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Report: ----;-- . !------,Policeelort: - •- ' - -- i .
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13 followina - Tolice REtporx is well-worth l
a le-pi,lblication.---.A r . V. News.— : .
• . ...o.'" IMP11:0171SITOR.
EdWard" Merlin yaw, charged' with being
ilrurik and noisyin;a house in 'Baxter:it met, l
and it was alio intimated by ..the complain
ant thae-Ned was in ail probability a little
cranked. _Mr. Merlin was considerable out to
be .keees and el howl and his shirt seemed as if
it might be — theiidenOal two napkins, -sowed
together; which belonged tothe second most
fortepite Of Sir John Falstaff's country
troopers:, In short, Mr. Merlin appeared to.
be a regular, loafer from iris pimple covet to
lAS•Slianks - ' Mares ; with this solo exception;
that his'totigue went like a perpetual. motion,
wherens"it • is. tine.of the:peculiarities of the
fraternity - that:they are too lazy to talk,. The
'ineil"interesting feature, however,":of
-:Merir t ; character is, that he's a poet, and that .
too of so unadulterated complexion, that
..whatever he-says run into rhyme as-naturally
as:if it was bespoke and paid for at a penny
•
•
line. - •
Mrs.-Donevan, the comPlainant is a little
Trishweetran, who keeps one of-those "hole in
the Wall" shanties; where they porport to sell
"'the best of geed liquors;- at three cents -a
glass," and it appeared-in evidence that 'Mr.
.Merlin had ame every justice. to her "lest of
liquors".-butgyod had ventured no farther
in her, laver,, for when she began to remind
him of the "three cents -a glass," part of the
ceremony he went intoa blaze of indignation,
and let the arrows of his .wratTi - tly around
him like a feu de joie of Congreve rockets,
ala Clancy. -
•
Honer,", continua' Mrs. Dono•
van,- at the conclusion.cif a long drawn story
of her. woes, "he durank me lirandy wit!' etc
' little compuneti.on as if it was notbin' but
so much wather, for the lila a sup ov - a pint
- an' a nail he left behind to servo another
customer."- . ,
.. • .
. Magistrate--Did ho take it by force I -.
lir& DinOVon . -111usha, 'n'o, your honor,
tut - hezlnt on like• a play ,rtothei until I
thought-Nwas raisin' the divil, and bad win
tome if - I wasn!t'afeard to.say a single word
until-thesorra a dhrop was left in the bottle.
In thritth; yer honor; if he's not a.witch— , -or
divil, or something in that line, 11 thiuk.be
must be-out of his seven. senses. : _
Magisfrate—Medin; - what have you to say
to this business ? •
tlerlin:—l say my lei* as quirt as winking,!
The liquor was notworth the drinking-,
And charge the hog I have mi eyes on
With selling drugs thst,'s worse than
.
Mrs. Doeevan--Tb.at's the asap he. wint.on•
whin he w'as dhrinkin' up all me beautiful
,brandy witloi4 pajin' for it, yer honor.
Jake; you blackguaid, if you call Mea hog
agin, I'll,smash your ugly mug into'smither
-, oeu.
'Merjn—Be.,ware, good xomar, say not so,
And we'll be friends, before wAgo;
Though much I fear your liquor
horrid,
Will bore a hole out through my
, .
forehead.
Mrs. Do — novan—The. dicil mind feu, or
anybody that spsiks in such an outlandish
laaguage:as that. You? honor ' dear, do you
think he git. it all out ov a huog,, or , is it
cracked widlla'rtiin' he is ?
Magistrate—lit.'s either-a foul or a rogite.
Merlin, answer me plainly, what are you
Merlin—A; man, my lord, from hat to shoe,
'Flesh, blood and, bones the same as
you.
Na,gisttate—l mean:. what's your busi-
tress? •
busineks. ! I scorn . trie
- name '
- •
y business to ,scek far.fsgr •
• ../•tvcii them all Ifirni morn.till night,
• • Come, sweet Urania, heavenly amid,
• Oh, come to thine Own Itertin's.aid.
.Magistrate- 1 --No humbugging, sir; bow do
you bet S'ourblead ?
• Merlin—My;sr.4.td,Sii. Oh f-my answer's ripe.;
I- live on suction like_a snipe—
.:. 1 mean 4 woodcock—but •yoa- know
The rhyme says snip, sollet it go.
Magistraie—Give •over rhyming, sir, and
tell ine . plainly, where do you live •
Merlin—When the sun is bright and_li'ol,
r • All around I seek my lot,
Lolling in sequestered,cook,
• Listening to the babbling brook, •
Or, ;corning blanket, sheet or rag,
Snoozinfr in the Park so snug;
But: in cold weather 'tis my p:an
, To live, my lord,-where best 1- can.
Magistrate—Hoeg you, you rascal, speak
in prose.
Merlin—l will, my lord—by all the gods,
I meant no harm,but where's the odds.
• 0 blest \ yritnia,- come along, .
And givEktny lord a soul for song.
Mrs, Donovan—The LorJ help the poor
craythtir, but I belie re he wants a stbrait
waistcoat . - worse nor my brandy. YOur'
honor, .darlirrt, VII forgive him the brandy,
an the braikin' of me chair, but I think I'd
be a charity to have him out somewhere
that I'd bring-him • to his raisin; an purwint
him from spaikin' in .such on unchristian a
language. v •
'Merlin—Thus I am-doomed, where'er I go;
• • My jewels . befire swine to throw.
3lrs..l3onovanYou blackgaard,if you call
me a swine - 111 Make you pay for me brandy
if you were as. mad us a March hare.
Magistrate—Does . any one het e -know this
man
'Polieeman-Yes, Sir, I do; he's called the
mad poet, and is always (him:King brandy and
talking nonseni‘e; - •he does nothing for a liv
ing, and lives nowhere I believe he couldn't
speak like anOtherman if be tried.
MerlinL2Tis true, I am before my time
- For all nien yet Anil speak it rhyme,
).13 lord, I am-nocheat, for s e e
The proofs. of my true poetry.
