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ITALY.

The Sandman Chambers have voted
for tho suppression Of monasteries. ..
Nothing further is known OF the ad'
herence OF Tuscany or Naples to the
Allies.
BELGIUM.
Lord John Russell had an interview
with King Leopland on his way to
Berlin.
CHINA.
We have da,es from Hong Kong to
Jan. Is. The Insurgents hold Canton
in siege, and have command OF the whole
river, their feet having gained several
victories over the Imperial aeot. Conse'
quently supplies are being cut of. Pro
visions, especially rice, are rising rapid
ly. A fight took place at the Whampoa
anchorage. in presence Of the American
and English ships Of war. The foreign
shipping was considerably damaged BY
the guns OF the belligerants.
The English and American commits.
sioners had drawn line around the fac.
tories, and given notice that no hostil'
tiles will be permitted to take place
within it.
Shanghai dates are Of the lst. A dif.
fculty occurred between the insurgent
authorities Of Shanghai and the French,
whereupon Admiral Laguerre. with the
ships Jean d. Arc and Colbert, bonn.
bardad the city, which, ere this. has
probably surrendered or been stormed.
The insurgents had met with rever ses 10
the east Of Pekin.
THE LATEST.
LONDON, Friday Night.-This even.
ing, in the House Of Lords, Lord Clar.
enden rose and said:
81 think it my duty TO communicate
to your Lordships the contents Of a tel.
egraphic dispatch received half an
hour since from Her Majesty's Minister
at the Hague, that the Emperor Nicho.
las died this morning at l o'clock, Of
pulmonic apoplexy, after an attack Of
influenza. | have also received dis.
patch from Her Majesty's Minister al
Berlin. stating that the Emperor Of Rus.
sia died at - o'clock this morning.
An hour before this dispatch arrived, l
received accounts from Lord Jonn Rus.
sell, at Berlin, stating that the Emperor
was on the point Of death, and had taken
leave Of his family.
"Al,housh this event occurred at so
short a time ago as between ~ and l
o'clock this morning, there can be no
doubt, nnder the circumstances Of its
authenticity"
In the House Of Commons, Lord Pal.
merston made similar statement.
1t is surmiscd that the Emperor died
by tho hands of az assassin; but the
cause assigned above is generally cred
tied. The effects Of this startling an.
nounccment, on political and monetary
matters, had not been developed. 1t is
impossible to say what it may produce.
1t has created great excitement.
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sition at once assumed o tones sooho"'
as they did on the eve OF their Great
Triumph Of ls4o. They saw that the
Administration had perpetrated an act
Of "fslo de se." They soon had allies
they never hoped for, and under differ.
ont circumstances, never could have
had. The An,i.Slavery wing Of the Dem.
ocrstic Party, indignant at the stuPen.
dous fraud practised upon the country
by the Nebraska bill. went over to the
opposition in body. Their zeal for
the doctrines Of Jefferson-for the cause
Of Human Rights, compelled them for
once to turn their arms against those
with whom they had SO long stood shoul.
der 10 shoulder.
The Know Nothing faction shortly
made it's appearance. 1t allied itself in.
stinctively with those who had always
been hostile to Democracy. Mr.. PIERCE
tried to retrieve his sinking fortunes by
zealously opposing this new Order. But
plain men suspected him. They could
not understand how an individual could
consistently oppose faction which only
sought TO curtail the rights Of one class
Of men, while favoring another faction
whose sole desire was to enslave a
race still more unfortunate. So the
anti.Know Nothing course Of the Ad.
mnis.ration only called forth the hatred
Of tho "Order," and the scorn Of Anti.
Slavery men who de,ested Hind ooism
as sincerely as anybody.
We need not recapitulate the results
Of elections during the last twelve
months. Deserted by all but party
hacks, and the Slavery Propaganda. the
President has sunk SO deep in his polit.
ical grave that the hand Of resurrection
cannot reach him. But while he is left
to "sleep the sleep that knows not wa.
king" the Party Of Progress still fights
on. 1t was men who betrayed principles.
Neither the traitors nor the treachery
shake our faith in the cause Of the Peo.
pie. We feel an overwhelming convic.
ton Of the truth and righteousness Of
Democratic principles and measures
And we feel rational assurance that as
the causes of our recent disasters are
temporary, so those disasters will be but
temporary. We are cheerful even when
clouds are darkest-for we have the
Past and the Present for the Future.
This is the faith-this the hope that
strengthens US, and causes US to stand.
''The Preacher may belle his creed,
Yet still the Truth preserves its flame;
The Sage may do a foolish deed,
But Wisdom shares not in his shame.
Be scorning hushed! be cavil dumb,
Whatever evils we may see,
Well look for blessings yet to come
In thy great tname-DEMocRAcY!"
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HG Amid the "rout and reel" of the

