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——————____- Tefercnce to the wide «presd perversions ations of thos: laws, bis ard ess 68] ‘The laws passed by ‘he Legisiainre bave been most zrossly With the vies af the public neminst ‘movements woe eo CG sas stsaralt tenion” S ‘ widely circulated (aut the Legisia- tpeir rule bad paseed ship. such In reply 10 this we say that ated by the Legisiaiure. The jive of voters expressly pro- Was ever Prescribing (be quail! that to entif'e a yerson ‘0 vote be must be twenty. o poe, an somal fobs tant »t this Territory aod of ibe or + in aw vides -o0e which he cifers to vole, und shall have forin' tax There is no law requisiog him to pay a (axes ecqualtication wo vole "He inst pay @ tax itis fs py no means 41 uouscat requirement ta the . but whether this tax i- leviedon his personal or real , bis move at interest, or ae @ poll tex, mates a0 ; the paymen of aby Lerritoriel tax enti ies the per- provid- dhe bas toe other qualifications provided the vew of on in LA act seems ‘0 de caretnily Crawn with ‘al thega sud ‘oreign votes The voler must be ot toe Termory sod ot the couxy or district to vote. and he must bave paid to sweax.to support the Fac tive Slave law, or Nebraska bill, uu'ess he is cualierged — 1a that case be is re: BX hae take ap ox'h . supp rt each of those laws. As tothe liry law, a0 called, 1 is 01 tax, aud has no more cotnection with the mgtt of je tham anv other tsx levied by the derritarinl autborits to be paid whether the party vol@sor not it isa were temporary measure, having n0 forve Pesond this year, ard wos resoried tc as such toano- ply the Territorial treasury with the necessary meaps to carry on the govery ment Uthes also been cherged agninst the Legi-latare that they elected ali of the ollicers uf the .erritors for six years. ‘This is wi any tion Ihey elected no oiliver for six years, ao the only civ colli @re the) retain thee ecilon ot that, Occur resent, are the auditor and ‘reastrer of State, an che Diaweet six sears. By the orgor wo the civ ‘officers ot the terrivory al! expired oa the Lot the Lezisiainre. To prevent a iauure in the Yooa) admin istrauior trem necessity. the Legislature as @ numce: Appointments, Probaie Judge, aro ommissioners and a sheriff of each count. “ibe Probete Judge end county commissioners consti’ute the triiur i! to aud are invested wilh thi ©, copatsbles county surveyors recor robale judges county commeriovers shegiffs, dc. femport'y sppointmects, acd are made elec ive b. te at the first apnim elec ton 1» 1857. have avowed waking sone temporary sppointmen's. No election cou'd have beeo ted wyhout them. Trere were no Judges. J estices of the pesce cr otver officers to conduct a elects uct any kind. until appoioied by the latare. Ti waa the exercise of a poser wrich the firet Le dstative assem- bly iM every lerritory must, of necessity, exercise, in order to at the \cesl government in moiion. We fee nothing in this to Justif revolution, o- & resort 0 force Tre law for tue protec- tion c! slave property bas also been much wis . The eight 10 pass such a law is expressly stat bis ipaugarsl message. in wh Sturt may vnddubtedly act uooo the question to a limited acd partial extent, ard may temporan'y probibit, tolera’e or regulste slave: v‘a the Territors. acd in an sbsolute or mociied torm, with al the ferce ard effet of any other legislative act, bending until repes ed by the ssme power that enscted it. ‘There is potbing in the act tteed. a@ has deen charged, to pre. venta {ree diseus~ion o the subject o! slavery. Tia bearing on society, its morality, or aoedieny or whether it wou'd be olitie Or impouiic to Labe this a slave Stale, can be discussed here na freely as 1. any State in this Union, without infring ing ary of the prov’sions of tne law. To deny the right ot ersot (o bold slaves under the law in this Terruory is made penal; but .eyen¢ this here is no restriction to the discussion Of the slavery questi'n 10 avy aspect in which it is capable of “naidersa. We do not with ta be co as approv- the laws passed bs tbe Legis’ature; cn the contrary, people ‘Toe .ogislature could not “> ‘thelr oMiciat exposition and exeen‘tm of the same. In | to which the alton eys who bold their ofives for four aod vot | te act, the commi siony issued by the | we wou'd state the: there are some what we do not approve of, | and whict are condemped hy pub te opizicn here, and will podoubt be rerenled or modified at the meeting ot the next Tegialatore. out this is nothing more than - nents ccours both in the legis!sion of Congrese and in t of the various State Logisiatures, ‘The remedy for such evil 18 to be tons tp public cpinion, to which. sooner or iater, in ® government lke ours, sil laws must contorm. A few ceys after Governor Reeder dissolved bis official relations with t'e Legislature, on account of the rem val of the rea’ of giveroment, and’while that body was wll in sercion, a mecting was cailed by © mahy voters” to aesewble at Lawren~ ou the itn or 15th of Aucust, 1886, ‘to tare int» nsidera inn the propriety ot calling & Territcrial Corventi n, preliminary to the forma'i State g: vernment, and other subjects of publi: At-that meeting the f Lowire pream>ie and reso\ution were adcpted, with out ene dissenting voi Wherees, ‘ihe peop’c of Kansas Territory have heen since tts pettieareni, and ‘now are, without any lawmaking power, theretore, be it Rescived, Thet we the people of Kansas Territory, in macs meeting artembled. irresoeetive of party distinctions, iniiu enced by a common veceseity. ard great'y cesirous of promos ing the commot ood, da bereby cali upor and request ail Bona fide ciuzens of Kursas Torri ry, ot whatever political views or predilectious, tn consult toge her in their respective electi’n districts uzc'in mass conventions or othsrmice elect legnies tor each reoreser ailve to whick such district is er i) the House Ot Keprerautatives of the Leg'sin- live Assembiy, by proslsmstion of Govercor Reeger, of i March, 1865 said delegates to avsemble’ in convention at the town of Topeka, on the 19th day of Sepiem- ber, 15°5. then ard there to couskier and determuice uoon all subjects of public tnterest. avd particularly on that having re fererce to the srecdy fixmaiion of a Sate constitution, with aa intention of ar immediate application to te admitted gs 0 State into the Union of the Uni'ed states of arcerica ‘This meeting, so far ss your committee have been able to ascertain, was the firs: step in that series of procead- ings which ie-ul'c¢ in the adopsion of a constitution and State government, to be put i operation on the 4!h day of the prescut month, ia aubversicn of the Terri’orial cement estadlisbed under the authority of Coegross. the right to ret up the State government ia defiance of the cvnstivuted auth rities of the fersitory, is bas-d on the a-#unption ‘that the people of Kansas Territory hare been, Fives ite settlement, and now are, wi:nout any Iaw- making power’ ip the tace of the well kuowa fact ¢ the Territorial Legisiature was then in sessi>y, in pn mation of Governor Keser, aod tas or- oy the Ter cory. On the Sth of Septenber, o Délega e Convention” assemblet at the Springs, to take ino comside-a‘ion the present exi- neies of pclitieal affairs, at which, amorg otners, the fol owing resol. ti ns were a¢op ed Resolved, That is convention, in view of its recent repudt- ation of eects ofthe so called Kansas Legi itive Assembly, od mcs! Leartily totbe cxil made by tha People’s Con vemtion 7 the 14th ult, for a aelegaie convention of tie peyple of Kansas, to be held at Topeka on the i%h inst , toconsider the propri ty of {Le tormation of a State constitation, aud such mater? ac may iegitimately cowe before it. Resc.ved, Thai we cwe no al egurce or obéiticuee to tyrannical enactments of this spurions Legislature—iha' ws have no validiiy or binding force upon the teople ot fanaas, and chai every freeman amongst us is a: full liberty, consistenuy + ith bis obdgations as Beitizen and «ma, to defy ard regist idem it he choose soto do. ‘Kesolved. ‘Ths: we wi | endure ana submit to these iaws no longer thar tbe best in‘erests of the Tervilory require, as the least of two evita, and wilt realst thern to a blood® issue 98 $000 ag we a-certsin that peaceable remedies shai tail and forcible resistance shat turnish the meantime ing vf s0 much of this revola iom as telstes to the “‘or- ganizstion and circiptine ot yolaateer companies and the procurement acd p:eparation o: aru sary to state that there was at that ti ‘Territory a recret military «rgacization, whica had been formed. for political onjre's p tor to the alleged invastoa at the e' on the L0th of March, ano whieh neld is first ‘grand onary, omer at Lawrence, Feb. 8, 1855.7" Your committee have been put in possession of @ small printed pawpble , c ntaining tne “constication and ritcal of the grena encampment and regiments of the Kansas Legion cf Kansas Terzitory, adoptes April 4, 1356,” which, during the recent disturbances in that ferritovy, was taken cn the person of one George I. Warren, wh> attempted to con esiand Cestroy the