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GETTYSBURG, PA
Irisii447 Massing, June 21, 1848.
4 0111f0C1iATIC STATE TICKET'.
JUDO! OP At'Pßlrbf cork?,
WILLIAM A. PM - Mk of Fiiils4slp6la
goal. coliromomsa,
10/RSTLRY FROST, of Fayeto gDuqty
lirWe publish Qua. CABS' letter of
instructions to Oov. br.uvr.s., for con
daeting the election in Kansas. It will
be peen that the President is very ex
plicit la directing that every thing shall
be &Me to insure a fair expression of
the will er the poopte.
11 1 1P4n0.. P. Stockton, of Pi ew Jersey,
Las been appointod United States Min
k*. $0 Iloino, in place of Lewis Cass,
Jr., Posioad. lie is 4n son of Coat.
Biatitgon. Tbs liossitple Mind -
Imp, or Phijadolphia, w o was spoken of
ee )fir. Mem' anasemor, has base 'T
riaged Lallans to NAplos. Joseph A.
Wright, of Indiana, has boon appoiitod
Msaisior to UUSSia t 0441 Charius It.
Beckelew, of Pennsylvania, for Baena
dar. All good appointments.
• ISPUOo. J. U. Walton, of &roads
beirg,*oeroo county, lato a member of
the Pimnsylvsnit State &nate, has boon
appointed Treasurer of the United
*mos lii4t niti(Vielphia ? VICO Dr.
JUswgeou, resigned.
Dispatches train Ragland.—lt. isolat
ed Um& siispate4ais have reached Wash-,
imps* from gnglead coneerning the
ouiragcnou American vessels of& char
acter very satisfactory. Lord Derby
is illisposed to make ample reparation
for the course pursued by the English
CZOINOI4 and peremptory order. lukTe
bass mutt out by kis government to
atop tke proessdings immediately. It
is act impassible Lint a anal settlement
al ilka light of search question will
be made at an early day, if certain an
ticipated changes are effected.
011rThe Utah policy of BUCHAN-
Me. Administration is triumphant.—
?be troublesome problem of Mormon
ism has been solved by the promptness,
decision, and roeo)to firmness of Mr.
nfiebanan. The 'Teetering sore, the
camerae' alter of fanatical lioonLious
was, has btu subjacted to the knife
And actual caatery. The experiment
bas proved perfectly summate!. The
dim". iscured. The country will hail
with Warm satisfaction the news of
tli• Nonson submission toile laws and
oaken of the United States. The wis
dom of his policy is fully vindicated,
Siad the thorough preparation for at
farciagsatorniewon has proved a moat
tillakinge plan of wise economy.
XiPonape wag groat rejoicing at Day
ton, Ohio, among the Democracy, upon
the announcement of the admission of
Colonel Vallendingham. to his seat in
the House of Representatives. A tit
bits of thlvty-tbreo guns was fired in
boner of Ow event, ..
SIPA most destructive good occurred
la Baltimore on Saturday Week—none
Snare go since 1537. The lower parts
of the city Were overflowed, and a large
Amount of property was injtwod and
destroyed. The waters subsided on
Sunday.
Boise to Europe.—Bev. B. SADIViIt,
pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church,
in Easton, Pa., sailed from Now York
on the 9th, on board the Steamer 4if
rioa, bound for Europe. Mr. S. accom
panies his aged father on a visit to the
bowie of his childhood, in Germany.
as will be absent several months, du
ring-which time his pulpit will be filled
by the Rev. Mr. GAIIIII„ who has re
oently Warned from a tour to Europe.
ifirlbeßoard of lueation in Brook
lyn has adopted a resolution requiring
the 'Principals of the Public Schools to
soliiibe Declaration of --n— T dA
pon-enee
to the milt ander their charge, on the
evening of The day preceding the coin
ing Fourth of July. Bight. Let the
1111$410 b. done in evory part of the land.
garSonte of the eastern dry Gipds
dealara are now advertising " The'Prin
ono Royal Looped Extension Bridal
Rids." It Is announced to be " Perft
tile itself," hiving " aunt:lied to it a
• sow binge, simple and entirely free
aim any intricate, cumbersome or at/Be
low appendage."
Prilev. W. X. Baum was formally
*Mod its pastor of the Lutheran eon
10111111OPP in Winchester, Va , on Pan
hl4,
rear Nfr • ge. froin Utah.—The . Na
inplifigencer anqoupoes that
TAWS.. Gem- &c at on consultation
thbAlMgas7 of War, bee sant orders
4110mbea to taro bock a h . u.g e porMon
new ' Poring in the di re° •
s lip sr The lament* hog lees
with however, be forwarded
sa al it eg as emu/ erftbie body or
u som w ill b e her there for some time
iti-aanO•
A ralt to Do loatomilloood.
