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i mjrungton weekly hawk-eyb ia rtrausm «v*mv wsnsssosv aoaaiso, li hlair'i W. (*n*r *f laia m4 tirenty eoplM(t* *ns Batu a Sg ar«t» »«'as *. JefatM Stiwte, 0T O. DT7KHAM. omWOMH*'. sss ci«»pr rHnwtw nil""' TM Tkn* .. w* .. Iteh*44ltl«aalSsaa«• u« •,boT*»*"*•. IMINOTOHWEMLYHAWK-OT When th* wapoi I®** examined and the fiCt considered that the valley of lh« »ud iU sod—when f«r,i,u7 be to many a matter ot surpriss that no larger toens have yet been built. Bat should t( time to consider the fact that our State U .ui, a few ear. old and that five-sisibs of the population of the Stale is yet on tine tide of .bat river we ahall at ouce aee wliy no Urge town* ksve jet been built in the v.lley- The river itself can hardly be called naviga bleat all. It ia a rapid stream, with a great deal of rock bottom, and ooly navigable when flood tide. It has been two yeara at a [iuie without affording auficient water for a lingle boat to ascend, although there is gen irally a short period of navigation in the ear ly ipring. Wai it like the Illinoie, a sluggish It ream, with narrow channel, it would afford like it a aieadv aud abundant aupply of water, shich would render it navigable for most of the season. And bad such been the eaae, we ibould now have wen the valley of that river Containing a* dense a population a* that of the i.sissippi on this aide, and rival mauufactur tag and commercial town* planted along its uka. Soon, however, art will supply »hat nature denied. Several Rsilroads are now in the iour«« of con«truction dcaiguated to penetrate e valley and afford a highway for the trsns ^nation of the grain live Mock and provi iQug of this fertile region. The Dubuque and Sou* City Kailroad will strike thia valley at V Dodge. This pert of the valley is sparselr titled and little known. The Davenport Road ill crow it at the Capitol, Dea Moiues City. r« ihe valley is also thinly settled, and al jugli having the advantage of the Capitol, iio«fn is not destined to a rapid growth, be* use it tnu»t wait for the country. Our own ud crosses al Ottuuiwa, the largest town wn the river and having the advantage of a tod location, with the country surrouudiug it *tty well filled up by an intelligent furuiing filiation. Our Road is going right through id will be the first to reach the Dea Moines, the reason that it has the shortest distance go, and the Company have already most of ie iron and the means to put it through.— Milling the valley, as we undoubtedly thall, year or more ahead ot any other Road, Ot— imwa will not only be enabled to preserve her lative position but to outrun all compeli- If posseted of the necessary enterprise, a may become the great inland depot of the Jlsy aud build up a town which (hall rival on this side. BesiJea these, a Road is already in progress i Keokuk which has been built as far Heuionspoit. Should it go on, it will funl a Southern outlet to this valley, and tuld it ever go above Oltuiuwa, become a iJtr of the Burlington Road and give u. ac ts to that extent to the country above. The extreme Northern Road through Ft. »dgf, as well as the Central Road through e Capitol can only be expected to do the ul business of the country through which (v pass and afford access to Northern Ne I»LI. But the Burlington Road, with the ad ut.ge of the short Eastern connection which will have through Peoria, Logansport and Wayue, will be upon the great Pacific route, brdiiig (he shortest cut to the Missouri riv Kansas, Nebraska, etc. It will be the #rtest road that crosses the State by nearly a indred miles. If a large town is not built at e junction of the Burlington and Missouri Tcr Kailroad with the Des Moines, it will not for lack of uatural and artificial advantages. It has long been proverbial that high life is a itection against the rigors of law but the i case of immunity in the opposito extreme, it »v remember, is that of a person in Stough i, Ma's., who was recently caugbt in the act throwing arsenic into his neighbor's well, (in notice was takeu of the offence, we are Id, because of the low character of the lies." The Boston Traveler says that a well-known trey man of that city, who has recently been |!cted with fifty boils and one abscess, has en prayed for at the religious meetings. Col Benton was married, after becoming Sen r, to Elizabeth, daughter of Col. James 11c t-il, of Rockbridge county, Va. Mrs. Benton iJ ia 85-4, having been (truck with paralyvis 14, and from the time of that calamity, her •band was never known to go to any plaee of itivity or amuumient. FAHISOIUBLI GLOVE*.—Letters from Paris muon that the latest fashion of gloves in that ia of Spanish leather, embroidered, and th a cuff to protect the wrist from cold or the A gteater than S(argeon is said to have isoi! in the pulpit. A man named Brownlow trih, formerly an actor, and who has been a rnMe reprobate, is now hating a great succeM 'l«'gow, Scotland, in bringing about i ou uuu. tie ia an Episcopalian, but doen aot f.5:ie hmaelf to any particular church. rrcs|niiei)t says no preaching, since the of Whitfield, has produced such a power, effect upon the popular miud as this remark 'e bin's addresses and the power lies not their logical structure, but iu their earnest M. 9*Dr. McCoilum purchased a house and corner Columbia and Seventh nreets, »t «eek, for twiiity five hundred dollars. The half lotnsar Episcopal Church, with small house was recently (old for eighteen l&dred dollar*. Tke Ben Campbell and the Tiahomingo ill, to-day and alter, arrive at Burling.oil ou •ir regular trips up the river at 2 o'clock P. and go down at 4 o'clock P. M.. The Ben tumtnauded by Cape Myera-the Tiahomingo i* (.'apt. Keitch. OT An amusing scene occurred at the Couu i.oa Monday evening. On* of the board ^'utly isdsuttil that a certain paper had t« wne Ion ia th* packets of one of the commit- Th« earnestness with which one of the niiimiiMe, (who has been the Father ot the il? Fathers for so long a tine as lo deserv* ... tiiW of City Grandfather,) eoptitd bis pock- £fuP'°°,er prove that be was perfectly honest, and stolen th* paper, was too much for tbo frwr of that august body. Tks ridiculous farce of holding a "Southern k°weieial Convention," la to bo gone through '•thlor the 7th or 8th tin* at Montgomery, th* 10th of May. Th* superficial re— »f th*s* conclaves are a string of high 1°^ resolutions, a boat of preambls and a very hospitable destruction of Md cigars. Br A BUB named Jesse McFariand, at 0hio. tned a»d (Mad gailty of le**week.UI00 iH 6 Hp fii»» The !khs«l l.aii'. The School Law, lor which the Republican! are attempted to be wade eponw, was tb« work of Mr. Phbcs. It was saddled upon the State through the instrumentality of the Super intendent ol Public Instruction. Iloracc Mann bad nothing to do with it, and never furnished either the body or ekeleton. Bis name was em ployed in connection with it, but only to con ciliate such members of the Legislature as thought him wise and sound on educational subjects. 18 TBI LAW CONSTITUTIONAL? Dm I Heine* is the garden of tie Sale, the richest Lad most luxuriant part of Sul* Lere ad»ir»d for the every J«l*h of it ia also considered that the j*, Moines affords water power to an immeoe amouut-that coal of good quality U abundant _lh„ m|*rior llmestons and wry fair marble •ufoaad in alwmla.ee along lbs valley-it Bif Will aome oao tell us how the agragrian fea ture of this act, distributing one half the mon eys collected for school purposes equally among the districts, without reference to the number of children', is to be reconciled with the 7th Section of the second clause of the 9th Article of the Constitution. "The mouey subject to the support and main tenance of common schools shall be distributed in districts in proportion lo the number of youths between the ages of five and twenty-one years as mij be provided liy the General As sembly." But again, the Coulitutiou creates a Board of Education ai.d gives it the whole control of the subject until 1863. Sec. 8. The Board of Education shall have full power aud authority to legislate and make all needful rules and regulations in relatiou to common schools, and other educational institu tions, that are instituted to receive aid from the School or University fund ol this State but all acts, rules, and regulations of said Board may bo altered, amended, or repealed by the General Assembly and when so altered, amended, or repealed, they shall not be re-euacted by the Board of Education. Sec. 12. The Board of Education shall