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A s.\ *v„ pfcfci.'fe- ■f •'! f 1 * feaag~- ii,' V i i ' 1L ►/?.. i.i' r . •. i- '•/ 1, • . -i r*.- v • I . •“ • . -■ ■ ► il-tiV >' - ■ V . \ ’€ ■■ $ ^ V . V r I I A ■1 V i r a 11 ■ « i ■ ' -X- 1■ - kvd . •I!4- «- ' ..'i •ft 1: u ti ?>«*»' > ',k3‘ .X * v , ' • *» * •. ' b S i > _ - » (B t n r v a C o u r i e r . Wednesday, December 10, 1851. • • i Public Events. '• K ossuth in A me M c .4. — The great topic o f the day, is K ossuth . None other fills so large a space in the news papers, or is likely to for some time to , come. H e arrived o ff Staten Island, on ! the steamer Humboldt^ on Friday morn ing at 1 o’clock1 H e is attended by his wife and secretaries, making a suite of 13 persons in all* H e was enter tained by Dr. D oank , the Quarantine o f ficer at Staten Island, until Saturday,— receiving numerous deputations and ad dresses, to all o f which ho replied brief ly with the eloquence and dignity so characteristic o f the man. On Saturday he was taken to the city in a steamer, and landed at Castle Garden amid the greatest enthusiasm o f the people. He expected to address th? people in Castle Garden ; but such was the anxiety to see. and hear the great Orator of the Congressional District. At a meeting o f the W h ig Central Committee for Yates County, held in Penn Yan on the 87th o f November, Messrs. John Dann, John D, Wolcott, A. V. Harpending, Myron H. Weaver, and M. D. Hathaway, were appointed tt Congressional Corresponding Commit tee, to confer with like committees from Ontario and Seneca Counties, for the purpose o f organizing this Congressional District and determining upon the rep resentation. The committee appointed for the same purpose by the last Whig County Convention of Ontario County, consists of Messrs Henry Pardee, Z. Baiton Stout, James H. W oods, Amos Jones, and Myron H . Claik. On the appointment o f a similar committee in Seneca County, the basis o f represent ation can be fixed. It will probably be necessary to attend to this before a del egate can be chosen to the Whig Na tional Convention, if there is to be one. Mil, C urry ’ s S ermon . — W e publish Bge, that sufficient order could not be 00 our Arst page a Thanksgiving Ser- established to make him heard in that great edifice. His intended speech was written out and published. During the reception, business was in mon, believing that our thoughtful rea ders will generally find it well worthy of perusal. It is but justice to the A u thor to stale, that its publication was sought by us and not him. W e think the ministerial mind o f the community, aid, and even selling out theW hig party to that faction. The same paper is now so far the other way, as to lay in the very dust be fore the Juggernaut o f Cotton. As if no to signalize its devotion to that system of which the Czar o f Russia is the groat leader and head on this little planet, its last leading editorial is a studied detrac tion of the great Hungarian patriot— Louis K ossuth . Instead o f openly and fairly taking ground against the no ble Hungarian, it adopts a skulking course, and intimates that our govern ment acted unwisely in sending a na tional vessel to convey him from bond- T o show our readers what a serv ile distrust of the liberal feelings of his own countrymen actuates the editor, we copy the follow ing: 11 fn paying, however, a just respect to a distinguished and unfortunate stranger, we hope they will not forget the respect due to themselves as Americans. Man-worshipy even when paid to the most eminent and mer itorious of our own citizens, is somewhat de rogatory to the sentiment cf republican e- quallty and self-respect/’ Did Americans ever lose any self-re- the distinguished SPECIAL NOTICES age. Was the na- a great measure suspended, and many of the buildings were decorated with . flags bearing patriotic inscriptions of |a8 has so much to do in shaping pub- welcome and cheer to the Hungarian Chief. He and his suite reviewed the city military from the steps o f the City Hall, and expressed great delight at the spectacle.' In a brief speech, K ossutii defined his hopes and designs in regard to public opinion in America toward the cause o f Hungary. What lie and his countrymen ask for, is the active sympathy of the United Stales, with a disposition to insist upon non inteiven1 lion on the pait o f Russia and other des potic powers. H e declared himself a republican ; and i f his own words are to he trusted, we must hereafter reckon him a member o f the republican frater nity, W e commend his speech to »uch editors as have doubts on that point. With what success K ossuth will propagate his views o f non-intervention, remains to be seen. That they will meet Avilh decided favor in this country, as they have in England, is quite certain. But it will remain, after all, a question o f great difficulty for the government. It would be useless for us to adopt it as a nation, and say “ Hands o ff” to R u s sia in case o f another Hungarian strus:- o o lie opinion, should occasionally be heard through the press, especially when its themes are somewhat secular, like the one we give on our first page. In this connection, we make the offer to pub lish during the coming six months, a sermon by each of the officiating clergy men in this village. The sermons of course, will be just such as their authors shall be willing to put in-print, wheth er relating chiefly to the affairs o f this world or the next. The more they em body the opinions however, general and special, of the several sermonizers, ihe better we shall like them, and the more eagerly they will be read by all. W e consider this fair to all sectarian views, and more likely to tend to har mony of religious sentiment than other- w What say the ministers ? T emperance .— A Temperance Con vention was convened yesterday at Vien na. Among the speakers announced, were Hon. Phillip S. White, Philadel phia ; Hon. Henry Bradley, Penn Yan > Hon. II. B. Stanton, Seneca Falls; Rev. Mr. Hogarth, Geneva ; Henry Dwight, g 'e for liberty, unless we had the co-op-1 ^ cneva> ant* Brown, Ed. Cayu ga Chief, Auburn. W e trust its proceedings will prove auspicious to the cause it represents. eration of other'powerful governments, — England, at least. That non-inter vention should be adopted as the law of the civilized world, there can be no doubt. But whether the immense and almost inaccessible power o f Russia does not at present intervene against it, is another question. W e hope not. L ola M ontes .