Locomotive, Volume 44, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1858 — Page 2

THE LOCOMOTIVE.

SATUEDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1858. UjSaturiliij'lslho day of publication of the Locomotive whan It will alwaysbcreadj for subscribers. In nocascwlll welotaoopyofthepaper go from theofflco before publics tionda;. . LOCOMOTIVE! STEAM PRESS BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. would call the attention of Railroad Men, President of Colleges and Academies, tlie Medical Profession, nnd ll olliors, to our assortment of NKW AND JJMAUTH''UIj TYl'K ! e ust received from the bel Foundries in tho United f tales, J nibradliir all the Midiral Sis, jeef, Frar.tione, French Lettert, Atf'bratcal Sift, and all the modern facilities for dollar work in tho bust style. All our Typo and Machinery is new, and in good order, Including two of Adms' Improved STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which enables us to do our work in asuperlorstyle.oi. asshor lime, and as good tonus as f.ny other office. We have on hand a superior article of llooK and Colored IUierN, and ttie best of Inks, and as we are practical workmen, we guaranty all work entrusted to us to be done In the neatest manner, with promptness and accuracy. Our Job Department Is well supplied with all kinds of New and Fashionable Type, and we are prepared to do All ICiiids of Job Worlt! on the shortest notice, and at the lowest living rates; and iimmvs o r . r. v e ic y i i: sritirrioai! on Cap, Letter, Folio Post, Flat Cap, French, or Colored Papers, and Cards or Cnrd Boards. For the character of our work wo confidently refer to any Book or J i, b bearing our i in print. Our prices a re regulated at the lowest cash standard, so as to be regular and uniform, and e.pial to all; and contracts for work will be adhered ti. without resort to extra charges. TlfOrders from a tistance promptly attended to, and accuracy truaraulicd. Tf-poilieeon Meridian stroet, Immediately oppositcthe Post Office, BLUER & HARKNKNS. " PAY ALL JUST DUES. Mr. TnoMs K HoLeaooK will call on all against M-liom wo have accounts for printing and adverlising, for payment. Let till prepare to meethim. All having unsellledaccouiitsagalust us are eo,uestod to make them out at once, so that they will be ready for settlement when called on. Wo want to pay every cejtt wo owe and we want all that owe us to do the same. IgiT The proceedings of a meeting of the Marion County Agricultural Society will be found in another Column. Col. T. A. Morris has been elected President of the Society, and lie will bring new energy to it, and secure its success. There is now no such thing as fail. The Directors meet next Saturday, to arrange a premium list, when all the Directors are expected to be present, punctually at the time. They expect to introduce some new features into tho next Annual Fair, that will add attractions and interest, and the co-operation of all the Mechanics and artisans of Ma rioji County is earnestly desired, to make the Marion County Fair second to that of no County in tho State. IfaT We would like our citizens to ask themselves the question whether there is any inducement for capital to seek investment in this city. This is a very im. portant question for the interests of the city, and is considered by all men of means seeking an investment. In order to look at this question fairly, you must remember, 1st, that the legal interest of this State is six per cent. 2. The City tax is 80 cents on tho $100) and the County tax, generally, 55 cents, making $1,35 on the $100, or 1 J per cent for taxes. This leaves ii per cent as the net proceeds of $100 invested at inter" est. AVill this draw capital ? gT On last Saturday morning, the 20th inst., the Pacific Hotel, in St. Louis, Mo., was destroyed by fire, and twenty persons burned and injured so that they died, while twenty-four were severely injured. Nearly all the occupants of the house escaped by jumping from the windows. Among the dead was Charles Davis, son of J. AV. Davis, formerly of this city, who was baggage master on the Terre Haute and Alton railroad. He leaves a wife and child iu Terre Haute. The fire originated in the lower story, and the stairs were burned down, and all the lower story enveloped in flames before the fire was