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Practical. but Cool.

The RdRzds Pioneer, published in the
city of kickHpoo, in said territory, con-
tainS ihe proceedings of a public meeting,
an of the people generally Whereabouts.
which is about the best specimen of COL
impudencc we have Witnessed for son.e
time.
The settlers, from some cause, did not
like the appointments OF Governor Rea,
der 50 they called a public meeting, and
eraveiy resolved, Isl. that the said a.
polngmcnis were obnoxious !; ~. ihai i;
saS the right of tie people 10 select sgch
prisons as they s.w fir, and it WAS Ia,
duty o! The Governor 10 issue commissions
To them: and 81, hat they would hold an
election for this purpose the next day.
Accordingly. a sort of election WAS held.
and persons FIR justice of the peace, con-
stable. &c, were chosen, and the Cow
eruor duly notified thereof.
We have moi heard whether the exec
tive will recognize this new kin k in tie
great doctrine of ropul,r sovereignty.
and issue Nh" commissions rs directed hv
The kicka 90 squatters. But, why not ?
Why give this APP oinrinL power to the
Gov rn1r, when the people al" there TO
exercise ii for themselves? What an
can he MAKE them? Is not the
very rescncc of This Governor an oagSl
them Il gross violation of the theory of
~quailer rights? This movement is a
new application OF tho theory. 1t is also
cod, very.-S State Journal.
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The Gar of Russia.

Everything connected with The history
Of This most wonderful man and mon
arch possesses extraordinary interest
The Emperor Nicholas is now in the
ffty-ninth year of his age. He came to
the throne December, 1925, and was
crowned al Moscow, September 3, 1896.
He succeeded his elder brother, Alex.
ander L., who administered the govern
ment of Russia, nearly a quarter of a
century. 1t was the good fortune of
Alexander 10 reign in a period when the
empire was prepared for noble improve
ments, and it pleased him to direct his
ambition accordingly. His endeavors 10
elevate the condition of the Doors. and
The general tendency Of his policy 10 in
troduce the principles and manners Of
Weston Europe, offended The CD Mus
covite nobility, and towards the ~c1nclu-
sion of his reign, in spite of the vigilance
of the police, a fearful and widelv-spread
conspiracy was formed against him, the
discovery and punishment Of which, was
reserved for his successor. Some suspi-
cions were whispered at The time that his
death was the result Of violence; but it
turQed out that he died al Pdgauroch, of
a bilious fever, in the arms of his wife.
BY that event Russia lost a great bene-
factor. Tidings of his death had hardly
reached Petersburg before his brother
Constantine then IN Warsaw, WIS pro-
claimed Emperor, and all the civil OIL
GERS and guards took the oath of alleui.
ance 10 him. Bat Constantine would
~nocaccept the crown, having reiinquishei
his claim to The successor in a formal
document ad dressed 10 his reigning broth
er solHo three years previous. On open
ing The viii OF Alexander, The document
containing his resignation was found, to
gether with a manifesto # n, Emperor.
declaring bis secold IrJlher, Nicholas,
10 be his Successor. Constantine Was
present al j S coronation, aud a few years
FER r:tifcd fon has Off :Ial position al
War a..
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[Ccrr spondeace o. the Phil Ledge
Letter from Washington.

LCIICl hum hoAAAS1NA
Defeat ofthe Homestead and Of tie LaHd
Gradaai n BiH-THe CauSes uhich led
bhai Catastrophe Keow Nothing OPP
position to both NeasHes-Recoreay Of
Sen tor Norris.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.
The Homestead hi.l. after a most spir-
it. d ard energetic effort on The part of
Nj. Dawson. Of PENNSYLVANIA, 10 tack il
a.. the LanI Graduation bill % Mr.. Cobb.
was to-day THROWN ont by a m"jpri'y OF
81 votes. This was certainly not cXpcc-
ted after tie able arguments On the sub
iccl made tie other day, by the author Of
the bill. There were, however, too many
interests con biued against i. In the
first place, ii WIS known that the Admin
islra,i,n was no; in favor of the bill,
thoueh il ,nioved fr a willie, its support
Iurinr the last ScSsil m. Then the friends
Of Mr.. Hunters bill went, of course,
against it, as an anti. luthcIn Measure !;
ti.n the Railroad men went against it
because il interfrrrd with their railroad
schemes. The fri,nIs of Mr.. Benefits
bill were also against it for similar rca-
sons-and last, not least, the Know Moth
ings in Congress went against 1t because
il might stimulate emigration. The
change produced by the Know Nothing
vo'c broke the back of the bill.
Mr.. Dawson's Homestead amendment
being thus thrown out, the Land Gradua-
fion bill Itself. 10 which the Homestead
had been moved as an amendment, was
slain bv a majority OF 10 or Whereabouts.
What rr,ducel the defeat of the bill IT,
s.lf, was a claus emitting all persons,
citizens Of the United States, and all aliens
filed their preliminary declaration
o become c~iiizans of the United States, TO
is benefits. Now, the fact is, that the
bill uhich has Just been voted down was
| supplementary bill, to prevent the
'rauds committed under the bill which
passed last session. 1t in fact restricts
hat bill, and the very clause which
AUS ID its deft at is Il restricting clause;
ne bin which passed last session emitting
.~vcrybodv to lis benefits who wishes TO
wall himself of that privilege, whether
le be foreign or native born, a citizen or
iol. and not even requiring the prelimin-
nv declaration, which was looked upon
With so much dlsiavor in the House to day.
OBSERVER.
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Warren, Wednesday, Jan. "a.
Issues.