•••; My hat, with half the crown beat in ;
• My troxserloons, not worth a pin ;
. • My coat,•deticient of a skirt;
And with, at best, but half a shirt;
• Md:then, my' thirst for brandy—sure
_ Yeti varit no more-the proof is pure.
.Ifrigi - 6tzate;—r believe yoa 4 •re a better poet
than a mad—but your doggrel can't save
you--I must commit you as a ragra s nt.
Merlin—Oh shadei of Homer—Milton--0
_ And , muit to the treadmill go ?
Magistrate—No. Homer and Shakpeare
say • that you. need only be sent a stone
Merlin-=0 Mrs. Donovan be kind,
But•if'you'll kill; why I'm reslgned,
Mrs. DlMlOVBll—j'oti me soul, sour honor,
I'm almost sorry for, bringing him here, for.
Other all there is .something nice about this
manner olr thraitin' the - King's English.
aterlia-0 i,oetry,•a•god thou art• •
1 For soothing down a womaa's heart;
- • 0 lady take knot amiss,
Fop-here I thank you iith a kiss.
Itfm Donovan—Well now that mightn't
sin,but - if that is not the s 'hight 'ow assurance.
However. no- matter, for it all rub out
whin it's dry. Your honor, ,wont - . you...for
gife him, and. I'll take him home, an give
Giro some bre.akfatlt,'and see what I can make
ofhim. - -
irlagistrate,grs.: Donovan, AM you a
maid or a married woman
Mrs. Dotiovan—Neither, your honor, but
I'M a widdy, an a snug wan too—the Lord
be praisedlor all his marpies., •
• - Magistrate—l thought so ! but you may
go, and take your poet-along with-you.
!Us:Donovan-4' think your honOrkindly;
but, faix tiovir yies'needn'i
tnainssno harm.- i
Merlin—So let them laugh-who cares—the
- - day is mine,
Fee pastry andl?eat4y takeithe shine;
On, lady, on, 'not waste the precious
' hours, • • .
ildt let us haiten - to ambrosiarbowers
And 'so saying, the immortal Mr.-Merlin,
and the poetry-smitten '!Widdy n Donovan
made themselves scarce.-
This Merlin, whom we hase frequently seen
at Washington Market, can ';tall: for hours to
gether in doggerel, whereof ;the above-quota
tion may be taken as a fair 'specimen.
TyrEar.srisq A DVE rrtiti:.—On Sunday
evening -last, a well known gentleman of, our
bona,' who is somewhat adraneed in years,
but has nevertheless been at last caught in
the meshes of love, took his departure from
town to the country, to visit bis "lady love," 1 .
.who lives some distance above• the borough.
Arrived at the locality, he found the house
closed,and all the inmates.so soundly asleep,
that. he could.not , awaken *wind the night
having; considerably advanced, he,resolved 'to
take lodging in the bain until morning.
How far he enjoyed his snooze on. the straw
our infortnantssayetb not, bittle was sudden
ly awakened in the morning by an adventure,
Which is not often set down on the bills of
courfaldp The futher of the lady happening,
so come-out at an-early hour in the morning,
was surprised to.see a man comfortably oc
•cupying his premises, and filled with natural
indignation at such. a wanton intrusion, and
somewhat of suspicion besides, he hastily
entered' the house to procure his gun for the
purpose of giving the supposed scoundrel a
lesson of "pepper and salt." Fortunately,
however, by: the time he arrived, tle,sleeping
lover had awoke to a sense' of his position,
and- by the _ time ,the indignant expected
father-in-law. appeared, he, was prepared to
defend his rights in loud. Strains of explana
tion. This put an `cad to i the shooting part
of the matter and afforded both parties a
chance, for 'mutual congratulation, and the
, would-be gamester indulged in a beariy joke,
1 in which the young lady participated after
wards. The affair has subjeCted the unfortun
,,
Late lover to considerable torment upon the
'part of his companions; who somehow got
wind of the attii r.— llarriatru rg Herald.
SUICIDE.—We learn that Earl Carpenter,
of Scott township, thii county, committed
suicide by hanging himself in a barn on last
Thtiriday about half past one o'clock. It
would seem that the act was unpremeditated,
as far as we can leatzi. Hel was a man that
always enjoyed excellent health, and was
well .todo in this world. He bad been en
gaged during the forenoon on his farm, and
ongoing to dinner noticed las be was passing
throne' the door yard a piece of rope lying
in the grass, and inquiting , ol one of his sons
how it came there, went and eat , his dinner.
After dinner he gave some orders in reference
to Work to be done in the afternoon, _and:
without saying anything farther, passed out
of the house, took up the piece of rope found
in the yard and-wept to the barn and hung'
himself. The deceased was loved - and respect
ediby all who knew him, for his.uprightness
towards his fellowmen, and his consistent
.course as a chrisrian. On the Sabbath be
fore his death .he. :was elected superintendent
of the SAbath School. 414 town, and on
that occasion gave an exhortation to those
present, and said be desired to see the school
-fully represented on the nest Sabbath, but be
fore the next Sabbath came hg, !vas no more.
He - left a wife and five .children to montehis
loss. He was about 45 years of age.—
Scranton Republican. •
MIE=M:=I
ritiliTrriTifi - this county, narrates the following
thrilling incident: " One day of last week,"
he says, "a man named Ji,hn Matson, living
in the vicinity of this place, while out hunt
ing on the mountains below town,was obliged 1
-in one place to mount a high rock, by-ter:lm-
7 bling np the side. When he arrived, near
the .top be threw up his 'hand, and caught
hold of , a laurel bush on the top, and then
laid his pin beside the laurel. Directly after
doing so, he heard a loud, buzzing, rattling,
sound; which he knew; at oriee to be It rattle
snake, and elevating his head, he saw a large
reptile immediately by his harid, ready to
to jurrip. -This was a terrific situation—to
let go of the tree, he- would undoubtedly
be dashed to death oa tire rocks below;
. to
proceed further, an equally fearful calamity
awaited him. Ile was a man of extraordi
n.ary nerve, however, snd!.having reflected a
moment off, his dreadful ' - nosition, a thought
betook him, which-he was not slow to execute.