— This foreign celebri ty came a passenger by the same steamer with K ossu t h . She comas to recruit her fortunes by dancing the giddy Ameri can public out o f its dollars. D eath of a K ing .— The king of Hanover died on the 17th ult , at 80 •years o f age. He was not loved by his .subjects, and o f course is little mourned. 'C ongress .— The honored represents ttives of the people, at Washin;tnn, ate earning eight dollars a day quite as de liberately as ever. Nothing lias been done, or is likely to be till after the holidays. In the Senate, Mr. F oote , the Mississippi gentleman^ (?) introduced a very appropriate resolution of welcome to K ossuth as the guest o f the nation, and expressing sympathy fur the op pressed Hungarians. The resolution was opposed by D awson , o f Georgia, and U nderwood , of K y . Mr. H ale , N. H ., moved to amend the resolution, so as to include sympathy for the op pressed everywhere. This called out denunciations from F oote , C ass , and idher doughfaces. It put F oote in so tight a place that he finally withdrew his resolution. Mr. S eward then proposed a joint resolution, simply offering the welcome o f the government to the noble Refugee. That or something like it will probably pass in the course o f a month. B ritish A udacity .— As the last stea mer from Central America, (:he Prome theus) was leaving Greytown with 500 passengers, it was fired into by a British brig, to compel the payment o f pretend ed dues to the Mosquito King, a mon arch o f straw upheld by the British gov ernment on the coast o f Nicaraugui.— Uf course the people look to Mr. W e b ster to call on Johnny Bull for ready ex planations, and reparation. Nobody double that he will give the matter pro per and prompt attention, T reason T rials .— Oao o f tho pris- -oners indicted for treason for participa tion in the Christiana riots, has been several days on trial at Philadelphia, and will probably be acquitted. The main witness on the part o f the prose cution, has been sadly impeached, J£ a JL R oad D isaster .— A dreadful railroad casually occurred on ihe Hud son River Railroad on Friday, just be- 4ow Peekskill. A locomotive without kcors was following up a train, which was unexpectedly stopped by the con ductor to put off1 a couple o f passengers, when the locomotive ran into and broke up the hind car, severely injuring about a dozen o f the passengers. A train from the other way switched spect in honoring friends o f Civil Liberty ? tion demoralized by its homage to La Fayette? If not, what justification is there for such language as tho above? But perhaps the following is designed for an apology ; “ Much of the enthusiasm o f our people towards the Hungarian Chief, is attributable no doubt to the erroneous impression, that he is the champion o f republican liberty; whereas, the struggle of his country was simply for independence of Austrian subjec tion and sway/* It was only a few days since, in one of his London speeches, (that to the working-men) K ossuth declared him self as follows : “ We want freedom and independence, and we will be rescued from the evil—the Aus trian dynasty. But we want no theoretical speculations about property— we want them as little as the citizens of the United States , WHOSE INSTITUTIONS WE WISH TO HAVE ES TABLISHED in our country 1, with the differ ence that Hungary is, and will not be divi ded into States, but will be one country, composed of free municipalities.” In the same speech, the following re marks occur respecting the French na tion : u I have only the warm wish and hope that the glorious French nation will soon succeed in making that which is but a name, the Republic, a reality, and will proceed soon to achieve that work, so as to see upon the basis of common liberty established the con tentment of the people, and, secured by that contentment, a lasting social order, which cannot fail to be secured when it is founded upon liberty, but which without liberty is impossible.” the Repository K ossuth N ight T houghts on Life,Death and immor tality, By Edward Young, L. L. D.— with a memoir of the Author, a Critical View of .his writings, and Explanatory Notes. By J ames R obert B oyd , of Geneva Col lege, Editor of the 11 Paradise Lost/’ etc.— New York: Charles Scribner, 1851. Professor B oyd has executed with patient research and industry a task, which, while it may have been pleasant, has not been without difficulty, and the appreciating rea der will be grateful to him for the service rendered by the untiring editor. He hasgiv- cn us a superb and most intelligible edition of a poem, which is one of the imperishable monuments of English Literature. It opens with a succinct biography of the great Au thor, in which every intelligent reader will admire the exceeding candor and impartiality of the writer. Not only is full justice done to the great talent and worth of his subject, but his weakness and vanities are likewise truly delineated. The critical estimate of Dr. Young’s writings, embodies much valua ble criticism, and throws no small amount of light on the history of the poem contained in this work. The classification of subjects, with appro priate captions affixed to every transition of theme, add much convenience to the book for reference, and for desultory reading. The copious and lucid annotations, may seem pro fuse and sometimes needless, to the classical reader; but to the young and the unlearned, for whose benefit they are chiefly given, they will prove most valuable, and will add much to the interest of such in the work. Besides, the notes and critical remarks contain a sort of secret history of the poem, and disclose the motives and incidents which worked in the mind of the Author, and gave birth to his verse. No earnest reader will wish for less of this. The bock is well printed, tastefully bound, and every way in a popular shape. It is for sale at Orton’s. H opewell , D ec . 