Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1859 — Page 2

use of German, and confined himself to an extraordinary and unintelligible language, taking all the while the most tremendous l«apa. The burgomaster Was in dlspair at thia unpleasant interruption to the entertainment, and instantly resolved to take off entirely the crsVat of the young Englishman, whom lome unusually violent paroxysm must have suddenly seized. But no sooner had he done this, than he started back aghast. Instead of a human skin and complexion, a dark brown fur enveloped the neck of the ; youthful stranger, who instantly proceeded ’ Upon still higher and more marvellous leaps ; ; and twisting his white gloves into his hair, he pulled it entirely off, and. wonder.of wonders! this beantiful hair was only a wig, which he threw into the burgpmastcr’s face, and his head made its appearance clothed in the same brown fur as his neck. , He overturned tables and benches, threw i down music-stands, smashed the fiddles and ;Bnq clarinets, and in short behaved like a ' lunatic. “Seize him! seize him!” shouted,' the burgomaster, beside himself; “he is ra- ! ring; seize him!” This, however, was as difficult matter, for he puliad off his gloves I and showed his brown hands, armed With ' frightful nails, with which he assulted the ! faces of the company. A courageous hunts- j man at length succeeded in taking him pr’is- ' oner. He pressed his long arms down to his : sidps, bo that he could do nothing except struggle fiercely with his feet, and laugh and shriek in a piercing voice. The audi•ence gathered around to look at the eccentric young gentleman, who by this time had ; lost every semblerice of a human being. ■ Among them, a learned gentleman of the environs, who 'possessed a large collection of stuffed animals, approached him and, as- ' ter a close examination, suddenly exclaimed, ■ “Good God! ladies and gentlemen, why dp you admit this this beast into good society’ This is an ape, the homo triglodites Linnari, ; and! will give you six dollars for him, if you j like, and stuff him for my cabinet.” Fancy the astonishment of the citizens of; Grunwiesel, when they heard this. “What! > an ape, an orang- outang in our best society! The young Englishman nothing but a ' filthy ape!‘” They stared at each other in ' dumb bewilderment. They could not believe it; they would not trust their eyes, and they examined the animal more narrowly; but, gaze as they pleasib. a vulgar ape he was, and a vulgar ape he remained. “It must be sorcery, devilish sorcery!” said the burgomaster, bringing the ape’s cravat. “Look! here in this cravat lies the i witchcraft which has blinded our eyes. Here is a broad strip of parchment, inscribed with strang characters. It is Latin, I believe; can any one read it!” The pastor, a man of extensive learning, who had often lost a game of chess to the ■ young Englishman, stepped up, and, looking at the parchment said; “Certainly, this is I Latin, and means: ‘This ape is a very ridieulon-s creature, And to see through arid shun false pretensions will teach you.’ | . “Ay, ay; it is an infernal swindle; in it- j self a.species of witchcraft,” be continued’; “and should meet with exemplary punish- i ment.” The burgomaster was of the same opin- ‘ ion, and started forthwith to arrest the stranger, who could be nothing but a magician. Six soldiers carried the ape, for they were determined to bring the eld sceundrel to instant trial. They reached the desolate house, followed ! by a crowd of people, for every one wanted to see how the affair would end. They ‘knocked at the door, th y pulled the bell; but all in vain—no one showed himself in answer to their .appeals. The burgomaster finally caused the door to be beaten in, and mounted to the sick Tnan’s chamber. Nothing was to be seen but old, worthless household rubbish. The stranger had vanished. On his writing table, however, lay a large, sealed letter, addressed to the burgomaster, which the latter opened. He read: “My dear Grunwieselonians: When you read this I shall be no longer in your village, and you will discover the rank and nation of my nephew. Take the joke which I have ventured to play upon you as a good lesson not to insist on inflictingyour society upon a stranger who wishes to live in retirement I felt myself too well-bred to be involved in your eternal tattle,your bad manners anil your ridiculous customs. I procured therefore, the voung orang-outang, which you have caressed so affectionately, to act as mjrsubstitute. Farewell, my friends, and lay this lesson to heart.” The citizens of GrunweiseL were the laughing stock of the whole country, and felt intensely mortified. Their consolation was, that all this must have been brought about by suppernatural means. But the greatest confusion was felt by the young men of the ®ity, for they had made the bad manners of • beastly ape the object of their approval and imitation. Henceforth they ceased to lean their elbows on the table; they balanced themselves no longer on their chairs - they were silent till addressed, and became modest and civil as of,old; and it became a byword with the Grunwieselonians, when any 9,ne showed signs of relapsing into such vulgar and ridiculous practices, to call him “the pld gentleman's a pg,” The orang-outang, who hid played so long the part of a gentlppiau of fashion, was hanover to the proprietor of s h“ cabinet of

