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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19

THE PRICE or MURDER ~ NICnIGAY.-
Our readers will remember the case of Ty.
Ter, deputy t 5. Marshal, who killed a
man in Canadian waters while attempting
to serve some process of the United States
Court upon him. lie has recently been
tried in the |. : District Court of Nichi.
gan. aud found guilty of manslaughter-
judge Wilkins called him up for sentence
On Monday last, and the punishment owar-
ded him is thus set forth by the Judge. =
Here follows the sentence
Thirty days" j, the period for which We
send warrants to Jail in Pennsy ylvania and
II >eems from this that the punishment
which We award to vagrant is deemed suf.
ic;ent in Michigan for the punishment OF
man>iaughtcr. The Detroit Iarertise,
truly chaTacterizes the sentence as a farce.
Tyler was guilty lot merely OF mansIaugh-
ter, tint committing that oiiense in Gamma
dian water. where he had no right to at.
temp, the service Of [. : process It was
an aggravated crime, aud such sentence is
q disgrace To the Curt ard Judge infict
ing ]; -PUtsJHrch Gacette.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19
the SPIRIT OF '9s IN WISCONSIN.

The following preamble and resolutions
passed both Houses of the Legislature of
Wisconsin on the 18th of March. The
vote in the House Of Representatives was
Al to 81. and in the Senate Is to II, being,
1t is said, a strict party vote
Whereas, The Supreme Court of the
United States has assumed appellate juris-
dlction in the matter of the petition of
Sherman W. Booth for writ Of habeas
corpus, presented and prosecuted to final
Judgment in the Supreme Cvurt Of THIS
State, and has without process or any Of
the forms recognized by law. assumed the
power to render that Judgment as matter
involving the personal liberty Of the citi
Zen, asserted by and adjusted to him in the
regular course of Judicial proceeding upon
The great writ OF liberty. secured to the
people Of each State by the Constitution of
'oe United States; and Whereas, such
40 assumption of power and authority by
ne Supreme Court Of the United States to
become the final arbiter Of the liberty of
@e citizen, and to override and nullify the
pdsment Of the State Courts declarative
nereof Is in direc, conflict with that pro-
sson OF the Constitution of the United
Ssa'es' which secures to the people the ben
gu, Q, the writ of habeas corpus; therefore.
Res0lrea. That We regard the action
Zoe Supreme Court Of the United States.
~assanlng jurisdiction in the case before
~en'loned, as an arbitrary act Of power,
su,u'hor'zed by the Constitution. and vir-
~1i'y supersedlng the benefit Of the writ
s,oeas corpus, and pros'rating the rights
r~ .u hoert'es of the people at the foot of un-
.hesolred. That this assumption of iu-
ss'c''on BY the Federal Judiciary, in the
,aS S case and withou. process, is an act of
,-.s Sss'egated power, aud therefore without
.e0Iity, void, and Of 70 force.
-, hesotred, That the Government form.
~oy the Constitution Of the United States
H. - NOT the exclusive or final Judge of the
l.. H. extent e Of the powers delegated to itself:
w '0af' as in all other cases Of comnact
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19

PARAGUAY.-The Paraguay peace news
is accepted as true by the Administration,
although no dispatche. have been received.
President Lopez Is to pay US s35,OO0.-
Meanwhile the Administration has contri-
we'd to spend slO00,00O on the expedition
One great item Of expense might have been
avoided-the purchase Of the chartered
steamboats,, which. on trial, have proved to
be nearly worthless. Nevertheless. the
Navy Department insisted on buying them
and By plausible Misrepresentation that
hostility would be 50 protracted as to rem
der their purchase cheaper than their hire,
succeeded in getting an appropriation from
Congress for the purpose, They are Low
on our hands. costly and useless, unless. in
deed, they shall prove too unseawor'hy 70
reach home, which Is not improbable. Oi
course some Democratic pockets are well
lined By this transaction.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19
LADIES THE BEST COMPANY.