same by thrusting it iuto bis month apd biting and chewing it. Al-hough somewhat mutilate) by he © tooth prints,” terval evivence cf being a genuine cated by ‘2e original signatares of “ G. Grand General,” and “J. R. Goodwin, Grand Quertor mester.”” Op the last pege was a charter ne “farses Legion,” authorizing the said George L. rx, Lm whore mouth the document was a Lew regiment, ae follows:— CHANTER OF THE KANSAS LECION. United States of America, Territory of Kansas —Koow all men by these presents, that We the Grand Kacay pment of the Ker sas Legion, ot Kansas Territory, bave created, char- tered ard empowered, and ny these presents do create clr Geo F. Warren to be ——-, Regiinen! —, Legion, aud as such ‘hey are bi in ular ‘be authori y and priviteces with which ene) and every vent ieinvee'ed, working ucder a charter from the Grand pment. In witness whereot 8 hereanto set cur lands this euxteenth day of August, One uenne eight uuEdred v-five = eae GW. BUTCAINSON, Srand General. Attes:~ FE. Goonwix, Grand Quartermaster, The con:titu ion consists ofeix articles, regalsting the orgatization of the‘ Grand Encampment,”” which is + com- poned of rey: eseuatives elocted from each subordinate regi- ment existicg in the lerritory, as hereinafter provided." z ‘The eilicers of the Grand Encampment sball consist of a Grace Genera’, Graud Vice General, Grand Quaricrmaster, Payrarier, Grand aid, two Grand Sentineis, and Grand ‘Tre Grand Erear pment sha | mave riiorial officers at large aod immediaiely afer tions ef eu have been made, the Grand Genera! shal commu ricaie the resol to every regiment in the Terriory. Tie cfficers of the Grand kpeampment are:— Grard Geveral G. W. euvchinson, La vrence, K. T. Geand Vice General—O. K Holliday, Topeka, K. 7 Grand Ovariermaster~ J. K. Goodwin, Lawrence, K, T. Ginnd Paymaster~Charies Lub, M. 6., Leavenworth, K. T, Ry the cons*ituti n of the sudor: inate encampmenta, thy efticers of each subordinate regiment shall conmst of # Celerei, « Lientenant Colonel. » Quartermaster, aid and two sentinels, The regiments losatsd in each and every ing dvatrict +hall make nominations for ail candidates “x their respective districts: but when there wLou be two or mote regiments in any one election Gi tet, of watever then nomications shall be mae by Celegates from Toapective enzampments within cad Cietrict. The “Ritual’’ contains the order of busizess ané moce of proceeding in the subordinate en- esmpwents, under the following heads:— 1, Reading fhe minutes by the Quartermasies, 2. Proporals tor new reerulia. ®. Vourg tor (ue same. & i ‘of o taste o8 nD! le & Cebeihen fastens appearing on the minules. Mis el o=ertm business. & adjourrmem, ceremony of the subordinate eneampments OPENING CEREMONY, ¢ Colonel, Livntrnant Colcnel, Quartermaster, Paymaster, Aié end repute’ be'ra In (bei respective places, the regiment shail be called 10 or¢ er, and thus addresied by the Colon Count Feliow-soldiers in the Free Atate army: hoot iaoacrived ‘when ¢ must reenme the duties devolvi as each with & heart devoted to justice, q ism and Uberty ,atiend clovely to al) the regnia(na ald down for our governinent and action, eFcb laboring to make this re- view ploasaat apt profitable Wo ourselves and a blessing to cor country, Aid, are the sentinels at their poste with closed doors! AiD—They are Cotowne2 aid, you wil now review the troops in the regl- tient peseword! ce daiter exemination)—I have exaunined them personally { ae aoe een omounce this regioen! arrayed and ready for vice. Then follows ‘he process of im'tietiog new recruits 1 Pf properly vouched tor members of Wwe order, | ie a relereory Sbligatign to ever weoray, the valegh'sn NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, candidate is tions o! the Colonel in reepgct to the which are thus statec — Dosh Zo sogren to Fanaa oe Sientons a ey adminis'ered: shall ark.of you that you wih }ourselt in the same ailitude as betore. and the cathe arden, end of part, we an obligation, placicg ture of the ‘hizsuon, ths ject Besrganaton ata Tadd or lly qu. the same. should £ at raw, or be lec or expelied (ation to the end of ‘fe. louging to oie organization be ing } Will feithfoliy and comp etely deliver up the saae lo my successor in cfllee, or apy obe legally autnorized to receive em. 1 will vever knowmg y propore a pe #00 for motanar- sbip in this Urder who is nt in favor of making Kausasafree Stale avd whom I lee: satinfied whl exert bis entire tofuence fo bring about this resuit, Twill suppor, mainiain and abide bY Hb) honorable weve ment mede by the orgsoization to se Ure ibia grest end which wili not couilict with the lawa of the outs y uid the coostitution of the Unier states. I will ua- finchic gly vore tor and support the cand’dstes nominated by his or» 4a !zstiow, in preterence to apy and all ohare To all ol ibis obligui'on Ldo mos: solemolv promise and af- few, bu ding mie)! under the i expailed teem thie orger bite having my fo thacevera Lerritorts) encampments a6 & verjwer Delors Deaven avd » traitor to my cmptry, of passing tarough Lite seorned nud reviled by man frowned on by devils, forsaken by eppels abo aband wed by Gos. ‘The Colavet then ndoreeses the rec: uita who have “en hs ed in a ncole army, batthog ine glorious cause,’ ia the © urse of which he ssyr:— re signe hy which members of th's orgenization may ech Ciber, (cclonel Will give them to canfidates dhere is ano w crip, Abere ice cerulyins conversation Heunia ct distress, There are pasewords which zene cap 99m muricute to you suve the presidivg ollicer, or upce bis suthority, Bhd You capnot oump.usica'e them wo another save tothe Aid, upow Your examia'toa. these passwords are invariadly given, in a whiaper. Instrnetona on entering regiments are these: —At oxter door, apy alarm; bere you wi) give he eeotivel the password. At inner coor, thee raps; bere you wil give we sentoel” our reme, the bumber 1 your regimect and explanation of toe term password; salute the preriding officer, both on sone to evs ond egreés, by p acing right hand on ‘breast ard gently bowing ‘The closing exremony is as follows: — Coronex—Fel ow-soldiers, I trust this review has been buth peasant ard profitarié to al. We met as trieads, let us part as brothers. remeu, bering tbat we seek no wronx to any, avd our Pond et uniou in baiting for the right must tend to meke us better wen, better veigboor' avd beder citizens. We thank you for your kircress and atteptioa, and invite you al to ce piesent ai our next review, to beho deu at —, on next, at— o'clock. P, M. Sentidel# you will open ‘the doors, that Our scidiers may retire pleasantly and in order. Your commistee have deemed 1 important to give this cutlixe cf ihe *: constitution and rituais of tae grand eccampment and regiments of the Kansas 1 egion. constituting the tecret orgupization, political aud ml- tary, in obedience to which the public dem ons‘rations bave been made to subvert the authority of the Terri‘o- nial government, establivhed py Congress, by setting ups State governmen’, ei her with or without the a:- sent of Congres, us circumstances ehould determine. The exdorsewect of this cilitary organization and recommendation be the Big Springs Convention for ‘the precurewent aud prepareion of arm?’ accompanied with the ci:tinct deciaration that we “will rerist toem (ihe lan enacted by the Kan- tas Legislature) to a bjoody issue as avon as we ascertain tbat peaceable 1ewedies shal fail, and for- cible resistance shal: rurnish apy reasonable prospect of suecess,”” woula seem -o aomit of no other interpreta: tion than in the eveat that tne courts of jastice ehall sustain the yancity of trore lews and Congress shall re- fuse to acmit ‘as ava State, with the constitution to be formed at Topesa they wil set up an ingepende: yernment in efunce of ‘be ederal authority. Thi urpose is clearty indiraiea by the other proceecings of his Convention. in which it is dec!ared, “ fhat we,.wi b feorn, repudiate the electi n law, 69 called,” and nomi- nate Gov. Reeder for Congrers, to pe v tad for on a dit- ferent day from that sutvorized ty law, atan election to be held by jucges ana cleck+ not appointed ia purau- avee cf any !egel authority, and not to o¢ sworn by any perfon authorized by iaw to administer oabs; anc the returns to be made ans results prociaimed, and certiG- cates granted in a moce, and rot oy persons permitted to pericrm these acts by any aw ia or out cf the Terzito: In acceptirg the nomination, Governor Reeder dressed “he Convention as fullows, among other tLinge: Ip givirg him this nomipation, in this manser, tney bad sivergthened nis arias to do their work; and, in’ veturn, he ‘would pow predge to them « stead-, unflinching, eranact'y of purpose, never tiriny industry cogged perseverance, and all tbe abilities with which sod had endowed bim to the right- ing of their wrongs and the fiaal triamph of tasir cause, ta Dedevcd fro the ciresmstances which had for the iast eight reonthssbrrounded bim. end wich had at the fame time vaced in hia possession mans facts, and bound him heart aad soul, to the cppreseed voters of Kerses tha. he