Weekly Reveille, Volume 37, Number 44, Vevay, Switzerland County, 25 April 1855 — Page 2

the fricictt ci club, whereupon the President Appoints Du four, TPus, Kyle, Howard and D. Ramscycr, committee. Da four, Titus* Kjic and Howard, ell Pag Niohls good and l f ue, rclittd to the Treasurer's office, where wc leave then for the presort. Partaj rt.iM'al.oncc the President soured the audience by reading in a very dignified manner, n long and false article from that unprincipled sheet, the New Albany Lrdgfr, slandering the Legislature of Massachusetts. While engaged in thin agreeable occupation, the cemoitteo came in. The article was 11* nally alored in, when the committee reported several articles which I hare not room to enu* iterate, which were adopted.

could bo produced from 3.j lbs of corn. The roost careless,feeding yields I pound of pork to 5 potmdsol corn; According! to these lust calculations one bushel, of com would make; 11 lbs, of'pork which fit 4 coinis a pound would make tho corn pay 4d| cts per bushel, which price distilleries hsro not paid us often. Now all the above ore truth, backed by figures which do not Ho, . I would just add that I do not think the alarm given by political editors and pro* Sessional politicians as to tho destruction of the corn market has frightened many fenners, as I toe extensive preparations making for raising as much as ever. . Jobs. It Goonwix.

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' , : The News. : The Sandnsky “Reghter". says: "It is a subject of general remark, that the East is emptying itself into the lap of tho West Every Western bound train of cars is loaded to ils extreme capacity most of the week, and ‘extras’ are constantly in demand ou the Lake Shore and the Canada Roods, to keep tho mass of hunanity moving; . Six thousand four hundred and fifty one persons crossed the Groat Railway Suspension Bridge, 6t Niagara Falls, the last font days, preceding Saturday last. And the Toledo ■ "Blade” estimates tbo number of persons' who have passed through that place, bound West, during the six days preceding . Saturday, at ten thousand.. In this ratio, Iowa and Nebraska will suddenly .become great and populous States. One thing is remarked in this emigration: Tho mass of migrators are persons of jnidligenco, and full of the indomitable spirit of enterprise,— With such a population, certainly our new States promise to become ’gardens* indeed.* 1

Various Items. _ New Yona, April 37. The ship Golden Mirror, the loaa rf which was reported this morning while on her way to Toulon, wasbnilt in 1850 at St, Stephens N. B., 6f 775 Ions I,nr' den, and was inured in Bo stun. Her cargo of pork was worth about 835,000. New York, April IS. A violent thunder storm prevailed over this State tO'day; in some places it was accompanied with heavy hail. At Rockpoyt hail stones measuring seven inches in circnmfercnco fell.

(Correspondence of the Reveille. ; .Letter from Illinois. • iVrsr UiaJtSA. 111-. April 17, 1SS5* Mr- Emrcia: — Your paper is a welcome guest 1‘* mu. I find in its columns a faithful rtct-rJ cf ’.he R;< st important tvu-nlr that diily traLspiru in u» try circle of lie Lnit-n.. Knowing that its paces are always open for the 'livcusncn cf every Evtind principle, has: prompted me to give yoo a bnef description | of this part of our prairie Stater there may he some matters of general interest to the rend* era of the Reveille. who are scattered far; orer the fertile regions of the west—where| Sam has felt disposed to ramble and breathe the pure air of liberty,which test congeals with bis spirit. Our winter has been one of uncommon security; it has not only improved its own allotted time, but has been disposed io ley its cold Icy band on March, ant! claim it for its parading grouuj, ere it took its flight, m male way for the warm—the balmy days of! spring; but now it has departed, for wc have spring wrapped in all its lovely robes; birds sing sweetly ihcir fondest retc*?, while all are busy in Improving their time, erasing r*ady tiicil tilling grounds which as amply pays thorn the reward of their labor, a description -if which I shall give you in a future number.

