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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-10
THE Berks County OF that was butchered som>
Years ago in Philadeph!s weighed as follow:

There has long been generous rivalry between the
farmers Of Berks and Lancaster Counties 10 regard to
which could grow the fatlest and lsrges. As
now stand, Lancaster is abesd bu. we may look out
for something ere long greater sti from Oh Beyk',
for the resources Of that county astonishing ssevsn
politicians can testify.
There wss another steer brtchered In this city 10
February, 1856, by David Kilinger owned and fed by
Abrsm Lands If Mannheim township, that nsted I, i0S
lbg but that weight and gre atsr has bsen frequently
attained in this STATE and even in this county. The
e ct two whose weights have gyeD) will otsy
are the LARGEST cattle ever slaughtered even IN Penn
s,yspia but they ara the largest that has ever come
uLder my observation, and in regard TO whose weight
there was no di.pvts However entirely eoBcw with
the writer in The TRIBUNE, that there Hccer wa IN OF
fed 10 the weight Of 1000 lbs gross. An aDimsl that
will weigh 81 lbs more than the one bntchered 10 this
c,y in February last has certainly been yet pro-
duced."
Mr.. Frsn.z Gays the Berkshire County OF was feiby
q man canned Sletz, and was slaughtered he th,lks, IN
1910, If 20, bis weigh. should have been known here
And remembered bu. i. was no. by Of the butch
era and other. that thought likely TO know Of The
many of whom We sought Information. We srs much
Obliged 20 the above-naned gentemci. for the eoT,c
tor. The figures are DOW matters Of record, whese
they can be referred to in fatsre.
A Bullock sfH Heaccr.-Sibcs writing the ss,vs
We see the following in The Country Gentleman OF
Mey5:
sTLe Sora,oyd County Press, no sever, says ms j.
NJ Cole Of Saratoga Springs ssus lereo 90 Oh 70 10"
.hose live weigh, MAS go ibsi dressed' ~''"'
VII Mr.. Cole eiye us the vouchers IL ne hs nsae
an OK OF that wega, be has probaby beaten the word
ard shop,d give the world the proof We want q"
know &C r,.uiy the weight ofths hesvis't bai'A.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-10

Belcsa psvemer:, -hIty ssvsn.a street. est-een
F"e sd IN Eys-aes, va esL1 t%Een up SD
adopted.
The CHN:n s-rorDc.3 .he Sp,c.>l Commute n
yrg ne T.irsDs Of r. P-ssdelt M)aroe, and
ftr he .lec:or 10 q vacancy 10 tae Nth Alder.
manic D..;r,t-
Ae,g-ned 70 this Th.r.dsyl evening.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-10

THE Hr,ymsr BULLocK.-Up"n the authority Of
the President of the American Institute We lately gave
the weight OF "hat was supposed to be the heaviest
bullock ever butcherei in this country, the Oh wssh-
inetop, whose gross weight was 1904 lbs, and Weight
of beef 7i he. The claim Of the Washington 10 DO
called the heaviest bullock ia now disputed-in fest,
proved against him. We have letter nom james
Stewart, Penn, and another from Andrew NJ. Franz,
giving the weight OF two bulocks heavier than the
Washington. one known as the Lancaster Comfy OF,
Mr. Stewart writes, 90 was owned and fed BY Emanuel
Lands, near this city was halfbrsd Durham, desp
red, large fore-qusters org, os horns and was over
seven years old. VIM. f. Miller Of Lancaster put.
chased him for $780, and Slaughtered him on the I'D Of
E.hr-,aru 1919 Tnis nr WEIGHED.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26
EMPORIA, KANZAS, JUNE 26, l8!

ing faith and courage of Martin Luther;
from trust in the inevitable universally of
Gods sovereignty by Paul of Tarsds. and
Augustine, through Calvin and the diYines
of New England; from the ayenging fierce
ness of the Puritans who dashed down the
mitre on the ruins of the throne; from the
bold dissent and creative self-assertion OF
the earliest emigrants 10 Massachusetts,;
from the statesman who made, and the phil
osophers who expounded, the revolution OF
England; from the liberal spirit and analiz-
ing inquisitiveness of the eighteenth centu-
ry; from the cloud of witnesses of all the
ages to the reality and the rightfulness OF
human freedom. All the centuries bowed
themselves from the recesses of past eter-
nifty to cheer In their sacrifice the lowly men
who proved themselves worthy of their fore
runners, and whose children rise up and call
them blessed.
Needless of his own danger, Samuel Ad-
ans. with the voice of prophet. exclaim-
ed, "Oh! what glorious morning is thisI''
for he saw that his country's Independence
was rapidly fastening on, and, like Colum-
bus in the tempest, knew that the storm did
but bear him the more swiftly towards the
undiscovered world.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26
A Singular Coincidence.