5th, 1851. To the Editor o f the Geneva Courier: D ear S ir —This article was sent to the Ontario Messenger for publication; but the Editor refused to publish it on account of its cutting some of his neighbors rather hard, so Mr. S. requested me to send it to you, and have you find a place in your Courier for it, if you will. Respectfully Yours, S. P. i Knickerbocker. i We learn from a late number of the Lite* rary World, that 11 Ike Marvel,” whose Rev eries o f a Bachelor , has given him a world wide reputation, is to contribute a series of articles to this Magazine,: during the year 1852—entitled 11 The Fudge Papers; being the Adventures the Fudge Family, at Home and Abroad designed to cover all sorts o f 11 Whims, Whams and Opinions.” This announcement, together with the fact that the price of the u Knick” is to be redu ced from five dollars to three, will doubtless have a tendency very much to increase its circulation. Orton is the Geneva agent. Unless, therefore, knows better than The Free College. ♦ e - They hope by some such bait of affected liberality to Court the favor of the uninitiat. ed but honest yeomanry of the “ rural dis tricts,” by a grant of $3000 per annum fo r • every for a free college ! Free for what ? for whom 1 The number of students will be limited, and those only chosen or accepted, whose wealth already gives them a place, station and influence in Trinity church or the Legislature. It will not be, in reality for the poor and destitute young man, anxious to acquire knowledge, but for the benefit of the rich man’s son—that the poor may be made poorer and the rich richer. It is noth ing more than an attempt to bribe the people by false and hollow hearted philanthropy, established for their own benefit, that the College may acquire a distinguished name abroad, as the pet of Trinity church, so rich men’s sons may have the respectability of a name to shield them from being considered “ pauper scholars.” Out upon such hypoc risy ! —Dundee Record. Why the editor o f the Record should excite himself so hugely against the grant and the grantors o f the proposed endowment for Geneva College, we can not surmise, unless it is a burning desire on his part, to make the patties in ques tion aware of the immense importance of the Record W e would suggest to him however, that he makes some very grave statements in the above extract, without a particle of authority. And for people o f modest pretensions, such things are not the least in good taste. When any system o f choosing students for the F ree C ollege has been adopted it will be soon enough to denounce it.— And when the editor of the Record knows that hypocritical or otherwise sinister motives have actuated the offer of endowment, he will have better occa sion to say so. Congressional Dialogue. B rooks , the doughface o f that most servile o f all journals, the New Yoik Express , a man who married a Virginia plantation, boasted that the W hig Cau cus had adopted the Compromises, F u gitive Slave Law and all, and taunted the Democrats with their backwardness. 4 Richardson —You are a great cham pion of the Fugitive Slave Law, Master Brooks— did you vote for it ? Breaks — I voted as Cass and D oug lass in the Senate did. Richardson — Only three Northern Whigs voted for that excellent law— were you one o f them, Master Brooks r Brooks -—With shame and humility I confess that I was not. It was the most unfortunate act o f my life that 1 did not vote for that excellent law. The Ontario Repository. There Is probably no newspaper in Western New York so perfectly anti- liimself whether he is a friend o f “ Republican L ibettyfr we cannot go amiss in put ting him down as such. The people of America will give K ossuth a warm and enthusiastic wel come, as “ the advocate and champion o f republican equality and freedom.” Their feelings will be cramped by no such narrow arid ungenerous views as belong to the antiquated fogies o f whom the Repository is an organ. And in d o ing honor to the man, they will but e x alt and magnify the glorious principles o f which he. is a trusty and devoted rep resentative. B ayard T aylor , in a recent letter from Vienna, says that the New York Courier Enquirer is an admired ora cle at the Austrian court, and among the officials o f that odious despotism. The Courier fy Enquirer gained its Aus trian popularity by the advocacy of just such sentiments as we quote above from the Repository . That the Repository had similar motives for inculcating dis- The Lily. Mrs. B loomer closes the third volumue of her Lily with the December number, and announces that she means to go on with the fourth volume, and even issue it oftener than once a month if the proper encourage ment is given. It is a paper that speaks with independence on the snbjects of which it treats, and shows a vigorous and warm vitality. It is only 50 cts. a year, and de serves the increasing support it receives. Genesee Farmer. There is no better agricultural paper than the Farmer , and certainly none that hold , . r , . , , . , , . . . . ed of what I have heard my father (now de- any comparison with it when both cheapness . . . . .. Dear Ft iend Maitison ; Your paper of the 19th Nov. was received here Saturday, and with it came the result of the election in old Ontario, Telegraphic de spatches of course kept us posted up in re gard to the State. I see that where the Grays let loose their dogs of war, on what were supposed to be their own men, their bite xvas fatal, with the exception of Sena tor, Mr. Clark ; and they pressed him hard, with their full pack of hounds, 1 very well know from personal observation. But well fed as they were, and with all their urging on, they failed. The fact that Mr. Clark is a man who takes strong ground against the hunting down of the poor panting fugitive; (eagerlj sought after by the Grays,) and the yelp of the blood hounds aroused the friends of God’s suffering poor, and they came down upon them in numbers sufficient to save Mr. Clark from their yawning jaws. The hum ble writer was at Honeyoyc the day of elec tion. A gentleman who held a seat a Wash ington, was at the polls all day, and met at the threshhold of the door, every man who he thought he could influence to make a run on Mr. C. and some others that were on the ticket. It was clear to all that he was act- % ing under instructions / and he boasted open ly at 2 o’clock, p. m., that he thought he had succeeded in cutting Mr. C. and others some 40 votes, and by giving them to the opposi tion, made a difference of 80-. But he put his mark too high, as it proved when the 4 boxes were opened,: Strong efforts were made to bring this fugitive slave law cbamJ pion into close action upon the great ques tion, so as to keep; him from picking off honest , unsuspecting men; hut to no pur pose. He kept up a constant fire on the out skirts till 4 o’clock p. m., and then made good his retreat. He was urged to stay and help bury the dead, but that he left for oth- P ers to do, although among the slain were * I men who had made great sacrifices for the elevation of this hero of the revolting Grays of 1851. Had Mr. Clark been beaten in his own County, he of course would not have served, notwithsandlng his heavy majority in Livingston. This the Grays were aware of, knowing as they did Mr. C. was a man possessed of fine and sensitive feelings. In all I have said, 1 must not be understood as speaking a word against Mr.