SZT STRICTLY lb* ADVANCE. .0$ ITo nara» entorv A nr.ili tlw* ?non?y ispoM. Xo paper »?nt after rhr llme ftr whloh rnyrneai h<w tx-cc ir.ntl**.

New Yoek, April 39. A resolution was adopted by the Board of Cotmcilmen last night, by a rote of 28 to 37, granting the nso of their Chamber to the friends of Dr. Cbas. A. Peek and other American prisoners on the Island of Cuba. The subject created con* siderable excitement, aud at a later period in the evening, the matter was laid c:. the table by a vote of 37 to 16. Next Tuesday evening is the time talked of lor the proposed public meeting in the Park to consider the matter.

John W. Spencer, of Rising Sun, was then called. He came forward and addressed the audience for an hour, during wfcieh lice he said a great deal, but really nothing In particular. He, like his cotcmporaty, John L. Robinror, denounced the Know Nothings and Ministers of the Gospel, in the most bitter terms. He closed his remarks, when Pcrrel Da four pitched in. After making a few lying assertions in regard to the Jldvocatr, he commenced a mean, low, pessonal attack upon the editor of the Weekly Reveille, — Pardon me, Mr. Editor, for referring to so vile a ci, itacler; could be expected from a base who would exterminate the manliness to think and vole SJHnlcasc. After uttering some half dorenlicws black as his master the devil, whom he serves, be closed hixslanderous remarks. *

Tearful Explosion of Powder. The jDm Arc Citizen fPraricCo,, Ark.,) states that on tho evening of tho 24lh of March, an attempt Was made in town to destroy tho lives of ; fourteen persons.— A man mimed Thos. Harris was drank at a grocenv and fired a pistol several times in tho street,.calling upon the authorities in a defiant manner to comeand taka him. The town constable and several other persons attempted to take him, and ho fired his pistol into a powder keg containing about six ponhds ot* powder, and the explosion of that ignited another keg con* (ainingabout twenty-four pounds, nnd the house, which was .built of logs, was blown away, leaving the walls only three logs high. There were ton or twelve persons in the room, most of whom were burned or bruised, three or four severely. The effects of tho explosion are thus described:

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In Evansville, on last Saturday evening, the residence of Mr. James Laughlin, a large three story brick, was firm k by lightning, which ran down the «1 at the west side of the house and entered at the wiling of the first floor, making a small hole one side of the rod. A lady seated at a piano in the back parlor was prostrated and momentarily stunned.’ ' She said it appeared as if a sheet cf fire of blindbrightness had rolled over her. - Ahoy standing in a back door was so benumbed by the shock as for a long lime to bo.nf-. levly unable to move a limb. ; Thc lady experienced no after ill effects, bid a severe headache, while the lad, was left in no worse condition. The glass case covering a clock on the mantlepieco was shivered to atoms. . ’ ■ , ‘ : One of tho first official fruits of the “American movement,” is an exp relied determination of tbc authorities at Washington City, not to appoint any oilier than American born citizens, as Consular: abroad; —another is, the bill of ScnaforPutnam in the Legislature of New* York, to prevent any ecclesiastics from becoming corporations sole, which will cut off from Roman C’ptbolic Priests, tho ‘.'temporality of the- Papal Church,'and 'place them in.the legal custody of lay trustees.**, A similar bill is pending in the: Legislature of Pennsylvania. We need such a law as tbis iu Ohio, and must have iti : ;

Tno District Attorney has given sc. opinion in reply to an inquiry from the Mayor, that between the first of Mit. when the licenses expire, and the fourth of July, when the liquor Jaw goes into effect, anybody and everybody may .sell liquor with perfect impunity; every'day, SnndEys included. The ordinance recently passed. prohibiting the sale ofliquors on Samisv, was. repealed by' the Council Inst night. In the court of Oyer anil Terminer, this, morning, the bill fixed in the ease of Hylcr, Van Pelt ami Lynn, alleged as acccssoy to the Pool murder, was min red to 810,000 each. Bail was entered and appeared for Morissey and Hylcr, and those two were liberated.

