1. LEWI RG CHRON C 171 SB BY O. N. WORDEN & J. An Independent Family axd ' . , (L I) C (L I) t 0 11 t C l C. ; 1 . i TIIIU IV, M iVJ2:l, Buchananrdeerer Still! ! Oa the 9th inst., a committee nf the 1 4th of March State Convention of Penu'a ' ..... . - i . waited on .Mr. I.utlianan, at ms uninc, to inform him, officially, of his unanimous ; nomination for the Presidency by said con- veiition. The meeting was very cardial, sod in his reply to-the ratification, Mr. B. j . j . j "tho admirahle resolutions of the : Convention which yiu have just presented to me, ALL OP WHICH, without reference I to those mere personal to myself, I UEAR- I T, , ... , i , i wo of the resolutions referred to, are in the words following : K'kJi1. Tint In the n-peml of tho rt tnowa th I llii.turi C"lu(rmi. w-'U unA On. ef llw nt it- fftO.liut: llw Trrrirorifit i.f Kin'M and N.nt.t. frw Intm utiitnn(iluoiil re.liii Oi it, lite l-t ' iiri- FFKKOIHIl'.O A WOUKoK l .TI:IOTIi: SA(l:IKM Km . aUtt lite tl.-miMl -f t-H-ttoi.ttl . v-.u-mllit uu-lia- B lltrrritrH' Ui tlte liuii.iliii-nll lm. ! AJtW. That we lull ll" sHmin-atrattfili of ' r-rr.ll.-tit I'lMtil NATIONAL. ) AHUM U ANI It- i MOIKNT tuliy r.l to all lite inr.Mn( eiu.r.-n-m i wlitrh tb country Ita-t ltal l .-nrotniu-r. :t.-l Tht I e lt:. worthily niuuttMui-a Imt ibU-rt-eU 1 U uur t Ihuiu j And abroad. 1 The violation of the Mi-siuri cmnpro- J owe, otice pronounced by Mr. liuchauan ! 10 sacred, he now regards as a "patriotic j sacrifice." "Sacrifice," of urh.it ? Liber-1 ty, of coarse. "S acrifiee" to tch-il ? Sla- very, of course. Plainly, Slavery deinauds J a saennce oi j-aoettj, miu iui iiuim i "heartily" approves it ! After this, let the land of Liberty llell and Indcpin eOce of I'enn and of Fraukliu send Lim to Virginia or South Carolina for his votes and spurn biin as a bastard and not a son. In sustaining I!uchann, the people will sustain and nlorst: as Huchalian bino-e'f ' does in "heartily adopting" the last above ; quoted resolution Franklin I'icrce and Lis whole Administration. Can they will they dare they do it T Fillibusterism in Congress. (-AT1IOI.IR DESK1NS. We last week mentioned that several of , ,ne D,S" "l". .ram oouua sou.n, on the Members of our National LeeUature Wednesday, 7th inst The train was had openly advocated whit they have long ' wa,'D6 for wood aDd 6rvcl tr4,n on tbe secretly practieed-free license to buccan-! Little Schuylkill road to pass, when the eeristn and piracy, by repealing all neutra- enS'De ble nP at b"t 3 'clock P- M lity law( and thus letting loose all tbe ! Tue firomi,n. E- nildreth, was instantly worst passions of human nature upon the I " 8ing,e man. ho,,t 20 broad sea of fillibusterism. Of course the ! ars of ag, and lived at Port Cl.nton. 'U S. fla- m,l pruM U.S. ci'.il.-us wher- j "f Y-. ever they are," is the univrsil dogma f wa bl"n in, tbe di(ch Deir tLo tbU class of men ; an 1 in thoir hitiJa the treasure and arm of oar G vvruraent would be prostituteJ to sustain freebooters in their cruel warfare alike upon individu al and national right Unrestrained rape, pilJugc, burning aud murder of uiiufrjiniiug men, women aud childreu arc iuvolved in this r?peal of tlie neutrality laws." In addition to tuo.e already named, the President h.msclf-the Cmcmnat, Con- j Tcotion in fall view-has routed the ; pira-e Walker as ruler of N.earagua, and , received his representat.vc, (who .s a La- ; THDLIC I'aiEST ! For humble I' rotestant i . clereymeo to denounce the Kansas iufuroy ! . fcJ , . ' , is a creat shock to the pietv of Douglas k e ' e ; Co., who receive a Papist priest as Amhas- 1 11 i dor of a filibuster with open arms .J An ; which no one can foresee. The prejudices of tbe Spanish and the tnoncrel people of Central America, are ! strone against the American nation. 15ut there is a Power that cootrols theui : that power is in Rome. The designs of the I'apary upon American Liberty for years past, have been no secret But iliey have been foiled and disappointed. Something new mast be tried. The "re-annexation" of Mexico and Central America irVi their Uilliont of itjuorant, liyoted Catholics would give the subjects of tho Pope a vast numerical and political power in the U.S., if not the supremacy. What Cathvl icitm doe tcheit it h'i the poieer, history and observation sufficiently demonstrate. A Catholic Priest as Walker's deputy, is no unmeaning indication of the complicity of the Ruuiish hierarchy in this sly game of adding papist State after State to our ; position, so that there might be no mis Uuion. The Catholics voting in a mass take in the person. Jones' residence was on one side or the other, will not long be at Wcstport, Mo., and, when the news of content with a Catholic Chief