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democracy of Pennsylvania and gaged in many ® hard-fought political eon! th found wogetbor in thelr future and free soil everywhere will be f government organs drive them from their pur; Peuth, the East and the as the winds come when forests are you, and will intimidate them, From the North aad the fest, they will rally to your the waves come when navies are ‘tion chosen to throw its influence upon the side of the nations] democracy at the late eleo- supported the trembling pillars of glorious victory would have been ‘wee, woe to those who have de; mp ps ‘The Washington Union, the a the administration. asserted that the friends of the ‘ise never had the strength to elect a President. who were plotting the betrayal of Philistines of ’48 this language may be , but to the democracy of Pennsylvania, to the men who despise treason, to those who object tos rene- as the mouthpieces of a democratic adminis- is not only false, but sacreligious. No man eould have carried the State cn an; (@ Makewarm or doubtfal ~ pare TRON ee oven electoral votes, Everywhere in ot romises was the battle cry of Franklin Pier: sollers and secessionists as part of re ee have received the vote of an: As it was in Pennsylvania, s0 we believe it to have been im every State in the Uhion, and 4 gosrow than anger,) enter our solemn sueh suicidal course. ion in New York achieved—it would march of the democratic army sult, and over which the true @ whole country will rejoice, is the recent Tucker, the proprietor of that i the Warhington printer to the Senate. It is a noble vindication great national principles he advocates, and a severe its varied phases. The Wash. ington Union has denounced in unmeasured terms som of the purest cemocrats and ablest statesmen of our day; and after denouncing the champions of the compromise measures, it scouts the idea that the measures them- selves were an element in the Presidential election, or were approves by the people—s fitting finale to its attacks upon the supporters and defencers of those great ures, which have not only to the republic, but secured the trinmphast elec: ‘to the presidency. The Union now wages war upon those fearless and patriotic stateamen ia the Senate who chose not to vote for the Union, but for rena whore course bas met the approving voice of ocratic masses everywhere. But its attacks upon such eminent democratic statesmen as Atchiron, Bright, Bunter, Mason, Weller, and their democratic compeers in the Senate, like similar attacks from the same source upoa the noble and patriotic Dickinson, will fall harmless They rong in the confidence and affections of the people to be injured or ¢isturbed from cone from what quarter they may. Excuse ‘NWrithigreat recpost, Your obedient servant, reat rer our ol servant ‘ ‘ ot JOHN C. MATHER, To Messrs. John Campbell, C. W. Ca: vine, Thos. Biyler, ©. 0. More, J. G. Bry Ahern, Committee, ete. Colonel Smaxu being loudly called for, presented ‘Bimself, and said that before the question on the resolutions was taken he wished to say a few words, first, particularly in regard to the nat t part of the resolutions he pre- sumed there could scarcely be any difference of opinion on the part ing. The first object of the framers eracy, under which we have so long pi tee the independence of , and to limit and define the powers of this vernment. Mankind had former times that it was limits of all governments; and States should be free and independent of each Be election ef . Bever!; fearless and able to sectionalisin in other grounds, No man could have received her the constitution and its com) curstalwcrth democr: avowed affiliation with ton of Franklin protes\ ainst If the party is to faldl penn destiny, it must respect the friends that perpetuated y is to flourish, it must net ‘ap discomftted traitorous factions, and enemies of the repub! The same allarements that jased their temporary subordination, will command A man, once a traitor, should be fature treachery. not taken to the o and byway Shon hirellng presses and subsidized cliques, vast contral power against us, and its subordi- asso many spies in our camp, we will exercise our rights as democrat agaipstan act that degrades and dem eratic party. We ui settionrae this innovation wever yield bu’ oe ts part ing, must be immolated Btates forsake us, thon Pennsylvania alone will kee, war-worn banner of State rights, to fly to the rescue of the eonstitution of free soilers and abolitionists, she jeld in this fight. On her soil shall w for our outraged nationality, The address being adopted, Col Wa. F. Saat then read the following pre- (gamble and resolutions, which were adoptea:— Whereas, The democratic citisens of Philadelphia will ¢soom be called upon to express their ‘eboice of a successor to the present Governor of the Jom- be s fisting occasion to to the principles of the party, this hereby resolves and declares— . That tae democratic party of the city and county of steadfast in their the States in one great mational confeder- ly means of securing the hap- tlm which now tration; and to of those composi hood fi for a delasion—if all other field, lift up the she was the it (grins he atineks be the last to be struck the last had experience to Resets wher they said Sep hy Mare dy of the Cire pom to set country @ consol goverament y wentfor the independence of the United States They pointed out most cl rights of the several States , if he was not mistaken, we had times when it was declared that we d—that the President and his Cabinet right to make treaties with foreign ether things whi preference in the moawealth, anc confederacy; ani fallen on (Fegarding it as the onl; Were boun ° i