^Clark’s oppo nent, Mr. Phelps. His character is unim peachable. He never was an office seeker. Had those who nominated Mr, Phelps, turn, ed against him, as did those who nominated Mr. Clark, there would have been a feeling aroused in his behalf greater, if possible, than that for Mr. C., from the fact, his very name is so nearly allied to the citizens of what was called Genesee. The elder Phelps, (de ceased) did much for the Pioneers of that part of the country. And here I am remind- Reception of Kossuth. N ew Y ork , Dec. 6—3 P. M. Description of Kossuth, Gov. Kossuth is rather taller than we had and excellence are considered. For the com ing year, it is to be enlarged and otherwise improved ; but it is offered at the same cheap rates, three shillings a year in clubs. The Publishers offer liberal premiums for the for m a tion o f larj^v clu b s . O iton is agsnt fo r the Farmer. H in t s fo r t h e P e o p l e upon the Profession of Medicine,. By XV m . M axwell W ood , Surgeon U, S. Navy, Author of “ Sketch es of South America,” “ Polynesia,” etc. Buffalo : Geo. H. Derby & Co, Such is the title of a well written pam phlet of 60 pages, for sale at Orton’s for one shilling. It takes a dignified view of the Profession, and defends it ably from the ir ruptions of quackery. The Phrenological and Water Cure Jour nals, published by Fowler’s and Wells, close a volume with the December numbers.— could increase their stock of common sense by a perusal of them. Subscriptions are taken at Orton’s for the next year. American Art-Union, The annual distribution of pictures, stat uary, &c., of this institution, will take place on Friday eve, Dec. 19th, at Triplet Hall, N. Y. Persons desiring to become members this year, will please send in their names to the subscriber on or before the 13th inst.— The inducements to subscribe are superior to those of any previous year, each member re ceiving si# engravings on steely four paint ings by distinguished artists, besides about one chance in ten of securing a valuable prize. W illia m O rton , Hon. Sec'y. trust of K ossutii among the W higs uf T^ey contain many new ideas, and many Ontario, is hardly to be supposed. Its &ooJ ones' The Pe°!’ le are not scarce who malevolence toward the Hungarian ref ugee, must result from its hatred o f free principles, and its inability to understand true greatness. The puny attacks o f the Repository upon us, are worthy o f little attention. The shabby trick of taking from us what we quoted from the New York Herald , and palming it off as our attack upon the National Administration, is too con temptible for any but the groveling mind that conceived it. N o, Mr. Repository , we shall leave all defence o f the Herald to your brother Post-Master at Geneva, who says it is a most reliable and excel lent print. — W e have an opinion poor enough o f Mr. F illmore ’ s Administra tion, from some o f the officials which he keeps in power, without resorting to the Herald , or any other cotton organ, for further depreciatory evidence. The effort o f the Re 2 >ository to cast the blame o f defeating the W h ig ticket in this county, at the late election, on those who supported that ticket earnest ly and honestly, is only a necessary com plement of the humbug pretense that the traitors who supported the Locofoco nominees are the only genuine W higs— that they are true friends o f the Na tional Administration— is evident from the following resolution, passed by the convention which nominated their As sembly candidate : tlResolvedy That the National Federal Ad ministration, by its extreme and detestable subserviency to the demands of the Slave Power, by its disgraceful violation of all past professions and pledges, and by its Gal- phin frauds upon the Treasury, has forfeited all claims to the confidence of the Freemen of New York.” ceased) often say, in referring back to the timesin 1792-3. He arrived at Canandaigua, and after purchasing a cow, for which he paid $25, he had but one dollar left, and his ox team that he had driven from the Green Mountain State. The elder Phelps came to his relief, and rented him the mill then stand ing on the site where now stands what is called 11 Bates’ Mill.” (My father was brought up in a mill from his youth,) hence his first starling in the world. Mr. P. was no less kind to many others; and his son possesses the same generous feeling , and is dear to the people of old Ontario. I cannot close without referring again to that old mill. I have often heard my father refer to it while I was out a lad, sitting quietly by the chimney corner on the old wooden stool. There was but one run of stone, called in those days, “ rock stones/’ He gronnd wheat, rye, corn and buckwheat, all with this run. Ox teams were driven from Gene see river with small grists, bringing along coarse feed for the teams. They would put up with him and slay a day or two, awaiting their turns to get their grists. Several neighbors, perhaps G or 8 miles apart, wo’d club together in this milling expedition: they would bring in their grists, each one supply ing his propoition of provender for the team, and then start it off. Not more than 30 lbs. of flour was made from a bushel of wheat. But after all, there were many pleasures at tending these expeditions. I have often heard my father speak of the many hours pleasantly spent during the long winter evenings, while surrounded by his customers. Each one had his story of hard ship and suffering to rebate, from incidents at tending their emigration and settlement in the wild west; while the swift-turning “ rock The Yates County W h ig has I stones” made sweeter music to the hungry arisen from its ashes, enlarged and oth- man, than even the sound of the piano now beams on the faces of all. The lower portion of Broadway, more especially, presents a lively and beautiful scene. Most of the large stores and hotels are being decorated in a gay and lively man ner. On some of