JIBR WHHIWfIf. BEDFORD, Pa. Ki-tday Jlornfnjf, llaj '2. "Fearless and Free." DAVID OVKR, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. FOR PRESIDENT; MILLIRR FILLMORE, OP NEW YORK. FOR VICE PRESIDENT: ANDREW JACKSON IMINELSON OP TENNESSEE. mm TICKET. Canal Commissioner : THOMAS E. COCHRAN, Of York County. .tudiior General: DARWIN PHELPS, Of Armstrong County. Surveyor General BARTHOLOMEW- LA PORTE, Of Bradford County. Shame! Shame! [[.'/"Read tho communication of our friend, Mr. Ws. GRIFFITH, in relation to to the Lost Ciiildreu, and the slander in the last Gazette. Mr. Griffith is one of the most intelligent men in the County, and only lives II miles from. Mr. Cox, and conse quently is acquainted with all the facts in j the case. lie also was on the hunt the whole time, until they were found, lie places Mr. Bowman in rather an unenvia ble position, and from which he will not bo able to extricate himself. During the whole time the people in all sections of the County were intensely ex cited on the subject, and when persons from all parts wrre 011 the hunt of the children t-he Bedford Gazette, was silent, and did j not notice them, or use any influence what- ■ ever towards finding tiiein. And only on j the day on which they were found, publish- | ed a simple notice offering a reward by cer- j tain citizens for their reaovery, which Bow - j man was forced into publishing. And then last wees he couies out with a lying slander j *.liat the "Know Nothings" bad reported j ♦hat they were stolen by a Catholic lnstitu- | tiisH to make-Nuns' of them ! We think he lias overshot the mark, and the recoil will he on his own head. One of our hands was on the hunt for four days, with our appro val, and we nurself would have goue had not our official duties prevented it. The Ga zette was nearly filled up with standing ad vertisementHe had three hands in his office—and two of them could have set up all the matter, and worked the edition off easily in four days, and yet, because one o! them who was not actually needed, went out a few days hunting for flic poor little suf ferers, Bowman TURNED HIM OFF !! ! ] So much for his fetlin r ou the subject, i which agitated the breasts of every humane man .woman and child in the County. And now he hopes to make capital out of this heart-rending circumstance, and libels the iiest men in the county. But this is char acteristic of the fellow! He last week tells a ban faced tie on Mr. Jordan, which he knew to be so, for he was in the Court House at the time! We say shanje ! shame ! on the professing Christian who would do this! We say shaiu.;! shame ! on ons l who would take the wacramcnt with these sins sticking to him like the spirit of eril." Is it any wonder the cause of Christianity suffers, with hypocrisy so vile hanging to its skirts ? Shane' shame! But we are digressing.— Head the communication of Mr. Griffith, in another column. "POLITICAL TEMPERANCE EXEM PLIFIED!" In the Gizotfe of last week, ami under lite above title, is one of the most mijnst and contemptible articles we have seen for many r. day. The court at list term bud under consideration the question whet Iter or not it would grant a license to Mr. John G Minnie!:, of this place, under tho new license law, for an Eating House,-with priv ilege to sell ale and beer. The Court cal led pn d'fferoit persons present, and among others on Mr. Jordan, for their views as to the propriety of granting the license. Mr. Jordan stated to the court that he presumed his views upon the subjsct were pretty well known to be adverse to all sack establish ment? selling liquors of any kind. The court replied that it did not want his indi vidual views on the subject, but Lis views as to whether the peuding application was within the meaning of the new law. To this Mr. Jordan sai I he had no hesitation ia saying that be considered the application within bath the letter and spirit of the law. That Mr. Minnick was an unexcep tionable man, and the law provided for one fi.urtu as many Eating Houses as Taverns hi each county; and that if this applica tion of Mr. Minnick tor such an establish ment at the county seat, auu at the largest town in the county did not couio within tho jaw, be could not conceive what would, or where the applications could come from.