could do much towards obtairivg a redree# of Weir grievances, re said that da; day a crisis as coming upon us; that inatertiaes this woul: deo posterity 0 turning point a nuked perind, as ere to us the opening of the Kevolu ion, the adoption o} the beclaraticn of Accepencence, and the ere of te Aliea and Bedition laws; that We should take esch step carstuily, 60 that eact be @ ste Progress, avd co that no viorence 66 dove t the tle tbe Arerican peopie toge her. He alluded to the unprece dered tyranny under whch whiet we are and have be sé ssid hati’ any cne suppored thas tstitutions were ty be impored by force upon atres und @plightened people, they pever knew, or bad forgoven, toe bistory of our fathers, Ame rebop cibzens bear iu thelr breasts (oo much of the spirit ot other ard trying days, and have livee too loom amid the biess. ines ot liberty to submit to oppression from any quarter: and the mex who, having orce been tree, coulc tamely suit to tyreopy, was Gt ‘one aslave He urged the free Siate men of Ranecs io torget 8! miner issues ‘aod rureue ceterainedly the or e great odject- never swerving, hui steadlly pre: as dic the wire men who followed the star to the & ing back only for fresh encouragement. He counsel Peaceful resistar ce be wade othe tyrannical ond unjus of the sprrious Lextsiature; that appesia to the courts, to the ballot Lox and to Congress Je made for reiief from this oppres. sive load; thet violence a ould be deprecated a» long as a mained ; but i, sing'e Lope of peaceable redress ret at lost, all the-e should feil—if, in the prover tribunals there is ro hope for our dearest rights, cuvaged ang profaned; it we ate siilito suffer tha’ corraot qoen way reap harvests watered by our teary, then there is ove more clacce 'or justice. od bas provited, in the eternal frame of th pgs redréss tor every wroug, aud ‘bere remains for tis the steady eye and tke sireng sri, and we musi coo ‘aver, or ming € the bodies of the oppresecrs with thore of the cppreseed upon the soil which the Dec aration cf Independence rolepger pro cots But be was nct at all apprehensive that such & crisis Would ever ezrive He believed ‘hat justice might be four d far short of so dreadto) an estvemity, and evenszouid & sppeal to arms come it was his opinion that if we prepared, that moment the vievory 1 won, tn purstanee of the rccommer.dation of the mass meet- ing held at Lawrence on the 14th of August, aad endorsed by the convention heii at the Big Springs, on the 5th and 6th of september, a copvention was held’ at Topes the 19th snd ech of Septem ber. at which ined to held nother cunvention at the same place, on the fourth Tneseey 0° Uctooar, for the pu pore of forming & copstitu'ion avd Biate government, snd to thi #uch proceedings were bad as were ceemed necessary for givirg the rotices, conduc Ing the election of delegates, mebirg tha returns, avd wssemblirg tos convention. With regard to the regularity of these proceedisg+ your comnuttee see no necessity for further criticism than is to be found im the fect that it was the movement of cal party instead of the wh le body of the peoyle of Kan- fas, concacted without the sanc ion ot lax, i . ance of the constituted autaorivies, fur the avowed pur- pere of overtarowmg the Territorial government estab- lished by Congrees. ibe Ccnstitutional Convention met at Topeka on the fou th Taesday of Oclober, aud organ'zed by elec! Col. J. H. Lane Presicent, who, in revurning his acknow- ledgmen's for the houor, repudiated the validity of the Tec ritcrial Legivlature and is acts, in these words:— Grxtiewex oF THE CoxyEXtIoN—For the position hank: have met, geatiemen, on_no or- sh no ordinary purpase. Yon are vos the reas settlers of Kansas bave P » rat lega iy elected re.resen! asecinvied in the ‘Territory, &c , &e. , ete ber 26, Me, Smi.h offered the flowing resolution, inairuc'ing the Standmg Commit‘ees: — Resolved, Ibat the varicus committees of this Convention they are hereby ins raced to their work, having in view un immediate orgunization of a State government, STATE ORGA SLZATION, AL.—in the evevivg sesvoo the debates ran high upon rith’s resoliticn in refererce to.an immediate state or- Abe mover of the sesolution was in tavor of elec ing Slate olicers at ofce Pe woud advise no hesitation; he would present @ bold tvontand waver not at all; the tors wes without jaws life aud property were unprotected. ‘The Terri oral government hei broxes down. Be would not Jeave ivwp Lour for tne action of Congress afer an appil- caiien for samission, bu: would set 1p an independent form of government, &o ‘nr. Exeny eaid—Now, Mr. Chafrman, what does this reso- It first pro: Cer. Terri: lntion contemplate—wnat is proposea to be Cone? poses (o supersede toe present weak and inefliclent Territo ris! government, snd rerce it eoupcstes the fundamental idea Of the corstiutiona! inovement Aye, itdoes more—it proposes to prove inio @ fact the leading idea of the Deciara- tion cf Incependence, the lighest fuman sutbority in American tics, which ts this—whenever any ‘orm. of government vecomes destructive of the ends for which {t was institu ed itis the right of the ie ag to alter or a>olieb it, and to jurtitute a Lew government, &c. It proposes to force theories of human rights into facte—to prac: Heaily apply thle great principie to the wants and to the ne- ceaaiten Ct the Gow neodden people ot Kansas I ¢o not ques. Hon ‘bis righ) tbe -@, and certainly no gent eman on the floor will disagree with me. If be does he occupies a mest ex'rsordin ary postion. ard cc 7 would suggest thet be ‘withdraw from this bedy.. So when we say that we will take mea nies to supersede and render mnsecessgry that thing now exter ced over us called @ Territorial government, when we sey and main ain that we have @ right, to gaaraotes by the cous itution ‘0 have a form of government resting on our own consent and iree will. we are only doing what, as Ameri san citizens, we bave @ right todo. We only propose to carry out the doctrine, much at used and grossly misrepresented as tt has been— 1 mean tke doctrine ot squa‘ier soverel mty—uncer ‘which we are assemb.ed here to day, and in pursuance of the principles of which we bope to exi ourselves trom our present unbappy conditicn. It is but just to rta © that in another part of this eame speech Mr. Emery declared himself oppemd to An immediate election under the new eopstitution and an immedia'e seseion of ‘be General Assembiy, when all the wheels of Sule gevernment shall be put in motion, eC tive ot the action of Congress, poe due sppileauion for ad- mission. on. Mr. is, presented his objection to the position of Mr, Smvh, and maintained tne views above He contended that, Inasusuch ae the Territorial form of govern: Tent was recoguived by the Supreie Court ot the United tates, and hence a legal form of government, no other gover3- ment could be substituied so long as thai was in existence, without riekit.g the most gerions consequences, to say the leact: In reply to tbe acvocates of immediate State organi- zation, Mr. Dalaliny, of Leavenworth, said: nder tke defined rights 0 squatter sovereignty, ad enun- ciated by the Kansas: Nebraska ‘nc! it. seems Feayonable, (ai the people have the rit ‘o ‘ake upon themseives the burthens of m government; but I question the right of the peop ¢ of resto crganize® new government {f ite authority is to come in copilict with tbat of the government created by Con. gress, The gentieman from Lawrence (ol. Late) has xamumed ase fandsmenta’ position 'padvocativg an Immediaie State or ectzation, thet velfber government nor jocal law érisis in thls ferritory. ' Bir, I must dissent from whet postion I deny, Mr. Chairman, that a T | government can be legaily’ abo- lished by the election ¢f anolber government. I hold, oa tae contrery- and | think that my porition would be supported b: cur bighest It gal authorities that the power of a 4 erritori government ceases only by the enactmen crented it; Ino her words, that and are beyo-d the by op8 & One, ay omer Dower. ty not prevent to deny that, as all civ! deri mm the peoors, they i moral right to ato lah unjvst laws or overthrow ob- noxious novernments by foros) but I do qvestion the expe. Cheney of effec ing ® in Kansas by an over: so:of rebel For 1 must covtesa, Mr, Chairman. while tons! not the pein on the motiers of the advocatay of this ‘at frean the potot of view on [ragard this appenie to me to be mn Act of rebellion, . Tx Gepera) sesewd! A. D 1566 at tne aoe. the erner: uoges of bupreme Court ‘Treasurer, A\ beporter sud Cies* of Supreme ¢ rhe appear, take 'be oath of office, and enter upon the dis- obszge of tbe duis of tbetr resnective offices, w * sitet op. a2 4 shal: continue in office in the same manner and uring (he eame veriad they would have © voied on the first Mobday ot August, a. D. 1856 ‘The elections for ali these officers wore held at the thee specised and cn ube 4th dey o* the present month the pew @vernment was to bave been pat ia operation ip conflict with the Ierrit ria! government estab! ConB es6, wd for the avewed puryore of sadverting ani yer (brows