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WILLIAM BREWSTER,} EDITORS,
SAM. G. WHITTAKER,
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bard Times Come Again No More.
BY S. C. FOSTER.
Let me pause in life's pleasures, and count its
many tears,
While we all sup sorrow with the poor ;
There's'a song that will linger forever iu our ears
0 hard times come again no more.
'Tie the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard times, hard times come again no more;
Many days you have lingered ground my
cabin door,
Oh, hard times come again no more.
While we seek mirth and heauty, and music
light and gay,
There are (rail forms fainting at the door;
Though their voices are silent their pleading
looks will say,
Oh. hard times come again nu more.
'Tia the song; &c.
There's a pale, drooping maiden, who works
her life away,
With worn heart, whose better days are o'er ;
Though her voice would he merry, 'tin sighing
all the day,
Oh, hard times come again no more.
'Tin the song, &c.
'Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled
wave,
'Tis a wail that is heard across the shore ;
'is a dirge that is murmured around the low•
ly grave,
Oh, hard times come again no more.
'Tis the song, &c.
olitical.
Slavery in 1787—What an Old-Fash
ioned Democrat Thought of It.
THOMAS JEFFERSON TO DR. PRIOR,
PARis, Aug. 7, 1785 ,
SIR: Your favor of July the 2iid came
duly to band. The concern you therein
express as to the effect of your pamphlet
in America, induces me to trouble you
with observations on that subject.
From my acquaintance with the coun
try. I think. I am alAo to judge, with some
degree of certainty, of the manner in
which it will have been received. Speak
ward of the Chesapeake, the bulk of the
people will approve it in theory, and it will
. fin•? a respectable minority ready to adopt
it in practice; a minority which, for
weight and worth of character, preponder
ates against the great number who have
not the courage to divest their families of
property which, however, keeps their con
sciences unquiet.
Northward of the Chesapeake you may
find here and there an opponent to your
doctrine, as 3 ou may find, here and there,
a robber and murderer ; but in no great
er number.
In that part of America, there being but
few slaves, they can easily disencumber
themselves of them; and emancipation
is put into such a train, that in a few years
there will be no slaves northward of Ma
ryland. In Maryland, Ido not find such
a disposition to begin the redress of this
enormity, as in Virginia. This is the
next State to which we may turn our eyes
for the interesting spectacle of justice in
conflict with avarice and oppression; a
conflict wherein the sacred side is gaining
daily recruits, from the influx into office
of young men grown and growing up,—
These have sucked the principles of liber
ty, as it were, with their mother's milk ;
and it ie to them I look with anxiety to
turn the fate of the question. Be not,
therefore, discouraged. What yox have
written, will do a great deal of good ; and
could you still trouble yourself with our
welfare; no man is more able to give aid
to the laboring aide. The College of Wil
liam and Mary in Williamsburg, since the
remodeling of its, plan, is the place where,
are collected all the yonng men of Virgin
ia, under preparations for public life.—
They aro under the direction (most of
them) of a Mr. Wythe, one of the most
virtuous of characters, and whose senti
ments on the subject of Slavery are une
quivocal. I stn satisfied, if you should
resolve to address an exhortation to these
young men, with all that eloquence of
which you are master, that its influence
on the future decision of this important
question would be great, perhaps decisive.
Thus you see that so far from thinking
you have cause to repent of what you
have done, I wish you to do more, and
wish it on an gssurance of its effect. The
information I have received from America,
of the reception of your pamphlet in the
different states, agrees. with the expecta
tions I have formed.
I pray you to be assured of the sinceri
ty of the esteem and respect with which
I have tha honor to be, Sir, your most obe
dient, humble servant,
THOS. JEYPEEWON.
Mr. Wilmot on the Tariff:
In Congress, July 1. 1846.—Mr. Wil-
mot made a speech on the Tariff question,
in wbich he advocated the revenue policy
generally, but at the same time argued that
articles of national necessity, such as iron
and coal, were proper objects of protection.
