Decatur Eagle, Volume 1, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1857 — Page 2

TH E EAG LE. H. L. PHILLIPS,) • I'ditoes a I’Korr.iETons W G. SPENCER,) DECATUR, INDIANA. I'RIDAX MORNINC, JI f.Y St, ISM. GOV. WALkr;K’X;I*H<KT A.II .VI ION. . The Proclamation ot Governor V/nlker will be found in another columnof to-day’s paper, and should biAcare fully read by • very citizen, it clearly presents the issue between the authorities of the United States, and those deluded inhabitants of the city of Lawcrencc. A calm and feeling appeal is made to them to desist their rebellious proceedings, lie charges the Free State men with the design of involving the whole Territory in an insurrection, nnd to renew again the horrible scenes of bloodshed and civil war, which by their course must inevitably follow, and upon their heads will rest tho fearful responsibility. He asks them, in the name [ of their common country, in the name of' the constitution and of the Union to desist, assuring that if peace is again restored the past ehuH be forgotten; but if they continue to violate the law and set ut defiance the constituted authorities, all the powers of the government shall be brought to bear against them to prevent the accomplishment of their treasonable designs. We cinccrely hope that the Governor’s advice will be heeded and the armed conflict prevented. The St. Louis Republican contains accounts from Kansas up to the 2I st inst., and with regard to the situation of the Territory uses the following language: •‘All was quiet there. Gov. Walker, with 400 dragoons, was at Lawrence, « . . . but as the leaders did not persist in their design of inaugurating their city government, in defiance of law, though insulting and ridiculing the action of the Governor in various ways, he was content to wait until the commission of some overt act of treason should justify the arrest of all concerned in it. In a few days, it was believed, he would attempt to enforce the coll i lion of the revenue levied by the 'Territorial law, and then the courage of Ihe people of Lawrence would be put to the test. The Two Parties in Kansas. In the course of a well-written article on Kansas affairs, the Providence Post thus speaks of the state of parties in K msas: “They,” the free-Statc democrats, "are rallying now, side by aide, and shoulder to shoulder, with pro-slavery de•nocrats i»» .-••ppm <■ ■>! ifevir governor; and even the Topeka party itself finds it impossible to make headway against them. They can yell, of course, as they have constantly yelled, against bogus legislatures and bogus laws—against frauds at the ballot-boxes, and frauds everywhere —but they cannot prevent the more rational un 1 reasonable of their own friends from joining in the movement which Gov. Walker has inaugurated. Henceforth there are to be two parties, and only two, in Kansas: the national democratic party —composed of frceState men and proslavery men, who are willing that the people shall determine the character of their local institutions—and the opposition party, composed of republicans from the North, who want agitation for the j ~ake of its effects on northern elections 1 and pro slavery know-nothings.”— U’i/r/t- [ Irgtou. Union. PERHAM OUTDONE. We call the especial attention of our , readers to the advertisement, in another eoluin, of the Mercantile Guide. It is a very necessary thing for farmers, merchants, ’mcclnuiics|nud till classes olfpeople. The terms are cheap, and will amply repay all who may send for a copy. For particulars see advertisement. Know Nothings in New Hampshire.— Gov. Haile in his Inaugural recommends the passage of a law by the Legislature oi New Hampshire, to extend the period [ of residence of foreigners previous to naturalization, and to prohibit them from ex-' ercising the right of suffrage unless they [ ure capable of reading and writing the english language. This is the prominent; doctrine of Know Nothingism, which they | have been trying to enforce in till the States where they possessed tho power, , not only in the North but throughout the [ South. Know Nothingism and Black ; Republicanism are one and the same thing ; —"Down with the foreigner and up with the negroes.’ - » •* The Opposition Press Sustain Walker —T he National bilelligenceris out with ' a long and able leader sustaining Walk- | i;r and the administration in their Kansas I polit y. The N. Y. Commercial Advertis-\ train! N. Y. Time do the same thing.— 1 They all pronounce the present defiant at-[ litude of Lane nnti his Topeka party in j building up a Government wit!.in a Gov-' unment as a rank rebellion not only i again.-t tin- liw; of ’he Territory but; again t the law: -<f tl.«- ’ ui'..d Ulates. — , (7.l’r'A ■' !'’■ s ; d<r.

