pass by on the other side for his heart was &
uoble licart, wLich throbbed with impulses lor
all humanity. His heart was like iron at -white
Leat, which glows but does not sparkle. He
welcomed the approach of European poplar
liberty with euth is'msti joy, and all his life
long nothing could diminish in him the hope
with which he looked forward to the future of
Europe. And, ladies and gentlemen, what oc
casion is this which is presented to us! Our
illustrious friend comes among us as the harbin
ger of the future. Republicanism first came
into being among colonies. The colonies of
monarchical Greece first instituted republican
ism. Men went off, leaving behind them mon
archical and aristocratieal systems, and planting
colonies, and then, when away from the domes
tic influence of aristocracy and monarchy, they
eet themselves up as free. It was thus found
out by the light of nature that nations were
able to govern themselves ; and that self-gov-vrnment,
after it became known in the mother
country, one State after another in old Greece
itself, assumed the form of republican govern
ment. This was done in a narrow a compar
atively narrow part of the earth. The day
came, however, when colonies should be planted
wherever the ocean extended its waters. Eng
land, France, and Spain sent out colonists, and
now what do we see! "We sec that all the way
from the SL Lawrence to the Terra-del fuego
all the way from New England to the waters of
the Oregon, the standard of republicanism is
uplifted iu triumph. The French, English,
Spaniard, every one in America, is a republican.
We ourselves, ceasing to trace our origin from
a angle land, receive among us the republicans
of every country, and thus we become in the
face of humanity the representative of all the
countries cf the world: and the time is coming
when, following our example, the mother coun
tries of the civilized world will imitate us, and
establish republicanism. Will you know what
was the symbol of the near advent of this re
sult ? It was when our illustrious friend, sail
ing under the glorious banner of the stars and
stripes, the tri color of America passed be
tween the isles of Greece then it was that the
waves of the Egtau sea clapped their hands
with joy then the sua looked out with splendor
on the Parthenon then the bees, as they gath
er honey on Mount Ilymettus, found the flowers
possessed of unwonted fragrance then the
Muses, as they stood disconsolate on Mount
Cythcron, rose up, and pointing to the field of
Tlatxa, exclaimed, with a voice to bs heard
throughout the world 'Avistides, too, was in
exile. Look at thi field of Flatcea; the field ol
riatsea keeps the record of what a returning
exile may do.' Applause. We look to the
future, then, with hope. We are firm in cur
belief that Hungary will emerge from the lurid
clouds which now overhang her. We are confi
dent that we may yet welcome her in the clear
1 zht of the morning, shining as the star of the
East, shining en the forehead of the morning
ekv.the brightest star of the firmament, the day
star of republican liberty. Great applause.
Dr. Tyr.g then addressed Kossuth on behalf
,.r tho v,fi;j.j nmi mads acme intercstinsr aua-
nions to the triumphant ovation (hat had atten
ded and would still attend the Governor of
Hungary in his progress through the United
States and to the effect that his reception and
the speeches he had ma do would have upon the
despots of Austria and Ilussia.
KOSSUTH'S SPEECH.
Governor Kossuth then spoke as follows:
t m,vi T T- orn r.hlc to nnswtr that call. I
would I were able conveniently to fill the place
which your kindness has assigned tome; but
really I am in despair. I do nut know Low
many times I have spoken within the last four
teen diT3 in New York. Permit me to make
Fomcfev,- remarks which are suggested to my
mind by what has been stated. You was pleased
to say that Austria was blind to let mo escape.
Be assured that it was not the merit of Austria.
Austria would have been very glad to bury me,
if not in the cold grave of death, at least in the
equally cold grave of morality and government.
But the Emperor of Turkey t ok courage to in
terfere with Austria; and notwithstanding all
t'le reclamations of Austria. I am free restored
to life, because rtT.tor. 1 to duty and activity.