L'rbana ia 129 miles south of Chicago, it is v i | the county seat of CnamptAgn county, and is. healthy, plcnsantly situated on high rolling! prairie; it is on the Chicago branch of tie It*; linois Central R, R., which company lascrcc- j ted some fine buildings; also, making it a! I central point* ! A history of this place amt the adjacent, ccuntiy will bo of interest to the readt-rs of Reveille; it would- caution rurascltcrs from coming here io deal in their nefarious business, for tipsy, whiskey soakers have no place of rendezvous in our community where they can go ami associate with their degraded fcl-i low men armiud I be bar of iniquity. This I being the fact would lead us to suppose that 1 Sam was in the habit of fusing his spirit with us. This is true; he is here in our midst: he can be seen at ail times maintaining bis rights whenever infringed upon by foreign usurpers, who would desecrate our cherished inslilutions with the corrupt idolatry of the illilcr- \ ate, who humble down to worship through feat the Rod whom they know net inspirit: i when such multitudes congregate upon these 1 shorts of liberty, coming as they do from lands j of tyranny, and undertake to establish their 1 laws, brought from the father-land of oppression, then H U not our time and duty to ptojtcct onrrelvcs from this blighting curse which I they would throw upon us, even while wc are {extending ocr arms of protection to them for an asylum. Should not these manifested signs of lleits, cause us to forget the existing party spirit, that hereafter we may tmfutl but one banner, and that be the protecting banner of our liberties, unfurled to overthrow foreign influence; let the American ticket be the weapon of defence, the ballot box its shield. It is harmless in its effect, yet powerful in its action. It, needs but union to its support—this will- enable it to drive the demagogues from the conspicuous field of eminence where they have been pUced by foreign votes, which they have received by pledging thcmscives to represent — not their country's interest,.but the interest.of the Pope’s foreign masses: his subjects''who look on him as their shield, daring riot to advocate their rights, by thinking and acting for themselves as republican principles would teach them to do. Respectfully yours, Tho. Pittox.

f lltp Old Liue meeting, A friend las furnished .us with a report of the proceedings of the old line meeting, held m this place on Saturday night last. Wo will state one fact here/to put in your pipe. Will one single exception, every man who took air active part in the meeting wss a bruken-down politician, ofHce-seekcr, of defeated candidate: some of them answer all three titles. - ,.

U was then decided that the society meet once a week. The meeting then adjourned lo meet at the sancc.plscc on Saturday evening next at 7 o'clock, : ’ * *

■ The meeting was an attempt, cunningly devised by the Bishop and the Clique, to draw *he-wool over the eyes of Tire reortc. Ilia high time tic people were moving. Trickery, deception, proscription, and slander, arc the weapons used by the-c defeated candidates, demagogues and office-seekers; to defeat'the will or the peofle;

, [For (he Weekly RcreUle. Ad Excellent Article. Mr. Editor;— Permit me to commend to the notice of the honest formers of Switzerland county — who have been listening’to tho round assertions of anxious office seekers—ami old line demagogues about the injuryour new Liquor Law will inflict upon our farming cmnmunily—the following , article from the pen of a prnct'cal and scientificTndiana farmer. If Mr. Case, or any of his Uk, wish to combat the positions here taken, let them bring on their facts and fgures, and not expect to refute mathematical arguments with bald assertions. A Susscbuier. {From the Brookritlc American.