the flags and transparencies are the mottoes:— “ Liberty of Speech forever, in spite of in justice of opinion or persecution.” “ The United States to the Russian Bear: Mind your own business.” “ Hungary, Kossuth and Liberty : hated by tyrants, honored and beloved by the no ble and good in every land.” “ Who so welcome to the Land of the Free, as he who strikes the blow for Free dom.” 1 From the Howard'House is suspended a flag representing a map of the U. S., with the motto— “ The U. S. of America ; from ocean wall to ocean wall, may they be forever united, happy and free.” “ Welcome to Kodsuth.” Various other emblems are waving lo the breeze. Genin’s hat store is quite characteristically decorated. A large banner covers' nearly the entire front of the building, on which is printed an allegory representing Austria and Russia fleeting before Turkey, who defends Kossuth from their assaults. From the Irving house arc floating the flags of Turkey, Hungary, and other nations, and in front are displayed the portraits of Washington and Kossuth, Lafayette and the Sultan, ' Many of the stores are closed, and every thing wears a holiday appearance. It was amusing to behold the efforts of the crowd to get even a1 glimpse of the great Hungarian. And at this he was so hard pressed, that it was with great difficulty he could walk along the declr. The committee, after much pressing, suc ceeded in getting him into the Wheel-house, where he remained till his arrival at Castle Garden. As the boat proceeded, up the Bay, she was greeted with salutes from \steamers—the majority of which were decorated with flags and streamers. Instead of stopping at Castle Garden, the steamer sailed some distance up both rivers, and was received with 1 repeated rsalutes as she passed along the different wharves.— When she returned to Castle Garden,Kossuth could be distinguished by the thousands'in attendance. Cheer on chedr rent the air, and the people seemed to put no bounds to their reception of the great Magyar. The steamer soon ' effected a landing.— Castle Garden was crowded to its utmost capacity, and; of those in the gallery were many ladies, and on the platform were seated Mayor Kingsland, Recorder Tallmadge, Mr. Blunt,iDistrict Attorney, Gen, Sanford, and other city officials. Kossuth entered the building.at 2D minutes before one, and was followed by Madame Kossuth> who was escorted by Lieutenant Nelson, of the Mississippi Frigate. The cheering which ensued was vocifer ous and long protracted, and the rush to wards the stand was sp great that the chairs and tables 'arranged for the reporters were oveilurned, and the good intentions of the committee of arrangements partially frustrat ed. Mr. Morgan, President of the Board of Aldermen, introduced ICosauth to the Mayor as Governor of .Hungaryv An attempt was then made to call the audience to order, but it was unheard by those in the back part of the room, and the noise and confusion were such that we wpre unable to hear the Mayor’s Address, although we stood within ten feet of him. Kossuth stood close to His Honor, and no doubt heard all that was said. Kossuth said : - M r . M ayor a n d G entlemen : — If you ate Uceiiuilff to hcai mjr tumibic liianhs /vs the generous reception yoq have given me, then f humbly beg you to be silent, or it will be impossible to speak. I am still sick.— My head is dizzy, after being tossed for two weeks on the restless waters of the Ailanlic. But I shall soon be refreshed by a few hours rest on this soil of freedom— your happy home! What eloquent music in those words ! 1 have no home, and the freedom of my country is stricken down. Exertions were then made to bring the House to order, and for a lime they succeed ed. Kossuth then spake as follows : “ Not all'the blessings of Freedom here can drown the recollections of my native land. It has accompanied me here, and will follow me back when 1 go to fight the battle once more. Yes! Even here, with the prodigous greatness of the U. S. around me, my thoughts still turn homeward !” Here Kossuth appeared much affected, but continued : 1 see from the midst of this great assembly rise before me the image of my country, a ray of hope for her liberty. I think I hear in your huzzas, the trumpet call sounding the liberty of the oppressed of Europe. Citizens ! Much as l need rest, before I enter into business matters publicly, 1 cannot let this, the first occasion^ pass without let ting you know my hopes and expectations. Here the noise became so loud that he de clared it was impossible to speak, and said he would write out his remarks for the press. Loud cries of “ goon” induced him lo resume : “ I have to thank the people, the Con gress and the Government for liberation.” Confusion again renewed, and all further attempts to speak abandoned. He hail several sheets of paper in his hand and evidently intended to make a long speech. During the greater portion of the morning, supposed, and his face has an expression of the streets through which the procession is penetrating intellect, which is not indicated to pass have been densely crowded. Many , in any portrait we have seen. It is ong, the of the houses are decorated with tri-colored i forehead broad, but not excessi vely high, emblems, and flags of every description and though a slight baldness makes it seem so, size, and withal a general hilarity and joy and lha chin narrow, but square in its form. His hair is thin in front and o f a dark brown, as is his beard, which is quite long, but not very thick, and arranged with neatness and taste. His moustache is heavy and rather long. His eyes are very large and of a light blue; his complexion is pale like that of a man who is not in perfect health, and his appearance yesterday was that of the spirit bearing up against the exhaustion of the body; he was sea-sick during the passage, and had not slept for two or three nights. His manlier ih speaking is at once incompar ably dignified and graceful. Gestures more admirable and effective, and a play of coun tenance more expressive and magnetic, we remember in no other public speaker. He stands quite erect, and does not bend forward like some orators, to give emphasis to a sen tence. His posture and appearance in repose is imposing not only from their essential grace and dignity, but from a sense of power they impress upon the beholder. This sense of unused power, this certainty that he is not making an effort and doing his utmost, but