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TEMPERANCE. Tki Temperance (AloinA Low) pfirty in . 1 rde Island, having been cheated heretofore y the mnnrer8 of the old parlies, linv ru redihe liulii, ahead of thoao pur' us, willi a lea (it ft of their own (or ollioera, n fjllose: For jwrnor. Win.-V lloppin, tf l'ie'idenc; for Lieut nant Governor, Sehtiy W Fisher, of Exeter; f r Secretary of Statu, Btiim:;1 8. Mallory, of Smiibfiuld; for Atto,rn-j ey-Oencaal, Jno. P. Knowlus, of Providence ; for General Treasurer, Booj. Mu ford, of New iHjrL The Wnig and Ujiujor io wne pul lers arc not litllo disconcerted by ihi move Meal. . ..-. . , a . . l-V ' -V ' .-v.: : I ,-.,; .Th'a Grand Jury of Allegheny County, Pa t their recent session, respectfully tut furl!) "that for the last five year we have been en 'gaged in the capacity of tb grand impest, .silling In nnd fur tliu County of Alleghnny ; thai during t'ut time we found upwin d of one hundred and fifty Iruo bills of indictment, nnd nl the very lowest calculation four-firths of tliis jiu.uber are the results, either directly or in directly, of the . use of inluxcnling liquors, thereby eicnl'.ng mi enormous expense to be aid out of (lie pu'ilio treasury, which must 0 rclinauisbed bv iinnosintT addition 1 t x t- lion Upon l he lite uat i lotia J'orli.iti ut the (.- n i 'tu unity, and fit the same time this unholy tr.if ,fie is producing poverty, wretched nes, crime and degradation that has a most ruinsus nil I u illUppj effect upo.i the public wtlfere." The InJiutiu Fits Dtmocrat, of tLc lalinsi ays: ' ' Ve understand tho Supreme Court of ih's 'State, now in session, in this ciy, made a de cision, on Tuesday last, declaring the present liquor law of this Slate unconstitutional, on tne ground of its being an act of special legislation- The elle' t of this decision, we pre sume, will be to cause all tines heretofore im posed for tho viuiations of the present law to lc remitted, and it allows anybody and eve rybody to engage in selling liquor, in future without let or hindrance. This decision may be sound law, but the heart stands appalled in contemplation of the flood of intemperance , that is te be let l-tosa upon our S ale tor the next year,.' by its opperalion. The result of tthis law shows thu folly and usolebsticas of half-way legislation; nnd we hope the people may be aroused, in view of its impolnuce, to go in for something stronger and more effi .' cient, thai bhall txtirpnple the infernal tr.ifl'ic, . root and branch. We want the Maine law, and we are very much mistaken if this U not to be the lejdm f issue of our next Slate elec tion. Things huve been tending that way for sometime past; and this decision will, no . doubt, hasten that "consitmalion so devoutly to be wished." Let the friends of temperance gird on the armor for the fight. All experienre shows that no law can be adeqiately executed unless it is favored by , public opinion ;nd sentiment; and many have . been prevented from giving their aid and in- Alien cc to the passage of such a luw as the . Maine Law, lest public mind and feeling were ( not prepared to give their earnest support to itsexeenthn. Every successive experiment, however, has gone to prove thnt the great mass of the people are entirely prepared for the h-gal exclusion of intoxicating drinks as a beverage. It is supposed only by those who are interested in the horrid trallijor whose pirticular friends aro so interested. Hear the voice of Michigan, where the law his late ly been put into execution. Respecting the oner at ion of the law in tlml. State we irivn Ihe followin extract from the Detroit papers We think that if the law is carried out in Detroit, ' it is likely to be w the rest of the Sttvte. Tub LiQtron Law. This law took effect this morning, nnd we believe that nearly or quite all the grog shops in the city have clua- ' tt their doors, and thoie who have not done mrt IT A fttirmnaf wilt alwtrtlir rnnf'wa a vtttit ' from some official' of the. famius Carson League. Some of the saloon and casinos, after being closed, were hung in black mour , ning for the loss of their occupation. There ' appears to b a geneial feeling pervading all ' 'classes that the hw shall be obeyed ; still, we suppose the "striped pig" will be discovered in more guises Ihui) one. We learn tint operations in this line have 'already commenced, nnd that a lot of several ' brands of " pure old rye " was received yei ' tcrday, from Ohio, at one of the warehouses, " which was branded "vinegar;" on a close in vestigation of the subject, the "critter was found snugly ensconced in the innocent vine 1 gar barrels. It is perhaps, useless to say ' that he will he prop.-rly uU;n cno of. De troit Daily Trihune. Tut Main Law. The proprietors of the . Biildle House, National Exehange, Andrew's Tt:iilrn:wl HoLid und uri helioVH- nearly aII t . ... , j the JioteU of any respectability in. the city, have closed their bars iu compliance with the ,. existing law. This is ight, and we are glad to seo the law so generally and cheerfully complied with. We n lire also that most ol the grocers of any standing, who kept open , bars for retail, have closed them. We' hear ,bf but few who are not willing to obey the law. Soma few attempted yesterdy to disre gard it, but were promptly prosecuted as j soon at the evidence was known. We trust ;. the law will be obeyed nnd enforced so long , .as it remains a luw. Detroit Advertiser. A Nkw Si-hipkh Pie ' The following des cription of a new triped pig" arrangement .