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dearer, with slow sale; white AS. a. As : vel
low 39s. a. 40S.; mixed 39S. (9 39S. 6d. Bulk
of corn crop will be harvested safely Wheat
rather light crop. Spring corn and roots
abundant
liverpool Professions .-Trimmer & Granger.
Liverpool, land other Circulars report a mod
crate business in beef and pork, at unchanged
rates. Bacon in active demand, and Is. further
advance is established; 'ordinary long bone
less SIS. Sd. (0 81; Cumberland cut as ca
sos. Lard active at SIS (a 60s.-held for higher
price, stock being small. Cheese steady at I2s.
a. COS. Tallow eXcited-2S. dearer active
business; 59S. Gd. a. COS. for finest North
American.
KANSAS EMIGRATION AND THE SLAVERY QUES-
TON Chicago, Sept. 24.-The committee APP
pointed by the late Lexington Missouri Con
venhon have issued an address to the people of
the United States, deuouncins the sending Of
emgrants to Kansas, by societies in the free
States, as dangerous, and calculated to crcum-
scribe Slavery to its present limits and defeat
the true intent of the Nebraska BILL The ad-
dress also declares that the rejection Of Kansas
as slave State would be gross insult to the
South-an assertion that Slavery is incompati-
bic with repubhcanism, and an unequvocal
step towards disunion. The document is sign
cd by j. y. Napton, late Supreme Judge; Ster-
ling Price, the present Governor of Missouri;
and Mordecai Oliver, member of Congress-
from that State.
INDIAN BATrLE.-H Loliis, Sept. give
have intelligence from the plains OF consider
able importance. A battle was fought on the
81 instant, near North Fork. on the Platte
river, between General llarney's command and
the Sioux Indians. The contest lasted for sew
eral hours, the Indians fighting furously. but
finally they were completely routed, with 80
killed and 80 men and women taken prisoners.
General Harvey lost only six men killed and
SIN wounded. The Indians were the same
party that massacred Major Grattau's command
some time since. and slaughtered the mail party.
The way-hill OF the mail was found in their pos
session.
KANSAs.-Thc Lawrence Hcrahd IF Fr5e,}0a.
says that the sheriff and prosecuting attorney
elected by the Kansas Legislature for the coun-
ty of Douglas, in which the town of Lawrence
is located, reside in Westport, Missouri, and
did SO at the time of their election, the sheriff
being the postmaster ut Wcsiport, and the pros
eruhng attorney being lawyer practicing at
the same place.
FIRST RESPONSE - The Washington Union
calls tho Maine election the - first response from
| a Northern State to the Democratic victories Of
the South Now, rs We understand IT, the
liquor pruhibitionsts Of Maine have fallen be-
tween the Wings and Democrats opposed to
the despotic reign of Morrill, and Neal Dow.
Throw out the Anti Morrill,, AntiDow Whigs,
and it is IA Democratic defeat, as " the first re-
spouse from the NORTH The Kitchen Cabinet
Is like new grocery store opened upon a small
capital" small iavOrs thankfully received"
NClC York IeraiR
a negro boy near the Patent office, on Ninth
street, Washington city, Il few days ago, hast
ened to overtake a lady. whom he asked if she
had not lost something. Placing her hand
where her watch should have been, she hastily
ranIiad Voc. Lot mo Con v,L.t go, -,