Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-05-26

              VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 2G, 1857. NO. 28. .h MUSIC OF FARM AND SIIOF LABOR. The banging of tbe hammer, The whirling of the plane, . The crushing of the bnsy law, ' The oreaking of the crane, , The ringing of the onril, Tbo grating of the drill, ' . .,Tbo clattering of the turning lathe, The whirling of the mill, - ' The bailing of the ipindle, The rattling of the loom, The pulling of the engine J The fan'a continuous boom, The clipping of the tailor's ahean, Tho diving of the awl The sounds of honest Industry, IloTO I LOVITUBM ALL. -"' The clicking of tbe magic type, The earnest talk of men. Tho toiling of tho giant press, The scratching of the pen, The tapping of the yard stick, The tinkling of the scabs, The whistling of the needle, (When nobrightchoek it palos) the humming of the cooking stove, tho surging of the broom, . , tbe pattoring foot of ehildhoood, the housewife's busy bum, the butting of the scholars, The teacher's kindly call These sounds of active Industry, I love I LOVl TUG 31 ALL. I love the plowman's whistle. The reapor's choorful song, The drover's oft repeated shout, Spurring bis stock along; ' ' Tho bustlo of tbe market man, As bo hios him to tho town ; The halloa from the troo top. As the ripenod fruit comes down, The busy sound of threshers, Who clean the ripened grain : The huskor's joko and catch of glee, 'Neath tho moonlight on the plain ; Tho kind voice of the drayman, The shepherd'sgcntle call These sounds of pleasant Industry, I love I LOVI THEM ALL. ' Oh there's a aooo in labor, If wo labor but aright, That givos vigor to the day time, And sweotor sleep at night ; A good that bringeth pleasure, Evon to tho tolling hours, for duty cheers tho spirit, As dow rovives tho flowers. Then say not that Jehovah Gave labor as a boom j , No I 'tis tho richost mercy From tho eradle to the tomb. Thon let us still bo doing Whato'cr we find to do, "With cheerful hopeful spirit And free hand, strong and truo. Hi) Mtfesilog 3foNj. JUDGE RBaSEiVniRST CLIENT. '. Old Judge Remsen of Cowan was fond of telling his oarly experience t the bar, My. first case, lie would say, came upon me uncxpectcd.after I had wailed a considerable lime for a client. The way 1 came to cot it was tins : A young girl, Helen Montressor, was to be tried at our Uouniy uourt tor steal-inn" a breastpin, valued at four dollars, nnd twenty dollars in gold, from the trunk of her employer, James Wesley, Merchant in the town of Bedford. The theft, which was detected five weeks before, occasioned quite a talk at the time, as tiw girl was beautiful, and Wesley and hie wife Eunice were anything but that, besides being generally detested. People said Helen had .been shamefully treated by her mistress, ho was jealous of ber ; and it was even "hinted that there had been foul play m the prosecution for thelt. The subsequent trial of a gang of coun terfeiters and horse thieves had so absorbed public attention, Hint the case of Helen Montrcssor was forgotten and no one seem ed to care for her fate. But when she was ulaced in the prisoner's box, her beauty riveted every eye, and when the Judge nsked her who was her counsel, and she modestly replied that she had none and no money to pay a lawyer, mere was not a member of the bar who would not have willingly undertaken her case. The Judge after looking round for a moment, fixed Ibis eve upon me, and said, " Mr. Remsen, will you please act as tho young lady's counsel. 1 started as tno' x naa Deen shot. ; Lnckily a juror had been taken ill, anS'the Court adjourned till ten next morn- ins, or 1 am afraid I should have made sad work wiith my client's case. As I left the court room I looked at my watch, it waselevea, so I bad but twenty-three hours to prepare. I called upon the District Attorney and asked to see the indictment and the evidence taken before the Justice of the Peace. At he tumbled 'over a pile of documents in search of the -papers, be said": . " The Judge roust have a spite against you, Remsen, to put you in such a light place, and you a green hand. .No offence," be added, as he observed the "rising -color of my cheek" no offence ; I simply meant that you ate inexperieno-d. ' There are the documents; take them JiOme with you only be sure to bring them to court to morrow morning. ou will -tee that your client has not rerinnee." . ' " ' ' " . , I was annoyed at tbit light reference to 'triy'client, ' for whom I entertained deep .respect and believed innocent ; but 1 said jinthinc.,: Hnsteninff to my