As wefinve already seen Mr. Wilmot mis
represented on this subject, and may ex
pect a repetition of tho misrepresentation,
we here subjoin that portion of his speech
having reference to the particular interest
of this State :
"I desire before resuming my seat, to say
a few words upon the subject of specific
duties and a duty upon iron. When arti
cles of the same nature and character are
widely different in quality and value, spe
cific duties are unequal and unjust. A du
ty of one dollar a yard upon all woolen
cloth, would be highly objectionable, be.
cause of their great difference in quality
and value. So a duty of so many cents a
pound on tea or coffee, would be open to
the most serious and well grounded objec
, tlons ; some qualities of these articles be
ing worth twice and three times as much
as others. Indeed this difference of qual
ity runs through almost every article of
commerce, and therefore ad valorem duties
should, as a general rule, alone be resorted
to. But when an article, such as iron, end
others t hat could be named, is nearly of the
same intrinsic value, I can see no objection
to imposing a specific duty upon it ; and
when the article. notwithstanding its uni
formity of quality, is liable to great end
sudden fluctuations in price. I think there
are substantial and good reasons for prefer
ring the specific to the ad valorem duty.
The quality of pig iron is nearly the same
all over ; so of bar, rolled and slit iron.—
The imposition of specific duties, there
fore, upon iron, would not lead to the injus
tice and inconsistency of making articles
greatly differing in value pay the some du
ty. Iron is an article which, while of near
ly uniform quality, is subject to great and
frequent fluctuations in price. Under ad
valorem duties, when the price of iron falls
abroad, the duty is proportionably reduced;
when, if any change wore made, it should
be increased. So, when the price rises a
broad, the duty rises in proportion ; when,
if changed at all it ought to be lessened.
This leads to sudden and excessive impel ,
cations at one time, and an entire prohibi
tion at another. 4 gives unsteadiness and
uncertainty to the market ut home. Un.
der a specific duty the thing is reversed.
As the price rises abroad, the present du
ty is diminished, and as it falls it is increa
sed. It gives greater stability to the mar
ket at borne. It helps to check excessive
importations when iron is low' in the for
eign market, and does not so readily pro
hibit importations when it is high. Forex
ample : when iron was sixty dollars per
ton in England, a 30 per cent. duty 'night
entirely prevent its importation, while con-,
siderable would corns in under a specific
duty of fifteen dollars per ton. And so, if
it should fall to forty-five dollars, n 30 per
cent. duty would operate as a feeble check
to importations, while a specific duty of
fifteen dollars would be more effective for
that purpose. The illustrntions I have gi
ven show, also, I think, that the revenue is
more endangered by an ad valorem than a
specific duty on iron. For these reasons,
while I admit the general propriety of ad
valorem duties, I am to favor of a specific
duty on iron. I will not undertalce to fix up
on the amount that should be laid upon its
several varieties. If, however, there is any
interest within the range of A nserican pro
ductions, in favor of which the principle
of restrictive duties can be tolerated, I con
fidently claim iron is that interest. It
stands upon higher and more national
grounds than any other. It is the great el
ement of offensive and defensive warfare.
Large capital, much time and labor are re
quired in this production. It cannot be es
tablished to meet the demands of the coun
try in the hour of threatened danger. It is
urged that iron being a necessary of life,
those who oppose duties on tea and coffee
because they are such, cannot consistently
support a tariff on iron. I think, sir, I see
an obvious distinction between an article of
national and individual necessity. I agree,
that the ordinary necessaries of life should
be left as Tree as is consistent with the
wants of the revenue; but an article of
national necessity—one absolutely essen
tial to the defence and safety of the whole
country, if such there be—ought to be pro
duced in the country. An imposition in
any form for such a purpose, would not be
for the benefit of a class, (though it might
operate to their advantage), but to the pro
tection and safety of the State. I would
place the iron interest of Pennsylvania on
these high, these national grounds, and
leave it to the patriotism of gentlemen to
say, what measure of encouragement sho'd
be extended. I would not blend her great
interest with the manufacture of pins and
brass ettlea. I sin fully satisfied that if,
instead of lending her support to a false
principle and uniting her interests with
those of minor importance Pennsylvania
would even now assume the high and com
manding position to which her truly na
tional interests entitle her, she could obtain
at the hands of the Democracy of this
House, the full measure of protection that
is desired for her iron and coal." -
" LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONZ AND INSEPARABLE. "
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1857.
A iSoftb . torg.
