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157" We distinctly understood, that wc IIAVO now the BEST nnd the LAUOEST assortment of KTW and FANCY JOB TYTK ever bronphtto this place. Wo insist on tho«c uialniifr work done to call np. and viwilfubow them otiruFHortmontof tvp?. cuts. Ac. Wo have pot tlieni and no mistake. Work Mono on short iioticc, and on reasonable tcrinRj

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ji j6BT.0n last Monday we took a flying .trip to the Capitol for the purpose of willing away a few hours in witnessing the operations of the present legislative assembly. We were agreeably surprised to notice the strict order and decorum thatreign•od in the House, compared with the turbu.lentarid bacchanalian seencs that disgraced that body in the winter of 1855. The storm of fanaticism and treason that swept .ovpr our State in 185-1, filled both branches of.tho legislature with as gracclcss a set of rascals as ever went unwhipped. But the scene is now changed, a reaction, as speedy and as overwhelming as the returning of the waters of the Bed Sea, came over the minds of the people, and the-majority of that body is now composed of men who not. only profess and advocate the, principles of Democracy-in their true sense, but men who pos"se3s in an eminent degree every c«?cntial qualification of manly dignity and high moral worth. With such men we need have no fears but that sound and judicious laws for the government of our State will be enacted during the present sossion.

I, In the Senate chambcr the scene is scmcwhal different. Here Black Republican ,ism iju a measure has the ascendancy, tlio' the Fillmore parly hold the balance of power. As a matter of course but very little *bu's ncsq has as yet bccu transacted in this body, the Republican Senators squandering the timo. and money of the people by throwing every obstacle in their power to the speedy and prompt execution of important business. But when we consider that

Black lvcpublicanisiu is rapidly dying, and .that it holds but a feeble grasp-upen power in this braiieh of our Legislature, we cau afford to be patient and quietly bide our .time. To the Democracy belongs not only the past, but the future, its political hori .zon is already lit up with grand triumphs and brilliant, achievements.

The election of United State? Senators, Vhich has been the chief topic of conversation throughout, the State since the convcning of the Legislature, has within the past Tow days assumed something cf a tangible shape, and is now regarded as a fixed fact !by the knowing ones, who assert that it will bo duly consummated by next Tuesday, the .Fillmore Senators having graciously surrendered. Jesse D. Bright will as a matcter of course, be returned by a unanimous vote. His high position in the Democratic party as ft sterling and unflinching democrat, together with his-cmincut and renowned qualifications as a, statesman renders it an imperative duty upon his party as well as a regard for the credit and interest of the State to retain him at the Capitol of the liatiou. Who will fill the other vacancy is as yet unknown, the contest lying between ex-Gov. Wright and Dr. Fitch, both 'excellent men and in every way competent fcr the high position. The election of either, however, cannot fail to give satisfaction to the Democracy.

Gov. Willard, siucciiis installation into 'office, has donned himself in a suit of black, and his exterior now presents decidedly a fine appearance. In the reccnt exciting ^campaign he looked' shabby, but then he was in pursuit of the trooly heads, and had but little time to pay attention to dress.—

Now he looks Iikc'a brnrincw dollar, fresh froiii themir.tv His face is cleanly shaven r.rd is tinged with a ruddy glow of health, '"Which with 'his affable and clegaut deportment and fine conversational powers, sparkling with wit and humor, rcuders an hour epeut in his society delightfully agreeable and entertaining.

Th^ Hotels are filled to their fullest capatiijS." The Bates Ivouso being'the headquarters of the Fusionists and tlio Palmer Hour:& that of the Democrats. There is a 'kind cf an abandoned gaiety at the Capitol •rtbat resembles in somo respects Parisian life. They have a theatre in full blast, and every night witnesses a score of balls, routs and intrigues. JCs a natter "of" cpursc the iseaswa will end wi.Ua many pleasing recollections* lint tlum there will be some brtb icn hearts and omply pnrses, and-Madam ^^osslp' will have a inerry time in retailing

.i §0* The war ii Persia etiU eontinoM.

LIOV* AFTER MmueE.*Tbi»U the title of a new work-now in prcssj written by Mrs. Caroline Leo Hentz., As an authoress Mrs. Hentz has been eminently successful. Indeed there 13 not a woman in America whose talcs havo been more steadily and uniformly popular. All her works are written with much power and have a classic beauty of diction and grace of style which cannot fail to give them a high place in the literature of our lancfT Her characters hiave a fascinating originality, marked peculiarities, and an air of truth to nature about them. "A high, moral, and religious charm pervades all the stories in the volume, imparting a glow to the finest feelings of nature, and from the beginning to -the end strength is added to strength, and beauty to beauty in fact she seems to have dipped her pen in the fountains of the human heart, and with a wizard wand laid bare the various and complicated passions of thcrr nature.

