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SLAVERY AND TERRITORIES.

This subject has been taken up in the Leg
islature o'Pennsylvania. A series Of joint
resolutions were introduced 10 the House
ofReprcsentatves, and adopted by unan-
imous vote. The resolution were as fol
lows
Whereas the existing war with Mexico
may result in the acquisition Of a new terri
tory 10 The Union; and whereas, measures
are now pending in Congress, having in view
the appropriation Of money and the confer
ring authority upon The treaty making power
TO this end. Therefore
Resolved. That our Senators in Congress
be instructed and our representatives re-
qucsted 10 vote against any measure what
ever by which territory will acrue 10 The I'm
ion, unless as part OF iheiundamental law,
upon which any compact or treaty for this
purpose is based, slavery or involuntary ser
vitude. except for crimes, shall be forever
prohibited
Resolred. That the Governor he reques-
ted 10 forward a copy of the foregoing IN
each ofour Senators and Representatives in
Congress.
Passed-yeas 81, nays none.
The same subject has recently been dis
crssed in tho Senate Of New York, which is
a Democratic body, and resolutions were
passed, 22 10 6, declaring it TO be The duty
of every citizen TO sustain the government IN
prosecuting the war, but adding the follow
ing:
Resolred. That no peace with Mexico car
be regarded as honorable TO the United
States, which shall not secure from that Re
public full indemnify for the aggressions
which il has committed upon the rights oil
this country and IFS citizens.
Resolred. That if any territory is hereai
ter acquired by the United States, or annex
ed thereto the act by which such territory
is acquired or annexed, whatever such act
may Sc should contain an unalterable iun-
dameEial oriicle or provision whereby sla-
very or involuntary sefvitude, except as
punishment for crime, should be forever cx
Guided from the territory acquired or annex
cd.
Resolred. That the Senators in Congress
from this state be instructed, and that the
Representatives in Congress from this stale
be requested, TO use their best efforts 10 car
nv into effect The views expressed in the fore
going resolutions.
In the Legislature Of Indiana, portion Of
the committee to whom was referred The res
olutions OF New Hampshire, respecting the
extension Of slavery, made a report accom-
panied by the following resolutions
Resolred. BY The Senate and House Of
Representatives ofthc state OF Indiana, that
we are utterly opposed TO any further extern
sion OF slave territory.
That we are uncompromisiDgiy opposed
10 the admission of any more slave states in
10 this Union, under any circumstances what
ever.
Similar resolutions upon the same subje CT
have been introduced in the legislature o.
Rhode Island.
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SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. % 1917

WASHINGTON. Jan. lC1I.
Mr.. Mor,head presented memorial from
the editor of daily Cincinnati paper. asking
Congress TO invest him with power to form a
company 10 extend the magnetic telegraph a.
cross the Atlantic Ocean! Referred TO the
Post Office Committee.
The Ten Regiment Bill was then taken up.
aud Mr.. Benton spoke in opposiIlcn to the
section granting bounty lands. II would give
rise to enormous speculations, and companies
would be formed whose agents would follow
the army and purchase The rights of soldiers.
Such companies are already forming in Phil
adclphia.
MIR. Curwin made spirited and eloquent
reply. aud after long debate by Messrs.
Benton, Cass, Rusk. Simmons, Huntington.
Calhoun. Dreese. Archer, Badger, llannegan,
Butler, Allen. Evans, Weslcou, Clayton,
Turncy, Sewer, Mansum and others, the a
mendment was adopted, giving each soldier
the option TO receive a certificate or six per
cent. stock for four hundred dollars instead
of lG0 acres Of Land. Several other amend
mcu;s were offered and rejected. Pending
an amendment b, Mr.. Hannegan on giving
eighty acres 10 all serving under II months,
| the Senate adjourned.
The House adjourned last night at hall
past 10 O'Clock the question then pending
| being a motion TO excuse Mr.. Ashmun from
voting OIL an appeal from the decision Of III,
Chair. This morning the mo ton TO excuse
was Withdrawn, as also the appeal.
Then on motion of Mr.. Dromgoole, th'
| Committee of the Whole resumed consider
aiion of The Naval Appropriation bill. Messrs
Sims, of S. c. Payne and Stanton, address
! cd The committee,
The Committee then proceeded 10 vote o,
the amendments. The bill was reported tC
| The House with an amendment including APP
preparations of two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollMs for floating Dry Dock at Pen
sacola. and fifty thousand each for one a
Nt;ery and one at Philadelphia, the plan I,
he determined by the Secretary OF the Navy
Vote on this amendment, Yeas 90, Nays 81
Mr.. Cooke Of Tenn, asked the nnanimou
\ consent of The House to offer joint Iesolu
tor rendering the thanks Of Congress to Gen
Taylor.
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cAGIAW For THE ARMY.