that behind all this strength of fascination, there are other treasures of strength, and other stores of ability not brought into use, possibly neVer brought into use, is perhaps what constitutes the supreme charm of his oratory. He speaks as if with little prepa ration, and with that peculiar freshness which belongs to extemporaneous speaking; there is no effort about it, and the wonderful compactness and art o f his argument are not fell until yon reflect upon it afterward. His every movement is perfectly easy, and he gesticulates a good deal, equally well with either arm. Nothing could be more beauti ful in its.way than the sweep of his right hand, as it was raised to Heaven, when he spoke of the Deity. Nothing sweeter than the smile which at times mantles his face. His voice is not very loud, and more evinced exhaustion than either his face or his general bearing, but it was heard distinctly through the large pavilion. On the whole our pre vious impression was perfectly confirmed by hearing him yesterday. Beytind a doubt he is the greatest of orators now living, and we shall not easily believe that in that capacity he has ever been excelled. In speaking, Kossuth occasionally referred to notes which lay on the stand before him. He was dressed after the Hungarian fashion, in a black velvet tunic, single breasted, with standing collar and transparent black buttons. He also wore an overcoat or sack of black velvet, with broad fur and loose sleeves. He wore light kid glDves. Generally his English is fluent and dis tinct, with a marked foreign accent, though at times this is not at all apparent. He speaks rather slowly than otherwise, and occasionally hesitates fora word. His com mand of the language, astonishing as it is in a foreigner, seems rather the result of an utter abandonment to his thought and a re liance on that to express itself, than of an absolute command of the niceties of the grammar and dictionary. He evidently has no fear of speaking wrong, and so, as by inspiration, expresses himself often jbetter even than one lo whom tl.e language is native and familiar. Though he often uses words with a foreign meaning, or a meaning different from that we usually give them, he does not stop to correct himself, hut goes on as if there were no doubt that it would be apprehended just as he meant it.— Ttibune . Ontario Oyer and Terminer. The District Attorney declined to move on the. trial o f Henry Woodin for the alleged murder o f \ his wife jtf 1845, which had been specially set down to be tried yesterday, and the prisoner was discharged on his own recognizance, in the sum o f $5000, to appear at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer, to be held in this County. The District At torney was required, by order o f the Court, to give the defendant thirty days* notice o f hia intention to try the indict ment at the next term .— Onti Repository. D ouble T rack .— Engineers are now engaged in surveying for a double track on the N . Y . and ’ E rie Road, between Owego and the Great Bend, the work to be completed we understand, early in the spring. This is rendered necessary by the vast and increasing amount of freight shipped and re-shipped at this place, as well as to facilitate the trans portation o f coal from the Lackawana mines, which, by arrangement with the Erie Company, is brought over their road from the Bend, to Owego, in the cars o f the Lackawana Company. Kossuth’s Patriotism. The following eloquent passage, is the opening o f Kossuth’s speech in the city# off Saturday afternoon. Young giant o f free America 1 You will tell me that your sacred shores are an asylum for the oppressed— a home for the homeless exile. But can all the blessings o f y our glorious country drown into oblivion the burning desires o f the heart for our native land ? M y poor native land ! Thy suffer ings make thee still dearer to my heart. Thy bleeding image rises sweet to me, as it has in the short hours of my rest less sleep. It has accompanied me over the waves, and will accompany me back, when 1 g o to fight over the battle for Freedom once more. [Cheers.] I have no idol but thee! I have no thought— no sentiment but thee ! And even here, with these prodigious scenes of greatness and redolent with happi ness, my eyes, my thoughts are wander ing home. And when I turn about, gentlemen, when I bow before the maj esty o f the U. S.-and when I intend to thank you for the generous share you have taken for my liberation, and for this high honor o f your generous recep tion, 1 see out from the midst rif this assembly the bleeding image o f Hun gary arise, looking at you.with anxiety, to see if there is in the lustre o fyour eye a ray of hope for her— to hear if there is in the thunder o f your hurrahs, a trum pet call for her resurrection. If there were no such ray of hope in your eyes, — if there were no such trumpet calls in your cheers, then wo to Europe’ s op pressed nations ! T h e y will stand alone in the hour o f need. Less fortunate than in the approaching great fight against the leagued despots o f the world 0t>- VVe take pleasure in learning that the bar of this County have joined in an invita tion to the Hon. Judges Taylor and Sibley to sit for their frptraits with a view of placing them in the Court House. Also that the Hon. John Greig has erected a suitable monument to the honor of the late Judge Howell. — Ontario Messenger. 09- The elections for the national council of Switzerland have resulted in the return of Zb conservatives, 29 liberals, and 66 radi- to. S carcity of F ood in C entral E urope . —Central Europe is short of food. Of this fact there can be no longer any reasonable doubt. The potato crop, the rye crop, and partially the wheat crop, have failed over an extent of country wide enough to justify apprehension of a fearful scarcity. On the continent this fact has a political aspect.— London Globe. ____ ■. * ____ -S uicide in T owanda J ail .—After about half of our edition is worked off. we stop the press to announce that LE>TER PE TERS, the murderer of young P omeroy , at Troy, Pa., committed suicide night before last, in Towanda Jail, by cutting off' the principal blood-vessel in one of his legs, and bleeding to death.— Owego Gazette. F or S peaker .