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n .* r. *. ffiptM J&tocrtistr. "•It JUST ASO VlSiS SOT." ffias. 82B\SPICSI Assist ATl'IU iwn Editor IT, \Ht"il County Uat'ni. At the M« rch term of the County Court mucli imjkrtant buaineaa was done. Co itracts were let for the completion oi the County Jail. The i o ie and mason work «ru taken* by contract by Lee & Moffiitt. Inourjtiow oa thj 5ih. The action taken by iieut ive will give the terina of the con-[the Convention ia as followa: tr irt. VVe a/t now in hopes of having il ready by next winter (or bo inltrt, and ia designed both for culprits and pnuptrs. As soJn ad the work eo-muences on tbe Bail ad, we will hav« need for a til, nnd ai aeou as it in completed a po«r heuse will beooute indispensibie. This ue iv designed to anawer bo'.h purposes. rau|er« tin! that in the Kist lh«y are treated only a* paupers aud kept in poor hoiM.'j, but in tiic West, tliey nre seat to lirst class hotel* to board mid become the lujft censpi/uoua gentlemen in the towu. Now to put a atop to aacii imposition we inuit have a,proj a e quarters lor tiiein, when they come, by eo doing, tliey wil] quit patreuiiiag B« mm I' Uoabla tome- body eUe. Sjfjmp LinJs were sold, and much srtlter Irniim aa done, of which we ahall givM notice hereafter. An or Jcr wxa alao mile to aell the old jn.fl atMl lot, a notice of which ia this *cck publisned. RkoP On »s? d*y in January last, the Treasurer ef the County retired,en lai rs, Eleven HuuJard Dallars, and up v^atds, aud issieJ one Kindred anl s«v- enteen tax receipts beiag tiie largest day's work ever dene in the otfice. Alao, on tin: 1st day of March, he paid tohe Neiieol Fund Commissioner the rum of SJ,470,53, being o i the tax Uet of 1855, tut) largest auin ever collected and pail over at as.y one time—nearly twice as targe ns ever heretofore. Tke lax ievi ed for eehool purples waa greater thia year tU u ever before. At Iowa Ci'y, while ia atten dance s i tie Republican Conreulioii.we experienced what might be called 'tough fare.' We did suppose Iowa City could accommodate auy convention which mif it assemble in Iowa, but feaad tliart hj«!1 from Cedar was in aboat the same fix. F.onl'iV tho g^id heart*d landlord of the Park House gave ti« tue u»c of tlw bor-room aad kept ujc a Cre all night it Iowa. far exc.'edrd expectatrta. We h^ard a g^d jake, while there, wjitii rel*!ing. Some of the delegates hoteh, bat the beat the landlord could do! give ttaa s~r„. "-.)tuse it was aeoept«d, landlord apologi- carried after po«e it was wanted. 'Why,' aays the «'ahr. 'you See I am a delegate to the eon fwntion, and, I am in suHi an ool of tho way plaee.up stairs, that 1 want a piece jf it to put c'« the d't»r, tl»at people may Know where to tlni :«•».' Tliat was pat- iiig the c.»p sheaf "on to the admmUtra 1 on hue and ,y of-Liack i.-p'il,!.-aas.' 2J A tug»i mm* 5R85959BH forth a third ticket, than we will consid er flie matter, and select the best man, or rote for sticli a.* suit tii beat. In this we will he rfectly ia lepen lent, Republican cau satisfy us of this, \re wilj highly, but abhor the platform he i»on, mvjii.y, out iiu.i ji mu pi.iutirm ne is ua but if he really ia a K. N., ha can have our vote tut we are pretty well posted in the th# of tne 22nd ult., at which time all the hotels were full mid mere toe. Next went te all the boarding houses— no «hanee there night came on, it waa a drizzly celd night-—no jlace to aleep—no good rorn to stay Concluded to 'put uj' on the atepc of the l'ark wse—tine whele d«U egat The second aupporta, by all lawful 0Br 1 be donol fhia iaaMTO than a a be fote- Wo went to the Couveuti^a on tbe !_ Nothiug was then left bat 10 secure the i namitiation of goid men. In this we be- .a- co„r„„,.n .,„w Morris nhould cross to the 'other side of Jordan'previugi to August, then we will vote for hia Executor. As for the bal ane«of the ticket we aan g" u!l, O'Ccu- included, but il iir An»i c«int put|polity )t our State l*'gi*le'.ire, aga net aj Dark L^utem machinery and don't the Senate. bi-lieve the yarn—ores il it Prohibitory Liquor 110 large. The Grand CoeVcil meeta in Jm.e at Okalooaa, when it waa taught i i iaJ there will be bat two State tickets tbe ield, in winch caae the aucceaa 'ti. a i w i i. in the North, aad that one a man cn whom ti« whole N*r:h can uni'e, in which caae a use esc would be certaia. Eapublicaa Convention 1' ittsbl *gh Thf Committee on Rpso.utions repoit ed, giving a history of the Slavery ques tion iroin the lomtnencement of the gov Prmnent up to the present t:ine,with the le- •t was ma^etjaato. It was our fate not to gislatire aetion uj»o:i it. A large por arrive in the City until on of the repert was devoted to Kan sas, and the conduct of the preseut ad minisiratieM denounced. The docu»nent is very able,but is with held for the present, for rev s on if luund to be necrssiry. The resolutions wers as followa Trie first demands a repeal of alt lawa relaurg to the introduction of slavery in to U. S. Territories. brethren in Kansas, and givea wei» !it in favor of 'ho admission of fu! Kansas into the Union as a free State «. 