Democrat and sentinel. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, December 24, 1856, Image 2

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CuRiSTMAi h Coming. Bright Lopes arc
gleaming iu tuecyes of tao little ones there's
sign about gathering and increasing day
after day that the season of gifts and ever,
green "garlands is at haul. Santa Claus. as
ene'of oar", city contemporaries very prettily
xpresses it, is preparing his stores, aim shop
windows .are filiirg up with curiou3aud at
tractive toys. Here and there a precocious
youth even anticipates tho good time coming,
by suddenly appearing in the streets with tin
or wooden trumpet, and he who La3 tried to
forget that the greet ho'iday annually occurs,
is reminded of its approach by the titarp
encking noise of a diminutive rattle. Groups
gather about wherever Christmas wares are
displayed, and in quiet hmes arc busy
thoughts on what 13 to be done, what is to be
got, and what is to bo given when the joycus
occasion comes round. Little Mary is ar.--ious
to know what the misterious " Krh-s"
will bring, and pa and inaare again and again
questioned on the habits and persuifs of that
venerable chimney-descender; click, cluck,
goes the peuduluiu of the clock, and as th:
moments tiy onward, bright festive sceuea arise
in the distance, and the happy forma in their
midst, cheer the winter fireside as " anticipa
tion forwards points the way." The summer
flowers are dead, and cold is the wind that
whittles about the cascmcuts. 3-et there's bloom
and beauty in the heart, aud Love si cds a
warmth over the outward dreariness. Youth
invoke upon Age the joy of the hour, and to
the latter there comes u 3 thronging memo lies
of the Christruas-s which have gone, never,
never moro to return, But no Fatness can
linger, for tao coming mirth is pressing on
ward, and will claim dominion over the time,
and lo! there a golden glow aV.ut the fun
eet of life illumining tbe clou !-n;cu,oi i s of
the past. " Be merry while you can," replies
Age to the salutation of Youth ; but the young
need no such kindly encouragement, for tLey
are merry, lively and romping. They may
not know that they there's a "time for every
thing" they feel that joy's own time is ap
proaching and they revel in the prospect.
Good things, pretty bright and pleasant, are
coming, coming soon Econ, the day will be
here when gleeringing voices will hail the
Merry Christmas-
A Btorm Brewing in Franco -Tha Respon
sibilities of the Emperor.
Louis Napoleon is evidently losing ground
amongst the French p?op!e. lie also seems
to be growing somewhat careless and reck
less. In the city of Paris, within a few
months, the indications of popular di-;r-at -.-faction
havo boen of the most unequivocal Lind:
and yet tha Emperor, instead of ma'Tifustirg
sympathy, and endeavoring to provide a rem
edy, has been indulging in fetes and pageants
on the most extraordinary scale. On this
tabject he ia said to bo a monomania' an 1
raiely loses an opportunity for a magnificent
disp'ay. On a receut occasion, the Indepen
dence Beige was prevented from euteiiog
France. It appears that it contained an of
fensive article in tho form of a letter from
Paris, stating that the Ministers had, in Cab
inet Council, earnestly urged unou the Em
peror the propriety, cay, the absolute necessi
ty, of renouncing a contemplated visit to Fon
taitbleau. They at lust prevailed, tlrjjsu
cot without much difficulty. Among the
reasons suggested were the following :
1. The difh'rences with Englaud.
2 The conditiou of the Bank of Fiance.
3. The suffering condition of the poor; and
the contrast which the brilliant fittsofthu
Court would exhibit to the miseries of the
masses.
A Paris letter writer signiiuntly remarks.
A tasts for boundless extra-'. iganeo and
luxury his always becu tho Emperor's pci'-yu-nl
characteristic. The Empress is amiable,
but mindless and frivolous ; the courtiers, a
bad specimen of a bad class, without the pre.s
tigo of hereditary rank iud fortune, living
moatly on their pay, aud eking out aa enor
mous cxpeuditun? by epeculation and even
less justifiable means. It is diuicult to imag
ine permanence aud durability to the result of
euch a system.
Tub Old Dominion. lu Virginia a full
TOtc was polled, and Buchanan's mr.jority ia
moro than thirty thousand. The State has
never voted against the Democratic candidate
for President since the risa of parties. She
gave her electoral votetwic3 for Washington,
three times for Jefferson, twicn fjr Madisnh
aud Monroe, for Crawford in lStid, twice fur
Vao Bureu, cdcj for Polk, Cus$, Picice uad
Buchauao.
