Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1858 — Page 2

his mouth. It would be welt, if convenient, to repeat this several times before you do anything more with the colt; 'as soon as he will bear the bit, attach a single rein to it, Without any martingale. You should also have a halter on your colt, or a bridle made after the fashion of a halter, with a strap to it,, so that you can hold or lead him about without pulling on the bit much. He is now ready for the sadclle ?

HOW TO MOUNT THE COLT.

First soothe him well on both sides, about the saddle, and all over, until he*will stand still without holding, and is not afraid to see you anywhere about him. As soon as you have hiin»thus gentled, get a small block', about one foot or eighteen inches in hight, and it down by the side of him, about where you want to" stand to mount him; step up on this, raising yourself very, gently ; horses notice every change of position very closely, and, if you were to step suddenly on the block, it would be very apt to scare him; but by raising yourself gradually on it, he will see you without being frightened, in a position very near the same as when you are on his back. As'soon as he will bear this without alarm, untie the stirrup-strap next to you,; and put.your "left foot into the stirrup, and Stand square over it, holding your knee against the horse and your toq”out,so as rfot. to touch him under the shoulder with the toe of your hoot. Place your right hand on the front of the saddle, and on the opposite side of you, taking hold of a portion of the mane and reins, us they hang loosely over the neck, with your left hand; then gradually bear your weight on the stirrup, and on your right hand, until the horse feels your whole weight on the saddle. Repeat this several times, each time raising yourself a little higher from the block, until he will allow you to raise your leg over his croup and place yourself in the saddle. There are three great advantages in having a block to mount from. First, a sudden jchange of position is very apt to frighten a young horse who has never been handled. He will allow you to w-alk up to him and stand by his side without scaring at you, because you have wonted him to that position, but if you get down on your hands and knees and crawl toward him, he would be very much fri 'htened; and upon the same principle, he would frighten at your new position if you had the power to hold yourself over his back without touching him. Then, the first great advantage of the- block is to gradually accustom him to that new position in which he will see you when you ride him. Secondly, by (he process of leaning your weight in the stirrups and hand, you can gradually accustom him to your weight, so as not to frighten him by having him feel it all at once. And, in the third place, the block elevates you so that you will not have to make a spring in order to get on the horse’s back, but from it you can gradually raise yourself into the saddle. SUBSEQUENT LESSONS IN HORSE-TAMING HOW TO SUBDUE A KICKING HORSE. A kicking horse is the, worst kind of a horse to undertake to subdue, and more dreaded by man than any other; .indeed, it! would not be too much to.say that they are more dreaded than all the oilier bad and vicious horses put together: You often hear, the expression, even from horse-jockeys themselves, “I don’t care what he does, so he~d«esn’t kick.” Now a kicking horse can be broken from kicking in • harness, and effectually broken, too, though it will require some time to manage him safely; but perseverance and patience by tills rule will do it effectually. When you go to harness a ’hor’se that you know 7 nothing about, if you want to find out whether hs is a kicking horse or not, you can ascertain that fact by stroking him in the flank where the hair lies upward, which you can discover easily on any horse; just stroke him down with the ends of your fingers, and if he does not j switch his tail, ahd shake his head, and lay! back his ears, or some of these, you need not fear his kicking; if he does any or all of these, set him down for a kicking horse, and watch him closely. When you harness a kicking horse, have a strap about three feet long, with a buckle on one end; have several holes punched in the strap; wrap it once around his leg just above the hoof; lift up his foot; touching his body; put the strap around the arm of his leg, and buckle it; then you can go behind him, and pull back on the traces; you must not- fear his kicking while his foot is up, for it is impossible for him to do it. Practice him in this way awhile, and he will soon learn to walk on three logs. You should not hitcjh him up until you have, practiced him with his leg up two or three times, pulling on the traces, and walking him along. Alter you have practiced him a low times in this way, take up his foot as directed; hitch him to something, and cause hijn to pull it a short distance; then take himdut; caress him every time you work with him. You will find it more convenient to fasten up his

left fore foot, because that is the side you are on. After you have had him hitched up once or twice, you should get a long strap; put it around his foot as before directed (above the hoof and below the pastern-joint); put it through a ring in your harness; take lioid of it in your hand; hitch him up gently, and if he makes a motion to kick, you can puli up his foot and prevent it. You should use this strap until you have him broken from kicking, which will not take very long. You should hitch a kicking horsh by himself; you can manage him better in this way than to hitch him by the sine of another horse.

