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EDITOR. -? - WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS: Tsindiy, : : : : Mirck 10, 1859. Arrui at Wuhihotoh. There Lm ' been Another Congressional killing crp " at Washington. Daniel E." Sickles, a 'Congressman from New York City, sus pected an improper intimacy between hia wUeanda man named Kiy." Ke wu watchful, and discovered .enough to sat fafy him of the correctness of his suspi 'eiona, " Seeing Key come out of hia (Sickles') house,' be requested a friend to engage bin in conversation, while he ran p stairs to get his pistols. Hie friend did so. and Sickles, after getting his pis loll, followed and overtook them. Hi first shot grazed Kej'a si Je, when the lstter sprang behind a tree, and threw bis e-per glsss at him. The next shot en tered Key's body. Sickles fired several snare times, (his friend standing by and looking on, and placing the pistol to Key's bead, "was about to shoot again, when an officer arrested him. The shots rirovsd fatal to Ker. We have not - t - - leaned the result of Sickles examination; but if his suspicions were correct, the verdict shonld be, "served him right.". Key was a son of Frsncis S. Key, author of the song of " Sur Spsngled Banner." " How comes it, that these Congressional killers and street brawlers almost invari ably belong to the " law and order" De mocracy? ' A certain editor, not ten thousand miles from here, is always blowing about bis determination not to work for nothing. Ha expresses bis determination not to notice even improvements in his own town, because those making them do not come and pay him for it. In the same 'umber of his paper, be sets forth the advantages of bis town, as an outfitting place for the mines, and takes occasion to give a gratuitous puff of the Iowa Point Ferry Boat, although that boat has never advertised in bis paper to the value of a cant He alio well knows that White Cloud is as near to his town as Iowa Point, that the roads are fully as good, that the Ferry Boat at this place has ad vertised liberally in his paper, and is as good a boat as any on the river ; and that migrants, on arriving here, are at least tit miles nearer their place of destination, than they would be at Iowa Point, and with t good, if not better, road to travel. Cause of the "milk in the cocoa-nut" Iowa Point now has no newspaper, and be is fishing for their patronage. He puffed ' Forest City, to the detriment of hia own town, until the Forest people tatted a paper, and did all they could to kill bitn off. He will be equally success fid Tn bis designs upon Iowa Point. p FiasT Boat of the Seasos. Our ears bar again been gladdened by the sound of. a steamboat's whistle. On Sundsy afternoon a boat was seen paffing her way op the river, and, upon her near ap proach, was found to bo the Missouri River favorite, the Omaha. She landed a small lot of freight at this place, and tha indefatigable Wilcox, her popular Clerk, banded us a paper three days from St. Looia. The Omaha will be down to-day, (Thursday.) , Shippers and pas sengers will find it greatly to their ad vantage to patronize this boat. " Navigation, this season, has commen ced about two weeks earlier than usual. The., first boat up, last year, was the Platte Valley, March 18th ; and the first the year before, was the St Mary, on the 24th of March. Jalsb Report. We received a letter from Doniphan, a few days since, stating that oar Ferry Boat bad been purchased for that place, and would soon be taken. down there. Since that, several persona from Doniphan were here, to endeavor to buy the? boat. Gness they have found out, by this time, that they won't get it It baa not been sold, and will not be in fwei, it is too busy bore to take time to run down to Doniphan ; and it will do three times th business here, that it wonld do at Doniphan. . Jt.TTjorapson, of the .Troy Bung, again ' suspended publication for one week, la order to get trp the following article, which is of immense interest to tha "people- of Doniphan , County. It eyiaora a powerful intellect and great depth of thought : ' ' - We take pleasure in announcing to the citizens of Doniphan -County, that Mr. Brady's store-house is nearly completed, and will very soon bsve all his goods bare from the cities of St Louis and Charleston. There is not a better road in any SOL. KILLER, portion of Doniphan County, than from . .Troy to". White' Cloud. There are no .. better accommodations for horses in the . County. Bung. That's so there are excellent accora medations for horses, on the road from 'Troy io.'jWbite Cloud. When persons - t. . m i .1 .go mm aera to xroy on Business, mey nave to come several miles out on ibu . -read, to find