Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1859 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE, RENSSELAER, IND. WBDHBBDAY, JUNE 122. 1859.

CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

Tii« members of the Republican Central Committee are requested to meet on Thursday! the 23d day of June, at five aind a half o’clock P. M., at the Treasurer’s office. A full attendance is requested, as business of importance will come before the Committee. Ezra Wright, Chairman. Odd Fellows have leased the second story of Thompson dz .Son's building for a lodge-room. 1 ' Alex. Rowen has turned out a full-fledged lawyer. He pettifogged a case before Esq. Sayler last Monday afternoon. OiT'Captain Schenck, United States navy, is now staying with bis son-in-law, Judge Crane. He is to leave for the coast of Africa in a few days. (£]~A wolf was discoverd on the prairie on the north-east side of town ycsierday afternoon, and some ten or twelve horsemen, a-med with guns and clubs, turned out to capture it, but without success. Norman Warner requests us to announce that his Artillery Squad will meet for drill, to-morrow afternoon, at four o’clock, on the Artillery Parade Ground. Every member is expected to be present. ■*»«. Masonic Fraternity are to have their public installation of offiers at the Court House to-morrow. Friend Babb is to provide the dinner, which, of course, will be excellent, as he never gets up any other kind. (KrN umerous parties have gone to the Kankakee river this s ason to tish. They have generally had pretty good luck, and it is said there are larger fish in that river than ever were known before, and more numerous at that. Thompson &. Son are to-day moving into the new building just erected by them. It contains the fineststore-roOms in town. In the rear is a room for the grocery department, thus separating them from the dry goods, which is a decided improvement. Of course every one will step in and see them. ■ ~ \ ( German, named Charles Amen, was arrested on a State warrent last Sunday morning, charged with shooting a horse belonging to George R. Thornton. He confessed to shooting the horse, but said it was lying down in the brush, and he mistook it (for a deer. He was brought before Esq. Hopkins in the afternoon and discharged, in consequence of the absence of the prosecuing witness.

FIRST RENSSELAER RIFLES.

At the meeting called last Wednesday night, to take in consideration the organization of a military company, the First Rens•elaer Rifle Company was reorganized. All the old officers now belonging were retained in office, their commissions not expiring until 1860, and an election was held to fill up the vacancies. The following are the officers, the newly elected ones being marked with a staff (*:) Captain-f—W. S. Hopkins. r First Lieutenant —E. T. Harding. Second Lieutenant—R. G. Howe. Third Lieutenant—C. W. Henkle. Ensign—W. D. Lee.* Orderly Sergeant—Pleasant Israel.* Second Sergeant—Albert Guthridge. "First Corporal—l. M. Stackhouse.* Second Corporal—Stephen Wilson. Third,Corporal—L. A. Cole.* Fourth Corporal—Charles Rhoades.* Musician'®—-Henry Smith, Fifer; Hiram Sherman and I. N- S. Alter,* Tennor Drummers; Philander Hopkins,* Base Drummer. Lieutenant Howe, in view of his crippled condition, tendered his resignation as Second Lieutenant, but the Company valued lrs services, a* ? drill officer, to highly to accept it. ’ The Company now numbers upward of thirty members, and is drilled every afternoon or evening by Lieutenant Howe. Their first public parade will be on Independence Day. Captain R. 11. Miiroy drilled the Company yesterday afternoon, and is to drill it again .this afternoon, at four o’clock, at Ballard’s spriing. The Editorial Convention. —Tiie Convention of Editors of Northern Indiana met at Plymouth on the 14th inst. Th a were twenty-five newspapers represented by twent} - eight cdilpr*, aiiil there were six ex-edi-tors in attendance. Col. John C. Walker was elected Chairman, and on taking the ch’ ir he made a very appropriate and eloquent address. The oration of Dr. Fdiis was one of his yery best efforts. A series of resolutions were adopted arul the meeting closed by nn address by the Hon. Schuyler ■CM fax