offioe I locked 'myself In and eommeneedllw analysis of .my ease, me evidence consisted oi me testimony of Jamet and Eunice Wesley, BaraH 'Brown,' t ' seamstress, Charlotte Boyoe, a domeslio, and Thomas Hanne-jm, man of all work employed by the Wesleys. IlioneganV evidence : seemed ' 'straightforward and truthful, anrj so did ' the servant girl's. I made up my mind that they were not unfriendly to my client, " and that I would seek an interview with i them, although it would necessitate a tnurner to Bedford. In Miss Brown's testimony I t once detected intense .ma-lice,., and detertpin lt harrow ler .un mercifully in cross-examination. Wesley's evidence was similar in Blyle Bnd matter to that of Hannegan ; but Airs. Wesley s was full, discursive and acrimonious- such as, that " She had always believed Helen to be a viper, but her husband upheld the trollop." To my mind the case seemed clear : Mrs. Wesley herself had put those things in Helen's trunk. I next went to Hie Uourt House, ana requested Mr. Mace, the Sheriff, who lived in the wing of the building, to introduce me to the prisoner, ile conducted me to ber cell. Although the bolts clanged heavily as they sprang from the locks, our entrance did not seem to attract her at tention. She was standing with clasped hands before her grated wiudow, gazing at the sky. The sheriff touched her arm, and said, " Miss Montressor, Mr. Remsen is the lawyer who is to manage your case, and he wants to see you. one started, turned quickly around, and made an inclination of ber head, to indicate her readiness to listen, but she said not a word. The sheriff left the cell nnd we were alone. Conscious that every moment was precious, said : " Miss Montressor, we must throw aside ceremony, nnd communicate frankly upon this painful business. I believe you are innocent. Tbe thing is to prove you so. This promises to be difficult, but I am not without hope. If you will tell me frankly, what your experience has been with the Wesleys, my task may be lightened." X then put a series of questions, and learned she was fifteen years old ; that she had lived wiih Mrs. Wesley, who had been married about eight years ; that she had lived with a kind old gentleman named Gregory, who had taught her to call him grandpa ; that Mrs. Wesley, who was then called Miss Naesmith, lived with Mr. Gregory, also ; that be seemed afraid of Miss Naesmith ; that Miss Naesmith inherited all his property, and married Mr. Wesley about a month after be died ; that Bhe told her never to call him grandpa any more, for he wasn t any relation to her : that the day on which old Mr. Ore- gory died be gavo her a sealed package, and told her not to let Xuinice see it ; but to give it to a certain lawyer when he re turned to town, for it would make her a rich young lady, and lie cried and snid he had let Eunice have her own way loo much ; that she fell asleep wiih the packet in her lap, and when she awoke it was gone, and she never Jure ask any question about it ; that Mrs. Wesley hated her, and beat her, and treated her like a slave, and that she sometimes thought of drowning herself, she was so miserable ; thai Mr.Wesley said impertinant things to her; that he was a bad man. but weak and under his wife's control ; that the day on which her trunk was searched, she was sent on an errand to the minister's ; was gone about an hour and a hnlf, and on her return was taken up stairs to see her trunk opened before she had pulled off her bonnet and shawl ; then she was sure Mrs. Wesley had put things in her trunk while she was -out, because she (Helm) had overhauled it that morning, nnd they were not in then ; but whether Mr. Wesley knew about it, she could not say, although she rather thought he did, because he looked guilty when his wife was opening her trunk. Telling the ipoor girl to cheer up, I went to the Sheriff's sitting room, where I found Mrs. Mace. I at once informed her that in my opinion Miss Montressor was a persecuted girl, and hoped she would try to cheer her up, so that she could enter the court-room with a good heart oa the morrow ; this the kind hearted woman promised to do, and I hastened to my office. My brain was in a whir!. Gregory grandpa the pactet which was to mnke her a rich young iady its mysterious disappearance ? Was "old Mr. Gregory really Helen's grandfather ? Was the pack et his last will and testament, bequeathing his property to her ? And had Eunice Naesmith, now Mrs. Wesley, stolen it from live child as 6he slept that she might clutch the property by virtue of a former will which had been forced from the old man ? " He cried, and said he had let Eunice have ber own way too much!" Her own way abnut what? I felt I had got on the track of great villany, and thought! could understand the reason for Eunice Wesley's hatred of Helen, and her desire to blast the poor girl's ttiaracter. After spending a half an hour in arranging my plans, 1 ordered a enrnage and drove to Bed ford. It was two when I reacted the village. I wished first to see Hannegan, Wesley's serving man. ; By making a few cautious inquiries at live tavern, and di&ursing a half dollar to the hostler, Hannegan was soon in my room. lie was pleased to find I was Helen s friend, and on my promis ing him never to let what he said go to Mrs. Wesley t ear, he told me sue naa treated -the poor girl like a dog ; that he had seen her strike Helen, and hear! ber threaten to kill her and ruin her reputation; and that he believed the breastpin and money had been put into the trunk by the old catamaran herself. He stated what Helen's behaviour was when the articles were found in her trunk, and described the breastpin and money. The latter consisting of tour hall eagles, one of which had a hole in it, that bad been made bj Mr. Murch, tho jew Her, so Mr. Wesley could string it on a ribbon for t uiiiuuvy present iot me ministers lime boy and that was one way Mrs. Wesley knew the money was hers. He also gave me a letter signed " Eunice Gregory," that he had found in the yard that day, and which be maintained was in Mrs, Wesleys's , hand-writing. Tbat had made him suspect ber name was not Naesmith before the wat married to Wesley, and. he had thought that she might nave been some relation to old Mr. Greporv. and there must have been something bad. to make her change her name. n This information made a deep impression on my mind taken in connection with what Helen bad told me ; besides, the name Eunice Gregory teemed floating in taj me. mory as though I had seen it connected with some event which had faded from recollection and was dimly recalled. I dismissed Hannegan, and paid a visit to Mr. Murcb, the jewler, told him who I was, nnd for what I called. He remembered the half eagle business in fact it was on his record. He turned to see on what day the hole was made in tbe half engle. It was Wednesday, the 1 7th of March the very day Helen's trunk was searched. I asked at what hour the coin was delivered to Mrs. Wesley. He replied that she called for it about eleven in the forenoon, and that Miss Montrcssor's trunk was searched about one in the afternoon of the same day. . " That looks very strange," said I, " Would you have any objections to attend the trial to-morrow, with your books, and testify ? ' " None at nil," lie replied. I turned to depart. At that moment Wesley entered the shop and was accosted by the jewller, who gave mo a wink to indicate who he was, We had never before met, so I regarded him at my leisure. He was an evil looking man. Over his left eye was n queer shaped scar which ran crookedly across his forehead. The instant I saw the scar I felt as though the whole thing was clear. The scar, the description of which I so well remembered, brought the whole story freshly to my memory. I remembered now the name of Eunice Gregory the child murderess and there stood her accomplice under an assumed name. Giving the jewller a warning glance, I hastened to my carringe and drove furiously home, shut myself in my room, and determined to pass tho entire night, if necessary, in preparing Tor the contest. I wished to clear my client on the charge wiade against her, expose the Wesleys, and oblige them to make restitution to the wronged and pillaged orphan.I ransacked my memory to find something tangible concerning the past career of Eunice Gregory and her accomplice, but found nothing. I had read the story many years before in a newspaper, the name of which 1 could not remember. I could not prove that the Wesleys were the same parlies ; and snouia l mention my suspicions in court the District Attor ney would scout at them as ridiculous and malicious inventions of my own and tnc Judge would charge tho jury to give no heed to them. X must sap the characters of the Wesleys in my cross examination of their witnesses and thus try to effect a breach sufficient to justify a direct assault, on a charge of conspiracy againt Helen, and crush James Wesley on the witness stand. And 1 wove my meshes for the victim until the morning sun rays streamed through my window. . . The Court was opened, tbe jury empanelled, the case called. Helen Montressor placed in tho prisoner's box, and ihe District Attorney's