accommodations. ' ,,'.1 .i ' A Bo Load. The ferry business is getting brisk. One day last week, the boat brought over at one time, two wag- one, iz yoke of oxen, four horses and mules,' twenty-nine head of loose cattle. , . A steam Ferry Boat for St Ste phen. Nebraska, passed this placej on Monday "afu: rnaon. SKETCHES 07 ymrRTttK OF THE LEOISLATTJXE. - " We now resume our notices of mem bers of the House. I. B. 1RV1S. - It would be superfluous for as to say much concerning the gentleman named above, whose fame is world-wide. His writings have been read throughout the entire civilized world; and hia Knicker bocker History, Sketch Book, Wolfert's Roost Alharabra, Columbus, Life of Washington, and other works, will be read as long as the English language ex ists. He was for many years Minister to Spain, and came to Kansas for the pur pose of collecting material for bis Prai rie Sketches. A. CCBT1S. This gentleman, like the subject of the previous sketch, is a msn of letters, and is well known by the title of "Howadjii" Curtis. He is sufficiently ready with the pen, to write his own biography. T. S. VAILL. Mr. Vaill is quite a young msn, and would have been a native of New York, bad be not been born in Vermont His name is Theodore Sassenger Vaill, but bia acquaintances call him The., for abort His nsme procured him a wife. There was a very estimable young lady, who. for some reason, made a vow that she would take the veil. She afterwards re pented this vow, but her conscience would not allow ber to violate it ' She had a number of suitors for her hand, one of whom at length proposed ; but she re plied that, although she loved bim, she could not mrrry bim, as she must fulfill her vow, and take the veil. "Well," said he, "I am The. Vaill take me !" She took bim, and kept her vow 1 W. L. LEWIS. That heavy-set msn, whose whiskers snd bsir are somewhat sprinkled with gray, is W. L. Lewis, one of the most ef ficient working members of the House. He wss the companion of Clark, in the celebrated expedition of Lewis and Clark up the Missouri, in the yesr 1804. On their return, be landed at the spot where Elwood now stands, to chase a rabbit, when the boat pushed off and left bim, and be was obliged to remain. "Well," said he, "let them go; I will remain here a few years, and make a good thing of it. Here will be a big town some dsy ; here will be the terminus of the Hannibal and St Joseph Railroad ; and here will be built a Hotel, which will be one of the largest buildings in the United States 1" His prediction has been verified I Mr. Lewis is now a Republican in politics, but was formerly a Democrat, and sticks to it that he voted for " Jim Pierce" for President t. a. POISTI. Mr. Points is a Kentuckian, but the north-west point of the compass proved to have the strongest attraction for him. His best points are supposed to be those in which all Kentuckians are proficieut the five points of Euchre, and the sev en points of Old Sledge I He originally came to Kansas on a snipe-bunting ex petition. BOBEBT HORBOW. This is a distinguished man. He was a member of the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1802, and was afterwards Governor of that Stats. ' He calls him self a speculator. The Lord forbid that many sucb be sent to the Legislature ! soldeb Silvers. The possessor of the above name is living verification of the truth of the say ing, that " all's not gold that glitters. He calls himself a Jefferson Democrat a sure sign that he is galvanized metal. He is a nstive of Missouri, wbicb State he was compelled to flee, for sucking eggs on Sundsy! J. B. HOVET. Mr. Hovey is a man who thotdd be known by all lovers of fruits.- He is from Massachusetts, where he was exten sively engaged in horticultural pursuits, snd published a monthly periodical in Boston, devoted to horticulture. The msnner in which he became a resident of Kansas,' was amnsing. Hearing that go phers abounded bere, be imagined they were a species of fruit, and came to ob tain sprouts for hia nurseries. Upon ar riving here, and learning bia mistake, be was so ashamed that be never returned to Massachusetts. , THOMAS STSVEBSON. From ancient records preserved in the archives of the nation, it is supposed that the above subject was born in New Jer sey, but came to the United States when quite young. He emigrated to Ohio at an early day, and built a fort in the Man- mee country, wbicb he called, in honor of himself, Fort Stephenson. It was about being besieged by the British and Indians, when be deserted it, leaving Major Croghan to defend it The . next beard of him, wu in Kansas, and it will probably be the last. His star rose, cul minated, waned and set, during one short session of the