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C£^"Thc work is published and for sale at the Cheap Book and Publishing Establishment of P. B. Peterson, No. 102 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

CSTBurt's Theatrical Troupe from Lafayette, arrived in our town this (Friday) morning. They design giving a scries of dramatic entertainments. ^V understand that the Company possess considerable histrionic talent. We shall see.

fiSTThe difficulties bctwec.n Switzer land and Prussia have been amiably settled,

flay* Within the last few days the weather has moderated considerably.

SST" Lewis Clinger and William Dewey the two young men who were arrested for stealing jewelry from Hannibal Pursel were examined before Justice Burl on last Thursday, and bound over each in the sum of three hundred dollars, dinger confessed his guilt and implicated Dewey, who however strenously asserts his innoccr.ee.

OS?" Our farmers should be very careful how they receive the present paper currency. A general caving in of banks is at hand.

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fiS?* Our farmers are making. ]ircpara tions for sugar making. ||C flSj?" A writer from the East, who has been digging and discovering on the plains of Assyria, supposes he bus discovered the remains of the Tower of Babel. Those researches in the East are bringing to view .-jcme of the oldest and most interesting things mentioned in the records of time.— That Tower of Babel was commenced while the story of the flood was yet fresh in tbe minds of men, and the Assyrians had undertaken to buiid a tower so high that r.o. ilood could reach its summit. All men then spoke one language, but there the confusion of tongues commenced, and languages ofmcn have become as numerous as the nations.

CSS'" Some old British King wore a mantic decorated with the beards of his enemies slain in battle. The ex-King of Bavaria recently had a velvet mattress presented to him, stuffed with the beards and mustaches of the Grenadiers of his Alsace regiment, as one of the most vaiued presents they could offer hiin.

Tin: NIAGAKA.—The lirst' trials of the' machinery of this new frigate (built at New York) under steam have been very satisfactorv. I

Jo engines in motion resemble

a vast, piece of perfect clock work.

&§f The London Times says the principal hotel in Chicago is "a grander establishment than any in that metropolis."

EOT" The Great Eastern steamship exceeds iu length Noah's ark by '2oS feet

RAILROADS IN THE WORLD.—The whole number of miles of railway in the world is 52,260. Of these America has the largest share. 26,5S1. Europe has nearly as many, 24,203. The rest of mankind have only about 500 amongst them.

RELIGIOUS NOTICE.

The Rev. Mr. EATON will preach in the Court House, Sunday morning, Feb. 8th, at 101 o'clock. Sub/cct—Evangelical Regeneration—New birth—Being born again.

John 3 eh. 3 v.

'EST* The following, from a lecture on "Pcaee in Europe," recently delivered in Albany, bv the Hon. John Mitchell, the Irish patriot, is very eloquent—and abounds with that warm, gushing spirit of cnthusiasnrso peculiar to the Irish character. --Whether the truth of the prediction shall -equal its force and vividness, is a mystery which time alone, can unravel:

Thus stand the several powers of Europe upon the bat-is of a prccarious peace. The parties to the great game of war which is .in preparation, are engaged in regal sports and festivities, heeding not that they stand above a hidden volcano. They arc all merry partners in a gorgeous ballroom, dancing on, unheeding of the storm which may burst upon them at any moment. But iu the other end of that gay ball-room is a solitary figure which advances alone. It is a gusnt"and world-like figure, arrayed in garments all rags and tatters, which are clotted with blood. Its beard is coarse and un trimmed, end upon its brow is emblazoned, in burning characters of living light—'"KEVOH-TION. RETRIBUTION

83T "Talk of the inferiority of the female mind 1" exclaimed an excited woman's rights oratoruui, "why, Mr. President, wonien possess infinitely more of^the divine afflatus than miri, and any one who attempts to get around hc-r in these davs, will have to start very early in the morning!"

"Thou niin'st in this bosom," as the

rehap eai^hen

the lidy he was aereu&ding

llitcw a l*»:n cf water over him.