Gov. Walker’s Proclamation to the People of Lawrence. Levenwouth, July 15, 1357. I have learned that a considerable number of (he citizens of Lawrence, in this Territory, have adopted, ns they claim, by a popular vote, a charter for thier local government. A copy of that character I has been placed in my hands; upon comparing which, with that granted by the i Territorial Legislature, last winter, I find (hat they differ intentionally in many-es-sential particulars. The new charter, then, is set up, not only without any authority of law, but in direct and open defiance of an act of tho Territorial Legislature on the same subject. Ou this point your committee, whose views have been adopted by you, make [the following statement:— Under ordinary circumstances tho more regular method of proceeding would be to obtain a charter from the Territorial authorities. As the Territorial government, however, in no sense represents the people of Kansas, was not elected by them, and can have no right to legislate for them, we cannot accept a charter at its hand.— And, as the Stale government has not, as yet deemed it advisable to proceed to the organization of local and municipal governments, we cannot obtain a charter from it.—There is therefore left us only the alternative of a charter springing directly from the people, or a continuance in our present unorganized condition. Under these circumstances, you have seen fit to instruct us to present a charter, having discussed its provisions in a preliminary assemblage, and now propose to submit it to a full vote of the people for approval or rejection.’ It will be preceived that tho authority of the Territorial Government is here distincly denied, and whilst that of ilio so colled State Government is acknowledg- [ ed, it is conceded that no charter has been I granted by them. I ndeed, ii is a fact that I although this so called State Government J has, in itself, no legal existence or author- ' ity, yet you asked and failed to receive a' charter from them. Under these circumstaccs, you have proceeded to establish a government for the city of Lawrence, in direct defiance of i the Territorial government, and denying [ its existence or authority. You have "ranI ted to this city government the authority j to elect a Mayor and Board of Alderman, (City Assessor, Treasurer, Justices, of the ' Peace, City Marsha), die- You have I granted to the Mayor and Aiderman most it xtensive powers, including the right to [ levy and collect taxes upon real and personal propety within the limits ot the eitv, whether belonging to residents, or nonresidents, and all the other powers usual ly incident to a city government. You have imposed upon all these officers the duty of taking an oath to support this so called State Constitution, thus distinctly superse<Ung, so far as in yowj j P .Tvt.itw.i,.! Government created by tho Congress of the United States. You have caused these proceedings to be printed in Landbill form, and have distributed them, as I am informed, throughout the Territory, with the view to incite the other cities towns and counties of aKnsas to establish insurrectionary governments, thereby placing the people of this Tenit.ory, so far as'in your power, in open conflict with lite Government of the United States. The more considerable portion of your party having inducedyour Topeka Legislature to enact the laws urged by you, creating municipal government, you Lave even in defiance of their authority, which you profess to acknowledge, proceeded i to create such a government for Lawrence ' and are now urging other localities to I pursue a similar course. Your evident! purpose is thus to involve the whole Ter-1 ritory in insurrection, and to renew the I scenes of bloodshed and civil war. Upon I you, then, must rest all the guilt and responsibility of this contemplated revolution. You will be justly chargable in law ; nd in conscience with all the blood that may shed in this contest, and upon you must fall the punishment. You have elected your officers under [ this charter, and instructed them toenter upon the immediate discharge of their du-! ties, including the adoption of ordinances I and the execution thereof, under an au- [ thoi ity having in itself no legal existence, and established in direct defiance of the! Government of the United [States. From all these facts, it is obvions if you are permitted to proceed, and especially if your example should be followed as urged by you in other places, that for all partical purposes in many 7 important particulars, the Territorial government w ill be overthrown. The charters granted !>• that government for similar purpose will be disregarded, and the justice of the peace and other officers acting under their authority, will be brought necessarily into conflict and collision with the so '-ailed officers claiming to act under different authority. The Territory will thus be involved in inextricable confusion and litigation; the value of your property be greatly depreciated; your titles, transfers, transactions and contracts will be subjected to endless and costly disputes and all will suffer from this insurrection, except the lawyers who have stimulated this movement. A government founded on insurrection and usurpation will bo substituted for that established by the authority of Congress, and civil war will be renewed throughout our limits. Ifyour authority to act. in this manner for the city of Lawrence is permitted, a similar authority must be acknowledged in every other town, city or country, result in inevitable and most di -a.tuu conflict, and if he... Jul, the

