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r r! I 1 V ? JOURNAL AND UNI0N: O. I ; I.P.MR. MB, t- AUnt . PrnprlvCsr. fUKMKU.: TlJUi:PAT, j t it i i JPKB IT, IS54 For Pri'sMfiit, '"MELLARD FILLMORE. For Ylrr PrrsJiffni, ' EDVAKDBATES. For Conjtresi First District, SAM'L d. caruthers. $vwnf District-, HON. GILCHRIST PORTER. 77?r-J District, HON. JOHN G. MILLER. Fourth Distritl, M OR DEC A I OLIV E R. WIlsU STATU AOniXAT'OXS. ' For Governor, JAMES WINSTON, , 0 BCHoN COONTV. Fur Lieutenant Governor, ANDREW KINO, or . C,1AM.I. For Secretary of Slate, a riOU E V. UllACV, Of SI. Iuii. F.XOS U. COUUELL., Of Cole. For Auditor, , IIinA.n II. HA II Kit, Of Cole. For Register of JmwIs, KE3JAm fcJlIUOJVS, Juii., OfBl. Clirlck For Attorney General, laTXXEBl'UI JltSomCKS, Of Greene. For A Legislature, ". R. W. MOSS, o! Hannibal; R. C. MARTIN, of Palmyra. For Sheriff, WM. A. MADDOX, of Fabius Township. For Legislature Ratis County, WILLIAM NEWLAND. ST. LOUI AOT.NTJ. W. 8. BWYMMER, fnm& aprpr and advertising agent, corner of Second and Chestnut streets, (over the Put Office.) St Louis, Mo. . CHARLK8CUIITIS, K the Stv Louis Evening Dispatch. . . ., , For the Journal. Mr. Emtck; . 1 - T"ou will please say that Mr. ALFRED WARNER, of South River Township, will be . Marina county, at the nest August election, by MANY VOTERS. . P. S. He has consented to run. je!7td 53" Vie are authorised to announce W. D. MARMADUKE, at candidate for Sheriff of Marion county at the ensuing August election. Jf We are authorized to announce J AMES W. LEAR a a candidate for re-election to the office of Assessor of Marion counly jel7ld . . CT EM. J. CREATH, will, (the Lord willing.) preach iBthe Christian Chapel in tliii city, on Satur day itxX, at 11 o'clock, and on Sabbath following, - TRI-WEEKXT. " . ' Not having yet succeeded in obtaining suffi cient advertising and subscription patronage to ' make Ihe publication of a tri-wcekly safe, I hall postpone the under taking for the present to bo resumed in the " better time coming." : ' ORION CLEMENS. ' ' BE YE READY!! We have been publishing a paper nyenr and a half, but have yot made no efforts to csollecl subscriptions from our cily subscribers. THIS AFTERNOON The Carrier will visit every business establish ment and dwelling house, at which he leaves a paper without a. single exception to make collections. We trust that where heads of families should not expect to be at home at the time, they will leave OSK DOLLAR, (At least,) , To be handed to the Currier, who will place it to their credit in a book carried for the ptirjiose. Please be ready for him no mistake about hi coming lie will come, if there be rain, hail, sleet or snow ! Ho will pass over the route ex actly as traveled in the morning, so as to guard against putting a slight on any of our frieuds, by neglecting to call for the dollar. A Mistake. In trying to prove that Hall and Phelps deserve "especial credit-" for the passage of the Missouri Railroad Bill through Congress, the Courier parades a " telegram " which thSt paper says was sent by Mr. Allen, .President of Uie Pacifio Railroad. " himself a Whig." This is a mistake. Mr. Allen rt . teised the dispatch which may have been sent by the accomodating Mr. Hall or Mr. Phelps, "nimseir a 'Democrat. The personal excr tiops of Mills and Pokteb were ut least equal to those of Phelps and Hall. Add to this the powerful, beneficial influence of their jirincijdes, and subtract the contrary influence of those of the Democratic Representatives, and we arc bound to award "especial credit" to the Whig members from Missouri. Even the disjiatch quoted, does Dot sustain the Courier in his at tempt to claim "especial credit" fur Hall and Phelps. v Laborers Wahted The Illinois Central JRailroad Company want from 500 to 1,000 la- tMirera at La Salle, Illinois, to whom $ 1 per day vtil be paid. JT?" A new epecies of brick, called the Chicago trivfc, U ibjut btit.j iutiuluced (iiiihling material in New Yoik. Itisofabeaj. Iiful rreain color, and it i uid will retain its color long at the IrRk lat, o Hannibal an! St. Joieph Railroad CaTntloa of th - legislator. The President of the Pacific R. R. Company, in his forcible appeal to the Governor to con vene an extra sossion of the Legislature, re mark of the Hannibal and St. Joseph R. R. "that this will be a more important considera tion to the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad company than to us." The truth of this suggestion will be more ap parent when we reflect that our road penetrates a richer and belter country of lands; thai the rap id entry arid cultivation must be suspended tin til the remaining hinds are liberated and pub licly offered for sale; that the work and expend itures on the Pacifio have actuslly been com nienccd, and that channels of negotiations and resources for money are opened, and the line of duty and of interest to the Rond, is marked out and systematized; while, not only the location of the Hannibul and St. Joseph Railroad has not been made, but financial arrangements have not nor cannot be made, so as to place the eompany in the best condition, until the munificent grant -,f Congress shall ho placed in a position, by the Legislature, that will insure that permanent cred it to which such valuable securities as these lands will entitle them. ' It is true that the survey and location of the Road, already commenced under authority of the Legislature, in the ant of incoiporation, may proceed; and also, that the Governor might ap point agents (0 select the lands, outside of the six miles, (in lieu of such as have been sold,) to proceed with, and as the location is made! But besides the delay for the right of way through the public lands, it is the important interest of the company,' as well as the universal demand of the country, that tho work of construction shall commence without delay, The country and the company are not igno rant of the present auspicious moment for fa vorable aclionrihe spirit and the means ore at hand, and available. The legal form aro only wanting 1 Then why delay? Why should we vascillate and delay, perhaps until some unfore seen impediments, in commerce or in war, shall happen? Other and more cogent reasons might be urg ed for convening the Legislature; but the Gov ernor, and the Company, are in this respect the Representatives of the country and the people, who demand it, without a doubt. Oil. PIERCE. More reliable information about who Gen. Pierce t. Complete History of Gen. Pierce as a .Soldier! Heroic and brilliant carter of Gen. , Pierce m ilu. Mexican lartl Immense stock of "gunpowder capital" discovered by itte De mocracy in Gen. Scott' dispatcliesTtl Gen. - Fierce ctuGALLrfJvT by Gen. Scott!! ! ! "We hasten to Iny before our readers 4l fol lowing from the St. Louis Times. It was some other Democratic paper, not the Times, that we noticed dancing a polka over the expression, "gallant," used by Gen. Scott. It is to supply much needed information that we give this com plete history of the General, who fought, nearly bled, and fainted in his country's cause. Many a poor fellow whose purely patriotic heart was stilled in battle, sank down" unnoticed, and sleeps unremcmbered on Mexican ground, who, ,wcrc his deeds published, they would overtop those of Gen. Pierce. In the eyes of the Democra cy, Gen. Scott sinks into insignificance before Gen. Tierce! We anticipate they will forget their veneration of the man who saved New Or leans in their boundless admiration of tho Hero who fainttd at Churubuxco, We are willing to do as Gen. Scott has done accord to Gen. Pierce all the honor he descnes. Rut that these extracts father anything great on him we deny. Extracts from Gen. Scott's dispatches, daled 19th August, 1847, at St. Augustine, nine miles from the city of Mexico: Times. . "The battle, though mostly stationary, conti. nueu 10 1 4 ., ' . . . .. . . : gades (Pillow's division) were more than three hours' under a heavy fire of artillery and mus ketry, along the almost impassible ravine in front and to the left of the entrenched cainn." . "Accordingly, the two advanced divisions mid Shields' Bripule marched from Coiitreras under the immediate orders of Major General Tillow, who was joined by,lhc gallant Bripailier Gene ral Pierce of his division, personally thrown out of activity, bile the evening before, by a severe nun recciveu irom Hie railing of liis horse." ' "Shields, Senior Brigadier, with the New York and South Carolina volunteers, was ordered to follow Pierce closely, arid to take command of our left wing. All tho movement were made with Ihe utmost, alacrity by our gallant iroops aim commanders. ' "It has been stated that, some two hours and a half before, Pierce's, followed close bv the 1 t 1.1 . voiuiueer urigaue, uoin under command 01 lien. Shields, hnd been detached to our left to turn the enemy s works." "Brigadier Gen. Pierce, from tho hurt of the evening before, under pam and exhaustion, United 111 Uie action. ' nr.