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I'_rott/JautAty.—autticsl ,
k/l'ud'S."
lLugtscde—lVlll3lll Lytle.' •.
Lik4u Deputy, Jiunoe'Whi
rrvio!urer—Adnitt ..iintsoL9pu. ' •
• Curouur—Ju.4,l,il L. .
Vouilty . 1.A1i11.41,0401a611{.--JalutuS 'Armstrong,
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JrZIOILIZS.
- flurgess—C..l. -.tome own , NouLt."
~ Athoittieat 6011114 " -
TUW.II C. Wi,odwaro, (I.reslibtalt) Thos.
3t. Bil.111o; Joao TlAuLapeon, Allcueos, d6u.uar , tith ar y
Vora:Aye, Emburt ardu, A.' A. {Ana, .>/iyhttul
t:J.:46eblui—Juntr4r3arobr, rug, Gouet iWe elobert
11.1,:t*can,y, sfitixt Vonsuhtle. , I
s.' CILIMIOECEII3.
First presbyteriariChUrch, northwest :wee of Centre
&piano, • /inv. t.'oa ites, Pastor.-ktervices evory ,
manly tuoruing at 11 o'clock, A. ;11.,0nd 7 o'clock;
Sowed Pr usbStorlots Churekeortier of South Hanover
sad eouuret streets. ituv. Mr. k...,tu.5, ra'stor. Services
Calllilllol,loll at, Li o'clock, A. Al, aud : 7 o'cluuk, P . Ali
at, J ones Church, Ealscokal) not llama; nugle.of
Osistru,S.ituuro. • slue. JaCus•ii. .uoitos, Hector. • Services
st .11 o'clock:, A.M., end 1 o'clock,
'‘EnglLsti LutherattChura, i.uULord between Main aid
(mower strecte. Airy. JAColl Pity, Pastor. tervices
kleraiau Itatormul Church, Lbuther, between Hanover
110 Pitt t140,0i.5. 'Lev. A. lA. tiuxusx, rustur. . Services
st tuyy o'k/oet:, A. M., add b% P. M.
Ilutoudnit tuna t,hargo) corner, of Vain and
Plttostrouts.. Roy'. ;was Al. WAX; Pastor. Sorvices at
lit o'clock, A. M., and tiA o'clock, P. M.
-Methodist Churca,isccoluttellarctorKeV:riloxlg
Dihousitar, Pastor. aervices in CollogoChapol,
and d o'clock, P. Al. ,
Jtout44 Catholic Church, Pomfret ) near East street.—
. Key: 3altitS Ltaaasiv, Pastor. liervicea on the 2ud bun
day Of each mouth. ,
• thirteen' Latherilit Church, corner of Pomfret and
— iietifurd strveti. 1t01%1.1'. Nischold.ll4stor. service at
1t)31, A. M... ' ' • •
changes In tha above are necessary the pro
)or parsons aro rcatuested to notify us.,, , •
DIOLLENEW.W GOLXPGE•
Collludarosldentirf - 41'iofossor_otitoral
itev/Iferman
Ind Llfiglash Literature.
Janie, Professor . of Ancient Languages.
Hes. Otis it. Tiffany; Professor of fdathentailes.
William U. tVflauu, e,rofossor on - blitural &deuce and
iuruter of thu blusouvo.-
-..-Litmuuder Sebum,. Yrofonar • of Hebrew and Modern
• I. Luguagos. , •
. Benjamin Arboktua , , Tutor lu La ugunsos._.
iituuual D. Ilillutuu, Princlipnllif the tinunniar School
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ilusselmen. Directors, Richard Parker, John" Zug,
Rugh Stuart, Thomas Futon, vVoodward, !Leber&
ileord; John Sanderson, Henry:LA/gin, SAM Out Wherry.
CURDSRAAND YAWATA SA ROAD Comrsar.--President,
Trederick Watts; Secretary and Treasurer, Elward.3l,
Superintendent, A. P. Smith. Passenger trains
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, t. M. and 3.17 n'clock, P. M. :Two trains every day West;
rank, aavlartlele at 9.43 o'elock, A. M.aud
Qsattam! 'arm WATED - 0011PANT.' President, Fred.
yrickitiatt , r, Secretary, Lemuel Todd; !treasurer, Win
ti. lleetem; Directory!, F. Watts, Richard Parker, Lemuel.
