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OPIEIT OFTHE TOgEg.
mi HIT MET MUD WALTER C.HOOD.
1ROKTON, MAY. 1 1865. -
Democratic State Ticket.
ob ooruuioi,
T7HLIAM MEDILL,
. , OF FAIRFIELD.
on uininm ooveekos, .
' JAMES MYERS,"
OF LUCAS,
Vol ivmis o Titf icratHl cw
"WILLIAM KENNON, or Belmont,
R. B. WARDEN, of Franklin.
Ml ACBtTOS Of ttATl.
WM. J). MORGAN, of Colvmsiana.
, tB TtArR of ft ATt.
JOHN 0. BREBL1N, or Skxeca.
FOB IKBKTABT Of tTATl,
WILLIAM TREVITT or Franklin.
FOB ATT0R1IT OKIH.lt,
O. W. McCOOK or JwrEMtoK.
fob arana or tub boabd or rvLic womt,
JAMF.S n. UTEKDMAN or I.rru.
"Squatter Sovereignty" in Kansas.
If one-half of the statements that we
published last week, from Apparently
authentic sources, relative to the elec
tion in Kansas, are to be relied upon,
then it ia evident that the voting was a
,nere farce, and the rights of a large
portion of the actual settlers there, were
outraged and trodden down by mobs and
bullies from Missouri.
In one district where there ware but
200 resident voters, 800 votes wore cast.
In every election district in the Terri
tory, it ia stated that Atchison, Dodo
i.At 6i Co. were represented by drunken
bullies, who were there In sufficient
numbers, armed to take possession of the
polls, and insult or knock down every
man that was not "right on the goose
question!" The only test of qualifica
tion was whether a voter was in favor
of admitting slavery into the Territory.
By such means as these the actual set
tlers there were entirely overwhelmed.
Could the men of 1770, who estab
lished Liberty as the faith, and the great
leading idea of the nation, speak from
their graves, would they not blush to en
quire of us, why we, their descendants,
were note debating the question among
ourselves, whether slavery is a more de
sirable condition of mankind than Lib
erty! It is well known that thero are
. but two great social and commercial in
terests; those of capital and thoso of la
bor. Tbcy at present occupy a position
of antagonism to each other. The inter
est of the former has heretofore control
led the legislation of the country to a
very considerable extent. Chnttel sla-
very is an aristocracy of two-fold power
that of capital and political domina
tion, besides the slaves compete with free
labor and degrade it wherever the two
come in contact. Therefore when this in
stitution of slavery seeks to become ag
gressive, and travel oat of the States in
which it is recognized, and to plant itself
Ca the common domain.the question then
becomes eminently a political one, and
as such, should be squarely and openly
met, and discussed in all its bearings
upon morals, industry, and political
economy.
The doctrine of squatter sovereignty
was applied to the territories for the ex
press purpose of smuggling slavery into
them, whoever denies it, knows nothing
of the history, of its birth, and adoption
in Congress. Legally and abstractly
there has been no power to establish
slavery anywhere in the United States
of America, since 1770, because Lib
erty was then established, and a Consti
tution of government made to protect
and perpetuate it. But custom is stron
ger than law. In the territories of Mis
sissippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana
and Florida, slaves were held by cus
tom and force, in defiance of ell law.
Therefore, if liberty is to be the aggres
sive principle of the nation, it must be
continually guarded and protected by
the people themselves. The constitu
tion of the United States as now inter
preted by Federal Judges, is no sure
guaranty of personal liberty. The in
junction of Wolsey to Cromwell, not
to put his trust in princes, applies with
equal force to U. S. Judges. If the peo
ple trust to them to interdict the spread
of slavery, they will be deceived.
We have steadily opposed the squatter
sovereignty doctrine from the time it was
first promulgated by Cass, in his Nich
olson letter, until now. It was institu
ted by weak and timid men as a cow
ardly stratagem to get slavery into the
territories. The Kansas Election iione
of its first fruits.
Under this theory the few inhabitants
.that first enter a new territory are do
lhtd with more power than is found in
jibe Constitution of the United States
itself, or in that of any State, for it is
'claimed that they have full power to vote
jersont into a State of slavery.. No
'military despot ever exercised any great
er power, than that required to subju
gate a man to perpetual slavery. Such
- authority as that sought to be exercised
by the "Sguatter Sovereignt" at the
fleimsd by any governments in the range
mi . . . . i i .
01 onrisienaom, noi even vj ine niuiia-
j" . , f a a .
rr despotisms oi nuisis ana Anuria.
