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In e»*tem marVrte. Willi t)t« jimdn. flon. of t|i
(ii»M W»wt. we rantxA My. We were always
rrppoMd to that trpaty. It w»« HMrln
««d fnJarliHis winwn1 for tjw Wm(, fllhwiffti
(tuHgthl well rntMif!) of in the E«t where tlw
iiiawiw m'»« thun ilwr |*vte!, and vlufT
«1rr ehMfietdur Of Or^u. beef. j«rk, kr.. In UL»
ty to *H- la«irhly »»-•«-(*••«!. Jn lime* of man*.
ty kfee tart m, or in »ca«Qtt* like tUr j^sfDt,
wlten'h-inark«*t I* jrjvi-med t» a di
mand no lir»e thai It eanhnt tie filled, there will
be no rcry )«erc*)iihl« evil ailae from it. Uut
when therr l.« no forelpn demand, and *c are
hlMk 'I beyrtadpresK-nt wantahy abnndant crop*,
the inn|x-iiti(jii of DIII Canadian ti i?libor much
Marer market than »r «rc, will h« he mtrioualy
felt. While on tin other hand %f fliall re'f ire
HO benefit from fanadlan tr»d^—fbtUl writ them
OMiinfactarod artk-k* «a will our etMteni
friend"
Bat IKTIIIW thla W-od»Wd AND Iwpolltle TRO*
ty ban been made, ik it pnijier to rejiefll a diitv
mHuftr, "tiikr whieh priceii have ruled very
low, exeejit the preaeiit Meaixm, when tliere waa
a partial failure of crop*, merely a* a retaliatory
atMcure? W« think not. We b«tieve the duty
liaa U en advanUKeona to Uw country—to the
cotMMtMr a* well an the jtrodueer. We believe
the duly, hy encounnfinf and Ntltnulattng pro
duction, IMM pven un *UFIAR at a ICM iirit*, take
it on*- year with another, than before the duty
Wa» levied Tliln I# our iinpr^Mou. We do
Mvl a««'rt that it it *u, but lielicre an exatiilna
tion of the figure* will prove it. Rat tliia i^ not
the only Iwneflt arriving. Money ha* been re
tained in the ronn'rv, and the hslam-e of trade,
to that amount at lean, retained in oar favor.
The present high jtriee* are produced partially
by railing off in production, produced hy the
^routh la»t h|iring hut mainly we believe, by
the ojM'i ation» of xpeeulatorx, in anticipation of
a aeari itf. Tln-v mn«t neccMnarily be tempora
ry. High prieen will eoiitinup no longer than
tho eauaea that produce them. They ure In no way
chargeable to the dutv.and the re milt would have
been juat u likely to happen without it. So we
think.
But If the gentlemen who are agitating
tlili matter would turn their attention to the
treaty and rid u* of the competition of bur f'nn
adlan neighbor*, they would be doing the Went
eotne service. Next year—even this year—wc
may yet fcrlou*ly feel the elTei t* of it.
Oar l-lrp Department.
Mr. Hamucl Allen, ax-i^ted hy Mr. E. M. Chip
man, both formerly of the Cleveland fire depart
ment, have been engaged, for form time back in
organizing n new fire V»m|mny. They have also
repaired and refitted tho machine formerly be
longing to Ie» Moines No. 1., and have it now
it» Brat rate condition. The new company pro
IMhW, at hall' (mat three thia afternoon to try
their machine. And a* the gentlemen who
compose the company rhriw themselve* among
tT« working men nf this community, they hope
to in«pire the people of Burlington, not only
with confidence in the old machine which Mr.
Allen informs u* la really an excellent one, bnt
in their ability to put it through.
Thin Is mi important mutter in which our citi
auui) should lake n deep interest. Every en
conragnnu nt should be extendod.
IVrMins desirous of securing an efficient fire
department, and encouraging the young men
who oonijumc this company, will have an oppor
tunity Monday.
Tit* LITMUS KKMRK.—-This is a new illus
trated W ork from the press of ROHKRT SEA lis.
It li admirably arranged and better Illustrated
than any of his other publications. At the pre
sent time «lien reliable information is sought in
regard to liussia, it will meet with a large gale.
See adveitixement,
HQI'*TT«R HOVKIIKIOSTV.—We publish in this
day* paper an able and very clear article on
tlila now hackneyed subject from the Xew York
livening I'o.it, heretofore the leading Democratic
|faper In New York. We hope no one will pass
it by. We commend it particularly to tho pc
ruaal of those who have heretofore acted with
the Democratic party.
TIIKTHUI. or JONEH FOB THE MI RIIKR or MO
CAROL*—We present a short abstract of tho
trial of the above case before Judge Lowe at the
present term of the Court. The murder was
committed in 18 It), some fifteen years ago. The
prisoner was at that time about 43 years of age,
and is consequently now about sixty. At that
time he made his scape and uothing was heard
of him until last spring, when he was arrested
iu Ohio aud brought back to Ft. Madison and is
now awaiting the tardy judgment of the law
ItrwwM''* Hook Store,
Among the new business houses now opening
on Third street, the Book and Stationery*House
of Mr. J. P. HHOWN deserves special attention.
Mr. Brown i- from one of tho old Book houses
of Philadelphia, and his long experience in the
business in that city, must give him knowledge
and facility in buying and selling. He is now
opening a large stock in his line, in one of the
new rooms iu the Barret House Buildings, and
will soon bo prc|Mred to supply country dealers
ami all sorts of customer* with everything be
longing to the de(artment ot Books and Sta
tionery. Mr. Browu is a clever gentleman, aud
we lake pleasure in commending him to tho
public of Southern and Western Iowa.
Jt'ST AS w* ExrscTKn.—Our very wise City
Fathers are engaged in grading Washington
street, or rather having it done. Possessed ap
parently with an odd notion that the grading
must stop the flow of water down the ravine iu
the neighliorhood of flth street, they removed
the old stone culvert and tilled with oarth leaving
no place for the water to escape whatever.—
Within a few weeks past good deal of earth
has been w ashed away by occanional light rains.
But it had been replaced, and the embankment
carried clear across the channel. The fill being
fifteen or twenty feet in the deepest place. We
aaw some of our German fellow citizens prepar
ing for emergencies hy putting an embankment
at the side of their houses. But they did not
got high enough to throw the water over ,he
water in their well, and cut away a goodly
•mount of mail? earth in the street. Had the
embankment been completed it would prohablv
have opened it out anew or flooded all the
bowMw north of Washington and between the
old channel and the planing mill, draining that
part of the city thnxvgh the front yards and dis
charging tho whole into the lower utory of the
plaining will.
Senator Toom«, of G*., recently made a speech
at Saranah in furor of the 'Southern Kiaigraat Aid
Society,' in which he urged the importance of
aevuring K*n«*x for'slaverv. Nine hundred dol
lar* were collected to forward the movement.
Mich Iran having refased the use of her pris
on* to tho Courts of the United Strtew f«r the
ioqu-ivintncnl of slaves, the lT.8. District Court
theiv has wnt iu Grand Jury to eianiue into
the necessity for the wrvtioa of aut for rwh
cases.
TV entire liquor vote and the "large Catholic*
*ot* thrown entirely against the Republican
ticket in X«w York State. So says the Albany
Knaisif JmhmI, ul kaw a* Mt af
treth.
The King of tVwnxrV hat actually married a
nulUncr—Lull* Kusmussen—whom be has eleva
ted lo rank of Countess.
or
The external* menagerie of Kr. Seth R.
Rowe was soM at the Hippodrome, Xew Tori,
on Monday Barnum and other showmen were
anions the bidder*.
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Mr Mtar.
S»*«tvJ le*rfi»* |-i»r- the Krj, itli«-aii par-
(.««•!
tf Jwt» be*"* mtxf my i.lw i(u «ttr,i «t Abutt/lr on fanu three u,iles (ram West Point on Mugar
W^W .1* i. on., 1M0. Think JoL
tk* MI* to ,m urriff vtro* iofv lb* Ibid wbrn w* vtrr, within al.oat _" i .t u 1°
f*r ktdv «#W.,1IW tm» *»*«,. or i#h«* rods, .wore he elected to .boot
fnM forward to uf!V«?t iftr Oiwdwn r^i|jrocitt K#tlw, Wan told be had better lr»v^—*%}i he I
•«*•!}, hr '4»a«ltiiii iwoiMffioti* j-mnfwir, w«mM wk. .Jim** w«» "m the tomiag row—TiJ ®^°,m
MMV.W.IA.W ^thr^MKlJ' ««rr tieBslrir uid»!res hi
Tte«a«tf^ tf wrn ««Mi I Un^Cc^
ThunSaj lto»w», W* ghS hriow sbwt hw M«rfp«I 6m wir mper contains bur
•k-traetoftk. iMfMir. 1l»li« u fhrnd- WHH*«C« Am w mb^pL
pa) wif»e»« wa* Ja*»-« XcCardk, mw) of the ik
*«. aaiir r^a-y.l in !,-* rwuntv in the
,,,,„, ,. ,, ...j of his pap-r containing this belligerent arricl*
r*H nfl M». Self and Kth.r buAmjrwn. TbAtawk-Eve and Tekgrapfa of 0*urn* mora-
This closed the testimony on behalf of the de
fence.
The Pout Office Advertising,
The Gazette of this place owned in part by
otir Post Master, contains the letter list. Ever
since wo have resided in Burlington it has been
published in that paper, although it is well
known that it has not at any time had it legally.
