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Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-05-19

Too OBLIGING BY HALF A very par
ticular Friend" Amos Smith, and very de-
cided enemy to a II worldly titles, as anybody
in Philadelphia knows; but as business cor
respondent Of the South didn't know. And
thereby hangs tale
This correspondent had directed letter to
"Amos Smith Esquire" Friend Amos re-
piled punctually, and after despatching busi-
ness matters, added the following paragraph;
Il desire to inform you that, being a mem
Der of the Society of Friends, [ am not free
to use worldly titles in addressing my friends
and wish them to refrain from using them to
me- Thou wilt; therefore, please omit the
word Esquire, at the end of my name. and
and direct thy letters to Amos Smith. with
out any tall
By the return of mail came reply, direc-
ted. in precise accordance with the request of
the particular Friend, to
Amos Smith, without any tail, Philadel-
| phia."
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-05-19
VOL. ). NO. p.

all the time writing such CHEEKY letters home,
that Michael, on visit to London, was sur;
prised to find his brother looking forty, tho
as yet but twenty -eight-his hair grizzled,
his face wrinkled, his limbs so weak that he
feared he would fall in the streets as they
walked together. The story of his long years
of toll and suffering is too sad one to dwell
upon. Much sympathy was excited for him,
and subscription was at length raised to de-
fray his expenses IN Paris. that he might OBJ
tain the aid of the distinguished physicians
there. While in Paris. he received the IL
dings Of the death Of his mother. He had
heard of her illness previously, and at the
sight of the color of the wax of the letter from
home. he,fell to the ground. unable to open
it. AID, in his paroxysm of grief. asserted
that he .'had never known sorrow before"
The French physicians pronounced his
case incurable. His heart now yearned for
home, and his brother wrote to him to return
In reply, he sent a few touching lines, enti-
tied, ''The call from Home" The conclu-
| ding ones are =
| Brother, [ come you summon, and [ come;
! From love like yours | never more will roam.
! Yours is the call from brother and from home.
'From the worlds glare and struggle, loving
| some,
And hating none: to share my mothers tomb,
Hoping to share her bliss, brother come" !"
A cottage had been prepared for him in the
neighborhood of Dublin. 1t was surrounded
by green fields, and had glimpse from its
windows Of the 'crystal More winding thro'
a beautiful valley" Here he lived seven
years, supported by pension from the queen
"a great sufferer, and a hopeless paralytic,
yet cheerful in his short intervals of ease,
and cheered by the devoted affection of his
wife and daughter, by kind attentions from
friends, and honors from distinguished coun-
trymen and strangers. He died at the age
of forty-four. His last request was, BURY
me so that [ may lie nearest to my mother
with my left side next her"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19
Later from Salt Lake.
ATTEMPT TO ENTER Echo CANoN-FoUI
DRAGONS KILLED-PREsENr PosI7Ior
OF COLONEL JoHKsToN's COMMAND.

ATTEMPT TO ENTER Echo ~CANoN-FoUR
DRAGONS KILLED-PREsENr Pos1TIoN
OF COLONEL JoHNsToN's COMMAND.
from tho San Francisco HerAldl
Below we give some important intelligence
from Salt Lake, received by the way of Car
son Valley, and telegraphed from Sacra-
mento. The main facts appear to be that
the troops attempted to force d passage thro'
Echo Canon, but were unsuccessful.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 9th, I858.--Messrs.
Middleton and Pearson arrived at Carson
Valley on the 9th. and Mr.. Pearson has lust
arrived from Carson Wiley via the Big Tree
Route. They brought an express from
Washington to Harris Fork for Col. John
ston.
On December 7ih Colonel Alexander,
with the 9th Dragoons, had attempted to
force their way through Echo Canon; in the
attempt four of the Dragons were killed
Thinking it impossible to force the pass, Co
lionel Johnston, who had assumed command
OF the troops, retired, and in Il few days dis
patched Col. Alexander, with twenty eight
Dragons as an escort, to ST. Louis to obtain
supplies. Col Johnston then retreated a
short distance to Su lphur Springs, and took
the Sublette cutoff around to the nlrth Of
Salt Lake to Box Elder, from which Messrs.
Middleton and Pearson started December
18th.
Colonel Johnston was there Mt the time
with the second and third Dragons and light
artillery, seven six pound and FIVE twelve
pouad Paixhans. He has sent foraging par
ties, fifty men each, and has obtained 2,4oO
cattle, and ether supplies of all kinds. The
Colonel has pickets set all the away from Box
Elder to Gravelly Ford of from forty to sixty
men. An escort Of seven dragons came
with the expressmen to Gravelly Ford.
He will attempt to enter Salt Lake city
about the LIST of May, as he expects Harvey
will arrive on the other side about that time.
There are three companies of Dragons a,
Fort Bridger. Fort Supply, twelve miles
South, has been evacuated by the Mo-mons.
and the troops have possession of il. Mr..
Pearson has seen no snow since leaving Car
son Valley. Johnston's command have ex-
perienced no Inconvenience whatever from
snow, not having seen any. Harvey will
have the Sd Dragons; three companies 18th
mounted regiment. Five companies rifles
will nrrive onthe llth,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

