Noble County Register, Volume 1, Number 4, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 February 1858 — Page 2

Tl REGISTER. ' LIGONIER, FEBRUARY 25, 1858, -

Republican State Mass Conveution. ‘At's mesting of the Republican State Central Committee, at Indianapolis, it was unanimously agreed to exll & Mass Convention, to be held at ISpIaxNAPOLIS on the brn M.rnor MaßrcH ?::t, ta.tll) t:’a:lbck, A M ungg extond tv all persons without.regard to y iguntions, oppused to the Lecompton Mg‘un:e prescnt administreation, a cordial invitation to attend and ticipate in its deliberations for the purpose of formﬂ:sm.ﬁcheth position to the one nominated on the ¥th inst,, by a pax«l Convention of Federsl officeholders and expectants, who, while pf‘of,umg an adhereues to pognlar sovomixnty’,' “cordially approved pnil endorsed t el:imhliltmlon in its efforts to force Kansas into the Union as a Slave State, contrary to the wishes of & vast majority of her citizens. in vrder thatall the Countiés may be fully repregentod, it was also agreed to recommend to the people ‘of ol conunty to hold meetings at an early diy, ‘preparatory to the State Mass Convention. By order of State Central Uom, INO: D. DEFREES, Chairman.

; County Conventions ~ The meeting called by the Republicaps of this County, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the State Convention, to be held at Indianapolis on the 4th of March, - though not largely attended, made pp in spirit. what it lucked in numbers. ;

If ever Republicans hadfelt any hesfte;mcy in opposing the craving maw of 1 the slave power, it is now all dispelled by the infamous course pursued by the ‘present Administration in power. The confidence felt and expressed was, that although beaten in the great contest of 1856, yet the more than fulfilment of the iniquity prophesied in the'clection of Mr. Buchanan, having been realized, ¢liows heyond the possibility of a doubt. the nccessity of an organization foundcd upon the principles of the Repiblican Party. In common with Republicans all over the Union, the fecling was strong that in the “bitter waters of experience,” now being drank by the American people, although grievous to Le borne at present, yet, that it would be efficaciousin curing the true frecmen of the country of the “black vomit” of 4 false and tyFunnical Domocracy.” ~ For a more extended notice, we refer to the regular report in another colWMD" e W

~ Regulator Notes. 2 The confession of McDougal, promised us last week, has not” (for wise reasons doubtless,) been furnished ‘us. We shall, therefore, wait the proper time, but trust that it may be furnished us for next week's issue. g

We have but one arrest to note since our last issue, and that isof a Mr. Helm, of Whitley County. The smoking out of this prisoner was accomplished through the agency of PAYNE,/6ne of the first taken, who has dotie the ‘Regulaigts and-the State an incaléulable service by the important information furnished by him. His connection with the gang, although comparatively short, yet- from his active officiency, .was at onge raised to the ‘”zﬁr,sb‘ rank, and, of -course, full confidence awarded him. Thus his acquaintance‘i became general; and, so far ‘as the comaittee are able to judge, he has laid open, from time to time,- all that was important. in bringing his former ac‘complices to justice. : - The last one arrested, Helm, was taken at his hoﬁse, three or four milesfrom Columbia, Whitley County. . Some bogusasilver coin, as also eomposition tbtﬁilaking_iﬂdre, were found with him. He seemed much excited from fear of “being hung.” el " Heo has stated since his arrest, that ‘while - search was being made, that directing the attention of the persons searching to some other portion of the house, he was able to seerete, in the roof of his house, some $6O of bogus gold coin, directing his wifc to destroy Jdtas soonasalllefi. . o e i the grari, passed through our place, on Monday evening, ‘en route for Indianapolis. i

