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President'! Proclamation. Washington, Oct. 31. By James Buchanan, Pres. of TJ. S. A. Whereas, information has reached me from sources which I cannot disre gard, that certain persons in violation of the neutrality laws of the United States, are making a third attempt to set on foot a military expedition with in their territory against Nicaraugua, a foreign State with which they are at peacein . order to raise .1 money . for equipping and maintaining this expe dition, persons connected therewith, as I have reason to believe, have issued and. sold bonds and other contracts pledging the public lands of Nicaragua and the Transit route through its .ter ritory, as a security for their redemp tion and fulfillment the hostile design of this expedition is rendered manifest by the fact that these bonds and con tracts can be of no possible value to their holders unless the present Gov ernment 01 Nicaragua snau, ue over thrown by force.' 4 Besides the Envoys Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary of that .Government in the United States, has issued a notice in pursuance of his in vtructiais, dated the 27th inst., forbid ding the citizens or subjects of any na tion, except passengers intending to proceed to Nicaragua over the Transit route from Ocean to Ocean, to enter its territories without a regular pass port, signed by thyj proper minister or consul general of the Republic, resi dent in the country from whence they sliall have departed. Such persons, with this exception, will be stopped and compelled to return by the same con veyance that took them to the country. From the circumstances the inference Js irresistable, that persons engaged in this expedition will leave the United States with hostile purposes against Nicaragua. They cannot under the guise which they have assumed, that they are peacelnl . emigrants, conceal their real intentions, and especially when they know in advance that their landing will be resisted, and can only be accomplished by an overpowering force. This expedient was success luHy resorted to previous to the last expedition, and the vessel in w;hich those composing it were conveyed to Nicaragua obtained a clearance from the Collector of the port of Mobile, al though after careful examination no arra9 or munitions of war were discov- . ered on board, yet when they arrived in Nicaragua they were found to be armed and equipped and immediately commenced hostilities. The leaders of the former illegal expeditions of this character have openly expressed their intention to renew hostilities against Nicaragua. One of them who has al ready been expelled twice from Nicar agua, has invited through the public newspapers, American citizens to eini crate to that Republic, and has desig nated Mobilo as the place of rendez vous and departure, and San Juan del Norte as the port to which they are bound. Thisperson, whohasrenounced his allegiance to the United States, and claims to be President of Nicaragua, has given notice to the collector of the port of Mobile, that two or three hun area 01 tnese emigrants win oe prc- TiJired tn Pinbnrlc from" that nort. ahnnt. j r me middle oi iovemoer. ror incsc, and other good reasons, and for the purpose ot saving American citizens who mav have been honestly deluded into the belief that they are about to proceed to Nicaragua as peaceable emigrants, if any such there be, from the disastrous consequences to which thev will be exposed. I, James Bu chanan, President of the United States, have thought it fit to issue this my proclamation, enjoining upon all offi cers of the Government, civil and mil itary, in their respective spheres, to be vigilant, active and faithful in suppress ing these illegal enterprises, and in carrying out their standing instructions to that effect, and expecting all good citizens, by their respect for the laws, and their regard for the peace and welfare of the country, to aid the ef forts of the public authorities in the discharge of their dnties. In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of & United States to be affixed to these presents. Done at the city of Washington, this SOth day of October, 1858, and of the Independence of the United States the 83d. 3 The public have been imposed upon, by remedies recommended by certificates, .which have frequently originated from some unknown source. We believe that a Medicine, possess ingreal merits will effect cures where ever it is useu, at. ncme as well as abroad. : Dr. Hall's Balsam for the Lungs is no paregoric preparation, but one wnicn, 11 usea in season, win save the lives of thousands. The most dis tressing cough is frequently relieved by a single dose, and broken up in a few hours time. The afflicted do not have to, take bottle after bottle, before they find whether this remedy will af ford relief or not. For sale by X. B. Hollister and A. Huntington, in Dowagiac; and by agents in every town in the county. EdT"See advertisement. . . Who is IIostettek ? What Dys peptic and nervously unstrung invalid that ever tried hi.