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190liitcoV OgritulturaU 0oaal, Cainmemal, Igecljamral, general News M.I. i i i i i T. BROWN, EDITOR PROPRIETOR. Courier. ALTON, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY MORNING, 20.,1857.

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THE AI.TOM I'SAME SIZE AS THE rOBUBBBDXTZKY WIDIUDIT 1 re TERMS: To BmcleSubBcnben, in tdrance OO To ClBbi of Three in adrance To Cluba of Four, in advance. oo To Claim of Six, in adrance OB AirertiMnunU durged same at Daily. THlj COUKIEK. 2 rsia-LABeE PATES FOR THE COUNTRY mxr THOBSDAT TBX SEWS OF TBE WEIK. TEEMS: To Staple SubKriben, in OO peryear To Oluteof 1 75 per To Olnta ol Ten, madvance I "0 peryear To Club, of Fifteen, in 1 SO peryear An.

an copy to the getter up of the Club. Advertising Bates. luw or In, tat OC Each inkwquent insertion Onemonth Thive OC BusineK Cards, 1 year, 1 square OO Displayed price. Jr for Che Wuutuc must be presented by fl o'clock, Wedmteduy morning, tn secure insertion. aST- Advertisements for DAU.Y and WJEEKLV to be charged 50 per cent, additional on Daily prices.

liberal dlnconnt on tltc aoove rmtes wUI be made to regular Advcr- Olarbs. ALTON, ILLINOIS. "THURSDAY MOSSING, AUGUST 13; PKOGBESS OF PDBLIC OPINION. HAS THER1 BEE. AST TOR TSABS Who can be fool enough to asksuch a quM tion, we hear eome one say.

Startling it IB we grant, jet none the less appropriate am well-timed. Let the-question be answered by single historical fact. At. the' flref session of the Legislature of Maryland, ti which WILUAH PINCENSY was elected, hi made a speech upon the report of a aom inittoe appointed to consider the laws that State prohibiting the voluntary emanci pation of slaves, in the course of which he used the following language: "For filiaiie, sir! let us throw off the'mask, 'tl a cobweb one at best, and the world wii! se through it. It will notdo thus to talk like phi loaopnera and set like unrelenting tyrants; perpetually sermociiing it with liberty for and actwal oppression for our commentary "That tbe dangerous consequences of this Fyfr tern of bonduge have not ao yet been felt, not prove tiisy never will bf.

At li-aet tne ejps- riment ha? not bepo sufficiently made to preclude speculation and conjecture. To me, sir, nothing lor which I have not tlie evidence of my senses is nore clear, than that il oar day Jalroy tint liberty it the vitcl fir.nctple of a Did he not speak with a prophet's tongue Are we not now by un administration that sneers at tbe Declaration of Independence a government which has for the irst time, omitted the celebration of thai at the National Capital; government which openry avows as one of its irmciples of action, tho theory that men created unequal, and that some men were born slaves to others. Snch is the public of the TnEHKW IU INDIA, theNew York Times The man who of all others" waa the 'fittest to have undertaken the suppression of the mutiny in Ihdiaj and who. was more with Sepoys that any other General ot his tune, fair CKarles papier, the conquer- er of Send, is wow no more. Ten yeara ago, when great dancer threatened the Anglo Indian Empire, all eyes were turned to to him as the last and best card in a dei- perate game.

The Sikh campaign was opened omimously on the bleguy held of ChOtianwaliah; and the madcap "impetuosity of Lord Gonch had lost, the sterner, though no less brifliapt genius of ''oldCharley" was Brokenin health, crippled with wounds, with means impoverished durinj; fifty years of active sorvice, smarting under the ingratitude of the Company wnosevast territory he had enormously increased, he, nevertheless, embarked at twenty-four hours notice, and during the short time in which he held the jervicobyhi the follies to which, there ia no doubt, much of the present troubles owe their origin. 'Napier's comments uponthe proceedings'of'many of the Courts-martial held during, his stay in ludia, and bis fare-; well address ta the officers on leaving it, were documents which any one who wants to stndy'the causes of what is now taking place in'Bengal, would do-well Coining from any otuer living man, thotte seething denunciations of folly ami tsstravr agiinoe, of inattention to military duties, and of other objects ol ambition than the comforts and efficiency of regimentj would have laid tho writer open to tho charge of presumption, and his lessons to that of hypocrisy or exaggeration: but Napier's career from the dav on which he fell with eight wounds in front on the heights of FRIDAY 14. TAOXICS. UUOK NOTICES. HUNT'S 31EECHANTS MAGAZINE.

We are in receipt of the August number The chief end and object of tha periodical. Though devoted more tcularly to the interests of the merits, as its name imports, it is neverthe- to the general reader, contain- irano party and its leaders is to do, art au i arly it honestly if they can, bul to role at all a3 ltg trembling on the verge of a pblifical'bankruptcy, 1 on the eve of losing that position which they have so matter it is published month- long and so unworthily held, they leave no eacb number L0ntinmn one hundred expedient uatrjed whergbyjo retain a little ftnd thirt S1I page8j bv FKKEMAN HUNT, 142 longer that sweetand morsel, poixer. Hence all their innumerable turnings and advocating -a theory us outrage and surp a lt gtrfletj New Terms five do ars aye ar. STATES We hayo lately been much pieed by the brings to Hght; the new planks evert" is profusely and contains instructive and amusing being engrafted on the already over-lad -n structure: The Democratic party does not lead i 'follows them. Subservient 'rending.

One of its chief attractions is 0 nVery caprice, it seeks to worth the pr.ee the Each nuia- power nnfl place by a page, prmted large lltal it "resorts to low trickery nnd jarcfiiced' frtiu'd. Without honor, with put principle, it is 'td-ilaya party that has no mai-kt-d line 'of public aim to accomplish, ho national'enterprise to in- augariite. ri'olTiing which it can claim as peculiarly its not even the name which it so unjustly usurped. 'Ttistead of being a party aiming to promote tho welfare of the people and the in- munn. had been too nobly simplcj and too whoso sole aim it is to benefit earnest, to make tils preaching lack 'individual members.

Every hew place, force or point. No man could so weU ad- cverv new aecessien of strength, gives as- of paper. Published by J. W. EMEKSOX ifc 371 Broadway, New York; 3 dollars per year.

