M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-04-22
The Conference Committee.


ence on the Kansas Bill met this
morning, all the members being pres.
ent for the first time. Mr.. Green, on
behalf of the Senate Committee, sub.
mitted several propositions, amending
the Senate Bill, none which proved
acceptable to the House Committee.
Propositions were then solicited from
the House Committee. Mr.. English
responded, that at the next meeting
of the Committee he would submit a
new bill, the precise character OF
which has not transpired, but it is m.
derstOod to be proposition for a sub
stitute for the Lecompton Ordinance,
and that the question of admission
under the Lecompton Constitution
with the amended ordinance be re-
fered to a fair vote of the people of
Kansas at an early day. If the ma.
jority vote for it, Kansas is to come
into the Union under Presidents proc.
lamation; ifagainst it, then the bill
provides for new constitution when
ever the population there equals the
number required for a member in the
United States House of Representa-
tives. The committee adjourned over
until tomorrow. There is some rea-
son to believe that Mr.. English's bill
will be agreed to in the conference,
and that it will pass Congress.
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KANSAS AND THE CONFERENCE Con-
NnTTEE.-The telegraph informs us
that appearances look moro cheerful
for an agreement, by the Committee
of conference, on a bill that will pass
both branches of Congress. We hope
that such may be the case, and that
the telegraph reporter may, for once,
prophecy correctly.
The CANAL CONTRACTS The Su-
prelne Court of the State has decided
that the contracts made by the Board
of Public Works in 1855, under the
law OF 1876, were unconstitutional, for
two reasons: One, that the new con.
stitution qnnulled the law of 1S46
under which the contracts were made;
and also, that the contracts created o
debt of an amount larger than the new
constitution permitted.
To THE BA1D.--We advise all who
are afflicted with badness to use
"Wood's Hair Restorative" 1t has
been used with great success by thou.
sands, and is admitted by alto be the
greatest tonic for the restoration and
preservation of the hair known to the
world at the present day. This in-
valuable specific is to be had at No.
ia Market street, where certificates
from persons of high character and
standing, testifying to its virtues, may
be seen at any time.
O The great flood has entirely
submerged the town of Jacksonport,
Ark, and the inhabitants use skiffs to
60 from house to house. This is a
very good but inconyenient imitation
Of travelling in Venice.
~ Jonathan Heckliu, well.
known citizen of Clark County, ILL.,,
died at Peoria on the 9Th OF March, at
the advanced age of one hundred and
six years. He was born in 1852,
twenty -four years before the Declara,
tion of Independence.
LocKJAw.-Wm. Fox, son of Hen
ry Fox, near Bowling Green, X y,
and a most estimable young man, died
a few days since from lockjaw, occa.
stoned by runninga rusty nail into
his foot.
" In Vermont, four women, at
the present term 0fthe Rutland Coun-
ty Court, keepers OF notorious houses
in that village, were sentenced to be
confined to hard labor in the State
frson TOR four years, and to pay the
cost ofprosecution.
OT The first cargo of white oak
and yellow pine timber, amounting in
value to upward Of $5O,OOO, was re.
Gently shipped on board the Ameri.
can ship ". S. Lindsay, from New
York to Venice, for the construction
of a naval dry dock for the Austrian
Government.
T Tho storm and hurricane in
the Lower Ohio, in the vicinity Of
Wabash Island, mention Of which was
made yesterday, was very Obstructive.
% the farm of Mr.. Ruffner, at the
foot OF the island, houses were demol.
ished, trees uprooted, and a number
of cattle aud horses killed.
~ 1t is stated that the Grafton
(Massa chusetts) Bank has only thir.
ty-tour one hundred dollar bills out
and can trace ten Of them. So that
any attempt to pass the bills Of this
denomination, stolen on Wednesday,
amounting to seven thousand dollars,
would probably lead to the detection
of the rogue.