BF~During the past weck, we have been presented, by, oar ‘better half’ with a nice little B——‘resonsibiliHiian st ot s Borih dianion. . .Well now, that's a new experimentto raise subscribers for one’s paper. Hope that you will recéive a suitable encouragement; but your subscribers must take into considcration the frailties of human nature; and not render the first cxperiment too suceessful, for whoknows ‘how much one’s brain ‘may be crazed after repetitions of former splendid sue“wesnos, . Subscribe liberally, friends for ‘the I@dmm < but. don’t pay- in too fast; ymﬁm v the equilibrium of your wditor by all means. ] S e S e @We find thefollowing ‘Good one” going, the rounds of ‘the papers: | . The Egyptian Toreh-Light, s Demo“oratic paper, published at M. Vernan, }Minois, has. for its ‘motto: “Hgyptian ‘und inseperable—Mownd City EmpoLucoxproN Dance-—We find the foiiowing listle “sign of the times” in au exchange. . bis ve' y applicable to ‘Q‘“‘" Democratie. party of the present e g at ot O EEmIRER e T

[‘ ._The Test Question. - - The House of Representatives, st Washington, was brought to a test on trm Lecompton swindle, on the Bth inst., as our readers are already informed.— The question was on the motion of Mr Stephens of Georgia, te refer the President’s Lecompton Message, and the accompanying documents to the regular standing Committees on Terﬁpﬁea; Mr. ‘Harris of Illinois, moved to amend this so as to referit to a seleet Commiteof thirteen. . This Committee to have power to investigate the whole matter connected with the formation and adoption of the Lecompton Constitution. This was considered a test question, and excited a_ deep interest, and to give our readers an idea of the interest felt on the occasion, we copy the following description of it, furnished by a correspondent or the Albany Evening-Journal. ; e

Q‘epne in the House. ‘ EXCITEMENT ON LECOMPTON. = ¥ Washington, Feb. 8 - The House of Representatives was the theatre of more profound feeling to-day than I ever saw exhibited in its halls ‘before, except on the occasion when the great Adams sank down lifeless on itsc floor. I have witnessed more excitement, more thrilling scenes, more dramatic display, inits proceedings and have often béh'e{d it more wild and turbulent; but never have T before seen it when its members seemed so deeply impressed with the conviction that the People's House was deciding a question involving the future destiny of the. Great Republic of the West., Members repaired to their semtsin the Hall at an_early hour. Only six of the two hundred and thirty-four Representatives were absent. The galleries and passages of the Chamber weré already. thronged ‘with a deeply interested mass of intelligence and beauty. . The sharp rap of the -gavel, as the clock "tolled twelve, called the House to order, was followed by a prayer befitting the momentons oceasion. Instantly, a hum’of anxiety and curiosity throbbed and thrilled through the vast crowd, rendering the reading of the Clerk’s journal inaudible to a concourse who were eagerly awaiting the contest between Freedom and Slavery, which was to commence i% as that formality had closed. ?% - ' The usually shrill voice of the Speaker assumed a subdued tone as he announced the pending question; viz: - - Shallthe main_question be now put? said the Speaker. Ayes and Noes! shouted a hundred voices. - All in favor of taking the question by ayes and noes will 'r}.s‘e, , A%pgdred Rép\ﬁ){fcimé and Democrats were on their feet, ere half the words were out of the Speakers mouth. A sufficient number up—the yeas and nays arc ‘ordered, cried Orr. L% : :

And now commenced the calling of the roll. Theresponses on the Democratic side were watched by eager ears, while a hundred of quivering pencils kept tally. The cle;}: called the roll with rare distinctness. As he reached the name of Clemens, of Va.; that gentleman rose and said, that he had paired off with Mr. Lawrence, (Douglas Democrat of Ohio,) till the arrival of the Baltimore train this morning. The usual hour for the arrival of that train having passed, he claimed the right to vote.. Hedid so, responding, no. - - The clerk slowly read over the list of affirmatives and negatives, amid the profound silence of the Chamber, when, just as he was closing, in rushed Lawrence, dripping with perspiration, overcoat on, and hat in hand, and addréssed the Chair. A thousand eyes were in-" stantly bent upon him—for it was supposed that the result trembled in the balance, and his. vote might turn the scale, He explained the delay in the arrival of the train, and as{'ed the unanimous consent of the House te record his vote in opposition to that of Mr. Clemens, his pair. Two or three mean voices objected, Clemens, like a/ man, then stepped forward and asked' that his vote be stricken from the roll—which was done. | .-~ . -