HOW TO BRItAK A HORSE FROM SCARING.

It is an established rule in philosophy, that there is not an- effect without a cause, and if so, there must, he some cause for the scaring of a horse. Tiie horse scares either from imagination or from pain. Now it is a law of his nature, that if you will convince him that, any object;will not hurt him, there is no da hirer of his scaring at it, no matter how frighHiil it may he in appearance. 1 o exemplify >his, take a horse that is very easily scared at an umbrella; "take that horse iflto a tight, stable where you can have his (attention, take him by the bridle, and hold the umbrella in your hand; when he first looks at it he will be afraid of it, and if he cotjld he would soon he out of its reach, hut lioid it in your hand, let lyim to k f it and feel it with his nose a few. mm id ihen you cap open and shut it as you p. ase, occasionally letting him feel it with his nose, Hpd soon be-will care nothing about it.

In the same manner you can break any horse.from scaring at things that may look frighftul to- him, logs, stumps by the roadside, or anything that you may wish to carry on him. If you wish to make a trial of this theory, just take a horse into the stable, and let him examine the frightful object a few minutes after his mode of examining things, and you will be perfectly satisfied. We have tried horses that would not suffer you to take an -ujnbrella on them shut, and in fifteen minutes could open and shut it at pleasure, and they will pay no attention to it. There is something peculiar in the horse (though it is because he has not the faculty of reasoning.) You can take an object that he is afraid of, take it only on one side, let him examine it on that side only; do not let the other eye sec it; he will be broken on one side,-and, as soon as the other eye beholds it, will be afraid until he looks at it and touches it with his nose; then he will be broken on both sides.

HOW TO TEACH A HORSE TO FOLLOW YOU.

Take him into a large stable or shed, take hold of the bridle or halter with your left hand, have a long switch or whip in your right, alter caressing him a little put your right hand over his shoulder with the whip extending back so that you can touch him up with tlie whip applied gently around his hind legs. Start him up a little, give him a gentle tap with the whip, walking him around the stable,saying to him, *• Come along, boy;'" or call him by his nafne, taking lmn around the stable a few times, holding him by the bridle. After you have taken him around in tins \yay a few times, you can let go of his bridle, saying, “Come along boy;" and it be stop, tap him up with the whip gently, and in a short time lie will learn that you want him to follow you; then gradu illy get before him, have him to follow you around the stable in this way a few minutes, then he will understand what you want him to do. After you have taught him to follow in the stable, take him into the stable lot, learn him to follow you in that a few minutes; then you can take him into the public road or street, and he will follow you there, and in a short time lie will follow you wliereever you want him to. You should often pat him, and eyress him, and give him to understand you do not intend to hurt him, and he will soon like to follow yoS. Men often get their horses afraid of them and keep them so, and it is their nature to keep put of danger when they apprehend it, after their manner of arriving at conclusions. The way horses arrive at conclusions is generally from experience..

HOW TO TEACH A lIORSE TO STAND WITHOUT HITCHING,

After you have taught your horse to follow you, stand him in the center of the stable, begin at his head to gentle him, gradually working backward. li lie moves give him a gentle cut with the whip, and put him back in the same spot from which he started. If he stands, caress him as before, and continue gentling him in this way until you can get around him without making him move. Keep walking around him., increasing your pace, and only touch him occasionally. Every time he moves put him back into the same place; go still farther from him, tl he moves give him a cut- with your whip, place him back in the same place. If he stands, go to him frequently and caress him. Do not let him stand too long, but make him follow you arbund in the stable. Then 'stand him in another place and proceed a,, belore. After you have him so that he will stand in the stable, take him out in the lot and place him there, and irt a short tune you can place him anywhere without bitching. You hould not practice* him longer than half an hour at a time.

ON BALKING.

