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BY HOSJIER & KERB.
LANSLXG, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY. APRIL -2i, 1S5!).
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LANSING HOUSE,
Lansinir, - - - - ZNIifhiirmi.
n. iudm), rzroiMiirrosc.
WM. T. 1I0UCK, I'LKKK.
Stag? k'ie tlu. liousii d:tily f.r J.icksou, St.
Johns, Detroit, :i:il iiit.Tiue'li.it j!;k-cs.
Lnsinir, April 1, ls.V.. ly
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SC. J". ISINTIISXjS,
1I70CLD INFORM THE CITIZENS. OF
If Laasin- that he lms opened a new ; Livery
Stable, with lull flm-k ot tleet, well broke ,
HorJ. ,f.iM k,,.-.m. i)o..t.!.. iw.:... !
tad Sleigh, and y close attention to ln-iiie-s '
hopes to merit a fair sluire of pul!ic patronajre. I
Uiunny, November lS.VS. ',
J. XV. X. K. I.OiV j
LAW AND OIIANCEUV BUSINESS, Lansing, j
Mich. J. V Longyear.Commissionerforthe
SUteofNew lork. 0;liceoverlJ.uley r-Uaik- i
ni; and Eschaiipe Office. 5y '
or
Officeathisre-iidenccon iJrand-treut,ei.ict!y
attof the O.ipitol.
Lansin;, June :.o, 18. ")..
irooniioi: a m xi.i:ie.
GENERAL LAND AND TAX AGENTS
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Win fun!. Attract. ,.r T.tir t R,.i K.tt io t,eh.w i ( -Mistake, lhejirywas drawn from all
Owoty, an i n! t th ruTha-p n i sit f Kt-i k- ! parts (f the .state. 1Z1. TiiLiinc,) and
at f. si; Ktm,'n n t.h. ii.q,.D k..w. ..f the verdict rendered is 'accidental homi
Ui ti rr Tax-. u.i !! ik ;n-ii Snrns-oo i eide," which means tiiat a man was killed
C all l-airU entrust-! to th-ir c'l.tri;-. I i 1 mm 1
Part.ruUr aTt-o'Lin grm l the p-irnntcf Taxes ' lV mischance, Or accident. 1 lie people Ot
aa eoiiection of .j-m. ; this Province will not view t!ie matter in
cma.4. w aeriRR. w. wiih.(D. ' ......
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Counsellor at Law, Litisinj, Michigan. tUlice " b" a eclelrated man named Judge A il
one dor south of the post office. ; kins, every one niu-t submit to his final
PEASK & FULL Kit,
successors j. b. rloss, ;
Jobbersof, and Retail Dealersin.allkinds of '
PAPER STATIONERY.'
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Paper llaiim, ,
tooruta paper, and printers' rrriNisiiixc; ;
GOODS,
No. '210 Jelferson Avenue, Detroit. Mich.
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architect & draughtsman,
LAXSIN'O. MICHIGAN.
Willfurnijih rLias.Soecitieations.tnd Estimates
Uthe bei ; style of workmanship, and designs
or Churches, Court Houses, Hotels, rnvate
Dwellings, Jtc!, and will eoiuract to furnuh n,a -
torialsand build any tiling in the line of Ruilding,
t wperiatend the Vmitf on reasonable terms.
Reaae pve me a call.
Laasiag. January 1st, IS.-.7. 90
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ACKSON, Mich., opposite . C. R. U. Depot.
By STANTON & TIFFANY. Ceneral St .ge
Office at this Houe.
C. 4c T. J. lt nsn i: L I-,, Attorneys
ad Counsellors at Law, andSolieitors in Chaa
T, Laniiing, Michigan. All business entrus
W to their care will be promptly attended to.
Office OTerE. I. Ho-swell's Shoe Store, second
jjoor Northof the P. O.
O. SCOTT, Physician and Surgeon,
wing permanently Wated in Lansing, will
tttend to all calls in his profession. Oiliee in
Thayer & Co.'s Drug Store. 1
Ihe Coleman Farm Mill.
TaKWospER .N!l Al'M.Rvno.N OF lilE A'iK.
rry Farmer lil own lUillor!
gKAT SAVING OF TIME & EXPENSE
zl!)twxful M, talic Mill rrrr inrentolt'.-r
r Baking Buekvhrat an I Family Hour.
' can be run bv Horse, Steam, Wind or Wa
Power. wJ w'th Siere arrange.1, fr siftin? Corn
iorlanrly use, while gr'mdiiur, ''
mre, wuh Bolung Machine attached, for
FamilyFW, ?7o
enpure Circulars may be had, or the Mil!
JJo een in operation, "at the Ollie of the
jMMBan Farm MiU Companx," Tribune Ruild
o. ? Spruce St., X. Y.", where all orders
w rcceire prompt attention.
MARTIN THATCHER, Sec.
THE SKTKMB OF DEPUTY M AIl
j StlM. TVI.KK- WHAT THE IMPEItS
! SAV
Wc have watched with some curiosity
, the ex j,rcfei ns cf opinion on the part of
ithe Trti-s thruhcut all this region uron
the sentence jas-d uron iK'r.uty Marshal
: Tyler fur the Lomicideof Cant. Jones.
i 1 hat expression is almost unanimously one
i condemnation where anything I as Lecn
; said at all. We append every fctatotijent
that wc have sern, some times contained
I in one line, at others more at length. Drt.
! Tribune.
j Fruin t!ie Ck-rehii'i Herald.
! Was there ever such a Lurlesjue of jus-
j tice since Courts of Justice had a being t
(Frow tie R.jchestcr, X. Y., Democrat. !
