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,
~a . e i ~ , 1 . 2 -g i oi o ,-I Oetati- 2 in search. of
'-,. ' 01 )9 s es , S t . ''' • 1 1 -,t - 0 i f`' . 4• '''' a . I
e .ebminati .
. .• -- - 4= - - - 4=- - --- ..------ . --------„ — 7 -- : - • i'Z'Oirinkittee on'Ntiv
- •Tue:tdovi Dec. -I ...-=‘ln ' the ' Senate, Mr, I The -11ouse,
.611.1
:Seward's joint; resolltion, proYidlitz ft.tr the I tee. and took up
election o f;Chaplain •of different denumina- I' bill. . - - ' i"
ltions, was 'faketi up. I Mr.
_Dodge, (Derr:) of), -.Mr: Stephens, o
- lowa, tnov-td t tri. - e out. the words or•oftlif, 1 pilxwded to spe'd
ferent denominations;" which ^he looked _ upon: -vindication of the
as a blow aitneftat, t e, pre - .ent'eliaptaitt - oftlic . , that.. the 'recent-,
.Settate, Mr. Slicer, beeatisc irlThis options on i against that meas
- th e slack - TY' questio 1. tril: ri.ui.e had elect- i eleetions' in 'Penns ,
:
-.e:d•a Alethialist 'Ch. plain, and to elect.onc.‘i , in . tmd deaiedthat it
ttho SenaW of darer , nt denomination, -was • to l'nois.it•was a test,
- displace the presen . Cliapinin.':' 'Mr. ...lason,
.j. by the. people - .-
•Se
.1 11.
of 'Virginia; said ifl the nt - ttor•from New 1 kit. Campbell r ..join,4l at sOme length,
York had any obje,ct itt thislnatterlie shOuld ; was fo'dOwed by .:. r . ..lWashlutrne, of ! ibis
disclose it; ,;fir. S . wan) dit,elaiitted anV.sutli i who denied the .pr st+es of -Af.. StepheM
.M
intention.-1 r. St}
art,t(llent.') of Mit:hipin.'l regard . 'to Allinols. In- that
.State there..lW;
'shoved to .::send tl e Icsolution•by provitling i ' nial,Titv of nea ti v .10000 against the bit
simply for the' 'election of a 'Chaplain in 'the-!' the COngressional vote; and al large Anti-,
Senate ftirrthe presett , t session. : Mr: 'Dodge ' bra , ,,lta . majority it the Legilatitre. ,
- said he disdained a inncien - w t arftre.,. :Tie knew i - The Committee then rose, and . the lit
the motives dictating, this littirfareon the pres . = 1. aajottrocd. . .. '
,
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• ent•Chaplain, Mr i Slicer had ,been nencintie-1 • Moattali,.'Dec, 'S. in the•Sc'tnate, the
~.ed by ,the..AbolitiOti - press all oVer the- Nortl4-'..c.eiving sixtv-six thbutod - dollitt-s to the I
as the paid tool, and minion; and hireling' of 1:Of baron deli:alb Iwii.s - iiiseassd and rcifet
the South' . Ile had been denotitteed•for pray- , A general debate sprung-up Upon . theiAll
iing - for the preservation of the Union. -. Mr..! 3a i t .• tt ,1 i 0
,•ta,isa.ng - -1. —oar,. o.`,o ll tniit s lener s to
:Stuart's - rtinta a ment was adopted. ...The:bal• kipon private clainisi;against o:event:net
lotfor thaplain restilted as follows;-,--Slieer; i, The'snlject was fondly, referred to 4, si
24; Stanton. 9 ; Pine, 1 ;•llodges,- 2 . ; - Sup ! Committee of - five, ' !The billlCrentingla
derland, 1;
. Beeclier, 3: ,, oe l iartment of the Gbyernment, to lie:; l ei
in the
, ...
itioft e tit' ti e.`SenAte;bill.:for the better, the• Department of Lww,
a,
,it taken 'up.
• •
'preservation of INe antl•property on the Long I .Ii: the House. Mt . . Phillitis, ref Alai,
Ishitid ankli New 4 , r,..zev coasts, was taken up. ,' human - eta a bill providing fir; the caps
Mr . . Smith, por,lo of Va., Moved the.. refer.. 1 , that of.siN slOops•Of-war.. : Mr.
_MIL!
env
_o the til lt o ti;te Coin mittee Of 'the Whole .; a gaht
.1 Tosseti Alts resolutionro - itiesit
ow the _state of tit e'V nion. Mc • Fullc , r,(l)dm.) ! P resid eat.: to'OlThr 'the Mediation of onr 'l•
of Mc., and 31r.'*kelt-(41,' (rkin.) of 'N. ‘t...!'ertitiv:itt.in the reading war in ,liuroPe•
preSsed early aothirtt‘ipen it, eri the . .grOuntlt withhat sui-eess.; 'Tile: bill 'making ap_pr
of ceonoMv , and llunumit v. Mr. Campbell, 1 atiohs ;in.-the suppoi•t Of a Military' 43
icFree...Soil,-) ef•01-,,ili; said' he sliTdd dike to ! Was . tzikelt . up, when! 'Nit.. Oliver, of w, •
w th
kno wheer tin s bill will . not - vorne within,: a short ~..p.,...0,1 for 'Mr. Benton, b%=. tort
that clitic of, impr.t . vements •alii' c lt theEX - den, ; prt‘par:disy Mr. 11l before he recellti,)
rice has already notified us he intends to Veto.. '‘, the city for- the .Nortli. !liti.titis Mr.
1 ,11
Mr. CartiPliell sai I, there - is a class • of politi.', says that --Mr. I‘ltter gave notice ; the odic
clans upon this lll , dr, _ who,. whilt4 they _cote 1 Ofiiis . hitention to infrii3itee 'ii) prblill
• deeply s;Aieltons lir the liveS ,-,f foreign eon- slaery -in T r
eiritot:s, the object b e irtg - I
•- • I
grants .landing up 3it our shore •„! se en i t o t o r. • store Karin 'l% to the -pause and c 4 out
gettbat bans:lnds and tens of thousands of '. He did not °kik Mr..-.Mitee's:rctsoltitiOn
.
'tile;;,preetonS- lic'es- of 'hat•dy, 'ne,.ive-bOrn I . t ha ve..thi-S . effect, but ; On : the'COntrarSi . '. •s
Aincricaps;'areattnually.•deßtrnyed trpoit the .' Cu barrass the object. alw g-...ntletiitin
Nertherhlithes ra i d alit)) the gtekt. rivers tit' Itdiana, (Mr.. Milee)- said: Ile' , NN'enll, 0,6
-the intericir', This wring is not. beeainie of, the adinission,.of any State legalizing ' , Slit
. .I,egislatiVe actin 1. but r becinise there:lS' a 1 NV . 1:11 regerd to the first propition,lilNl
'power above Legislation which:controls•oiir . `thinks the only effett will be.to disquic
•actiert through
,ttie Veto. The,‘,V, is a elitss' of i :settler , : iii Kansas. At - ..lie next sestiio
'Member* tOo,wh) seems •to -di regara f Con- i ne,!e,,sity for Mr. Mace, bill wl.ll h$ _
stitutional princiP)es, ma appcid othe "louse :
.ceded It' c1 ; o11::;. , Kansas ) : ill :11+rw . hi: It
lnfictbalfof aPPrilirintions fix llit, • particular.iloisiiii:as‘ a: tzit•:: Now a State is: „et
- , ,
. localitie,• and • at- , ihe same time, by their Ito ad inissioti . with Or,.witlioa ,E•taVer,)_%.
yotes siti;fain the L'& alive veto of bills ha , --- , this not by : virtue of any. art lkf_Cow,grc,
ed ar : tin satne principles. IL: 'asked that
,411e:',- Gaistitittion, lait by
. a right anteriorlat
Nves anti f or t one i o f na ti ve .b o ry i tio lt t c p e n c . ri ,ri,
, p o ir to -Coligre•••'S artd Constituttan,im
'the western rivers;--ainlE;sailOrs'on the Nortli::'.; rent ridit of, Stitte sovereign 6 -, possess .
ernlakcS lie. protected. as well :is the lii es i,t'. , fore the C 4 ifi:ititution: i'vafs Jinn e, atidi,,n. I
foreigh cmigratits On' tbe soil-board. %ports I rimiii,red by tin. States;..wffen the Coristi
of cli&l.stf.r.s on tho , -e wzkters and: lakes reaehi:Was . frateil, and thert.fore retained ; I'.
