Indiana American, Volume 23, Number 11, Brookville, Franklin County, 2 March 1855 — Page 2

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"rtCnesa ct to rat-rm, to Listarr AR law, HO rTO SWSTi CI, AHB HO ri4 tBALL AWI." T. A. G00DWH7, Editor. ' IIICCXTILLE, ETDIANA. roiDiYi .n.uicH j Our Prohibitory law. It willjwj sceaby our Lejulative items that Cyrus K. Drew, aa incorrigible liquor seller, who represents Vanderburg county, ia the lenate, ha introduced a bill to suspend tna op-j eratlons of the prohibitory law. Of course it will pass the senate, and of course it will not pass the house We regard that law as a fixed fact for at least two years, and then, if it is in operative or unconstitutional ia any featuroi it will bo amended and made more Biringen!. IT NEVER WILL BE REPEALED. - At to the efforts made to provied for resisting it, they will all terminate as did the $50000 contribution in Cincinnati, for that purpose. It will net be resisted. There are not twenty men in this county so foolish a to try it. The history of prohibition b an in teresting one. Four years have not elapsed since the Legislature of Maine, yielding to the reiterated and urgent representations ofNealDow, passed the first act of complete Prohibition of all Traffic ia Intoxicating Beyereges oyer incribed on aa American statute-book. (We believe a similar act had been framed and passed thorugh both Houses ia Maina at the preceding sesisoo; Governor's signature was withheld, and the bill there by nullified.) The original MaineLaw, passed ia June, if we mistake not, to take effect on the 1st of .August, 1851. The tidings that tho Liquor TrafHe had thus beea outlawed in Maine was received by the Press generally ".with indifference or derision. There were few Editors, apparently, who believed that tho act would or should be sustained. Out of more than three thousand periodicals than published within the limits of the Union, certainly less than one hundred approved promptly and heartily the act of Maine; and when, sometime after it had taken ef fect. Neal Dow was run out of the office of Mayor of Portland, the news paper gratulation was general and un bounded. Yet thousands waited in silence, with anxious yet hopeful hearts the early advices from Maino as t the rorkinzof the Inhibitory Act; and when thoy wcre assured that it, couLI bo and tea enforced that Crime and Pauperism wcre both diminished by

- its operation; that outrage were jcss

ft-wnnpnt lifrt and rronertv more safe. 1 v I f -f 4 I - - ... .1 1 11 than they Had Dccn tney uianseu

X God and took courage, resolving mat

the example of the pioneer Prohibi- , tion Statehould bo generally lraitai- .... I ed. . I hn ihiRffttAirifMissachus. etts, Vermont, Rode Island, Conetts, Vermont, Rodo Island, r. nccUcut, Michigan, Wisconsin. Illinois andludiana hard pasaed- Prohibitory lajrn all based on the act of 2,l&i but some of them surpassing it ml , . T. t tvstringency ana euccuvene. wiuw . . Hampshire, two successive nouses have declared for Prohibition, but the Scnato of that State is so elected as to ... .1 Dctusuaijy tnc merest ioui vi A 1 -IT 1 . 1. o A V. WAVMM VI I A irai wigareny, ii,uu irai oligarchy, uu .u Dill. . J. ai , year, u wC uu - uwuiv. ,v.w, . -v . bravely altered. -New Jersey, afterreyeatedtriaKhasat length earned . similar bill through the more popular branch of her Legislature-it fate in .1 V . me upper nou - Pennsylvania barely failed to pass an act of like import, and on appeal to the people, a small majority was cast against it cast by the farmers of the less intelligent counties, who feared that their market for Hops, Barley, rye.&c., vould be destroyed by Prohimore City choso a full Prohibition ticket at the last Legislative election, and a bill fashioned upon . the Maine Law was with difficulty defeated last winter. Vir nnia and the Southern-States are aintated by tdo premonitions of Anti-

bitioir. Delaware is understood to have under the operations of tho banking 'ASl cllcr or rrcscnt Tcrm ot" t'ons involved was purely questions of last fall chosen a Legislature favorable law ofthat State, it wsuldn't pay, un- Court, and from my present position commercial law, and was very ably .- to the principle. In Maryland, Balti- less conducted upon principles repug- you mayjmagine that I have been win- argued by council. Mr. Spooner has

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Liquor laws, and acts considerable re- J among the Dutch, had not an old Fu- last letter has created quito a sensation tiüea the weak ones, detects in an instrictins the traffio have been carried sionist made him acquainted with the amongst a certain class of men that in- st-ince every weak point, in his oppo-

in Mississippi and Texas. Ohio though her Corn, her Grapes, her imalf grains are largely and profitably absorbed ia themanufacture of Whiskcy, Wine and Lager Beer, has yet passedanactforbidingthesaloof DisUlled Liquors as a beverage, and is beto enforce it 'under the impetus of a decision of her Supremo Court aCrmin' Us constitutionality. Iowa may lo confidently expected to do hotter than this under the impulse of her Republican victory and her Ternrcrance Governor Oregon for some 1 vmr unhcld a feeble Prohibitory Law hnt the influx of immigration and the interest of party Democracy at length broko it down. In Minnesota, a Prohibitory act was passed and went Into -. . . . . v. r. m ...II nrwralinr,. Lll B U'.O. ACrrilOliai Judi-e broko it down, resting his decis ion on the fact that it (tho act, not his nullification of it) had been submitted to and arproved by tho Pcoplcl In .1 -T Tl 1.1 T Tennessee and Kcntucky.tha initiatory the question of Prohibi t:n:::i on lien toe!; j!-co at their last Legislative

