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The Late Scattering Elections—The
The Late Scattering Elections—The Drift of the Political Currents of
the Day.
sweep
r( fount eticut. including tier tour members I
of Confess. With a similar result in Min
nesota, (Ins part v will, must likelv, do ahlo
to command the o.gauiratinn ot thn npil
House ol Uoprcsontaiives ; lor wo presume
that there can lie no doubt of the election
in Kbudo Island. At all events, we think it
sort ho snlolv said that with this Connecti
cut election the pnpuliir brunch ot the next
Congress lias bocilost to the (lemma iied
Democracy J and this, ton, when the eh c
tiou ot thn neit l'resident may possibly be
thrown into congress
I
Simultaneously with tills clean sweep nf,
.... .'.
l oiineciiCut, v wnu-n we respectfully submit
to tho attention nf tho Secretary of the'
Navy) our telegraphic advices inform us that I
tho Republicans limn curried the State ol !
Michigati by over 10 0D0 majority, Including
again (f over K00 in thn city of Detroit ;
thai the Kupnblici.il candidate lor .Mayor in
the city ot St. Louis has been elected by a
Jilurulity of '2 ,0'JO. ovor bis Democratic op-
ponem, inciumng inn election oi inownnioi
Republican city ticket ; that tho same thing
lias occurred in Cleveland, Ohio ; and ihut
,
in Louisville. Ivetituckv, oven the olil lugs i
have waked up from tho dunt, tind given the ;
j !
liemocracy a regular dressing. I Ins is
chapter nt disasters ill thn presence ot which
wo derivo vory littld Democratic comfort
frotu tho guuoi'ul result yeaterdav in Uinnk
Ijn. Whnt does nil this moan ? It moans that
tho grout Unmoor alio party has gone to
wreck and ruin, and that tho opposition, as
euro as fate, hold the next Presidential elcc
tiou hi their hands. II id the leaders, inuti
flours and 1'reBidential cliiUes and tactions
of tho Diitiioci'utic party possessed anything
of tho saving article of common sense, they
would havo profited from the ('residential
election ot lHStj, in which they escaped de
struction an by a iniraole, Thu loss ot nearly
alt the Northern Mates, and u popular min
ority in tho vote ot thu Union of nearly four
hundred thousand, should havo taught thorn
thu absolute necessity ut harmony and cohe
sion on tho basis ot Mr. Huchauuu's admin
istration. Instead of this, however, the
moat damaging conspiracus and rebellions,
tho most vicious hostilities and combinations
agititibt tho Administration and tho party,
liavu arisen within thu lines of tho Demo
cratic camp.
Upon Jho platform of the groat peace
measures of ilenry Clay, of 185(1, the De
mocracy of lHSU earned tho ('residential
election by an electorul majority without a
precuiletir since the time ot Monroe. Tho
great Whig put ty was thus literally extin
guished, uud the Demociucy hold undispu
ted nccupatinti of the country, llul that
tlesperutu l'resuloutial electioneering exper
iment, the K uisas -Nchnihka bill, in the sec
ond year ot l'lercu's administration, resulted
in tho election ot an Opposition House ot
ItepruscntHtives. It revived, with tenlohl
bitterness, the Northern slavery agitation.
It substantially reduced tho Democratic
party to a .Southern sectional organization,
mid creatud un overshadowing Northern
Bcctinnul opposition party. With this divis
ion of parties upon tho Kansas issue in lHdi,
iho Southern Democracy would havo been
overwhelmed but fur rheir conservative na
tional candidate, Mr. liuvhanan, and thu
Saving interposition of Millard 1'illmore.
Hut the impressive lessen involved in this
election was lost upon tho selfish, reckless
and unscrupulous loaders of thu Democracy.
Thev would rule the administration of Mr.
Iiuchauuii, or ruin it, ut ull hazards.
various shapes, und upon various pretexts,
comprehending uvery pruKTicoot measure,
foreign and domestic, ot Mr. Buchanan's
administrative policy, these disorganizing
loaders. adpii ants and managers of the party,
in Congress and out of Congress, since tho
day of his inauguration, havo boon playing
this suicidal game against thu l'rusideul
llo has not been vanquished his adminis
tration has not been Bliukun from its course
but the purty has boon broken to pieces.
From tin) expoiiunces of tho last Congress,
Mr. Buchanan may feel perfectly easy
tiio next. Under tho control of
positive oppomtiiin majority, he cannot pos
Bibly meet nh a iiiuiu vindictive and tue
lious resistance to lus rncoiniiiuiidulious than
that of tho hue Democratic llousu ot Hep
rcsontativos. On the contrary, u tuspouM
I, to opposition majority will have every
to avoid u factious course of hostility
to the wiso und Bcusuuublu inuusuies of
administration.
Thus, in any event, tho Administration
secure ; but, ulna I wo four it is all ovor
the lute inviuci 'jlu Democratic party, tihuru
of hull its strength, und with tho remnant
of Its forces demoralized und broken up
wrang iog cl'ipiea und Inclines, und under
thu general comrel nf an impracticable
Kuiilheiti ultra pro-sluvury corps of mana
gers, thu wreck of this once ull-powerlul
party is drifting into u purely Si ctienal posi
tion. That it will Inks thu Held in 1K0U.
reduced to un intensely sectional fuctiun,
thuro can hardly he a doubt. That It
thus tio routed, horse, fool and dragoons,
tho Republican unti slavery pat ty nf
North, is certain. unless tho saving interven
tion of a third party shall chungu thu
ol the fight. A. V. llaalii.
filNOX'LAll DlSAiTKAItA.NCB OF A YoCNO
Man hiivtN Montii.s Auo iliit Pkklkton
1'ol'NU --'l'ho Jackson Citizen of thu
iust., relates circumstances proceeding
disappearance on tho 2l nf August lust,
tioorgu ICnoli!S, ami ot William Know
Ksii.of t'ainiu, Jackson county, which
Jieoplu to believe that ho committed suiculo.
le had inquired how much opium it would
require to produce death, and ou tho 21st
August purchased twenty-five cents worth.