us-tamost daily, Yet appo:lis - ar,p inadein vain ; Suites. Besides, liil6,sas . N: -p l a'rt of i 1
for their unprovilment. lie Wanted Consist, provin,Nt cif Louisiana. anti litis'a rilit. I
cut and 'it iform action,. If the-:great thor.• 1 the .treaty 'lktween Vntrice . ..and tli4 - I
onghfarilsoftlici nierior 4 - re nt - Lt'. to be regal -• ; States to•he.incorporaredintb the I.!7,itt
cda.s object-. worthy ofational e•wisille'ra-'l4 - 70on--,i - s110:14 be done, in aecardancy, •
lion, then yourTtt le localities (01 the coist of ! pi.ovisioos of trip fetler.il ConstitutlOffi '
New Jets,!- - and elseWhere i cannot he so re„) was, ;Mr. Benton SaVs, .crintinatiott: r
. g p r a: c a 1,,y. as in k ier th e Cot)stifution. . •If gill.. criminatiOn on the part. of Messr,e...-Ma
deities Would p t int him tO that provison in "Oliver.' riThe . first charged :the 3,liks,
the Cor , l:tolion which iitithoriz. , s even the : w:th having (.:7-t),54..,1 .in t o Basins t 4 .
a ripropr;alion of the pithmee of .'4300 fn. ha the. e:I.:••tiOn of a delegate', aiid the . Lit
.otject_hhe this,,3.c Wonla point thern'i...) the 1.14,11 1,, c;1 . 1117 I.! :n t, mi , r ,. NT :.- r „, 4, :i . 1 ,.
! , . , . , , ..,
smile . pr,ovi.flon as tne :vat n•wlty upon whiol:,l, 2 ,Ne.,V.l:oltian'd,t: - :...,-,,tr 0 l .I_4 ei ee l i t.,n
.
those Who a ivoi:ate •the ik,ipri)yement, of the. Beat , ,; If•eliec,ss that balli,•, - _-;',. ali,itit
rivers and barb, rs of the intaior r,•_•:;t..11i.,2:X : - 1,1 t.... 'Barry, ilf .1f i - ..4: 4 .,! devOted itti: . h
e c ,U s e. Tlw Conslitution was,ntq.: made. for : . :t sPeccit in rof:deninal(oil Citi Itit'. , -liXiov.
the coak -of Ne ,;: J-c:•sey Alone, nor 'tor the.; in.2.-- ,- disseetipo- the MOVenierits 1;:tid;p1
coast o . ..i•v.: F. ite.and, nor . for the coat of . oi-til--Orci. i, and St igin ati4 hg :it, not
( 1 .
the Sontli.-; it i' is ra, - ,Li for the • WhOle. " . cbtai- i ilietz.,:d. hut 33. a co:iiblnati•r; j n i to. t4lte
try----fOr the prt tection of the intere.sts of - the , tilt' riL , :ritsLq . eiliipi N;
_lli MI: re7,tie,
-interior as we'',l ;Ls the exterior. - He ilid -not :--. , Mr, lf.inizi, (Dela, ) ofMass.-,,w1. , )&!ia1,;
desire t;o' o. ppos this hill, bat he wished to,' matt is n.:N.7!Outitni)ie t o . no honiaa li..•:.ii
notif3- gentleme 1 that tit_ Cline is rapidly .f.lp- fu Got-i, Il•r Ills oputions; 'arid that ~ 1 1-.
proaclung wheyi that
- 111 , .1 e-'.leality in Natit.h- ertimmt that, underttikes to conti6l,
al_ apprlp' . .at,',4l us, INtill.ll. 01. - 2 mighty : I Xcst.i ili• righ . t. of Opiiiion,'st:',iliel :I,•thel - 13- 1
1] . 11 . 9 so 1t.:1,g,-,:10 atated, will eforile i lioxe r lac..ic* : R(ptiV.jorai - in.f.t:tiAions. 11is:vcte.
, 1 1
e d hi a t ,• 1; . ?
. I , opultr sovi:icig,.ttya title ballot. •;ch,ch tits n fee ' s t in-tit tit)
Arnerlean.--o-,e.ol4 , lltv—and silt I) . :'er-f!xe..- ;i : }tali a :,?lot :li frii•e.it ":1-017 P I - -
'Upon ti,i . is i1,,0r, itidependeat of your, 1:7;ece.... :.popif.ar efenectit in this..asi.oeitition. i I
the, - po'7.vi-r .: - Ind yeAtr Ex.,- , cutive.v e t 9 e 3 ;: Mil: , 1.-It the ol,i, parties fur; r,.... - LScnts. and t :
- San V;t.. l .t / 110 the' people of the; 'New i that trre,;n:ntav choos6ito orf4tini:ke, in 6i
Jersey` e:0::S•t: *ere wr hz
ecrs, .and t hat ' :the , tlic?o , clVt.S. Tii, pet ..i . t'l 0 I;re, resatats.
gentfernen's (Mr. Skelt 0u74 eca t4t-i-tue ots there i their . conduct_ ' Whht. have tIoV . i
were always- NV ..11 eonlpens:111;(.1 for their risks ; Nothing 411 SI/b . o2ef.. 11/C!1l1 - to Criminal
- and laborisby .. he valtw't - .1 .. the g6ods washed i.tion.. 'A- Pettus% lvania .1' tidg e may' •
'upon their coast, and the content-sof the pol:k-.', jury ofueli and such thing as situ
ets or dead_ boc:ie swept. - opihore.by the w2p. , cluiose i t; bat.tin - .? people will take ear
from' the wreel s.. -Mr. Skelton assured Mr. i curs a 1.4, Courts as•w011 as of the JU
Smith that his eonstituents .. •.Vcre not pirate', : a:wronli, was done! try .Knew N9t
but hardy ma iners, fisherinen and' boatm -en ,' L t hey .. wl.6 did it Were the<peOpla; i ift
who.hnd.giVen inprr, succor” to .shipwreeked no mak,' , rif2,-. of the , Peoplc, there.. Was
mariners, iui • i.erific,ed more fur them,. 'than I done ;'the gengen - nin talk4againSt
any other peo le on anti', other coast. Aft"cr i- leas not shit last Presidential electim
"'.4111e furtln.r ulseassion tile bill' WaS passed ,i led by.:sceret, assriciation . ' and cOin
'.l . ya.vote of ym5..1:29, nays 45,, Mr. Clow i Ile prOceeded >,b Acnounce the oldp
notin g in the a ffi rmative. • . • • • ' truck:ilk; to;forelpiers.,• and,'; though .-
The lndia n. Appropriation Bill • Was then i qc`nljut,4ly Yvith ail Men, if, a matt •
takenlip, -wilt a M.: Wallhridge„ of N. -:YOrlt; I aged allegiance to. the secular 'pow i
_not very •perfnently, to - the.mat ter beibre the 1 POlie• tad believed .the.Poritiff had
HotSe, , deliv_ Eed.a'speech allvoca 'I
vacating the re,li absolve men from theipallegian ce to
peal of all du y, Oa foreign coal, wherein hej; that man liasno elamis •cin his vote,
atteitipted to •how by avlaborately prepar-Itlktd told 'hint, ", I am a 'ilesitit,' an !
ed statement if f le ets and tlgures that this ar: i i 'tiers are 1:'o : shout tar Cass, but vote
-. tiele:eonstituted -an exceptiOn to. the general i for?'' . I' 1 '. . \: .',
rule of pro', title to I.uneindnstry, and the I: The; C , Otatuittee- rose and the I
distrc... , sSes of, he poor wotild .be - materially . i Wt•st.j-P . Onit Approprintion\ bills N
. .
Alleviated by iinrestftete4 trek: trade itt •eor.l. I.ltlsii-d. {, • . :,
' • .1 1 / 4 .fr.ltitchi ~. of Pittsbffrik,and Mr...siVitte •; • r I :-------- ,
__ ,
. . . ----.ii. :-.
.of Philadelrh:a,.. ably .Controverted: Wail-'!
..
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'bride's. views, 'and s.how - ed tltat'targe i 'upon'. 1
tatiOnS . of ibr.....gn coat - would. nut - effect' any ,
permanent rof'.;.:tion of price, and would not!
perhdps in tie a l r,g,regate increase the supply,
beelitSe it Might be as:sun - AA that supplies Of;
foreign coal..v,ntld be either • .ineousidera'ulo .
• enough tii afreet th - e 'Market, or %could lead to
sueli;depresSion in the dottiest le coat trade as i
Atould; :serkinsly _diminish the -quant4y itt 1.
bottle . .' , \V II 41 that result 'should. be effected, i
of course ih price Of ; 't.lii iMpOrted article'
lvould at on ..:, be rai74el, to' a .rate beyond the i
limits' : With n which .dotnest4e. colnktition
..
wbuld proly bly restrain . it. -'..' -, . 4 , • ---,-- 1
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_. .
