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IMPORTANT FROM WASHIKOTOff
TH KARSAS COSTXST FlGHT BETWKK KeITT
akd Grow Keitt kociid dows Eyekt-
BOBT PITCHES IJf.
The Kansas Battle was fairly commenced at
Washington on last Friday. The struggle was
opon the resolution of Mr. Harris, of Illinois,
to refer the President's Message, with instruc
tions, to a select committee of Thirteen. This
the Speaker decided to be an amendment to a
motion of Mr. Hughes, of Indiana, to refer
the message to a committee without instruc
tions. Mr. Harris accepted "the ruling and
called for the previous question. Thereupon
Mr. Clingman, of North Carolina, moved an
adjournment. The Lecomptonites then com
menced piling motion upon motion and called
the Teas and Nays upon tbem, in order to
rnnanme time and stave off action. The sin
gular spectacle was presented of an Adminis
tration warty in a Democratic House being
forced to resort to every species of parliamen
Pbfsidkst's Message. "We publish to-day
Mr. Buchanan's messase, accompanying the
Lecompton Constitution, which was submitted tiary tactics to prevent a vote on the reference
to Congress on the 2d inst. The President not 0f their own President's message, i uo ses
onlv indulges in soDhistry to maintain his po- s;on was kept up until late in the night.
ition, but he grossly perverts the history of At about 2 o'clock, Mr. Quitman of Miss.
Kansas, nsine such portions only as suit him. bavins risen to make a proposition, Mr. Grow
He quotes extensively from the dispatches of cf pa. was passing down the isle of the Deni-
Got. Walker, written before his prejudices
had given way to a realization of the true state
of affairs in Kansas, and denounces the Tope-
ka Free State movement as revolutionary, re
bellious, &c. If this be true, why were these
rebels not hung ? Robinson and others were
apprehended and brought before Judge Le
compte to answer indictments for treason.
"Why were they permitted to go unpunished, if
they were in an attitude of rebellion and rev
olution 7 These questions are pertinent, and
their correct answer conveys a rebuke to the
President. It is a matter of boast, that the
will of the majority is supreme, that they can
make and unmake constitutions at pleasure,
and that in accordance with the organic act
the people of Kansas were to be left "perfect
ly free" to form and regulate their domestic
institutions in their own way." Has this
been done 1 Mr. Buchanan says the territo
rial government "they the Free State men
would long since have subverted had it not
been protected from theirassaults by the troops
of the United States." This acknowledgment
implies that the Free State men are the stron
ger patty that they are the majority that
they were prevented by "the troops of the U
nited States" from establishing a constitution
to suit themselves. This is certainly a new
Way of leaving the people "perfectly free" to
form and regulate their domestic aflairs "in
their own way." So far as Slavery is concern
ed, Mr. Buchanan asserts that it exists in the
Territory by virtue of the Constitution of the
United States; that ''Kansas is at this mo
ment as much a Slave State as Georgia or
South Carolina ;" and advocates the speedy
admission of Kansas with the Lecompton con
stitution as the only means of settling "agita
tion." The message is a rare document, and
when we read it we were impressed with the
notion that "old Buck" must have been in a
bad humor when he wrote it. Still we trust
our readers will all give it a careful perusal.
The Tariff Bribcbt Cask. On last Fri
day the Tariff Investigating Committee, at
Washington, got through with the examina
tion of J. D. Williamson. He answered all
the questions put to him, but be could give
no information in regard to the means adopted
to procure the passage of the Tariff of 1857.
He informed the Committee, however, that be
could show, if permitted, that European man
ufacturers and the British Government had
authorized Sir Henry Bulwer and others to ex
pend two millions of dollars io affect our Tariff
and to establish a fret trade policy. More than
$700,000, he says, had actually been expended to
buy the members of Congress, or to defeat their
election when they could not be bought. The
Democratic members of the Committee ob
jected to hearing about remote transactions,
and the witness was discharged. Williamson
also intimates that he could disclose corrupt
or disreptuable transactions of our own Gov
; ernment, in connection with the negotiation
of the recent treaty with New Granada. He
particularly implicates Mr. Buchanan and Mr.
Cass. He claims to have been a secret com
mercial agent of prominent houses.
f the House, when Mr. Keitt ot
S. C. accompanied by Mr. Davis of Miss.,
came up to him. Mr. Grow objected to Mr
Quitman's making any remarks. Mr. Keitt
said, if you are going to object go over to
your own side of the House. Mr. Grow repli
ed this is a free laud and every man has a right
to bo where he pleases.
Mr. Keitt then came up to Mr. Grow and
said he wanted to know what he meant by
such an answer as that 7
Mr. Grow said he meant just what he said,
that this was a free land, and a man had a
right to be where he pleases.
Mr. Keitt took Mr. Grow by the throat and
said, "I will let you know you are a damned
Black Republican puppy"! !
