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DISSOLUTION ie 1 'A 1 ITN HUSH IP.
The partnership heretofore existing
between the firm of liolsincr i llute-liiasou.
in the publication of Tut AUrghiinutn, has thi;
tlay bfen dissolved by inuta:d consent. The
fibsi-ripthm ami lU-cuunti due the firm will be
left with J. T. Hutchinson, who is alone au
thorized to collect the same.
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J. TODD IirTCIilNiON.
Eiiensbursr, February lo. liSUo.
Just iX W2iS.
Well, good friends I six months have
rolled away since our first number made
its appearance, and strange as it may ap
pear to some The Aflcghanlan still lives.
Yes, it still lives, moves and has its being.
To ourselves, and to you, who have befriend
ed the enterprise from its beginning, this
fact is a source of profound satisfaction.
It must, too, be peculiarly gratifying to
those considerate individuals, v.-ho, at the
cutset, characterized our journal as a "cam
paign paper," to find out now that they
were mistaken slightly mistaken.
But what shall we say or do what can
we say or do to convince those sage
philosophers of their error, who, at this
l.ito day, persist in calling our journal
"a mere ephemeral concern ?" "Ye can
only point them to its past existence, cud
solemnly assure them of its intention to
live just as long as it can. Should this
determination not be overruled by some
wise economy of Providence, the probabil
ity is, that The Alhghanian will survive
for "a few days," at least. Put what if
its existence should be prolonged beyond
that brief period? what if it should last
for a few months, cr a few years? what
then? Simply this: those who like it can
bear it; those who don't like it can grin
and bear it.
But, friends and patrons, we had inten
ded to say a word as to our prospects.
Wc can still do so. Then let us assure
you that our prospects are bright aud cheer
ing. The establishment of a newspaper
press is at best but an experiment; but
ours, we believe, will he attended with sat
isfactory results. The support and encour
agement which we have received during
the first half-year have filled us with bright
anticipations fur the future. Wc trust
out hopes may be well founded; and that
many years of usefulness and prosperity
arc yet in store for The Al'cyhuniau, and
fjr you, too; its kind, indulgent, over
come patrons.
Slate Agricultural Society.
The State Agricultural Society held its
usual annu-il meeting at llarrisburg, on
Tuesday. The following effcers were
elected for the ensuing year: President
Jacob S. IlaUeman; Vice Presidents,
George Y '. "Woodward, George Cadwalla
der, James Gowen, Pobert Hare Powell,
Thomas P. Know, George Thomas, Adrian
Cornell, George M. Lauman, Coleman
Henderson, B. G. Peters, Amos P. Kfiapp,
P. W. Sturdcvant, Henry D. Maxwell,
Henry Painker, .7. B. Beck, C. Kberley,
William Peyser, Ellas Baker, William A.
Stokes, Joshua Wright, John Murdoch,
John Young, Jr., Thomas J. Power, II.
Souther, James Miles ; Additional mem
bers of the Executive Committee, I. G.
M'Kiuley, David Taggart, Win. Colder,
Jr., Jocob Mish, John II. Zeiglcr ; Cor
responding Secretary, A.Boyd Hamilton;
Chemist and Geologi.-t, S. S. Haldemau;
Librarian, Henry Gilbert.
In connection with this subject, wc
would ask: Are m to have an Agricultu
ral exhibition this fall The usual time
lor the election of officers has passed, and
we have heard of no action being taken in
the matter by the Society
Klccorcl lour Deeds.
All deeds executed in the State of
Pennsylvania, jiiut be recorded within
sis months, otherwise to be deemed fraud
ulent and void against purchasers on mort
gage for value, unless recorded before the
deed under which the purchaser claims.
At least, so says Pardon's Digest, and
that is regarded :s the best authority.
Persons cannot be too careful in properly
fcecuring the title to their property.
FT The People's Party i.ite Convention
jM!t at Ilarriibtirg1 trrt.-r'l.jy.
Emancipation of tiie ISus&ian
Slaves.
