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, 1860-01-04

We have read this document with thc most
pleasurabie sensations nj the idea that it is the
last annual iu1iction, save one, Mr.. Buchanan
can hes.ow upon the cou:t1y. This is nothing
new in its tcpics, ennoblipg in its sentiments,
or patriotic IN its impulses. He talks Of. the
1nest;mnJ'c va1uc Of the Union, which he has
done SO much to demorulize and disgrace. He
coueratuates the country upon the final settle
rent of the question Of slavery BY The Supreme
Court, when he knows that there is barely d
corporal's guard Of his party from the North
rce!ccted to Congress Who do not scout the
idea Of such'a settlement. and nccuse Inn ot
.interpnIating this .ncw plank Of the political
creed from, personal nlaaiguitv TO Senator Doug
las. He says all lawful means at his command
hage been employed to execute The LAWS against
the African slave trade, when il is patent that
his officials hare interposed obstaeicc to their
execution. He gives no satisfactory informa-
tion conccru1ng Mexican affairs, but desires to
be clothed with pIenarE pouera to Interfere in
the intestine hroils Of that Inflated Republic,
uoder pretence Of enforcing our treaty rights !;
and he talks against measures Of policy on the
ground that they would increase the patronage
of tue Executive to q dangerous extent, aud
foster system Of jobbing and corruption which
no yillauce on tic part Of the federal otficialR
could prevent, when "f from tile tyways and
highways Of the Government the rotienuess
until his own Democratic allies hare asked,
"Why are the people 50 pat'ent7 vhy slunbers
tue indignation ofths Democracy? :.
There are some positions assumed in it to
which We assent. but they: hare bean taken for
the purposes Of prirate ambition CT party sue
cess, aftcr having been in measure forced upon
his Administration. While, therefore, We agree
Win some IT liz riews and rrcomnaendations,
there is such chill produced bJ is iusinccri.y,
and such contempt for his bold partizan bid
made for denomination, that We arc a:raost
inclined to surrender our convictions Of right
aud proclaim ourselves mistaken, when we End
that We must agree With him on one OF two sub
iects of national Importance" =.
, 1860-01-04

Last Friday, just as the note Of suspension
mas stuck on the banking house door Of Cook
Sargent, it was observed by IN 1r1sh dra5 man.
Taking it for granted this was TN end to Flor
cnee money, he FASTENED bone and got bis STOCK
Of Florence, eonsis'iug Of u ten dollar bilt Put
ting old "Dohoin' to fast trot, be Lrs1ied
down 10 +NeEmauy" and bought 3 silk hand
kcrcl.ief for IS cents, receiving: in change $9.5.
Unfortunately, in his change there wss two-
dollar Florence bill. l'a: looked ut it in con-
steruation, then indignantly handed il back %
the merchant. and thus far forgot himself
"Whiss, hopcy," he said, Should on there II bit.
Will 20 a!ther giving n,e GOOD money instead
Of that stuff Ii isn't wurih dom, for1 seed
the note on the bank door itself not five mlu-
nses ago" The truth glimmered through sha
merchants mind, and be hastily grabbed hack
lis change, leaving Pat his ! to reflect over at
his leisure. The fact is, our Hiberni2n friend
rather ovesrrachcd himself that time, aud Was
80 badly "orertaken that be did not think TO
run to some other store til. too oolase.-DaesaP7rt
Gazette.
, 1860-01-04
.Fl,:cnth Against the Cufo Il j.