- l-'ii Trio' A-!-,? 1 1 1 !4 11 If till 1 1 TV. T for tlio'gialiiitiiii offer of his professional ser vices in dressing the wounds of Imjsimatur, which we imisj decline, in consequence of there being none. The very fuct of the Dr's Antici pating wounds where there aae none, or even a possibility of any, would be sufficient evidence that there is more wiil than tkill in the Dr. On this ground permit us to decline his profes sional services, for fear we mi"ht be charged with cucouraging quack practm IMPRIMATUR. 5T3 Oivvni'ioYUb the ucunduilv ufhtiLv in point of population. . The number of inluibi (tints is riven at 15,000. Lcxifon has popu lation of 8.500 nud Padutoh 4 .000. rnce wim ercat violence until nivhlfait: 1U. Gen. P. F. Smith's and III. Col. Riley's Bri gades (Twigg's division) supported by Ihiga dicr General Pierce's ind Cadwnllader's llrl. JOURNAL AND UNION II ANNIBAL, MO., JUNE Our railroad. It Is an interesting question at this time to in quire what is the present condition and real prospects of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Rail road. Tiie result of our best information is a bent this: Lost Fall the President and directors order ed and caused to bo surveyed and estimated, limited districts of tho road at each end, viz: from this city to Palmyra, and from St. Joseph east, 15 to 20 miles. No further progress was made in ill e surveys and locations, until Con gress should dispose of the application (or a grant of land in aid of the construction, Col. Stewart, the President, was requested to visit Washington during the sitting of Congress, to aid in obtaining the grant, and to kivite prop ositions and capital to embark in the enterprise, with or 'without tho Congressional aid. Our Representatives in Congress, with the aid of the friends of internal improvement from other Suites, proudly and nobly sustained by our Sen ators, (to whom all honor is due,) succeeded and obtained a munificent grant of land, and the right of way to aid in the construction of the two great roadf, so long indicated and sought by the people and the State. The grant is obtained irrevochbly (0 thl construction of the Roads. PROSPECTS STOCK. Beginning with the State's credit, in aid, we have one and a half millions of land, and con vertible capital, and secured to the Stale, on the road, built on the congressional grant of say right hundred thousand acres, not permanently alienable until the road is completed, and which will guarantee Uie value at not less than five dollars per acre, making Four Millions! I Pri vate stock, firmly held, say seven hundred thou sand dollars, and which can now be increased, if permitted by tho present stockholders, to one million within five days. To these, in aid of the survey, a bonus of five thousand dollars, by an Act conditioned on the Congressional grant now consumated. The land grant, when made available, by an Act of the Legislature, by hy pothecation, willsafely reulizc three millions, if desired. Each of the several responsible bid' ders for building the road, proposes to take more far less of the stock, as wo understand, and will now not submit to take less than half a million, on a contract to finish and furnish com plcte, the whole line of the read with steam up and cars in order within 3 years. The stock may be summed up as follows: Slate credit in 20 years bonds, $1,500,000 " " bonus for survey w,000 Donation by Congress proceeds on hypothecation, 3,000,000 Private slock individuals, and counties cities, 700,000 Couiraciors, (perhaps more,) 500,000 Total, $5,705,000 business, J The produce of 200 miles over the richest,! portion or tract of country in tho United States to which, bythe physical geography of the country, from 40 to GO miles on each side is, and will be compelled to be tributary; the trav el of the people of the some country, and the emigration uad travel to and from Oregon, Cali ifornia, Salt Lake and New Mexico, connecting with the Great Western, if ever built. In the foregoing estimates we do not think we have over-estimated anything, and we ask in nil candor, if the prospects are not fair, and the stock good? Er- The Whigs of Tike county held a meet ing at Bowlingrecn, on