Itis hard fighting in o fcg, as the ar
mics at lnkermann found out. When
the Democrat finds out that there is a
Republican party in existence, there
may be some chance of its shots hitting.
In the reply attempted by our neighbor,
10 cur article of last week, the following
wonderful assertions are found. Ist.
There was a national Wing party in 1852;
2nd., there was at The same time a Free
Soil parry (; Sd, the writer of our article
last week belonged to one Of these; 4ih,
his. cc-editor belonged 10 the other; and
finally, there must therefore be some ter
rible Inconsistency in our present position,
and the Democratic party ought, by all
legitimate rules Of warfare, TO be III
umphant instead of being annihilated in
the free States.
When Our neiehbor has pushed his re-
searches into history far enough TO dis
cover the organization Of the Republican
movement, and that it has a platform of
lis own; that his party has been pretty
thoroughly beaten by that organization
once, and is doomed to a still worse de-
feat next fall when he has discovered
that 10 revile Know Nothings and crow
over the election of Mott in Pennsylvania
in the same breath are hardly consistent;
when he perccives that hatred of secret
political societies does not agree very
well with the organization of the Sag
Nichts he may then begin 10 talk "lo
the point" in regard 10 the present state
of affairs.
For the present then, we leave the
Democrat TO pursue IFS studies. We on
fear that If will continue to make a
practical application of the old maxim,
that "when ignorance is bliss, tits folly
be wise" c.
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British Qua1terlies and BlaekHood.

We call particular attention to the ad-
vertisement of the publishers ofthese ad-
mirable reprints, which will be found pom
the next page. We are within bounds
when We say that the expenditure often
dollars for rhis series of periodicals, will
secure more valuable reading upon the
the topics of mental, and moral, philoso-
ply. history, travels, poetry, the finearts,
science and belle letres in general, than
can be obtained in my other way for
double The money. In fact we know of
no other means of keeping posted as
to current literature in all departments,
which can be compared with this.
The extra inducements which Messrs.
Scott & Co. offer, speak for tn m,elves:
the books themselves should be induce
ment enough for all.
New volumes ommen with North
British for November, 1854, and the 9TH
er reviews and Blackwood for Jan. 1856.
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CoRRECTIoN.-The Columbus papers,
in giving the report of the 9Th of Jan.
Convention, placed..the name of Theodore
E. BuRlss, of Trumbull, among those
who were mentioned as candidates for
the nomination to the State Authorship.
We were a little puzzl d by this, for
though We knew that Joel stood sponsor
for the whole Trumbull Demo rLcy, we
did not supp sc that they were all OBJ
liged to take their God-father's name
when they went to Columbus. The
Democrdt's report relieves US by showing
that Theodore E. Webb our present
Auditor was the person can
Joel had evidently made so great an
impression upon the Reporter that they
could think ofno other name from Trum-
bull.
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Congressional.

