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VHII.NS I'Ull) AY, MAY IT. 1HSO.
rr'-i- U" TllOM-CN. is the !lUlll()tiZH(l
?rm for the "IV'," in liie ciiy ol L5ulii-j
wore, Ml.
lUH'OUT oFtThT COMPROMISE
roMMirn-.i:.
Mr. ('lay imd' the ri'pnrl from ilin Com
mittee of thirteen on the 8ih. TI.e rt-potl
was drawn u;i by him. nnd its reailins in
llie Senate is ran! to have been listoned to
very attvniivi'ly. It is hIo saiil thin un
expected an I derided npp" tion to it was
inani'i s-trd en tlie p;;rl ol' oiiih Snutln-rn
Si-ruitois. It lias hi en very evident lor some
time thut lli'-rc are men ill the South, ns
well lis tin-Nn!i, who are quite anxious
the i) 1 ill cull v should tut be conipifimispil.
The repott Ma-es ihe rews and enoehi-l "'.msnves lu,,v nutiionzeu ami com
.i ,.. H. ...riontv ol the Comminee: J petenl 10 speak for the whole Eastern Ui-
1st. ThV reeo'ilineiol thai California he
niltiiined as a i(te, nod with lK-r present
houn larie-; hut iiiliin.ite ilia', at some In
line lime, the .Suite may be divided, if
found convenient an I (h-s r ih'e.
21. Th'-v recommend that territorial jjov
ernmenis be ownied for drill and New
Mexico, without I lie esla'nlisliment or in
hibition ol slavery. The Committee sny
that these territories, when Ihey become
Krates, will probably lollow the example ol
California, and prolnbii slavery.
3d. They offer a Wank sum lo Texas for
a reduction of h' r Western and Southern
Loiinda-y, and propose c nain limits ae
cordieglv. y ileehire t!iut Coni-ress i
bound" by the articles ol nnnexation, lo
admit new .States from Texas, with her
assent, wheiher they be slave holding 01
not, hut that il is inexpedient lur Congress
lo lake I l.o initiative in pinposing them.
4lll. Tliev leeommend that Ihe measures
above staled be all included in one bill,
which is reported and marked A.
Tub Tliev recommend that the la w 01 ,
7'J'd for Ihe recapture of fugitive slaves be
so amended as to he, with more certainty,
en'orted. At Ihe same time, they pro
pose to guard asuint-l all abuses, by a trial
of the fuailive by n jury in the place
whence he eloped. Tliev suggeM Ihe pro
priety of itnl nixing owners of fugitives
who cannot he n covered.
I'.n, 'I'h f t niiiioii'ee rrconmiPnd that a
law, formerly existms in Maryland for the j
prohihi'ioll of the slave
and enforced in lue I):
trade, he adopted
Ma-on, of Va lVrrien of Ga.. Clemens
of Aln., Yuleeof F.unda, Doriand of Ar.
Kansas, and Dawns ol Li., were uncom
promisingly iioit.le in the whole scheme.
fj-The W'.-uhitijtoii RcpuL'ic menttnns
Messrs. Dell t-f Tennessee, Msngum of
North Carolina, an 1 Dawson of Cieorgia,
as anions the .Southern Senators in favor of
Mr. Clay's coinpri 111 is .
Cottos.- 'J'he mar!iei was very rj'.nel
on Saturday. Sales C'W bales, at prices
ranging from 1 1 to Vile Char. Courier,
lUh.
Sr. Loi is, Mav 7.
There were 10 deaths to clay and 7 yes
terday, and M'i for wnk ending- on Satur
day all irom cho'eri. There is consider
able alarm in consequence.
The Methodist Cot.f. reive will probably I
rise today on account of the epidemic.
A Race Ciianck I i y reference in nn :
B,t,,.;cc.mnni in t.!ni''u n.ioer. it will he
seen that a large number of lots in Ihe !
.,f nln,bos Polk countv. will be
offered lor sale on the first Monday of j
July. Columbus is situated m ihe midst 1 t
of a good section of country, immediately
on the Iliwassee river, near the head ol
navigation, and about twenty miles above
nn.l .n.linn ft f AltllKlrH lltiniHl IHII'IV I
ft, a itl Ti.tinese.-. and . '"
lilt: lllllll ti' i': . - 1 1 1
Geotgia Railroad crosses that strer.m. j a c"''" : .
