Locomotive, Volume 44, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 February 1858 — Page 2

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ute.jV. Y. Tribune. THE LOCOMOTIVE. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1858. ' TfT-Satiirdayistlie day of publication of the Locomotive when Uwlllalwaysbcroadyforsubscribcrs. In nocasewlll welntacopyoflhopnpor go from thoofflco before publica tiondaj. ; . 1 LOCOMOTIVE STEAM PRESS BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. would call the attention of Railroad Men.Presidonteof W Colleges and Academies, tlie Medieal Profession, and all others, to our assortment of NEW AND BEAUTIFUL. TYPE ! e imt received from tlie bet foundries in the United Steles, Jililiracing all the Medical Si, Accents, fVoelioas, Wih; Letters, Algebraical Sifnf, ind all the modem facilities for doing work in the best style. All our Type and Machinery is new, and in Rood order, including two of Adms' Improved STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which enables us to do our work in a superior style, on aaahor time, ami as (rood terms as f ny otlier otllcc. We have on hand a superior article of Hook and oloroil I'u or, and the best of Inks, and aa we are practical workmen, we guaranty all work entrusted to us to be done lu (he neatest manner, with promptness and accuracy. Our Jot Department is well supplied with all kinds of New and Fashionable Typo, and wo are prepared to do yv.ll ISZimcls of Job Worlt ! on the shortest notice, and at the lowest living rates; and II I. A K S OF DVEHV BESCKII'TKIJll on Cap, Letter, Folio Post, Flat Cap, French, or Colored Papers, anil Cards or Card Boards. For tlie character of our work wo confidently refer to any Hook or Job hearing? our imprint. Our prices are regulated at I he low est cash standard, so as to b., regular and uniform, and eipial to nil; and contracts for work will be adhered to, without resort to extra elinrges. TTfOnlers from a tisUnco promptly intended to, and accuracy guarantied. 'roiiloo on Meridian street, Immediately oppositetho Post Ollice. ELDKK A HARKKF.KS. PAY ALL JUST DUES. Mr. Thomas K. Hoi.iirook will call on all against whom we have accounts for printing and advertising, for payment. Let all prepare to niecthim. All having unsettled accounts against us are requested to make them out at once, so thattliey will be ready for settlement when culled on. We want to pay every cent we owe and we want all that owe us to do the same. Two Men Shot. On last Saturday night between 11 and 12 o'clock, two men, Christian Hold and Robert Castillo, were shot, at the saloon of Buscher & Co. on East Washington street. Castillo (lied twelve hours after he was shot, and was buried on Tuesday afternoon. Hold was living on Wednesday morning, but with little prospect of recovery. The facts arc, as we gather them from the testimony before the Coroner's jury, about as follows : Two men, Irishmen, Gallagher, the one now in jail, and another, went to the saloon of Buscher & Co., and wanted liquor." They had'no money, and were told they could not get it. There was some six or eight persons in the room at the time, and some of them spoke to the men and told them not to raise a fuss Without any apparent provocation, the men pulled out revolvers and commenced shooting at Hold and Car tillo. Six or eight shots were fired, and after the' first shots the room was filled with smoke. A scuffle ensued, and in the scuffle the men escaped. Hold was shot twice, in the abdomen. Castillo received one shot under the richt shoulder, and another in the abdomen from the effects of which he died. There was no enmity, and no apparent provocation for this indiscrimi nate shooting, and it is fortunate more were not shot. After the shooting the watch arretted Gallagher, in the frame house on Market street, East of the Govern", ment building. He was fully identified as the person that shot Castillo, and the jury rendered a verdict accordingly. Hold was one of the proprietors of the saloon where the shooting was done. Castillo was a painter, and had been working with S. Drew, Carriage maker. lie is reported as an excellent workman, and a quiet, orderly man. He leaves a wife and child to mourn his untimely end. On Monday the street was filled with people discussing the affair, and there was a disposition to lynch the man if he was brought out of jail( By Tuesday the excitement had passed off' and the feeling prevailed to let the law take its course. The companion of Gallagher is still at large, but every effort is being made to arrest him. This unfortunate affair can be traced directly to liquor the two men who perpetrated it were evidently under its influence at the time, and if it had not been so there would have been no disturbance. fiaT On Tuesday afternoon a fire occurred in a row of frame buildings on the corner of Maryland and Alabama streets, by which one was burned to the groum and the others seriously damaged. The one destroyed, and in which the fire occurred, was used