■ natural history. This gentleman feeds him, i gives him the run of his yard, and shows him ! to every stranger as a rarity; and there he i is to the present day.

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE. RENSSELAER, IND. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1859.

A Liberal Offer.

i JTjr’All delinquent subscribers to the Gazette Who pay their S 2 before the first of April next, shall have a copy of the Genesee Farmer sent for one year to ■ their address at our expense. oO”The Methodists are still holding their 1 meetings, daily and nightly. (ts“ The lumber for the Court House fence | is now being delivered on the ground. (£7"The ladies are to give a festival at the j Court House next Tuesday night. See adI vertisement. Peacock got another fresh supply of groceries last week. He is doing an ' excellent business. I oO”There will, be a total eclipse of the ’ moon, early in the morning, to-morrow, visible throughout the United States. • of our readers desire to know ‘ Why the plank-road is not completed to the Methodist Church. Cun anybody tellJ weather we are now enjoying would pass for April, to a person who had ; ' taken a “Rip Van Winkle” sleep, and just! waked up. w __ (jgy»The men and boys are now having | I considerable sport in catching fish in the Iro- ' ' quois with “grab hooks.” Pike and dog j ifish are plenty. i ° '*** . United States Senate last Fri- ; day, by a vote of 30 to 21, tabled the case ’ 'of Lane &. McCarty. The majority of the ■ Senate are dare not meet the issue. (Cj“A bill to so amend the law for the I formation of new counties as to allow all' ■ the voters in the county a voice, has been engrossed in the House of Representatives. : i Maury has been conijili- ! meated by the French Government with the I . Order of the Legion of Honor, as a tribute I to his valuble services as a .man of science • find research. ’ (t!s"The House last Saturday, by a vote of 1 1 1 to 103, passed the Senate bill for the i iadmission of Oregon, and on Monday her ! two Senators—Lane and Smith—were admitted. Every member from this State ex- ' cept Wilson, of the Eighth District, voted ' for the- bill. | ‘ i (&“The debate that came off last Wednesday night, between the Erudites and , Calliopeans, was decided in favor of the ' former society, (negative.) The Rev. JTr. I Mock presided, and Dr. Snyder and Mr. C. : W. Henkle were the Judges, who, however, called Mr. Mock to their aid. These debates are becoming quite interesting and ! . amusing (to the audience.) and should be j held oftener.

PIKE'S PEAK.

We hear that a number of individuals in Jasper county are making preparations to go to Pike’s Peak in search of gold. We fear that they are doomed to disappointment. In our opinion, more gold can be found in turning up the soil of our broad prairies, than in washing the mud and boring the earth at Pike’s Peak. All the accounts that come from there are conflicting. Some rumors— and they generally cannot be traced to a responsible source—say that the miners are making their $15 and $20 a day; while other accounts, which appear to be creditable, denounce the whole thing as a humbug, say that gold is scarce and can only be found in small quntities [sic], and that the miners are suffering for the necessities of life. We, however, publish both sides, and let the reader draw his own conclusions. ———<>———

DR. HAAS.

I This gentleman, of the firm of Moore & j H,aas, dentists, of Lafayette, is now paying j us another professional visit, stopping at the ’ Dunlap House. He intends to stay here ■ some ten days. The Doctor desires those for whom he has done work on his former visits to call and let him examine it, as he warrants his work; and those who desire his services are requested to call at once and make engagements, so that none may be disappointed by finding him busy. He puts in continuous gum work without a crevice, and block work on gold plate is put up with only two joints in the upper and lower sets. In connection with his practice he has Dr. Branch’s “Anaesthetic Agent for Extracting Teeth without Pain,” and also has an Elec- j I trie-Battery for the same purpose, which is a beautiful little apparatus. The Doctdr , has a new set of dental instruments which ! are handsome enough, with their pearl han dies and gold and stone settings, to tempt , I even the most timid to have their decayed I tooth extracted, Gn and wee thorn.

