Weekly Western Argus from Wyandotte, Kansas • 2

4... HA The Issue in 1830. The Territorial Mail Service. i undTstT thai owing to the The New Constitution and the Taxes well known, by the rascally From the New York Ntw. The President, Gen- Joseph LIST OP LETTES5 REMAINING iutn Pot Office at Quindaro, Perry Meeting.

At an adjourned meeting of the citizens of Wyandott, held the Mayor's eSce on Monday evening, April 4, 1S59, In the history of our Government, questions Eave occasionally arisen, which, from their intrinsic importance, have controlled and determined Presidential failure of Congress to pass the Post Office Legislature of last winter, that the taxes. Department Appropriations, the Post-Lander Black Republican rule, had nearly matter General has found it necessary to eaten up the entire wealth of the th of the Deuartment to'tory, and that to add the expense of contests Such a question is now before man had staled the object of the meeting, the American people, and surround it as he on motion appointed.a committee, con-you may no man, or set of men, no sisting of Messrs. McDonald, Gray and or set of issues, can prevent it from be-! Overton, to draft resolutions expressive of k- -rtnf h.mM. In doing, it is rumored that several Special i Mail Arrents hare been dismissed xrorn the service, and, among the number, the indefatigable agent for Kansas and Ne- E. R.

Smith. We sincerely hope this rumor may prove nrnrrort Thp. lirmsfAl Ot IJol. Smith would be an act of injustice to our Territory, which wc cannot believe would be persisted in by the Po-tmaster General did he understand our necessities, and the eminent services which Col. Smith has Black Republicans in office.

The post-rendered the Department, since he has'poned taxes must at last be paid. The held the nost of Special Mail Atrent. In 1 tax-gatherer is already counting his per the old States, where the Mails are transported upon all the principal routes byrailroods, where side routes are per-1 manentlv established, and all the roachin-'of ery of the Mail Service is well understood and in complete order, the dismissal of Mail Agent would be mailer of little moment. Such is not the case, however. in a new Territory Here our routes are all new, our contractors and employees, many of them, mere and without the constant care of an energetic, intelligent and faithful agent, all must be thrown into chaos and confusion.

Since Col. Smith came to the Territories, he has given his whole attention to the well-being of the Department, and his ceaseless and efficient efforts have won commendations alike from political friends and enemies. To be deprived of his services in the Territories, at the wowes wno are now devouring our lern-present time, is to be virtually deprived t017- Under the cr' of freedom," nH. II llf a 4 1 I tlC U''kly Western AnillS, JOHN MACAtXAY. Lalur.

WYATTDOTT CITY, K. T. SATURDAY MORNING, A PHIL 9, 1SM. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. Democratic Territorial Convention.

A Delegate Convention of the Democracy of Kansas Territory will be held at Tecum stili, Shawnee county, on the 10th day of May next, for the purpose of a more thorough organization of the Demo cratic party. The Uelcgales are appoi iniei, among; wv the several counties, as folio Atchison 6, Bourbon 5, Doninhj ii Douglas 10, Franklin JeflVrson 5, Johnson Lykim 3, Leave worth 11, Shiwnee rt. Wyandott 6, and all the oihei counties of tli territory foui dnlegatea each. The Executive Committee recommend to the Democracy of the several counties, to hold County Conventions, Saturday, the 30th day of April next fur the purpose of stlecting Delegates to said Territorial Convention, and at the same lime Demo-cralic Organizations may be effected for the Counties'. By order of the Democratic Territorial Executive Committee.

CYRUS F. CURRIER, Sec'y. March 17, rS-W. Th Rivebs. Both rivers are at a somewhat low stage of water, but with still plenty of water for boating purposes.

Plenty cf freight has been landed on our levee for this and other points of our Territory during the past week. A great number of Pike's Peak emigrants have made Wyandott their starting point for the gold legions, besides buying many of the necessaries for the trip. Our city is fast filling up with the bone and nnew of a city's growth and prosperity an industrious and laboring population. Mechanics, of a good many descripiions, have also opened stores in our midst, and business generally looking up. If any of our readers, in this community, would like to be agreeably surprised with a good, easy shave, let them call on Mr.