Thackeray says that it is better for you
to pass an evening once or twice in a lady S
drawing room, even though the converse.
ton is slow. and you know the girls song
by heart. than in club. OF tavern or the
pit of theatre All amusements of youth
to which virtuous women are not admitted.
rely on it, are deleterious in their nature
Al! men who avoid female society have
dull perceptions and are stupid or have
gross tastes, and revolt against what is pure,
Your club swaggerers who are sucking the
butts of billiard cues all night, call female
society insipid Poetry is insipid to yo-
kel beauty has no charms for blind man
music does not please poor beast who does
not know one tune from another: and rs a
true cpicure is hardly ever tired of water,
sancy and brown bread and butter pro-
test | can sit for whole night talking to a
well-regulated. kindly woman, about her
girl coming out, of her boy at Eton, aud
like the evenings entertainment. One OF
the great benefits & man may derive from
woman society is, that he is bound to be re-
spcctful to them. The habit is of great good
to your moral men. depend upon it. Our
education makes Of us the most emit emily
selfish men in the world We fight for
ourselves, We yawn for ourselves. We light
our pipes and say We will not 90 out We
prefer ourselves, and our ease; and the
greatest good that comes to man from a
woman's society. is. that he has to think of
somebody to whom he is bound to be con.
stantly attentive and respectful.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19
ALLEGED HEAVY SWINDI.E.
4 thousand Acres ?r Land sold for
GAS c0yG chains

4 thousand Acrcs ?r Land sold for TO-
gas gold chains.
A gentleman from Indiana, named Fox
came TO this city few days ago for the pur-
pose Of negotiating for the sale Of large
quantity of Western school lands Soon
after he was waited upon by man named
H'rrls. doing business at No. 90 Nassau
street, with whom he had previous slight
Acquaintance and who proposed 10 ex-
change hundred gold chains for land
These chains. Harris assured him, We're
pure gold worth from ten to sixteen dollars
piece, at wholesale, and over twenty dol
lars apiece a; retail Fox was unwilling to
trade, as he knew nothing abou, iewelrv,
but finally he yielded, II Is alleged, to the
representation # Harris hacked bv the as
Surances Of third party from the Bowery,
and transferred the certificates fer Il thou
sand acres of land to Harris. receiving the
hundred gold chains in exchange The
chains proved to he comparatively worth
less, Nr. Fox made complaint this morning
at the City Hall Police Court, charging
Harris with obtaining the certificates hy
false rrcteuces. Harris was accordingly
arrested and required TO find bail in &, ,O00
Tor examination tomorrow afternoon. He
said he was not able to find bail, and dc,,o>
tied the certificates with the magistrate for
safe keeping. The examination, it i cx-
pected, will reveal the existence of an ex-
tcnsve conspiracy of swindlcrs -EreniRg
poSt
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19


DI.TIyGUIsHED CONvICTs - The Rev
Joseph Johnston, sent out TO minister TO
convicts in Freemantle, Western Australia,
by the Colonial Missionary Society, au-
nounces the arrival of Robson and Red
path, and Agar and Tester, with their
friend Saward, alias Jem and Penman.-
The writer says: They were all engaged
on the public works, making roads, &c-
Redpath and Robson are engaged, as ! am
writing, wheeling stones hear my house,
with shackles upon their persons. Their
health appears to be good, but they seem
wretched and detected, and weary Of their
lives. The celebrated Rev DR. Beresford,
who is related to noble marquis, and who
with living Of clO0O year committed
forgery to an enormous extent, has also ar
rived out in the colony, and is now employ
ed sweeping the wards in the new conyic;
prison, which has just been completed. It
is an immense structure, and took seven
years to build The prison has 1000 sep
arate cells, chapel, hospital, lunatic asylum,
workshops, and residences for the governor
and his deputy, chaplain, doctor, DC. -
English paper.
The picture is a sad one, bu. it is to the
honor of the British government that in the
administration Of justice i, is no respecter
Of persons. We might learn useful les.
son too from the promptitude and certainty
with which it enforces the penalty Of viola
ted laws.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19