Taking his hatchet, Which be carried by his
side, from its belt, with the one hand he rais
edlais body sufficiently, Over the top of the
rock, and with one well directed blow; he cut
the savage. reptile in two', rust as it bad p.e
I pared to make the fatal ; spring towards his
[person. _The one portiori ofthe snake.iinme
diately fell down the sidb of the rock, while,
\ the head still remained beside 'his hand fast
to-the . tree, and it was same .time before life
was entirely extinct or 'be could move his
hand, for fear of its fangs. After the snake
was fully dead, Morson: took up the pieces,
and after wrapping them' up in a paper,
started for home, satisfied 'with the adventures
Of that day." This incident is one of the
most thrilling . we have ever beard, and oar
inlormint roaches for-its cbrrecturerfar
risburg Herald. , _
RHODE ISCA,ND U. S. SEN:ATOF.—The It. I.
Legislature has elected. penry' B. .knthonv;
editor of the Proriclencc Journal, U. •S. Sena
tor for six --- )f March next,
in place whom term
expires.
FREE is stated that
the free :ailing them
selves of a recent law of, that State .enabling
them to 'Choose masters and become slaves.
tg'The now Comet; discovered three weeks
ago at the Obse' Cambridge, Mass.,
is found ' Kling from both the
sun-and
- V'
'NEWS; !s.—There are 103
papers pt . York city, having
an aggregau, .. ...,culation of 78,000,-
000, and 51 in Philaielphia, having a cir
culation of 40,000,000. In Albany the num
ber of papers annually krinted is 16,050,460,
which gives a proportion of 321 to each indi
vidual, or more than oue to each person eve
ry•c-
week day in the year. The people bf-tlie.
United States spend $. 000,000 in a year
for newspapers.-'
___ '
_. •
Air A Washington pity Jury have Ned.
John B. Hinesrseven hundred and fifty dollars
Ibr refusing toareceive the vote ofJblin Chap-
Enan, - a naturalized •citi4en, who brought the
suit against - Mr. H., as; commksioner -of 'elec.
rions. It was proved that Mr. a presented'
his naturalization papers from ne of the New
York courts.
igir The extent of Territory, and• variety
of climate of the United States, may be real
iied iu the fact, that ink certain parts of-Texas
the wheit crop is now, ready:- for the scythe,
while at the North it is just beginning- to
grow..
' Mrßead the aide a m anotber column
frorn's the N. Y. Jf utyon ,he gift book
cm=
ffloutrof
tl ti- gitutztr4t.
Ras Editor .
A. J. di. ',. efilC -
i ,
laugliin for I
7- DEM 0 eatltle NOMINATIONS
CANAIJ COMMISSIONER:
WESLEY ' FROST,
•
F YETTE.
Spfc la I Notice.
ALL persons lindebted to the . late firm of
McCollum Geiritson for subscription
to the MontroselDemocrat are hereby forbid
den settling with J. B. McCollum, or any
person in whose hands be may place the ac
counts. Said accounts rave not yet been as
signed to him, in consequence of his baying
refused to render value for them as. agreed
upon before the firm was dissolved; any col
lections which he may mske will be fraudu
lent, and big releipts void, until farther notice
be given. - A. J. GERIIITSON.
Montrose, Ap it Ist; 1858.
4 PER CE T. PREMIUM will be M
lowed on S!AMSII and MEXICAN
QUARTER and II A L F-DOLLARS,
of good - weight, 'paid in on accounts duo us at
this office. durin. the present month. [je I Int.
rif We are indebted to „Hon. Win. Big
ler for the Ist lolunre of Emory's Report on
the United' St•tes and Mexican Boundary
Survey
it :- We liao received from lion. Jo'lin
Covode, the eloquently unconvincing speeches
of Seward aril Crittenden , on the Kansas
question
Or s Hon. t. A. Grow will -please accept
our"thaiiks for pound volumes of the Message
and accompaqing Documents.
rer The ordinance connected with the Oregon
bill, offers the same land appropriation as
tlie English Ka j psas bill, therefore, if the Kan
sas party are consistent, they must-raise the
cry of oppos9ion to it, on the ground-of
"bribery." Come, screamers, can't you raise
the wind?
,far The Pioneer and Historical Festival
came off yestetday, but owing to th 3 lateness
of adjournmelt; we were unable, to put in
type a detuile report - in time for our paper
1
to-day. The ay was very fink the attend
ance good, and the - proceeding., in the main,
quite interesting. The oration was delivered
by R. B. Little, Esq., B. S. Bentley, Esq.,
presented the ilooeter.. We - sball publish them
next week, tog ther witht the -proceedings in
general. The next annual meeting- .all L.,:,
held in luzer
WAstuxnrCl l N, June I.—Lord Napier has
desired that his dispatch to Admiral Stewart,
commanding the British squadron in the
Gulf, sent fro Washington Yesterday, be
forwarded fro.. Halifax by a special steamer
to Bermuda. He has advised tie Admiral
64
Ameiman v•ssels pending the instructions
of Her 111ajest 's Government.
The : Cat olic Church and the
Stave Question.
The'.Archbi;hop and Bishops of the Catho•
lic ehurch,whi) recently is,erubled in provin
cial council m Baltimore, bare issued a
pastoral letter Ito the clergy and - laity of that
denomination. Among other subjects to
which it refers is the slavery question. We
make the following extract :
"The peaceful and conservative character
of our principles - , which are adapted to every
form of Government, and every state of socie
ty, has been' t+ted, and inadi manifest in the
great pollticalj struggles that have agitated
the country of • the subject of domestic slav
ery,* Although history *study testifies that
the church has always befriended the poor
andlahoring clares,and 'effectually procured
the mitigatiot of the evils attached to servi,.
tuck; until thlough her Inirdi - rtfluence it pas ,
sad away fro the nations - of kurope, yet she
has never dirt rbed established order, or en.
