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There will be reception at the Executive Mansion
this evening, commencing at eight o'clock
MIR. GRoEsBEcK's SPEECH.

The speech of Mr.. Groesbeck, of Ohio, delivered
in the House of Representatives yesterday, brief
abstract of which give this morning, was listened
to with marked attention. His line of argument
in entire support of the views of the President
braced in his special message to the Senate the
Pauldng- Walker affair, and his positions were sus-
tanned with ability and power seldom surpassed.
We congratulate Mr.. Groesbeck upon the favorable
impression he made upon the House, and which he
will make we doubt not, upon the country.
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ADVANTAGES oF ST. LoUIs.-The St Louis Journal
speaking of that great western city says they ship to
the North British possessions by the Upper Mississippi to
Mexican ports by the Lower Mississippi and the Gulf to
Canada frontier by the Illinois river and lakes TO the At
antio by the Ohio river and railroads and TO the western
plains by the Missouri No other great interior city com
ands such happily rating and such cheap carriage to
all points of the confedeTacy
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IL is mentioned instance of great physical energy
and indomtable spirit that Washington Irving the pop
ular American writer seventy five years old, walks
to Or Creightons church, in Tarrytown, of which
he is n ves.ryman. and back FIVE miles nearly every
Sunday
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transporting United States mail route l3 1885, from
Carlyle to Hillsboro referred to the Committee the
Post Offce and Post Roads
By Mr.. LANDY Two petitions numerously signed by
citizens of Philadelphia in favor OF locating the post Of
flee ON the site of old Pennsy lvana Bank
BY MIR. PHELPS Several circumstances against
changing the proposed site Of the post Office OF Philadel
pha referred to the Committee the Post Office and
Post Roads.
BY Mr. CHAPMAN, of Pennsylvania Two petitions
from citizens Of Lehgh county Pennsylvania for the es
adjustment of daily mail route from Allentown, via
swamp post office To Mortztown in Berks county, Penn
sylvann referred to the Committee the Post Office
and Post Roads
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George r. Shorter, esq, has become the editor OF Wy
Montgomery ALA Daily Advertiser and Gazette ie
ing democratic paper Of that STATE
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DHAm EDrroR.---The Wilmington On o. jour
nal the death in that place, the Sth ID
slant, Of r. Burr, jr esq, editor Of the wilrnns""
Herald
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PEN AND SCISSORS $.

The difference between a fool and q
bore is tllis--ane don't know how to
speak aud the other ,0hen. Avoid both
as you would club loaded with head
ache.
money is plenty in New York at 5
and I per cent, on call. Stock market
dull.
The n. Y. Courier understands that
orr trade with England and France has
drained us two hundred millions OF gold
during the last five years.
Walker says he will return to Near
auoua. The administration have lnstruc-
ted their officers not to let him escape the
country: so we are very likely to witness
an edfying struggle between our marshals
and collectors and the pet hero OF the
Southern statesmen.
-Mdlle. Rachel, the great actress, is
said to be recovering fiom her protracted
illness. She has resolved, however, to a
bandon the stage forever, and intends to
ssnd her theatrical wal drobe ard jewelry
to the United States, to be sold. The val
ne of the same is stated at $125,000.
The London Times says $4,000
have been expended in attempts to launch
the LeuiaMan, and no body knows how
much more it will cost.
The Nebraska Legislature has split
in two, one port on having gone to Flor
ence, the new Capitol, while the other re-
mains at Omaha City the old Capitol.
The decimal curr ) ncy Of dollars and
cents has gone into operation in Canada
During the past ycar26 revolutionry
soldiers have died and also 25 persons OF
100 years Of age and over.
The Pittsburgh Gazette says, in ref
orence to Senator Bigler, that che is a
low, gross, sensual, asthmatic, wheezy
Falstaff, whom every body desp;sos both
in and out Of his party.
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w est ward {:

Horace Greeley hos lately visited Chi
cago, and writes to the IG6une some i'm
prcssions of his journey. His remarks
about seeking healthy country are very
just, and as far as lealthfuiness of climate
is concerned, no part Of the West offers
greater inducements than North w estern
Wisconsin. We give below a portion Of
the letter.
There never was a better time for men
Of moderate means and expectations to
migrate from the old States to the West
than the next season will present Those
who come out with q few hundreds of
dollars Cf they be thousands, so much the
botter) win find improved lands within
reach Of civilization far cheaper than they
have been, with teams, stock, grain, and
nearly everything else to match. A
thousand dollars will go quite as far to-
wards settling family comfortably next
April as two thousand did last Spring. [
say emphatically to all who aspire to live
by work rather than by speculation, If
you can get comfortably into the West
next April, with few hundred dollars
on reaching this point, you can hardly
fail to do we'll. Single men or women
who can reach this point with even ten
dollars each, need have no fear; though |
would advise none of these to stop one
hour longer in city than may be requir-
ed to determine on which route to leave
it. In spite of the hard times and gene
raj prostration, there is still work for all
the able and willing in this bounteous re
gion. OF course, Labor must be nomi-
nalIy lower next season than it has been !;
but years's wages VIII buy moIe food
and clothing, land and outfits, than it ev-
er did. To all who are willing. and know
how to work, and who find employment
with difficulty, or not at all, in the East I
say again, set your faces Westward so
soon as you possibly can. Avoid the
cities, unless you are skilled in some han
dicraft which is there in request, and seek
homes on the soil = the homes of those
who will ire You at first, but only to ex-
change those in due season for homes of
your own. Combine fertile soil with q
healthy location if possible; but secure
the healthy location at all events and you
can hardly go aniss. A single man may
step off into the untrodden prairie and
make beginning whenever he sees fit;
but be who has wife and children may
better have forty acres of coed land with
in reach of Il school house, than ten times
forty acres where no school house either
is or soon VIII be. For him who is able
to pay for it, land is cheap il Now Jersey
OF in Ireland; but for the hard-handed
plow.i logger, who is poor in coin but rich
in children, there is no country to-day so
inviting as the broad, free West.
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TIE GOVERNORS MESS
AGE

The message Of Gov. Randall is a
lengthy but very able and interesting doc
ument. 1t is bold and fearless in its tone,
enters fully into the discussion Of local
aud national topics, shows the error Of
past legislation, suggests appropriate rem
edies, advises that alleged abuses be thor
orghIy investigated, and especially enjoins
upon the Legislature, economy. and dill
gent discharge of their duties.
The Message begins with 8 discussion
of the floating debt, amounting to nearly
$4,000. The cause of this debt is
shown to be habitual under estimate of
expenses and over estimate of the revenue.
The Governor thinks that by keeping APP
preparations to the lowest possible limit,
the debt may be paid without an increase
of tax.
The report on public instruction shows
that the capital Of the school fund now
exceeds 100000 and he amount to
be distributed among the School Districts
this year is $230,000. There are in the
State 241, 647 children entitled to share
in the school fund. The number of stu
dents in attendance at the State Universe
ty last year was 1874. The capital of the
fund is about $4,000 and its income a
little over $22, 200.
The Message contains an able discussion
Of the banking law, and earnestly recon-
mends that measures be taken to insure
the more complete safety Of the bill hold
crs. There are now in the state IS or
gained Banks, with a capital of nearly
s6,o0O,000, . circulation Of $3,215,488,
secured by deposit of State Stocks and
specie to the amount of 43,862,041.
Various reforms in the matter Of more
stringent laws against gambling, amend
ments Of the Assessment laws, better reg
ulations for the sale Of school and swamp
lands, public printing, and further restric-
tons on corporations are suggested by
the Governor
The subject Of Slavery, local in existence
yet national in its influence, is ably dis
cussed The doctrine that the National
Constitution carries slavery with it and
that Freedom exists only by special legis-
lation, meets with M unanswerable refu-
tation. Altogether the Message is honor
able to the Governor and to the State
whose principles we doubt not it faithfully
reflects.
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The Supreme Coara.

