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As yet no decision has been made by the New
York court of appeals in relation to the constitution
atty of the police law although the blackrepubl'
can journals quite confident that the court will
decide in favor of the constitutionality of said law
The Journal of Commerce says:
Whatever may be the result with the court of aP,
peas our citizens will have one comfort left viz that
such arbitrary conduct the part of the Legislature
not defeated by the courts will itself defeat the nsae
republican party In every city where the experiment
has been tried the people have awaited themselves OF inc
very first opportunity to throw the republicans oveboad
Buffalo has condemned the outrage, by giving the demo
Gratis majority of 300 Albany, 5000 New Haven,
500 New York has not yet had chance to speak, ou
her voice will be like the thunders of Niagara, Homes
people don't like pipe-layng, whether it is effected ~
importing voters from Philadelphia by upsettng INC
ballot boxes through the agency of central power
Albany. Decentralization is stamped on every page o
State constitutions, amended in 1886 in oOe
words giving the people of every separate precinct @
local rights far possible. The back-repuohca
party trying to reverse the process.
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Paris paper notices curious experiment that has re-
Gently been made ST. Denis at the residence of NJ CHS
ouot formerly project of police at the of
the reign Of Louis Philippe, and oil rcfner BY
means Of an apparatus invented by M Bullo and in
which electricity the only agent, six pounds of beef
were boiled and perfectly cooked in five minutes and ten
seconds Several trustworthy witnesses, watch in hand
verified this rapid of cookery At the end of the 80
seconds the boiled and the broth made from IL
tasted and both found to be excellent, although
little too salta fault however not attributable to the
nnparatus
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HN From tho Albiou June 20.
HER MAJEsTYs CONSUL FOR THE PORT OF NEW
YORK.

HER MAJESTY'S CONSUL FOR THE PORT OF NEW
YORK.
After many months ntenegnum and an eternity of
suspense to the numerous candidates for the office,
learned more than week ago, through non-oiicial
channel that to Mr. Barclay had been chosen
from the long list We should not however, have made
this information public until the report positively
confirmed had not American contemporary announced
the fact and coupled with it extremely supcruous
remarks. We have reason to believe that Mr. Francis
Lousada will ere long be gazetted to this Office.
1t scarcely necessary for to say that deeply
interested in the character and qualifications of the per-
selected by government to fill the very response
BILE office of consul at the commercial and geographical
metropolis of the country. And if the name of Mr.
Lousda conveys with direct guarantee for the eff
cent performance of the highly important duties to be
ntrsted to him. his anteceents lead to suppose that
he will be found perfectly qualified to satisfy require
ments On the superstition therefore, that it will inter
est readers, may state that Mr.. Lousada is de-
secnded from most respectable family in Jamaica that
his first services rendered precs writer to Lord
Clarendon then Mr. Vllers and president of the Board
of Trade in 1876 that he subsequently employed
secretary to the Merchants Seamen Fund Commission ;
that in 1858 he appointed her Majesty consul at
Riga and transferred thence Cuba in 1885, aIbira
tor of the mixed commission at Havana where he at
present resides Surely such occupations these must
have been amply sufficient to initiate any man of sense
and liberal education into much of the mysteries of
commercial and diplomatic life is essential for the gu
dance of her Maestys representatives here We could
not have spoken confidently of the claims and quail
catons of two three other candidates for the consul
ship with whom personally acquainted but as
Mr.. Lousada is unknown to us, we have thought it
proper to set down these few particulars We may add
also-whst expressing our regret that Mr.
Barclay does not return to the of his former la
bors-our belief that if the nomination had been held
open only fortnight longer the difficulty regarding that
gentleman's reception by the President would have
been smoothed away. Such the glorious uncertain
ties of official lifca life very thankless, with few
prizes and many blanks.
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A New CAR BnAKE--We notice new kind of brake
on the Of the indianapolis and Cincinnati railroad
which Is really very great improvement on the old plan
of appying friction to wheels We do not know who
is the inventor Of the arrangement but we see that
IL is attached the made by Messs Fansworth
Barnard of this city The new brake in question is con-
nected together and acts upon all the cars at time
The power applied with lever on the engine and the
friction the wheels acts upon the drivers of the loco
motive and the wheels Of the tender and each car in the
train all at the same time One does the work OF
three or four or half Dozen it is generally the rule
to have brakeman for each These officials can he
dispensed with by using the brake and vast ex-
pense thereby saved The Cincinnati road is making an
experiment in the matter of its Indianapolis Journal
A car-braSe similar to the one above described has
been invented and filed for patent by Alexander
Marshall, esq, of Virginia.
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The Republican adj,
GOVERNOR MCMILLAN.

