Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1859 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE. RENSSELAER, IND, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1859.

ETThe paper has been unavoidably delayed on© day this week. ETS. E. Mettee has just received a fresh supply of oysters. ITWe are requested by many friends of Captain. T. W. Lamson, to announce him as a candidate for Constable next Monday. He makes a good officer. 03“ Hon. David Snyder will please accept our thanks for a copy of the Reports of the Indiana Legislature of 1856-9. (pkT It will be seen by an advertisement in this paper, that Miss Lydia Martin opens a school next Monday morning, over La Rue’s store. 03" The fifth debate between the Calliopeans and Eiiudites came off' hist Wednesday night. The question was decided in favor of the Calliopeans, (negative.) Q3"The people of Onarga, Iroquois county, 111., the county adjoining this on the west, have subscribed a thousand dollars, which they offer as a bonus to any man who will build a steam flowering.mill in their town.

Douglas and Buchanan stripe is thus happily described by the “unborn poet;” ‘Foreach carried his head where his tail should be And the two, of course, could never agree. But wriggled about, with main andjnight, And now to the left and now to the right; Pulling and twisting, this way and that, , Neither knew what the other was at.’ 03" We learn from the I ndianapolis Join - nal that sleeping cars are to. be placed on the New Albany & Salem Railroad between Lafayette and Michigan City. One for this purpose was built at New Albany with fortyeight berths, wash room and water closets, and a ventilator for each berth. The upper berths are entirely private, and have no communication with those below. 03" We notice that Dr. Martin is about to go into the book and stationary business in the room befieath this office, (Penn & Fowler’s Building.) A portion ot his stock has already arrived, and the balance, we learn is at the railroad. The Doctor is an accommodating gentleman, and we hope ard expect that Ire will make the new enterprise p«y03 Mr Austin has now on hand a large stock of groceries, which he claims to be of the best qualities, and offers to sell them at the lowest prices. We believe his stock is not surpassed in Jasper county. He is a clever fellow, and has but one failing in our estimation—liquor-selling— but that we will leave to the law and the County Commissioners. See his advertisement. 03-We have had another assault and battery in this county. It-appears from the trial before Esqs. Ho-we and Hopkins on Tuesday, that William Read, residing about tw o or three miles north-east of this place, on Saturday last, attacked William Wolfe, (who had called on him demanding a bushel of wheat that he claims Read was owing him.) and severely pummeled him with a club. A State’s warrant was issued for Read, and he was tried as above, the Justices binding him over in the sum of .SIOO, to appear at the Common Pleas Court.

03" Mr. Peacock-has just received a'notlier large lot of groceries, &c.. which he offers as cheap-as. the cheapest. That his stock is of the best we know by experience, he having sent us a sample ofjnany of his choice articles. He lias on band another lot of that excellent, coffee which everybody so ’much admired who had forrnerlv tried it. We notice that he has now dried apples, peaches, plumbs, &c., oranges, lemons, w illow wagons, wooden ware, &c. In fact, you can find almost, anything in his line at his establishment yesterday called in at. Mr. McSheehy, and saw that he bad just received a very large stock of leather »nd reany made shoes for ladies and boys. JJverv nook and corner, in his establishment is crowded with stock, which is the largest stock we have yet seen in Rensselaer. He is now selling at greatly reduced terms— Lafayette if nd Chicago prices—and if he is not fully appreciated by this community, we mistake our tnan. It is always a favorable mark to see a man drive business along as he does. Give him a call and satisfy yourselves.

C3"The Black Republics ns are trying to crow over their waning fortunes in New Hampshire. ’Nero fiddled whilst. Rome was burning.— Chiago Herald. There is this difference: The Rome of Democracy is on fire, and we say fiddle-de-dee. 03-The coroner’s jury in the case of M ke Walsh, of New York, the finding of whose dead bod- "■ the street was anounced by telegraph, n nd- red a verdict that bis death “was caused by lulling in a fit of appopiexy, after which he was robbed by some person unknown.”

OUR TOWNSHIP TICKET.

