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EBENSBURG.
-WEDNESDAY MORNING:::::::::::::::::MAY 2.
Gopey'b Lady's Book. We Lave recieved the
Mat number of this excellent periodical, which
f rontains its usual variety of instructive and en
tertaining reading, and is embellished b a num
ber of engravings which are really beautiful. The
colored plate of fashions is unrivalled, and ths nu
merous illustrations of embroidery, and patterns
of theljulie3 toilet which are given, cannot but ren
der it acceptable to its subscribers. We are always
glad to receive Godey, and the punctuality of its
appearance renders it as a visitor doubly welcome.
$We have perused with feelings of unalioyt-d
pleasure, the speech of the Hon. Philip Johnsoz?
of Northampton, delivered in the House of Rep
resentatives of this state on the 23d nit., on Na
tiveism and Know Nothingism. The sentiments
embodied in his remarks prove him to Le a lover
of his country and her institutions, and the bold
"and fearless language in which they are exprcscd,
.shows that he is neither ashamed nor afraid to
avow his principles, and to stand by them, in the
hour of gloom and disaster. At the present time,
when intolerance, demagoguehm, and selfishness,
are the order of the day, such men as Mr. John
on, cannot be too highly prized by the true dem--oeracy
of the Country.
Apology.
We owe an apology to our patrons for the non
appearance of our paper last week, but we were
disappointed in the reception of paper, consequently
the fault was not outs. We have not been the only
sufferers from the difficulty in procuring paper, and
the hardness of the times; but whilst we ask the in
dulgence of our subscribers, we shall endeavour to
prevent the recurrence of a similar accident.
Conemaugh (tounty.
It will be seeu from the proceedings of the legis
lature in our paper of this week, that the bill for
the erection of this county, which had previously
passed the House, has at length been defeated in
the Senate. Thus has terminated the efforts of
those who were so anxious for the dismemberment
of "little Cambria," and the decided vote by which
the project was rejected in the Senate cannot but
be gratifying to the citizens of the whole county.
Our Johnstown friends may possibly feel some
what disappointed in not finding their town sud
denly elevated to the position of a county seat, but
we can assure them we are not yet willing to part
with them, and hope to see their familiar faces a-
raongst ns frequently for many years to come.
The question having been disposed of for the pres
ent, we trust that all agitation upon the subject
will be abandoned, and that all our citizens, both
in the North and South part of the county may
once more unite in aiding to promote the prosper
ity, develope the resources, and make Cambria
what she ought to be a county of iucreased wealth,
intelligence, and population, among her sistersof
the commonwealth of good old Pennsylvania.
Conferee Meeting.
We have perused with surprise a remarkable
notice, which appears in the "Johnstown Echo"
of this week, which announces thBt'Hhe Conferees
of this Senatorial District xoiU meet at the Court
House in the Borough of Hollidaysburg, on the
second Saturday of May next, to elect a Senatorial
Delegate to represent the District in the next
State Convention."
We have read this, we say, w ith surprise: it is
a deviation from the manner in which the Confer
ees of the 15th District have usually been called
together the usual method has been this a svg
gestion, as to the time and place has generally been
published in one or other of the Democratic papers
of the District; if there was no objection, the Con
ferees met at the time and place svggsled. In this
instance, however, the "Echo, Vtead of sug
getting that the Conferees meet at a particular
time and place, commands them to meet on the
second Saturday of May. We are compelled to
look upon this course as dictatorial, and entirely
wanting in courtesy to the Democratic press of
the District.
We .would recommend that the Conference be
not called together until after the adjournment of
the Legislature, inasmuch as the action of that bo
dy might have a material bearing upon that of the
Conference. By that time, the subject upon which
the Conference will be called upon to act, will have
been better discussed and agitated, the minds of
the Conferees will be fully informed, and they will
be then perfectly qualified to decide. Let our ac
tion, in broad contrast to that of our midnight,
asassin like opponents, be above board and open
to the day. '
So far as the Democracy of Cambria are con
cerned, they have profited by recent experience
and will oppose hasty and inconsiderate action.