-is given by the Detroit Tnbun. It sliowi the shifts to whioh the rurasullers of Miohignn - are driven by the Prohibitory law now work o treaerally, in that Slate: " A partv of tbieo younc rnon went from ., this city for, a ride iulo the country a few da,, s stoee. itiey stoppea ni a notei in weai Dorn, . .nd askad for a mile of the 'critter.' I be landlord tuld iham tb it be did not sail liquor, as the Maine Ltw. was in force. 'But,' contiaued, trlncix at the crowd in the bar- . 'TDtani itd speaking in a low tone, '1 have got some crackers in the other room ; ana it you walk in I will s-ll;you some.' Whereupoti . -oiu? heroas followed bjnil'ace into the next , room, and aw him -open a cupbo ird, where indeed, could bs seen a large pile of crarkers, kut thf-r werv well flanked by 'Old Madeira,' Jamaca 'llullnnd,' and 'Coi ning's IU-tubfield.' . v There, said the oblijm boot, 'belt your elve.s to al! the crackers you want ' 'I3ut,' aid his re twinkled with meaning, 'dua'i touch till liquor.' . . - Then aowl out, he left them 'alone in their glory.' When, Io few hours, the par tv came out to order their horses, the land lord, iudrfios . from appenranrea, probabi'y, harged iinlf-a d'.liar for the eraokera, for of turio, they had not meddled with the liqu- ft-J 3uhn VUeliwll, it is shIJ. is about to -lablUU a papar in Nw YorV, which is inten djjd to Le oijan for bn Irish countrjmco. Politeness. Why not be polite f Mow niucli .docs it met lo say 'I thank you? viy not practice ioli I ciivm Ht humtf loyour husband, j our children, your domestic',? If m stranger does tou some little act of courtesy, how sweet the hnnling ncLnowuh-dgo.iiciit ? If your husband ob! it's a in.iUei of course! no need of thank. Should nn acquaintance trend on yoir dress, vour very, v ry beat, a d ny accident laar it, ho profuse you ate w.lli your 'never minds don't think of it I don't care at all.' If a husband does it, he gets a blick frown; if a child, he it chastised.' Ah! tliesu ar little things, say you. They loll miulaily.up jn thu heart, let . us. a. sure you, hliie as they are. A gentleman slopi at a friend's hous, nnd liuJa it all in confusion, 'lie don't nee liny tiling to npulogizu for never think of such little inatteis.' I'.wrylhii g i' nil right co il 1 supper, could room, ciying children ' perfectly comToi 'table,' Ciivs home where Ilia wile has been taking c.uo of sick ones, and wot king her hfu almost oi.t 'D nt see why things ca i't bo kept !n b.'tl-r order; il.e.e nev r weie s ich crms children before' No npp iloii-s accepted at home I Why not bj polite at iihmb? Why not lite liiely that j;oldi 11 coin of courtesy ? How sa iel they sound, thoso Ittlo words '1 Ihnnk you;' 01 'You are voiy kind!' Doubly, ye thrice sweet from the lips we love, when tho henrtsmiles in ike ihe eye sparkle with ihe cleai light of iid'eiti ai. 15o polile to you. children. Do you expect llieBi to hs inindful of your welfire? To yrow glad to your approach? To bound away to do your pleasure before the r quest is half spoken? Then with all your dignity uij uu. lenity, mingle jiohtenesi; give it a nich in your household temple. Only then will you li.ivc learned the true seer t ol ending out in (h world, reul'y 'finished, gentlemen mid ladies. What we say, we say unto uli' he polilo especially ul huiue. o The New-York and Erie Railroad. The facis about the Erie Railroad would be startling, if we had not been so often startled by statistical estimates nnd reports, that we take the most astounding statement as things of course woi.dcrfid lor nny other nation, but no hing for us. Vet, under the shadow of the Pacific Uailroad scheme itself, the annual report of the Eric Railroad cannot but ui.ike a certain impress on. The Krie Road a respectable one of four hundred and fo ty five miles is only the parent trunk" o! a vast ramification of loads. Seven tribuiary branches five hundred nnd thirty-four miles in till nre even now com pleted. Five others four liundred and fifty miles have been contracted lor and begun ; and yet another five four hundred and seven teen miles are projected, and will be com uicnced, most ol them, befoie the end of nexl year. In a year or two, therefore, the phrase Lne Kailro.ul, " will stand la the public mind for a system of roaJs, including fourteen hundred and forty-nine miles of rail, which Hiil have cost the round sum of one hundred millions of dollars. I his is not n project, remember, nor a calculation, but a thing dune, or nil but done, Let ub see what the road nnd its branches "lap" to use a word from the vocabulary of railroad condensations. The main road is one of the three channels that let the wealth of thu Urjat Lalies into New-York harbor; and the Great Likes receive into their broad lape th wealth of a region large enough for nu empire, and rich in resource?, developed