The Republicans of our Township seem ' to be duly impressed with the importance of I the election which takes place on next Monday. They held a Convention at the Court House on Saturday last, and brought out their Tow nship ticket. The following named gentlemen are the nominees of said Convention: For Trustee. A. Thompson; Justicesof the Peace, W. S. Hopkins andG. J. Green; Constables, Alfred Guthridge, C> 11. Downing and D. C. Walker. Our ticket is decidedly a good one, and it can be easily elected if the Republicans of the Township will only turn out on the day of election. The office of Trustee is made one of the most important in the county, and We hope our friends in every township will see that their full vote is polled on Monday next. Nominate your candidates at once, and organize your forces thoroughly. You have but little time to do it in, and the sooner you commence the better.

['For. the Rensselaer Gazette.

TOBACCO OULTUKE.

Tobacco has. within I wo years past, been successfully raised in Jasper county. Numerous “patches” h: ve been cultivated, and several kinds grown, but each to a very limited extent, and on,ly for private use. Nme has been produced for market. Would it not be a valuable crop to taise for sale! The writer of this article has collected statistics of. the tobacco consumed in Jasper county the last year, in the virions forms for chewing and smoking, such as plug, cut and dry cigars and snuff, and ascertained that the amount of the trade' is six thousand dollars. Two years ago, an experiment was m ide in Defiance county, Ohio, wli ch joins Dekalb CoiTnty on the north-east line of this State, a:<d it was found that a c.tfop of tobacco, was more valuable to the planter, than a crop of wheat. That more money can be made at a less outlay of capital and labor. It was cured there, in the field under temporary sheds, and when dry, sold to Tatmans, ol New York city, wholesale dealers, who sent on agents there to purchase atid superintend the packing, who paid four cents a pound for “filler” and eight cents for” wrapper,” so called from the leaves which were suitable for the outside and inside of cigars. A portion w-as s lipped direct to Europe and the rest for manufacture to Ne v York. T.ie dealers said they bought no b tier article, anywhere ir. the west. Land suitable tor corn is best adapted to,its culture. Why could not the farmers of Jasper tutbi their attention to the cultivation of this as a profitable crop both for home use and export! The demand is on the increas •, and the prices for the manufactured .article have permanently advanced in the last five years, notwithstanding the revulsions in money, markets, stocks, and clothing fabrics. The culture is as easy and simple as the! raising of cabbages. Sow the seed as early as the season will allow in the spring, in a small bed prepared for the purpose, slightly cov red w ith earth, or raked in, or on a small patch ol burnt ground, where a brushheap or botto of a hay stack has been burnt otl, and when the plants are.’large enough transplant into rows wide enough for cultivation, say two and a half or three feet apart. Then keep down the weeds. It need no -hilling. Break off the blossom stalks, you do not want for seed, and cut' it up before the frost in the full. The dealers will come j to the farm, assort and pack it and pay cash tor it at the door. The prairies of Jasperi county are peculiarly adapted to its growth. I An acre will yield from fifty to seventy dollarsworth; and the entire labor, aside from building sheds, is but little it any more than double the amount necessary to raise and , prepare an acre ol' corn lor the market. There is not ready sale for corn, at fair prices,‘oftenelr than two seasons out of five, w hile tobacco commands a certain annual market. Sheds, for curing tobacco, i. e., for drying it, need only a roof; (besides may be ot rails or lath. When tob icco is cut up. it needs protection from rain and dews, and the sheds, should be both dry ami airy. Cultivators who wish to satis y themselves about this matter can do it with a little inquiry. We may recur to this subject again ***

[For the Rensselaer Gazette.

CAPILARY ATTRACTION.

Mr. Davins: I like to come across a newspaper article that not only interests me, but also sets me to thinking—such an one is the article in your last issue over the signature of“P.” There were several things in it, that caused me to make enquiry and I soon found out ike meaning of “tripod” and “capilary attraction,” though I can’t say I fully I understand the last erm. I have heard the | thing talked about some, bitt have not paid such attention as I ought to have dme, and I therelore Write this little note with the request that friend-P’will enlighten me thereon. 1 have never before understood that the surtace-of the earth was filled with capilary lubes, or that water rose to or towards the surface by capilary attraction. Now if this be true, we have discovered a new principle in hydrodynamics, that maybe turned to good account. Excuse this big word, I can’t say whether it is right or not, but a man standing at my elbow says it [is, so I put it in—Mr. P. will no doubt explain it. I have not set my “tripod, at that ripple," and I certainly wont du it until warmer weather. Nor have I carefully “run a water