Mr. Grow knocked his hand off, and said,
"I shall occupy such place in tho Hall as I
please., and no nigger-driver can crack his
whip over me."
Mr. Keitt then seized Mr. Grow by the
throat again, and Mr. Grow knocked him down.
Mr. Davis and several other Southern mem
bers attacked Mr. Grow, who defended himself
bravely.
The .Republicans rushed in a body to his
assistance, and a general tight ensuco in me
middle of tho Southern side of the House.
Barksdale rushed in to part the combatants.
YVashburne, of Illinois, thinking that he was
going to pitch into Mr. Grow, struck at Barks
dale and knocked off his wig.
The Speaker loudly called for order, and
called on the Sergeant-at-Arms to interfere-
That functionary, carrying his mace of office,
together with his assistants, hurried to the
scene, and crowded into the thickest of tho
Debt, in which at least a dozen members were
engaged
Some minutes elapsed before this truly
fearful contest was quieted, the members hav
ing reluctantly returned to their seats. There
was a dead calm in comparison with tho scene
just enacted
Mr. Quitman moved that they now adjourn,
and take the question on the reference of the
message of the President on Kansas affairs on
Monday, at 1 o'clock P. M.
Emphatic and general responses from the
Republican side of "No ! no!"
Confusion began to break out afresh, when
the Speaker said he would direct the Sergcant-
at-Anis to put under arrest those who disre
garded the order of the House.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, said he foresaw
disagreeable feelings would result here from
the exciteing questions connected withKansas,
and was called to order by Mr. Barksdale.
Mr. Campbell said he wished the gentleman
from Mississippi to know that he was his peer,
The House was in session .till after two
o'clock, but finally adjourned without taking
a vote on the resolntion of Mr. Harris
From the proceedings of Congress it wonld
appear that the opponents of the Lecompton
Constitution have a majority in the House
THE LATEST.
At 2 J o'clock on Monday, after considerable
maneuvering, the vote was taken on Mr. Uar
ris' motion to refer the Message to a Special
PESTTSYLVANIA ITEMS. ...
PREPARED FOB TUB "BAFTSMAS'S JOUBHAt."
Cambria CornTT. A meeting of iron man
ufacturers and workers was held in Johnstown
on the 23d Jan., for the purpose ot eliciting an
expresssion of popular sentiment in regard to
a change in our present tar in laws, xtooers
P. Linton, Esq., presided. Speeches favoring
a high protective tariff on iron, especially,
were made by. A. Kopelin, Esq., and Hon.
George S. King. Resolutions to the same ef
fect were adopted. The Cambria Tribune says :
In consequence of the inability to obtain con
tracts at paying prices, because of the large a
mount of foreign railroad iron thrown Into the
market of this country by foreign capitalists,
the lessees of ' the Cambria Ironworks have
been compelled to offer their workmen the al
ternative of a further reduction often per
cent, in their wages or the stoppage of tho
works entirelv The steam Saw-Mill of
Llovd, Holliday & Co., in White township,
known as Bangor Mills, was destroyed by fire
on Friday night, 22d ult. .It is supposed the
Mill was set on fire by some one. ' We do not
know the exteut of the loss, but it must be
heavy, as the Mill was one of the best kind.
.... The residence of Mr. George Bruce, of
Allegheny township, with all its contents, was
also reduced to ashes on Tuesday morning of
last week. Mr. B. had four hundred dollars
in specie in the house, which was fused by the
fire. 1
Laxcastkr cJocntt. A young man pre
sented himself on Thursday last, at the coun
ter ol the Lancaster Inland Deposit Company,
and representing himself as a son of Comiiio
dore Stockton, had a draft for $50 on tho Bank
of America, N. Y., cashed, which afterward
turned out to be a forgery. . . '. . Mr. Frantz,
living near Millersvillc, had his barn burnt
down on the night of the 2d inst. Last sum
mer Mr. F. had a barn burned on the same
site. It was the work of an incendiary. . .
The Marieltian. of the Cth, says : " We met
an intimate acquaintance a few. days since
who informed us of having just seen a Bible
three, hundred and twentv-seceu years old. It is
in the family of Dr. Andrew Kauffhian, rcsid
ine near LandisviIIe, in tins county. It was
printed in Zurich, Switzerland in 1531.
On the 31st ult.. a German boy, aged 18, liv
ing with Mr. J. M. whitehill, near Donegal
church, was attacked, knocked down, and
otherwise abused by two men. luo parties
are known and will be arrested. The boy hal
ordered the men to quit the farm by order of
Mr. Whitehill Frederick Bausman, of
Lancaster, a bachelor of about 5 years of age,
committed suicido on Monday evening last, in
his own garret. It is said Mr. B., was labor
insr under a depression of spirits owing to a
difficulty in paying some money on the prop
erty in which ho lived.