Territorial government be overthrown in in detail as in your present purpose. You were distinctly informed in my inaugural address of May last, that the ' validity of the Territorial laws was acknowledged by the government ut Tse . United States, and that they must and [ would be carried into execution under my i oath of office and the instructions of the [President of the United States. 'The ! same information was repeated in various i addresses made me throughout the 4l2F- ' ritory. At the same time, every assurance was given you that the rights of the people of this Territory, under the Constitution to establish their own Slate government and frame their own forms prescribed by the government of your country, social jpsjitutitions, would be acknowledged ?>u*l protected. If laws have been enacted by thq Territorial Legislature which are disproved of by a majority of the people of the Territorial Legislature and repeal those laws was also designated. If there ar<\ any grievances of which you have any* right to complain, the lawful, r ...,'eeful manner in which you could remove tl»e’n, in subordination to the government r of your country was also pointed out. You have however, chosen to disregJ J the laws of Congress and of the Territorial government created by it, and whilst professing to acknowledge a State government rejected by Congress, and which can therefore not exist only by a successful rebellion, and exacting from all your officers the perilous oath to support the 60 called Stale Consliluton; yet you have even in defiance of the so-called State Legislature which refused to grant you a charter; proceeded to create a local government of your own, based only upon insurrection and revolution. The very oath which you require from all your officers to support your so called Topeka State Constitution, is violated in the very | act of putting in operation a charter rejected even by them. A rebellion so inequitous and necessarily involving such awful consequences, has never before disgraced any age or country. Permit me to call your attention asstj!l- - to the citizens of the United States, to the results of your revolutionary proceedings. You are inaugurating I rebellion and revolution; you are disres | garding the laws of Congress and of the Territorial Government, defying their authority; you are conspiring U overthrow the Government of the United States in this Territory. Your purpose, if carried into effect io the mode designated by you, by putting your laws foicibly into execution, would involve you in the guilt and crime of trea , son. You stand now, fellow citizens, upon the brink of an awful precipice, and it becomes my duty to warn you ere y. k, ti.c ratal leap into tne gull below.— If your proceedings are not arrested you will necessarily destroy the peace of this Territory and involve it in all the horrors J of cival war. 1 wai n you, then, before it[ is to late, to recede from tiie perilous po ; sition in which you now stand. 1 appeal once more to your reason and patriotism, 1 ask you in the name of your common country, in the name of the Constitution and of the Union, to desist from this rebellion. I appeal once more to your love of country to your regard for its peace, prosperity and reputation, to your affection for your wives and chit dren, and to all those patriotic motives which ought to influence American citizens, io abandon this contemplated resolution. If you have wrongs redress them through the peaceful instrumentality of the ballot-box, in the inode prescribed by the laws of your country. As all arguments heretofore so often addressed by me to you, have failed as yet to produced any effect upon you, 1 have deemed it necessary for your safety, and that of the Territory, and to save you from the perilous consequences of your own acts, under the authority vested in me by the President of the United , States, to order an adequate force of the | troops of the United States into your im- 1 mediate vicinage, to perforin the painful, duty of arresting your revolutionary pro-1 ccedings. Let mo implore you not to! compel me to appeal to that military power 1 which is required in the last resort, to [ protect the government of your country. You cannot carry your rebellious purposes into effect without coming to unavoidable and open conflict with the troops and government of the United States. Let me adjure you, then once more, to abandon these proceedings before you involve yourselves in the crime of treason,[ and subject the people of the city of Lawrence to all the honors and calamities of; insurrection and civil war. If you will now desist from the projected resolution, I the. past will be forgotten as far as practicable: but if you persist in passing your laws and carring them into execution, thus defying and superceding the governi ment of your country, the deplorable consequences must be upon your heads and ! those of your associates. It will be my I purpose, if you still persist, to spare ail [bloodshed as far as practicable, and subject the leaders and projectors of »his revolutionary movement to the punishment prescribed by the law. I will accompant [ the troops to Lawrence with a view to I prevent, if possible, any conflict, and in the sincere hope that the revolutionary movement rontemnlated by you, and now 'so nearly accomplished, v. ill, ere it is too | late, be abandoned by you. If you can be influence by no other; i motives, the < vij< nt fact that the power [ of the guveriimiut i. adequate t ? prevent

