Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-12-24
NEWS ITEMS.


once is understood to have related to the affairs of
Kansas, and to have been highly satisfactory to all
concerned
Gov. Walker IS confined TO his chamber bv lines
AdmIttlncc is denied, in compliance with his phv
stefan lGjunctions, to Ill visitors. lie proposes
publishing series of letters to contain full histo
tory of events i'll Kansas during his Gubernatorisl
administration
Senator Douglas enabling act for Kansas will
consist of the Toomb hill with provision ngraft-
ed upon il, like that in the Minnesota enabling act
Tor submitting; the Constitution the people. He
prefers this course 10 that of allowing the people To
take their choice between the Topeka and l,ecomp-
ton Con tuticns hut will not distinctly commit him
self upon tint point until the question is directly
presented to Congress
Jefferson Davis Is preparing n reply To Nr. Doug
la. and though Mr.. Hunter and others are cntcav
orin. Ia prevent an irreconcablc Schism in the par
~, signs OF separation increasing. The leaders
of the Democracy are beginning to realize That Mr.
Douglas cannot he read out at the party without
hhzarling'its destruction, and are unwilling to ac-
commodlte the Admnstr ition at that cost Look
out for attempted compromises.
\ correspondent of the Evening Post says that the
Administration fears the Pro Slavery men of Kan
will send separate Pro S,y cry clause To Wash
in@ton with their Constitutions and cast the rcspon-
Sbiliy ofrcicctnS il upon Congress. Eight wire
pu'lcrs have been dispatched To the Territory to pre-
vent il.
Henry n GIlpin of Philadciphia, is talked of for
Minister To England
The frc-caters dcu,uncc Douglas as Black Re
public IA and threaten him with assassination. He
will offer the Toombs Till a, the earliest opportun
ty. with provision submitting it to tie people o!
,nsas; and If this is rejected, will offer any other
pan to defeat the Lccompon Constitution. The
hrdcr he is pressed by the Administration the pluck
Ter hc Is He defends Stintons course.
y dispatch from Washington on the 9Th SAYS
tut Mr. Savage, of Tenn, hd bill prepared, and
would introur, it on the 9TH, ii possible, grant
ing pensions 10 the officers and soldiers Of the
with Great Brit,in in 1912 anl to to those engaged
in the Indian wars during the Same period.
instructions were sent by telegraph on the 9th
and the District Attorn Of Louisiana and Alabama
to rsc all means in their power according To law to
prevent the departure of any hostile expeditions
against Central America
The frisatc Jamc>,o.n will Immediately leave Tor
s'u Ju,m and Capt. Chattertoa, Of the Saratoga.
who permitted the Fashion to enter the harbor OF
san Juan, and pass under his stern and land the
hlibustcrs, will be immediately recalled and sue
ccc,Ied ly a more energetic oliccr.
Instructions have been sent To the comm Under of
the troops in ,ns,s, directing him to call together
sufficient military force al every election precinct
in the Territory where there Is amy likelihood oil
is urllncc and thu, no organized force. accident
al or prcIu,ditaicd broil shall prevent full AMI
free vote OF the people The troops will act upon
the requi -itiou ofthc civilauthoritc-.
W decision will be IN rdc by the War Department
upon the plan of the campaign against the Nor
mons until Gen Scott arrives, which will bc in the
course or a fortnight.
The Vinconncs Gazette saws tho Branch OF the
Bank Of the State at that place h in its vaults and
in Eastern Exchange, AN amount of means in excess
Tho New Orleans Delft, SAYS that IN In'lian boy
of eighteen va, recently exhibited at fair in Gcor-
sa, who weighed tow hundred anil sixteen pounds,
and M .lsurcd eight feet I'm his Sock" He'll be
a pretty good sized nun ifhe ever gets his growth
The sshclbyvic Banner saws tint DIR. Russell Of
t'l,t place who his already patented some very III
. nious inventions, al saddle spring, and "a car
b ,ke," 81. hats recently discovered mode ol
s,vin the surplus power ofr,ilroad tram, AMI sp
plvinr il to any purpose th,t my be needed Ii
appears from the Banner's ailison Ia he some SORT
of IN ,chincrv placed beside the track What, it is
otherwise than is disclosed in this rather unsitis
fac ory account, we have no idea.
Mr. j. &. Underworld citizen and landholdcr Of
Virginia, who expelled from the State, during
tie Presidential canvass, for attending the Republi
can National Conv ention al delegate, has ncve
s'ncc been permitted to resume the occupation %
his own home but in his absence has been tried am
convic' cd, by jury of Clark county, othaving sa'
tn It the m ,scr had right of property in his slave
For this offcnse the county court has fined hin
$500.
a recent luNcStlCdtiou ili'oln dutir Va thc hi'
adclphia Board Of Health, indicates that some ofth
members have been guilty ct embezzcmcnt an'
forrery 10 the extent of thousands of dollars.
\ rac picker died the other day in Cincinnati
seven hundred dollars were found about him wrap
ped up in some old rags
The VI ,dison, Ind, Courier of tic ll,h. quote
pork at s.; -four, retail, STA si25 p Dbl, whea
Ga 7oc.
The slme paper ws, our farmer friends say
.Wc do not know th,t we have evcrsecn tho whea
crop look more promising in our ncighborhood tia
it docs at present"
Mr. Summers nerves still much sh1ttcrcd,
much 50, that after hearing Nv. Douglas speech o
the Lccompton swindle, he was Obliged to leave t.
his house. a. the physical cNerion required to he'
tue speech through was too much for him We ic'
! that the blow of the assassin Brooks has done i
work too surely
The Cincinnati Commercial of the 18th quote
pork nj 500 So, 10; beef cattle S2,25d $3.50 gros
: and dull: wheat 7OGd soc for red and white. an
rather dull corn dull at 3Oc., Lard ga TO- e
sugar sale for common TO prime.