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rcd, Benton said TO arespsctabis citi-
zen IN this county that he was satisfied that
he would lose Pike and Lincoln counties,
that It was no use Of trying in them, but
that he weuld carry every other county in
the State. Wsopine before he reached the
Des Moin he thought there was a few more
Of the same sort. Is this the way Colonel
Benton cheers his friends and keeps up his
own, spirits, BY claiming all the counties ex-
cept. those he is in or near, where public
sentiment is too manifest to be mistaken or
1isrepresentedP This is, indeed, worse
than the bay whistling in The woods to drive
OF fear. It may do keep up The appear
Gnee. Of sueoess to his friends, but it will
never carry him back to the Senate again,
nor put him in the White House either.
H We made q visit, a few days ago, to
the pork slaughtering and packing establish
ment Of Msssrs. E. Draper & Brothers, of
thiscity, andivere truly surprised and pleas
ed at Che rsxcsllent arrangements Of their
building: tits a credit to any city. Their
building is spacious and well arranged, with
frsIh spring water ESQ essential to neat
ness, conducted4o all parts Of it. Their
preparations fot packing, the present sea.
son, are in progress for an extensive BUSH
ness; and if the farmers Of the country,
Who have porktO sell, will consult their own
interest, they will doit. The want Of capi-
tai and purchasers in this market is a seri-
Gus draw back and can only be overcome,
IN their absence, by the farmers driving and
having their own porkpacksd. It is amis-
taken idea to drive it to an unnatural mar
ketfor an immediate though not better pur.
chaser, Let the farmers look to their own
iptsrest, and build up a permanent market
near their own doors. ..-s;.4s.h + i.taa
Tie Ezpress,Ons Of tie Peopk.--It Is
sometimes said by men Of short memories,
that the subject q the wilmot Proviso and
the slavery question is new to the people
Of Missouri, and that our Legislature had
no right to give an expression or instruct
our ssaatoss upon that subject. An sachI
persons We would respectfully invite TO read
tie Expressions given BY various counties
10 the State, on the first page Of this paper.
LetsvsFy body read them.
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TIE 81. Louis TRAeEDy.-An. .sccount
Of this horrible affair, taken from the Saint
Lpais Republican, viii be found upon the
frstside Of this pspsr.t 2 But little in addi-
ton to9ths FIRST publighsd particulars has as
yet been developed, On, examining the sf-
fecs of the Priseners, By the city suthori-
ties they were asesrsained to be In easy
Observation-Disclosures some 81, 400 in gold
coIn,3 with many other val1sbless, suited to
che tastes Of sporting characters. Their
names were written upon their goods as
Count Gonzaivs de M ntesquieu and Count
R~symondde Montesq1ieu,and psssed them
selves a. brothers, recently from Paris,
Ffsnee. The Union seems to think there
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ssorAe~ imposition aboatfhe Count, 40 there
is.but one Count de Montesquieu, or Count
obany place at one time, and two brothers
cannot bear the same title simultaneously.
No cause has as Jet been assigned for the
perpstration Of the ~atrocious outrage bat
insanity, in the elder and leadeer, to which
many ara inclined to lear, But the pres
sncs Of an sccomplics throws doubt upon
the opposition sItogsther: The excitement
m the city 60 the following day, the 10th,
and misunderstanding aight. wasiDtenss. The
whole police guard i~DeiadiBg the Mayor,
wsrsup si night to suppress violence from
the Outraged feelings Of the citizens, more
than 1900 shom surrounded the Jail until ]
o'cleck alright with oecasionaIdemonstrs-
tioasts force the doors and take the laws
int thsir own hands. Inthe meantime the
prisoiefs we're removed BY a back egress
and bdgsd a~tJehsFson Barracks; NOT, how
avaFs until m afHnrk -.s -AJ. L. a.. III.