Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1858-03-02

              .... !.Tl . 1 u. . . u .;. 'JJJ ; I: II . . ' fl' VOL IV. MOUNT VERNON OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAR. 2, 1858. NO. 10 ff . .ins II 1 II If II i hi (i t a it LIFE AND DEATH. ' ' 'l4'1 F torn tike faulted PMiftatiaW.' ' Til Mlemn.tiei of Friday lasl In our city deserf e mora than a merely local notice. Henry fife and Charlotte Jones on Jfriday last suffered the highest penalty of the la w for the murder of ber uncle and aunt, George Wilson and Elizabeth M'Mssters, hear Mv Keesport in this county. The murder wis of an exceedingly aggravated character. The Victims were old and infirm, brother and sister, dwelling alone in their old age, with no protector, in the dead or night, alter they bad retired to rest, they were called up by the voice of their niece, Charlotte Jones, at the door, and opening to give her hospitality they were stricken down, beaten and even trampled on until life was extinct. All this was done for the sake of possessing a little money that these old people were supposed to possess. They were arrested the next day, and with them Monroe Stewart who was suspected of being a partner with them in the transaction, Alter a lair and patient investigation of the esse, all three were returned by the jury "euiltr of murder in the first degree," and ac tordinirly sentenced, by the Court. Fife and 'Charlotte have once and again confessed their emit, but exonerated Stewart from all partic ipation in the transaction affirming that ho knew nothing of it, before or after the deed. They reiterated the eimo from tho scaffold. Tbsir death-warrants named Friday lost ss the day for tho execution of Fife and Jones, and a later period for Stewart. The object of this is evident Friday has come and gone. Iter. John G, Brown, of the Associate Kef. Church snd Hot, Bell, of the Methodist, having been selected by these criminals as their spiritual advisers, spent a good deal of time in seeking to pre pare them for their tinal doom, file was comparatively calm on the scaffold, whilst Charlotte Was fearfully agitated frequently wringing her bands and crying out that she was not prepared to die. 0 1 how bitter must have been at that moment the recollection of her aunt't entreaty for mercy, and which she disregarded i She could have spared her victim, but the efficers of the law had no such power in answer to her wailing She became more composed before the fatal moment that sent her into the presence of her judge. Both expressed some hope for the future but of course', of the reliability of that hope we know nothing. They have now tried its vir tue, and there we leave them.in the bands of the Judg. of all the eanb Who cannot but do right. They have atoned to society as Tar as they coutd for the blood of two of its members shed by their bands, and beyond that it is not the province of man to judge. There is a lesson here that wo hopo will not be forgotten) "Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed," is the divine rule laid down to guide society in the disposition of such cases. It has in this esse been faithfully followed, and wo liavo not heard an individual voice raised againRt it ; none of that false and hollow-hearted charity that preaches the reformation of the criminal as the first, and protection of society the Second object in punishment. This case has been regarded as too flagrant an outrage to justify the utterance of such sentiments. But if it is thoirufAiu any case, it must be the truth u every case. Had a third party appeared at the close of the bloody tragedy and smitten down Fife and Charlotte, whoa would have complained ? Would not the enemies of the death penalty have justified the deed, and said that the criminals deserved it, and that this third party, or third member of the household had acted nobly 7 that he had violated no law of natural right, but acted on the broad law of self-defence ? The State is that third party the third member of that little household, and when twd members of its family have been slain in bold blood by the hand of assassins, who does not feel that it haS a right to strike down those assassins, a month or a year after the deed has been dune, on the same principle that an individual would have been justified in doing it at the moment 7 Every murder committed is a blow at tho life of society, and if the individual cannot avenge bis own wood, the Strong arm 01 society can and should. ' From the bottom of our heart We have pit led thesj ooordeluded murderers, and instead of exulting in their sufferings, would have gone a long distance the other way rather than witnessed their dying struggles. Ana had we been compelled to be present as the executor of the law, our manhood would have shrunk under tho plaintive cries of that wretched woman as she wailed in terror ot the approaih of death. What of all this 7 Shall justice break its staff and fall prostrate before the power of sympathy 7 No, let man's heart bleed in pity whilst the law of God and the claims of society are regarded. The par ent's heart bleeds and sometimes breaks over an erring sob, whilst his hand still corrects his faults, and is not stayed by bis crying. Pity and Justice are not enemies, bat often found in the same breast, and it is this that tempers justice with mercy, instead of meeting out justice in cruelty. God is merciful, but he is also just ' There is another lesson to be learned. The lives of Fife and Charlotte Jones were not dissimilar to those of many youths who are aa thoughtless of the future as they Vera. Scarcely arrived at the years of manhood, he is cut down in his prime, for the fearful crime of sacrificing human life to a base passion Little did Henry think, as he took his social drink with boon compahioi.s, or yielded to one temptation after anotbir, that he could be tempted to raise his arm against the lives of an