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Coda, Wyn. al. Beetom, Dr. W.: W. Dale, Franklin tiara.
lo r; Ilona tilass and X. • •
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wit; Cashier, 11. A,' Sturgeon; Teller, Jos. C. Hoffer.—
.71reeters, J9hu S. Sterrett, Wm. Her, Malan:dr Wenn&
nau. Richard Woods, John 11. Dumbly, Robt. C. Sterrett,
11. , ,A, Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap.
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VOL. INT'.
3:Lh& :4i'p±!nr.
NAT. REPUBLICAN. CON VENTION.
Synopsis of Proceedings:
The nitional Republican Convention orthe
United States assembled in the Musidal Fund
flail, in Plilladelphie, - . on Tuesday: the 17th
instr , The attendance of - delegates .was full,
comprising 'three from each •Congressional
.district in the Northern•States,.together with
a number of Representative,' from Virginia,
Maryland and, •"Rentucky, of • the Southern
,
States. . Delegates -also appeared from. Kane
ens, who werei:received - Witirgiententhu"siasm:
The lion. Rontinr Emii:;rr. 'a distinguished
Democrat•froM New Yat k, Was ;called - to -the'
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Chair temporally; and the usual committees
'were appointed': A deputation, representing
the. Free Soil Radical Deninernoy• woe admit ..
- led to seats upon the floor. ,The Committee
km organization reported the-, name: of Col.
i itionty s: 'Age: of Indhwut i , for
.. permattent„.
President - of k-tie COnvention. A Comitrittett•
of one froni•e4 - i•ii State was appointed to re=
.
port a 'Platform, Speychea,. were Made by
Senator.Wil4on, Judge, Caleb D. Sruit'l• and
others,,_ntul- the utmost entluislasm_ prevailed,
The Convention re assembled on
.Wedries
ilay-mernittg;•-pursitimttirndyournm en tz--,-Tion-7-•
Daniel Wilmot.. Chnirninti ,Of the committee
on .plat form. presented ii series of resolutions.
which Ore published atlength in another col
anin - The final resolUtion, which . contained
reference to prdscription on account -6T re•
lit ion opinion{!, was the ()illy one to , which ,
any eiltiection : zw,as
the - platform f beidg adopted—with- the—utniost
enthusiasm-1. After soma- !lobate. : the last
resolution wasinedified,nod,ntlepted, ALNti f
tional M.tecutive•-,ComMittee -was - Appointed..
A long debee'follewed npon - a Motion to :go
into nn infertnal ballot fo
Presidency. • The notino•to praceed to a hal-
Int was warm y oppnved by the Penii4l'iiela
delegates, who wanted further tire, \to onn
suit and iress the clnima--44 Judge MeAtain„
but they were' over ruled. The motion 'was
carried, but the* Convention nitinurned. with•
not -taking the krill t. to allow-them time - for
consultation. At SP. M. the Oinvention re
assembled. A coinmunication was received
from the Northern American .Conventinit that
met in Neyr York,. responding - faverably'te
proposillon to cci-oPerate,titfrtheßepablievin
party. • Thts gave rise to much. debate., •At
Cr:l-Vie communication 'Was laid - upon the
table, but'stilfsequently this action was recon
sidered, andille paper referre&ln___thet-Com*-
mittecotiPlattetn. A. letter had, been read
in the morning holm Judge McLean. - intinnif
ing his desire to be withdrawn from the. Con
vention. The witharnal was now reconsidettxl
and the name Of the Jiidge retained ae a can
didate. The names of Messrs. Chase and
Seward Were - withdrawn. An informal ballot
showed tt, large majority- for Col John C.