On iho billowing day ho disappeared,
diligent search was subsequently made
liim without avail. Un Tuesday. Maich
29th, a boy named Iluwurd Van Vooilues
was out hunting in u piucu of woods, u
from Mr. ICnowlos' house, in a by mid
place, where tho underbrush
wan very thick, when ho suw in thu coi
of tho teiicn, a iktli lim of human form.
lloing somewhut trightunud bu nuuiudiuiuly
informed iho neighbors of what he hud
uud in a shurt time a largo number
of persons w ere on the spot, and umou;
was Mr. Kuowlus, who vory soon recognized
tho clothing that encased tho liurtul
I store hnn, as that uf bis dear lost buy.
II had lakun off his boots and put
pocket-book, which contained three dollars,
in otto of them, und then carefully placed
them under thu bottom rail of tho fouco.
Moral op tub Wisconsin Elkction.
'l'ho Milwaukee Sentinel, in ciuniuuuiiug
tho result of the election for Associate
of tho Supremo Court of Wiacunsin,
points its niorul as follows : " It is, us
Mated before tho election more thnu
the prut nt ot thu Freemen uf Wisconsin
ugaintt the Died Scott decision ; utruuut
t'o loral murp itimi, L igislutive. Executive,
or Judicial , ugauut tho exactions und
of tho Slavery Frupuguuda
nHuinil tho extraragaucu, corruption,
and sectionalism of the Buchanan
; and aguiint tha unauthorized
uncous'.itutioual Jucruos ui a partizuu
ticneb."
TilE friends of freedom aro raising
enough to publish and distribute ouo
thousand copies of Holpor's " Impend
ing Crisis of the hnutb," a most powerful
hook froia the pun uf an anti slavery
Curolininn. Mr. lit nry Ashinu announous
through tho Now York Pvi that 3,177
(hit pur oo t)M UjuU tumod already;
Notice to Tax l'ayeis.
Tur, TitF.sriu:it ins RFrnvrn
his DL HLIC.Vl'Kiur theSI'RlNU COI.I.KC-1
THIS of TAXES, ami will ho ready to win on I
tlm Tax I'avrrs at his UIVicp, mril die "ili day of j
Jl.B.KXT, 11. X M'l..i r.ii.
Cuumy 1 reusii-cr.
thnrdon, April 15, W9. 4Ktw
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TS HKliritY ;ii;X, lh.it n TAX or
I M". Mil, I. on mcli duo Dollar aluatioii mi
Itrul anil Personal Property was Assessed liv the
I'oriiliii.nnuiicrK nl 1,,'iinta I .unity, at meir ,iarcn
N-snun f.ir Itt.v.i, lor Ifoai Purpos.-!. ; and linn mud
Tux inny he discharged by Labor un uiu Houiln,
under the dim-nun of ( lie proper Supi-rvi.ii ot
the sever al llond District in said County, at the
rate ut Uuc liollar per Day
I I ! i
i; (' l iLl.D. County Auditor.
Clinnlon, April 1.'.. I -."!. 'wr
wrici-;
fs m iti iiv ; i v i: v, tinit the row.
I .MISi i.MillS ol Geauga Cuumy w i I tie in the
'l own-lup in" Aulnnii, ill a point when- the Noriti
anil Sou ill (Vnuc Uniul cr.Hses Hrrlge Creek,
ation Due Mile South nt the Outre ot raid 'l ow n
aluo. ou TI'K.-DAY, the loili ilay ot MAY next,
nt TKN o'clock A M . to r'-eciv,- I'mpiwils lor the
lll'IIIHV.l ii U!!llit;r.. nt llic lml above
riaini I. across mi id ,-hr-aiu. Saul I'.rulyi! to Iw of
I ... ut .. ..I tin. I ril.:U tl II Ifl. 'Nil I'llll, I. nl I
,.,.t ,,,, n, j ,.,.t Widi 'I'iiuher and Hank to
hi, Wln'e t ink i covering nf L'ood rnaU'rrilM. wiih
Mone AIIUIIUCIIIN aimui il X leill lULin, lata upon
' '....I.. u.. ., . . ... ,i, I ,,- n:irl i.
A i ore nariieiilar ilccripiion will given liy ;
the Coininue-ioiicrs at the tiuicid r. c. iwnij paid
1 oi""l- I
luuuiy tuouor. :
Clmrdon, April, 15, is;.l. .s i-:iw
18
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ti:ai: now imskimuf.d to i:x
V IT I K Job1 I'lilN'l'lNU ol every descrip
tion, biicli a.-.
I'AMI'III.KTS,
1'USTKIIS,
UAMjHIM.3,
RLA.NK 1'OiniS,
liUSlNKSS CARDS,
untci'i, Alia,
11 ALL TIChKTS.
&-c. Ac. Ac.
ANIi ON THE
SHORTEST NOTICE.
glinting in mp Colonrs
LXLCUTKl) 'I'D OUDi;tl.
Wo havo un har.il WAUUANTY, MllRT
f!(iK und yl'lT CLAIM DKKIlS, SI M
Mn.NS. NtiTriS. ice. tc, which w aro atlt-tina
lor Sale at Low Prices.
m
JULIUS 0. CONVERSE, Editor.
I'lUUDIIN, 0,, FRIDAY, Al'RIL U, IS9.
ta-Cniisidurublo constoriiutiou was oc
casioned in this village, a low evenings since,
by an olurin of lire. No dumago was done.
Some ono, deceived and frightened by tho
light of a burning brush-houp outsido the
corporate limits, had raised tho alarm.
We don't wonder (hat our citizens were
frightened, whutl wo consider their limited
facilities for extinguishing fires. t
The Wellington Rescue Cases.
re
garding a
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with
into
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once,
ag
gressions ;
Imbe
cility, dy
nasty uud
money
hun
dred North
tor
Tho cuso ot nushuutl went to the Jury
Friduy lust, and, as might have been ex
pected, thoy soon returned a verdict
Guilty." Under tho Fugitive Luw, the nf-
fuucu fur which Bushuull bus been convicted,
is punishable by lino not exceeding $1000.
und imprisonment not exceeding six months,
Tho Hi raid thus rolates what occurred im
mediutely ullur tho disposul of tbo fust case
in order :
As soon as thn caso nf BrsiiNr.i.L was dis
posed nf, the Court proceeded intake up
next caso The District Attorney called
name of James Lungston. Judgo Spalding
nbjectud that they were Dot ready in thu.
cuso, and suggested that nf I'ltnK I'ucx
District Attorney Uklul.n insisted ou Lungs
ton. Judge Spalding then objected that
jury was a struck jury for tho particular
caso ot Bushuoil, and claimed a now jury.
