Indiana American, Volume 23, Number 3, Brookville, Franklin County, 5 January 1855 — Page 2

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"riiMCD ICT TO TSCTH, TO USISTT AR L4W, O P4V0I OWAYI CS, AND RO ri4 aiULI. Wl.n T. A. GOODWIN, Editor. BSOOOTLLE, INDIANA. IBlDATi JA.SUAIIY At 1823. - Important Decision. The Supreme Court decided, last week, in the ease brought beforo them by Springfield township, that the law, diverting the 16th section fund from the township, is unconstitutional. ' THE TIMES, BANKS &C. On our first page will be found an interesting article on "The Times," furnished us by an esteemed friend. wuu uucs not coaorso iuiiy tuo views we hare advanced on Banks. He designs it as a word on the other side of the question. " We give it place most cheerfully, for wo wish to contribute all we may to a thorough investigation ftf til ft cause thftt hnv iA trt Lh rrnn. cat commercial disasters. And, as this is at least the fifth time that uniTersal bankruptcy has succeded times of real or seeming prosperity in about a third of a century, and within the memory of many, yet in . active business,' it will be exceedingly unfortunate and unwise if some lesson is not learned that may prevent a recurrence of a similar state within a short period. From the article referred to, as well as from every other source of information, we learn that proceeding each season of bankruptcy thero have been vastly larger importations than exportation. Thus experience corroborate theory, so far as over-buying is concerned. It must produce hard times. How the true inquiry of statesmen should be: What causes, or encourages, or permits this state of affairs? Is ft to be attributed to one circumstance alone, or do sever U combine? And all lovers of their country should be willing . to forego personal interests for the sake of public good. In tho article on cmrJGrstpagc there are some important admissions or rather some important facts given. IIistory,and the memory of those who have passed through those times, agree that immediately proceeding each ren&laion there has been a large issue of bank paper, and an unreasonable price fixed on all articles of trade. In 1 0 1 8 irhen thero wcro two banks ia Brookville, and a corresponding number in every other important commercial town, the hills cast of town sold for 850 per acre, and other lands and town lots proportionally. Of courscJiard times and broken merchants followed. We rubmit to all parties whether these high prices had not something to do with over-buying, independent of tariffs. And we ask if any tariff could have made thoso banks safe. But let us examine the hard times of '39 and '41. They followed the reduction of tho tariff. As we said last week, a tariff to keep out foreign goods, must bo high, very high, when banks are very abundant. And, when banks are abundant, our own goods must remain at home, be in jr too dear to bear exportation. It is admitted that, with the tariff of 42 prosperity began to dawn. But did tho tariff causo that prosperity? It will be remembered that before that tariff was enacted, importations had nearly ceased. "Hard Times1' had driven men to economy, and tho im portations of '41 and '42, fell far be low those of '37 and 38, even under the free trade tariff, showing that oth er causes than a high tariff can check importations. A want of money to buy, had checked them. Again, ex portations were rapidly increasing, when that tariff wai enacted. And what was the cause? Plainly, because prices wcro low enough to justify ship ping. Flour then was from two, to two and a half dollars per barrcll, and pork from one dollar sixty-two, to two dollars per hundrad, in Cincinnati. A similar stato of things existed in '27 and '28, just before the enactment of the tariff of '23. Hard times had cut off the demand for foreign goods, and importations had measurably ccas ed, before the protective tariff went in to operation. Pork was then from one dollar and a half, to ono seventy-five, In Cincinnati, and of courso it could be exported. But take a later example Every man knows that tho tariff now, is just as it has been for years, yet the im portations for tho six months ending 30th September, 1054, fall far below the corresponding six months of '53, and Mr. Orecly, in a recent articlo designed to prevent the further reduction of the tariff, argues that the falling off of importations will, of itself, soon deplete the treasury. Why this fall ing off of importation? Manifestly the want of money. This, we regard, as a demonstration of the truth of our position, that'moderato price, will not only enable us to compete with other countries with our own products, but they would prevent excessive importa tions, hence we argue againat all banks that inflate the currency' and enhance the nominal value of articles. JETThe 17th cf this month is tho anniversary of Franklin's birth day. '