tho 7th inst., and nomi nated Sumucl S. Russell, Esq., of Ashley., for the Legislature, to fill the vacancy caused by Wm. Alexander declining. The following res olutions were passed. : Rcsolivd, That the action of the Whig Stale C!nnVnntimi lnfolv in tAiiinn ?n T 1. v .v., ... pvodivii Lll., AJUII1S, iff, and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed, onu uus meeting pledges to the nominees or that Convention for National and Slate officers a henrty and enthusiastic support at the polls by the Whigs of old Pike. Resolved, That our present able and efficient representative in Congress, Hon. G. Porter, is the lira and only choice of the Whigs of Pike for re-eleclion to the honorable Million wliinli he now adorns, and we pledge to him such a support on the first Monday in August next, as we doubt not, will ensure his triumpliant C1CCU01). Our Land Hut Complete. From the Washington Globe, of the 1st inst., we obtain the following copy of the amendment to the Missouri Railroad Bill, adopted by the House, and acceded to by the Senate. It is in ;u f the original Dili section. As amended, the 5th section reads : , Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the 1,1 , . I t n . . . ... laims nercuy granted lo said Male, shall be dis posed of Ly said Stale only in milliner following, that is to say : that a quantity of land, not ex ceeding one hundred and twenty sections, on eacn road, aim including williiu a continuous length of twenty miles of said rond, may be sold; ami when the Governor of said State shall cer tify to the Secretary of the Interior that said i i :i .. . V. i i . . .. iwmij limn vi sam- roan is compieieu, then another like quantity hereby granted, may be sold, and so, from time to lime, until said mail is nomj deled ; and if s;vi4 rntl 19 not eaiijjLi wiuiin icn years, no iiirther sales shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert lo the United Stales. A Mr. Powell, vho resides near Madison yillc in Ralls county, had his throat cut whilst in bed a few niirlits since. Tim n.-rm.iminr r this fiendish act has not been discovered, and so larusnce, alias me rope, Ims ueen cheated of its 1 us t duo. But "murder will mil." nn.l ... truit the culprit mav vet be whin'l tf ln. rTl o 1 ice. flies. Hour Cuancld. The Keokuk i.aiUl.l.i,. (hanged the hour of departure froui this city to 3 p. m., instead of 5. The change has tdrenrfv gone into tlVncl. The John McK.ee has been withdraw u, and the few England No. 2, and Halo Jiearncy iio unking tri-wetkly trips. lutclligcuccr. ... Naples and B&nniUl Rallraad Our Plunk Roads, 2J" We learn that a considerable delegation was sent to the Illinois Legislature, by a meet ing in Pike county, 111., instructed to use all practicable efforts to procure a charter for a railroad from Naples to Hannibal. On the 10th inst., an act passed tho Senate of the Illinois Legislature, to incorporate the " Tike County Railroad Company." Pike county is populous and wealthy, and able to build the road herself, without the assistance of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company, though such assist ance we presume would be given, if required. This thirty-eight miles of Railroad will connect us with all the principal commercial points on the Ohio, the Lakes, the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf. Hannibal will then become in effect a central point, from which the trade and travel of Northern Missouri may diverge to every quar ter of the Union, in return, the vast variety of productions of North, South, East and West, will be collected here and flow into the interior to say nothing of the most direct and most natural route to connect with the swarming and rich poulalion of California, nnd thence with the East, commencing at the western terminus of our railroad. Tho Iron Horse has supplied Cin cinnati with manufactures, nnd built up that city. We are similarly situated, except that we have better natural advantnges. Our own shoulders to the wheel, with similar energy, nnd Hannibal must inevitably become a large nnd flourislrhig city. Our citizens appreciate these favorable circumstances, and without slacking their efforts to carry forward the railroad, have commenced a systom of plank roads, To increase nnd facilitate the immediate trade. The Hannibal and New London Tlank Road, which owed its commencement to two of our most enterprising