HORACE KREELEYS LIBEL SUIT. Grav, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer^ against whom Greeley has brought a Suit for libel, is disposed to he jocylar about the "matter. He says the Sheriff of-the county waited upon him one fine, cold morning^with an

-official document foil of "start

ling captions," and as soon as he discovered the nature of the demand, for $10,000 damages to Horace Greeley's character, his first impulse was to draw a check for the sum, but, on reflection, he remembered that there was not exactly that sum to this credit. Gray then proceeds to. state his confusion, wonder, and alarm

How Horaco supposed he could ever get so much money as that out of any Democratic editor, especially one publishing a National Democratic paper in this Connecticut Western Reserve,.is as much a mystcrv to TIP as the Rochester Knoekings.— In our tremor we asked the Sheriff many foolish questions, and among them "if he knew which Greeley had brought the suit?" We had a faint recollection that, during the. late campaign not only two Frculonts had been discovered,, but also two Greeleys, and we were anxiou3 to know which of the latter had sued us^He answered,

Old Drab." We knew by that remark it was the editor of the New York Tribune, formerly a Fonrierite and the founder of a "community" in Pennsylvania, where the people lived in common, and had a baby factory attached to their establishment, where the cradles went by steam, and where it was said, Horace himself, in a. pair of feathered breeches, used to hatch out the chickens, while the other old hens did the laying and scratching.

That Horace Greeley, the man that inVented the "two Fremouts" should presume to have ten thousand dollars worth of character left, is still more "amazing." That, he should, with his overshadowing circulation, abandon the quill, the legitimate weapon of warfare in his profession, and take up the cudgels of the law to finish th£ campaign tight, and redress grievances, it is also "amusing" that he should pass over all the other Democratic papers in the Union, which have teemed with similar libelous charges, to ]30ur.ec upon the editor of this paper, the most lamb-like of them all and whose sweetness of temper and

amiability of disposition never have been questioned, is quite "amazing that he should abandon "bleeding Kansas,"- and take to bleeding us that he should think of lawing ten thousand dollars out of a pauper printer who inhabits a land where Democrats go to their graves without mourners, because there are not enough .in any one locality to~get up a respectable funeral, is still very much more "ar_3/ ng" yet.

W A 'S 'UP!

The following rather singular paragraph wc clip from the editorial columns of the N. Y. Tribune. It seems that Lew Campbell has fallen into disgrace with the Tribune folks, and Bill Seward is snubbed.— We arc completely mystified. What's'up

Wc perceive that the Hon. Lewis DCampbell attempted to strike the Hon. Mr. Rust of Arkansas, in the Ifouse of Representatives, but- was prevented by the Hon A. K. Marshall.

Ir. Campbell is the same man who re-

eeutly expressed his supreme contempt for "manufactured rags, oil and lampblack," alias newspapers. Mr. Rust is the same man whom the Hon. William H. Seward eulogized as "an honorable gentleman" after his cowardly attack upon Mr. Horace Greelcj', "an editor of a newspaper," to quote the same Senator's chaste .and beautiful English and Mr. Marshall is the distinguished Representative who was so squc- mens niish lest he should exalt the conductors of public journals into undue importance bj noticing them in so elevated a body as the -House of Representatives. He is the son of a Kentucky schoolmaster, who, whatever other virtues he

may

possess, seems to have

neglected that judicious discipline of .his own sous which mighthavc been instrumental in teaching them the manners of civilized life. 'Itis said*that a duel wiil grow out of (he affair. "Pshaw! a duel between eock-robins! And then

thc_"manuf

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rags, oil and lampblack" will be called on to publish correspondence to vindicate the unsullied honor of the honorable gentlemen, and the world will wag as usual. It is well that greatness still lives! When we want to strike anybody will some one be kind cnoujrh to hold us

F. CO NO MY.

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We have but a faint-idea o'f economy in this country, and there arc few persons who seem able to exercise its spirit in their mode of living. As a general thing young persons calculate to live fully up to the amount of their income, if indeed they do not out ruu its limits, and become involved in debt so with married men of humble means, they calculate to spend about as much as they get and often find themselves involved in debts they cannot liquidate.— Now there cd, would make first, let a man's income be ever so smail he should save a portion of it, if not more than five or ten dollars a year, this will be sure to keep him from running in debt, and as soon as he finds that he has a sum of money saved, there is a natural incentive to add to the amount, and thus he begins to accumulate and the slow but sure increase of principal- by the accumulation of interest is a rnatjer of clcar gain secondly, pay as you go, is a golden rule, and is economy in every sense of the term, and finally in, order to save money always buy your Clotliiug at Hannah Casselfs establishment, opposite Empire Block, Maui st., Crawfordsville, bccausc it is emphatically the cheap clothing emporium of Indiana. -111

