Richland County Observer from Richland Center, Wisconsin • Page 2

A WASHINGTON 1TKMS. New York, April coire.spondence:--Speaker Orr has pledged himself, in case ihe opposition' consent to a coinmilleo, to appoint Messrs. Stephens, Montgomery, and some leading Republican. It transpired lluit ihe i coinpton democitits held caucus fust week, and decided to vote for a committee of conference if Hiked for ly the Senate, but were ogiiinst the House asking for one. Gon.

Cuss' note to Lord Nnpier, relative to lite s'nvo trndo, i bo communicated to the Senate tomorrow ns nn Executive document. The Grnornl communicates to the British Minister the views of our Government at length, commenting i se verity upon the Coolie trude, imd the laws of England thereto, and also animadverting on the African apprentice system of Fronce. He regrets nbnso of the A i a flng by vessels i to claim protection, but does not admit a our govern ment is responsible for this abusu to a extent a it hits employed, in its efforts to prevent it. lie otso refuses to ncknowledgo a we are bound to another vessel to our African squadron; in i i tho treaty stipulntions, contends that wo have complied i thorn in letter nnd spirit. Private advices from Nicaragua state that Gon.

is in arms nguiiut tho government of i i nnd a jiffuirs in lhat country aro in great confusion. The steamer San Gtidass had been Mink by tho Nicarnguans, the Costn Rica guard a i been i 90 for aulMriptiOn for one jnr; 90 for club of leu( $20 club of Iwentj. Fnynble, admce. rntue will not apply to Ihe vlllnyo of BleblBiul Center. ISRAEL SANDERSON, EDITOR.

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I.l.COMPTON I i IVuihinglon, April Lc- cotiiptouitos frctly a a on a joint i i i to admit Kansas the Lr-comptnn i i if not in the precisu i of tho Senate bill, i such modifications as i not sacrifice i i i i of a meas- inc. Tlio Picsident has i to the regiments from the "Wistrrii States. Bfot Posted. Governor Chase of Ohio issued hiii i a i a i i a a i nig day. To make sine of being i on the subject in a the Governor composed his proclamation almost i of passages from the 1'ible, i he did not designate as quotations, presuming a i one recognize them and admiro the fitness (l the words ns as his ol i i selection.

A learned editor of democratic paper (the Govcinor I on the othci side) pounced upon tho i i a that Jio had i a i before--couldn't ex- tly sny he would lake Ins oath a it a i i iiiism from beginning to That would Imvr btcn joke enough for ni least, and poihaps the i paper r.ime out a i a in defence of tho Governor, pronounced tho charge false and hbtlous, and challenged any man i i to produce one single i of the proclamation that had ever been in i b( fore Found hii Match In the court of a sessions, a petty case was being Hied. A welt i i a a who prides himself upon his skill in cioss examining a witness, had an odd looking ge- i upon whom to operate. The witness was boss shoemaker. You sny, sir, that the prisoner is i Yes, sir, 'cuuso why, she confess' c.l it." "And you also swear she bound shoes for you subsequent to the confession "I do, sir." a sagacious look tb wo are to i llmt you employ dishonest people to work fof you, even after i rascal- ities are Of course how else could I get assistance from i Not mode out of a witness --1'hiludffphta North American. The CnptiYnted Turk.

It is reported a since his a i a in this country, on certnin occasion, a lady was i i i an clegunt Cnsh- rnere shawl worn by tho i A i a lie a a took it from liis shonldeis, nnd laid it upon her own to witness its cttl-ct, or, perhaps, mom a i to a i her a i The shawl was magnificent one, costing $4,000 or 65,000. Imagine the surprise of the A i a when she blush- courtesied to him, and moved i a off with the coveted shawl as--(i present! 33y" What aro you after dear a grand-rnothor to a little boy who about the room, and caatiog far live glances at a gentleman wjio was a i a visit. a trying to Jrical papa's hat out of Ihe room i letting the i see it--pwpB liitn to i ho'a out." Another Kansas Constitution. If Congress docs not get Kansn.3 nd. milted into the Union very soon under the Lecompton Constitution, there i ho another constitution presented to a body different in some respects from any which has been presented.