.rfivinezclay. Dec. I a.—la th e Senate, the' i
proCee.ding,s of this Old. SOldier's Coni'ention . ' i
wiPregei 'ed. and'a i'f
,
ertpesidential inessage 1
relotie 10 till?. Prioltatt Jahn, - The Invalid
Pe `on Apinioklation bill vas received from
theillonk..l.l`dr. Iladger i int roduced, a bill to
•inoreasi..the 541.1iir] e. (11 * J udges of the Su pre . l n e i
I t.
count 74;1 let Awn of cOngress: , .A . pri %%tie i
. bill'A'vas ta - -ed and an eXCleutiveseslnion held:
In khe Ilia' . p
e the Judiciary Cominittee vas
i ns fri i o tOI, inquire- as the . expediency, .ofi
tepoilingt te usury 114W5.. A. joint resolution' i
viii, : passe4l ta print .45,000 eOpiei of the..ab- i
~.
striket of
.Lho census, tfutlOrksilig the vital and. j
o'er-staisit e ies.. . In:0111 MI ttee a dehate, took
ipi on ti •liansaseleetion... - . - • -
- .. hursakg,- Dec. 14.—in the
,See c, Mr.
II h
tip
presented as-memorial front 'the t.C.lntu•
ber Of Qnnmeree of York, praying fOr
aneptpeditt'em for:the relief ofI)r. Kane in the
. ,Ndrihern p'.'Seas. Referred:• - --. .' • ,
,n motion, it Was 'ordered' that• when the i
•Be ate adjourn, it be -- until- Monday.' - --. i
t)
.`...,, *.r. Sumner offered a';restilution directing'
,atilitt§nir* into the -expedienev . of al . - polishing
th4laa on .merchant setaneu..known . as hies , .
yital titoney; and, Cl alloying theirt the use 4
..
the - hospigala free. of all *ax.. Adopted. -. 1
-A.fter aOme-further. , ,insitnportaut business,
the Senate adjourned. , - -
4a:the iionse •Mr.. - ..
Wheeler . presented .. .a
3natuoi*lfrorn the isley : York :hamhei of
-COOKrOiarkkilig - that ngrass should mike
--APrtion' 'fur ;an, i•l i iii4iti-011:: to, Ifii- . . AretiC
Ip Kano Arid the
4 atid'referred to
1 Affairs.
ration ; went ititoiCti!n
lie •loitin Aprropriat
i 4 E1,, 6rtia,.lntving the flt
vontvidej , able ien t.)
'ttk,a'ask;i- 1 . 414 and de
Ico.ions.
_tt j l ere. a
-He • - rf!erred to
•Irnnia and pthpr Sta gy
lad jbePn, al jest... In
it 'was apiirol
. .
• • ,
- • - [Fr i o:li the San Francisco Sun, \of
Highly Im4)ortaai from the S i n
' andi—lr4e ,TrOa# Of Annexatio',
By filet arrival i , f•the :United t.,l'
frigate B,at , lectitrinr.a, Capt.. C. 'Dud
San Francisco, wi. - 1 have •Iloniiltila '
the 28.th102tobtr; tine, days laidr
viens..'adYii..es: • • ' The ne r As]is of;-1I
impoit t aiee., G . " '. -' .• .
i.t
Tie treltty. 41 anne.r . atio,p. had 10
,by Bing Irumeliemzelia and the, lir
Nrity„ poti . liis • Mjcsty liad . intid
•pn.); fl is e :tc; Prince Alexati4er that
'wait his 1-i:this:l from a neqlibilrip
-fore the treaty he definitely &ettic
Pears, boWevill, t bat. Li 14016, whc
head .0( the 'oppgsititin to this rite
ins..con'rgvnt a few days lifore' the
the,Bllc.iiiellanna., 'i,'11e,.. , 5 - dtily- d
.row nil - a:tins to the .coinf,letc•.r,e
this sidtie:et, 4 .. wilet i ner.tll6!lsrai)
'adrilitted into the;linion .as.it .804.1
MR.! .ADAMS' NATritCLIZATI.OI4
is the bill illtmitleed iiat
Statr . ...sjSentite on -ifn - day by )tr. u . .
~..
Mjssi4ippi, : in. reference triihe:, ! . 1 tun
.1.n.:.1. • ,: . : ;.:,
i..)
Bert envied Vie.; That fron!.?as d
passage, ofthis act ilo 'alien ;shift ess
to beeotnea . cslizen of the. Unites Sts
less he shall, lit . tle ,iiink of hii , a plies
be :Online#:l, deciai.p and pi•or;ei t thi
La etion of mi..; i , court 1 having jar)!
that ho bas resid - edin the ttilte I St,
least iwrity-osselpiars: pkividOd that
'Wi
jett ld trayhe, . a resident' o the
Stkei at the daie di this ate" And be
to ail : t Ise third n4ition - sfeeifie in
scetion of the a ' - aPproved - APri 23
which this act - i a*tiukitoiy.
1.
844;2. An 641104111 w (41
mucli of the.thmit kozalition ifie,
first Section otrel ail, appTO. A
1802; entitled :Ait 44 to estab/ sh 'a
rule of ssaturahzattiiv i 'am.l to re .11
heretofore pasSed,iu Oat bubi s . "AS
with 'the fiist tiectiri ufAiii .60. t. ix::
saror .1.9;1, ,, rebt ,rtk ealetil . ' :I'?
I; a
I on
Ne•
The publication Dr a' wtekly newspaper, with the
above title, will tie: commenced at Mont - rose on the
.ISt ofJanuary,neat; undertheyelitorial charge of,tt e
undendgned. Tbieharacter and objects of the. Indf..-
pendent Republican arei•to:k considerable degree,
indicatrd by its name. 1: While • the people of this
country, liting under, and reaping the benefits of: a
Republican farm of go.vitirnment, almbst 'universally
claim to be,'„Repttbficana - ,cit is but too eiiiient that the'
ontlency of ICe acts i!ur National legislatnre, on
the subject of elavery, n 0; fhe principles of a Portion
of our'letow-eitizens, anti-Republican.
'Our efforts, as edit Ors, shall be•direetcd to the main
tenance of What we' believe to be true Republican
principles; end 'we shalPoppose.. and •d all .we can to
defeat,' every (attempt f4:depart from those principhis
in the government of 'clur• Country,- from whatever
sMirce such:attempt ma . Y.miginate, and .under what
cier guise it ms -y present itself..
eirs
rtred.
CS-
acct
UCH" new
lied
invvi
tbe
4ov•
but
i 'pr;
silly
rt..,1(1
Iltn4;
'But it k tisolesfi to make mans prornises---ttliepaper
must 1-per.% - 'for iEs.lf. tir object is to furnish a pa
per whiely shall be indrtendent, Republican, tight,
on Slai:cry, F.ducation,:rempeiatice, and nil the great
questior.s of the ilay, nail whiolt slutll serve as a me
dium for expressing the:sentinituits of the Republican
or Free-Soil party in Suzirpteltanna County.
Raving fo . rioerly actetl with opposing political par
-ties, one.of ts haring published a Denuicratie and the
other a Ncliig paper in this county, we have seen •old
issues gTaiiyally. disappear, and now finding ourselves
united iit'setitiment, we me unite in action
on the great questioni that agitath the country. •
Idl
nton
dav
r.% .11.
the
t the
l oper ,
:r al
.IVe eonddently c lliupon all who favor our object
of cementing strengthening , the Republican par
tyin-this county, to ahi in gi‘ hip, the Independent
RepubliCal an 41xtens4.ui circulation; and would ask
them tO:act promptly itithe::mattF,and send in 'as
many nam6s as possil4cl p efore tin first of January.,.,
that we may:know how large an edition. will be - re--
quired.
The Independent - Reiinblican will be of as . large a
Azo.,`ai lea - St, as. either cif the papers now riblishCd in
this county, and gciil bc'furnislied at one dollar and„
iffty,cents:perannunt, ih advance. •
lAnd
lasoi•
yu
inbc-
I tss4
l'nited
in, lIS
1 111 tae
There
iii vii-
• Evcrybcitly, exee s Pt a few oltl lltinkerg,
-anti that, Fre , ; ; Soil men win,
oppo4e a, nnion the friends t,f freed( . 4ra,
• t•
i c .orts pleased with the proposition t o
publish the: It idept,nek:i I?ei)zoblica li. Such
as-reroe:vefl 1,14" orpnizin;2; the
IZepubliCan I.,tirty . ;••.e at -onoe, the propriety
havingi ;:.arc;,' tstablif.:llcd., upon the same
basis : to :Lil\ - 6:•ate - the prinCii-les of the
MEE
CT .I'a,!
viraiy cr 061 4 ,r4 , 0r0ns sk•em disposed t'
f;or thf....lfidepeniknt Republican in
addition to the Org',stilr; h may perhaPs: be
!Ilve.noticil that the new paper will
bc . putiliAnd ,tf4'is (nee. : and will he sunt
to out' prse:a i'sithstribers- in' plaiv of die
Rigistnr, kublipatiOn of w.hich will cease
with the rii-xt:ntitii!l;c:•-•
ZEE
~1~
aw.*
to )vy
t Lit a
g. 'ul
i ras his
John Baker. P:istmaster at . Dimoek Cur- •
nen; in : has b2en removed, :end
thkor , *('. W I.,e;64,appointed in his place.