Mr.. BUCHANAN CHANGING FRONT, x
DENYING THE DOCTRINE OF POPULAR Soy
EREIGNrY.-"I'he people have been much
mistaken in regard 10 the opinion OF Mr..
Buchanan as to the right Of the people OF a
Territory TO regulate their domestic fnss..'R-
tons; or, since he was a candidate for the
Presidency, his opinion on that subject has
essentially changed. Ia his Letter of ac-
cepting the nomination of the Cincinnati
Convention, he not only expressed his up
prevail OF its resolutions, bu: declared, in so
many words, that the people of a Territory,
as well as the people of a State, havethe
right to establish or abolish Slavery. lie
now denies this doctrine, and asserts that the
people cannot abolish slavery It'll they form
reverses his own position, and takes issue
with the party by which he was elected, and
which he claims 10 represent, on a doctrine
which for the last ten years has been a fun
damental article in It's creed"
The above we find in the Toledo Com
mercial, the leading "Democra;ic'' paper in
the Northwest. II is refreshing to find one
paper of that party, speaking out with bold
ness the plain simple truth, respecting james
BachaDan, while it is Notifying to find such
papers IS the Statesman stnltifying its po-
silion on the LecomptoD question, by daily
lauding o. the President. who more than any
man living is responsible for the great wrong
sought to be perPetrlted upon the Free Peo-
Pile of kansas.-St ite Journal.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

Mr.. Hickman, a Pennsylvania Dem
ocrat, in his speech agaiRst the Lee
compton fraud, the ftemo.
Gratis of Tive House that if the Presi-
dents Message could have been read
in Pennsylvania in the fall of 1885,,
the majority against him in that Stale
would have been counted against him
by thousands; and he warned the
South thatif the Administration fore
ed the Lecompton Constitution upon
Kansas, cit would be the end of Ma
tional Platforms and the beginning Of
Sectional Presidents"
Forney's Press, a Democratic paper
in Philadelphia Of commanding in
%iuence, in speaking of the message
remarks: aasaa.,
ave have simply to say that the
Representative in Congress from
Pennsylvania, who votes for she Lee
compton Constition, will seal his
doom forever. This is no mere o n
lecture of ours; it is the determined
will of The people"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

Advices from Washington state that when
she bill for the admission of Kansas is re-
ported from the Senate Committee on Terri
tories, which is understood will take place
the first of the coming week, the bill for the
admission OF Minnesota will be moved as an
amendment and the two forced through TO-
gether and sent 10 the House. That it will
also be forced through that body, there is
too much reason to fear. The vote on the
Harris resolution was c~lose--it will require
but a change or two to give the Administra-
ton a ma~jority--and there are already indi-
cations of wavering on the part of some
who were confidently counted upon rs re-
liable for votes agsinstthe measure.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19
OBJ @aadte.
Delaware, February 10, 1858.
THE GUI11orrsE AT WoRk.-Tbe ,ele-