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

AnotheS- nii 1 1 1 to Foiiffhtt The Austrians Defeatcdl~Txoen.ty.jive Thou- ™ Austrians Killed and Disabled, and rive Thousand taken Prisoners—French J&ss Twelve Thousand. Farther Point, June 18. The steamer Anglo Saxon, from Liverpool on the 7th inst., passed this point for Quebec this morning. Her advises are four days later. The steamer Anglo Saxon brings most important news from the seat of war. A desperate battle was fought at Magenta on the 4th of June, between the Allied army under Emperor Napoleon, and the Austrians under General Hess, in which unlimi ed forces were engaged on both sides. The Austrians were defeated, with the loss of 25,000 killed and disabled, and 5,000 taken prisoners. The French loss is stated at 12,000. Emperor Napoleon, in his dispatch to the Empress at the Tuilleries, claims n decisive victory, saying that his army took 7,000 prisoners, disabled 12,000, and took three cannons and two standards. He estimates the loss of his own army at 3,000, but it was rumored in Paris that the French loss was between 9,000 to 12,000. It is reported there were from 150,000 to 180,000 Austrians, and French engaged in the battle. The Austrian accounts differ widely from those of the French. The ibulletins speak of several battles being fodght on b .th sides. It was still undecided on the night of the 6th as to who gained the victory. Great losses on both sides are reported. Gen. Espinasse of the Second Corps D’Armee was killed and Marshal Canrobert was mortally wounded. General Maurice McMahon Commanding the Second Corps D’Armee had been created Marshal und Duke D’Magenta as a reward for his bravery in the battle field. Five of the French Marshals and Generals were wounded. Marshal Count Baraguay D'Hiiliers has been superceeded in hi 3 command of the First Corps D’Armee by Gen. Foyey. Four Austrian Generals and five staff officers were wounded, at the battle. There had been a general revolt at Milan, and the people had declared in favor oi the King of Sardinia. The Austrians had retired from Milan, but the city had not yet been occupied by tli? French. Later rumors detract from the French account of the victory, and it was believed that proposals of peace would follow the entrance of the French army into Milan. The details of the latest nows of the Europe representing the Austrian; in retreat across the Ticino is fully confitmed. The French crossed the Ticino at Buffalora and Turbigo, and there, was considerable fighting at both places. Phe Queen delivered her opening speech to Parliament on the 7th. She lamented the outbreak of war, says she did all in her power to prevent it, and proclaims her strict and impartial neutrality. She says the Navy has been increased beyond the authority granted by Parliament, and asks for its sanction. She recommends a re-opening oi diplomatic intercourse with Naples. She expresses hope that the reform question u ill be settled at this or next session. In the House of Commons the Liberals had moved an amendment to the address to the Throne in reply to the Royal Speech, declaring that Her Majesty’s Ministers do not possess the confidence of Parliament, and the debate thereupon, was pending. India.—The Bombay mail of the 5 20th had arrived, but the news was not of much importance. A great monetary painc prevailed. Frat-ce.—The city of Paris has been illuminated in honor of the victory of the French arms at Magenta. London, Wednesday, June 8. The Times this morning publishes a summary of ttie official news received at Vienna up to midnight of Monday. It is as fallows: There was a field battle at Turbigo and Buff'alora, on the 4th; at first only two brigades of the Ist corps were engaged, but they were subsequently reins rce< ! , and in the afternoon of the same d?iy,'the 3d Austrian corps tdftk part in the action. There was very hard fighting at Buffaiora, some times to the advantage of the French and sometimes to that of the Austrians. The Battle lasted till late in the night and on the sth was continued at Magenta. The allies made no progress on this day. Two fresh Austrian corps were engaged, and in the afternoon the Austrians took up a flank position between Abbiate Grasso and Benasco. The Austrians have taken many prisoners. The loss on both sides was very great. The Austrians had four Generals and five Staff Officers wounded; one Major was killed. The movement which preceeded the battle of Magenta is not clearly stated, but it was previously announced that the Allies were about to cross the Ticino to the number of 100,000 rnen, and it is presumed that the rapid movements of the Allies prevented the Austrians front completing the retreat which they had commenced and compelled them to accept battle on the banks of the river. The London Post nays that Gen. McMahon was raisod on the battle field*to the rank of .Marshal. The Paris correspondent of the London Post says that the Emperor was present at the battle but did not command in person. There was a report that Gen. Canrobert is mortally wounded, and that five French Marshals or Generals were wounded. The Patrie says that Marshal Baraguey D’Hillarswas removed from his command and replaced by Gen. Forey. I Correspondence of the Manchester Oasrilian.