! The accused was either guilty or inno
j cent of a grave offence, but this rc-Milt turns
. the wht.le affair into ridicule,
i From the Grand IlapiJa Eaqle. i
! Wc believe the penalty f r such offences
j as the stealing of a pair of shirts in that
i delectable city is something like three
; months' incarceration. Wonderful phenom
irnon, is the even balance of the scales
! justice in that city.
From the l'itt.-ur-h ;.tette.)
"Thirty day.-," is the y ril f- r which we
; 5.nd vagrants to j iil in IVnn.-ylvai.ia ; and
j it hcenis from t Lis that the puni-him r:t
( which we award t. a vagraiit is u'iii'd
j sufficient in Mic-higiii fr the uni.-htnt'iit
of inartalaughttT. The Ic'n it papers tru- :
j ly characterize the sentence as a force
Tyler was guilty not merely f i:ianlaTigh
j tor, but of committirg that !: tiee in Can
: alian waters, where he had no right t at
j tempt t!ie service of lr. S. jti.cc.-.. It was
' an asgravated crime, and such a si ntence
is a di.-grac; to the Court and Jude inflie
i ti"o' it-
From the Marshal Expounder.
The sentence pronounced by Judge Wil
i kins, ns the 1'. Ditrict Court, in tli
, case of Tyler, has been the subject of some
discussion in these quarters, as being soiee-1
, what singular. On the whole, we think it
right.
Fiom the Lexinptoii, s'anilac, Leader.
This trial has elicited a good deal of in-ere.-t
and finally ei ds in a!uust a f tree.
For h carelessness which was truly culpa
ble, and which resulted in the death of a
fellow ereaturc, Mr. Tyler receives the aw
ful sentence f one month imprisonment
in tie Count v Jail, and a fine of one dol
lar. From the Clevilmd Lea 1-r. ,
The Toronto Lfiuler, (Mini.-terial) com
ments with severity on the verdict of the
Michigan jurv in the easo of Tvler, ar.d
says ' Invead of a conviction fur murder,
wli'.h awaited hi.u here, he gets off with a
verdict of manslaughter, and of course a ,
nou inal punishment. The question of his i
extradition canii"? h wever yet be regarded
as s ttle l."
From the Hamilton, ('. W., Spectator.
It now remains to be seen what action,
the Canadian authorities will take in tho
matter. The demands of justice have not :
been satisfied, and we t resutne it is still
(,rr.n fr tll0 C.overnmeut here to demand
.' ,. i .1 i
e rend:ti..n of the prisoner tinder the Ash-
burn 'I reaty.
From the Cleveland Review.
T(), JlJ(, jn rt.ttif)?gIll;; j,r-.tim:0;.
ation of the sentence, said "the verdict of
j10 jury was substantially one of aiuhtal "
(Jf j an)1 , to Uk
,.,.,.-, ft
w the jury be it sa:d.
it any one wisacs to commit murcer we
' advise him to go to Michij:i:n, it bein the
only !tate where it is considered an flenee
! of a lesser grade that technical assault and
; battery.
En.mthe Winehest. r, C. W., Il. ral l
It is well known to all that a murder wis
Committed on the Cat adian shore near
Poart Sarnia by Mr. Tyler ; Captain Jones
of the brii Conoord, bein? the victim.
I T,.,c 1'son has l.en tried i I Mr.. it M. r,
a iur se ccted from the count v ot V
this light, but as the decision has teen i'iv-
'award. W e quote a portion ot his kinu
address to Ty ler on the termination of his
(.iml it is understiKKl that a "fellow-
foelitig makes us wondrous kind" in unnv
!t:,n- anJ v!'riaJ'!rc" V;r
is a gem w wotihl like to publish it en-
-ut; . (,lcre fI!uWa a
quotation )
The above is a portion of th address to
: the prisoner, and no d.ibt the Judge and
J criminal had something like a feeling of
fraternization. The Judge evidently had a
teciing oi aisiress at t-euig unuer tue ne
I Po:tr r.f M'n a beavv sentence nrn
: tljp rtno.ls deTin inor.t. " The f llowing
j . . . . u r m .1 ,
1 1S t!l "t0I,rp : (" f",!"w U" 0Ii
, tenee )
j Uo'X very grand this is: Marshal Tyler
j j. a nnrtvr. lecause his pistol airir!cntxil
j j 'tF j., hjH innj ac,l !C ,a!? n Cen-
.iunce to undergo the awful penalty of
, . , Tl,. .1 .l'v xr'l 'u-h
-0 J 0"i.finemcnt ihed.Li aby whnh
presents itsoil is tins: tne pwr cnpiain
who was kille !. aj'parently tonus no portion
o the kindness given by the Judge, buf
his sympathies are apparently with the mur
derer. Tliis is rrrr kind ou the part of
the ruling power which presides over ourts
in Miehigau ; and we advise all those who
wish to commit murder to go to that State
for the purpose, ss they will then receive
tears of sympathy from the Judge, and the
awful infliction of SI penalty.
Fitm the Sandwich, C. W., Maple Loaf
On Monday lasr, Ju le Wilkins, of the
l'n't -d S atos Iistriot Court, delivered sen
tence in the cas. of Deputy 3Iarh:d Tyler,
who was last week eor.viec d of "involunta
ry manslaughter in the commission of an
unlawful act," which in this cae, moans at
tempting t seiz.J unlawfully a vessel in
British water--, rnd s'uoting the c.ij tain for
warning him off.
The sentence is a proper s. quel to the
verdict One ihtlar fine and So days
imprisonucht.
We are sorry that want of space pre
vents our giving Jadgc Wilkics' speech in
I delivering sentence. We will do so next
, week, in order that our read-.rs may learu
' with what delicacy murder is treated ovtr
the way in certain cases The case of
. Fleming, recently executed in Toronto,
whose sentence was carried ii.to effect rin
cipally with a view to puttiLg a stop to car-'
rying and uing concealed weapons, is a
, striking contrast.