— Tfepse age substantially the facts as they transpired, in the presence of the editor of the (lazette , and perhaps thirty other wit nesses-, and yet the Gazette, as an excuse tor an attack upon Mr. Jordan, wilfully and deliberately misstates what occurred, and substitutes something else to suit its own base purposes of vilification, and then rails out at Mr. Jordan for what it calls in consistency ! if partizau recklesness and meanness can go further than this, we would like to see them the effort. EFTVe call attention to the advertise ment 01 Capt. JOHN ARNOLD, in to-days ! paper, lie has removed his Hardware store to the new frame building, oi:c door East of the Rising Sun Tavern stand.— The Captain has lately returned from the East with a splendid assortment of hard waie, and as he is an excellent mechanic himself, he is a good judge of the (|U:lity of all kinds of edge tools, Ac. Give him a c-.1l- For the inquirer and Chronicle. BRUTAL OUTRAGE. On the next morning after Mr. ('ox's children were lost, their tracks were found ascending the Allegheny Mountain, ,tlun again on the summit, and lastly between the resilience of a Catholic citizen of Cambria County, and the place where he and a part of his family were at work. When re quested to send his son to solicit assistance from the Cambria settlement and Jefferson, lie refused to do so, and Bedford County men had lo be sent for that purpose. Day after day, hundreds of men and women were engaged in hunting in the viciuity, some of them coming more than twenty miles to assist in the searcli, while our Cam bria friend, though often requested, refused to assist in hunting round his own fences ; | this some thought a little cool. | After thus speuding a number of days | without fiudiug any further tracks or signs I of the children, some persons began to de -1 .*pair of success, and conjecture what could | have become of the children. Some | thought they might have been stolen by gi{>- ! sies, iu order to get something for finding i them by a prcteuded mysterious art. This I argument was not considered plausible, in asmuch as Mi. COX was poor, and could ! not be expected to command any eensider- I able amount of money. By others it was | whispered that Cox might have murdered j thetn, and a notorious individual of Cambria ! County soon after attacked Mr. Cox with insulting questions, charging him with be ing only the step father of the children and not their parent —alleging that they had a large fortune due them, and that he had murdered them in order to get their money. To this charge some one replied that no one acquainted with Mr. Cox would believe such a story, and added, that he would rather believe that some Catholic of ' Cambria County had picked them up and | concealed them, in order to place theui in jan institution recently chartered iu that ' County, and by the Bedford Gazette styled a ''School foi Orphan Boys," and gave as j a reason for that opinion, their tracks, and | the indifference manifested by some persons ; uf that fraternity—and I leave the reader j to judge which of the opinions was most plausible and humane. While the friends and sympathizers of Mr. Cox and his distressed family continued j the search for the lost children, his pei*e j cutors went away circulating the report that !he had doubtless murdered them. The j report soon reached Jefferson, Johns t town, Ebensburg, Ilollidaysburg, Newry nr.d other places, and by it, hundreds of : persons on tueir way or preparing to come to join in the searcli were dissuaded from j coming, leaving the number engaged in search insufficient to find the children till after they had perished. No one acquaint ed with the facts can doubt that the loss of the children's lives is attributable to such a cause. This attained, it might be suppo sed that the mischievous designs of a fieud would be satiated, but it appears not so. There appeared a chance to make a little political capital, though to accomplish it> j it required that truth aud humanity should be stabbed and bled afresh ; so a news paper, devoted to the interests of the old Rope, old Iron and Wood Company of the Portage Railroad, charges the friends of Mr. Cox with "industriously circulating the j re|ort that the boys bad been kidnapped by a Catholic institution of Cambria County, | with a view of converting them into and though Mr. Slonaker, the father of Mrs. Cox, has been a Democrat all his life, all | the