Justice aud his being shot spread abroad, his wifo bad a Catholic Postmaster General : they will to be sent for from thence. Yet be wa3 demand a supremacy in ail branches of. the Government aud then, farewell to a free press and free speech to Bibles and common schools to religious liberty aud to all prosperity ! "Progression." There may be '-progress" in good, and "progress" in evil "progress" towards God, and "rrnirrees" towurJs the Devil, Mere activity aud energy in themselves j way br blessings may be curses. Tbe ! Harrisburg Patriot d Union (Huchanao'g strongest friend ic Pa ,) speaking of the ! Cincinnati Convention, says: "Yet, while it keeps tho well known beacons of the past in view, IT WILL NOT HESITATE TO ENTER UPON NEW FIELDS OF Conquest. Siuce our last National Con vention, new errors have been born, new issuea raised, new parties created. The I resuess nature of Americans is for ever leading them after mveliy and excitement. They weary of monotony, aud would have thringe eaea at the cxpeiue of peaca aud Vrotjierity. ''Happy is that nation whose annals are tiretotte," js so ncibot maxim, wbiob J R. CORNELIUS. News Journal. this writer pronounces unsuited to Atucr- ica. He would have "new fields nf con- quest," "even at the expense of peace ami prosperity !" What a principle f..r oa- in professing republicanism, morality, ana Christianity ! What a l.hel on the character of our honest c un'rymcu ! And t1i Slamrv nroia"auists proclaim this . principle, and delude ..nn-slavcholdera m- l .hcsupp..rt of it by a skilful mcanta.,,.,, j of the abused and outraged name of -De- ; mticracy !" Heaven preserve our fame! and our liberty when such principles hear , Wy 1 A-O-TJ-K. I , J" I A correspondent of the Pennsylvanian" , ireilinjinpiy IIMIUCS irw liuca uu mis iiuny j influenza, as follows : ' Ttt Bfikb I hrir to I Uty l-ae wtioo frnze Our ery Mood to marrow, rarki the bones Till anftuishH nature yiel-Ia th tnhul gr"HT. Thno makst brave nvTj eVn like cowur-in obako. And hfal with intellrctnl bump to ale ; ?uNJurtb tlie llt:ht of .n!y brilliant ryr, While feaFtinn on th unnatural rarriflrw. Thy trturitn; in a I ire nrr not e'rn tlte la!rrft. Nor yowlh, nor in norenre torture thy trade Is ; n taunjr, frvh bloom, thou It banqtift, till it turn First pal-, th-n y!iow, parrbwl and hriTt led, burn Eirh latent Rrark of health, and worse, much worse, Itendrr i(-t'nce Iter a mmbH rurw. Yet, thou art tn einu muiW. Thv "kill Could ncVfr erne poor, ItUtWertnn wtrtim kill. Death, when dt-feated, li thee on the truck, A nekinc. blood hound pv, to trail bizn back; A kind of whipper-in at mtnery'a raut. The keener 5oru mat. drudge, or tnurh the mm. Like the ul nland-rer. your le attaoki S-cure and anf-ly ur b. hind men's bark a, Till rank pollution apreadx a withertmr blight, Tht-n j rin and chtt-r forth jour cniou ppite. Thine origin, froui pathered tin g of evil ; Thy rank, th peni-OH agent of tbe deil; Thy nihsion, mitrm'r doleful to provoke, Krefh bait for dinner, piou painu to rhoke. Thou wvuri;e of patience. sufTerinc patients' ICOUTje, At one fro-it. feTM-t nwcat, emetic, purge ! O for aome patent charm, wm otent 'poll, T-i ttnA the bark where kindred demon dwell I No more I Ml scout thee. Tine fine, unny day, Invite enjoyment ; to the Cetd., away ! hf-t' walk, ride, dxnr. or sint; a merry ffnng Tunk ft tlie a;ue! "wJiO cares romr alonjt! -The chill? air onwhat my frame benumbs Save us 0 Quinine ! here the monster cornea ! Fatal Railroad Accident. An ac videot, resulting in ttie death of three iuea oocouired at Ringgold station on 1 .". ' I . 1 . . L 1 . 1 road. His skull was fractured, aud he i was badly pc aided. He died about half au hour after the accident. Andrew Flem- ; ing, baggage waster, of Muinville, Col. co. ; IV, was blown idto the tender and badly ! scalded inwardly from inhaling the steuiu. ' lie lived in iu tense agony six and a half , hours. 1 At the t:nii of the accident, tho engin- oop Mr. liiddiiif. vaa fitauuino' about frnm he ,f b(.w up n fc of MQ fIli((trilg wjll(,)W ,asa in Le faousf9 in ,he Ti an(J do. . . .. . . , . stroving a portion of the tank house at . . rr. . . r , , the station. Ivlwia A. Evans, of Lew- . . , . lsburg LdivitmIv, was also verv near the , . . . , ' . engine, and bad jui-t passed away when , j KANSAS. A dispatch from Wash ington to the X. V. Tribune says, that there is frwd reasons to believe tliat " Sheriff" Jones of Kaiisas was shot hy a woman, as the widowed women of that I region have been rendered dusperate by ; the absence of all law to puni.