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Hard Times a:ai the Country
Esag>prS.

The following very truthful and prop
or article is from the Boston Chruaicie
We commend it to the careful pcrusal O
our rcaders-espccially that large clas:
of persons who take papers from year tt
year and seem to forget that honesty anG
justice alike prompt theIn to pay for them
Reader, if you owe the printer consider
well the suggestions in this pithy extract
of people only knew the difficulties
publishers have to contend with, just now
they would never want to be dunned half
a dozen times for such small amounts as
two or three or four dollars. Labor pa.
per, and ink have to be paid in cash j.: yet
We doubt very much if there are any os.
Establishments which could be more than
scIf-sustaining, ii customers would only
pay what they owe, without taking from,
one to two years to do it in
If the press of the country gradually
declines both in numbers, ability, and re-
spectability, those who have abused the
lenlency of the proprictors in the matter
Of credits, will alone be to blame fGr the
unfortunate issue. And that such will
be the case we can easily foresce The
storm in the commercial world will de,
atroy the weakest, and many at the best
OF our newspapers. Men can not per-
form miracles, and Printers have as vet
tailed to discover any easier way of salts
tying the demands of paper-dealers and
the craving Of industrious workmcn with
anything but the pclf And how thev
are to get this, when people will not pay
the Printer, IS mystery, particularly as
the banks don't accommodate country news
paper proprietors. Few people have any
idea OF the labors of the editor-hls trials,
and dlficulties-at all times, but partic-
ularly at periods of monetary embarrass-
ments. lie is compelled, particularly in
country Offices, to be the general factotum
OF his establishment. Not only has he to
write for the benefit Of the public under
all eIrcQmstances-in sickness of BODY
and distress of mind-rto be at one meet
ing IN the daytime and another as night
to leave friends and family at the bid
of every passing circumstance in the pub
lie world of his own locality; not only has
he to do all this, and sacrifice comfort,
health and domestic pleasures, but he is
compelled TO work at the cease" in every
spare moment-to keep his own books
to do his own collecting; in short, from
morning to night, from week to week,
and from year TO year, to labor like
slave to provide himself and family with
bread. And if he makes bare living
after all, he may be we'll satisfied, for hun,
dreds do less. And how few there are
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Signs GG EsrograSS.

The great religious bodies and assooia-
tions Of this country, for years after the
Slavery agitation commenced. were deaf
to the claims of the slave. But of la e,
majority Of the Christians seem deter.
mined to brace their testimony against
the master crime, slavery, as we'll as
against the minor sins, sabbath breaking,
dancing, &c. To this end, Churches, AS
sociations, Synods and Conferences, are
asking what duties we owe to our neigh
bors held IL bondage, of course there is a
great effort to help things In the old track,
but light is increasing, and the world rill
move forward As a most significant
sign of the times, we note the address of
eIcven pastors and ministers of Congrepa- a.
tional Churches in Franklin and Lamoille
counties, Vermont, TO the President of the
American Tract Society.
This address demonstrates in pungent
terms against the action of the Publish.
ing Committee of the Society, for refus-
ing to publish a tract on the evils of slavery
after the society had directed the puLlioa-
ton of tracts of that nature. These pas
tors allego that the Tract Society by its
omission to condemn slavery is in part res.
ponsible for the infamous bred Scott de-
cission. They say:
Considering what was the state of
Christian sentiment, In respect to slavery,
before the organization of the American
Tract Society, as set forth in the resolu-
tons Of the Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, IN 1918, it is highly Improbable that
that judicial decision containing the words
above quoted, which has startled the
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The Esrasiden4'S Message Oh tn 8
EecoinDtOn SXgiMGiG.