1.. W 1- ctoM F.r ,»«. I JZl "A .'"''I •jeotnuctoi t.ie administiation has been we founds roaple of good Kfpnhlican i« ak and hignly reprehens Me in the newspapers aud spread th»ni upon the Kanaas qeestion, and urges the Repubh bsr reota fl«?r for a bed and laid down ni 10 n 2 erer for the n ght -never dreamed —bet if wa had that n^lii v reao»u.i»m after a short debate had. that nijit, u would .,are W, a were ananimau.ly niop^i with three tin puohcan oac. ibis was certainly cheers. thw largest convenUon eeer assembled in ,^ ^°nd. of Ohio, moved that a com- y effort to overthro v the mittee of safety be appomtfd to meet any emergency that may arise in case 0: a cor. fiict with the lederal troopa. An anxious 1 diecuasion arose upon tms, and at the re- i wbo arrived about the time the beds were'i«eat of seme of tho rt, rnbers who urg. 1 ntory of Nicaragua. a:id aent under the all taken, made appiieatien at one of the i i|nprudonce, Mr. Bond withdrew his :B,,,on tpwrnrol. Of ,i,°j„g*.r .U'llil a acd, go»* W^s *#U citic/ied, but asked i "««, the Convention adjourning tine die. I the landlord for a favor. He said he wan- i t*d a -1,1 ick nh*'p tki*: Lnuci: rd could Xo'htng enmnliou, PM'adtl- Radiator reports tnat a slight earth not tell where auch a t'inf could b« I 2r-—ri.e northern delegates '1"®" recently felt a*. Cuba. It oc fnund t«. 1 1 1 i ilF Jcun.i .„J «. Mk for pur. I I,wt, k Mr. Stombatch of Ohio, appointed witii instructions to report at 9 o'clock. TS.e ner'hem bolter? assembled at the Merchant s Hail 6 o'clock, agreeably to adjournment among th .se present were Gov. Johnston of Pent!., and 8 delegate. from N. Y., who announced Dm I I Y Sir* Steve tia] tha" tla"y°pro"!' "Am^rsfe")- ^K .t. |A u, A Uttfi' onhuLi ft 1* bie, and not to retire withm.! KBTKITtr^H AM) FUKE lMSCfHhlON", me-nWd lix. I t^T It will be re •rh of u ia in lion ia to reset at Iowa City. W 22ud ult., oppds.J to m- king uomit.a- out ,ta prrndpS wldi^ hlf o tio ia then, but the aaiembla^o was large tion we regard as uu utter'i^tfayT/ofXr and a datertHinatiori was la uomtaate.— great American mosement. A traitor- oug ul the express wirfh of* a majority we nev ... 'parties who had previously protested a- a i Ql i rote for hiro, aa we esteem the man very none the worae for it. atruction of lour aiojpa of war was refer red to the Naval Committee. b.nce writing the afcsve we l.avebe#n[ in attendance at the Amtrnan Ccnven- preventing the introduction into the Uni- An endorsement of the nomination of Fill mere and Doneldaou, and aoniaa ting the following ticket: Foa r«ssiuiXTiAt ELfiCTOas:*"* M^Ackeon, of \Vaabing'.tM co. J. It' llo-nisl^ of Lite co Isaiah llooth of Linn John P. Cook, of Hcott Foe S tats Orricaaa. Statiny of St.iU: Elijah Sella, of Mncahaa Jluditor of Stilt: John Pattoi., #f Bremer Trtarurtr of S/afr M. Morrif, of P«#ik JMornty Gtii/ral Samuel A. Kiea, of Mahaska 9 hrin wa 01 and rszs, agroea-i actian. Pro'.eat s gned by all thoae ws.o' WM preaented We, a portion ofthe del-! a .1 the American Conven- icgatea to the Nat.anal Ainen-.an Con- heing in ti.s city haa been iavu«d What will vention of N. York, protest a »ainat thei r^-a'dentiai seen- tba^convantion, on the following tjrounda: There is now already the field u K uo. 1 IJa~lh oul Q,.., e, anu not to retire without taking any I 1 men. mon fi3(3 anJ Sain wa aii n-mmst on recommended by to wfal it from ita purposes, and make it minister tr, the Selfi*:. anibi lion ol the leaders and demagogues oi the A.: J..a org.,,,,.,,, forourself, we will go Morr.t anyhow, i upon U.e State of New York, by South folks may depend upen that, and in cas«,''®r° ro(es, agamat tf.e wisi1 0 of the State ^-ficer*. and «re repeat, rr^a.1 the »xpre*s wish of your delegation. Fourth- ly, he was not nominated by i»f the St.v.cs. Several Stat° initteii to cast their \otes throng a sin- er have been, tra.n tieiled by no party. It is end by the ihique Republican gle delegate who cast the whoi* number that McCleary, the Democratic nomnee vote* to which his Stale would hard (or Si cretary of State, ia a K. N. If the Uen eulh #d A Sach Vot wer "i i ij,„ proceedings and retired from the Convention. 1 Congressional.— Washington, March, 4.