-h those who j murder their husbands. Jones bad been I engigcd by several deadly affrays in the j territory. An article published in the j Lecompton (Kansas) Union, by the two ! persons who were with Jon'-s at the time ho was shot, says soma persons came up to the tcut and enquired where Jones was, adding some insulting remarks about his courage. Upon hearing this Jones rose up and said, " Here I am, gentlemen." lie again stooped down, when immediately the fatal shot was filed. Tbe insult must Save been a scheme to ascertain his exact officiating as a Sheriff in Kansas! Blight in tub Pear. The editor of the Skancatelcs Democrat this spring dug up an early pear tree which began to show signs of decay two or three years ago : the roots were found to be more decayed than tbe limbs aud top branches an evidence that the disease was in tbe roots as much at least as in tbe tops and branches. It must be useless to prune in such cases, The tree was about twenty-five years old, and bad borne fruit gome fifteen years. The (uestion arises, what is the common age of the pear 1 had not this already lived to a ripe o'.d age ? Salt for Stables. If a compound of gypsum and sulphate of magnesia be used oa the floor of the stables, it will ab- 6oro tuo moisture and amooia, keep the stable dry and free from offensive smell. The compound salt, after it has absorbed all the moisture possible, is removed to be used for manure, and fresh salts applied in tbe same way. Ibis is tD excellent plan for keeping stabl0 dry and healthy. LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, IEWISBURG, CENTER & SP. CR. It All. KOAl) t VE.TIO.. In nccovJanee with the call issued Vy the Executive Committee, lliere was a nioetior of the friends and sttKkbi lilt-rs of the Leibur;r, Centre nml Spruce Creek R.iilr.M l, on Thursday the 1 3;h of iluy, at Millieim, Centre county. It assembled in tlie ehureh nbotit one o'clfek. and called to opler by (.ion. lSuchanan, Vith a niotioti that (eo. Houl, Esq., be called to the chair, which liein' agreed to, the follow ing named gentlemen were oppoinled Vice Freaiduitii : Gen. (ieo. Kuchanan, Johu ill, Esq., (ieo. Younguian, Esq., Dr. Piper, lr. 0. C'oburn, Win. Grove, Dr. Wm. Wilson, C.il. Nell", Col. James Johnston, George Driesliaeh, John Rarber, Dr. Night, Geo. Hairier. John 1'orster, Henry Mover ; and J. Merrill Linn, and James P. Coburn were appointed Sec retaries. Geo. F. Miller, Esq., of Lewis burg, was by motion called on for a speech, and iu responding aid that as the time had now come fur acting, no speeches were needed, and he wuull only state a few preliminary facts necessary to proceed understanding to busiuess. The origi nal act incorporating this Company was passed iu and the time limikd ex- piroil in 1 ."ilV Thire was ft snliili.mmt passed last winter giving three vears furth er time and permission to issue Bunds. The subscription along the line now amounts to between four and five hundred thousand dollars and the question now is whether there has been sullieient en couragement to warrant an organization. In order to take out the charter, there must he one tenth of the whole amount subscribed and five dollars on every shun paid in, which must be certified to the Governor. The authorized capital of the Company is thirty thousand shares or $1,500,000. One hundred and fifty thou sand must he subscribed and fifteen thousand paid in. All preliminary matters have uow been done. A half million haa been subscribed along the line, aud we have power to sell our bonds tor five hun dred thousand. A large amount, at least five hundred thousand, can be obtained from capitalists, and there is no hesitatioa in assuring and believing that it will pay six per cent, and great probability of a high advance over that. No one ought, now, to object to a speedy organization. The great difficulty in obtaining subserip tions is because people fcanlly believe that the work wiil go on, and yet we cannot go on without subscription. We however have enough to warrant an organization, and by it only can we make people believe that we are in earnest. They all feel the advantages whieh will accrue to them from it that it ought to be built, and if once lliey had it, they would not part with it, a:id all that remains is to act. The first nest step is to organize. The Tyrone and Lock Haven road was started and seemed as if going to bear us down. 1 iiey elected a board of directors. One of the roads theirs or ours must fall through. We kept working unsteadily, with less parade and fus-i. 