level for many miles in every direction," neither do I intend doing that unless Mr. P, will agree to ferry me over the many sloughs in this area, that is about as large as the millpond itself. But I will ask him if he thinks these sloughs, are made by the water being backed up from the dam on each side of this “ripple" for many miles, or ate they caused by “capilary attraction,” or by both these causes combined, or by either, and if by one, which! I believe a “ripple” in a stream is generally caused by a declination in the surface of the earth at that point; consequently beloW the ripple the surface is lower than it is above. Now what I want to know is,-Ante in accordance with your statement, and on 7 what principle can this water of the stream enter the earth, take a retrograde motion, run up stream, and not only attain the level of the water the ripple, but keep on i s travels many miles above and all this by the power of a dam, the top of which must be ' belXv the. level of the ripple itself’. While my horses were feeding, I penned this article. Although lam a farmer, I feel an interest in all stub questions mooted by friend P, and 1 hope he will not think me impertinent in callingon him for more light.

[For the Rensselaer Gazette.

“A WORD TO THE WISE.”

Mr. I) ivies: I h ive often wand Ted whether it ever e i e e I the n > I Iles of s mie o ks”, that physicians and pi inters need occ i ion 1 ly something to eat, that soul and body might be kept together, and something to we i that they might be shield'd from the.cold blasts of winter. If 'he public do think tli.it. the doctors and printers hiv • such • tin l ine necessities, they must also have a t abiding belief th it the winds of Heaven will minister to such wVbnts. ll.is PqSyidencei Mr. E liter, blest y tar hearth-stoii'e with the”little responsibilities” of matrimonial life! Is your heart ever made to aclm, w ien, from the miserable lankness ol your slab-sided purse, you are compelled to deny them . ome little comfort enjoyed by all your neighbors’children ! And you, Mr. Doctor, do ail the warm feelings of a lath j w 11 up into y.tur thrj.it, whe iy hi see your little boy with his coat out at the elbows, an I pants .at the knees, and his bare feet pressing the hard wintry ground, his wh de Irani • shaking with the cold as h? hugs aro.und him, his scanty protection against the wintry winds? Are you not at such tun smile t > feel t'r.it the public is a hard master, and that doctors and printers are indeed tii ide t> mourn!” Permit the to ask, who ire those in community, who minister more to physical and mental wlunts —who more faith ttlly, in season or out of season, seek to promote the comfort and happiness of the people, than the physician and the printer! Norte! Wio are so poorly paid! None! Who sacrifices so much' for the good of others as the physician! Who ms himself so thoroughly of tide endearments of his own hearthstone! Who so often btiffets the pelting storm —enduring fatigue, exposing life in the driving rains and muddy to ids as the faithful, cons ientious physician! None! When disease is abroad in our land, and grini-visaged death is hovering among the dear ones of home, then will he be found combatting the approach of the stern monster, and oftentimes saving from his grasp a loved father or mother—some dearly cherished brother or sister. Do hot his devotion to the duties of his profession, bis services so freely rendered, his sacrifices, deserve tit the hand of ttie public a generous 1 reward ! new year has just commenced—may it be a new ye ,r of good and generous resolves, and just acts. May the people remember that doctors and printers must eat to liv , and that their wives and little ones must have their names also in the pot, and t tat they must have wherewith tl to clothe themselves. Let it be a new year of even-han led justice. Let the doctor and printer be paid. So shall you be blest with good crops, and your days shill be long in tie land, and many shall arise and call you blessed.

[Fur the Rensselaer Gazette.

NEW COUNTY.

Mr. Davies: I see that Mr. Condit favors you with a copy of the new law for th • formation of now counties. Will you please to ask him what lias become of the amendment to that law, attached ti it by the House of Represen’atives, ami \yhich was seht to the Semite fonts concurrence,/nz/ never got t'leret I would not for the world say that Mr. Condit stole it, directly or indirectly, but 1 would like to know what became of that amend-

ment.

Exterminat ng Free Negroes.

