Plymouth Weekly Banner, Volume 5, Number 20, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 August 1856 — Page 1

für? En? A Family NewspaperDevoted to Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Markets, General Intelligence, Foreign and Domestic News. VOL. 5. NO. 20.1 PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1856. WHOLE NO. 228.

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THE BANNER

It FUBLISHID EVERY THURSDAY MOBS 15 C BY JOHN GREER. If paid in advance. . - - - - 31 50 V.r. A f ; mnnths. - - - - -i 00 lüela ed unUHhe end of the year. S M A failure to order a discontinuance at the xoiration of the time subscribed for. will be eS.idered new engagement, and the paper rrNo paper will be discontinued until all JeW? are paid, unless at the option of tbCTTheSbab0Ye Uimswill be strictly adaered to. - ADVERTISING. (TM Usaoa .rss.:aT,xa. .. nr 1IC. Kl IMJ One iouare tnree inseuiuu Each additional insertion, 25 . - ;nrtol one Tear. uu Business . - , . , Lezal advertisements must be cash in adancl or accepted security. Advertisements, lime not marked, will be inserted till forbidden, and charged at the above rates. BANNER JOB PAINTING OFFICE, HANDBILLS, I BUSINESS CARDS, CIRCULARS, LABELS. AMFHLETS. BLANKS, &C, Executed on tbe shortest notice and ia the KcuUon" aAd all kinds of Blanks kept on htAi,ni n JSiS in the old riymouth Hotel. " DIRECTÖäYi M TrvätiTt T. rOUNTY PEMOUUAi. i nil-""'"" ... n T--,.V-.r nrnfn f.nn:il.l nmlll.I). t - A- v I,. ir ARLES PLMER, Dealer in Dry Goods. 7 Boots a a.iocs, - Groceries, and Hats & Caps. iTif'"nEN;Nf STT ' 3 ofS?e t his testHotel, on Michigan street- : nt.- nA.Urt in DrY GOO. Koee. CrocVery and Ready made vBk. - r r 1 t7 JSW I- V -a. . ucjilio - niTtW: corner Lapoite nnoVNLEE & CO. Dealers in Dry J. 5?? BooU Sfo. B.Jr mac. Clothing. Hardware & tuiieiy. rr-urw Praclicin Physician, t:,: e. fs,rriea. easts.de Michigan street. riiun - - "1 .iMr-nnc rwler in Foreign and Do aide Michigan street TTT I P A i r. Una!! Ot Jl"u' V . . -1 ' n ä f rr,klr. W . and Undertaker. Furniture room in nTrth room of the old Plymouth Hotel. T HASELTOX. Manufacturer and dealer .1. in RnM Je Shois. na ö" - west side Michigan street. v.-.scpm nriTTKR Siridle and Harness manufacturer, corner Laporte and Ceuter treet. q .