Weekly Reveille, Volume 39, Number 17, Vevay, Switzerland County, 23 April 1856 — Page 2

Washington Matters.

[Writteh for It4 Reveille temperance Meetings.

[Written forth* Kctclllc. IOWA AS IT IS.

beginning have recognized- all grogshops as nuisances, anti have made the vernier of anient spirits liable fur his own trans: gross ions. 1110/ roust have been more just than common - men’, or they would ,not at first have secured the property rights of the wife, and made her the joint guardian, with herhnBband, of her chil* dren. They must have been , men more humane than common, or they would not have secured the homestead to the family. These 1 good laws have led those of other States who wish to be, wise, just, and hu* mane, to. become the dwellers of this fair laud. •'Hence I hesitate not to say that it hi the most moral !and piogrcssive, as well as the_ best improved- State of its age.’ ‘ ' ; ' ■ v '-- . Leo, KAiETxk coc.'rrr, Iowa;

Congressional Proceedings.

Washington, April 17. . Senate. —The Committo on Commerce was directed to inquire into the--Coply trade and report the propriety of prohibiting it, or extending to the vessels engaged in it, (be provisions of the passenger act. | Thp Bounty Land Bill.was discussed without action. Adjourned, House. —>Thc Senate Fortification Bill was tabled, having improperly originated ill (hat body. : , The. Deficiency* Bill was then debated until an adjournment. Washington, April 18.

. Washikgton, April 18. The President contemplates leaving "Washington to-day, in company with the Secretary of the N'avy, for Annapolis, to see the steamer Merrimac, where they will be joined on Saturday by several members of Congress. The two treaties for the benefit of the Indian tribes in Michigan, recently ratified by the Senate, males provision-fur ibeir occupation of lands in that Slate, and direct attention to be given to their moral and industrial improvement. . The treaty with, certain Indian tribes in Now Mexico, likewise ratified recently, proposes to concentrate them apart from the injurious inflqaoco* of the whites, and encourage them - in the pursuit* of: the arts of peace and'civilisation. : - Among the official document* ieceived from Oregon, is a letter from JceJ Palmcr, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, who; confiiming the statements of Gov. Corry,. says the present difficulties in Southern Oregon ate wholly owing to the acts of the whites, adding that the Indians bad been'driven to desperation by acts of cruelty against their people. Treat its have been violated, and acta of barbarity committed by those claiming to bo citizens, that disgrace .the most barbarous nations of the earth. If none but those who perpetrated such acts were to be aflliclcd by this war,we might look upon it with indifference, but ubhappily this is not (bo case:

Mr. Waldo:— Will yon please to give no\icc of the following appointments made ly. the Committee, appointed byMlie Temperance Convention, in fulfilment of their duties for the month: of May. *.

Mn. Editor:— 1 The immigrant must not come here, as many do, expecting to find first rale land,, with timber and water: all spread out before him near some city or town for $1.25 per acre; it is not to be had. He ..must, not .come,"expecting to find Iowa a desolate, dreary, uncultivated waste, with here and there a green spot, inhabited W'pioneers'living in log cabms -anil- just, merging into ciyilzation; neither must he come expecting to lire at ease,’ enjoying the luxuries-'of life and health rolling in’upon him without any I exei tion, A hpme can be by tbe poorest, with.prudence and .economy.— No place in . the world can offbr greft!er inducements to the Immigrant than Iowa’; bnfhe nmst look at it as‘it ls.\ No fancied sketch must weave around his iiuag r ination; ho may fancy Iowa a garden, and . roaming .over its prairies gather flowers from its rich soil; but it will never make him rich, nor. crpate for him a happy .home,, without toil and labor. ■ .There are yet large, bodies of land - subject to entry at government price, but there is none in Fayette county.' Go where yon may, westward or northward, and the boundless prairie is spread out before you, dolled here and there .with its giov w audit* rivers, ikirted w Wy timber, aijd you find no diminution in beauty or richness of soil. It is trite men canjive with less labor than in the older Slates; the soil usmuch easier1.1 led; he can make himself a libmo sooner, and far more easily ’than those who purchase land, in noithcni Xew* York, ])hio, Kentucky; and Indiana.’ Hoiv niany are'there in those States who * harir toiled for years to cut away, the thnber ond burn it; expending on ah average' 810 or 812 an acre before the plow can enter the laud, and then lw used with' great difficulty among the slumps,, roots atid.rocks; and how ninny fanners are there nbw,rin.thbM::S(atcs. going down to lltc grave in .the'meridian of 'life’.with a worn, out nnd'brokcn constitution! .Compare the now se ttlement of those States with a settlement .in Iowa. Mere the immigrant enters 'upon'Iris land, pcriiapi at government pribc, 81,25 per acre; or, if lie pays ,85, of jeven 810; per acre, he finds It free from'alt. obstacles in making a faun. For the sum of §3.pcr acre, the prairie is broken up, ami often corn is planted tlni.first year by striking the axe into the turf and dropping the corn, which 'yields 15 Ip 25 bushels per acre. - This is called sod corn. The .second year the liirf as . rotten, the ground easily tilled, and thehiisbandmniiVlubor.s are crowned'with - success. It is considered.best to break the ground as shallow as jwsible/ or only to cut a*, sufficient depth to turn over tKe roots of grass, the soil :tmdor it being very looye, and the thinner tlie sod the sooner it will rot.-— Often the farmer sends his hoys to drop corn along every third or fourth furrow, (it being a lad ley way); copi is tlma producedWith no Anther care; yielding 30 bushels to the acre.