One of the most remarkable exploits in legislation,during the present century, isthatid the Arkansas Legislature, for exterminating free blacks tn that State. All such unfortunates are allowed till the first of next January to remove. Alter that time they f are to be seized by the Sheriff'and let out to ! the highest bidder, to work lor the benefit, o the State. Those who prefer to enslave j themselves are allowed to choose masters, . the latter paying into the common school fund, the amount at which such hla< ks are appraised. So much for the Dred Scott Decision and for Arkansas humanity. 03 _ The Senate of Missouri has passed a 1 bill appropriating $3,500 for portraits ol Henry Clay and Andrew g Jackson, to be l painted bit Mr. Bingham, a Missouri artist.

womans rights. [Mr. Davies: Here is an impromptu of Teddy's, and being in accord nice with sentim-nts contained in former articles of his, on ‘‘woman’s rights,” I send it you; and, although without his license, if worthy of a place, please-insert it in your paper lor the benefit of your cause. R 'spqctfully, • ] The devil Iris tried the world to rule, For many a day and night; _.Alld many a spree has brough. about—j, And many a liard-foagiit tight. Still his majesty couldn't “come in,” For the good h ive been too strong; And yet methought be tied a good cil.iuce Waim I v i-wed .ife’s m jti-y throng. JrWhen I heard him claim, without a blush, The doctrine ol“ woman's rights;’’ When tile g >wn and swore’ ar ■ claimed by hrr. And the “skirts” were swapped for “tights.” When I saw that sh’ smil d o.i his ways, And deni d herself.her pla-e, And struggled with hhiiJto be made a man— Thinks L—-cits the d.vii's race. Booted and spurred, they are both on on • horse. The d-> ■; and sh •, aslrije, And ati ag >g is tnis worid. forsooth. Watching t.iis liinn; st r> i •« Drinking and swearing—fig!it i ng —hurrah ! Wail li t th y come to iites switch; I Tumiiii.ig everything is t ley ri I-, Tnay will tumble t.iems dves ia its ditch. Th'll with the bruis.'S and kicks of th-.' world,. B ick astru .• wbm-d t.iev’ll com •, Smi i-ig and cooing—me d ■ ir creatures will Rejuici.ig once more in. a horn '. ■ ! Teddy.

MOSES.

Sentence of English Merchants for Fraud.

At the L niil.iii (Timina! (’ourt, art the 3 I o' March. A I.red Skeen ami Archibald F. ecm.in. timber mercaiUts wli > li-.d been c mv.et.ed hi appropriating In their own u-e warrants of goods eut,rusted to them lor dis pos.il, were each sentences to otie y ear’s imprisonment with iiiiai labor. A strong attempt was made to mi iig ite tin- pun sluueni, on tiiegroun i th it me accused, when they u.-wd the w i it., nts, iuiiy intend-d t < m.ke the demlca ion good.; mu., remark al the presiding Judge, so did Dr. llo.ld wii'en tie lorgell tue it one of his patron, which met did n >t s.ive his ii 'ck troin the r g ill >ws. A large number of w< nesses to previous g ><>d cii ,r----aeter, probably tnereh mts, were introduced, but the Chief B iron remarked on t.ie frequent worthlessness ol such stat.‘men s.omo: the parties in the present in.-,t mce having “.t-o tiis eiern.il disgrace, said that, n itwithstand.ng th ■ transact on. he should ilimk awell ol the prisoneis as before.” Tnis case is but on • of the m inv that, prove how much more impartial is ud.n nislr .lion ol justice in England than h.-re. li. is idle l i claim tn.it because ail men are poiitcaily equal in this country, a imccss iry eptiliiv oi consider.it ion an 1 treilmeiit.it tne hands of justice Inflows. Tii..‘ rec-ayls ot Courts proves tti.it it is not so. Ryb scoundrels-, swindiers on a large-scale, rogues o.' good families, h ive time mid ag in escaped justice here, when their i illainy was m njifest, by what influence we do not know, ami need not ask, while such ca'-es are vjiry r.ve in England. if law is frequently executed wi ti unnecessary severity, its vigor lias at least the mi ig iti >n of lalnngequaiiy <>n rich and poor. >• ith all our boasted contempt o rank and position, it is tut so here. Tue more sin me m us.

The L censu Law.