Blum, Nebraska avenue, at least so say the county officers, and they fchould be good judges. Mr. Blum understands his profession, as an artiat should and every one who may give him a call will not cave dissatisfied. BaoKF A couple of prisoners, confined in our jail for hore-stealing in Johnson county, succeeded in wrenching oflT one of the iron bars on the inside of one of the windows, early on Thursday morning last, and escaped before their flight was discovered. Sheriff Forsyth, with his Deputy, Mr.

Finney, immediately set to work to ferret out their whereabouts, and found one of tliem some little distance up the Missouri bottom, with his shackles still on, and the other in the neighborhood of Collins Rogers' saw mill, busily engaged in filing ofl'hia chains, he having stolen file from ihe mill for that purpose. They were taken back to their former quarters, und are now under constant guard. Much credit is due to Sheriff Forsyth and Deputy Finney for the prompt rc-ancst of the prisoners. Our jail is so unfit for its purpose, thai with a little outside assistance, prisoners can escape at almost any t'uie without difficulty. A jail should be built immediately.

It is a public necessity. Oua Cocntt Officers. The machinery of our new county appears to work amazingly well, taking into consideration the many difficulties consequent upon the organization of a naw county, wiih a depleted treasury. The time for the collection of taxes having been postponed, our Supervisors are without the means to provide for the current expenses of the county, and to supply the officers with the necessary books, seals, stationery, and will remain so until Jane next, when the taxes arc collectable. Nevertheless, ur Clerks i ppear to surmount all the obstacles thus far encountered, and will soon be as conversant with their duties a those of older organized counties.

Fmrr Dibtrict Cocbt. Judge Pettit has re-appointed James R. Whitehead, to the office of Clerk of the First District Court for Leavenworth county. This appointment retains the services of Mr. Benton, the obliging Deputy.

IiotbJ gentlemen are well known to legal fraternity for the ability with which they have discharged the duties if th difficult positions they have filled. Silrer Lake. This uprightly little boat departed on her second trip up ihe Kansas a few days eince, having on board a large load of, freight fur th upper country. Captain TVilloughby is dctcrmiw-d to establish the Kansas river trade on a firm basis, aud before long wh utujeirute to see freight landed on our levee svJCfkient to employ half a dozen such Bring on your boats. Hon.

Jus. IViliUiVAi Judge of the Third District Court, was in. 4own during the past week. S. P.

Thompson, a Deputy jCansiaUe in TnL wa talw(l last lv a I to arrest. Thompson is out of all danger. i Mrs. Hutung, for the murdtr of her husband, and John Wilson, for killing Talrick MtCarty, have been entenc'd i be hung in: Albany on Wdue-day, the 27th of Arrif. i Lang, Ricimajra, March 25, 1859.

'Ed itor of Siw York I think there can be do mistake about the and that is this: The Demo cratic party, if it expects to maintain its unity, integrity and ascendancy in this country, cannot afford to quarrel about men lor standard bearers, or about who ahall lead, or who shall be led. They hare a mission to perform a destiny to work oat not only for our country, but for the human race. We are in the era of great events. It is an age of hot blood. The spirit of revolution and disorganization among men, as well as among nations, is everywhere seen and felt, and it well becomes us to pause and reflect that we may like the mariner at sea, when threatened with danger, take our latitude and longitude, understand our position, and thus provide for our common safety.

This prudence and discretion our revo lutionary fathers exhibited in their day ana until within a few years past the Democratic party a party that has safely led and guided our country through, many a storm, never failed in a great crisis to exercise a wise discretion, and to preserve a united organization. Shall we now dis oana ana unaer tne lead ot numerous local chiefs, not only prey upon ourselves bnt upon our common country and posterity, or shall we pause to take our reckoning, that we may be able to see how far we have been drifting from our proper course before it is too late I trust we shall. It is clear to every reflecting man that unless we can select sone standard bearer for President in I860, around whom all may rally one who is the chief of no faction or segment of the party one who stands" uncondemned and uncommitted by any local or sectional division or divisions, we will, as a party, be overwhelmed in the next Presidential canvass, and ever after that scattered like sheep without a shepherd. There is one man, I think, a chief, able and worthy to lead us to victory, under whose standard we may all gather, with a sure and certain mviction of achieving a signal triumph at the next Presidential contest. That man, that statesman, that hero and chief, is General Joseph Lane, the Marion of the Mexican war, and one of the United States Senators from Oregon.