O We learn from the Ilolli.'.aysbi rg papers
that Col. Wm. Jack tf that place will net Le a
(aodatff or re-tloctiia, Cict'k to tka Uoua
ef Rr-mauv.f
contradicting a report that he was onccrncd i.i
a cricd E'-hen'.e before Cnngrcrs, for getting
poFseEtiou of ISO . u;i!llc!i.s of Goverumtnt
lauds fT a Facie railroad. According In
Mr. Walker a lettt r, the company he is con
nected with are already on their way to the
PaciSe, and nrc successfully carrying a rail
road eight hundred miies through Texas, to
its Western bounds ry at El Paso, without any
grant of l?.iid or money from Congress. The
SiSt sectlcn of the road is rcaily ready for t!ie
rail; or.e thousand tons cf tho beii-t Pennsyl
vania railroad iron have beer already ship
ped, and will soon bo laid up-n the track ;
whilst, nil tha money to complete, ready fr
use, tho next section of fifteen miles, has been
provided. Mr. W.-dkrr contends, after h
says :i thorough investigation, that while the
Southern rout will by no means be the only
one to the Puciliie, ve t that it is the best and
shortest route between tho two great cities of
of the Atlantic and PaciEe, with lower grades,
without inclined planes, unobstructed Ly
finows. paswirj"' through i':ft most fertile coun
try and the lU-'iest minerals, cf co:d, gold,
silrer, lead and copper, and that it is the first
that will be completed. Mr. W. believes that
the sums now paid by the Government for
postal and military purposes, Cxed on thf
same proportional bus's, compared with the
service to be performed, would enable his
company to furnish the road to San Francis
co, tnd that Jt will be finished to El Paso
v.i:hout any su?h assi.-tanco. From the in
dications existing, it is apparent that tha d;y
is not far distant when a railroad will extend
entirely across this continent, and assist to
build up, upon our Wtstei u shores, cities 11
viiling those on the Atlantic, with a vr.st com
mercial marine, and a great American nava!
power in the Pacific. What a glorious desti
ny awaits this country, if the people are only
tiuc to tho pri'ic'rles upon which tho il.pub-
lic is founded, and what a pwer i f goo 1 w
Le possessed by stieh a magtrllccntlv 'ixter.'l
and united free sr!,v'-iT.
;! v t!.r. C.-nntv Tr,?-
;.: r, t c. II tl e ;:t'e:.t:eis f artlcs ii.Tt-rv -! . d, t
the f -;1jv. i fc-c:iuu i.i i.n Act vf Aas-.rulJy 1
set! ! 1st wii.tr r;
From and nftcr ti'.e pr.s3if? of tl.Tr Act, As
sessors. S"i r iturs ai.d CVL.rt. is ef soho d ;.nJ
rad t.ixcji. ba and tl.ey are 1 tret y required to
make the'.r teturr.s for the collection ffd'' taxes
on unseated Lands en vr Iff ire tlie first day of
January in each and every Year, and if m t so
made by SF.i l A: tesaors and C. Hectors, such re
turns shall not thereafter be received, nor shall
such taxes 1 e a lien on real It.ite : Provide'1
that this secti- n shall not beco iftrr.ed, t exomit
any sv.ch Assessors and C' Iletnr.1", un 1 t'.elr bail,
from liability fr nut making thtir retur.13 aecor
dir. to law."
From VTzzti?
V.'vf.iii:,CTO.N, 1?. e 15, Ift.-f. r
Whatever luay be the p di-k-il r personal
!ev itnS :;i'ei ' ai'.ed l:r.v;:rjs the pl'i.'Sil L P -S'-uiaster
(.icnei ii. k ti.u-t I : udu.itted that the
iiik-roid buiuess of lti Department is admi
rably managed, and kept up w 'r.li a degree oi
prumptHfcss that i highly eoii.meti dable.
