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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Harbisburo, Feb. 12.
' The House resumed tho consideration of
tho bill to iucorporate the Franciscan Broth
era of Cambria county the question being on
he indefinite postponement of tho whole sub
ject, which was not agreed to, as follows:
Yeas, 28, Nays 58.
Mr. SMITH, said I had hoped that noth
ing would bare been introduced of so flagrant
a character as to force me to say any more
upon this question. But it appears as if the
hearts of the opponents of the bill had been
indoctrinated with the virus of hatred anti
christianity. No bill I presume was ever in
troduced in this House that met with. such
violent aud bitter opposition as the one now
tinder discussion ; and no member that ever
tatredaced a bill had any portico of bis con
stituency so wilfully and wickedly maligned,
aa the Catholic portion of mine has been.
The charge that my friend from Berks drew
thtfoi out on this question, is a happy pretext
for them, and they are welcoaie to all the
' -comfort they may derive from it. It is bat a
pretext however, for from the first introduc
tion of the bill, they showed their teeth, and
very move and gesture gave the moat un
mistakable evidence that their Know-Nothing
spirits were troubled. The gentleman from
ijjrks may have drawn them out a little early,
but none the more surely. It was a random
shot that forced litem at an early stage in the
frjiu their cowardly bush-whacking po
sition iuto an open fight. At the oof.': they
opposed thd bill wholly on the ground that it
csae within the province of the Court to in
corporate, disclaiming anything like malice or
religious intolerance ; but as soon as the best
ifgal authority in this House made it clearly
manifest that it was jxot within the power of
the Court to incorporate, disregarding their
previous declarations, that they would not op
pose it on sectarian grcuu ia, their speeches
t seined with religious intolerance and bigotry ;
and Mr. Speaker, this anti-American, anti
Christian spirit of religious bigotry is the
ijuefctiou which underlies their whole move
ment. They are actuated by uo other motive.
As I stated before Mr. Speaker, I had made
up my miud not to occupy any more time in
discussing this question, but some of the re
marks of the gentleman from Armstrong were
of so flagraut a character, that I cannot suffer
them to pass unnoticed.
"Trampling upon every principle of honor
and manly feeling, he made assertions, which
jire most unjust and unwarrantable. lie
said, that as aa offset to the speech of the gen
tleman from Cambria, that he would Btate
that the only Company that deserted the A
merican flag and went ovei to the Mexicans
waa an Irish Company, commanded by a Ca
tholic, and when asked by the' gentleman from
Fayette to name the Company, he replied that
be did no; know the Company, but he was
told the Captains name was O'Kiley.
Now Mr. Speaker iu reply to the gentle
uia: assertions, I take the responsibility to
say, tLat no company ia our Army in Mexico
did desert our flag and go over to the enemy.
That Mr; Speaker is a base blander upon our
American Arms. In the next place O'ltiley ,
a he called bim, never had command of a
company in the American Army, and was a
citizen of Mexico at the time, and deserted
before hostilities commenced between the U
oited States and Mexico, and again Mr. Spea
ker, it is not true that he was a Catholic.
Hia dsiuj also is ltiley and not O'Riley, but
i tho gentleman in the bitterness of his soul,
,alliied the letter () to his name with the hope
.-that it would make the matter the more odious.
The gentleman if ho knew anything about
the matter, must have been aware that Riley
was a Protestant, and at one time a leader of
the Native American party in this State the
f leadei of a mob in Philadelphia where sacri-
"gious hands set tire to, and burned to ashes,
vHoly Teoiples dedicated to th worship of the
.:!ivinj ue Wa8 the leader of a party
which now uudor a uw name, bind its mem
bers by an impious oath to carry out the same
anU-Auier;e!, aud auti-Chritian principles;
denying to their fellow man a common hospi
&ity. denying to them the enjoyment of lib
erty and property, and still worse than all,
denying them the right to approach their ma
xer in the manner that to them seemeth best
Such Mr. Speaker, is the character of the
man whom the gentleman asserted was the
"Catbolic comma.iding a company in the Amer
ican Army in Mexico, and each the character
"of the assertion made by the gentleman in his
Bit off to tie speech of the gentleman from.
