. . . . .. . . :, • .. . ..- .... : . •,. .- • . , . . . . . ~... . ~ . .. . ''. 1 . : :- .1 .... ' ,. i ' . ...... 1. , ...;:,:, ‘. •., , f . . 1..: . 1 . , • • • ' .. . .: . ' .. - . .... 7. , ...' . . . . . . . • ..••., „ ...-.. ,: , ~ .. . . ~ . . . . 111 fican ifoutitp:Melitilcat, PUBLISLIp EVERY TIKURSDA BICSISING, By . J. B. OVIATT, iIfETHPORT, ,COONTY, PA,. .OFFICE, aOR*EII OF ?mac SQUARE TEBMS: -* - $ 1 50 . in Adva.noe :.• • Advertising: , . 31fccantrin one 00 • " • •" "4, 12 0 0 .1 • .1. ' months ..... 20 00 • yi . •' • ' • .120 0 'One square'cf 12 lime pr leas, 3 Insertions, . • 00 • Plach.subseqamit ' 25 i • lllusloasi.Carda, with paper, Rule or work will 'b . .. double 'the above rates: Twelve. Ilues Brevlir type, ..or s eight Rues' notiparellOs • rated `a square: Mr These Terms will bo strictly adhered • ..f3491)00 2 •.. - PircOcitp,. • ••. .EMMETT HOUSE, . • • • liniritliport,•KiKean Proprietor •' ropprialteAlle Court Itou'so. A new, large, coturuodl. ' one and well 'furnished house. ••: • • GEO. M. MASON, . . . . . . . . Denier in Stores, Tin ; Wire, Jaopaned - Warei &c.,,lient aide of the , Public Squore, Eintethport, Pa. Cuntorn -.Worlr done tip order on the shortest notice:and In. , thel •ninat substantial manner. DENTISTRY . . Dn. 74t: : srnis' n acotild respectfully •: annOunCe to the • Citizens, of Smetlipert and vicinity, that he' has fitted upon office, and Is prepared to:; attend to . all ,business in his professign... Artificial teeth. inserted, upon sci entific princiPles and so as.to preserve the natural ex pression of' the face , 411Loperations'in Dental Surgery , don't in a Ail ' . 101 A. J. NOURSE . , . . ~. .Ihialer in Stores: Tin Ware, Jappaned Ware, eco., went • 'end of • the P.ultlie Square, Smethpore, Pa. Cuittom ‘... work done. to order °attic . elmirtest noCce,•arid in' the moat,inbetantiet manner. ,• ' . •••• . , OLEAN ROUSE, A. V: Sian, Proprietor, Mein, ti, Y. : runs "• to and from the Nerr•Ytirk and Frio inn Read. Stages fcir Smethport.and Oerea: . HYDE HOUSE, . . . . . J o.iadon Propiletnr. 'Ridgway, Pa. Tills Rotel , la now mut furnixbed -in amide= itjle,:hau ample neeoni. ' riledations;:and Is, 01.01 reipeeta, a Pint Clan' lintel. : • Ridgway, Elk co. Za. May 24„ 1660. •.- • . . . . .. ELDRED HOTEL, . . . . . Jowl Wcza, Proprietor • ,Thls house la 'situated hat ... way between Smetliport and Olean. . A couveniin ' an commodious hops I,‘ attentive . and obliging 'attend, . 'ants, and law priche,' ' • ' . • ...Kidred, Mayl7, IND..' .-' ' , ' ' ' • • • . .• • •• Surveyor„ Draftsman . Conveyancer, .and 'Real Estate . Agent:Stnathport, M'Kean county, Pa..' . . • • WILLIAM. WILKIN, • , Priajeal • Mech►nit, Atillwrtght, Port Allogttony, M'Kean county, Pa. • • L. BROWlit, MIRVEtOR, DRAFTSMAN, CONVEYANCERAnti.RenI Estate 'Agent; Office, WPlltnnevill, Elk C 0.,, Penn!a. =r= .. . . .. . . . Chapin & Doyle. EWA., . ‘RidgWAy,.PA It.m. Thomas Struthem ... '. .. .. ....: WAerAyt.• Pa W. 8.• Brownell: Eaq.,•..'..„.....:—. Smoiltoort,. Pa non.- A. 1. Wi1eg,..z....:......'... Buena Vista. PA . • . CARVER HOUSE, ''•.. • .• - •:: •. . • . . . -lons 11. Uni.t. Proprietor. corner of Water'and Ifietory •''Striets,.:Warion, Pa.. General fltegeOffice. ' . • , FaliES HOUSE,, • •• Fronptig the' r 0)11C Squr!re, • Olean, N. T. - JAMES h • Proprietor. • The P,oli4llonsiis ontirely.new : and bullt'of brick, -and in furnished In modern' style. - The: propYiStoi fluters andomninda • thins are not aurpanied by any hotel 'in Weoteru New York. Carriages clan to *lid (rem the Now York and F,rio.Rallßoad. . , 11YDOIT D. HAMLIN; . . Afirinc4Ar sr .Lisr;•Smetliport, Count.. for Messrs. Knalin;. & Co's Lundi• ;Whirl!' "especialty . te the Collention of 01.sims; Eiatnination'of .• Lond •ri7nient of TlNes,. wad. all business relit -ring to Real Estate. : Mee in Hamlin ,iilock.. .; • E. BOUGHTON ELDB.ED, . . . . .. AVorneynort .Coansullor at La*, KeanAncethport.lorn County;',Pn., Ilue , nenc entreated to, Ala -care for.the counties , of M'Kfnn, Potter and Elk will .be promptly :atten4•4 to '.. Oaten in the Couri.Aotiae, won't floor. . • •• ' ..*° - ' DR, L. R. WISNER; I Pl3,ralelin an 4 SPrgeop, SrOwilpoh, Pa, will attend to • all prolepeional collawith ,protniitnens. ()Bice in Sart . well Block, second Odor. • - •. , ,•• ,•. -' ' THIBQ & .MILLER. . . . Wholerale - and Reba Dealer"! in' Staple .and Fancy . Dry. ;Wood, Carpeting, Ready Made Clothing, and Genera] • Furuilhing Goode, Boot. and Shoes, Well and Window i.• Paper, booking °lnvite ilec. At Olean. N. Y. -. ..• JOHN C. 'WNW., 'Aitnrney hod Couitsellor Late,Smothport, wrieaii On NM attend to all hominess in MR profeplon.ln the. onnttex of MlKaan,.Potter and Elk.. Office over flarttrell t Brothers! Store. • . . • • ;HACKNEY 10IISE, Coener of Secon.l . and Liberty streeta, 'Warr'''. a. 11 . • • A. IlAllnolt, Proprietor. "•Travelert•will find good ae :, enniniodatioin and reixonabte LARABEE'S . . ktli . lll6ll. ProOletor,—.Alleglieny 'Bridge.; Bl , Rean 116 ' This houee Nituatod about nine milom from Smethport. on the road to Olean, and will be found a onweenieut stopping-place ' . .