elections respectively, when Shelby Co. Tcna., (including Memphis.) ekctcd an entire Prohibition ticket proving

that such a ticket, properly placed in the fielj. can succeed anywhere. "In Washington City, the question 1 Pro hibition or No Prohibition was hist year submitted to the People who de cided against the Liqnor Traffio by a largo majority. Our new Head. After nearly three months of inef fectual effort to satisfy our old fogy readers, that that head we have twen using was pretty, we hare laid it a side, and got a new one, which everybody pronouncei beautiful. After all, we confes that it was not mush to brag of. The railroad in the cut on lyscrVes to remind some of us. of our speculation in air lines, and as to it. steamboats, none ever hare been in cur raging cr-nal. But the head we now have, is worthy the largeset and best paper m tbe State. ; JcDcnt AxtnoxT. Tho phvsicial and mental incapacity of Judge Anthony of Delaware county was so gross that the Legislature took away all his district Save Delaware and Blackford and ma!a other circuits. He could not bo legislated out of office, and - I hence this was the only course. He had to bo left in Delaware co. as there he resided, and the Rep. from Blackford having declared that his constituency were satisfied with the imbecile, the Legislature left that county in the district and we doubt not thatXocofocoism :s well represented in Blackford county by that man and' his lusus naturae. Jnd?e Anthony. - - - W O 4 z . ßrxnx LAD! lUrosiTOET for Maren s at nana, "e use ocucr than the February number as that did not reachusunUlwe had got out i i itr . im 'a 1 .ii I otpauence. uewnn iae taste of the editor however, in admitÜng Bro. Eddy's puff of Barnum. The article is, readable enough, and contains an occasional thrust at the x ji . ! - rr , :n greai swinuier; uusiw iuw wm u w bring the book intö notice, and the reading of the book will render many a young man üissausnctt wim noncst industry, ana us slow reward. m-The Police Calender of Cincinnati exhibits a larrre decrease of crime since the attempt so successfully made to stop the retail of Spirituous Liquors, The women SDcak in terms of trreat satisfaction at the increased, domestic " l comforts their families enioy therefrom. TheCoronercomplaifls;onlysofar as fees are concerned, thalfor more than two week k there has been no inquests for violent deaths, mainly caused bv Intemnerance. when sometimes there r nave Deen two oi a aay. iSTln 1852. Mr. Clarkson, who was then editing a paper, said that men might be fit for lawyers, school teachers, and the counting-house, yet be unfit for editors. Arc we to undemand Dy ws ceasing to do an editor and becoming a lawyer, that he was a ... . tf .l unaoie to sustain nimseu in tne lormcr position, and mat ncians oacn into the ranks of the lawyers, as a matter a. . 1 1 A of necessity, as water seeks us leven X2T The House has made arrangemnts to work- Last nday they reolyed to meet hereafter at half past 2 0 morning; at half . . .... , the evenm?: and that no remarks on snv niistinn shall hA allowed for a j . T, ... . . . . . tivc itcra5 that Mr. Jeter took aa ac1 I . . , . . tl4, chool Jay Uon he lcft wUh hi, BrabmaS but that Know Nothing House tabled ... ... . TWn,mU.(W had k inteJ wj doubt Ui aJor oa that occasion ren- . . r , atio . MMM . . I ' closo confinemtnt necessary. . n3Cassius It. Clay, who in con nCction with a couple of other capi i, started a Bankingestablishment ia Cintinnati a few months since, has withdrawn from tho business, and the bouse wm bo closed jIe found tbat nant to bis views of honesty. iablt Lost. As Hon. F. R. A. Jeter was bringing his Brahnfas from Spades .Station, they escaped from bis custody, and would have been lost fact of their escape, in time to recover them. Accident A wa-on was thrown . .,A . .? ,v. ni,.. Crcekroad last Sunday 'by the horses bccomi Jri htened'ABan and a wnfflM J hnrL TLfl . , , . , .

tcrnity of office-seekers against mc I

jrllon. F. It. A. Jeter brought with him, last week, a beautiful pair of Bruhmaa. How hard he tries to be a great man! He thinks ho will be 0 equal to the editor, now. Tho New York Houso of Represcnatives has passed a stringent prohibitory liquor law by a vote sixty-six yeas to twrnty-c'ght nays. i i i ZiTThe Bill chartering DlfUC " P. ToJ u " Wl .wt w T V ViCtr I Iv. "'". y llliut. jnon. ft a. Jeter came home - asl Saturday, to see his wife and little J0Äca.