It is a fact to be rememberod, nays
the Detroit Free Press, that Republican
iiisnators Durkee of Wisconsin, Festion
den of Maine, Hale of NeW Hampshire,
Hamlin of Maine, Trumbull of Illinois,
and Wade of Ohio, voted against the
admismiou of the free State of Oregon.
while southern Democratic Senators
8. - Iyard of Delaware, Benjamin of Lou
isiana, Brown of Mississippi, Clay of
Alabama, Clingman of North Carolina,
Johnston of Arkansas, Polk of Missouri,
Sebastain of Arkansas, Slidell of Louisi
ana, Toombs of Georgia, and Yulee of
Florida, voted for it. Four or five De
mocratic Senators voted al,•ainst it, but
solely on the ground of inadequacy of
population; no census had been taken,
and they were apprehensive that. the
population was insufficient to warrant, a
representation in Congress. Tho oppo
sition of die Black nepublienn Senators
was not, ou this ground; they made no
objection on the 'score of inadequacy of
population ; their objection was that
the constitution of Oregon prohibited
the settlement of usgroes in the State.
It also prohibited the settlement of
Chinese; bet this the Black Republi
cans cared nothing about. Their phi
lanthropy did not run in the direction
of the Celestials; it was all for the
lithiopian. They lead seardied in the
constitution for a nigger and found hien,
and ho stack in their throats. hey
would not vote for Oregon with a con
stitution that did not proclaim nigger
equality. It did not. matter that the
constitution prohibited slavery; this
was not enough ; it must make niggers
citizons—not only those now in Ore
gon, but. all who should Bettie there in.
the future! •
So wo see that if it had depended up
on the leading Black Republicans of
the Senate, the bill for the admission of
free Oregon would aot have passed that.
body. Oregon would have been reject
ed, and admonished that she could not
mme in until she bad made a -constitu
tion-to sail, the Black Republican Sena
tors of Mains, New Hampshire, Ohio
and Illinois. It, was the I)omos•ratio
Senators of the rave States of Dela
ware, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
and Florida who broaglit free Oregon
in, aided by the northern Democratic
Senators, and it was they who brought
free Minnesota in, againsL the opposi
tion of most of the Black Republicans in
both houses.
It must bo concluded that. free SLAWS
are not desirable to Black Republican
ism unless they are abolition States.—
Oregon is offensive. to it, because, its
champions tell us, the constitution ex
cludes nogroes. But the Kansas Tope
ka constitution exelnded ncgroes, and
yet, every Black Republican in both
houses of the last Congress voted for
the Topeka constitution. . Kansas, how
ever, presented Lwo abolition Seentors
with her Topeka concern. Oregon will
send two Democratic Senators. That.
is the difference, and that hi what makes
the difference with the Black Republi
cans. It is not, in fact, that Oregon
excludes negrOes, -.bat that. she sends
Democratic Senators sad Representa
-
Lives.
President Bnehanai.
The Memphis Avalanche says: We
verily believe that Mr. Buchanan will
retire one of the most popular Presi
dents that ever presided over the Amer
ican Republic. Tho opposition may
abuse Mr. Buchanan, they may ridi
cule us for defending him, but they
have not a plausible reason to complain
of him.—They wore at his heels the
moment ho was inaugurated, and have
kept up a continual yelp over sinoo;
but have neither alarmed nor injured
any ono beyond their own oirelo. The
"Kansas shriokors," the "political cler
gymen," the Abolitionists, and Knew
Nothings, disappointed "applicants for
place," (in some instances,) have made
various efforts to excite public indigna
tion against the Chief Magistrate of the
nation, bat have only succeeded in draw
ing contempt upon themselves. They
will soon leant, if they be not already
oonvineed of the fact, that Mr. Buchan
an knows what he is about. Ills great
ability as a statesman—his long experi
°nee in the highest public affitin3 l. and l
his Jacksonian resolution in the execu
tion of his conviction of ditty, place him
far above the roach of his enemies, and
secure the confidence, support and ad
miration of the great mass of the Amer
ican people. Ills cool judgment—his
relict] of mind—his thorough knowledge
of the polities of the world—his eleva
ted motives in adtuinistering the gov
ernment, and his freedom from all in
fluences, except those founded upon
reason and just►co, render him, most
emphatically, the rock of the National
Doniocraey—the great conservative
Union-loving President of tho confed
eracy; the impartial, constitution-abid
ing, fearless executive, whose only anx
iety is to promote the honor, prosperity
and strength of the people who have so
looted him u their highest officer, and
who honor and love Jtim for his past
services and the perfect Manner In which
he now discharges thereat trust confi
ded to him. Row harmless must prove
the weapons of envy, misrepreninta
tion and calumny against such a man
The recent elections show how the pub-
lie heart beats, and future elections will
speak to him the deep gratitude of a
patriatio people towards an Must/toes
444 faithful public servant.