discovered. Mr. Bryant, who lives two miles north of the city, on the Michigan road, was arrested on Thursday, on the following circumstances: He and his son-in-law, Joseph Moore, had a fight on Saturday last, in which he got whipped. Moore then moved away, and was taking, as is alleged, more property with him than he was entitled to. On Wednesday he went back to get some , chickens, and Bryant was in the stable, cleaning it out. We are not informed whether there was another difficulty at this time, but Bryant struck Moore with a pitchfork, one prong entering his head in front, and the other behind his ear. Moore was not expected to live. Bryant was in jail on Thursday morning. Magazines. IIarpku's Monthly Magazine, for March, with a continuation of the Virginians; tho Upper Mississippi illustrated, and other interesting papers, can be obtained of Messrs. Stewart & Bowen's. Graham's Illustrated Magazine, for March, from which we copy Ham Murdoch's Confession, in this number of our paper, and a number of other interesting papers, can be hail at Messrs. Stewart & Bowcn's. Frank Leslie's New Family Magazine and Gazette of Fashion, numerously illustrated an extra number, can be procured at the Book store of Messrs. Stewart & Bowen., West Washington street. gT It is the prevailing opinion among business men that the rents of business rooms in this city is too high that the business of the city will not justify them in paying the high rents demanded. If this is so, the effect will be, either to deter people from cariying on business, or induce them to seek locations on side streets, at lower rates. Which shall it be ? Mrs.Macready, the celebrated Tragediennee, will give one of Iter Dramatic Readings in this city, in about two weeks. Her reputation is not confined to any State, or country, but is world-wide. Wherever she appears large houses are attracted to her, and are delighted with her performances. She made her first appearance on the stage in Philadelphia, 1853, since which time she has ranked as a star of the first magnitude. A negro was shot last Saturday night, by the watchman at Mansur's Pork House, while in the act of stealing hams. When discovered, he was ordered to stop, and refusing to do this he was shot at three times, and hit twice once in the leg, and once in the small of the back. His recovery is very doubtful. Verdict, by the people "served hiin fight. 5" John L. Robinson has been re-appointed U S. Marshall for the District of Indiana, by and withthe advise and consent of the Senate. tS" Over one hundred ban-els of Eggs were packed during the late warm spell, and shipped to New York, by one house in this city J. & J. Bradshaw.

MARION COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. ' I Pursuant to adjournment, the Directors the Marion

County Agricultural Society met on Saturday, February 20. j Vice President, Powell HowLANDjCauea tne meeu ing to order. I On motion, J. R. Elder was appointed Secretary ' pro tern. The Vice President laid belore the meeting ineioilowing letter : Ln-pianapolis, Feb. 20, 1858. To the Marion County Arpicultural Society. Gentlemen : I hereby tender you my resignation as President of the Society. I am induced to take this n fmm tlin firm conviction that in doina so I shall promote the interest and secure tho harmony oi tne Society, which shall always be my earnest desire. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. M. W. Langsdale. On motion, the resignation was accepted. The Society then proceeded to elect a President, and on the first ballot Thomas A. Morris was declared sly elected, and the Secretary was directed ' 1 . unanimous to notify him of the fact On motion, the meeting adjourned to meet on Sat urday, March 13, at 10 o'clock precisely, at tho store of P. S. Birkenmaycr. The object of this meeting wilt be to prepare a premium list a lull meeting is desired. By order of tho Society. rOWELL HOWLAND, President. J. R. Elder, Sec. pro tern. y Premium List. The Premium list of the State Board of Agriculture, for the State Fair of 1858, has just been published. From a hasty examination it appears to be well prepared, and attractive. The arrangement of dividing the list into Departments, with a separate committee of the State Board to have charge of each department, is a good one, and will do away, in a great