Foreign Paupers and the Know Nothings. Ithas never been our fortune or mh fortune to adhere to any party. Wliila we nriu with them in some things, we claim tho right to dissent on others whenever we choosv. We confess, that with ike viwws of the Know Nothings, in the general, us we understand them, wc do sympathize. We are opposed to tho political power, the Roman Catholic church has acquired in this country, by its throwing its political influence for the party or men that bid highest for it. We are opposed to all foreigners, who, as tuch, demand special legislation, and special privileges, and whose votes can bo obtained only by miking concessions to them. But it is only in political matters that this objection lies. Every emotion of our heart bids us welcome to our happy country, and

to all its civil and religious, privileges the;mcn of evry clime. AU we aakis that they come to be moulded into American views, and manners, and politics, and not to retain their national characteristics political, social and religious, and attemp to establish thorn here instead of our own. We admit then, that we are in favor of lengthening tho term of probation, before naturalization, and we are most assurdly in favor of enforcing what we think is certainly intended by tho constitution a uniform system of naturalization. We believe it is a violation of the spirit, if not of the letter of the constitution of the United States, to let one system obtain in one Statr, and another in another. What docs naturalization confer, if it does not confer the right to vote ? All other privileges, are subordinate to this, and wc hope such judicial opinions will yet be obtained, as will render our naturalization laws effective. ' But there is one thing contemplated by some of the K. N.'s with which we have no sympathy. We mean excluding the foreign poor. It is almost impossible to bo other tVian poor, under the tyranical and priestly exactions of tho old countries. But let them como here. Our prairies and woods will not only afford them food but make them rich, and under proper regulations they will mako the best of citizens. Let them (come. The earth is the Lord's and (the fulness thereof. A man's being born in Indiana gives htm no moro right to the products of tho Gelds of Nebraska or Kansas that arc enriched by heaven's dews, and rains, and suns, thm if he was born in Siberia. ' a While, then, we think that cxpciience has demonstrated that it is dan gerous to admit foreigners to the privieges of voting, as early as heretofore, wo would not closo our ports to the honest poor man, who can fell our forests and enjoy untold privileges, though not a voter at once. Let them come, JJut in tuus opening tne aoor to tho honest poor, we protest against ending to this county the convicts, and drunken rabble that aro now sent by some European nations. If nothing elso will prevent this, we would de clare war against the nation that con tinucs to do It. The Present State of the War. The London Times, of Dec. 4th, says: lue war has now entered into one of those periods of pause and in action which, even in the most stoutly maintained contests, must of necessity intervene. Winter has closed the Baltic against a further repetition of those maratinio promenades which, with tho little interlude of Bomarsuod, have employed the energies of ono of the finest fleets that ever left the shores of England. Tbc samo cause has put an end to tho campaign in Ar menia, and Turks and Russians may there resign themselves for the next six months to a peace guaranteed by tho imperious intervention of frost, snow, and ice. On tho banks of tho Danube the flame of war has burned out, the Turks having neither food, clothes, nor mili tary stores sufficient for a seriously offensive movement, and the Russians having betaken themselves by sea and by land to reinforce tho array of the Crimea. At Sevastopol the allies are looking for shelter, ammunition, clothing, and reinforcements and guarding against the possibility of being forced to gnin, at equal cost, another victory like that of Inkermunn. The Russians seem becoming every day more sensible of tho tremendous blow they have received, and, engaged probably in the difficult task of feeding and sheltering an army sent for our annihilation, without anything but the most portable means cf destruction, can take no offensive measures. Both parties are recovering their breath for a moment before they closo again in tho mortal struggle. This, then, is no unsuitable lime for col lectiog somo lessons of cxpcricnco out of the mass of events, and treasuring them up for future use. We have learnt much, and have paid dear for our knowledge; Ictus hopo that we shall not require to pay the price a second time in order to fix the lesson on our minds. Tall Rcxmno. A. Mr. Proctor, living in Mt. Carmel, undertook to run to h'cipio and back, one night last week, for five dollar?, Li forty rninutes. Ho mad) it in Cfty-scven minutes, running seven miles, most of which is up and down hill

Btm eSttnt ion. JTSovcral interesting letters are crowded out this week. iTirEgg.i are celling in the city of Washington at 60 cents per dozen. jfiTTlie mackerel fisheries have not been profitable this year. XiTArnson is to be hung on the 11th of May next. XSTThc Court of Common Picas is in session, Ju Ige Heid presiding.

