Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1858 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER ' GAZETTE. RENSSELAER, IND. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1858.

£srSo long as God allows the vital current to flow through my veins', I will never, Sever, NEVER, by word or thought, by mind or Will, aid in admitting one rood ot free territory to the everlasting curse of human bondage.—Henry Clay. «

(K7”To-morrow is the Thanksgiving Day appointed by the Governor. The clergymen of Rensselaer and the different congregations will unite in" observing the day. Services at the Methodist Church in the forenoon, and at the Presbyterian in the evening. We would suggest to tbe-“-gude wives” who intend to celebrate the day in the good Nthv England way, with a roasted turky, not to put it on the tire until after the \ forenoon services, as ministers say that it is exceedingly uncomfortable to proceed when part of their audiences are anticipating burnt turkys, &c, - s {Kiy-Let every one of the one hundred and seventy-five subscribers of the Gazette who have not paid for the first volume, and the; four hundred who have not paid for the second volume, bear "in mind that we must have five hundred dollars within two or three weeks or suffer heavy.pecuniary loss. There are now. due us for subscription, advertising. &c.,j -upward of 1,200, and it would be no more j than right for our delinquent friends to step forward knd pay at least a portion of whatj they owe us. Let every one who is indebted to this establishment apply these remarks to himself. The following gentlemen are authorized to receive money for us, and receipt for the same;Andrew Young,.Morocco. James E. Stacy, Brook. Chas. Frankenberger, Pilot Grove. Amos Clark, Whitc’s'Grove. Frederick Rishling, Cathcart. M. S. Mead, Meadville. Thos. Lamborn, Esy., Carpenter’s ( reek. Theo, F. Stokes, Francisville. Thos. Antrim, Esq., Medaryville. Wm. T atman, Pleasant Grove. Chas. Boroughs, Hanging Grove. A. Wrightsman, Hanging Grove. The amount each man owes is small, but in the aggregate it is large to us.

THE LEGISLATURE.

The extra session of the Legislature of Indiana convened last Saturday, according the proclamation of Governor Willard,] •and the two branches organized by the elec, tion-of the following officers: The principal Secretary of the Senate, James IL of Jennings, Anti-Lecompton Demodrat, was ; unanimously elected, receiving forty-six votes. For Assistant Secretary, James IL Tyner, of Miami;- Republican, and Henry Cawthorn, of Kno.y, Administration, were put in nomination. Tyner received twentyfive votes, and Cawthorn twenty-two. AF. Shortridge, of Marion, Republican, was elected D.Sor-Keeper, and John Osborn, of Hancock, Republic™, for Assistant DoorKeeper. Jonathan Y\ . .Gordon, of Marion, Republican, and David Turpie, of White, Administration, were put in nomination for the Speakership ot the House. Gordon received fifty votes, and Turpie forty-three,. Two votes were scattering, and three blank. For First Clerk. R. J. Ryan, of Marion, AntiLecompton, and Thoma*. A. McFarland, Administration, were nominated. Ryan received fifty-four votes, jyid McFarland fortyfour. Geo. H. Chapman, Republican, was elected Second Clerk, and Robert Jennings, of Floyd, Republican, was elected DoorKeeper. All the elections were made on the first ballot, and the result (not a single Afimicist.ratrbn man being elected to office in either branch") shows- that the Opposition have a clear working majority in both .the Senate and the House. After organization, committees of the two.; Houses ’waited on the Governor and acquainted him with the fact. The Governor road his message to the Legislature on Monday. It. will be found in another column. N business of .iijidortance has yet been transacted, eecept the following, which transpired in the House on Monday. Mr. Edw orolr.offered the fallowing: Resolved, That it is hereby declared that this House is unalterably opposed to the re-purchasing of the Wabash and Erie Canal by the State. Mr, Gifford offered to amend, “or to receive it as a gift.” Mr. Edwards proposed to add, “unless theState is paid for it.” Amendments were adopted—ayes, 74; nays, -17. Mr. Dobbins asked the meaning of the resolution. He was unalterably opposed to taking back the canal on any terms, and was not even willing to seem to intimate that he cou d vote to take it back as a gift. It would take a Very high sum to buy his vote. Mr. Edwards rem.rked that at the last session a proposition was made that the State should take back the canal and reas•Utne its liabilities. This question had been agitated during the late election, and he wished -very m moer to show his hauu'j unequi ->. \ rt -d against ttio hop nd-1 ;ne; • ,i ■ ■- , , . posed ■ o. . ' QG»I Mr Thom;- >n, u. Madison, moved a ■>en*tdorstion,

