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mere are many vefuens people, VINO
suppose that when ab net entitled An
60 10. passes through Legislative
body with all The form Of !" Be Il far.
TIER enaetsa d." that then II b..
comes a law Of the Land. Not w.
We take the Louisiana Legislature as
nh example. A bin originates IN the
Heha'e comes into the House and
passes, goes back to the Senate, and
comes back 10 tho House, with q
flourish Of trumpets from the Score.
tary Of the Senate, informing The
House, that The President Of the Sen.
ate, has signed An act entitled az
act DO - Here's where the danger,
to tho bill occurs After getting 81
near tn blissful I" Milford haven IL
may yet be engulpbed. or cast away
On the dangerous reefs, prepared by
The enemy 10 swamp II. just here
the bill II liable to be stolen. The
Legislative phrase il, smo,bered." y.
How many bills are lost going TO The
President Of the Senate The Speaker
Of The House. and the Governor. To
got their autographs. The past history
Of legislation ran alone tell. The
most dangerous place, however. for a
bill to lodge in ;'a passage, ia in the
hands Of the Enrolling aud T'taoslat
ing Clerks, Some Of The gentlemen
employed 20 place tho bills on large
bill paper. in pot-l,ook form. actually
throw them under the table when
they End the documents too long and
too profound for their ctuditicn. If
the individual member has "a local bill.
in which he ia Interested be must
never lot II get out Of his sight-be
must follow it into the enrolling room !;
find some conscientious Clerk, and
treat bin often. or give him six
blade,l knife TO enroll It. Wa will
cite an instance in point. which will
convey some Information to the pub
lie, and We hope lcrefore oar contem-
will copy it--g'ving of course
tho proper Comet credit.
A law was IN force up to tho year
1854. providing for tho payment Of
in Criminal Prosecutions"
Az the State Of Louisiana il always
party an one part in such suits It wss
deemed proper for The State to pay,
and that law stood in force to that
period. Some gentleman IN tho leg
islaturc Of 81, who no doubt stood
pledged on the retrenchment question,
had the law repealed. The conse-
qucuce was, that Clerks Of Courts,
and Sheriff. who advanced money to
witnesses for their claims, were minus
the amount during the year ls55.-
The Legislature Of SO re-enacted the
law The bill originated in the Sen
ate--passcd tho House unanimously,
and in the bill providing for tho pay
ment Of the current expenses Of this
year. the sum Of 100000 was appro-
priated topay such claims. Strange to
say that the bill was lost, 4 never could
be found,even in sweeping out the rub
Dish Of the Capitol. Tho consequences
is, that. although there is $4,000 ap-
yet witness claims in
Criminal Prosecutions cannot be paid.
Clerks and Sheriils, would do we'll to
make note Of this.
----~--->~..Ds.~-.
LYNCH Law IN CnINA.-The New
York Commercial has tho following
extract Of u letter from China. dated
December 8 Our peacablc suburbs
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Law AGAINST LADY SEpucERs.-
There il . seduction bill before tho
Kentucky Legislature, to which an
amendment has been presented, which,
ifadopted, will create some stir among
the ladies. Itprovides that any female
guilty Of attempting to seduce young
man by wearing low neck dresses, and
other captivating articles Of attire. shall
be punished with the SAINT penalty af-
fixed to cases Of seduction. The gay
deceivers will be obliged to correct
their habits, should this amendment
be adopted.
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~ - peVIeGt'y i""io w ostctHVb w
convince tbe people u ibis latitude.
that Il il 10 thtif interest y foster and
encourage homo literature to sup
port their own newspapers and nsaga
zines in order that the resources Of the
head as we'll as the heart" Of the ma.
ton msy be developed. The people
meet my REASON in favo, Of This kind
II domestic manufacture, whh Some
suel, argument as this. IA very iorqe
paper may be had j" New York, for
one dollar per aoontp; e,rh ms could
not be published here, for less than
Give" independent Of its tales; i,s
thrilling and exciting narratives. IT has
INV anJ tl'en n picture done mp "ex-
pressly" for the sheet, IT tho "tnan"
who won the prize At the last Staten
Island fight; or the pb;z II tho most
eminent william now before the pub
lie" Such things seem to suit the
public NAV, quite as well now as in
former yeers. Who, j" this day, when
everything is weighed with the stand
-
ard currency Of dollars and cents, IL
going TO give five dollars for small
thing. when la,ye one can be had for
ono fifth Of that amount !! Certainly
not the man who expects 10 travel on
the road to Heaven according 10 the
length Of his pufse-stribgs. Why. nine
men ont Of ten. will take a Northern
b.d-b|anket OF n newspaper, because
Of the qu"ntity il contains. II mat
terra not, what The quality is, so there
is quantity sufficient to satisfy the
man that he is not "cheate,I -
Il has ever been marvel with
spscn|ators. why city Of the sizs Of
Nav Orleans cannot support one or
two Literary magazines or newspapers
Why is it.? Beoanse writer's there
would prefer TO contribute to North
ern works on the principle that Far
of and far fetched things nre The best
A literary magazine. would hot do in
New Orleans, because lshade Of Pho
nix pictures to put IN it, cannot DO had.
IN tho North. picture making phys.
because tho picture which Is gotten
up, erpressiy Tor the Lady's Comp"p-
ion, does very vol for the Gentle
mems Magozipe then it goes into an
annual. or nm album and in this man.
ner is maae to pay. Il!
We are not ono Of The number. 10
believe that there are ma good and
true people in the Northern part Of
the Union, but certain il is, that
some Of the most scurrillous and OBJ
scene sheets find their why here, that
ever disgraced and yill'fied any com
munity. It is time that our people
should say they will not supper. and
encourage thcm. for our atmosphere is
daily becoming contaminated by snch.
The obscene sheet to which We refer
red the other day-'Life ia New
York and Boston" is Of this charnc-
ter.
Williams may be found, cold hearted
enough, to stab tho reputation of tho
vir,uous female, through .hat vils
channel, and they mny think them
selves secure. under the cowardly
scoundrel who publishes the sheet; but
let us say to tho anonymous scribbler
in this city, that tho hour Of his4 dis
covery, will be the hour when citizens
will vie with ono other for the honor
Of putting to the stake so bass brute.
A scorpion or copper-head mockason,
20 &. ..>.Al. .a.aA:l. 49,
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Gse Bully Comet.
RATUN ROtJoEMApRft ~, 1856