pro vide for the education of all the youths of the State, through a system of common schools and such schools shall be organized and kept in each school district at least three months in each year. Any district tailing, lor two con secutive years, to organize and keep up a school, may be deprived of their portion of the school fund. Sec. 13. The members of the Board of Edu cation shall each receive the same per diem during the time of their session, and mileage going to and returning therefrom, as members of the General Assembly. Sec. 14. A majority of the Board shall con stHute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no rule, regulation or law, for the regula tion aud government of common schools or other educational institutions, shall pass with out the concurrence of a majority of all the members of the Board, which shall be expressed by the yeas and nays on the final passage. The style of all acts of the Board shall be, "Be it enacted by tbe Board of Education of the State of Iowa." Sec. 16. At any time after the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, the General Assembly shall have power to abolish or re-organizo said Board of Education, and provide lor the educational interest of the State in any other manner that to them shall seem best and proper. That the Constitution haa taken the whole subject, save that of managing the school mon ey and school lands out of the hands of the Leg islature aud given it to this Board, seems to us very plain from the above. Tbe Constitution provides for a Board of Ed ucation and declares that it "SHALL provide for tbe education of all the youths of tbe State." That ia hard to get round and unless some one shows us that when they said Board of Educa tion they meant General Assembly we shall re gard the matter as settled. fyilon. Robt. C. Schenck of Ohio, arrived in towu yesterday, and is stopping at tba Bar rett House. HrBiiLAitr ALMOST.—Pome burglars broke into the house ot Mr. O. II. llarris, on Valley street, Tuesday night. Mr. II. hearing them break open the back door, descended just in time to see the receding coat tails of one of the crew. They got nothing. TIIK RIVK».—The Dubuque Express and Her aid of the '20th says the river is rising rapid ly at that place—that recent riina extended far northward, and very high water in a short time is anticipated. The river is swelling a little here. Our Oquawka friends finding no bottoss OB the other side are fern ing to li if place. or The Uizette has an aecouut of a Mr. Ranken and the maimer in which he disappear ed with his wife's sister. As it seems well in formed on such matters will il let us know what has become of the Editor of the "National Adler," and whether or not the publication of that interesting sheet is still to be continued from the Gazette OHice SCAS. MAO.—A Mrs. ———. with letters of recommendation to the first families, recently made her way to* Mt. Pleasant—was received ln0 the bosom of the best society of that moral town—went into the family of a clergyman, was elected President of the "Sewing Circle," and spread herself generally. A few days since a Student of Divinity in same family, not a Joseph, went before the Grand Jury aud swore thst be had been teductd by tbe lady.— She was arrested upon his oath and put in jail. By some process, of which wc are not inform ed, the strange woman got out of jail yester day p. m., cauie down ou the evening train, and took her departure towards the East. We are informed that other young gentlemen of Mt. Pleasant had greater griefs to complain of than the young man seduced. They, however, kept shady. The first Southern vegetables arrived in the New York market last week. Six hundred bar rels of Bermuda potatoes were retailing at $7 per barrel. Tomatoes were received from the same pla«r, and green peas from Charleston. A few lots of a' puragua were also received. JASPKH COCSTY.—Albert Lufkin, Republican, has been elected County Superintendent of Common Schools. The vote of the county was against s loan for the extension of the Iowa City Branch of the M. & M. Railroad. Tbe Chicago Tribune announces that the re vival movement in that city has reached its col nuasting point, snd that the public meetings will be discontinued. Tbe number of accessions to the churches during the revival has been about one thousand. We notice that J. Sterling Morton has bees appointed by the President Secretary of State, or the Territory of Nebraska. Gen. George P. Morris, one of tbe Editors of the Home Journal, has been recommended for tbe London Consulate, by the New York City Congressional delegation. Tbe Marshall Illinoisan announces the death of Jonathan Hicklin, If Clark Illnat the age of *106 years. Among the delegates to the Democratic Coa* veution at Springfield, is Peter Cartwright, tbe preacher County. H« rtPrfMQU S*n8»mou Isaac Sheen, a Moriaou at Cincinnati, who does not believe ia Brigham Young and polyg a»y, publishes a letter ia tbe Cincinnati papers, saying that tbe Mormon Dauites are seeking hia lils, became he was instrumental in returning to their grand parents tbe children of Mrs. MeUin, whoso husband killed Parley P. Pratt, tbo Mormon apostU, to whoa hia wife had boon sealed. OTMr. Barlow, sooth of tha ait,, has a 1st •f fin* healthy maple, aim, mulberry and aimnson trees, which ho is delivering to any part of tbe city to such as desire to aot ornamental ahade trees. 14 OT A Urge nswtisr of ia« oattlo csaased th* titer, /oatordaf. JOURNAL, O POLITICS, CHAP1ER 146. AN ACT ordering a special election for tbe par pose of submitting to the people certain acts therein named, regulating the Banking. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tht General At temblg of the Stale of Iowa, That there shall be held at ail the usual places of holdinv' elections iu li.e St iie on tlic fourth Monday of June oue thousand eight hundred and fifty eight, a spe cial election at which shull be submitted to the people tbe question whether or not an act enti tied "An act authorizing General Hanking in the State of Iowa, passed at the regular session of the seventh General Assembly of the Stele of Iowa, «hsll go into effect or in any manner be in forest and als» tl e question whether an act entitled "An act to incorporate the State Bank of Iowa, passed at the regular session of the sev enth General Assembly of tbe State of Iowa, shall go into effect, or in any manner be in force. 2. Every person voting aisaiti special election shall have the right to use a ticket or ballot with the words writteu or printed thereon, "For the General Banking Law" or "Against tbe General Banking Law," and also the right to use a ticket or ballot with the words written or priuled thereon, "For the State Bank of Iowa," or "Against the State B«nk of Iowa." 3. In canvassing and counting the votes cast at such special election, each clerk of the said election shall carefully mark down the votes given upon said question in separate columns prepared for that purpose, headed, "For the General Banking Law," "Against the General Banking Law "For the State Bank of Iowa," "Against the State Bank of Iowa and the judge of said election shall in the certificate required to be given of the result of said election, in clude and separately specify the number of votes given for and against each of the said Banking systems. 4. Iu making the abstract of votes given at said election as now required by law, tbe proper officers shall make separate abstracts ot the votes given under the provisions of this act, which shall be on one sheet and shall be transmitted to tbe office of the Secretary of State within the time and in the same manner as is uow required in election of State officers. Said abstract shall be endorsed "Abstract of votes for and sgainst the Banking System," oriu words clearly indicating the conteuts of the paper and the abstracts so transmitted shall be opened and the votes can vassed in the time aud manner and 1 y the offi cers provided for In relation to the elections of State officers. 6. If ou such canvass it should appear that a majority of the votes cast for aud against the General Banking Law at such special election, are for the General Banking Law as aforesaid, or if it should appear that a majority of the votes cast for and against the General Banking Law at sueli special election are against the General Banking Law, aud if, on such canvass it should sppear that a majority of the votes cast for and against the Slate Bank of Iowa at such special election, arc for the State Bank of Iowa, or if it should appear that a majority of the votes cast for and againsi the State Bank of Iotvii at such special election are against the State Bank of Iowa, the officers canvassing the votes shall, under their baud? make a certificate of the facts, stating the number of voles given for and against each of said laws and file the same in the office of the Secretary ot State. 