Legislature, and henceforth his name will be recorded on the ssme psge with the "lost Pleiad." Wa learn from tha papers, that he is the only mem ber of the Legislators who can remember what laws were passed by that body. He will consequently, without doubt, be soon overwhelmed with the letters of anxious inquirers, including Governor Medsry and members of Congress,) seek-f in? information in regard to the acts of I the legislature 1 ' imiEB mrRERsos. Until lb" past Winter, Mr. Dickenon'.dcstination. bad been out of politics for mora than a quarter of a century. He was a member of Gen. Jackson's Cabinet, bnt when the blow-up took place, be retired in disgust KOBEJtT. B. MITCHELL. Mr. Mitchell's asme is a household word. He was born in Ireland, and for merly edited a paper in Dublin ; bnt in consequence of the part be took in the troubles of 1848. he was banished to Botany Bay. He escaped from the pe nal colony, and came to the United States, where be engaged in the business of making Keoersph.es and maps. He csme to Kansas for the purpose of mak ing that river to the gold mines, as pro posed by the St Louis Democrat that be might put it on hia next map. - L. D. BAILEY. The above gentleman is an eminent English barrister and Judge, . His name is familiar to all who have read any of the old criminal records of London. In that city be was called "Old Bailey." It was he who sentenced Jsck Sheppard to the scaffold : and be also started the practice of Bail ing persons under arrest He is now editor of the National Era. His wife, Joanna Bailey, and his son. Thomas Haynes Bailey, are two well- known poets. His wife is a sister of Sir Walter Scott, who in bis writings speaks of " Sister Joanna." OEOBGE B. HOLMES. George Bucbsnsn Holmes is a lineal descendant of George Buchanan, a mem ber of the household of one of the Kings of England. Who will not at once re cognize the name of the wittiest poet in America? Holmes is now a regular contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, He is a native of Massachusetts, but now resides at Tepeka. He is commonly known among his intimate acquaintan ces, as the " Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," because of his crusty and impe rious msnner during his morning meal But space again bids ns bold on until next week. tW The following choice tit-bits, we find in the last number of the Troy Bung "We hope that the sensible portion of the citizens of Doniphan County will not be led astray by the misrepresentations of a few disappointed lunatics and unprinci pled speculators." . "There are some being), who would make inmates for that contemplated Lu natic Asylum in that beautiful city oppo site Porkopout. "The spirit here manifested will kill any town, and any town manifesting such a spirit ought to die, and its citizens be sent to a lunatic asylum." Thompson's cranium seems to be filled with nothing but vague ideas about Lu natic Asylums suggested, no doubt by memories of a former mode of life. lnompson has intimated that be once resided in the vicinity of Columbus, O., and knew Sam Medary there ; but we were not before aware as to which one of the State institutions he honored with bis presence 1 A meeting of the Northern Town ships of Doniphan County, was called to assemble at Highland, on Saturday last, to adopt measures to concentrate the vote upon some point for the County Seat We have beard nothing of the proceed ings. Such meetings are useless. All will vote to suit themselves, regardless of the decisions of public meetings; and there are too many rival interests to allow of any unanimity among the people, or not until the contest is narrowed down to two competitors. 7 The Iowa Point Enquirer, the publication of wbicb was resumed in January, baa again suspended. It, is probable that the suspension will now be permanent Mr. Key, the proprietor, is still in Alabama, and, we have been told. intends remaining there. Thus has ano ther of the Lecompton usurpers gone from among us. A few years hence, and the Border Ruffians, like the Indians and the wolves, will bsve vanished from borders. our XT The Ladies' American Magazine, for March, is received. It contains beautiful steel engraving, a fine colored Fashion Plate, and other engravings. The contents are of a superior quality. This Magazine is one of the best we re ceive. It is published by Henry White, No. 7, Beekman Street, New York City, at 82 a year. Will the publisher please send us the February number ? i.f : : .. . .. . v wt we venture to say mat mere is no place in the West where, by the ssme number of people, mora work is being done, than in Troy. Bung. If the people of Troy are in the babit of reading the Bung, we have no doubt that they do a