"'CONtritg,S : SION _GREAT EXCITEMENT -ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION-- WITH% • DRAWAL OF SOUTHERN MEM-, - - MRS. _ • ',- Our special correspondent, in a_note Ificlosiing the' annexed uotree of yester daesproceedings in 'Congress,says . : 64 We are In the midst ors tremencloits excitement on the Slave-Question." WASHINGTON 20th. , Dec.. HOUSE OF REPRESENTA T IVES. Charle* D.. Coffin, from Ohio, in the iplace'Of Andrew W. Loomis, resigned, 7iiippcare - d, and took „his seat , to day. Mr. ctishisian of—New—Hampshiri, moved that.the House again go into com ---mittee-otthe-W-hole4m_the_President's - But ihe - House re.ftiseil to suspend the Rules fbi'th'it purpO.se. • Mr. Sladeltaiing on former day.pre• seated. , two memorials from Vermont .praying for ; the Abolition - of slavenr. in the District of Columbia, tinsl_ha-ving moved that they be - _referred to a select Commitier, - and-debate--threatening to ,arise thereon, the - motion was - laid over until this dailintid - the question on such reference coming- up in order as the first . ' -"business beforethe House. - - ! Slade yead one of-the memorials, , Ad then proceeded to address the House t large tu support of his _Motion. Mr : ').•haying-nnimnd-verted with sortie Sever-, 3ty on.the course pursued in' the' House ih regard ,to memorials on this subject,' and srpiikeit of-it as reduced' to. - • ofsillem, by' an' understanding 'which resulted in Southern 'gentlemen invaria. rising and .ihOving_to lay all motions • for the reference of these memortils on . the table. • - • - • Mr: Wise dint rposed, and with some warmth repelled4he idea of any percAm7 cert - or undertta ding on his own _part (.ind he bad most re gently made the -- -snotion'to.lay_o_ the table) with a single ihdilidoal; and, so far ron► sere being . a "syitematic arrangement Among:South _erngentlemen_ on the matter,_ there was, on %he contrary wtotal want , of concert ; and 'as toile prom titude of the Chair in anticipating, such_ truitions_before_they_l ... were completely uttered, be :would do the — Speaker • theirtatice toTtestify—that never had a word, or even- intimation, passed between thethair and ank - South• ern gentleman in relation to - these - o lions, CP - • - " • ---. -- Air. Slade: disclaimed :any personal, Oared either. : tin' the gentlematz from Virginia,Or'the Speaker.. ~The prompki-. ttle - of the Chaii• was proper, and•arose friim a. desire to save time. _ t .l ee. padprocee . dedput it,M - tielitiihe ~, when -6,-,... , l4lt.—Dawaini-, 7 Clleatt.liimloc-a.• / explanation of:a remar k- he had, mad-CT . that the, course - . pursued , 'in relation to then'etirdition memorials would ha _mantled the cheek ofa British -Parlia . _mein. With honest shame and indignation. --",'_ll:lldihe_gentiemon; mean-t° charge• Mr., D: had ever so acted - in this matter as would mantle 'the cheek of an honest: man with, indignation either in Podia. spent or any 'where else?: „ ' • • 'it Mr., Slade said - that he meant to give application to the remark no. farther that thelutignage itsellimplied. • Hethen re . gulled; and haVing, after some time, concluded •ivhat . he ,had" to say. on . the . - rtianner,;of treating the memorials, - and whit he co nsidered as a more 'manly and ..dlgnifiericourse to be pursued in relation —to the whole-subjec4-by-referring-thern ,._ _ to a select committee, " - he proceeded. to . . the subject of the - Memorial itself, which' • : prayed for the abolition orilavery within th - E - DiAtrict :of. C - olumbia -- - And whit, tisked:Mr. S. is slavery? • '----- •.. - . . ..j•the Chair here interposed; and. oh-, .. served that -Mr. S. could, not discuss the merits of the memorial On 'a mere motion for its. commitment. -.The-question. be ---- -- forethe - Hoose was the question of coin. • ,mitniertralone; and - M - tlrat Mr: - S. must -"- Mr..P - etrikin Miledhirif - Wael. - 7 - .7:Confine- his-retnarks. .. The_motion for Mr.LSlade.called Mr. Petrikitt to order •'• commitment had been accompanied with - - for the interruption. no instructions: had" t been. - the whole The Ch air declared Mr. Slade in order. _____, _field...would have been openeda - —lle-proceeded-at lengthrmuciting the .. . - : -.Mr.° Slide sobmitted to. the..:47clsioti Declaration of : Independence, and the . of : the Chair, and forthwith modified his Colestitutiona of several of-the States, motion for the commitment of these me bradding . and - had:gOt to that - of•Virginia,.'whin rinorialiftua select ctitiarnittec., -- ovvith .. _instructions to report a bill abish My. Win called him to order. - - ing Slavery - Within the District-of .. ca ,„_. The : Chair decided, frOm the rule that lanibia." • • • ' ' ' Mr: S. could not read "any paper, if_ i t _ . . • waS.objected to by any member, without Mr.'',Vis,e inquired whether the mo- the leave of the Rouse. - . .• .- -tititi,-..thuatilodifiedi - mnst notlie - ove - one ' • dayr: Mr._ Wiii, - said that the gentleman' had ._ . The, Chair replied that the 'memorial wantonly discussed the abstract quesliets , . having been recsived, and the 'motion en: of ' slavery going back -to the 'very first 1 , '4401_0 for Ulf/reference to a committee, day of the creation , . instead - Of slavery as; :. • li4ii vitilimiiot b- p rtvetaii e 7-------7----7-----it , y.isted_inAkemisitictoituuhr , pow . et k --'----- 1 -141r:-Slade-WaS about:to resume;-when --and -duties Of Congrest'in relation to it. Mr. - Legere,. of South Carolina, asked , He was now'examining theSiate Consti feave to Say. a word. ' • • •., .