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One of the night clerks in the New York post Office
named Henry Reed Wednesday night caught while
committing mail robberies in the Office. He had been
suspected for time by the post Office agent and 9TH
ers and while they watching his movements he
to transfer to his pockets number Of letter
packages and while in the net of breaking open the let
ters Subsequently he arrested He confesses among
other things large robbery committed three weeks
since embracing hundred letters their way to
Brooklyn, New York. He was committed to Jail on
Thursday morning.
Mr.. Goodlct member of the Missouri State senate,
was the victim of violent and probably fatal assault
not long since He was attending court in Warrensburg
the comfy of johnson county and called upon
to give his opinion in case in which enc Williams,
dentist formerly Of Jefferson interested party
Mr. G.. gave opinion unfavorablc to Williams when
the latter drew knife and stabbed him several times
severely that it is thought impossible for him recover
Williams instantly conveyed TO Jail to await the
suit of his assault.
Upon a tombstone in the church yard of the Reformed
Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, Iauytown, is an
inscription in memory of Capt. John Buckhout, who
departed this life April TO- 1885, aged 1903 years. and left
behind him when he died 24O children and grand
children Also, Mary the wife of John Buckhout who
erected in 1899 and of the oldest churches in
tho country, Probably few have left behind them
more direct descendants than Capt. b.
The captain of the Dutch barque informs newspaper
that, while sailing in the South Atlantic the
29th of June last frightfu monster 30 feet long
and from 25 10 80 feet round. with such force
against the ship TO her to tremble oil 1t
kept mp with the vessel for nine days. but length
got rid of by firing moro than hundred muslcts
and thrnstiog harpoon and long iron bar into its
body,
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DKrARrs.xr or STATE,

Information received this department
Corc cs United states commercial Juan del No
OF Henry Kelly Machuca ids tho san
river OH 23l OF September last.
deceased represented TO have been natuazcd citizen
states spent several the States
and California. Nov l3--3M
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
OFFICIAL.
rArrnRxr oy STAIR,

J BEREAVEMENT OF STATi !
Washington, November II 1855
Information has been received at this department
Campbell esq the Loicn Of the death
board ship Nathan Ianen Kingston, tho pas
from New orleans Ebcuez Pierce master Of Edmund Gru
T. 3 Norton, aud l.. T. Abraham OF yellow fever,
Nov l3-3tf
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SOMEWHAT BEmND.--The st. Louis Republican pub
fishes account of the battle of the Spokane Plains
in Washington Territory, taken from a San Francisco
paper late The official account of this battle
was published in the Union nearly two weeks ago.
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Heavy Robbery.

ToLxpo, (Ohio) Nov. 1.-THE safe of the Wabash and
Western rsoad robbed ut Fort Wayne last night of
SIG 900 in Illinois and Wisconsin notes.
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HSfsn SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH.--By Divine per
q. Hammer, ~. d. elect viii preach
this morning ii o'clock, and in the afternoon
O'Clock. The public IL invited. saa Nov 10
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Later from Pixies Peak.

LEAvENwoRrH, Nov. 9.-Favorable accounts continue
to be received from the gold region Seven of the
Georgia company took out $500 in five days
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MARRIED,

instant by tho Rev Mr. CARSON OF Waugh Chapel Mr.
ROBERT BROWN Miss HARRIET LOUISA NAIY both Of this city
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The third volume OF prcscotts History of Philip the
Second is completed, and will be published early in De-
cember,
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THE NINTH DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

The New York Herald gives the following the result
of the official of the votes cast for member of
Congress in the ninth district of New York
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4 CARD.-An engagement of Two Nights only
IA has been effected with the gcatett Of living comedians,

A CARD.-An engagement of Two Nights only
IA has been effected with the greatest Of living comedians,
W. E. BURTON,
Who will appear MONDAY NOVEMBER l5 To give full effect 10 big
renowned mpesonaon have engaged the popular comedune
MRS. HUGHES
Who for the years. has been constantly associated with Mr.
urton him. further aided by the combined companies
this establishment and Holiday Theatre, Baltimore
NorIcEThc guarantees to Mr. Burton nightly
but little less than that which he has paid his most profitable
ars for week Of this extraordinary
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make fF&
SLIGHT ADVANCE ADMISSION:
Dress circle. ~"
Reserved seats, % cents extra. u -
Orchestra chairs w
Parquete 70
patrons viii prices hut equal The
regular rates OF last season. Nov 13-a
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nR VAN PATTEN, DENTIST Office and resi-,
~ dence removed TO the willard Hotel square opposite the @
sn Of inc Treasury and near the Of Pennsylvania
Oct T--amde
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Tickets 25 cents No half price For particulars small bills
Doors open at y TO Z; commence at K TO precisely
Nov 13---tf r. Z
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Last appearance OF
Mr.. JAS. W. wAlIACK.

