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'rUiay Morulas, JAN 25. ISSG- I s
•'Fearless and Free." 'j
t vtr o vKit, editor ant> T>ROi'nt;TOt. | *
GONGRES3, 1
• ■ not yet organise i, and t'rom appear-"
are J : f-.r off an organization as ever.
• jitt-nti Lveofoco administration will i
-1: ..n awful accountability to render tbe j 1
•.!<, on'account <rf this failure to elect a | 1
• aker, us they hive the power at any day ?
■ "fleet an election, by adopting the plu
irv n>lc. It is well known that the (
nda of Mr. Banks, Lave on several oeca- (
us 'noted its adoption, but it has always | i
u voted down by the Locoioco Knitlers, i
Si the aid jf i few other factious spirits, j
'..odd a resolution of thi.< kind be csrritd, I
.rganizai ion would take p'aea iuiruedi
vlv thereafter, let this doe.: not sal: the i
nt Imbecile administration, and conse- <
lentiy, President Pierce's mouthpiece,
0 Wushiii'ton Union, :s calling oa its -
- :ds to prevent the organisation, by ce
iling the plurality rule- for which the
• jnds of Banks almost to a man, vote 1
. -owing that it is the only jlau of effect
ua organisation.
The people knots the cause cf the present
■ irg tuize i State of the flouse, and they
*. .i nut fail to place the responsibility to
~trs it belorijiS--G€ii. Pierce and his
, -.en; wicked and reckless administration.
fearful reckoning awaits them, by au
v_ '.raged people.
CONSISTENCY' I
It is well known in this State that the j
T cufoco party have taken a stand in favor
the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and the re- j
u! of the Missouri Compromise line; that !
, ;.jy professed to oppose Simon Cameron, j
.'.id the American parly; that they oppose
-!! Liquor Lav of la't Session, and used j
..is is a bobby in 'he .as; campaign, by wh cii
•-'toy secured a majority in both branches of
1 . Legislature. Now would it be believed
' at when they have the power they would I
c-1 act a man Speaker of the "Senate, who is |
V very opposite of all this 1 Such is the |
fa t. P;aTT, who Wl3 clect'd Speaker of j
: Pannsylvania Sunat®, not t aly bolted {_
. .u regular Looofoco nomination, last winter '
i—i voted far the nominee of a port : oriof|
.' % Know Nothing party —Si in no t'ttfrercn. I
i-r United States Senator. !' U a free
- ;i man and opposed to .La It an sas lull- j
f j also, is one of the sever Locofoc© Se3a* j
t'rs who voted for the Liquor Law of iaatj
..'lnter, and true to his principles, he ap- j
;joluted ou the committee on \ ice and |
immorality, who have cha.ge ot that mat'er, '
• majority of friends of the law. M hat i
t vauufci consistency I Locofocotsta used t
Ms question to bamboozle the people, and ;
icn after it hoodwinked thein, it elects the '
■riends of these things, to the honorable j
•- * itlons. Whit think you of P.at., and
. :t L'quor Law, Bowman ?
Wonder if oar friend of the. Gusette has
heard the result of the lit" spec.at e.eetiou
hi Union Township 1
I; was put on '.be St';"? January at the
Suggestion of our friend, John Ce.-.-aa, Esq.,"
ly the Court, to enable iho Democracy, as
Mr. ('- -• vi sal], to gain ua old-fashioned
Mackson victory.' An .dd-fasbicnei Jadk- j
■oa victory was gained—by the American !
arty—but strange to say, neither Mr. 1
1 essua nor tae Gazette ha:v heard anything !
i
ibout it. Strange too, when it is on'y sonic j
i-n or fifteen miles to where the election ,
©.us held, aim it, Mr. Butruna?
THE ARSENAL ROBBEKY.
A Cotcruporary ebarg"* the robbery of!
the State Arsenal at Ffirruburg. npuo one I
of Gov. T' Hock's appointee*. This is un
•ust- 1 veil aatruc. ibe keeper who
!;aa beeu arr-eted aud bound ovsr on tie
hargu of robbory 4.C., was appointed by
ren. Go. W. Ivi'vcuaru r.f Bedford, a loeo
f'K-o at tbe higaei' swcil, acJ who still holds
tbe cfhto under a dec.sion of the Supreme
.joart, over Gen. Power who v.as appointed
by Gov. Poliock.
Bowuj it: appointed Drune is- keeper over
iS-vcrsl good and trusty mei —and for uo
visiblereajon, unless it was because he vrt
a most violent part./.an, and rusnected of
•lumero'ui acts of ui'ucnesty. Bowman
sees* to ovof -thise with his friend, the
keeper, lor ta hi* paper he merely mentions
the fact avuu item of news, without one
wwrft of cer.stne '"r disapprobation. Per
haps Bowman v.*lies ra hide tbe fact that
i>rane was or.n of hie appointtcs.— Lancas
ter fP'tdg.
B'hw appointed Mr. !>*ane l Mr. Bosy
ri.an, d-j t'il.