7" The Easton Argus thus speaks of the bill
repealing the license laws of the Commonwealth:
We thought, that as the people docided against
a prohibitory liquor law at the last election, no at
tempt would be made at any legislation of a pro
hibatory character, for one year at least. But it
seems, our K. N. Representatives are determined
to pay no regard to the people's wishes, either
upon" this or any other question ofpublia 'concern-
This anti-license law, as it now stands, is
even worse than the Maine law; for iltat allows li
quor to be sold, in large or small quautites, for
certain purposes cs it always will be, in unite of
any law that can be framed. But this would pro
hibit entirely all sales of liquor, for any purpose,
medical or other, in less measure than a quart.
How such a law coiiijrlling people to buy a t whole
sale what they purchase only in the smallest quan
tities,, will promote temperance and cure the vice
of intoxiciluig, w H-?'t really sec. Wiil it not
rather restore tba v voices of ancient times,
when many jerso- "pocket pistols" with
them, alwavc and all housekeep
ers had the 1-iT-5j jt a standing piece of furniture
ixm their side-iojsf What a jatyii u mat our
iaw r" kers constantly run into extremes, instead
' loping in the midd' path of moderation,
WLu't-ia lies true safoiy.
The Gentleman from Camtria-
Hon ever sincerly we may dispise the principles
of Know-NothingismJ we almost feel grateful to
wards it for having brought prominently before
the American People, sundry men of might and
power, who might otherwise have languished in
obscurity, and gone down to their graves unhonor
ed and unsung. A glance at the wise men engaged
at present, in making laws for the people of Penn
sylvania, will convince the most skeptical that
what we say is correct. Prominent on tho list,
stands the name of George S. King, the member
from this County. It is gravely urged by some of
his friends, that he is entitled to rank above the
member who introduced the bill to allow Negroes
the right to vote, the Constitution to the contrary
notwithstanding. Mr. King it is true has been,
somewhat unfortunate. He could not elect Simon
Cameron United States. Senator. Nevertheless,
he can console himself with the reflection, that he
i3 not the only illustrious individual, whose mind
has been disturbed since Simon's defeat by dark vis
ions of ''broken iopes and honors lost forever." As
for " ConemaughConnty," it must be postponed
for the present, and the" Conemaugh Bank "will
make ample amends for all former short comings.
We congratulate Mr. King on his auspicious
morning, and predict that it is the dawning of an
immortal day. " . -,
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Fbiday, Agril 13, J855.
In the Senate Mr. Cresswell called up House
bill, No. 118, to erect p arts of Cambria, Indiana,
Westmoreland and Somerset counties into a
sepera te county, to be called -" Conemaugh."
Mr. Ta,ggart moved to submit the question of the
new county to -a vote of the whole people of the
counties, out ox which the new county is proposed
to be erected ; whiu1 was disagreed to.
The bill being on secd reading,
Mr. Jamison submitted an amendment chang
ing the line of the proposed new county, so as to
take, less of the territory of Indiana county j w.bich
he advocated in a few remarks. The amendment
was adopted, as follow: Yeas 18, nays 13. V
Mr. Jamison then offered an amendment, re
taining the borough of Armaughin the old county
of Indiana; which was adopted.
Mr. Frazer offered an amendment, to except the
township of Fairfield, in Westmoreland county,
from the bounds of the county.
Mr. Jordan opposed the motion ; and pending
the amendment, the further consideration of tht'
bil was postponed for the present.
Fkiday, April 20, 1855.
In the Senate. Mr. Cresswell called up House
bill No. 1 1 8, to erect the new county of Concmrugh,
out of parts of Cambria, Somerset, Westmoreland
and Indiana, pending the awendment of Mr.
Frazer, to strike out Fairfield township, West
moreland county.
Mr. Frazer addressed the Senate at some length
in support of the amendment, and in opposition
to the bill generally. He urged in support of the
amendment, that the citizens generally of Fairfield
township, were opposed to being incorporated in
the proposed'new county, and referred a to remon
strance which he held in his hand, signed bj 253
citizens of said township as evidence of this . fact.
They had also held a large meeting and passed
resolutions again t it. He opposed the bill gene
rally, on the ground that the people of Cambria
county, out of the territory proposed to be em
braced in the new county, were greatly opposed
to it, and that it would be doing them gross injus
tice. The people in nearly every township had
held meetings to express their disapprobation of
the project. Cambria, Le said, is now one of tLe
smallest counties in the State. Her population in
1850 was but 17,772, and she not even a separate
rate representation in the House of Representatives
being connected with Bedford aud Fulton, the
three counties being entitled to but two members.