Garibaldi's Victory at Varese.

Biella, May 27, “1859. It was on Monday evening that Garibaldi’s Chasseur® of the Alps arrived at Varese, after a prodigious march of two days. A proclamation was issued by the General, inviting the whole of the Vuresotto province to rise against their oppressors. The appeal was generally listened to, and rnen of every age and condition hastened to the official residence of Marquis Visconti, the extraordinary rnmrrnsKiorier sent by Count Cavour

aa the coadjutor of the Italian general. In less than two hours the whole of the surrounding country was in arms. Old men, children, and even women came to the Town Hall with all sorts of weapons, ready to help the small band (3,000) of-their brethren. \ arese was soon fortified, barricades erected, means of defense carefully ordered. Bands of peasants were pouring into the town from the numberless hamlets, villas, and villages which deck the picturesque hills of that beautiful country—the finest in Lombardy, and perhaps of JEur pe. Garibaldi, who is always to be found everywhere when danger is coming, began to array in companies the new comers, ai d gave the necessary defense oi the country, as he supposed thatthe Austrians posted at Gallarate would attack him on the next day. He was not deceived in his expectation, for on Wednesday morning at dawn 3(Jt) Croats and 130 Hussars, with a field battery, marched from Gallarate to Seeto Calende, where the advanced guard of our Chasseurs was posted. This advanced guard was commanded by Capt. Decristoforis, a young man of great military ability, who only two months ago was in England, and kept a-first-rate military school in Putney. After a fight, which lasted two hours, the enemy was completely defeated, leaving some prisoners in our hands. The Austrians were obliged to retire on Somma, and nothing was heard of them till next morning at fqur o’clock. The second attack was of a more serious character. It was effected by a brigade ot 5,000 strong, with ten field pieces, and two squadrons of Uhians. After a first eischarge of their muskets, the Italian volunteers assaulted the enemy with the bayonet, and with so much impetuosity that the Austrian center was obliged to fall back on its left wing, already engaged by a battalion of our right wing. Now the fight became general—a tremendous hand-to-hand fight, in which every inch of ground was bravely disputed by both armies. The enemy’s artillery was of no more use, because | Garibaldi, having none, had ordered his men to fight hand to hand, with swords and bayonets. At the report of tiie musketry and artillery, the country people hastened to the scene of action with pitchforks, half-pikes, and cleavers. “It was a dreadful scene of slaughter,’’said an eye-witness to me,“which lasted three hours.” Nothing can give an i die a of the impetuosity of those Italians who | could at last avenge so many wrongs, so | many cruelties. It was almost madness. ; Two brothers Strambio, one captain and another lieutenant, were seen to leap into i the inside of a hedge of bayonets, a d cut ! down Croats as if they had been puppets, i-V Count Montuiiari, from Verona, wfibse ; brother h d been hanged in 1853, by ltaidetsky’s order, was running up and down-tjie I bloody field, striking right and left with his • powerful sword. - At seven o’clock the Austrian dytierai' i was obliged to give tire order for a fiftr'Cyfs ias his men were falling in all directions, j Ganbahh was close at their heels till they | reached the strong position of Main ate, j where they stopped to repair their losses. | This is a short but faithful sketch of Gar- | ibaldi’s exploits. It will always be recorded | as one of the most brilliant actions fought in j the present war, because he had no artillery, i and fiis soldiers were but volunteers, scarce--j ly drilled, and unaccustomed to camp life.

[From the London Times.