@ Amid the trout and reel" of the
Waterloo defeats Of the past year, it is
gratifying to notice the firm demeanor
Of the Democratic Party. No political
organization has within so short a time
experienced such a tremendous reverse
Of fortune. In 1852, the nominees OF
the Baltimore Convention triumphantly
carried twenty. seven Of the ,hifty.one
States Of the Confederacy. The Wing
party proper was annihilated by that re-.
suit. 1t was destroyed so suddenly, so
utterly, that it could no. give a dying
groan. 1t gasped and expired.
No President commenced his career
more auspiciously than did FRANKLIN
PIERCE. Tho late Wings We'd with the
Democrats in lauding him. His inaugu.
raj extorted praise from mon who had
withheld commendation from the most
mastery State Papers by Democratic
pens. The first acts Of the Administra.
tion were highly popular and deservedly
so. The rescue Of KoszTA by INoRA.
HAM, though not strictly the deed of the
Administration, was nevertheless sane.
toned by it, in style that made the
heart Of every American bound with ex.
ulsation. ALI went on prosperously un.
til the assembling Of Congress. The
Nebraska bill was then introduced as
an Administration measure, and was de.
clared, by the Warrington Union, to be
the test Of orthodox democracy. And
from that time forward, "lcHAsoD" was
written on MI. Pierce and his coadiu.
tors. "The glory had departed from
Israel"
As ifby magic, the scattered and dis.
heafsened opponents Of the Democratic
party were collected together. Though
scarcely numbering sixty 10 the House
Of Representatives.. though 90 few in the
Senate that every Wing and Free Soilsr
might have stayed at home and still there
would have been q quorum,--shs oppo.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION,
CoNcoRp. March Is.

Returns have been received from 1s9
towns. which foot up as follows: Met.
calf, POTTS; Baker, 23,760; Bell, 1882;
Fowler, l,0l5. There are 80 towns to
hear from, which last year gave Baker
3,619, and all others 2,7s0. OF the 255
Representatives elected, "a are Demo.
Gratis, with so to hear from. The oppo.
sition have elected three Congressmen,
four out Of the FIVE counsellors, and ten
out Of the twelve State Senators.
LATER.-Returns have been received
from 3O5 towns, which give Metcalf 81.
636; Baker 26,5s4; Bell 2,208; Fowler
1,l64. The twenty towns and voting
places to hear from, will probably re-.
ducs Metcalf's majority to about 1900.
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DETERMINATION TO sUCCEEr,l

Never say. ~ can't ds L." ~..,. :.
the cry Of wssknsss. s~a ..,.;. ,a;r .a:s u
snce' ana ".oience. Until YOU have
tr'sa--sflsd once and agsin--tried with
resolution. application, and industry to
40 th'ng--no ono 10 justified in ssy.
ing: at cannot be DONE" The plea In
such case Is mere excuse far mt
attempting TO do anything al all. Re.
member the story Of Robert Bruce,
ana the spider in the cave. Trying to
c''mp to certain point. tho spider fell
% me ground again and again F; but sill
the little creature rose again to the task
and at the fourteenth effort it succeeded.
"Surely," said Bruce, "if q spider can
succeed. after so many failures, so can |
alter my defeats !" and he sailed from his
hiding'place with new hopes, rallied his
men. and ultimately conquered. So in
all things. We must try often, and try
with increased resolution TO succeed
Failure seems but to discipline the strong,
only the weak are overwhelmed by Il.
Dlflcolties draw forth the best energies
Of man. They reveal to him his
strength, aad train him to the exercise
oi his nobiest powers. Difficulties try
MS patience, his energy, and his working
faculties. They test the strength Of his
purpose and the force Of his will.
sis there a man." says John Hunter,
"whon difficulties do not dishcarten,
who tskes them by the throat and crap.
piles with them =? That kind Of man
never fails"
John Hunter himself. originally
working carpenter, was precisely a man
to that sort; and from making chairs
on weekly wages, he rose to be the
fifst surgeon and physiologist Of his
time.
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THE FIRST SHOT OF THE REV.
OLUTION.

