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l i. -ij Di-'eii receiveu; contannn42 portraite of Gen. Seoti, and Hon. 3 . I. (ientiy, besides niiety pages of reading matte. , "The lie view will set forth and defend the principles of the united Whig party,..i,i:...,,i of the Union." iice prospectus in another column. "Tint rrmtikfrt reecnt Is the title of a new Democratic paper at Frankfort, Ind. It looks very neat and healthy. Considorable. anxiety has been f it here to see the law in regard to the election of Township Assessors. For the folio wh sir cortv of the law wo are indebted to V the "Boone County Pioneer:" 'Sec 64. On the second Tuesday in October, in tho year one thousand eight hundred and fifty -two, and biennially there alter, there shall be elected ii. each township in this Stale, one assessor in and for such township, by the qualified voters thereof. . Such- assessors shall hold their office for the term of twoyear.and until their eueces iors shall be elect ed and duly qualiiied, and shall do anil perform ftU such duties us uow're orma hereafter ba required by.lawtobe performed by assessors. Sec. 05. ft is hereby made the lu! of the sheriffs of the several counties u. this Sla'e to put up tliree printed or writ n-n notices in three of the most u! l.t places in . the several townships oi tin proper county, Bt least twenty days pro vious to the time of said elections, spec' u ... J plow urnoiUiii!1 ihf same; and like fiotice .shall alao bo given by publication - in 'some newspaper c general circulation, printed and published in the proper county, it any such pa per be printed a.id published therein. Said elpcaors shall be cenducted in al rospects as oiht-r township, elections and it is he rob 3' made the duty of ih inspectors and judges of the elections f. certify to the county auditor of the pic pp. county, the person receiving the hiirh-si t.y.-.L:r cf voi 3 Mvrri ii t'.eir prop-, tawriih'n, anJ -U ev.'it-r shall give, to t'.H pri&..n so rkcted a certificate of bis tlrc'l-r.. Ard it is i ,? i,s duly of tin cu-uy F"h;T to fjrui.i the several l;.,iiip scbitrs :1:1a sulT.cieut numbrr ct ! : k i tje deun the taxable prcpeity in thtir re-f't etive to.'nshfpB.

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to t-iiect as soon as possible. , .Ths law places the control of the .schools and of the 'unds in the hands oi the Trustees of the civil townships; but as these ' do net, and will not exist in many ottho counties . until the annual election, in April, it 'is recommended that the dividesd of School Funds be made under ths old law, and that die existing organization .of School Districts, and! of Congressional Townships be observed.,' until some - further remedial action of the Legislature can be had. . A Superintendent of Public Instruction will be. elected in October, and, .as soon as organized, the State Board of Education will use. every effort to reconcile conflicting provisions, and aid in perfecting the Common School ystem. The election or appointment of Congressional Town; ship .Trustees, and ol District Trustees, should be observed as heretofore. " Respectfully, E. W. II. ELLIS, ; Auditor of State. iaector.nl Vote. The following is a schedule of the electoral vote to which each State will be entitled in the coming el. ction, end also (lie vote to which each was entitled under t lie previous. census:

States. 1852. 1848 Maine, 8 0 iNew Hampshire, " 5-6 Veruior.t, 5 6 Massachusetts, 13 ,: 12 Rhode Island, 4 4 Connecticut. 6 6 'ew York, . 33 36 New Jersey, - . 7 7 Pennsylvania, 7 26 1 )e'.a ware, .3 3 Wary lan J, ' . B 8 Virginia, 15 17 reform Carolina, 10 11. .South' Ctirolir.a, 3 9 j Ceorgia, ... . 10 ,10 Florida, " 3 3 vJhio. ,23 23 -ndiana, 13 I'd ilhnois, 11 9 towa. 4 4 V isconsin, 3 4 Michigan, C 5 Kentucky, ' ' ' 12 .12 Missouri, 0 7 Alabama, 9 9 Louisana, 6 6 Tennessee, . 12 12 ississippi, .7 6 irk;uisas, 4 4 Texas, ' 4 California, 4 0 Total, 296 ' 200- , Conventiou' of Free Coloicd People. A convention of delegates of the free colored people of Maryland, to, consul! on emigration to Liberia, .met in ilaiumcre r.i t .j .',h cf Jo!. Tl.'.';-i v.,s :ro;.t excite! ..t r j -li.il tl. - i.iOvement a:, ong u:e L. jr i rs or 11 -iot, er.d ths hall wui, t;, jb il b) tiic.ii l.otri the c-Ltshlc , and iiie jr.. r. '. - is of th'j con eutiao 1 -d to be ;-r t-.fed Ly tv" j . h-. t-c vcr-.l el t,. 11 vvcis Ct-w-g' t 1. 1 beaten b.. 1 ' ; fa..',)iig . -i v a i4riji s. Some i 1 1 l t v " j f - 1 j. 'I 1 1 u : v m n f the St.u. 'v'-' 1 l 1 ,1 . , 1 t r n i-

