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\ t-' .nth. He opies m .tho' Sump'te'r (Ala.) Whig au aeqouut ot'u recent burn- ing of a slave in that county. \Da ve .\ the slave, belonged! to James D. Thorn- ton, was accused of having mu*'ed« daughter on.i-mb^.^.J^h.. from the jail by arrest, confessed jhts j and his friends took him . a siratagera. and bote him off in triumph. \They left in high glee,\ says the Whig, and carried their prisoner to the appoint- ed place of sacrifice. Here, be wfts ''tied to a stake,' with, fat iightwood piled , and the torch was applied in of two thousand persons, who Had 'mot therccto witness 'the- -novel- scone.\ There were, it seems, somjs ru- mors ailoat. that '• Dave\ was tortured, but these, the. Whig declares, were, \to- tally imtriitv.\ So, burning alive is not torture in Albania. An inquiring mind, which is not sensative, might seek to .und hii the presence. kn what was. [Jr. Parson.,- gi ich occurred not •es another instance long before his visit u-ttculars of which he witnesses. A slave his mistress some pun- sverity, when he seized hatchet, and, as he supposed, killed her, louah'shc afterwards recovered. On miiTrittiii!! the deed, he ran at once; •» „• C.urt U ' \ ' '\ had r ish J u uld ha vilixvd co r. hlG t On the following beneath Lib- flame I pine . and • Ickly eiieir LTIUI I the oSdV' 'lW'VhV. ••ere cut'an d torn from ves fastened upon pules, uvering organs elevated the execntionrl-s shoa l .nsand Eight all thftwa s •o«Jo f fro m [• Plannim i.s.«h.pp : lie waul if he all sorts , w „ , T tubed 0o%«| p for p«mJ-ion jb mfifch mission to send Ships to blocKde Sttxi- can Ports, has received a Minister from Jurci, and sent a Miuister to him, aud lias mixed himself 1 Tip* ta Hi* -business whenever an opportunity offered. All to the end that a new slice off Mexico might be brought nnder the scope of the •Dred Scot Decisiou for the benefit of the Slavery Extenslonists !— Albany Eoening Journal. The Blind Negro Boy Pianist. HIS HEMAUKABLE POWJLHS—81NUULA11 V.Y- FECT OK HIH MUSIC ON IIIMSKLF. Wo have before alluded to the remar- kable musical talent of the blind slave- boy Tom, the property of a slaveholder inllavanah. The report of his wond- erful powers is thus confirmed by the Charleston Courier: ^ \ He strikes the keys with all tbeconj- fidenee of one largely gifted with the musical faculty, who had devoted many years to the cultivation of the talent.— His manipulation is most graceful ; hja touch is now exquisitely delicate, and then all the strength of his frail body is thrown into his hands, and he strikes the instrument with impassioned earnestness. In his execution, he not only repro- duces the piece with perfect fidelity, giving every note its sound, but the style of the performer is likewise exactly imi- tated. Several of our most, distinguish- ed musicians performed in Tom's hear- ing long and complex operatic pieces, and the heaven-taught boy reproduced them without committing a single mis- take. • Wo might concludo that this boy's talent consisted iu a remarkable devol- opement of the faculties of memory and imitation, did he confine himself to those compositions lie learns by the oar; but he not only astonishes by. (he quickness by which ho acquires a piece, no matter how long and difficult, but ho improvis- es with readiness and fluency. On (ho occasion of which we speak, Tom was directed by his master to phi}' an Origi- nal piece, and he complied with checr- IV readiness. Ho composed with all the ease and confidence that mark the ilu- enl orator in the use of words. These original compositions increase the wondering interest excited by the p rformance of (his prodigy, and force us to look upon him as one possessed of lare and strange gilt termed genius. We have alluded to the exquisitely graceful touch of this lad. but what we have said concerning his manipulation gives no idea of his style and .mauni-r.— For he has a style of his own, which is seen when improvising and it is as bril- liant, as it is original and p.-culiar. But it is his manner and countenance that most profoundly impress. When not under the influence of sweet sounds, Gis face is devoid of life and expression.— This i-; partly owing to Idindness, but in far greater measure to imbecility. We see a boy with a decidedly African type of face, low, retreating forehead, flat, spreading nose, and projecting -irjper lip, with every mark of iodicy ; we see this awkward and stupid negro Jed to the piano--tool. He takes his seat, but the lirst touch on ih • responsive keys shows us that iiis soul is made for melody. He sweeps his hands over the keys with the air of a master, and then we behold the inspitation manifesting itself in his coun- tenance and movements, until interest changes to awe, and we are dumb with astonishment. The melody penetrates h s whole being. An ecstatic influence flows from the keys into his fingers, and rolls like a tide through his veins, light- ing up a fire in eveey nerve, as it cours- es along. His head is thrown back ; now it res's on one shoulder, and then cm the other, again it fafls upon ^is breast. Alight kindles on the blank face, and as we gaze wondering, the fashion of his countenance seems\chang- ed. It is absolutely beautiful. Th e divine astonishment increases every'^mo- ment ; and when he is thoroughly suf- fused with the inspiration of the melody, the muscles of his face twitch, and his upper teeth are pressed firmly upon his under lip. A feeling of r.