Mr. Murray opposed taking the canal back ! even as a free gift, and moved to lay the ' metion for reconsideration on the table. Carried—ayes, 50; nays, 49. Question on adoption, when Mr. Whetzel asked toameid by adding the words, “thus receiving it as a gift.” Mr. Snyder moved to strike out all after the word “resolved,” and insert the following substitute: Resolved, That it would be unwise to take back, upon any terms, the Wabash and Erie Canal, and to reassume in any form the debt to satisfy which it to, the bondholders. Substitpje adopted. The resolution as amended was adopted— , ayes, 99; noes, 0. Clark absent.

RURAL CARREPONDENCE.

Vermont and l»er Korses, Addison County, Vt., Oct, 30. friend Davies: This is the shire of -the i horse country. It was here that old I “Blackhawk” lived and died. The place ' where he breathed his last is held in reverence, and men make pilgrimages to it. In the same stable the famous “Lady Suffolk” : gave up the ghost, carrying her grey hairs with honor to the grave, and peacefully wrapping about her finely shaped limbs the , soil that is prolific in noble horses and men. Just across the road, an arrow’s distance, an elegant residence is building for the reception of the most honored son of the “Old .Horse," the “Sherman Blackhawk." who retires from the bustle of life on a princelv fortune , and kingly laurels. A few miles below, on the shores of the beautiful Champlain, is the home of a reputed son of •Blackhawk's, the “Ethan Allen, - ’ who has lately achieved great lion irs in Boston, and, like the one of old, lias come out more than conqueror in his contest .with the “York” gentry. A ferry-boat’s length from this is old Blackhawk's promising grandson, a son of Sherman Blackhawk, “Capt. Lightfoot,” who, last winter, surprised the people with some long strides on the ice; This is also the home of “Cqlumbus” and qJ the owners : of the 2:17 pacing mare “Pocahontas;” while the hills are dotted with younger colts—who are throwing up their heads-with honest pride and snorting defiance in lace <i>f the world. In view of all this thou would’st not expect me to keep silent, although the President should lay an embargo on manuscripts and poems. For natural scenery I think Vermont may safely challenge comparison with any State in the Union. The country certainly looks handsomely now that the leaves of the trees* are changing from green to purple and from purple to sear,. Indeed,, it is hardly possible to conceive of a finer picture than that which the State now presents with her hills, like ridges of velvet, stretching across the\ country, variegated with clusters of pine ai.ff fir, that resembles the crochet-work of a Lady's basket; the mountains beyond, blue with the distance, rolling one above the other like waves of the sea; her broad, clean acres hemmed in by fences that must have been laid with compass and plummet;, pure white cottages nestling by the roadside among clumps of evergreens and maples, and adjacent to capacious barns which seem fine enough for kings and princes, but none too good for Blackhawks and bucks; her fields clouded with flocks of dark-colored sheep whose progenitors came from the remotest boundaries of France and Spain; her glistening hills laid open to the sun, ex-hibiting-untold weilth'of marble and slate; spires of colleges, and churches, and academies pointing their fingers to the skies; a tall shaft of marble rising majestically over the birth-place of Silas Wright; the crystal streams alive with trout, and turbulent with the hum of shops and mills and factories; the air sonorous with the voices of birdsand men and Line, and tremulous with “the music of the leaves”—and over all the scene is spread an atmosphere of summer mildness and, withal so pure and bracing that it gives renewed vigor to the blood, arouses all the , energies of the man, and stirs up the finer feelings of the soul. A great deal is said in regard to the early struggles of the State, i and men delight to honor the names of Ethan Allen,-Seth Warner, Anu Story, and I the rest of the Green Mountain boys who periled their lives for her welfare. It'is fit that they should, for those men were of a class, such as is not often fopnd; but the man who would not fight for a country like this is possessed of little manhood, and utterly devoid of patriotism. A small portion of the State is.arable, and only about one third o! the cultivated country is subjected to tillage. The amount of grain raised is barely sufficient for the home demand. The crops, this fall, what there is of them, were never better. The export of the State, however, is stock, and in this Vt. excells, and will always excell. There is something in the herbage and climate 'which renders her stock superior to that of any other' State. The animals of this country seem to have more life and energy than elsewhere., and the same is the case with the men. Besides, stock-growing is made an especial business, and the inhabitants are versed ip its mysteries. The boy is reared by the side of the horse and sheep, and the two become of one flesh. Moreover, it is an occupation in which they take an interest, in-, a-mi.ch as the affections ar.* strongly eirnsted ‘ ... ... < r !,r. .... *4- ‘4O V U _ r . " • ■ growth and strengthens with their strength. ,