JEALoU>Y-A singular affair is said to
have occurred in Pensacola few days ago.
Miss Susan -. daughter Of one Of the
most distinguished jurists and politicians Of
Florida, entertained most violent passion
for Mr. g., Mayor Of Pensacola, who had
paid her some attentions previous TO his
marriage with another lady. She took no
great pains TO conceal from Mr. e. the ma
ture Of her feelings, and had on several oc-
casions conducted herself in rather an ex
travagant and startling manner, but he
probably supposed nothing serious would
come Of it. One day recently. however,
she went to his house and called for Mrs
O., and, when that lady came to the door,
drew a pistol, ready cockled, from the folds
of her dress. aud fired at her rival. The
bullet missed, and Mrs G bravelv rushed
upon the desperate gir!, and wrenched the
pistol from her: but, prepared aud deter
mined to shed blood. Susan drew knife
and, before she could be disarmed by 9th
ers who interfered, succeeded in infiic,ing
. slight wound upon Mrs II. The letter
states that her father, in order to shield her
from criminal prosecution, was about TO
send her 10 az insane asylum.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19
HYMN OF NARSEILLAISE

The Marseillaise was inspired by genius,
patriotism, youth, beauty and champagne.
Rouget dc Lisle was an officer of the garri-
son at Strasburs. and a native Of Mount
Jura He was an unknown poet and com
poser He had peasant friend, named
Dietrick. whose wife and daughter were the
only critics and admirers of the soldier po-
cts song One night he was at supper
with his friends family. and they had only
coarse bread and slices Of ham. Dietrich
looking sorrowfully at De-Li>le, said -
Plenty is not our feast, but We have
the courage Of soldiers heart: have
still one bottle left in the cellar-hriDg it.
my daughter, and let Us drink to liberty
and our country
The young girl brought the bottle it
was soon exhausted. and DeLisle went stag.
gering to bed; he could not sleep for the
cold, but his heart was warm and full of
the beating of genius and patriotism. He
took a small cllricord and tried to compose
a song; sometimes the words were first
sometimes the air Directly he fell asleep
over the instrument, and waking at daylight.
wrote down what he had conceived in the
delerum of the night. Then he walked
the family, and sang his production at
FIRST, the women turned pale. and then
wept, then burst in cry of enthusiasm
1t was tie song of the nation and of terror.
Two months afterwards, Dietrick Went
to the scaffold, listening to the self sane
music, composed under his own root, aud
under the inspirations of the last bottle Of
vine. The people sang it everywhere; 1t
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19

"PlrY The SORROWS" &c.-The poor
old man is the Democratic party, or ii you
prefer it, the Democratic Administration, on
trembling limbs" knocked at the door -
of the next Congress. with life dwndled
to the shortest span" and begging relief
from an Opposition House of Representa-
tives The picture is almost sure TO be
presented to the co0ntry and TIE world in
one time Soberl y, every free State seems
to be deserting the Democratic Standard,
and the prospects Of the unterrifed for the
orranizaton of the next House are gloomy
indeed. Connecticut has repudiated her
two Democratic Representatives,. aud chosen
the whole four from among the Republl-
cans Well done, Connecticut-N \
Com.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19

"SIEKiNG THE SLAVERY AGITATION. -
We had occasion lately TO express the opin-
ion, which We honestly entertain. that
sinking the Slavery agitation North and
South. was not only an impossibility. but
that it was a grave question for wise patri-
ism, whether sinking was desirable.
Peace between the sections Of the In.
ion is indeed the greatest good within the
reach Of man. but when We say PEACE. We
DO net mean a sinking or cessation Of hos
tilities, bnt permanent peace; not a tyuoe,
during which each party shal! increase the
means Of warfare, and after time renew
hostilities with greater zeal and more dead
" effect We think the best ard surest
way Of arriving a; peace is finally and fair
ly 10 settle every question that Las distur.
bed the hrrmony that formerly existed be-
tween the two sections For nearly forty
years. peace has Dot existed between the
North and South-truce has followed truce,
and the shams Of compromise have delayed
a settlement by holding out to both parties
the prospects Of ultimate triumph.-Rich-
mint (Td) Enq.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19
EMANCIPATION IN DELAWARE.