The Chamber held its breath while the Speaker announced; “In the affirmative, one hundred.and thirteen; in the negative one hundred and seven. The aycs have it, and. the main question is ordered.” iR e Now there was much running to and fro on the floor. Long heads were put together. Some Anti-Lecompton Democrats, whose knees were thought to be shaky, or their spines not of the stiffest sort were drawn hastily into adjacent cloal{;ooms. Seme impeortant person‘ages ‘'mot members of the House.were ‘there. Ominous whisperings were indulig::d in.. ‘One Democratic member was | heard to say, 'with an emphasis ‘which rather startled another Demo‘eratic member, “I don’t care a d~—n for the patronage of the Administration. 1 :shqll‘v;cte'asﬂ% plonge”. o The calling of the roll went on.— Fwo or three men at the close changed ‘their votes. The hum'of conversation on the floor sank to a silence painfully profound, and evert'the flirting of simpletons in the galleries ceased, as the Clerk handed ap ominous liftle bit of ‘paper to the ?&ker.‘;, Tt trembled in oqebrr’s hand; as he announced, “In tho @firmative, one hundred and thir. foen; T the negativ, one hundred 12 fourtoen. /The noes hiave . _The mo‘tion of the gertleman from Georgia is lost! The question now recurs wpon

the amendment of the gentleman from Illinois, to refer the Message to a gelect Committee of fifteen, with instrucoo, e - Now, Babel broke loose. All sorts of ejaculations were uttered. “We've got 'em!” cried an ardent -young gentleman, “The Slave Power is % replied an enthusiastio lady. « : rather close to the wind, one is §i¥a good working majority!”” replied a grave man. - e

The reading of Harris' resolution was demanded by a scoreof voices. It was read, and the yeas and noes ordered, amid such confusion that the gavel was put into repeated requisition to obtain sufficient silence for the Clerk to call theroll,” T noticed that the excite?ent was chiefly on the Pro-Slavery side. The Anti-Lecomptonites having barely escaped defeat onthe main question, and yet, having escaped it, sat calm and stern, awvagiing the final issue. The result was, ayes one hundred and fourteen; noes one hundred and eleven. So, the pro;osit;ion was adopted by a majority -of THREE. = Harris, pale as ashes, but firm and steady in &‘e‘moment of victory, rose,and in-cléartones, said, “Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote just taken, and to .lay that motion on the table.”” This jszz ways the ¢lenching metion &+ the close of ‘a hard fought struggle—it requiring two thirds to taxe such ‘a motion from the table. The yeas and mays were again called, and ﬁarris’ motion ‘prevailSo the hereditary Chivalry of the South was beaten, in pitched battle, by the Roundheads of the North; on a field where for thirty-six years, they had won somany trophies. '

b e . Fron heN.Y. Tribune. . Antl-Lecompton Den.onstration in : =~ New York. FIVE THOUSAND DOUGLAS DEMOCRATS N A L NN, - T . The Chinege Assembly Rooms weré telligent gathering of citizens, without respect to party, assembled to hear the history ‘of the latest wrongs «against Kansas told by one of its chief Territorial officers, appointed to his post b{ the present Admixl))istr_ation;v The hall was crowded soon after 7 o’clock, and many left without being able to gain admittance, though the notice of the meeting had been limited, and the weather was exceedingly cold. At 7% o’clock Mr. McMasters, - editor of The Freeman’s Journal, called the meeting to. order, and nominated the Hon. George Bancroft to preside. The nomination was received with loud cheers. - P Mr. Bancroft said: The first duty that claims our attention is the perfeetion of the organization of ithe meeting. I beg leave, theréfore, §o read to¥y the names of thosdg TR %