'In SunluY a vil!.-ge of the district of Kas
chiru. a cry rc-maiLi-Lic event has taken place.
The proprietor of the village. 11 err Xicolal
Terpen iew. has entor.nl iuto a voluntary con
tract with the scrr o.i his estate for their eman
cipation. Tin- viila-t- I;.: 3 mi urea of ;",02 a'tss
tut," a Russian term of bind measure) of laud
and a population or'lsl males, so that there
are to cat r.ut! :--ja.siaiines. ii? the effect
ot tui-i coi;;i::et lin- proprietor relinquishes to
the coiuiiiunity or parish a third part of the
soil, t.ir.t i;to IsTj d.:?atines, and reserves
to him.v.-k' tivo-tl.irds. The dwellings of the
peasants, with the-land appertaining to them,
htvoine the entire property of the occupants.
The peasants bind the-insed v cs to pay the cap
itation taxes and all subsisting imposts. The
ho:i:cste.:d can otilv o.issto in !...ir wii.i ci,..u
. t- - . . Hill
come tin icr the Si-uie obligations as his pre
decessor, and purchase the consent of his
co-heirs : nor can thev be sohl, cx.-cpt to peas
ant of the same village. The land not per
taining to the several dwellings belongs to the
community. The community binds "itself to
pay a bonus of 1-120 silver roubles. The pop
ular Ik-rr Turgeniew formally declares, at the
cud of the contract, that the peasants are nt
liberty to withdraw from the arrangements as
soon as tiie negotiations between the goveru
mcr t and the nobility .-hall oiler them more
favorable conditions. The civil authorities of
the village, on their part, engage not to inflict
corporal punishment, and only to sentence of
fenders to tines, compulsory labor, aud im
prisonment."' We appeal to every candid, honest uinl
in these United States tc compare the eon
duct of B ussia with that cf our slave States
and ask himself, Which is the despotic
government?
Here wc sec a ucbleman emancipating
his serfs, and distributing to them one-third
of his landed possessions in their own right
and no government law interdicts his act
on the contrary the Emperor approves and
commends the measure ; but what docs
our own country exhibit ?
It stands before the world supreme in
infauij It professes to regard liberty as
the inalienable right of all, yet holds in ael
ject bondage nearly four millions of men,
women and children, designating them as
pnjtrrty, devoid of all rights! Not content
with this, several States have passed laws
banishing persons, innocent of all crimes,
from their tenitory, under penalty of being
sold into perpetual slavery, and their pos
terity after them !
Nor yet satisfied with this, they threaten
to disiupt and destroy the union of these
States if Congress refuse to pass a slave
code for the Territories, whereby they may
be secured in holding their slaves in ter
ritory which our fathers, forty years ago,
devoted to freedom !
Yet further, they demand that no restric
tion nor punishmerit shall attach to the
importation of persons direct from Africa,
to be enslaved in this land of pretentious
freedom, and doomed to the condition of
brutes, to toil for any one able to buy and
hold them as propertv !
Furthermore, they threaten to overturn
the Government, defy the Constitution,
and the laws, if a majority of the people
should elect to the ofiiec of President an
man who shall assert tht " man cannot
righteously hold property in man." Such
is the picture which the United States at
this day presents of itself to the world !
Can anything be imagined more revolt
ing to the moral sense of right-minded
persons than this exhibit of the action of
our slave-holders, who yet profess to be
civilized and christianized ?
Compared with cur slave State despot
isms, ltussia becomes a free, noble, "-cner-ous
government, and her people might, like
the Chinese, designate us as being "ouier
barbarians" indeed. State Journal.
ITIiat liemocrnis tliiuii of tlieir
Party.
Senator Toombs, en the floor of Con
gress, said :
"I do not believe, to-day there is as cor
rupt a Government under the heavens as
that of the United States."