Northumberland County. On Thursday
a-week, three Irishmen, hands working on the
Northern Central Railroad, below Sunbury,
got into a fight, while in town. They batter
ed each others visages considerably, one of
them using a pair of new boots in his hands
for that purpose. The streets were muddy,
and the mixture of blood and mud did not add
much to the beauty of Pat's physiognomy. A
constable took them to jail, where they com
menced breaking the stove, windows, chairs
and table, for which unmannerly conduct in
return for the kind hospitalities tendered them,
they were kicked out ot the establishment.
The Sheriff was not at homo at the time, or
they might have faied worse. .... A two sto
ry house, belonging to George Miller, 8 miles
from Sunbury, was burnt down. The house
was occupied by Henry Haas and family, who
had barely time to escape. .... 1 he house ot
Nathan Martz. m Sunbury. caught Are last
week, but the fire was put out before much
damage was done Peter Durst, of Sun
bury, has dug, within the last 1 years, aoi
graves in tue eunoury, ana iu in mo iiunter
grave yards. Must be a grate man, that reter
Somerset Couxtt. The house of Jacob
Humbert, in Milford township, was destroyed
by fire on tho 29th January. Mrs. Shoaff, an
aged lady who recently had her leg broken,
waa with much difficult- saved from the flames.
On tho 28th, David Keyser, of Somerset
townshin. was missed, and upon search being
made, he was found two days after, a consid
erable distance from home, in a small run
drowned, having evidently fallen in and per
ished during an epileptic fit.
Clinton County. The so-called Gutta Per-
cha Pen man swindled a couple of Lock Ha
ven merchants out of $12,00, by selling them
common 6teel pens for a superior article of
gnlta percha pens. Merchants had better keep
a look out for the fellow.
Lycomi.no County. By the burning of Mr.
F. P. Green's btrn in Williamsport, on the
31st ult., eight head of horses, six cows and a
lot of bogs were consumed. The loss is cstt
mated at $7,000.
Blair County. The store of Ettinger & Ull
roan, of Altoona, was broken into on the dist,
and some small change, a revolver, a pair of
boots and a rest stolen therefrom.
The Utah Arm.-The New York nerald
says it is reported on good authority, that Mr.
Buchanan contemplates withdrawing the troops
from Utah. Dr. Bernhisol, the Mormon dele
gate, has submitted a proposition to the Ad
ministration, indicating the willingness of the
Mormons to vacate Utah and colonize on some
of the islands of the sea outside of the juris
diction of the United States, provided the Go
vernment will purchase, at a fair valuation,
the Salt Lake City improvements. Dr. B. asks
that commissioners be sent out to arrange
terms and details. Should these be agreed on
Salt Lake City is to become a grand military
tand or depot for our western troops. J
, The Ohio (Democratic) Statesman's Leaven
worth correspondent, Hon. John P. Slough, in
a recent letter, states that the grossest frauds
were practiced at the elections in Kansas.
The Legislature appointed a commission to in
quire into them. A copy of the poll-book of
Kickipoo exhibits the fact that Wni. H. Se
ward, Thos. H. Benton, Edwin Forest, Horace
Greeley, James Buchanan, John C. Fremont,
Millard Fillmore, John P. Hale, and others,
Toted on the 21st December, at Leavenworth,
and all cast ballots for the pro-slavery ticket f
Committee of fifteen, and resulted in the de
feat of the Administration party by a vote of
Yeas 114, Nayslll. This is regarded as equiv
alent to a rejection of the Lecompton Consti
tution, by the nousc.
Counterfeit Detector. We call the atten
tion of business men to the advertisement of
"Hodges' Journal of Finance and Bank Re
porter," which will give full, complete, early,
and reliable information of all Bank failures
and changes, and descriptions of all counter
feit, altered and spurious bills, &c. "Hodges'
new Bank Note Safe-guard, is also a most val
uable book of reference in detecting spnrions
money. It contains 400 pages of Bank Note
delineations. It was got up at an expense of
$20,000. Consult advertisement.
. Tue bad liquor of California bas been the
theme for many a piquant newspaper article in
that State ; and from the statement contained
in the annexed extract, we aro inclined to be
lievo that every complaint in regard to this
matter was well founded. Just think of any
human being swallowing such poison as is here
described. Aqua fortis would be a refreshing
beverago compared with such a vile com
pound : .
"The kind of liquors drank in San Francis
co is indicated by the following : The police
lately seized a quantity of liquor kept for sale
at several drinking saloons. The "brandy"
was colored with burnt sugar, and contained
one-sixteenth of a grain ot sulphate of morphine
to every ounce of tho liquor. The "gin" was
composed of forty-seven parts ot spirit and
fifty-three of water, with a dash of sulphuric
acid. The 'whiskey" contained strychnine
and creosote. 1 he "pale brandy" contained,
among other poisons, Prussic ucid."
"Morphine," "sulphuric acid," "strych
nine" and 'creosote," all combined in oue
stomach ! Faugh !
THIRTY-FIFTH C0SGBESS.