We give below a list of the Judges of
the Supreme Court Of the United States,
with their ages and time Of appointment.
John Mclean Of New Jersey, aged 10.
Appointed by Jackson in 1929.
James M. Wayne Of Georgia, aged TO-.
Appointed by Jackson in 1885.
Roger B. fancy of Maryland, Chief
Justice, aged 81. Appointed BY Jack
son in 1886.
Judge Catron Of Tennessee, aged 65.
Appointed by Jackson.
P. V. Daniel of Virginia, aged II,
Appointed by Van Buren, in 1910.
Samuel Nelson of New York, aged s..
Appointed by Polk in 1915.
Robert G. Grier Of Pennsylvania, aged
SO. Appointed by Polk in 1845.
B. r. Curtis of Massachusetts,, aged
48. Appointed by Fillmore in 1851.
j. a. Campbell Of Alabama, aged 81.
Appointed by Pierce in 1853.
Five Of these Judges are over seventy
years Of age and in the natural course of
events, great change must take place in
the Supreme Court in few years.
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Vlgc Leconpson Constitution.

From the Daily Tribune of Jan. ID.
The Lecompton Constitution is doomed.
Mr. Brown OF Mississippi yesterday form
ally abandoned its advocacy in the Senate,
AMI the country VIII not be troubled with
1t much longer. Mr.. Buchanan ard the
frc-eaters are broken down. Walker,
Douglas and Wise carry the day, and re-
main leaders Of the National Democratic
party. Thanks to them, the people of
Kansas are saved from the continuance
OF usurpation under whose bloody and
outrageous sway they have suffered from
the beginning We say thanks to them,
but in reality the thanks are due to the
great and formidable Republican party,
and not to any number of frightened
Democrats, fearful not only of the ami
hllatlon OF their party, but Of their own
personal annihi!atton as well. But for
the enormous majorities rolled up for FIRE.
mon in most Of the Northern States, and
the compact and united front and grow
ing power which the Republican organi-
cation continues to present, who can sup
pose that the authors Of the Kansas Ne
braska bill, and the apologists for all the
outrages of 1866 and 1856 in Kansas,
would ever have thus reversed their pre-
vious course and lent themselves to the
objects, if not to the principles of tue Re-
publicans? 1t is magnificent tribute to
the truth of the doctrines and the wis
dom of the policy on which the Republi-
can party is based, that its most vehe-
ment enemies are thus forced substantially
to do its work.
We say that the usurpation Of the
Border Ruffians i'll Kansas is practically
at au end, and we congratulate the coun-
try, and above all the gallant Free-State
men Of that Territory, upon the fact. 1t
is true that the Federal troops are still
there to sustain the Border Ruffian rule,
and that the disposition Of the Federal
Executive is as hostile as ever to the Free
State cause. But when the Mississippi
Senator declines to continue the war on
the floor Of the Senate, it cannot much
longer be kept up on the plains Of an
s0s. There may still be individual cases
Of official wrong, and Of fanatical Pro
Slavery usurpation, but the system is at
an end.
Where stands the Democratic party af-
ter this momentous intestine struggle, and
after the triumph, for the first time since
it assumed its present form, of the North
ern element! That is a question whose
answer time only can fully determ.ne.-
But certainly, there is no reason for Re
publicans to doubt as to the future when
the party against which they are contend
ing is thus obliged to choose between de-
struction from without or destruction
from within by the. adoption Of one great
Republican measure. in the erection OF
Kansas into Free State
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BAYARD TAyLoR's MARR1AGE-Our
friend Bayard Taylor writer to us from
Gotha Germany. He had just returned
from a bridal tour to London, and was
domiciled for the presentat the Observable
ry which is the residence of his father
in-Iaw, the Professor of Astronomy at
Gotha. Hisintention is to pass the win
ter in Greece, and the GLOWING summer
in Russia-hoping to return to Ameri-
ca in the Autumn Of 1853. He says:
Dana sent me brief account of your
symposium on the bridal eve. l wish
| could have divided myself so as to be
there and here the same time. You
were all remembered however, among the
pledges given at the wedding dinner. 1t
was a happy thought to me that the day
was celebrated at the same time in St.
Petersburgh, at Dresden, in New York
and by own family, nothing could have
been more pleasing Home Journal.
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HARD SHELL BAPTIST.