Verity, Wednesday, April 23, ;I856.

These appointments arc.to be kept, up for at least six mouths, monthly, with , a change of : lecturers each lime, and ns many other speakers as wc can obtain, Ip promote this glorious enlcrprize. As some’ may be disposed to find fault at orir occupancy of the school houses for Such a purpose; Twill inform all such that the hoard of Township Trustees adopted a resolution that the school houses should! he open for all lectures or debates for the promotion ■ of Education, Temperance or bill: not - for .'■shows” of any kind; and tlicy”are all under the control of the board, excepting one, * ... 3 In Vcvay. at lire Methodist Church, on Monday, May 12, by ftev. J. C. Bonbam. At Stone School House (near PhilipGolays) on Tuesday May 13, by II. N. Lamb, Kscj. Krcdunia School House (Tapp’s RiJgp) Wednesday May 14, by Rev. T. H. Si e wart. y t Joflerion Church, Thursday May 15, Rev. Wm. Slone. . : ; ■? Phillips’ School House,;Friday May 16, Rev; II. II. Sparks. ' . , - {laptisl Chmcb,Ceiilpr Square, Saturday May IT, Iltv. A. 0. Perkinr, - f Jacksonville School House, Monday May 19, Kev. Hiram TVasbn.

Senate —On motion of Mr. Seward, a resolution was adopted directing tbe Committee on Post Offices to inquire into the expediency of establishing a uniform fate of postage throughout, the United States. -

"OUR FLAG IS-THERE.’*

Pflr Pmldtntl MILL A It I) 1MLLMOUL1, or naw-roSK.

For Vice Prtaldttu t A N D Hit W J.DOMJI.S O X, OP TtXM^SEf.,

Ou motion of Mr. Summer, a resolution was. adopted instructing the Committee on Patents to consider the expediency of amending the patent laws so far ns to allow the inhabitants of the neighboring British provinces to enjoy the benefits of those laws on an equal footing, in all respects, with the citizens of the United States.