As historical fact, it Is uaiisputed. rs \
current fact Of the day. it is und1sputed, that
you DO not find these declarations of hostility
issuing from, the Northern Democracy ;.you do
not find these attempts to oyerturn the 1aws
coming frou, Democratic sources; you do not
find these lenunci4ti,ps Of son aud your in
stitutions coming from Democratic lips aud
Democratic rre=zss.-PtsE' P+s*iata' Breckia-
r1idge't Speech.
This u news, We hai supposed il" . his.
toricas fact that the South CaEo!ina Nulliders
in 1889 we're Democrats. We hail also suppos-
cd t "a c1,rrcrt fa:t Of the day" that Msssrz.
Gwin, Ivcrsou, Brnvn, Davis. Moore, Curry,
Crawford, Lamar, Singleton, Ac!lae, Pryor,
Smith, Bouhaul, Mites and Val!andiShau,, who
have been 50 Tcci,erous in favor ct Disuniop,
were Democrats. every one. Is it not SO, Mr.
yics Presideuts Arc not these Democratic
lips," aud arc not the Eichmund Ealmirtr,
Washington Coa.tita!ion, Charleston NtreuCy
and New Orleans Drltd, F" Democratic pEesses:
If threats Of Discuiou- do not come from
ncmccrat;c sources" we should Ike to hear
3ir Brcckinridge, CT. anybody else, tel! where
they do come frona*-aldany Ertaia9: Journal
, 1860-01-04
Drc59 4 Grihutte
1lIpOzsTArT DECISIONS.

The tw" dec!s.ons Ct Judge Wilson, o( the
Emperor Court .! c 'ok County. settling con.
trovcrted points il tie General Banking Law
Of the State, will attract the attention Of the
Bur. the laukcrs aud tho business ilen from
Chicago TO Cairo. They arc printed in our col-
'onaos his nor,liug. Tie
lst, A!lirn's The riiEht Of tic Legislature to
amend the General Banking Law, without SUBJ
mittins The amendments to the people for their
ratification; and tic
: "a. oblses Bankers TO pay their obligations
without tho unnecessary delay consequent
upon dcling out ten aud five cent pieces, at tue
> Ta:o Of $50 per dayi III word, 10 redeem,
their no'cs Us business men ars obliged to take
=. np theirs, in prompt aud willing manner,
without any or lhe vexatious quibbles to which
60 naaay Of Tue rag-moaey men have resorted
Ter gaining time.
We think those decisions will be generally
hailed by tile hu.'aess men with delight; but
as they have been rendered upon two agreed
cases, which will DO ut once carried to the Su-
prcn.c Court Ct .he State, VIC arc not get justi-
fad in announcing them as the law Of the land;
Butwo may be allowed to, express the loI q
that t':e day of irresponsible banking is at an
'cnd in 1Ilinois-that :hoshigher tribunal to
which tho Interests Of the people in this case
ere entrusted, will reati:m, in more emphatic
language, that which Judge Wilson has deci-
'dsd to be tue law.
, 1860-01-04

Editors Prcsa and Tribune.
Since noticing in your columns some str:c-
lures upon recent efforts tending towards the
alteration Of the collection laws Of Iowa, "to
protect debtors" in the pcaceah1e possession of
what their good names have heretofore obtained
upon cscdit-wc hare received the following
from one Of the most intelligent attorneys Of that
State-so that out Of their own mouths, as we'll
as yours condemnation writes its veto upon all
such attempts. Hereitis:
"There is no State in the Union which has
laws 20 much favoriug the poor man and the
wenithy rascal As our laws now stand on the
statute book q man cau put Isl, 900 into home.
stead, surround it with $500 worth Of other pro-
perty, and you cauuot collect $40 Of him bY le-
Eal process. This is emphatically the State
where the creditor suffers and the debtor pros
ptrs
:.fou can now begin to understand why It is
so hard to make collections here"
Why is it, Mr. Editor. that the creditor in
this Western State has no rights whicl. legisls-
tnres are bound to respect: II money is the
root OF oil evil, and TN Iowa merchant manages
to transfer from your humble servant, it you
p1ease,) goodIy SUN into the fastnesscs Of such
laws, is he not one Of the branches: As IN in-
terested creditor simply make the inquiry 10
elicit the philosophical bearings of such atrans.
fer,-the money is Of no account. What think
you: CnEplroR.
, 1860-01-04

