The Availability of the Cincinnati Can didates. lhiehauaii's nomination does not takoas was expected. His friends supposed that his name would combine every shade of opinion, from the nio.-t decided freesoilisin to ihegiiost ultra slave propngaiidisni, in his support. The most intractable bolter of bygone days would, it was anticipated, return to the fold, and a gen eral era of good feeling would follow the an nouncement that the veteran politician had been placed at the head of the democratic ticket. Put the plan, after all, does not. work. lhi ehauaii's antecedents are against him. llic peculiar friends who have been most instru mental in engineering his nomination will dam age him. His associate on the ticket, Mr. Prcckcnridge, will damage him. And last, not least, the platform upon which lie runs ought to finish him. We need not refer to the notorious fact that (Jen. .Jack-on and Mr. Polk, while Presidents, expressed in uimiistnkcable terms their utter want of confidence in him, and their convic tion of his infidelity to democratic principles, The opinion which the former had of Pachau -1111 may be obtained from his surviving and most intimate associates ; and those who de sire Polks, may consult the manuscript diary which he has left, and which records the im pressions of every day of his Administration. Indeed we have heard that tlie only reason it is not published, is the severe reflections it contains upon Mr. Puehanan, Secretary of State under President Polk. Mr. Puehanan has spent many years in pub lic service, and though timid and time-serving to a fault, has, under the malign influence of associates whom he had not the courage to re sist, committed political errors which even the most reckless might hesitate to fa<*e. To go no further back than the last four years, were the patriotic sensibilities of our countrymen abroad ever more justly shocked than by the disrepute into which the American legation fell, while he was our minister to St. James 'i Was there ever before a representative of this government abroad who would wink at the abuses which are charged upon his subor inates in oilicc, when the government dispatch bags and the seal of the American Legation was used to give circulation to incendiary and republican appeals to the revolutionists of Europe. Then look at our minister, against his deli berate judgment, dragged to the conference at Ostein.!, and putting his name to that piratical manifesto which has so disgraced us in the eyes of the world—a manifesto which recom mends that if Spuin refuses to sell the island of Cuba, we should "wrest" it from her.— When we consider, too, that the foreign policy resolutions of the Cincinnati Convention, of which Sonic was the advocate and author, em body the recommendations of the Ostend man ifesto, and that their inevitable result will be to plunge this country into an unnecessary and wicked war, ruinous to the material and moral interests of the nation, what shall be said of the conservative, ' safe" tendencies of the candidate who stands pledged to carry them out? llerc is a man who, in his youth wore his throat raw in execrating a war which a majority of the people now believe that we could not avoid, and who now, when the snows of seventy years have whitened his head, stim ulates his countrymen to a war of aggression which, for its purposes and consequences, must be abhorrent to every Christian and patriotic man. ft cannot be that the sober sense of the North will sanction such reckless infatua tion. They will not follow Buchanan in com plying with a policy the only motive for the adoption of which is to satisfy the demands of the slauery propagandists, and the political exigencies of such mca : s Sonic, Saunders and Sickles. If again we look at that portion of Buchan an's platform which relates to domestic af fairs, we find it, equally objectionable. We find it, in effect, an assertion of the ultra-sou thern doctrine of •'popular sovereignty," which forbids either the National Congress or the settlers of a territory to exclude slavery from it, and whi h places that local and anti-repub lican institution under federal protection, in whatever territory it may be carried, and des pite of the prohibitory enactments of its leg islature. Is it likely that northern freemen who sympathise with their suffering kinsmen and friends who have emigrated to Kansas, ami are now si niggling at the peril of life it self to establish the interests of free institu tions and free labor there, will sanction this? In regard to Breekenridge, the candidate for the Vice-Presidency, his encounter with Mr. Cutting is fresh in the minds of every one. What Douglas did for the Nebraska bill in the Senate, ho did in the House. He bullied it through ; and, in performing his task, began that series of porstiuilitics and violence which has so disgracefully culminated in the recent ruffianly achievement of Brooks. He may be n democrat, but, if so, he is a democrat of a pattern which cannot deserve the sanction of men imbued with northern civilization or genu inc democracy.