Jfi - llon. WILSON REILLY has our
thanks for Congressional favors.
florimut Loa
The opposition pros are just now
making * great clamor about the fifteen
willlon loan asked by the National Ad
mietration, to defray the expenses and
carry on the operations of Government.
In their fiery zeal to make capital
against a Democratic President, they
forget that the sin which they lay to
the charge of the Administration, lies at
their own door and is imputable entire
ly to the conduct of their own party.—
It was their own blind folly that plung
ed the Government into the debt from
which it is now trying to recover it
self. It, was their own extravagance
and peculation that hung the mill-stone
around the nation's neck. Wo can
"item the bill" for the gentlemen, if
they desire it. To wit : It was an op
position louse of Representatives, (in
the thirty-fourth Congress) that spent
$300,000 in ele:-ling a Speaker: It.
was that same opposition House of Re
presentatives that, in 1R56 prolonged
the sitting of Congress, at an enormous
expense, merely to carry on u fruitless
discussion of the slavery abstraction :
It was that same opposition House of
Representatives that increased the pay
of Congressmen to three thousand dol
lars per session: It. was that flame op
position house of Representatives that,
with groat cost to the Government,
sent, a Committee to Kansas to invostl-
difficulties occasioned, as has boon
proved time and again, by a society
acting tinder the auspices of the opposi
tion: and it was that same opposition
Roam of Representatives that. caused
the bulky Report of that Ramo Kansas
investigating Committee to be printed,
and scattered o7or the Union, at an
immense outlay of money on tho part
of the Government. To these and
other acts of the opposition, is to be at
tributed the late increase of our Na
tional debt., and, consequently, if a loan
must be resorted to, the opposition who
brought about tho necessity for that
loan, is the party to be blamed, and not
the Administration which is trying to
maintain tho honor of the nation by
honestly meeting its creditors.
But, notwithstanding the oxtralia
wince of the opposition House of the
last congress, a prudent and energetic
Administration, like tho present, would
soon have succeeded, under ordinary
eireunixtanees, in cancelling the liabilities
of the Government. The whole world,
however, knows that during tho last
eight months, the business of this coun
try as well as that, of Europe and other
civilized countries, has been in a crip
pled and inert condition. The financial
panic of last Fall affected our Com more()
to such a degree that all importations
ceased and all inter-national traffic was
suspended. As a consequence of this
the i nil e s of revenue immediately - slack
ened, whilst, the efflux of funds from
tho Treasury, owing to the pressure of
panic stricken creditors, was greater
than -ever. Is it to bo wondered at,
therefore, that the national coffers aro
empty and that, the Administration is
compelled to ask fora loan ?
Again, we have the Mormon war on
A ose,
our hands, which is • 4 us a heavy
sum of money: Neve the safety
and honor of the nation demand that
this war shall be vigorously prosecuted
and that the rebellion in Utah shall be
quelled at. as tally day. flow is the
Presidont to do this with an empty
Treasury ? How is the army which is
to subdue the Mormons, to bo sustained
without money? Whonevor the oppo
sition answer this, we shall say nothing
further against their animadversions
npon the Administration for desiring a
loan. Meanwhile, wo would suggest
that, perhaps, if tho opposition in the
last Congress had been a little less given
to heaping unneeessaiy expenses upon
the Government, there might now be
funds in the Treasury sufficient to carry
on this Mormon War; and further, that.,
perhaps, if Mr. FILLMORE, that good-na
tured opposition President, had not
been imprudent enough to appoint
&INMAN YOUNG, that " tetenima eat=
bell," Governor of Utah, we might not
have this war to fight through.—Bed
ford Ga:dte.
tar The Opposition papers make
sweeping charges against Mr. Buchanan.and his Cabinet, but fail to give the
proof. Their last hobby is, the purchase
of Willet'a Point, below New York, for
fortification purposes, by Secretary
Floyd. They aro careful' not to give
the facts in the case—and they are
equally careful not to mention that the
report of the committee of investiga
tion declares that nothing in the evi
dence " warrants the slightest imputation
upon the oirteial or personal integrity of the
Secretary of War." Wo hope to have
space for all tho facts shortly.
