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Tl I'l'j FHHK PUISHS, PTH r.INf FRIDAY MOJWINC., MAUCJI 10 1858. demands, nut ttio labor nf slaves, which uco to lio watclicil anil defended, but voluntary, rnllghtenoil labor, stimulated liv interest, uf rcction nml ntiiliitiuti. It heeds tliat every wan shall inn the land lie tills; tlml every head shall ho lit for tin' liclnu't, mul every hand fit fur tin" sword, mi 1 every mind ready nnd qualified lor coiin-cl. 'I'm attempt In iijs cranillo a c uintrv with slavis I'm ii i " i .,( ' p ltants. wnuld In' tii trv t-miak a l.n a 1' lv i.r empire with feeble sinovvsiiii'li m j 1 1 x veins Mr. President, the j .i i ii.m nf territory to make slave States will only lull to 1 :i (rent crime, because it U impracticable, nnd therefore will t til ti nut tn l' a stuiieiidnus imbecility .V free Republican Government, like this," notwithstanding all Its onn-titu-tional clicekK, cannot long resist and counter-act the progress of society. Slavery .wher ever and whenever, and in whatsoever form it exists, is exceptional, local, and short lived, Freedom is the eonininn right, inter est, and ultimate destiny, of all m.inkind. All other nations hao already abolished, or nro til ion t abolishing slavery. Doc, this fact mean nothing 7 All parties in this country that have tolerated the extension nf slavery, except one, has peri-hod for tliat error already That l.i-t one the Democratic party is hurrying nn irretrievably, toward the same fate All administiu'tions tliat hae avowed this policy liale pine down di honnred fir that cause, except the present one pit deeper and darkiT still is open ing tc receive this Administration, hocuti-o it sins more deeply tlian its pri'doces-ur-. There i" a meaning in all these fact', which it hecomes us to study well The nation ha" advanced another Map: it has riMched the 1'oint where inter vention, liy the Government, for Slavery am! Slave Mutes, will no longer he tolerated. Free lahor has at t apprehended it-, rights its interests, its power and its destiny , and i organizing itself to aumn the' govern mentofthe liepulilie. It will henceforth wet m hildlv and lesolutely here, it will meet yiu everywhere, in the territories and ait it them wherever yui may go to extend Slav tv It ha diivon you back in Califor nia and in Kan-is , it will invade you sum in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Mis-omi and Texas It will meet you in Arizona, in Central Ameriei, and even in Ctiha. The invasion will not he merely harmless hut beneficent, if you yield seasonably to its just and moderate demands It proved so in New York, Xevv Jersey, Pennvlvauia, and the other slavo States", which liavo already yielded in that way to its advances. You. may, indeed, get a'start under or near the tropics, and seem safe for a time, but it will be only a short time. Even tin. re yon will found States only for free labor to maintain and occupy 1'he interest of the white races demands the ultimate emancipation of all men. Whether that consummation shall bo allowed to take effect, with needful and wise precautions against sudden change and disaster, or be hurried on by violence, is all that remains for yon to decide. Tor the failure of your system of slave labor through out the liepulilie, tho responsibility will rest not on the agitators you condemn, or the political parties Vou arraign, or even alto gether on yourselves, hut it will be due tn the inherent error of the system itself, and to the error which thru-ts it'forward to oppo-e and resit the dtinr, not inure nf the Afri can than that nf the white races. Thewhite man tved- this continent to labor upon His head is dear, his arm is strong, and his ne-oo-sities are lived. He must and will have it To secure it, he will oblige the Intern ment of the Tinted State to abandon iuter vutiou in favor nf slave labor and slave St. 1' and go backward fnrty years, and re sumo the original policy of interveutinii in favor of free labor nnd Tree States. The fill nf the castle of sm Juan il'l'llna determined the fate of Mexico, although sore -iege- nnd severe pitched Kittles intervened belhre the capture of the capital of the Aztec. The defeats you have eneiiuntereil in California and in Kansas iletermine the fate nf the principle for which you b ne been contend ing It is for yourselves, not for 11-, to de cide how long and through what further mnrtilie.ition-and dis.i-.ters the contest -hall be protracted, befnre I 'nvdom sh.ill enjoy her already a'-uiod triumph I would have it mrled now- inn would have the wounds of Id done by olfcring fuitlier losi-unee nor by any ov;1i,,n or partial -uncn-d"r nor bv forcing Kunas into il. Cnion as a Sl.ue Slate, .igain-t 1R.V will, having hir to ci-tolfsl ivcry aftrrvv.irds. a best 'he nriy . nor by compelling Minn, sola and Oregon to wait and wear tin liniiiiliatin- ( jStUIIIe of 'I'uTitoll'e. at the dools of Cull? gre.ss. until the people f Ka us.,., tin ir true defenders lure, shall be brought to dis honorable c .iiij.roinises. It can be iloneunly I v the simple ,in,l diieet admission nl the three new Statu-as free state., without 'imlifi. ation. conditi or conipromi-e, and 1 y the abandoninent ofall further attempts to extend slavery under the I'ederal Constitu tion You hare unwisely pii-hesl the con. troversy so far. that only" these bioad conces sions will now be accepted by the inteiei-t of free labor and free Mate- j'or invself. I sec this fact, p"i hap-, the more ili-tim.-tlv now, because I have i long foreseen it "l can, therefore, counsel nothing less than those concessions know tho h.uaid- 1 in rur in taking tliis position. I know how men and parties, now earnest, and zealous, and bold, may yet fall away from me as con troversy shall wax warm." and alarms and dangers, now unlookfd lor, shall stare tl.em in the face in men and parties, equally ear nest, liold, and zealous, have dono in like circumstances before. Hut it is the same po sition I took in the ease of California, eight years ago It is the same I maintained on The great ncca-ion of the organization of Kansas and .Nebraska, fouryears ago Timo and ad- en-ci experieneo liavo v indicated it since, and I assume it agiin. to be maintained to the I.tt, with confidence that it will be ju-tiliul ulti mately by the country and by the civilized world You may refuse to yield it now, and for a ehort period, hut your refusal will only animate tne triends ot J-rewlom with the courage and tho resolution, and produco the union among them, which alone aro neces sary on their part to attain the posiiion it self simultaneously with the impending over throw of tho existing Federal Admini-tra-tion and the constitution of a nw and more independent Congress. Mr President, this fxi.an-ion of thn em pire of free white men is to be conducted through the process of admitting new States, and not otherwise The w Into man, vv hetlier vou consent or not, will make the States to be admitted, and he will make them all freo States We must admit th"iu all free ; otherwise, they will become indcpeinl ti t and foreign Status, constituting a 111 w empire to contend with us for the continent To admit thera is a simple, easy, and natuial policy. It is not new to us, or" to our times It be gan with the. voluntary union of the first thirteen It has continued to go on, over riding all resistance, ever since It will go on until the ends of the continent are the borders of our