old man and an old woman for the sake of a little gold and yet be did it Can our young men of dissolute habits learn Milling of themselves in the fate of this young crimi-nal? Are you secure against a felon's1 doom in the habits you art now cultivating 7 Is there not danger that in a reckless moment you may .ren dart to raise your arm against the life of a feMowbemg7 Then look at all the infamy and terror attached to the finale of Friday last, and ask your conscience, Shall I for a Utile fat pleasure expose myself by my present coarse to even1 the possibility of such a doom 7 Dto not mistake,- and deceive not yourseIC Toot swaggering, boastful mood; savors much mora of what Fife has published of himself thsn of that virtue that will make life a blessing to you and your laU tsr end peace.. There ia no safety but in the war of obedience to parents; and fearing God and keeping bis commandments. t 'Learn soon meful trade, or devote your aelf to some useful calling ; cultivate steady habits ) aaek tho good and not the vicious as jroar cewpanioM esteem a good nam better than riches aodaH pleasures ; read and ponder well the Sacred Scriptures, the word of the living God ; im- his Sabbaths J cultivate a reverential regard tohb nam f podr out your foul's desire to him, and took the guidance of his Holy Spirit, and although you mar not find the world ia every respect what you could wish, yoa will ha in little daagar of dying the death of a felon. Let us entreat the youngof both sexes to lqolc on h'i sad picture, and learn from it a life-lesson for their own benefit And be persuaded that it was not a sin-gle act, but a long series of acts, that brought those unfortunate beings to their final dooid. The judgment rendered against them was for a tingle act, the taking of life but this was but the crowning act of previous years of action. Seek then in early life to know by experience that the ways of the Lord are ways of pleasantness, and all pis paths peace. 'He-member now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come dot, nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say I have nopleSBuretn them." And if you will not be persuaded if vou wilt not be warned bv such providences to turn from the evil of your ways, anow tnen tnat your blood shall be upon your own bead. You may escape for a time, but you cannot continue to fight against man and against God, and come to a happy end. Every time you drink . and swear, and seek evil companions, let the names ol Henry Fife and Charlotte Jones rinir in vour ears. and then ask yourself, Shall I choose their wsy 7 Shall I, too, in my turn, living as they lived, die as they died 7 Shall I thus hurry on, blackened with sin, to stand in tho presence of the All-seeing and Holy One, who may then say to me, "Depart from me. I nev er know you. Tou have despised my counsel snd chosen your own ways, I will now mock when your fear cometh ; depart, depart for ever I" NEBRASKA CORRESPONDENCE. THE WEATHEB. The weather still continues remarkably fine. December for the most part in this Territory was as pleasant as May ; and January so for, has been as December, and perhaps even more mild and pleasant. There is but little falling weather in Nebraska, compared to that in tho states. Meteorological tables show a great preponderance of fair weather here over older settled countries east of these longitudes. We have but very little either of rain or snow this winter. During the summer the reverse was the case, it-being showery and seasonable. The nights here are frosty and moderately cold ; the days clear, warm and beautiful. Take the weather in every particular, it greatly reminds us of Indian summer, the air being mild, balmy and smoky. No sleighing in this latitude this winter. The Missouri river since November remains open and navigation is continued up to the present. January 25th. The climate of Nebraska, so far as our observation extends and we have noticed it critically for the last nine months we must say candidly, is quite agreeable and highly silubrious. KANSAS AFFAIRS. Kansas, politically, remains in a very un settled state. The public mind at this time is greatly agitated on the long-vexed question of ''the peculiar institution." Less forbear ance will now bo shown by both contending parties. There is perhaps at this moment, 4 more determined deep-hied purpose " to fiaht it out," than there has been at any time hith erto. Civil war we consider inevitable, and much bloodshed we fear will be the sad consequence of this rabid political contention. Already, indeed, we again begin to hear of blood flow- mi; ! This civil war and unabated contention in Kansas is surely one of the most shameful and unchristian contests that darkens the pa ges of American history. When shall it all have an end I Echo answers when ! TIlE btAHAH WAR. This war must come. It is now absolutely unavoidable. We have watched the storm gathering and darkening here in the far West during tho entire soasoa As our territory joins that of Utah, we feel relatively here our geographical position, and would, it we could, be in Tor teaching our neighiwrs better manners without going to war. But it is too late to use any further moral suasion, now that the U. S. troops are gathering for tho day of battle 1 (.Joining events cast their shadows before." and the prospect for a fearful battle becomes more and more portentious 1 The conflict, we predict, will be a short one, but a more fiendish and revolting one on the one hand than any engagement perhaps in the annals of (American history. Just take our word for it. Several tribes of Indians will doubtless become the allies of the Mormons and .the followers of the prophet and will not Only resist unto blood; but will fight our well artfled forces like so many infuriated tigers front Bengal I We wrote not long since of the discovery of Gold in .Nebraska, this side or rrt iaramie. We now have the pleasure