We publish this week the law prohibiting the sal<‘ ot intoxicating liquors as it passed the legislature, and it will be seen that its pT.'visions are very stringent. We do' not. believe th it in the sm ill towns in this co inty th re will be .my application for license, and indeed, we do nit. see an.’ very great specu latioi. in thee ter prise even in t lie larger tiwns. If the law hid nit permitted a less qu intity th m a gallon to It s od without a license, the i we wouM Ii ive Ii id one or two groceries in full t»l ist, in very town in the county, tint when every on • is permitted to sell by t ie qu ir', th • ret il num think tli it that will be t ie most tu.'hionable way of drinking, ami those shops which have procured license will noLm.ike enough tojusti.y them in depositing ii ty dollars with the county treasurer. We very much doubt whether the liw will be productive of go.id. n>r are we siti.sfi ‘d that it will at all restr iin drunkenness. It looks to us tliai the Ii v sim >ly means lb it you shan't-m <ke ain in drunk by selling liquor to him liy th<‘ glass, with >ut paying li - ty dollars, but then you m<y mike a hilt d <z'ii bt' istly drut.k tor nothing, provided you deal it out to them by the q i irt. We will !> • glad i< there are nothin <re drunk irds m ide under this quirt law, during its cont inn m<‘e on the st it urn, than w?.s ever made by any li pmr law in Indi ni. We tear that liquor will be more abund nt y p Hired out tn in it his ever been ben-r-, and th it instead of the shops procuring license to retail, they will ende.iv >r to sell as much us p issible bv the quirt. We hope we are mistaken.—Pulas', i Democrat.

SENEX.

Seventy years a o the I em >crats drew a line around th.- State, and said to the Slave Trader,•thus far you in iv go, but no farther." T.iis was the Jeffersonian Proviso. Thirty years ago, they rubbed out p <rt of the line and saiii to • ini,. *Y >ll may go into hinds son'll, but not into, hinds north.’ This was the M-ss >uri C impromise. F.V • years ago, they rubbed out the rest of the line, at d .-aid to him, ‘We will leave it to the settlers to say whether you shall come in or not.’ Tais was the Nebraska Bill. Now they turn humbly to him, hat in hand, and say, ‘Go wh-re you please;-the land is all yours; the N itional Flag shall protect you, and the National Troops shoot down whoevei resists you.’ This is the Dred Scott Decision.— Albany Evening Journal. green tree-frogs are used t > this day in Germany, as barometers; they are placed in tall bottles, with little wooden ladders. The steps of the ladder mark as it were the degrees; the frogs always go up toward the top in fine weather, and lower <1 >wn at the approach of' bad weather. I have often seen the Germans consult heir Togs when starting on a pic-nic excursion. Leeches, too, make goo<L barometers. I have two leeches in a long bottle, which generally will indicate what sort of weather is coming in the next twenty-four hours.

TEDDY.

Then and Now.

Niagra Falls do not Aff rd. a Data, for Chronology.

