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roa PRESIDENT.
JAMES BrciIAXAX.
Babjct tothe Decision of the National Convention.
3T See new advertisements.
Bids for the Main Line.
We learn from the Harrislurg PaSriol Sf Union,
that bids bav been offered for the purchac of ilio
M-iia Line. The Pennsylvania Kail Road Com
pany propose to buy the whole of the Main Line
at seven and a half millions, payable in ten an
nual payments from July, 1875, with interest at
per cent. They agree to keep the Eastern ca
bal open, also the Western, until the North Wes
tern Railroad shall be completed. They propose
to buy the Columbia Railroad at the cost of con
struction, to be ascertained by three competent
engineers, to be appointed by the State. Tbey
agree to pay a dividend equal to that of their own
stockholders. They require the repeal of the
tonnage tax, and that the State yield the right to
purchase the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The liar risburg and Lancaster Railroad Com
pany agree to give four millions of dollars for the
Columbia Road, payable in eight annual pay
ments after January 1st 1866, with interest at 5
per cent., conditioned for the repeal of the ton
nage tax.
No Speaker Yet.
The House is still without an organization.
The voting for a speaker is still going on with the
eame stubb orness on the part of the Know-Nothings
and their allies, the Republicans. Our hist
advices (Tuesday,) the vote stood as follows:
for Mr. Banks, 93 ; Richardson. 62 ; Fuller, 34 ;
Pennington, 9 ; scattering, 8. It will be per
ceived that thiugs are getting no better, nor is
there any hope that there will ba, unless some
cew plan should be adopted. At the last ac
counts there had been over one hundred ballotings,
without changing the vote of either candidates.
That the Know-Nothings and Republicans, have
it In their power to elect, there is no doubt. The
people are becoming tired of the performance,
and have got a taste of the two new parties
that were to correct all the ills that government
la heir L-.
Cambria County.
We copy the following from the Auditor Gen
eral' Report, showing that our County has con
tributed to the public revenues of the state during
the last fiscal year, the fallowing sum
Loretto Plank Road Company,..
Ebonsburg & Susquehanna, do,
Do ' ; & Jefferson do.,-
2,00
6.0"
11.17
12,00
. OilliU .......... -
"Real andPers'l estate Tn rithev") 1.030.01
" . " (Lloyd) 2,217,47
Tavern Licenses,... 686.60
Retailers' 826,73
Pedlers' " 0,00
" Theater, Circus. cVc., do 60,00
Distillery and Brewery, do, 52,00
Billiards and Ten Pins, 53,33
Eating and Baer Houses, 93,00
Militia Tax 00,00
Writs, Wills, Dxds, &c, (Roberts) 75
" " (Johnston) 714,41
Collateral Inheritance, 23,90
John-.town Iron Company, 200,00
For State Lunatic Hospital, 2200
Total 6.139.44
To be deducted from the aggregate, the fallowing
payments ai.d credits. .
Pensions & Gratuilie3, 580,00
Cjmt&om Schools. 558,22
New Firm. It will be seen by a card in an
other column, that our young friend J. Tatton
Thompson, has become one of the firm of Marple
& M;Clure, Philadelphia. The oil firm will lose
nothing in securing Mr. T. as one of their part-
rers. . As to business qualifications, he has few
equals, and his well known popularity at home
and abroad will enhance the business prospects of
the new firm.
The FiRibnsieros RebukedThe Policy and
Duty of the United States.
, The Washington Union coutains an edito
rial article on " the President and the Walker
Expedition." The editor describes the course
of the K. cu'.ivo as "just and wise," and be
id rejoiced to p-.-rj-'ive that it ha comman
ded a 1-ifgJ share f the approbation of the
Asnsri.'an Press. Tao Union says :
We allude to this somewhat remarkable
expression, not so much to fortify the admin
istration in its wise and just proceeding, as to
point other nations to the fact that while this
republic, reposing as it does, in conscious se
curity upon an upright public opinion, does
not hesitate to resist every usurpation upon
its own rights, anl to insist upon the fulSl
tueut of all the obligations of other powers
bound to it by treaty or otherwise ; so, on the
other hand, will it carefully and fearlessly per
form all its duties to its own citizens and to
other governments. The spread of republi
can principles over this continent is one of
the fixed facts of the future ; but the. niisioii
of truth cannot be carried out in dea mee it
international law, and by a f jatem of military
colonization at war with the whole genius of
our institutions. When the other nations of
this hemisphere rise of themselves au 1 demand
recognition, they will be welcomed into the
family of republics with open arms. What
has been done before, in this respect, will be
done again. But it is not the province of the
American government, and it 13 not the spirit
of the American people, to hasten the course
of events by extending encouragement Jo
those whose selfish ambition and reckless ag
grandizement would bring reproach on the
cause of free principles and discredit upon
wcrh3T conatrv "
Tribute of Respect. ,
At a fccetiug of the Cambria Lodge of A. Y.