SATURDAY EVENING, November 10,
The historical drama, in five acts, of
THE IRON MASK, @
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movement OF INC DauKS III Tie 1Our principal cities
Union in which weekly reports are made, as shown
air Inst sInfnn1nnts IL nc fnlln,rs
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WAsHINGTON CITY.
sATURpAY, NoyEMBER 10, 1856.

THE ELECTIONS BEING OVER THE TRIBUNE
TALKS NO MORE OF MODIFYING THE ANTI
SLAVERY CREED
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
Death of Gen. ouitman.

The telegraph brings us the news of the
death of Gen. Quitman, at his residence,
near Natchez, Miss.
Gen. John A. Quitman was a native Of
New York; but for many years was resi-
dent of Mississippi. In the Mexican wal
he was lllustrious as the first man to enter
the city of the Montezumas. His moral
courage was equal to his physical daringi
as an evidence of which, it may be stated
that he, in company with one other South
ern Democratic Representative, voted against
the English Kansas bill. when the Demo
cratic Congressman from every other South
ern State voted for it. At the time of his
death Gen. Quitman was member of Con
gress from Mississippi.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
The Slave Trade.


The slave trade, says the National Era,
finds protection under the American flag
Had our cruisers proper instructions, the
evil could be corrected to great extent,
and our country saved from dishonor.-
But, they have had no instructions. Con-
gress has done Its duty, and passed laws
denouncing the trade as piracy, and provid-
ing for its suppression. That they are not
carried into effect, is the fault of the Exc
cutive branch of the Government. Now,
what is TO be done? What do we in other
cases, where wrongs or corruption prevails
in defiance of law, by reason of Executive
encouragement or delinquency? Appeal to
foreign arms, to foreign influence, for re-
dress? Move have changed the Admin
istration; we turn out the disloyal President,
and elect loyal one, who, We believe. viii
ably aud faithfully discharge his whole
duty That is the dictate of common sense.
The suppression of the slave trade under
the American flag. is an American, not a
British question: If the American people
are determined to do it. they can do it
but never by electing Presidents imbued
with pro-slavery ideas or under pFoslavery
cOunselS,
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

RepubIicsns of Kansas; and they are now
begging their way from point to point in
this Territory, preaching their doctrines,
with view to organization. the principal
topic being NEGRO equality" in all things,
This viii be the principal cry that viii
be raised and on which the opposition of
all shades viii concentrate. A more sense
less and truthless cry was never started for
political effect anywhere. They are beat
ing ..man of straw" of their own making.
The Republican party of the nation mever
did and never aViU adrocate "negro equality, y
and if there is ever Republican party Or
ganized in Kanzas it will be on the Phila-
delphia platform. Whatever few hair
Drained individuals who are trying to tack
themselves on to the coat-tails of the or
ganization may think or do, the mass of the
party cannot be held responsible for. The
question of freedom or slavery in the Ter
ritories is one which affects the white man
alone-whether slave labor or free white la
Dor shall occupy them. 1t is question an
to actich the negro does not enter at all
1t is a matter of perfect indifference to US
whether the Leavenworth Ledger, Herald Of
Freedom, and others of that ilk and clique,
become members of the Republican organ
ization or not, and we presume it is to the
great mass of the people. We do not know
their precise object in thus misrepresenting
the position of the Republicans of this Ter
ritory, but the effect is to strengthen the Ma
tional Democracy.
In regard to the time at which the organ
ization should be effected, we have at pres
ent nothing to offer. No doubt it WiU be
effected in due season. The people will de-
mand, and all considerations of mere expe-
diency will give way before that demand
Until that we are willing to wait:
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
Volunteer Diplomacy.

The Yew York Tribune has letter,
''from responsible source unfolding a
new and most remarkable chapter in Cen
trail American diplomacy. Briefly, N. Fe-
lix Belly, on the one hand, and the old
Transit Company with its new treaty on
the other. have been completely out-gener-
aled by Commodore Vanderbilt, who has
made a personal treaty with Nicaragua,
backing it with loan of 100000 from
his own pocket, and has thereby secured to
himself monopoly of the Transit route
for a term of years! In view of Wander
bilt's success the Tribune is in for a volun-
tary system of diplomacy. We quote:
The Clayton-Bulwer treaty-by far the
most creditable and benefcent of any we
have-is currently believed to be essential
ly the work of j. L. White; the treaty OF
Mexico was made by Nicholas P Triest,
also private citizen; the Mormon war has
been closed up by Col. Kane, and now we
have the Nicaragua imbroglio disentangled
by Commodore Vanderbilt.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
Movements of Santa Anna