He is every inch a roan, and an honest, able and patriotic one at that. He is firm, public spirited, and in all that makes the hero and statesman, he is more like Gen. Jackson than any man now living. He is bold in his public policy, and he would successfully lead the lion-hearted masses of our country forward on their great mission of deliverance and liberty to roan, elevate the standard of our national faith aad patriotism, unite us as a party and a people give tone, life and dignity to his administration, and though last, not least, would see to it that all nations shall respect our commerce and our people. Gen.

Lane is the very man for the age, for the party and for the country, and I hope to see the people everywhere commence at once the work of organization in his cause. Now is the day, and now is the hour to strike for the integrity of the Democratic party and for a great victory in 1860. Madisow. According to official statistics there are 6,263 tanneries in the United States, of which the South has about one -third. Pennsylvania alone has one-sixth part of the whole number, or 1,039.

The Southern States rank in the following order: Tennessee has 894 Virginia 851 Kentucky 275 North Carolina 151 Alabama, 149; Missouri, 148 Georgia, 140; Maryland, 116; Mississippi, 92; South Carolina, 91 Arkansas, 21 and the other Southern States a less number each. The entire capital invested in the tanneries in the land is the number of skins in them being 2,658,065, and the number of sides of leather count ing 12,257,940 An interesting fact, says the Philadelphia Press, was developed at the lute meeting of the United States Agricul tural Society. Dr. Elwyn called the attention of the members to the fact that the wheat crops of this country were fast diminishing, so far as the number of bushels to the acre was concerned. He stated that in Ohio, a State but little over statea mat in unio, a state out utile over fifty years old, the crop had fallen off from forty bushels to i the acre to about sixteen, while in the best portions of New York, where thirty bushels used to be considered a fair crop, only twelve bushels are now raised.

The falling: off in other States bad been equally marked but while this was the fact with the wheat crops, he was triad to know that the amount of corn produced to the acre had lartrelv increased, and was still increasing enor- raously. Mr. Morphy is now engaged at the Cafe de la Kegence in a most singular game of chess with a party of amateurs numbering one hundred. These hundred persons nave subscribed to give Mr. Mor pby a public dinner before his departure, box before that event comes off they are playing a game thus Tne hundred are divided into five sections of twenty each, who are to play among themselves until one of the twenty is acknowledged the victor of the others.

When each of the categories shall have thus selected one of tneir number as their champion, the five champions are to play against Morphy at odds graduated to the respective strength Of each category. I lie Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says that the Secretary of State recently submitted to the Attor-f ney General the question whether the wunese cooue iraoe, as cameo on oy American ships, comes within the laws for the suppression of the slave trade. The Attorney General decides that it does not come within said laws. Under this de cision there seems to be no obstacle to the establishment of the coolie trade between Africa and the United States. Diplomatic correspondence from fa- Li uxiu, sisica unu iui rciuvi -nit, I i ceived unconditionally, but that any pro- posiuon tow tiwg sui jmiuweu i i ni r.n i i by the Government sending him ha pass ports.

The contingency is improbable, since the withdrawal of the Cuban bill, as Ur. Buchanan will not open negotiations without some money. The City Greys1 Band of Indianapolis, with two exceptions, are toon to start for the mines. They are to receive coinph- jmentary benefit before their departure. SPB I II I JL LV voice Kans Tenitory, Mtrch 31t, which, if not tsken'mit before the first day of July aext, will be sent to Ihe General Post Office, as-dead letter.

Bra man Mrs Saraii Cooper -Doaghitt Day Charles Dui fee Jadon Kriller Alexander Luitday I.ouis JVfrrilI Aaron Mahon John 2 McCormick Willianr Merrimaa A Peck Horatio Rusaell Michael Richmond A Start SS Todd Jxms llen-Winne Aibert Dvre John Enjrlish Mr Faces Watsrtn Gilletl Atonxo II Cunn William Hare mil Edward Hall, English derson Whitehead Jeseup Persons calling far the above letters wilV V. J. L.AV Ef Postmaster. I. 9.