Masons, held at their Hall, at Johnstown, on
Tuesday evening, the 8th day of January, A. D.
1E56, the fulio wing resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, it pleased Almighty God in. His
Providence, cn Friday, the 21st day of December,
1S55, to remove from Time to Eternity, our late
beloved brother, Ciiakles 11. HEVEB.Lsq, There
fore, ... -. , ,
Resolved, That this Lodge has heard with pro
found sorrow of the death of our late friend and
brother, CnAnLES II. Meyer, Esq. In his death
society has lost a member whose life was illustra
ted by deeds of generoMty ; his country a soldier
who was one of its bravest defenders ; this Lodge
a brother who was oue of its chief ornameuU, and
his widow and children a husband r.nd father, to
whom they were bound by all the holiest r flec
tions of our nature.
" R -solved, That we do. -ply sympathise with the
sorrowing family of our late brother, and trust
that " lie who tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb," will sustain them under their recent be
reavement. -
Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions be
published in the " Mountain Echo," and the
Democrat nnl Sjntinel," ami that Dr. John
Lowman. Geo. Euglebach. and A. W. Bryan, be
a committee to transmit a copy to the family of
our late brother.
Ciias. P. Murray, "
Lewis Putt, Com.
W. S. El sos, J
Tastker Killed. We have been informed
that Mr. Richard Adams, and son killed a large
Panther, last Monday, 7th inst., Clearfield town
- i . f ' r .l .. . . c .v -
snip. lie measurea ien ices iroiu iub uumi in mc
nose to the tip of the tail. Two wild cats were
trapped on the same day. One of the pets is alive
and doing well.
Plakk Roads. The Ebensburg & Susquehan
na, and Ebensburg & Jefferson Plank Roads, are
so completely blocked up with drifted snow, that
there has been little or nothing done on either
roads, for a day or two. Persons have been
at work opening them.
CO The Blair County Whig has placed the
name of Hon. Wm. H. Seward at its mast head,
as the National Republican Whig candidate for
President of the United States.
GO Raymond, of the B!air County Whig, is not
pleased with the election of Gov. Bigler to the V.
S. Senate. The Democracy should have consul
ted Mr. Raymond before they committed the rash
act.
Washington , Jan 14.
The Senate merely met at noon, and ad
journed over till Thursday.
IIocse. Mr. Trafton corrected the mistake
into which Mr Campbell, of Ohio, Lad inad
vertently fallen on Saturday, in stating that
no copy of the Bible was to be found in the
Congressional Library. On the contrary,
there were many editions of that Holy Book
there.
The balloting for Speaker was then resumed.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH BALLOT.
Banks, 95 I Fuller, 34
Richardson, 66 J Pennington, 8
Scattering, 8.
Necessary to a choice, 106
Pennsylvania Legislature-
Harrisburg, Jan. 12.
SENATE.
Petitions were presented from Philadel
phia for the modification of the usury laws,
and for the repeal of the restraining liquor
law.
Mr. Wilkins presented a bill to establish
the estern Lunatic Hospital.
The bill to incorporate the
Reading anc
Lehish Railroad was passed on seccud read
ing. Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker presented the annual state
ment of the Seaman's Saving Fund . Society
of Philadelphia.
A bill relative to the Sunbury Canal and
Water Power Company was reported.
The following bills, with others, were read
in place :
To incorporate the Union Bank of Read
ing ; to incorporate the Carbon Mutual Insu
rance Company ; to incorporate the Frauklin
Bank of Philadelphia ; relating to the Holler
bach Company ; supplement to the Common
School law ; supplement to the cbai ter of the
Huntingdon and Broad-top Mountain Rail
road and Coal Company ; to charter the Cou
dersport Portage and Allegheny Railroad.