Mr. LONGAKKR said Mr. Speaker
tinder ordiLary circumstances, I would not
iaiui thi attention of this House to indulge
ia a fev remaiks upon thid question. . r But as
the oppoae?it of this bill have labored hard to
eS-e t'jeir position,' and have teen ver par-ticu.a-
to disclaim all Intention to oppose it pn
the g round of hostility to anj particular class'
of religionbt; and as the gentleman from
Lawnne (Mr. M'Comb) has raised the hue
and 'cry that, because these corporators re
vamiuits, is wiu De a suiiicient pa? s-
- port to carry this measure with the Democrat
7 c tae Jibera of this Rouse, I deem it equally
. JmporUat that I ehould define xnj pofwa-i
I must confess that this discussion has assumed
an extraordinary phnse and a character
which should never enter into the deliberations
of this body. But since we have been invited
by the opponents,of this bill, into the discus
sion of topics which are not objects of a legit
imate inquiry topics which are purely of a
partisan character I can never shrink from
the task of clearly defining my position; nor
avoid the -duty of meeting fearlessly the ob
jections which have been urged against this
measure. I have a duty to perform,' which
has been imposed by the oath that I have ta
ken as s legislator.. . That path does not lead
me to inquire whether these corporators are
Franritaum BreOw a branch of the Roman
Catholic Church, . owing' allegiance" to' the
Pope of Rome, or' whether thoy belongto -any
f other class of religionists but it dirccts.me to
inquire, whether or not these corporators so
licit privileges which are tsn denied, then by
the Constitution of the United States, or the
Constitution of this Commonwealth. '
I can find nothing in this act of incorpora
tion which asks privileges which are denied
by the existing laws ; but I do find . a proviso
which reads thus : 44 That said by-laws shall
not be repugnant to, nor inconsistent with,
the constitution and laws of the United States,
or of this State," A sufficient guarantee to
me, (and ought to be to every well-meaning
legislator, uutil the contrary be shown,) that
these corporators are honest in their intentions,
aud do not seek any other privileges than
those which are plainly set forth in their act
of incorporation. '
The gentleman from Lawrence, (Mr. M'
Comb,) perhaps after a sleepless night of
watchful deliberation; has become equally sus
picious as the learned and eloquent gentleman
from tho city, (Mr. Morris.) and now seeing
with his eyes ani trembling with his fears
and traveling with him in his graphic descrip
tion through the most benighted inonrstcries
of Spain now sees looming up in the dim
distance of ths future a dark spectre, which
his .heated imagination deScries as the first
creation of an incipient monastery in the com
monwealth of Pennsylvania. Truly a won
derful discovery of a deep, discerning mind.
And although on yesterday the gentleman from
Lawrence, disclaimed all intention to make the
inquiry, whether this was' the incorporation
of a Catholic institution or not, or of any reli
gious sect whatever, and although he then
presumed that there was not a member upon
this floor who would make this inquiry, and
although he then avowed that his entire ob
jection to this bill was upon the ground that
the Courts had ample jurisdiction ; yet to-day,
since he has heard the interrogation of the
gentlei.ian from Warren; (Mr. Lott.) who
asks the gentleman from Cambria (Mr. Smith)
whether or not the Franciscan Brothers are
under the control and jurisdiction of the Pope
of Rome, a mighty 44 change has come o'er
the spirit of his dream :" and now, since he
has likewise had the benefit of the warning
voice of the gentleman from Venango, (Mr.