-r nVfUND Wholesale and re (i. ul dealer i Dry Goods. Hardware and Groceries, new pbi"" 'JlZZ.p" Dentin in Dry Hiioe. "r.kervAc: m f- i, na Tinware, uanery ?;acheJ. east side Michigan street. p rHi?7'sALOOX. M. H. Tibbits pro J. prietor. u? stairs in Rusk's buiUing Y E. WEST ER V ELT & Co. D:aler in DrvGarl. Groceries, Hardware Boots A Sb6es, Ready made Clothing Xc. PERSH!NgTtHOMPS0N Wholesale and Retail dealer in Drugs Ma-d eines, uns, raints, Tias .v--rrkurr u ray rut j inu acimciaui . . . r Af Tin sT Sheet ron Vnd Copperware. and dealers ia Stoves sign of Tin shop V Stove. CE'REEVST Atty. at Law. Collections . punctually attended to iu Northern Indiana. Landsjor sale cheap. wTsMITH, Justice of the peace, will .attend to business in the Circu.t and l2LL1si- - DR. SAM'L. HIGG1NBOTHAM. Physicin and Surgeon. OiUce at his residence on he east side 0 f KJ.VZlZ:. JOHN CÖÜGLEi Keeps a general a wortmeat of Dry Gools. Groceries, e?etables DR. j""d. GRAy7 Eclectic Physician, will attend to calls day or niht. Office four doors north of C. . Reeve's residence. ELLIOTT fit Co. Wagon. Cairiage &. Plow Manufacturers, at their new stand at the eouth end of the Bridge. Michigan street. DR. R. BROWN". Physician and Surgeon, will promptly attend to all calls in his piofession. Office at his residence, south Plym. - . . . . J TT A. JOSEPH. Cabinet iMaaer ana uu- . derUker, South Plymouth. DR. CHXS. WEST. Eclectic Physician, Office at his residence, east side Michigan street. FA I LOR, Cabinet Makerand undertaker, corner Center & Washingron sts. EDWARDS' HOTEL. Wm. C. Edwards Proprietor, corner of Michigan and Ivashmgton streets. ' PC. TURNER, House Carpenter & Joiner Shop on . Washington street, east of Michigan street! AK- BRIGGS, Horse Shoeing and Blacksmithiazof allkinds done to order. Shop south east of Edwards Hotel. a M ERICAS. HOUSE, 0. P. Cherry & Son XjL proprietors. South Plymouth. IfOHN SMITH. Manufacturer of Fine v Custom made Boots. Shop nest door north of the Brick Store. ; JAMES St M. ELLIOTT Turners. Chair Makers, and Sign. Painters, Michigan street, tauth Plymouth. MH. PE1HER fit COTDsalersinyamny Groceries, rorisions, Con!eetionariet tec. South Plymouth . EIRICK & LA.MSUN. H mr, 8"gn, ami OrnamentMl Painter. Simp south ehd of the Bridge, Plymouth, Ind. WHCAT At the highest market prices, taken on subscription to the Banner, latirera at th fir:e. , Jalj.i&SO