of informing you, that .quite recently it has been discovered within five miles of this place. This locality is uvea the Platte river, this side of " Cedar Island.". It has actually been washed out there at the rate of two cents per panfiill of sand, averaging the respectable wages or from $2 to $3 per diem. But the mail is about to leave, and wo must close rather abruptly, loaving other topics un touched for some future letter. So a touch of our old beaver and a " good be." " BUCKEYE. Flattsmooth, E. T., Jan, 1858. (sir State School Commissioner Smyth's Report ia just out From the following para. graph of his document, it would appear that he entertains a very high opinion of nowspa-pors: , " Every Teacher should read at least one good newspaper otherwise he will live in ignorance of daily occurring facts, in regard to which his profession requires that he should be informed. Newspapers are fast becoming the teachers of the world; and the man or woman who is not a habitual reader of this department of literature, cannot be thoroughly qualified for the Teacher's profession." Leaks Siuplt Stofpeb. The Lynn News ??! . . W Some years ago J had a leaxnrg -u" avery northeast storm drove it waters in. I made a composition of fouT pounds' of rosin, one pint IiDSeed oil, and one ounce red lead, applied it hot With a brush to the part where the "L." joihed the mwn house, it has never leaked since. I their reccomtnended the coropositon to my neighbor, who had a luthvran window which kaked bodly. He applied it and the leak stopped. 1 made my water cask tight by this coropositiew, and have recommended it for chimneys, windows, Ico., and K aa always proved a cure for a leak. . . ftT" At marrifcee ceremony, which iffof the most value, the bride or bri(kgroomf The bridegroom ; for the bride is given away,' while the bridegroom is sold. ftV The Texas Legislature has pex&d" a bill which allows free negroes who may desire it to select masters and become slaves. ; Tf-f--r ' rr"r Gov. Geary bar defined bte position- oa the- Kansas question. ' lie opposes the Le- eompton Convsatien. "f lladelphla Contention letter. The subjoined letter Is from the Hon. Wm. Montgomery of Fa., to the Philadelphia Convention, and takes strong ground against the admission of Kansas under the Lscompton instrument We commend its perusal alike to Republicans and Democrats ; Washihotow, D. 0. Feb 0, 1858. Gentlkmsn: I have received your letter requesting me to be present and address a Democratic mass meeting, to be held In Philadelphia on the 8th instant, to protest against the attempt to force on the people of Kansas a Constitution odious to them. I regret that the discharge of by official duties here will prevent me froiti being with you at this grand council of the party in your city ol " Brotherly love." , The Declaration of Indenendenea nrncUim. ed to the world that fundamental principle of Democracy, "that all Uovernments derive their iust oouiers from the amsenl at th irnv. erned." It is highly appropriate that the first protest against the attempt to depart from a principle which lies at the very foundation of our republican institutions should come from the pooplo of that city which heard the first proclamation of that glorious charter of pur uoeriies. ana amongst wnom ;ts hallowed truths are still cherished with the fondest devotion..In whatever light we may view the Le-compton Constitution, it wants that life-giv ing principle the consent of the people. K we regard it as. a constitutional compact or agreement, it can only be looked upon aa a proposal a mere drafl.of an instrument, like a deed drawn but not executed until the high contracting parties--tbo people of the Territory have given it their approval ; for it cannot be, that although all other contracts, however trivial, require the consent of the contracting parties after tlie instrument u formed, a constitutional agreement, upon which life, libertv. and nronertv ira denamlant rin nnl require equal, if not greater, solemnity in its execution. If we look upon this pretended Constitution as a petition for the redress of grievances, it can only be regarded as a blank paper embodying the form, but wanting the signatures of those for whom it is presented. The draft of the instrument may be regular and formal ; the clerks who drew it may have been legally retained for the purpose but it never has been submitted for the approval of those whose voice it was to speak. It embodies not their wish ; it utters not their complaint, but remains an inoperative blank-a uselesspaper. Men may talk of the legal technicalities of the Lecompton Constitution, but, until that instrument has been approved and sanctioned by the people of the Territory, like any other agreement, it has neither legal form nor vitality. Whenever that Constitution not a clause or section of it but the whole instrumenthas received the stamp of the people's approbation.it will then embody thoir sentiments, speak with their voice, and bind them by its provisions. Every letter, line, and section in it will be the exponent of the popular heart whose approbation it has received.It is contended by the advocates and apologists for the admission of Kansas on the Lecompton Constitution, that the Convention which framed that instrument was a legal body. Admit it, and what does it prove ? Nothing ; at least nothing substantial ; for it can matter nothing that the attorneys who draw up a contract orf etition have been legally and formally employed for the purpose, if the instrument drawn remains afterward without tho signatures or approval of tho parties. The admission of a State into this Union is he execution of a contract between the people ot the United States and the people of tne state aumittea ; and even H we were to admit that the Lecompton Constitution was a legally formed and binding instrument, yet we couiu not aumit nansos into the union Without the consent of her