•. . • . • • 'ARMERS' VALLEY HOTEL; • Ito T. Goo nwtx, Thin boo we in altnated abont from Imethport.on the road to Olean.. Ploa..it re partle and othotn can be accommodated on the elMrteat motire . . • W. S. BROWNELL, . illo4lerin :Dry floods; Groceries, Crockery. Hardware ' !loots, tilinen,litata, Paps; Glass . , Nails. Oils, 4•e t , Taint •eide 'of the. Public Square, Smotliport, Pa. • , EMPORIUM HOUSE, , . . „ . ,P,hlpnen, M , Koaul Co., Pa. N. V. DYKE.'lPropriti!or ht . coinmenlic,tis and .3vell-fdrnlahed -house . .. Strange and• tnavalera will And good accommodation.. , PORT 'ALLEGANY 'l:l9UBgt. . . . . . . .fF:snotrll. POLLKY .1' rojprle tor, ,at PorU Allegany,' Me :Kean C oun ty '. Pa.i • 'Th la Hotel Is attested at the .june , '. tion of the firnethpert and' Alleganyttiver load', nine • milee'east of Smethport: •• -. . • . . ••-• • ' ' ASTOR: :HOUSE' • • .:,tErupon.i. IVI'KEABI Pa.. WM: HASKELL : : ..Eforirietpr. . This Renee well .ealnahtted for 'the inenmmodatien ...If the .Travelling Public; having 'recently Gaon repaired and remodeled. Good' Filtroll and Btables. Charges, relt eonable„. Stages' for Oleani,lhippen and Ridgway. Btrinthpnrt, JulyB,lB6o. •. • • • • • . . .. To 'Those.. Intereited.. in Mining ' en ~ • • - ' 'Mineral 'Lands: • - '' - ' . •••• ' ' -. • ..• W. It.: BARNES olieri hi's. Services foi the examine . tion et MineratLande ill lit'Rean and Elk cone. ties, and will . give his opinien Sks to •the -VALUE' OF MINES, &n: . ThOseencagina , hie services *ill' receive .allnecessarY end reliable intormatiow. Residence e t the Bunker Mil Mines, ... .... •• &meant, 111 Wean CO., - June 50, 3859. ":' , •• . . • ' •'... , . 8::C. HYDE,. . • - Alk•rnnNgr•AT-LAW. Emiftliport, .31'Keto.tin., Pt.. 61°1 •- kollorm procapay attended to. PO 14, '6l. . . KISS MARY'S .13111 E HAT: •Myfriend Kelly Was. walking, doivn Mein .•_ street, Attlwankie, lags Autumn, in a deep stu. dy tipon.sorne abstruse.subject, .his.Yisionhori zontalandyacent, his step rapid and careful; when lust as he had forded one of. the cross streets, andlifted foot•to place it uPon•the curhstone,,a big, bid cowardly, yellovv:tlog Came sweeping. along/followed by li black ani mal of the - same-sp'ecies.• • The specimen, Ali : . liyinus of all things but the object of pursuit, asevary deg should be - pn such an occasion, and possiblY eomewhatunder theControl•of his own. Momentum; struck.Kelly'S .perpendicular leg'while. walkingand knockedit-out from . un der him... My . friend- . went..clown His glossy beaver' bounced upon the. pavement and rcentintied its journey; while his • shawl .etruck . .against a shopman's window like a paper pelleton s a wall. • Kelly gathered himself together; picked him-% up,and looked after the. dog who had done the mischief, eineeting to find him' "hove to" In-canine dismay at - the accident he :bad.caus ed ; but to hit utter astonistypent,.. the animal seemed ai.regardless . of .his equilibrium as of any.other trivial -matter, and was making after the aforesaid yelldw dog at as great speed as though' he haci,not tipped, over the best -felicity .in , CliTsconsiri.. • • • ' ' • •• While my:friend was driven, a clear; musical girlish , laugh had rung out upon the open air•,'-r. It was so evidently spontaneous, so.charrningly musical, was • suddenly cheeked;•; and bad withal so - good, a Cause, that, Kelly could hardly be angry or disconcerted. • . When the gentleman •had recovered - froth his surprise at -the'' heedlessness of-the quadruitled, he. bethought himself 'of. the music.-: There were.hitlf A dozen ladle's in view; but by a trigonometrical, calculation he reached thecon 7 -- clniion 'that the - laugh must have aomefromei, ther a dainty little.bluehatovith•delicate straw colored 'trimmings., or a - decided sober and an cient..brown one—the. two being in company. Of eourse•hefaitened npon- the blue hat;, for never since the did a graVe, unfashionable bonnet give outsucli gushing music 'as that: . Kelly was not.a city:gentlemen—not He was squire in a rural town—a leader Of town affairs, A Man of rank to.whom the- village - politicians looked for-the shrewdest counsels; on whom abused people , called far - advice end redress ; into, whose- hands friendless widows put themanagiment of' their scanty ; estates, sure that all would be done for them and theit little ones that tact, - fidelity:and a warm .beart• coUld 'accomplish. • •• ' The blue hat vVasa city hat, 'and the brown hair it covered, together With the hazel eyes that sparkled in front of it, were of city' , growth. 