-v^rence steals over us, as we behold thisYniysterious and sudden transformation.\ \ The Trance of Lou.\ lia-ii*, am * 1 i *•*¥ Th- ,Ki%ai)\ \haveo i;C i h.S i published :i -t'.-ct. as the list i- .i\ it t , Messrs . I ilie Mexican Business. Mexico is convulsed with civil war, bo.^eciithe \Church Party,\ headed by Miramon, and the 'Constitutional Party,'\ headed by Juarez. Maramon holds the Capital and the richer and m use densely peopled part of the Re- pub ic. He has money, but cannot get control of all his territory. Juarez holds the provinces on the Gulf, and on the Texan frontier, his head-quart.rs being at Vera Cruz L He has plenty of territory, but is badly in want of cash, Miramon has been planning a siege to force his rival to surrender. Having.the sympathy of Spain, he fitted out two w>ir steamers at Havanah, and sent/them to bombard Vera Cruz. This, wo believe, is the whole story ; but various efforts are made to befog it at Washington and elsewhere. Thus it is stated that the steamers were captur- ed became they refused to al.ow them- selves to be boarded by oar boats. A strange reason for a Government to give which protests as energetically as ours does againsr the Right of Search ! We have, probably, little or nothing' to fear in the way of retaliation. Mex- ico is so weak that even if united we might commit outrages upon her with; impunity, and Miramon's party, being* only a fraction of the Mexican people, is weaker stilh What we have to fear, is a tram of tedious difficulties and ex- penses, such as-sure usually the penalty for interfering in other people's quarrels. i;y thus actively taking sides, 'we ; sub-1 ject ourselves to just suspicion andean; sure : we seta precedent for rater ter- : ence by the European powers; \we array: half the Mexican people against us, and' create prejudices which will embarrass ouf negotiations and bur Trade with- that contitryfor half a cantarjr to come,; \and \we involte-oaraelves in exhausting and useksa expetditwe, which can gives ] us nothing that we couldtorgard'be W without it. Mr. Buchanan is of a different opin- ion. A Mexican quarrel is his bobby, Some time last August a promising young lawyer of this city, while on a professional visit to Springfield, Illinois, met the daughter of one of the most prominent citizens of that place at the house of a mutual friend, and being charmed with her fine personal appear- ance and varied accomplishments, made her an offer of his heart and hand, and was promptly accepted. At length the lover awoke to the fact that he had some business engagements to meet in this c ty to meet the latter part of last week, and was therefore compelled to bid her a reluctant farewell. The*second day after his departure, the girl, to the great surprise of her pi- rents, suddenly disappeared, and all ef- forts to ascertain whither she had gone were unavailing. After spending a day without learning anything of her where- abouts, they telegraphed the fact to her lover, who immediately returned to as- sist iu unraveling the mystery. T o his great joy he found l.er once more among her friends, andjearued tahe particulars of lrtf mysterious disappearance and re- covery, which are substantially as fol- VVedi Aioi8l.6u(reflUon—Cbanse of time of\ \ I, Cliairn I lin (inflation ofiheWqpriery o' chu g in.\ iho time of milling the ReftuMlolin Nptiooul Coa «h- tion hnviug l>ocn Hutimjjwd to lilt members of the RopubrictiiiNaiiuimJ-CSininiltee, mid tlieirviewH hiving tieru C0itiwputfith\<yl4iy le(te», it i« detnr- iiiined, in uccordJicn wiilrtho witihew of amaiori- r, llint li e mi id Convention he UelJ on '*<»« 'ddnjr, ihejGnMirtli d»r of Mu; RinV^N D. MQrtC.ArT' WILLIAM SI. CuACBiSJetohHary. . Rcpnbliena State Convention, A Republican Stnto Convention will be held ill tho City of8vrncuMu on WEDNESDAY. TH E EIGHTEENTH DAY OF APRIL NEXT, til II o'clock A M., to choose delegate* Jo the Na- tional Republican Convention to he held at Clij- enffo/for the puijyme ol nominating candidates to he supported for President tuirl Vice President.. Republican Electors of the State of New YoVk nnd nil others who are willing to cooperate wiib thorn in Hupport of the candidates which HMII ther« ho nominated^ nnd who lire opposed to din policv of the present Administration, to federal riiniipliiiii urn) iiHttrpallon, to the exteusion'of Slavery into the Territirries. to the new and dan- gerous political doctrine that the Constitution of itsiiwn Ibroe carries Slavery into all theTerritor torio»of the United Slates, lo the opening ol the African slive trade, to an inomiulitv of rights and who are in favor of the • Uni n.lor jhr^.WulA.hnin ill:- 1 of prnFrn-iiiR ih. §m led by its people. i the principles ol and defending the •y from law loss'in i' iiitetjrily ot lltl}. T' W . m, M, W. 1. ).. S.-i 1„ UL R. Id , R II< '. A . 10 tooi.(-Kyi|--r S. C ClJV Er &1$ Doon. K.G.SP, A ttr, W„. DKIS After their separation a few days be fore, sht felt an unaccountable inclina- tion to f611ow her lover, but knowing how imprudent such an act would be, she battled against it with alt her will till the next day< when some irresistible power impelled her to this c urse.