people. Her people must consent to the contract, or ne such contract can be made. Congress can never compel a State to come into the Union. A territory may organize a Convention and frame a Constitution, and yet remain for years without the Union. Forming and adopting a Constitution does not bring a state into the Uoniedcrocy, for if it would be bound to come in.it follows as a consequence that Congress would be bound to admit it a sequence too absurd to find a single advocate. Congress is never bound to admit a State into the Union, merely because it has adopted a Constitution. The admission of States into the Union, is a matter of discretion. Con gress may, or may not admit thorn ; and it is equally clear that a Territory, after it has adopted a Constitution, may roluso its consent to the contract by which it would become a member of our great sisterhood of States. If these premises be true, bow then can Kansas be forced into the Union, when ber people have, by thousands of a majority of votes, polled at a legal election held on the 4th of January, repudiated the Lecompton Constitution 7 when her Legislature elected in last Octobor.St a fair election.have sent to Congtvps theirsolemn protest against such adfaission? when the delegate on the floor of Congress most earnestly, in the nsms of the people whom he represents, remonstrates against it 7 I ask, where can Uongress find the power to bind the people of Kansas, and to force them into the Union against their declared will, ex-' pressed iff every shape of which it is Sifscepti-Me 7 Truly the Lecompton Convention must be clothed with omnipotence if it can override the will of the people, the remonstrance of the Legislature, the voice or the representative, and the poWer of Congress. The Kansas-Nebraska act must be carried oat in good faith. We must not permit the first application made for the admission of a State, under its provision, to be in clear and open' violation of its principles. We must make no precedent we cannot Justly follow hereafter. We must start right, and all sectional feeling will soon die out the amijy and brotherly love which once existed between the North and the South will be revived, and noclond will darken the borizou of the future. If. however, we start wrong, and permit a fac tion, by fraud and violence, to rule the majority if we disregard the will of the people and give ear to the voice of the few not only will we violate tee provuionsortbeKansts-Ae-braska act but the principles on which our Government is founded. We never Can have harmony and peace in our country until we settle, on fair and Just principles, the section-si issue of slavery ; and (his ean owly be accomplished by a faithful adherence to the spirit and letter of the Kansas-Nebraska act It is claimed, however that a portion of the4 people of Kansas are in State of rebellion against the laws and Government I but doos It follow, therefore, that We should deprive the whole people of Kansas of their rizbts for the error1 of a few 7 or that we should force a Constitution en the Whole pooplo against their known -will, because, apart may have acted ia opea rebellion ? As fell might we argoe that because the elective franchise haa been prostituted, and mobs have driven hoe- est'voters from the polls, wo should, as a remedy for these evils, abolish the elective frati- ' J J . . tl.' 1. cniso ana aesiroy ire. government, ouyu arguments are the best evidence of the weakness of the cause they are useu to sustain. If any portion of the people of Kansas in a state of rebellion, let the power of the Gov ernment be exorted for their punishment. If the present laws are not sufficiently stringent, let the President demand from Congress that others, more rigorous in their provisions 'and severe in their penalties, be enacted. To argue that, because men are factious and rebellious, therefore they are incapable ofself-government, is . a blow struck at all government by the people, and would, if carried out, overturn the system under which we live, and destroy the Constitution of every State in the Union. i The object of your meeting should be to concentrate and unite tho Northern Democracy in favor of a strict adherence to the principles of the Kansss-Xcbraska act and the pledges which have grown out of it Take your stand on the Cincinnati platform, advocate the doctrines embodied in the President's Inaugural and in the instructions to Governor Walker, and repudiate every departure therefrom. Any wavering from the well-settled principles on which we won the great battle of 1850 must be repudiated. The pledges and promises of the past must be fulfilled snd carried out in good faith. Let the Northern Democracy present a united and unbroken front in this great conflict, and our party and our Union are safe. If we falter and waver now, the Democracy must go down, and with it will perish the only conservative party that can preserve the Union. Yours &c, WM. MONTGOMERY. To Col. J.W. Forney, D. Webster, D. Dougherty, and others. iFarhtlnp; nertr Large Cities. No profession more sternly requires the exercise of economy than that of the farmer, and during the last ten years, the improvements in the methods of culture have been so rapid, that those who have not kept pace with such advance in economio culture can scarcely compete with their more energetic neighbors. Enterprising farmers residing hear large cities ore becoming more like merchants and are adapting themselves to the growth of such crops as pay large profit, and such as cannot be brought from great distances. It is quite curious, however, evon at this date, to observe many of the' farmers hear large cities and towns, who 'stiU continue on in the old style to grow hay, oats, corn, and .potatoes, the latter not often 'included, for fear too many will be raised for the demand, while an energetic gardner in their neighborhood will rea lize larger profits on two or three