If you have bulky horses, it is your fault and not the horses*; for if, they do not pull true, there is. some cause for it, and if you w-iil remove the cause the effect will cease. When your horse balks, he is excited, and does not know what you want him to do. When he gets a little excited, stop him five or ten minutes; let him become calm; go to the balky horse, pat him and speak gently to him; and as soon as he is over his excitement, he will, nine cases out of ten, pull at the word; whipping and slashing and swearing only make the matter worse. Alter you have soothed him awhile, and his 1 excitement has cooled down, take him by the hits, turn him each way 1 us far as,you can; pull out the tongue; soothe him a little; unrein him; then step before the balky horse, and let the other start first; then you can take him anywhere you wish. A balky horse is always high-spirited, and starts quick; has his pull out beiore the other starts; by standing before him, tfre of her starts too. By aJose application of this rule, you can make any balky horse pull. If a horse has been badly spoiled, you should hitch him to the empty wagon, and pull it aiound awhile on level ground; then put on a little load, and increase it gradually, caressing as before, and in a short time you will have a good horse that will work without troubling you.

Missoui Election.

St. Louis, August 3, 1858. In the Second Congressional District Charles etuinty gives Anderson 267” majority; A,udrtjpi county, 87 majority; Montgomery, 92 majority; Boone county is reported 300 majority. In the Fifth District Jackson county is reported 300 majority for Reid, Lafayette is reported 642 majority for Woodson. In the Sixth District Gasconade county gives Richardson 296 majority over Phelps, j Moniteau county gives Reid, for Congress, ’ from 40 to 50 majority; Saline county gives] Woodson 130 majority, and Pitts county 200 majority. Four tqwnsbips in Lincoln county gavebfAndeison 527 majority over Hen-! derson. ' l- s In the First Congressional District Calloway county gives Anderson 1,329 majority; Pike, 97; Boone, 865. In the'Fifth District Morgan coun'y gives Woodson 83 majority; Cooper, 126; Salem, 163; Pitts, 115; Lafayette is reported 643. In the Sixth District Osage county Phelps hasCa large majority; Phelps also has a large inajortiy in St. Cljiir. Gfcecu- county gives Richardson 200 majority. Lieutenant Governor Hammond, in a speech at Lafayeite last Tuesday evening, stated that an exthi session of the Legislature would he called immediately after the iOc4oher election. Vi i - ■ '

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE, RENSSELAER, IND. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1858.

THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Congress, SCHUYLER COLFAX; Of St. Joseph. Attorney Genera' r WILLIAM T. OTTO, of Floyd. Treasurer of State. JOHN H. HARPER, of St. Joseph. Auditor of State, ALBERT LANGE, of Vigo. • Secretary of State, WILLIAM PEELE, j of Randolph. Superintendent of Public Instruction, JOHN YOUNG,' of Marion. For Supreme Judges. FIRST DISTRICT, y HORACE Pi BIDDLE, of Cass. SECOND DISTRICT, ABRAM W. HENDRICKS, of Jefferson. DISTRICT. SIMON YANDES, of Marion. FOURTH D’STRTCT, Wiyi, D. GRISWOLD, , - e f Vi go', 1 For State Senator, DAVID TURNER, * Of Lake county. For Representative, P)VRIS ROBINSON, of Jasper.

SLAVE AND FREE STATES.

Modern Democracy Requires wilt FORXV THOUSAND inhabitants to make a Slave State, but it takes NINETY-THREE THOUSAND to make a Fref. State; eriro. one Pro-slavety man is as good as two FreeState men a id one third! (g)/“So long aS God allows the vital current to flow through mv veins) I iciU never. never, NEVER, by word or thought,, by mind or will, aid in admitting one rood of free territory to the everlasting curse of human bondage.—Henry Clay.

JUDGE TURNER,

Our candidate for State Senator, will address the citizens of Jasper county on the 14*li of August, the day of the meeting of the Republican Board of Canvassers.

COUNTY CUNVENTION.

The Republicans of Jasper county will hold tlieir primary elections, to nominate candidates lon eountv officers, j. 9 On Thursday, August 12, At the usual places of holding elections; and tlie Board of. Canvassers will meet at the Court House in Rensselaer, On Saturday, August 14, To open the returns and declare the result of the vote. The officers to be elected are Treasurer, Sheriff, Surveyor and County Commissioner;.