• • rations to show that as' - it existed the ' • Mr; Slade pattaing-.; -thelawsof God. and man This ins out . .. r... ,ega , re said * wished to implore of.order . ~ . , , - . thezeiitlemin frOm - Vieth mit solemnly to -considr.iltle•vasAlin .L..,. ~.. a He-supplies '..Mr. Slade explained, Intl "argued in cited hirn for - the sake of hia own corislit. '-vindieition - -or his,- tour .. _ .... 'UMW foi,theisake of these of Mr. I.: - , for. to read a : memorial of Dr.iFianklit, and feetnii Of Mr. 141adison oh - the - Seib- ::-.---- thOake•of us - all, to pause and lied; uslv • of slaver y, *hen - - -------- -- -- - - 1 --1 to reflect before he took another • step on• .... „ : ,_, 4 *_ a i. ,oun a _:_bo o4 . o _ ,h i n.. jui.:_ik , ,x 1 . he reading was objected to -by Mr.' GriffinofSoutit-Garolin a...-4=;,_...._,...A„.__ ..'esinatituents had-not-directed him thus-' • • to iiiterfelev.hi.t,, is a man, as in Amer-1 ' .'The Chair - said ;the papers could ; not leaaeltizen,le would supplicate the gen • ibe read without Permission.. -.- i'••: ----, :tlemmituto take -. further 'time to , consider ''Mr'Sre•':- Then I send the to the had said, Clerk-let him real ,t4 e m„' • . . • -, ; -If Wwas jrue;,itt.thezentlemat -, ,thatit apitit `had been' awakened' on thin' The . Chair said-this was equally against . • anbject - which could never be su sd • the44le• • _, - 4,- '- ' - • , ppres e ... 1 Mr. Griffin •withdrew his'objection, 1k , . • re - Ch il dren into 'submissien;:*hen the ' ', Mr 7 .•Slide proceeded to read ~ t he P -- ~..• •k*lntist Obleinn and explicit , contracts 'for-' pers and comment - on l'heni'ati '' - a , liaileitti indulgence, - when, the agitation of . s on. • lie was:thin atiOnt .to go -tria!k * -a a n a d t 411! - qu e stion "might. involve the ' fate of a..` show what had heen the feeling - InVir-' . . .. .. ~ ... •. • • -. • ~. ;.,', :mutton, of-a' continent, nay, of the,,entire glom previOnsly to the - date. - of 'the. me - . world, let" the gentleman beassured, (and mortal of Franklin:' ' /-' ..• , - • - ~: ' `-•.. he .warned him not , in the la nguage • r M Of tie- I - Rhett, of SOutli Carolina;Unquired '1 . • Aanee, ,, for that he vileil knew brave .men of the =Chair whit the proceedings in , , • •-• every ybere:tieapised,) - bit let` the gentle=' Virginia : had to do; w ith, the question:he. i fore the House? ~' - -.- ~- • • • ••'' "e,ciell assured that that spirit would The Chair was, about to reply. t hen tarAtiCountered, by another Its i n c a pa bl e 1 Mr. Wise . rose with warmth, an said. -s•-•: - ` - .- !Ai - 4104 14 1 4 f being repressed hy.aity, Pew- , . . _he • : has Aliseleased : •-the-__whole a :grace , - at:. • If thaqUestiinimustbe forced upon ':., question of slareryr 0 slavery in : irgin --• ' - them, tb4 werelerfeetlY,and promptly .. ad ~, .. . la; of slavery in my , own distriet -- riniti - • . ' r '' ) r,t' .t to take uP•thetautitlet. Lit, him rek all my colleagueafo_rdire: ith me --- tell the. gentleman' most solemnly and se7 '.- mini this Hall. -',-,' xiously that he tad - sad ocenSF..en tir lOtik . , . NIT.. Slade. Mr. .S peaker, Ido not • -... at the questi:t. :a iliffialm - Vet aiii- &4:1 - thelloor,": . '--- /' : • •, -• - ._ . ..• . • . , . .. .... . as_ , I osoPltical. a Manner the_ gentlemanilind proposed •ifshould be 'examliVeHritin,cont mjtterriatid, he had come-to-i-conclusinn that there was more to be . found, in Systemd of philosophy, anti. in the body. of Cln:i tian'Occtiine against both .property 'Mid' war', than.aguinst.sl4.v_ery_..;The gen: - dem it-inightas-welllookthere forgrountis to advocate a community of goods, as to, , abolish' slaver-y!_-.:There had not.been,.for loore,thin t2OO years after the introd uc - - doff. of- Christianity, the least possible . preteit brought frotic-its precepts in- favor of Wir; even where - 'no- previous .stiptila tion,. as an this case, existed -for' the pre-. 5e . ,..,,_ ltian of peace. .. (Mr. L. spoke with g eaTv,etiiiifiirce - , - anit - m:e - couldatiim ,o, . l w tydillictilty . Catch, It is language; but. the Se ab ve conveys, we believe, the. substance' of ht meaning.) Could gentle:Min' won: , iler that -Southern. then were eialted on thii occasion? His. constituents had not sent him there - to Bitten to "theie - things— to.hear, from - day to day, , the'tnost worn out common - places liFought=i4inti,ceit_er , _ ;sled in his ears-49 hear all thatwas , vi -1 4t . to the safetyortheir firesidet and the, V'eystructure.of, Southiin sticiety.vilified as: - an Offelmettgainst God and man. , Not only, *iliV it iveariaornejand - disgustino . c' ,be- yond endorance, but he tremble d at its obiioui practical result S.. . • • • '. . •. '.,111i. Slade resumed, when ° -.-. • - Mr. DawsOn asked hints for . the floor t !atte, nr-ijOst-Tircm--arvattinur.stioint. ._.' .M.r.' Slade refuseill' to yield„likiloy,tr.. Mr. Legate apo - logiiid for having said -morethan-heitid-at-first -iptended,_wlien„ .he asked'. hisindulgenceloyiehLthe_floor • . - . fora moment. • . ' '-- . Mr. Slade resumed, and expresse d his approval - of the gentle man's ardour, tho' he could not agree with him-in-sentiment: lie had •procteded • for - is' few minutes. Tiit ingutrint-what-shivery-svzt? and was-proceeding.to-defide it,: wren,— . Mr. Dawstin -agairt---isktd_ him.. for_ the floor; .. and some -•.