Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-04-16


.DRED SCoTr" IN .OnIo.-A committee Of
the Ohio Legislature has made an extended re-
port upon the recent decision of the Supreme
Court in the bred Scott case, accompanied by
bill "to prevent Slaveholding and kilnap-
ping' in Ohio. The bill provides severe pen
alties for persons who shall attempt TO hold
slaves in the State, to seize or arrest fugitives
from service, on TO kidnnp any person with in
tent to carry him out of the State lor the pur-
pose of enslaving him. The acts OF marshals
in the execution Of legal process are expressly
excepted from the operation of this law. The
composition of the Supreme Cont is strongly
denounced. Resolutions have also been report
de in the Leg stature approprating one hundted
dollars for the protection of Ohio citizens in
Kansas.
MAKING Fun OF IT.--The Washington cor
respondent of the Rochester Union says TINT
" Messrs. Harmon and Brodhead, late collec-
tor and postmaster at Detroit, have had some
fun ever their decapitation. They went to an
ambrotypist, and got several full length por-
traits taken, then they cut OIL their heads and
pasted the pictures upon another piece Of pr
per- so that their heads appeared severed from
their bodies, and little 'clar1t' tricllmg over
their linen told at once the object of the artist.
Having had several copies OF the picture fixed
in this way, and enclosed in large envelope,
they took them to Gen. Cass, who, at their re-
quest ranked them to prominent Democrats in
Michigan. The venerable Secretary was not
apprized of the contents OF the envelope. And
as they contained no explanation other than is
conveyed by the picture itself, those who re.
ceived ii might infer that the joke had been
perpctrated by Gen. Cass himself .-
BEEF CATTLE IN New YoRK.-There was 4
large advance in the price of beef cattle at
Bull,s Head, New York, on Wednesday, the
n l,;r IL, Tor, ,.,,i...l
retailing beef, being equivalent to - cents 4
pound, and averaging fully $40 head more
than the same grades last week, making a diff
ference of $50 900. The Tribune says that
one drove of Western steers, 10 head, nvcrag-
ed $40 each and a number of drovcs OF COM
mon Ohio and Illinois stock will average $50.
These are great prices for farmers, but ouer-
GUS for city beei-eaters. There were 1000
head ofbulloclls sold which would average SSj
and at that amount to $4,000.
GERMAN BAPTIST CmuRcH,-rhis building
at the corner OF Fifth and Walnut street. re-
Gently purchased by the German Baptists Of
this city has undergone considerable aitGrl-
tions--the interior having boen remoddled,
giving it a very handsome appearance. The
church has also been enclosed with hcauti-
full and substantial iron railing manufactured
by Robert Wagner. Service was held there
for the first time on Sunday, when an eloquent
tor.
DIsTILLERY BLOWN UP.--The distllery OF
John Gregg, at Brownsville, Pa, was destroyed
on Friday last, by the explosion Of the stock
OF spirits, caused by the leaking Of u hogShead
which took fire. The value OF the liquor was
about 1000, and that Of the building nj least
$4,000 more. No insurance.
The DEATH SENTENcE.-The brothers 10
mas and Philip Fonts, who were convicted at
McConnellsville, Ohio, recently, of the murder
of Benz. p. Scott, in October last, have been
sentenced to be hanged ON Saturday, eth
June next.
MELANcHoLLY OCcuRRENcE.--On the first
inst, two boats sailed from Cobourg, Canada
West, to take up gill net, about or s miles ont
in the Lake. A gale and snow storm sprung
up the same evening and the beats are believed
to have foundered, with nine men on board.
DEATH ny LIGHTNING.-Mr. Ephram Hart
sock, of Hendricks county, Ind, while taking
the harness off horse in his stable, on Mon
day week, was struck by lightning and Instant
ly killed. The horse was also Killed and the
stable set on fire and destroyed.