The North and South, Mr.. Burriits
PAPER, Of the 10Th ult.. gives all account Of
. the first Emancipation Convention ever
held in slave State" 1t took place at
Wilmington, Delaware, on the 22d March.
The editor says:
According to the Gail, the first session
of the Convention commenced in the City
Hall, at ten \. NJ Rev. Nicholas Patter.
son, of Wilmington, Vice President Of the
National Compensated Emancipation Soci.
ty, for Delaware. was called to the chair
and DIR. Bulloch was appointed Secretary"
The r, r,solutions adopted are long and ar.
gumentative, but, in substance. they de.
clare that Slavery is great moral and Sd
cial evil that the North as well as the
South is responsible for its existence and
that the proceeds of the public lands should
be appropriated. as suggested by Rufus
King and approved by Mr.. Webster. to the
extinction of the evil by compensating the
owners of slaves The cigth resolution
declares
That the fraternal and benevolent dis
positions which this act of brotherly copart-
nership would inspire and diiiuse through.
out the entire nation. would be of vast and
vital Importance to the slaves themselves.
both before and after Their emancipation
leading to those amelorations of their con-
di,ions, which would greatly enhance their
moral elevation and happiLo -
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19
WHERE BLOOMER WOMEN
ARE IN DEMAND.

Mrs DR. lydia Saver Hasbrouck's .SiJul
has a correspondent in tue person of Mrs
j. \. Archabald. boomer woman who is
travelling across the prairieS with her hus-
band aud other adventurer- for Pixies Peak
la her last letter she says She was in great
demand among the Indians-a class of peo-
ple noted for mauy characteristics besides
their good taste
We passed, on tie l4th Of June, 4
large number Of Cheyenne and Arrapahoe
Indians. Fifty men armed with Sharpe's
rifles and revo.vers were afraid 10 allow the
Indians to know that the company contain
ed any women, in Consequence Of something
which the carriers Of the Santa Fe mail
told them when they passed a lew days pre-
viouS. was, therefore, confined 10 the
wagon while We passed many places Of in
terest which wished much TO visit. Not
withStauding this care To hc uuobserved, my
presence became known At one time by
opening the front Of the wagon for ventila-
ton, III another by leaping from it 10 see
something curious which two or three lndi.
ans had brought, not knowing, a afterwards
proved true, that We We're very near vii
lagc. | soon discovered my mistake, and
though did not myself feel there was any
cause for alarm, was sorry | had been
seen. on account cf the feeling existing in
the tram. II was no use to hide now. for
every indian within mile knew Of my
whereabouts. Though there was not a shad-
!.
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flew from city TO city, TO every public or
chestra.-Marseilles adopted the song at
the opening and close Of its cluts-hence
the name, Hymn Of the Narseillaise -
then it sped all over France They sung
it in their houses, in public assemblies, and
IN the stormy street convocation. DeLis,e's
mother, hearing it, said to her son, What
is this revolutionary hymn, sung By bri-
gands, with which your name is mingled ,"
DcLslc heard it, aud shuidered as it SCUM
ded through the streets of Paris, rung from
the Alpine passes, while be, royalist fed
from the infurated people, frenzied by his
own words. France was great ampi;hea-
tire of anarchy and blood, and DeLises
song was the battle cry.
There is no national air that will CON-
pare with the MarsellaSe in suhlimity and
power; it embraces the soft cadences full
Of the peasants home, and the stormy clan
gor Of silver and steele when the empire is
overthrown it endears the memory of the
vine dressers cottage, and makes TIE
Frenchman, in his exile, cry La belle
France forgetful of the torch and sword,
and guillotine, which have made his cour-
try spectre of blood in the eyes of na-
tons Nor can the foreigners listen to it,
sung by company of exiles, or executed
hy n band of musicians. without focling
that it is the approach Of battle and war
SOMETHING TOO FAsrIDIoUs-A very
worthy gentleman at Rouen is at present
receiving fortune which came to him with
the drawing Of cork, in the following Gu
rious manner. Obliged by the state of his
health, last summer, to change the air, he
went TO the sea shore at Villers-surmer,
near Trouvilc, and walking on the beach
he noticed that lad, who also promenading
there with his father, had found a sealed
bottle among the sea.weed. The father
bade his child to throw down the dirty
thing, aad not be soiling his fingers upon
which the invalid picked up the cas.away
bottle and took it with him to his lodgings.
The cork drawn, the bottle was found to
contain written document, properly sign
cd, and Gated on board vessel which had
sprung aleak and was about 10 sink. 1t ran
thus -
About to perish, | commend my soul
to God. l hereby constitute the finder OF
this will. enclosed in bottle, 10Y soul heir
My fortune. laboriously acquired. amounts
TO near three hundred and fifty thousand
francs and the small house in which have
resided at Valparaiso. This tenemcnts |
wish converted into a chapel, aud that a
mass may be there said once a month for
the reposc Of my soul. The fortune will
be ft und deposited with NJ - notary, Of
of Paris, to whom, from time to time, it
has been transmitted. Pray for me Sign.
ed -"
Soiled fingers should not always be
avoided
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19
NYsTERloUs The Washington State