HON. THOMAS CORWIN.

[The following article is from the pen of a citizen of this place. We agree'with him in regard the character of tiie “Old Wagon- ■ er Boy,” but find fault with him in ignoring, by comparison, all the leading Republicans in Congress. However, right here, we do not set up our judgment as infallible, and are willing to publish interesting article that we do not individually indorse.] Among the good tokens of the reformation in the’ politics of the country, no one is more satisfactory than the election to the House of Representatives, last October, of the eminent statesman whose name stands at the head of this article. World-wide as is his reputation, as one of the most gifted orators of our age and country, his profound sagacity and wise counsel will not have a less commanding influence in the popular branch of our National Assembly. Removed as he has been from active connection with politics since his retirement from the Secretaryship of the Treasury Department' at tiie expiration of Mr. Fillmore’s term—doubtless with the intention of spending his closing years in the more peaceful walks of private life—his love of country and abnegation of self is strongly shown in now coming forward when the experience of age"and wisdom is so much vvdnted in our National Councils. , - Wbnderfu) as is Mr. Corwin’s eloquence, (and although for many years in Congress ■as Representative and Senator,) he has ipade but. few speeches—unlike most of our Legislators, whose love of talk is proverbial. ! Perhaps no public man has been more vili- , I fied v traduced and sneered at for exercising I : the right of speech than Mr. Corwin; and ' ■certainly no speech has been mote abused. : than his celebrated one on the “Mexican ' War,” delivered in the Senate on February : 11, 4847. For the independent and noble j stand he then took as the free RepresentaI tive of a free people, boldly opposing an i:>i iquitous war, he has been howled down the | ■ wind by political blood-hounds, and burnt in I 1 effigy by brutal and ignorant mobs. Never was honest speech more infamousI iy tortured into wrong meaning than this. ' He has been made to say by the press and ! speakers of the Democratic party— that he. : hoped trie M xLaxs would meet oiir soldiers with ! bloody hands and hospitable graves— he has been held up to the people as a “trailer to ’ his country,” as “giving aid and comfort to the enemy,” <Le. Let any one quietly read this speech, and lie will find how base- ‘ less and Lise these! charges are, as to the I I true meaning and spirit of its author. As , I it may not be in the'possession, dr within I ’ the reach of many, we give an extract,show- ' ; iiig this passage correctly. We quote from i ■ a copy printed by Stevenson, of the Cincin- , ; nati Allas, (now one of Mr. Buchanan’s j ' Territorial Judges, and, therefore, we pre- I some .to be held good authority for its cor-] rectness.) page 12, second paragraph. Mr. Corwin was replying to the arguments of the war Democracy—that we wanted room, and therefore must have Mexican territory—and said; . “Sir, look at this pretence of want of room. With twenty millions of people you have about one thousand millions of land, inviting settlement by every conceivable argument—bringing them down to a quarter of a dollar per acre, and allowing every man to squat where he pleases. “But the Senator from Michigan says we | i will be two hundred millions in a few years, j i and we want room. If I were a Mexican, I ’ ' would tell you,‘Have you not room in your , own, country to bury your dead men! If; you come into mine, we will greet you with bloody hands, and welcome you to hospita-| ble graves.’ ” Wp should like to know in what line dr word of this extract there is the “taint or smell of treason.” Throughout this magnificent sp ?ech there are eloquent tributes of praise to our gallant soldiers of the regular and volunteer regiments and their able officers. They were not to blame. It was against the President and the party in power that Mr. Corwin’s shafts were hurled. His duty as a Senator, to obey the commands of justice and the dictates of conscience, was as sacred as that of the soldier (whose blood he sought to save) to obey the orders of the Commander-in-Chief. If there be treason in this speech, so was there in the speeches of Chatham, Barre, Pownt’.ll and Fox, in thejlritish Parliament, ; when they thundered forth their opposition to the -(American War.” Yet to thes> speeches\we turn with enthusiasm, as the grand embodiment of true patriotism and manly independence, far-reaching sagacity and profound ability ; and our “ Mother Land” boast these as the noblest of her noble men. Thus will it be, when this generation shall have passed away, and the mists of prejudice dissipated by the light of reason. History will portray Mr. Corwin as a statesman who, unmoved by popular clamor, impelled only by a true heart and stern integrity, did what he deemed right. We hope to hear again his voice resounding through the balls of Congress, advocating there the true interests of bur country. ; Aye. we hope again to see him in the Senate i brimber, side by side with Crittenden and B 11, whilom the noble leaders of the old \\ hig party—and, wherever he may be, we leel that there his country has no purer Offend. i A man has been seutem eil to bO’hung i for burglary at Charleston, S. C.