Petitions were presented by Messrs. Leis
enring, McCarthy, Smith, Morris, Irwin aud
Vail for the repeal of the restraining liquor
law, and by Mr. Morris for the repeal of the
Usury Laws.
The House then proceeded to draw a com
mittee to investigate the contested seat of Jno.
C. McGhee of Potter county. The following
is the committee : Samuel Hills, James B.
Orr, George G. Brush, Henry D Foster,
John Thompson, John Fausold, John Pur
cell, Jesse Pearson and Sc-th A Backus.
The cominitteo were then sworu by the
speaker, anJ the hour of 4 this afternoon fixed
for meeting to organize aud bi-gia the investi
gation. Adjourned till Monday, .
Pennsylvania Legislature.
election of c. s. senator
Harrisiil-ru, Jan 14.
Senate. A number of petitions were pre
sented from citizens of York, Bradford, Craw
ford, Chester, Northampton and Bucks coun
ties, f.jr the rep. al of the Ut-ury Laws.
Mr. Wilkins read in place a bill to amend
the practice in courts in civil cases ; also a bill
to amend the practice in county chancery
pre"Ceeding3.
A resolution for the appoiutmcnt of addi
tion officers was discussed and postponed
A resolution to meet at 10 A. M., and
hold afternoon sessions on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, was postponed till next week.
JlorsE. The committee on the contested
elect iuu of Mr. McGhee, of Potter county,
were authorized to employ a Clerk.
The -Committee on Bauks were requested to
devise nd report a system for the effectual
suppression of the circulation of notes of a
lost denomination than five dollars.
The bill fir the more steady cancellation of
the Relief Issues, was reported back, with a
negative recommendation
ELECTION OF V. S. SENATOR.
The two houses met in convention, at 12
o'clock, and proceeded to elect a U. S. Sena
tor, to serve for six years from the 4th of
March last.
Wm. Bigler received 82 votes, and was
declared duly elected.
SUKKARY OF NEWS.
The Speakehs. Mr. Piatt of the Senate, is ,
said to l somewhat anti-slavery in his views.
Mr. Wright, of the House, is a native of Ireland.
CO- It is said that the non-eouviction of Baker
has given new life to ruffianism in New York.
G3- A manufactory has been established in New
York, for the production of watches entirely of
American manufacture.
CCJ- St. Mary's College, a Catholic institution,
near Dayton, Ohio, was destroyed by fire on
Thursday last. . . . .? . J - '
Ccj- Michael M'Carthy, charged with the mrfr
der of Timothy Scanlan, has been convicted in
Indiana county of murder in the second degree.
GO- There is no franking privilege in England.
Even the. Queen has to pay her tenny.
K-Tl!cNcw Y'ork Herald makes the losses by
fire in the United States latt year $12,000,000.
03- Bills have I ecu read in place, iu the ftate
legislature, to incorporate banks in Mercer aud
Crawford counties.
03- Beach, of the'New York Sun, the first pen
ny paper ever established, invented the first rag
cutting machine in 1S8.
CO Agitation in respect to the Usury laws has
commenced in earnest in several Legislatures re
cently convened.
tJC5-The Corporations of Pennsylvania pay an
annual tax into the State Treasury exceeding six
hundred thousand dollars.
K9-IIn. John M. Rer-ien, ex-Unittd States
Senator from Georgia, and Attorney General un
der Jackson, died at Savannah on Tuesday, the
8th iust.
CO- Ti e Cincinnati Sun says that such is the
stagnation of business in that city that there are
over ten thousand applications for relief from the
public charities.
CO Mr. Morehcad, the new K. N. Governor of
Kentucky, says in his message to the Legislature,
he believes the national men, of ail parties, will
fiual'y unite to save the Union.
CO" In case the next Presidency bhould be
thrown into Congress, and the States should vote
as they stand at present, there would be II Dem
ocratic, It Republican, 7 American, and two tie.
CO Of the eighty members to the Pennsylvania.
Democratic State Convention already elected,
seventy-two are reported for Buchanan five for
Dallas, and three doubtful, on the Presidential,
question. -
CO, Isaac Adams, the engineer of the Camden
and Amboy Tail road, at the time Dr. Hennekin
caused the terrible accident on that road, was
tried for manslaughter at Trenton and acquitted.
