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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07


The LAND BRIBE.-It7 is suggested Tint
ne land ordinance. proposed by the confe-
renee bill to Kansas, although somewhat
more liberal than has ever been proposed to
any State; except Minnesota, is yet not
more liberal than she will be likely TO get in
any event, and is therefore no bribe to Kan
sas to assent 10 the LecomPton Constitution.
The suggestion is a plausible e 1t is,
however, to be considered, that if an equal
iibefality in any future ordinance is to be
relied npens The usual five per cent. paid oTer
to new States Of the proceeds of the lands
sold within Them applies only to lands sold
after they become States and that il the
admission Of Kansas is postponed by the re-
leeEion Of Lecompton. she viii certainly lose
that per ceptage upon the sales of the APP
preaching summer and fall, which are likely
to be large, and to embrace the choicest
lands within her limits. To this extent, be-
yond all doubt, fhe conference bill holds out
a land bride, and a very large one.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

The CATTLE MARKET.-Dering tire few
days past immense numbers of cattle have
been on their way to New York from the
West. AT Albany, on Monday, We see there
were some extensive purchases on account of
Eastern dealers-a new feature in that mar
ket, At our Bulls Head to-day-ff there is
Fair and square Earthquakes should be a
peg lower; but as the ways Of the brokers
and "middlemen" up there are "past finding
out" it would be exceedingly imprudent for
beef eaters TO elevate their expectations, in
that particular, too much. The telegraph,
nowadays, it is pretty well understood, reg
nlates demand and supply. IF the supplies
on the road are likely TO gfut the market, it
is the easiest .hirgt in the world to Telegraph
Tom, Dick, or Harry. to 'hplJ back p. and
thus give color to the prctence that seattle
are scarce in order that prices may show
an tfimproVement."-[N. Y. Express.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

ROMANCE VS.. REALITY The Come
nntyille Courier" states that two girls, aged
about fifteen, residents o: Wayne, Ashta-
bula comfy, Ohio, who were constant read
ers OF Hash newspapers and cheap novels,
became " impressed that they were to be
heroines, and one dark, stormy night last
week, left their parents home, and started
on loot, each carrying a bundle. and without
means, in quest of adventure. The first
day they walked through the mud to Har-
monsbprg, in Crawford county; but learning
that there was a vast difference between
fbtion and reality, they told their story TO
some person who took them home,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

asML4
1t is a hunaiiiating fact that Whenever a
few snbseryi ent dough faces are required for
the purpose of forcing through Congress
some measure designed to increase the area
OF slavery the material for e@fecting it is fur
nished by the Ohio Democracy. It was So
in The case of the annexation of Texas--
Osain when the Kansas bill was adopted
Qlds, Disney, Silannon and Greene were on
hand subject to ordeF--and now. when the
last desperate effort To taTce Kansas into the
Union as a slave state is made, the whole
Democraiic delegation is ayailable for
that purpose, notwithstanding they all with
d single exception, were the avowed oppo-
of the L%ecompton fraud.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

E.z
We are under obligations to Senator
WADE for the sixth volume (the proceeding
ones previously received) OF ESpioration and
Surveys Of a Route fer . Railroad from the
aississippiRisef 10 The Pacific Ocean. Il is,
IKE isso Remainder OF the s~eries,a large auarto
volume, ~frofusely and beautifully illustrated
and got up in a style far superior 10 the gen
crafty Of congressiopsl qualifications. II is
one g o. The must extensive as web as cxpcn-
size works ever Pab,ishel by Government--
the illustrations alone cos,iBg over $40 900
-and it forh,d en important item in the G.
norinous printing bills of The last few years,
A" hich have been larger in amount than The
entire revenue Of most of the States; but
which, fortunately there is a prospect of be-
ing put a stop 10 for the future-a bill bay-
ing passed he ena tie, which will doubtless
receive he concurrence Of the HOUSE, that
cuts OF q large proportion of the exneasiye
ana IN most eases use!e IS printing, and so
reduces the prices that the office Of printer
to either E.ouse viii not hereafter BE- gorth
the ~lavorite who secures it fosr tines as
as the annual salary of the President,
and that too after the work is fartned out to
otiser parties who also make fortunes ont of
- a- -Z
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