Napoleon III and Victor Emmanuel.

Il for a moment we can survey the great struggle in Italy with the calm eyes of the historian two centuries hereafter, we may think the personal characters of the two sovereigns allied for Ital to be worthy of special study, strikingly contrasted as they are. A strange pair of hounds to hunt in a leash together! Louis Napoleon we better know as dark and difficult to fathom, unscrupulous and apparently without conscience, but patient, cautious, diligent in detail, long-headed, slow to act, but eminently energetic and unshrinking when the time tor action comes, and resolved to go through with tiie work he undertakes. It has ”>f late become known in certain circles that in tjhe Russian war he distinctly, proposed to the English Minis’ry to restore Poland, as a barrier against Russia. The advice was rejected. A pamphlet notoriously from* Prince Napoleon, in favor of restoring Poland was published, t-* feel the pulse of England; but when it was coldly received here the scheme was of necessity abandoned. It is a matter of public history that when M. Drouyn de l’Huys quailed at Vien-na,-the French Emperor dismissed his Minister, insisted on perseverance until Sebastopol should fall, and confirmed our wavering Cabinet. When such was his obstinacy against the solid empire of Russia, whose throne rests upon the attachment of nearly fifty million peasants that speak one language, he is not likely to vacillate when matched against the rotten dynasty of Austria, which cannot claim as loyal subjects one-filth, perhaps not one-tenth part, of the millions whom it crushes—men of*-many tongues, bitterly remembering the institutions of which they iand their fathers have been treacherously despoiled. At the side of Louis Napoleon stands Victor Emmanuel, having all the qualities which the other has not. Frank and open-hearted, generous and winning, born to conciliate men’s affections and trusts, his faithfulness lias been tried by his subjects at a most critical moment. In tiie reaction of 1849-50 he might easily have re-established a despotic rule, as did nearly all the other princes. Scarcely in Prussia could any real constitutionalism be maintained. The Austrian forces occupied even Hamburg. But Victor Emmanuel flinched not for one hour, and he reaps the harvest in his people’s love and trust. He is known to be as brave as a lion, having a. certain physical joy in danger. What is better he is staking his crown for the deliverance of Italy, apd is thoroughly believed to be in earnest when he says “he will gladly lose it if that end he achieved.” Such is the monarch into whose hands Piedmont has zealously confided all her interests during the crisis ot invasion—a magnanimous proceeding, highly conducive to safety und victory. A king ot such a temperament might he too rash! but he is balanced by Napoleon’s patient sagacity. Napoleon HI might be tempted to some new treachery, but Victor E mu m uel will take no part in ft; and the great army of Italy, winch will soon he formed, devoted to the Sardinian alliance, "«U secure that Napoleon shall not be tempted by too great fs'cilities.

Extracts from Greeley’s Speech in Kansas.