HON. SCHUYER COLFAX

Will address the people of the Ninth D ist.ric.t as follows: Francisvillq, Friday, AuguS* 27, 7| P. M. Rensselaer] Saturday, Align-1 28, 1 P. M. Morocco,' Saturday, August 28, 8 P. M. 1 *’ OTT'Don’t I’prget to come and hear Judge Turner next Saturday. (yy—There was a large crowd in attendance at the Baptist Association last Sun lay. is skid that+Governor Richardson, of Minnesota; intends to stump Illinois for Douglas. i s' gallon. Schuyler Colfax yesterday addressed the citizens of White county at Monticello. {ys“The Republican primary-election, to nominate candidates for county officers, takes place to-day. publication of the Gazette was delayed one day this week, in consequence of disappointment in not getting our paper in season. (py”A paoer has been started in Winnemac called the Union Democrat, edited by James W. Mqhaffey, and is Lecompton in politics. —.—;—j—l F. L. Wadsworth, Spiritualist, j lectured on his favorite theme at the Court House; Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and j will again this evening. (yy=The Democrats are to hold their Representative Convention next Saturday, at Francisville; and their County Convention the following Saturday, at this place. regret to announce that James Welsh, a worthy young man, met with a serious accident last Friday. He was working with a threshing machine some two or three miles north of town, and had liis foot almost completely mangled in the horse power, rendering amputation just below the knee necessary. He is now doing well.

THE YOUNG LADIES' LYCEUM.

The exhibition given by this association last Thursday evening was one of the features of Rensselaer to which our can refer to with pride. The Court House was crowded; all could not be seated, and the audience was held during an exceedingly warm and oppressive night until eleven o’clock —so interesting and amusing were the performances. The dialogues were spoken with vigor and animation, and the reading of tlhe Bolton Garland showed that our fair young friends have attained a higli degree'in the literary scale. . We are proud of the"ypung] ladies of Rensselaer,-for their intelligence and ftQguty —they are far above the young men in refinement and the accomplishments that contribute to make life happy; and it is to be hoped they will enter the missionary 7 field, and endeavor to raise the young men ot Rensselaer to their Standard of excellence. This they can do by blandishments which they know so well how to use when occasions require.

REPRESENTATIVE COSVENTION.

The Representative Convention met at Francfsville on the 7th of August, 1858, and organized by (electing J. C. Fanis, of Pulaski county, Chairman, who bri< fly stated the" object of the meeting, and M. E. Moore, of I Jasper, Secretary. Moved and carried, that a committee, consisting of five, be appointed by the Chairman to draft; resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting; whereupon the chair appointed Dr. Win. H. Martin, Geo. H. Brown, Charles Boroughs, R. 11. Milroy and Wm. Robinson said committee. Moved by R. 11. Milroy, that each township be entitled to one vote, and to one additional vote, for every 7 twenty-five votes polled lor the lion. Schuyler Collax in the lull ol 1856, arid alter the first twenty-five, one additionall vote for every fraction over thirteen; which, on fiiia vote, was iost.The committee on resolutions reported the. following: 0 Resolved, That this meeting of the Republicans ol Jasper and Pulaski counties, having an abiding-confidence in the cardinal principles of the pufety, as so often expressed in our primary and deliberative bodies hereto- j iore, now renijw and reaffirm the same, and j present them to our lel low-citizens, and commend them to their favorable eonsideru- ; tiun. . ; Resolved, Tljat the President of the United j States, in endeavoring to luree on an unwilling people a constitution destructive o. i behest interests ol the same,and in every sense i obnoxious to, aind opposed by them, is deserv- j tug the unqualified condemnation of all true | Democrats, and is a blow struck at the sovereign will of the people. Resolved, That .the so-called English bill was‘‘conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity;” that) fraud, violence and bribery-! are i s cornerj-stones; that it is subversive of the rights of the people; that its principles are in direct contradiction to those upon which our free government is based; that it was bunded upon the most,selfish partisanship, and supported by rank corruption- .