/ Washington Bring is sufferin? fioin the effects of a casuAlily which occurred yesterday, He was riding on horseback on thejirer road near Sunny-side, when his horse became frightened and ran away, throwing Mr. Imng, who was taken up insensible, in,which condition h<i remained several hours and is not yet out of danger. ; ■ , . Six persons were arrested hero tbimurning, for circulating new counterfeits on the Chemical bank of this city, ■Washington-, April 19, The Cabinet is entirely harmonious on the Cuba question. Commodore Me ■Canley's instructions are not of Midi \ nature an to lead to war with Spain; he will resort to force only if a case should arise in which international law will fuliv justify it. ' The'admiimtration is strongly in favor of pacific-ruint ions with Susie, and of this Spain is fully-advised, ! The Cuban iadiscrelior.F and' outrage* j against our commerce is thought to arbe [from a deep-seated coii'-piiacy 6tco>.g tin* [Islanders, which in it ales and confuses Concha; but he is advDed that his assn tilts upon our commerce, and the imprisononroent of our citizen? must stop Jt once, and .it is the opinion of the Cxcruive that, this can be done without leading uwar with Spain. The Treasury Department have allow ed.all the disbursements claimsi by Dimi Beale, late U. S. Agent to Calif The result is a complete vindication' of Mr. Bcald against the charges mclcbv newspapers of delinquencies. It is said that several clerk? in the Department are issuing proposals to iouk up bounty land claims, anti the uauaatj t;on of such -business generally daring ; their tegular office honrs. :

As usual, the speakers slandered the Temperance men, preachers, and everybody who did not favor theit disgraceful proceedings. How long will it be in this country, before n perron pan he a rare jus—when he can think and Vole as he pleases, without being insulted, persecuted, and slandered f

. "The great wonder is that a single person in the house escaped alive. The bar was well furnished with glasses, decanters, pickles in jars, Arc., all of which were broken and hurled in every direction, and not a person was touched by the sharp fragments.- The counter in the grocery was very substantially made of black walnut, and firmly nailed to the .floor; it was torn loose, and broken in several places. ThoTong sideboard bn which the decanters, &c., were arrayed, was also blown entirely loose, and no doubt rebounded from the toot and fell back.. To the firmness with which the counter was hailed to the floor, we think, most of the inmates of the house are indebted for the preservation of their Uvea.” ;■ . Hariris was fined for violating the town ordinances, nnd at his request his trial for offending against the laws was deferred for a day, and ho made his escape.

Hon. TVm. O. Butler. Thu democracy of the 10 th Congressional District of Kentucky, met in'Covington ian Thursday; Mr. Moore wov chosen as President of the Convention, after which, arid the •elcctioa.of other- officers,' Gen, William 0. Bntler wps unanimously nominated as the candidate for Congress at tic August election. Resolutions : expressive of toe Democratic sentiments’ of the Convention were then passed. A resolution oslrscising:Kn6w Nothings, occasioned some discussion, hot wok passed by a large majority. / : .

LIQCOP. LAW AXD rARMUTO INTERESTS. Mr. Editor: —It is said by those who think they, know; that the operation of the Indiana Liquor Law will reduce the price of corn considerably. Some arc try* ins to prejudice the fanners against it , Aii a producer I havo examined this question recently, and* I am convinced that "that dog will not bite.” I will present the figures and if any one <;an draw a different conclusion, .1 will be glad if such a one will present the same- to .the public upon the figures and not upon the mere lasscrtion of a politician. In the compendium of the U. S. census for 1850, wo find the total amount of com produced in the United States for that year was , . 6 L104

IndianaSpecie Paying; Banks. ImisAPoug, Tiieaday, April 17.—-In response to the requisition of the Auditor on the specie paying Free Blinks to increase thoir securities "in such a manner that the circulating notes shall always bo secure in full by such sccuri lira/’the following banks have deposited additional stocks witli the Auditor of State, which places them in such a condition as to make thetr circulation good beyond dll contingencies, viz: Fayetfe Co. Bank,'Connersville; Cambridge, City Bank; Bank of Bockville; Salem Bank, Salem; Bank of Wasaw; Kentucky Stock" Bank,' Columbus; Southern Bank of Indiana, Terre Haute. y - -