()angered the
-theories of ph
Faithful to
the Apostles,
to obey their
merely, but s•
commands routers to treat their servants
with humaniti• and justice, reminding them
that ttey liai'• also , a Master in heaven. We
have not, thprecore, found it necessary to
modify our telatikings trith a view of adopting
it to local circumigances. Among us there
has heen't,o agitation on this subject: Our
clergy have iiisely abstained from all inter
ference with thb. judgment or the faithful,
which should ( be flee on all questions of poli
ty and sociP.l Order, within the limits of the
dia.:trine and law of Christ. - We exhort you,
venerable bre hren, to pursue this course,' so
becoming "the ministers of Christ, and dis
pensers of the mysteries of Gcid." Let the
dead'bury their dead. Leave to worldlings
the cares andlanxieties of political partisan
ship, the s riggles for ascendancy, and the
mortification of disappointed ambition. Do
not, In any w y, identify the interests of our
holy faith wih the fortunes of any party ;
i
but, preachin peace and good
. ill to all
mankintl,stud only to win tattle truth the de
luded ,childre of error; and to merit the can
&knee of y• - i-r flocks,. so that, becoming all
to all, you , gain all to Christ.
Another
NEW
Taylor, from
she was board
by a boat fro ,
The j olGeer (14
and where
PaPen,
R S A ULAGYI
military reser
been postponi
the plesent..
The pastel
Renew till I
next,ln bee)
A Lsttott•E'
this place o
Philadelphia
been sold fo
represented i
(nearly as hes
trot a mile iio
- was broke t
well in a bu
en from-the
ye:ins old.—
=GE, 1 3 8'
~
:ZON
y, June 3. 1058.
Thitrad
• SUPREME JUDGE:
WILLIAM A. PORTER,
,e county
peace of society by following
lantbrophy
the teachings and example of
she,hasnlways tanight servants
rissters, not serving to the eye,
toCh:ist, and in his name she
rican Vessel Boarded.
:, May 29. The brig J. A.
agua la Grande, reports that
toed at that.place on the Bth inst.,
the Pritish war steamer Styx.
mandect whence she was from.
and to, ‘ and examined --her
ement of Laud Sales.
Postpo
for, May 29.—Tbe sale of the
•
rvation at Rock Island, 111., has
d by the Secretary of War for
oternent 'oI the rand sales in
be rst and 15th of November
officially announced.
F.x.—At large Elk passed through
day last, week, destined for
, where, we understand, it, had
the sum of .$lO,OO. The owner
weight,at BIZ HUNDRED POUNDS,
Navy as a small horse,) , and Would
tigo minutes and a half. It
• -the barnme: and' would drive
gy, We learn that( it was tak
fide of Nebraska, sus only two
'..unkh.azanack Denocrat.
. .
lat W— ure w 7 a. h s e si VrY
gn s e n dby bil G l pass ov.P e a a ckbey the
r on V Le ri g da i ;
last. This was entirely, unexpected, when
reference is had to his declaration that all
bills left in his hands by an adjourned Legis
lature would be signed within ten dap, or
vetoed and returned to the next eesston. We
re=publish a correct copy of the-bill, for the
benefij of our readers :
AN ACT, Regulating the Rate of Interest
SECTION 1. Bc it enacted by. the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in-General As..
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
attihority of the same, That:the lawful rate
of interest for the loan or use of money in all
cases where no express cofitraot shall have
been made for a less rate,shall be six per cent,
per annum, and the first - and second sections
of the act passed second liarch,one thousand
seven hundred and twenty. three, entitled "an
act to reduce the interest of money front eight
to six'per cent per„anutiru," be and the same
is hereby. repealed.
SECTION 2. That when a rate of interest
for the loan or 04 of .money exceeding that
established by law shall have been reserved
or contracted for,the borrower or debtor shall'i
not be required to pay to the-creditor the ex
cess
over the legal rate, and it shall be lawful
for such borrower or debtor,_at his option, to
retain and deduct -sut excess font the
amount of any such debt; .and in all cases
where such borrower or debtor shall hereto
fore or hereafter have voluntarily paid the
whole debt or sum loaned, together with in
terest exceeding the lawful-rate, no action to
recover back any such excess shall besus
tained in any Court Of this Commonwealth,
unleis the same shall have been commenced
within six mouths sifter the time of such pay
ment. Provided always, That nothing in this
act shall affect the holders of negotiable
paper taken bona fide in the usual course of
business.
--rib
Thirty-Filth •Congregs.
FIRST SESSION
SENATE.--Wasntscrox, May 28.—A
communication :was received from ttN Presi
dent covering the correspondence repecting
arrest of -Wm. Walker, which was laid over
,and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Seward of New York presented a reso
lutiOn to extend the session to the 21st of
June. Laid over.
Mr, Mason of Va., from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, to whoni was referred the
resolution inquiring whether additional legis
lation is necessary to place certain power in
the hands of the Executive, : submitted a_re
port of which the substance is, that the offi
cial statements show a succession of acts of
aggression by the British cruisers in the Gulf
of Mexico, so marked and extraordinary as
has awakened tine indignation of the country.
Vessels under our flag, pursuing lawful
commerce have been fired into, stopped as to
bargO, destination, crew Sc. N.► less than
, fifteen American ships in the harbor of Sarrtur
I la Grande and six on the high seas, are o°lli
cially ,reported as having bad to submit to
the aggressions of British cruisers, and each
additional arrival brings fresh accounts of ag
-s...ctong 'the same power on our flag. It
has hitherto happened in isolated cases wnere
similar aggressions have occurred through
misconception, that the `United States has
been contented to . accept a disclaimer oft
intent, but ihe continued and persefiFing
character of tlese outrages is such as to arouse
the indignation of the country, and to require
to arrest at once and to end at once and for-
The ;:laierlt7e i a alleged as the excuse.—
The committee will 'not discuss that. It is
sufficient that the United States, though often
invoked to do so, refuses to recognize the
right of police. They rest on the principle
that the marine under their flag cannot be
visited or questioned without their 'consent,
and the Committee deem this a fit occasion
to declare it as a principle of the United
States, admitting of no reserve or qualification,
and to be maintained at any cost. They ad
mit no right of visitation and far less of feaech.