- celebrated Stomach Bittes, but cm reply with pleasure. In till cases of Dizziness, Flatulency, Pal pitation, Prostration, groat Fatigue, Constipation, Dyspepsia, Physical and Mental Inability, it is surprising how soon ' the patient finds relief. They - correct the appetite, impart tone to the system, force off the bile and impure secretions, regulate the bowels, give us strength of body -and vigor of mind. No family can afford to be without Ilostetter's Stomach Bitters. Sold in quart bottles by all Hotels, Grocers, Druggist, &c, No additional spirits required. Zs)m You may always distinguish . an Englishman by two things; his trowsers anfl. his gait. The first never fit him, and be always walks as if hej was an hour behind time. THE CASS COUNTY REPUBLICAN. W. IL CAMPBELL, EdroVa PeopeictobI orneiAL paper of toe county. DOWAGIAC: Thursday Morning, November 11, 1858. Proclamation. In conformity to a well-established custom. I have thought proper to designate, and I hereby nppoint Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of Novem ber, as a day of general Thanksgiving and Praise to Abnisrhty God. On that d.iy I earnestly invite the good people of this State to assemble in their several places of worship, and mute a public and gratetui acknow ledgement of" the poodnesa of Divine Providence, which has brought na safely through another year with blessing and mercies . innumerable. Let us be thankful for propitious seasons, in which the fruits of the. earth have been ripened and been gathered to supply our wants ; for peace and tran quility ; for the tolerance of free thought and free discussion ; for the unabated ten) which animates our people to educate and enlichten. and thus elevate and improve all classes ; for the love of liberty and the desire to perpetuate free institu t:on which prevails j ' for the serious thought which so many have given to the duties they owe their Maker and their fellow men, and which has prompted the resolution "to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly before God." And let us earn estly implore a continuence of the blessings which have been showered so abundantly upon our favored land. . ; In witness whereof. I have hereunto subscribed my nbtne and caused the Great Seal of L.S. the Mate to be affixed at the Capitol in ... Lansing, this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand - eight nucarcd and nttv-eigbt. By the Governor, KINSLEY S. BLXeilAM. Johx McKetset, Secretary of State. The County. We were in hopes of being able, in this issue," of giving our readers the of ficial Tote of the county, but as we are disappointed in this, we give below the rote, as far as heard from, on Governor, Congress, and Sheriff. The Republi cans of this county, takmg all things into consideration, have done exceed ingly well. Y e have elected our en tire county ticket, by majorities ranging from 130 to 300. Our Senator and Representatives arc elected by about 250 maiority. "The createst efforts were made by the enemy, on their can didates for Sheriff and Prosecuting Attorney; they nominated their best men for the posts, and then made every effort and 6traincd every nerve to elect them. .They were united, vigorous. unscrupulous, and used money, and every other means" with a lavish hand but we are happy to say that they are completely routed. The Republicans have vindicated their good , faith and attachment to principles, and carried the whole ticket to a glorious victory. In the lollowing table, it wili be seen that Marcellns, Volinia, and Milton, are reported as not being heard from. In Marcell us, the enemy -claim a ma jority of four on the State ticket, and eight on Sheriff; Yolinia is reported as giving twenty Republican majority; while Milton goes seventeen the other way. In : Wayne the Republicans have 32 majority on the whole ticket, with the exception .of Sheriff, Mr. Marshall having only 15 majority in this town. 3 -5 .2 S Marcellns, 5(ot heard from." Silver Creek, 201 93 204 Pokagon, 1S5 172 ' 190 89 168 20 T5 113 111 Zl 124 '83 63 '50 151 164 134 101 69 103 119 lfO 116 83 53 107 194 Lagrange, 142 212 llo Wayne, ". 32 Rep. maj. 213 73 118 Kenn, 1X 78 102 Howard, 69 113 69 Jefferson,. Ill 111 112 107 Calvin, 121 42. 121 Porter,-' ; 146 123 149 Ontwa, 110 91 114 Volinia, Jfothcardrom. Mason, ' 83. 