Decatur Eagle, Volume 1, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1858 — Page 2

THE EAGLE 11. L. PHILLIPS,) W. 6. SPENCER,) 1 rEIKT ° M ' DSOATUa, INDIAXTA. t33CX-*ZX=rr. •—--^-; ——- — - - . "iT—:• T-: FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 5, ISSS. DEMOf RATIC ST ATE TICKET. SECRETARY OR STATE. DANIEL McCLURE, of Morgan. M't>lTo3 OF STATE, JOHN W. DOUD, of Grant. TRI ASI HiK or STATE, NATHANIEL F. CUNNINGHAM, of Vigo. •VPr.RixTiNDEM of ri ai.te inftkuction , SAMUEL L. RUGG, of Allen. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Joseph e. McDonald, of Montgomery, FOR SCTREME JUDGES, SAMUEL E. PERKINS, of Marion. ANDREW DAVISON, of Decatur. JAMES M. HANNA, of Vigo. I JAMES L. WORDEN, of Whitley. The Close of the Volume. With this number the first volume of the Eagle closes, and we cannot permit this occasion to pass without expressing our sincere thanks to our friends and patrons for the liberal manner in which wc have been sustained and supported in our feeble efforts in conducting a county paper. When wc take a retrospective view of the embarrassments which we were obliged to overcome, in the midst of financial revulsions, inorder to place our paper on a firm basis. We are led to the conclusion that the Eagle is a welcome visitor in the family circle—that every thing of an immoral character has been excluded from our columns; in politics the Eagle has been unflinching]!' democratic, and ever will be; and we have the proud consolation of knowing that the Democratic party of the county approve and endorse our position, -and as the past is an index to the future character of our paper. We hope that our friends will continue their kind exertions in our behalf. Let each one add an additional name to our list of subscribers, and we will endeavor to repay you by making the ! second volume of the Eagle worthy of the .support of a liberal-and generous people |

/L'd'Vve have been shown a model of Sylvester Davis* patent Platform for BaeHives, in our opinion it is, what has long been needed, a hire that will secure the bees from any molestation of the millers; it also prevents the bees from leaving when they swarm. Il is a simple and ingenious construction, and we think well worthy the examination of those who deal in bees. Mr. Gray is now canvassing the county to dispose of the patent. Twelve Hundred Miles on Foot The L'avenworth City (K. T. ) Ledger of the Oth inst., says that “three young men, Henry Baker, James Smith and Alexander Francis, arrived there on Thursday afternoon, the 7th, direct from Fort Bridger. They came the whole distance, twelve hundred miles, on foot, and accomplished their journey in forty-five days. They report that the day they Lit six Mormons came into camp and reported that the Mormons were in a state of civil war. Brigham Young and about one-half desiring to march against the troops; the other half being in favor of the troops coming into Salt Lake and establishing a military government there, an 1 overt! rowing the powers that be.— These gentlemen Lit Leavenworth fast July, with the train of Henry Charles.— On their return the y were caught in a snow storm at Rock Pudge, and suffered considerably; but they weathered the storm, and came through without any molestation. It was certainly a great undertaking nt this season of the year. Taan Sensibility. The R-J-Whig (Minnesota). Sentinel tells the following incident: In era ling neat the crossing of Broad an 1 Main streets, lite workmen have been i>b!i;f -d tn trespass upon the old burying ground of the Indians, who once had their village here, and not a lew skulls and buiKS have been thrown up. Day before • esterdav, an Indian with his squaw and little bov. happened to pass along just as the woikmen struck an Indian mound.— Ae slopped and fora short time silently watched the mm as they rudely cast its contents out of their way; but soon overcome by his emotion, he commenced sobbine. and then sat down on the ground, drew his wire end little one to him, and t.cpt like a child. The kind hearu d JaLorets in pity far his feelings, gathered the bones they had thrown out and covered them in the mor.nl again, and retired to another par'>’f the work until he went away. It wis indeed a sorrowful scene, and coal 1 m” but ' T* ■ ’ 'ho-c who witnessed it.