citizens, has been taken up warmly by the people of Hannibal and Ralls, and, through the indomitable perseverance nnd energy of our worlhy Mayor, seconded by other public spirited men, a spirit of improvement has been aroused, and consciousness of the future brilliant prospects of this section of the country, now pervades and animates the entire communi ty. The result has been that the New London Road is now being pushed rapidly forward, it being already graded from McMurtrat's Hill to Mr. Dare's, a distance of about three miles. The Paris Plank Road has been surveyed, and the construction of that will also be con ducted with rapidity. This road will eventually extend to Glasgow, on the Missouri river. The Palmyra Road will complete the system of Hank Hoads. Under the influence of these movements, lea estate is rising in value, of course. Persons who, last Fall, postponed buying, under the im pression that prices must become lower, are now getting their eyes open to Die fact, thai the sooner they make their purchases the better. FROM THE PLAINS EMIGRANTS RETURNING. The steamer Yuba, from the Missouri, ar rived on Saturday morning, bringing down be tween forty nnd fifty , disheartened California emigrants, who after prosecuting a portion of the journey some from three to four hundred miles became discouraged, declined the trip, and are now on their return to their respective homes. They bring most doleful accounts of the prevalence of the cholera on the plains, and of those who came down on the Yuba, several have lost relatives and friends by cho'era. One poor family on the boat a mother and two children are returning without the husband and father, and four or five little ones. The officers of the Yuba do not report much sickness nt the different towns along the river, but it is said there are several hundred emigrants at different points who have taken the back track, nnd are now waiiing conveyance by water to homes so recenf ly deserted. The majority are finite des titute of means, and compelled to remain on the river unui a lavorauie opportunity presents itself for coming down. A Mr. Waddinirhum, who came down on the Yuba, states that his company, consisting of ininy-nine men, traveled out some three hun dred miles, but being overtaken by the cholera, turned back after losing thirteen of their num ber. Another Company, 'commanded by one dipt. Perry, which left about the same time with Mr. Waddingham.lost fifteen ; and yet another, composed of about forty persons, "whom Mr. Wadilingham met on his return, has lost five and were then all sick but one. All accounts agree that a vast deal of sickness has beeu ex perienced by almost every company going out, nnu omen eiiiieriiig is yci lo ue endured. The Indiins, it is snid, are friendly now. and do not even molest the weakest trains. St. Louis In telligencer. CoL. Bf.HTON AND JuilCE BlKCH.- TIlC St. Louis Union publishes the following letter from Col. Benton in relation to the suit now pending: Lmr.RTY, Mo.. JuneSlh. Mr. R. Phillips:- Yesterday Birch moved 10 strike oui or me answer, me part which al leged the conspiracy, so na to prevent evidence on that head. The court refused to strike out last night. Fox Jackson, and Nanton arrived. and Buffington close by. Bircli is now drawing up on affidavit to continue the case, till he gets depositions from California. Every person who spone oi u ioid me Jrom tno tirst that he could not be brought to trial. Thomas H. Bentok. fiome of ttieTVmoorats here at first thought it as Col. Pierce of Boonvillo, the pormlar nro- was prietor of the Mansion House in that cily, who was the nominee for President!- They never heard of any other Pierce, espeekilly ot Frank lin II. Pierce of New Hampshire, and therefore were periectiy excusable save in this, that Col. Pierce of BoonvHlo is a whig. But how do they know the New Hampshire Pierce is not? They never heard of him beforel Col. States man. IIo. J. b Green. This uentleman ad. dressed the people at Lagrange, Lewis county, on the 29lh ult, and is gazetted for a speech on the 12th, (to-morrow) at Edina. Knox county. Also at Shelbyville, Shelby countv. on Mon day. 0 He will speak in this plnce Oil (1G nnl irfi JloUieport on the 25th ui.- -(Joi. StacHnan. 