prtperty of the mare mer only ae progress o! vernment the liberties of lenied them, but that e ww, if this was profoun: vy was mistaken in ; but if this was new ought every democrat ry itigated| . What, he asked, aly aaa poor mize Mexico—in which the indepen it was called, was but a name—for the President manas « patriot or the faith and author- dence of the States, - E i i é ie etl i d fact therein set forth wastrue. He then went on what the two democratic pay always been a consistent HON. JOHN C. MATHER. DavionalL Horst, Waaminetox, Des. 21, 1863, Gentlemen—I am in receipt of your kind favor addressed to me at this eity, inviting me and map meeting of the national d the 80th inst. The main ol ‘to be to express your views upcm the subject of ‘terferepce of the fede:a) government in the local | jive me real pleasure to be present at ooeedings, so far as ve alluded; but my offi duties at Albany require my immediate return there, lst of Januar; iblished aw article one over to the Argus. observations in regard to his own services to the and his services in the adoption of and they were day which went unanimously adopted. Mr.G. Remax next addremed those was free te confess that he came there to address meeting without the permission of the demo. cratic preas of Philadelphia—without the consent of ‘ost Office—with sut the con- Participate im its the subject to whieh I the Custom House or f; t. pal iy soil be : é. Z if EF : g i i i H rd ¥ 5 fir le i £ £ i é g iii Pe zhi? Bis? g E ciples of A no earthly power could dive or those with whom he was associ- ated. Mr. Cuas. Carrigan, who was received with ap- plause, said that, owing to the present anow storm, a great number of gay apne \tlemen were ab- sent that intended to be present; that letters had been received from them, which would be hereafter published. He denounced certain articles which had appeared in the Argus, condemnatery of this meet- ing, and he then congratulated the meeting cn its 80 overwhelmin, pe un of numbers. Here- arked that he much of Governor Bigler, inasmuch as he thought he had been pretty well dealt with already. He then spoke of the want of independence of the press of this cityin particu- lar, andof a great number of cemocratic papers aangness the State, and showed that their were in the pay of the general government, or that of this State, and that therefore there was no fair past be expected from them. . ApRAHAM OLWine followed in a few general remarks, A resolution was offered by Mr. Cawrsxi1, which was adopted, recommending to the national demo- crats of the city and eounty of Philadelphia, and also throughout the State, to hola @ convention on the lat of May, to preserve the integrity of the national democratic bys Mr. Wu. B. Raxxry next addressed the meeting, after which it adjourned. Court of Appeals—January Term. The January term of this court commences on day, January 8d, at the capitol. There are 243 cases on the calendar, the following being the first forty : 1. James Hil, respondent, vs. The Board of Supervi- sors of the county of Taringecen, appellant. Sig RT ver, &c., appellant, vs, Chas. 8. Lather Wright, President, &e., respondent, vs. Zina Hooker and Bales me, administrators, appellants. 4. The Auburn and Cato Plank Road company, reap’ta, ‘ve. Peter Douglass, appelieat. 6. Jeremiah Har and others, appellants, vs, Rebert . respondent. 6. William Robertson and others, appellants, vs. Alex- Ro . er others, 8} vs. Her Loomis and another. res; it. heioan ie 8. Francis C. Woodworth and another, respondents, vs, Charles B. Huntington, appellant. 9. — Spencer, respondent, vs. Allen Ayrault, ap- pellan 10. The New York Institution for the Blind, appellant vs. John E. Patterson and another, res tae gi 11, Samuel J. Newstadt, and others, appellants, vs. 8 O. Gray, imp’d. &o., respondent. 12, Eather{V, Weisser, adm’x, &o., and others, respond- @nts, va. Charles Denison, President, &c., appellants, 18, Eugene Lentithon, appellant, vs. The Mayor, &0., of the city of New York, Lex Soa 14. George E. L. Hyatt, 'r, &@., respondent, vs. Cov lumbus W. Seely, rid ero 16. Lewis Benedict, respondent, vs. The Buffalo Fire and Insurance company, appellants. 16, Azariah C, Flagg, Comptroller, &3., respondent, vs. Perly Munger, appellant, and others. 17, Spencer », Fespondent, vs. James Jessup, imp’d peal 18. Samuel M, Thompson and others, appellants, vs. pe hel &c. of the city of New York, and others, re- sponden: 19. John M. Hathaway, appellant, vs. James Gordon Bennett, respontent. 20. Charles @. Griffin, appellant, vs. The Mayor, &c. of the City of New York, respondents. bate im McG: egor, sppeliant, vs. Robert Brown, re- spondent 22, Foster Reynolds and another, respondents, vs, Chas. A. Davis and anozher, appellants. Isaac C. Holmes, respondent, vs. John 0. Holmes, oe Cowen, respondent, vs. Elisha Ruckman, ap- William Gihon and others, appélisuts, vs. George W. Stanton and apother, aairiviow & , Tespondents. 26, Foater Reynolds and another, respondents, vs. (cross sppeal) Charles A. Davis ani another, respondents, et a Witbeek, Jr.. respondent, vs. Joseph Waine, appellant. 28, Justus H. Rathbone, appellant, vs. Samuel Stockine and others, responcents, 29, Tunis M. Snedeker and another, respondents, vs. William B. Waring, appellant. 30, 5 and others, respondents, vs. The President, &o. of the Merchants’ Bank in the city of New York, appeliants. - Zacock Pratt, respondent, vs. Charles Foote, appel- 82. 