— Hastily collecting a few articles, of clothing she made her way unobserved to the rail road depot, and took the cars* for Lafayette, Ind., where she knew her betrothed would remain two or three.days on his way home. From this time until her arrival in Lafayette, she seems to have been in a state of partial uu.onsciousuess, and has no di: tirict recollection of anything that trans pired. After .walking about the streets of that town for some hours, the pro- prietor of the Bramhle Houset who had more than once observed he / haggard appearance and singular manner,, kmdly sook her in. an'dafter partaking of some refreshments and a few hours' sleep, «he returned to consciousness, and was not a little surprised to find herself among!' strangers so far from home. Sudderdy, she remembered what she had done,and .informing Mr. t)ale, her protector, of the facts of the case, he placed her on the first train for Springfield, and noti- fied her friends by telegraph that she waron W way home. Theiri joy on meeting tor again JMS indescribable. Bir \ 3U ladieToT\iEe^mnicf *&»l!s., Me^ a yillajp: of obi*' ooe thousand in- «habitanlaV ^va jfti$*j! one paA^ai week, to half a dozen as fine, fat and fair' babie* as wis eyer produced' in Yankee \ dom. , We do ndt, assume the province of nominating a candidate for the Presiden- cy—but we have no hesitation in mak- ing the avowal, that the Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD is the man who can lead us to triumphant victory, if the Chicago Convention will be discreet onough t 0 - make.hitn our standard-bearer, and we urge his nomination for the following \sons : !st.—He is unquestionably the ablest Statesman of the age in America. No petent critic will deny that his trau- cendent talents place him ahead of all petitiors for the Presidential prize, and crown him the foremost man in the Republican party. Discreet and self- (d he maintains his positi m and inlluence in the face of the unscrupulous opposition to freeiloin in the Senate.— His policy is sound—bis arguments are unanswerable and iiis. tactics irresista- bk-.- 2d.—He is the acknowledged leader of the Republican party. He iden ified himself with its policy and principles in the incipiency of its organization—in- deed he was among the more efficient men whd organized the party, and he has never faltered in his allegiance to it —in adversity and .prosperity he has been true to doctrines of Republicanism asthe steel to the star, and it is just and proper that our leader should be our standard-bearer. 3d.—He is the most available candi- date in the field. His well poised in- tellect—his rare experience—his conce- ded fitness for the post—his fidelity to freedom—his great popularity, make him the man the people would delight to honor. He has in his late speech, placed himself on a platform where en- lightened and liberal men North and South, can stand with him—and he, in the event of jiis nomination/will com- mand a heavier vote than any other man who can be brought upon the Presiden- tial course. 4th.— He has always bccntruetof.e- tlum. He has always been on the liber- al side of politics—always sided with the oppressed, and invariably opposed slavery. He may have made mistakes — none but negative menloat like dead tish with the current. A man who is positive in his character is sure to come in contact with the angular elbows of some conceited stand-still in the path* way of pnogress. Mr. SEWARD has i emies\ if He had none he would dese > friends. His defence of the idiotic igro in4uburn. was considered a gravo offence at one time; now it is univer- ; sally acknowledged a noble deed. 5th—He is the man most dre.ided-by the Democracy. Th e Democrats ar0 wise enough to foresee that his nomina- tion is equivalent to t an electron. His political pilgrimage would be a trium- phant march through the land. His name is a tower of strength. We aiv willing however to abide the decision of the Chicago Convention—in the eantime we echo the wishes of the masses of Lewis County, when we ask for the nomination of WM. H. SEWARD. Doings Dt Albany. Less thau two weeks ye t remain of the hundred days allotted to our Solons at Albany, to make all of the necessary laws for the welfare of the Empire State. Very many bills of minor, importance have been passed. There yet remains many of the grandest and most costly schemes, to pass upon. The Pro Rata freight Law is probably beyond the hope of a resurrection. - More than, two months were spent in discussing the question appertaining to the Law, which finally ended in laying it one side. Th e bill granting $1,000,000 to the Susque- QKBoa Rail Road, u yet lingering in the Legislature, while its most strenuous advocatei see the lL;ht of hope flicker and grow dim M time wears/ on. While nearly all admit the great use fulness of th»«jpoV the exhausted COB Altioux>immi^Tremrj. wHl not adak^B^h^^^^,,,^ Tft e Chenango Cv»al «jg, though tacked <m the| shape of an att»r- J - passed. The same should not grant bbdy. • Tho Law securing to married women all of, their earnings,* and giving them the pow«r to m*k». epotraotai »ceive I and dispose of property in their <Uro name, is among the most righteous of •the laws yet passed\.' ' • - » ' •' >[• '•• Th e Law which.is now pendingfn the Legislature in relation to debtors, is one of doubtful expediency. The gist of the Law is this :—Any debtor, two thirds of whose debts have been due one year, may on making an assignment, re- lieve himself of such debts forever. One would, naturally think that the debtor has an easy time enough under the pres- ent..insolvent Law, without-placing the creaitor wholly at the mercy of the debtor. ^ Any one who has paid the least at- tention to the doings of the present Leg- islature, will readily observe the alacri- ty with which the Democratic, members vote for any scheme giving away the money of the State. Tho Albany yl//rt.?says that whatever may bo done or left undone, the Demo- cratic members \ will not be responsi- ble.