measure, with the chances of favoritism. Each committee is responsible for the appointment and action of the committees in their departments, and will see that it is conducted properly, for their own credit. We copy the article on admissions. It will be seen that no person can be admitted to the ground without a ticket, not even exhibitors: 1. Tickets of admission, price twenty-five cents each, can be had at Treasurer's office near the entrance of the Fair Grounds, and also at several suitable places in the city. No badges for exhibitors or others will be sold. 2. Carriage tickets can be had at the Treasurers office at $1 for each admission, by all who wish to visit the Fair grounds by a ride along tho carriage way; but no one will be exempt thereby from procuring a single ticket before entering the grounds. Grand Section C. of T. of Indiana. At a meeting of the G. Section, held on the 18th inst., the following officers wero elected, viz: John H. Batty, G. P. E. II. Barry, G. Chap. John A. Wilkins, G. V. P. F. A. W. Davis, G. G. Henry Ohr, G. Soc'y. Wm. II. Smith, G. W. Chas. W. Stagg, G. T. After appointing a committee to get up a new Ritu" al, and transacting other business of importance, it ad journed to meet again on Wednesday, March 1 7, at 7 o'clock, r. m. Divorces. Our County Clerk, John C. New, re ceived the following letter from Elmira, New York. We are informed it is a true bill, and that the gentle man that sent it has once already been through our courts on the Divorce business. This is about the best burlesque on the facility of getting divorces in Indiana, that we have seen. ' . Dear Sir: I want you to send mo a blank divorce, all filled up but namesand date, on receipt of which I will inclose $5 00. . Tho New York Tribune says that Missouri will be the battle ground for the Next great struggle between very and freedom that Missouri now has a large free-labor majority. If this is the programe, a large emigration will take place to Missouri within the next year or two. Rumors and reports of Duels have been prevalent in Washington City during the last week. Among the rest was one between Mr. Clay, of Ky., and Mr. Cullom, of Tennessee. The latest report is that this difficulty was arranged without bloodshed. XiT The sleighing during the early part of the week was the finest ever seen in this city. It was enjoyed hugely, by all except the poor horses, who were kept going at all hours. The only mishap we heard of was killing a fine horse, on Tuesday night. Ollon. John Kent Kane, Judge of tho United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and father of Dr. Kane, tho distinguished Arctic Explorer, died at his residence in Philadelphia on Sunday last. (ST The Ladies of the Universalist Congregation gave a Supper, at College Hall, last evening. It was too late for a notice in this paper, but we have no doubt those present had a pleasant time. SaT The Indiana Central Railway Co. have put up a large quantity of clear Ice in Cambridge City, for the use of the Passenger trains during the coming summer. A number of hams, and a barrel of lard, were found on the premises of John Conway, said to be stolen from the Pork House of W. & I. Mansur. Conway was arrested and held to bail. CiT M. D. Babcock sells to-day a large stock o" Watches, Jewelry, and Silver ware, at Auction, the property of a Bankrupt, as can be seen by bills print, ed at this office. There will be bargains, no doubt. Jonathan S. Harvey, of this city, has been elcc. ed President of the JefFersonvillc Branch of the Bank of the State. Within the past ten years more than twelve hundred millions of gold has been added to tho previous sup ply. C"The American is under full tide of success, with its new proprietor, Mr. Holloway, and its manager, Dr. Barbour. - 15 J. & J. Bradshaw are buying large quantities of corn. Persons having corn to sell would do well to give them a calL' 65 A full crop of fine Ice has been put up by the Ice men in this vicinity. The story ot Jessie Brown, which we published last week, has been dramatized in New York. Next Thursday the Republican State Convention meets in this city. iSiT An officer of the U. S. Army is now here getting recruits. " Indianapolis and Cincinnati 10 per cent, railroad bonds told in New York, on Monday last, for 74 J. See the notice of Tippet found.