— Mr. Underwood of Au burn, and Mr. James Monroe of New York, are mentioned as prominent candidates for the Speakership. The latter is an indepen dent XVhig, and a nephew of the late Presi dent Monroe. — Syracuse Star. W e are not quite sure that Mr. U n derwood is a candidate for the Speaker- ship, but i f he should allow his name to he used, and should be elected to that office, we have not the least hesitation in aaying tlicit he w o u ld discharge Ill's duties in an able, faithful, impartial, and independent manner. His familiarity with psrliamentary rules, his untiring energy of character, and his indomitable perseverance, would have a good in fluence to forward the business o f the session, and by so doing advance the in terests of the State and people. Besides the qualifications we have named, Mr, Underwood, is one o f the best and truest Whigs in the country.— Aub. Adv. (0-UpwanIs of 1.000 persons mainly Brit ish and Foreign Exhibitors in the Great Ex hibition,- have applied for space in the pro posed industrial and Fine-Arts Exhibition to be held in New York next Spring. It is pro posed that the 1st of February be the last day for receiving applications for space, and that the 15th day of April be fixed upon for the opening of the Exhibition. Accounts from Nexv S »uth Wales (Australia,) received at San Francisco to the 20th August, continue to give the most glowing descriptions o f the success of the gold diggings there. It is stated that a lump of gold weighing 106 pounds had been deposited in the Bathurst Bank by its fortunate owner, Dr Kerr. -There was a large public meeting in Hartford on Wednesday evening, in ai l of the movement for the United States’ inter ceding with Great Britain for the release from exile of Smith O’Brien and his fellow prisoners. Projects have already been submitted in Congress to build a Railroad from Missouri to San Francisco, a telegraph line along the same route, a line o f steam ships from San Francisco to China, and a mint in California. Mr. Clay’s Health—The Future. erwise improved. Neighbor A d a m s is a strong hand at the bellows, and makes an interesting sheet. Late Visit to Japan. The Hamburg brig Rose, Captain Ander son, on a trip from Singapore to this port, met with a severe typhoon, was disabled and obliged to put into the nearest port for re pairs. This happened to be one of the Is lands of Japan. Captain Anderson states that the name of the village is Nipaking,and this visit of a foreign vessel is believed to he first ever made to that place. No sooner had Captain Anderson dropped anchor than his vessel was surrounded by three hundred Japanese boats, which guard was kept up, with alternate relief, until he so skillfully played by the grand-daughters of*| those hardy pioneers of old Genesee. But I am getting tedious, and will close by asking where are those old “ rock stones” which ground the first kernel of wheat in old Ontario 3 Can they be found % Would not the citizens of Canandaigua like to have them exhibited at the next fair 3 S. Middlebury, Ohio , Nov. 25, 1851. P. S. In regard to the mill, I would say there was a mill l think, at a very early day, at the Forks, in what is now Lyons, called Tower’s Mill. In my next I will speak of the progress of the Rail Road west from Buffalo. S. The above rambles rather oddly from the ^ / ron? harbor. After some little I e|ccti0n to “ old mill” questions, but we dis- difliculty, he was allowed to go on shore, when an escort of sixty men conducted him quatetl and illiberal in its sentiments, as the Ontario Repository. Like all change lings and renegades, it is more bitter and vi.ulenl in its narrow-minded hostility to the doctrines and principles it former ly ajvocated, than others who do not change to occupy a similar position. It was formerly a liberal organ of theWhig party— perhaps a little more tinctured When the Repository charges us again with bad faith toward the Na tional Administration, we want it to just think of that resolution, and ex plain i f it can the conduct of itself and friends in relation to it. O f one or two o f the editors o f the Repository we ought to say something, but have too little room this time. • r - .r -------- j I I'UI \ J |»V 1 ua|/o u M HIV mwtv i.nv.M * VM . - off on a side track, and stopped to aid! with “ Abolitionism” than the whole! There is Mr. W orden the great Ex- the sufferers, when an express train from f pariy WOuId bear, but rather accepta-1 Codifier, and G ideon ' the Affidavit- Albany, ip spite o f signals to slop, ran ^ ble, nevertheless, to the public senri- into it apd broke up the hinder cars, and ment in “ old Ontario.” It went in doing fearful injury to many of the p a s - 1 warmly for Negro Suffrage, and acted •sengers. N o deathc > e*r» resulted that in loving concert with S ibley and W or - W.e learn, though jD^dly maimed. r.nal persons are den , than whom few men could have been more zealous in courting Abolition Maker, who give the precious products o f their brains to the world through the Repository , and who deserve what fame they can get for labors so redolent ofj But more of these an- palriotism other day. . . ! • with great watchfulness a short distance through the principal street. On landing, he found all the marts and public places closed, although while leaving his vessel he had seen extensive market places thrown open, and an appearance of animated trade going on.— Everything presented a blank wall to bitn, and he was not permitted to gratify his curiosity in the slightest particular. Yet he was treated with great respect and kindness, and furnished with sixty men to prosecute repairs on his vessel. The population of Nipaking he estimates at 25,000 souls. A very large police force was constantly on duty, and during his stay three or four thousand from a neighboring island [probably sent for by the authorities of Nipaking] arrived, who kept a diligent watch on the strangers. In their treatment of him, they were reserved and courteous,and evidently desirous to hasten his departure from their shores. When his vessel was ready for sea they accepted a trifling amount of goods in payment for labor, and without pushing investigations further he left the place. Nipaking is represented to be a safe and convenient harbor, and the city presents a bustling and animated appearance. Hera Id. cover nothing in it likely to hurt honest people, and therefore give it place. [E d . C o u r ie r . All the learned professions are over crowded but one, the ministerial. Of the fifteen hundred churches of the new school Presbyterians, more than a thousand are without “ stated supply.” Our “ digest of news” for the present week does not contain a more important fact than this. The num ber of persons seeking I’terary employment in New York is estimated by one of our leading editors at one thousand .