If Austria had her will, it is true I should have
vanished out of the memory of man. It is a
curious fate vhieh I have. Perhaps there never
was a man in the world vko was so lmd of
tranquility as I am; and perhaps no man so
fond of doing as much good z.s possible without
being known, or even noticed as being in the
world. Th'us longing fur tranquility, it was my
destiny never to have a. single monient in my
l'fe to see it fu'fillod. But my guiding star was,
and will be, "Duty;" and the pleasure ar.:l de
light of the heart must wait, even for ever, if
jreceiiary when duty calls.
La lies, worn out us I am, still I am glad, very
gl-id indeed, that it is the ladies of New York
who have condescended to IL-fcen to my farewell.
This, my farewell, canuot, will not be eloquent.
When in the midst of a busy day, the watchful
rares of a guardian angel throws some flowers
of joy in thr? thorny way of man, he gathers
them up with thanks, a cheerful thrill quivers
t rough his heart, like the melody of the -Eolian
h rp; but the earnest duties of life soon claim
his Rtci;t!en and his cares. The melodious thrill
eiics away, ai.d en he must go, and on he goes,
joy'.rts, cheerless, end cold, -vcry fibre of his
heart bent to the earnest duties of the day. But
when the hard work of the day is done, and the
tre?s of mind fcr a moment subsides, then the
heart again claims its right and the tender!
lingers ol our memory gi.ther up again the
muiets of joy which the guardian angel threw in
our way, and we look at them with so much j-y,
we cherub, them as the favorite gilts of life we
arc glad as glad as the child on Christmas eve
Thes" are the happiest momeriis of man's life.
But when wc are net noisy, .not eloquent, we are
td'eut, almost mute, like nature iu a mid-sum-
ruer's night, icposig from the burning Lcct of!
'ho day.
Ladies, that is my condition now. I bcj de-,
Hverin;; my farewell allre;?; an i every com-
passionate senile, every warm grasp of the
hand, every token of kindness which I have re
ceived (and 1 have received so many) every
Cower of consolation which the ladies of New
York have thrown on my thorny way, rushes
with double force to my memory. I feel so
happy in this memory there is a social tran
quility about my mind; but in such a moment
I would rather be silent than speak. I scarcely
can speak. You know, ladies, that it is not the
deepest feelings which are the loudest. Ap
plause. And besides, I have to say farewell
to New York! This is a sorrowful word. What
immense hopes are linked in my memory in this
word New York hopes of resurrection for my
down-trodden fatherland hopes of liberation
for oppressed nations on the European conti
nent! Will the expectations which the mighty
outburtt of New York's young and generous
heart foreshadowed be realized? Will these
hopes be fulfilled, or will the ray of consolation
which New York cast on the dark night of my
fatherland will it pass away like aa electric
Cash?
Oh, could I cast one single glance into the
book of futurity ! No, God forgive me this im
pious wish. It is lie who hid the future from
man, and what he does is well done. It were
not good for man to know h;a destiny. The
energy of his sense of duty would falter or sub
side, if we were assured of the failure or suc
cess of our aims. Applause. It 13 because
we do not know the future that we retain our
energy of duty. So will I go on in my work;
with the full energy of my humble abilities,
without despair, but with hope. It is Eastern
blood which run? in my veins ; and I come from
the East. I have, according, somewhat of
Eastern fatalism in my disposition, but it is the
fatalism of a christian who trusts, with unwa
vering faith, in the boundless goodness of a
Divine Providence. But a.noug all these differ
ent feelings and thoughts that come upon me
in the hour of my farewell, one thing is almost
indispensible to me, and that is, the assurance
that the sympathy I have mc-t with here will
not pass away like the cheers which a warbling
girl receives oa the stage that it will be pre
served as a principle, and that when the emo
tion subsides, the calmness of reflection will but
strengthen it, because it is a principle. This
consolation I wanted, and this consolation I
have, because, ladies, I place it in your hands.
I bestow on your motherly and sisterly cares,
the hopes of Europe's oppressed nations the
hopes cf civil, political, social and religious
liberty.