On tho "farm of P. T. Banmm, hear Bridgeport, CL, an elephant may bd seen every pleasant day, attached to a large plow, and doing,up the “sab-soiling’’ in first rate style, at the rate of about throe .distinct double horse teanis. The animal is perfectly tractable. His atlcndcrit rides him, while a colored man guides the plow, Tho elephant is also used for carting largo loads ofgravel.in.a cart arranged purposely for him, and in drawing stone oh a stone boat or drag,In piling up wood,, timber, (to., and in making himself- generally useful/-' ’ ■' . -

O* Wc learn : fr.rtn the Richmond .(lad.) Pdffdifitini, that an unprovoked assault was made npon two American citizens in Ihatciljr list week. The facts of the case are as fol- 1 lows, to-wit; Thera being an unusual- light in the Conti House, two peaceable and respectable Oitizens walked, oyer and mndcinquiry as to the obj'ect of the gathering: whereupon several -men jumped upon them and beat them mnst unmercifully!. It tws a Svg Nicht meeting. , ■ ..

Letter from -St. J Petersburg cays, Dr. Mant, horaa;opiUliic physician to the late Emperor, has left Jtnssia iu great haste and secretly.- He with having too long concealed from ..the august deceased that his I ung ■ was attacked; also with haying himself prepared the molternes destined for.thc Eraperor, instead of baving had themprepaml by k druggist. .Great irritalipn was manifested against him at St. Petersburg; and the. Emperor. Alexander himself.advised him, it is said to leave Bussia. -, : ■/ vv ’ i . :

Ths securities of many of the other specie paying banks ; were already - deemed sufficient, and all the'others have signified their intentionto comply with the requirements of the Auditor immediately.' Tho confidence already inspired to ;tho ability of the specie'paying freo banks of the State to sustain themselves and do'a regular arid successful; business, is nfonifosted by the fact that thetr notes are received on deposit (mil:for all other banking purposes by all the banks in Chicogo. • Ind, Journal,

Total amount distilled, , 11,057,761 • Making 1 bushel distilled to every 531 produced, In Indiana for the same year were produced 52,984,263 ■ Were distilled In Indiana 1,417,900 or 1 bnshel in every 37. - Tlicn throwing away the consumption for the entire United States and suppose that Indiana mustcbnsnme allofherown com, we find that the distilleries only consume 1 bushel, while 36 are otherwise consumed. Destroy the distilleries altogether, and you destroy the market for every 37th bushel of corn; or suppose that corn is 37 cents a bushel, winch is rarely the case- and that the farmer is i compelled to loose entirely the amount for which tho distillery would furnish. Ho in that cose looses the 37lli part of his price or 1 cent on the bushel,

Whenever Ibis unholy- combination of demagogues, and., foreign Roman Catholics, gain the ascendancy, or'even acquire a Urge minority, it will be n sad day for American no American will dare to speak or vote his sentiments,;Tor fear of being assassinated!' Roman' Catholics, many of whom acknowledge allegiance only to the Pope, can be used for almost any purposeby designing me:i— clScc-seekAs end politicians. We are rejoiced to see our Protestant foreign population stand alcof from. this, modern, invention to bnild rip the Roman Catholic hierarchy, in this country.: Many of the best citizens id Swiiseriand county are of foreign descent, and we know,of noocX who would wish to deprive them of the rights they have acquired under our .laws; but we, are most emphatically op pored to any foreigner.becoming a voter in less time than eight or ten years, and no roan who owes anyallegjance to a for eigo potentate should hold any cilice whatever in this country.