Such matters have no foundation in law or
cuptitry and cannot be torerated any sov•
ereign power-without derogation from her
sovereignty.
- The infraction of sovereignty consists in
the visitation ;• the best American and Eng
lish authorities, Stowell, for instance, so de
cide, foundink the decision on two principles
—fir-tly; the equality Of all independent
States and the' community of the sea as a
highway. Indignant as the American people
are and ongbt to he at these aggressions, yet
their occurrence will afford an opportunity to
end them at once and forever, and the com
mittee refrain from recommending: further
legislation only fr_on the reasotr-that the
President has ordered - all — our available navy
to the infested waters with- orders to protect
qur flag.
It is believed that this it Will be ser
viceable for the present in stopping the out
rages. The subject has also been brought to
the notice,of the offending power, both thco'
the ministers at London and ill° minister at
Washington, and we cannot therefore, until
we receive a reply from Great Britaip, decide
on measures that will be a guarantee for the
future, for nothing short of -that will satisfy,
the American people. Therefore, while re-:
training from recommending present legisla
tion, the Committee have unanimously
•• Resolved, That American ships at sea, un
der the American flag, remain under the ju
risdiction of the country to which they belong
and therefore that any visitation or molesta
tion is an infraction of the sovereignty of the
United State's.
Resolved, That These aggressions demand
such an unequivocal explanation from Great
Britain as shall prevent their recurrence for
ever in future.
Resolved, That the Committee approves of
the action of the Executive, and ,are prepared
to recommend such future legislation as nip;
cumstances may require. •
The resolutions sill be considered to-mor
row.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Mr. Ilayne of S.
C. introduced a resolution to appoint ten TM:
val cadets. Referred to the Naval Commit
tee.
On motion of Mr. Seward of New York,
one thousand extra copies of the resolutions
of the Committee on British Aggressions were
ordered to be punted.
, Mr. Maion of Va. spoke on'tho resolutions,
showing that international law recognizes no
right of visitation in time of peace ; and in
time of war may concedes it to the extent of
prevntifig - acts contraband of war.- rfe
cited' as- authorities Judge Story and Lord
StowelA, showing that no armed ship of' any
nation has the right to_stop. visit or board,
fOr any Inifitose,. atur that ships cat thb sea
are not bound to lay to or wait. ' The resolu
tions indicate no more than that the time has
occurred when this must be settled at once
and for eyer„.aad" it is to be hoped that it may
be immediately settled by the Executte.—
There is every reason why it should be, and
none wEry it should not. Angry feelings and
reprisals cannot but bring the ttier countries
into collision ; but whether or not, the nature
of the indignities are such that the American
people 'can no longer permit them.. •
'_Senators Mallory of Ftoridit;Afale of N'.
11., Toombs of Geo., Seward of N. Y., Doug.
las of 111., Ilayne of S. C., and Wills* of
Mass., all united in cond'etnning the outtakes
upon oar flag, and, ihSisting. that prompt
means should be takch to reptil . thli insolenca,
of -Great Britain.
sip
Front the N. Y. Merano?, May 16.
Au 'lnjulitice ikepafired...The Gift
Book System.
. _
" While all good citizens are heartily rejoiced
that the attempts of Mayor Tietnann, in his
task of purifying our. city from the many
nests of vampires; preying-upon the credulity
of the public, have beenattended with good
results, we regret to lea o that a m,osere
spectable firm has been somewhat' damaged
in their fame, from an erroneous implication .
as to the legality of the distinctive feature of
its business conduct. We are informed that
many who are unacquainted with -the local '
reputation of Messrs. Evans* Co., the book
sellers, of 677 Broadway, have unhappily con
founded their establishment more popularly
known as the " Gift Book Stom," with the
nefarious and fraudulent spectilato2, it was
(lie nim...of our chief magistrate -, - eradicate.
This mistake otiginated, we - presume, in some
of these bogus concerns having adopted the
peculiar title, which, from having been -first
adopted by Evans & Co., and by them pop-1
Ailarized during three years of unprecedented
success, may he regarded as their own prop- 1
erty, as in the light of a trade mark.
The business operations of Evans & Co.
have not only been characterized" by extreme
liberality to the public, but are ahUndently
seconded by the most prominent publishers .
of this city, of Philadelphia and of Boston.—
Fearing that an aspersion might be inadver
tently cast upon the integrity and 'general
probity of this enterprising firm, Derby &
Jackson, Jasper !larding, Phillips, Sampson
& Co., and a host of well-kn Own publishers,
in every section of the union, have united in
a warm commendation, not only of their com
mercial honesty, but of the beneficial results
of the attractive meads, by them employed,
to good and wholesome literature.
Nothing could have been more remote
from the intention of our Mayor and District
Attorney, than to include this reputable and
well established house in their scheme of
civic purification, and all reports, which we
are given fo understand have been - circulated
by inviilioes opponents, with respect to the
illegality of the system of gifts, bv,,,thern em
ployed, are fabrications devoid of basis; even
from implication. To meet any aspersions
of this char - acter at the very onset of munic
ipal prosecution, - Evans & Co. courted an ex
amination of their affairs as a favor, which
was as ,promptly declined, from appreciation
of their well known null sterling character.—
While clasifying offenders against the majes
ty of law, we are too apt to neglect distinc
tions between inveterate criminals and inno
cent victims. _As some injury bas been in
flicted 'upon the business standing of Evan &
Co., it is but just to them and the public that
all impressions as to the illeg ality or fraudu•
lency of their establishment s hould boat once
dispelled by a most decided and public Meni
al of the slightest foundation fot such. charges.