\ Th e Republicans are greatly in the majority, in both Houses, and the Democracy are too wjlling to aid the Republicans in every scheme where money is to be appropriated from the Treasury. And when another election comes off, you will see all of the dotigh faced, papers, like tho Lewis Coufity limner, charging upon the Republican members of the Legislature all sorts of corruption. DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, There is no lack of candidates for the office of President of the United States. Every State, county, town and neigh- borhood, can furnish one (or more) pat- riotic men willing to accept the nomina- tion for the distinguished position of Chief .Magistrate of the realm of re- publican America. Prospective Presi- dents, too, are abundant: almost overy nursery has one in a white apron—the apron is the symbol flag of the Win I House in the dim distance—the shadow of a coming event. Th e Democrat! hereabouts are quite sanguine in their hopes that DOUGLAS will be the man the Charleston convention will delight to honor ; but they will find that his legs are too short, and, in the language of \Old Bullion,\ his \coat-tail too near the ground,\ for him to run well th 1 the rice swamps and the sugar planta- tions of the South.' JEFF. DAVIS, a man of keen intellect^pursues him with lignaut energy, arid will spare no pains to prevent the nomination of the tie Giant.\ JO E LANE, a coarse and unscrupulous candidate, will exert thi u most of his effjrts to bar the doors against DOUGLAS. HUNTER, sharp, shrewd and quiet, with no ugly antece- dents in the way, no frightful explana- tions to make, like the apostle, bul another sense, has put aside every weight and commenced the f SLIDELL works day and night, in season ,-md out of season, to defeat DOUGLAS.— WISE, in spite of his name, very unwise- ly put one end of tho roj«^~;Jt. itiiiok he hanged BROWN about his own neck, and thus committed political suicide, and thinks his spasmodic fandangoes in the death struggle the era of running for the Presidency. Tho graceful, gen- ial aud beautiful BRECKINRIDGE, the Ab- salom of his party, canght his hair in a black oak, when he made that f'olish speech last Fall, and thus destroyed the last vestige of a chtmce for the nomina- tion. JAMES BUCHANAN, and almost every member of his Cabinet, and al- most every member of the United States Senate, are candidates for the Presiden- cy. HUNTER will undoubtedly be the successful aspirant, if the nomination goes South. DOUGLAS has not, now, the shade of a shadow of a chance. Thare are so many starving grudges to ba fed by the unforgiving and malignant Le- comptonites—so many convolutions in «h;s. political career to be straightened r^-'so many indiscretions to be explained •%-so many ghostly antecedents staring lit thw cross-roads of public opinion— his nomination is impossible. SEYMOUK, crafty, plausible, and non-committal, is too Soft. DICKINSON, who has been blowing hot and cold in the same breath, is like the Egyptian statute, half black and half white, or, to copy hisj example and use a scriptural figure, lie is like Lot's wife, turned to salt on the plains of Onondaga, because he looked back upon Syracuse, (where there was not salt sufficient to save the Democratic party from corruption.) Neither of these gentlemen willsuit the fire-eating fanatics of the South. FRANK PIERCE rather expects something will turn up in his favor in the future- but the whole matter is shrouded in mystery. In our judgment, HUNTER will be the Demo- cratic candidate, and he will be easily defeated by the invincible army ^Re- publicans. i<? i ••^r^ff- -- •, - •• „ | death ; the blue-bird and the robin have Ubeen cheated out of their prospective flai r wet;her. , Never mind—March will How THE HOURS OF RBCREATION ARE WHILKD AJWAYBY LEGISLATORS.—Mr.f A» A. Myers, member of Assembly from Kings county, had a little \brush'i in i the CapitofPark, to Albany, on Wednes- day, in whidi hel came off deeidedly second best,.' Frew what we can learn, it would appear that Mr. Myers has for some time been paying very particular attention to a woman other than his wife. That afternoon, a man who is either the husband or; friecd of the wo- man in question, met Mr Myers sear the north entrance of; the Gapftol, and charged him with the 1 authorship of a certaW tetter V* Mi iwffe. Some words occurred befcweett th? partfei, which soon culminated in HHtws. on both aides. Mir. Myers sewn* to' have gotten Ithe worst of it, «Vys the &rtts*ftft,*ii* an ng black eye and sundry hrmV evidance' f. a m whioh to judge. ugly ea«T#aoy r *i\ Jmm« i... —Day boats between New York *od Albany, will commence their trips on •human existence—to profit by circumstances—to push him- self up \o Fame by his industry, and to steady bis progress by the magnitude of his intellect. Such a man is ^ATAKD TAYLOR. From a poor boy, by his own individual effort, save the slight assist- ance of friends, be has become one' ofij the most distinguished men of bis tithe: —traveled over 1 the greater part oMh e known world, and given