Decatur Eagle, Volume 2, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1858 — Page 2

f IIE EAG L E H. L. PHILLIPS,! > Et>rroßs* P»or«iETos'-. W. G. SPENCER,) DECATUR, INDIANA. FRIDAY .MORNING, MAR. M, IMS. DEHOIRATIC STATE TICkET. SEOLXTRjt? OF WATTDANIEL McCLURS, of Morgan. ACOIT-TB or STATZ, JOHN W. DODD, of Grant. rtEASI-EKB OF SUIT, NATHANIEL F. CUNNINGHAM, of Vigo. esrtxisTErDrrrr cr vrzuc izztxcituh, SAMUEL L. RUGG, of Alteu. . ATTOCXET GIXTHI., Joseph e. McDonald, of Montgomery, r* iinnt jrnots, SAMUEL E. PERKINS, of Marion. ANDREW DAVISON, of Decatar. JAMES M. HANNA, of Vigo. JAMES L. WORDEN, n( Whitley. Notice of Primary Election • To th- 1 I>nioeraey of Adam* Cnontv, von are hereby notified, that an election will be held on the first M mday in April next, fwthe p-.rr--~-of nominating Den-oeratic candidates for the following office*, to-wit:—one Representative, one Trra-:r-r, one Recorder, one Sheriff, one Co-.-.'v Surveyor, one Coroner and one Cmnsy Cprcnissiouer for second district, at which the ' Democrae. of the eounry are re*p»rtMly iori ted to attend at the usual place* of huldinz s-lec tions in their respect;re townships, oo said day, and participate. S S. MICKLE. Chairman Central Com. Wa. O. Srzxcra. See’y. A CARD. To the Democratic voters of Adams County: that u a report is beicg circulated through the county, that I should hare said, that should I get the nomination and be elected to the office of RzcObDIB that I did not intend to move to town, bat would send one of rar sons Now all I have to say is this, that the report is basely false and un'.jn-led, and I think was only manufactured for the purpose of cnppl me in getting the nomination — I expect, if elected, co move to tnv po«i, or office, and alwars be found attendin ' • o to my bu* ness, and if I can neither buy, rent, or Cod a place to build a house, I g*-t a !::ckory gum and stay in it close to lay po.' Yours for a fair game. JACOB BOTTENBERG. We clip the following extract from an article in that sterling Democratic paper, the Kock I*iand Islander and Aryis Wuicn sufficiently proves that our Democratic brethren are awake to the necessity o: keeping our ranks unbroken, and dis'ountenanCing any affiliations with sectional organizations. The argu* speaks boldly and to the point. It says, “Tht right course of every true Democrat, who is opposeu to the I> compton iniquity is not to yield an iota of ~i* rightful opposition to.it, and yet to be loyal to his party, its principles and its organization. Let him protest loudly and earnestly as he pleases ng’, as! the ei.or* of Lis party; but let him never, no never, desert it. It is the glory of the Democracy that it always retrieves its errors. If it goes wrong in the start, it always comes right in the end.— And when a Democrat leaves his party, where shall he go? Out of it he can do nothing to bring it hack from the error of its waj s. Out of it, he must either be -p >• L.ica! r. anenity, or else an active co-a-uu-tor and ally of the men compared with wcose black schemes of sectional agitation, servile insurrection, and ultimate disunion, even tl e Lecompton wrong seems white.” Ou- own course is fixed. So long as opposition to the Lecompton wrong against the people of Kansas is of anv avail we wili continue ales Hast ia it. But we will not leave, nor can we ever be led out of our party, upon an issue which thus far at' least, no one Democrat has the slightest shadow of right to ostracise another. The Si. Joseph Valley Register speaks favorably of three candidates upon the Republican Stale ticket, the balance it “knows nothing” about. Nearly ail the Republican papers in the State, in noticing the ttominatioss. state their ignorance of the candidates. it is somewhat remarkable that individuals should be put in nomination: for important public jxwi tiocs. in the proper discharge of which ths people of the State have a deep and direct interest, whose qualifications not only, but even their names were unknown to the great proportion of the party which nominated them- We >upp>se they are governed by the sentiment “when ignorinee bliss, ’ii.» fe r 'T to be wise ’■