(Th only security to liberty is in writ
U fonatitotione, bat under the Cass cc
Domlm theory It it placed at tbe dispo
sal of a cabal. r''-'v ;
The Bounty Land Laws their Ten-
- deney.
The late acts of Congress, granting
Bounty Lands to persons for military
services,' will throw into market from
twenty to thirty millions of acres cf pub
lic land. The warrants us they are is
tued will fall chiefly into llio hands of
(peculators; and tho choice lauds be ta
ken up by them. So that the actual
settler, will be compelled to pay five or
six prices for the soil from which he
draws his subsistence.
An aristocracy based upon land is the
foundation and support of monarchy,
despotism and ecclesiastical corruption
in Europe.
It is one of the terrible tendencies of
our semi democratic system, which seems
to bo all that the dominant class of pol
iticians in ibis country bnvo yet learned.
The great idea tliot the land belongs to
the people forever, has yet penetrated
the minds of only a few public men in
this country. Tho legislation of Con
gress for tho last six years, seems to havo
been influenced by tho most venal spirit.
The solitary voices of Col. Benton, j
Senators Chase, -Walker, Johnson ofi
Tennessee, and tho few other public j
men in Congre, who comprehended
the Land Reform doctrine; were all
clamored down by tho howl of venal
Senator, and members of Congress, un
der the influence of tho corrupt lobbies.
The bounty land acts of 1850 and 1855
have made the choice lands of the entire
West, the prey of monopolizing specula
tors. By this ill-advised scheme the
settlement of the Western country will
bo retarded, the settlers harraescd and
oppressed. Wo understand that com
panies aro already formed in the East,
to purchase all the land warrants as
they ore issued, that they, have already:
established agencies for the purposo in
tho City of Washington. . It is compe-
tent for those companies to hold on to !
the land, they acquire in all time to
come, and to draw from the toiling cul
tivators, revenues in comparison to
whichgslhose of the entire State of Ohio,
would De scanty, they would if not pre
vented by mobs or civil war in all fu
ture time be able to draw tens of mil
lions of dollars annually from tho labor
of the inhabitants upon these lands.
The effect of land monopoly is an eter
nal subjugation of the useful and indus
trial classes to the useless and idle class,
and in the more emphatic language of!
Dr. Buchanan, "an eternal sacrifice ofi
tho toiling, thinking, hoping and aspi-j
ring millions, to tho low, vulgar-minded, ;
luxurious holders of hereditary wealth,
whose position, and interests, place them
in antagonism to human improvement,
and render them the steady supporters
of idleness, luxury, arrogance, and aris
tocracy." Laws which provide, that
if one class shall possess forever, tho
hereditary right of eating bread which
they have not earned, of living in inso
lent pomp upon the fruits of other peo
ple's industiy, aro entirely incompatible
with tho existence of Democratic gov
ernment. .
Melancholy Suicide.
A man named Charles Cook commit
ted suicide by drowning, in this city, on
Tuesday evening last. A more singular
case porhaps is not on record. He was
a German, and married, about two
months since, a German girl, as we un
derstand, who has been living with Mr.
J. C. Clark for aevoral years. Since
his marriage he hns often threatened to
destroy himself, which caused his friends
much uneasiness. It appears that he
was haunted with the foolish delusion
that he and his wife were doomed to
starvation, although he was a sober and
industrious shoemaker, with steady em
ployment, and had in his possession at
his death one hundred and fifty dollars
in gold, with every prospect of future
success which may be drawn from pru
dence and economy. His disconsolate
wifo returned yesterday morning to Mrs.
Clark's with her effects. A short time
before he did the act be asked his wife
to accompany him in a walk, which
she said she would do in a few minutes,
but he walked out, and was Been no
more till one of a company of fishers,
about a mile below town, caught some
thing tremendous heavy on his hook,
when, upon drawing it to the surface to
his inexpiessible consternation he dis
covered it to be the body of a drowned
man, winch proved to be that ol poor
Cook. Vinccnnet (Ind.) Patriot 10th
By a law of Massachusetts, recently
enacted, all taverns, confectioners, stable-keepers
and cake -bakers are forbid
den to give credit to any student of any
educational institution in the State.
There was never any time in the history
of criminal jurisprudence in Boston when
the prisons were so full as now. The
Maine law of Massachusetts is entitled.
"An act to prevent drunkenness and
crime."
Horrid Murder.- Just as out paper
was going to press, we learned that a
most horrid murder was committed in
the village of Clinionville, Bourbon
lounty.by Solomon smith, upon the per
son of his father, Wrn. Smith. The old
man was shot. He survived until three
o'clock the next morning. Solomon
Smith immediately fled, and has not yet
been taken. Louisville Democrat, 28
tnst.