to mankind a fund of knowledge which will be of the greatest benefit to future generations. The man who flits through this life like the butterfly, or buzzes it away like the noisy bumble-bee, will not live longer than the sunny day of his existence, and never be heard of outside of the nar- row circle in which he moves. In the early ages of the world, those adven- turers who chanced to sail beyond that horizon on the Mediteranean which formed the circle of vision of the imag- inative Greek, as he stood upon the shores of Peloponnesus, if theywere so fortunate as ever to return, were objects of veneration and wonder, and suppos- ed to bo the immediate favorites of the gods. With the increase of civilization; aroBe a desire to travel, as being one of the surest means of acquiring knowl- edge. The old barons, who left their mud huts iu the north, and visited the fertile valleys of Italy, gazed upon the masterly columns of Grecian architec- ture, and stood within the gorgeous streets of Jerusalem, returned t j tell their children and neighbors of the mighty wonders which lay beyond the Alps, and beyond the Appenines. Now people make fewer preparations in go- ing to Europe than old ladies used to make in visiting ihe village store, tc make purchases for the home con ump- (ion. Th e modern Ulysses, who re- turns from (he Continent, does not tract particular notice; and, as he finds no poet to. sing his recognition by his poodle-dog, or to record the dangers which beset his Penelope during his ab- sence, he dies without being immortal- ized as, the rival of the sage king of Ithaca. The man who travels without having prepared himself by thorough reading, and having attained extensive information respecting the countries which he intends to visit, is very much like a person who attends a sick patient without ever having studied the science of medicine. The one returns without having accomplished his object, and the patient dies under the treatment of the charlatan. Many men visit the Old World merely for the purpose of saying that they have wandered through thai Lonore, floated down the Arno, and stood upon the summit of St. Bernard. They have never seen Niagara—they have never sailed through the rapids of the St. Lawrence—never passed through the great valley of the Mississippi;— they know but little of their own coun- try, and they know but little of any other country. BAYARD TAYLOR is not of this num- ber, His works testify to the observa- tion, the wisdom, and the scientific re search which ho displays during his tra- vels. In person, Mr. TAVLOR is tall, wol l built , nn d ver y good-looking . H e is not an orator, but the originality of his thoughts, the unassuming manner of his delivery, together with his reputa- tion as a traveler, elicit the closest at- tention, on the part of his auditory.— He uses no notes in speaking; his style being more that of narration than de- clamatory. His lecture on VON HUM- BOLT calls forth his warmest enthusiasm. The similarity between them, having the same views, conversing face to face with the great man, enjoying his confi- dence and friendship ; and VON HUM- Bjnvr being, perhaps, the most able and 8 ! stinguished man of this generation, he lifls reason to be proud of his intimacy, and pronounce an appropriate eulogy over the memory of his illustrious friend It is somewhat singular that one year should have given birth to thwe so dis- tinguished men as HUMBOLT, WELLINGTON and NAPOLEON. The author of \Cos- mos\ lived longer, was a greater bene- factor to mankind, and, we presume, died happier than either the FrenGfr*! Emperpr or the English Duke lecture, he denied that HUMBOLT wa •• an infidel. He said it had been impu4 ; ed to him because ho despised the moire forms of religion, and believed in livtfgf every day of his life as a Christian shp^/ During Mr. TAYLOR'S )f)t visit to V$J HUMBOLT, he said he shaded him a very beautiful chameleou; \after he had ex j amined it for some time, HUMBOLT told him there was a great peculiarity abou > the reptiles' long eyes' 1 —that while it ,was looking down with one eye it could look up with-the 1 other. HUMAOLT ad ded, with a smile, that it reminded hiu; forcibly of a certaiu- class of divines; who possessed the ; faculty of keeping one eye on the earth, while they looker, toward heaven With the other. Hr/Mj BOLT always applied- science to whatev er he came ia contact with. In cross j ing the Atlantic for the first time\ in hi j life, although heVdtnired the ?astswel| of waves,, he did! not forget to find th ) specific gravity of the water, or to ex o'mine the varieties of sea-Weed.Whic' floated around the vessel. Th e bide t etherial sky of aj tropical clime had at many charms for him as for any lone j but he did not forget at the same tim.l to make the most thorough aatronoinica observations; he kept the ship's ingi so well that lie w*» ahle to aooarately as the oaptain the < they had sailed. Only once in when standing upon the Andes, dtf tse far forget hiniielf a t not Jo measurtj 1 the ahituo* of the plaoe where he stood j It was the first time that he bad evtj stood upon the mountains and gaaed upj oft the broad Paeific. It was the mot j subline spee&elk erer witnessed, awl he said lie thought bow the great souj I foreTiim. fioiraowr ca^ulatetTthe de- y cay of his body' so accurately that he was able to predict to withitt,bsst than a year the time of his death. H e was over ninety years old when he died. BAYARD T\m&tt is comparatively a young man; he has accomplished much should;he,live to jthe extraordinary age at wluch VON HUMBOLT died, h e may have acquired nearly as much wisdom. I think inot. Without any discredit to Mr. TAYLOR, for whom I have a great admiration, I think Nature has not giv- en him that immense intellect with which she endowed the indefatigable German. fwtll^^^i,^^ Conservatism in Missouri. : Bishop Ames opened the Kansis and Nebraska Conference last Wednesday, purposing, while on, h b way there, to preach in Jefferson City. He is about the last man to be accused of-ultra sen liments of any kind, or of preaching with a \torch in one hand and a bowie knife in the other.