In tke Pield.
A movement is on foot in Black Re,
publican circles, headed by the New
York Herald, looking to the nomination
of 11013. SI MON CAMINON as their Proai
dontial candidate in 1860.
There is evidently something in this.
The old stagers of the Republican par
.ty, such as Seward, Giddings, Hale,
Fremont, et. al., are no longer consider
ed available, hence Simon is at work to
secure the prize for himself. The gen
eral is a capital hand at wire-pulling,
and we should not be surprised if ho
turns out to be a prominent candidate
for the Black Repabliczn nomination.
But sato an election, that is an entirely
different matter. He will be able to
bear A defeat with as much philosophy
as any other man of his party.- 7 --Lane.
fittelitgroecr.
•ir - Counterfeit fivose Stato
Bank at Now Brunswick., N. J., are on t.
Our Owe Pad 3'h.Milano
arty ltosi.
Since the i t
ssuing of the iir call from the
different Opposition Committees of the
City. an order has been received from
the Black Repaid's:ran headquarters at,
Washington, to put an additional plank 1
in the Mulatto platform. The one cho
sen is encouragement to our own indus- '
try; and on Saturday the City wits pla
carded with large bills summoning a
meeting of "the citizens of Philadel
phia, without regard to party, who are
in favor of securing encouragement to
Home Productions and Homo Labor."
The meeting was to have taken place
on Monday evening—but it, did not, ow
ing to some eireurnstances which are
of too personal a character to be made
the subject of newspaper comment.
But. the programme was made public
and the speakers announced, and a
single glance at the latter will afford a
fair index to the piebald and disjointed
character of the whole movement. The
fanatic A bolitionists of the North, who
to reach his purpose would sever the
bonds which bind together the States,
and thus destroy home industry at a
blow, was to have met the big otted
Know Nothing from the South, whose
polity is to prevent emigration, and by
this means stop the supply of laborers,
impede the growth of the West, and
close the home market against our man
n faet rem. FOOT, FEHRENDEN and Co L
LAMM were to talk to the same meet
ing, with Msasnsm and WINTER DA
VIS, while the consistent CAMERON was
to mount the mime platform with Tim
m P. Caiernetz, and expatiate upon
the benuCes of the protective system
as applied to our country. It was to
have been a gathering of the clans for
a political raid ; and hence the real in
tentions of the movement are attempt
ed to be diignised by an appeal to tho
masses in favor of protection to Anicii
can Indlistry.
Tho real and permanent protection
of home labor is no part of the inten
tions of the men who aro at the head of
this movement. Look at the dome
geguee who are prominent on the cell,
and this fact is apparent. They aro
the old, worn-out hacks whose sides
aro marked with tho ill fitting harness
of all political parties. They strangled
the Whig party, sold Out HENRY CLAY,
killed GCDOTOI TAYLOR by their inde
cent importunities fir a hold upon the
strings of the public purse, joined the
Know Nothing order and betrayed their
associates, and now aro attempting to
struggle out. of the mire of obscurity
by clamoring for "encouragement to
home productions and home labor."
But the trick will not avail. The peo
ple hear too distinctly the creaking of
the political machine to bo deluded by
this scheme. They know that this is a
movement looking to the Presidential
campaign of 1860. • Kansas having al
most exploded, the mulatto party must
have some rallying cry, AUDIO platform
on whiell'to stand, and the managers
have chosen this, and send their agents
to kV how the bait will be received in
the ohl Keystone State.
This is the simple purport of the
movement in question. ILIA merely a
political trick. There is - no element of
- protection in it. 'rho mon who wore
announced to participate aro in no wise
identified with the real interests of
American labor. How did the repre
sentatives from the pastern States vote
upon the iron question ? They aro for
self only—they have always repudiated
Pennsylvania. Yet they aro to be sent
hero by the political managers to talk
to our people about prcitection to home
labor. Ti o true protection to labor,
that which makes no distinction be
tween the capitalist and the laborer,
has always proceeded from the Demo
cratic party of -tho country. Tho op•
position at all times has either used the
quTtion for the purpose of acquiring
political power or favoring tho eapitsd
let, at the expense of the poor working
man. This, the history of all tariffs
gotten up and passed by the oppObition,
will abundantly prove. With this fact
deeply engraVen in the memory of the
people of Pennsylvania, the present at
tempt on the part of a desperate band
of political tricksters to ride into power
on the wave of a protective tariff, will
prove a failure. When the labor f the
country needs encourngement and pro
tection, tho masses will confide that
task to the bands of honest men, not
more political trimmers, such as aro
prominent in the present agitation on
the tariff question.