5 us oe boLagsont a] ry it, vs. Sylvanus B. Still- 53. Ebene: and avother, respondents, vs. Nas- afr x Fldm’x, &e., respondent, vs. The lonroe, a »pellants. i és ta. ants, va Willass B. Faiton and others, respoadenter e Rupgrne r Eno, -orpibaeaad &c., respondent, vs, Phillip . ppellan: 389. George @. Waterbury, responden' Joha J, V. tmop’d, ee, appellant. ghety . dent, &s., of the Housatanio Yank, re- spondents, ve. William Currie and another, appellants. BupeczLEMent OF Azour $30,000 ar Crvomma- Tomoa MeOafivey, Beeliger and Phillipe, were atreted pamea ips, were arrested you terday on charge of embesslement, to the aggregate amount of $30,000, and after undergoing examine tion be- fore Justice Charles .F Cady, they were committed to the county jail, in default of @ heavy security required ef them. Our knowledge of the matter rests entirely on the statements made in the affidavit and search warrant, which may be summed up a8 follows:—A Mr. Jacobs, a in bis employ a clerk or: ier berate above. Berets fal ‘cob anta ta aes entrusting him with large amount goods, which carried to distant markets for sale. In ome of these ex. peditions Seeliger ht to St. Louis about $16,000 of and liquors to the value of $6,000or $8,000 more. The whole of ihese stores he embessied and sold to Mo: bos his father-in-law, and toa man named Phillips. M Ny tee Reaver © cree ot Gane and was engaged im the grocery business, but failed, after which he removed to this elty. Who Fhiilips is we cannot secer- but believe him also to have been a Cincianatian. or and ‘roms the tals of Kis liquors and’ sopets, of, and returns iquore eogars. Af last he came around himoelf, and, failing stili to ob- tain a settlement, resolved Lande ge Ler) nl secution. In his affidavit he charges t at the Seeliger left Cincinati he embezsled from him some va- luad! }d and ciamond jewelry, sleo several hundred Goilars in money and @ benk book. A search warrant was accordingly procured, and the officer proceeded to —— house, on Collis street,for the purpose of seek- ing the missing articles. They found several pieces of the ies. also the bank book just mentioned. It has not m ascertained what MoCaffrey and Phillips did with the Mquors,— St. Louds Democrat, Dec. 21. Suir ror Fassvom m Naw Osieavs.—Snit wae yesterday instituted in this court on behslf of Richard Lester, free man of color, against J.B. Preau & Co. for freedom, and demages in the amouat of $10,000. Petitioner represents that at the commencement of the 't year he resided in San Fernando, in Mexieé, near le Pass; that he owns house and other property there; that for several years he bas been in ibe habit of acting as Indian interpreter at Eagle Pass; that about elevea months ago, while at Eagle Pass, he wis forcibly seised ane by Dave Brown, Jim Brows, and Madison aad others, who clandestinely conveyed him to Sen Antonio, Texas, with intent to seli him as a slave; that being ro cognized there by persons who formerly knew him. suit ‘wasinstituted in his behalf tefore & competent court, and, after due proceedings had, he was adjudged to be free, and was, by an order of court, set at liberty; thet while working at San Antonio to get means with which to return to Eagle Pass, he was ove eveni:g enticed by one George Martin. & pretended friend, to visit s ranche » short distance from towr, ard when there was surrounded by & party ofarmed men. who handcuffed bim and took him an s prisover to Indianola; that he wa then forcibly sbipped op board of « steamship and brought to this that he arrived here on the 26th cf July last, and om the same «ay confined in the city workhouse as aelave, by order aed in the name of J. B Preaa'& Co. Dy petitioner verily bel! are nlave, ke, ke. Wherefore pe ittoner pray: all to inatitate auit informa pauperis; that, after = ‘B, he be Ceciared a free mao and that the defe adjudged to pay bim damages for loas of Liberty and mental and physics! ruffering, the full sam of $10 060, with allequi able relief. Tne court allows the inatitution of the suit ae prayed for, snd ordered that the plaintiff be sequestered ani re ained in the eus- tedy of the Sber:ff to prevent his removal clandestinely Brae jurisdiction of the court.—New Orleans Delta, Domestic sen The Hudson River Railroad uses up 36 600 cords of weod +3 ear, the sawieg of which costs $10,000; a cost: 5 60 per cord. Six new locomott to cost $12,000 a piece, are to be put on the road in January, and sixty Rew passenger cars in the spring. Adaline Phelps is on trial at Greenfield for the murder of her father. The fare on the Hudeon River and Harlem Railroads been advanced to $2 50. . re They have im Portland, (Me, a mow , (Me.,) over a foot in Among the acts of the recent session of the Sout Carolina Legislature was an act to prohibit the collecti of demandes sgainst sta tents of Co! end inatitations of education is that State, We learn from the Albany Evening Journal that Ove right were committed in that city om Sunday ) citizens of Detroit, (Michigan,) were to hold s meeting on the 26th instant, to recommend the dy the Legislature of general railroad law. eerie ‘The steeple of the Dutch Reformed Chureh in Kingston, Ulster a, wes blown down on the 24th instant, ernsbing in the roof ef the church to the } The spire was 18 feet high the: hin the doilding, was erected ai & your ago. 8 bales of cotton was re- ceived at New Orleans, on the 10th instant. At a mode yate calculation this would be worth semething like 8700 cdo, Rieberd H. Collins, editor of the Maysville Eagle, of Maynville, ( 2 recently shot Mr. Dobyns, ie po ¢xamination and been honorably dis John Mitehel in Bos: HIS RECEPTION BY THE CELTIC YANKERS—HIS LEC- TURE AT THE MUSIC HALL. “the Boston Herald, Dec. 29.] Mr. Miteteh ves waited upon by s large committee of his fellow countrymen at the Revere afternoon, and on their bebalf William to him s very a apd received the personal oo: mittee on his safe arrival in Boston. The following is Mr. and Members of the Committee