The GUILLoTINE AT WoRK.-The tele-
graph announces the removal of the Post
Masters at Chicago and Columbus, both OF
whom had but recently been appointed, but
were guilty of the unpardouable offence of
cenaemning the Lecompton swindle, which
is applauded, defended and advocated by tn e
President, while those who perpetrated /,
through the fundamentally OF fraud and
outrage are his especial f~avorites and the re.
cipients of his bounty. The old incumben,
of the Chicago ofFice is reinstaied; ard the
place of Mr.. Miller, of the Columbus office,
is filed by GOV. Sam. Medary, of Minnesota;
As the Ohio Statesman, which is edited by
Medary's son-in-law, is the most furious OF
the anti-Lecompton Democratic papers. it is
quite probable that one of the conditions of
the appointment is that Smith shall retire
aHd Medary assume charge of the paper and
that it will soon become as noted for its adj
vocacy of the Lecompton fraud as it now is
for its determined OPPOSITION to it. This
suPposition is Strengthened from the fact
that in the dispatches that have recently
passed over the wires in reference to the
Cleveland Office (from which Gray of The
Plain Dealer is to be removed, if he has not
already been.l one of the conditions of th e
appointment seems to be that the recipient
shall agree to establish an ADMINISTRATIVE
newspaper. We learn by a private letter
from Columbus that The removal of Mr.. Mil
Ter has produced great excitement there, aud
that the Douglass Democrats are to hold an
Indignation meeting on Saturday.
In this connection it may not be amiss to
caution the Delaware p NJ. to beware. In
common with the Democracy of Ohio be hos
taken a decided stand against what he just
ly terms in his issue of the nth "tho Le-
compton swindle"-and as his appointment
comes directly from the President, who en-
dorses that "swindle'' and makes support of
it a test Of party fidelity on the part of those
holding Office under him, the head of our
neighbor is manifestiy in great peril, in his
present state of rebellion. with.the official
axe freshly shafPened and impatient for vic
tins suspended over dim. It will not avail
TO fatter himself that no L~ecompton man
can be found to take the office. That is a
mistake-the place will command a man if
it is supposed it can be secured--and rumor
already signif cantly ~designates a probable
successor.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

Senator BELL, of Tennessee, it is supposed
though not positively known, will vote a
gainst the admission Of Kansas into the Uni
on under the Lecompton Constitution, and
hence the Democratic Legislature of that
State is endeavoring to force him to re-
sign by iustrocting him TO vote for that
measure. The effort wilt hardly be sue
~cessful, as instructions OF the kind. though
approved OF when applied to their opponents,
are totally disregarded by the Democracy
themselves when they operate on one OF
their membership latest instance Of which
is afforded in the case of JONES, of Iowa,
who announced in the Senate his purpose to
disregard the Instructions, though he ac-
knowledged they etnbody the sentiments of
a large majority Of the people of his State.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

The latest advices from Kansas are not
of any special Importance. The Legislature
was still busy in passing laws--1ne of which
provides for an election on the 18th Tuesday
of March for Delegates to j convention to
frame a ther %infiicts severe
penalties %onjany.. person assuming 10 exercise
authority under the L~ecompton Constitution
and as Buchanan is a great stickler for
The legality of the acts Of the Territorial Lee
gislatare he of course will uphold them, and
1t necessary inf orce them with U. S troops.
There were reports of further trouble near
Fort Scott, but little attention was paid to
them. Denver ~ as unsatisfactory to the
pFo-slavery men as was either of his prede-
cessors,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

The Victoria Bridge across the ST.
Lawrence, at Montreal, which has
been in course OF erection for ever
al years, will to tho largest and finest
in the world. It is L be two miles
long. The total amount Of masonry
in the bridge viii be a,000.00O cubic
feet, whioh at i31 leet SO the tun.
gives a total weight Of about $4,000
tuns. Fourteen piers are completed
and it is expected that eight more
will be finished next season, leaving
only two 10 ereetin 1859, The total
weight OF iron in the tubes will be l0,>
400 tuns. The bridge viii cost about
five mill on Of dollars. F 3 l'e
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

Douglass and all who side with him are
TO be turned out of the party. They have
already been read out by the Union, the
Presidents official organ, and at recent eau
Gus Of the Democratic members of both
houses Of Congress, douglas, Frederick aud
Stuart, of the Senate, and Harris, Cox and
other anti Lecompton Democrats of the
Hnuse, were given to undertand that they
were not regarded as D emocrats.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

