicions that a murder has been commit ted there. The hat has a cut in it, as if mado with an axe, and stains which have been pro nounced bb od. It was found in the brush forty paces from the road. The citizens havo been making search, and are trying to unravel the mystery An Irishman, Patrick Mul- vany, was run over and instantly killed on tho Reading Railroad, on New Year's evening. His wile died recently, and they leave six children, the least barely six months old. Li quor was the cause of Patrick's misfortune .... On the 21th ult., Maj. John Beitenman, of Hamburg, as he was about getting on tho down train, slipped and fell on tiie track. Just as a wheel was about passing over him. lie was dragged away by Mr. Wiu. Schall. Narrow escape, that. Westmoreland Cooty. Samuel M'Cabey whilst engaged coupling a car at Larimer's station, had his hand severely injured, ahich rendered the amputation ol three fingers nec essary A few days since as Col. Mar- chan, of the Republican, stepped, out of his house about daylight, lie discovered s couplo rabbits in his garden. Hu went in and got a gun to shoot them. When he returned, he found the rabbits playing with a kitten. It was several minutes before he got an opportu nity to shoot w ithout injuring the kitten. Fi nally, however, young grimalkin left, and th Col. killed both rabi:s at one shot. .... A sucker called at the Grcensburg post office a few days -since, and inquired for stamped en velopes, thus : "I want a dime's worth of post otlice kivers with freedom on 'eru." Erie Cot ntt. A budget of rain able cloth ing was mysteriously abstracted from a houso iu Green Tp. not far from the brick school hoi se, on Wednesday night, the 23d ult. A man was discovered, about inc o'clock in tho evening, boldly making away with the budget, and was pursued by the occupant of the dwel ling for some distance through the barn-yard and orchard ; but the burglar, (bein? no doubt an adept at the business,) soon outstripped his pursuers ; but unfortunately for him there was alight snow iqwn the ground, and he, like Putnam's wolf, had a deformity iu one of his feet, which two circumstances combined ena bled other members of the family to track him to their nearest neighbor's door, where it is now supposed said recreant lives. LrzERXK CorxTr. A man named John Able died on the 27th Dec, at a colliery near Janes ville, from the effects of a bite of n cat re ceived ten weeks liefoie Mr. Daniel A. Fell had his leg broken at Gray's Mines, by falling from a piece of timber which broke as he stepped on it. North tM her land Cocxtt. On the night of the 2d inst., the prisoners in the Sunbury jail made an attempt to escape, but were dis covered by the Siierifl before they succeeded in their design, and again securely locked up. Clixtox Cor st v. A fire occurred on New Year's night, in Lock Haven, which consumed three buildings of W. White, the store of Raff, Shanabrook Hunt, and damaged J. S. Bow er's house and furniture. Fati-tte Coi xtv. Tho wife of Mr. James A brains, residing near Smithfield.in this coun ty, had her neck broken, on the 22d Decem ber last, by falling down a flight of stairs. So says the 'Genius.' ITew Advertisements. "Si-VY I'P 'The Rooks of the nnJe -fi. now posted up and ready for settlement. All person knowing themselves "indebted are request ed to call and settle immediately, jnl" DAVID LITZ. TVTOTICI". All persons are hereby cautioned -L nainst purchasing or trading for a certain "onnty order. No. 54a of 1357. payable to It. J. Wallace, for S"0. ns the same has been lifted by inc. end has since been mislaid or lost. JOHN Mcl'JIERSOX. Jan'y 13. 1S3K. Treasurer. TV'OTICD. The subscriber having purchased X the s-toek of Merchandize lately owned bv 11.; 1). Patton, offers the same for sale at rea.ounbfoli prices on credit. .r YLHY LOW FOR CASH. All ! kinds of Country Produce taken ia exchange for Uooils. I respectfully solicit a share of the public , patronage. JollX PATTON Curwcusville, Ta., Jan. 4th, ls'jS. 15UBLIC MEETING. On Wednesday eve ning of Court week. (Janinrr 2tl.) at tho Court House in Clearfield, a nmnl"r "f addresses are expected from different speakers, before tho public annual meeting of the Uible Society. The public generally, both ladies and gentle men, are invited to attend. janl3 jji.McENAI.LY, Scc;y. ivr.w uk Nt;i:Mi:NT : i selling 1 1 OFF AT C 1ST!!! The undersigned, hav ing removed his ik of !ols from Marysville to the store room of Richard Mo-fop in the Borough of Clearfield, announces to the public generally that he will dispose of the Fame at the lewest pri ces for Cash. His stock embraces DRY r.noPS. :RX"ERIES. hardware Ol'EEXSWAlin. some READY-MADE CLO TIIIMJ. TRIMMIXUS and a variety of Notions. As the undersigned w ishes to close'up tke stock now on hand, persons will find it to their advan tage to give him a call soon. CHARLES SLOAN. Clearfield. Jan. 13, 1S38. M CLASSES. Just reeeive a I : -r .v - " KU V IU9 '-encanest nvl ' mil r.- " l c " " J V November 25. ' WM. F "IRWIN. CLOTHING. A gcnaral assortment of ready made clothing just received and opened at ovcmbr23. VTM,. F. IRWLN'gk ft inr
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