In a few weeks it will be voted on, be accepted by tho people, be presented to Congt ess, and then there will be a chnncc for another squabble. South- el congressmen will not go it, and tho Administration will damn it to the full extent of its ability to do so. i the Lecompton Constitution i fastens slavery on Kansas, and gives the slave but little more of right a a horso or a cow, this constitu- i as the Leavenworth Constitution--gives the negro a ptivileges, and elevates his'class above the condition of chattels, (for the particulars of i see another column). Of course i will not suit negro-ex- tensionists. They will oppose it, and uso any means to give illegal charac tor to it, but no matter, let them do a they wilt, they can not enslave Kansas in fact, though they give her a slave-constitution.

Tho principal objection which will bo raised against this constitution, and it must be a legal one, will be a the act of the Kansas Legislature which authorized Ihe late Constitutional Convention was illegal. will bo urged because Gov. Denver did not return to the Legislature the bill i his approval, though it was in possession three days befoie nd- A quibble will answer, so A General Black claims that it is illegal--illegal of coin so, because it is not a bond to enslave the black. How the Hatter Ja The New, York Tribune of the 12th iastant, we'flnd a clear statement of the position the Lecompton Constitution occupies befoie Congress. We copy it below.

What folly it is to oppress tho people of Knasas with such a Constitution And why ask them to vote on that which Congress knows is sure to be rejected The Senate matured and passed a bill, bringing Kansas into the Union as a State under the Slave Constitution framed last November at Lecompton by a body representing the ProiSlavery minority of her People; the House concurred in this action with an amendment, originally framed by Senator Crittenden (American) of modified and presented the House by Mr. Montgomery (Dem.) of Pa. after consultation with leading Republicans for the purpose of removing objections. This amendment agrees to admit Kansas, under the Lecompton Constitution, provided the People of Kansas shall assent to ratify the same, under. an to be held so soon as may be under the direction and control of the Governor and Secretary of the Territory (Dem- pcrati), and the President of the Coun- cil'and'Speaker of the House (Free- State), who jointly appoint officers of election, define "the voting districts, protect the'polls, receive count the votes, c.

If the people of Kan- 'sas should thus reject the Lecprnpton abomination (ns body knows they indignantly and overwhelmingly will), then a fresh Convention is to be chosen, a i i framed, which Constitution, having beeri'sub- mittcd to her and accepted by the Peoi pie, shall be'b'fpcially communicatVd to the President of the United' Slaves, who shall by proclamation pronounce Kansas a State of the Union, admitted by i of this act and her own proceedings under it. Here, then, are the two propositions in essence, as they now stand in Con- giess and before the The Senate proposing to pull Kansas into the Union under the fraudulently concocted Lecompton Slave Constitution; the House insisting that said Constitution shall first be submitted- to her and, if not ratified, that they shall be fully authorized and, empowered to make another and be admitted under it, as the Kansas-Nebraska act nnd the Cincinnati Platform processed guarantee, The Senate has rejected the House amendment; the House has voted to ADHERE to it, cutting off all propositions of compromise from that side. If the Senate also adheres, or if nothing is done in the premises, the whole project is stone a a Congress will soon be culled to pass upon a real application from Kansas for admission under a Free-State Constitution framed by delegates actually representing, her People, winch Constitution will have been submitted to and ratified by them, and presented to the House by their Delegate in Con- In Halation to Harder. The provisions of the new law rei 'latirig to murder passed by the late Legislature of Massachusetts, are as follows -Murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforethought, or in the commission of an attempt to commit any crime punishable with imprisonment- for life or with' extreme atrocity or cruelty, is murder in the first degree. Murder not appearing to be in the first degree is in the second.

The'degree of murder is to be found by the jury. Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree shall suffer the punishment of death for the same, subject, however, to such conditions regarding the time and manner of executing sentence, and the' custody or imprisonment of the convict prior thereto, as shall have been otherwise provided by law. Whoever is guilty of i in the second degree shall be punished by 1 imprisonment in the Stale prison for 1 life. i Southern The Washington correspondent of, the New Orleans Cresent AmtishesUhe following first rate notibe of' Senator Seward have'a, passion for fee'ward. es up'to my'idea fto'dil'i i comes my the Wandering Jew-- so cool, so clear headed, so indomitable, 'so relentless in the pursuit of his purpose, traverses torluous, but really slruighnine'pf'his Ambition 'with the of foot-steps that characterize a ropednncer, never missing a slep'J and keeping Kis eagle eye steadily fixed on'the goal'before.

The balance pole by w.hich'he pr'eseives his equipoise, is th'at cool big head, lhal bulbs out above his narrow shoulders. If he. becomes pur next president, and disunion does not immediately follow his election, I will wager thai he will so beautifully honey toggle and North, that the people will pronounce him one of the best Presidents had. Com. Let no farmer plant seed corn which is likely lo fail in germinating.