—t La bill appropriating $80,000 for new fortifications at Galveaton, baa posa* ao, he ia lu the House, Senate bill for the eon- Mr Smilh of Ala Frettn(#(1 a biI1 fw ted States of ioreigu paupers aad cunia al refugees. lAter from the Pacific Coait—Qre*t fight with the Indiana. iViw Ycna., Feb. 28. Advices from Washington Territory, received at San Francisco, on the Jay of the aa ling of the ateamer, give particu* Urs of an attack made on the "6th of lauuary, ly the Kii\etdr Indians upon Rattle in that Territory. For four nighta preceding the attack, th« town had been garrisoned by the officers and crew of the Decatur. At 10 o'clock, A. M., on the fGtii, all hands returned to the ahip I but in a very ahort time word waa sent, that the town waa aurrounded by th« Klt k«tars, The men were immediately re-landed, No actio.i waa taken upon a plat foria further than u lay the platform ,c... u. ucnauce. ,, adop-ed by the National Convention, en continued until rtl* block tra YIUl0US Oat in .heeod'',' 1 ia Feb. 20. 3 t- be driven froia the woads, it was decided i iclll# the maM ia a dlf!w#nl way Uw• Tho women and children were seat on The hiimWr in attendance waa not taard the Decatur and Brontes. The --1 12 n j0U*9 ... In (Sm Mining campaign, it «|paara cr w iu 4 u a u 1 al of P. m. ,?d Ui'c mariners were left in charge #, ,be u(ikeft "ud to the snip. genera a teadance weald La i"(je batteries were opened from the Decatur, grape, cannister and round a)lot poured upon the Indians in such the main body of thea re- treated After nightfall, ahell and .het *ere thrown whsrwvsr any sign ol In- (the Aim-Nebraska ticket 19 beyot.d a diaria appear,d by 10 P. M. all was doubt. Aa to what turn matters i*ay quiet. It is impossible to ascertain the take iu regard to a Preaident, ic were! engaged in the attack- There than Iitiman knowledge can foretell. Itj ru*"rs from whic 1 we gath- „T,h" 1,?d'*"1' ,, strong. It is also rumored that the Jo there will be but one man ia U.« field 7 00 9 j0 ns had 3o killed an i S6 wounded.— On the aide of thts whites only 2 were killed, both cinlians. The Indians s..ol too high. The bullets whistled ov«r tna Loads of our lorcei.— An attack upon Steilac is expected, as a short tune befire the steamer sailed,an express came into the garrson -vith in formation that the Indians had attacked s-j'ne whites aboJt firg milas Irora the garrison. The injury to the Decatur has been re paired nnd she iariote in good condition. A I! well on board tho D-catur and ac tive when the Republic left Zattle. A later dispatch aays a second attack from the Indians *vas a prehended. Go*'. Stevens had arnred at (J.ymp.a anJ issu ed a proclamation calling for «ts cots pa meg ol volunteers. .Yew York, Ftb.i^i.—The Star of the ur .1 ,1, mer it in, which is the only possible wa* Westfcaa arrived. Walker has annexed the whole Meaquito Territory to Nicara- °f gua Ckl. Kinney has been arxeatea and aem out of the Teiritory under guard. The Star of the tVes left San Juan on the evening of the lfeh, ami the Key West on the 23d. Sbo brings $350,000 treasure. A decrre was promulgsted at the e.ty Grenads, clauiunjr and annexing ihe w. ole Mosquito territory as an integral portion of Nicaragua. Shortly afterward a diplomatic sorps, headed by Col. Kin .ey,arrived from San Juan, and had au dience of Gtn. Walker. On the foilor (i ^*7 Kinney was plac&d under arrest aebsequemly ban.shed from the ter- ir g'' i M»j Mari.a to t''.j Atlantic ssaboard. Steamer Empire City, from Havana, 23d, arrived this morning. Paaaod on vote of thanks te the offi- the 22d sloop of war Cyaut. I Frvux Havana.—A'tic York, Frb. 27. Pf*!"n'nary meeting at tne Mer-»currwU shortly after 9o'cioeik at nifht. Llcu n For i of Ohio was called to the chair and L. G. P. k an i S. II. Webster vtero ei.o-! a»anjre, January 2"3tn, stati sen socretariei. Rerruuks .v^rt made by u .itborlla, of V.I!. Clt«, pf.liil.. tijal wmtor H.K a 1 .O N* A V E K I S EE. .... _:i..i..r- .—: .rr^^=srs2i555rr*c —sj1 $£"*— Koticgt ^rht Doth Gaz. *aya a age stole a horse tars them, and waa soon after arrested. Fyler vho murderad his wife h#tr Rocheater, N. Y.,) was to pay $4,000 to bit eouncil if tliey got him clear. TVy put in the plea of insaaity, and saved him. They sne for the money ar.d he pleads insanity. •ml Uw .nwk «o,n,„r,,«dby (in,.,. ''"•.ft "j •bol riom Iki bo.iuer, ,l:J, re-! t" A poor rale that won't irork loth wajt, we aay. Tomato W«m.—Hmry Afartc% 4f At Washington House, Ritchirtown. tins fur nished us a specimen of wine which he had been ni&nufacturiug for some yeara from tomatoes. It haa a flavor, and is aaid, by those who have used it regularly to be promotive of health and good digea- tion.