I'nion 'I bus we becnmii en laborers with our father,!, and even with posterity throughout many agis After times, contemplating the w hnlo vast struc ture, completed and perfected, will forget the dates, and tho eras, and the iii'lhidhalitiie, of the builders in tlieirsuccesicener.itioii" It will he one great liepulilie, founded by one body of liencfactnrs. I wonder that the President nf tho I'nited States under values tho Kansas ijuestioii, when it is 0 part of a transaction so immense and sublime Far from sympathizing with him in his desire to depreciate it, and to be rid nf it I felicitate iiijn'II nn my humble relatinu to it, for I know that Heaven cannot grant, nor man desire a nioro favorablo occasion to acouiro famo, than ho enjoys who is engaged in laying the foundations of a gloat empire ; and I know, also, that, while mankind have often deified their bera factors, no nation has fver yet ls'stovved honors on the memories of tho founders of Slavery I have always believed, Mr. President, that this glorioub Federal Constitution nf ours is adapted to the inevitable evji.iu sion of the. enipiin whhh I have so feebly presented It has hmi prrvcited often by misconstruction, and it has yet tn be porvi -ted many times, and widely, hcrcuft' r, but it has inherent strength and vigor that will east nil all tho webs which tho everehniighig interestsof classes may weave iirmind it. If it fail us now, it will, hovve. r, not bo mir fault, but hecaus.1 1111 iuevitabli iiid, like that nf youth, or of manhood, is to be cn rountensl by u constitution pin'.ed in that case to he inadequate to the trial I am sur" that no patii it who lews the n'.j 1 1 lis I do could wi-'i to r a'h nrdil the liial By delav w" I 'nild onl cxi nd Sh r", the most, throughout flic Atlantic region of the Continent. The Pacific slopo is fiee,iinil it nlvvnjs must nnd will ho freo. Tho moun tain harriers that separato us from that por tion ofour empire, nro rjuitccnough to divide us ton w idely, possibly tn nlienato us too soon. Let us only become all slave-holding States on this side of those barriers, while inilv free Slates are nrganlzed and pcrpetua- t'd on the iithei'side. uinl then nnlecii there will conic u division of the great Amciican family Into tun nations, equally ambitious for complete cntrol over the continent, and a conlllct I'ctvveen mem, over vvuicii me world will liinnru.as the greab st and l.i-l tn beretrieved nf all the calamities that have ever befallen the human race. no. .s li.c iii:.m:ih r, Kinrons .vvn i'i.nrmti"r itriu.i.NCTON : lT.tlivY JtiillMXn. MAlll'll I'1. Ki'.poicrs or Tin: i.Nvr.vrniATt COMMITI'lii:. 'I he lieports of the Majority and Minority nl' the Kansas Invest'nritiiii Cmniuitl f liftei n, appiintcil by the House nf lleprcs ail ativis. have been given ti the public through the papers, although not formally laid befni the House. The Majority llepoit. prepared bv Mr. Stephens, of (icm'gia. is n singular report fovnn Mi'siiy,y committor. Usui slitutes, for tin' inlorniation which the House intended to cliiit, a lengthy argumentation for tlieadmissi m of ICansas with the Looma) ton Constitution. Ji tiering little from thegen cral run of l,ecnmpton argumcnls, unless be in the brazen hardihood nf its assertion1 that no State has picsented itself fir adnii sion with a cleaner record than Kansas, am that the Constitution is acceptable to at least four-fifths, of the voters of the Territory The Heport closes w ith a prolonged and at. tenuated threat of disunion unless Kansas is admitted under the Lecomptoii Constitution It would not have been complete. 01 of a niece, without such a conclusion As some one has said "It was as much to be expect od as the negro who brings up the rear of target company's parade . and is of about as much relative conseouence. and elicits tho same gentle laughter." Tho Minority say, in their U"port. that with the exception of the call upon Mr. I houn, proposed by one ol tli" minority, am an inquiry as to the upiiintmentnf the dele. oates. the majority have resisted successfully rs - - " every effort at inquiry by cither of the minor it v. while they themselves have elicited noth iic relative to the matter of inouirv not al ready before the country. They say that tic ciiiiiinittco. by an adjournment nw 1I1 brought its labors to a close, having, in oi.inion of the minority, failed to execute the order of the House, and alo to accompli' any one purpose for which the enmmittee was raised . that there ha been ample time tn procure all the information sought by tl Iliuise. that th re are scores nf prnmineut cit ens nf Kansis, ol all names, now in Washington, who could have given the imr wei'-htv evidence touching all the imints of inquiry eiubrnieil in the resolution par tieulaily in relation to th" most ninnstrnii frauds neiTietratcil at the election nn tic 2Nt of December last. The minority think tber - r .. n.l0oi!n., n, use ibe ineiin returning to the House with no information but what was already in the possession each of its lnembirs win 11 the investigation was ordered The Journal of the Committee, ki pt by Mr. llatri-, the chairman, i appended to the Iicpoit We copy from the Courier nnd l.'n quircr, the following icmarks upon the facts shown in thclournal An ex imiiMtion of tho joiini.il shows that fvciv 1 Ifort to s, t tiie Committee at the work lor which it was appnintisl was blocks! by a majority of one, the eoiuiiiitteeeoiisisting offiftecn members, eight nf whinu were Slavery Democrats, fearful nf any examina tion into the stupendous fraud- which have been prrpi trati d in Kan-is. and determined to force the Looonipton Constitution upon her and the country by all means and at all hazard- The first attempt made to ascertain " th" facts connected wlt, the formation " ol the heeompton Constitution was in the f.nm of 11 Hesolution to obtain copies of returns and votes, census and registration of vote and retuinsof elections in Kansis since October 1-oii, with evidence as to the validity of thos'j returns (jf thi resolution the ma jority allowed only the word Resolved " to stand, and in-ertcd after that a direction that copies of certain laws and registrations of voters, about which there was no dispute and no lack of information, should be pro cured The Yeas on tho amendment were Messrs Stephen;, Letcher, Win-low, White, Anderson, Quitman, Stevenson, nnd Hus-ell a the Xayp, Messrs Harris, Morrill, Wade, H-nnet Walhridgo, Adrain, and Uuf fington 7. The next attempt wa a Kcsolutiein to pro cure copies of the returns of the Kansas election of the 1th ot January last upon the I.ecompton Constitution "This resolution was at once laid upon the table Yea-, Messrs. Stephens, I.otcher, Wlnlow, White, Andeison, Quitman, Stevenson, and J!ussc, , Nvs, Messrs. Harri", Morrill, Wad", licnnit, Wnlbridge, Adrain, ISullingtoii 7 It was next proposed that the Committee should inquire into the validity of the law providing for a Constitutional Convention in Kansas. This propeisition was also laid up on tho table, tho same eight forming a ma jority. A resolution directing Ciovernor Walker, Mr Calhoun, Mr. Stanton, and .Mr. Ih nd'Tson to be called before the Committee "to testify to all such facts as they have knowledge of, and to procure all sucli doeu menls, paper-, vote's nnd returns as have any relation to the election of Delegates to the Leeompton Coii-titutioual Convention, or to any election subsequently In Id in thoTcriito