.... , . 1 . 1 . 1 1 ' " 1 ho signs ro more cheering. Wo are
The causes which have so much retarded 1 fcy of , , - inU.li;fPllt
the growth and prosperity ol other towns (,1(,,1)l.rH ( Congress, that the great plat
in East Tennessee, have nol been without (rn of rompromiso proposed by the Com-
ibeir effect unon Columbus. Dut a new I
stale of things is coming: upon our end of
the Slate, and situated as Columbus is, on
the hanks of a noble stream, in view or a
rich mineral region, and within a half day's
travel ol the Railroad, it will at no distant
period Le a place of considerable business.
flj-There has been no little complaint
among the merchants of East Tennessee
this spring at the manner in which busi
ness has been conducted over the Georgia
Hailroads. Goods have been misforwnrJ
ed, delayed, extra charges made, and the
devil to pay generally along the whole
line. Packages that ought lo have reach,
ed their destination months ago, are still
behind, while several large lots of Bacon
have been entirely lost. Now all this is
the result of gross neglect or incompetency
on the part ol the agents and others ap
pointed to aitend to the business of the
Roads. Il is certainly 10 the interest ol
the Company that the business should be
well attended to, and thai as l.tile delay a
possible shoulJ occur in sending lorward
freight. Complaints have been very gen
eral' or late, and the facts ought to he
brought 10 the notice of those whose duty
it is to provide against the causes.
The "go for damaged JJry Goods" is n
grrat in New York at li.i season of the
ye.r, thatcertiin ri'iv kn in the trade, who
und.'r-tsn l t, rt of l.-.imhugging the pub-ti-
re m'ti to din age th-ir goods by wet
ton" theta n pufp6 to make litem scliJ
THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION.
We leiitn from the KnoxvtMe papers
that a iiicetiii? was recently held i'.i ihai
plai-p, to appoint delegates to the grent
So'itheri) Cnnvpnlion, so called, which is
to assemble at Nashville on the lirst ol
June. This meetin!j is represented to have
hern composed of comparatively hut few
persons, lint succeeded in appointing a
snodly number ol" delegates the list em
bracing, probably, ihe names of more gen
tlemen than . participated in the proceed
ings ol ihe meeting, nml not more ihan
one or two of whom will aitend the Con
vention. Every thins is said to have "one
oil' harmoniously nttribulahle, no doubt,
10 the la c I that small deliberative bodies
are easily managed. It is also said thai
the meeting was held 111 a rather retired
place, remote from the noise and diffusion
iiicnl. nl 10 a nioie public demonsirntion.
If there have been any oilier mei tings held
011 Hie subject in East Tennessee, we have
not heard of them. Dut that will make
no sort ol' difference, ns the one or two
delegates who may attend Iroui the Knox-
ville concern will, ,11 view of the eireum-
stances under which they were appointed,
vision ol the State.
The preamble and resolutions are lengthy,
and we irive a short extract from the for
mer that t ie reader may know that al
though the number present was small, yet
there was no link of ability ic put tilings
in proper dress, The preamble commences:
"We have arrived at a period in ihe po
litical history of our country, when the
fear of the patriot and ihe philanthropist
limv well be excited, lest the noblest Inli
ne of consiituiional Government on earth
tuny, ere long, be laid in ruins by the ele
ments 0! discord engendered by ihe un
holy lust for power, and the fell spin! o1
fanaticism acting upon the minds of our
brothers of the non-slnveholding stales,
and that beneath lite ruins will be forever
butied Ihe hopes of an admiring world for
the political regeneration of enslaved mil
lions "
We would cheerfully extend the extract,
but reckon the aLove will do for the reader
at one silting.
There was p.lso a meeting held ai Nash
ville for the same purpose, which turned
out a perfect flash in the pan as regarded
any legitimate action in favor of the Con
vention. In fact, all the attempts to inter
est the people of Tennessee in behalf of
this movement have proved decided fail-
nrpc, anj We think by this time the nrita-
1 tors 0112I1I to be ! :ltv well satisfied that
n)j, fur',he( (r,jrIj Q 'en(ls, hejr fwjnjjS
Qr m;,.rt.presPnt ,ie (acI3 of ,iecaje
i will prove useless.