The first American who discharged
his gun on the day Of the battle Of Lex.
ington was EBENEzER LOCK, who died
at Deering, N. H., about fifty years ago.
He resided at Lexington in ITS. The
British regulars at the order Of Majo.
Pitcairn, having fred upon the few
"rebels" on the green in front Of the
meeting house, killing some and wound.
ing others, it was a signal Of war;
"The citizens" writes one, "might b.
seen coming from all directions, in the
roads, over the fields, and through the
woods--each with his rife in his hand /,
his powder horn slung to his side, and
his pockets provided with bullets
Among the number was Ebenezer Lock.
The British had placed a reserve of
infantry mile in the rear in the direc.
tion Of Boston. This was in the i'm.
mediate neighborhood Of Mr.. L., who,
instead Of Fastening to join the party at
the green, placed himself in an open
cellar, at convenient distance to do
execution" A portion Of the reserve
were standing on a bridge, and Mr..
Lock commenced firing at them, though
there was no other American in sight
He worked gallantly for some minutes
bringing down one Of the enemy nearly
et every shot. Up to this time not a
gun had been fred elsewhere by the
rebels. The British, greatly disturbed
at losing so many men by the random
firing Of some unseen enemy, were not
long in discovering the man in the cellar,
and discharsing volley Of bullets which
lodged in the wall opposite. Mr.. Lock
within-remaining unhurt-continued
to load and fire with the precision of a
finished marksman. He was driven 10
such close quarters, however, by the
British on the right and left. that hs was
compelled at last to retreat
He had just one bullet left, and there
was now but one way to escape, and
that was through an orchard in the rear.
The soldiers were all around him, ono
Of them having even gained the orchard,
Not moment was to be lost--he level.
led bis gun at the man near by, fred, !,
dropped the gun, and the man was shot
through the heart. Tho bullets whist.
ling about him. Lock reached the brink
Of . steep hill, and showing himself up.
~ the ground, tumblsd down wards, roll.
Iag over % u nonslly wounded. In|
bis wsy hs escaped unhurt, At thel
.loss ef the waf. hs removed 70 New
tsmpshirs, whsss hs resided sntil his(
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The Fremont CAsE.-It is seldom,
we presume, that the decision Of any
private cause by the Supreme Court has
given so much satisfaction as the judg.
ment pronounced by that high tribunal
on Saturday last in favor Of Colonel G.
FREhoNr, confirming to him hi, valu.
able property in California. The opin.
ion Of the court was delivered BY the
CH,EE Justice. dissenting opinions be.
ing giving by Justices CATRoN and
CAMPBELL,-IntelLi4e
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NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.