telling, merciless opening of tho case completed, in what seemed to be but a few minutes of time. Helen seemed to look more innocent than ever, and I resolved that full justice should be done her, if my resources could compass such a result. It is in such an hour that a lawyer feels the honor and dignity of his position it is then that he also feels his responsibility. The first witness was Charlotte Boyce. She had been called by her mistress to go up and see Helen's trunk searched ; and she went up and saw the breastpin and money fouod in it tucked away in one corner. By my cross examination I elicited the fact that Helen had just come home from an errand, (on which she had been sent more than a hour,) when ber trunk was searched, and had on her bonnet and shawl ; that " she looked quite innocent and unconcerned until the things were found, and then she seemed astonished." On dismissing the witness I gated at the jury, but they sat with stern faces, as though resulved that nothing could make them clear the culprit. 1 called Miss Boyce back, faying 1 had forgotten a very important point. This excited some attention, and when I asked her if Mrs- Wesley was in the habit of ill treating the prisoner, everybody pricked op their enrs. The girl hesitated and stammered, and finally said she was. And why do you think so?" I asked. " because Mrs. Wesley beat her once with a large club, and threatened to kill her and was always scolding her. Bat don't ask me any more questions," she suddenly exclaimed, " or I shall lose my place 1" I glanced at Mrs. Wesley, nnd saw that she was regarding herservnnt with a look of intense malignity, and to annoy ber I appealed to the Court to protect the wit-nets against the threatening looks of her mistress. This brought all eyes to a focus on Mrs. Wesley's ugly countenance, and she turned fairly white with indignation. Tbe Judge told the witness to speak without fear, and if she lost her place by tel ling the truth, she would find plenty of , n tf-J :.L il- ! oeuerenes. ceing snusuea wuu ma impression made, I told the witness she might go.and the District Attorney permitted her to pass without questioning. The next witness was Miss Sarah Brown, the seamstress a rat-eyed, hatchet-faced, dapper little ereaUire. She was at work for Mrs. Wesley at the time the theft was discovered, She met Helen the day before the trunk was searched, coming out of her mistress room, nndsheJooked so guilty she suspected she had been doing something wrong. The tame diy Mrs. Wesley spoke to her about the things being gone and she told ber suspicions. Thereupon she thought it would be a good plan to scach Helen's trunk J proposed to do il at once, but Mrs. Wesley preferred to wait. When the trunk was searched, the things were found in it.just as the expected they would be." When the witness was passed over to me, I asked in a careless tone, bow the knew the money was in Mrs. Wesley's room the day the met Helen coming thence. " She knew it, because Mrs. Wesley bad told ber. Could't be mistaken, for Mr. Wesley had spoken about the half- eagl with it, which she was going to present the minister's boy." This I made her say over and over again, until there could bo no mistake about it, and then asked if she knew who made the hole in the half engle. " Yes ; Mr. Murch, tho jewller, made it." " Is ho in the room ?" I asked. " Yes, there he is," said she pointing. I told Miss Brown she could go.and the District Attorney requested that Mr. Murch should be sworn. The Attorney bnnded to Murch thu identical half eagle and asked if recognized it. He said he did ; that the magistrate who committed the prisoner had made a mark upon it. " That's all ; the witness is your's, Mr. Remsen." ' " Do you remember Mr. Murcb.on wh.-.t day of the month you made the hole in the half eagle ?" I asked. "It was on the 17th of March," said ho. " Why, that was the very day the prisoner trunk was searched, was it not?" said I, turning to the District Attorney. " That is the day mentioned in the indictment," he replied. Turning again to the witness, I said, " Mr. Murch, please recollect with precision ; you beard the witness who preceded you swear that Mrs. Wesley told her that the identical half eagle with the hole then made in it,, was in her husband's trunk on or before the 16th of last March." "Yes," said Murch, "I heard her swear to that, and was astonished, for Mrs. Wesley brought me the coin in the afternoon of the 16th and told me I must have it fixed by noon next day ; at 11 on the 7th, she came lor it, and at l mat aitcr- noon it was lound in Miss Montressor