Yet this bill proposes to take from her one-fourth
of her territory, about one third of her population.
There was no necessity or justice in the proposi
tion. If divided, the county never could be enti
tled to a member of the House, of Representatives.
The new county line would run within eight
miles of Ebensburg, the county seat, and more
territory is taken from this little county of Cam
bria, than from either Westmoreland, Somerset or
Indiana.
The distance from Johnstown to Ebensburg is
only about twelve miles in a direct line, but the
citizens travel from one point to the other by the
Pennsylvania railroad and a good plank road La
three hours. Citizens of Johnstown can leave
home, transact business in Ebensburg, and return
the same day the expense of travel being only
ninety cents forty cents by the cars, and fifty by
plank road. They can also reach the county seat
by a good county road and turnpike. - ,
The bill, as it passed the House, was opposed
by the titree members from Westmoreland, the
members from Somerset and Indiana, receiving
the support from the member from Johnstown
alone, whose object is to make Johnstown the
county seat of the new county. Thuggee mem
bers of the House directly interested, opposed the
bill, whiist but one supported it. .
The argument that a new county is desirable on
account of the pressure of law suits in the courts,
would be a good argument in favor of a new ju
dicial district, but not for a new county. ; "
I have said thus much in justice to my constit
uents, and hope I have acted in good faith to
wards them, whose servant I am, to serve them
according to the best of my humble abilities. 1 1
trust the bill will not pass. -
Mr. Taggart also supported, the amendment, and
opposed the bill generally, designating it as one of
tlie worst and most objectionable bins ol tho Juna
brought forward during the present session.
Messrs. Jordan and Jamison opposed the amend
ment:whenit was lost, as follows: Yeas 10,
imvs 18.
1'eas Messrs. Buckalew, Darsie, Flenniken,
Frazer, Hendricks, Pratt, Skinner, Taggart, W al
ton and Wherry 10. -
Yeas Messrs. Browne, Cfabb, Cresswell, Fer
guson, Flick, Fry, Goodwin, Haldeman, Hoge,
J amisou, Jordan, Killinger Lewis, Mellinger, Tiatt,
Price, Sager, Shumaa and Uiester, Sjeaker- 18.
, The first "section of the bill being then before
the Senate. . .
Mr. Jordan spoke in favor of it, and Mr. .Tag
gart, in opposition ; when it was defeated by the
t'.JInwinar vote: Yeas 13, nays 18.
eas Messrs. Crabb, Cresswell, Ferguson, Fry,
Haldeman, Hoge, Jordan, Killinger, ilelunger,
Vratt. Price. Sacer and Shuman 18
javs Messrs. Browne, Buckalew, Darsie,
Mer.niken. Fraztr. Frick, Goodwin, Hamlin, Heu
dricka, Jamison, Lewis, M'Ciintock, Piatt, Skin
ner. Tacsart. Walton, Wherry and Uiester,
Speaker 18.
From the Montrose Democrat of April 5th.
more Exposures.
TO TIIE PUBLIC . Feeling it my.duty
to expose the Order of Know-Nothings, to
which I have been attached, I have thought to
do so publicly, that others may take warning
and be taved the, disgrace which attends the
obligations of a member of that OrderrV
About the 1st of January last, I was invited to
join the Order in the township of new Milford.
The appointed night I was taken to the room
over the store of Mr. Morse. -. I was taken to
the ante-room where an officer of the Council
met and asked me if I was willing to take a
pledge to keep the secrets of the Order, which
I answered in the affirmative. I was then ta
ken to the Council room and asked the follow
ing questions: " - - j;
1. What is your name? 2. Whatisyour
age? 3. Where is your residence?.' 4. Id
your religious belief are you a Roman Catholic?
5. : Where were you born? 6. Where were
your parents born? 7. Is your wife a Ro
man Catholic? 8. Did either of your ances
tors take part in the American Revolution?
9. Are you willing to use all offices of honor,
trust or profft, in the gift of the people ; and do
you promise to vote for them to the exclusion
of all aliens and foreigners, 4ind Roman Cath
olics in particular, for all State or government
offices? 10 - . Who invited you to be present
on this occasion?
I Was told to lay my hand -upon an open Bi
ble, in which was placed a Cross. .This I
obeyed. The following oath was then admin
isthred to me by the officer.