February 1. In the Senate, Gen. Houston
spoke in opposition to the proposed Army
r. Wilson offered aa amendment, in
the nature of a substitute therefor, author
izing the Executive to enroll 5,000 volunteers
for certain enumerated pur)oses. - The further
consideration of the matter was postponed
till to-day. The Pacific Railroad bill was the
special order, bnt Mr. JJougias pressea me
Senate to take up the bill providing for the
admission of Minnesota into the Union, and
was seconded by Messrs. Crittenden, Seward,
Halo and Wilson, and opposed by -Urssrs.
Gwin, Green, Bayard, Brown, Fitzpatrick and
Mason, the latter of whom said that it might
be found necessary for the Southern States,
"in order to determine where I hey tstand m
this Union," to take up the Minnesota and
Kansas questions together. Mr. Crittenden
made an eloquent reply to Mr. Mason, which
elicited applause from the galleries. With
out taking tho question the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr. Stanton of Ohio, from the
Tariff Investigating Committee, offered a res
olution, which was adopted, requiring a war
rant to be issued for the apprehensin of J. 15.
Williamson of New York, for contempt in re
fusing to give testimony. After discussion, a
bill appropriating $360,000 to cover an acci
dental omission in the Army bill of the last
Session was passed. On motion of Mr. Boyce
of South Carolina a resolution was passed,
providing for the appointment of a Seloct Com
mittee ot seven to examine into the character
of the Navigation Law, tho expediency of a
reduction of the expenses of Government,
and of a gradual repeal of all duties on imports,
with a view to resorting to direct taxation.
Further dissussion was had on the Printing
Deficiency bill, after which Mr. Lane of Ore
gon presented her State Constitution. Kan
sas then made its way into the House. Mr
Parrott presented Joint Resolutions of tho
Territoral Legislation of Kansas, protesting
against the acceptance by Congress of the Le
compton Constitution. Mr. Craig of Missouri
tried to shut them out and prevent theni from
being read, but the Speaker first and tho
House after him overruled the motion, and
bad the papers read. They were then laid on
the table and ordered to be printed.
February 2. In the Senate, Mr. Wilson
presented the application of E. R. Livingston,
ot Massachucetts, to be appointed to supenn
tend the cataloguing and indexing of the ori
ginal documents and papers ot the United
States. Mr. Mason, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, reported a bill appropria
ting $50,000 to the long-pending Amistad
claim, and Mr. Seward submitted a minority
report against its payment. 1 nc senate then
took up the Army bill. Mr. beward was in
favor of its passage, it no couia be assured
that the troops would be withdrawn from Kan
sas, and the new levies disbanded so soon as
there was no necessity for their employment
to put down the Utah rebellion. Mr. Hale
was surprised that a Republican Senator
should take such a position ; but Mr. Seward
cared nothing for party, and said the mistake
was jn supposing the battle not already wort,
now that there were 10 r ree to lo Slave states,
while there would be before the end of the year
10 Free to 15 Slave States. The Message of
President Buchanan upon Kansas aflairs, to
settier with the Lecompton Constitution, was
then received and read. Mr Bigler moved its
reference to the Committee on Territories
Mr. Trumbull preferred to examine its tacts
and reasoning before it passed from before the
Senate, and proceeded so to do. In the course
of his remarks, ho commented npon the Nc
braska bill severely. This brought Mr. Don
glas to bis feet, who said that ho would reply
at another time, as he was in favor of the im
mediate reference of the Message to the Com
m it tee on Territories. After a speech from
Mr. Toombs in defense of tho Message, the
Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Harris
of Illinois gave notice that he should to-day
move the consideration of the contested elec
tion case between Messrs Campbell and Val-
landignam. Several hours were spent in the
consideration of the Printing Deficiency bill,
which, after having been amended, was rejec
ted by a decisive vote. The President's Mes
sage was received and read. Mr. Stephens ol
Georgia moved its reference to the Commit
tee on Territories, and suggested an adjourn
mcnt. An exciting struggle for the floor fol
lowed, in the midst of which two motions to
adjourn, which were made by Messrs. Letcher
and Boeock of Va., and voted for by the ad
herents of the administration, were negatived
After some difficulty, Mr. Hughes of Indiana
managed to get off a speech concerning alleg
ed frauds perpetrated in his State by the Re
publican party, which he vilified to the best of
his ability. Mr. Hughes proposed to submit
the Message to a select committee of thirteen
to report on the propriety and expediency of
admitting Kansas into the Union, and subse
qucntly modified this proposition so as to re
fertho Message without instructions to the
committee. Mr. Harris of Illinois (Democrat)
finally secured the floor and offered a resolu
tion for tho reference of the Message and Lc
compton Constitution- to a select committee of
thirteen, appointed by the Speaker and in
structed to inquire into all the facts connec
ted with the Constitution, the election of the
members of the Convention which passed it,
its character, the number of votes cast against
it, its satisfactory ness to the people of the
Tcrritorry, and all other matters connected
with the subject. Pending this proposition,
the House adjourned.