6. If It should appear troiu such certificate that a majority of all the votes cast at such elec tion "For the General Banking Law," and Against the General Banking Law," has been cast "For the General Banking Law," the Gov ernor shall immediately and within ten days If it shall appear from such certificate that a majority of all the votes cast at such elec tion "For tbe Stale Bank of Iowa" and "Agaiust tbe State Bank of Iowa," has been cast "For the State Bank of Iowa," the Governor shall imiue- STEPHEN B. SHELLEDY, Speaker of House of Representatives, DANIEL ANDERSON, President, pro tcm, of the Senate. Approved March 23d, 1658. RALPH P. LOWE Office of Secretary of State, Des Moines, March 23d, 1858. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copv trom the original roll on file in uiy office. ELIJAH SELLS, n*k Law Secretary of State. In Pe*.ria—Sackia* of tbe But to return to our history. After tbe cleaning out of Clark Ch vcland's as it was termed, tbe crowd next turne*! :heir attention to the den cf a Mrs. Howard, l.no -n as the "Fortune Teller's," on Liberty street. Here the same scene was enacted over again, the old hag herself hands of the exciteu muiiiiuac. Sue is rep sented as being a procuress When there waa nothing more left whereupon to wreak a merited vengeance, the crowd took a breathing spell, and unanimously adjourned to a house kept on Hale street by a Mrs. Young. Here a parley ensued, and after exacting a pro mise that a complete reformation should at once tak* place in its character, they concluded to leave it, tbreatenind however that if the pro mise waa not fulfllled to the very letter, there abould not be one stone left of it on top of an other. An establishment was next threatened on the Muff kept by Hugh McGinity, but as It was already among tbe small hours of the morn ing, aad the storming party pretty welt tired out, an adjournment at last took place, tbe spot and hour for meeting again not noted. As regards the whole tranaaction we are in formed, that the persona connected In this affair i wore of all ranfct in society asdpf all afes^aatf us much as it may be regretted that ctrcuois au ceo in their minds compelled an adoption of mob 1* for the redn-fc of these great «n i ^l .r,'tg business of evils, yet it can 1»- said that whatever »a.s ac complished either fur goo.l or hull in ih' funre, was oertainly done in a f.roui|-:, bu-iiie«s and orkmanlike manner. Frum Wub!»f ugtoss. That. H. Bentm.—leading trait* ttt* Chair twter. he Dini. in [Special Curre pouilonce of the Peoria Transcript. Mr. ntoii died a Bcntonian death on Satur day morning at hall-past seven. His deecuse had been fores en for more lliau a week. Ti.e session of the House on Friday had been tcimi naled fiiidden'y by a premature announcement ot I,is decease. Mr. Benton said he li vl ac corupii.-!ic-d all the aims of his lit'e Imi one, which was o fi i»h his abridgement ol dcbait." from 1789 to ti e present tinn lie had brought this work down lo 1S5~, and wag laboiiug upon it at the very moment when his death was erro ixously reported to the House, thiU is, seven teen hours bcftre he ccascd to bicaihe Mr Be it toil lacked only one or two qnalifica tions of the great mm, and the first ot ihusfe was the ability to persuade and conciliate. It i» not enough that a man should have the im perial art to command, be must also tie able to win men over to him, to charm them, to attach th to himself by the ties of admiration and atlection. lie must concentrate in himself those electrical chords of sympathy, which draw men by affinity, and which are as pleasing, and much more so, to those who are held by them, as to hiin who finds himself the ceutre and object of this attraction. This quality was a stranger to Mr. Benton. lie had more head thau heart. Few loved him, and it was only toward the close of his Ion lile that he had any intimates. Aud ye he was uot ut'geuial. I remember dining wi:h him four years ago at the house of a niu tuil friend. lie drank more and talked more th:in any other gue»t. He »as more pleasant, piquant anil original than any other. Nor was he a bad listener. He could bear to hear a lool babble, which surprised me, and he listened wi bout visible sigus of contempt to fulsome co npliments, which I thought a remarkable ev idence of patience and amiability. Benton was a very brave man, and courage covers a multitude of sins. Nothing daunted in unmanned liitn. He fought with old Hick ory, and Hickory "possuined"—shammed death to save his life. lie fought with Lucas twice and killed him He made Hungarian Foote tun liltc a dog iu the Senate Chamber, Foote having a pistol iu his hand. He had furious personali ties with Clay and Butler in the Senate, looking to hostile ineetiugs outside. He was so uncertain and irrascible in his tem per that but lew persons voluntarily sought bim out to make his acquaintance as they did Clay, Webster aud John Quincy Adams. Many* men of more than average prominence have lived half their mature life in Washington without speaking to Mr. Benton. Alter his rup ture with the Democracy in 1845, northern men began to gather about and consult with Mr. B. nton. The only oue of them, however, who ever had influence with him was Senator Dix ot New York. But from that period he was with them ou nearly all poiuts. He agteed with them ug.tins' the extension of slavery, but opposed tbe Wilmot Proviso, because it was "goal's wool." As a speaker he id not an agreeable man ner, uor was lie a great orator, but he was most efl'cctive in debate and before tbe people. He txcelled in originality of illustration, and had great wit. His descriptions were exceedingly from the filing of such certificate in tbe officc of graphic. Ilis humor upset the gravity of all lis Secretary of State, issue his proclamation decla ring such result of said election, and upon the issuing ol such proclamation, tbe said act enti tled 'An act authoriziug General Banking in tbe Slate of Iowa," shall go into effect aud be in full force and not otherwise. teners, whether friendly or hostile. Nothing w»g ever heard iu the Senate more amusing than hi. parallel betvveeu Clay and Douglas as old I)r. Townsend and the young Dr. Townseud wi'.b their rivals.irsaparillas, when Clay under took to heal up the "gaping wounds" of the country by au o.nuibus load ot relief bills, while Douglas proposed the same panaceas, but ad vised them to be taken separately. Mr. lieaton spoke chccrfully, and even with unbecoming levii v of his approaching end.—lie diately and within teu~days of the filing of such asked Dr. Hall, who, with Drs. May aud Green, certificate in the office of the Secretary of State (the latter a hoi»eopathis!,) attended him, why issue his proclamation declaring such result of nobody bad thought of organizing ajoint stock said election and upon the issuing of such proc- 1 company for building a bridge over the Styx, lamation, the said act, entitled "Au act to in- He said Charon's lerry was a primitive coutri corporate the State Bank of Iowa," shall go in to effect and be in full force and not otherwise. 8. This act is to take effect from and after its publication in tbe Iowa Weekly Citizen, and Iowa State Journal. vanee not suited to the present population. He is also reported to have said that he in tended to die like our Savior and like Socrates, that one died like a God and the oiber like a philosopler. He told Dr. Sunderland, pastor of the Pres byterian Church, which he commonly attended, that he wistied him to be preseut, iu order to see how a christian could die. He was con scious, doubtless, of the plagiarism upon Addi son, but wished to show that lie died au Addi sonian death. Nothing couid be more entirely Bentonian th.ta the letter nhich he sent to be read iu Con gress, the day but one before his death. He protested against public funeral honors, and he referred to vol 5, p-ige 294, ot Benton's abridg Uionts of debati s as his reason. 