The President having first insulted The
People of The United States by denOuncing
as reasonable every expression of opinion a.
gainst the iniquitous War in which the conn
try has been involved through his own blind
intatuaticn or something worse, has now de-
termined, by reviving an obsolete rule, 10 ap-
ply Cag-Law to the members oil the Army,
forbidding them, on pain Of being dismissed
from the service, TO give any Information
To their friends of the operations IN which
they may be engaged. Here is the official
Order TO which we refer, from the U non oil
Friday:
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, Jan. 70.
The President of the United States directs
that paragraph $50 of the General Regula-
! lions for The Army established on the Isl oil
March, 1895, and not included among those
published January %, l64l, be now repuo-
| li,hed, and that lis observance rs part oil
the general regulations be sirictly eUoined
upon the army.
| By order Of the President:
WIN. L. MARCY, Sec. Of War.
The following is the paragraph oftheGen-
| eral Regulations for the the Army, establish
ed on the LIST OF March, 1895, referred TO a
boye,
$50. Private letters or reports. relative
to military marches and operation. are Ire
quentlv mischievous in design, and always
disgracelui to the army. They are therefore,
strictly forbidden; and any officer found
guilty of making such report for publication
without special permission, or oil placing The
writing beyond his control, SO tina, 1t inds
its way TO the press, within one month alter
the termination of the campaign TO which II
relates, shall be dismissed from the service.
BY order.
W. G. FREEM AN, Assistant Adj. Gen.
The revival of this rule at this Tina will oil
course be understood as censure uponGen:
Taylor for writing the letter lately published
| (of course without his consent) in tue Ex-
press. Our weak headed Executive propa-
bly thinks that if he can only stop the mouths
of those who do the fighting and awe into ST.
lencc those al home who regard the War as
a crime, he will then be able TO carry out his
selfish and ambitious schemes. He may
find himself mistaken, however. II our sol
diers are not allowed TO write TO their friends
an account OF what they suffer, they will have
Those Of them who live) the more TO tel
when the campaign is over. They will doubt
less know how to appreciate the treatment
they received from those in power, and sc
will their friends at hume, who are no longer
to be permitted to know what they are doing
and suffering for their country.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Wednesday jan, 81
SENATE,

The Judiciary Committee reported bill
TO regulate attachments in the United States
Courts, in the several States,
The Committee OIL private Land Claims
reported resolution requiring the President
10 suspend the land sales advertised 10 take
place on the Sih OF March, at Dubuque.
This was laid on The table.
The Treasury Note bill was read third
time and passed, yeas AZ. nays 2.
Messrs Cilley aud Corwin, Of the Posi-
Office committee, reported joint resolution
to provide for the transportation Cf the mail
10 and from the army in Mexico.
Mr. Cily's resolution to Withdraw the
troops from Mexico was taken up. and after
some remarks. Mr.. Cilley made an explana-
yeas A. nays o. Mr., Calhoun was not pres
ent.
The army bill was next taken up. Mr.
Aichinson made n speech in defence OF his a.
mendment for volunteers. Without any &C
lion on The bill, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
A communication was received from the
President in reply 10 resolution OF inquiry
showing the whole number Of hostages for
The last fiscal year for the Executive De-
pariments letters,
Mr.. King Of Ca. offered joint resolution
directing the President 10 procure gold and
silver medals for the officers and men of the
French Spanish and English vessels ofwar,
who aided in rescuing the scamen ofthe brig
Somers.-passed.
A joint resolution was offered by Mr., Gar
ret Davis. requiring the President 10 inform
the House whether the United States have
any diplomatic representative in Nexico; il
not, when we ceased 10 have, and five Ina se
who he is, and what is his compensation
The House refused 10 suspend the regular
order OF business TO receive the resolution.
Mr.. Houston reported bill making ap-
preparations fer the Post Office Department
for the fiscal year, which was read twice.
The bill 10 Increase the pay Of, and grant
bounty land 10 the regulars and volunteers Of
the army, was finally passed as amended,
l72 10 Is.
The two Senate amendments 10 the Treas
ury note bill were agreed 10.
The House then went into Committee Of
the Whole on the Naval appropriation bill
Adjourned.
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Washington, Jan. 81.
5 o'clock, p. NJ. !

IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO II TRUE.-Ur
to the last accounts the Mexican Congress had
not acted upon our proposition for peace. So
SAYS the Picayune. But on the other hand
the Times. which has also received late let
tiers, states that the proposal has been reject
ed, only nineteen members voting TO enter
tain il.
"A few daysbefote the question was brought
TO vote. a caucus meeting was held by num-
her Of members Of Congress. comprising a
majority Of that body..at which Gomez Fa-
rias presided, when resolution was unanI-
mously adopted that all present should take
an oath to vote against any proposition Of
peace which might be made BY the United
States. and to reject any mediation on the
part of foreign Power so long as single
United States soldier stood upon the territory
OF Mexico, or an armed vessel blockaded her
ports
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and making them the sole judges of quality
and piice, is by no means safe TO ih. WOOL
grower.
We conceive that the only certain means
left OF securing better prices for the better
staple, is the establishment Of wool depot,
easily accessible to- the farmer. and where
the wool is assorted and sold according TO it.
condition and degree Of Improvement.
Now is the time for prompt action if as
early as the next season, We would reap the
advantage of The only meas ure which can
secure fair market for the fuer grades.
Let no wool grower be asleep to his highesr
interests Gather ye, all, TO The COusea-
ton.
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The CONSPIRACY. 1t is now evident that
Polk has long been secretly consPiring to de-
s,rOy Gen. Taylor. He and his lieges have
at last unmaske1 their batteries upon him.
His services and his fame will not suffer
Polk 10 sleep in-peace. The publication of
his letter to Gen. Gaines, ia v hich he had no
agency, is TO be made the occasion of bitter
prosecutions BY the minions Of the admins
tration. The proposition for Lieut.. Gen
eral and the revival of an obsolete gag order,
are only The precursors Of other attempts TO
disgrace the Wing General, who may at last
triumph by The very means which are used
to destroy him.
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CONGRESS.


In tracing through the mazes Of Congress
ional proceedings, it will be seen that the
House has granted ten thousand more troops
to MIR. Polk to carry on has war. This will.
with perhaps some notifications, become
law.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Burt. to
the Oregon bill, Incorporating info it the Inns
OF the Missouri compromise bill OF 80 : 30, TO =
he extended to the Pacific, was rejected by
a vote Of lI3te 81
The Treasury note bill has fnlI,y passed
both Houses and been signed ny the Presi
dent. Bla sted in his hopes Of raising money
by an imposition Of a tax upon Tea and COT
fee, or from a loan in time TO meet the press
ing exigeneies of treasury already drained
to nearly the last dollar, this Treasury note
bill was the last resort Of Secretary Walker.
II authorizes the government to issue 20 mil
lions in Treasury notes. BuT there is IN this
bill a most obnoxious provision. b emlnow
Eers the President 10 reissue these notes
to the gross amount. What a commentary
this upon a hard oDey administration. who-
will not receive dollar except in specie.
rom the people INTO the Treasury; aud yet
have made no provisions for converting
dollar Of their rag circulation of millions and
tens Of millions into specie. But it is caicu
lated by the best judges. that the Treasury
nute bill cannot relieve the government for
more than slOOO00OO as 10 mnre can b.
| put in cireulauon without vast depreciation.
unless the loan can he obtained.-This, ii Is
believed, cannot be effected until the SUS-
Treasury is repealed and The duties aug
mented-
| In relation to the aus nentati1n Of duties. II
will be seen that Seerciaty Walker, who
was enqured Of by the Senate how The pres
ent Tariff could be altered to atd to the III
come, proposes TO raise the present duties q"
Sugar from 30 TO so per cent. Iron 3Oro i''-
and on Woolens costing over 81 per yd I'D
to 40, &c, g.. Axes aud scyIhes he thinks
from 30 TO 20 per cent. Are not these prop
Positions characteristic OF an administrators
bwho are ever discI imnating against our orn
industry. saving and excepting only tbosa
branches which must be sustained 10 buy up
political support. Sugar and Iron to bride
| Louisiana Sud PeDSsy lvania.
Ten per cent be- be sure, may &c added 10
Wolleus costing over dollars per VII in tbs
foreign market, when scarcely yard Of
cloth costing that sum, has for years bs'a
;mporteJ Wool and wolIens, the great pro
ducts of New England industry. can never
expect. as they have never receTeh tie iea''
favor from the sIaveocraey, who have eve.
verified the hostility Of John Randolph va
declared that "he would go mile TO- KICK
Sheep
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GATHER, GATHER (!