I- object, of course, to tho doctrine entitled ‘"Popular” or ‘"Squatter Sovereignty,” even in its most plausible aspect* because it is plainly a limitation of iny power and ability, with that of eighteen millions of my countrymen, citizens with me of the Free States, to act upon and influence the existence of J Slavery in the Territories—to labor for its exclusion therefrom. It is on our part as. abdication and in my view a cowardly one. It is in notorious antagonism to the faith and practice of the Revolutionary Fathers, the great men of our country’s heroic age. For. whatever may“ be doubted or denied, it cannot be disputed that Thomas Jefferson first devised and proposed to Congress the exclusion by act of Congress of Slavery from the Territories of the confederacy—not from a part but from all of them—from those South as well as those North of the “Ohio—and that Washington deliberately affixed his name in approval to the i t mortal Ordinance ot ’B7, whereby Slavery was excluded forever from the territory north-west ot the Ohio, which was all tha» territory our Union then possessed. If any one undertakes to toll me that Congressio al Restriction of Slavery distrusts the People, fetters the People, ray short answer is, The question is between your assertion on the one hand and the deliberate recommendation of Thomas Jefferson, the official approval of George Washington, on the otlier, settle it among you 1 Nor do I conclude that the first hundred, first thousand, ten thousand, or any oilier number of settlers in a Territory of the U lited States, have either actual' or -right!ul power to establish Slavery therein, no matter by what vote. Such a vote would be at threileast an exercise o* sovereign power, and a Territory is not a Sovereignty, whatever a State may he. A Territorial organization or condition is a temporary expedient—a stopga P ;l haltway house between nonentity and State Sovereignty. It is a creature of the Federal Government, which has power to suspend, to modify, or even to destroy it at any time. Its principal functionaries are wa med into official file by the breath of Federal Executive favor; that breath may unmake as readily as it. has ma le them. Rjcalfi if you can, the loi g roll of Governors of Kansas—l mean that sort of Governors who have exerted authority and received pay and say which one of them owed his appointment in the smallest degree to the people whom he ruled.’ When The veteran Gen. St. Clair, whom President Jefferson found and for.awhile kept in office as Governor of the North-West Territory, was somehow moved to assert for the first time the doctrine of Territorial Squatter Sever- j eignt' , the answer of Mr Jefferson, through 1 the proper Department, was prompt and tie-1 <• tied: ’ I ‘■•teii. St. Clair, I am Instructed to inform ! yon that you are this dsfy removed frym the 1 yilicc'fd Governor of tiie ’Mortis-West. 'Terri-| tory.” This was a m"-.*’ci'fy instance.of what the logicians term the udhovnin- \ Cm —just as you rn'ght refute a juggler’s pro- 1 tense that he was so attracted or fastened I to the floor that he could not Inf in.uo-i.IJ simply by a kick which should send him fly-I ing over a fence. 1 believe Gen St. Cia'ir! promptly realized that Mr. Jefferson had the j better of the argument, j The Popular Sovereignly which 1 do be-j ! lievo in and maintain is the great severe.gn j right ot the American People—of the Thirty Millions of our countrymen acting through j their chosen Representatives in Congress, to | exclude Human Slavery from every square ; inch of their cojntnon domain, and pass such I laws as they shall find necessary to enforce! and perpetuate such exclusion; thus nreservingnnd consecrating that magnificent, domain to Free Labor and Free Men ever more. To render such exclusion perfect and enduring, I ask, I entreat, the sympathy and co-opera-tion of the settlers in the Territories, whose interest in this exclusion of this enormous evil and scourge is more immediate, but n more real, than that of their fellow-citizens us yet residing in the States. I trust that co-operation will not be here withheld; hut even where they falter, I insist on the right ol the Thirty Millions to "stand linn. The I’ubiie Lands are the property of ill ■ Nation; I deny the right of any mere segment ot that Nation to destroy their value by fastening the blight of Slavery upon them. They are the predestined home of millions of my children and those of my neighbors, as well as yours. I deny your right to shut us out by fixing upon them, for your supposed personal advantage, a curse which virtually excludes us and our descendants therefrom. I would not tresspass upon the thousands and tens of thousands; I insist that they shall not encroach upon the rights of the millions and tens of millions. Of those rights, the Republican party of the Union is the Providential advocate and guardian; and it will not consent to abandon them. But what of the union of the Opposition? I am asked; shall we refuse to unite on equal terms with other opponents of the National Democracy to drive that foul partv from power! Most certainly, we will unite us proposed; I am most willing, end even anxious to do s•. But if there is to be such a union, it must be an alliance, not a jumble, not a melting of existing parties to form n entirely new und distinct [tarty. Ii there is to be union, the Republicans will go into it as Republicans—not asking pardon tor what we have been und promising for the future to besomething else. We join battle with the common adversary under our own proud bann r, under which we have already marched to victory in nearly every tree State of this Confederacy. No new watch words, no strange devices will serve onr turn. Our cardinal principle of Slavery Restriction we cannot, must not surrender; we ask our allies to surrender none of theirs not in conflict with this. If we concede candidates, we do not thereby abandon in principles, but do our best to advance them. For instance, I, as one Republican, speaking for myselt and discla ming any authority to speak for others, should he entirely willing to see the Opposition candidate tor Pre ident cnosen from the ranks of the other wing, provided it should he distinctly understood that the power thus conferred, mostly by Republican votes, w uld he wie ded not to defeat hut to secure the cardinal objects ot our movement, our organtza ion. It this is refused, then no union, save on a Republican, lor President, is possible. The (tarty will speak lor itself, attiie proper time, und through its chosen delegates; but I shull be wiling and ready to support such a man aa John Bell, or John M. Botts, or (hetterl