Small Spirits, l itlyitas oar present Admin- I•
. istration, seek siiill . n - iode's of "revenge. If
Mr. Baker . hail•.r. - Oted - for
. GOvernor Bigler
and „supported Ithe Nebraska b;11;,lie might
have kept. his pl4,' but he did neither, while
LeWii did - hoth,and hence the,change.—t
Administratin seem determined to-reg
'ulate the politiespf the . .erkuntry, if rewards
and ,pnin.-riutefnis do 4;1)14 they will.findi
it much r r isier te).eward all wbo voted in.fa 7 l
•var of , the Nebra!ska bill than to 'punish . all i
who voted against it. Every removal of the .
kind—and , they place daily , nil
over .the NOrth4Mly increases the odium.ofi
Pieree, Campbell - S• • Co., among the. people.
Anicriean freemen will noit .be forced to act 1.
contrary lo:thekCopiitions of right, nor can
one deserving the name, >rc bought brany
- office in the gilt of the Administration.
jlen had
lis fqrin
!unean4
dile fin'
one 3
prost,eti
rge
I as be
of.Ju-
g, - `• 1 r
ungiin,
iere was
no harm
cerccy
control
illation ?
rtias for
iniog to
.'knowl
,of ihc•
- Or to
he State.
A man
•
cur or-
for Tay-
I diati and
-ere then
-
Barnum's -Autobiography. • .
•
The great showinan, after having made MS I
fortune by.. exhibiting woolly horses, lejeel
mermaids, dWar - f, and nightingales, has at
last determined to make a show of iiiinself;
and here, in the.4?ook noir befve vs, we 'have
a detailed ac, - xinut ofhisSing,ular career, from
the lime when he was.a mischiei-ous Yankee 11
schoolboy," down in old Connecticut," - tbro'
• the - varied mutationi - ,,0f fortune that made
, Editor, Showman,
Lecturer, Atitiu*, and Professor of litnialing .
in gencril.i Soine will buy the book fur
‘,,.x.pla na ti o 'n it ~ g4 . es of all the wonders Bar.' .
glum has exhibited, some P.,.r the fun and
.ecikiites it conttiris, 'and- some because It is
sortiething . '
Pliblished bY Nok J/0
.b
112 Nassau t. New. York, and fur sale by 1
F. 13. Cikandle j ri . .111 . 9 1 ntros.
:Ith.l .
!.. "oh Isl.
signed: .
is strain•
'l4an. at
•
dates to
'
en 8;;Inkl
neipal no- .
a formal'
be . would
. 'island he.
Id. It ap-
Iwa..• at the.
nure, gave
-1 wiling of
clay that
, lenient cf .
.
Is shall le
Territor .
Pennsylvtuaia' State Teacher's Association , '
The : second ;411nOttl meeting of this bodyll
ill be held it'LeWistf;wn, Mifflin 6., comi
!Mincing on Tac , 44y.,. the 27th of DeceMber 7 ll
inst.ini, and eoiiiinning in session three daysJ
• ' • • I
Many • important ;and interesting questions
conneeted,.with' the 'subject of Education, will
be then considered, by the Aociation.
members 'or tha'State Aisociation,ln•general
And the County Superintendents, are earnest',
lyihtited to!at,tend.. The people' of Lewis:
town have..gtnerottsly proffered free. entett
.taitiment to ill
.tnettiberA.. Tickets a . half
fore can be blitained at all Stations on the
Pennsylvanittl;entral ItAilroad, upon the Eirt,
sentatiOn of A 'kertifleate of mernber;hip, and'
arrangetneuts• 'be : tuatle if 'possible,.
with Other;rAil,roasl Companies. '• •
. •
Certifteata4nlntembership can be obtain..
ea of. Jas. ThOntson,
'John Jo) er r St.V2„ No. 12, Federal
•Philadalphin; l ; IVickershain, Chit
m*Yrttf,the`r)tecutil.'e Conimittee.
•• .
the United
Ada ins lof
izatihn
rter 1
itnits d 1
abets 1
anon to
teisa
indict On
tates. !at i
:.nn :v al
'p(l
cal ed
the: rst
181 jof
, .
Th• '*o
t • in the
,pril
1 24,
unifpnp .
le *acts
ININ
PROSPEMUS.
CHARLES Y. READ,
tL t 2. FRAM ut.
The Independent Republican
More,;Proscription
The Replltplicali3 l oty •.;
observe the t the prat edin;~
orgenize thell.l4ublies
•••nsqltylianna.: rely
copied and g v nl:ralltaWrored
i.)11 papers thri,ughoui..oie Sta
Thedi
ere. movement : lg; oun
lute in i
ty iu
sively
Frew
elsew
aheuti.l
The
tnoera 4
Bradfurti . Rti*fer,tho'orpin of
y of Bradloi!il:couttcy;- rianarks,
ollows
~ . ,
"T il: • SLTS.QtrEil.titi*A l i krEgTOW.,---V
vite the attention O par rea . d.Os to ti
- eeedings Of. the nisi- Meet itieof Fr i (
lately held in Moult;Ose. Thtftesolu
that meeting; are Skli as ainict'every
man will apprcive4-IParty-.liniS are I
down,l partizan disOctions 64terated
new i'-ues forced 4pon - thct dOunfry °l Slave 'y Nullifiers 14 retain , ? : the prep
:Mee
l c
- I Slave Powtfr', ,So.otie:or.late
must )e, L'ition of Ifli:pcnien t,: , ) tweet the
thus forced:upon tk; The iinic is fill
eningi when ve:4ltall be ob(iged tiiin
question, or - 9uceutsib ;to .ihel7.plans
Slavlopugandtii It is nOimefori
ern Treemen to allOw all arid:bbsulet;i
to di i vide and weal them,4.ll,en. Se
men are a unit; withnut regaril to, par .. " We trust tlattaiefure:tlie ti next P
tial cOntest we shalleesucliqii fusion I
i 1 • ,
W't
men, cunuer , on e cqn mon .
~. ner, al
eomnion•rause, ns will -forev dir*op.tln
of . .Slavery, and bY;',;determ l n)ng itsl
ries,.and . saying tO:the instttlition ,t:
shalt thou go, and; jio farthir; allay
eussion rlC..the Titte.'stiol, 8 14 tprouv e
the Halls of Congiiiig, and fcouiqhe'!
of tiw Country."
! • .Fur Ac. Regiitter:i . 1
._ - ~. ,
ps
Sus#ehanna-Cou4kty 4 .Assoc eache.
The Susivehat* . 'Counti Teacher's
eiatiOn held : a meeting. in the*ree Ch
Clifftird,
.conimenelftg. on Saiiird:ty, 91
of Deeember, 1554;: at ten O'Poel:, A;,l
The pl'esiding-otNerA . of tlid, As - spent
being present, Prclf. W. Richardson w
ed .tO the tlt tir ' . W.,
and D. ; .1 11ttlsted
the exercise. with Prayer.
Stiuetary read the reporip..l the
held ht *Brooklyn .O tt. in st. 3. .!
, ,.,
rcr
Oh motion; tneTroper nvt.n oti. r
was Itaken up Mid discussild at lett,
Prof. Richardsott,4 . , NVood;i1). W. i
ii.
W. .M. .31ferf ditWi-hnd : . I.k F. Te}s{l
The distuss;on was : :protracied, and hl
ed tleeply interesQ4l in the :I'tibjeet. i
All agreed that 'Children itlionld re. !
big that thin'cannOt underitand—th I
of the reading bo4s now itfithe'seh.
a detriment rather:than betiefit to tht.
bee:use much or their cohtentA i$
.thei comprehensio: e.(! • i
..
The AssociatiOni 'then adjOurned
• .1 ~. .. •
a at two 0 ..
c 16,1 , 1 : ... M
I' :. 1
_gam
Ansa:Foos SESSION. 1
tie ASsileintirii: ' lgain tt*';itrbi' t 34l,
(pleigion " llow et - nt a
. schoc:d.lbe hest
cd.' was taken tali and disOssed 'chi
zeal. and aniniatik)n by J. wood. 10.
derback, Jos.• Miller, D. .W. i '• llalste
Ti4ksbury,. PrO,I Rh-hard:4)U, Mi+!