The Chavlestown Mercury says :
"To conclude the whole matter Nation
al Democracy is corrupt, vasciUating and
false ; it wears the garb of sanctity that
hideous deformities may be concealed
it woos but to ruin, aud wins but to de
stroy." Ex-Gov. Footc, Mississippi, says
"In fact, the Democratic party, now in
existence, is dishonest, corrupt and imbe
cile in the extreme, confessedly so. Par
ty organs and pariy leaders openly avow
it the Washington States had repeated
ly charged it, and had exposed the pecu
lations, frauds, and thefts of Government
emends
P:tr.--j dkntia!.. Horace Grecly is at
present on a lecturing tour through the
Wer-tern Mid North Western States, and
in a recent letter to the TrtLuar, he makes
the prediction that Douglas will be nomi
nated for President, by the Charlestown
Democratic Convention, and that he will
receive the united vote of the Southern
States. He also says, that altho' Seward. I
uaees, vaineroii, neeu, Uanks and the
other Presidential aspirants on the Pie
publican fcide, may have ardent friends
and supporters, that it will in all proba
bility be ascertained that Fremont and
Dayton will be the most acceptable candi
dates that can be presented by the Chi
crgo Republican Convention.
EDITORIAL H 0 T I N G S .
BSiI!ead new advertisements.
12 Reading matter on every pnge.
JDsy (ioing off the snow.
Going to go off the mud.
E?2iA protracted meeting is now being
held in the M. E. Church, of this place.
A sleighing party from Johnstown vis
ited our village oa Tuesday last.
EGi- A fixed fact that a rolling mill is to
be established at lloliidavsbur"-.
&cy V."e have received another exquisite
poem from-'Jennie," which we will lay before
oar readers next week.
KXA Poorc appointment Lien Perley
Poore has been appointed Clerk to the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
C3"" Lent commenced yesterday, and Eas
ter will fall on Sunday, the Sth of April a
fortnight earlier than usual.
tci-Amaa named Nicholas Peightal was
run over and instantly killed by a passenger
train, near Huntingdon, one day last week.
The Order of Sons of Temperance lo
cated at this place is steadily increasing. It
numbers at present about 230 members.
A bill is now before the Legislature of
the State, to exempt property to the amount
of 1,000 from levy and sale.
cy Yesterday, the 22d, was the anniver
sary of the birth of '-the father of his coun
try'' Washixotos.
S5It is generally conceded that the
Ground-Hog saw his shadow on the 2d inst.,
as we have had some very wintry weather
since.
Godey fur March is on our table. It
is full to overflowing with the iufinitcsmal va
riety of good things for which Godey is so
famous. Success to the '-Rook V
i.O" The machine shop of the Pittsburg and
Connellsville Railroad, at Connellsville, was
destroyed by fire on the 4th instant. Four
locomotives were destroyed by the tire.
A box containing the leg and two feet
of a human body, was found in a ravine near
the railroad dpot at Scranton, on the even
ing of the 15th inst. Suspicions of foul play
have been excited.
tS" If our friends throughout the county
will furnish us with lists of the lately elected
officers for their respective boroughs and
townships, we will take pleasure id publish
ing them.
tQ, A meeting was recently held in Mis
sissippi, nt which it was proposed to expunge
parts of the Lille, on the ground of their being
incendiary. The motion was lost by ouly
tlirce majority.
Kr A young man named Alonzo Ross, of
Curwensville, Clearfield county, while labor
ing under mental aberration, committed sui
cide on the 4th inst., by cutting his throat
with a razer.
5c!"Tue Cambria couaty Courts commence
on Monday, March Oth. Individuals in atten
dance will enjoy a flattering opportunity to
roll in and subscribe fur The AUeghanian.
The more, the merrier plenty of room left.
JCii-All the rage Sleighing parties, for
some time past.
The coward may prate of the sweets of home.
And the fireside's grateful ease :
Give us o'er the whitening hills to roam,
And to sport with the mountain breeze.
ESUOur thanks are due Hon. S. S. DIair,
of Congress, Hon. Louis Hall, of the Senate,
Hon. R. J. Prorulfoot, of the House, and T.
II. Cremer, Revenue Commissioner for Hun
tingdon, Rlair and Cambria counties, for
numerous favors.