Resolved, That, the ruinous prodigality of the national Administration, which has in a time of profound peace, arid in the Effort period of eighteen months, not i niy exhausted an overflowing treasury, hut has largely added tb the public debt and greatly exceeded in expenditure, without any just reason, any previous Administration—without any prospect ot a cessation of such extravagance — leuves us to choose, in the future, national bankruptcy,or national reform Resolved, That we regard our" party as the people's party,land we extend the invitati iV to all the peoplb—-to all who desire the pi perit.y of our beloved country—to join ■ us in bringing this Government hack former purity and principles, and trunsn,. u so those who come after us—a rich inheritance—the home ol freedom, and freedom's home. Resolved, That we are opposed to any scheme whereby the Wabash &. Erie Canal may he thrown back upon our State, and we herewith instruct our nominee for the Legislature, in case ojf his election, to vote against any such attempt, if brought before the Legislature. Which wefeiadopted by three loud and hearty cheers. J4r. Wm. H. Martin, being loudly called for, came forward and made a short speech, showing up the rottenness, extravagance, and corruption of the present Administration, in a most eloquent and masterly manner; which was warmly applauded. Moved and carried, that the Convention proceed to vote, in mass, by ballot, and that if no candidate receive a majority of all the votes cast, the one receiving the lowest number to be dropped, and continue to vote until a nomination he made; and that Esquire Burson, of Pulaski, and Ezra Wriglu,-pf Jasper, he appointed tellers. On the first, ballot Paris Rolvinson received 70 Yotes, E. Cox 20, W. D. Lee 22, Dr. W. H. Salter.]. Paris Robinsijn having received a majority of nil the votes cast, was unanimously declared to* be the nominee of the Convention. Dr. Salter being called for, came forward and eulogized the nominee in the highest terms. Paris Robinson being called for, came forward an 1 returned his thanks to the Contion for having '.conferred such honor upon him. Judge Milrov made a very pertinent and enthusiastic speech; also, J,C. Faria, both of whom were warmly reciprocated. Moved and carried that the proceedings of this Convention he published in the Rensselaer Gazette. Adjourned. J. C. Faris, President. W. E. Moore, Secretary.

GARDEN CITY GLEANINGS.

“Seeling Knnirledqe Under Difficulties'’ —The St. I.ouis Election—The Atlantic Cables Recorder's Court. Chicago, August 7, 1858. Dear Gazette: Since my last, I have been making every reasonable effort to gain riliable information in regard to the progress the candidates for the Senate are making in their tour through the State; but without much success. The papers ore contradictory, and they are the en!y source of information in reference to matters outside the city. One paper will assert that the caiididate-Avhose cause it advocates was met at such a place with most enthusiastic applause, 1 another will came out tlie next day with a denial, bo*h stories are plainly written, and, taking into consideration the candidates, it is a hard matter to steer a middle course. ■ The news of the election of Barret over Blair, in St Louis, has created no little sensation among politicians here. The democrats take it as a sign of the weakening of the Republican cause in Missouri, which seems natural enough, hut the foundation of the opinion is too frail, and Will firm. The principles of Re.pubI licanism are gradually working into a strong ! foot-hold in that State, unquestionably for her benefit; and it is conceded on all hands that sir : will soon come to a sense of the advantages arisi lng from the abolition of slavery and the adoption of tree labor. There is little fear of iter; j you may set her down as safe, the election of j Barret to the contrary. The Republican papers | of this" city, as well as the St. Inuis Democrat, talk strongly of fraud having been committed at this election. In four wards there were some two thousand votes polled more than were deposited in April, and this in the middle, of tire summer, when the number should have been fewer. There has also been delay in the return of the poll-hooks. If such is really the case, that fraud lias been used, the most prompt investigation ■•should, and probably will, be instituted to asccrLtain tile abbettors and perpetrators; and that they : may receive their just penalty, is certainly the \ wish of every right-minded man, he lie Deuio- \ crat or Republican. These evils of fraud upon the ballot-box, and ontrage to communi tv, Cannot he put down too sooti or "perempiorl v. If they are suffered to grow, a moment’s reflection will potently suggest to what terrible results it will lead. e have had sufficient and startling ■ evidence of ils < IF cts in the operations of Vigilance Ceiiiinifb'es in California and New Orleans, i and it is certainly the only time to prevent and j punish the offenders when the practice is in its ; infancy News" unexpectedly reached us on Thnrsd ' . that the Atlantic ('aide had been laid. W- ,i ■ ! been put off so long, there were so ma. \ - j dietory. reports ,and conjectures afloat, that'even I the most sanguine were beginning to lose hope !of its I immediate accomplishment. Many j doubted the news at first; but when dispatches I arrived llrom all sections of the country, staling the effects of -tlie information .n each locality.* conjecture given to the .winds, and every one seemed as glad a7id willing to shake hands with the world generally .as though dives rich redatives had suddenly sought the undiscovered country,” not forgetting the living ere their departure. It seems scarce possible to realize that this greatest enterprise of the nineteenth century is no longer'a matter of speculation. years since, it seems, when the cpide idea otcon-

