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SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1854. *3 iPRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY SATUR day morning by

CHARLES II. BOWEN.

W The Crawfordsville Review, fnrnishto Subucriber* nt ll,SO in advance, or •?, if not paid within the year.

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LARGER THAN ANY PAI'EU PUBLISHED IN Crawfordsville! Advertisers call up and examine our list of tW SUBSCRIBERS. All kinds of JOB WORK done to order.

To Advertisers.

Every advertisement handed in for publication, •liouldnavc wruen upon it the number of times the advertiser wishes it inserted, ll'notao stated.it will bo inserted until ordered out, and charged accordingly.

Agents for the Review.'

I. X7. CATIR, U. S. Newspaper Advertising A^ent, Evans'Builuin?, N. W. corner of Third and Walnut Streets. Philadelphia, Pn.

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South Eu«t corner Columbia and

Main Btreet*, Cincinnati, Ohio is our Agent to Vrocure advertisements.

We wish it distinctly understood, that we have now the BEST and the T.AKOEST assortment of NEW and FANCY JOB TYPF. ever brought to this place. We ineiht on those wishing work done to call up, and \v will 6how them our assortment of typs. cuts, Ac. *Kc havo got theni and no mistake. Work done on short notice, and on reasonable terms.

DEMOCRATIC EXECI TIV E COMMITTE Of Montgomery County, will meet at the Court House in Crawfordsville. on the Oth day of January. The following are the members of the said commitec

Capt. Watson Thos. E. Harris Wm. J. Mullen Joseph Allen D. A Shannon C. H. R. Anderson Hiram Hughes A. J. Mason

Silas Peterson: Wesley Singer J. E McDonald Joseph Gaskill Lew Wallace. .*•••» », DGXATION.

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The members of the Presbyterian Church (0. S.) will muko a donation visit at the house of their pastor, on next Tuesday" Afternoon and evening, 2Gth.

All who feci friendly are respectfully invited to meet with them.

JCiTWe see, by the last number of the Sentinel, (he Democratic Association at Indianapolis is agitating the propriety of calling a State Convention, to be holden at I idianapolis on the 22nd of February next. To this movement we heartily respond, and say on behalf of old Montgomery, that she will be there. We think, too, that now is the time to commence a thorough investigation of the party, throughout the State. We have not had one moments doubt since the election, that by timely efforts, made in concert, that we should be as successful in the next general election, as we have been unfortunate in the last. That there is nothing in the history of our late defeat that should dishearten us and that by attending to the lesson it furnished UP, we can therebv be provided against failure in future for it is now evident that it was not energy or zeal that was wanting, but organization, and if the democracy of our State had not trusted too much to the goodness of our cause and the weight of numbers, we would a now be rejoicing over a victory, instead of consulting as to the best means of repairing a defeat. But let us now go to work in earnest and prepare in time for the struggle and for the information of our friends elsewhere in the State, we are proud to say thtt the Democracy of Montgomery are already in motion, and that since the election wc have held a large county meeting, and taken steps to thoroughly organize our county, that are now being carried into full eiecu:ion, and our men are determined to wipe out the stain of their late defeat by a meioiy so complete as to annihilate the fusion party in this quarter.

0O~A few days since we stepped into the extensive establishment of J.kw. Fall a s, and through the politeness of Air. James llussell we were shown some of the fines*specimens of Boots and Shoes ever brought to this market. The stock of ladies' shoes, gaiters and slippers are superb, and we take pltaure in recommending the feminine gender of both town and country to drop in and examine for themselves. The house is in weekly receipt of new stock, and every thing found in the largest towns in the East are kept constantly on hand. Shoemakers and country dealers will find it to their advantage to open accounts with this establishment. The stock is of the best quality and sold at the lowest market prices. Among the extensive and varied assortment, we noticed a superior article of sole end upper leather, together with other articles too numerous to mention. The energetie and gentlemanly talesman, James Russell, will accept our thanks of an elegant pair for embroidered elippcrs. ''May is chadow never be less."

O3~0ur readers will please take notice that Messrs. Fur fc Vaxce are ready to pay cash for wkeat, Now is the time to I ring it in wjnle the prices are high. Remember^lje old ad?ge

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worth two ia the buab."