PROSPECTS AHEAD. At this season of the year, when all business men, mechanics, and farmers, are anxiously looking ahead

for tne p1Wpects of the coming season, anything that has a tendency to throw light on the subject is read wjtij interest. The great movements start irom tne commercial centers, and the sentinels at those points are iotter prepared, from their position, to give correct information than others at a distance. ith this view we copy the following from the New York Tribune,o Tuesday, on the prospect of goods times : " When shall we have good times again ?" is a very I general inquiry. We propose to cast some light on the subject. j l. We have iust had and still have a season of com mercial disruption and depression, because our people had, for some years previous to its commencement, devoted their time and energies inordinately to Traffic, Building, Speculation, instead of those departments of Productive Industry which minister to the more immediate and urgent wants of a community. To the stable restoration of" good times," it is essential that this misdirection of efl'ort shall have fully ceased. AVhat is the fact in this respect ? 9 Wp have had and are havin" hard times, because ! too large a share of our Population fancied that they I i , i" 1 i rfA V..r nlanniniT anil starting new Railroads, laying out and selling lots in embryo cities, starting new banks, selling goods on credit, book-keeping, clerking, &c, instead of digging and fertilizing the earth. Has this mistake been fully cured ? this evil tendency been eradicated ? 3. AVe have had and are not vet clear of hard times because, as a consequence of the foregoing, we have imported far too much, while exporting relatively too little, so that we were steadily running deeper and deeper in debt AVe remonstrated against this from the outset, assured our readers that it must end in a crash, and tried our best to procure such a change in our National policy as would increase the number and efficiency of our factories, forges, furnaces, and eo check tho inordinate tide of importation and Btop our running in debt abroad. What is doing or likely to be done in this respect ? 4. AVe have had and arc having hard time, because almost everybody, for some eight or ten years past, lias been madly intent on running himself and drawing his friends into debt. People talk of the excess of Paper Money, when there is probably less Paper Money this day in the country than there was twenty-two years ago. At all events, the proportion of Paper Money to Trade, Industry, Production and AVealth, is much less now than it was in 1836. But, though Paper Money is not and has not been excessive, Debt has been and is. Half the Real Estate in the country is mortgaged for at least two-thirds of its cash value. Nearly every merchant is in debt a larre proportion heavily so. COtiKl live easier anu gei ntu iomci j........ Ships, steamboats, railroads, houses, farms in short, everything on which money can be raised, is shingled over with debt. All this went on swimmingly so long as everythng bore high prices ; but we waked up one morning last Summer and found that we had " se.t it up too sleep" that the Grain Crop of 1857 must inevitably be sold far below the prices realized for that of '56 that Sugar, Tobacco, Pork, Cotton, and almost everything else must go down by the run, and that Real Estate and most fast property must share the downfall, leaving the rocky peaks of many mortgages frowning grimly above the ebbing tide. In short, we were all a good deal poorer than we had supposed and many of us inevitably broken. It takes time to clear away the wreck of such a revulsion and get under easy sail again. Are we hard at work clearing away ? or arc we waiting a favorable gale to waft us into port dismantled and water-dogged ' Let every one answer tor himself. There will of course be a revival of Trade and apparent Prosperity, for " after a storm, comes a calm." Shall it be a real, well-grounded, lasting revival, or a mere bridge of fog, raised suddenly by some financial enchantment, to vanish in the next clear sunshine ? Men who look and sigh for the return of good times, be sure you know wliat you mean ! CITY SCHOOL KEFORT. Tho School Trustees make the following report, of the result bus far, of the eflbits to continue the public Schools : High School, scholars attending 117 Amount necessary for each quarter $.i2. 00 Amount riaid on scholarships 327 40 Deficit. -$108 GO FIRST WARD. Grammar School, scholars attending: P2 Intermediate 74 Secondary 70 Primary. Michigan street 50 Primary, Ward School House ir 5C Total 332 Amount necessary for each quarter $677 511 Amouunt paid on scholarships 253 02 Deficit. .. r $484 48 8ECOND WARD. Grammar School, scholars attending 62 1.3 44 01 Intermediate. Secondary . Primary . .. Amount necessary for each (juarter 3511 25 Amount paid on scholarships 312 00 Dottcit... $149 25 THIRD WARD. Intermediate School, scholars attending... 