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An ABLE AND INTERESTING SpEEcH.-We
had intended to republish iu ertenso the speech
delivered by Mr.. Robert Tyler, at the late
meeting of the Democracy of Philadelphia, lin
Jnynes's Hall. called to respond to the Presi-
dent s annual message. But it turns out that
our space at command will barely suffice to en-
able US thus to call attention to it. as embracing
one Of the most forcbIe defences of the posi-
ton Of the President and the Democracy, upon
the question Of the admittance of Kansas into
the Union on the LecOmpton Constitution, 50
tar called out by the extraordinary attitude
assumed by Senator Douglas. No speech on
the subject delivered in Congress as powerful
rs some Of them have been, will fall with more
force and effect on the public mind
TOUCHING THEM IN A lender PoiNT.-An
impression is gaining ground, that the honora-
BILE House of Representatives are lust now
manifesting, individually, lively sense of the
disagrseability Of an empty exchequer. On
the 4th inst some $43j 900 is said to have been
due to the members, compensation, mileage,
&C., Of which the Sergeant-at- Arms had, so far,
only managed to obtain about $50 900 TO divide
among them. 81, ..-.........s 81 .- ..r..
As n class, no other gentlemen stand more in
need OF all the ready legally due to them,
and no others will be more embarrassed by
even the necessary delay until the new Tren-
sury notes may be ready to be paid over TO
them. - 1878 ~ -.... - .
BOGUS NEws.-It turns out that the story,
per telegraph, ola battle between Jim Lane
and his fellow outlaws of Kansas aud the troors
of the United States, wherein the latter were
represented to have been defeated begin
ming of the civil warso earnestly urged--if not
invoked-by Gov. Walker and Senator Doug.
las, is a mere fiction. The st. Louis RepuVi-
en- Of the Sd contains q despatch from Boone
vile, received the day before, saying-.'AHis
qnfef IN hansasa ~ 90. Dog A.-l 50 4 +
ARRrvED.--Tke newly elected Senators from
Minnesota tMessrs. Rice aud Shields have
reached Washington. Their many friends will
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Lord Chief Justice Campbell. ns our
readers are aware, has givca notice that he
will introduce into the British Parliament
AT its next s,,sion bill dispensing with the
nec~sity for unanimous verdict Of jury
and making the verdict OF majority Of the
jury legal conviction or acqutlal The
proposed change will doubtless be strongly
opposed in England, aud perhaps for the
present the movement will bc unsuccessful
Tho English people are not only not given
To change but are ptoycrhsl Tor opposi.
tiun 10 all radical changes and cling To
time honori institutions with wonderful
aud sonstmes amusing Irrtuscily. And
even Lord Campbell with his Acknowledged
learning, purity and excellence as Judge.
will Ind his courage and perseverance taxed
severely IN the prosecution Of his avowcd
purpose. That the tories. the ultra con.
scrvat'ves OF the country, will oppose such
an Innovation, may be very naturally ex.
pccted but il seems by no means improba
blc that the Radicals al>o-,hc party who
clam Ia he especially ei,rmers--will make
avery strenuous opposition To the proposed
change
The subject is dostincd to be ga,ely dh.
cusscd also on this side Of the Atlantic. for
disagr,cmeu,s by juries are Of much GREATER
frequency hcrc than in England, 1t is no,
trial by jury, however. tina, Chief Justice
Campbell on that side OF the Atlantic or
rejecting men on this will scck 10 abolish
Nor would rciiectng men consent that A
mans liberty or HE shall be rriIled az
placed at the mercy OF the bare majority OF
jury. Tie aim is TO secure to the mrson
on trial and to the prosecution all the al.
van,ages OF trial by jury, without impos-
Ing upon the jury themselves ,bcsc oner,as
burdens to which al present they are sub
jected 10 England. the law allows thu
Judge TO hold jury in durcs until they
agre upon verdict, aud authorizes him
To rcsort TO some severe aud almost har
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The California Election.

SAs FRANCISCO, Sept. 81, ls5s.-The
popular vote Of the State at the late election
counts up $4,000 10 favor Of Joseph q.
Baldwin for Judge Of the Supreme Court,
four highest tribuual), who was the regular
Democratic candidate, and about "a 900 for
John Curry, the joint nominee of the anti.