'But the Sober - brown' bonnet • was on - arurel aunt of good dimension , both in.'person' and in heart. I Before the catastrophe Which brought out'' the langhter, the aunt was listening very atten tively to the .little' lady's very eager request that she would try and •proottre her a school near her country borne; after, the accident the brown, bonnet gave a very appcOPriate and im-• pressive lecture - on the impropriety of laughing. ,out that 'way "when. the street was full of fOlks." • • • . , . "Why, who. could 'help it, auhtiet • .D.id you ever see anything so fenny ? Laugh ! I didn't latigh-L•it laughed itself. Oh, dear !"-and then' the- little'fieure trembled from hit to slipper Ander the shaking of suppresSed Merriment.— Indeed, to 'eseaPe • another I ectrire; .she.had ' to cover lips, nose arid eyes , almost; in her .seent ed linen - cambric. • • • ' "Well, you see„ . _ auntie," said the little blue fiat, recurring to theformer topic,'"father i=n't rich—indeed, I don't think he Ili es well off as he-seems to be,- and 'the. family is-large—aft girls, ton, just a•bill of expense yori know and 'l.don't like to have fat her furnish.musiC lessons any kinger, for,l knovi he caret afford.it. . But -I - wouldn't give tip my music...lessons fora the .world.; only-I want to pay part of the expense -myself. Father isn't ableL-Ite looks more care worn every day. I am . really' afraid," and •the voicelfeltand nbecame•Very serious, "I' am really - afraid•thing.eare going 'wrong with him. Besides, I want to be doing something—Pm a better, girl.. when I feel that am not a drone and A dependatit. Yes; aunty, I must and - will have a- school--there t will you help me.?" The•brown.bonnet caught the lid's drithusi. siastn and promised. •••. -• , • ' • You must have known,' reader. 'horn the ile-. scription• of my friend,Kelly, .that he wes the town superintendent. 'Who else - Wa's so well qualified to look after the interests of the pub.., lic schools:? One morning at six O'clock, , my friend 'rises at hve, - and has 0 good fire. in his o c e e and an appetite 'for - breakfast : at six—a' .r p fell upon the outer door. Ke.l4y rose, and . "Good morning, ladies f.walk,in." • The brown bonnet said "good rnoraing"with dignity ; the blue hat pronouneed it timidlY, and brith paased.in. • '•. • "My niece - would like to be.examitied to take the-school in our district. . "Certainly," said , the town superintendent, laying. the poker' on the' table. "Certainly) youraunt—begpardon—your niece-Shall be ex amined madam,. Warm mornine, ma'am," wi ping the perspiration from his face with a sheet . of writing-paper. • • tißless you! it's the coldest.morning we've• had thi.s fall," said the astonished aunt. “Why, Mary's face has been like a peony, all the way ridin' in:the wind. 'Jest look at it." There wacaoneed, for my;friend had seen eorething• more than the blue bat some min otes ttefore. • ' • , . . . . , Tertainly, madam,certainly 7 —very red 7-1 Mean very cold indeed, ma'am, very." • The town.superintendent was not long, how ever,'in gPtting possession of his faculties; and at; length the e.xamination'commenced... -. “Your •fciu plSase,'!. said Kelly ciMilwaukie,". timidly. • . • . . isMay I ask where you were educated ?" eon. tinned the questioner,. leokinefor once into the 'eyes, which were sparkling; delpite•the blush; ing, embarrassed:featurea ! ' .‘ • ‘ , l'n the public schools, • . 'o:lid you graduate . • . eyes, I loOk at your diploma "Therlady banded hiro . a roll; tied, with blue ribbon., Kelly tried hard•to untie it, but soon got the knot in a very' bad fix. 711 i pretty fin.; gers of the blue hat.wcre called interequisition CO I l \ . and.the knot was conquered' dole before him, Under his eyes.. • Opening the roll, he read— Penvert Is that your•netne ?" • “Yes, ....• • • .. • • • .. 1 1 # our: father's narde 7." 't •• ` • - ' •, , wl r es; s sir.". ' • • • • • , . .• , •.• feWhy ; I . was a clerk in . tikl stOte. - esbeti You were a,child. 'Was the nobfeit employef .ever bath He made me.all 1.em... I mean he made mempright—for that is 4111 am anyway." Kelly promised 4 certificate—and he would bring it ovec the next day,-which he did. the.whole -term he was ver'y.faithful in official:visits to the school; 'and just before the close of tha eeision, my.friend : said • , "Mary; I. wouldn't 'teach any'inore.”•,- - nO I must; I like it ; and besides, I ha'vret accomplished . balf.l want to yet'..r? ktVl2nt.do you Want. to accomplish'?" • . “1 want to continue. my' music." - • ”What else 1" . • ' •" • • . want-to 'clothe Minnie." . • “Wbat else 7" . Wint- . io feel that I am Useful,' that I' m doing something. . . to hiie.youlSarY, and will pay oa Wap s ii that will. enable you to do this:: . 