Weekly Reveille, Volume 1, Number 27, Vevay, Switzerland County, 22 December 1853 — Page 2

Applicable, all laws shall be general and of uniform operaiion throughout the SJtate." •—Sec. a 3. Art. 4. •

. These provisions are all. in the nature of restrictions in the legislative authority. A legislative, .construction of tfiem falls within the rule above indicated. The evil to be remedied by sections 22 and 23, above quoted, was the local and special,legij)alioo $9 prevalent under the old system. It had grown into such magnitude that counties, .townships, and even school and road districts, had special laws for ifje manageml’nt of their local affaire.

-The practice of submitting enactments on vexed questions to the popular yote had obtained to some extent .under ,the old Constitution-—whether consistently even with that instrument is not for us (o enquire. ’ Such was School Law of approved January, ]LB4O. Such ' also were several license laws embracing more or less territory. The Legislature had thus, in some measure, ceased to be a representative body, and w| gradually becoming a mete prqposcnJSf laws for the consideration and final- action of the people. 1 To remedy these evils—to restore the State from being a coterie of small independencies, with a body of local jaws like so many counties palatine, to what she should be, aqdwas intended to be, a unity, governed thrqughoui her borders bn alt subjects of common interest, by the same laws, general and uniform in their operation, the restrictions in sections 22 aod 23 were embodied in the Const!* tution. * ” .

By (he adopljoi}. of (fiat inptroqjenl, both (he honoi; ami.responsibility of passing General taws were devolved on the General Assembly, lienee, the idea of ; any other power to make, sanction, or ' suspend the laws, or to giye them effect, is necesaarilly excluded. Let us inquire whether the taking effect of the act of March, 1833* in whole pr in part, is made to depend upon any authority unknown to the Const)uitjon. The words flake effect,” "be in force,” go into operaijon," Ac., have been used interchangeably ever since the organization of the State. The "operation of the laws,” as used in the 2Glh section,' article 4. seems to be, (heir taking effect and continuing in force. **' v ■. ’ The act in question ponsisla of two parts—the.one points the mode of obtain; jug license, the other prescribes the punishment for selljng without license., The penal part of the act went into operation immediately upon publication. The provision did the Ifjtb of March, and the April elcpjioq, no jippnee could issue in any pari of the Stale—the bond and the affirmative vote of the township being' bodi essential. Had the people of each township voted "no license,” there , would Have been no operative license law in the Stale for one year from April, 1853, . And had the people so voted «yery year (byall tiroe to come, ifisl part of the act relating to license cot} Id never have had any force, effect, or operation as a law. So that the taking effect, of the act, pr so rrjucli of it at least as proyided for (|te issue of license —in other words, whether there should be any pow. Pr to issue license, was made tp depend on the, vole of the people of each town; Pbtp. If the townships vote diversely, as it is Understood they have, then, in practical operation, it is a local law. In the town, ships which vote "license,” the license feature lakes effect by, virtue of that vote. In the townships voting "no license,” it has no force or operation In consequence of such vtl?. Thus has the general assembly merely proposed the license feature to the people for them to give it vitality or reject it by townships. It seems needless further to inquire Whether the act in question is general and noiforn in its operation. A law expressly providing for license in this township and no license in that, by name, and so on alternately throughout the stale, would not in its operation essentially differ from ibis. Had the question been submitted to a vote of this state at large, the license feature whether adopted qr rejected wovld have, had the recommendation of uniformity. Resides, such an act, it is presumed, would not have had plausibility enough to mislead any one into the belief that it was constitutional. But this act is a specious and accommodating refinement of local legislation—ingeniously comprehensive—anually presenting to the townships an aspect suited to the taste of each. In some respects there is a very strong similarity between the school law of 1819. and the liquor apt pf 1553. If "county” be substituted for "township’, the two acts are scarcely to be distinguished, in this, thaf thejr taking effect is made to depend on the aption pf the people in their primary capacity. The school law, like the liquor law, was declared in force from and after its publication. Yet the same section provides that it should bn left to the popular vote of each county. It is believed that Montgomery, and some other counties, never adopted the school law bo that practically it remained a local Jaw, mado so, like the license act, by a contingency over which the legislature had pp pontrol.