Henry Pritts, indicted for the murder
of Rli Weamer, in October last, was receutly
put upon trial in the Somerset county court,
anil convicted of murder in the first degree,
lie has made a confession, in which he ac-
Knov:eagcs taat lie shot Y earner, but toys it
was done accidentally.
E?22"A great many speculations have been
advanced as to the why and wherefore of nu
merous candidates not having been elected to
CI! borough offices on Friday. The most sat
isfactory solution of the mystery we have vet
heard, is, because they didn't get enough
votes. .
JSSy So Blanche, don't forget as.JJetrt. $
Sent.
Our friend Bitters saith the above injunc
tion is totally unnecessary, for that he is of
ficially informed that Blanche will certainly be
run out of man-uscript when she is forgetting
ycu.
On Tuesday morning of last week, the
jail, court-house, and city hall of Carbondalc.
Pa., were set on fire by a prisoner named
Higgius, and totally destroyed. Higgins, al
though very anxious to leave for other dig
gin's, was unable to tlTect his escape, and
perished in the flames.
I3 The newly-elected Burgess and Town
Council, and other officials of our borough,
were inducted into office on Tuesday last, and'
have assumed the reins of government. From
the well-known energy cf the various mem
bers, we arc inclined to think they will make
capital ofiicers: The outgoing "Fathers'' have
the thanks of our citizens generally, for the
efficient manner in which they performed the
onerous duties devolving on them.
SZL, From the report of the Superintendent
of Common Schools, it seems there are at
present 137 schools in this county, and that
100 male and 35 female teachers were em
ployed during the last year to teach theyouno
ideas how to shoot. The average salary o?
males per month, $22,59; average salary of
feina.es per month, is Sl0,82. Wholenumber
of male scholars, 3,177 ; females, 2,863. Av
erage number of scholars attending school
, ol teacn.ns each pupil per month
58 ceats.
Assault upon 3Ir. EcIi.a;an.
Last evening, (10th inst.,) after ad
journment of the House, the Hon. Henry
A. Kdmundson, of Virginia, attempted to
draw the Hon. John Hickman, cf Penn
sylvania, into a personal rencontre. The
matter has been kept close by all the j ar
ties concerned, but it is learned that the
gentleman from the Xllth Virginia Dis
trict has been nursing his wrath ever
since Mr. Hickman made his famous
speech stating that eighteen millions ed'
the North would not permit the South to
dissolve the Union.
The attack upon Mr. Hickman creates
a irrcat deal of excitement niuoncr the Op
position members. The attack was en
tirely unprovoked, and was made by a
large, stout man, accompanied by two cf
his friends, upon a weak, slight, sick man,
who was alone. Mr. Hickman w;ts walk
ing down the Capitol steps, when Jid
mundson approached him, saying : "You
made a speech the other night at Wil
lard's Hotel." "I did." rei.lied Mr.
Hickman. "And, d n you, you slan
dered my State, you liar and coward,"
continued lidmundon, at the same mo
ment striking him with his cane across
the head. Mr. Hickman was about to
repol the assault, when he was caught by
Vice-President Dreckeniide, who led
him away : Keitt. and lJonlinirv. of New
UrJeans, taking care of Kdmundson. It
is reported that Keitt called out to Drcck
euridge, alluding to Hickman: "Take the
hound away 1" It will be recollected that
both Keitt and Edmundson were the in
stigators of the attack upon Sumner, and
steod sentinels while Brooks did his bloody
work. No one thinks Mr. Keitt had any
thing to do with the recent outrage, ex
cept to separate the parties. Mr. Hick
man bled at the lungs freely the night
and morning after the brutal attack upon
him. It was remarked yesterday that Mr.
lireckenridge was in the House for half
an hour, and all the time sat laughing with
Kdmundson, who, overcoat on and cigar
in mouth, sat upon one of the sofas in the
extremity of the Hall, aud finally the Vice
President went out with his Virginia
friend, as if he meant to testify to the
House his approbation of the attack on
Mr. Hickman. It must be remembered
that the brutal attack was unprovoked,
aud if the excuse be offered for Kdmund
son that he was tipsy, it will bo replied
that when sober he offered no apology.