The same persons also publish the United States Juurnal, a large monthly paper, each number vjntuiuing 10 quartu pages; uO cents per year in advance. TUB UOKTICUTURKT. We are iu receipt of the August number of this valuable journal of rural ait and ru- ral taste. We have lookod over its pages with interest as we always.do, and wo find no diminution of attractiveness its pages. The Horticulturist is ona of the most irgree- i wo hnve.

aad we shoul ld be Ublu t-'Au sorry to loose it as the publisher intimates we may in ati accompanying Though our sheet may not do the Horticulturist much good, yet the latter does us an infinite deal, and it is more blessed to give than to The present number is Jilli i with various articles on all subjects SATURDAY MORNING, ATTGPST 15. AStE OUK 'OF ANV EFFECT Illinois, and especially the southern port of it, seems to nave been turned into a hunting ground by tho zealous champions of Slavery. Particularly active in the business are the sheriffs and other officials of those counties of Missouri that border on the Mississippi Kiver, and Ifo opposite to the lower portion of this State. Filled to overflowing admiration of the institution, and eager to distinguish themselves in its service, they sally forth from their homes, cross the rrvor, and lay hands upon any negro that may be so unfortunate as to fall in their way. If that person quietly 'submits, ho is' taken over to Missouri, locked up in jail, advertised, t.nd, if not claimed within a certain time, sold.into Slavery If, however, the unfortunate individual should be so deluded as to suppose that he has any his own, and should choose to exercise those rights, be la forthr with captured i-t et armis, or shot down without a moment's hesitation.

These tbingsyare constantly; occurring, and are constantly permitted and. winked at by the. authorities'of those places wherein they occur. In tha St. Louis Republican we find'the'following; significant advertisement: UNAWAY Tafccii up in Coir Illinois, and committed to jail in Diaries ton, coanty, Mio- on tha 15th dny of July, 1357, a negro omn calling himself JASIES and he ir, free.

Suit! ubout 40 years' old, mulatto color, weighs about 160 pounds, and is about 5 feut or ligh; lost Bouie'ol lilt frout and jaw teeth, und bmartly gray has a seiir on his left elbow, tiro amall Ecaiv oo hi Htoinuch and breast, unii suiull. Bear on hid left eyebroiv, and on the If ft ide ef his and se veral small SCUTS on his nd foet; had on -a Wack felt, tweed coat, cotton pants, cotton shirt and broguii shoes. owner of saiJ alarp herehy rpquiret! to THE SEW MERCHANTS EX- CHANOH OF 8T. This mrgnificient building has been completed and opened to the public. Marking it does a new epoch in the history of architecture and the arts the West, it may not be amiss to- give a brief description of it for the benefit of our readers, For such items as we may give we are indebted to the jfwsoun Democrat of yesterday, It is built in the palatial Lombardio style, which prevailed the palmy days of Ten ice Resting upon Mi aohd foundation of limestone, it rises to the hcighth of some fronting on Main street, showing a front of three stones on that street, jind of four stories.on.Commercial The principal entrance on Main street is eighteen feet wide by sixteen feet in height, and is connected, with an entrance of co responding dimensions on Commercial street: exchange hall, is one hundred and TWO by eighty-one feet clean.

In.the center of the hall, is an opening of fifty feet, from which an airy and symmetrical spandrel dome rises above: the innur surf nee of which has been decorated with the most glorious frescoes in the West. is that of a perfect square, and along the sides range two elegant corridors, leading to eighteen commodious The ceiling and dome of the hall are sup ported by iuttid iron columns, two feet ii diatqeter, and the roof is covered with cd tin, perfectly fire-proof. The building is constructed of a beautiful und durable lime-stone, quarried on the line of the Pacific Of the frescoes which adorn the magnifi- cflnt.doine, speak in.terms of too great praise. The name of the artist, POUAREDE, is of Hself'a description of work. But be seems here to havo excelled himself, and in a task rapidly executed, has thrown around himself and the city of his residence, a mantle of glorious fame.

At each corner of the dome is a beautiful spandrel, dacorated by medallions in pure alto and basso ornaments being in the latter, and the figures in the former. In the spandrels on the south sldo, we have figures, representing the Atlantic -Ocean, pictured as the grim and hoary Neptune, and a figure representing the Pacific Ocean. You Would take your oath of it, on first inspection, that thu figures are standing sepa- rato and apart from the wall on which they arc painted, so perfect is the illusion of the relief. la the spandrels on the north side of the hall wo have first an allegorical representation of the River Amazon, in alto and basso relievo, and an admirable one of the sources of the Slissujsippi und Missouri, the former being typified by a number of beavers, and the latter by eagle. The Father of Floods bears a helm in his hand, symbolical of the vastest river marine on earth, and on Ins right is a vase from which a copious stream of water is flowing.

The intervening space is filled with arabesques, charmingly light stone tint, and of such precise imitation of atucco work that the nearest approach afforded the spectator from the upper corridor renders him uuable to dispel the illusion by the sense of ight. Below Is a cornice, also of besque, encircling and, as it were, enfram- ing the entire ceiling, in alto relievo, and adorned by medallions and roseties, But higher up is the crowning excellence of the work. The ceiling is divided into four eliptical panels, in which are gathered groups of allegorical figures, emblamatic of America, Europe, Asia and Afrieli. Each, quarter of the globe is appropriately and beautifully represented in the highest style of art. The (whole domu forms one of the finest specimens of frescoing in the country, and reflects great credit upon the libemlity and taste of the eouimuity.

The cast of the building and ground was somewhat above one hundred and sixty- three thousand dollars. The rentals for the whole building reach the faandseme sum. of $20,000 a year, of which, southward from the entrance, stores number one and two are leased at $3600 each, number three at $3100, and number' four at $2000. The hall of the chamber of commerce pays $2500. In addition to the apartments occupied by the Chamber of Commerce, tho block of buildings includes the beautiful edifice of L.

0- OAKNIEB, the offices of the Franklin, the Citizens 1 and the and Manufacturers' 1 Insurance companies, the liquor store of P. Aims the German Saving Institution, the City Bank of St. Louis, "unJ the banking house of PACE BACON'. 1TKTI18 OT' Last weeb JACOB Srsuwir, sold to wres of land for $97,000, cssli." -Another trwt, of 1,100 tares, was bought by CoL FUCK for $40 per iora; 'and another tract of 750 acres, partly inproved, was bought by Jooir ALBXAHDKB, for $45 per acre. All these lands are within three and four miles of Alexander, on the Great "Western Railroad, in Morgan county: (J The Warwick Bank uf Bhoda bland, and Exchange Bank of Bridgeport, bbunwticnt, have been refosed at the Suffolk Bank of Boston.

I 'The vote on jomt ballot in the next Ken- Know Nothings 67: -NasJiville Gazette of tha 5th JSx-SenatorHoPsissIi. XuBsardied snden- iy, of the'disease of the heart, on Saturday evening He died while in the act of walkine from his his're8id3nce. Mr. TDKOT -was a and politician of more than ordinary reputation. Ho has served his district in both branches of tbb State Lflgialatore, in the TJ: S.

House of Representatives, and represented theStatoone termintheD. S. Sen- I i The Hon. TnoKAa L. Democratic Member of Congress from tha sixth district of this state has been attack edtrith hemorrhage of the lungs, and at last advices his recovery Vas deemed doubtful.

