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Fight over a GalIows Victim.

The following horrid transactions occurred
over the corpse of Doyle, the murderer, who
was recently hung at Napiersvills. Du Page
county, Illinois. Such scenes awaken dis.
gust for the practice of dissection; whereas. If
that practice we're legalized as it should be, they
would never have 10 be recorded -
"AAer his execution more disgracefGl scene
took place between certain physicians and 9th.
srs. in relation TO the body Of the murderer
After the execution, the body was delivered to
to the sexton, under bis solemn repeated agree.
ment to bury IL properly. He proceeded with
. physician and his students TO the buryirg
ground, where grave bad been dug. and low
cred the coffin into II. and then he pretended to
have business of at 9 distance from the grave.
While he was gone the others unsereWed the
coffin, took out the body, and il being thought
unsafe to move II in the day time, they bid il in
the colner Of the fence. and Wtnt away. and
the sexton buried the empty coffin. During
this transaction, another physician and some
others were watching them, and as The first set
Of hyeRRs left they stole the body from the
place where the first set of thieves had hid il,
aud hid it again in the woods. The first party
coming back and finding there booty gone, very
naturally concluded the body was in the woods
near by, and laid in watch, As soon as ii was
dark, as was anticipated. tRe second gang came
with their wagon TO take the body away; then
easued such scene as probably was never be-
fore witnessed; two gang Of robbers. calling
themselves men, quarreling and gpashing their
teeth ovea dead body. to which neither had
any right whatever. bnt which, BY all the laws
Of the land, juslice and deceucy, they were for,
hidden to touca In the Grst place. Il IL said
that kpifes and pistols we're drawn, and threats
made, but they did no, go so far as to use them
and the disgraeeful row pM ended by the first
party buying the pretended right Of the other
and taking the body to Napierville. About / l
o'clock the same night another set Of medical
marauders from Chicago entered the graveyard
and opened the grave, but Gnding nothing
but an empty coffin. they we're saved the ina
my Of rObbing It."
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County Convention.


The Convention ass .mbled In the COurs
House at the ringing Of the bell. on Saturday
last, and notwithstanding the exceedingly
thrOng season Of the year there was good rep
resentAIion. The meeting vas called to order
BY eleeting John Palmer President. and HAr.
vey Cogsil and A. E Buss Vice Presidsnts.-
Good feeling prevailed. and the whole action Of
The convention Was characterized by deep
sense. Of most nagrsnt and diabOlieal outrage
upon the heretofore Supposed secured rights Of
the Freemsn Of the North in the repeal Of the
AissO'ui Compromise by the passage Of the
Douglas and Pierce Nebraska Kansas fraud.
Resolutions, we're adopted, which are repOr-
ted in tFe proceedings. Remarks were made
upon them.
Four delegates were appointed to represent
this county at Columbus to day. We were on
yesterday morning pleased to observe tnSt three
Of the delegates appointed took leave Of absence
and left on the cars, to attend the Capital con.
vtnliOn.
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state Taxes.