Oh, let me entreat you, with the brief and
stammering words of a warm heart, overwhelm
ed v. ith emotions and sorrowful cares let me
entreat you, ladies, to be watchful of the sym
pathy of your people, liko the mother over the
cradle of her beloved child. It is worthy of
your watchful care, because it is the cradle of
regenerated humanity. Especially in regard to
my poor fatherland, I have particular claims on
the fairer and better half cf humanity, which
you are. The first of these claims is, that there
is not, perhaps, on the face of the earth a na
tion which in its institutions has showed more
chivalric regard for ladies than the Hungarians.
It is a praiseworthy trait of the Oriental char
acter. You know that it was the Moorish race
in Spain, who were the founders of the chivalric
era in Europe, so full of personal virtue, so
full of noble deeds, so elcvoted to the service of
ladies, to heroism, and to the protection of the
oppressed. You are told that the ladies of the
East were almost degraded to less than a human
condition, being secluded from all social life,
and pent up within the harem's walls. And so
it is. But you must net judge the East by the
measure of European civilization. They have
their own civilization, quite different from ours
in views, inclinations, affections and thoughts.
Eastern mankind is traditional the very soil
retains the stamp of traditional antiquity. When
you walk upon that old soil, with the Old Testa
ment in your hand, and read the projects and
the patriarchs on the ve ry spot where they lived
and walked, you are astonished to find that na
ture is as it was five thousand years ago, that
the cedars still grow in Lebanon, under the
shadow of which the patriarchs were protected.
Te see the well just as Jacob saw it when Rachel
gave drink to him and his camels. Everything
the aspect of nature, the habits, the customs,
the social life of the people, is measured, not
by centuries, but by thousands of years. The
women of the east live as they lived in the time
of the patriarchs, and- they feel happy. Let
them remain so applause; who can wish them
more on earth than happiness? Nothing is
more ridiculous than to pity these who feel
happy. But such is the fact, that there is al
most a religious regard paid to women in the
East. No man dares to injure or offend a wo
man there. He who would do so, would be
despised like a dog. That respect goes so far,
that the lord dare not raise the carpet of his
harem's door, eti'd less enter it, where a pair of
slippers before tho threshold tells him that a
lady is in the room. Applause. Respect and
reverence fur vsomen is the characteristic of
the Orient.
The Magyars are of Eastern stock, cast in
Europe. We found all the blessings of civiliza
tion in your ladies; but we conserved for them
the regard and reverence of our Oriental char
acter. Nay, more than that, wc carried these
views into our institutions and into our laws.
With us, the widow remains the head of the
family, as the father wnt. As long as she lives,
she is the mistress of the property of her de
ceased husband. The chivalrous spirit of the
nation supposes she will preside, with motherly
care, for the wants of her children, and she re
mains in possession so long as the bears her
deceased husband's name. The old constitution
of Hungary, which wc reformed upon a demo
cratic ba&is it having been aristocratic- under
that instrument tho widow of a lord had the
right to send her representative to the parlia
ment, and in the county elections of public
functionaries widows had a right to voto alike
with the men. Porbaps this chivalrous char
acter ?f mr ration,, eo full of regard toward the
fair sex, may eomewhat commend my mission
to the ladies of America.