February 3. The Senate was urged by
Mr. Trumbull to take up the case of the two
pretenders to seats from Indiana seats to
which they and all men know they were never
legally elected. ; Mr. Bayard of Delaware tried
to parry the demand, pleading that tho Le
compton Constitution should fust be put thro
before the right to vote of those by whom it is
carried is determined ! It is manifest that Le
compton is to pass the Senate, if at all. bv
keeping out the undoubted Senators from Min
nesota and keeping in the pretenders who on
the representatives of that State in Congress
to vote against the tccorapton constitution,
coolly remarked that he should vote me otner
way ; be should do everything in his power to
sustain the Administration, believing, as he
did, that Kansas and Minnesota ought to come
into the Union as twin sisters. Resolutions
were adopted instructing the Committee on
Foreign Relations to inquire whether the
Turkish Government proposed to send an of
ficer here to examine our navy, etc., and if so,
whether, a public reception should be given
him ; and instructing the Committee on Print
ing to examine the accounts of the printing
establishment in Washington as regards work
not performed by order of Congress. The
French Spoliation bill was reported by Mr.
Crittenden. Mr. Trumbull urged the Senate
to take up the case of the bogus Indiana Sen
ators, but the subject was tabled by a vote of
28 to 18. The consideration of the Kansas
question was then resumed. Mr. Douglas of
fered a resolution calling on the Executive for
information touching the number of votes cast
at all the Kansas elections, the reasons for re
jecting certain "returns, and kindred matters,
and urged its immediate consideration, uui
Mr. Mason objected. Mr. Brown ot Mississip
pi finished his speech. Mr. Wilson ot Massa
chusetts replied. Mr. Green of Missouri fol
lowed up the attackand was also demolished
bv Mr. Wilson, who showed himself fully able
to cope with both his opponents, single-handed.
The senate then adjourned to Monday, in
tho House, Messrs. Boyce (S. C) Quitman
(Miss.,) Trippo (Ga.,) "Garnett (Va.,) Mott
(Ohio.,) Wortendyke (N. J.) and Spinner (N.
1 .,) were appointed a Select Committee to ex
amine the navigation laws and the existing du
ties on imports,and to consider the expediency
of reducing the expenditures of Government
and of a gradual repeal ot all duties and a re
sort to direct taxation. Mr. J. D. Williamson
was brought before the House to answer for
contempt in disobeying the summons of the
Tariff Investigating Committee. In reply to
the usual questions, he said that he was in the
custody of the Sheriff when sent for, and that
ho doubled the authority of the House to com
pel him to divulge his private transactions,
and meant to bring the question before a judi
cial tribunal. He was, however, prepared to
answer all proper questions. . What to do with
the delinquent was the inqniry, eliciting a
number of propositions, and an auimated dis
cussion, which was broken short by a state
ment from Mr. John Cochrane, to the effect
that Mr. Williamson was ready to withdraw his
answer. It was agreed that he should nave
leave so to do, and to submit an amended an
swer to-day, meantime to remain in the custo
dy of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Mr. George Tay
lor presented a petition from the Mayor atid
1,000 citizens of Brooklyn in favor of the free
dom of the public lands. The residue of the
session was spent in considering the report of
the c-ommittee on elections against allowing
Mr. Campbell to take further testimony in tho
Ohio election case ; but no conclusion was ar
rived at.
The Record. In the Pennsylvania Legis
lature, the following resolution was offered bv
Hon. H. D. Foster, a few days ago :
"Resolved, by the Senate and House, &c.,
That in the words of the Governor of the
Commonwealth, 'all the qualified electors of
a Territory should have a full, fair opportuni
ty to participate in selecting delegates to
form a Constitution, preparatory to admission,
as a state; and, it desirea oy mem, iney
should also be allowed an unqualified right to
vote upon such Constitution arter it is framed.'"
The motion to proceed to consider it i
46 yeas to 45 nays. The rulo required a two
third vote to sustain the motion, ine vote
stood as follows : Of the yeas 27 are Ameri
cans and Repnblicans, and 19 Democrats.
The nays, all sow! Democrats, amongst whom
is our friend. Mr. Snvker. This resolution
advocates the rights of the whole people of
Territory to have a say in the election of con
stitutional Delegates, and then to approve or
reject the work of the Delegates. But here
are 45 Democrats in Pennsylvania who opposs
the rights of the people, and stilt whine for
popular sovereignty. O! shame! where is
thy blush. Brookville Star.
Grave Charge against the Government.