Mysterious. The Clearfield RcpuW
rtm, of last week, says : "We have been
informed that Win. Housler, a citizen of
this county, residing generally in Kartha
us tp., lost his life iu Pock Haven, in a
somewhat mysterious manner, one night
last week, giving rise to suspicions thatThe
had I eeu murdered and robbed. The cir
cumstances, as we have heard them, are,
that Mr Housler had been to Philadelphia
where he had received a sum of monev,
amounting to about -50; that he had
been followed by two men from that place
on his return ; that they had been in com
pany with him in Lock Haven, and on
the niiiht in question he was found in one
of the hotels, in a dying condition, with
evident marks of violence upon him.
One of the men had disappeared, and the
other attempted to explain that the inju
ries to Mr. II. had been caused by his fal
ling down stairs a statement which the
dying man had only breath to contradict,
but not to give the real lacts. Only six
teen dollars were foundixpon Mr. IL at his
death. Our informant did not state, but
we presume the person found so near h hu
nt the time of his death was arres
ted. ST.vnn.ixo Occuurkncf. Sxake in
a Lady's Dress. The Loi'on Court
Journal snys : A lady who had returned
from India three years ago, and was the
oiiiCT tiay opening a drawer in what is
termed a bullock trunk, to her amazement
and horror a snake reared up his head ;
her first impulse was to push the drawer
to, but it was stiff and heavy. She ran,
screaming, down stairs fer help. Her
brother, who was in the drawing room,
went to her assistance and prcceelcd her
again up stairs. The snake was not to be
seen, and the gentleman thought it must
have been his sister's imaginatiem ; so af
ter some little time, the search was given
up. The following morning a canary that
always hung in the lady's room was mis
sing, and looking into the cage, the snake
lay curled up at the bottom of it, and all
that remained of the bird by his side.
There was no difficulty in destroying the
snake, and it was discovered to be what
is termed a green snake, whose nature is
to make a spring at the. eye, wheu death
immediately ensues. The marvel is how
the reptile lived so long and the lady es
caped." Nortii-Wkstkrn Pailuoaix It is
rumored that an effort is about belli" made
to have this road completed, as it fa now
out of the hands of the original company.
It will be recollected by our readers that
this road, with all its franchises, were sold
to the bondholders, some six or eiht
mourns ago, and tuey are now askin- for
new legislative power to complete the
read asking the Legislature to authorize
the chartering of a new company fur its
completion, connecting it with the Maho
ning and Cleveland road at New Castle
being the eastern outlet of the Mahouim'
road now finished to Youngstown The
sum of 2,200,000 ha.s already been ex
pended on tho line, and it is estimated
that $400,000 will complete it to Free
port where it will ennuot wUh n, n.
gheny Valley Pailroad, and from thence"
at an early dav. bo rmshorl
Clitic " .vinoiu ivcw
Sentenced lo be Hun?.
Charlkstoyvx, Feb. 14. !he Court
room was crowded yesterday morning, to
hear the sentence of the law passed upon
Ilazktt and Stevens.
The clerk having asked them if they had
anything to say why .sentence should not
be pa.-.-cd upon them, both responded that
they had.
Stevens then said, "May it please the
Court, I have n few wends to sav. Some
of the testimony against me wa-, untrue.
One of the witnesses siated that I said,
'Let us kill the cf , burn the
town.' To those who know me, it is use
less to make a denial of this charge, but I
Ueny Here Lciore ucu ana man, ever
having made such a j rposlt:oi'. I wish
to say lam entirely satis:i-,d with the con
duct of my counsel, Mr. Sennett. I de
sire also to return my thanks to the ofiicers
who have had charge of me, lor their uni
versal kind treatment, and to my physi
cian for the services rendered me whilst
suffering from my wounds. When I think
of my brothers slaughtered and my sisters
outraged, 1113- conscience does not reprove
me for mv actions. I shall meet my fate
manfully.""