But little important business has been
done by Congress during the past week.
In the Senate, the joint resolution pro-
posing a new Arctic expedition for the
relief of DR.. Kane, was finally passed.
Mr.. Seward presented a petition in re-
lation 10 offering the mediation of the
United States in the European question.
Mr.. Fessenden presented a memorial
from Maine praying for a repeal of the
Fugitive Slave Law.
In the House proceedings have been
enlivened by occasional debates on Know
Nothingism. Mr.. Benton spoke upon
the Pacific Rail Road, and advocated
leaving IFS construction to private enter
prise. He attacked and ridiculed all
routes but the middle one,-his W pet.
The most important item of intelli-
genee from the Capital is the resignation
of Mr.. Soule our fllibuster Diplomat in
Spain, and the appointment of Mr.. J. c.
Breckenridge of Kentucky in his place.
This change is said to be a part Of a new
system of policy; the Administration
finding that fllibustering does not pay,
and having determined to give up the at
tempt at annexing Cuba, as a bad job.
The Sandwich Island treaty also hangs
fire, and it has become exceedingly doubt
full whether it will amount to anything.
The zeal for expansion which has pos
sessed the Administration so far, seems
TO have cooled off remarkably under
their rebuffS abroad aud their ~whirpings
al home.
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A Discovery.

That sterling paper, the Albany Jour
nal, of the 18th, cores 10 uS printed oil
paper made entirely from Basswood.-
All hail 10 the ~discoverer! Mr.. GEORGE
w. BEARDSLEE, its inventor, will live as
one of the men of our age for he has
done a work for it, the beneficial effects
of which it would be difficult TO measure.
Describing the paper, which is stout
and white, the Journal says:
The paper is made from Pulp produced
from BaSsWood shuUings. Of a peculiar
form, thrown of by NJ. Beardslee'S
planning machine, which has been i'm
proved TO produces this result. 1t contains
no mixture of rags, or o:her material
whatever, nor sizing. 1t is from the
pure wood alone. The paper furnished
was made at Saterlee's mill, Little
under u~n;avorall circumstances.
The supply of Pulp was - SINAI! thai
the mill a to be served hy hand Instead
oi by gauge pumps, the consequence OF
was, such irregular feeding as 10
produce slightly irregular t~hicknesses of
The Paper has also been used,
with perfect success by Mr.. Gavit, for
transferring fine line engravings-a re-
,ult which cannot be attained by any
'lher ordinary news paper.
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Excitement in Boston.