M'Calmout.) who informs us that this is a
Jesuitical institution, and that we are about
to incorporate a pest house in whose wall3
the little bright eye orphan boys of the moun
tain shall be immured as in a living sepulchre
he now introduces a resolution providing
that this bill be referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee, in order to ascertain the form of the
constitution and the nature of the by-laws by
which these corporators intend to be govern-
I deny sir, that ibis is an object of legiti
mate inquiry it is a precedent,which, I ven
ture, cannot be found in the history of en
lightened legislation. The act of every in
corporation forms tne basis and indicates the
very nature of the constitution and by-laws
which must govern the association, and con
fines its operation to the legitimate ends of its
.charter.
No, Mr. Speaker 44 the cloven foot" has
made its appearance 44 murder will out." -The
objections to this bill consists not in its
alleged confliction with the joint rules of. the
Legislature, but that it has an unfortunate ti
tle it seeks to give a community of Francis
can Brothers an act of incorporation, by which
tbey may be enabled to afford relief and give
snpport to destitute and dependent persons,
and to provide for the maintenance of orphans,
and the care and education of youth.
While it is contended by tho opposition that
these privileges can be secured by an applica
tion to the Court of Common Pleas for an act
of incorporation, why - is it that they must
gloat over the ruinous, and dreadful conse
quences which would speedily follow in the
wake of the incorporation of a monastery, as
it has been designated?" Why is it that
gentlemen do not confine their remarks to the
only legitimate object of inquiry is sufficient
power or not invested in the courts to secure
to these corporators the same privileges which
they are asking from this body ? The reasons
assigned by the gentleman from Luzerne,
(Mr Wright,) fully satisfy me that the Courts
have not ample power to grant all the privil
eges asked for iu this act of incorporation.
Iu conclusion, I will add, that in support
ing this bill I am . actuated by motives of a
higher consideration than tbo?e of a partizan
character.- It is sufficient. for me to know
that I may conscientiously - discharge those
duties imposed by the solemn obligation of an
oath, - and that oath does not lead to inquire
what is the religion of theso corporators.
The question recurred on the motion of Mr.
M COMB to recommit, with instructions to
inquire into the constitution, by-laws, oaths,
&c, of tho society, it was determined ia the
negative, as follows Teas 29 ; Nays 60. :
31r, MUMMA. moved to amend the first
section so as to prevent any persons from be
coming corporators, who are not citizens of
this Commonwealth.
Mr. GET5J moved further to amend by
striking'out the words proposed to be inserted
and inserting in their stead, the words 44 citi
zens of the tJ Kited States" after the -words
' religions society," In. the 20th line.
Tbe arpeadmeat .10 tb AajoDimeos wa
agreed; to ; and the amendment as amended.
The question recuning on the section as
amended... - , . : ;
Mr. MONTGOMERY moved to strike
from the section, the words 4 4 exclusive of the
houses occupied by the society and grounds
thereto attached which was agreed to. - -
The section was then agreed to as follows :
Yeas 53 ; Nays 30 ' 7 V.
The. second section was -read, when
Mr. MONTGOMERY -mored to amend by
adding in the fourth line,? after the word : so
ciety." the words 4 not exceeding five acres,"
so as to'exeropt only so muoh from taxation
Which wai agreed td' , -
Mr. MONTGOMERY moved to strike from
the fourth line the word, and" fhejincornS"
used ia their support i" which wa"agreed tol
- . The third section was.read'-and agreed to..'
Tlxe; fourth' section wasead and
Mr. MONTGOMERY moved toXmend by
striking .from ' the third line the word. J or
any of the'-members," which was agreed to. .'
The section was -then agreed to. , v "
The bill was ordered to , be. transcribed.
The rule prohibiting, tho ".reading of bills
twice on the same day was suspended,- and
the question beiug on final passage. .
Mr MORRIS took the floor "in opposition
to the bill, when '. - - 4 -
Mr. McCOMB moved that the House ad
journ, which was not agreed to.'.
