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AAIAn, ., in chin.; y 1871 iSin CHINA 81. ~,
These are iine sd spectivs peddle stess1prs md
capable Of good service. W W ~ ~
Fulton s, In the Gulf Michigan, !. in tho L4ksA.
Both Of those are good new ships-fast and eHec-
tive. W0ETgTETsN6N wtpp YyA
Water Witch, in the Guile very small paddle
steamer
thr T.uSs.s = IN ordinary San sraseisco.t J
Neither of these vessels is very effective. The
Massachusetts, transport vessel during the
Mexican war. soisp atn BlFE iR ~ I
Wsxren, Princeton Independence, Fredonis. supply,
Release, AllegAny. = fss q tiat iisa 4
All Of those are receiving and store ships and are
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MOVEMENTS OF THE MoRMoNs.

1t is not little significant that no official confr-
nation has yet been received at Headquarters at
the War Department of the recent news of the re-
ported capitulaton of the Mormons. It not doubt
ed, we believe, BY the officers Of the government,
that Governor Cumming has entered Salt Lake City
by invitation of the Mormon leaders but the
rest Of the budget of news purporting to have
rived in connection with the intelligence of the gov
errors movement is not credited in official quarters.
Whether the alleged entrance of Governor Cum
ming into Salt Lake City was intended by the Nor
mon leaders rsss d guns upon Congress IN the
expiring fortnight Of its session. and basis for
erecting the fabric Of false intelligence which has
along with it, designed for the deception of Con-
gress or. whether the measure was resorted to by
those leaders to subserve local purpose Of do
mestic discipline and deception is yet to be ascer
tanned. ~
But while no confirmation Of the pacific news has
been received here great abundance of belligeren
news is constantly arriving As sample Of the
news Of this sort which is coming to tho officers Of
government in this city publish the following,
which is selected because the writer Of the letter
from Nebraska Territory is personally known and
implicitly oon6ded in by the public funotionary to
whom it is addressed and by whom we arc permit
ted to copy it: Y t
BorfnHxs, Doons COUNTY, NnszAwA TmAronr,
May 10, 1858.
Accompanying enclose to yoe q
communication clipped from Of oar territorial papers
the author know not send It TO you becAuss Il i'm
bodies fas Consuming the Mormon emigration this sea
son across the plains Trains there described,
daily passing up the Platte valley north side routs and
will continue 70, probably, until lats IN june This
route 10 tho regular, OF old "AosnoA tzAal, am ~
after resting 1t their rsnssvous some svvesy miles
the westward Of this they conclude to conne On theh
march to the route they travel Will b dsrsnt
from that pursued by the army unisnt psrchancc,
many frontersen anticipate they occasionally cross
the military route to attack and plumber fans &c
AT their rendezvous learn there about thou
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fOurRAsss I'm KANsAs.--The Albany Evening Jour-
nal fercey denounces the declaration that the free
State party in Kansas responsible for the out
RACES committed by the robber Montgomery band
The New York Times ia afraid the Journal will not
be able fully to relieve that party from all RESPONSE
bility in the premises j and reminds the Journal
that Montgomery 10 an officer in the Kansas militia,
organized under law enacted by the free-State
party, ofwhich Jim Lane is the commanderin-chief"
Of course, Montgomery is one of the freeState mill
tia, acting under orders, most likely from the meek
DR.. Cheevor and the Rev. Mr.. Beecher, through
'.the commander-in-chief of the Kansas militia" the
redoubtable Lane himself.
We beg To- refund our Nav York and Albany
friends, that the free-SsAte party in Kansas have
never been remarkable for their attachment to laws
and their obedience to the powers that be. Mont
gomery and his party are acting consistently. The
freeState mon resolved, aided and endorsed by the
negro-worshippers all over the North, that they
would not recognise the validity Of the territorial
government and laws. Since then they have come
into the possession Of that government but Mont
gomery took them at the word and ia fighting out
the battle in the true spirit Of treason which
trollcd the whole concern year or two ago. The
denuuciation of Montgomery then by the black-re-
publican press, can't help regarding an act Of
treachery to him. i .a,tt
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.ovsJsnd eAil cehns4nicstoa with tic raclfc sttes
This decision Ga To psEt u the Post OFF, Dspart
M a carries with i the duty Of froteSina &uts
fixed upon. au1 to some extent the smigrants who
certain to inhAbt the entire line Of mail service
We shall, at leisure furnish the best information
In power In regard % Arizona and the entire ex-
terror region, which is soon to come speoi
ally before Cor gress ~ sygEy~gU
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New York, May Sl.-Saes cotton 700 bales, prices
Irregular and nominal, awaiting steamer Flour firm
is 500 bbs State, 1915 s. So Ohio advanced
cents--s4 IS d As. Wheat stcady--Z5 ooo bushels !
southern white 81 2s western red, IS 9S4 cents ;
Milwaukee Club 70 S6 cents Chic Spring, rs S3
cents. Corn dearer-42 600 bushels white, 70 q "
cents yellow, II cents Prime pork, cents lower
quoted sI4 IS; mess, SIT 20 ASH w. Lard puoyant
Whikey. Ga cents. Sugar quiet--Muscovado, 81 Ct
cents Coffee quet-l0 l0& cents. Spirits Of turpen-
tine steady--A59 cents. Rice firm Freigh6 steady.
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An election for State officers under the State constitu
tion preparatory to putting the State government into
operation will he held in Oregon on the 7th instant
Three tickets have been nominated and In the field
The Portland correspondent Of the Alta Californian de-
scribes these parties as follows
s.Our political campaign goes bravely on. .Hards.
'softs, and black republicans have marshaled their
forces and taken the field The lizards and softs repre-
sent the two wings Of the democracy sHardssae the
.Bushtes or Salem clique. The ssofts the % Me-
arites' or Eugene City nationals The black-repnbl
cans are the dsafected .Bushtes % Mearites know
nothings and opponents Of the bred Scott decision
The threc tickets follows
Hards. Sgts. BlaekyY
FOR GOVERNOR.
John Whitaker. +. M. Banum. John Denny
roR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
La Fayette Grover JAS X. Kelly. ] r. Mcbride
roR SECRETARY or STATE.
Lucien Heath. f.. A. Rice. Leander Holmes,
foR TREAsuRKR OF STATE.
John D. Boon. j. L, Brumley. e. L. Apologize
PAINTER.
Asahel Bush Jas. oNeaa. D. W. Craig
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NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