g the came, without reference to the a:‘ion of Congress upen their sppiication for admission into the Juion, Your committee ae not aware of any case in the his- tory of our csuntzy which can be fairly elted as an exam- pls, much lees a justifica’ion, for these extraordinary pro. creo gs ve occurred im which the'inbabitsats Ot partiower Ferritories have been permitted to form con- erttu iops ard teke the int facory steps for the organiza- ticn of State governments, preparatory to their ai nission wo the Union, with ut ooainting the previous assent of C.ngreas; out in every instance the proweding his orig peed with and been conducted in subordination to the suthority of tbe Leal governments, esrablished or recog- nized by the government of the United States. Michigan, A:kertus, Flo:ida acd Cailfornia are sometimes cited as cases in vcivt. MMichigen was erscted into # Lerritory in pursuance of the orcinence ot the 13th of Jaty, 178 recognized end carries iuto effect vy acts of Congress sur- sequent to the sadop:ion of the federal constitution, ip thet ordmance it 6 proviced that the ter iwry northwest of the Ohto river should ve civided into not less than three nor more thaa live Srares,end whenever any of saii states shall have sixty theurend fee inuabitants therein, such State ehail be eamitted by its delegaes into th» Congress of toe Uxived States on an equat tootiog with the original ‘States, in all reepects whavever, and sh ll be at liber y 10 form & jermenent const tut on and State government, Jn pursuance of this orivision of their organic law the Legisiature of the Terrtory of Michigan pas+ed an act providing for e conventi n of the pe rple to form a con. suiuiton and State government, which was acco-dingl done in ebedience t» the iaws and cousti uted authori cf the Teriiory. The legisatare of the Territory of Arkancas, baviog asrertained ty a ceasus taat the Ter- ritory com sived about Gfiy-one thouracd and eight han- ded inbabitunts, at a ume when the ratio of represen- tarfon in Corgreas award:d one representative to each forty seven thonsand and seven hundred inhabitants, passed nn ect autborizing the people vo form a coasitu- tion ard 2ek for a'mi ei ninto the Union, as they sup posed they had a right to do under the treaty acquiring tbe Territory from Fracce, which gaarantee: their admia- fot ‘aa might be ccu:istent with the feaeral con- sit uti Upon tals point ycur committee adopt the legal opinion of the Attcrnry Gereral of the Unuied States (B. I. Bat- ler) as exprewed iat e folowing extract :— But I am not prepared to say that sl proceedings on this subjec: on the part of We cilizens ot arkansas will be ‘legal. ‘they undoubted! | possere ‘he ordinary privileges and imau- nites of citizens of te United States. “Among tuese ds the right of the ‘people *peareariy to assemble, ard to pet tion gover mont for the redress of grievances’ in the exercise of is right, the ishabitents of arkansss may peaceably meet toms ¢1086n together in primary a-semblies, or in convent by atich assembiles, for the pu pore of petitioning Congre:s to ebrogate the Terri'oria gover: ment. anc to acmit them iuto tbe Union as an tndependest State. The particular form which they mat give to thetr peti'iup cannot be material, 60 ong the? corfine themselves to the mere right of petitioning, and Conduct ail thelr proveedivgs in a pesceable manner, Ard as tue power ct Congress over the whole subject is plenary and urlimied, thes ma; accépt ax yleonstitution, Lowever tramed Whek. in'thelr judgment, meets the sgnse of the peopie to be aificted oy i. ‘it, therefore, the citizens of arkansas think reper to accompany their pettion bye written constitution, zemed und spreed cn by their primary assemolies, or br a convention of de ega es chosen by such assemolies, I peroelve 0 lega/ lection tu thelr po wer to do s0, nor to any measures whch ray be taben to co l-cs the sense of the peopie ia re- spect to it; provided always that suen meamres be com- teneed end trosecuted tp a ‘ble manner. ia strict eu ‘or. dleation to the existing Jerritorial government, and in entire subservieney to the power of Congress to adopt, reject, or dis: rezard then at their pleasure Itis bowever, obvious thet all measures commenced and pro-ecuted with @ design to subvert the ‘Te ritorial government, Gnd toestabiish avd put ia force m lis place a new govern: mext wilh ut tbe copsent of Ccne esa, will be unla wf ‘Ibe ‘awe esiabl ching the ‘ierriiorial government must cou- tinue ‘n torre until mbrogsted by Vouress; and, in the mean- time it will be the duty of the government and all the Ternito- risi(ificers. us #61 as the President, to take care that thay are falthfully executed. Ou the 11 dey of January, 1859, a committee of the Cenetitutscnat Qenvention of Flurids addreared a_memo- val to Congress, in which they state that in 1887 the Tecrilorial Council passed a iaw eudmitting to the peo- pe the quesuon ef “State” or ‘ferritury,”’ to be de- clued ay the elec ion of delegate to C ngress in the month of May of hat year; that a deeided mojori y of she suf- fi (rbat elect n was im favor of a “State; gitia‘tve Council ot 18:8, m obedience to the ‘wi Les of the people, enacicd alaw 2uchoriang gefs conyeatinn to form and adopt a Sate tion; tbat the convention assembled on the 34 ot Decemrer, 1888 and coptinued in seesion until the lta ot Jexuary, 182%: and that on behalt of the people cf Ficriga, they transadt the “constitatfon or form of gc verrment ”’ and ask for admission into the Union. It fs azo stated in the memori.1 shat in 1888 a ceasus of the Territory was taken, in cbecience to a law passed bi the Territo-iat Counci:, end that this census, althoug! varen curirg the ravages ot Indian hostitities, wien a@ large portion of tne inhabitants could no: tourd at treir homes, showed an aggregate popul tum cf forty-eight thouesnd two hunarea and treaty three perzora, which the «i eatistactory eseursrce of @ sufficient p»pulation to entitis them W aimirsi n according to the treaty acquir- ig the ocuntsy from Spain, ana che then ratio of reyre- sertation Cc ngress failing to.yield its assent to the ad- mission of Florica for more than six years after this con- | sttuticn wes formed and application mace, the people of Florigs during all thet cericd remained loyal to the Ter- Titorial government and obedient to its laws, acd did not assume the rigat to snpercede the existing government g im operation a Sie‘e government until the e for gress was ob ained m 184. ‘ The cizcumstances connected with the for=ation of the constitution ana State goverrment of California a>¢ reculiar. During the Mexican war the couatry was con- quered ard oceupied by our troops, and the civil govern- ent scmtoistered by the mllitary authorities under the war power. Accordirg to eu officiel comzunication ot General Perser Smith actizg Governor of Calitornis, to 8 commri tee of toe ci {vens cf Sau Francisco. under date ot March 27, 1849, withclding bis ‘rezogmtion and con- nee’ in thet: properition *‘to orgenize a Legisiative Azrembly, and to app int Juéges and other ministerial cficers, and to enact sni.able Jaws, to establish principles ot justice and equity, and to give protection to fite, Uberty end property,” it appears that ‘the President of the United Statee (Mr. Polk) and thoee of his Cabinet,”’ cficialy promulga‘ea tho fol owi:g opinions, as the de- cisicn of the executive on the points stated:— Ja‘, Thai, at the conciuston of the treaty with Mexico, on the tiiornia, 0th of May), 184%, the mi.itary government existing in Cal Wasa gosernment de fucto, 2d. ‘Thatgt ct necessity continue until Congress provide ano- ther because. it it cease, anarchy must ensue—thus inferring thet ro power but Congress can establish any government. It also appears from the prociamation of Gen. Riley, Actmg Gevernor “0 she people of Cahfornia,” dated June ¥, 1849, that goverr ment de facto was constituted as tollows:— A brief summary ot the organizatica of the present govern. meu! may not be tininteresting. It consists, first, of a Gover- por, sppoirted b3 the supreme government —in default of such apportment, the oflice is temporarily vested in the commanding mullary cfficer of the department. The powers anddatles of the Governor are of a limited character, out fully defined and pointed out by the iaws. Second, a secretary, whore duties ‘and powers are also properly defined Third, & Territorial or departmer ta: Legisiature, with mited powers to pass laws of @loca character. Fourth; Superior Court (tribuaal supe- rior, of the Territory consisting of tour Judges aud a fiscal, Fifth, & pre ect aid sub pretzct for each distric charged with the preservaiion of the public or cvtion of the Jawe; (heir duties correspond, in & grea: mea- sure, with (hore of district marshals and ‘sheriffs, Sixth, a Judge of first invtauce for each district. ‘This office is, by a cus: ‘om pot inconsisignt with the lawe, vested in the first aicaide of the cistrict, Seventh, a calces, wh) huve coucurrent jarisdic- tion among themselves inthe same district, out are aubordi. nate w the higher judicial