Many Of The Administration prints are boast
ing thai the levy for the State taxes has been
reduced by the Auditor Of State. from 81 cents
on the hundred dollars TO S6f cents. This fact
is seised upon to create the impression that the
taxes Of the individual taxpayer viii be less
than last year; but this is fraud. The same
property valued at $1,000 last year is put up to
$500 this, and 35k on the later amount VIII
produce more revenue than 81 cents on the for
mer sum. Real estate is valued on. third
higher thsn il was SIX years ago. and 10 many
counties double. On Cleveland. for Instanee.s
State levy Of l6 cents would produce as much
taxes lLis year ss 81 cents did last. year. being
fourfUld. No abatement in State taxes need be
looked for 80 long as the present vagsbOnd
dsmagogues rule Ohio CkVelahd Leader.
That's the way the LocOfOco organ Of this
county is sndsAvOnng to pull the wool over the
eyes Of taxpayers. The Editor Oi the Gem
paniOn" has been figuring" to show how much
less the rate is this year than last, but is very
careful TO withhold the true basis Of taxation
for fear some one, without I" Companion"
might I'm time enOughtO figure" out the
reason why the rate has been reduced. As The
basis Of taxation increases, the rae will, ss a
matter of course, be reduced II no more reven-
ue were required-that the basis has been
largely increased every one knows-but has the
rate been reduced in the same ratio ? VIII the
ex-AudiIOr please figure this out p? Or is h.
afraid to get into strange bed with his Com
paniOn" by so doing Come, show up the Is
ures. Walk up TO the rack fodder or 10 fOd'
der He has shown us that ''Ihe tax last year
for State, county and township purposes, wa'
7,6 mills; this year for the same purposes 5.Oi
mills" A. B., Of this county, owns farm
of I60 acres, valued on the duplicate of las
year at sI,4i9 this year it stands at Ss4sa
Now apply the rate shown by the ex'AuditOr
A. BIS taxes last year was $40, 78 4; this yea
SI2 66,9, How much is he benefited by the re
duclion =? just Sl,88, s more tax. on the sam
quantity Ofland this year than last. Shame o
such subterfuges, TO evade the proper issue-a
to give the rate as a criterion to show that take
are lower.
" Drowning men catch at straws" WOnd'
. who will have good time making folks b'
lieve their taxes are decreasing Give d an
!. other turn Mr.. Companion. and may be 20
! can grind out something that will answer th
J purpose little better. If possible, follow you
old foot prints and make il as clear as mud
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/ We are favored from private sources, vtth
8 number Of interesting ilsms touching d
movements at the South Of the CabSn Junla
and their aalisting friends among their Owu
pssple Some Of these. in ,%iherent form, may
bAve fOSqd currency already Ii. .'Ough the sOui'
srn papers. but most Of the pArticl''ar' We bes
lieTe are new.
The preparations Of the Junta are now ud
dersioOd 70 have reached formidable degre.
of completeness The departure Of the fret
expeditionary corps for Cuban emancipation is
fxed for an early day 10 July. The Lone Star
order, with their allies and syufPHihies are bu-
sy 10 collections for material aid. One million
Of dollars is the sum aimed at. and 50 conf
eent are the rumOrs on this point, that were it
not for the hard times We should almost be
prepared 10 believe that good portion Of the
amount had actually been scored and lodged
in bank. There is said 10 be, in any event,
ample available funds for the preliminary dem
oustratiOn. About 10000 full uniforms, with
the additional seesssary equipment are also
said 10 be in readiness. Eight stauneh steam.
ers, suitable for war purposes, are at the COM
mAnd Of the Junts, and The use Of from So.
900 to 10000 stand Of arms, and 40 pieces
Of artillery, secured.
Then we have thu reported force Of the ex.
peditionists, $4,000 in number robust and thor
oughly disciplined. prepared to meet all emer-
gencies. OF these, $4,000 or 10000 win he
for active service in case Of any severe less or
rrpulse Of the advance party Every man il
said to be under solemn oath to avvnge the
slaughter Of C-ittenden and bis companions by
the Spanish government at Havanns. in Au-
gust. 1851 High in command will uLdoubted.
ly be placed an I'm rcan officer who won a
distinction in the Mexican War. and was sub
sequently made Governor Of Une Of the South
western States General GoPEaleE whose stead
fast devotion to the Cuban cause has won for
him the confidence Of all parties Of his own
countrymen. and of their sympaIhi1ers in the
Unite d States, will also be placed in prominent
command Colonels Wheat, Pichet;, and Bell,
Msjors ] A. K,lly anG Moore, Captains w.
s. Z. King and ]. W DEMENT,, nth Lieut..
Frank oiliette, are Of the officers pledged to
the cause.--N. Y Times.
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The "Know NOthuugs.n