Whatever oiife. ( nee of opinion tin-re may be
as to some of Lis more important movement:
and recommendation?, there is no doubt that
die dt tails of his (fiieewere nvi r iu better
order than under bis administration. Wheth
er this is uttributablft to the r-xe.llent Lmhiess
character and habits of his assistants and
eierks, lam not prepared to say, but tho fict
i beyond qu.'s:i'.n, and ousbt not to bo con-ceHii-d
from persorral or political prejudice
lluladelph:a, 1 beliive, never has sent a bad
ofneer to Wa.djington, and Mr. Campbell
seems to have been determined tod- bis work
-o well as uotofiK to sustain the ancient repu
tation .f his cit-, but ulso to overcome iu
mcahure the tide of position that originally
set so stroi'gly against liini. I have Le-.-n led
to make thevi remarks from a knowledge of
the fact thaf the reeent quartet iy returns of
the Postmasters thr;uhont tho country Lave
eume in with an um'.i-u il proutptness. aiil that
the vust amount jf l.-ibor which they involve
here has been as rapidly a ceo it plished, and
the records already passed over tu the Audi
tor of the Treasury. Such despatch, I am
assured, has never been attained at any for
mer period of our Government, when the bu
siness of the Department has not been any
thing Ilk 3 what it is now. Pennsylvania In-
Hovel Views .rom Kansas.
A private letter from a pout! man who ba?
Veen traveling in Kansas, published in the
Evening, Post, says that the settlers there are
confident that Ivsnsas. will be a Free State
that th pro Slavery Lor ler- 1 s can make oc
easioiial fWsays. bnt not settlements, and that
the tide of ouiii.'ratlon which sets iu from tin
Free States, "ml pmmi.-es to be vry large in
the Spring, will eerfamby it-cure the State t"
freedom lie also says that many of the loa
ding loen there, and these who Lave po:n
from the East in charge of funds forth rek'it
of the settlers, nave turned speculators, and
are putting tie mony to a very d 5.1 e rent use
from what was aniie'.r.atod lie Jor-s riot reh
'Ui Verinoitt appropriutioti ; snys it isfotnee
d.'.i, and wlil corrupt the sctllers more than
ti Wt.l in .p tr.ctn.
It is not ay J say huvr much truth and
.'). n.uen pn;u iiec there mny be in tnese
ftaicini.'iiis. But they come frt?i,i n quarter,
and fie if a character v. h;h titille them to
consideratioti, -..Ye; York Times.
Sc-MKTIJrNO OF A ClIANGKS It is said that
the lion. S A. D )uj! i, when hi set out fur
Washing. m. was not a!l v.-d t ipassa station
belween Chicago and Cleveland without be
ing called cut While acknowledging the
compliment of an impromptu di-monstrafleii
:-.t 'i'oh -do. ho said it " was but a .-bort titi
Mnce lie mi.dit have travelled from Boston to
Cn:ea:'0 by the light of his own cScus bur
ning in every village where abolitionism could
mmter courage ctu.u!i t attempt the dis-
;.ct, (lie sr le provocation l:ir v nieh
The Wicsma.:; TEisiiiTOiuns. There is now
open for settlement, the territories of Minne
sota, Oregon, Nebraka, Washington. New
Mi xk-o, Utah rr.d Kansas. Thete territories
contain, nc-rding to a comp-r.diam cf the
census cf 1S50, the following area:
Si--?
"5Sc ,CS5
123 0-22
207. COS
200,107
Mlnivsota, N
Oregon,
Nebraska,
Washington,
New Mexico,
Utah.
1.2S0.G70
Total,
Kansas, 114,798
Tho first named fix territories contain 1,
2SG.G70 square rni'esr.f land, and a total area
of all tlie states and territories belonging to
the U"ion. is 1,0GG,1CG square miles; they
run through some so vent 00a or eightvon de
grees cf latitude.
Gr.Ei.vE County Dr.MontAic Convention
Intrvxtivns fur Laivstn fir Governor.
The Democracy c-f Greene county met at
Way nosh 11 rg, 0:1 M.in.tay. the 15th intt., and
appointed James Liodt-ny L legate to the 2d
of M
tit ff the people- !
Cotivciition. ard i-'-rrd'.r.cu'l v in-
T-iT-'e.l Id?;; to sur.r.o:t the J Ion. John L.
Daw-.-n. f .y t;;untv. r. the ucit em-
1 ovratic can -taate .T Uovcrtior.