We omit the oath - for the reason that it
agrees precisely with the oath of the first de
grees as published in Mr. Watson's state
ment last week, and we arc crowded for'room.
Editors Dem.'
The signs and grips of the Order were then
explained to me. We omit the signs and
grips, for the same reason that they compare
exactly with those published last week. Ed
itors JDem.
The password I do not recollect. ' The trav
elling password is "Yorktown," and the expla
nation, "the place of final victory" On giv
ing this, and the name and residence of the per
son travelling, he can enter any lodge in the
United States.
I was instructed to always deny being a
Know-Nothing, and told me that 4 could do
so7for that was not their name, but the right
name would be explained to me when I should
take the Becond degree. I became so disgus
ted with the thing that I concluded that the
first degree would answer my turn, and so
withdrew. I therefore did not get as deeply
into the mysteries of the Order as others have.
Scripture says "he that deceiveth maketh a
ftV'-and upon reflection I saw that I was
sworn to lie when I denied being a Know
Nothing, for this is the name by which the
community know the Order.. '
After I was initiated I was told that I must
take no newspaper that opposed the Order, and
was recommended to take the Montrose Ite
pullian, as that was a paper worthy of our pat
ronage. Prospectu:;8 for that paper were in
the Lodge, and all were recommended to take
it in a Lodge Club, as we could get it cheaper,
they said, in that way.
w hat i nave seen or tne uraer. l regara id
as a great moral and political evil, calculated
to debauch public sentiment and deprave the
morals of the community. It inculcates a sys
tem of deception, falsehood, and fraud, and
no conscientious man, I am convinced, can re
main a member. I have known men to come
in the Lodge armed with pistols and deadly
weapons, and the whole machinery of the Or
der is calculated to familiarize the youth, espe
cially, with scenes of profligacy, deeds of dark
ness and of crime, by teaching them that their
actions are hid with impenetrable oaths, and
ehieled perhaps from punishment by the assis
tance of their brothers m the Jury bo x or on
the Bench.
In this section of the county the Order is rapid
ly sinking, and its obligations are fast falling
grom the neck of those upon whom they have
been imposed, fcurely, Christian men cannot
satisfy their consciences to a secret oath that
requires them to deceive and tell untruths dai
ly. If they respect the obligations of Chris
anity, they despise those of the Know-Noth
ings, and, at the ballot box, unite without dis
tinction of party, in putting down a power that
is calculated and intended to corrupt all the
pprings of social and political life
liDMUJND SMITH.
New Milford, March 28, 1S55.
The undersigned, citizens of New Milford,
have been acquainted with Mr. Smith, many
of us trom nis boyhood, and we assure the
public unacquainted with him, that he is a
man of unimpeacable character, and deserv
ing the fullest credit for truth and veracity.
NORMAN TING-LEY, -
DAVID MATHEWS, Q
11. 11.. IMVUIViaO,
, JOHN WILLIAMS,
RUFUS WALWARTH,
I). McMILLIN,
elliot alu men,
J. II. SUTPUIN,
WM. C. WARD.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Evening Post.
A Protestant Champion A Modern Joseph-
The State Marshal of the Know-Nothings.
; Boston. April 13, 1855.
The Nunnery investigation has brought out
some curious developments. - One Joseph
Hiss, of this city, a member of the Ilouse of
Representatives, is a member of the commit
tee that visited the nunneries and Catholic
schools, and has been very active in the per
formance of his duties." lie distinguished him
self on the Roxbury visit by slapping the nuns
on the back, taking hold of their rosaries, and
by his pleasant and familiar ways generally,
lie told the Lady Superior that his name was
Evans; that he had heen a Catholic, and that
he had some thoughts of returning to his an
cient faith, on which subject he would like
hereafter to see her, and have some agreable
and profitable private conversation.
The Lady Superior declined to recieve his
visits, and has testified under oath, before the
investigating committee, that she was exceed
ingly annoyed and disgusted by his conduct
that, in short, she considered herself insulted
by the charming Mr. ITiss, who seems to have
thought all time, poor fellow, that he was ma
lting a decided impression an her vestal heart.