by Mr. Babcock as a Mattrass factory. The t wo lower houses were occupied by Irish families, and were only saved by the early arrival of the Firemen. IIST Another false alaiin brought the Firemen out on Wednesday afternoou. These false alarms area great imposition on the Firemen, and it is the duty of all good citizens to give information of any person starting them, so that they can be properly punished- ' BiT The Executive Committee of the Marion County Agricultural Society, meets this morning, Feb. 20, at 10 o'clock, at the store of P. S. Birkcnuiayer, East Washington street Kansas in Congress. In another column we publish the Telegraphic abstracts of the reports of the Senate Committee, to whom was referred the Kansas Constitution. There are three separate reports. The whole question is now before the Senate, and, according to the plan agreed on in caucus, will be the next question acted on after the army bill, now under discussion. The programme is, as we see by the New York papers, that the Senate will pass the bill admiting Kansas, and transmit it to the House, where it will be acted on after the army bill, whether the report of the House Committee is received or not. The letter writers calculate that Kansas will be admitted by the 1st of March, under the Leconipton Constitution. U3r$189,0H 50, of the notes of the old State Bank of Indiana, were dsstroyed for the quarter ending Feb. 8, 1858. C Mr. S. S. Hanna, son of Saml. Hanna, formerly Treasurer of State, died in this city on the 18th, after a long and painful illness. Thomas Francis Meagher delivered a lecture in this city on Wednesday evening, at Masonic Ilal on " St Patrick's Day." The Committee appointed to investigate the charges against Members of the State Board, in connection with the last Fair, have submitted their report As we understand it none of the charges made have been sustained by the evidence.

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Acditou's Rf.port. We are in receipt of the Annual Report of the Auditor of State to the Gover.i.. ..i.i ,. i.:..t.

nor. It comprises no pages, uiosuy uiuico, nuu the condition of the State, and all the numerous Funds, including the Bank department, are presented in a convenient form for reference. From this report we gather the following facts in relation to the receipts and disbursements during the past year, together with the state of the Treasury on Nov, 1, 1857 : There were remaining; in the Treasury, November 1, 1856, $624,735 03. During the year ending Oct. 81, 1857, the following amounts were received: Revenue SG54, 431 33 ; Township Library Fund, $11,27fi 85: State debt Sinkm" Fund, 87,342 78; Com mon SchoolFund, $416,120 84; Swamp Lands $362,101 57; Benevolent Institutions, $10,342 02; Congressional Township Fund, $423 50 : University Fund, $8,574 43 ; Saline Fund, $6,565 76 ; Bank Tax Fund, $3,6C6 79 ; Surplus Revenue Fund, $77 00; State Prison, $31,827 62; Miscellaneous, $4,458 74; Wabash and Erie Canal, $197,466 36. Total receipts from November 1, 1856, to Oct. 31, 1857, including the balance on hand Nov. 1856, 2,399,410 17. The disbursements during the fiscal year, ending Oct. 81, 1857, were as follows: Ordinary expenses,$186,227 72; Revenue, $5,16097: Township Library Fund, $23,850 73 ; State debt Sinking Fund, $70 72 ; Common School Fund, $381,228 9U; Swamp Lands, $407,872 21 ; Benevolent Institutions, $62,864 99 ; Treasury Fund, $10 86 ; Congressional Township Fund, $57 46; University Fund, $9,667 67 ; Saline Fund, $124 51; Bank Tax Fund, $68 26; Surplus Revenue Fund, $25 74 ; Miscellaneous, $20,620 19; Treasury notes, $2,720 75; Public Debt, $330, 137 94; AVabash and Erie Canal, $318,947 67; whole amount audited from Nov. 1, 1856, to October 81, 1857, $1,748,756 69. Balance in the Treasury Nov. 1, 1856, $624,73503 ; Receipts into the Treasury from all sources during the year ending Oct. 81, 1857, $1,774,675 14; Total, $2,399,410 17. Amount of warrants drawn on the Treasury on all accounts during the year ending Oct. 31,1857, $1,748,75G 69; Balance iu the Treasury, Oct 31, 1857, $650,653 48. Speculation. We see bytho papers that the Capitol of Kansas has been permanently located at Minneola, a place on the broad prairie, without a stick of timber or a house. . It will be seen by the following correspondence why this location was made, and how a speculating scheme to put money in the purse of those interested. It is interesting, as showing the speculative principle that makes everything give way to interest, particularly in new countries. The letter is dated at Lawrence, K. T., February 4, 1858. Last night the House of Representatives of the Territorial Legislature held a session, in which the location of the Capitol of the Territory or State was discussed and decided. This seemingly simple affair is rather complicated. When the act authorizing the Constitutional Convention passed the Legislature, one house enacted that that Convention should meet at Lawrence the other, that it should meet at Topeka. That this should