We again earnestly call the attention OF the
Agricultural community 10 OUT notice oil
meeting at Middlebury on the l1ih, Tor the
purpose Of developing the wool growing III
terests of This norton Of the State. Every
farmer must feel that there is a crisis IN re-
I,riou to this subject, which demands imme
dia,e attention and action. For ordinar,
qualities of nul the reduction Of the Tar
III especially on ,oOllen goods, and the abun
dant domestic supply, have almost blghted
every hope in future Of reMunerating prices
We have become so TAR advanced IN the
finer grades, that with proper care and at
tenIion. We shall soon be able 10 furnish
manufacturers with an improved article
which alone can redeem from utter failure TIM
great branch Of Vermont husbandry. bu
our wool has been marketed for years past
in a manner which has even induced retro
grade movement. We do not raise so muci
fine wool as six years ago. live would IN
crease The value oil our clips, the services o
that useful class Of buyers who mediate be
tween the wool growers and the manuiaciur
err. mus. be dispensed with for the future
These men are sometimes spectators u"
oGener agents who buy upon an a'eras'' '"'
are limited to offers which forbid an "osq""''
price for the finer qualities. ,.,
Another method u'Jch has been "doP'e"
of carving wool 10 the large manufactures
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now THE MONEY GOES.

,rb. bills o. the creditors Of Texas az
inst coming for payment. Gen. Leef"e
Combs asks from Congyrss, paymon'
certain Texan stocks OIL which he had -
The money 10 that government Also ="
Frederick Dawson & Go, present NV .J
hill rnr one million aud seventeen 'poO' -,
collars. for having furnished the s"e'e :,
reru5lic, with navy. Ouf O
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-02-09

A streak of Lightning. Last evening, at
10 O'Clock, Toronto was attached to the Buff
faIo and New York line oil telegraph and
communications passed along the line from
New York 10 Toronto for ,he first time.
Subsequently Boston was brought into the
circuit and a connected line of nine hundred
miles placed in operation. Messages pas
sed from the various Offices, and the sub
stance Of The recent foreign news was trans
mitted TO Toronto from the station here.
Alb. Argus, 28Ih,
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NEW JERSEY SENATOR.

The Hon. Jacob w. Miller was. ON Thurs
day last, re-elecred a Senator in Congress
from the State of New jersey, BY its Legisla-
ture, for six years from The 4th Of March next.
when his present term Of office wi II expire.
lie was complimenled for past faithful service
by receiving the unanimous vote fthc Wings
of his legislature-for,y- nine in number--s
gains, twcnty-rhrse votes OF the opposite par
Iy. which woie cast lor the Hon. GarTet d
Wan.
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NATIONAL DEBT. This debt grows fast
and frishtfully- Twenty-eigh, millions iu
the issue Of Treasury notes, for the last week.
Add TO this the existing debt of 81 millions.
Bot if the wal should conIinue, how long ~i.-
ii be before % millions mole will b.
called for!
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HUMBUG.

The story in the Burlington Gazette, the
Fitchburg paper, &C.. oil iahorcr hcIng
caught between two rocks IN blast, and re-
leased from suffering by having his throat
cut is hoax. Here, The story was that the
event occurred on the Lebanon road, at Bur-
lngton il was said 10 he on the Central
road; and al Fitchburgh tho Cheshire road
was the scene Of the tragedy. Accidents
have occurred on all these roads-but none
like these, CT. ~ H. Sentinel.
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Correspondence of the Express.
WASHINGTON, Jan 80.