fT" Our friend of the Chattanooga Gi
zet'e has a wonderful proclivity lor tnis.ip
prehending, and seems disposed to con
strue every remark about himself as an at
tack on Chali.morrra. In his last he savs
we want to ininre the nrosnects of Ihe :
mod-l ci-v. and that our antipathy lo y,.,,
yir.M.s possibly Bri:-es from Ihe fact that we i
mav have blundered into one some Satur- ,
day night. It is true, Parliam and our
sell used to go it pretty strong o Saturday
nights, and the only difference between us j opposition, or the nturmurinss 01 uissatis
in that respect now is, wecontrive to avoid I 'action on the part of disaffected and luke
such things, while he is still liable lo floun- warm 'fiends. Willi an abiding confidence
der into rny on of the numerous frog f in the good sense and justice of the Ameri-
ponds, quagmires and marshes which are
said lo beautify and adorn the precincts of,
' Chattanooga.
Tuelve hundred und eighty-nine students
vt - erp neilripiitntcd at tint vnriotm IVledieol
Colleges in PiiihtdBtphia, at their lute wm-
...r session!.: and i.earlr five hundred 0f
them graduated, and tire now seeking whom
hoy limy kill in a legal way.
Tim CoMPr.n.MtsE, The Washington
Union, of Soturdoy last, gives tha follows
rhoorjro' indication ol the Clearing up ul
iniltee of J hirteen limy lie ultimniely oJop
ted. The question has beer, postponed in
the Seiiiito till Monday next, and made Ihe
order for lint tiny. I3y thai period, it Ins
been ii id minds of members, which yielded
to tho impulses of thu moiiieut, will have
tine; to cool, the report will have been more
cnrcl'iiUv weiglic'l, n 11 J the measures pro-po-cd
iti the bills may be mure seriously
coiisedf red.
'Tinj minds of the people, too, will bo
op. ned. mid I ho redox o the public setitl
ineni would partially cou.o back to Wish'
ingion.
Feoekal CoL'ht. William Pennington,
who was apprehended in November laft, for
robbing the U. S. mail on the l'incaslle and
Cumberland Gap route, a convicted at
he recent session of the U, S. District
Courl for tVesitrn Virginia, held in Wythe,
vi'le. Judge Drokenbrongh presiding, and
sentenced lo 10 years imprisonment in the
penitentiary.
Durinjr the past three or lour days, not less
than 10110 rinigrauts of the .Mormon perstia
sioo hnve passed this city on their way (o
the Great Salt Lake. They are mostly Eng
lish emigrants, and from appearances, quite
intelligent as a body, and such would
tmko good citizens in any country. Si.
Louis Intelligencer.
Somebody says that lie neer know a po
litical abolitionist to put a negro into hi
bej nor a poor man to obtain a premium
at a lair where titer wis a rich ont to
coutpcio ilh him.
THE PRESIDENT.
We believe no man who has occupied
the Presidential Chair has been 1110'
fiercely assailed than Gen. Taylor, and no
man who has been elevated lo that distin
guished position has given less cause (or
offence, or more scrupulously confined
himself to the legilimale duties of Ins of"
(ice, or more religiously abstained from in
lerfering with those belonging lo llie co-ordinate
branches of ihe government. 1 el
notwithstanding the high'and really tinox
cepiioniible ground taken and maimaincd
by 1 tie President from the commencement,
almost every act of his Administration has
been made cause of complaint, and in nM
ny insiances of the most hitler and ma
lignant denunciations. And we regret to
add, that in some cases the arsaulis have
been made by those who, n year or two
since, were loud in his praise and clamor
ous fur his election. Now why is this so?