From the Niti'n-1 Ert.

TIIC PASS Q. TJIE SIGItll A. All night above their rocky bed They saw the stars march slow; The wild Sierra overhead. The desert's death below. In Indian from his lodge of bark. The gray bear from his den. Beyond their ca mp fire's wall of dark. Glared on the mountain men. Still upward turned, with anxious strain. Their lender's sleepless eye, Where splinters of the mountain chain Stood black against the sky. The night waincd slow; at last a glow, A gleam of sudden fire. Shot up behind the walls of snow. And tipped each icy spire. uUp, mm!" ho cried, "yon rocky comb, To dy, pleas God, we'll pss, And look for Winter's frozen home On Summer's flowers and grass!" They set their faces to the blast, They trod th eternal snow. And faint, worn, bleeding, hailed at I a it, The promised land below. Behind they saw th snow cloud tossed By many an icy horn; Before, warm valleys, wood embossed, And green with vines and corn. They left the Winter at their backs, To ilp his baffled wing. And downward with the cataracts, , , Leaped to the lap of Spring. Strong leader of that noble bind! Another task remains. To break from Slavery's desert land, A path to Freedom's plair.s. The wind are wild, ihe way is drear, let. flakhing through J he night, Lo! icy ridge and rocky spear, Blaze out in morning light! Rise np, Fremont! and go before; The Hour must have its Man! Put en the hunting skirt once more. And lead in Freedom's van! J. O. V. From the annual report of the Secretary oJ War, December fi, 131G. Secretary Marcys Opinioii or Col. Fremont. lEitratll U'aW DcPAUTMESfT, DfC. 6. 1846. In May, 1S4G, John C. Fremont, then a brevet captain in the corps of Topo graphical Engineers, and since appoint ed a lieutenant-colonel, left here under orders from this Department to pursue his explorations in the regions beyond ihe Rocky Mountains. The objects of this service were, ss those of his previous ex plorations had been, of a scientific char acter, without any new whatever to military Operations, ixoi a soldier or officer of the United States army accom panied him; and his whole force consist ed of sixty two men, employed by him self for security against Indians, snd for procuring subsistence in the wilderness and desert country through which he was to pais. One of the objects be had in view was to discover a new and shorter routa from the western b-.se of the Rocky Mountains to the mouth of the Columbia river. This search, for a part of the distance. would carry him through the unsettUd. and afterward through ä corner of the settled parts of California. -He approach ed these settlements in tbe winter of 1845 -'6. Aware of the critical state of affairs between th United Stat ! Mriicu, and determined to give no cause of offence to the authorities of the province, with commendable prudence he halted his command on the frontiers, one hundred miles from Monterey, and proceeded alone to that city to explain the object of his coming to tbe commandant general Castro, and to obtain permission tr go to the valley of the San Jonquin. where there were game for his men and grass lor his horses, and no inhabitants to be molested by his presence. The leave was granted; but scarcely had he reached the de sired spot for refreshment and repose, before he received information from the American settlements, and by expresses from our Consul at Montery, that Gen. Castro was preparing to attack him with a comparatively large force of artillery, cavalry and infantry, upon the pretext that, under the cover of a scientific mis sion, he wai eicitiug the American settlers to revolt. In view of this danger. and to be in a condition to repel an at tack, he then took position on a moun tain overlooking Monterey, at a distance of about thirty miles, entrenched if, raised the flag of the United States, and with his own meo. 'sixty-two in number, awaited the approach of the commandant general. . From the 7th. to the 10th of March. Colonel Fremont, and hit little band maintained this position. General Castro did not approach within attacking distance; and Col. Frttaont, aahering t?