of Boston :— Gentlemen—For your kind and juent thousand welcomes,’’ accept my warm and }eartfelt thanks. But there is something in your ad- delights me more even than per- sonal kindners—it is the good tidings you give us Irish exiles, of returning unaaimity amovgst our countrymen with regard to the destinies and duties of Irishmea, ques- tions that stil] interest us in this free land of our adop-. tion, and must forever continue to make our hearts beat Tieve mo filenda, that altbough captivity was bitter tbo captivity was an s defeat was humiliating—the bitterest and most humiliating reflection of all to us exiled rebels, was not even yet feel how deeply necessary it wae to unite, if they ever wished to see the land of their birth free from the aecursed dominion of her an- cientememy, By unioa I do not mean compromise—of that hind of union there was, perha| union upon the one single House, yeeter ds; Fad, faq , msde ate and complimentary sddreas. ropriate manner, iogs of the oom’ Mitchel’s reply : To the Chairman dress that touches and too much; I mean gible ground of uare lenting hostility te British dominion. Oa that single latform, let me remind you, and on no other, we, Vaa joman’s Land rebels, were ourselves united. Hardl, any two of us were of the same religion, or of the eame litical sect. There was the monarchissl great amd good O’Brien. There was the philo- sophical liberal, Martin—there were the and the cross between—there was the eloquent ex it of the poetry and chivalry of republicanism, Meagher—there was the downright democratic leveller— Yet we were all friends, friends to one and falsehood, and the not be #0 here, also? \t it shall be. I cordiai’y hearty appreciation of thy British government. Why may Your joint addreaa gives es ig im your just based freedom and the all embraci Let us remember wi by faithfully and loyally discharging tae izenship, let us endeavor to show both onr our fitness for democratic freedom thia great republic. gratitude to her, an THE LECTURE AT MUSIO HALL. About twenty-five hundred perrons assembled at the , to listen to the lecture of John Mitchel, the Irish patriot refugee, who has taken up his abode on American soil te become an American citizen. Ifa more extended notice had been given ef the forth- coming lecture it is probable that the Music Hall would have been found too small for the multitudes who would have rusned to hear the eloquent exile. M. Mitchel was introduced to the audience by William End, Eaq., im a few spirited remarks. came forward he was received with cheer upon cheer and the swinging of hats and handkerchiefs by the audience, rung to their feet by s common impulse. compliment gracefully, and proceeded to deliver an address which we copy be- low, and which was listened to with profound attention. In his personal appearance Mr. John Mitchel is an un- arsuming, intellectual man, alittle above medium height, and rather slim. His eyes are blue, and his countensace bas a very pleasing, even winning expression. His of delivery is remarkably plain and unatfe Citizens of Boston—L Music Hall last eveni When Mr. Mitchel ies andGentlemen—When I stood this morning, fer the first time in my life, on the atreets of this illustrious city of that I had absolutely come “but im some sort to and remembered ere to lecture—not to learn, —1 confess that my heart failed tthe very thought of my owm boldness. When I myself on that famous spot of ground which your rs beid so nobly against the beleagured battalions of Helton hen I stood im the shadow of that Faneuil hich mo Athenian agora or Roman foram is to me—when I looked out upon that harbor in rant’s treacherous tea—-when whose musical rifie volleys of a new world, and shall forever ring to pason of liberty, till the earth shali be no more—I said within myself, it must indeed seem pre- sumptuous in one who has been so short a time in merica, to undertake te treat of a subject so extensive, and involving interests so im) the “'Pesition and duties of the once infused the ‘up to that immortal t and complex, as pean refugees.’? (Im- Ral Fat oes rt ques tobes evoke other men’s opinions =, or impose my own opinions. Opinions, and very y atrong—to my ewn let me lay them before t dogmaticall: st dlota: y them you, net r, mot ita terially—end I feel sssured thet the citixens of this famous city, and my own countrymen who have found a her will at least hear me calmly, and tly as ean ask. First, 1 may ob- that though not long present in the body, I tave ® year an American in spirit. To s udy your and articles of confe Declaration of Independence by heart; one need not wait until be sete his foot upon the United States. (Applasse.) And erpecially it may well be assumed that one who has mind very clear. tion; to have your way, ee Ii onitas tae Outten: bey clear no- tion of u ition, juties, he was tak! upon him wien ke went into an American Court wa on the soil of this contizent, may be distributed (with re- ‘tium to this subject), into two classes—those who the United States, aad pat that in tention upon recorc, and these who do rot. Tne latter lass have no duties or obligations at all to this country BS ahe tele deta nad chy tee ers, svjourners, they would have permission to live a lividhcod and ¢pend their money in S«itserland, in Bel- jum, in Englano, or even (if not conspicuous ) evolatioa- tee ee een Ee vant class great advan’ hich a eee F re sons in ¢e ' ott back to Europe,» Becoed sentatives of all be a native-born citizen, a citizen fully nata ralized, orone who is claiming and waiting for the privi- leges Cf paturalisation. In al would be sim ply treason toward the commenwealth poe or See revs claims or necen{- ties, to of to the wiongs other