A woman while laboring under deliri
am tremens, at Boston, recently, imaein
ed that the devil was in her stomach. To
exorcise him she attepled to swallow a
rosary, which stuck, in ber throat and
nearly strangled ber.
Boston, April 11.
Tho Governor signed the Liquor Bill
to-usy. .
: miracles in New York.
We learn from the Christian .Spirit
ualist that there are In this city body
of people dovotod to ghost-seeing phe
nomena, who call themselves "The Mir
ado Circle." The sort of miracles they
show are thus described by ono Mr.
Miller:
"On Palm Sunday I went to the Mir
acle Circle, and tlftl which 1 saw, will
relalo. The Circle was held nt the Imu.e
of Mr. Wolf, which was to Mrs. Wolf
and tho whole family quite unexpected.
When myself and a friend went there,
(here was no preparation made for a cir
cle, and Mrs. Wolf said if the Circle
was to be held there, Mr. Stewart might
havo sent word. The speaker then sta
ted that ho and his friend wero shown
by Mr. Wolf, into a large empty room,
and was told they could if they pleased,
detect the concealed traps. After hav
ing been (here sometime, the members
of the circle and visitors came, and then
tables and chairs were collecteJ and
the circle formed. There woro nine let
ters delivered from beneath the table,
and also a likeness of Ben Jonson.
Another letter came from tho wall ; this
letter contained tho miniature of a per
son named McManon. It was a picture
of an Irishman rough, though well ex-
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ecutel ; the hair seemeu 10 ue iiirim-u u.y
nloLinrr frnnl I In! Inblo-clotll. W8S TOUCl)
and curly. It was passed round and ex
ominod. The letter was given to me to
put under tho table; on putting my band
under, some cold substance touched my
hand ond then the letter was taken away.
A few moments afterward, Mr. Penning
reached up the umo envelope, ond in
it was the paper on which the miniature
had been drawn all that then remained
was tho hair. The paper was examin
ed ond maikel, put into an envelope by
a stranger, end by him burned, the ash
es were then collected, put into tho orig
inal envelope, and put under the table.
After a moment or two, the envelope
was aguin produced from beneath the
tutile. and on ueing opened mo picture
was found to be restored as on its first
presentation. On the paper were oil
the private marks which had been made
on the paper which had been burned.
A person present asked a
miKctlnn na in the dilation of cast iron
at tho point of fusion, wishing to know
something of the philosophy of it. He
did not get an answer then. Immediate
ly after this the circle broke up, and we
wero getting our coals when a letter came
gliding from the fore part of the room
addressed to the gentleman who Ind
nsked tho question. A very short lime
indeed had elapsed. The letter con
tained a dscription of the expansibility
of all metals know of art and commerce.'
England's Humiliation. No disas
ter that England could sustain in the
war asbinst Russia would be half so
erent a humiliation as is tho visit 01
Louis Napoleon to Windsor Castle by
invitation of England's Queen and Min
istry. It is not the parvenu charac
ter nf the present Emperor of the French
that makes the event humiliating, but
the baseness of personal character, trum
neted most loudly throughout the king
dom by the British press within the past
thiee years. It i-ngliMimen uo not icei
shame on the occasion of this visit, it
will be because the pride and manhood
which wro once their Hni t,aa mbs.
ed to be a national characteristic.
Haughty Albion would not recognize
the Imperial title of the Great Napole
on, and her Ministers and officers in
sulted him in his captivity by the mode
in which they addressed him. Now
bow low before the foresworn adventurer
and destroyer of French liberty, whose
throne rests upon a single merit he is
the "nephew of his uncle."
On Tuesday of last week the citizens
of Harrison and Miller townships, In
diana, met to the number of 70 or 80 at
a miserable. low doggery, kept by a man
by the nnmo of Merrick Hathaway, some
three miles west of Harrison ; and after
offering to pay him for his liquor on
hand, and giving him a gratuity to quit
the business, (which oner no rejected j
Drnceedcd deliberately and systematic
ally to remove everything from the cab
in, and then demolislieii it; not leav
ing one log upon another.
Pay Your Postage. Let the decree
go forth that no man who writes a letter
of inquiry to another, shall not have an
answer unless hia letter incloses a postage-stamp
for the reply.
Don I say: "U pshaw, it is only three
cents he "can pay it." It is just as
much an impositon as though the sum
were ten times larger, and no man has a
right to ask another to pay the postage
upon a letter written entirely for the ap
plicant's benifit. Make it a rule to an
swer no letter that does not contain a
stamp, and writers will soon learn their
duty.