Nine (..ol-.ntils Diii-j:anci;is4-.d :
TCCHY A tilerraphic despatch from Frank
fort, under date of the 1st, ti t'i Louisville
O'urirr, states that nine count ;s vote dis-fincht-ed
by the Board of Commissioners
for ditTtrctit reas:r.ns. The vote r-f Grant,
Leteher and Krnekea covntio? l.-a I n.ot bs n re
ceived at all at the tfUcc cf the Secretary of
Stato
The cEcial vote for the two highest candi
tiatcs for elector F.tnod as follows:
Sevens, n. (Deu ) C9.fr0
Hansen, (K. N ) C3.S91
IJr.ck and Brock's majority. C,ll.w
The votes of Crittenden. Tnion, Rockcas
tle, Ilailan. Marion and Rowan eoutitics were
thrown out bv the Boa d of Canvassers, on
account cf the informality of their returns
Thus are the voters of lLmo counties disfran
chised, by n"gllgence.
The ofuciui majority f r TJ'ichanan aud
Breckinridge, r.s declares, 13 0,113.
It is claimed that in the nine counties
thrown out, Buchanan's majority was 025,
which would increase the Dc-mocr. tie majority
to 7.113.
Pacific Annexation 0? Ccsa. The N.
York Times startles up with the announce
ment that new pr.-je.ct fr annexing Cuba has
originated in that city embracing most res
pect c-bizens, with PirtE 1 Cooenn, Esq., at
their head ; that the Captain General of the
Island connives at the plot; that a vessel is
already provided whh- the necessary weapons
of annex alien, and t'mt in r.m tier year the
gem of the Gulf wiil be aided to the con
stellation jof these United States! In other
words, the Transatlantic Telegraph Company
have recovered the cable which broke in the
attempt to lay it over the Guif of St. Law
n nee, have determined to lay it between
Florida an 1 Cuba, and there is very little
doubt that Spain wiil cheerfully assent to the
magnetic connection.
SrEAKKR OF Tilt: IIOUSH G N. Siliith, of
Can.bria county, is mentioned by numerous
democratic journals, as a candidate for Spea
ker of the House of Il.-presctitati ves 01 legis
lature, lie would make an excellent oG.-er,
and the compliment is due not only to him.,
but to ghtriom old Cambria for its rousing
Democratic- majorities In October ami No
vember. To our triumph in that county, Mr.
Smith contributed by Lis efTi. tent and untir
ing C-xertions. aud we hope Cambria will be
conducted" 10 the Chair, ou the Gth of Jan
uary, with all the honors Our friends if.'
the eastern part of the State should concede
this p'dnt to a good candidate and a gcod dem
ocratic county. Pitti'rq 'ot
S?EAnt:?t c? tiii; ' Senat r Some of the I
Hiaek Rt puLtic.in p-.i-ers speak favorably of
CilAr.LFs B. pNKOsE as Speaker of the Sen
ate. If the Opposition determine t) elect
Charles, they had better put him under
b :iins, n t to crav;l out of the back window
aga'n. T:iad Stcvns would probably go
Lis. Fecuriiy.
i57" It, statei that the Secretaries of
V'ar and the Inteiior bave concluded an i:n-
pirtant arrang?nt nt fr tho peaceful rciioval
of the Scudr. de Indiaus fr.un Florida. A del
egation f Stmii.' le ( hitfs fif m the west of
ie jji.ji:rj-.t wnl be sent to l-iorma v;ith
ol
prcse
!a -d.
1 p;-.tu:s-:s of lib.'ral grants
A CoaTtv B.. IUG1-:. i he sospi niicn ' 1 Tgc
about to be created o crt'.ie ML'siisi j i at. St
Louis, il h sai 1, wil be the mo' t costly iu the
wo.dl. It will e ve aVuir. tr; ::il!!i-.n doHais.
will be SI P-ct above high Water, and over a
n die in length. The bottom of the towers
will Le GO feet bebiw low wafer.
A man named Grant, a farmer living
near Blairsviile, Pa., wa3 ftabbed in the ab
d ..i men by a man named Henry Palmer, on
Sitarday P.st. Grnt survived until Sun
ujy, whin he expired. Palmer Las been ar
rested atid committed to I ndiaiia jail.
Dying Sa iiuns. TIu negro worshippers
of Cana la are getting tired of the darkies.
1 movement is on foot among them to secure
the passage of an act of Parliament, by which
fuyitive slaves may bo sent back to the Uni
ted States.