"REPoRTERs AND Bowie KNIvEs.-The
United States Senate was little startled the
other day, out of its dullness and dignity,
by an accident. A reporter carelessly threw
his oyercoat over the rear railing which
shuts off the reporters from the Senate be-
low. 1t CHANGED that in the pocket of said
overcoat there was stout bowie knife, which
was, by the impulse given to the coat,
thrown with some violence below, striking
the blade into Senator Hammond's seat.
which was at the moment unoccupied. For
a moment the Senator's were startled out OF
their propriety. and the Sergeant-at-Arms
went up to the gallery, and arrested the pro-
Prietor of the coat, but when explanations
were made, he was released
The story. as given above, differs from
the version transmitted to US at the time.
In the first place, the time was at mid
night, during the later stage of the Lecomp-
ton discussion. The overcoat did not be-
long to the reporter, who was ignorant OF
the existence of the dagger in the pocket.
The most noticeable part of the story is the
fact that the reporter was Senator Summers
private secretary. Had the knife, which
fell and stuck quivering in the vacant seat
of the South Carolina Senator, fallen few
moments earlier, it would have proved fatal.
But what construction would South Cafoli-
IA place on the unfortunate coincidence?
Would not the act have been considered as
an intended return for the outrage commit
ted by Brooks?-N 2. Post
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26
The Wealth of our Statesmen.

Jefferson died comparatively poor. In
deed, If Congress had not purchased his
library, and given for it five times its value,
he would with difficulty have kept the wolf
from his door.
Madison saved money, and was compar.
atively rich. To add to his fortunes, how
ever, or rather to those of his widow, Con-
gress purchased his manuscript papers, and
paid thirty thousand dollars for them.
James Monroe, the fifth President of the
United States, died so poor that his remains
found a resting place through the charity of
one of the citizens.
John Quincy Adams left some hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, the result of in
dustry, prudence and inheritance. He was
a man of method and economy.
Martin Van Buren is very rich. Through.
out his political life he has studiously look
ed out for his own interest. It is not be-
lieved that he ever spent thirty shillings in
politics. His party shook the bush, and he
caught the bird.
Daniel Webster squandered some millions
in his life time, the product of his profession
and his political speculations. He died leav-
ing his property to- his children aud his
debts to his friends. The former sold for
less than twenty thousand dollars-the lat
ter exceeded two hundred and fifty thousand.
Henry Clay left very handsome estate.
1t probably exceeded one hundred thousand
dollars. He was prudent manager, and
scrupulously honest man..
James K. Polk left about one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars-ffty thousand of
which he saved from his presidency of four
years.
John Tyler is worth fifty thousand doll
lars. Before he reached the presidency he
was bankrupt. In Office he husbanded his
means, and then married rich wife.
Zachary Taylor left one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
Millard Fillmore is wealthy man, and
keeps his money in very strong and safe
box.
Franklin Pierce saved some fifty thousand
dollars from his term of service. But he
had way of his own.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26
Printers Proverbs.

1. Never inquire thou of the Editor for
the news, for behold it is his duty, at the
appointed time, to give it unto thee with
out asking.
e. When thou dost write for his paper,
never ask him "What thinkest thou Of my
piece 2" for it may be that the truth would
offend thee.
8. It is not fit that thou sbouldst ask of
him who is the author of an article upon
subjects of public concernment, for duty
requireth him to keep such things unto
himself.
4. When thou dost enter into the print
ing Office, thou shouldst avoid loud talking.
and have care unto thyself that thou dost
not touch the type or the press. for thou
mayest cause the the printer much trouble
s. Look thou not at copy which Is In the
hands of the comPositors, for that Is not
meet in the sight of the printer, and ne
might knock thee down.
6. Never examine the proof sheets. for
it is not ready to meet thine eye, that thou
mayest understand it.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26