Our second particular claim is, that the
source of all the misfortune which now weighs
so heavily upon my bleeding fatherland, is in
two ladies Catherine of Russia, and Sophia of
Ilapsburgh, the ambitious mother of the young
Nero, Francis Joseph. You know that one hun
dred and fifty years ago, Charles the Twelfth of
Sweden, the bravest of the brave, foreseeing the
growth of Russia, and fearing that it would
oppress and overwhelm civilization, ventured
with a handful of men to overthrow the rising
power of Russia. After immortal eleeds, and
almost fabulous victories, one loss made him a
refugee upon Turkish soil, like myself. But,
happier than myself, he succeeded in persuading
Turkey of the necessity of checking Russia in
her ovcrweaning ambition, and curtailing her
growth. On went Mehemet Balzordsi with his
Turks, and met Peter the Czar, and pent him
up in a corner, where there was 110 possibility
of escape. There Mehemet held him with iron
grasp, till hunger came to his aid. But nature
claimed her rights, and in a council of war it
was decided to surrender to Mehemet. Then
Catherine, who was present in the camp, ap
peared in person before the Grand Vizier to sue
for mercy. She was fair, and she was rich with
jewels of nameless value. She went to the
Grand Vizier's tent. She came back without
any jewels, but she brought mercy, and Russia
was saved. From that celebrated day dates the
downfall of Turkey and that of Russia's growth.
Out of this source flowed the stream of Rus
sian preponderance over the European continent;
and down-trodden liberty, and the nameless
sufferings of Poland and of mypoor native land,
are the dreadful fruits of Catherine's success en
that day, cursed iu the records of humanity.
The second lady who will be cursed through all
posterity, in her memory, is Sophia, the mother
of the present usurper &f Hungary she who
had the ambitious dream to raise the limited
power of a child upon the ruins o' liberty, and
the neck of down trodden nation5. It was her
ambition the evil genius of the house of Ilaps
burgh in the present day which brought deso
lation upon us. I need only mention one fact
to characterize what kind of a Leart was in that
cursed woman. On tho anniversary of the day
of Orad, where our martyrs bled, she came to
the court with a bracelet of rubbies gathered
together in so many roses as were numbered by
the heads of the brave Hungarians who fell
there, and declared it a gift which she joyfully
presented to the company as a memento, which
she wears on htr very arm, to cherish its eter
nal memory, that she might net forget the plea
sures she derived from the killing of those men
who died at Orad.
This very fact can give you a true knowledge
of the character of that woman. And this is
the second claim to the ladies' sympathy for op
pressed humanity and for my poor fatherland.
I wish the free women of free America will
help my down-trodden land to get out of that
iron grasp, or to get cut of those bloody fangs,
and become independent and free. Our third
particular claim is the behavior of" our ladies
during the last war. It is no wanton praise
it is a fact what I say that, in my hard task
to load on the struggle, and to govern Hungary,
L had no more powerful auxiliaries, and no
more faithful executors cf the will of the na
tion, than in the women of Hungary. Ap
plause. You know that in ancient Rome, after
the battle of Canute, which was won by Hanni
bal, the victor was afraid to come down to the
very walls of Rome. The Senate called on the
people spontaneously to sacrifice all their wealth
on the altar of their fatherland, and the ladies
were the first to do it. Every jewel, every or
nament, was brought forth, so much so that
the tribune judged it necessary to pass a law
prohibiting the ladies of Rome to wear jewelry
or any silk dresses, in order that it might not
appear the ladies of Rome had not, by their
own choice, have done so. Now, wc wanted in
Hungary no such law. The women of Hungary
brought all that they had. Great applause.
You would have been astonished to see how, in
the most wealthy houses of Hungary, if you
were invited to dinner, you would be forced to
eat soup with iron spoons; and when the woun
ded ami the sick and many of them we had,
because we fought hard when the wounded
and the sick were not so well provided as it
would have been our duty and our pleasure to
do, 1 ordered the ministry and the respective
public functionaries to take care of them. But
the poor wounded went on suffering, and the
ministry went on slowly to provide for them.
When I saw this, one single word to the ladies
of Hungary, and in a few hours there was pro
vision made for hundreds of thousands of sick
Applause from the gentlemen present. And
1 never met a single mother who would have
withheld hereon from eharing in the battle;
but I have met many who ordered and com
manded their children to fight for their father
land. Applause. I saw many and many brides
who urged on the bridegrooms to delay their
day of happiness till they would come back
victorious from the battles of their fatherland.