—Gharlest'-n Afo-rury, We would like the receipt, if any one will favor ua with it. We go ia for alt sorts of experiments in nil department of indeatry. Fatal rfcciJtnt.j—On Wedneaday "af ternoon a fatal a^eiiTetit oernrred between this plare and Cedar Rapida. It aeen,a that a man and his wife (the name we did not learn,) and a Miss Duncan, a silter of the man's wife, were on the road with a fcur-horse team and a load of Loujf- rM tamed by a volley faoin the entire rear!? V ', wrnedI W of the town, and the Indiana at the aame ™g™)» wit i whien te the last despatch to the Amencon limn utterin? Urrifi Tells of defiance i W 1 iplut,ng (rifrhtarvail enH Tt..» n .» i 1 8n ,^ ra n awa y- lo ue art# mi ,e ,' be,n hurl he Hydrophobia.—Wo learn that Mr. P. Oiloy lost a fine horse this week by the bite ef a mad dog. Just three weeks af ter the horse was bitten he literally 'run mad'and died. Quite an amount 0/ stock in the county is sharing the same fate.— Linn co. Rtgititr. The Iowa Rrpubllean eaya there will be Ave ecllpaes thia year —two of the aun—two of the moon—and one of Frank Pierce. The latter will be diatinct ly visible all over tho United Statea in November neTt. The St. Paul (Minnesota) Democrat is infarmei that the mercury in the ther mometer at Pembina, averaged, tof a week, 63 d«gr««« below xerr.. •Slavery/ aaid Theodore Parker, in a iecent lecture. (ia a wedge between the North and the South. The true men of the North try to pull it out, in order to unite and atrengthen the Union, bu( Pierce and the Democratic party, and the Araeriean pirty Sooth, continually ham- th* Llllon The Dav. Gat. oaya the Rev. Mt. Williain*, reputed 'Daup' 01 nf France,* ts in Washington, oppressed hy llrtess age, end penury. Whatever may be the i iasue of the claimo arged by his iriend,! (not by himself) to royal birth, tbe life of this man has been one of self-denying labor aod hardships in behalf of the red mac. Tht Shark* AVea**.—•!» is aaid, by the oldest settlers, that so severely cold weath er has never been experienced i:i ori da until this wii.ter. Cap Routes de Ora informs us that sharks have been frozen to death during the late spell in the Ci.a'latto Harbor. Such an event has aot transpired, to his knowledge, for the last thirty-five yeara.— Tamj.a Pen ttt*ular. Mr. Art her and Mr. Carlton, both of King county, Virginia, were found near thoir own houses irozsn .sailing against the draw had evidently attempted over. A stout negro man was seen atanding crect in a field, not far from a ea exiracta from letters fiomenta ux, house, so long as to excite curiosity, and there''was 1 1 "V Lu e a n Ja hadlahen incessantly for more than a giuia haa been terrible.-£x. moiub, and on t.ie 7th of January there *aa a tearful hurricane, winch did much' 'ires.-— On Saturday week McGairo'a damage to buildmga and ahippiiM' at Gar- 1 rachico. The waves were so hi^k that! the sea encroached apoi, tho land to i swept tarwugh the streets waa aestroyod and two were buried in the ruina. was lost with leu Americana of tlla city held a 8r*nd ratification meeting at the Broad- V 1 abTnacl«, tu Friday. Mr. Don- promised la attend tne inuot.Lg. v ,1 i Co/. Fremont and hit Maripottrt.— Krst.th* nominee* not a member of jWa learn fron Waal,ingion/ihat the 1 '^'faus what he syiopstnizoa of seventy equate miles, situated about ''1 tyalltorma our State's deiegatea, and Irom tnuse Statea which no man preti nds can earry their ro:es for jan Amt-ricau President. Thirdly, that bu forced upon the State of N. Fork I "gainst thi express wish a largo ma- C. Fremont the other, which, many per sons believe, makes him tho richest man i't the world. Col. Fremont bought thia immenae gold region in lbdtf, for ihe earn ol $3,. Xj0, and waa laughed at for the reck lessjifs* of his investment. It naaalrea dy yielded sorne ttmty-flw millions of dollars, and its rea..urcea, both mineral and agricultural, are aaid to ho inexhaus tible.—.V. }". Mirror. Sen S mills, at Kingston, C. W., look fire !. an(i wore burnt tu ,hw were the No insurance. ss upwards of f«20,u00. The North American Steam W.,rka n! Forsyth street. New York, embracing eight workshops snd dwolluigs, ware! burned en Wednesday night last. Leia I ®r*al. $100.000.—Ex. i i A bill providirg Tbooias i.riaun,\jriitiai ni.UfPW n««tlt, George Mason end Ricnard Henry Lee. Tne bill appropriates «lo,U00. It asaed the Senate unanimously. Another A rcli: expedition fr hankers, own the aince Franklin aailed from Sheerneaa. undivided half of the tract, and Col. J. Tt.n /wvxe The O: eida (N. Y.) Sachsm aaya it ta rumored that tha wife of a reap#-cutbie laboring man ,a that village, by the deatn oi a long forgotten relative Er land, is heir u Cl ,000,000 of noar fo,000,000 iu oar currency. Sailing of On Polomic. Pen icota. March 4.