his plan of avoiding all collisions, and

determined neither to compromit his government nor, the Americau settlers, ready to j'tin him at all hazards, if he had been attacked, abandoned his position, and commenced his march to Oregon, intending by that route to return to the United Stales. Deeming all danger from the Mexicans to be passed, he yielded to the wishes of some of his men who desired to remain in the country, discharged them from his service, and refused to receive others in their stead, so cautious was he to avoid doing anything which would compromit the American settlers, or give even a color of offence to the Mexican authorities. He pursued his march slowly nnd leisurely, as the state of his men and horses required, until the middle of May, and had reached the northern shore of the greater Tlamath lake within the limits of the Oregon Territory, when he found his further progress in that direction obstructed by impassible snowy mountains and hostile Indians, who had been excited against him by Gen. Castro, had killed and wounded four of his men and left him no repose either in camp or on hir march. At the same time, information reached him that Gen. Castro, in addition to his Indian allies, was advanc ing in person against him, with artillery and cavalry, at the head of four or Ave hundred men; thivt they were pnssMi? around the head of the Bay of San Francisco to a rendezvous on the north side of it, and that the American settlers in the valley of the Sacramento were com prehendd in ths scheme of destruction meditated against his own patty. Under these circumstances, he deter mined to (urn upon his Mexicen pursuers, and seek safety both for his own party and the American settlers, not merely in the defeat of Castro, but in the total overthrow of the Mexican artillery in California, and the establishment of an independent government in that extensive department. It was on the 6th of June. aud befure the commencement of the war between the United States nnd Mexico could theie have been known, that this resolution was taken; and by the 5th of July, it was carried into effect by a series of rapid attack?, by a small body of ad venturous men, under the conduct of an intrepid leader, quick to perceive and abler to direct the proper measures forac comp'ishing 6uch a daring enterprise. On the 1 Ith of June a convoy of 200 horses fur Castro's camp, with an officer nnd 11 men, were surprised end captured by 12 of Fremont's party. On the 15th at day break, th military post of S.ino. ma was also surprised and taken, with nine brass cannon. 250 stand of muskets, and severtl others, and some men and munitions of war. Leaving a small gtrrieon at Sanoma. Col. Fremont went to the Sacramento to rouse the American settlers; but scarcely had he arrived there, when an express reached him from the garrison of Sanoma, with information that Castro's whol force wss crossing the b.iy to attack that place. This intelligence was received in the afternoon rf the 2d of June, while he was on the American fork of ihe S cramento, 30 miles from the little garrison at Sanomn; an t, at 2 o'clock on the mor ning of the 25th, he arrived at that place with 90 iflmen from the American settiers in that valley. The enemy had not yet appeared. Scouts were sent out to reconnoitre, and a party of 20 fell in with a squadron of 70 dragoons, (all of Cris tro's force which had crossed tbe bay ) attacked and defeated it. kV.ling and wounding five, without harm to them selves; the Mexican commander. De la Torre, bearly escaping with the loss of his transport boat, and nine pieces of br-ss artillery, spiked. The country north :of the Bay of San Fnncisco being clear of the enemy, Col. Fremont returned to Sanoma on the eve ning of the 4th of July, and, on the) morn iug of the 5th, called the people together explained to them the condition of things in the province, and recommended an immediate declaration of independence. The declaration was made, and he was selected to take the chief direction of af fairs. The attack on Castro was the next object. He was at Santa Clara, an en trenched post on the upper or south sij of the Bay of San Francisco, with 400 men and two pieces of field artillery. A circuit of more than one hundred miles must be traversed to reach him- On the H:h of July the pursuit was commenced, by a body of 170 mounted riflemen, commanded by Col, Fremont in person, who, in three days, arrived at the American settlementi on the Rio de los Americanos, Here he learned that Caatro had abandon ed Santa Clsrt snd was tetmting south

