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iUasjjingtflii inn I in el' JULY 88, 1855; E1>ITE4> ItV WM- M OVERTON, CH MAI1 HICK SMITH, AND BLVERLKY TUCKER Tlf~ O. H. P. Stem, is our authorized ngeiii (oi collecting accounts due this ortioo, .id.I lo? vil laining new subscribers in Virgiuiu. THINGS IN KANNASi. It newspaper accounts may be relied on, it will in all likelihood be yel many months, if not yearn, before the young and enterprising population of Kansas shall settle down. The feud which lias raged bo bitterly between the Abolitionists and the Pro-slavery men still continues. Although we hear of no acts of violence or scenes of blood shed, we see nothing to induce the hope that the sectional feud between the anti and pro-slavery men has become less acrimonious. That the determined men who started with the organiza tion of Kansas and resolved that it should lie moulded in accordance with the Constitution of the United States and the Nebraska act, will resolutely execute that purpose at all hazard* and to the last extremity, is pretty well understood The Legislature, now in session, seems to be working industriously. It consists of a House of Representatives and a Council. The Houee numbers twenty-six members, the Council thir teen. The Speaker of the House, Mr. Stringfei low, a Virginian, but not the gentleman known as General Stringfellow, is thus described by a correspondent of the St. Louis Demon-at : "Mr. Stringfellow, of the Squatter Sovereign, is Speaker of the House His physiognomy denotes great energy and industry; his hair is slightly tinged with grey ; his complexion is fair but rather sun-burnt; his stature of the ordinary height; his age apparently about -thirty-five or thirty-six. The great majority of the members are over thirty yeareof age, and their faces plainly indicate that they possess that characteristic which the north ern press has recently christened ' backbone,' but which we prefer to call by its old name? earnestness. There are no Miss Nancy men here." If we may trust the various despatches that have appeared recently in the newspapers, the feeling against Governor Reeder, though not so exasperated as it was, is yet quite as profound as ever. It is said, and we believe tmly said, that the Legislature expelled all those mem bers known as Freesoilers. It is furthermore ?aid that Governor Reeder vetoes all the bills passed by the Legislature so soon as they are sent to hiin.and that his alleged reason for doing so is, that he cannot and will not recognize the body as the regular and lawfully constituted Legislature of the Territory. If this be true, it appears to us that the Governor involves himself in a gross and glaring inconsistency. He certainly sent in his message to that body, by doing which he as cer tainly recognized it as a lawfully constituted Le gislature. However, it would be neither fair nor sensible to make inculpatory comments until more definite information shall have been, received There is also a rumor, to the effect that Mr. Woodson, Secretary of the Territory, is reported to have said that he would assume the reins of government in case Governor Reeder refused to recognize the legislature. The two most important acts of legislation in contemplation arc the following: "1st. Rr.?riaiNG citizens emilratino from Massachusetts, or other northern Slates, which have annulled or may nullify the laws ol ^ie United States, on ektkrino Kansas, to take AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO SIPPOET THE CON STITUTION and Laws of the United States, AND THE LAWS OF THIS TeARITOBT. "2d. Authorizing the collection of a poll tax on all residents in the Territory." It is said that when the first of these comes up on its final passage, it will command a unani mous vote. If the eecond, requiring the payment of a poll tax, be passed, as it no doubt will, it is much to be feared that there will be much strife, if not bloodshed, iL the Territory. The Freesoilers be ing excluded from the 1/egudature, refuse to re cognize it as the Legislature of Kansas, and will, of course, treat its acts as nullities They will, it is presumable, refuse to pay the poll tax, and then there will lie open war between them and the officers, and them and the pro-slavery party. The following toast, offered at a Fourth of July celebration by one of the leading anti slavery men, may be taken as the exponent of the feelings of his party towards the liegislature. It is as follows: "The Kansas Leqiii irrir .?A body alien to our soil, elected by frand: we are not respon sible for their acts, snd ask no favors at their hands." A correspondent of the St. I^ouis Democrat says: "Know-nothingism, as a practical question, does not exist in the Territory of Kansas. I havs spoken with politicians from different sec tions of the Territory, and they all agree in this particular. There are three well-denned parties ii Kansas, which are daily becoming more and more distinct: the Pro-slavery, Abolitionist, and Free State parties. The Abolitionists proper are a very small band; but tbey are earnest, bold, and influential. Dr. Robison and Mr. String fellow are respectively at the head of the Free State and Pro-slavery parties." FlLLlBt UTERI NO ONCE WORK IH Pt'CCBHIPl'L?COLONEL WALKER AND HIM EXPEDITION. Ill lurk has attended the three expeditions of those enterprising but unscrupulous men, known as fillibuster^ Their signal failures in the coarse of about the same number of years will no doubt tend to abate the ardor and cnish the hopes of those adventurers who make war on their owb book, in order to get glory and reap gain. The fats of the late Cuban expedition under Lopez, the more recent expulsion of President Walksr and his small but determined force from I^ower California, and the failnre of the same soldier of fortune in Central America, the news of which has just been received, will no doubt sadly de press filhbtistering stock. There sre scattered ajpr the conntry a vast number-of brave and impatient spirits who chafe under inaction, spurn the dull details of business?tire of the unbroken monotony of ordinary life, and mgh for excite ment for danger and glory. War is their natu ral elemmit. They take to it as docks take to water. Such are the men who com pom- our vefunteer force in 'war, and have given to that service so radiant a lustre. But as our country ?s happily at peace, these ardent and unruly spirits are burning to plunge into irregular snd unlawful war. Kqgular service has not for them many charms. Paf is too low and promotion too tardy. They would rather, even at greater peril, embark in those enterprises ahich in s moment may bring them both gain and glory. Bnt IB luck has attended them, and th#y may be considered crushed out. We incorporate herewith the seversl accounts of the defeat of Walker in the Central American expedition, lately received from Nicaragua. The following intelligent from Nicaragua has been received in a letter from Capt. Met hen, of the Transit Company's ste?m*hip Sierra Nevada, i addressed fo Dharle* Morgan. Esq., of N York, i ? II HI?Wfc?il ?? JU "Capt. Walker was beaten out of Roibas, with .he loss of twenty men. Tlio natives who had oined lrm all deserted. He was