Esciting Kansas News.—. Twelve
Metz Shot.
- LEAVENWORTH CITY, May 24. )
Via Boo:EN-tux, May 26. f
A stage, just arrived from Lawrence,hrings
The Republican, extra, containing a letter
elated Moneka, Linn county, May 20, stating
that on the 19th-a party of men from Missouri
came into the trading post situated on the
road from Fort Scott to Leavenworth, where
it crosses the Osago,taking two men nasred
401187scRriunCMOILV'eisonieerueu,y'ultrhrg,r
ed from towel and a man named Reed. They
then continued cn the road toward Kansas
City until they bad captured twelve men,
when they halted in a deep ravine, and. their
prisoners, except Andrew, whom they dismis
sed from costudy were formed irrit line, fired
upon, and five of them ki.led, namely :
Messrs. Stillwell, Ross, Colchester, Robinson
and Campbell. The remaining six were bad
ly wounded.
• After the accomplishment of this bloody
work the rtsffians' rode Al The affair had
created the most intense excitement in Law
rence and its immediate neighborhood, and a
force was being - organized to . pursue the per
petrat.ors•of the outrage. General Jim Lane
was at Lawrence, but it was not known
-whether he would participate in the•prasuit.
The sources floor which this information is
obtained, are considered as reliable. -
SECOND DISPATCH-THE TRUE
VERSION.
Sr. Louis, May 27, 1858.
The Republican's Westport, correspondent
gives a totally different version of the affair
reported from Leavenworth. It appears that
Capt. Hamilton and some twenty others who
had been driven from Lynn County by Mont
gomery's men, after placing their families in
.safety in Missouri, determined to return into
the Territory to look after and protect their
property. On approaching Chouteau's,trad
ing post on the morning of the 19th, the
party noticed that the place had mistaken
them, for Montgomery's men came out .to
meet them, when they were. all taken Tirison
ers._ From one of the prisoners Capt. Motif- -
ton learned that a number of the robbers
were stationed at Snyder's, a fortified house
a glicrit distance from Chout4au'S.post..
Under the prom ise that they would
. re.
turn home, the prisoners were disarmed and
released. Capt. Hathilton's party then prc
ceeded to Snyder's house, which was situated
in a ravine, and flanked by rock walla. Di
viding into two parties they approached it
from opposite dire'dtioris, and hearing a_ gun
fired on the side of the bill charged on the
spot, where they found the men they had
just released, who had partially armed them
selves at a t neighborinfv house, and taken a
short cut for Snyder's.
A fight ensued, resulting in the death of
ten of the robbers, among whom was Capt. ,
Reed, one of Montgomery's Board of Com
missioners,' before whom all prisoners are
tried. In a few minutes the main force in
Snyder's house rushed to the woods and es
caped. This correspondent distinctly states
that not a Missourian took part in the affair,
'but that all where of Hamilton's party—men
who had' been driven from the country a few
days before.
TUE KANSAS BA ND#l3.-St. Lints, May
26:---The Republican learni that the Mont
gomery band of robbers in, Kansas have in
contemplation the robbery of Mr. Timony, the
United States Indian agent, who is about to
distribute annuities amounting to $90,000
among the Sac and FOx,lndians.
The robbers- ale now concentrated on Or
ange river, abort six rallbs fiom.the Sac and
Fox agenoy. Mr. Timony has asked fOr a
military escort km Gen. Harney to conduct
Min from Kamm city to the Agency, and to
piotecl all parties duritig the distribution of
the money.
Jur The packet-boat " Gazello," com
menced makitg regular' trips :between this.
placeand Athens, on Monday lain, under the
command of Captain gmith, who during the
last season, gained, so, much renown ror 'Ma
careful and skillful navigation' of . the waters
of the " raging canal!' FOr speed' comfort
'and safety the Gaza/e" is unequallediara
means of tratel.--- TOuranda - Repoitek.
Thai Brills!' Aggiessioni;;-;6dligisa,
Oora - Bleellng at New Orleans.
NEW orti.saws, May 29 At the meeting
of Coinrnoq !Coil ncils, s held yesterday, a series
of resolutions were rend, authorizing .the
Mayor to equip and send an armed vessel
gainst. the British cruisers in the Gull. 7
• To-day. argreat indignation meeting was,
held is the Arcade, called, for the purpmse - of
considering the propriety ofsending an armed
vesseljgthe Gulf. Not less than 5000 per
sons giended . the meeting, at which General
Palfre,i, presided, and. Col. A. T. Turner acted
as Secretary.
After several eloquent speeches, resolutions
were adopted recommending every vessel be
fore leaving this port to arm and equip waits
to offer every resistance possible to the
British cruisers. Great enthusiasm was dia.
played.
outrxigeli;
. .
The press, and thin all parts of our
great confederacyt in thunder tones
of indignation - ag rodent and con
tinued aggressions of British • seamen upon
the commerce of the United States. , In ail
parts of the hind, the voice of resentment is
beard, and there is deep - satisfaction that our
government has taken such vigorous steps to
sustain the honor of the Drumm The natnial
feelings of antipathy which Lars prevailed in
this country against England, from the date
of the Declaration \to the present time,' have
burst. forth with intense fury,- and if a wan
should break out, against that - netball, thous
ands of gallant spirits will rush to the de
fence of America's flag with almost more
than Revolutionary enthusiasti• England
will find the worst foe she ever contended
with ; if she should again become embroil
ed in battle array against' the . Un . tea States..
Know-Nothingism at a Discount in
Maryland.
All the friends of civil and'religious liter
tv should rejoice that the proposition to call
a Convention to revise anti alter the Consti
tution of Maryland, was defeated at the elec
tion held in that StatF; on Wednesday last:
It was well understood that the real object. of
the prime actors in the movement, was to
have incorporated in the fundamental law of
that Commonwealth a clause , embodying the
fadims and .cherished "twenty one years"
of the Know-Nothing_or "American" party,
as against foreigners. But the sentiments of
patriegm and of toleration, even in that he
nightetrand mobocratic State, has proved tog
strong for the:unholy schemers. and the
attempt at-a foul wrong has been crushed in
'the bud.