OO The new Canal Board organized at Harris
burg on the 8th. Wm. Hopkins, Esq., retired,
and Arnold Plumer, Esq., entered upon the du
ties of the office. The B jard now consists of Col.
Thomas II. Forsyth, President; Col. II. S. Mot t
and Arnold Plumer. All are Democrats.
CO A depth of 586 feet has been attained in
the Artesian well at New Orleans, and, contrary
to expectation, a new layer of sand has been
touched. The sand is of a greyish color, with but
a very tiifling admixture of sea-shells. In conse
que ice of the looseness of the sand in which the
augurs are now at work, it is found impossible to
penetrate any further, until the pipe has been
sunk to the bottom of the existing excavation. .
CO" A tub of butter, weighing about 200 pounds
was recently discovered several feet beneath the
3urface of the earth, at Winsted, Conn. The spot
upon which it was found had been occupied some
twenty years before by a country store, and the
supposition is that the butter has remained buried
all that time. The cask was partially decayed,
but its contents were sweet, and without any un
palatable taint or flavor.
Things in Washington.
Washington, Jan 14.
A strong impression pervades political cir
cles here tnat our relations with Great Britain
ate threatening, and serious apprehensions are
felt and expressed by many Senators several
of them in the confidence of the Administra
tion of an early rupture between the gov
ernments. It is evident that there must be
a fight or a back out on one side or the other.
The report of Gen Shields, made a year
ao. in the Senate, has been reproduced, in
which Parker II. French is charged with ob
taining two thousand dollars worth of govern
ment stores on a forffed letter of credit, and
branding him as an importer. This has ma
terially operated to damage Mr. French's
proc-pecta here.
Highly important despatches have been
received at the State Department from Eng
land, with referencft to the understanding re
specting central American affairs.
Dismissal of Mr. Cramptos andthe Brit
ish floxsuLS. Washington, Wednesday, Jan.
9. 1856 A decisive btep has been taken rel
ative to British enlistments The Ions cor
respondence on this subject between the two
Governments has been closed by an elaborate
and conclusive dispatch to Mr. Buchanan,
sent last Saturday, requiring the British Gov
ernment to recall Mr. Ciainpton, or leaving
the alternative of the Administration giving
him his passports here. The same paper sig
nifies distinctly the revocation of the exequa
tur? of Consuls Barclay at New York. Mathew
at Philadelphia, and Raycraft at Cincinnati,
who were implicated in the enlistments. Eng
land is indirectly prepared for this contingen
cy by previous negotiations, but still the pres
ent demand may excite a temporary feeling
and lead to some difficulty in the recognition
of Mr. Buchanan's successor. It may also
embarrass Lord Palmers ton's official tenure.
From positive developments this course is in
evitable, and must be sustaiaed. If HnglanJ
makes it the cause of exceptions in settling
the Central American question the responsi
bility will bo her own. X. Y. Tribune.
jtS" Ao interesting murder trial to. place
in Burliugton, Iowa, in November last. The
accused was a man named 'John J. Jones.
seventy-three years of age. He had been a
soldier under Gen. Jackson, and was with;
the old hero in several campaigns against the
Indians. Jones was charged with murdering
Horatio W. McCardlx, a neighbor, some
fifteen years ago. He made his escape and
was not heard of until a short time before his
arrest. Capital punishment having been
abolished in Iowa, the prisoner was sentenced
to hard labor in the penitentiary during the
remainder of bis life.
From the Washington Union.
Heeting of the Democratic Satioual Com
mittee In pursuance of previous notice, the Dem
ocratic National Committee assembled iu the
city of Washington, at 12 o'clock, M., on the
8th of January, I860, aud Was called to or
der by IIon.-R. M. McLaDe, of Maryland,
Chairman of the Committee.
Ou motion of Hon. Gcorgo W. Jones, of
Tennessee, Wm. II English, of Indiana, and
George Read Riddle, of Delaware, were cho
sen Secretaries.
On motion of Mr. Henning. tie roll was
called; whereupon the following gentlemen
answered to their names, viz :
Maine Cyrus Moore.
New Hampshire John II. George.