1 Hrotbel*. The Peoria Transcript gives us an account of tbe destruction of several houses of ill fame ou Sunday last, by a mob. A fellow named Cleve land had been arrested for keeping a disorder ly house and somehow allowed to escape, which so exasperated the mob as to produce the fol lowing result as portrayed by the Transcript:— A little past 9 o'clock Sunday evening, an alarm of fire was raised on Jackson street near Cleveland's brothel. A crowd soou collected and a parley ensued, he promising to rent his establishment to a respectable family, himself only occupying oue part of it. He also offered to take off his window shutters which were kept closed, and promised to be immediately back with a screw-driver for that purpose. Nearly half an hour transpired and the crowd finding that they had been duped by bis non appear ance, at on^e proceeded to inflict their summa ry chastisement. No. 2 Engine wa* soon upon 1 the ground manned by the citizens, and a win- It is a butimne adage that only tbe good which men do live after them. There is a part of Mr. Bentou's iile which lis biographers will not desire to remember. When he was thun dering against ihe pure and honest administra tion of Adams when be was supporting the usurpations of Jackson, and when, above all, he Wi-s laboring with Titanic energy to deface and mutilate the journal of the Scuate by era sing therefrom a joint condemnation of that bold, bad man, he was engaged in no patriotic work, and he deserved the censure and not the applause of his countrymen. The colored Democracy are in agonies over the apprehendc i niggeriz ition of Cuba. A ru mor has come out that the Spanish Government bus submitted to British policy so far as to adopt a decree, suhj ct to tnc ratification ol the Cor tez, abolishing slavery in Cuba. All Africa was thrown into u ferment. The leading negro chiefs,' Toombs, Jeff. Davis, Hunter, Mason, Biiijamin and a dozen others, were instantly summoued to caucus. No uiulattoesor hybrids were admitted. In such cases the yellows aud browns of the Northern Democracy are never consulted. The decrees passed in secret con ciavc of pure Africans are banded to them for execution. W hat the colored brethren did is of course a profound secret, but tbe next day a long Cabinet council was held, at which the por tentous cloud overhanging the future of the Af rican Democracy was viewed in every aspect, and it was concluded, such is the report, that nothing could be done but to raise a howl over British intlueii. e and to appeal to the South lo svaud by the .rlv. The Africanization ol the Democracy is now complete, and is a much more impouanujuatter than the Aiiicaitizuliou of Cuba. 1 dow being demolished, the hose was carried in side, and tbe building completely drenched from cellar to garret. Then followed the work of demolition Tbe doors were battered dowp, the females escaping by the back entrance with only the clothes they had on their hacks.— Spleudid sofas, mahogany chairs and other ele gant furniture were piled iu the centre of the street and set on fire. When it was all merrily burning an excellent piano was added as fuci to the flames, while forty dollar bedstcuds, cost ly ladies' dresses, trunks Sf clothing, and we' .-e told that account book?, notes and k may be, even mouey shared ilie ••tune fate. The cut glass and utensi'es in the culinary partmeut that would not burn, were demolished with axes and clubs. The wines and liquors in the cellar, after becoming satisfied with their mis erable quality, were made to lick the dust. In truth, there was nothing left whole inside of the house, which was stated to have been fur nished at a cost of four thousand dollars ou the outside, nothing but the bare walls. Wc visited the scene yesterday morning, and never before felt the reslization of what was ineaut by tbe "sacking of a building." There was a large crowd of old and young then present, many searching for bidden treasures among the ruins, and we understand that quite a little sum was picked up in silver, with some other small urt'cles of value. TIIK Two DEMOCRACIES.—The Democracy in these parts has divided itself into "Democrats" and "National Democrats." One acknowledges Douglas and follows his flag,and the other that of Buchanan. They differ on a vital principle of government, which cannot pass away with the sslliement ot the question of the admission of Kansas under whatever terms it may be made. The rule of monarchy is, that the King can do HO wrong. It is now attempted to make the word "Democracy" cover the same principle, which in the world's history has been such a scourge to .r.Und. The question is, whether this principle, armed with the purse and the sword, is more than a match for the one, that the People of a Nation are rightfully their otcn governor» and should be the makers of their own laws, tht majority of the People deciding the question of differences among themselves. So far, the noral Government has acted oil this tyrannical principle in the government of Kansas. Ever since armed men from Missouri narrowlv escaping*faH?ng"'into the '»e pe .ceable inhabitants of that T. rri s excited multitude. She is rer ra- 1 lory from n ',olls of the vilest 1 character, and men seemed to assist in easing her of h*r ill-gotten property with a hearty good will. The bar and fixtures were the first things destroyed, and next the furniture. Bar rels snd casks of liquor were thrown into the sUtiot, their beads stove in snd the contents emptied into the gutter. We have heard it ex pressed, that the only fear exhibited by any one waa th* danger of being bit by a bottle of wine, as one after the other they went boning through tbe air. und lu P"re '.""""J sated a (IOVI rnnient there, the purse and the sword ot :he i. tioi: have been wielded merci lessly for its :.-lence, as they are this day. This principle of t. ranny and this action we unceas ingly oppose, and we rejoice at every accession of streng h, ot whatever name it may call itself or under whatever circumstances it may ap pear, that stands with ua firmly and unflinching iy, through good and through evil report, roa THE RIGHT or roPCLAa soviBciQKtT.—Galena Advertiser. The Philadelphia Gazette "doea up" a hiding affair by a woman, in artistic (tyle, thus: A handsomely dressed lady entered a broker's office, in Walnut street, near Third. Having crossed tbe threshold, she asked for a young man employed there. Young man was sum moned accoi iiglv. He camo forward bowing and smiling, thile young lady, ia equally ap parent cordi .lily, advanced to him and extend ed her left hand. Young gentleman was about to take young lady's left hand in bis right, be made the necessary motion to do so, young lady's countenance changed in expression she seized him by the neck tie, slightly checked bis respiration, and drawing a jackass whip she brought down a shower of blowe upon bis back, that made the hapless youth dance like a cat upon a hot stove, and cut a Spring Raglan that cost fifteen dollars into stMrat a shitlings worth Cf second elass oar pet raga. maseemmam LIT E RAT II K K, NEWS, NINETEENTH YEAR. BURLINGTON, IOWA, TUESDAY, APRIL 27. 1858 W«-aM' Aa Etusneiit Tribute to Thomas Brnlan. Great!)?" I- »r. Ii'il, An uniuhiuntinl pafeaiit alt fyoup o'er lt« scent the funtrM ptU." W«a»: the cypres? for the bier of tbe depart d. Gather ihe burial cortege to lav his body within the final home. Summon fitting words uf elegy to voice ihe sorrow ol those who knew hiiu in iife, mid meurn hun in death. For this day, amid the drooping of bauuers, tbe low wail of martial music, and the multitudinous concourse of our citiz-i.