land— be land where his mother bore hint and where his "a bones afe laid—tban to those of the new country whoe nationality he has voluntarily chosen to take upon bim. (Immense a ype This iso iunderstoed. explicitly avowed, aad universally established. ete Kuropean country, his intention to ome an American citizen, and so clothes himself with the character of an American nation- mey use that nationality and freedom of action whieh it gives him, interests of any otber community on earth. otherwise tham apy native citizen be simply commits fraud upon the I do not say, for I do not kaow, that any oxe solitary individual fiss sctually dose so; but it seemed expedient, at any rate, to lay down clearly the real nature and obligations of citiseoship. At present moment, especially, 1; behooves all immigr ner they be fugitives :rom the dun- or whether they have heart for the slavery ond wreng whieb opprensed thrm at home, fled beyond the teas to find liverty and justice here—it benooves bem sil to remember the daties whieh America imposes cn them im return for her powerful proteation. plaure.) For we may well cali both there classes of per. fogees— refugees from the insoleat feudaliem of y, with its berbaroun ferest and game laws— the centralized imperialia: of Franes— ich they hed shed their blood and piled ymendous cb+ering )—refagees Austria in Hany inavcies at will, the the tex-collectors, the petty nessions tyranta, ism, the government famines, the Ireland—(spplause)—or refagees mim po rbouses of from the aetaal chains and or Ven Dieman’s Land, or gees; to us, all alike, the great free republie her hospi aod offers sanctuary of an inviclabie heme. tie But the events of Europe, }y the vast number of foreigners whom those events have driven here 6, give & DEW aapect to the affair. \- are DOW #0 DuMerous, 60 osturally exasperated at the tyrapnies they have esce ped have brough' over Diggin gee praechinwe re Boag ciations, organizations, and even party distinctions, that is ome reascm; to apprehend the Americans may heart more Irishmen or Germans of “Hear,” “hear?) And now bear with me, if I wound any prejudice or offend ta- tional feeling; but I make no scrupie to say. if au’ |, (which I believe it ia mct,) door, ming the probationary passage which admite fato the temple of ber dearly wen freesou cous cheering.) To maintain, then, our own h nor aod good faith, for the sske of harmony aod mutual sonfi- ence, aod to prevent jealous appiebenmons of iaciviam ‘and disloyalty, it lies upon all maturalizes oltizena or in- tencing citizens to consider what Tne of conduct it has been on their part which could have inspired eu loumen, ard to do whatever they legit guard sgainat them for the time to come. aire at our hends? Surely not thet we our birth anc turn away our ears from the voice Lb gig stat. Onr brothers and sisters and ¢ \¢ that make deep night arouad the: pine for the day ol freedom to da: . Je ft in haman natore that we should turn ‘cur faces steadily west: brothers their for the punishment of thetr enemies and ours? the ast few years thap Americans. ting sgainet the Catholic religion. The city was some Assured], country certainly will require is what she hase right to pena Bin fast this: That we act in the of our native country and interest ourselves in her move- ely se far as @ native born citizen mae fee perly dc, as am American, and no farther. There is the simple rule. Avy American may show his sympathy with the wrengs and struggles of Hi » by joining (for example) a society formed to extend that sympathy and ro sustain thore struggles; he may subseribe his moe to such a society; by travelling, corres: ponding, he may propagate its prino{ples: nnd'if He ary were once more i ‘rms, such American may law- , a8 & private adventurer, for the dear love of ice aad freedom, fly to Europe, throw himself into @ weaker party, amd give at least one freeman’s arm to the cause of right. Capragse) Sach American may do all thia, and be not less aloys! American. Lafay- ette was not the lessa Frenchman that he coveted the honor of charging by the side of Was! (he mendous applause.) And , whatever a native of Boston or Ne York may do for Hungary, that e natu- Talised Hungarian may also do, I bad better, however, come at once to the sane * Aland tae boon mune that is own native country, applause. , be- one it is the Eurepean courtry which gives America most concern, on account of the vast mass of her people who bave escaped hither with their lives—and third, be- cause it is the country of all the earth, most barbarous); oppresed. For the present I have no occasion to arg’ ana prove this lai point I simply sssert it. After all you ¢an say to me about the improvement in the condi- tion of those who have survived that dispensation of England—the famine—after you have counted up to me the encumbered estates which have been haces broken ‘up, and have given me the statistics of the proprie- tors now established upon them—after you pointed out to me even the pitiable loyalty and gratitude of the yr creatures for Her Majeaty’s condescension in setting er royal foot upon their shores—her royal foot upon their necks—elter all this, I shall merely affirm again, that in all the Jatitudes and tudes of the globe, an: throughout all ages since the dawn of history, there is not, and never was, any nation of men so cruelly, cun- ingly, systematically, and relentlessly copenet asthe Trib svion. (Cries of hear, hear) Aud further, that the social and political condition of Ireland isnot a whit improved, but is now precisely the same that it has been for fifty years—no better and no worss—iosomuch that one might “envy the dead, who are already dead, more than the livieg who are