1 .4Y00 Wone'tcr..hire Am I ...What canl do'for I • ccXeep•my hoUse'and he my wife, Mary." And then' the town aulieriniendent get hie :arm'around Mary's waist and held •ber tight, though she atrUggled a little at first.' I, 4et goti minute and I will - tell your" He released the little figere, and Mary ,stood 'before him; trembling,' blushing; twining the strings of the blue hat around•her angers, looking down upon the flour, glancing oncelnto hia.earnest eyei;- .hei - breast .rising and': the cornea avrayed like h ship on the billoWs. • ' • . f , DO you love me 7", • • • "With,my• whole soul." • . •• • You ever lore 11 nybotly else 7" t , Never in all .my ' • ••• • ' . • -•-" Can's little girl like me," lookinz, earnest ly in his face,.‘scan a little : girl like; devoted loviug.you elmost , io reverence, make you hap elwaps 7": ~ ( No one in the whole world but-you." • • The little maiden stepped close, to his. side and 4i4 herself under hit arm. • . - • That jaunty bluebat is in a Taiorite ;closet of, my•friend's new house,' in a glees' case.On the..upper.shelf. • I ""cI7.I:ITY .AT / - 1031E. " L . A . bill has Passed the House of Represeniatives at Harris burg-, appropriating thirty thousand dollais'for the,relief of the people of Kansas. The people aforesaid may need . a.helping 'hand and they may' not, In either easehciwever, - it etrikrs us that the House has gone a' great ways •to discover &Arent of benevolenoe-.-.o.vlren starva tion is standing at theitOwn.door.- • For instance : In Februtiry;lB6o, thire',Were •tine thetiaand-:persons . - einploYed id thewhole.- sale clothing - manufactories or NoW there are but eighteen hund'red.. Fehrary ) - ,1860.,there . ,were eighty-five hundred boot and slioemOcers. engaged by wholesale hobses in thatline: Now there are less thana th'ousand. The same startling, contrast's are ta:tie - found in. the batting; lace and tassel,' cotton and other leading factories._ A largi; 'proportion of the Most thrifty and' tirectil of this pdrtio,n of our industrial classes, , have been robbed of the mon , e'y hild by, by the failure of other saving funds.; and, it.maybe safely said, at,leas.f one-half of •the:linerhployed • hien and women city alone :are now • vibrating btqween 'Moderate pOverty;and extreene starvation.' . I • . . this may. I e rrerely:•,sirtiller4l..'l'ko body'may be hurt.' The•gnawing's of hunger, and the•hurniliUtion attendant upon • realwand, .tnay pot be deenied by our .Legisiattire.o.f the , least• Moment iohen, applied to .oier own jieophe t ' and; thetefrire, they may consider themselves justified in 'voting thousands of the public 'mon ,ey: to doubtful objects of charity abroad ;, but it is -a popular and a Ciwistian belief : that , ichari: begins at heme. 7 If it be true tbai.be,Who neglec.ts hie'oxn..hous'ehold is worse - than an ii;lsrief,', then, indeed, is'ibe present:Republican Legislature beyond. saving gracePhitafisr.• . • 'Tionseript. ; . . THE PITY OF MONTGOMERY . . The city - .of• M o ntgomery , „the•:,capital . • Of . Alabama, ha's assumed such a sudden - IMpdir;, once:as the. capital of the Southern CcinfederacY and the seat-of the Federal; operations' of the new goiqiitiment:,,thaf we give below a brief sltetch.olits.: locality . and .siirroundings. It is situated on the left-hank of the - Alabama river, 331: - mtlea..by ^ water .. from•Mhbile; andis 631. 'Mile* . from Waqhington, D. C. ll:ia . the sec- I and . cir:y . in:the State in respect to ,trade and .population,. - and is one.of the rimst flourishing inland towns of •the , Southern States, possessing great facilities,for communication' with theitr g/ rounding country. - For. steamboat, ria'itation the-Alabama' , ,river is one ,of the • li•st in the Union. the largest - steamers asceudin to thisi Point from Mobile. . The city is also the-wes tern terminus of the Montgomery and Nest Point Railroad...lt hasieveral.'extensiVe iron foundries, mills,•faCtorire; warehouies, numer ous elegant stores and Private residences. The cotton:shipped at this:place annually :- amounti to about one hundred thousand .bales. ' The public records were •reMnved from :Ttiacaloosa to Montgomery in N ovember, 1847. . The. State House was destrOyed by fire in 18.19,, and another one was - erected on the sarrie• site. in 1851. - .The present population .of the, city is . , not far from - 16,000: .-- • • .- • ••• . H . , A SpORT few miles Toughkeepaie, N.; Y.,..therenoW lives,_ and., has lived for several .years past, a 'Worthy. clergy man, a man; hpwever, Vegy .shOrt in stature. 'Upon 'certain Sunday, almin.t ri.ht years 'ego; this clergyman wits' inViterl•by a, p•lstor of a clip - eh in that village to fill:his pulpit ~for.. the. day. The invitatiOn•was accepted, 'and Sun day inornin'g saw the in the Now it happened . pulpit, was ,a very high One,..and accordingly, nearly hid the poor little clergyman - from view. -However,,the'congre- - gation, opt of respect. managed to keep their . countenancei. end with ove'r,pious faces, seem, ed anxious for the text: : . They ivere not:obli; ged towait, long, for a nose 'and two little•eyee auddonly appeared over'.the - top of the and n :squeaking-little tremorous voice,, pro claimed in nasal tones the 'text : . . ”Be of good .cheer ; 'it be no? _afraid:" • A:general roar of laughter followed the an. iiiiiuncement-l-this clergyman Immune cnnfused, and turned all voris of colore. Many, .in the general . Uproar lett the church; and it' wawa long time befote the minister was enabled to proceed with the sermon so atirubtly broken off. Afternoon cami.