Congressional News. Washington, Jan. 26. Senate.—Mr. Douglas, from the Committee cn Territories, reported a bill for the admission of Minnesota into the Union as a State, which was read and placed on the calendar. A message was received from the House, announcing the death of Messrs. Brenton and Lockhart,elected to the House from Indiana. Messrs. Bright; and Fitch delivered eulogies. The usual ■; resolutions of respect were adopted, and the Senate proceeded to the considera- ; tion of the bill to increase tiie efficiency . of the army. ’ Mr. Davis, in reply to a question of Toombs, said the first section of the bill ; would add thirty companies to the army, or 2,220 men. If the secund section was I adopted, of course the number of men will depend upon the manner in which the army is posted. If posted as it is now, with the thirty companies to be added by the first section, the total increase will be nearly seven thousand privates. Mr. Toombs would strike out the first section, as the increase of the army will , be large enough as provided in the second I section, and that would be a more appro-, priate mode. W bile lie should vote. against the bill, he deemed it his duty to make it as good as he could before the I final vote was taken. According to the j present constitution of the army it was; capable of being enlarged to nearly 18,000 I men, and with the proposed increase, would reach nearly 25,,000. This number was altogether too large. Congress, which alone could make war, had not yet declared war against Utah, and unless the country had undergone a silent revolution, President could not make war, but if there should be a war, it must be exceedingly brief and but temporary. If these troops were to be raised for Utah, he should move an amendment, that they should go out of service as soon as the war was over. This policy was pursued in the case of the enlistment of troops tor the Mexicau war. The force of Brigham Young was magnified. The same story had been told three or four times, of the necessity of more troops to fight the Indians on the frontier, und as soon as additional regiments were granted we had peace—the Regiments, however, were permanently fixed on the country. .Mr. Davis would agree to show the necessity of the passage of the bill. The army would amount to eleven thousand nine hundred and fifty-six men, if these two companies be added. He preferred the plan of Calhoun to that of the present Secretary, namely: to have a skeleton in time of peace, capable of sudden expansion in time of war. This most ccoko- j mical increase was not asked for by the I Secretary on the ground of the Mormon | war; it was, however, notorious in some | sections of the country, that it was difficult to enforce order. lie regretted as much as any one that it should ever be- ’ come necessary te call in troops to aid in ; execution of laws; but whenever rebellion exists, it is the duty of the President to | put it down, and Congress should furnish means to enable h<m to perform that; duty. It would be very fortunate for the country if there be no necessity for the I ( employment of troops after they were; raised. L Mr. Hunter favored the plan of the Committee rather than that of the Secretary of War, but thought it ought to be accompanied with a proviso, that when i present difficulties are settled the extra force shall be disbanded. Unless that; was done, it would be manifest that an ! increase was desired in the standing army; to that he was unwilling to agree. I The subject was discussed in 1856, and 1 four new regiments were at that time ad- i ded. The existing army, it was supposed would be able to guard and protect the country in time of peace, and he had seen nothing since to show the necessity for an increase, unless it be the Mormon war.— He suggested that in granting lands on the frontier, that the donation should be accompanied with the condition that the government shall command services of the frontiersmen in cases of emergency. Without taking a vote on the question, the Senate adjourned. House.—The committee appointed to investigate charges' against members or officers of last Congress, growing out of disbursements of money of Lawrence! Stone & Co., was authorized to employ a Stenographer. The House went into committee of the Whole on the state of the Union on the invalid pension bill. Mr Anderson, belonging to neither of tie prominent political parties, said the; only course left him to pursue was to support the Administration in every attempt to resist the fearful encroachments on the Constitutional rights of the South. He thought that by so doing he should represent the American party in Missouri, 1 which has no sympathy with the Repub-1 lican party in the present excitement in Kansas, which will soon pass away in the adoption of the Lecompton Constitution., He could see no reason *o refuse the admission of Kanses under that instrument. The II >use passed the bill for the payment of in vallid and other pensions, and considered the bill appropriating seven hundred and ninety thousand dollars to ■ pay deficiency of printing of last two Congresses. Mr. Phelps, in explanation, said the ’ fault was in ordering to be printed works before they wi re communicated to Congress, and mentioned the volume of Janin Expedition, which cost modest sum <>f tSf>9,oot>, and the second volume of Paeifi ■ Survey, over $70,C00,