From the Port Huron Press.
Our citizens have not f rg- tten the start
ling announcing nt that was made in this
eiry, early 011 the mornitig of the l':h of
November last, that a man had been shot ;
d wn on the deck of his own vessel, while
at anchor on the Canada shore, by an effi-;
cor of the Federal government, having a
civil process to perve Neither have they
forgotten how full and abundant was the j
evidence elicited in the examiLatkn before
the coroner that the act was committed un
der circumstances that should, at least, have
subjected the f erpetrator to the second, if
not the extreme penalty of the law for the ,
crime of murder. ut this surprise on the
L'!hh day of November, was far exceeded
by their surprise at the announcement cfi
the sentence of Marshal Tyler. That sen-t-nee
is, that he pay hit) tho bankrujt
Treasury of the United States a fine of.
ONK iJOLLAH, and be imprisoned in a
certain rookery in Detroit, known as the
jail of Wayne county, for the space of
TUIKTY DAWS.
i ho whole conduct tf this Tyler case,1
from beginning to end, has been a disgrace
ful bur't'Hjue uj-on Courts of Justice, and !
the result must bring contempt upon the
Court in which it has been reached. 1 litre
may have been a question about Tyler's '
being guilty of murdt-r in the first degree, !
but it he was not guilty of manslaughter,
committed under circumstances th:?t afford
no material palliation of the crime, we
know not in what that erime consists.
Testimony might and would have Lecn giv
o!1, had not the court excluded it, thatwo'd
have shown that Tyler left this city fully (
advised that he had no authority to take the
Concord where bhe lay, and that the proba-:
bilities were that in the attemjt he would
Lnd himself in a position where he would
cither have to retreat r J'mht i) thv
irrotis, and that he left here fully d x r
mined to take her fit alt hazards. For
hours he had been warned of the danger
of his undertaking, and in view of such
danger, he boarded the vessel with piste! in
hand, prepared f jr an unrri'iifti. That
emergency came and he shot hn irthu
down as unceremoniously as he would a
dog. In an instant the blood of the brave
Captain Jones crimsoned l is own d- ck, his
wife was widowad and Irs child orphan d
For this heniuus crime the miscreant that .
pe rpetrated is sentenced to pay the 6um of
ON 11 DULLAK, and to be imprisoned
TIIIUTV DAYS; a less penalty is usu-1
ally inflicted for giving a fellow a black eye 1
in a drunken row. '
To all such Courts as the U. S. District
Court of the Stato of Michigan criminals,
will pray to be commended, and from all j
such Courts honest men will devoutly pray, j
"Good Lord deliver us. ;
1
From the 6ame.J ,
A well known magistrate of this city, of
the democratic party, when it'foimed of the ;
sentence of Tyler, exclaimed "liy (I d,
Fllgo to shooting down black Ilepublieans.
It's the cheapest way to carry elections." j
He isn't a malicious man, or we should have
some fear that his threats might be put in
' execution.
From the Port Sarnia, C. W., Oi 'server. '
, As we intimated last week, Deputy Mar
shal Tyh r chargi d with murdering Cap
tain Jones of the brig Concord was found
! guilty of manslaughter by the Detroit ju
ry before whom he was tried, the verdict
being accompanied by a strong reoommen
datioii to mercy, on the assumption that the
act was accidental. I lis sentence was de
ferred until Monday last, but the general
, impression seemed to be that he would
come off with a very slight puni-hni-nt.
from the sympathy with wh eh his case was
regarded by the Jury and Court. Few,
however, anticipated it would result in such
a farce as it has done ; that such an utter
mockery of justice would be perpetrated.
Detroit papers received here on Tuesday
: evening brought the intelligence that Tyh r
had received h's sentence on the day previ
ous ; an i what, gentle reader, do you think
that sentence wa ? " To pay a Jine of
oxe dollar to the United States, and t j
; he imprisoned in the jail of Way ne county.
State of Michigan, fur, and during the
peri-td of thiiti days".'.' Was ever such
: mockery of justice perpetrated in any coun
ty claiming to be civilized 1 We think we
may fearlessly answer, Sever .'
The sentence as pronounced by Judge
Wilkin occupies nearly a column of the
Detroit papers, and the whole thing seems
to be a piece of special pleading in favor of
the prisoner, tlivs facts being misrepresented
and a strong inclination exhibited of a do
s:re to extenuate and apologise r the vil
lain, who in a Lt of wanton bravado, with
out he shadow of an excuse, so unscrupu
lously attd unlawfully took the lite of a fel
low citizen, merely because he claimed the
protection of the Dritish flag, and disputed
; as he had a jerfect right to d the author
ity of Tyler to act in his capacity as Mar
shal in serving process on a vessd moored
. in Canadian waters.
j It :s but justice to a porti.n of the De
troit pre.-s to say, however, that they de
nounce the farce ss strongly a? we cau pos
sibly do. They admit thut he was doing
an unlawful act in trying to seize a vessel
: in Cana lian waters, had no right to go
i around at ail, still less to pvint his pistol at
j Capt. Jones wheu w thin a few feet of hix;
j and that for either of these acts, having
I wholly oat of view the question tf his in
! tention to commit murder, he merited cvn
j digen punishment. The papers claim for
! the people if Detroit er Michigan, cx-mp-j
tioa from the condemnation which the
j ' farae" merits, and will justly receive f v
! ery where. The trial wrs conducted alto
! ge'ther by United States officers, that is, by
' th? oGoiuls of the Federal lovcrnmeritand
! their conduct finds no sympathy with the
' people of the State. We hope this is real
ly the case. In fact we wonder whether
i there is one man in the Union who will
venture to hold up his head and defend such
a burlesque on the solemn proceedings of a
court constituted to enquire into a matter cf
lifi and death.