Htrritbifrj Tti^ropi. —Tha paper -has
appeared in a r.rwr dre". under 'its ow'
prr)|.r.b'ori, Messrs. MoCiurt 4 Sailors, aadj
pTCtwi.ws tr> be a faithful sraijnel an the
towers of anti LcocAcoism.
iho a.s.g:. og st..l continue* excai.'edt
aid town apfvears qui: lively vi:h sleighs, |
and the mrrit giotle cf tbe bells. '
M e cstract tbe following from a lettei oi |
i valued friend, and would state, that we j
wou'd be pleaced to devote, a portion of our I
#d\ancirtg tl.e vitalwuhjject of i
education :
; 3
I have often thought of calling your -J- ,
tent ton to a snhjeetof gr.'at unfortunate, I : ,
mean the subject i>fducatiou. Wc have
no Normal School to prepare I'eueiiet>*, 1
therefore we have to take them from the
farm or the Workshop. So long as whi.s contin- ;
ues to he the case we shall uot have any , (
irnprr vcrneut in our school system—l think
it y.iU would call ibe altenlion of '
siomd Toarher-®, in particular, and the '
frtrods of education generally, to the sub- 11
ject, and invite them to write short es- ;
says on the best methods of imparling in
struction, particularly in priiuarv school;.,
and in rural districts—it would be of great \
advantage to the community at largo—and 1
much inhanee the value of >our paper,
THE ELECTION OF BKJI.ER. !
i 1
Tbe Ilarrishurg in notieing ihe ,
late choico of a U. S. Senator bv the Legis- '
lature of our State, very truly remarks
that—
"The elect if. n of Gov. is not his i
own t nam ph. It ia avi story of the su.nc
desperate ]olfticians who forced l'ostmaster
General Oampbtll upon tho Democratic
t.cket in 1851—the same, who when rc
buke l bv tl.a people, again forced him into J
Gov. Bigler's Cabinet• ia 1852, and the
aainc mec w!io again forced hiu into the
rnvst important Cabinet position, in a politi
cal pojnt cf vie'v ur.der President Pierce. '
The is l rty had revolted r.t each step thus '
takeu to force a man iuto power agilns t '
their wi.T, and the stroke of that v -ugonce '
fell upbn Gov. Bigler in 1854, as it fell !
upon Judge Camptel! in, 1851. Still dc- j
fiant however, the programme is played i
steaddy towards comrletion, whenever the
voice of the people can he stultified by a.
Legislature or an Executive. So Gov. I
Bigler goes to Washington, owing bis place i
x."t only to tae fairly expressed wishes cf j
iho Democracy, but to President Pierce,
Postmaster G.-ucrsl Campbell, ami their I
: agincs of political warfare.
KEPEALOF TIIE LIQUOU LAW !
Tho following is a copy of the Bill in'.ro- j
doced into tae Senate of Penneylvaoia, by 1
J Mr. Wllsu, of York county .
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
! and House cf Representative® of tbe -ore- j
j mouwealthof Pennsylvania in G:ricral As- ,
| seuibly met, and it i hereby ctucted hy the i
authority of the same. That the act enti- i
tied "Aa Act to restrain the sale oi iatox- I
mating liquors,'' opprovei the fourteenth j
; day of April, Anno Domino, one tho isaud 1
j eight hundred and fiftv-five, he and ihe same i
! is hereby repealed.
POETRY OF CONGUES*
S.mc inspired getting tire 1 of ho '
t prosaic telegraphic despatches of Congress- j
' iona! proceedings, has put the matter into 1
j a new form, wh'vh will answer for tho do
| ing? of that body a tnocth henee as well ae
| ar.rr •
i Bj,nks a hundred and 4
Banks a hundred and scveni
Banks a hundred and uam
tVauts a hundred and "tt-ven.
Pennington four and three;
Richardson seventy-two;
Tuller tti irfy. Dear me!
When";! the trouble ;>e through?
i
REC ate op M:t. CttAMPTOfr.—lt is now j
generally admitted that Mr- Buohanan has [
been k.-tructcd to demand the recall of Mr.
Crarapfou fjr his participation in tbe cnlhst- j
meat of soldiers for the Crimea. This mcas- !
u.-e, it is said, has been resorted to in self,
justification, the British government still at- j
tempting m delVr.d i:? action a not vie a- j
• ii the rpirit cr letter of our uc r- |
iraii'y laws. Tht rcqmsgtfif the withdraw
al of * MiuiiWr, or even bis dismissal, is oot i
I necessarily followed by it .atern'ptiaii of ,
I frieudiy rcktions, htitia the present msliacs 1
! the matter lias a more seriens aspect, be- 1
I cauee the action to waich our Government j
; takes exception to is net tho individual act :
■ of the Minister, but Las been taken in pur- '
i suanon of instruct ions from his Goverauisnt j
J and has been the subject of correspondence i
j between the two Governments. It is also j
; nndersiood to to sustained by the British J
i Government as cut liable to the objection •
which the Administration at Washington j
raise? against it, viz: that it was a violation |
of internationalize. Iri this state of the i
case the dismiosal, or demand of recall,as
sumes a very different aspect, for no othjr !
Minister would bo acceptable uoloss the
British Government consent? to change its
petition with regard to the matters which
have givsu r;.c to ti.e demand fur Mr.'
i Ura m p ton's roe all.