- preMent; -- pf --- colifnmic - z - the,Tvnte being tor
McLean 196 and for Fremont 359. and be
ice subsequently nominated for President by
acclamation.. The Cenvention then adjourned
Aivail next morning__ latge
meeting was held - at National Hall, and ad
dresses were made by. a number of
distin
guished gentlemen: -
The Convention reassembled on • Friday
morning, at the Musical Prind Hall.- A reso
lution calling a National Convention of Young
Men to meet in 'Harrisburg, to ratify the nom
inatioke of this Convention was adopted 'by
acclamation. The Convention then proceeded
to
an informal ballot for a candidate for Vice
President, A large-number-of-distinguished
inen_were_itiraedi Wm._ll,,,Daytakicif_New_
Jersey, and Abraham Lidonln. of Illinois. , be-
Inc the best supported. After 'the informal
ballot. most of the candidates were withdrawn
and Wm: L. Dayton received the • unanimous
nomination for the Vice'Presidency. A com
mitteetipnoinfed to confer with a Committee
frora ihe Northern_Americon ,Convention,._
ported that no' arrangement bad been made,
and, upon' their recommendation, a Cetnmittee
of which Franpis? : Blair is chairman, was
appointed to prepare an address' to the people.
to conciliate. Hl° friends• of freedom - every-.
where. - A committekof nine was appointe
to; wait upokthe nominees and inform • them
of their selection. The subsequent -proceed: ,
.ings were chiefly, ef the speech-making order,
and they Were characterised by the utmost
"
enthusiasm. were_
thanks „to* the
officers and - Others, the Coriventlon' adjourned
Xing die, *mid' =eh cheering.. In the evening
a grand ratification' meetingytts held at the
lqualoal Fund Hall— Speeches - were made by
some of the most distinguished orators of, the
Convention, and the greatest enthusiast? was
exhibited by the immense browd.
THE “IFULPII3IILIVAN” . PJLATFOIp.BI
The following is the - platform adopted by
the Repubileati National Convention in Phila.
'—
This Convention of Delegates;' Assembled in
. pursoanee of a call addressed to the_peopla of,
- te - Uniteilltateo, oitbookregard to post Po'
liticahliffenmees otF diris onss,who are op.
posed to the 'repot! of the Missouri Compio.
mice, to the 'policy of. the present ildministral
tion, tolhe extension of slavery into free ter.
ritory, in favor of tbo admissinn of ,Sansas as
.I"tifirt fur fijr.
WEDNESDA.
- Riaolvea," - Thai with. Or republitan (tabors
we hold it to be a.sellevident -tenth flint all
men- are endowed with the inalielable . right of
life; liberty and the•ptirault, Of happiness. and
Mint the primary object- and ulterior.design of
ohr federal government, is to grant: these
rights twall persons under its amid/sive jails- .
diction. , That as our 'republican fithers,
!lien they had abolished slavery in till
. odr
national territory , ordained- that 'no .perstin
shall tit) 'de, rived of -life,'litierty or property.
with. ut Atte process-of law, it becomes
ditty to maintain Lifis provision of the consti
lotion against - Oil attempts to violateltleithe
ytirpose, of establishing slavery in the territo
ries of the United States. _by, positive legisla
tion prohibiting its existence or extension
therein That we deny the authority of Con-
Ttress,of a - teiritorial legislature„ of any ind-t
-vidunl or association of individottle, to give he.
gal existence, to slavery in' any territory of the
Unit ed Stilt es — , WWI
shall be maintained. -
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Resoken'. That the constitution confers up.
on Congress sovereign power over"the territo•
ries of the United . States , for their government.
,an I that in the . exercise , of this power it is
both the richt' end itoperative 'ilmty of Conn
! thar
gres to prohibit iji,the, territories those . twin
relics ribarism. polygamy and shivery.
. Resitirrtf....Th at w liii.,th_e Constitutimr-of the.