acres of root crops than does the farmer of one hundred acres with his regular crops, as he would call them, being an exact copy of bis great grandfather before the demand of the city called for those of a different character. First, then, tho farmer should inquire what crops are wanted at the highest prices, or rather what crops will give the greatest amount of produce per acre. If he can. obtain 50 cents per bushel for carrots, be cannot afford to raise hay at $30 per ton for sale. If he can get 75 cents for potatoes, he cannot afford to raise oats at 50 cants per bushel, nor corn at 80 cents. If beets can be sold at 50 cents per bushel, or onions at $1 per bushel, or cabbages at $4 per hundred, he cannot afford to raise wheat or rye at the usual mar ket prices. If he bo a stock grower, he will have a market at home for many of the root crops, at four times the profit which could possibly accrue from the same land devoted to what are usually termed the staple crops : and to those who refuse to alter staple crops, in the fear that too many do the same thing, and the prices thereby be reduced, we would say that the samo fear in relation to potatoes has been expressed for the last twenty years, still every year they have proved to be among the mo3t profitable, crops, and not-wilstanding that carrots can be raised at the rate of 1000 bush, per acre.by those who pursue the improved methods of culture, still they have been and continue to be at as great a price per bushel as oats, and when their true value shall be understood, thousands of acres will be doro'ted to other crops. Working Farmer. Our Defence of Geri. lturns. Our readers have not forgotten that only two or three weeks ago, we took occasion to defend Gen. Joseph Burns from an insinuation which, at the time, we suppled to be unwarrantable ; namely that he (the Genoral) was doubtful' on the Lecomptori Constitution. With shame and confusion of face, we now acknowledge how grossly we were deceived In our estimate of the man. The telegraph brings as the sad intelligence that he has betrayed his constituents, broken bis pledges, turned traitor to his principles, (if he had any,) deceived his party and Lied to his friends. We now see clearly where ire erred, in making our defence of him a fow weeks since. We took into consideration the fact that the lure of patronage, the bribes of of- Sice, and even of money, would be held out o him ; and we knew that the temptation, to a man like Gen. Burns, would be powerful and hard to resist ; but we supposed that his future self-interest alone would enable him to forego any present or apparent profit which he might derive from voting with the Administration. We forgot, however, that those per one who are governed entiroly.by selfish motives, are frequently led into measures which, in the end, prove to be their ruin The allurements held out to our unfortunate Representative, seem to have been too enti cing for bis weak moral principles to resist and he baa fallen ! Like many another northern man engaged in the fierce contest with the slave pcrwer.he was too weak lor bis oppo nents t They conquered ; he foil, and we may now number him with the dead I Co- thocton Age. A Good Tubes Weeks' Wobb. It is said that Sir Colin Campbell, in 21 days traveled nine hundred Miles, forced an entrance into a cky defended by sixty thousand fighting men, relieved a garrison beseiged lor over five months, withdrew nin. hundred women and children in the face of an overwhelming force, retioved his detachmont at Cawnporo, twice defeate 1 an en.iny thrice bia own strength, and finally stripped tbem of every vestige of artilteryj . (T ThW Peoria, til, Democratic Union say that two-thirds of the Democracy of that section will sustain the policy ol the Administration. . lT The Cincinnati Gazett estimates the sum total of value derived from cattle and hogs either cured, slaughtered or cirried alive from Ohio during 1837, in round numbers at twenty millions of dollars. SPEAKER OHR KANSAS COMMIT. TEE. . . Speaker Orr's unfulrhoss towards the majority in his selection of the committee to investigate the Kansas election frauds, contin ues to be the theme ef severe comment The regular correspondent of the N. Y. Timet says of it : He has failed to constitute the Coriimlttee so as to give a majority to the friends of investigation who moved and carried the resolu tion authorizing ita appointment. He has thus assumed a modified veto power, and Consigned the proposed investigation to the tender mercies of those who resisted it froid beginning to end. In the House, those whd desired to prevent an official exposition of the frauds by which the people of Kansas ire sought to be choated of their rights were fairly beaten. . The investigation was ordered, and then the Speakor steps in to render the in- vestifration as inefficient as possible t His course must strike every Parliamentarian snd all honest men, not blinded by party zeal, as unjust, unusual Slid indecent. What else than party exigencies the imminent necessity for smothering the rascality charged by tho friends of the investigation coutd induce a professedly impartial presiding officer tti 'put the investigation in charge of those who are opposed to it altogether 7 But not only has Mr. Orr betrayed his ex cessive partisanship by placing the friends of the investigation in the minority, in the selection of the individual members of the Committee be has displayed marvelous ingenuity, with the view, apparently of rendering the majority strong, and the minority as weak as possible The majority members are all gentlemen of experience and ability, each man competent to fight boldly, earnestly and to great advantage in obstructing the investigation ; while there is scarce a man in the minority who would have been selected by the friends of Kansas aa a member of the Committee.This Colonel Orr knows well, and his own conscience, if it has a