still) Edward Bates, for next President, upon a distinct and open understanding that he wield the power with which he may be thus entrusted, not to extend and fort.i ! y slavery, hut to limit and restrict it to the States \i hereby it is still cherished. Except on this basis, no union on any but a Republican President is possible or could be rendered effective. It there shall be a union of the Opposition for the contest of 1860, the right of the position must be conceded to the Republican party, as by far the strongest of the allied powers. We go into the battle with certainly not less than eleven States and over one hundred electoral votes at our hack; while i t most, if not all, the remaining Free States, ours is by far the strongest division ot the Opposition forces. If two millions ol popular votes shall he cast in 1860 in opposition to the shum-Democrjcy, at least twothirds of them \x i.l be cait hv Republicans. It, then, this large majority ot the Opposition, for reasons ot patriotic urgency, shall he willing to make liberal accessions as to candidates, and in order to render certain and signal the overthrow of the sham-Democra-cy, I insist that they shall be met in a like magnanimous spirit, without a higgling, cavillii g, or a requirement that we in effect surrender our principles, but in that spirit which commands respect tor cherished convictions of others. And I insist further that if the sham-Dern-oeracy are to he routed in 1860—as routed I trust they will he—the movement must he l ( 'd and impelled by that party which is yet in the vigor of its youth, with the flush of many triumphs oil its brow, which has generous, positive, affirmative, progressive ideas, that [tarty which is sped on its course bv the prayer ot the oppressed and the hopes of the neecy, which bears proudly on its ; dyancing standards tne magic words, “free land for the landless,” while insisting that every worker is of right and should be in fact the absolute owner of his own bone and sinews and of all they enable him to produce. Concede the right ot the attack to his partv, ami victory cannot fail to perch on the banners of the unite,l Opposition; attempt to disband and re-organize if under new flags and sirarige captaius, find it bee mas a shorn Sampson, and a Iresh lease of power is assured to those who have already too long plundered und misruled the Republic

Important Document From the state Department Defining the Position of Naturalized Citizens Abroad.

Washington, June 15. 1859. The following important lettkr was to-day communicated to A. V. Holer, o! Cincinnati. !>y Secretary Cass. It needs no comment: “Department of State, ! \Y jx, J vine 1-1, 1859. ( Sir: In' answer to your letter of the Gtli ins!., 1 have to inform you that the brief letter iVo m tliis Department to which you refer, dated top 171-h of May last, a: d addressed to Mr. Felix Lec-lerc, was in reply to an application lord n format lon, and was principa llv ■"tended to. recommend caution to our naturalized fellow citizens, natives of France, in returning to that com.a* the operati-c; o, the French conscription i ,vr >.v not pre - c.seiy known here, and might hear injiirioils . iy up m tout c:ass ,ii American citizens. .Viosi 1 oi the (,\;f 11 n■ n tal European nations have a system of military organization ' v winch their citizens are compelled to serve in the army by conscription, as in France, where th“ duiv is designated hv lot. or by draft, as in Prussia, where every person is required to take his turn,as a soldi, r. The condition ot American naturalized citizens returning to their native country where the system of compulsory service prevails, and who had left before performing such service, has frequently been the subject of discussion with some of the European powers. Quite recently it. has arisen between the United States and Prussia,and the representative of this country at. the Court of Berlin has brought the matter to the atten ion .of the Prussian government. In the instructions which were sent to him, dated Mav 12, 1859, it. Was explicitely stated that this government, is opposed to the doctrine ol perpetual allegiance, and maintains the right of expatriation and tlie right to form new political ties elsewhere. Upon this subject it is observed, that in this age of the world the idea ol controlling a citizen to the choice of a home and binding him by a mere political theory to inhabit for his lifetime a country which lie constantly desires to leave, can hardly be entertained by any government whatever. The position of the United States, as communicated to the Minister at Berlin for the information 6f the Prussian government, is 1 tint native born Prussians naturalized in the United States and returning to the country ol their birth, are not liable to any duties or penalties, except such as were existing at tiie periou ot their emigration. If at that time they were in the army, or actually called into it, such emigration and naturalization do not exempt them from the legal penalty which they incurred by their desertion, but this penalty may be enforced against them whenever they shall voluntarily place themselves within the local jurisdiction of their native country and shall be proceeded a<>- linst. according to law. But when no present liabiiiiies exist against them at the period of their einigrali hi, the law of nations, in the opinion of this government, gives no right to any country *o interfere with naturalized American citizens, and the attempt to do so would be considered an act unjust in itself and unfriendly toward the Uniteu States. I’nis question cannot ol course arise in the case ot a naturalized citizen who remains in the United tutes. It is only when he voluntar,ly returns to his native country that its local laws can be enforced against him. I am, sir, your obedi int. servant, • Lewis Cass.