Wo circulate at least twenty-five |ier cent, more
papers within the Post office delivery, and call
upon the Post Master to award it to the paper
having the largest circulation as the law reqiures.
The advertising of the letter list does not pay.
in a pecuniary point of view we do not want it.
But it is our right, and wc will have it or get
some tall swearing out of the publishers of that
delectable sheet.
Xeiii|ie»t in a Teapot.
Yesterday we had a visit from our late dis
tinguished County Judge. These calls from
iB
hot thiaJs he woild shoot. Father walked out
'o the taming row, and Jooe* did shoot him.—
When he "lwt^fwiw exclaimed "Ah! daoin .'OTI,
you have fint It hare yon?" and then tamed
.and ran. Father turned around and walked
*1XMH a rod and said fie waa a dead man. I
raised linn up but lie died immediately. So other
!»-r?»n present. The auu was about one bonr
liifth. The sh'joting wa« the cause of the death.
The liall entered near the left bream. It was
Father's corn. This is the man. (pointing to the
prisoner.)
Croa* examined. Wi* at that time seventeen
year* old—*a* tx#m. Oct. 1828. Went to the
field with brother that morning—Father came
in the forenoon. Don't know of any difficulty
the crib—both were hauling corn to Weat
Point—was no^Uie first day'# hauling corn from
that field which contained fifteen acr-«—.bjnes'
house hi same enclosure—heard of no diflicult v
satne day—Father was nearer Junes than I
when Jones first spoke—had learned that there
was some difficulty about the title to the land.—
llave not seen Jone* aiace till he waa arretted
and Irt-mtght back—hu not betn in thki •country
that I know oC
Cot. PiTTKRsoN examined. Beside in f^ce
county. Knew James A. McC'ardle in fall of
1M0—went to bring up the body of MeCardlc
from where he was allot—washed the body and
took it to his family—it was dark—the neighbors
were generally out in search of the person who
committed the act—jmid Jones a small bill same
afternoon Jones left the country—hail his rifle
with him when I paid him—met him in the
street and he asked for it—amount fi 50 or f3.
KKLDEN PETKUS examined, ilesidu at West
Point—knew deceased. Kept a grocery at that
time. On that day Jonas was in my house tra
ding—got some little thing—asked for his bill
which was 75 cent*—said if i cant pay you my
family will. I replied you tulk like running away
—lie anawerd, I have got two—I have enemies
—I have one particular one—Rnd left. This was
the f.itl of 1640 latter part of Oct.—had his rifle
with him. Saw him no more till last Spring at
Madison.
Cross Examined." Often saw him with his
gun—said something at the door ae he left which
did not hear distinctly, and pointed towards
McCardles residence with his gnn.
Haw kins Taylor examined. Itcsided in Lee
County in 1840—was sheriff that fall. Knew
Jones aud recognize him now. Didn't see de
ceased. Had been fo Madison and returned at
8 or y o'clock that uight. Heard of the murder
of MeCardlc and searched for Jones on the Des
Moines and to tjuincy, 111., and up through that
State. Tho whole county was aroused. A
month after got two letters from Jones to one
Clark for his family to go to Cairo to meet him.
Sent a proclamation to Cairo and lie was arrest
ed but turned loose. Jones had a married
daughter and two sons and a wife. Iiad heard
of a difficulty between them about land.
Ilere the testimony on the part of the State
waa cloned.
For the defence:
John Box examined. Resided in Lee county
aince 1833. Knew the parties—remember the
talk about It—saw the deceased same day at
West Point in the morning. He spoke respect
ing Jones aud a difficulty they had. John said
he, I was down after a load of corn, Jones and
I had some trouble—ho told ine if I came back
for more corn he would shoot me. I told him
Tones was a passionate man and he had better
not go back, but he said he would. Came on
home and as I reached home a young man
passed saying Jones had killed MeCardlc.
James Box examined. Resided in Lee coun
ty in 1840, six miles north of West Point.—
Knew McC'ardle and Jones—saw them often
through the season—deceased kept boarding.—
'ones and I both kept stallions—we electioncd
against each other. When we were in town we
both boarded with deceased. There was two or
three causes of difficulty. McCardle had been
telling me about a land claim. They were also
quarrelling about McCardle using some lan
guage about Jones wife. Both were quarrelling
about it and Jones accused McC., of telling he
kept Jone* wife. Don't know the answer—did
not answer directly. This was a day or two or
three before the death. McC., didn't threaten
to kill or Jones either as I recollect.
great men are alwnvs flattering, as well as highlv i __
pleasing in a social point of view. Iu this in-
stance tho harmony of the thing was somewhat
marred, however, by a misapprehension. We
invited his Honor to a sent, but to our surprise
he refused to be seated. He laid down three
of our daily pajters and informed us with an air
of killing ferocity, that we must keep our paper
at home. Remembering the admonition
of the Good Book, that a "soft answer
turaetli awray wrath," wc remarked that we
were not aware that he was a subscriber, and
that if a paper had been left for him it was with
out orders from us. Upon questioning the carrier
we found that a paper for Messrs. Burnap &
Locke, whose place of business is contiguous to
that of Judge Wightraan, had inadvertently
beeu left at the Judge's door!
From all this we infer that the Judge does not
like the Hawk-F.ye.
Htr**t Wl. Night before last came a dashing and CuriafN.
rain, and washed .way their protection, swept ur. |j. D. Hesse is Mill on hands as will b«
their fence* and gates, gave them abundance of
bv hjg
announcement, with a few mow car-
riages aud buggies recovered frotu the fire,
which he proposes to sell low. We are glad to
dy for business, where he will doubtless have
plenty of it to do. He is not the man to be cast
down by disasters, but will by renewed diligence
and a closer attention to business, repair tbe late
losses. Success to him we saw.
At the time of the late lire some person car
ried away, doubtless for safe keeping, a copper
plate used by him for printing cards. Whoever
has it will confer a favor by leaving it at this of
fice.
BT The District Court commenced its session
in Otnaha City on the SSd «lt., Chief Justice
Ferguson presiding. The ease of Henrv for the
..m,t.ina
That we
give Ul»r new* than the Gazette the editor cu
4 «*u«0 Wmwlf by referring to the very number
nf hj.
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Miffirient importance to be tele­
graphed to the Chicago Preaa. Th* h
xett* will probably get them in thin
morning if it cart be done without displacing
it* medicinal adverting fa vont. If not iu read
er# can *ee the article in ours or aome other
paper.
We do not wish and will not bandy words
with that paper in regard to the. merits or demer
it* of our fiapct? as vehicle* of news. We arc
perfectly competent to ••padille our own canoe,"
and shall not »top to inquire whether they arc
or not. The publishers of that paper have th»
Mine facilities for getting intelligence as
ourselves
and we leave the public to decide whether they
get it or not.
Arruw roa Esonsn.—The Manchester N.
H. American, noticed in the freight how*- of the
Concord road, the other day, pne hundred and
twelrc barrel* of apples, marked for Manchester,
England. Jt understand* that a gentleman of that
city, an Englishman, trades in Fruit quite large
ly, and "ends to Liver]mol every yearseveral hun
dred barrels of Xew Hampshire tipples.
STATE or IOWA r». JOSKS.—The jury in thin case
brought in a verdict for murder in the first de
gree, u charged in the indictment, on Saturday
afternoon last.
This murder was committed in October, 1840,
fifteen years ago. The following notice of it up
peared in tho Hawk-Eve of November 5th, 1S40:
"Mnrdcr."
"It is our painful duty to record the murder of
one of the citizens of Lee county. The circum
stances as far as we have learned them are these:
Horatio McCardle of est Point, purchased a
farm ot John J. Jones, situated a few miles from
West Point, and for which he made the first pay
ment, as agreed upon, and took possession bi'it
before the next payment became due ho ascer
tained that Jones could not give him a good title.
He of course refused to make the next payment
until the title was perfected. While at work in
the fielii on Friday last, Jones came to him and
used threatening language and endeavored lo
frighten him off the premises. MeCardlc told
Jones 4hut he should hold possession of the prop
erty until some other arrangement was made.
Jones then raised his giin, which he had brought
with him, and swore he would shoot him, which
he did ulmost at the same instant. McCardle ran
a few steps, exclaiming "(iood Lord I am shot,"
and then sank down aud expired, the ball taking
effcet in the side and coming out near the heart.
His son was in the field with him, and while he
run to the assistance of his father, Jones made
his escajie. The Sheriff of Lee county has offer
ed a reward of loo dollars for hi.s apprehension.
His appearance is so peculiar that he can hardlv
avoid detection. He is thus described'"About
45 years of age, nix feet four inch,-* high
weighing about lw lbs—has dark hair, sharp
vissage with several moles about his face, with
long coarse linir growing out of them—a vcrv
ugly man with a bad countenance. Had oil
when he left a jeans frock coat anil an old fur
cap." He was generally disliked by the neighbor
hood on account of iii.s overbearing tuid quar
relsome disposition."
The accomplishments of some-of-Our
ministers to foreign countries may bo judged from
this fact: "At a recent state dinner in Paris an
American plenipotentiary sat for three mortal
hours without speaking a word or being spoken
to, as he was acquainted with no continental lan
guage." Dick Tinto says that his awkwardness
and perplexity were painful to behold.
The death punishment having been abolished
in A\ iseonsin, an agitation for its restoration has
been commenced, and a large majoritv of the
newspapers sustain and advocate such a restora
tion.