Mr. MORRIS said, that his opposition to
this bill was bused not upon sectarian grounds,
but upon great principles, which were, .be
yond question, true, and could hot safely? be
departed from in this couutry.' : Tho majority
of this House were about to give its sanction
to the "establishments in "this 'country., of a
branch of one of the Orders of Europe
which had not its origin iu the high motives
which gave birUi to the Union, the Constitu
tion, and the liberties of this Country which
had its origin in -the- dark ages of history,
and whose object is to arrest the progress of
free inquiry, and effect the ' extinction of the
Protestant liberties we enjoy. He called the
attention of the House' to historical facts," to
tho origin of all these orders.. -This, order is
one of the most insidious of .all, Jin .working
out 'the. particular purposes of the Roman
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fontis. J,t eouiDines me ciergy anu meiaiiy
upon certain conurtions, ana its aim is -more-insidious,
and in its mischievous intents, than
those of any other order of the church to
which it belongs It originated in Rcme,
and is wielded by its Superior General Is
he an American citizen, known to the citizens
of this Commouwealtb ? Has he ever mani
fested iis sympathy with the institutions of
our country ? or" is he not a subject of the
despot of the Pontifical States? ' And to this
fordign herd of a foreign Order, American
citizens, if they enter it, ,are compelled to
take the oath of implicit obedience an oath
which makes their Order so potential, for mis
chief, and so impotent for good which sacri
ces every manly feeling on the altar of pa
triotism, and which makes them the instru
ment of one man, who is the instrument of
auother.
The mendicant orders of the Romanist
church have ever been regarded as the stand
ing army of the Pope, whom he regarded in
this discussion as a temporal sovereign, and
responsible to cotcmporary history, divested
of all the charm of infallibility, which has
been thrown around him a man to whom
the majority of this House are about to give
direct control over American citizens. Daily
occurrences warn us to beware how we yield
compliance to the demands of such a power
as this When 'was the Head of the Fran
ciacaus an advocate of Republican liberty ?
In 1848, the men of Rome, animated by the
dreams and recollections of the past, thought
that their grievances and wrongs entitled
them to insurrection, revolution and liberty.
They made an effort. It was a manly one.
They were congratulated from this country.
They established a government, which pro
claimed religious toleration to men ' of all
faiths, and permitted the fiee reading of the
Bible, permitted worship unquestioned, un
manacled the press, abolished the coUcge of
ceusors, and drove from the country the
Jesuits who composed it an order which is
the bead of all the secret mischief plotted by
all the secret reli-iious orders in Italy.
But the crumbling despotisms of Europe
clustered around the walls of Rome, and tne
overwhelming numbers of France and Aus
tria crushed the republic, and liberty fell
With the return of the Superior Greneral of
the Franciscans, came back the black pall of
christian intolerance. The reading of the
Bible wa3 suppressed, and it is now a crime
there to read the scriptures. The Protestant
chapel was closed. The right of religious
worship is only possible iu the Amer'cau Em
bassy under the flag of the American Re
public, and under the guarantees of the laws
of nations. In Sardinia recently, all the re
forms contemplated by its king, met the op
position of the Head of the Third Order of
the Franciscans, whose head , the Pope, claim
everything for himself, yet gives uothiog iu
return. Mr. M. alluded to the Bulls of the
Pope concerning the various reformatory
movements of the king of Sardinia, and in
1852 concerning the attempts at reform in
the Republic of New Granada, in South Amer
ica, and quoted from these Bulls to show the
essentially tyrannic and intolerant nature of
the Head of the Third Order of the Francis
cans. W bile the wise monarchs of the Old
World are extirpating these Orders as the
greatest curses with which they have been
afflicted, we are requested to implant upon
our shores these enemies of civil and religious
liberty, ' v
The aim of all these orders i to take the
education of the people out of the hands of
the State and plaae it in the power of the
priesthood. That battfe is being fought in
Europeans is evident -to every observer -whose
eyes are not closed to the daily developments
of oocarrencs in the old world; and it must
come here, sooner or later. When a monarch
trembles on his tiuouc, ha puts the education
of the children of his kingdom into the hands
of the J esuits; for when did they ever educate
children as they should be educated? . The
prder of J esuits has been expelled from every
country they have ever entered,, because tbey
were a source of.disordcr and confusion iu the
Christian Kingdoms of Europe, -
. Mr. MORRIS closed by an earnest appeal
to the House to be warned by : the experience
of other nations, and to refuse legal existence
upon our soil to mcikiih institutions which had
always,' wherever fastened , been productive of
immense and incalculable evils. ' - .