CUBA.

[We are permitted to make the following extract from a letter received by a gentleman of this place last Wednesday. ] Havanna, Jan. 27, 1859. We took a steamboat dSwn the Potomac river, and the cars to Charleston, S C. We passed through several cotton plantations, immense pineries, and, nearly half th? way, miserable swamps. When we left the North the thermometer was at. zero; when we arrived at Charleston the roses were in blossom in the open air. I think we Northern peojile Ought to be contented wi bout negroes, and let the South have them to their heart’s content. They furnish us with our cotton, sugar and rice, and are entirely welcome to the profit of raising them. | The climate is much warmer than ours, but i they do not get half the comforts of life, and none of he luxuries. This place (Havanna) is a city of narrow streets. The sidewalks are only about twenty to twenty-four inches wide in the 1 principal streets. Ladies never go in the j streets here unless they go in volantes, a kind of chair with Very long shafts drawn by a little Spanish horse, ridden on the saddle of the harness by a negro. The tail of the horse is braided .and tied to the saddle of the harness. Everything in the way of living is awful high here. Milk, twentyfive cents per quart; chickens weighing two pounds, each; board in an awful mean I hotel, .$3.50 per day. Rents here for twostory houses, that will accommodate from ; twenty to twenty-five persons closely packi ed, <512,000 per year. Rents here are highler than in Broadway, New York, for fivestory biiifilings, on an average, rent for five times the amount they do in New Yosk. The Spaniards, as a general thing, hate the'Americans—the Creoles, or native-born, like the Americans, and are in favor of annexation. The Creoles have nine-tenths of i the wealth and number three-fourths of the ' j whites. The Creoles have ne political ; rights. It is estimated that not more than j one-fourth of the island is under cultivation. I have had a canker sore throat for several winters past, and thought I would try a • southern climate for it. I have been here ’ a week, and it has entirely left me. 1 was ! never so well in mv life.

IMPORTANT TO THE LAMIES.

A Valentine having Ctrnje to the Postoffice, directed to the “Prettiest Young Lady in Rensselaer,” and the undersigned being appointed judges for the selection of; said lady, and fe Ring the delicacy of the task imposed upon them, would respectfully su“'- ' gest the propriety of the ladies h ilding a meeting as soon as it may be convenient, at ‘ such time and place as they may deem proper, that the selection can the more readily and impartially be made, and that the Valen- ! tine may be bestowed to the most successful ’ and fairest competitor. John McCarthy, P. M. E. P. Hammond, Deputy. [VVe are entitled, by law, to one cent for ; advertising letters, bt»t as the above is rtttber , a long advertisement, our devil expects a kiss I from the acknowledged belle of Rensselaer. His expectations are reasonable, and ought to be gratified. But should the successful competitor object to this, she can have the extreme pleasure of kissing the editor twice. While on the subject, we hereby inform the i postmaster that should a letter come to his j office addressed to the Ugliest Mau in Jasper County,” we shall claim it, and without ; compction we guess.

SWAMP LAND LAW.