It is, also, a love which is reciprocated by the brutes, and when they have arrived at maturity, and are rounded and filled in harmonious proportions and ready fbr- market, it is a heavy falchion of gold that severs them from the household. The farmers also, believe in the efficacy of blood, and breed from only the purest stock. Another reason for the superiority, is, that in this country, colts are not put to work until they are fully grown. They mature slowly, and last long. A horse here al twelve yesrs old, is as young as one in thy country at seven or eight. This is a part of the grand secret of the success. Even the timber of this State is of slow growth, but it is compact and strong and lasts for ages. As an instance of the interest taken in stock, I will state that the contest between “Ethan Allen” and “Hiram Drew” at Boston on the 15th inst.-created more exci'e-j meat in Vt. than the recent elections did in I thy State. In that trot Ethan made his ■ mile in 2:32.]. He alto trotted against the ' "Patcher” horse, on Long Island on the 28th inst. Men waited for the result in breathless anxiety, expecting that he would be badly beaten—and they were not “jockeys” either, but men in high, standing, honest farmers, and even whole families; his success or defeat was table-talk. But when the wires brought the news that “Ethan”; had distanced his competitor in the first heat, in 2:28, men breathed freely. A load was taken from their minds, and had the Governor seen fit to appoint a day of thanksgiving ami prayer, the inhabitants would have joined him with heart and hand. I will'not say that the ministry would actually have sent up a.prayer for the success of, a horse; but its thoughts would have reverted to “Ethan Allen,” as they did to the one of old, when his memorable words rolled j over the country —“In lhe name of the I Great Jehovfih and the Continental Con- , gross.” That I may not seem to practice up >n thy credulity I will give the-* a solution ot the niatter. Independently of their, affection for the horse, his success was 1 money in the pockets of the farmers and ' others; his defeat was their loss. Since I that trot the value of Blackhawk colts has advanced ten per cent. Now that his reputation is up, “Ethan,” will, probably, like the “Sherman Blackhawk’’ and other noted horses, be taken from the turf and devoted to the improvement of the breed. 1 have already trespassed upon thy columns, and will reserve the remainder of my notes for another occasion

Yours, &c., ~,

Governor's Message.

Senators h and Representatives: Previous to the year 1852 provision was made in this State for annual sessions of the Legislature, but the members of the convention who framed our existing constitution believed that biennial sessions, after that period, would, in ordinary times, fie sufficient. They provided, however, that when in the opinion of the Governor the public welfare should demand it, he might call a special session of the General Assembly. The thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly,, which adjourned on the 9th day of March, 1857, .did not pass, any law’ for the purpose of raising a revenue for the years 1857 and 1858. Until that time it w:as confidently hoped by the people of the State that their epresentatives would at all times be willing Jo provide the necessary means to sustain every department of the gtiveriirnent established by their Constitution. They also expected that provision would. be made to support every Benevolent institution they had approved. They felt that although improvident legislation had in former days impaired the credit of their State, as simi ia-r legislation had injured the reputation of x>.thers, yet, that for many years, the credit of Indiana, maintained in every particular, was to them a matter 01 just pride and congratulation. = They felt that although Indiana, in the days of her iinprovidenep, had been unable to maintain the high character of a sovereign State in responding to all Iler pecuniary obligations, yet she had now attained to that position of wealth and influence among her sister States, that any failure to redeem every undertakingwould be injurious to her credit and her honor. Notwithstanding these and other considerations, the members of the last Legislature, for reasons into which it is not my duty to enquire, failed to enact the laws necessary to sustain the various interests to which I have alluded. Shortly after such adjournment I informed the people of the State that there was necessity for legislation, arid expressed a readiness, whenever the law’s could be passed, to call the members together. Believing that there was such a want of harmony among them that necessary legislation could not be secured, I declined to exercise the power entrusted to the Governor to call a special session of the General Assembly. But a new Legislature having been elected, I have, at the earliest practicable day exercised the power to which I have before alluded. _ Although that Legislature failed to appropriate the means which were then in the treasury to sustain the interests for which they had been raised, the Administrative and Executive officers of the State believed that such was the regard the people of Indiana had for the government they had establishes—such their anxiety for the maintenance of their constitution, and the support of their laws, that it was their imperative duty Io apply, the money in their possession to the purposes for-which it was collected. From that adjournmen l of the Legislature those officers have endeavored to sustain every interest of Indiana, as provided for by her constitution and. by her '*’■ ' ■, /mind tfiit the laws ol thej >' - . ” Auditor, Treasurer • •><.:U <1 A’ I O iUtil RIX d tO proCllf! money to pay the interest an the public,