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I V V Jiitl MlliO IC I IUI l VI 13 crowded out. jCTDon'l forget the Agricultural I meeting, to-morrow. u-owiggci is a canuiuato lor Mate W O 11. A - . . I t . . . i rimer, on tno ion fusion ticket. Dr. Demming of Lafayette, died on last Saturday. XiT Otwao Curry. Esq., formerly ebitoroftro Scioto Gazette, died at Maysvillejn Ohio on tho 15th inst. X5rSolomon .Williams has returned n ,i . , c ... i Bloominuirrovc. SIT We ask no man to take our pa per merely to support-It. If it is not I lb 19 11 I I worth two dollar to you, don't take., jflT The "Wheeling Intelligencer is in favor of Mr Rives as the candidate 0f the Whig and and American par ties for Governor of Virginia. 23T Col. Gentry, of Tennesce has issued a short address to the people of Stat0 announcing himself as candidate for Oovernor. 3T A bill passed tho Senate on the lrth. in rav "tn rrrtain Tnrlian full compensation for the loss of several V ' i J ..-- . 8avcs." XJTC. F. Clarkson, Esq., has cast his anchor in the vale, about ten feet east of his gate. It makes a good hitching post. - -Will S. Pstkbs'os. who learne(i h$ trade in our office leaves hia week to take charge of tho mechanical department of the New Western at Pinrmnati nrt tn .t ..au V1MVIMAIWMJ HU4 V MV V Cs V V VU1 WÄ I -r. y. v an x.uren a v. k ,, w m New lork last week, to NMrs. Eckford, daughter of the late Gabriel enn tf (ha a v. 1 'vac I ii f wna m a ,1 I 6. &3T Mr. W. Heron, a citzen of White Water Township, had two fine horses stolen from the stable of Jesse Be vis, eleven miles from Cincinnati, i i i one mgni ia86 weea. . . jjgy-Country papers, such as the Conersville Telegraph and Rushville Repnbliean, that willjcopy our prospectus shall be entitled to an exchange six monthsX5T Ma. Jktkk, made a speech on the Madison Railroad question a few I I weeks ago. The reporter does not say which side he was on. Could'nt . I he tell from the drift of his speech T How ar th m!htr fall! C. F. Clarkson, the former editor of this paper, has become a lawyer! When a body begins to fall, there is nft tolling hat hn will rnmn fnl ,,-w .1 i mt-Tj no viiiwfjraie u. unes warns to Lnow if Rny jivcs wcre , . . the burnin . . ..... mgof our hat. We don't wonuw " FT10 "e BP 10 De talking about what is lunning in'theirL beads. q- We wish to receive proposals for building a frame house, to bo finishrd. out and out. bv th enMmrtnr I ' -J .....-..., I. .. m . . py tbe first of September, l or particulars call at tnis office. jtlTWhen an 0u batchelor'a CaI I narj birJ dicSt he m be cxpccted to bo looking after anothAr nmninmn . . , f . 4iQ,iflin. y b th&. ViTd gt with0nt ci ther a ly in that third sto: birdorftwiffl . call from ou. enufatturer of tho celebrated Hathawav

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cook n; I morals seem to have been but little cornDtcd bv beiD?under Swi.tt .v.r. -i monthI o no XiTWc'omited the Legislative Items last weck. not Wran. thft LrrrUUt was Joing nolhingf but becauso thcy are finishing nothing. The Bank a manygmaliyCtimportant Rmcndcnts have been made to various laws, but Cfln M. . Um1prfttftft. ,.f,mi. 4 " publishing the entire laws. One of ,.w.v. these is in relation to lotteries, which is very stringent. Court Matters. Court Room, Lawtir's Table,) February, 1855. J Dsar Prom; I now give yon my ning favors from the Court and lawyers; for here I am, right amongst them, as big as Pompcy, and as fearle,ss as a green pumpkin in November, Qt I'll tell you what it is, I am not as easy as my position indicates, for my habit this region. You will remember that I innocently Intimated In my last, thal tho rKori'B woul(1 reward mc for my sufferings, my labor and my fidcli7 tbeir interests, by giving me the Klerk's Office. I might have known that th. would have aroused the hunAnd what do you think? Why there arc those whom you had least suspected of entertaining such a felonious dcIgt, but who by the by, havo a fingI . . i er on the wires, and who are now dead ' set against me, charging and swearing, that I am trying to ingratiato myself into tho good will of the people, and thus secretly interfering with their rights. Here is this man right at my elbow, the iunior member of a local I c .l. .1,. Ii -..I , . t w I UriU, WUU says tus null m oil uivui Johnson cant havo the office any longer, that he is tho man for the 1 . m i office next October. 1 promised you in my last to give moro minuUf -weount of the points in

I do tnis because you nre pecuniarily interested in this case more than others.