ry oT Kansas," was. in effect, indefinitely mstponei by the same majority nf eight After sin h nn e-xhibilion of the settled pui jrnse of the majority to use its mere nuineii eal force to quash all investigation, and to defeat entirely the purpose for which the Committee was appointed, as this of setting aside a proportion tn bring beloie the Com mittee the must impoi taut witnesses in the case, witnesses, ton, who derivisl their knowledge as ollicorx nf the lluveriimcnt, and by the appointment nf the very dames llu ch.inan whose Message, aivnr'ling to the con struction of Mr Speaker Orr, was icfcried to the Cuiuniitte-e, alter the exhibition of such a determination, wo wender that the minority of the Cnmmittee continued tliir useless clloits There was evidently nothing more to bo done. The question had Ifcn settled bclbro the first sitting of the Commit tee there vv.is to be no investigation by this body appointed t i investigate Still the mi nority went on. Kcfcolutiuii after lenolutioii did they bring forward, all directed to the object of the cri.ltioll of the Collllultti 0 . and one by one vvcrcthoho reuohitiuiisslaugh ti red by the same majority of eight, who walked up, jircHi-iitesl and lired with the lcg ul.uity and nidill'crcne'o ol platoons of Span ish soldiers at a military execution after a jittiHUNi unit' itto. Fifteen IcMilulious, tMimo looci.eaiid others very comprehensive, but all nn re resolutions of invostigutimi, were thus defeated by a majority of nno nr (Mr. Is tolior being unco absent) by a lio vnto, and any investigation being (iiund ullnly im practicable by the minority, the faicc was brought to. u "close Surelv such outragoous prucei dings as tin. Jniliiil biinrs to lc;lit woie uiv r In I'm. knowti n n c iiumit'c ol a ingn pailliimcu tny ' I Fir the luume-iieal str ngth 1 the majority were used not in decisions as to hetlier certain alleged lacts were inueeii ts. or tn the value nml suniilieatieo nl ad mitted facts, but in the stilling of nil inquiry I any kind whatever N e sen n committee appointed to Investigate declaring that there snail lie no investigation s nn expecicn source flight ii'i-vi rtsl intoncloud of nnpi lietr.iblo laikness. The enmmittee returned to the House, in the language of the introduction to Mr. Harris's journal, almost ourown words fl relay l.it "with no inlorinatinn tint hat was in the piscssinn of its meinlicrs lien the investigation was ordered except thespeculative reasouine; and casuistic lucu brations laid down by the majority in their port ;" but of the facts in the case, no thing, absolutely nothing. We mistake greatly if this in-ulting and tyrannous pro- ling will lie succsstul. It is too union mr subservience even of those who have been bought with the nrice nf nllicial natriinage It can hardly be hut that the Investigation will yet be had . and with investigation eoin"s" victory for tiuth utul right. rur. oith'i: noi.nr.iis nr x i.it- .UO.NT. Many eyes opened widely at th" li-t of of. fice holders or Vermont, under one depirt incut of the Federal tlovcrniaent. which we pi"d from the Watchman the other day. N'nt only were Ihe peiqile in these puis una ware who were their servant", but even the Democracy were to a considerable extent. u it proved, ignorant both of the value nf the spoil-" appertaining to their p.uty, and of lb" f.iv ireil possessors of the same . nay more, as wo are credibly informed, somo of the nfiice holder thomsolu'S knew not that they were such Wo have recently been layered with a cur sory lierus.il ol the nine Nook lor I Mi, and from that and other soiiices we are able to add to the information now before tho public, several facts of general interest whieh it is light that the public should know. The office holders of the tioverntnont aie the servants ol the people. They arc paid with he people's money , and surely the penple have snnic light to know how and by whom that money is earned. mong the attaches of th" Custom House in this place, as given in the Ilhie Hook, are l'alrii'k r.iyne, U'laUii.m. py S'l" lhoiiw- l'.ij-no, " " Sls'i rjtrioklla.ve, l'.irtcr, " JlllO We aro informed by several Democrats who are in a po-itiou to know, that these are three unnaturalized Irishmen, who are in the employ of Judge Smalley, as hisgirdener, o-tlernnd laborer, respectively, who say that they did not know that they wore officers of the government, have not rendered ser vice or receivedpiy assuch, and have signed from time to time receipts for their silirie, without knowing what they wcie putting their marks to. We beliec that vi'ry few were aware that mir townsman, John (. Saxe, added to his titles a-Poet and Lecturer that nf Deputy Collector and Cutnm House Inspector. and some, we know, have been puzzled to conjec ture at what time of the year lie earns his s il.iry of jSOIMI, as such. 'I he Pic-tiiia-tor of this town appears to hold a very comfortable beith, that is if there aie no dlaw backs in the slmpe ol we-ur and tear eif conscience Ac, 'Ihe Win liook tells lis that Mr. D.infortli lcieivcs a-Po-lin i -tor a salary of .-si ,7-3,1 1. lie is al lowed two clerk-, whose silarie- ale paid by th" (iovcniincnt . M. 1 1. Stmio. pay nnd.M. Thompson, pay ,-s'.'7o. Mr Thomp son is a I'nmpo-itor in the S"iitin"l Print ing nlliee. IMs place in the I'o-t Ull ,. j cuiii'sMd-e i at'.i mu'ofi'-ln ifi'V pnee.1" L' In addition, Mr. Danforth loooiv d. as publisher of the Sentinel, in K57, For adveitisiug in the state Dei-iilin't ,-jL'l I " 1'ostUllice is' " publishing Laws . 17 il'iil tin the whole, Mr D.infortli must draw upon I nolo Sam s funds to the amount nf f urn thing nvir ,42,.'l)il per aimuin a cogent I.econi)iton aigumnit. As we have intiiu ued. these facls.irc either t.iki n from the ncord, ur are given to u. hy by Deiiiocratsof unquestioned standing. We give them a- of general iuteiest .and nut like ly to be given to the public in any other way As nutters go in this w ieked vvnrld, Itepuh licans cannot very well complain, if Mr. Smalley "s gardeners and the Sentinel coui pnsitors are paid by the government direetly If Democrats are not suited with the ar rangemcnt, it is for them to look to it He surely have no quarrel with any whose names we hae givi n. and wo shall be happy to pub lish for them any oll-ets, in the way of as-sefcsmout- paid for tho support of their party, In re or elsewhere, to which they may bo entitled Wesulyoin an additunal list of Vermouterr. in office, compiled by Mr. Walton from the Blue liook Inthe Pcpnrtment of Ihe Interiur, I find L E Flsk, clerk (land oflice) at Slt-U0 , J. II. ,ine, examiner in the Patent uflico, $'.,'jOn ; Win. I'. Halt, temporary clerk, In'lian office., raid hy tho piece. , li. llenten, pende.n office, 1,10(1 , Clonics I' Warner, l!urlin-;tnn, anil I! F lilodell, llradfi.td, pension agent-, receiving tivopr-r cent. e.f muney ili-bur-ed, if it docs lint exceed $1000 In each a,;cnt Tutalniunt.tr nil-nit I loo Wmi'inter" '' In the War Department It J. .tcldey, Van ee.nier. payiiuister'selelk, 67110 , Sylvo-te r Chur chdl, J u-iee lor fieiier.il (lirUadicr Heneral, lire, lei . ) l.jm.in II. Mime .-. nit .