trioutals, Eighth, local Justices of the Peace. Ninth, ayuntamien‘os, or town councils, The powers und functions of al! these officers are fully detined in the lavsot the country, nnd are almost identical with those of the corresponding officers in the Atiantic and Western States, On tne So of April, 1649, President Taylor appointed Thon as Butler King agent for the purpose of convaying important instructicns to our milt-ary and naval com- mancers who we e in ‘rusted with the sdministration of the ivil gevernment de facto in Calitornia, and to make krown to the people his opinions and wishes fn respect to tte formation of « constitu ion and State government preparatory to thelr sdmlsnon into the Colom, Wet these opinions and wishes were are distinctly stated the Pe icent in the followicg extract from his npectel meseoge to Congress on the 2% of January, 1850:— 1 did rot hesitate to express to the peop’: oi those ‘orien mt desire. that each Territory, shoud it pre roe ‘ith the reqnieltions cf the constitution of. \ form 4 plan of @ State constitution and submit the same to Con yess, with @ prayer for admi-rion into the Union as a State: ‘gag ‘aztictpate, Sugzes, or author! estabiisbmoa' of any of the provisions 0: th tr pro the contrary, the ius:ruc:ions given 4 orders were, that all measures of adopte: the people of Callfornia must originate solny or the elves: while the Executive of the United Sintos was de irons to protect them io the formation of any government re vabiican in tt@ cheraster, to be at the proper time submitted t + Congress, yet it wae to Be distinctly unde that the plano’ Gar outs daliberats chelos’ aad’ orighante tia teases res Widicut We interterenee of the Reecutive. © ‘bemseives, On the 30:h of June, 1850, General Riley in his capacity 65 Civii Governor of Caiftornia, reports to the government at Wasbizgion, that— Op the 8d inet. I issued my proclamation to the people of COnvitorr i, defining what was unc eratood to be ths legal posi: tion cf affairs bere apd polnting out the course it was coe ned advisab @ to pureue in order to procure a new political argeal- zation better adapted to the character and prewtt cor dition of the Cre yt ge nm ed ad roclans ten acopted by the F most unanimously, an little oro doubt thet the convention will my to Congress % A fow pre'er a Ter; lioria! organ'zauon. but | thin a msjority wil be ip iavor of a State governn.ent, #0 as to avold o'l further: diffien ties respecting the questo of slavery. ‘This question wil probably be submited, together with the constivutiun, to a a vote of the people, in orcer that the wishos of the paopie iitern's may be clearly and folly expressed. Ut course, the conatitunon of pian of a Territorial povarnment tormed 9° ‘hie convention can bave no le al force Ul apprmed by Gon- ar : On the 12th Cay of October. versor, issued the following prociam: Calor: iam Toe deecates of the pcop'e, amembled in Convention, have . Riley, Acting Go- jon to the people of ortalists insisted furnisn. | Given al Modterey, California, this tweltth day of October, {in ihe year of our Lord eighteen hundred ans forty nine, Brevet Brig. General U. 8, Army and Governor oi_ Callfornis, Cficial:—H. W. Hautecx, Brevot Captain and Secretary of ‘Theee facts a4 Official papers prove conclusively that the proyoriti n tothe people of California to nold 8 con- vention ard o:gsuize a State government,- originated with, and that all toe proceedings were had in subordi- naticn to the authority aud supremacy of, the existing local goverxmert of ‘the Territory under the advice and with the approval of the executive government of the Unived Staves, hence tne action of the California in torming their cunstitution an? State gov- ernment, and of Congress m adwit.ing the State into tue Union, cannot be cied with the ieast show of justice or fairness in justifica:ion or paliiaion of the revoluti mary movements to 8 .bvert the government which Congress has establiskec in Kansas, ‘Nor san the insurgerta Cerive aid or comfort from the povition assumed by either party t» the unfortunate con- troversy which arose in the State of Khode Island a tow yeers ego, wren an effort was made to change the or- geniclaw and set up aS ate goverument in opposi.ion to the one then in existence, under the charter gcanted by Charles the Seeond of Fngiand. hose who were e on that umeuccecs'ul struggle as-umed, as fundamental truths fa our system of government, thet Rode Island sé @ sovereign Sta’e in ail ‘hat pertained to her internal affeire—that ibe right to change ‘heir organic law was an esertial a tribute of sovereignty; that inasmuch as the cbarter, under which the existing government was apie of orgacived, ccntatned mo provisiva for c.angin; or amending the same, and the peope hi not ¢elegaed that rigot to the Legiua.ure, or any other trbunel, it foliowed a3 @ mat’er of course, that they had retained it, and were at liberty to exerci aveli'a wanser as to them should seom wise, just and proper. With.ut Geeming it necessary to express any opinion on this occari.n, in referance t» the merits ot that contrcvers+, it is evident that whe princioles upon ition which it wae conducted are not involved ia tae revolu- tiopary strupgle now g ing on iu Kansas, for the reason thac the sovereignty cfa Te:ritory remaius in abeyance, suspended in the Uniteo Ststesin iruss for the people, un- Ul they shuli be admitted into the Union as a State. In the meantime, they sre entitied to enjoy and exercise all the privileges and rigtta of self governaient, ia subor- Gxnation to she constitution of the United Stat-s, and in obedience to their organic law, passed vy Congreas 1a pur- enunce of that instrument. There rights and privi are all derived hom the constiution, through tne act of Corg:ess, and must be exercisei and enjoyed in sudjen- tion to ail the limitations and yestricticns which that corstitution imposes. Hence i:is clear that the people of the Territory have no inhezevt sovereign right under the constitution of the United Staves to sunul the laws aud resist the auth rity of the Territorial government which Congress has estubiished in ovedience to the con- stitution. In tracing step by step the origin ant nistory of there Kanses éifficulties, your sommitce have been profound- ly impressed with the significant fact that each one has resulted frm an attemp: t> violate or circumvent the principles snd provisions of the act of Congress for the orgenizatin ot Kapsas and Newaska. The Jeading idewand juncamenta! principle of the Kensas ani Ne- braika act, as exprested in the law i:sel', was : to leave the actual set'lers apd bona fide iohabitan’e of eavh Ter- ritory “perfretsy free to torr and regulate their domestic instivutions in their own way subject oaly to te con- slituvion of the United sta*e."’ While this is delared to be ikradbedeed a meaning of oe eo who were 0) to allowing the peopie of the Territory, pre- paratory to -helr adriseion iato the Union as a State, to decide the slavery question for tremeelves, falling to a9- compiish the r purpore in the hailx of Corgcess, aud un- der the authori:y of the cinotitutton, immediately re- rorted in their rexpestive States to unusual and extra- ordinary meazs to control the political destiaies and shape the comestic institutions cf Kan-as, in defiance of the wishes and regardless uf the mghts of the peopie of that Teriitory as guaranteed by their « rganic law. Com- binations in one section of tbe Uaion to stimuiate an un- natural and ialse system «f emigradon wich the view of controling tbe elections anv forcing the domestic institu- tions of the Territory to assimilate to those of tae noa- slave-holding Sta 'e:, were followed, as wigut have been foreseen by the use cf similar means, in toe shaveholzing States, to produce directly the cpponite result. To these | causes, end to these aione, in the opinion of your com. mittee, may be treced the origin and progress of all the controversies snd disturbunces with which Kansas is now convulsed. If tuese urfortunate troubles have resulted as natural consequences ‘rom utauthorzed and un- proper schemes ot foreign mnterterence wi h the interna: flairs and ccinestic ccncerns of the Terri ory, it is ap- ent tbat the remedy must bo sought in a stric: ad- Rerence to the prins\pies and rigid exfsrement of the Prcvisions ot the orgaric law. In this connection your committee fee! sincere satisfaction 1n commendiag tho special messege an* prociama‘ion of the vresident of the United States, in which we bave the gratifying assurance | tbat the supremacy of the la *s will be main aiaed—chat rebellion will be crushec—tnat insurrection will oe suppressed—tbat aggressive intrusion, for the purpose of Geciding elections or any other purpse, #ill be repelled — that unauthorized intermeddiicg in the iocal concerns of the Territ ry, both from edjoiaing and distant States, will be preyented—that the federal and local laws wil be vindicated against 6)1 attempts of organic resistance— ard that the people of the Territory will be protected in the estavlichment of toci: owe ‘tations, undisturbed by encroachments 