ward towards Ciudad de los Angelos,

(the city of the Angels.) the seat of the Governor General of the Californtans. and distant 400 miles. It was instantly resolved on to pursue him to that place. At the moment of departure the gratify ing intelligence was received that war with Mexico had commenced; that Monte rey had been taken by our naval force, and the flag of the United States there raised on the. 7th of July; and that the fleet would co-operate in the pursuit of Castro and his forces. The flag of independence was hauled down and that of the United States hoisted, imiJst the hearty greetings and to tbe great joy of the. American settlers and the forces under the command of Col. Fremont. The combined pursuit was rapidly con tinued, and on the lXih of August, Com modore Stockton and Col. Fremont, with a detachment of marines from the squad ron and ths same riflemen, entered the city of the Angels, wi.hout resistance or objection; the Governor General. Pico, the Commandant general, Castro, and all the Mexican authorities having fled and dispersed. Commodore Stockton took possession ofibe whole country as a con quest of the United States, and appointed Colonel Fremont Governor, under the law of nations, to assume the functions of that office when he should return to lha squad ron. Thus, in the short space of sixty days from the first decisive movement, this (f'tiquest was achieved by a small body of men, to an extent beyond their own expectation, for the Mexican authorities proclaimed it a conquest, not merely of the northern part, but of the whole province of the Californias. The Commandant General, Castro, on the 9th of August, from his camp at the Mesa, and next day "on the road to Sono ra,'' announced this result to the people, together with the actual flight and dispersion of tho former authorities: and, at the same lime, he officially communicated the fact of the conquest to the French English and Spanish Consuls in Cdliforuia; and, to crown tho whole, the official paper of the Mexican government, on the 16th of October, in laying these official communications before th public, introduced them with the emphatic declara tion, "the loss of the Californias is con- . t ,, tM. -t sumiieu. ino wnoio province was yielded up lo the United Slates, and tis now in our military occupancy. A small part of the troops sent out to subject this province will constitute, it is presumed, a sufficient force to retain out possession, and the remainder will be disposable for other objects of the war. . . M W. L. MARCY. To THE PRESIDENT Or THE UNITED STATES. The Vote on the Expulsion of Brooks. Six supporters of Buchanan voted to -xpeI Brooks, as follows. Hickman, of Pa. Vail, of N'. J. Parkr. of Pa. Wlls. of Wis. Spinner of N. Y. Williams, of N. Y Sixty. three Buchaniers voted against expulsion And thirty-two of those op posed to the Administration, voted against expulsion. follows: Belt, nf Tenn. Oliver, of Mo. Porter, of Mo. Puryear, of N. C. Reade, of N.C. Bowie, Md. Carlisle, of Va. Cox, of Ky. Davis of Md. Readv, ol Tenn. ttlheriJge, of Tenn. Ricaud, of Md. Hustis. of Li. Rivers! of Tenn. Evans, of Texas. Foster, of Gt. II irri, of M l. Harrison, of Ohio. Kennet t. of Mo. Like, of Mis. Smith, of Ala. Sneed. of Tenn. Swope, of Ky, Talb-Jt, of Ky. Trippe, of Ga. Underwood, of Ky. Lindley, of Mo. Walker, of Ala. H. Marshall, of Ky. Walkins, of Tenn. A. K. Marshall, Ky. Zollicoffer. of Tenn. For expulsion there were Free State men, 120, and Slave State men 1. Thii ty two Free State men and 82 Slave Slate men voted against expulsion. Those absent, or not voting, were as follows: Barclay, of Pa. Flagler, of N. Y. Paine, of N. C. ' Campbell, of Ky. Fuller, of Pa. -Richardson, of III. Caruthers, of Mo. Fuller, of Me. Talbott.of Ky. Herber;, of Cal. Childs, of Del. Trumbull, of 111. Mace, of Ind. Cullen, of Del. Valk. of N. Y. Decapitations. -Several country post masters in Massachusetts, who have caught the Fremont fever, have been decapitated therefor, and the Boston Post threatens others in this crabbed style: "Those B'ack Republcan deputy postmaster, who not only neglect their duties. but are impudent to those with whom their official business brines them in contact, will learn brtter manners, per haps, before they die." The Postmaater at Clark's Mills. Onedia Co.. N. Y., was removed for entertaining political opinions bearing towards the cause of tbe Rocky Mountain hero.A Buchanan man could not afterwards be found in the whole town to take the nost. and the öCüca'waa aeefird not' Almrn. tlCQed. i