L0ter from K0n0aJ me0II0R OF tn0 kHntdb
commissioners Election Day Fixed. "A Ru-
mOred Battle.
LaAvESwoRrH, May 29.-The board OF commissioners
appointed under the act of Congress of May
vened at Lecompton. May Gath. Present j. w. Dem
yer, governor Hugh s. Walsh, secretary c. w. Bah
cock, president Of the council George w. Dethler
speaker Of the house and VIM Weir, ctattorney
The members OF the board in by Judge Cato
The commissioners organized by electing Governor Den
yer president, and Hush s. Welsh Secretary.
A committee Of three was appointed by the chair to
propose the programme for conducting the election
vdsd for by the Kansas BILL to report ut the next
meeting, to take place on the 3lst instant.
On motion of G. w. Babcock, it was unanimously
agreed that the election ordered by the act Of Congress
shall take place the first Monday Of August next
Adjourned.
Governor Denver arrived here this evening.
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sEARcH BIZ BRITISH CRUISERS.

il currently reported, upon what sasher'sy we
40 not know, that Lord Napier. tho Britsh minister
hs. dispatched orders n the British naval command
err on the Halifax station forward at once 70 Admit
! raj Stewart, commanding her Majestys Gulf squad
ron instructions TO discontinue the praotcs OF search
till specific instructions can be from the home
government If the rumors alluded 70 have any
foundation, although they cen hardly bs ssd 70 bssr
directly upon the main question they may neverths-
less be regarded peculiarly significant Of the fact
that the resident diplomatic agents Of the Qsssns
government in this country Aavs become sensible at
least, Of the strong and indispensable repasnsnce o
the whole American people agsiust ths' sxsrciss Of
any act Of jmisdiction by vsss's-qfvGIov~ Ansri-
can merchant ships = ''s.''s s,s,' s NM ss's
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I TRdUBfE AfaE4D, !