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BRITISH PERIODICALS. We call the attention of our readers in another eolumn to the prospectus of the above celebrated Periodicals. Every lover of a high order of literature should avail themselves of the favorable opportunity now presented of procuring one or all of these distinguished works. Men of the highest

literary rank, as well as dignataries civil and ecclesiastical, hare contributed to their pages. Of Blackwood's Magazine, known all the world over, read by political foes as well as by political friends, and esteemed by each alike, even when dissented from as to its conclusions, Dothiog need be said —but that among Magazines it is what the Quarterly is among Reviews, in religion and politics. In classic literature, history, travels, antiquities biography, poetry, criticism, fiction, philosophy, reviews, tc., it stands, and ever has stood, without a parallel. Even in this country, where its Toryism is opposed to every political sentiment of a Republican people, yet its sterling talent and seductive pages have always secured for it a large band of admiring readers.

In another column we publish a list

of positively good banks. Here is a lict of those which the Indianapolis Journal says "have no place of doing business,—no owners in fact that anybody can find,—and don't redeem their paper in coin, currency, or exchange:"

Bank of America, Morocco, Bank of Connersville, Connersville, Drover's Bank, Rome, Elkhart Co. Bank, Goshen, Merchant's Bank, Lafayette, Merchant's Bank, SpringfielJ, North. Ind. Bk., Logansport, Orange Ba&k, Poseyville, Ply moth Bank, Plymoth, Slate Stk. Bk., Logansport, State Stock Bank, Peru,

ness.

Traders' Bank, Terre Haute.

f3T Robert Schuyler, the great defaulter, it is stated has bought a place on the Rhine, where he now resides, and has sent for his family to join him. His confidential clerk came' a passenger to N. Y. last week in the Baltic, on .his employer's busi

Miss JULIA DEAN.—An exchange says Miss Julia Dean the actress is about to be! married to Jumes Anderson the English, tragcdi in. A new £Ct in her life drama.

J£5T T. F. Meagher, the Boston Mail says, has given up his idea of returning to California, and will go to Europe in search of political adventures.

£3?~Our readers will please notice the advertisement of Messrs. GRAHAM & BKO. They have now on their shelves an elegant assortment of dress goods Trhich the ladies would do well to examine. No one engaged

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in the mercantile business in our county, have exhibited greater energy and a closer application to business than those gentlemen. Their efforts in endeavoring to build up for themselves a large and lucrative trade have been eminently successful, and we take pleasure in recommending one and all to bestow a share of their patronage at this house, where we can assure them they will obtain the best of bargains.

MACXANIMOUS REVENGE.—The London Morning Advertiser, in speaking of the expected visit of Louis Napoleon to the Court of Great Britain, and his installation as a Knight of the Garter, says: "The insignia of the Emperor of Russia as a knight companion of this most noble and ancient order, consisting of the banner, sword, mantle and helmet, retains its position over one of the stalls in the Chapel Royal of St. George, but it wiil no doubt be lemoved before the Emperor of the French is installed a knight companion of this order. Whether Sir Charles. Young, as Garter King-at-Arms, will quietly remove the disloyal knight's insignia, or whether, according to ancient custom, as described by Ashraole, they will be thrown into the aisle and swept from the chapel by the choristers U* vond the precinc:s of the castle, is not yet decided but we believe it has been determined to remove the insignia of the recreant knight to ir.nke way for those of her Majesty's ally, the Koiperor Napoleon III."

O^r The National Intelligencer, the old and dignified organ of the Whig party, and a paper which uniformly speaks with the greatest caution of public men, thus comments on the election of Mr. Bright as President of the Senate: "The honorable Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, was yesterday elected President of the Senate of the United States, by a very large vote—indeed without any serious apparent opposition. While so decided a choice was undoubtedly very flattering to the honorable Senator, the honor could hardly have been more worthily conferred, certainly not upon any one of the body better qualified by experience, ability, or that high estimation with his brother Senators, so important in giving weight to the decisions of the Chair."

CINCINNATI, Dec. 20.

The Arrison case was given to the jury this evening, and after being out only three hours they returned a verdict of guilty of order ip the £»t Aogre* I