-iirtreen , Win I' iMnith. l-l I.iotit lepi.raphn'al laijjineirs , Al. t.ert V Cullnirn, 'J. Lieut. L'nialry , Juftin Iliui uck, .Mnjur (t'"l. hrevil) 1I rent, nrtlllory , Tru mun Revtiioiir, Dt Lieut, (r.ipt. brevet) dittn ; Amos lieekveith, Henry L'los.nn, 1st l,ieul. ditto ; Kduard It. I'latt, 1.1 Lieut. Sdret. nrtille. ry ; Henry A. Smalley, 3d do. do. , Henry f. liur- ' I'npt (Jl.ij. hreiit) .Id leet. lirldlery; Ilunhar 11 Kim-eiu, 1st Lieut de. ; .lehu'w, I'help-. f',ipt. Ilh rest artillery . TI.iinilK.il Day, Maj -d ret inl.iulry , Henry C llilteB, h't Lieut (Adjutant) llli rept. infintry ; (lii.t.nu I.i.iin.. l'... Ml, reel, infantry i Henry It. Seidell, dipt ilu. ; .iu in in S. Clark, Coluuel. (ling. lien, lino 1 1) i th regiment infantry , I.a.ie Lvnde, en esj.i 1 isiiimiein, C.iptn. "th reiuient 'mfanlry , (leeriie Wiijhi, C.,lml, lithriirt. inl'.iiil r , .l.'ilui .Mc.N.it,. ltl Lieut i... ; (Viet- nl West Point 1M v in II. Mr.u;;litriti, V'. cla-s, .lames V. Warner, Jd ilass. frvillu II. HaWk, till class. We arc inl'oi mod by Mr. Danforth that our article on Vt. I Ifliccholilcrs above contains an i ironi'oiis statement lvepevting Mr. 'Ihoinpsoii who has not, as .Mr. Dan forth stato, drawn jmy as Po-t Olhco flork, from the (iovcruuieiit, sincn IS.'ilL Our suitement was drawn ilimli from the lllun liook. The i rror is in that. Wo have also liecn f.ivorisl with a lino from Judge Smalley, complaining of our article u a "gnu, on provoked, and evidently malicious attack" timti him, and iiiforniing us tliat we have hem the "medium to coiiiniHiiic.itc to the public the iiupjl' iit spleen and malice id a few protended 'dirk lantern' lciiu'iats." Wo liavo not the slightest osnlial I'.s liiig in this matter. Iftlie facts aie not so, ue shall bo very happy to be oouviucoil of it and to isinvinco our revulers. Svn I'vTvi.iiv Ml Sarah li.iru.ird, aged 21 years, only daughter nf ti'eo. W. Ilainaid I'm)., u wealthy lucichant of ll.jnton, wan burned to death in that eityoiiS.itiud.iy li-t, her clothes taking lire from u grate before vvhii h she was standing, licfoie any cllUtivo aid could be rendered, in the abs. n. e .d e r parents and Hie fright of the diuiie-tii- -'n l . iv 1 ti, i ti i i v Mi h ' i 1 ! r ' '' el lii'" imiii Uat I D i' tl' .'i i.ih.i1 I the ll.ime which so biirue 1 her lungs us to take life instantly. WVTIl t'UNtiUr.ss, ITIIST SP.SSION In the House on Thursday a second strug glenn the Leeompton question cominelioeil Mr Harris desired to pro'"'iil the reasons why tho Kansas Inveptigating Coiiimitlei! had failed to perform the duty assigned it which explanation lie offered as a matter of privilege. The Speaker decided it was nut a privileged queslinn, Mr. Ilairis uppuiled Mr. .Stephens moved lo lay the appeal on tho table. This motion was lost, by a majority offiftecn. This remit, though owing in pait to the a' sence nf pint of the lenmptun force nlariueil the ailmiiii-tr.itton nun, as several South uiericans, on whose support they have ..nunle'd, vnleil against them. Among tho noticeable speeches of the week, have been one in the House by Mr. Keill, of South Carolina, in which lie look the ground that under the l,"eoinptoii ( 'onstilution, the penple of Kansas would have no right to change their ( 'onstilntion nnlil lMll; and one by Mr. Polk, nl Mis-oiiii. who settled the Kansas question to his satisfaction by deny, ing the fact of Invasion from Missouri, ol fraud at the noils in the Territory. Mr. Polk ' stuck nf brass mu-t be large. Of com -c the country will aicept Mr Polk's say-so as final in the matter. Mr. Hamlin, ol Manic made an able effort on Wednesday, in the Senate. The Viiie.' correspondent say " Senator Hamlin's ppc'cli is the ablest senn torial illbrt of his life. His vindication ofthe laboring classes of the North, against the as persions of Senator Hammond, was a splendid Success. In the Shinto, Friday, speeches on the Kansas bill were made by Messrs. Chandler of Michigin. Hunter nf Va., and Kennedy nf Md. Tho House passed the Consular and Diplo m itic appropriation bill, and the Senate bill nuthormng certain V. S officers and men engaged in the ex pi ditions ill search nf Sir Jiihn I'l-anklin, to receive medals from the Hritish government. The chair announced the pending question to bo for the appeal ol Mr. Harris () HI (taken em Thursday! from the doci-ion of the chair that it was not a question of priv logo to present the doings nf the Kansas committee to show their fiilnre to execute tli orders nf the House. Mr. Harris defended his position, and Mr Stephens of (i.i. replied. The question was fiulher debated by Mcs-is. Harris, ;row of 1'a . Kno-lish of Ind . and nthere, s,.oni plans being propos"d. A motion to lav the aniieal mi the table was negatived by a voteof lli'.l to III. Mr. Harris impiircd of Mr. Stephens w hetlier objection would be made hereafter to a minority report. Mr Stephen' lopliod that there would not. -Mr. Harris then Siid be would withdraw his appeal, and let tl majority take the chances lor their report Alter this drawn game the House adjoin ne to Monday. W vsiiioro, M.Ach 13 -f.nmf. Mr. Wade spoke on the Kite oue'stion. defeniliio' the North from tl charge of agii-es-ions upon the South, and lo hi I ii ol i ii that the airroioii- vvcio all tl either way. lie in this connection, i barged that the seiurc of Te.is, and In r admission into the 1'uiou, in v iolation nf the Cnn-titu tion of the I nited State- , w.i- an mormon "'iv-V".".jit'"ii the riirht- of the North OM.I..1 i lie laboring nun of the .Soi'trt L.ilc the I .i i 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 . niitor s apersiim that the are slaves. disi us-ioii, aniiuati d in the e treine, then aro-e, in which Namtor-Ma Digit r, Wilson, Mroderick and Pugh took pait, nn thequeslion wliollur the Liiabling act, as reported bv .Mr Douglas, did or did not in it-iirigiu.il draft contain a i lause prn. viding for a submission of the Kansas Con stitution to the people, which clause was al leged to have bun strii ken nut at Mr Douglas' house iu a consultation held there by the Cominittccon Tctritories. Mr. Don las was not in bis se.it, and the subject was llop'll till lie should I"' present. I In House was not in session onjs itunlay Tu the Senate on Mond ly, Mr. Mason of Virginia, siike athngtb. lie argil".! that SI ive ry is the normal e-oiiditiou of the negto lie refi rred to Mr. N'ward's throatsthat there should be no lnnre SUye States. Hut lie would tell that gentleman the battle was not fought not won. It is but just begun. nii'l the uirei'i issue is ion siiall have no more Slave St it. s "I do not know how it will usult, but if tho vote on Kansas is to consign all who give it to political death, it will tak" no prophet to foretell how long this I'nion will last." Mr Mason was followed by Mr. Clark, of New Hampshire, and others Ineffectual attempts were frequently made to adjourn. The Loconijitonites were determined to main tain a continuous sos-ion, until they could force a vote on the admi ion of Kansas, un less tho Uppo-ition would agree to the vote being taken bef ire the expiration of the present week A proposal, to have the vote taken next Mninliy, was rejected by thn ma jority The contest became one of more physical endurance, and a night session was the result. Our eh "patch says that the offer to close lie debate on Mond ly was finally accepted; cot'.vrv .M.Mis.siiKiisr,i,r,cTnt. The following temperance candidate's for County Commissioner, arc reported elected .leeison Couny, Ira fiiffird. Chittauhn l,aitwilh I't'finUin ( 'tt'tdoHI'l Windsor .las. Mitchell " W. Tcrrill. " 1! II. Iloyt " Johii.Mor.se. Cioby Miller. Counties have elected I'lie lnllowin small majorities what are mildly called the "liberal" e'aiulidates, men uppnse'd to the faithful execution of the Prohibitory l.ivy Huthmd fiuiiy, Il-irnes Fri-lns.1. Wtishinylun " Mr. Kent. OrAeiM, " Al r. Simjisiiu. tboioy " 1 Windhtitn " John Itobeits. In some of thiKM! Counties no printed votes for the 1'oiiijs.iaiice candidates wcie distribu ted, and in all thcio npsnri to have lieen a cuiable i'i-iiiisMies on the pait of thcfiimds of the L,w. Lnjioil l.vvv Kssiv On I'liuisilay I i-t, a drunken I'rmchmaii vvasarrcsled iu Kfc, and taken bcl'oio Justice HilLorl, bofore whom he dicln-o4 that licobt.iineil bis liquor of David Tyler, Hotel keeper, of law- a Junc tion. 