spark of life, must assure him that be has purposely arranged the committee so that it shall bo as nearly inefficient as it is in his power to make. If ho had the least desire to make a fair Committee he would have put upon it Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, whose experience in the former Kansas investigation peculiarly fitted him for its duties, and made it exceedingly desirable that he should go upon it. Mr. Orr was fully informed that bis appointment was desirable, but he paid not the least boed to the friedds of investigation and the opponents of fraud. Did Mr. Orr suppose for a moment that Mr. Bennett, of New York, would have been chosen by the delegation, or by theanti-Lecomp-ton men at large, to represent them upon the Committee? Or did hejmagine fora moment that either Bufflngton, of Massachusetts, or Walbridge.of Mich , would have been selected bv them for so important, a position 7 lie knows ' better, and should bldsh at thought of the motive which governed bun in their selection. When ho decided to rob the majority in the House of their right to numer ical control in the. Committee they had ordered, the least he could have done in common decency was to select the minority of the Committee from among the most prominent "floor members" of the House, gentleman in whom the Anti-Leconipton men reposed the greatest confidence in all respects. In this ho has signally failed, and given us another humiliating illustration of the depths of meanness to which a partizan politician may descend, when party auccess depends upon the consummation of fraud ani villainy of the deepest dye. Ilcvivtkle. The Medina Gazette says that twelve were admitted to the Baptist Church, on the 31st ult, and that never since its first organization has the Erie Street Baptist Church of that place had so much cause or encouragement as now. The Painsville Telgraph says : The religious interest in our village continues with unabated fervor. Nightly meetings are being hold at tho Babtist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, which are attended with flattering success. On Saturday last twelve persons were immersed by Rev- J. H. Browne of the Baptist Church. . Rev. Mr. Ballard writes from tho village ol Grrandville, Mich., to tlie Grand Rapids Eagle, giving most enthusiastic accounts of a revival. He says ; The entire Sabbath School has been converted to God. Children not more than six or eight yoars of age give the most cheering evidence of sound conversion to Christ. A part of his letter sounds a little too much as if ho was at the head of a besieging army. He says : Tho devil's strongholds there, the rum ihdps those " breathing holes of hell " everywhere havo been bombarded by the spirit of God; snd the towers and minarets of bis citadel are beginning to topple, and indicate a speedy fall. On the whole, the prospect now is, that the entire place will be carried for the, Prince of Peace. The Urban Cititen say that sixty have united with the Methodist Church in that place. At Mechanicsburg, in the same county, there have been over one hundred conversions.The Dubuque Times speaks of the ministrations of tbo Rev. Mr. Avery in that city, as resulting in about forty additiona to the Congregational Church. Forty have also joined the Methodist Church, and many have been added to the Baptist Church. The Ravenna Democrat says that there have been bctweon sixty and seventy conversions in the Methodist Church at that place, and a revival is also progressing in the Congregational Church. The Mansfield Herald notices a revival in that place in the Old School Presbyterian Church. The Wheeling Intelligencer says that Over two hundred persons have been added to the Methodist Church in that city, and that thousands attend the night meetings. Among the convert are many of the most prominent citizens. The Columbus Owette says : ". Religious revivals appear to bo in progress in all the churches in the city, ' At the Tiwn st. Methodist Church, about 75 member havo been taken in on probation within the last four weeks, and sa unusual numbor of members have been added to the Presbyterian and Babtist Churches. . (tSr Two Democrats wore over heard di i cussing the case of ' Poor Bums" in a room in this town, the other night The oue seemed enraged, the other very. much overcome by sorrow. The enraged one expressed a wish that ha had voted for Sxft. "lie," said the speaker, "Was rfcjbt on this question, and 'tis the only one we need care a d 1 about" 'Tother man said he Was sorry, was deceived, snd did not know what to sar. Poor follow! We advise him to stick to the party, anytw:' i Holmes County Bifvbiioani . From tike CoaluMlva Democrat. LETTEB F1IOH OEM. It U HNS. Washinutox City.) Feb. 8th, 1858, J DeAb Dimhoci : I suppose there are various stories afloat In regard to the fight and row that took place here in the Capitol on Saturday uiorniilg last It occurred in the same manner, under the same circumstances, and ended in the same way that all such political night wakes do. It was a harmless affair, for there was neither blood, hiir, nor bloody noses to be seen on the ground. An old soldier in parliamentaiy matters, as you are, can easily guess the cause, especially when patriots sit up all night with the patient.The wake oh Friday night was caused by an anxiety to have a vote taken to refer the message and Lecompton Constitution to the committee oh Territories, on one side, while the other party desired to have It referred to S select committee of fifteen, with power to send for persons and papers, ic, oVo., in Kansas.I was not there. I considered the gathe not worth the ammunition. There is too much importance given to that subject. It must be manifest to all, that the fight is kept up there by a few dishonest would be leaders, on both sides, to get into office by more than for the amelioration of the poor negro. The recent eloctibns there must satisfy all