d
As1. 1.cn. osw<go "a: n y, Uec. il leso.
said to YOU in Que OF my last that the 1rrc-
pre.sible Conflict was going on here, and by and
BY il will conc. Let me here tell you little Of
the beginning Of the end. Deacon Reuben
Salisbury, formerly Of Snndy Greek, III this
county, one ofthe best and most inotfensive ncn
in the county, purchased farm in Virginia
some ten years ago and moved there. at 4
prayer meeting which he attended soon aflcr he
got there, hc prAJed thut ulast rs would trcat
their slaves kindly. Next morning be WIS whit
ed upon by some Of his kind neiehbors aud in.
formed that he must not pray in that ,nannerin
Virginia
soon nftcr John Brown took The State of Vir.
pinia and the United States arsenal At Harpcr's
Ferry, with the consent Of Secretary Floyd Den
con SALISBURY was found with M Albany 5Te<k1v
journal in his pocket, sent to him BY his bro.i-
er from this county. That Was proof enough
the. he was one Of John Browns men, as high
as Colouei or Captain. no was waited on by
fourteen armed men, and marched 10 Jail. They
bad unnistakabIe evidence in his pocket (any
Of you or could hare testified agaiask him. J
BE was finally ordered to 1eaye the S,ate-and
had q man BY tic nsmn Of George Washington,
who formerly lived in that Slate, been alive. he
too, would have been ordered to icarc With Uca-
con SALISBURY. This week Deacon SALISBURY
has returned 10 this couaty to reside. His story
will add from 500 to 900 rotes next fall to our
Ypaioritr
, 1860-01-04
Ken1arkabl eSntcfdc-"-A Young mnn0-
InaAsAc Shooting Himself ln II CAyc.
[fIom The piLtsbnrs Iournal Dee. 81

4 Young man known as Dutch Fred, aged
seventeen, committed suicide near NcKess-
port, few days since, by shooting ,imself
through tue head witl, pistol Fred has been
residing IN Mckeesport for the lat three
years ard has been il the employ Of William
Shaun, steam cracker baker. On Saturday
last he met with an accident, by l,aYing the
thumD and fogctinscr Of the right hand cut OF
in tile machinery. Shortly after the acciient,
he disappeared, and was lot found until Thurs
day, when ho was discovered lying dead in
cave about one mile above A[cKeespo7t. 1t
appears he lad taken witt. him TO the spot
where l.e vas fouud, pistol, powder and lead
which were fund uea1 the body. SeserM
sings made from tue lsad, charges Of powder
aud percussion caps were found placed CAREFUL
y apart. ready for rcloading the pistol in case
uf failure On the first attempt. Wien found.
it would seem that the suicide first p,llled lis
hat over bis eyes then placed tie pistol aga INST
the hat and fred The charge entered at the
left temporal bone, aud tore up tho front part
Of the skull, which was thrown back and ex-
posed the b!air. The cause fur the nash act is
supposed 10 be monomauia, as he w:.s con.
stautly quoting certain passages from the Bible
relative to INA med persons being excluded from
the presence Of God. Fred, who WAS well
educated German, and Of neditatiye turn Of
mind, had only oue relative in this country.
brother. -
, 1860-01-04
4Sfdf*HaaA writes:


The marked men Of the House are soon re-
coanized. John Quincy Adams son is there
Lie s,ts quietly on back seat near tie middle
door, Lald headed. rather austere in look, but
not quite 50 grabbed III dsmcanor as was his
father. lie is said to be line debatcr, but u
yet has taken no part. As all offset to him and
1ct unlike hiua-is Houston ef Alabama,-as le
comes in, jolly enough, singing almost audsbiy
to the galleries, the song Few DAYS, few days."
with special reference 10 the coming nnd CON
tinuing contest for speaker. Taen aso pointed
out tic black. headed, black bearded, hlack-
Rcpublicanized Grow Of Pennsylvania; then
john Sherman, with pale flee, close, firmly
compressed lips and anxious bearing thea
k.i.t tearing round as usual, clever to al! and
ksitt al ult times, sohered some by marriage,
but evidently keits sill; then old Thaddtus
Stcvens, with his unfortunate lame or game
.oot, wh:g aud sesese front, ~ if ready to *cuss'
Locofoco5 with whereas; ,hep Corwin, as mild
and blind in his amiable dcneanor, as if lie
had not q forty orator mud hundred c'1wn
power iu that swart visage and Oh that ready
tongue.
, 1860-01-04
CONVENTION TN.UAY.