But Mr. Hiss achievemets at Roxbury were
nothing in comparison to his performances at
Lowell, where ho went with tLa committee to
examine another "nunnery,' as tho Know
Nothings persist in styling the Catholic board
ing schools for yong ladies. It appears from
the testimony yesceraay, betoretne investiga
ting committee, that Joseph took-with him on
J this expedition a fair lady from the streets of
Rnston. of not doubtful, but very decided rep
utation, whom he took to the hotel at which
the committee stopped, and entered on the ho
roirinipr as "Mrs. Patterson." The next
mornin?. at the special request of Joseph,
"Mrs Patterson's" bill for lodging, &c, was
added to the committee's bill, and charged to
the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I am privately informed that on a previous
excursion of one of our legislative committees
which visited at Hartford for some reason or
other, Mr. Hiss took with him as a companion
afairbut frail damsel, (whether "Mrs. Patter
son" or not, I cannot say,) whom he introdu
ced to the diemtanes of the State of Connecti
cut, by whom the committee was received and
escorted. But as this little adventure does
not rest upon the authority of official testimony
like the Lowell one, it cannot be considered
as conclusively established:
This worthy champion of Protestantism,
whose zeal aud activity against the harlotries
of Rome is so conspicuous, is a tailor, a journ
eyman tailor, who, when not employed in leg
islating forMaschusetts, or in reforming nun
neries, occupies himself in cuttmgoil garments,
to which particular branch of the art of tailor
ing he is devoted. He formerly lived in Bar-
re in this State, which place bo lett suddenly
to the crief of a larse array of creditors. He
is a great man among the Know Nothings, and
their consternation at his improper conduct is
inexpressible. He was secretary of the great
State Convention last fall, at which, trovenor
Gardner was nominated. He is -also Judge
Advocate of the illustrious order for Massa
chusetts, or as, I believe, they now call the
office-ho is State Marshal of the Supreme Qr
der of the Star Spangled Banner. His duty
is to preside at the formation of lodges or councils,-
and to formally inaugurate them.
The detection of the true character of such
a dignitary is, of course, making a great row
in the Protestant ranks, and startles not a lit
tle the weaker brethren among the pious dea
cons and clergyman who have headed and stim
ulated the crusade against the Catholics.
They begin to see that, after all a man is not
necessarily a good christian because he is loud
in denouncing the Papists, or active in organ
izing tho Protestant movement The shrewd
er members of the party seem to have made
up their minds that, as Joseph has been
caught, he may as well be used as a scape-goat.
In the House, this morning, a resolution was
adopted, authorizing a formal inquiry into Mr.
Hiss' doings at Lowell, and there is much talk
of expelling him from the Legislature.
One Week. Later From Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE NASHVILLE.
New Yobk, April 22.
The steamship Nashville, chartered by the Col
lins Company, in place of the Pacific, arrived at
noon to-day, bringing dates from Liverpool and
London to the 7th inst.
Thov Nashville arrived out at Liverpool on the
8d inst., and left at 3 P. M. on the 7th. She
brings about fifty passengers.
On the second day from New York, on the out
ward passage of the Nashville, Mrs. Rose Riley,
one of the passengers, suddenly disappeared, and
it was supposed she had thrown herself overboard.
Political affairs throughout Europe remain un-
altered.
The Vienna Conference had adjourned over the
holydays. Thev impression, is daily becoming
stronger that there is nothing left but to fight it
out. v
The Nashville reports having passed the Africa
entering Liverpool, as the N. passed out on Sat
urday afternoon.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
The Vienna Conference having adjourned till
the 9th, to await the Russian ultimatum, and the
arrival of the French and Turkish Ministers of
Foreign Affairs at Vienna, there is no news from
that point. -
The consideration of the third point would be
the first subject before the Conference. Public
opinion seems to be about equally divided as to
what will be the final result.
Ali Pasha arrived at Vienna on Friday, and
would take part in the further discussion of the
conference. , .
A despatch from Berlin dated Friday the Cth,
states that the Russian party is predominant there
and that Prussia will be most likely to throw her
self into tho arms of the Czar in case of an unfa
vorable result of the conference. ,
FK0M THE CaiSIEA.
, There has been a succession of sanguinary con
flicts between the French and Russians, before Se
vastopol, for the possession of the rifle ambuscade
pits, with varying success, but much loss.
The latest reported battle occurred on the night
of the 23d, pnd in which 8C00 men were killed
and wounded ; but no details have been received.
The Russians as well as the Allies, are both
strengthening their positions preparatory to the
opening of the Spring campaign.
