The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-03

bS OelegALe8 10 THIS COnVentlOn, attempting 10
bind posterity to their work, and daring to null
Sify in advance the will of the majority, is 80
nonstrous, that we wonder the outrage did not
excite the whole people to civil war. The
usurpation becomes the more amazing, when
we reflect that these very men, who are trying
70 nx upon the Territory the rule of minority,
were voclferous in denouncing the Topeka Con-
stltuuon, which set out with asserting similar
principle, and was repudiated by Congress and
ythe country.
"In speaking of doings like these, we feel
that it is idle to mince phrases; and we sim
,cerely hope that if the Constitution of Kansas
,is anything like the instrument it promises to
be, from the intelligence we lay before our
readers this morning, it will, when presented to
the Congress of the United Siates, be thrown
out of both trenches by unanimous vote. At
any rate, we trust that the Senators and Repre-
sentatives from Pennsylvania will boldly and
at once put their feet upon it, and spurn it as
it deserves to be spurned."
The phase of crime in Boston has taken the
form Of burglarIes. These offences there are
ofalmost as alarming frequency as the assassin
atoms and garrotings in New York. Numbers
of them are committed every night, and all
marked by more boldness than adroitness.
Mississippi was very severe, but the accounts
of destruction occasioned thereby have been
much exaggerated. There were only some half
dozen coal boats lost, and the statement of the
sixteen canal boats has been contradicted by
the Falls Pilot.
The severity of the weather has closed the
Susquehanna river between Hsvre de Grace
and Port Deposit. The steamboats, running
10 III he ,aI IL led
lay up, on account of the ice in the river. There
railroad crossings at Havre de Grace, the ice
being generally above that point.
James Hamilton, who held distinguished
rank anon the Nullifers of l830-'3l, and who
was Governor of South Carolina at that time,
was killed by recent explosion of the steamer
Opelousas, in Galveston Bay. The views Of
Slavery which he promulgated in his messages
were then deemed ultra by the majority of the
Southern people, but they are now accepted by
the whole slaveholdiug class as affordng the
only basis for successful defence of the system.
All the counties in Iowa have been heard
from, except two small ones, and the Republi.
can majority is 1856. Both branches of the
Legislature are Republican-the Senate stand
ing Republican %, Democratic IA; House,
Republican AZ, Democratic 80. This secures
the election of Republican United States
Senator to fill the place of Gen. Jones.
The next State election to be held is that
of New Hampshire, which will take place in
March. The Democrats hope that the Kansas
question will be settled before that time and
that then they will have fair ceance of re.
covering their lost power. The next Legisla-
ture will choose a q. S. Senator to succeed Mr..
Hale, whose term will expire in March, 1859.
Senators Davis and Brown recently addressed
q large audience at jackson, Miss, where the
Legislature is now in session. The jackson
Mississippian says that on "the Walker. Kan.
sas question both Senators fully endorse the
well-known resolutions adopted by the Misss
sippi Democracy in their Convention of June
last" This implies a determination on the
part of these Senators, from Walkers own
State, to vote for his rejection.
The Legislature of Missouri has passed an
act authorizing the formation of limited part
nerships, and provides that limited partner
ship may be formed for the transaction of mer-
camille, agricultural, mechanical, mining, and
manufacturing business, and for the transporta-
ton of coal, wood, and lumber, upon the terms
aud subject to the conditions and liabilities
prescribed; but none such shall be formed for
the purpose of banking, brokerage, or insurance.
The other States that have introduced limited
partnerships in their codes are: New York,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Vermont, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Indiana and Michigan.
AT Haverhill, Mass. new hat factory has
gone into operation, which employs five hun.
dred persons. The Great Falls mills have
resumed. The print works in the same town
are preparing 10 resume. The thirty-two fac.
tories in North Lee and South Lee, Mass, are
all in working condition.
The police in New York, on Wednesday, ar.
rested on an adjoining house top, one Of the
burglars who had broken into the bonded ware
house. He was wounded severely in attempting
to escape. The robbers had entered or escaped
through the skylights, which were found bro
ken. On examination Of the premises. ND.
wards of one hundred and fifty gold watches
were found in bag, ready to the carried away
The Galveston Ne,cs says of direct trade
with Europe: There are several vessels now
i'll port, which will probably soon commence
loading with cotton for some European port
In fact, the circumstances of the times seem to
be opening direct trade to Europe sooner
than had been anticipated. The new ship, the
National Guard, will be here next month, for
the purpose of taking q cargo Of cotton to
Liverpool"
A little boy, between four and FIVE years old. a
son of Mr.. Wilkins, of Towards Lick, La, stray.
ed from home recently. Search was at once
instituted, and continued without success for
five days, over rough and mountainous coun-
try, but on the sixth day the little wanderer
was found, about five miles from his home. well
and hearty, having subsisted on grapes and
berries.
The banks of Canada and of the adjoining
British Provinces did not suspend specie paw
rnents during the recent crisis The directors
of the banks met, consulted, and resolved not
to suspend, unless under run, and in the
mean time 70 fortify THEMSELVES with gold from
Europe. There was no run, and little demand
for specie by bill-brokers and that only on
the part Of few brokers in the States, who
collected and sent in bills for redemption. An
importation of sovereigns, to the amount of
Gl50,000, far more than counter balanced this
drain, and placed the provincial banks out of
danger. They have therefore continued to
pay specie throughout the crisis, and to main
tain confidence amid the panic.
We learn from Parkersburg that Judge Ed.
mondson has at last decided the church suit
pending between the Northern and Southern
Methodists il that town. The suit was to re-
cover the church and property owned by them
jointly previously to the division of the church
government into Northern and Southern bodies,
and has been in court some ten or twelve years.
Judge Edmondson, we understand, decides that
the property belongs the Northern portion of
the church. The Southern division of the