RARE SPORT.—If the Newport News may be
relied upon, the citizens of Covington indulge in
very novel amusements. That paper of the 12th
say*
'We understand that a lady, for a w ager of «?0,
walked one square and back, on Saturday night^
naked, without detection in the event o'f whicli
she was to have the money. The feat was per
formed on Main street, Covington, between
fourth and Fftth streets, at no later thun a quar
ter after ton. The night was very dark.'
C3T" The Chambersburg, Pa., Whig records
the death in the jail at Huntington, of Eliza
beth Harker, who had lain there under sen
tence of death since the fall of 1853, for
the murder of her husband, and afterwards
of her sister by poison. She was 65 years
of age when she committed the first of these
murders.
A PACIFIC MASTODON.—A fossilized mammoth
tooth of the Mastodon Maximus has been found
lately in a small creek at Cunemah, Oregon. It
was perfect when discovered, and weighed three
pounds. This is the first discovery of the kind
on the Pacific Coast.
BROKE JAIL.—David B. Burris, charged with
murder, and whose trial was to have taken place
at Monmouth next week, made his escape from
the jail at Macomb recently, says the Atlas.
Dr. Maury made the best count, 220.
is
Storing
in Philadelphia. He was brought to this coun
try twenty-three years ago, afterwards returned
home, and is now here obtaining an education,
Bayard Taylor says he Is a Kahalish—one of
tho Centra] African tribes.
|3F"The total number of churches in the
State of New York is 4,921, of which the Close
Communion Baptists have 753 Presbyterian
old and new School, 602 Protestant Episcopal,
349 Methodist Episcopal,.
3fi8 Congregational,
290.
The proprietors of Omaha City, Nebraska
territory, have given a lot to the Odd Fellows
upon condition that they erect a hail thereon in
one year. It will be erected iu that time.
ty An old German school-master at St. Louis
named Christian Roister, forty-seven vears of
age, father of three children, and regarded as a
most quiet and inoffensive person, came to his
death on Sunday night last from being stabbed
by a bowie knife in the hands of one of a gang
of rowdies.
,, Awav down South, in the Parish of Concor
learu that he w.ll soon be a new shop and rea- di
have a bavou th#t
prmg eanse up- The Jury, after toeing ed to blow the fir?t man's brains out that laid a
out three days, reported, "No bill of indictment I finger on her, whereupon, the young woman flew
ofainst Henrv.
"Chief Justice Ferguson refused to i
OP" Aa Oregon l\»»g*r or the "American 6.
a,,.,.
"on,mcnced
murder of Geo. W. Hoilister BelWviic last n
man
call Van Buren
because since its first discovery, 150 years, it hag
btrn impoxitible to tril wA irA way the u\iter rfcna.
An iBcidrat at the Fall of Mbattapal.
The following romantic siorj i&from the letter
of a soldier to his friends in Glasgow, published
in the North British Mail:
*:u'
Prum Tork Evening hit
vfc* ti
tdfxr fti
Tfc» r«Or af^tfce Wjkg--*« Matter »»vr*
In 9r%aUiifntf the eariie.ti lirritorial
m»nt, wbioh applied lo all the territory owwd
t»y tho ni!cd fvatf at tho i'orma'km of thi mi:
MitatHMi. tbvre w pwrf rnnrHinrr of the tw-w»
and »piniotj« uf the jfrest m^n (if that dar on th
dtitip* and ®!)5gBtions of the federal pjvemm*®.
Kf
L'v^
r.
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n
*°4 were con-
»rd to iW t«miorT without the limits of
AL,"trr^
This was the first territorial government insti
tuted, and it has been considered as wise and bc
liificen't and certainly no portion of the earth
has prospered like the northwestern territory.—
The territorial legislature, some years subsequent
ly, in the exercise of the territorial powecs with
which thev w ere invested, endeavored to procure
the abrogation or suspension for a term of years
of the ordinance respecting slavery, and, on sev
eral occasions petitioned Congress to that eftect.
But Congress would not listen to the application,
and insisted that the territory should be devoted
to freedom. In fact the whole federal legisla
tion, until a recent period, was restrictive to
wards slavery—abolishing it in all the territories
ceded by the old thirteen states, except when
prevented by express provision in the deeds of
cession, and limiting and modifying it in the
territory acquired by purchase. As to any ob
stacle from territorial sovereignty," to this be
neficent ltgislation, none was made or suggest
ed, for the modern folly of the propagandists
was unknown. 'State sovereignty, and State
rights were guarded and maintained with vigi
lance and fidelity, and were not degraded by
placing them on a footing of equality with de
pendent territories. The territorial govern
ment north of the Ohio was cotemporaneous
with the constitution. In 17!", North Carolina
having ceded her western territory. Congress
proceeded to organize a government for it, un
der the name of the "South Western Territory."
This government was similar to that alroady
formed for the Northwest with the exception of
the ordinance in relation to slavery, and Con
gress as has already been stated, was precluded
from passing any law on that subject by the
deed of North Carolina, transfering jurisdiction.
Full and ample sovereignty was conveyed to the I J'nt,on'
Sovereignity is an attribute that does not and
cannot belong to the territories. If thev were
sovereigns, they would not occupy a territorial
position. The states are sovereign but, for
their mutual benefit, each has paned with cer
tain specified powers to the central government,
reserving to itself all ungranted powers. Sover
eignity over the territories is vested in the feder
al government, not in the territories, and the
sovereignty thus vested was limited uud restrict
ed by the States of North Carolina aud Georgia
as regarded the southwestern territories.
The acquisition of Louisiana led to other and
additional legislation, presenting some new fea
tures in our territorial history, hut exhibiting in
none of its aspects or phases a recognition of
territorial sovereignity,, either as regards slavery
or any other subject. There were doubts in the
minds of many, and of Mr. Jefferson himself, of
the constitutional power to make such purchase.
But if the purchase were legal, no doubt whatev
er was entertained of the authority to protect
and govern the territory. It was not proposed by
Mr. Jefferson and his associates in this emergen
cy to turn the domain they had acquired over to
squatter sovereignty. If possessed of the power
to purchase the country, tl'e Constitution ex
pressly authorizes Congress to 'make all laws
which shall be necessary to carry into effect the
62?" The Oquawka Plaindealer ears a grand i
I I I M. powers, and all other powers vested by
htniT came off near that place last week. The this Constitution in the government of the Cni
hunters mustered under Capts. James F. Francis ted States or any other department thereof.'
and T. W. McDill. Tho McDill party triumphed. P°"jer of acquiring the territory being con-
62T" The motion of D. Miller, of Keokuk, be
fore tho Circuit Court, now in session, that law
yers be limited to one hour in all save criminal
cases, prevailed. This will certainly save time.
J2T Peoria was lighted with gas for the first
Umc on S ltl|n1aT evcnj
,asf
an Afnean
Princc
ceded, the lesser and neeessay power to make all
laws for guarding, preserving, securing, protect
ing and governing the territory acquired by the
greater power follows of course. To abdicate
sovereignty in the territory purchased, on the
slavery question or any other, was not proposed
by Mr. Jefferson, who was then President. Dis
tinguished through a long and eventful life for
his love of liberty and profound regard for the
rights ot man, first among the foremost in assert
ing the independence of his country—the author
not only of the Declaration of Independence and
the statutes for religious freedom, but for tho
first project for organizing territorial govern
ments within the old original limits of the thir
teen states, it was his fortune also to make the
first acquisition of territory to his country, and
to preside at the inauguration of the first territo
rial government instituted within that acquisi
tion. But his broad philantrhophy, his advoeacv
of the ability of man for self-government, his
comprehensive statesmanship, did not degener
ate into the modern folly of 'squatter sovereign
ty.'
After the purchase of Louisiana, which already
contained a population of about fifty thousand"
there was a division of the territory all above
the thirty-third parallel of north latitude was an
nexed to the territory of Indiana, or the north
western territory Ohio had been previously in
1802 admitted as a state. So that the jurisdic
tion of the northwestern territory or Indiana ter-
ritory in 1?04 embraced the whole region west
I wight as w ell tell a little incident tiiat occur- -^carmtn of some of our modern politicians,*" and
red in the town. A party of men, belonging to
,a
mhm
tlu'
different regiments, were patrolling from house
to drag her about, and
n
'bis man for protection.
.h. J.— She followed him all the way back to the camp, chase south of the
release th« charge and ordered a special term of i
political party-test of the present administra-
,io».
would have been mischeivious and baleful
lo house ill sesrvb of plunder. Iu one of the "»dor these circumstances. Yet men iu distin
houscs, tlicy came across a beautiful young fc- guished positions are striving tu impress tho be
niale about 17 or 18 years of age. Of course, li'fthat squatter sovereignty is the true theorv
some rivalry was shown anion The party, who
of our
V
system, and was the position of the «uv-
and would have ernment until the establishment of the compro-
used violence to her, had not a young man be- mise in 1820.