debt. Believing that the welfare of the State would be promoted by paying such interest, a loafn was negotiated on the 22d of June, 1858, with the Board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund for■'sl6s,ooo, which was applied to the payment of such interest. After the State has undertaken to pay all the interest and principal of her debtj her ! sovereign integrity demands that her obligaI tions should be redemed. Sec. lofart.Sdof ■ the constitution declares that “It. shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide by law for the support of Institutions for the education of the Deaf and Dumb and of the Blind, and also for the treatment of the Insane.” No appropriation was made by the 'Legislature to sustain those Institutions, ! but the money was in the treasury—the j clear provision of the constitution that those , Institutions should be supported, the officers jot the State thought should be maintained ■ and executed, and accordingly they applied ,tße funds in their possession to that purpose. Ihe officers of the State have been enabled, by an economical administration of the I public funds, to thus far sustain every department of the government. and pay the I interest on our indebtedness, leaving.a baljance in the treasury of $131,342 28, u i'hout ' making any loan except the one to which I have before alluded. j No tax having been levied for the year' 1857—58, all the resources for sustaining the government, or maintaining its credit, will. 1 at an early day, be exhausted, unless ttie Legislature shall provide a remedy. I re-j commend to you. therefore, that at* as eailv ' j.a diy as possible, you take into consider:!- ' ■tion the condi’ion. of the treasury, and-that' a tax be levied tor the. year 1858. The report of. the Auditor of State will exhibit to you the amount which it is estimated w 111 bd necessary to raise. If lhe tax is levied at once, it can bo collected in time ' to meq| the ordinary expenditures of thej govern inent. It will b<j necessary; to negotiate a loan to meet the interest w hich will be due upon the public debt upon the Ist I l.day of January. 1859. .No difficulty wiil be I .found in negotiating such loan, provided the) ' levy is made for the tear 1858. .1 ustice to the residents and ow ners of the : property of the State demands that the expenses of the government'should be paid by i ; them equally, according to the value of thefr ! property. To secure so desirable a result,; it has long been the policy in Indiana to i I have freequeht valuations of all the real ! i property within the State. Accordingly, on i 1 the- 13th ot" February, 185 y, an act was pas-; sed to appraise the real estate, and to make 1 the value of the same equal and uniform. Since that time no act of the Legislature has | been p-ussed ordering'a new appraisement. In the meantime the increase in thelvalue of that kind ot property has l been very large, i II thaf increase had been uniform, a necessity for a new appraisment would not exi-t. j But since the passage ol that. law. a great difference has arisen in reference to the' reI lative.value of' real estate. When the last assessment was made there was but one I railroad completed to Indianapolis, “from anyj point in the State, nor wer<*-itTiy other o: the ; i existing works finished, \mi cannot but i appreciate the effect that, ihose roads had I upon the value of the property of the State. Indeed, it has so -increased the value of such j property, that it is confi lently believed that ■a new assessment Would show that the taxables.ol the State now amount to four hundred million dollars. If this" view of the subject is correct, it is manifestly unjust that the revenues paid.J'or the support of the government should be levied upon the appraisement of 185 1. At niy request, the Directors of the State ! Prison Have made a partial report as to the ; conditio.i of that Institute n. You will ob- ■ serve by an exa nination of that'report that the new cell house has been finished, but,j even.now, after the same has been completed, such is the limited capacity of that institution that iX is impossible to retain with safety, or employ with' profit, more than three hundred nntnety convicts. The number which will be confined there by the Ist. iof January, 1859, will, in al! probability. • amount to live hundred. You will therefore seethe absolute necessity of either greatly ; enlarging the existing prison, or of erectin' l -! an additional one in koine other part of the State. In view of the prison being located upon th■■ south.-Til boundary of the. Slate, th- rGiv '<: oisiug a heavy exp-iise in transporting th - convicts from th - various counties, and beli.-'cilig that a portion ot tin- labor of lhe inmates cmud be'more protitabTy employ ’d in so n-’ other locality, and relying upon the advice, and opinion of those most experienced in managing such in- ; sti'tutioils, that three hundred to tlire • hundred > and fiftj- .convicts are us many as should be confined in one locality, I accordingly, join with the Directors and Warden of the Prison in recomtm-n----i ding to you that a law he passed at an early d.iv, ■ providing for the erection of another State Prison, I and that the same bo located somewhere in the northern portion of the State. Little can be done towards thep-rection of said prison until the spring of 1859. If it should ho regarded as desirable to use the labor of a portion of the convicts in the erection of said prison, one hundred and fifty to two hundred ot them.could be employed for that purpose. If you should decide to pass such a law, provision should be made tor tin* purchasing of more land for the use <rf the new, than belongs to the State adjoining the present prison. There are generally confined in the prison many who cpuld be profitably einploved in raising necessaries for the support of the institution. I have thus briefly called, to your attention those interests of the State which demand, i;t mv ! opinion, your im’medvite. attention. I have done this in the hope that a few days only of your i time wiil bo rquired, deferring to makeany other recommendation until you assemble at the regir” lar session, which will be on the (ith day of January, 1859. In conclusion, I hope that’harmony may prevail in your councils, and that wisdom i and patriotism may guide, your avdions