This gentleman arrived in the city yesterday iron
short visit to Missouri. He will 60 to Virginia il
day or two to settle up his affairs preparatory
his departure for the Territory Of Washington HI
expects TO leave this city about the Goth of mex
month for the distant field of his labor and duty
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WASHINGTON CITY.
THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE go. 1857.

as-r BEHr LEWIS Montgomery Alabama our generaltav
sling agent the Tennessee assisted by
= IKwIs, JAMES o LEWIS, and sANuu d
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The Chattanooga lTennessee) Advertiser says
Among the visitors in city, we see our diSiu
guished member of Congress, Hon. S. A. Smith. Col
Smith is in fine health, and in good spirits The peopI
always glad to see and shake hands with him. A
yet unadvised to the name of his competitor
His election is certainty"
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TILE KANSAS ELECTION.
We copy the following from the st. Louis Repu
ican Of last Mondays issue


lican Of last Mondays issue
1.-THE election for delegates TO the State convention 4
form constitution held under proclamation of the act
ing governor of the Territory, f. p Stanton took p
on Monday last We have reliable advices that Dom
phan Atchison, Leavenworth, Johnson Jefferson Shaw
nee and Douglas counties all elected democrats
to the number of forty-one delegates. The gentle
men thus elected were upon the regular democmti
ticket and very little opposition made to them OK
cept in Leavenworth and two other counties Thu
black republicans had no candidates in nomination,
far as advised and refused to vote This was cx
pected. 1t the prescribed for them by tn
disunionists of the North, and they have adhered to
implicitly We trust now that the members of the con
venon will show to the country that they are true Low
al, conservative, and Union-oying men that they vii
adopt such constitution will command the approba
ton of every patriot whether he happens to reside in III
North or in the South that by doing they will ad
minister wholesome rebuke to disoya and ctous par
tsans, wherever they may be found.
The Republican adds:
"The bogus Topeka legislature has been In session an
passed laws providing for election in August next for
delegate to Congress, and other officers The object
these proceedings is to complicate matters as much
possible and to produce such state of things as at SOM
future day, will bring about collision between the rec
ognised and only true government and the traitors
When that time comes, there can be no doubt upo
which side the great majority of the people will b
found -
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OFFICIAL

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT
William Patterson postmaster at Keokuk, Iowa, in
place of A. T. Waling,
George p. Pelton postmaster at Poughkeepsie,
New York in place of A. III. Pease.
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arded and the question ia whether these two countries
will allow this and will not forbid contest which viii
be damaging 10 both the oontending powers and can
hardly benefit eitherg If Spain lands troops she must
dure certain loss In and money which she very
i'll afford Mexico owing to its distance from her shores
the difference that she unable to support those expenses
of i'm the extreme West which heavy burden
on England and France in their eastern campaign.
Her commerce would be ruined, for Mexico would,
Immediately the outbreak of war, send thou
sands of -marque to the United States II,
the contest the fact of her having engaged in 1t
would have annulled all treaties, and her claims
Mexico would be yalueless The Mexican government is
not without resources There be no doubt that If
hostites commenced it would Immediately seize the
church property and levy taxes Spain reckons ON
the cooperation of Santa Annas partisans, and Mexico
this expectation realized, would be plunged into
the horrors of civil well a foreign In short
whichever way view the question: we nothing but
certain disasters and damage for both countries, with
scarcely chance OF benefit to either 1t is difficult to
conjecture what line of conduct the United States might
observe in presence of between their neigbors and
the power that possesses Cuba but cannot but fore
the probability of peril TO this prosperous Spanish
colony. Ii England and France would avert complca
tons that might become extremely serious and involve
them to extent that perhaps at present is hardly fore
seem they will interpose their authority to prevent
Improbable and unnecessary struggle The matter might
be submitted to arbitration and settled without compro
missing the interests and honor of either party The first
thing to be done to bind Mexico and Spain and
especially the latter to keep the peace
elegraphic despatch from Madrid of the Sth of June
says that the ministers and Senior Laagua the Mexican
envoy had not been able up to that date to effect set
Element of the difficulties with Mexico.
The House of Deputies had adopted the bill providing
for levy Of so, 900 men,
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There are fou thousand at work in the lead mines
Of southwest Missouri The St. Louis Leader says IL is
reported that there much destitution Of food and
sequent suffering in that region.
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LATER FROM VENEZUELA.