\ The resolution granting the use of the Legislative Hall for a re- ligions service, to be conducted by Bish- op Ames, was introduced in the Legis- lature by Mr. Hudgins, and was adopt- ed, after some discussion, by a vote of 46 to 44. Then followed a display of ignorance, fanaticism and vulgarity, an extract of the proceedings of which wo quote from the Commercial Advertiser : \Mr. Davis moved to reconsider the vote taken upon the motion of the gen- tleman from Andrews. Mr, Ament had learned that the gen- tleman ^Bishop Ames,) was an Aboli- lionis', traveling for the purpose of demonstrating his prnciples. Mr. Davis of Nodaway said if the man was a servant of God, he should have the use of the hall ; he desired to ' see him, even if he was an Abolitionist, because, as yet, he had never seen such a creature. v Mr. Fagg desired to know what au- thority they had for declaring the gen- I leman an Abolitionists. Mr. Davis of Bnchanan said he receiv- ed his information from the genii man from Henry, Mr. Stone. Mr. King of Ray had understood that Daniel S.' 1 Dickinson of New York belong ed to the Northern Metdodist Church, and no doubt though his name had been hoisted l<y' many papers for the Presi- dency, this fact was fatal to his chance for getting the nomination. Mr. Stone said that the Northern Methodist Church was an avowedly anti- slavery institution, and that every mem- ber believed that a slaveholder was a barbarian and a savage, and hence he presumed that this gentleman was a Black Republican. Mr. Guitar felt that he might be that and a gentleman too. Mr. Stone—We differ a little on that. (Laughter.) This man is a so-called minister of the Gospel, who expounds the do.-tirines of the Church, a torch in one hand and a bowie knife in the other, and no doubt, like the rest, he was of the Jflhn Brown order. Mi-. Turner of Clinton felt they were unduly dignifying this preacher, and un- digfiitying themselves as a body and as a Legislature. He voted against the res- olution, and should vote against recon- sidering it. Mr. Hudgins said this man. was a Bish- op, and had nothing to do with the poli- tics of the countiy ; he lives in Indiana, and was not even 'here ; he regretted having introduced rhe resalution, and he was sure, after the proceedings which had taken place, he would not accept the use of the Hall, but speak from some stump in preference. Mr. Conway having no proof that the .man was an Abolitionist, he should vote ! a gainst a reconsideration . Mr. Ament desired to change his vote for thes me reason. In his section there were Northern Methodists who good Chrisians. Mr. Darner said this Bishop Ames h td presided over a Conference in Indi- ana, where they passed resolutions to send out missionaries here to abolitionize Missouri,, incit e of the devil himself. He did iifttebelieve that Daniel S, Dick- inson was a Northern Methodist. If he was, he could not be a National Demo- crat. He believed he was an Old-School Presbyter an, who believed that Slavery w 3 instituted by God. The motion to reconsider was then sus- tained—62 aves. 35 noes. Th e resolu- tion was then rejected—31 ayes, 61 noes. Tlie DiNSoliitionists Against Seward. ie foliawlni ni ceirejiiy.. tn I solicit subscription for l he Journal »nd a*triSbHcmn, in their portion of Ihe County f— ' - •ttJSftSKV^W*. • . , rt^S^F 2 ^' -\•>•••• *T s?.iia% H ass r u , .^ je \' ndBr ^ ' Off AS. L HOliUi f iUtrti.iMirih, V R. LEOMAftU. Wert Miritn burth, JOHN MANN, New Bremen, * A. E PI.UHB, CotKtableri Ic, Mm —- On our ^Irst page will be found an interesting Poem, \ Lewis County in the Oiderl'ime,\ written by Horn CA- UBB LYON, of Lyonsdale. BooBViUe • \ ^ Under the new law re-creating the office of Superintendent, Hon. Richard Hulburt has been appointed Superinten- dent on the Black River Canal. A capital selection. New Spring Goodi Dm WIT T C. WEST & Co., advertise on our next page, an extensive assort ment of new and beautiful Spring Goods. Public Documents. Our thanks are duo to Hon. C. B. HOARD, for a number of vo'umes of the Patent Office Rep rts, for the last year. Minealnre Photographs Callat VAN AKEN'S Gallery! of Art, and geft twenty beautiful pictures of yourself, for one dollar. This new style of picture is suitable for Visit iijig Cards, and many other uses. Theiri neatness as well as cheapness, make thern go like \ hot cakes.\ Lowvillf Academy The Spring Term of this Institution will commence on Friday, the 13th of April. A Teacher's Class will be or- ganized at the beginning of the term.— Tho e students wishing to join this class are requested to make an early applica- tion. W. ROOT ADi>is, Principal. & Course of Lectures Dr; MORRON, who has been lecturing so successfully in various portions of will deliver the first rso^i County, Lecture of the course, at the Town Hall, Lowville, this evening. Subject, the \Formationof Human Habits.