Gold from Pike’s Peak.

The Leavenworth Times of the 12th, publishes the following business letter addressed to the house of Smoot, Russell &. Co., ot that city: “Denver Crrv, June 4, 1859. i rs? n< * yuu to ' tla y per Leavenworth City and 1 ike’s Peak Express, gold dust am. • tmg to $403 35, for which yen wilj . g've me credit. The package markon 1 latte River gold, and worth here $lB per ounce. 1 hat marked Jackson &. Boulder is also $lB. . This Jou will observe is a very hue specimen, and is calculated to have a ifood effect, il seen by California miners. It resembles California gold more closely than 1 " n v other yet discovered.

“I write you hoiestly, gentlemen, and it ia mv firm belief that in two weeks I will be able to ship you as purchasers on consignfrom f ' lve to ten thousand dollars “The gold in the largest package is from Gregory, and is saved with quicksilver. For this I paid $lO per ounce. As soon as possible advise me as to the real value of each specimen. “The mines are surpassingly rich, so old miners say. They are astonished and cannot believe it, even if they do see it. Claims are being sold every day at from $1 per foot to $20,000. These are representations made to me by parties in whom I have the most implicit faith. “The holders of the gold district at Gregory’s demand $20,000' for it. This is too in lien, and I will not give it unless you instruct. lam willing to give sl6,oo'>. “Since I wrote you last, the reports from the mines have continued to grow more en- ' couraging. New ieads have been struck and proven to be equally as rich as those about which I advised you in my last. At Gregory's those who have their claims fully open are making from SSO to SIOO to the man per day. Respectfully, G. M. Foy.” An express agent arrived in this citv with the above gold, and took the cars for New 5 ork early yesterday morning. Tiie gold was seen by some of our citizens, who estimate its value at SBOO. It is said to have been the pure stuff and no mistake.

Attack on the German Turners.