47 Secondary , 43 Primary 64 Total 154 Amount necessary for each quartr $247 Ml Amount paid on scholarships 125 25 Delicit $123 25 FOURTH WARD. Intermediate School, scholars attending... 33 Primary 50 Total. Amount necessary for each quarter $200 00 Amount paid on scholarships 52 W) Delicit FIFTH WARD. $148 CO Grammar School, scholars attending Intermediate Secondary 77 (' 3fi 55 Total , 234 Primary... Amount necessary for each quarter.. .. 8G"5 00 Amount paid on scholarships 321 liO 1 Delicit $284 00 SIXTH WARD. Intermediate School, scholars unending. .. 46 Primary 3 Total S Amount necessary fur ea-h quarter $175 00 Amount paid on scholarships 61 00 Deficit $114 00 SttVKWTH WARD. . Grammar School, scholars attending 30 Intermediate 55 Secondary 40 Primary '' Total 215 .Amount necessary for each quarlor $r03 75 Amount paid on scholarships IJj "U Deficit. $367 75 Whole No. of scholars iu school. Feb. 18.. 1,430 Amount received from scholarships $1,598 17 From donations and subscriptions 332 99 Rec'ved from all sources $1 921 !! Amount needed 3.422 CO DeBcit., $1,500 84 ST The Caledonian Society, of Indianapolis, was organized nignt before last, (22nd,) at their Club Room, AVashington Hall, by the adoption of articles of association, and an election of officers to serve for one year. The officers are : James Morrison, President Robert B. Melville, A'ice President James B. Morrison, Secretary. James AVood, Sen., Treasurer. Livingston Dunlap, M. D., Physician. Alexander AVands, l James Muir, i Counsehnen. AA'illiam Nicholson. ) A committee, consisting of Messrs. Melville, AVands and Nicholson, was appointed to draft and report to the Society at its next meeting, a constitution and bylaws; and said committee are also procure all necessary books, stationary, &c; and fix a time for tho Society's next meeting and cause due notice thereof to be given. Attest : Jamks B. Morrison, Sec'y. FROM ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, Feb. 25. Charles L. Taylor alias Saunders has been arrested for setting fire to the Pacific Hotel, and murdering Ephraim Doane, one of the inmates. Dr. Strader, landlord, and Charles AValdruck, watchman of the hotel, have also been arrested. Examination will take place to-morrow, when it is supposed that one of the most atrocious and diabolical acts ever committed will be developed. gr Hassey & Pcrrott have opened a new Grocery, Flour, Meal, and Feed Store, in Little's Block. See advertisement.

THE MASS CONVENTION. The Anti-Leeompton Mass Convention, called by the friends of Mr. Douglass, met at Masonic Hall oh Tues day, the 23d. The Hall was well filled, with members of all the political parties. - The meeting was organized by electing the following officers : President AV. M. McCarty, of Marion. Vice Presidents. Jeremiah Smith, of Randolph ;

AV. D. Allen, of Putnam; AVm. C. Rise, ot Uoont , Chauncey Carter, of Cass ; B. F. AVallacc, of Grant; AV. AV. AVick, of Marion ; F. L. Goble, of Henry; A. M. Puett, of Parke ; T. G. Clark, of Madison ; C. Jones, of Spencer ; A. C. Pepper, of Ohio ; James E. A ilson, of Jennings. . Secretaries. Solon Turnam,of Putnam; Charles J. Barker, of Madison ; S. A. Hall, of Cass; A. Seidensticker, of Marion; N. Tompkins, of Bartholomew. Tho following committee on resolutions were adopt ed. John C. AAralker, of Laporte, chairman ; G. AV. Randall, of Scott ; Geo. A. Buskirk, of Monroe ; Joseph V. BemusdafXer, of Decatnr ; Henry AVyser, of Delaware ; Gordon Tanner, of Marion ; G. F. Cookerly, of Vigo; R. P. Davison, of Clinton ; Gilbert Hathaway, of Laporte ; Asbury Steele, of Grant ; R. S. Hicks, of Spen cer. The Convention was addressed by Judge Joiinbon, of Kansas, and Henry B. Payne, Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio at the last election. Letters were read from Henry A. AVise, of Virginia, and Charles J. Foster, of Columbus, Ohio. platform. Tho Democratic Party of the State of Indiana, in Mass Convention assembled, make and publish these resolutions: - . 1. That all just powers of government are derived from the people ; that this principle is recognized as fundamental by all American constitutions, and by the Democratic part)'. 2. That all constitutions, State and I ederal, should be strictly construed, and the reserved rights of the States and the people sedulously guarded. 8. That the right of the people to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, as guaranteed to Kansas and Nebraska by their organic law, inheres alike in the people of all other Territories of the United States. 