The Douglas Democratic State Convention
meets to-day, at Springfield, for The purpose Of
choosing delegates to tlat more important
Convention ut Charl stop, in April nc1t We
ire at loss to know what policy tho leaders
will pursue. Tho open, maaly, independent
course in maintenance Of tho ground assumed
when the Lecompton war broke ont, is that
which would most rebound to their credit;
but as it is also that which would, befure No
veubsr uc1t, lead them to close union with
tho Republican party for the great campaign 81
the year, We may now set it down as certain that
il will not he adopted On the contrary, the
shutting equivocal position which they have
lately appeared to court, and in which they
arc encouraged by their leader, is probably
that which they will adhere to in their mp.
po;ntmcnts and in tLeir resolutions Whether
they talk out like acn, or whether like pcnl..
tent rebels they stoop to receive cl.ast:scmcnt,
the Republicans havn everything to gain and
nothing to loso By their deliberations. No
matter what they resolve to do or not
| to do, it IL ns surc as that the sun will
riac tomorrow, that their delegates, ar
rived at Charleston, il admitted to the
convention at all, will bo in That body upon
sucla terms as would insure the loss Of I'LL.
nois 10 the Democratic ticket there nominated,
If there were two Douglasses on each section
of land in the State. Audit is further certain
that if their delegates are sent home, tho so-
called Democratic party will not carry a single
precinct in Illinois. So. let the boys 50 nhead
aud nuke US many resoives, and appoint Us
| many delegates as they pleass.
, 1860-01-04

Esap<r's BdnE IS. H. r. Adsit-RM for Ia
juauioa-This case was heard upon bill, answer
and stipulation.
Tho complainant is = corporation organized
under the General Banking Law Of this Stale
passed in 1851, aud established at Fairfield in
this State.
On the l2th Of October. 1859, the defendants.
Mcsxrs. Adsit aud Willard. being joint owners Of
$500 in the notes Of said complainant, aud caused
them 10 be presented to the President cf the
bapk by q notary public at the bank during busi.
ness hours, and redemption demanded Of the
same in tue legal coin Of tAe United States
Tho President offered to redeem The bills one by
one separately, but refused to redeem the pack.
axe IS one obligation, and thsreuron the notary
protested the package for non.redenption.
: The protested bills were. presented to the
Auditor Of Public Accounts hy the defendants,
whereupon tue Auditor gave notice to tbs
President Of tho complainant bank to pay said
bills with interest aud, IS required by law, and
, 1860-01-04
DOING ITS WORK.

That slavery is sapping the foundations Of
.liber'y IN this couairy is a fact painfully
brought homo to the comprehension Of ali
thinking men- Tic latest manifestation Of the
spirit which it brings into play, is tho attack
which great number If Democratic Journals
have tacitly agreed 10 make Upon tie Liberty
ofSpec:h. To the ou1h, where liberty Of the
Press has for ycaEs bern nothing but shadow,
wo might naturally layo looked for recon.
n,.ndatious squirting towards censorship, a
new series Of laws cElibe1. alien and scdi,itn n
laws &C.; but until lately We have not had
the hardihood TO believe that in the North the
policy Of the serriie States in this particular,
could, by any possibility, be adopted by single
Journal depending upon popular favor for its
support Arecent article in tho Philadelphia
Psansyluanian, paper in the interests Of the
Democracy, and supported mainly by jobs from
Washington aud assessments upon politicians,
has, however, with great czp'ic:tuess, taken
ground in iavor Of new and ten-fold more
stringent restrictions upon heguarantied right
Of every man to examine and discuss in pub
1to or in private tho slavery question. To state
the case moro accurately, the Iennsylranian is
willing that The arguments IN favor Of the d.
vinity and democracy Of "the institution"
should be dwelt upon at any length by The
Mitchcl1s md 0'C minors Of tho 1rihl tribe or by
any others to whom dcspotism may DO COM
~,apHad VI tim t,e - firm, IF t-nrnrrrar+ lint
, 1860-01-04
OF COURSE HE DID.