Mr. Cochrane referred to the fact tint at the Election in Kansas, on the fourth of January, over 10,000 votes were ctst! against the Lecompton Constitution, rejecting it by four to one, and that tne Free State candidates were elected. He had no doubt that they will be count'd lout. Calhoun was just as certain to make up by fraud what was wantingin number. The question was whetler Congress were prepared to force a loathed and abhored Constitution on the people ■ not only without their consent but against their recorded will. That Constitution; was a swindle, reeking with fraud aid , branded with popular condemnation and j was recommended to the approval of Con-I ; gress by the President, not on the ground | of J ustice, but on the plea of Expedieney.!. That constitution was a fugitive from h justice, and smuggled here, under corer J ol the federal arms, with the odor ofdenth |; upon it. It was buried by more than : 10,UUO freemen. Instead of breathing into it the breath of life, it should be carried back for interment. It was design- ; edly made odious to keep away from -he . polls those who were not in the plot, rely- . ing upon the Executive and his followers | to see it through. But the administra- j I tion has counted without its host in its (expectations in this regard. The Dem-1 ; cratic party will become geographically ; what it is in principle and fact, a mere sectional organization. Mr. Kiett said as to this discussion was | looming to a head, be wished, in order to avoid misapprehension, to ask Mr. Co- < elirane whether he would vote for the ad- ; mission of Kansas under to Topeka Con- ( stitution. Mr Cochrane rep!ied-hc would if it was ( evident that it embodied the public will. | Mr. Kiett— Did you not say in your ;, speech it did. Mr. Cochrane—At its adoption. { Mr. Kiett—lf the whole Lecompton | Constitution had been submitted and all ! ( the votes in the Territory been cast, and ( a majority of the voters had declared unquivocally that slavery shall he establised therein, would you vote to admit Kansas under it? Mr. Cochrane—But for one fact, name- - * Iv: the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. I ( Committee rose. I’ Mr. Clingman asked, but did not ob-1 < tain leave to offer a resolution for reference I to Coommittee of foreign affairs, declaring i that Clayton-Bulwer treaty ought to be ] abrogated; that Central America now stands in the same relation to us as did Louisiana territory, and therefore ought not to be subject to the control of any for- ( eign power. Mr. Morris, of 111., asked, but did not obtain leave to introduce a joint resolution , authorizing the President to appoint three I commissioners to proceed io Salt Lake to * j negotiate with the Mormons for the pur I chase of their possessions, on condition of their removal from the United States. 1 Mr. Florence asked but did not obtain I * leave to introduce a resolution, providing I for the adjournment ol Congress on the 1 seventh of June. House adjourned. A USEFUL EXAMPLE. History is said to be philosophy teach- 1 ing by example. Its chief use, therefore is to induce nations to avoid unfortunate eriors and views of others, and to imitate their virtues, in order to escape the consequences of the former, and reap the sweetJruils of the latter. Such is the lesson taught not only by the history of the dead past, but also, and in an equal degree perhaps, by the I passing history of the living present. If the example of the Republics of antiquity can serve for our instruction, that; of the Republics, real or fictitious, of our own day may prove equally advantageous, It therefore behoves the people 1 of the United States to look about them, and see whether they can find in the con- j temporary history of any other nation, anything which may be ‘profitable for doc-1 trine, for reproof, for correction, for in- ; struction in righteousness ” In our search for a warning of national peril, we need look no further than to our neighbor, Mexico, (now again about to pass through another of her constant changes) who seems to stind close beside us, as a constant reminder of the dreadful | evils that beset dissevered, discordant and belligerent Slates, rent with civil feuds, and subject to all the terrors of national Anarchy. Like all other States on the Ameiican ; continent that had the misfortune to be settled by Spaniards, Mexico has beenlhe willing victim of anarchy, misrule, anil constant revolution. While under the dominion of Spain, though suffering great j political hardship and oppression, she was vet free from turbulence, petty tyranny, and runious change from bad to worse.— i Since her declaration of independence, her freedom from foreign control has only served to display her utter weakness and her inability to protect herself from ; foreign invasion and imposition, and do- ; mestic insurrection. The protection given by Spain was indeed “such protection as vultures give to lambs, covering and devouring them:” but even this was no worse, if it was not better, than the gnawing cancer of internal strife and confusion that has been consuming her very life ev- , er since she became nominally free. It is said that Nicaragua has had four | hundred different supreme rulers since her separation from Spain. Mexico has presented a like picture of incessant change. But an enumeration of her several metamorphoses is not necessary to us with the warning lesson of her history. That lesson is written on everv page of her unhappy national life and is embraced in two words, instability and discord. —

I Should we not humbly study it and strive to profit by it? When unscrupulous, aspiring demagogues would have us leave the wise principles of government bequeathed to us by our early statesmen for our everlasting guidance, and which, in spite of the opposition of a frowning world, have brought 'to a state of unexampled prosperity, let us consider to what abject misery incessant change has brought Mexico and all the other Spanish Republics; and let us say to one another, in the words of Rolla, “we seek no change; and least of all, such change as they would bring us.” And when sectional schemers, whose only hope of advancement is in political confusion and ruin, would arouse us to sectional jealousy and hate, let us look again upon our dismembered neighbors, whose national career began as hopefully as ours, and once more swear that “the Union shall be preserved.” — Globe.