Spdttecr. Enieline Wikliat - ni" - ;,,' Anna.l)
'AL E. Rood, U. :N. IVi:keiri'llti '
• t - • " l'
-
... ll seemed tOiepneur itOaying) I
tho F
ight Primary Aritinnejles with.
H :t eil fur each pnPil"that iii!able tO
g f ter with Eierniintary Reading .1 , :.
Outline :Maps z(vfrilach Geotraphy.n
ir.dispenFable to iAmplete }access b
ing the 'spits: 1
..,., -fi • 1
. 4 The dieusSioti Octhilpietl::lconsitlcrt
•D. mr: Ilaist(i4 : tlien suitgested 1
tit.e in the New: York Trattme ettii
!ng igut -or " thelltst.Von.o. Al- 1 / 4 119 1
. .• ~ .
hvi s-gtne of theFlienttiersof the A-
Yi} relllest-it Nr.i.i : thea rind by 1)
st'ed, B. F. TeWliSbutv, - and 111. WI
.
The ibllowing fenjtuti4 s WiTel
cd,.and trnanitr.tAlSly adplited. . I
!Resolved,: That , ' we earnestly 1,
a Juvenile or\l`rittiary Aiithrneti . e,
add pencil, sbonid be plaeil in CI)
f..velt Depil'of ou t comiiuiyi schools.
1 Re,olved,Thatkve areileeidedlYi
Ontlitie 'Mans in'ilie - common selfoi
eetnity -,- anti, that:we carnhstly rOil
•the proprietors ot . the,,diferent dii
they procure diet's at th(iir ,earlii
Lily'..! .: • I
'The where and irhen of4he nex i t
the Associattonvas then eonsidere
due deliberation it was agrced tha
h i e held in Jesup, on Saturday,lt
P
of January; 18tailat 10 O'clock, 'AI.
A vote of thanks was 'then 0
kind friend's witeftendere'd such get .
0 '
talk) to the Associat)On: durin
among thetn—till are wo'rthy of 4
Prance ; but, the active; exertiOn
em to entitle litemto 'itidividi4
,
Among ' those?: to wttlsl4 the . fix.
most indebted; are bc. T. .I i, di
lady,..Mr. Palmer - and; lady, MI!
Gram, Mr..G.l3aker . and familvi,
The meeting ', then Ojourned
above. .- -1
• t . . Pr4.) - f. Wri l ia.nn RiCHARDgf
B. T. Trmissaurty, See'ry.
I . ,
i -
- • ;
—The Cineitin - ati'64ette 5.3 3 9
takt that Judgellfe Lein has
'vision 'that free le!.)I ()red iti7.ensje
in the wurfs of the . I:W4A States
dem..mat depend -upon but
ship. Where blacks aro recogry
they have the right.to appeal to
States Conn :the same. tis le I
—THE' . York •;= ; -. Tintes
opinion that there are in that ei
of Port ugeselnerchants and oil
largely engaged in the lave trit
tunes by it, and •liso irOfil•endid
• —A Nfatotipm,lllliaper gl i N j •
of a man nante,d'Jcsetili . ltitneV
in May I.a.t trOrn the slat lle4
Nihom he had t?een takkly priFk•-q
some eighteen: years. He Iv
marry the chiers daughter, ark
some. childrep, During his eql
seen neither Salt, bread, ix)taqiu
any thing otth'e - 'kinif44 his foi:kl '
piny game and rattlesnake:.
4.4
Inavaiiiion of 'Clovernr
The inauggratiOn of he
take place -on TCESD:4O4 THE 1 GT
and not on Tuesday ttie 9th
•
many of our Oxchangef. - Fr(
indications the beeasien vilV
sal, interest,; ''Our t4:4l . l tciilhi
sl
its 'utmost .c..apacay, with pen()
section of die
ticirrate intbe4titerestlng cerett
rating onr 4eOublicati 3 / 4 Gover,
r LE'S GovEn,X9R---Jiks PC4,.
miiitdry ttni
withes , :ed itt tjne Capiti,4 of 01.6'
So fir as we bai-e'' been. advi,,
several military colniiAnies
-city—one froM Trent - UN : Neu
froni front obi "mealier Cu
or two from Oanty :
county—and* tuinb4r from' )
the tarioita.linesofridlroadli
atreaay been, provided forr
Above. tutmexicompti4es.. ' 0
yate bitardinti bon*t.e n eiero
• •
tenwo prC
NkF,t 0 1111644 4 1 / 4. ,* dp.l4llAlll4ugt fu ,
-
' ITarrutird) #(7061 :1;
• 7:
='L ac Office &Ott..
the - Report of the Commission of the
genera) Xiand Ofliee, it appears that 9,384;464
4res of; pubiio: lands were surveyed between
:6'e 30601 September, 1853, tind the.3Qth gf
:§eptctWer . 1854, and that , ,'.8;190,017 .aeres .
, - ,
' , Were •nrOugnt . into ;narket between the :same
'r
rind excluding the lands on. 1
the
, 3 a - eitk• o f I
high ;086,471 acres have. been survey .
pitting the year ending June 30, ther4 wer e
7,0,35,000 acres.sold'ii,r e►shc 3,402,000 ,10- 1
- cated byi land 'warrants. and 14,000 bv
.
e'ertikaths; 11,000,000 - -reported as stamp
, t
lands,iald -1,75.1,000 for internal imprOvc
litent-:Making a total of 23,238;313 aeries: •
Emile his it appears that the sales.bf the
past year exceeded-those for the preCeding
year ley 5;052,239,86 acres, and that the . salcsi
of - the .laCtAttarter were more than d 'double
of these the same quarter in the year,
though theAvgregateatnonnt of land diSintsed
of 4aFi!not so great,, for the reason tiO, the
grant, ;4)r bounty . swamps, had
mostlibren disposed ef.'
Tli;) • lantnty land warrants issued.under the l,
severill laws, is 282,806,:embracing 20,543,- ,
7GO Ores, leaving 57,388 oetstanding,!Which
call :f0r4,307,880 akTes. -
The grant - Of 5001000 acres made to the .
States. by the net of itlr Scpteinber, 1841, has
been inearly closed, except on the •Pacitie.
The l urveyors Gqneral -oflianSas and NC-1
brashal, New Mexico and Wasllington, Terri
torici, have repaired to the fields Of their •re- .
,spectiv(4dttties, •
With full inStractiOns their
guidanee • and direction, copies of, which are ,
appended/to the Repvirt. •
„ Thelflatid Officers :for.Washingt4 and Orc- 1
gon baki also 'repaired to their Land Districts,
w 11(.!eessitry. in st rite' ion S..records;ftume
&c. Those -for- Kansas -and Nebraskiil were
not appOinted; 'its there was nothing , Thrtiter
to do till the surveys have beeP MAU.
Ishe basis assumed. that the lvertge of
• 1-
the.,pepulation of the oid • States baS been
- threHlild more9mtnerous than the IIL.41; that '
tit;i,ttiritr; itS . a tax bears more . equally upon
the ;iviullepOpulation than any tither;
that a.s .
far 4s'tflit, tariff has been relieved by the pro
eeed'S of/ the .;Tudolie laids, the benefit. have
Honed }u - like - like-manner is a cons!equence
the "ohliStutes have. been bulletined by.! three-
tinorthstOf the .proceeds of the -ridle:Lands,
-That the Bounty lands. for. services: m the
lieVoln t tionary War and that . of 45:12, and
onelhalf of that of 1E47, bare flowed . to cite- i
J , 1
zens °tit ne - 1414-Sottes, who were-else,4
Benefit=
,
tedbyl the ainount actually paid-1,0 the old
States f,f the surplus reverse 'tinders the Act I
of-IS- • • •
That the new States have been -heilefitted
School . , ' Public; Build- ,
ings; ' ImproveMents, &e.. byl the 2,1
3 ;Old 5 per cent. fund, and by the portion of
the , 4sailplus revenue t'tettally paidthil. On
tlic
,l'?ases: it is shown that the old' States
11*•Veen lienclitted in !ands and Motley, es-1
thnating the lands at. $1 .25 per aced to the
•altionat of 046.195,64 i, and the Ow States
to ;,thetainount . *:94,344,37.
that the proportion'of benefits-has beep
uqttal.i or, if there, Was taw advatitagLi, it. Was
nut sallicieut to ihdue aisQu*ston , I. , •tween
sires and ons,..as it wa.4 all in one great. fain
i 1 N>l. t
,
• ,
It_ ii
suggested that Ole true p,oliey of the
G;tv . e6oilent is, to .ctickurage 'the sei!:,leinent .
of:itheOlblic - lands, by extending every faeili
ty to f,rc.,%•Cmptors to 4..ure their hOines, io
reason:lbl withotit cOinpensatieim t and
is aid the 11 Conslruttiottof•railroatds and
• •
ottter toe: es bv,lgrants."of
••
•
alternate , :ec.tions withljUdicious resection=,
whorci a p 4 lieltivpsi are' Made , for 'sech grants
by the Stoe, _
' e in
ie pro
ielfall
'Mc of
Free
roken
in the
ry the
Hider
there
issues
et the
f the
'~►rah
issues
'there
.Wen-
Free-
I in :►
spread
ounda
us far
lie dis
k ti•uu
ilolitics
iation.