is a simple rule, which, if adopt- vcrcly cut some who pccp.0

qUitc

inJopenta,

Sxsf The origin of, the "Forget me Not," is not generally known. It is said that two lovers, who were to be married the next dav, were walking at sunset on the banks of the Danube. The maiden perceived a bunch of blue flowers, and wished to have it as a memorial of that happy eycniH". The lover in endeavoring to obtain it fef? into' the river, and feeling his strength fail him/

threw

to the bank the bunch -tif

flowers, calling out as lie sank, beneath the wav5s forever, vergiss vieiu mdit, or Forget rap, not. "MOTThe vitliago of Meigsville, Oaio. consume! by fire cn Frioay la**.

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ACCOUNT Of THE JIARROW ESCAfE OF THE STEA MSniP AMERlC A, BY

JAMES BENNETT, THE ACTOR, [From tfie Xondon Era, Doc. 21.] /J.-I Mr. James Bennett, the well-known tragedian, and Mrs7 Bennett, were passengers by the America steamship, one of the Cunard line, which sailed for-Boston on Saturday week, and rcached Liverpool again on the following Thursday morning in a disabled state, after encountering a storm of most perilous violence. Mr. Bennett,

decks

were strewed with

wreck. A.jury mast bad- been erected, upon which a signal of distress was flying. She was hailed repeatedly, but no voice replied, nor could any living thing.be seen about her. Not a soul had been left on board they had either been washed overboard, or bad-taken to the boats and abandoned the ship. After keeping near the wreck, which, from the colors she displayed, was supposed to be a Danish vessel, for about half an hour, the America proceeded on her voyage.

All that night the storm fricm]a

continued, increasing, if possible, in vio- Their counsels are in harmony with the lence as the morning of Tuesday broke.-—i precept of their Divine Master, "Render Wc were then about 345 miles out, and unto Cresar the things that arc Caesar's, about fifty miles off Cape Clear. It was mi to God the things that be God's." then blowing a perfect hurricane. Between eight and nine o'clock a tremendous sea, which is represented as coming onward with incredible speed, and like a wall of granite struck the bow of the ship, sweeping everything before it in its terrible

thing moveable, were terrible. gave myself up for lost it seemed as if the ship was' settling down

and

so, taking hold ot

Mrs. Bennett, we uttered a brief prayer and breathlessly awaited the result. At ], length, as if recovering from the awful blou —-it was but a very few moments, although seemed almost an age the paddle

vessel in awful grandeur. Another siiat-

tering blow such "as that which struck ,thc

reeds. If that spar had given way the consequence would have been fatal but it did its duty nobly, and the gallant ship by this manoeuvre missed the dauger of another shock which would have sent her to the bottom.

como

frantically calling upon them. The to the chief saloon, where every attention yigoi

arrival at the appointed time.

This, is tbe narrative of Mr. Bennett, and we may add that all the passengers, with the exception of hiniself and Mrs. Betmett, again embarked last week ^Friday) by t^e Canada, aplrs. Bennett is exceedingly ill from the ^ects.of 4he occurrence^ wd we understand'ihat for this winter, at leasV

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Meanwhile the fore cabin passengers, some of whom had been .playing cards at tbe moment when the decks were shivered into chips, were being dragged out fr amongst the wreck of shattered timber Some were badiv bruised, and others se ,. werd uninjured were Lmg how monetary mLuonces are at work the deck, shrieking! effecting our legislation, may well startle

Bennett does not intend4o revisit the b-*_ SPEECH OF OUR SENATOR. States. We trust thaUhe lossW his pro- We give below jhe speech of Mr. Wal-

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fessional engagements in America will be irfcre Vthan atoned for daring hi« stay in England. I

"Still thtey come."—Banqno.

It is said thatRev. Mr. Greeley has fi-nally-accepted,the call to the pastorate of the Qongregatipnal Church in this, city.— G-rand Rapid Enquirer.

who has since reached Birmingham has Pralj" taken to a white cravat, as well as a white hat and coat "Accepted a call to the jmstorats" has he It is about time he was turned out to grass.—Cleveland

favored us with the following particulars regarding the occurrence: Wc sailed from Liverpool, he says, between two and three o'clock on Saturday. There was a strong gale from the S. W. at the time, which continued increasing in violence every hour. .iOn.Monday. it became terrible. A tremendous sea was running, and the wind, literally blew great guns.— On that afternoon we saw a speck upon the horizon, which, as we approached, we could make out to be a fine-three-masted vessel, with, signals of distress flying. .: Captain Lang altered the course of the America, with the humane intention of rendering assistance, although it was in vain. We sailed round the ship. All her masts were gone, and her

What Mr. Greeley'is this His "Old

Plain Dealer.