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' u i , , . i i, . , i j i , ; ,1 (. , i rivr'js.-i n c T' ! Ii. I j !' . I l.st- i pp.'opriiii f r the itr rovpi ir t f , if si e MiSNi'-sjp, b. low t'.i rr; '-.. t p) 0v0, 'or trie Ohio, Uicluditir tne repairs c.f tindam at Cumberland,' ?: 90.000; and lor tin.Missouri and Arkansas rivers, i40.Ol 0 Pitch. Without ciiiuing to a vote on the bill the Senate d.(o.;rned. House. The House passed the bill KUthoriziitg the soldiers in the late w r with Great Brittian to surrender thcr bounty lai.ds. unfit fur cultivation, and select others in lieu thereof. The House nest took up in conmiitHe the bill making appropriation for the post office department. i The amount for paying M jor llobbie's expenses in California was debuted and adopted, when the Coinmiuee rose. The House passed the Senate bill granting lands to Michigan for railroad puipeseb, and then adjourned. Albany. "JN. Y., Aug. 23. 8 p m. A sktff containing fifteen or eighteen men, -women and children, upset tu-da . and all were drowned but eight or ten Seven bodies have been recovered. New York. Aug. 24. 8 p. m. The papers publish a dispatch from St. Liuis which brings intelligence ol th bursting o a boiler on the steamer Frank lin No. 2. on Sunday, which boat was bound for Louisville. Thirty person.scalded, nine killed, and six missing. Washington, .vug. 24, 8 p.m. Senate. Yesterday the Senate re; mained iii session til! a late hour, discussing the river and harbor bill. Mr. Douirlass offered an amendment authorizing the States to lew tonnage du ties on vessels lor. river and harbor ini provements. Messrs. Cass, Smith, and others op pes ed the ainerulmer.t Mr .Domdas finally withdrew hi amendment, with the view of bringing it forward at the next session of Congress. The amendment appropriating ?S100, , 000 for the removal o! the Red river rafts was adopted. The Missouri river appropriation was stricken out. The President submitted the correspondence in reference to Lobos Island, which was reiered and ordered to be printed. . 'The Senate then adjourned.- ' IIocsb -The s;xuker uppointed Me srs. Johnson, Carr. Howard, Duncan. Chapman, and Preston King a seh-ct comirtt'tee to investigate the iaots toucl.in the Gardner claim. Owing to the connection ot Mr. Corwin with said commit tec, as called for by a resolution, adopted yesterday. .M . -Duncan was excused from the coninittee, ' The Hcuse resumed the consideration of the bill to secure the lives of passeu. gers on steamboats. ' ' STKAMEJl " AT I. A NT it'. IjOFi alo. FrnJay 9 P. m. Up to this i,.ur no tuitn-er tiamca oi cabin passengers, either lost or saved, can be ascertained. Nine of the crew and about twenty-five ot the cabin pa.ss.en-gt-rs are known to be lost. ' Captain Petty, of' the Atlantic,' while' lowering a life-boat, fell a distance ot 11 leet into the boat, striking bis head and cutting it badly. He w as pi ecipiian-d into the water and supposed to be lost bul was picked up by a boat from the Pro pell-ir, afvr cli:t mg f-r 13 -m :.;:'.t s to boating f wcei oi timber. . lie is ntuch liijured, aisd now l.es this city in a precarious state. FSr. De.j, u h 1 was lotwas rv t..!cient in saving' the. . hves o! paasengt-rs. ,ii t ' oi'd s' t tn 'O ci i u to the i ;- 5 restivrs vhc.i in t.'i w.it . n tat b L F1 .t l-tt.t d' --it !'e t- .1 M !Ui' I'M'-. 1, 'f d c vt rb. 141 d . t ... t s i...e m ....... .-... . . meiu gome XO or ifJ etingraHts leapeu 0 , f r . Id 1 .. 1. and he v-. x;i .i,d r. - T' J ia-'. j 'i' 1'. "i t..'' I t M?i.1"s tit1. :. 1. C 1U :t " he.:, r . Mr- P--. '1. f.i st lit. r. Ti.e sir lei hr i I'n-ii 6-..k - a! - i ii r 1. t.i, anil.. u i 1 1 t . 05 i . . ' -1 . j ! s , v. e 1 e 1. I.r ' g t s f: r 'p- fc'.'-t '. 'd. To .1,. r ; I the r. e':. ben j cp t ; t - s shu'-iers in water. 3 f . C t V.m Siil'h ks cf ' dr , ; it - 1 , . , , i : a C'. . - : -i.