AjHERICAX VICTORY.
The Locofoco and fnreigri party have hewn
making tne:usei - .'es happy fo" a long time
past effr the death o? the American move
ment; hut every now and then'•Sam" tarns
ap "aliva and opf-oncnts—
after a fashion that proves him to have a
much tougher life than his enennsa have
calculated on. Tho other day he upset their
apple-cart in a raow for the Mayoralty cf
Pfttsbui*; ;n the handsofnert kind of away.
i-'Stre itcro ta the fifdJ ,nd the
vote stood—
K<* IVtu Bingham, (American) flsoo
Irnrir, (Druiocrat) 1114
Volti, (Fusion Whig) 1080
) Meeting Mr. Bingham by thoelercr majority
' 3?6 over bis highest opposect
Qtrrfptndf.ee of Inquirer ami ChrOniclt. 1
ifAP.EtSBVRG| JuD- '2l, ISf ti.
* Mr.. E i itos —Tn my lust letter there is L
ami Sate which should corrected. It
is therein stated that Governor Bigler in- i
creased the Estate Debt half a million.- -
This is the the truth, but net tii® whole
truth, lie lacreiued it liif a million pcK t
year daring his term; or in exact figures <
$1,584,3.39 31 in his thru a years. His
friends scetn to have been so delighted with
this sound end economical administration !
oi State affairs that they promote him as
soot: as practicable to a seat in the United
States Senate.
Henry S. Megraw,formerly of Pittsburg,
but now of Lmc aster, was to-Jav elected J
State Treasurer for one yeir from th,- arst
Monday in May next. He is competent to
discharge (lie duties creditably, and is con
sidered about ;.s uncxc-rttiooahle as ..s.v
. f
one of the numerous sy;iiants tor the
pluec. E. V*. Hamlin of B'ayae Count;" '
was suppose.; until within the lust few days ;
to have the te*t chance for this offioe, but
it some how or oiiicr leaked tut that Gcu.
Cameron w is endeavoring an procure Ilatu- j
lin's eleeuon, when 10, ho '-ivas dropped
like a hot potatoc," aud was nor. only beat?::. '
but badly beaten. So via h for Ctuierou's |
influence auu friendship. It is to be hoped
this 'esson will have its moral noted by ail i
politicians.
The resolution to which I before alluded, j
providing for some ibv.r or five a Idition i! i
.ffcers of tbe House, weut over to the So- J
ante, and was .hero amended by a reduc
tion of the number of officers, and then I
sen: back. The House refused to concur j
in the amendment, insisting upon all the j
officers. There is no telling where or '.tow i
the matter will end. I uudcistaud howev- i
: cr, that another resolution is about to be I
; introduced ir.u the llou.-o tor yet anuther j
: officer, and one more is said to be ueccsxa- !
I ry from the fact that there aic one or two
foreigners who now have places, auu who
| can neither read nor write, and cou.sc.quent
! 'y create coofusien in the dw;u oeuts, and
' tire unfit and incompetent to discharge their
' official duties.
Very little has yet been done iti the way I
iof legislation. Both petiHous an 1 remon- !
stranees are pouring in for and against the I
: repeal cf the liquor law of lust session.—
The House has got into snarl on the que .- 1
! :iu whether liter shall retsral absolutely, (
' or only substitute a lice-rise law in it* stead, i
; Wil't- 'tiF, a democrat of the t-eiv.e, has re- I
j phrtcd a bill whioh he esll? u stringent li- |
j cons t law. A copy was futwarded to you.
j The probability now seems to be that, it can
not pu.-s until it is considerably modified,
and that the subject is likely to occupy the
greater part of the session.
Last Saturday evening tL Americans and '
: Republicans when in cau.uk to nominate a
l State Treasurer, passed a Resolution nn.m
--; iinously, approving the cnuvse of that natt
c f the Pennsylvania dvlegatioo ir. Uongrsss.
wi.o Lave Ettidtly adhered to Banks.
Sf'ELTATOR.
No Coi'KT.—Owing to thj absence of
Judge Kiui.ucll, uo court was held at this j
place last wee a and tho busiae. s for tins I
term will bo continued to ttie April ter.u.— j
There is something remarkably singular i
about the Judge's absence. It seems he ;
j had got to the top of the mountain on his j
i road to this place from Guam hers burg, aud |
thee, strange to say, the road became iru
. passable-t}j4t ;ery same road over which
| the sugr; several sleighs and other veiii*
i cie.i passed with set a great deal of trouble
i was utterly impassable to tho J idg", and
( he preferred patting back to Chambersburg,
| a distance of some eighteen mile?, to coming
t • MeOonnollsburg' to the performance f
j his duty, a distance of tiire; uiiles*. Well,
i ihe C'juuty suffsrs to the amount of a couple
f t'f huudred dollar?, besides the individual
' espens? hud Uisappoiptuirnt of t% large
j number cf persons pu?s3ot oa aCQaflt of
: the remL'.sncss of duty on llus nart of tli"
' Judge. .Must" tucho things bel If not
| should they be? Singular, indeed, how
' snow urtt'w magnify in the eyes of mm.—
i Fulton H'publiain.
j A Jr.(?rt.xß Candidate ra?. Speaker.