Judge Wilson said the jury was selected
thu lot in. und II is proper they should
ull tho cases.
Mr. Backi'S insisted that tho jury
made up then minda ou ull the propositions,
and to Bend thu other accused to such
tor trial wu& monstrous, llo never saw
caso in which the defendant hud to go to
jury which hud just disposed of a precisely
similar caso. Il forced to go into a
bolore such a jury no ono of the defendants
would so stultify himself us to defend
caso bolero men who had ulruudy made
their minds
It was unheard nf injustice, and an
on Iho souse uf justice of thu civilized
world.
Judge Rpai.dinu announced tho dotermi-
nation oi me uccusuu neituei iu uoionu
themselves nor appear by attorney before
such a jury. They surrendered thuinselvoB
to the Court and usknd that their recogni
sances be struck ell.
Un motion of thu District Attorney
names nf ilie accused wero culled, uud
fol'on iug answered to their names:
James Lungston, Jehu Wutson, Kimono
Bushnoll, Lorin Wadsworth, Robert Wind
sor, .lames R Shepard, John II. Scott,
W. Ly man. . E Lincoln, Ilenry
Wilson Kvuua, David Watson,
lliivco. Jumes Bui'tlett, Muthew Uillott,
s. B. Wall. Daniel Williams, Henry K.
James M. Fitch, Ralph I'lunib.
The Marshal was orderud to arrost
who worn not present.
Judge Wilson sui.l the prisoners (except
Bushnell) might go at large on the previous
amount of bail.
Dkluen hoped it would be on good secu
rity. judgo Wilson then remarked that
would take theuuestion of a new jury
consideration, and bear argumuut ou
day.
The accused would enter into no reoog-
nuance, and insisted un remaining in
hands uf tho Court. Refusing to acuept
tho offer of the Marshal to let them go
their word, they were committed to Jail
Tboy were treated with great consideration
by the Sheriff uf Cuyahoga County,
seemed to regard iboin, while in bis custody,
rather as guests than priaooers.
Tho Court, on Monday, grsnted
new Jury, wbicb was ctnpannuled, and
to try the case of Lungston.
Hi rati makes the following political
analvsis of the Jury t
As there is a great curiosity to know
politics nf thn Jury now empunnolled In
case of Iiungston, wo will give tneir names,
and tboir reported party politics. At
thoso marked Democrats there is no doubt t
as ti the one marked old Lino Whig, we
behove that to bo the proper designation
Ha.vev Kieo Democrat Cleveland ;
John M. Hughes ' "
Andrew C'ndui, " East Cleveland (
Levi Johnson, " Clevulund
K fhaid llimsey, "
George A Davis, " "
,1ns. W Smith,' " "
Daniel Cleveliind, " "
Kevin K n shop, - "
William Ilurton. ' "
Joseph II Crittenden old Lino Whig-
Cleveland s
Wm. II. Hall Republican Clovoland
Let it not bo understood that wo note
tins tuct lor any purpose ot casting an un
putiitiou upon that Jury. We know most
of tho nu n who enmposo it, and they are
among our bust citizens.
sprinkling ill tho present Jul y.
ileavor to (libcliargo tneir uuty, laitntuiiy
, jin,mrlil... Thev shunld not lie!
, :. .... , , o ,i, i
consul en uu biiihiji, u, on iiounog un mo
Wesuppo.o Mr. S. to ho a Domncrar.
and have mai ked him so, hut since cluing
so have heard that fact disputed,
Tho Jury in tho case of Bushnell, was
composed exclusively of Democrats, of j
whom thoro seems to bo a very liberal
How much
these men will bo biased in their judgment!',
by political considerations, It is not for us
to determine. Wo presume they will en-
iho testimony in thu case they aro sworn to
try, they should return a verdict of "Guilty."
it is impossible to obey tho requirements of
the Fugitive Slave Law, and be truo to the
better impulses of our nature, at thu same
timo. Yet, lot tho law, and tho verdicts of
a thousand juries in accordance with the
luw, bo what they may, thoro are tnoro than
thirty-seven men in the Unilod States, who
would gladly assist a fellow-being in his flight
Iroui bondage. If thoro wero no such men
to bo found, in this enlightened ago, and in
this boasted land of freedom, wu should de
spair of human nature, and at onco adopt
tho cheerless and forbidding doctrino of
total depravity. For one, we adiniro tho
spirit of theso Olierlin prisoners, who
cbooso to obey tho luw of Cod rather than
a nofurious human statute. In this land,
where humanity is a crime, we wish there I
more, who, in spite of pains and penalties, i
could i-xcluitn :
"Let llic law of tho land forge its bond of wrong !
1 will lielu when thu dcll-lrecd crave ;
for 1 1 1 e- law in my soul, bright, beaming and strung,
lltds me succor tin- tlviiu slave !"
Warlike News From Europe.
The latest advices from Kuropc, are of
the most warlike character. The crisis
is nl hand. Gretil bodies of troops are on
Uiu move for Italy. There is also grout
aotivity in the military preparations of
France. We have no room for details.
DliMOl'llATIC VlCTOHV IN MlDDI.KKIELn."
lliinin L. Bishop, Ksu., of Middtufiold, in-
1'orinB us that ho bus been "triumphantly
elected Supervisor uf tha Public Highways,
for tho tortn of one year." In view of this
unprecedented and unlooked-for victory, ho
exclaims: ''Glory enough for ono duy
Blow ye the trumpet, blow !" Ho thinks
that, as we have crowed so long and loud
ovor the late Republican victories, wu ought
to allow the Democrats the benefit of this
triumph. We do so wiih pleasure. In the
present forlorn condition of the Democracy
fur bo it Iro.n us, to duprivo them of a soli
tary grain of cointort which rightfully
belongs to them.