-agitation began to be. . . . manifest - -in the-House. • . M r. siiii - a - tiiiiii, - -ifiiii red; c - ititis - ti oh t to-Oelltprrand-Con tinuini ',to: occupy O r , proceeded-trilifote--from.the atithority..,of, a Southern - Judge as to the - -nattire and rifattif -- slaytrritureducing the , s lave-td. a chattle,•kt. when- , -7- - - • ' .. - ' til.r. Wise - appealed to Ilie Chair. • 'The gentleman ROM Vermont Wait-Ali - mussing Ali - CAA! estiotr of - slivery-within - theStatea , _ When his Motion: was to . refer -a,memorial for the abOlitiOn ionof slavery within . the - District oftTtrinn.iii. — lle --- Was - plaint' 4.reaching-on.:grounditel4 byall to be in . - -Viithible: -,-------: ' 2. : - .:- -- ' -7 7 --7- ' - '- -77-7 . .7 ,Tlte...Speaker said that it was not in, or der to discuss the subject t,tle'arolina tiel: _._,___ . . .egatton have.alreatly coax Act!. tow - titer,. antragreed to have a' meetiog at aolo.lock, in the committee room of the District of Columbia.'., . " • • ... --1.- . . . , mivzaker_ lieiT Said that thelen tlemi by t he Chair that Slayery t _a-s-e-xisttng-ivithin-the-iitates;-- ,wa.s..twijt)oriter, wbetv,he was ,tlesiyOn to react 'a, paper anfl it was objected the ChairThad,stopped hint, but . -the oh, jeCtion hnd been. withdrawn, and ,Ntr. Stacie had been - .sulfa - TA to, proc'ee - d was .notv7iliTivro rea, and objection was tr e;.the c.. IliefEffireTtliktif :ifiriettfoTr tine; it be read. .[Mr. itobertano, Ni:. : llltett and Others rose and addressed , the good" deal olC.Onfusiiin, prevailed portions "of the Southern — members were leaving the Mv.'Rltett rose to order.- He'asked Ahe.:geti nr• n. fro nrK_Vermont 'lt all to ,discuss the question of alaveryin Vir ginia?' He thought not,•:tind he invited the Whole Southern deli•galioti, frotn . all• the klasirehOlclingsiates.tointett forthwith' _in_tbe'coninaitte,e_ropm7ol the Dist rict. The Speaker ,again• recapitulated 'and vindicated the- cor r ectness= of' , his OW!' course, is being' dictated by the rules of the House ; what his personal feelingi 'had 'been ns;ght,easily: be conjectified . ; , over to restrain the diseussion,-he should pro — iirili ylli - ave ex— ercised the' poWerrhut it was not. Sittle said the . paper he Wished to read :was an . act-of the Continental Congress oil 77-I.' • --TheTChair wasahout to 'put the ques t tion on leave :'When • Mr.. William Cost Johnson inquired of the Chair, Whether it would.be in order for the ;louse to/vote-that - the: genikman friciiit: Vermont—be not 'permitted to pro ceed; The--Chair replied it would trot:, Mr. McKay, of North Carolina,,said thatthe gentleman had been pronoun9ed -out — of - order—in the--Statesratici'the tulle declared that, When Etmembe war - s - o -- prorrounced -by the Cliairilie--shotild take.his seat,. mid if any_ one objected to,' his -- PrO - ceeding again, he - should n.it do so. unless by leave of the Ilotre. Mr. AcKay did now .object to the' gentleman froin Vermont -proceeding any further.'• --;-,[Mtich_c.onfusionL..arose_3_ man; bees rising , at once.] The Chair.-read the rule referred to; .anCriaidthat, as art objection harLitoW, for the first time, been made under that - ritle -- ta#he=ken tleman's=resu iitg speech,- the Chair decided that‘he,could not do so withotit the leavtof-The House. Mr. Slade.said he had been permitted to read - the -.papers he had read, and, to proceed and comment on them. H.e.had been doing nothing in theie twenqunin utes past, but by leave of the House. ' The Chair directed Mr; Slade to take his seat until the question oil leave Should he put. Mr. Slade said he should not.discuss slavery in Virginia, and he askedleaxe__ to proceed'as - in order. A On this question, Mr.'Allen of Ver-- mont, demanded the Yeas and Nays. _ Mr. Rencherinoved_an adjournment. . Mr: Adams and, many others rose and - demanded the Yeas And N'ayi on ad journment. They were ordered and to ken, and resulted, Yeas Hi 6, Nays 63. - . ['Moat of, the s - eats - of Southern mem bars vacant.l' - - • So thi — r Houseadrourned. Mr. Campbell; of South Carofins, said he had been appointed, as one Of the, Southern delegation, .to _announce that i all those , gentlemen' who represented slaveholding States were invited to attend the- meetinpw-heing -held-in -the_ is.. rit aitELX We have great satisfaction in-announ— cing to the public the complete success of -Mr. 1 / 1 ,ZTER RITNg.R9 in the manufac ture of Iron Worn Ilicuiiihiuus -- ecialz- The works of Mr. Ritner are situateiXon the West Branch of the Susquehanna, in NE. .Clearfield county, aild are uponan exten sive scale. 'Fite iron 'produced from , single furnace• is at the rate of - abou '• 5 tons "per week, and is pronounce' ofa superior quality. These facts-come from a—source that leaves n - o dOtibt of their correctness,__Every Pennaylvanian must _rejoice in. this' intelligence. It openiiii field to enterprise, and the employment of calkabtlyil.wkadd to the value , aihis great -State i lseyond-the-calculation_o4ke.mcist sanguine..,: j We also learn tharthe furnaceon Lick Run, in Lyconting .county,.owned by a company in Boston, will be in blast in January; the furnace on Lycoming,Creek will also shortly be in operation t, and , that there is . every reasonto-expect-eu tire success; and we. heartily' Wish it to the nterprising proprietors.'