United States was ortlainedaud eitablished-by
:the. people ••in oidei to form a more perfect
union. eslahlish jubilee, Inoue( •ia_tran,
=MIME
lIIM
'quillity, provide -for •the common defence,
promote, tit e'geffeliif"riiiMiii; WS":secure the
blessings of liberty." aid contains ample pro
visions for the protection of life, liberty, and
property of every citizen, the dearest consti
tutional tights of the peopleNof Kansas have
been fraudslently -and-violently taken from
them ; their T,erritory has been invaded by an
Brined fore's; spurious end pretended legisla
live, judicial and executive officers have been
set .over , them, by. whose usurped ,:authority,
ountaint44y4etwilitar,r, power of ie every..
ment, tyfittlical titul ueconstituttinal,laws
have been.ennistml end enforced; the ' tight of
the people to keepand bear'arms has been in.
fringed; test eaths'of an extraordinary and
entangling nature luvkt been imposed as a cop
dition'of exercising the right of suffrage and
holding office; the right orkwtiocused person'
to speedy and public trial kr an impartial
jury has been denied; the right \ of the pee.
ple so be secure in. their
,persons, ousel pa.
pers and effects, against unreasonable search.
es and eoisures, has been! violated : they-have
-been. deprived-oLlifeii-liberty-and - property;
witlnwlt due process of law; thit the freedom
of speech and of the press has been abridged ;
the right to choose their representatives has
been made of no dffeot ;I murders, robheries
and arsons have been instigated and- encour
aged,-and the offenders have been allowed to
go unpunished ; that nll these things hive
been done with the knowledge, sanction and
prodarement of the present 'Administration,
and that for, this high crime against the Cowl
tution, the Union and humanity, vre
_wernign
that administration, the Presitent, bis advis
ers, agents. supporters; apologists and algtes.
conies, either before or after -the, fact t , before
the country and before the woretilt_ that
it is-our fixed purpose to ring tile actual .per
-petrators---of-theso—ntr ious --- outr g as, =and
their accomplices, to a sure ndign pun.
ishment hereafter.
Resolved, That Kansas Would .ho inimedi
ntely admitted no a State of this Union, with
herkiesent free constitution, 'ne at onoe the
most effectual way of 'securing to her °Miens
the enjo,ment- of the rights- and - privileges to
Which they aro entitled, and of ending the oiv
-11 strife now tiiging in her territory—.
Resolved, That the highwayman's plea that
might makes right, embodied in the Ostend
insular was in every - respect unworthy of Attie.
rionn diplomacy, and would bring shame and
dishonor upon any government or people that
gave it their sanction.
Resolved, That a railroad to the Pacific ocean
by the most oedtritl practical route is impera
tively demanded by the interests of the whOle
country. and that the federal government
ought to render immediate and add sufficient aid in
its construction, end as an auxiliary thereto.
to the Immediate construction of r a emigrant,
had on theiine of the railroad.
Res;toed, That appropriationi by congress
for the improvement of rivers and harbor* of
1 a national character. required for the acoont•
=dation and security of our existing .com
merce are autborlied by the constitution and
justified . by. the obligation of governinent to
protect the livee and property of its citizens.
.Resolved, That we invite the affiliation and .
cooperation of mien of all parties--,howev
er.diffbring front up in other.resPests--lik.*-,nlg.
port Of the principles herein declared, atidibe.
tiering that the spirit of our institutions, se
Well as the constitutiOn of our country., gear.
suttee liberty of contoience •and ''equality of
riightilionang citizens—tie oppose alt legisla
tion impairing their 'seourity,_ ' •
, JUNE 25,1856.
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la free Stale—of resisting the action of Ole fed,
era' governatent—of restoring the action of the
federal government: to the prinuiPles of IVash
inAtotis and4efferatin,and for the purpckap.icit
preaenting coadbbiteslor the, titlice of Presi
dent_ and. Vice-President, do- !isolve as fol.
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loves:.-.., .. i .... -
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Rtsolved, ' Vint the tnaintainance of the.
-principles pronattlgated In. the Declaration of
Independence and. embodied in the Federal
Constitutioit are essential to the presCrvation
of our Republienn • Inatitutluls, and that. 'the
Federal Canstiintion—the, rights of - num, and
the - union of the Statcil !twat and.shal) - lie pre
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From
the N. Y. Tribune.
- anti C-XiiilifoNT,l9llo,lollo-11-03-Opreillinfl
.vention. at Philadelphia - have selected to head
ihe grand eiploring expedition - in
the and eldest forgotten landmarks of.the .