For the Eagle. MV FIRST SCHOOL. "The room displays long rows Os desks and bench; the former stained Andwtreaked with biots and trickles of dried Ink Lumber'd with maps and states and wellthum’d Book and covered with rude initials.’’ [Stserrs Poems. First loves, first courtships, first mistakes, first griefs, first crimes, first visit to the Metropolis, first kisses, first journeys, and a thousand other ‘firsts’ have ( been the subject of all manner of tales and rs-aya, from the invention of magazines down to the present time. Historical and fanciful, real and fictitious, pathetic and humorous, witty and prosy things hav e been said on each of these topics; but the end is not yet. The list would be incomplete without the subject at the head of this article; and thousands of other first schools have furnished more incidents worthy of mention, mine must have the priority by right of preemption The reason shy so many first things have been recorded, is, not that they are so much more remarkable in themselves; but because they make an impress. .-. up■n the memory more lasting than those of subsequent occurrence, and we wonder how we could be so absorbed in them—but to my story: It is now nearly a score of years xg* that I was one day suddenly •crossed w the question “W. lyoagoaad keep wt>x> in C's district u.» •Icier?”* l«u lakw all aback! Had the be eof the t. met tee ia the street, .aid peped tie question to me w be. her I woa 1 xt-ury her right off, it could sot Lit* s»rj.<»«i —e i* ...-. I teach school' Whoever tisaght oi such a :;..ag? True, my ;ntorr<g*r.or was my old teacher, who knew what t_y qualifications were. True, I had ai'.euded aa academy for a whale quarter.’ but to take upon myself the office of teacher, then appeared more important ia my estimation than the presidency of the Union . now might appear. Why, it was txy ;nd my L:_ >*. a-u* ‘ion. But an answer mast be given al ouce; and the one I then gave reminds me of the story of the gtrl, who said she promised > marry an importunate lover to git rid of him, I said I would go. It seemed then, that the road to fame and fortune was suddenly oppened before me, and to throw away such an opportunity was opposing the plain intentions of providence. Alas! after a number of years experience lam heartily cured of that idea, at leas; so far as the fortune is concerned. Well, the time drew near, the famous week when I was in be examined —the various candidates for the fourteen schools of our town were all assembled at Lunger J’sufiicc. The squire was one of the committee, the minister and the principal of the aeadeanv made up the other two. Never did a timid soldier march to bis first battle with mors tiipidatioa than I did to this place of trial. My heart wa s in my mouth; I began to repent my ambit;ous notions, and half resolved to return home; but pride came to the rescue and I pushed for ard. When I arrived I found the committee engaged qu-s.lcnin -a candidate for a sc’ 00l contiguous to the one where I expected to labor if I passed the terrible or leal. lie was a graduate of Howard University. Lad taught more than twenty years, and produced nearly half a bus! 1 A certificates of previous committee , and yet he was rejected. My turn came next, but what could I hope, after the rejection of such a man —yet in my teens, without a certificate or recommendation of any kind, and tl.e only A/r/ia miter to which I could point was the district school. My examiners were kind hearted as diserning men, the fiery trial lasted only half an hour, and was suddenly terminated by the abrupt remark of the chairman, that his mind was made up in regard to me; the others said the same; but I was left in suspense as to what their dicision was. But at length the spell was broken, a certificate was made out for me, testifying to all the world (and the rest of m-nlsid) that I was competent to leach any English Grammar sch<x*L— That was enough for me—l felt happier than words could express, and to this day that certificate has been carefully preserved as though it were the talisman of my life. As I do not like too long sermons, I •hall divide what I have to say about my “fir*t school” into short chapters—l, in n>y next woi ti.s-ribe my firs: entrance into my school, with some interesting incidents that occurred during the winter. * Celkrt.—This delicious vegetable is not generally appreciated as a cooking vegetable. Wash the stems clean in salt and water, and drop them into boiling water; after boiling twenty minutes take up the drain; place some toasted bread in the bottom of a dish, lay the celery upon it, and season wit}: butter, pep*r and