hotly pursued ay Gen. ISasi'kcr. He threw oli' Ins coat, ecu laming u 11 his document* and private letters. In their flight, the invaders passed through Sun Juan del Sud on the night of the first of July, seized a schooner iu the harlior, and sailed for parts un known. They left the barracks at San Juan a smouldering muss of ruins. They took the pas m-tigers' boats to .embark in, but returned them, and did no injury to the property of the Tranlit Company." It is probable that this intelligence will reach San Francisco in time to prevent the departure of the reinforcements under the lead of the notorious Parker H. French, spoken of in the annexed ex tract from the .3 It a California of June 30th: The Expedition to Cknthal America.?Some little excitement is rife about town among that very excitable portion of our population known as the Fi Hi blisters, owing to the report tliut Par ker H. French is to sturt in u few day 4, with a band of over 30 men, for Nicaragua. The report that Mr. French has received grunts of land from the Government of Nicaragua must be a mistake, as the only grant maile was that to Mr. Walker, through a third party. Walker is doubtless there by this time, with his 1 it11 <? force, and Mr. French is probably going to join him. It U said that fifty men have enlisted in various parts of the State for the,enterprise?add this to the 63 of Walker, and we have one hundred and thirteen eager expeditionists, determined to restore liberty and order to that very warm part of the continent. We can guarantee plenty of agmidiente, fruit, jiggers, fevers, rain, treachery, and small glory; but what else the reformers will obtain, we mu"t estimate from the history of the English and Prussian attempts to colonize the const lauds of Nicarugua, during the last half century. Americans and Europeans cannot live and work in Central America, excepting in the table lands and cool mountain districts of Honduras. In Nicaragua, little else than disappointment, ener vation, and disgust awaits the settler. We have often repeated that the Anglo-Saxon and Spanish American races can never aflilialo. Sooner or later they must come to blows. The one despis ing and attempting to domineer, and the other fearing the progress and hating the superiority of the newcomers. Besides, the Central Americans will not be "filibustered" or encroached on. The only way to approach them is in a commer cial way, and by offering inducements to in crease their trade and the prospect of immediate gain. Patriotic and fiery, they are easily excited to war. It is only by peaceful negotiations that anything can be effected with the Spanish Ameri can. Another account in the Herald states that Walker's party, 56 in number, lauded at Realejo on the 14th of June, and having been reinforced bv 140 native troops, under the command of Col. Felix Ramirez, the entire force was ordered by General Castillon to march and subdue the de partment of Rivas. They went on, meeting very little sympathy from the country people, who distrusted the "Yankees," as they termed the Walker men. On the 28th of June the gov ernment troops, aided by a number of volunteers, met the revolutionists, 300 in number, nt a fort near San Juan del Sur; having attacked them, the natives fled, leaving Walker to fight out his battle as best he might. His men did this gal lantly, defending themselves with their rifles through the loop-holed walls of an adobe build ing for some two hours. This place was ulti mately stormed by the young volunteers, and the fillibusters completely routed, leaving 13 Ameri cans dead inside the house, and having many more wounded. The bodies of the dead were buried. It was said that Colonel Walker himself was killed, but his retreating men said that he did not engage in the fight at anytime. A. L Kewen.of Lopez expedition memory, with Lieutenants An derson and Merriinen, Dr. Jones and Dr. W. H. Davis, were amongst the fillibusters dead. The remnant of the party went towards the Costo Rica territory in a very pitiable plight; and it was fear ed their reception from the authorities there would be very unfriendly. The official report rendered to the Nicaraguan government of the previous tak ing of the town of Rivas by the Castillon party? including the Walker fillibusters?shown that the government lost the commandant, twelve officers, and over a hundred men. Among the articles found in the coat pocket of Walker, were the oiiginal contract between By ron Cole and the provisionary government, with all the necessary stamps and seals for fifty-two thousand acres of land; the power of attorney given by Cole to Colonel Walter, to execute saiil grants; various letters written by said Cole to Colonel Walker, speaking about the most eligible lands, public and private property; the certificates of shares in the company, of which Walker was the agent. The expedition must have been fitted out rather poorly, as many receipts of Walker appear, that show that loans of fifty dollars were accepted by hun from various parties. All expeditionists had to pay forty dollars passage money from San Frannsro to Realejo. The Walker party, when passing the Transit towards San Juan del Sar, presented the most lamentable sight?several wounded, all of them in rags, and extremely dirty; some even without boot* and hats. They were very low spirited, and excited against the I*eon party for having abandoned them. "PARTURlimT MONTEB, !? A8C IT fit RIDICULtTft Ml7*." Who that has watched the rise and progress? the alpha and omega of the ridiculous Nicaragua enterprise?that has shared in the general excita tion it has so universally created?and who, for getting the piratical and unlawful purposes of it, has unconsciously been carried even into admira tion by the grandeur of its conception and the dreadful daring of its leaders-*-who, we ask, does not f^el flat himself at the end-all of this traves tied tragedy' How much money, time, and la bor, ha* been expended?how much learning has been elicited and vigilance exercised by our own Government for the prevention of the descent upon this feeble and spiritless people! It is told of Alexander, that he wept when he had oon quered the whole world and had not other worlds to conquer. So the Aministration, rnnuied by the perfection to which it had brought all things under it, gratefully snd valiantly' arose from its sluggishnee* and put forth its great arm of power, to arrest and detain these dangerous adventurers from prosecuting their expedition upon the Nicaraguan Government. Police, National and State, were detailed to watch the movements of theee daring invaders?civil and military power, too, were evoked, while, in the harbors, a perfect marine cordon surrounded all ships suspected even of being destined for this service. Of the last war ws remember nothing personally of course, end the revolutionary war has come to us almost through tradition?but not even the Indian and Mexican wsrs called forth more gallant excitement from the three powers that ruled the destinies of our country, than this fearful expedition from the present Ad ministration. What relief?a relief which we beg to share? must not the Administration feel in contemplating the closing seenes in the drama. Foilvi .tself in the attempt to circumvent the Fillibusters, it must enjoy a gladsome sentiment that the end has been so bloodless What a splendid country Nica ragua must he too, and what a grand government it muet have, and what a gallant army, not only to hare disturbed the peace of a whole continent, but to have been reelsted with warlike intent by an army of fifty-six men ' Why there has been been scarcely less terror and apprehension con cerning the war in the East ! ' We claim for ourselves sagacity and prescience enough to have predieted from the brfinnin/f the funny farce that has closed the end of all this j thing. ,Wn never thought Nicaragua worth the peril. We never could restrain risibles at the grand snd solemn trentm#?nt of the matter by the Administration, and we certainly never saw anything to give us the slightest confidence in the success of the expeditionists We hope now th# publir quietude will tie no lon??