'lliey Here left on the banks, and we have come to such a stage as that we need only act, and seize the prize. The question to be asked is not what strangers from abroad are doing, but w hat we are doing along the line. We join you, capitalists say, when you have given an earnest of your sincerity. Shew us, iln-j sav, that you believe the road is im portant and will pay. Jt is Important and we can easily prove it. Western men ask us only to get a line that will carry them from any point iu the East to Pittsburg. They can get to any point in the West from Pittsburg il is- the centre of the Western world. Any one by locking nt the map can see that our road is the only link yet needed to carry travel and trade from any point in tlie east to Pittnburg. The cost of our road as estimated hy our engineer is $1,:8, 317,50, which is at least a quarter too high according to the present prices of work. He estimates cx cavalion at 22 cents, which can surely be done for 12J, rock at fiOcts, masonry at $.i,50, which owing to convenience of material can lie done for a third less. Iron at seventy fivedollars per ton, which can now bo got for sixty. His estimate was upon the basis of the cost of a New York road, at that time. Our road can be built certainly for 1,500,000, and if one third of this be raised in money along the line, we can assure you that the road will be built. Not a cent of this shall be spent unless it is fully ascertained that the whole can he accomplished. But in order to act we must become a body politic. We must have a head. Tho Legislature has shown us all the lavour it could re newed our expired time, gave us three years more, let us make our own terms about our money, and let us build it where we please. If we do not make it now it never will or can be made. Sbiuld we or ganize again June, wo may under proper arrangements have the road under con tract before fall. Every proposed route along the lino will be properly surveyed. Those who favor each locality should make arrangements to lay representations of the advantages of each, before the board, and no doubt the route most economical and advantageous to all will be adopted, Even supposing the road would not pay per eentage on stock, it will more than pay land owners in the raised value of the laud. We feel confident the people aro so much in earnest they will not let it die now. At the request of tbe meeting Mr. Miller then read the supplement passed last win ter. " That for the purpose of constructing and equiping the caid Le-risburg, Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad, the said Com pany when duly organized, are hereby authorized to issue Bonds, not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, iu sums not le?s than one hundred dollars, at such rates of interest and in snch terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors nf the said Company, and to secure the same by one or more mortgages on said road." The supplement to the act. passed March 3d 1851 authorized that the Com pany, " should they deem it for the best interest of the Company, to connect their Road with the Pennsylvania It' id at Tyrone, in the County of Blair, instead of connecting at Spruce Caeek as now pro vided iu tlie act to which this is a supple ment, or to intersect with the Allegheny Portage Railroad at UolliJaysburg." And the second section authorizes them to take releases along the line, before the charter is taken, to be ag good and valid as if the charter had been taken out. Col. Eli Slifer, of Union was then colled on and remarked that he had been assured that no speech would be necessary, aud felt that the occasion did not require it, from the fact that men who had left their work at so urgent a season of the year, must have come to do business and not to hear speeches. We are all railroad men, and the object of the meeting was to give point to tlie feeling on the subject, and as there had hcea talk cm it for the Ust three years, it was high time that business ac tion was taken. One main object now is to appoint treasurers in the different Coun ties to collect a sufficient amount of money to organize under the act aud to take out the charter. He theiefore moved, That the Commissioners named in the act of Assembly to incorporate the Lew iaburg, Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad shall within ten days appoint persons iu each County, along the line of the road to receive the amount specified in said act necessary for au organization of said Com pany aud thes aid amount shall be paid within twenty days lUci col tw Gen. Buchanan in warmly approving of Col Slifera' motho, said that the question on which we were about to divide, will show whether we are in earnest. A head will give us character. An organization will make us more and better friends. We will then he known as responsible persons. Maj. John Neff, remarked that it would be gratifying to the people to know whut capitalists will do iu the case. Mr. Miller in reply said, that New York capitalists wanted a party to bargain with. We are aot and cannot be a responsible