TI1E EASTERN QUESTION"—GREAT SPEECH OF KOSSUTH. Such of our readers as,have kept theftselves advised of the warlike operations in the Crimea, need not be told that the Allies have fallen far short of their expectations, nor are they ignorant of the fact that the position of the English and French forces now befofe Sevastopol is one of imminent peril. It is evident that an overweening confidence of their own prowess and an under estimate of Russian courage and the resources of the Czar, have reduced the allies to an extremity from which there now seems little chance of escape. True, in the pitched battles that have thus far taken place—at the Alma, upon the heights of Inkerman—English courage and discipline, French impeUfesity and enthusiasm, aided by*the unerring Minnie rifle, which takes down its man at an incrcdiblc range, have proven more than a match for the soldiers of the Czar. The allies on these occasions showed themselves all that their respective nations could desire, performing prodigies of valor, beating back to their intrenchments before Sevastopol an army nearly three time3 their number. But cui bono? It is not for the purpose of proving the courage of French and English troops that the allies are now in the Crimea. Yet this is the only fruit thus far of their operations there, and it is now almost certain that they will accomplish nothing more. Each victory gained adds but to their peril by reducing their effective strength, while the Russian fcrcc with all its losses in battle is constantly augmenting. At the Alma, 45,000 men marched against the allies— 9,000 of that number were placed horse du combat, yet at thelnkermann instead of but 30,000 the allies found themselves opposed to 60,0C0. Then again the elements are warring upon the allies. Their fleets are being stranded upon the bleak shores of the Baltic and Black seas, and the piercing winds, the driving sleet and snow are deteriorating the health and spirits of those on land. Read the two articles which we copy from the London Times—they present anything but a hopeful view for the success of tho allies.

Too late to reap many advantages from the discovery, tho allies have learned that the war was commenced wrong and at the wrong place. Even the capture of Sevastopol, were that likely to be accomplished, would not place them in any more favorable position, for instantly they would be beseiged there by the armies of the Czar, and the reduction of the place under these rircumstances, be only a question of time. But i.istcad of attempting a criticism oureelves upon the policy and tactics of the allies, it was our design at the outset to give the views of Iv03suth, as expressed in a resent speech in London upon the subject.

After reminding his audience o( !i declaration he had made in his speech at Glasgow, shortly after the intention of invading the Crimea had been made public—that not one in five of the English army of invasion would ever again set foot on the soil of Albion, Kossnth proceeded to reiterate what he conceived to be the true policy of England in this contest. That policy was to declare herself tho champion of liberty, to assert the national independence of Poland, Italy and Hungary, and to have marched her armies to Warsaw instead of the

Crimea. To begin a war against Russia (says K'-ssu'.h) with a landing expedition to the Crimea is an idea so supremely absurd, that the Czar, giving more credit for perspicacity to his enemies than they deserved, did not believe it until you actually landed off Eupatoria, and chiefly, you are indebted to Poland for not having to meet 100, 000 Russians more at Sebastopol. If England did disregard the fact that Poland is the vulnerable part of Russia, the Czar was prudent enough to mind it. In the Crimea proud England and France attack him— he is content to oppose 100,000 men to them on the Danube the flower of the Turkish army, elated by victory, defies and menaces him—he is content to oppose them with 80,000. But to Poland, where there is not one man in arms, but where the unquestionable lire of an heroic nation's hatred is smouldering, he sent an army of 300,000 men to be prepared for any emergences. Some may tell you that this is due chiefly to a precaution against Austria But it is clear to demonstration, that the Czar feels perfectly easy about the submissive obedience cf his Proconsul at Vienna, or else he certainly would not have left the very existence of his SO,000 on the other side of the Pruth at the mercy of his good friend the Hapsburg. Yes, it is the name of Poland you have to thank for the fact, that your army in the Crimea, all heroes as they are, have not fallen a victim to overgrowing numbers.

1 consider it an unaccountable mistake to have engaged in the siege of Sebastopol without taking previously hold of the straits of Perekop in the north, and taking command by sea of the bay of Keotsch in the east, so as to prevent, or at least, retard the reinforcements, which it was easy to forsee that Russia will Fend. And that neglect, once committed, I certainly cannot understand the logic of shifting the basis of operations down to the southernmost corner of the Peninsula, thus leaving the whole of the land free to draw hand supplies to Sebastopol and leaving the Rusonly eabrsly

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inforcements to the Crimea, bu* leaving to them, beside*,'perfectly open and'unim^e^ ded, to enter Sebastopol in large or snjall numbers, just as they please. My opinion is, that yours being what is called a move* able basis, the fleet, ycfu could choose that point all along the coast which was the best to rest upon. The bulk of your allied 'squadron is actually not south of Sebastopol, at Balaklava, but norih of Sebastopol, off the Katscha River. Why not remain with the army there likewise? Why not draw your lines bearing on the Balbee River, affording more or less protection against cavalry? There, with a well provided redoubt, at the point where the only road from the interior splits in two towards Sebastopol and Balaklava, you, by your position, already had restricted the communications of Sebastopol to that narrow corner, where it is now your misfortune to be pent up. lou wculd have cut off* all the supplies from the interior, and no reinforcements could have entered Sebastopol, without having had to fight first separately an open field battle, wherein the Russians are, certainly, no match for your heroes. Instead of that, your army has been established so as to leave Sebastopol perfectly free to communicate with the empire of Russia. That is a strategetical error, in my humble opinion, not even justified by tactical considerations

