I herewith transmit the report of the
agent appointed under that act.
IMMIGRATION.
The great need of our Stato ia more
people. Tho Board of immigration
created hy nn act passed at your last
ecssion has been engaged forsix months
in disseminating in this country and in
Europe, hy tho circulation of publica
tions and tho employment of agents,
informed concerning tho peculiarities
and capabilities of our soil, tho varieties
and localities of our minerals, the ex
tent and qualities of our timber, the
number and availibility of our water
courses, tho nature and adaptability of
our climate, tho facilities fcr railway
and other communication and transpor
tation, tho opportunities fur education,
the evidences of comploto tranquility,
and other eubiects of interest to thoso
contemplating removal from nn old to n
new countrv. The results of tho labors
of tho Board nro highly gratifying. Tho
attention of tho emigrant from the Old
World baa been so constantly and ur
gently dircctr"' liUherthat thousands are
embarking thenco directly for Missouri;
while tho immigration horo from tho
Northern and Eastern States, is greater
than our most sanguine hopes baa prom
ipcd.
Tho class of pcoplo finding: homes
among us comprises men of intelligence,
native energy una industrious habits,
euch as nio calculated to augment our
wealth and support and strengthen all
the best interests of a Stato.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
Tho adoption by tho pcoplo, during
your recess, of a revised and amended
Constitution, dovolves upon you nt this
session tho duty of conforming tho stat
utes to its provisions, and of making
such enactments as will give forco and
effect to tho general principles contain
ed in the new features of tho fundamen
tal law.
I call your attention especially to the
provision of tho fourth section of the
second articlo of tho Constitution, re
quiring tho enactment of n law for u
complete and uniform legislation of
voters. Too much caro caanot bo ex
ercised in guarding tho elective fran
chise. On tho purity of tho ballot-box de
pends tho security of tho dearest rights
of the citizen.
It will be your duty to pass a law for
carrying into effect tho provision of tho
twenty-fourth secton of tho seventh ar
ticlo. A practical method of enforcing
this provision would be to requiro clerks
of tho coufts to report quarterly to the
county court all fees received by then,
and attach a penalty to a failuro to pay
anuualiy into tho county treasury the
surplus of fees received by them beyond
twenty-live hundred dollars, atter ma
king tho deductions allowed by law.
Tho third section of tho eighth articlo
requires an enactment of a law to pro
vide for tho sale of tho Btock owned by
the Stato in tho Bank of tho Stato of
Missouri, of which thero is in addition
to tho Seminary Fund, and Stato School
Fund, tho sum of $15,558,54 of tho
Sinking Fund, and $508, 708,50 of
Stato stock. Tho timo and manner of
B&lo should bo placed within tho dircc
tion of ono or more proper persons, who
-1 1.1 1 1. a' - ' , . ...
huouiu nave ampio timo tor unuorsianu
ing tho real condition of the Bank and
the truo interests of tho Stato in that
connection.
In view of tho restrictions in tho fourth
section of tho eighth article, I recom
mend a revision of our general corpora
tion law, so as to afford, for tho associ
ation of capital for the use objocts of
incorporated companies, every induce
ment and privilege consistent with tho
Constitutional provisions on this subject.
Tho twolfth section of tho oleventh
articlo enables you to enact a statute
which will largely contribute to bring
to punishment criminals who for any
causo aro likely to escape justico in the
counties whero oucnscs are committed.
Thcro aro other provisions of tho
Constitution making necessary certain
enactment to which I havo called your
attention under their appropriate heads.
It is tho right of tho General Assem
bly to propose such cmendmcnts to tlfe
Constitution as a majority of tho mem
bers elected to each houso shall doera
expedient. Tho most recently express
ed wish of tho pcoplo on tho subject of
this Constitution is tho adoption of it
bb their law ; notwithstanding which,
and although you wcro not elected on
any issues made in favor of amending
the Constitution, I recommend that you
submit to tho pcoplo such amendments
as will exempt from tho requirements of
tho second articlo all officers, trustees,
directors or other managers of corpora
tions for bencvolont purposes, in which
neither the UnitedJStatcs, this Stato,
nor any county, city or town is interes
ted as a stock holder, creditor or con
tributor, as well as all professors and
teachers in schools not endowed, Bup-
Sorted or in any manner contributed to
y the .United States, this Stato, or any
countyj city or town.