We have private letter from Washington,
compton Democrat, Of Illinois, was marked by
extraordinary viulictivcncss Of feeling toward
the President and the Iecompton wing o', as
17vejor enys, that old buzzard, the Pro-S1av-
cry Democratic party. Il was read OF with
animation from the authors manuscript, and,
ns IN echo Of lhe supposed views Of Mr. Doug
las, VIE attoutivey listened 10. So much for
his speech. Nov for lis act: Later in the
day, Mr.. Morris cast is vote for Scott, Of
o,lfornis, for Spcaker-sco.t, one Of the most
eervile among TIC many servile creatures who
represent La.onpsonism ani all sorts Of mis-
o:llaneous officiating md general doughfacc-
i'm on the floor Of tho House-for Scott, one
uf the leaders Of that California gang to whom
Mr. Morris said Deoderick owed his untimcly
dsath-sor Scott, the deroest defender and most
ahject apologist for the Lccompton iuiqulty-
Bcott, the ready advocate OF Disunion as the
dsst consequence Of Republican suaceesi We
need no other comment than this on Ar: Nor
rae brave Words--no other es3dcnee that they
are intended only for his constituents in ILL.,
noih His rotes are for tue supremacy Of that
badprtnciple and that infamous policy which
his talk affects to condemn. Mr.. Morris, tho
meu down in the Quincy District, who, upon
the strength Of your anti.Lecompton protcs-
e'ons, sent you to Congress, wnnt to know il
you have not a vote now and then for them
and Tor tho principles which, on the stump
you plsdgea yourself to uphold? They admire
tue candor and plain words in your published
speeches; but they do not care Us much for
talk as for cider-for words rs for votea- II
your theory and practice must ditfar-if you
must talk one way and vote another-canuot
you talk Locomptonisrn and Disunion awhile
ao@ in 3he meantime vote as you ousbt7 :
, 1860-01-04
The Latc Cn1d Term.

~ NAFKKv1LLE, IT., Dec. St, 1Es9.
Eci'0:s Press Atd TEhu-e:
Thermometer this morning ut six o'clock. 90
below zero-weather clear, wind from the West.
Yesterday morning, six o'clock, 3o.h. ther.
mometer 9 above, c'ear-~ind ". y. W;
eight o'clock A. II. l. below; nine o'clock s.
below; ten O'Clock Z below; two O'Clock r. II,
To- below; SIX o'clock r. u. IL below; nine
o'clock r. N. lG' bclow.
Yours truly, LEWIS ELLSWORTH.
TrsoolA. H.. J1u- :, lseo,
Editors Press aud Tribune:
The following is the statement Of the cold
weather yesterday. which will be knovn as the
cold New Year: At sunrise, is below zero :;
noon, = below 1cto; sunset, IL below zero.
Monday, sunrise, CO. below zero.
J !. 1IALsTkp
, 1860-01-04
From washington Territory.
lCoEI4spondtnce OF the Press and T1ibune.l
Pear Ludlow, WA8H1ecTo1 TxR.r1oHT

Suf. @s 4oaSs
Your paper reaches this remote corner OF the
q. 5. with the greatest regularity, not having
missed 4 number get.
sec you make some sensible comments on
the San Juan Island afEair, which is just now
attracting so much attention to this almost un-
known country. In discussing the question.
there are many here whose delight it would be
TO see bloody end to this thing, rather tban
have it settled pcaccably. Hero, as well as else
where, especially on the Pacific coast, there is
class Of Americans which would delight in a1l
differences between ourselves and other nations
10 see our cluims pushed forward with insulting
peranecity, without yielding IN iota to motives
Of policy, aud hardly to those Of common hon
esty. Such men hoped the Government would
forward instructions IL Gen. uarncy, s:astain-
ing him in his bullying course. Had not Ad-
miral .Bayue been more discreet than Gen. Il.
We should have been in the midst Of bloodsled
long ere this. Our peaccably disposed citizens
hail with delight the course Gen. Scott has puz-
sued since his arrival. Without awaiting the
British Envoy, be ordered all the soldiers TO be
withdrawn to their respective posts, except a
detachment under Capt English. A joint civil
jurisdiction with the British Government is now
proposed, until tho sovereignty nf the Island is
determined. Our Government, meanwhile,
abates nothing Of its claims, only leaving them
| to be settled by diplomacy inatead Of the sword
Uetter lose tue Island, rich Us it may be, and
! valuable as it muy become for military post
than to acquire it by means no better than con
, 1860-01-04