The Attorney General of theU has Decided that Capt. WILEES, who was subjected to a heavy expense in defending himself in-the courts, against the prosecution of seaman -whom he punished at sen, shall be indemnified by the Government. -HouACB GREELEY, of the New York Tribune, and his family, will again sail for Europe October, to be- absent probably. for a year. New York editors here a penchant for European life.

Mr. BRYANT, of the Evening abroad with his family. Mr. i of the Times, gone to place; his wife and children in Paris for a The wife of Mr. BKNNBTT, of the resides ntly in Paris, nnd, report says, spends quarter of the great -income of that establishment, or not less than $25,000 a year.

Two men of Rochester, N. undertook to swim against each other on Lake Ontario on a wager of fifiy doUaja. They struck out for ths Canada shore, sixty miles distant, with a boat accompanying, the first one that give out to lose. After swimming a few rods, a big wave swamped thcr-i both; they shipped a great quantity of water, and had to be token into boat, almost senseless, neither parly winning. Thero is a peony root in the garden of THOXAS ATKISS, Middletown, which wa brought from Birmingham, Warwick county, England, about two hundred years ago.

Is has always been in the possession of one family, and has- been several times transplanted- There were 2,000,000 Iba. of whalebone in the United when the hoops first came into vogue, and this was selling at about GOc per-ponnd. Since Janurary 1st, 1857, the imports of this article reached 1,900,000 pounds, yet there is now little or no stock in the market. What remained in. the seaboard cities has been nearly all bought up at $1.00 per poand- Kansas City contained a population, on the 1st of June, of 3,224.

The inhabitants of the city proper number of McGee's Addition, 752. In November, the population was 4SS, and the assessed value of property was Now, the taxable property is aboii: The first vessel, wholly loaded with grains which left the port of Chicago, was a small schooner na.med after General HAERISOX, of oije hundred tons burden. She was loaded with three thousand bushels of wheat, and sailed for Buffalo in the summer of In 1855 the grain shipments were 21,500,000 bushels. The Wheeling Times states that the freight recently accumulated at that point in consequence of the falling in of Broad Tree Tunnel, and which has been sent by steamboats at Parkersburgh, and thence oror the Northwestern road to Baltimore, is estimated to have reached tho very respectable amount of thirty-Jive hundred tons. The banking and exchange office of Cotes 6 Brother, late Cotes, Dyrenf nrth on Randolph street, Chicago, has been The Chicago papers say the credit of theso bankers will not be eOected by their suspension.

A Kansas correspondent gives, as fol- lowes, the views of ex-Governor SHANNON on WALKER'S military demonstration against seems half ao well pleased with WALKER'S revival of war, insurrection and treason, as ex-Governor SHANNON, who resides as a lawyer at Lecompton. He declared himself entirely eclipsed, nnd said there was no point in his administration so brilliant as WALKER'S marching an army against Lawrence to tell them that they preceded to commit treason they would be traitors!" The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University at its recent meeting, elected Rev. WM. M. REYNOLDS, D.

D. of Pennsylvania, President of the University. Dr. REYNOLDS is a gentleman of high literary attainments, and is eminently qualified for the post to which he has been chosen. We may consider the Institution as made if it is successful in obtaining his services.

He has devoted nearly twenty-five years to the business of teaching, and stands at the head of his profession. As a scholar and teacher, he has not his superior any where in tho West. Tho wife of MONTGOMERY LANDT, living at Kistaiom, Greene county, not long aince presented her husband with three boys at a boing the third occurrence of the kind in three years. The Tvhole number of emigrants "arriving at the port of Now York during the month of July was being ten thocsandnine hundred more than arrived in July, Nearly one-half of the whole number were from Liverpool, and only 415 were first class passengers. All but about five hundred of theso have already come to the West, or will in a few days.

The number of vessels bringing these emigrants was 83, of which 7 were steam propellers. "It is estimated, says tho Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, that the new dome for the Capitol will weigh 7,500 tons, and that its erection will take ten vears. The newHousa of Congress will be ready for occupancy by a year from next nofc in the coming session, as it was expected. A North American Temperance Convention is called to meet at Chicago on the 10th of November next. J.

E. YINWN, Chicago, is Chairman of the Corresponding have.on hand a largo stock oC Calendar cords for 1857, which we Vill sell at cost and print them at a low figure- Some of the styles are beautiful just the article for our merchants to send out. Call and see them. ot Boetoa Dinner at Hahant oftht 1 Tooth Dental Fearful Dental Dmtat I NAUAST HOCTB, Aug. i Whilo deeply interested an tha ducuttion of tho luxurious repast provided lor Eiappy guests of this mansion ywtflrdAj ternoon, my attention was dnvrtaCOT tiw.fy- sound of music of a wild and Saracenio cto- scziption, resounding the fliforiftr.

the building. The melody appaaxad to that portion of tho "Battle of which represents the "cries ed," accompanied by an tmHmiie of exertion on the part of the boss drum. Hastily rushing dow, bearing elevated on my potato from which had cuticle, (Stephens gives us element potatoes, it takes twenty to akin ana properly,) I beheld a mmberiw some three or four all in their Sunday clothes, every man wthacigar in his mouth, slowly and solemnly moving past 4 the hotel. They bore a at thoir head, on which waa depicted an enormous corkscrew, or somo instnuunt of that description, with the idbtto, "A long pull, a strong pull, tand a pull altogether." Judge of tnv artoniahnttni and delight in recognizraz in. the bwrer of this banner, friend, thtt philanthropic Tushmaker, of wide-spread dental renown.

As the procession reached the front of' the hotel, each man threw awaj his cigar, and having replaced it by a quid of tobacco, ilefilod on ths eaphuiaao beneath the piazza, in a tolerably straight line, and then gazing at the dows, opened his month, from one auricular orfice to the other, ani showed his teeth. Never have I seen glittering a display. Filled with about to ask an explanation, xriend Bolittle, from had rushed to the window at the time with myself, saved me the trouble, byT demand- ing; with on incoherent and exceedingly sal pronunciation, "Why what on airUt this ere?" replied the courteoM nf equalled by the beauty of his person, "this, sir, is the American Dental AasoeiatioiV composed of members from all both continents, and the British West Indift Islands." Jerusaleitij" said three hundred tewth It is indeed a thrilling spectacle. To think of the amount of agony that body of i men had produced, and were capable of yet producing, to think of the blood they had shed, and of their daring and impetuous charges after the gory action was over The immortal charge of the six hundred at Balaclava was not a circumstanae to the charges daily by this three hundred. As Hiram bad truly said, these were dentists from all parts of the civilized world, and elsewhere.

There was the elegant city practioncr, with shiny hat and straw colored gloves, side by side with, the gentleman from the country, who hauls a man all over the Ho or for two hours, for a qturtir of a dollar, and who gives him the worth of his money. I observed that forty-seven of them wore white Itats, and two hundred and aixty-gight used tobacco in some form. There can be no question that this substance is preservative to the leethi I served, in the rear rank, the ingenious gentlemen who invented the sudden though. painful method of extracting a tooth by climbing a tree, and cpnnecUng by a catgut string the offending member with a strong Itmb, aad then- highly successful mode of operation, hut not calculated to become popular, in the community. He worse huckskin moccasins and did not appear to be enjoying a successful practice.