-We had heard the charge made, previous to
General Walker's arrest, that theUnited States
Government winked at his violations of the
neutrality laws, and that tho sailing of his un
fortunate expedition was assisted and hasten
ed bv the U. S. authorities themselves. The
removal of the New Orleans custom house of
ficer for allowing WalKcr to escape disproved
that charge. But a graver one is now boldly
made by the fillibustcr, in propria persona. At
Mobile, a few days since, ho preferred a singu
lar charge against the ational Administration,
namely, that the opposition of the government
to his expedition for the conquest of Nica
ragua, was attributed to the rejection or a pro
position made by Mr. Buchanan and his con
stitutional advisars, that he (Walker) should
go to Mexico, and excite war there, with a
view to the acqnisifion of that Territory. This
is a most serious allegation.
Another New Territory. It is proposed
to make an effort for a Territory organization
of tho upper peninsula of Michigan, under tho
name of Superior or Mackinaw. The country
embraces some sixteen thousand square miles,
abounds in mineral resorces, and has an esti
mated population of ten thousand. At pres
ent it is a part of the State of Michgan, from
the main portion.of which, however, it is sep
arated by the straits ot Mackinaw, and with
which it has no common interests.
Balmorals. The Chicago Tribune says :
The "Balmorals," or red and fancy woolen
petticoats, have made their appearance in our
streets. They'are an improvement upon drab
bled white skirts, to say the least of them, al
beit they are nearly as ugly as sin.
Pittsburgh Markets. On Saturday, Feb.
6, J; lour was selling from stores, superfine $3.
87 ; extra $4.25 ; family $4.50. Rye flour at
$d.- per bbl. liock wheat Hour $l.i0 per
100 lbs. Corn meal 00 cts per bushel.
Swift declared he was too proud to be vain.
The distinction is a nice one.
The Steamboat, Col. Grossman, running
from New Orleans to St. Louis, burst her boil
er near New Madrid, Missouri, on the 4th inst.
From 25 to 60 of her 200 passengers are re
ported lost.
A western paper says tho only two classes
of travelers on tho railroads out there this
winter are thoso who are running away, and
those who are running alter them.
BANK KOTE LIST.
Tbe following are the rates of discount at which
the notes of the banks given were purchased last
week by the brokers ot .fhiladclpuia:
MAINE. d!4C.
Mousom River Bank.
Rockland Bk, R'kl'd 1
Canton Bank. China,
lllswortu Bank, to
Exchange Bk, Bangor 60
Grocors' Bank.
Maratimc Bk, Bangor
Sanford Bk, Rockland
Hancock Bk, t-llsw th
Bank of llallowell,
NEW HAMTSniRE.
Exeter Bk, Exeter,
VERMONT.
Danby Bank, B-anbv.
Bank of Royalton, 25
Bk of South Royal ton, 00
Stark BK.Benningron 25
St.AlbansBK,St.Alb 1
Mis3Uquoi BK,Sheldn25
tvooustocK JiauK, so
MASSACHUSETTS.
Western L'K.Springfd 20
KHODK ISLAND.
Farmers'BK.Wickford
Bank of South Coun
ty, Wakefield, 43
Tiverton Bk , Tiverton
Warwick Bk.Warw k 30
Rhode Island Central
Bk, E. Greenwich,
Mt. Vernon Bank, i
Hopkinton Bank, 50
All solvent banks, J
Costxecticct.
Merch .Ex.Bk,Bridgp 75
Bridgeport City Bit,
Colchester Bank,
Bk of Hartford Co.
Hatters' Bk. Bethel,
Exch. Bk. Hartford,
Charter Oak Bk, "
Mercantile Bank "
Uncas Bk, Norwich.
QuincbaugBK, "
oostcr Bk, Danbury
Woodbury Bunk,
I'awcatuck Bank,
10
i
i
i
3
5
8
i
I
10
Bk of S.Am. Seymour
Pahquioquc BK,Danb i
Granite f.K, Voluut'n
Pequonnock Bank. I
Windham County Bk, 10
sew YOKK. '
Agricultural BK,Herk 25
Addison Bk, Atl-lison 1
Bk of Orleans, Albion, CO
Central Bank of New
York. Utica.
Chemung County Bk 25
Dairymen's Bank, 25
Eluiira Bank. Elmira . 1
VIRGINIA. dlsC.
Bank of Kanawha, Ka
nonrha Salines
Solvent banks, SJ
PESSSVLVAIA.