jCrl'rof. Larrabee has accepted the Presidency of Iowa University. ittV-Santii Annahas been re-elected President of Mexico, almost unanimously, . What a furce! iTTho Presbyterian of tho West has boon purchased by Rev. Dr. J. G. Monfort, formerly of Greensbnrgh la. ZärJoseph Ooudie has sold 9100 worth of Shanghai of last year's growth, and has soma left. " X1TJ.J. Clark of Mt. Carracl.has sold but there, and talks of going to Kansas, in the spring. fjCJA report was in circulation last Tuesday, in Mixervillc, that Dr. Scott of Oxford had died on Monday. 3TThe revival in the Methodist Church in this place, continues with increasing interest. XSTMajor Becks positively refuses to be Marsha, on tho .occasion of the Seige of the Buck Horn. Which is he afraid of, the beseiged or the beseigers? jtirWe are pleased to learn that our young friend, James M. Wihx, is making a fine impression in his school, at Springfield. We knew ho would. . JtAlfred Bowlby, brother to J. II. Bowldy, who had been in California about two years and a half," returned some four weeks ago. XST Tho poe ay tfor John Smith, can not appear unless the author give us his name. The 6ame, of tho beautiful lines io Professor Edwards. JtSTSubscriptions aro being collected in New Orleans,' to establish an asylum for indigent Hebrews widows and orphans. jtSTA revival of religion has been in progress in Bowling Green, Indiana, for several days. About forty persons have joined tho church. jC5TProfessor Edwards returned from his bridal tour last Tuesdy, and resumed the duties of his chair on Wednesday amidst the congatulations of his pupils. jCiT Thanks to President Nutt for a copy of the Minutes of rorth Indiana Conference . We aro gla I that one Conference has published its MinUtCS.' ' X7"An interesting revival is in progress in tho Methodist church at Metamora, under the charge of Rev. Mr. Whiteman. Thero will bo service there next Sunday at 10 A. M. X"A bill has passed Congress for bidding the issuing of bank notes, in the District, of less denomination than $5. It should have forbidden them altogether. jMTThe Syracuse Chroniclcle learns from tho Underground Railroad that two hundred fugitives have passed through that city to Canada since the first of January last. JTJT Whenever an occasional correspondent becomes dillatory we insinuates somo way, that may bo he has run oil. This is apt to wake him up; rXJ-'Wc learn from a reliable sourco that Rev, Dr. Davidson of Evansvillo had turkey and oysters both, on Christinas. 0 Tcmpsranco I 0 Moses 1 ! What extravagance! , Don't Know.Is it truo that our Representative, living cast, went to In I.. ... i t e .ü'anapoiis two wccks ago m sesren oi l" Legislature? Wo don t believe it, though such has been tho talk. Lost Ncmder. Any person having No 15 of laut years paper (Mrfrch 21) will confer a favor bysending it to us. Perhaps some Post Master can find it. Wo want two copies to complete our lfics. ZW We call tho attention of our readers to tho advertisement of the Foreign Reviews. It speaks for itself. We will bo more specific when they arrive. Subscription will bo received at this office. jTüTTho Boston Herald gives a statement by which it appears that the Banks of Massachusetts have an average of one dollar in specie on hand, wherewith to redeem tweuty-fivo dollars of their notes in circulation. if iTWho can tell what that pile of boulders, about big enough to throw, means. In front of tho Buck Horn? Did tho women have them hauled to demolish that slaughter house with? Lookout, Felix. If they undertake that, you r a goner. tO'The Baptist denomination ap pears to be progressing in many parts ot the country. Near 200 persons have just joined in Mississippi; success is alo reported in Alabama, Louisiana Texas und Florida: in Virginia, they have a membership of 11)0,000, of whom 10,000 joined them last year. jCiTTho bellows of tho great Organ in Trcmont Temple, Boston, is soon to be worked by steam, The engine and shaft is rcnJy and set up, and nil that is necossary is the completion of the ponuecting machinery. Worshipping God by steam is one of the latest strides of this progressive aje.