friends of Mr. Cox are denominated "Know Nothingsand to prove that they really are so, it is intimated that they do | not know the sex of a Nun! It may bene fit the said editor to know that some are in formed on that point, and know the use for which Nuns are intended. All who need 1 information on that point can get it in a ! book sold by J. B. Lipfiuoott fz Co., No 20, North Kourth Street, Philadelphia, ' entitled "*HwJul Disclosures, by Maiiu JUuak price sti par dozen, ilow far the j other charges in said paper are Hue, the reader can perceive from what has alteady been said. It may be proper Lore to inquire, what , has become of the editor who so frequently quotes scripture to prove our duty to stran gers ? Mr. Cox is a stranger amongst us, and without any relatives except those of his wife, and they only . single family, having come here from a distance and among strangers. Though all in humble and dc pendant circumstances, they have always behaved themselves in such away as to command the respect of their neighbors . aud so far as my knowledge extcuds, they hae been esteemc-d by all as upright and worthy citizens and pious Christians, until the recent charges; and being poor, and now broken iD spirit, I have no hesitation in saying that they deserve the sympathy of, and any assistance a generous public may see fit to bestow. In conclusion, I shall copy a few lines of family record, which, I trust will satisfy any impartial reader that so gross an outrage lias seldom been perpe trated, as that upon Mr. Cox and bis friends : Mr. Samuel Cox camo to this neighbor hood in the spring of 1847 from the State of Indiana, and on the 30th day of De cember, 1847. was married to Miss Susan na, daughter of George Slonaker, of Union Township. Miss Slonaker was born Nov. Bth, 1827, aud was a litt'e over 20 years old when married. Her first child, George, one of the lost children, was born March 28th, 1849-, and her second child, Joseph, the other lost boy, was torn Oct. 29th, 1800, and when lost, the former was 7 years and 26 days and the latter 5 years, 5 months and 20 days old, when they left home on the 24ih of April ult. Mrs. Cox lias two younger children, both daughters. In the fall of 1851, Mr. Cox returned to his friends iu the .State of Indiana, taking his family with him, where they remained until last spring (1855,) when the pesti lence made its appearance there. Mrs. Cox and her eldest son having never enjoyed good health there, she began to think seri ously about her native home among the mountains, where pestilence is unknown. — Her husband, in order to gratify the desires of his wife, returned to this neighborhood about a year ago. Mr. Cox,, though a stiatiger, lias lived long enough amongst us to know that there are some kind and sym pathizing citizen i here who day after day neglected tneir own business, leaving their ploughs stand, though the season was pas sing and no oats sown, aud hunted for the children uutil they were found. Often have 1 heard men in the evening, as they were about to leave the mountain, after a hard day's hunt, with tears running down their cheeks, say, "Well, 1 eaniot coma back to bunt any more ; it grieves me that it is so, but justice to uiy own family requires tbat 1 should put out my spring crop;" but the next morning they were seen back again.— Some one perhaps would observe thai tliey bad not expected to meet them here, to which they would answer : "When I went to bed aud began to tbiuk over the condi tion of my owu children in their comfortable beds, and supplied with food, and compare them with those in the woods, and what 1 would desire of others if my child ion were similarly situated, I could uot rest, and determined to continue in the search." — Thus things went ou for two tedious weeks. Such men ard cailed "proscribing Know Nothings." On the other baud, Mr. Cox has seen that we have men amongst us, ready to seize the advantage of a wound in his breast, to thrust in their hands and play with his heart strings, laughing at bis pain, and manifesting a willingness to trample the life blood ont of bis friends, if they can se cure any gaiu by it. l-'rom such oersons ruling America I pray God to preserve us. WM. GRIFFITH. Union Township, May 20, 1856. MR. CLAY ON SLAVERY IN THE TERRI TORIES.