- At a council of war held by the officers of tho
Allied armies on the 12th of March, Omar Pasha
desired assistance from the Allies, which could not
be granted, and the Turks are consequc-tly only
expected to hold their position at Eupatoria.
March 18th. A large reinforcement for the
Russian garrison entered Sebafatopol to-day.
.General Canrobert states in his despatches that
in the affairs of March 22d and 23d, the Russians
lost 2000, and the Allies C00.
. ENGLAND.
It being the season of the Easter holydays, there
is but very little news of interest,
The British Parliament was to reassemble on the
16th inst. -
It is announced by telegraph that the Spanish
government has demanded the recall of the British
ambassador at Madrid, whom they accuse of mt er
ference in religious matters.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Late dates from Gibridtar state that the U. S.
corvette St. Louis had arrived there, and that the
same day the U. S. sloop-of-war Levant left, bound
home. ' ' . .
A portion of the Baltic fleet sailed on the after
noon of the 4th. The Russians have established
two fortified camps of 80,000 men each, for the
defence of the Baltic provinces, and have biocKea
un all the ports by sunken vessels.
The London Times devotes a leading article to
the defence of the Know Nothings in the United
States. t. g ;
' - . THE LATEST
Qcn. WeddeliV return as Prussian Envoy to
Paris hal been conn tennah tied and Col." Olberg,
an 'attache of Prussia, has also been recalled, in
dicatmg that the negotiations"are closed. :
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Adjoubnmest. The Legislature have deter
mined to adjourn Sine die on Tuesday the 8th day
of May next. ,
CtJ-There is an abundance of ttone coaJ in all
parts of the Territory of Nebraska. Fine spe
cimens have been found at the mouth of the Platte
river.
- (E7Since theopening of navigation on the Lakes,
66,000 barrels of Flour have arrived at Oswego
N. Y., fron C-inadian' ports. Tliis is the result
of the reciprocity treaty.
CJ-A few days since a youDg man named An
derson, in Henry county, Va., accidentally shol
and killed his brother's wife. He was preparing
his gun to go a hunting when the accident occur
red. 03-It Is reported that Messrs Corcoran and
Riggs, of Washington, have paid over to the gov
ernment about $100,000, attached in their hands
as being part of the moDey fraudulently obtained
under the Gardiner claim.
(fcj-Col. Benton has written a letter to the Na
tional Intelligencer, in which he states that there
is no Indian war on the Upper Missouri and North
Platte that he has received ample proof to sustain
this assertion.
C-A train of 40 cars, containing live stock, was
brought in to Albany, on the 14th inst., on the
Central railways The train was uearly a quarter
of a mile in length.
GO-The State Auditor of Illinois has given notice
that he is prepared to redeem the circulating notes
of the banks of that State that are in liquidation, at
par. Those banks are the Farmer's, Phoenix,
Union, and the City Bank of Chicago, and the Me
chanic's and Farmer's Bank at Springfield.
B,The three Judges of the Court of Claims are
now in Washington, Judge Lumpkin, of Georgia,
having finally concluded to accept the position ten
dered to him by the President. They ate expect
ed to organize formally on or about Thursday next.
JC7"One young man in the vicinity of Boston
shot himself last week, because he could not get a
wife, and another because he could not get a di
vorce.
&3-A petition is in circulation in Cincinnati, ask-
nig the Governor of Ohio to commute the sentence
of Arrison, the torpedo man, who destroyed the
lives of Allison and his wife, to imprisonment for
life. Arrison was sentenced to be hung on the
11th of May.
C7Persons applying for Bounty Lands should
address the Commissioner of Pensions, and not the
Secretary of the Interior.
CtJ-The Harrisburg Union takes ground in favor
of the repeal of the Liquor Law, just passed by our
Legislature. It predicts " a reaction in public
sentiment which will sweep from one end of the
State to the other, and not cease until this law
shall be wiped from the statute books."
Qcy- Opium eating is said by the papers to pre
vail to a fearful extent in New York. The users of
the base drug are chiefly females.
fO- The census of the Philadelphia Almsho use
shows it to contaia2l33 persons, being an increase
of 821 over the number at the same time last year.