be so done was previously decided upon between the members of the two branches. Topeka wanted the capital because it would increase the price of property there, and Lawrence wanted it for the same reason. Each attempted to influence or buy up the Legislature to her purpose. That body, however, thought they could make more money by a different speculation. A company of influential members was tormed, who bought up 1,400 acres of land in the northern uart of Franklin country, some twentv-odd miles south and west of here; they passed an act incorporat ing it into a town called Minneola, ana last night they passed an act locating the capital of Kansas State or Territory at Minneola. The modus operandi of this legislative speculation was this: A confidential agent was employed by the association of the members of both houses, who went' down to franklin county, bought out the claims at that place for a nominal price; the plot of land was divided into 70 shares, of 20 acres each; some 40 or 50 of these shares were held by the association, which had drawn into it a majority of the members of both Legislatures, while the rest were sold to influential outsiders who were admitted into it The original members of the association have the shares at cost; the later members received them at a nominal price, which was generally above the cost price, howpwr Vtoinrr miiiarallv stOfl ctini-ft rtf OO ii)iua T"J outsiders but influential men could obtain shares or become members of the association; the price paid by them was yesterday $800 per share; to-day, since the bill has passed the lower House by a large majority vote, they are selling much higher, if they can be obtained at all. It is calculated by members of the asso ciation that shares which were yesterday selling for five and eight hundred dollars, will sell in six months for $5,000. The plan of this enterprise, speculation, fraud or whatever it may be called, has been laid and executed with skill, address and cnenry. It was and is kept a profound secret from the unintiatcd: many members of the Legislature know nothing more about it now than the general charges of fraud which were made last night, and indignantly repelled by the conscript fath ers, who held the stock of the "Prairio paper town" in ineir pocxets. J. lie struggle m the House, to one who was posted, was most amusing. Minneola on the first vote got one supporter; at each subsequent vote the number increased to 19, which was a majority, and subsequently reached 24. Whenever a member who did not know what was going on would make a speech against Minneola, the association, wlueh had everything cut and dried, would throw a heavier vote for the place. Every opposition speech had that effect Strong charges of fraud were given out, but the honest indignation of the members who had the inside track rose in rebellion asainst the imputation. One mem ber of the opposition prayed to God that "he would never allow another such damned Legislature to be elected in Kansas." The bill will pass the upper j xiouse; per programme the uovernor is expected to veto it The Legislature will then, by a two thirds vote, pass it over his head. The noses are all counted. It is a sure thing, say they; there can be no failure in it. Pork Packing in the West. Owing to thelate-

ft . I -I t t ceived up to this date, bearinsr upon the subiect We have received returns from one hundred and six places, whore packing has closed, and will give the aggregate for each State, as far as the returns have been received, reserving the details for our full and final report. 1856-7 1857-8 516,732 355,874 371,582 370,557 154,547 Sixteen places in Ohio foot up 400,600 Eleven Kentucky footup..337,016 Thirty-four Thirty-two Thirteen Indiana " ..289,388 " Illinois " Missouri . .335,667 . .128,494 1,491,255 1,769,292 1,491,255 Increase 278,067 In this statement we include the packing at this place. and estimate the number at 450,000, which cannot be much under or over the whole amount which will be packed. ' .. The whole number packed at all the places reported last year was 1,818,468, and the previous year 2.489,502. The whole number of places reported List year, was one hundred and ninety. It is pretty clear, that the ratio of increase will not be as large at the S laces yet to hear from, as those above reported. In forthern Illinois, hogs larded badly, and there is a falling off in this article, in that section, as compared with last year. There is an increase in weight of from three to twenty pounds per hog, at nearly all the places heard from, and as a general thing, except in the section named, the yield of lard has been over that of List year. There can be no doubt that there is an increase in weight, as compared with last year, but what the exact increase is, we cannot say until our returns are completed. Our opinion is that it cannot be less than 4 per cent, or 6 per cent. Cin. Price Current. 1&r The snow on last Saturday made the sleighing very good on Saturday evening and Sunday nibrniiio.