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Tug May number of that excellont
Monthly, tho Laiukb' Hour Mauazim:,
received. Of course, it contains a groat pro
fusion of good things. Among the original
stories in this number, wo noiico one, "The
Widow," from tho pen of Mrs. F.lizi BiBhee
DufToy. Wo will furnish tho Laoiks' Homk
Magazine and tho Democrat for 43 per
year.
9-Thn Rockvillo (Conn.) Republican
copies Willio do Vnro's story ''Female In
fluence, or tho Force of F.xumplo" but
gives no cretlit. This Booms rather dis
reputable in our Eastern contemporary, uud
wu hope tho editor will make thu amende
honorable.
JrMessrs. J. and II. Miller have dis
posed of their interest iu tho Ohio State
Juurnal, to MussrB. H D. Cooku ami C.
Bill. Wo ure gratified to learn thai this
paper has attained a greater circu
lation than any other evor published iu Ohio,
outside nf Cincinnati.
Tub Fkuit PaitiPKCTs. In the Lake
legion we are gratified to learn from
fruit growers that buds ol all kinds have
passed through thu April hard hosts uniu
jurtd, and llie prospects for bouittilul
crops of peaches, cherries, pears, apples,
otc, were never better, iu L ciiUhI Uhio
some complaint of injury to earlv peaches
is made, und also along the Ohio, but
fruit crop (fenerally protnisos well.
St. Louis and vicinity, where the fruit crop
was tine lust season, peaches dec, have
been almost entirely cut ofF ibis spring.
The St, Louis Republican of the (lib says
the late cold freezing weather bus crushed
out the peach crop, and at Alton and
' famed for tine punches, thu blight
is complete. In Southern Missouri
croji is uninjured. Apples, pears,
latu cherries are uninjured ut St. Louis.
Columbus and Cincinnati papers received
since the above was iu type, we are glad
to see report the injury to fruit, by
latu frosts, as very trilling. Tne Pitts
burgh Gaiette of the 11th states that
frost on Friday night did very serious
damage to the peaches. Leader,
Tbop. I'eck's Diacot'itsK. The announce
ment that Prof. Fuck would preach from
thu door of the jail on yeaterdav afternoon
drew to the yard a congregation numbering
lour hundred or more, who listened loan
excellent sermon from the text," What
that to thee, follow thou me." The spoukcr
muiio un exciting or " revolutionary"
and as a hearer remarked, " There
was nothing in it that could nrl'ond James
Buchanan himself." He inculcated carry
ing out all of the laws of Und and humani
ty measuring our duty by our fellow crea
ture's need, Tbo prayet and singing were
most impressive and the exercises could
fad to tnuka a good impression ou all bear
ers Leader of Monday.
A Good Law Tho Legislature
Georgia has enacted a law forbidding
separation of families , in any sale of slaves
witluu ibe Statu. Why cannot tho Ken
tucky Legislature adopt a similar luw ?
Both humanity and Uliriariunity would
tiiouu to it LvwnUl IJUruld.
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.
,I,i-ian. as a Christian Missionary
. -
Ox the night of tho 14th, tho mail car
rier between I'aris and Brnnlfortl, C. W.,
was murdered, and tho mail robbed. j
A Dispatch from Providence, It. I., of
the I Stli, says : Tlta second trial in this
city to elect members of the General As- j
sembly, has resulted in thechoico of tho en
tire American Republican ticket.
A Collision occurred botwonu the passen
ger train which left lndiauapols, Ind , at 12
o'clock, on the 15th, and the freight train
on thu Lafayette and Indianapolis ltoud.
No porsnn seriously hurt. Duinugo from
5 000 to 10,000.
A DtsPATcn from Memphis, Tenn., of tho
l4th. states that a train on the Mississippi,
Central Railroad hud fallen through some
trestle work, killing two und wounding eight
pei sons; numon unknown.
A Dispatch from Savannah, Oa , nf thn
15th, states that tho federal Court lias
found trtio hills against Chas Lamar, H. 1'.
Aiken, Juo. F. Tucker, and others, for huld-
'nig the Afiicans hvMho vacht Wanderer.
Tiii: Plain Dniler learns tha' Mr. W. K.
McLaren of AM.-b.iiiv Citv a former mom-
or Ail. gany city, a lormor mem
her of tho oditoriul corps of that paper, is
f... ,..... l
t n ,.u...u..w ...
lr is slated that theniw I'nstiniister-Cen-
eral has determined to put a final end to
the pruciieo of giving free pusses ovor UaiU
roudB to persons who arc not rcully travel
ing upon the business ol tho Department.
As occasional Washington correspondent
of tho Tribune leal lis that tho l'resident
anticipates the necessity of making war on
Nicaragua, and that tho returning Paraguay
fleet will bo ordered to tho Canhboun Sea.
A bout expedition up the San Juan will
probably tako possession of the country and
bring the Nicuiuguuns to submission,
A Xi;w Orleans dispatch of tho 10th,
says that a company of Texan Hangers
numbering 47. had been surrounded in tho
north of the Stuto by Si)0 Indians, and a
desperate battle ensued. In which Ford and
tour uf his men cut their way through thu
Indians. Groat excitement provails on the
frontier and largo companies will proceed
in 8. 'inch of the Indians.
TlIK Tribtino says that at tho conclusion
of n concert in Columbia (3 C.) given by
Arthur .'Napoleon, a little blind boy was
brought upon the stage, and played Napo
leon's fantasia of thu Bohemian (iirl with so
much skill ub to bring expressions of do-
i light from tho wholu troupe. Tho numo of
is
C.
this little prodigy is Tom simply Tom,
Dati:s troni Utah, to tho 1.0th ult , re
ceived ut Leavenworth, indicuto furthui
trnubloB wilh the Mormons and Indians
Tho Mormons ut 1'rovotjkorc indignant be
cause troops wore Btutloned thoro during
the session of Court. Thoro wero rumors
of u threatened collision, but no actual dem
onstration. Guv. Cumming had been sunt
for. Suit Laku City wus invested with
organ izod Banditti, some of whom hud
been ui rested. Thu Indians continue shoot
ing at tho carriers and stealing the stock.