Thus acted tho ladies of Hungary. That
country deserves to live ; that country deserves
to have a future left y et, which the woman, as
much as the men, love and cherish. (Applause)
But ILave a stronger motive thau all these to
claim your protecting sympathy for my coun
try's cause. It i3 her nameless woes, nameless
sufferings. In the name of that ocean of bloody
tears which tho sacrilegious hand of the ty
rant wrung from the eyes of the childless moth
ers, of the bride who beheld the hangman's
sword between them and the wedding elay in
the name of all those mothers, wives, brides,
daughters, and sisters, who by thousand of
thousands, weep over the graves of Magyars so
dear to their hearts, and weep the bloody tears
of a patriot (as they all are) over the face of
their beloveel native land in tho name of all
those torturing stripe3 with which the Hogging
hand of Austrian tyrants dared to outrage hu
manity in the womankind of my native land
in tho name of that daily curse ogninbt Austria,
with which even the prayers of our woman are j
inixed,. in the name of the nameless sufferings
of my dear wife (here the audience rose and
cheered vehemently) the companion of my life
who for months and for months was hunted
by my country's tyrants, like a noble deer, not
having, for months, a moment's rest to repose
her wearied head in safety, and no hope, no sup
port, no protection, bu at tne humble thres
hold of the hard-working people, as noble and
generous as they are poor- applause in the
name of my poor little children, who, so young,
are scarcely conscious of their life, had already
to learn what an Austrian prison is iu the name
of all this, and what is still worse, in the name
of down-trodden liberty, I claim, ladies of New
York, your protecting sympathy for my coun
try's cause. Nobody can do more for it than
you. The heart of man is as soft as wax in your
tender hands. Mould it, ladies ; mould it into
the form of generous compassion for my coun
try's wrongs, inspire it with tho noble feelings
of your own hearts, inspire it with the con
sciousness of your country's power, dignity, and
might. You are the framcrs of man's charac
ter. Whatever be the fate of man, one stamp he
always bears on his brow that which the moth
er's hand impressed upon the soul of her child.
The smile of your lips can make a hero out of a
coward applause and a generous man out of
the egotist; one word from you iuspire3 the
youth to noble resolutions ; the lustre from your
eyes is the fairest reward for the toils of life.
You can even blow up the feeble spark of energy
in tho breast of broken age, that once more it
may blaze np in a noble, a generous deed before
it dies. All this power you have. Use it, la
dies, use it in behalf 01 your country 's glory,
and for the benefit of oppressed humanity, and
when you meet a cold calculator, who thinks by
arithmetic when he is called to feel the wrongs
of oppressed nations, convert him, ladies. Your
smiles are command, and the truth which pours
forth instinctively from your hearts, is mightier
than the logic articulated by any scholar. The
Teri, excluded from Paradise, brought many
generous gifts to heaven in order to regain it.
She brought the dying sigh of a patriot; the kiss
of a faithful girl, imprinted upon the lips of her
bridegroom, distorted by the venom of the
plague. She brought many other lair guts; but
die doors of Paradise opened before her only
when she brought with her the first prayer of ai
man converted to charity and brotherly-love for
his opr-ressed brethren and humanity. I am told
that one of the newspapers, with a kind and gen
erous intention, has declared that the canse
which 1 have the honor to plead has pointed out
that there is a committee, who arc about to raise
money for the purpose of revolutionizing Eu
rope. I perfectly understand the kind inten
tion of the generous friend who wrote these
words; but 1 beg leave to remark, that it is not
my intention to get any people whatever to aid
in the revolution in Europe. My axiom is that
of the Irioh poet, "Who would be free, them
selves must strike the blow." Applause. All
that I claim is fair play ; and that is the aim for
which I claim the United States to beet me the
executive power of the laws of nature and of
nature's God. The revolutions in Europe will
be made by the nations of Europe ; but that they
shall have fair play is what the nations of En
ropa expect from the protection of the United
States of America. Remember the power which
you have, and whioh I hrve endeavored to point
out in a few brief words. Remember this, and
form associations ; establish ladies' committees
to raise substantial aid for Hungary. Who
could, who would, refuse, when the nie'ody of
your voice is pleading the cause of my bleeding,
of my oppressed native land ?