yet alive.” The case of Ireland, then, and bi ing myriads, is really question for America, beyond all other Ecropean nation- alities; and it capnot be cenceaied that, somehow, Ameri- can feeling has taken alarm at this great foreign elemen which, say they, remains foreign in sentiment and spirit. There are the various Irish societioe—instituied, indeed, for purposes of benevolence or of mu- tual benefit—but with their Irish mottos, Irish banne: their multitudinous processions through our streets, as to show their numbers and strevgth. Why? They bat no enemies here, unless they make them for themselves they are not now in a Munster fair, and need not trail eotamore, inviting mankind to tramp upon it if they dare; if they had shown teeir strength at home, aud: their real enemies feel th it nad been bet! (Cheers. ) Here is one complaint against us. Another is, that the Irish vote is counted upon as a distinct power at elections —has to be cultivated through certsin Irish leaders and advisers, and comes into the civic contest, as it were, on its own Irish account. sation) And again, im the State militia regiments are Irish companies, with Irish insignia, and uniforms, and names, and who parade on Irish anniversaries, and in some instances, as I have been told, hold themselves aloof frem certain American celebrations at which the other military companies as- sist. In short, there is a genera: impression of isolation created; and te counteract that distinct foreign element, there have arisen, as we all know, secret societies of na- tive Americans. Here are materials snd fuel for enmi heartburnings and riotings, where no antagonism interest or feelings shouid exist. (Cries of hear, hear, and applause.) Amongst these causes of complaint against the Irish population, Ihave not thought it worth while to mention the canting outcry against them on the grouad that most of them are of the Catholic religion. In this I believe no educated or reasonable Americans pre and at all events it is a grievance not very likely to be speedily redressed. (Applause.) In some cf the other points, perhaps the blame may rest with us. Ido not resume to point out where the blame lies; but I de firm- ly believe that if no un-American fee! ‘were exhibited on our pert, there would not be so much nativism rais- ing up against us. (Immense applause. Irish military companies, it is clearly the of every man in every country to carry arms, how to handle them. Only beasts go without arms, and it is no wonder that Irishmen, when they come here, eagerly hasten to avail themselves of that high birthright , of freemen.gg it ia difficult for you Americans to comprehend how carefully, how in- juisitorially and how completely arms were yt out of hands of the Irish peasantry at home. You do not well see how @ nation, once of eight millions, should hhave been so long and so quietly plundered and Rg ak hen) fathers, then but three millions strong, broke the yoke of the very same oppressors with a high han, and with @ provccation not one thousandth part as Ditter. And with the ready sympatny which you give to England’s wrongs, I have not failed to observe that there is mingled a kind of pity near skin Bourne. Aal you cannot know how it has fared with us. forty: seven years there were passed in the British Parliament twenty arms acts for Ireland—each of them more dexte- rously snd more cunningly adapted than the one, totake arms out of the hands of all British gevernment could not trust—all of . tended and calculated to awociate the very idea of arms with jails, petty reesions and handouts has long been a portabdl America I have met with og man tenced to sevem years penal exile for having said teen other young men, ina private room in Dab! felonious words, ‘‘ attention | Right shoulde: po teh lama mon hbo het olied much, this —If arms acts like these had been ia force for years in America before your Revolution—if an - present police had been contisualiy empowered to search jour houses by day or night for a felonious gun—if drill 1g bad been a transpertable offence, where would have been fed rifles at Lexington ?--Where would have been your ing of arms—prac- the use of arms is tn Itsdt political edacation™ Tet men feel that the peace of society and ihe defence of tae country are in the keeping of all citizens and of each in- dividual citizen; and feeling of dignity, of rea ned t and for other beat tralaiog and’ the surest guarantee. for rep the surest guarantee for republican institutions. esto the green uniforms and ban- ners, aod the names of Irish saints or kings, or heroes, which your Irish militia regiments so love to cherish, be- Heve me these national reminiscences will do more good than berm. Ireland, low im the dust ss she lies now, treasure has yet the memery Ctanclent glor of tredition—the only treasures left her now. And we can- Mfwewould, bury them in oblivion for ever. Can a {ind tall medi the, irik Delgndee who tous who France serve France the less, sealously that they ing plause.) Was the ebarge of those and sweeping because their cbarging it * ber Limerick and Saxon faith?” (Applause) ‘No! Irish- men who have obtained refuge heretofore in fo lands (for they have always refuge somewhere them for life at home) have not been remarkable either for ingratit towards the country that protected them, or for cowardice in the field against that country’s enemies. Ob! Am encourage 6 Irish citizen to be an armed citizen; multiply their regi- mo and their companies; evoke and kindle their mili- tary spirit, and see whecher the republic will ever have more baggy heen em ee — of should come y us. (Applause now Ame! scorms the thought of danger from abroad, and dreams not of wa- ging