[Repotted Expressly for the Reveille. | Heeling or (he Sag Aldus! I Saturday evening last was an evening long I to be remembered in the history of political farce. That w as the lime set for tbc meeting of the Democrats, pood and true. At halfpast 7 o'clock I went to the Court House and found gathered there some 25 or 50 persons, 1 composed of Sag Nicbts, Old Liner: who have not been as yet initialed into the mysteries anc secrets of the Sag Nicbts, and a goodly sprinkling of out-sidets. The meeting (was called, they say, becasse "some one was try- ; ing to beak up the good old Democratic patty." Strange that they have so suddenly found it out. But tbc main obje.'tof the mceliug was to blind the eyes of the people and to shield from their gaze the movements of a few livpd- | critical, canting, broken, down party hacks, who rule the order of Sag Nichts in Ibis place —who come from their council (a make a great noise about doing things openly—but lei me tell you, friends, every article that was brought,before this meeting, was first concocted in tbc Sag Nichl Council, and every article or resolution that may be brought before these meetings, will first find their existence in this council. Out to the meeting. It was called to order by calling Samuel W. I Howard to. the chair. Mr. H. come forward |and begged to be excused, as he had a very ;bad head ache; and hoped they would select | acme ono else more capable of performing the 'duties of that high office than himself; which I request was granted by selecting the Honorable SAMUEL PORTER to the Presidential Chair. He took his place, and addressed the | audience as follows:

Bittaeo, April I". A- returned Californian, Ales-. J. Forbes, this morning shot Michael Shiler. a grocers clerk, on account of the 1st* te’rs’a intimacy with bU wife daring his absence, Forbes fired five times. One* ball only taking oflecL' Thaler, aithongb BeriouBly, is not dangerously wornieo. Forbes expressed bis. regret that he did not kill him, and immediately so rrendered himself to the authorities.' He had examination, and was admitted to bail * : iKOErcsoEscE, Mo., April 18. The Salt Lake mail arrived last eve* ningr Tbfe news is unimportant,; Brigham Ypmigcohtiniiesto act as ‘governor;. • ■■■■■; •

, ; The liquor ;agent of Bangor, Me., fells npliquorexceptona Physician’s certificate. The doctors there.heU a meeting recently, and proposed to refuse to grant a certifier to, even to ;& sick'pcrEob, but the proposition failed. v'.TtWa finally resolved, however to require the same* remuneration for e cert'ficato,.that:they are. accustomed to receive for ordinary prescriptions. ’ ’’ ■ ;

Now to arrive at this loss of one cent on the bushel, com must he 37 cents a bushel, and we must suppose that there would ho no demand whatever for the corn which the distiller consumes. This however, is not correct, for thi distiller produces pork with the com which he distills, some say as much as though com was-not distilled—then say one half as much. Then if the distilleries cease their work there must be a demand for at least one half their com to produce the hogs which they have formerly furnished the markets. This leaves only the loss of o mills per bushel upon the extreme presumption that there could bo no market found cither at home or abroad for the remaining one-half of the com, which the distiller formerly bought.— In Indiana there were made daring the same year, 4,472,074 gallons of whisky. Follow that whisky to the market—follow it into villages and towns and cities —see it going, under the protection of law into abodes of want and partial starvation, paralyzing the arm of industry and brutalizing thp "image of, God," and can any honest farmer suppose that if that whisky had not been made—if the corn which produced it was awaiting a market, and the thousands of husbands and fathers, who are now lost to their families were providing bread for their households, I say, can any one fail to conclude that, if. destitute families were thus provided for, the surplus com would be demanded. Of, or in other words, docs not 3.V gallons of whisky used in a family, keep out , of that family oniinarily 4 bushel of corn meal? If that be true I have the market for all thq com that the distiller bought and hundreds of homes made happy. Now all this without ono hard'word against the distiller or the liquor leller. Nor have I taken at all 'into the account the tax which the fanner pays'oa account of drunkenness in the land. ,

Townsliip Libraries. The last third of the township libraries is now ino process of distribution to the counties, and will shortly be apportioned to the several townships hf the State.— The protracted delhy of; this reception has been a matter of ,deep regret to all; bat it is unnecessary now to go into a detailed account of the caureof it. ; Care will be taken to prevent a like disappointment in future. With this third qf the libraries, will be distributed to each township copies of the State Board Agricultural Reports, also a copy of Barnard’s School Architecture. There will likewise be sent to each County Auditor jifiy copies of tho "Third Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction,” for general distribution, after the Township Boards of Trustees having received h copy. Tne friends of edm a 1 , ion wishing a copy of said report, will please call on their county auditors. Editors throughout the State mil confer a favor by giving this notice a conspicuous position in their columns. CALEB MILLS, ' Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ls'diasapolis, April 18, 1855.