BROADBRIM,

oO“The Mi nnie rille has proved terribly destructive in the late fights with the Indians in Oregon and Texas. Our soldiers can fire at the Indians at. such distance as to be entirely safe, Unless th,* Indians learn the use of the Minnie rifle they will be exterminated by it. (101. Wright says in a late letter to the Secretary of War, giving an sccount <i( a recent engagement with the Oregon Indians: “Tho men fired at. the gallant red rascals as they would have fired at targets, and the movements during the action were as orderly as onia field" dav. . The enemy has lost courage , II 111 ■>.. J. (, 1 mi-y Jones hu« resigned his seat in Oongres.-. His I. tier of resignation to Gov. ! Packer i» dated the first instant.

ASHBEL P. WILLARD.

j [From the State Journal.

The Douglas Jubilee, at Indianapolis.

According to annoumcement made the , friends of Senator Douglas cajme together last Thursday night to rejoice over his success in the contest; for the United States in Illinois. The cannons were fired, bonfires blazell, rockets pierced the air, and musicjenlivenen the streets. The crowd I.commence I filling |lasonic Hall at an early I .hour, and before the time the suppers eaten !by the expected speakers lor the!evening had settled in their stomachs the Hall was filled copipactly w ith a pinltitude eager to listen to what would be sdid on the occasion. On the west side of thej hall was stretched a long strip of canvas on wjticii was painted in large letters: “Siepheti A. Douglas, the Tribune ot the People.” ’Fljiis attracted! the gaze of j every one entering the door. 1 I Col. Palmer, the Chairman <nf the Cotnj ’mittee of Arrangem ?pts, took his position on the stand as Presidgiit of the meeting, and in a moment Austin 11. Brown was made Se. rettf:y l|y a tin mim-us vote tolhat effect. Col. Palmer, a.tor the s -leeti >n of a Seci rotary, said he felt a good deal like old John I Adams did in 1776—.in1y imbuj.-d with the [ spirit of liberty.- iro reteried to; the B iiionlal interest feit in the Illinois election: hit j Buchanan a hard lick: said he h.:d not lived ‘ up; to the principles o' the platform -j-: which I he; was elected; popular sovereion-tv. in the -.- ■•.* ol’ Kansas, h-id beett repudiated; AniiLeeompton Dt'mocrats Imcl been : very badiv j treated;!).;’’ federal office-holders!: had been i culled trailtm-s: and nib.-is, ami bej-j) read out of the ip.irtyt But the people Iliad rebuked Btiiyhman alt the ballot box, and Had toldhim to* look close at homy to see'where the treason was. Col. P. said he came to the iiali merely to call the .people to order and preside during the evi'ning. __ . i Calls .were tm.de lor I).-.vis, anjd 'ma tew mom- nts Ilion. Johfi G. Divis.; of Terre Haul e, lippeia.red on tjli.’ stand. file said he had with difficulty Imt his rootji.l owing to feeble heaiili, to cottjie to the niek-iiiig, and ;vou d say but a few I words. IL; had been read out of the Demicratic party i by cei tain .office-holder's, -but hr- Icon Id not sqe the reason for t-iej ;troceedit:g. He reyieweif his Congressional careerjand pronounjeed it Consistent with the pritn-iples on which he and Buichanair x y?ere elected in 185+i.j and with the posit ion be now <l<--.’upied. Hie spoke <s! the recent, elections; as a repiidiation of Buchanan, and declared his enmity to any platform which set. forth that tltei Constitution carried slavery into all the Territories. If diuca'.anun Was now lhe exponqut of the prim'ip!-.' : "f tht ijlemocratic bariy. the charges'of i-s pro-smyery teiidenci- made by the Republicans in jiSjti were jtrue, am! their propdie-'ics cm reLt. He w oujhl volt* for no man Im’ President in 18'iO who occupied the position I’lichamm does upw. j The next speaker was t). 