(£r The Stale ’ Sentind contains the official proceedings.of the democratic Suite central committee, convened at Indianapolis, on'Wednesday, to consider and act in'reference to the eligibility of John C. Walker, candidate on the old line ticket for Lieutenant governor. We have no room for anything but results, and these in a few words* The committee asked Mr. Walker to resign the candidacy, which he did after a night's reflection and in:view of the Tact that a request to resign. was tantamount to; an ejection.— The cdmmitleo then nominated Judge A. A. Honimond, a two year old democrat, grafted on a whig slock some 35 years old,. Hantnjond is from [Virgo; in ’52 he was a rampant GfcncraljStotl man, extremely fond. of soup.. Wc understand the whigs of Vigo did not appreciate him properly—would hot elect Inin to fomc county office,.;which, so-chagrined pur whig-democratic candidate fur Lieutenant Governor that Im wenl to California! thcncc'into the ringed, streaked and speckled democratic party of Indiana of 1854, The Sentind assures ihc woild that the "best feeling scorned to pervade the democracy on tlie announcement of this result.”. This whittles down tlie democracy to a[ fine point. _ Not more. than two dozen could havc lenrned (he remit at the time the Sentind went to.press. . ■■ The nomination of a two year old democrat’who “.was an old whig,” is another evidence of the demoralization of the piriy by. the infusion of the “old. whigs.”—■ In Cincinnati,.0., n candidate for nomination by the dimiocruty ton rcponsiblo office is sworn, first, that he is a demoerat; then that he never ; was anything else; and, lastly, that:he never-will be anything clse.' ; This is slated to show the difference in the action of the old line party In the two Slates—not that we would have any swearing adopted by the Indiana democrats; these have sins enough to answer for without the addition of perjury. Hayings wallowed everything else, it is not lo he supposed they would refuse to swear whatever might be proposed, in the hope of enjoying the emoluments of office. —Jfadisbn Cvurter. i

FILLMORE.—“The foundation of my preference U that Me. Mutxoa* haa administered the R«ca lire GoveRimefat with tip Ml wecet, miid ability.— Re bet teen tried and found tick, rimirvt, uosaai and coaauiirnovt. 1 '—HKXKV CLAY.

DOWELSOJf.—“I bequeath to my well beloved nephew, Annacw jiriHj* Doaiuo*. *on of Samuel Dootbon, deceased. the depart a*urd presented to roe by the Stale of Tennessee, with Ihlt injunliocn. that he fill not to Die ll when ncceuarv in cupport and protection of onr glorious Union, and for the protection of the rhnatllutloaal rijhU of our beloved country, ihould they be awaited by foreign, or do* mettle trait on. This bequeath h midp m a memeata of ray high regard, affection and esteem which 1 bear to 1dm m * mcu-xtaoco. tioxcar and ■oaoaaait ma—ASDB£\y JACKSON.

The bill authorizing and facilitating tho cons.ruction of a railroad and telegraph tine, to the. Pacific from the Mississippi, was considered.

Mr. . Weller maintained the constitutional power to construct military and.other roads through the territories of the United States. Congress frequently made appropriations of land forsuch purposes. Three hundred and forty thousand dollars, have been expended to procure reports and surveys, which show that there are. three or fpur practicable railroad routes to the pacific. Ho had no preference for either of them. His main desire was to obtain the construction of a road from which branches would cminate as the necessities of commerce demand. . , ' The committee having ; the subject in charge, pioposeihal the Secretary of War tlie Secretary of the Interior and the Post Master General shall advertise for bids with authority under the direction of the .President, to select the most favorable one ■according to his calculation. The money invested oh such a work, would yield thirteen per cent, per annum, estimating 0,000 passengers going, both ways. , The decrease in the time employed in travel, will bo a saving of more; than eleven millions of dollars a year.— He showed the great minora! and industrial wealth of California ;nnd the ex leubivc area of the Pacific Coast, arguing the pressing necessity for such a road fur the purpose of commerce as well as for the maintenance of the Union,

■ The Senate to-Jay ratified the treaty with the Stockbridgc Indians, A letter from California slate* that the Democratic delegates to the Cincinnati Convention oro instructed, in addition to supporting Buchanan for the Presidency, to urge the nomination of Dr. Gwynnfot Vice President. .

AMERICANS, ATTENTION.

Sclioonover’s jScliooI House, Tuesday May 20, George McCiillook. ■ -0 Mount Sterling M: .E. Church, Wet! need ay May 21,Jo1in Dumotil, Esq. School. Uoiise'(riear Nash's). Thursday May 22, U’m. Norlhcotl, Esq. -| School House^uesr'Percy Nous's) Friday May 2.1—H«1|th Colton, Esq. • y Hrick School House.tnuai’>Vm. Shaw's) on Saturday May .23, Res*. J.;G. C ha fee. ■ GEO.lMcCULLOCK; Choirmau. / ’ ■ 1 p -fc

By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that there is to bo a meeting of the County-Council of the American Party of Switzerland county, at Mt. Sterling, on Sntimlay nc\t. .

Every Council ill tbo County should send as many delegates as possible, as there will be business of great importance brought before tbo .Council. Turn out, Americans, and let us again have every Council in the county lit up by .tbo light of the, patriotism of the American party.