SIOCETO. 8. M. F.MtSSON. STOCKTON EMERSON, At rnoys-a Xi a GENERAL LAND AND COLLECTION Agents, and Notaries Public.

Office on Third street, opposite the Carno House. April I8.y. ly. PeiDlic Mass MEETINGS! rpHE CENTRAL NATIONAL J)EMO-X CRATIC Committee of Kansas Territory have called a general Convention of said party at Tecumseh, on the lOih day of May, JS59; and having also reqnested the several counties t9 ToerifriMr rtl A ms(ins I rr- ffi sviil poo or appointing delegates to lepresent thess in the Tecumseh convention he Nations! Democracy of Johnson County are requested to Primsrv Ski- ill r.m precincts, on tne 4tb Saturday, day or April, 1859,) for the purpose of seudiB? Uree delegates each to a county convention to beheld at Olathe, on the 31st dav of April, 18o9, vhich latter is authorized, by the Central Committee, to send ffve delegates to the Territorial Convention, and for transacting such other business aa suid Convention may consider proper. E.

S. WILKINSON, A. SLAUGHTER, WELLS. Central Com. of Johnson C.

PIKE'S PEAK. THOSE who intend going to Pike's Peak should take the precaution to sspply themselves with a small assortment of Bf ediCinrs-as they will prove invaluable in cas of sickness. The ntcessary articles for an outfit, put up in convenient packages by WILLIAM LOG ICR, Druggist and Apothecary, IVf i ntiftnt3 lvnn. t- SVuirila ami ViFtti ata April 2. 3m BARBER SHOP.

THE undersigned has opened a Shaving and Hair-dressing Saleon, opposite the Tost Office, and will always be found ready to attend to customers. N. B. Leeching and Cuppinjr done. GEORGE F.

BLUM. Wyandott. April 2. 3m Dissolution Notice. THE copartnership heretofore existing between C.

M. Van Fossen and J. Vas Fossen, was this day dissolved by mutual fou-eent. All persons indebted to the firm are requested to call and settle with either partv. C.

M. VAN FOSSEN, J. VAN FOSSEN. March 2iith, 1859. The bnsinese will be carried on hereafter bv H.

V. McNay is. at the old stand. Great National Air Line Route VIA St. Louis Terre Haute R.

Ii. The Shortest, Quickest and most Direct Route between St. Louis and all Eastern and Northern Cities Two Fast Express Trains Daily I Omnibu-es lenve the Office, No. 3" FOURTH STREET, under Planters' House, for the Cars as follows LIGHTNING EXPRESS, 6 15 A- M. TELE GRAPH EXPRESS, 3 30 P.

M- Snadar Afteruoan Train, 3.30 P. M. Cars from liidiaiiaiwlia. All changes of Curs made in Union Depots. Fare always as low as by any other Route! Tickets to Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Columbus, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, Boston.

Baltimore, Washington city, Rutland, Chicag without change of cars. Milwaukie, Li cross Detroil. Siisnennoiii Bridge, Toronto, La Salle Burlington Rock Inland, Galena, Duiileilb, St. Paul, and all the principal cities iu the United Staler and Canada, 3 For sale at the Ticket Offices, No. 32 Fourth Street, under Planters House, and No.

33 North Lcvce, between Olive and Locust Streets. JAS. A. RAYNOR, Sen. B.

F. Fifievd, Genl Pass'r Agt. F. M. Cqlbubk, Ticket Agent.

Jam t- Q. Williams, Traveling Agent April 2, IHj'J. Is. A. CAKtl, Wholesale Dealers in 1 Cj i f.

ISOOKS, 1 OiatlOIiery, ClC No 49 Nortn Btretf fi LUCIE CASH, ALFS.ED CASK, JA. L. BLYTHE April 2. 8m. RAISE A DOLLAR! AND BUY 1MLAJE AJf AN BOOK Or KANSAS AXD TUB GOLD KUrjU IT COMPRISES EVERYTHING OF INTEREST to the Emirrant and Gold HouUr.

It is worth a bushel of the distorted and one sided Guides got up to advertise particulv localities. Buy it if you wattt an lmrrtial, truthful, and reliable work. It abound in formation, descriptions, and statistics. The Map shows everything of inlerest to the citizen or emigrant. Ready I Oth March.