Tho 23d ond 24thBections of that ar
ticlo ought to bo stricken out, and in
lieu thereof it should bo provided that
no person, who has served a regular on
llstraent in tho servico of tho United
States in tho suprossion of tho lato re
bellion, and has an honorablo dischargo,
shall bo required to tako tho oath of
loyalty for any of tho purposes mention
ed in tho article, except as provided in
tho loth section. The men who have
fought for tho Union should bo honored
and trustod without an oath to confirm
what thoy havo dono; and if any
havo wiped out with tboir blood nn error
of tho first days of tho rebellion', wo
should not ask them to mako a record
of those errors for tho shaino of their
children. To havo been a soldier of
tho Union should bo tnado a sourco of
just prido and honorablo distinction
among tho citizens or tno otato, ana
should carry with it tho rights of suf-
iragc, wuuuut uwitr iju;uiui;iiwuu iuuu
that required by tho nineteenth section,
oven to thoso now invested with tho right
of suffrage.
Deferring to tho deliberately express
ed judgment of tho pcoplo in tho adopt
ion of tuo Constitution, and relying upon
their wisdom nnd justico to remedy what
may need correcting in it, I shall at
this timo BUggcst no other amendments,
but, so fur us my action 13 concerned,
will patiently await tho further expres-
lion of their wishes in tho light of their
experience and amul tho surroundings
of pcaco and prosperity.
Tho provision requiring tho oath of
loyalty from ecclesiastical functionaries
has been mado tho occasion for raising
tho question of tho right of tho people
in their sovereign capacity to mako such
a law. Tho futuro good of tho Stato
requires that the question of tho right
of tho pcoplo to mako it bo now defini
tely settled by tho Supremo Court of
tho United States, so that tho amend
ment, when hereafter mado, shall bo dis
tinctly understood a3 a privilege given
not as a right acknowledged, as
superior to tho sovereign power of tho
people or the otute.
A SPLDIlMl'd HOME.
T.imu ftp flirt livnvn man trim flnriurr
tho lato rebollion boro tho brunt of bat
tle for the Union and shed luster on the
numo of Missouri, havo been pcrman
ontly disabled by wounds. Tho duty of
the etato is to caro for these men in their
decrepitude misfortune and old'ngo. Tho
rebellion has impoverished our btato,
nnd wo cannot endow a homo for thoso
descrvintr heroes, but it is our dutv to
a y
ask Congress for a grant of land for
this purpose, and to go to tho extent of
our means in contributing to mako such
an institution what it should bo a ro
treat whero tho war-scarred votcran may
pass tho remainder of his days, tho re
cipient ot a grcatful und noblo charity
which carries with it no humiliation.
CONCLUSION.
Tho present' is an important epoch in
tho history of our Stato. Freedom has
but recently changed tho lethargy born
of scrvilo inBtitutitions into tho energy
and activity of iudu3trial prosperity.
Peaco having spread its hallowed influ
ences over tho Nation, stilling the bad
passions which had been nourished amid
scenes of enrnngo, tho justico and cer
tainties of tho law aro ogaln tho reliance
of tho people, and it rests with the
General Assembly to mako steadfast
their conhdenco in tho mojesty opd
strength of civil authority. Let our
'laws bo just and wise. Let them be
few and plain, and carry with them the
power to sccuro their enforcements.
Then, with that confidence in tho assis
tance of God which a firm, conviction of
right always inspires, wo shall enter the
opening futuro in tho van of human
progress
THOMAS C. FLETCHER.
Missiso. Tho family and friends of
Uapt. y. K. Ivcneday, a widely know.
citizen, whoso rcsideneo is on tho corner
of Seventeenth and Chesnut street, are
much alarmed for tho safety of tho Cap
tain, who left homo two months sinco
for Quincy, III., to scttloBomo business
since which timo nothing has been hoard
from him except that ho was seen on
board tho Btcnracr Jcnnio Deans, at
Hannibal, on tho 5th of September,
Dispatches havo been sont to all points
in tho JNorthwcst, out no lurther intol
ligenco of his movements or, whereabouts
cos boon received.