NYsTERloUs-The Washington States
speaking Of the transfer Of the Union
newspaper into new hands, says:
We have already announced the change
Of partnership in the Washington Uuion,
by which the official Journal, as our grave
contemporary characterizes il, passes from
the control Of Nr. Cornelius Wendell into
the hands Of Brigadies General George
Washington Bowman The complete de.
tails Of the transaction, though now in our
possession, We reserve Tor future exposition
when the public will admi, that the pro-
ceeding l. without parallel, in 50 far as i,
exhibits the Attorney General Of the Uni
It'd STATE. negotiating and attestesting the
sale Of newspaper FOR consideration to
be pad, not by the individual purchaser,
but with the funds Of Government distrib.
uted in the shape Of Executive patronage.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ON THE STEPS OF
OF THE UNION CLuB HousE-On Monday
night, between 10 and L o'clock, a gentle.
man residing in Fifth avenue observed
young lady. dressed in mourning and of re-
spectacle appearance. leaning upon the rail-
ing of the Union Club House, on the corner
of Twenty-frst street and Fifth avenue, ap-
parently ill. Upon questioning her, she
confessed that she had taken laudnum for
the purpose of self-destruetion. having been
deserted by her husband ard lost her young
child, and that she had now no object in
life. She appeared very much distressed
in mind and body, aud produced the vial
two ounce vial-which she had cmptied
of its contents She stated that OWING to
the interference of her husbands friends,
he had deserted her last Wednesday, 30th
March, since which time she had eaten no
food, and sought relieffrom her misery only
in death She was immediately carried to
administered, which relieved the stomach
Of quantity OF fluid, but not one particle
Of food The physician in Attendance sta
ted that she had not eaten certainly in four
days. One Of the gentlemen present went
for her husband. a fast youth of the fancy
order, WHO came in with an air of noncta!-
ance. and asked her cooly what was the
matter He also stated that her sister had
told him that day that his wife had eaten
nothing since he left her. After the dam
ger from the poison was passed, the two
were left together Her only desire in
living is to possess the affections Of her hus
band, who is evidently unworthy Of her
love, as he himself admitted she had done
nothing to forfeit it. At his request and
for the sake of his wife, their names are
withheld from publication.-EhprtSs.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19

4 RASCAL CoCGHI. A man named 4. II.
Monroe, who lives in Indiana, vas arrested in
Wisconsin, and brought 10 this city Yesterday,
charged with selling 20 Little & Co., Of Ess, Sag
inaw, forged drafts on New York. He has prac-
ticed this sort Of villsiny pretty extensively in
this State Indiana and Wisconsin, and is finally
caught He also is guilty Of bigamy, having
abandoned his wife in Indiana no; long since, and
deceived young girl whom he had with him in
Wisconsin He admits all his crimes, and will
now probably &c: his ful ldeserts-Detroit Tri5.
uns
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-04-19

HE Man THAT NEVER HOLDS THE BABY.
Miss Bremen is after "the man that new
cr holds the baby with warm applications.
Hear her:
d" At no other time does gentleman ap-
pear 10 such advantage as when presiding
patrarchally in the bosom of his family
Certain it is, that large majority of the
more fascinating gentlemen one meets in
society are men of family. The man who
reserves his sour moods for homc-.who
boards up the spleen which he dared not
wreak on strangers, for the domestic circle
who slams the front door till the whole
house quivers-who snatches off bis beaver,
and tears off his coat with growl, and
bounces into the room with sharp snarl-
who tosses poor pussy off her comfortable
cushion for sheer spite, and kicks Ponto
till he fairly yells with pain; but. oh , oh
especially the man who ucrcr nurses the
baby, is prepared to pcrpetrate any cnormi-
ty whatever, and should be banishei with
hue and cry, from the society Of humanized
beings Mark him well; he is ripe for
treason, stratacems, and Spoil> let no
such man be trusted"
So much for orr friend who nurses the
baby.