Baltimore, April 21.
Orleans papers of Sunday received.
The Delta says Marcy has dispatched
for proof of American citizenship of
Eslrampei. Records of the 4th district
Court show that Francois Estrampes ar
rived at Orleans from Cuba in 1844,
then minor steps being taken acquired
right's of citizenshi p on coming age.
Picayune professes bavins reliable in
formation from Havana that the decree
issued at Madrid directs the Capl. Gen
eral in the event or nllibuster expedition
to arrest all Americans on the Island
not excepting U. S. Consuls.
liy the blunder ol a young man in n
drug store, a child of Mathew Murry's
or Philadelphia, lost its life. The moth
er and child had both been ill, and the
attending physician perscribed for both
The young man who put up the medicine,
made a mistake, and labeled both par
eels incorrectly, marking that intended
for mother with the child's name, and
that for the latter with Mrs. Murry's
name. The child died in four or five
days, after taking tbe wrong medicine,
and the circumstances gave rise to the
belief that the child's death was the
result of tbe mistake. Tbe druggist's
attendant was arrested, and held in
1,000 for a further hearing.
The income at the principal bar in
new York is stated as loiiows : t rucho
las 120,000 per year J Metropolitan $46,
ooo and new xom lau.ooo.
Two Horrible Circumstances.
The following horrible story may be
difficult to believe, from its similarity to
one which has been going the rounds
of the newspaper' press fur tin past few
years, but it Is nevertheless true. We
obtain the circumstances from a friend
resitting in Alleghany, a female relative
of whom arrived fiom the neighborhood
on Saturdey. On Monday week quite
early in the evening, the house of a wid
ow lady, named Fowler, situutcty six
miles this hide of Fret port, on the Alls,
ghany river, In Westmoreland County,
was entered by a man whose face was
blackened, ond whose evident intention
was to rob her. She was a middle aged
lady, In good circumstances, owning a
valuable form, and ha 1 u considerable
amount of money in I ho houso. Scarce
ly bad tho man got fairly into the dwel
ling, when he was seized by the throat
by a large dog, which killed him before
he let go his hold. The robber was
discovered shortly afterwards, and on
his face being washed, it was discover
ed that he was Mrs. Fowler's own son-in-law
1
On the same day, a gentleman named
Jacob Byerly, living in this County,
about four miles from Freeport, shot
himself under the following circumstan
ces :
His son had for some time been talk
ing of going west, and on the day men
tioned, came to tho conclusion to start.
Mr. Byerly was very much opposed to
tho idea, and did all in his power to pre
vent bis son from going. Tho old gen
tleman flood in the doorway of his res
idence when the son departed, and gazed
upon him until he had vanished from
his sight, when scalding tears commen
ced coursing down his cheeks, and he
seemed perfectly overpowered with emo
tion. Mrs. Byerly, who was standing
beside her husband, told him there was
no use of mourning over it, as it could
not be remedied, nnTthal bo hnd better
come into tbe house ami partake of some
food. He went in, but instead of doing
as requested, he took down o rifle which
was hanging against the wall, rind going
outside ol the hou.ie, Mowed bis brains
out. The son had pot but a mile and
s half from homo when the tragical oc
currence took dace, and on being in
formed of tho fact, ho retraced his steps,
and found his parent weltering in his
blood. Mr. Byerly was tibout forty
five years of age, was possessed of a
larije fortune, and a numerous family.
Pittsburgh Union.
Tho Location of Hell.
A curious sermon was delivered last
Sunday, at the Roman Catholic Church
of tbe Annunciation, nt Manhattanviile,
by Father Walworth, n son of Ex-Chan-ccllor
Reuben Hvde Walworth, of Sara
toga. Father Walworth is one of the
comparatively recent order of the Re
demptionist missionaries of tho Latin
Church, whose members nro already
scattered throughout the United States.
The topic of his discourse was the loca
tion of Hell. Ho undertook to demon
strate thai Hell was situated in the inside
of this earth, commencing about twenty
one miles from the suiface, where gra
nite begins to melt. He also affirmed
iIibi lipnt uMsthe nredominant charac
teristic of this abode of the damned, ond
illustrated the nronosition by reference
... . t w
In ilia uniformity hi all lAmparglun Ol
everything which had reached us from
that quarter of our globe.