Tho namo of "Konncday, St. Louis
Mo." ,708 found registered at tho Tro
mont House, Chicago, on or about the
10th of September, but as tho hand
writing boro only a faint rcseinblanco to
tho Captain's, it is conjecturod that tho
entry was mado as a blind by some
wrotch with n view to mislead inquiry,
Tho missing Captain was for two years
prior to tho closo of tho war an Assis
lant Quartcrmastor in Gen. Sherman1
army. Ho was about fifty years of ago.
aim rorraeny carnuu on u jeweiry uus
ness in Louisiana, Mo. Evo Nows.
A Secret x'or SoRHJDLEas.-r-Be
brief in everything. Short words ; Bhort
sentences, and snort sto rics. Thoso
make a writer popular with editors and
readers. Tho strength of tho Saxon
tonguo lies in its shortness. No writer
can bo popular who is polysyllabic oft
cnor tnan occasionally.
an Arkansas butternut advertises
that "any gal what has got a coffeo pot
uuu bkiiiuc, aim wno Knows now to iqko
caro of children, can hear of a situa
tion by applying to tho undersigned.
polt 0timt Jftntind.
Ol-OfTOIl, MlNMOlU'l.
FRIDAY MORNINQ, NOVEMDEU 17,
18C5.
Governor's Moasago.
Wo present in this number tho mcs-
sago entire it is an ablo document
and well worthy of a careful reading.
Tho Elections.
Marcus L. Ward, Republican can-
idato for Governor in Now Jcrsoy, it
is reported has from 8,000 to 5,000
majority over Runyan, Democratic,
being a Republican gain of over 1,000
over last year. Tho Republicans havo
ten" majority in tho Assembly nnd ono
in tho Senate.
Maryland has also gono Republican.
n nearly every county tho Union can
didates aro elected.
Tho county elections in Illinois have
resulted as far as heard from, with few
exceptions, in tho success of tho Ropub-
lcan candidates.
In Wisconsin returns received givo
Lucius Faiuciiild, Union candidate
for Governor, 1,G87 majority. Thero
is but littlo doubt but ho is elected by
from 6,000 to 10,000 majority. Tho
oto for tho extension of suffrage to tho
negro in seventeen precincts runs 513
b'ehind tho ticket. The result is doubt
ful. Massachusetts has elected tho Ropub-
ican Ticket by unanimous vote.
In Now York tho rcurns indicate a
heavy loss tor tho uomocrats, ami
caves no doubt of tho election of Bar
low, Republican, as Secretory of Stato.
Minnesota has gono overwhelmingly
Union, though tho Democratic candi-
lato for Governor (cx-Scnator II. M.
lice) was very much stronger than his
party. Tho Unionists of Minnesota
stand unequivocally on tho platform of
mpartial suffrage.
Shocp.
Probably no enterprise pays the yeo
manry as largo a proGt, with tho same
expenditure of capital and labor, as
that of sheep raising. In all ages of
tho world, from tho days when Father
Abraham and his son-in-law, Lot,
herded their flocks in common on Ca-
' fair plains, to tho prooont, men
who havo mado sheep raising a special
ity havo prospered beyond any other
class of people Givo sheep attention
and they will return you bountifully
from tho nbundanco of their stores.
Itnprovo the blood and tho profits will
increaso in a ten-fold ratio.
We havo many lino bloodod sheep in
our county. Among others wo noticed
one, last Monday, belonging to Rich
ard Watson, of this placo, which he
tad just received from Kentucky, and
:nowu as tho "Improved Itontucky."
This sheep has a very heavy flecco, and
of texture sufficiently fino for any pur-
poso. Tho carcass is largo, tho largest
wo havo soon, weighing probably 800
pounds. Mr. Watson has thrco sheep
of tho Spanish blood, en route from
Now York, said to bo very fino, Ho is
making shcop raising a speciality, and
hy tho tact and observation already
displayed, he evinces an ability in that
species of culture that is certain to reap
a rich reward. Wo hopq to sco others
profiting by his expericneo.