Bk of Pcnn'a, Phil'a 40
Phil a backs, par
Allcntown Bank, par
Anthracite bank, par
Bk of Chester co.. par
Bk of llelawaro co, par
Bk -of Germantotvn, par
Bk of Montg y co., par
Bk of Pottsluwn, par
UK ot Catasauqua, par
Columbia liaiik, par
Doylcstown Bk, par
fcaston iiank, par
t r.di Jlech.bK Easion par
Far.BK of Bucksco. par
Far.Bs. Lancaster, par
l-ar.UK. Heading, par
Lancaster Co. Bank, par
ireoanon Uunk, par
diaucu tuann uk, par
aimers isk i'ottsv e, J
Stroudsburg bank, par
i joining uank. par
itarrisourg uank, IJ
Bk of Chambcrsburg, 11
Bk of Middlctown, 11
York Bank, 11
Bk of Gettysburg, 11
i: ot filtsourg, par
Citizens 1SK, t'lttsb. 11
Exchange Bic. Pitt.-b. 1
Iron City BK.Pittsb. 11
Mechanics' BK,Pittsb 11
Mononga'la b.Browns 11
Frankl.bK.Wahingt. 1
Far Dro.bK.Wayneabl 1
Bk of Northnmbcrl. 11
Bk of llanvillc, 11
West Branch Bank, ll
Lock Haven Bank, 11
Lewisburg Bank. 11
Far.BK Schuylkill co. 11
Allegheny BK.AlIgh'y i
Bk of Lawrence co.,
llones tale liank 1
McriMan Ek.Pittsb par
NEW JERSEY.
Bk of N.J. N.Brunswpar
Lcrgon County Back
at llacKcn.sack, o3
Morris County Bank 50
SOUTH CAKOMMA.
Farmers' Bank, Eliza
beth City, 25
Solvent batiks, 5
tknnessf.e.
Agrie-lBk. Brownsv.
Ho5.Feed. P. Stahtoj, late Secretary of
Kansas, has addressed a letter to the People of
tbe United States, which we publish this week.
Mr. Stanton is a Virginian, and his letter, em-
-bodjisg, it does, the views of a Southern
saaa relative to the more recent history of
Xuhi, and the present condition of things
Ibere, canoot tail of being read with interest.
r: tin ; CAtx.. The Jaonary No. of this
filar quarterly has come to hand. It is a
- caa a&l faacinatinx publication, and the only
tialX we bar with it is, that we can't kep the
'tneNTCttcoai.
The report of the Stockholder's meeting of
tbe Bank of Pennsylvania bas been published.
Tbe Directors report the aflairs of the bank to
bo in a hopeless condition ; most of the lia
bilities (not including stock) will bo paid, but
the condition of things is so bad that they re
commend an assignment. A resolution to this
effect was offered, but no action - taken on it
ior the present. The report makes plain and
direct charges of tho most serious character
against the late President.
The man hung by a mob a few ' days ago,
aear Ligonier, Indians, was named George
McLsne. Tie confessed to . over thirty high
way robberies, and the Detroit Free Press
says that he was the accomplico of the notor
ious Townscnd, the Canadian murderer and
highway robber. " ::
Mr. Paul Morpby recently performed tbe
feat at New Orleans, of playing three games
of chess at the same time, while blindfolded.
p. joe it blind miraculously.
The Satis Bird. In "Three Colonies of
Australia," Mr. Samuel Sidney savs: "In
the Murray Shrub a beautiful but barren belt
of shrubs and plants from 15 to 20 miles in
breadth, which rnns parallel to the river for
many miles between Lake Alexandria and the
great Bend in latitude 34 deg. S. a great
number of tho rare birds and animals of
Australia arc to be seen ; amongst others, the
icpioa, or mouia-iniiding bird, improperly
named by tho colonists the wild turkey, is
fonnd in great numbers ; and the satin or bow
er bird, whicn ouiids a bower for its mate so
curiously arched and adorned with shells and
shining stones that when Mr. Gould first dis
covered one, ho took it for tho playground of
some aboriginal child. ,
A clerk in ono of tho Departments at Wash
ington was removed becauso he volunteered.
outside -of work-hours, to direct Douglas's fa
mous Kansas speech ! Other victims aro to
be ottered upon the Lecompton alter. But
who's afraid f" "The blood of the martyrs
Douglas man's head that is made to "roll in
the dust" will spring op an army of armed
nren.
this oucstion crossly misrenresent Indiana.
Mr. Bright had even the hardihood to say that i;?d,na 5' Jue,n"'
Trumbull in questioning his claim to his seat! Y" Zl?a' T'il
Ilia AT l'rifrhl nuvAS rAil llm cs-klmvin I ... I.
V V, I""1""' I Pratt Bank, Buflnlo
oi a majority oi tue ocuaie oi inuiana against Oliver Lee&Co's Bk 5
his claim to a seat ? Gen. Wilson of Mass.. Kccinrocitv Bk. " 50
who had previously oflered an amendment to I Sackett's Harbor " 50
refer the President's Messaee to the Commit- Western Bk, Lock port 25
tee on Territories, similar to that introduced Yates Co. Bk, Pen Van
in th UniiSA fcu Mr llori-lo T.,no,l., MARYLAND
,,l t , ' ',. , mineral uk. cumo
7 .77- 1 . Cuinb l'd Savings Bk, 10
i, :r iiiiuii, uj cov. jrown oi anss. Solvent banks, 2
.-ur. r essenut:n indicated ins purpose to speak. Kentucky.
in tne House, the isergeant at-Arni3 announced B of Ashland, U
the arrest of Mr. J. D. Williamson, for con- i Solvent Banks, 11
tempt in disobeying the summons of the Tariff . onio.