—The frigate Potomac dropped down tn the anchorage of the navy yard yesterday. She*wili probably leave ta weak or ten dayi for Havana. latest Orel:-n Newi. n —a at Keokuk ai |Q«GT.ABJ),—A debate arose to call at majority lew daya tiace, teok bim Ho Lima, Ad-1 t^ntion to our pteaent relation^ will were per- ami cotlnty, Illinois, where he attempted Lnited States for the production o a )c to aell him, when the horae waa detained ^ZTcmducl of on suspicion of having 1 een stolen. Then rwn p[ 0n he went to Qaiocy, where he called for! Mr Roabuck commenced by isipres |ettera that did not belong to hiia, iiAnd aing upon the Houee the neceas'uy for the question tole properly nnderatood in Brit ain, and that it should be naivrMiiid who by ie government of No va Sco'ia and the Governor General ®t ... ... |C.mada,and urged to it by honrie goV« ernnient under theae eircumatancea, Roebuck contended thai the United Sta'es was justified in requiring the re eall of Craiaiptou, and that the apology the British government had tendered waa a deluaion upon the House and tho country, lie therefore first called for a specifie atiiwcr to this qutatieu. What inittucliona were given to Mr. Crauip tonf ext, for an expreaaion on the part of the House that they were parlies to this violation of the lawa of the United Statea. Mr. Hatfield B'-fforided the mellon. Lord I'a'mertton replied, defending the gorernment, and stated that the cot- '"»t»h reapoudeacc would be produced aa aeon "^8eB govBrntnem had teen answered. Lord an WM i lh, n cUng until the horse had ran nearly ajthe U. S., and hulding brief from the en 1 whtn he let 0 fot on lor some dia- launched into a fierce invective wagon, to wnicn ne f„ mouth icce ofoilainit.es uttered in emy. Lord P. tlien continued that no man could more tiroagly fesl tliat the de- tance and tound Miss Durran by the side ttructive caiatsiues would arise irotn a of the road dead, her skull being broken. and presenting the appearance of leaving been struck by a wheel. After gring nearly a quarter of a mile further he found his wife, also by the road-side, not dead, but Rtgititr, The Cnaneellor of t'le Kxchequer has notified cipjal stg to meet Lord Palmer atoA cn the ?th. fo h*ar f—- tertne for a new loa^, *u •.».!)• »o*f. Tho London Times reviews Sewaru'a speech, and saya that England will not give ap tiie snallest of her rights to m«,7e i r'caa clanr. r. A Liverpool correspondent gives from private aoureea, tot does not guarantee statement, tha the Derby and Giadatone o shun a rupture with the United States. From the Sandwich Ialanda. fly the bark Yankee, al San Francia ce, we have dates from Honolulu to the 29th of December. In accordance with tho appointment by Mr. Gregg, U. 8. Commissioner, tbe King as a} proved of Daniel C. ge- n, oae of tbeni low, Esq., as Consul of the U. S at i a w i e a i a n a n a e o e o i a V K s o in vain to gel unt.i the pieasuro of the President shall talnadby individual suhscrintion* o Hilo nrojrreaa.s lik» ib.i There al lo ™lll» 5,000 bushels of wheat, i'^ "»'. Uj ai Ui*• rr,,ure 0 ,no ,B 1 ot for tho wh®n emotion of to the atmosphere aoon cool, and^a the staiunrv fnr !/.». V,r/ ri 1 a W nuki„.«iA. I I nl 1 ID ft ia talked of, wuh the viev of earcl ir,g for the relic ,, 7 Fruiklui and his party. Ou the iifith ®_ •an rancisco. Messrs. I aimer, Cook May next, elevea ypars will have elapsed B.UJ fa.t30.000 to blame for t„e unaaliafaclory stntr slaves, as ther.nawMy, almost u„,fori.v of Knglnnd'a telal-ona with America. He| ly are-would add SO,000 000 rnore re mar Led that the law. of ,he United ma!I»r3 the aggregate a thii• tme. at States prohibited rpcruitsnsr for the (or- the lowest calcu.ation. $30,000,000 which siavc ow ners have to lose, and for which eig'i service, and that in it* early^ das the Repu had required the French Mia's er in be removed for auch intrac tiov oi lans. Their jealoUay waa only re s:o -:d on thii head. He proceeded to show frotn locurnents read at 'he late trials in the United State* that Mr. C. k: ew he waa breaking t' e laf- Neat he took means to evade it, and thirdly tie waa aupp nd couflict between the Bntiah nation tbe U. S. I U se were the lnatrumenta of the peo ple ol thia country, but it waa one thing to enter ain a friendly svntiment inward severely injured.—Linn Co. a kmuiod p«ople, and aoo'tier to mamtani a feeling of aelf respect. It was incum bent upon those uhe ware chaiged with public interest te cultivate both ues, and !i» sentiment* fer intereat of peace were both equally great on both suiea of lite Atlantic, and the calamities which might arise fiom a s'.ate of wa: would be equal- ly tiisaslioiu to that Government. He had to c-ir.a.der what was the justice of 11s course, and what was befitting ihedigiu-l Vessel liurntd.