so takes one-tenth of what man makes
or one-tenth of his time. Add to this the
heavy property tax. even if the person "a
property be not fifty dollars watch. a
gun, stove. cow, a hog-all taxed sepa.
rateiy; and when all these demands are
paid, and the free offerings they are Obliged
to make, there is but small margin for a
man to support one wife and family.
As for polygamy, Mr.. Loba has given
you a picture of Orson Pratt's family
This description holds pretty good with
plenty of others. So rife is vice and deo-
radiation among them that girls of twelve
or thirteen years of age are frequently so-
licited for wives and marry.
Brigham has the best conducted harent
in the place. His wives have all their sep
arate duties assigned them. One is teach.
er of all the children, others do the house
work, others work at weaving in his factory,
while the original Mrs Brigham superin-
tends the destinies of the mansion. Brig
ham has wives and female appendages of
his family. in other parts of the city, all of
whom get an occasional visit from their
lord and master.
Fuel is very scarce at the present time,
and every year getting worse. The canons
or mountain gorges, are fast getting clear
ed out. Quite poor wood sells readily at
$40 per cord. Coal has been found in San
Pete and Iron counties. It is poor and
scarce. Springs are numerous, at all tenn.
peratures, from ice cold to boiling hot
There is a very large boiling spring one
mile north of the city, which supplies
range of bath houses.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26
Benton,s Ferocious sarcasna.

Some years ago, while speaking in Scott
county, Missouri, Mr.. Darnes, the Repre-
sentative of that county, sat directly in
front of him, for the purpose of putting
questions to him, and if need be, to insult
him. Benton was reading the names of
those who voted for the jackson resolu-
tions," and coming to the name of Darnes
he stopped, and in his own peculiar way
said, az smell a 's3ilyfsr! This man
Darnes was promising child, but this is
not the child that was born. When he was
three years old his mother took him to
corn husking. The boy Darnes was stolen;
this brat was substituted" He then came
to O'Banyon, who was hiding himself bee
hind a tree. "This 0'Banyon, was COZ.
temptibie pup. I made him what be is; I
gave him Office. At he had the impu-
dence to rise and present me several ques..
tons to answer; told him to stand and
hold them; he did, three hours and twenty
minutes by my watch, for which service I
owe him one dollar. Here Is one dollar
note, signed by John Van Dyke, Demo-
cratic sausage maker; take it sir, to Mr..
Darnes, and pay HIM, sir!''
Darnes tells the story, and says he was
never SO badly used up in his life.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26
Washington Correspondence of the Chicago
Tribune
The Final Rupture Between Douglas
and the President

My chapter on Illinois politics was in
complete yesterday, for I omitted to men
ton the remarkable cases of Connor, the
editor of the State Register, regular Demo-
cratic organ, and of Connolly, Register of
the Land Office. Both these devoted Dem
Gratis were turned out of Office because they
would not swear by Lecompton and curse
Douglas. Conner, it seems, was in hope
full state of reformation, but his progress
was too slow for Old Buck, who lost pa
tience with the neophyte. Beside, being
editor of the Register, and dispenser gen
eral of Democracy in the State, Conner
was Receiver of public monies, salary about
$1,000 per annum. He was badgered upon
one side by the anti-Lecompton Democrats,
who demanded that he should endorse the
21st of April Convention, unreservedly,
and publish Douglas speech against the
English bill; and by the BUCCANEERS with
complaints of his lukewarmness. At length,
in reckless hour, the Register man was
deceived by reports of an armistice from
Washington, and with desperate and Ro-
man courage, he copied the last illumination
of the little Judge. This was too much for
the venerable and beloved President, who
by the next mail which left Washington
dispatched vermillion edict running some
what thus
"Conner, love thee well,
Butnever more be officer of mine.''
This last proceeding of course renders
eternal the feud between the house of Dou-
glas and Buchanan
Now in regard to the personal move
ments of Mr.. Douglas, I affect to know
nothing, and say nothing; but it is a fact,
which is undisputed here, that number of
the powerful Southern Senators went on
ly last week TO the President, and said to
him: "Mr. Douglas must be re admitted to
the party. Lecompton is dead issue, and
on all others he is with US, and we need his
aid. The ak of prescription must be stay
ed" To this the President responded:
'tNo; you are too late. Lecolnpton with its
ramificationcs is the great issue of my ad
ministration. He opposed the Democratic
party at the hour of its fate. The Democ-
racy conquered and he has fallen. will
stretch forth no hand to save him. Not a
Douglas man shall remain in Illinois save
as a monument of his apostacy and my
clemency." This is the substance of what
passed between the President and the me-
diators. The exact words are of no con-
sequence. Now it will be said that Mr..
Douglas did not send the committee. Per-
haps be did not; and yet had they receded,
their authority would have been admitted,
and Mr.. Douglas would have stood at this
hour an accepted member, leader and a
prince of the regular African Democracy.
The die is cast; great man has fallen in
Israel, and the North is avenged upon her
bitterest domestic foe. Fit retribution for
1854 and 1856
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26