But while I gazed with deep interest upon the assembly, tho band struck up Tom Tug," and avray they went. Three times they encircled the hotel, then, with their wings aslant, like the fierce cormorant," swooped down upon the bar, registered their names, and took a grand united Federal drink, (each man paying for bimaelf.) Here toasts and sentiments were the order of the day. The American Dental watermen, we pull one Tt-ay aad look "A three dollar cavity, verv filling at the woodcock, emblem of picks up his living from the holes, and passes in a precious long bill." "The memory of Doctor drank standing. These, with other sentiments of a similarly meritorious character, were given, aud received witn great applause. Having all drunk from the flowing bowl, the.

Association again formed in line in front of the piazzas, which were now crowded with a curious and admiring throng, and sang with surprising harmony the following beautiful, plaintive and appropriate chant: "Oh, JonathanGibbsbebrokebistewth A paddin' a Jonathan Gibba broke bia tewth A eatin' paddin' a pnddin'. IL Great Jumps of snet they stuck intew it, Intew it, intew it, intew it, intew Great lamps -of saet they stuck intew it, Aa iig as my two thumbs." This chant finished, and the applause subsiding, aa air of gravity come over the association, and the presieent, Dr. Tush- maker, stepping forward, announced that a few pleasing and wonderful performances would now be gone through with, with, the object of exhibiting the dexterity acquired by the members of the society. Then turning to the line, he gave the command, tl Draic In an instant every one of tho association -was armed with a brilliant turn- screw. "Fix!" shouted Dr.

Tushmaker, and each member opened his mouth and attached the fearful instrument to the back tooth. "Jfaul!" screamed the "Hold, for God's sake," shouted but it was too late; three hundred double-fonged back teeth, dripping with blood, were held exultant in tho air. The association looked cool and collected; there might have been pain, but, like tho Spartan boy, they repressed it; tho ladies with a wild ary of horror fled from, the piazza. ulace!" shouted Dr. Tushmaker, and in a instant every tooth returned to the mouth whence it come.

I understood it at once; it was ball practice with blank they were all false teeth. Several other in- teredting exercises were gono through with. A hackman passing by on bis carriage was placed under the influence of chloroform, ill his teeth extracted without pain, and-an entire new and elegant set put in their place, all in forty-two seconds. His appearance was wonderfully improved; he had been known for years as snaggla toothed Bill," but a new and more complimentary title will have to be devised for him. Wonderful are the improvements of science.

At 5 o'clock the procession was reformed, and tho band playing Pull, Brothers, Pull," the association moved returning by the Nelly Baker to Boston. I hove never seen three hundred dentists together before, and I don't believe anybody "else ever did; but I consider it a pleasing and an improving spectacle, and would sng- gest'that toe next time they meet they make an excursion which shall combine business with pleasure, and all go down together and remove tho snags from the mouth of the Mississippi. We had a hop here last night; Belle, a- youoff lady from Boston. Good bye. Remember me to the Tewth Doctor.

Yours respectably, J. GREAT MAIL ARRANGEMENT WISCONSIN. The Milwaukee Wisconsin, for the encouragement of those who have correspondence with the Northern portion Wisconsin, relates some facts in relation to the delightful certainties of the mail arrangements in that region. The mail for Superior the lake towns there, is sent up the Mississippi to St. Paul, and then is dispatched to its dea- tination on the backs of half-breeds.

Mr. Fargo, who was the first man through, last spring, in a buggy, found some four or five United States mail bags hanging on trees, at the mouth of Kettle Kiver, where the cor- rier had left them, rather than carry them: through in bad weather. The water had. trickled into some of them, and they were pretty badly wet. The carrier was sorting out the wet letters, throwing them into the river, and patting the dry onea into oMier bogs, thus relieving himself of the extra weight of water.

Perhaps he wanted test the different conveyance, by sending some by ATTORNEYS. JOHN II. YAGER, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOXAKY PUBLIC Post Office baildng, Alton, 111. JjSS dwly A. H.

ATTORNEY AT LAW, POST OFFICE BOILDIXG, Bells Street, Alton, will Rive prompt attention to all business confided to fcim.particu- larly colleet.onfi- lie will iilso attend to the of against the United States Government. ATTORHEY AT OFFICE OVER MET- ft Hibbard's Book store, THird slrwt, Alton, Illinoie. nnl SETII T. SATVYEB, TTORNKY COUNSELLOR AT- LAN, and Public, and Com missions- for the of Miesoori far-taking depositions, etc- Office on Second street, Alton. jnnl dff MCI END S.

BUTOEBFOBM, ATiXJtKEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, AL- ton. 111. Office on Belle street over the ost Office. 5 mOKTON S. fflcATEK, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT Will ive prompt personalattentiun to all street, between Stale, Alton, 111.

ap27 dwly tal and its environs to-day, and were a member of the Legislature of Maryland or anv other Southern State, to make use of uch language as that quoted above, he would forwith be driven from the State. Of uch summary proceedings, numerous examples are fresh in uur PISCKNEV, lowever, instead of being proscribed for iis plain speaking, was elected a member of lie Executive Council of Maryland as soon his legislative term expired, and became 'resident of the Board. Taking this as a may we not sk, has there been any progress in public entirnent during the last seventy years. here has, will not some one tell us it as been made, and in what particular di- couli warn a gay ensign of'his dangers this, they scruple not to reson to curred 011 account or aatd within three effectually as the gray-headed veteran, who the vilest fraud. These are not idle and charges, but facts that can be subst'UjLiiitcd by incontrovertible evidence.

That we have not judged party too hnrsiilv, the following instances, but a few out of ninny tiiatuan lie called to mind show. BIGLER, a. Democrat, for 1'our vears held tho office, of Governor of BANl) JAMES, W. Jos PWUE, M. V- 1) OTTO ItS JAMES VOHFK, OFFICE ON THIRD STREET, OPPOSITE TJ1E Alton over Wm.

Port's ctore. jy3 im. c. TTIIITK, TliE OFFICE OF WHITE 4 CARR has removed over the Alton Bank, corner of Third and streets. 'S7 dw.

DB. J. GKIM3XED. rtESPECTFULLY TENDERS HIS PP.OFES- services to the citizens of Litchfield mnd its vicinity. at hia drug store.

Litchfield, maylS 5fi-wu. MERCHANTS (JEW. THOEK. V. C.

MARTIN. GttOBGK AUCTION A COMISSION MERCHANTS AND Real Ejtote Agents. IHimiw, are prepared to receive uiert-bacdisf, tor auction or private proceeds i-romiit- ly remitted at current ratws of Refers to UP X. Brown Alton Courier, Turner, P. U- Whipple, do; lone Scarritt.

do; Hon. R. W. English. Po-t Master.