We repeat, this movement is merely
gotten up for the pnrpose of starting
the Presidential campaign of the Mu
latto party, and the attempt to give it
any other character is simply ridieu•
lone.—Pennsylvanian.
The Sequel
Gen. Jim Lane, of Kansas, who has
been in the opposition ranks a kind of
planetary star, circled round by lesser
orbs, whose beams from him woro bor
rowed, is now lodged in the common
jail of Leavenworth City, sent there by
the mayor of Lawrence to protect him
from the merited vengeance of the peo
ple of the latter place. Mr. Jenkins,
the victim of Lane, it is said, was a
highly respectable gentleman, and com
manded very much of the public confi
denee.
There is in this extraordinary- sequel
in the career of Lane an impressive les
son which we trust will not be without
effect upon the country. He was a
zealous and credited Republican leader,
imparting to his political associates a
large share of the extreme and menda
cious spirit which has characterized
that, organization out of the Territory.
There is in his active political life very
much of the illiberality andself-righte
oneness which constitute the special gifts
of New England Republicanism. What
the Tribune is to the press Lane is to
the members of his party. With a
jaundiced vision and a chronic habit of
coloring all his subjects with sectional
prejudices, never thus dealing fairly by
either side, and always offending the
impartial judgment of the country, he
has gone on from step to step to his
present solitude, which is invoked as a
protection against the outraged senti
ment of thoeq whom ho has so long
used and alibied.
The history of Kansas has opened a
now and startlmg chapter in the records
of American polities. From the mo
ment when the federal government or
ganized therein a territorial system up
to the present moment it has been a
continuous mine of extravagant and
lawless strife, which •is fitly cloeod by
the homicide at Lawrence.— Was/slip
ton Union.
Letter frees Weekiagtoa.
....._
WAseimaros, June 17, 1858.
Dear Compller:--COngross adjourned
finally at 6 o'olock on Monday-evening,
with less "noise and confusion" than
is common on such occasions. Ali the
bills necessary to keep the government
machinery in motion were passed.
The President, by proclamation, call
ed the Senate together again, to dis
patch some pressing business. The
session of Tuesday was occupied with
discussion of the Right of Search ques
tion. Mr. Mason thought the views of
Senators should be expressed now in
regard to the British aggressions in the
gulf. Mr. Wade thought the motive of
the British was a good one—the snp
pmssion of the slave trade. Mr. Ben
jamin contended that the right of visit
was a part of the right of search—a
L)ractico which could not be conceded
upon any consideration. Messrs. Cling
man, 12(x)little, Mallory and others par
ticipated. Without concluding, the
Senate went into committee on exam
tire'bnsiness.
Yesterday morning, ,the Senate wont
into secret session. When, tbo doors
were opened, Mr. Mason moved to take
up tie British aggressions resolutions,
whith was agrood to, by it vote of 32
years to 3 nays—hand then tho resolu
tions passed • unanimously, which fact
was : ordered to bo entered on the jour
nal. Tho resolutions aro as follows :
liese/ved, (as the judgment of the
Senste,) 'That American vessels on the
high seas, in the time of peace, bearing
the American flag, remain under the
jurisdiction of the country to which
they belong; andAlierefore, any visita
tion, molestation, or detention of such
vessels by force, or by the exhibition of
force, on the part . of a foreign power,
is in- derogation of the sovereignty of
the United States.
Re-sotved, That the recent and repeat
ed violations of this immunity, commit
tod by vossols of war belonging to the
navy of Groat Britain, in the Gulf of
Mexico and the adjacent sons, by firing
into,lnterrupting and othorwiso forci
bly dotainin. , thorn on their voyage, ro
quirus, in the judgment of tho Senate,
such• unequivocal and final disposition
of the subject by tho governments of
Groat Britain and the United States,
toughing tho right. invoked, as shall
satisfy the just demands of this govern
mont•and preclude hereafter the occur
rcnco.of like aggressions.