Tub Tribune, iu speaking of the inter
view between Mr. Buwlin, our Commission
er to Paraguay, uud President Lope., snys
their speeches were very friendly, und that
tho speech ol Lopez was inaiked by a lie
greo ot modesty unusual wilh an American
uf any sort, uud especially with u .Spanish
American. Ho begins with un udmission
his knowledge that 1 aruguuy bus httlu
boast ol in the matter of civilization
progress, but us to those mutters, lugs in
t ear uf all her sinter South American Slates
We lourn trom the Sandusky Hi fritter
thu I Sib, that the engine of the night train
ot tho Wednesday previous ou thu Sun
dusky, Dayton and Cincinnati road, when
ubout u inilo north ot Bollofoiituino plunged
into a culvert, eight feet deep, the bridge
having been washed uwuy, nod drugged
it the express car in which were several
horses, two of which were killed. The Ii
nian, Mathuis Brown, of Sandusky,
crushed to deulh, and a negro, who was
thu engine wus so badly hurt that bo cannot
recover. The whole country around Hello
foutuiuo is flooded bo that water runs
tho cars and iu ono cuso put out tho lire
thu locomotive.
our
the
At
vi
cinity, the
and
the
the
is
re
marks, not
ot
the
say
Mh. GiuniNua hot a Candidate.
name ot Joshua K Holdings is among
which have been mentioned with
luvur in connection with tho Republican
uomiuuliun for Governor. Wo liuto
seen a letter, however, written by him
reply to u friend who had addressed Into
the subject, ill which ho positively declines
lining a eun.lid ito. Ho says : " Neiihor
duty tu myself, my family or country,
permit mo to enter upon tho excitement
uud tho labors, or to incur the responsibility
ot being a caiidldulu tor that distinguished
position." Many earnest Republicans
regret to read these words. Few men
thu present moment have a larger share
confidence uud uffoctlun ut bis fellow citizuus
ihan Joshua It. Giddiogs, und no man
it better. In his tumporury retire
ment from uutivo service he will be employ
ed, wo aro glad to know, in labors of
pen, by which the cause ho so deeply
nod bus Bo nobly served, will bu oft. dually
promoted. We say Innjiuranj retirement,
because we cannot doubt thai his constitu
ents will Boon ugaiu demand his cervices
tho halls of Congress, whero bo bus
honors which no inuuiniiiinii or election
enhuuee. Ohio State Jmtnutl.
SiiipwiiK.K Livkh Lost New
April 14. Thu Courier des Flats L'uis
a long statement of thu loss of the ship
Puul and the massacre of 32') persons
board, both sailors and pussoligurs.
St. Paul belongs to Havre, and was making
at tbo 1 1 mo of her loss a voyage from
to Australia with a load of Chinese
It wus on 1 of the numerutia Islunds
ot the Louisadu Archipelago, that tho
was lost. Tho wreck took place on the
Sept., but the passengers escaped from
peril and an Kng'ish vessul was hailed.
was too small to carry away ull the unfor
tunates, and 330 wuru left till word was
tu Sidney and another vessel was
to their relief. This relief expedition
at the place in Deo. or Jan., and found
that ol the 330 individuals, but one, a
bad boon saved all. the others
been massacred by the savages amidst
the most I'rtghttiil tortures.
Fatal Accident A man named Jamas
Parker, Kngmeor in Ward &t Co.'s Hulling
Mill, at Nile, was killed about noon yestoi
day by the bursting of thu lurgo fly
oi tne engine. A piece or tne broken
struck the uiitortcnate man cutt.
head ooiiiulnt.ilv m iwn nii ki inn lnai
liuuily -acreana Herald of the Wk.
The Principle of the St. Louis Election.
Under this head, the Si. Louis Dutuociut,
roinai ks :
The election on Monday was tho most
Strenuous contest which thu city of Ht, Louis
hat experienced within our memory. Those ,
wlm aio but superficially acquainted with 1
the bearing and scope of tho uuosiions ut j
Issuo, may suppose that local considerations
governed thu lesult,
VVirlinnt timlorr.'.rtntr
tho influence of these causes, and recognix- j
ing the individual and collective strength
and confessed superiority of our ticket, yet :
the propitious event can bo attributed only
tho salutary principles which the Free i
enunciate. Mayor Filley was ,
elected last year as an emancipationist so ;
Comptroller liny t and so were Messit.
Uottschulk und l'apin. Wo sought neither ;
new men nor new principles in this election. I
We could not escape tlio responsibility ot
Free Labor issue it u would, and o '
would not if we cmild Without Iho inspi-
of this cause. I he thousands who voted
our ticket were oulv a purposeless and un- '
reliable majority. With it thev are a great j
living foico, whnMi ilcs'inv il is to nchiovo a i
......i i m, ; i,,,.i, I, icii.ru wil
continue to celebrato when thu names ot
l'resideiits und narlieB are forgotten, llo
trivial is eny mero pirli.in triuiopli coin-
' l'',r,."! wilh ".'''' 's,-',IBt'l,','8 watchwords,
. c"""""",n""' V" i"w. m-..
( uni( )0 ,..,,-, lv mv Ciirry eloc-
, tim,K sometimes, but the durability of ut.v
!,..,,, i.l... Miimi, ureal trutil
, ,
which imparts to tlio lioilv, ol wnicn it is
tho great hie principle u portion of iisownj
nmdiungiiig nature Small cause) lor r-
juicing in the present, or for hope in the
future, would tho r roe Democracy noil in
event of Monday, if their aspirations did
not reach t" tho regeneration of Missouri.
.. H....i:.. i. r.ii...... i.jLJ
an
ol
to
Worn it a finality, it wero a failure. As -tho
confirmation of previous triumphs, and the
repeated attestation ot thu faith ot St. Louis,
it is fraught with sublitnu nieuuiugs. It
offers to youth, genius uud nntliusiasm tho
promise of a high vocation. What nobler
civic umbitinn could our young men of in
telligence uud patriotism cnter'uin, than to
elevate this Stale to pro-eminence ? Tho
opportunities exist. Missouri possesses ter
ritory, soil, river navigation, und munils.