another evidence, Dear people, of my fidelity to your interests. -The Plaintilf claimed of defendant seven thou sand, ono teousand of which was a balance on special employment as the General Arrer-t ftf ihn. n.mnnT: Anrl 3 r "v v,a ,. tir subsciiptions solicited by plaintiff to the capital stock of the road under resoption of the Board of Directors, al lowing her agents 2 per cent for all 8lck solicited and procured, payable m stock- The Pmtiff offered in ev IS. 1 11. --ll?'... t luencu oi jus saiu ciaim an oraer on her Treasurer for one thousand dol lars, and the propositions of various persons to convey real estate, which 1 e 1.1 i WAl rlmmAM fr h i rn hAn a a-Y-f wl hv n d The defendant made the following defense: 1st. That she had no4powerby her charter to offer and pay the two per cent above specified, and that it was a fraud upon her stockholders. 2d, That by the literal and strict in terpretation, of her contract contained in said resolution, the plaintiff was onIy entitled to 2 per cent on Stock ac tually solicited and procurred by him and Conveyed to the Company. That a large proportion of the btock claim 4 ed to have been solicited and procured by plaintiff kwas incumbered by mortgages, &c, and could not be con eyel. that'others had refused to convey, and mat detendant had actu ally Paid to Plaintiff 2 VT ccntmore 8tocl ttnn na1 beensolicited and Procured t0 hcr "cording, to the true mtent and meaning of said contract, which overplus ought to be deducted out of the ono thousand dollar order . . , . p hhts m hcf &1 A chargcd wUU the care and su;crvision f her real J nerrlectcd to pay the taxes on a certain tract of WHn rhn . h!.h . unA rnrMtA a i08 to the comnanv. and! that' ah. was thereby damaged. ' The defendant pr0ved by a number of persons who bad given their pr0pOSition9 l0 piain. tiff, that they did it voluntarily and without any special solicitation; also. Uhat a large amount of the property was incumbered &c. and that the plaintiff was her general agent char ßea wlUl löe carc ot her real estate. 1 not attempt to give the char . il n . m m -a ßes OI V0 ouri m xuii. ine uourt charged strong, on loth lidet, making 1--.t 1 . . 1 . Rn anS10 01 aD0I-i -io acgress. mi dently ia a muss- TLo Court refused ctarSe the Jury that the 2 per ccnt ,WH maintained oy dcffendanlThe Courl Wrongly leaned to the construction, the deffendant gave to I hor v rwr ptt. roninimn i ta nra . . .. ,. " 7 , , ' 9 " ' ioo a icap in me uar, anu nrougni .A . ;!(r - Roth narties were keen for a now i. i. rnrI1(,OIi kwll- rt and flQ j takeQ Suprt.m0 Court' Hatch d; Langdonr. George Hoiiand. Suit brought upon two bills ne t t..- r, i.trUuftlcu Ww lk, 4w4iVl, IVl 1113 UTU UaVi I upon which George Holland was in dorsor. Plea of non est factum hv Holland. It appears that Holland had indorsed the bills in blank, to be ncgo ciated by Tvner for his use. that the I ni.;- .;m th Km. nM discounted, by them, inserted in each, the percussion clause with the know! cdo Antl consent or Tyner, and tho authority given, to the holder of a blank bill by the indorscr, as to the It Jwas insisted by defendant that it was not his bill for the reason that the clause waving valuation and appraisment laws was an unusal clause, and that Tyner had no power, either express or implicit, to inscit, or consent to tho insertion of tho clause in said bills. Another ques tion arose as to he sufficiency of not,CCo1 Potest, of one of the bilk It appears that the Notary who protested - , . ... . . . . , " -i ous 11V11UUU O IVOIUIUC, Oli U TT 3 lUIUlIU ed that he lived at Peru Indiana, and sent tho notice there accordingly. Upon th jse two points, a ycry inter eating discussion arose, conducted by Spooner, for plaintiff, and Howland nd Ryman for defendant. Tho ques a very fine reputation in Indiana as an able Lawyer, and deservedly, for he certainly is a very supremo man. He is clear and logical in his argument quick perception, sees in a moment al tho strong points in his case, and fornent, and fearlessly'attaeks his strong holds, and knuws the law and applies U wilhcM0 und acurac7- The Court gave tho Jury tho charges asked by the plaintiff which was in effect to bring in a verdict for plaintiff-verdict 47003. tors of New Trenton, and South Gate Road & Bridge Co. Suit for work on Bridge of tho Companies, against tho Board of directors. Verdict and Judgement for plaintiffs, forlO. i T . 1 ! - til. .1 x sympathise wim you, gentlemen but it can't bo helped. Public servants like you and I, have to suffer many hardships for tho dear people without any fee or reward. 0. F. Clarkson, of Brookvillc, and I Dr. Davis, andK. K. Kockafellow. o I Vau. Tnnfnii M...... k .ivn Aivukuu, ttviu jiiuivu vu u (licit of good moral character by st least two vttnesset, ( Oh w,at wearing) and regularly admitted to the practice o a Hw, claiming that ktue now oonstitu tion makes up for thcro deficiency in

Legislative Items.

As the legislature has been doing something that cn be understood we resume OUr notes. On Thurday, the 22'd, Senate met and the reading of the journals dispensed with. Mr. Anthony asked and obtained leavo to record his namo in favor of the engrossment of the Free Bank bill. Also Mr. McCltnry, against its engrossment. Mr, Drew, an inveterate liquor seller ofEvnnville,reportcdback the bill to suspend the operation of the Ternperanco i,aw, wun an araenomeni,ap. plying the suspension to the nianufac- ... . . I ture of intoxicating liquors, beer; ale and wine, which has concurred in, and me Dil engrossed. Un motion of Mr. Kugg, the bill providing for the election of U. S Senator was resuiuted and again pu upon its passage. (The bill provides for a concurrent majority or each branch separately in order to elect.) wr. tirown moved ine P-ous question. ' Älr. Burke moved to lay the motion on tho table, upon which the ayes and nays were demanded and decided in I tho negative ayes 24, nays 26. Mr. Suit moved to adjourn, which was lost. . The previous question was then seconded and the main question put upon the passage of the bill and car-1 ried by a strict party vote aves 26 nayes 24. Mr. Witherow moved to amend the title by inserting "An act to prevent the election of a U. S. Senator at tho present session." Mr. Slater moved to lay it on the table. Carried ays 25 nays 22.