By beseiging the north, instead of the south of Sebastopol, you would have encountered more of permanent fortifications, which are no difficulty for enginuity, but would have encountered less of an entrenched camp, with a less numerous garrison, which make your real difficulty, and at last once the north side fortifications taken, you wonld at once have become masters of the town alike whereas on the contrary, the taking of the town will not make you masters of the northern forts—you would have to return for beseiging them to where you had better begun, which is not more likely than that after taking the town, you shall either have but to do what you did a* Bomarsund, and sail off, and swiftly too, or shall have in your turn, to stand a siege, with the difference, that while you were the beseigers Russia had to stand a siege, in a fortified place, you, on the contrary, would have to stand it amidst the ruins, yawning shattered and smouldering. Even at the battle of Alma, glorious as it has been in personal gallantry, from the Commander-in -chief down to the last in rank and*file, I can't help thinking that it has been a wanton sacrifice of valuable life, and very defective in plen. A strong position should never be attacked when it can be carried by turning it and that was evidently the case. A march of two English miles up to the Alma must have forced the Russians either to retreat or to change their front, with the lo*s of all the advantages on the position. Not the wings, but the position had to be turned and so to the battle itself, why, Upturning of both the wings of a line of battle is certainly the worsf plan which could be imagined. It is condemned by theory, as well as by all the history of modern warfare. Also, it did not succeed on the right wing of the enemy, where it would have been of importance. The success on the other wing was just so much as if the French had been bent on the generosity of preserving the Russians from being driven into sea, in casa the English flank-movements would have succeeded. And then the battle was reduced to a parallel attack in front which will say somuchasaperfectabscence of sny plan at all. It was a bull-fight— breast against breast—horn against horn impetuous daring of the French soldiers, and the stern courage of the English soldiers have carried the day.

However, all these and like mistakes enter only as secondary considerations in the estimation of the situation, such as it is.— The chief error (if not more) on the part of the Western Powers, is in the very idea of beginning a war against Russia by an expedition to the Crimea. Not that I was of the opinion that this war should have been brought to an end without wresting the Crimea from the Cznr and destroying his Black sea fleet, but I am decidedly of the opiuion that this ought to have been one of the last fctrokes, and by no means the first in no case, one which I would have undertaken to deal before 1 had by successful victories in Bessarabia and around Odessa, driven the Russians back from the Black Sea, and perfectly isolated the Crimea from the rest of the Russian PJmpre.— Then, taking my stand with the main body of my forces in a convenient locality somewhere above Odessa,—which remember, might have been accomplished, as circumstauces were up to the middle of September —I would have certainly sent some thirty thousand men to take Sebastopol who, heroes as they are, with a gallant and intelligent and experienced Chief, as Lord Raglan is, would have done the work up to this day, and would have found Menschikoff cutoff from every hope of relief fighting at the best but for military reputation, as General Chasse did at Antwerp. But in the meanwhile, I would have been perfectly content tvith knowing the Russian fleet perfectly paralyzed by the very presence of your vastly superior squadron in the Black Sea, (an easy task with that naval force and with a little vigilance) I would have been rather glad to know that the necessity of keeping Sebastopol well garrisoned serves me like a diversion, by keeping so much smaller the main Russian army, which I were engaged in defeating. But before beating decisively in the field, in no case would I have severed my disposable forces as you did by separating from the 120,000 on the Danube in no case would I have invited Russia to bring down upon my divided force, 100.000 men, to a position the most advantageous to her, and the most disadvantageous to you, as certainly Sebastopol is. In no case would I have afforded to the 100,000 Russians the additional advantages of the strength of those fortifications of the vast stores of their almost ilimited armament and of the guns of the ships moored in the Bay. I would have forced the Russians either to fight without these a4?a»Uges, or to go off and to leave

jjicsc commodities without the 100,000 m« but in no case wouM I have permitted tl to combine both these elements of strength.