_ The Lick Rut furnaceis on ti=verrenlaFged scale : antis_:caleubted to . produce 120. tons *of iron perweek: ' Wherrwe xecollect that , a 'verylarge portinn - of - Penpsylvania; west of eastern ridge .of the Alleghc ny mountains, aboutitls in all the pate riak necessary to,the t)tiot irapprant,of 1 all - manufactures—tittcf. - t hitt every-water- fall affords ,a,. site for . the erection ''.of, worksTmay we notfondly'r.onleiriplate, that in. the courie:Of but a feviglears the "Enipire State" will be - found iti amore 4 outbern latitude?: : , - ' We also deem it a Matter of yO'small Moment, tliitt , lhe two"fir.lii of the works above stated;' are piton the •fine 'of the contemplated great Erie Raitßoad; the latter otrthe line cirthe WilliamsPo ' Elmira Rail Road;and jde hope that the Company recently'Ogattized to construe that-great state--inde.edinationt work-- the 'Erie ;Rail. - Road, .ill find their sup plies of iron , upon thii west— A Pennsyl vania road, likely .51 be inaife orPenn, sylvania iron, pregents a double stimulus to capitalists—tit? profits of the ipvest, ment that.voill result from the great trade of the I kes—and the encouragement o the gre t staple manufacthre of the Stat • -1171•t-is-nith'-inifil - • itfettzqhatr-Ave: • perceive a•fnarret „Kis between : t.lte.Lditorsoftt eMarritho Telegraph :incl.Chronl • cle'abotO the t 9 time Senate; thel)ersoriajly. ,ibusalv - 6 - 411usionstowSlif eaa - cil.her, tis n'eflairt he *Vet etrAples - hasq7; re 1 , 1 / ibout •swvaosE.- hYe -4inspeet . -there••bas :been a tniquntiel' , .: stari4ing: . betiyeen - the parties, - ; or 'eer-.. thinly the. aboitelYipers.would,tiot,ha,ve .been rival - candidate.- for the: Senite'§, Outing. .ThatAit iinuderstati cling .has led to the defeat of•-iiiith,.aPdAne_Alm.: i o h oite_kvim_p robab iy..deserve much as eithei olotir other friends. r Tc 1: its Efr:lFFPrrf' ~lair.woi. i ld, Jri - lilietthit-fr: `l3 . ut why q - uirrel 'about. it Row,?.. - It certainly, can do itO good, ancl . tuay. to much' mischief. ,In ttie spiritof kind, iess, then, would call upoli7thoSe Editors. to cease. their quarrel, and no longer: serve up- palatAte, diahes for `their gr,cedy'neighbars - tifiletiOtlr:' - :LCU them quarrel .about thi) loaves andl lialo• es., Ye have prineiple4 to contend for -not selfish interests. . • P. S. ,Since the.. above- was written. We - haVe".receiVed.the.!‘ubjoined±let ter, from which it will' be tieen. that ,dve' Were . right in supposing that there %via not -a perfect 'it Mieritaoding . bet ween: • the ft icnds - of the'ehtnnicie. and Telegraph. We cordially join with the writer iii trirgti - ng - that-the4l. will be ermit ted to rest:• • • .• • . . . -Extrart- , ortr—letter to the Editor ;5i the—Gettysburg Star and Panner, dated ' . . . .11eAtt Sin—Yon will have ~.seen_ in ihs,Harriabnil . C:hroniele and,l'elegraph vetsysunpleasant accounts of the election • of Printer-to ,the - Senate., - 1-regret-; ia-ey-ery-disintereste44:lnati must,. the etturse.ttik.en , by those prints; The . reMirks applied!to,Mr Peignosr: 1-are . -_particularlrto beciegretted:=Mr.: Penro r se,.l . think,illould have voted for -Mr,__Fonn;_huthis_declining.AO do •So,_ arose-.from. a mislinderstaittling-het weep,' him and . .-SOnle cithr - membece of the . Anti-MasOnic - partY; - .7fic --. 'particular view of:what he supposed -to' be the understand ingolourfriends regard . to ' the 'election • Of prioters.-- .o . tlrere_ofitirfriendi(erinit Of the)_n nn . -__ derstaml it differently: and this nziiitia! derstn.nding - led to the unpleasan t votes . I ) 11 .uird , .11#. Fenn.. in the heat _of the thernent;itaa -- attribtifeir --- Penrose, which do him injustice. -Nev _er.. was , a- I ftrm . er - frienifte the' preient 'administration, - ;or to _our _principtpt,, than Mr. Pnrose: It would be a shame if a mere misunderstanding % about the _election:Ofprintera,.(both. Of whom are with us,unless,as theehronicle intimates' interests wilt drive them off,) 'Should . cause any - ,distrust; - heart - burning, or quarrel among political friends'. This Coliteitiptible cause of quarrel, if perse vered in, ,may_do-much • harm to our party, and alienate friends. . I trust that - Our papers will treat this matter coolly, 4- not like wild madmen. EAMEI In consequence of there not being a quorum in the• Senate at the •hour of ad- Journment,._ this morningdhe fate of the bill roakirkg ..approPtiatioos .for , repairs and the ccintinkkoloTof-,the-vuliiic-tin movementsOvaf not kneown: . No com unication' cOuld - he "r eceived from . the Governor; wiiicii • vie diidersfand he woe ready_ to_..rni.4;_ankthe 'p ub lic are lea, in uncertainty asCO - Iti - e7deretininatiorr of the ExecuTive in regard fia the bill. ' — Without therefore professing to know or intimate 'the views or coOrse of, the Executivb)n_ithie abetter; 'We ~tlie the liheit Y - allii iditorilto-oxpremcir de cided_disapprobation 'of its provisions, as we look 'upon it as - the hest attempt of /theLON) Pogo's in the House,' to arrest . ~ the proseenticin and' prbsperity of the -St a'te . iml;ro ve nie ut s - ," ae - reetoblirieniled, by the Governor, or force upon Mal the neccbssity •of approving another "Ilfam . iiiolh - RillY -, We look upon• is, as the einri - m - eneement of tliat-"Lcigsol line system or legislation, which:the -Governorand - the - P0 . 0044cl - to-be- als inquitoua as it iii:detrinlental to the in ; ,- terests of the COiricifonwittith. 