This ' farce." therefore, sj far as ary f jr
th(r trial of Tyhr by American ceiins is
concerned, is ended. The only tjUe.-tion
tn w is, wiil our Canadian aiith rities n-1
claim the right to take the matter up. u: -dt
r the Ashburton treaty. TheZ'Wfr,
((.iovernuieLt organ) affirms distinctly "'that
nothing can be clearer than that, under the
Ashburton treaty, he ought to have been
handed over to the Canadian authorities f r
trial that the municipal laws of Michigan
cannot come in to irevent the operation of
the treaty and that the question of his e x
tradition cannot ytt be regarded as settled."
We shall see.
A I)K.l) COVKK.Ml-:.T.
The prevailing sentimer.t is that n-ji'-Buchanan's
Administration is virtual
ly defunct; its vitality is all gone; it is an
object of contempt with Democrat and Ke
puhlican, which every body has ceased to
regardas in the way in the political future.
Looking hack a few short months we see
Republicans, Americans, Anti-Lecompton
Democrats and Democrats of other kinds
too, uniting together to defeat the measures,
the candidates, the wishes of the Adminis.
tratiou. These coalitions were generally
successful. But now the breath is fairly
knocked out of the body of this Adminis
tration ; and even the Republicans can no
longer use it as a bugbear or scarecrow
The natural consequence of this altered
slate of things will be the crumbling to
pieces of tho temporary coalitions referred
to; and they cannot bo renewed. Jlwhs.
ter Union.
It would be fortunate for its party if the
Union c uld induce them to adopt its cwm
ground, viz : that of discarding and dis
claiming all responsibility for the acts of the
present Administration. But this they will
not do, so long as tho Administration is
the sotirec of patronage, plunder and pow
er. But in one respect the Union's argu
ment lacks cohesion. "Wo hnve tried one
Democrat ij President" is its theory ; "and
he has proved so unfit and tyrannical as to
Income an object of contempt toeverylndy.
Therefore let us elect anothir like him !''
It is true this policy was adopted in H .".
Democrats who repudiate the acts of Pres
ident Pierce, were induced by fair promises
of a "new policy," toe:1 st their suffrages fur
Buchanan. But the result has shown that
they only exchanged bad for worse. The
time game cannot be played twice success
fully. It would be a delightful thing fr
Administration Party if they could make
the President the scape-goat f.-r all their :
misdeeds. But the people will hold the'
party as well as its agent to accountability.
Albany Journal.
PEXSYI.VAI V DKMOCIMTIC STATK ;
KH.IirS IONYKVI IO.
flarrisburg.lVednrsday, April V-l. '
The Democratic State Rights Conven-1
tion met this morning. The attendance !
was very large. Alexander McKinuey p re
sided. ;
The IIou. John Hickman made a speech
of an hour's length, in which he s:iid :
These who talk of conciliation and com
promises between us and the self-constituted
oracles of the Democratic party, can have
j but a feeble appreciation of the real condi
tion of things. Let this truth be made
: prominent, that there is eternal antagonism
between Freedom and Slavery. The strug
gle between them is but ju-t begun, and is
going 011 in our midst. We have acted
, honorably, benevolently, and longer forbear
ance with the South ne-i only ceases to be
irtuous, but becomes cowardly and base.
Th North has rights long held in abey ance
truly, yet not lost ; we will save them ; by
walls and fire and blood, if need be, we will
save them. We wi 1 resist aggresson on
the part of the South, but not her
constitutional guaranties, and will f.rcc
a plain, distinct, unequivocal recognition of
the rightful claims of the North; nothing
'more and n- thing less. Further, ausurpa
t on has been accomplished which saj s t
the very foundation of our political struc
ture. Mr. Buchanan has demanded the
ab.-orpt-on of the powers of Congress in
those of the Executive. To carry out his
treachery he has assailed the representa
tives of the people, bribed the venal, re
ward the aspiting, alarmed and timid, de
ceived the honest. .-lore recently, howev
er, when the recommendations of tho Pros
ider.t were thought to favor the agricultural
and manufacturing States; when the pro
priety f a new tariff law was suggested :
when the so- viHed Demeicratie Members ef
the Senate and the House, even the Cabi
net elEexrs, rui-ed the voice e.f denunciato
ry ep rV:tion, it was all right, and rebellion
became Iuynlry. And yet Pennsylvania!
see nothing wn.ng in this; nay, they
commend it. Chains never clanked upon
the limbs of beings mor servile and de
based. We charge further vpon the ad
ministration of Mr. Buchanan cr.e n.ai:;
cau? by which we have reached the point
of national insolvency, a reckless prodigal
ity in the expenditures of the public money
and the prevailing vice in the Departments
of the rlovernmcnt. lie referred to the
Van Buren aiministra? ien, when the expen
ditures of the Government were thirty-seven
million. This he pronounced very ex
travagant, but nothing to compare with the
present time, when the cxpens were in
creased to one hundred millions. He then
alluded to the navy ynr 's, all crew Jed with
supernumeraries, while the expanses of the
Post Office Department are greatly aug
mented. These proceeding, which he
characterized as outrageous and indorsed a
genuine ly a Convention purporting to rep
resent the Democratic pnrfy intb State.
He then declared that Mr. Buchanan
and his cohorts were incomplete. His ad
dress was qaite lengthy, and produced con
siderable effect.