Investiffatins; Committee. A motion that the ciyianK, Cincinnati ou
l.lii..-in,nf fin rrirnrl at V. . I , u I J. lalcdi 1 rUSi'wO., C in
.o - ... .n- u vi mc i S., r 1.1, t.--
r .1 ivuvs, SanduskyCity Bk.Cl 20
from the Comnntteo on Waysand Means, re- 1JK f Macomb County
ported the Army Appropriation bill, which Dayton Bank, Dayton 20
was referred to tho Committee of tho Whole. Muiroi Val.BU, " . 15
Mr. Savage, from the Committee on Invalid Mate Bank, 1
Pensions. renortd a bill ffrantin!? rensi.-in in I Wisconsin.
dm ndisr, nil Tnrn who Kcvrp1 in t ho Ui t I B-Ock Ri ver Bk. Beloi t 5 1
war with Great Britain. IIo moved its post- SarTr9'Bo'1?,nd)n'
ponemcnt till r eb,
Mr. Harris of III
the Committee on the Ohio election case. Af
ter a debate on the subject, the House ad-
Ijonrned. .- :
t ebbuart 4 in the benate yesterday, Mr,
Jones, after presenting the joint resolu
! tion of tb Legislature of Iowa, instructing
ilolli.-tcr Bk. Buffalo, 5f Wcstetn Bk, Memphis
Hamilton Lx. Bank. 50 j Bank of Nashville, 25
IlugucnotBK,N.Palti 1 I Exc.Iik.Murfrcesboro'lO
Britain. IIo moved its post- 5,ari?,e.r9 ""dson,
,b. 24. Pending this question, r'U ,Gr.Bay 5
linois called up the report of Sotfnrt Banks l
Jlirillfl 4 V
PeninsulariiK-.IlAtrnit
Farmers' i, Meeh.BK.
ALABAMA.
Bk ot Montgomery,
Northern Bank,
ijhclbyville Bank,
Lawrcnccburg bank, 50
Bank of Trenton, 50
Iiank of Claiborne, 50
Bank of Jefferson. 60
Bank of Knoxvillc, 50
Bank of Paris. Paris, 10
Bank of Tazewell, 50
Bank of tho Union, - 10
Back's Bk.MMinnv'o 10
City Bank. Nashville 10
Northern Bk.Clarksv. 10
Traders' Bk, Nashv. 10
Bk of Commerco. " 10
OcoooelHk Cleveland, 30
Bank of MiddloTenn. 10
Dandridge bank, 50
Biiuk of 'l'cnnesace. 8
Planters' t Union Ek, 8
INDIANA.
Bank of the Capitol, 50
Traders' bank, 50
Tippecanoe bank, 5
Central bank s ' 50
Bank of tho State, 11
Free banks, 5
ILLINOIS.
Bank of Elgin, - 51
Hock Island bank, 51
Peoples' bank, Carroi 20
Hamilton County Bk 51
l?Kof the Common w'h 51
Huntsville Bank, ' ' 51
Jtushville Bank, 20
Stock Security Bk, 50
Corn Exchange, - 61
Bk of Chester, 51
Bk of Belleville. 61
Solvent Book H
It is mentioned as a singular fact tht all
the Judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois,
were born and reared in Oueida county, New
xork.
New Advertisements.
TV'OTICE. An election for President and Di
11 rectors of the Union Turnpike Road compa
ny, will be held at Clearfield, on Saturday the 27th
day of February. Some other business of impor
tance will be transacted at tbo same tune.
J B. UKAHAM.
February 9. 1853. President.
ATTENTION ! JACKSON BLUES: Yon are
ordered to meet in Luthersbnrg. on Monday
tho 22d day of February, at 9 o'clock, A.M., in
full uniform, It is hoped that each member cf
the company will be in attendance. The Curwens
ville Brass Band. Oen. A. M. Hi 113 and stiff. Dd
Maj. S. C. Patchin and staff will be in attendance.
The Jaekson Blues will be presented on that day
a stand of colors by the citiiens of Brady town
ship. Let every member be punctual in atten
dance. By order of the Captain,
Feb. 10 WM. STEBBINS, 0. S.
NOTICE TO STOCKFIOLDEUS. C. 4 C.
TURNPIKE CO. At a meeting of the Board
of Managers of the Clearfield A Curwensville
Turnpike Company, the following resolutions were
adopted : Whereas the creditors or tne road be
ing urgent for payment. ODd it being very desira
ble to have the Toad finished ; Resolved, that a
meeting of the Stockholders be called at the Court
House iu Clearfield, on the 27th February, for the
purpose of deciding if it would be be?ttoas3ess
five dollars per share on the stock or obtain new
subscriptions. J. T. LEONARD, Prest.
G. L. IU:En. Scc'y. Feb. 10. 1S5A.
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