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NATIONAL CATTLE CONVENTION.

Tho 25th; Goth and 9th days of October
noxt have been fixed by tho United States
Agricultural Society for holding its first Cattle
Convention, in the City of Springfield, CLARK
county, Ohio.
Six thousand dollars will be distributed in
premiums for tho best stock of tho various
breeds of Cattle subject competition without
territorial limit.
Tho Executive Committee of the United
States Agricultural Society have been careful
to select tmc that will not, so far as ihoy are
aware, conflict with any of tho State Fairs or
other meetings of general interest; and after
duo dolibcration have selected this place as the
most eligible for holding the Cattle Fair
Springfield is centrally located as regards the
cattlo region; it is most convenient to access by
railroad fom almost every point of tho com
pass. The means for accommodating, at worry
moderate ttarges, largo number of persons
are amp'e. Private houses wi be opened for
the reception of guests. There are also eigh-
teen cities AMI towns within reach by an hours
ride on the rail roads, on which extra trains
will be placed to accommodate such as wish to
90 elsewhere for lodgings.
About twenty acres of ground havo boen on.
closed, and moro than threo hundred stalls
will be prepared for the shelter of cattle during
the convention.
1t is expected that very libcral arrangements
will be made by all tho rail road companies,
both for the transportation Of cattlc and the
conveyance of passengers 10 and from the
Fair.
We respectfully solicit your ATTENDANCE on
tho occasion, and that you will furnish us with
such aid as you may feel disposed in making
known tho bccis, time, and place of tho Con-
vcntion; and ifyou have improved stock OF
cattle of and descriDtion we cordially invite
you TO enter them for competition.
A List of Premiums and a Copy of Regula-
tons will shortly be published
Very respectfully, yours,
J. Il. WARDER,
G. M. CLARK.
CHANDLER ROBBINS,
Local Executive Com
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VEToEs--ARE THEY DEMocRATIC.-lt has
always been matter of wonder with us how
il ever happened that the party, calling itself
Democratic, and boastng of progressive and
liberal yiows, was the only party in our coun-
try that claimed the ueto pocer as essential
and tight in y government liko ours. But
one way can we account for it. Tho party is
managed by leaders. whose interest is to main
tain this power, and who makes the profession
of Ropublicanism for the purpose of gaining
votes of tho people, but retain the veto for the
purpose of checking and thwartng their will
This is certainly the practical opperation Of
tho power, and tho Democratic party. Very
seldom wo hear of tho veto being resorted TO
by an Executive who belongs to any other par
ty.
It is pretended that this power is essential
to the protection of tho Constitution. But is
il so? Does not that instrumen. by its own
provisions organize branch of tho Govern
mcnt, tho very business of which is TO decide
the point of consitutionaliiy? Is it not cs-
pecialIy tho provision Of tho Supreme Court
to decide in this matter!
What arc Congress and the Executive but
tho People embodied ESQ to spcak,) in legal
form for the purpose of carrying out their will
in the most expeditions, effective and practical
manner? in Rcpublicsth is tho very pur-
pose OF ofLcgislaturc and oxecutiyc--the ono to
mako laws and the otlcr to execute them.
But tho exercise OF tho tho veto power ren-
dcrs the will of tho pooplo, rs expressed by
their Representatives. utterly null, and makes
the ONE MANS WILL the only power in
the government. This is tho very reverse Of
Democracy-it Is essential Despoiism.
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THE ECLIPSE.