The committee reported resolution? to
the following effect : That we are here to
day to resist every attempt to weaken or
overthrow the cree l of the Democratic p ar
ty to unite for the purpose of restoring iu
all their vigor and purity the grcst
truths that have heretofore made the Dem
ocracy th- conquering organization which
has contributed to the enduring welfare cf
tho Union ; that this convention most sol
emnly declares its warta attachment to the
urn--a cf the ates, to maii.taia which it
j'edgts all its j ewers ; ar, l tl.:-t .;r this
end :t is rur du'y to 1 j pese- ivory infrae
tLii ef those principles, which constitute
the oi ly lu.-is of that un on, leC".u.- a
fa.th.ul olservanee if t!::. can i nly secure
its existei.ee and rullie L.j j It s
Thht wc r.re Iviind t. r-.-g 1 r-.i the A 'min
istru'i ns huvi::g f-Tfelt. i the e l.tiiit.ee
- f th. eop'e ai. i to ue:."'it:ce it as unw.-r-thy
of the surf' rt of the F ;.. ruk- jar
ty ; that the a::emrtof t'.e Admimstrati.n
to disregnrd the e.-vmai.r f 1. t J iu
its tcad ireet a desp-'ti? tt t t-c--tfje! ob. -dience
to doctrines sul vt isiv-' i r t u 1 .t-
.an iit erfv, was tl.e v.". ; .. n
rl I'e
ocratic paity, L'lt of 1 v!.- t.;. 1 r-- V.vcd
upon ami itious purposes ; th:-' we rein Lrse
the principles ot joj t.!.r .-ven igt.ty, r.ot.
i:crvt nt:iii 1:1 it!.- 5 .
i. :bv iL-States
n "n intervention ly Conirre.-s with Slavery
in the Territoiii s, and 1. in'eivention by
the Federal Executive with the franchises
of the p.cvjle of the Stat that we re uJi
ate the platform of the Convention of
March ; and that no matter wh it the decis
ion of the Supreme Court nay ho ou the
abstract question, still the right if the peo
ple to make a slave territory er a frie ter
ritory is per J! ct M:l comj-hte under the
Nebraska bill.
A series 0 resolution were nd j ted,
and the Convention n,- nrr.ed wi'.h great
enthusiasm.
MOISK I))IMTi:ATlIV C tKSItl I'llON
to i:k i:.iori.
Exposures will be made nt the next Ses
sion if Congress of a character to demand
the impeachment if high efficer of the
Government. It would seem that in many
dep artments there is not only a deliK-rafe
disregard of the letter of the law. but, more
shameful fact stili, that there have been au
thorized iol.itioTis i f the sanctity of private
eoiTcsj ondence. To relieve our institution
from the infamy that the j resent Adminis-;
t rat ion has put npon them, and save us from
that dire calamity, iu which the finger el ;
scorn would p oint to us from every quarter
of the civiliz' tl we rid. is a Loundt u eiuty ef
every man, whether a representative of the
people, journali-t. e-r e therwis-, to make I he
tacts aj jiear that they will fall down at once,
crushing denunciations up. on the heads of
the guilty. Here is e ne :
A gentleman in one of the great e'rie.- ol
the West holds himself r e.-p -mM,., with
another, e.n e ath, to p rove that not only were
documents ordered not to be distributed
when sent by a certain Senator, but that
letters were also violated. An Investigat
ing Committer will, I understand, be call d
up.i'11 this matter as well as upon the mal
p ractices e-f the Post Office Department, at
an early day ef tho Se-ssion. So insecure
has the transmission if jrivac correspx n
dence become, that one might well think
there was here, as in tho p almy days of the
Austrian despotism, a censor of the mails
one who, with diabolical ingenuity, got
inside cf letters and allowed all to p ass that
wcro unexce j'tionable to its requirement,
and withheld all that were calculated to de
feat or 'nd.irri--- the j urj-ose f the "pow
ers that are.' Again have sealin-tvax
and deep, cut j-ehls rome iu'o almost general
use. Comp laint :oiso ou nil sM. sthit let
ters an- lost.
Then, agiin, the .-tiangest rumors fl at
about of o:es j urchasi f J.y momy ras-d
from per ccntages np..ii eontzai-t. I h am
that a Philadelphia!!, who cone here occa
sionally, hesitates not to tell that he was or
deiod to pay a p.er eciiMge on what he 10
ceiveil for p rinting the Po-t f ri - blanks,
to a hight r officer of ore f the D p art
n.ents. All these things, ate! where, tuu.-t
c n.e out. The re.-ult, the e. rroprie.n of
gd u t n. can e.nlv be imagined.
m :!..- !;!:;.. !' .-.. A- ,;. 11
irin'ii'r k unr. to mi iini-n
nr:it m ii m.
A singular affair is now creating m: -h
sons.itiot, in its vicinity f the W t Divis
ion. A Gi: rmau couj-le named Saal the
man B. Saai. a barber by oc-.ij,:iti. :!, about
thirty years ohj, hi wif- a y ::r or two
younger have lived unhap.p.ily f ther for
some time' p a-f. He ha b-eii j alous of
her, slid sh", as is s.id, fully su.jaine-! her
share of tho quarrel.
They reside at No. 1 Mi!,vauke.-avi nue,
and their bickering i and strifes had become
the top ic r.f conversation among the in oi'jh
bors. Within the week pn-f, she has tw;o
caused his arrest, :i the compl iint pref-r-rol
by her that he I;ad beaten and maltrea
ted her. The first time she 3:.f ; t appa ar
to sustain t lie charge, r:n 1 he was -t at lib
erty, which sh alleges he u-e J so much to
her bjdily peril in a sound beating, that he
wa at her instance a e(Nin-I time tiken in
to custody, and on her evid-nc?, in Tues
day's Police Court fined ?" f r an assault
upon her. The wretched c t:j !e went homo
from the Armory together.