That ihe Democratic parlv, smarting un
der a painful sense of defeat, should wage
war against his Administration generally,
was to be expected, hut perhaps nut in the
reckless and senseless manner displayed
even they were expected lo do julice oc-
casiotnlly. But thai members of the par
ly who look up Gen. Ta) lor and supported
him lor Ihe Presidency with a full know
ledge of his declared intentions in case ol
election, should complain and find fault
simply because those intentions and views
have been thus lar religiously adhered to
and faiihlully carried out, is more than we
can comprehend or explain, Il was cer
tainly not expected by any thai an indis
criminate course of removal from office
would he adopted, in the face ol the ex
press declarations made on ihe subject
during 1 ho Presidential canvass. This
would have be n as preposterous as that sil
ly proposition ol the Democrats, that Ihe
President was morally bound io retain all
members of ihpir patty holding office at
the time of his inauguration. In view of
the circumstances, llieie would be as much
good sense and sound policy in the one
course as in Ihe oilier, and Ihe failure lo
adopt either furnishes no josl cause of
complaint against the President or his Cab
inet. But where ihere are so mativ aspirants
lor public favors, with the profits annexed,
there must always he some jealousies and
disappointments, heart-burning1!, and no
Itille grumbling. Il has been the case here
tofore in the Democratic party it seems to
be the case to a limited exlent in the Whig
parly at this time. All cannot be accom
modated with office, and the failure 10 ob
tain it sometimes proves too severe a test
for the parly devotion of the disappointed
applicant. If a man, whether Whig or
Democrat, is sincere in his political pro
fessions, his private grievances will not in
tprl.'te with his party relations or deter
him from rendering a cheerful support to
P"1' prin riptes and party measures
If
lh"wise, the sooner his sordidness is
",aile nia"l' better for those will.
wnom nP mny P""se'y ac"S-
The President however is not moved
by the inccssnnt storm of abuse Iron) the
can people, he is adhering strictly to the
line of duty, and will continue lo do so to
ihe bitter end.
The Oi.mpho.mhk Uki'ort. In the Senate
of the United States, 011 Thursday, Mr.
cly ",I,VI,J 10 ,,llin UP 1,10 "i""
jesteruay oy 1111 seteci commuicc m .,..r
teen, to udinil California s a Stute into
the Union, to establish territorial govern
merits for Utah end New Mexico, nnd mak
ing proposals to Texas for the estnblisli
metit of her wpstrrn and northern bounda
ries," with a viciv lo sonic final dispo-ilion
of it. The motion prevailed, and Iho bilj
was then read a second time, and mndo the
special order ol the day for following day.
A GOViiUNOIiSHOT.
The New-Orlcar.s Picayune of the 1st.,
has news from Metninorus, which states
that 'a srrger.nl formerly belonging to Ihe
command of Don Viiul Fernandez, and who
was very much atlaclied to him, presented
himself some- time since to the guard in
charjo of the residence of the present Gov
ernor of Tamaulipas, Don Jesus Cardenas,
and under pretence of presenting a letter.
prevailed on them to admit him to an inter,
view with the Governor. After entering
the chamber, he presented the pretended
letter, and then, in full view of theGovcr,
nor's own body guard, ho drew a revolver
and shot Cardenas in two places, one ball
entering the chest and the other the lower
part of the abdomen; lie thru made his es
cape by another door. It is said that Car
denas was mortally wounded, although lie
was slili alive tt last accounts."
A lie is a breach of promise, for whoever
seriously addresses his discourse lo another
tacitly promise lo speak the truth, because
he knows that the truth is expected.
If the spring puts forth no blessoms, in
summer there will be no beauty, and in au
tumn no fruit so, it youth be trifled away
without improvement, riper y?ars will be
contemptible aud old age miserable.
'Six days (out of seven) shalt thou la
bor." It is as much our duty to Isbor dur
ing the aix dy of the week as to rest on
tbe tevsiitb.
THE GALPIIIN CLAIM.
A Washington letter in Ihe New York
Courier says:
The Committee of Investigation in tho
Gnlphin Claim are pursuing the most rigid
ar.d searching system of inquiry, jtiot only
into thu official fuels, but in regard lo eve
rything otleiiding the passage of Iho Hill in
Congress and its allowance before the x.
ocutivo Di'imrtineiits. Sutlicienl evidence
bus 11 1 ready been e'icited to r.vonornte the
members of the Cabinet from impropriety,
and to es'tibli-h, beyond all question, thai
iho whole story originated in a malicious
purpose of personal resentment ngninst lir.
Crawford, because In! wus stern 111 enforc-
I ing what he believed to bo the rules and
rights of the military service. On this
pojui ihe testimony between Ihe accuser and
a number of persons referred lo, is in direct
and positivii conllicl. Between Iho respec
tive statements Ihere is no posihility of re
conciliation consistent with truth or honor.
The public will have to decide upon the
weight of evidence. The examination yes
terday resulted in establishing iho author
ship of t ii r libellous letter in iho N. York
Express which furnished tho Union' and
its confederates with ihn ammunition for
their slanders and imputations upon the Ca
binetupon a person recently discharged
from one of tho Departments for neglect of
duty and other causes, which muy appear
hereafter.