Witt. C. ARCHITECT, CARPENTER AND Piasa street, one door from Third street, Alton, III. All work promptly done in the £. It LA I It, SUCCESSOR TO-BLAIK, SALLINOER will continue the wholesale crocpry where he hopes to receive the liberal patronage heretofore extended to the old firm.

Alton, dwtf K. KINO, DEALER IN STAPLE AND FANCY GitOUE- riea, Provisions, wholesale nnd retail comer State aud Third ati-eels, Alton, Illinois. 4. U'UOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN boots and dry goods, and ready mude clothing; corner Slate and Third janSC-dwly WOKICS. J.

B. BKAUMOKT, DEALER IN MARBLE monumectij totnVstonw, nrnitnre slabs, Ac. Aiso, cement, plaster pris, plastering hair, marble duct, white exnd, wholesale and retail, tstreet, Alton, Iliinmn. janlniwly A. KUDU, 0- I- HUGHES, J.

J. MODI). ITICDD III'tnKN, RODTJCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Wo. 33 Leree and 66 Commercial streets. St.

Louii Mo. U. A. January A Doaa, King Woods, A Collins, ivellogg A Kirl.y,Lncas cimon-ls, Charlw, Uliw A Co. janl-dwly (MrORTERS, WHOLESALE AND BETAIL in china, glws.

Britania ware, looking glares, table cutlery, Third etreet, dw I. U. DEALER IN FANCY AND STAPLE DRY Ehoes, Caps, and Rendy- Made Clothing, corner of Main Kreet and Coilese venae, Upper Alton, Illinois. nl dw WHOLESALE AND UETA1L DEALERS Rligo and Tjrone iro; and nails, nhelf and hardware; tin, copper and sheet iron ware; cloves, tin plate, copper, nvets, wire, Hock tic, fpel itheet line, Second street, one wwt State street, Alton, janl dwtf LYME H. HFTCALF, JAMfiS B.

D1BBARD. PIKTCALF IIIIKIIAKD. WUOLKSALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN ktibool, miMellsneoos and blank books. Bta- tiopwr, wall paper, window ftncy nni variety goods, ride Third stieK, Alton, (llinuia, i liw i-uMMissioK "AND FORWAKUINU MKU- chant, Alton, Illinois. Office and nwunbost Unding.

janl-dwiy B. D. TOPPIS1. H- TOIlPlBfl. J.

8. TOP tCICOTXIKIES. IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN foreign and -Jymeatic hardware, cutlery, guns and rifles; also dwilerd in iron and Second street, Alton, Illinois. jo.nl Jw CAttn. 4 G.

S. KKLLENBERUER, INSURANCE Brokers. Alton, Illinois; Office OB Third Phinney A jan2tf-'57-dwly BAXTKKTOM JOUSEt SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL ten, and paper-bangers removed nwu- E. L. Dimmook A etore, on Second Hreet.

Jlao agents for Janice Howard A composition roufing jani-ly VIIO BOVRIiT IX AIV9 WHAT DID HE PAY? The government u'as recently made a sale the Fort Snelling reservation. This, lough sligbtly passed over, is yet quite un uportiint transaction, and one of which we lould like to be little better iuforiiiei. lan we are. All that we know is, that Mr. "'RASKLIS STEELE, who-resides upon the res- rvation, ia the purchaser, that he has paid ic first installment of the purchase money, that an order been issued to put him possession of tho tract.

How much ho aid, aud for whom he bought it, are facts which all, save the parties to the transit-on, are uninformed. The Fort Snelling reservation consists of 3,040 acres, an entire township, of the ost valuable land in Minnesota. It lies at tc junction of the Minnesota, with theilis- ssippl river, six miles from St. Paul, and ijuut the eame distance from the city of and the Falls of St. Anthony, iree places which have carried the masia ir the land speculation tho furthest; tiing so near the city of Suiat Paul, it course must be extremely valuable, ai has, in consequence, long been looked with eager eyes bv speculators, llad been sold at public auction, as it shouk have it would doubtless have brough as much, if not more, than was ever paii for a western town site.

Its value has beei estimated at from one hundred to one hun eabiuiiibcu tin xxuiu vim uuuuiuu prOVCU luO plucix Ul tuu uitrii, uu juss LIIJUI dred aad fiftv dollars per acre. At the the confidence of the Genorai. He received the first charge of tlie Ilussian cavalry made before the Scots Greys hail had time even to Caddie their horses in line, without even attempting to form a square, and repulsed them by three voliies, before thsy had approached within three hundred yards. Had the uianosuvre iiOt succeeded, he would, in all have been tried bv Court-martial for brcuub of the regulations: as it he was gravely censured: but in war, "successful boldness is one of the tests of genius. At the last assault on Sebastopol, after the attack on the Kedaa on the morning of the 8th of September had failed, bis division was mustered to repeat the attempt at daylight on tho following morning.

It was composed of the flower of tho British army, of the veteran troops who had marched up the slopes of the Alma "comme ties mu- D. n. it in i r. WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND roRWAllDINO and commission merchants, Front and Short stratts, Alton, Jan. 1, .1857.

AND FORWARDINU MEK- chwta, dealer dry goods, clothing, janl-dwly JOHN W. ealer Iu Family Pro- ririonB foreign and domestic fruits, oonfec- tionariw, east State opposite Wall janl dw 'Alton, Illinois. CHAB. D. ABBOTT.

ABBOTT BBSJAHFS T. KIKCKAIt. KING3TA1V. MANUFACTUREES OK SASH, BLINDS AND dealers iu Lomber, Lath, Shingles, Ac. Factory, yard and office, SOO Clark itrwt.

OA- Taylor and Twelfth atreett, nw II. I. and M. S. R.

R. Frtight Chicngo. lort of pricM faniished dealere on application. apliirly WIJLLIAin BBTJDOS. UNBERTAEER, AT HIS OED STAND, ON THE corntr ot Market and Second MTMta, coffin maonfaeturer and nnena cnder- Uker.

S. I also have m- vault in Alton and wiU accoMmodrte anypewon who wufa to their fnendi, on nwonaUt twnu. Also patent '66-wly that. grown great and famous by a life of iabor, and liardship, and When ae died, four years ago, in the old manor aouse in Uampshiro, with tup colors of his; waving befora his' closing eyes, England lost the only man whom the public rrjcw to be equal to every crittis iviiich needed bravery, sKill and judgment. Sir Coliu Camphcllj we learn the Itiat mail, been selected for the duty, for whicli Napier was chosen in the Sikh War.

L'he (jovernnicnt called on hint to save ndia. Against him, it has bccu urged that, he has seen a great deal of lighting IB has never yet h'ad the opportunity ot" himself capable of conducting operations on a great scale, of conceiving wide combinations and leading them to a successful concentrated issue. The facts ire certainly all against him, but the presumptions are all in his favor. lie has never commanded anything larger than a division, it is true, is not supposed be a better General of Division, lie has fifty years in the army, and has served all quarters of the glvbe. So long ago as 1S08 lie was one the forlorn hope at he storming of Badaj in the Peninsular enterprise iu -which success was von by the loss of two thousand men out of he five thousand of which the storming mrtv was composed, and all tins in a breach io5 "more than twenty feet wide.