1rem without, and in the full epjoy- ment of the rights of self government assured to them by the constitution und the organic aw. {n view of these | assurances, given under the couvic'ion that the existing laws conter all the authority necessary to the perform- ance of vhese important ou ies, and that the whole avatt- able force of the United States wail ve exerted to the ex- tent required for treie performance, your commit:ee repose ic entire confidence thas peace and security and law will prevail in Kansas. It any further evidence were necersary to prove thst all tne collisions and cifficuldes in Ksneas bave teen procueed by the schamos of fore'gn interference which have been developed in thts report, in vio‘aticn of the principles and evasion of she provi- sions uf the Kansas Nebra:ke act, it may be found in the fact that in Nebrarka, to whish the Exigrant Aid Socle- ties did not extend their opera ions, and into which the stream of (in grasion wes permitted to flow inits usual and xatural cnannels, notping has cccurred to disturb the peass #xd harm ny cf the Yerritory. while the prio- ciple of self gevermment, in chedierce to the constitation, has bad tair play aif 18 quietly working out its legiti- mate rerulte. It now only remains for your ecmuittes to respond to the two specific recommenda icns of the President in his special mtasege. They are as folio: This, it ecerrs to me,can best be accomplished by pro- vidirg'ibat, when the ipnabitar sof Kansas maz desire it, and shail svflicient numbers to coast! nte a state, a convention of deleva'es, duly elected by the qualified voters shull ase nb.e enconaii ution, and thus to prepara through regular and lawful meacs, tcr its @/mlesion into the Union as & Stale. _cmeetrally recommend the enactment of a law to that ef T recommend. alo, that special appropriation be made to defray any expense which may become requisite in th ex2cu- tion of the laws, or the maintenacce of public order in the Ter- ritery ct Kansas. ; In compliazce with the first recommendation, your committee ask leave toreport » bil authorizing’ the Legislature cf the ferritory to provide by law for the election cf delegates by tae people, and the assembling of convention to forma corstitution and State govern: ment preparatory to their admission into the Union onan equal Scoting with the original States, so soon as it sha:l appear by a census to be taken under the direction of the Governor, by the authority of the Legislature, that the ‘Territory con‘ains ninety-three thousand four hundred and twenty ivhabitants—that ceing the number required by the present ratio of representation for a memoer of Congress. In complianeé with the other recommendation, your committee propose to offer to ihe Appropristion bill an amendment approp inting such sum as shall be found necestary by estimates to be 0) ained for the purpose indicated 1n the recommendation of the President. All of which is respestfally submitted to the Senate by your committee. Mr. Cortamer, (nigger worshipper), of Vt, read a mi- rority report, which discusses the slavery question ia the Northern view, declaring that the system gives pollti cal supremacy to a practizal minority of the people of the Uniced Btates, Tre f iends of peace and quiet had hoped the compromise measure had settled the agitation of the question; but the passsge of the Kansas.Neoraska pill re. ed it, in consequence of the repeal of the Missour! re- striction, from which all the nt trouble has ema. nated. The repeal of that restric'ion gave a prospest of the unlimited ex ension of the institution of slavery, and the N naturally tried to devise means to avoid tha’ ia the rignt and duty of all wh» opposed, slavery to use all legal means to prevent its extension MARCH 13, 1856. Je in that Territory. tion of Mr, Dovias, the reports were ordered ‘Adjourned. House of Representatives. Wasaioroy, March 12, 1866, IMPROVEMENT OF THE OHIO RIVER, The Speaker announced as the select committes of seven, to which was re‘errei the bill of Mr. Dunn, intro- duced yesterday, to enable Sates bordering on the Ohio to improve the navigstion of the aame, the following awed gentlemen: -Morers. Dunn, Stanton, Allen, Ritehie, Cox, Taylor and Cerlisle. ‘THE NATURALIZATION LAWS. Mr. Wiurxey, (K.N.) of N. ¥., introduced a bill to establish s uniform rule of naturalization, repealing the present laws. Keterred to the Judiciary Committee, OVERLAND MAIL TO BAN FRANCISCO. Mr. Henvers, (dem ) of Cat., introduced a bill provid ing for an overland mail from some pxint on the Missis- sippi to Sen Frapolsco. Keterred to the Post Offic: Com mittee, KANSAS AFFAIRS. Mr. TEavr0n, (negro worehipper) of Mass.. defended the Emyreat-Aid societies, the aniaus of which, he ssid, was literty, und the objecta aimed at, the possrsvion ano peoplirg of our Terricocies wih tree men and free wowen, He covied that they have hired or paid the pasroge of # folitary mao to Kanvas; zeither hava «hy purchased muskets, rifles or arms of apy kind. Tce Em - grunt Aid Societ.es peopled Virginia, Maryland and other S uthern States, and, bu for them many Sou hern Con- gieumen, to say the leas’, wou'd not now be here. Mr, Davis, (K..N.) of Md., opposed the resolution to sord fur perrops aud papers, there berng no oase pre- er which can be decided by any evidence thus pro- eed. Mr. WAKEMAN (nigger worshipper) of N. Y., contro- vertsd the iegal positions assumed by Mr. Davis, aud said that the scministration were endeavoring, by sha-p practice end chicanery, to induce the House not to seod to Kansas for persons and§papers, through fear of ex posing the villainy of ths ac: "ration, the Ike of which has never before been known sinoe the existence of this country. Adjourned. ‘Theatres and &xhibitions. Broapway Tueares: —It is Coubtfal waetber any spec- tacle was ever produced in more gorgeous and effec:ive styie than Moncrief?’s equestrian drama of the ‘-Catai of the Garges,”” now being performed at the Broadwa: These who delight in good acting, beautiful sconery, splendid borses, &c., ehould not fail to see this plese. Nouto's Gaxpky.—This pleasent and favorite ment iz rightly filled with the beauty and fasht city, vho ers enthuriastic in their inudations of M. Lebmann’s new spectacle, styled the “E:f King,” wnd which, jucging from its present popularity, will b4 licely to run'several weeks longer. To-night, the “Elf King” ané the “Schoolmaster.?” Buntox’s Taxamne.—Stakspere’s comedy of the “Win- ter's isic”” wil! te performed this evening for the last tiwe but one; consequentiy those who have not as yet enjoyed thir great Shatsperean treat would do weil not to In addition to the comedy, Mr. ont the opportuni'y. perform in a new farce entitled, “That Blessed Burton will Baby.” 3 Livna Krexn’s Varies —Despite the long spell of cold aud disagreeable weather, the boxes of this beauti- fol theatce have been nightly ‘graced by large arrays of beenty end talent such as are seldom witnessed under the wost favorable circumstances. ‘i'wo Loves and a Life’’—fer the last time—and ‘‘Novelty,” are agein the attractiors for tris evening, and will doubtless draw ano- ther Jarge aucience. WALLACK’s THEATRE —-Mansger Wallack {s still deter- mired that bis patrons shali have no cause of complaint, ei her on the score of quantity or quality. te announces two excelent pieces for this evening, viz:—Goldsmith’s five ac coancéy, ‘She Stoops to Conquer,” and Morria Barnett’s three act comedy, ‘The Bold Dragoons.” Both are clegant!y cast. BroapwaT VArurries —Those rinisture but wonderful- ly taented and popnlar artists, the Wood and Marsh ju- Venie ecwedis1s, are every evening making ad to their already Sromense list of friends by tceir admirable aoting in ‘ Black Fyed Susan” and the ‘Rough Dis- mond,” both of which pleses will be repeated every night this week. They foliy merit the large patronage they re- ceive, ‘Woop’s Mixe1rzis —These funny fellows will this even- ing keep their auditory merry with songs, dances and jokes, and tbe whimsteal burlesque on “Siacbetb.”? Itis worth ibe price of sdmission{me:ely to see the bone and tambewine fourishes ot George and Pierce, Becarky’s Sersxapers will, to-night, favor the patrons with a series ct fire songs, &c., followed by the wueces- ‘vl and very comical speciacular burlesque of the “Court of Ice Burg,’’ which has become a cecided favorite with the lovers of fun and good music. Guia any Jaran.—It is underatcod that the besutifal penoramic pictures cf these ecuntries, on exhibidon every evening, at he Athenceum, 654 Broadway, will be witbesawn after Satarday. Parents who have failei to take their childyen to «ee these highly entertainitg and instructive exbibitions, would do well to bear this in mind, nov, cn which cocusion Mr, Bayard Taylor wil repeat to be applied Seamstresses’ Tce pictures are to be exniditec to morrow after- tisremarks on the Japanese. ‘The proceeds for the benefit cf the Shirt Sewers’ and Union. = Qciexter Passacr ox Revorn.