The late contes, in New Hampshire
was one Of the most exciting that hal
taken place in that State since 1S4O.-
1t was a fair and square fight, for ant
against the Administration. On one
side were the friends Of President PIERCE
faithful through evil and good report,-
on the other side was a combination o
Wings, Freesoilers, and Know Nothings
The result was given in last weeks pa
per. The Administration is totally de-
leated. Three anti. Nebraska Members
Of Congress are elected. The Fusion
lists have an overwhelming majority in
both branches Of the Legislature which
secures 10 them two United States Sen
ators. An anti Nebraska Governor il
chosen by decided majority. Thus o
clear, clean sweep is made Of everything,
The rout was notwithstanding up
the good and bad. Democrats who ha.
ted the Nebraska swindle as sincerely
as any Of their opponents, were involved
in the general ruin, 70, no other reason
than that they were found in bad com.
pany.
This is the most withering rebuke the
President has yet received. State after
State had seeded from him, but New
Hampshire remained. His partisans
made firm stand there, and fought we'll {.
But the Nebraska bill had destroyed the
morale Of party hitherto invincible.-
They were borne down by a combina.
ton which, for the time, was absolu lutely
irresistible.
We shall moi complain Of this event.
1t is not the Democratic party, but the
Administration that is defeated. So
long as there was an old.lashioned strug.
gle between the two great political par.
ties, the New Hampshire Democracy
were unconquerable. But when men,
elected to responsible Offices by Demo.
cratic suftages, prostituted the pow.
ers, so conferred, to the extension Of
slavery, what else could be expect ted
than the scorn Of a betrayed constitu.
ency? The people are not disposed
to sift the wire.drawn sophistry Of CAss,
DOUGLAS & Co;-they are suspicious
Of kind Of logic that pretends to prove
that black is white; and they .cannot
understand how the Missouri Compro.
mise was repealed without grossly vic.
Iating the public faith Of the two great
sections Of the confederacy. 1t cannot.
therefore, excite wonder, that confidence
in an Administration. notorious only for
a great political per6dy, was destroyed.
Tho new fusion, with oil its federal.
ism, 10 far more liberal in many respects
than the Old Wing Psrty. There is 1
large Democratic element in it, without
which it could not have succeeded. / But
"the clover, foot" Of its rulers will bs
shown in time. and then look out for .
great Democratic reaction.
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MURDER At LEwIsvILLE INpIAxA.-
A Methodist preacher by the name Of
Scott, was killed by man by the name
Of Hickman on the 9th, at Lewisville,
about forty.fivc miles east Of Indianop.
oils, on the Central Railroad. Tho
murdered man was knocked down with
club and then stabbed.
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Il is said the spectators in town lots
at Fort Leavenworth have pocketed one
hundred Thousand dollars by the sale Of
them. They have not tho shadow Of ii.
tie, all the land being on the Dsleware
reservation tract, bu, they hope Con.
gress will interfere and confirm their
titles.
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A Naval Court Of Inquiry, consist ng
Of Commander Carpenter, as president.
Commanders Barron and Msnning.
members, and Purser, John Y. Mason,
al Judge advocste, convened at Norfolk
on Saturday, on board the United States
ship Pennsylvania, to inquire into the
loss and damage sustained BY the United
States brig Rainbridge, Sebsins her la.
tor return 10 Norfolk,
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The Indianapolis Sentinel gives an
instance Of the efficacy Of vaccination
to prevent smallpox. In ia house with
patient were seven persons who had
never had the disease-who we're in the
same room and waited upon him but
all were vaccinated and all escaped.
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The Lawrence Rolling Mill caught
fire on Tuesday last. 1t was promptly
extinguished, and no serious damage was
sustained.
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~ People Of nervous temperament.
or,what 10 usually called 6ns ssnsibility,
in their joys and sorr,ws are ever in OK.
tremss. In adversely, their depression
is 100 deep, bscause they have not for.
titude to sustain it with constancy snd
composufe; in prosperity, thsir slstion
raises too high. because they hsvs5 not
moderation % temper Il with rejection
and forelhoushs, q, ss..s..s:
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The Weather. during the past week,
has been quite Decembersh. Snow fell
on Saturday, and remained on the ground
till yesterday Sunday morning.
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-PLEAsE TAKE NOTICE that from
and after the first Of April, the law re.
quiring the prepayment Of postage on
all letters goes into operation.
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- Life il short, and they mistake
s'sims and lose it, bss. snjoyments,
who depend for true happiness on out.
ward things and not on the state Of ths|
heaft.
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Marstxek. and others have issued an
attachment sgsinst Ole Bull for the
sums due them. Il 10 said the distin.
guished Norwegian has left the city fol
parts unkpoWH.
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The Emperor was at tho camp Of St,
Omers. Nothing further 10 known res.
pecting his intended visit to Tho Crimea.
Rumors Of important arrests for polit.
ical causes are privately made in Paris.
Persons Of high distinction are said to bs
implicated. The Monitsur announces
she loss Of a French frigats. with troops.
10 the straits Of Bonilasio. All persisted
-ovsr 600.
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THE LOUISVILLE RIOTS.