A Stato Convention of tho Colored
men met at Poughkeepsio, N. Y.
on
tho 8th, for tho purposo of advancing
tho interests of theirpeoplo in that State.
The convention was addressed by Mr.
Day. Fred Douglas waB expected to
address them on the 9th. Considerable
interest was manifested.
Several robberies woro committed
in Platto county on tho night of the 8th,
somo of them at Platto City and somo
at Weston. It is thought tho robberies
wcro all committed by tho samo party,
numbering somo eight or ten.
It is officially stated from rolls in
possesion of Government that General
Leo's army, at tho timo of its eurrcn
dor, numbered 20,000, and Johnsons
87,000.
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Thr Socretary of war has ordered i
suspension and closo of tho Government
hospitals, to got them ready for uso in
anticipation of the visitation of Cholera.
It is reported that the President will
issuo a proclamation declaring tho ro
storation of poaco beforo tho mooting of
Congress.
For tho StNTINIL.
Itobols.
Werstkr furnishes us soverol differ
ed constructions of tho term Rebel ;
aid of them wo prcsumo tho following
to bo tho moat accoptablo : "Ono who
wilfully violates a law," that is, ono
who knowingly and without reason docs
an act contrary to a known law, or op
poses its execution. Accepting this
construction to bo correct, it is hard to
drw a distinction and punish sotno and,
allow others equally guilty to go at
large. A man may bo ncvor so guilty,
but when ho has satisfied tho onds of
justico by receiving that punishment
which his crime deserves, tho odium at
tachoblo to tho criminal must bo remov
ed and ho tako a position among his fel
low mortals freed from tho stain of
crime ; for punishment is inflicted for
reformation, as a doso of physic is pre
scribed to rcsuscitato tho body and re
storo healthy action of tho parts sought
to bo acted upon.
No person can successfully question
the correctness of thoso premises ; for,
unless punishment produces reformation
laws aro inoperative
Any person guilty of a violation of a
law is, ipso facto, a rebel, and must bo
punished to purgo him of his rebellious
notions. When ho has suffered tho pen
ulty ho stands beforo the world as a
loyal citizen, and can no longer bo at
tainted with tho ignominy of having
been a criminal. A largo class of pco
plo popularly called rebels aro thoso who
havo been noting in opposition to tho
laws of tho United States during tho
luto war. Tho war, inaugurated for
tho punishment of theso rebels nnd to
bring them in subjection to tho law, is
over. Tho luwus enforced, tho consti
tution stands preeminent, and tho term
rebel is no longer applicable to those
individuals who wcro so recently in arms
against tho laws of our nation. They
stand beforo us to-day submissive, loyal
citizens. Peace now roigns triumphant
The war is at an end, and with itshould
end oil that bitter atrifo and animosity
that has been ongendered and is in its
results so subversive of good society
and so dangerous to tho pcaco und qui
etude of neighborhoods.
Good citizens will bury tho hatchet,
forget thoso scenes of bloodshed and
carnagn that wo havo been passing
through and cultivate those social rela
tions which aro sure forerunners of pros
perity nnd eminence Tho rebols were
guilty of a great crime, not only against
law, but against human naturo, and
wcro well desorving of punishment. But
thoy havo suffered, and who shall say
that they did not merit all thoy sufferod ?
,God knows thoy havo suffered enough.
Lot their errors bo buried in tho cess
pool of oblivion, and remember only
their virtues.
PEACE.
Balloon Wedding.
Tho Now York World announces a
wedding to tako placo in a balloon.
Tho preliminary arrangements were
completed somo days .ago. A superb
car bolonging to iJror. .Lowe, newly
furnished with Brussels carpet, damask
cushions, lace curtains, and bluo silk
canopy, willbo attached to tho balloon.