Number of persons receiving out door relief, 2 173
of whom 862 aTe Americans, 871 Irish, 203 Ger
mans. The Board of Guardians have adopted a
resolution excluding liquors from the banqueting
rooms of the institution.
j-The House of Representatives of Wisconsin,
by a vote of 47 to 27, have restored the death pen
alty in that state. The Senate have yet to act
upon the matter.
(C?What has become of Brigham Voting's grass
widows, who were to lecture in Boston on mormon
ism GCr-On the 4th inst., Mrs- Edward Thomson, of
Lottesville, Loudon county, Va., fdldead while sit
ting in her chair. Her husband's brother Nixurod,
ran to her assistance, and, before reaching her, fell
on the floor a corpse. Their deaths were not two
minutes apart.
Ocj-The Maine Law in Illinois is to be voted on
by the people the first Monday in June.
(JO-A new fort is to be constructed immediately
by the United States Government, at Proctor's
Landing, on Lake Borgne, LouLiana.
Ccf-Louis Napoleon has been inyesting large
sums in California in the names of other parties.
So savs the Washington Star.
CO-Work has been resumed on the Steubenville
Railroad, opposite Pitti-burgh.
CCr-T wo natives of Baden are about to commence
the grape culture in New Hampshire.
fcj-Gen. Wright, Democrat, was on Tusday
last, elected Mayor of Hudson, N. J., by 66 ma
jority, over F. B. Carpenter, Know Nothing.
CO-The corner stone vf a Jewish Synogogue
was laid at St. Louis 'on t 4 ICth inst. , It is the
first structure for Israelitish worslJp ever com
rfieuccd west of the Miss-Usippi.
CTFour thuosani bushels of potatoes arrived
in Boston on Thursday from Nova Scotia. A
large number of vessels with potatoes are on the
way to the same port. - '
Q3A dovetailing machine has been invented
and is in use in Boston, which enables a single
workman, to dovetail with ease from eight hun
dred to one thousand bureau drawers a day.
Ct-The Massachusetts Liquor Law has been
signed by the Governor and will go into effect in
thirty days. x
rryit is said that about sixty-five thousand
bales of cotton, valued at over three millions of
dollars, have been destroyed by fire in this coun
try daring the last three months.
03-No more paupers or convicts from Switzer
land. The Federal Council there has given Mr.
Fay, our Minister Resident there, assurance to
that effect. Switzerland does right.
f7"We learn from a good source, says the New
York Express, that the next Aspinwall steamer
will probably bring a million of dollars of specie
from San Francisco. ; . ; -
COA produce dealer in Buffalo, who has bought
Canadian wheat during the winter, paying the
duty, as required, subject to the recovery of the
same, has received $15,000 from the treasury, as
a refunding of the impost, which is a clear profit
over and above that made ii. the sale of the wheat.
(-Tho Norfolk. Herald states that $20,000
worth of peanuts have, within the last year, been
shipped from that city to the North, through the
agency of a single house. , "
WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE.
, Kansas Citt, April , 1855.
MessES. White & Devise: Previous to my
leaving home, you honored me with an invitation
to furnish you with a fer notes for publication
and as I alw ays feel inclined to give my frieadi
the full advantage of anything I may pick up b
the way of experience, I proceed, in due form, to
note it down.
I arrived at this place a week since, and imne.
diately proceeded to Westport, where I found tin
" assembled wisdom of the State," in ' the shape
of the members elect of tLe first territorial legisl.
ture and council. They had congregated there
for the purpose of ascertaining who were really
elected there being a great number of seats con
tested. On account of the large amount of illegal
votes polled in almost every precinct, Governor
Reeder had quite a difficult task to decide who
were entitled to certificates. The Governor claimed
the right of deciding, in the first I lace, to whom
the seats were due but admitted the right of tLe
members, who had received certificates, to jucl-e
who were entitled to seats after they were assem
bled. TLe pro-slavery men denied the privilega
of the Governor to decide M ho were elected, and
seemed to think the Governor arbitrary. The
excitement was intense and the Governor was se
verely denounced. Everything became quiet when
it was ascertained that enough certificates had
been granted, to give the pro slavery men- a ma
jority in both houses. They, of course, will admit
those southern men who failed to receive certifi
cates. Among the members w hot-e seats wre
contested, is 0- H. Browne, Esq., formerly of Eb
ensburg. I became acquainted with a majority
of the members, -and found them clever gentle
men. They present rather a singular appearance
however nearly all of them wear Leavy beards
and mustaches, not your delicately curled care
fully cultivated softly greased " dem foine" city
mustaches; but fierce, shaggy ones mustaches
which speak of encounters, not of the ball-room.