J Mr. Pennington, of New Jersey, replied, in
' the Hoase of Representatives, to the inquiry
i of Mr. Kefmet, whether each of the candi
| dates believed in a future state, and if so,
i whether it would be a free or a slave State.
Mr. Pennington said ho was somewhat versed
in the Westminster Catachisrn, and had
learned from that th it there i? a future
state, m woich ho believed. ITc also un
derstood tbkt there were two rtat-vs in that
fjture stafc—on the beatified and the ether
t he damned —tbe fre6*nd tbe aLve.JMugh
ter.] The free Stato *as on one side of the
lino, and the tdar© state en the other side;
he believed it wis not exactly a compromise
line, [renewed laughter.] but he had always
understood that the damned side waa the
hottest, and therefore, that iuoM be the
S-rathern side. [Gieat iaughteih]
it was held by ?<mo that thero is a third
state—the elate of purgatory. Now, he had
no anqnairitacecr with tifis slate,except such
ns he had learned frtwu the eoonw of purga
tion going 6a in this Uoniw. Ho knct oi
certain gentlemen who had boon in state of
pflrgatrry here", [laughter,) and (placing
hits hand on his tmart) he knew odu gmi
tlemanpatt prtyirgfff; JPho.uts of laugh
ter.]
•liliDlMD INQUIRER AND CIIROYTCLE.
Vjrreiptateace tf the Pul.'ic Ledger.
I ETTl.lt FKOW HIEIHtSBIRt.
Governor Pollock's" Lectures* I
ILARIILEBL'FTU, Jan. IG.
i
Governor Pollock yesterday evening ad-J
. Jmsßedthe Young Men's Christian Aasaeia- j
tion of HurrisLitrg. The audience vis |
large, respectable, intelligent and appn eia- I
tive. Tlit* governor's subject was: "Man, in j
| his relations to the known nnd tinkntwn," :
whieh heir< atei oieirty and forcibly. The ;
' adorer s was very ruueb extempore, but what :
)t leaked u> finish was more than coiujwnaa- I
: ted in force. The Governor closed Hand
! dress by an appeal '.o tiie par-pie to eneour- j
age these benevolent admirable associations, j
slid to the members to persever in their good j
i work. 1'- is a noticeable fact that Peiiosy 1- i
vania has a Governor whose heart is in ail j
I movements intended .im the moral and re-. •
i iigious good of the people; and who IcnJs '
! Lis contuOMUcu aal eneouragement to otner
' that; tiie accomplishment uf politi.il and;
i partisan purposes. Whatever uiay be j
! thought of die Governor's political opinions j
; atid practices, ugonecan deny htm pu. i'y of j
1 character, goodness of heart, 'tnd ocarues* i
i of understanding.
1 have learned here, from a reliable source, j
j that Governor i'ol lock's name is seriously j
, thought of, in iu2uenti.il political circles ut
Washington ani elsewhere, in connection
with the-:mim;urtAii for the I'residency. He
is said to be acceptable to the Americans of
! b .th sections, from the general conservative
1 nature c-f his views, i".i will not be odious 1
jto that large u;*i.L of the Republicans *
! who are not hostile to Americanism. .Many -
j members o. Congress from Ohio and other i
; Western Stater, aotuo from New York and j
1 Now Kuglaqd as we'd as the body of tiie ;
I Pennsylvania delegation is swdto be !
| urging his nomination.
R&v. JAK. F. Mortars.—Our town war '
' thrown into great excitement on Friday
' afternoon of week, bj the report, that
I Ilev. James F. Mot ris tire Catholic Priest, ;
j had committed a assault and battery with 1
! intent ; > eouwult a rap.;, upon the person I
!of the wife of John Stapletou, a member
of the Catholic church. The report ciruu- j
; lated with eloctrio speed, and soon it was
' the oi,!y theme of conversation. Air, Mor- i
I rir, iiuarod.ately loft for Pottsviile, where |
Ihe was arrested by means of Telegraph.— I
! He was iiaprisoued for two or three hours, j
1 when i.e called in eouusii, and then appear
!ed before Esquire Reed, and gave bail in
the sum of §I,OOO for his nppeusanee at
Court, refusing a hearing before a mugis- i
irate. These arc the simple fuels which we ;
deem proper for publication at this time.— ;
We do i:.,; ucsire to say anything that would
' tend .0 prejudice tnc publio mind agaiutd
' the Rev. Gentleman. Yvo desks, to do him
j justice, ifuuror as usual gives many excit
i ing particulars which would not be proper
for rctuf.ij ar publication at this time.—•
The tuuttir will ooiue up before Court, when !
we shall have a reporter on the ground to ;
give a fuila-'-countcf th proceedings, We ;
have stated this much both in justice to the 1
Rev. Gentleinxu and tl 6 inquiries thu
! naturally a trie in the minds of our own
! citizens.— To.njqu'i Gazette.
i ORIGIN' C P THE -I)A RK LA.N'T RUN"'
! SHfIKTY.—II the "School History of the j
( United Slates,"' by A. liujard, a new work, j
highly recommended by Bishop Potter, and j
other eminent scholars—we find the li- j
lowing on page 121. It occurs in the j
account given of the battle of Bunker
inn.