*, the soleir.n words —dust lo dust, and rauh to earth—will be spoken over the1 remain* ul Thomas II. Bet. ton—a statesman without fear—* patriot wiih out price. Let us deal gently with bis errors, remember his labors, and embalm his virtues. In the fierce contentious of public life, bis stern energy was not of a kind to conciliate rivals, or turn away the wrath of opposing parties, but all must concede that in every passage In bore himself with manly fortitude and darini openness of purpose. In the domestic circle he evinced what few who saw only his outward bearing would hare penetrated—a heart over flowing with kindness and love and from tbe tender solicitude with which he watched over the decline ot the gentle companion of his way, uot less than trom the infiuite pathos in which, when summoned forth again to his country's service, be told of his occupation in planting assembled graves upon the sunset side of the Father ot Floods, we have assurance that his nature was warm with the pulses of a solt and genuine sympathy. In bis solicitude lor tlie preservation of a cordial unity of feeling, and a generous forbearance ol hostility between dif ferent sections of the republic, he mai ilesled ever a consistency ot aim, end a ruriahs IU tbe 1'nited Slates Srnntc. United States Senator Hammond, ot South Carolina, whose horror of poor white men is only surpassed by affection for colored slaves, indulged in a rich feast of philosophy in his late effort in support of the Lecompton Con stitution. He revelled in the double felicity of pleading for the rule of the slaveholders' u i nority iu Kansas, and against the rule of the white masses in the Union. There is a melo dious harmony iu such logic for why should the while people of the North dare to aspire to political rights, if the minority in Kansas should rule to the exclusion of vulgar majorities? Sen ator Hammond, being one ol the born nobility of the*land, enjoyed himself in elevating hi« class over the slaves, the white slaves, as he calls them, of the Free States. It happened, inore ever, that the Senate chamber in which he spoke, had not been undistinguished bv some of the exhibitions of these pariahs—the poor white men, of the North and the West—and this gave zest to his eutei tainuient. More than one of this clsss, so odious to the Senator from South Carolina, had sat in tbe high places of Government, and hence the good tuste of his allusion. Benjamin Franklin was one ot the pariahs of our early struggles for liberty. Mr. Webster was for a long time a struggling law yer in New Hampshire. Mr. Clav was original ly poor in early life, and many other instances, of equally vaulting ambition, might be named. In the Senate, at this day, there are several of these pariahs. Stephen A. Douglas is one—he was a poor mechanic iu early life Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, was another Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, another, and even Mr. John sou, ol Tennessee, Southern man as he is, be longs to the proscribed caste. Senator Brodcr ick, of California, whose career is described in his own nervous language, paid his respects to Senator Hammond, as follows But this was profining the presence. The aristocracy ot which Mr. Hammond is the type —the porcelain to the common clay—were no doubt startled by such homespun frank ness and there is little doubt that they would have expelled the author of such treason if they could bave done so. They have tbe votes to do it yet. We are often reminded that the United States Senate has degenerated. We fear it is so for had such a speech as that which fell from tbe lips of thh Mr. Senator Hammond been uttered in tbe days of Henry Clay, it would bave been rebuked on the spot as an insult to the South and a wrong to the North. Mr. Clay, in one ot his early speeches, made tbe following allusion to his early poverty. Uow strikingly it resembles tbe tone and style of Mr. Broderick's remarks I He said 1 know my deficiencies I waa bom to proud patrimonial estate. From my father I inherited only iulancy, ignorance, and indigence. I leel my defects but so.far as my situation in early life is concerned, 1 may, without presumption, say they are more my misfortune than fault." Mr. Clay belonged to the daaa (though a South ern nan) so handsomely noticed by Mr. Him wood.—Philadelphia Press. **l AdKICUIi U li K. from tbe St. Lou Democrat, 16th.] purity ot am bition that will model forth oi.e ol tl:e brightest examples in history, to those who may here after be entrusted with the care of a nation's honor and peace. In his closing bour, when all tbe vanities of earth had passed irom his thought, when his hand had dropped, released from the work at which he toiled, when hia faint utterance had transmitted a dying wisn that no unseemly action of Congress should mark his departure into the silent lund, he gathered his robes around him with more than senatorial dignity, and marched into the Great Presence as calmly, as solemnly, ns consciously, as though he had sounded the depths of eterni ty, and had measured the spaces of the infinite. Ai'd thus—in his public services, and in his private attachments—in his arduous hie, and in his majestic death—he has earned an abiding place in the memory of the American people, whilst his name will he emblazoned more iu the future thau in the present, as one ot the most illustrious of those who gave so much of re nown to the deliberations of our national councils. SCHOOL LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL.—It is thought by many persons who have closely compared the provisions of our new scl.ool law with the Constitution, that it is in direct contra vention in some particulars with that instru ment. We hue heard it intimated that one of the school districts in this city will have the question settled by the pre per judicial authority. The main point of constitutional variance is that the law takes from the Board of Education power which is vested in it alone by the Con stitution. Another is that the school law pro vides for the election of County Superinten dents biennially on the 2d Monday in March, while tbe Constitution (art. xii) declares that the term of any District Judge or other S ate or County Officer elected at ihe April Election 1858, shall not extend beyond the time llxed for filling like offices at the October Election, 1858. If the law is to conform strictly to the Consti tution, the Siipeiintendent will have to be eject ed again iu October, 1858, then again iu March, 185'J, thence after, every two years. Again, see. 12, art. ix., of the Constitution expressly says the title of all acts for the gov ernment of common schools shall be, "Ik- it enacted by the Board of Education of the State of Iowa." Our new school law commences wiih —"Be il enacted by tbe General Assembly ot the Stale of Iowa." Here is a direct inconsist ency. Wc sincerely regret that these unconstitution al features exist in the law. As the question was raised in the Legislature, we arc surprised that it was not then adjusted. Whether these imperfections wiil defeat the operation of the law remains to be seeu.—[Muscatine Journal. Oswego, April 21. There are pow 60 vessels afloat for this port, with oirer half a million busfiels of Wheat, and »i«ty thousand tenalgia ww, Jt la mi fcw A II K K 8 TELEGRAPHIC. Sew York, April St). The steamer Araeo from llsvre snd South ampton 5 p. in. 7lh inst., arrived here at one o'clock this morning. She brings 1«»8 passen gers and #»,4oo in specie. Ne-vs ntiimportan'. D'Israeli would bring in the budget on theSth inst. Anxiety had been felt for the safety of the Leviathan iu consequence of the breakingof two of her How mooring chains in asq iall, bat for tunately she was not in the least injured. The American bark Patria from Havre for New York with *217 emigrants, had been lost off Cbicester, Passengers and crew all saved. At tbe bank there was but tew applications for money on the 6th. Outside there was an increased demand. Consols closed for money 96Ja96f. for account 9i5f9*ii. FKANCK.—The Emperor inaugurated the Bou levard Sebastcpol oti Monday. He appeared on horseback in front ol his escort, and was loudly cheered. Everything passed off 'ratiquilly. ITALY.—The trial at Lucca of the Leghorn insurgents resulted in the condemnation of S to death and 11 to imprisonment. Fire of tne lat ter were Sardinian subjects. The Independent ot Turin insists upon the necessity of Sardinia adopting such measures as are necessary to maiutain friendly relations with France. MONTEMRGRO—Prince Daniels interdicts under severe penalties the slightest hostility to the Ottoman territory. In the Liverpool market American cotton was id per pound higher. Sales of 2 days 12,0o0 bales, including 150'.) lor speculation and export. Wheat was held for an advance of la2d for 7n pounds, and flour fid per bbl, which checked ales, and the market could opiv be called the turn dearer. Indian corn easie '23sa23-fid for all descriptions. There is nothing doin£ in the open markets at London, and private contracts how inactivity and no change in rates. London papers announce the failures of Messrs. Maitland, Ewing & Co. in the China trade, and INewcomb, Noble k Co. in the India trade. Liverpool, Oth.