Mr." JOHNS said that be would not have
spoken on this bill ; but he feit constrained to
protest against5 what had? taken plac-ia -this
House upon tt'The oppositwto; this biU ia
inspired oy oue of the basest passion. -which
ever disgraced the humaQ'hcartthat of politT
ical religious bigotry the same Vpirit Which
clamored around Pilate's Hall, crying '".cruci
fy him! crucify him!" At jirst,"tbe,opponent
of this measure fought the bill indirectly, and
travelled all around it.' Then the objection
urged was that the bill came' within the 'pur
view of the Courts. This position was adhered
to with great tenacity by several legal men,
until the- members - from Luzerne and ; West
moreland knocked, the stilts from under them.
Now that question is not touched -it has beep
abandoned, and gladly too, for- these gutle
men weie glad of the opportunity to take to
the new point. We had no right to enter any
of the churches in this country and iuquire in
to their peculiar faith and practice.
The Constitution ' has swuug its shield Ovei
them all, yet thette. gentlemen' would unbluch
ingly. insinuate themselves into every depart
ment of church discipline. ; .
Before he had concluded, and while expres- 1
sing a desire' to be allowed to finish in the mor
ning, Mr. Morkis. moved that the House'do
now adjourn; which was not agreed to.
'Mr Johns resumed' his speech. ' He said
that te -first sail which whitened on our coast 1
was brought hither, and the first voice which
etarlled-the eagle's nest' upon our mountains,
was uttered by a Roman Catholic-that the
rst blood at Lexfngton was the blood of Cath
olics and -BrOtestants that upon Bunker Hill
flowed the blood of almost all nations that
along the whole historyof the country it was '
shown that Protestants and Catholics bad
jhouted together in defence of American lib
erty that vhen the corner stone of our na
tion's existence was laid the Protestant and
Catholic 'stood side by side and that of the
number who framed the Constitution were the
children of every clime"and every creed In
corporations of the same kind as this had been
repeatedly passed. ' .
In 1854, the Benedictine Society in West
moreland county, was incorporated without
the least opposition ; and all tho opposition to
this bill is sheer humbuggery, and would have
been scouted from this House three years ago.
This Benedictine Society has two schools, and
is in a flourishing condition. It protects the
orphans, ani carries out a laudable purpose
which no christian heart can blame. A few
days ago. a bill passed to incorporate a Mora
vian religious society at Nazareth. Not a
word was said against it by the men who grow
hoa? se in denouncing this -bill. It had not
the feature in it which this has, and the oppo
sition were quiet under it. There were many
points which he would have discussed if' he
had had time, but ho would not weary the
House, and would resume his scat.
Mr. PHELPS explained his position briefly,
and read a letter to show that the statements
he had made about the desertion of Reily du
ring the Mexican war, were correct.
-Mr. JOHNS followed briefly.
Wht-n the bill passed fiaallv, as follows:
Yeas GO; Nays 20.
Death of A Boy by. Drinking Brandy.
From the New York Tribune, 15th.
Coroner Perry was yesterday called to the
house No 87 Baxter street, to bold an inquest
on the body of Michael Mehan, a lad eight
years and six months, old, who died at 2
o'clock the morning previous. The evidence
of Bridget Mehan, mother of the deceased,
went to show that her son left the house about
3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon to play
with some other boys. Not long afterwards
he was found lying at the foot of the stairs in
a state of insensibility, and apparently grossly
intoxicated. His elder brother was the first
to discover him, but no one could or would
tell how the boy came where found. He was
taken up stairs and put to bed, and when the
mother came in she sent for Dr. Harren, of
No. 163 Bayard street. He found tho patient
insensible aud breathing heavily. A greenish
looking fluid was forced from his nostrils at
every breath, , and be smelt Btrong of rum
An emetic waa administered, but without ap
parent effect ; and the poor boy lingered tilt
two o'clock in the morning, when be died
having never been restored to consciousness.
