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TUE RuMor.-The Washington correspondent
Of the Baltimore Patriot relates the rumor preva
lent in that city, that Louis Napoleon is about
to run tilt, against this country and says;
The on dit is that he is dissatisfied with the
ccssinn of Louisiana by the Grca, Napoleon to
Mr. Jefferson, and the indemnity Of Louis Phil.
ippc to Gen. Jackson that he intends to rake
open these old settlements and demand redress
from the present Government Of the United
States.
Mr.. WEBSTER was 70 leave New York on Tues.
day for Washington. The New York Times says
He has received while here, interesting des.
patches from France as well as from other Euro
pean capitols. but there is no reason to suppose
that his return to Washington is at all fastened
hv the fact. Mr.. Webster is in the habit of DIES.
patching public business wherever he may be
when 1t comes before him.
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A REuGtors REvoLurIoS.-I In Fnmarck which
is the remotest northern region Of Norway, al
most lost in Arctic SHOWS a revolution ia now ra.
ging, which although purely religious, is attend.
ed with all the disastrous circumstances Of pollt
cal troubles The inhabitants of this desolae re-.
gion, persuaded by some missionaries ofscme sect
whose tencts have not transplred, have repudiat.
ed Christianity, and especially :hc seventh com.
mandment, banishcd the priests, and now adopt
the doctrines Of the Missionaries, who profess to
have received them directly from heaven.
The Bishop Of Dronthelm, in whose diocese
Finmurck is situated Immediately upon receipt
of the Intelligence despatched two of his clergy
to the scene Of excitement, who were instructed
TO show the inhabitants into what errors they had
fallen. These gentlemen arrived, and found that
the report was less startling than the actual state
Of things Universal detection reigued in Fin.
marck labor was abandoned. the Churches were
deserted, and the pastors driven away. In the
streets and in the houses, men, women, and chill.
drcn lay upon the ground, with their garments
torn, their heads strewn with ashes ann bitterly
amenting that until then they had lived in false
faith. ignoring the true God and mcriting eternal
suffering The ecclcsiaslics despatched by the
bishop upptiscd him that the fanaticism was so
obstinate and the confusion so profound and uni
vrrsal, that they saw no other means OF presery.
ing the peace Of the country and saving the inha.
h,an,s from their own fury, than ihe lntcrven.
ton Of the military power In consequence of
these representations, the governor Of Drontheim
has despatched high officer Of police and an
armed force to Fnmnrck The result of the move.
mcnt is not yet known.
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ersl Of bi. followers. They were carried to Eng.

efa OF nis followers. They were carried to Eng.
l~ud in n gate. where they were tried, condemn
ed, and hanged at Execution Dock Kidd died
s'ard for the rope hlch he was first tied up broke
with his weight, and he tumbled to the ground /,
lie wa tied up second time and efectually from,
wi''ice arose the story Of bis having been twice
Banged
Such is the main outline Of Kids history but it
has gwen birth to an innumerable progeny of ira
ditions. The circumstances Of his having buried
great treasures Of gold and Jewels after returning
from his cruising set the brains of all the good
people along the coast IN ferment. The'e were
rumors OF great sums found here and there some.
times in one part Of the country. sometimes in
another Of trees and rocks bearing mysterious
marks, doubtless indicating the spots where irea
sures lay hidden Of coins found with Moorish
characters, the plumber of Kids eastern prize
but which the common people took for diabolical
or magic inscriptions.
Some reported the .poils 10 have been buried
IN solitary unsettled places, about Plymouth and
Cape Cod. Many other parts Of the eastern
coast also, and various places in Long Island
Sound, have been gded by these rumors, and
have bees ransacked by adventurous money dig
gers.
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For ItgefGiing Osagr Orange SEED, aud for
GRtiaaiisg fhc Plants The easiest m,thssi Of
preparing the seed Is by soaking till thoroughly
wet, aud exposing them 10 hard frost. once "
twice, after which keep them moist I'LL they be
GIN 10 spruut, when they should he planted. To
sprout the seed after frtezng weather is over,
make compost If old rutted manure and loan,
equal parts in broad shallow box place Law.
er Of compost and layer Of seed alternately. CO.
yer the last layer Of seed with it, set the bo, in
the sun keep moist by >priukling and in ten DAYS
they will spr"ut IN warm weather. The ground
should be new. rich dry. and free from weeds.
plough and harrow TILL 1t il deep and hne
Take a rake with wilr teeth n foot apart.
stretch line, draw the rake by the side Of II.
maxim: at once broad drills, inche, deep
leave feet space between the double rows
Sow the seed regularly at the rate Of stont %
scei, To foot in the driIl, cover by rakug On
line soil Keep the plants free from grass and
weeds When seed are new, they NAV b. known
10 be good hN the germ appearing hrich and
crisp, with small sparkle, Of mois,urc when cut
or broken. The seed il for sale by G. l. 1homp.
sons City Drug Store IN Ottawa.