\ Lecture free. Those who have heard the Doctor, pronouoce him a su- perior Lecturer. From the Forest Our readers may expect in a few days, a letter from E . Z . C. JUPSON, Esq., better known as \ Ned Buntline.\ Mr. JUDSON is at his home, at Eagle Lake, near tho foot of Blue Mountain. He has lately met with a great affliction in the death of his wife—a good and devoted woman. * the meridian of her maiden-hood, .and thef seeWing eH< huaay will die before the first of April. Who wjll weep oVer her grave ? See what she has done !— One day##k*i<»t>ii #&***<> the orchards and nurtorfes ; kisiei them with warm lips of sunshine ; whispett to them with breezes, from the South; fo'ds them to her 1 bosom, in her azure arms; and, as- soon as they open thejr eye-blossoms to ldok at her,, she slaps them over the crimson cheeks \with her palm of frost; then, like a step-mother, scolds in s' orms, whilj the poor trees—whose bloom has been detained by fa'se pretences—stand . shivering in the cold, cuffed by the storm, in the hand of this unpitying vixen. Lowville Academy.—- At a meeting of the Board of Trus- tees of Lowville Academy held on the twenty-fourth inst., for th • purpose of taking into consideration the necessit y of erecting another building for the ac- comodation of a greater number of students, a Committee, consisting of WM . MCCULLOCK, WM . li. ADAMS and J.L.LEONARD , was appointed f r the purpose of taking measures to obtain the funds necessary for that purpose. It is with the greatest pleasure that we announce this movement, on the part of ihe Board of Trustees, to. increase the usefulness of the Institution, under this change, and it is to be hoped iha* their action will meet with a hearty re- sponse from oar citizens. Almost every person in LowviLle, and in the adjoining towns, and, in fact, throughout the County, has a direct interest in the pros- perity of this Institution, for, to- no one auseareth e i ihnbitants so much in- debted for their general intelligence anct moral ty, as to the saluiary influence which has flowed out fu» moye th»U fifty years, from the Lowville Academy. But, while the wha'e County is interest- en, it is only from our own town that any considerable amount can be expect- ed, and each one of us ought to be wi.I ing to contribute liberally toward this important object. The som of $10,000 could not be more profitab'y expended than in pro- iding for the educationai wants of the C unty, by erecting on our beautiful Academy grounds two additional bui'd- ings ; one to be used.as-a boarding house and study-rooms for young ladies. With these improvements the number of students wou'd be increased two of three fold, and the benefit we shou'd derive even pecuniarly, would be far\ greater than the amount expended. Let us all, then, second this effort of the Trustees and in contributing towards this long needed improvement, we s'lall surely see.the usefullness of our Acade- my greatly increased. In his recent plea for the dissolution of the Union, WKNDELL PHILLIPS took the ground that the election of SKWARD to the Presidency would give peace to the country and solidity to the Union, while the election of a Democrat would ,'et loo e the^deinons of confusion and In hji i insurrection. For this reason, Mr. ^PHILLIPS desires the election of a Demo- crat ; for a similar reason, all good citi- zens will wish for a Republican triumph. The declaration of Mr. PHILLIPS is as follows: Directly show me how I can wi hout • jeopardizing my self-respect, without j swearing an oath which you know I would not and ought not and do not mean to keep—and I would vote for William H. Reward for the Presidency to-morrow, and yet I would rather see a Democratic President. (Laughter.) I will tell you why. If there is a lie- publican elected in 1860, you will be looking to the administration. You will be waitiug te see what law can do— what liberty fettered can do against sla- very unbound. Agitation wifiibe lulled. Everything like free and unfettered ao- tion will ceqse. We shall wait.) Let Dougbte or a Democrat be elected, and every man in the free States will arm himself for the struggle with th^ slave power. . Insurrection will break but on the mountains, and insurrection of tho't in the pulpits, and we shall have a! grea- ter anti-slavery progress hi four years than we should, have in forty under such a programme as that of Mr. Seward's speech of the last month. A BEAR PAYS A' Vrsrr.—The editor of the Sulivan (Pa.) Democrat sayjs that a large bear, entered a dwellingJhoose in, the towa •$& Cherry, aud seizing a little child which was pUyiog [about, the floor, commenced caressing and fondling it In the most tender thjmner. The ohiW, as well as the be*r, seemed Copenhagen—- Mr. B. S. Mallery, for many years the popular landlord of the Railroad House at Watertown, has purchased and taken possession of the hotel at Copen- hagen, formerly kept by L. P. Dole He is to be assisted by his son, B. F . Mallery ; and whoever may favor them with a call, will find that \ Frank\ can not only sing a capital song, but cai \ keep a hotel.