—BeIow we take an extract from a speech of Mr. Clay, delivered so late as 1350, which forcibly argues thas slavery is not extended to the Territories of the United States by the Constitution and can not therefore be legally introduced in such territories: "In my opinion, therefore, the supposi tion that the Constitution of the United States carries Slavery into California suppo sing her not to be a State, is an assumption totally unwarranted by the Constitution.— Why, if the Constitution gave the privilege it would be incompetent for California to adopt the provision whi' h she has in her Constitution. The Constitution of the Uni ted States, being supreme, no States could pass an enactment in contravention of the Constitution. My rates of interpreting the Constitution of the United States ore the good old rules of "08, '99. I have never iti my life deviated from those rules: and what are they? The Constitution is an aggrega gate of ceded powers No power is gran ted except when it is expressly delegated or when it is necessary and proper to carry it into effect as a delegated power; and if in any instance the power to carry slavos into the territories is guarcnteedto you by the Constitution, or is an iucideut necessary to tbo carrying out of any other power that is delegated in the Constitution, 1 have been unable to perceive it amidst all the vi cissitudes of public life and amidst all the changes and tnrns'of party. I never in my life have deviated from those great funda mental, and I think indisputably trne prin ciples, of interpreting the Constitution of the United States. Take these principles to be true, and where the power? Can anybody point it out to me? What gives you a right to carry your slaves to Califor nia Where is the delegated power to which it attaches as necessary implication? It is nowhere to be found. You must resort to seme s' eh general priudiple as the Federal ists did in the early history of this country, BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE. when they contended far the doctrine of general warfare. But you cannot put your i linger upon any part of the Constitution ; which conveys the right or the power to oarry slaves from oue of the States of the Union toany territory of the UnitedStatcs. Mr. P resident, you will remark that 1 am i expressing an opinion upon the power, the : constitutional right. Ido not go into the ' question of how the powers of Government are to be exercised or applied ie the course of administration. That is a distinct ques- I tion of Constitutional Power. Nor, sir, ! can I admit for a single moment, that : there is any seperate or distinct right upon the part of Ftates or individual meinWrs of the State, or any portion of the people ij of the United States to carry slaves into ! the Territories, under the idea that those Territories are held ip eouimou between the I several States." I Mim From Correspondence, of the JY. Y. Tribune. WALKER'S GOVERNMENT RECOG NIZED. Washington, May 14, 1856. ! My prediction# are verified. The deed iis done. Padre Vijil is recognized. Me , presented his credentials to the Secretaiy ; of State this morning, according to previous understanding, and was introduced to the : President, when the cusjomary speech was made and answer returned. This is the beginning of serious complications in our foreign affairs. Washington, Msy 14. 1856. The deed is done. Padre Vijil wis re [ cclved to day by the President as Minister from Nicaragua, wiih marked distinction ! and cordiality, the Secretary of State be ' ing present. The act causes a goo J deal ! of nervousness and apprehension among | members of the Cabinet, and decided ex ception is taken to it by Southern conser vatives. It is considered precipitate and | likely to prove a gross blunder. ! WALKER RECOGNITION IX THE SENATE. Washington, May 15, 1856. 1 The President's final purpose to receive ; the Nicaragua Minister was not communi cated to the Secretary of State nor the Cabinet until yesterday afternoon near two ! o'clock, when he called upon Mr. Marey and arranged for the presentation, stating the hour when Padre Vijil would attend and accompany bito to the White House.— Mr. Cushing, who had been lor and against the reception, accompanied the President on this occasion. M. Marcoleita was informed officially yes- i terdav at a personal interview by Secretary Marcy, tbat his diplomatic functions had i ceased, and he is now preparing a formal \ protest, against the recognition, which will ! be transmitted on Monday or Tuesday.