- 7 and the little man, ,:stand ing on alnotatooli had alair,view of his audi.. once. The tent Avai,anoisonced in'dos fonts ; 'A' little while ye. shall us me; an 4 again a little'while and ye shall not ass ant.'! • in the course of his sermon he , tepested his , text with greit earnestness, and stepping back lint his elevated (Outing and, disappeared from' his hearers. The,effect may be nusis readily imagined. than described..- • A TREASURE TROVE. . . . . . A case Which ' afforded a.ereay.deal of fuo, I and which'involved a Ittuitty poinforlaw under its comical exterior,. 'cirine.tiii on the 12th in the Siipreme Court at Philadelphia . .. It seems that 'away ,up .in Luaerne •county lived a rnan named ElishaHarrie.' Hr owned.. hirge - farm and was supposed to have saved . Considerable noney. He Was an .eiceutric and- close-fisted individual, •and he lived entirely pecluded arid alone. In July; - 1838, he. died. Hie adminis trarcirs'could find ncrprOperty .heYond thirordi-• • nary household furniture, &e. ••Aciording, to custom they.had•i(vendui.•-or; AS thr'countrY people -call it, a . e!vandoo," (which,•by the way is' one of the three greatiourees•of exeitement• and interesuin the country—court Week: and . funerals .being the other: two-) The vendite. •Was well attended,. it being• inferred that .the money which it - Wee auPposed the deceased died riossesied, of; had been concealed somewhere- 7 - .and old cheats antikbureaus probably' never be fore soldso well at:an up-country sale; Well, one David Hutchinicher, Kent to the•sale, and cnondescript article of furnittire ,waitknocked off to him at. fifteen ,cents. It was-a square block of pine.wood; about- three,feet longeind ten or twelve•inchei squire, supported by four legs,. each about afoot and a half in length. 'On the tOUWas a horizUntall wheel, with an iron spindle attachedto.it. . It was•an outland ish affair, and it might, for till wp know, have come'Out of the ark and been applied to antide 7 luvian uses. Daiid paid his fifteen tents,,haiil;, ed•his purchase borne and . threw it on the wood pile. ,In course . of'time it came to be split open for fire4rood; when; to "I it was found to con tain $3,751 50 in gold and silver coin,and pro miseory notes; David,"thoueb poor, mair hen esi, and hi informed . the Administrators of hie discciverY. The result was omit was entered to determine to whom the treasure. shoold be long.. The , lower court decided against honest David and . : be appealed. • Such'4.was the case which came, upon the 12tli, - and it occasioned much Inerriment The case !.vairargued by Hendrick B. Wright, Esq., for"DaviCti 'and E: L. Dana, Esq., for the estate of Harris. - • . Mr, Wright contended that David ;wail built)? of 'no fraud or Misrepresentation, and that he ,was entitled to have ill 'that he bought—log, spindle, and•rtioney. lie cited diversodd cases —such as that of ' thebedstead of 'Richard .. lll, I which Many years after'tbe battle of Bosworth I: Field;:wits sold and the_buyer, found the frame and posts. filled with gold coini ; and the case of a tropical. bird,'sold recently in NevcOrleansi the owner finding its craw. .soine 'valuable dia.. morids. '. Were these jewels sold with the bird? Chief Ttiatice Lowrie suegeited that he had. forgottou rue ease..—that of the Man who bought' "a nig , iii a.poke." Mr. W . :, replied that was an Irish ['ASP and might not be , considered .ag authority fra our Courts. . • :Mr,..Dana -contended that log and .apindle Were what David, liimgfq or that the Adrtiinin . . (rotors intended to sell—and that David could not have bought any more, except on the para. lox that the ailminktrators sold .that which they. did`not assent to the -Bak of; and had.hot Offered. for.sale;and that David purchased that which he bid, fir: ..Lots of other,“wise saws and modern instances". were cited:by.Mr. DA da,lrom Plutarch down to, Story.: He , gave the following from the life of Solon ) , 1 Phit. p.'205 7 ftWhen some . Coana once were drawing a net, earner strangers:of Miletus bought the drhught unseen and alLventOre... There chan 'eed to come up a golden tripod, Which Helen of her return 'from.Troy, the.reinembronce of an old prorthery, had thrown there. •- The stran ger -contesting with the fishers about the tripod;. and the cities espousing the quarrel 'so far's.. to engage in.wer, Apollo; to end 'the controver ik; advised l'hnt the I,riporl be giyen . to:fhe . wi ge t Mari After passing armiiia,in.fetritless ~ • . . search, from one to another; ireventtially came bitch to iho temple of Atiollo,.. and the, Cciurt, bye *reason of. inability to. decide . .the rase, be ra ilieqviyieftif the subject' lisattei , •lo•ontri...