The Charleston "Mercnrg'' did all it could
for the election of Mr., Buchanan, and it is
the organ of one section and quite an impor-
tant section of the Democracy. And now
see what that organ has to say as to the
condition Of the Democratic party in Con-
gross; pan
The Democratic party in Congress still
totters unf reels under the blow given it by
Douglas, and grasps at every passing shadow
in hopes of finding some substantial sup
port TO rest upon eoen for a title acbite. 1t
is spending all its energies to secure the
admission OF Kansas this session, with the
apparent expectation that the accomplish
ment VIII restore vigor to It's parGltsed
EtR6S.n A 800
A mournful picture--isn't it Democrats?
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

RAISING CATTLE IN SoUrH AmERIcA.-
A letter from on board the u. s. frigate St.
Lawrence, off Montevido, February 18th
says:
sea short distance from the city you can
see thousands ard tens and hundred of thou
sands of cattle feeding. Their wealth con-
sists in horses and cattle, which are driven
to the slaughter houses near the city, where
they are killed by thousands daily; the
meat is jerked, or cutin long slips, and hung
up to dry in the sun. The skins are sent TO
the United States and England, the bones
burned for manure, and the horns used for
combs and buttons. Hides are very dear at
this time, and many failures have occurred
in the city from the failures in England
There is a great deal of wealth in sons fam
lilies. One gentleman has an income of over
a million a year ! he is now engaged in kill
ling cattle up thu river. usH
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

HEPpBEroAE FIcFoRY IN PHILADELPHIA.
1.-The municipal election came off in Phila-
delphia on the 4th inst, and resulted in the
utter defeat of the Lecompton forces, the
Republicans ciecting their candidate for
nayor oy the sweeping majority of 1890
ana the other candidates by majorities rang
ing from a,seo to $500. 1t viii be recol-
ieetea that at the last Presidential election
received an immense majority in
the city. ie
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

siessrs. Sanger, Frink, Dyer aud Single
ton, of Illinois, have bought and forw arJpd
seFtnteen hsndred horses 10 Fort Leaven-
wortil. nnder their Utah army caniract.-
4hey not only have Tie contract TO @fuFjisll
all the norses tic army may require in 1858
but also the corn 10 feed the army OF men
aud horses The corn has to be Of the
crop OF 1856, as thar % last year was too I'M
soul nd foFNthe purpose. The great contract
was given them without being open 10 com
p%rtltion, and Of course Uucie Sans prices
viii pay.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

The Missouri Democrat says ofthe recen;
decision. Of the Supreme Court of California
that a fee simple TO land does not garry with
1t a title TO the gold extracted therefrom;
Col. Fremont carried out with him n re-
lease given by the United States govern
'nent OF all claim to the mineral wealth in
the Mariaposa claim, and as the decision OF
me California court rested wholly on this
united States claim, the decision does not
u any way affect Col. Fremont's title to The
mines.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

F1-
SUGAR From CHINA CAEE.-T'he Panes-
vile Telegraph STATES that scores of the far
mers OF Lake county are quite inclined to
engage IN the cnltigation of The Chinese Su-
gar Cane. and that Mr.. William Hanson, oil
Wiiloughby, has erected q sagas house, and
viii be provided with the best approved hliH
32r grinding the Cane, and will give his al
enflon to manufacturing Sagar and Molas-
ses, lie will manufacture on shares, or such
terms as may be agreeable to parties. Mr.
a Genung, Of PaipesvilIe, has been examin-
ing the several mills which haye been inven-
ted for grinding Sugar Cane, and will have
the most approved kind for sale in season for
use the coming fall. The Telegraph says
a mill IS capable Of pressing 40 gallons Of
JUICE per hour. aud driven by a single horse,
can now be obtained for about SOS.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