Lecompton Democrats and the Republicans.
The result Of the contest was carried away
from here by the last steamer, and the add.
tional returns received since then have only
added TO the majority ia favor Of the DE.
mocracy. Messrs. Mckibben aud Dudley
have been elected 10 Congress, but they will
encounter serious obstacle to taking their
seats in the act passed at the last session OF
the Legislature, postponing the election un-
ill 1859.
II would be ditiicul, TO state what the
election just passed decided The platform
OF the Democratic party, adopted at Sacra-
ment0 does not mention the nam: Of h an
sas, Douglas or BrOderick II approved
the general policy OF the administration, but
held out the hand of fellowship to all Den
ocrats who supported the Cincinnati plat
form. IL did not, either in terms or by
iulpHCdtiou, cast Wolu VI FtprodCu upon
Frederick or Mckibben. As to Mr.. Doug
las the press during the canvass regarded
him as true TO his party fcalty and publish
cd his speeches as arguments in aid Of the
regular candidates. The newspapers in aid
of the administration declined as far as they
could the discussion Of Kansas affairs, rep
ROTATING the revival Of the question, and
declaring that the whole Kansas issues, hav-
ing been localized in that Territory, were
past and settled. Voters were appealed to
in aid Of the old Democratic principles by
which the nation had progressed, aud its
grandeur at home and abroad upheld and
augmented. Thousands of men who ap
proved Of the course taken by Douglas, in
view Of these facts voted for Baldwin, and
in doing SO thought the act was in no wise
inconsistent with their principles. Had the
English bill or some such measure not pass.
ed, or had its rejection by the people Of
Kansas been known here before the election,
the anti-lecomptOnites might have succeed
ed As it is, good Off ,ers have been elect.
ed, and all are satisfied.
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barous expcdicnts TO enforce such agree
ment. This practice does not prevail here
TO the same extent, though jaries have been
seriously burdened by the requirements Of
the bench 10 such cases. But here the ad.
ministratiop OF justice IL seriously embsrrass'
ed by the very evil which Lord Campbells
bill il designed to remedy.
II il notorious that one or two impracti-
cable men upon q jury can defeat almost IN
definitely the ends Of justice, and II Is not
without some reason that the opinion pre-
walls that one or two such men are some
times smugglcd into the jury box for the
special purpose Of defeating justice. Moth
ing has done more 10 unsettle the popular
confidence in the jury system than this abuse
Of il. II IL notorious that cases have result.
Cd, not once only, but oftener, in disagree
meDt Of the jury, on the merits Of which
there really could be no difference Of opinion,
and in which the evidence was positively
irresistible. There are other cases, doubt
les, where the evidence il 70 conflicting that
intelligent and reasonable men may well
hesitate at pronouociag verdict, and there
may be seven on one side and five on the
other. With su,h cases "a the latter, there
would be no wisdom Ia interfering. These
are bona file differences Of opinion which
should be respected. and with which the law
or the Court should not interfere.
But for the former cases some remedy il
undoubtedly required. From the very orr.
gin Of the trial by jury il was never contem.
plated that the obstinacy or the interests OF
one or two men should stand in the way Of
the rendition Of verdict, whether Of con.
viction or acquittal. 1t Is now proposed in
England that the verdict Of ten Tor cleven)
men, out Of the twelve composing the jury.
shall stand Us the verdict OF the whole. We
incline TO think that the reform IL good
one, and that il Is needed with Us quite as
much as it il in England. Justice would be
better administered under such regulation.
The small class OF men who hover around
our Courts, ready TO take engagements a.
dissenting jurors, would find the profit Of
their occupation gone, il not their occupa.
ton itself II would also afford relief to
honest bona file jurors, whose convenience
and time are certainly worth consideration.
Men oi business are often detained for from
twelve TO twenty four hours by the crotchets
or obstinacy Of one juror This il no little
hardship, aud one that should not be nilIct-
ed upon citizens who thus give their time to
litigants in whose disputations they have no
concern. and Tor the origin Of which they are
not responsible The subject at least de-
serves attcntion.--N !. Com. Adu.
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SPECIMENS or SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
RHEroRIc.--M Mr.. Winter Davis, il his letter
to the students at the University of Wiz.