party yet. When we go thire, they ask us who we represent. Whether we are oSicers, and unless we are responsible thevwill consider all our movements idle, and not worth serious attention. We must go like a farmer, deed in hand, and tell them what we will do. They won't bi;e at a pin hook, or at best they won't be caught by it. It would be sufficient if a note payable nt the Lewisburg Sittings Institution or some other place o: easy ac cess, be given for the ten per cent to be paid on the stock subscribed. It is not necessarv to pay tbe five dollars on the whole amount of stock subscribed but only on the $150,000. The object is not to squander this sum, but it w ill be perfectly safe, and none of it expended until there appears to the Board a reasonable pros pect that the whole will be raised and the work completed. Organization, by thus giving u character, will enable to raise the me ans otherwise. The act incorporating the Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad, refers back to the general law passed in I?45, regulating all railroads in this Common wealth. The section providing for or ganization reads ns follows: Section 2. " When ten per centum on the capital stock, as provided by any spe cial act of incorporation, shall have been subscribed, (the capital stock of i.ewis burg. Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad is thirty thousand -.hares nf fifty dollars each) and live dollars paid on each aud every share, as aforesaid, the said com missioners or sneh of them as shall have acted, shall certify to the Governor, under their hands and seals, the names of the subscribers, and the number of shares subscribed by each, and that five dollars on each share have been paid, whereupon the Governor shall, hy letters patent, under his hand and the seal of the Com monwealth, created and constituted the subscribers, and if the subsreiption be not full at the time, those who shall thereafter subscribe to the numberof shares aforesaid, their successors and assigns, into a body fiolitic and corporate, in deed and in law, ty the name, style, and title, designated by the special act of assembly." Mr. Vantriece, of Potters Mills, said Tie thought that every question as to organisa tion ought to be postponed. A great number of farmers, owing to the backward ness of tbe season could not be present, and there was a feeling of dislike to wards electing a Board until there was a reasonable probability of a completion of the work, and it would be gratifying to many if action on this subject be post poned until a fuller meeting. New York can be approached as well without a char ter as with it, and a committee of three or four might be sent to see what could be done there. Col. Slifer, remarked, that at all times, and in undertaking all great works, there must be some risk. If we don't do it now when will we. Any further delay will let our day of Grace pass away. We can and must raise enough along the tin to grade the road the whole way. Then wa easily, and with an easy prospect, go in to any market with oar Bonds. Mr. Miller, remarked, that th meeting was called to make arrangement to or ganize. W earns at a difadreatage. MAY 23, 1856. Those not coming must depend on us to do right. Meetings arc wearisome. There is no danger of speculation. Elect men along the line, in whom you have confi dence. Any man who pays his five dollars and comeson the election can vote, and can vote out all speculators. Notice must be given to ull the subscribers. The gentle man proposes a committee to New York. It will do us no good. They won't sub scribe, nor will they give any serious atten tion to us until we have effected an or ganization. If we delay, our railroad is dead. A certain amount of trust must necessarily be given. Let as take out our charter, get a Board elected and if that Board feel warranted let them go on. In the election of the Board the subscribers can take care of their own interest. Geo.N. Younginan Esq. from Uuion Co. said that all with whom he was conversant felt that today preparations must be made to organize or to abandon the road. lie knew that in his own neighborhood or ganization would bring a material addi tion to the stock. Maj. Neff, jr., of Centre connty, ad vocated a spcedv organization. Ue was willing to riok his per centage and would regret very much if immediate steps were not taken, by adopting CoL Slifera' resolu tion Precept he said, was very good, but example better, and it was high time to act.