'lt - Is In this bill that the' contest 'between ty c ite ecenrinsy and local inletests . has 'com mended, 110 .. if the . Eicettitive,: must again' oppose the - equatiderihg,t,'spend: thrift disposition of the Loco focos of •the House oritepreientatiVesgwe think that.theSooher it ii'dOne :the'better__ 'We-are. witritientl i iyoquianted;with his ftegineei and rent inees*--to take - any re 7 spobsihilitY 'hi' which the interests of the neonle ere at stake; toioelieve that I lie* le readyldlifeet the evil at:the very A' thiiihOld;lif'Which easeth ere wo dbe ifull'timO 'betWeen -this; - and '.the d :of the,sessiiin; - vfer the' people' to canvass and d e did 6 the di fferenee, an d vve .ahqu id be gr - eatl3i e'reistaken -if -,the Nert ( li4 .ivbuld, not,bevetnrned -in favor of the, Goveriiklebtiii i ir' "' '' z" ;-. . In ._,hie laii.e''' iiiiite;* the' Governbr went fnlly_ iiktiikhe'improvement-:gites tioul and hii! viia,:which were given: in ,a elbai ~.and satisfactory- manner, beim, we belieirp; 'received the utiiver 'aid approbatiOnlOf'‘the'ditizens • of the ni Commonwealth - - ' - 'rlitey- were liberal, without - being e travagant, or sectional, and econerhical ithOut being persitho nious,/ or 'calc lated - -to , involye the Ofinnmonweelth n any inerease:Of,state debt. -He prov es amply for the pros eeutiOn and co letion of the _present improvements, yitho,ut the least cen , barraasmen%. ' • '' From the q'ettlyobtirg Star. l'iiinters to the satiate. PtITLADEISP4Ii, Dec.. .18,.1537. -THE REPAIR BILL-- - thatinessage, the.Goverpor rVout 7 -Tended :Abe_ rpes'sage4.a bill, rtsiting . instant , Picivisieinfordinary_4 o4l. _e x .!_ , if . aordinary repairs,. and fer 'the preseilt -1 and . urgerito.vanti.rifthe.Erie and North I branch Canals . ; and the . Gettysburg rail .. reail;' the whole attoUnti ng to $927,2 . 95. ---o f - S2BQ - , - 090'tv as - ordinaryfor repairs 410-$3-4.7-441.5-for_eXtraiirdina , 18105,000 for the avoidance Of the' , ioclined,plane at'CO s6l6,Q9o . for _the febiler dams, $69, - ,060 for the repair of tbe. Eastern iliasion, _Nardi .traek - orthe Columbia' .railroad, && . .inchulieg. 'various other es iinates, and - sl6o,obu.tethe North' Branch, - .And . Erie extensions, and Get ty shiirg railroad; , _. ••The Senate concurred with the Gov ernor . on , this ,subjbct, and' promptly passed a bill; introdOced %, Mr: Peke-- son in.accordance. with 'the. reasonable reeOmmendations of the Message, with the exception of an approbriation to the 'Gettysburg railriaiL 'kr% this .5112pA the bill went' to the House,' and there by the, influence of the eanae:uriotivesEhicit . rolled together the- M animot B.41" - of lasfsetiaiOn, the, appropriation for ordinary..repairs cut . down to - $lOO,OOO-486,000 of , which are due,-and otherior the Most urgent netesity were reduced •in the . same manner. ---And.to' . cap the climax, the pitifnl sum 01.845,990 was given tol the•Gettysburg' Rail-road, .with a vision--that-the con !actors-leave-4 he_ wotk by the fire of Jaquary!!--rwhen the appropriation would not-pay-'socts. on the dollar of the money actually due . to. the 'contractors, and - with Out making any provision for the payment of dama .gea catos d by. the road l H . In 'short, • the bill was Cut down - in rhe-House;_in' the, most important items, to $327,295; -Only-appropriating-1115,-(10-for_itte_low &in g - of the feeder level;:and building a new guard at Duncateti Island. Every reader. 'will see' that the pro= .. visions of this bill, .as it i . passed - tlie. • 'louse, are- directly - in the . teeth of the policy_ _recommended and_maintained by the Governor, in all-his- acts,-Viz; - full,. a ro pie_ and i ro vis-. v is-. '..oiti for repairs and other objects con-- fleeted 'with the use of the finished worlis- . -alid . .the balance:of - the: ptibU fluids lobe applied to the.completion-of the untityshed.WArlis.: . ThafsuCh .is the• true pOli('y .of the state there'.can 'be.no doubt„and-iltose- who are disposed to enter the lists against it, we think will : :h - atr. li,-.berwilling!to.-askan-expre§sion. I. pGhlivoiiiiiion on the subject. • The bill as it paSsed, if viewed as a .final - measure, on ttle_atij e cot of repair is wholly insuffic nt;o as a sofi to keep. the. work a goin for .th - present mo inen.t; with 'the 2 teni:ion .to make the balanze - of the fund required for repairs, dependent uporrthe { passage of another "big bill,” isol3jeClionable;,and .we be-, lieve that the real friend,s'of the public improvements . • and •prosterity`-Of — t State, will say 'thatit-ought not to re ceive. the Executive sanction.. But we leave it in his hap , with full confi dence-in his ‘visdorrqand the belief that should he; return it without his signa= tureilt. --- will --- be - with , sufficient - reasons ,, to ensure the approbation ofthe people. Harrisburg . Telegraph.. -,-., Goeentor ) s 'Message. Thy message of our excellent Gov - after, seems to.be a faiorite With ,alt . parties.—_ The Philadelphia Herald_ and- Sentinel Says. “The_ Whole e is vocal:with the . prais_of Gbv. Ritner's Message. It is one of the best State papertilhat - Ints - ap - = - pearetlin'Yge , The veteran and respectable editor, of the American Daily Advertiser, says- 7 "The excellent Message of the Governor, _isit--documentmliel-sßeaks for i tsel The treatmht of,the subjedt-afTinternal . improvement, lte - currency and. finances of the ComMonwealth, and the enceur- • agementolitid' ividual enterprise in devel,s l Coping our,national resources is really ad-- mirable.id it is truly Pennsylvanian and stem pvi with the Sound democratie'prin- . cipl ea of onr Farmer Governor. - - National Gazette—admitted to be otfe - Of the tnott4 ably _ condustedlresses in /the Union 7 -seys:Ve present to our read ers, 'to the exclusion of otherinatter, the able and intereating_mess4eofG.overnor Ritner, delivered to the Legislature ,on Wednesday. The_ repreeentation the the Govereor.gives of • the •condition of Our State Banks is. highly gratifying, and the : public are shown to be in a prosperous -Condition. -,,TheAeneraLAdministration ishandled with the -same dexterity and Cogency' displayed by the Governor in previous_ messages.. The monetary evils .:ofthe timee l and their causes are well treated.?' • " . , „ •. The Philadelphia Public . Ledger says Goyernor)s -- Meesage displays: the. same manly gdod sense and sturdy' inde pendent e, which - have - charactertzett'all former :vlessages." - So fir as we have seen . or heard, (says . the Philadelphia tOinmonWealth , and In ilepentlent . Pemocrat,) . the Governor's. Message' has been ,receivekl With the. most. 