whom are Democrats of the oldest standing, the longest serviee, and ofthe utmost constancy and fidelity to the true prineiples of Democracy and freedom. The Germans of the city, too, were burning with indignation at the thought that the system by which the liberties of Germany had been'suppressed,should be brought into effect ip these free United States, A Mr. Bancroft then read the list of Vice Presidents and Secretaries, the announcement of which was received with loud applause. i T [Among the list we observe the names of ex-Mayor W. F. Havemeyer, Jas.. A. McMasters, editor of Freeman’s Joturnal; “E. G. Massaros, editor- of Courier des Etas Unis; Q. Ottenderfer; editor of Staats Zeimx?; Geo. Beßt ler, ex-editor of Journal of 05 Edward C. West and other ‘prominen influential Democrats.] e Hon. Geo. Bancroft first addressed the vast audience which numbered full 5,000 men. He began b{ saying, that the principle of forcifig the Lecompton ‘Constitution on an unwilling tgeoglé, is diametrically at war with the fundamental principles.of Democracy. The 'same principles also.that lie at the bot‘tom of this attempt to defraud the people of Kansas of their rights are dan‘gerous, if not fatal for liberty and me ‘srty,and in their tendencies lead straight i toward disorder and despotism. {Applause.] The delay which has attendk:e& our assembling has enabled me to ascertdin that the voice of the conséry-

ative body of the men of WM standing and of of Wealth i 1 this Eaey, is and must be by the ne’eessitg of the case opposed to a system #o-revolution-ary and disorderly : in its ew The Democracy cannot but stand firm on-this_peint. A thousand “'?lﬂ. triesses present themselves to the hosom o *ﬁ'

ry true-hearted Democrat, wainingifm taresist with all his power the “jmplsition of a Constitution, on a pec ’f paat abhors that Constitution, at the point of the bayonet. The foreign people who become our emigrants, to whomwe hold out thé hand of*“brotherhsod and fellowship, they remember what has trodden liberty in Enrope under foot, and know it is a complicity between the Central Government and a ‘migera~ ble minority in the several States. We receive also for our eneouragementtonight, various letters from men. worthy’ oot bnghwm%hs e and everywhere throughout the land ;i e linois, [applause.] Stéphen A. Dougs, [Loalk cHGIfCT 1. fause-sak fhe liberty of reading it toy@a: ¢ o LETTER FROM THE HON. §. A. DOUGLAS. . Wasmiveron,Feb 11,1858, GenrLEMEN =1 have the honor to acknowledgé the receipt of your kind invitation Lo addr “?& : p‘.’“‘f’f’%’*f’l._;“’fﬁe‘i“ﬂf?‘i o Friday night, in opposition to the effort bing | ‘made Lo, force Kansas into the Union wilh

constitution which the people of that Territory have repudiated and rejected at a fair and -valid election by more than ter thousand majority, The time has now arfived whet the Democracy of the whole country should hold meetings in . the cities, towns and counties, and, proclaim, in tones that command respect their devotion to and determination to sustain and carry out in good faith the great principles of self-fovernment which lie at the foun-. dation of all fare institutions, and which proclainr'their determined and unvielding hostility to the coffsummation of a scheme sé*m- nstrous as {0 force a constitution at ‘the point of the bayonet down ithe throats of an unwilling people. : : : I regret that my public duties, as well as illness in my (ami‘l{, demand my constant attention here, and thus deprive me of the honor which 1 should otherwise enjoy in accepting your kind invitation.. .