Yesterday morning, after the usual hv"2r
of opening hi h-r, the curtain- remained
down and th d -. r- fiiene-d. with no move
menr of p-rret; within, until a neighbor,
mtra'-ted by th- cireTni-tar.ee, and on ex-aniinat-i
n t.otieung a strong od -r of gis, as
if escaping in -the aj artm-nt i f the Saals,
broke the d t in.
The man Sail was f, an 1 lying in ! d iti
a state of nneon-ei-'-usne?, which the medi
cal ai l immediately s-im?r. ned disc vered
to be the tffe'ct of s .ru- f.rm of op bun
The woman was a;-s:r.g. and. what was
more singular, the gas had bee n turned cn
from all the burners, and allowed to escape
into the r - -n, the air of which was in :ch
a state as to be f itself almost inevitably
a caus.- , f d:ath.
Net l.ng after the discovery of this state
cf affairs, the woman re turne I, zz. 1 frni the
suspicious circ imsrancv inventing the mat
tor, she W3S taken into custody for whtwas
U-lievel t be an ntterop t on her part to
p oison her husband, who she say took a
do-,- of laudlam to dt-tn-y hitnso'f. That
she she uld have taken the course she did
:n thus absenting horsolf without giving the
alarm, sup p-Osing this account to be true,
weighed against the truth o f her statement.
She' was tak-n to tin l:ck-un by officer
Kauffmann and Davi. t) be held to await
the issue ef her husband's c.niition, which
up to the loit accounts yesterday was criti
cal, he manifesting vo return of c ,nciou-
ress.
K. -ntL- I na.-lil" :.:.: !tt-; u'Ceiu
Tin: dljiik :trv :om-: 10 iikiv
VI. Mi."
Monday, tl.e 4th of April, was a ghri
oi:s dty f" r the IUju' lieau j arty, every
where. Yui. tvtry hjality we sea the
same story 1 f victory :.;.d trlun.j h. Iu this
Mate, 1.: t tl.e least : eur ic:oriis i the
regeLerati.. n t thai s'.i. 1 gl.i l l 1 1 the De
mocrary tie- City it l.:roir. Last Fall.
Stunrt had a n.ajori'y h ti.:.t city of
N w Mai tin h.:. s n.:r : It v . t" 'Su a gain
if 17t. ii. Detroit al. ne. The :,n,c st ry
might b. t. 1 1 1 : : 1i.-t 1 vi ry t.wnci.d
eoiuty in th-- Stat- l.-.igo Kejubhcan
gait: x's' 1 virvwbi ie. and H. n. Jn.-rge
Marti:; 1
1 1 v
a m:.
uty i t 1... t 1. ss
hi not !.e in the
i j a hi-!i a-
tl
l'J."". :.i ! v.
s-iri t d if i"
I..-- 1 ail .Mr V. r w.i 1 h c
ted ly a n.aj. ;i:y 1 '.'lot. I he gain is a
large me and should give the utmost satis-fin-Men
to c. ry R j-uh!io.n
We h i( not sj .i -eto r. cord all the coun
ties when- th.- llcpnhiieans have gained
the lis' v.. u' 1 ( oiiij iise et ry cet.n'v in the
II 1
tate.
In Wa-l t. naw e i'.-. U th- home
ot .Mr. ! .
erat ..
Mr. l:.
In this
List year
e whieti tl e Demo-
carry by a large majority
has n rity , f nbout .".Hii
1 t. We !,..e a'.-- gained
R....rd ot' Su.v r i.-i rs wa-
CempeM-d el elt Vitl lb j-ubiicans and five
Democrat. th'.- -ar it will .::.. d f vrteen
Rep ublic:::.. and tf., Democ-iats a gain of
tliree. The towns which hast year e lectin!
democratic Sc.pe rvi-ors, were Bn!'seti
Bethel. (V.it'ornia, Kit.dethook, and Nh bh
All the--' t e.V'.is, with the eXCepti- Il ei
B: ns , is, have thisSp ring eh en d Kcnub' i
cans, 1 ut in the t wn if Cullwater they
have gaiin-d their . ujcrviser, through the
influence of the whi-key si ihrs and whi-kv
drinkers. Although a m. cratie Suj-er-visiT
was elected hi this township- by a ma
ify of ten, Mr. Martin bad a majority ef
one. handled and J'ttii-ninr. This show,
conclusively, what the sentiments of our
citizens are, when not tramehd by any h.ral
matters and personal pTejudiecs There i
now but one towt.ship in the oeut.ty which
can be claimed as a Democrat ie township-
that i the township of Bn nson ti e
fortress ef the Democracy of the evmfy
In that township they had a small gain, j
owing to tho fact that the Republicans there
were ne-t "awake" and did not exeit them-.-elves
as they should have done, to get out
their full Vote. By another e lection we
hop e to carry this town also, then Branch
will be the Banner county of the State.
Bat this State is le t the only p.lace in
which the Rep ublicans have been su-cess-1
hi!. On Men lay, the bh inst., a Judicial ;
election was hi Id in the e uty ef Chicago,'
reMiltiii" iii the triumrli of the KcMihlican
rs I . I ,
ticket, ly a large majority the lh iitwiat ;
claims it to be about 4,oVm) but the Press
and Teibt'tic states it at not quite so high '
a figure. On Tuesday, the .hth , the city '
ef Springfield, the Cajiital of Illinois and
the center ef Doughisism hi the West,;
elected a Republican Mayor, by a nijofity !
of 1! M l. The Pirns and 'I', dime f the '
7th, s.is that tie ov. I throw ef this great
i IV ue crati- str ngho'd i " c -rtain'y cans -fir
creat eongralulati. n." Tie- :ty f Cin
j cinnaM has also I c? d a R pjbliean Mayor
by a majority f alsut llfteeii hu'eb-d a
great tiinti; h. Louis tils hel l a mu
nicq al e leetioii on Monday, resulting in the
election of the Repailliian eanli lafe fi.r
Mif r, by a majority of about linn- ihwi
tand. This is a s igge;ive id r , at d
will tell with a goo! eff'.-,.f :i tj. . j
poets f the Democracy. Ci-a !. 1 ha
also gone Reju!liea:i by a large jity.