From the States. The Leaders of the Lecompton Party. Messrs. John A Dix, John Van Buren, and John Cochrane, in ISIB united in framing and upholding the Buffalo Platform. wherein they. ‘Resolved, That the true, and in the judgment ot this Convention, the only safe means of preventing the extension of slavery into territory now free, is to prohibit its existence in all such territory •by act of Congress. ‘Reudred, That we accept the issue the slave States have forced upon us, and to their demand for more slave Stales- and more slave Territories. Ottr calm but final answer is: Ao more elate State/ and no lace-territorg. Let the soil of our extensive dominions be ever kept free for the hardy pioneers of our own land for the oppressed and famished of other lands seeking homes of comfort ana fields of en lerorise in the New World. On this platform Mr. Dix ran for governor, with Seth M. Gates (old-, ce Abolitions) for lieutenant, under Martin \ an Buren for president, and Charles Francis Adams for Vice. Cocl rane was the standing resolve-drawer of bis party; Vsn Buren its most popular orator. On the pl&Uortß above cited, they s'.iiicptd the Northern S *:e». do g in behalf of the pr orsc ib?re eane&ialed 0« tie JaßrearT, Jeka Van Bare tan t •■:•*.*«: :. ..nt J -*■: ers < OjwmikjicS'l t»» ianu.'US jetter, wren- - ' - i>e tl* S’emncrauc v saCveA s&i sate •Tt-t-e ihv-sc vas : t.n>' w'w« tbose • nt-c-es "t-c ts a» nverr f - t-.ied ia t Ts” -.fS ' Ue». xxi >b:-t v the <Gtae-riei -i.en.mer.t vM-’tre- it :a* ;.! t p. vtr, wt.'v snoresu'-gi-L..t r.t ■*< cpra :. mt an rter ji LLC ■- ’lMtrtsge *f U>e Pre*..m ; iJez tcj .e favor •f tbe Wroa t.itien’eictLn, ji;, .ty. i tb;*k, to Ka*.;;/y i.i* a -W s:®- - avet: . Ig ?ck'..e* 1! I-’. i-bne » to t* txpeeted •’"on 1 n x .a g the spread cd aiavery, un£ ..i.r v • k.;<erer their hope* in tt;» : e*.;e n. an: • ' »» - ther are destined *• dnafgwnuKUt — The coarse of Gen. Csss, v th* ssane lime, w* 5e it» m • 1&> i -’s der.ara; its daring *i<e aaa* sttruis. leaves us ><>•.’:. j®g it t-x* Iran. x,®r from ihoae at® ww «Bsrwn i airSoh»e‘a--: * x zz 1 Coehraoae. twd i.< g't-t e.: a >b«hib * ..»■■ the NiiJuaas Desßaer acy. w i -r w'ane ••a’x-estFree-M er :»q-s.ren t> : the meat ag of smrt a rooremerr- He an<werad tkal lu* t» make . - Dets":i r party :> J Nt* -I’:«rk . t great an.. » Ktery :x- .t N< v 1 amd the DesaoßraiJC pur.y of Site Uani® The Prince and • s peers, CoAtm* Dix, asd o. -rs. >aaad t«t i ; bemr-e have not given up ths* : s+-tyrt are now stria ;cg to debanri. tie Dec racy into a f*.se jaositao* •..si.'.i . e South. They go to. Ltjpt.x ;«eeat*e .:.c7 ’waniE . more slave Suat-s—c ; z--’e territory They sti9 pmirteady Wd ;o their dorcine, ti.at ta* G.-nera. G: tenmeßt oug .: to cbc . *h s a eery. >r ex'.eos a, w. “never, hr fraud -c'.’erwise, it can be directly ..* c . ’-r..yc.tt John V.n Buren *l 1 :3 New ", ..cal lie was opposed to the Lectzpijo stiiation, and only went f.r it bec»»»e it guarantied a Stale .3 K.ansas. He would m-ke this pioneer of Abol '.ioa an i instrutneut of the Democraey, and « . i the South for ibis Lec.m:. -a mess o: ' pottage. Truly are the S uthern men blod w-a will not see the snare laid to; 'ben. On the one hand, it i* Lecompton with Pug amendment: on the other hand, it i* Lecompton with the Van Buren Fr»e-*o:ler». Oa both I <nd» it is free-State Fremont Abolition. In a word, John Van Buren John Cochran, and the rest, supported Lecomptonism, because they behold in it th-- realization of their hopes, and the iastra ment by which ‘the Democratic party of New York may !•■ made the great antislavery par'.y of New York and the Democratic party the Union the great antislavery party of the Union. What say tl.e Southern Democrats to the proposition? Will they give three cheers and vote fur L-corapton?