Resignation op Ge.v Wool. Important
despatches w ro received by tho last steam
er from the Paeiuc tegion, em. laming, among
other things, a trq iest from Gen. Wool to be
relieved f;o:n dii.s nresent command
57 The regular term of the Huntingdon
Couoty Court -vill commence on tha second
Monday, lth day, of January. The regular
t rmofthe LI ir County Court will com
mence oa the ddh Monday f the some mouth.
JIHT The Veiiaiigo spectator says that A.
M. Hooveii, Esq., Las been appointed Cleik
by Mr. M'Clelland, Collector at Holiidays
burg. Ife was Cicr. a ytar or two ayo. un.W
his fa be.-.
Fcr Cknstitas ai.d llcw Yers
The Mammoth Pietoti d Double BaoTHEit
Jonathan is already in the field, and is filled
as usual, with lari an 1 spirits 1 P!e?tsre for
the Christmas lL.lliJiys. Publi.ned by B
II Day, -IS Bcekman hfr-et. New York
Seal 12 e ents (postaae stamps rr inoney)
and you will get tais elegant picture sheet free
of postage. Nine aro wot arc p-os.t pt'id)
for One Dollar: or Eleven, if postpaid,
California Las gone Democratic in everv
p laticular. Buchanan has a majority of thir
ty th iusaud over Freinout, and eight thousand
over Fillmore ; tho Democratic Congressmen
ate chcte', and tho Legislature sti.u Is on
joint Lailot 70 Democrats to 20 Americans
uud 1-1 K?pu!licn?. There are two United
States Senators to elect thw win cor.
A Phi-sent The citizens of Charleston,
S- C, are about to purJhas : a splendid car
riage and present it to Mr Buchanan, the
PiesdJent eh.'tt.
7 The Iudiaua Independent strongly ur
g.s the Hon Thomas White for United
States Senate, as suecessor to Mr. Biiosuead.
Hon. Jonas II. ?dCLtXTtC2, pnb'iabes a card
in the Pitts'u:g papers, witU:lra o.ing Lis name
l.o.n tiic ii.it of ''-au-ntiites fjr Eo.niuatiou for
Govcaor.
03 C1. li-uUai ami Co'. Freuiont will be pre
sent ( t the limner i f tl e " New Biiglaud ouckty"
iu New York n ti e iilil :n.-t.
The Philadelphia Loljcr announces that
this road has commenced tho erection of a new
depot in that city. The massive foundations
of the new budding, it says, aro progret-siug
rapidly The cellar is divided by numerous
walls, rendered nectssny by the arches that
arc to form the flooring. The entire build
ing will be fireproof, and the roof will be of
iiou. Tha rapki approach of w intry weather
will probably prevent macb. being doner be
yond tho rt floor until spring open.
i:s iid;
'race: ni
w:i:i that .
l 1 tr introJaco a Lili al-
lowirg ti;e p ople ( t'vxry State and of evvry
Teriltory to ngulate t'n-ir own affairs in their
iwii way. But lie congratulated his h-'arcrs
t!u'.t ti:'-just jirincipL s of that bill had been
adopted ::nd made fun'laniental principle of
ur govi'rnmcut ; an I lie ! t a proud atis?ae
li 'U in the approval and endorsement of his-
1 w 11 eo;-rsr. and that of hi yallaut colle-Jfue.
Gen. Shields, embodied in the triumphant,
elect ioa of the voter hi statesman, James Bu
chanan, to the Presidency."
Tii2 Minnie Rirn:. A proof of the great
di.-tanee a Minnie ride, will carry a ball has
b.-on given at Magdeburgh. Some soldiers
were firing at a target at 1000 paces ; labor
e.s were at work 7C0 pa-os Li-you j, which
was thought to be a ts-fe distance, but one of -ihe
poor fellows was mortally wounded by a
1 nib t. A sheen has been accidentally killed,
iu England, with the Eu field rifle, from a dis
tance of 2dG0 yards.
A Noblb Sentiment. The following toast
was sent by Gen. Cass to the Democratic sel
ebration lield on Wednesday evening last at
aneuil Hall, Boston:
"The Election of Buchanan and Breckin
livlne The wetory of patriotism over moral
treason of enlightened self-government rver
violence and disorder cf the Union "and the
Constitution over the extremes of sectional
ism and disunion North and South.
(j- A Connecticut dame, I.Irs Clarissa "Wil
hams, is now Jiving in her 90r!i j-cnr ; she spins
a run iS yarn a day, and sews w ithout tho aid of
glasbts.