A LEGEND OF NP,W ENGLAND.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER,
"Shrieks—fiendish yells,—they stab them in
their sleep."
One hundred years'ago !—the hunter,
who ranged the hills and forests of New
Englanu—fought against other enemies
than the brown bear and the panther. The
husbandman, as he toiled in the plain, or
the narrow clearing, kept closely at his
side a loaded weapon ; and wrought dili
gently and firmly in the midst of peril
The frequent crack of the Indian's rifle
was heard in the still depths of the forest—
the death-knell of •the unwary hunter
and, ever and anon, the flame of some de
parted farm-house, whose dwellers had
been slaughtered by some merciless foe,
rose redly upon the darkness of the night
time. The wild and. fiery eyes of the
heathen gleamed through the thick under
wood of the forest, upon the passing of the
worshippers of the only true God ; end the
war-whoop rang shrill and loud under the
very walls of the sanctuary of prayer.
Perhaps no part of New England affords
a wider field for the researches of legendry
than that province of Massachusetts Bay,
formerly known as the province of Maine.
There, the ferocious Norridgewock held
his stern councils. and there, the tribes of
the Penobscot went forth with song and
dance to do battle with the white man.
There, the romantic and chivalrous Cos
tine immured himself in the forest soli
tudes, and there, the high•hearted Rolle,
the mild, gifted Jesuit, gathered together
the broken strength of the Norridgewock,
and built up in the great wilderness a tem
ple to the true God. There, too, he per
ished in the dark onslaught of the Colonists
—perished wi' h many wounds, at the very
foot of the Cross, which his own hands had
planted. And there, the Norridgewocks
fell, one after another, in stern and uncom
promising pride, neither asking nor giving
ing quarter, as they resisted the white
spoiler upon the th hnhi
crated place of worship, and in view of their
wives and children.
The following is one among many le
gends, of the strange encounters of the-
White Man and the Indian, which are yet
preserved in the ancient records and tradi
tion of Maine. The simple and unvarnish
ed narrative is only given:
was a sultry evening towards the
last of June, 1722, tha, Capt. Hermon and
the Eastern Rangers urged their canoes
up the Kennebec river in pursuit of their
enemies. Four hours they toiled diligent
ly at the our. The last trace of civiliza
tion was left behind, and the long shadows
of the skirting forest met and blended in
the middle of the broad stream, Which
wound darkly through them. At every
sound from the adjacent shores—the rust
ling wing of some night bird, or the foot
steps of some wild beast—the dash of the
oar was suspended, and the ranger's grasp
was tightened upon his rifle. All knew
the peril of the enterprise ; and that silence
which is natural of jeopardy, settled like a
cloud upon the midnight adventurers.
"Hush, softly men !' said the watchful
Hermon, in a voice which scarcely rose
above a hoarse whisper, as the canoe swept
around a rugged promontory, 'there is a
light ahead !'
All eyes were bent towards the shore.
A tall lncliau'-s-fire- gloame-d-r — grarritst the
great oaks, casting a red and strong light
upon the dark waters. For a single and
breathless moment the operation of the oar
was suspended, and every ear listened
with painful earnestness to catch the well
known sounds, which seldom failed to in
dicate the propinquity of the savages. But
all was now silent. With slow and faint
movement of the oar, the canoes gradually
approached the suspected spot. The lan
ding was effected in silence. After mov
ing cautiously for a considerable distance
in the dark shadow, the party at length
ventured within the broad circle of the
light, which at first attracted their atten
tion. Hermon was at their head, with an
eye and a hand quick as those of the sav
age enemy, whom ho sought.
The body of a fallen tree lay across the
path. As the rangers were on the point
of leaping over it, the, coarse whisper of
llermon again broke the silence ;
'God of Heaven he exclaimed, point
ing to the fallen tree. 'See here I' 'tin the
Work of the cursed red skins !'
A smothered curse growled upon the
lips of the rangers, as they bent grimly for
ward in the direction pointed out by their
commander. Blood was sprinkled on the
rank grass and the hand of some white
man lay on the bloody log.
There was not a word spoken, but every
countenance worked with terrible emotion.