On Monday, the 1st inst, the Presi-
dent sent to Congress the Lecompton
Constitution accompanied by long and
very unstatesmanlike message. 1t will
be seen by the following brief abstract,
copied from the N y Hsrald, a paper
which afIiliates naturally with the friends
of the scheme, that the President takes a
strictly Southern partisan view Of it,
while he perYerts well-known fact to sus-
taia his positions
"Tle President says that great delu-
sion seems to pervade the public mind in
regard to the state Of parties in Kansas
that the dividing line there is not between
two political parties, both acknowledging
the lawful existance Of the government,
but betweeU those who are loyal TO this
gQyernment and those who are cndeavor-
ing to destroy it by force and usurpation,
and that their efforts would have been ac-
c0mpished had it not beea for the troops
Of the United States. The President fur
ther states that large portion of the peo-
pie Of Kansas have been in a state OF ac-
tual rebellion ever since his inauguration,
and that the Topeka government is in
direct opposition to the one presented and
recognized by Congress. So far as re-
CARDS slavery in Kansas, tho President
asserts that it exists in that territory by
virtue of the Constitution of the United
States, and that Kansas is as much slave
state as Georgia or South Carolina. Mr.,
Buchanan advocates the speedy admis-
sion Of Kansas as state, as the only
means Of restoring tranquility to that
distracted territory"
The President declares that "the cleo
ton, held under the act of the territorial
Legislature, on the first Monday of Jan
uary. on the Lecompton Constitution,
was held after the territory had been pre-
pared for admission into the Union as a
sovereign state, and when no authority
existed in the territorial Legislature which
could possibly destroy its existence or
change its character"
The Washington correspondent of the
Tribune writes, Feb. 2:
The Presidents message caused in
tense excitement in both Houses. In
the Senate it was denounced BY Mr..
TrQmbuli in powerful speech, and in
the House was received with cxclama
tions Of indignation and contempt from
the Republicans and Douglas Democrats.
Its atr0cious pcrrorsion Of the facts in
the history of Kansas, and Its ultra Pro
slavery tone, have had good effect upon
the Northern waverers. Mr.. Grow of
Pennsylvania has tic floor for tomorrow,
and tie prospect Of affairs is decidedly
better than it has been for year past.
"Yestcrday deputation consisting of
Iessrs. Clay Of Kentucky, Cox of Ohio,
and Haskin Of New York, Gall Domo.
crats,) waited upon President buchanan
for the purpose Of demonstrating against
the passage Of the Lecompton Constitu-
ton. Mir. Buchanan told them it was
too late his message was ready to send
in, and he should not alter it. Lecomp-
ton must 90 through"
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kansas En tile PENN. E1Cgs;is.
INap.n