—Richardson, S & Co., say business in breadstuff's since Thurs lay has been confined chiefly to some large sales of French flour reported about 31si30sfd for 23!) lbs for choicej| qualities any lots'of good western obtainable at 21a21s6d per bbl. At to-days market the attendance was iiuall and business dull, without changc iu prices. Beef in the re tail ranging at ute rates. Pork slow of sale, 70s for prime. Bacon is still in very limited re quest, and nfcats quieter at retail sales at pre vious quotations. Lard is more inquired for, and again Is dearer. Tallow, little doing, and 54s may be given as nominal quotations lor Butcher's Association. In London the market closes steady, 54s6da 59s9d on the spot 53"9d from May to June. The Hamburg steamer Saxonia, from Ham burg via Southampton 6th, arrived at an early hour this morning. The pilot-boat Jacob A. Westernell, In at tempting to cross the S.xonian's bow, ran foul ami sunk in a few minutes. The Pilot and crew were saved with but one exception. The S ixonian spoke, on the 12th instant, in lat. 45 16, long. 36 2n, the ship Empire State, from New York to Liverpool. The U. S. surveying steamer Corwin, from Florida R1 ef, arrived to-day. The annual election of Sachems at Tammany Ilal!, last night, resulted in the choice of the Westchester House or anti-Wood ticket by 106 majority in a vote ot 378. The Aldermen last night concurred in the removal of Mr. Devlin, and confirmed Edward Cooper as Street Commissioner. After the ad journment Mr. Cooper was sworn in by the May or. Mayor Tieman has vetoed the ordinance pro hibiting the Harlem li. Co. running Bmall cars down own. The U. S. steamer Portland, which proceeded from Key West to Tampico 10 days ago, was under special orders to protect Americnn pro perty in that quarter, in accordance with a re quest, from the State to the Navy Department, based on the representation of our Consul at Tatapico. All the Midshipmen that passed examination several days ago at Anapolis bave been ordered into active servvice. Washington, April SO. IIorsF,—Mr. Morrill, of Yt.. spftke in favor of his bill granting lands to the various States for the establishment of colleges for the pro motion of agriculture and the mechanic arts. Mr.'Bulfington, of Mass., offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling for copies of the correspondence with Chili relative to the de tention at Lalcahuara, ot the American vessels Good Return and Franklin, in the year 1832. The Senate Washington police bill was taken tip. Ttie House rejected it by 11 majority. Mr. Diidds substitute agreed to in committee yesterday, nnd proposing that the policemen be appointed by or elected by board of commis sioiiers instead of giving the President power in the premises. Bill was then tabled by a vote of 110 against 79. The military academy appropriation bill was then taken up in committee of the whole. Mr. Shaw of N. C. replied to the anti-Lecomp toil speech ot his colleague, Mr. Gilmer, who, he said, was on its conclusion congratulated by Mr. Giddinj S with both hands, as though he was bestowing a benediction. Mr. Giddings said that Mr. Shaw was entirely mistaken. Mr. Shaw, I saw the scene wi#h my own eyes. Did not the gentleman approach my colleagut? Mr. Giddings, empnaticall, I did not. Mr. Shaw. Fifteen or twenty others saw yon approach my colleague. Mr. Giddii'gs further replied, but his voice was I suppose that the Senator from South Car olina did not intend to be personal in his re marks to any ot his peers upon this floor. If I had thought so, I would have noticed them at this time. I am, sir, with one exception, the youngest in years of the Senators upon this floor. It is not long since! served an appren ticeship of five years at one of the most labo rious mechanical trades pursued by mini—a trade that from its nature devotes its follower to thought but debars him from conversation. I would not have alluded to this if it were uot tor the remarks of the Senator Irom South Carolina and the thousands whokno* that I am the son of an artisan, and have been a mechanic, would feel disappointed in me if I did not reply to him. I arn not proud of this. I am sorry 'tis not true. I would that I could have enjoyed the pleasures Ot lite in my boy hood's days, but they were denied to me. I say ibis with pain. I have not the admiration for the men of the class Irom whence I sprung that might be expected thev submit too tamely to oppressions, are two prone to neglect their hts and dmies as citizens. But, sir, the so ciety to whose toil I was born, under our form of Government, will yet control the destinies of this nation. It I were inclined to loiget my connection with them, or to deuy thst 1 sprung from them, this chamber would not be tin place in which I could do either. While I hold a seat here, I have but to look at the beautiful capitals adorning the pilasters that support this roof to be reminded ot my father's talent, and to see his handiwork." entirely drowned by cries of ordqr from the Democratic side. Mr. Kcitt protested against Mr. Shaw, who was ou the floor being interrupted. This was lollowei. by cries of order on Republican tilde und laughter. Mr. Kcitt said such blackguardism was better out ol than in the House. Mr. Shaw repeated that there was a smile of complacency on Mr Giddings face as he ap proached Mr Gilmer on that occasion. When lie (Shaw) should bring upon him such congrat ulation he would exclaim, "what have I done that my enemies should praise me i" [Cries of good.] Mr'Giddings said there wag not a word of tru'li in Mr Shaw's statement. Instead of con gratulating Mr Gilmer, he asktd him why be lt itl us his name in connection with t? at of Mr Buchanan, and told him he should hold him responsible tor t'. [Liu::htrr.J Mr. Campbell having been near Mr Gilmer at that time coroborated Mr G.'s S'uteinent. Mr Ciingmi.n in justice to his colleague, Mr. Shaw, who was absent, said he saw Black Re publicans congratulating Mr Gilmer, and Mr. Giddings waa in the crowd, near enough to do so lie did not know whether Mr. ddings Krusped his hand, but remembered distinctly healing Mr Houston say, kiss him, Giddings. Fifty other gentlemen were witnesses of the scene. The committee rose and the House adjonriied. under which Mexico lunded her debt of fifty five millions owing to British creditor-', and said nil that Great Britain can reasonably expect in the event of a protectorate being established, It that we shall see that a portion of the custom* is set apart for the debt and the dividend taitli fully appropriated (or that purpose. Mr. H. paid a feeing tribute to his former companions in the Senate, now all passed away. Mr. H. sp.'ke more largely ol State rights of Hciidy than the protectorate, respecting which he said it might rather belike that over (he Ionian Islands, in a new form, but without ex ercising any more authority than was necessary. The resolution says that, whereas, every at tempt of Mexico to negotiate its internal affairs will result in failure, end there is danger of its falling into anarchy. And, whereas, tn*t that the Uiined States, on account ol their conti nental policy, can never permit Mexico to be subjected by Spain, or permit her to pass Into the handa a foreign power. Therefore resolved, that a Committee of 7 be appointed to enquire whether it is nccessary to establish a protect orate. The rrsolutlon was laid over till to-morrow to be poiuted, and the Deficiency Bill take up. Committees of Conference on the Kansas Bill niet this morning, wften Vr. English pre sented a proposition similar to that Indicated 4 y a i u s f. ost (.v "if fc-wri VOL. 3—NO. 24 The Senate asked time o con«v(er it, au another meeting when be I I at 2 o'clock i It Is gfnerailv believed that the Prrr'.Vn will accept the woregimen" ft volunteera'rom Kentucky and Ohio. The regiment from tfbio consists of five companies irn-n Cincinnati, one from Colttmbn", oi.e from Tab-do. one fiom Springfield, one from Mt Gill-ad. and one from Coshocton. Nearly all the nfli.-n ain! nany of the men served in the Mexican war. I'be entire regiment can be ready for the Held at short notice. Savinnah. April 19. I The celebrated bark Adriatic cleared to-day for Cork with a cargo of lumber. Ruffalo, April SO. Two Germans, named Thu linger and Ziro I merman, were arrested here !a*t week, charged with enlisting men for the Ilriti«li service.