— ! Most of the foreign Ministers called on him j after the intelligence circulated, expressing j their sympathy, and an idea is entertained j but uot decided upon, of a general remoti- j stranec. The Union is significantly silent this) morning on the reception, not even noticing ' the fact. It is a ropsterious affair tMrough out, though its inspirations arc not a se- ! crct. ' The rumors, alleging that the British an swer to the demand for Mr. Crainpton's re call had bwen received by the America, At- ! lantic, or any other channel, are fabricated | out of whole cloth; nor has such intelli- ' gence reached Mr. Craiupfon. The char- i acter of the reply is anticipated, but notli- j ing is absolutely known. Gen. Almonte, who had an offer of the | British Mission before leaving here has ac-' ceptcd the appointment, according to the last advices from Mexico, aud will proceed to London immediately. So far from Gen. Gadsden luting nego tiated a treaty with Mexico, Comonfort's Government has more than once expressed a desire for his recall. The steamer Susquehanna's departure for Nicaragua has no connection witli the recent difficulties or the new policy. She is sent to replace the vessels of the Home Squadron ordered to Aspinwall after the l*te affray, and to afford protection at San Juan against the recurrence of the interrup tion of passengers at that point by British or other interference. The regular vessel may have returned; if so, or upon the pres ence of any other, the Susquehanna wilj sail immediately under present orders for the Mediterranean. The I'resideut has promptly returned the lowa Land bill, with his signature, so that obstacle to wholesale appropriations is re moved. The Central American Message is spa cious and plausible to superficial observa tion, but contains no facts or arguments not already exhausted. It will not impress the country, notwithstanding its ingenuity. Mr. Crittenden earnestly opposed Mr- Ma sun's motion to refer and priut, saying that the Message should not leave the possession of the Senate without some emphatic ex pression. He said that the country would be agitated by war rumors within a week, Unless this spirit was rebuked now. 110 showed that this recognition was a depart ure from the principles of this Government and the policy established by President 'Jackson in the case of Texas. Mr. Mason replied by a casuistical dis tinction between the recognition of Nicara gua and the reeeptiou of her Minister, con tending that the former may not involve us at all, being already recognized, lie could not see from what quarter war was to come, but it it is to be precipitated on account of difficulties with England, he was ready. Mr. Weller's whole figure for Walker and defence of his position, on the ground of having been invited to Nicaragua by the Democratic party, gave a ot.e sided history of the local revolution. The debate was contained, aud will be resumed with increased spirit. It is evi dent however, that the Democracy is sub dued by the Executive, and will surrender the projected opposition. ARRIVAL OF STEAMER ASIA. Three Rajs Later from Europe. NEW YORK, May 16.—The steamer Asia arrived up this morning about 6 o'clock, bringing Liverpool dates to the 3d instant. The principle feature of the week's news is the publication of the official treaty of peace, together with three appended con ventions—the first having reference to the Darduucll*—the second artangiug the de tails of the force of the navy in the Mac* sea—the third declaring the Aland Islands nonfoitified ; also, an important declaration of maritime law, namely : Abolishing pri vateering and the establishment of the priuciplc that the netdrnl flag i* to protect the cargo: and the enemy's Jlag to protect the cargo, except article s contraband oj war, and neaulrat goods under the enemy's Jlag to be exempt from capture. The treaty is precisely as the previously published copy. The articles five and six omitted in the unofficial copy of the treaty relate to the ! general amnesty and the exchange of pris i oners. Articles seven and eight give Tnr ; key admission into the European arbitration i in case of disputes with her. I Peace litis been formally proclaimed. Important meetings of political parties in j Parliament presage