The first territorial government organised
without the limits of the old thirteen states and
within the Louisiana purchase, wai the "Territo-
lonpn£ to tne 11th*taktn* mu$kft and threaten-
r.r
.h. k» k.m bcckoned for her to return: but no, she would embracing the present state of Louisj.
the Court to he held OB the 27th wsi., when not leave hin. A\ bother she fell in love with him This territory was organized in 184^4 .ii
another Grand Jury will take the matter into at first sight. I don't know but she came to camp rectiy after the purchase. There was at that
cuu4dcr*tiou. ith hint. As oon as he got there, he was in- time within the territory about inhabi
.. a stantly confined for U-ing absent while the regt- 'ants, one-half of whom were slaves. The trea-
bwm
on," has been csMured near Portland. A fuiml ened after The Colonel of a* that just deference and regard for private
eapt ret wear ortlami, O. T., }lls regiment, see,-tig the affreuou she bore him, property which is alwnvs to be observed nre
attempting to swim the Columbia river.— released hitn. and sent them Uuh to (im. Parris, »ented Concrcss from "emancipating the slaves.
They are among the tererM animals upon the
Xew Orleans," being the whole of the pur-
underarms. She folluwed him to the 'T by which the territory wa» acquired, as well
"u ««erpivi*r was got. and she reVed the iutant and decNve measures were taken to
American continent and freouemlv roue down *ho!o «bem. It turned out rba: she ka restrict it. The government, of which Mr. Jel
from the CNwmbin* im., ,L P?'"-™!s daughter, with some thousand.-. She was then the head, with such tnenasMad
tro» the «m»untams into the settlements, and was beautifully attimi. and carrie,! ison and Gelatin in the cabinet, .111 noT
fearlessly attack men, horses and cattle. This and wore a set of bracelets of inuoense value.— over vfce sovereignty as regards slaverv to "the
thirty-third degree of north
t#er i cted d^tr taayomrkm fro-n Afriok iot* the 1
t«rriorr of OHt
aw. Ccwgr»-«|*U( fotiMUl* un
6tr't v r« |»etiali* tbr J»lfe|rin» of «i»Trs from
ofter -xtr»tr ii rrftsre* wahin tlw ttrriiory of
Ortran^ fbrertt'. mittall ~lavtw «6br*«J|tht
iu *irf M!I t« bv fn-r AND ovrvwns t. WUT-
wrdity thatf.mmlwt awliteTV.I^tr'r"^ *^sippi—ttW law* enacted ^rinft the I Extraordinary panic in England, tn conae-
""v ,r.ji •'ITOmir. (III- «. .
ai
i
ministration of Jefien,on, who has the reputation
gre*f m?.(1c laws and appointed officers for the „,i. .iv im.m.m,! v,, ti. .m
o v e n e n o e e n e w o w e e a e i n i
.k and gave
in there froui other Stat
en and countries, differ
ing in habits, in institutions aud laws. Time
waa necessary for the emigrant to get acquaint
ed, to assimilate and become homogeneous, and
until this could In accomplished, and there was
a pO|rtil»tion sufficient to jnstify their being re
cognised ».» a distinct community, they were ur.
der the immediate sujiervision anil guardianship
of Congress and officers by them appointed.
When the populntior reached live thousand, they
were allowed to have a representative aisemblv
but not before—a prudent and wise provision for
a discordant and belrogeneons collection, in
stead of leaving them without law and
writhout government. In this there was
no abandonment of duty by Congress, no legis
lation, no establishment or recognition of the
doctrine of squatter sovereigntv.
Congress proceeded further than this. At
that period the right of primogeniture jirevailed
in many of the States, and otherwise different
regulations iu regard to the descent of property.
Congress in organizing the territory struck at
the root of this evil, and ordered that the pro
perty of all persons dying intestate should be
equally divided among the children or next of
kin in equal degrees. This, though since adopt
ed in most and perhaps all of the States was a
great innovation—intervening to establish a
great principle for the squatters which would
have shocked modern demagogues. It was also
enacted that there should be entire religious
freedom in the territory—trial by jury and .the
habeas corpu*. Lastly it was ordained that sla
very or involuntary servitude, except for crime
should forever be prohibited in the territory. As
this last ordinance received a unanimous vote
with the exception of one solitary member
from New York, the whole of tlm congress of
that day, committed what the Washington Union
would now pronounce a breach of "fealty," to
the present administration party—were "section
alists," anil opposed to "territorial sovereignty,"
a cardinal principle of faith in the administra
tion party creed.
s 1
actively instrumental in framing them,
gave them his official approval—contrast
with the proceedings of this administration and
its supporter*? Hither Jefferson or his friends
did not understand the true theory of the gov
ernment, or the modem politicians in power,
who are setting up new party tests and removing
all obstructions against the extension of slavery,
do not. Such legislation as that of 18o4 would
be pronounced dangerous by the demagogues of
the present day: sectional, |wriloiis to the Cnion,
and not to be tolerated. It is in direct conflict
with the absurdites of the Nicholson letter and
the fundamental creed of this administration.
Slavery is an institution peculiar to und belong
ing to the states which authorize and establish it,
and within those limits it is not to-be molested.
It is strictly a local, not a national institution,
sustained and governed by laws, differing in ile
gree in the different states. Freedom is nation
al. There is no power vested in the federal gov
ernment to establish "laverv or permit it to be
established under its authority or sanction. On
the contrary, it declares that "No person shall be
deprived of tife, liberty, or property, without due
process of law.' Beyond the limits of the states,
therefore, there cannot be, constitutionally, any
slaves. There were none beyond those limits of
the constitution in one foot of the territory own
ed by the United States. Nor did Congress es
tablish it any of the territories subsequently cre
ated in the Southwest. It had its origin in state
legislation. A fair construction of the treaty
with France guaranteed to the inhabitants of
Louisiana security to their slave property but
restrictive measures were then immediately
adopted respecting the institution in the 'Territo
ry of Orleans,' w hen? these slaves were, and l'p
]ier Louisiana was placed under jurisdiction of
the Northwest. By what means and contrivan
ces it was, at different periods, wrested from
freedom, until by the compromise of lSJn slave
ry was extended from the parallel of thirty-three,
to which it was limited iu 1804, north to thirty
six thirty, and to tho state of Missouri, it is not
necessary to recapitulate. Still less necessary is
it to enter into the details of the later wrong per
petrated by this administration and the last
Congress in abrogating tho Compromise of 1820,
by which the whole policy of the country from
the organization of the first territoiy was revers
ed, and the doors were flung widely open for
the extension of slavery. Anew political party
test has been established at Washington, and ail
who do not forswear the doctrines and princi
ples of Jefferson, and acquiesce in a course of
policy that is in conflict with the Constitution by
sustaining 'squatter sovereignty,' are proscribed.
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce 13th.
SERIOIS RAILROAD ACCIDKNT—Two PKRSONS
KILI.ED AND SEVERAL INJCRKII.—A, serious acci
dent occurred on the Harlem Railroad last even
ing. As the Express train from Albany for New
ork, which left Chatham Four Corners at o.3u,
in charge of Mr. lJobort White, conductor, was
about midway between t'ossake and Boston Cor
ners, going over an embankment of about thirty
five feet elevation, the entire train, with the ex
ception of the engine
and tender, was suddenly pre
cipitated into the valley below, ht n sttthh'n f/tixt of
wind, as is alleged, landing with great violence
upside down. The train consisted of the engine,
tender,
baggage car, and three passenger cars,—
the latter filled with passengers.
Great consternation prevailed on every side as
the affrighted passengers found themselves sud
denly precipitated down the embankment, amid
the wreck of the cars and the scattered baggage.
Tho lights had all been extinguished, and mid
night darkness enveloped the scene. The con
ductor immediately set about extricating the dy
ing and the wounded from the ruins, and also dis
patched the engineer to Millerton, the nearest
n'l(,u'seven
United States in all other particulars "thoro was removing the wreck, it was found that two
no reservation of "squatter sovereignty," or tor- PassellKt'r* were killed, several others badly in
ritorial sovereignty. Until she divested herself
of sovereignty, the government of North Caroli
na was as full, complete and perfect over what is
now Tennessee, as over her present limits that
sovereignty was not surrendered to the squat
ters, nor to the territory but to tho United States.
Again, in 1802, Georgia made sale of soil and
jurisdiction with a like reservation in regard to
slavery. Now, if squatter sovereignty w as or is
the true theory of the government, as maintained
by this administration, would those resolutions
have been made, and all other powers ceded?
Clearly not. The States making the surrender
and transfer qualified their cession,. mid inter
posed a cheek against what they knew to be the
prevailing opinion of the country, aud therefore
did not, as regards those territories, invest Con
gress with full sovereignty over those territories
on the subject of slavery.
miles distance, for assistance.
1111 a
large number more or less disabled,
The engineer soon returned with the cars and as
sistance, when the dead and wounded were
placed therein, and the train started for this city,
where it arrived at 5+ o'clock this morning, leav
ing such of the passengers as resided on the line
at their houses.
The dead arc Mr. Rathbono, a paper manufac
turer at Boston Corners (the body was sent
i home) ami Mr. Gaylord brakeman, of the train,
His body was brought to this eitv.
The injured persons, we are told, are doing as
well as could be expected.
The accident is of a very peculiar nature
nothing of the kind ever having occurred before!
i Sirs. Swir-helm has been to a 'baby show,' and
rather intimates, if wc can understand her, that
she don't quite like them. Here is what she
says, at any rate: 'The poor dupes of mothers
are to be pitied rather than blntned. Some of
them are detent, innocent women, who have no
definite idea ot the light in which thev place
I themselves, and most arc too nearly idio ic to bo
accountable. But it is not right that humanity
should be degraded thus in those persons no
body expects any respect for humanity from
Barnum. The parties really to blame for these
exhibitions are tiie city authorities who grant
these licences, and people of ordinary sense w ho
go to see anything so totally devoid of attrac
tions. Ugly, stupid women, and ordinary, vul
garly-dressed children are no great rarity in this
great republic: any ono who givesa quarter to see
a lot of them deserves a pair of donkey's ears.—
The exhibition is akin to the old model artist
shows and when Barnum and Wood visit a city
to bring shame on the mothers of it by one of
these shows, the sons of that city should see' them
safely past the suburbs on a pair of rails.'
