Decatur Eagle, Volume 1, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1857 — Page 2

T H E EA G I E ■ H. L. PHILLIPS, Editor. DEO ATXTRTiNDI AN A. FRIDAY MORNING, MA J.'-'7. 18BT. SPRING ELECTION. A week from next Munday, April 6th, wW be-the annual Spring Election, for the purpose of electing township trustees, clerks', treasurers, constables, supervisors in each township, and in Some there are Justices of the Peace to be elected, this Sb important election, one in which < aU are deeply and immediately interested Os*r kighways, school houses and the leVy of taxes for civil and educational i p'drpCfses; are under the immediate control pphqse officers, then it is highly imtliat 11-e very best men in each township bo selected to fill those important places. li&mocrats remember the day and de-' rgte it, to the interest of your township sad your count}’ and if rightly exercised will eventually prove beneficial. EXHIBITION. -The School of this place closed, after a Bci&En of four months, on Tuesday the. with an Exhibition —the exercit<3>, which consisted principally in reading original essays by the young ladies, and declamations by the young men, were instructive and highly interesting; each soiudar performed their respective parts icon manner which did great credit to tlfemselves, and honor to their teachers. AKrgc and respectable audience was present, and from their undivided attention it may be properly infered that they werctnuch interfiled in the exercises, and plea's ed with the advancements made by taie'scholars during the session. ( TLe whole exercises were agreeably interspersed with laughable pieces and rocllnrusie, and we were much pleased to observe throughout the performance, both in,icoxnppsitions and declamations, the high t one A: moral sentiment exhibited. The school was under the control of Ur. fc. 'L.. Cook as principal, and Mr. D. W. C. Rugg and Miss J. Kimberly as assistant teachers, much credit is due those pwsoas from parents and citizens for the iriitruc'tioss given and the advancements made by those plated under their charge. 10 ouit uirshffflJT^l'Ey.— W 3 snouia suggest to our business men of all classes tint now is the time to begin to make themselves known to the people of the advertising, handbills, <fcc. It is a's-’.rue as holy writ, that the man who advertises the must dues the best business, and we shall be happy at al! times to lend ott? professional aid in the way of editurial notices to inform our readers ofj agy new goods, new improvements, new machinery, &c., whenever we are put id possession of the facts. We wish to ; see our village prosper and are not miserly of our influence w here we can exert it. Kansas.—lmportant intelligence have been received from Kansas, Gov. Gearv has vetoed the bill to provide for taking the cencus of the Territory and for the cailing rtf a Constitutional Convention.— The Governor objects to the bill because it-make<! no provision for submitting the new Constitution to tiie people, and enters upon-an elaborate argument, to show that the assumption of power by the Legislature which stifles the voice of the people is contrary to law and common sense.— His message is a temperate papei, bui decided. The Legislature, however, pas«&<l the bill over the veto, and it is now a law. The election for members of the

Convention is ordered to take place in June next, and the Convention .is to asseadde at the Capitol in September. Congressional Statistics.—An observin'; correspondent, who has visited t’ie national Capitol, gives the following personal statistics of the House of Representatives: "In the last House, two members wore wigs, twenty-three bald headed, fiftybeaded, thirteen with moustache swenteen with glasses to assist their vissfott, four who are very near sighted, two who ttse crutches, (one noted for his wit, and die other for his silence.) The laziest man isP. T. Herbert; fattest naan, rfoftadiirey Marehall; The leanest man is A.’ -Il 6te>’cns; the wittiest man is Florence; the most modest man is A. H. Stcv?ps; the humblest man is Cui. Spinner; ttay»iftest men are Keith and Percy Walker, (Keith at his persuu, and Waikaf ’S/l his-position,) »'Hepj«ig the abo.e item may amuse, if nut instruct, I respectful] submit it tn the ©rvmpositnr. B