'I ho matter was bioiight to the notion of Slate's Wt'Jiney Hard Mr. Tyler was brought up IkIoim dunce Hill, I'liday, plead guilty lo ton ollnucs, making him a ooiiimuii Me-)lcr,aud was tiio-d s;iiii,lnd costs. Tho Town of l!s"(, .it the March inn ting, vnleil to loquott the Ciiunl v t i mi m inJuiii i to nppoiut mi Agent fur lhos.il 'of liquor iu that town for the cniuhij; your ; an I, us tho Tern-H-iance mm of the place an d"terniiiii d, by i ligid ml-'icemi-nt of the Fr diihiloi y t p n' a far a- J i' ! , i'e ill il - ,. , Ih ' " ' thai 'L v 1 .1 want mm tie i vuil h t , ol nlc d h x f nit r i : m i v. it a n c i-: i t r. m n Mr. Hawkins, in the Vermont rlirnmdr, rpe-aks encouragingly ol ins lanors in tins Stale. 1Ion.ijh' " 1 liavo found tlic, people vviilo avtako In the cause, and prompt and ready to ri'-orian- ie TciiiporaiiccSoeicties every whore. I have thus far, met all my appointments promptly audiences: liavo, ns u general tiling, neon urge many coming front three to fo-pv miles. I have spoken 111 thirty-one places, 1 obtained on tho pledge, in eleven place;, one thousand one hundred and thirty-two nines. In all those towns, without excep tion, they adjourned the meeting to 1111 early day for tho )nirposo of forming u Temper ance Society. In Williaiiistovvn 111 signed ; in Watcrbury 'Jill, in Charlotte 1S; in lllneshurgli Lilt, in Kichiiioinl 1112; in I n- lcrhill '.HI ; mother towns ranging from olj to II. I am really ol opinion that there is not jiStute 111 tho I moil 111 w Inch the cause is in healthy a condition ns in the Stale ol cr- lniint. I find in tin) towns 1 have visilcd, a grow ing and decided disposition to enfoico the law. In many nlaeos all tho necessary nr- iligemonts arc how made to make the twin- .vllir.i loci that they shall not bo poinuttcil to tl.llllj.e. nil un riu.iiu. nit 1 111 1 -it 1 1 1 . j . In Urookliold, a Total Ab-tinonco Asso ciation has re'centlv been lornu'il, mainly through the dibits of a man, who, with the habit of drinking, had good sense enough to resolve to bri'ak oil the use of liquor, and in llucnce enough to induce his associates to join him in the effort at reform. " The result," sajsa correspoiulent nl the rvurthlieltl .ir.- fw'r, " has lieen that about HflO signatures have been obtained to the pledge, and among them aro tho names of most of tho"o in tin pait of tho town, who have been accustomed tj use spirituous liquors as a beverage. ihe lollowing sensible advertisement ap- poareeliuii late L Jn i-tiati Mitvnyr WANT VVOI1K And will not drink any more Hum from this time 1URVLV i3EM0.S. itnoss, George Sturtovant. Northlield, I 'eh. 24, 1S5S. That man should have all the work he wants Four barrels of liquor were recently sened in the depot at Itosbury, Vt. ltwas directed to the Town Agent at that Town, but as ho would not own it, and no owner appeared, it was turned out. The Ripnttlory understands that it is common all over the State for li quor dealers to have their barrels directed to some Agency. Of the liquor sold in lluflalo, N. V the Advertiser, of that city says . "The hranely is poison, the whiskey of that variety known as "hardware," stryclinine would improve it; and the gin is kept in yens Imllks simply be cause 1 ii-oiW rut thronyh ihr .itarrs nj a bar rtll in Jijttfix nunutrs." Ni.w Nvvie nm an Oi.n Tiiimi. A colored wtiniim was called to testify in court in Wor cester the other day in trial of damages by the collision of two carriages on the highway. To tho question whether ono of the parties was intoxicated, sho answered that she did not know, but "Ac icotf ne though hp had a bill of salt nf both sides of th? rone." The power ofthe rage for strong drink was forcibly illustrated at one of our Pittsfield saloons tlio other dav. It seems that a cer tain old soaker hail been building a 'bob sli'd" for the proprietor, wetting his whistle pretty freely at the bar "on account" as the work went on. At last the barkeeper re marked "What, vou here again'.' Why, you've drank the sled all up except the polo, now "' I he e-ustumcr wa-n t taken back Inr a moment, but leaning resolutely over the bar, exclaimed "Well, look a here, old fellow, give u-the pole, will ver.'" And the pole wasswallovved. llrn'hirr ountij liitc Post Oi i iei. LspioN vi.k ami Kniun.r.v. John P. Halo writes to the Independent l)e- llo1')A,r.lJ!!l'iV.'kri0'i,,t,',,et mlm lo his frii nds in New Hampshire recently, have failed to roach tiie -rsons to whom they were addressed. He ha- confidence in tho integrity of the po-tma'tcr at Wash ington, who assures him that they wire promptly forwarded, and it fol lows that they must have been detained either in the lioston po-t office or in the mi rioiis post office's iu New Hampshire to which they wire directed. Mr. Tappin of the Hons,) of liopri'sentativos from Now Hamp shire couipliins that the documents for ward"'! by him to his constituents aro also missing. This is villainous. I'kovi Cmiiokmv. The steamship Star of the West, from Aspinwnll, with the Califor nia mail ol Feb. QO, and 1,279, IS t in treasure, arrived at New York on Monday. In the California Legislature, a bill to sup press mobs and insurrections had been intro duced, and had excited much angry discus sion. It was specially aimed at the Vigi lenee Committee. Tho impression, however prevailed tliat it would not pass, Several murders liavo lieen perpetrated. Tho Sacramento slave case was decided on the 11th, and tho slave was handed over to his claimant Tho decision is generally con demned by the press John- Tyler undertook to forco his party to accept his measures, in lieu of their own doctrine. Down he wont. Millard Fill viore undertook to incorporate tho Fugitive Slave Ijiw into tho Whig platform. Down ho went. Frvkliv Pierce underook to in corjiorato the enslavement of Kansas into tho Democratic platform. Down ho went. Mr. liuchanan can read tho Future in the Past. Thcfatoofhis predecessors will be his. Mexican News. Ito intelligence from Mexico is to tho effect that the condition of affairs in the country is growing worse and wor-o , civil war is raging in four or fivo of the States , and tho disaffection towards tho new '.iiloaga Government se'eins to Is; gaining strength every day. Tho Government was in the field with six thousand men and twenty seven pieces of artillery, and it was supposed that a battle would soon bo fought. Several ofthe prominent military men of the country, including An vkfz who was at tho head nf throe thousand cavalry were in anus againt Zri.ouiv, whose downfall was considere'd cer tain. Poi'iiMits Lioinit. The Brandon Advocate says that iu Cruwn Point, N V., recently, three men called at a public house for liquor Tim keeper of tho house tapped a new bar rel tu supply them , they drank and two of them dp d, almost instantly , the other luro ly io.ipesl with his life. There was proba bly a little tie) much strychnine put in that time. The Wati hman siys that the ladies of Mnnt licr liavo boon enjoying th" few dajs nf pl asint weather, with which wo have rc e'cntly lus'ii I ivoiod, in tho initiatory lessons iu sk. iting. Also that tliosuirlct ur -.is.int lull null, whiih the ladles lake espe'cia puns in exhibit by the modest lifting of the outer dp ss, i- 1 1 bo soon daily in the strccte. to w. oi'i'iccits roit ix.