—Home Journal. KT A Lodge of Female Odd Fellows, cal led the “ Daughters of Rebecca,” has been regularly organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The new degree is said to be a ** beautiful and chaste production/’ fleh The Rev. James Moore, of Liberia, one of the commissioners who purchased and Editorial Correspondence ol the N. V. Tribune. W ashington , Wednesday, Dec. 3. H en ry C lay did not attend the silting of yesterday, and i did not see him in the Capi tol to-day. But, seeing him at his own room, I was pained by his general appear ance. His mind is clear, vigorous and ac tive as ever, but his physical powers have been greatly impaired since 1 last before saw him. He is much thinner, looks older, and is less able to brave fatigue and exposure than he was even last March. He. suffers continually from a dry hacking cough, which has clung to and grown upon him for the last eighteen months, aud sometimes cause him much distress. I do greatly fear that this is the very last Session of Congress wherein his eloquent voice will be heard and his potent influence felt in the Councils of the Nation. Mr. Clay’s determination is fixed and un alterable, that no persuasions nor entreaties shall induce him to be again a candidate for the Presidency. He feels that his earthly career is near its close, and that whatever he has had power to do for the Country is nearly accomplished. Let us hope that the blessings of Millions will irradiate arid cheer his remaining days, and that the Bow of Promise, will span and silver to his closing eye the dark waters of Death. h . g . Lowering the Lake. We understand the surface of the Cayuga Lake is at this time lower than it has been for several years, This will: relieve much of the low land between the village and the Lake, and sensibly diminish a fruitful source of disease. It has been effected by the re moval of temporary bars and obstruction in the River below the foot of the Lake, under the law passed at the last session of the Legislature.— Ithaca Chronicle. 09- Lamartine is very sick, not dangerous ly, but so that a long and painful illness is expected. He had been confined to his room nearly four weeks at our last advices. U u llcd Stale* a n d S w i t z e r l a n d . A Treaty between the United States aud Switzerland has been pending for several months past: but it will be seen by the following extract from The As- movean , the Hebrew organ in the City o f N e w -Y o r k , that the Treaty will not probably be concluded,ow ingto religious disabilities interfering: D epartment of S tate , > W ashington , N ov . 24, 1851. ) T o Dr. M. L ilienthal , N e w -Y o r k :— The Secretary o f State has directed me to acknowledge the receipt o f the let ter which you addressed to him under date of 21st in s t.; and to state in reply, that this Government will not ratify a treaty with the Swiss Conferderacy which makes any discriminations against citizens o f the United States o f the Jew ish persuasion. I am respectfully, your ob’t servant, W . H unter , Acting Chief Clerk A righteous determination. Gas has been solidified in Manchester by a Mr. Young. The chemist Liebig, some time since, declared this result to be one of the great wants o f the age. They manufacture wine from sour oranges down south. This must be quite an improvement on the manner of manu- facture at the north— out of logwood and alcohol. Last Sunday morning, while Joel Par- melee, proprietor o f the National Hotel at Auburn, N . Y . , was talking with his wife, he sank back in his chair and ex- piied instantly. Mr. W . C. Bryant has been invited to preside at the New York Press dinner to Kossuth. The price o f tickets, to members o f the press, is $ 7 . $100 premium has been offered by “ outsiders.” On the organization o f the Territory, Aaron Goodrich was appointed by Presi dent Taylor, C h ief Justice o f Minnesota. He was rem >ved by President Fillmore a few weeks ago, and Jerome Fuller, of Albany, New Y o rk, appointed to fill hie place. Judge Goodrich, however, has concluded that the President had no power to remove him, and avows his de termination to hold his courts as usual, disregarding entirely the order for his A complete German translation o f the President’s Msssage was issued from the office o f the Baltimore Correspondent , four hours after the delivery o f the M es sage to Congress, . Our e< Indian Summer” is owing to the heat shed upon the earth by falling stars—says the French astronomer Petit. The steeple o f the church Bangor, M e ., which was recently burned, is re presented to have been a spectacle o f great sublimity when on frre from the ground to the vane. A physician advertises that he will cure all manner o f diseases “ without the use o f Mercury, Acrimony , or Arsenic.” The salary o f the President o f the U. States costs each citizen no more than one-tenth o f a cent, per annum . Dates have been grown in perfection, for the first time in this country, upon St. Simeon’s Island Glynn county, Ga. The Home Journal says that military 09-A great sale of Camel’s hair and Cashmere shawls, imported direct from Cal- removal. The Court is composei o f companies composed of school-boys with three Judges, and it has not transpired grown-up guns and middle-aged music, whether the other two will recognise para(]e regularly in N e w York. Goodrich or Fuller as the Chief Justice. . d v j , The cost o f the Erie Railroad, and the cost six months’ fighting o f the Mexicans was about the same, within a trifle. T o T ake I nk out o f L inen .— Editors and clerks' wives will learn with pleas ure that to take a piece o f tallow, melt it , , . » _ j , , —w - r ™ ___ ______ _ ______ , By the death o f the King of Hanover \ ‘ eml° ry, . f° r <he Ne\ enua, took pUceal NiMo’s Hall M. Y o n and d i p t he spotted part o f the linen into a pension o f $105,000 per annum re- his way to the United States, on official muslins, v^ry rich and costly.were also sold. me] leLd lalloW’ lh?t ll?en 1)6 T ' i? ^ ?L h N T l h V 5 ? business. He was originally an American The shawls were of various prices, from the spots wilt disappear without in- j K m g enjoyed that annuall amount f* slave. $100 to $500. I jqring the linen. bjing a son o f George the Third . t *,<»•«. * * •».« .«•