and undeveloped. It runs through a "tier" of Counties of almost unequalled preductive- ncss, laps four eanals, and touches eighty lowr.s whioii aro growing f ist into cities. One b inn ih laps thu head of the Ohio River; an other tnpv Seneca Luke; another taps (the word is loo exprtSbive not to be repea ed) Like Ontario; another, laps the cm 1 mid iron region of Pennsylvania; another, Ihv lua ber districts watered by the Allegany, (ienesee, and Susquehanna!) rivers. Within three y ears, two hues seven hundred and fifty miles long having the same "gauge" as the Erie Road, will extend to the Mississippi, nnd the Erie will tap tho Father of Waters himself. West of the Mississippi, thro are now not a hundred miles of railroad; but the tremendous men of that couutry will, (they say,) bef jre they arc live years older, have live thousand miles in operation ; and then the Erie Road will tap the Far West. By that time, the successor of General Pierce will be roagnihcenlly opening the Railroad to San Fninci.eo; and then the Erie Road will tap the On at Pactlic tap China tap the East Indies tap Japan tap, "in short," the Eastern Hemisphere. We group together a lew facts respecting the pi opei ty, business, and construction of the Kiio U niroad. Weight of the iron rails. 70.00U tons iron spikes, 1.7bO tons 780 miles of track, ioeludiuj BO miles of turn-out 5 miles of bridge 158 arches over chasms 35 st.iblcs for the engines, an 1 15 turn-tabl -s 11 base iger, 29 tnight, and 50 station- houies whole n in.bjr ol buildings owned by the co. pany, 143 2j luilj of wood shed locomotives, 130, and OJ in iro ordered tele graph '.be enure lengih ol tne roait, with 57 olhces and C5 operators total receipts of the road for the year ending Oct. l, t,321,- 2i0, an tacre.ise of a million over those ol last yea: 20 trains traverse the wh W leng h of the road d-iily auu.il u.i.uber of passengers, 612,000. To render the Eiie Railroad a work which the public can contemplate with unmixed satisfaction, only one thing more is required, and that is a second track, the directors arc fully pei su tiled of the importance of a double track, both to the safely ol the passengers and the businrs ol the road. About a quarter of ; be second track is completed, nnd the rest wdl be done as rapidly as the finances of the company permit. In ten years, probably four tracks will bo inadequate to transport the incalculable quantity of merchandise which will theo seek a market iu New-Yoi k. Home Journal. XyOn Friday night, when the Cincinnati truin for Cleveland wa near Iberia, a man suffering under an attack of delirium tremens, was discovered naked, in the ladies' car, he having stiipticd off all hi, clothing. The con ductor was remonstrating with him, when suddenly shouting, "I'm bound for Pitts burgh," bo sprang out of the door, and off the ulatlorra. the train, which wis runmn ' at the rate of thirty mi'cs bn hour, was checked, and run slowly back to pick up thu buby of the dead man who was discovered some two miles back, dancing up n the track. The rer e .r struck hm, and it was supposed that he crushed, but he was found clinging to the Dla.form and ih brake unhur'. He lukeo into a car, tut again shouting, "I'm bound for riisburgh," sprang oT, Bad tl.i time eluded puisuit. His name is not known, but Vie VxV the cira ut thnciunati, and was "bound It Pitts bi6u:" CUccUnd fferall. THY) JOURNAL. FREMONT, OHIO. ,10ll, MASTI-V, Proprietor. "VaTURDAY JANUARY 7. 164. i RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Tlio lain disasters, which hnvo befallen the Tuikish fleet, and army, have produced a gen eral excitement, especially among the Euro- pean Nations. It is now thought to be, be yond the power of any nation, or f ions', com bined, to prevent a general war in Europe. Tuikcy, as she had a riht to do, lias turn ed Io defend her Territory from invasion, bar national honor from disgrace, and iter citizens from the murderous jawsof the Russian Bear. Russia it-the aggressor, glorying in her su perior strength and numbers tdie hns thought by provoking a war with Turkey to compel the Sultan to submission to her dictation, nnd unreasonable exactions, or to suffer the alter unlive of nmiihiUiion. The Turk, with a noble and undaunted courage have refused to succumb to Russian dictation, nnd Russiun arms. Tuikish blond has been tpdt, lives have been sacrificed, r.s the result of lie Russiun invasion upon the Territory and the rights of Turkey. Under these c rciimstanecs, it woul I seem impossible to induce Tuikcy to submit to any terms, however fovorable they might be. Tin key bus been insulted, her citizens ol soldiers have leer muideiid. A I rcnch Iw.s bee-n made, which Russia cannot heal if she wo-ild. She cannot bring up from the depths of the Black Sea tho mangled bodies of the brave Tuiks, the victims of her unholy ambi tion, nnd br athc into them the breath of life, and, restore them to their heart broken wives, and Fatherless Children. No! nothing but a consciousness of inferior ity, and the fear of the annihilation of their Nationality, could now bring Turkey to a re conciliation with Russia. If Rusian blood bus been shed, it has