vast amount of work it is such work as is induced by an active physio ! On Friday afternoon tbo river commenced rising, and within an hour's time it was crammed with floating ice, The river is now open above Sioux City. It has risen considerably, and is in ad mirable boating stage. The heavy rains within a few dsys past will doubtless cause a still farther rise. r i f Tb District Court commenced its session at Troy, on Monday. Sever al persons from this place are in attend ance, as Grand Jurors. We learn that there an a large number of cases on the docket tW A company will start from here, in a few days, for the gold mines. : A number of emigrants have already eroet- led the river, at this place, for the same New Yobb Mbbccbt. This paper, (a prospectus of which wH 1 fooad in another column,) is now at the head rsnk of American literary papers. It is large and neatly gotten up, and is filled with the choicest original matter. Nad Bunt line, one of the greatest of living roman cers, is constantly engaged npon the col umns of tha Mercury, and a brilliant ro mance from bis pen, baa jast been com menced in the Mercury. A writer calling himself "George Albany,' also constant ly contributes to the columns of the Mercury, and wa consider hia writings superior, in plot and interest to those of Ned Buntlina. Felix O. C. Parley, the priaceof Artists, has been engaged ex clusively by the publishers of the Mercury, to furnirh designs to illustrate the splen did romances published in the paper. The publishers are constantly introducing new features ; and, without intending any dis paragement, we assert their psper is equal. in every respect, if not superior, to the Ledger, although not a tithe of the ado has been made over it ; and it has, we think, twice as much reading matter as the Ledger. It is quietly, but 'surely, working its way into public favor. There came near being an ex ten aive fire in Oregon, on Thorsdsy night of Isst week. A haystack beside the cabinet fsnop of Ksucber b 'Jester was discovered to be on fire, about 11 o'clock, and it was with difficulty that the citizens could save the bnildiug snd a large qnanty of lum ber. The fire is supposed to have been tha work of an incendiary. Tka clnrm P.cW .tr SKa. rer, in Rush Bottom, Holt Connty, Mo., was destroyed by fire, on the 22nd of February, while the proprietors were sev eral miles distant, on business. House, goods, books, accounts, dec., all destroy ed. We have not learned the origin of the fire. JtW Upon consideration, we deem it inadvisable to publish the communication of IT. B. It would be of no utility, would not interest the generality of our readers, and is too miserably long. y Bioceb Yet. Mr. Wm. H. Mauck has laid a ben's egg upon our table, which takes the shine over any we bsve yet seen. The circumference one way, is 9 inches ; the other wsy, 6 inches. Irfalltblb Remedt for Piles. A daily application of the Troy Bung to the part affected 1 We use it for that purpose, and have almost relieved ourself of the above painful disease. v 1 K W Concrreaa idinnmni nn hrnlw last The probability is, that an extra session has been called. r XT A dance came off at the City Ho tel. on Friday night They had quite a lively time. P XT We observe that some of the la dies are endeavoring to fatten the eunuch of the Troy Bung on currant pie 1 XT Attention is directed to the ad- vertisement of Guide." Dr. Young's " Marriage XT" The Legislative communication is crowded out until next week. Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gaxellte Spirit of the Washington Letters. Baltimore, Feb. 11. The Washington correspondent of the New York News, says : It has leaked out that a private agent of the Qneen of Spain has been in this country twelve months, and has had several private interviews with the President about the purchase of Cuba. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says : The Naval In vestigating Committee continue to receive evidence of the grossest frauds and favor itism in giving out jobs and contracts. They will probe the matter to the bot tom. The House Military Committee will report such reductions in the Army bill as the exigencies of tha service will per mit The Increased Pay bill stsnds no chance. The Seaman Investigating Com mittee aits eleven or twelve hours daily. Wendell says he will not testify before it and dares them to commit him for con tempt The report will be made next week. . The Senate Poetoffice Committee met to-day, bat bare not yet formally agreed upon tbo Reform bilL . , ' All business here is a dead lock. Every one, from the Cabinet down to the small est tide-waiter in the country, seems to be engaged either in Presidential prospecting for 1860, or in