To put bad see'd into th'e ground and then wait a month for it to sprout and show itself, is very management. Nothing is gained by such a course. Re-planting may have to be done, and then there is the loss of time for the a i of Ihe crop. Plant nothing but the best of seed, and you will never have to regret it. Hart Beaton.

Thomas Hart Ben ton was great by the power of his unconquerable will. Without the extraordinary intellectual endowments with which Webster was i i any of those graces of a and chaims of oratory which distinguished the Great Kentuckian; i the splendid logical ability i i Caihoun palliated wrong and defended barbarism, Mr. Be'ntoa will go down to posterity as His industry, which never knew discouragement, his sense of which no paitizanship could corrupt, and his will, i overbore all obstnclesyop- posed, served him instead of profound insight and copious learning. If in his life and varied efforts he never rose to the commanding heights which only genius can attain, he never descended to the level along which meaner minds run. His work--and he accomplished an amount thereof that would appal most men--though not marked by profound conceptions or brilliant execution, was solid, useful, and enduring.

His reports, speeches, and his published volumes, are his noblest monuments. They will establish his claims to statesmanship, and prove beyond cavjl that his love of country transcended his obligation to party, his ambition, always tower- ting, was constantly subordinate to his duties to his Maker, mankind and himself. The old Roman is dead, but his example lives. Lucky will be he who, avoiding, his is able to im. itate the virtues of publip and private life, the intellectual accomplishments and deep moral culture, which entitle remembrance of his Chicago Hew Conrtitntton for The Constitutional Convention recently at Leavenworth, has concluded its labors and adjourned.

The following synopsis of it is from the correspondence of The Chicago Tribune On the matter of a homestead, it is Divided that each family may hold 160 acres of land or, in lieu of land, personal property to the value of $2,000 exempt from execution for debt. More than one.third of the Convention supported a provision to abolish all laws for the collection of debts; a majority were in favor of the principle, but it was deemed unadviaable to Tabular i OfOtt yuetffUtdftr Orrait Name of Town. Mottgomtrj M.OMhren. J.Alfcft BirtMT. Bi Bloom, Dayton, H7 No from ikU Lecompton Again.

There is still another chance for tho admission of Kansas as a State under the Lecompton Constitution. Although according to rule Lecompton is dead, still the Administration is so intent on carrying out its purpose, that the Senate has sent a message to tho House asking for a committee of conference so that the measure may again bo brought up and acted on, probably in some modified form. On tho reception of the message a motion was put for tho House to insist on its disagreement, i was lost by a tie vote. The proposition was then agreed to by a vole of 108 to 108, and Speaker Orr giving the casting vole in tho Dftinnativc. To us this looks i there is lo be another struggle, but what ii will result in is yel to be seen.

Change of Time. On Monday last, the 12th instant, two through trains began to run between i a and Prairie du Chieh, on the Milwaukee and Mis sissip'pi Rail Road; leaving Milwaukee at a. and 4:45 p. m. Leaving Prairie du Chien at 8:30 a.

m. and 5:30 p. a i i at Milwaukee at 6:20 p.m. and 8.30 a. m.

See the company's advertisement in another column. Death of Thomai H. Benton. Mr. Benton died at Washington on the 10th instant, of cancer in the bowels.

He was scvenly-six years old, and passed away so quietly and calmly a tho exact moment of his death is not known. Town Elections. The following is a list of ihe persons elecled for the diffeicnl towns mentioned for which returns had not been received at the time our paper went to press last week. Tho list of town officers is still incomplete--two towns are yet lo be heard from. SYLVAN.

Supervisors, Geo. H. Babb, chairman, Emanuel Taylor, Oliver F. Moore. Superintendent, Lyman Mathews.

Clerk, Joseph Markley. Treasurer, Daniel Clicgingsmitb. Assessor, Asahel Savage. Justices, Jacob C. Chandler, John Higinbothnm, John Wait.

Constables, Wm. J. Smith, Jas. H. Haggerty, Robert Marshall.

BLOOM. Supervisors, Thos. C. Clark, chairman, Jeremiah Walling, Jacob Tethers. Treasurer, D.

Morrison. Assessor, Adam Albaugh. Superintendent, Thos. C. Clark.

Justices, Nathan Ford, Jacob Yo. der. Constables, Thos. Staly, Hiram Spry. AKAN.

Supervisors, Zenas W. Bevier, chairman, R. Corothers, J. C. Jenks.