| An anular cclips Of tho sun will occur on
tho Goth Of the present month. Tho Boston
| Journal thus speaks ofthe matter. -
"lt will commence at thirty -throo minutes
past o'clock in tho morning and continue
| two hours and four minutes, or until about
twenty-three minutes before o'clock. Sc
our readers will havo TO rise bc,mes TO soc it.
In this eclipse tho apparent diamoter of the
moon compared with that Of tho sun, will be
about as Is to 10, and consequently somc nine
ienths of tho sun will be covered The path
of tho eclipse viii cross the western part of
tho Atlantic ocean, Massachusetts, Maine, Now
Hampshire. Vermont New York, Upper Can
ada, Lake Superior, Northwest and Washing
ton territories and thcnco through the south
ern edge of British America to tho Pacific o.
cean. The centra. line of tho eclipse will on
ter New Epgland near Portsmouth and its Path
will extend sxty-two miles on either sido.-
Boston will fall within its path. To those on
tho central line, tho sun will appear during tho
middle Of the eclipse, like huge circle Of light
the moon covering every part except a very
small rim on the out slic. In Boston tho APP
pcarancc will DO much the same only tho ring
of light will be wider on ono side than on tho
other. The central part of the eclipse will bc
from Kittery, opposite Portsmouth, in a north
westerly direction through the towns Of Dover
Darlington, PittsfieId, Canterbury, Franklin,
Hill, Grafton and Lebanon. Tho eclipse will
however be visablc, to greater or less extent,
in all parts of North America, excepting Qua
temala and tho southwest part of Mexico. II
viii also be visible in ireland, Greenland, Nor
thern Russia, parts of Sweden and Norway, the
eastern parts Of Asia, tho West Indies aud in
the nortlcrn countries of South America.
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PRErrY Coon. Tho KnickerbOcker is rc-

PRErTY Coon. Tho KnickerJocker is ro-
sponsiblc for tho following:
sour worthy Governor, Horatio Seymour"
writes metropolitan friend, recently from our
State Capital, 'having vetoed. as ovory body
knows, the so called Maine Liquor Lar has
received many letters from tho friends as we'll
as tho opponents Of that measure. Among
othcrs, "A strong advocate of Temperance, but
no Maine Law man. wrote him to tho foIlow-
effect: i have read your message votoing tho
Maino Law bill with great satisfaction. | am
a temperance man and hopo am moral
man. also claim to have some knowledge
of fundamental law: and in my opinion your
views are fully sustained by law and good NOR
ais have boen diigent reader Of the Old
Testament, as well as tho New; and in the for
mer / find that tho use Of wine was countcn-
unced by the wise and good of the oldep time.
Even Lot, the only ,just man in Sodom car
red his prejudice so far in favor of social
glass of wine,' that he became intoxicated.-
(Sce Gonesis, chapter nincteenth.) And il
the next Testament we arc told that our Savior
and his deciples made generous use (without
abuse,) of the 'wino benign;' and on one me-
mortal occasion by a miracle, He even made
wine from water, for wedding party. Now
as l have said havo been dlligent reader
of the Scriptures; have read the Bible from
Genesis TO Revelations and can find no mon
t on of but one mans calling for water; and he
was in h--ll, where ho ought to b'lY
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BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS.

DIR. ]. II. Murray, of independence, vho
reached the city last evening, brings some fur
ther Intelligence of the late engagement be
tween Lieut. j. w. Davidson and tho dargoons
unier his command. and a large foreo of Apache
and Utah Indians in Now Mexico. His infor
nation was derived from NJ. G. +. Davidson
Mr. b. Flourney, and others who came into
Independence with tho mail. Thoy saw pr
vate letters to gentlemen in Santa Fo giving
accounts OF the engagement.
On tho Goth ult., companies A and and q
squadron Of company +, first dragons, sta
toned about Taos, while on a scout, twelve
miles from that place, camo upon largo body
of Apache and Utah Indians at tho foot of .
mountain of tho same name as tho town mon
toned.
Tho main body Of tho Indiars lay concealed
among tho rocks, and n small party approach
ed apparently to communicate with Lieuten
ants DIS. command. The latter, so confident
were they that tho Indians desired no hostile
demonstration were all dismountcd; and in
this condition held g pnrley with tho few that
approached. Suddenly, by preconcerted sig
nal made by chief, throo hundred Indians
poured in vollcy of balls and arrows from
their ombuscade upon the troops, doing fright
fully fatal execution.
Tho Dragons thus caught off their guard
mounted at tho FIRST moment, charged the saw
ages and drove them back.
The force of Dragons engaged, numbered
about seventy. In the ACTION forty were kill
ed, and seventeen wounded. Most of those
who were killed fell at tho first fire OF the In
dians; tho latter from their place of conceal
ment, taking aim at tho soldiers. Lieut.. Da
wilson, and Assist. Surgeon Megrudcr, were
among tho wounded neither mortaly. Tho
number ofthc enemy killed is unknown owing
to their invariablc custom of carrying the dead
off tho field. The party who brought this in
tolligenco, are daily expected in this city.
GSt Louis Ip,cligencor, April 20.
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A Coon Smor-Captain Alvin Fox, of Der.
kins, has long been acknowledged The best shot
with rifle in this section Of the Stato. His
prowoss was put to fearful test, Thursday
afternoon. A piece Of card, two inches long
by one and a half inches wide, was stuck into
tho slit of pieca of shingIe, threo inches in
longih. Placing this in tho hands of his son,
8. M. Fox, tho Captain paced of ton rods dis
tance; and tho boy holding ont the card AZ
arms length. .fvc balls PIT through il by The rife
in he hands cfhe .fqtheri This decd was
witnessed by four persons, and the card is now
in our possesson.-[ Sandusky Register.
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o. The Voyogeurs ofthe Western Lakes
cat largo quantities Of Sugar daily Sugar has
great heat generating power, especially grape
sugar DIR. Jackson and his party, whom suffer
ing from cold, found few rasins sufficient to
import glow to the whole system. The Now
Brunswickers have damp climate, and orc
fa,tcr than New EngIandors. ss
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-05-23