'e t4siastin tokans.of approbation by the people.. Nor need this be Wondered "at. The independent isiand he has taken a gainst the encroaclimakts of .the.. General Government, • the, lucid, masterly and statemanlike:mantier 'which he has treat ed the 'various topic ott-whiclthe expa-- tiates,. and the, no a Pennsyl 'vvanian spirit which breat ough the whole 0 - eminent, go far, to exalt overnor Rrroitt tO theLhigloist place in the affec tions of an intelligent and 'patriotic.people.. THe •r's JOurnal•warmly-applailds Go,vernOr Ritner's view in relakion to coil carripanies. . • , . , The Baltimore V t itriot descrihes Ati I 'tan - interesting doeument."- lrlie New York Express says--:”the ttionOt part. wit) peoduee muCifmore of-' feet Upon ; 4 0. t,ouritry 'than :the 'losage - , 'of-the—P-eesitlet4--1-theXiiited -- States.7 ---- _i 'The 'Baltimore. ChronicleSays,—'rhe Message 'of-Govern& Winer, which is .now before .. us; - has - been-Ittkm.l for Ny'itli considerable will no doubt' have the-happiest ellect-on-thelegisla`ttirel •# now- in session. Ihe message is an able paper.. It bearS the mark of a strong phi losophicalTuintiv-_-ontl---is distinguished throughout for.the force and cogency of . , The GitVirdrr's Message is •reccived with themost . enthu . siastic - anproliation by the farmers And mechanics of - the country. From all partii — ife hear the voice of tom miendation and' praiiies - byall parties. It is received as the•ablest, ; ;soundest; and. most satisfactory state paper-that-the.hj,sk tory of ,Pentisvlvania can boast .of---its doctrines are liie•omartileir-or me people . .. • --Ipid .a, responSe 'Will be given. to it that will make the, bps and vallies of the Comntonwealth.reNeclio.with.the preise of its'FARMER GOVERNOR.L.-PCnitsij/- va - nitt 77e/Tigraph i . - ,•• . . • R Is 0 ram . . Of the Executive -Coninzillee'of .the Cumberland County Tempera : nee ' On-returning-tn the Society the trust con fided ttl.them . one year since, , yotir committee beg kaire to . present the folluWiiTC - • REPORT. • • .. . , Early in the year, a union ,was formed be tween the three principal TeMperance So cieties of the borou'gh, so Ihr as to produce concert ofaction, without however interfer ing with the original organizationiif either of the societies. 4 The names of the' Tempe: - .rance S - o - cietyi - rre — the -- First —Presbyterian- Church have been transcribed on your. re cords under - the appropriate' pledge, The names of the Young Men's Temperance So ---eit-ty=iia've, not as Vel been_irancreir_Wyeat Secretary.; but so rii- as they_have acted - due-., - ing the past year, they have acted in colleens with _the general sOCiety. - With this at range- . i '-nest-your committee feel Satisfied; and have no•doubt but it will ultimate in a more efilJ! cient - action on, the of-the friends of ' temperance in Cat lisle: ' _ . • - - 1 There was also incorporatedinto our &To- S'itution, soon after your Committee ente.red•' on . their duties, a pledge cif total abstinence', .froefjermented as w cll..._as:distilled. liqi.ors, 'for such ark, migliVwislt- to, sign it. deeming the old pledge insufficient to answer -al the purposes designed -by - our asseiatiott.- - ,,,, - 71 ;he . 1 constitution provides; that . thitP pledge shall- 1 he..,preSen_ted...x.ith.:_the..,old _for signatures, I --when - ev - ef - eltherlißiVreilli - hHilfi s- Veil done at all our meetings,- apt) ihe faVOI' With which this pledge ha - s been received gives very derided testimony in been, ofthe-wis d9m.ofthe arrangementientereu into. Tno ' nit would not sti ike ofit the old pledge, nor ! , 'lose the influence of those who withold their names from the. new, yet we cannot but con sider•the new as opening a way for those who I wish to advance the temperance cause; to - do it much more effectually than , they can by simPly, giiing their signatures; to tile' old pledge .. , .. ' P • ---7-Meetings-during-the7lost year have been held in the-Methodisti:First Presbyterian,- Lutheran and Ger Man Reformed Churches; and no 'efforts hive "been spared •hy your committee to give interest to the meetings .of the society, atit to make them worthy rif the cause, and, of the attention of the intelligent citizens uteur_bot•ongh. One of these Meet ings was devoted specially to presenting the.. clainis of temperance before the young men. Some of the meetings havebeeri well attend s edi at least so well, as )to present encourage ment-stilt-to-continue- Similar :efforts to-act. On the public mind.., . , .. Since your committee' came into office;. - there have beenridded to the society - forty- seven names,..of,"Which ! number .finty have been giventro the ."Total Abstinence pledge: This preference for the new pledge,.we_ean ascribe to nothing else but. the consistency I -witiclvall-perceiveln_sdastaining at the same. -. time - from ardent spirits-and from, all , thati can intoxicate , or thatcan lead to intoxica tion.,- The unsophisticated mind seems un able to comprehend why we exclude alcohol , in whiskey, and at .the same time allow its ' use in wine and ale;•:- - - - o - e - why we exclude from an 'association with us those who rise; iiillaiiitenriperately,m dent_spiritsi, tied ,at the same time,allow. the use of those niird-o drinks. Which may, even directly, produce intoxication,.aad which do, indirectly, lead to perhaps . mere evil than even ardent spi= rits.themseived." - YourcOmmittee have - found - 1' one-of-their-greatest-sources. of_enconi•age- .ment during theiast year, in the approbation ' which has been : given to the-total abstinence, pledge; • and in this we think, We see good promise of future success in 'the Operations -of-thelsocietY-.,--7,-----; , -7- , ---:.