The Coroner used every exertion to ascertain
who sold or administred the fatal draught of
rum to the deceased, but there was an evident
desire on the part of the deceased's relatives
to keep back evidence which miht throw
light on the matter and dcvelope the truth.
Consequently no testimony of a positive char
acter could be produced. No oue could tell
who brought the deceased to his parent's door
and left him ; and, in fact, the whole matter,
so far as obtaining the liquor and the amount
drank by the deceased are concerned, is wrap
ped in mystery. Proof was offered showiug
that the deceased had not only been intoxica
ted before, but that he chewed tobacco freely
habits not often combined in one so young.
The Coroner, finding it impossible to obtain
more explicit evidence, ras obliged to closo
the ease.' ' The Jury ' see'med satisfied that
some one was culpable in giving deceased the
liquor which caused hia death, and they seemed
equally satisfied that the parties possessed of
such information would keep it to, themselves.
The Jury, after & short deliberation, ren
dered a "verdict that the deceased came to his
death by an overdose of liquor, administered
by otoe person or persons fc? tbem uulniovp.
Arrival of tie Canada at Boston.
. " BosTOy, Fsa 19.
- The Canada did not arrive at her dock till
5 o'clock, ia consequence ' of the ice. Her
mails will leave to-morrow -morning for the
South!;. v
The . papers contain some additional items
of news of interest. , " -'
Capt. Long avowed from the wheel house
that he knows nothing about he report of the
Pacific having put back. . -...
- '' ' . . " acssi.; ". ; ..
Russia is said to' have jnade it a condition.
previous to tatptano,the prftposfltioa.
that no indonjnificatio is to be demanded and 'sedM wrespondeoeettf not "my ami
no cession of territory exacted except that re-1 cable nature had t.l-n t.M k--
txcept
quired for ratification, whichvbejjag coHocded, j
she agrees not to 'fortify the Aland Isfe- j
It is' reported that' Austria will pj-wpoae to J
tne vtenuauic .uiet to aaneje.io tne pea.ee. pre
liminaries in order that Germany may bead-'
mitted to the conferences-i w. ? .....
.Amongst other rumors arc the. following:;
That Russia has selected Paris for the confer-.
ence in order to slight Austria, and that the
Austrian cabinet isdffended'thcrewilh ; that
Russia intends at the last moment to demand
in the name of the general interests of Europe,
and in accordance with article five, that Eng
land be forbidden to fortify. Heligoland, and
restrict her to peace purposes. only. '
; Holland and other ueutral powers, it is said,
demand a voice in the Conference.
Iron coated floating batteries, similar to
those of thg Allied powers, are being construc
ted for the defence of Cronstadt.
; A forced loan of 000,000 silverToubleshas !
been imposed on Finland for its defence.
France and Englaud do not slacken in the;r 1
preparations for the continuance of the war.
A new plan for the re-organization of the
Principalities, alleged to have been, presented
to the Porte by Lord Stratford, is published. :
The London journals entertain various opin-'
ions of the Queen's speech. The opinion on
Change is unfavorable, and 'a slightdeclin in,
the funds had been experienced.. - 'J
The Queen's speech opeus with an.eulogi
um upon the taking of.Sebastopol, refers, to
the "preparations for a vigorous prosecution of !
the war, alludes to the acceptance of the offer
of mediation made by Austria, and the accep
tance by Russia of certaiu conditions which it
was hoped would be the foundation of a treaty
of peace, but that during the negotiations there
will be no relaxation of the warlike prepara
tions. The speech also alludes to the conclusion of i
a treaty witn cweuen ana Norway, containing j
defensive engagements applicable to those do-j
minions, tending to preserve the balance of j
Powcr in that section. Ihe conclusion of a
treaty of amity and . commerce with Chili is
announced The estimates arc framed for
the exigencies of war, and a reliance upou the
country is expected to continue the support
hitherto so cheerfully yielded. Tho balance
of the speech is devoted to domestic affairs.