trolling the electric current was practiced upon g by that venerable and learned disciple of Faust. It would have made him start, as with its own : force, could the thought have found reasonable j place ill his mmd, that but a short time must intervene ere his half developed undertaking woula be a glorious reality; the! the-electric wire would be stretched across the brood Atlantic to bind with stronger tie the Iriendship of a stable mother and enterprising daughter. Timt “/.ay” vlas ;i 1 symbol of deeper meaning than was probably attached to it; for it lias jin locked and displayed, ■ot only the wonderful mystery of one branch j • science, but has given lo the world an iuvaiuauxiliary to progress. The croakers of evil ,u.* i . and all such unenterprising men as have i endeavored to throw a damper on the enterprise, had better betake themselves as speedily as possible to the'rural districts—“ldler iile ” for instance—and there take nj> a permanent abode.! The learning of such men as ShalVner, et at, is of very litfle'udvantage to any one but tlfe.nselvs. This progressive age lias no room or use for them; Oil the contrary, they take up valuable space, and the' sooner they hide themselves, the j sooner will they confer the only benefit on the community they are capable of granting. Learning, without ability or desire to put it into practice, is of us much use to the needy as a bag of dollars in tile bottom, of the ocean, or too much after the fashion of the “dog-in-the-munger” style, neither of which is likely to suit. But Yankee ingenuity is give him the faintest hint, and the plan is developed before you are aware of it, and executed with alacrity; he seldom fails even ill the first trial, and never in the last. On the reception of the news here, the English and American flags were soon floating side by side in front of the Custom House; the Telegraph Office was speedily garnished with miniature stars and stripes, and the shipping on the harbor had their colors at the mast-head; dollars, even in these hard times, were collected, a huge piece of ordinance was brought into service, and its thunder-notes intimated the intelligence even to the quiet settlers on the distant prairie. The case of the People against Louis A. Doolittle and Alfred \V. Allen came up before the Recorder for trial on Thursday. The case, your re <J >rs may remember, was a most outrag n>us and cowardly assault upon Mr. Keith, Principal of Brown Public School. These men, without provocation, entered 'the school-room and heat Mr. K. so violently that he was confined to his bed for several days; and though months h - passed, he has, not yet recovered from the Their excuse was, that he chastised ■ brother of Allen's, which‘was c'isprov ~ . oik Heaven, we have not l , with all our f.a Ti , such men for jurors in tjiis-coininuiiity as rule a farce of justice in the Mutt Ward tiial. Too jury \ were out but a short time, and returned with a , verdict of guilty of an assault and battery of such jan aggravated character ns can hardly fail to inI flict tipon th«-perpetrafors the highest p-nnltv

six months in the Bridewell, or one thousand dol- ■ lars fine, or both. It is sincerely to be hoped | that “both” may be inflicted, and that the defendants may be employed in the prosecution of geo- ; logical instead of phrenological researches for i the full term. The charge of Recorder Wilson to the Granff Jury upon the opening of tlie August term was, in many respects, a good direr He brought into it, however, too many personalities in reference to “Long John,” the Democrat; there was also ! considerable “Buncomb.” ' He insinuated in the most gentlemanly manner that the jury would do wdl in finding a bill agaii st Long John and Little John, our Mayors, in the case I mentioned j briefly in my h.st. | The bodies of the three young men who were | drowned last week by the swamping of their yaclrt have been recovered. Senator Trumbull will address the Republicans of this city, in mass meeting, to-morrow night. I will inform yeu of tlie proceedings in my next, j _ ' • In haste, yours, Quiz.

Kansas Election — indian Battle.