"It was rnmercd in the American c-rop, !
i that on the night of the 18th of June, Geu. !
' Ga?n intended to sieze and fortify Banker's I
Hill. '}' lie Americans detereiiued to atitici- 1
pate him. (hi the evening of the 19th of j
June, a party of troops, commanded by !
I Col. Prescott, assembled at Cambridge,
ready for work. After a prayer from the
President of the Harvard College, they
i yr'*at OU their march. Provided with work
ing loom, juuaknta, and DARK LAN
TERN'S, they jpjjently proceeded to the
peninsula of CLarlesto>U.''
So it seems th Pur* Intern party
bears even date with the Revdlytiort. The
"Dark Lanterns" in use by this generutSyj
of Americans, aro perfect models of the j
Bunker H3I pattern. j
Tfcf !Hds for the Mitiiic Llae. j
li:rrisbu.rg, Jan. 9. —The Harrisburg
and Lancaster JJatl'wi Compsny propose to
give four million of dollars for the Colum
bia Railroad, payable ju eight annual pay
ments after January lit 1556, with interest
at 5 per cent, rxoditiaeed for the repeat of
tho tonnage tax. The Pen;wylvania It*iU
road ('lompany propose to buy tha whole of
tho Main Una at seven and a half millions,
payable in ten annual payments from July,
1875, with interest at 5 per cont.
They sgree to keep the Eastern Canal
open, and aivo the Western nntll tho North
Western Railroad shall be completed.—
They propoao aiso to buy th,> Columbia
Railroad at the ooit uf construction, to bo
ascertained by thiVe oompoteot engineers to
bo appointed by tb* Stste. with the ooocu>
rcneo of tbd Tiro Company
agree to pay forever a dividend equal to that
paid to their owu stockholders. Tney re
quire tho repeal of the tonnage tax, ffhd
that the State yield the right to purchase the
Pennsylvania Railrcad. '
[ YOUNG 3AM AT HIS MEALS
i A'.iioug the statuary at the Palace, there is
j a frbup in mar lie hy Jones, of
; London, labeled Ptoiemo Dagas, nourished
iby an ougle. The bird is reprcaeuted as in
] the act of shielding au infant from tho cold
, with its wings, while a Lit of something, '
, which might be a date or sorno edible, j
is being placed iu tho open mouth of the i
■ little follow, by tho beak uf its feathered
nurse.
Yesterday during the rain, a number of j
} western drovers, who bad fiuished theirq
i business at Buli's Iload, visited the Insti
i tuto exhibition, and where soon Jdeeply en- j
itaged in a caiefltl inspcetiou of all the j
I sights. By accident, smuc three or lour of ;
, the in met arouud thu work of art we arc |
j speaking of, and one of them slowly de-:
i ciphered the tag lor thu benefit of the par- ,
\ ,y ' , ,
"it a a cursed Yankee lie., exclaimed on* j
jof the lloosiere. "Putoletueiie
Don't 1 kaow } I tell ye that's the jlnori- j
: inn Eagle feeding Young Sain with gravel
' stone, to g ivs him g/1/."—N'. Y Sunday ,
j Courier.
| THE NEW HAVEN MURDERESS.—
| The extraordinary tragedy at New Ha; en }
j is one of those subjects which completely
: confound philosopy ar.d spevulation. The
uioustioua prctjiitioua uf the wotnen :
Wake-man, who talk* a Lout Ler deaih j
twenty years ago, her visit tu heaven, n t j j
bar resurrection, aie enough to amaze anv ,
sue. But when such a creatine, in her •
J assumed character of a -•.uciseuger from i
1 God," gathers around bora number of fol
j lowers who believe iu hor and commit a
i shocking crime under her iufi leneo, there is
|no theory that can explain ihc strange
! bailuvinatiou. An iudrviduai case of mau- !
! ness Joes not startle us; but a luadccss 1
I like tiiis, which pervades a considerable j
| numb cr cf people, is utterly beyond ail Lu- i
; man conception.
Higher Law of the Jesuits. liar- I
; risburg lleratd say>: —"It is Hated of Dr. j
! Bo Bartb. thu Jssult priest and Vicar Gen- '
j oral of Pennsylvania, that when told by a
( brother that lie eould not t:tk the oath of 1
I naturalisation to America wi'h'iut vkdating
; the oatu of ordination to the Roman t'on- '
1 tiff, he pro lo'tncd it a mistake,wad promptly j
| remarked that any piytuof tho oath of al- j
J legienoe to this country whi.-h uny be ID
i ouutpatible with the first and greater ullegi- '
| auee to lira Pontiff, is of no obligation,"
L't-tp lr\H—The recurrence of leap ;
i year ha.-> ciTlelout tuantr interostkig rqiuiai ;
, sctncceof the privileges uttholttdies. Among j
; other thinga of the kind is it mentioned
that— |
By an ar.cicnt act of the good old Scottish i
Parliament, passed in the reign of 1288, it j
was "ordonit that during ye reign of her 1
maist blessit Majostie, ilka maiden lidee of j
haith high and lowestait aholi h"a liberty to ;
1 sticak vc man she likes; gifiw refuses to take .
her to be his wife, ho shall he mulct in the
, sum of a h.indi ity pound > or less, as his estate
; may be, except and always gif tic cart make j
j i: appear that he is hetrohit to auither woman, j
! ilicu he shall be free."
j ...