Methodist Conference?. Dr. Dui-
bin, in an address lately delivered in the
2orlh, said :
As Paris influences France, as New
York (or perhaps you would say Boston)
governs 'in business the United States,
end as Boston controls New England,
so leading Conferences give tone to dif
ferent sections ol Methodism. The
Baltimore Conference exerts a paren
tal control over the Southern Confer
ence, and the Ohio Conference over the
Western, and the New England Confer
ence over the Eastern. We have come
then, to see what you are doing, and
what heln the funds shall have frum you.
The Methodist Episcopal Church, hav-
ving nearly 300,000 members, and reck
oning four persons in its congregation
to each community of over three mill
ions of souls to influence for good.
Convention of Christianized Jews.
A convention of Christianized Jews
is to be held in New York city in May
next. A correspondent of the Roches
ter Advertiser says that a prominent mat
ter is to be brought before the Conven
tion is the consideration of the return
of tho Jewish people to Palestine, and
to take measures to cooperate with the
Jews in England (who have already
moved in tho matter) and other parts of
the Eastern world.
LATER FROM KUltOrfi.
ARRIVAL OP TUB NASHVILLE.
RUSSIAN AIXIKS HTIUiNOTIIKNINO TllKlll
ri"inu.i.
THE LONDON TIMES DEFENDS
IIINDOOISM I
Prospect! of Peace are Declining t
TWO THOUSAND RUSSIANS KlM.P.D!
New York, April 23.
The steamer Nashville arrived Sunday
noon, with (lotos up to the 7th.
Hussions and Allies wero strengthen
ing their position el the Crimea, pre
paratory to llio spring campaign. A
Council of War was held on the 12th
of March. Oiner Pasha desired assis
tance from tho allies which could not
bo grnnted. Turkey only expected to
hold Eupatoria till tho 18th. Largo re
inforcements hail been received by the
Russians at Schastopol.
lien. Uanrohcrt stated Hint in the af
fairs of the 22 1 and 23 I, the Russians
lost two thousand men; und the Allies
two hundred.
Tbe Vienna conforonce met on the 2d
and ndjourued on the 7th.' Tho Czar's
ultimatum was expected. Baltic fleets
sailed on the 4th. Russians hud estob-
litdmd ten fortified ramps of 4000 men
each, to defend the Baltic.
'I he London Times devotes a lead
ing article in defence of tho Know Noth
ing.
It is announced by telegraph that the
Spanish Government had demanded the
recall ol the liritish Ambassadors at
Madrid on account of interference in
reliuious matters.
Parliament assembled on the 10th.
U. S. Corvette, St. Louis, arrived at
Gibraltar.
Berlin dispatches of Friday stnto that
the Russian pnrty is predominant there,
an. I that rrussia will likely throw her
self into the arms of the Czar and
c n use an unfavorable result of tho conference.
In poliiicn, we ore just whero we wero,
except in oi me iceiing tnai mere i iiuui'
ing left but to fi.nht it becomes stronger
There had been a succession of san
guinary conflicts between tho French
and the Russians before Sebastopol for
Explosion of Propeller Oregon
THIRTEEN PERSONS KILLED.
Detroit Triourr Office, April 20.
This morning, the Propellor, Oregon,
belonging to Capt. Jones, of Cleveland,
blew up at the head of Hok Island,
about 1 miles from tho city, Sho start
ed from Cleveland yesterday, having on
board her own crew ond tho crews of
the brig Standart nnJ tho barque, Flying
Cloud, bnih of which have berni nil win
ter nesr .China, on the St. Clair River.
They were going up for ihe purpose of
bringing these vessels down. The crews
were shippod at Cleveland, and some of
tin m aro unknown. When at the head
of Hog Island about a quarter to S ibis
morning, tho boiler suddenly exploded
with terrific violence, taking away all
above it and around it, and making the
Propellor a total wreck.
A far as we can Ascertain in the midst
of much excitement and confusion, the
following is n list of the saved ond lost
of the Propellor Oregon:
First engineer, Mr. Chapman of Cleve
land; second engineer, known as John,
ond coming from.Bereo; the cook, a col
ored man from Cleveland, nnmo un
known; Tim Donnelly, a deck hand,
from Cleveland; and Noddy Mc Bride, a
firemon, also from Clevclond, were all
lost. The cook leoves a wife in Cleve
land. His bead was blown to pieces
and his body frightfully mangled.
There woro saved, Copt. Stewart, who
has a broken leg; both mates; Michael
Campion, a fireman, and James Kcliey
a deck hand, all with comparatively
sliiiht injuries. The Capt. of the Stan-
dart was saved, although blown into the
air, escaping only with some sprains
and bruises. The mate, Martin, and
the cook. Co flin tier, and a sailor named
Christie, were also raved, though badly
hurt, havine broken leys.