— Ereniitt* Vt>*t. Will. BIVIIAXAX CARRY PKXXSYJ.VA.XIA.— This may be considered by the jubilant Buchan an men as a singular question, espe< ially in view of the extraordinary pr mi'ses male at Cincinnati. We know that Pennsylvania is set down as sure for Buchanan, at a very high figure, and we do not doubt that his friends believe all that they say, and expect to make good all that they have promised. But all sanguine men are liable to error, and their exultation at their success in the nomination, has somewhat bewildered their faculties, and prevented them for the time being from exer eising a eool and dispassionate jud-riucut.— They will probably think us far astray when we say, in all candor, that we lank their chan ces of carrying Pennsylvania or any other Northern State, very slender. We do not ex pect to convince them of their error, nor do we care to do so. Confidence leads to care lessness, and we may profit by it. Neverthe less, we say to them and to the country, that If the opposition to Buchanan and the pro slavcrv platform, in this State, can be cordial ly united, Mr. Buchanan will he beaten in bl own State. And we say further, that no honorable moans will be left untried to bring about such a union, for which there is a daily increasing desiro among the people. There is a union already on tlie State ticket, and there arc sound reasons for believing that this anion will be extended to the Presidential can vass. We therefore suv to our friends in oth er States, that we in Pennsylvania are for un ion for freedom and for victory, and that we by no means give up the old Keystone as hope less. So far from this, we have never wit nosed more buoyancy of spirit, more keen ness lor the cont'd t, more spirit of union and harmony, or more resolution to win a glorion victory l>y dc orving it, in 1 he opposition ranks, ■ Inn at t his an mien!. The friends of Mr. P :ci anau at Cincinnati boldly asserted tiiat there would lie no fight in Pennsylvania, if the "favorite Son" was nnin : nited. Mr. Puehanaji they said would wu k over th • coarse in triumph, and that the opposition would be'feelde and helpless. They will soon awake from this dream. So far from there being no fight, we look for one of the closest and best contested struggles ever'seen in this State, or any other State, and while we make no boasts, we may be permitted to say that we expect to win the race ; and we know that this is the opinion of men who tho roughly understand the present state of Penn sylvania politic . We give fair notice that we intend to con test the election with Mr. Puehanan in his own State, and that we intend to use all honora ble means to defeat liiiu. Although a Penn sylvania!!, he stand on a platform opposed to the honor, the welfare, the liberty, and the in tegrity of this State, and in that position he is unworthy of the suffrages of her people. In a few days we hope to see a union of the oj>- positiou effected, and the contest fairly begun. Then we shall see how much the boasts of his frit nds at Cincinnati are worth.— Pittsburg Gazette. How Pccii.vNWN Til-: IT THK Hor.SK.—A ve nerable citizen of Washington (Mr. A.) relat ed to us 011 yesterday the following incident in Mr. Puchanau's career. Mr. A., in the year 1813, was the head of a gang of ship carpenters who went from Kensington, near Philadelphia, to Erie, for the purpose of build ing Commodore Perry's fleet. Oil their way to Erie they passed through llarrisburg, where the Pennsylvania Legislature was then in ses sion, of which body Jas. Puehanan was a mem ber. The Legislature invited the carpenters to attend its session, and received them stand ing. Put James Puehanan was so bitterly opposed to the war that lie refused to partici pate in this mark of respect to these patriotic mechanics, and left the House in disgust! No comment is necessary on the above.— Every mechanic in the country will make his own comment on it at the polls.