••• . Mr. Wright said he did not wish to.intruile ady'advice Upon the Court,' but if they found Daviti!a-coie a knotty one, they could make Short work of it by following the example of the ancient tribunal. . • , . , It is needless to. say • that there 'was more laughter' in the Court room than ie usual in ar guments before this • august trihunal. The judges will decide, ar their leizure; the quistion involved in the case, andif our readers are cu alous as. to the result, they'con Watch the Court reports for the opinion of Ju'dge •Lowrie in the case of Hutchrnaker vs. Gardiner, et. al:— Jan. Term, 1861, N0..211• .•' • . The result- . in '-New BA . APSUIR,E . the "handwriting on . While the'Oppo sition gain . some tivii or three thousand over 'their Isla fall7a vote, the Republicans diminish their vote quite as much. The Opposition net gain is about 6,000.. ;. . . . ... The Pr,• ! s seys-that Lineolnleft Springfield iteelarine !Let he put;his trust entirely in Divine Pruvidence,. 'but t ha t' , 4 when Abruhann leached Harrisburg he Initlaith'., in Divine 'Ptuvicieneit anCl.i . ook the nieht tritin:" •'. . ." . , . . . A. lid, 16 years from thisleffects.of Arimkennesli 'at Rochester.' For three weks previops to' his . tleatti . he was ,dria.k.. the :who's time; • notivithatamling the'efrorts .hia to re strain him. - • . _ • • - .; The Contractorson the. 5..& E. Railroad , . have returned, anti are tnaking preparations t., resume active. operations. as soon as the.weath er will permit. • We may confidently , look.: for ,h compfetior rd the rots within a short tine. Constitution of the ..Confeilerate Stites: DIFIICAS,:),01•11 Tiff6CoNSTITUTION. OF TEE UNITED STATES We - note-the prin'cipal point's • of diference , 'betveseti s,, the. permanent . constitution `:' o f the Confedetatie States and .the 'Constitution.:of 'the 'United States of, America,"as folloWs: , I. The preamble Involces*"the favor And Sul* dance of Almighty God.".: . 22. Any judicial or other federal dicer, resi:.: dent and - .actine -solely 'within the limits if any Stateimay be impeached by. a vote of two, thirds of both branihee of the: Legislature of such. State. .• • • , ••• • . 3. Congress may, ''by, law, grant to the prin t ciPal ancer in . each 'of the execution depaq ments a seat upon the flo . o( of • pita , /louse, with the privilege of dis Cussing any measure appertaining to his,departmint. • • 4. Tbe. President may approve any lippro priation end disapprOve any other .eppropria: tion in the slime bill. 5. '..Tbe general welfare...clause hi omitted. 6. No bounties can . .be 'granted from the treasury; end, no duties or taxes , on import.- tions.from foreign nations shall belied to pro. mote or foster any branch of Industry. 7., Congress shall have no power to appropri 7 ate money fat any internal improvement in tended•to facilitate Commeret, except loathe , ,ptirpiise of furnishing lights, beacons, bOys and other aids to navigation .on the comets and th e . impro'vemett of harbors, and the removing of obstructions in rivers; and in all . such rases duties shall be laid on the. navigation • facilife• ted as may be necessary, ,to - pay the costs and ' 8. The egpenses of the Feist 'Office depat ment'after. the first of Marah, • 1803, .shall be paid out of its own revenue; • ~'* 9. 'The importation. of •negroes of the AM.. Can race from any foreign* country, other' than tha .slaveholding.Statts and :Territories of the* United Statei„is forbidden..., , • ' • 10. 'Congress : shall haye. power • to. prohibit The introduction of 'level from any State not a not*a member of `or Territory not: belonging to . . the Confatleriey• • ‘. , 11. Congress shall' appropriate• no* money, unless it be asked and estimated for some one, of the' heads of departmots; . and submitted by the President, unless by a..:vote of, two ; thirds of ,both bones, takenity yeas and nays—or to. pay its own .'expen'ses—Sr claims adjudicated Against the confederacy. • • ' • • • ' '.. • "12. •Congress it:required to establish a A ffit' l buns' to adjudicate efainas 'against the govern -43. Congreis can grant.no extra *compensa. Lion to any contractor, officer, •- agent or ler., vent, if:er:csintract made or service rendered: • 14. Every law 'hail:relate; to •hut one* sub ject, and that shall*be exp .4 in the 'tithe:: IL. When' anY river divides or flows through two or more States they' May antsr Into com pacts to.improve iirnevication. . 18. The Prealdent . holds' . his' offlce far :six years, 'mils not'rer•eligiblc. 17.. Vpim removal of civil officers in,the.ei. l ecutive depaitMent, except 'Cabinet officers conii.cted with the diploinatic ser . vice,othe President shall report the removal to the Sen ate with hie reasons therefor. • •'. • • IB..Tbe' citizens of one State Cannot sue the. citizen, nnother•State in4he federal courts: 19. Citizens .of each Stete..sholl- have the right nt transit .and sojourn- any State of the icirifedracy.with their sfavaifithall not. Thereby be' Impaired. . -•*. • 20. flther.Stitee shall be admired.