Had the rangers followed their own des
perate inclination, they would have hur
ried recklessly onward to the work of ven
geance ; but the example of the leader, who
had regained his usual calmness and self
command prepared them for a less speedy,
but more certain triumph. Cautiously pas
siog over the fearful obstacle in the path
way, and closely followed by his compa
nions, he advanced stealthily and cautious
ly upon the light, hiding himself and his
party as much as povsibli: behind the thick
trees. In a few moments they obtained a
full view of the object of their search.—
Stretched at their length around a huge
fire, but at a convenient distance from it,
lay the painted and half•naked forms of
twenty savages ! It was evident, from their
appearance, that they had passed the day
in ono of their horrid revels, and that they
were now suffering under the effects of in
toxication. Occasionally a grim warrior
among them started half upright, grasping
the tomahawk as if to combat some vision
of his distorted brain, but, unable to shake
off the stupor from his senses, uniformly
fell back into his fernier position.
The rangers crept nearer. As they bent
their keen eyes along their well-tried ri
fles, each felt perfectly sure of his aim.—
They waited for the signal of He4mon
who was endeavoring to bring his long
musket to bear upon the head of the most
distant of the savages.
'Fire !' he at length exclaimed, as the
sight of his piece intdrpose full and distinct
between his eye and the wild scalp-lock of
the Indian. 'Fire ! and rush on !'
The sharp voice of thirty rifles thrilled
through the heart of the forest. There
was a groan—a smothered cry—a wild
and convulsive movement among the slee
ping Indians ; and all was again silent.
The rangers sprung forward with their
clubbed muskets and hunting-knives; but
their work was done, The Red Men had
gone to their last audit before the Great
Spirit, and no sound was heard among
them save the gurgling of the hot blood
from their lifeless boioats.
Th, S.C. Fla,c ur
their revelling—a prey to the foul birds of
the air, and the ravenous beasts of the wil•
derness. Their scalps were borne home. ;
ward in triumph by the-successful rangers,
whose children and grandchildren shud
dered, long after, at the thrilling narrative
of the Midnight adventure.
.j,l isrtilan#.
The:'Oppressed §ex,"—Hoiv Women
haiethe Best of Everything.
A bachelor gentletuan, or perhaps, 'per
fect wretch,' of New York incensed at
the talk concerning the •rights' that wo
men have not, and the persecution that
they endure, pours out his vexation at
great length in the Lime Jourual.
'Don't talk to me about the best of ev
erything ! The ladies have all the pick
and choice. Then again, at all public
places of athusement, witness the fatigue
the gentlemen often encounter. Just ob
serve a party of ladies going into a box at
a theater—the ladies all jump into the best
seats, without being invited; the gentle.
men timidly stand back, and are pushed
in a `corner, where they can see nothing,
except by standing up and leaning over at
the expense of a crooked neck next mor
ning, or a weariness of limbs which a
night's rest is not sufficient to remove,
whilst the ladies sleep in the lap of for
getfulnesq and at breakfast are all as fresh
as a pack of hounds on a summer morning.
No, sir 1 Many a weary night of it I have
had, in standing sod waiting for that op
pressed sex, as you call it. I have almost
wished I were a woman myself, excpt that
I) would disdain to accept such services
from the other sex as they do. And yet
they would tax us for the support of the
impracticables! would they ?
.W omen's work never done ! say you ?
But what sort of work I They era chat
ting all 'he time of it. Don't • they sit at
the window all day observing everything
that is done in the street Y Of course, I
mean those who do not ride out—Don't
they know every body that passes, and
everybody that rings for admittance?—
And did not our servant discover how
many clean shirts the gentleman opposite
used in a week, and how often he changed
his stockings, and whether ho wore draw.
ers in summer or not, and all this by inere•
ly watching the laundres's bundle at the
door
• •Making and mending clothes for
children t' Noasense I They ate amu
sing themselves with the children
all the while, and they like it, and
long for morning concerts and a drive in a
carriage now and then, for a change, but
not for other and more agreeable work
not they; for they not only like the work,
^lt'Y
L'' 1117'''': . II .
but they have even the dressmakers to
come andoit beside them, that they may
be always at hand to superintend and di
rect. Toil! The most of them are wea
ry just sitting doing nothing. What
would they do if they had their will ?