In the February number of the Cincinnatus, says t lie Cincinnati Gazette, is an extremely able and interesting geological article by | Prof. Chris y, on the relation of Niagara Falls to Chronology. It is generally claimed by geologists, that the present chasm from tue Fills to Queenston, was the work ot the Niagara R ver, and that this river was 3 >,OOO years in eating away the solid Silurian rock! Prof. Christy admit that the period i n>t too long lor the work, but does not admit that the present chasm, or channel, was i xtiiv.it dby the present, river. In support ol his view, viz; That the channel of Niagara, with iis two outlets—the one to Queenston the other to St. 1) tvids—;.vas excavated by the retreat “t the Palm zoic sei-. Prof. Christy refers to a series o similar excavations extending from Niagara to Huntsville. Alubam i. evidently of ihe same ge dogical age. T.iese excav-tions are in most cases oi a size’ totally incommensurate with the size an'l loree ot the stream; n > v runnnig in them. T iey are, some of tuem througn mountain limestone. (Jf one of these excav it ions, lie s.iv's: "’rims the Tqnne-sei-presents a rivervalli‘y. v trying in widiii rom <ne mile to t.velve, wtiicji is cut out o, th ■ hiriZontal .imeSliilii', to th.• deptli ol a thousand leet,as the maximum, and li ,v;ng i length of more than om- hundred mle . Ba'- at S.v inniii, ami thence to the m m'li i t’r‘ Ij mi.ss ‘e, the. Strata, in.-te.id <i being ho.",;: >iital. h ive O.yn th o<vn up at v iri ms angLs o! inciin i tion, Ifom 'in ‘degree to pvrh tps thirty; .nrl. ; wh m first I'h'Vuied, i;‘ a ilenu ling IBrce of I no greater power th ,n th? pre- nt riv 'r existed, these strata Would lor. vt have C ii!i:siilutedau im'pregn .bit b i.rrier to the pr'|>- ■ gross o; the river. But. at thui m m ‘ill.,'.tin. agency must, hiv ■ b -i-n in op ? ati m wnieii l ire up .md b >re oft’, w itli ' equ i 1 ease’, the mighty m isses o; rock ib.sl rucl mg its h--tiler ti.H-.z hi: .< I or vertical.” 1' ie investig tioii of t ie strata of this ch mnei shows tint, the channel was m ide it the close o! the P ike >z hc period, th<* later form.il ions resting upon the denuded lime stou'. Tin* p >~iti hi of the fo-ina’lon at N. igaru sustain- P i . Ct’s vi -.v: •■Th” I) luv ii >i oceu lies both sides the r : ver upon t. ie Cnli’s. as well as the L >ess. but it. als i liiis iheg ip in ta • iiuri m rocks at t’ii” w i ri io >l, so .is to dem .nitrate th it tli' ci in T‘l of St. D.ve.l.s' was exe.iV.ited beHire rfie exi-tenc ‘ of N .igar ..’’ G“o| jgy est itiiis'i -s ti” fact.th it the Ni•ugar i mwer d > ved t i ‘ sitg’i S . D ivids’ V <i1’ y. Ti” c'l ism of St. 1) >vid.v Ii >wever. iip to the w iiHpoil in n.-uJy a direct line with th” ch.mn ‘I ol the river above: “It it n >t prob ib le t hit. it term in it; d I here, bee. mse it. is n it p issi'ol • th .1 the ancient e.n rents rem wed the Sihi r, i:i strata the whole length and depth o. S.. Davids, and ill n suspeiidt d the process at < he VTVmari gin of tr“ v lirl >i> ■ to cut its w.i.v afterward.’ through tie? sol.i.J rock to Qu en-t >n. at. a higher elevation, rat her t!i m t > ru s i o it at ! h • g i p an 1 swe«p aw.iv its loose mite'-ials. I- is mm:ii m ire rat i mil to siipp.ise that the ch.mel \i.g i r.i. with its two on lets, was excav.itvil <y the retreat o th” Piw ,z >ie seas, ami tail bH i were filled again uy lile D iuvi.il eurj’ents the ni? to Q lel'ii-t hi n ’ being tilled up to a level w t i tli •(. io S . 1) A ids. This would turn the ; waters ol Niagara to Qieen-ion wliejl they commenced toll iW.an l iliowtlie L less to be dep <sited upon Ihe cliffs ami icross upon the Diluvium in the ch .sm: thus leaving b >lh L i ‘ss an I limit to be rem iv •<! as so hi as the river assumed its present condition a ui swiftness ot current.” Proless >r (brristy sit u, up: “T ie 3o.0l)0 years theory h <sbi.it one item ot negative testimony to sustain in—that M the absence of the L k'bs in tin? chasm below th • citaract. —Tins is truly but a slender thread upm which to susp.'n 1 a theory <H s > much in >m mt, an I on which such r -liance his been placed in the discussion of questions of chr imilogv. On the other li.md, there is much positive testimony, all tending to prove th u Niigir.i, instead o< having j w >rn oat its own c!i mnel, li is b >t >wed me exc.ivated by the cui'iVii.s of the displaced I P i te <z fie s<‘ is; <nd which would, necess irilv. ! li ive ti 'cn swept. o< us D ltiviii.ii an I L >.‘ss, j in a single day. by currents eq 1 iling in orce ! th >se ii i v ru-ii n ? from the Falls to Queen- ; stun. Niagir?- .-uppiies n> elements fur j Hie comp itation ol ch m ilogy.— i’he proi gre.-s ot geological -■■. nee, tor the last few years, lias brought ■<■ -ulli. ient facts to i demonstrate the truth < this generalization.”

iFi jiii tbe \l l any Evening Juurn.t].