} 1 bave the houor to be, very truly, - - Your obedient seruant, : . S. A. DOUGLAS. ' Fellow citizens, I have the honor tonight to present fo you my friend of ‘many years, the friend of the late President Polk, of Tennessee; I have to ‘present to you to-night, and ask you to listen to. his tale, and then form your opinions whether we ought or ought not’ to protest against the Lecompton Constitation. [Loud and prolonged cheerg Vet : B : : "I\}r.-- Stanton was greeted with several enthusiastic rounds of applause. 4 - .We have not space for the speech of Mr ‘Stanton, which was able and dloglent, :and strong from his stand point.. e reviewed the whole grounds o?oeon-f troversy between the ‘i:ocompmn ~and Douglas Demoerats, and of his own official acts,!including his removal for doing his plain, honest duty. ‘ 5 %l'he delivery of this address occupied .mort than three hours, but it was ﬁist‘ened to throughout with the most profound and -ungagging attention. At the close, a lengthy series of resolutions - was adopted, denouncing the }imposition of the Lecompton- Constitation on the people of Kansas, and commending Gov. Walker, Secretary Stan‘ton, and Messrs. Douglas, Harris, Has‘kin and Wise. . i

~ The Douglas Democrats of New York city have taken a stand decidedly more freesoiligh than the same class of people in &ieago.- i = iy — 01.’00—‘——4—- - o - County Convention. Pnrsuant te a call published in the Noble County Register, the Republicans of Noble County met in convention at Kendalville on Feb: 22, 1838, and organized by calling Pui11p VErMiLyEA Esq. to the chair, and appointing Dr. R.C. S. Reep Seccetary. | On niotion of G. F. Clark, A. B. Miller, J. ‘Haxby and Wm. B. Dunn were appointed a committee on Resolutions, . e

On motion, a commitlee ol five were appointed to select Delegates to attend the Stats Republican Convention to be holden at Indianapolis on the 4th day of March next. The chairman of’ the Jcommittee on Resolutions, in behalf of said committee, presented the following Resolutions, which -were read %ﬂniponﬂy Aopelb . oot " Résolved, That the %nbﬁct‘m'of Noble County adopt, as astandard of principles, the Philadephia platform adopted in 1856, together with the various resolutions passad at the conventions of the Republican party of this State since that time. ! “Resolved, That we repudiate the extra judicigl opinion/delivered by a majo.ity of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case, in which they assert in effect ‘that the Constitution of the United States carries Slavery wherever that instrument has cffect, the will of the people to'the contrary “notwithstanding. , : o - Resolved, Thatsthe duplicity and tergiver‘sation of .James Buchanan in répudiating and decrying the riggipjlé‘sffys:ﬁﬁ:h ‘he formerly supported ad.the'very essence and touchstone “of :anag,,:r:i more particularly hisrecent and glaring attempt to falsify facts, pervert history, and contravene the popular sentiment as appears by the recent message on the Lecompton Constitution, presents him and his supporters as persons utterly unworthy of the c‘onﬁ%lenco. and support vt the true Damoceacy of the Union. . :

_"The committee on Delegates presented the follwing to compose the delegation to the State Convention : J. Palmiter, W. M. Clapp, H. 8. Towsley, R. C. 8. Reed, H. Cromer, G. L. Gale, Lake Ehrie,, W- Mitchell, G.FClark, Daniel Ohlwine, Isaac Tibbetts, J Wolf, H- Bassett, N. Prentiss and H. Whee-' ler , which report was received and unanimously adopted, | S ~ Om-motion, every good Republican! in the county was added to said delegation. It fwas ordered by common/ conscnt, that the prodeedings of this cdnvention' be published in the Voble County Register. _ Afier which, amusing and interesting re .marks were.made by Miller, Dunn, Haxby and others, wken npon motion the conven. tion adjourned, B - a 3 : R.C,S. REED, Secly. - Kansas must inevitably be a Free State, “Her destiny in_that respect was sealed by the LW&G of the Kansas Nebraska Act, in 1854 ‘"% [Noble Ca. Dem