Three of the crow were lost, but their
names wero not known by the Cop
tnin, as they were freshly shipped at
Cleveland.
Of the Flying Cloud, Capt. Gadsen
is safe and unhurt. Also the mate and
one of the crow. Throe of that crew
wero lost names nt present unknown
Tho captain of the Standart informs
us that at least twelve wero lost, and the
probability is that tho number will reach
sixteen or seventeen. Many wero blown
possesion of llillo ambuHd- pits, with L , - , ncvcr g,,en
; . ... l.l T ......! - T
varying success, much loss. Latest but
tie on the night of the 23.1 put 3000
men hors du combti.
LATEST.
General World la's return es Prussian
Envoy to Paris has been countermanded
and Col. Olberg an attache of Prussians
has also been recalled, indicating, that
the negotiations ore closed.
Execution of a murderer.
Philadelphia, April 20. .
Robert Swift who was convicted at
tho Cecil County Court for tho murder
of Killom, in August last in Harford
County, Maryland, was executed to-day
about a milo and a half from Elkton
Top Hill. Ho confessed shootinz Kil
lom with a double-barreled gun, dischar
ged at him both barrels at the some time.
Ha said tho inuider was not premedita
ted, but having hoard that Killom charg
ed him with stealing, and going by Kil
lom's house his dog rushed upon him,
and supposing that he bad been set upon
him by Killom he fired at him, causing
Killom's death. The trial had been re
moved to Cocil County on the applica
tion of Swift.
T4i.nnMr.R8. Perlinns Lawrence is the
only city in America where a majority of
.1 I . Tl I - I
ine lauies wear itioomeis. isuring pleas
ant weather they may be seen in all parts
of our place, not walking for the novel
ty ol tbe thing, but making cans, ana
pursuing their ordinary avocations, with
out ever suspecting that their costume
was attracting unusual attention, and
indeed it does not. ine lacties consid
er them far more convenient than the
street sweeper, and they ought to ba the
best judges Kansas Tribune.
Divorces in California.- Mr. Mur
doch's b'ill in the Legislature, for "An
act to amend divorces," provides that
where the parties have agreed t separ
ate for one year, and that they havo not
cohabited for that period, it shall be
i e ' : i r...
ground lor a uivorce. i pruvmcs, iur
ther, that if it shall appear to the Dis
trict Judge that the parties are in contin
ual strife, then he shall havo power to
grant a divorce.
' Wasjinton, April 21.
Chief Justice Gilchrist of the new
Court of Claims ,is here ; and Judge
Lumpkin is looked for in a few days.
Judge Blackford was here several weeks.
Organization of the Court looked loi
soon.
Gen. Shields, lata United States Sen
ator from Illinois, having failed of his
re-election by the Legislature of that
oiaie, nil announced mi puij.wsv ui id
moving to Minnesota or Iowa, with
view of studying or practising tho legal
profession.
Two Men to be Huno for Assis-
r. T" t 1
ti.no slaves to escape. mcnaru
Wynn and Alfred Woodley, who were
part of the crew of a vessel e which
loaded in the Roanoke River, wore
tried lately in Borlie Co unty, North
Carolina, on a charge of receiving and
secreting a slave on board the vessel,
with a view to abduction. The captain,
it seems discovered the fugitive, and had
tha two sailors arrested. Wynn was
acquitted, but Woodley was found guil
ty, and, it is said, will have to suffer the
penalty ol deatn. A man namea vviuis
Hester is under sentence oi uoatn in
Chatham, North Carolina, for negro
stealing. His execution is fixed fo; the
4 th of May.
EEx Governor Metcalf, of Ken
tucky, has written a letter giving hw
opinion of the new American organiza
tion. He says that torcigners snouiu ue
content to share with the native-born
the blessings which the laws of the
country guarantee, without insisting up
on the right to seize tho reins of Govern
ment. It is the kx-trovernor s opinion
that all tho evils with which we are
surrounded have been brought upon us
by the domagogues of the old corrupt
parties, end uy aaopiinp me principle
that to the victors belong the spoils.
Milk and Whisk. In consequence
of the probable stoppage of tho breweries
and distilleries in JMew x one, ana me
present reduction of work preparatory
to that stoppage, the milk dealers have
already raised the price ol mat article
25 per cent. The people of Gotham
have, to a certan extent, a prohibitory
milk as well as a prohibitory liquor
law.