Vermont David A. Smalley .
Massachusetts B. F. Hallett.
- Rhode Island Welcome B. Saylos.
Connecticut James T. Pratt.
New York John P. Beekiuan.
New Jersey Joseph C. Potts.
Pennsylvania John Oakford.
Delaware George R. Riddle.
Maryland Robert M. McLane.
Virginia William II. Clark.
North Carolina Warren Winslow.
Alabama -C. C. Clay.
Mississippi A. G. Brown.
Louisiana John S'idell.
Ohio Alfred P. Edgerton.
Kentucky J. M. Elliott.
. Tetiuessee George W. Jones.
I idiana Wm. II English.
Illinois Isaac Cook.
Michigan T. F. Broadhead.
Florida S.R.Mallory.
Iowa George W Jones.
Wisconsin Benj. S. Ilonning.
California J. W Denver.
Mr Broadhead moved that the meeting
adjourn until 12 o'clock to-morrow, which
was decided in the negative.
Mr. Riddle moved that the committee now
proceed to fix the time for the meeting of the
next Democratic National Convention to nom
inate candidates for President and Vice Pres
ident of the Uuited States, which motion was
decided in the affirmative.
Whereupon, Mr. Jones, of Iowa, proposed
the first Monday in June next, at 12 o'clock,
M.
Mr. Henning. the 4th of Mf rch.
Mr. Riddle, the third Saturday in May; and
Mr. English, the first Tuesday in June.
Mr. Henning moved that the committee
adjourn until to-morrow : decided in the neg
ative ' Mr. IlenniDg and Mr. Riddle having with
drawn their propositions fixing the day for
meeting of the National Convention, the
question was takeu upon the proposition of
Mr. English, and was decided in the nega
tive. The motion of Mr. Jones, of Iowa, was
then unanimously adopted.
Mr. Cook moved that a committee of three
be appointed by the chair for the purpose of
carrying out the resolution of the last Nation
al Convention in reference to procuring a hall,
arranging seats, &c, for the approaching
convention ; whereupon the chair appointed
the following gentlemen sail committee :
Mr. Edgerton, of Ohio.
Mr. Cook, of Illinois.
Mr. Broadhead, of Michigan.
Mr. Henning moved that the thanks of the
meeting be returned to the Hon. R. M. Mc
Laue for the highly satisfactory manner he
has discharged the duties of chairman ; aud
the vote beiug taken thereon by Mr. English,
one of the secretaries, was unanimously deci
ded in the affirmative.
Mr. Riddle, iu behalf of the Jackson Dem
ocratic Association of Washington city, invi
ted the committee to attend a meeting of said
association this evening ; which invitation, on
motion of Mr. Jones, of Iowa, was accepted
On motion, the committee then adjourned.
ROBERT M. McLANE, Chairman.
Attest,
wllliaoi ii. english, )
George Read Riddle, )
Secretaries.
DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL
CONVEX-
TION.
In pursuance to a call regularly made, the
Democratic National Committee," consis
ting of one from each State, appointed by the
Democratic National Convention of 1852, to
' promote the Democratic cause," and "des
ignate the time of holding the next conven
tion," met at the National Hotel, in the city
of Washington, at 12, M., ou the 8th day of
January, 1856. and; with entire unauimity.
Jlesdved, That the Democratic National
Convention of 1850 meet in the city of Cin
cinnati, at 12 o'clock, M., on the first Mon
day of June next.
The National Convention of 1852 adopted
the following resolution as to the number of
delegates to be chosen :
Jiesolced, That in constituting future
National Convention of the Democratic party,
in order to secure the respective rights of the
States to their relative representation in such
conventions, each State shall be entitled to
twice the number of delegates that it has
votes in the electoral college, and no more ;
aud that the Democratic National Committee,
iu making arrangements for the next National
Convention, provide such number of seats
therciu for each State, and secure tho same to
the. delegates elect "
It is requested, with a view to the proper
arrangements of sea's of members, that the
delegates from the several States or district
of the Uuitod States to the next National
Couveution forward to Hon. A. P. Edgerton,
Hicksville, Ohio, Chairman of the Committee
of arrangements, their respective names and
Post Offices ; and the Democratic papers
throughout the Uuited States are requested to
copy this call, and the proceedings of the
Democratic National Committee. By order :
ROBT. M. McLANE, Chairm w.