-- . ---'7 - --- ,, -- ---- . ---- 7 - • An arrangement wes.nride hy your com mittee during the last winter,' for visiting the school dist - ir cts 'around-. our horetghT-and sub.committees of two volunteered to go out to 'present the claims oft einperatte.e to such as were' pleased to collect in the school houses of the various neighborhoods around_ 'us. 'rbeie meetings were' in several in stances well attended; and we believe, in rill, were 'productive of good.. On 'one vening, 4 , -at-IVliddlesek,--six--- names -aver e- ••inedA o the pledge of yBur society. eTtrivsystem we Commend tribtifauccessors , in office:. , : ' Ili September last, a convention was held' at Shippensburg in which all the Societies . of the-county. with perhaps one or two excep tions, wete represented. - It was a, meeting of muck.. interest, aud.the friends of I e,mpe- • ranee. in Shippensburg and "vicinity have re ferred to it; as having given-to the .cause in that • place anew impulse. We doubt not bat the temperance cause, would be essen tially promoted. by. frequently holding such general meetings of the 'friends of 'tempe rance, at different paints• in the county; not so Mitch for the' purpose of settling the prin . - cipleS - on which we should praceed,—these .may be•consideted al already settled,—but for encouraging each other in the ; good work, and for enlisting-the attention of the . publk. ,_____ . by bringing talent front ne ighboring. towns, to give attractions to - a subject, which is usu. , ' ally considered hackneyed and dull. ' One general source Of encouragement pre ients itself to yonecennittee. • We believe there is, at...present in our community little doubt as,tO the. excellency or the efficiency of our system, so Par as it can be carried hue] effect.' „Mei are no longer deterred front! joinierwith W.>, either by any misgivings of , the. judgment, or by scruples' ot...the .COW. science. . The utility of our system is so,ap-', paont. and As, influence• so unmixed With ! cvil, that whatever else' men May say or do," . . . . ' • - - - ' . • .• -. , . . . they rarely attempt, to reason it down: Btit t - 7, -, notwithstanding this, your committee have been exceedingly' afflicted to perceive; as - they have during the year, an apathy, and an ' :apparent indifference on the Subject; among many whci,professto be the Well wishers of -: . society. and by - some who profess to. be *the - friends - of tenip - erattee. - 700ri - meetings , have been thinly attended; and.we leaf . - that the --- . ~,, -: efforts privately rnade-t - t -- ) ieclairit the inebri- - '" ate; or - to divert the young front the PathYof '. • intemperance, have been few and feeble. - • . : Some of the'signers of theold..pleclge seen" - ._ to stand aloof front our piesent .operations. Why is thiSL? They are ressAnized as Mem% - - •p bens in full fellowship. with "113. We, wish they could go the full length of total pled ;but we 'lodge no - trian'sconSciencv.." . .d "T • tis own.mastey he standeth or falleth."" ' .' ome,of the Rrofesed - Christians atm:tr . ..: . 46 r i e horongliTake no part in our operations. ViTtly • is this ?- Is not ours a-work of benevolence r - Is a - ny man injured,blMe efforts to save both. '.. young and old. from ebriety and-death ? Is.. it not a wot kof _religicav-?'Cali thelritetnpe-'' , .. _ rote.man be a Christian ? or the drunkard: inherit the kingdom 'ot tindir — TheClfrii-= - ' thin professes to. live not tor. hitinsell alone and to be governed mainly br . optives drain-- .. . from-another wol id. Does' hot he ,, whiff for - ~, the love of gain, or for tilt gratification of - appetite, or from.mere&dice,' withholds • -his aid from any of the ' 'prises of . Chtis- tian benevolence, do himself an injury, and _____ give Wa lie to his profession ?:-- Whether the _temperance enterprise is not an enterprise .of ' ' '. Giirispnio ucii...,..i.....c, re wayo to t 1......... science of each to decide. - • • -. • -: • --• The ladies of our borough„-tooowith a few most worthyxceptions, tarebbt, a small • . -part, and appar - ntly feel but little interest in -• • e.. \ the progress of o r pose.' And-why is this?„' . • Is it that the female sex have Suffered -oath- t ,; ing_bk the desolations of intemperance? ~ Del • .. the wive& ant!' daughters, .the widows and orphans of drunkards even. jn•otir own town, answer: -- . ls it that Axe 'can du - othing in . . • support of this work of neVolenc • ? What . • work of benevOlence-has . not begin ided by them ? - 7 - kfave - th - , franinng-us,-their--7.-- , --- Vissionary Societies, at their Bible Socie , .. - - ties ? Whv should tl it modest lead.them . to.declitte their aid to thetemperance cause. . - which"tirers a much Mae Interesting 'fieltitil. .usefulitess, and ode in`which their efforts will • , be .much more certainly - and immediately , • • crowned with success. They even: have '. , their Benevoletit,Society._ - -Why-lop off-the . .franches, and pet mit the roots to remain - ? - - ' Why,tneet for the purpose of relieving -. . ~.. -vet-ty ond,-wietchednessi-while-thes.ause--of • this.povet ty and' wretchedoes.s _is...looked - at only _with ,coolness and apathy; and while_ . they. tefoi.e so sanction,.even hv.their pre-., L', __settee, our • iTitVrt s- to remove it?' 1 , - these - • -ought. ye. to.have dine, and not to leave-the . other undone." The mother has •it in .Itei• L power JO ,sayither son from the. fate -- of the - - Idrunkard ; and her d..ughter-from-the fate of ' - the drunkard's Wife. o. Train up a child-in the way he should gn, and when he is old he . will mot tlepat t front it." And can she do ; all her . doty..till she has set fur her children .; the•example of signing a temperance. Pledge?'