-ix. SUFI I.I KM. Selectmen , Iz'o'l'iacy, h S. Ncl-on, Fu'd- OUik Fletllul I Idol- , I I' I ol, J L. Ilust . . .las O ( ladv N I ton, IV- aM' audi ll 'i-'r Win Harmon, Town f I rk, Ti-.isuni and Trustee I'atai. AutM.MS. lel l-mglois, a 1 frenchman, whllo engaged in cutting wood in St. Albans, was instantly killed by the fall of i tree. In Danville, last week, Nich- ilas Cook, a German, whllo adjusting a belt in Greetlbalik'o woolen factory, was caught by a hook attached to the dluiii, carried twice, with gre'iit velocity, over the shall, and thrown upon the floor with lunch V iolcnce. He was stripped of all his elothing save his nock handkcrchii f and stockings nml injured so that he survived but two days. In Cornwall, Vt., on Wednesday nf last week, a yuiing man named Henry Carter, slid hum a hay-mow upon the tootli nf a hnise-rake, which entered the inner part nf the thigh, and passed up into tho iiblomon, o.iuing n rupture of the rectum. Thoie is no possibility of his lccovcry. Mr. Wm. P. 'I'cwksbiiry of Thclfoi-il was killed Match Mil While lilicrating a ye.iiling confined under a log, the log mlled, carrying them all below. The young man was not nun h injured. Mr. Tewksbury lived about one hour, his spine being broken. Ho was 17 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children. Tt.HKII'.l K TUVI.EIIV l.N AN ll.l INOIS Pr.MTK.S Tivuv. The Alton Courier of Match 'J, gives particulars of a very singular transaction which occurred iu the Penitentiary in that place. A convict named Hall, from Chicago, who is now serving out a second term, formed the the idea of acquiring his liberty in the follow ing method He watched liis opportunity shortly after breakfast, and wlim no other guard was in the hall surrounding the cells, except Mr. Crabb, whom he knocked down and stunncil liv a severe mow on me noun then dracircil him into one of the lower cell- tied Crabb's hands behind his back, nnd fas toned the cell door by means uf a stick of timber, previously put in the cell by somo confederate, then drew a huge knife frum his bosom, ussiste;d Crabb to rise, put him against tho door and threatened him with neatii un less he was allowed to go at liberty. This most daring attempt was soon known, and promptly brought Col. Ituckniaster and his guards to the spot. '1 he convict threat ened Crabb with instant death if any attempt was made upon the door, holding the knife within a couple of inches of Crabb's breast. For upwards of an hour Col. Iiuckmastcr and his cuards watched an opportunity to shoot him, but there being but ono opening in tho door and that eiuite small, he kept Lrani constantly between him. and the opening, so that he could only be reached through Crabb's body. Thus matters continued until noon, when Crabb made some off jrts to open the door. but was immediately cut severely in the hand bv the convict. During the day the convict stated his terms of submission to be a icvolver, loaded hy himself, a full suit of citizen s dre-ss, s tun m money, anu to no drove out of town in a close carriage, acconi panied by Crabb, to such a place as ho should designate; all ol winch were ot course inau missable. In the meantime, however, Colo nel Iiuckmastcr procured a pardon from the Governor, to be used in his discretion ; but up to twelve o'clock last night no informa tion of it had been given to the convict. .Ml day the guards were on tho watch to shoot the scoundrel, but as he had ivo-itivelv de clared he would kill Crabb if hu was not in stantly killed himself, great care had to be taken for fear he might put his threat into execution. Crabb had no anas whatever, the yard guards not being allowed to carry any, and had nothing whatever to delend himself from any attack uf the elesperad- About cloven o'clock last night, one uf th euards irot a shot at him, but averted hi- lire upon a change of lmsitions for fear of shooting Crabb. The entrance to the cell i- very narrow the door of plate iron, with a small gratin at the ton lor ventilation. Ilieeloor open inwards, and is very strongly fa-tencil. It i- impossible to get at the scoundrel without usinggre.it loree, which we learn wouiu ne "I ? . , .o ' 111- snoi eiuring me night. Iiuring the day great fears were entertained that he would kill the guard, and lor Icar of that active operations were not pushed forward. Thus. best informed think there i-now very little linger oi his putting his threat into cxccii- uon as nemust Know mat ucatn wuul'l in stantly lie his lot. Vesterday every thing was demo that could bo done consistently vv ith Crabb's safety. No chance would the convict give for any Injury to himself, as ho cither studiously kept tho guard between him and the grating, or laid down against the door and nut of the re'ach of shot, lio professed to liavo no ill feelings to Crabb, but had deliberately pianncii tins meinoii ol gulling his nnerty and would kill Crabb and then kill huii-el! unless he was jsirdoned, and taken out in the manner suitea. Itefore our readers see this account this morning, the desperado will either have been taken or killed. Tho abovo account clos:d on Monday night, at liu'click. A letter written on Tuesday, given the finale of the affair as fol lows At 9 o'clock, this morning, Rutherford, tho State Superintendent and Col Iluckmas ter Warden, undertook to get into the cell of tho prisoner by stratagem. Ureakfast was set at tho cell door in vessels of larger size than ordinary, but tho convict refused to open the door until the hall was cleared, which, after a brief consultation, was done. Tho Warden Superintendent and Guards were on each side of tho cell, but out of sight and motionless. The convict slowly opened tho door nearly enough to admit tho food, when a crowbar was instantly inserted. Tho Warden cried out to Crabn, tho imprisoned guard, to fight for hie life. He ae-cordingly sprang to tho opening of tho door, and at length draggcel himself through, but not beforo he was etali bed by the convict nino times, seven times in tho back and twico on tho arms. When the poor victim was dragged out, tho convict barred the door again and refused to yield. Ilewas thengivenii few minutes for rellection, and the rebel was, after much dodging and effort to get out of tho reach of the tire, shot by tho Warden. The ball struck his skull just below tho left car, and glancing around, lodged under the skull. lie tell instantly, and was dragged out ol the cell and thought to be dead, but soon rcesivered and talked as sensibly ns any man could under the circum stances. After the convict was taken out of the cell, his knife, alxuit eight inchi's long, with a double edge, was found iu tho cell, and on his person was found, also, another larger Kiute, vv ith a hlade lour inches long. (. raldi, tho wounded guard was imiiii'diatclv taken to tho hospital, and his wounds were ex.iminul and drcissol by tho Mrs. Williams, the prison surgeon, and Allen. The left lung was found to In' twico pcrloiate-il by the km e. l ie other wounds