" ol Ule P, ,, s ,', 3 compared w.tn previous present teachers for a nominal sum, sufficient to keep seasons, we shall not be able to give our full report of up repa;rs and aUow thera t0 0 ' sfihools ' the number of hogs paeked in the West, as early as we t,cir own terras. The rcsoltion is held under ad4edid last year; but this being a matter of great import- ' ment untI the moet;ng of the Board ou rriflay cve. ance to our subscribers, as well as to the entire com- ninrr next, munity, we will give all the information we have re- ' mm

Commercial Prospects. The New York Herald give the following ideas on the business propects for the year: " The money market has experienced no change. The supply is far iu excess of the demand, and the rates for call or temporary loansare gradually receding. Inside the banks loans are negotiated at four and six per cent, while outside the rates rule even lower. The impression in the best posted financial circles is that the bulk of the specie exports for the season has been made and that we may look for a steady increase in the specie reservos of our banks for the next six months. For some time past the importations have been exceedingly limited, while the exports from this and all the southern ports have been in excess of those for the corresponding period the previous year. Our foreign trade is rapidly settling down upon a favorable and satisfactory basis, and the experience of the past six months has, beyond doubt, been sufficient to prevent a dangerous expansion for some years. The great masses of this country are not, and are not likely to be for a long time, in a position to consume so extravagantly of foreign luxuries. The abundance of money in the great financial centres is not calculated to give much impetus to general business, and so long as the accumulation of specie goes on in the leading markets the condition of the agricultcral interests is not likely to improve The country at large has been much impoverished by the contraction of trade. The enormous reduction in prices for all our staple pro

ducts, in advance of general liquidation, has taken away from many tho means of payment, and they must look to future industry and new production to provide the wherewithal to close outstanding indebtedness. The agricultural classes, as a general thing, are poor. Their crops wero not large enough last year, at the prices current afler harvest, to pay their debts ; and the country merchant has, therefore, found it difficult to make his usual remittances. There probably is no class of claims so good in the long run as those against fanners, and they will ultimately redeem every cent of their indebtedness ; but it is a matter of time and for that we must wait Until old debts are cleared off, no new ones will be formed except for actual necessities, and this will materialy restrict consumption. We cannot, therefore, look for a revival of business until after auother harvest In the spring of 1859 the wheels of commerce will, without doubt, move again with some rapidity ; and hardly until that time can we look for much activity in the money market Speculation in stocks may m the meantime be carried to a very great extent, and a dangerous point of inflation may be reached ; but it will be confined to Wall street and its immediate vicinity, and will not, we trust, operate injuriously upon any general interest Looking Ahead. Several of the anti-slavery journals have already begun to indicate the names of their candidates for tho Presidency in 1860. The friends of Mr. Banks have brought out their man; the friends of Mr. Hale are not behind hand; and the friends of Mr. Seward, in this State, are pushing their man forward. The friends of Fremont, however, seem to hold back. The democrats seem to be principally engaged in organizing, in filling up their regiments, lopping off the sick and wounded. They have just got rid of three Presidential candidates Wise, Douglas and Walker who have, gone into the hospital, wounded and bleeding from Kansas. This leaves a fresh field for new recruits for 1860. N. Y. Herald. Foreign News. The steamship Niagara, arrived at Halifax on the 14th, with three days later European news, and intelligence from India, China and Australia. In London the money market was easy. The Bank of England reduced the rate of interest to four per