Politicians are very uneasy about this myS-
terOus order. 1t is reported that Gen. Cass
endeavored to secure admission into the order
bnt was rejected. His late speech on tolera-
ton has not helped much. People lick Jaih
in the Generals sincerity. TheNew York Tr-
bune has the following notice of the movement
of the administration organ in that city
ut is pregnant sign Of the Times that The
True National Democrat, ths only paper in our
Administration. has of late been uttering the
most violent anti.lrish and "Know Nothing"
fulminatiOns This one is among several indi-
cations that the leaders OF the dssolving Ad.
miniStratiop party are casting longing eye on
the Know NOthings,' and indulge pleasing
hopes of Turing that OrganIz stiOn to their aid in
their dire extremity. This is scheme which
serves as a very correct measure Of the small
politicians into whose hands the direction of our
public affairs has unfortunately fallen. Unable
to compre bend the philosophy of the worlds
history, blind to the recognition of the great
ideas underlying the surface of events in our
own national life, they attempt to deal with ex-
listing facts and agencies as though all such
were but bubbles on the sea Of events, to be
blown whithersoever they think best. To .he
chief fuglers in this new and brilliant enterprise
of giving direction TO a new party which had
been spontaneously shaping itself while our
leaders Of pubic affairs have been Matching and
consummaling the Nebraska infamy. We say
Gentlemen. you may as we'll save yourselves
all trouble on this score. The new party will
not aid you.
j A Washington letter to the Tribune has the
following gossip concerning the knew Moth
ing" tendency of certain politicians
"The Presidential aspirants are all agog OF
the Know Nothing demonstrations, already
, made at electionsin divers places. 1t is sale
that Judge Douglass, on his recent serenad'
} visit TO New York endeavorsd to enrol hims,
) among the indefinite number of Know Nothing
but his squatter sovereignty in Nebraska caus
, ed him to be ddck Jalied. It is thought tha
+ slsr4l CA'' in his speech had the vote O
the Know Nothings in his eye, and that il wa
an understanding and ruse between him AM
! Archbishop Hughes. 1t is also said that Gen
42.k, of Texas. went to Baltimore and enrol
ed hi;aself among the order OfKnOw NOthing'
Gen. Pierce Y already Know Nothing iron
instinct. and an old hereditary disease in th
family. He was born one."
There is no do uat the Nebraska Democrat
would readily form an alliance with the Kno'
Nothings or any other faction or party, If the
! thought they could make anything BY it,
The fraud they have perpettsSted upon the Gel
mans and Irish. in the Nebr ash, : outrage 'sho"
that they would sacrifice any and everybOd
for The benefit Of slavery, and the enjoyme'
of the spOils.--Fi9s Gos
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10 pursusneS Of ths eall Of lhe peoples eoumi'tee
convsasIsu q Ose opposed 10 the reeehi repeal Of 'he
Missou5 Compromise, convened at the OGgFs hOs'' "
oarrolsOu, on Saturday July sgh, 1854, al the n0Of 0'
O'Clock, P. NJ
On motion, Mr. John Palmer vas appointed Presi
dent; ksssn. Harvey COgsil and Amos Buss, Vice
Prssidsnts. and NJ. Geo. =. Kennedy And Van BrOSn,
EsQs, seeys
The offset Of the meeting vas stated By John Il.
Trip. Eco
On motion committee Of ave psrsOus we're appoint
ed 70 draft resolutions expressive Of the sense Of The
mssting-J. N. DaVis, ESQ, DR.. J. Philips, J. W. Me-
LaughIn, ESQ, NJ W. Campbell and Nj. =. R Lee,
composed said committee Committee retired. rhs
Address TO the people Of the U s. BY the Anti NsbrAs-
ka members Of Congress vas read in Convention which
vas succeeded By an address BY Van BrO~n, E-q
The committee on resolutions reported tha following
which ~ere unanimously adopted
/. RssOlpsd, That gOveiIm msnts derive their pow.
ere IRON the consent OF the governed and Instituted
amongst men 10 secure 10 all the invaluable rights OF
"his liberty and the pursuit Of happiness witn which
rights thS endowed BY their Creator and Of which
none can be deprived BY valid legislation eAcept fOI
crime.
Q Rsolvsd, Tat We regard the bill which has 20 re
Gently passed buIh Houses Of Congress providing Gov
ernments Tor the Territories OF Nrb Aska and Kansas
an insull TO he American people, wantOn violation OF
plighed lath,a cld boOded conspiracy against huuai
y and repubIicansn, and crime against God; and We
therefore demand its speedy and unconditional repeal
8 RssOIvsd, That we have no idoIatrous attachment
fer party names but seek the triumph Of principle;
and that recommend in present cFisis cooperation Of
all persons Who are opposed 70 Sadmeasures "itha view
10 their repeal
4 RssOlUed That all Who are in favor Of the rcpea
Of the late Of Congress- TO organize Kansas and Ne.
bsska, be invited TO attend the convention on the 1871
inst Let the opponents Of said ures speak Ia
Of union In which alone there Is strength
MrI N. Meek, offered the following resolution, which
was alO unanimously adopted;
ResOlUsd, That "theSIave power must be overthrovn
and the influence Of the Government must be placed Of
the side Of FRI edon."
On motion, E. 4 Erkley, Esq, DR.. J. Philips ROber
Croser, ESQ.,, aud Mr.. Thomas Moore, chosen del
egates with power to choose alternstes to attend th
State Convention at Columbus, to be held the lS
inst.
On motion resolved thai the proceedings Of lhs
ventOn be signed by the officers and published inthe pa
pers Of the county
On motion, the convention sdjourned
JOHN PALMER, President.
HARVEY COGslL, Viz. p,..,aan..
, AMOS L. BUSS
GVo y KssFDY, c..
VAN BAOws, Seoy''
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No MOlher.