. Exacily—just as true as that you will find the' regions of dak despair bLappier than -Heaven,, and that the devilis a purer aod_ holier being~ than Jehovah. Parallel ases, Sir, although yours is a little the strongest in conitrast,” - © L «Kansas is,at this ‘'moment, as much a Slave State as Georgia or South Carolina. L i " [Buchanan. . Hurra for “Buchanan aod Frée Kansas,” Reader do yoli believe in the doctrine of total depravity. e L e i ’ A NosrLe REwarp. —Yestcrda{"(aihrnoon the clerk of a banking firm in-Wall street Jost a package of money and checks amount.. ing 1o $2OlOOO, 1. was' picked up by‘an apple woman, at the corner of William street, and very soon returped by her to the owners, -wh m‘agmi"?wsltv -rewarded her witha present, in current funds of two hundred—cents.—N. Y. Tribune. =~ - ~ wen. We are having an excglvlei‘;trruni of sleighing, and the b’hoys about town A e s of e, i s being bronght into requisition. =«

. Temperance Meeting. ‘At a meeting of the citizens of Ligonier heldon Tuesday evening, Feb. 23. A. MeCrure wascalled,to the chair. | ' On motion a committee of three. consisting of Albert Banta, J. Lower and A, M. Latta were appointed to wait- upon the Rev. WmWoorcor and invite him to deliver an Address on Temperance op Friday evening next: ; A, McCLURE, Ci'n.

Messrs, BANTA, LATTA & LowEß:— - ¢ .. Gentlemen :—llt will give me yhumlooon;:‘ly withthehﬂhthndefﬁmoflﬁerndmm y expressed to address on Friday.evenm&mmmw on the. sabject of TemI z prove to the audience that the Liqu; mc.i,sl::unu thanwhom:bég.ung—wom than highway robberry—worse than murder—that these crimes, when compared with the evils of the Liquor Traffic, whiten into innocence. : Yours, &c.: - 'W. WOOLCOTT. e 5 Q) B P e 5 : BY TELEGRAPH. _

- Burning of the Pacific Hotel.. = Bt. Louis, Feb. 20. The burning of -the Pacific Hotel groves to have been a much more terrile calamity than was reported this morning. . There were about 100 perg‘ns in the House, between forty and fty of whom are missing. The following are the names of tﬁe, persons as fgrßas knoiv&n 1::Io have been killed. ruce McNi ; urs Paal e s S o e child, all of St. Louis; Johnson of Chicago; Henry Rochester, and T. Hart Strong, Rochester, N. Y.; Wm Saunders Taylor, Geo. Crane, and Miss J ones residences unknown; Charles Davis, ‘Wm. Cunningham, Terre Haute and Alton R. R.; Miss Hunter, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Hubbard, nine persons in one room, names unknown, and a negro oy L %h;g following persons were seriously injured; James F. Geary, Reporter for the St. Louis Leader; I%lilm Hays, N. 'Y.; Johnathan Jones, Wm. Towns, Wm Turner, and —— Sharpe, watchman of the House. e

The fire caught in a Drug Store, under the Hotel, and the flames spread so rapidly that before the inmates could be aroused, the stairway was enveloped in flames and all egress cut off, except by the windows.- Many leaped from tlll)e third story, and weretgorribly_ mangled or instant{y killed, and many more, unable to reach the windows, were burned in theirrooms. Several bodies are supposed to be in the ruins, qn&éhun&rcg; of excited men are energetically engaged in removing the rubbish. . The wounded were promptly taken in charge by their friends, or sent to the hospital, where their injuries were promp:li; attended fo. Several of the wounded cannot possibly recover. The Joss of property is upwards of $50,L e0()B & Gt 2