Re.gohyd, That the Senate folly ap
proves the action of the Executive in
wilding' a naval force into the infested
seas with orders " to protect all vessels
of the, United States on the high seas
from search, or detention by the vessels
of war of any othei nation." And it is
the opinion of the Senate that, if it be
comes necessary, such additional legis
lation should be supplied in aid of the
Execntive power as will make such prcw
teetion effectual.
The President having no further
oommunications to make, the Senate
adjourned the extra reamien.
1111 the President's appointments
wore eonfirmod.
"Finis." X. Y. Z.
Later from Utah—Return of Gov. Cum
ming—Salt Lake City Nearly Deserted..
St. Louis, Juno 16.—C01. Thomas L.
Kane, from Camp Scott, which ho left
on the 16th ult, passed lloonoyille last
evening. 1143 reports that Governor
Cumming bad returned after making
an ineffectual attempt to arrest the
Mornuin hegira to tho South.
Salt Lako City and tho Northern set
tlements were nosily deserted, a few
persons only remaining to guard the
buildings. Forty thousand persons are
said to bo in motion, l their trains oxten
ding for miles down the valley. The
advanced trains are :already threo hun
dred nines distant. To avoid answer
ing whither bound, they say they arc
going South, but it is supposed their
destination is Cedar Crook or some part
of Sonora.
There were no moles at camp Scott.
The -. party met. Col. Hoffman's train
20 miles from Platte bridge.
Gen. Johnston ilitonded awaiting the
arrival of the peace commissioners at
Camp Scott.
The Indians aro annoying the Mor
mons, whom they call squaws, because
they won't fight.
Brigham Young delivered the groat
seal, the records, cte,, which wore sup
posed to have been destroyed, to Gov.
Cumin ing.
Tho recent heavy rains bad extended
far west, and all the streams were full.
Later from 'Utah.—LEAvEswouru,
Juno 13th.—Two gentlemen 'have ar
rived hero from Camp Scott, with eight
days later news. Governor Cumming
was still at Salt Lake City. Gen.
Johnston had provisions sufficient to
last, till June 10th. Nothing had been
heard from Captain Marcy, near liar
inie. The gentlemen were passed by a
Mormon express from Salt Lake city,
having left May 11th, bound to Coun
cil Bluffs. They reported that Gov.
Cumming bad returned to Camp Scott,
but, expected to return to the city im
mediately. They also reported every
thing as quiet.
Fire at Rock Island, 111innis.—Roca
ISLAND, Juno 15th.—The "brick block"
of buildings located on Washington
and Illinois streets, and occupied by
liquor. dealers, was destroyed by fire
this morning. The loss to the building
and fl;oods will exceed $30,000, which is
one-half insured.
Plied and Distressing Accident.—We
lear'n from a rorrespondent at New
Market,. Frederick county, Md., that
on Monday morning, as Dr. Wm. L.
Willis was about starting on a gunning
excursion, in eompany with his brother
and several friends, his gun was acci
dentally discharged, the contents of
one barrel entering just above the left
eye, blowing off the top of his head and
scattering hie brains about the ground.
Re•expired in about fifteen minutes.—
His brOther Immediately foil into a
swoon, and as he did so his gun was
also accidentally discharged, but fortu
nately without inflicting injury upon
him or any one Aft.
ifirlaliss Sarah Paul, smolt interest
ing young ladr, a teacher, was burnt fo
death iii Oglethorpe, Georgia, bolt
week, by the explomon of a fluid lamp.
iobr & eoggili affßilics.
The Cleerysimord flathead.
But for the continued wet weather,
track-laying would have been resumed
upon the Gettysburg Railroad more
than a month ago. All out-door opera
tions have been retarded, and of course
none other more so than railroad work.
From the state of the grading at New
Oxford, on Wednesday, (on which day
the President and a number of the
Managers, with few others, passed
along the lino between this and that
place,) wo were informed that track
laying could, and would be, resumed to
day—Monday. Thu work can then
progress steadily and uninterruptedly
hithorward. Tho grading yet to be
done is &mere "drop in the bucket," and
will not interfere—it will be finished up
far enough in advance of the track
layers. There-is, therefore, nothing in
the way of an early completion of this
important enterprise.
That the Road will bo a substantial
ono, requiring comparatively but small
outlays for repairs and keeping in per
fect order, no ono can well doubt after
passing along it. The bridges are ad
mirably constructed, and the embank
ment& arc made of the very best kind
of materials. Taken all in all, at is a
work to bo proud of. •
We observod several now buildings
going up in Now Oxford. Mr. Peter
Diehl is orocting a grain and produce
warohouso, Mr. Daniel ileltxel a two
story frarnoresidonee, Mr. Enoch Zuck a
two-story brick, and others aro contem
plated.