"a. srAr,sr'cs.--1n ! few days,
We .hsli b. prepared 10 lay before
our readers. some statistics in refer
eoce to the cost Of gas, in the city IT
vick.buvg miss. J aud shall show, as
information for the people. the actanl
saving d much money in that place,
BY the Introduction of gas W. hold
that The city Of Baton Rouge. has its
fair proportion Of 'uoney loving and
money saving people. and II il can be
demonstrated with ubetriog figures.
that fifteen Or twenty thousand dollars,
can BE- saved every wear, which is how
expended for lamps, oil, and candles.
we indulge the faint hope, that The
people Of Baton Rouge, can be per
suadsd to 70 into Il. Before Offering
an argument we shall produce tho
ngaresi
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A BACkwoops JupuE's CHARGE --
Murder, gentlemen, is where u man is
murderously killed. Tho killer. in
such a case, is murderer. Now muir
der by poison, is as much murder ns
murder with gun. 1t is the murder
ing that constitutes murder in the eyes
Of the law. You will remember that
murder is one thing, and manslaught-
er another; therefore, hit is not man
slaughter, it must be murder. Self
murder has nothing to Do with this
case. One man cannot commit .1elo.
dc-s on another; that is clearly my
view. Gentlemen, | think you have
no difficulty. Murder, say,is muir
der. You can make up your minds.
You know what murder is, and need
not tell you what it is not. ] repeat,
murder is murder. You can retire
upon it IS you like
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ny the Grand Turk.

lust received direct from 81. Louis and
y for sale low, Tor CASH.
50 Sacks Corn,
50 Sacks Oats;
50 do Bran;
Bacon, Sides and Shoulders.
apll0.y. n. ". TOMLiNSON h Co.
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lust RECHs ven,

- ~ The "p.nnsyvsnia " from ~. Ions
500 lbs Dsisd Peaches,
!" Apples,
~ Bbls. Extra ST. Lonis flour. which
J. offered 1t the lowest market price for
Cash.
sp22 n. Y. TOMLfNsON Il co.
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~ An exchange riycs tho folio

~ An exchange gives the follow
ing new mode Of kilIing Aeas: Place
the feroclous animal on a smooth
board, and pen him in hedge Of
shoemakcr's wax, then, as soon as he
becomes quiet, commence reading to
him the doings Of Congress during the
present session, and in five minutes he
will burst with indignation.
% First Lieutenant Harry Love,
hr>t cavalry. has resigned mis- commits
sion in the army.
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HIN AoDfrtiselttnts.
ron aENT.