We publish 4 sensible article from the n.
Q. Ba,Le*in, showing up the suicidal folly Of the
Southern prosc: Of passing and eniorcing non:
intercourse laws with tho n rth. The New;
Orleans paper points out the imposaibility ef
euf,rc'nS such :. scheme We commend tue
article to the ua;ou.s ,cers who profess to be-
lieyc that unless the North submits to all the
demnads and exactionz Of the shareholders;
the Union will not only be destroyed, but all
. commercial intercourse bstwecn the sections
forever ended.
p. The Bulletin suggests that instead Of passing
absurd non.intercoursc laws, which would bo
n dead letter from their first day, "southern
legislatures should exercise their wisdom
: "towasds creating and fostering system Of
"home supply Of manufactured products"
Tbis advice is sensible, but we fer impraclica-
blc. D:caasc, manufacturing in competition,
with tic North and with Europe, requires
skilled free lator; aud to obtain aud retain in:
the slave States million If Intelligent
ortizans and capitalists, it s'ill be necessary
to repeal oil laws suppressing Tree discussion,
free newspapers, and free political action 1t
would be necessary to establish free schools,
and tslerate free pulpits, and foster free seni-
1ucnts. Tie. whole Slave system ofrcpressiin,
-1ynching and persecution would have to lie
swcp: from tue statutes aud extirpated fr m
the 1tsages Of s'ave-ho!ling society. PerGett
freedom to read Helpers book or any other
book, would have 10 b. accorded. It would
be necessary to permit tho "cuuEins artiG.
cera" TO deny the divire attributes Of slavery,
.a1.d evcu 10 believe ia IN "aati-slavery bible q
Uatess thsso priv leSas are accorded, II {
"srcasy nechapies" will stay On tho Nur;t
. side Of N1sou AID DIXON, aud give "pecnlit,
1usllsu.ion" and its owners wide berth, Ct
tie other lend, If those rights and immuniti.
were grarted to the handi.craftsmen, Slavery
would melt away in their presence Like SLOW
hefore spring sun, aad tho "expcrinent o
ffee society" would be tried in that section c
The Cooledcracy. Tue South eau never pos
sess Mt tho sauo time, ,Eo two hostile systcm
Of African slavery aud skilled mechanism,
The one scrrile and e other free. They ar,
utterly incompatible, anu tic an.ogonism i
"irrepressiblc."
, 1860-01-04

1uasmuch as we hear nothing moro in tho
st. Louis papers Of the late alleged insur1ection
iu Bolivar, No, we take it for granted that
some Insignificant disturbance Of the sort CON-
mon enough about Christmas times, when the
whites are full Of whisky and the darkies Of
notions touching their privileges was at the
bottom Of tile aGfair, and that those whose
fears maguifed it into slayo iosurrectiop, arc
so much ashamed Of their cowarlice that they
have not a word more to say. We ask the St.
Louis Democrat, what has become Of the in-
sutrcction?
, 1860-01-04

j The speech Of Vice President Breckenridge At
frankfort, Ky-, on Wednesday. the 2lst inst, is
published at length in the Cincinnati papers. 1t
has fallen like bombshell among the advocates
Of fsquatter sovereignty but will Be hailed with
cordial appreciation BY all who hold LOYALTY and
firmly to the Dred Scott decision. We mako
room to-day for all that portion Of his ADDRESS
which treats Of the territorial question. lie says
truly to his fei1ow-ctizens Of the South: We
stand In good position. We hare The EEnratie<.
We hare tie Lates. We have tho dte;sions Of
A4t Courts and tha! is great advance from
where We stood ten years ago. Tho patriotic
rneu Of the South mar add for him, We have
also the VIcx.PREs1nsSr!'-Ha Washington co0sti-
taktfVH,
, 1860-01-04

Add to the ADORE amount Of property destroy
ed By tires in the United States xheFe in each
instance the fo=s was estimated Ut less than
twenty thousand dollars. und the aggregate
would be increased to probably sixteen mil
linus Of dollars in lo5s. and 10 re.riy OF Quit.
twtuty-tgo millions IN 1863.
The fol'owlo. figures show the losses By Gres
where thc damage lsas bevn put down At twenty
thousand dollars und up. ards, and the estimas-
ed total loss ~ ai Tres il the GATED Suites for