I T/"'Piie Springfield (M iss.) R'ptblicin j
i of tjie Btli inst., says.—A party of twenty- :
: two ladies and gentleman from R>okfiiie, |
j Coon., vLsitud this itv ou Friday, iu tho |
j capacity of a sleighing party, dining and |
j taking supper at the Massapoit House,
| and visiting the armory and other of the j
i pioiuinent features of SpriugScld. The j
j ladies aoied as escorts for the gcutiemou
ordering the meals, paying tho biil.i, and
J Iuruishiug the comforts of tho trip generally,
j \\ e shall hope to leoord many fruits of this
I leap year gallantry among our matrimonii!
j iumouueemenu before the year is over.
Isri-INRT MAWK VOTERS. —Every civil- :
ized male Indian wbahad adopted the hab
its cf the white man, and attained the age
of 21 years and upwards who shall be at '
the time of offering to vote, a citizen of the i
United States, und syho shall liave resided j
in Kansas six months, shall be deemed a
qualified elector ut all ejection', under the !
new constitution of that embryo State.—* i
FJC above is the substance of a auction of
t jlie Topcka Constitution which was submit
' ted tliy- people for acception or rejje-
JMM.'
mm* + —
CUT.B WTATWEA IX KAXP.VS.— They bave
terribly severe weather in Kansas. On the
night of the 25th of Dieember, tb<J ther
mometer rangol from 25 to 30 degree.? !*?-
low aero. A deep snow lies over the whole
country, and as the people are poorly housed,
and have made but little preparation for,
he winter there unit b) oneh suffering.
Oxs STEP 1S TC* UROILT DIRECTION.—
Oongres.s on Saturiav last passed a resolu
tion that for one week, unless a speaker is
soowcr olectod, no debate shall hei in order
unless by unanimous conseaL Tin last
ballot stood, for Banks 04, Rich&rdsoc GO,
Puller, 31, Pennington,3, Campbell 3, and
2 scattering.
LEAP YEAR—The year 185G is a leap
year, scd we anouonoe to our lady friends,
that it is there unhappy privilege to "pop
the quest ten" for the neat twelvemonths.
Don't do ir "libe men" stuttering and staiu
afilip, and WTveousLy wriggling,
but corcc uy boldly to the point like angels
' yvu nr;.
7 ' 9
CTFFET TOR FKORT BITE.— Mr, A. Broh- j
SOD, of Meudvillc, I*l., SajS, tiOlU fiilet'll
years experience L linus that India d iaal '
poultice, covered with Young Hyson tea, j
softeded with hot water, and laid over burns
or frozen flesb, as hot as can to borne, will
' relieve the paiuin "fit* minutes. It blisters
j have not arisen before, they will not after I
it iw pat on, aud that one poultice is geaer- |
ally sufficient to effect a ture,
MR. liOTTS, of Virginia, has written a
• oanded and forcible letter, .advising the ,
Southern Know Nothings to consent to tbo
i excision of the Twelfth Section of the Dhil
: udclphia platform; and he declares himself, |
i incidentally, agxinst all platforms as the :
| basis of party action, rie believes that all j
i abstract notions on slavery arc* out of place
, in these declarations of political pr.ucij lc f !
and predicts that if the South insists on the
Twelfth Article, the American Order will
. become a merely sectional party anu be de* \
, feated in tvory Northern State.
!■ , :
| Eccentric L Man of Enterprise. —One '
, of the pioneers in laying out the cities of'
| Chicago, Milwaukee, Janesville, and other ,
j western cities, recently stated that be had
| never seen a railroad car or a telegraph j
j wire. "I'm a little too fast for your rail
| roads and telegraphs," said he : "they can't
keep up with me." lie was intending to
j go to the Pacific shore iu Oregon anJ lay a
| eity, where possibly the i uilraad arid tele
: graph may yet overtake him-
K7*Buwring, the English envoy to China :
' has niude a report oii the vital statistics of j
| China, giving that empire a population of,
j 400,000,000. K'ungsu, tha largest of the ;
| eighteen provinces, has a population of over j
| 37,000,000.
Paper Mill Burnt — Cuim.bi rsb.irj, j
| I'a., Jan. 10.-—A largo straw-paper mill, !
; belonging u Jacob Heyser, at this place, to- j
, get her with out-buildings, <fc*., was entirely I
I consumed by the fire last 1 ist night. Loss j
I about S 18.000, partly insured.
ZJf~~ The far-famed Fanny Fern, whos > j
reii name is, or was, Mrs. Sarah Fay sou j
! Epindge, was married ou Saturday last, in i
Now \ork, to Mr. Jaiues I'urtou a literary ;
| gentlemen of soma celebrity and author of j
j the popular Life ot Horace Greely.