Tho Albany C trgoss Corps havo unani
mously voted to visit Washing' 0:1 on tho occa
sion of the inauguration of Buchanan.
f$4T arra. Francis Lear, v. i tow of the late Cok
Tobias. Lear, private secretary of General Wash
ington, died at WasLiiitc-n on Tucs'ny.
Tl e barn of Mrs. J. lui Ten id, in Orr.npe
county, Va., with a quantity of grain, was des
troyed by fire on the 4tii hist.
3 California letters state that ti e Legislature
is JarJv Democratic, ar.d that Mr. Gwinn will
certainly be elected Senator.
3- A correspondent of the Washington Re
view brings forward tho name of Geii. Carter of
that C-'imty. f r the ofll.-e rf Ca ial C.)mmisiancr.
Tito General wotdd mrikea capital officer,
C.i.t;tias Toys, tc. rc. Parents. Guardians
and otVrs. wis! ing to purchase Chiistmas pres
ents f. r th3 cbildic.i, we would ad viae them to
ca'.l at tlie f.mcy store of Mr. James M'D-Tinitt.
CO- T 10 Cnchanau majority in C 2 counties of
Tex-ia is 0.8 ID.
CO- Gl., Thomas TT. Benton is announced to
1 cti.re ia fifteen places in the Eastern States.
Congress is still engaged in the dis
cussion of the cvciIaNting "nigger" question.
Ancnniiiiop IIcciies publishes in tho Me
tropolitan a long and able article oa tho Ioni
an Catholic newspaper press ia the United
States, ia which he advises the editors net to
blend polities ?ith raligbn in tliIr columns
A Deplorable Picture of Nicaragua.
It i-i .-tated that i i:iuediate'y after the sur
ise of Gtanada, ' the city was pl-andercd,
tints where inseltcd, and u cny (1
them were arieul'.-d and in prisoned. One of
these, Dou Ch 1.11 auo, v;s ci n r lied to -e
the trek of his home, Lis fair 1 ttrg w ife iu
the power cf mere litis lit il Urs, a Lo cut
her fingers to take ofi" her ri 1 gs. si.d snljic
ted her to other outrages. The unbar j y bus
band was thrown into priion, and threaten -"d
to be fchot at every moment, and his wife
at last died of her sufferings " This i?, in
deed, a lamentable ricture cf the conduct of
the fillibusteres, r.r.d if correct, the miscreants
who were engaged in such inhuman cruelties
deserve the execrations of civilized mankind
I he statement is made on the authoritv of a
correspondent of the New York Tribuue
Let us hope, for the sake of justice and Lu-manit3-,
that it is exaggerated. But if au
thentic in all the details, we cannot wonder at
the determination on the part of the natives of
Central America, to resist and pursue even
unto death, the authors cf such atrocities j
The worm when trodden upon will turn, and
the natives of Nicaragua and the Eeighbor
ing States would be miserable creatures, in
deed, if they were to stand idly by, and see
their property wrested from tin m by stran
gers, and their best citizens fi.reed into prison
or driv n into exile, and fcr 1.0 other cause
than fidelity to the authorities of their own
choice-. It be remembered that the Walker
Government recently announced the confisca
tion of seme of tlie tuOs;t valuable tr.tcs in j
the country. How did the mas.ter-s rdrit cf j
thfl invaders obtain these properties, and bv j
what authority does he ofiVr them Tor sab;?
But the other day, and his fooUfeps had Lev-
or pressed th. s dl of Nicarr.gm, and why J
should he now, after a temporary triuph over j
a feeble Government, venture to rvb the in
habitants; if not of their live.a, of the means
whereby they live. Let us suppose that aa
expedition had becu organized in one of the
States of Central America, to seize South Ca
rolina, and on tho plea thct the inhabitants
generally, black as well as white, would be
benefited thereby. Let us suppose, too. that
the leaders had succeeded for a brief period
had displaced the government, erected their
own authority, driven .some of the wealthiest
inhabitants from the State, and then put ur
their property at auction. What, in all prob
bilily. would be thecoursa of the otht-r States
of tlie American Union, usder thce circum
stances? A combination would take place
immediately, volunteers would pour in by
hundreds and thousands, and the invaders
would be nearly exterminated. How does
this supposed case diJer from that cf General
Walker, and those who are co-oratin" with
bi;n ? Which party in Nicaragua ia in the
right ? The natives or the foreigners? Who
are the nggressors the men who tailed from
the United States, with the olject of revolu
tionizing and taken px'session of a neighbor
ing State or the authorities and people of thr.t
Stare,, who are resisting them ' It is unneces
sary to fi.swer these question, fir cverv in
telugent and con sen r.tious reader must ad
mit that the strangers are the wrorg-d ors,
What, moreover, must be the e.Tict of move
ments of this kind upon American character?