— Washington tJrgri n. The liuiepeudi'nl Democrat , Concord, X. 11., whose Editor, Coo. G. Fogg, esip, was the chief Secretary of the Kansas Inves tigating Committee, as the result of two months painful experience in the Territory, says : " Instead of the wrongs of the people of Kansas having been exaggerated, the half of tin it* wrongs has never been told. And this the testimony taken by the Congressional Coni mission will conclusively show. And yet, no oral or written testimony can portray the height and depth, the length and breadth of the outrages perpetrated in that Territory un der the color of law, and by authority of men who hold commissions under the President of tie Uui'el States. Including the Governor, Judges, Marshal, and Indian Agents, they are engaged in one consolidated conspiracy, hav ing for its object the expulsion of every Free- State settler from the Territory, and the es tablishment of Slavery therein, at all hazards, not excepting civil war and_ a dissolution of the L'uiou." THREE years ago Pierce, Douglas and Cass were the recognized leaders of the National Democratic party, while Buchanan was put aside on a Foreign Mission. Now Pierce, Douglas and Cass altogether, with the whole patronage of the Federal Government at their backs, cannot command half the votes in their National Conventian. We defy any candid man to say that the reason for this is not found in the ps age of the Nebraska bill. We chal lenge any candid man to deny that the chief grounds of Buchanan's strength are his non participation in the passage of the Nebraska bill and the fact that he isn't either Pierce, Douglas or Cass.— N. Y. Tribune. ficg 0 " Among the most prominent men at the Cincinnati Convention was the notorious Dr. Stringfellow, of the Squatter Sovereign. Douglas, it is said, was his first choice ; but lie very cordially endorsed the nomination of Buchanan. He pledged the unanimous su]>- port of the border cut-throats for the nominees of the Convention. BnoniiEAD ov BIVIIAXAX. —Senator Brod head, of Pennsylvania, openly declared, a few days ago, in Washington city, says the Organ that Mr. Buchanan could not carry Pennryl vnnia. Mr. 1 Jrodhoad is a shrewd politician and knows Pennsylvania as well as any man living. tefF- The Washington letter-writers say that the PIKKCK men at Washington compelled the ruffian BKOOKS to stay away from the Cincin nati Convention. He was regularly chosen as a delegate from South Carolina, but PIERCE preferred that he should not have to drag along nnder the weight of such friends. trif The brother of the waiter Keating,who was shot at \\ illard s Hotel, in 'Washington, publishes a card, in which he says the para graph going the rounds that Mr. Herbert had given money ami property to the widow and the children of the deceased, is entirely untrue. The Klmira (X. V.) Adreriiscr says : Gibson's saw mill, about one mile this side of Corning, was totally destroyed by fire on Fri day night. It was a very large establishment and the loss must be heavy, though wc were unable to ascertain the amount. tesf They are canonizing " gutta pereha Brooks." Monday afternoon two magnificent canes were passed through Hiehmond, Va., by Adams' Express, eu route for Washington, as presents to the lion. Mr. Brooks. One was from the ship-builders of Charleston, and the other from other citizens. fcj" The Milwaukie American says that cattle and horses are dying by hundreds 011 the American Bottom, and in that region in Illinois—supposed to result either from the effects of some poisonous herbs growing there, or some virulent disease, which has become epidemic among them. 1 lie Hon. Lot M. Morrill of Augusta, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Maine, lias given notice that he cannot snj port IJuelianan ami the Cincinnati Platform. ilrabfori) ilqiorter. K. <). GOODRICH, EDITOR. - - T~ "—7"' TO A V/YIN I)A : Satnrbrttj Rlormitn, Jnnc 21, ISSU. TKKMS — Or Dollar per annum, invariably in ttilrnnrr.— Four week* previon* to the expiration of a subscription. not ire will lie given by a printed wrapper, and if nut re newed, the paper will in all raws be stopped. CI.CBKIXvS— The Rejmrler will be gent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : C> copies fur s."> (Ml | 15 copies for. . . .sl2 00 10 copies for. ..... 800| 20 copies for.. .. 