4. That an application for the admission of a new State into the Union can be known to Congress as the bona fide act of the people interested, only by the fact that tne constitution accompanying sucn niiiuii-auuu has been ratified by the people. 6. That by the principle of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, practically applied, Congress is bound to a uniform method of admitting new States into the Union, onlv uoon Constitutions which have been ratified at a fair election by a vote of the people for whose government they are framed. 6. That the last resolution adopted by the Convention of the 8th of January, known as "the popular sovereignty resolution," has been misinterpreted in this State and elsewhere ; that, in the opinion of the Democracy of Indiana, the plain language of that resolution admits of but one interpretation, namely : That the Democracy of this State re-affirm the great doctrine of the Kansas-Nebraska Act ; that by that doctrine, practically applied, the people of a State or of a territory are vested with the right of ratifying or rejecting, at the ballot-box, any Constitution (the whole of it) 'that may be framed for their government; that after the 8th of January, 1858, neither Kansas, nor any other territory ought to be admitted into the Union as a State, unless the qualified voters thereof have been permitted to exercise such vested right, and a majority have declared in favor of the Constitution accompanying their application for admission. 7. ' That the policy of forcing Kansas into the Union upon a constitution already rejected at the ballot-box bv a laro-e maioritv of the people for whose government it was framed, is ruinous ; that it involves an act of Congressional intervention and criminal usurpation accomplished, if at all, at a sacrifice of the plighted faith of the nation, and in defiance of the principles of self government, to which the delegate convention of the 8th of January last pledged the Democracy of Indiana ; that the same party now, in mass convention, most solemnly protest against the threatened treason to its principles, and repudiate the action of those members of Congress from this State who shall approve of or vote for dragging Kansas into the Union upon the Leeompton Constitution. 8. That the Democracy of Indiana are opposed to the retrocession of the AV abash and Erie Canal, as well as to any new arrangement with the bondholders thereof. , 9. That in imitation of the system successfully adopted by the United States Government, the State of Indiana should establish an independent treasury for the safe keeping of the public revenue. 10. That gold and silver only should circulate as msney ; that charters for banks of issue or monied monopolies should not be granted, and that the circulating mediums of the States should be reduced to the constitutional standard as rapidly as practicable. 11. That the Monroe Doctrine of non intervention by European powers in the affairs of this Continent, should be insisted upon and enforced by the United States Government 12. That we recommend to our friends throughout the State a thorough organization upon the foregoing platform of principles. 14. That we are in favor of a Homestead Law, granting to every actual settler a Homestead on the public lands, free of all charge. In addition to the above Platform of principles, we declare as follows : Resolved, That the organization in favor of the Leeompton movement, as its principles and policy are developed, reveals a tendency to the distinctive features of ancient federalism ; that their theory, in our opinion, involves a complete centralization of the political power of the government ; that we fear that there is great danger of a repudiation of the principle of the Nebraska Act as a rule for the organization of Territories. Resolved, That primary assemblies of the Democratic party, alone, can with propriety erect tests of party faith; that the functionaries of their creation have no such authority ; that we have witnessed with indignation the presumptuous attempt to read out of the Democratic party many of its oldest, ablest and truest members. Resolved, That the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas is entitled to the srratitudc and applause of the American Democracy, for his bold and triumphant vindication of the American principle of self-government ; antt the Democracy of Indiana, in mass convention assembled, hereby pledge to him their firm and undivided sup port ; and furthermore, that wo approve ana endorse the course, up to this time, of Messrs. English, Foley, Uavis antt iNioiacK upon tne ivansas question ui k,vu-o-ress. , Resolved, That the Indiana State Sentinel,by its prevarications, misrepresentations, aim iiiL-uiiMBtuucien, as well as bv its betraval of Democratic faith, and -its injustice to members of the party, has placed itself