PorAFoEs.-The New York Tribune
says the market is flooded with potatoes
The arrivals this week haze been 1o. o0G
bushels from Nova Scotia, and 1908 bbls
and bags by the Erie road and the North
River, making in all over $4,000 bbIs. The
shippers Of common sorts from the West are
losing money badly. only the best white
meated potatoes will bear the heavy cost oil
transportation. from the Western States
MERGERS are the standard varieties. White
Pinkeyes are nearly as good, and Peach
Blows Che right sort being in demand for
seed sell higher than either. A new variety
in this market, called Keefer Blues, from
Sandusky, OHIO, having pink skin with white
meat, are introduced utfder strong recon
mendatioH.
The best MERGERS sell 81 S3,25 "a 50 so
per Dbl; common do $I,75 a s.; black
Mercers s1.a5 @ $3.50, and Nova Scotia
70 q soc per bushel.
The Potato crop in the west last wear was
a very plentiful one, and prices this spring
rule very low. Sales are made at retail in
city at from 81 TO SO cents per bushenl,
and farmers back in the country are feedfat
them TO stock, or selling at 90 cents, and
scfHe sections IS low as Is cents per bush
Considerable quantities have been ship
ped East, and there is no la rex Of supply vet
the coentry. A year ago 81 90 to gl,5o
the common retail price IN Cleveland 80
Leader. aas
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

WAsHINGTok, April 80.
The friends of the Administration are ex-
ulting with joy over the double success of
passing the Kansas and the Deficiency bills
on the same day, and some powder has been
burned inc~onsequence. The passage ofthe
Kansas bill was managed TO have a drama
effect, by making it pass both houses nearly
simultaneously, and By the same majority
nine. Both Houses Immediately adjourned,
and a general scene of congratulation fol-
lowed. The bills are already signed by the
President of the Senate and the Speaker of
the. House.
The Republicans are not at all depressed
but say that it is only a Bunker Hill defeat,
to be followed like that, by the uprising of
the country.
I have finally arrived at the truth of the
ruHer relative to Governor Walkers course
on he Conference bill. He did write the
letter on the evening l first telegraphed you,
advising the acceptance of the bill, which
letter had a determining influence on the
course of Cox aud Lawrence. 1t was not,
however intended for publication.
The appointments for the whole State of
Ohio will be made Immediately, the Presi-
dent having only waited for the disposition
of the Kansas bill. The State is already
made up of the Pugh wing of the Democ-
Tacy. The probable exception is Gray, the
Cleveland Postmaster, whose late misiortune
will secure his retention.
The New York "Tribuue's' letter says /;
WASHINGTON, April 30.
After the vote was declared, Mr.. Keitt
and other prominent Southern men crowded
around English. shaking hands with him and
congratnlating him. There were no other
demonstrations in the Hall, the Speaker, be-
fore the vote was declared, having given a
warning 10 the audience.
Tne Republicans are bioyant and exult-
ant, in spite of their seeming defeat. They
regard the overthrow of the Lecompton De-
a1ocraey as already decteed, and desire no
better weapon for future political conflicts
than the record of the English swindle.-
Giddings was in the House to-day, and voted
on all questions that arose. This, his third
attack eff disease Of the heart, was slighter
than former ones. He is, however, still
feeble. f
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07
The pupils of Girard collee, philadelphia

Toe pupils of Girard collge, Philadelphia,
now number 355, all of whom are orphans.
The North American says;
"That in the reception ofpupils, according
70 the will OF the founder, preference is first
given TO orphans born in the city Of Phila-
delphia: secondly. to those born in any part
Of the State of Pennsylvania; thirdly, to
those born in tue city ofNew York; and
lastly, to those born in the city of New Or.
leans. The number of applicants waiting
at the present time to be admitted into the
Institution, is 2I2."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

Ihe confused and excessive rains are
seriously retarding spring work or farms
and under the most favorable circumstances
corn and oats :Pfanting on low and wet lands
mast be unusually late this season.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

An instance Of the empowering infu-
ence Of curiosity is gwen in the Lancaster
Examiner. Uriah Mum, one of the parties
engaged in robbing the meat house Of John
Roger, and who escaped detection, v%olunta-
rlly gave himself up, and was committed to
prison on We dnesday last. He said that
his reason for giving himself up was his de-
sire to witness the execution Of Anderson
and Richards, and he saw no other way of
getting into the prison. The worthless fell
low succeed in getting into poison, but did
not see the execution after all,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

The telegraph reports a quarrel between
Senator Pugh and the Presidentin regard 20
the Ohio appointments. The President is
said to have used severe language. and the
Ssnator left the White House boiling over
wAhraGe and Indignation. -.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