GINA, thus scars into the regions OF bound
less space:
Such fever in youth portends madness
in manhood. 1t is temper alien to the
genius of our republic, whose life is freedom
of thought freely spoken, temper which
tends to civil strife, the shock of extremes,
soitened by no coDciliatory counsels, the
tyrannical domination Of local majorities to
the determination Of every protest, and the
collision Of those majorities in arms when
the kindly memories Of the past are only q
little more obliterated by injurious recriuri-
nations"
1t is like the orator who exclaimed -
" Proceed to the confines Of civilization on
our western border; seek the woodman in
the almost inaccessible recesses Of the prim.
tive forest. Transport the evidence Of the
toll Of the hardy pioneer in his exertions to
make home for future generations. Place
me- oh, place me upon those evidences, and
transport me forth into the fresh morning
breezes where nought alarms or makes
afraid"
In this specimen, the orator was Winter.
Davising the well-known sentiment, Carry
me ou on ttro chps,"
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The King OF the Two Sicilies, Ferdinand
H., or " King Bomba," as he is dersively
called, is genuine tyrant. lie rules his
people Us he pleases, and permits no outside
interference. When England and France,
some time ago, offered him advice, he told
them, in pretty plain terms, to mind their
own business, and not trouble themselves
with his domestic affairs and he added that
they could find evils enough u, home TO en-
gage their benevolent hearts. without going
TO Naples after objects OF sympathy. Eng
land aud France were deeply offended, and
diplomatic difficulty. ani the withdrawal
OF the diplomatic representatives of the two
nations from the Neapolitan court. were the
results.
Recently there have been reports afloat
that diplomatic relations were about 10 he
renewed, and that, to eif,ct this end, secret
organizations, which involved q rcc0nstruc-
ton OF the Neapoli,an cabinet, were going
ON. We have now. in letter from Napl :,
wha, purpnrts 10 he the reply of NJ. Carahi,
the Neapolitan Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
to an inquiry from Vienna on the subject Of
these reported negotiations, In his reply,
NJ. Caraiia says that the King Of Naples
would consider himself Inundated, in his own
cycs. and In the eyes OF his subjects, and OF
Europe, IL he took any steps TO bring about
reconciliation with England and France.
As il was not the King, he adds, that caused
the rupture, the first steps Ia reconciliation
will no, b. taken by him This IS decidedly
game.
Bo,nba ia ,yran' and be is not ashamed
Of his tyranncal acts AT any rate. he will
no, submi, To reproofs by his nelghbors. or
modify his policy to please them. He Is an
obstinate old Bourbon. aud will not take
LOUIS Napoleon and the Bri ish Minister Of
the day rs his Instructors 10 the science OF
government. When he needs advice, be-
will scek 1t 10 Vienna. a. Austria Is bis fast
friend, aud helps him powerfully To maintain
his rule. Werc Austria 10 desert him, his
throne would not stand long, and knowing
who Is his sarst irieLj. h. viii not oi!end
tina, friend ID conclllats France and Ing
land
The letter OF NJ. Carada who srms 10
bs suitable Minister Tor king Ferdinand,
has provoked a fresh burst Of indignation
from the English journals. They threaten
political death 10 any minister who shall
propuss 10 rtsume diplomatic re.aiioas with
Naples. under her ppscn, government 30
the diplomatic difhculty promises 10 rua'n
una1jas,ed for some time longer, aud TO b.
the cause Of all lpiehniie amount Of news
paper gossip and comment.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-28

PRIVATE OPINION PUBLICLY EXPRESSED
Long JoHS WENTWORTH is rusticatiDg
&C., especially the last, in New Hampshire.