This reference is understood to be the
treatment of his 'Xorthtrn brethren and sis
ters during the Kansas broils.
Hazlett then spoke as follows: "I
have a few words to sav. I am innocent '
of the charge on which I have been con
victed. 1 deny- ever having committed mur
der, or ever having contemplated murder,
or ever having associated with any one
with such intentions. Some of the wit
nesses have sworn to things which I deny,
and which were positively false. Por in
stance, in reference to my beard ; I have
never in mv life. u:til mv iini ri-onirnt
. j
in jail, allowed my bearel to go more than
a 1 ..1 , - ' 11
thii-e Y.-fi'ks without b-iviiir ..11
timony, therefore, as to the length cf my
beard is false. Again, Mr. Copcland tes-
entered the cell at Carlisle - thl-i T dont
- sim.i, oh mu.'i w iien ie j alleged evils, real or lir.a ciliary l-v :i re
entered the re II at C.-irlicb. - thU 1 .1 ! ,.c .1 . 11 '' j ' ' !",'
I was sitting on a blanket, my lack against
the wall.and another man was en the stool.
Copcland also said there were only two
men iu the cell ; this is false, as there were
four other white men in the nil with im-
and we coiur.nsetl all the wlnt r.ris.-,ner
in the jail. Others of the witnesses made the Union a-uhist all attacks, from vhl, ;:
false statements, but I forgive them all. cr within, -Jul airainst all ultraisms. vh'&:
I have been treated kindly since my con- i at the North or the South
Cnement much better than I had cxpee- j .WW, Therefore, that we rorectV'T
ted and I must say I think better of Vir- j but most emphatieallv, decline- t. i-artic"-ginia.
I wish also to return mv thni;l-s ; t.r ;.. ...
i muusci mjju nave so a oiy ueienaed
me: th-V hnve dono mnv.- in mv ,.-.!-. ..lc
' w ... ... .,w.in
- - vima nao
done. 1 repeat. I am limocrnt .f murder
but am prepared to meet my fate.
. ,
C PTT"Tir r-.V AV vrntz-iv Cr i ---.
V.IT1I aCaiwouk Nr.oiiOE.s. Cant. Math-
ews of the ship Alarm arrived at this port
to-day, lroai Calcutta, reports Laving left
at St. Helena. December '21. the Ateri.
can barque Orin, of New York, Capt Mor
gan, which ves.-cl had been captured by
the Pritish steamer J'luto, while enira ed
in the slave tiade. When the vessel was !
brought into port she had en beard eicht j
hundred and seven tv-one ne-rLe. of wh ich !
number sixty were women, one hundred
l - . , ' , : ;
Leiny-seen gins, two Hundred ar.d
.i.i.i-iuitt; uivii, in reu nuimrea and '
.uut-stx boys, ana seven fex unknown.
tuty-two had died, which would make the
. v. iv... vi luiiu- tviii' iin.iiui t u a CI
. ,-, , r ' v-... VIlt:
t::r:ttn?n lrr l
Jl' v.. Kit -iiuiii it'll I unaiTiI tvvfTi.
' tv-thrco. A mono- i ,nc , ,i . ,i ...
. i . ' "v.v.
Mxty boys forty men, eight women, twen-
TV-tour .nrl -.i.l , 1
' " - " - 1 " . ' . . v l ; v t
W.-.T-.".
kiio-- l"'",t. Ullit-1 tt'x un-
TlVcb,,. n v -i c, ,r ,
Ihe slater, after her arrival at St. llel-
TT tllC.
t on A -n t1Ic1J,i'st,?rehcdtlat
d V 1 i r PtfCC,"bcr' ir?:U
x .;ul ue Loando ofiicers and crew all well.
mo siaver would r.roh-.h v i. c.,,t i,..
for adjudication
- t J J "
The captain and first and second offi-
ttis tu iue unou were m r.rison nt St
1I1 .1 .. .. .