X. 40-
i reit o f
e. lOth
ion not
as clll.
opened
SEM
Zencling
gth by
1411-tell,
ksbury.
I seem.
d noth
t ntaps .
1..; were,
rupds;
beyopd
U meet
rind
interest-4
Ai much ,
G. Cud-
F.
.4 . M.. A.
•
Stearns.
hat they
-late and
read( fo
a)1-4 mid
IE3IEI
][it q'eht
'-1
I hie time.
')at
1101
Ve read , -
•
ootat i,.m.
.
I \V.llai
!mirth.
It i:klsflowii, that wince July, there
114ve Jbecm sold .in Illinois, tilting tlq!!. litre of
tae Ct.; t i I l'oa (.1 , - 2,277,99-1 , for
vtJiit;:t .:titers were received in lA-arra:tit: 7 ; esti
•nnited at. $:1 25.100 per ner6, kmittil to 4.:2,-
4;),S01; Itna iti cash licnee
that tlAs `,y item benefit-411 tol the Goy
.4.lnrnt, the Stl . te, and the peopl.o.?
Tliellopprt
• ••••intls-111) with a rO'i-tchce.tan
.Papitiolload anti ithn•sug, , ..t;estiriti l , y that it
eau Ot ! i'y b , l , : . construetkd in this wayt--f!ir the
rVaftOrt", tlktiit is of tQ'o greit -for
indNidual Pliterprise . ,•' and that m7 . Btate can
,!?
accoMplis4. it, as non can go . ;ottts ti de of its
t!t,4). litttajts.! !! :
The ll'et!)ort. also refers; to the itottirneud.-
1 • • i
talons walk vear, 'and renew:i them in
general ,
erms.
Ite4 offer-
I .lieve tlint
NN'itli slate
1-ands of
din I:hvor 'or
)1 , 5 .cf tlifs .
n~r~icnd to
t riOs that
oliptirt ti-
meeting of
aticr
, iff
i •
The Setretary.,:eotnincli , els
• •
radnal increase, .
9flieers or
inprease„theexpenses large
to(increa,c to pmaterial so to . ap
iiroXiinat& to, rearliii+s for emergencies, the
protection. (.Iceommerce, gintrdind d l ur extend
ed coast, and presenfing our rant: a azation.
44vert with the additional
. unfinisheff frigates.
inaval force will hot exceed fry vessels
cOnditiOn :- for sere ice:.. invites
..aggiession, and nevcir -inspireA . respect, while
f..ai?snowledged strength and visible prepa'ratiou .
cfrieirnands eonsider i ation;. arid are . the . true:
I•.s,tfoiguards.of peace,
lie also' reeuminendS ifi
're-or - of
, .
the - I - I 10 \
-Experience justifies the . ahr e,
ouatiori flon•-
gingond a modified apprentice, system, and
tliclelal s istinent of Alinerican boys arc adi - ised ;
the number of men should . be i,nerea. ,, ed at
'least 2.500; the creation of a • reared list for
infirm officers; theiliseharge of the ineflHent,
4nd to have promotions regulated,' capac
,
it: siultild
Lie Gth day
Lm. - '.
}v en to the
terOus hos.
Tr its*.stay
'fltlrentent
s of some
1 notice.—
(iciation is
Anor and
r.. Edward
.c. &c.
to meet as
NCB
it is a las
,i•oed a de
uld not site
This right
'Pon citizen-
.
Ity and . merit, in stilly; deiro•••,.;nstead of by
lielliwity .or cotninii.sion' and " pay, ;to some-e-x
-fent controlled by ea service. : 1• ' ~
Prof. Maury's chievcments are: comidi
mentec , his charts t.
havinu saved our corn move
,--
64eral Millions per. annum, • - I ,
it • • PATENT' OFFICE • REPOET. . .
!ed as citizens;
the United.,
,it inns.
presses th 4
litrnared!i
rs, who erg
e, =he for«
style.,
Y-Ile Commissioner of Patents devotes a
liar.ge Fortiori of his report to a titternent of
"the husiness undisposed. 4)r. t.e Orarweinents
lnyt,ide to push it fiirward iiii.reasing the
ie,4aminers,ike.„and ,renew k his reeommenda•
iOn for aiiiendinents . to the patent loans—.
especially witlijregard to taking iestimony.—
,Iu eonsequene4 of the rise of sahlries,.&e., the
exceed the revenues. L. -
• •= an aceSotint
•
who esenpe4
Indians,. 'by •
er, and kept
. freed to
Ver bald
i )tivify be. hats .
!s, &ace, nsq.
'being print.):
Since the Ist of January, ISO° "patents
'have been issued, and the wholeinumber, for
~ t he year will reach 1.900, or doOle that of
1853. , The principal reComMendarions of
Mr. Mason are, that The exaniiriing' force be
permanently augrnented, that ~better provis
kills he made for taking testimoUy in cases of
appeal, arid anew rate of fecs - he established.
CoMMEACE AND NNViobI7ION: •.
Pollock.'
riior ele'ct will
OF • JAti(IAItr,
as stated
.1 the presept
one of uni% -
er9wded:io
. .
-The report - on Commerce and NavigatiOn
gives some. interesting statisties.' During the
present yeat theieletve been built .)..04 shipS
and barks; , f 9 brig2s, 435-smaller vessels;' and'
`l3l' steamboats, registering an !aggregate. of
.Over 340,000 tops. There were built-in the:
York District; 40 ships. and barks, 7
brigs. 185 smaller vess•els,,36 Steamboats ---
03,490 tons..-- The total - re,gistered . tonnage
Of the U. S., on the 30th olJune, was 5,671,
415; ofwhich 2;333.819 was employed in
(oreign trade; 2,66%114 In coasting;• 1451905
in cud fiShing,;4Bl 4 9ol in Whaling, and 677,
914. in; steam navintian.. ! :
• ),„
PENSION - tiFFICE RUM T.
1 from every
anxious to pti'r..
ony Ofjnaugn
.
on*. And
grandest eVer.
theie will 1)e
Pidladelpfda
Jersey— f r theeei
berland"--iile l
riefrosu
tiler. tow -bn'
By the report of the Commissioner of Pen
iionsithe whole ttumber,ef pensioners, June
U 0 ,185 3, Ji,strr. Annual atnount payable
t.olhem, 1,070,075. Same, Jtme 30, 18. 5 14
1
1 4005, and annUalamountjaiyable to them,
1,172,6 4 .11 03. Niimbet -of IteVOltlthifiarY
isoldiera on the; roll, - June 30. 1 1:853,:-1,3115;
Winter of Revolutionary t - eldlrs'oti the roll
Quarters l}ve
several of the
r hotel and
re patting ex.,
rust there *ll
a 11 ; 'who.. 'Any'
ation; ,
- * •
- Stine 30;1 .099. - •:Therehare been taken
from the rollsofihe Army Pensioners, during
the yea . ..ending June 30, 1954, by dolt, 643',
by trantifori .. ):thesTreasury ~ Departnient,. as
unclaimed petisitfons; 883—total, 1.,520: Cif
the Na vy , Penshatiers for the year ending Sept,
20, 1854, 20 - are reported dead,
.and - 38 trans,.
ferred to the Treaffury Department as un
elaithed pensions, - Of those transferred to the.
