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Stephen Warren. c. A. Walburn, J. William
son, Robert NJ. Riddle, J. II. Sewall. T. J. Pow.
ers, W. W. Wise, Richard Coulter, f. S. STAN
book.
Mehtgan.-Chaunoey Knapp. VIM. Wood,
NJ. A. Machaughton.
WiscOnsin.-John Lockwood.
Brother Bartlett, of Kentucky, President of
the National Council, was present.
The Committee on Resolutions reported a
Conservative platform, and the ten minutes
rule was adopted. This was victory for the
conservatives. The Black Republicans are in
a small minority.
The platform, which requests that the Ma
tional Council will expunge the twelfth section,
denounces the Kansas act, and claims that no
more slave States shall be admitted into the
Union.
Mr.. Allen, of Massachusetts, offered a reso-
luton, asking the Grand Council to blot out
the twelfth section, and make platform upon
which the North and the South could both
stand without violence to the principles of the
majority OF the people in either. Mr. Allen
thinks that the Grand Council next February
might Tx up plan for truly-hational organi-
eaton, leaving each State to hold its peculiar
views on the Slavery question. Mr.. Allen is a
tar representative of the moderate men in the
Council.
On the other hand, there is Seward Fusion
party, headed by Mr.. Spooner, of Ohio, Presi-
dent OF the State Council. They want an Abo-
lition platform, so as to bring about fusion
with the Black Republicans
There are two reports for a platform, and
lots OF amendments. A sharp debate is now
going on.
Friday, November 90, 1855.
In the Know Nothing Convention, yesterday,
the afternoon and evening sessions were entire
y devoted to the discussion of the majority re-
port, which was finally adopted in vote by
States of SO to IL.
The report characterizes the Missouri Com
promise as an infraction of pighted faith, and
demands its restoration; declaring that if efforts
to that end fail in Congress, admission into the
Union should be refused to any new State toll
Grating Slavery, and formed out of territory
from which that institution was excluded by
the Compromise; protests against coaescing
with any party that demands the abandonment
OF American principles or disorganiza ion
OF the American party; and recommends a
meeting of the delegates at Philadelphia on the
18th February next.
The minority report was sustained chiefly
by the Ohio and Michigan delegations, but was
rejected. 1t insisted on the exclusion of Slave
~ from the National territory, and declared
that prescription on account of birthplace was
unwarranted. 1t recommended the party to
act openly, regarded the Slavery question as
the paramount issue, recommended river and
harbor improvements, and q generous foreign
policy.
The Convention, after adopting vote OF
thanks to its officers, adjourned sine die at mid
| night.
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TIE CITY OF WHEELING VERSUS THE BALTI-
MORE AND OHIO RAILRoAD.-Baltimore Nor.
24--The Supreme Court of Virginia has given
its decision in the injunction case of the City of
Wheeling rs. the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company, in favor of the latter on all
points. The Company can now make a con
nection at Benwood with the Central Ohio road.
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WISCONSIN ELEcTIoN.-It is not yet positive
ly known who has been elected Governor OF tao
State of Wisconsin. There seer.s. however, to
be very little room TO doubt that Mr.. Bashford
the Republican candidate, has been chosen BY
q small majority over Governor Bs,ssow, the
Gratis it is believed lave elected their candidates
for I'll toe other State Offices.
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MISSISSIPPI CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION. The
reports from Jackson, Mississippi, we're erro-
neous in saying that the Democrats of tina. State
had elected all their candidates fof Congress.
Mr.. Singleton, in the fourth district, failed to
be reelected, aud is succeeded by William A.
Lake, the american !" candidate, and Who
during the canvass, as we are informed by the
Mississippian, had the bolduess &c declare
his opposition to the Nebraska act. TIE Dem.
ocrats elected the Congressman from the other
four districts, as has been previously reported,
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THE WEATHER AT ALBANY LbqRy Nor.
22.--Winter is fairly upon US; the northwestern
blast is searching and severe. We are in the
midst Of gale of wind. Ice made last night
for the first time, three quarters of an inch
thick. Another day ike this, and canal naviga-
ton must be suspended on account Of the snow
and ice.
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Mr.. TRAFroN AND HIS CoNsrIrUENTs.-The