Many legielalirc acts; though declared in force from their passage, are inopers; live until the officers charged with their execution are elected or appointed. Bui these are easily distinguishable fropi the school law of 1310.and the license scl of 1833. In such elections, the question is, who shall be designated to execute , the law—not, as here, shall the law be per* milled to go mlo operation;—shall any one be suffered on any terms to exeente it pracl under jf.

Nor is it. easy to see how, on principle, a public measure can be eupmilted, in the abstract to a popular troie consistently with the reptesentaiiTe system. In effircl, jj {■ changing the goTornmeniiq, what public*. isU, calf a pare democracy, such as Athens was. If one enactment maybe submilted, lo such’ vote, so may another, so might all. Thus, would‘the representable system be wholly subsetted, If the

people desire to resume directly the lawmaking power wh\ch they have delegated to the General Assembly, they have only to change the constitution accordingly. Again, if this system of drafting bills with a double aspect, leaving it jo the people which they will adopt, is to prevail, of what use is the conditional provision requiring the yeas and nays on the final passage! ff the object of this provision : was to subject the action of the representative to the inspection of his constituents, it is thus completely evaded. For the vote, whether'yea or nay, mesjis nothing, indicates np'hjng-r-neiiher adopts nor rejects any policy, except that it ingeniously shifts the responsibility of final action from llje legislature to the people. If we regald the act of AJarch, 1553, in force from its passage, as is - claimed in argument, then we conceive it to be in conflict with Sec. 20, An. 4. That section reads, “The operation of the laws shall never be suspended, except by authotity of the Genera) Assembly. An illustration of the exercise of this power occurs in chapter 1., S, 4' k* laws, 1.652, entitled “an act to suspend certain acts therein named.’’ . Thai the operation cjf the Act of 1853 was left to be suspended, or other wise, according to the vote of each township.-is bo e.v;denl as to need only to besiateu. The township which this year votes “license," and thus puts the law into operation, may next year vote “no li cense," and thus suspend its operation. —Under the Conatituiton, the legislature alone, can suspend the operation of the laws. And this power is not distinguishable frqm any other legislative power- U panqnt be delegated, 'pm suspending act is itself a lew end must emanate from the law-making power-rrfipecifying the act suspended, and perhaps the period of suspension. A n «Mnj» * air > 3 a ru ' e action, open to every citizen to comply with its requisitions. Out, in case of.a negative vote, there is no law left to be complied with. As to that township it has oq effect or operation, Jt is suspended- " ■ As a license law. the act is complete in itself, without the part relating to the township vole. So much as relates to (hat vote may be considered as stricken out; and ihq license issues on filing the requisite bond. Alaize having sold without such license, was properly convicted, lie was bound at his peril to know the law in violation of which lie assumed to act.

Judgement affirmed with costa.

Things along (lie Pacific Coast.

Qn thp morning of October 2|lJ, the (own of Etireka f and Humboldt bay, were visited by a sever? shock of an earthquake— tteswing many persons from their bed*, upurnne floor, causing the bouses to undulate like ships upon the water, sinking boats, and throwing a sawmill sq ont of the line as to render the machinery Useless. . ’ . . The Stale University of Califrirnia has been located at the Mission of San Luis Rey, where Copgrps? dopales 72 acre? of land.

During the month ending Nov, IGih, (here had been in California an average of two murders a day. The Tfjon lias been reserved /or the future residence of the California Indians, apd Lieut. Heal has purchaed agricultural implements intending to make farmers of the red skins.- .

At latest dates the mines at Sailors, Union. and Cove claims, yielded twenty t/ipusond dollars daily. On the 4th of November an eleven pound nugget was taken in Sierra county; and a large nnmber ranging from one to four pounds.