Even hose who have carriages at com
mand, at last think it a trouble to take an
hour's drive and shopping and so toil
some (as. you call it) does ti become, at
last, that they cannot even stand in a dry
goods store, but must have the silks
satins and laces all brought to them, as
they sit themselves before the counter.
Food and clothing! I believe women in
general are all better clad than men.' How
often will you see a tidy, even lady look
ing wife, walking with an operative hus
band, poorly clad; and a handsome well
dressed girl, with a brother out at the el
bows ; and how often does a wife say to
her hu.band, your'e a shame to be seen !'
and how expensive ladiea' dresses are, and
their bonnets! Why a girl's duck of al
new bonnet costs two men's hats; and
then the rings, and bracelets and gold
chains that they wear ! Every woman
carries more value upon her than any
man of her rank. A watch is man's only
luxury, and that is often expensive; but
then he carries that for use ; a woman's
watch is only for a show, as are her rings
bracelets and necklaces. No, sir! the
wealth of society is spent upon women;
they have more than their share. And,
what have men, instead ? A piece of
broadcloth, so sparingly used, that whilst
it takes twenty yards to make a dress for
a woman, about three and a half are more
than enough for a respectable sized man.
It is always economy in dressing a man,
but extravagance in dressing a woman.—
And as for food they get as much as they
can take but they lace themselves so tightly
that they dare' not eat much. They
would if they durst. And then they have
all the choice things, while we are expect
ed to be contented with their leavings.—
But don't talk to me, sir, about woman
being worse trerted than man 1'
Thrilling Romance—Sold,
Some time since a. Cincinnati paper re
ceived and printed the first chapter of
what promised to be a thrilling romance :n
the expectation of being provided with
the concluding portions as they might be
needed. The chapter wan very ingenious
ly written. and concluded by leaving its
principal character suspended by the pan
taloons from the limb of a tree over a per.
pendicular precipice. It attracted the
attention of-the press, and inquiries began
to be made concerning the continuation of
the story and the fate of its hero. Day af
ter day the victimized publishers looked
for the remaining chapters, but in vain—
they never carne to hand. Finding that
they had been sold, and wishing to put a
stop to the jokes their cotemporariea were
cracking at their expense, they briefly con
cluded the story thus :
CHAPTER H.-CONCLUSION
..After hanging to the treacherous limb
for fou• weeks, his pantaloons gave way,
and Charles Melville rolled headlong over
the yawning precipice. He fell a distance
of five miles, and came down with the
small of his back across a stake-and•rider
fence, which so jarred him that he was
compelled to travel in Italy for his health,
where he is at present residing. He is
engaged in the butcher business, and is the
father of a large family of children."
African Colonization,
During the year 1856 the receipts of the
American Colonization Society amounted
to $81,388,41, of which New York contri
buted $24,371,41 ; Virginia, $lO,OOO ;
Connecticut, $9,233,30 ; Pennsylvania,
$4,286,49 ; New Jersey, $3,261,46 ; and
Delaware, $249,97. The contributions dl
Maryland are set down at $405,97, but that
State has given largely to support the
Maryland colony, the State government
alone appropriating $lO,OOO, ana large in•
dividual contributions having been made:
Then, too, citizens of Maryland gave to
the American Colonization Society, during
the year, the ship Mary Caroline Stevens,
costing $44,000. No less than four hun
dred emancipated slaves were sent to Li
beria from tho South in the course of the
year.
HAD HER THERE.—Two little girls, one
daughter of a clergymen; and the other of
a parishioner, fell into angry dispute. 'to
mortify and spite her antagonist, the lay
man's little girl saw ht to remind her of
her father's well known poverty, and inti
mated-rather tartly that had it not been for
bar father's benevolent interference, the
poor minister would have been in the work
house. "Well, I don't care," replied the
other, "if it had not been for my father,
yours would have been in hell long age."
INTERESTING FROM CHINA.
The Bombardment of Canton-70,000
Men Reported Killed.
MACAO, Jan. 26, 1857.—A1l foreign bu
siness is not only suspended, but entirely
at an end, both at Hong Kong and Canton.