GossIPPrNe.-If you wish to cultivate
gossipping. meddling, censorious spirit in
your children. be sure, when they come
home from church, a visit, or any other
place where you do not accompany them,
to question them concerning what every body,
said and did; and if you find anything in
this to censure, always do it in their hear
ing. You may rest assured, if you pursue
a course of this kind, they viii not return
to you unladen with Intelligence; and rather
than it should be uuinteresting,> they viii
by degrees learn to embellish, in such
manner as shall not fail to call forth remarks
and expression from you. You viii, by
this course. render the spirit of curiosity,
which IS so early visible in children, and
which, if rightly directed, may be the IN.
strument of enriching and enlarging their
minds--a vehieIe of mischief which will
serve only to narrow theml
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26
JOB PRINTING

The oaiee of Tan KAxzAs News i, s,,rr;,s.a
with complete assortment Of the newest stvIe.
of Type, Borders, FlOurishes. Cuts, Cards. F.Dr~
Papers, Colored Inks, Bronze, de-, enabI;n. ~.
proprietor to print CIRCuLARs Cams, Crsr1yrn,-~.
or SfocK, DEEDS, PosTERs, and all other Kind. of
JoB PRIsTSe, in manner unsurpassed in The
country. Particular attention paid to PRINTING
all kinds of Blanks. Orders for work promntiSS
attended to when accompanied with Casa. dES
cELsluR'' is otr motto.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26

CEMEsT FOR BROKEN CHINA.-Stir plas-
ter of Paris into thick solution of gum
Arabic, till it becomes viscous paste
Apply it with brush to the fractured edg-
es, and draw the parts closely together
In three days, more or less, according 10
dryness and temperature of the air. it viii
be perfectly dry, and the article cannot be
broken in the same place. 1t is white and
does not show,
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26
The Wisconsin Bribery Case.

The most fruitful source of roguery that
has existed in the United Ststes, since they
had an existence, is, doubtless, in the prac-
tlee adopted by the Government, of max
ing grants of the public domain to States
or local corporations for the nominal pur-
pose of building lines of railway. Appli-
cations for such grants have been, In al
most every case, made on behalf of those
who hai already laid plans for the dispo-
sltlon OF the property granted in such a
manner as to secure the greatest share of
the avails to themselves
tits probable that the recent investiga-
ton IN Wisconsin has resulted in the com
pletest official development of the process
es employed, and the fullest exposure of the
parties implicated, of any that has taken
plac4 within long period. We have the
names and positions of the parties purchas-
ing, of the parties purchased, and the
amount paid and received, as well as the
parties appropriating and the several sums
appropriated. In spite of good deal of
false swearing, the facts seem to have been
pretty fully ELECTED; and although their
enormity appears to have frightened the late
Legislature from any action in the premis-
es, the record now before the public will be
none the less efectual on that account
Thirteen members of the Senate whose
names are given, received, according to the
report, sums varying from ten to twenty
five thousand dollars each, in the securities
of the Company, amounting in the aggre-
gate to one hundred and seventy-fve thou
sand dollars. Fifty-nine members of the
Assembly, whose names are given, receiv-
ed, according to the same authority, sums
varying from five to ten thousand dollars
each, in the same securities, amounting in
the aggregate to three hundred and fifty
five thousand dollars. State officers re-
oeivad as follows.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26

The Sunday Aaas. in fE of Reyolu-
tionary enthusiasm, says:
"Hurrah for the girls OF '76 sss
Thunder, that's too darned old. Nos
no-hurrah for the girls Of 18.'
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26
$4,000
10000
10000
5000
10000
$4,000
, Coles BAsHFoRD, Governor,
VIM N. DENNIS, Bank Comptroller,
ARTHUR MoARTHUR, Lieut.. Goo,
B. +. HOPKINS, PTiu Sec,
A. D. SMITH,