Whother tho ceremony will bo per
formed during tho ascension, or after
their arrival in tho clouds, we are not
informed. Tho parties to tho interesting
event are PrQf. Boynton, of Syracuso,
and Miss Jenkins, formerly of Saint
Louis. Tho Bister of tho brido is an
artist of decided talent, and is only
waiting for tho wedding to tako placo
to tako her departure for' Italy.
"Havana dates of tho 28th ult. BtQc
that a sovcro hurricane on tho 22d and
23dliragcd with groat forco nil oyer tho
island. In Havana 'harbor njuiy ves
sels drifted foul of wharves afcd sunk
Thai Admiral's flug-ebip raw into a
wharf dragging several Bchoq-jors anj
boats. Several .launches witbHnrgoes
wero suuk and fifty yossols wefto,jHore
or less damaced. Tho stroets 6ft tho
oltyjwero filled with water to the
of 'ono foot, houses and wails
blowrTldown, tools blown away a
trcos of plazas postratod. Two.
of tbo.roof of tho theater was,
and tho country seats of tho Gpptain
Gonor&l and others suffered, con
Col. O: R. Jonnison is electeito
tj (T --i.l.i ' t T. .,.il'
beatinghis opponent, Col. gloud, Jy
I U I w vVWf
Tho Execution of Wirz Ho Doclaros
mo innooonoo.
Wo havo tho following account by a
telegram datod Washington Nov. 10th :
Oapt. Wirz was hung between 10 and
11 o'clock this morning. On tho gal
lows ho declared his inno'cenco. ' Ho
died without exhibiting any symptoms
of fear. Father Boylo administered
tho sacrament to Capt Wirz, nnd ath-
cr Wiggett, of tho Roman Catholic
Uhurcb, then placed upon tno prisoner a
black cambric veil, remarking as ho did
so, "I hopo.this will bo turned into a
white ono in tho other world."
At 20 minutes past lOVclock Oapt.
Wirz camo from his cell in Old Capitol
prison accompanied by Provost Marshal
Russell and other officers, nnd by Fath
er Boylo and Wiggott, passing between
a military guard, they ascended tho
scaffold. Tho prisoner was then so."
Tho scaffold was twolvo foot fquaro.and
twenty-two fcot to tho top of tho boam,
with tho trap twelve fcot from tho ground.
Tho guard consisted of tho lUSthJPonn
sylvauigj Volunteers and throo detach
ments of tho Veteran Rescrvo corps,
undor command qf Oapt. Walbridgo,
Military Superintendent of old Capitol
prison. Thcro wcro Bcvcrnl thousand
spectators present besides tho military ;
civilians being admitted on specinl pas
ses. Amid profound eilenco Provost
Marshal Russell proceeded to read tho
order of tho War Department founded
on tho verdict of a court martiifl which
tried tho prisoner. Ho was charged and
convicted of "combining, confederating
and conspiring with Jefferson Davis, J.
A. Seddon, Howell Cobb, John II. Win
tors, Richard B. Winder, Isaac Whito,
W. G. Winder, S. B. Mooro, Kccr
Lako, hospital steward nt Andcrsonvillo,
Jas. Duncan, Wesley, W.Turner, Brig.
Gen. Ilnynes, and others, whoso names
aro unknown, nnd who woro ongagodin
armed rebellion ngainss tho United
States, in violation of tho luws of war,
to impair nnd injure health and destroy-
hvc3 by subjugating them to torturo
und crcat Buffering, bv confinincr them
in unhealthy and unwholcsomo quarters.