'J'he sumo correspondent, under date of
the t'-")!h tilt., says;
"The Conimiilee of Investigation on the
'dolphin claim' has shut iis doors finally.
The testimony is closed, and Ihe witnesses
must stand or foil, according lo Ihcir state.
nients and character. Without pretending
lo know very much of what has been de
veloped, I undertake to say, tliti". something
approaching to perjury or false witness us
casuists may determine will be fixed in
one quarter or another, when the documents
tiro given lo the world. Charges have been
made, which have not only failed to be sus
tained, but which on disproved by every
wilness indicated to justify the allegations.
There en n bo no such misapprehension on
such points. The partius accused are guil
ty or the parties criminating, are perjured.
One or the other of thoso extreme alterna
tives is presented in the case now under
remark, and there is no possibility of esi
cope from tho resp msibility which involves.
Mr. Burt will probably propose his Keport,
in time to be submitted to the House early
in the ensuin;; week. It will exonorale Mr.
Crawford and every oilier member of the Cu-
Litiel fully, and confound the calumniators,
who Imvo endeavored, by misrepresentation
to prejudice the public mind."
THE WASHINGTON UNION AND MR.
CLAY.
We last week published a most compli
mentary noti.e ol Mr. Clay from theCharlcs.
ton Mercury. Below will be found a para
graph from the Washington Union in res
ponse, Tho Editor says:
'In conclu-ion, wo would nut do justice
to ojr own feelings did we not applaud the
noble tribute which the Mercury pays ihe
eminent statesman of the West. Such tri
butes are alike honorable to him who re
ceives nnd to him who pays them. Mr, Cloy
has won many laurels in past times, but
be has won none in his long and distinguish,
ed career of which his friends should be
more proud than those which aro now wo
ven around his brow, for the patriotic course
he has pursued during the present session.
They will grace his declining years, ond he
fresh in Iho memnrv of the people long nf
ter nil that is mortal of the groat orator
will Imvo mingled with dust und ashes.
Wu, of course, hive no roferunce to any
ambitious aspirations which soiun of his
friends may have formed fur him. Il is nut
certain lint .Mr. Clay w iuld again aspire to
thu presidency, full of thorns us it always
is at any tr.no of any man's life; hut at his
time of life the honor is less to be coveted,
while the burden of the responsibility is
less ea-y to be borne. Far hotter for any
iiinn lo deserve tho unenviable distinction
than lo win it, and far nobler lo be culled
the friend of his country than its Presi
dent."
In giving the above, the Editor of the Bal
timore Patriot very truthfully and pointedly
remarks:
'That such plain, veritable and appro
priate sentiments should be imbedded in the
heart of the editor of the Union is not sur-
stirprising, but thai he should hive the fair
nc-s and firmness to publish them to the
world, is really feo unexpected thai we copy
them with great pleasure, as they no doubt
speak tho true, unequivocal sentiment of
that journal."
THE DIGNITY OF LABOR.
"A people's treasure is in uveful labor;
there is no wealth, and can bo none, but
what it creates. Every good, great or small,
is purchased by it. Savages wild bound
less territories and fertile lands, are indi
gent and often deslituio because they work
not. A single day's labor of a peasant or
a mechanic, tends to relieve human wants,
and increase human comforts. It produces
that which is not to be hid without it, and
to which ton of glittering ore can contri
bute nothing. In fine there is no wealth
but labor tio enjoyments but what are de
rived from it.'
The Book of Es her bas ten chapters but
neither the word Lord or God appears in it.
FUOM WASHINGTON.
Washington, May 4.
The return of Chevalier de Bodisco to his
post, as Envoy from Kiissio to the United
Stales, is highly gratifying l our citizens,
among whom bo i popular. For a num
ber of years Ihere has not been a more in
telligent and respectable representation of
foreign powers here, than at present.
Thu President had his last reception, Tor
the. season, last night; and. from nine lill
eleven tho rooms were well thronged.
I am informed that the Compromiso Com.
mitleo will be ready to report on Tuesday,
the 7th. Every essential point is consider
ed as settled, except tho boundary to he
proposed lo Texas, and the sum lo bo oiler,
ed to her. It is determined to embrace, in
one bill, every thing iluit. relates to the gov
ernment of territory acquired from Mexico
Tho Senolo will net separate these mea
sures, hut an attempt to do it will he mode,
and. perhaps successfully, in the House.