jEyThe new Senate of the United States being in session on executive business, John C. Breckinridge, Vice-President, on taking the chair, made the subjoined address: Senators: —In assuming the duties o. this station 1 am quite c mscious that I bring to their discharge few other qualifications than a deep sense of the importance of this body in the scheme of the Government and a feeling of respect for its members. Happily my duties are comparatively few and simple, and I am sure they will be made easy by a prevading sense of propriety which will of itself be sufficient on all occasions to preserve the dignity and decorum of the Senate. In administering the rules wnich you have adopted for the convenience of your proceedings I shall often need your kind indulgence, and 1 anticipate with confidence your forbearance towards the errors that spring from inexperience. Cherishing the hope that our official and personal intercourse will be marked by mutual confidence and regard. I look forward with pleasure to our association in the performance of public duties. It shall be my constant aim, gentlemen of the Senate, to exhibit at all times and to every member of th.is body the courtesy and impartiality which are due to the representatives of equal States.

Monument to Gen. Harrisox. —The Cincinnati Times says that it is now an established fact that an effort is to be made to raise a fund for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of flie hero of Tippecanoe. A ball took place in Cincinnati, on the 231 ult, the proceeds of which are to bo applied to the The memory of the pioneer General, the hero of a long and bloody Indian war, is certainly worthy of such testimcnals from those who are bow enjoying the-privile-ges for which he struggled and endured the privations incidental to a frontier life.

The Christian Keli .ion.—The wi’.' of the late Hon. M. Clayton has been published. The first clause of it is as follows: “First—l leave to my friends and relatives as well as ‘o others who may think my opinion of any value, this testimonial that the religion taught in the New Testament is the best that has been offered for our adoption both for this world and for that which is to come, and that Jesus Christ was the Messiah, and will remain forever the Redeemer and Saviour of fallen man. Let my humble testimony stand in favor of the Christian religion —I am deeply, thoroughly convinced of its truth.’ . New Treatt with Mexico.—A New Treaty with Mexico, it is rumored, is kbout to be concluded by Dr. Forsyth, our Minister to that country, whereby for, 815,000,000 we are to come : ‘o possession of a considerable part oi Lower California and the whole extensive Department of Sonora. Oi the 15,000,000, one fifth is to be employed in satisfyiiig.the claims of American citizens for spoliations.

JT?FA Miss Duncan, accompanied by a friend from Cincinnati, met her divorced husband in Louisville, Ky., on the 20th ult., and after forcing him to retract alledged slanders relative to her character cowhided him publicly. The affair created considerable excitement. The heroine made her debut at the National Theatre in Cincinnati, a year or two ago. An altercation took place in the House of Representatives, the other day, between Wright, of Tennessee and Sherman, of Ohio. Wright looked sharp at Sherqjan, whereupon Sherman threw a handful of wafers in Wright’s face, but his bacon was saved by the interposition of members. A duel was anticipated in consequence.

The Chicago Democratic Press pubiislies a table of the returns fur the past yearoftbe four principal railroads running west from that city. It shows that these four roads alone have taken west .207,853 passengers more than they brought back.

Hon. James B- Clay.—The Lexington i ( Ky.) Statesman thus notices the appointment of James B. Clay as minister to Prussia—aposition which he has since j declined: We understand that the President has ■ tendered to this gentleman an appointi rnent to high official station abroad. Independent of Mr. Clay’s indisputable qualiCcatiohs for such survice, this coro--1 piiment is exceedingly appropriate, as in evidence of the President’s a high appreciation of the patriotic position of the Old Line Whigs; and his readiness thus to honor a son of Kentucky’s great statesman is a very significant commentary upon some es die slanders uttered by the opposition press and speakers during the late Presidential canvass. Whether or not Mr. Clay will accept the protiered honor, we arc act informed. writing the above we learn that the post offered to Mr Clay is that of Mintsier to Berlin—a first class mission.— Such an offei, .to a gentleman who is in i no srr.se an office seeker, is indeed highly ccmplirnr aiary.