* The new process of making parties establishes
rules and conditions of allegiance breathing into
them the breath of e and is exciting great attention
amongst the republican press We have before US
the proceedings Of an anti-Lecompton-q Fillmore
Haven-scroggsGepubican American-antislav
clifton anti Masonic mass meeting at Buffalo, at which
resolutions were unanimously adopted in favor Of
complete reconstruction Of parties. The Buffalo
meeting took place the 27th ult and, strange CO.
incidence it may be, the Ohio State Journal on the
same day says: 8 81 adau
"Some people seem to imagine that parties can bs made
dissolved and with much facility -
and active boy can turn somerset This u great mis-
take PARTIES are not ads but grow. They cannot be
unmade they may die, or, by folly Or aperveslty be
killed. We speak, of couEse, Of parties having Vital
principles-not Of ephemeral organizations u p.a
It is due to the Journal that we should add that
in the next paragraph to the foregoing it facetousy
remarks, sThe republican party Is party Of prin-
cple." It is then understood that the Buffalo
Scroggs- American movement is repudiated by the
Chase branch of the Ohio republicans, the ground
that parties cannot be made dissolved, and recon
structed, but must have . regular conception,
growth and manhood. We concur with the Journal
There is no vitality soul in organization gotten
up by resolutions it is only dolbaby affair with
full moon face The difficulties certainly increase
in the way Of reconstruction
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Death or Msjor walker

ST. LOUIS, May 29.---Major Walker, paymaster United
States army died at his residence in this city last night
He was buried with military honors at Jefferson bar
racks this afternoon. ' l
Major walker WINS born I'm Vermont, and entered the
service in july 1879 He commissioned as paymas-
tor with the rank Of major, in December, 1889.
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slave Exoitement at No folk.

NoRroLK, May 3O.-There IL great excitement here in
consequence Of Aboltionits running off slaves An in
dynaon meeting WINS held last night, and Captain v.
Mott and w Danncrberg ordered to leave the city
or be tarred and fcathered.
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No steamer.

RIVER pr Lolp, (Canada,) May SIS 80, p. m The
s. s. Indian, from Liverpool fully due. has not
rived 3
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Attempt to carry on slaves Defeated.

PnEasBuRa, May 3l.--The schooner Keziah. of Viii
,nngton Delaware. cleared from this port on Saturday
night with cargo Of wheat Several slaves miss
incths morning. and steamer chartered and sent
after tho schooner, overhauling her eighteen miles be-
low City Point Five slaves discovered board
and the captain and slaves were all brought back
and lodged in jail On tho arrival Of the steamer not
less than 1000 persons were on the wharf, and were
with much difficulty restrained from violence. s
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s iss o. ! r: . IS 40. / No.
yonr attention 70 mletsr oEsome concefn to -
- The frontier and which may be eventually Of interest
10 tina War Department
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The British AggressiOps- dtgnation Meeting
at New Orleans.

NEw ORLEANS, May 20. AT the meeting of the Common
Councils held yesterday series of resolutions READ
authorizing the Mayor to equip and send armed vessel
against the British cruisers in the Cult.
To-day great indignation meeting was held in the
Arcade called for the purpose Of considering the propre
ty of sending armed vessel to the Gulf Not less than
five thousand persons attended the meeting ut which
General Palfrcy presided and COL A. T. Turner acted as
secretary. I& So
After several eloquent speeches resolutions adopt
ed recommending every vessel before leaving this port
and equip to offer every resistance possible to
the British cruisers. Great enthusiasm displayed.
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rhe Spanish Fleet After Them.

NEW ORlrANs May 29.--The steamer Philadelphia ar
rived to-day via Havana, bringing the California mails
and announcing that continued outges Of British cruisers
had caused such intense excitement that Capt Conca
had despa hed Spanish feet to interpose between
British guns and the violation of sovereignty in Spanish
waters. Lively times are anticipated.
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Thus it win be seen that the government is pre-
pared to send to sea at in case Of only AZ
vessels, sail and steam, Of all classes carrying 789
guns. In addition. to these, it has at disposal
or 6 small steam vessels in the revenue and coast
survey service. None of which, however, are fit
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-01-20
Governors Message.