Attest,
William II English, j Secrctarie8.
Ggo Read Riddle, j
Westward thb Uoursk of .Lmpirb takes
its Wat. A paper published at St. Paul,
Minnesota, after giving the details in refer
ence to the formation of the proposed new
State of Superior, concludes in the following
enthusiastic manner :
Then bail ! all hail f ! to the now coming
Stata of Superior ; and all hail to the State of
Decotab, which. West of the uig fcioux and
of the Red River of the North, aud with its
center in the glorious valley of the river
Jacques, shall bound Minnesota on the West
All hail to another sovereign comaiunity still
beyond in the fertile valleys of Black feet,
(the Sitekah.) aoiidt tho spurs of the Rocky
t a -: t
flloumtuuB.
I From the Philadelphia Inquirer. J
The Fastera War and the Rumors of Peace-
Probable i.esioaucm of Lord Palmerston.
jT2T The rumors of peace are repeated.
and with some show of probability. It would
appear that, in the first iustuce, Austria
proposed that the coufereuce should take
place iu Paris, instead of Vicuna . but to this
the French Emperor objected. Towards the
middle of November, Austria, after having
declined a previous proposition from Prussia,
to join her in a pacific intervention, proposed
to the Allies to prepare conferences havinsr
peace in view. This she did without any
formal assurance from Russia that she would
take any part in such conferences. Iu the
meantime, Prussia, without coming to any
understanding with Austria on the subject, is
understood to have made similar piopositions
to Russia, suggesting the expediency of treat
ing on the basis of the four points, aud mak
iug some concessions on the third. Those
familiar with Russian politics, and in constant
correspondences with St. Petersburg, say
that Russia is ready to join the other great
powers in a peace conference, but will reject
ail propositions for curtailing her territorial
limits. And there was a rumor in Paris on
the 19th of December, that the Emperor of
Russia had written to the King of Prussia,
stating that, if he wished, he could not agree
to the demands of the Western Powers, the
nature of which he was perfectly familiar
with, although they had not reached him in
an official form. And a letter from Paris, of
the 18th, says : " As far as I can learn, the
general impression in Paris is, that Russia
will refuse to negoiiate ou the terms which
Austria has forwarded to St. Petersburg. At
the same time, all who feel any interest in the
welfare ot Europe assert that the Allies could
not have asked less, iu justice to the cause
which has cost so much life and treasure
The Paris Pays, in speaking of the plansP141 Ij0t say fearlessly, hopefully and decisively.
and prospects of the belligerents, holds very-
significant language. It says, after recount
ing the results already accomplished by the
Allies, that the ends of the war have been
already accomplished. "But the question
uow is will Russia consent to sanction these
results by treaty ? If the will, peace is pos
sible ; if notr the war must continue not for
any additional or indefinite objects, but to
compel the Czar to subscribe to the conditions
which constitute the law of safety aud repose
for modern nations."
A private letter iu the London Times, from
one who is said to have paid great attentiou
to politics, indulges in some speculations which
imply that there uiUit of necessity be great
difficulty in negotiating a peace, it the views
of the Allies should be at all in conformity
with those here suggested. The writer says :
Let us suppose for instance that peace is
concluded on the most advantageous conditions
that we can permit ourselves to hope at the
present moment ; that Russia pays the expen
ses of the war and abandons the Crime t ; and
that this peninsula is restored to the Sultan,
alone able to keep it: suppose that, to strength
en the line of the Pruth, the Danubian
provinces, united uuder the rule of a single
hospodar, will remain subject to the Porte
without its authority being weakened by any
sort cf protectorate, and that fortified places
aud good Turkish garrisons again defend that
frontier, suppose all this, aud I admit that
the Ottoman empire would be then safe from
its formidable neighbors ; but the danger to
Europe would not be less, the Russians would
be only obliged to change their direction : for.
if the events which have takeu place for the
last two years have exhibited to us Turkey as
stronger and more capable of resistance than
was supposed, they have also proved the ex-
cessive weaKuct-s oi uermanv anu oi most oi
the secondary States."
The London News of the 21st saj-s :
" On the Stock Exchange, business contin
ues greatly restricted at present, pending the
receipt of intelligence from St. Petersburg.