xfr R,,; TrtV.,i faVrt i,n ih--fiftJmoved to take up the resolution of

lution of the House, providing for the W.tion of the TT. R. Senator on to morrow. Mr. Brown moved to lay the motion on the tabic. Carried, ayes, 26, nays 24 . Mr Anthony offered a resolution an nointin? Judco Blackford U S Senator and asking the concurrence of the House. Mr Suit moved to strike out the namo of Judge Blackford and insert that of Joseph 0 Marshall, Mr Brown moved to lay the amend the table-carried, ayes 26 ment on nays 24. Mr Brown moved the previous question, which was seconded, and the main question put on the passage of the resolution carrid. . ayes 26 nays 24. Mr Suit moved to take from the ta ble House bill to regulate the election ofU. S, Senator. (tho bill provides or the election in the usual manner.) vn.iivu. t t i i - t Mr Brown moved the indefinite post-1 nnnmnf nf iliA hill. Cmfili 1)V a I . .ii ... rku t:-. nun. viiik .1 vim ..ill iimrr. t ul ill' f' WJ ' w w - o 0 , . .A a ir,Tfiinl inir-e n h55l for .i v e f? . the relief of tho county treasurers of .... . t . . ... 01 mis siaio auinonzing iiiu ouuo T-cr,rtrtr;ftf thM nffWrs V vw v " the free bank money taken on taxes at its market valuj. Also, bill to increase the compensa tion of the Judges of the urcuit Courts. Mr McCleary introducing a bill au thorizing road companies to wind up their business. The Senate adjourned over until to morrow at 9 o-clock. In the House on Thursday, on mo tion of Mr. Hudson, Resolved. That the House, the Senate concurring, will go into an elec ion on to-morrow, of a U. S. Senator. Stato Librarian, Stato Printer, Agent of State, Warden of State Prison, and all other officers to be elected Mr. Hudson moved to recommit the rree uann diu, whu iuiuukuuus . i ... ,, .i ,.i. tlril-a Mif fhn in n RPr. which rrovina si.t..v w. . f .u.4.u u r.. m, . j .v. i ii n mnuon nrevnuvu. nuu iud cumh WM rtfiQQrlMnTi'fl norii Alt. I Mr. Weir, who stated that he voted in tho affirmative, in order to move a reconsideration of the vote, made that motion, but the House refused to re consider. The following message was reeeiv ed from the Senate: Whkrxas, There is no law on the Statute book, providing for the election of United States Senator, and in tho absence of any statutory provision, it is competent for the Legislatu re to prescribe by resolution the manner of appointment, and tho per - son to be appointed; Therefore, Jlesolved, That tho House of Representatives concuring therein, that Iraao Blackford be, and is hereby appointed end chosen Senator in Congress, from tho Stato of Indiana, for tho terra of six years, from and after the 4th day of March next, and that tho Governor give to the said appointco a certificate under his seal of ofdee of his said election. In which the concurrence of the House is lecpectfully requested. Mr Test introduced tho following resolution: Whereas, It has always bee i the us (ge oftho General Assembly of the Sta' o of Indiana to chose U. S. Senator by a joint vote of the two houses of said General Assembly; And whereas, the enly law, except such usage under which the Legislature of this State has acted in the election of such Senaturs, for tho last fifteen years, is tho statue of 1837, requiring such elections to be made by a vjva -voco vote; And whereas Section 13 of ArI tide 2, of tho Constitution of this State