But to coiitinue this list would only be to
ad I to the nlrca iy h ug catalogu of R--p.iibli-
an cities an 1 the same tab; wa.uld
have' to be told of all. But hold! tle re i.
one the city of Toledo aljoiit the .-malh.st
city ch'ming any iiiq oitanco in the West
has ''looted a D lUglas'te Mayor. There
must 1 e some exceptions to prove the gen
eral rule.
Wc now come to the States. ( n the same
Monday, an chorion was held in ''onnocti
eut I' r Sta'e (llitars and Coi,gresmen
i he result wi the entire triunip h of the
R. p ublican ta-kct ai:d a cru-hing bl w to
th" Slave Di'ii.oeraey very Cmgres-man
is a lb. p ublican. The State Sen.-ite standi
It R-p.iblieatiS, t. 7 D-mrats, and the
'. ic'ory is compb t". In the i-t Coiign
two t tho members from Cnn i-ticut were
1 te!i, eratie and two Rep.ubli.vm. Now all
four are Republican.
' hi Tu 's fav, a genera! election was hel l
in Rhode Island, and here we have the
result to chronicle. The admh.i.-'ratinn has
received a severe bl .w. The lb-p ublicans
and Americans united in opposition to the
Administration, arid elected their entire
State and Congrcs-ional ticket, by a major
ity if 7'M.
Wisconsin, on Tuesday, hel l an election
f r a member of the Supreme Court
Nerd we say what the result was ? The
people have rcl uked the F'-deral Govern
ment, with iv frauds and dictations by a
majority of fire thousand.
All over the country the Republican.
have been successful beyond their hep e.
anl cur principle nobly maintained. The
example of New Hampshire ha been con
tagious and all have followed her lead. The
result of the late election i in the highest
degree encouraging, and Republicans have
but to p rove true to themselves and their
p rinciple, to wip e cut every ve -tago of the
Democratic party in li1.', and in the place
e f the men who new disgrace tir national
government, place those who shall be an
non r to eur country and to our party.
From the New Orleans Cre.-cer.t.
DKVTRl'CTI VK FlllK l.F.V OllLK."j
no visoir i.imj''.
Thc
of the destructive fire cfi t:
season br. ke out Ap nt J 1th between 1 1 and
U o'clock, in the Third District. It star
ted in a frame house, or shanty e.f ;me
kind, in the square fronting on M ontcgnt
street between Greatmea and Crap. A
j-trcr.g wind was blowing at th-i timo ; and
whilst the fire spread among the surround
ing tenements, it communicated to Cnase
A: Day's c.tton pick ry, fronting ca Great
men stn--wt, below the corner of MoUegut.
The bx-e cotton there, aul the combus
tible nature of the buildings and their sur
rounling, soon rendered it a fierce and
: terrific conflagration. O'Brien's cctton
picKery, directly epposite, caught fire, and
in a few minutes rendered the fire still mere
gLnxtie. Whilst the tire gained slowly
against the wind nmcng the t.ncnunt le
lew, it swej t with hurricane tuty against
the Ce'ttol sl eds e f the l.- Wi r C ite n Pic.-s,
th:s side e f Mot.tcgut stmt, vhiih ei.sp t:c
their tight nar walls ef Iriik and s.atc
loots, (ait li;c. ci'tnmtiniv.iu ei the Lrc t
the itt'n, and ina shut t.n.c iet.ui.iod
that part if the . w u a p rairic e f lurid
ll.imes nd a t-imeeii e f blinomg Minke.
The direction if the wind i nailed the
burning ivtten pickeries and tti uncnts en
the hv.er si ie if Mvntc..n;. street lai.d e:i
U-th sidi s if (itcatmen) to the the tene
ments en the npjer Mile it 3lei.tea.ui
street, and the two eettiii ards filing Cot-
tell Puss street, Ktweeii !nati;,eu and
(.'assacaUe , as Well a- the loe n ett :; ;;rd,
between 'reatinel. and Claps
lhe whole una of the Lie, evtnn yards,
p ickeries, teneme nts and all, wa.-alxnt tour
squares; two square e ne w.iy ami two
squares the other.
It ir imjHi-sible to e fifir any p lieise esti
mate of the b-ss. I'roiu six'y to iiglt
small frame teneuienii wue e! -troye.l,
u.e'-tly old and che :,p. and i:,! .b.ted by
poor German and liis'n 1 .inohe n.anv 1 5
wheuu lost all the ir fumiiure and lih-ct-.
This
pait e.t the
must ! abo.;! .;',.
"" or i- 1o,oimI lhe tw, e- t:. i. on he rn s
weic unusua ly full e f c.tte.n ; I ut we :re
unable tooffe. r any estimate as to t!ie am not
or alue if cotiui they contained.
I he three burnt out cvt ton y aids, bchng
ing to theCettoii Press, had their. -heds
closely crammed with cotton, fiein the
ground to the to f. If was e stimated that
the amount of cettoii ihstnyt.l rang d from
lOMitt to lo.oon !;il,s. Last m-ht we
heard that the returns f th,- y:nd cieik
lied the amount at PJ." '. b..l This,
at the fair valuation if : r bale, wu!d
make the hss in cotton alone in the press
yards little short f 7t'i'.,H'il. lhe shed
which covered the coitou could not l ave
been worth less than S.iO,(;(m.