1 » i The Newport Spectator says tl is a young roan in s town of Vermor.., who cannot speak to his father. Previous to his birth some difference arose between , his mother and her husband, aud for a ; considerable lime she refused to speak to t hime. The difficulty was subsequently ] healed—the child was born , and in due time began to talk, but when silting with his father was invariably silent.— I' continued so until it was five yearso'd when the father haring exhausted bis power* of persuasion, threatened it with punishment for it stubbornness. When the punishment w is inflicted it elicited nothing but sighs and groan*, which told but too plainly that the little sufferer was vainly endeavoring to speak All who were present united in the opinion, that it was impossible for the child to speak to his father—and time proved their opinion to be correct. At a maturer age its efferts toconverie with its parent could only produce bitter sighs and grosus. The physical degeneracy question has taken a new turn. After showing how Americans have deteriorated in phvsieal power, the London Times proves to i*s own satisfaction that Frenchman also exibit great physical decay. This touches a sensitve point in the Frenchman’s feelings, and the journals retort that the French soldier has more physical endurance than the English

Later fiom New .Hextco. St. Louis, March 16. i The New Mexico mini of the 15tL ult.,, has arrived. Capt. Marcy would leave about the first of March for Uamp Scott, taking flour, salt, corn, and animals. Owing to the fact of his taking wagons he would return via Bent's Fort, taking a more circuitions North-easterly route than previously trawled. He is reported to have said that supplies can be furnished Camp Scott much •. >.sier and quicker from New Mexicvthan from elsewhere. The Legislature passed resolutions complimentary to the officers of the Army recommending several promotions in the eventof an increase of the Army. Tl.e anta Fe Gazette says the Chief of the Sait Lake Utahs had visited the Capatoes in Mexico with a view to induce them to join the Mormons, stating that the Mormons could poison the air so that their enimies would die, and that all the troops would be distroyed. The Morotons w t re unsuccessful. Kit Carson concluded a treaty be'ween lie Mutache Utahs. Arcpaboes and Pueblocs. Thev agree to take sides with the United State* in tl.e event of an issue !»- tween them and the people «>( any Territory, and reader ail the aid they can towards suppressing the rebellion in L tah. Th* Gazette calls for improvement in mail facilities. ———<>——— Later from Utah. ST. LOUIS, March 15. John Hartwell, Secretary of Utah, arrived here on Saturday night. He left camp Scott January 27th. He reports the troops in comfortable condition and excellent health, only four deaths have occurred since their arrival. In view of the extraordinary and almost insurmountable obstacles presented by the fortifications of the Mormons, it was thought that the entrance to the Valley would be made by another route, a hundred miles longer, but offering no obstructions of any magnitude. Two hundred of the Utah