The daily Gate City., 1856-05-02

the property in the State till corporation
is formed to hold it on behalf of the church.
whereupon the Treasurer of State is required
to convey it to such corporation.
A HOPPING Hlr.-punch, thereto melted
doubtless by the perusal of a work lately
issued from the press entitsd ''Table Talk
ofeSamuel Rodgers makes the following
important revelation from the Diary Of Ton
GERS.
u was always said Todgers, kind to an
lmals and | reeollect being much hurt by a
flea that hoped away from me and avoided
me. once IT hoped towards me, but when
was about to lay upon il the hand Of
friendship, it gave skip in contrary d.
rection. lost sight of it, and We never met
again
SuIcIDE.W While the steamer Golden Era
was lying at the landing in Dunleith, a cabin
! passenger by the name of Willard II. Brown
killed himself with bowie knife during
fit Of insanity.
I CB" Illinois Central Railroad stock is now
quoted at par in New York City, and viii
/
figure in the course Of a. few months
czr The New York State Republican
Convention has been called TO meet AT Syra-
cuse on the 2Sth instant
Mn. SEwARD's SpEEcH.-Col. Webb. in
writing to the \. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
thus speaks Of NIr. Stewards great speech,
which we published on Wednesday
'Goy. Seward has Just finished a speech
upon the Kansas question, which, if he had
never spoken before, and should never speak
agaln, would stamp him as one of he..cearest
thinkers and ablest statesmen Of our country
In It's presentation Of facts, it's arraignment
OF the President, its inyectve, and its logic
~ conclusions frem premises which were es-
tabhshed 10 the satisfaction Of every hearcr
1t was enc OF the most triumphant arguments
ever presented to the American People
through the Senate Of the nited States. -
Since the palmiest DAYS Of the immortal
Webster, no such argument has ever been
listened TO within the walls Of the Capitol,
and were the Great Defender Of the Consll-
tuition alive, and had he been a listener 10
| TINS great speech, lie would have been the
| hrst to have pronounced it alike able patrl-
/ ohc and Gonserratire:-aye as truly Con-
Serrdftre as any speech ever made by Web
ster himself
SERrAcE N RrssA.-The Independence
Beige Of the 30th March says;
A project for the abolition Of slavery in
Russia has been much talked of for the last
few days. a st. Petersburg correspondent
| assures Us that the plan has been submitted
| 10 the examination Of the Emperor Alexun-
der, and that before he left the capital for
Finland, the Car issued ukase, by which,
hereafter, the serfs will have the privilege If
SUNG their masters for their freedom. before
the tribunals Of the realm. Former laws
granted the serfs this power, but ii was a.-
most always impossible for him TO make a
practical use Of it. Henceforward the no
bles can no longer transfer their serfs to an
other district, or incorporate them into thC
army, without being authorized to do SO hy
the decision Of a competent tribunal.
MELANCHOLY Confession The PennSylya.
nian-the special organ Of Old Buck
speaking Of the abolition sentiment preva,
; lent IN the States north of Pennsvlyania
says il everywhere finds notifications o
I what, according TO the varying fanatcisD, o.
individuals, Is rabid Garrisonism. or passive
! abollhonsm. or simple frcesoilism. II adds
Y $50 general is this sentiment In States north
: OF US, that many processing the Democratic
e name are infected, and the masses generally
even those not organized in the Black Repub
hcan party, arc borne away by the popna
current. 1t is melancholy confession t,
! make but the Democracy what ongh
to be the Democracy in these States. i a
this time generally defeated BY Black Kepub
5 licanism, or is disorganized BY the freesoil
e ism within It's own ranks. There are thou
3 sands Of course who have not bowed th
e knee TO the Black Republican Baal, hut tn
b mass has been deluded and temporarily mis-
led For illustration, what New Englant
! State would sustain by it's votes Il soun,
+ platform like ours Of the 4th Of March =
: Would even New York New Jersey "
0 think might, for she seems orthodox. bu
what other - Rich. (Ia.) Whig.
IL THK SADLIER SrIelpE.--A Dublin CORES
/ pondent Of the New York Courier and In
quirer explains the origin Of the report tina
! Sadlier had not committed suicide, bnt hay
7 ing substituted a corpse for himself. mad
his escape. Archbishop Whately, Tom
time ago, published brochure ontitle,
"lIistoric Doubts" regarding Napoleon 30
naparte. The object was TO show the ab
surdty of rejecting testimony, however trust
worthy, on account Of the apparent proba
bility Of the facts that there was far NOR
reason on this score for disbelieying the fact
. in the history Of Bonaparte 'han for reiee.
: 'ng well Authenticated narratives Il
those Of tie Bible. A writer in the Nation
ipplied the principles 10 the suicide Of JOIN
Sadlier, appending to his letter the initial
H. W. A. D.that Is, Richard Whatel,
Archbishop Of Dublin. A number of tht
Z provincial papers took up the idea that tht
d letter was Dr. Whately's, and the reasoning
appeared SO cogent, that the belief is rife
that Sadlier IS not dead tha, his pretended
6 sulcide, substituting corpse for himself. /.
! but another Of his rogueries.