/the accomplishment of your purpose, i should induce you to desist from these • | proceedings. i [ That the same overruling Providence i who holds in his band the destiny of our ; ’ beloved country, may now incline your hearts to peace, and influence you to ■ ’ abandon this fatal enterprise, is the sin- • cere wish of your fellow citizen; J R. J. WALKER. Governor of Kansas Territory. The Minericnn I’lag. The Boston Herald compiles some in--1 ■ teresting facts as regards tho history of ’’the Stars and Stripes. A resolution was '[introduced in the American Congress, [June 13th, 1777, “That the flag of the ‘! thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternately red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” There is a striking coincidence between the design of our flag and the arms of General Washington, which consisted ot three stars in the upper portion, and three bars running across the escutcheon. It is thought by some that the flag was derived from this heraldic design. History informs us that several flags were used by the Yankees before the present national i one was adopted. In March, 1775, a mi- 1 nor flag with a red field was hoisted in 1 New York, bearing the inscription on one I side, of “George Rex and the liberties of[ America,” and upon the reverse, “No Popery.” General Israel Putn am raised on Prospect Hill, July 18th, 1775, a flag bearing on one side the motto of our Commonwealth, “Qui transtulit sustlnct" — on the other, “An appeal to Heaven” —an appeal well taken and amply sustained. In October, 1775, the floating batteries of Boston bore a flag with the latter motto, and a pine tree upon a white field, bearing the Massachusetts emblem. Some of the colonies used in 1775, a flag with a rattlesnake coiled as if about to strike, and the motto, Don’t tread on me.” On January 12th, 1776, the grand Union flag of the stars and stripes was raised on the heights near Boston, and it is said that some of the regulars made the grand mistake of supposing it was a token of sub- [ mission to the King, whose speech had -yjust been sent to the Americans. The [ British Register of 1776 says: “They I (the rebels) burnt the King’s speech, and ' changed their colors from a plain red ground to a flag with thirteen stripes, ns a symbol of the number and union of the colonies.” A letter from Boston, published in the Pennsylvanian GGzeto, in ' 1776, says: “The Union flag was raised |on the 2d, in compliment to the United . i Colonies.” These various flags, the Pine j Tree, Rattlesnake and the Stripes, were used, according to the tastes of the patriots, until July, 17-77, when the stars and Istripes were established by law. At first I a stripe was added for each new Slate, but U>r> fluij i...——- *- i—■•uU Ouugress re1 duced the stripes to the original thirteen, ’ and now the stars are made to corresI pond in number with the States. There lis no one who lives under the protection iof the Stars and Stripes, but will agree | with the Herald that “the American flag |is one of the most beautiful that floats [upon any land or sea. Its proportions are perfect when it is properly made —one half as broad as it is long. The first > stiipeat the top is red, the next white, ar.d three colors alternate, making the last stripe red. Ihe blue field fur the stars is the width and square of the first seven stripes, viz: four red and three white.— The colors of the American flag are in beautiful relief, and it is altogether a beautiful national emblem. Long may it wave untarnished. He who would erase one stripe, or dim one Star upon it, “deserves a traitor’s doom!” A Questiou AnsweredA friend writes us to know “if by our late resolution” saying: “That we have uo confidence in the “Higher Law” abstractions of the day; that we prefer the interpretations of the framers of the constitution to those of its detainers; and, that the Died Scot decision (and every other decision) of the [ Supreme Court is the law to us, until re- ; versed or changed ia the way prescribed ’ [ by the constitution itself.” I “we mean to sancZiora the decisions of the | Supreme Court in all cases?” Certainly i not. The Democratic party can abide by I the decision of said Court without endori sing its sentiments at all. The Alien and Sedition Laws, the Bankrupt Law, and tk« Ohio Bank tax Law, have been pronounced constitutional by said Court.— The Democratic party submit to such decisions because they uro under constitutional "'obligations so to do, but do not “sanction" them, because they are at va- [ nance with their principles. The resolu- '[ ti >n above not only abides by, but appro- | ves the decision of this Court ia the Dred Scot Case, Douglas’ Nebraska Bill, the Cincinnati Convention, and the present administration had each promulgated | such a sentiment before the Court had ta- ’ ken its position. We, as a parly, are always glad to have the concurrence of the [ Supreme Court as in this case, but when [we do not have such concurrence we do ! not resist its decisions as our Republican , i friends do, making ourselves rebels to the Government, but trust to time and tho I progressive principles of our faith to make all things right. , | Is our friend answered?— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Not Heard From.—Mr. Godard, who ascended in a bolloon at Philadelphia on '[the,4th, came down near Wilmington, left his assituni, and immediately ascended again, with one passenger; since which [ notiiHig Las been heard of them. Sc cav’ 'the Buet.m I’eit. .