DMciRAt'icrci.. -During communion st'ivice in the Presbyterian Church at Laurel, last Sunday week, as the elders who were distributing the elements, approached a communicant, Curtis W. Smith arose and forbade giving the wine to him. His mandato being disregarded, he seized the cup as it was passing near him and dashed it and its contents against the floor. , XTThk Riorrr Spirit. We knew that many who feel the hard times would dUcotinue their paper by way of economy It is poor economy. The mart who wrote the following to the editor is a sensible man. He will have intelligent children and a happy wife; Though rocks shMI rend and earth shall quake, Though mm ball roar and mountains shake. Though cars and steamboats bound an J caper, I pray, dear air, tit n't my f per.

. rWe are again publishing advertisements of Ayer'n Cherry Pectoral. This medicine is taking a very strong hold upon the good opinion of the pco pie. It is regarded generally as a most excellent remedy for Pulmonary Complaints, Coughs and Colds. Having found it an excellent medi cine, wc cheerfully endorse it. Mis cellany, Detroit. Felix (Tremdlxd. Some drunken fellows got mad at Felix, the Ling of the Buck Horn, last week, and com plained to the state that he had sold some of them whisky when they were drunk. This alarmed Felix, and forth with he called on "Dane." to save him. This just suited, for, since the law relating to liquor-selling has been annulled "Danel" had had so little to do that his indebtedness at the Horn had become alarming. Of course the whole matter ended in Dan's receiving a credit of about fifty dollars on the books of the Buck Horn. Is It So ? The Independent ( N. II. ) Democrat 6ays "We are glad tho Democratic party is dead. We know not what is to come in its place. But we are sure thero can como no greater enemy to Christianity, Tern pcrancc, Freedom, and the principles of Eternal Justice, than has been the Democratic party in the last few years of its existence. No organization can ever be moro potent for strengthening Slavery, palsying the national heart, and eradicating all yxvi principles from the breasts of the American peo pie. Dead let it be." Disinterested Benevolence. Wc witnessed a magnaninimous off er, the other day, that is worthy of record, such times as these. A young man, whoso upper lip is in mourning on account of the loss of his brains, bus a kind friend who was so moved by the sad condition of the mourner, that ho generously offered to pay the barber' bill if he would have the badge removed. But the unfortunate man preferring still to wear tho weeds of mourning, spurned the offer. Goixa Backwards. A movement has been made iu the Canadian Council for the free transmission through the mails, of newspapers and periodicals. Our Postmaster General moves Congress to roiso the rates on newspapers to the old standard, two cents! Sudden Death. Elder Jeremiah Whitney, a prominent divine of the Baptist persuasion, whose residence was a few miles east of Brookville, died very suddenly on Monday of last week. He left homo on Saturday to fill an appointment in Metamora. On his return he was taken with a sinking chill, and died in a few hours, at tho housti of Ezckiel Collet, four miles below Metamora. Con. Telegraph. The School Law. By a recent decision of our Supreme Court the 130th section of the Common School Law has been declared uncontitutional. That section provides that "The vo ters of any township shall havo power at any general or special meeting to vote a tax for the nurnoso of buildincr or repairing school houses, and purcnasmg Mies mereior, provming iuei, maps, furniture, apparatus, libraries or iucrcasc thereof, or to discharge debts incurred therefor, and for continuing their schools after tho public funds shall Lave been expended, to any amount not exceeding annually, fifty cents on each one hundred dollars of property, and fifty cents on each The question was raised by a tax payer, for tho purpose of enj oining the collection of a tax assessed by a township by a vote of tho people upon a proposition to raise fifteen cents to the ono hundred dollars, for School purposes. Tho Circuit Court granted the injunction. The County Treasur cr