POLITICS AKD THE PULPIT.—The government of the Episcopal Churth of the United States discourages the clergy from interfering in party politics. For example, the Pastoral Letter delivered by the Bishop of that'Church at the late Convention in Philadelphia, and read, in' every Episcopal .Church iu„ theJand,. refers to: the subject thus: V-'-,.' '•With party politics, "with sectional, disputes, with earthly distractions with the wealth, the splendor and tbe ambition of tlio world, they (ambassadors of Christ) have nothing to do. Standing firm and undivided, in the strength of loving unity— wisely confining ourselves to our proper work in preaching the unsearchable riches of the gospel of Christ—untroubled with sectional disputes—-unmoved by political strifes and agitations, wc have been enabled to maintain a high, unworldly and consistent course. Our Bishops and our cler-

gy, scattered abroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, are felt to' be the fast

union, of order and of law.—

CIRCVMSTAXTIAL EVIDENCE.—In Petcrsburgh, Ya., last week, a servant girl found an infant on ihe steps of her master's premises, with a piece of paper attached to its nvelopc,' on which was written 'spare my

course. The bulwarks were gone, the clus-1 shame.' She took it up to her mistress, ets had disappeared, some of the shrouds jand upon a piece of linen was discovered were a wreck, the paddlo bos was swept: iu indelible ink, the name of a highly rcaway, two of the boats were lost, and parts jspcctablp lady and friend in the vicinity.—

of the lore saloon and deck pounded into chips by the ponderous'force of the gigantic wave. For a moment the vessel staggered and reeled like a living creature panting for breath. The engines even stopped for a moment as if paralyzed by the shock. I was then in the top berth, Mrs. Bennett being in the one below. At the moment the crash came, which seemed to shatter the whole ship, I was thrown violently out against the cabin dopr, and in an instant after pitched violently back again upon the opposite side. My professional oxperienee iu falling easily 1 have no doubt saved me from having my. skull fractured against the timbers, as in being thrown back -I was enabled to turn, to grasp the lower berth, and there to hold on. The

pr0pCrly cared for during

the night, and in the morning the lady, advised by her husband, called on the person whose name appeared on the linen, findinf her in bed complaining of beiny

very "ill. Upon this, suspicion assumed thu form of conviction, and the possessor of the foundling feeling confirmed, and bcinjy very impulsive, broached the subject in a few moments after entering the chamber, The sick lady appeared surprised, and asked her friciid for an explanation, "When the marked linen was produced.— Instead of fainting, as the lady friend had expected, the sick lady assumed smile, seeing the basis of the error, and informed her tiiat several weeks ago she had emnloved a young seamstress, and in dismis-

.. brief- and ingenious -resistance. Her child was returned, and be it to the good name of.those first cognizant of the secret, she was furnished with $100, with which

Mt-t.be city for Alexandria.

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the solid wood, frame and all, and dashed do'-vn at his feet. Wilt the .peed of thought P™»» Captain Lang leaped through .this aperture ccmc after him shall c.o the things tuat he

rushed upon deck.( The immense sea done and greater, (John

which struck the ship was but one of four cordially invite the afflicted and wc wclor five, which he saw coming onward to the

i\:r the RovilV'.v.'

f* There will be a lecture on spinwalI the Court House cn next Wednesday eve, at 7 o'clock. The public are invited to attend. We also invite the sick

swung round once more, and the vessi 1 plunged onward in her course. The peril, however, was not passed.— The Captain, who had been on deck for] three successive night*, doing his duty and the afflicted to call on us, wc have the with untiring zeal, had gone into his cabin promise from God that where two or three to change his wet clothes, when the im-|rir0 fathered together asking any thing phite glass window was tern out of

Relieving wholly

chap.)