ADMINISTRATION BRoKEN Down.
The Washington Union admits that
the Administration is broken down.
and can carry none Of its measures
through Congress. The Union CON-
plains loudly of "faction." 1t says
that a %"littte squad" of Northern bob-
tiers, have defeated the Presidents
Kansas policy, while another @littls
squad" OF Southern boilers, emba=-
rass his Utah policy. 1t closes by say
ing that even the deficiency bill, "a
great measure Of public necessity and
urgency, must owe its passage to
Black Republican favor. The Union
adds:
"We cannot blind ourselves 10 The
effects which this cross fire upon the
Democratic organization, first from
the North, then from the South, is
producing upon it.. The Black Re-
publican party already condect them~
selves as if they We're masters Of the
field; and in proportions as shsy ave
strong and confident, ouw ON Dfriends
are desPon6ent and distrHstfeA Ffe
Northern DenSocrats who have so
nobly stood to the defence OF the or
ganizalion in the trying crisis through
which they are Sighting, have done
so only TO see that organization assail-
ed by Southern impracticables, The
moment any other than the Kansas
question arises in the House. it is
impossible 10 calculate the mischief
which this course of proceedings most
produce, If longer persisted in.n ~
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

4 dozen kentuckians arrived in Cincin-
nan or tridny last equipped with rifles and
qther fighting materials ready, and mmed;.
nteiy took passage for st. Louis, from whence
they intend proceeding to the Utah countr
with the expectation ofbeinR in al the SOM.
mencement Of hnstilities,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

The influence Of Senator Douglas in Iii,
nois, and over the men of that state, is well
exemplifed in the votes of the Illinois dele
gation, on tho English bill. While other
anti-Lecompton men faltered aud failed in,
the hour Of trial, the ~Illinoisans, one and ali
stood firm, fa
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

The Fund Commi ssioners, consisting of
the State Auditor, Secretary of State, and
Attorney General, are now in New York
for the purpose of raising the funds, by a
sale Of bonds, authorized by a recen t act of
the Legislature.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

Az ENGLISH VIEW OF CoSeKEss--The
London Times thus caricatnres the ~ruffan-
ism of our Congress:
"In Congress, on the other side Of The
greet sea- oar TRANSATLANTIC COUSINS manage
these matters esFeditiousIy. When a prop
osilion is brought before the House Of Rep
resenla.iyes at Washington, any honorable
gentlemen 10 whom it may be obnoxious
may defeat it-Ist by knocking down the
proposer on The floor Of the House; I'd by
slipping across the House with a friend, and
Gaming or cowhiding both the proposer and
seconder; Sd BY a rush of all the noes at all
the yeas, and by a general .sscrimmage;'
4th, by speaking against time to avoid an
immediate decision, and during adjournment,
by p~istoling or knitting q, the bar of an hotel
Tie pFoposer and all members who may seem
disposed to lend him serious support. 1t is
quite clear that by this mixture of force and
reason quicker results are obtained than by
orr own fnore weariSop1e ~for4ns.'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

The Charleston Mercury, the organ OF
King Cotton, DEGREES as follows: "Tbe nom-
nations of Pierce and Buchanan from the
North must be followed by a nomination
from this section, where The strength o the
party lies" 1t adds: sNe think the pros.
Peet. it not desperate, yet certainly not ra-
diant with the hope of success for the South.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

HA .L|
New STYLE DEMocRAcY.-Se1a.
tor Clay oil Alabamay who with nh
his extreme Southern views Is one
OF iheabiesl men sent blythe South
to the Senate of late years, ia d
recentspeech uses very rem arkabIs
language. Coming from a Sena.
tor, whom the Washington Union
classes among the unadulterated
Democrats, it becomes curious inqui-
ry TO know of what, precise articles
his Democratic creed is made up.--
MI Clay in speaking on the Lecomp.
ton bill states the following point:
Establish it as a principle, that 20
give sanction TO law ii must be N.
proved by the majority at the ballot.
box, and you take away this security
andsurrender those rights to tLe most
capricious, rapaeious, aad cruel of tyS
rants. | regret to see the growing
spirit In Congress, and throughout the
country, to demooraiise our govern
ment--to submit every question
whether pertainingt to organic or n1u.
nicipal laws, 10 the vote 81 the peeg
ple." a's
Of course, such sentiments, used by
Southern gentlemen, are all right aud
proper, and provoke nota syllable OF
censnre or dissent from the Organ"
At Washington. But We question
very much whether the enlightened
masses in these "barbarous" regions
give them their hearty concurrence.
Fhey breath the unalloyed spirit Of
monarchy, and are unworthy a repub-
lean statesman who really prizes the
nesiimabie principles on which re,
Press.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07
Exaltatlon Of tho Rnnmr.