There is lo bn a severe struggle, but the bn
licf is that, ofier a conference betw een the
two Houses, the linn determination of the
Si.'llil'o will prevail.
Should Iho House succeed in separating
the three measure, nothing will bo settled
tit this session, for nothing but the bill u!
milting Culilornia will, in that case, pass
the House.
There is much feeling still on the subject
of the several Committees of Investigation
of the House. It is believed thai Ihey will
report fu'ly and explicitly on nil the points
of iho investigation of which they were
charged, ond thus put tho charges rigain-l
iho Secretaries tit rest.
From all that we can learn, we are dispos
sed to btdieve that the evidence of .Mr. Pi.
J. Walker, and of the late Comptroller. Mr
McCiillom. went to substantiate the justice
of llie Galphiu claim for ttitcrcst'ind 1 1 ut t the
evidence of Mr. Meredith, mid of Mr. Ile
verdy Johnson, completely vindicated Mr.
Crawford from the sii -position that he had
used Ins ollicial or personal influence in pro
curing tho ullowance of the c'nim.
Vahixuton, May 11.
Tho Galphin c'.ui:n Committee are, at
Ichgth, ready to report, Mr. Burt, the
Chairman, will, it is rumored, mo ko a scp
arute report, disapproving of iho allowance
of interest on llie claim, but not censuring
Mr. Crawford. 'Iho other eight members
of the Committee r equally divided, by
party; and iho Whigs report in favor of the
claim and id' Mr. Crawford, nnd the Demo'
ctals unite in condiiniiation of ihe whole
transaction.
Tho rumor is revived that there will be
changes in the Ciibiuet.
The Senate took a recess from 'I hursdiiy
to Monday, when Air. Clay's first bill is to
come up. iJr. ueutou wns prepared with
his parliamentary authorities, 011 Thursday,
for an assault upon tho report, and the
combination of distinct measures in ti c
amobill. He and iho free soil leaders.
Air. Reward. Mr. Chase, Mr. Baldwin, untl
Air. Hale will fighl every inch of ground
upon this question. For California, per it,
they will contend, and interpose every ob
stacle to the proposed combination of mea
sures. As to tho fate of Mr. Clay's sclieui"
il is not now easy to judge. Some eight or
ten Southern Senators will oppose it A
mujority in its favor cannot now be shown,
but, still, many arc C"tnident that, after dis.
cussion, and after consultation with public
sentiment, the necessary 111 jority will be
obtained.
Mr. Clay relies upon tho belief, expressed
in his report, thut the scheme will meet
with the approbation of an overwhelming
majority of ihe American people. Should
ihe scheme succeed in the Senate, it will,
as is supposed, pass the House, though, in
hut body, just now a majority for it cannot
be reckoned up.
Mr. Benton has brought before the Select
Cutr.n'illco appointed to consider the subject
of the fracas bet A'cen him and Air, Foole, j
every topic connected w ith Air. Fooie's re- j
narks upon him. He has called witnesses, '
and propounded que-tions in relation to his
affair with Mr. Butler, at the closo of Ihe
lost session.
It is said that the editor of the Nashville
Union takes more Patent Medicine Ihan any
oilier one man ii. that city. Tins accounts
for his olways trying to humbug tho pco- i
pie, j
Proud men never havu friends; neither in
prosperity, because they know nobody; nor
in adversity, because then nobody knows
them.
McGraw having been detected in placing
his wife on the kitchen fire, excused liimelf
by saying that the law allowed a man lo
'haul his wifo over ihe coals whenever he
saw tit.' As Mac lias got the constitution
on his side, wo fear his lady will have to
submit.
The edilors of the Nations! Intelligencer
state that they have over 100,000 of out
standing debts due them.
"Have you ever broke a horse?" inquired
a horse jockey. ''No, not exactly," re
plied Simon, "Dut I've broke three or four
wageus.
Roche, the French aeronaut, recent
ly made an ascent at Bordeaux, when
his balloon hit a chimney, upset the
car and threw him into the street,
where ho was picked up with one
broken arm and two broken legs.