The young men of St. Louis are gilied wilh
courage, earnestness and capacity. Apart
from their business life, thoy should buve
Homo purpose more invigorating than the
ciiltivutiou of dilettantism. Literature and
art urn redoing and instructive but even iho
great writer and the great artist cannot dis
pense with the lovu of country. Far less
can those whose minds ure fashioned by the
works nf these sons of genius. That robust
and unselfish feeling is ossentiul to the
equipment of tho linisheil man. By cher
ishing wider sympathies it .levelopes larger
capacities, l'ho votary of intollectuul power
would find in it u gonial and ell'uctivo ngency
for tbo indulgence of bis desires. Hero
worship is tho rol'gion of young men, mid
mure especially of tho young men of the
West. How can thev admire Washington
und Jefferson, uud yut bu indifferent orpur
tial to slavery ?
The moral ot this election should not be
lost on tho parties w ho constitute the oppo
sition to National Democracy. Mutual tol
oration is the lesson it IcachcB toleration
of thu " American" by tho foroign-boi n citi
y.en, und of tho foreign horn citizen by the
American nl the conservative by tho iadi
cal und of tho radical by thu conservative
until iho purty who have no purpose but
the extension and perpetuation of slavery
aro driven from power. The issue of the
election ou Monday .(iacloaes the secret
success in thu Slutu uod Nation. Ameiicatia
combined with Free Democrats, native and
foreign -Lorn, to rebuke corruption, re us
sort a prine'n'e and consolidate a purty.
What bus (.. i 'ione here can bo done on
wider are- i. ''or ouinelvc wo can venture
to Bay if ui . - opposition parry in this Stute
can succeed unless the Free Democracy un
recognized us one ot us distinctive eUments
Combination tor the common good, but
soppres8iou or dilution of strong sunt!
incuts !
and
the
ot
with
Io
wus
on
into
jl
Tho
these
much
just
ill
on
will
will
ut
ot
de
serves thu
loves,
iu
won
can
Advance in Prick of Slavks The
New Orleans correspondent ol the N.
Times writes that journal as follows ;
speciea o1' property bus felt the tll'ecU
llic active stute of atlaiis more sensibly
than negroes. The average price of held
hands tuny be staled ut $ I , ;',OH, hii-1
tendency is upward. A No. 1 Negroes
sell for 61,750 to S'.'.dOO. These rates
were never readied but once belore, and
that was during; I he speculative times
1 83G and which were not of long dura
tion, Thu rules now, however, are
cunsetjuence of an actual necessity and
One ol vour Southern correspond
ents staled, not lung since, that the Miss
issippi Valley was drawing the negro
population hum the Atlantic Slates. This
is true, and lu such un t-zlent are
richer planters aforesaid interested in
species of properly that many ure begin
ning to think that (here is danger ahead,
und that it is time to stop. In several
the Louisiana districts there ure ten blacks
to evety while man, woman and child,
it has become necessary to keep up
district police- and guard.
York,
gives
St.
ou
The
China
emi
grants. vessel
4th
this
It
ta
ken sent
ar
rived Chi
naman, hav
ing A Man Coming to Like at His Own
Finkkal. In Oiange, N. J., week beiore
last, u man named John Koch, while
gaged ill punning on the third sloiy of
house, tell '.o the ground and wus taken
up lor dead. He was conveyed to
residence, laid oul, und bis alllicled rela
tives and Iritnds, in due time proceeded
to make thu usual Ht rangmenls lor the
which was appuinled lor Sunday.
Shortly before the hour appoiuted on
day, the body exhibited signs of relum
ing animation, and in a few moments
lo thu astonishment of all,
young man in the Collin, who was,
course believed lo be dead, wus able
converse with bis Iriends, It is a singu
lar case, and the man's escape Irooi being;
buried alive is truly miraculous.
physicians, however, pronounce his pres
ent condition as extremely critical, and
is doubted whether he may survive
injuries sustained by tbo full.
Hoor Ail. This dreadful disease
making; sud havoc among the cuttle in
county. Many have died in this neigh
boihoud, and many others are affected
it, and in all probability must soou be kill
ed. We It-urn that one individual in Litch
field township bus lost Dl40Ulworlh of stock
by the disease. A drove of Durham
were sold at auciion ic Seville
week, all atlecled by the same disorder.
The disease is attributed to various causes,
the most probable one (o us is, that
hind leet have been frozen. We have
heard of any cattle Buttering iu tlieir
feet. Thu tirst signs of the disease muni-
festsilsell by lameness aud a swelling
abuve the hoof, liy close examination
will be seen that beneath the hoof il
- ranidlv decaying. Il continues to decar
wheel ullU ., uoo liropa od. It not attended
wneel (Q immediUly ou the first appearance,
hi. th not much chance to Save the
a.r
"' Mttna Vautu.
Noble Tribute to Women.
The Boston Courier, in commenting upon
the remaikable speech of Mr. Urabain,
counsel tor (Sickles at Washington makes
a grand defence of woman whose general
charades tur virtue Mr, (iruhain shamefully
Blundered The Courier says 1
Mr Urabain seems to be one of those
fluent Bpeakors of whom Campbell reinaikt.
to much command of
ts..i tl,..u In.vi, not
language as their language has enmniund i
of thotn. No matter how simple or axio-!
malic a statement is to be made, he wreathes
around it so many artificial flowers of rhetor
to tc he overlays it with so much tawdry or
Domocracy nainentatioti, that tho wearied mind refuses
m Beared lor the hidden point. His argu
was moot seems only uduptcd to a justice's
court of the time of Mothusululi, when tho
life of man was nine hundred years, tor it is
quite out ot proportion to tho present allot
tho tod age of throe score and leu. Fussing,
without comment, ovor ttie absurd und mi
ration puius urgiiiiient drawn Iroui the liiblo
passing over his statement to the jury, that
th,.y were to "pionnuuce the estioinio of on
Aitiencaii jury on iho value of the marriage
1....1 " ti, n..-ia ,r ii.., I
killing ot Key to the execution of tho con-
Jeuioed llaltmioro munlerers passing over :
inisbuml there reman, a only suicide or lour-;
uer-e must pnnes. ;t, t;.e. na.no ... me
women of Ainoncu uguinst tho insulting t-s-1
.imuto put upon toinulu chastity and !
s. I ... t virtue I,, lb... ir,....L nf M r I
s, j - 6 -
uialiam.