*r disturbed 1 jy these humbugs, but not the less wicked corn >anies which are too frequently organizing in | mr midst, for the unlawful purpose of taking | what doos not belong to thorn, upon tho only and bandit principle tlml "might gire* right." We art! for no invasion* excopt under tho Hag ol' the country, and will ever discard from our chart, for the proper progress ol' our country, any princi ple violating the integrity of that flag. We hope, however, for the credit of Colonel Walker, that the account* relative to hn conduct are not true, for we have had some admiration : tor his wild enthusiasm, al!>eit it wan given a ! wrong direction. He is represented as having ; been lam in thajiglit and first in the flight. jr..?'We have rarely seen the newspapeis so ! dull and uninteresting as tlioy have lately been. There are but few topics of interest to write about, which, superadded to the exhausting heat of the weather, makes the labors ot editors unusually onerous. Happy those who, blessed with abun dant means and a sufficiency of leisure, can afford to quit their business, and seek refuge from the heats and the fevers of the cities in the moun tains or on the sea shore. The various watering places and resorts of pleasure are beginning to emerge from the gloomy solitude ot' the winter and spring months. The pi. u.siire seekers are in motion, ami will soon be enjoying the gaieties that they so much love. The young and the old, the sick and the well, we w ish we could add the rich and the poor, are looking alike, with joyful hope?some to the gay dance, some to cards, some to the health-giving .waters?all to reliel from raging heat and sicken ing suns. Ariuy Appointment*. Among Ilie recent appointments to the itriny are liie (b lowing civilians: Assixt nnt Surgeon. James T. Gh selin, of Mary land Milliiary Storekeeper, William R. Andrews, ot New \ori;. Captains. John Diinnovant. of South Carolina; Edward W. B. Newby. of Illinois. First Lieutenants. Charles R adznnniski, La: Alonzo Lerwig*. of Virginia; Edwin R. M?< reiield, ol Michigan; Robert H ? Davis, ol Mississippi. Secoi.d Lieutenants, Francis (J. Armstrong, Chas. J. Linde, ol Texasj Henry !'. Livin^titon, James J. Dana. Ueall C.Compion ol New Vork : Richard 11 Riddlek, of North Carolina; James *1 Witherell Edward J. Brooks, . I Michigan; Charles J. Web ber, A. S Coolridge. Henry A .-argent, Edmund Freeman, ot Massachusetts ; Waterman Palmer jr , John Sargeant. William Wilknis Hardy, Ralph' Abereroml.ie. ot Fenn-ylvauja ; Douglas Ramsey, William M. Graham, Venerando i'ulizzi, William' Stretch Abert, ol the District < f Columbia; Joliu G. Taylor. Nathaniel Wuklitle. ol Kentucky: VV iiliain Butler, ot Kan-a- ; George Garner, William C. Spencer, Aaron A. Hardcastle, Thomas H. Ldelin. Jesse H. Wharton, of Maryland: Raymond Fairfax, J. Thomas Goode, Walter Jones, \\ 1111 a in F. Lee, ot' Virginia ; Francis 15. Schaeffer. of Calitornia ; John Dr>>dale, ot Florida ; James ?. Powell of Maine; John D. McCall, oi Iowa; James A Morrow, ol Coniiectieut; Edwin A. Morrison o! New Mexico; St. Clair Dearing, "Arthur Shaat, ol (Georgia; Murray Randolph, ol Mississippi; William B. Reynolds, ot Illinois; John R.Cook, Thomas F. Smith, of Missouri; Thomas Grey and William K Lear, Stales un known. Among the promotions are Majors Benjamin L. lieall ami Thornpsou Morris, to L'pnt. lolonels I tie loilowing named captains h.ive been pro moted io majors: Charles A May, Francis Taylor, Samuel (i. Heinzleninn, Theopholis 11. Holmes, George II Thouia*, Robert S. G-irnett, lohn Sedir wick.' h I he officers promoted aud appointed uie ordered to join their proper con p*nie? and stHiion* with out delay. Commissioners Appointed by tlie .fudge* -of the Court of Claims. Maine.?John W. Dana, James U'Donnell, Charles S. Davies, and James T. McCobb, Fort land; Daniel Williams, Augusta. .N>ir Hampshire.?A. It. Hatch, Portsmouth; Benj. F. Ayer, Manchester; William L. Foster, Concord; J. 1). Sleeper, Haverhill; H. Hubbard, jr., Charlestown. Cennont.?Charles L. Williams, Rutland. Massachusetts.?Edward G. Loring, Daniel S. Gilchrist, Charles L. Woodbury, George S. Hale, and Oliver Stevens, Boston; W. Mitchell, New Bedford; W. S. Morton. Quincy; Joseph B. S. Osgood, Salem. Rhode Island.?Levi Salisbury, Providence. Connecticut.? D. W. Pardee, Hartford; W. S. Carter, Middletown; John T. Waite, Norwich. Anr York.?J. C. Devereux, J. E. Develin, Louis N. Glover, T. B. Van Buren, P. T. Wood bury, S. C. H. Bailey, Charles A. Mav, H. G. Bronson, John J. Letting, George W. Morell, G. R. J. Bowdoin, T. Bailey Myers, Aaron Og den, D. Ira Baker, and Charles E. Soule, New Vork; Roliert J^Hilton and Jacob J. Werner, Albany; Timo Fitch, Buffalo; H. H. Bostwick, Auburn; Robert Parker, Delhi; O. C. Bentlv, New. urg: J. B. Jewett, Poughkeepsie; Charles Hughes, Sandy H?U; Aug. A. Bovce, Utica. ?\>tr Jersey.? L. A. Chandler, Morriatown; P. Dickinson, jr., Patterson; G. W. Cassidv, Jersov City. Pennsylvania.?8. C. ? Perkins, J. R. Ludlow, A.M. Stewart, H. McCrae, D. Webster, and C. W. Carrigan, Philadelphia; R. J. Nevens, Alex. W. l-oster,- Jacob F. Slagle, and M. Swartzwclder, Pittsburg. Maryland.?Chas. B. Key, C. Marshall, J. Spencer, B. B. Daniels, Thomas Martin, G. R. 11. Hughes, and VV. II. Hope, Baltimore. IHstrict of Columbia.?W. A. Maury, D. RatclifTe, C. S. Wallach, A. A. Smith, and - Tyson, Washington. Virginia.? R. W. Payne, Warreuton; M. W. Cluskey, Martinsburg;'Charles Sharp and J. M. Brick house, Norfolk; J. Voung, Portsmouth; J. Barron Hope, Hampton; J. Lyon, Petersburg; W. Lyons nnd S. T. Bayly, Richmond; J. It. Donovan, Mathews county; W.