¢ New York Items , | - 2+~ . New York, Feb. 20. . ; The msﬂ tgti‘s’ afternoon, e?’hx : inehes of snow on ¢he leel.g‘ R am i P The trains on the Hudson River & Harlem R. R. came through in good time. ; : e ' On Thursday evening, while the convicts in' the State Prison at Sing Sing were filing into the mess room for supper, five of them made a rush for the river, which is frozen, thinking to escape on the ice. They were pursued and fired upon by the guards, and all brought back, when three, were found to be wounded. Two of them will probably die. L : The steamea Africa is below, and will probably be up by 8 o’clock. ————b sAP »

| - More Quarrelling. B, i Washingéon, Eeb. 20. '~ An altercation took place to-day at ‘the dinner-table at Brown’s hotel, between Hon. Jas. B: Clay and Mr. Cullum, late Clerk of the House. Subse'q‘:euﬂy Mr. Cullom struck Mr. Clay in the face with his open hand. ' - This morning Ex-Lieut. Rhind posted Commander Boutwell as a liar and ‘coward, near the Navy department. It }is« understood that the difficulty originated several years ago, on the Pacific, ib‘ut was recently renewed before the naval court of inquiry. - i

7 sO=)D o b § e : : ... . »¥rom Washington. ' A EE Washington, Feb. 20. Senator Davis ik still confined' tohis house by severe illness; but his symptoms are a litfle better this morning: . Mr. Seward is among those who are expected at an early d ;to:.s!geak_ ~on the Kansas ’iiés"ti‘oﬁ;'v?&h‘w; "be taken up on ﬁedn'ep‘d#y or Thursday. Exiﬁeuﬁ. Rhind, who was or Friday required to give security not to fight a duel, - was this morning arrested under the third section .of the anti-dueling law for posting Com. Boutwell as'a liar and coward. =y : ’ * "Feh. 21.—The anti:Lecompton Dém‘ocrats in C.an%::ss- have abandoned the design of publishing an address to the m 600 to 700 persons sailed in the extra boat for Richmond. bR ey

- Anti-Lecompton Meeting.. A .+ Columbus, Feb. 22. A large Anﬁ;.Lec?;‘?ton meeting was held here on Saturday afternoon. l Jacob Reinhardt was Chairman. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the President’s ‘course on_the Lecompton %uesﬁon and endorsing Douglas and Jox. Speeches were made by Judge Johnson, of Kansas, Payne, Morton, Geiger and others. -

: ADuel. v ‘WaAsHINGTON; Feb. 28.—Lieuts. Bell and Williams, who had a eollission in a barber shop ‘on Sunday, went beyond Bladenshu;gﬂﬂn morning, at five o’clock accompanied by their respective friends.

Itis said .that Bell fired at the3 word’, one, the ball from his pistol penetrating. Williaws’ hat. Wulfm» as the assail> ing party, having given the satisfaction °. demnde%f:whq;rgeﬂ;m pistol intothe snow. The beligerents returned. to ‘Washington, apparently reconciled. . ———-—-——oo«.ﬁ-po—.—-———‘ P 2 AR | - WAsHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The efforts o rasons g gy Bovapes B groved abortive. They left this city at 9 o’clock this afternoon, accompanied” by their respective friends, for, it is - said, a place about thirty miles distant. They probably will fight to-morrow.— Much excitement exists throughout the- - NEw Yok, Feb, 23.—The Wash,, ington correspondent of the Post says the.report is that the ‘affair ‘between Clay and Cullom was settled by Clay's” wit{dmwa] of the challenge and anapology from Cullom. - . .0 7%

New Providgnde, Tenn:, Feb. 20:

~ Joseph Harris, tobacconist, was murdered by one of his negroes last night. A mob hung the negro to-day. = = . The China News. . -~ The war between England and China is togo on. The demands of lordﬁ‘ gin, which aregsaid to beitem‘(’{»em ' moderate, haye been spurned. 'by Yeh.And the combined forces of the English and French are preparing for an assault upon Canton. It seems, too, that our own representative. is notz»tvqgfgd : with the utmost consideration. = Previous/to the receipt of Yeh’s angwer, the Amerivan Miister, Mr. Reed, soljcited: an interview with him ‘in' the city, and. Yeh replied. in the .most insolent man-: ner, that no barbarian should*set foot' in the city of. Canton; but offered tomeet him outside the City. - This looks a good deal asi}f all the barbarians &c--cupied about the same -pogition in ¢ En}a)pemr-'s regards. wﬁ%‘z&% he will hold a - différent tong a year or twohenee. o 0 B, TG "h——‘a-—,;?!i.'—b'-————“ g

A Disunion Threat.