The old Lang Syne friends there have
dug hole in the ground for Long John to
stand in while giving a private opinion on
Illinois political prospects. We find the
following in the Portsmouth Gazette:
Long John Wentworth, q notorious Iii.
nois politician, was here the first Of the week,
and in conversation was asked, by leading
Democrat his opinion of Douglas and the
great contest now progressing in his State,
he answered:
My opinion, sir. my opinion Of Douglas
is, that be is ID rascal, but he Is big
one, too, and carries bis points against oppo-
sition that any other man would break down
under He has got courage, sir. and the
people will follow him. lie is id
sc0undrel. sir, but he will be elected Senator
and you Buchanan men down here will
have TO take him for President yet, d-n
him
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SHIPS or WAR WIxXISG THE VICTORIES
or PEACE The arrival Of the Valorous at
this port with the rescued passengers from
the Austria, is one Of those events which
strengthen the entente oordidle between
the Old and New World. Quite recently
large number Of ships Of war, both British
and American, have been engaged in oper.
ations altogether distinct from the original
intention Of the governments which en-
structed them. BY a curious COINCIDENCE
the Macedonian, which was captured by us
from the British after a most sanguinary
raval battle, was employed TO convey food
TO her Majesty's starving subjects in Ire
land. The United States subsequently, sent
one Of their finest frigates-the st. Law
rence--to convey goods for the Worlds
Fair at London. The Niagara, still finer
vessel, has laid half the Geographic cable,
and transported the slaves taken from the
Echo, TO Africa The British Admiralty
loaned three vessels to assist in the cable
enterprise, and one OF them--the Gorg0n-
is now engaged in making important sur.
yeys to aid shpmasters in the navigation OF
the Atlantic. Time was when naval Off
GERS would have demurred TO taking service
in operations which partook more or less Of
q commercial character but now they are
extremely anxious to do 50. The fact only
shows that the most conservative institu-
tions must give way to the progress Of the
age,-N. y. Herald.
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LOLA Moyrgz writes sharp letter, de-
tending herself against attacks which have
grown out Of her offer TO help the Rev
RALrH H0rT's new church project. She
says
wish TO state that when volunteered
for this purpose, had never seen the rec
tor, the Rev. Ralph IIoyt, but had heard
il stated that his practice is to distribute
food and clothing TO the poor during the
cold months of winter. The idea OF cler-
gyman, in the selfish times We live 10, Civ
ing good food and clothes 10 the freezing
ard starving. instead Of fessting them on
tracts struck me a. being .mo-t unheard
OF conduct in minister. and felt strong
desire TO give my mite and help to rebuild
church which is To be used for such very
novel, but tru3 Christian purpose. Nor did
for moment imagine that there was 10
be- found. even in the benighted regions OF
clerical bigotry and intolerance, one 80 stu
pid and 50 shameless rs to find fault with a
truly philapthropic clergyman for his vii.
lingncSs - receive donation from me TO
fed poor. did remember that ii was
the doctors Of theology and the "pious
folks who eruci6el the Master anI my wide
experience has taught me that it is not to
that class Of people that we may generally
look for good and charitable deeds but
was not prepared 10 expect such an insult
ing interference Of Bishops and Clergy, in
what is only an humble otter OF mine TO help
the poor. But ! am contente,i TO leave with
thinking minds 10 say who Is the better
Christian, myself, or the cold, heariless
Pharis,c. who would crush me or any one
else for dong good. As have seen it sta.
ted in some OF the papers. that under these
circumstances might retase 10 lecture for
that object, desm 1t proper To say. over
nv owu pane. that | shall lecture. a. adver-
tised, at Hops Chapel. on Wednesday eve
ming. and all the proceds viii he handel
over to the bcuevoieb, object before named.
Aud, to my lecture 90 Rome. shall add
postscrip, 10 relation To anti-C Christian and
ante 4 H@rIcau blgo,ry and Intolerance.
which may, also, as II appears, be used To
rob the IsOor and dlye~i man OF his natural
rights. With pity Tor the poor. aud many
prayers Tor toe +" siuners Of Iion, ] am your
ob.d.n, servant. La, AoSryx
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-28

The sittiags Of the first Congress OF Ger.
man political economists have Just been
brought to close at Gotha. Frankfort.
on.the- Maine has been chosen as the place
Of meeting for next year. There were 100
members present at the congress. Perma-
nent committees have been elected by the
congress conducting its business and for
making the necessary preparations for the
next meeting. The committee on the tariff
question consists of the most advanced rep.
resentatives Of the free trade party in Ger
many-Dr O. Wolf, editor Of the Bei:,e
Ga:efie, DIR. o. Mchaels, one Of the editors
Of the National Gazette, at Berlin, and j.