Correspondence of the Stat" Sentinel. From Washington. Washington, March 7, 1857. Editors of the Sentinel: —Ou yesterday the President communicated in the Senate, the names of the gentlemen selected to compose his cabinet, and they were confirmed by the Senate, lhe tel-; iegraph has, no doubt ere this, broughtyou this news. The cabinet is as fol- [ lows: Secretary of State, Gen. Cass; of War, I Gov. Flovd; of the Navy, Mr. Toucey; I of lhe Treasury, Mr. Cobb; of the Interior, Mr. Tompson; Postmaster Genera], H. V. Brown; Attorney General, I Black, of Pennsylvania. It will be seen that Indiana is not represented in this [list. This was on the ground that, but | one cabinet appointment could be given Ito the Northwest. This one was tendered i by the President, in the first instance, to Mr. Bright, but he declined it for the , reasons that he had asked an election to the Senate and received it, with the understanding that he preferred that position, and would hold it if chosen. That was the desire of those who supported Further, Mr. Bright declared that ;:ej would not abandon his party and Dr.-. Fitch, Ids scolieague in the Senate, in the I contest for the seats from Indiana—but avowed his determination to stand by his colors to the end of that controversey. — Mr. Bright having declined, the Presi- j dent then appointed Gen. Cass Secretary; of State, and determined that the northwest should be represented in the Cabinet -by him. The course of Mr. Bright was honorable and magnanimous, and ought to endear him to the people aud party of, his State. The malicious predictions of those who foretold that he would provide for him-, i self by going into the Cabinet and desert i bis State, in the struggle for the ic-prc-lier. >tion on the floor of the Senate wnich [ the constitution allows, are disappointed, and the good faith of Mr. Bright in the Senatorial contest, as wed as nis entireconfidence in the validity of his election i are fully demonstrated. E {ually unsound- : ed and malicious, are lhe imputations be-: ing disseminated by the same persons that Mr. Bright is to blame for Indiana [having no Cabinet officer. On the contrary, it is well known in Washington, among those who take an ! interest in that, matter, that up to the last.[ moment Mr Bii o l.t urged upon the Pres- i ident the appointment of a member of his [[Cabinet from the State of Indiana, and '.furnished iiini the names of several gentlemen from whom to make a selection.— The answer of the President was prom■ * and decided, that the North-west could have but one Cabinet officer, and that ] , Indiana could not furnish the man except I t it. wcrc^Mr...Bright himself. .Front, the other citizen of Indiana has nt any time 'been counted by the President among! ' the number of those from whom the Cabnet was to be chosen. lam thus explicit upon this subject, because I find, regret, that there are th Ofc here (’.nd a 1 Home who are willing to impare the in-

fluence and standing of Indiana at the -Mpital, and to distract the Democratic i parly at home, if in so doing they can strike a blow at Mr. Bright. The same | men, I find, are not pleased with Mr. Bu- | chanan’s inaugural —are generally in a ( complaining and dissatisfied frame of mind, and indeed in a state of incipient ' opposition to the Democratic Administration. That there has been unceasing, industrious and systematic misrepresentation employed in reference to the transactions at Indianapolis and Washington during the past winter, for the purpose oi poisoning the public mind in Indiana against her senior Senator, is a truth, that is manifest. What is ail this to lead to? What is its purpose? Has Indiana so many able and influential men to spare, that one who has as much zeal to do her service as any other, and more power, is to be struck down? It is time reflecting men should set their faces against this clamor agairrst Mr. Bright.

Affairs in Texas.—A newspaper correspondent writing from Houston, says: W e have at length fully inaugurated the Railroad enterprise in Texas. Work is now being done on six distinct Railroads in the State. At least one hundren miles will be completed during 1857.— ; Between fifty and one hundred Evangelical Churches will ba built in the State this year, and nearly as many school houses. A duel has not been fought in the State since its organization; we have not a single theatrical building; we have here one thousand and eight Protestant Ministers, and want more. Railroad influence is making Houston quite a citv. We Lave sent a good many men to Nicaragua. With our emigrants thither, we bav rent one Protestant Minister and expect to sen I: .vein I more soon.