Will not foreign government contend, cither
that cur national authorities are tgo feeble to
prevent the organization of fillibustreo expe
ditions 'upon -cur soil, cr that they have no
dispofchi-ni to check them ? The subj-ct in
all its bearings, is painful and humiliating, j
and while we shall d. plrrc the loss of lifo that
is likely to take place, there are few who view
the matter iu an euligt.tened spirit, who will
regret the overthrow of these boll marauders
Our government, it would seem, has become
ashamed of the part which it first played iu the
affair, by the recognition of Father Vigil, and
s now watching the progress cf events prepa
ratory to its final action. Tnjuirer.
The New Teekitouies Akezonia. A
letter from Washington says :
"It is understood that Utah will press her
claims this sessiou for an admission iuto the
Union as a State. An attempt will bo made
by the people of Minnesota, ibmuh their
Delegate, Mr. Rice, to have two States carv
ed out of that rich and Lcautiful Territory.
It already contains populatiou enough for the
desired object. Arezonia. consisting of the
western half of the Territory of New Mexico,
has petitioned for the establishment of a sepa
rate Territorial Government. Tho petition
is now before tho Committee on Territories.
Arezonia contains about 100.000 f-quaro
miles, and 100'J inhabitants. Tucson is the
principal settlement. At this point they are
working ihts stiver mines Succes'-fu!l y, when
not deterred from so doing by the hostile In
dians Some of the mines were worked in
the days of Mexican glory. The petitioners
fi- the erection of this new Territory assert
that, the rauge of mountains separating Are
?onia from ecs crti New Mexico deprive them
to a very great extent of the protection of the
Territorial Government against the ravages
d the Indians. Otero. Delegate from New
Mexico, is opposed to the formation of a Ter
ritorial Government, on tho ground that it
will thereby reduce the population, and delay
thea 5mision of Now Mexico into the Union
a3 a State.
From Kanses
E Iloagland. Es.q., United States Cca-mi-.sioner
arrived in this city last ev-uiiig, on
his way to Washington. He left Leeompton
on the 0th of. December
E
everything w-3
quiot in the Territory. Leavenworth land
sides were progressing, bat individuals threat
en to file objections, id'eglng that many of tho
" squatter claims" that have been boajht in
at lln assessed price, yere fraudulently
claimed.
Gov. Geary's policy elicits general commen
dation. The fcauda cf robbers heretofore reported
about the bead of Bull Creek have been dis
persed. Commissioner Iloagland and Marshal Jones
were some time siuce dispatched, by the Got
ernor, to the southern part of the Territory,
with two companies of cavalry, to make ar
rests and quell the reported disturbances in
that section. The object was accomplished.
Some twenty or thirty families residing near
Council Grove, whose lands have recently
been included witLiu the altered boundaries
of the Kansas Indian Reserve, have appealed
to the Governor to intercede and prevent them
f'-oiu being driven away from their cabins, at
this inclement season of the year, as is threat
ened by the Indian Agent. St. Ixia lie
publican.
Battles of the Revolution aby War.
Some one Las taken the the pains to eompila
a list of the kilL-d and wounded cn both sides
in the several battles that were fought durin
the Revolution, which is as follows:
BRITISH. AMERICA.
Lost.
'70.
Aug.
Lexington, April, 19,
1775,
Bunker ILIl, June 17,
177G,
Fiatbush, Aug. 12
WLito Plains,
1 4 i i.
Trenton. Dec, 25, '7G.
Princeton, Jan. 5. '77,
IIi'iLLar Jiitown. Ajjguat
17, 18. 1777,
Bennington, August 1G,
1777,
Brsndywine, Sept. 11,
It tl,
Stillwater. Serf. 11, '77,
Germai.towu October 4,
1777
Saratoga. Oct. 17, 1777,
(su r r c- n d ere d , )
Red Hook, Oct 22. '77.