A TEXAN BEAUTY.-The deadlicst and most
abhorred Of all reptiles 10 Texas is tho ccnti-
pedc. From three to six inches long, exactly
like All enormous caterpillar II is groon, or
brown, or yellow, some being found of zach OF
these oolors. As its namc denotes, II has
along each side row Of feot--horny claws
rather Imagine that you walk somc night a
cross your chamber loog with naked feet; you
put your foot into a ring, sticking evcry claw
into your foot up to the body. Tho poison
win bc dead. Tho deadly thing cannot be
torn away. 1t has to be cut of, and claw by
claw picked out. Even il il crawl over the
body of sleeping person without sticking its
claws, the place viii pain the person for years
al loast so We hayo boon told.
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PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-M is awake TO
her own interest in this great project, and ap
pears to bc inclined to contribute the most Of
fectual means Of making the object 9ttainqble
in short period Of time:
The St. Louis papers are rejoicing in extrav-
CANT phrase ovcr the result of tho election of
Monday, by which the voters of that city and
county instructed the County Court, to sub
scribe 81, 100000 to the stock of the Pacific
Railroad, and to pay tho same by levy: of a
direct tar on the property of themselves. tho
citizens, so voting. That was the naked prop
osition, and the maioritity in favor of the sub
scription was very largo, over six to one in the
city, and about 5000 in tho county. This is
reckoned an exhibition of public spirit and
moral herosm of no small dogreo. In this
age of public improvements. it requires very
little courage to undertake great railroad on
terprises, and to vote for subscriptions to bo
paid in long bonds. We never expect 10 feel
tho burden of such debts. But to vote n di-
rect tax to tho amount of over q million of dol
lars, to be paid not on long, but on short time,
is sovoro test of public spirit and liberalty,
even for SUCH community as that Of ST Louis.
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thing Is to join mo while finish my break
fast, thatI may thereby be enabled to live tho
longer 10 enjoy the pleasure of your aequaiu-
tance.
You can guess tho rest. Tho thing took tho
turn it ought. and tho Major and Colonel have
become the best friends in the world.
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Gy=Our devil is in trouble this morning.
IIo says he tried to economist yesterday
half his suppcr-mlk for his next mcal--had no
idea 'twould thunder during tho night: but II
did, and his economy, turns up all Joany clab.
Der. Shan't deal in 'copomy any more don't
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A FINE OLD IRISH GENTLEMAN--"OSE or
THE RALE OLD STOCK THE Dublin Freeman
says:-"Owon Duty of Monagan county is122
years old. Whom ll6 no lost his sec ond wife,
and subsequently married third, by whom no
he had son ond daughter. His'youngcst SON
is two years old, his eldest ninoty. fIo
still retains in much vgor, his mental and cor
pcreal facnllios, and frequently walks to tho
county town, a distance of eight miles" ~
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Coon ADvIcE.--The Now York Mirror says;
"WARD, who has just been acquitted of tho
crimo of murder, by a sworn jury ftwclye men,
will carry the st in of blood upon his head to
tho gravo and tic only thing he can do toward
atoning E,r his great wrong is to mako public
confession of shame for the crime he has com
miited, and settle upon tho poor widow and
child of tho victim OF his ungovernablo temper
all tho wealth that lie possesses or expects; and
then devote the miserable remainder Of his ifo
to works of penitcnco and humiliation"
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a remarkable murder trial has recently ta-
ken place in Rockingham County. Virginia,
resulting in tho disagreement aud discharge
of tho jury, and the case new goes to another
county The prisoner is mombcr of the Vir-
gina Military institute, at Lexington; quite
young and without family, or extensive fami-
ly influence. His victim was gentleman vel,
known in the vicinity, who had interfored with
tho attentions of the young man to lady
E lend, and after causing her, by ridiculous and
vague insinuations, to refuso his future ac-
quantancc, called upon the young man, in
company with couple of friends, and avowcd
himself responsible for the wrong of which he
complained. No collision then cnsucd. On
the contrary, the young man appeared to sub
nit 10 the affair quietly, and expressed himself
satisfied. The deceased then reported that
ait was just as he expected. lie (the prisoner)
has not tho courage to strike a child" This
so stung his pride, that he armed himself
sought second explanation, at night, called
the dece; sci from party whom he had ac-
companied to CHURCH, aside, and a struggle on
sued, which ended in fatal stab.
Both the prosecution and defence were con
Quoted with distinguished legal ability
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The centennial celebration of Columbia Col
legc of New York city, founded in 1854, undcr
the name ofKing's College, will take place next
October.
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Co The liberty society is now in full blast.
Question for d.seussion: If man builds a
corn-crib docs that give him right to crib
corn7 ...tr a--
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INTERESTING TO B,RBERs.-,ltis said that Q
gentleman residing in one of tho large towns
of England, whose face rather exceeded tho
ordinary dimensions, was waited on by bar
bcr eyory day for twonty-one years, without
coming to a settlement. The barber thinking
it 'about time 10 sottle, presented bis bill ia
which he charged a penny day-amounting
in oil to f3l 1Ss Cd. Tho gentlomep suppos
ing too much charged, refused to pay the q
mount; but agreed TO proposal of the barber
to pay at tho rate Of Coco an acre Thcprem-
ises were accordingly measured, and tho result
was that tho shaving DILL was increased to Els
rs sd.
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The iax-books for tho year 1854, show that
100000 Of tho inhabitants of France, or ono
i'm three own land.
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UF IL Is said that tho ''Black Swan now in
England, is about to be married to a white
goose
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DEFINITION The wosld is q mongrel--half
spaniel half wolf Lash il oftcn, and when you
require il. a whistle brings Il to your feet show
bat the slightest symptoms of fear, and il will
turn upon and worry you.
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o. Bcauty liyog with order.
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BETTER THAN CALIFORNIA.