that there is at lcaSt two td one in favor of freedom ; and yet the majority party would not vote to make it free. The truth is, neither party try to do right. If I had the power, I would withdraw the army, and appropriation of money, and let the leaders killono another off, and starve out the balance. If my cdnstituerits could bo here one week, and hear the old, stale speeches made by the Republican sido for bleeding Kansas, and on the southern side in favor of negroes they would sicken out, and pray to God that the country would not longer be infested with any such issue, and get rid of the old bag in some way. We had a vote in the House on the motion to refer the message snd Lecompton Constitution to the Committeo on Territories. It was lost by one vote, yeas 113, nays 114. And then a vote was had on Mr. Harris' resolution, to refer them to a Select committee of 15 with power to send for persons and papers, to investigate the election frauds in Kansas, See. I I voted with Miller and Pendleton, against the last resolution, because I was convinced in my own mind that there was not one person in my district, who wanted to see another Sherman smelling committee, arid who would believe anything that cither party would swear tb after it was dorlo.) There should be some other mode to dispose of the old harlot. It is evident to the world, that Kansas will be a free state in six months, if tho people will vote. If so; why should we tear our shirts off about it. ' 1 will do all in my power, in an honorable way, to cause a sottlement Of the question ; but I shall neither fight for; nor loose much time or sleep, about her. My plan is to withdraw the army, to that the leading scoundrels on both sides may kill off each other and amend the appropriations so as to give them half appropriation, and they will soon rote and permit the organization of a State Government, Yours truly; JOS. BURN& (r Ex-Gov. Walker, of Kansas, being unable to attend and address theAnti-Lccomp-ton meeting at Philadelphia, on the 8th inst. sent the following letter which was read : As a native of the glorious1 Keystone State. as a graduate if her noble old University at fhiladclpiua, where have been spent so many happy days of nfy youth and manhood, 1 look to this crest meetinz with the dcenest inter. est. In your City stands the Hall of independence, and there, on the 4th day of J uly, 1776, was first promulgated the great truth, that all free government is based upoh " the consent of the governed." Let this trtith be inscribed on your banners and written on your hearts. Let it be proclaimed by you that this great principle shall neither be evaded by technical quibbles; nor subverted by frauds and forgeries. , The real question is this ! Is the Lecomp ton Constitution founded on the consent of the people of Kansas 7 You know it is not; there fore, any act of Congress adopting this Consti tution is not admitting a' State on the request oTher pooplo, into the Union, in acco'rdahoe with the language of the Federal compact, but forcing a State into the Union against her will. Such an act would be a clear violation of the Constitution of the United States,1 of State and popular sovereignty, of the K'ansas-and- aebraska bill, and ot its fundamental princi ples of free government. May tba noble Democracy of Philadelphia Unfold to the breezo the banner of sulf-covern- ment, and under its fold., as one of the sons of Pennsylvania 1 will msrch with yoO in the ranks to the rescue of O'Ur country. lours, truly; It. J. WALKER. LIVING IN C'LOVEUj Mrs. Swisshclm formerly editor of the Pitts burg Visitor, is now living at St Cloud, Minnesota, from which placo sbo writes : "lhere is a very good supply of cat lie hero. and the beef killed oU' the prairie is quite equal to any stall-fed I have over eaten. This is selling at ten cents a pound all round : fine veni son at fourteen for haunches, and ten for fot quarters 1 rabbits, twice as large as in Wostern Pennsylvania, ten cunts apuice. Pigeons I grow tired of, and pheasants I care nothing about the meatis too white. Wild ducks and prairie bens are delicious, and we have a fair supply. But the fish! Mr. M., with two others, speared fish two hours last spring, and hi share of the proceeds was something Over a barrel or cleansed fish, principally piku and pickerel. In half an hour 1 caught throe bass, so much alike one could scare, distinguish them, and each wanting from two' or three ounces of four pounds. The whole face of the country is interspersed with lak4 aud rivers weiuwg wiut un. SsAAToa St-ims. The Washington eon r.'ipondent of the N. Y. Eo'minj Post, writing am tho 10th Inst, says bMr. Sumner is her.-, very much improved iu health and spirit, nrore so', hhtued than many of bis friend thought h'e eter Would be. Some of the Worst symptoms Of his ease have entirely disappeared. His eyes,' gestures and wnote expression are nrore like tbeyusodto be. He does not roinaidf her. 16ng, but will be minute mkn, to return Whenever the signal Is given', lfe ami M friends hoie that he will be able W biM and keep his seat before ibeclrieaof t session." t , Thrilling mc(-m lis M!crci sloM-j in the Menut, Tlie Ohio State Journal relaU'S, apropos to the assault Upon Euwaso EVxttr by the Richmond South r ; , ' ; 1 When General Uarrison, in 1840, nominated Mr. Everett as Minister tb England, tit slave power in the Senate sought to defeat litiu on the ground that be was " an abolitionist" He had written a letter to a free ail Ot zanit.' tee, when a candidate for Governor, iwyini; that be was Opposed to th. extei.sion of sin, very, and in favor of atalMhiug it iu the bis-trict of Columbia. Win. R, King of Alabama, was chairman of the committee On Foroigu Relations, and reported againilt Mr. Everett' confirmation, and made a speech sustaining . his report Iri the course of his speech, b. said " that if men entertaining the sentiments expressed by Mr. Everett