Gov. Geary, has resigned bis office as . Geverner of Kansas. In a farewell address to the people of Kansas he gives a sketch of his administration and the results. In setting forth the previous and present the condition of the Territory, re--counting the difficulties and embarrasments thrown in his way he says that the great body 'be people are conservative end law-abiding citizens, and willing to make sacrifices for peace. That the i troubles have been occasioned by ambitious schemers, with no special interest in the Territory’ welfare, who never desire peace, nor will they allow it to continue", if they have th power to prevent it. Gov. Giakt, is now in Washington.— Secretary Woodson is the acting gover nor.—

Are Negroes Citizens! The Republican papers profess to be profoundly startled by the recent decision of the supreme tribunal of the nation, th.it negroes are not citizens of the L States;: •as if the doctrine were not as oid as i Constitution itself, and had not been maintained, both theoretically and practically, bv Legislatures, Courts, and Statesmen, [ from that day to this. We do not say all Legislatures, Courts, and Statesmen, from some of them, in these latter days, ;do not go to the established principles of interpretation, or to contemporaneous hisI tory, er to any other legitimate source of evidence, for the basis of their opinions, : but to the higher law’ of their own wishes, [and the necessities of political partizan-i jship. Now it is clear that these things I have nothing in the world to do with the question; and that a cool judgment, wishin<r to be conducted to a correct decision, { would scrupulously guard against such ! influences, ’ instead of yielding itself to their guidance. The question is not, whether negroes ought to be citizens of Lhe United States, or entitled to citizen- - -ship, in common with white persons, but: whether they are so in fact, under the 1 Constitution of the United States, it is i not a new question, but an old one. And [the view taken of it by the Supreme [Courtis not in substance new, but old.— [ ,V. Y. Jovr. of Com. In Indiana, by no possibility, while the : constitution remains, can negroes become [ citizens. An individual who may become ' a citizen cannot be excluded from or in- i hibited entrance into the State. But negroes, by the fundamental law, are thus excluded and inhabited. A citizen of the United States is a cit-1 izen in Main and Texas, in Indiana and; Florida. From the great Lakes on the north to the Gulf of Mexico, from the . Atlantic to the Pacific, < very where he is , i citizen. The world over he is a citizen] , and the national flag protects him and; the national armes, in case of need, assert I his claim and Lis right. But a. negro in ; New York may be allowed, on certan con-1 ditions, the privilege of suffrage—a privilege in him which is a matter of right in . ci men; and in 0! io he may be per- [ raitted a residence; while i.i Louisiana or , (South Carolina not only the exercise and -. enjoyment of any and all the rights, pri .-i- ' i leges and immunities of citizenship are; [denied him, upon any conditions whatso-[ i ever, but, as in Indiana, bis very entrance ■ into the State is legally and consfitutioni ally refused, and incarceration and possibly ultimate sale into absolute slavery follow disobedience. Can an American citizen, the Constitution of the United Atstcs being the supreme law, be prohibited entrance into any State or Territory of the Union, and the free exercise therein :of all the rights of citizenship upon like zens?- -Stole Sentinel. HI Bills Passed bv Congress,—The following are some of the most important, bills passed by Congress at -its late session:

Ail the reguhv. Appropriation bills. The bill amending the Tariff, Its principal features are these: 1. A large extension of the Free List, : placing thereon many articles scarsely I produced or rivaled in this country. 2. A reduction of the present rates of duty on Iron, Cotton and Wollen fabrics Hemp; Sugar and Wool, to twenty-four i per cent. I 3. Wool costing less than twenty cents per lb., will henceforth be free. 4. Distilled Spirits, Liquors, ic., bilhI erto charged one hundred percent., are reduced to seventy-five per cent. 5. Wines, Cut Glass, Meats, Raisins, I Snuff, Cigars and all forms of manufactured Tobacco, all manufactures of Rosewood, Mahogany, &c., Sweetmeats, Prunes, <kc., reduced from forty per cent, to thirty. G. A general reduction of twenty per cent, on all articals not carried to the Free List or reduced cither to four or eight

per cent. The bill providing for an overland Mail from the Mississippi to San Francisco. The bill authorizing Minnnesotato form a State Government. The Minnesota Land Grant "bill in aid of Railroads, The bill increasing the pay as Army officers, with an amendment, giving General Scott the pay refused to him by Secretary Davis. The Fortification bill. The Post Route billAmendmentto the Civil Appropriation bill granting 51,000,000 for the construction of water works in Washington, and §500,000 for a new dome to the Capital,

The Black Republican House of Representatives of the first -session of the last Congress attempted to distroy the government and cause the disbar.donment of the army by lacking on an unusual and extraordinary proviso to the appropriation bill. The Black Republican Senators in Indiana have in like manner attempted to cripple our State government by refusing to pass the necessary laws for carrviim it" on. But the Black Republican House of Congress was defeated in their treasonable schemes, and we doubt not our Black Republican Senators will likewise be defeated.—_Y. A. Ledger.

A Fact.—Shrewd merchants advertise during a dull season because there is then mote need of it, than in a busy one. There is always floating custom to justifv advertising.

I Death of Wm. McFall-Coroner’s Verdict-- Arrest of Henry Brooklocker. Wm. McFall, who was mWta’.ly injured in an affray on Tuesday morning last, ; died yesterday morning. The Coroner’s [jury’s verdict’was direct and conclusive. ’ A number of witnesses were examined. The facts established are that between 2 and 3 o’clock, before day-light, McFall enter.cd the the Magnolia’ on Illinois street, where, among a party already there, was: Henry Brooklocker, a notorious and desperate character, between whom and Me- ! Fall there had previously been a difficulty. , McFall called for a glass of beer, was; waited on by a negro, at which he seemed to be angry, and making some remark which, whether directed to him or not, roused Brooklocker, left the house. | Brooklocker immediately ran out at a side door wiiicw communicated with an alley land, coming within reaching distance of. McFall on the street, felled him with a' ' broken brick, fracturing his skuil and leaving him senseless, lhe wounded man was conveyed by the night police, who - were shortly upon the spot, to his quarters at the Farmers Hotel where, as we h ive said, he died on yesterday morning. The jury found that he came to liis'death by reason of a blow on his’head inflicted ' as above. McFall was well known in the city and i reputably connected, his father being a lespectable farmer in Marion county. — ! Several of his relatives, brothers and othlers, were in attendance at the coroners investigation. Brooklocker is inhtmous, ‘ report speaks of his having been implicaed in more murderous affrays than this i one. He is lodged in jail awaiting a pre- [ liminary examination. We donot wish to prejudge Brooluoekicr, bad man as he is. And we mustcaul tion the public against any implicit reli- ! ance upon conclusion drawn from the [ general statements of a newspaper paragraph. The testimony before the coro- | ners was ex-party, wholly, and, we are informed by the attornej’ for the defense, [ Hugh O’Neil, Esq , will be materially varied upon trial by matter in evidence on the other side. — Stale Sentinel.

\notherSerious Railroad Aee '<’nt--Sc» ricus Results Apprehended. New Albans - , March 17-p. m. Editors Louisville Courier: —It was announced a few minutes ago t by the arrival of a Land car from Muddy fork, 1G miles from New Albany on the New Albany and Salem Railroad, that a terrible accident had occured on the road. It is report that while the passenger train which left New Albany at 1.30 p. m. to-day was passing over the Muddy Fork bridge, two passenger cars were precipitated into the creek by the breaking of the bridge. A b’-c c --- *- er- 4 - tne reiiet of the sufferers. Among the passengers was Mr. A.' J. Kent and family, and Mr. J. B. Anderson and lady of this city. Mr. Anderson is the Supcrintender of the road. No definite p.i: ticulars have yet been received, but it is hoped the accident is not so bad as it seems. A number of our physicians are going out to tiie scene of the accident, to render such professional aid. as the exigencies of the occasion may require.