The Protectionists count pa a dissolution of
Parliament occuring during the Eession.
A Democratic meeting has been held in
Loudon, to protest against the proposed peace.
The chiet supporters of this meeting were the
sympathizers with Kossuth, Mazinni, ete,-
The war department of Sweden has drawn
a million of francs for the immediate. defence
of the Kingdom.
FURTHER NEWS BY THE CANADA.
Halifax, Feb. 18. The town of Kars has
been occupied by two Russian battalions, j
while a third occupies the camp formerly held
by the army of Gen. Mouravieff. " The cap
tured guns and other munitions of war have
been removed to Alexandropol. ' ;
Letters "from Erzeroum predict an approach
ing scarcity of breadstuffs.
Iskauder Pacha was seriouidy wou ided on
the 23d of December.
TKB5IA.
It is rumored that Turkey is about to me
diate between Persia and England.
- GREAT BRITAIN.
Queen Victoria opened the British Parlia
ment on the 3lst of January.
In the House of Lords, Earl'Gosford moved
an address in response to the Queen's speech,
which was seconded by Lord Abingdon. .
The Earl of Derby did not oppose the mo
tion, but he said that he considered the Royal
speech as very bare, cold-end meagre. He
thought it ought to refer to the state of affairs
with America, India and the Colonics, as well
as to the fall of Kars. He conceived that the
government .bad violated a municipal law of
the United States in the attempt to enlist men,
and hoped an apology would be offered such
as could be received. He regretted, however,
that there was not a ooncJiatory paragraph
introduced into the speech refering to the sub
ject. The whole speech, he said, was redo
lent of water gruel
The Earl of Clarendon replied bj referring
to the present relations with the United States.
He said, in my opinion there can be no doubt
as to the commpn sense view of the obligations
of the Claytou-Bulwer treaty, and yet it is
upon the interpretation of that treaty, that
the difference of opinion has arisen.- In euch
a case, correspondence was useless, and I lost
no time hi offeriug to refer the whole question
to the arbitration of a third Power, both sides
acreeinjr to the deci
.on.
That offer has not been accepted, but it has
been again renewed, and I hope upon further
consideration, the United States Government
will acquiesce, " With respect to the recruit
ing difficulty, it would not have aided a friend
ly solution to allude to it from the throne, in
asmuch as the correspondence upon the sub-
I ject continues.
Tl, .-.f ronotft Hnindn cf
the United States, arrived but two days since.
and they are not yet in a state to
public.
The origin of tha trouble was this : At the
beginning of the war, numerous foreigner,
ioth Unite Sratf, applied to tV British
Government for perm iss on to join tic artcr
of the . East. In consequencd. instruction
were sent to the Government of Nov Scotia
to consider whether persons from the Uaitod
States could be received at Halifax.
Thee instructions were notified to Mr.
Crampton, who was at the same time informed,
that anxious as England was for recruits, ahi
was still more anxious that there should L no
violation of the, municipal law of the United
States. An agency was accordingly epened.
and pppn complaint being made, Mr.. Crscip
ton desired that it might be made public that
the British Governmeet did not recruit soldiers
ia the United States, and he made known his
instructions to Mr. Ttfsfcy, who expressed tis
satjiiLcUoa after further xb!niitaiis " Is
the'Governments, but tho transactions" refer
red to are by-gone transactions and from the
commencement the British : Government hs
disclaimed all infringement of the laws of the
United States. . . .... - . -
With the conduct of Air. Crampton he said
his government was perfectly satisfied, being
convinced that be neither intentionally u
accidentally violated the laws of tho United
staffs. ; ' ; - . "'
The whole .difficulty jr as susceptible of a
peaceful solution,. and no slight was meant by
not mentioning . America in the speech from
the throne.