in His letter to the tree soil comiilittee were to be eritrilsted with hlh official position, and sent to represent our country abroad, the Union mould toon be at an eiid." Honry Clay, during the speech of Mr, King, was walking in the rear of the President' chair, listening all the while to the spoecli, and when Mr. Kiii cmUu to the part we have printed in italics, be came round to his place, and taking up tbo word of Mr. K., he drew himself up to his full hight. and pointing his long ahd skinny fore finger at tho Alabama Senator; hi eyes flashing lire, aud hi whole framo trembling with excitement, he thundered out in the filllness of his magnificent voice, "snd I tell you; sir, if you reject the nomination of the distinguished oitixen of Massachusetts for the reason you have stated, tuk Union Is dissolved aluuady." No report of this scone in the United States Senate was ever published. It occurred iu secret session; but it was known at the time that something of the kind had ttlken placo. It was not until the summer or autumn of 1854, that we, in company with Thurlow Weed; passed over from Cincinnati to Covington, to pay our respects to ex-Oov.nior Morehead, who resided in Coviilgtou at that time, but who has since been gathered to bis fathers that we heard the whole scene described. Mr; Morehead was at tho time a collcsgue of Mr. Clay, and was an eye Witness to th. wbol ot it He said he never saw Mr. Clay so groat : as upon that occasion. Tbo effect was eleo- trifying; and when he sat down tho case wee settled : Edward Everett was Confirmed. OLD VSALU.TVSE. Blackwood says of old psalm tuues: "There is to us more of touching pathos i heart-thrilling expression, in some of tile old psalm tuues, reeling di layed, than in a whole butch of moderism. 'I'll. Strains go home, ' the foundations of the great deep are broken lip ; the great deep of fathomable feeling, that lies far below the surface of theworld-hardened heart and as the unwanted, y.t uncbeck-ed tears start in tb. eye; the softened spirit yields to their iotluonce; and shakes off the load of earthly care, rising purified and spirit Uilized into a clearer atmosphere. Strange and inexplicable associations brood over the mind, "like the fur-oft' dreams of paradise" mingling their cliaste snelancholly with a mo-,, sing of a still subdued thoUgh more cheerful character. How many glad hearts, in the 1 olden time, have rejoiced in these songs of praise bow many sorrowful ones have sighed ' out their complaints iu these plsiutive not . that how, cold in death, are laid 10 rest around ' that sacred church, within whose walls the 1 hod so often swelled with emotion 7" ': The Small and the Great Among tho onditt of New York and ita vi- ; cinity we have one to the effect that there ia , a man who peddles writing paper through the . streets of Brooklyn; who is worth $160,000; : which sum be his invested in bonds ahd mortgages. He says it has been made Chiefly by selling " twelve Sheets of writing paper for . four cents," and carefully husbanding the proJ deeds. What a comment is this anecdote, admitting ' that it is only half true, on the " enterprise" of the day, which toils, struggles; gambles, bankrupts, compounds and kills life, tumble down anil gets up again, all to Uiake a largo fortune in a hurry. Vast speculations, which oppress the multitudes and end in fast failures hope deferred. Which inaketh the heart sick, . sudden descents from wealth to wretchedness after all, how many there are of those who ' lead such lives, who would not like to sell out the results of their lost ten ot twelve year i for $100,000, even though it had been acquired by calling out, in a stentorian voice, " twelve ' sheets of writing pa-uer for ro'-un cents !" in that very peculiar style of intouation famil- linr to all who know Now York and its viciul '' :,-, OCT A gentleman1 was rec'Chtfy on a visit to-, New York City, arid one afternoon, while there having an engagement up town, and the sky threetening rain, he took an np-town railroad car. The car iu Well filial - - I u gentlenfaA' could not help" but notice that the: .t.. j . . . mnjuiiij, ui mo bbkih were occupied By tnen, and that one half-dozen ladies who had seat were handsomely dressed, magnificently toil--eted and good looking j while, some dozen ca!-i icocd and mdslined shop giils were standing 1 in the centerof the car. While he was think- " ing of the probable cause of this, the oar stop-ped, aud a very pretty, finely dressed, yeunr , lady entered. In an instant a dozen male b peds sprang to their feet, each one anxious to " relinquish their scat The lady stood a dm. ' ment, then beckoning each poorly dressed girl to a seat, she took one herself, simply remarking : " We thank you, geuttcureni Mr roi gallantry." . .- . , fcr The partitafaof Mr. Buchanan- .r defeated in a municipal election in Lancaster, tbj President's own town, on the 3d instant. Tho anti-Lecompton Constitution candidate for Mayor was elected over an out and out"1 supporter of Mr. Buchanan. , (tfT TbW Winnolnirn Indiana f raised, last year, over 5,01)0 busliels of wheat .1. 11 , . iu me m-sei-rauon, ucing more than bait the entire anfount produced in Hlu. Earth ec-W-l ty. They hav. nine townships of land, and, of this 1,000 acres are under cultivation. t Dtvoncxu. The bill divorcing Thomae W ' Smith, who., trial for killing Carter, iw Phita.-delpbis, excited so much inurest has po4 both bouses of the Pennsvltania LciisUtn,rw..- ( ' Jobs L. ToBinfot ii Dotcxa 1V ORATF;-"- I "BBT hit llifiru I ; J - . r f jr pardon Iheif px ctvtem'i'bbtfi fuSUfawfhou ' We hope (he Do tots' men in thi trwuliiv :n . M.L "... .... .' I wm jrat win cnuice morsel" in'o thoif pipe SIHI soii'io It hnjnyttt' Ind. W, (r Mia DruinmoLd, il b's f ntii preacher among the Qoak? , being aUed by , a gentleman if the spirit i . J never um,-. 4'' her with th thoughts of marriage t No, friend," told eh, -bntthfl us Often dij