Nkw York, April 2J. News by the Africa iVnotof ranch importance. The Lv S. Mediterranean squadron was about to cruise off the Spanish coast. The Conference held one or two informal meetings, to settle details, . . ■ The Africa brings about one.bund red passengers. ' The following from Lloyd’s list may have reference to the Pacific. . KiarnEiiKAn. March 24,.

No IIoi’Es of tiie Paciiic."! lard ly. rui]! .hopes arc now;eutcrtainoJ that thp fate of the United States mail steamship cificwill ever be precisely known. ‘. While there'appearedj a bare probability ot her safety wo refrained from giving her up as

A VALUABLE BOOK.

Parley's - Pakoraua, or CuiliObiriEs op Nature akd Anr. Mr. Luther Hughes is now canvassing this county soliciting subscribers for the above entitled boob. The work contains 600 largo royal octavo pages, double column, printed on good white paper, plain type, and strongly bound in Lather. It is embellished with 500 engravings;- and

K«t. But over ninety dnya liavc now elapsed since she set out uponher.yoyage t) Now- York, and during that period no tidings of her have been received. This time greatly exceeds the longer-t voyages of jacket ships tins season of the year, with one or two .exceptions. One '.vessel it is true, was 125 days on the way frOm Glasgow to New York; but this fact can afford no grounds for the belief (hat the Pacific is yet afloat. Besides, if* she; wap yet above water, with 1?6 persons oil board, the horrors of starvation must soon set in upon her. Her. owners considered her loss as certain; oud only those who have friends or relatives on Loan!; persist iu hoping against hone. Mrs. El-, dridge, the wife of-the captain docs not despair; she says that her husband will yet return. Would ihat'it might be so, but we fear tbs expectation is fallacious.

The Shipwoith arrived' here from off New Foimdlnud coast, fcdie fell in with ice 200 miles tUstaiit from land, and saw the lights' of.a stcainer in the ire.

" The abovo vessel left ,S|. Johns, N'.’li,. on the Dth.

v Nows from tbe Crimea report that 1 ft* men wet a burned to death in some wooden. Huts on the slope aboie Kui.icLer, omipi--cd by tbe.commissary depot. Nuihingoliu of importance bad transput!, -

a Btylograpbtc Chart accompanies each book, exhibiting ' the manners, customs, etc..'of variou* nations and countries, Haring examined the wotk, we can confidently rccbminendjitto all our friends as a. book ;w|ll worth purchasing. It will prove interest itag to persons of every sex, ago and condition; but it is especially adapted to tbu entertainment and instruction of. tbs young. As it is sold only by subscription, all those in need of a good book should purchase a copy,of Mr? Hughes, the authorized agent for Switzerland county.

Mr. Seward then had the floor, hut (lie bill, was postponed to the 29lli in>(.' V. / Sixteen private bills wore thenpassed and the Senate adjonnicd until Monday.

Arrival of the Africa. ■ . ■ New Voisk, April 19. TlWAfri'*!! has arrived with Liverpool 1 dales to flio nth. j. TliLMicivs of signing the hcNty was received, at St, Poteisbnrg with extraordinary iltnions r itions of-joy. The cdhfeiem4 was still engaged on certain details of thetreatv.

; Uucse— Mr. Haven liulnnitted. two letters addressed hy tho Secretary of iho Navy to Mr. Benson* Chairman of the Committee on 'Naval A flairs, in wldch Mr. Dobbins invites tho members . (if Cpngt css to visit tho new stoaai frigate Merriiuae, at Annapolis, saying that the Pi trident and binisclf expected to lcavc’Wa?h* ington for that city this aftenlonn,nnd nwait the arrival of the morning train be* fore going oh board tho steamer. : . On motion, of iln'Washbuni.: of Illinois, it was rcsolvedlhal whftn the House, adjourns it bo until Monday, next;', - .The ComVnitleo, on Elections reported against Bird B. Chapman’s retaining his scat as Delegate from Nebraskn v and fa-, voringHerman IVBonnet, The House then spent several hours on the Deficiency Bill, but, without coming to any conclusion, adjourned. ‘ ‘

.Fillmore in Middle Tennessee.—A correspondent of the Memphis Eagle, writing from the comity scat of one of the western conn lies of Middle Tennessee, says; (

■The Conference would not probably close if* labors fur a month. ' A, vessel iititveil in fipu'n front NewfoumUamb reporting having H*en ice otthe banks 20U miles fioui shore. SI fa also saw a steamer’s canteens imbedded in llio ice.

