The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-05-12

ference Dill, VIII make III rehu WIN inter-
est:
There is to be no Lecomptpn State, no
Slave State in Kansas. Nevertheless, you
enact, by this law, that there shall be a
Slave State in Kansas, and there shall be
no other Well, sir, if you pass the bill
to-day as you say you are going to do, it
will reach Kansas in about ten Us; in
about ten days after th't, ihe new State
Of Kansas will ID, o.. ,anized under the new
Leavenworth Free State Constitutional
about the eth day of June, when you are
impatient to 60 home, Kansas will be be-
leaguring you here for admission as Free
State. She will be telling you she does
not know anything about your Slave State
which you have ordered to be erected with
in her borders you will of course, spurn
her from your path and will 60 home. The
people of Kansas will then appeal to the
popular elections which are to elect twenty
Senators and a whole House of Represent
tatives about the first Tuesday in Novem-
Der next. Now, l ask the honorable sup
porters Of this bill here, belonging to the
Free States, about how many Democratic
Senators are going to be returned into this
body through the action of the State Leg
islatures to be chosen this year just after
you have passed this BILL | ask for inlor-
nation The honorable Senator from Cal
ifornia has spoken FOR the only State that
/ thought was hopelessly lost to slavery.
For al! the rest, 1 think, if it were not
presumptous, that l might speak myself;
but leave the representatives of those
States to speak for themselves.
Mr.. Bigler-Will the Senator from New
York allow me to interrupt him for one
moment.
Mr.. Seward-Certainly.
Mr.. Bigler-I do not desire to inter-
| rupt the Senator moro than one moment (;
but 1 thought perhaps it would be well for
him to know that the bill which we are
discussing here has passed the other branch
of the Legislature.
Mr.. Seward-Well, Mr.. President, then
the people of Kansas will come here under
the Lcavenworth Constitution, ind meet
you on the first Monday in December next
when you assemble here, and they will ask
you to admit them as Free State.
The N. Y. TfiJune's correspondent
gives the following account Of the death
of Senator Evans;
Judge Evans, Senator from South
Carolina, while supping with his colleague
Mr. Hammond, last evening, was taken
suddenly i'll with disease of the heart. He
was carried home and died about IL
o'clock.
He had returned from dining with Gov
Hammond in perfect health, smoked a CT
gar, and retired at 10. At l0i O'Clock
he came out of his chamber, called hi
servant and sent fer Mr.. Mcqueen, who
with Mr.. Boyce lodged at the same house
Mr.. Mcqueen came and found Mr.. Evan
sitting in chair, complaining of oppres
sion of the heart He requested Mr.
Mcqueen to administer two spoonfuls o
ether, which had no effect A physician
was sent for, who attempted to bleed him
but did not succeed. He died in quar-
ter of an hour, peacefully and almost i'm
perceptibly His last words were to Mrs
Mcqueen, who was bathing his head will
cologne
You are very kind, but it will do n
good
He was the Oldest Senator, "A years O
age, and was eminent for the gentlenes
and purity of his character "
The Times correspondent says;
Il learn authoritatively that the MOI
mon Peace Commissioners have no al
thority to offer any proposition to Brig
ham Young, in order to avoid a conflict
They are sent solely for the purpose {
apprising Brigham Young of the Govern
ment's determination to put down resis
ance on his part by force, to warn him c
the consequences, and to advise him
submit. They are empowered howeve
to receive propositions from the Mormon
and transmit them to the Home Cover
. ment
M. +. Conway, President Of tn
Convention which formed the late Kanss
Constitution at Leavenworth City, has il
sued his proclamation that the Constitu
ton shall be submitted to the people {
Kansas for approval on the third Tuesda
in May. The vote shall be by ballot
and those in favor of the Coustitutio
shall write or PRINT upon their pallo's III
words For the Constitution" and tho:
opposed to the Constitution shall write {
print upon their ballots the words "Again
the Constitution.
The French Emperor has no " lea
and hungry look" but grows stout upo
the fears and anxieties which are so pier
tifully attributed to him. No " fat an
greasy citizen thrives better in the fies
than his Majesty Napoleon III, who's
figure on horseback has assumed rotur
dity of proportions altogether incompat
Bile with any pretensiOn to the gracefi
or elegant.
Joseph Clayton died in Trenton, \
j., last Thursday, aged over one hundre
and seven years. He was an activ
Young man of 25 years when the declar'
ton of Independence was declared.
The oldest clock in America is or
in Philadelphia Library, which is near
two centuries. 1t was made in Londo
keeps good time, and is said to have bee
owned by Cromwell.
The Hon. SAMUEL DICKSON, men
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