Since my last letter, the greater lout of the
western suburbs of the latter city, in which
is situated nearly all the warehouses, shops
&c., concerned in foreign trade have been
.consumed. Of the total destruction of the
foreign factories you will have heard by
my last letter. fhe Chinese compute
their losses in houses, godowns, shops, &c.,
at over 4000 buildings—up to the present
time ; and merchandise, and the value
of the above property, they state their los
ses at slo,ooo,ooo—which isprobably not
tar from the truth.
We cannot, of course, know very accu
rately the damage sustained by the city of
Canton. since the bombardment began 28th
of October last ; but as the latter has been
kept np with more or less pertinacity to
within a few days ago, when the English
Admiral retired with his forces from before
the city, it is fair to suppose that the Chi
nese do not over-estimate the loss in life
when they state it at 70,000, of all ages
and sexes. Everything favors the calcula
tion, and it is well known that the streets
are exceedingly narrow, the popular den
sity, the Means or the power to move with
in the reach of comparatively few ; while
the custom of closing the gates of every
street dating a period of public danger,
creates immense loss of life, by any sudden
movement of the people.
To say nothing of all the other distresses
which have been riveted upon them, and
which are inseparable from such a condi
tion of things, the total destruction of the
place, the interruption to all the daily avo
cations of the people, &c., are very oppres
sive in their effects. Still up to the pre
sent moment, the Chinese do not make the
slightest concession. The Viceroy, Yeh,
in all his offital documents, is as firm at this
moment as. he was when the "Arrow,"
lorcha was seized by his offictirs on the
Bth October last. The people, too, are
even more bitter and exasperated against
the English, and perhaps all foreigners ;
and notwithstanding their distress and their
t sufferings, their opposition to everything
which bears the name of reconciliation or
terms of any kind, is greaser than ever.
What Ar"al ege SArntW AGV4TI,i .r
Of the $63,814,393,87 collected from
customs in 1856, the sum of $47,168,850,-
05 was raised by dut:es on iron, steel, silk,
wool, hemp, flax and cotton manufactures
thereof, brandies, wines and sugar, as
Iron,Steel Manufactures there
of. $7,010,622 15
Manufactures of Wool, 8,835,360 40
Cotton, 6,3:13,740 05
Silk, 7,644,846 15
Flax, 2,238,384 70
Hemp, 50,746 00
Articles made of Wool, Cotton,
Silk, Flax or Hemp, not clas
sified, 2,745,683 10
Sugar, 6,761,595 90
Wines, 2,718,123 20
Brandies, 2,859,342 00
Total,
$47,168,850 O 5
THE VEGETABLE SERPENT.-A new
organization of nature, being pronounced
by naturalists the connecting link be
tween animal and vegetable life has been
found in the interior of Africa it, the form
of a serpent with a flower for a head.—
This singular freak of nature is spotted
in the body, drags itself along, and the
flower forming its head is bell-shaped, and
contains a viscid fluid. Flies and other
insects, attracked by the smell of the juice
enter into the flower, whero they are
1 1 caught by the adhesive matter. The
flower then closes, and remains shut until
the prisoners are bruised and transformed
into chyle. The indigestible portion,
such as the head and wing are thrown out
by asp's! openings. The vegetable ser
pent hasa skin resetnbling leaves, a white
sod soft flesh, and instead of a bony skel
eton a cartilaginous frame, well filled
with yellow marrow. The natives consid
er it a delicious food.
eir A long lean, gaunt Yankee enter•
ed a drug store and asked :
"Be you the drugger 1"
"Well I 'spose so, I sell drugs ?"
our gal's gwine to be married,
and she gin me ninepence and told the to
get the hull 'mount in scentin stuff, so's to
make her stink sweet, if I could find some
to suit, so if you've a mmd I'll jest smell
round."
The Yankee smelt round without being
suited until the .drugger" got tired of him
and taking down a bottle of hartshorn,
said :
"I've got a s.centin stuff here that'll
suit you. A single drop on a handker
chief will stay for weeks and you crn't
wash it out but to get this strength of it
you must take a good big smell."
"Is that so, Mister? Wall jest hold on
a minute, till I get my breath, and when I
say neow, you put it to my smeller.
"The bartshorn of course, knocked the
Yankee down ; be got up and after rolling
up hie sleeves he said : You made me
smell that arc tarsal eve rlastin* slut!, *mow
I'll make you smell iiie and brimstone."