— Their examination closed last night, and they were held for trial for infringement of the Neu trality laws. Indianapolis, Aptll 20. Judge Stevens, One of the oldest resident* of this city, and brother of Hon. Thaddeua Stevens, of Pennsylvania, died suddenly yester day morning. Rochester, Ap'il 20. Mrs. Eli Stout, sister-in-law of Siout, the pris oner, was on the witness stand 10 hours to-day —while giving her evidence the prisoner was discovered communicating by signs with i er. She testified that Stout and Mr^. Littles iiad oc cupied the same bed, but with in evident incli nation to evade the question or answer under compulsion. The prisoner's mother was then placed oil the stand, who testified that he and Mrs Littles came home on the night of the murder, cover ed over wiih blood, their arms liroken and bo dies bruised, and that she and I. Hle's son's went to ihe river, saw Little's mangled body and found Mrs L.'s cameo pin aud Stout's cap and took them home. Her testimony created inten*e excitement in court. It is thought the lady's testimony will be still stronger against him. PhiUdclj 'iia, April 20. The reported death ol Kev.j Dudley A. Tyng proves to have been correct. The morning pa pers announce his decease, wliii touching obi tuary notices. Albany, April 19. The Common Council this evening canvassed the late election returns, and w.ihout a ilis-eiil ing vote awarded the mavorali' certificates to lion. Eli Penny, and al»o cerulijate* to ait the candidates on the Union Ticket. Sew York, April 21. Tribune Washington Corre-pondenee. Mr. English was opposed lo [he conference committee yesterday. The ni ij iri y accepted it without hesitation, and when Mr. Howard ad pealed to Mr. English to allow him to insert n separate clause providing for th. siibini-sion of the Leavenworth Constitution, ni the same time, he declined. Mr. English then proposed to report immedi ately, but Mr. Seward asked for .in adjournment till to-morrow in order to have li-ne lor consult* ation. The majority conseiilcu to only 2 huuis •delay, and llio matter was accordingly post poned tiil two 'cio-.-k. At the appoint! hour Messrs. iiowatd and Seward, ailtuded by no other members ot ihe coiumitte.i were preset!, and after waiting some time they retired. It is rumored that in the- meautim* several Southern members of the House, including Quitman, Nilcs, &c., had -their dissent Irom the arrangement, apd at iiunter and others of the Senate bad ikjnothe same tiling hence the non-attendance of ihe majority ut the committee at 2 o'clock. Senator Fitch's ton was to-day confirmed Distiict Attorney for NorthestiJliinoU by a vote of 26 to 17. Mr. Cadwallader is not ydt •hiiflrnw as Dis trict Judge iu place of Kune. P. S.—The Times correspondent' says it is Bates, son of the ex-Senatmj(MhOi»«oii6rmed as Distiict Attorney ot Illinois. Capl. Chalker ot lite liattford propeller Sen eca, was accidentally shot this morning while standing on the pier alongside ot his vessel he is mortally wounded. The shot came trom the pistol ola private watchman, wlto was in the act of drawing a charge. The U. S. propeller Arctic is now anchored near the Irigate Sasqtiei.anna, in the lower bay, to protect her while riding out her quarantine. Capt. Sands and the remaining oftict-rs and crewuouie up to quaraniine enclo.- urrl'o-morro v. A despatch from Washington announces tne confirmation of the following apjioiiitments Thos. Philand, Post Master at Lemistoii, New York. A Thomas, Rost Master at New Haven. A S Marshall, District Attorney, New Hamp shire. S E Dow, Land Register, Minnesota. Carraccas papers, of March Ul*t, are recf«v* ed. The overthrow of Monapas was complete, but his fate was not yet decided. Some persons were clamoring for b.mi-hmeii!, others for bis execution. Plactuds wire posted ill the streets rehearsing the ciimes of the illen ty raiit one of these gives an account ol the robberies per fCrated under Moiagas' rule, Hit.o.inii1. to over $67,oon,IHMI, ol which over six were taken by the two Monagas'. It is stated that the American Minister advised Monagas before the fall to declare Carraccas in a state of siege and himself Dictator. The Dutch. Spanish, French nd E.'gliish al so endeavored to prevent his faT). The (wo lat ter had sent to the West Iudics for vos.-els of war. It was thought that the whole diplomatic corps would receive their passpor tsfrom the pro visional government. llteWsmu. Co(smitl*o, ssod* a report with a MH toe tfeo m» tabliabingot ^,0wssa»« pfe**, W«*»g. en graving, lithographing and eleetrotyping, whiak together with tbe minority report propeaiM amendment* to the present law, wcr* rcferrM to the Committee of tbe Whole on the tut* §t the Union. "C Mr. Boyce, «f S. U., eaikd ap the rep*d«( tbe Committee on Elections in tbo N«tif*eka case, concluding with a resolution that Mr. Ferguson, the setting Delegate, and Mr. Chapi man, tbeconMstMgt have ttoelnstber time of davfor taking and returning supplemental? testtaoaj. .. n,e nsolution was am tided by extendi* th« ilnie to tbe 1st October, and p»*«ed. The House then *e*t into committee of tfcC:'* wh d- on tbe West Po.nl Availeu»T approiNrfcao-,* tion bUL Uunug tbe discussion Vr. Giddings asked sr. Co"ib when tbe K*nsae eofn aMtee wrmld port. Mr. Cobb replied, when the existing diAfctilw, tics between Lecompton and «nti-L*"C'-njp:0#| democrats became reconciled, iu order thai i ief may have power enough to sc*ttl»' the lofc Tbe VV*at Piaot Academy appropriation was finally passed, and the lloutie adjourned, SliNAT*. Numerous inemorutU and resoltf tioiu were presented, anting ether*, one Irefl? Mr. Cameron from citizens ot Philadelphia, foe •iid to a line of steamers between Philadelphia and Southampton. Tbe Senate Commute* of conference on tba Kansas bill bave Mr. Eiigliso'* loll iudrr con* •idi-ration, and it issuppoaed will arrive at soma conclusion to day. Mr. Durkee presented the resolutions of Legislature of Wisconsin agatmt the Lecomp to i constitution, Mr. Mallory reported with amendments froilf the Committee on Naval Affairs repay $750 for re airs to the bark Ellen tor damages su*taiue4 rescuing the passengers ol lite steamship Central Ameri a, and it waa passed. Mr. VVtUon on leave introduced a joint resoa lotion that the President be and hereby is au» horized and requested to suspend lor tut- yeaf 1 the aale ol public lands advertised lo beaold ia he Tjiritorv ot Kansas during the mouth of July, 1858. Mr. Mason introduced a joint resolution an* ihorizing the President to take such measures against Paraguay as the refusal of that Govern merit to make reparation 'or firing into the U. steamer Water Witch rnav demand. Mr. Mason stated that Capt. Page would soon sail n a small steamer lor thj locality in question^ to co-operatc with any force tlutre may b« re qu'red to obtain reparation. Mr. Douglas and otheis fnlly concurred In thsf resolution. Mr. Collainer could not vote for tbe resolu* •ion, inasmuch as it was virtually authorizing a declaration of war against Paraguay. Mr. Mallory spoke from good authority, when he said that Paragnay ready at any time to right luo wrong committed. The true course was to send a Representative that understands ihe theory of her Government and speaks the Ungaaiie, and he did not doubt that friendly relations would be established with that young and rising republic, whose commerce is so va« luable to tfte United States, and which is now on the eve of a war with a more powerful uei libor (Huenos Ay res), which circumstances wonld render it ungracious iu us o send a bos tile message at the preseut junction. The special order, viz., the Deficiency Bill, came up. The further consideration of Mr. Fessenden's amendment confirming the appro priations in the bill to the fiscal year, and the sp. ci iH»r»noii for which they are voted was debated Alter some discussion of the amendment and the general merits of the bill, the Senate ad jouui ned. tba report of tbe Select Committee on pub lic printing exposes in detail the way in which th» contract scheme operates in that particu lar bralic'i ot the service. The Comimiiee say that the printers to the 33d aud "4th Congress eaoii unacrict his contracts lo other parties, re serving to themtelvcs a large per eentage.— Their [Mtr ceniagus amount at present to about #20,l)0o. A .similar state of lacts exist wiili re Kard lo contracts lor bindiug—that lor the .I4lli Congrc.