Kossuth then takes it for granted that the allies will succeed in taking Sebastopol. and proves very conclusively that it will be barren of results. England ought to have organized a Legion of Polish exiles, and with these called Poland to Arms. But England either fears Austria too much or loves her too much. She seeks Austrian alliance which she can never secure so long as the Czar bids fair to maintain his ground.— England should setk alliance with nations, not with kings. Austria having once sided with Russia, as side with her she will, then England should call Hungary and Italy to arms. But England barters away the freedom of Poland, Italy and Germany for the precarious and disreputable friendship of the Hapsburgs and the Brandenburgs.— Instead of seeking the frienship of Austria —instead of fearing her, England should throw her overboard. Let England do this and she is safe. If not, not. These are the points—we are sorry we have not the space to give them in the glowing language of the speaker. Ivossuth concludes his speech thus:

Mind where the weak point of Russia is, and strike there and whenever a Government is playing false to you, call 011 the nations it oppresses but remember that while in matters of internal progress you may say "By and by we may come to that," in a war everything depends on moments.— Opportunity lost is a campaign lost—may be even more. Poland is your only remedy even to-day but how much surer and easier would it have been six months ago? I do not speak from even patriotic egotism this war, such as it is, and as it may be carried on, or arranged in the worst possible manner, is manifestly an indication of retributive justice, slow but sure in its decrees.

Much against the will of your Government, and whatever Lord Palmerston may diplomatize at Paris, or even at Vienna, as some people say, the freedom of Hungary is sure to come. It were sad for myself not to see the day, but that is only a question of individual happiness, and not worth while to speak of. If I die to day, I die sure of the fact that my dear Hungary will be free. I speak as England's friend.— Neither you, nor even Napoleon, can afford sufficient force? for that war there. He cannot say, as you can, let us send our last soldier—police will do at home. He cannot he has many things to guard—Paris, France, Algiea, and watch to the north and to the south. You have not too much of men—he has too much exigencies. I repeat my words of yore:—come what may in this war. England stands more in need of Poland and Hungary than Poland and Hungary stands in need of England. With us, victory—without us, defeat, or a disreputable, insufficient armistice. You know the tale about the nine Sybilline books. Poland will be your Sybilline books. They already are lost—hasten to buy the remaining six, or else, like the Roman King of old, you shall have to pay the price of all the nine for the last three. Mine is the advice —yours is the choice.

OKDERS FOR PORK AND BEEF FKOM ENGLAND, AND Coii.v FROM FRANCE.—The New York Post, of the 8th contains the following

interesting information: There are large orders on here for pork and beef, on account of the English Government for its army and navy supplies,: and agents have been some time in the West making purchases. A quantity has been brought and is on its way here from Chicago. Bills for payment of these have appeared in the market, and add to the superabundance of Sterling exchange. The purchases are not all complete. The French Government also, we learn, is buying Indian corn to a large extent in this market.

An army and navy of nearly if not quite a quarter of a miliion of men, which will be necessary to employ against Russia in

the Ciimea, will require an immense amount of Beef, and Pork too, we doubt not, and it will all have to be obtained from Encrland

wells are fast drying up, and we shall not be at all surprised if water advances to a price before spring. Now is the time to

remember the poor. Benevolent Associations please take notice.

A HARD HIT.—The Cincinnati Gazette, referring to the fact that several paupers from Europe had been shipped back by the authorities of Boston, says: "We may not object to having paupers sent back to the place from whence they came, only it strikes us that a city which permits a Police Court to send back white men and women three thousand miles across the ocean, because they arc poor, ought not to make so much fuss about a commissioner sending a negro back to Virginia, because he is a slave. That's all." j' vtt

X3T"A universal applause is seldom lias than two-thirds of a scandal.—L'Estrage.

France and the United States. Russian policy will remove all possible means of supply in the territories which the armies have to occupy. In reference to these staples of the West, therefore, we think there is a prospect of high prices for a year or two to come.

CCrWe are now paying in the little town of Crawfordsville 59 a barrel for flour, a

price nearly up to that of New York, and ahead of the last Cincinnati and Chicago quotations. Potatoes range as high as Si,CO per bushel, butter from 18 to 20 cts per pound, and house-rent ten per cent, higher than any city in the Union. The

PKGG OF TUE .WAR—WHAT LUiLLY tc be DONE ia the CRIMEA. :.iCorr.j?pondenco 6f the London Times.

Constantinople^ Nov. 12, 1854.