cent on the 29th. The tone of the addresses of the French army, congratulating the Emperor upon his escape from assassination, appears, however, to have operated to prevent this movement on the part of the bank from benefitting financial affairs, and the funds closed without animation on the 30th, the quotations for consols being 95 J a 95. American securities were in demand at better prices. At Liverpool the cotton market was steady at the quotations reported by the steamer of the 27th. Breadstuffs were exceedingly dull. The British Parliament was to assemble on the 4th inst. It was expected that the steamer Leviathan would be on afloat on the 30th or 31st ult In France the attempt upon the life of the Emperor continued to absorb public attention. Fulsome addrosses from the army were daily presented, some of which contained such strong sentiments of hostility towards the opponents of the Emperor that the government organ refrained from giving them publicity. It is stated that the French Minister has demanded of the British, Belgian, Swiss and Sardinian governments the adoption of measures to prevent renewed attempts at assassination. A decree had been published announcing the intention of the government to suppress all religious controversy in the French press. Italy seems to have narrowly escaped a convulsion. A plot against the life of the King of Naples, said to have been the work of Frenchmen, had been discovered, while insurrectionary movements at Arcoli and Rome had been frustated by the vigilance of the police. Tlie death of Lablache, the celebrated singer, is reported. News from Bombay to the 9th of January had reached England. . Sir Colin Campbell left Cawnpore on .the 12th December, with a large force, for Agra. Sir James Outram had defeated the Sepoys near Alunsbagh, and Colonel Seaton had also won an important battle and re-occupied Mynpore. At various points, however, the rebels still continued to be troublesome. N. Y. Herald. Public Schoos. The Lafayette Courier furnishes the following information of the Public Schools in that city, since the decision of the Court : " We are pained to announce the mortifying failure of the plan devised by the citizen's meeting to carry on our Public Schools. The subscriptions in the various wards has not realized the expectations of the committee in fact nothing of any consequence has been accomplished, except in the 4th ward, which was canvassed by Mr. Ellis, and the subscription of about $800 secured. This ward comprises nearly half the wealth of the entire city. A meeting of the school trustees was held on Saturday evening and the plan of the citizen's meeting was formally abandoned. A resolution was offered to rent the school houses to the V1ULIVU I (N Jl I The pressed brick for the front of Blackford's building have been received, and placed on the ground. They were purchased in Cincinnati, and costhere nearly ( 4 cents a piece $40:00 per 1,000. We understand arI rangements are being made to make pressed brick here this year. The City vs. Little. This case, in progress in the Common Pleas Court, was determined yesterday. Suit had been brought for the recovery of assessment for street improvements. Little refused to pay the assessment The jury brought in a verdict for the whole amount in favor of the City $81 75. Harrison and N. B. Taylor, for the City. R. L. Walpole and Simms A. Colley, for Little. Journal. Patents Granted. Elias Moore, W. Clark and James' Lindsey, of Shelbyville, Indiana. For improved stave machine. G. P. Keteham, jr., of Blooniington, Ind. For improved method of straining reciprocating saws. Stephen Scotton, of Richmond, Ind. For improvement in joints for sheet and metal roofs. George W. Geisondorf, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Jacob Geisendorff, of Cincinnati, Ohio. For improvement in railroad car axle boxes. A Liquor Decision. Jeremiah O. Daily vs. State of Indiana. Appeal from the Tippecanoe Common Pleas. A majority of the Court sitting at the present term, regarding the Liquor Act of 1855 as void, hold the judgment in the case erroneous ; that it must be reversed, and that the information should be quashed, and it is adjudged accordingly. Capt. W. J. Elliott has resigned the Captaincy of the City Greys, on which the company passed a very handsome series of complimentary resolutions.