Now I have doue. One word only remains to
h., fill;(i ... word of deen sorrow, the word
Farewell, New York !" New York ! that word
will forever make thrill every siring of my
heart. I am like a wandering bird. I am worse
than a wandering bird. He may return to his
summer home. I have no home on earth ! Her
I felt almost at home. But "Forward" is the
call, and 1 must part. I part with the hope that,
thv which I have met here is the
trumpet sound of resurrection to my native land
rl part with the hope that, having fouud here a
short trausitory home, will bring me yet back to
my own beloved home, that my ashes may yet
mix with the dust of my native s Il. Ladies,
remember Hungary, end farewell.
After the applause had subsided.
Rev. Dr. Bellows offered some resolutions to
the effect that certain ladies should form a com
mittee for the purpose, and a collection should
be raised for the aid of Hungary. In support
of these, the Rev. Dr spoke at consideralc length.
They were, he said, their own arguments ; they
did but open a vent to the sentiments and emo
tion already formed in their hearts, and which
would burst the walls if they did not open a
door. Huugary was too nobly prouu to occome
the receiver of any gifts that were not sponta
neously those of the heart. He liked now the
sound of the name of Hungary. It had been
made noble iu their eyes by might he not say
their beloved guest. Cheers. It was no
bly proud, but not too falsely proud to accept
any gift, even alms, when presented from gene
rous sympathy with suffering humanity. There
was no desire in America, or in the American
woman, to excite revolution or agitation in Eu
rope, but to form a channel for feelings which,
undirected, might expend itsself on unavailing
emotion to let out a little feverish blood in the
shape of substantial aid. It was not for a rude
peasantry, uncultivated, unrefined, irreligious,
or coarse people, unfitted or unprepared, that
their sympathies were asked, but a refined pco
pie, who sought the recovery of the liberty they
had enjoyed and appreciated for hundreds of
years.
He then alluded to the approach of the anni
versary of the Pilgrim's landing, saying the
American women rejoiced in the occasion to re
declare they would evermore be faithful to those
principles for which their fathers fought and
bled .nay more were exiled from their native
land. " Cheers. The resolutions might be ob
jeeted to, on the ground that they involved wo
men in politics, which he defended, instancing
the able and efficient services in the cause by
Mrs. Putnam, in niacin
its merits known, by
labors commenced more than a year ago
Mo.
ncy was what they wanted, and if Christ order
ed Peter to take a piece of silver from the mouth
of a fish, to pay tribute to a tyrant, wc might
surely take it from the hand of a woman to pay
tribute to the Goddess of Liberty.
The President moved the adoption of the res-
. 1
olutions, and requested all in favor to bianu.
The audience rose with one accord, when he
said Here is a cloud of witnesses in behalf of
Hungary the resolutions are carried unani
mouslyand begged all the ladies to consider
them out. 9
Mr. George Douglas, of Douglas farm, Long
Island,
from the body of the meeting addressed
Dr. Tyng, and requested him to place on his ac
count a thousand dollars at Governor Kossouth's
command, in aid of the cause of Hungary. This
handsome donation was acknowledged by the
Governor with a bow, and by the audience with
three cheers for the donor.
Ths enlivening airs of "Yankee Doodlc:' and
the "Marseillaise," to which some words appro
priate to, and expressly written for the occasion
and sung by the Alleghanians, concluded the
i proceedings, and the vast' assembly dispersed
evidently highly gratified. There was a perfect
rush to the stage on the part of numerous ladies
to obtain an introduction to Kossouth ; but he
had escaped in the 1 ear of the building, and great
was their disappointment
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congratulate the democracy of Pittsburg upon
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of our mail arrangements, however, is such that
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the world within the past week. But we arc
j tired animadverting upon Mr. Hall's mal-ad
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ailj indignant at the disrespect and indifference
with which he has received our remarks upon
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may last, we leave our readers to inquire of the
" Clerk of the Weather." ,
Par&oEiccl.