A Seasonable Medicine.

X3T A Bill is before Ibe United Slates Senate, which if made a law, will work sb important refprm in onr umall current coins, and break up the absurd system of

It ts a we.ll .known Fact that during, the spring and fait such changes in the human system occur as to lender a valuable medicine necessary to restore the disturbed bathpee of the combined organs of the'body. To /effect this desirable purpose .we know of no other remedy equal in efficacy to Hurley's Sarsaparilla. As a purifier of the blood its powers are unsurpassed, and extensive experience proves it a teal blessing to suffer! og-humamly,-we therefore can conscieuliously'recommend this specific to persons of either sex, and every, ogeiand with the full assurance they; will htjeaf--ter thank ns Tor the advice.— N. 0. Delta. :

“Wo arc all Fillmore men up here. —• Besides llic old Wings, them arc several. Democrats who did not support him-be-fore, who are for him now. , One said the other day, ‘he didn’t f cc how any man could vote against Mrl Fillmore, now that'ho had been tried once j and proved to bo the peoples President ' This man, with three sons, voted against Fillmore before, hut will now with five sons, vote for him.. He docs not belong to the American parly, and has ttcvjer vpM an American or a Whig ticket. [ L$bk oiit for a mighty, ‘tattling of dry bones',up in this region y'jv ,

- The advices from Markhett.'r are mom favorable. The weather has. been favorable for agricultural. purposes’.

baying and selling by tlio shilling and six-pence worth. The bill reduces-the Jegal value of Spanish and Mexican quarters. eighths and sixteenths of a dollar to twenty, ten-and five cents, and also provides for si new cent', pinch smaller than the present one. The silver coins named are to be sent to (he Mint as fast as they get into the government's hands.' Under this.law the pence system 1 would soon be among the follies of the post, and onr cur-

As.I" have before strid, the next season the sod is rotten, arid the ground in prime order' for wheat/ In the meantime the immigrant encloses his fieldp either with sawed -lumber or mils, as circumstances will permit, erects his.dwelling, and begins his’ | "Life bn Hie prairie green, , ■ .V home on waste!'’ The soil is ready to till, and but few weeds grow for the first two or three years. Corn is often planted and grown without, using; the hoe, (Doctor Covered his corn last year with the' harrow);/the horse and plpw do'the cultivating.;; •How often has the thought passed through my ; unnd, while rambling over these .fertile plains,-of the thousands of human beings that are now cooped up in Philadelphia, and other largo eitiosi nevor 1 1 sve even been permitted pure air: how, think . you, wonld'they fee!, could they be token up out of (hose narrow dark streets in Philadelphia and plated'here among the dowers that grow on this vast prairie? Oh, what happiness could be offered to the starving millions of the old world, could the ill-gotten treasures of tyrants bis converted to their use, and till uncultivated wastes that now are only kept for the use of a few, wandering tribes of were made the abodes of civilized men! ■

- * St. Locis, April 18. The American State Council has nominated the following ticket: Governor—Gen. R C. Ewing. Lt. Gov. —Win, Newland, Sec. of Slata—T. A; Harris. Reg. of Land Office—T. A. b'lekler. Auditor—S~M. Grant.

The. Southern: MaU.. I /-Baltimore, 1 April 18. Few Orleans papers; of. Saturday-have been received.; T /rhey contain'Vera Cruz dates to the 8th inst.. ' • . The country.was still in ,an;unsettled condition, although the Insurgents had been defeated at Puebla.,

This wonderful medicine has created quite a sensation throughout 'the- country, and is largely used io purify the blood, and inrtg-j orate the Tbidbaud, wholesale agent in this place will fill all orders with dis-, patch, and on. reasonable terms.. . - /

The Ciscisati Cosvextiok ForestalLed. —The N. Y; Herald’s .‘Washington correspondent gives tlto following, which, if carried but, will leave the Northern members of tho Convcntioa but'littlc

Official from Nicaragua. ‘WAfimsoTOS; April 18. ; Despatches from Col. Wheeler to the government, mention that Col. Schieiingor T s retreat.was not the result of a defeat by tho Coata Ricans, bat a stroke of successful policy superinduced by the large and overwhelming iforce of the enemy.

rency assume; its true decimal character. The outlawed coins would be bought up by the silver smiths or go to the mint for re-coinsge, and in a twelve month they ■ would be almost out of circulation.