Ms# ron RENT.
A HOOD DWELLING HOUSE, IN rler,s -eesAn
~ IA Street, possession given an she I'M
ssh ~ Msyt fer particulars enquire ~
the COMET OFFICE, Or VI
Az. ~, iw. ALEX SHAW
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To The Ohio Legislature has pass
ed = law, which makes II illegal for
corporate towns and cities to levy
more than Eva mills On tho dollar Of
real estate. for local purposes. The
law is a good one. The minority
.hou'd have some protection against
the majority. II corporations are al
lowed 70 levy taxes, without limit, the
money thus obtained il most certain
70 hs used for corrupting purposes.
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Sgru'cutg FonrY. Eronr M,LKs
LoSe.--Thc bones Of six thousand
men line the railroad from Aspinwell,
to Panama. Set this down to ''man 4
:nhnmanity to man." and TO " the Al
mighty Dollar" to Yankee Enter
PRISE" or TO what you will--ca]l it
mercantile, diabolical, or an ostso-
logical fact-it is undoubtedly true
But the road is built-the contingent
is spanded; and our onward march,
our manifest destiny has made IN.
other demonstration. We may a we'll
look at the entire pile Of grim, ghast-
~ faces all at once, as to pick out the
glorification alone, and sink tho cory.
reality. The road is fact; the gulf
that swallowed up the human life an
other. The sinews tina: toiled 70 build
the structure seems TO have been dos
tined to as ignobIe 40 end - Fslstaff's
ragged regiment, or the Britain srmv
bafore Sebastopol-- food and powder. "
As great undertaking. there IL no in
ternal or external improvement q mod
crn time. to be compared With It.
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Attention (.onsvs smers,

Attcmt ton COmsu smers.
4 DDlTIONSAr being constantly made
"a 10 my stock n F.AMILY GkOCE.
RES, 70 which invite the attention OF
consumers Having adopted III. principle
0f Cash Ut M 'rfads" Lam enabled H.
FIX prices on my gcot!s so low, they cannot
fail 10 sell NJ. q. BRYAN.
ap120. ~ r. Cor Court House Stnsre.
NfEAT.--2oo0 LBS, M1DDtlNC
AVA 1000 lbs, Ham, sugar cured
1920 ''sag 7" plain smoked.
In store and for sale by
N. q. BRYAN,
apl20. N. u. cor. Court House aauare.
DRIED APPLES, CHEESE r..
10 BARRELS Choice Sun Dried ap-
X n pies
Is Boxes Prime Cheese
25 Barrels Whisky;
1000 Canvass Hams, various Brands
1000 Pounds Clear Bacon Sides;
rs Boxes Star Candles;
Just received and for sale by
spril-11 JOSHUA BEAL.
A. Reduced PrlcAs.
pERSONS sending their own bags will
L be supplied with fresh BRAN, at the
reduced price Of one Dollar per Hundred
Pounds.
april.10 JOSHUA BEAL.
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A NEw MOVE IN COUHT .=~lI'ho tUI-
lowing very laughable circumstances Is
related by thu plaoerv;lle Democrat.
lat inst
Amusing incidents occasionally &c
eur in court which arc not made pub
lie for want Of n reporter. One Of this
character transpired in tho Court Of
Sessions last week in Coloma. while
the court was hearing an intricate aud
tedieus case. The jury had been i'm
panneled early IN the morning. and
had become considerably wear'ed. A
thsater was in full blast, and several
members Of the jury desired to attend,
but we're prevented BY the court. At
last one Of them, growing impatient,
deliberately rose 10 his seat, aud in the
most earnest manner arrested the nt-
tsntion Of all present by gravely and
IN good faith saying, Judge, move
that the Court adjourn until to-mor-
row morning. at 10 o'clock 7 Ills mo
ton got second instanter, much to
the amusement Of the bystanders and
the annoyance Of The court who cor
tainly knew herself The Judge
blandly replied that the proceeding
was somewhat irregular, mud that n
motion to adjourn was out Of order.
The refractory juryman had u notion
70 appeal from the decision, but the
sheriff mildly informed him TINT if he
appealed he might be arrested for con
tempt, which had the effect Of instant
" silencing tho mover and the Soc
onder"
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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-08-30
F.or The NfnnesOtian.
SLillWater Items.