been Russia's own fault From this fact if no other, our sympathies are with Turkey. Though we despiso war, and look upon it as the worst scourge that can possibly befall a nation, yet since Russia has commenced without any just cause, we hope her pride may be humbled before the powers of Europe and of the world. The four powers may, ns the result of these demonstra tions of war, redouble their efforts to bring about a termination of hostilities; but to us it se-ms loo Into. The Rubicon has been past and a general clash of arms must be the re sult Tho crowned heads of Europe may strive to avert the awful calamities that awaits them, and for a time they may be successful but the crushed energies nnd down trodden mil ions, of despotic rule, will rise ere long in awful majesty, and avenge their wrongs up on the heads of their guilty oppressors. Erie Affairs. The mob spiiit manifested alErie, for the lust few weeks, has excited the indignation of the whole West, so far ns they nre inter ested in the travel, nnd business of the Rail road. All lovers of good order, and those who desire nnd hope for the perpetuity of our be loved institutions, nnd the security of life and propei ty, look upon the demonstrations nt Erie with horror If the Railroad Company were the only sullerresj the outing es committed, would be bad enough. But is this the way for an in tellig' nt, nnd Chiistain people, to se'.tlu diffi culties, or to peek redreri ? It might do for heathens, bui tnlellijent and christian Erie, cannot, and will not be excused, by an intelli gent and enlightened public. It will not do iu this laud of Liberty nnd Equal rights, for one man, or a set of men, or town, or city, in order to accomplish their own selfish ends, to interrupt the travel and business of nearly one half of the Union, and with impunity trampel upon their sacred rights. It is a declaration of higher authority than man, that "what niea-ure ye mete, it shall be measured toyou again." Tho object of Erie is to make money, by compelling tho reshipment of every thing pas sing upon the road, at their city. But the sequel, will prove it, to have been an unfortu nate speculation. Will men of business and capital, seek a city in which to expend their means, where thu right of property is inse cure, and the law, nnd decisions of our high est tribunals are disregarded? These outra ges have cast a dark shade over the City of Erie, which thu brigdl rays of the sun will never entirely dispel. Bir this ii not all. The conluctof the Gov ernor, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, nnd the pub lic press in those cities, by their "hostile com ments, on the recent injunctions, served on the Erie people and authorities," show, that their sympathies, are with the Mob Ci y. These facts have excited indignation against not only the Oovernor, but against tbo State, particularly Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Meetings are being called, in which resolu tions are passed highly condemnatory, not only of Eric, but of the authorities of the Stale; and a united determination, to with draw all intercourse, and business transactions from those cities, that have afforded aid and comfort to the rebel mob af Eiie. Whether this is right or not we will not say, but it is human nature. tlTln the last two numbers of the Craw ford County forum there has been published Counting Room Almanao wll arranged. We cut it out, for the purpose of having it copied into the Journal, when taking a second look at it, we discovered that it was all tortng. The Almanac rofored to, makes Saturday the Gist day of the year, - when it should be Sabbath. We suppose the boys kept Saturday a New Years day which prob ably led to tbo mistake. NOTICE. Rescue H. & L. Co., No. 1. A wieeling of this Company ,whl bo held at (he COURT HOUSE, on Monday . eveiiinir !jn. D, 185ti to elect officers of said Company and to nominate candidates for thu olEcts of. Chief and first Assistant Engineers, of lire Fire Department. By order of the Foreman, G. C. CANFIELD, D. S. CAMFIELD, Sec'y. Extra Session in Michigan. at .6 lake in consideration the pmpiictyof con vening nn extra session of the Legislature L-insing ihe Capitol of the State, cannot live very well without Sessions; and the Rail Road interest of the Stnle, is thought by those who expect to be benefited, by tin; enactment of a General Rail Itoad Liw, suflici nl to demand an extra session. Tim convention have ex pressed their views, in along string of Reso lutions, and wind up, by recommending the Governor Io c II an extra session. But gen eral law will not buil I R.iil Roads. L iw gei eral or local can easily be obtained. How to get "Material aid" is tho greut question nt present. 