The above directions should be cut out and
preserved sow
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is. therefore, a mistake to suppose that We are
growing poorer in consequence Of this heavy ex-
port of gold; so far As it proves anything, i,
proves directly the reverse-it is evidence of So
much wealth produced, and as it is not given
away, 1t is fair presumption of trade that, wha,
is brought back in exchange /: worth more than
the cola given for it, This exchange is also a
necessary provision in the natural laws oftrale--
it draws off the -urfeit of gold at one place and
conveys it to where another commodity is seek.
ing purchaser, and thus tends to sustain the
equilibrium Of the currency of tie whole civilized
world.
The export Of gold therefore, has no tcrrors
for US, nor do We see in it any necessity for M
embargo-aw Of congress to restrain free trade in
it, Our gold trade is as legitimate as that If
corn, pork, or cotton, and good harye,ts and rca-
dy markets with the one as well as with the 9th.
er should be equally matter of rejoicing.
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Harpers Magazine, Tor March contains n very
interesting article on 81 Pctershurch. in which
The writer pronounccs that city an architectural
humbug. He says that hosts Of houses, built ap
rarently of stone are nothing more than boards
and paint, and that thousands ~ lofty second s,o
r'es are nothing but frouts ue add, that her pc.
Iiiieal power i likewise holx-cxaccerated
10y the accessories of military and religious pomp
At the jackson Banquet ut Washington, Maj.
Stevens, L. S. a, who has had ample opportu
mites to Judge in the premises remarked.
"A vast spectre of Russian power hauuts the
imagination uf some people. Bltit Is a spectre
II Is perhaps rs much dine to her overthrow vt
Napoleon as to any thing else. Let ANY one re-
hrct a little on that campaign. uuJ suppose VA
p1icnn had the naval c,utru, yf the Bultic. au.
could have transported his armies and above all
his supplies, in ships from the mouth Of the Ter
man uvets TO 81 Petersburg, and then a.k what
woud have been the resist That campaign. for
want OF transportation tor provision and forge
through the thinly populated DISTRICTS that ED
Ell none of these supplies. failed.
a ship Of one thousand tons Is equal tua Wa.
Eon train Of six thousand horse, Let. therefore.
the necessity Of ntcrpo,,iou arse, and with car
immense means Of transportation, We could knock
at the gates Of st Petersburg. and trlurr the
Autocrat could call To the defence at his capitol
his armies striking down liberty IN llurgar, and
IN the Caucasus, that meguHceu. monument of
the gcniu. ri Peter would be a monument Of
proves and heruism Of the sons # the New
World. Yes a blow At s. Prter>bur. will sue
cor the Quprcs>e4 na'ions of Europe, and turn the
Cossack 10
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ForyD DESD-On Wednesday morning about
II o'clock, Mrs. Hennesy was found dead, by her
husband, few rods from her house, near the
steam mill north side Of the Canal, with her face
badly bruised. An inquest was held over the
body by \, \. Fisher, Esq, and after some deb.
Grafton the jury returned a verdict that she had
come to her death By intoxcation aud exposure.
The weather being very cold she no doub. frozo
to death The marks upon her face were exam.
med by physicians and declared to have been
caused by falling upon he frozen ground.
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srHr R.rrryes-we observe by napers from

S,,,,- % r,,.. w - / - -. r -
:, - r'f''s ''''''
vermont "htr' mere has been an unusual am
cunt of the "spuit' humbug practised during the
past year. that a discovery In. been accidentally
n,,Ja ,,..ou, ,,,,a, ILL,
p, '''''
ferrous su'Je'" "hch us So '"hS oaiiied every AT
tempt to unravel 1t. Two very respectable gen
t'emen Of Halifax members Of the Congregation,
al Cb,r,b--a NJ, Tri,,,,,,,l, anil = NJ Kill.