saltwater Items.
The Saltwater Messenger will be out ia a
few days. The editor has returned from the
East, having made purchase of the necessary
material.
The Saltwater Seminary has been organ
lied by the election of Board of Trustees,
and the appointment Of Principal, Precep-
treps, Music Teacher, &c.
A suitable place has been provided, and
the Institution will be opened the lst of Oc-
tober. This is got up entirely by the citi-
zens of Saltwater, and has no connection with
the Institute the Presbytery of st. Paul pro-
posed locating at our place. f-
There is a meeting of the citizens this eve
ming to organize Board of Trade, and also
to organize Hook and Ladder Company.
The Presbyterian Church are preparing
to erect new house of fworshipanother year
40 by 70.
Work has already commenced on the plank
road leading out of the city, towards your
place.
In addition to the previous works COM
menced in grading the streets, Second street
is to be graded this year, and part of Myr-
tie. -
New buildings continue to go up without
abatement. All itemsof this nature youwill
soon be able to learn from the Messenger.
SANDSTONE.
SALTWATER, Aug. 23d, sc.
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Fremont in California.

The following from the Alta Californian
shows the spirit in which the Presidential
nominations were received at San Francis.
The last steamer which arrived on the
|! 14th, brought us both the Democratic and
Republican nominations. On the evening o1
the 18th, the Buchanan men held mass
meeting on the Plaza, to ratify the nomina-
ton. Attended by about $500 PERSONS
Able and eloquent speeches were made, but
it did not seem to me that much enthusiasm
was manifested. Mr.. Buchanan is, without
doubt, the choice of the Democrats of Cali
fornia-but the Railroad Plank in the Gin
cinnati platform is counted to be rather rot
ten one-and perhaps this prevented the peo-
pie from warming up on the occasion. Cal
houn Benham, prominent Southern Wing,
gave in his adhesion. Most of the Southern
Wings and some Northern ones will 60 over
to Mr.. Buchanan. During the progress Of
the meeting, a salute of one hundred guns
was fired, and tar-barrels and rockets lighted
up Telegraph hill. The Herald of this city
has come out for Buchanan.
On Saturday evening, the 10Th, the Re-
publicans met in Musical Hall to ratify the
nomination of Col. Fremont. There were a.
bout 1000 persons present. The Hall was
draped with flags, and opposite to each other
on the walls were two very looking
specimens of the paint shop. One of them
represented train of cars at full speed. The
words, "We've Polk'd 'em, we've Pierced
'em, and now we'll Buck 'em-( Modern De-
mocracy)"- inscribed on the Canvas
Under the forward car lay President Pierce,
with his legs sawed off by the wheels. The
boiler of the engine bore the face of FIRE.
mont. A large Buck, with face strongly
resembling the Pennsylvania statesman, was
trying to get off the track, while the cow
catcher was just scramping him. The other
canvas had train of cars rushing at full
speed through gorge of the Serras inscrib-
ed "Pacific Railroad without Provisos."-
Telegraph wires were running along the line,
and Col. Fremont, mounted ON a streak of
lightning, seemed to be gaining on the train.
The Phila. platform was endorsed-able
and eloquent speeches were made, and every
allusion to Pacific Railroad drought down
the house." Much enthusiasm was manifest
ed! 1t was evident the Railroad will enter
largely into the approaching election. The
Republicans have no organ in this city, but
it is said a morning paper, with plenty of
means, will be under way in day or two, in
the Fremont interest.
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Personal Collision.
New YoRK. August /,

New York, August Is.
The correspondent of the Evening Post
gives the following version of the attack by
MIR. McMullen upon Mr.. Granger:
AS Mr.. Granger, Representative from N.
York, and Mr.. McMullen, of Va, were riding
in an omnibus to-day, a conversation arose
on the army bill proviso. McMullen said the
South would stand by the constitution. Mr..
Granger replied that if it did no. Republi-
can President would make them.
Whereupon Mr.. McMulIen said he would
not be addressed in that way by younger
man. -tt
Granger replied, waive my age.
McMullen then seized Granger around tie
neck, and holding down his head struck two
blows drawing blood under the eyes and
ears. 81 ass-f
They were separated by Col. Chester oi
the Philadelphia Enquirer.
A committee of ofinvestigation was appoint
ed by the Speaker to report the facts to the
House next session. @ ~.
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EXCITING NEWS FROM KANSAS!
TOWN OF FRANKLIN ATTACKED
II MEN KILLED AND WOUNDED!