AVe understand that Gov. Johnston has par
eloned Johnston M'Kee, now incarcerated in the
Wpkph Pi'nktcutiarv. for passing counterfeit
money
M'Kee had about ten months to serve.
Governor liossisth.
We invite attention to the eloquent address
delivered bv this extraordinary man to the ladies
of New York, on bidding farewell to that city,
and published in this week s paper. It is one
of the most eloquent p roductions wc have lately
read, and will amply repay a perusal.
Kossuth left Washington on Monday last, and
arrived at Annapolis the samo day, where he
was cordially received, nd preparations made
for his presentation to the Legislature of Mary
land, now in session, on the following day. It
was expected h- would reach Harrisburg yester
day, in compliance with an invitation extended
to him by both branches of our Legislature.
It is possible he may be present to witness the
inauguration of Governor Bigler upon Tuesday
next. We hope he may, for the distinguished IIuu
trarian Governor could witness no more practical
evidence of the workings of our free g overnment
than the retirement of the leader of one great
political party from the reigns of government,
j and the accession of the head of another party,
without disturbance or confusion a result
achieved solely by the silent but sure process of
- ; the ballot box.
? :sVV' Srv;igT.
a vi:to.
The bill passed by the last Lel
pealing the Gth Section of the Act of IS17
monly. known as the Ki '.nnnpin? ct 'Ja
.v. - .w - ujr viovernorj
ston with his Veto. This is as was to havP 1
exDeeted. and no doubt In Ft-w.h, - .
1 , - -vwicury ,
breeches pocket somewhat lighter now tLatu
relieved of this till which he kept o
stowcu away during all the contest hut
II13 friends, the Abolitionists, w11 ff-i ,
that he has fulfilled his part of the contra t
tered into in excuange fi.r their votes a- .
will be enabled to breathe more freelvioi.
!v now that he has at last
go! rid of, a
iw.inas n-lumcj 10 tr.c dilate, ) .:,
I ri 1 1 1 1 . a. 1 . , 1
winch boiy it originated, and upon call:
2 1
yeas and nays upon the passage of tie V
suited as follows: Yeas 20, Navs 1:: c . .
it was near being passed notwithstanding
flimsy objections of his accidency.
His declamation and denunciation of tLe e
ereise of the "Veto Tower" whilst 0n -.
stump, appears all to have been forgotten.
in tli c last hours of his office Le Lab Ueii
ready to use it. But as Pennsylvania will tt.,
soon again look upon a Whig Governor, perlaij
this was necessary to add to, clJ rer&ir.J tie
people cf the numerous inconiisteucies cf Ft:t
ralism. inauguration.
The inauguration of Gov. Bigler will u.lv j ,-,
at Harrisburg on Tuesday next. It is arJ v
pated that a large number of citizens from everr
part of the Commonwealth will be present to
witness the scene, which, from the pre-piim!;-.
being made, will no doubt be an imposing vr.e.
About thirty military companies have siiS,
their intention to be present upon the oeus..,
which no duubt will make a fine military display
They are to be commanded by our frieu'l tV.
Wyncocp.
f-QrThe result of the delegate electinr,;.
far, in Pennsylvania, has elicited the uuivt:
commendation ot the JJcmocrat:c press in o:a r
States. All hail this result as the devotion r.f
the people to James Bcchauax and freely jr.
diet his sure success, as well in thts Xatioi i!
Convwntien, as before the nation. Per:n5ViV..:.!i
loads the van, and will not falter in her siLc
renee to he-r favourite son and statesman.
Our friend Traugh, of the HoHiluvsv.ur
Standard, says he "has been elected priattr to
the U. S. Senate of Martinsburg." We with Fe
were elected printer to the U. S. Senate of
Washington.