SENATE REPORT OF' THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION. Washington, Feb. 18. The report made to-day by Senator Green from the Senate Committee on Territories, speaks at length ot the history of events in Kansas. It asserts that the majority of the people may simply, as in ancient days in mass meeting, make a constitution. They may elect Representatives to draft one, to be submitted to the people for approval or rejection. The last method has been the most approved during the past few years, though formerly the second method was very generally resorted to. The calling of the convention in this case was conceded to have been strictly legal, as also the election of delegates. Was it not logical to infer that a convention legally called, legally elected, and clothed with authority to make a constitution, can no more be interfered with by Governor, Judges or Legislature, either to increase or diminish its power, or alter, modify or nullify its acts than the people could be interfered with had they assembled en masse, instead of by representatives. In conclusion, the committee say the Abolitionists of Kansas had thus far sought power by a method unknown to law and by violence,

and not through tho peacetul agency ot tlie Dauoi-uo. Claiming that they gave a majority of the votes in the Territory, and were therefore able to elect a Legislature and Convention, they yet ask Congress to wrongfully do for them what they may not at legal times and legal places, rightfully do for themselves. That is, change or abolish their constitution ; and in case Congress refuses to comply with their constitutional demand, they threaten to afflict the country with an attempt at bloodshed and revolution. Unless Congress will do for them what they assert they arc anxious not to do for themselves, but what they willfully refuse to do, they threaten to plunge the country into civil war. This conduct is so exceedingly unreasonable as to force the conviction upon tho mind that they are conscious of being a powerless minority, and they expect to be able to compass their unwarrantable ends by departing from the general way of peace and quiet. If your committee are not greatly mistaken these reckless men misjudge the American people, and will be required to seek peaceful methods for the redress of all their grievances, whether they be real or imaginary. The bill proposed by the committee recites that the people of Kansas framed for themselves a Constitution and State Government, Republican in form. The Convention at Leconipton has, in their name and behalf, asked Congress to admit her, therefore it is declared that Kansas shall be admitted into the Union on equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever. The bill prescribes the bounderies, and contains the usual regulations relative to them, and grants public lands as in the case of Minnesota, and gives Kansas, for the present, one Representative in the House. Mr. Douglas in a minority report dissents from the views of the majority, for reasons, among others, that there is no satistactory evidence that the constitution framed by the Leconipton Convention is the act and deed of the people of Kansas or embodies their will. He shows that the convention was not clothed with competent power to establish a constitution without the assent of .Congress which has been expressly withheld in this case. Hence the convention only had such power as the Territorial Legislature could rightfully confer and no more, which was to form a Constitution and send it to Congress as a memorial for admission, which could be accepted or rejected according as it embodies the popular will. That all proceedings of the Convention should have been held in strict obedience to the authority of the territorial government, while in fact it was declared to be in force and take effect in defiance of the authority of the territorial government as well as without the assent of Congress. That the only lawful election hold on the adoption of tho Constitution was that on the 4th of January last, which was in obedience to the law passed by the territorial Legislature, esfctblished by Congress, with full legislative power on all rightful subjects within the Territory. Messrs. Collamer and Wade in submitting their views, say that the Territorial Government of Kansas was never organized as provided in their organic act, that is by its own people, but it was usurped by a foreign force, which conquered and subdued the majority by arms, and installed a minority in power, which has ever since been sustained by the Federal Government instead of being examined into and corrected. This has been done to establish and perpetuate slavery, and the Leconipton Constitution is the result of these proceedings, and is contrary to the will of the great majority of the people, legally expressed. For Congress, in its discretion, to c.onsumate this protracted atrocity, especially for such a purpose, is a violation of the fundamental principles of a Republican Government, and can produce no permanent peace or satisfaction. , The people of the Territory in the late territorial election, have reclaimed their rights, and the territorial government is now for the first time, moving peacefully in its legitimate sphere of promised freedom. Ihe LCcompton Constitution and its adoption were concocted and executed to supercede this government, and to admit it by Congress is but to give success to fraud and encouragement to iniquity; and it would be a triumph of injustice to turn over that people, not to an election fairly and legally conducted, but to such State officers and legislators as Calhoun may appoint hereafter; and on such contingencies as