Mr.. TRAFToN AND HIS CoNsTITUENTs.-Th
NORTH adams transcript says
"The vote of this Congressional district for
Governor, at the late election. was, for Rockwell
5,l39, Beach 4,20l, Gardner 3,203, VALLEY 4O5,
Rockwell over Gardner 1886. It will be recol
lected that this is Rev. Mark Trahons district
where last year his plurality oyer Goodrich was
2,63S-a change in one year of 4,574. In the
entire vote last year, Mr.. Trafton lacked but SO
of a clear majority, while this year he lacks
6542n
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THE GAscoYADE BRIDGE DISASTER. - st.
Louis, Nor 23.-The committee appointed to
investigate the causes of the late railroad ca
lamity at the Gasconade bridge have made two
the high rate of speed at which the train was
crossing the bridge, whilst the minority report
attributes the disaster to the total insuficiencv
of the bridge to support even its own weigat.
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Il. AN INSIDE VIEW OF SLAVERY:
TOUR AMONG THE PLANTERS,
BY DR. q q PARSONS

Ii should be horne E mind iiat these volumes arr nor
works of hciUi the l. trt re
oris az what these intelligent travellers saw with Then.
O" eyes. ana Ec3rd W!i tI,ir ears; chal.
engc the nd 10 t>prO.e The truth rir avrr1uent-
MI Drew wr.t To Ca.ttI. and rlcd Ison town t,.
iowa irou cabin TO CABIN. and look down ,hr statements
which rii from The "S u he Refugees aiJ taS .i.r.t
Them TO The world, nearly verbatim. u hIs soul-surru:
volume.
Aiei and Wol,l cf Ail,rica' yoa may learn much
YOU Will itoni these THIRTY THDJSAN CANADIAN
SLAVES They take YOU behind the curtain and tell
YOU 81 the practical working, OF the slave Sy>iruI-thag
b'aHy"L ChrtS'taF. 'DI1ocrdfc institution 81 4Bsrc1
which hndS many Apologies ami ftrlsTs They ear
tel You Oh the >uerng> ios prvors and p"riis yshciS
they endured and suffered 'ecn- their escape from,
the land OF bOdaSc; and they speak YOU q. iheir
present prospects Gd hopes m their uHdIsiuFbed Canu
Dian homes.
The Inside View, by Dr. Parsons,
is most graphic DESCRIPTION what Zee saw and heard
OF The workings Of lie "pauarchai institution daring 4
two year. soJourn among the planters the extreme
Soui-those modern AhraHat-. lsaHcS aud jacobs Bug
lew nave ;u such opportunities for close observation a.
Dr. Parsons. He penetrated where. perhaps no Other
Northern man had ever preceded and saw ia detail
lights well calculated 10 the hidden fire OF a free-
mans heart.
FREEMEN OF AMERICA!
Read and circulate these books. We want ONE T!tOt-
SAND AGENTS To the entire worth with tb,s-
arguments Tor Freedom Scatter theiH broadcast.
JOHN p. JEWETT Il co.
Publishers, Boston
PS. OIe dollar l. III. price OF each book for WHICH,
sum they viii be seat hy maii amy address ilj
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INTERNATIONAL COURTEsIEs. = Eeys York
NoU. 23.-The Times correspondent telegraphs
that Secretary Dobbin has addressed a letter to
Mr.. Champion, rendering the thanks of our
Government for the generous promptness with
which the British Admiral Johnston, on the
coast of Brazil, recently placed the British
steamer Trident at the service of Com. Slater,
to search for the missing boats containing the
crew of the American ship Cleopatra, abandon
ed at sea-
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COLLISION on RAILROAD.-Bufdlo, Nor.
22.-1.ast nights express train of the Buffalo
and Brantford railroad ran into a wood train
near Caledonia, smashing several cars, and kill
ing four German laborers, names unknown.
A man named Mccormick had both his legs
broken. A Mr.. Wilson had one leg broken
and the other badly crushed.
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Judge Grier, Of the U. S. Supreme Court, has
decided, on a suit instituted in PENNSYLVANIA,
that the legal weight of ton of coal is 2,24O
pounds, and that no State law can be enacted
altering the quantity. According toth;s decision,
every coal dealer who gives but 1000 pounds
10 the ton can be arrested, and convicted on
a charge of swindling. The law of Pennsylvania
makes the ton only 1000 pounds, and a violent
warfare has for some time been waged against
the coal dealers, with the result as above stated
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FROM NICARAGUA.-Latea accounts from Mic
aragua represent that Gen. Corral had carried
out the terms Of the treaty, and surrendered
his force to Gen. Walker. Don Rivas was duly
inaugurated on the S0th ultimo, as President.
1t was understood that Parker II. French would
be Minister of Finance. Gen. Walker was ap.
pointed COMMANDMENTS Chief of the army. Af
fairs were progressing favorably with Colonel
Kinney
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Just published, in pamphlet form, by the Re-
publican Association of Washington City. Price
sl.25 per hundred copies; or, developed,
ranked, and addressed singly or in packages,
at - per hundred copies.
Orders solicited Address
l.. CLEPHANE, Secretary Of tie
Republican 1SSociation Washington, u. c.
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LETTER FROM THE PoPE.-A letter from the
Pope, addressed to the Archbishop and Bishops
of the province of New York, dated in January
last, has just been published in the Fteeman's
Journal. The object of the communication is to
recommend the friends of the church in New
York to cooperate in the establishing at Rome
of a college for the education of American
clergymen,
LAKE DISASTERS, &c.-Bu6Gto, Noc. "a
A terrible gale was experienced here yesterday,
but as yet we have not heard of any serious
results.
The barque Canada arrived here yesterday
from Chicago, in three days and eighteen hours,
being the quickest time on record.
The schooner Conquest was wrecked, on
Wednesday, off Morpeth, Canada. She had a
cargo of wheat for Oswego. Vessel and cargo
total loss. The schooner Illinois, hence for
Detroit, is ashore, and full of water, near Grand
River.
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The Slave 0ligarchy and its Usurpations.
THE 0UTRkGES IN KANSAS.
POSITION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
SPEECH
HON. CHARLES SUMNER,
FANEUIL HALL, BOSTON,