The Washingto& St mayss n. Few men are better informed’ than ourself upon thi state of feeling among the _memgers” ofl Congress, and we are satisfied that were Minnesota, with all her disregard O%Othe “enabling act passed in her case, to be admitted into the Union; and Kansas, on account of the Constitution with which she applies, be refused admission, ro- ten Southerm Representatives and Senators would remain a. day longer in either hall of Congress. . 'The day for further com: promises on the Slavery question is pagged. s o Goon e e

Apropos of this, the Baltimore Amer- - ican remarks:that Bacon, in one of his CSEAYS, SAYBE . .. L o Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a_fern make ‘th;ei field nngpsf:h their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle repose beneath the shade of the oak, chew the cud, and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the enly inhabitants of the field; that of eourse they are many in numbers; or-that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, meagre, _hoppingsith O“tﬁ/ if,ud and troublesome " insects of ‘the our. - : e ey

.- The Mermons growing Pacific. - A -variety of unreliable rumors concerning the Mormons-and their doings reach us by every California mail.— These reports are generally-to-thajifest: that the U. 8. Troops bave been cut up by a large body of Mormons. We sce that some such: statements have again been circulated by the San Franeisco, papers but they are not worth the slightest credit. 'The fact is the case is quite the reverse. According to present appearanees thére is little danger: of an actual - colision between Brigham'’s troops and the U. B. ‘Soldiers. .If wtv take as an index of their viéws the more recent harangues'of the Sainté w will ind them almost pacific in toné an spirit. - Whether the change has beel caused by fear-or by policy we kno nots 0

Murpxr —An Attempt at Rescue~—We learn - from the Mt. Bterling Whig that,a ‘great deal of excitementeéxists at the m%ﬂ" time in Johnson Couw.,, It -appears' that ‘one or-several of the Ward ' family, whick is.a very large and extencive one, killeq a man. One of the Wards was arrested apd' placed m jail, when a short time ‘afle"mfhxs,_'. a party of sevenieen; composed of the Wards and their friends, attacked the jail amd at. tempted 10 rescue the prisener. -- The peaple now gathered from all quarters ‘:ggx’ ‘back the rescuers, and in the melee ‘one of the Wards. The jailhas since heen barri¥ caded, and is guarded night and - day, . as.an} other assault s anticipated by a larger force. Our information isup to Saturday—since then we have not heard anything. fl‘;bezmt, news we anticipate to hear of more . bloody work .”—Louisyille Journal. - . i 0

Tre MiNNESOTA LIEVTENANT GOVERNOR. —Minnesota hasa Lieut. Governor as 'wel} as Wisconsin.. = The Minnesotian® has the’ following relating aomw " Tue PRESIDENT oF THE SENATE~-We are rejoiced to learn that”the President of the Senate is’ improving, both in manners and morals. 1t is said that yesterday “during one of his seasons of confusion he relieved "himselfahus: . SriaT e g . “Gentlemens of this ere Sinit! One at a time! Don’t crowd this old * hoss too fast¥ Ye hadn’t orter_expeet - tliis > ere ‘cheer lo settl more-nor six pints at one’t 1 yer du ye're still 'barkingnp the wrong saplin! It can’t be did!” The nato:ﬁl;qu; _and the old" hoss settled back in the barness.as. composedly as il nothing had bappened. .~ .. . 0