he may determine. His long, mysterious and inexcusable indecision and reserve, but encourage expectation in both parties, one of which is certainly doomed to disappointment. ' lOT The Mass Meeting of the Douglass wing of the Democratic party is next Tuesday, the 23d. Among the speakers announced are : Gov. Wise, of Virginia; Gov. Walker and Gov. Stanton, of Kansas ; Henry B. Payne, late Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio ; Col. J. H. Harney, of the Louisville Democrat ; Col. Carpenter, of Illinois; Governor Packer, of Pennsylvania ; John W. Forney, Editor of the Philadelphia Press ; Charles Foster, Editor of the Ohio Statesman ; and John P. Slough of Kansas. Another snow on Thursday night made excellent sleighing on Friday. The snow fell to the depth of four inches, on ground well prepared for making good sleighing. In several of our churches quite an interest is felt on religious matters. In the Second Presbyterian Church meetings have been held twice a day during the past week. In other churches meetings are held every evening. Throughout the whole country there is a general in. terest, and a spirit of revival prevailing. gg Godey's Lady'8 Book, for March, has been received by Messrs. Stewart & Bowen, Booksellers. This number contains a most beautiful engraving, both in design and execution, entitled the "Mother's Blessing," besides a general variety of Fashion plates, and choice Literary matter.' Ice has already been gathered in sufficient quantities to supply the summer demand. Igs" It is now thought that Mr. Hold, one of the persons shot last Saturday night, will recover. CiirOrderly Sargeant Hartwell has been elected Captain of the City Greys, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Captain Elliott We extract from the Intettiqencer, for the bene fit of astronomical readers, the following letter from an Annapolis correspondent : I wish to draw attention to the beantiful exhibitions of the zodiacal light, now to be seen in the evening sky. They will continue from this time on, in the evening, till about the close of March. As soon as the niaht has fairly set in, (at present about seven o'clock,) this light may be seen in the shape of a sharp pyramid, passing upward from near the western horizon by Jupiter, and thence by the Pleiades, beyond which it is lost in the Milky-way. On the eastern side of the Milky-way it can again be traced, especially between Prnesepe and Regulus ; but in this latter case it is very faint, being like a thin white gauze along the sky, and can be detected only by a careful comparison of that portion of the heavens with the portions on either side. In the west, it is a beautiful yellow light, looking as if the sun were just about to rise there.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Tho Republican Convention of Marion County met at the Court House, in this city,- on Saturday last . The attendance was full. The following are the resolutions adopted: Resolved, That, as Republicans, we re-affirm the principles of the Philadelphia National Republican platform, and maintain, as essential to the preservation of our institutions and freedom, the liberal doctrine contained in the Declaration of Independence, and embodied in the Constitution of the United States ; and that the Federal Constitution and Union, as framed, understood and supported by the illustrious men in whose sagacity and patriotism they originated, shall be preserved. Jiesolved, That while we as Republicans deprecate any " interference with slavery where it exists, under the shield of State Sovereignty, we are opposed to its extection on this continent beyond its present limits." . Resolved, That we do now, as heretofore, maintain that the people of the Territories of the U. S. when

they come to form a Constitution preparatory to admission into the Union, have the right to do so, and we protest against the admission of any Territory into the Union as a State, whose Constitution has not been first submitted to and been approved of by a majority of the people of such Territory. Resolved, That we regard the efforts of the present Administration to force Kansas into the Union under the Leconipton Constitution, which has never received the sanction of the People of that Territory, as an attempt to deprive them of the right of self-government, a principle which the Revolutionary Fathers established and which we shall ever maintain. Resolved, That Jesse D. Bright and Graham N. Fitch were not 'chosen by the Legislature" of Indiana as Senators of the United States, and that we call upon that body, as it regards the rights of a sovereign State ot this Union, ana its own sell-respect, to immediately refuse to recognize them as such so that they may not be permitted to cast their votes for the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton swindle, which would be contrary to the wishes of a vast majority of the people of this State. , , . Resolved, That we cordially invite the co-operation of freemen of all parties, however differing from us in other respects, in the maintainance of the principles herein proclaimed. Resolved, That the charge made by the officeholders' convention of the 8th of January last, "that the Republicans arc in favor of placing the negroes upon equal political and social relations with the whites," is a malicious falsehood, conceived for electioneering purposes, and worthy of the source from winch it emanated. ....... Resolved, That more than enough of the public domain has been swallowed by land speculators, and that the social condition of the laboring masses in our country peremptorily demands the passage of a Homestead Bill, that would give to every actual free white settler a portion of the public lands free of charge. Resolved, That the State's stock in the State Bank of Indiana, and the Sinking Fund derived from the profits of the same, are inviolably pledged to the purposes of Common Schools after the redemption of the Bank bonds for which they are set apart; and that under no pretence whatever should they be devoted to any otlier use; but should be so invested as to prevent all hazard of loss or diminution to the principle, and secure the largest return of interest to the Common School revenues of the State. Resolved, That the old line party of this State, in the late session of the General Assembly, wilfully violated the constitution of the State: 1. By assuming to organize a joint convention of the two Houses thereof without the consent of either. 