69 82 Newbersr, 5' 51 57 32 123 86 60 49 Milton, . Jfot heard from. Bv the above, it will be seen that the county is true to herself and true to her principles, and thongl our vote has fallen off badly in some towns, yet there is majority . enoug left to show that it is in no possible danirer ot ever talline: into the hands of the Democracy. Since the above was in type wehav received the loiiowing omciai major ities from the county canvassers : Official Tote of Cass County. ,. The following are the official majo rities as described by the Board Canvassers. We shall publish next week a tabular statement of the vote in this County. . Wisner, Governor, 244: Fairfield Lieut Governor, "279 ; Isbell, Secreta ry of State, 278 ; McKinney, State Treasurer, 272; Howard, Attorney General, 280 ; Gregory, Superintend ent Public Instruction, 282 ; Case Auditor General, 281 ; Sanborn, Com missioner Land . Office, 282 ; Baxter, Member of Board of Education, 281 Waldron, Congress, 297; Meacham Senator, 224 ; Newton, Representative in Legislature, First District, 151 Reynolds," Representative in Legisla ture, 2d District, 136; Marshall, Sheriff, 159: Peck, Register, 275; Peck Treasurer, 250; Lewis,; Clerk, 258 Smith, Prosecuting Attorney, 176 Clisbee, Circuit Court Commissioner, 294: Smith. Surveyor : 273 : Jones Coroner, 270; Beeson, Coroner, 269. The vctes for George C. Munro, for Lieutenant Governor,'- were spelled differently so that the majority of Fairfield is given above by counting all the votes for Munroe. A late: Washington dispatch states that Governor Denver will be restored to the Commisionership of Indian Af fairs after the annual report is made, and Mr. Mix. replaced in the Chief Clerkship, The total number of churhes of eve- 1ry description in Philadelphia is 307, The Result in the State. The returns from this State come in very slow; but sufficient has been re ceived to show that Michigan has given Republican majority of not . much if any less than ten thousand. The result on Governor and Congress as far as heard from we have-given in tabular form in another column. While there as been a large falling off in the Re publican majority, from two years ago, still, -' we " can see no reason ' why., it should not be considered a glorious tri umph. The vote must have been at least twenty thousand lighter than two ears ago, and much the larger portion of those who neglected to ; vote were unquestionably,' Republicans. ' There are many good reasons why the ma jority in this State should be less this fall than two years ago. ; Then the Presidential contest brought out a much heavier vote. We had carried the State two years previously, for the. first time in fourteen years, by a compara tively small majority. Each Republi can felt that his whole individual ef fort was necessary to secure success and give strength and permanency to the party, and acted upon this high sense of duty and personal responsibility. The consequence "was that an immense vote was polled, and the republicans rolled up an unheard of majority. At the late election no such circum stances stimulated the Republican masses. All felt a firm conviction that our ticket was perfectly safe, and that the party had become a fixed, consoli dated and immovable reality. There was, therefore, no such motives tor a vigorous effort, as existed two years ago; and when, the day of election came, thousands upon thousands of true Republicans, not havinjr a doubt of the result, were kept from the polls by this dangerous confidence. And the extreme inclemency of the weather, for some time previous, was very much against us. For a week previous it had rained almost ineessantly, " rendering the roads almost impassable. And the storm of Tuesday, taken in connection with the condition of the roads, must have kept away at least five thousand voters irom the pons. int we aree with the Detroit Tribune in saying that the storm was not the only cause which tended to reduce the Republican ma ority at the late election. " Another powerful cause contrib uting to our reverses was dissensions within our own ranks. We leave in the past all causes which excited these dis sensions, and speak of them only as well known facts. Scarcely a county was free from them. Men whom the party had fed and clothed, and given all the consequence they ever had, and vastly more than in . many instances they deserved, disappointed in the re ception of continued advancement turned upon the party and assailed it, connived with the wary Democratic leaders to break us down, and stimu lated or led dirty and malignant squads of bolters. We hope the people of each infected locality will deal with these grannies and traitors as they de serve. If intractable, expel them from the party ; if repentant, put them on a back seat, and demand extreme pen nance. On a general survey of the field, we are gratified to see, that while they have done us some harm, their