Constitution, isstill a young non. His lath
•
er, *he'ilred when he Wes- a child, was a
Frenchman, Ms mother a Virginian. He`,.wias
born at Savannah, on the 21st of January,
.and educated at Charleston. South Carolinas, -
where hii . mother;' left a widow with three
children. had taken up her residence. The
circumstances of the family were. exceedingly,
n mow rand
‘ the childhood_ of Fremont _was sue-
roun'ded by privations and difficulties which
with a powerful .mattire like his, naturally
tended to. develop the heroic elements of his
character
At'Chnrleston Frembnt enjoyed the inatrue- .
tions of Dr John, Robertson, who..in the pre
fts - co to a translation of Zentolon'e Retreat 'of
the Ten Thousand, which he published in 1850.
records with pride the remarkable proficiency
of his pupil. In'lB2B he entered the junior
class of Charleston College: lAtter 'leaving
which he employed himself for some time as a
tenoer of mathematics. 1'08ft:310 oblisined
that poet on boardthe sloop-of-war Natchez,
which hifd. been sent. to • Charleston to put -
d..wn - tfie - nullifiere - (a - purpose - eimilar-tcH-thst
for which he'is now nominatedlor President.)
and on beard of her he made s cruise of two
years and a half. On his return, be adopted
the profession.of n surveyor and railroad engi
neer, and wee employed in that capacity tan.
dor: Captain Williams of the "Topographical
Engineer On-the-survey of - a - route from_Char
leston to Cincinnati. 'When this survey was
siaspendedi„be necompenied Captain, Williams
ininn reoobo o t e e nce of the country "then -= (men-
pied by the Cherokees after which he joined.
M. -Nicolet, a.distinguished -French seven hi
the-employ-of thellnited - Statee, - in an, stale •
ring expedition o o - North Western prai
ries, ile'Wiiii mptoyed in this survey, in
which he noted principal assistant, during
the years 1888 nod. 1889, ltnd. while absent
upon it was appointed ksecond Lieutenant in
the Ci'h.pti of Topographical Engineers While" -
reducing the materiels of this survey, and pre
paring maps and It: reptirt. ,he resided for some
time at Washington; where be - formed the so''
quaintailcii .l orthe family of- Mr.- Benton,. re
suiting 3l'M'h Airline, in 1811, to one of M .'
Ilentotes &militate." • ' •
'Shortly after—ln May. . 1848—he'started on
the first of hit three great exploring
r expedl.
tionsi . This' expeditien. which ocoupied about
five months, risulted in the exploration of the
famous South Piss aoress 'the Rooky Moon-
WO, and in the Ascent by, Fremont and' four
of his men of the Wind River peak, the highest
summit of the Rocky Mountain chain. The
report of this exploration attracted • great at
tention, both at Mime nnd abroad, ns well for
its unpretending modesty as for the importance
of the information contained in it. Thie_re
port wee scarcely published when itsauthorsta-
CA on a second expediii .n designed to connect
the discoveries of the first one with. the sur
veys to be made by Commodore Wilkes of the
Exploring Expedition -on Abe-Pacific Coast, ,
and thus, to embrace a connected survey of the.
almost unknoin reginps on boll sides - of -the
Rocky Mountains. T h e wort-, including thir
ty-nine persons. started (rem the village of
Kansas, on the 29th of May, 1848, and were
employed-in the induration till August of the
next.yeir.--- It was this'exploration - that :first'
furnished any accurate information MI to- thP•
Salt-Lake; the great interior basin of__
Utah, and the mountain range of Sierra Nevtc
da. and first brought to-light, as it - were., the .
region now constituthig_the Terr!mr,y ff of_llinh_
and the State of, California; ,
'.After preparing the report of this expedition
04,,1 he Spring of 1845, Fremont:now a Captain.
set out on a third expedition designed to make
a more particular survey of the regions which
he,hati previously visited. It was while en.
gaged in this expedition, and before he had
received toy , intimation of , the commencement
of the; war with Mexico, Ant i , after baying
himself been once ordered off by the authori
ties, he was induced by' the entreaties of the
American settlers in the.villey,of the Sacra
mento, whom the Mexicans threatened to drive
out of the coubtry. to pia himself at their
head. Thee led, they defeated the Mexicans:
,Fremont put himself into communication with
the navatcommandere on the coast, atid soon
in' conjunotien with Commodore Stockton, ob
tained complete possession of California,
of
which, onthe 24th of August, be was appoint
ed by Stockton Military Commander. The
fighting. however,_ was , not, yet over. The
Californians rose in insurrection ; but the ar.