Indians, have been at the camp, and gave assurance of peaceable intentions towards the Americans. The Cheyenes [sic] also desired peace, with the exception of thos along the South side of South pass. Hartwell met with no snow on the route. Grass is expected unusually early this spring. No mail had reached the Camp since that of October. Hartwell met the November mail at Green River, and that of January at the foot of Rockridge, and that of February 6 miles beyond Ash Hollow. ———<>——— A Organ. At ’A-: . i of tl e list of Lecompton :• •-Y stands the New . . i. :i -•-. . but a few months ag i -LL- .t :. a* wrote of the- proposed 'A regetey or provisional government 1 . oric.l po .-r*. of losch Mr Lal: out is the chief, 't i ler .’et •. t of governor, and this regency is ’... s ' -'at <. .T.meJiately. "N .w. if.»beau ti e Topeka governif -risers!* Lane and Robinson a.. : : w. It surpa<ses anything we Lave seen ■■ r t-...:.'.'retention* of Brig- ' < * .ng; f.r, Lis assumption* : rir.t r _ •. and s t latter sovereignty. ie as never so fiat’y repudiated tl.e suprrme auiiz.iity -1 the General Government as t?es* Lecompton constitution makers. Their proceeding* are without a and there h nothing like a precedent fur them in the case of anv other Territory of the Union, past or present. Oa the contrary, the Federal Cms -■ >n, the organic law of Congress, all f r'g.ktt and Territorial forms and Usages, are boldly set at defiance by these Lecompton disorganizers. * » * • • • •We have no fears of the ultimate issue of:l,is Lecompton movement. It will f -ll The p :rties interested in it cannot entertain a serious I ope of its success. So spoke the ‘Herald’ In November last. Its conversion has been absolutely miraculous—as much so as that of the Wellington Union.— States.

More Dissensiux—The Jeffersonville . RepuUican, one of the ablest ol ii.s party , in the State, makes the following comments upon the Republican 4th of Mar , platform, and the candidates then noar.n , ated: It is a document which cost a great deal of labor and anxiety, and we hope it , will be ready with care and attention. It . will, no doubt, be a difficult matter for a i large majority of the people io decide . where they stand politically, after having . hxiked carefully over the ground; hence . the importance of a critical search. We tiave no concealments to make.— ; We always stand r-a-ly to give a reason ( of tl.e hope that is within us. We have , a hope that the Democracy will be d e . t seated; and we found that hope in the , reason that there is yet wisdom, intelli- ! gence and discretion in the minds of the . people. Bat we must confess that nei->h>-r wi«!om. intelligence or discretion was tilrpuyed lu the form iUOO of the plailouu <»i the ■? u," March. We ho"*- , the R'-p'ibhcat, party, gei.erallr are satr i«fied with it. W e don’t l>ke it, but we . don't desire other* to. admire our dislikes > or to oppose it because w e do. > We are told the ticket nominated is a . good one. With one single exception s they are straage-s tons. The editor of ■ the Indiana Journal, however, thinks . that w.sat we regard a*, an objection, i* s reeomcendatioo.