17, 1852. CT.LOTJH CORRESPONDENCE St. Louis, June 6, 1852. Mr. Editor: ' i I was somewhat surprised, I assure you, to see my letter answered in your paper, nnd would a(ldre the "Indignant Bachelor himself, if lie had rot been so severe at tho ve ry start. Fear compels mo to address you, and I will bo careful not to say anything to excite his anger nnd sjrite. I did not nssnil tho " Lords of Creation " (as they tyle themselves), " with out justice or reason to sustain me." I still af firm it, they are spiteful, and think he h is shown considerable of it in his letter. I suppose he is aware of the fact that some ladies have no ba bies, nnd were the reins of government in their hands, they would be the ones to decide wheth er the men should wenr petticoats or not; and I would be nmong the first to bo in favor of the change, as the above mentioned garments would be much more suitable for some of the "Lords" than those they wear. Timidity and cowardice are two evils usually attributed to the ladies, but certainly some gentlemen possess it to a tfrcater extent than any of our sex, particularly the bachelors; and noi iiwving ueen under the in fluence of a wife's eentle guidance and coun sel, they lack the moral courngo to assume the duties assigned them by their maker viz: that of a husband and rather. J. hey are cither afraid they do not possess tho ability to perform their duty in that station of lifcr are too tim id to ask some one to share it with them. Such bachelors, I say, should be put in petticoats ; but to the indignant ones,-administer a little par egoric to soothe them. The gentleman lins on ly looked on one side of the question; he has selected mothers of infants, and. judging from the style of conversation, (which I must ac knowledge is elegant nnd instructive in the high est degree,) from the lowest grades of uneduca ted people. J'vcry lady hns not a faintly to oc cupy her attention, and why not select those who have not? If he wishes to draw a carica ture of a session of Congress sitting under the administration ol a lady Prcstdcnfess and congress women, is notour congress composed of educated men, or are they of the herd? I have always been under the impression they were of the former class, and were he as candid as he might be, he would confess that he has over-drawn tho pic ture. We do not by any means wish the gen tlemen to abandon the reins of government in our favor ; we merely spoke of what might have been more advantageous hnd we commenced it years ago. We are qtiito conscious that most gentlemen are under the dominion of petticoat fovcrnmcnt, and submit with a very good grace. We do not mean those who are termed ill-used husbands : but married and unmarried both, we lead and coax them, leaving them under the im pression that we are wider complete subjection to their good will and pleasure, when we are having our own way and leading (hem too but enough of that. Let me (although unasked) advise the indignant bachelor to sing Mother Goose's Melodies until he can furnish us with light reading of the day by some other means than taxing his fertilo imagination for supposa ble nnd impracticable changes that will never happen. Mother Goose is as instructive and witty, compared to some of the idle conversa tion indulged in by bachelor, both old and yonntr, and worth bestowing a glance upon otter reading sow.: things I have seen. I believe I have nearly filled my letter in defending mvsclf from the severe criticism of nn indignant bachelor, w ho 1 hope will be more clement in future, and taken carminative to, case his temper when he feels disposed to quarrel with the Indies. Be- in? yet your pupil, i subscribe myself respect fully. E.L. SHOOTING. Yesterdnv was a day of no small excitement in Marshall. The causes of the difficulty we have not learned; but, as we understand it, a bout nine o'clock, Dr. Pierce walked out from his office, with a double barrel gun, and called to Col. W. A. Hill, who was at the line passing from the direction of the court house towards Cole's Exchange, to stop; manifesting nt the nine mi intention io snooi. l till Droke into a run, and Pierce fired at him; but which had pre cedence, or whether both the latter acts were simultaneous in point of lime, we are not able to say. Fortunately, no serious injury was done. Scarcely had the crowd disncrsed before an entirely new and original proceeding sprung up at the corner, near the Planter's Hotel. Intlm midst of excitement, we have not been able to gather more than a few particulars, and are not