The value if tin pickeries and contents
being undetermined, and ot:r es'imates .f
the other destine aMon be ing given rp on the
iim-t moderate rep ils, it is loir to snj j eso
that the total bss by this most oisa-tnn
lire will prove to bo aUnt i? I ,iii ,('(.
Tin: Wasiiii;tox Statkson run Pit
no:r. Ttie Sfits, (Douglas organ.) con
chide s a .scorching aiticle on Niearaguau af
fairs as follows :
"His dij'lotnacy i triun. p liant, but his
pledges what them ? lhe story is ai
ready ti'ld. Suffice to say, iu n cap-inila-tiem,
that by the ooiiVcnMens whiih lioie
uclcy has negotiate d, no f.ir from renoun
cing England's jr tei.-ioii in Central Amer
ica, he has w cured its continuation. Nh i
ther the Mosijuitei protectorate rer the Ray
Island colony is abandoned ; while, to ag
gravate the injury, the Cas-Yiissairi ti a-
ty is rejected, Willi i et
n. .-n ! of
i ll.e I I ilo
I Wd'.lbe
i a lifi-e . f
i'u-h at I.;-
contempt fir the ri sen; n
States, ltrnoblc eoti-'initu
ovuntry submit t" m sh uio
its right P.. s it fe i i
tiud.ful picMire of its huu.o ai.cn .'
"At the hazard of lodioii- t- j iit'o u, we
must ontieat tl.e p up lie to ricoil.ct these
facts, that Mr. Buchanan .,co a ivoi-ii'i d
the rep eal of the Clay ton-Riii'Aer tiiaty;
that he subsi -quently shifie.i his p..ticy, :n d
commenced negol ritions en the bus's of
eip.etuatitig that eiigag ment ; that be r -fu
d an assurance from l.or l Naj im ef a
r adii.ess e.n the j.art of the British lega
tion to annul the Chuton-RuliM r con p -o t,
and give ail his em. rid. nee toOusehy, who
desired nothing -o liim li as to oen-o'.idafo
English iisiiipation on the I.-tbmti, nnd r
covr of that cot. vent ion.
"These are Jactsi.f vehieh we eh fy e'oiitr.i
diction. And, pray, in what an amlu h-do
th y pi ace tie1 Administration? We pity
tie- wa akiiess f Mr. Buchaiiau. J'lie lit
ter annihilation .f Ami ri-an inf! ienee on
the Ithmus. tin- commensurate elevation
and aggrandizMii nt of Europe an inteiests
the rejection of tie- Cos-Yai i arri trea
ty, the triump h of O.w ley's M achiavellian
I ,li.-v the princip le s re-cordi- i to England
ef interf. rei.e by arm- to repel the incur
sions f lilibusteri.-nt, th" --al li-hm lit of
a I'pnch f ree in a p.o-i'i n to command
communication with our P.ic lio j-'-s- .--i ns
the e ared f lorahlei'ot.s' q n ne sind ed ;
but, in mit gallon ef th; p.oj.u.'.,r indigna
tion, Mr. Buchanan is entitled to p lead the
mistakes f a t -o credulous m.t ire."
Fo-:i t' - N. V. Kvi niiig Po-t.
TKitJUtli.i; Ills Vi Kit IS Mt it II.
About h .If-p nst four o'c! kye-:. rday -A-ternoon.
durir.g the w rvie in the Church
of the Holy Cross (Cntholic) in ijl M.-e.-t,
near v:ii av r.u", a liiht'-d 'Telle iu tne
alter c-mmunie-i, d fire to a urla n, and an
alarm of fire was instantly giv n, cr.atirg
a great panic among th" .ngr'-g.iti n
The church was M-' n-ch- -ri wd' d at the
time. There wa an in-tan'ancou- ru-h f r
the d-x-r from all parts of tho building
The ru-h on the stairs wa- m. gr- at that the
narrow p a -ago way w ar, con j ef . ly bhckrd
up, and a hunsan pyramid 'f ft'y or a hun
dred men. Wome n and ehn Ir'n,. wn- p iled
up. at the Lot, from which pw- 'led gr- an,
shrieks anl frantic cries
Some polf-cmer. s n reached the scene,
and after a time yi"f -If- i in r-t ..ring com
parative crdcr. Two chIMrn wore d ig
out of the baton f the h-ap with their
leg and z.rms broken, and sj ba l'y r rui.-ed
and tram; led that they c-.n- t p- --.bly sur
vive. Their r ernes are. r. t r. pored
Some twenty cr thirty other per-ors wc-r;
injured, s- n.e f th'-ru vrry seri'.nly. The
paster, Rev Mr. McCa: thy, tried ia vain
to restrain the p anic-.-tr;ckeii multitude, as
suring th. m that there wa- no danger. In
an incr- d 'oly sh' rt sp ace of time the c hurch
was clear d, an 1 net till then w is order ful
ly re t red. No damage was done by fire
beyond the burning of the curtain.
A KEMAP.KAI.Li: SaTE. At OD-J of the
express officer-s in Third frrct, yesterday,
we saw a small iron safe, still in u-e, which
lav at the bottom of Lake Eric, co-o'ainbg
?"J0,O"0 in gold, fi,r ;x year- Tie safi
belonged to an express c 'u.p.any at that
time, was on a "'earner that blew op and
sunk, and was raised by a diving bell af'.er
tho lapse cf time me-nti.ncd Cincimiati
, I nquirer, Alirrh 'j7.