capacity for injury has been less than their selfish and malignant disposition desired." The defeat of Mr. Howard, in the First District will be deplored by every true Republican. This result is quite unexpected, particularly as Mr. He word, is defeated in Washtenaw and Wayne counties, where His friends insisted he was their strongest candi date. But we are satisfied that had there been the slightest suspicion that Mr. Howard was in danger, he would have received five hundred more votes. In addition to Howard there is some fear that Leach is also defeated in the Fourth district The Pro-slaveryites, profess to have faith in the election of Davis, and base their hopes on a ma jority of six or seven hundred in the copper regions, and heavy majorities in all the northern shore counties. But rom present appearances wc aro in clined to the belief that Leach is re-elected, and we shall so believe until figures are received which are positive to the conrary But, if it shall turn out, says the Detroit Advertiser, that we have lost two members, Michigan will have the responsibility of giving the House of Representatives to the Administration. - But the general result, notwithstand ing these slight drawbacks, is most gratifying to every Republican. The full returns of the election will show that there has been no change of pub lic sentiment upon the great - and all absorbing question before the conntry, we have not a doubt So far from the Lecomptonites having gained upon their vote of 1856, there is every rea son to believe that it will be much smaller, though they have made even a more desperate effort now than then. The election of 1860 will set this matter all right, and prove to tho Slaveocrats how premature is their present pretend ed exultation. Whatever losses we have suffered, will only serve as a warning in the future, and tend to a more earnest, united and vigorous ef fort in the next Presidential struggle. The Late elections. The returns from the different States in which elections were held on Tues day of last week, are exceedingly . re freshing. In every free State have the Administration been spurned, and trampled under foot In 'every free state have Lecomptonism and Dred Scott been repudiated. The northern people throttle them wherever they find them. In New York, the Ad ministration have been mbst; signally rebuked. The Republicans have glo riously triumphed, leaving not a grease spot of . Lecomptonism in . the State. They have elected the whole State ticket, by 20,000. majority, elected a large majority of both branches of the Legislature, and have elected 28 of the 33 members of Congress, being a gain of seven. This is glorious lbr the old Empire State, and a terrible blow to the Administration. New Jersey, too, has crowned her self with glory. The Republicans have made a clean sweep of the State, electing a decided majority of the Legislature, thus securing a United States Senator in the place of the doughface Wright, and every member of Congress, which is a gain of three. The returns from Massachusetts are exceedingly refreshing. The Demo cratic party, aided and abetted by the adipocre whigs, is just about where it was, and just about where it is likely to be, and that is just nowhere. The Republicans carry everything all the Members of Congress, Governor, Lieut Governor, and other Executive officers, the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Executive Council. Mr. Banks is re-elected Governor by over 30,000. Lawrence the American candidate, is left most dismally out in the cold, and in future ages will be obliged to procure affidavits that he was a candidate at all. In the Con gressional elections, there is much matter for congratulation. Many of the new men will be solid acquisitions to the party of freedom in Washing ton. In the Hid Congressional Dis trict Mr. Charles Francis Adams is elected. In the IVth, Mr. Alexander Rice, an intelligent merchant, and sound Republican is chosen. Mr. Burlingame is returned from the Vth District, and Mr. Eliot, an old and useful and trustworthy Member, suc ceeds R. B. Hall. Mr. Thayer returns from the Worcester District. Illinois has done nobly. She has pronounced against both Buchanan and Douglas at the same time, by her pop ular vote. The latest returns brings the cheering intelligence that the entire State ticket is elected by five thousand majority. Although it is a matter of deep regret everywhere that Douglas has seemignly triumphed, when it was undoubtmgly expected that a majority of her Legislature would be favorable to the election of Mr. Lincoln to the United States Senate; and while Mr. Douglas re-election is considered, next to a Buchanan victory, a disastrous result, yet even his election is a. verdict pronounced by the