General opinion is decidedly adverse to the
probabilities of peace, but the influential buy-
ers, wtiose operations nave oi late lormea so
marked a feature, maintain their j osit ion, and
still afford great support to prices."
But the most remarkable article is to be
seen is the Loudon Telegraph, in which the
writer states that Lord J auuerston is about
to resigu ; aud also sketches the new plan oi
pacification. We copy it in detail :
From the London Telegraph.
PROBABLE RESIGNATION OF LORD
PALMEUSTON
We are in a position to state, upon authori
ty which is unquestionable, and derived from
exclusive sources of official information, that
Lord Palmerston has intimated his intention
to resign the reins of the Government, at an
early period, and that Her Majesty has signi
fied her gracious intention to accept tne resig
nation of the Premier, so soon as other ar
rangements have been completed, which will
prevent auy inconvenience taking place at the
present juueture to the country at large. We
are further enabled to announce the fact, that
several members of the present Government
will retain their offices in the new Cabinet,
which will be strengthened by the adhesiou of
several eminent public men, amongst whom
wo can positively mention Lord John Russell.
The present Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and three other members of the Government
will follow Lord Palmerston into retirement.
Her Majesty has opposed and signified her
disapproval of the mteution of Lord Palmer
ston to have an early dissolution of Parlia
ment, and it is in consequence of the Queen's
remonstrance that his Lordship has intimated
his intention to resign at an early date. What
is, however, of far more importance is, that
it is now placed beyond all doubt, that terms
of peac have been tendered by Russia, which
have beea approved by the Emperor of the
French, and backed by Austria. These terms
must fully and completely secure to Turkey
the objects for which the present war was un
dertaken bv the Allies. The liberties of
Europe are protected by guarantees the most
stringent, and Russia has conceded every point
demanded of her, little short of that national
dishonor, which no brave nation would desire
to inflict upon a gallant though mistaken ene
my. Sebastopol will not be lazed to the
ground.
Russia agrees to maintain no naval force
whatever iu the Black Sea, and the Allied
Powers agree that the Dardanelles shall not
be passed by the ships-of-war of any nation
In fact, the Black Sea will become, in future,
a neutral water, in the strictest sense of the
word. Austria is to withdraw from the Prin
cipalitif s forthwith, and the Allied Armies
will evacuie the Crimea, Sebastopol remaining
to Russia intact as a free port open to the
comtnerc of th world. The batterie aro to
be dismantled, lut the docks are not to bo
destroyed. Telegraphic despatches have bcea
forwarded to Generals Pellissier and Cod ring -ton
to stay the operations of the engineers,
who are now preparing to blow up these ba
sins. Russia is to equip her remaining ships
at Nickolaieff, and in the Spring they are to
proceed to the Baltic.
The Emperor Louis Napoleon has signified
to the Court of St. James his acquiescence in
these terms, and the Germanic confederation
have, in conjunction witb Austria, Belgium,
and Sweden, expressed their unqualified as
sent. His Majesty, the King of Sardinia,
has fully entered into the views of our august
ally the Emperor of the French, and. it is sta
ted in Court circles that the visit of that high
iniuded monarch to the Tullerics and St.
James has facilitated the negotiations for
petce. with which object in view the royal vis
it to Victor Emanuel was entirely and solely
undertaken at a period of the year most disad
vantageous to the shattered health of that il
lustrious monarch. Lord John Russel has
been a guest of her Majesty at Windsor, and
it is not improbable that the noble member for
the city of Loudon will be again called npoa
by his Sovereign to reconstruct a cabinet com--mensurate
with the progressive spirit of the
age in which we live.
There will be now no early dissolution of
Parliament, and, in place of an electioneering
contest, which could do no good to the coun--try
at large, there is a certainty that the ap
proaching session will be opened by her Ma
jesty s signifying to her subjects that England
ami I-rauce have accepted terms of Peace,
and that the war is concluded on terms advan
tageous to the liberties cf Europe. As an
organ of the people, circulating more largely
with the classes than any other metropolitan
daily journal, we should bo recreant in the
duty we owe to our fellow countrymen, did
now iu heaven's name let the olive-branch of
peace flourish and bloom, and supplant the
glorious, although dearly bought, laurels of
victory.