—Savannah, Mtrch 1. ty of hts country. He was jwrsaadtd j—The ship Telegraph of Bolton, pre»i this feeling uas reciprocatcd eu Lott: sides ous'y reported on fire at Tybo*. waa to of the Atinut uliatever in giit le said I tahy destroyed. Sne had en board li?t 11 popular s t*e in Ani»rci, nnd not with*tar ng suc'.i ebo^lit t: as the Hou.e ad jnat heard, which waa anything bat savored with tendency to c^uciiiute dn fereucva, he sould not persuade himselt that those taalieis of diifercnce wiitnthey snme to be laid before the Congiesa et the United States, as they would be be-j delpbta lor the Nicaragua* I (ore the Parliament of Great Britain, w ul.l claim a dispassiouate and reason able consideatioa wh.ch uaa essential to an amicable settlement, and which he trusted would prevent any intemperate pefs-ms on the other side from attempt ing 11 plun»e the two eoutitries in'o the caiaMi'iet of war. hall be known. The inhabitants of the thriving town of H1I0 weie 111 great apprehension lest .__. °o, ^e aiream of lava from thlToZat'erup. w a s o i e n o o e a e w i u u i n V i o n s o u o v e w e e A o a pondent writes that the lava appresching lilo progresses like th Vesuvius utder si.niiar circumstaiices that is to A |i V ,»«'»"• msitires 'n C«n«lfc—& v%{'1' htfltvonld average in vaiue $1000, or at least SaOO, rjuiiniiig up 2?,OOO.oOO-the ab solute loss to the capital chiefly of lour rvveragca twenty persons, taking the ng hrc-a of lcv».') basis Thia wou'd give Ur to 19.5(3, 7300 persons—which, at S900 each, would add $5,840,000 per year he four Statea named are to aufferin di rect low. Fillmore mi Washington. —Greeley telfgrapha from Waahiugton on the 27th ii»ft.: The nomination of Fillmore fa 11a like a wet blanket on the Americans here. 1 cannot find one xtbo ever believed or wish ed to see a North, ^Lio sustains it. It •ewn.s to be generally felf, even by Know Nothings—in earnest, that it if a grate mistake for a naw party to aelect ua !:andard hearer a hackneyed and dieoartl ed politician. I have 110. yet fourd a member who supported Ranks and who now goes for Fillmore and Denelson, though I think there must be two or throe oncJi. ahall pursue the inquiry. The Mississippi at St. Louts is entire ly free from ice. It broke up on Tues day last sinking the Federal Arch and ai lei boat, belonging to Meaa's. Fads Act Ne.«o i, valued at i'itJ.D'H1, an i dao.sg-i ing other boats to a c^usidetabiu extent.? iv On Friday last it was clear as far bp aa ar* Aiion.—Dav- Gag. thousand fiarrela of floor, all which was badly burned. .hrtsl of a Fillibutter. AV10 Yrk' M'lrch 4.—Wm. O'Brien waa arrcatad this morning by the U. S Marahall, 01 a :argo of having enliatcd in»-n Pbi'a* Surplus in tht Trcotvry— WMthirn'lon March 1. The U. S. Treaaunr r«p «rta €&<£%£ N0«l3ces. ProclMnsutioii. a mint. 'r n? th tl .r:.. p.oplt* Whereas edar County b*\. e robtr.iUfd, to th partiea had eaen bald a accrct meeting raise a tax to arerte a funl build tha t-ldg*a on the ceurae to be pursued respecting t' e American difficultiea. The Uerby rumtr Amr.A^A i Therefore. !t la ordered tbnt the following r. aupjio Pa.merston to proposition be submitted and pataod open by tbe reacue i'-ngtiah honor fmm republican re- i Wal votrr«of said mnly, at tbu annual April ault theae nr»the very worda. Tho Glad- i b. and tor tliat purpose apjll ston- party decided to taU rerv cieaauro !p^',"1' #t tbe ns 1 towi^tny, via: Tbat for parpo* of raising a fuBd aid la th# er«ation of puch bridges, in mii County, as call for an extraordinary expendltnre in addition to the ordinary r.'vpnti'' of ibe Cf!:n ty, a tax ot one tndl on tho dollar be leviw] up on the Thl'jation cl tbe of lKT.f,. and th. panded nnd-r th- *upfrvi«iib of the County Ojurl. and at thp followinir places and upon the 1 ai/ cor.ti i/ Frr 1 brirtl,"J wUrn 1 Dd ni ,lJe w nch on ,0 7 Fillmore ta Cincinnati.—Tha semina tion of Mr. Fillmore for President ofthe United Statea, by the Convention of the American party, haa been received in tbu city without any parade or excite ment. He has many fnenda here, bat from what we can learn rf public aenti ment, there is no disposition evinced ei ther to orerrate or underrate the nomi ne©. Our people urt dispoatd to treat the nominations with afternoo'n. o 4 r,/r ,,n V no progreaaes like that isauing Irom i rime to T,pua. miai fwk, all.) -ir! wail of cooled lava is »iream moderate slopes remains for ne ,ne t,|, on *ry or nearly so ,and aiising from the flow Java belaud it becomea too l'iW wa ljurst, and the lava runs I'ko the molten iron from a furnace it is drawn* This bema ext^osed for 'wait a little longer* before entering upon T."'t,'*" Trusti*'-* they have no icsort. I Tm^ieea as herein proTid»d~tne '«««rt Tn Now, the rate of escap^go to Canada! 4 Tht .Wrf»o*te Gr»p.