The following, together with tie que
RES annexed, has been handed to US for
publication.
A traveller called at nightfall at far
mer's house-the owner being from home,
and thc mother and being alone, they re-
fused to lodge the wayfarer. Hos far,
them said he, ito homse where a
preacher can get lolgings" "Oh, ifyou
are preacher" said the lady, ''you can
stay here" Accordingly he dismounted.
He deposited his saddle. bags, and led his
horse to the stable. Meanwhile the moth
er and daughter were debating the point
as to what kind of a preacher he was
ale cannot be a Presbyterian" said the
one, ssfor he is not well dressed enough"
"He is not Methodist" said the other,
''for bis coat is not the right cut for q
Methodist" IF could find bis HYMN
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HE1p.-Many mind is dead to ear
nest effort, and its epitaph can be written
in three words: HELPED to death
Nature is n faultless teacher, and she
opposes all her children into the perfec-
ton Of their being.
The little bird comes out from the nest
it does not understand the doctrine Of
balancing; it clings convu!sively with its
little feet to the swinging spray.
But.for all that, Nature Toes not hold
it gently in her hand, for she losses the
branch bravey this way and that. Ihe
bird does not fall; it only futters; aud
swayed into the doctrine of balancing, the
the next one sees of il, it's upon the top
most pillows of green June, and it sits and
sings with the music and the motion Of
very angel.-B. F. Taylor.
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THE LATEST FAsHIoN-Th lady
promenaders on the avenue, this NOR
ming were somewhat Mortified at the APP
pearance Of distinguished foreigner,
who held up her dress SO as to display an
undoubted scarlet flannel under-skirt.
What an idea! Yet these same peasant
petticoats are now all Their across the
water. Queen Victoria brought them to
London from the Baltimore palace in the
highlands of Scotland, about two years
ago, and this year they they have been
adopted by the Empress Eugene
Silks and satins are no longer to be
trailed in the mud, and the ladies who
wish to be a Ia mode, must provide them
selves at once, and practice gathering up.
their dresses in graceful folds, 50 as to dis
play about foot Of the bright-colored
under-skirt- Washington States.
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BOLTON OF SERFDoM IN Russia
Two great steps have recently been Ia
ken in Russia towards amcliorating the
condition OF the ser!s.
l Freedom of marriage. No serf is
hereafter to be compelled to marry against
his viii, or be prevented from marrying
as he desires.
? No serf can be transferred from one
estate to another against his will. 1t is
said too that the power of chastising is to
be limited. The first two points are suf-
ficient to establish the manhood of the
serf. Would it not be well for free, chris
tan America to follow the example of
despotic Russia?
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that we used to love. in Windham, Near,
and Silver Street, 'Dundee's wild, warb-
ling measures rise and sweet old Corinth
falls upon the ear, the moon surmounts
the woods. ald rides moment like a ship
upon the leafy waves, then bears away
for the blue water of Gods Fgean, and
over all that scene and night it rules.
The dew grows radiant and restless in the
grass beneath it, as if Earth a0ere our
mother and she really brcathed; the mists
of gray that with the willows fringe the
stream, are silver; and the memory Of
that hour is gold.--B. r. Taylor.
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$500 Big "a B9O.''