secaring a portion of the spoils for himself. , , The President stsnds almost alone, having no confidence in any one, and is somewhat perplexed how to carry oa the government; to rescue financial affairs from their present difficulty, and to pre serve the political status of the country. It k suggested that he will be compel led in this exigency, as the best measure ha can adopt to tnrn out the whole batch ef office-holders, beginning with the Cab inet; and open an entirely new set of books when Congress adjonrns, and call an extra session of tha new Congress. . Corruption is found to exist in all branches of the Government and the only way to arrest it is for the new Congress to order an examination of all tha books and accounts of federal officials all over the country ; and this examination most go back some twenty years in order to effect a radical reform. In this wsy we shall know exactly how the country stands. " -. The Washington correspondent of the Tribune says : The free traders are very ranch annoy ed in consequence of their defeat in the caucus last night ' They charge that the caucus wss controlled by Mr. Buchanan, and they den on nee the Union for misrep resenting them this morning. Four witnesses from Kittery, were on the stand in the Select Naval Com -mittee yesterday, thirty minutes each. and to-day were paid 0440, and dischar-! ged. Their testimony related to brick contracts ia toe engineer s uepariment, and the employment of men. It is in evidence before the ssme Com mittee that W. C. N. Swift, of New Bed ford, Mass., paid Geo. Plitt, Treasurer of tha Democratic State Committee of Penn sylvania in 1856, about $16,000 to aid the election of Mr. Buchanan. That through tha agency of certain officials high in power. Swift has since obtained nearly all tha contracts made for supply ing" government with live oak timber. The contracts amount to about 8500, 000. The evidence shows that every usage of the department in sucb matters has been violated to reward this political friend of Mr. Buchanan. The disclosures will astound the country. The House Committe of Military Af fairs have examined the Army Appropri ation bill to-dav. and recommended a reduction upon different items to the amount of several hundred thousand dol lars. An attempt has been made to explain away the discrepancy of 8ZU.UUU disco v ered by the Select Committee of Print ing, referred to in my dwpatch yesterday The Committee of Ways and Meana had meeting to-day bnt accomplished nothing. They will meet again on oat urday, and on Monday they will make an effort to- report one or more bills to the House. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press says : Mr. Phillips, of Pennsylvania, is mak ing a strong effort to revive the tariff of 1846, with a good free list, and specifics on certain articles. In this he will be assisted by Whittlesy of Delaware, the Connecticut Democrats, and other Dem ocrats outside of our delegation. Success to him. The spirit and determination of tlie Democrats in Caucus, on Wednesday night has bad a very sensible effect in all quarters, and I will not be surprised if something practical is done alter all with the tariff question, before the session close. The rumor is revived to-night that Mr. Dallas is to be recalled from London, and that a very extraordinary appointment to Mexico, in place of Forsyth, resigned, is contemplated. Gen. Cass grows more and more feeble. Liu family are greatly distressed by nia present condition. Happily, he is sur rounded by those roost dear to him by his daughter, his son-in-law Mr. Ledyard, and others. He has lived to a great ago. and will die deeply regreted by all good men. The President boasts daily of bis ex eel lent health and enormous appetite. It is his evident ambition to live long enough to do the most barm to the country. Oregon will be admitted before the 4th of March, but Gen. Lane will not get the six millions for the Washington and Or egon war debt. This is a luscious plum, but it will not be plucked this session. FROM WASHINGTON. (Telegraphic Correspondence of the Cin. Gas.) Washington, Feb. 12. P. M. The indications now are that the debate on Cuba in the Senate will run through the session, and perhaps without a decis ion. The bill cannot pass Congress, since there u an increasing opposition to it in the boutn. It is only intended for polit ical agitation, and that object is now de feated by the transparency of the hum bug. Letters by the Asia from Madrid, re sponsive to the President's message, sus tain the declaration made by the Spanish Minister here to Gen. Cass, that any overture for the purchase of Cuba would be regarded as a national insult after ber former refusals. This condition