were not dangerous. When the nbovolettcr waswrittcn, neither tho convict nor the guard were expected to survive. A later account says It is stated that everything wasilonoduriii"- tho night to surprise the convict into a cap ture, but that lio wa vigilant and bloody from ono minute's end to the other, anil amused hiiii-cll from time to time by pricking ins n inn Mint Hie jmiill in ins Klllie. It is not stated iu our dosi-itch at what time the convict died, but wo learn from oth er sources that he suivived his wounds but a shurt time srv ri; l int at hi iii.i.m; i ii.n, I he managers uf the Vermont State Agii- rultural Society nut at llelloui, l'.ill, nn Wednesday last, leicatcd the next Fair at Hurliiigtuii, and adjourned. CnM.m.ss. lit the Senate, on the lllth, Mr. Hamlin of Me., concluded a very nblo Kansas speech, and, after an executive ses sion, the Senate adjourned. In the House, .Mr, Stephciu uf (ia , asked but fiiled to obtain leave to prose-nt the re )it of tho majoiity of tho Kansas commit tee llcstateslth.it ho should take the r' spnnsibility of printin; it Cointkbikiteks Annmrri. In Chicago hist week, ji gang of counterfeiters was bro ken np. A lsit full of Imgus halves and piaiVrs, some finished nnd ready for oir- ulation, a frame of plaster of I'.ul" moulds, eight in number, chemicals, and a complete apparatus for photographing, with a bank nolo ready to bo copied, were soied. 'Ihe coins aro so near the genuine as almeist to do defy the must rigid si ritttny. I hey liavo nearly Ihe genuine i Ing, urn about of the same Weillit, buf present, upoq olose exami nation, a slightly bl itrr od and Icady appear ance,nnd iinn'rfect eslg-s. I'or somo time past, an uiiuual amount of bogus coin and coiiiilorfeit paper has be. iiinniifaoturod iu Northern Indiana and Illi nois, but the in rest of this gang, fifteen in number, it is thought will break up the trade for a while. TiieCvseiii Jfi'oi; LnRtsei 'Ihe Masi- eini-etts Mouse ot Heiiresentatives lia-a-lopC'l, P27 to Ibl, nil address to the Governor, for tho removal uf Judge Izil Ing from his nlli of Judge nf Probate for Suflolk ( utility lir-t, beoauso of his offence against the moral sense of the Cniiiiniitiwoalth ill tho fugitive slave cae of Anthony l!urn, where he presided as Commissioner, and gave a legal doubt ;ainst the negro ; and second, liooauso no refuses to obey a law nf tho State, making it incompatible for a man to bold a State nfliee and at the same time a I'nitrel States nfiice which rcquiris him to do the business uf slave catching for the Southern planteis. The ddrcss now goes to the Senate. .Mil. M-'.U'Altn'S SI'KKCII The closing paragraph of thi-great speech, given in our columns tu-elay, is the only portion of it to which we are inclined to take exception. Tho Pacific States maysome day leave the Cnion ami set up for them solves : but that the slavery question will bo the cauc of that division, that the dividin lino liotwcen the future Slave Kmpire (if wo aro to have one,) and the Free Republic, will be the Rocky Mountains, that Ohio, and New Englandare to bo slave States, while Califor nia remains a Free State, the idea that this or anything like it can ever lie, scorns to us absurd. Hut the speech ns a whole wc heartily ad mire, and commend it anew to our roaeters Its clear frch review of the facts ofthe case ; its able statement of the causes of the excite mont and of the results to follow from tho one policy or tho other ; its scathing rebuke of the majority of the Supremo Court a rebuke which, coming from one of the first lawyers as well as a loading statesmen of tho land, that Court must feel ; its effective, argument ; its telling rhetoric, all mark it ns ono of tl really grrnl speeches, of this great contest. Hoii.ni Kxi'i.oinN. In Cambridge, Vt.on the 1th, the Isdler nf the steam sawmill lately erected there by Mr. N. Maeoy, explo'led de stroying the engine house, and injuring sev eral uf the ID nr more persons assembled to witness th" first revolutions of the largo cir- iil.tr mw. Mr. Chauiicoy Warner was seri- nu-lv bruised, and the engineer was badiv scaldcil. I'or tic free l'n -s "Tltr. I'OI K HltOTIIKKN." Mr. r.H,fr. OfTen'C is taken, I hear, at the com municntiein en tliis sulgcet, in jour pnper of tie Otli instsnt. I ii-cret this be-cucc there n-a? no unkin-l i'cr.in il allusion nn-lo. Indeed tt wa- untie-ed thit the Island- irerc owned Lv iinv one' in mir village. My attention was hr-i iaiii-i i the cnttinj; nn" of the wemd by a gentleman net lir. ing in this town, nliu sH.ke' nf it as ,i le.s to Jlur llnrt'ton ot one of the mo-t beautiful objects to be ecu from the town. I agreed withliiui, and as objects ef brnuty are often but little thouj;hl of un til they are K'.ne, so .1" not to be rotored, I hoped an expresdon ef epinion in tho neniupvr might awaken intcrfc't enough to stay tho destruction of the wonil, and, perhaps, lead to a purchase nf the Island, (they aro certainly of very little intrinsic value.) to I,- kept as objects of beauty on tho Lake. What would not any liurlington man gho Iu co the hinks north of the Pioneer hop cniered with Ihe beautiful little Pine', that made them mot picturcs-to objects twenty. Eve jear- ago' .Vlas ' somebody wanted them for faggots, and they van ished, and now a stranger approaches the town, on the lake, with a bluff of running -and meeting hi oye- I hope President Wheeler will uot take it into hi head to uso his hedge, for that purpose, nor Mr. Cannon to -ell his grovo of Pines for firing purpose- Uurlington, a yet, is not a place of great beauty to a stranger, eieopt for its "distant views." These are almost unequalled. Among these, the " Four Brothers " were gems nay, masses of brighter! emerald, in the evening sun-light. Cavrso lCorrespon.il nee ef the Courier an! Enquirer V Washington-, March 8th The Stephen s majority of the Leeompton v-oiniimiee inienu to rejiori a Dill tor tho immediate- admission of Kansas n(;xt Thursday. They will probably move tho previous ques tion on the pa-sago of tho bill. It is ex- Hicteil by some however, that they will move uio priming oi mo repori, ana generously allow until Monday next for its consideration iney inienu to cut on achate, and apply the previous question, if not before, on Monday next. The minority of the Committee meet to night to comparo and agree uiion their re. sjrts. The five Republican members will sign one, and Mr. Harris and Mr. Hickman another The courn1 of Mr. Harris has not hei'n such as to i-nmmand the entire confi dence of the Republicans. Tho Administration members calculate up. on ten majority, and undoubtedly have their men labeled. Hums of Ohio, Humphrey Marshall, and fiilmer of North Carolina, aro claimed by sanguine Republicans, a- opim-ed to Leeompton. They will bo miserably dis. npHiinted. Niblack' nf Ind., who voted with us on the Sth of February, has ratte-d back to Lccniuptun. Horace f' Clark will go with th" Admini-tratiun. Its triumph is I'crtain by ten or twelvo majority. .Mr. (Ire-en, a nussengcr from Kansas, ar rived on Saturday, with the testimony on the fraud- taken by the Coniiui"-ioncrs apsiinted by tins Legislature, lor their exsure. lie lias satisfied liim-idf of the adoption ofthe I.'iiipton trick hi'rc.ind savs the in'onleare getting in readiness to fight. L.iihoun, it is alleged, ha come lo the de termination to reject the Delaware Cmssini- returns, and to throw nut 700 votes cast at U'uvrnwortti l ity. 11ns