India Jhiua, Australia, have all of them been luce the scene of services whicl lace him among the first soldiers of tli ige. At Alina he led the Highlanders gainst the terraced batteries by which the Topes were lined, with a vigor which would lave been admirable for a man of thirty, nd was astonishing in a veteran of seventy, dismounting from his horse, he put jimself at the head of the brigade, word in hand, and in true tishion, took off his cap and waved on his men to the assault, shouting out in a way aat revived a thousand memories of the Id glories of the.clfins, "Follow me, my ids I None but Highland bonnets here nd climbed the heights auiidst a rain of shot, and entered the batteries in a rush. At Inkermann he was not actually engaged, owing to the fact that he was performing the important duty which he was left io discharge during the remainder of tbe winter, of protecting the towu of Bulukiava frum all attacks on the side of Haidar, such as that of Gen. Liprandi on the 25th of October. On that morning he performed, with one of the Highland an exploit which almost rivaled charge of the Six Hundred, and which, if it was rash, at least proved the pluck of the men, no less than or lie will be sold on the 21st dny of November, 1S57, for cush, at the Court lu is faid'county.

W. P. MYKICK. Sheriff of Mississippi county, Mo. Now we would like to ask what particular right, W.

F. iCK, Sheriff of Mississippi appertaining to the science of horticulture, AIo. though -he bo, has to cotnc over Into Illinois, kidnap an individual. fornia, and yet he never was legally elected to that station. It is now knowii that in Sun Francisco County alone, the number of illegal votes cast, was iicarlv if not quite as great as the majority be obtained, and that had only thu legal votes been counted, he would have been forced to remain that obscure which is his natural place.

Juu.v a Democrat, received a certificate of election as delegate to Congress from the Territory of Kansas, and took his seat us such, and yet he had not the shallow of a just claim to that He never was elected to it, anl himself well which iiccoiiipiinicd with elegant appropriate illustrations. Altogether and toko over into Missouri, Jind advertise him for sale? He has, according our consider the liorticuturuit the most valuable journal of the kind, anJ atlvi.se all of who 1'eelan interest in tins subject (nitil who does not?) to send their names, with two dollars, to ROBERT PCASLEE SniTiij tin: publisher, Nos. 17 anil 19 Minor street, Philadelphia. By clubbing together four copies can be obtained for six dollars. AS A gave financial opcnitious of the Government" in ilo t'f the Fort Snelling tho raiilts as St.

Arnaud remarked former rate the whole would have brough $2,304.000 at the latter $3,450,000. A public auction, with proper notice in advance, it might have commanded a stilf higher price. The people at large have a right to know the terms of this sale, and wanting such knowledge, have good reason to indulge ii grave suspicions. The action of the government in the sales of the public laud wherewith we are acquainted, is not such as to inspire any great confidence in it: honesty or rectitude of principle. Fo: months backs, written applications for thi purchase of this land have been sent on to Washington, to which it is averred, no answers have ever been returned.

Recently several prominent politicians of the South have visited the Territory and purchaset land in the vicinity of the reservation Mr. FRAXKLIS STEELE is the nominal buyer of this reservation tract, but it Is evident that he himself could not have paid the just value of the property. Such being the case, it is but fair to presume that he holds it in trust for others. Who are these persons Who are the real buyers? What did they pay, and what were the terms These are plain, straight-for ward questions, and as such, deserve answers equally plain and straight-forward. The Administration owes it to the people whom it ostensiblv serves, to make a ful and frank disclosure of the facts in the case.

Corruption seeks concenlmentj hqn est and fair dealing desire publicity. Kim ASK A Nebraska held an election on the first Monday in August, for a Delegate in Congress and members of the The contest was a very animated one, as is the case in all new Territories, where the number of ofBcers'bears no proportion to the number of expectants. At the start, there were dozen of aspirants for the office of Delegate in Congress, but it seems that they gradually decreased, until, on the day of election, only lour candidates were for. The follywing is the vote of the cowr 1 tics, except one, Uacotah: Judge FiTguson. ..........1,470 General Thrnrer 1,308 B.

D.Chapmun 1,114 Colonel Rankin The St. Louis Republican of yesterday, says: But we have news a day later from the Territory, in a letter from a gentleman dated on the 8tfc, in which he "Although the official returns are not received, vet it was conceded, on my touching at hn, that Mr. had succeeded in the election, by a majority of thirty-nine votes. Yet the election was a close thing, and being so close it may yet be considered of doubtful certainty, as official returns and sanguine hopes do not always correspond." We don'Twonder at.this price of intelligence, for CHAPMAN cheated himself Into the SunSay, Thnrsdav and jester- last "Congress, and he would of coarse do day, n.ore ram fell in this neighborhood it again if there was, any possible than for six months jpreviouSj we bebeve. It U.ft vaj peculiar to some Democrats, of Yesterdaj afternoon, after considerable getting into office without elected, threatening, we had an hour of most red CHAPMAN is great in any such game as freshing rajn, which, for the time this regr but who by tueir position at Bulaklava had escaped most of ttie winter hardships.

The retre'at of the llnssians during.the night deprived them of the glory of the trial, und, all likelihood, saved Sir Colin Campbell for a more important duty. A month afterwards he assembled his division in a hoi-. low square ou the heights of Uamara, rode into the centre and took a lust farewell of them, and, as he then thought, of active service, in a simply and manly speech, which moved two-tbirds of the men to tears. His fifty years of battle and storm, were closed, and they and he, he said, would march and fight no more together. The remainder of his life he intended to spend in retirement, and the nest trumpet which should rout-'O him would be the last chat would eyer sound.

His promised repose has beeB rudely broken in upon, and, though still a hale and hearty yatm, it is hard to believe that the responsibilities and labors of the task he has undertaken will not prove too much for him. Of his fitness for it, there can be no doubt. It is of far more importance for all the of his present service that he should be a man uf vigor, energy, mination, and foresight, than that he have directed operations on a largo scale in the field. There will be mv elaborate zna- ncuverinir between the troops and the mutineers. What is wauted in the General-m- Chief-in India at present, most of all, is tbe art of inspiring-confidence in those whom P-- he couiinauds.

importance this sacrifice every principle of honor and jus- quality in tbe prest-iit position of iheEuro- ropeau troops and residents cannot be overrated, and no man possesses it in a higher decree than Campbell. His personal popu larity in the army is immense. He unite ifiiy uiu uruij is iiumeiisu. AIU unnus great'sale or tuc pure-oiooueu bo atolid endurance of the Anglo-Saxon. 8horfc hornca cat tle 3 also hordes, sheep, and with the fire of the Gael.