and tho township appealed to tho Supremo Court. Tho latter Court, in their decision, say: Before we proceed to tie consideration of the constitutionality of this section, we would remark, that its nraseoiogy teemi w uiuivuii. mi iu legislature did not regard the taxes Legislature did not regard the taxi to ho raised bv it as bcinz of a Tubl ic character: for one of the specified cau bus for making tho assessment, is, "for continuing their schools alter me publie funds Khali have been expanded;" thus making a distinction between the "public funds" and those contemplated intention of tho framers of the Consti bv the ecUon. xt was eviuentiy tne tution to place the common school syt teni under the direct control and supervision of the State, and to mako it a quat department oi wie oiaie gov ernment. To control and manage this department, the Constitution provides for tho election of a Superintendent of Public Instruction by the popular voto, and enjoins upon tho Legislature the duty

of providing by law for a general and

uniiorm system, wherein tuition is to be without charge, and open to all.-' Placed in this condition, the State oc cupies tho position of a parent to her children, whoso duty it u to sco that all are equally provided withthe means of education. For the purpose of supplying such mcani, the Constitution authorizes her not only to use the funds heretofore set apart for that purpose, but to compel the elder brothers of the same family, by "a uniform and equal rate of assessmentand taxation." to am ner in carrying out the scheme; and as the diffusion of knowledge and learning is regarded by the Constitution as "essential to the preicrvation of free governments," it would seem but just .i. .i it mat tnoso wno enjoy sucu a government, should equally assist in contributing to its preservation. The inhabitants of ono county or townshin should not be compelled to bear great er onruens man aro iorno bv all. Again: ii me provisions or sec. 130 are to be regarded as constitutional.the uniformity of the common school system would be at once destroyed. In some townships, taxeajwould be assscsseu uy vote.anain otnersnot.m some.a sufficient amountmight be raised to support their schools, 6, 9, or 12 months, so that there would really exist no uniformityeither as to tho time the schools should bo kept.or as to the amount of the taxes to be paid by the inhabitants of the respective town ships. But the want of uniformity would not be the only evil resulting from such a construction, as tho cower of con trolling schools would necessarily, to a creat extent, pass from the State and the Superintendent, into the hands of the local authorities of the different townships. Should the Legislature pass a law for the assessment of a mere nominal tax, (a supposition not remote from probability, ) the wholo school system would be left to the mercy of "a popular vote of tho different townships, and thus all of the evils of the old system, whieh were intended tobs avoided by the new Constitution in equality in education, inequality of taxation, iacK oiunuormity in scnoois, and a shrinking from lomslativcrespon sibilities wouIq be the inevitable re sult. It is useless to urge that the operation of section 130 U and mi.rht be uniform throughout the State. The character of its provisions renders such a result impossible:and even if it shoul so happen that every township in the btatesüould assess the samo rate of tax ation, the assessment would not be the less unconstitutional on account of such an accident. Admitting that the Judges have given the truo intent and meaning of the Constitution, in tho above decision, it follows that all assessments by Coun ty boards for county purposes are void. Tho 22d section, article 4, of the Constitution of Indiana provides as follows: "Tho General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say: "Itesnilatinff the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and of constables," die. "Providing for supporting common schools, and for the preservation of school funds." "For the assessment and collection of taies for State, county, township, or road purposes, Ac. Tho 23d section of the Constitution reads as follows: "In all the cases enumerated in the preceding section, and in all other ca ses where a general law can be made applicable, all laws shall be general, and of uniform operation throughout tho State." Mark the language "In all the ca ses enumerated," &c, the "laws shal br general, and of uniform operation throught the State." Hero wo havo it. The provision in regard to the assessment and eollec tion of a tax for county purposes, and the provision in regaid to the assess mcnt and collection of a tax for schoo purposes, aro both among the enumerated cases ; and the constitution re' quires that the law in both cases, shal be general and of unifoim operation throughout the State that is, the same in all tho counties. There is no escaping from this conclusion. In regard to schools, wo believe the decision fatal to all good free schools, and when it shall be applied to county purposes, it will be equally fatal to al improvements by county authorities The legislature will not dare assess a tax for school purposes that will keep up good schools and tbuild good hou ses in every district. We wish it would If it docs, wc shall consider tho dc cision as ono of tho most fortunate lu gal blunders ever made. We say blun dcrs, for such it manifestly is. To think that the people of Indiana, in odnpting tho Constitution, meant to say that, in case of fire destroying a Court House, the people of tho coun ty might not bo taxed to build a new ono or that a town or township migh not determine to build a'bettcr schoo house or keep a better school than their neighbors is preposterous. They did mean to say, not that the rate o taxation shall be uniform in all tho counties, but that tho principle upon which tho tax is levied, shall bo uni form that is to say, in ono county tho assessment shall not be made on tho real estate alone ; in another, on tho personal property; in another that corporation stocks may bo exempt but that throughout the Stato it shal bo uniformly made upon the grand levy. But, if, in the language of tho dcci sion. "Tho inhabitants of ono county or township fchould not be compclle to bear greator burdens than arc borno by all," how can tho rate of tax be in one, 10 cents, and ia another, 50 cents Won't it be nice to make all tho coun tics in tho State help pay for our new Court House?

The way things are done in Kansas.

'( orroijminloiico of tl Ilulllmor Sun. 't Lkavknwohtii KansahTzr. ) Wednesday, Dee. 6, 1D54.J This placo has becomo extremely dull within tho last week or two. Navigation on tho river has been suspended for the season; the election is over; the weather is cold, and the Governor, together with all the other Territorial officers, have gone down to the Methodist Mission, near Westport, where they have c tablishcd their winicr qunrtcrs. We havo had no Lastern mail here for nweek, although the law provides for ono every day. Tho mail-carrier appears to have broken down and pven up for good this time. Wc have been Impatiently wailing, and waiting, and still he comes not. We are involved in a sort of Rip Van Winklo obliviousness. The world may be passing through the most comprchensive revolutions ciu governments and systems and people may be going down -i . i . ana disappearing lorever, and new ones risiug up in their stead, and wo uere in iuo miuuie oi me American Continent, be entirely uuconscious of the same. We may wake up to-mor row, morning, a 4g if a mail should happen to fall ua us in the mean time, hnd ourselves in a new world. This irregularity of the mails is, in deed, a oureeof serious discomfortto nil sojourners, as well as those who permanently residing here. The De partment at Washington ought to pay more attention to these tar Western mails. The emigration to this Territory has established a irrcat necessity for punctuality and uispa'ch in their operations, and it is to be hoped that tho Department will see to the matter. Judiro Lecompte, of Maryland, Chief Justice of the Territory, arrived at Westport on Friday last, with his family. He will reside for the pros cnt at tho Methodist Mission, that place affording better accommodations than any other lin the Territory. No division of tho Territory into judi cial districts has