The editor of the New York Herald has
seen private letter from London, received
by the last steamer, which states that Gen
Almonte, the Mexican Minister to England,
had left that city, it was reported, fol
the Continent, but that he had really en-
barked for New York, and that his OBJ.
ject in going there was to negotiate q
large purchase of arms for Santa Anna,
and get them out of the country. If this
is so, says the Herald. he is probably
ensconeed in some of our hotels ineognito,
and negotiating for munitions of war with
some of the big fllibusters. There is some
thing on foot here about Mexico.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

Rush Elmore, of Lecompton. one Of the
most prominent members of the Lecompton
Constitutional Convention, has been appoin-
ted Associate Justice for Kansas, rice Cato,
resigned Elmore was appointed to this of
fee On the first organization of the Terrific
~. by President Pierce, but was afterwards
removed by him for specializing in Indian
lands. Eimore, though ''hard case" is a
decided improvement over Cato, both in
point of ability and in general character.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

s. NJ Booth, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
editor of the Free Democrat. has obtained
a final victory in the series of suits grow
ing out of his connection with the fugitive
slave case. His press and other property
had been attached to satisfy the judgment
of the United States Court against him for
assisting the slaves of one Garland to their
freedom. Judge Macarthur has released
the propery from attachment. taking the
position that as the Supreme Court of Wis
consin has declared the Fugitive Slave law
unconstitutional. penalty for damages
under that law is not collectable.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
Books of Account.

No thrifty business man neglects to keep
an account of his expenditures, and if he
finds the figures enlarging from year to year,
the fact makes an impression upon his mind,
if not change in his habits. The same
course should be pursued by nation
Comparisons may be odious, but they are
often salutary. For example, it is not pleas
ant, though it should prove profitable, for
us to know that the General Government
has spent more than twice as much money
last year as it did seven years ago.
The following table exhibits the annual
expenditures during the last ten years. in
Guiding the administrations of Taylor, Fill
more. Pierce and Buchanan
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

A few weeks since Gov. Denver left Kan
sas for the East, and it was fetty generally
supposed that he would follow the example
of the former Kansas Governors, Hho, when
they went East, stayed Akerel But We no.
.tiee a dispatch from Washington, dated Ju
.ly I8. in which it is stated that Denver LEFT
there that day for Kansas 50 we suppose
his head still remains OH his shoulders
The correspondents of the press in different
parts of the country speak variously OF the
manner of his reception, and of the eaol-
net manifestations after his arrival and dis
closures The Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press writes as fol-
lows:
"Gov. Denver, although lie has grown
exceedingly cautious since his arrival in
Washington, confirms the rumor that the
vote against LecomPton, as it is presented
in the English bill, viii be enormous on
the first Monday in August. The Presi-
dent is much embarrassed at the prospect
I knov he talks Of little else than Kansas,
and also the Presidential aspirants, in the
Cabinet and out of it, who induced him tc
change his position. and to desert Gov
Walker and Judge Douglas, have fallen
greatly in his esteem. It is no less clear
that Governor Denver has always quietly
doubted the entire Kansas policy of the ad
ministration, even while obeying the order:
of his superiors. What complicates thi:
affair, at present, is the fact that the Wash
ington Union, some weeks ago, arrogantly
announced that, if the English proposition
we're voted down, Leoonspton sUoasId- still b
oliUe, &c. The rebuke which the popular
denunciation of this bill will convey 10 al
who have had any hand in the desertion o
principle. cannot fail to be productive o
healthy consequences throughout the coun
try
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
The Expenses of the Government.

The Expenses of the Government.
The New York Post shows that if all the
appropriations asked for by the Administra-
ton had been granted by Congress they
would have swelled to total of $40, 900, :
O0e. 1t may be that all this is necessary,
and that even the stealings cannot be prevent
ed, but it cannot be pretended that the Ad-
ministration which asks for S12O, ,O0O. 600
and gets two thirds of it, should rest content
with revenue of half million week. This
kind of fnanciering will hardly be defend
ed by anybody; and the responsibility of it
rests with the Administration.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
DEAru OF PREs1DEsr BucHAsAs's CoUs

DEATH OF PREsIDENT BUcHAaAs's CoUs-
N-An Irish paper announces the death.
on the Sd of June. of Mrs. Hemphill, oi
Straw, near Newtonstewart, in her 84th
year. She was the eldest daughter of Mr.
W. Mcfarland, of Leardan, who married
Maria. eldest daughter of the late Mr.. An
drew Buchanan, of Tattyreagh, near Omah,
aud was first cousin to James Buchanan,
President of the United States of America
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
The Election.