Ocmoeratic Aational Convention.
The National Democratic Committee met ;a
Washington, on Friday last, with a rcpresenfi
tion from every State. Tuesday, the first U
of June next, was fixed as the time, and l'u'.L
more as the place, for holding the DeHio nuc
National Convention.
frslf At a meeting of the Democracy of Samp
son county, Ky., held to elect delegates io tie
State Convention, a resolution highly compliaioii
tary to Hon. Linn B yd, and nominating lia
for the Presidency, was passed unanimously.
ARRIVAL Or THE CAJIBKI.1.
Halifax, January 7.
The Royal Mail Steamship Cambria, nm
Liverpool, Saturday, tho 1:7th December, arrived
at her wharf, in this city, j.t 7 o'clock h:i
evening.
Two great events had transpired in the cour-e
of the lev." days preceding the departure of U:v
Cambria, each capuible of seriously inHu.:.;'
the character of all commercial operatioas:
First, the resignation of the Secretary fur Foreir:
Affairs, in England, and second, the election cf
Louis Napoleon, as President of France ll-r tea
years, by a very large majority.
The resignation of Lord Pahnerston catiseJ i
temporary disarrangement of the various cut
Lets, and a decline of prices in many oecurrei;
but when it became known that Lord Oronvie
was to succeed Lord Pahnerston, confidence U
c.nr.e in some measure restored.
The sudden retirement cf Lord ralmcrstvS
from the office of Foreign Secretary, caused tie
greatest amazement and most profound regret 0:
the whole nation. His successor, it is ofnciil-v
announced, is Lord Granville.
The withdrawal of Lord Palmerston from tie
Government is imputed to the dissensions hnh
have been known to exist in the Cabinet f-t
several months past, and was, probably, pre
cipitated by the significant reeeptku and em
phatic avowal of opinion to the Kossuth deputa
tion, to whom his Lordship used language by no
means complimentary to the absolutists of Eu
rope. The fearless position assumed by hi
Lordship proved distasteful to the majoritv of
the Ministry, and hence the- result. This t
been the all-pervading tcpic of conversation at
this festive season, and has created universal
sensation.
The uuder-Secretary, Lord Stanlev, Lad
tendered his resignation.
Among the rumored causes of Lord Paimi''-
ston's secession from the Cabinet, was that of
difference of opinion upon the abstract question
of the French revolution, though the mystery j
not likely to be revealed before the mcetirg cf
I aruanient.
Tt nnulil nirnpnr that, lhfi return of manv Ir:;f
emigrants to their own country, had attract1
considerable attention in Ireland, as in ve-7
many instances, the expectations enterta:n
had not beeu, by any means, reamed. 1 ue
were congratulating themselves upon it, acl if
garded it as a ground of hope.
A Telegraph despatch received at 1 ar-.s. f
that the Queen of Spain was safely delivered
a robust Princess, on the 20th December.
The all-engrossing topic of the President
Election was occupying the French iniu'l, to u
exclusion of all others. Louis Napoleon
been elected to the Presidency for ten yea r. .f
an overwhelming majoritv of votes. Ibe f o
sixty-eight Departments, though lucouq-
gave Yes, 5,400,000; No, 000,000. A fc-
grapmc cuspaicn iroin i ans, c
1 - T - C T : TV..-.
the votes of eighty-one department, ,
of
'.nti'.llivAll -rT Mlll1ft( eS. D,vlte"
Many of the Deputies had been set at uot
and much speculation was iudulged in s
new press law, to be shortly promulgate ;J; ufllJj
best informed persons think that each ) e
will have to deposit a certain sum '-"
government as security for good behavior . -offences
of the press were to be : 1st, attach t
th p-63 ; 2nd, inciting hatred among cu
3d, an attack upon religion, famuy TTl K .
Each offence was to be punished by t.ne
prisonmcnt.