WILSON o IA CALHoUs.--W ashingfon let
tiers of recent date intimate that Calhoun,
Presideat of the Lecompton Convention, the
especial pet and ~favorite OF the Administra-
tion, aud the worthy whose recent acts OF
fraud and outrage on the rights of the people
of Kansas have ee,irely eclipsed aud thrown
into The shade those of StringfetloW, Lee
cempt, Cato aud their tcols, contemplates
challenging Senator Wilson, Of Massachu-
sets 1t is ROT at all probable that any at
.eRtion would be paid by Mr.. w. to a mis-
sise of this kind, and especially ftoaa that
source, and his well known disposition and
ability to defend himself from, attacks of all
kinds, will doubtless deter che doughty chasa-
pion OF the Lecompton swindle from at
tempting u'persoaal assault. But the read
er nny be curious to know what It is that
has SO offended hins--and the answer will
be found ia the annexed extrac:
frcRa a recent speech by Mr.. W. in the Sen
ate, on the subject Of the karsas election
frauds:
On the deu.nd OF the Preside Mt
or the promise of Gov. Walker, and the dec
~iaratioa of the Washington Union, they had
promised the people Of Kansas that they
would submit the Constitution to the people.
They provided for its submission in such Il
way that Gov. Walker could not correct
frauds as he had done in the case of Oxford
and Niece counties, and s, that Calhoun
could have the matter in his itands---a man
who would not only peruit frauds, but. il it
be accessory mike the frauds himself. He
was just the tnaR TO do it; for God never al
lowed TO walk the green earth q man who
more richly deserves 10 die u traitors death,
and leave n traitors name, than John Cal,
houR.
Mr.. Green-Say it 10 his face.
Mr.. Wilson--I have said it here and it
goes on the record. | have no fears of the
tools of border ruffi1nisn in Washington or
in Kansas. | ain able to take care of my
self. [ will try to do so, at any rate. Sir.
this John Calhoun has cheated and defranIed
the people of Kansas cut of their sacred
rights. He has committed a crime against
the liberties Of the people which will ussoci-
ate his name with Tyranny and tyrants
while the history of Kansas shall be read and
remembered by mankind.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19
GoLn pIsCOvEREp-No HUMRUG

The Statesman says that one Democratic
member of Congress from Ohio is in favor
of the Lecomp,on swindle, nnd zone or TIVE
others are trimming and potering about, as il
they could escape between the devil and
the deep sea-"
The O. S. Journal says;
This pr bably means that Buchanan is
"the devil" and Douglas 1.-THE deep sea. -
Now, if this be SO, we think it pretty evident
that more than one Democrat Congressman
from Ohio has gone to 81 devil" aud the
others have gone where the devil drove the
swine, into "the deep sea"
WILMINGTON, N. C. FEB. l7,-Inteiligence
has been received here that the boilers OF
the steamer Magnolia, bound to Fayette-
vile. exploded at White Hall. and fifteen or
twenty persons were killed.
Only a few of the bodies have been recov-
reed.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19
BALTIMORE, Feb,

LOUISIANA LEGISLATURES. "A notice has
been given in the Senate of an introduction
Of a bill to import five thousand negroes from
the coast of Africa.
Joint resolutions were introduced ~denouao-
ing the acts of Commodore Paulding, aud
instructing the Senators and requesting the
Representatives in Congress 10 cause the
views expressed to be carried into effect.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9.
Resolution instructing the Senators and
requesting the Representatives from Ten
nessee to vote for the Leeompton Constitution.
have, been, after discussion, reisctsd-s7 to
So.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19
HonAoR Gnrrlny Ar Cnrneu,

HORACE GREELEY AT CHURCH,
Mr.. Greeley attended ST, PANTS
Church on Sunday evening, Ope
who sat near him says;
He came in rather late-took a seat
put on his glaSses-looked at the
Minister in the pulpit-looked up az
the ceiling-then took a glance al the
audience on either side of him-leans
ed back in his seat, and-went to sleerI
-EChioago Journal.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

CHARITY INDEED.- Mr.. John B. Farm
er, OF New York, opened in November last
a-Free Dining Saloon ut Al Ludlow street.
Across the street is stretched Il banner bear
ing he Inscription, "Plentv to sal and moth
ing to pay" We find 4 description of this
charity in the Tribune. Six hundred to- a
thousand are daily fed here, among them as
regular attedants are 60 women, 500 men
and 40O children. The women are placed
at the table first, then the men and then the
children. None are refused q meal except
those under the influence of liquor. No
questions are asked but food is furnished as
long as any one sees fit to eat. The food
consists mainly of soup. boiled beef, boiled
bans, mashed potatoes, turnips &C., &c
The bread is made on the premises, and 35
huge loaves consumed daily; 1856 gallons
Of soup are daily eaten. Since the room
was first opened there have been devoured
80 bbls., -four, 7 quarters Of beef, 900 bush
els potatoes, 100 hams, 10 bushels onions.
&C., &c, Four men and four women be-
sides Mr.. Farmer attend upon the people
This has been done at Mr.. Farmers expense
and thus far has cost $4,000. Mr. F. says
he shall continue it as long as the hard times
last.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