We publish the conflicting accounts Of the
disgraceful and terrible riots at Louisville,
Kentucky, from the Journal and Courier.
They depict state Of things amounting almost
TO civil war, which has resulted from the brutal
and ferocious passions engendered by the sense:
less conflict of races and creeds. Amid the
elimination and recrimination of the two par
ties, it is difficult to say which is most guilty of
provoking this bloody catastrophe. The out
rageous conduct of the Know Nothings upon
the freedom of the elective franchise, and the
murderous assaults of foreigners upon unof
Tending individuals, are equally deserving of
condign punishment. But who is to infict it !?
There seems to be no remedy for these disor-
ders but an appeal to the reason of the people.
1t is to be remarked that the bloodiest riots
which have resulted from these insane conflicts
between natives and foreigners, have occurred
in the slave States, notwithstanding their con-
servatism, and notwithstanding they have a
smaller proportion of the foreign element than
the Northern cities. St. Louis and Louisville,
and, if we remember correctly, New Orleans,
have, in proportion to population, spilled an
amount of blood in civil strife far transcending
anything which has occurred in the free States.
1t is to be remarked, also, that these conflicts
between natives and foreigners, Pedestrians and
Catholics, are more bitter and productive of
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD-TRAvEL AND
TRANSPORTATION

We notice that many of our produce dealers
are turning their attention to the Vest, instead
of the East, for supplies in all the staple arti-
cles of consumption. This policy we have often
urged, as being greatly to the advantage of pro-
Queer and consumer. There are no better mar.
kets for the West than Philadelphia, Baltimore.
Washington, and other points in their vicinity :;
and there are no cheaper modes of transporta-
ton, (if as cheap to and from these points,
than those offered by the managers of the Penn
sylvania road, and those of the several roads
connecting with it. Freights of all kinds can
be transported from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia
or Baltimore for forty to seventy-fve cents per
hundred.
Travellers to and from the East, West, South,
and Southwest, find this route one of the most
agreeable, in point of accommodations, scene.
ry, &C., Of any. No pains is spared, by the of,
Gcers of the road, to insure to the traveller a
safe, speedy, and pleasant journey.
For particulars, see advertisement in another
column. s.
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more bloodshed than the Slavery question.
Cassius M. Clay has conquered a peaceful
right to discuss Slavery in Kentucky-in the
strongest slaveholding district at the very mo-
ment when the "natives" and foreigners {"
are cutting each others throats at Louisville
Even the border ruffians" in Missouri and
Kansas are less "swift to shed blood " than
these senseless wranglers about creeds and ma
tionalities. Twenty-three years ago, when Sla-
very was publicly discussed in Virginia, although
the>champions of the institution rayed at and
denounced the emaneipationists, and eventual
ly stified discussion by their clamor, we believe
there was not an instance of personal violence.
This is some consolation. We hope that the
friends of Freedom in the South will remember
it. They are in less danger of broken head
than the Know Nothings and Antics. G.
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o H I O..

Mr.. CHASE addressed Republican Mass
Meeting, at Circleville, on the 4th inst. His
remarks were characterized by his usual clear
ness and force. We propose next week to lay
them before the readers of the Era, as an Illus
tration of the strictly constitutional and State
Rights ground which Mr.. Chase and the Re-
publican party occupy. We wish the Southern
people to understand distinctly the position of
the Republicans. Slave-breeders and traders,
and fire-eating demagogues, may be interested
in spreading foul misrepresentation of the
friends of Freedom but it is the interest of the
people of all classes to know the truth-that
the Republicans stand on the platform of Wash
ington, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, and Jay.
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WASHINGTON, d. c..
THURSDAY, AUGUST I6, 1855.

LEONARD WRAY CoMPLETED.-With our
present number We close the publication of this
most interesting, instructive, and popular story.
and which is considered, by many who have
read it, as one of the best that has ever APP
peared in our columns, and is loudly called for
in book form, in which form we have no doubt
the author will speedily present it to the public
We feel it due to the author to state that the
interruption which occurred in its publication
was not IN any way attributable TO neglect or
inattention on his part, whose fidelity to his
engagements is UNREASONABLE, but purely the
result Of circumstances.
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to be organized by its actual settlers into free
State. And one by one would the aggressions
of Slavery be remedied, until the Principle OF
no Slavery wittin the exclusive jurisdiction Of
the Federal Gooernment, should be fully carried
out, and practically established beyond cavil or
disturbance.
Bat all this depends upon electing an Anti
Slavery President, and this, again, upon the
union of the masses of the Free States, on the
one issue, Freedom VS.. Slavery, in utter disre-
gard of all other Political Questions. Pieyour
Free-State majorities in Congress mountain
high, and so long as you ledre the Ad0'nistrd-
tion IN tie hands of the Stare Poacer, ii 'ciu
mock at all your efforts.
Fume House, White Mountains.