Result of the Voting in Kansas. The following is the result of the voting in Kansas, on the 4th of January, upon the Lecompton Constitution, taken under an act of the Territorial Legislature: Against the constitution framed at Lecompton, 10,226 For the constitution framed at Lecompton with slavery, 138 For the constitution framed at Lecompton without slavery, 24 Total vote, 10,388 , This report is signed by J. W. Denver, Secretary and Acting Governor; C. \V. Babcock, President of the Council, and I G. N. Deitzler, Speaker of the House of Representives. The report states that | the returns from the precincts had not been received and that when all in, the; vote would reach 11,000. The following are the returns of the election upon the Lecompton Constitution 1 held on the 21st day of December, 1857: Constitution with slavery, 6.143! Constitution without slavery, 569 ; Majority. 5,574 More than one half this majority was ; cast at those very sparingly settled precincts in the Territory, two of them in the Shawnee Reserve, on lauds not opened fur settlement, via: Oxford, Johnson county, 1,266 I Shawnee, “ “ 729 , Kickapoo, Leavenworth county, 1,170 1 Total. 3,012 On the State ticket, the vote as returned stands as follows: FREE STATE. Gov. Lt. Gov. Sec. State Treas, Aud’r, Congress Smith, Roberts, Schuyler, Mead, Goodin, Parrot 6,233 6,310 6,230 6.248 6,176 6,623 Returns received since. 637 637 637 637 637 637 6,875 6,947 6 867 6,885 6,813 7,269 PRO-SLAVERY. 6,539 6,140 6,560 6,508 6,503 6,568 Returns received since. 6 6 6 6 6 6 6,545 6,446 6,556 6,514 6,599 6,574 330 501 301 371 304 698 Os the votes polled by the pro-slavery . ticket the three very prolific precincts above quoted polled as follows: I Oxford, Johnsen county, 738 Shawnee, “ “ 889 Kickapoo, Leavenworth county, 952 r ■- Aggregate, 2,579 For the State Legislature the vote elects 29 free State Representatives, and fifteen pro-slavery, and for members of the Couni cil or Senate, the vote elects 13 free S ate . members and 6 pro-slavery. From this it appears that the free State party have ■ entire control and is responsible for the ; organization of the State Government. Daring Burglary. The express office in this city was robbed on Tuesday night last, in a manner which plainly showed that it was the work of some practised and daring burglar.— ; The door of the office was secured by two ; locks. One of these was picked, and the other opened by means of the key which | had been left on the inside. The key of ! the safe was taken from under the pillow of a young man who slept in the office, and the safe rifled of several packages containing altogether about $3,800. A revolver was removed from the place at the head of the bed where it wos usually

kept, so as to be out of reach in case the young man awoke, and there is every rea-! son to believe that chloroform was admin-1 istered to him to prevent the possibility of his interrupting the operations of the daring thief or thieves. The young man heard nothing of their proceedings, nor did he awake until long after his usual hours of attending business. No clue has yet been got to the depredators, but as seveial suspicious looking strangers were seen in the vicinity the previous evening, it is most probably the robbery was the ' work of some of the Noble County gang, who finding their old quarters getting uncomfortably hot, had started on their travels and made a raise here sufficient to defray incidental expenses. We hope they, may be caught and receive the punish-j ment thev richly deserve. P. S. §250 00 of the amount stolen was in silver coin—quarter dollars. Two men and a woman got on the Chicago train at Columbia, the morning after the robbery, and paid their fare in coin of that description and appeared quite flush of change. The Chicago police were notified to look after then;,— Fort lloyne Sen. Jan. 30.