Charles l.. vi Woodbury., u. S. Slave
Commissioner, issued a warrant on Thurs
dty for the arrest of a colored man named
John jackson, a fugitive from Georaia.
The shrewdness of the negro baffled
his pursuerS, and he vigilance of {" the
committee Put him out of their reach.
Tu, SHAY, jackson was met BY a man who
asked him " where he lived ;" he replied
evasiyely, "in Cambridgepor." Wednes-
day the Slave Catcher was at the Bridge
by day Light, and a pose of officers,
near by in d S,loon. No Jackson ap.
peared. The parties waited till late in
the forenoon, and then left their watch
posts.
The same morning a note was left in
the business place of a colored man, say
ing, "that the Slave hounds were in
pursuit of John Jackson" a meeting
was held. Jackson was told, do as
You please; if you remain, you shall be
defended; make up your mind to see
blood flow ; if you conclude to 90, say
50, and we will seEI you off instantly. "
Tie poor fellow thought of Sims and
and sail, 81 will leave"
The Telegraph calls for the passage
Of a personal liberty bill " forthwith,
declaring that Massachusetts should no
be the hunting ground for human
game
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CRUEL.-RITEzEL utterly refuses to
"cut us down" He says we may hang
in our suspense. We did not think he
would be so cruel. Our shot went home,
and he has been in a perfect fiulter ever
since. Last weeks Democrat seems IN
conscious of everything but our squib
We e%ndeavored TO count up the references
to the Chronicle upon our fingers. hut we
hadn't digits enough, and our arithmetic
was at fault. We hope RITEzEL wort he
hard upon our ignorance, but we must
confess he puzzles us whenever he talks
of our " 6edizzening the eyes of our rea-
We were entirely unconscious of
any attempt at ornamenting our subscri-
bers' ewes, either with ~spangles or paint,
and we can't make out what he means.
shall look into Mrs. Darlington as soon
as we get leisure, and perhaps shall find
the Interpretation.
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GAME OUT WEsr.-We acknowledge
the receipt of the dollar from friend
at Cherry Grove, Illinois, and have no,
had our N~imrodian pro e%nsiiics 50 ex-
cited for long time as by his account
of the abundance of gaze in "those
diggins." He says, of deer there are
plenty Of them. | can 90 out and start
a drove of from three to ten IN fifteen
inmates. Chickens are also plenty. We
thi X of prosecuting our correspondent
for cruelty to animals" for talking
such stuff to an editor who can find no
time TO take lonI hunting excursions
We shall bear that invitation in mind,
however ; it will do to think of.
GAMsLING.-On Thursday evening OF
last week Constable Williams detected a
party engaged in gambl ne in the bar
Der shop OfB. Scott ON Mai St. 1t has
been suspected for some time that Scott
has been in the habit of decoying boys
into his shop and gambling away their
money, running their habits, and teach
ing them to obtain change from their
parents by dishonest means. The Con-
stable placed per n at ofone the doors of
the shop which is in the second story of
the building, whilst he himself entered at
another. As soon as lie tiled to open
the door the lights were blown out and
the negro bOlted out ofthe opposite door,
knocked over the person standing there,
and leaped the whole fl ght of stairs at
one bound, dashed down Main Street
to the Canal, where lie managed to dodge
his pursuers and has not since turned up.
hope n pains will be spared to break
up such dens, for Scott as not alone in
this business. There are a number Of
places into which the boys and young
men of our village are decoyed, and
to gamble and drink, and unless
they are suppressed we shall reap a fear
ful harvest of crime and degradation bye
and bye.
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The Dayton Empire reports that scy-
cral bodies have been found in a grave
yard neal Germantown ia a state ofpetri-
fac,ioI. Mrs. 10y had been buried twen-
iy-four years. The coffin was perfect.
but 50 heavy that it required six men t.
lift it. Not a vestlge OF shroud or GOV
ering remlincd-but the body was per-
feet, save The right leg from the knee 10
the alkle,Joint, where the flesh seemed
10 hare wasted away, and lay al The bot
tom ofthe ccffin in Il substance resembling
ashes mixed With sand. With this cx-
cePlion Of decay, the body and limbs ex-
hibiled the same ~pcrieciness Of exterior
ihry dii wien life and animation w, +. in
'he body. Ii was stone, Of Il drab color,
win the smile on her face which it wore
when she gave up mortality. A grand
child wIs examined, aud found 10 he IN
part Siuno, and in par; ~drcayld. Otl-r
bu'ies exhibited 4 PIr.al state o. pciri-
fac:i 81.
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\ VENERABLE RAzoR.-Mr. Steam
burg, hair ur, sScr, uuter the Marlboro
Hotel, Boston, is in pos s>inn OF Il Ra-
znr, accompanied by a certificate from
the owner that it was brought oYcr ii
the Nayfcwer, afterwards inherited by
lac Gut,s family, used by the father OF
Gen. Gates during his life, inherited 10y
Gen. Gates, and constantly used BY him
ill he died, and afterwards fell INFO the
hands Of Horatio Gales, Esq, of Gal
%lIopolis, O. NOW ilyIng,) Of whom the
present owner received ii thirty years
ago. Ii this history be true, The Razor
has been in active service 2:O years. no
one can lcll how / uch logger. 1t is still
bright an keen, and looks as if it might
continue vigorous at least go Years
longer.
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SHOOTING AFFAIR.-OnSa urday night
Mr.. Charles Ormsley, n OF the head
clerks in the National Telegraph Office
of this city, visited some of the hotels
with the object of finding a young man
named Thomas Jennings, son of NJ Jen-
ningS, merchant tailor on Nam street,
alleging that he had reported a villainous
charge against the character of IA young
lady, who refused the attention of Mr.. j.,
but as subsequently engaged and mar
ried to Mr.. O. About 3 o'clock, Tearing
thu Jennings was in the National Thea
ire, Mr.. 0. went in and called him Cut,
and went about five feet cut of the door,
madr "a demand, ii lv Ind reported as
he a;ic.el, nd ON aRswe ing ;Ealh had,
Mr.. o. pulled u: Il six Il. citing revolver
and fired one load direct in h 5 iacc, lac
purhaps, but a step off the bail
enter. d at oae %nostril, cutting the lip and
upper Jaw in two Mr.. J. fell backwards
with force, striking his head on the stone
still OF the main entrance of the Theatre,
and presented a ghastly aight. Deputy
Marshal Gray, being close by, arrested
Mr.. o., who gave himself up, saying 81
IN the man | shot him :" and being
why he did it, said, she seduceI
my wife" Both are young men, about
% ye,rs old. The prisoner was taken
o the station house, and the unfortunate
nan who was sho. vs. taken TO a Rom
n the Woodruff Iivus opposite, where,
the night, he was attended by Dr..
\ Foster.
The ball had not been found after an
Examination by DrS.Muzzy and Wood,
yesterday morning. Doubts are enter
aimed if the wounded man will survive.
The preliminary examination will take
lace to-day.
On Sunday afternoon, the wounded
nan was removed from the Hotel 10 his
residence, where he is some
asier.-C Cincinnati Gazette.
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HARMoNIAL LECrUREs.-Joel Tiffany
Esq, will deliver a ourse of Lectures
on the HarmOnial Philosophy and Spir-
itualism at EMPIRE HAHN Warren, COM
mencing Saturday evening the eth of
January 1856, and continuing from night
to night till closed. All those who are
willing to hear all things and hold fast
that which IS good are res %ectfully in
vited to attend. b. L. HOFFMAn.
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THAT Book SroRE.-Wc called on
MessIs KING & CoMPANYiC icveI and a few
days since and found their Inc store much
improv d recently, and gladdencd our
eyes with the attractive array of lite IA
iure upon their shelves. They deserve
patronage and they get il. BY the by
don't forget the CTTHARA, musical friends
it deSc.vc, all t at is fieads cl i'm f it.
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Ida Nav.