out side ot the democratic organization oi me ouue, anu forfeited the patronage and respect of the party. Resolved, That the Chair appoint an Executive Committee of two from each Congressional District, and one from the city of Indianapolis, whose duty it shall be to watch over the interests and organization, to call such Democratic meetings and conventions as may from time to time be thought necessary, and to take such other steps as may be necessary and proper, looking to a thorough organization ot tlie party lor tne coming canvass. Resolved. That wo recommend to the National De mocracy of the North-west the holding at an early day of a Mass Convention at Chicasro or some other suita ble place, and that a Committee of Correspondence of . , . . . i TV, nve De appointea, to communicate nun me jv;"-".i ra cy ot other States relative to the caning oi sucu a wa vontinn. Resolved, That Hon. Aquilla Jones, in his manly refusal to accent a nomination on the platform reported by the Committee on Resolutions of the late 8th of J . . ...1 1 . .1 A. 1 ,1 January Convention, is enliuea to me respeci anu ou miration of the public. The resolution in relation to the Sentinel was more enthusiastically received than any other a sponta neous acclamation was made from all parts of the house. The following is the Executive Committee appoint ed by the Chair:

1st District R. S. Hicks, C. Tracy. 2d Districts Job Hatfield, G. AV. Randall. 3d District John p. Carr, J. II. Vawter. 4 th District A. C. Pepper, A. S. Underwood. 5th District G. S. Buckley, Jerenii. ah Smith. 6 th District A. II. Brown, A. Seidensticker, J. B. Ryan. 7th District AVm. D. Allen, J, B. Edmonds. 8th District Isaac E. Elston, R. p

Davidson. 9th District Gilbert llatnaway, ciiauncy Carter. 10th District Robert Lowry, G. AV. McConnell. Hth District James M. Dickson, B. F. AVal. k The President also appointed the following Committee under the resolution in regard to the meeting at Chicago: A Seidensticker, Allen May, Henry Secrest, Saral, H. Buskirk, O. B. Torbet Meetings were held on Monday and Tuesday evenin"s. The Convention adjourned on Tuesday evening, after supper. Harmony prevailed throughout the meeting, but many of the speakers indulged in bitter personal remarks against those that did not am-cc with them. AVASHINGTON ITEMS. , . ' . AVashington, Feb. 25. The defeat of the Army Bill is not considered as conclusive respecting the increase of the Army on the part of the Senate, which body will await the action of the House on the measure there pending, for additional regiments. Thft House Committee have come to no conclusion in relation to the contested election from Ohio. It is not true that the House Committee on Territories have agreed to report a bill for the Territorial Government of Sierra Nevada. They have merely decided to consider the memorial on the subject. Air. Clav. of Kv.. appeared in his seat in the House to day, and received the congratulations of his friends on the settlement of the late difficulty with Gen. Culloni. " . The Supreme Court will adjourn to-morrow tdl the 1st of April. LATER FROM THE ARMY IN UTAH. St. Louis, Feb. 25. E. G. Brown, the Utah corsespondent of the N. Y. Tribune, arrived here last night in company with the U. S. Attorney, Hackaday. They left Camp Scott January 5th. The health of the Army continued j good. The weather was remarkably mild for that region, and very little snow had fallen in the immediate vicinity. Tho camp ground most of the time was almost bare. The District Court had indicted Bngham Young, Kimball, and others of high treason. The Mormon Legislature was still in session. The last dates received from the States were to the first of October; much anxiety was felt to hear from the East in consequence of the rumored money panic. Foreign News. The steamship Anglo Saxon, from Liverpool 10th instant, arrived at Portland Tuesday morning, and the steamship Arago, from Havre ana isoutliampton same aay, amveu at, una pun, auuut one o'clock this morning. The news received by these ships is four days later than the advices brought by the Africa, and is of a highly interesting character. The long talked of attack of the allied British and French forces upon Canton took place on the 28th of December. The bombardment commenced at daylight, was continued throughout the day and night, and at six o'clock on the morning of the 29th the assault began. By nine o'clock the heights commanding the city were in possession of the allies. The Chinese made but feeble resistance, but the British refrained from entering the city. A fortnight's later news had reached London from India. It was very satisfactory. The British had obtained important successes. The Lieutenant Governorship had been given to Sir John Lawrence. The position of affairs between