Clerk, Bi-0. Hallen. Treasurer, David D. Woodruff. Superintendent, Z.

W. Bevier. Justices, Geo. R. Barnes, Henry H.

Miller, Jefferson T. Smith, Barnard C. Hal ten. Constables, F. Harsher, S.

Dobbs, J. Wetzel. Jas. S. Chitwood.

Judge Gale. Harrison Reed, in a letter from La Crosse, 'writes as follows of Judge Gale, of that circuit: "With, far Jess ability, and under far less favorable circumstances, Judge Gaje has outstripped many who started with him in Wisconsin; and while many of them are dishonored and sinking into a premature and ignoble obscurity, he presides as Judge in on intelligent circuit, possessing the confidence of the people and in the enjoyment of a handsome erty." TheKeeortl THe 'Members of Congress from the Free States who have persistently voted not to allow the people of Kansas to say decisively by a majority vote whether they will accept and come into the Union, under the Lecompton Constitution, or rejecting th'is, frame another which shall be satisfactory to the following Senate. RRODB Allen.f NEW JERSEY--Wm. Wright, John R. Thomson.

PENNSYLVANIA--William Bigler. INDIANA--Jesse D. G. N. IOWA--George W.

Jones.f CALIFORNIA--William M. Gwin. Oiiro--George E. Pugh4 Bogus, Defying Instructions. Shuffling and paltering.

Total (Senate,) 9 prop- Since Calkins, of The Argus 6f Democrat, failed to get the appointment of post master of Madison, his paper isn't "quite" as strong a Buch. anan organ as formerly. It has lately been letting itself down as easily as possible. Douglas stock with it is now at par. It will no doubt soon begin to kick "Old Buck" in the-ribs.

What a power an official station has over some men's opinions. Those in want of Fanning Mills, will read the advertisement of Mr. Witter, in another column. Bail Bwd up Eagle Creek. On the 14th instanl, Mr.

Rodolf, Assemblyman from this counly, introduced a bill in the Assembly for "An act to incorporate the Eagle Creek Valley, Sparta and Black River Falls Rail Road Company." It was referred to the Committee on Rail Roads. Who the persons are Composing the company, we have not learned, nor does it matter who they are. A charter is one thing, and the funds to build a road is another. If a rail road is to be built through this county, a time of less financial distress should be hit upon. Biehland County The elections in the different towns in this county on the 6th instant, were nearly free from political spirit.

Two or three attempted to run party candidates, but voters could not be confined to party lines; local feeling governed our elections. Subscribe for The Milwaukee Sentinel. You will find the terms, elsewhere in this paper. t-Sf" We have received another lot of Chinese Sugar-Cane Seed. Those in want of it had better call soon.

In the House of Representatives on the 30th of March, Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin, presented the memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, asking the payment by the Government of the United States of the five per cent, of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. Also, joint resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin in regard to the admission of the Territory of Minnesota into the Union as a State. The edi or of Sun, in a late number of that paper, boasts of feasting on new Irish potatoes. The Editor of The Macon Messenger says he has had them for the last three weeks, and for the last day or two has been regaling himself on ripe tomatoes.

House. CONNECTICUT. Samuel Arnold, William D. Bishop. NEW Israel T.

Hatch, i i a B. Muclay, John A. Sealing, George Taylor, Erastus Corning, John Kelly, William F. E. Sickles, Elijah Ward.

NEW Huyler, John R. Wortendyke. PENNSYLVANIA--John A. Ahl, William H. Dimmick, James L.

Gillis, James Landy, Henry M. Phillips, William L. Dewart, Thomas B. Florence, J. Glancey Jones, Paul Leidy, Wilson Reilly, Allison White.

OHIO--Joseph Burns, JosephMiller. INDIANA--James McGregg, James Hughes, William E. Niblack. CALIFORNIA--Charles L. Scott.

Total (House,) 31 Vice President Breckenridge. It is known a some personal necessity has induced the Vice President to abandon for the present the Chair of the Senate. He has left Washing, ton for New Orleans. It is worthy of note thai up lo this day no man knows what is his position on the Lecompton Constitution. He has maintained a rigid, unbending reserve, strikingly in contrast with his general character, and it is asserted that the best informed political circles in Washington are unable to say whether he is for or against Lecompton.

Certainly, he has neither wielded the power of his office or private influence in aid of the Administration at th'is crisis. It is argued from this silence, that Mr. Breckenridge is, in his hwn mind, opposed to the policy of the Administration; but, being a member of it, he has not felt at liberty to embarrass its Commercial. Heal and Personal Property in niinoii. We learn from The Illinois Journal, that the returns of county assessors to the Auditor's office, omitting several counties not yet received, foot up follows adopt it during the infancy of the State.