prescribes that all elections by the

General Assembly, or by either branch thereof, shall be vita voce:" And whereas, Sec. 3 of Article 1 of of the nnnatUntmn nf lYm IT. R dup.Uroa that ,.tlie of tho UnitcJ States shall" be compOScd of two Senators from ea'cn gtMc cli0SCn bv tnc Legislature thereof, for C years, and each Senator ,111 have ono vote; And whereas, it it. nnnn r.i,. IT.- of nrn. sentatives that by the Constitution of the U. 8. and of this state, the manner of electing a senator of the U. S. is jufllciently pointed out " in the ab sence of any Statue law providing for ,ne 8ame;. And whereas, to attempt the 8eiection of a Senator of the U. S. by ft concurrent resolution of the two Houses in an unusual mode of sclecting such officers and unprecedented n this statecalculated to defeat the w8ne9 of the peopie And a mHjoruy of their Representatives: And whereas tne iIous0 is oftho op-,nion that it is an imperative duty devolving on this Legislature to supply the place of a Senator from this State, whose term will expire the 4th of March next; therefore, Resolved, That the Senate be invi ted to meet the House of Represents tires in the hall of tho House to-mor-row Friday ntthe hour of 10 o'clock A. M. for the purpose of electing by a joint vote of the two houses, a Senator of tho U.S. tq fill the vacancy afore said, and that the Senate be informed of the adoption of this resolution. Which resolution was adopted. On motion, the use of the Hall, for this afternoon was granted to the Dcmocratic Convention. The House at 12 o'clock, adjourned until to-morrow morning. un naay in tue benate. Air. unggs tbe House inviting the Senate to go tbe election of U. S. Senotor, and other State officers Mr Brown moved to postpone the resolution until Tuesday next at two o'clock, which was carried by a Vote of 27 to 22, wh'.ch is understood to be eluivalent to afina- postponement Mr Tarkiogton, from the committee on that subject, reported back the pe titions of citizens of Brown county. in favor of an equal distributicn of the school funds, and asked to bo dis charged from the further considcration of fc as the prayer of the petitioners had already been pro vided for in the school bill before the Senate. Of course the state of Brown 0 wants an equal distribution. A bill was introduced by Mr. llobi inson, to provide for the election of a State Printer by the people On motion of Mr Anthony, the rules were suspended, and the bill put up on its passage and carried by a vote of 37 toll A good move, provided I. , , .... . , they elect one to serve tin alter ucto J ,: sed the balance of the day withou I . i . - I VVUllUi: VW lull wuviuaiwn IathcHousc on Friday, on motion of Mr. Frazer, the consideration of the , ,,. , . school bill was resumed tho question . - S grecing to tho amendmen I a . . m . made in uommitte ot the uoie, to strike out 30 cents on the 100 dollars as the school tax, and insert 20, with an amendment to that one of insert ing 25 cents oTered by Mr Frazer, which was lost; ayes 21, noes C3 Mr. Hume moved to concur with an amendment striking out 20 cents, and inserting 10 cents Lost; ayes l7nocs 63. Mr Huffstctter moved to strike ou 20 cents, and insert 1 5 lost; ayes 40 noes 49. Tho amendment of tho Committee of the Whole to strike out 30 and in sert 20, was concurred in. Mr Buskirk moved to so amend the bill that the Congressional township K0,T be 'alcn int? onsidf . , Munds acquired from other sources. I 1 , .. ,. . , I Alter aeoaie, iur juercuuu moreu to lay tho motion on the table so laid J UVV I Aft n n A R rfP.. .1 1 l'l vu ilt"ua Bia r distributed iu the counties Ayhcre rais ed. The amendment, after full discus sion, was lost ayes 3G, noes 54. Mr. Clark of Rush, moved to amend so as to allow persons liablo to taxa ation for building school houses, fur nishing them with fuel, Ac. to make advances for these objects, and for al such advances to have a credit on their ubscquently assessed taxes for this r jn numpnrcys moved to strike out all which relates to tho ten Cir1 cuit Superintendents. Carried by an almost unanimous vote. Good; Mr Hume moved to strike out a that part of the bill which authorizes the township ti ustccs to levy a tax to build shool houses and procure n mi ture and fuel thereof. Lost. Mr Smith of Lagrange moved to strike out that part of tho first section which exempts free blacks from the payment of taxes, and excludes their attendance at tho schools. Lost ayes 19, noes n3. Mr, Test moved to so amend tho 1st section as to authorize the County Commissiontrs to levy taxes not ex cccdincr 20 cents cents on the $100 and a poll tax not exceeding 50 cents to be expended in the county, accord Ing to the numbers of children, there in, whioh was laid on the table. Mr Smith of Lagrange moved to a mend, so as to nave tne townsnips ui vided into districts by the townshi trustees, and to give to tho people each district the taxes for this pur So? o not to exceed 50 cents on the 100 in any ono year. Laid on tho table. Mr. Brailcton moved to amend, so as to allow fines.and forfeitures eollec ted of nezrocs and mulattoes, to bo ex pended in tho edueatlon of that class Latd on the tabic. Mr Jeter moved a subtituto for the