\ Watertown Hon. Beman Brockway, of Pulaski has acquired an interest in the Water town Reform\}- with the business and editorial departments of which he will in future be connected. Mr. B. is a veteran in the quill driving service, hav Ing been successively connected with the Oswego Palladium, N. Y. Tribune, and other journals. There are few more accomplished editors in the State. Col. Clark, of the Journal, i< now a sent on a Western Tour. His letters to the Journal are very iu'eresting. well as the bear, seemed „, . .. 1, Hind straogo to say, this singular proceeding continued for •ewJr- al^iaptes, till the terrified mother— the 1 only person about toe house-—toeized upon the opporiwiity to bar trWdoor upon the rough intruder whfle he chanced to be on tlie Outside. Ti e of> fended animal bein^tb.ua shut out I from further sport, retrred to Ua home io the woods. I Closing Exercises The closing exercises of the Academy were held at the Court Hou e in this village, last Thursday, and they were attended by a very large and iutelligeut audience, who appeared to enjoy hear- tily the intellectual feast prepared and offered by the faculty and students of the Academy. Space does not permit us td particularize as to the many ex- cellent essays and original declamations. Suffice L to say, that they were of mark- ed ability and a high order of merit, and displayed application on the-part oF,< the Students of both sexes, and faithful attention on the part of the.ir Teach- ers. The afternoon exercises were diver- sified by the reading of a paper issued by the ladies department, which wa»' full of pungent articles and scholarly offeiiugs, and proved quite interesting —and instrumental and vocal music among which ;•' Yankee Doodle,\ with variations, justly claimed a share of the applause. - * The next Term commences the see- on 1 Friday of April, and there-promis* es to be a goodly attendance, '\this is well. No noise or bluster is made by its worthy Principal, Prof. ADAMS, but quietly, zealously and faithfully, h* works but his mission, and the result of his labors are to be ieen in the educated youpg ladies and gentlemen who yearly leaVe the Academy ior o:her avocations — ornaments of the old Academy.; Ccini sidering the fact that the County has only IWS Academical Institution, jit be- hoves Lewis County citizens to foster and rapport it earnestly and efficiently.; Is a fickle jade. A few days since, she promised t o blow tattefflie* *o d bobolinks into our me*do«rs. «ad to Wow •way the le«4-colored clouds, fever- ing beWixt ai and tile sun. Now, her bond UbrokeR—her promise forfeit- ed, and she has been snow-balling us, •ndltshing i n with rata and cold wind -. The young buds.-* that ventured ty look out at the sky, have been! pinched to sepuMkdB Coraly CoBwitwn Pursuant to a\ call of tlie Republican County Corresponding' Committee, a Convention assembled at Martinsburgh on the 22d inst^ LYMAN R. LTTOW-^PKM choseu Chairman, and G. WV FOWLER I Secretary. The' following delegates presented their credentials. , > - Denmark —Lu;cR»n- -Clark, John. C. Wright, G. A. .ScQvfUe. \..- Lowville —Hiraoi Porter, HkA. Phil- lips, G. W. Fowlerv. ..-' T ' / l.eicis^- AibetL BuelL Joseph Gray, Amos Billingf... '' , ,v- Lyicn-ll.'^C'.' Nqrtham, Wafter Andrus, John Roberts. ' . = \ . \ Turin— Arthur Pond., 1 ? \ West : Ttf/v'»\-^Sftndford Coe, Edwin Miller,, J.-C. Collins, • Greig —L. R. Lyon, Thqs. Rogers. Watson —Ira Stone; Jas.- Garmou, R. D. Williams. 21 ut nsburt*h— Two set's of dele- gates appearing from this town, by an expression of the CfJnventidn, by ballot, Diodate Pease, G. W. Locklin and Sid- ney Sylvester, w<re receive! as dele- gates, : • On motion of Maj. S. Coe, it was Hesilred, Tha t ip view of the differ- ences of opinion regarding the represen- tation of towns in the' County Conven- tion, it is preferable on all occasions for hh e towns of this county to elect, their delegates for each respective convention and not for a year. By Ballot, Albert G. Thompson, of Copenhagen, and Sarjdf ord Coe, of West Turin, were chosen delegates to the State ConveJtion. at Syracuse, to be held.on the 18th of April next. Luciao Clark and Chester Ray, were appointed alternates. By an unanimous expressions of the Convention, it was ' Resolrejl, That WM . H. SEWARD U he first choice of th's Convention for Republican candidate far President— and that the state delegates de instruc- ted so to represent this County at Syra- cuse. , L R. I.YON, Chairmnn. W. FOULER , Sec'y. Congress Hon. C. B. Ho;.rl, has been appointed Chairman of thj Investigating Commit- tee, to .investigate-the charges of bribery against the -Administration, as alleged in* the speeches of. Messrs. Haskiu and other Congressmen. PflMIe Sehool-T— The Public School at the Brick School House, In ihis-village, will commence on Monday next, under the supervision of Mr. IliciM and Mrs*. Muxa. •gg\\' The Grand Jury brought .in bill* I <»f indictment against James Me fntyre and Gideon ;J. Tucker, for an attempt to briu* an Alderman to vote for J.he latter as President of the Croton Aqueduct Board. . ; t^T The Democra ic Cent r*l Com- mitteee hate found that the \best a» rangements theyoou'd make at Charlst- ton for 80 persons, is $5 per day eas*. to commence from the 15th of April' one week before the meeting of <he Ceo- I vention—thus extorting neatly f! 0 per (-day during Ihe actual losstoi o/the'C 011 - I vention. i t^TTlie steamer PUrtoHt* arriv- eda t Cape [ Ttaeent, from lK3ugi«°n. on the 19th, help* the flral arrlfri of the season. Last tear the Ant boat arrived on the 16th, thrte days #nrMer. ,