BS?The birth-place of James Otis,
the first "great incendiary" produced in
America, whom John Adams called-"the
flame of fire," is advertised for sale in
the Yarmouth (Mass) Register. The
citizens of Barnstable are trying to
collect funds to erect a monument to his
memory on the place.
Taking Down the Cross. On the
night of tha 4th inst., some fellows
broke into tba Catholic church, at Ovid,
N. Y., went to the top of tbe tower and
tore down the cross, nailing a flag to the
stump.
I0 Governor Clark, of New York,
signed the famous Church property Bill,
which deprives the Roman Catholic
Bishops or tho control of the real estate
. i . - .- j :
DOlongvng to ineir respective umcenoa
Up to Thursday evening the 12th inst.,
08,000 applications for land, under the
BountT law of the last session oi ion
gross, had been received in tha Pension
Ufflcs at Washington.
Mr. Boeder, of Clevclain!, diud while
being taken to the hospital in tho wagon
in which lie was being conveyed. Two
more are having their logs ninputated,
one of whom, Dr. Pitcher thinks will
die.
The Nunnery Difficulty in the Mas
sachusetts Legislature.
Boston, April 23.
Mr. Joseph Hiss, member from Boston,
resigned his seat in tho House of Rep
resentatives to-day, on account of tho
difficulties growing out of the Nunnery
investigation. His letter of resignation
was referred to a Committee.
The Know Nothings of this State are
about to publish an explanation of the
objects and aims of their organizations.
It is said to be a document of much
ability, and has been fully indorsed by
the present dominant party.
Railroad Accident.
Baltimore, April 23.
Tho 11 o'clock train from tbia city
met with a serious accident to-day.
While crossing Gunpowder Crook n
part of the bridge gavo way, and tho
engine, baggage and express cars ran
into the river. The passenger cars would
have followed suit, but the coupling
breaking, saved them. Tho engineer
was badly injured, and the fireman
slightly. Some twenty yards of the track
was torn away. Much fright existed a
mong the passengers, but none of. them
were injured. The trains coming this
way were detained in consequence of
the accident.
Distressing Railroad Casualty.
Rochester, April 23.
As the locomotive was backing down
the tr-ack in Canandaigua Village, this
afternoon, it ran over and instantly
killed J. L. Hall, Esq., a lawyer, sever
ing his head from his body. Judge
Phelps, and another person standing on
the track, were also seriously injured,
the former so severely that his life is
despaired of.
Four Boys Killed.
Albany, April 23, 1855
At Arcadia, Madison County, Mo.,
on the 17th inst during a severe storm
the Arcadia High School was struck by
lightning, and four boys, pupils, who
were in the building, burned to death.
One of the boys was the son of F. L.
Ridgley, Esq., of St. Louis.
Capt. Downing.
Washington, April 28. Capt Down
ing, lately dismissed from the Navy,
claimed that the proceedings were illegal
on the ground ol the temporary ab
sence of one of the members of the
board at (lie trial. It has been decided
by Cushing that the dismissal being
consummated, he cannot be restored
even if the proceedings be illegal, ex
cept by reappointment and confirma
tion.
Riot
Chicago, April 23. Nothing serious
occured yesterday or this morning. The
military still guard the court house.
The crowds that collected yesterday were
soon dispersed. Total arrests, 65.
More trouble apprehended at the ex
amination of the prisoners.
Burned to Death
Arcadia, Madison co. Mo., April 17
During a heavy storm tba lightning
struck the American high school build
ing, and four boys, pupils, who went
asleep in the house at the time, were
burned to death.
Toe Disturbances at Chicago.
" . Phicaoo, April 23.
No serious disturbonco occurred yester
day or this morning.
ihe artillery and military havo been
posted in front of the Court House since
Saturday afternoon.
Yesterday at 4 P. M. an Immense
crowd collected in Clark-st., between
Washmuton and south water, but short.
ly afterward dispersed. ' .
ihe total arrests made ere lilty-iive.
The Irioh have covered themselves
with glory by keeping out of the af- ;
fray.
More trouble is apprehended at the-
examination of the prisoner.
Ihe Uermon who was shot by tha no.
liceman, receiving a ball through his
back, but is rtill living.
A special military force, consisting of
500 citizons with tho State arms, has
been organized.
Uhicaoo, April 23 P. M.
The city is quiet. The military is
still stationed in front of the Court
House, ami considerable excitement ex--ists
yet. Yery little is required to draw
out an immense crowd. Light or ten fires'
have occurred in different parts of th
city since Saturday . 1 h-o license suits
are progressing, and a multitude of
belligerent rumors ore afloat, but they,
will probably amount to nothing..