We are indebted to the New York papers Tor INC
following late intelligence from Venezuela
The Congress of Venezuela adjourned on the 2oh "
May The last act TO ratify the treaty with the G
ted States which was accomplished by the urgent Soi
tation of the Hon Charles Eames, the American mlus
ter who deferred his visit on leave to the United sta
with view to press the ratification of the treaty ana m
accomplishment of other urgent business before ava
himself of the leave conceded by the Department Oh S
but proposed taking passage by the packet TO 81 mum
the 9th instant, thence by the British steamer
Havana. !,
The country was quiet under the constitution pu
still there many dissatisfied with its provisions ~
there secret whispers Of revolution. - ar
. Gen. Monagas has the power to make himseh PVr'
lar with oil parties by acting in conservative MANN ~
in fact there is but political party in Venezuea
party formerly opposed to Gen Monagas abstalned HUI
taking part in politics at present L.,
g The rain commenced early, and great aoui"'
had fallen, which will benefit the growing crops
The underground railroad" is getting into u''
favor with our neighbors of Canada The day O''
fore the propagation of the Canadian Parliament 'O
Prince made speech in relation to the negro luz
tives from the United States in which he SAID
He then took occasion to speak of the negro iugia
as being most unprincipled persons and suggeS'ea
they should be separated from. the white popups,
which they contaminated by their vices. The peoP h
this country, moved by Christian sympathy ioi "
suferings treated them with kindness, but they ItP
that kindness with ingratitude they were chiep9
markable for their filthy and dishonest eatuIeS ,,"i
should he sent 10 live by themselves ON one Oh WV
toulin islands, somewhere else where the whe' W."
not suffer by contact with them.
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GREAT SPEED. Tho Western Metropolis made lne and and
hence to Cleveland Wednesday night in nine " hc
minutes distance 100 miles. This viii 90 70 "o
on for any boat but the Metropolis for which W'"'
miles an hour is no great thing .-Bp8a'o Com. INV
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The Spanish government maintains strict reserve with
respect to the Mexican question: but it would not be
prising if heard before very long, of armed DEM
onstraton against Vera Cruz. Negotiations langush
and it may be thought that little satpetrc would prove
a wholesome stimulus 1T is much to be doubted how
ever, whether demonstration would render the
Mexican government plant than hitherto Two
open to SPAIN in the event Of her deciding
begin She may take Vera Cruz and march upon
Mexico, she may content herself with blockading the
former place and Tampco the only two Mexican ports
the eastern side of the American continent With
those upon the west side she would probably think
it convenient to medde considering the distance and the
snallness of her navy Vera Cruz would be defend
cd The fortress has been neglected is in bad condition.
could not hold out, and would be abandoned to the
Spanish invading forces without any real resistance The
opposition encountered would be the march up to
Mexico upon which, besides such regular troops the
Mexicans might be able to bring into the field, the
Spaniards would have to contend with gueras, fever
and the climate. With such force MS Spain could
land at present the expedition would be extremely
hazardous one. II the invaders reached Mexico city,
occupied and held il, they might doubtless dictate
terms TO the government the other hand, their
loss could hardly be small, and their expenses would
certainly be great The with Mexico cost the United
States f2o, 900 900 sterling Whence Spain to draw
the snews of 10 even 1.-THE OF this amount II
she content herself with the less expensive process
blockade it Is Mexico that will chiefly suffer- but for
cgn creditors of different oategories to whom so pei
of the Of the two Atlantic ports aot
ted leaving only 40 per cent TO enter the Mexican treas
ury English and French interests viii be largely ieop
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Calcutta dates to the 3D. and Bombay to the 18th
of May.
General Ashbunham and staff had arrived at Madras
oi route for China
1t supposed that the bulk of the British army in
Persia would remain there for months to come The
general health of the troops had been good.
Geographic despatch from Meerut thought to be
sgerated, says that the Sd regiment of Bengal cavalry
were in open muny that several officers and men had
been killed and wounded and that the lines and officers
bungalows had been burnt down.
Madras paper had announced the death Of the Miam,
but the statement lacked continuation
AND MEXICO.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-09-10
Fate Of Kansas Governors.