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WILL BE PUBLISHEDTHE l., AUGUST.
THE CABIN BOYS STORY

II n 5cml HhuLlCll TOI0Huce OF intense interest Dy
the author Of the Pirate Doctor the Law
yers story, the. Old Doctor, &C., &c.
Ihe success hitherto enjoyed by the author Of the
above popular works is sufficient guarantee Of the
favor with which which any productions coming from
his pen will be received by the public. ssThe Cabin
Boy Story is romantic narrative, illustrating the
horror of the Slave Trade, Carried on in the Goa
Of Africa. The author has served in the navy-and
the descriptions and characters painted from per-
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exciting interest and adventure the celebrated work
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reckless yet chivalric Seymour-the commander Of
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THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

l. Subscribers who DO not give express notice to Il
catrary are considered as wishing to continue thei
absorption.
2 re subscribers order the discontinuancc of thei
periodicals the publisher may continue to sead then
until all arrearaSes are paid
g. II subscrbers neglect or refuse to take thei
periodicals from the Office to which they directed
they are held rsponsible. till they have settled tn
bill and ordered them discontinued.
T. IF .ub cribers remove to other places without in
forming the publishers and the papers are sent to th
former direction, they arc htld responsible
5. The cor-ts have decided that refusing to tax
periodicals {, n the office, removing and leavin.
them uncall for, is p,ma faca evidence Of inten
tional fraud.