trouble for Lord Pal ; mrston. The Parliamentary ''Blue Hook" has been published containing ail the document* relative to Central American affair*. INULA*O. Her news is unimportant. The motion of Mr. Whiteaidtss, in the British Parlia ment, to censure the Administration for the fall of Kars, was lost by a majority of 127. Great excitement exists in polities. Lord Paltncrstou had called a meeting of bis friends. May the 4th has been appointod a day ;of thanksgiving for the restoration of | peace. The Palmeston Government had resolved ' on a dissolution of Parliament. I Queen Victoria held a drawing room on ; the 2Dth ult., at which were presented, by i Mrs. Dallas, Miss Rebecca Derby Smith, a I young lady of Philadelphia, and Mia3 Susan Dallas, daughter of the minister of the I ° United States. ITALIAN AFKAIUS. ! The most interesting feature of the Peace ! Conference happened after the treaty was signed, in the shape of an interchange of opinion on the eubjeet of European in terest . Count Waiewski invited this intereluinge of sentiment, and auioug other things re ferred to the disturbed state of Italy, rc cotuending that suggestions of amildc rule ! be eouveved to the Italian governments, to which suggestions the plenipotentiaries gen et ally heartily agree. Count Covour, on behalf of Sardinia, de manded that the secular government be established in the Human legations, and that the Austrian troops be withdrawn.— Sharp words hereupon ensued between the Austrian and Sardinian representatives, but it ended in nothing. The plenopotentiurie, then proceeded tr a discussion of the new declaration of niara- j time law in reference to neutrals. To all j the prineiales of this law tliey each gave i their adhesion, Russia qualifying her assent j in the matter of privateering. letters from Rome state that, the eoole- j siastieal circles were panic struck at the ! Sardinian programe for Italian reform. The j sadden departure for Paris of Monsigneur ; Berardi was supposed to to be connected | with this movement. OKNMAUK, Jitters from Berlin say that the proposal of England to capitalize the sound dues was not acceptable to Denmark. STRIA. A serious disturbance has t&kcn place at j Naylou, in Syria. Rev. Mr. Lyde,English missionary, was leaving Xaplon, when a j half-witted Arah, looked upon by the native" j as a holy iuan> demanded alms, and seized Mr. Lyde's gun,, which was hanging before him on the saddle. Unfortunately the pioeo exploded aud killed the man. The Arab population immediately rose, plunder- ; ed the house of the English cousul, the \ English school and a Greek church ; tore | down the French ar.d English flags, and ' ended by killing .he father of tho Prussian ' consul, who was attempting to defend the property of the English, Mr. Lyde took j refuge in the Governor's house and was brought to Jerusalem by an escort of cavalry sent for him by the Pasha. The French government is sorely dis pleased with the prematuro publication of tho peace treaty by the London Journals, Le Nord and Independanee Beige. As the document was obtained surrepticiously it j says that uo pains should be spared for discovering the delinquent. Several arrests have already been made: INDIA. Oudc was quiet and the King had left for England. Protue has been destroyed by fire. CHINA. Letters frotw China report trade stagnant- Nye Brothers, an American house, had failed for a million and a-half. Eighty boosts at Hong Kong had bee n destroyed by fire. Loss one hundred thou sand dollars. The insurrection in China was still at tive. The Imperial troops had been defeated at Kiangsi. Important froiu Kansas. Robinson .trrested on n Charge of ' Treason—-f/ Armed Force. Marching to lMwrrnct—Gov Reedtr in Trouble. The steamboat Star of the West arrived at St. Louis on the l'ith inst. from Kansas, bringing dates to Saturday, 10th. Gover nor Robinson and family, were among the passengers, but at Lexington he was waited on by 8 committee appointed by the citizens and notified that they should detain him on the ground that he was fleeing from the territory to avoid an arrest on an indictment for treason, which had been found against him bv the Graud Jury of the t\ States District Court. The Governor replied that ; he had been informed by one of the grand j jury that an attempt had been made to find : a bill, but it had failed. This did not satisfy a committee-, who in sisted that Robin sou should remain. Fi j nully lie consented to do so on the persua . sion of Mr. Parkinson, the eaptain of the j boat, and a Mr. Rurnard, of lfaltiinore.