Mr. Gulden is also building a ware
house on
,the line of the Railroad, five
miles from this place. We will proba
bly have othor simiiar improvements to
note before the end of tho season. All
owing to the construction of the Gettys
burg Railroad.
Dnasaw br *be Mal*.
The heavy rain of Fridiy week cann
ed the washing away of a portion of
the embankment below Leib's mill, on
tho Hanover Branch Railroad, and so
seriously injurod the bridge at the same
point as to render ►t impassable. The
regular running of the wed was thus
prevented until Thursday, when the
usual time was again rondo, the damage
having boon repaired.
Tho embankment on the Littlostown
Railroad at Plum Crock was also much
affeetod by washing, but wo suppose
that by .this time it is all right again.
ITEM
Wo lsOm that the house on the east
bank of Middle Creek, where tho road
from Gettysburg to Emmitsburg cros-
Boa, was destroyed by fire ono night
last woek. It was occupied by a gen
tleman keeping "bachelor's hull," who
made a narrow escape, with but a por
tion of his clothing. Wo have not heard
his name.
mar 'Military Companies are talked of
at Mummasburg and Arendtsvillo, in
this county. At the latter place about
thirty persons have already signified
their intention to become members, and
at the next meeting the company will
bo regularly organized and officers
elected.
P. S.—We aro told that the Company
nt Arendtsvillo was organized by Bri
g:ulo Inspector Scan ou Saturday last
—43 members.
IlarUnion Prayer Meetings are held
in this place every Sabbath morning, in
the different churches • alternately.—
The meetings commence precisely at 6
o'clock, and continue ono hour.
IlarAt an Election held at the Hano
ver Saving Fund Society, on the sth
instant, for Directors of said Institu
tion, the following gontlemon wore
chosen
Jacob Yonng, David Worts, David
M. Meyers, Martin Lehr, David nix!or,
Edward Baor, George. Trono, Jacob
Forry, Jacob Wirt.
At a meeting of the board on the
12th Jacob Wirt was re-elected Presi
dent.
Mount St. Mary's College, 3111.—Tho
authorities of Mount St. Mary's College
have named tho sixth day of October
next for the celebration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the founding of their in
stitution. It is expected that a largo
number of persons from every part of
tho country will bo present.
Peterson' Counterfeit .Detector.—A re
liable - counterfeit detector, prepared
expressly for Philadelphia, has long
been needed, but especially within the
last year. Petersons' entirely supplies
this want, for it is accurate, honest and
thorough, being snpervised by Drexel &
Co., of this city. The' Juno number,
just issued, contains a perfect list of all
the counterfeits, broken banks and rates
of discount on bank notes. The objec
tion brought against many of the coun
terfeit detectors published elsewhere,
that they are merely vehicles for levying
black-mail, cannot •be urged against
this, for the character of the publishers,
T. B. Peterson & Bros., and of theedi
tort, Drexel & Co., are above suspicion.
We would advise all persons to sub
scribe to this Detector at once. The
price is only one dollar a year monthly,
or two dollars a year for it, semi-month
ly.—Phila. Ledger.
Reported Death of the Emperor of CM-
Isa.—Tho liew York Christain Advo
cate publishes a letter from the Rev. R.
S. Yeelay, an American missionary in
Chins / giving a rumor of the death of
ths EmPuh -C peror of China. The letter is
dated hau, March 23d, and the
writer does not Credit the rumor..
. . ,
The Kansa' Itieetion—biladier
tW e Administration
DEPARTMINT or ISTats, 1
Washington, May 7t,h,1835.
.1. W. Denver, Esq., Governor of the
Territory of Kanmß, Lecompton :
Sts :--I transmit to you a copy of
the act of Congress approved May 4th,
185 M, "for the admission of the State
of Kansas into the Union." Your du
ties under this act are of the most deli
cate and important character, but they
are clearly and distinctly defined by the
act itself.