people of Illinois against Buchanan and his pet, Le compton. , Wisconsin has more than sustained her reputation for unflinching fidelity to Republican principles arid love of freedom. The Republicans have car ned the legislature, and elected our three members of Congress by an in creased aggregate majority. All things taken into consideration, the general result of the fall elections is most gratifying to every .Republican, and seals the doom of Lecomptonism at the North. It has now not a foot of ground to stand upon in all the Free States ; what they will do now, remains to be seen. Here stands the monu ment of freedom, erected by the people in recording their verdict against Bu chan, Dred Scott, and Lecompton. It is a beautiful pyramid tplook upon, and we recommend it to the admiration of the enemy : -- ' OHIO. IOWA. li-A I N E. KANSAS. MICHIGAN. I N D I A N A: VERMONT. MINNNESOTA. NEW JE R SE Y. WISCONSIN. C O NN E CT I C UT. RHODE ISLAND. MAS S ACHUSETTS. N E W II A M P S II I R E. P E N N S Y L V A N I A. NEW YORK ! . The Second District. ' The result in this District is very gratifying. , The reelection' of Mr. Waldron is hailed with unfeigned joy by every lover of Freedom throughout the entire State. , Every County in the District is entitled to all praise. Even in Monroe, where the election was con tested inch by inch, he has a majority of 60. And Lenawee, the home of Mr. Stacy, has reiterated her former virdict against Slavery and the Slave Power, by 1,200. Had other portions of the State done equally as wellthe Repub licans of the First District would not now regret the defeat pf Jdi Howard, who has so well an4 &D!y represented them during the past three terras. JS" Henry Barns7 of ho Detroit Tribune, is elected Senator from the Second District, Returns of the Election. Hajoritles as Reported on Governor. 1850. 1858. Bingham. Felch. Wia'r. Stuart. Allegan .... Barry .... . Bay new co. Berrien.... Branch . . . . . 439 583 .... 275 . . . . .... 134 30T ,- .? 1248 .... 1000 ..... 1254 .... 950 489 .... 244 .... 274 .125 .... 565' 4004 1049 .... .-50 .... 249 1973 .... 1600.... o 2 12 -t - 279 ...i 200 .... 791 700 .... 777 .... 501 .... 1140 1000 .... :.350 .... 300 .... 521 275 1543 .'....1200 .... - .... . , 32. .... 100 .... ......... t. 333 .... ' 176 .... ..... v20 .... 20 ........ .... 129 .... , 24 .... GO .... 123 . .... -'100 .... 669 .... 150 .... . 62 m m m m 381 .... .... -200 .... 210 .... 200 603 .... 300 ' .... 186 .... 58 .... 248 .... 30 78S .... 600 .... . 9 0 W 9 637 .... 500 .... 558 .... 350 .... . 881 .... 902 ij. in '56, 17,317. Calhoun .... Cass Cheboygan Chippewa Clinton ... Eaton ... '. Emmet.. Genessee. ..' G'd Tr'ye'se Gratiot. . . . Hillsdale.. . Houghton . Huron. ... Ingham.... Ionia Jackson .... Kalamazoo . Kent Lapeer. Lenawee.. . Livingston . . Mackinac ... Macomb ... Manistee . . Marquetto ..- Mason Midland .. . Monroe .... Montcalm . . Newa3'go.. Oakland.... Oceana . .. . Ontonagon Ottawa ..... Saginaw .. . Sanilac .... Shiawassee . St Clair. St Joseph.. Tuscola .... Van Buren . Washtenaw Wayne ' Xo returnt when the canvass was mrde. COXGKESSIOXAL MAJORITIES AS KEPOBT- First District. 1856. How'd. Loth'p. 874 1858. HoVd. Coo'r. 445 100 Jackson Livingston . Washtena w Wayne Howard's maj. 35 711 363 753 751 808 851 808 ..43 in 1856 867 Cooper's maj Second District. Wald'n. Barrr." Wald'n. Stacy. 1000 297 1000 1200 60 600 Branch 1269 .... Cass 532 - Hillsdale.. . 2099 .... Lenawee... 1596 .... Monroe .... 57 .... St Joseph . . 850 .... Waldron'smaj. in 1856.... 6403 Maj. in '58, 5360. . Third District. Walb'ge. Lit'j'n. Kcl'g. Ch'ch. Allegan.... 414 .... Barry 594 .... 275 .... Berrien .... 354 .... Calhoun.. . 1340 .... 975 .... Clinton 298 125 Eaton .. 598 400 Gratiot... 254 ..... ......... Ionia 819 .... 700 .... Kalamazoo . 1166 .... 900 .... Kent 399 .... 300 Mason 20 .... Montcalm.. 136 .... 100 .... Newaygo .... .... Oceana.... 62 ........... . Ottawa .... 390 .... Van Buren. 660 .... 500 Wal bridge's maj. in 1856, 7504. . Fourth District. - Leach. . Peck. Leacb. Bay new co. .... Chippewa. .... .... .... Emmet .... Genessee... 1032 .... f250 Gr'd TrVse 95 Houghton ...... : 238 .... Ingham.... 300 .... 200 Lapeer 530 .... .275 Mackinac i . . . Macomb.. . 356 .... 176 Davis. 134 Marquette Midland.... 137 746 Oakland . . . Ontonagon . Saginaw, .. Sanilac. .... Shiawassee . St Clair . . . Tuscola . . . . 