The Invasion of Plissonaby Mont&
.... gomery's Band.
ST. Louts,• May 31,—The "Republican"
learns that Governor Stewart has sent Gen.
Parsons to Bates and Cass counties, to ascer
tain the extent of, the troubles reported to
exist there, and whether it be necessary to
call out the militia to• nroteot• the border
counties of Missouri from the depreaa:ions of
Montgomery's band.
PREPARATION'S FOR AN ELECTION IN KAN
SAS.—LEAVENIVORTIL, May 26.—Thi Board
of CommissiOners appointed under thi act of
Congress of May 4, was convened nt Le
cotnplon, May 24th. Pri t ge nt, .1. VI. Den
ver, - Governor ; Walsh, Secretary;
C. W. Babcock, President of the council ;
George W. Deitzier, Speaker of the house,
and Wm. Weir, District Attorney. The
members of the Board were sworn in by Judge
Cato. The dotnnai•sioners organiked by
electing Gov. 'Denver, President, and Hugh
S. Welsh Secretary.
1:4.111i1111LIFe ut. tnree was . appointed by
the chair to propose the programme: for con
ducting the electicin provided for by. the
Kansas bill, to report at the next meeting, to
take place on the 31st inst.
On motion. of C. W.; Babcock, it was unan.
imously agreed that the election ordered br
the act of Congress, shall take place on the
first Monday of August next. Adjourned.
BLOOD} WORK tv KANSAS.—W r e were
very. certain' tbat Jim Lane's ff eebooters - and
murderers, known. as the l'pntgorner'y band,
a
would receive • just punisbnient for their
many outrages in - Kansas, and we rejoice to
learn that this retribUtion has so soon over
taken a portion of them. The second' tele
graphic dispatch in reference to this affair,
found in another column, is doubtless the true
version.
These reckless cuittaws and. thieves are the
off-scouring; of the Free State party. but pre
repudiated by all interests . in the Territory
except perhaps Lane and a few' of his follow
ers, and the Free Stilt& men as well as others
are fully determined to put them down.--
The band is composed.of some,two hundred
members, who roam through the country and
levy contibution, rob and commit other dep
predations wherever they can.
This is the first decisive check they have
met -with, and as one of the principal otitlaws
—Capt. Reed, attached to Montgomery's
board of commissionerst is one of the ten
who was killed, we hope it will put A n end to
the troubles and , cause the dispersion of this
set-of men.—.N. Y. News.
UtITRAOES " IN KANSAS AND MISSOCRI. - St.
Louis, May 28th, 1858.—The Jefferson City
correspondent of the Republican states that
a petition has been received- by Gov. Sewart
from citizens of Bates and Cass counties, Mis
souri, asking that-measures be taken for their
protection against Montgomery's Kansas ban
ditti, who had invaded Missouri and oomitted
various robberies and outrages in the above
mentioned counties, and were preparing for
a more extensive foray into the State.
The Leaveworth correspondent of the same
paper says that Montgotnery's men burned
611 (own , of Butler, in Kansas, on the night
of the 2lst inst.
AltßlfED FROM CALIFORNIA.—The United
States mail steamship Moses- 'Taylor, John -
McGowan, Esq., commanding,arrived at New
Cork, on Saturday. -She left Aspinwall on
the 20th inst., at .O P. M., with the California
mails, passengers and treasure which left San
Francisco in the P. M. steamship Sonora, on
the 7th last. The - Moses Taylor brings
$1,515,901 in treasure.
Owen U. Callaghan, aged 34 years, a pas
senger on, board the Moses Taylor, died of
consumption on the 27th inst., and was buri
ed' at sea..
A rEasioNta:-- , Samtiel Johnson, the'great
English lexicographer. in his dictionary de
-fined a pension, as - "pay given to a State hire
ling to betray his country;;antra pensioner
as a slave of State hired by a stipend to oriey
a masters ' •
A few years later - this Virtuous psTriet Re-
Cooted a Tension of slsoa year from George
Mt, and '-employed his pen in traducing the
patriots'ot the American Rerorntioh, and In
flaming the- 'worse p - Asions of the gnglish
people against them, holding them up to ex
ecration An a light similar to that in which ,
the Sepoys of India are regarded. But. this
was after he had_ accepted the pension.
(SFEttAT CHESS Pi:AVING.-M. Paulsen,. tlin
champion chess-player, has just completed' at
Chicago, thefeat of playing ten simaltateMis
gamei of chase blindfollieir or thesiilik won
sereniand three were drawyt gtimes
Death of an Army raycrianer
ST. Vottis, May 292-;—Major Walker, Pay.
master of the United States Army, died at
his residence in this city, at a late hour last
night,- He was buried with, "military honors
at4efferion Barraekvitis afternoon. •
. ,Major Waller was borni Vormont, and
entered the service ,in .N1:4 . 11819. He was
commissioned ink l'fftriapter rank of
Major, pecember, 1831)..
. .
FUiERAL OF GEN. Smyrn.--Phi l'a, May, 28th,
1858.—The funeral-Of Gen. Smith took place
this afternoon, and the display on the occasion
by the Pirst Division of Militia under General'
Cadwallader was very imposing. P,
(/;
The Scott, Legl n had the left of the line,'
after them camel( tachment of Maripek and
the Duquesne Gras from Pittsburg. The
- body Guard consisted of Cointhodore George
C. Read and. Captain . Wiri...iit..McKean of
the Navy, Colonels T. J. Cram and G. 11.
Thomas of the Army, Mr.\ Thomas Dunlap, Mr.
Charles Biddle and a large number of other -
citizens. . - . 't•
The procession proceeded to Laurel Rill
where the National Guard fired the usual sa.