Before and after the Election. Before the municipal election recently held in Syracuse, New York, the Standard ol tliat city indulged in the following characteristic shriek: ‘The slavery } ropagandist will spare no effort to carry the city. They aie driven to desperation by the disgraceful attitude in which they arc placed by Buchanan’s inaugural and the late damnable decision of the Supreme Court. The success of the Republicansis certain, if they come up to work in a proper manner. The committees should be vigilant and untiring. Every Republican should be on the alert. The enimies of freedom should be. met at every point. This is due to the cause asd the candidates.’ The day after the election the Standard uses the following subdued language: ‘We are badly defeated—our cannon is spiked, and our rooster can’t- crow.— The democratic jack plane has run striaght over and smoothed usdown even with the surface. But we fiind consolation in the reflection that virtue is sure of reward, and hope for ‘better luck next time.’ The extent of the defeat which the Standard mourns over may be realized, when it is known that at the last fall’s election Syracuse gave a Republican majority of over 600—now it is 310 the other way.

When did Sir John Franklin’s Party Die.—A singular case has been decided in the court of session in Scotland, 1 similar to that now before a New York \ court, in which the result depends upon priority in the time of death of two persons, and that to be determined by piobabiliiies. Adam Fairholme, died iu May 1853, leaving his whole property to his nephew' James*Walter Fairholme, who had’gone with Sir John Franklin to the Arctic regions. If he died before his uncle, then the property would revert to i the heirs generally according to the ordiI nary rules of law. If his death occured ; subsequently to that of ids u.icle, the property would fall to his heirs alone according to the will. The evidence effeted' I consisted of the ooimons of Arctic navigators as to the probability that any of Frankiin’s party were alive at the period named, and the Judge decided the presumption to be that Franklin’s party had all perished privious to that time, and gave the estate to the heir*.

Corruption in Congress, We have been charged with attackin'* the personal character of Messrs. Colfai and Holloway, because we published tb e I record of their votes against the resold, om lions reciting the charges of fraud and corruption against the Hon. O. B. Ma',, 'inc teson, Representative in Congress, fr oni atis lhe Oneida District, N. Y., and declaring kt 1 him unfit to hold a seat as a member op ie that body. 4 b< The testimony against Mr. Matteson was overwhelming and conclusive. jj 9 Itl stood before the House self-accused and self-convicted.. Il»anything farther wero 10r wanting to establish his guilt, it was fur- D ' nished in the testimony of Wm. C. John- ‘‘ a: son, the President bf flie Des Heiner Navigation and Railroad Company, who le ' stated that he received from Mr. Matteson “a proposition oi a corrupt nature. >r asking for means to pay for getting a bill ? ia through Congress favorable to Mr. John- : E a son’s Company.” ’ c> . Even the New York Tribune has not iif ' the hardihood to defend Mr. Matteson.— In speaking of the matter that paper save: “We have nodefence to make for Mr. nti Matteson. We doubt whether Lis cast !as admits of any. Thai index on the guid# *”• board to public plunder, which Las been exposed, is plainly his hand.” The pfe- ea lie sentiment which prevails in referents j e to the conduct of this Black Republican official, may be seen in the r nr.eroui . 'public meetings which have been heliJ a! throughout Iris district, asking him tore- 1 *; ’ sign Lis seat in the next Congress, to?which he was elected l ist Nov. The N.H r ¥. j'iibun'- and other Republican journal?; ‘ can see very plainly that Mr. Matteson'i’ 101 I hand is the “index on the guide board to ne [public plunder”—his own Fc.nd friends at home can see all this‘as lnd ' plain as a pike-staii;’ but Messrs. Collar G £ and Holloway—poor innocents'—had r.o t ? e eye for such a sight. As damning as th« a 1 ■ proof was they could not see that Mr. Matteson had done any thing particularly wrong, or that he was unworthy tooccu- 01 ’ ipy a seat on the floor of Congress! Al! we have to say for these two most ua- ina pvorlby representatives of the people of ® i Indiana is, that they are a precious pair D 1 !of dander heads, or the moral standard 11 !! Iby which they judge of men’s actions i, ' an one as no honest or honorable man ' will be eager to recognize. We arc rious to see what excuse they can give for a vote which so grossly outrages every _ 4 principle of individual morality and oE- las cial integrity.— Shtle Sentinel. ° - inc