15 00 A Pvr.RTtsKMKNTs — For a square of ten lines or less, One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twenty-Jive cent* for each subseepuait insertion. JOB-WORK — Executed with accuracy and despatch, and a reasonable prices—with every facility for doing Hooks. Flanks, lland-bills. Ball tickets, fy-c. MONET may be sent by mail, at miK risk— enclosed in an iiivelojie, ami properly directed, we will be responsible for its safe delivery. The People's Convention. I'LIII.AOELRIIIA, Tuesday, Juno 17, 1856. Tlie Convention was called to order at 11 1-2 o'clock, and the Hon. ROHEIIT KMMKIT of New York chosen temporary Chairman. Mr. EMMET, in returning thanks for the ho nor conferred upon him, said :"""The formation of a new party at the expiration of eighty years is singular event, and it becomes us on establishing it to be sure that the course is justified. He had, lie said, for fifty years been a De mocrat, and had been connected with the par ty bearing that name until that party had left the only platform on which he could stand.— In allusion to the nomination of Mr. Buchan an, he said that being personally an admirer of that gentleman he would not occupy his present position if it were not that politically he was deadly hostile to liini. The Cincinnati platform was the worst coun terfeit of tine Democratic principles lie had ever seen, and in this connection Mr. EMMET contrasted the former position of Mr. Buchan an regarding the Missouri Compromise, with his sudden tumble on the Cincinnati platform. He alluded to the obloquy attempted to be thrown upon the Republican party, by denom inating it the party to gather all the " isms " together, and said : Well, we will connect thorn into the holiest of all isms—that is pa triotism. For himself, he had given in his ad hesion to the Buffalo platform. He gloried then in being a Frce-soilcr, and he was proud of being so still. We came to treat Slavery not as a moral question, but us a political evil. It exists, and we must resist its aggressions. If the Missouri line cannot be restored by an act of Congress, we must lind some other way. Kan sas is suffering front evils. Would to (Jod we could find some hastier means to release her than by the election of a President. Concessions arc necessary in order thai there may be harmonious action, resulting in the choice of an acceptable candidate. Princi ples are more important than men. Ileing all agreed in principle 1 invoke delegates not to permit predilections to interfere with the se lection of an available candidate. Then may we strangle the hydra-headed monster that threatens to involve the country in ruin. Mr. KM MKT, during his address, was fre quently interrupted by applause. G. G. Foou, of .New-Hampshire, and THOM AS G. MfTcuKt.i., of Ohio, were appointed tem porary Secretaries. The I!cv. 11. I). Parnes, on invitation, be sought Divine guidance in the deliberations of the Convention and sanction of its proceeding. Each delegation then named one of its mem bers to form a Committee on Credentials. A resolution .was offered by Mr. WII.MOT, which was adopted, providing for the appoint ment of a Committee of one from each .State, Territory and District represented, to be se lected by the Delegations, to report a plat form, and that no balloting shall be had until a platform was rejiorted anil adopted, and that resolutions on the subject be referred to the Committe without debate. A Committee to select and report the names of permanent officers was selected. Mr. PEIIGKX, New York, moved that each morning's session be opened with prayer.— Agreed to. Notices were given by various committees of meetings in the afternoon. Mr. HAVENS, Md., moved that a Committee to consist of one from each State and Terri tory represented, be appointed to form a Na tional Committee for the next year, and that they elect their own Chairman. Amended, by providing that the names of the Committee be announced on Wednesday morning and passed. At the afternoon session, the Committee on permanent organization reported the name of Col. HENRY S. L.vk'K, of Indiana, as I 'resident with a Vice President from each State. The Committee on Credentials made a par tial report, and 110 other business being before the Convention, speeches were made by lion. CAI.KH S. SMITH, of Ohio, Senator Winsox and others, when the Convention adjourned until Tuesday morning. Hie Pennsylvania Delegation had a prelimi nary meeting 011 .Tuesday morning for the pur pose of ascertaining the preference of the dele gation for nominees of the Convention. The vote was McLean 17 ; Fremont 5 ; Chase 1 ; Seward 1 ; they subsequently instructed the vote of the State to be cast for McLean.