The ST. Clairsville Republican, a sur
viving American, or KnoaC Nothing. paper,
thus speaks of Gov. CHAsE's Message:
Gov Chass's Message is long, loeo-
foeo, abolition concern. 1t is compila-
tion of the message of James the 4th, on
the condition Of the Banks, and the re-
ports of the several state officers. He
''goes in" strong for the locofoco doctrine
of a spot metar' currency; does not doubt
the power of Congress to prohibit the cir
eulatien OF paper money as asubstitute
for gold and silver; excuses himself from
any participation in the treasury defalca-
tion; recommends the collection of taxei
semi annually, gives james the 4th fits
for interfering with mis- affairs in Kansas
says it interferes with ebony state rights
winds mp the prosy concern with long
end learned disqaisi,ion on "Wooi," Shes
ifs and U. s. Marshalls; thinks the wri
of habeas corpus ought not to issue from
the U. 8. Court. particularly if a''cullet
pussen happens to be "in the ring.n :
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and twenty as temperate and one hundred
and twenty as. moderate driakers;s four
hundred and nine con both read and write,
while one hundred and enc can do neither
As the number Of persons in the Ssate
who can neither read nor write is very
small, compared with the whole population
the fact that one-sixth Of all the eonyicts
are in that category shows that ignorance
is indeed fruitful mother of crime.
Three hundred and thirty FIVE Of the con-
yicts are unmarried, and two hundred and
forty-six are married There are fifty live
negro convicts, which is an immense num-
Der, considering their small population in
the State. One person is serving out his
fourth conviction, and forty-six are serv-
ing their second terms. Two of the pris-
saners are pat down as being born in AT
riea, sixty-sevea in Ireland, twenty -one in
England, fifty-six in Germany, and four
hundred and iifty-odd in the United States.
The great proportion Of English to Irish
is rather remarkable, as there must be ten
'tiaes as many of the latter as the former
in the State. = Gin Eng.
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The Ohio Penitentiary.

The Annual Report of the Directors
of the Ohio Penitentiary. detailing its con-
dition and management, for the year S57, /,
has just been puhlished. A few facts ta-
ken from this report may not be uninter-
esting to our readers. The receipts OF
the prison, have been $70,667, and the
expenditures $77 1893, but from which we
are to deduct some $4,000 for expenses
that will enter into the account of the next
year. The institution is, therefore, not
quite, self-supporting one. The ,Direc,
tors think $50, 200 will be sufficient TO
support the institution this year.. The
number of convicts remaining in the Pen
itentiary on the lst Of November was siz
hundred and eight; two hundred and for
ty-two were received during the year.
/ The number of eonvicts pardoHed BY the
Governor during the last year was forty
six.
OF the two hunded and forty-two con
yicts sent 10 Columbus in the last rear
fifty were from Hamilton and forty-fou
from Cuyahoga County. This speak
we'll of Hamilton, or i'll for Cuyahoga, a
the latter county has not more than one
third as many people as Hamilton, yet j
sends very nearly as many sonyicts. Q
the six hundred conyicts in the PeTiten
tiary, two hundred and sixty-fse are pu
! down as incorporate, two hundred an,
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and said Walker ought to be sent back III
q national vessel and re-instated in >the
position from which Pauldisg took him.
But 10! out comes the Message, and pres
to, another change The Message is all
right! Nobedy's killed Walker must be
left to take care of himselfl It's great
pity that these editors were not clairyoy-
ants, SO they might see before hand what
course the President would take on all the
leading questions of the day. 1t would
save them vast amount of labor now
utterly thrown away
Our Republican friends would also have
saved themselves of vast expenditure of
"froth and fury" had they known what
course the President would take.
BY the way. have not, the RepsAlicsn
party exhibited themselves in rather
ridiculous ASPECT in denouncing the Pres
ident as having sold himself, body and
sonl to the South; whilst they are now
compelled to defend the views of ths Mes
sage on Walkers arrest against the at
tacks of Southern members of Congress?
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Washington, Jan. 4, 1858. ~
FOREIGN NEWS,

. ! i u
The late arrival brings dates frem Live
pool to the 30th December.
/. The India papers are filed with details
Of bloody struggles at Lucknow The
.fght Of the 18th November was the se-
verest ever known. On the 18th the enc.
my took to fight and the firing nearly ceas.
|ed. After this fight the bodies Of $50
Sepoys were counted on the spot. When
Sir Colin Campbell left Cawnpore he rode
forty miles on single stretch in pursuit Of
the enemy. Nena Sahib with all his men
and baggage joined the rebels at Galour
1t was reported that the King of Delhi's
Son and two Nephews had been shot.
The correspondent of the London Daily
News ates that therebels had laced {
boy on the throne and keep him in slate Al
| Tyseabad, a large walled city, defended
! by fort and roGi,d tJwers Here thei,
:, last stand ofressiance may l,e expected
as they had concentrated all their avaia
tble force at that point.
The 24th native infantry bad mutiniet
at Chittagong and marched to Deccs. 4
force of huadred Europeans had goa
ito intercept them. The territory of Gavin
pore was threatened BY q large force fror
Ondc Serious disturbances we're expect
ed to occur at Raypootre, and Europea
troops were urgently wanted. .
The noney market is easier, bat ther
is little or.no advance iulproducs.
L
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Later from Utah.
ST. LOUIS. Tuesday, j