—-At tho WfcOUt festival ef the Proviucial Grand Lodge, at Glasgow. Sir Archibald Allison, the hisfr.a i. mentioned, that during t' e at tack on the Redan, a small party of sol diers, led Bp to one of the guns placed in n recejs, were perceived by a body of Russians, and the £o$lisii otiicer wasa bout to be bayoneted, «heo ahancing to cateii t!.e and of the Rassian cith er, he had preseme of mind nougii u i,i*e htm a masonic grip. The Russian a mo ment strack up the btyonel of his sol dier, led his newly found brother U the rear, and treated bin «kh aU the kind ness of a oiaoan, army and Light. sent them out in the Northeu Pref .aring for '*Vw. New York, T* Mtrrh 1.— Capt. Whitely. of the Ord-j nance Departrnont, recoired orders on Tbnradav irom the War ie(]afUnetit to put Governor's Island harbor in this in a state ef defenee. irTahtp, O th^ roa.1 fmm Round .i, v.r.T,ia» lown^li.^ i-i^tiiy aad eighty ou«, cro?i« reek, Thrw* liun lr« dollars, abenever ••'•liars ib»il Htjbwrib- 1 a» utr.ve. f.._ For a Hn ou th- r.xid from llowow to Marion low R»r vih -r" the same err/m# f'ro"ktd fi*"k. On., hnndred d.dlan., wb-n-vf-r TweDtV'-flve dollara sl.aii tcr futiseriVd aa ov» 7. For a Hrid/- whr th- *d from T' »tf,u *in IVIfiN', wrmm Hngar reek, near John 11 nderaoa'ft farm, Oat hundred doljitm wh-never Twenty-flve dollars ahall be aubsoribed an m' ove ^or a Hridjf.' across Rook Run, whan- tbe road on t'u- to*i)*hiij line, dividing towfi»!iin« Highly and Ki^h'.y on.-, weal of Tipton croswa *«id run Two hni»dre .1 jllarc, ah.-ri.'vtt 3Lxty 'tve dollars alis'l tic snliecribed a* at»eve '.I For a Hri V«" arross. i'oa^u OVsek, ia ian«e ratr west of th, 6 pm, .-ievoutv-flva do! whenever Twenty tlr.- dollars shall U- tu(,. a,.rii^e«l a atK.ve th- »am" to be upproprlaU for the co'-striietion of a Hridgo over *%id fi.j, k at w,m! poiiu Ut tw drtermnn.-d by tbe otjncur r-iit aKreriBBtit tbu Trustees of iula&d acd Npririfctield tcianahipi, or a wsjority them. 10 For a itridif'! across tho fork" of tkf Wrtp«inonoc ia tpriiglali Towr-hip, Twa l"iiidr.d dollarh when.-,er Fifty Hoi.urR whall l« *uti«jril»ed ai slot.., tho »atn.- to U appropriated building iwid Hrrfl»f«a at mcli poaito on reapect, and to "a"1 ''n*11 aa may be detennened t.y the Traa- 1 a Presidential canvass. ""die-- »cro»s Ottar or Mud Creak on tue road frow Havanport to Inwa c,»v. hwll a hfU*. «e iiJjJtv«oc«VsfcS/ jju Canada chiefly o, tko claai Of able g^ .rity fvc dHUr*. wherevor Twenty tiV'. dot bvdted men and tarometi. 1 hc|e. .it iioine,' Uts shall U anlwrlted ahot.. ?ail Rridi?." to l^ biii'd at «r,me point i.n mid Run to flV term?U'Mi hy the eoricurrrnt apr^ctwr.t r,f tb« KCR Tat $» fc 1 tho am--*.nt auije to draft ia the Treaa- i ury at epwar is 7 '»f)0 «1«. oars. 7't ciliist.. of hat a proposition r4 the county, to id moiy, whtc'j call for a* pxtraerd'aary xp. aditure. i*1 P1"*" Mnncatine and 2d. For a bridjre across Sii^'.r Creek on the roa.) fr -rri Jlarr-iiwtrt to Iowa City, $(00, wbfll «v.-r Slot) nr« nibicritH above. vi. tjr a Bridge wti. ra ttia Muroatine and Mariorj road ero«sk* l*aj C'r.-vk Four llan.Jred Jollari., w!j i., vrr )nr Hundred l!*fi dhall b" «ivisrribad aU ve. 4 For a Hr:'!/- ah^r rfwe of l'olk and Npriogtield towuships or msjnrity of tlicm. Southern States.1 But, added to this, :eie are eli!! remaining in the Northern States, as aervants, &<\, nbout six thou snnd negroes, w!n, not feoring pursuit, have not crossed i: to Canada. These, at For litid^. acrow Mill (\-eek in l'olk 1000 each-a low figure for first class township at a toiut to be determined hr tho '«M to.vnr^-- .. I'or n Bridire arrow Sugar Creek iAere th° ra«d from U'Ipc'h Mills to PoMenaGrur., crosses the MrnT One hundred and twenty firf. dollar-whnmver Fortj dollara ahall be «jl' ndiift Fifty dollar* Tru»tp«'S of« ever Fifteen dolhrs eht.ll beViV^ri'tirti'i, 1«. For a Bridif acrom Creek o Mw|n« Crtvo at a oId4 te ho d«t»railned lr the TrtJ'-t.'.K or I.Wn V)wiubi{» Fifty dollar whenever F.ftren dollars Khali lie S!ibeu-|lM« at,ov. I., all ca«e of wr^ofTary ^tl^T he of n vt unt and BP,roT4(1 and api roved W tb» onnty eoiir*. Arid If an* mon/^y }.(. eotl«e(eh t.y hv:1, t« ovor and^ov? tb aMwopr' tiorj b"ee--i to be nr N n ap^rinUd by igVoa ot r...-iiihseriptiMt twlnif made an herein ae«el deii U10 sfuii..' (hall becew part of the ordtao ry rMd fund of th* dmu of m*J be hoaro- priatel I17 the Cour.tj court foe the hiaadt at Rrtdcres or road* of rrc .ty. Ti f' brd^'»« bTtiD tii 1 b'liiS ^"1 be let by cout-5ct U) »hr iw^ft and h'ddar by the eounty rourt of Mid eocr.ty aa to*i the rrU rate fluhaeripllorw aa »t«ve ef.:.dltknea competed or either of rn which enb*rtpth«c •bail madf to the Jndtre of }ifn ccvintr. Joe P'i'i ef fr«rtlar tbe epedtle# PtSdMa, and rnav N m«do payable In l*hr at one dmlar per da? of irn hour', or tbe current wana of m.v^anlc*. or paid ':i mat-rial, al tho correal pnc.