on the table ayes 61, Mr Humo'moved to strike out that part of the bill which nnthorizes the Superintendent to prepare a list of text books for schools, and of suitable woiksfor school libraries, and tljat part which gives to the State Board of Education the power to make an approval of these lists The amendmen was lost ayes 30, noes 43. Mr. Trusler moved to strike out that part of the bill which relates to levying a tax for a township library. Zost ayes 30, noes C4. The bill was amended so as to make the State Board of Education consist or tue officers of S ato. The bill was then ordered to bo engrossed. 0r rcsücnbcucc. 3TTho following letter from J. R. M'Clure, Esq., to his father, will be read with interest. Ed: West Port, Mo., Feb. 7, 1865. Dear Father, Since I came here the most of my time has been spent in the Territory. I have made two- trips to Fort Rilev bv difjitent routes have explored the country lor some distance up Smoky It'll J Tl I V . . . iiiu, ana ivepuoncan Jtorks. and have probably been cn ground never before desecrated by tho feet of white men. and made two or three short expeditions to other portions of the Territories. If all my travels in Kansas were put together, it would reach a distance of at least twelve hundred miles; o you se? that I have become somewhat of a tourist as well as pio ne-r, and vouwin Deiieve me when 1 Ml " ay that I am pretty well acquainted with the lemtory, her resources, pop ulation, etc., etc. A man a urst impression of Kansas unfavorable. Before he leaves tome, his mind is inflated with glow in? stories of her soil, her beautifu prairies, her largo rivers and all the embellishments Uhat are resorted to letter-writers to induce emigration e comes here expecting that Nature has done everything, and all that is required of him is to quietly reap the fruit, this delusion is only re moved after he has left the saloon o the steamboat, and is required to buy an nxe, and provide himself with a scanty supply of rough provisions and such other untfit as is necessary for a squatter. Nor is he encouraged by the appearance either of the improvements or tho faces which he meets on his way. 1 he houses he passes are of the rudest and most unsightly ap pearance, scarcely (ho cogitates) fit for stables. The men and women are a different species from those he left at home noorlv dressed, mostly un-, educated, blunt f.nd laconic , in their address. Before ho started his imag ination was influenced by the reports of large, growing cities and towns such, for instance, as Lawrence, Doug las, Tccumsch, and Pawnee. H desperately makes an effort onco more to get within (lie pale of civilization by reaching one of those cities; but alas! the poor fellow's hopes are al dissipated; instead of tho welcome sight of the towns ho lei t at home, he finds two or three 10-by-12 log huts one or two clapboard houses, and the balance tents made of every variety of material, from cotton to prairie grass. Atthis point, if he is a timid man, ho makes preparations to re-em iff rate, as many a poor devil has but if he has the requisite courage to face the stern realities of pioneer life, he abandons an nis previous lormca no lions, and commences reasoning on sounder and surer basis. Here is soi richer than he ever before haslscen ho can select it to suit his own caprice all woods or all prairie, or divido it into part timber and part prairie. Tho hnest quality ot stone lor uuuuing anu all agricultural purposes is within his reach, wherever no may go. The whole Territory .abounds.with rivers, creeks, and excellent springs; in fact ho finds that nature has moro than done her part, andjall that)is required of him is to pull off his coat and do his. This polite invitation is extended to all preachers, doctors, lawyers, etc. There is but one profession that pays, and that is tho profession of squatter. Ho may curso the letterwriters, (as he generally does,) then curso himself for being so infernal a fool as to leave his quiet, easy, home, in the midst of educated and intelligent citizens, to corao to this wild, uncultivated desert, (as he terms it,) but it all'docs no good; the aspect of the country remains the same; houses don't go up; corn and potatoes won't grow; nor with nil his imprecations can h'e bring down a single tree. There is but one of two .alternatives, cither to build a cabin and sqcat, or to adopt the easier method of turning about and going homo in disgust. Such men will be met with from all places where there has been aa emigration; and if you ask them for a description of the country, it will be a mournful story of bad soil, bad health, bad vtimber, bad stone, and bad water, all of which thcy honestly conceive to bo true. The soil in Kansas is good, whereever I have been. The color varies from a deep brown to a deep black. As ' you ascend tho river it becomes slightly intermixed with 6and not so much so as tho bottoms on White Water. It is of a mellow, loamy character, and is said to be peculiarly adadtcd to corn. Col. Montgomery, last year, raised a carden of every va riety of vegetables at Fort Rilv, and notwithstanding tho unfavorable dryness of the season, everything grew to tho greatest perfection, iho tim ber, though not so abundant as one would desire, is still sufficient, if used with economy, to supply every de mand. Tho different species general found hero, aro as follows: White and Black Oak, Black Walnut, Hickory, Hackbcrry, Sycamore, Cottonwood, and Gum. You will seldom find any other variety of timber not included in this list; I havo never ye tmct with .a Sugar or Beech two. Hie country it well watered better than any I have ever yet been through. The stono is all you could desire; it is not found scattered over tho face of the country, as in Indiana: you may travel over tho prairie all Jay, and unless you go to tho bluffs or streams, never see a single- stone. Nature has wisely provided for them a depository so as not to iaterfero with tho farmer. I shall not enter into a minuto detail of tho country I havo passed over, as it would occupy too much time. Suffice it to sny thcro is sufficient inducement for a man with energy and a small capital to soon make himself a good homo and fine farm in almost