ST LOUIS, Tuesday, Jan. I2.1
The Republican has adyices from Utah
to December /. ~
The troops We're all in winter quarters
al Fort Brides, with the exception of
Coloael . Cooks command, winch was
posted forty miles distant on Henry's
Fork, where o scant supply Of grass re-
mained.
Fort Bridges was being rebuilt for the
purpose of protecting the provisions.
The troops were comfortably stationed in
tents with stoves.
IS The weather had been very mild, and
good health prevailed
There were provisions sufficient to last
until June, on q close allowance. IS
CAPTAIN Marcy had been sent to Taos
and Santa Fe to obtain supplies.
Nearly two thirds of all the, animals oil
the expedition died. "a H.
The Morlnons were preparing to leave
for the British Possessions, and pioneer
parties had already left.
Brigham Young had sent quantity oI
salt to Colonel Johnston.
That officer sent back word stating thai
he would hang any messenger from th,
same quarter on similar errand
| Brigham Young had also invited tn,
officers of the army to partake of his hos
pitality and spend the winter in Salt LAX,
City.
| It is said that Colonel Johnston is s,
ls,EsH asssred that the Mormsns will leav
in the spring, that he asks for no increas
to the FORGE under his command.
4 Gov Cumming had issued a procla
nation declaring the Territory to be in
state Of rebellion, and stating that
court wonld be organized in Green Rive
4 County, near Fort Bridges. from, whenc
1.-THE proclamation was dated, by Chic
1 Justice Eekels, Hths trial of offender
and that sposss d efs ibhshitants Of til
4 Territory would be FIRST USED to enforc
an obednnce to the laws; that failing.
military force would be resorted to, con
manding all armed bodies of nea to in
mediatcly disband and return home III
y der g penalty of punishment as trai
81 ors.
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FROM CALIFORNIA. 5
New YoaK, Wednesday. Jam / 8. !

+.
New YoaK, Wedaesdav JaniBi3 3.
The Steamship Staa-of The Vest which
left Aspinsail on the 9Th inst with the
California mails to the 2lstsuls., arrived
al this place at nine O'Clock this even
ing. A kYsiez
Shetbrings 81 GOO. 600 in specie, and
one handred and eighty seven passe,i-
gers. s9tf4a5 lsse3 f.3ss4
The Star Of the Wea connected with
the steamer Golden Gate The latter,
sailed from San Francisco on the after
noon of the st nlt. with inward Of S2,-
600. 600 in specie, about half a million of
which is on English account.
The United States ships Wabash and
Fulton were at Aspinwall when the Star
of the Vest sailed The former with a
portion of the 6Iiibusters, was to have
sailed for Havana and Psnsacola on the
9Th inst. ssSa
The dates from Valparaiso are TO the
18th of December. The Government of
Chill had made such concessions as were
demanded by the public, and fears of a
revolution had ceased. s'e'a issssssAs'sA
The Peruvian authorities had commit
ted another outrage against the United
States, havingitaken q sailor from the
American shipL. B. Wales, and dashed
him to buoy for four hours. as a punish.
ment for having struck acoolie on board
the ship Waes Captain Burr of the
Wales, protested against this outrage to the
Peruvian Commander, who, in a very inso-
lent manner, told the Capt. that if he did
not mind his own business, he would be
put 10 the sailors place. The American
Minister at Lima was investigating the
matter. III sfE oa
/ Nicaragua aud Costa Rice, in view OF
their common danger, itispresumed. have
come to an understanding on their. difficult
ties, and sent four hundred men to, San
Carlos, at the entrance of the lake. and
one hundred to Castillo. 1aifss 80
Colonel Anderson; finding himself
closely pressed aud likely to be more So
his stores being Short prepared the
steamer Ogden and embarked men on hel
and then wroie to Captain Sands, asking
his views in regard to his surrender.
j Captain Sands replied that be va,
ready to receive him aud his mon if they
csme and delivered up their arms.
4 Subsequently Anderson spiked his can
non, burnt all the buildings about Castillo
4 destroyed the machinery of the sseamc
at the rapids-understood to be the Vir
tgs and, having killed all the cattle ant
psundersd all the merchandise within hi
reach, started,dow the river.
; Captain Sands came upon them unde
these CIRCUMSTANCES, nine miles mp th
river, in the steamer Charles Morgan ful
Of armed men. and captured them with
lsst any resistance.