Congress was not satisfied, as yon
will pereciVe, by the ordinance adopted
at Leeompton, by the Constitutional
Convention there assembled, in relation
to the public lands, deeming the grants
to the State of Kansas therein contain
ed too extensive and beyond" fOrmer
precedents in similar eases. They have,
therefore, proposed to the people of
Kansas to assent to such a change in
the ordinance as is stated in the act,
reducing the quantity of land granted,
PO as to confirm with the grant in the
bill now before Congress for the admie
sion of !ifinn'esota. This qaeetion : is
properly WI to Kansas to be decided at
a popular election. The voting shall be
by ballot, and by endorsing on hie bal
lot, as each voter may please, "Propo
sition Accepted." or "Proposition Re
ected." Should a majority of the votes
be for "Proposition Aceep.ted," the
President of the United States, as soon
as the fact is duly made known to him;
shall announce the same by proclama
tion; and thereafter, and without any
further proceetlings on the part of Con
gress, the admission of the State of
Kansas into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States in all
respects whatever, shall be complete
and absolute, &e. But should a majori
ty of the votes met be for "Proposition
Rejected," it shall he doomed' and held
that the people of'Kaneisi do not &mire
admission into the Union with said
Constitution, under tho said condition
set forth in the said proposition. They
will then remain inn territorial condi
tion, until "it is ascertained by a cen
sus duly and legally taken, that the
population of said Territory equals or
exotic& the ratio of repreeentation re
quired for a member of the lloueo of
Representatives for the Congress of the
United," States upon which reieertain.
mont the people of the said Territory,
are authorised and empowered to form
for themselves a Constitution and State
Government in the manner prescribed
by the Act.
Under the second section of the Act,
yourself, the District Attorney, the
Secretary of the Territory, the Presi
dent of the Council, and the Speaker of
the'lloase of Representatives, are con
stituted a Board of Commissioners to
conduct this important election. The
President, has entire coufidenec that so far
as in you lies, the election will be fairly
and properly conducted. Your powers
and your duties are eutileiontly pointed
out by the Act and by your previmis
instructions. It. is groutly to be desired
that the five COmmissionem should art in
concert,in all the proeeedings. The Presi
dent above all things desires, that there
should be a fair expression of the'Dopular
will on this important queztion; and that
any person who may'commit or attempt to
commit the frauds punishable under the
Act, may be prosecuted with the utmost
rigor of the law. his to bit hoped that
the people of Kansas, relieved from all
outside influences, may be left to decide
the question fur themselves, whether
they immediately conic into the Union
under the provisions of the Act, or wilt
remain in a Territorial condition until
their populationiS equal to the number
required for a Representative to Con
gress. •
Inclosed herewith you will receive
four oopies of the act referred to, one -
of which you will send to each of the
Commissioners named in the act., is
order that they may be properly in
formed of their designations.
At the mime time, yon will provide
for an early meeting of the commission
ers, so that the olection required by the
act may take place without unnecessa
ry delay, and that all suitable arrange
ments nifty bo made for this purpose.—
The President earnestly likes that
these arrangements may be successful
in securing a free and fair election, and
that nt the present important crisis, the
peace of the Territory may not be,in
terrupted. •
The act for the Admission of Kansas
ought to be extensively circulated
among tho people, because the question
to bo decided by them is one of vast
importanco, and may involve the wel
fare and prosperity of their fine terri
tory for a long period of years. For
this reason whilst the very act proper
ly prescribes that the day of election
shall be at. as early a period after the
proclamation as is consistent thereof
with the notice to the people, the inter
vening period ought to be sufficiently
long to enable them to thoroughly un
derstand the question in all its bearings
and consequences. I shall have ten
thousand copies of the act printed in
this city and forwarded to you for im
mediate circulation.
You will not, probably convene the
Board until after the appointment, of a
new District. Attorney for the Territor
ry. A nomination for this purpose
will be sent to the Senate on Monday
next. Should you deem it, advisable,
you aro at liberty to publish tho whole
or any part of these instructions. The
President wishes to give every Baur
anco to the people of Kansas, that be
&sires, above all things, that there
should be a fair expression of the popu
lar will at the election; and that, the
result may be to produce peace and her;
mony among themselves, and promote
their lasting welfare. •
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
L E {PIS CASS. .
The Last Treasury Notes. -
The advertisement for four
oftreasury notes, which resulted . Yn the
bids which were opened on Mo
produced an offer of 1128,:s. a t
more than seven times the attu*
manded! The minimum atimitgitiVic
Wrest proposed for, by the eantegiii4o
for the loan, was 41 per cent; the maxi
mum, 6 per cont. The aatotuttnif
offer, at '4l per eent q was' 116 f, ,
which amount was of cbarse -
at that rate. The rernalninellft:oo,-
000 of the loan was awariled ;ill:y*6110
bidders at 4 pier cent.; Who
tained an eighth cif'
bids. Thus the whob Usk 1'
el of at a Mee iaterest
little aim** 4f per. etast.—.,lhtetselolPt
credit was never bettor.
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