— The committee then agreed to send a ines ; sage to Kansas and ascertain if an iuuict j uient liad been found, and, if not, all the ' expenses of Robinsons' detention were to le puid. The committee cousisted of Gen. ' Mtields (not the Shields.) Mr. Sawder, and a number of tbtp most respectable citizens. It is reported that a dispatch from Leav | enwortb has been received stating that an armed body of men are cn route for Law rence for the purpose of destroy ing the evi ( dence taken by tlie committee. While Governor Reedor was in attendance at the session of the committee of investiga tion at Lecompton, on the evening of the Bth, tli3 Deputy Marshal served on him a j,writ to appear before tho Grand Jury at Lecompton to answer the ckarge of contempt for having reft Wed to comply with the sum mons from the Grand Jury previously ser ved upon him. Gov. Reeder refused to obey the writ and appealed to the commit tee, but they decided that they had no pow er in the case. Messrs. Howard and Sherman, however | expressed their opinion that Mr. Reeder t was protected by privilege. Mr. Oliver ; dissented,and said the committee could not : stand between hitn and the marshal. Oov \ ernor Reeder said that although his life was in danger in Lecompton, he would re main on his privilege, in attendance at the sittings of the committee, and warned them to touch him at their peril. The marshal ■ left, but was expected to return on the Oth j with the I*. S. dragoons. j J tie judge at charged the grand jury on Monday, the bth inst., to in ' diet all the State officers and members of the ' j legislature for high treason, but up to the < 9th no such indictment had been found, so j _ far as tlie proceedings had been made pub- i I lie. \ Further from £*aa—Free Si trie Officers I Indicted for High Treason. ST. Loi'lß, May 13. —Mrs. Robinson, ! wife of tho Free* State Governor of Kansas : has arrived here: and publishes a statement lin regard to her husband's detention at i Lexington, She-denies that he was aware • ol an indictment against him previous to his • leaving the Territory. > The Lawrence correspondent of the Dotn ] ocrat, under date of the 7th, says: 'ln ; dictments for high- treason have been found ! I against ex-Oov. Reeder, Gov. Robinson, I Robt. Me Lane amT other Free State men. i News was brought to Lawrence bo Missou j rians that secret hand-bills were circula ■ ting that forces were marshalling on the j border counties. The people are warned to prepare for defence *' NEWS FROM KANSAS. ST. LOUS, May LFl —The Kansas corrcs- J i pondent of the St. I.ouis Republican writes that Gov. Shannon has sent an express to ! Lexington, Mo , with the papers necessary for the arrest and return of Mr. Robiuson The Committee of Investigation are in session ' at Leavenworth. It is understood that Mr. ' Oliver will present a minority report when j the committee return to Washington. CHICAGO, May 17 .— A letter froin Kansas dated 9th iust., states that the Missouriaus j having threatened to destroy tho testimony ! takeu before the Investigating Committee, ! sealed packages of the proceedings, up to ! the time of the departure of Mr. Robinson, i were placed in charge of that gentleman feir j Washington. These despatches have not been discovered in possession of Mr. 11. at Loxington—his wife, at his request, having prooeeded with them after Lis arrest. Had it not been for this, she tKSwld have remain ed with her husband. A CURIOUS STORY.—The W|, ing ton eorr*poadn' of H.e Euhmbc,, ,r, n ~ cedent religious weekly published i u \ ew \ ork, gives the following curious story of a recent incident in the Senate : "Nor is this the only instance of gettin-. up a reputation in the Se note by the learn ing of others. An amusing instance of this sort * cured not long ago than Wednes day last, when >lr. Jones, of lowa, made his "maiden speech," which he was allowel to make, in reply to Mr. Harlia's speech en tireiy out ot order, hut inasmuch as it wa* hw tiiaideu speech, and lie wanted to uk ( *. it then, the Senate gloriously granted his request. The Honorable Senator got on very well with reading the speech at first, hut soon it was apparent he could not rend his own hand writing. The manuscript was very had, and at times the .Senator wa quite unable to make out what- it was.