— Judge WII.MOT was to present the name of MCLEAN and Pennsylvania claims foi him on Wednesday morning. The nomination appears to lay between Mc- Lean and Fremont, with the chances pretty cquailv divided. \\ ith either wc can sweep the Free States, and overthrow the dominion of the Slave Power. We shall publish next week, a full of the doings of the Convention. Republican State Convention. The Republican State Convention met at Philadelphia on Monday morning ; nearly eve ry County in the State being represented. Hou. JOHN* AI.USOX, of Heaver, was chosen as permanent Chairman, with a number of Vice Presidents and Secretaries. The nomination for State officers made at Harrisburg in March last, was unanimously endorsed. Ajnotion was made to instruct the delegates at large for M'LKA.V, but it was finally with drawn. The following persons were elected as dele gates at large to the Republican National Con vention : ITEI.KO ATKS AT I.AKCE. AI.TKRSATKS. D. Wilmot, AVM. Jessiiji, 11. I>. Maxwell, John ltolierts, Thos. Williams, J. W. Moorheml, John Allison, A. H. Hood, John Dirk, David Taforart, James Vcrreo, Charles Oiblions. The Convention then adjourned to meet af ter the final adjournment of the National Con vention. CON.I:ESS.— IN the Senate, Mr. TIU'MBLU. has presented his bill to compromise the Kan sas question by placing the territory under the jurisdiction of the territorial government and laws of Nebraska, and withdrawing all the of ficers of the former. Mr. Tin Mitiu.advocated this project as a mode of adjusting the present and preventing future difficult)*, but Mr. Dm :<■- i. AS expressed the opinion that the proposed measure would only extend, instead of curing Uie evil. The remedy would, at all events, be only temporary, and would not prevent the re currence of difficulties at the next election of members of the territorial legislature. Mr. CmrrKXHKN has offered a resolution that the President be requested to place (Jen. Scorr in command of the troops in Kansas, as a mea sure calculated to promote peace in that Terri tory. The resolution was opposed by the Ad ministration Senators. .Mr BITI.KK'S long-announced remarks upon the Massachusetts resolutions, and in answer to Si MVEit, was made last week, occupying two days. Whether the Senator was more sober than usual, or whether the spirit manifested by the Republican Senator influenced him, we can not say, but he made less display of his "plan tation manners" than usual, and when answer ed by Senator Wusax, evinced an amiability altogether inconsistent with iiis previous de ! durations. Mr. HAMLIN, of Maine, formally took his leave of the Peinoeratie party, and resigned his position as Chairman of the Committee on Commerce. Mr. H. said that he could r.ot fellowship with any party which endorsed the Itepeal of the Missouri Compromise, and as the Cincinnati Convention had done so fully, and Mr. BICIIANAX had plaeed himself upon the platform, he could not support him. We will publish Mr. HAMLIN'S remarks next week. In the House, no business has yet been tran sacted. The "2">th inst. has been set apart for considering Mr. (i ROW'S report, admitting Kan sas as a State with the Topeka Constitution, w hen we presume the business of the session will again actively commence. (J rsT.vvrs KOKKXOR, who was the Dcmocra tie Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in the year 1853, has come out strongly against the ex tension of Slavery, anil the Democratic party, as being in its faior. JLe is saiil to be a man of great influence with the German population of the State. Illinois, hitherto the most de voted of all the Western States to the Demo cratic party, seems to have a number of its leading I >emocrats very much discontented with the present position of things. With the aid of such men as Tut MD11.1., ISISSKM. and KOKII xEIi, it will le strange indeed if the opposition does not triumph there. Ksriy- We learn from the Pittsburg Journal that a meeting of the Democratic State Com mittee was held in that place, the principal object under consideration being the repudia tion of TIMOTHY* IVES, the candidate for Sur veyor General. It is charged that he did not render a complete account of State funds with in his care. Wo do not doubt that Mr. IVES is guilty of all the rascality laid at his door, but the idea of such men as Joux W. FORXKY & Co. reptldiu/ing a man for dialmvesh) is sim ply ridiculous. Mr. IVES need have no fears of being thrown off the ticket. The trial of the negro Wilson, charged with the murder of Capt. Palmer, on hoard the schooner Kudora Imogcne, while lying at anchor near City Island in November last,was commenced at the Court-llouse, White Plains, \\ estchestcr County, 011 Thursday afternoon, the 12th inst., and terminated at 1 p'elock Sa turday following, when the Jury found