„rival of Gen. Kearney with.his dragoons from
New Mexico, enabled the. Americans, after_
Komi bard fought battles, to• maintain thew'
selves
,in . possession. - Pending these -opera
tions..4 cominiesion arrived for Fremont as
k lti ieut.-Colonel—a promotion which neither be
trohis • friends had solicited. but whieh,he
gladly received as a ratification on the part of
the Government of Ma', intervention, on, his
own responsibility, in the affair's of California,
Front the moment of Kearney's arrival' a
dispute had eprang - up - betwaeit him - and Cent=
.modore Stookton ite to the chief command.
Kearney sought to throw- upon,Fretiont . the
responsibility
,of deelding hatwesne- their re
spective claims. This he declined, professing
his readinele, ,if ',they would aAr4O between
themselves, tirobey either; but idolar - inir his
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COL:JOHN C. FREMONT:
_ - -
intention. till thnipoint'wits settle d, to con
tinue to ebey the commtinder under wha he
lied - firit - plttoed - hireself, — affffby Whom it war
had been condUcted. Kearney was greatly
dissatisfied at'this ; but' dissembled his resent= .
merit till they both reached Fort Leas entvorth
on their return - home. when he arrested Fre
mont for disebedience of. orders,,, and breught
him to trial before n court: martial
As s .thie Court held that KehrneY was the • .
rightful cnmiennder, they found Fremont guil
of•the charges. and sentenced hiin to be •
ditzeinsed -from-the- seriiiteT-- - -Mr.- - - - Pnik - , -- thea --
T>resident. signed the sentence as being tech
nically right, but at the same time offered
Fremnnt a new commiesiom of the. same grade
as that of whichlhe Intd_gien deprived. This
Fremont-refused,-and returned a simple, citi
zen to private life. Thus discharged from the
service of the .• Goyerpment, he undertook ;-ts' , ,
fourth - explorine - 44edftion - at.his - owtVAVi t
view td , discoverit passage across- - the Rooky
Mountains southerly of the South' Pees, near
the head of the Aritansas; .which might serve
the yurpose_ofa_litilreed cemmOnica.tion_with * _
California. He started' front 'Pueblo,. the
Upper Arkansas, with thirty , three men, and a
hundred and thirty-three mules;, befit; Wide&
by his'guides. all'hie mules iiirtithirtnif hie
men perished in the mums-and. cold of - the
- Sierra San Junn. and he himself arrived -on
font nt Santa Fe with the., hiss of everything
but, his life. 'Not, however, to'he btlfiled, he
refitted.the expedition, and in a hundred days. •
after fresh dangers, reached thebanks_or the.._
S kora-memo. - •
In the rising State of, California in 'which her ,•
had become one of the earliest American pro
prietors by the purchase • during his former
visit of the since famous Marippsa grant, Mr. •
Fremont-took a great interest. - He was active
in-the formitiOn of the State constitution. and
in securing in that
_document a.positive exclu s
sion of Slavery, and woo chesen one Of the first
Senators to represent the new.. State in .Con
arose.. A abort term of two y.eitra fell to hie•
lot, and. •owing to the delay in • the admission .
of the State. Ise : ant onirione
short sessinn. On'the (*Oration of his term
the political control of the State bad- mum('
into new hands, of which a striking proof was, _
given in the choice of John B. Weller,- a .dect•
tied Pro.„SlitierY,inan, - as his successor in the .