France and England continued to excite anything but an amiable feeling on both sides. In the House of Lords it was announced that a despatch had been received from Count AValewski, in which it was stated that the Emperor deeply regretted that any apparently official recognition snomu nave Deen given in r ranee to assertions unciy to be at all offensive to the feelings of the English people. In the House of Commons, Lord Palmerston had obtained leave, by a vote of 299 to 90, to bring in a bill making conspiracies to murder a penal offence, the law to be applicable to both British subjects and foreigners. It was also announced that the government had no intention to yield to the desire of other Powers for the expulsion ot refugees in England. T A T "1 1 1 1 , 1 J If- i . 1 . i ' 1 in x ranee ivi. xunauu, xuimsier oi me juienui , aim E. Pietri, Prefect of Police, had resigned their posts. Gen. Espmesse had been selected to succeed JU. uulault, and it was expected that he would shortly assume the duties of Prefect of Police. A revolutionary plot had been detected in Madrid. The London money market was easy, but the tone ot the French government organ had a depressing effect upon the funds. Consols had declined. The closing quotations were 95 1 for money, and 95 for account. At Liverpool cotton had advanced one-eighth of a penny on the prices current at the departure of the Africa, the market closing firm. Breadstuffs were nominal. One of the Boys. The Rev. H. AV. B. a distin guished clergyman of Brooklyn, was taken on a stage sleigh from the depot in AV , (a New-England town, where railroad communication then ended,) to P , a place fifty miles distant, where he was to lecture that night It was a warm February day; the sleighing was splendid. B. was on the box beside a 1 young driver, the teams, of four horses each, were perfection, and the result was that the fifty miles were got over in something like four hours pretty good railroad time on some tracks. But it didn't do the teams of horses any good, and when, some days after, knowledge of their condition came to the proprietor of the line, he called up that particular driver (Sam) anil asked how he had come to drive his horses that day at such a rate. "AVell," said Sam, "I had one of the 'boys' on the box with me; he wanted to see 'em go, and I put 'em through !" The Locusts A Prophecy. A correspondent of the AVashington Intelligencer writes as follows in regard to the locusts in 1858: As many persons are inquiring of me where the locusts will appear this year, (1858,) please permit me to inform them through your columns that they will appear in the Slate of Mississippi, and will occupy the whole western portion of the State, from the Mississippi river eastward to the ridge of land that divides the State, running north and south, averaging about forty-five miles from the river; they will extend north and south to the boundaries of the State, and will most probably extend northwardly into a small portion of southwestern Tennessee. They will also appear in a portion of the southeast section of Louisiana, particularly in the parishes East and AVest Feliciana. They will no doubt extend into other parishes adjoining, but I have not been able to obtain information from others. They will not extend east of the ridge in Mississippi; they will appear there (east of the ridge) in 1859, in connection with other large districts in Alabama, Georgia, &c. These locusts belong to the Southern tribe of thirteen years' locusts, which I have designated cicada tredecim, and their advent is just as regular and precise to the year and to the day as is that of their Northern brethren. In Mississippi they begin to leave the ground about the 1st of May, and in Louisiana (East and AVest Feliciana) a fey days earlier, say 25th to 28th of April. Their first appearance above ground is generally unnoticed unless particularly looked for, as for several days they make no noise. 1 The panic of last Autumn has already furnished some fun for the Drawer ; our correspondents evi, dently thinking they may as well laugh as cry about it now it is over. Up in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, they have a bank that was seized with the prevailing epidemic. The premonitory symptoms, in the form of a run, alarmed the officers as they saw the bills coming in and the silver and gold flowing out. Pat came in with the res and pulling out three ten-dollar bills, begged the favor of three gold eagles tor the same. The President of the bank was standing by, and said to Pat, " AVhy those bills are better than the specie." " Be sure 1 and by jabers, it was wanten you to have the best, my darlin' that I brought 'ein to yer's." And taking the gold he walked away, quite content with letting the bank have the rags.