certain mat they arc entirely correct Some clays ago, a gentleman of the nrmc of Daucrwhite, with a considerable number of ne groes, reached our place, and was followed by a gentleman having a claim to a considerable a- inount ugiiust linn The first ccmcr, it appears, had been tried for a serious ollenee i bnuth Carolina, and seemed to be apprehensive, as he expressed it, that the other either hnd or would slander hi-n. During an altercation, Mr. S. struck Mr. Nichols with a cane, inflicting a severe wound over the ri"ht eye, when llio latter drew a pistol and fired at hut missed him. Marshall (Texas) Patriot. COL. A. W. DONIPHAN. . This gentleman, who presided over the Whig meeting on Monday last, took occasion to ex plain to (ho people present tho reasons w hich inuueen nun 10 decline uie nomination for Gov ernor, tendered him by the la(e Whig Slate Convention. They were perfectly satisfactory ... ,, .in, i.,, .am must ue io ail ivo. able men. Lol. it. has been suffering, for years, with aggravated Rronehitis; his partner, in the practice of law, J. H. Baldwin, Esq., j also in such wretched health that he is now on the seaboard, with the view nnd bono of n- Su ing it, nnd it woule be at the imminent hazard of his life,( if Col. D. were to.cnter upon a can vass for Govtraor, or any other office. Those who best know the state of. his health; those who nave seen hnn in our court house. our Court llollin. uilinn compelled, in duty to his client, to make lengthy speeches, aro satisfied that he would not sur- .fin uifhaK- contest; for Tie fs oho offfiose men who does .nothing " half way." Whatever he undertakes, ho stands up to. He has satis fied llio people of Clay county. To them he is uesi anowu. liberty Tribune. The Lexington Ky. Observer has the fol lowing caution to the publio : No genuine one dollar note of the Northern iwnit oi Kentucky, signed John Tilford, Prei'l, oears uaie suoscqueiit to the year 1849. The face of the genuineness of a note of this denom ination can, therefore, be nt once detected, if it bears date subsequent to 1819, Waskisctok, Juno U m. Many delegates to the Convention Uv. , rived. The Republic Slates that tha M,Mi1,u.n delegate are unanimously Tor Fillmore. North cm delegates divided among three candidates, 1 From tht St. Vmlt btltftigtnttr. j '.THE RAttKO AO LANDS SAVED! j It is with no little pleasure that we publish . tho following dispatch, which was received hero on Saturday by the Register and Receiver ol the1 St. Louis Land District: . . Wahisotoi7 June 11, 1852 To Register and Receiver, St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen: Reserve from sale, or entry" for any purpose whatever, until further advised, . all the lands in your Districts south of the Mis souri Kiver. By order of the President, Jojiif WtLsosr, Acting Commissioner, The reader will perceive by referring to our telegraphic dispatclics, that large bodies of land without this District, and contiguous to the lino of the rcifio Road are also reserved from sale, together with the unsold lands id a tract sixty miles wide, along the line of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Road. President Fillmore has thus wisely secured from' the rapaciousness of speculators, an ample portion of the publio domain to give the highest possible effect to the bounty of Congress. When we look upon the slupendousness of these two enterprises the grent cost and labor which must be bestowed for their completion, as well as tho immense consequences of adran tngo to our people, which we know will result therefrom and then turn back to the compara tive inadequacy ol our enure available resour- ces for either of.thcm, which seemed to be visi ble but a few years ago, we feel like calling up on every citizen of Missouri to unite in expres sions of approbation, nny gratitude, toward the energetic, efficient and trustworthy individuals, who, acting in various capacities, have so con tributed to the ripening of our hopes, into a delightful assurance that the tracks will be laid, nnd the locomotives started within the shortest limit of time that any one lias yet reasonably contemplated. Our Senators nud Representa tives in Congress have nobly done their duty. They have brought to bear upon the nassage of our railroad bill, an amount of indomitable pcr severcneo, consumate tact and irresistible elo quence, without which no such miraclo