Walkers Course in Kansas. Tho N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, an [ old line Whig paper, and the N. Y. Times, a leading Fusion Journal, sustain! Walkers late course in Kansas. The Advertiser winds up a very sensible article , on the subject thus: It says: [ ‘The following comments upon it from one of the Republican journals in the city I —the Daily Timos —are to just and per-[ tinent, that we substitute them for our own: Any people less accustomed than are ; the same citizens to converting every interest, however sacred, and every issue [ however vital, into the material of party strife and petty patirsan intrigue, would have long since rccepted the position in which matters were left by the ‘pacification’ of Kansas, and making the best of j that position, would have gone to work to effect apracticable organization of their affairs. We have never been able to see that [ any possible result of permanent good for Kansas or the nation were to be achieved [ by the attitude of the free State men at Topeka. If the crisis of our national existence is really upon us-if the union of these States has been virtually dissolved, and from which we send our representatives, and from which we recieve our executive functionaries, is no longer a Government, then, certianly, we can comprehend the position of those who maintain that it reasonable and right for the free State men of Kansas to refuse obediance to the territorial authorities designated by the Government of the United States, and to persist in the support of a territorial organization which is not recognized, by the Congress of the Union. But we do not percieve that the friends of the Topeka Legislature assume this position — They seem to us to claim the privileges without assuming the responsibilities of revolution. And it is for this reason only, that we always have opposed, and do still strenuously oppose, their sentiments and their action. That we are right in this opposition is, we think, sufficiently proved by the actual state of ass airs at Lawrence. The inhabitants of Lawrence have set lup a government within a government. [ They refuse to recognize the territorial [ Government—and the Topeka Govern- [ ment has not recognized them. [Nor has [it any power to recognize them the ‘ToIpeka Governmet’ having no constitutional existence. —A'cZs. Coni. Adv.] They accordingly proceed to recognize themselves, and to constitute a free city in the heart, of the territory. They take up what is an absolutely anomolous ground. They go back in the most literal manner to first principles, and establish in Kansas such .. condition oi society as obtained in Isreal before the days of the Judges. If there were no shadow of a government in Kansas—if open cival war raged in that territory, and the bunds of the Federal Union had been loosened—we could understand the propriety of this proceeding and sec its relations to civil order. But the most infatuated defender of the people of Lawrence must surely find it difficult to dispose fairly of the facts set forth by Gov. Walker in his proclamation which ; we publish to day. It is impossible that any man of common sense, occupying the position of a federal office! in Kansas, should look quietly on upon such an absolute and contemptuous disregard of his authority, and of the very existence of the manifested by the citizens of Lawrence in the municipal organization. If a peaceful solution of the Kansas question is impossible, if it is inevitable that civil wars should again break out there to spread thence throughout the Union, let those who cherish this belief make it plainly known, that we may understand what is before us But let us not hear cries of ‘peace’ from those whose conviction is that peace is a chimera, nor proclamations, of regard for law from those who believe that law in these United States has become alternately a farce and a tyranny,that our Government is an irremediable imposture, and that nothing can secure the quiet organization of a great territory of the-Union but the entire wilhdrawl from that territory of every pretence and appearance of Federal authority.

When the course of the free State men in Kansas provoke such a rebuke and protest from one of the leading Journals of the liepublican parly at the North, it is tolerably evident that they* are going to excesses that will wean from them many of their best friends, and all who desire to see the law enforced and Government respected. The telegraph informs us that Gov. Walker, true to the language of his proclamation, had l eached Lawrence with a strong military force, which, however, he had posted outside the city. His proinpilure of action will doubtless have a salutary effect. We have no fear of any serious civil war. when the revolutionists see that the Government, having right on its side, is determined to maintain its authority. Exaggerated reports there will be but sensibly,coolheaded men will disregard them, remembering the performances is that line of one short year a g°- ... The Boston Journal remarks-—'Not one tenth part of the local news which transpires in any country town finds its way into any city paper, and he who takes the latter to the exclusion of Lis town or county paper, does not fulfil his duties as a citizen, ouch a man is unworthy to fill a town office; fol he most cHaTh- ]■• ' s !.. d yrid.