Agents will sell it everywhere. Address O. n. tiUKM, Wyanrt H.T. FURNITURE ST-ORE AND I yard.

BEICEENECKEH VTASHIWOTO AVEJtUE, BU LTAVE on hand the following articles, of J. every description and quality: Beaus, Dress Bur eaos Misses' Bureaus usaaus xounges, Arm Chairs, Windsor Chair. Rockin do Children's High Chairs, Snrimr MattrM H.v Breakfast Tobies, Dining Tables, Center and Card Tabled. Wsh Stands, Candle Stands, Brooms Cribs, ALSO CftfcAT QUANTITIES or II Weathe'r boardinir. Pine and 11 iu, uu uoors.

i aw ewolkss vault or I A A TWO HOUSE WAGOXS, It. The public are resnectfullr invited exasu'iie their stock, which will be sold low. B. are recei'vinjr a rrlendid In wall Papers and Boders. octi Mayor Parr in the chair, after the chair the sense of the meeting whereupon they presented the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted Whereas, Nothing can more conduce to the icoprovtment and prosperity of our city than a sBtrm of good roads, which ahall afford urn facilities for ingreaa and egress at all seasons of the year; and, Whereas, At the present time we have great need cf a ferry across the Missouri river, that a direct communication may at all times be had with the Hannibal St St.

Joseoh railroad, and that we may readily obtain from the farmers of Missouri the products or agriculture, and that our merchants may be places on an equal foot ing with neighboring towns in respect to their tiade and. Whereas, One of our largest property holders proposes at his own expense, and immediately, to place a steam ferry boat on the river, and continue the same as a permanent improvement to the city of Wyandott, provided a certain ferry company or companies claiming an exclusive right to ferry across said river shall relin quish their claim or claims to sucn terry privileges therefore, Resolved, That Messrs. Parr, Russell, Nicholas McAtpin. and J. M.

Funk be appointed a committee to confer with the members of said companies, and report to a subsequent meeting the result of their conference Besolved, That they be requested to procure' lostnwiui a good and auracient steam xerry boat, and continue the same as a permanent means of transit across the Missouri river, or that the said company or companies transfer meir claims to saia terry privileges svutc person or persons who will do so. Messrs. Gridley, Williams, McDonald, and Gray, were called upon to address the meeting, who responded, On motion, adjourned to meet at the post office on Saturday evening, April 9th, 1S59. The Washington Star, of March 25th, gives the fallowing account of the sale of Mr. Key's furniture The administrator's sale of the furni-niture and household effects of the late P.

B. Key, was commenced at 10 o'clock this morning. At that hour, a number of carriages were drawn up before the Key house on street, and m-doors a goodly assemblage the ladies largely in the predominant was gathered in the parlors, or streaming up and down the staircases. Mr. Key's chamber, fronting on street, was furnished with rather Spartan- 1 8unPllcIl' piain oea, tneaium-sizea cheval glass, small mantel clock, and the walls adorned by a single print Fannv Ellsler." we believe.

In the chamber above this, a curious group were overhauling the contents of a small closet, which held the military (captain's) equipments of the deceased. A pair of old-fashioned brass-horse pistols, a handsome sword, and on the lower shelf a hat-box, containing the well- remembered Montgomery Guards" cap, worn by him when in command of that company. in tne nursery much attention was attracted to a beautiful miniature house, some 5 feet in height, and which, with its tiny green blinds, carpeted rooms, and curtained and glazed windows, must have been the marvel and delight of the chil dren for whom it was procured. When we left the house, the auctioneer was "surrounded by an animated crowd of bidders, and the articles sold at rather high prices, many of "them being sought for as mementoes Jy personal and family friends. Philadzlftii April The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says Mr.

Runnels, the newly appointed Consul at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, left here to-day with dispatches for Gen. Lamar, and also dispatches to Commodore McClung, of the home squadron, Hwho goes out' on to-morrow's steamer from New York These dispatches are understood to be as stated yesterday, of a peremptory character, and will show to the govern ment of Nicaragua that the United States will no longer submit to their double-dealing policy. If Sir Wm. Gore Ousley has been weak enough, as it is feared, to yield to the influence of Mr. Manning, the British consul in Nicaragua, and exceeded his instructions, he will prove himself unfit for the important task he undertook, and ought to be immediately recalled by the Government.