Gambling aho Death. The follow-

ing incident occurred not long since, in a certain town in this State, which is noted for the generally good character of the population. It illustrates not only the evi's of intoxication, but also the callousness and inhumanity which gaming and drinking combined, will work in men's hearts. A company of men were sitting at cards around a table. Near them, in the same room, sat a man who had but recently recovered fiom that horrible disease of both body and mind, delirium tremens. The card players had scarcely time to observe his appearance and yet they noticed something singular about him. As a physician entered thy inquired of htm. "Dr , what is the matter with that man?" Nothing is the matter with him," said he, lifting his hand a moment, and then suffering it to drop. only that he's dead-' It "-as even so. While they were intent upon the game, and perhaps a little stupid with intoxication, lhatEpirit, in the immediate pretence of such unfitting scenes, with the preparation only of delirium, had taken its flight, nnd left behind a boJy bloated and diseased with rum. But the worst remains yet to be told. The gime went, on. The presence of death even, under circumstances so strange and thrilling, could not check the game, and it was still pursuea wnue tne man yi remained in his chair. How hardening are th" asso ciations and indulgences of the gambler and thodrunkard. Men have been known to drink and gamble over the coffin of a wife or mother. Those vices will des troy the natural I dings of the heart, and make the man a brute. Francisco (Cat.) Pacific ii aawaaaaa S aSa s f Pbomirest Democrats. The Portland Advertiser makes mention of the following prominent Democrats, who support Buchanan, thus: David R. Atchison and Gen. Stringfellow, who have been straining every nerve for nearly two years to carry slavery into Kansas, and who have hesitated at no rascality and degree of meanness to ac complish that end are wam supporters of James B uhanan! Governor Shannon. Marshal Donelson end SheritTJones. nnd every member of the Border Rufivm Legislature, all who assisted in the sacking of Lawrence and aided in destroying the free papers of Kansas are active laborers for Jame Buchanan! Jefferson Davis and every other noted Disunionist of the South are now plot ting aud conniving for the election of James Buchanan! Preston S. Brook, Ktitt and Edmund son, the first of whom committed and th others encouraged, the most villanoos assaults that was ever perpetrated upon a public man are open advocates for James Buchanan! Philemon T. Herbert, who followed highhanded life tn California with the murder nf a waiter at Washington was at the Cincinnati Convention n 1 endorses the selection of James Buchanan! me liaiiot dtuiters ot Uaiilorma. are an active Democrats, nnd it allowed to vote, will do as Yankee Sullivan would, if he had not gone to "the laud of the hereafter." that is, cast their ballots for James Buchanan. Benjamin Franklin in His Gio. It is now but a century since. Beniimin Franklin, Postmaster General of the American colonies, by appoiuttnent of the ctown. 'set out in his eis to make an official inspection of the principal routes It is about eighty years since he held the same office under (he authority of Congress. wb small folio, (now presrd tn the departmental Washing ton,) contanining but three quires of paper, lasted as his account book for two years. These simple facts bring before us, more forcibly than an elaborate des criplion, the vast increase in postoffice facilities within a hundred years; For, if a Postmaster General were to undertake to pa fs all over the routes at present eximrz. It would require six years of incessant railroad travel at the rate of 125 miles daily; while if he were to undertake the job in an "old gig,1 he would require a life time for its performance. Instead of a small folio, with its three quires of paper, the post office accounts consume every two years 3,000 of the largest si2ed ledgers, keeping not less than one bun dred clerks constantly employed in re ording transaction with 30,000 con tractors and other persons. The Albany Journal givea the follow ing idea of Southern logic: Rust beats Mr. Greely, to conviace bim that- his resolutions ought to have beei . adopted by the House; Herbert shoots a waiter, to prove that he is entitled to 'breakfast after eleven o'clock; Brooks pounds Mr. Sumner on the head, to establish the fact that hit) State is prosperous, nnd his uncle a gentleman; Kein puts pistols in his pocket, to satisfy the public that Suth Carolina had more troops in the Revolution than Massachusetts; and Pate, with five assistants, attacked newspaper cor respondent viest-armis. by way of refula lion of the charge that lie is a Ruffian!' " An iieroit wife -in Exciting at the Burning of tue Northern 10." A passenger on board the ill-fated steamer Northern Indiana" cirea the Syracuse (N. Y.) Journal, an account of the narrow escape of Cicero Fowler and Wife, of that county, who were also on board when she took fire. There was but one life-preserver for Mrs. F. and her husband; he insisted imperatively that she should put it on; she peremptorily refused saying she 'was in poor health and his Ufa was worth far more thsn hruP The prtterrer having