uARRiSnCR@, Thursday, Feb. 4, 1858.
The House passed resolutions to-day
directing the Special Committee on Kan
sas not to make a report until the 10th
yf March next, by q vote Of IS to 81.
Kansas affairs occupied most of the ses
sion. .-.... ..........
[The Speaker appointed on this Spccia
Committee, Nessrs. Calhoun, Goepp, Miller
Jackm1n, Reed and L twr sncc.-Eo. JouR.]
A Republican member m5ye4 to refer
Ir. Buchanans Message to Committee
to remove the delusious in relation to Kan
sas, and TO convince members that it WAS
reasonable to assert that the people Of
Kansas had right to form and regulate
their institutions in their own way. Mo
ton lost.
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p% Extract from letter by the Rev.
Mr.. Churchill Of Boston, who is new trav-
elljng for his health in the East.
cit gives one an ever present idea Of
the expansive enterprise Of his eoantry.
men, to fna their commodities of com,
mer2o continually in his path wherever
he goes | have not visited any copsid,
cradle city of Turkey, where | did not
ind the Medicines Of my country rep.
resented by AYERS CHERRY PEcToRAIv
In Smyrna, Aleppo, Jaffa, Jerusalem and
Constantinople, we see in each, on the
door post Of some bazaar, the peculiarly
American looking Iron card, of Dr. AyeN
saying in language which not one in
thousand Of the passers by can read,
"Ayer's Cherry IPcctoro2 tor Coughs,
Coids and Consumption, Sold here. -
On shelf behind the cross-legged mus,
selman are stcn the bottles with their
English. Spanish, French and German
faces turned towards the crowd, and on
enquiring We are told that the foreigners
are not the only purchasers, but the trl"
believers themselves waive their trust IN
fate to try this product of American skill
when they find there is no other cure i0r
them.
! was told yesterday that the Cher?
Pcctoral had been presented to the oul-
tan, and is now in constant use IN hi'
harem, and in the hospitals Of the hm'
pire. ......
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world by the enormity of its injustice to-
ward an oppressed race, would eyer have
been announced, had not the way for it
been prepared in the professed Church of
Christ, aud especially ~ the operations Of
so respectable body Us the Amsricaa
Tract .Socicty, which for a long series Of
years has pursued course apparently
based on the same principles as that de-
cisi0a, and has treated the colored race
as if they had no wrongs to complain OF,
and as if their enslavement, their other
expressions, their enforced ignorance, and
the VICES purtured by slavery among both
races, were no such hindranoes 10 true re-
lig'on and morality as to deserve to be
opposed or named by a Christian Society,
having under its care these vital interests
of man,
This is a aorious charge, but our read
ers will please bear IN mind that it is the
charge Of Congregational Ministers Of the
Gospel, and not Of the writer Of this artl-
Gle.
But these pastors go still further, and
assert that the society is giving counte-
nance to the notion that peace aud joy
in the Holy Ghost may be plo noted, and
may exist, without l,raciioal righteous
ness" If we not were admonished in an
esp ,oial manner just now, to be exceeding
Iy charitable in our conclusions, we should
say, there were people in Coudersgort in
danger of giving countenance to this same
notion but, under the circumstances, We
will waive that point and conclude with
another extract from the address Of tho
Vegmout Pastors
"With this view of the positionin which
the Society is placed by its present con-
daotors, il cannot, in our opinion, be just
lY regarded as an evangelical Institution.
As now conducted, Il disSoHtS from the
great body of Evangelical Christians on
paiat$ which, in their estimation, are Of
Fundamental Importance 10 tAS interests
of true Piety aad SQUAD morats. AS, in
compliance with the demands Of an un-
reasonable and wicked faction, it refuses
to give utterance to the convictions of the
Christian world on such points, its name
and the names Of its officers are no longer
trus worthy vouchers for the evangelical
character OF its publications, As now con-
ducted, it has proved UNFAIruFUL To ITS
OWN CONSTITUTION; 10 THE CAUSE OF
HUMANITY AND OF Cop; TO THE CAUSE
OF TnUTH AND OF ENANGELlCAL RELI
GIoN. BY throwing itself, as it has dape,
as shield between slavery and the pub
lie sentiment Of Chnstendom opposed to
slavery, it las become the ENEMY OF Lib
ERTY, AND THE BULwARK OF oPpRES.
SION. lis
" AS thus conducted, it is the eorrupter
of public law, and of the principles OF
morality; and, by giving countenance to
the notion that peace and JOY in the Holy
Ghost may be promoted, and may exist,
without practical ighteousnesS, it becomes
y MIGHTY CoRRUPTEE OF TIE RELIGION
OF THE GOSPEL"
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Mrs. Strickland, since the presence of
her husband could not be tolerated, and
as probably, no one else in the city would
have dared to undertake it, applied her
self to the collection Of her husbands 5
debts. This has led to a new public
meeting, in which Mrs. Strickland has
been ordered to leave the city Here is
a new and remarkable specimen of slave.
holding gallaniIy aad courage. Weshall
soon hear we suppose; ofpubic meetings
called all over the South to applaud the
actors in this proceeding, and to present
them with suitable badges of honor-N
/. Tribune.
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From Kansas.
[From the Lc4yrnworlh Ledger, Jan. IS. !

TIE EFFECT OF THE ELECTION.
Kansas is to be free state, and will
be governed here and represented in both
branches Of the Congress Of the United
States by free state men, the passage of
the Lceonpton constitution to the con.
trary notwithstanding; they have the
power, and viii exercise it.
The effect produced By the result OF
this election on real estate in this city,
and throughout the territory, is alEo ap,
parent, and property here Which could
have been purchased at low figures for
the last two weeks, is not for safe a.
present.
There viii be an immense influx of
people here On the opening ofnavigation,
which will continue steadily until its
close, and ere the year '5S closes, we pre-
diet a permanent PqP's}0iio'' 5a his city
alonc, cf tlreaty thoVsaad. ....
Business will now commence in rcali,
ty; capitalists will have no fears concern
inc investments; merchants, mechanics,
and lahorers will find plenty to do to keep
them busy, ard we look forward to fu-
turc mot far distant( which will give US
all prosperity and happiness.
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we are pleased to learn that the
Philadelphia and Pittsaurg Banks have
resumed specie payments. This Is GER
tainly cheering prospect for financial
and business matters, and We hope now to
see Pennsylvania money received by New
Workers on more liberal terms. Through
mis- aiken policy of our banking mon,
adopted partly from necessity and partly
from fear, we have the past few months
been paying large tax to the New York
brokers and bankers. But after all we are
glad to see this prospective change for
the better-for easier times-though it
may possibly have no effect upon this
section Of the country for several months
to come.
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gSE Hon. John Dick will nInaso ~