The Vigilance Covisniltee in Noble Coun-ty-Mau Haug. The Vigilance Committee in noble Co. are still busily engaged in the task of lidding themselves of the villians who have so long infested that region. I hey are daily arresting suspected parties, and have recovered an immense amount of stolen property—horses, buggies, harness and goods of all descriptions; they have also secured a large amount of countei feit money. Their proceedings are al! conducted with order and decorum, and without any tumult or unnecessary violence. They have got the names of most of the gang, and promptly arrest.them as soon as sufficient evidence is obtained. They have organized three courts of investigation —one at Ligonier, one at Kendallville, and the other at South Milford, before whom the prisoners are examined and the evidence collected and taken down in witing; they are then handed over to the civil authorities. Fourteen have already been committed to jail to await their trial before the Circuit Court; and one was given up to the U. S. Marshal and taken to Indianapolis for trial before U. S. District Court on the charge of counterfeiting American coins On Tuesday last one of the prisoners named Gregor McDougal, a hardened villian, who had been connected with the notorious Townsend in Canada, and who is believed to have committed one or more murders, was hung at Diamond Lake Hills about 4 mile from Ligonier. On the previous day he had a fair and impartial trial, and was fully convicted of numerous cases of horse stealing, highway robbery, burglary, and other crimes Ministers attended the unhappy man, and the whole proceedings were marked with a solemnity and decorum not always witnessed at executions made in pursuance of law. He was escorted by a procession of nearly 1000 armed mounted men. Before being turned oft’ he made an address, acknowledging his numerous climes, expressing an earnest wish for the success of the present- movement against the banditti, and finally exhorting all to take warning by his fate, and avoid the evil courses which had led him to such an awful end.

He was quite a voung man, not over 27 years of age. His remains were placed in a coffin and deliver.! to his wife, who with a child resides in Noble county. — His mother lives in Canada. He was one of the parties who robbed and stabbed a man on the road between Huntertown and Auburn, about a year ago. There is a rumor that another of the gang—A. Fleming, formerly sheriff of Adams Co. — will also be hung. Hets said to have severely wounded ifnot killed one of the party engaged in his arrest. Much feeling exists against him, but we scarcely believe that his life will be tak'm The men engaged in this task are sober, respectable, and substantial citizens, not a rowdy, bloodthirsty mob—and will no', wantonly take human life, or sully the cause they are engaged in hy any unnecessary act of violence. They are not setting lhe laws at defiance, but are asserting their sovereignty, and providing for their strict and impartial enforcement. So long as they do this, they deserve the support and countenance of all good citizens.— El. Wayne Sen. Important Decision on the School Question. In another column will be found the decision of the Supreme Court of this state on a case appealed from the Tippecanoe Circuit Court, relative to lhe right of cities to assess taxes for the support of Common Schools. The Court decides that the act of 1855. authorizing cLies to establish and support Common Schools, and collect taxes (or the support of the same, is unconstitutional, because the the power of voting taxes for that purpose is vested in the legislature alone, and the law must be uniform throughout the state —which cannot be if cities are empowered to establish other and different schools from those established by the gen;eral law in the country. This restraint however applies only to money raised for tuition. The Court distinctly recognizes the right of municipal corporations to raise moneys by taxation for swi7<Zi»p>school houses. This decision therefore sustains the validity of the tax assessed by our city council —as the moneys collected were appropriated to the , payment of the school houses erected, and not to the support of the teachers engaged. . —Et. Wayne Sen.

Strange Monomania.-The New York xVews tells the following: A person residing in the twentieth ward has exhibited the strangest phase of monomania out. Although sane, and accounted a man of strong sense upon other subjects, he has not ventured into the street for many weeks during a rain storm without a lightening rod attached to him.— It is an iron rod about five feet in length, with a trio of prongs at the top, and so bent that it hangs or hits upon the crown of his hat, where it is fastened, with the upper end rising some ten inches above him, and the rod running down his back, outside being held to its place by a band about Lis waist. Thn lower end stands iout at an angle of forty degress, like a i monkeys tail, so as to convey the electric fluid some distance, should he be struck, while walking. An American Millionaire in England. — Colonel Cross, an American, has recently arrived in England from India, where he amassed a fortune of §7,500,000, and is said to be in treaty for the purchase ofa large estate in that country.