Senator Turner’s bill, making several 1 amendments in the swamp land law, and taking the appointment of Swamp Land Commissioners from the Governor and ; placing it in the hands of County Commissioners, passed the Senate last Wednesday by 40 to 8, and the probability is that it will also pass the House by a handsome majority. Mr. Turner, (who, by the way, is one of the most industrious Senators in the Legislature,) said, in urging the passage of the bill: “The swamp land fund has been grossly abused. It has been stolen in sums of thousands and thousands of dollars... The Governor was aware of the manner, in numbers of cases, of peculations of the fund by his own appointees, and had neglected or ‘ refused to remove them and rectify the ; abuses. The Governor’s appointees were ! not. required to give bond, while the appointeee of the county officers would be compelled, by the bill under consideration, to give good and sufficient bonds for the faithful performance of the duties.”

New Gold Mines.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9. The Sioux City <Register> announces the arrival of Major Culbertson direct from the headwaters of the Missouri, who reports the discovery of gold-diggings on the line between the Missouri and Columbia river, in the neighborhood of Stevens’ Pass. This gold is inferior in quality, being worth only fourteen or fifteen dollars an ounce, but is said to exist in great abundance. Major Culbertson brought down $1,300 in lumps the size of a grain of corn, and says that these mines can be approached within comparatively a short distance by steamboats. He also says that the headwaters of the above-named rivers are so near together, that he drank from the Missouri on the east side al the Rocky Mountains and half an hour afterward, drank out of the Columbia on the Pacific slope. ———<>——— ——>A woman in Milwaukee gave birth to four boys on the night of the 4th inst.

Corruption—A Few Facts.

A telegraphic dispatch to the Cincinnati I Gazette of Saturday says: “Sherman’s Committee may or may not i complete its investigation this week. The report will be divided under four heads and probably will be unanimous throughout, namely: 1. Contracts for live oak; 2. Navy Yards at Brooklyn and Philadelphia; 3. Coal agency and contracts; 4. Machinery conI tracts. The testimony is damning to all concerned.” Sherman’s Committee, ft will be remembered, was appointed most unwillingly by the ■Democracy to investigate certain alleged i frauds in the affairs of the Naw Department. ! Its labors have been signally successful, but, ' we must add, most disgraceful, for they have revealed an extent of corruption and dishonj esty in the Administration that is almost appaling. Only two days \tgo we were told ; that it had been proved, by Democratic testimony. too, that the President himself was 1 implicated in raising money, through a Ponn- ! sylvania agency, for supplying the Navy ’ with coal, out ot the Government appropri- , aliens,which he had used in the Pennsylvania .election. J. Giancy Jones was the cat’s- ■ paw used by Mr. Buchanan. Mr. Isaac Tou- ; cey, Secretary of War. was,of course, mixed up in it, for it couldn’t be done without his ' connivance. Twenty years ago such an ex- ; posure would have ruined any man concerned ; ;in it, or any party that conceiled it. But ! now the President stands as well wi’h his ■ party as he ever did. Whether the party ' will stand as well with the people is not so ' i certain. Here is another transaction: “In one case it was shown that a large! quantity of paint belonging to the Govern- i ' ment was used to paint a dwelling house of ' Mr. Searing, a member of Congress, the labor also being contributed by the Navy yard. Ol course this could by no posibility have ! ; been honestly done, but we are yet without 1 ' Mr. Searing’s explanation of the affair, and ■it (remain- to be shown whether he was i aware of the fraud upon the Government, or i • was himself imposed upon.” Here is another a little bigger and alto-1 fgeiher more disgraceful: i. “W . D. Kennedy, one of the Tammafiy j Sachems, has secured this contract for some | time past. Il seems that in putting in his ; ' bids, he would oiler large quantitiec of cer- ' I tain articles at ridiculously low prices, an.l ■ • much less indeed than they c >u'd be possi- j Ibly purchased for. In this way he was ’ I enabled to put it in teep in many other ar- \ ’tides, and yet have the aggregate for the I average lower than that of any other bidder, ’ [and secure the contract- The thing up6n i the lace, of course, looks very fairlv, but bn examination we find that of the articles of- | sered at nominal prices, the master painter ! never wanted a pound, while of those put in ’ at high rates. Government was sure to need •_t heavy supply. " ' l ■ * I

Which is the People's Party-A Conelusive Test.