.bclicvir!cr world to judge spirit-

•rorks.

pon Heaven to save portant disclosures, and captain ordered them below them should be prosecuted wnh auiiity and

heavy

and appliance.-.

dangerous sea running, we went back to Thefee ing on si. jec is Liverpool, bavin- passed the. Baltic, which fat Harrisburg teat the boardefsasailed three days after us, audJ e^eiiatfged Hotel, where ^enear, one of the Demosignals—the firing of rockets and burning erats who voted for Cameron, lodged, nae ofblue'-lights—scT that no anxiety might be protested against his remaining He was felt in the States regarding the safety of consequently dismissed by the landlord.— the America, in consequence of her

sured mc-that for upwards of twenty years ho had never eicperieiioed such a sea, which camc not as a wave, but a huge and ponderous breaker, with a force he estimated at 500 tons, upon the ship. 'Great anxiety had been felt in Liverpjjpl about tbe safety of the ship, and the arrival of the vessel in port once more relieved many foom a. load of apprehensioni

13. M. De La Salle.

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America would have been destruction.— With the cool intrepidity, promptitude and skill cf a true sailor, Captain Lang esecu-, ted a bold man«uvr=, to which usder Provi-1 correspondent ot the I ti]!,..le.p.iw Ai0i, dcncc is due the preservation of .he ship -"rites one of the three and crcry soul 0,1 board. The full pros-! crats tvho voted for f-

THE REWARD TIIEV (JOT.—A HarribLurg

Senator, openly boasts that nc icccnca

rut on, four men, .1 in-

sure cf the steam were the shin turned back towards port, danger however, was even then not over.! uey for five thousand, for the reason that he The foremast was held by one single brace all the shrouds being carried away by the sea, which wrcnchcd out bolts and broke Tliere can be no doubt hat Cameron thick iron stanchions as if they had been election was efrected by the most o.rcet corruption, and measures should be

lashed to the wheel, and the head of eight thousand dollars as the reward oHns The perfidy that he would have voted ior ror-

republican system,

tell upon their knees

lace. It explains itself. .Our readers will doubtless-haye heard tfat? Democratic Senator's'have been breakin^ a-quorum to pro

vent the passage of certain rules. One of the rules attempted to be passed is the subject1of Mr. W's speech and we are satisfied that the measure is so clearly oppresive 'and unconstitutional, that who lever reads the speech will justify Mr. W. and the Democrats of the Senate generally for their course in preventing its passage, fi SPEECH OF HON. LEWIS WALLACE,

IN THE SENATE, ON THE 33d INST., ON CHANGING THE RULES OF THE SENATE.

MR. PRESIDENT With the permission of the Senate, I desire to speak to the amendment proposed by the honorable gentleman from Miami. The queatiou, in my opinion, is one, not so much of parliamentary propriety, as of constitutional right. I cart hardly believe the majority seriously contemplate its passage. If they do/ they may rest assured, wc will fight it to the last we will exhaust every resource compatible with our obligations. If they pass it, it will be a triumph of despotism— of numbers eserting their power to an extent little Jess than brutal.

Itis impossible, sir, to form a proper conception of the measure without a- survey of tlfc objects ai\d situation of political parties on this floor. This I will attempt briefly and plainly.

The grand purpose 'of the Republican side, as shown by their conduct and admissions, is to stave off the election of two United States Senators. The debates upon every proposition to go into joint convention has fully elicited this,—-ind'eed, members take no pains to: conceal it. On the other hand, in all frankness, I confess our side arc equally determined, if possible, to bring that election about. To prevent it, the Republican members huvc strained every rule, and gone tui to \iolate the most positive laws.

It happens singularly enough, Sir, th«.t the Senate is composed, ponucauy, of twenty-five Republicans, twenty-three Democrats, and two Americans. Tbe balance of power belongs to the Americans. The two votes of those very respectable gentlemen are necessary, as the count now stands, to give the Rcpiiblieaus a majority or to make us equal to the Republicans. Thus far, I regret to say, they have acted with our enemies. In this situation, sir, fearing the consequence of our obtaining equality of numbers, and desiring tiie majority independent of coalition, it has occurred to the Republican Senators, that if they can pass a rule having the' effect to prohibit one of our side from

voting,

rc-ed with tjie latter in political princi- will ask by what"authority the act is done. For the better understanding of my argument, let me state explicitly the proposition. The old ru'io on this subject—and taken to ferrit it out, if possible. -We have arrived at a most lamentable stage of political degradation when elevated offices like that of United States Senator, are struck off to the highest bidder in so shameless a manner. The gangrene of corruption has

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alarm the country.