~. -,
"'''"',''"''! o'S'''et'u themselves 70 oe m''"
so the account runs--and the manifestations
were so remarkable that they were persuaded to
90 to wilmington to CRAFTY curiosity. OF the
proceedings there, tie Rev, d H. R1uocy give,
the following account IN the Democrat
Every thing went on iora time "a usual rap
a la, '' , 81, ~. ~ ''s'n
the mediums remarked that A discovery had been
accidentally made lie woud let the company
mt. a secret we VIII now sand Mr. kellogg
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Wing Abuse of Mr.. jIat,cson.

1t must be regarded as n favorable omen for
Mr MlrrEsoy, that in anticipation oG hi. nomina
ton as the democratic candidate for governor, so
INSCRIPTIONS and dyed in.hc wool wing sheet
as the Aurora Beacon, la. already commenced to
pour upon him columns Of ioul-mou,hed abuse.
The pretended reasons FOR this early hostility to
Mr. Mltiesou Is set forth in the luminous sheet
named, may be summed up thu,, in few words.
1T Mr. Ms Hostility to the Bank law; 81. His
active agency in securing the construction If The
Rock Island aud Chicago Railroad; and 81, De
magosuism To the first two Of these charge.
we might as well plead guilty II Is doubtless
true that Mr. ". does not much affect the Bank
law, bu; that therefore, as governor, lac would
refuse to execute that law, as the Beacon argues,
is surely not just inference, aHl it Isquitc as
true that Mr., Ma,teson has constantly had hca.
W shoulder to the wheel in pushing forward the
Rock leland and Chicago Railroad, but for the
life OF us we cannot see how the Beacon discoy.
ers in this fact hostility to the Central Railroad
The charge OF dcmagogui.m, however is gratui.
tous and false. So far from driving from county,
to county, packing conventions, it Is well known
that MrM has steadily up to this time clung 10 hi,
business although repeatedly urged by his friends
to visit different parts Of the state, as other
candidates have done.
We understand thoroughly the motive of the
hostility cfthe Hall family who print the Au.
rora Beacon to Mr. Matteson. 1t is pure person
al spite, and wing spic--and as such can have
no influence with Democrats.
We have urged on one or two occasions upon
the people Of this county the claims Of Mr.. Matte.
son, rot that we are personally hostile to any 9th
or candidates spoken Of but because we believe
If our people understand their own interests they
will go for man whose feelings, sympathic. and
interests are so thoroughly identified with their
own as those Of Mr., Mattcson VIGOROUSLY are
Beyond this we have no feeling or interest in the
matter; and confident that our people understand
what they are about we have no fear of their be
ing mis'ed by amy dim lgh, that may radiate f,om
| the Beacon ut Aurora
n f.,,, p Al. II
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Dairy River Mail.

We notice by the ST. LOU, papers thata daily
river mail between St. Louis and Peoria has been
established for the ensuing season The iullovins
boats will constitute the line Connecticut, Capt
o H. Pratt, Cataract, Capt. c. De Wit, Lucy
Bcriram, Capt o. Harris, Ama=onja, Capt. Z.
Deyiuney, Prairie Stat, Capt S. Rider,
We are at a loss to know why this contract
should not extend to La Sale for at any stage of
water when boats can reach Peoria they can also
reach La Sale.
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i Pleasing Incident Ia Gov. kossuth!

Yesterday number Of boys. attached to our
schools. collected among themselves the sum of
fifteen dollars, appointed spokesman, and went
IN body to see Gov. kos>uth and present him
with their mite Of material and for the cause Of
Hungary. The Young speaker discharged his
trust maniully, using language an& ideas that an
older head need not be ashamed Of Governor
kossuths EYES moi.trucd with delight at this nj.
butte from so pure a source and he spoke words
of wisdom and patriotism to them, that the wor.
Thy Youngsters will long retolcct, We are sure, in
after life, when they grow up to battle with the
world--Si Louis Union
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The Joliet Signal thu. foots up
The March Number Of the Prairie Farmer has
been received It's valuable publication and
shonll be in the hands Of every farmer.

STEAM BoAr--1he Prairie State, Capt Rider,
made her appearance at our wharf on Monday
mornine--thc first boat Of the season She left
in the afternoon with large amour, Of freight
We are indebted to her g,ntlcmanly clerk for late
ST. Louis, and other river, paper
The Amazonia Capt DevInney, also arrived
here Yesterday afternoon aud discharged a lot
Of freight, but owing to tbs great quantity Of
ice in the river and intense cold state Of the wcs.
Their she made tracks for the sunny south as quick
as possible, withou, taking on any freight,
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GubcrnatorIal.