Hrlpin !, ,1 m i.; -l-
Inc bee- ' iv in0! ' t Vl" Sa'IC,Ii Thf"
nail L'ecn tie.iorpil i:tn f k ...!.. - a-.' .
-usn.rw Ol lilt'
i inted States steamer Mvstie, and would
oc brought to this country for trial. The
captain of the slaver appeared dispos
ed to make a clean breast of the whole af
fair. The slaves remained on board the Orion
wheu the Alarm left Si, Helena.
Excitement at Zanesvillh. An
affair somewhat similar iu its origin to the
celebrated Morgan case, occurredln Zanes-
uic tne otnev day, and is just now the
subject of much excitement and speculation
here Ihe Aurora, a local paper. Tub-
o 1" , rYl .II !IP: V-lKlt Imported
Van ,1 1 ,UO'Jc 01 lnitul-
tiOn, st'is. seerrT i,, t .1. .
Sons cf Malta, which was extensively ceT
ied. 1 his was considered ti good joke, got
up oy some wag to amuse the Sons, and
was laughed over by not a f It however
assumed a serious aspect, when the other
day it was discovered that one Curtis was
the author, and that he had suddenly and
mysteriously disappeared. Suspicion at
once pointed to the Sons of Malta, and it
is feared that unless the mystery which
enshrouds the case is cleaved up, "the citi
zens will rise ca masse against the Order
as an organization dangerous in its very
nature, and whose presence should not be
tolerated in the commuuity. At lut'-ie
counts, excitement on tho sublect ra-4 very
high, and an attack on the Sous was anti
cipated by many. 0f Curtis, iu the mean
time, nothing can be heard. All that is
known of him that he has disappeared
and tho nmnb, ; 1 . '
that he was ?pnited away by the Order.
tiVtbvrg Chronid.
- , ...Mtssion Keems to be
TJre Contemplated frcuthenT
The Legislature of South Carolii.,
few weeks ago, passed resolutions ii',
warded them to all the slave holuh," '.
requesting the appointment of V,n
sioners to a Convention to arrai,-'e f"r"
division of the union, on the c-ccurriio
certain contingencies. c J1
The Legislature of 3Iissi?ij.pi ps,
sponded aliirmatively. 'ihat of Vi-T:,"
regarded tho proposed mt-asure a-, ur"-
stitutioual, and declined action. la p."T
land, the proposition was received
great disfavor. e have not ea -j,
statement of the action of the re?...,,'
tivc-s in oilier ."Mates, except m ivi.
There, Gov. Houston sent in the nnti
nication, accompanied by a special n:e--,
strongly condemning the proposed
ure. The following resolution wer
introduced in the Legislature, vr-;),
probability cf their being passed bj a e
strong vote :
Sixtion 1. Pe it j?Wiyv7, by tLeLt'.
islature of the State of Texas, that wo
not concur in the opinion with the he
L lu re of South Carolina, that any wa i
alarming exigency exists in our i'.lxW
affairs, as tw justify the revc-lutionurv v.
lion recommended by them to their si-r.
slaveholding States; nor do wc asett v
the doctrine of secession, by one or
Slates, from our natitnal confederal v,
constitutional risiht.
7tWv7, That this Legislature isfrzir
attached to the Ijiiou of these St;.te.-. i
order to participate in the glory an j j -.,.
pcrity for which Texas surrendered Le
national existence, and that we ro f r h
as one and indivisible, now and'Hrc
as cur Pevoiutionary fathers framed ::.
Rt.vJuJ. That this Legislature IcLuj.
in the proposed secession of the Seutlf-
1 1,. 1.1;.... . I- .1
. ci.nt.iiuiuu eua, oi ai.v ei ituiii. i: -
! tiir sister States as in the d:- AwiQj
j our glorious Union no remedy lL.r
iauiton 01 mem all. and ro-t.-jv.t.
ihat deplorable event :s the pai em ol "oth
er calamities, far transcending in la.i;:.
tude tiiid fatal consequences any tiuw ps..
ing over us.