- He felt full of the locomotive party. Mr. W. C. Duncan, said that as tbe op position to organization appeared to come from Centre couuty, be would affirm that all or at least a consideradle majority, so far as he was conversant, were iu favor oi an immediate organization or something approaching to it- There is no risk, f We . m nit be put in a position to approach those who have money. Dr. Coburu of Aaronshurg, suggested the propriety of taking the sense of the meeting on this subject, and on the with drawal of Col. Slifers' motion for the pur pose of giving it place, he made a motion to that effect. There was a unanimous assent inaL tui4..J;- -- 14m ta effect an organization. When Col. Slifer's motioa being renew ed it passed without dissent. On motion of Mr. Miller, subsequently amended by others it was Resdwd that Wm. Birchfield, Dr. Strohecker, Thomas Hayes, Jonathan Mc Williams and James Johnson. Commis sioners, shall certify the whole amount paid iu to the Governor of this Common wealth, and receive the charter for the Rail Koad iu compliance with the act of Assembly. The list of Commissioners as appointed hy the special act incorporating tlie Com pany are as follows. William Cameron, James F. Linn, George F. Miller, Tho. Hayes, William Frick, Hugh P. Sheller, James S. Marsh, Peter Beaver, John Walls, Phillip Kuhl, Francis Wilson, Jas. McCreight, Oideon Bivhl, J. F. Pontiuos, John Gast, John Stitzer, John M. Taylor, Wiiliam Laner, jr., Geo. Drieshach, John AVilt, John Kuhl. Saml. Barber, of Union County, John C. Moatz, N. K. Weaver, Joioi'V'oi;e, Daniel Kurtz, H. S. Gross, W. C. Duncan, Robert Smith, C. Mover, Daniel liarlege", Philip Musser, Frederick Jiic.niaci, Charles Smith, John Grove. Geo. Buchanan, John Bishcll, Peter ViluD, Jonas Musser, Adam Fisher, John S. Fos ter, Thomas Duicheson, Samuel Vantrice, Thomas Wolfe, C. Coburn, Jacob Wolfe, Emauuel Etbintrer, George Gross, Daniel Kline, John Brenner. Jacob E. Stow, David Duncan, John Nefl', John Sweet wood, Geo. Durst, Peter Duffert, Henry Winner, Jonn llasscn, G. W. Johnson, Geo. Boal, W. J. Wilson, James Irvin, Samuel Gilleland, William Burchfield, John Shik, L. H. Stow John Ross, of Centre county, and John Lyons, John M. AVilliains, j" Hazlet, JoLn Isett, David Stewart, of Huntingdon county, or any fivcof them areappoiutcd Commissioners to open Books, to receive subscriptions aud organize the Company. By thcactof 1854, giving the Board the power to connect at Tyrone or at tho Alleghency Portage Railroad, Samuel Calvin, Thos. B. Moore, Thaddcus Banks, Samuel S. Blair, James M. Bell, Thomas C. McDowell, and Thos. Bingham of Blair county, and John Cum mings of Uuion county, are appointed Commissioners. The motion being agreed to, Col. Slifer remarked that as there might exist some suspicion that this money might bo im properly employed, moved That the amount paid in shall be safely deposited until $700,000 of stock shall betaken, (exceptsuch asshali bedeem cd necessary to defray the current ex penses), unless otherwise directed by the stockholders, at a meeting to lie called for that purpose, of which meeting at least three weeks notice shall be given in jna newspaper in each County through which the road is to pass. There was some discussion as to the amount of stock proposes as necessary. At first Col. Slifer proposed $000,000, Mr. Duncan thougnt tliat amount could not give confidence and proposed $800, 000, $700,000 was however adopted. On motion of Gen. Buchanan it was resolved That the thanks of the meeting be tendered to the trustees of this Congrega tion for tbe nse of the Church. The Convention then adjorned, after a short butewcll occupied business Sesssion. GEO. BOAL, Pres. JAMES P. COBURN, - J. MERRILL LINN. J aec- A SniRirr is Jan.. The Lancaster Examiner of Wednesday last, says : "On Monday. Joshua Greenland, Sheriff of Hun tingdon county, was brought into court on an attachment for contempt in not execu ting a writ tif Venditioni Erpona issued by the court in the suit nf Frazer vs. M' Murtrie, and was fined 125 and costs." Be was taken to Lancaster on tbe Satur day previous, and lodged in the tombs un til Monday, when Judge Long disposed of the case. This is the second Sheriff of Huntingdon connty thit has best) in pris on while in office. YE All XIII....WJIOLE XL'MISER, C32. At $1,50 Per maw nn suirerv in tho Territories. ! Wo gave, a few days ago few days ago, an extract from a speech of Mr. Webster, to show tuai. iu His I'LMuivM " - institution, aud existed solely in muni-1 cipal law. It required a positive enact-1 nient to make a human Icing a chattel, j while the Freedom of man rests on natu ral and ina'.ineable rights. Below we make an extract from a speech of Mr. Clay, delivered so late as 1S0O, which for-1 cibly argues that slavery is not extended J in Territories of the Uuited States by the constitution, and can nit therefore be le gally introduced in such territories: "In my opiuion, therefore, the suppo