$85 900
Twenty-Five persons who were not mem
bers of the Legislature nor officers of the
State, received sums varying from ten to
twenty-five thousand dollars each, amount
ing in the aggregate to two hundred and
forty-six thousand dollars. Three persons
who were officers of the Senate or Assem-
bly, for 1856, received bonds to the amount
of sixteen thousand dollars. A million of
dollars in the bonds of the Company were
issued, signed by BYRON KtLBouRN, Presi-
dent, and EDWIN II. GOODRICH, Secretary;
nearly all of which were passed over to the
distributes, in such a manner that no rec
ord was made of the transaction, and eve
ry evidence of its occurrence, as was sup
posed. obiiterated. Two hundred thousand
dollars in the bonds of the Company were
placed by the President of the same in the
hands of JACKSON HADLEY, ..for the pur-
pose of being used by him in any such
way as might seem to him necessary in
aiding to secure the passage of the several
acts of Congress to grant lands to the Ter
ritory of Minnesota, for several railroads
in that Territory which would connect with
and be virtual extensions of the La Crosse
Railroad;" the money realized from which,
amounting to seventy thousand dollars, was
paid out by Mr.. Hadley, ''for the purpose
for which the bonds were placed in his
hands, but he cannot give the name of a
single man to whom he made payment, nor
the amount paid to any one person. For
which service Mr.. Hadley received the
handsome sum of twenty thousand dollars
in bonds. Mr.. Byron Kilbourn, the Presi-
dent of the CompanE, seems also to have
been one of those who are distinguished
for the virtue of taking the best possible
care of their own interests. Money or securi-
ties meet him at every turn; and remark
able as is his skill in debauching others, he
seems to have been fully possessed of the
paradoxical power of the hermaphrodite to
beget corruption upon himself. How much
he received in all is not fully known. but
that he took ali that laid in his way seems
unquestionable.
The object of the extensive system of
bribery practiced in Wisconsin was to gain
for the use of the La Crosse and Milwau-
kee Railroad Company, the proprietorship
of the lands granted by Congress for the
construction of railroads in Wisconsin. To
this end, it became necessary to purchase
the votes and influence of majority of the
Legislature anu Oh the leduluS poiiIiCiduS Va
the State. The Governor cost fifty thous-
ond dollars in bonds, members of the Sen
ate on an average ten, and of the Assem-
bly, FIVE thousand dollars each. The land
thus granted became, as it generally does.
a corruption fund; the effect of which has
been in the end to bankrupt the Company.
swindle its stockholders out of their sub
scriptions, and tempt large number of
men into acts that have brought disgrace
upon them forever.-Cin. Com
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-26

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty
soon overtakes her.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-06-07
Tribute of Respect.

At a meeting of the bar of this city, it was organ
lied by calling K. H. McGavock Esq, the chair, and
the appointment OF a Secretary.
Gov Brown stated the object of the meeting TO be
20 take into consideration The death Of late brother
in the profession j. b HALBERT and after appropriate
remarks from him the following preamble and resolu-
Ions presented by J. C. Thompson, Esq, and
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, intelligence Of the death of John Bentley
Halbert has this day been received by us, We have
called the customary meeting of the Bar pay tr
butte of respect of its members. Nr. Halbert
graduate Of the Nashville University, with the
class OF 1876 He returned from College his native
State OF Mississippi where he read law in the town Of
Columbus, with Vice Chancellor Dickinson, eminent
lawyer Of that State. Upon his admission to the bar
lac married in the family of one of the most esteemed
citizens OF the community, and in the fall of 1851 he
made his home permanently in Nashville, where he
embarked his fortunes with IN the practice of
law. IL is impossible that any could have been
more agreeable at the Bar, could SO have carried
himself 10 have made his loss universally
grettet. His talent and education were both good.
In politics. and especially upon right questions,
his Information was large and his opinions
and independent but expressed with the courtesy of
a gentleman and not the bitterness of a partizan In
all the relations of life he good citizen enter
prising and public spirited and with the incest
sense Of honor II Mr.. Halbert's fate to die Of
lingering and hopeless disease, but his genial ow of
spirits rem iined with him the last In that respect
the possession of an even and happy temperament, he
was gifted TO degree that none who knew him
ever forget or can recur 10 without the peasantest
recollections of his companonship. For months
previous his death he had with his family at
his old home in Mississippi, in the hope deriv-
ing benefit from a change Of climate, where we are
informed, he breaihed his last the eth ut In to-
ken Of respect for his memory, therefore, be ii
Resolved That the members of The bar have receiv-
ed, with the deepest sensibihty, intelligence of the
death OF J. b. Halbert.
Rssoiued, That on the calling Of the roll copy of
these resolutions be requested be spread upon
records of the Circuit and Chancery Courts in
session.
Resofred, That the proceedings Of this meeting, in
relation TO Mr.. Halberts death, be communicated 10
his family by the Secretary, and to the city papers
for publication. II. W. MoGAyOCK, Chm'n.
JAMES WooDs, Secretary.