Senate " -
-Mr. Fremont now 'devoted himself to devel• -
°ping the,reeoarces.of -his California estate.
wnioh hntl been discovered to rich in gold; °
_het tioa_te the'loSa of hie
'no the only reward he had realized for his aer- -
vice; in., California, he now 'found himself
greatly annoyed by claims against .him • for
.supplies' which.,during his campaign in' Cali
fornix had been.furnished to the United States.
on his private credit. During a visit to. Lon
dnn he-waalarrested- - on-rme--of—theee-claima,
and it was only after great delay that the,, - ,
Government of the United States was' finally
induced to relieve him from further annoyance
bethe payment of these debts.' In maintain-
ing his right to the Mariposa property. be was -
Imo obligedinTenconntetr - many annoyances - on
the part'of the Government wnioh resisted his
claim, but finally, by repeated deoldions of the ----
Supreme Court of the United State's, he , tri
umphed over nil of 'them. •
Having exhibited a singular force of char•
; Wet and distinguished ability io every un 7 ,
dertaking to which he has applied himself. ha -
has now been oalled.by the loud voice of hie
fellow .citizens in almost all parts of the Union
to place himself at the head..of it new._ more
difficult, but"at the same time most glorious '
enterprise--that of rescuing the Government.
and theoUnion from the hands of a body of un
principled politicians, who threaten to stlbjeet
the country to the double misery of - despotisra
and of anarchy; May he be as eucceszful in
this as in 'everything else that he has underta
ken! And that he will be, who can doubt?
for surely every honest man in the country .
wilt hasten to aid hint with his voice and his
vote.
811.
NO. 43.
Tha - U - STBetiate - was oofln session on Sal,
9rdny. In the Rouse, politics! speeches were
the order. of 'the day. Mr. Colfax made • e
speech in denunciation_ofthe Territorial hist ----
of Kansas. Mr. Burlingame defended Massa
chusetts against various general and specific
charges. This speaker -having characterised
t te'Sumner outrage is brutal. Mr. Milk' of
South Carolina, exclaimed that his assertion.
were fixlse: mr. Bumingadie that , he
was responsible for his language, and , cocain
uod in a hold strain in denunciation orthe se=
ult. Mr, Carlisle made a speech. for Fill:
Mr.: Washburn, of Maio°, spoke in
,:enunciation9f the Cincinnati platform, in
firer-of-a-unit-all-the , -oppotients-of-the- ,
ext 'Elston of slavery, and in eulogy of ' Fre-
m int. •
In the Senate, on Mondey,,Mr. Toombs gave
notice 04 his intention toi(rodnee a bill - to
tato a census Of the population of gp.SCII94B, to
protect them in the exereise of the elective
franchise, and to provitie for.calling a convene
don preparatory : to the admission of !Ciampi
into the Union. Mr. Toombs Spoke in lapis
nation of the provisions of _the measure. Tit
prevent invasitin, he propread to have the
election in Emma& on the eecond Tuesday of
November, _ loan the people of the States
w )uld be busy with their own - voting. Judge
Evans defended South:Carolina from the at
tacit. of Mr. Buttner. In the House, attest
tiou was devoted to' Territorial , business.
bill was punt giving the Priasideneautboriti •
to °Anse the Southern boundary line of Bin.
•eas to be e,urveyed and marked. Mr. Wake.
Mtn give . notioe of his intention to Introduce
a hill amendatory of the sot of 1815, prohibit.
log the introduction or importation of slaves;;: . .
The reef of the seeston was occupied to siton•; u g ,
sidering the bill for the sidmisitott of Oregon
a Suite. •
FacllOirT RATIfICATIOX hisattso.-4 very
large' sod eathusiisatio meeting was held on •
prid!ky eeetilag" in the edgy of Hudson * N. Y.,
to ratify - the nomination - of - Priploat
tea: -- Atooug the speakers ass •W. Van •
Visgossr, the Poogbkapsie_ Oas
hundred sass - wars deed. • "
MINIMA: Ma -Bvoiturtir.—The Colatb,l*
(3 , C.) Tim*? roam! to otOpport Bodine,
obstuteritlai Wife . 16 Speglide 'Whig.
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