Minnesota Constitutional Convent On Monday, the 13th, at 12 0 ■ was tho legal period at which the M; ' sota Constitutional Convention was seir.ble. We learn that the BlacklUm H licans assembled early in the day, ,[ I instead of regarding the usual organization, proceeded at once to a n ■ ganization, irrespective of the rights' I the Democrats. By a vote of I an adjournment until Tuesday was for, but the Republicans, regardless (B this, after the Democrats withdrew re B mained and proceeded to a permanent® B ganization. I On Tuesday morning, the Secretaire B the Territory again called the memb H [ B to order, but the Black Republican Pres- 1 ident, so called, of the day before, took B issue with him as to bis authority; decl at . B ing the Convention to be in session m. ■ der a regular organization. This virtual ■ ejection of the Democratic members fro® ■ their rights as delegates, led them to niee I in the Council chamber, in the same build- E ing, where they finally organized. I Thus it will be seen that Minnesota has I at this time to bodies of men organized | for the purpose of constructing a Consti- I tutiou, and all bconueo tho Black Bepul). I licans were over hasty in endeavor/mr t 0 I secure precedence in organizing the Con- I vention composed of all the delegates. I The St. Paul Pioneer says: j “This is no more question of majority I or minority; it is one of the right and jus- I tice, of law and order. The Democratic I members of the Convention in their ac- I lion, are sustained by law, by precedent, by justice, and by the rules of comity which should govern the intercourse of man with man; while the Republicans, on the other hand, have shown nothing but a fixed determination to violate every principle of law and order, and do anything to gratify their desire for place and power. Their past acts have been disJ bonorahle and unscrupulous; their acts [ present are revolutionary and disorganizing; and their future will plunge them into such depths of humiliation and disgrace, as will make their name a hissing, and a by-word among men. — Dubuque North IFesl. Governor Marcy’s Death—Singular Presentiment. The Troy Whig of a recent date say: ‘lt is generally known that the daughter of Governor Marcy passed the 4th of July in the family of an acquaintance in this city. She formed one of a circle of friends, including ladies and gentlemen, at the house during the day. While all the others were in cheerful spirits, it was observed in the forenoon that Miss M. appeared to be depressed in mind. So obvious was this to her companions, that it was made the subject of remark; when sbu said her mind was unaccountably imj/rcssed with the fenr that a signal calamilyhad overtaken some member of her family.— Early in the afternoon, the news ot the death of Governor Marcy reached the citv, audit was known to gentlemen composing the party in which Miss M. was, some time before it was communicated to her. While the gentleman were in a room by themselves, discussing the manner of conveying to the daughter the sad intelligence, and before sh* could by any means have received the least intimation of the event, she suddenly threw her handkerchief over her face, and evidently in deep grief, retired alone up stairs.’

Latest from Lawrence. Just ns we were going to press we received the Kansas Herald of Freedom, Extra, dated. Lawrence, July 17, given an account of Walker’s investing that city. The Editor says:— ‘We have no sympathy with the independent city organization, as we indicated in our last number, and greatly regretted it, as we were apprehensive it would bring upon us just what is rapidly approaching. While we take exceptions to that movement, we must also take exceptions to Gov. Walker bringing the military to Lawrence. If they had legal processess to serve, they should have been served by United States authorities, and no man in Lawrence or out of it, wouid have resisted it. Our people—all of them the extremists included—know two well that Uncle Sam’s authority is not to be resisted with impunity. Gov. Walker may send the troops here, and may arrest those connected with the organization of the City Government. This is all he can accomplish. There will be no resistance; hence no bloodshed. — Matters will move on quietly, and the agitators on either side will not be able to get up a serious collisions. The Plug Uglies should take warning of the fate of their brethren in Washington. A few days ago it was announced that three of them had been sentenced to prison for one year for rioting on election day, and to-day the telegraph brings intelligence that another, who, in addition to rioting, had been convicted of assaulting with intent to kill the officer who attempted to arrest him, and sentenced to the penitentiary for eight years. A number of the other rioters have been arrested, and probability is that they will bo properly punished. The friends of law and order will rejoice that justice is overtaking the vagabonds who, since the advent of Know Nothingism have been attempting to control our elections by means of bludgeons, pistols, and bowic knives.---V. A. Ledger. Why is a restless sleeper like a lawyei ? Bcc iu cln Zns on one :id'’, *h< - n J.nrn* and lies on the o'thcr dl'.'.