Parsult of an issue Under DifficultUes.

I When wo first embarked in the present Cub .11 crusade, it w is limed that we had m. ! money to buy the l-land with. “Oh, we can run in deb'."’ s .vs the sage Buchanan. An über diili u ty. We have no war with Spain. "It is very easy to pick one,” suggests the astute S id 11. But the N -Utrality Laws are in the wav. “R'pe. l ’em. Tear 'em out oi the Statute Ba di,” replies the belligerent I) <vis. P >ssi ky England and France mty interfere to proven’ the seizure. “Pooh, cap'ure the Tui lleries, and hoist the star and stripes over the British Empire,” says the bold Captain Brown. Other legislation must stop, the Tai iff be defeated and the Post-Office left penniless, ii the (Lubin Bill is passed. -L-t ’em all go to the d—l,” says 1h" st ent ent ion- ('Ey T'ie S n .4 e c loses and Ihe bi 11 is st r.ingled i.l the Senatorial cradle. “-Now we inilst h ive an Extra Sessi, n,” with one voice cries the bsoqtiion- Cabinet. Finally the acquisition will in olve renewed "Slavery Agitation” about its admission into the Union. “Then we will dissolve the Union,” answers blustering Mr. 'l' mmbs. So it seems I'or‘the sake ol Cuba we must face War and Debt; for the sake of -Cuba we mus imperil Commerce, neglect Industv, give up legislation, ami block the Wheels of Government For the sake of Cuba we must repeal our Laws, violate our Treaties, and, if need be. lire- k up our Conrlitution and dissolve the Union! Every thing tor Cuba. No hing tor the United States. If tuis is not in pursuit of" an issue under difficulties, we do not know what is! (Eg~The Methodists of Delaware have refused the aid which the legislature had granted them of SI,OOO, towards 'he building of a church, because the money was to be raised by lottery.

The Auburn Prison Outbreak.

Agent and Warden’s Office, ) Auburn Prison, Auburn. March. 20. ’59( 10 llis Excellency Edwin I). Morgan, Governor of the State of .\ew I ork. Honored Sir: It becomes my painful duty to announce to you, that a disturbance brokeiut in what is known as the II line hop, in this I < ison, yesterday afternoon, by the reins il of a number o; convicts to permit the officers to take out . r punishment, a black min named Ca?s„r. To have permitted ihid to succeed would hive been fatal ton. t.rnly all order in that shop, but in the entire pr Bon. On being informed of this st.iteot things I directed several < f the gu ird and such k eepers as coul be spared train citit v. to*arrn themselves with muskets and revolvers, anl g> to the scene of disturbance. I was-in stroll?- hope that this demonstration Wouidi awe them into obedience. On reaching the shop I found niativ of the men armed with h tmtners ami various implements, ami ev dently prepared to reais’. I give ord rs th it all the convicts in the east end of the shop, should go to the west end except the .negro I'ajs ir. .Most of th- ni obeyed. In .ibouta minute the negro rushed to go past, with a hammer in one hand a*td a long, sharp iu-trument in the other, and when imar the prim-ip H keeper, threw the’ 11 immer, wounding him in the !ie.,d. [ ~r . dered .in I entreated the convicts to go B ick th it there was no harm intend -d them if they desisted and permitted this min to be arrested; but to n > avii). Th-y nude;, general attack upon the officers with missiles, chairs, benches, and w-iatevi rth yc<>uid 1.. y hin is upon. This could not be permitted, and it became my pnn'iil to ord. r the’ guard to fir •. In the im lee, three wen'shot d '.vn two ol whim have since d edjt.he other, the negro (';e - r (being .-ii hin the thigli) will ree iv.-r. All wa - peace diitely alter the tiring- end'd; and it gives ne pleasure, to say ttl.it til- IIITI in tile uther sh >p.- bdiiv d admirably; mH. a word or look was shown to evince .any disapprobation of tin* act. \\ e l ib trod under great disadvan' iges for the want <>f g ,od guns. Some of the muskets sn.pped anl would not go ofi’. This fed tile m ‘il to in-li w” ’ft it it was only a si un, an I til <t the guns w<re nit io .did. 1 ais gre it :y emb ddened them in‘their acts ol i-nsubordin ition; by this, too, liie principle inlanders escaped. I hive sent to the A ijut ui'-G -neral i<><- s >me more guns and •pistois. Tn ■ glims ought to b‘ repeating ones and trie pistols revolv ts. I trust we will have 11 1 use am trie.n, but it b com -s n ‘Ccs.-ary to be prepared for the worst. f will semi you tiie evidence taken before the Coroner’> in pm-t a so mas completed. \'■.-ry truly, your friend.