would probably be imposed in Preston's recep tion, who declared before lesving here, that the whole scheme was absurd and impracticable. Buchanan Henry, the President's neph ew and private secretary, has resigned bis position and left the White House, to marry Miss Nicholson, of Maryland, and pursue the practice of the law. At the last evening reception in the White House, Piccolomini attended, and proved an object of such general attrac tion and interest as to draw the crowd from the receiving into the east room, and overshadow Buchanan much to bis un concealed annoyance. Corcoran, the banker, having disposed of hirdaugbter, is about to dispose of nimseit to a lair widow ot Kichmond. The Whig movement in Virginia is regarded as the beginning of an organ ized opposition to Democracy throughout the South for 1860. It opens with an assurance of a access, if prudence be prac ticed. Veritas. Washixgtos, Sundsy Evening, Feb. 13. The admission of Oregon secures the Senate to the Democracy through the next Presidential term. A sufficient number of Republicans voted affirmative ly to have defeated the bilL According to the official statement of the last fiscal quarter, the public expend itures exceed the receipts over seven and a half millions, exclusive of Treasury Notes. The Nspier Ball is regarded as estab lishing a bad precedent since nothing in his official intercourse has justified sucb an unusual compliment ' Though news of the ratification of the Cass-Yrissari Treaty has reached here, which was accomplished through O use ley's intervention after British Interests had been first protected, it is very doubt ful if it will be confirmed by the Senate, sines it puts as in a worse position than before, and ia fact surrenders everything to England. Another meeting of the Committee of Ways and Means was held yesterday morning, at which Phillips, of Pennsyl vania, endeavored to recede from his re cent position by an artful dodga which the Committee voted down. He is a most effectual enemy of the modification of the tariff by pretending to favor it The investigations now going on show a worse condition of things than was at first supposed to exist It has been proved positively that all contracts for engraving, lithography and tha like were assessed by a per cents ge, a part of which went to Seaman, Superintedent of Printing. All their books show that while regu larly kept in other respects, in every ac count with the government interlinea tions, pencil memoranda, and erasures occur. -, Kennedy, the compiler of tha dead sta tistics of manufactures, has a modest proposition before the Printing Commit tee of the Senate to print that trash, and after furnishing a number of copies to Congress, to give him the stereotype plates for personal nse and other clerks were allowed thirty-five hundred dollars for collecting these obsolete figures. No recent change for worse has occur red in Gen. Cass' illness, such as descri bed in the newspapers ; he attends to his department daily, and to his nsual duties, and appears as well as for years past though subject to occasional attacks. Veritas. Washisotob. Monday Eve., Feb. 14. It is shown before Sherman's Commit tee, that while 1,300 men were employed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in May last the number waa increased to 2,400 on tha eve of the November election. In Phil adelphia, eleven hundred were employed in May, and seventeen hundred in Octo ber. In both there were instances where the numbers were reduced after tha elec tions, showing a motive for tha increase. The testimony covers eight hundred pages. The report will be ready by Wednesdsy. Secretary Toocey has been furnished with a copy of all evidence affecting him. The facte established make out a case far worse than heretofore supposed, and prove the grossest corruption throughout No thing like it baa been heretofore dis closed. All the retrenchment movements of the Democracy are mere ahama to mislead the public They have not yet proposed a single plan for reducing expenditures. Their resolutions, like professions, mean nothing. They propose to augment the receipts of the Post office by increasing the rates of letter postage to five cents. That Democratic measure cannot pass. An effort is to bo made by the friends of the Administration toward tlie close of the session, to restore the tariff of 1846. temporarily, as a compromise, if the passage of no other bill can be pro cured. The contracts over tlie Panama route to California having expired, a Urge lobby delegation ia here, beaded by the President of the I acinc steamship Com pany, to procure a renewal on tha beat terms. Senator Gwin is their great reli anc. The President signed the Oregon