yet been made, nor willbe until spring. Judge Lecompte has, so far.made a decidedly favorable impression. His ogrtcablo manners will win him many friends. All the Territorial officers are now araonj; us. They are, without any exceptions, excellent men. Goy. Reeder is a man is a man of most sterling qualities.He possesses, in a high degree, intellect, decision and firmness. In the discharge of his official duties he con ducts himself with scrupulous pro priety. No better selection 'couh possibly havo been made by the Pres ident for the office he fills. William G. Matthias and D. Scott Boyle Esqv, of Westminister, Md. who came out with Judge Lecompte, aro stopping here. They are highly delighted with the country. The election here on the 29th ult for a delegate to Congress, occasioned a high, degree of excitement. Gen Whitfield, tho Pro-Slavery candidate, ia said to havo been elected. You havo no doubt been so informed. So far ns the number of votes cast in his favor may go to give him the election he has it; but if the character of thos has anything to do with tho result, he has it not. lie was not elected by the people of Kansas. He is not their delegate. IIo was put upon the track by people in the btate of Missouri, and put through the ballot-box in Kansas by the people of that State. Be fore the near approach of the time o election no sunt could be discerned by the most observant indicating anything elso than tho success of the Anti-Slavery party. The Governor of tho Territory, and all his personal and political friends, were on that side, together with two out of every three persons in all parts of tho Territory. But, within a day or two of the election, the country began to swarm with Missourians. They came over in crowds some in wagons, others on horseback, and others yet on foot. They were, for the greater part, a most unseenly and reckless set of men. They crossed the river in separate detachments, at different places along the border. They seemed to be organized in separate parties, under tho command of particular leaders, each party designed to operate at rpecific localities. Thus, tho polls in every district, except at Laurence, and far up toward Fort Riley, were surrounded and taken possession of, the moment they were opened, by thoso insolent invaders. They threatened and intimidated the judges, crowded out and violently drove off all those who were suspected of bcipg in favor of uny other candidate than their own, and Eut their own votes into the ballotox at the point of the revolver. I was myself present all day at the Leavenworth polls, and can therefore speak of the proceedings at that point horn personal knowledge. They wcro perfectly outrages. The crowd of Missourians assembled early in the morning, and commenced operations by insisting on filling a temporary vacancy which had occurred in the Board of Judges, by electing a man named Burgess, a native of Platte Co., Missouri. The other judges protested against the proposition but yielded immediately to the storm which their resiitanco in a moment provoked. They felt themselves in danger of being ruthlessly murdered by the crowd. The man from Missouri, accordingly, served from beginning to end as ono of the Judges of election in Kansas Territory. During the entire day, persons wcro seen coming over in boats from tho Missouri bide of the river to put in their votes; while persons, actual residents of the Territory, seeking, in the most peaceable manner, to deposit tluir ballots, were set on, charged with being "Abolitionists" and driven from tho ground. They left in many cases, to avoid tho necessity of shooting down their assailants. When I went up to vote, I was approached by a fellow who demanded to see rov ticket. I refused, of course, to heed him; whereupon I was immediately crowded out by some dozen persons, all working in concert. They openly de clared that nenc should approach the ballot-box except thoso who Intended to vote for Whitfield. Toward tho closo of the day, the violence among the drunken rabble became bo rjreat the judges grew alarmed, and closed tho polls. Thus ended the first election in this district for a Delegate to Congress from the Territory of Kansas.