Horrible Affair..
A. J. Forbes, a returned California!?
entered a grocery in Buffalo, on Tuesday
and fired four charges of a revolver at
the clerk, a young man by the name of
Shaller, one of which took effect, tha
ball passing through the lungs of Shal
ler. The story of the affair is briefly
this. Some lime since, Forbes started
for California, leaving a wife and chil
dren in Buffalo. Shaller being a per
sonal friend was entrusted with a general
supervision of his affairs. He sent to
him at different times (3,000 for the usa
of his family. When he returned he
found bis children ragged and destitute,,
and his wife encicnle. Shaller had abu
sed his confidence, had seduced his wife,
and had used the money in the purchase
of city property in his own name. Ex
asperated by the so great wrongs he de
termined on revenge. Shaller is yet
alive and wilt probably recover. This
is a sad chapter of human frailty.
J$g? The Boston Bee of Saturday
says: Within tho last lew days, suicides
have become common and from do
mestic, or lovo affairs. Or, 'I hursday, a
lawyer in this city, a merchant in Prov
idence, and a young man in Cambridge,
each shot themselves. The former from
domestic difficulties and the latter two
from love affair.
Printing- Office Sacked.
St Louis, April 24 The office of tho
Luminary," at Parkville, suspected of
Ficcsoiliem, wos attacked by 200 citi
zens of Platte co., who destroyed the
fixtures, and threw the press into the
Missouri river. The editor's absence
saved hira from being tarred and feather
ed. A resolution declaring the paper a
nuisance, denouncing tho editors, and
threatening their lives as well as all
other Freesoilers. No Methodist pieach
cr will bo allowed to- prea-ch in tha
rouniy, under paii"bf tor ond feathers
for the first offence and hanging for tho
second.
Arrest of Postmaster Kendall.
New-Orleans, April 24, 1855.
Postmaster Kendall has been arrested
on the charge of purloining from abet
ter the sum of $000.
' ' Potatoes ara worth $1,25 par bushel
la Sandusky. - ( . ;
' The Mclntyra school fund of Zanes
villa is now worth at least (300,000,
the interest of which, by tho will of the
benevolent donor, is to be used in tba
support of schools for the children of
Zanesviue. it is now on oi trie snest
institutions in Ohio.
Tho pope of Rome, on the recommen
dation of Archbishop Hughes has confer
red tho degreo of 1). D. on the Rev. J.
M. Forbes, of St. Ar.n's Church, New
York. (Mr. Forbes was formerly a
clergyman of the Episcopal Church.)
In the same connexion, it is an item of
news worth adding, that the Rev. Homer
Whcaton, formerly of the P. E. Church
of Poughkeepsie, was received into the
Catholic Church there on Friday even
ng Cth inst.
Small Pox has been introduced into
Martinsville, Belmont county, by a
family from Marietta, and is making
considerable ravages. Seven cases oc
curred on the 6th, and the public school
hat been closed to prevent the disease
from spreading. Get vaccinnated if
vaccinnated once before, eet it done
over again. Steubenville Union.
The Piqua Register says that tho
Court has refused to admit Mowery the
paramour of Mrs. Riggan, and the priso
ner of Mr. Riggan to bail. The ex
amination of Mrs. Riggan occupied six
hours, and was most through. It result
ed in an increased conviction of the
guilt of Mowery.
Gen. Cass's long winded speech about
Lord Clarendon is now in course of
publication at Washington. Immense
preparations have been made, and it is
thought that, by the aid of steam, the
printing will be completed towards tha
close of .the present century.
BCT" The Wisconsin House of Repre
sentatives has restored the death penalty
in that State, by a vote of 44 to 27.
The matter has still to be acted on in
the Senate.
Fine strawberries have appeared In
abundance at tbe New York markets.
Tomatoes are for sale in the N. Orleans
market. They were raised in the West
Indies. '
Writ of Error. t
Cincinnati, April 23. Cincinnati
District Court granted a writ of error to
day in tho case of Arrison. Sentence
suspended.
The Cincinnati Gazette says the wheat
never looked better. o that vicinity
than it does at present. The late most
seasonable rains will be of immense
service to the wheat crop of Ohio. .
Two candidates for Governor of Ten
nessee have arranged to make sixty six
speeches each between May lit and
August. , - . . .
The New York Herald predicts that
Fernando Wood, Mayor of that city,
will yet be Governor of the Empire
State, V '
It is said several of the leadinc
members of the New York bar have
given an opinion that the State temper
ance law is unconstitutional. ;