- ||. C. Ellis Norfelk. .Ilahamn?J. A Kennedy and Arthur C. Waugh, Mobile. Florida.?G. R. Fairbanks and K. B. Gihbs, St. Augustine. Louisiana.?W. Cornelius, C. A. Taylor and R. M. Lasher, New Orleans. Tennessee.?Hume F. Hill and John E. It Rav Memphis. Kentucky.?John Bullitt and John II. Ilarney, l^ouisnlle; T. B. Monroe, Lexington ; Hcnrv Waller, Maysville. * 7 Ohio.?William P. Baton, Cleveland; Francis Collins and P. B. Wilcox, Columbua; T. Fwing, jr., and Hunter Brooke, Cincinnati. Indiann.? R L. Warploe and John A. Liston. Indianapolis; R. E. Lleming and David H. Cole rick, Fort Wayne; Benom Stinson and Conrad Baker, Evansville; Samuel O. Hough, Lafayette; James Merewether, Madison; C. O'Brien, I,aw renceliurgh; C. W. Barbour and James Farring ton, Terre Haute. Illinois.?Edw. A. Rucker; Chicago; Peter Sweat, Peoria; Benjamin Howard, Galena; I. R. Dillar, Springfield; John Finch, Alton. Michigan.?Richard R. Bagg, Daniel Goodwin, jr., and David A. Stuart, Detroit. Missouri.?J. G. Mel.ellait, C. H. Till son, and Samuel Simmons, St. Ix>uis. Iowa.?John Johns and VV. A. F. Our ley, Da. venport. California.?J. A. Wills, Tally R Wise, Hugh O'Neal, and William Hart, San Fran ch?eo; Presley Dnnlop, Sacramento. .Wte Mexico.?Lewis D Sheet?, Santa Fe. E. T. Clarke, Lea Luceros, Vincent St Vrain, So cerro; Jas. A. Lucas, Las Cruces. England.?Samuel Meredith, I,ondon. Vermont UrmnrralU CttnTtsllon, Movtfclikr, Vt., July 25.?The Democratic j State (Convention to-day made the following nomiHations: For Governor, Merrill Clark, of | Poultney; Lieutenant Governor, Stoddard B. Colly, of Montpelier; Treasurer, John A' Pajje, of Montpelier. Resolutions approving and com mending the policy of President Pierce's admin istration were adopted. The convention was the | largest held by the party in this State'for several | years. The proeredlngs were harmonious and' frnthusinstic. Temperance ano Slavrit,?A State Tempi ranoe Convention has been held at Marietta, Georgia, at which twenty-two counties wew re pf<e**nteH, and a series of restitutions adopted in favor of a prohibitory liquor law and the extent sion of slavery. iflii The Kiwnet Expedition.?Captain William It. Owens, a vassenger in the schooner Emma, ' snd one of (Colonel Kinney's company, returned to Boston, a few days ago, in the schooner Flash, from Turks Isiaml. The Flask also brought three of the crew belonging to the Emma Senator Jones, of Ttu??it??. 1 lie lion. Jmiie* C. Juno*, (Whig,) U. S. Senator from Tenno?oe, und late Governor of the same State, was recently invited to a public dinner by hits fellow citizens of Luwreuce Pounty, 1 en., without distinction of party. In his reply to tlio Committee, dated Memphis, July 8th, re spectfully declining the honor, he holds the fol lowing language: I h? time was when the question submitted to us tor decision was, whether the principles and policy of Andrew Jackson or those of Henry Clay (>" this question we differed and divided. In the success of the one or the other there was nothing dangerous to public liberty , nothing that threatened the permanence of onr institutions then; and on such questions we could afford to differ?it was a contest of opinion, of policy and principles, and although at different tunes each of these great parties had its triumphs and defeats, still our rights, our liberties and the moil were secure, and the country went on pros pering and to prosper, i But I repeat, other and different circumstances surround us; other necessities are upon us, and | other duties command consideration. He must have been a very casual observer of the signs of the times, a very indifferent observer of passing events, if lie has not seen the coming of a verv different state of things. When those fierce political conflicts, which have marked the history of Tennessee for the past twenty years, existed, we were threatened with no immediate danger from the puny efforts of the enemies of our rights and institutions. They were then regarded as a lew blind infatuated fanatics scattered over the country "like angels visits, few and far between " they and their efforts exciting scarcely any other fefclmg than that of pity and contempt. Then they and their plans and purposes had no other support than their feeble numbers and blind infa tuation could supply; but, now growing in num bers, strengthened by madness, (and our forbear ancO supported by law, they present themselves in bold, arrogant defiance, threatening the dis union*11 even, at the expense of the In the past few months we have seen these enemies of the South; these revilersof our fathers; these haters of our institutions; these traitors to the Constitution; assuming the most defiant atti tude, marshaling their forces and boldly proclaim ing their purpose to exterminate slavery from the land. Listen to Mr. Wilson, the other day at Phila delphia, a delegate to the American Convention. Addressing the South and Southern delegates he said.- ''You have had the past?the future il ours And still later, John P Hale, Senator elect froni New Hampshire; addressing an as sembly at Concord, said: "I hold our duty to be this: Forgetful of all past differences?of all divisions and names, sects and parties?to be true men, and in tite free States to come up in one solid phalanx and give efficacy and effect to the sentiments and convictions of our hearts." These might be regarded as empty gasconade, or the more harmless threatenings of lunacy; but let us not deceive ourselves. These threats come not only in farm, but they are sustained by the solemn sanctions of many of the States of this Union. One after another, most if not all of the . non-slaveholding States have, in some form or other, given their sanction to, and approval of this crusade against slavery. Most if not all of the free States, I repeat, have given aid and com fort to this infamous movement Some, by the election of Abolition senators; some, by resolu tions denunciatory of Southern institutions; some, by a declared purpose to abrogate laws passed for the protection of Southern property in comformity with the express requirements of the Constitution; some, by an open and shame less nullification of laws passed by Congress some, by an invasion of the sanctuary of the Judiciary. Thus in some form or other, most of the free States have recorded their hostility to us, and joinod tliese conspirators and traitors against the Constitution and our sacred rights. In a crisis like this, what does patriotism and self-preservation suggest to the people of Ten nessee, ami the entire South ' An abandonment 0 petty hostilities, a burying of ancient feuds and prejudices, and a union of all for the sake of the Inion?a union of the South for the safety of the South?a union of all hearts and hands for the protection of our rights, the maintenance of our horror, and the preservation of the Con stant ion and the Union as it exists under the Con stitution.