In Nevada there is a bed of chromate ol Iron, larger than any in the world. fine coat, from Vancover’s Island, has beep received at San Francisco. ■ Gov. Lane is pledged to advocate In Congress a' division of Oregon. Provisions in Oregon continue very high,—Butler is selling at from 50 to 75c a pound; floor at from -$8 toSIO a hundred; eges at 75c a dozen; potatoes, at SI 50 a bushel: beef at IGtolSc a pdpnd; pork at 30c, and ham at 25 to 35c a pound, &c. |n die same territory fruit has yielded good profits—apples are selling at 50 to $1 per dozen; peaches 83 per bushel, and pears ns high as fsc a piece. Oregon is a good fruitgrowing region, the peach trees in a single season attajned the bight of nine feet. The Maine [aw will be passed, it Is thought, by the next Oregon Legislature.

Additional Forclea Neuif.

{Jew yorlj Dec.lo.—The London Press, a weekly paper contains the following remarks. “We have authority to stale that the court nf St. Petersburg sent a brief and conclusive note to (he Governments of England and France, announcing that there yyijl bp no further negociations in regard to the part which Russia has lakpn, and that the part is la guerre (war,!.*' Tlie London Times hasp leadingariiclp on (he subject of the reported advance of the Turks from Kalafat towards Kraguya. and remake’ that this advance coupled pith the activity of the Turks along the whole line of the Danube, rendering it evident that we are yet only at the beginning of the WallaehUn campaign.

Sbpoting’ Affair.

Maybtille, Dec, 16.

Some misunJarsiaddiog arose between Luther Dobyns and R. H.'Collins, Ed* jtor of lbs Maysvjlle Eagle, to day. The resplt was, that Collins, shot Dobyns in the forehead. The wound is supposed to be mortal,. ...

Death or Mr. Dobyns, MAFfMLLB, I)cc. 17-

. Mr. Dobyns died of the wound indie* led by Collins, Ust night at half past 10 o’clock. 'The coroner is now holding an inquest.

. KrThe aggregate salaries of 703 clerks in Washington is said to be $891,-! 00.

D9IIIBS of (be Day,

It is seldom that we intrude upon our readers any remarks upon our private affairs, yet it is somtnfime* necessary, Although we. feel sure there never was a journal published in this .counjy that had more true friends than the *•Reveille,’ , nor one'whose patrons cherished a livelier or more active interest in their favorite .Papet's well being; yet we fully realize that our paper js taken not for information wilt) regard to our own prosperity or prospects, but for sqch as relates to the doings of mankind generally,'and we feel a deep repugnance to obtruding any matters pure* ty personal on their notice. But as ills well known that sfjico tjie decision of the Supreme Court of this Slate on the.Liquor Law, that there hare appeared communications in this paper of a general character, and not of a personal character. (0 which exceptions have been taken, and consequently we have beep tfjreatpjied vyjth pefgopa) viplpnce, ' . The communication ip view and the one that created the most dissatisfaction, appeared on last Thursday, and the odious portions in' ( substance are these: "That no good Republican cOold go on a bond for a man to sell Liquor by the small, against the known wishes*of a majority of the citizens of the corporation pr township.” Now that the writer of the article had no intention of personalities we are well assured, and futther that the article was written sometime before tlie bond was filed; and consequently coujd ,qot hare known who fljp septfrifle* ffou(d be, nor indeed, did thp writer know that any one was going to lake out license, but before the paper was issued in which the communication appeared, one firm had taken out license, and consequently the communication was considered personal when it was of a general nature, and also the writer staled at the time that he did it for the purpose of keeping the Auditor from issuing License should application be made. ' t

And we have been told that die Reveille would in six months be numbered with the things that were, from ihft fact. ibaUcer* lain persons would wididraw their support; and we pan truly say that some have already resorted to proscription, and thereby, presume to stop the Influence of the press.. ;

We never calculated' that the course la? ken by the Reveille with regard to Mora) Evils, and Social Reform, would be profliable; it was mir aim from the ffrst to lake a straightforward course, and . \vc hare steadily adhered to thase principles, I,et jusiiee reign though the heavens falj |

We know that rice is willing to fpvmd generously those who cater to jts appetites, and that Rum pays two dollars to newspapers where Temperance pays bue. We were npver ignorant nor forgetful thgt business and thrift are essentially conservative, and that nothing is more prejudicial to the pecuniary interests of a Paper than current imputations'of Radicalism and Uiiraism. We have therefore broken the silence we so much desired to main* tain, and arc not surprised at loosing occasionally a subscriber by the course we have pursued. It has not beep in its power to give us less than we hare asked.