They are most imau investigation of

The Senate will bc disgraced if

The breach in [Cameron is ahowed to maintain hit. s.„ai, aincd by such unworthy anu. discreditable

was paid to the wounded. the deck was covered with.canvass, and in .. this condition, and with a still

V[Brady, to whom he apphed tor board re-

words!fused to receive him. Omi has gnen

of-mine can sufficiently express the grati- \V agonseller and Lcbo notice to quit. In tude of the passengers and myself, to Cap- the House an effort was made to cxrel Metain Lang, and every ofiiccr and man under near. him, for their cool,' intrepid and-courageous 'flieir ESS* The Richmond hPwirer states that

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the power is abso

lutely theirs, and the hope ot' an ciectier. of-United .States Senators at once dwindles into folly.

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this in view, in fhe

beginning of the session they took from the President of the Senate the appointment of committees, carefully stocking every oi:e with a Republican majority.

On the Republican side it happens that there.arc three contested seats, to one upon the Democratic. The case of the Old Line Senator from Clark, (Mr. Woods.) is not iu the nature of a contest thai he was duly and honestly elected by a majority of the voters in his District is not denied by the iiepubiirans but bis right to a seat beincr disputed, an investigation was commenced, and referred to the Judiciary Committee, the majoriry of whom promptly reported a resolution vacating his place.

Now, sir, with that resolution i.'.i the table ready for further action. Republican Senators address themselves to so amending the rules that the Senator frcra Clark shall bc prohibited from voting on any question atlbct'rig his rights on this floor. With the voice of the people of Clark eo. thus silenccd, the great object is obtained —the Republicans control the Senate, and become independent of the Americans. It is useless to oonceal that this aniendureut of the old rules is leveled at that gentleman. To be so deprived of the privilege of vsting, is tantamount. !o expulsion. It. is by his vote, not less than his voice, that his constituency are supposed-to be heard and to say iu any manner that rhoy. shaii not be heard, is to strip them of representation in this branch of the General Assembly. A graver question, sir, was never debated in this chambcr, nor was a more despotic measure ever proposed by any party. The -people, not merely of Clark county, but the people cf the whole bt

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I venture to say it has been the rule since the beginning of the State—was, that no member should be compelled to vote on any question in which he VTOH interested. The question before the Senate being tho adoption of rules for its government, the Senator from Miami (Mr. Bearss) moved this

already penetrated'"tar into the vitals of our morning to amend the old rule so as to make when such an oncu and it read—'*0 member shjffl vote on any IEUIATELV and

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lor from Clark,

that not merely his right to his seat is a! stake, but that his right to voie on the adoption of the mle itself is involved since she holding his seat is dependent on defeating the amendment—considering his situation, I say, the full cfTect of the rule, if once established, must be self-apparent.

In common with Democratic Senators, sir.. I deny the power of -tho Senate to adopt such a law for ifs government. And I put my denialou higher ground than parliamentary, law. I put it on .the constitution". A gentleman duly elected and admitted to a seat as a Senator, beecmes entitled by virtue of that instrument 'to cer-tain-privileges, among which is a right to vote on ALL QUESTIONS legitimately brought before this body. This right cannot be disputed it is inseperable from h.s office it is without limit or qualification. So much I will take for granted.

land: has been usine his influence to, in- .cat a ftcuator ao-ojuie.v "e" the right of voting upon a question properly before it? Let us look to the Consti-

land has been using ins inuuence duee the Sjy.iss Government to submit to the demands of Prussia. It denounces him for this act, and says he is a poor parody on'some small pattern of a courtly par-, asite: A born flunkey and a cultivated coxcomb, bis highest aspiration is to be con-, spicuous in tbe train of some courtly retinue. The best thing for Mr. Fay and the Government is to bring him back to this country and give him a taste of cyi»

But the question is, can the Senate, by

tution from which all its powers arp derived. The only section in point is the 10th of the 4th Article. It reads as follows: "Each House, when assembled, shall 'choose its own officers, (the President of the Senate excepted judge the elections, qualifications, and returns of its own members, determine its,rules of proceeding, -and.sit upon its owaadjournment."V.

The words "rules of proceeding" are the hinges of the whole matter. What do they mean?

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tor.- Do they vest in .th^ honorable hu^y

unlimited-power?— Do8i-A8S®pto4®T®: from them mrthoritT to eftiftluk fitu. itperio'r to the Constftatio& by adopting "rules of proceeding was it niesat, that, at onT-pleaanre, Constitution? For instance, by virtue of that instrnment we have each of tia a right of protest if theonajority can do away wiA our privilege of voting in any-Cas^, whatii to -prevent them, by rules, of proceeding formally adopted, from wresting, ftom the equally sacred right of protest? "No, air the words are simple taey admit of but one construction tney mean only that the Senate shall have a right to prescribe its own mode of transacting business.