^ These are high considerations to which 1 would invite you, and which seem to me to merit the respect and attention of every patriot t or the expression of these opinions I know I subject myself to the imputation of being called an Alarmist?an Agitator?a Sectionalism He it ?. If to warn my countrymen of an impending nger, constitutes an alarmist, I am one; if to 1 denounce the schemes and purposes of a band of traitors and conspirators, as infamous as ever , disgraced any age of the world, makes an agita ! ,or- 1 am ?ne; if to maintain the rights of Ten nessee, as guaranteed by the Constitution, and resmtance to this horde of vandals, makes a sec tionalism I am one. The danger that threatens ns is, to my mind, so manifest, that I feel I should be guilty of moral treason if I did not raise my warning veice. It may?probably will j ?be disregarded: be it so?my skirts are clear. To such as may be ready to denounce me as an agitator?one seeking to foster sectional jealousies and prejudices?an enemy to the quiet repo?e of the country?to such an one, I would propose one simple and solemn question: In the present attitude of things, in the present organization of parties, with their discords and dissentions, are we not likely to see an open, avowed and sworn enem y of our institutions elected to th* presidency in the next election? I ask is not such a result possible?even probable? In my judgment such a result is not only probable, but, unless some thing should occur not now sesn, I think it a matter of fearful certainty. In the preaent state of party excitement and party hostilities, is it not certain that we shall have three, it may be four candidates In the field for the Presidency. No one doubts that the Democratic party will have its candidate. It is equally certain that the American party will have theirs; and it is d?ubly certain that the Abolitionists will have theirs To these may possibly be added a Whig raruli^ date. That there will be three candidates, as things now stand, Is absolutely certain. If no I what will he the inevitable result? Can an elec tion l?c made by the people .' So to suppose is to I I "-tray a wanton ignorance of the strength of parties, and the means and appliances that will' lie brought into requisition by each, fc> secure its triumph. With three candidates in the field. I hold it to l?e self-evident that no election can be made by the people. If not, of course it will de volve on the House of Representatives to make a President; and what follows' Does not every informed man know that a majority of the next House is decidedly anti-slavery?a majority of them the sworn and deadly enemies of slavery With the election in their hands, to doubt the result is to doubt our sensed. When this shall happen, then our folly and infatnation will be as palpable as it will be culpable and fatal. If there be anything in these suggestions?and I think there is?what is the momentous question that addresses itself to every patriot, every lover of his country. The question is, or ought to be, what ran I*- done to avert a catastrophe so fearful -so fatal to all the hallowed memories of the J.ast, ami all the bright anticipations of the future. I his is a question of fearful magnitude, and I would that aomc one was endowed with that, wiMfloin or prophet if ken that would enable him to speak with certainty, and whose Voiee would he heard and rewperted, but there is none such, and we are left to reason, unaided by inspiration,' to cemprehend the danger and apply the remedy. Yon w II pnrdon the boMnesw of one ?o humble as myself for offering a suggestion (I do npt presume to advise, I merely suggest) which, in his judg ment, offers the only sure and certain eseape from such a calamity. It is the earnest conviction of my judgment that the danger is imminent, and the remedy one, and only one, A union of sound national, conservative con stitutional men of all partus, all creeds, and all strtirmt?standing upon the Constitution, with its compromises?maintaining the rights of each and all of the States, as guaranteed by the Cen "liftrtion?furnishes a safe, certain escape, f be lieve there are conservative men enough in the I'nion to preserve it, jf they can be hri??ght to 1 unite and co-operate together for that pur-poge ' Can such a union of the good and patriotic cif all parties lw effected ? That is the question My confidence in the justice, honor, and patriotism of the American people will "not allow me to ! doubt. I* there not virtue and patriotism enough in the American people to save theif country from disunion, and all the evils and horrors that may flow from it? May not men of all partim, all creeds, nnd all sections forhear for a season May thej not forego for a day the indulgence of their predileetions and party aHrawasnent?> May not the Whig and the Dsmorrat forget for a day their love*, and stand tors>ther for the Constitu- ' tioii and the country7 Muy not the man of tli* North, the South, the Eaat, ami the Weal forget hit) locality, and remember Inn country, uud hit) country ouly ? To d?M*ht, U^uu, u> to iloubt our virtue, our patriotism* und our nationality; yea, il is to doubt man's capacity for Hclf-goveriwiit. I ask no mau to surrender hU principle* or hits opiuiuna on all minor Biattem; let lis agree to dis agree; lot u? stand together until this issue is settled?until our i ig4ts are accorded to us, and tlit Union saved. *4 r * ? I, as you know, have ever been a Whig. 1 am still one, and, so far a* the recognition of the correctness of principles go, I expect to live and die one; but the principles and policy of this or all parties weigh but little with me when put in the scales against the preservation of the lUiion, and the institutions under which we have lived and grown to a jpigbty nation. I, for myself, shall continue to vindicate, on all proper occa sions, such measures as I think conduce to the general good aud public welfare. 1 shall stand hy the Constitution in all its requirements, main taining all its guarantees?at all times, at all places, and under all circumstances, and at all hazards. I shall maintain the equality of all the States, defending them from aggressions, come when they may, and from whom they may. Thia is my creed?this my faith?this my plat form; whether I stand on it alone, or with the many, is a matter of little importance to inc. It is the convictien of iny head?has the approval of my heart, and, when these lead, I am content to follow. e I owe to the people of Tennesse a debt ot gratitude that 1 can never repay; they have made me all that I am, and it is due to frankness and candor that I should speak plainly. With profound respect, I have the honor to l>e your obedient servant, JAMES C. JONES, Democratic State Convention of Cali fornia. The Democratic State convention met at Sa cramento on the 27th of June. The first ballot for a candidate for governor was taken on the 28th with the following result: Gov. Bigler 128 M. S. Latham Hp Scattering 4 285 There being no choice, the convention ad journed to the 29til, when, on the first ballot, Gov. Bigler was nominated by 157 votes, all the other candidates receiving 128. The 'following is the record: John Bigler 157 M. S. Latham 125 J. W. McCorkle 1 Richard Roman 2 285 . Lieut. Gov. Purdy was nominated for re-elec tion on the first ballot as follows: Samuel Purdy 134 I. J. K. Hardy 129 263 Mr. Bryan was nominated as supreme judge for the short term by the following vote: Bryan ' 131 Myron Norton 93 Charles T. Botts 13 Eugene Casserly 7 Felch " 251 Myron Norton was nominated for th# long term, receiving 188 votes to 91 for R. P. Spragoe. The following is an abstract of the "platform' adopted by the convention: 1. The Democratic party trusts in the people. 2. This trust distinguishes Democracy from federalism in all shapes. 3. The Democracy reasserts old Democrafcy principles: A. The Federal Constitution should be construed strictly. B. Congress has no author ity to make internal improvements within the State. C. Nor to assum?'State debts. D. And should not protect one occupation more than an other. E. And should practise rigid economy. P. And should keep public moneys away from banks. G. And should not restrict privileges of foreigners to become citizens or land owners. H. And has no power to interfere with slavery in the Suites. 