For whatever measure of success we have attained we feel indebted to no class, clique, interest pr section, but to the great body of our intelligent, inquiring and active poumrymen. While the pretending qud Pharisaic, have united to cry us down, it has been at all limes within our power to point to those nips; earnest and active tn furthering practical means of Philanthropy and Moral Reform, and bravely striving in all way; to Ijghieq the load of humaq misery, as our steadfast friends. And now whereever you fipd the Reveille you wit) generally find those persons striving to diminish by a)I hptiorabje means the p|lc of human agony. And now we will say that there ha* been bqt one house ip town that has takm out license, but what amount of gqpd or evil it may bring down upon the human family the- God of heaven only knows. Yet wo believe that as sure as the prayers of ruined families the importunities of living and dying mothers, of the just and merciful, the good wishers of the human family, the lovers pf liberty, the guardian; of our sacred freedom, (hat this slate of things wj)| not always endure; but that the righteous indignation of a merciful heaven will coma down upon those who trample under foot the right; of humanity.

The whole number qf pupils in attendance upon the Indiana Deaf and Dumb Asylum, during the past year was 16S. The present number is 128, of whom 103 are males and 65 females. Of this number, 110 arc supported by the State.

COMMISSIONER'S COURT. 'December Tcim—l9s3.

The County Commissioners, consist* ing .of Messrs. Furguson, Weave; sod Shull, were in session fire days, and ad* journed without transacting any very important business. The following is.a condensed summary of the'business transacted:*—

Geo, Badgers, W. Price, Geo. Tardy and S. T. GoUy, ware allowed $4 'each Inr guarding the jail two nights each.

I. Stevens, Jr., allowed 38 75 for stationary (or Clerk’s office. . Wm. Ande/son and Wm. AJeans, wcie allowed 8I2(J for furnishing materials and building house on the poor (armIt was ordered by the board that the Judges of general elections hereafter be allowed fits following a mounts for making returns, viji; For.Jefferson Township, 31; ybrk and Craig, 31 £0; Posey, pleasant and Cotton, $2 00. J. If. Colton pas allowed 3119 07, for boarding, peeping and taking care of the paupers of the poor house, -from 7th of September, to the 7ih of December, making one thousand and ninety-two days for one pauper, at 340 a year. - The orders redeemed during the last quark p 3777,67;, interest on same 39 73,

Win. Price was allowed 3132,55 for Jailor’s fees and taking cafe of prisoner’s, furnishing clothe?, eip, , ■ John Loughderbaugh was allowed.S2 for whitewashing Clerk’s, Recorder’s, and Auditor’s offices,

J. Smithson was allowed $1 20 for furnishing coal for use of jail, G. W, Haihorh was allowed $3l fo r finding matefials and making seals in (he Court House. ,

C. Goldenburgh was allowed S3L for furnishing stoves and pipe for* the use of the county. • . j* 0, S. 5* F. J,. Waldo were 373,00, for publishing delinquent list, and doing other pounty priming.. ;j. J. it G. J. Palmazjto were allowed 331,40, for furnishing clothes, §*c., for the use of paupers. Jt. was ordered by the board, that Qeo. Hunter ftnsanej be removed to (he poor farm, and the-keeper be allowed 3100 for taking care of hint the first year.

Drs. McCutcjten 4* Gale were allowed $l5 for medicine and attendance, on- ihe paupers of Jefferson and Craig townships.