-1 i . - !.. . 1 & !"' i rescl:r.3 t'. " i i r i.-ie-.r pi c s- rv anon e: d ez.a d-li-,t i :M i-e. bi. J exculpating tl a c.7jer cf the Midi t c f. ( ni e ,1 I ' in,e. i o -Ai : 1 i ..t I f , " tf - f.w Yot ' . w ho v. ii3 on boar J th A tla itic, are all saved. The Lake Erie lat-.s . Esie, Friday, Aug 1 3 P. Thr steanir r Clmtou hart'.. . ' the' -wreck ol ths Atlantic. L r:f. : " as e.itnely disappeared - and vuijt m 'Zo ittnnis.tf water. The brtt ttk. t - to Mtssis. Wards, ewisers ci t' C. , t'itely lost at Cleveland. Sho wi i t i at 8U,L00 and was Dot insured. Lsie, A-i. The first mate cf the. Pre p- "ir'"tj,Itr anurg states .that .he-was on wttcli tt i'.i tune oi the collision. Ths only pr:r.t cl importance stated by hisi was that, ui.ir steing the Atlantic, if .she had given ihe ut-ces-ary orders a faw momenta earlier : is might have been done, the collosioii could have been avoided. He elate? that the Oirdensburh saved two hundred I e.-sons trojn .the wreck and one hundred aom the w ater. "The second mate of the Atlantic stated that he siaw the lignis' of the PropVlUr --lbout twu minutes belor-e the ccliision and put .the wheel aport and was certain that if the pilot of the Propellar bud put ner helm aport at ihe ' same time ihe .At lantic would have cleared her. He also says that the Atlantic was within four miles of shore and that she. was steered u that direction He f-ives jn detail the events of the disaster ' There is great excitement here an I much indignation against th? pilots tw nected wjth the steamer Atlantic. At a meeiing of the survivors, held lo ' : y series ot strong resolutions was ado ed condemning th eiTiciency ot the so ci-'. i iiie-preservejs anu censuring ine own ers of the steamers for a oeutciencv of -.mall boats; also calling for the erresl f all the. officers End men employed on the two steamers. Capt. Petty, of the Atlantic, still remains in a dangerous condition. - Steamboat Exploston. St. Genevieve, Mo., Aug. 22. The steamer Dr. Franklin No. 2 r-cl-lapsed a fine at Turkey Island sbout four miles above ..this- place, last night about 11 o'clock, scalding .and killing nearly all of her deck paesengers, both er- ' neers and crt w, and injuring a cf thf cabin passengers. She was towed do o here by the Herman. The boat was running slow, at. ihe time, as they were approaching a bar. .'lbs Tilwill r nd Dr. Beaumont of Si. Lcuis, .were on board, and rendered very efTiciert service together with the officers of the Herman. Franklin, and four of our physicians. 'The whole number killed is ti thirty-. ; . : - ' Buffalo. Aug, 23. 0 p. m. There is great excitement in the f.rt It pari metil of this city in conse-quc? ca rf a resolution of the city authorities to male the off.ce of chief engineers elect: hi? b the people, instead of the firemen. It is said that the coi.. -aides in:nJ to dLLt-J. iEW Yokjt, At'J. J arrived here this t The A tla fro 171 Livr- ; Th ri i i . . i money r.;r., tt coi. sj j n. Lly ir i 4 1. C i - , j - r 1i..3 1 - CTw. ii.J :i . . ,?!. . . I',- r . j . J i i . .et 1. s ui-ta n -' i . 1 -'.-' it Aci i r i i j 4 -a . i C 11. I . 1 111-. Accctii i f.( r .c . . 1 tli .i ;.y ... f. , . i th .r - L

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