sition that Ae Cunstituti'm the L'uittd Mates earn,, avey ,, -""'". ,rlmi,,g her not to U a State, is an as- SUMPTION TOTALLY U'NVAHKAM'fcI V the Constitution. Why, if the Cm - stitutioo gave the privilege, it would be incompetent for California to adopt the provision which he has in her Cot:st,to, tion. The Constitution tf the I n.ted States, being supreme, no State could pas. an enactment in eontrarcntion of the Con - stitution. My rules of interpreting the Constitution of the I. nitcd Sta'as are the good old rules of 'OS, '1)9. I have never . ,n my me .eo , rotu tuose rcie. . u what are they ? Tho coasl.tu-ict. is an aggregate of ceded powers. .No power ve j - 1 e .1 1 . --.it granieci except wueu it is cipreasijr ueie- i gated or when it is necessary and proper to carry it iuto effect as a delegated power; and if any instance the poirtr to co.rry suirs iuto tlie ten iioriet it guaranteed to voh by t'x CuitftitHtioH, or i an incident 3 ' necearj, to tU carry, j out of any otcer p.ver that Mrjatcd U the Contutwn, I have been unable to prcecira it smid,t all tho vicissitudes of publi life and amidst all the chases of party. I never in tuo tiff ltaci iipii:itil from thaflt irnat ruui, mmj i tmuic ltjptitaDjy true principles, of interpreting the Con stitution of the United States. Take these principles to be true and where is tin power J Can anybody point it out to me? What gives you a Tight to carry your slaves to California ? Where is tbe dele gated power to which it attaches as ne cessary iroplicatiou ? It IS NOWHERE TO BE found. You must resort to some such general principle as the Federalists did in I.a ...Iu kiclnpv -if mir etinntrv when IUC (dill MIO.U'l " - j j f .l j . t i thev contended for the doctrine of general i welfare. But you c put ynur fingen I Mpom any part of the Constitution u-hich ; ennvy the rijht or power U tarry slaves '- from one of the St ties of the Union to any territory of the United StiV. Mr.Presi ; detit,you will remark thst I am expressing ! an opinion upon the power, the Conntitu- j tional right. I do not go into the question j . . , i- l .1 . . plies that he will endeavor to use the in- be eiercised or applu d in tho course of : ' !,..,. ., . j;.,- , . ! formation for the prosecution of the Amcr i administration. That is a distinct qns- ; . ' ' . r .i e i i icaiis therein concerned, t "n. I am urging the question of Con-! """" " , stitutinal Power. -V.r, sir, can I mhnit ,.' , - ... i , . , , , i The President in his veto of the bt. ' for a finale moment, that there i any sen- ., , . , , ara'e or distinc rijht upon the part i , .-,!.,, ' StaU or mdicidnal memUrs or the S'ate, f , f ,i. j- ,. I 1 or any portion of tue people of the L uttra c. . . j , ,i. t ' States, to carry sliioes into tlie lerraorir, .. , ,; 7., -, nnder the idea taut tlioae lcrntortr are i , , , . , , . &' held in common Wiceenlnesertrul Stattt. ' i ... . j Slavery is uow in Kansas, and it is 1 . , , there uuder the assumption that the Cou-1 , , . ' stitution carries it. mere ana protects u. This is the doctrine of the I'ierci pirty. It is hy this means that Kansas is to bo de - , , . . , . . , vo'eu to Slavery, it is a uovtriue iruumit with danger, and subversive of the liberty to secure which the Constitution was adopted. Is it not surprising thnt some desperate politicians are trjiug and leg- emir, wiiu tears iib tucir evs, 101 uwun - : .1. .: - l old Whig", who revere the memory of . try . -,u Webster aud Ci.r, to affiliate with , ,. the men who slandered them when n:;c, ... . , . - i j ii and repudiate their doctrines when dead : r .. FotatOES and Tomat06S. It is not so generally known as it do- serves to be, that the tomato when grown among corn is far superior in flavor to those produced in the common way. They must of course h:tve a f.iir share of room to grow, and not be too much crowded by the enrn. Those who can appreciate the good qualities of this vegetable when in perfection, will find this mode of growing them to secure all they can ask J at least such has been my experience. It is maintained by some respectable experimenters that potatoes planted ammg corn are not so liable to rot; and this opin ion has been confirmed by a sufficient num ber of trials to render it worthy of atten tion. The soundness of tbe potatoes in these cases, and the superior flavor of tho toma toes, mentioned above, are probably owing to the same esue which is, that the corn from its superior powers of attraction aud assimilation, appropriates to itself the solu ble nitrogenous matters contained iu the soil, aud thus prevents tho less energetic plants in its neighborhood from absorbing thoso compounds of nitrogen which expe rience has shown to be injurious to the quality of their products. The best pota toes are those which oontain the largest proportion of staroh, and this is but oar boa and the aoastitnests of watar io so otier ibap s. Air.iicd mauure, tvBich h Year, always is Advance. "aai " ' cultivation of . ,,.u:n .a rf till. mrtr ,1' rl ... .T ....... t I ,nh. b " . - , ". atisoro J into iua circulation oi a piunt which !