If "the way of transgressors is bard"
the way of Kansas Governors is harder
The Kansas correspondent Of the Missou-
ri Democrat, who knows, thus writes
Reeder was threatened with the halter;
had to flee in disguise, and by night, from
the official mob which surrounded Law
renee and subsequently sacked it /; had to
remain, for weeks, closely concealed in
the American Hotel at Kansas City, and
finally was obliged to go down the river.
as deck passenger, shaved, attired as
laborer. and speaking the German Ian
guage
Shannon fed from the Territory in a
government Wagon.
Robinson was arrested by a mob at
Lexington taken back to Kansas and kept
prisoner in camp for several months.
Gearry came in with flourish of trum.
pets of both parties went out with tho
the derisive sneers.
Walker came to Kansas with a nation
al reputation, but people here, and all
over the Territory, have only two opinious
about him now-some think that he is
crazy and others that he is drunk. And
then he too like Robinson, has to lodge
on the prairies, in camp.
Who would be a Governor of Kansas?
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-09-10
OUR LOST LUCY.
BY MARGARET VERNE.

1t was beautiful afternoon in early
June. Mother had flung open the sit
ting-room windows, and beside one of
them we sat together, sewing and talking.
The climbing rose-vines had begun to
bud about the pillars of the piazza, and
the panzies that run in a little border
along by the path to the gate, were open
ing, one by one. their purple hearts to
the summer
Little Lucy, the pet and plaything of
the whole household, from our stern
father down to the youngest and most
boisterous of our brothers, sat upon the
carpet sorting over lapful of wild vio-
let's and honey-suckles that she had just
brought in from the fields. Bravo, our
house-dog, lay curled up at her feet.
watching her as she threw away and se-
lected her flowers. with queer mixture
ofextravagance and fastidiousness.
All at once the music of a hand-organ
came in through the window. Lucy
sprang to her feet, grasping her apron
Of flowers, and run out upon the piazza
while Bravo. shaking himself, and tread
ing with sort of doggish disdain upon
those she had discarded, stalked leisurely
behind her. -s
We stopped sewing and leaned forward
to catch glimpse of our entertainers
There were two of them, man and wo-
man, the latter carrying in her hand a
tambourine. @ aa
May ! dance, Maggie ?" called Lucy
as they struck up lively measure.
/ nodded assent. and the next momen
she was tripping across the piazza to thu
music of the organ. 1t was simple
dance had taught her for amusement
and she could execute it without singl,
misstep. A pretty picture she made ou
there, where the shade of the roses ane
the sheen of the sun were plated togeth
er SO lovingly; her long, yellow curl
floating backward from her shoulders
her neck and arms bare, plump. and daz
zlingly white ; one hand clasping tn
broad ribbons of her hat, which had fall
en- from her head in her breezy motion
and the other holding up her white tu
mic with its wreath of blue and scarle
blossoms /; her cheeks flushed to crimso
with excitement, and her clear brow
eyes sparkling with delight.
| noticed that the woman watched he
with evident admiration, never once tax
ing her eyes from her till she stopped OK
haasted, and with coquettish coprtes,
phrew herself down in the cool porticc
leaning her head back again.at one Of th
pillars, I'll her hair looked like ,endrih
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-09-10
M Mistfllaneous.