There is no doubt that he would have been appointed to Efa ownet tho IIlm 13 ass command of the army in the Crimea after Lord Kaplan's death, but for ins notorious antipathy to the rreachjiviiich ho never sought to disguise, ind which, with him, was no doubt a tradition of early life. He 2oes out, one of th6 best of a grind eneration, all of sprung fro'm the people, and risen into eminence in-spite tho cold.shade of aristocracy. Gopgh iind We now prcftfnt-our readers with a history of two othor stieeulatious of a similar import. Quite a number of yeers Congress, through logrolling inuueneo and without the least reference to public utility, passed an act providing for a navy yar-1 at Memphis, making a liberal appropriation for the work. Its final cost, if we remember rightly, was about $700,000.

It was never uscil fur naval purposes, and was not, from first to last, of the value of a penny to the Government. A few days since it was sold to a company of northern 'capitalists for so that the Government loses half of its original investment, and the interest on its money. Another case is the following The government wished to purchase a tract of hind on Long Island, whereou to 1 a fort. tu come down to the smallest of the Thu owner asked $120.000 for it. which small, the meanest of the mean, ILvNX'ocK' price thu government thought was outru- knew the fact.

B. CiiAi'MAK, a Democrat, held a seat in thf last Congress as delegate from Nebraska Territory, and yut he well knew tli.it lie ha-1 ho right to it; that it belonged to another man. Yet he succeeded in keeping it, and so well was he pleased with his success that he is about to try the same ime again. Wa." A. BAKSTOW, a Democrat, received a certificate of election to the office of Governor of Wisconsin, and occupied, for a time, the Executive chair; yet he was not elected to that office, as he himself in common with everybody else was well In spits, however, of the wishes of the people, he persisted ia holding the office until he was igno- miniousiv ousted thert'froui by the Supreme Court of.that State.

laws, been guilty of kidnapping, and is liable to punishment for that offence, under those laws. Chapter 30, Section yf the KevJsed Statutes of says Every ptfivon who shall forcibly stenl, ute, or Jim-it uuuij urcMld. whether white, black or colored, iu Lhi." State, mid convey him or her into another or territory, who 1 forcibly take or arrest or persons wlu.tsoever with a design to of tnke him or her imt of this without according ti a Democrat, now holds the office of Lieutenant- Governor of Missouri, and geons. While those eminent professors of the Art of IIow not to Do ir-, wore haggling is by accident, the acting Governor of that with the proprietor, a speculator stepped iu State. And yet he hus no more right to and bought it for uiul the prop- that office, than has A.

DOUGLAS or erty appreciated directly to £200,000. The LVJIAJT TRCMKULL. lie never was elected to i speculator got that price, making it, and never pretended to be, but was out of the operation, placed in it by the vote of a Democratic Thus it ever is with- the authorities at Legislature, iu direct violation of all the Washington. They always pay the biggest laws that govern elections. Were a writ of price for every thing they want to buy, no quo warranto applied for, he would un- matter how much their economical scruples doubtedly be ousted from his usurped poai- were first shocked, by a lower price.

Ion. It seems that these frauds are not yet ig- ruys-yjOKiors norcd by tho party which inaugurated About tlm middle of last month. Juux G. Astounded by the defeat which has proba- KEST1C was traveling in the southern part bly overtaken them in Missouri, they are this. State.

On the 13th of that month, now casting about to find some way in in )i Qkaw Bottom, about one and a half which to thwart the popular wish as es- eg eas Vandalia, traces of him were pressed at tbe polls. At St. I.ouis ii is very i generally believed that extensive frauds aro jeing perpetrated at the office of the Sucre- tary of State. These reports are accompli- nied with the insinuation that that func-j tiouary is by no means above The Deniocrat of yesterday morning, iu speaking of these frauds, says seen. Since that time nothing has been heard of him.

Circumstances load to believe that he met with foul play, his wagon and team being found some distance In the woods, his carpet sack cut open, and the contents scattered-ou the ground and about the wagon. The citizens made diligent search, but no trace of the man dould bo found, lie has relatives and friends in Michigan and Missouri. Editors will copfer a great favor bv calling attention to this, as some light may thereby bo thrown on his fate, now in- vtlved iu mystery. Uuil-jd Jatalcs. Khali, upon conviction, be deci guilty ol" kidnapping." instance of the Punishment for the oficncc is not less than one nor -less than seven years in the Penitentiary.

Is not this applicable to tho ease in hand This W. F. MVRICK comes over the river, seizes a negro, who claims to be and who is to be so considered until proved otherwise, and without having established any claim to him, takes him over into Missouri, and advertises that unless claimed within three months, ho will be soid into slavery. The probabilities are that he will not be claimed, that no one can claim him, and in consequence he will be sold as a slave to the highest kidder. Were his the unauthorized net of a private individual, it would not be so worthy of note, though the of tho oflbnco would not be mitigated in the luast.

But an air of legality is given to it by the endorsement of the Sheriff In his official capacity, and by its publication in the loading paper uf the State. It is. however, nevertheless a direct aud palpable violation of our laws, and as such the perpetrator is accountable to them for it. But thut region of territory in which it was committed is inhabited by a race of hopeless doughfaces, who.believe that to catch an'd carry back into servitude fugitive slaves, is the chief end and object of existence, the noblest work in which men can engage. They are-not moved by such outrages, but rather glory therein.

Therefore it is that they so often occur, that na more heed is paid to our laws on the Of what avail arc such laws, if they cannot be enforced? It is bad enough to be disgraced by the occurrence of such scenes in the State, but that they should, although open and direct violations of the Jotter and spirit of the law, bo passed over in silence as praiseworthy and right, rather more than anv civilized community can with any degree of self-respect endure. JVe stated on that iinleiia frauds WITO the election of Mujurltulllue wasa- fart. reilPrutf tiie same to-day but M'e it to add ihut are cojivincrtl that raudi: pcrjtrlratfd. Oiir advices from tlit? City of rfon nro to theetfrct that already yamc of. has been Tims, tlu- coun-, ty of Polk has been certitied to Uie Secretary of; State ndorse majority forSttiwart, and da up auuuii giving Stewart twokmulrctlautl thirty-one We further thiit the nujlifiers in their despera-Ueu have, sent out ruimers to meet tlie that the CouuiKK Bindery turns out the iiies5engera bearing th'o returns of therpiuaining counties, with instructions to alter the figured to he of the cuae.