1t seems to US that the Republican
press is generally too jubilant over the
supposed conversion Of Douglas and some
Of his Democratic conlpeers to love for
fair play and devotion to the principles
Of Freedom. We are reminded of the
old farmer, who understood to break @
vicious but diminutive colt. Wishing to
train the colt not to be skitt;sh he instruct
ed his little boy to hide behind a clump of
bushes ne ar the road, and when he rode
by, rush out, swing his hat, make wry ia
ces and ''boo'' Justify. Boy did as direc-
ted, and the consequence was the colt
turned in a very acute angle, and left the
old farmer sprawlng in tie ditch. Some
what hurt and a good deal angry he SCI
zed the juvenile, shook him roughly and
demanded of the little rascal why he had
done so. ''But you told me too" said
the little urchin. "Oh yes replied the
old man, "but it was great deal to big
boo, for so small a colt"
Now we think the rejoicing Of the Re
pub!icans too great in comparison with
the cause The ''boo" is quite too big.
Many seem to think that they may now
rest from their labors, and let their works
follow them; that having assiduously sown
the good seed Of Republican principles,
they may safely trust Douglas and his
friends to gather in the bounteous harvest.
They begin to have an easy faith in the
principle SO elegantly expressed by the
poet:
Truth squashed to earth win rise again
You can't stop her"
We are willing to grant all deserved
praise to Douglas. But we cannot help
thinking that in opposing the Admins
tration one eye WAS directed mainly to an
anti-slavery constituency in Illinois, to
the Northern Democrats whose disfayor
he feared. Having won their appreciation
and also knowing full we'll the value OF
Southern support, we shall be surprised
if at the present session Of Congress, he
does not trot out some nag which will win
the admiration Of Southern eyes. His
course in regard to Gen. Walker shows
him to be anxious to quiet the Indignation
of the South. We may be mistaken in
our estimate of the man, but we have
no faith in his devotion to Freedom, no
faith that he really feels and doplores the
Of Slavery, and would lend his influence
to check its further spread, anil therefore
we feel it to be unw:so and unsafe for the
earnest opposer8 Of tho system of Slavery
to place their confidence in him.
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BETTER TIMEs.-In another letter Mr.
Greeley speaks thus encouragingly Of the
prospect ahead
The times arc clearly improving. There
has been change for the better ever since
| came West, some ten or twelve days
ago. Rates of exchange are falling
Banks that were in difficulty are resum-
ing. Shinplasters and wildcat currency
are very generally secuted, and arc re-
turning "to plague the inventors" Pro
duce is coming forward more freely, and
is growing frner in price. There is very
much wheat still unthreshed and corn I'M
husked, awaiting better prices, in the
West this winter than ever before. On
the whole, it seems clear that the worst is
over. and that. batter DAYS are at hand
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was your fathers 2

ay-"What business was your fathers Z
said an imperial looking Colonel to a
modest looking Lieutenant.
"a tobacconist, sir" :.
'What a pity he didn't make you one !!
..Probably, sir; and will you allow me
to ask you a questions 2"
.sCertainly-what is it"
ssWhat was your father!"
"a gentleman, sir"
"Well, then al | have to say is, that
it's a pity he didn't make you one!,'
Its needless to remark that the Colo
mel turned to the right and left.
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book" said the daughter, 4 could tell s,
what sort Of preacher heis." And Win
that she thrust her hand into the saddle
bags and, pulling out FISK OF llluor'
she exclaimed, LA mother. mother, ne 5
Hard Shell Baptist"
Qety:-Did the girl find the hymn
book - Gfso, she undoubtedly rejo.ced.
at the harmony thereof.-Dev)
Is this the kind of Hard Shell that the
sermon in the last Journal referred toy
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FOR 8 A.

THSHE undersigned executors of the last win
i and testament Of ELI FosrER, deceased
Offer for sale the following described pieces of
land, to wit:
W. = Of $. j, Il Of sec. 20, T, 81, R. 10. 80 A.
3. = s. w. Il Of sec. %, 7. 81, r, 10. 80 A
W. = Of S, W. Il of sec, %, 7. 81, r, 10, so A.
This land WILDE sold cheap for cash If &c
some Of the first Selections of tirnber-land in
the county. The Executors will be found at
River Falls, -
ELI FOSTER,
ExEoC-oRs. IJOEL FOSTER.
lift AgEPH NJ. FOSTER
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PueH's CoMPRoMIsE.-Pugh's com
promise bill is treated with contempt by
everybody. Douglas opinion of it is Civ
en- in few words 4 correspondent Of
the y 7. Trt6atne says;
"A gentleman asked Douglas what be
thought o. the compromise. lob, YER
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good compromise" replied tie adroit
taetician, with dash may be Of irony.
"With whom z" called out u third person.
With HIMSELF was the sharp and prompt
retort.
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Lord Stanhope was a printer; Frank
lin was a printer; Beranger. the great
French poet, was a printer; Thiers, the
renowned French Historian, was q pfin-
ter,
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TURNING AND SAVING MILL !!

TE1HE subscriber has on the South Fork ofthc
4 kinnickinnic, a large and connections shop
for doing all kinds Of Mechanics work. He win
be prepared to do all kinds Of Turning OF the
shortest notice. Also any kind Of Saving f
Joiners work.
j. 4. SHORT.