lie commenced by telling tho jury that, i
bud Key not been si un, tneir own" wives '
, und daughters would not have been sate;
his unchi isuan remarks, that to an injurod j
tbut they might buvo been marked lor se
ttle dilution, and that they would havo buuu
called upon to 'satisfy tho insat ate appo
ve..H.. ..... .i i i' ii.. .. .i.i .....
uiu ... .1119 utiiinuou, lit) iiieil HUM iuu
twelve iiitullirout tnoti before tnui that if an
action for damages was to be the only ro-
of
a
dress agaiust tho udulturor.iihoir wives lived
in u vorv perilous utinosphure, and thoy
might us well let thu infamy come ut once;
lie next stated that woman wus the weakur
vussul, that hur liuino wus Irailty, uud tbut
tho strung arm of her husband was needed
to restrain her within the paths of rectitude ;
und bu ou, through his uuuro udtirusa, he
wus constantly implying tbut the general
character ot woman wus such thut a l-bor
tine had only to beckon to her and she
would follow him with eugur wantonness to
hur uwn destruction. It is impossible fur
us to know from whom Mr. Graham has
gained his ideus of temale virtue ; but either
his associations havo boon most unfortu
nuto, or ulse his own nature is deplorably
iiicapublo of appreciating tho churuc'er ol
woman. 1 here is no tor tress su impiegna
bio us tho citadel of u urinous woman's
heart ; there is a power in the silent in
tluuucu ot female chastity to tiiaku a Blroug
man quail uud become as an infant. Ate
wu tu bu tuld thut the only protection we
buve ugainst the udulturer is the tear he
has ot too husband's avenging arm I That
our wives ana Sisters have no sateguar.1 in
the purity of tlieir own souls, but if our
physical protection is removed thoy will
tall al once into the palpable snare I
Tho remarks of the counsel ure insulting
to the dignity of every virtuous woman in
tuu land. Soainu un that mail who. dates to
judgu of foinulu honor by thu conduct ol
that wife and mother who would go from
hur own house ut tho wave of a liuudkor
chiut to u place uf deliberate assignation.
und there givu horselt to thu ei.ihiaces of a
paramour I Alt Ci uipuiisutlou lor weak
hubs of body there is given to woiii.,n i
strength of sou! more iinghlv than the
strength of urmiea, uud in detente of her
purity sbo will awe by tier mural power the
boldest hbui tino tliut ever delilud tho laws
ol God or man. Yul Mr Ural a n bouibs to
think thai belts and burs ulouo can keo
tier ll'otn tbo llcgi udullon ot lust. Wo pily
hnn upon whom no better appreciation ol
tho nobility ot woman has ever duwued
The Era on the Presidency.
Y.
No
ol
thu
of
the
the
this
of
and
the
The National Era coniradicls the Statesman's
assertion that the editor of the
loruier paper "abandoned Gov. Chase
as a Presidential candidate, dtc. The Eiu
says :
"It is true that 'Dr. Ltuiley has been
the earnest and urdeut friend of Governor
Cliusc, and desired his elevation ; and In
still ucctipiti jireci) tty that position. He
has nut abandoned him.' Iiua not 'so ad
vi.sed him,' nor is the Era committed
Mr. Seward.
For iwcriiy years that Governor Chase
and niyscll have been trieuds, not lor
single moment have our iniimti'e personal
or puliiicat relations beun interrupted.
have known him lo be pure in private
life, ol 'incorruptible integrity; fair, hi ai,
consistent, und able iu public lie; re
maikable for his administrative abilities,
a sincere Antl Sluvt-iy man, a genuine
patriot, an eievaied statesman, (it for the
highest post ol trust or honor in the gill
ol his country.
Hut the National Era is not committed
to Mr. Chus, Mr. Seward Judge Mc
Lean, Mr. Hale, Mr. Hanks, or any other
man, as u candidate fur the Presidency."
The editor further stales that he is
favor of maintaining the Republican or
ganization, substantially on the basis
I 1856, that he desires tho noininaihn of
en
a
bis
man truly representing the principles
the 1'hil. ulelphia platlorm, and of such
one as will be must likely to, carry
tlcciion, it nominated." Further than
ibis be "has no declarations to make, but
will maintain a discreel reserve."
that
ul
lerward, the
of
lo
The
it
the
is
this
by
cat
tle last
the
not
fore
Tim:. Whut a blussud order of naturo
is tbut tho footsteps of time are inaudible,
uud noiseless, und thut the seasons of
like those ot thu year, are so indistingusha
bly brought ou in gunilo prugressiuu, uud
aro su blundud, thu uuu with ttie other, thai
tho human being scarcely knows, except
trom a faint and un unpleasant suusutiun
Hint bu is growing old !
So day stuuls nitu night through tho crim
son curtains of twilight, So the goldun
gates of dawn swing uruund noiseless us
portals of heaven. Even tho buut of
buurl is uiufflod, that wn may not know how
lust il struggles out. From thu building
tho oak to tho rolling ol tho world, there
no clink of thu machinery. Thoro is
noibu save ttie helpless wave, or tho rent
groaning wiih thu lightning s bolt, or now
and thou the play ot volcano's valves, or
iho puny cries of insects or of men iu
this world of ours. Tho past is dumb
futuru silent, uud the present makes but
slight ripplo, like tbo tradings of a steamer
ou quiet sou,
just
it
is
I
ant-'
I
0,
Repouted Insuruection in Jamaica
Thu French paper in New York luurus trom
acurruspiniduiil at Kingston, Jamaica. March
23d, that the blacks havo attoisptod a revo
lution j thev have ontored the villogo
Savannah, destroying property, and meoan
cing to burn tbe towu. The rebellion
Souloutiuo. tho
depoiod black Emporor ot Hayti, wbo
now tu Jamaioa.saw mm
..a Ah l tha whites at last begin to
demand how negroes must be treated
i sweet worus ira ma i ..oou
blows and knocss 00U10U4U0 evi.iemiy
dbere 10 his own system ( and his inisfor
luuu have uot jot cured him ut bis dulu-
(Correspondence of the N. Y. Post.)
Celebration of Jefferson's Birthday—
Change in Public Sentiment—the
Sickle's Trial.
WASHINGTON, April 15, 1859.