Congressional News. Washiwgtom, March 19. Senate—Mr. Goodwin’s resolution inquiring concerning the massacre of California emigrants in Utah, passed. Mr. Foster spoke on the Kansas question. The Vice President laid before the Senate a joint resolution of the Legislaof New M-xico concerning the Presidents views relating to the reorganization of the o( the Territory ofOrizoniu, and suggesting the boundaries of the same. Referred and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster took th- floor and said that he had, on a former occasion, called the attention of the Senate to certain objeclional features in the Lecompton Cons’i sution. and would now advert to other strong and conclusive objections to that instrument. He would ask —does this Constitution come besc r e us in such a shape as to fulfil ail legitimate requirements? If it dues, Kansas ought to be rejected. He then proceed to discuss the validity of various arguments for and a-minst the Lecompton Constitution; he discussed at great length the NebraskaKansas actand kindred topics: he thought the argument that it would give peace to the country, unstatesmanlike. Senators should do justly and fear not. He beSjeved the bill would not produce peace bin the sword: he would neither threaten himself nor be swayed by threats from other.-, v:.' yet these were the sort of argumen's offered by stateman to stateman in the American Senate. Recurring to Lecompton Constitution, he utterly denied the right of Congres to alter or amend it. If any alteration is to be made it must be sent back to the people of Kansas that it may become the expression of their will. Mr. Foster concluded by expressing himself in general terms against the bill. Mr. Clav said inasmuch as the Legislature of Alabama had passed resolutions ;to call a Convention, to decide their I course of action in the event of (he rejection of the Kansas bill, be felt bound to defend the course of that State. Alter reviewing at length the events in Kansas with regard to the strife or parties there, ■ which he maintained was not a struggle between two geographical sections, but between the party opposed to the Administration, and that favorable to it. IL proceeded to inquire into the valify of the Lecoinp-.m Constitut: a. Many I States, he said, Lad been admitted w ithout a submission of the Constitution and he thought the Lecompton Convention would have acted more in accordance with the principles of the country if they had not submitted the Constitution of the peo- ■ ! pie, either in whole or in part. Turning ' ,to the question of slavery, he remarked' that property was always the foundation of social fabric, and that in the formation 1 of our Conslii'.lions slave property was -peciaily protected. The Union owed its 1 being to-day to the institution of s avery, and slave property is sheltered ut der its C ns . ution. Notwithstanding these facts iinre is a party in this country pledged to ti,e ex -rmination of that property. He ti.en proceeded to comment on the pri- ■ _ • * of the Republican party as prore. 4>.'.ed in their Platform, and confess- . -,t he looked forward with forebodtl.e result if that party obtain the -n of the Government. When . a: happens, and protection is taken -ut: -iave property, the bond of union is broken and it, -outb has no longer a motive for preservation; hence Alabama has declared her will toresist aggression on her r-’ghis. She has acted wisely. When the union b< -omes the instrument of oppression . to the South we would destroy it at once Mr. Houston animadverted upon some of the remarks of Mr. Clay, against the opponents of the Nebraska bill. Mr. Clay said he intended no personal disrespect, his rnnarks had only a political bearing. He complimented Mr. Hous!.-, on his courage in the field as well as wisdom in the council.

Mr. Houston replied that every Amercan citizen had courage, and if he had ever displayed any in «n eminent degree it was when he stood up here against the opinions of bis friends and opposed the Nebraska bill. He regarded that bill as fatal measure, fostered bv demasjonues, ! originated by ambition, aud intended only ’ t<> uni*e the South will: a few Northern States to make a President. Mr. Clay answered that the Missouri Restriction places a badge of infirmity upon the slave-holding States, and the Legislature of Texas had condemned it. Mr. Houston said he made the States of Texas, but did not make the people They came there any how, but their condemnation of his vote did not dishonor him. Mr. Durkee said he intended to make a speech, but his health being poor, he got his colleague to read it for him. He took strong grounds against the Lecompton Constitution, and re iterated the arguments generally urged on that side ol force that creature upon Kassas. He said no man could foresteli the res'jiu Numerous extracts from letters of Mr. Walker and others were read in supoortiug Durkee’* view*. In adopting the Vtmsuiuuun, he <o'.t* titled we abauiiuu lie bailut-box an V. , t ! c principle ot tyrants, that makes right. If the people of th- North submit to such outrages he would think Mr. Hammond right in saying they were slaves; concluding his speech at five o’clock. In order to close the debate to-morrow the Senate decided to meet at eleven c'c’cck in the morning. AdjAurnsd.