. And the.young ladies need have no fe4r of ' - becoming the adyt,cates, of • temperance.-:. 'Hey ar - u. in - more - thre - ger - of - -being:---made--- 1 - - jv retched for .11fe_br intemperance • than by • -all-Other causes combined ! • -. , 1 -I - The' magistrates and professional - mini .Of - ' - our borough do noi, as a body. come up IstritiY 2 l9-i - ltis-wlielitieeiTtlief4idr. a e'cannot do all that we desire without.it., • cl' AnOther circumstance of sadness connected_* with our.-enterprise. and-to which . tve -feel bound to refer, is, the progress of intempe rance around. Us. I'l.llr-committee 'believe - -- - - it is generally conceded, that , intemperance,.. , • i is increasing in our bornughVbut:he Wltn•iti-,',,?,,- ./ - fers - from this the. ioefficiency." - tit . - thel - batV ' " ~."' ness,of our cause, can have given to the sub-, :,,, , ject very little candid -reflection. '.And what. • b : is • the • process : .of the prii ress; Of intempe- ,-, „1 'ranee? why st'rattly this. He whiia Year ago'' , ~4 .waS 'deliberating w beam,' be- - htidLnot.-bettee__._. ,1 join . a - Teritperanee • Society,''but ,:decided .:N; 1 , 'against it, though then pethapsstlietly tern-' • 'l3 ',, perate, is,:how becasimi dit,segn in,',oc .b' tr. ''.--;,, room .and in the . haunts ' of dissipatidii and `vibe, and laiigh at 'theidia'cif abatlhenee.— . He who then drank nothing but beer or wine.. has become dissat,isfied with these, and oc •-ca-siona• lly - iiVirorri - en ps'.m re deeply iin- .. " pregnated wi h poison. - .11 who then•drank •. rarely and at ithily_t `drinks frequently and openly. - e" - who'-then drink tenipe -rately, now drinks intemperately. And he who then was only mccasionallydrunk. or ._drank.deeply Without iutoxication, has now ---- - golte to - his last ,account, or IS--living-a-Curse TT -1 %d ills family, to . his friends: and to the coat- . munity. This, then, is the process that is going on in our town. Ault does it: furnish ' •, soy occasio fo r' triumph / on the part' of the -- eireitileiiiir ' - i'eauSe -) .-"Or does it furnish a ~ ---0 , , strong-;.a lint 7WrAotry tiitheArattrofintr.---. , -.• - -system ?. The temperance scheme promise's - to benefit only those who voluntarily seek iti - :". aid... We say4to every man, 6. 'rave not. ' • touch' not. h dle not." Its fundamental principle is , this,.,-7'hat though all may vb. ~ stain fey can be temperate;—a truth. which' ./ we havemo much reason tothink is fearfully illustrating before our eyes. The, most that/1 . _ our principles give us a right to expect is. ' • that those who can be4ttdticed to enlist. an. _,'-' der our• - banner 'shall be Safe, though.all.oth-.- • ' - I .'era fall; and that those wholotty not yet have•- • - - committed' themselyes to ler. the conic of death, - may,lacinduced to pu s thenn*lt4nt s uthe s 'prottOltin , of our : fla .:: If-the. public_iouice, • " i i thaddieMPerance is i creasing-aniong.up. be t rue.., ,, lettimiliat thipketh he standeth.take -, d —heedlethelVl;!!t; — lreiMV — iffi . lither,,apPlArerl . • wary of this ,society; some-ty . -Im-ar4-now-Treei 7 - . may become the Ales of apPeiiie;' and abate' .. - who - . may . lieurbeauccessfuliy - addrissed.may then be lost, to Zwery •appeal:of reason: of coliscl'ence; and. of friend' hip. ! . The, infer ence which: we, as . a wicipty._ shOld draw ~-, --from thislact, is foccoliviouS to.require'donn- . ment. • :',s.. ,_:' - ' . .. -4 ' . -': ' •-• , ~,.. We need not, We'do -not.„'expect,for, our ' cause-a perfect. triumph; till virtue.shalt tri.. . _utitiilt_loyer Vicei,till reason shall ,triumph Over Set t suality..tilrennrcieliee - ahlilMjiiiiiiih — ` Over - appetite - and passion. - We, however, - .. are to - do what we can. Wentay rescue but 'few of 'those • who- are • already \ within the 'circling eddies 01 the dread whirlpool;. but' . : by lighting up our beacon . .fires,' - we ' inoy• guard others from nearing the •fataT verge; -- ). .7Cemperance_societierhave been - formed h some of our Sunday SOWS. The,coembittee:. look - tipOn this hi,oneiif the most faviirable. - ,indications of our time.-- Children eiiio:l - nit: hued with the principles of temperance, will .. ltecolite the safe guatlians'of the trust yhich we shall soon have to conimit to them. '.. • .• Let ushiep up our mceoogs, and our-con!: .venti on ; let us. as heretofore, and_lf,prac ticable to it greater degree,' extend bar ape. 'rations into the country; - let each. member__ 'do his duty personally; and .last.,thoutlt not ' least, let ms. as a4octety;visit, ithei in per son or by a circular. !vary fa ly:Of_Mir. to. i h •esenting die claims' four; society r0ug...,,,pt and and soliciting the names of "all who will be and thelieitt4ear 'abaft bcoemoeneltosf':lnal'eurni cl b l.g " rtater prosperity 'than thef • last: When this•is done, and .not tili.Nben. ~ --strall we liave'come Mritciouir duty; at i'llin cicii;i or as individuals.. .. . r,!, .. . . ~. . - Submitted, by, your- Committee. . M. CALDW_ELL.r. •; ' ' D. McKINLEY: - .` - :` -3 " .-- .... ~ . . ROSS LAMBERT° .• Decembei 23; 1837. - • • . • ~ , . . '. ' • ' • ' ED