* hi a vote .of tvi-o-Thirds.' of:the whole:House of Repre sentatives, and two-thirds.of the voting by States:: : *: • • • , • ' • 21: The institution of: negio alasiet:y shell be recognised and protected in. the territary, l l by Congress and the Territorial 'governments.— :And the citizens of all the. States shall have' the. right to takeibeir'slayes to the. territnry... 22,•The 'constitution Shall be amended upoh. ,the d emand of •any. three States' for a. Conven tion of Q. the States suggesting the amend. meitts.: • And if the . .Convention ,of: ell the •Statee concur in the amendments. and' they are 'ratified .171 we-thi rds.of the State . Legislatures or 'conventions,. they shall be. a: part of the constitution. • • . •. ••• . • . • I :• • congre4 Oats. no lavio iiiiptilring or denying the' right or property in negroslaves. . . "...A ROll . lTgOra Or_ RVIN.-7 he Prete ,eys that if disintegration. goes nn, and . jarring and dis, cordant sovereignties spring up irfplage of the preit;nt Federal Government, eark maintaining Orpe.n s ive 'armies' and placing heavy ,restrict ions upon.t rade, then .san oppressed and downtrod den. population, as grievously buidetted Ise the people of any tyrannical nation of Europe, rill. hitierly enree, in'the once tree,- prosperous, and happy United Stases, the men. rho' teori• mental in ei , erturning the noblest fabric' of gov ernment' which our patriotic. ancestors erected, for the i)enefit of all coming generations." . . Thii is true. noiwitetanding its suspicions source. Thirty milliens oldivided and distreet ed peoOle will unite in covering these bold, bad men with 'curses. '•But who ere these infamous architects of ruin for whom such blasting anath eines Hein - wait; They are ihose-who not con tent with our government as made end handed .down to'us by our fathers, have sou' for 'thir ty years to . convert it into avast'Abolition en gine for the 'purpose .of. destroying three thou sand mililona Of dollars of. Southern property. They are.those who seek to remove the collars froM the necks,of . Africans imported by their ancestors, and place them on the, necks of ,the Southern who purchased them with guarantied titles friam Narthern.,oWners.• TheiFe: are the men who will be eursed and ,who'tleServe; . to he euised. Men, women-and childien'will rise up and curse them; The free neirnes: will .curia them. The very slaves •will ctirse•them.t: They will eitrse themselves when the miseries 'they were 'preparing for others skill fall upon tPeir iiwn'homei and hearthstones. A levee number of influential citizens of ken alia have published a card warning the , people not to credit the 'stories 'olerani and itarvation recently nubliabarl by Thaddeni Hyatt.,:They sarabont, ,One-fifth of the peOplecif Kansas do . need'aseietance,'hat that none have starved or. are likely. to atarve. They also say that the contributions coming are quite . equal to the de. ia>s i s Btr O tAILILL , * The Republican liellere NO* li:l srf{!ir in !their praise of, Eq•SOgreterylif:',thir Dix,, end hold him up an a roodel. heeri fly unction lhe Ptiletc tbst upon this distinguishe d gentlemen, altd.ad**se that as ito deserving of applause Stehle of; lleial:ecte,!'hie Opinions of nubile men must also be worthy of *Hernia.The,prOdsitinottOtas fame published extracts from Mr. Dltettlnte speech, in taking leave of the clerk* !it,lbe Treasury Department, In whiblitte,recoittmeade his friends to test the pew ailtninietratik sod not to niaki any undeserved oppotrittai,to , It. but they strangely . .enough overlook Hie pin eraph in which he refers to Mr. Badman terms of the qtrongest gonfpliment.,' Dix's authority good lutbpriff in Ate' , fee* pact, why atioUld we dot sows, thet It ebanld also be In another,. red so'mte Intert' rot the benefit of the RePtiltlicent, big Figtridesiit alto sign to our into Chief Matietrate. said t" “You all know that hate', during., the het eight weeks been Ir. intinutte,assoelalon, hot only offlically, but person's*, with' the late chief magistrate of the; Union, ondet-whom most of you have served for the Peet fear Yeltret and , I should do injustiee to.my own; iding if I did'not say that haw &sit Wrotql,e kip/wool with the purity of his ftotivo,‘lfiermirifirtiorra• ours, his thorough acquaintance with the bast. nese of go ve rn mein' in its mbst cotnpiea dela Ile, and ; Me an.tiout desire that the unhappy qdes... tions which distract the country mayhisit a peaceful solution." Here is tfie endorsement of a Mail , le, ha(' has received the liberal praise : of the RepOldierti t in regard to a retired statesman on who'll* have fallen the bitterest denunciation's, wades: invective, O and the most terrible ath emelt, that , have been burled, perhaps; against any American President: It may be that Mont of thoio periods who now so violentti abuse Mr. Buchanan; will Mid, after'the latile ol few year., that he was not so bad a Pk/oldie:it, if ter all, and eV In (he climb( his predegesdors, their intense hate:may yet fie changed. Into admiration and' fulsome laudation...LW/I' 0,54 Here:, is a _paragraph hatil the Hiiirishure Patriot and Union, that Repulilicinivrapliase read often, ponder earefullyi, and retiiemlier al ways, because it firtrue ' The Repablican journals gni, very 'indignant because the Convention of Louiiiana'reftisad to submit the. Constitution of ,the Confedirrite Stater.tu,p,vote of the people; at.d the Icidan• holds it up es an, exhibition of.nastonialtirig Vil lainy" On the part' Of 'the recession liatlers,--, We are disposed to Nips, this .act.sis evidence that the Convention feared the peepl; , 'OT 'LC' • would, undo their, work.if ~siffOrded in opportu nity 'of. voting direct ly. But the Convention_ only folloived thefliciooseXemple Net, them by• the Republicans at the last *elision ef COnareist when it was proposed to eubmitille Crittenden arriendment to a•direct! vote Of the‘' These Repablicanti had no such great reverence for the 'peppier Will, end no such . over'seittione desire. to'arcertain publii Opinion hen It might interiere with their project., as they miw.e.a; hibit with reference to:Louisianii. ,True, this does rot excuse the Louisiana Convention/ for two. wrongs neit r tnake one right—Aut does not Re in the mouths of Republicans, just fresh from the wort( of defying popuTir opinion, to'complein.' . • . T/IE POW6CiF DI/IPS•TO C031311.1ri/pATE.r•A . wri;Or•aays. (4 1 ha vo•frequently obierved.three or four 'small , birds in a: neWly•soivnlickl . of oats; evidently local inhabitants; :in a few days, their ntimbere would be intreasod by, hundreds of strangers frotif a distill*: -, 'll' one solitary.' jackdaw .discOvera . yoUr iherry ,tree; he will most assuredly introdueilli.hisf acquaintanies . . to the fruit.• 'A rock will aleo,lo slifire.Myale.;' rious way, inildence"a large frock to share•with. 'him your early ..potatOeli and iorn e when,. onc* • he• discovers the desiied .rtiptOre. • The sle'rm note of tho.parent , Will., idiplaptly silenca' the.'' noisy chirping of its lyounp r eillllittge birds', by :• a necolfar motion °tithe 'wing, and . ..manner of flight when high unlirthe 'air and too . .distant ' ' to be' heard, signal danger . folhossi•.upon .the .." ground oncoriscious of the approach • of the ear ..,... , . .• • • LETTER. FROM GEORGE PEitallY kosion Conriey'publishes . a Jetteir:frcim Georg. PeabOdy, .Edq:, the A maiican diin; in reierince to our national':Crisis, Jo' - whioh he says: . • : • "T he . anticipation of lildody - contlict tween 'the North'end the South has already des troyed confidence in thairtYnitint States govern.' ment •stoctie'linil many of the 'Btate securities, and millions hay's.; within a few months, 'been sent, hoion 'for a market hi. emiseqUellee.' It Is. only-by coneession.on .the part'of the No:tbern, States; and a compromise wfiich would secure the hest feelings of the border, States towards the North and west,:thalla , :e canjeinatiste ens! credit abroad." • k Nam.. Soar or Pre ORCE.-7-11Ot long Sine native of' thd . Fejee Islands Presented biros(.. • to a rrissionfiry.and humbly begied:to receive the rite 'of .haptis.m. "Rut,". objected the. priest, "you are a nalYgamist r —lon. have more . than One wite.' 2 • , igood; I will get rid:J:4,one - of them." Keep the one you haVelived. ilia . longest ‘vith," - advised theprient. "A . y ou, • please." Eight days 'afterwards the epayerted,.. savage returned to the priest. with his fees di . uni with innocent joy..; 4o lVow,Fatharaito he, "Nil enn. baptise haYe-• 0 ,n4:: (See wife, nowi" and he pointed:to rtatte,a 00.1151441 , looldng woman who accompanied , . him; ;...! 4 4,10-- :, • whet has hecoroa of the otheref,:asked priest:: "0, 1. eat icer!"• • •.- , . Tut Two Vgistor.,NTs.-I,ineolti • and :Davis Weie bath born in Kentheity, in .tBOB or. 1'909, resosctivply r .-both !eft 'their, native:Stet.' ifl childhood's day's;, one emigrated.: Nott . ,ht i tho.* other. South; both iietved thalsidian,watih...* ...- the west r," both • commenced theii,Ptdititiklca,,. reers . about the same Aisne; .** Electors in the electiOn.ot 1544-4;ineoln: Elsyc and Davis for Polk-40th 4 1044 . 411 c 1 Cbti"'''';..., grass about thsi..same time; most he 'same s diyi . called to preside'overtheir di respectiie*lovernments—ime . as , • : . the,United States, the other asfiesiditit est Confederate States of..4tiner4a.• , ! . . ,7 ,: ,. ..',.44 1 ; ,,i , .,;„.-v ~.2.., k.t,t,,Z),.;i•:;. ,:1t.' , ,•:-H''.'o,:f!,i , `',:iit,4'. ......... , ,„ . , ~. - , - . , :, - .,.,.,. 44..i.,. , ~, ,,,, ..41iil '4l . :. I :,'i. , ''„; . -.' \ t, .?...,;.:,,,,,... 14-r.4.' ,.. : , , - " •,::::,..
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