The Evening of the I'd of November, 1855,
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ANTISLAVERY MEN AND WOMENl
|. THE NORTH-SlOE VIEW OF SLAVERY.

- HALL. have your hearty cn-apera3u in rorB
o'io place the nauds o every Intelligent adler ,s
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The Inside View. by DR.. Parsons.
FREEMEN OF AMERICAl
1856.
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Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-04-26
New York on slavery.

The New York Legislature adjourned on
The lAth inst. Among its latest acts was
the passage ola series Of joint resolutions
in regard,o slavery and Secret Societies
The tone OF the Slavery resolutions is dis
passionate, but they reitera,e in the NEST
dccidedie rms the determination OF New
York to maintain as Ear as hes in her pow
er, Freedom of Soil. Recognizing the
constitutional obligation for returning
fugi,ives from service. they demsnd the
repeal Of an unjus, law. for which they con-
tend that t,e constitution gives no warrant
Discovering all intention or right to inter-
fere with slavery in the States where it
exists. they denounee the attsmp, to thrust
it on new territory once pledged to Free
dom. and they demand that when Kansas
and Nebraska come into the Union, they
shall come in Free. ~
Such as We gather from the Tribune, is
the -purport Of these Resolutions. They
are char acterized by a cslmness which
seems to speak the settled determination
Of the great State by which they are made,
and il. they are adhered te in the same
spirit in which they were concerned, they
will undoubtedly exercise an important and
beneficial influence upon the great 9ues-
ton which is to occupy the attic n,ion Of the
next Congress.
Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-04-26
Extraordinary Metal

An extraordinary metal is said to have
been discovered BY d. Ciaire-De-
rifle. Professor Of Chemistry at the Snpe.
rior Normal School, Paris, in conjunction
with 81. Wohler, Professor Of Che mistry at
the University Of Gottingen. In report
made to the French Emperor by the Minis
ter OF Public Instruction, the metal is thus
described:
"When this extraordinary metal, light as
glass, white and ining as silver, almos, IS
interchangeable as gold, malleable aud due
tile in the same d, gree Is those precious
metals, strong as iron, and which is capable
Of being worked into any form by casting,
BY hammer. and by the file; when this met
al, which is found in abundance in the com
monest clay, shall have taken its place in
the domestic economy and The arts, no as
constituent will be felt at the encourage
ment which your Majesty has given in or
der to render its extraction easy and less
costly Once more it will be admitted,
that everything is connected in science,
and that the same wonderful discovery Of
tie decomposition OF bodies by the pile
which procured for Dayy the grand prize
founded by Napoleon |, has I'D to This not
less wonderful discovery OF the conversion Of
potter's ella. into metal which may rival
gold and silver in its unchange ableness. and
iron by its abundance on the very surface OF
the ground"
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ohis Eectio1,

The Cincinnati Gazette says there IS eve
~ prospect OF the same kind OF tho rough
union between the American Reform and
TIM Repub,icsn parties in Ohio that there was
last faiisnd which then result glroiously in
the defc,t of the Loco Office seekers in that
State. A convention will be held, Is was
done last year, AT Columbus on the 18Th
Of July. the anniversary Of the passage OF
the ordinances Of 1857, and II the state tick
., this year be made under the promPtings
OF the same harmony and patriotism, It wall
be successful BY from fifty to eighty thou
sand majority.
We earnestly hope that our Political
brethren of the Buckeye State will take
counsel from their glorious success fast
year, and BY pursuing the same policy
schieye similar triumph. The Sag NIGHTS
have their ,icke, in the field already, and
though they have been much inspiriied by
their reccn. victory in Cincinnati, we con-
hden,ly anticipate that they will be badly
beaten at the fall elections.
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Calling for Help.