PERRY CoUNrr CoyvESrIoS-The Democrats
Of PERI county met in convention on the LIST
INST, at Pnckneyvlc. The committee appoint
ed for that purpose reported a long series Of
sound democratic resolutions, and recommended
stephen \. Douglas for President.
David VI IIosue and j. NJ Montague were ap.
pointed delegates, and VIM. L. Smith and r. G..
Murphy were appointed substitutes to tie State
Convention
The delegates were instructed to vote first for
John Dement,, and second for David l.. Gregg.
for Governor, Newton Cloud, Secretary Of State.
Thos II. Campbell, Auditor, and John Moore,
Treasurer.
The Democrats Of Crawford county, in conycn
ton, have appointed Hon. J. G. Allen and II. E.
Joli, delegates to the State Couyeution-pelg-
ed to support the nomination Of David L. Gregg
for Governor
GErxpy CouSrY Tie Democracy of Grunly
CO held Mass meeting at Morris to day to select
delegates to represent that county in the State
Convention. 1t is understood that they will in.
struct for Mattcson tot Governor
LryNGsroS CovSV.-1he Democracy of Iiy.
uston co. will hold Mass meeting at Pontiac for
the same purpose, on Tuesday the 9th day of
April
The Joliet Signal thu, foots up
THE RrsuLr SO FAR We have cnleavored To
keep the run NJ the County Conventions "a they
have occurred IN the State, and arrordn: to our
count where instructions have been given. they
foot mp rs follows Boone Mrlirury K1nr. Viii.
lruquo,s auI krullll-l9 delegate, for joel a.
Nutr.un, Ncrmihpn saline. GalHun, Marion,
Cas-, Carroll and Logan-lj delegate, for u. l.
Gregg Jo Dawes, Lee Whltcside, Franklin and
De k1lb-lI delegates for John Dement,; Nor.
gam delegates for Newton Cloud; Tazcwell
and De Witt delegates for 7 l.. Harris Con.
ventions have been held in some dozen or fifteen
other counties, but the delegates are left To nc,
their own incIinatons in the State Convention.
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lLINoII CENTRAL RAIL RoAp.-Wc have rr'id
b.rmiumuuuu 'Hatthc line from thl, city to Cairo.
Is to be put under contract a, soon rs estimate,
can be made and contracts awarded together with
sky miles Of the main trunk from Cairo to La
sale. The temporary delay has been occa.oncd
by the time required II making oUt and signing
the patents for the land. donated
The Company have four millions of dollars cash
in hand with assurances oifuriher loans II from
four to six millions II needed IN the progress of
the work, so that when commenced, it will be
pushed forward rapidly
One oilhc points, rs we have before stated, for
the commencement oflhe work, is to be at this
cty.-H ,jorr
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GorNG TO NV GoRR-CurAr RrpNG.-Two
railroads across New York state are going to give
the people some cheap riding the coming year
The Northern line talk Of taking passengers from
Cleveland to the city ofNew York for S. So and
the Southern Line for $500 When the Lake
Shore Road is completed there will be competi.
ton between the land and lake route to Buffalo,
which will make riding cheaper than staying at
home Cicu Plaipdcaier
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THEFr-We learn that some me entered the
residence of Col T. Stewart Mt Wilmington, one
night last week, and stole $3.50 IN money. mo. tly
IN gold. The money was IN n small deck m tie
parior, and the tibet entered the door which had
been left unlocked, and carried off the desk and
contents without awakening any Of the inmates Of
the house. The desk was found some distance
from the house, where it had been broken open
aud The money taken out.--,joiid Sig.
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A Com SNAr.-.A regular "old winter" has
again set in, and every thing around u.s. from its
icy appearance, reminds us Of the Arctic regions
The river, so high re- to overflow its banks, is GOV.
cred with floating ice so that crossing on the ferry
!. impossible A number Of farmers who reside
On the south side ARE obliged to stay in town I'm
I'll more congcnial spell sets in, and tie boats
upon the Ferries are again permitted TO run
Bridge stock is in active demand while the pros.
poets Of the ferry are becoming moro gloomy cv.
cry day.
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NJ Kossurn's STAY ~ ST. Louls-The people
of Quincy yesterday teleeraphed to Mayor KEN.