. The English papers announce the death of Mr. Gurney, the eminent short band writer, to whom the British'public lias been indebted for the preservation of so m any important debates. His death calls to mind a famous epitaph in Westminister Abbey, on a brother of the craft: :

This Sag Nicht aider is not only orosetiplive of Americans in its tendency, but persecuting in its spirit; the same spirit is manifested in this organization, that showed itself lathe first settlement of this country. Even here, where the order is not very strong yet, feme of its oath-bound members have threatened to commit acts of violence upon American citizens—because they tell the truth.

Short-band be wrote; bis flowers in prime did fade, And hasty Death short-hand of him hath made. A county court in Louisville, Ky., was recently opened with a procession of dx mothers carrying seven small infants in their arms. The babies were unacknowledged, and hence their appearance in' court to settle the grave question of their p aternity.

1 7 We learn from thu Madison Courier that the traveling agent cf the Sag Niohts called at that city the other day for the purpose of organizing a branch in that city, but finding them already organized, went on to Louisville. The Louisville Courier, of the second day following the departure from Madison, gave an account of the organization of the order in that.city. Who now denies the existence of •.secret political society among the cld lincrsl

Tho, snow on ■ the mountains is veiy deep, : - ;\* ;V . . • . There was no molestation or detention by the Indians; '• The latter, are peacably disposed; and have retnrned tba stock formerly stolen. V : > ( * T: ' , ■ ■ . ; Board*, April 18 The Honse of Representatives, to-day. amended the citizens, borni ont. of the United States," by allowing them* to vote andhold office, when they shall have resided in tbs country twenty-one years. ' Greenfield, Mass., April 18. A.man named Geo. Field, when walking on the Railway track, was ran over by tho train, and instantly killed.

Suicide* The Boston Times says: Tho particulars of tho following tragedy were known' to ns on Friday afternoon, but their relation was delayed until; confirmation 1 was had of all the circumstances. It appears that Mr. George Gillis, of Salem, a yonng man about twenty-five years of age, of good abilities, returned some fifteen months since from California, where he amassed a few ’thousand dollars, which he has lived on since his return. Last snmmcr much.of his time was passed at Hingham in company with his cousin, h young lady of fortune and genius, who received on the score of relationship, but gave him no encouragement to hope far an alliance. Some months since he wrote a letter, theateniug self-destruction if the lady did not consent to unite with him in marriage. A. mutual friend of both parties expostulated with him, and he expressed regret for what he had done, and announced his intention of leaving the country for Valparaiso. On Thursday evening last he visited Cambridge, where tho the young lady resided, and while she was entertaining her friends within - tho report of a pisr tol was hoard and Gillis was found dead on the piaza.' . It may bo justice but to the yonng lady to add, that her reasons for rejecting his suit wore most commendr ablo rn her, though not rebooting in tho slightest opop U» character of the deceased. i

Suicide by Drowning. On Tuesday last, says the Dayton Empire, a yomjg woman named Elizabeth Foglesong. who was residing with Ifcr node, about five miles spnth of-this chy, destroyed her life by frowning. Search being made for her, she was fonnd yesterday in the water, where it was only about two feet deep, lying npon her back, her hands extending out of the water, and her sunbonnet drawn down over her face,— The cause for this melancholy suicide is not exactly known, lot it is toj-poeed that it was “nnreqnitted lore.’ 1 She was "engaged*’ to a young man in (he neighborhood, and there had been an “estrangement" between them. The difficulty, however, had been adjusted, but it is presained the matter preyed npon her spirits, and caused her to commit the rash act. A post mortem examination was not made. We leam that ter parents reside neat Pern, Indiana.’