bill, and the Senators from that new State were sworn in. Hunter replied to Simmons, sustaining the Tariff of 1857, and protesting against a change. Phelps endeavored to induce the House to suspend the rules to enable him to in troduco a bill extending the treasury note law two years. His motion was defeated by 23 majority. The probability is that Wendell will be brought before the House for refusing to answer certain qnestions concerning ihe disposition of money received from con tracts under Seaman. It was proved that he received one cent a pound on a single psper contract, which yielded him forty- three hundred dollars. kritab. Washixotox, Feb. 15, P. M. President making has been the only business seriously pursued here this sea sion by the principal aspirants on both sides. The last card is Stephens for President and Lane for Vice President that expectation inducing the former to retire from Congress. Dixon's bill, abolishing the franking privilege entirely, and charging all matter received and sent to each department paying for the same from the Ireasory, receives more favotUian any yet presented because it does not disturb present post age. It ought to pass under the existing spasm of economy. The position of parties now precludes the probability of the treasury notes being granted without a modification of the tariff, and the expectation of Phelps and others to-dsy is that an extra session is inevitable. Much indignation has been excited here by tbe refusal of the Demo cratic majority to allow Indiana a hear ing before the Senate on ber claim to a legal representation. Bright manipulated his party, and the merest pretext was as sumed for this flagrant outrage on the right of a sovereign State. ebitas. Political Speculations. Baltimore, Feb. 14. Ion. of the Baltimore Sun, aays, this morning : The Ooseley treaty has been concluded, and is of a tenor similar to the Cass treaty. Though both parties have assumed a right to interfere for tha protection and security of the Isthmus V yet neither bas any exclusive privilege or interest therein. This adjustment leaves the stipulations of the Clayton- Bui wer Treaty in full force, and prevents either party from fortifyin,'. colonizing, occupying or exercising do minion within the Territory of Nicaragua. Tbe Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, of this morning, says : A political movement, having for its ob ject the destruction of tha Republican party, is on foot J. be late btata Con vention of tbe Opposition in Virginia is tbe last most formidable demonstration ta this affect The project includes msny of tbe leaders of the Old Lino Whig par ty, North and South, and will receive en couragement from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, rew Orleans, Louisville, St Louis, Richmond, Baltimore and Washington. Tha object will be to na tionalise the Opposition. If yon will carefully observe the various letters writ ten for certain papers from this capitol, yon notice that the main design of this organization is to ignore the slavery ques tion, and to conduct tha campaign npon tbe basis of a high protective tariff, hos tility to tbe expenditures of tbe present administration, and a considerable tub to tha whole of Americanism in tha bspe of an alteration in the existing naturali zation laws. . Mr. Botts, he who slept with Captain Tyler, is one- of the engineers of this movement and as it will mske very lit U difference to John whether the msn chosen for President is Republican or American, ha will do everything ha can to bring the repulsive elements together. ' His speech, ta tbe late Virginia Con vention, waa a compound! of originality and assurance, and a remarkable speci men of partisan eloquence. Ha and Mr. Prentice of the Louisville Journal, and Mr. Ex-Secretary of War Conrad, of New Orleans, with Ballard Preston, of Virginia, and Winter Davis, of Baltimore, are not i events; They see that the da. of any sectional party is over L T the Republican, will new, ,h to make the stand which they did ?!? The follies of the present gJJS A istration will give great S$kfe movement, unless, indeed, the Dem ic party should publicly .a cot itself loose from that AdminuJ Meanwhile, the Republicans J by no means inactive. ' Vl MT. Seward, assisted br Tt,- i Weed, of New York, is raniii- party, nis friends insist that he i, ,? only man who can rally- , ni" support Thath.U.v.il.Ue, w soand ; that they will run B, T men for mere votes ; that they m V a Representative of their principles 7 and simple ; and that they will not tLi to any candidate who may claim shi2 in this or that quarter. a Oddly enough, those most anxioq, u put Mr. Seward forward for rresiJeT are most anxious that no action hj