She had no mother What volume of
sorrowful truth is comprised in that single sen-
molherl We must 20 far down the
hard, rough aths of life, and become Injured
to care and sorrow in their sternest forms, be-
fore we can take hope to our own experience
dread renlity-No MOTHER without struggle
and tear. But when it is said Of frail
young girl. just passing from childhood toward
the life OF woman, how sad is the story summed
up in that one short sentence Who now shall
check the Wsyward fancies-whO now shall
bear with the errors and failings Of the moth
erlcss girl
Deal gently with the child. Let not The cup
Of her sorrOw be over6lled by the harshness OF
your bearing,or your unsympathiSing coldness.
Is she needless of her doing? l. she fOrgetful
of her duty? Is she careless Of her movements?
Remember. oh. remember. "she has no moth
er !" When her young companions are gay
and joyous, does she sit sOrrowing? Does she
pass with downcast eye and languii step,
when you woull fan witness the gushing and
overHowing gladness Of youth? Chide her
not for she is mothsrless aud the great sOr-
row comes down upon her soul lik an incubus.
Can you gain her cOn6dence-can you win her
love ? Come then to the motherless with the
boon Of your tenderest care. and by the mem
ory Of your own mother. already perhaps pas
sed awsy--by the fullnsss Of your own remem-
bered sorrOw--by the possibility that your own
child may yet be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. as
far as you may. to relieve the loss of that fair.
frail child, who is written, Motherless.
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Adjournment of Congress.

We understand that both Houses of Congress
have a. ySeed to adjourn on the 4lh of August.
We pre.u u'e this will agree with the wishes
of .v.ry q, ,,did minded man--notElng Of sPe.
cial benefit 10 tie people Of the Union has re-
ceiyed their attsn ton during the whole Of the
Session. but on cont. Sry they cOnsummated as
much mischief as life tran wipe out. May the
Capitol never be cursed with another Congress
of ike character. Let the Free tH'en Of the coun'
try arise in their might, and hurl from the high
places Of the Nation those who have lent their
aid IN Slave propagation, and against hesdOm'
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NEW EwHAMPsHIRE..ALL HAIL.

The Legislature of New Ha np'hire does not sustain
the Administration It's Nebraska Fraud. Il had
decry the one and de the other. Al the Execu.
i've pap and power uf President Pierce could not hush
its voice. or stay its condemnation imperiOusy did
the people of the State demand that condemnation.
Admin .tratinn men In the House, resorted to every
device, July 9th, when the Nebraska Resolution had TO
be met. They moved as q substitute--ihI Wing plat.
form 0i lS52-but that vas voted down, THY uied
all sorts Of dOdges-but they failed. The popular
branch OF the New Hampahre Legislatures reafirned
hrst the principles avowed by the House in $780, de
caring for ireesOi and the Wilmot Proviso by Ayes
l60 nays lls secondly, dep ecaed the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise ny ayes 1855, nays llsl thirdly,
appiauded the opposition OfOengressmen Kuredge and
Morrison to the Nebraska vsny BY ayes 1856 nays TO-
aud fourhy, condemned the conduct of Senators Hib
bard and Williams by ayes l62, nays IN
Sundry member d. faced. They did not like to spit
In the face OF the Administration but dared not
ter the irOwn Of the People, The voice Of New Hsmp-
shire will rattle like tinthunder among the hills Of Wash
ington Its echoes reverbeIate even now along out
Like Shore. Does not the Dealer hear thtm!- Gle Lea
Ter.
What do you think of that, Loco Nebraska
Pierceites? II thus much is done in the gree,
tree, what will be done in the dry? The peo
pie viii not be appeased bv your quibbles and
pvasiOns Verify there is North, and she il
speaking out in tones Of thunder. On thin
day the convention of fre,men assemble at Co
lumbus, and will also speak in loud accents Il
the aiders and abettOrs Of SlaveOcracy. lie
them be heard the UniOn is quite as safe il
Northern hands as Southern. The time 70
succumbing is past.
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THE WHEAT CRoP is in critical condition
just now .and is likely to prove almost failure
in many cases where The promise has hitherto
been good; 1t is nov just in the condition to
sud from rust, and from the rsvages Of the
whesl micge or "yelOW weevi, ''and We notice
tEst both Of these evils have appeared Sithin
two weeks in this region, while the hot and
shoWery weather has been highly conductive
70 such results: Our reports from other pcr-
ions of the State are quite diverse. but on the
whole. we think there viii be q fair average
yie'd. EOs The State at large. II the weather for
: week to come should be dry. 80 as 70 favor
the ripening Of the crop without rust OF further
damage by she insect. t.---ohio Culdvator.
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PuTSAM for July has been received. This IS
the FIRST uumbtr Of the new volume. Itserves
up for the month the following bill of fare Is
man one or many ?---t tOsas De Espana, ,cOnclu'
ded; )TEe Violet; Herr Regtn5Organ's Concert;
Wall Street; s.. Anthony Falls r'lcomegan
Yorktown in 1851; Sea from shore; Hard up;
Hymn to Air; Across the Stand Israel Pot
ter; Some western Birds; The Jewish Gene
try at Newport; A Bio graphy part II Notes
from my Knapssck Fowl aud fair; Nalura
d;plomists Editorial Notes on American, En-
glsh and French Literature, 90.
Terms S3 per annumn. OF rs cents a num-
Der; POSTAGE 70 any distance does no. exceed
Q cents per quarter. Address, q. p. Putnam
4 Co., 10 PARK Plsce, New York.
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Madame SOnlng.