the prisoner guilty of murder in the first degree. Wilson was, upon the rendition of the verdict, sentenced by the Court to be executed 011 the 25th of .July proximo. LATEST FROM KANSAS. —We find the latest and most reliable intelligence from. Kansas, in the last (Jirrgo Cluzcttc, edited by DEI-HIE, one of PIERCE'S postmasters, as follows : KANSAS OCTUAGE. —The abolitionists in Kan sas are murdering the Southern eiuigrauts to that Territory by scores, not even sparing de fenceless women and children. GOVERNOR TXEEDER IN* HUSTON. —Goverin r UEEDEU addressed on audience of three thou sand people iu Boston, at the Trcmout Tem ple, on Tuesday last, on Kansas affairs. lie was to repeat his address at Cambridge. THE NORTH AMERICAN CONVENTION.) The atiti-FiWmore Americans met in Con vention at New-York, on Wednesday last.— The attendance from the Northern States was large. The Convention was permanently or ganized by the election of ROBERT T. COXK.II>, of Pennsylvania, as Chairman, with other of ficers. Friday morning Ex-Governor Colby present, ed a communication from the Republican Na tional Executive Committee, appointed at Pitts burg, stating that the Pittsburg Convention desired to include in their invitation for a Con vention in Philadelphia on the 17th of June all who are opposed to the extension of Slavery, as there was no reason why all should not unite ' who were opposed to the aggressions of slave i ry, and great reason why all should unite, as ; union is the only means offering a hope of sue j cess. A motion being made to refer the matter to a Committee, a lengthy discussion ensued, i I'he matter was finally referred to a Com mittee, of which GKOKCK LAW was Chairman. The Committee reported a series of resolutions, is effect that the Convention )>rocced to indi ! cate, by a series of ballotings their preference j for persons to be placed in nomination forean i didates for the Presidency aud Vice-Presiden cy ; that a committee be appointed to confer i with the proposed nominees, and with the Philadelphia Convention, in regard to said i nomination ; and that the Convention continue in session during the present week, until said Committee report. The Convention adopted the report, and 1 proceeding to informal ballotings, and the tenth ballot stood as follows : RANKS :,Z .M I.KAN '24 FKKMONT IS The Convention then proceeded to an infor mal ballot for Vice President, which resulted in the selection of W.u. F. JOHNSTON, of Penn sylvania. A committee <>f conference was then appoint ed, and the Convention adjourned until Thurs day noon. LETTER FROM KANSAS. The following letter was written by llknky Cami-bku., formerly of this place, to a friend, and handed to us for publication. It is not necessary to say those who know Mr. C., that lie is incapable of misrepresentation, and that his statements can lie implicitly relied on. If there has been any one who has thought the reports from that ill-fated Territory exaggeru : ted or overdrawn, they will find that .Mr. Cami*- bki.i.'s observation and experience corroborates the accounts we have received from other , sources : I.awrknce, K. T., June eaccably. I went in and heard the Congressional Investigating Committee take some testimony. Mr. Siikbmax, of Ohio, is one of the most gentlemanly men I ever met: lie argued his point clearly and with great force, and then waited patiently to hear the weak, senseless rejoinder of Oi.ivkk, of Mo.— If ever words convey their true meaning, it is Border-Huttiun, when applied to Whitfield,who was standing by with his coat off", his red ilan ncl shirt open at the neck, and the tobacco juice running down his face ; a pretty speci men for a member of Congress. The next day I came on to Lawrence—distauce 35 miles.— Of course you have read half a dozen different accounts of the sacking and burning of this place. The version of the affair by the resi dents, is that the bogus Brand Jury found bills :of indictment agaiust several of the citizens 1 here, and they were given to United States Marshal Donalson to serve. HP, instead coming and serving them, spent a week or two in" collecting a posse, consisting chiefly of South Carina and Georgia inen aud Horder-Kufli at, and one evening came and encamped near tV place. The next morning he eame into town and arrested several of the citizens. S..r Me Border-Ruffians appeared on tlie hill ami form ed and marched into town. Here they w • addressed hy Atchison and some others—j),„ alson also made a speech delivering them <>J into the hands of Sheriff' Jones, who said hi authority had been