Thuddeus Kosciosko. ith During the American struggle fori?lan dependence. Washington was cmbarsti-ren ed by the arrival of foreign officers who ith expected nothing less than the liighcfiJUs post in the army, and frequently, wtea »jec accepted, proved unworthy of the s/az-« ian assigned to them. Expeiience of iVIwVwA rgc led Washington to be exceedingly tw-i tc tious in receiving foreign officers into the ave service. At this period Kosciosko pre- et ■< seated himself to Washington, fortified hurt a letter from Franklin. The first inter-.e view between the gallant and generous >ats Pole, and the no less generous Wasliinptiv ton, is thus described in the third vol urn uel of Vv ashingten Irvin’s, Whashington, juslit t issued from the press: he i ‘What do you seek here?’ inquired th-e 2i Commander-in-chief. SO ‘To fight for American inpependenc#. 1 inu ‘What can vou du?’ ia > ‘Try me.’ r - '

Washington was pleased whh the enr'.ys yet comprehensive reply, and with bu lrs chivalrous air and spirt, and at once re-£ n cc-ived him into his family as aid-de-camp.^ ca His subsequent noble and gallant career 01 * 3 as an officer in the American service ii”® “ well known, and has inseparably joined 3 *?? ; his name with that noble struggle which we owe our present exalted ranku* eac a nation. a . 1 For a number of years a suit has been e “ c in progress in the courts of the of Columbia, prosecuted by his collateral heirs, to recover the property left by hut ' at his decease in this country, which no* A I : amounts to upwards oi §50,000. Webe- the lieve that the final decision has been rea-e K. dered, establishing the relationship of'.bistly claimants and the validity of their claim-‘eno N. Y. Sun. ‘o'* 'll » HI let, Kansas. e v( Gov. Geary’ has returned to the L<Tj i-lature, without bis approval, a bill 10 l3 _ provide for taking the census and calii a ? urei a convention for the adoption ®f a Constitution. The Governor states l ;il ai .j ( ! objections at length and with some ability-, rc ( . The principal objection is that the Legis , 1 j at ; lature‘failed to make any provision W VC3! i submit the Constitution, when framed w ,j n g i the consideration of the people for their ratification or rejection.’ cted Notwithstanding his objections, e 1 was passed over the veto. The act pt* j tides that between the Ist dry of M? ■ nve and the Ist day of April, 1857, the s' !ier 'uro : iffs of the counties, to be assisted by duties appointed by themselves, shall ta ' i< T| ie a census of the white inhabitants ‘actual - | jer residing in their respective counties, an' crov : before the 10th day of April, shall "y’rtrai in the office of the judges of probatey ane( their respective counties a complex “ s lof all the qualified voters therein on . Ist of April preceeding, which s ‘ tu Jap e judges of probate shall add to alter, c i ainend at their discretion, upon rr tipn made to them, up to the first of 53, only those borne on those amend list str j c be allowed iu vote for members u» - sce . convention.— For! IFayne Sentinel- ( t a j How a man looks dancing the ‘He looks as though he had a hole * a pocket, and was trying to shake a K’- p ling down the leg of hi* trowwrv '