no strap, Mrs. F. tore the hem from her

dress, and fastened it to her husband) whom she continued to encourage, saying she could hold on to him, and if the prej server did not sustain them both, she would be the one to let go and leave him . to save himself. The fire was getting hotter and hotter. The water was thick with human forms struggling for life; she tore her bonnet. already on fire, from her head, and hand in hand with one she loved better than ' herself, took the dangarous leap. As! the) arose from the water Mr. Fowler! assisted his wife in procuring a good' hold of him on or about the shoulders. ; She wiped the water from his mouth and ' eyes, and encouraged him to retain his hope of being saved. He continued to ! struggle with the waves. Halfan hour' elapsed and there were no signs of assistance. His strength was rapidly failing; his wife observing it tried anew lo cheer j him. He said he could not stand it anylonger; it seemed as though he must give up. At that moment she heard a steamer coming rapidly through the water. She says; 'My dear husband, a few mo ments more nnd we are safe. Don't you hear the boat coming?' He said he did, and immediately revived, made all the effort in his power, and struggled for himself and his heroic wife until the Mississippi came up and took them, with scores of others, oa her commodious decks. Fashionable Women. Fashion kills more women than toil nud sorrow. Obedience to fashion is a greater transgression of the laws of woman a nature, a greater injury to her physical aud mental constitution, than the hardships of poverty and neglect. The slave-woman at her task will live and grow old. and see t?ro or three generations of her mistresses pass awar. The washer-woman, with scarcely a ray of hope to cheer her in her toils, will live to see her fashionable sisters all die around her, the kitchen maid is hearty and strong when hey lady has to be nursed like a sick baby. It is a sad truth that fashion pampered women are almost worthless for all the great ends of human nie. lhey have but little force of character: they have still le6s power of moral will, aud quite as little physical energy, lhey live for no great purpose iu life, they accomplish no worth) ends; they are only doll.forms in the hands of milliners and servants to be dressed nnd fed to order. They dress nobodv: thev feed noboby; they instruct nobody; they b'ess nobody; and save nobody." They Write no books; they set no rich examples of virtue and womanly life. If lhey rear children, servants and nurses do it all, save to conceive and give them birth. And when reared what are they? What do they ever amount to, but weaker actions of the old stock? Who ever beard of a fashionable woman's child exhibiting any virtue or power of mind for which it be came eminent? Read the biographies of our great and good men and women. Not one of them had t fashionable mother. They nearly all sprang from plain, trong minded women, who had about as little to do with fashion as with the changing clouds. Sesator Sumseb's Health. The New York Times Washington correspondent writes; "1 learn from excellent authority that Senator Sumner is not improving in health under the influence of the usually invigorating saa breeze. His physical debility still continues with perverse te naci'y, a most discouraging symptom in the estimation of those friends who know how vigorous his constitution heretofore has been, how temperate his habits, aud perfect his former health. He has left Cape May for the mountains, hoping to be benefitted by the change from sea to mountain air; but from tbe evidences be fore me. I cannot avoid the melancholy - . - i . ... conviction mbi ne win never recover from the effects of the Brooke assault.' The IaiSHMEs ato the "Democrats' As might naturally be expected, the Irish citizens of various parts of the coun try, manifest great indignation at theac quittal of Herbert, the 'Democratic' member of Congress who murdered Keat ing. one of their fellow-country-men at Washington. After the unanimous vote given by the Democratic party in Congress agaiust an investigation of the affair, it 'was not to be expected that Herbert would be cou victed by a Democratic Judge who had a Democratic Attorney and a Democratic Marshal to aid him in procuring an acquittal through the juggeryof the law. They have succeeded, and it is new an established law in Waahington. that if a Democratic Congressman, before he has recovered from the effects of the last night's debauch, should iudulge in the di version of kilhugan Irishman, the whole iufluence of the party in Congress, and of the President and his officers, shall be exerted to save him from punishment. aai -! 'There is a woman at the bottom of every mischief Said Joe. Yeswhen I used to get into mischief my mother was at the bottom of me re plied Charley, Post the Books. What an economi cal Administration is this! How stand the figures? Hera they are from official sources. J he expenses are . 675.684.400 a year! 66,307.200 a month!.' 01.452 920 a wtek!!! '0207,660 a day!!!! $8.600 an hour!!!!! - . 0144 a minute!!!!!! 0 40 a second!!!!!!!