. lutes. The flags'on the public' buildings, ar
mories and sbippingrwere displayed at half
mast and minute
,guns were fired from the
Navy Yard doling the day. • . ~•
DAC OTA 11 TERRITORY: Minn esot a . papers
state that this Territory is receiving • a fair
share of immigration'. Numbers are pouring in
by way of Missotri, bound for the valley of,
the Big Sioux River. It is in contemplation
to place two steamboats on the Big Sioux this
summer, which will run a ',distance of one
hundred and forty miles
,above the
.point
where it empties into the Missouri. This will
tend greatly to encoutage emigration in that
section. Minnesota and Dacotab contain a
large extent of navigable for boats of
a light draught, which is rapidly being made
available. Some five or six hundred miles
will this year be added 'to the empire of •
steam.
-- -. 4iir-S.- -,---
EPISCOPAL Cosva:crios.--PlOn, May 2811,
IBsB.—Several inetle •tual ballots for ASSI--
taut Bishop were tak . Dr. Vinton of Ilti's
ton was replaced on the nomination list, when
on the eleventh ballot the vote stood:
For Bowman
For Vinton
For Stereos '
The last ballot eit, Vint a 70, Boirman
69, scatteting 4.
The 'Convention adjourned tint evening,
and-on the sixteenth ballot Dr. Bowman te•
ceived 75 votes; Dr. ViatOn 63; scatreting 2.
The laity then - voted . to approve the selec
tion with the following result: Yetts_64, nays 50.
TILE ECLIPSE OF THE SCN IN SEPTEMBER.-
Sir Jam Parkington bus 'Offered to place
vessels at the •disposal of men of science
fur observing the great eclipe of the Sun,
which will take place. in September next.
This eclipse will be total, and,its astronomi:al
appearance will be best seen in South America,
particularly about Lima.. It is anticipated
that an astromical expedition may be organ
ized; and in this case, fotigit astromomers
Would be invited to jou% the expedition.
Cor:Sumrrtos, the great scourge by whivh
so many are doomed to a premature grat,
could in many cases be effectually cured by
simple remedies, if taken in season. Wistar's
Cherry Balsam has cured hundreds iithiti
a few years. 'None is genuine unls signed
I. Butts:
'Fletcher Welister, son of Daniel , Welr
ster„has teen re-appointed Nary agent at
Boston. The rons of Henry ,Clay, Daniel
Webster Gen. Harrison, Gen. Taylor an a l John
Tyler, are all National Democrats.
Ex• Governor JAnson announces himself as
a candidate for Congress in the \2lst
The World Amhzed Nations.
Thankful.
The shallow proverb Familiarity breeds
contempt," has a very !united , application.
Familiarity. with
: which that is admirable.
useful and beneficent, breeds respect, grati
tude nud enthusiasm. It has been thus with
Holloway's inestimable Pills. The more
thoroughly we become acquainted with their
wonderful prverties, the more we see of their
operation in the 'most desparate cases, •the
More deeply sensible do we became 'of the
value to humanity of a medical discoverer
like Professor HOLLOWAY. In this country,
where we are quick to perceive itnd prompt
to_admit the claims of greatness in every de
partment of art or science, his papular!tv is
boundless, and the demand for his remedies -
might 1. , e called a furore, if it were not
founded on the solid basis of experience. In
the seasons when, dysentery and diarrhms
prevail, the population of whole distncts in
'the South and _West refuse to take any other
preparation _ than the pills. The resident
physicians remonstrate with them in vain. •
It is useless to tell the sink who are daily re-'
covering strength, appetite, health and cheer
fulness, by the use of this omnipotent medi
,
cine,;hat it is an empirical invention. Their
every organ, muscle, net ve . and fibre, unite in
giving the' lie to the assertion. It is Jiro
same 'with despepsia, liver complaint, and
in Ilia all internal maladies, without ex
ception.
Under such circumstances, can " it be sur
prising that the name of Holloway. is endear ;
ed to the American - people.? Many maladies,
deemed incurable before the introduction of
the Pills, now create neither fear nor anxiety.
It is generally understood that' the suhjuga
lion of these complaints by t course of the
medicine is an easy task; •that the sufferer
who relies upon any other preparation, patent
Tor prescribed, is literally serenading for life
in the dark ; and :that he or she whoperishes
under the false treatment of the faculty, "dies
as the fool dieth.'
We do not stand alone in our appreciation
of the vitalizing sad • restorative qualities of
the pill's.
_Ahnost every exchange paper we
open contains some anecdote of their tri
umphs over disease or of the uplifting of some
debilitated : and - hopeless invalid from the
lowest dephts of. physical' weakness and
..
mental despondency, by their aid. No other
; advertised medicineS have ever commanded:
such ecomiums from the medical, -religious,
//'
political and independent press,as Holloway's/
ty /
meat of the ordinary nostrums of the: de ,
remedies. Papers and periodicals too friyid(:
Ty aristocratic even to publish the adverijse
! have earnestly commended the - Pills / o) to
confidence of the afflicted. Nothing / bat /.
/ i . "
' great facts, too'widelv known to be disputed
\ could,hreve forced 641 accredited organs f
1 the %realty to bow to this mighty innov tor, .
the. dreiarof the world of medicine; 'add his. ,
peerless muratives. But - even .thcie have
-succumbed. - Trutlicau no more 4 arrested
in its dourse than the lightnings/ heirien.7=-
N. V. Sunday "Afercitek" . .
,
Ilielinbold's Genuine Preparalion,
2
'Highly Concentrated Extract . al nu, for Diseases ,
(3 1' the Bladder, Kidneys, Gr If
vet, Dropsy, Weak
nesses, &e ., is a safe and I, ( easallt remedy. Read
the' advertisement in another column, headed
‘.. l 4eltubold's Genninul'reparation." Mee .
/ ..
Medical No, iceo-The Sasq!a County
Medical Society/will meet et, Montrose On'
i
rt
Wednesdoi, J o 9th, at, Tarbell's. Hotel, at 1b
_l.m. , .... R. S. PARK, Secretary' ,
1 Juite Int, 85g. '