The Richmond South exults over
the conference Kansas bill. 1t
says:
"The conference bill pres On Is a
sturdy assertion of the validity Of the
Lecompton Constitutions $3.50
And again ~
e"Fhs people Of Kansas win no
more vote upon the Lecompton Con-
stitution, under the conference bill.
than they voted upon the adoption of
the Lecompton Constitutiou In the
first instance"
And againt
"The conference bill will operate
as an enabling act, to take effect upon
the happening of a certain event, Ia
population sufficient for the election
of a Representation but until that
event shall occur, it operates restric-
tivelys and, combining Kansas to her
long-eared bonnet and high-quar-
Ter shoes, keeps her out of tho
electora lcollege, out of Congress, and
out OF mischief, for many years to
come. g
ain the mean time, should the
Southern States desire to occupy the
contested Territory, as Mr.. Zoilicof-
fer In a very able argument has re-
Gently shown there is much TO
belive they can do, the posiponemeni
OF admission will give them the bene-
fit of the d ecision of the Supreme
Court. They can carry their slave
pro Perty into the common territory,
and participate fairly ia its ultimate
organization"
And finally:
al The conference bill pass, Kansas
may come into the Union as a slave
State, OR SHE CANNOT ONE IN
AT ALL. That is the ISSUE"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

At Mount Sterling Illinois, Thomas Dow
ME, a Scoichman, was recently ares ted for
burglary, committed under the influence of
liquor. After be had been committed to Jail
be cut himself in various places with a razor
With the ayowed intention of bleeding him
self to death slowly. Having armed himself
with the leg of a stove, he prevented the
offIcefS on duty from entering his cell, until
one of them threw a handful of Cayenne
pepper into his eyes, causing him to drop the
stove leg, and pay attention to the pains
occasioned. by the fiery powder. He was
then easily secured, and became quite peni-
tent and unsuicidal.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07


The St. Louis "Democrat," of the 3oth
uit., copies a paragraph from a Lexington,
Mo-, paper of the 9th, to the effect that
passengers from Leavenworth report that in.
telligence had reached that place through
messengers just arrived from the Utah army
with dispatches for w Washington, that an en-
gagement had taken place between the
Mormons under Brigham Young and the
United States forces, and the latter were
badly defeated. The story is regarded as
made upon doubtful authority, and probably
a hoax.
The doctrines laid down in the bred Scott
decision are being enforced by every depart
ment of the Government. Passports for
travelling in foreign lauds have recently been
refused to black men by the Secretary of
State. becsuse, though themselves and an
cestors were born on American soil, they "are
net citizens of the United States" And a
few days since the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry issued an official note declaring that ga
free negro not being a citizen of the United
States, cannot receive a register for a vessel
owned by him, nor can he command a yes
sci sailing under United States marine
papers, land about the same time the Com
missioner of the General Lind Office decided
that the same class of persons 'not being
citizens Of the United States," are not enti-
tied TO the right to pre-emp. land,--a priv.
lege enjoyed even by natives of other lands
who have been in the country barely long
enough to reach a land Office, if they have
FIRST "filed their declarations Of intention to
become citizens" This ia practically exem.
Pliiying the doctrine Of the supreme court
that "Regroes have no rights which white
men are bound 10 respect"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-07

Tell rHR GESrLEMAs DrsriscrrY r.
Is Nor.-In the House debate on the r..
l,sh bill Mr.. Gilmer asked Stephens OF Gecr.
TINS question: els the ConssitadoneLeeom
ton) submitted hythis bsHsa Mr.. SkephsN.
answered thus; tell the gentle men distines,
ly il is nos." ID ~ "N,