25 .218 200 600 158 ,262 154 f300 69 30 Loach's maj in 1856 3724. Xo returns when the canvass was made, tl'artly estimated. JT" A Cincinnati paper notices the last solitary banquet of a " last man's " club in that city. In the cholera sea son of 1832, seven gentlemen agreed to meet annually and dine once " to gether as long as they lived, a bottle of wine to be sealed and drank in me morium by the last survivor. The first re-union was held on the 6th of Oc tober, 1832, and on the 6th of October, 1858, Dr. Vattier, sole survivor of the seven; drank from the bottle, and pledged the six dead friends whose empty chairs and empty plates were his only society at the last melancholy feast ' ldkf The following" defination of an " Old Lino Whig," ascribed to Hon. Edward bates, of Missouri will be rec ognized as an accurate one in some lo calities far removed from Missouri : " An Old Line Whig is a man who takes his liquor regularly, and votes the Democratic ticket occasionally." FKOit the. Auis-HorsB TQ AyyLT. ence. James Boon, 85 years of age, an inmate of tho Poor.House at King, ston, Lenior county, N. C, twith his family, Consisting of a wife and three children, it is said, has inherited a handsome estate amountingtof 150,000. . News and other Paragraphs. Piccolomini, it is said, has a salary of $4,000 per month. The City Council of Richmond, Va., have determined to organize a paid iire department5 , 4 ; V J. W. Geary, Ex-Governor of Kan sas, was married in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Ex-President Pierce was at last ac counts at Rome, in good health ; but Mrs. Pierce was not inproving. M. Donati, the discoveror of the comet lately visible, has been Aesistant Astronomer of the Imperial Museum of Florence. - : . -'. The bequest of Judah Touro for the establishment of the Touro Almshouse, in New Orleans, has increased to $123, 000. It was originally $83,000. . The North American estimates the population of Philadelphia at 610,000 to 625,000, showing an increase of five per cent, per annum since 1850. At the late Hebrew festival in New York in aid of the Jews Hospital, the Rev. Mr. Isaacs read a list of dona tions amounting, to twelve thousand dollars! - . It is stated that Morrissey's wife, who is, said to be the daughter of a wealthy man in Troy, won $2,000 on the result of the fight, and his father-in-law won $8,000. The Freestone (Texas) Pioneer says that a large lion was recently killed on Noland's River, in Johnson county, in that State, which had killed nine horses in that. vicinity. It appears from the British game list that no less than six clergymen of the Church of England have taken out ' certificates " licensing them to spot this year. A writer in the Troy Budget says that one dollars worth of sulphur thrown upon the fire in the forecastle would have saved the Austria and her living, precious freight. . . The Philadelphia, Press gives a tab ular statement of the number of Pcnn sylvanians upon whom diplomatic and consular offices have been bestowed by Mr. Buchanan. The number, exclusive of Glancy Jones, is twenty-six. Of two hundred students at Gambier Ohio, about sixty are known to be look in r forward to the ministrv of the o - Episcopal Church. At Nashotah, Wis. there are forty-three preparing for the Ministry. A Kansas relic, the veritable candle box in which the stolen returns were found, concealed under a wood-pile in the Surveyor General's office, has been conveyed to Boston by Mr. Lewis M. Tappan. It is exhibited as a curiosity. Atlantic Cable Acnoss the Ohio. A section of the Atlantic Cable pur chased from Tiffany & Co., N. Y., has been successfully laid across the Ohio from Evansville, Ind., to Henderson' Ky., and works admirably. By a singular coincidence, Qharles Francis Adams and Arthor W. Austin rival candidates for Congress in the T4iird District of Massachusetts, were classmates in'college, both having grad uated at Harvard University in 1825. When Eli Tra)rer announced his pro ject for colonizing Virginia, every pa per in the State opposed him. Now fourteen papers favor his scheme, and it is at the same time strongly backed by Gov Wise. William n. Rarey, the oldest of the horse-tamingbrothcrhood, declares that his sj-stem is equally efficacious in sub duing women and children as horses. Being a widower with ten olive branch es, he has had ample opportunity to test the truth of his theory. Decbease of Population. The Dubuque Times says by a recent census of that city, made by the district board of directors, under the provisions of the school law, it appears the total pop ulation of Dubuque is six hundred and seventy-eight less than last year. Should the Japanese Government send a Prince to Washington as its representative, as it is rumored it in tends to do, the event will mark a new era in diplomacy. To the Yankees will belong the honor of introducing that most exclusive of all people to free in tercourse with Christendom. Mademoiselle Piccolomini met with a serious loss as she was returning from early mass at the Twenty-eighth street Church, New York, a few days since. It appears that she either dropped or was robbed