Murder. ¶ We learn, from the Sullivan Democrat, that on Monday, the 9th inst., about sundown, a man named Stephen Pitts was killed by one David Honnell, in New Brunswick, Clay county, Ind. The circumstances attending the killing we understand to be as follows:—Honnell was disputing with some one about a debt, when becoming excited he seized a broad axe, and rushed at the pearson [person] with whom he was disputing. Pitts, who was standing by and not a party to the dispute, intercepted him, and took the axe from his possession; this so enraged Honoell [Honnell} that he seized a club and beat him to death, Pitts, we are told, had a brother killed in an affray, about a year ago, very near the same place. ¶ Honnell made his escape. A reward of fifty dollrs [dollars] is offered for his apprehension. He is described as below medium size, thick set, black hair, keen black eyes, spare, bony face, with high cheek bones, and is about thirty-five years old.

Child-Killed. —On tho Ohio anil Mississippi ilailroad, a child, two or three years old, was nm over and killed, near Bntlerville, a short time aipcc. A bojj 14 years old, was walking on the track, with tho child in his arms. He was warned by tho whistle to leave tho track, hni did not do so, until the cars wore in ft few feet of him, when he dropped the child and jumped from tho track in time to save himself.

.Alfalfa. —This plant, sometimes called Peruvian clover, is beginning to bo appreciated in California. It can be cat several times a year, and afford a very heavy crop. In deep soil, tho roots pen* strata so far that drouth, like ordinary grass or-English clover. It should be cultivated here for soiling cattle. , (Kr'.Wty is a chairmaker like a school; master" Kfw ho I'anes bottenis.-

But wo have always had a bettor market for our com at home than the distilleries furnished, and I have the testimony. I once saw a series of experiments of producing pork from corn, in tho t)hio Cultivator. I have not that paper at command now, bat-if Say one, disputes the correctness of what I report,, the paper can be obtained. 'The experiments prove that by careful fading one pound of pork

C£r Senator Bright (acting Vice-Presi* dent)left.Kew Vora city a few.days since, in company; with his brother and a few friends, on a visit to Korwiob, .Chenango coenty, N. Y., the piece of His nativity, which ho has not visited siuoo he left theft if (he 8go of four years,

Penet Dufour was on hand as 1 usualdrilh a pocket full of resolutions.. Penci ls some pumpkins m doing things openly. He moved that a committee of five be appolntcd'to draft and ir.cles the gr^ipmcatiof

; Tho Secretary of the Treasury, under date of March 24, asknowlodgas the rereceipt of $376 in an envelope marked ‘‘ertfer-paid.*’

"Gentlemen and Fellow Democrats—ahem —of Switzerland county, ahem. It gives me pleasure to return my thanks to you, ahem—for catling me to this chair. I say I ara happy in being able to meet with you on this occa- [ sion. My Dtmieralic friends, never in my life I have I experienced such high emotions of joy ! ■ as in being called upon to preside over this i [ meeting. 1 say never in my—ahem—my li(o has my breast swelled with such proud emotions of joy than in being called to All this high station. This meeting, friends, is nothing more than ad old fashioned Dimoeralic meeting, where we meet to discuss openly our true principles. I do feel proud in announcing to you this evening that the object of this meeting as fat as I can understand is to show that there is a ft a of us left yet, for the purpose of devising some means of organizing ourselves into a kind of society for the purpose of keeping alive the fire of pure Dimoc* racy." After the President took his chair a Vice President. SecteUty, Corresponding Secretary and committees of Vigilanci and Finace were chosen. "■ - ' ■ ■■ ■ /' • V