The St. Louis Republican (bad authority
says that about midnight of the 18th inst,
the Free State men attacked the town Of
Franklin. A fight ensued which lasted four
hours. Four Pro-Slavery men were badly
wounded, and six Free State men killed.
The assailants captured cannon and retired.
One hundred United States soldiers occu-
pied the town on the next morning. An ex-
press from Westport, Missouri, states that
seventeen Free State men were killed and
wounded,
Lanes company were at Topeka. A Mr.
Williams, a Pro-Slavery man, was shot by a
Free State ma.
The statements of the Republican in ref
erence to Kansas are not reliable.
We give the substance of its reports mere
ly stating that they are from the bitterest
Pro-Slavery sources.
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SAINT Paul, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 80 1856

f.mily, that is mother and her daughters
Such instances are an everyday occurrence.
This is an excellent place for bachelors, and
would recommend believers in spiritual
rappings to come out here and take spiritual
wives, as they would find them much more
tangible than spiritual communicates from
the grave. e -1le.Foe
Brigham Young is perhaps one of the
worst men that ever renamed unhung-
deceiver Of a credulous and unsuspecting
people. When he gets them out here, by ly-
ing and other chicanery only known to per-
sons versed in cunning and rascality, he
swindles them out of their remaining dimes
under the plea that it goes to: the church.
The !" good Book I" tells us that the e Devil
was the father of lies )" but, poor Devil
like other great inventors, his patent has
been stolen, and, with the improvements
that have been made on it, Gov. B. Young is
able to turn out lies for the purpose of filling
his own purse faster than Japanese prayer
mill can turn out paternosters. The only
redeeming trait in Brigham Young's charac-
ter is, that out of three score of wives not
one complains Of inconstancy-he uses them
well. zns a
Our government need never fear having
much difficulty with the Mormons they are
a pusillanimous, scurvy set, and if their
crops are no better than they were last year,
the majority of them will starve to death
next winter. AS it is, many have died from
want of food, and if it had not been for
pig weed" species of wild artichoke,
which grows here in abundance, one half the
settlement would have died from starvation
The immense immigration here this spring
will cause produce to be very scarce, and it
is not unlikely that the coming winter will
be harder on these " Saints" than was
the forty years. stay in the wilderness on
the children of Israel.
1t is singular but true fact that rain new
or falls here. Such a thing is unknown, and
many old inhabitants " can be found who
have not seen any rain for eight years.
Being stranger in the country am unable
to account for it.
The Saints" farms are all Joined to-
gether, and there is one day in each week set
apart for watering them, which is done by
hand. They are digging canal, fifteen
miles long, which will run through their
plantations, and engines are being construct
ed to water them on more extensive scale.
The water in the canal comes from the river
|" Jordan" a fine stream which runs through
Salt Lake City. t
The grasshoppers have destroyed most of
the oats and other grain Living is very
high-four $40 per barrel ; roasting ears
ten cents piece potatoes SIS per bushel-
In fact, everything is SO enormously expen-
sive, and money SO scarce, that shall soon
leave for other parts, when you will again
hear FROM your humble servant,
ROVER.
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The telegraphic reports of the last days
proceedings in Congress were received yes
terday, but are not considered of sufficient
Importance to give at length this morning.
All the Appropriation bills, except the
Army Bill, were passed and received the
signature of the President.
The Speaker announced the resignation
of Col. Richardson, of Illinois.
The Baltic is in from Liverpool, but the
news is entirely unimportant. The insur-
rection in Spain has entirely subsidized.
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e. The Hon. A. G. Stone, postmaster
at Peterboro' Madison county, n. Y. has
been removed because he is stumping ne
county for Fremont. lie said recently, in a
speech, They can have the post Office, but
they can't have my vote" There were three
Buchanan men ip the szillage that wanted the
Office, but Col. Tom Petrie was the success
full candidate, he being the only one that
could write.