—The New Orleans Bee of the ath Moreh sey Wirz Racnes, "Mle Rachel de retour de son excursion en Amerique; est arrivee a Paris le Jer fevrier. ‘As bi'ile Rechel did not sail from New York till the 7th February, we must say that she hed an extraor:inatiy ewift pa'sege, arriving in seven days Jess then no time. OLEARED- 5 Knoxs ile, Lud'ow, Savennah—§ L Mitchill Stosacshiy Southerner, Ewen, Charleston—Spolford, Tlleston Co, pon, Jamestown, Parrish, Norfolk—Ludiem & Vieas- Ship Anc& Lange, Rashen, Ar ‘werp ~H Koop. Blip Parama, Bane Dy Bremen—hennlngs, Muller & Gos a Sbip W B Travis, Mors, Ga veston—J S Brewer & Co. Ship Zaretan. Kobivscu Cha: leston—Nestoith & Sons, Rui k Hoye (167), Moriarty, Liverpocl—w Lancaster. Park Claremont, Bwierton New Urloane—a Ht Brigham. Bark Saver nab, Burke, Char esion—Nesmith & Sons, Brig F P Buck,'Aldrica, Apaachico'a J Perk ‘ Brig © ns. Dtimborazo, Brown, Jacksonvilie—Thompsca & Hun er. Brig Beatrice. Wilson, Jacktonville—C & E J Peters, Schr Baltic, tennimes, Barcelona -8 Duncan. Kebr G Phe, Whittaker Modile—Laytin & Hurlbut, chr J. Dupont. Careon, Wimiugton -D C Murray. bebr New York, Brigham. Richmond—C A Pierson. Scbr Aun. Cole, City Point—J fiunter. Propeller Piedmont, Post Baltimore - Cromwell's Line. Bark Vred a ARRIVED. park Vrede (Follané), Van Byn, Rotterdam, : mite, to Funoh & Moingte. yn, Rotterdam, 68 days, with brig Tarrative (of Deer Island), Luiken. Frontera, Mextoo, Feb 48, with mahogany ena logwood, to maser. Has ad bt [Sie ee jibbcom and spilt rela lew: eme son, Neuviias, 15 . With molasses, to Yzpaga cel Valia & Co. Si Sebr Wi A Griffin (of Fall River) Borden Baracoa 11 davs. with baranas ard cocoenuts, to Thomas Gilmartin, 10th inst, atl PM, touched on Brigantine Shoas, and was got off alter ae Cock load of 60,000 oranges. Sthr Wave (Br), Williams, Heifer, 18 days, wih fish, to aster, tehr Storm Cloud, Day, Wil ington, NC. Schr B Flaunor. Applegate, Wi'mirgten, NC. (36 hours. m aR met ag) Hrewer, Ricomo tehr Ma plight, Knapp 5 Schr T Baymond, bu tr, Kichnond, Sci r Mederator, Wh thain, Virg nia. Echr Chauncey St John, Wright, Vi pinta, tcbr 0 A Van Neme, Van Name, Virgicia. sear Beile, Post Virginia. chr ( hriatiana, Wolsey, Virginia, Ser Chief. Hop ins, Virgins. fohr 8 smith, Cruzer, Virginia, Bolir Chase, Jones, Luck cbr Oscor F Hawley, Lavis, Baltimore. Schr Sopbia Godfrey, Wiliams, Buena Vista, NJ. Schr B Coren, Corse, Buen Vista, NJ. Schr Kedron, Perry, Buena Vista, NJ. Sloop Compton, Depau, Virginia, BELOW. Ship Noemie, Johnson, of and irom Charleston; also one into free terriory. The réj states that the | brig, at anchor outside. pecple of the Teri nner overned ata fe. | Dare Mustang, of Mystio—(oy basa boat Mary Taylor, Nos). vent rom casting their y y arm inve BAILE ” from Missouri. Thus the Legislature was constitated im gemtamnalitos Rnceile eruinshs foutherner, Charleston; ‘a fraudulent manner, and Governor Reeder gave members ‘Francisco; bark Marmora, Londonderry, ) Syren, certifies es without a full knowsedge o! these facts. This Legiplature passed acts by waich siavery was recoguized ano protected as an exis'ing institution. The ffree State people were thus either driven out or reduesd to submis- sion. Finding the government had become the engine of 1, Lesa £ end et the people assenibied peaceably at fopeka, to take measures preliminary to the admission cf Keneas into the Union as a State. The re course now would be, eivher to repeai the act of 1854, and orga- nise Kansas anew asa free Territory; or, if Corgcous will not ¢o that, le; them ceclare all the acta of this spuious Legislature utteriy inoperative and void, and provide a new government for that Territory. ‘The reading of the report occupied more than three Mr. Suvsen, (nigger worshipper) of Mass., had no de- tire to precipitate discussion on this important question before the reports are printed. Both ably treated the eubject, but one was caiculated to smother tre true issue while *he other placed the istue in iving light before the courtry. Tet them se published together. Error ean g> abroad safely, whice reason {a le't ‘ree to combat it. [ne bmigravt Ald Society cf Massachusetts nad done nothing which would in the least degree violate either the tetter or the spirit of the constitution or the laws of the land. He cenied the charges contained in the majority report, and Ceciaved them untenabl Mr. Dovors# said that there were facts in tt which could not be succerrfully denied. Violence, frand and weason shall be puttshed. The report of the minority Justifieg foreign interference ia Kansas, while that of the ws jority concemns such interposition, The taws must be executed, Mr, 8 (nigger woreh!pper) of N. Y., waa pre- pared to stand by and defend the minority report, its sta ement cf facts and the cunclubions #t which {t arrives. He tende ed his trauks end the thanks of the friends of tredem throughout the Stetes and the world for the ability, dignt'y, modera’ion aot wisldm with which Mc, Collamer bas prevented their views, iSte was end moderation will wit Kansas on "a printed. ed agaged ch € mae e a | & Wind at sunset NW. Miisceliancous and wisasters, ‘The brig Demerara, which was sunk in the North river on Monday morning last, lays in the same position. Steamer C Vanderbilt, which was to leave Stonington on ‘Tuerday morning last at 6 A M, arrived here om the evening of the seme day, and deparied again next (Wednesday) morn ingetSAM. Her consort, the vommodore, came out from Stonington at her regular time, and arrived kere yesterday; as usual, Bo that, notwithstanding her delay, the © V, by hurry- ing up a little, will probably make good her ume iost by laying over at Stcnington on Monday night last, and thus prevent the Wing over of # trip on the linc. The Fall River boat arrived yesterday at a seasonable hour; bnt the Connectisut, from Nor wich, was rather late—2 P M. The vast quauiit Which noeure wated in our warehouses, during he Seeteins ot navigation on the Sound by reason ot ico, are now consider. ably diminished, and the boate of the various lines in that?d! rection, by heeping their steam up, as they have hesetofore done in ® most crecitable manuer, will soon havs their way elenr, ard shippers and carmen ill be in some measure re Mevec of their Keen complication and confasion o° business, ‘On account of tbe co d North and West winds of tae tast week cr go, seumers, ono all other verse’s arriving, are almost €1 Urely coated with solid ice, as in midwiner. Quick Passack.—Captain Guide master of the bark Cadot, in 8 letter to his owner here, says, in reference to his last pas. sage from New York to Belize:—“I arrived here safe on the ‘morning o* the 18th January, after @ very rough parnage. Wo anchored at Eoghsh Quay on the 17th, thus making the passage rom land to land fn thirteen cays. This ts @ quick passage, ent I am not aware that it was ever surpassed, or even <qnal 4” Laowom-The launch of the bark whick was to have taken plee y sterday trom the yant of Wm M Webn, foot of sixth weet Was posiponed aati! wo-day on acount of tov low sate sounded again, and found 71% feet, and Make more waler We sous fonnd 6 feet inches water At 3PM, tna water gal x rapidiy that we were oblige to take to the boat to save our mined lives, ‘The veasei went cowa at SPM. days ond three nights in an open coast ia a i rating & 2} the Kastwurd insured in towed cn the bth We rar int }y and valued at wdow $900 Wali street oak ina very heavy sea, but ue supposed iogured wb ‘ths: portcn ct her cargo composed of coal is Bark Davip Nicxers, sunk by ice below Portiand was ry ; inst Learly ‘0 the breaxwater, and it i ed wit! torn be tasen to the wha'f. dhe chains ov which be wee beld are srid to be cut, by some perso. . Unknown. on night of the 6th, ceuslag much delay aod wedi ional expense. ‘middie On Monday she had been towee to box waicr oa ‘the Grourd and pert of her etern raised @ ove vutoe, Senn Euiza, from Rio Javeiro wth coffes spices and wong posta to Nhork put foto No-fo & 10th fast, with main ond fu; Sone At pe ih loss retopmasts, cails, riggicg, 40 |ABaMA (of Baittmore) which left Faitiisare 10 comp. wo eeversi others on the 2let Ja uary, houm Wcet Indiee—the o'hers got out, but she was caught ia the and driven whore on Kent lowed weere she had to rem being 1x pessibie to secd her any wasistance uatil the ot the Balimore harcor. Gn tte th icat tao steamer Monmout with » iighter. «as dessatched vo her aud re: oe (tbe too G ber on the afternoon of the 6h aod {ourd her in about four feet water: 100, the 6 eum: c#pian and crew were obliged to leave i g the gale ie ‘ch aur wae insured Yors, ‘tt ; went to work immediate!y, ank took ia ot ber cargo, when (he gale of che 61 rto leave her. On returniog the vext dey fo: her driven up into § nud 8% tect wotor uid aud See bas alee s0an6 of ber stauncher OLB MOK, and is gradiy strained. ard reaohea the shore iu sufet . € ves Ol was icsured for $9,000 la Phila: out trom 690 ih ~~ ‘The ‘om Toussday might, ‘The cargo for $16 000 in the Grant Western joao ot Now iohie. Gepn CuAnixs Wittiams from Boston, halow Ba taore 3th, was‘run into fore ope aftecbr, Upknown, and carried away bulwarka, , &e. nigh. of Wecnesday ins; off Hog Isievd WA e Sox Lucurius—The deck load of timber of avbr Luculias, (cf Castine) trom St Mars Ga, for Pembene. Me, velare ze ported usb vesrel Will fonr O Ecun Bowarn BARNAKD, W! oré On Block Island, has bees diseti Provably be got off with a full tile. end the FRaNcts, at Charleston from Bostoa, carried away main topmast and forerail. &c . and lost boat. aad 20th wit, lost deck oad, stera boat jio, split sails, ao, MissING Cardenas. an! is probabis that she ww Vessex.