4. The California Democracy will sustain the Fugitive Slave law. 5. And will resist all agitation ot the slavery question under every shape. 6. And is in favor of the Pacific railroad, and of aiding it by "legislation." 7. And in favor of legislation to secure rights of miners and settlers in good faith on "lands' in this State. 8. And denounces "all secret political organi zations" having for their object the proscription of any "American citizen," "as contrary to the spirit of our institutions," and "treasonable in effect if not in design." 9. And repudiates the proscription of any citi zen because of birth-place and religion. 10. And invites all Democrats who have joined the Know-nothings to come hock and go lor the Democratic ticket. II. The convention will require every nominee to subscribe to the foregoing platform. Kansas Legislature. Buffalo, July 24.?The legislature of Kan sas met at the Shawnee Minion on the 16th inst. Mr. Marshall gave notice of his intention to in troduce a bill requiring citizens emigrating from Massachusetts or other States which have annul ed or may nullify the laws of the United States, to take the oath to support the laws of Kansas Territory. Rev. John Thompson Perry, of the Southern Methodist church, was elected Chap lain on the 17th. A bill was passed to prevent the sale of intoxicaing liquors, and to prohibit all games of chance within the Shawnee Mis sion. A joint committee of eight was appointed to devise a code of laws for the government of the Territory. Mr. Marshall, of the Pawnee District, intro duced on the 17th a bill providing that every man who shall have paid the sum of ?1 poll taz, and shall produce a receipt for the same from the judges of any election, shall be a legal voter, pro vided he is a citizen of the United States, and shall have taken the oath to support the Constitu* tion of the United States and the act organizing the Territory of Kansas. It was unanimously voted that the Sergeant-at Arms fbrnish the House with a copy of the laws of Congress of 1850, and the laws of Massachu setts of 18.15. The evening session was prefaced hy a rough and-tumble fight between Mr Miller, editor of the Westport Pftwt, and Mr. Brady, public prin ter to the Territory. Both are pro-slavery men, and the fight is supposed to have originated in the difference of their enmity of hate for abolitionists. Mr. Woodson, Secretary of the Territory, is reported to have said he would assume the reins ofgovernment in case Governor Reeder refused to recognize the legislature. St. Lorn, July 25 ?Dates from Kansas to the 23d brings intelligence that Governor Heeder had vetoed all the hills thus far presented, lie says there is nothing objectionable in the bills, but he does not consider the legislature in legal session. The vetoed bills were repassed through both branches by a large majority. From Santa Fa^~ Advices froia Sanis Fe state I)mt Colonel Fauntleroy had returned from his pursuit of the Utah Indians. He overtook the psrty near the head water* of ih? K*n?a* river, killed 40 sad took 6 prisoner*. Major Brooke snd one soldier were killed- The Indiana, however, still continue tbeir depredation* at various points The Kirwas, Gamanehes snd Cheyene Indians in the vicinity of Walnul Creek are receiving their annuities from the (Jovernroenl. A valuable gold double esse lull jewelled hunting watch has been presented by hi* friends K>J. W. Sbeahan. editor of the Chicago Times, the only democratic paper 1a that gi?ni city. It i* a token of Ibeir appreciation of hia labors in advancing the cause orconstitianal liberty Judge Douglas participated in the ceremony Bishop Doane, of New Jrrsey, hn* con firmed more than COO persons during the last em#sThsriesl yeaF-#f? "TircTeasenr Jler cent, oyer aof. previous year. Biah'ip VV hittmirbam, of Maryland, confirmed 953 flit* last year ifcore than twice the iveragc number of preyiofi* veara The ?neml?trsbip of ll?e Episcopal church in Mary land lias duuhh d in fifteen years. The latest miniates of the popnlatioa of the world make u ?lev?a fwndred and fifty million* viz :? -Pagans. 070.f*KM)00 ; C hr.suans, 3*1.000 000; Mohammedan a, 140,000,000. nnd Jr ws 14.000 noo Of Christians,the Cliiiroh of Rome num bers 170,000,000 I he Greek and ,hurrhf" ?10.000,000, and Untenants 00.000.000 Nenator Husk u? Kuov?-uotlitiij(l>ui. The old standard-bearers of the Democratic party, scorning I lie repose to which they are fairly entitled by long, arduous, and successful service, are now found buttling with all their energy and eloquence against the new and secret foe of the Democracy. We extract the following from the able and characteristic letter of lien. Husk, which we find u> u late number of the Henderson (Texas) Democrat: Nacogdoches, June ;10, 1855. My Dear Sih: Your favor of the 20th instant has been received. At the time it reached here I was away from, home or it wuuhl have been answered earlier The attempts which you mention as having been made to produce the impression that I favor ed the Know -nothing movement are entirely erro iujous aud without foundation. 1 have regarded their effort*, from the beginning, as intended to secure oflice and political power, without any otber means to lie used than so far as they were likely to secure the abject. The ostensible hostility to Catholics and for eigners, as well us the loud professions in favor of the Union, doubtless proceeds upon the same principle that actuated Gen. Scott when he was so charmed with the "rich Irish brogue" and the musical "Gerinau accent." This is sufficiently proven by the forty-odd votes to admi t the Catho lics into the Know-nothing convention recently held in Philadelphia. . , That a few patriotic Democrats have joined them 1 have no doubt, but a large majority were disappointed aspirants for odice, Whigs and Abo litionists. Their secrecy is highly objectionable. No party can be safely trusted with power which does not openly and distinctly avow its principles. ? The oaths which it is understood they take are illegal, tyrannical, and at open war with the fundamental principles of our Government. Fhay are a direct encroachment uport that personal liberty and in dividual responsibility which is the very ground work of our free institutions. It is the highest privilege as well as the sac.ed duty of every Ame rican citizen to vote for measnres and men under the guidance of his own best judgment. How can he surrender that right to a midnight council,and bind himself by oath to carry out what they may dictate, and fulfil his obligations to himself, his ?ountry, and his God, as a freeman? The thing is absurd. He must, in the very nature of things, frequently go against either his judgment orTiis oath, and that, too, in cast's where the most vital interests of his country uiay be involved. 