THOMAS KIRKPATRICK.

Terrible [?] of near Baltimore.

One hundred persons H ported Wounded. -Th<‘ B i timore Patriot.. <xf Friday, s ivs till' th-diy b-fa-e, St. P,t i-k’s 1) •; j ie 'i.tnds employed on the new water works, three miles from the city, suspended th< ir labors to engi-ge in the festive semms tint are generally olmerve l by th • sou- of Erin on t’iit day. At ail e.r:y hour tmv cum-in.-need imb'bing the arden' very freely, and s i contiiin d through mt the ent re day, until tlicir brain became m i 1.1 m-d with the au-.ih die dr uglit. and .->m” exhibited a strong des-ire to engage in a genera! fight, whwh wis pro i.ptly ch wk i.-i 7> v th > more di-cieet p irti hi of their number. T .wirds. three o clo- k. however, a p rty of (’<> k mians came.down from th” upper work- and begin to threaten their opponents, the Far-dowm-rs. when a general riot took plat.-e in which were eng igee about five liund-ed perHOltS. • Pistols, .'un. axes, picks,clubs and shovels were : reel vu - ti nd du-in f the in”’e one tn n was -h t • ;rgh the kid :e,s, ;-.n er through the li-ui. ml.sever il ‘’ie, r ,._ cei ved bills in di tli to nt p <rt s <>t' their b . file wounds 61 many will very probub v prove lat.-il. Au aged man who had taken a veryactive part in the fight, h<d the entire scalp knock d Irani his head, while o'hcrs reci ived sever il cuts and bruises. I’he b itt e continu'd till near night, and beg m to inc-ea- -, when inform ition was brought to tip- city, isking lor assistance at the h inds of the authorit es, as the probabilities were that a number would be killed. ••Oifieers were immediately dispatched to th” bitlie ground, but on their arrival learned that an officer f the countv hid heard o" the afluir and succeeded in making sever; 1 arrests, which had tli > etlect of p*ev-‘nting any further riotous proceedir gs. It is estL m <ted that. ;<t least, one Lu id ed j ersons w tc wounded, some of them it is s lid must dje. as their injuries are of a f tai char iter. Several of the tirorninent act rs in this disgraceful affair fl <1 t > B Ft'.more, nd ar- now at large, whose names are known, but le.-t the announcement sh u’d prevent their arrest we suppress th ‘111, and ho w they may receive the punishment whiclMdiev so richly merit.” 03” Two young m ri Irom the neighbor hood oi Hillsdile. Micli.. passed throrugli this citv. list week, on their re’urn from Pikes P yik. bringing wi'h t'min SK,OOO, the result. of a-i months soj urn in that corintrv. They nronose returning again soon.— Chicago II raid. T i<‘ S nth Berni Forum, of last Saturday, has the tollowing c rrob irative of the hove. It is quite I’kelv that both items refer to the s.mie individuals: “ Two young men. relative- of M r . Reading, of this place, have recently returned rom Pike s Peik; a ter a six month’s ahsense, b'inging with them $lB 000, which they obtained by dig :ing in the mines. They ire so nine 1, elated with th< ir sn-ce s ‘hat it is their intention to return, taking with them ttieir lather and probably otii t relatives.” 03" I Davenport Gazette calls attention to the coincidence that seventy-six members ot the House voted for raising the rates of letter postage, ami thut seventy-six members of the House voted against the homeste; d b 11. W hat is still more rmarkable, the seventy-six persons in favor ot’rat es of pcsstgo were a I most identic;; 11 v t he very sever t< - six men who voted against the homestead bill, and of those seventv-six all were Administr ition men. When this fact is rec<‘ lected, and the addition'll fnct that the Peniocr rtic Senate killed the homestead bill and endeavored to increa e the letter postage, the posit ion of the Democratic party in its entire opposition to the wishes and interest* of the people is unmistakable.