The Popular Sovereignty The resolution introduced by Mr 'it lace and passed by the Conven.il ai ' affirming the doctrine of p O p u ] ar ' n ' rs ' ;eignty, has received the approval leading Democratic papers which sv thize with the peculiar views "of;!”’ Douglas upon this question. The! ■ ville Democrat, the Chicago Tin ° Uli ’ Ohio Statesman and Forney’s decidedly representing the’ senum."’,.''! the Illinois Senator, regard therein,'’' as uneqivocally indorsing that p ,., n J lhe author ot the resolution, Mr W-n who should have understood it« ‘ ,ce places the same construction upon i; the last Crawfordsville j n " ” tide written by him, under “What Douglas Democrats should he says: As Douglas Democrats will be lptt ; i ly operated on by the Republicans » word to them may not be out of pl aee '_ ' JZZ you claimed is to be found in L form: Mr. Wallace’s resolution wL'i Mr. Douglas himself ever asked, anil speak advisedly when we say it. ]f ; l ( ; Republicans are honest in their new-born Lzeal for popular sovereignty, let t| lem prove it by their voting our ticket, with. ; out troubling themse.ves about formtn-i I new political organzilion. Iftlivyj re ' sincere in their sympathy for Mr. DouH M > they ought not to be dissatisfied with a ’ platform with which Mr. Dou das is satisfied. Meet our overtures with these ■ arguments, and it will not be six weeks I ' till the dishonest and designing nortion f | of them will be again denouncing the <rrwt ; defender of the people as Stephen .MJ i Douglas, When the election comes lov. I ers of popular sovereignty, vote the licit! i of the Democracy. More than this. The author ofilia > Kansas Nebraska act has ex/resvd him i self satisfied with the ressoluliun upontlie floor of the Senate. Is not this endorse- . ment sufficient? It was eminently satis- ; factery to all the various shades of opin- >; ion represented in the Bth of January ■ \ Convention. Such men as Secrest so I • . Holman, of unquestioned orthodoxy, ayI proved the resolution just as it passed.— > It was lhe olive branch of peace that : calmed the troubled waters and finally

received-the unanimous coiifirina:iun u'B the Convention. If in the shape it%B id it was a compromise—a cotic( >- ;; H eoncJiate conflicting sentiments, iM.w B remain undisturbed. If it is deetneJ B object of paramount importance lopv-B serve the union and harmony of lhepu'.;.,B the unanimous action of the Conventionß will be respected by all who are wiihn ■ B yield their personal feelings for the gooß of the cause. The doctiine of populaiß sovereignty-of non intervention, is hromiß ly and positively enough asserted in tliJl resolution of the Convention and intl.B re-affirmation of the Cincinnati Platformß for all to stand upon who sincerely desirß the continued permanency of Oetnocraiiß ptinciples and policy. If there it tB question as to the application of Wnlii’eß resolution, there can be no doubt as 'B that of the National Convention ni'io .B which Mr. Douglas recognizes as hindinß upon the patty and as being the iruelrß of orthodoxy. Is a convention of tbe b’l I diana Democracy necessary to explain ’i‘B construe the meaning of the Cincinmß platform upon questions of national poIB cy? A resolution offered by a friend iinß representative of Mr. Doughs, wiiicß ‘interprets the Kansas act end givf’B Mr. Douglas* interpretation,’ and is a J that he ‘ever asked,’ which received :.B vote of the Dougins men in the Convci«| tion, and by that Convention unanimo«lß ly passed, should be and we believe o“B isfactory to all who have at heart tlicuniuß and harmony of the party an i the m*B cess of its principles and policy.—"B Sentinel. i

The Itobertson Case. I Mr. John B. Robertson, whose trial 3tg i Rochester, on the charge of attemptnW ito kill his wife by slow poison, h«be« iin progress for some time past, was I quitted by the jury on Thursday. VB verdict created great excitemen* flB .chester, and must leave the 1 ■ 'upon the public mind that igardedMr. Robertson the victim 'conspiracy concocted by _Dr. Beign t 1 The case is a horrible one in every asp of it. If we suppose Mr. Robertson b Jl ‘ I ty of diabolical intention of secret y n. ■ | dering his wife by inches, the case is jof the deepest depravity and cum -■ 5 contrarv.it we charge Dr. Beigkr J the formation of a deliberate conspnj I to extort money, destory the li ’h jL ' of a family, and interrupt the mostsa ■ relation of life, words are not -comp■ ■ 'to give expression, to the ineotnpre.n ble villianv and atrocity of the desife | Either way, it is such a sad ex..> .Ju human nature that the mind instm--* ■ revolts from its contemplation. From Washington. ■ Washington, Jan. 26. —The bi* B ported by Senator Douglas to-day in B I Senate from the Committee on l tfl ( lt0 , r j declares that Minnesota shall be a* into Union on an equal footing wH • ■ffi original States in all repects vvhat<' I JB provides that the State shall be to one Representative in Congress, S such additional Representatives ■ population shall show they are ent* ■ to, according to the present ratio o ■ presentation, leaving the House to a tain the number when the full ret the census shall be read, presuming that residue of returns will be reel" the time the bill becomes a law. , far as ascertained the population i'j \ 461, there being seven entire counJ- 5 B apart of another to hear front.