Indian Massache. Our communis
ty lins just been startled with the
intelligence of another of thoso san
guinary scenes, so common in the
annuls or the two powerful tribes of
tl c Northwest the Sioux and the
Chii)ev;is. On I Fednesdny morning
Inst, about sunrise, a war party of
Sioux fi out the villages of Little Crow
and lted Win;.', surprised a small en
enmpment of Chippewns, on Apple
river, Wisconsin, and lulled and scalp
oil fourteen of them, without loss or
injury to the attacking party. They
also took one boy prisoner. Few
men were with the party of Chippe
wns, it beinir mostly composed of wo
men ami children, engaged in making
suoar. The fniirlecn killed compiised
three men, three nearly grown boys
six females, women nnd children, and
two male children. The ntlack was
upon ground heretofore ceded by the
Sioux to the Government, but upon
which, by treaty stipulation, they still
have the privilege of hunting. The
plitce is t went v or twenty-five miles
northeast of Stillwater,
On Thursday tho Sioux warriors
appcaretl in the streets of Stillwater,
and went through the sculp dance( in
celebration of their victory, forming
a circle around the Chippewa boy,
their prisoner, nnd occasionally strik
ing him on !ie face with their recking
trophies. The boy, we understand,
has already been adopted into one of
the lamihes at Little Crow village.
Minnesota Vhronkk, April C.
Pi.ank Roaih No Hi'Mitt o. The
Fayottevillo Oliscrctir ol the 1st inst.,
says: "ire understand that tho re.
eeipis 011 the li miles finished of the
Uoad, for the past week, averaged
about 85 per day, equal to about 10
percent, interest on die cost. Manv
vvigons do not travel on it, as yet, be
cause there is so little finished that
they can only take in such loads as
formerly.
"We are informed that a proprietor
of a Saw Mill on Little Itiver.'whose
usual load of lumber to town on the
old road was 801) feet, brought 2800
feet at a load a few days ago. He
thus performed in one day. tho labor of
three and a half davs. llire of wagon,
four horses and driver, saved for two
and a half days, at 3 a day, $7 50.
Toll paid for jioing and returning C3
cents. Nett gain on one load, in one
day 8G S3.
The Pittsburgh Genetic speaking of
the influence of Plank Roads upon the
value of Real Estate near that city,
says :
"Since the organization of the Brad
docklield Plank Road Company, and
tho location of the line, a piece of
property, some three or four miles
from the city, which was purchased
some year or so ago for $2Q per
acre, has been sold for $1000 per
acre. Contiguous property which was
purchased for S.'.j!) per "acre a few
months ago, is now held at 1000."
Such are the electa of Plank Road
and Rail ilonds every where.
A lotter from Holt county, in this
Stale, says: 'The emigrants aro roll
ing on by hundreds towards California
from every quarter of the world, each
striving to be foremost in the race.
All modes of travelling are adopted.
Yesterday we saw a sturdy Scotch
man, pushing a hundred pounds of
baguage ahead on something which
had the appearance of a wheelbar
row; and, indeed, ho passed up the
hills with rapid strides, far outstrip,
ping the ox nnd mule teams. It was,
perhaps, "2 o'clock when he passed
here; and he said he had left St. Jo
seph that morning, a distance of twen
ty six miles well laid on, nnd two days
drive for the teams, in the present
slate of the roads.
The spring is very backward here
cold, indeed for tho season and
snow fell hero latit night, making it
look quite wintry. Si. Louis, Itep.,
Tit ft till.
The boldness of tho man who would
encounter tho perils of the deep upon
a "shinole" has become a proverb.
What shall be said of the prowess of
him who would dare those perils upon
a hag-trough! Yesterday morning,
at about one o'clock, the passengers
on one of the Grand street ferry-boats
were startled by moans, which pro
ceeded from near the surface of the
water, and on examination it was
found that a man wns floating upon a
hog-trough. Ho was dressed in the
uniform which is assigned for the
rcsidentsof Clack well's Island.whence
he had escaped earlj in tho evening,
and, having been several hours in tho
water, was nearly exhausted when
rescued. He was taken to Williams
burgh, wheie, as Black well's Island is
not an appurtenance of King's county,
no one felt called upon to return him
to captivity. Aew York Courier.
A UsRFi't. Receipt. A pailful of
ley, with a piece of copperas half as
big ns a hen's egg boiled in it will
produce a fine nankeen colour, which
will not wash out. This is very use
Id for the lininss of bod auilts. mm-
forts, ifcc.
Europe was quiet at last advices.