15. Tqrbet. Esq. He made some good .hits. ][,. |. ;V ed the South but t-oiiid not si :nd <>n th -j platform lately laid down by th-e Washington I nion of Coiigressional sovere-ignty lor the psttßiib h-.nu-int of slavery in thij territories and popular sovereignty lor tile government tiie people in a State .caj). city. Scmitor Hammond, o I Sou til Caroli tin. had recvntpy s poke-n honestly to the .Smith ;thoe.t the question of slavery, and he h >ped some men itii ottr new Legislature wouul speak honestly to tin* people of 1 ntliana. j , At this stage of the proceedings resolutions were introduced and unajumously p issed indorsing the ! Cincinnati-j platform and recognizing Senator Douglas as th ■ personification of the principles with which the Democracy was trium’d-.unt in 1-85(5. Shouts were raised or Dick Ryan, and as he’appeared on the sgund prolonged cheers greeted him. He threw a multjilmle ot bomb shells into tl.io. LeComptdn camp, which exploded to the no small qismny of all such as were present. He siapjied Vorhees aad Robinson broa-dlv. and gajve them i'till measure for the IrOi* use. of the opprobrious terms in whiclji they had indulged when speaking of Airti-Lecomptoij Demo- ; crabs, during the late ojimpaign. The AntiLecompton Demm-ratsl wefe either; vi, tori- | oils; or defgated If vjic torious, thjey must • dictate the terms on which Leccmiptonites i cap affiliate with them;. It they do not do j this I hey are not victorious, ami Will, bv ; any. oilier than a dictated al'fiii iiion. be ; blown. lik> Sepoys, from the gunsjbf Fedj oral despotism. The Democratsjof the Legislature .must indorse pojpularl soverjeigiity; must repudiate Bright ami Fitch, and, call upon them to, resign; miist kick thej Administration overboard and relusu to recognize it as Democratic, and mdst read every one out of the bnrty who does not agrfce and unite with tipcm in action. The-Anti-Lecoinpfoii D *fn u-jrats nri-t. unite with the Republicans and cleanout the Augean ; stables from the Lunatic Asylum- to the ; Penitentiary, except thp wood saw yers ami j eoal carriers. These jhe would save. Il • they were reynoved it wiould b^-too close an ! imitation of Buchan in'i policy. John L. Robinson had once said that the [ way to keep preachers from dabbling in politic- was t.c stop their fejc-d. He waj for applying the same policyj to-tiie Federalists. They must stop dibbling or have their lee<l stopped. But would the Federalist s ! submit jto this! Yes, they woqld submit tp being kicked all the way to Botany Bay, provided they could hold , office lafterwarJ. He had told the Lecomptonites last summer that he would 1 live to dig their graves, -and tb-night he was preaching their funeral sermon. While there was cause (for them tojmourn there was cause for goot| men to rejoice. Col. Dumont followed Mr. Ryan. He was. pointed, witty, and forcible, and frequently convulsed lhe audience with laughter. He said the victory of Dougliis was not so much a triumph over Lincoln as it was l over Federal corruption—of a people over their servants. We have not time ori space at the late hour we write this to notice his speech further, or the very sensible one of Judge Wick who foliow erl him. Suffice it to sav Lecomplonism received leold comfort ftom the Douglas Democrats last night, and if lanyjsa-k cloth and ashels are to be worn if j will be by those who have seen fit, for lhe hope ami sake of office and public plunder, ; to sustain the President in his iniquitous 'policy. Tbi- days ol Lecompton is m are ; numbered, and those w|io have ill-igotten 1 gain- for the service they rendered title devil and ißm hanan in its support, may as well be mak fig their a r ngeiqents to surrender ! their hopes tor the tuturb. 'l'hew chances