Dr. Gale; of Patriot,-was allowed 817, 50 for medicine and jmendanoe upon, the paupers of Posey.township. *

—Dr, earoo-in' CoUon.

DK Cole $l6, for Pleasant.

Z. Rons abd Jas.Brown were allowed for one day's services, as overseers of the poor.

J. Smithson was allowed $8 60 for coal,, for the use of the county.

R. N. Lamb was allowed 85 for draw; ing deed from (lie Dolour heira t deeding the public square io The county—and for drawing up the.jail contract.

N. N. Lamb was allowed 9208 for his services 'as county Audilpr for the past Ihrep tponiltSf

The contract for building the county Jajl and Jojlor’s residence, was given to Jus. Redman, t||e lowest bidder. The whole amount i? 88,675. G. H. Kyle was appointed Supeiintendant, whose business is to see that good materials are used, and the work done welt. U. P. Sphenck, J, Dalmazzo, and A. Edgar, were accepted as securities for t]ie faithful performaece of the contract. The terms, as near as we cap remember, are as follows: 83,000 - is ' to be paid tn June next, to enable the contractor to purchase materials; and estimates are to be as the work progresses, and paid accordingly—reserving one-third of the whole amount unlit the work is complete.

(£r Hp».‘ W, A. Gorman, of Indiana, tho new Governor of Minnesota, has issued an order in which he says the liquor traffic among the Indians '‘must and shall be slopped. The agent is ordered to destroy all liquor offered among them. The laws are exceedingly stringent, and will sustain the Governor in the most decided measures.

OCr An intelligent citizen of Houston, Texas, has recently made a close examination into the matter, and finds that about 375,000 ate spent annually in that city for intaxicatiog liquors—a city of about 3,000 inhabitants. Money, health, and character gone. 3000 inhabitants spend annually for poison, janjt poison, 375,000. preadfql [o relate]

(KT The Massillon (QJ A r etoa says; ‘■We are authorised by tI)P assignees of the late Bank of Massillon, to make public tfie fact, that the affairs of thp institution are ju f o confused a stale at present, that it is impossible to discover phat the ultimate value of its note; wi|l be.

(&- An- entirely new counterfeit tlO on the State Dank of Indians, is in circulation' in Cincinnati. The bill is lettered A, and is made payable at 'Lafayette, and is well calculated lo deceive.

(£r R. S, of Johnson county, Ind., has been appdihled Deputy Auditor of Stale.

NEW BOOKS, AC.

The Forged W*ix; or. Crime and He* , tributton. By Emerson Bennett T. B. Peterson, Philadelphia.

This is one of those interesting and amusing stories, for which Bennett is cel ebrated. Although he has written many interesting books, yet this book far surpasses any filing yet from his pen.

Exposition op the Waller Seduction Case; By J, C. Lewis. Louisville;

Hull &■ Brother.

This is a history of the trial of Bev. G. B. Waller for the seduction of Miss Nancy Coombs, recently tried at Carrollton, Ky, For sate by I. Stevens, Jr. Saturday Evening Post, 1854. ;

This old and valuable family paper, will enter upon a new volume with the beginning of the new year. It would be useless for us to speak of the character of the Post, as its reputation is world wide. Atnqng the regular contributors, we notice Mrs, Southwonh, Emerson Bennett, Mrs. Dennison, Grace Greenwood and Fanny Fern, ’Perms, $2 per * year; 4. copies, 35; 8 copies, and one to getter op of club, 3(0, 20 copies, and o tie to getter up of club, 320. Address, Deacon .£* Petersun, 00. South Third si., Philj.

Gooey's Lapy's Bofljj. The January number of ibis pioneer of American magazines, has been received. The engravings in (his number alone are worth.the price of subscription for a year. There are many excellent articles in the number before us; and should any of our friends wish an excellent magazine fur reading and binding, they can do no .belter tli|»n to send 83 to f„-A. Gpdcy, Philadelphia, S4TCBn.IT Ejexiso Jim,.