40 Congressional. We never expect Congress to do nny busi nes, of importance, until afier. the Holidays The Session thus fir, Ii.ih hern occupied in referring the different ilem in the President's Message to the appropriate committees, nnd giving notice of the future presentation of bills and presenting memorials. Ac. In rtfering that part of the mess age relating to the KoFztn case, a diseusMan sprung up of some interest. .Mr. Genit Smith, of New Yoik, leading off in the discussion. Me made nn able speech, un t xtract of v. hit h we gie on our liist page Kvery citizen should read it. Mr. Preston of Kentucky, replied in a very gentlemanly, and able mannr-, Notwithstan ding it was on the subject of Slavery, which to n Southern gentleman is the most exciting of nil other National questionsjyet Mr. Pres ton ke t c 'ol, for which the the South is down upon hiui, like thunder and lightning tot I Candidates for the U. S. Senate. The following are said to be the getlemen named for the Senatorship. Win. Alum, H. 'Mbdart. G. E Pi'gii, Judge Bkldcn D. A. Staiikwdatiiek, B. V. Lkitkr. Jl'dok Jbwktt, . J, A. CohWIN.. II. B. Pain, E. B. Olds. Old Hard DAVID TODD. M. BcitciiARD, G W- Manvtennv Poor fe'lows, some of them, must of neces sity be disappointed. It is thought that the contest will lie between Allfn and Mkdaky; and as Mudary is more cunning than Allen, that he will be the victor. '0' Governor's Message. J he Oovernoi a Message lias come to hand. It is a long document. We shall give it to our readers uext week. We have received ihe 7th Vol. of the Ohio Cultivator. The publisher will please accept our acknowledgments. "Willi's Musical World." This is a valuable work. See the Jircular and lei mi in another column. Volunteers for Turkey. A company of men has been organized in New York, with the design of participating in the war now wnga by turkey ngainsl ihe Czar of Russia. The Committee on orgauiz i lion say llitil these men are without capital, but only ask enough to r nch tha Turkish frontier. Lodges and military compani a are requested to participate in the movement. Un thu litli insl., the members assembled at thu Maurer Lodge, Eohart's Holel, Nj. 7'J, Leonard street, a uom.niltee was elected, and the folliiwing rysolutijiis adopted: I. E ich and uve y one who is desirous to participate iu the coming conflict, asks for a free passage to the place of his d sanation, no other support, and wherever he goes he goes as s Ireu citizen, and not as a European fugi tive. . ' 2. The committeu has full power Iu rai.c the funds fr the transport. 3. The Trustee is the only roan who is en inled t" r ceive m ney.nnd he has to giro a receipt for every cenl he receives. 4 The committee, ns well as the Trustee huve to report at every mceiing about tho mullets ol the company. 5. All the public papers are requested to lend their room and their influenced, lo receive collection and refund thera to No, 72 Leon ard St. New York. Meetings will be held every Tuesday night nfler7 o'clock, and on Sunday mornings after 9 o'clock, No. 72 Leonaid St. r . THE COMMITTEE. F. M. Shindo, President; Dr Kultsar. Vice President ; Eckart; Thu-:sulT FftVndi, Uondilla Jvihnann Kopcsich, Commander; Schaffhaus er; Cor. Sec'y. - What mad ncs", for nien to run into war, and death itself; when if they would stay nt home, and mind their own business, these consequences would be avoided. - X-r7"W re-publish the following establish ed weights of various articles of produce, and ihe rates by which they sho'd be bonght and .ld. A bath, of NVbeat helled corn.. " cur a un lh cub " Rva , ....61 lbs. ....56 Iba. ....'0 lbs 56 Ilia .... 4 Iba. ...Ai lbs. ....K0 Iba. Oaia IWley , l'ulatoe It'll. 6 Iba. Urau M lb.. (lavaraead C) Iba.. Tiinailijr ai-ad,. 4t lbs. flux arrd..., 6 Iba. tlriiip at-ed 43 lbs. Jtuikwliaat Si Ilia. Hue tiHiiid I Iba. faaior baaaa ...16 Iba. I'ricd -wanlie li lha. Ab M lbs Om..a. 57 Iba. Butt 5u Iba. One Week Later from Europe. Arrival of The Canada. SLIGHT ADVACE IN BREADSTUFFS. Turkish Affairs in Statu Quo. HALIFAX, Jan. 4. The Slenmship Cannda, from Liverpool, Dec 24, arrived this morning en route for Boston. The Baltic arrived off Liverpool the 22 J The political nnd gnnernl news by the Can possess no feature of marked importance, but the details Win be found quite inlereiting and will be transmitted in liuiu for., publica tion, Thursday morn tig. Imminent danger of a general war is, in no respect, 1 s than It was nl the date O our last advices. Thu London money muiket had un deieono no mateiial cliaim but consols slill further declined. Transactions in American stocks very lim ited and quotations nominal. Sun. litg. o . Congressional Proceedings. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Skkats Mr. Douglas, from the Commit tee on Territories, leporlcd back the bill providing for n Territorial Government for Nebraska, with a substitute lor tbe bill. ' Mr. Seward's resolution relating ' to the question whether Mr. Phelps was entitled lo his seat in the Senat was taken up. Mr. Foot said that the delicacy and embarrassment of the osilion or Ins colleague was sensibly fel by him. The prevailing opinion in the State id Vermont and in the Legislature, adjourned w ithout tilling the vacancy, the appointment by the Gove nor would continue. He thought that this subject ought not to be disposed of in n running discussion, but should ho decided upon after a careful examination and report by the Judiciary Committee. He urged its reference 10 thnt Committe. ' Mr. Badger, of N. C, coucurred entirely in the tlesire that this subj -cl would be referred to the cotnniille. Mr. Butlar