No pretext whatever is offered by

these people to excuso or justify their conduct. On tho contrary.they make no secret of their beincr residents of Missouri, and not residents of Kansas, They declare their intention of doing the same thing over again at every election. Gen. Sprinfcllow, a promt nent politician of Missouri, - residing at Weston, who commanded the Leavenworth division of this grand invading array, openly declared that if it should become necessary the whole of Western Missouri would be emptied into Kansas, in order to make it a slave State. What will be the result of this bu siness, I do i-ot know. I cannot think that Gen. Whitfield will bo admitted to a scat in the House. Tho matter should at least be thoroughly investigated. We have every reason to believe that an extensive scheme is on foot to make Kansas a slave State by violent and illegal muan3. It has been asserted that Senator Atchinson, of Missouri, was not ignorant of this project; and that a large fund had been raised by subscription in tue southern States to carry it through. If this be really so, and I cannot doubt it, it ought to awaken the indignation of the whole country. The Missouri Compromise was not repealed to give a hand-full of the worst specimens of tho population of Missouri the power to control the destinies of Kansas:but to establish the right of the people of mo .territories to govern tnemseives. If this be not accomplished, what has been gained by the repeal of the Mis souri Compromise? Nay.if the repeal has but transferred tho governance of Kansas .territory from Congress to Senator Atchison, and his band of se cret conspirators, what has not been lost thereby to the people of Kansas, as well as the country nt large. stood by the Kansas-Nebraska bill, ia an unpretending way, from first to last, because I regarded it as cstab lishin" in the Territories a irre at prin ciple of free Government; but if it cannot bo made to accomplish that object, I am for a ßpeedy restoration of the Missouri Compromise; and this is the sentiment of every administration Democrat in Kansas who is against the introduction of Slavery. I came to Kansas under the proflered guaranties of the Kansas-Nebraska act, relying on the integrity of that act to have my voice und vote, as one of its citizens, felt in the establishment of its local institutions. But I find my just expectations thwarted my rights overslaughed and trampled under foot at the very out-set by hordes of unprincipled invaders. This certainly cannot be allowed. The Federal Government must uphold the laws. The provisions of the KansasNebraska act must be maintained in good faith. The honest masses of the of the Democratic party, and of all others, and throughout the country expect it demand it and I cannot believo that those in authority have any disposition to disappoint them. M. F. C. The Attitude of Prussia. An attentive perusal of the speech of the King of Prussia, at the opening of his Legislative Chambers, will justify the surmise that ho is nearly decided to take a course wholly opposite to that followed by Austria. The paragraph in the bpcech saying that Vl'russia will be in position to defend at any moment her interests and her place among the nations of Europe, if the threatening issue of political events should compel her," points to eventualities which cannot come from ltussia. The King of Prussia declares emphatically in several of his diplomatic communications that he has decided to maintain a strict neutrality. The Czar agrees to it. England and France, and may be Austria, menace and will compel Prussia to declare for or against them, protesting they can no further respect her neutrality, allow her to be the broker of the Kunsian exporting trade, and make immense gains where others are positive losers. These powers, therefore, not allowing Prussia to make her own choice, to follow her own interests, to put on the protocols of Vienna such a construction as she chooses, and to maintain n position which she believes the most Dcnefieial to her these Powers menace her interests and her place among the nations of Europe; and against them seems to be exclusively directed the rather war-like part of the 1 loyal Speech. X Y. Trtbune. OBITUARY. Mrs. Martiu Cartlow, wife of 0. M. Daitlow, of this place, died on the 23th of December, 1851, after a painful illness of about six weeks. Sho was in the 39th" year of her age. She was a native of New York; was married to Mr. Bartlow, February 5, 1 833, and moved to Brookville jn 1 839. In 1840 sho v joined tho Methodist Church, under tho ministry of Rev. James Jones, since which timo hhe has been a consistent and exemplary Christian. Her end was peace. To attempt to sneak of the social and domestic virtues of Mis. Bartlow, so as to make her known to those who knew her not in life, would be useless. In her blended ns many virtues as arc usually granted to any one person. But sho has left us, to enjoy, in a happier sphere, tho society of thoe who had gone before. EcriiEMA R. Lewis, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Lewis, of White Wate township, died on tho Sßth of December last, in tho 17th year of her n-ic. She had left home for chool, at Collego Hill, Ohio, where she was ta ken sick, of Typhoid Fever. Sho was . a brought home, but neither skillful physicians, nor parcr?:l solicitude and care, could avert the ..'rokc. . . It seems but yesterday that we en joyed tho hospitality of the excellent parents, when they Mere surrounded by their family, two or whom havo passed to an early grave. It is a sad bereavement, yet thee is hope, for "TliersUtrfetwlrtiln the f rite; Hut sweeU-r Uie repose. Where anrel plinn In r'ry ware, And bloom the thorn leu rose. Filled ul trnl 1,10 U0J 01,0 Jlf And m her Mill's wln Is poised for fadeless real tne, she erlet V Death, where ts thy sUur'."

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