In point of tIent they will compare favorably
with the legislatures of the States. The politics
of the members, as regards Whigs and Democrat",
is not known; but, with one or two exceptions.
they are all pro-slavery.
I met Surveyor General Calhoun here, and
found him to be very gentlemanly, and peculiarly
adapted for Lis position. He is a thorough prac
tical surveyor, and a courteous gentleman. I think
the President has lecn very fortunate in securing
his services. - .
Westport is a town of some fifteen hundred in
habitants, and is a great mart for the Santa Fe
traders. On the evening I got there, the first
train of this season arrived the town was conse
quently filled with Mexicans and Indians. The re
is a wildness about everything here, which is novel
to an eastern man, and a 6ociaLiL:ty of feeling
which is pleasing to ine. No persons stands here
on the ceremony of an introduction. One novelty
is the kind of animals they use. I have seen very
few good sized horses. Mexican ponies, (which
are said to be very hardy living for days on the
bark of trees) Mules and Oxen, are in general use.
Each man seems to rival Lis neighbor in the nutn
ber of oxen he can drive. They uso eight, ten,
sometimes twelve to haul a load, such as two of
our mountainhorscs would pulL A large number
of Kaw, or Kansas Indians have bt-eu in town,
for a few days, making preparations for a fight
with the Sacs. There has btn a difficulty exis
ting between these two tribes for about a year
some two months since the Sacs killed a couple
of Kaws, and indulged in the luxury of drinking
their hearts-Hood, the Kaws left the bodies un
buried, which indicated that they were unwilling
to bury the insult. I visited Fort Levan worth
yesterday, where I had the pleasure of meeting
Lieut. Drum, formerly of Indiana, Pa.; hel.as
Command of the Flying Artillery stationed at this
Fort. He is considered one of the best drill offi
cers in the service, and is exceedingly popular
both with his men and with the citizens ; he is a
worthy representative of the old Keystone.
TLe Lieutenant showed mo the two six-pounders,
which, you will remember, were captured
by the Mexicans at Buena Vista, and reteken by
tho command under Capt. S, Drum, at Contrcras. .
They were presented by the government, to the
regiment to which Lieut. Drum Wongs, ne is
very busily engaged in drilling his men, in antici
pation of coming hostilities with the Indians, and
expects to leave for the seat of war about the first
of June. . -
I do not intend to give you my opinion of Kan
sas Territory, as I have not seen enough of it to
form an accurate idea of it ; but what I have seen
fully equals my anticipations. There is at present
a large emigration to the territory, and an almost
equally large emigration from it. I suppose fur -every
four persons who have arrived here within
the last mouth, three have left. Tersons have fre
quently returned on the same boat which brought
them up. The fact is, they come here with en
tirely false ideas of the people and country they
come with the expectation of fimling all th com
forts of our eastern towns, and their anticipations
not being realized, they become disheartened and
leave for home. Others coming out with the idea
of speculating, find it impossible, as the lands have
uot yet Iax-u surveyed, and consequently are not
in market. ;
' In consequence of the extreme ucfavorallcnesa
of the weather, (not having been any rain since
last Juae, I beUeve provisions are high, and boar
ding more than correspondingly so. I would not
advise (from what I have seen) any person to
come here before aext spring, as I think that will
be fully soon enough y but I will tell you more
about it in my next, as I intend starting with a
party on a tour of the territory to-morrow mor
ning. . Yours, Arc,
"NIMROD," No. 2. ".
The Unfortunate Ericsson Invention.
The Ericsson experiment is at an end. The
invention is conceded to be a failure, and poor
Ericsson h a ruined man. He has spent all
his fortune in building hi caloric ship, and u
the. experiments he has made on the vessel,
ne has done more, he has Fpent all his wife a
fortune, wich was great and she too is beg
gared But the worst of all is that it has led
to much recrimination and alienation, that
they have separated, never to be united again,
perhaps- Had he been iuocessful, his name
would have been enrolled with that of Colum
bus, Newton, Fulton, and other men of illus
trious renown. But he has failed ; he has lost
his all ; he has introduced ruin into a once
loving and happy home; and the world coldlj
looks on, and says "I told you w:'Postou
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