— This recurring so often, excited the surprise ot Senators, when soon it. was whiskered about that the speech was not his own, bnt the ltev. Mr. Davis's, the Senate* Chaplain from lowa, who was brought here by Mr. Jones, probably to do him this very service. The Senate Chaplain stood behind the chair of the President of the Senate, in great trepidation at the halting manner in which Mr. Senator was getting on with his speech. One of the Senators who was led into the secret of the paternity of this speech, went behind the chair of the president, and coin, ing tip to the Rev. Clergyman. s aid to him: ''How is it Mr. Davis, you allow your Sen ator and friend tr make himself so supreme ly ridiculous by such a speech a? he is now delivering ?" The Rev. Chaplain reddened np to his hair, stammered out —"'"iVLat have Ito do with Mr. Jones's speech ' I don't; see hint very often.' " I'KOTESTAJiTS ! RKM EMU Elt THE F'E i.OWING Act of LOCO FOCO OBSKQI'IOCS i xess TO POPERY. —It will be remembered that lion. E. Joy Morris, ia the early part* of the last session of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, introduced a joint resolution instructing our Senators and Rcprescnta | lives in Goiigress, to use their utmost eli de avors tu piocure by treaty for American i citizens, when travelling or residing in ( foreign countries, the unmolested enjoyment ; of their own public worship where they de sire it, and to bury their dead with such re" 1 igous service as they may desire. It will hardly be believed that anv Legis latives body in this Christian Republic, would vote dowu such generous and en • lighened sentiments as are contained in this resolution : but, we regret to say, that the fear of losing the Rotuau Catholic vote and the favor of (lie Priesthood of that Church, ! prevailed over every manly and honorable i consideration. The Democratic majority in the House, bad not backbone enough to stauii up tor tho sacred rights of conscience, and the resolution fell by the following vot —4l ayes, of which 38 were American, attd 40 nays, all Lrco Foco but one. Will Pro testant freemen, native or adopted, consent to entrust the Government to such servile and cringing vassals of the Pope of Rome. Answer at the jiolls, Protestant republicans: —l'/iila. .\lifj, A FOREIGN ClTY. —Chicago has become emphatically a foreign city. No wouder it is unsafe for a resident of that city to say that he is .iu American. Read the follow ing report of an examination of the records, published in the American Citizen: Thomas lloyn", United States District Attorney. Philip Conly, Fitited States Collector and Sub-Treasurer. Charles O'Connor, Public Administra tor. Michael Glcason, County Treasurer. P. MeKlroy, Prosecuting: .Attorney. I*. A. lloyne, Clerk Recorder's Office. Owen McCarthy, City Collector. Jolic Egan, Town Collector. Jauie-* M. Donnelly, City Marshal. Oweu D:\ugherty, Street Commissioner. Charles O'Mulley, *) Thos. Pendcrgast, i Patrick iiattib, j Michael McGuire, f Jus. of the Peace. James O'Donoghoc, | John Dunlap, J David Walsh, Keeper of City Rridewell. Citizens of Chicago ! these are your chief officers, appointed by the United States, the State of lliiuois, aud by city and county. ALL IRISHMEN!! The Revenue of the Cuiicd Stites, tho entire taxes of the city and county, the whole State tax of Chicago, are placed in the hands of Irishmen The public prose cutor of the United States, the State Prose cuting Attorney, six Justices of the Peace, and the Marshal, who has the entire charge of the peace and order of the eiiy, arc all Irishmen ' It. is very evident tlut Amerieaus dou't rule America in Chicago ! NARROW ESCAPE—Ob Wednesday, an aecideut occurred OJV tlw Pennsylvania Railroad, by wbiob our osteeuied friend, J• Porter Brawloy, &M|,, Surveyor General of this State, catso within an inch or two inches of having his brains crushed out. lie escaped, however, with the loss of four in ches oS his coat tail,.and a serious rent us his unspeakable**— Gttenaburg Dem. We feel like congratulating Gen. Brow ley upon his fortunate escape, but must confess that we were not aware that his brains lay in that partieuler locality- Bloomsburg Den{,
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