and to dews and burning sun of Humnicrj
by compelling tho uso of impuro wator
and by furnishing insufficient and un
wholosomo food, of largo numbers of
Federal prisoners to wit : numbering
about 45,000, held as prisoners of war
at Andcrsonvillo, within the liuca of the
so-called Confederate States, on or'bo-
foro tho 29th of March, 1861 and at
divers times between that day and the
10th of April, 1865, to tho end that the
tho armies ot tho U. o. might bo weak
ened and impaired, and that insurgents
engaged in urmed rebellion against tho
U. S might bo aided and .comforted
xc." Tho order .also states that tho pris
oner was found guilty of second charge,
namely, murder in violation of tho laws
and customs of war, and guilty of all
tho specifications excepting tho 4th, 10
and 13th, which 3 set forth that he kill
cd a prisoner by shooting him with i
revolver, that ho ordered a sentinel to
firo on him with a revolver, und that ho
died. Tho order concludes as follows
Sentence "Tho court does thero
faro sentence him, Henry Wirz to bo
hangod by tho neck until dead, at such
timo and placo as the President may di
rcct, two thirds of ,tho members of tho
court concurring, herein and tho court
also iinds tho prisoner, Honry Wirz,
guilty of having caused tho death, as
alleged in spccihication 11, charge M,
by means of dogs, of threo prisoners' of
war in his custody and soldiers of tho
U. S. Ono occurring on or about tho
15th of March, 1864 : another occur
ring on or about tho 1st of. September
loo4," which hndingas hero expressed,
has not and did not enter in to tho son-
tenco as tho obovo court states. Pro
ceedings, findings and 'sentonco. in tho
foregoing caso havo boon submitted to
tho President. Tho following' nro His
orders ; 1
Executive Mansion,
Nov. 8d. 1805.
Tho proceedings, findings and sentcn
c.s ot tno court in tno within caso aro
approved, and it is ordered that' tho son-
tonco bo carried into execution by tho
officer commanding the 'Dopurtment 'Of
vasmngton, on uriday, tuo lmu day
of Novombcr, 1805, between tho. hours
of 10 o'clock in tho morning and 12
o'olock afnoon.
o: a k Mrr mv rnnnonw
Tt'!J 1,-1! A I. TT-lL'-Il CA-Ai
1 ruuiuunt ui iuu uiiiiuu oinica,
(Maj. General O, O. Augur, comman
ding tho Department of Wiishirigton is
commanded'1 to causo tho foregoing' sen
tence, in tlib caso of Henry Wirz, to bo
duly executed in accor'dahco )Yith.tlie
President's order. ' '
Tho military commission of which
Mai. GenoraUWallaco; of tho Unitbd
States Volunteers, isPrcsidtntj iiinero-1
by dissolved by, command of tho Presi
dent of tho United States.
(Signed)E. D. TOWNSEND,
' " A. A. G;
When tho reading of orders was com
pleted, W;rs conversod with thoso on"
tho. platform1 with seeming corifidon,ce
and self possession and it was remarked
like a' man. I have hope' itf tho f utWe'J
I have notbii.fr n.ni-A ...'' 'Win lnf
tnat be had on a smiling countenance'.
To his spiritual advisers ho said "I nin
innocent. Fhavo to die. but I dan illti
I and arms were then tied, and tho noose
nassod around his neck, nnd tho black
cap placed over his face Ho stood eroct
Wiinout iniiunug, eviuuuujr uutiuu
nerved himself for .tho solemn occasion.
Thoso on tho platform rotirod to tho
railing, leaving tho doomed man in tno
conterVof 'tho structure. After a few
mombnts of quiet tho drop fell. At a
preconcerted signal, tho sound thus oc
casioned having reached tho ears or tuo
promiscuous crowd outsido of tho old
Qapitol grounds, but who wero not priv
ileged to witness mo cxuuuuuui naacj
sponded to by rcpeatsd shouts of) appror
bation. Wirz,. directly after, falling.
was considerably convulsed .in his, logs,
but tho .agony was'sqanldvfir.,' Ho,hung:
about fifteen minutes ond was then cut
down. His body was laijl upon a stretch
er and convoyed to prison whero it vtaa
placed in n coffin and transferred 'to'
Father Boylo for intermont. His neck
was broko by tho fall. All tho,proccoa- '
ings occupiod about throo quarters of .
an hour.
A Torrlblo AffairTwo Men Shot
ono fornaps Fatally.