could have been accomplished, during a time when there seemed to bo a concert of intention among, all parties to postpone every such measure in definitely, for the more important business of President making and its concomitants, They have done well. The people of Missouri will not easily forget their services. We do not mean to confine our 'acknowledg ments to tho BVit'ir Congressmen who have so atisfaclorily guarded an.l promoted the inter ests of their constituents. True, we feel a somewhat higher degree of pride in the gigan tic power of a Geyeb, the persuasive eloquence of a Miller and the untiring energy and ef fectiveness of a Porter, as they shone out daily and hourly through the progress of their heavy task ; but we nlso bear a willing testimo ny to the assiduous devotion or Atchisson, tho perfect management of Hall, and the sledge hammer eflcctiveness of Phelps in defeating every obstacle that offered either im-dimeiit or del iy to the advancement ot Missouri's highest intern. in this ygrd. ' All h?.vc dci.2 hener to themselves and to those who chose them for their agents, and the rapidly teeming prosperity of their Stale will soon bctrin to establish a pcrpetualjncmorial of the excellent nid which they have contributed thereto. ... From tin Mesttvgtt . PUBLIC MEETECO. An adjourned meeting of the citizens of Han nibal, to express their satisfaction at the pas sage of a bill by Congress granting land to Mis souri ivauroaus, was neiu in iront ol the Uitv Hotel, on Saturday evening, the 12th day of June, 1852. Hon. T. It. Sllmes, former chairman, called the meeting to order ; and J. P. Ament and R. N. Anderson wero reques ted to act as Secretaries. M, P. Green, Esq., from a committee ap pointed to prepare resolutions, presented and rend the following : Resolved, 1. Tho passage of the act appro priating public lands m Missouri for the bene fit of the Pacific nnd the Hannibal and St. Jo seph Railroad Companies by Congress, merits from us a public expression of our thanks and entire satisfaction that we hereby tender that body our grateful acknowledgments for this do nation to our State, and especially,' that portion appropriated to tho Hannibal and St. Joseph ' Railroad Company, with the confident assurance uiui our pcopie nave sngpcity to appreciate and enterprise to carry out the important work for . ...v,, .b nn. i;ii:u 111 am 111 Rllnti mninn. ' ' . - ...t.111,1.1 na ..mi. nn; luiigcm ana untiunrr exertions of the members of Congress from Mis souri to obtain this gnnt both in the present Congress, and in those that have past, have at all times excited our admiration, end to them wo tender our thanks for their zeal and labor in that behalf, ond offer them our l.raH graliilalions on Ihe consummation of that project which while it will give to our Slate an tmtut that must in time place her nhmg with the fore most, in rank among her sisters, also erects for them a monument lusting as time. Resolved, 3. That Robert M. Stewart, the able nnd indefatigable President of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company, our citizens have always known as the intelligent and cner gctio man of business and the Valuable aid rendered by him in securing this important grant confirms our opinion of the wisdom evinced in placing and continuing him at tho head of that company f to him we do Under our sincere thanks. The resolutions were seconded in Irief, eU quont and forcible speeches, by Thou. McDun. "old, S S. Allen, M. P. Green and R. F. Rich mond, Esq'rs. Dr. R. N. Anderson moved to strike out from l ie second resolution the words "and ia those that have past." rpi , " 1 his motion was seconded bv a nnmbor in n.o tfimd, thffpresiaent (tut not puttt.iut took the oip on uie resolutions, which were passed. The meeting adjourned. t T. R.' SELMES, Chn. J. P. Am ma. Railroad Lands. Baltimore, Tunc'l2- Washington, June 12. Tho President has or dered the following lands be reserved from sale until roads are located: Pacifio Road, all of Clinton and SpriVgfiold district; all of Fsyette o South MiMourl ToWnshipi 24, .15, 86, 87, and ranges, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, and 10, in Jackson. Hannibal Road, 30 miles on each side uX ramre lino, between Tnum.).;... nd58. ' 23s The latent accounts from tluTcilv of P,ft- lco represent it us a constant uud minders. 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