Great activity prevails in our navy yards in getting vessels ready for immediate service. One leading feature in the foreign trade of Great Britain is, that the consumption of cotton in that country by manufacturers is about 2,160,000 bales, which, at fifty dollars per bale, is equal to 3105,000,000, Now the value of cotton goods exported alone is stated at forty three millions sterling: Or, $215,000,000 Ana we may estimate taecoisesuc consumption of Great Eritaiato be aa much, 215,000,000 Making an aggregate of Original cost. $430,000,000 105,000,000 Surplus profits on cotton annually, $325,000,000 The imoortance of the cotton manufac ture to Great Britain mar be inferred from the fact that in 1853 there were 379,000 persona employed in the cotton factories alone, beside 303,000 in the manufacture of woolens, worsteds, flax. and silks. We cars information of a recent caucus in Baltimore between distinguished representatives of the several wings of the Opposition, wit the view of effecting a complete coalition for tne canvass ox itAj.

The conclave was held at the residence of a member of the Maryland Judiciary, and there were present Messrs. be ward. Cameron and certain other personages in the interest of the American-V hig faction. We are not apprized of the results of the consultation. It is sufficient for the Democracy to be informed of this moTemect to combine the forces of the Opposition; and they will at once appreciate the importance oi union and har mony in their own -asks.

WashrBgoa States. One of the late Democratic eandidatesi for the United States Senatership tn lSew JerseT. t-4s aaid, remarked, that tne present waa the hirsrestricM Legislator hr ever had dealings with-" I 9 I another constitutional convention, tome appalling debt aireaay contracteo, woum i i iunnl a rA 9 ivat-an thorn In "11 sense or tne enormities 01 ciacK Republican legislation. Hence, it was he collection of taxes was postponed until after the vote for and against a vuuuiunuii The taxes, however, were but pes'poxed were not paid. In a few weeks, the people will be called upon to draw the re and pay for the fun of having centage, and will soon stare you in the cents on every oonar oi your property iuum go to answer the demands Black Repu-lican cormorants, who shrieked for freedom and cried nigger," while deliberately fleecing ery honest settler out of his money, Nor dyes the payment of the enormous postponed taxes put an end to the demands its.

of these hungry missionaries of the Henry Ward Beecher school of politics and piety. A little mart of your money, Mr. Pioneer, is their demand. We want the fun and the notoriety of making another Constitution, and you, Mr. Pioneer, and you, Mr.

Laborer, must submit to a doubling of your taxes next year to gratify our vanity and keep us in spending money. Such is the language of the hungry 11 a ww political rascality is fattening on the very life-blood of the people. Where docs the enormous aggregate of this 5 per cen" taxation go? Who can tell? Not to build up our territory, lor not one thousand dollars has been spent in public improvements since the Territory fell into the hands of the Jay-hawkers. We assert boldly, that the people are robbed, literally robbed, of their money, by the Holy-Rifle-Beecher Corruptionists now in power. The Constitutional movement is but an effort to increase the plunder.

The taxes of next spring will demonstrate the correctness of our position, and not twelve months will elapse before popular indignation will blast the hopes and prospects of those wretched mercenaries who grow rich at the public expense. In the meantime, get ready to pay the postponed taxes. One dollar out of every twenty you are worth is the amount called for this year. Next year, it will be one dollar out of every ten. Hurrah for "freedom!" hurrah for "temperance!" hurrah for nigger $1,200 Found Gernt Smith, while canvassinc the State of New York, previous to the elec tion of last fall, said that he had ven $6,000, to certain committees, to be dis tnbuted among the suffering poor of Kansas, but that he "had never been IS a aoie to discover wuere it had gone, or what good it had gone." We are happy to be able to inform Mr.

Smith that SI ,200 of his $6,000 have been found. It is at last discovered where that amount has gone" and what good it has done." Gov. Robinson informs the public that Gen. Lane has pocketed 81,200, in hard cash, out of Brother Smith's pile. There is where it (the said $1,200) has gone.