2. By assuming to elect two Senators of the United States in a convention formed without the concurrence, and in the absence of a quorum, of both Houses. 3. By refusing to admit members duly elected to the General Assembly to take their seats as such an outrage perpetrated in the House of Representatives by an unscrupulous majority, and in the Senate by the violent and revolutionary conduct of a factious and corrupt minority, by refusing to permit a vote to be taken on the election and return of the Senator from the district composed of the counties of St, Joseph, Marshall, Fulton and Starke, thereby rendering the decision of that question impossible; 4. By refusing in the Senate to dispose of the orders of the day, and thereby defeating the passage of the Assessment BUI, and the General Appropriation, by means whereof the constitutional action of the Government has been stopped, the Benevolent Institutions closed against their unfortunate inmates, and the State left without any legal resource for the payment of the interests on her Bonds; 5. By endeavoring in both Houses to create Bank Commissioners for the manifect purpose of placing the interest of the State in the Slate Bank of Indiana, under the control of irresponsible men without any legal fuarauty for its security, and with an implied intent to tcilitate the appropriation thereof by those who were willing to become the beneficiaries ot a scheme so full of infamy and crime; 6. By the wanton expenditure of $10,000. bv the ; House Committee on Elections, on the pretext of in- ; vestigating frauds in the election of Rush County but m lact 10 grainy me private ana partizan malice ot the Con tester, and cheat that County out of a representation in that body during the session. Resolved, That we condemn and denounce the doctrines maintained by a majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the late Dred Seott decision, as unconstitutional and revolu tionary. I 1. Because, if as held by them the Court had no jurisdiction of the cause, these doctrines are the mere : volunteer sayings of tho Judges, wholly extra-judicial; ; aud, therefore, wholly without authority; 2. Because they involve political issues of the utmost impoi-tance to the People of the whole Union; and we, as Republicans, are unwilling to consent that such questions shall be conclusively determined for the I Nation, in a cause between a Negro and a Negro driver, ! to which the American people were not parties, and in the argument of which they were not heard either by themselves or by counsel; 3. B ecause they contradict the doctrines maintained on the same subjects by those who framed the Constitution aud organized the government of the United States; t 4. Because they contradict the history and practice of the Government, in all its departments during the first seventy years of its existence; 5. Because they declare that the Constitution, by the force of its own terms, extends to the Territories of the United States and becomes the shield of slavery therein, thus securing by paramount law the existence of that institution in all future States to be organized in those Territories, against any constitution the people thereof may adopt, and rendering its extinguishments therein absolutly impossible without a change in the Federal Constitution ; 6. Because they deprive the laboring millions of free white men of homes in any of the vast territories of the Union, or compel them to accept the same upon the degrading condition of laboring side bv side w ith those miserable beings who are bought and sold as chatties in the market, and driven to their daily and unrequited toil like beasts of burthen; 7. Because, if tolerated, their inevitable result must be the consolidation of the States of the Union into one vast pro-slavery despotism; and the dissemination ot that scourge and curse over States now free, prosperous and happy, through the enterprize of free white men, whose manly industry has never yet been, and with our consent never shall be, degraded by an association with the labor of slaves. Resolved, That we are opposed to the scheme, originating with Wall street stoc k-gamblers, having in view the assumption, by the State, of the indebtedness, fully and honorably discharged by the transfer of the War T Lne Canl1 and the Canal Lands, to our bondholders; and that we will not giTe our support to any candidate who does not unequivocally pledge himself to oppose such assumption. luxclvtd. That the Republican party disclaim all paternity of any Bank frauds, Swamp Land frauds, and an other schemes for cheating the people out of their itimls or franchises, and court a candid investigation of 't3 regard thereto. Ihe following gentlemen were appointed as dcleof March Collvention, to be held on the 4th Wayne J JL Jiahn Fielding Beeler, J. II. n4 i t Mar,in S- To""- Jb Smock, WT. S. , U Aeal Jau" Clark, AVclcv li. Toon.