VOL. XXII. NO. 16
6tneral Rtius.
Late from Kansas.
LAWRENCE, K.'l'. M*aeu 24.
Col, Lane, arrived in Lawrence last ev
ening. He had come up the Missouri ri
ver, disguised, and as a deck hand. He
addressed the people of Lawrence to-night.
In his speech he said that he had come to
Kansas to stay. He took the ground that
peace must be preserved if possible, till the
emigration came in. He did not want any
quarrel to oegin about him but he had come
to Kansas because he was afraid the peo
ple of Kansas would need him.
Immigration still pours in from every
quarter, and of almost every persuasion,
profession, and character.
A report has reached this place that a
body of men claiming to hold land us an
association from Missouri, have taken pos
session of the Wea and Pinkashaw Res
erve. It is said they have driven off free
State settlers who had gone on these lands.
The pro slavery officials are again arrest
ing free State men obnoxious to them. The
troops aid them in making arrests.
Some tree State prisoners lodged at Te
cumseh, were released by their friends.
The pro•slavery men in Missouri assist
ed by some in Kansas, are forming associ
ations, for the purpose of holding certain
lands against all other settlers by violence.
These are amongst the most valuable lands
in Kansas.
These conspiracies are made to prevent
free State settlers from squatting there.
Sale of the Public Works
The committee of Ways and Means, in
the House, according to instructions, have
reported a long bill for the sale of the pub
lic works. It gives the Governor power to
advertise from time to time for the sale un
til sold. They cannot be sold for less than
$7,500,000. If any one becomes the pur.
chaser, he must deposite $lOO,OOO in mo
ney or State bonds as a guarantee that he
will pay for the purchase. If the Penn
, sylvania Railroad r.,irchaser,
it must pay $1,500,000 more. It has, the
privilege however, of issuing its own bonds
to that amount, none of which shall be paid
until 1800. One-tenth is to be paid in that
year, and the remainder in ten equal an•
nual instalments. These bonds are to bear
five per cent. interest. The purchase mo
ney and interest thereon is to be applied to
the extinguishment of the State deb*,
A Hundred Mile Race,
Twn sporting men of Albany, N. Y.,
named Taylor and Dalton, started on hor
ses from that city on Monday the Bth inst.,
at 5 o'clock, for a ono hundred mile race
without rest or food. The bets weres2,soo
a side. Whitestown, Oneida county, was
the termination of the race. The horses
passed Fonda, 43 miles of the distance, at
6, 12 A. M. ; time 4 hours 15 minutes—
Dalton's horse slightly ahead. They arri
ved at Little Falls at 26 minutes past 12,
the Dalton horse a little ahead, but in bad
condition. Taylor's horse arrived at
Whitestown at 5 30, P. M., making the
distance 100 miles in 12i hours, and win
ning the race. Dalton's horse was a quar
ter of a mile behind. The entire distance
was hotly contested, the horses being with.
in sight the whole way. It is probable the
horses will die from over exertion. Pity
it is that the owners were not equally used
up.
The Pasemore Williamson Case,
The action for damages brought against
Judge John K. Kane in the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Delaware county, was some
time since argued upon Demurrer. To the
Declaration of claiming damages Judge
Kane put in fivespectal pleas setting forth
his office, the proceedings which occurred
and justifying his entire conduct. Plaintiff
replied "de injuria" to these pleas, that
the Defendant had committed the acts of
his own will, and without cause.
Judge Kane's counsel demurred special
ly to the replication on three pleas, and
joined issue in two of them. The argu
ment on demurrer was held in December.
Judge Raines on Saturday last, a week,
decided against Judge Kane, so that the
replication stands, and the case will go to
trial on the general issue, and will be triad
sometime during the present summer.
Hie Reward,
Mr. William B. Reed of Philadelphia,
has been tendered the. Chinese mission by
the President, but we doubt his acceptaice.
Mr. Reed was an active Whig up to last
year, when he turned his back, with Mr.
Choate, on the “glittering generalities" of
the Declaration of Independence, and went
in with all his might for the Slave Democ
racy. He is reputed to have been looking
earnestly for something. but we doubt his
looking so far for it as to the , Ccntral Flaws
cry Land.'