Treasury Department lint fe•w are again re.
utored to the, roll. •
• Value of Free and Slave Territory. '
From the Washinf , ton correApomleoce of th'e Phil= t
_
ailotplila:Vorth Autcricate
• For severaljAonths. preceding the
inn. Congress ; Ini_nptiChble correspondence
had r ' been going on botlintondon and Wagll:
ington. upon ,the atliiirs of Central America,
the GreytAwn _Outrage the; houndary be.
tween WashingtOn Territory, ana the British
possessions, and; the . reserved rights of t lib
Hudson's ,Bity and Puget' Sound Companies,
• under.the treaty of IE4O. lt is asserted %hi l t •
Mr. Buehanap was. instrbeted to Sonnd
British 'ministers on. .thedelicate pointof ret-;
receding to_ the . 4.Tnited States the territories
relinquished under the Buchanan capitidation
of 180. It is not prebable that Mr. B.:found
arepurellase practicable, nor, 'therefore, that
he ha - 4 any opportunity , 'a offering a specific
:44iTI, us he did at the negotiation with::•Spain
for the-cession of Cuba. During' the :month
Of Oetobor the. correspendePee
.appeared- ap.
preaching ti point, toll learnedirorn a spume;
entitled - tO respect, that the..territorial aequie
sition was eipeetedto be Made, if; by any
Money consideration Whatever, for a .sum .so'
sin:ol as to appear insignifiCant, It was pro
posed.tri built the_ off.4r to five millions of
dollars, in addition to what might be required'
for the exthignishment of the - rights of ,the
compnn cS.. ! It will be remembered that in
1847, Mr. Miel - men instructed Mr: Satinder.4
to intimate that this goN'ernnient,„Aveuld not_
stand upon any sum Within, 1 . 00,00,00 lin.
Cuba. is-estirnated - that the British terri
tory referred to in: the'correspondekee
.'is of
the tulloieing extent":.
•On the main land Il7'ooo square miles..
• Vancouvet:'s. Island 43,000 ."
area, 6.0 .,, ,
. Total - ~ - 50.000 splare.thiles
Proposed paytrleilt - " 0,000 • -
Rate per ~ t - i ttaretsti'e V 3,33 • .
RTite per acre,, . 600,055.: , . ,
. .
The area of Cuba is varlonsly e.itimated.from
fbrty five to fifty fourAusand. square thile....
Cirtl it- 50,000. square tiles Or ;32.900,000 j
acres; and weperceive That . 31 r.. Buchanan's: ;
offer contemplated the payinent of two thou-
'and dollars per 'Square Aitile,:for Cuba; or . ;
three •dollars and twelve and a half cents per 1
acre. , That is to say, more than :sixty times 1
'As much for_land in the West Indies as • on-I
the Continent. ; ; But this money:. calculation I
Fesents the two, transactions in a far' too fa- I
.vorable. light fol.: Mr. Buchaitn's famous
Cuban negotiation.. All the " lands, of ~Cuba
are hi the hinds pf,private,proprietors. • Our
government; wiitild'acquire the Ownership of
'non. it would -aequire no'dispoSable prq
crty ,at ali,itnd tlrere.fore would never. recov
er' any pal - of the hundred millions proposed
to: be given for the island,, All-the lamb' of.
the ihitisli northwest- territories are in the
hands of the government, and may be dis,
pOSed 9f- for. ifs betiefit: The Value of these
lands at one dollar and a quarter per . acre;
w•ouldle one -hundred and fifteen millions
and two hinitired thousand dollars. r
Pursuing the. coti - ipitrison' of advantages-in
v•.l vad. in theSe two projects; it appears; that.
our republican •systeM would be much:! More .
advanced by the acquisitiOn pll the Pacific,
ti of that On. the south cast. Cul)a. would
uakr, lint one state. The disputed Pacific
i
tt,rritorv. -;-if re-artneXed, • would. make fOur
states. Cuba 'produces sugar and tobacco of .
sitperitir4pilitl..and some coffee. The other •
t !Tritory is . the4:lo4,magnificent lumber eourt:.
t•V in the work . Its deposites of coal. are
unlitnited.and i tfathontably its inlets .arii sä,
placid and, so d: -p that they scent like gigatic,
.natural canals I,emt rating_ the country. its
ironltnd
. coppe . would supply all those parts
cif the world. w 'kit are,not requiri,4 as mar
isetSby Perinslvania and Lake Super:or.- 7
Its Ship'boildin = fatilities are' not equalled liy
-
any other' refit 'rt.. Some of its forest trees
clue only be m 'asured by the barometer, and
tie keel. of a ship of the line can be made
from
,a - single • trunk .
.
Stich is-a lief sketch of some - of the. pollt .-
ieal material benefits that night be expeeted.
Weal` a sucecsfnl remit of negotiations now
in progress in Great-Britain—if. the, earnest
1
correspondence yet unconelinled between-the
agents of the two govert. nnentSon the., Ipes
tips referred -to may be.said to have assurned
the form of a negotiation.. ,• -• . .
The. Kansas Election.
. .
, . . •
The arrivatl4 Of 1 mails Tints us in • posses-
1 sion of private and publie.adVices regarding
I the*,election in linsas, Which fully confirm
the impression we' have already given - upon
the subject. ~j . ~ .
.
, .
The emigration for . , i the . chty .of men from
I,
Missotiri wasOritid - bii, precisely as we .pre.
lidieted. South of Missouritaiier the princi,
l ipal parties . paSsid from Westport, and ap- 1
pear to have. amountedle 'nearly eftie thous .I
and. Not etioOsit* to vote in Law-re - nee,
most of thorn passed to•a -district south of it
—where the polling-place, was established at
i the liquor shop of one McGee, - one-of the
! few slave-holders in the Territory'. .. We utf
derstand that our friends at Lawrence do not
-' complain that he was appointed, hispector,for
'he was the only num' in his, district. who:had,
a house. Yet in that distriet= 2 —where there.
1 is.but One bintseL4ii hundred roles weregir
fen "fin-The suceessful candidate. . , , •• .
West of Lawrence is the city of DOught:s,
whose name, indicates its parentage. fit, was
the polling place{ of Dktriet • No. 2,,in Which
. are fifty-one clai Ms and. fifty-one legal voters..
Its vote was::: ' N ' 1;1 trield; - pro-Mavery,':233;
anti-slavery., 26 scattering, 10. ' -' . ~
~ . One Of the N . l
w. England settlers, named.
Kibble ' . defending himself against a , man
nait'ieciDaVis, - kd led hint': .: Davis was return:-
i ing, from the• debtiOn to h',s‘ home inMissouri:
and,, intoxicate with • what he had drunk,.
threatened Kibl le with a knife., - At tits third
1
• - .
• asault Kil)6le 'hot him, . He has:Surrender.
ed himself for t -ial; . ,
At thelLeavenworth poII, in` the morning;
the jtidgps faithfully . swore nil challenged
tern, as directed by GoverOr:: Reeder.• . .But
in the afternoon the nieb piretested ng,ainst
this preeantion,l took posTes4on of the pot**
place, and ordered that none should
.votedint
those who voted Whitfield,. which
Was obeyed. tston Courier.
•
efip;al ZeminMenem
Prolnibly One of the fort acts of the tegis.
lattice will tie the die Solution of the . canal
board: 'lt seeing to be a useless apendage to
thepublic.WeirVp; even should they be retained.
We have. - ne• particular dislike to the present
board. 'IOSS.T3.' Foray tit -and. , Ciciver' are
probablir . .as!zeed - men, as could he '
fill the Pae.e . they . occupy, Bnt one rnan su
jeet.to the Ortier4'cd the • eteentiVe• or Abe-
Lekislutu . w iutd; be - of Endre . Service to ti
state' than 016 entire board as at • present . or
lien •We f rat broached the'subject,
of abolialting _eanal'board, - we were Strong.'
ly opposed. -in 'Malty puhlie
opinion bas changed since;-'and: is tiow nearly
ananitnetti• inifaVor Of-the measure - .,if the
legislatUrO actic:upte'tiie•popular .
the. beit4 'not be' in -estil#anec -#.l* - • -.Week4
INOW7NOTRING, INDICTIErn.
Uu our fOrth Orge;this weeks ill be found
fson*hegount of
,the recent eharge of Judge
Porter to the Grand Jurors of Wayne cowl
ty. The following prededentfor, an indict:
ment against the ;Know-Nothings, as recong.
mended by ..his , hOnor, we 'copy, 'from the
lionesciale Denzoirat. . •
• .;
THE COMIIONW 1 EALTJ4 .• ,°.. . .
, I,
.1
vs. - 1 '•
. . Supposed• Preseit,;;)
THE KNOW sorttn.us. i. . :neat of Grand ..JUry,,-
.
-
Irnyne CountylB.---In the.Cinart of quarter!.
