The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-03-08

haustible.
A thousand Chinese in San Francis
CO are preparing for a stampede t.
Washington Territory and the gold re
gions Whereabouts.
Young Lane, the defaulting clerk o
the Fulton Bank, N. Y, has been sen
fenced to the State Prison for 8 years
and months.
Mortimer Shay, convicted at New
York of the murder of John Leary
has been sentenced to be executed 2Otf
April.
A firm in Liverpool, England, intend
to load and send out first-class clipper
ship this season, to discharge at Ham
ilton, on Lake Ontario.
A writer in the n. Y. Spirit of the
Times estimates that there are 5,OOO,-
600 horses in the United States, and
that they are worth S1OO,OOO,OO0.
KANsAs.-The bill abolishing slavery
in Kansas has passed both branches Of
the Legislature, by the requisite two
thirds vote over Gov. Medary's veto.
The Delaware Democratic Conven-
ton last week declared its preference
for Senator Bayard for the Presidency
and instructedits delegates to supportit.
Mr.. Sherman has introduced into the
House bill to abate the mileage NUS
ance, and proposes, to introduce one
making important Postal reforms.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher continues
to improve, though very slowly. She
suffers from neuralgia pains through
the whole body, and from consequent
loss of sleep. Her sight is restored.
A Three Years. Exemption bill, ex-
empting property from execution for
three years-being designed as relief
measure to poor settlers and others
passed both houses of the Minnesota
Legislature.
A conductor on one of the city rail-
road cars, says Cincinnati exchange
paper, has been fined S25 for compel
ling a man to yield his seat to a lady.
The Court held that no lady could
claim seat as right
On Saturday morning the President
of the United States was waited upon
by Signor Lassara, Minister from Spain,
en- grand costume, and presented with
an autograph letter from the Queen of
Spain, announcing the birth of daugh-
ter.
The arming of the South since the
John Brown raid, has been benefit to
northern gunsmiths and powder manu-
facturers. One firm in New York has
been obliged to employ 800 extra hands
to meet the demand for knapsacks, car
fridge boxes and other equipments.
A Mrs. Wood, living in the town of
Convis, near Marshall, in this State,
was found dead in her bed on the morn
ing of the 2sth ult., with her skull
crushed in horrible manner. 1t is
supposed that her husband, who is par
TALLY insane committed the horrid act.
The Washington Star says that the
claim that Douglas has one hundred
and three votes secured for Charleston
is mere brag for effect. 1t says he can:
not at the utmost get over eighty or
ninety, and that these will be given
him only on the first ballot.
At Mill Point, Mich, recently, the
Methodist meeting was broken up by
some scamp putting capsicum on the
stove. Several young men were ar
rested, but the evidence being deficient
they ereremanded, since which anum-
Der of books in the District library
have been burnt, it is supposed in retail
iation.
The leading manager and orator of
the Shoemakers strike at Lynn is but
"a years of age. But he is well edu-
cated-having taken every prize in the
Public and High Schools of Boston,
During the intervals of his laborssas
journeyman shoemaker, he reads law,
and will soon enter the profession. His
name is Alonzo S. Draper.
The Senate of Ohio has passed a bill
to punish kidnapping in that State.
The crime is one thathas been carried on
in several free States, almost with i'm
punity, as it was mosaAprofitable and
tempting whenever successful. The
bill provides safeguards only for free
men, without any provision to interfere
with the rights of the slave owner. 1t
may furnish another text for TRADE
in Congress, notwithstanding.
The excitement among the shoemak-
ers of Lynn, has apparently reached
its climax. 'On Tuesday morning the
deciples of st. Crispin in that town
formed a procession, and marched to