The most singnlar event io cur Incut
town history is the celebration ol J tiler
son's birthday by the little band ol Repub
licans here. Hits is a slow city, you
must remember, and the Keputillcnns Ola
not lidKilalc to hold up JellersOQ as an an
ti-slavery rclornier.
The largest ball in (own was taken, and
(o the surprise of the Republicans, the
apartment was entirely filled. - Hundreds
came out of curiosity to see Jellerson, or,
an one ol our prints declares, " appropri
ate JelTcrsoQ to partisan purposss." It
was not mis, but to set Jefferson aright
before a community accustomed to his
worship as if he were a modern Virginian
slavery lielender.
The veitran Mr. Blair, of Silver Spring,
Maryland, took iho chair, and Major
House ol
r rcncii, lormeriy cieia vi mo
ivepreseninuves, nnu mc en,i.i. w
inilcpenuence. ivtr. uiair
,ie lrHit9 0( Jcfleraon's public character.
w)lin Daniel K. Goodie, of Worth Car
itiLi,.uon. .. .0iuWl.j R1 alion Upon the
,." 1 ' . . f i ,r . Ti, ..-..I...
llle and lime of Jt Iferson. IllB Speeclie
if I,.., i, ,.unlLn.i,n ivuh. wpll rri.tvrf Hmt
,,... . '
lretUently the utterance of anil slavery
setilinients called forth applause, and.ctr-
uiinlv. not once B hiss. ThM audience
a hlleen uiuutes speech
then delivered
upon, so ran ol
must have been made up of the citizens of
Washington, and probably not oi-lent(v
were Republicans. Their conduct show
Ihut a great change has taken place sinew
the lime when the National Era office
was beseiged by a mub, and Dr. Bailey
was menaced in bis private dwelling. I
venture to say thut within two years after
a Republican President is elected, the
politics of the city will be Republican;
and within ten years of such an event
slavery will be abolished by the ciliieus
of the District.
The tiial of Sickles is to be a very lecg
and tedious one, and many people al
ready tire of it.
The court room is a sickening place.
The Judge is an old and sickly man, and
cannot bear to have a w:ndow raised, and
the moment that a breath of fresh air is
admitted he cries out against the innova
tion, and so the crowd if lawyers and re
porters sit and putT away at the thick at
mosphere. Too prosecution, it is very evident, in
tend lo ransack Mr. Sick Its' character, and
will try to snow him up as an accomplished
libertine. Nevertheless iho prisoner will not
be biought in guilty. The utmost that the)
prosecution expects is a disagreement ut the
jury. 1 ho trouble is, not thut they cannot
damage the prisoner s character, but the
tucl that the Uniterm pructico ot juries hero
bus been tu uceuit iu such cures. The
southern idea prevails here to a great extent
that shouting is as proper in lucti cafss as
taking bluu-pills lor billious disorders.
iou will sue that the local journals here
inuku iitilo comments upuu the Jellerson
colobratiuu. Possibly one reason tor this ia
tho tact that the Juckson Association of
Washington, a Buchanan organisation, bad
intended to celebrate the day, but the Re
publicans got ahead ot them.
Our Difficulties with Paraguay.
The news of a probable pacific settle
ment of our difficulties with Paraguay ie
continued.
A correspondent of the New York
Timet writes :
BUEROS AYRES, Feb. 10.
to
a
1
iu
of
a
of
a
the
it
thu
thu
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a
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was
At last, after more than a month's ab
sence Iroui here, we have news ol the ar
1 ival of Commissioner llowiin, at the city
of Asuncion, the capital ot the Republic of
Puraguay.
Wiieu the Fulton arrived opposite to
the toilless ot ll.imaiU, the engiues were
slopped, and a boat sent on shore witn au
officer, to inform the commander of the
toilless that the deslinaliou ot the steam
er was Asuncion, uud that the American.
Special Commissioner and Admiral were
011 board. He answeieJ thai the Presi
dent of Paraguay was awaitiug llietn,
and that there was no doubt ol a peacea
ble arrangement. As the bteamtr came
iu sight the guns of the batteries on shore
were manned by men "as thick as Chi
nese," on view ol which ihe steamer beat
to quarters also. Alter this short inter
view, the Fulton pursued, finding no im
pediments in her course, and none of the
so-muuh-lalUed-ol chains across the river,
tor which so much money has been paid
by Lopea.
On ariiviiig at Asuucion, the batteriee
of thu Fulton were ol course silent, bul ibv
Captain was senl on shore to the Ameri
can Consul, who returned on board with
him, uud ahorily therealler the Commis
sioner, Secretary and Admiral went on
shore with the Consul, und look up their
residence at his bouse, where tbey still
remained at thu last accounts.
Ou the 2Gih of January, Judge Bowlia
was officially received by President Lo
pez, and delivered bis credentials. Lo
p.z was accompanied by a lull stall', and
thu Ccmmissiouer, in addition to his suite,
by Admiral Shubrick and many of bie
officers in full uuil'orm. Lopez utood dur
ing the wholu interview, aud was vncov
end, huldiuij bis famous bat, feathers
and all, under bis arm.
Addresses were exchanged between
Commissioner Bowlia and Lopez, in which,
the former assured the luiter that the
United Stutes desire lo settle all difficul
ties amicably, and "re-establish the rela
tions ol the two governments on tbe en
during basis of mutual friendship and
respect."
To this, Lopez replied that "he had
felt ibe sincerity of the desire of tbe
Uuited States lo cultivate friendly rela
tions wilh Paraguay, when her Minister
was accredited near this government, and
deeply regreted that unlortunale ciicum
stances should bare interrupted the har
mony that then existed. Tlio hosorable
discourse, however, of the Special dm
missioner, inspires him wiih every confi
dence that the pending questions beiwetn
Ihe two Republics will be sotlled prompt
ly, fraukly and amicably, io a manner
honorable and satisfactory to both."
Jute
is
un
We boar that Goo. W. Milllgan, tbe trail
urer of Smith Towuship, waj robbed oa
Tburidsy night lust of $590, eohool futds
of bis township. Tbe treasurer kept bis
money concealed In the upper part of his '
bouse, and the robbers got at it by means of
a ladder pluoud against the gable wlud0
St. Clairtviltt R-publican.