The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-09-03
GENERAL SUMMARY.

GtNERAl SUMMARY.
The following are among the propositions
entertained by the Free State party in Kansas,
with reference to the approaching election
l. Refuse to vote at the October election !;
to vote would be to recognise the authority of
the usurpation. Break up the election in Octo-
Der.
2. Vote in October, provided no tax is i'm.
posed; insist that every one shall vote; obtain
possession of the Legislature; repeal all the
bogus laws refuse to pass any more; adjourn
sine die, and put the State Government in i'm
mediate operation.
3. Vote in October, any how; get possession
of the Legislature; repeal the old codes pass
a new set of statutes.
| OF these, the second is said to be preferred
| by the Republicans, who insist that every one
shall vote, and that this years emigration shall
not be disfranchised. They are in favor of
deposing the judges if they refuse the vote of
bona tide settlers, whether they have been here
six months or six weeks.
| The New York Journal Of Commerce, of
Monday afternoon, has the following with rela-
ton to the affair:
"The Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Com.
pany, known throughout the Union, but whose
principal business Office was in this city, where
it had resident cashier, has been in trouble
for several days, and this morning its checks
we're sent back from the American Exchange
Bank, and it may be said to have failed. Its
capital, we believe, is S200OO7O; its liabilities
are stated at 100000, and it is supposed
that portion of the securities it holds have so
far deprecated that the capital will be swallow
ed up in liquidation. The cashier is very much
| blamed for his management, but we forbear
| hoth he
company is largely indebted to the New York
banks, but most, if not all, hold reliable securi-
ties for the full amount"
A letter to the New York Times, from the
Lake of Geneva, dated Sd inst, states that the
ascent of Mount Blanche second made this
year-was accomplished by two young men,
sons of the Rev. DR.. Stone, Of Brookline, Mass,
who reached the summit st 8 A. M, and de-
seconded the same day. They were welcomed at
Chamounix with music aud the firing of cannon.
1t is something of relief to find that the
highest medical authorities of Britain, incu-
ding the Lancet and the Medical Times, are
in favor of the hypothesis that l. Angelier COM
mitted suicide. They argue that the quantity of
arsenic found in his stomach would have re-
quired draught of at least two quarts of liquid
to hold it in suspension 30 as to be taken in
voluntarily. 1t seems to be denied that Miss
Smith has fed to this country. She is said to
be living in seclusion at her fathers country
seat. This wretched G irl was the strictly reli-
giously educated daughter Of Presbyterian
family
A recent assessment of the population, valua-
ton of property, taxes, &c, of the city of Chi
csgo for the year 1857, discloses the following ::
Valuation of real estate S26,0l9,9l6
Valuation of personal property 7,243,O53
Increase in one year 4,526,885
Taxes 425,O00
Population 100000
| The New York Courier learns, by private ad.
vices from st. Helena, that the Emperor Louis
| Napoleon has purchased the site of the tomb of
his uncle, the great Napoleon, for $4,000, and
| Longwood, the farm on which the conquered
conqueror's last years were passed, for $4,000.
| A commission is expected soon to arrive, for
the purpose Of putting Longwood in complete
order and decorating the grounds. A monu-
ment is also to be erected over the tomb.
A letter to the st. Louis Republican, dated
Fort Kearney, August 7th, says that the 5th
and 10Th regiments of infantry and Phelps's
battery had arrived there. Captain Van
Vleet had gone in advance on important bust
ness. The troops were much dissatisfied, and
the two infantry regiments had lost nearly 500
men by desertion.
We announced last month that system of
tourist traffic would be organized in connection
with the first voyage of the Great Eastern to
Portland. 1t is expected that she will make
| her first voyage across the Atlantic about the
first week of April, previously making an expert
mental trip to Lisbon, or Gibraltar, or perhaps
to the Western Islands. By this means, ex-
perience of her qualities as ship, and of the
power and efficiency of her engines and ma.
chinery, will be obtained. 1t is understood
that several gentlemen connected with science
and literature, not only in Great Britain, but al
80 in foreign countries, will be invited to join
the experimental trip, and to give to the world
the result of their observations.
An intelligent correspondent, writing to the
State Department at Washington D. c., calls
attention to the increase in the consumption OF
cotton in Oldenburg, Germany, since its aces
sion to the Zoll Veren. Previous to 1854, the
correspondent adds, very little cotton was con
sumed in this country. In 1855, you find three
cotton mills (spinneries) in Oldenburg proper
and one in Blrkenfeld, working together IL, 326
spindles, and consuming 1864, 900 pounds OF
cotton per annum. From the private report Of
gentleman largely interested in these spin
neries, I learn that 29,5O0 more spindles have
been put up this year, which will increase the
consumption of cotton to 4,466,50O pounds IN
1853.
The Southern Americans are pretty generally
aiding the Charleston Mercury In its war upon
Governor Walker and the Administration, and
of course, committing themselves to "seces
sion." We predict, however, that, as soon al
the day comes to strike against the Union
they will be very ready to desert their standard
bearer. The new recruits of the Mercury art
veterans at that sort of business. The momen
the Gabriel of Disunion blows his horn, the.
will break and run, and let "the nameless gen
tleman in black" take the hindmost,-R