The notorious CALHOUN has become an
important parsonage at Washington. One
day he is reported as having declared the
Free State ticket elected in kansas---tlIe
next day, the reverse---and the next that he
still holds the returns in reverse ahd will
not say which party he will decide in favor
Of till after Kansas is adagitted under the
Lecompton Constitution. Il is pretty clear
ly established that Ire has admitted that 1t is
only by virtue of the fraudulent returns from
Delaware Crossings that the pro-slavery
state s;chet and Legislature il elected
This matters but little with the Adninistra
ton, however, as the fraud referred to is no
greater than others it has sanctioned, and the
apportionment in the Constitution it is striv-
ing 10 have adopted was pTedicaied OF the
forged Oxford and Kikapoo returns,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

1t is r~urnored that the Board of Managers
of the Washington Monument, unable to
raise sufficient funds to finish it in the style
originally intended. have concluded to build
it up win brick and mortar, and plaster it in
imitation of marble.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

There was an ayalanch from M0R
Back mountain in Maine, on Monday d
last which swepta path forty feet Wide
and four oil FIVE deep, aud entsFedthe
house of Elisha Murray. Bursting
down the partitions aud bEeaking'
through into the %celler, MFs. Murray
had her shoulder dislocated and. both
bones Of her arm broken.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

THE LEGIsLATURE.-The Legislature is
not getting along very rapidly with its bust
ness. There have been a good many bills
reported; but few comparatively have been
acted upon. The Statesman, the other day,
clait.,ed credit for the majority. on account of
the large number of bills that have been re-
ported, but if there be merit in the fact it
should in u large degree be conferred upon
the Republican members, for we are told by
gentle uen who know all about it, that two
thirds of the bills have been drawn aud pre-
scented by the Republicans members. Yes
terday the sub-treasury bill came up in COM
mittee Of the Whole, but its friends were
not ready for the discussion, and the bill
was given the go by. Mr.. Brooke said he
had a great many facts to present in reglrd
to the bill, but he was not ready just then to
speak them out. 50 the bill was pass ed
over, and the House like Mr.. Pugh, sis wait
ing for the ~facts."
The House has repealed the law of the
last session, concerning church property, up
on which we may say hereafter. The bill
concerning the Canal contracts still fingers
ia the House, and bids fair to become as
much a matter of consention this year as it
was ahSN L HG tCoCik OtliS We lU
as originally dawn, was a sort of compro-
mise, a~ssented to by the Attorney General,
aud the counsel Of contractors. and it was
expected 10 GO through without much trou-
BILE; but the debate in the Senate, and espee-
ialy the speech Of Senator BucklaHd, fright
ened the faithful, and they inserted an amend.
ment into it, which very materially changes
its whole character. The bill snow in the.
House, and when it will get out of the House
is u matter of uncertainty. Not any Of the
repeal bills have as yet become laws. We
shall probaly have the slave Jail bill in due
form of law in a few days. The people can
not but be thankful for such blessing reform
as this bill contemplates. The right TO be
taxed to build jails to imprison runaway
Kentucky negroes, is a favor which the
white people Of Ohio will never forget, nor
fail TO apprehension journal.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19

Speaker Oar, in the appointment of the
committee under the resolution of Mr.. Har-
ris, has violated all parliamentary usage BY
giving the opponents of the resolution a
majority of the meDbers-and the result,
which was doubtless designed, is seen in the
course Of that majority, persistedin up to date
of last advices, in voting down all PROPOSE
tons looking to the making of the investi-
cations contemplated by the resolution
The House having had the power to pass the
resolution, ought also to possess the power
to see that the committee appointed under
it faithfully carries it out; and if the Speaker,
for party purposes, thwarts that design by
an unfair construction of the committee,
they should proceed to form one for them
selves that would reflect the sentiments Of