The recent votje in < dngress on the Homestead Bill,.which is. emphatically, the Poor 'lan’s L-r^-^pras it does, that every poor man may receive, gratis, one hundred and sixty acres of tiie public lands of the- ! .United States, if he will settle on and cultivate il—-dfijrde.l as (air a test as was ever prcsi. i.’-'d to prow which ol the political piil-ti.;, is, and which i- nut, the friend of the free laboring classes of this country. That question was decided, as far as the House of Representatives is concerned, favorably to the poor man; but, let the fact be remembered and forever afterward kept in mind, that while every Northern vote except seven was in favor of the bill, all the Southern votes except three only were against it. Six Northern and the whole I delegation of Southern Democrats voted against this most beneficent bill for the benefit of the poor man! Only one Republican (and we are.heartily sorry to know there is even one such) opposed the measure, namely, Mr. Nichols, of Ohio; all the rest of the Republicans were strong support- ; ers of the bill, thus showing conclusively that while .the Republican pa-ty is the. People's party in, truth, the Democratic is Dem- • ocratie. only in name. This bill would do more for the advancement of the material interests of the West, pind of the nation as u whole, anil more to insure the success of free labor in the future States of the Confederacy, than ali the laws, enterprises or measures that have yet ; been adopted or inaugurated in this country. . And yet the Democracy, professing to be the ■ party of the people and the friend of the ! poor laborer, does its utmost to defeat it, j Every slaveholder in Congress votes against it, because it promises to benefit the free laborer ; and the Northern Democratic Doughfaces also vote against it, because they would rather serve the slaveholder than to benefit the free “sons of the soil.” The Republicans vote for it, because they know that what is calculated. to benefit and advance the interests of the free laborers of the land js sure also to advance the interests of the nation and of humanity. VVe have but little hope that this great and beneficent measure will become a law ’ just yet. The Pro-slavery Democratic ma jority in the Senate will kill it. At all events, if they do not, we shall be agreeably disappointed.— C’A ic-.igo Joumat.

A Slaver Captured and Burnt.

\V ashington, February 9. The Navy Department is in receipt of official advices from the coast of/Africa, announcing the visit, search, seizure and burning of an American vessel by a British cruiser. The following is a statement of the affair by Peter Calindia, one of the crew of the burned vessel: “I shipped for the American brig, Rufus Soule, Captain Anderson, at Maranzas, on the 9th of July, and sailed, as I understood, for Fernando Po. Just sighted Cape De Verde Islands, and the next land we made was the African Coast, near Bando Point. Soon after we saw a steamer coming toward us, and she sent a boat. The Captain ot the steamer Viper, and another officer, ciime aboard. They asked for papers, ami mustered the crew and questioned all about where we belonged. J was at the wheel, and heard the Captain of the Viper tell Cap tain Anderson that he would give him one hour to make up his mind, and if he did not deliver up his vessel he would take her in tow, and the Captain returned to his own vessel, leaving the other officers with ns. In half an hour the order ivni given for the

'English to open the hatches. I saw then, I for the first time, that our flag had been hauled down. The English officer waived his handkerchief to the other, and the Captain of the steamer came on board. The hatches were then opened and he ordered us to get our clothes ready to go on board the I steamer. Afterward they brought from the j brig all her sails and small stores. The | brig was set on fire about 7 o’clock rn the I evening, and was burning all night. Inthe I morning several shots were fired at her before going down. I heard some of tiie crew of the steamer say she was burned because they had no men to send away in het, and that they had orders to burn one of ever^ 1 three vessels taken. VVe got under way and were landed on the beach of Kabendn.” The correspondence between the <'ommander of the .1 incennes and the Captain of the Viper shows that the American flag was i flying at the time of the seizure, amFthat the Captain threw his papers overboard [ when called on to show them. This cirj oumstance leaves little room to doubt that I she was a slaver.