House.—The Speaker following membe-s as a commit vestigate the charge in rt-hiion of the Pennsylvania Bank bn? Philadelphia: Messrs. Florence Gilman, Scalesand Waldron. The consideration of the Vol Ut was then resumed. Mr. Faulkner, of Va., from tU ily of the Committee, offered an m< nt as follows: To reject that pa ; bill providing for the organize; regiment ol mounted velunteers defence of the frontiers of Texas., sted to authorize the Presidenitc, the services of four regiments of, teers lor the purpose of quelling if, d M turbance in Utah, and for tl.e p r ol supply and emigrant train*, a . suppression of the Indian hosiiii tl.e Northern and North-western fr* The President is authorized to act, services of any number of voluntcttS to exceed four regiments, the n t anv number thereof, to be recogrj;. to mounted regiments or infantry,. President may deem proper; tli t: teers notto he accepted in bodies, than one regiment, whose officers • appointed in the manner prosenf, law in the several States and Te rri to which said regiments shall ly belong. The bill was ordered to be enjt for a third reading, yeas. 128, nr and afterwards passed, 124 against The deficiency appropriation t taken up. Mr, Letcher explained some iter Mr. Momtgomery spoke on the I question. He said, disguise the q* as gentlemen might, it was whe. Constitution could be forced on l pie against their will. In the c:< God, he asked, have not the ptoj Kansas protested against this act of potism? Mr. Reagan admitted that irr., ties had < xi'ted it. Kansas, but said . enough for the time to know ti ; now presented herself tor admissiw a republican constitun n He nr speak oi the genet al aspect o. tl.e question, regarding the K ..* as one of the acts in the gieat C He then proceeded to defen i l. the South from piejudices ag> existing at the North. Some ger, i had branded the South as infidel, s]'.ve-drivers. He believed in t. f'itey only gave expression to the fee of their constituents and lie would plainly to these gentleman who aret I plaining of the Lecompton Conttiis on the ground that it does notemboih will of the people. They also when: ’ly pressed declare they will adn.i more slave States into the Union believed the representatives ot theS sis tiue to themselves and the chiv,' : their States, wilt place themselves dily on record. The South, he as*—-to-day better prepared lor the is*ushe will be a year hence, and wouldt the issue al the th'eshold. He then alluded to Clay’s resold providing for the election ot delegi a Southern Convention, were not defiant, but precautionary; looked not merely to Kansas but- to, whole anti-slavery excitement. T: look to a discussion of the great que= whether the Southern States arete equal sovereignty’s under the Con, lion. If this be denied, then the S must look to the people for a dec: whether they are to remain bound to; colossial power of the North, or whe they will persevere in their seperateG i einment. He trusted Texas had taken a pos’r from which she would not retract, i the protection the South wanted wa* . unmolested enjoyment of their rights. Adjourned. ~* a - Charles Lamb’s *.’arxixg.—Chat.Lamb tells his sad experience as a ing to young men, in the following Is guage. •The waters have gone over me. !: out of the black depths, could I he i" 1 1 would cry out to all those who hf but set a foot in the perilous flood- ' Could the youth to whom the flavor his first wine is delicious as the open: l ! scenes of life, or the entering upon so® newly discovered paradise, look inott desolation and be made to under*'** what a dreary thing it is when a t shall feel himself going down a precip with open eyes and passive will—to*’ his destruction and have no power to*, it, and yet fell it ail the way emana - from himself; to see all godliness emp'Jf ■ out of him, and yet not able to for.' time when it v as otherwise; to bear abo- . the piteous spectacle of bis own to could he see my levered rye, fewt' with the last n. jhts drinking, and Lvishlv looking fur to-night's repedii'” l the folly; could he but feel the body 1,1 death out of which I crv. hourly ” feebler ou'ery, to be deliver 1 enough I<> make him ’ " beverage to the earth in a of its mantling temp'aiion ' If you have a young ft i :■ I '• be in danger of acquiring an a: j strong drink invite his attend' ll * Charles Lamb’s dreadful experience. ( The police of London have dtfcc f a new burglar’s instrument of the n 1 extraordinary description. It wl through iron half an inch thick, « six inches in diameter, in an hour, B ■ without making the slightest sound, or without unfitting the !00 ‘ , ‘ immeaiate repetition of the experitnv 11 - ( We rant s line srd here it ’•