Gen. Jim has appropriated it, if (iov. Charley is to be believed. But, Brother Smith asks, What good has it done?" We will answer that question to a demonstration. It has been used by Gen.

Lane to defraud the widow of Gaius Jenkins and her orphan children out of their claim, after the foul murder of the husband and father, by the mercenary hero of "The Army of Freedom." Twelve hundred dollars is thus accounted for of the 500,000, raised and delivered to Kansas committees, by honest but deluded people in the North. Where is the remainder? Come, Gen. Lane, open up on the Governor, or on some one else it is unfair for you to bear the odium alone. Who else stole from thej Widows' and Orphans Fund Bring oat the rest of the Generals, Colonels and Captains, and let them share the odium which Gov. Robinson has fastened upon you.

We trust Brother bmnh will feel encouraged by the developments of Gov. Robinson, and, if he will consent to exercise the virtue of patience, we hare have no dcubt that he will yet discover where the last dollar of his ill-advised donation has gone" and what good it has done." Mr. Clerk, swear Gen. Lane and Capt. Montgomery, and let tne examination go on.

One John Percy, an attorney residing in the city of Albany, New York, recently commenced sixty-seven suits for libel agaicst the proprietors, of the Evening Journal, one in every county in the Slate, and some in Pennsylvania. The gross amount of damages claimed, reached the enormous sum of one million three hun dred thousand dollars On application of defendants' attorney, the suits were con solidated into one, and an trial the jury found a verdict for defendants, and the lawyer was subsequently expelled from the bar Miss Muloch, aather of "John Halifax, Gentleman," ha recently published a new volume called Annie 'i coming the gTeat one issue in the. Presi dential campaign of 1860. That question if the acquisition of Cuba. TheDemocracy will take ground boldly and openly in favor of the measure.

No side issue will be permitted to come in and influence the contest. No man stands the ghost of a chance to obtain the nomination at Charleston who does not take strong, decided and unqualified ground in favor of the immediate acquisition of Cuba. The Opposition will unite upon one man Know Nothingism, Black Republicanism and People a Partyism will each sink its distinctive dogmas and unite upon a candidate opposed to the extension of our boundaries. The contest will be one of manifest destiny against old-fogyism. Aspiring politicians anay as well at once shape their cours with reference to the great contest of I860.

In less than one year the battle will be Who goes ior Cuba and manifest destiny prepare for action Clear the deck and Ah Intelligence Offlco. The Lawrence Republican recommends its friends in the East, who propose to visit Kansas, to correspond with Captain Montgomery before starting. The Republican deems the Captain the most reliable man in Southern Kansas to apply to for information. To those who take the Republican's counsel, and write to the valorous Captain for advice, we would suggest that the following questions be propounded at the close of each letter, and that the military hero of the Republican be requested to commit himself upon each of them, in the new comer visits him, at his home in Moneka, on his arrival in the Territory 1. Will you murder me as you did John Little Will you stpal my goods as you did the goods of in Paris? i i 3.

u. vi mjr wue auu uaujjniers, nnu turn them over to the lusts of your piratical; bands, as you have done repeatedly in your celebrated military expeditions in Kansas Have you abandoned murdering, steal ing and rapine, or do you depend on the passage of another Amnesty act, next winter, to save your neck from the halter? N. the address Rev. Capt. James Montgomery, Commanding Officer of the Southern Division of Major General James H.

Lane's Great Standing Army, for ihe promulgaination of free-dom, Moneka, K. Reply to That you were offended at my little article in the Argus of the 26th is probably because you felt the justice of the remarks it contained and, though you endeavor to express your contempt of the slight censure I saw fit to express, you nevertheless deemed it of importance enough to devote a considerable portion of the Gazette to the exhibition of your uncourteous spleen. That you have seen fit to indulge in the use of scurrilous lan guage about so simple a matter, I do not wonder, after reading your article and that you have failed to comprehend its import is no fault of mine. in tne article or. mine to which you take such exceptions, (and whieh was prompted only by reading the fulsome and ridiculous puff of the concert in the Gazette, and which perhaps you wrote, as you seem-well pleased with it), all the criticism 1 even attempted, was merely to express a very natural surprise (shared by many others) that so many performers produced so little effect, and that they made, with few exceptions, so poor a selection of music.