A tcrriblo affair occurred last nights
about ton o'clock, in tho Ohartor Oak
Saloon, on Markot Square. A irgo,
party had gathered there, when a coup
le of well known gontlomun engaged in
a "knock down." Whenoach, had ob
tained tho satisfaction desired, thoy
woro .Boparatcd, and two othor well
known rcsidonts of the city, John Rogers
and William Dillon, got into a dispute
ns to tho merits of tho two mon who had,
a fow minutes previously 'exhibited, their
fig!.' ing qualities. iEyo 'witnesses stato
that Mr. Rogers declared ho could whip
any ond who would tako the part, of tho
man whom ho had singled out as the
culpable party in tho row. Mr. Dillon
was equally interested ror uis rovorito,
and after somo wrangling of Vfprdst
Dillon commenced throwing off his, coat,
preparatory to pitch into Rogers) when
tho latter immediately drew a small
Derringer pistol and commencod fifing,'
putting ono. shot through Dillon's hand, i
nnd another struck his breast, tho ball
glancing off and doing no material dam
age. Dillon remarked that ho also had
"ono of thorn things, too," and instantly
urow a uoiv'8 revolver, and tired several
r.hot3 two taking effect in Mr. Rogers.
rv l.-ll I !. .i l
tho jaw bono, glanced and lodged in the
back, of tho neck : another passed into
tho back. Mr. Rogers fell and .bled
profusely. Doctors Knight nnd En-
right wero at onca called and Buccccaeu
in extracting the ball which hall lodged,
in tho neck, but tho other thoy were'un
nble to find. Tho wounds nro very se
rious, nnd aro likely to prove fatal.
Being a man of powerful constitution,
however, it is thought ho may recover.
St. Joseph Herald, 8th.' 7 -
Ministerial Convention.
Tho undersigned, Ministers of tho
Gospel in No.rtn Missouri, respectfully
request all loyal Clergymen, without ro
gard to denomination ; to meet at Macon
City on Tuesday tho 28th ' day of No
vember, 1805, to confer together, and
givo an expression, of their views - upon'
tho tost oath required of Clergymen by
tho Constitution of Missouri. T. B.
Bratton, J. ,M-jSturtevant, Jr,,-1 E. D.
Seward, A, D. Laugbhn,Q. J?. Com
fort, O. Allen, Goo.', P. Board', Curtis
BuJlockj.JoUn Moorhead,ilsrppUC.nlf
ton, Geo. B. Hitchcock, W.ICi.Oham
berlin L. C. Pace, S. R. Rosboro, M.
O. Patton, J. R. Winttrs, Jas'.' A. Dar
arh, Thos. Totlow, S. P. Yano.
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Death or Wm. Dillon. Wm. Dil
lon, one of tho. parties engaged, jo, tho
shooting scrano detailed in thcT.co jjimns ,
of tho Herald a few days since, .expired
yesterday morning at 5 o'clock;' At
first it was supposed lio had sustained
but littlo injury, and that Mr. Rogers
was tho only' ono Beriousl hurt, but
a small bullet from it Derringer pistol,
it seems, penetrated under the chin and
lodged in tho neck; Tho surgeons found
themselves unable to extract it, and
death was tho consequence AtfinqU'eW
was held yesterday by tho Goronor'ai,d
a verdict givon according to tho facta
which weliavo-horbtofoitf published.
Mr: Rogers is slowly improving, aM.
it is thought will bo certain to recover.
'St. Jo. Horald, 12th. ,
Distressing. A littlo boy' abblrV
oight years ol'd wa'ti bittori by a dog, in',
Paola on the lBt inst., and as tho 'bito
was not sovero it soon healod oyer arid
was f orgottons About' two weeksN af
terwards tho Htllo boy wns taken ill'Ahd'
soon complained of being thirsty. 'When'
water was brought to; him ho would
scream and shove it away. A physi
cian was' called and as soon as ho observe-1
cd tho action of the boy,, he pronoabce'd
it hydrophobia. The next mojning jw'j
commencod frothing at tho mouth and
tho overiihg'bf tho' following day terji-1
bio spasms camo.on..and,tho..littltuauf,
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A -portion of Gen,, Sully's
Sassod dqwn tbq , river, on' .tho i
)hey are sorad of tho Confederate i
oners who enlisted ip'tbo('U.,SBervige;,
and wero on their Vfw't$hmi&i
worth tor muster out. i '
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