A Tough Witness.
Prosecuting Attorney—'Mr. Parks, state if you
please, whether you have known the defendant
to follow any profession.'
'He's beeu a professor ever since I've known
him.'
'Professor of what?'
'Of Religion."
'You don't understand me, Mr. Parks. AVhat
does he do."
'Generally, what he pleases.'
'Tell the jury, Mr. Parks, what the defendant
follows.'
'Gentlemen of the jury, the defendant follows
the crowd when they go in to drink.'
'Mr. Parks, this kind of prevarication will not
do here. Now state how this defendant supports
himself.'
'I saw him last night support himself against a
lamp-post.
'May it please your honor, this witness has
shown a disposition to trifle with the Court.
Judge—'Mr. Parks, state if you know anything
about it, what the defendants occupation is.'
'Occupation, did you say?'
Counsel—'Yes, what is liis .occupation.'
'If I ain't mistaken, he Occupies a garret some
where Sn town.'
'That's all Mr. Parks.'
Cross examined—'Mr. Parks, I understand you
say that the defendant is a professor of religion.
Does his practices correspond with his profes
sion.'
'I never heard of any correspondence or let
ters passing between them.'
'Yousaid nothing about his propensity for
drinking. Does he drink hard?'
'No, I think he drinks as easv any man I ever
saw?'
"One more question, Mr. Parks. You have
known the defendant a long time what are his
habits, loose or otherwise?"
"The one he's got on now, I think is rather
l'ght
of the state of Ohio, and north of the Ohio river I'be fashion."
"You can take your seat, Mr. Parks."
on the thirty-third degree of north latitude, cov
ering the present states of Indiana, Iilinois, Wis
consin, Arkansas Missouri and Iowa, and the
territories of Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota.
In the following year Upper Louisiana was made
a distinct territory, and the legislative power was
conferred, not on representatives chosen by the
people, but was vested in the Governor and jud
ges appointed at Washington. One reason that
so restricted a government was imposed oil the
inhabitants, was undoubtedly, the fact, not onlv
that they were few in numbers and widely sepa
rated. but that a majority of them arc old French
residents, who, if entrusted to legislate for the
new territory, would nor readily assimilate to
our government and institutions." Splatter sov
ereignty or territorial sovereignty, the Teat
under the arms, and too short waisited for
GOOD.—Rev. Thomas Hill, of Waltham, in an
article on church music, in the last Christian Ex
aminer, says:
"Sometimes an attempt is made to alter a sec
ular air by changing the cadence to religions
form. We recently heard tunes of this charac
ter from some new collection of sacred mu
sic: popular Irish and negro melodies being cut
off in the last measure, and a chord of the sub
dominant introduced, as it were to sanctify them.
Tho result is, that the tunes arc spoiled for
whistling or: a week day, without being rendered
fit to sing on a Sunday. They neither express
the wild mingling of pathos and humor of the
Irish tunes, the dreamy wailing hidden under the
outside gayety of the negro songs, nor yet any
properly religious emotions. They are senseless,
mutilated fragments, iil-pieced together."'
SWELLED DRESSES.—Omnibusses anil common
carriages are terribly trying on this new and
hifalotin style of feminine balloonery, and the
narrow passageways in some of the theatres, one
would think would blook tbein out altogether.—
A few nights since. I saw a lady whose ampli
tude was so great that you would swear she
would stick fast in a bam door, squirm and
twist herself through a psssag-", along which a
child of six years would hardly find eibow room
they flatten down when it conies to a pinch
lie
re's nothing of them «b«n you get down
through to to the real flesh and blood its all a
sham—a counterfeit.—[Kendall's Paris Letter in
Picayune.
A 1'L.VIX-KFTIKKX WITNESS.—'Facts are stob
horn tilings,* said a lawyer,to a female writaesa
under examination.
Tbe lady replied:
'Yes. ir-f-: and so are women, and if yon get
anything nat of me, just 1(4 me know it?"'
ou'U be committed for contempt.'
•\ery well, I'd suffer justly, for I feel tic al
most contempt for every lawyer present.*
The ladies of Kewanee, Henry county, have
organized a 'Tree Association' for planting trees
in all the streets.
Niw YORK, NOT. K.
Wheat declined 2d Corn advanced ftd
ruenee ot nunir ot war with the U. S. aud that
Bticltanau had demanded piusporta. Buchanan
contradicts the story.
London Times, in a skillful nralicions editorials
started the subject, n liieh, exaggerated by the
Provincial Press, speedily obtained such dimen
sions that extras were issued announcing that
the American Minister had demanded his pass
port. General astonishment and regret was ex
cited by the announcement, and angry protests
were heard ag.iiu.st the government for forcing
the nation to so dangerous a war.
Oiu Liverpool agent telegraphed to the Amer
ican Minister who promptly and courteously sent
him the following expert contradiction of the
rtimer.
"It is not true that the American Minister has
demanded his passports from the British Govern
ment. There is no foundation for such a re-jHJrt.
Notwithstanding this, an uneasy feeling re
mains in the public mind.
Nothing important from the seat of war ex
cept the return of the allies from their advanc
to former positions in expectations of nil attack
from the Russians, nevertheless it is unlikcly
that any further operations will take place this
season. Both armies preparing to w inter. Some
trifling successes have been gjined by fleets
which have now sailed twards Gulf Perekoff. Co
pious details to hand of capture of Kinsburn.
Lord Stanley, Earl Derby's son, is offered the
colonial secretaryship. Gen Codrington appoint
ed commander in Crimea in room of Simpson.
Hamilton Seymour minister to Vienna. Dif
ficulty between France and Naples settled—Liv
erpool breadstuff*—Brown, Shipping & Co., re
port fiour withouf improvement, but in more de
maud white wheat lisul'.'s I2d Red 1 Is 9da
lis. Western canal flour 41SH42S.
Philadelphia and Baltimore 43s Ohio 44s fid
White corn 4,1sa l.'is tid yellow 43s I'ida44s mix
ed 4Hs tid. Liverpool provisions—Richardson,
Spencer & Co., report beef as slightly improved
in demand, but sales scarcely to average^'xtent
Pork in fair enquiry, prices dearer Bacon rather
lower Stocks of Irish increasing Lard unchang
ed, fair enquiry tWotiis Tallow is dearer 6fia
C7s.
ADDITIONAL RY THE PACIFIC.
London—Saturday.—Gen Canrobert has em
barked from Lubre for Stockholm in a French
steamer.
A dispatch from Dontzec says both of allied
fleets were about to proceed to Kiel.
A dispatch received at Petersburg states that
all the liners of the Hoot offKinburn had proceed
ed seaward, and that the allies had attempted
nothing new.
GortscliakofFtelegraphed St. Petersburg Thur:
day that there was no n.iw movement in the
Crimea. A correspondent of the Cologne Ga
zette froin Berlin, alludes to rumors of peace,
but they are looked upon in diplomatic circles,
as unfounded—not only because Russia has re
sorted to a fresh levy of conscripts, but because
every communication from that Empire discoun
tenances the belief thut Russia will ever make
any concession to the demands of the Western
powers. On the other hand, all the letters ar
riving frotu Vienna allude to rumors of peace.—
The correspondence of the Daily News declares
tlmt Russia has positively intimated at both the
Courts of the great German powers, her willing
ness to negotiate alone on the basis of the four
points' and that the allies of December second
are not all disinclined to resume conferences,
although the western powers have at the same
time declared that they can only consent when
there is a sure prospect of attaining satisfactori
ly results.
It is added that Austria is vary far from de
clining tho co-operation of Prussia. The Prus
sian Gazette of the 13th of October, affirms
that, at the very moment the French Government
intiinatos tit Vienna its readiness to negotiate
with Prussia, on the basis of the four points, ad
ding that it was resolved to continue tho war and
recommence military operations next spring,
with redoubled energy, should peace not be con
cluded iu the interim. The Briti-h gouernment
has prohibiiod the exportation to all foreign
countries of Salt Petre, Nitrate Soda, Sulphate
Potash, Muriatic Potash and Chlorate Potash.—
From the Time's article, the English funds open
ed the morning at the closing quotations of
A\ cdnesday, but subsequently experienced an
advauee.
Mercantile letters from Paris indicate an in
creasing confidence.
Messrs Louis,Keys & Co., suspended this morn
ing. They were engaged in the oil and fruit
trade. Liabilities .?-iou,ooii.
Loudon, Saturday, by telegraqh, eynsols clos
ed this morning at S7 J. 88 for both money and
account.
The Liverpool News of Saturday, 2d edition,
dated Saturday, 2 o'clock, A. M., says: Wc have
received a telegraph disqntc'h from London con
veying most serious intelligence, aud we vouch
for it.-- importance for the information comes from
a source which excludes the possibility of a
doubt. The country is on the eve of a war with
the U. S., unless public opinion j« brought to op
erate on her majesty's Minister.
An active interchange of diplomatic notes has
taken place this week between the Karl Cliiren
jdon and the American Minister.