The Educational provisions are very liberal. Endowments of lands were voted for the support and maintenance of four colleges and one State University. Free schools are to be kept open at least four months in the year, in each school district, and lo be open lo all children and youths between the ages of five and twenty- one years. An effort was made by the black-law" wing of the Convention, lo exclude colored children from the schools, but the attempt utterly failed--receiving not more than a score of votes out of eighty-two cast. In regard to the law of libel, it ia ordained that the defendent should be allowed to offer the truth in evidence and to show the absence of malice on his part in extenuation, and in mitiga- lion of damages.

On the matter of testimony, it is provided that no religious tests shall be made, nor shall color or interesl disqualify a witness, but the court and jury shall weigh the credibility of the evidence offered. A strong effort wash mode by the "black-law" members to insert a provision excluding, free colored persons from settling in the State. Afier a warm discussion the proposition'was rejected yeas 59 nays 23. So the stigma that attached to the Topeka is wiped out in the Leavenworth Constitution. Gen.

Lane made speech on the right side of the question, taking radical grounds boldly and unreservedly. Two yerrs ago he' sustained the disabling clause in the Topeka Constitution but-he has progressed beyond that miaerale prejudice. On the question of Slavery, ForeM, Henrietta, Ithaca, Marshall, Richmond. Kicbwood, Bockbrtdge, Vliow, Westford, ToUI, 46 60 41 86 80 from lawn, 109 rr time SytTtn-- Cmhren Bloom-Cotbren Akan-- Cothren 38. town, wen Mia by law for Uw retn? The Democratic tend lhat the Republicans have doned their principles and taken democratic ground in going for the Crittenden amendment.

If why don't the same democracy suitain on this democratic ground, to pass the amendment. db' mocracy contending (gainst democratic principles It would seem so from their own confession--FrecDemofrat. Gov. Randall of Wisconsin is winning the reputation of a veto executive. He refuses to special acts, and has' probably retded more bills this winter-lban all his pie- decessors put together.

The or wants general laws and no favoritism-- wAicA it Spring feU J4- pttbfican Massachusetts. $497,477,867 843,359,240 Chicago Democrat records the advent of four children at one birth in that city, on the 3rd instant. Ihe mother is a German, and the children two boys and two girls. The girls died shortly after birth, but the boys and mother are as well as could be expected. The LaCrosse National Democrat says-On the opening of the Land Office yesterday morning, the crowd was very large, embracing applicants from all portions of the district.

The officers will haw a busy time during the spring and summer, but they are aU I by the doctors spotted fever, prevails well qualified for the Jin Chenango N. Y. Total value of real and personal property in 1857, Total value of real and personal property In 1856, Increase in two years, 374,227,127 Which is twenly-two (22) per cenl. The exaggeration of values under ihe fever of speculation, is less than might have been expected; but it indicates one of the causes of the immense domestic indebtedness under which the people of Illinois are labor, Tribune. The ArmyiBill.

This bill has finally wormed ihrough both houses, and will no doubt receive the signalure of the President. It provides for three regiments of volunteers--one to come from Texas for the protection ot the Texas frontier, and two to be selected at the option of the President. A New York Regiment, Cot. Burnam commander, has been already accepted, and the other, it is understood, will be accepted from Pennsylvania. And so ends the bill for the increase of the standing army.

--Free Democrat. S-ST" A very fata.1 disease, called the Constitution simply declares lhat there shall be no Slavery in Kansas, nor Involuntary servitude, except for the punishment of crime. The most exciting and protracted discussion occurred on the suffrage question. The committee reported thai all male citizens over the age of twenty-one years, who have resided six months in the Stale and ten days in Ihe precinct, and all male foreign, ers over Iwenty-one years, who have been one year in the Uuited States, six months in the State, and declared their intentions to become citizens, shall be entitled lo vote. One portion of the Convention wanted to strike out the word male," so that women could vote.

They presented their claim with much ingenuity and plausibility, and obtained thirty votes in favor against fifty in the negative. After that was disposed of, came the tug of war. The black-lawites moved to insert the word while" before males," so as to read that all white males over twenty-one years may vote. Thursday was consumed in the discussion up to 11 o'clock that night. The arguments were renewed on Friday morning, and continued until the afternoon.