1,how ever, regard the Know-nothing party as already broken down. They have been signally over thrown in Virginia, where they boasted of great strength. Muny of the leading patriotic Whigs, especially in the southern States, have not only refused to join, but have made war upon them. The Democrats are everywhere rapidly leaving them. At the North, as all elections show, they are Abolitionists; At the South, they profess to be pro-slavery men. How can such a party suc ceed? The Whigs are disorganized, if not dis banded; no one can mistake the rock on which they split. Excltr ment mid 'l'ronl?le I a Ktnlucky> A letter from a Richmond (Kentucky) paper, dated, July S2d, states that in consequence of a mob of pro-slavery men having prevented the Rev. John G. Fee from preaching in Rockcastle county, Cassins M. Clny had publicly announced his intention of going to the scene of the distur bance, and enforcing the freedom of speech ; and that a largo number of persons volunteered to accompany him, armed for the same purpose. In the Cincinnati Gazette we find a letter from Mr. Clay, dated 19th, addressed to the editors of that paper, apparently written under great ex citement. In giving it the Gazette says: " At the time of writing lie was preparing to leave homo for Dripping Springs, there to make an effort to establish the freedom of speech. He would go armed, and sustained by a pretty formi dable force, and he expected to be met by armed representatives from five counties. Clay re solved that Fee should be permitted to speak, or if put down, it should be over his dead body. There was the most intense exciteineut" in the country. Houses had been deserted, and nrgroes thrown into jail." In the l^ouisville Courier we find a sort of ex planation of Mr. Clay's efforts on behalf of Mr. Fee. By this it seems that the mob in Rock castle county notified Messrs. Clay, Fee, "and all other abolHion speakers and preachers," that they must desist from speaking in that coun ty, under penalty of being lynched. On re ceiving this notice, Clay immediately published a long letter in reply, concluding with an announce ment that both he and Fee would speak at Scaf fold Cave, in Rockcastle county, on Saturday. It was to this contest that Mr. Clay was going when he wrote to the Cincinnati Gazette. The Cincinnati Gazette, received last night, says that both Clay and Fee made their promised speeches without interruption. From the Richmond (Ky.) Messenger. Cassias M. Clay Becoming Rampant and Openly Incendiary?Trouble Brewing In Kentucky. Mount Vehnov, Ky., July 2, 1855. Col. Johv?on?Dear Sir: On Friday last I listened to one of the most remarkable as well as one of the most inflammatory speeches I ever heard. It had been published for some time thatC. M. Clay was to address the people at Busk Creek meeting house, in this county, on the Kansas and Nebraska bill; and hiving a desire to hear that subject discussed, I went to hear him?but to my disappointment 1 heard but little upon that sub ject, it only being alluded to by Mr. C. in con nection with the mob proceedings, (as he termed them) of the Missourians in tne late elections there; which seemed, from the vehement manner that he spoke, was only done in order to arouse the passion of his followers to put them in order to receive what followed. He at once took up the slavery question, and after depicting the awful ainfulnessof the institu | tion, and its blighting influence upon the com munity, and contrasting (in the most demagogue ing manner) the most flourishing part of some of the free States with some ef the most worn out portions of Virginia and South Carolina, he said that he Imd come there thnt day to roll away the great stone?that it need no more be asked what their plan was for setting the negroes free; that their motto vas freedom on the toil; that they were as much entitled to it as any man or woman on that ground, and that the time was close at hand when those who contend for remu neration for their slaves would be glad to get off even; for upon the great principle of "doing unto others as they would hnve others do unto them" the negro would have a right to a?k for a remuneration for his services. He denounced in the bitterest terms the old Democratic and Whig parties, and said they could not be trusted, and lis to the Know-nothing party, he gives it par ticular thunder; and seemed to have no confi dence in any but the Freesoil party, which he l said was now in the ascendancy; that their cause was now secure; and went on U> ahow the strength of that party, and the numl>er of negroes in the South ever the whites; which, he said, in a con flict, would of course be added to the f*reesoil party, so that they had nothing to tear; that the time had now come to make a demonstration; and he for one was ready and willing to do his part. , , _ He then spoke of the treatment that John G. Fee had received at the Dripping Spring, in Lincoln county; that they had applied to the court of justice for redress, and n?d been re fused; and he now intended that Mr. Fee should go to the Dripping Spring, and there speak his sentiment* as a free man; and he intened to go with him, and stand by his side; and if any man, or set of men, took him down, they should do it over his desd carcass. He then called on the crowd to know how many there was on the ground who woold go with them, a number of voices were heard that they were ready and willing to go. He then told them to furnish their n??* if they hnd any ; If no rifle, their double or sftigle-barrel shot guns, their Colt's revolvers ; and if they had neither, then their kitchen butcher knife, for the thing had to have a beginning, and it had as well begin at the Dripping Spring as at any other place. He said the time for the meeting at the Dripping Spriug W'?uld l>e set in a few days, of which triey should have due notice} ?nd then they would meet and consult, and they would not meet in a barn, out-house, or any secret place like the Know-nothings, hut in open daylight like freemen. He said thai the pro-slavery party, bath in word and action, give the lie tn the Dec. la ration of Independence, hot he would say, in the language of Patrick Henry " (live U* liberty, or give ua death.'' Y?""STr KlfrTI-RY. I.ATKR?NO KIOT. Mr. Clay and Ml. Fee kept the appointment and were heard. There wan souie difficulty about getting the church, aa there was an appointment for a sermon by the Baptist clergyman in tlie morning. * It wan, however, surrendered to Mr. Clay the close of the service, at 12 o clock John G. Fee commenced speaking. He concluded bin remarks without interruption, and was followed by Mr. Clay. Both speakers were listened to attentively, and no violence was offered or talked of. The Alaynootl* Debute. John Francis Magmre, M. P., for Dunganuon, and editor of the Cork Examiner, made u very able speech in parliament on the Maynooth Grant, in which he gave the following descrip tion of a Catholic priest's life in Ireland: "Let me now give the house a description of what the Maynooth priest really is. [Hear.] If there be any clergy in the world emminently suited to their vocation, and better adapted to the scene of their missionary labors, it is the clergy educated in Maynooth. I admit they are not a dandified clergy?