s~ Hon. John Dick, will please ac-
cept our thanks for copy Of Senator
i1ale's admirable speech on "Kansas and
the Supreme Court )" and also for the
kind remembrance Of an old and valued
friend which is thus manifested. We
would also take pleasure in returning our
thanks to the member from this district,
Notwithstanding his different politics, did
the opportunity present itself We are
probably a little at fault, in not sending
him our paper heretofore, in order that
he might be posted in regard to this por-
ton of his district We intend now to
correct our fault, and hope he may do the
same.
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IfoME QUEsTIoss.-Gov. Chase, of
Ohio, in his message to tie LegiSlat aro
of that State, presents the following
home questions, which arc of equal In
portance to the irecmen Of all parts of the
Union
"ShaH the garesnnoot q this country
be administered by the people ion tie peo-
pie, or BY privileged class fora privileged
class Is the Constitution in fact what
it is claimed to b., Baa7 aat.l GanJu,i-
y ef Slarrry; or what the Fathers o.
the Republic believed It to b., tie .Shicio
ard .Sy@Juard Of Libcrty? Does Il
e5tabtish Sore'y eccrYIchcre outside y
tie Free Stairs, or Libcrty crc9yichcrr
outyjdc of tie Siore ,StutcS@'
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70 She EGepnA,iiCaass Oh a'cnnsyl-
I&Ai2

The time has arrived when. in our
iu4,,ncn+ tLo vital ir.o,os+s of +bo pe
III D,rt.. a,Sa ;.l's.TD.y y..... I
p"o4l'"'' ",(!' %''o lI0 90i0''iu uu'y ~
the cause oi Freedom, Labor, ana Human
iJy, alike iHperat;vely demand that Re-
yublicans sbnuld assemble from every rart
nf ,l,a S.o,o f.r .ho o,,r,,so e Arm :. ~.
.,o s,1:l anJ Il.
'"o pa V" '.'' '"i'" ~"N ~''
tnct BASIS OF ITS own principles,
We therefore invite oar fellow Rcruh'
icanS 10 meet in informal CONVENTION
- +lEARRISRTp, on - aod or FFR
,55-tnV 80 y" -, ~
~ Ai'A, 1000, at U CLOCK T. d. 10
adopt such measures rs nay be deem cd
bc.t calculated TO i;nprcss uoon the lcCis>
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~ iEo-s.r.. N-iaholn pah.A.,. g..

B9~ Mcssrs. Nichols, Babcock, Stevens
Chase and WiIliston, the members of the
Legislature, from the Wilmot District,
left Harrisburg for Washington immedi-
ately after hearing Of the fight between
Grow and kcitt, an account of which we
give in another column. They say that
il their District is going to have any
knocking ia DO they want hand in the
game.
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EsS@ We hora aver, f,r, :;

G25~ We hope every farmer-in fact.
every one who has the welfare of the
county at hoart-will attend the Agricul-
tural Meeting called for Tuesday evening
next, if convenient. The proposition to
hold Fair in October will doubtless
come before the meeting for consideration
and it becomes every good citizen to be
present. 10 order that measure Of 50
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KILLING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

KILLING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
President Pierce, says the st. Louis N.ws,
undertook the job of breaking up the
Democratic party in the Northern States,
and got along 50 finely as to break its do
miAatiQn in every FREQ State but New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois
and California. Mr. Buchanan has taken
up the work where Mr. Pierce left off,
and, if he is as successful during th9aext
three months as he has been III She past
three weeks, will finish it go completely
as not to leave shred of the party north
of Mason and Dixon's line. 1t would
not be surprising if he were to crowd it
out of Missouri, Kentucky and Tcnnes-
see also, reducing the once powerful ma
tional Democracy to pitiful nest Of bill
ious frc-eaters in the GulfStates.
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Our Boosted FREEDoM.-In refer
ring, the other day, to the new proceed
iue& aF Nozzle in the case of Mr.. Strick-
lana, the bookseller, some time since ox-
peIled from that city for the crime of hav-
rs, sold copy Of Uncle Toms Cabin, we
fell, it seems, igto a slight mistake 1t
was not Mr.. Strickland's partner, but Mr..
Strickland himself who lately visited Mo-
bile for the purpose Of settling up the
business of the finn and collecting the
debts due to it, and against wham 4 HaY
sentence of punishment, was promulgated.
But the magnanimous and chivalrous cit
lzens of Mobile have not stopped there.
Mr. Strickland, it seems, in again fyinp
for his life, left his wife behind him i; ard
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From the Leavenworth Times, Jan. lG, ]
THE LEGIsLATuRE.