Wc are on the eve of a national commercial
bankruptcy. Our financial system totters,
and the bullion iu our . Bank so diminishes
that the land is threatened with an inundation
of paper in place of specie. Bread and the
other common necessaries of life are almost at
starvation prices ; the people cry aloud for
food, and famishing thousands implore Heav
en to unlock the bounties cf the earth, now
held back aud stored up by the exigencies of '
a great war The enemy who threatened the
liberties of Europe has been met and worsted.
The object of the war, in the guaran
tees secured by the terms offered, has been
achieved. It uow comes to this point ; u
must either accept peace, or defy our august
Ally. Louis Napoleon. It is for the people
of this country, by their confiding in the
gracious wisdom of their Sovereign, to prove
that their loyality is not merely in words; but
that, with heart and boul, they trust to he
judgement, and thank the God of battles for
the victories already so bounteously vouch af
ed to our anus
From the New Haven Journa!,Dec. 24
The British Arctic Discovery Ship Reso
lute" brought to the Port oi New-London.
The discovery bip. se'.t out by the English
Government, in search of Sir, John Frank
lin, and which ws abandoned iu the Arctio
Regions by her ofilcers and crew, a .year or
two since, has fallen into the hands of a Yan
kee, (Captain Bldington, of New-Londou.)
and is expected at that port daily. - Captaiu
Bcdington was cruising for whales in the
Northern seas, when he fell in with the Jicto--lu'c.
drifting Giving his ow vessel in charge
of the first mate, he went ou board with fifteen ,
of his crew, to navigate her home. Ills own
vessel has reached New-London, aud the lit--olutc
will soon follow, uuless Captain B. has
concluded to wiuter on the coast of Greenland..
The Chronide Fays:
" When the two vessels parted company,,
they were ia about latitude 62 dcg. N.-soiue two
d.'grce ssouth of the ppot where the licuAute
was first found The Resolute was a new ves
sel when she left England, was built in the
most substantial manner and was excellently
well found. Though she had becu abandoned
about a year when Capt. Bi'dington took po-s-session
of Ler, her saiLs, rigging-, and all of
her ap-intments were in good order, and she
would without doubt n ako the passage litre
without delay. When found by Capt. Bld-
ington, tliti was at least oue inousana uiiies
fruui theppot where f-he was abandoned by
her officers and crew. The George Jlenry
had a hard time of it after leaving her consort.
but has arrived safe, though leaking badly.
She lost her rudder in the ice 6oon after part
ing with the Rc&Autr, and there being no
carpeuter on board, the Captain and mate
managed in about half a uay to make a ronh
substitute for one, and have brought the bark.
home with it, though it has been unshipped
three or four times and left the bark at the
mercy of the waves for long intervals, which
greatly retarded the passage home. The offi
cers and crew certainly deserve great praise
for their spirit and perseveiance."
Since writing she above, we learn from the
Chronicle that the Resolute arrived at New
London this morning, where she is attracting
much attention, aud is said to be a great curi
osity being just as she was fitted out. Tho
Resolute is aboM 500 tons burden and with
a cargo, will prove a fortune to Capt. Bcding
ton and his brave sailors. We shouldnH
wonder if an examination of thb strange visi
tor should induce quite a rush to New-London
to-morrow.
Fashion a KLE Infanticide. Mothers would
do well to consider th following from the
New York Tribune .
The cause of so much disease and death
among chilJron is certainly, in part, owing to
the fashion of dress. Look at the bare legged
innocents, martyrs to their mothers' false
pride, dressed only in a manner becoming to-South-Sea
Islanders! They will take cold
and die, but don't complain it is not Provi
dence that kills them ; it is their own moth
ers. They do not dress them to withstand
such a change in the atmosphere as this that
is now upon us."
JC5T A curious point of law bas just been
decided bv a County Court Judge at Exeter.
England." The questions was whether an in
. habitant of a town was at liberty to keep
animals whose noise proved a serious annoy
ance to their neighbors. It was shown on
the part of Mr. Abraham that his neighbor.
Mr. Mintt. had a cock which crowed 150
times in 25 minutes. The learned Judge,
thought this was an amount of crowiug which
k.,rv..n r.turA trn-i not bound to TUt UD with.
! xA wurdi to the plain-ff 1 damae.