(laughter)?they are not ambitious and pretentious scholars, such as de light to shine at literary or scientific conversazioni, though many of them are profound scholars, and ! most of them are sjiind thinkers, clear reanoners, and thoroughly grounded in that knowledge which belongs to their profession. They were more than that?they were bold and courageous in the performance of their duties. Bee him tested in the hour of national trial, when the plaguu breath swept over the land, and men, and women, and children withorod beneath its bale ful influence?see him rushing into the midst of the contagion, and drinking in the fetid breath of his dying fellow-creatures while administering to him the last consolations of religion. [Cheers.] Nay, regard him in the ordinary circumstances of Iiis laborious mission. He is the curate of a country'parish. He has been occupied all day I in goiug from village to village, from hamlet to hamlet, from house to house, visiting, catechis ing, instructing, and he retires to bed wearied, jaded, but still cheerful. It is possible that his heavy slumber may be undisturbed: and that he may rise in the morning invigorated for a renewal of his missionary labors; but it is quite as possi ble that he may be roused up by the frantic ap peal of a distracted father, husband, wife, or child, on the part of a sick or dying relative. Does the priest hesitate for a moment to respond to that passionate appeal? Not he; he rises cheerfully from the comfort of his warm, though humble couch, hurries on his clothes, and on horseback, but more probably 011 foot, he pro ceeds to the scene of his duty, over bog, and valley, and mountain, in winter as in summer, whether in rain, and snow, and storm, and dis tance, and at any hour of the night. In fact, no soldier obeys with more alacrity the com mands of his officer than docs the Catholic priest the obligations of bis duty and the dictates of his conscience. [Loud cheers.] The Catholic priest hood of Ireland, instead of being, as they were falsely accused of being, the foes of learning and the enemies of human enlightenment, were par excellence the friends of education. 1 myself know many Catholic clergymen who have beg gared themselves, who are involved in almost inextricable embarrassments, in consequence of their efforts to establish national schools, in some cases as many as four or five schools in their parishes. To say, then, that those men were the friends of darkness and ignorance is the foulest slander that bigotry has ever concocted. Catholic gentlemen in this house have been specially ex empted from the slanderous aspersions cast upon their priests and their religion; but in the name of the Catholic gentlemen here assembled 1 tling back with contempt those hollow compliments which are paid us at the expense of our priest hood, and to the dishonor of our religion. [Clieers.1 I will tell the honorable mentis r for North Warwickshire what 1 saw in t'ie pages of the Times of yesterday; and how it exemplifies 011 the one hand the valor, and loyalty, and suf ferings of Irish Catholics, and on the other the hypocrisy and dishonesty of their traducers. In one portion there was a list?a long list?of the killed and wounded liefore Sebastopol from the 4th to the 10th of June. I read over that list of nearly three columns in length, and I venture to assert that more than half, certainly not less than half, were Irish Catholic soldiers?'idolators,' a they were insolently termed, even in this house [hear, hear]?who had l?een instructed in their youth from Catholic altars, and had learned from the Catholic priest, the Maynooth priest, or from a Catholic mother, that catechism which, while it rendered him more moral, tfid not render hint less brave and heroic, [Cries of'Hear, hear.'] But look to the other part of the Times, and br hold the downfall of humbug in thy person of one who brought sorrow and desolation to many a home, who plundered the widow and the or phan?but who masked his hypocrisy and rotten ness by a pious horror of Popery, and a punctual attendance in Exeter Hall, whenever the iniqui ties of Maynooth were to be exposed, and a saintly chairman was required. ['Hear, hear,' and laughter.J What a splendid commentary on a barefaced imposture is the downfall of this modern St. Paul. [Loud laughter.] It is a warning to the world not to trust ambitious law yers or saintly bankers, when they make a stock in-trade of no-Popery." Awful Sc.11* at a Klrr. The St. Ixmis Democrat, in giving an account of the late destructive fire in that city, says: "When the fire had been sulidued, and the stable was a heap of ashes, the charred remains of some three or four of the noble beasts, were yet visible, lying amid the cinders, as if they straggled most fearfully against the remorseless flames. Some three or four of them wore taken out of the stable partially roasted, and yet with sufficient life and strength to walk about. The piteous winnowings of these snimals, as they stood trembling in the sgony of their sufferings, moved the hearts of all who saw them. They were taken out toChoteau pond by some humane individuals, and there shot, and relieved of their sufferings." Harrlsgf (extraordinary. "She loved me for ihe dangers I hud pn?*ed; And I loved her lhat she did pity them.'' | Moor of Venie*. On Sunday, July 15, by special license from Elienezer T. Fogg, jr., town clerk of South Scit uate, before Perez Simmons, esq., Mr. Geo. I>ec to Miss Sarah Penniman, both of South Seituate. "The gentle lady wedded to* the Moor" was fair as Desdernona, and the happy groom dusky as Othello. They proved the truth of the undy ing poetry of the author of Yarico and Inkle: "Skins nisy differ, but affection Dwells in white snd black the same " Scorning the conventionalities of soriety the fair bride lias set a noble example of practical amalgamation. This was no childish fancy or re sult of fanaticism working on youthful enthusi asm. The bridegroom had arrived st the mature age of fifty, and the bride thirty-three. Both have tried the silken cord of Hymen with a partner of their own race, and so will lie able to speak expe rimentally of the advantages of one or the otner plans. We shall soon know whether it is advan tageous to rritx races in New England or no1. [.tibingtcn Standard. New Judge In England. Mr. Justice Mauley has retired from the bench of the English Court of Common Pleas on account of ill health. He had been on the bench for lf> yean, and his judicial decisions have always liecn highly esteemed by American students of the English reports. Mr. J. S. Willes is his successor. He Is 42 years of age, snd hss been at the bar only 15 years. The Dublin Journal says in re ference to the new appointment: "Mr. Willies, Q C., who has tile reputation of being one of the ablest and soundest lawyers al the English bar, is son of the late Dr. Willes, of Cork, and was educated in Trinity College, Dub lin. Mr. VCilles will be the second Irishman who, within the past few years, lias been elevated to the English liench, the other being Mr. Baron Martin, son-in-law of Chief Baron Pollock." ????? "Btan to Diath.?-A young man named John Barnes, aged 17 years, bled to death on the lfith instant In Rnffalo, fVom the effect of a tooth which had l?een extracted some days previous The city council of Louisville has ron tracted with Smith, Seekel & Co., for cleaning the streets in that city by machinery.