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re;rtrd ort Kilcy as the most rrosunest point in Kansas; timber is much more abundant there than below, and the soil is richer, besides being near the center of the Territory, and at the unction of the two great rivers. A town Pawnee has been laid off some two miles below tho junction, where, undoubtedly, the capital will be located; and it is my candid opinion that in a fow years this will be one of the largest cities in the west. Three towns have been laid off above. Tho first was laid off by Capt Lyons, i)r. Hammond, and myself, (Chetolah, the Indian name for Smoky Hill;) it is 6ix miles above Riley on the river lhis we think will bo tho the county seat of the first county above tort lulcy, I he next is twenty mwes above Pawnee, laid off by Governor Reeder, Judge Le Compte, and five orsix others; it is called Montgomery; and the third, laid off by the same party, is fifty miles above the junction of Smoky Hill and Republican, and at the junction of bmoky Hill and Solomon Forks. It is called Reeder. This ast is at the head of navigation and will be one of the big towns cfter while. I own interests in them (all, by which means I expect to become t'ery rich. My claim is adjoining Cheolab; it is all timber, and all oak at that. I have selected a claim for Will in two miles of Fort Riley about half timber. It is one of the prettiest situations I have ever seen, with a good spring on it, and on the river. It will m a tew years be one of tbe most valuable daims in the Territory. And I want him to come and secure it before it is j um pd ,1- wish you would urge him to come 60er.-. The election of the first Territorial Legis lature will take place about the middle of March. The Governor is at tliis time having the census taken. The Legislature wid consist of twentysix members of the lower house, and thirteen Councilmen. We will have nil tViA Ticennri fifo.enldr t n flrrThf but are not the least intimidate!. Secret societies are formed all through Missouri to make Kansas a slave State They call their organization the Order of the Blue. Uovernor Heeder told me on yesterday that from the census returns he has received, he thinks there is a majority of actual residents in favor of making Kansas free he is right and says if any unfairness is used at the polls, it shall be fully in vestigated, and no man shall receive a certificate of election from him, un less he has been elected by legal votes I have some idea of being a'candidate for the Council, in the Fort Riley district, out i have not fully letcrmin ed. The" legislature will not be con vened before the first of May. The ?uestion of making Kansas slave or ree will be the great issue; it is the dividing line; Democrats, Whigs, Free soilers, Know Nothings and the Maine-Liquor-Law party forget their old isms, and unite or divide only up on the slavery question. Write to me, and send me occasion ally a copy of the American, if not too much trouble. Direct to West Port, Missouri. If you think any oi this letter of interest to the public you can have, if you wish, such por uuui puuuaucu in me iimerican. have but little timo to write. J. R. McCLURE. State Hocsk, Feb 23d, 1855 Mr. Goodwin. The crisis has past. Those visiting the Capitol to witness tho induction of a United States Senator, return to their homes with the privilege of laying the "flattened unction to their souls" of having seen the Bulliphant. The concourse was not so large, as anticipated, no excitement prevailing, "evry thing calm ns a mid -summer morn." The Bank bill No. 93 is under discussion this day. It originated iu the Senate, a copy of whichhas been furnished you, it provides for dividing tho State into 25 districts for banking pur poses. If banks are to be established, if tho public necessities demand a bank inj system (which I question,) then this bill will, perhaps meet the contingencies of the present times, as well as any that have, as yet, been presented for tho consideration of the General Assembly.A bill has been presented to the Senate, postponing the action of the Indiana Temperance Bill, for the period of two years, giving opportunity to those having stock on hand, either to consume or make sale of the same. I understand that a sufficient number of members of both houses, will favor the postponement. I refer to those who sustained the bill in its passage. The bill will unquestionably, be crippled yet, by acts amendatory, or by measures taken to defer its action. I am informed that some of its admirers, at the time of its organization, and who gave it their hearty support, are inclined to strike out all provisions prohibiting tho sale of wine, beer or cider, by the enactment of another bill upon the subject, vLich will grant' the sale and manufacture of the same as formerly. The Senate, this morning, referred (to the extent in their power) the el cction of State Printer to the people a proper depository of power, it will cive all editors and printers a chance for the spoils. , The Houso however, I opine, will not concur. The Small Pox has disappeared the alarm occasioned by its first an pearance, has ceased to exist no cases reported and but few deaths; the city presents a healthier aspect than ever before. VINDEX. Ma. EniTon: What is to become of us poor helpless sons of America ? for tne rascally Legislature has mado a law which not onl takes all our strong drinks but it nl takes "our peer" without which all the Germans will revolt and set up a dynasty found cd upon true republican principles, which being interpreted meancth that all good citizens shall have full liberty to make locomotive "peer" tasks of their bodies. But there is s.mc pros pect that the Law will be killed by the Doctor bo made that ylmpor tant Discovery" last summer, in which caso this Government will continue to roll onward until tho "peer" is exhau ted, when ruin and anarchy will rlgn supreme. . Last week a disgraceful encounter took pjaco between two young i.u" one of tli cm went into b.ittlo ith his fathers approbation and company, the fight lasted fifteen minutes, during which both of tho combattants were badly hurt, the afiuir camo off in Ohio and all the parties were of that State. What is the stato of society coming to

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ges his ton to commit an assault upon u:s iciiow raan, aiier the m inner ot brutes? Verily a refurni is loudly calltd for, may tho father live snd karn better, than to educate his ch.ldren.aj mere animals. Your readers would bo pleased with out doubt, if John Smith could make it convenient to furnish you with a etter at least once in two weeks, they are quite spicy. hat has become of hw cousin Jane, she should cendesend to enlighten your readers occasionally. L. Ma. Goodwik: In an rticle in vour paper of date Feb 2J, you enquire what is intended, by an article inser ted in the columns of tho Jeffeison rille Republicaa, relating to the Senator from Franklin. I confess it is hard to comprehend, it was an effu sion from the muddy brain of one William M. French, who has been beg ging at the Capiiol. lie is an applicant for the oClcc of Warden of the State Penitentiary, and should be an inmate thereof at least that is my opinion, from what information I have obtaineJ. ' If the msxim holds good, offset ting a roguo to catch a rogue" then, bis pretentions to the ofSce are justifiable, and his claims thereto, should meet with proper considerations. I have.no acquaintance with him, nor do I desire to have, he is too Frenchified for me. In the language of Randolph, in the' atmosphere in .... c ... . . wnicnnc awein, "he stinks and shines and shines and stinks, like aroU.cn macnerei oy moonlight." VINDEX. riilarrulj. On Sunday, Feb. 25th, Mr. Isaao La Rue to Miss Elizabeth Frecland. On the 22d ult, by Rtv. J. Car son, Mr. Amos Mullen cf Union co., to Miss Rebecca Caroline Dubois of Franklin County. We commend Rev. J. Carson to the young people who want to be well married, for he always reports to Jhe printer. Ed. On the 14th ult;. bv Rev. V. II. Golladay, Mr. Erasta T. Rittenkouse to M. L. Schrayer, only daughter of Joseph Schrayer, all of Harrison, O. ) itb. At Laurel, at the residence of his son-in-law, J. L. 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