Do you deny this If so, it is but your opinion against that of many others probably as well qualified to judge as yourself. You say that, in my article in the A reus I I conveyed the idea that the singers felt grieved from the criticisms already passed." That is un true. Had you possessed some of the brains that yon say lack, you would easily hare perceived the meaning of the simple language I made use of. I am irresistibly led to the conclusion that you were one of the performers at Meyer's Hall, on the evening of the 23d and, conscious of the humiliating part you played on that occasion, you are naturally sensitive on the subject hence the ill concealed malice apparent in your com munication. Let me assure you that am not annihilated by your terrible and sarcastic effort in last week's paper, and confirm you in your opinion of my con ceit by saying that it will require one of much heavier mental calibre than jour- self and one better acquainted with the common courtesies of life to either terrify or put me to shme.

IL The Philadelphia Ledger hears from private letters received from persons attached to the Paraguay Expedition, that if Lopez resolves on resistance, the naval force there must confine itself to a block ade which may last till next October, when the rise of the river will enable reinforcements to reach it; and that to make an attack Wita the present forse. would be more desperate than the charge of th Lurhf Brigade at Balaklara. of all mail facilities. We call upon the Postmaster General i a to reconsider ms action in this case, Retrenohment may be necessary, under the circumstances, but surely it cannot be necessary to deprive our new Territories of so important a public servant as is the Mail Agent in all newly settled countries. Rather let some of the useless mail routes be discontinued such, for instance, as the Neosho and Albuquerque route, which costs the Department several thousands annually, and does not carry over fifty letters per year.

At least, let not the folly of Congress be visited upon the hardy pioneers of Kansas and Nebraska. We have suffered enough in the past to deserve fostering rather than rebuffs and hardships in the future. All we ask is, justice to that class of our citizens who are submitting to all the privations of frontier life, to open up a new empire of wealth for the benefit of our common country. Kansas has some claims upon the General Government, and we cannot believe that I'ostmaster General Holt will persist in depriving us of a Mail Ajrent when he comes to give the matter a careful investigation. i trust proper representation will be at once made to the Postmaster General, and shall confidently expect to announce the departure of Col.

Smith upon his usual round of duty in a few weeks. His permanent suspension will be a public calamity, which our people will be extremely loth to submit to. Pike's Peak. By reference to the maps prepared by the speculators of Leavenworth City and Kansas City, it will be seen that on each the actual location of Wyandott is made the apparent location of the city which is to be puffed. Leavenworth City is brought down 35 miles, placed directly at the mouth of the Kaw river, and, on the strength of that locality, it i3 claimed that Leavenworth is 283 1-2 miles nearer Pike's Peak than any other given point on the habitable globe On the Kansas City that thriving little village is removed from the confines of its native hills, transported 2 1-2 miles, and gently dropped down upon the acces sible town site of Wyandott, and forthwith ihe city goes up.

"See our locality! how accessible! and, what is more, we are nearer the gold diggings than any other city this side of Boston Well, gentlemen, taking your view of speculations, we can but admire your sagacity. If falsehood is proper in such matters, you are taking the right course make it profitable. The position of Wyandott is unques- iionaDjy tne Dest on me Missouri river for thine outfitting for the mines. The accurate map of Mr. O.

B. Gunn'a, just out, renders further comment unnecessary, and tully verifies what we have advanced The fact that both Leavenworth and Kansas cities have represented themselves as occupying our location is but an evi dence that they appreciate the superiority of our position. Stocktok Emebsok. The law card of this new firm appears in our columns to-day. Mr.

Stockton is well known as a gentleman of integrity and rare legal attainments. Mr. Emerson has recently come among us, and brings the highest testimonials as to character, and ability as a lawyer. See card. A new steamer for the Kansas River is nearly fiuisned by Mr.

Chase, in Law rence county, Ohio. She is to run in shoal water, drawing but nine inches, and will carry seventy-five tons. Tne cabin weighs but 500 pounds, and will seat! 00 persons. It is expected that three cords of wood will run the boat fifteen intle3 an hoir. Cleveland Leader.

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