-* was contracted lor at 22 per cent less than former prices. The contractor sold his contract lor ptrceiil on tiie gross amount, and it Mib-contnictor re-let to a third party, who agieed to do the work and pay their half tbe pi ofiis lU.er deducting the jer cent to the original contractors. The grand total paid tor printing, binding, engraving, lithographing and eieetrniypmg fir Congress and the depart ments (hiring the 33d and 34th terms is upwards ot $.yioj,iM»o. The Committee wttb a view end the pre sent abuses propose to establish a bureau for the purposo ol printing, binding, 4c., the office of superintend! ul to be abolished. They are satisfied tiia' by this method the woik cau be done ai. a saving to the Government of 30 or 40 per cent. The instructions to Commiaaionsr Reod have been made Cleveland, April 21. The schooner Ford, from Toledo tor Oswego, with a cargo of pork, went asbore here hist night not seriously damaged ar^o and crew safe. TlarrisVirp, April 21. The bill to abolish Judge Wilmoi's Judicial District, passed by the Senate u sicrday, caused mi exciting discussion iu the llju.se this P. M. The call tor the previous question was not au* tuined the vote thereon standing 31 to ii- Richmond, I'a., A ril *21. The working men ou the Reading K ilroad of this place struck to-day ou aco unt ol the non payment ot wage.,. Some of th* il is report ed have received no pay since ihe 1st ol Jan uary. Roche ter, April 21. The interest in tbe Little's murder case (till continues. The court loom Was crowded with an immense audience to-dav. fhe mother of the prisoner S out suore that she washed the blood and mud off hi- boots the iiijjht alter the murder. Slias Stout, the prisoner'* bi other, was then sworn. He testified that the pi isoner told him where to find the cap, p:nai..T spectacle*, which were discovered at the scene of the muider, aud he lound them at 7 o'clock on the morning alter the murder. The prisoner's torn clothes were also shown and identified. The prosecu tion will probably rest tbe case on this side to morrow. Washington, April 20. Mr. English's bill is still under eomideration of the Senate's Conference IVmuittce with a fair prospect ot an ultimate .igieemeni. Many consider this already certain. Met-. Sewa.-d and Howard dissent. The several political par ties were this evening, and are to-night, much interested in privateiv dtscessing the measure SKNATE.—Mr. Houston, ol Texas, spoke in fa vor of our instituting a protectorate over Mrxi co. Alter pointing out the difference between the northern boundaries of the States of the Union, he went on to define the plan and to show tbe benefits that would accrue boili to the .... Union and Mexico. The protectorate must be i of the success of which no detinue notion cau self-supporting,—the protected paying evpen- be furni d. It is probable the Conference Cnm ftfii, which they could do hv assigning her reve- niittee will rep«rt to-moviow, nue for 10 years. Our Gult Squadron is suHl- Many ot the letter* addressed tojlhe managers cient to protect her commerce, and GO.txiO Ol the bogus lotteries recently broken up iu troops, judiciously posted, «ould pieserve Inter the North, enclosing thou»unds of dollars, have nal ordrr. Mr. II. explained the circumstances t'been lorwsrded here to ba restored-tO their deluded authors. Halifax, April 21,1 p.». Wc have a thick mow siorm wtih a strong p. E. wind. No signs ot the Canada. Halifax, April 21,8 p. m. Snong east wind—snowing. Nothing of ihe Canada. Boston, April St. The Royal Mail steam ship America will sail from thia port at 1 o'clock to-day, with AO pas sengers lor Liverpool, and 14 for Halifax. She takes out (i2iS,ooo in specie. St. Louis, April 22. About 8 o'clock this even ng the steamer Ocean Spray waa totally destroyed by fire, about five miles above this city. 8 or in per sons were los». The burnii boat floated against the steamer Keokuk, lying above the citv, which was also destroyed. The Spray WHS valued at 135,000—itiMired for |25,(hhi in Pittsburg offices. The K okttk was valued al fM.ooo and insured for $23,»ijo It i« impos sible to obtain full particulars to night. York, April 22. The entire police furce has been ordered to bold theinsalves In readiuens to uigbt ia antici patin of disturbances okcaaituad bv the Had Republican deHiou*truliiti. Tne French, Prussian, Mexican and Brinah Ministers arrived fcerr i*-0a irea Washing tea. public. Tee Secretary ot Slate in- lorms hun ol tbe objects which it is understood France and Kngland seen to accomplish that as tar as by treaty stipulation, aud instructs him that the President vsews them as just and expedient, and he can by peaceful co -opera- lion, jie expects him to aid iu their accomplish ment. lie is to communicate frankly firm representations, with ihe British nid French Representatives, but the ef forts ou his part to procure treaty arrangemeuts tor the extenaiou and more protection ef com mercial intercourse wiih China must be confined to appealing to and policy the justice of the Chinese the Authorities, and eave Government to determine on the course to .be adopted should bis representations prove fruitless. The Ocean Mail bill of Mr. Florence provid ing lor five routes, viz: fioui New York to Havre Via Southampton from New York to Gluchstadt via Plymouth, Havre and Rotter dam Irom New Ui leans via Havana, Bermuda, Fatal, and Salt* :ner lo Bordeaux and Irom Norfolk to Nantes. The size of the steamers is fixed at AUMI tous speed aot less than 10 miles per hour, and tne compensation two dollars per mile. The 'otal pay per annum to the five lines would be £881,887 estimated receipts |889,!60. ihe Supreme Court, to-morrow, will deliver an opinion sustaining the opinion In ihe lower court in the case of McCorniick vs. Manny for alleged infringement ot tbe reaper patent. The decree is again against the claim ot McCormick. Tbe instructions to Commissioner Read tur thcr say With the domestic institutions ot Chi na we can vc no political concern, and to at tempt a forcible interference with them would not only be unjiint in itself but might defeat the very object Uesued. Fortuuatelv, however, commerce is oue of the mosi powerful means of cmlUtlion and national improvement. By com ing imo peaceful contact with men of other re gions and other races, with different habits and greater knowledge, ihe jealous system ol seclu sion, which so long secluded China from ihe re.-t of the world, will gradually give way, and wiih increased intercourse will come tbo»e arne Iterations in the moral and physical condition ot its people which the christian and philanthro pist have so urdently desired. Mr. Seward introduced a bill, which was read twice and referred to the Miliiary Committee to secure the prompt construction ot a line of tel egraph across the continent from San Francisco, following the mail route via Ft. Smith to St, Louis. The bil. provides that the Hue shall be commenced from the ('a^iem aeuliun within days, nnd from the Pacific within KO days alier the pa-- .c'e of the act. The line is intended to supply facilities to the government for trans portation of the mails, and the public for com munication purposes the tiill asks luo feet right of way, with a government contract in aid ol tbe project. The contractors offering ample guarantees against any abuse of tha powers granted by goveruinent. Springtieidt III., April 31. The Douglas Democratic Convention met at lo o'clock thia morning, and was called to order by Hon. Alex. Strawu, chairman ot the Slats Central Committee. Hon. John Moore was elected chaii man. The committee on credere rials reported ninety seven eounties with tive hundred and twenty delegates. The Conveuiioa then proceeded to noiuiuale candidates. On the 2d baliotl W. U. Fonday was nominated lo* Slate Treasurer, and ex Govt rror French In# Supeiiiiieiidrnl of Public Instruction. Resolu tions endorsing the eoura* of lbs Illinois dele gation in Congrese waa passed without a die sen ting voice. The Buchanan Convention was organized Hon. John Dougherty as Presideut, with tiva Vice President*. The committee ou credential reported twenty eight counties more or lesa fully repreaeuted. Resolutions strong! v eudor^ ing the course of tbe administration ware pa.^ ed. A resolution was passed postponing noud nation ol candidates to a Stale Coua'iluliou, t* he called on the 4ih of June. Tne people aee to be addressed bv a special committee, seilii^ forth the views ol tbe adiuiuiatralioa. The Rochester, April 2S. The Prosecution closed iheir case this mora ing. The opening speech of the Defence occu pied ovsr two hours. Counsel admitted thai the prisoner killed Littles and threw off tha plank into the river lo conceal his guilt, lb said the prisoner confessed the crime but clair»4v it was not premeditated murder, and asks tIM Jury lo find lmu guilty of manslaughter. TUfc case will go to the Jury to-morrow. A fire at Lima last night deaireyeJ the Am* ricau Hotel, a saloon, a shoe store and otbft property. Loss unknowu. Baltimore, April S2. By aa arrival at ibis port from Kio Janeii# we teara that the **er was fast abating, onto* 10 or 1« deaths ecearrfng dally. 1 AjwU.aJi, 1 weather is now clearing tip, but —Hiatal UaOaiada. Wtad North.