ware upos others—and | say, further, may she ver wage war ageio, seve im the needful defence of her wp homor and oan still, it is hard t> read the book ef fate; the of the world does not alwa; adhere to the p mes ot policy settled by the Wine st statesmen. far may 601 if it Leow. the land will have no more devoted defenders Irish citizens, (Tremendous applause.) Besides that it is the duty of every man to possess arms and know how to use them, there is still another motive which makes it incumbent on all refugees to do so. If is that if ae occa- sion should ever happily arise to aid their brethren in the oppressed land of Earoy w for the righteous cau: may do if he pleases, y to men take as Irishwen in American pul fess I have not yet discovered that an; of Irish polities exists here, and pe: better augary. both for Ireland and A1 zens vo'ed independently of one another, they should vote contrary ways, each man for himself to the best of his judgment, consulting the interests and credit of his adopted country. (Applause.) It is true every Irish emigrant briogs with him some very natural prejudices and feelings which, though natural and meces- i. are altogether out of pisces bere. One is virtue aad patriotism somehow position to the govermment. Inlreland, this is true. honest man is bound, in Ireland, to be against the goverament because the government there i against every honest man— because the tl called a goverament there is a foreign and hostile dominien—bat here the go- veroment is of the whole —the government aad officers of State are tke people’s own chosen servante— the law is the expression of the people’s own * mense cheesing.) Clearly, then, it is the bor duty, and the first of avery Knropesn refugee in america, to re- spect the government and maintain the law—to maintain 4 re] bia lite = fortane—because it secures him enjoy: those very rights for asserting which he is s refages. In fact, the whole doctrine of the position and duties of the refugees may be epitomized in this. Obey and sastein the laws, the government, the established policy of this, the Cre Sie emmy ite cartevie vee Rev ove pay one fone ating that freedom, aed in making manifest toall ‘meakinad son = ind how well and wisely men can govern tham. selves. So shall you, in the meanwhile, be propogandiste of republicanism in Earope, inure suoivers on by immediate action by wey of arms and invasion. so anal you ‘pen the fruit of freedom, that on some early day it ‘will need hardly more than the flash of th: ord lea) = Ws seabbard pe 4 then the shout am: ‘amp people’s lea om their slugiber, to bring the frait dowa, (Prolonged mw.) Firm and orderly obedience to the laws is what I hi ° endeavored to impress this night more than any thing else, for ove apecial reason. Since I arrivedin New York, ope mosth two serious riets have cocurred in great been aod j and they hat oharged, pon European geen. Only yeater- that in Cincimaati a vast or fowardé the house ceoupleo by the Pope's Ranclo—pers bape to do him no harm, bat only to give him s serenade the wrorg *sy, on account of a! anti-repa’ erimes misdemeanors of his in Italy—but at any rate their Gemeanor was so threatening that the povse set upon them ; many were wounded, and one killed. What ia troly disgraceful, too, these Germann quoted, a4 00 ex- ample to be followed, t of are not fit for repal a fortwight vince » turbed the audience of s street preac! ‘the magt th: is not passable. One black ball at the north yardarm moans that the qhannel of the bar is in thet direetion, and that it is passe able. Christmas with his father and family; for the Gret tventy-nine years. revisiting the home of his Washington eee 1y not, (Greatapplause.) But what our adopted hours in alarm, many iet Amerisan citisen wa conslstent disposed to ssy—These not fit for Srepublicar fam. That conclusion I taki liberty of calling start, nonsense, whether it refer to the Germans or the Irish, whether it be uttered in Cincinnati or New York. (Ap plause.) Republicanism is not #0 sensi'ive a "4 ‘Occasional riotous mob, bad as it is, is not so dreadful am evil that people should begin to cry out—Give us « Court andstanding army and dragonades,‘ather than these and usruly people Yet these riots areja grievous it for no othr for this one—that t) both have i religious character ; they both bear those re! gious strife that have made our ndal to Prone at. our tyrants join ate, r joined in love.” Is it to be so forever? Even here in America, where all religions are as they ought to be, equal before the law— where there is no chur: plunder and insuit at once—where no Ratheormac mas- sacres or Carrickshook devastations can madden men’s tithe (or call it rent charge) to blood—even here, must the biack shadow of religious hatred affront the sun, and thicken and ¢arken betwoem us and our brothers forever. (Immense cheering.) In m merely American point of view these trifling riots are nothing. There is in America good sense and determina- tion enough to frown down wach outrageous felly. Sa atrong and s0 secure is this great republic that it can af- ford to allow space even for manifestations and - ings which, in other lands, is to be attended with dan- Though we were mad as Saint Simonisus, as wild as Mormonites, America is great enough to embrace and te absorb us all. It is easy for America, and of course it: will be her care to compel obedience to her laws ; if her Felice force is not sufficient, she can afford to imerease it. erefore it is not for American interests good men are bound to deprecate their religious quarrels, so much as for the interests of ourselves and our childrem, and the cause of freedom throughout the world. (Applause) Let us aid one another at last to uproo: this tree of bit- ter poison, lest it blight every fair plant of freedom, “‘And of ita fruit our babes may eat and die.” Novel Murder Trial in Massachusetts. 