The people of Cincinnati, broken down
BY the heavy taxation brought upon them by
Locofocoism. are looking to every quarter
for relief. and seem 4, think like Millions
hero that any change Of position will AFFORD
some alienation Of their misery. Among
other projects they are petitioning Gov.
Medill to call an extra session OF the Leg
isla,ure, but the Columbus journal does not
give them much hope that their petitions
will be successful. The Journal says To
..As last resort they are circulating pc
titious for signatures, begging the Govern
or to call an extra session OF the Legisia-
ture. Ii they were acquainted with Gov
Medill they would save themselves all this
unnecessary trouble. From the character
of the man we will venture the prediction
that he would not call the Legislature to-
rethcr even il every man, woman and child
in Cincinnati, were TO sign the petitions.
He has no, the nerve TO do il. Was he
ever known to assume responsibility where
there was chance Of lodging! Was he
ever known to take decided step in his
life. During the late election troubles III
that city there was some talk OF sending fer
him to subdue the rioters. and about that
time he suddenly disappeared, and has net
been seen or heard Of since.
p s. 1t is rumored that he has not
been heard Of in New York. Any intelli-
rencc of his whereabouts will be thank
fully received by the Cincinnati petition.
ers"
The case i. now in Ohio as it has been
before in that and other States, as well as
in the general government. When Loco
foco politicians have run the ship ashore,
and she is apparently l.opelessly fast, then
the people who had been fooled into placing
such unskiliful pilots at the helm, cry cut
in their misery, and Ut last come to the con-
clusion that the only chance of getting the
vessel ut Of the breakers. is TO commit il
again to the charge of Wings. This has
been found the best course in times past,
and we doubt not that the people Of the
Buckeye State are preparing to repeat the
same remedy.
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DE-. ScUpDEE.-We take from the N.
Y. Commercial Advsr tissr the follywing no.
tice OF DR.. ScuddeF, the missionary whose
death We published some days since
"Dr. Scudder was mos, use06 and i'd
n.rable missionary, combining in one
person the skiiful physician and the devo-
ted and jealous presche He WIS origi-
naily q physician in good practice in New
York. but having his heart in the work Of
missions he gave up his practice and
embarked as missionary for India; aud
with unremi:ting fidelity and most album
dant success for more than thirty years
Ofhis large family Of nine children, three
sons and one daughter are now missionaries
ia India, two sons are under appointment to
90 out as missionaries, and one son and
daughter arc in course oftraining for the
snne field Of usefulness. Mrs. Scudder,
xho was q true helpmate to her devoted
husband, as the sister Of Rev. DR.. Wa.
Ter bury, Of this city. She died scveraI
years since"
Doctor Seudder has educated four sons
far the Missionary work, all Of whom are
now IN the service OF the American
Board."
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TRgoLpGieAL STCpESrs.-In the sever al
Theological Seminaries connected with
the Old School Presbyterian Church, there
are ., present IS: theological stude n's' who
are thus divided among the different esiab-
lishmcnt.:- at Princeton. n. j., lis; Ale
ghany, Pa, 81: Union Seminary, Va, 30;
Columbia, S. c., 80; New Albany, Ind, lsi
Danvills, Ky. 81; besides which there are
enough receiving private instruction TO
make the whole number amount 10 800; SO
tina, the annual supply of ministers in that
church for the next three years will be about
100. This the Home and Foreign Record
thinks insufficient, as there is an annual IN
crease Of so in the Number of churches, all
to be supplied with ministers, in addition to
the filing Of about 30 vacancies occasioned
by death every year.
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The English Bible.

Who will not say that the uncommon
beauty and marvellous English OF the Prot
estant Bible lives on the ear, like music that
can never be forgotten, like the sound Of
church bells, which the convert hardly
knows how he can forego! It's felieities
often seem TO be things, r5thcr than words.
I, is part of the NATIONAL mind, and the an
Choir Of national seriousness. The memo
nv Of the dead passes into il. The potent
traditions Of childhood are s,ereotyped in its
verses. The power of all the grirfs and
trials Of man is hidden beneath its words.
II is the representative ofhis best moments,
and all that there has been about him OF
sof, and gentle, and pure and pen,en', and
good, speaks to him forever out OF his Eng
lish Bible |, is his sacred thing, which
doubt has never dmmed, and controversy
never soiled In the length and breadth OF
he laud, there is not Protestant with one
spark OF religion about bin, whose spiritual
biography is not in his Saxon Bible.
Over six hundred unpaid letters were de-
posted in the Cincinnati Post Office the
first week under the regulations requiring
prepayment. The letters were not for
" arded, but will go to The dead letter office