St. Louis, August, 5, 1858. | Leavenworth dispatches of the 2d, per United States Express, to Bonneville, the 4th, says the whole vote in that city,'on the proposition for the admission of Kansas as j a State, was seventeen hundred and fortynine (IT4IK) of which one hundred and thir-ty-nine (139) were for the proposition acj ceptjed,'and > ixteen hundred and ten (1610) ] for the proposition rejected. This is the largest vote ever pofletTin this citv. The election, with the exception of a slight-dis-turbane.; in the 2d Ward, passed otf with propriety, and without noticeable, accident. j At Kickapoo precinct there were thirty votes cast lor the proposition, and fifty-three against it. Leavenworth, -August -4. Per steamer Ben Leicts to Booneviile, August 5. Atchison county gives 137 majority against the English Proposition. Doniphan county 698 against it. Quindaro 76 for Proposition; 146 against it. ! Easton, whole vote 101. For Proposition 41 ; against it 60. Delaware, whole vote 165; accepted 65; rejected 100. The majority in Leavenworth county as fur us heard from is 1614 against the Propo—- ! sition. ~ . 'The.vote in Lawrence was 4 accepted; 7 18 rejected. i Franklin accepted 3; rejected 75. The roads are in very bad condition and turnslcome in slowly. A skirmish look place about the 20th of .nily in itheTinmcdiate vicinity of Fort Kearney. he j ween a small war party 5 o£~Chey- ; ernes add Ara pa hoes and the Pawnees.-V" ; The Assailants, succeeded in surprising a ' party ol Pawnees, killing three, among whom was their chief, and carrying off a large herd of horses. A considerable farce of Pawnees afteri wards .pursued the Cheyennes aud recaptured their.unimals, after wounding several of their j adversaries. There were over 1,000 Pawnees assembled near the.post for peaceful purposes.

Telegraph Cable Successfully Laid Arrival of the Niagara.

Trinity Bay, August 5, 1858. The Niagara has arrived here, having successfully laid the Telegraph Cable. Tho shore end will he.landed to morrow. The signals fare per ect, and the success of the great undertaking is now considered complete. 'I 1 STATEMENT OF- CYRUS W. FIELD, CHIEF ES- **- hi NEER. , Trinity Bay, August 5. —The Atlai tic Telegraph fleet sailed from Queenstown on Saturday, Julv 17tli, and met in mjd ocean on the 28th of July*. The cable was spliced at 1 o’cMock I*. M. on Thursday, the 29th, and the vessels separated—the Agamemnon and Valorous bound to Valencia, Ireland, and the Niagara and Gorgon for this place, where the latter .arrived yesterday : and this morning the end ot the cable will he landed. It is 1.698 nautical miles and 1,950 statute miles from the Telegraph House, at the head of Valencia Harbor, to the Telegraph House, Bay of Bulls Arm, Trinity Bay, and I lor mores than two-thirds of the distance tile ; water is two miles in depth. The cable lias been paid out by the Agamemnon at about the same speed as from tjie Niagara. The electrical signals are- sent and received through the whole cable perfect. The machinery for paying out the cable worked most satisfactorily, and was not stepped for a single moment. Captain Hud- V son of the Niagara, Messrs. Everett "and Woodhou.se, the engineers, electr cians, and officers of the ship, and in fact every man on hoard the Telegraph fleet, exerted hintsell to the utmost to m ike the expedition successiul, and by the blessing of Divine Providence it succeeded. Alter the end ol" the cable has been landed and connected with the lund line of telegraph, ami the Niagara discharged some of the cargo belonging to the Telegraph Company, she will go to St. Johns for coal and then proceed at once to New York. (Signed,) Cyrus W. Field Fort Wayne, Sentinel tells a story of a squad of burglars in that town that rather heads any display ot impudence that we have read of lately. They attempted to break into the house of a Mr. Conyer on Monday night last, but were seen by a young man who lodged in the adjoining house, and was sitting at his window. He made a noise, showing that there was somebody about, and the rascals loft. On the next night he watched again, and again they cam« upon their rascally expedition, hut seeing him again abandoned r.: He then notified the family, and a watch was kept up every night. Ibis frustration ot their plans seems to have excited the scoundrels a good deal. I he next day he was notified by an anonymous letter that he was interfering in what did not concern him, and if he didn't stop it ue d get a bullet through his head. The night follow ng.t4iey came again, hut seeing the “watch” ready, they threw a brick-hat at the window in a friry of disappointment, whereto the “watch” retorted with several* | bullets from u revolver that scattered them, and it is hoped killed tome of them. Those burglars certainly possessed the virtueof perscverence.— Slate Journal