Nearly every member made a speech, and several of them spoke more than once. It was a contest of principle against prejudice, of equal lights against negro- phobia. The argument on both sides was pretty well exhausted; the speaking talent displayed was of a high oider. I was astonished to hear such a continual flow of eloquence sustain, ed so long, and with such unflagging interesl, on thja occasion. After a day's sharp debate, without coming to a vote, Mr.

Thatcher, editor of The Lawrence Republican, moved a substitute that the first Legislature elected under the Leavenworth Constitution shall submit lo the people the question of universal or restricted suffrage, to be voted on at the next election for members of the Legislature, which will be perhaps two years hence. In the meanwhile, universal suffrage will be in full force i after that vote is taken. All men with- oul regard lo nativity or complexion, will be legal voters. It is believed thai the black-law advocales will never musler votes enough to restrict the elective franchise below the standard now established by the Leavenworth Constitulion. Thus ihere will be one State whose Constitution will reflect the principles contained in the Declaration of Independence.

The people of Kansas do not believe that those Jeffersonian doctrines are either glittering generalities" or self-ev- idem lies," bul great practical Democratic trulhs. R. Potter, the Leoomp- ton candidate for Governor in Rhode Island was the leader of the Law and Order" party in that State during the attempt of Dorr and his party to establish a new Constitution. The Democrats then called him an Algerine "--now they make him their leader. The it appears, is to be guillotined for its ami.

Lecompton enthusiasm. Mr. Harte, correspondent of The Nep York Courier and Enquirer, has been expelled from ihe Reporters' gallerj in the. House, by Speaker Orr, for applauding the vote against Lecompton Gov. Chase and other prominent Republicans of Ohio, signed a letter to ihe Republican delegates in Congress from that Slate, advising against supporting the Crittenden amendment.

Their objections were mainly obviated by the changes made in it before it was offered. Caruthers of Missouri, was the only member of Congress absent on the vote on Lecompton. The whole number of members are 234. The vote wns 232; Caruthera being absent, and the speaker not voting. It was the fullest vole ever cast in Congress.

The St. Paul Minntsotian publishes a list of eighty-four of the lakes of Minnesota, which vary in size from one to thirty miles in length. There are as many mo're lakes in the Territory, but these were omitted from the list because they had no names. (SfAr, individual in Philadelphia, who committed perjury, by swearing thai he was ihe owner of properly to which he had no tille, wilh a view lo giving bail, has been senl lo prison for Ihree years. The President is said to have distinctly intimated that he ia not pleased with the course of The Wathington Union.

He objects to its war upon such men as Douglas, Harris, Wise, and Walker. GST" The editor of The Wood County Reporter has been presented by Joseph Wood with a lot in the viU lage of Grand Rapids estimaled to be worth three or four hundred dollars. A new play announced in Boston wider the title of An Editor with Tke Providence Jour. nal wonders whether he was a government officer, or been robbing a bank. The Assembly of Pennsylvania hag voted by 52 to 37 to sell the State Canals.

If they can't sell them money will be made by giving them away. A lad of fourteen, a son of Mr. Alexis Chase, residing in the north part of Potosi, Grant county, was killed a few weeks since, by being thrown from a horse. Hard Texai. A correspondent--Josiah Bishop, of Austin, Texas--informs us in a letter that the times are very hard in lhat quarter, and every thing is very dear.

Here are some samples of prices Flour, $16 per barrel corn, 92,50 to 93,06 per bushel; meal, sweet potatoes irish potatoes. $6 per bushel; lard, 25 to 36 cents a pound butter, 40 cents; pork, 15 cents and brown sugar, 16 cents. Eggs are 25 cents per dozen, and have been 40. are very near famine prices bul as ihe expression have been occurs in re alion lo eggs, we hope that it may shortly apply to all other articles of tood--Scientific American. The Point Pinny the Capitol was located at Madison through the most shameless bribery and corruption.

Let it be investigated by all means. In the Marine court of New York, it was lately decided that the use of the term Co." appended to the name of a person in trade, hav. ing no partner, is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment. Death has been busy among the Roman Cardinals twelve have been called to their last account tinco the beginning of winter. The people of Philadelphia are again urging the removal of the State Capitol from Harrisburgh to Philadelphia.

The Congregationalut, in an article upon smoking, street smoker is the tiunt of civilization." E3T" It ia rumored Eogluh fugitive, in tha recent conspiracy against the life of Loaw Napoleon, is in Washington. DSP" Government tract with a citizen of for plying 925,000 worth of camch fcr the of the army..