In the irousebf Commons, Admiral Napier,
immediately on taking his Beatj moved for pa
pers iu relation to the expedition to the Bal
tic under his command. ' :
Mr. Baillie gave notice of a resolution of
the effect that enlistment .for the - armies to
Great Britain in foreign countries lowers the
dignity of the nation, and is calculated to en
danger the relations with other States
rnjiKCX..
' Satisfaction has been expressed that Paris
las been selected for the meeting of the Peace
Congress. . .
Peace is now considered as certain.
Numerous political arrests have been made
at Bordeaux. 1
ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.
New York, Feb. 24- The steamshiD Ar-
j lanticj from Liverpool, with dates to the 6th
in St., arrived off bandy Hook last n'-gbt st 10
o'clock, and reached her berth at 9 o'clock
this, morning. She experienced strong west
erly gales for ten days in succession, and was
for three days in large fields of ice. She
brings no uews of the mi&aTng steamship Pa
cific. On the. 10th iast.. the Atlantic nassed
the America, from Halifax for Liverpool, in
1st. tI, it. '
The Eu rowan intelligence shows that all
goes favorably in the direction of a peace be-
tween Russia and' the Allies. The nrotocol
for the rreliuiinarv Congress at Paris has
been signed, and it is reported that the Em
perors of Russia aud Austria will visit Paris
during the Conferences.
An armistice from land operations only
will probably be agreed upon till the 3Ut of
March. i
. .Nothing of interest comes from the Crimea
The last -of the docks at Sevastopol has been
destroyed. t
The real interest or the news by the Allan
tic is in relation to the ptevailiog excitement
in England concerning Aaierwmn affairs. '
It has boen reported on the ' Liverpool
Change that Mr. Buchanan has demanded his
passports, and the absence of himself sod
Ruite from a soiree given by Lord Palmerston
is attributed to the personal misunderstanding
between the Earl of Clarendon and himself.
uy our latest aespatcn irora Jondoa we
have no particulars of the reported misunder
standing, as the English papers maintain a
complete silence on the subject
The Earl of Clarendon is, however, report
ed to have spoken in the most imperious man
ner to Mr. Buchanan, f which the latter
promptly checked by closing the iaterview.
It is stated that the Derby party itAenda to
bring forward a motion ia Parliament, on the
subject of the omission of all allusion to Amer
ica iu the Queen's speech.
It is also reported that France and Eng
land have jointly sent envoys to Brazil, to
enlist that country against the interests of the
United States in Central America.
In the meantime, the general tone of the
English Press is threatening and presumptu
ous towards the United States. The purely
commercial presses frcnii an exception, and
the Chambers of CoaHuerce of Manchester
and Liverpool protest sgaiirst soy interruption
of the amicable relation , with the United
States.
The funds nave been depressed by the
threatening aspect of affairs. -
A lady had been teaching the sum
mer school in a certain town, and a young
sprig of the law paid her somo attention, so
much so that he was joked about her. He
replied that 44 he should look higbor for a
wife." It came to the young lady's sars, and
she meditatod a little bit of revenge An op
portunity soon offered Tbey were at a party
together, and to redeem her forfeit she was to
make his epitaph. She gave the following :
4 Here lies a man who looked so high.
He passed all common damsel's by ;
And they, who, looked as high as he.
Declared his bride they would, not be ;
So, 'twist them both, he died a batch
And now has gone to the old scratch.
What is fashion 1 Dinner at midnight.
j and headache in the morning. What is idle
j uess ? Working yellow mountains on a pink
' subsoil or a blue-tailed dog in sky-colored
I conrulaions. 'What is joy? To count your
I monev and find it overrun a hundred dollars.
What is knowledge ? To be away from home
be niado when people come co narrow oooxs ana um
1 bi eilas. What is contentment ? To sit in
V the house and see other people stucif in
tho
j mud. Li other worut-, 10 btj tetter c? lusa
' jfrar wrubr. ' .
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