said his report for thf State of Virginia, for the Senator and for cnaamission, he would induce him I o withdraw all oppo sition lo the ntotion. The Senator himself had long been a member of that Comin tte nnd he knew no one to whose judgment he would more willinely refer the matter, than that of f the gentleman himself. Mr. Phelps auuressva me aenaie on tnc suoieci nnu lit it j.i- .i i? . ,.. was reft ni d Hoi'8K, Mr. Cutting called up his resolu tion as lo Collector Brouson's removal and warmly urged its adoption, saying, in reply to a question from Mr. Orr, that lie proposed to take such further action in the muter be fore the committee ns the fact mii'ht call for. Senate Mr. Fields, from Committee on Millitnrv Affairs, reported back thu House resolution giving a sword nnd the ' thanks of Congress to Gn. Wool It was taken np and passed. ! WASHINGTON, Jan, 4. Chandler, Seward, Taylor of Ohio, Jone of Louisiana, Smith of New yo k, Eddy, Belch er, uowdvli, and rrartklin, a select commit tee to inquire into the expedience of with drawing the Smithsonian fund from the Treasury, and ve-tirg it n some stjck or in sueh other w ys as may be made for the in terest of the fund. ' Mr. Horton, from the Committee on Wbvs and Meant, reported a bill making appropri ation for fortifications nnd other works of defense. Referred to the Committee on the Who. Mr. B.i'ley, from the Committee on For eign Affai s, reported a bill for the ascertain ment nnd s uisfaction of claims of American citizens for French Spoliation. Referred to Committee on the Whole. - Senatr. Yesterday a very interesting correspond nee was read, in relation to the Clayton and Rulwer contracts and the Cen tral American Treaty. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Mr Seward presented sundry petitions in fivor of ti e Niagara Ship Canal. Mr. Sumner presented a petition for the repeal "f all duties on Coal. Pennsylvanian Legislature. HARRISBURGH, Jan, 3. The Homo ni"t nt 11 o'clock this morning and organized by tdectin? E. D. Pease as Speaker. The members were sworen in nd then a Ijonmeil. The Senate meets at 3 P. M. TROY, N. Y. Jan, 3. on Albany ern Railroad came through this msrning. One of the axeltrees broke on the lonir bridge, completely demolishing the car and killed the brakemnn. The cms ennta'ned sxt pats- were hurt. Fiiootino AfFAiB.-Thursday night in a difficulty in a enff-e house on the corner of Rare and Columbia streets, a young man nam ed Wm Linn was shot.ihe ball entering the ight side. Two of the party, named John Russell and Patrick Burlekin were arrested, and were this morning in the Police Court held to bail for future examination. Linn was removed to the Hospital, where he now lies in a precarious situation. A man shot in a Ceffee House ! ! Where else does quarrelling, fighting and murder o riginnte, bul iu these strongholds of lUe Devil. JCiTThe body of a frenchmen named- was recovered, Monday from the water, near ihe peninsula. He left, last week, for Oltawa County, in company wilh two other", and. crossing on the ice, the w hole three got into an "air hole," -tho two escaping, but the Frenchman, eotnming np under the ice,: was drowndud.- M-irkinj; the " spot, the friends returned and fished up tho body Monday morning, lie was .interred in the cemmetcry fleran inquest. Thi Panama Uailroad budge, over tho Chagres river, al , Barbacoa, was completed, and a train of five cars passed over it on the 21ih of ' Movember.' The cng'noer expects the road will be eomplvted to Panama by next August. There is a great difference in the Ii' ight of tides it) the two oenns. At Panama the tides rise sixteen lo twenty feet, at Aspi nawll they ate only three to four feet. The summit level of the road, between the two oceans, is inly two. hundred and eighty feet above the tea, and the neighboring hills, per haps one thousand feet high. A New York lecturer ssyi that a wife drees her tamper wilh care, but leaves a pin sticking oat, on winch, of course, the hus band scratches himself, and t! en the ro.v .begins. Where and bow it enJa, :s loo well known to be tulked about Capital Punishment. BY BILLY BLUFFUM. One of the most cruel and inhuman penal tics, that can bo inflicted, by a nation, upon the violator of its law, is that of Capital Pun ishment. Although Ihe common plea of the vindicator of that law, that punishes with denth its offenders, is, that he who vi olates them does it voluntarily, and knowing that if delected he must suffer tho consequent cis This is n feeble one; for many, in deed most murders are committed without the slightet thought of the purishmont con sequent upon the commission of such sn act, unt I the murderous deed is done. But still, if the individual slaying his fellow, had considred before he performed Ihe infa mous act, that he was nbout to loose his life if deleclod, it is no reason why his life should be taken, so lon as there are other punish ments that might bo devised nnd inflicted, which would not only be more beneficial to the criminal, but would seem more, befitting a civilized community. To kill the man, who, in nn unguarded mo ment hns committed nn infamous cime, after the deed has been