Uke place upon the tariff question. Such papers ss the New York Evenin Post and the Albany Evening JoanJ frequently give expression to this wiit and Mr. Seward's old speech, tleli in 1855. in favor of giving credit to cer tain Railroad Companies on thedmitsrf foreign iron, regsrded at that time bT protective tariff men 'as almost iulto, free trade argument ia now being p, lished in large numbers, to show th h, himself ia not disposed to sanction anr high protective movement at the pram day. The correspondent of the New Times ssys Meran lon belong to the ultn church party of Mexico, and hiAlini. istration will be controlled by that i&gj. race. Cincinnati Gazette. Hews and Ramon from "Waihingtoi, The Senate Committee on Foreign re lations, by a vote of fonr to thw, hr agreed to a report written by Slulell, .! vocating 30.000,000 appropriation, 'and have reported a bill for the same. li report is an elaltorate argument it for of the acquisition of Cuba. Mason, Dong las, Slidell and Polk agreed to the report. Seward, Crittenden and Font diagrml. A telegraph received at Washington announces the election, by the lmXTiu, of Mr. Benjamin for another term ia tha U. 8. Senate from La. Tlie bill for the organization of ter ritorial government for Arizona is aloat to be reported, and will no (look piu. The first governor of the territory will probably be Maj. Ben McCulloch. It stated that an emigration company for Arizona bas been organized, with suita ble means for developing the mineral re source of the country and for detract against tbe Indians. Such an attotia tion, under proper management, may i!o ranch to promote the speedy settlement and prosperity of the Territory. Tlie correspondence r-f the X. Y. Her ald of the 18th, says : We learn from good sources that tlie proposition to fltct thirty millions in tlie hands of the I'm ident for purchasing Cuba was brought about by private revelations to the com mittee on foreign affairs, of informatics received by the President from aernt sources in Madrid, in regard to tlie feasi bility of propvr'y conducted movement. This information cannot he made politic for rewons of Mate policy. Since the caucus of the Democratic Senators held on Saturday, a careful can vass of tbe vole in both honacs of Con gress on the Slidell proposition has teen made, with tbe following result : Amon; the Senators, but four can be found that are disinclined to touch the subject, and their inclinations lie more against the op portuneness of the present moment, than against the messnre itself. The Tribune correspondent ayi Uiat majority of tbe House Lommittce ta Territories are in fover of organising a new territory, comprising the Tike ' Pk region. Tbe name Colona will be drop ped, and Toposa substituted. Bill lor Toposa, Arizona and Dakotah will cet- Uin the provision that the iwriwno when organized into States hll be ad mitted into the Union with or without slavery, as the, people may determine. Livelt Times Ahkad is Kaxms. Both honses.of the Kansas rerntonai Legislature have passed a bill for the or ganization of a State government. 0a the 28th of March the people are caW upon to go to the polls ami vote for against tbe holding of a Conrentioa After that question has been decided af firmatively, as without donU it wiH t!un An lh Tth nf June. the elector! will agaia go to the ballot boxes and tboo delegates to that Convention. A W border ruffianism may possioiy o dnced at this sUge of tbe game. T delegates being chosen, tlie CoBveB will meet in Wyandotte city, m worth Connty, on tha 8th of Jaly. " proceed to frame a State eoBsnw The constitution will be submit to W vote of the peopla on tbe 4th ol uw? and the State officers under it ' elected on the Cth of December. :. v, .ff;nl-w tn Wn no the ivaaw excitement throughout the Pr?n'f: Tbe following is a recspitulstion exciting events which bsve been out: March 28 Vote on Convennoa. June 7 Election of delegates. July 5 Meeting of Convention. Oct 5 Vote on constitution. Dee. Election of State office Aw T!mi SiaslOB or CotCMV'' The Washington correspondent of W Louis Republican notices ip;;' . ty tnss wouia suena w extra sessron of Congress oj He ssys : ... ui In the case of Messrs. Gbol Claiborne, of Mississippv , 1838. 1 balieve it was decided Governor of a State had no by virtue of the Constitut'os jflftj ted States, to order special gJLi w.i fXr th mxmbers of a new " ,y Tbe time for tha elections k fix -t statutes of the several rweooJ only by tbe authority or Ststeu . Governor order a special elecg held. This has been providedM State of Mississippi, botuv rf I believe. Hence sn "rf Congress ef tbe United S" & Jnaa would necesssnry . XjCt. meeting of nearly ona" , latarsa of tha States -