(Kr John How, who has been elected Mayor of St. Louis, is a Benton Demo* crat, who opposed the'repeal of the Mis-' soari Compromise, and who declared nublicly that he would not pledcgo himself to support the nominee of the nati Convention.. He was elected Mayor by a majority of 2500 over, all olhars,' and his friends have carried eight of the ten wards of I he cily, ' SST The sum of 8175,000 has beeJ subscribed in Covington - iTo 'iber bajld i of the bridge, over the Chid. This dudes the city subscription of $100,000. As soon as 8300,000 of the stock is taken, U is the.plirpose of the Directors to begin the work and urge it on to a sueedy completion.

In consequence of the clergy having been the principal fermenters of lho disturbance the; Gbvernmeht has issued an

do in nominating^President:. . ‘ " A secret cirdHpas been sent to the leading Southern States proposing a union of all the Southern delegates to the National Convention, before leaving for Cincinnati, upon-one man as their candidate for the Presidency. It is-urged that such a step is necessary under the present state of things; for Southern security against Northern fanaticism, and that the safety of the South consists in the choice of some person for the Presidency on whom they can with certainly rely.

widict forfeiting the property or the church- ■ The edict is very,- severe against’ any person who may conceal or aggiiit the cler-* gy.in concealing, the propercy^orfeited,; The Biabop of Puebla refund to doliyerthe books containing sUlemebts and accounts of the property of the - church; thereupon the officers in that city proceeded to enforce the surrender, and repaired to the Episcopal palace accompanied by troops. , On reaching the gates, a notice, was found posted in whieh the Bishop declared all who assisted In the enforcement of the Government decree to be excommu-* nicated. Notwithstanding this, the Government officials proceeded to taka possession of the property.

(KT Fruit growers should be particularly careful this year in ipakingpurchase flf peach, plumb, damson; pear and apricot trees, as (he past winter has treated these varieties very harshly, killing the bud, if not the stalk of the tree. An easy mode of testing whether the tree has vitality in it or not, is by cutting off a twig near (bo bud, If the wood thus exposed presents a dark brown color, and snaps 4s it half seasoned, the tree, if not dead, i6 not worth planting. If, on the other hand, the wood is of a yellowish green color, the tree will, ten chances to one, live and hear - fruit.

Ravages of the Cholera.

New York, April IS. A letter from Pernambuco, dated Man h 15th, states that the cholera was raging there to a fearful extent; twenty-one hundred persons having died., ] The Brazillian steamer' Marquis Dei* chinde was lately near Rio Janeiro.

New Yobk, April lB. The schooner SearsviHo arrived to-day from Trinidad port, Spain,' bringing a cargo of old guns, &c., raised by tne Submarine Diving Co. from the wrecks of Spanish war vessels sunk near that place in 1797.

Suspended Basks.' —The Auditor of Stale advertises that the following banks have been put into liquidation, they having foiled to comply with the amended law, and that their notes .must he presented for redemption before the 1st of Octo* ler, 1856, that,their affairs may be finally closed up:—Traders* Bank, at Nashville; Elkhart County Bank; Bank of Connersville; Bank of Attica; State Stock Bank' of Indiana, at Peru; Wabash Valley Bank; Bank of America, at Morocco; Bonk of Albany; Bank of Bridgeport; Laurel Bank; Orange bank; Green County Bank; Atlantic Bank; Bank of T. Wadsworth; Traders’ Bank, at Terra Haute; Drover’s Bank, at Horae; Farmers’ Bank, at Jasper; N. Y. Slock Bank, Vincennes; Plymouth Bank.

Despatches from Mr. Dallas.

(Kr On the 12th inst., an American convention was held at Vincennes. The daztlic says it was the largest meeting ever held in that place. Nominations for county offices were made, resolutions ad»pted, speeches delivered, and Fill more and Andrew Jackson Donclson endorsed.