wil g vo tho h- coiiiptonitcs iwisM's-ion of the propmed State govirnment in all its branches. I'i.mv Sri.vMMi. In tho House uf Rcpre resentatives, on Wednesday last, Mr. Haskin, nf New Vnrk, a democrat, dye-d in the wisd iu thecourseof a spirited sveh, proclaim ed, without rebuke nr denial from any quar ter tliat " If it wore not rr KXKlTTIVK PATItONAliK, ho did not lielievo thcrewcre tin Niiiitiiprn IH.VUKRUS who would vote for the leeompton Constitution. Ilecon-id-eiesl the attempt to admit Kansas under that Cnn-titutioii, Till; MUST STCPKNIKH'S FRAl'l) that Congress had ever been called upm tu ceiiisiimm.ite." l.i'jioR Livv. In Rrattlehoro, last week, fi. V. Hrilton was fined 2tl and i-osts on a 2d conviction for violating the Liquor Law. An I'iutor in I.uk The citizen of liuckinghain havo eleetesl Mr Hiram Ukins, editor of tho Hollows Falls Argut, Pound Kcfjier of that town. Religious InlclligCiHT. Fourteen p-rsons wore admitted em pro- fessiein of their faith to the Pine Street Methodist Church in this plaoo, last sabbath, making the total number of admissions hiring the roeontprotraoti.il meeting 2V Six iers)iis were bipti-ed at the Iliptlst Chiireh in this place, last Sunday. Mr. N. P. Foster, who is at present supplying tho pulpit, writes to the Watchman k Reflectoi The church here are unxioiis for a pa-tor. may t lio Izird grant them one after His own heart. Ilurlingtoti is ono of the most li'sirablo of our Now Kngl.md villages much the largest town in Ihe State, nnd should In supplied witli an utile and elerot d Itiptist minister," Mr. l'nsor alsosavs of tlm revival in Jeri- oho in all prohaiuiitv more tnnn -"i nave been brought into the liberty nf the gn"d, somo nf whom were n guided as t n't Impr Many have united with nlber societies. Itov., W. It. Loninis writes from Wcstford to the Nolthfield Messenger "Ueh.ltc been enjoying a gracieuiswork for about three months past. It has boon rather 'low in its progress, but I trust genuine and la-ting in its effects. There have been, we judge, some twenty to twenty-five conversions, ome wan lord's reclaimed, and tho Church, which be fore was very low nml almost discouraged. has been greatly revived and encouraged Wc b arn from the St. Albans Mes-onger that ton individuals, nine of them heads of families, united with the Congregational Church in Swanton, last Sabbath and six joined the Congregational Church at St Al bans Hay. A very large number have al ready united with the Metbndit' at the Hay, and the interest still continues unabated We are informed that several have also uni ted witli tho Haptists in Fast Swanton In Fletcher "ome 30 or Ifl conversions aro re ported, and also theroaro indications of gei.- eral interest in tho subject of Religion in other parts of Franklin county. At the Episcopal Clerical Convocation at t. Albans last week, the Ilishop adminis tered the rite of confirmation to twenty -"li individual'. The Religious revival in Rutland "till con tinues. "Altogether, says tho lloran, tnoro have been, as wc aro informed, over one hun lreil conversions in our village since tho revi val began." There is considerable religion" interest m the Hapti't Church atSaxton's River. Some twelve or fourteen person" are to ho immersed at that place on Sunday next Among the places in Vermont where spe cial religious interest prevails, in addition to tho-e already noticed, nro Norwich. West Fairlee, Morri-villc and Rarnet For the i r-e Vrci tiie kim; or tiik rxiTt:i sr vtes. Some gentleman In Ougress has lately inquire I " Whether we are in the eighty-second year of ths llepublie, or whether wo are inaugurating a mon archy, nnd bringing in .lames the First ?'' James n not exactly tho first, but rather tho second, .lames is the "Anion)" of the King, who ?ucocded t- the rein of Manas-eh. They both did evil in the eight of the Lord and made .tudah to sin with their idol u-ing cncluuitmi nts and dealing with familiar pu it" ,,nd wiiupb. Hut the Lord -ai I, by his proph cts " Ilecau-e ,Una"-eh hath done the-e ahoinin ati"ns and hath done wickedly, beheld I am bring ing such evil un Jem-nlcm and .ludah, that wheel er hcarcth it, both his ears -hall tingle 1 will wlpe.Ieru.ali in a a mnn wipet i a didi, w ipllig it and turning it upside down." If any ilc-iro to learn the fnte ef wicked Amen, thry can find it in II Kings, ,t,i. phey may take courage, al-n, from the fact that .lodah succeeded Anion, who did right in the sight of the Lord and turned not ai le to the right hand or to the left FoREinv Nkvvs. Letter" from Pari- indi catea better feeling between Franco and Kngland. Ihe trial of the conspirator- was begun on tho 25th. A verdict nf guilty was reudered, and a sentence of eleath was pro nounced on Drsini, Rudio, and Pierri 'io nic?, wa- sentenced to penal servitude for life Canton was mptiired on tho 20th of Do. cemlier by the English and French forces and Veh and the Tartar General taken pri-onerr A commission, consisting of two Englishmen and one Frenchman, was appointed to the supervision of the Government. In the assault there were numerous hand to-hand encounters The Hritish lost 100, and the French 30 in killed and wounded A largo amount of treasure was captured, but plunder was forbidden SEW HAMPSHIRE. The Granite State has issued her commen tary on ioconipton in a "hape not to bo mis understood. Tho Republicans have made "stampede gains" throughout the State, electing all the members of the Council, three quarters of the Senate, two to ono of tho members of the House, and re-electing Gov Haile by .WO majority, a gain of two thousand on his majority of la't year The total vote is larger than last year I'or the Free Pre-si the rorn nitfiTiiKiis" -Mr. Kditor. In reply to the communications which hare appeared in your paper, in regard to the Four Prothcrs, we would ay that' we hats Mhprtrtt thrrijttiny nf tr tmihrr.ftir me treet. fer the purpose of gn ing those interested in preserving the beauty of the island" an opportunity to pur chase them. The island arefor sale, nnd we will contribute for their purchase a liberally as any one, M. A. Evaris, 1 1 1 re s si s., VVhiti. Burhn gten March 1?. l-is. Fike- The dwelling house of Mr. Simon liFrancis, of Ripton, was burned on Satur day night the 'J7tli ult., near midnight. His children were taken from their Ksl in a chamber after the best wa in ll.iuies, but (of Innately, none were injured. The elvvidling house of Mills A. Uird of Norwich, was burnesl on Friday of last we-ok I)-s iJlOfl insured for jjCOO. IliNUFiioi's Mistvke. In Fairlee, on the 1th in-t. some Epsom Salts was procured by tho wife of Mr. N. Raker, and a dose taken The I'onseqiieiit (siiii led to an examination of the medicine, when it wa- found to bo Salt- I'rlre, instead uf Epsom Salts. An emetic wa immediately given, and the patient was re lieved. Too much i'aro cannot Is? used in dealing nut and taking drugs. 1'iioro-LiTiioe.Rvriiv. Hy a recent inven tion made in Huston, a lithographic stone i" made to receive a photographic impression, by the simple action ot the rays of light, with out any intervention ofthe pencil of any art-i-t, in such a manner that it can be printed from ; and exact lithographic copies of tha object rcprescnleel may lw obtained from the stone. Deviiioi Mr. B. (i Brighaiu We under standtliatMr.il G Hrigham, of Fairfax, dieel yisterilay, of congestion of the Rraiu He has been u pruiiinent Demncnitir poll tician, iuthis state, for nuiiy years