Last Sunday afternoon was certainly one
of the aoettest we ever saw. 1t did not rain,
properly speaking, but it was poured down
by buckets full. Our place has been some
what noted in the past for lack of water,
but last Sunday there was water enough run
ming down our streets to carry full sized
saw mill, besides an immense quantity clay
ing round loose"
Monday was the day for doing final exc
eution on Lecompton, and if the work was
not done as thoroughly as had been antici-
pated the aoeather not the people must bear
the blame. In fact, it was all but impossi-
BILE for the people to get to the polls. The
result is that just about one half of the
voters failed to cast their ballots. From the
same cause we have received but few returns
of the result, but those few indicate what
the result must be. we suppose, with sufi-
cient clearness. Still we shall feel better
satisfied when we hear from the river and
border counties.
The vote at Emporia was extremely light
from the fact that the Neosho was impassi-
bic. so that full half of the people of the
township were unable to vote. Two wagon
loads of them started for Kansas Center,
eighteen miles distant, with the determina-
ton to vote there, but on reaching Duck
creek they found it impossible to cross, and
were most reluctantly compelled to retrace
their steps. But our neighbor Spencer
man of 55 or thereabouts-who lives Just
across the Neosho, was determined that he
aUould vote somehow, an dhe did, He mount
ed his horse and rode into the river to swim
across. The horse flaundered about so
much that Mr.. S. left the saddle and took
Dobbin by the tail, expecting to be towed
over, but the horse turned about and made
towards home. whereupon Mr.. Spencer
struck out for himself and after buffiting
with the muddy waters till his strength was
pretty nearly exhausted, reached the right
bank in safety. walked mile and a half to
town, deposited his vote and started for
home again, saying that if he did get drown
ed then, he did not care so much about it,
HE HAD VOTED AGAINST LEcoMPToN.
We give below the result of the vote in
the few precincts we have heard from:
BREcKINRIDGE COUNTY.
EDlporia Precinct-Proposition rejected,
I04; Proposition accepted, none.
Kansas Center Precinct-Propositiou re-
jected, &c; Proposition accepted 2.
Cottonwood Preeiasct-Proposition reject
ed. II; Proposition accepted. none.
MADISON COUNTY.
Columbia Precinct rejected,
rs; Proposition accepted. none.
Eagle City Preci'sct-Proposition reject
ed, Sc; Proposition accepted. none.
Hesperia Precinct-Proposition rejected.
22; Proposition accepted, none.
WISE COUNTY.
Costongood Falls Precisct-Proposition
rejected, 80; Proposition accepted, none.
Council Grove Precinct ncs-Proposition re-
jected. 90: Proposition accepted. s.
SHAWNEE COUNTY.
Topeka Preeines-Proposition rejected,
$50; Proposition accepted. s.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

400 ACRES GOOD LAND, both timber and
fCO prairie in Township I6, Range IL, for
sale cheap. Title perfect
600 ACRES in Township 10, Range II, with
improvements.
i6o ACRES with improvements, in Township
I9, Range 10.
The above land is situated from two to six miles
from Emporia, in the midst of q thriving COMMIT
nifty. A portion of this land viii be withdraw
from market, If not sold soon.
For particulars enquire of
z. p BANCROFT,
iuneI2-H Real Estate Agent
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

There is every prospect that the present
administration viii, upon its retirement,
leave a legacy of one hundred millions of
national debt. So much for the loud pro-
fessions of economy which characterized
Mr.. Buchanan inaugural address.-N ?.
Times
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07
Direct Trade from the Upper Lakes to
Europe.


Many viii remember the log Of the oDean
Richmond which arrived direct in Liver
pool, from Chicago In 1855, with cargo of
wheat, bringing it upwards of l.6Oo miles
before reaching Quebec. This year the
three -masted schooners 'Black Hawk, y
"Cheiftain, - esCol. Cook, . IL. Fl. Har-
man. and sE. 8. Adams have sailed from
the Upper Lakes, for Liverpool, to be follow
ed by the DC. Pierce, c. J. Kershaw, and
other ships, with @cargoes of -four. wheat,
black walnut, and slaves. This promises
to be avery large trade, opening the produce
of the rich prairies of the West, to England,
without transhipment. We would call the
attention of the corn trade to the low prices,
at Chicago and other Lake ports, compared
with those of the Black Sea. Corn can be
shipped at Sos to Sis; spring wheat 32sr to
33s; red winter 39s; and white 42s; all per
40 lbs cost and freight Cork anc market,
or Is less to a direct port. At present,
niue tenths fthe Western wheat goes 10
Buffalo and Oswego, the latter the chief port
for Canada West, and thence by canal to
New York at from 6s to IS Sd per or. freight,
when it can be shipped to Quebec or Mon
treal at As to IS; or direct to Europe at los,
the vessels getting return freights of rail-iron
and manufactured goods at 4Os to Sos per
top.-Mark Lane Ezpress, June 21.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-07

The Chicago Tribune says that in Au-
gust, i847, Thurlow Weed predicted that
in ten years Chicago would contain more
inhabitants than Albany. The ten years
are passed, and. in sporting phrase, Chiea-
go has .tseen" Albany, and ''gone" thirty
thousand better.