• Washington, April 18. Tho State Department have despatches from Mr. Dallas, in which he says that tho subject of the differences between England and the United States will be fnlly discussed in Parliament. ;

(£T Next Thursday, May 1st, the Ptople’i Convention comes off at Indlaoap oils. Switzer! ahdeounty should he fully represented in that Convention. The Madison Railroad carries delegates at half the usual rates.

New OaLEAXa, April 19. D. C. Labette, lato city attorney, is a. defaulter to the amount of $300,000. The steamer S, F. Trabiie was burned at the wbarf opposite this city; amount unknown.

The onward progress of the Anglo Saxon race will soon open these vast resources for the benefit of man, and wo believe that many of us now upon the stage of action will tee these fertile vales teeming with their ten thousand flocks, and hear from the happy cottages the general aulhem of thanksgiving and praise amid these beautiful glens and dales, until the prolonged nolo shall sigh upon the Rocky Mountain’s top and the echo bo beard along the shores of the Pacific Ocean.

He is Ted to believe that the discussion will not bo devoid of acrimony towards this country, but is prepared to bear it with philosophy. Ho mentions, with particulars, the numerous acts of marked courtesy extended to him, including those from tho members of tho,Cabinet, and regards these manifestations as expressions of a peaceable disposition towards the country.

Chicago, April 19.

Heavv Damages. —In the case of Mrs. Hunnecut Vs Sara. Cassel, recently tried at Richmond, in : this State, the plaintiff recovered one thousand dollars damages of defendant for selling whisky to her husband. We have no doubt the verdict is a righteous one.

Nearly half a million bushels of corn arrived hero yesterday and day before from places situated on the Indiana-an! Michigan canal. ' i

OiT The Switzerland County Bible Society have jmt received a large supply of Bibles and Testaments. Also.j German Testaments. ’

A g&ocral attendance of the members'of Vbvay Couhpil, A, P., is requested on to-morrow evening. "Eternal vigi-, lance ia the price of liberty,"

Baltxhohe, April 19.

The Rivals.*— Tho Democratic and Black republican journals are vicing with each other in applying opprobrious epithets to tho National American ticket.— This alliance of extremes can have, we are sure, no other effect than the organization of all the conservative and moderate, national men of the Union to Us support. They, whatever may bo their parly predilections, will not sbo honest and patriotic statesmen crucified by ullraists of any section, because they • refuse to cater to their sectional views.— ]V7>crUn<f Ga:t(lt .

At Augusta, Ga., the. Americana havo elected the Mayor and nine out of twelve council men. ■*

Short Sugar Chop. —All, of the interior Louisiana papers arfe complaining of the crops. Wo gave some extracts recently. Many of the planters, it is said will not make sugar enough for next year’s seeding.

Pittsburg, April 18.

Wm. A. Grcatrake, convicted of seduction under promise of marriage, of Miss Mary 8. Murray, a young woman employed as compositor in one of the daily paper* of this city, was to-day sentenced to two! years imprisonment in the Western State Penitentiary.

I must slop hero to correct an erroneous idea our friends East and 6outh have of Iowa. They ask, "But the people? What of the people? What are they?" Shall I say what I think? "Tho people are tho strong, earnest, energetic, rightthinking and right-feeling people of the land. Its founders must have been wiser than most men, or the? would not in the

jPfy~The editor of the Putnam County Banner says: "No reasonable objection can be urged against the policy of building np a city within our own borders in preference to centering everything at Cincinnati. Wo have long thought that Indianapolis, Madison and New Albany should receive a larger portion of the patronage of the retail merchants of. Da-; diaiift than they hsvo heretofore."

, '• Attend the Bible Society meeting at the Presbyterian Charch next Sunday evening.

(Kr The wheat crop in Virginia looks particularly thrifty, and stands well upon thigroand.

OiT The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church meets at Indianapolis on the first day of May. One delegate for every 21 traveling ministers will make'aboul 240 delegates that will be in attendance.

• Toronto, April 18. In Parliament, yesterday morning, tho seat of government was fixed at Quebec.

,■. /Sfr'ThT'Acadia'sugar plantation was iwtd it New Orleans a few days since for 0.

Sentence of Mr. Greatrake.