2-T°"Th<ire are 000 miles ef streets and
1,000 miles of payrneuts in New York.—
, The Tribune estimates the coast of freeing !
| these latter from the snow tqit fell 014 Sat- j
i ..rdav at 550,100
I t
ujp" The C.uc:;:.',t Svn says that sneh is 1
I the stagnation' of business in that city, that j
I are over ten thousand applications for j
j relief from tho public diarchies.
l'cr the Inquirer and Chronicle. !
The Capture of the Gj-c.ii •
MR. EblTA...— I will lnioriti you Q(' the !
Capture of the great serpent that has infest- :
leJ Lnion Lowuship, for tho last thirteen ■
i years. This reptile got i's noarishtU 'Ot by !
j sucking the blood from tue veins of n* op- j
; poueuu. it was called by its friends, '-Do- ,
j luoorucy," by others, ••Tyranny." I have •
I examined the history of the Croatian, an 1 '
I cau.ut fi.ii upy account of such an aoitu.tl, j
! so, tor my* part, 1 am at * loss of mui.tig it. j
j I: inhabited in the rocks and dark corners, •
! an 1 would come oat in different forms, at i
different seison, ah mt clectious, sometimes i
j like a duve, uui would be as geytie as a j
latuh, but aiterwards it would come like a i
hissing viper, and would go about-like a :
roaring hou, seeking whom it might devour;
the bite tiiereo; was like that of an adjer, 1
tha sting ot its tail vyas worse than that ot !
a scorpion. It hul bitten agreit iniuy of j
the inn ibitauts, and thev got so poor that j
they could Hardly maintain their families.
Tnero bad been a day appointed every !
>1 irah, by the common wealth, to destroy this
reptile hut it could ucv r he accomplished, i
as it had fourteen heads, and if they could '
not utarly all be cut off at a tiuii it would
uut die. There lud often beeu from one to i
two and sometimes throe of its heads cut 1
off, but by Che uext year they would grow
on agiiu, and it was given up thai this de- :
mm could not be con juereu —but in 1551,!
there was a traveler came through this eoun- j ,
try, who Came from the Kisf, and called j
himself BAM, who heard of this demon, and
he Slid that Ire had conquered the Earope- i
an power iu 17715, and that he believed ha
could dtstroy this reptile also, and 011 'be
16 lb diy of Marcli, 1M55, he. with the
sward of Washington, with one blow, smote (
all its heads off but oue small one, that at
that tiau could not be got iu range. 80 all j ,
the heads that were smitten off Hew 4 good
ways, but one of the large ones did cut fly 1 :
as far as the rmt, so its friends Contended I
that it was not cut off fairly, and they peti- j '
tionol to the uext Court of Quarter Be*-! <
sious to have its head put on again. The ' '
Court examined tho matter and said its ! .
1 bead wis off aud wis about to confirm the f
matter, as it was fair, but they prayed iho ! 1
Court to appoint commissioners to go on the I
1 grour.d and examine the weapons and the 1 1
1 whole matter, which the Court did, grant.— 1
The commissioners came to the ground and j :
examined the whole circumstance, and made
return to the next Court, hut before the I 1
Court came on its friends petitioned to have j
a new trial ir. the Towoship, which was do- ;
cided tu be held oil the Bth of January,' j
1 1856, and on that day they were all assem- j
bled together, both young and old, rich ;
and poor, bishops and priests, kings and j
queens. About the time they thought t!*ey 1
liad it on, SAM cauxi along again, and gave 1
it such a deadly blow that it has sunk to rim
no more. This animal has been very bur- J
densomo to its opponents who would not |
worship its image, i receive its mark it* ;
their foreheads. Whibu it was alive it j,
gained its living eff Ipdni. and since i-, fins •
been Ivlieadcd,'' its i trying to put!
its h'.'uiT on agiijn, have brought ff?£ Town* .
ship "info sparge cost, which
Lars to pa' c<j,ua!.share with its friends.
Sam'S Nephew,
Wo learn ironi K-m-m the rumor, (,f
another outbreak, which i* said to have ec
' eorred at Kasten on the day of ihe i , e 'i
Soil election. Une pro sl.vv cry *nd ss.ttfa
abolition in; are reported tilh-j 'p;
body of Barber, lately shot by the ireHV,
force, bus been exhumed aad boa tud i
1 public funeral at Liwrence. Sevc -.j
! tary companies w.nt in proc-ss.on, aj >d af
j tei a eulogy on the deceased, prooiao ll
j by Gen. Eobnisoti, lirij a salute ova r t tj..
j t' r;iV,s -
W anted to Die.— a gentleman pastng
' along Liberty street, Dittsburg, latest ai-iit
j discovered a uxta ly ing on the railroad u a ..V
: Suppci-iug him to be drunk, be went to rr
j move htm, when ho fonnd hku jrfct; v
j sohrr, and earrieslly engaged in prayer.—
' When he warned him of his danger ; ! ;j
replied that he was friendless aud peuuiles
and tired of life, and wished to lie t!,.-re t j
be koiwd bv thu train. 11c wag {riven in
i charge of a watchman
Miss JuSFFIINr: M. lftNKl.tr, of S.,r
--1 folk, authoress of "Disclosures of •. N' u ., •
1 was married in Weldon, N. C., on M>n i. .
j of last week, to Dr. S. Andrews, of Pertu.