performed can, certainly, be of no advantage lo tho unfortunate being who wns his victim, noi can it be of nny ben efit to society ; unless his abscence from the world, instead of from community and the bit ter pangs of sorrow which continually harass the minds of his friends, be nn advantage to it; and, what is more, it affords no means of reformation lo the criminal, whereas, if some punishment were instituted, which would not destroy thu life of the individual upon whom it was to be inflicted, there might be soirw chance of his retl atting upon the iniquitous business in which ho had been engaged, and could he be brought lo see the wickedness of his act, he might repent of if, and, afterwards prove the sincerity of his repentance by lead ing nn upright and irrcproacable life; whilst now, he is hurried from thu sunny shores of t'me from the happiness of the domestic Gre- side, from fiieiids and ull that he holds dear; upon the billowy title of Eternity; there to pica'! his infamous citiso before the dreaded bar of his Makei, with the blood of his mur deled victim slill fresh upon his hands. Nor is this all; the thoughts, that must rush with electric speed across bis mind, even for one hour before the fatal moment that is to ter minate his earthly journey, must be mare se vere than dying ten thousand deaths. To think, that in one more short hour, must be severed the brittle thread of his existence, and he must be suspended between Heaven and Earth by the murderous halter writhing in the agonies of death an awful spectacle for a gaizing multitude, too destitute of human ity mid of sympathy to feel nny pain at the sight, must be punishmi nt enough for the whole world at once. But, notwithstanding all these bitter thoughts and cruel pangs of grief that continu ally flood the hearts of his friends notwith standing their petitions and entreaties for his safely, the cruel vindicator of this unrighteous liw, drags his wretched victim forth to the scaffold prepared for his execution, and in the hearing of an admiring world concenlnted in that place to behold an unfortunate human be ing handed into eternity, he pronunces the aw ful words to him, that the time, has come for him to bid adieu to the busy scenes of life, nnd prepare for his journsy to the spirit world. Then the fatal signal is given, the weight drops, and that wretched man a spectacle too horrible for human eyes lo witness suspend ed over the murderous scaffold struggling with death, breathes his last; and his spirit wings its wny to eternity win re iron hearted men and Capital punishment nre unknown. But his body, alas! conr.ot ascend with the spirit, but mii6t remain in the hands of its inhuman puuishcr, by whom it is convey ed to some lonely spot; apart from the common burial place of man, and there deposited in the cold e rth; and n spl-ndid tombstone to herald his memory lo fu'.ure eyes; no friend lo shed the sympathetic tear, or strew one flower upon his loney grave; he lies there unmourned ; uncarcd for, and soon forgotten. n - THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. IN SENATE. FRIDAY, December 30, 1853. Prayer by the Rev. William H. Mh.blrn The Journal of yesterday was read and ap proved. - ADJOURNMENT TO TUESDAY. Mr. PETTIT. I move that when ths Semite adjourns to-day, it be to meet on Tues day n xt. The motion wns ngreed to. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION. . Tho PRESIDENT pro tempore laid be fora the Senate a communication from the Tieusury department, transmitting, in compli mice with the act of March 3, 1853, a report of Prof. A. D. Uache, buperintununnt of the Const Survey, showing the number nnd names of ihe persons employed in the I oas: Survey during the year ending June 30, 185:1, their compensation, nnd Ibe tuna of their employ ment, together with a statement of all tipen dilures made under tho direction of the Su perindent ; which was ordered lo lie on the ta ble, and be printed. On motion of Mr. HAMLIN, ihe report of ihe Superintendent of tho Coast Survey was referred to the Committee on Priming. PETITION. Mr. BENJAMIN presented the petition of Henry lates and Richard Mclntyre, praying for permission to locato certain lands; which wns referred to the committee en Private land Claims. ' PAPERS WITHDRAWN AND REFERRED. On motion by Mr. FITZPATRICK, it was Ordered, That the petition of Thomas Rhodes bo withdrawn from the files of the Senate, and referred o the Cornini tee on the Poal Office and Post Roads, On motion by Mr. 1HOMPSON. of hen- I i t k , Ol i ri.i ' , i , ,- t iiVd, 1 hat the memor.al and p. ution f Jacob Uidtou, praying compensation for past I in ihe execution of certain bindintr me navy uepa iment, be withdrawn from files of the Senate, and referred lo the commutes on claims. NOTICES OF BILLS. Mr. F1TZPATRICK gave notice of his in. lent on to ask leave to introduce n bill for the relief of (he legal representatives of Joshua Kennedy, deceased. Mr FISH ijave notice of lit intention to ai-k leave to introduce a bill to nu hnrize the busi ness of banking in the District of Columbia, and to regulate the issuing and circulation of notes ns money. REPORTS FROM A STANDING