Thanks OF CONGRESS OFFERED To GESER-
AL TAYLOR, AND An INSULT TO HIM AND
THE ARMY.
The first business in order his morning
vas the consideration of the following reso-
u,ions, proposing the thanks Of Congress to
Gen. Taylor
Resolved. &C.. That the thanks OF Con.
sress are due and are hereby presented to
Major General Zachary Taylor, and through
him to the brave officers and soldiers, both o
,he regular army aud Of The volunteers, no.
der his command, for their courage. skill, Ter
litmcle and good conduct in siormius The cit,
II Monterey. dcfcnlcd as il was by i force o
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Aid 10 roluntcers. the Legislature oil
Rhode Island. proposition 10 appropriate
$500 towards The support oil company Of
volunteers recruiting in Providence. passed
The House by vote of33 10 10, and the Sen
lie by Il vote OF Is 10 S.
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o. We regret that the eGstor of'he F.'-
uue now at Washington wrtcs desparnS.
of the WilmGi provision. The immense pat
ronase of the government threatens again to
smother the promp'inss Of patriotism III 'p'
the bosoms Of northern lOcOfocos. But !e'
US not despair, The,e is fearful and cor
rupting power in the great and. last increasing.
patronage of the government But 'here Il
even greater power in the Indignation Of I'D"
people which cannot at last but DO aw"hena
&, wrapped into tempest against those WIS
shall continue To hetray them on tins s""9ee'
The constituencies Of tie north are CROWNS
more and more earnest. The Voin'n' u
their intignatiouagainss the Unsuitable aSFH
tons of the south is daily gathering '"en
The grounds taken byeresipn Amg q o'''''
will be those alone upon which member u
congress eau hereafter sustain himself ''''
ors will at last be put down.
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.Ahiri 10 Postmasiers. A postmaster in
the interior Of Pennsylvania RECENTLY had
judgement give against him Tor the price Of
Subscription ofscyeral years 10 z distant
newspaper, on tie Plea ofnoi lavcing given
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SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l, 1917.


The House Bill establishing post routes in
Texas was taken up and passed.
The Committee on Naval Affairs reported
Bill 20 separate the Staff from the Line in
the Marine Corps.
The Army bill was taken up on its passage.
MIR. Houston moved TO recommit The bill 10
the Military Committee with instructions 10
report it hack. in conformity with his amend
mcnt for volunteers, which was before offered
and rejected. Mr.. Houston spoke at great
length in favor ef the volunteer sy stem.
Mr.. Huntington moved an amendment in
the instructions and inserting instI uctioDs TO
strike out the proviso authorizing loan ceTIi6-
Gates This was not agreed TO: \ cas- is.
NAYS %. A motion was made 10 recOmmlt
the bill, which was then ncgatiycd. The bill
finally passed: Yeas 81 Nays 3-Messrs. Gil
lev, and Davis voting in the neg alive.
A communication was received from the
Secretary of the Treasury in answer 10 Mr..
| Cameron's resolution of the 17th January,
recommending an increase on duties as lol-
lows; on coal 10 per cent; on cloths and cas-
simeres costing over dollars per yard 10 per
cent; ON brown, white and refined sugar 20
per cent; on cotton prints costing over 2O cts
per sqnare yard, per cent. These increas-
ed duties he estimates will produce AIS, 900
dollars. Diminished duties Of 5 per cent are
recommended on axes, hammers, chisels,
ploue III shares. and cotton goods costing not
over cents per square I'D, which will produce
| $1,000 dollars. The tax on tea and coffee is
again recommended, reduced TO Is per cent,
and some few articles on the free list to be
taxed, but none Of any consequence.
The Senate after going into Executive
Session adjourned
HOUSE.
Mr.. Thompson's resolution calling for cor
respondence with Gen. Taylor vas again Ia
ken up.
Mr.. Ashmuns amendment. requesting iu-
formation relative TO Santa Annals return to
Mexico, was rejected, Tto 90. A motion to
lay the resolution on the table was negatived
% to l25. The resolution was then adopted
10l TO CD.
The bill from the Committee Of Foreign
Relations. reported by C. J. lngersoll, then
came up. Mr.. Ingersoll moved TO postpone
the consideration of il to Monday. Mr. Pres
ION King proposed an amendment prohibit
ing Slavery in no territories hereafter ac-
quifed. This amendment was declared moi
now in order, aud Mr. Ingersoll's motion pre-
vailed.
A communication from the President. in
reply TO the resolution calling for names o.
the members OF Congress serving in Mexico
was ordered TO be printed. Also, communi
, cations from the Treasury and War Depart
, ments.
The bill making appropriations frr rrvolu
iionary and other pensioners wa, Iak,r ~
in CommiIee.of the Whole The Commit
tee rose. being without quorum, and report
( ed r,nercss. Adjourned.
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Thursday. Jar. IS,
Adjourned
SENATE.

MIR. Fairfield from the naval committee,
r., .oried bill for building four war stea-
mcrS
The my eli ,.yas then taken up. the ques-
ton being on the ado fiOn OF MI AIchinson''
amendment. The question. being taken, The
amendment was rejecied-yeas o. rays 81,
Mr. Aliens amendment, 10 raise lO'OOo
additional volunteers, was rejected, as alsI
several others.
Alter considerable discussion, on motion
Of Mr. Badger the proviso authorizing the
President 10 appoint officers during the re-
cess Of Congress was stricken out-3O TO Is.
Adj