When the cholera was at its worst in
l849, in New Orleans, an old negro, who
had weathered the yellow fever many
times, at length got frightened at the
havoc the cholera was making among all
classes. His master one night heard him
praying to the "angel of de Lord" by
the light of tallow candle, " to spare
him dis time-to lef him live little Ion.
ger, ard den take him to glory" Bu
he concluded his prayer by processing
perfect submission to the will of 'de an
gel OBJ de Lord" even should he be call
ed upon Immediately to go on that long
Journey. Sambo's master determined t.
test the sincerity of this last profession
He knocked loudly and distinctly at thu
door.
"Who's dar ?" says Sambo.
The angel of the Lord was an
swered.
What you want 2"
81 have called for Sambo."
The master heard the candle suddenly
extinguished with 'whof, and Samb'
energetically answered.
He not here Dat niger is beer
dead three weeks"
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-09-10

Nothing great or worthy can be ex-
pected of him who, instead of consider
ing what is right in itself, and what part
it is fttest for one in hisstation to act, is
only considering what the world will
think or say of him; what sort of behav-
ior will pass with the fairest show, and
be most calculated to please the many
When man has thus given up the indie
pendence of his mind, we can no longer
reckon upon him in anything. We can
not tell how far he may be carried ii
vice. There is too much reason to dreat
that he will lie, dissemble, and betray
changing himself, without scruple, int
every shape that will find favor among
those whom he seeks to gain.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-09-10

MAKING THE BEST OF IT.-A colored
man at the Northern Liberties Market.
whose legs had been cut off above the
knees, heard a couple of gentlemen COM
misserating his condition the other day.
when he turned from the work in which
he was engaged. and said, laughingly ::
why, g'men, goa couldn't do this work
without breaking your backs a-stoopin'
down." Moral whole legs are not es-
sential to happiness, though a contented
spirit may be.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-09-10

Bulwer on the Weed aud Women.
In his new work, now in course of pub
lication, What will he do withs it p
Bulwer thus moralizes Fon the "weed'
and women:
He who doth not smoke, hath either
known no great griefs, or refuseth him
self the softest consolation next TO thai
which comes from heaven. What, softer
than woman whispers the young read
er. Young reader, women leases as well
as consoles. Woman makes half the
sorrows which she boasts the privilege to
soothe. Woman consoles US, it is true,
while we are young and handsome when
we are old and ugly, woman snubs and
scolds us. On the whole, then, woman
in this scale, the weed in that, Jupiter,
hang out the balance, and weigh them
both and if thou give the preference to
woman, all / can say is, the next time
Juno ruffles thee, o, Jupiter, try the
weed"
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-09-10

LYNCHING ExTRAoRDINARy.-An inter-
esting lynching case occurred on Sunday
last, some six miles from Geneva, Wis
Several young ladies haze been in the
habit of bathing in beautiful cove form
ed by Geneve Lake, and nearly concealed
by dense shrubbery. lkeS-, a BOBBY
Of 22, who lives with farmer G. in the
capacity of "help," informed some of his
mates that 'curiosities might be seen
there, better and cheaper than at the cir.
Gus" !" and for his part he "would go tc
the show p This being reported to some
of the fair ones, they resolved to give him
a lesson.
While some of the more juvenile mum
bers Of the group made apparent prepara
tions for the bath, a committee of full
grown feminines searched the thicket
and found Ike, placed very convenient,
for peeping. To seize and strip him wa
the work of a few moments, and the hail,
bushes which had formed his hiding plac,
became rods of justice in the hands o
captors. Served him right. = Cor
Nil. Sentinel.