COMMITTEE. Mr. SEBASTIAN, from the Committee o Psivate Land Claims, lo which was referred the petition of John B. nnd Thomas Johnson, praying remuneration for expenses incurred defending a defective titfe to land from the Cnilsd Stales, ?led to be discharged f om the further consideration thereof, and thnt it be referred to the committee nn claims; which was ngreed to. lie, also, from the same committee, to which was referred the petition of Priscilla Prewilt, reported a bill for the relief of the heir and representative of Uriah Prewitt, deceased; winch was rend, and passed to Ihe second rea d D Mr. ALLEN,' from the Committee on Pri vrte Lnnd Claims, to which was referred a bill for the relief of Ira Baldwin, reported back the same without amendment. COMMITTEE ON PRINTING. nm by Senator from Florada, Mr, Malloiiv, who is now at h i lodgings, to submit a motion to the Senate to excuse him from serving on the fruiting Committee. J be sta e ot Ins health such that he thinks he will be totally un able to discharge the duties that will be de volved on him by thai pos tion. I therefore submit the motion lo excuse him at bis re quest. The motion wns agreed lo. Mr. HAMLIN. 1 now submit a motion that the President pro tempore fill the vacan cy occasioned by the honorable Senator's res ignation. The molion was ngreed to, and Mr. Fitz PATtiiCK was appointed. ' On mot on, the Senate adjourned. 0' OFFICIAL. By the President the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by the second ar ticle ol the convention of the lSih of June, 1852, between the United States and Prussia, and other states of the Germanic Confedera tion, for the mutual delivery of criminals, fu gitives from justice in certain cases, that the stipulations of that convention shall be applied to any other Slate of the Germanic Confed eration w hich might thereafter declare its ac cession thereto: And whereas, the Government of Wurtem berg has declared its accession to the said convention, and has catfsed the said declar ation to be lodged in the . Department of Slate of the United Slates, Now, therefore, be it known that I, Frank lin Pierce, President of the United States of America, have caused this information to be made publ c, in order that tho stipulations of the said convention may be observed and ful filled with good fai h in the United States ut 1 the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to bit affixed. Done at Washington tho twenty-seventh day of December, in the y ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and l. a fifty -three, and of the independence of the United states the seventy- FRANKLIN PIERCE. By ihe President : W. L. Mahcy, Seeretary of State. HOME. The object of all, should be to be happy at home. If we are not happy there, we cannot be happy elsewhere. It is the best proof of the virtues of a family circle, lo soe a happy uresule. Home nlwnys prized, seems doubly dear during the long winter evenings, wilh a bla zing tire, a supply of choice books nud papers the company of friends and kindred spirits; and having Christ as our S ivior. Happy he who lias such a home; thrice happy be who loves iL Lot otliars aaek for emitr toy. At hall or cunonrt, rout or play Whilst fir from f,iriion' idla uoias, Her gilded duinea and tra;i)iaj gay. 1 whila tlia winter ave away 'Twixl buik and lute the houradivida, Aad marvel how I e'er could stray i'rora thee, my own lov'd fireaida! MARRIED. - at 'a Church, Mr. Henry Lim and Miai Mary Csllia r lie Overmyvr, both af Jackson . FREMONT PRICE CURRENT. CORRECTED WEEKLY. Wheal perHunhel ! !8l20 Flour per barrel ffi.flO Corn per bualiel 51) Oata per bualiel ....33 nutter per pound Ifi f.iiet per dozen . ... II ....10 ... 10 ..2 00 .4 a 8 .. no ..3 no ..5 Ol) Cheese per pound Lard per pound Hall per barrel! ' Hidea per pound Klatiat-rd par huxhrl Timothy eeed perliu ( lover aeed per bu fork per hurrell.... .... .... II biiik einoked per pound. . lionllK per bualiel I'oiHloee perbuahel Ouioiii per bualiel Apples greeti .. Applea dried Ileeswax per pound ...p 00 ...lOalfl .1 oo ...25 . 15 ...50 .1 35 ...22 b u t x t i 5 c m c n t s . .notice. - Notice ia hereby -riven, that Eli flnalay on tha 23d day of Duo. Idj3, made application lo ina, fur Hie benefit of Ilia aet, entitled '-Ad act for ths r lief of iiKolvent drbtora." phased, M irch 12 l"3t, Said applicalion wrta made purauanl lo the provia ion of Ilia Bib feicolioa of said act. - Copiea of all paper filed with me by the applicant, will ba put ou file in Ihe Clerlt'a O.fice of Sanduakv ('aua lyou or before th lt duy of February, H51. C tliOKRTUN. Cuhmiiiiuner of Intehcntt. Jan. 7. t -54. STOLEN. On the Qili of December It: 53.. at lha reiidenr of Chancy Norria io York township, Simtinky Co. Ohio, a wallet, containing about 75 eenla ia) chanve.and two promiaaoi y uolee aigued by Chen, ey Norria. One dalcd, about Ilia lal of Outober t.-J.', for $li jtl. one year after data, at 10 per cent lutereal. 1 lie other nole tlnteii, ulioiil tne lal o' r'i.hr l-SS. for fmli n flollnrs. on Arw.uuA a I '"r Ptn.l miei tin- i. ynooita of Ibe a'.rc. i I H"'--e no l.ciubv lojualurn, and lom ed In ilia ,, ,bJ ions N,jRRl8, Dro. ill, 185." 3i.