- not re'i'iirc them fir the pcr- . , ii.-t.--f unable to dig:i' such eoncen'ratel nutri uieiit. Every one knows how much infe rior the fwett potato becomes when grown npno a rich chy soil ; aud Ltebig speska of a peculiar kind of tiirnip, which, under the same circumstances, loses all the good qualities for which it is noted when culti vated on sandy IauJ. Thoao plants iu which compounds of carbon prcd uniua'e, miy be said to form a lower grade in tbe scale of vegetable lifa than that occupied by those containing more uitmen. The former are the nnas- j ,js,eJ lj(.t, of Xatare the forcstj, ani j mUh wUicU m fcftile ejiw. jj of 1 tn,A upon ..f ,aW. ,od tba he hvwtM whU;h j urea. to incru hi j ur ,.h , A )f u un(louUca!y l0 M MgetaUe9blll it i: tril!y 1 certa;o wc sometill;s , uluM tf , BubeUuce tban is r. ,,.i;rej ta proJllc. I . , ?.;, t. t ; I big, that "plants absorb ail the solub'a ,fc(J a h j iudiscrim;na,ti, we mU!it im pressed wi'b the importance of adapting the supplies of fo"d to the necessities of tbe plant, and of withholding, as far u possible, that which is useless or dctxiaieu- , . i T. . . v j It ia sttd of the Chinee,ttit they man- b j t dj tuij ua Jnglv and ; 5ffip;ies the p.W.o. of the j fc . . MeMI,piUlnieBt within the amli- I t ftraujr. Wurkbg Fr. I OT.k.inatan Hews---Play 19. COOLIE TBADE, C. It appears hy the documents eommutii cated to the House to-day, that oar gov ernment has taken efficient measures to prevent tbe tr-ffie io Coolies, considering it replete with immoralities, and revolting al inhntuan atrocities, strongly resem bling those of the African slave trade. It is not ftciuiitted by any treaty, and U therefore illegal; and Americans i china, . , , . . enafd in it. are warned to lest, or eV " .... . nt! firvijit thai m nnt nnlv forfeit the iro J ,ctfti" of this government, but will render themselves liable to heavy penalties. Among the papers is a letter from Mr. Cramptoo, dated April last, informing Mr. Marcy of tbe systematic manner in which the fl :g and vessels of the United States are abused by persons engaged in tbe Af rican slave trade to Cuba. Mr. Marcy re- ' . . savs io considering it under the cuostitu- maJ" " tion, thit the power of Congress to Con ' r o struct works of internal improvements, is r . limited to case in which the worit is man- ifestlv neeuful and proper fjr the execu- ' ' tion of some one or more of the powers , i expressly delegated to the Ucncral Gov- c crament. IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS. W l.Hr.A I. .t..a ,!-.f.a fltA 1 tffi inat- 1 ' . i Sheriff Jones was theu convalescent. Uc. F. Urown, editor of the HenU of Free dom, had been arrested while endeavoring to leave the territory. Gov. Uecder Las fied.but it is thought would be ra-cipturel. Judge Fane, of tienr-jin, had been ap- . , , ; f . . ' , , T.i.. his duties. It was reported that Judge FaDe had been shot at tw.ee. rnn . , It was said there were IjOU men at T , . , . ' Lawr. uce, armed with SL trpc s r.fiui.witn a strongly fortiSed breastwork, and 'wo ; pieces nf artiiiery, w!:t declared that they will resist ail attert-ptsat their arrest. About 1000 men hao re-poi.J,l tuthe j Marshal's prosltritica, snd are encamped j iu the vicinity of Lawrence aud Lccomp- j ton, tho avowed purpose btin to compel i the peoplo of Lawrence to acknowlc.io ' the Territorial laws. THE KANSAS COMMISSION. The Kausas Congressional Comm'siut forward j.1 by Gov. Robinson a larjje quan tity of .testimony taken by them, enclosing it in a sealed package addressed to tho Speaker of the House. Oa Gov. Rihin son's detention at Lexingi.'D, Mo., hia wife, at his request.eoiitiiinsd her j raruey. At Columbus, Ohio, she handed the patk ag ths Hon t K. Watson, one ff the Committee on Elections, who tdy de livered it tn the Sreakcr, privately Th Conimiasioner request that it my remain with the 5cal nubrden uuti! their rtturn. Tbis is the testimony wiiicb tbe MiMOit rians threatened to destroy. We be from hc pipers brir f notice of the stare and prospects of the growing erops in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wiscon sin, Maryland and New York. They eon cur ia reprcsouting a very gratitying state uf things, and it is predicted that thcyicM of U-eluff tbe presttnt Jfir will great ly exceed that of the preTijus 1177
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