But, sir, let.me go down, and meet Kepublican Senators on the ground they hare chosen for the justification of their proposed tyranny. The honorable gentleman from Howard (Mr. Hurry) cites us. jarliamentary law.. He says that, according to Mr. Jefferson, an assembly like Vurs has the power to prohibit its members from voting in cases where they are interestedHe has also informed as that the Senate of the United States has in force a rule to that effect. Sir, the gentleman mistakes the authorities. Votes are-disallowed, beyond question, and-that, :too, by both Houses of Congress. But when and for what interest? Never, where a constituency arc interested—nover, except when a member has a direct pecuniary interest in the pending measure, and then the prohibition is according to no law but that of etiquette.

The amendment of the Senator from Miami, Mr. Bearss, proposes to exclude gentlemcn.from voting where they are partic'. ularly interested. Now, sir, by parliamcntary law, what re the interest necessary to operate exclusion? I have asserted tut it'# must bc a direct pecuniary interest. To make good the assertion, I will gljw read.— My authority is from the latest and moat extensive work on- the subject^ of parliamentary law—and America* work,— "Cushing's Law and Practice of legislative Assemblies:" "The rule is thus stated by .Mr. Hatsell 'Interest in a question .raiding in the house, is a good cause for' disallowing vote but such interest must be a direct pecuniary interest, belonging to a separate description of individuals, and not such as belongs to all the citizens arising out of any erasure of State policy."—p. 694.

Again, sir, from the same book: "The Speaker, (Mr. Addington,) in giv--ing his opinion, said "the rule was very plain. If they (the parliament,) opened their journals, they would find it established two hundred years ago, and then spoken of as an ancient practici, that a personal interest in a question disqualified a^ member from voting. But this interest, it should be further understood, must be a directprcuuiari/ interest, separately belonging to the persons whose votes were questioned, not in common with the rest of Ilis Majesty's subjects, or on a matter of State policy."—p. 7 i*i. 31r. Wallace continued to read in sur.port of his statement, and then proceeded

Here, sir, wc have the definition of tho kind of interest that will authorize the disallowance of a member's vote.- It is nothing to ir.a what rule Congress may have adopted, or what kind has been adopted In the other er.d cf this capitol. The prircipie underlying them all is, that a vote cannot be prohibited unless tne interest of tlio. persen is directly pecuniary, and not tben, if the subject is one of general interest to his constituency. Apply these authorities to the ea?e of the honorable Sonator ficm Clark. Is a scat cn this floor a matter of direct pecuniary interest, separately belonging to him, and not in ccmmpn vvitli !iis°eo)i:?titmnts1 Who scut him here?—,} lias he come to collcet money? Ilis pews pie, sir, have delegated him t« represent^them in this place, by' voice and vote to .,, reflect their wiil and pleasure,—not hist own. The Republicans have need to step carefully. If they adopt the amendment,^

hey wiil have obtruded themselves be- .- twoen the people and their delegate, and such a wrong reaches the citizen* ot the whole State. It also ccmes home to me a Senator. I, sir, feel that I am advocating my own cause and independence, if the majority can thus strike down one of ::H, what security have the rest? Revolution is a common word in our debates, acI„ I feel tiiat it is to be avoided by every concession consistent-with principle and Ionor but sooner than submit'to this outrage, sooner than allow a reckless majority to say to the people of any county, "you shall not be represented cr to a Senator, "JOB shall not vote, except by our permisuioa,** I am ready to bid revolution welcome, ir by resignation 6f my place, save msself tho shame cf submission.

Scarcely twelve months ago 'the Republican party sported the name of "People's party."- They affected to be the special protectors of the people,—tbe guardians of the rights of the masses. By laying aside the old name, have they repudiated the old assumption? Have tho guardians forgotten their duty, and changed their tactics into war upon the right of representation itself? The people are not blind. I leave this mancuvre to their common sense. I have confidence in their ability to understand, and then revenge it.

We arc in a minority here the majority can impose upon us any measure of oppression they have the courage to undertake.— Appeal 'to their sense of justice is idleness. They have hesitated at nothing already.— There is no need to refer to their past con-. duct during this session: the journal will live to convict them hereafter and I have only to say in rcfcrence to them and theirs policy, if they adppt this rule, as the- right of votin" is constitutional,-and without hm-? italionorqnalification.it will bc but one more instance added to their already nuqi? bcrless violations of tbe Constitution.

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