This is the title of a targe new paper just issued from Philadelphia, edited by Geo. K. Graham, ol Graham’s Magazine. U. is" a most beautiful paper, amt what pleases us, ji is especially devoted to Temperance. ; Terras, 32 per year,’ Address, Kichaed H. See, (06, Cbesnut st., pirila, Tpe Parlor Magazine.

This magazine, hailing from Cincinnati, is one of our most acceptable rinbnihlies. As we have before stated, it will be greatly improved with the new year.— Alice Carey is : lb be one of the editors. .Virgin!us IJucthpn, E?q ,is also connect ed it v Terms. 8? per year; add fP*s Jethro Jackson, Cincinnati. Libras' National Magazine.' >;:

,Tti Israjinbloinoiuhly" (or 'Jonoiryls at hand,- beautiful and interesting » usual Pcauc Docomests. .. . ... • . • 1 , We are under obligations lb Hon. J. D, Unght for repealed fetor* in (ho way of pubhc documents. , ; ■

[Correspondence ortbe Retreilta.] ' Letter front Wcsli)ngton>

' Washington, Deo. 15; 1363.

Mesirs. J2diton:Tr~ln : your paper of the Bth insi.t I > notice" an article, copied from ihe >Sia'rV -of thjs ciiy,cpntsining unjust insinuations against the Hon J. D Bright; and the' editorial fremarks by which you prefacethe introduction of this article to your readers, would indicate an endorsement of its general tenor, ) presume it was hoi known to you, that ,the article alluded to, in the “Star,” was written at the time the Hon, Wm. J. Brown was in iljis cjty oh "special public business?” and thvt those who understand the political ''ropes” well, ascribed to Aim the honor of wrfling it. ' - f Those acquainted with the facls. know the charges of that article tp be unqualifiedly nntruc, so far as they relate to Mr, Bright; and I feet satisfied that you would not knowingly lend your paper to the perpetration of so gross a slander on any man.

That editorial appeared in (he t'Siar” during the absence of Mr. Bright from this city, and a friend kindly volunteered to write a note to that paper contradicting its statements and requesting (he editor to give publication to hi; note-^which he refused tn do. The note was couched in gentlemanly and dignified language, and nothing except the sheerest malice towards Mr- Rrightcould have prompted {is rejection. . . I simply callyonr attention to this matter, in order to apprise you of some of the collateral facts of the case, and to afford you an opportunity of doing an act of -simple justice to a (rue roan and unswerving democrat. Yours, truly, OBSERVER.

* HpRRIBLK Affair—Man Suot by a SnnniPi,.—A letter Iron a kind friend in West Liberty inform* us thut Mr. Ny. nhier, the Sheriff of that fMorganJ county', shot a man named Lamasteei on the 30lh utl. - It appears that Sheriff in attempting to arrest Lamas lees was resisted by liim and his father, aided, perhaps, by others,'and in deference of his person, in the execution of his official duties, shot La rat dices in the left breast, the-bi|lJlodg* ing against the spine. It was thought the wounded man would recover. The sheriff demanded s legal investigation, which was held by Jnstia Prater and Cooper, who discharged him from custody, finding the act justifiable.—Aft. Sterling (Ky!) Whig- •

Catcst News.

THE FOREIGN WAR.

Highly Important on the Eastern Qtttf Hon Treaty of Alliance lettteeA France and England The 'Hews Confirmed. . «