^. w '»h enturrptior.* ohaH aaeiffrfl4 to cmtrerHs. AH contrncts *oh« ma.t» in wrii'ne Rfid rvn 1,7 tlw» ntra-tora for the p-efviimrr" of th»(r nnfl^t-Wnjr: het no i.^utr«ct to Jet oe e,pr.j«r»atid un til t' e a1i%,-ip'.io, .« «8 bTela eo .ditlonod a-«» crmpleted Tbe eonetrncliort of said bridxta an4 the ear ryb»c out of this law, Id b.- under Ibe sopary^ eion t'l'' Jud^e of i»!d ootintv, and al' trapt* idf In t» fnlfillr-d and perfor^ei' to the «at"«f.ietio*i o'.-v.] ,T ,d^,». ard ibe Tr.jnteeaof t'i" t('«vnahip whiah brldr^ b^ierl Th n .ny b- r.-.i to celleet*d hy t»e trwir»r of .'.iid co-.'Uy, aa mw preesdei hy Uw l-r th-. i-oMetl J3 oftb» fnetel oo'iaty tta out npon warrants i*i«d hy t!-.' of aaid county eodnr his cd aid ee«i. Ar.d if a fitajorfty of tS» e1«ctere rj naJd eonn ty vile in fktvor of eat propmltion, the •nnt 1 (•bul cra»idpr»vl a» ad pU and wll! anth*. ze ih1 J-idjjf^ o* r"nniy le l»vy e tax la aee-rd »nr,.. and eanae meh hrM^s to he. in It it 'nrthor oM-rd that th« mod'n c* eotlng on prop *'ti n», •bull tv* A» fi.: .,t.ntr fn favor &' a '*v I ••n U »."tt-T »r pri'it.-., ••f ,»r Br:d|t~e and Tvr'and tij hm ag«:a«» it Axsln-t tV» Brldxct arid Tit' fort|i.-r ordere'1 that the rrr»p-»itloAs t* •ib!i»h»d four w-\% tn ewre'.,', In »t,« T.ptnn A.-lmt**r. aid o*»d at f%* i ".mm. 1. 0- f0- i,.ar »»^k«. and al th-. plae? or eiertioa tn each toiraaMp en the «ay th»r» of. 7 Witn»M rny hand and a^al of ^mos Ua Jo.ti •».4? ,f k,-f n lq-, ti Jif'e './ tar cat* F.SlRAy NOTICES. T.»« up tn n 1 r* *.*•««• I* ft* A. i». .• «i I M. •, W aftra*VMfaa^ V 4 Mr1'«*» ku o %4 ark u« e. lurre OMM ,T- .• r. ®,1, "V ''••"'-•n' m.M '.fk fc»- I- tr. I ue nr. •»'»tfian, 1, ,H» 1jfsl wi 4+ fvy .» fl«. n, Ainu vi*t| h9 i« ,?f aiRa-a-T»k«» .» rv) s, Oaini •i' 0 f. 4.r liM k.*.« n-t Mm »». .« m» «MM 'h. W... tul .V •.»». i 1 at V **r-f •1*1111 7 ltd. Ml a-V »4I rTfSa Ut t.»*B, /a tr, 4mii a ao-v T»ho« -\p Wv Jalnk 1 v. «tai rti '»f V* Mad st««' sfc fcto le^ M? Va 'a o-» -r wl.1t* «t rt«f f«r vbtmi. «rp flU. Wri#. IS, !»M. »:.!» 1 W. «u.l u# htfUf* iflam ar It 5-1» Ui.u-y ,s-*. ,.T w« a^. jTV r*^ Owtnt. .rt rt* IV6 1 a« 1V6 m** *4*t«l»i m\_ (#, IMD itto •rra«¥ now Ml k'-.i :^(t Vh'u.. »t4 M" Swj. .•!,» W ifit uaai.ty lark. win »kt«lM. 'mn w 4.. or trn y .«• 1 «t»a Mt«fc ii, it, jhi ... r«« Lt'ur. 9 KhTR tT v T, ,a ot *n. of cl,,clif,n ln e*ch KSTJiAY l*'t w oil It- J.I ..f low% U 1 i*f a I t. Tliu, laB. rt ,,lT' I, vf •a U ft**I, a *4.0 1 11 y -Tiim trt1. i*. sbt'-Ub, 1 o*.ti« ta^i 1 IMflL 1* Vir. •'#•«•»!»*.«*i ar •*,«*». 1 IMS W.'.AlTklM. :4^ni Ilk. *mi«j 0m* ItMTi'vY rot -TiIim, ,, Ht» tr JtS, ftmi. »h llth Sij i'.v 'MS. bt» I »-. oil »1«h l»»v wtl'lt I'.s r«t. ,•''• li f:»», mm.in «r Utl.'t on Mn km, tf:»i»,t.. mw ur iiC«a rr'Tx «»i. 1 Al. ».H. J.Sm k mj '.mi KSTRAY COW rTakeoop ». mo'i^y *f, C'^iireted to b.- paid out and ex- niue years old, and appraised at $2Cf, hefope- t.y Jjhn Tb.•«», fa *prhs?fl. te&m- *hip. on ihf iOJi lay i Ic»e. a ni«4|r nm maud r^d euw, with »jid'' wLik- ewt^. and be!Ij, nitL sh irt crovkrd 'nao, dgfct cV Jatnea H. Noe, Bee., 13th m^5. W' r*TT,u- t-^sr ty Clark. January, 2d [iil-SmJ ESTRAT COLT. Tatcon np bv s^noiel ill:land, la Pidb I..*r,K.|. on the l?th ,Ur a hr.-.Wf), colt. wr..'* pot in '!if fi #1 wi'h w'btte, TVc cotf, on« yaar old, past, small •pot in *iif face, with blsck streak- an app-alt«l at V-.Cbefore"!** Plainer, Ksq. Dec. ^,'56. J. W. CATT ll.I., 0». Clash. ST&KR8. TAKEIf I i' hy 9*^1 i. flea., ia Ceotr*. sfij .-!«•»-1 x.u'zix ... «ti» tbe r'lfbt oaie. •'. d.vidmif ari.i appra.-H.ii at $20 brforulR. M. Long Em,*' rose. ^aid I Hoy 26th!*!J W ('\TTl'LI ver Eighty 3m 'r ,UDtyCl«k. ESTEAY KARX AMD ^nr.H p\ iihN Ll' byJ.T. R. Af.deeuon,in Io*m I T.wyaLtp, on Ib' lfita day of XovamU Ja *^»ray l.ght eheatant rrfi baire, left fcra ft- wh.-# lbi'.riRht apri' f1, a.'Utre ot the iace.aboot 7WU* Al-o dark bay anlc, about 11 hand, htah a »Mit uir*.: y^arnold i,«xtrpri w.«.-•! at ^100 .ich, b. lore Alexauder II.om. haa Nov im, 1«56. j. w. '.:Arr,H \»anty ES7RJY C9LTS. TAKKN ri' by ADirew Ko..,iu Sa«arCr««fc Towosh ?oBU,e bro*a *':ihday..fNw )«56,meuli. ii.are eoit, wikL a wkd' spot .a bar (h.£ twy-ars .Id par Aod one i%!t La* h««a' colt one year olJ pa»i. with a apot la tb0 fao% an-l tl." n, lit ud foot white. The t-a.tcwi the horse solt apt, k3 before B. W. Vi all, a*tj.. Nov 30 Hff n' O SB J. W Carriuj, County Clerk. E8?RAY CATT1*. Taliati up by r. p. PieWy, w» k tear faur year* »U, in 11 ktiM Grove 86% fMff. collirs a ,t, wi«k »hits aad on hipn and belle: urea *rr h'.A ua r. a