The Legislature has provided for the
taking of fair and full census, and the
holding Of constitutional convention
1t has also appointed a committee of I've
% examine and report on election frauds,
This committee is clothed with authorilY
to sead FOR persons and papers, making
arrests, &C., &c. Henry j. Adams is the
chairman.
III the odious laws enacted by previ-
aus bogus Legislatures have been repeal,
ed and replaced by wholesome euactments,
The Legislature Is paying attention to
roads, schools and public Improvements,
and has declared that slavery, or inyol,
untary servitude, shall net exist il Kan
s&s, but for the punishment of crime
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LATER.
WASHINGTON, Feb, S-123 p. N.

WAsHINGToN, Feb, S-123 p. N.
The House has just voted by tellers on
the demand for the Previous Question
and the result is, Yeas llO, Nays l05 ;
which IS On Imti-LetomPton triumph,
The vote on the main question will come
of at once. The excitement Is very great.
Up. na.-The vote has just been taken
By Yeas and Nays on ordering the preyi-
Gus question, and the result is, Yeas,
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN
Nays, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN.
1t p. na-The vote has just been tax
en- on reference to the Committee on
Territories, resulting, Yeas ll3, Nays
Ia; beating Lecampton by one vote.
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LATEST,

Lecomptoa Defrated.-.Ss2ect Committee
Carried.- Vote ia to 111.-Recon-
siderotton Laid on the Table.
WASHINGTON, Feb. So p. m.
The first vote is over Leoompton is
beaten, The resolution Of Mr. Harris to
refer to d Select Committee is carried,
Yeas, IL; Nays, III. Victory.
A motion to reconsider was Immediate
ly made, and promptly laid on the table.
That settles the rafeyeuca
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SIGNS OF THE TIMEs.-The Baltimore
Banks, as was announced under our post.
script head in yesterdays paper, have re-
>umed specie payments, Immediately fol-
loving ia the wakeaf the Philadclphians.
The Washington and Georgetown Banks
have to-day resumed specie payments,
The Metropolitan IS taking the notes OF
the Philadelphia hanks at per cent
discount; also, those Of the state, which
are made par ia Philadelphia.
BY telegraph We loar4 Shat thc Wyom
ing Bank of Pennsylvania is thrown out
in Philadelphia today.-N. !. Zee Post,
9th,
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DEMOCRATS IN LUCK.-Mr. Joshua
r. Giddings is said to be we'll again, but
unable to participate in the debate
That's lucky.-BoSton Post.
1t is lucky for the Democrats, for moth
ing puts them in greater distress than
the meritcd caStigations which tAcy re-
oeiye from the dauntless old champion of
the Western Reserve, when he is able to
administer them. The JOY of the Post
70 2inds Us Of the scamp Of a BOY who
said he was "darned glad his dad had
got the rhcumatis, cause now the old
man couldn't lick him. .'-BoSton Bee.
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E@5NQ Paper will be issued next week
reason, nothing 70 print it on.
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who DO more Work their establishments
as eheaply as possible--liye as frugally
and economieally as they ean-yet few
country publishers secure as much prop
erty in a dozen years as an industrious
mechanic will do IN half the time. The
very nature of the newspaper business
wish its long credits aud small profits,
and bad dcbts---forbds anything like the
accumulation of wealth, and we have
very little hesitation in saying that, had
our country brethren generally taken
their means and labor-their patience
and energy-to any other market than
the one they have found for them. they
would have this day been tcnfold better
of, in a pecuniary point OF view, than
they arc, or have been, since they became
newspaper propTiators.
Let the public ponder these few simple
truths well, and make up their minds to
ease the laborious occupation of the Print
er, by paying him punctually what he is
honestly entitled to-"
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CALHoUNITEs ILEEING-The Kan
sas correspondent OF The Boston Journal
says:
"The Judges in all the precincts where
frauds were committed on the ith inst.
are now in Missouri. Some of thers are
Offering their property for sale at great
Sacrifices, and will never attempt to hive
here again. 1t is also said that with one
exception, erc,Y member of the Calhoun
Constitutional Convention has fed from
the Territory
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Ehe potter 9Qurual.
E0gRERsR0RT, PA,

Thursday lNoFaiNq, Feb. il, 1851.
7, S. CHASE, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
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ahE End OF THE KANSAS STRUGGLE.
@Pesiei Dispatch to the Tribune
"AsHiS'roS, Saturday, Feb. 6, 1888
e. ne spnte't y over for to-day Th,