, 1857-06-12

l editorial corps in the United States do no
receive over one tenth of this salary.
MATERIAL MEDIcAL.-Crcdt is givcl
clergymen in notice of marriages VIII,
should not notice of deaths be equally civi
with physicians?-POst.
B.ay~ The Lockport Courier says ,
Dutchman went into the Niagara Count!
Bank on Monday, TO make deposit, hay
ing number of Spanish quarters anon:
his funds. The teller politely informed hin
, that they could take them for twenty cents
The Dutchman looked up in astonshmen
/, and said: 81 save 'em because de billi
break; now by tam, de silver break too!'
A Dull SEAsoN.-"You're a loafer-i
man without calling" said Judge to &
person arrested as a vagrant.
81 beg your pardon, your honor, l have
Il vocation"
"What is it?"
a smoke glass for eclipses; but just now
it is our dull season."
The SLAVE TRADE-It is calculated the
profits realized yearly from the African
of dollars, while the capital invested does
not perhaps exceed four millions; that there
is feet of forty vessels manned by total
force of nearly thousand men, and that
by means of the fleet some thirty thousand
slaves are exported yearly from the coast
Of Africa
U. S. TRooPs FOR OREGoN.-A detach-
ment Of three hundred United States troops,
who's, destination is the interior of Oregon,
sailed from New York, on the steamer
Illinois for Aspinwall on Monday. The
officers accompanying the detachment are:
Major Garnett, 9th infantry; Capt. Black,
9th infantry; Capt. Lendrum, Sd artillery;
first Lieut.. Churchill, 4d artillery; first
Lieut. Hodges, 4th infantry; second Lieut..
Gentry 4th infantry. Medical Staff
Assistant Surgeons Guild, Edgar Hender.
SON. Mrs. Garnett, Mrs. Black, Mrs
Lendrum and Mrs. Guild accompany their
husbands.
BG~ The real estate of Mr.. Zimmerman
lately killed in the Canada railroad acci
dent, is estimated to be worth $7,OOO,OOO
RSr In the city of Manchester, N. H.
the House of Correction is now without q
criminal inmate.
DG- The police of Boston are busily
employed in breaking up the gambling
houses which infest that city.
A MIssAPPREHENsIoN following
paragraph is going the rounds of the press,
for the reason, no doubt, that it is sup
posed to refer to the residence Of President
Buchanan:
"Mr. Buchanan's mansion at Lancaster,
Pa, was offered at auction recently, but
withdrawn, only $4,000 being offered fol
it, More than double this sum was ex.
pended upon the property"
The property referred to was that ol
Mr.. Bachman, late on officer of the bro
ken Lancaster Bank, and not that oI
President Buchanan.
B0r At the present time there arc il
Philadelphia two distinguished men so
iourning -Ex-President Martin Van Burer
and Ex-President Franklin Pierce. The
, former is the guest of the Hon. Charlie,
: Gilpin, and the latter is at the La Pierre
House.
SPAIN AND MExIco.-It is stated thai
the Spanish minister at Washington has
received intelligence from his government
to the effect that the expedition which hal
been fitting out to operate against Vert
Cruz will not proceed to its destination
A more intelligent understanding of th'
" question in dispute between the two gov
: ernments, together with the friendly inter
: position Of France and England, it is oil
: legged, have led to this result
"DREAD Scorr" IN OHIo.-A committe,
of the Ohio Legislature has made an ex
: tended report upon the recent decision o
the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case
accompanied by bill ITO prevent slave
holding and kidnapping" in Ohio. Tn
! bill provides severe penalties for person
who shall attempt to hold slaves in th
> State. to seize or arrest fugitives from sci
y vice, or to kidnap any person with inten
to carry him out of the State for the puI
pose Of enslaving him. The acts of mai
}. shals in the execution of legal process ar
expressly excepted from the operation {
, law. The composition of the Suprem
;; Court is strongly denounced. Resolution
= = have also been reported in the Legislator
! appropriating one hundred thousand dollar
I for the protection Of Ohio citizens in Kar
. Sas.
B4- The Maine House of Represent,
tives,has appointed a committee to col
slider the expediency os removing the sea
i of government to Portland.
!, BGr There was ''boxing match" in I'll
House Of Assembly at Albany, the othc
day. In other words, Mr.. Beckwith,
, Washington, struck Mr.. Hastings,
|, Albany, violent blow. The affray gre,
! out Of an alteration to the bill making al
preparations for the executive department
I \ committee was appointed to investigat
the circumstance.
Q B7r A bridge, 10 cost $5O, 900, is to b
x built over the Missouri river, at Florence
Nebraska, few miles above Omaha.