NETT, to ascertain whether NJ KossuTm would
visit their city. as he had been invited to do
and Mt wha, time. NJ Kossuru declined the in
vtation to Quincy on the grounds that he would
leave st Louis on Saturday the 18th, for the
South, in compliance with his engagements. He
will not, therefore, visit any of the towns above
this.--RpWjiicdn, l2h inst
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Mr. Weed writes from Genoa that, as the por-
trait of Columbus was destroyed in the recent
conilagra,or Of the library at Washington, the
American consul at Genoa is endenyoriug to OBJ
tam copy Of the only original in existence,
which belongs to a family in that city
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Como ro--The Southern Rights Convention,
which met at Montgomery, Alabama, the 4th
inst, adjourned the 9Th after resolving that as
the southern people had decided against resistance
to the Compromise measures, therefore they con
sidcred these questions no longer At issue.
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Calvin Fairbanks has been found guilty Of aid
ing in the escape of slaves from their masters in
Kentucky, and sentenced to the Pcnitcntiary for
fifteen years. lie was once before convicted for
the same offence and after n short imprisonment
pardoncd by Gov Crittenden. He will not of
course expect a second pardon.
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Look ont for Countcrfcini

TIL. public are cautioned against another coun-
,ertit, which has lately made its appearance, called
w. B Farrelrs Arabian Liniment, the mos; dan
gerous of all the countereits because his having the
name Of Farrell, will buy it in good faith, without
the knowledge that counterfeit exists, and they
will perhaps only discover their error when the
spurious mixture has wrought its evil effects.
The genuine article is manufactured only by II.
G. Farrell, sole inventor andproprie,or, and whole
sale druggist, No. II Main street, Peoria, Illinois,
to whom all applications for agencies must be ad-
dressed BE sure you get it with the letters II. G..
before Furrelrs, thus--H G. FARRELL'S--nn
his signature on the wrapper--all Others are coun-
tereits
Sold by Ilunter e. Cavalry, G.. L. Thompson,
and Walker Il Ilcklmg, druggists, Ottawa, md
by regularly authorized agents throughout the Uni
ted States.
Drs-Pricc % and so cents, and 81 per bottle
AGENTS WANTED in every town, village
and hamlet in the United States, in which one is
not already established Address II. G. Farrell, rs
above, accompanied with good reference to charac-
ter, responsibility, &c. feb 2l-29-iw.
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PrRrrpY or Louis NAPOLEON, 1t is said that
recently n number of refugees from France, in
England and even in the United States, received
letters under the seal Of the Prince President in
vting them to return. Several did 50, and have
been seized by the police aud thrown into prison
Among others was a Mr. j. NnEorman, lately from
Cincinnati, Ohio,
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MARTIN MrRISo was the name OF the man ex.
ecuttd for trying to Kill the Qnecn Of Spain--IIe
was a native Of Ardcno Franciscan Friar, 60
years Of age His reply to an eccie-i,stic who
accused him OF di.gracing The priesthood was very
insulting.
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rnEsuEr--Qutc ireshet occurred at Milwan'
keo on Saturday nigh, last, The river rose to ms
grca, height as was ever before known. Forty
feet of the dam across the Milwaukee river was
swept away, and so also was the new bridge at
Humboldt, three miles above the city.
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Goop-Thc Philadelphia, Washington, and
Baltimore railroad company have resolved that
after the first Of April next no liquor shall be sold
At any of their stations upon theroad, nor on any
Of the boat. in the service Of the company.
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THE CALIFORNIA Darn Over two thousand
Califorsia bound passengers arrived at Chagres
on the 29l ult
The steamer Ohio, alone, took out twelve hun.
dred from New York and New Orleans
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FEMALE N.vrs-Emma is from the German
and signifies nurse Caroline from the Latin,
noble minded; Martha from the Hebrew, bitter.
nc.s Mary, from the Hebrew, and means a drop
Of salt wa'er--a tear, Sophia from the Grceh
wisdom Susan from the Hebrew, a twin.
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The bridge across Rock River for the Rock Is.
land and Chicago Railroad will be fourteen hun.
dred feet in length and thirty feet wide The es-
tlma'ed cost Is from $4,000 to SloO coo, and is
to be completed by December, 1853
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S,yGMoy FOR GREGG.-By telcgr,phic dcs.
patch received last night, we learn lat the San
CANON County Democratic Convention have in.
structcd their delegates to the State Convention,
Tor d. l.. Gregg for Governor-Ch lrgus
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NJ Bsrnhi.el, the delegate from Utah, contra
diets the statement received via California, that
the Mprmons have determined TO establish an IN
dependent governmental Utah,