defied in this i.lw,. ! ... . ' i 1 ? ®tiu now lie would execute the laws ; that tin- J-v, State Hotel had been declared a nuisance la the Grand Jury, and he would destroy it gave the proprietor 15 minutes to move |„' things out ; he of course could not ; >0 ]J fastened it up and left. Jones planted lib cannon, three in number, about 150 fei-t ■ front of it, and corainenced firing. After lir ing 21) shots, and only making a few holes j„ the wall, they went at the door with tie- r hatchets and broke it in ; they then earri, '{ 2 1-2 kegs of powder into the cellar and jMlta slow match to it. By the explosion, the build ing was badly shattered, and set on lire and burned down. This Hotel was (lie finest and best furnished building west of St. Louis ; built of stone, stories high, aud cost furnished about &5n oon The molt then commenced to break open tie stores and search for plunder, and Sharp's Hi ties, money, goods and provisions were frwlv taken. About 12 or 15 of Sharp's rifles was all they could find. The cannon had previous. Iv been delivered up to V. S. Marshal. After staying about until night, some of them set fire to Gov. Robinson's house, which with all its contents was consumed. The type of the print ing offices were scattered in the street, and presses thrown into the river. Most of tl„- citizens left the town and found shelter under the neighboring trees and the ravines ; their leaders had just been arrested and taken awav, and no one fit for a head could be found. Tile place is fortified bv eight earthen redoubts or forts, and no 2 or 30u men could have taken it had they tried to defend it. It appears to be the policy of the Huffians to worry and ha miss the Free-State men out After they went from here, about 3D of tlu-in got together near Palmyra au-1 l'rairiccitvand formed a camp ; took prisoner the foremost of the Free-State men, and took their horses and wagons, and ordered their families to have The Free-State men organized into a eompanv and sent scouts over the country to find the thieves' camp. On Sunday night tlu-v found it in a deep ravine ; it cou.-isted of '■) wajon-. 10 or 11 horses and a lot of provisions mostly stolen (pressed they call it) from the Free- State men, and some 30 or 3. men poorlv an::- ed with muskets, six or eight Sharp'- rifles am! a lot of Revolvers. The Free-State men num bered about 30, armed with Sharp's rifle— a regular little battle ensued ; the Free-Stat men were victorious, severely, if not mortally wounding 0 of the enemy, and taking :'t pri soners, beside retaking 4 of their men that bi been held us prisoners. One Free-State wan was badly wounded, and three others partialis My friend and 1 went down there the day af ter the battle. Some of the soldiers are dtl friends of ours, so we were invited intocanip: talked a good deal with them : their grit • up, and whose would not be Their pnVtners are some of them Col. Buford's men,souie )L- I sourians and two Wvandatt Indians. The Border-llflians not pretend to deny that tliey came here for the purpose of plundering the Free-State people. Some of their wound ed they got away. < hie of whom we hear tir since died. Five of their horse> were shot ib the rest with all the stores and anus fell tot:.- victors. Two of the wounded prisoners I -aw: one is shot in the uiouth with a mu-kr' ba... tearing the tongue and tonsils of the throa- 1 entirely to pieces and bulging 10-tieath tbeear"- 1 tid artery. The surgeon has nut ye! h I able to extract it. If he lives, he wii ; no- I speak again. The other reeeived a dmt J I one of Sharp's ritles, the hall eiitcriiHT the'*a-' i " and soldiers we gave them some material - ■ and come home. . J The whole country is up in arm-. ail " 1 ■ a regular guerrilla war. About •<" w" gone from here to-day to meet a hod) ■ -J9 sourians that are coining up from We The U. S. Troops are encamped here- 'U'®9 not interfere on cither side. Ihcir-} 1 ! ' l ')9 arc decidedly on the side of the l- u ' ■ men, and could Col. Sunnier have tl- 1 ' 9 ty independent of Bov. Shamnm. tia.c be a stop put to the Missouri inva> ~>i JS I expect to be about here a week "rt w if thing turns up I will let yon km |tt not think I had .-4) niueli to say, hu. ■" 9 jeet is the onlv one heard about h<- 1 'As ever, 11. 9 Rearm M EKIN-.; . I Quite a large Republican meeting Carboudale the 13th inst. ' sided, and the meeting was /*^B Hon. (i. A. Grnnv, and others. lutions were adopted coiuleninat'd - 19 Mr N 9K Rullianism, and the attack on - • •- B Secretary M\m v unreserved V that Mr. Bmi.i- will be disini.---i' ! 9