This fuel would to have already transpired in regard to' Adairaiid Marit's, which show lijures that cannot accounted lor on any olher ground. If the Imt now Col. Acock eends up aii amended return FAXCV BlXDI.VG.- It may be DCW ifl SOmC i of our readers, but it is none tbe less true, Traud has been thus begun, where thall it The villainy Hint was perpetrated atthe Hes- MOB, whereby Hancock Jackson was deciarod Lieutenant Governor, was only consummated by Uie fraudulent returns'from J'vii; county, and now ve have tlieidiir mun, in the cartniy, moving LII behalf of a lik? fraud." These facts are significant of the deter- rice that iitioi) of the Border Ruffian party to car? tue ir -P oint ilt "azards. They are do- ermined to elect their candidates fairly if Taey can; if not, to clicat them m. Are we lot borne out by facts in saying that they lave no object, no aim, but the obtaining of lower; and that to "obtain this they will SALK 01' l.TlPOKTliU STOCK.

The great'sale of the "pure-blooded and Smith and Napier, and most cf the heroes, of the Peninsular and of the recent campaigns in India, were men of comparatively obscure origin small means. They were produced by a'great crisis, and after a long lives of toil nnd success, have mostly Campbell is one of the lastj and is, in many respects, tbc noblest Kouian of: them all. which weie purchased in England and Scotland," will be sold at auc- ton on tho fiir grounds, near Springfield, on the SGta'inst. In the catalogue there aro twenty-one and heifers, ten bulls, three horses. long-wooled ewos-rrfull-bred four c.gut South- Down oweSj four South-Down -nuna, seven Berkshire sows, Berkshire boars, sis Insh, Cumberland and Yorkshire pigs, and Sve boara of the same breed.

arc: ten per cent, of purchase money to be paid on day of sole, the remaining nine-tenths on the first of January, with six interest from day of sale. The stock will be on the fair ground, near Spnngfioid, from tho 10th of August to the day ot sale. atmosphere. Indolent is a stream that flows alowly on, yet it undermines every virtue, finest fancy bin'Uug that is done west of the Allegheny Mountains. If you want a book splendidly bound, as present to your sister, sweet-heart, or friend, call at the COURIER Bindery and it will be done for you.

If you want an elegant book for the parlor table, coinu uiul get it. If you do not want anything, come and sec specimens of binding, and then judge how fur we represent our ability correctly. Our stock of gold, silver and other fancy papers and leathers is very large and embraces thu finest qualities known to the trade. that the fall business 13 about to commence, our merchants should hand in their for cards. We have on hand a very heavy stock of cards of all colors and Having recently put up Gordon's celebrated Fire Fly Card Press, which feeds, info, prints, cuts and counts its otcn deposits them in a bos, at the rate of Ten Thousand-per hour, wo arc prepared to print cards at greatly reduced rates, when in quantities.

Having two Card presseSj wo can, supply cards at the rate of thirteen thousand per hour. BLANK Boots. Do you want blank books any possible size, shape, variety or style, paired and with or without printed headings, this is tho place to get them. "We have just received a very heavy stock of the 5nest and heaviest blank papers, and employing none but the best we challenge the to show equal work. Call and see some specimens.

NOMINATIONS. Advices, from ornia state that JOHN B. WELLERJ late S. Senator, has.rcceived the Democratic nomination for Governor-of- that State. She Kcpubboan Convention nominated EDWARD STANI.KY, formerly of North, Carolina, for the samo office.

ITliiTlS Of SEWS. In Chicago, JAJIICS II. TEMPLE, who seduced his ward, KKGNET LAWSO.V, and Dr. JAMES SWAXSEV, who assisted him in a forcible operation which eventually caused her death, have been fully committed for a trial for manslaughter. The demand for autographs of distinguished persons has given rise to tho counterfeiting of them quite extensively.

K. P. WILIS says, in the Home that he has found, in several collections, whole letters signed with his name or initials, none of which he ever saw before. He says he should be exceedingly suspicious of the autographs which are offered for sale. The yearly expenses of the Post Office at Chicago Illinois, amount to about seventy- four thousand dollars.

There arc eighty-seven at an average salery of six hundred dollars. There are 122 boxes, which rent at $8,293 pur annum; 842 draws, which rent at $2,020. The receipts for the last quarter are stated at $200,000. Cant. JOU.N POPE, of the army, lias been ordered from theplauw to tho command of the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, in the place of Capt NEWTON, deceased.

The wood repairing shop of the Chicago, St. Paul aud Fond du Lac R. with all its contents, including tlie 'entire stock of tools nf twenty or twenty-five handd, was burned early on morning. Two freight cars were burned in the building, and one new" passenger car outside, besides ono badly injured, and several bos cars more or less burned. Loss no insurance.

It was a cose of incendiarism. Tho Louisville Courier states that the proprietors of one of the largest flouring mills in that city have closed centracts for upwards of 30,000 bushels of wheat atone dollar per bushel. Wo also notice that it has contracted for at-the some price at Springfield in tho State. The Carbondale Transcript aaya Lost week the charges on freight forwarded from this station amounted to On Thuraday it was between $400 nnd That will do verv for a four-year old town. The Chicago Press of yesterday says We wereshown to-day, by C.

P. BRADLKT, a yery h-uidsomlv executed counterfeit twenty dollar "bill, on tho and Drovers' BankofWuyesburgb, Pi Wo learn that it is very nearly a fac smalo of tho genuine, and the only safety will be in refusing all his banl. PMST MILES, the postal reform man, says that the people of London wrote and sent by post 32,000,000 more letters during the last teu years than the people of the entire United States, while the population of London is less than 2,500,000, and that of the United States more than 25,000,000. And of these 930,000,000 letters posted in London, more than 400,000,000 of them were for local circulation within the bounds of London. The people of the city -of New York have not sent by post one-tenth of 400,000,000 letters in ten times ten years.

The entire number of local" or drop" letter? in the United States, 1S51, was officially reported at 715,428, or less than three- quarters of a million. The Galesburg Free Democrat says Mr. T. U. TAYLOR, of Wataga, informs.

that he has tho present season raised 2,012 buahela of barley on sixty acres of ground unoii his farm near that place. He sold it for $1 a bushel to BKLUBK CONGER, who shipped it oa thu cars to Qaincy last week. The seed was procured in Chicago less than ninety days ago. $2,012 received for the crop of sixty this ia $33,50 per acre, being the best farming account we have seen yet. The a Spanish journal, published in New Orleans, states, ixrib issue of the 24th ult.

fc that on the departure of the steamship: Texas from Yera Cruz, rumors were in circulation there that ex- President 'SANTA ANNA had died. No particulars are given, and the Independicnle adds that these runionf probably sprang from the sainc source similar ones it had received a few days previous from Havana, The Buffalo Express tells a good story of a Quaker who was charged tho 'exorbitant sum of seventeen dollars for a horse and bnsgy for a short drive, and upon being presented with tho bill, simply remarked: "Thou mistakest I do nofc wish to purchase thy establishment, but only to hire Patience is a bittor seed, but it eweet fruit. A constable in Cleveland, having on attachment for the proprietor of Mar manajwric, undertook to levy on an elephant one diy last Tin fortunately the elephant didn't reciprocate that attachment, the enterprising official had moveablo than the animal in question, run a smart risk of being thrown through the side of a buifding. The of a bad cause, is than the cause itself..