for insulting the people in official stations will expire with the retirement of James Buchanan, and their menial acts, as the tools and lickspittles of power, will be like ghosts haunting them for their perfidy.

Important from Utah, the Pike’s Peak Gold Mines and Santa Fe.

LEAVENWORTH, K. T. Nov. 9. Favorable accounts continue to arrive from the gold region. Seven men of the Georgia Company took out $500 in five days. Upwards of 600 wagons, bound for the mines, were met last week, between Kearney and the crossing of the Platte River. Arrivals from Utah report six inches of snow on the Sweetwater, and ice an inch thick. Twelve hundred Indian lodges have been erected in the vicinity of the military road, between this point and Fort Laramie. The Indians were peaceable. Judge Eckle and several Mormon families were passed on the way. | The Santa Fe mail, with dates to the 18th Uii.. was r<-c e.; ■-d at Imlependeiice on the , B<h. The mail w.-s somewhat delayed in conj sequence of high water and bad road.-. D ma Maria Narcissa Galloges was murdered at Los Veo-.is, Oct. Ist. j Col..Liles bad another encounter with i the Na; aj-.is, w hitm resulted in ten Indians , killed ami several wounded'. Willi im Nuj gent and Muritz. Palman are missing supposed to have been killed. Serjeant j J dm Thonipsui) waswou.nded. , Kit Car-on, w ith a band of Utah Indians. 1 P''*-.-'’' 1 ibr High Sai.ta l‘e. on tiieir wav to figiit th'* Xaxajo-. with whom the Utahs | w ere at war. A letter jo Liute’iantAVilkins.Df Sept. 22d s ys the Mohave Indians attacked an eruij grant train at the crossing of the Colorado, j killing . titro-e im-ii., two women and four ; chi'dron* and wounded sixteen. .The emigrants then retreated, and -ent to Aibu-jim-r-pie :m- supplies; which wa- furnished j-by M 'jyr Backus. 1 he mail lor Stocton, ( le t Indenen-dem-c on th-* I -•.

The Kansas Programme.

j Judge John W. Wright, formerly of Loigansport. in tiffs State, but n ew ol' Quindaro. Kansas, am! a member cleet'of the new 'l’erritori 1! L -.“-la! u-e, passed throifirh here j a tew days ago. 01 a bu. ieess visit to his 1 old home. IL* speaks without rosr-rro as to phe future policy of the Free State men of Kansas. H * says that a majority of the members (J f tie* ’iz-gi-lature elect.’liefil an inform il.-meeting a day or two before he left, | at which they agreed certain matters I to he done at, the coming session. Thev have-, lie sny . ,-roreed to' ad.-pt the lowa ■ ( onstitu!ion, word lor word, with,of coYirse. ■1 change ot mimes. W itlj t his co: st: tut ion j il.iey i.item! to make immediate jipiicatton jto <':/ng!.-e-s i r admis-ion info the Union. I iit'y are to meet at Lecompton, but wi.l j immedi.iti iy a Ipiurii to ■ ■•me other 1 entity, j not yet di-finiti ly fix d . 1:;•• n. Thev Will j change t'o’ D imes of r.ll the em'ntids < towns v. h: -e n ones indicate a border.ruffian ; pateri.-ity. .....L wimipton being the name mo.-t ■ haled. ;.ml comlemm-d. will probably be 1 changed to that of Ethiopia. It was thounhti by those presen’- that the. dark deeds here1 tolore enacted.ot Lecompton. could not bet blackened by this cliajige of name.—[.afiiy- \ >lt'- Journal:

The Last of the Border Ruffians.

1 ti * lh)rd t Ruffinis who emeu figured so | lafge'y in Kansas, :tr • now I a"J t > ti.:d, :;nd_m> -one. is willing to a.knowkd<re that lie was one .of th . j G -neral B. 1". Strin«fellow is about to tak ‘up I h'.s residence 'at M -mphis, T< nn. lie is in too ’ b it: odor to r.-main in Msso.i.i. I’is brother, Dr. Stringfellow, has re, -,er;t,'y" I joined the . Cpngrogaimmd Clmrch. anil may be. ■seen partaking • f the Saeram-nt with his old p j litical enemy, Gen Tai Pomeroy. He now dole iares bimsell a |-r--c->tu!e Democrat. and is ! strong!} reec.mmend by his friends as the proper person to ftl: tbe offi-.-e just vacated by the resignation of Governor Denver. (rov, rnor ShannmiJias in t with a great mora’, las w-.di as po'itieal cluing-. 11 ■h is discontinueu th- use of on - of his favorite leverages whs- !»} —discarded iiis Border Ruffiin assuci.ites--and is now on" of th" most ex mmlarv men in I, "compton. His-obd 1 ■ ieud. the notorious Colonel Titiis, as- ! t t pruvjnn himself a coward tn Central Ameri- ; cn, and a vagabond i:i Kansas, headed the Linn I county assassins, the remnant of Colonel Bui lord's ragamuffins, and left for Arizonia. thexe to I work in the mines, or "if tinsitecessful. to rob the Spanish Churches." Child Ju-tice L-eompte is presiding over a , murder trial in Leavenworth. I Jack Henderson, wiio was conspicuous in niafc-. I ing up tratululent election returns, appeared a, few days since in tire secret e mens of the Democratic purt v. General McLean has not made his appearance, in the Territory since lie p -rpired himself ii\ connection with ’.lie famous candle-box. His miserable master, “General Candle-Box, Calhoun,’" is inclined to keep at a safe distuiiee from the people liver whom lie once assumeif dictatorship. Major Clarke, the nmrderer of. Barbour, has I left l -.rt Si'ott. where he vyorkid with the Rtifj tians in th > late ditlicullles, and has taken the otb.ee i,l Purser in the Navy, an appointment I eonterred uptm him by the late Senate. Ihnery is in th" Hnited States Laud ollie.e. at i Kiekapoo. —, General \\ hit-tie hl is the Register tn the «ini,» | ediic". SherrlVJones has n e,- i.tly ns eivcjl the appointment of “Receiver"’ in Arizonia. All the above notorious characters, have been, or are now the recipients of important offices under the General Government.

The Beautics.

Morrissey, the pugilist, and his comptvt*ions, on their return from Buffalo, Saturday, evening, according to Buffalo and Rochester papers, literally “traveled on their muscle.” They'absolutely took possession, of the cars in which they were riding, refused t,o pay any fare and intimidated lhe conductors. Ono, when his fare was demanded, presented a pistol at the conductor. They robbed and maltreated passengers, and at Utica thrust a German, whom th< y had robbed, from the cars. Previous to leaving Buffalo they had a sparring exhibition, at which Jlorrjssey and bis second, Australian Kelley, had a set-ti>. They left without paying for the use of the hall in which the exhibition was held, for which' they owe the city SSO. Morrissey is describi-d as having a bad-look-ing nose and both eyes draped in mourning. Lj'A locomotive, st.mu fire engine has been built in New York It propels itself.