The cause assigned by the Minister for the ap
pearance of our ships at Bermuda was a report
that Russian privateers are fitting out in the port
ofN. Y., but the fact is denied and it is well
known that this is a mere pretext, for the real
cause refers to the affairs of the Musquito Terri
tory. The enlisting business never caused an
angry word between the two Governments.
The Muequito question has been for sometime
a source of diplomatic disquiet between the two
eountrys, and now tends to open rupture. A
quaiTei about it would be madness.
The Pacific brought 181 passengers and Lon
don papers of Saturday.
From tile DOndon Times.
When the war in the East broke out, there
was no power from which England received
assurances of support more hearty and more
spontaneous than from the United States of
America. Even-the Minister of the Union, in
this country, testified both to the cordial sympa
thy of the cabinei of Washington and the na
tion over which jt presides. He expressed au
apprehension as to the duration of our alliance
with France, and our ability alone, and unaided
to resist the overwhelming might of Russia but
ho desired us to be under no apprehension on
that account, for that the United States were
willing to make our quarrel their own, aud aid
us with thousands of stout hearts ami brawnv
arms. We cannot blame our ministers that,
in their urgent need of men, they sought to
avail themselves of the resources of the west.
At the same time the Government gave most
stringent orders that nothing should be done in
the endeavoa to obtain recruits to violate the
municipal laws of the United States. However
unhappilA, SOOTI it became only too lute—only
too apparent that the American Minister and the
British Government had alike mistaken the dis
position of our trans-atlantic brethren. The
sympathies of the land of freedom were found,
in a great measure, enlisted on the side of Rus
sia. Orders were immediately dispatched to
America to desist from all attempts to recruite,
and to give no cause of annoyance to the sus
ceptibilities of the nation.
The American Government determined, how
ever, not to neglect the opportunity of turnin
public feeling in the iuti^-st of the Fresiden
tial election of 185*5. Their Minister in London
was directed to damand the discontinuance of
all endeavors at recruiting in th.i United States.
The British Government answered in the most
conciliatory tone, that what was demanded had
been alrcidy done and ordered.
Explanations which proved [erfectlv satisfac
tory to the American Mini-tor,who could not but
remember his own sanguine anticipations of a
contrary feeling, and -o for a time the matter re
mained. The American Government was not so
easily satisfied and returned to the attack with
Ai-~o» a. -11 -7
selves to say that it was ill calculated to renore
ood feelines between the two countries, and by
no means a fitting acknowledgement of the rea
diness shown by our Ministry to recall a mistake
into which they had been so innocently led. To
that dispatch the British Oovernment has ren
dered a temperate but dignified replv, and has i ,:mo ,1,., „M U i
seconded its diplomacy bv strenfftheninz its Wut i... i ti-..
econded its diplomacy by strengthening its West
India fleets with the ships which have arrived
from the Baltic. In this position affairs now stand.
(From tlie Liverpool Time., of Saturday
The misunderstanding with the United States
is attracting throughout the British Empire a de
gre of interest equal to the war with Russia.—
That onr Relations with tho Cabinet of War are
complicated is, we fear a truth which cannot be
denied, but the exact eai.se of thi- embroilment
is not by tir^y means clear.
Yesterday a rumor prevailed here and in Lon
don that the American Minister at the Court of
!*t. James had eiteer been recalled or would leave
for the rnited States by the Packet which sails
this day. Wc happen to know, through a private
AftUYAL Of THE PACIFIC. MMd breach of ronfiileatvv. The *rticle to I jrnre yon my won! Ft* not wrn ny,.
which we rcfrr miwt h«Te Wen inspirited h* co»timi' on tlio I»thium. Si ill ,fltIlf,
»tw member of the Goveram«ni—poirtWy hv clad in a way that Quern v,.
The *t*amer Paeific arrived at her dock at 8$ join® member of the Cabinet—and
(KIT A. M- with l««mdon and Liverpool dates to wiiljout at all endorsing the nunor
Nov. 3. The Pacific mad* her outward passage have referred we ran readily conceive Mr. Bu- any note i« at the •'iromtntt," when' ,j,rr
n days and thn-e hours. i chanan's annoyance at having his name mixed tie 'Oiueih ng fiesidcii thatch. A row „f
transaction ro deHeate a* th# ble looting houaea, will) |«wt« «tuc*
referred to in the Tim-s of Thursday. the m'ld that forms the floor, and l.pfuiT.V
deep ditch filled with eM-ry kind of hhhV.£
ClMliM Riot* In Srw Orlrnn*.
NEW YORK. Nov. 16.
The New Orleans papers rrej-i\,'d last night,
give an account of the riots in New Orh-an on
the day of tne secret election. A« noon ap
proached, an excitement commenced at the ISth
At midnight a cro*d fbrced its way into the
engine house w here the ins|ieetors of the 7th pre»
cinet were employed counting votes, at once for
ced ins]H'ctors and clerks to retire, w hen they
stole the ballot-box, and demolished the ballots.
NEW ORLEANS, NOV. IB.
Sugar nominal. Stock on hand 30,000. Mo
lasses advanced and active.
While-a party of workers w ore taking the car
go out of a Spanish brig, on Bahama Banks, they
were fired on by a Spanish launch. Two of
them killed, five or six wounded, and the remain
der imprisoned.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.
The ^Secretary of the Navy withheld the in
struction to Com. Paulding "until the arrival of
the Pacific. In consequence of the receipt of
official intelligence from England that the dis
patching of a British squadrod to the West India
station has no reference to Central American
matters nor any object hostile to the United
one one vessel of the home squadron will pro
ceed to Nicaragua, and that the flag-ship Poto
mac with Com. Paulding in charge of the cen
tral interests of the United States.
NKW YORK, NOV. IF,,
A letter from Havana in the Loudon Journal
of Commerce, states that the brig Tribune, of
Bath, which recently got ashor.i near Cwoitas
was robbed of her whole cargo and equipments
by the piratical wreckers from Nassau, while the
Captain had gone to Nuvitos for assistance.
The robbery was committed with the conni
vance of the mate und crew of the Tribune, who
were left in charge of the brig, and who had gone
off with the pirates.
Lockport, N. Y., Nov. IB.
At the American celebration in this village,
last evening, a cannon was discharged premature
ly, filially injuring L. G. Wicks, and seriously
wounding Geo. Elliott. MY. Wicks was terriblv
mangled.
'Tin IST1I.TIIS.'
Wc find a letter in the Boston Tost, hailing
from South America, whence we make certain
extracts:
SEPrLCtIHE FORTV-EIIiHT MILES LONG.
The-bones of six thousand Irishmen line the
railroad from Aspinwall to Panama. Set this
down to the credit oC'inan's inhumanity to man,'
to 'the Almighty Dollar,' lo 'Yankee enterprise,'
or what you wili call it a mercantile, a diaholi'
al or a osteologieal fact it is undoubtedly true.
But Ihe road is built, the continent is spanned,
and our onward march, our 'manifest desfinv.
has made another demonstration. We mav as
well look at the entire pile of grim, ghastlv facts
all at once, us lo pick out Ihe glorification alone,
and sink the gory reality. The road is a fact
Ihe gulf that swallowed up the human lite is
•mother I lie sinew s that toiled to build the
structure seemed to have been destined to an as
ignoble an end us Fallstafl's ragged regiment, or
the British army before Si-bastopol—'food for
powder.' As a great undertaking, there is no in
ternal or infernal improvement of modern time
that is to be compared to it. It. is very easy to
think or lo speak of, or even to build fortv-eight
miles of railroad in most countries. The iirst 48
miles of railroad from Boston to the Azores, in a
straight line, could be built neurlv as readilv and
cheaply as this was. One unmitigated swamp,
almost completely impassible, except to crea
tures that have wings or witchcraft to assist
thorn, has been the ground they had to hnild
the superstructure on. A part of it was ada
mantine rock, hills of granite. I did but little in
the way of an examination, except to ride over
the road, and look at its various stopping places.
As tin- train passed, the ground shook on all
sides like a sea of jellv, covered with a great
blanket of gntta pereiia with a large elephant
walking over it. After cutting away the timber
and undergrowth, earth and gravel were carted
on until the foundation seemed lo be solid cnotx'h
to lay the sleepers. The streams, gutters and
ravines wore so numerous that there are six hun
dred bridges on the road between hero and As
pinwall. Some of these are several hundred
feet long. Bnt a mere description and piling up
statistics do not give an idea of this gigantic nn
dertaking.
VKOKTATION THERE.
I fancied I had seen some forests in my time,
but faith, I had no idea of a forest in this coun
try. 1 positively believe for ^ery much of the
way alongside of this road, strong men with no
weapon but a jackknife would find the greatest
difficulty in traveling three miles iu a dav.
Trees, large and small, cover Ihe earth, anil" so
perfectly loaded with vines, creepers and paras
itic plants, that the sun scarce ever reaches the
ground with its. rays. Our train got stuck for
want of w ater, and the engine left us for an
hour to get a supply, and then the passengora
got out and explored the beauties of a Panama
forest. I attempted to go about one rod into
the thicket to get a gigantic palm leaf, but I had
to desist, and put up with a smaller one that
grew oil the border. Really, the forest scene
on the line of this railroad is the most magnifi
cent sight of the kind I have ever witnessed.—
What quantities of splendid flowers? Birds of
gay plumage and lively song fill the trees all is one
scene of animated nature. To one who hxs nev
er been in n tropical forest this is one of the most
gorgeous sights in the world. Our party of
travelers to-day have been in tlie higest glee.—
'Hold me,' -ays I, 'I want to scream.' Scream
away, then,'says a pretty girl in the crowd.—
And didn't I. Yo" may as well believe I yelled
like a catamount, till the woods fairly echoed —.