Sessions :of . t h e; POildt ., for the -County. of
Wayrie,.held at Honesdale, before --the,Hon,;.•
4'resident and A Ssociate Judges ef•sald Oourt. 1-
'The Grand I:n4:test:Of • the'CorkutiOnwea/th:'
of Pennsylvania 1 now sitting anii inquiringi
for ß the body of the .County . of . -Viayne, upon;
tlikli ) r Oaths anal aiiirmation do present :.That
the. good people of the'said county of a long
time past have been, • and up•tiPthe =time of
cornto i tt i lig 'the off', aces - hereinafter Mentioned":
I,contidued.to be g,iod, orderly, peaceableratikl,
regular mem berS of-the deinocratinPnrtS.pand
- as such preserVeat heir - welt' eitahlishpd and
xll sevore.ll right,: of . putting in nomination '
- and
the el stillecting
.whi",th they wwould,...4ll6f:right
i . Y ought
- to do: .. *•-• • - . .
-
I And the Itiqok.t aforciaia.upon,tlteir oaths
l'aforesaid, Flo' further present, That: - the said
i'dernoervie party have also hola full : and end
1 tire Control an • drsupreitiacyove r the Ivhole of
i • this OnottlontVCalt h, and :have . cuttWand stir.l ought to halo and exercise: the just control n
!the ! , attie, and of said contAlAght not to
deprived : - . --; • ' •-•
'.• . '
And the Inquest aforesaid, anon theirba •-•
nfbresaid, do - further present, That . .ttrt the , .
1 and TUesday of Octoher.'lait
.past,. ilk!' ,Mi .,
democratic part" had 'put in' : nomination foi
i
governor of . Lints' Commim*ealth, AV m;'s.
1
ter. our . j - kresent GOvernor, - 0„goOa, - true ... and*
fiiithfuFdemodliii, , and by the usages of i+
~
party all true "demberats . .:kverebound to vote •
fir hid ; and. 016'2 demberatic- . party of the
county ofil'ayne: had pet io;noinination:good
and tikie: dentoernts for ll'epresentative• f 4
~.
[ ~.,
4. - rothotrotary, And . for various • other . 07.41itit,
and of right they ought to have been - electel -
i.. And the inquest., aforesaid, neon tteir oath.
I• afia•e;iaih, do further present, That by At
C , nstitutioalbt the United States and, by til
, constitution of this C'otntrionweafth„ : no .man
ought to be proScribed.fbr conscience- sake,
bet every man otigili - ttotiay - e •it Ur • chance,
to v . ...kg, an (Alice:U . lEle can, and if: ominated by
the Democratic ~ party,..is rightfully
. enlitted
thereto. . . - 1... -
- 4 r
And tinflnque4 'aforesaid - .do: farther pre,
sent, 'That there .hat h been r cently arganiZed
in the County 'Of:Wayne an' in the Common ;
Wealth a body Of men ;Called KnoW Ncith
itigs,"who are', to the, Jurors afomaid: bn.
Isnwn, who .hay, icornbibed,.cOnspired, :111 , .
federated; rind agreed. together to overtarn,',
"overthrow and destroy 'the democratic party
and to-deprive; the, said. riontinees of theirid
otlic,„colitrary,,ltb the usages of - this cow
' inonWealth, unjito theigreat detrimei4 ()Tithe
said nominees.. !1," . l -J -- -. •' ' •
And the IngneSt afresaid, do further pre/
sent, That the si:,iid Know 'Nothings, tomb/.
Whig, I.i inspiring ',, an fed erati ng aiafere:
said; in, the y.,eari, 1853, commenced. - - their at
, tack npon - the qiierable usages - of the '%aid
1 dernaci-ativartv, 'and: by virtue of said. con
!s'- ' . -. II ~ 7 f' theirdark_ Ail
ptra(2, Inn .),y ti. insidious , t es
: did delude the era le and caused the,: defeat
of a most 'worthY democrat *ho Inid,..been'
i., gu lariv-nam hiated as President' judie.t.
i And in 1354 in purs - tranee of the said caul:4pr.
acy 'did defeat the *said William Bigler of his
ufliee of Gbyernar,.. - _and did defeat al . i
' Worthy-nominees of the - deinoera' tie:party r a
the comity of Wayne. And
,it - is
,curriair
reported and believed, that they intend tia tlie ,
name and und4 the ;guise Of . Antericanism
,
( to turn' ant of Otlic.T, alt tiyreigners; and.pit.in
11 their places An - tea-qr . ; eitizens, - and to'iOrer
li torn Popery, aiid stkil:litte 'Snriers.tition's and
.
.. establish Protestantism - arid. ; civililatiii n, in '
their stead, and to cause that:the laws quat ,
1 oral i4tian be arnended and the .time-fdr be.''
e arning eitiiens be eXtended.: All 'of" , '*hieh
said lactint , .s, dain n ns; plottings and conspliing4
r? ,
pare most nrinite.ti • to the 'cotitclnipt 41' the
r{Anistitution, the gyet and sore:- atilietintt of .
the demoeratici party, and . SC‘ to'be denelineed
presented, .and talost b4tdign\ly_ ptinished. : •:_
And the Inquest 4 , re - said, - do further pre.
_ ,
sent that:said , IKnoW Nothings, holding the:
abominable sentiments aforesaid; are - justly •
exposed to Condign punislitnent ;•and ilitbere . .
*ere not"so:.many of them, ought t 0 .4: ban.
i;hed by ,the lianora‘ble Court te Botany Bay
or the State . 61 . New l York, or to any i place
where they could riot endange'r the peace and .
harmony - 0f..t1t,.,- (let&x.ratic party of :Vayne
county, or:defeat„ regular nominatiOnsi. l' _ •
And sei the Inquest do present theie said
Know Nothings in Conformity. .with t4'niles
Of La* and Politics as a pcst, a(plag. l 4o 1KI•
'Rica! nuisance, to lie abated at the ballot;
hex—ifnot, then we must leave thorn'to the
disposal of the honorable Court.' -
1 -
: pr • t fJ i
e'sen Clue u§tsco of
viii I?en. 'ELLI6 . LEW ' 11 . 'A'aS fOitfiegf 1
•
journey nan Priiner. •• . • 1 , ). •
NOTICES.
'Donation.—The friends of ti Rev. Dar? D. Du‘
:ocK are respectfully incited to attend aDcolatiortrat
ty at his place of Residenee,.on the afternoon •
evening of Fridaly, Deeexaber 29th. • ;
Notice.---TheSlips in the Presbyterian Finutit
Montrose, will, be- it
rented for the year 1854 boa Sato
day, Deeetnlier;3oth, 1851 4 at,l -0'434 r.:
,
. ,
Medici], Sootety:—.-'rile. sumneharina Cott
Medical Society Will hold its Nineteenth AinotaLW
I ing in Montrose, on Wednesday the third flay ofkr
1 0.rr next, at. 1:0. o'clock A. M. -: ! 1
l i I'mysicia . ,,si, Cherget will be"the subjeci for ,
i enition. 5.1 i, ,present , high price of ail the •
1 ries Of life renders the i;;:tiect rather intent
1 A full attendance is requesled.l
• 0. Z. Nutt, Ste!..
, . .
. ..
' Teachers' kis, odation.l
There will he a meeting of the Susquehrna Cozl
. Teachers' Asseciation in -Se
,saupo, on 9dcurefty, tbeg
• day Of January; 1965, at-ten o'clock, A:
Some of : the friends,in Jessup are regni• ea,tor.
cure a suitable !dice where the meeting waf be;
The public are earnestly solicited to_atteinl.
Per Oid?r,
--,--.
• . MARRIED,
.In 31ontroi4C, - . on Wednesday •e's'ening tholl l l
by. Rev. Mr. Widthalm, DARrtt
Latrrens,A)lsepo county, N. Y., to mist ffrolla",
Cu:Vl:l.mm of Thomson StutqueluttA'coilitg i "
At the -Exchange House, Montrose .Depol,
This: Wilecri, on Su ot:tn. - Dec: l'i, 11151 . 71 f• rtt
TER, or Scranton, Luzern° Co., to• Eisf - DA *
OAKLrY, cif Brooklyri t Pa. • , .;
' • .\ DILD. .1
In tlarfotd l , November tlB,th, , Mts. Row Po,
Dr. E. N: Laothis,. aged-4*.
, deeeased was a most Worthy , leoirian•
nei ,, hbor mire could be more idrid and'ohlirA
a mother, she was 'affectionate and ezeMPlarl'
_who knelv her revected her in life - arid limeatoi
4n death. . '
OLIDAY "NOTIONS can al the Ste'
LYON g.B =°S.
C. tiituuonEs
L'JD 0110 E MAKEtt, Shop lifst
of 04d Vellowie.liall
Turnpike t1.,13104,r0
- . •
/ - 14 or nor be found it his new stand in uwl ) ," •
AJ two:(lnoris - west of Searle's lintel, lainro
frefunli.V- - with dispatch, Watcbes,
Jewelry, Quint, and ..every description of mad
, Wheel cutting; flux; •Wateli mn4ql Bl4
; to the. -. • ‘.•
, .