4 DAUGHTER CHARGED WITH POISONING BER FA+ THER. Adaline Phelps is now on trial in Greenfield, Mass, charged with the murder of her father, an eld man of 83, After the preliminary testimony, the following was given, as we learn frem the Springfield Republican—the prisoner cross-examining the witnerses herself-— It appeared that no post moricm examination of tha body ef Elihu Phelps waa made. Drs. Stratford and Mead stated that they were satisfied from the symptoms that the death was caused by poison, and that in such eases, ‘where poison produced its work gradually, an examinae tion would not be of much service. Tne point that symp- toms are not always reliable, and that they do not alone form « sufficient foundation for a medical opinien ing case of life and death, was strongly pressed on the eross< Ips, son of the deceased and brother of led—That his father died November ge of 83; he had been about throngs ad dug his potatoes, and did ether work; didn’t know where Adaline had resided nost of the time during the past ten years; she came to live at his father’s in August, Fea; on the 9th or 10th November witness saw his father going by, and noticed that his ‘nce was swolleu; asked him what was the matter with his face? he said h did not know, that it began to swell on Sunday, the 7 on the 18th hus father’s breath suslt very bad, and wit Dr. at his request; witness prepared mouth. and measured what remained, that Bevreny ame ee, mac een count of a number nsactioas, ext over months previous, tending to show that the prisoner wae the veriest devil that ever walked theearth. ene occa- sion she had # quarre) with her father; witness heard hie father call to , and found Adaline holding between her knees her father’s head by the hair. The eld mam said he would get s warrant for her. She ssid he might getall the warrants be wanted, that the place was ‘and ashe would be d—d it she would not haveit. The man deeded his little place to the overseers of the towm in the fallef 1851. In January, 1862, Adaline said she had bought a place in Alstead, N. H., and her father might go there and live like aking. The old man said be would not trust himseif with her, and would live on hia place. She said she would be d—d if he si live and enjoy it one year. In November she said she wab going te bave a bond for @ deed of the mene nee ee shed, and should support him where she had » miad to. Witness had noticed that his father, mother and Adaline ate at the table together, but noticed several the first week of November, that his father was eating His father told Adaline that she must have given hiat poisom or something. Ose dar Je November, ft somal. geri ple. Adaline ran ac@ the story, There was some other Sridence of osths and violent expressions om the part of Adaline. The cross-examina- tion elicited nothing of importazce. t, wyed considera! ¢ H. Phelps, grandeon of Elihu Phelps, carried some to bis grendfather’s while he was | Adaline said the old gentleman was old and would need it; she said he had one foot im the grave, and ly #0. The prisoner, with a very plessant asked this witaess ctet pee | thee Hie bas i f +H if Hatt} i ‘ ] é E i Fe ak g ie i iy i re all poisoned. A sort of conversation took place between the witness and the prisoner which elicited nothing of consequence, {reer perhaps, that the prisoner hed often told witness that thelr celiar was fall of dead bones. This witness gave her evidence very resdily, narrating long conversar Oo with — i minuteness aed She wa) some difficulty prevented from marrating all wi had been said in Northfield for the past pal — was very thenkful when corrected by the court or coum sel, and assured them that this was her Grst in Court, and that if ahe got off the track she hoped would put her on again. Her promptness and maviett¢ caused much amusement. £ i ARRIVAL FROM TAMPICO— AFFAIRS IN CENTRAL AMMRIOA,—= We are placed, says the New Orleans Picayune, in posses. pol pspers and intelligence from Tampico to the 34 El Comercio contains ne local news of interest, Bat we gather from it a few items with 7 i neg Tespect to Osntral Reports of pronunciamentos in Honduras against the government of Cabanas and in favor of Gen Guardiela are confirmed. % The last mail from San Salvador recetved at Guatemala conveyed various bitter proolamations from Honduras agsitet Gen Carrera, In Sen Salvador = project for the cons'ruction et « Plank road from the capital tothe port of Libertad bad commenced. The crops in San Salvador were generally fair. Those of grain were very i Improvements are prosecuted everywhere, aad the necessity for peaceful progression seema now to be generally resegnined as the = thing indispensable. Santa Aww ve Tama: Deo Caprains oF rue 00. —The Tae ghe] 10 be y fonteliy trom north io south the upper Supports the signal light, means Set the bas water ‘When the veasel wants what is asked of her, she le to am ewer by hoisting her fing at the fore. poaccas FRANCISCO RIVERA. AN pIxrzagetixa §=Straxczn—Mr. Culbe; for twenty years « trapper and trader the Blackfeet Indien, who piloted Stevens and his commend through the Blackfeet’ country, came to Washington a few days since at the request of Governor 8. to ascord intormation to the Tian of fin fateligenc, thor gh mash shorigtaied| oman of fine ,thovgh 80 lovg residence beyond the men. ia eaid already to have commeanteated to Todian bureau many interestiog and importact gg | on the relations of the goverameat feet. Hy aeual range ¥ ifs to .C, hae gone to Chambersburg, Pe., te ff Star, Dec. 27.