of a beautiful chatelaine and watch set with diamonds, and val ued at $500. . As the watch was a pres ent,' she is a very anxious to recover it, and offers the amount of its value to any one who will restore it - Paul Morphy has been requested to give a specimen of his blindfold chess playing before the Imperial Court The Emperor proposes to be beaten by the Young American at the odds of a rook There is now reason to believe that before leaving Paris, Morphy will have a chance to contend: with Herr Von 4er Lqsa, the great chess analyst and player, who has, recently left Rio Janeiro, where he has acted as Ambas sador from one of the German courts for. some years past A Prostatic Hint Forcibly Utterci. There is Esrions foodfor thonght, and some not"undeservedreproach in the suggestion of the Albany Journal, that the Republican press and Repub lican politicians of the North expend too much of their energies in contro versies with the South. Our worst and most dangerousenemies'are not to bo found south of Mason and Dixon's line. Not a friend of slavery, nor a foe to freedom there can aid the one or injure the other half as efficiently or' seriously as the northern allies of the slave pow- er. And we may entreat ordenonnco the TTooinbses, and Stephcnscs, until doomsday, without serving the cause of Liberty or obstructing the career of Slavery to any more purpose. The South understands this matter. Their attack' in front is merely a feint to keep us watching them so . closely that we shall have no eyes for the men who, in our midst, are undermining the founda tions of Freedom upon Free Soil. They draw our fire, and so save the sappers and miners they maintaia'in . our own fortress. h ' Toombs, and Keitt, and Hammond, are only too Iiappy to set themselves up as targets, if thereby we are kept from drawing a drigger upon the traitors in our midst, . Freedom has suffered nothing and is not threatened by any representatives not returned from free States. The only potent enemies- Free-. dom has, live upon Free Soil and enjoy the wages of Slavery upon Free Soil. It is time the license to go to Wash ington and do dirtier work for Slavery than Slavery will do for itself, with im punity to the Dirt-eater, was revoked. But for these Northern Swiss, Kansas would this day be" a member of the confederacy, and free at that. Southern votes did not enact the English Swin dle Northern Dirt-caters did that. . . The Next Legislature. From returns thus far definitely re ceived, wc compile the following list of members to the next legislature: KEPUBLICAK. DEMOCRATIC. Senate. House. Senile. House. Monroe .1- - 2 . - Lenawee 2 4 ' - Hillsdale .1 3 - Branch 1 2 - - St. Jtiseph 1 - 8 - - -. Washtenaw 14 1 - -. Jackson ' t Calhoun 1 1 3 Kalamazoo " 1 - 1. -. I. Cass 1 2 .-:-' Berrien - 1 l l Oakland 1 " '2 1 X Genessee - - 1 2 Shiawassee 1 1 - Clinton - 1 - : Ionia 12 Kent 1 S - - Ottawa - - 1 1 Montcalm 0 1 - - - -Lapeer 0:1 Iughain 12 Livingston - 1 11 St Clair - - . 1 . 2 Bar, &c., 1 1 ; : - . Saginaw - - - 1 Wayne 1 2 3 7 Up'r IVinsula 1 - - Total . ; 19 44 . 10 , 19 Sub-Marine Cable across the Niagara. As we go to press, a submarine tele graph cable is being laid across tho Niagara, by the Montreal Telegrnph Company. The cable, we are informed, is a portion of that employed in the Gulf of NewFoundland, butabandoned on account of being, too heavy.. It is wound upon a large reel', which was placed on a scow, and towed by a steam tug across the river. The cable is about one inch and a half in diame ter, and contains three conducting wires, each one being thoroughly insu lated. Its weight and strength is pe culiarly fit for the swift current of tho Niagara. Its length is something over three-fourths of a mile. The machinery employed in the submersion is the same that has been used by the same Com pany in laying cables in the St. Law rence and other rivers. The Buffalo and Lake Huron Rail way Company will use one of the con ducting wires in the present cable, the Montreal Telegraph Company a second, and the other is to spare. Mr. Postie the master of repairs of the above Telegraph Co., has the process of sub mersion under his direction. The con nection with the Montreal Telegraph. Company, from this side. has. hereto fore, been effected at tho Suspension Bridge. This change will doubtless add to the business of the Comnsnv. The cable connects with the American lines at the Union Telegraph Office in cial, Saturday. The Indianapolis American, a leading Republican paper, has hoisted at its mast-head, the names of John C. Fremont for President, and John W Forney for Vice-President 'Bob, did you ever go to tho ies? "Yes". "What did " "I duo; out as oniek n iu gold mines VOll nior?" 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