Forty Shots Fired—Scvereal Persons Wounded. The German Turners celebrated Whitsuntide y. sterday, in the grove in the- mr of the Blind Asylum, on the JSbefbyvilfe Turnpike. The members of other German societies, and also a number of females, participated in the festivities peculiar to that people. In the course of the day a number of reckless youg men from this “Point” and BnU-hertown, who were in liquor, visfied the grounds and disturbed tiie Germans; hut the latter were inclined to peace, and ’several watchrh n, who were engaged to maintain order, induced the outsiders to leave the picnicers to the rural enjoyment, but they left w ith threats to assail them. As some of the Germans returned to the city, about six o'clock, and he ore the main body had left, one of them was pulled . own from an omnibus and beaten by some of the crowd -a-fio disturbed them in the morning, and who laid in wait to attack them. lie made his way: hack to his friends, who then sent forward il reconiimtering party, who came in < ollision \v;:h the Butcher and Point boys, the Ut*er using bricks and stones, and tiie former the same peapons, ami also short swords, which is a part of their regalia. In tins affair, one bpoits, a butcher hoy, got his head rr ..[,,,,5. and his body cut. and several on hmh sides ware hurt by the missiles. The policemen hastened to the scene of the riot, and pr ,._ : Yh-'d on the Germans to return to the In th, ’ roe.i iitiine, tin- butcher bns an 5 P-iuters g:“,v more wr.. thy th-., <me of'their TMiiioe, s.ioUiia be ho< z comfatl. nnd rallying *" i ' !’ ■• '"'> I -"iisei vrsin the vicin!i\ q Ijfhijr. to *• * d U thf* 'Tur-fif ra a--tliey nvtfdied in a line down Main strr-e Tiie hitter were on their guard, as they anticipated a skirmish, and they ems-ed the Main street bridge and marched in fine 0 Main street. They were riot molested until they reached the starch factory, when a salute of stones greeted them. Thexamninnderot the Turners called a halt, ami thverowd in waiting, who were armed with shot-guns and pistol.-, fired a volley, which wounded several I urners. Home of !he latter who were armed, returned the fire, and the whole body then beat a hasty hut 'successful, though rather a disordered retreat. They were pursued through Butehertown by the victorious ID nteis and their crow d, who rained rocks on their foe, and also find a few single shot. In all, it is estimated that forty shots were fired. Of the Turner party. Air. Berlstein, a painter, was wounded in tiie S !' . - , nart ’’ a gunsmith employed at J. Griffith’s, was knocked senseless' he a hall which took effect in the forehead, a dangerous wound; Mr. Schad received a ball in'his hand, which was extracted by Dr. Piles; Mr. She.ifler, and a half dozen others, were struck with shot, which did no particular harm. Or» tiie otlier side, Spotts, and a man named Best were badly beaten, but are not supposed to W in a dangerous con ition. A stray hall struck a child in the foot, and it went home howling, and Joseph Zimmerman, a bystander, had his hand touched by a ball, which just cut tiie flesh, but did no p rticular hurt. The riot w as most disgraceful, and had it» origin m the young men disturuing those w lio were enjoying themselves in their own peculiar way, as it was their right. It is certainly strange, but fortunate, that a number were not killed outright. No arrests were made to a late hour, that we heard of. Louisville Courier, 1 6th inst.

Provincial Canals—Reduction of Tolls.

By the Toronto Colonist of the 15th in*t we learn that by an Order in Council, to take effect on the 15th inst.. considerable reductions have been made on the tolls upon the tolls on the Welland and St. Lawrence canals. On the Welland Canah articles in tlie 3d class have been reduced from 20 cents to 15 cents per ton; those iu the 4th class, from 25 cents to 20 cents; those of the sth class from 30 to 25 cents, and those ot the 6th class from $1 to 50 cents, while boards, planks, scantling and other sawed lumber, which lately paid 30 cents per 1,000 superficial feet, are n >w (barged 20 cents. Barrel staves and heading 20 cents instead of 40 per M. Pipe st ives $1,50 instead ol $2,00, and West India staves 60 cents in lieu ol 75 cents. The following articles which hitherto paid sl, as coming under the 6th class, have been transferred to the sth class, paying 35 cents per ton only, viz: Rosin, tar, pitch, whiting, chalk, ships’ stores, crockery, iron safes, soda ash,“~whi 1 e lead, paint, turpentine, dye woods ; ml dye stuffs, leather, manufactured tobacco, mahogany and agricultural implemerits. Ice has been placed in the 3d or lowest dess, and horses, and ill kinds of oil .n barrels, .ve been put in the 4th class. B«i* by far t most important reduction is in flour, \vi ■ a and agricultural products, not elsewhere enumerated, from the sth *o the 4th class, thus reducing the tolls on these staple article 3 from 30 cents per ton, which they recently paid, to 90 cents per ton.