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it? ..-..,. 1 -.,- ,. ... j -
as i:ir as aepen.-.s ur.-.a
l.osed m- etii!" r.l'ih -' i-.-.-b.
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, ui 11. u pur, osc:
indicated lv
Le" L
j euro ci ocutu v aroluia
i:
! 7.y.:?.-.i ti.... v:- i.' -1 -
i .t...ci i.i, ins i.iie:iv i c , ii:e
j crnor be le quested to communicat.
i
preamble and r-. solutions to
i is.r N'f-.fm i-.-Wli 1, : .. .. .
j earnest hope that they will a'.l unite v':.1.
; in cultivutitig broiherlv f-e'.in-, el-M-r. f
i vmg ju.-iiee and obeying the C
' and laws ef the Ur.irpd
Disunion m--vt incuts ar
( r.t v
constitiuiotrti, and tend to trcrsc-r
indications arc. that thev are t:
rowiau -- I
uistavor throughout the laud
IIl.STO'UOAi.. A new histjrv
i ' .uii s i- an j-.nsitsiiman.
s s..:t:
! contain the fdlowin-:
; much of American natural ?cci:erv: -
l-iill
confess 1 was sadiy disappointed "vd.a I
t-ame 10 sec it invso t. 1 have tr;ver:
cdi
i .-.4 Af . f : . - .
. : .'
' .1 1 - . 1 " ff . ,
. mt; ii.n-.v -Mountains, at. el 1 saw rvll:i
j that eovdd'e called worthy of the z
. . . '
saw ue'tLiU
: ,.r poet s observation. It is true thatf-
"as some charming sccnerv. which L
I been much improved bv Pritilh tate r
I -tho natuilconscqucnc;;" Ine t
' v:ltin rtune-ment of the inhalir
but lencver one crosses into the
! the country exhibits cither wild tVr,-:
! i i -,,...
i naivcei prairies, t.otti olwliteJi are dan-v::'-!
to travel through, in consequence of vA
quantities cf the voracious aninnds tr-. :
e-ouiam. uistin-uisluM meml cr o:
I l'--os Parliament informed ,ac ih::
-i . ..
lilt ;t III A .I,.,., I. , I ... 1
a railroad train last vear. was attacked!-1
drove of raccoons while crossing a pruir :
and evt ry passenger destroyed. Tb- ;
raccoons are the terror of this wild ce-ia: ;
and have depepulated thousands tfaiiJ
of its surface."
j
Tiiiui.li.no Apventi re -I T! r
Carried oiT in-Mtn ihe 7,v On AlonJaV kd
a party ot gentleman visited the lav r
the purpose of seeing the Indians, sm
others fish for trout." About two 01'
some of the party observed a singular cq
tion of the ice. It apj eared tint f-j
ns a strong current in the water, rm q
examination disclosed the fact tl:at.h
i lll'on which lilT ore standing fcaJ VH
11. .1 J . . - 1.1.
iv ui-mcui incm aim me snore, anu ;
they were rapidly floating into l.:dc li
re n . 1 hey at on ce j ut t heir he-r c? in E."
tioii to f.nd fciiic reint where thev C'
rt.i 1.. .... - -.1 1 .1 j.i
ce 10 tne mam land, but eeulu V.v -
sueli place. Tn iL iMtini thcx ve:
going very rapidly, the wind blowing
gale from the shore. Their situation ?
vi-ry dangerous, both as retrards tic
ger of the breaking up of the ice r:
which they were, ar.d ihe severe coiJ-.
(Jrcat excitement existed at lkiy
amongst the inhabitants generally s'
many plans for tiieir relief were talked
and mii-.iso,i fri..- t.iirn t--;
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ie-eu mues, wiien one end ot tne ic.
nately trroundt'd on S .iimw Point.
.frrt:
inade a rush for the shore, after first
ting off their horses and sleiihs. I'K
was much broken, aud they had to tv;.
some distance over separate cales tou' . ' "
the shore. Last Saginaw Courier.
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