Immense bunches of scarlet flowers hung in clus
ters from the trees and these, as beautiful u»
they are have no odor whatever. In numerous
instances we can see vines that hang directly
down from a tree top to the earth, a height of
sixty or eighty feet, and there take root. Wheth
er the vines grew up or down I do not know.
er ine v,nes
dispatch of whKh 1 "ly l^rmit our- y,e
Prew
U or
source that Buchanan had an interview with P60!''^ rajudly does the warm, damp climate
Lord Clarendon on Tuesday last, in the course of' fertile soil reproduce everything as faaC U it
which his lord-hip assured the American Minis
ter that the British Government were informed,
on unquestionable authority, that sliips wjre be
ing built and fitted out in the United States for
the express purpose of making a descent on Cu
lia in the British West Indies and on others of
the British possessions, but the interview be
tween the Engli.-h Foreign Minister and the Amer
ican Embassador was »o friendly that the last
named person was to have dined wijh Lord Clar
endon y c«t«.rdav, Friday.
Since thi- (rieridly interview, however, took
place, an article has ajipeared in the London
Time* which Mr. Buchanan may think is calcu
lated to compromise him in tho eyes of his own
Government, and the American public, and he
may have looked for the statement which it con-
'iown I «lo not know.—
roadi 0
course, is built several feet higher
tilan the
surface of the swamp, and each sidf of
the iron rails for some sixty feet, every tree.
»hrub, vine and plant has been cut awav.
And yet this precaution, go marvellous i* the
growth of vegetation, that were the railroad
unused for twelve month*, at the end of that
ciaa in a way that yuecn Vi.
—and therefore chamberlain would hardly conirider a,jm
or to whkh *e one of her majestv'a leu'-.-*. The
precinct, as we learn, in a eonU-st for urvevdenoe war could float in it anywhere
Towards evening, Dr. Sherror, who kept a drug
store at (he corner of Greaton and St. Ferdinand
streets, w as fatally wounded by a pistol shot at
polling booths of the 20th precinct, II is said he
went to the (Kills with his naturalization papers
in one hand and a pistol in the other, that being
opposed by an American he fired at him and
wounded him in the arm. Americans then re
turned fire, and the shot proved fatal. A man
named Antoino was ,-diot in th.» legs. Several
shots were tired at James Boyden while on horse
back, aud Freeman was stabbed or wounded in
the face.
Towards eleven o'clock a party of men broke
into the '.tth precinct, and destroyed the ballot
box and contents.
There is said to
Je a democratic majority of 60
or 7o in this precinct.
41
a-K. keg
2rf K.-vck-*
30I Id* WI
ftoo !Uam
Utica, Nov. 16.
Geo. F..Evans, an actor was instantly killed in
the street to-day by the fhlling of a ladder.
Ogdensburg, Nov. lti.
The mansion of the lion. H. H. Van Rensselaer
with its contents was destroyed by fire this A. M.
,,,|t'^
nation, gave in a picture of the fine«
tween Aspinwull and Panamw. The „J
aome distance lieside the Chagns rir^
across it Severn! times. This is
a
turbulent-looking stream, an| tnueh b"
1
in approai hing the |HI1S, Mttj Henry Bali--e
of the officers of a German military company
assumed a championship on the IVmocratie *m«-, nour on inis enn oi tnc roail there ha*
str.-Kk oife of the Americans, and thereupon half1 -bower such as I have never s«en »n\•tLT*11
a dozenr evolvers weredra»nou bim. lie start- It seemed like great streams literail
ed to run and some eighteen or twenty shots were dow n, as if a river had been empii,-,l..
fired at him, one bullet struck his thigh, another lower atmosphere. Almost iiiatantl""
his foot, at bird passed across his breast. Soon af- riving here, the rain -tnppe.) and the
Soon af-
tor several fiitht.sensuod, and among others, E. D.
White, acity contractor, »as badly beaten.
The next difficulty occurred at the twentieth
precinct. A man named Autonc Fuller, a native
of France, who had his naturalization (wpors in
his hand, was stabbed in (be centre of his abdo
men. His friends put hiui in a cab and took him
to tho Charity Hospital, but he waa dead before
he arrived there.
TTW'V
I nut*
supposed. Apparently a good
r_'
u
or'
rain
one here, you an- probably aware, than at aim'
riy who place on this aqueous globe. Dunn-. oT
ie side, hour on this end of the road there 1,^,
P*»*.
nun
sky appeared, drying every thing in Lalf u™
It is -aid thai ii rains everv dav in tbe v,.4r
Isthmus, ami not only once'a IUV,'L„„ "l"'
al times a day. Ou this account a Lir»i.
the country is an everlasting and" .!-!!*
swamp. Wetv the climate such a ..ne
tian men could live in, it would be res.nn.st
suppose that this tand of ii.evluu.iii,^
would 1^ cleared and drained and tim,|f
duco an OM-rrtowing abundance. But
thought of cultivating and subduing the
u!l
)m* uliiincru'ii
Look Here-J. C. Bryce, Burlington, Io^
(Third BnrrHI
Xnc BmiUtng.y
A ritfxi-Ufluf Burlington, and lurrouiwtina counuTd
harlii(r ojwnnt a l»r*e Mock of l'*ll »1Mj y,"Dlrt
Mlif lair in the „f
a Iiir*.- •pruiK ..le.-t, ht. MII.-IHI.tT.-ri|t tn, |.rf»„,
P'iO" '"•1 .« lltflv le.» lli.-tn (mxl,
c,„
k,
•Itewli.-re, nn.l llirri-lere Ifulty »„h
I* leu iut.-mlcit f..» n mere n-«crttuu, but
proof. Come and »ee.
cull,,
Country Merchant*,
Will Und It totlicir ailrnnlop tor-all. IfarlM a W
Mock Of Boom ami Sleirt, Krailjr-Miile tl -HUar HintW1'
Cutlery, Te»» 4C., whleh he will nell out at I T,,,
advance on Eautera coat, wtahlac tvcxclul« Umt uu
from hla buitnau.
Ladle* Drcsa G'oodw,
Both all wool ninl llrrnjtr Dvlniiif*, «oli«l ami faury
rfl
u.,
Knirli'h ami French Merrlm», ,\ll|iai-a*. Sc.ili
French, Kngtixh and Amfrir.in I'mita, black iin.1 f,n
SDK, Cloak C)«th» Ac. All new ami of the
style" At«i tr«-«» Trimming, Fiiitir.-l.t.-ry, In f«i u
ktnil.i oi OIMHK luuiitly kept. (inn •.'( ilwtfi
Fresh Arrivals at H. E. Hunt & Cop
WJ I'l II V ju«l r«cckvi»it iliret fr-ia
w\ York and hy lUilriMttl, the followingM
Which w ill br PMM at j*t
I.OIIH
ami CMcugo tiric«», (o
1"» .lor. A Fcihr* Unt* ove Oy»\trn,
7ft boxe* Walnut und Toimtto
ftO aborted Picket*, fti do Pcm IIL-» ami T'ttttfri
u
J« IU y», Kliiwijiirii,
900 do* Wuira&'hifilnm ^chutippt,
100 boxes lUlftln*, wht-lt hnlf nnd quarter boxen
Quarter und half, Hardin**,
Fancy Candy, lo ihmtirk f'umljr,
.V) llaltimnrr Tobacco, cry fine,
libit Almond* und
Filh«rt«t
50
44
Prcfin*. KiiifH-h wulnot* nnd Hrasll Nut,
ftiOrheatu nnd «nr Tea, «*ort*t» prim,
8,,"0 lbs Colt.m Yarn, all No'* *hacotton lUttla*
1IHW lb-« Sacking T*lnr ft*-Htin brown Twlnf,
Btnki (.'ignrrt,th«.\ finest in ih»* mark.
A full aM-ortnvnt of Tub*, tlurkH«, OIKM, at) 4j*
Nail*, On,, market And clotlm bu*kft«.(lusrn#, &m*>
buckets Ac., Ao. (nov 19) H. B. III NT4CV
.S i' received per .HtcniutT Excel.
I'M) k irinn- Coffee 2
lOOhblr*
40
prime Ofi'cv 2T du old liovemment Jar»,
nd kegs ilfti-her'M Molawuf«,
O Sugar Mouse 4o half barrel* do.
Wlwehiig Nails,
Itr-HohbLi Lake Sa!»v
rn Ke.«erve Chec»e,
n ipping paper AMorted •!»«(*,
i* und Kern fine Tobacco,
i»nlc by (nor 19) II. K. IIX'STkCtt
T&ln.xe* I.
In Mure an.
I7Vtr*ll
OYHTlllt* I.vi u\
nnw receiving every inurtiitiK direct
TOtlior
from HiiitMHir*.
through in 42 hourt*, One Fre*h which wv »r«
ling by the case, can, ktg or in th«. I-IH-U at 1'hieHgo pr*R
freight added. (nov IV H. K. Ill .NT A It)
Still on Hand.