From especial infoimation, upon which we place entire reliance, we learn lhal on the eleventh Jay of Nov, in the city of London. a most important treaty of alii* ance was agreed to and signed by Count Weleweki op the part of France, and Lord Ctarenden on the part of England,in referanee to the Turkish question. The treaty thus concluded between the high contracting pat ties of England and France was despatched immediately by couriers to Berlin and Vienna, with an intimation lhal from the day of its arrival at each of these capitals a period of seven days would be allowed to itic cabinets of Prussia and of Austria to determine upon their assent or refusal to enter into the arrangement. If agreed to, well and good; if rejected, it was to be understood that France and England would take the settlement and the responsibilities of this eastern controversy into their own hands. We further learn, that from the.terms of this treaty, Russia will be required forth with to evacuate the Dinubim Principalities. or that, in refusing, she hazards the momentous consequences of an immediate joint'declaration of war from England and France. ■ And as the shortest road to peace, when once this declaration is iqadc, we iqay satoly assume i hat the active operations of the allies against Russia will be of the most effective and formidable.description, by land and sea.. We may coqijt qpon the moveWqt of two hundred tlmqiand. Frenchmen, in the highest state of equipincnt aml discipline, across the Rhine am! the Alps to compel Austria and Prussia to show (heir hands, We may also expect a simultaneous movement of the French ami English fleets, near Constantinople into the; Black Sea, and that the extermination pf die Russians in those waters will speedily folio tv; while unless prevented by (he freezing' of the Baltic, another squadron of the allies wilt ho doubt at the same tlme set sail for the latitude of St Petersburg. The. positive and warlike alliance bet tween France apd England' is due, firs), to the unmistakeable wishes of the French army, tl>e Freqch people, and the. natural inclinations of the Napoleon dynasty, resting, as it does, upon the glories and the unavenged disasters of the empire, Secondly, this alliance against (lie timid and (rifling expedients of. Lord Aberdeen, is due to the force of the public opinion of England, which ia beginmg to have a voice even in the foreign policy of the government upon questions of such im» port as this Eastern struggle," Thus a programme of prospective military opera-tions:-is opened before ua of the most startling and imposing, grandeur. Coco began, upon the plan of this treaty of November, thevar will probably go on, until Napoleon (he Third, on the Rhine, the Po, the Elbe, and the Vistula, shall avengo the treacheries which prostrated Napoleon the First. It is the beginning of anew order of things, ami Rod speed the. right,

Terrible lllot at Las «lie—Many Lives' Lost.. .Chicago, Dee, 17*

A not of a most serions character, oc* curretJ at LssalJe, yesterday, among the laborer* on the Central Railroad, origin* aling out ol a redaction of J wages. One of the rioters was shotdead- by the con* tractor, Albert Story;.the rioter? then attacked Slbry** office. and pillaged h and, brutally murdered the contractor. Mrs. Story was-fired upon. but.escaped. ; It is reported that a row named Dunn, Story** foreman, ahol nine of the laborer*. The Sheriff* soon arrived upon the ground, und meeting with some resistance, shot one Irishman dead and wounded two other*.

Thirty of the rioter* were arrested. Story’s body was horribly routillated.

From Mexico.

Baltimore, Dec. 17.

By mail we have advice* from Mexico. The Trail de Union, of the ISth oil, say* the Mexican Government had solicited aid against the invaders of La Base, of the English frigate erasing in the neigh* borhood. and that she had sailed for La* Base./

Explosion—Loss of Life, Boston, Dec. IC.

The boiler in Small 4* Day's Cordage Factory, exploded to day; demolishing the building, killing the fireman and badly scalding a boy.

Teasel Lost.

Boston, Dee. SO.

The shin Abby Prati, bound from Calcutta to thia port, haring' on board a valuable cargo, went ashore last Friday, on the south side Nantucket, Shoals.—Captain Bever and the ereir arrived safe at Nantucket. Steamers hare been dispatched to the relief of. the ship, which had four feet watea in the hold when the crew left her.

From Fltisliargb. PITTSBDKan, Dec, 20. The river is stationary,- with five water in the channel by the pier mark. The 'weather is cold; had some snow this morning.

Hoes—ln this (the NashvilleJ market. 63 to 3 60 are tho extreme rates-tranatcnl on a large scale chiefly at the former figi tire.—jVbsAoiV/e fFAig 10, ” B ’<

tUwJtlg JlttutlU,

UTS. H. Partis, General Newspaper Agent, No. 86 Fourth street, between Walnut and Vine, Cincinnati, Ohio, is oar authorized Agent to obtain advertisements and subscriptions in that city.

THURSDAY .DECEMBER 22, 1863