Tom Marshall for Fremont

The celebrated Tom Marshall, of Kr., one of the ablest stump speakers in the West, is out for Fremont, and will do good service in the present campaign. The following is from the Chicago Prt$: Hon. Thomas F. Marshall, of Kentucky, add reeed a large audience at Metropolitan Hall, Saturday night, and sustained by his force and eloquence the reputation he had previously won as a speaker. Ha was bold and fearless in his denunciations of the Kansas outrages, and in favor of freedem in the Territories, raking down the Administration and its advisers and coadjutors with broadside of argument nnd eloquence. He had but little to ssy of the candidates, but pitched into Buchanan hot end heavy for his proportion nf responsibility in the action of the Ostend conference. The speech was long, but held a crowded audience entirely unconscious of time until its close. For ihe Ladies. Gough, the great temperance orator, made these remarks, in a recent spaech of his: "It was told wie in England, that it was necessary for a lady who wished to travel through Europe, to be always accompanied by a gentleman, to protect her from all rudeness aud even actual insult. I told them that here, in the United States, a lady could travel from Maine to Louisiana, and be treatad with the greatest politeness. Applause. Now, ladies, I have frequently noticed, that when especially in public assemblies some of you have been offered seats, which as a milter of courtesy, you should occupy, instead of politely saying. I thank vou, s:r, for your kindness you have dropped into the vacated seat, with apparently sn oijcnacii sir, as mucn as to say, "impudent puppy, you!' Applause. Now. ladies, the next time a gentleman oflers you a 6eat, if you will only put on one of your prettiest smiles, and say. I thank you, air depend upon it, a man can stand all night and never know he ha any Zega."' Try it. AUrmpt to Feist Slarrry üron Oregon Territory. The Rochester Democrat makes the following remarkable statement: We expect 6oon to publish communications from a gentleman of the highest intelligence and reliability, in reference to tne purpose ot many öouthern settlers in Oregon of establishing slavery there as soon as they can induce a majority of the people to consent to a State organization. But for the Wilmot Proviso, which was incorporated into the Territorial Act, these men would now claim the rieht, un. dei the new-fangled doctrine of the Bu. i . . . ... Ä cuanan party, mat tne Uonstitution tol erates aua protects sIsTery in the. Tern, tories. to ho!d slaves in Oregon; and the influence of government would be used to support the claim. We learn the failure to organiie a stale government was in part owing to the fact the leading schemers werekbown to have their plans perfected for making Oregon a slave State. They have not abandoned their purpose, but are necessarily obliged to postpone it till Indian difficulties are settled. The bully Brooks has at last been unmasked. He is a carpet knight, a coward, who will bluster and challenge conscienstious men to fight duels in the Distiict of Columbia or in the States, but rvhen he meots with one who will fight, and who goes to Canada where there is no chance for any interruption, backs square out. Brooks won't go so far fight unless he can take his victim as to he did Sumner. Any one unacquainted with the nature of the bully would hare supposed that Brooks would have gone willingly to Uanada. or to the Cape of Good Hope, to fight an abolition Yea kee." California News. The news from California, brought by the steamer Uli nnis," is of absorbing interest. Ihe popular excitement in San Francisco, remains unabated, and the power of the Vigilance Committee is still supreme. On the 21st ult. the Committee attempted to arrest an offender named Maloney, and on the interference of associate Chief-Justice Terry, with others, to prevent this act. a struggle ensued, in the course of which one Hopkins stabbed by Judge Terry. A fresh outburst of popular indignation was the consequence. The armories of the "law and order" party as they are called, were surrounded by a large body of the Vigilance Committee, snd in a short time the former faction were forced to surrender and to give up 2.000 stand of their arras. Judge Terry, with about one hundred others, was taken prisoner, and conveyed to the rooms of the Committee. PmcE or "Niggers The 'First families" of Virginia are evidently looking forward to the period, when, as their Governor confidently assures them, the election of Mr. Buchanan will -advance the price of niggers to fire thousand a head.' The Richmond papers state that during the last three months the price of slavea in that city has been higher, and the de mand for them greater, than was ever known before. The Dispatch says! "Prima field hands (women) will now bring from 01.000 to 01.100, and rasa from 01 250 to 01.500, Not long since a likely ngro girl sold in this city at private sale for öl. 700. A large narnbar ef negroes are bought, on . speculation. Ba probably there is net less thau C2,CC3,CC3 in town now seeking mreslTiri tiic property."

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