; Atsbov, N. J.
i "
? / ihe Londci eit*? mentions a rumor
that thu Uussian Oovernment is about to
emancipat c the i.crfs,not only of theCroiru
biK of thu whole ciuf>irc.
TW E NTY -N IN Til VOLV ME.
This paper commences tho 291h volume
j nr.d t!ie 7th year, since we became eotiuect
•ed with it, as editor and proprict.;-. We
have labored hard for our pu ty, aui tried
; to publi ;lt a qiaper that wouli mete with
j tiie approbation of our frieadv. h,,.y f ;r
j we have succeedc 1 we leave them to s iv.
IVc couuuenced jKcr, atid freq icritly with
i in that tiiii'j, have hardly hid one cJc.-oi :
j rob against aantucr, and wire eom-iillej t.
} borrow money to carry on our businc ;.; as
j it is ouo of the most expensive in eii:-
• tuuee. Di, also well knouu that about a
j ytar and a half ago, we purchased tie
j "Cbrouiole." and united it to the "Iti jui
: rer." involving ourself to tiic amount of
I sluoo. Dart of this sum has I eu paid,
j but we still owe 5500, which falls due on
j tho first day of April next, and we have as
• yet not a dollar to meet it with. We Lave
j heen thus explicit :n stating our private af
; fairs, so that tnoic indebted to us may know
| our circumstances, aud our uecd <d'a iiul,>
ot the "root." Now we inve a uuiuber of
subscribers who owe us from two years uo
to six, who if ti.ey would piy us would help
us "'it of the/crape. Our Lieu is know -nr.
terms, $2,00, if paid within tin--ear, c.
•who owe us, if they settle
I thl. and February 'Cnort, we w'il square iff
; at the rate of fd.oo a year, and t • tlm
who let it run over that time, wo will !u,y c
ito OXH •t sd. I'O off them. We do not iii
; teuu these reuiirks to apply to any of tho,.'
I true tneeds oi burs who every tear -t • >
i greet us with their cash and good will, for
j had it not been fur them, we could not have
! gut along at all. Our remarks are intend
|<3 i for all others wa > owe iv. Til.- p- •
I been an ahandant harvest, prices lor a'.i
kind of produce has Let;, high, and vvs
j tliink there are none but can nv, come for
'• ward and pay what lie owe*. We iu mi
i earnestly hope our friends will us.ea 1 to
i our Wants wi'hout dt-lay-
Jan. 4, 1850.
mahlhtei> s
At YVoodberrv, Bedford Douuty, ~n
Tuesday morning last,' by the Itev.'Wui.
.Meiuiugor, Col Joun F. Lqwky. of M .
tiinaburu, Blair County, to Miss Mary T.
BakNUOLLar, daughteV of Geo. it. Barn
dollar Esq., of the former place.
Ou the Bth inst.. at the Lutheran IGr
souage, by the Kov. Loy 1 Knight; Mr.
Henry Hekr to Miss Aravilla Hannx
iiu.n, both ot HolliJaidburir.
At the same place, by the same, on the
Ihth inst., Mr. W>t. C. Klan to Mis
Anna M. Laklr, both of Holiidaysburg.
On Tuesday, the 3rd inst.yby the Rer. J.
Fiehtuer, Mr. SaMI LL 8. IfIoDLK, of Bed
ford Co., to Miss Harriet Bpaso of Blair
Co.
On the 13th it;st., at the Bedfiud Hotel fc
by H. Nicodenius, Esq.. Mr. Juhn A. llais-
MLR to Miss E. Andrew, both of St. Ciair
Township.
DIEX>.
v\ few days ago, in McCouaeJfsburg, Ful
ton County, Da., John Jordan, E-q., an
old and respected einxcn of that County.
On the 6th inst., at his residence in South
Woodbery Tbwnship. Mr. David SrovEU,
aged 60 years and 20 days.
Iti November last, in South Woodbtry'
Township, .Miss Nancy Stoker, agud 1J
yeaaa and 20 days.
Or the 15th of December last, Mrs.
Bach Kb Zimmlrs, aged G1 years, 8 mouths
and 4 days.
Tbo deceased had for. upwards pf fort;,
years, been a devoted member of the LutL-*
eran Church. She was kind avid"affection
ate in her disposition, npd her loss will be
severely kit by her rclalivcis aixl acquain
tances.
In Bloody J'an.on thul>ffi iust.,Qf:oaor,
son of Ciptuin Wlliaui and Anna Sut*<,
agod 3 yn r "> months and 27 dare.
•Qh, Qeiirfui thou !uat Lift us;
Thy fate wu iltpTorks
Grim death has Ltrcft Yia.—
We joe thee no mora.
Too fondly wg lovad thuo.
.Thou dour HttK* boy;
/ftsv often thy heart's g!ea
lis* fillci us with joy.
Jhy iunooent tattle
• Still soonds in our ears; -
SV hep thy sweet pr.mb.v ~. 1
Stmvirsir.g thy ye iff.
•Ar tho still summer eve,
>' > c tim was uvy ikstfc,
But a stcde and a Heave,
AnJ liit.. ooaard to breathe."' [2s<cA-