- Schr ‘lioga, F yler. of end from this eniied Jon portfor and bas Lot since been heard from, Jost in (he memoraoie gale of Jun 6, le off Tampico bar between Ith. te ‘The 1 Was 215 tons, atout eight years: oid, Balt, we believe at Fravkfort the bad @ cargo ot 100 bi and 242 empty hhd+.—Boeton Ady. A Lancr Carco—The largest arg» ever exported from ¢! port, was Custom douse Lee corsisted of 6869 bales cf cotton (welgbing 3.002 %43 The va.ved at $261,217 06) and a .ot of log wood -Mobie Ady, 7! Copan Taarr1c—The repor's 0° tbe Merrit Shelt bank light vessei state that no lees than 3,955 ves © 4 Daasoa that tion éuriog the year 1:55, and ot this number 602 passed duri taken cy the Br chip Moraing Light oe red at yesterday, by. 6 traniel wheeler & Co. Potatoes, 1000 box iv, 7th. aa ata tbe last three mouihs—say from the Ist of Octooer until Slat Decem! Ship Indus of 900 tova, bullt at Newburypors was 6: terday to T F Alphonse & Co, for the spanish trade, sso. Schr Lamartine. 180 ton, seven yon sold, but at Be levilier caeh. NJ, of white cuk and chestnut, wns for $1,360 ‘The tol owing telegraphic despaich was yesterday “by writere:— sold by auction 10th inate received Iwoed Walter, sq, Secretary of the Board ot Undor- Portianp March 12 1886. poze into Fort'and harbor, hasbeen raised, and th 4 eahore ihista ors and landed in & va.uab.e cond tion. ig Mexy Cobb, with afull cargo from New York, weet orving st high water, pear Port’aad Light. Light- lon sie Hope .o have her off ai high water, Wnualemen, At Ws tootacke Nov 11, by letter from Capt Carver. Li ter, } secford, no report of ou, bound to New Zealand whallr sell, NB, 160 6p Spoken, dic. Bark Linwood, from Paiermo for Baliimcre, was passed inet, lat 35 37, lon 72 58, of Hog Isiat Soreign Posts. Berk David Nickels from Carcevas. which was suck while a carge ts Leord from in November, off Seychel!e Islands, Port, Res Breeze (of Phi.acelphia), Ourervridge hence for Rich- Maren 12 mics Rake? Bog Tease, “a? Buenos Ayres, Jan 6—Adv barks itbonie Scharforth, en@ Petzel, Ay, acd win, AIT até th, bark Wm Woods! Haurax, Mareb 1 arr brig Co: Port av Patxcer. Feb 25—1n port brigs York 8 Cay; Lilie Mills, tor do Jett, tor do tew Fierce, fo Bava, NY 7 ovLoON (Per Arr fro steemer Fultoo nd Leoy Arr from Chariestom 20th, Hinc 00, at Livery Far, at Qi Mary Br Snaloe ier Fanaa, ke tortor wie nook, Thy, Sut Me Ns ‘ors; An. for gt or barter brie ‘iW kowlasd, orion, mouth, ¥, ery, tor antwerp with despatch; California, ought RYor ton, Bowers for York. ‘0 Dec 3 N Yor! . Caleut réelia Dorman, NYork. Puotaam, daye. lork 15 days (not aa befare) Marth 1—In port prig a Stanchari, Blanchard, Huntington, ‘g ‘iso 15 dass; Roman, Lowry, und Joho Mar- wi fe rae Kk. Bid Jom ive ine, Ray, for W 5a Histone, Bact abcut Feb 17—In port brig Towneend Jones, for ¥ 8. Feb 19—Arr bark K. NYork. Tabvico, hed sin port ely: Mahala, wits captain ald. STEAMANIY ARanta, 4T Hartrax— Te egraphic.§ me New York Feb lith, scio, at Gioratar; » at Have; 6b, Nepiune. American Hiessington, at Dew; Agatha, teenstown, Loughton, at Liver 7; 2a, wt Bremen. Le Bristol; 27th, Ellen, ot Arr from New Orleans 26th, yin nt te Havre; Ocean Sa for New York llth Peri, from Lisvon; 25th, steamer Eéimburgh irom Gi Lues Thompern. Crom Liverpocl Chas Bid for Boston 27 Sie for Baldsore 2/th, Carci ne, and Annapoks, pool sid for :Zith, Dreadnought, Aurora, ¢Laushian, from Greenodk New Oriesps ‘Wirdermere, from Liverpoo! @ome Ports. ;, trom Laver. Both, Richmond, frem Newport; 27th, ALEXANDRIA, March 10—Arr echr Iram Smith, McGtron, PUAETTNORE, March fe-Atr steamer gos W Bowes, .. Re, Marci Arr steamer 5 Bosies. Belo hiford taka Bowe land. 8b Oreans, Go; eChrs Faire sid Bremen; bean; Fd Lecus) O11y York for r, wens nce 3e0 from thy of tee Lei away, Lemarars: rh Wind Tiggin rt rom Port au Prince, Kelley, do. Perlament; brie Susan, Crowley, sagt: bri: CHab.eeiON, March 8 ¥! low the Lavaretto, with the Kennebec in corn} . Sd w, schr Abby Whi't.an, reamer Mcunt Savage, Waison NYork; brig chrs_dpecd, Sowers, Fairbeveu; e dei Toro Outer Te to Aor Ashore upon G eo remerbecateunset C4 shipg Mi Fores! Stale, Po ister, do; J Mon J & Mather, Nickerson NYo k; ibus 84, wind W to WS ana WW, moderate, jeorgetowa, 80, on Baturéa; fiwin trig Clide (Br), Weipple, » port in 7 DB Warner, armony & York, hen Taber, Tuihlll, Bost: T, Mare Pe ervburg. Sid rchrs S B alien, Yor. ‘RK. Pa, March 11, 1 Pat ve-day. A scr, name piace under canvass 7, the river by jw. The steamer M ‘atlit lies in the 0 Beoeo il—arr echrs Weet Wind, Nickerson, Jt ‘ovineolown and Plymouth; Viceyard. Fomer: Tea. r@phic Station reports that brig Mari Seymour, sais (—sid bark Goodspend, Fay tae Mediecre: M8h—arr sclrs Urris Fronets, Clark, Boston (see Misoella- on. POL ch S—Azr vonr Juscestown, Tarourelle, N baker Boston; Han. ver, Weipplo; Connecieut, Burrows, and Danville, Owl —We have had no arrivals clear be Livernco!; 26th sebr teil, Hasloop, Laguna. Tn port Feb 20th barks Girard O} ell, from Boston; D god frey, Parker, from do ater; Cavada, Miithe., Oo do lde: ntty, Hall, fer ¢O do; taiagd City, Stey for do ° beg, Brown, for NYork do: Gscan Favorite Job ready to load for Liverpoo ; Hobert Mills, McNair, for do lag: Juao, tsaske, for Bremen co; scbrs Stan! ar Convert, 8: trem Newport, ANN,S, Bogton. HiGHLAND LIGHT, Cape Cod, March 1) wlies NF. BY centre at Paice mainiopmasl out 1 sehr bout now for do do; Nemnea . White; ad olner cunsters ‘Maren '11—Air sehr Com Kearney, NYork bound out, paintea ports and fi also, 6 miles ra x70 March 4—Arr sehr N Doan, Doane, Bio do sehr retro Cid bark Keirdeer, Franklin, Bost m; senrs avoerson, B¥crk; ages Oth—vla Brehips Morning Light, Gillies, and Meary, Oal- hour Faveua; Nenitias, 3h: Taavitt, NYork; Cavahies iD, ships J LW Nelsen, from York; echr M tor; for barks Ver bur "ncific, 11 NOKE( White Pun won borind 4c Jes at Craney daland; bark sctr BF Woolsey, Cca, NYork, Cid March 12, 103; AM~Tke bark Gen Jonea, NBedford. NEWCASTLE, from Palermo, axd yesterday 1 Oned the W, Live Loui NAW ORLGANS, March Abding, Goeuburg; barks Smith, Ong! tvede Ov Carstairs, Nowell, Tort peo; echr Louise, Mic er, PM— fart; bri,@ Herry © Broc Clark, Ki e York Bulloch, New Peon, braze %, r, Jordan, Liverpool. Bei ‘arner, Thomas from Livarpool; Gl Lucretia, (obs, from Cha Cid chip 0 (Br), Wi son, ip) Ferrer, ¢arcelons; Solide (9 ov ed to sea-20th ult, ahi Ac con, Ms . UK Merch}--Arr achrn Erimmer Chalender, ys pam, Vowner, Providence; Almyra, Cornell to N'York, leakiv; Joss walls, alt, boon 1 adney, , sehr Mary Ann, shipe, un brig Irola, trom Havana, came to ‘yoming, from is reported ut *PHILADELPBYA, March Ie: Arr Row 8nd, Live taker, Boron. Below, bark ‘was astern of the Serauak, {hrougn the Horse hoo, at 6 , March 8 Arr achrs (Joo Millard, mit als Rorfolé Blizabot Mel tire, do for ; Sam! Bank! Cl \, LOCK port ‘lard for N¥ork, Ou, barks Lusetie ks Arr ahi Montrose (Swed, 4, Jones, for NYork ue (3 masted), me for 1, 6 PM—1 red wali . K, L harm brig bor ont, ond guothet schr bound in, Wind ‘aw, good breeze LEWES, Del, March 10, 11 AM—The bark Gea Jones, from 0, paeséd up this aflernoon, in company with» light boat, MOBILE, Ja- cy West; Creole (Br) Koninson, ‘alee tpnegos; sche Kawa ift Haven, / ovett, Li i i. Morrell Boston. vis Les chips a ena, jee ae eee fore: Gibbs, alternoon, pnd remain up to this time. A ship, _ vorpool, Beedy te- i (vefore reported at pt 9 wr, ‘Thos ty ..in tow of thres PM 4 alta, wad fark, ton, Chase, ; 10th, Ca tdth, Dark Juoliee, Cooanen be (uew, of Portiand » 296 tones zi racads, Porto bico; Henr ' Maciaew ereUux, ; 4 bow, Havener, Cardens eg 7 RY PROVINCE OWN, Marci. 11, 5 PM—Keported trove obser: vetory schra & B Freeman 1H corton, JS Hopkins, and oysters. H Atwood, ail from Virginia, Tith 6 PM—Beund in, 6 Freeman. Bi Yor! 8) Moreh Ist, BAVAN. LEM, SALE} Cid bi & Sea Mew, Bahbidge, 4 NAH, March 8—A: NYork;s>ip Ki Whitney, Martin, Hovrom e, Gos ee, ond Jonas Sm! in O—arr ie Hitehings, des 3B i Roanoke, Skinner, 1¢; JB spaliord, brig 8u vannee, Mot roe, do. Mach 10—Arr eobr J 8 Gopi frica oem 7th ina, ‘at which me I—Arr bark Sebools, Coleman, Sa- 'y Wil . hrs I H Horton, J 8 Higging, and R Hark Boy Bate from Baltimore f rep0 rted 10 have arr st Provincetown’ yang 1 was in Reluimore PROVIDENCK, March llr varpeb. Went (o'sea, abip Isl HMUND Marek (carr nega ecbrs Kell do; Mary C Hi schrs Merch A Malscerry. do; Mary Kmmé, de. low York, {iy Furman, a York, ning, Piero, Tangier. MIUMINGTON NO March ¢-arr achra JH Chadhourn, Walnwright, Poston: 10ch Ceresos. Mii 49 NYork: Rabemea Townsend. 0: GH, Birong, Ua Old Toth wobrs ¢ de’, Coma, Ben, 0" Ne Kesey, Fiver Geinbla, aitom; Selah lock, NY¥urK. ‘ong In and,