Monmouth, June 2C. '73
Rhode Island, Aug. 20,
1778,
Briar Creek, March 3d
1770
Stony Point, July 15,
1779,
Camden, Aug. 10. SO.
King's Mountain, Oct
1, 'SO,
Cowpenj. Jan. 17. 'SI.
Guilford, C II. March.
15, tl.
Hoi-kirk Hills, Ar.ri!. 2o
SI.
Eat aw Spring, Sept. 'SI,
Yorktown, Oct. 17. '31,
(surrendered)
c. O
1900
400
COO
1000
400
SCO
soo
00
GOO
CC0
5752
600
4 SO
270.
13
COO
050
SCO
32
450
1000
7C72
Lou.
81
403
200
4C0
50
190
800
100
1100
S50
1200
22
120
211
4 00
100
LIO
CG
t2
400
860
LZQ
12CO
The Growth cf Illinois.
Is one cf the wonders of this great country.
In 1850 she scood eleventh among the Coo
btciation of States ia point of population;
now sho ranks only aftpr New York, Ptuo
.o.ivania and Ohio. A table of the vote of
ten of the leading States shows the following
res it :
New York,
Pennsylvania,
Ohio,"
Illinois,
Indiana.
MassaeiiUFsetis,
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
Virginia,
New
ersey,
TiieDsclixe of iiEuaioa A correspon
dent of the New York Journal of Commerce
says : "There Las been a remarkable de
cline in matters of religious interest for about
teu vears nast. csnetiaHv in thn XrtUm
States. The list feature cf this decline is
scarcity of fuihful ministers of the Got-pel.
If any one doubts this, wo can send 'facta and
.5gures.' We attribute it almost entirely to
tne fact oT a largo portion of the people and a
corresponding portion of the dergy and reli
gious presses, being absorbed in the ever-annoying
theme of antislavery. Wo now hope
that there is a 'good tim coming,' as tho
bubbb? las bursts
C59.421
400,175
3S6.49G
23-S.S95
230.0C0
165,000
146.000
143,000
140,000
100.000
It is evident from the gigantic strides Illi
nois has made within the past five years, that
at the taking of the next census the will bo
treading very close upon the heels cf Ohio.
Her progress is made more palpable by look
ing over the vote for Congressmen. In Penn
sylvania, New York. Ohio and other well set
tled States, the poll f .r Congress range from
8ftccn to eighteen thousand votes. In 1 1 II
nolo, oa the other Land there were 24,551
votes cast in the First Congressional district ;
in the Second, 32,034 ; ia the Third. 32.4S3 ;
in the Fourth. 30,745: iu the Fifth, 22,352;
in tbe Sixth, 20.275; in the Seveuth, 22 -S72;
in the Eighth, 18,803 ; and ia tLo
Ninth, 19,350. Pittsburg .t.
The Official Vote or Texas The of
Ccial vote of Texas is published in the Gal
veston Civilian of the 29th ult. It atanc
thus :
For Buchanan and Breckinridge 2S.757
For Fillmore and Donnelson 15,241
Democratic majority,
13.513
Whole vote 44,001
The vote of the State is about twenty thou
sand short of a full one As it is Texas poll
more vi tcs than tho State of Louisiana, which
has four Representatives iu Congress, while
she has but two, under the apportionment of
1850. The next census Texas will give a
large increaseof political power. Texas haa
dne well in its Democratic majority, but it
fads a little short of Arkansas, which b clear
ly the banner State,
JUDGE CAMPBELL
Of the report of the Postmaster General, tho
Philadelphia Gazette, an opposition print, re
marks: "It is due to Mr Campbell, who has made
his last anual report to Congress, and is about
to retire from his high office, to say, what in
need we can eny in strong and cordial terms
that he has performed the onerous but honor
able duties of that office with a sigle eye to tbe
interests of the public, with a faithfulness ia
dastry, ar.d ability unsurpassed; that he has
fally met and answered all just claims of tbe
community upon him, and will leave the de
partment in as prosperous a condition as waa
possible for the administrative skill of single,
man to render it."
Wrigbtsvilla Sar
of
Skrioisly III. Tho
mentions the serious illness of Col. Rah
Frazer of Lancaster, Pa , it is supposed by
over excitement in money and political matters.