The War in Southern Kansan.

i i’he Kansas papers state (hat the outrniges by Deputy Marshal Russell and hk ! posse are causing an intense excitement I throughout the Territory. ■ The Marshal being a citizen of Arkansas, and his beat being the Cherokee neutrallands, is out of his jurisdiction, and his fobs ■lowers are Missourians. He presents no • writs, but persists in seizing all who are found with arms,.and drugging peaceable from their houses without sliowinoj his authority for so doing, tie claims that | his principal object is the capture of Monti gomery. Tiie indignation which these lawless acts , aroused, rapidly increased until the 21st ult., i when the first actual c fllls’on occurred. A party ol ten citizens, wh > had gone out as scouts, were passing by Paris. ; n U nu •comity, where Russr.JJ was Encamped wit:? one hundred and sixty-four men, when they were discovered by a detachment oi ab itif sixty ol the iiivad -rs, who immediately "ave a yell, fired upon themj killing one fmrso and wounding i ion, an ‘ comman.iiu - them to .surrender! line o: the v. uande. , 1 ;i son ot’ Mr. Snyder, who was shot last s ir!mr by Hamilton, was captured. The Marshal boasted that he hud killed one man, for ho saw him drop. The posse, however, fared worse than the scouts, about sixteen of them being reported dead and wounded. Two other collisions occurred about the same time, in one of which a citizan was killed. The Parisites, as the Marshal's forces are styled, are constantly levying contribution* upon the neighboring farm houses, carryin g away provisions and property.

The Rcason Why.

Several Ropublica’n papers in he State having spoken of Rr. Colfax as a suitablcandidate forG .verirnr in IS it), th: Indiana American stated that it had objection ; to Mv. Coil’a.v fin- that oili/e. In a _• number the 4?.a ri -an ( i,., ... ~, as follows: ■ S'.:!, VI.ER CiM-fAx—VVe object to the use of this gent'email's name, iu Cim;p ction with the. offii•<• of Governor, 'pec uise we believe he ..an .lie vastly more us<“ul in fii> present positidn. As we have rep'atrdiv stated, we believe the doctrine of rotation iu ofiiee is one of the most miscliievo;;.-, inventions of ihodern limbs. yi r . (X ifax will have acquired a fund of Congressional knowledge in his six year’s service in Congress, which he cannot transfer; to any successor, and which the State of Indiana h.ts a right to require to be used in behalf of her in7ere«‘ in the councils at. Washington. \Ve ma . consent to his being a successor to Hon. VV . M. McCarty in 1860, but we protest sgainst his changing his field of labor while there are ahundred men just as available as in for Governor, and who will make just as good a Governor, while there are none in his district who can at once take his place in Congress. VV e hope the Nort i will, sooner or later, learn to keep her men in Congress after they shali have acquired positions and influence, and an acquaintance with the Congressional business.

Pike's Peak Gold Mines.

LEAVENWORTH, Feb. 10. Mr. Lawrence, an old Californian, has just returned from Cherry Creek, and brings the most cheering accounts of the prospects at the mines. He estimates the amount of dust in the hands of the miners at Denver City from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. No sales are made at less than twenty dollars an ounce. The organization of Arrapahoe county was perfected, and public buildings were being erected. Perfect harmony and good order prevailed among the miners. The population distributed along Cherry Creek had amounted to three thousand, of which Denver City contains six hundred. The greatest fall of snow occurred just previous to the departure of Mr. Lawrence, which fell to the depth of six inches. The trip to the Missouri river via Fort Kearney, occupied only twenty-three days. Mr. Lawrence recommends emigrants to take either Fort Riley or Fort Kearney route, from Leavenworth, as preferable to any other. ———<>——— "A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand.’'—The Washington <States>, a Democratic organ, (edited by Roger A. Pryor,) has an important article, declaring that there is no longer a Democratic party, and cites in proof of its assertion the discensions [sic] between President Buchanan and Secretary Cass on the question of squatter sovereignty, between Buchanan and Floyd on the question of the Pacific Railroad, and between Buchanan and Cobb on the tariff question. It says that on no single issue is there concord in the party, and asserts that the confusion of Babel was not equal to the present discords of the Democracy. ———<>——— From Utah.—-The <Republican> publishes a letter from Salt Lake, of the 14th, stating that Judges Sinclair and Cradbaugh [sic] will leave the territory in the spring, satisfied that their presence, as Federal officers, in administering the law, is merely farcial [sic]. The letter also adds that there is no loyalty to the Government among the Mormons, and that while, to a certain extent, they respect the forms of law, they neither recognize nor respect its spirit, and that neither murder or any other crime has be, or can be, punished.