This distinguished individual was attacked
by Cholera while on the road from Mexico to
Vera Cruz, where she was to embark for the
United States, and died on the lflL ult. The
event caused profound sensation. She was
buried on the 18th ult. at the Church of San
Fernandes at which was present an immense
ooncourse including members Of the Philharmon-
10 Society. and number of Foreign Ministers
in the city of Mexico. Her age WAS about 80.
She was in this country 10 earn competence
for her Chi drpn. She had fulfilled an engage
ment which vas to yieldsher $4,000 10 five
months. She was announced to appear in he
opera of "LuCreSa BOrgia" on the lib ul1. but
in consequence Of her sudden attack, the peri
ormancc was postponed. That sweet voice that
90 often enchanted the ten thousand admirers
is hushed In death. She is dead-but her mem.
ory lives
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Candid.
The Ohio Patriot says !:

The Ohio Patriot says -
1--WE are sorry to say that the report Of the
speedy annexation Of the Sandwich Islands to
tie United States, is doubted in well informed
quarters"
We rtcolect that short time since ne same
Journal declared that "Cuba ought to be an
pexed 10 the United States" We admire
consistent Jou ynalist--ons that stands up to
the issues Of his pGty. Not like that tremu'
lOus, tim,d skulking organ Of Pierce q Co. o
our cOunty--arraid to den ounCs the ln'qu''le' o
the administration for fear OF its dispeaure' SnC
equally afraid to take strong ground II It's iavo
for fear of popular indignation. why no. 'ai'
ort like the Patriot Don't be afraid OF you
t" Companion"
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The wheeling Bridge.

The OppOsers Of the Wheeling Bridge have
at last. partially suceeededin their desgnsgainst
the company. Since the destruction Of the
Bridge by the storm, the company have been
busily engaged in making preparations for its
speedy re.ersciion; but they have been uncer.
imoniously arrested in THEN work by an injunc-
ton from the U. s. Circuit court, as appears by
the following despatch dated Philadelphia, June
81:
A petition was presented TO the U. 8 Circuit
Court to-day, applying for an injunction to re.
strain the Wheeling Bridge Co. from construct
ing said bridge over the Ohio River At the same
elevation rs The old one, alleging that it is the
intention Of the Company tu use the two sus'
pended cables left by the storm, to construct q
new bridge at the same height. They also al
lvge that he navigation of The river would be
greatly obstructrd thereby The bill was &C.
companied by afilavits setting fOrth these facts
and from It's tenor seems to be bill to execute
the former ecres Of the supreme Court, will
an order to stay the construction Of the bridge
In the meantime the injunction was granted
with an order for the WOrk to bs stayed. Th'
validity Of the act of Congress, making tn,
bridge post route will now come up.
We hope this matter will be adjusted in sucl
manner that the structure may be pushed OF
10 completion.