The time has now come when every Englishman must prepareTor the hardships and sacrifices which accompany a gigantic war.We are now fairly embarked in one of tho' greatest enterprises which modern history" records, and it is for the honor of our country that no danger or difficulty shall prevent the determined perseverance which alone can procure success. The state of our army is such, that only large and instant reinforcements can prevent it from being entirely worn out and destroyed. Even with tl considerable additions whichlavo arrived within the last few days, it falls: short of 16,000 bayonets and the men aro so harrassed with working and watching day and night, that they are no longer fit for the arduous duties of a Winter campaign. The Brigade of Guards, wbicb marched out of London 3,000 strong, and excited the admiration of the Turkish capital a few months since, is now reduced to about 800 weak and wasted men, whom only the indomitable spirit of Englishmeastrengthens for the ceascless toil to which they are exposed. The labor of the trenches and pickets is terrible for our smaii ar-f mj, exposed as it is to the first assault oft every force which may be marched dowj* from the north, and harrassed by constant alarms, which calls out the weary men just as they are taking a little rest after perhaps twelve hours' exposure and exertion. Tho elements, which at first favored the expedition, are now adverse to the Allies. Wind and rain day after day, thick fogs, and cutting sleet have prevailed during the past fortnight, and the health of the men is correspondingly deteriorated. While I writa it blows a g'-ile no boat can cross to Scutari the landing of the wounded is again interrupted, and they must remain rolling to and fro in the crowded vessels until the weather changes it rains in torrents, not from passing clouds, but out of a leaden sky, as dark and dreary as that of London the cold at night is bitter even in this crowded city, and on the hills of Sebastopol it is intense. The army is exposed to the worst that cold and even want of food can do the officers themselves only spend 4 one night out of three in their tents, and I though the tents keep out the rain, they cannot repel the cold.

There seems now no doubt that the Allies must either storm the place regardless of loss, or prepare to winter in the Crimea, either carrying on the seige at all hazards and during all weathers, or abandoning it temporarily in order to resume it in tho early Spring. There does not seem, at head-quarters, any expectation of immediate success, although the French are very near the town, and there are reports for mining and preparations for an assault.—The course most likely to be adopted is, for the Allies to entrench themselves so aa to bid defiance to all attacks from without, and then to endeavor to carry the place by assault.

ENGLAND AND RI/SSIA IN DATS GONE nr. —When the Emperor Alexander of Russia became auxiliary of England in the strugglo with the great Napoleon, he was represented by the British press as the model of a Christian hero, and his people placed in tho van of the gallant defenders of the liberties of mankind by the British press, the great dispenser of immortal fame. While tho government of England was negotiating a commercial treaty with the Emperor Nicholas highly advantageous to the British interests, he, too, was placed before tho world as a mild, benevolent sovereign, a wise ruler and an upright man.

All at oncc, or at least within a brief period, the wind changed, and the British lion, which had fawned on the Russian eagle, as he is now fawning on the Emperor Louis Napoleonic,wakened by the crowing of the gallant cock, roused himself, shook his mane, and began to growl at the imperial bird. By a swift declension the Emperor Nicholas degenerated into an inexorable tyrant, and his subjects into ba^jarianslaves. The civilized Christian wond was invoked to a new crusade not like that of old against the crescent, but the cross, and the whole force of the press of England and' France put in requisition to enlist the sympathies of mankind in behalf of a religionand a race which had been the enemies and oppressors of the Christian Church from the advent of their prophet down tothe present time.

Are we mere shuttle-cocks to be thus bandied about by the battledores of tho European press? Are our opinions and our sympathies to be forever at the command of those whose policy and interests are always in opposition to our own? The United States are old enough and strong enough to think and act for themselves. They are not cradled infants to be sung to sleep by lullabies, nor superanuated dotards^o be shorn of their locks by European Delilahs.— Washington Union.

IION. JESSE I).

The eleciion of Mr Bright to the chair of the Senate is a merited compliment to. the truest Democrat in the Lnion. Mr. Bright has for the mst few \-urs been looked to as one of the soundest and most influen-

tial men ia the Senate, a fact proved by the important committees on which ho ha» always been placed. This last honor is not beyond the merits of the man. Mr. Bright could be placed in no position thai he would not adorn, and to whose duties he would not prove himself fully equal.— He will preside over the deliberations of the Senate with dignity, impartiality and efficiency, and the laurels that he will gain will, we trust, be but the buds of flowers to bloom hereafter. If anything could have enhanced the reputation of Mr. Bright it would have been his able and fearless courso during the last canvass, but he stood already (he favorite of his State, "the noblest Roman of them all," and the Senate hat but translated the general voice when ii igave him BO distinguished a marlt of OVaS* dence.—£vansvWe Enqtdrw.