Prince Smith ESQ., an Englishman settled
in Berlin, who enjoys great fame in Germa.
ny a. writer ia the German language on
political economy. The rules laid down for
the guidance of the labors Of the committee
by the congress is that all customs duties
yielding an insignificant amount only, or
involving protectionist principle, are to be
erased from the tariff The rules laid down
for the committee on associations consist in
the recommendation of associations for ex.
tending the benefit of credit to the working
classes, on the joint stock or united liability
principle. which have already proved ex.
treme'y successful in Germany further, Of
associations for providing raw material and
objects of consumption at u cheaper price,
and in an uhalulteratcd form, to the work
ing classes; the principle Of individual
property and free competition being care
fully adhered to in the institutions for both
purposes The debates of the congress were
highly interesting, and proved in marked
way the superiority OF the free trade party
in public discussion Lwerpool Mercury,
September Goth.
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From The seoitsh American Journal Oct. 10.
The London correspondent Of the New
York Herald mentions having seen the pro
spectus OF company which II is proposed
to organize under the title OF "1he Allan
tic and Pacific Junction Railway and Land
Company" The capital is set down at
fl0 100000, an inadequate sum, apparent
ly, for such IN enormous undertaking, but
what the undertaking precisely Is, the writer
does not tell rs, except in u general way
that it is for the construction of q railway
from Vancouver Island to tho Lakes. The
Company II is stated. intend TO apply for
u land gran, to the extent Of fifteen miles
on the side Of the line. Proceeding
upon this system. a railroad running through
an entirely new country, which is on thu eve
OF being settled, but which in no settlements
have yet been actually formed would have
fair prospect Of attaining renumeratipg
position 10 the course Of few years, Us set.
tiers would Of course locate along the line in
the tirst instance At least seven hundred
miles Of the proposed route. where it crosses
the praries, Is admirably fitted for tillagc
and pasture. and il It is carried through the
kootanais pass, and through the valley of
tn Upper Columbia, another region would
be opcued up, which according to reliable
accounts. Is onc .! the most inviting on the
face Of the globe, mild at all seasons Of the
year, extremely fertile. bearing gigantic tim.
Der, in short IA the author OF the Oregon
Mission" has described il. IAN earthly par
adiSe," The traffic from the Pacific tcrmi-
JUS OF such road. would there can be no
doubt, be enormous AMI the benefit il
would confer on the whole British posses
slons on this continent can scarcely bo over
estimated The only serious difficulty in
the way e,-4orming continuous line on
British Territory would be experienced on
the north shore Of Lake Superior, which is
most impracticab'c country to cut through
and one in which there never can bc much
way traffic TO contribute to the income OF u
railway, Ga pol teal grounds the British
Government may desire that the road should
take that direction. and Canadian interests
would, doubileSs, also be greatly promoted
10y such an arrangement, seeing tina, the
communication across Lake Superior is
scarcely opened for one half the year The
distance 10y this route. from Colllngwo,i TO
Red River is no, less than 900 miles,
over which the construction OF road would
cost double the money required TO make the
ne from Red River TO Victoria. Already
there is a chain o, railways nearly complete
from Detroit 10 ST Paul, the first portion Of
which. th Great Western. is a British un.
drrtaking, although on American soil. In
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COMETS AND SNoKING.--lIere is some
thing on smoking" which was read lately
before the Historical and Genealogical So
cety from an old book published in England
in l6l9, drawing prognostics from comet
Of the period
Il will not aske where are the
bowes aud arrows whcreHitb our fathers
conquered France and relieved Spain !;
but where are our Muskets ? Are
they no, turned into Tobacco pipes =?
Where are our English valour and courages
Are they not with that outlaDdish weed
vanished into smoake! May not say, az
it was sometimes said OF those degenerate
Milesians The English were once yalia,t
aud warhke. Who may not from tbs
smoakie parents icare a furnish generaa0,
whose courage may perhaps he sooi ln-
famed but sooner quenched -
This, however, was written the ~ be-
fore the Puritaus landed--before Be Eng
lish commonwealth asd the EpGf6 reyolu
tion--so that the author. lohn bAinbridge,
Doctor Of Physicke and lover Fthe Nathe-
miticks,' seems to have feared beyond rea-
SOM. y. EreRing Pos.