TIH'M, Hint want lo l.uv *•..,I tlngylrv
nlm-ma.v the Jn'pr* *«n.n that
•II til# Hiijreii-* were burned with hi« -hop. 1 woi.|.j
thnt I li.ivr ft til on hand a f«*w good lluggics, of d'f»-rri
style*, and n Jtnckwny-buggy, which 1 wdi tell rh*p h
casdt. My Huggie* are at It. .Hit-wartu, Uvery Kubfe, t«
Ihe corner of Third and Ynlh-y atretic, where I etn |U,
be fonnd while my *hopi* being built.
tiovlDdwtf II. J. HEtfE.
VINMI\
WI IHMX^ A.\|) |*VITV
ION ('All OS, written in rlrg.tnt ft'vl" vuhi
ewyoi. Pencil, by IH NCAN k tMMIurr
_«"v If llurllngton, ('"tmnerclat
TIIAMiS( iVn( llVHT.~ln ^.
dance with arr mgenivm« nd.-pt.-d fit a nierthiK «.f rf'fa
cnt P.tMor- i tl»«- riiy, notice i* herrbv given, thnt Thur
day the .'J:id ini. thf day dH^tgnitud by ht» Kw!lr»
the Jnv«-ruor »»f Iowa, will be ob^rrvrd as a uf
lit? Tha:ik-?h ii»ur and Fr»Ue br
held In the It .p-i^ lIu.Mt- of \V
i»crnion will he p'-rnrhed by Itev.
eirfes cmiioeneing precisely IO
.VeefOij/,
tdiip, nt wM'-U tm*
I'. Jeiin'ogx. ki*
.Vlock A. M.
1
It N further re oMitiietidrd, that bn.wlin-** be n|*tn li-i
day *u.*tH'tide«l throtijrhotir the city, and thnt id! f»«i
ciHtena a-JM-iwhle in the above »peoi|»d hnurfr, «r
place" of j.tihJlr worship, am! ob-erre tbe dnv t%% k«-«r
tth a christian and grateful |N-npb'. iV.vtti
s.tuiox, -m.w i iuiikr.
The ib«rrll»»T ha* o|M ix-d a ik w ftyiOrr Sthmti
fccpnd floor of Wa !li« hnildn g. on nir^f. Ht
hn* famished n Hft of apartnM iit- for ladir*.** wHJ v
gvnth'U.en, where he will mjmc up uftrr the nio*t npf*»
vt mod*-*, fe«h Oy.Hitu, Quad* and other nne,
Peel, Tripe n- well as other ««»n*nnable delicacies, at
reasonably hour*. Come and »c#\
nol7d2«* a. J. COO Ml
Preparations for Fall Trade.
LAUtlWT
aixl m*tt extensive assortment of mittdb
iieoitx books to b«? found In Iowa,
.r. I,. OKSi: ha- just received hi* fall •tori I?
Books and i« pn pared now to meet the deimim!' of y*
son.* deitling t-x« luoively In hook*, or m*r-h*ut» »hoh»f
this branch «.f b:t«ineKn under their control.
IV(f11 r*. are notiiit-d thnt he ban an MUD*"
utock of booktt that he will sell at cattero vboWwr
prices.
Prltilrr» are rerpiented lo examine hl» rtoekofN
pern. Ink, Card*, 4c., A* ., which he will fell onUnaii^
Inmctory to both pttrllea.
can be tnipplied from hi* aMnrtnvot
legal work-* with the Standard* ot the day. 11*
call their attention particularly to "BUckwell on T*tT
large quantity of which he luwi on h&uda, pW
•rvV,
1 vol.
IMi)*»tlnn« desiring anything In Ihe medicaid*
logue c.'iii obtain it at hla catabiliihmenl.
•VluNter«t are nt all time* dealred to makeMO'
aniin.ti .mi of Ma stork.
FuriiKT will find the mnat practical igrtenHani
work^ of the -lay on bin Hhefve*.
will do well to examine hii
archie, tu.-al workx.
The •«ub*rnher does not ronftne hf* »eleetton*W^
proftrMiom* and traded, but the lovem of literature
all tlnif-M In view, knowing that they form a UrrF***
of hi* cu-toiners, and that th. y realise "In llo..kiw»b*
friends for every mood, comforters for every
1
glorious eomprtny of Immortals scattering their
fluences on the worn and beaten paths of our dfty W'
8hap'S "that haunt thrught\s wilderness" are arrant
In toil, and suffering, nnd Joy mitigating !:ih«»r,
care, giving a keener relish to delight loui li'nc
role string in our nature with a noble sentimeut, kil
ling our hearts, lifting our imaginations, and hwrtl
alike over the courh of hr-nlth and th* sick pi IM.»
bless and cheer, and animate and consote
,M
Come one. conic alt. and look, and f*a«t f»n fn«t tW
can never
give
satiety. JOHN I. roRtt
Jeirera«»n street, two doors w*»t of Main, M«
Iowa.
HEW BOOK AND 8TATI0KEBT
ESTABLISHMENT.
P. BROW*,
(Lata or rntnoiiW
wauld rnpceifully inform th« el
tiara, of
Itarllnfton and vteinlty, tlat he hw
WHOIE8ALK ASD RKTAII.
BOOK 4KB STATION BUY MtW
Of TMrtl St., atmt '-f-rrr fTiti i gn
where be Intend, keeping a general rtork of
MlflCBLLAH10t», SCHOOL. A3(D SLAVK BOOH
«», ucrrM.aap *ora Mm, nnum,
Plain and r«a«r Statlaarry, dcc*
wMcb wlB b« HU at lie
0
completelv
out ot
ight in less than half that time. I noticed some
places where the way wan cut thro" a hill, aud
for a distance of sixty or eighty feet from the
track there was nothing but i-olid roclc. You
may supjxise that here the vegetation kept its
distance. Not at all. As if the very vines owed
the road a spite. I have -seen a convolvus—a com
mon 'Morning filorv'—send its lonely arms out
and run, like the New Hampshire pumpkin vine,
directly down off of the hillside and across the'
rocks, till it got iijHin the track and, of course
the next train clipped its vaulting Ambition bv
witting its head otf. -Were the vegetable gTOwth
for ono mile on each si de of this road, available
for firewood, within five mile* of New York or ...., ..
London, it would afford fuel for four millions of fkiui^iU/A
S. B.—Alarft asppljr of Dswell Bn't ttlrbrHtd**!
Paper* at wboleaalc 'r fiaTT, very low for c**b.
The Enssian Empire.
R|'ME
L»E«t »ri»NLT.:ii, ihe M.I.I .,r |T.N*l and BJ FR*
A m««t interest in/, of th*: many illustrated
publUhed by Robert S*'»rs. is, rei^nt issue,
At* IUu**rtitetf fltyi-iption nf th+IluA*uin Empif*
arrangement docs credit to "noe ,t the iiH»*t a reef*'
compilers of o«jr day. We warmly commend
those who would h«ve a correct general knowledirf
that empire. who*e appropriate is like thai
ifiate, CxoeUior.—
i'on'jhkf^p^irt i Uyraph.
We lu-ive given ibis work a careful perui»»l.
prepared to »ay that it is one of great merit-—
{Xfa**) Jfirryr.
Tbe wofk was some tiine iu preparation, and l»
l.tted tu meet ihe want, now so anirersaily felt, for
ble information tejrardmg the hlMory, and
the colossal eapre »f tlu? Autocrat.—
ur*1ny
•Truly a valia^Vevork Ttc freal b«ok of the W-""
Ur»Ier» for (W work taken hj X. Joy, General Af*®*
BorUr'gttn, uov 17
NEW STORE! NEW GOODS!!
I?*
THE rtOTtt THERE.
When ymt talk of gorgeous nature, that 1- rnc
O. BHIIOHS WI.1.M I-. inform ih'
Bt,r!:nirt.ii m,.! v- nlly itiat h- I)
•11 Thir.l Strr-t, und.r ltr liirr.' ll -no*. f.jr i! t"lT'"n
of carrying on Itw HMTtKltKIX"
JEWKLHt Hi* are -ii! c*
embrace the most fasbiotiable style*, and -ill
favr»r htf?j with tl^r (uatrouage Bi.ty re»t as^iifed0*
taininxjiist *o*"h an article as it i» rrpre**-oted
at as lew price* a.-* tau be found in any we^t'
htdjmeitt. Hr-pairing ne tbe verr tnax-^'
1
thing: and when yon speak of the inhabitants
that is ijuite another. Straw tiulched hut», opeii
at the sides, with the ground tor a floor' larv
-W-py looking men, nasty 4atern wonicu'
and little picaninnies, perfectlv naked, with bet
lies so large thev can't =t(op' over, make up a
picture of the human family tliat I never care
about seeing t*iee. Now and then we noticed a
female with some pretensions to beauty. We i
saw among the grown people none of that nudi- w
ty. or seini-nadity that travelers so often speak i
Ft^ltliuh
apt
i riLi*
ie«»eing.ve hin
•Mieretl nv tr«mb!c
younuHvea, as i
all
»»X AH I. rfjK WELHT.-f"
rcit.. Mo-ak do., tiobl ft«oe
Gold Pio«, liar Prop*, og*. A.
o
liurlit
u"''
of iirwsrm coiintries. You have heard of the i W.4Tt iir.-A r~t
ileinan in
1
ordinary full dreg* of a Ppanii-h nohleinan in C.i
i.- ... i
ba
1
'a ^hirt collar and a pah i -jKirv.*'—j
W4»4IWu.Ut«.
I b«t mai^if-ictitr-and warrnnifd to h* fie-H
and J^pioe WA'-^hcj*.