We have read this book. Would that
all would 20 and do Likewise. We did
not need TO read, in order 10 deepen II
hatred # slavery, for the deieStation in
which we hold that develish system of
robbery is so intense that we "a scarcely
discuss the subject with calmnesS. But
The reading of ida May"h has put a fresh
edge ugon the kcenesS of our hate. The
recital of a few events actual and Pos
sib!e," under the workings Of Souteem
bondage. has stirred all the old convictions
anew. touched the feelings, blunied. a.
lkev must BE-. by the frequency and ID
n,irIaiiiv of the horrors o. the SYST m, guH
made lis aYain sympathize with that IN
tense eypr s>iou q that veteran abolition
list. J. II. Gidlines. no sand he would
e. rather see his hearlhsione sltkrd in the
blood Of his wifi. and Children, than to
iavr another HUMAN Icing surrendered To
his Southern ta~k-mastcr." We are
aSjoni>hcd at ouiS il, rad;ca! anti slavery
as We are. TO find mat We have, after all,
so little feelirg ia regard to the ''pt cullar
institution" H.. can it be that we
Northern men Cal so readily work our
s,lvcs into a fever Of sympathy with the
oppressed Hungarian, the eXiled Pole,
the degraded Neapolitan, the abused
Turk, and Yet not have our blood curdle
in our veins al the rt Election thai are main
tain in our own country a drSpntiSm IN
fnitely worse than any Other, Il bondage
more cruel than any other the sun ever
shonr upon.
When Will tie conscience of this ma.
ton be arcu>cdl How long will the
avcnging justice of The Almighty slum-
Der?
Read " Ida May,"if you would know
what Il little of American slavery is II
YOU wcull see how il defieS God, brushes
humanity, and outvies the devil in wick
Young man, gro" ing up 10 the
responsibilities of an American citizen,
It al this book, then 20, and swear before
God a llfc-lnng enmiIy 10 slavery; prom
ise agains, ii /" war to the knife, and the
knife 10 tie hit" May God forgive the
dough- faces of the North, those sleek,
cravrn-hearted divineS and sneaking pol
and thoughtless freemen, who
have 50 long allowed this monsteriniquity
10 stand. For ~ourself, we glory in being
abolitionisi, d" Republican, " any thing
which will indicate our hatred of the
,bominable insti uiion, and we pray that
may not die tall we have seen it swept
lway, peaceably if il may, violently if 1t
nusl be.
We welcome any such book as Ida
for II will contribute TO that regen-
ration of public sentiment which must
recede the final victory of freedom
low 90 and buy the book. 1t has many
,hcr cxcellencie> besides its anti-slavery
entimenlS, but We care less for those.
he great lesson of the book is what We
aud it is well taught Vermont
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Gume Affairs.

Rev AiE. ERRErr isdeliverinya course
Of evening lectures extending through
the week. Subjects,-his views OF
Christianity, showing wherein he agrees
and differs from the common views of Oh
thodcx christians.
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JEwELRY AND AL SORTS OF NICE
THINGS, are being sold at AIKEN d. CooNs
Cleveland at the most tempting prices.
Their "prrtment as VII be seen by the
advertisement in another C lumn i large
AMI We a safely testify that is it choice.
If any n goes to Cleveland for the tur-
Of buying such things beautiful and
low, and fails to visit AIKIN Il COOKS,
they miss il.