s trunk." The District Attorney turned sharp round and gave the Wesleys a piercing look. Mrs. W. was immovable; but Wes ley turned pale and fairly cowered beneath the gaseof the Attorney, who, I saw.was convinced of the true facts of the case ; and Judges and jury seemed to be of the same mind. I felt certain, men, ol a ver dict in my client's favor ; but how was I to crush tho Wesleys and how win back her estate i I decided on my course. Hannegan was next, and I showed by him that Mrs. Wesley had persecuted the prisoner in the most outrageous manner beating her, and threatening to kill her, and ruin her reputation, nnd treating her shamefully. His testimony excited so much indignation against the couple, that I lonired tor tho moment wuen James Wesley should take the stand. When Hannegan retired, Mrs. Wesley whispered to her husband, nnd he whispered to the Attorney. The latter seemed surprised, but announced that the prosecution would there rest the case. ' Everybody was surprised that the Wes leys were not called, and my plans were all disarranged. I divined at once that Mrs. Wesley had suggested this course to shield her husband and herself fromcross-examination. Had the instinct ofself-preservation told her what was coming ? I rose to open my case for the defense, nnd I be gan by stating that I had incontestiblc evidence that a conspiracy had been en tered into to blast the character ot my client, to enable the parties in the conspir-asy tc perfect certain secret plans, which would fill the community with horror. I saw that everybody was prepared to believe almost any thing and determined to waste no time in words. So I requested that James Wesley might be sworn, and desired the Judge to linvo Eunice Wesley re moved while her husband was being examined. She was taken out by the Sheriff and I turned to question James Wesley." James Wesley," snid I, sternly, 'how cams that scaron your forehead?" As the villain turned ghastly pale, str.g-gered, and clutched at the railing of the witness box for support, I felt sure of my man. "Answer me, Bob Harmon ; how came that scar on your forehead 1" At the mention of the name of " Bob Harmon," the wretch fell back upon the seat and groaned, " Oh don't don't bring that ngin me I" " I shall bring that up, and more too, unless you answer trie truly about this pre tended theft. Now, tell me did not Eunice Gregory put those things in Miss Montressor's trunk ?" "Oh my Godl how did you know a-bout Eunice Gregory ? Don't bring that up now. It's gone by years ago," groaned the wretched man. " Answer me, then ; did not ydur wife put those things in Miss Montressor's trunk?" " Yes, she did i let the girl go, and don't ask any more questions." The excitement had now become overwhelming, and the witness began to fear for bis bodily safety a fact thatI-determined to use as an additional screw. " I shall ask a little more," I replied, as I do not wish to expose you to tbe rage of this audience, if you'll answer promptly. Where is the will thnt old Mr. Gregory executed, in which he made his grandchild, Helen Montressor, his heir, and which he gave her to give to his lawyer when he returned the will your wife stole from the child as she lay sleeping ?" "Oh, Loidt it's come at last 1 just as I told her it would." "Where is the will?" I thundered. "It is burnt," he exclaimed, but " Helen is his only surviving relationfand the will by which my wife got the pro-perty wat a forged one." Having achieved everything, and not caring to prolong the painful scene, I ask-ed the District Attorney if it would not be best to dismiss tbe ease. He cherfully assented, and Miss -Montressor, who a her flush bf agitation and : thankfulness looked more lovely than ever, was released from the custody of Mr, Mnoe and placed in charge of his wife, while Wesley and his wife slunk away from indignation.The excitement was to great the Court was not adjourned till 3 P. M., and I was obliged to state for the gratification of the crowd how I had managed to get on the track of the Wesleys. I told that many years before I had read an account of the murder of a child by its aunt, Eunice Gregory, assisted by her lover, one Rob Harmon, for the purpose of possessing ber niece's estate. In that account it was stated that Harmon, at the timo of the murder, had fallen down an area and gashed his forehead terribly, which afterwords healed and left a peculiar scar. The hints I received from Helen's story, and the letter signed Eunice Gregory, had pet my memory at work, and when I met Wesley and observed the peculiar scar on his forehead, the whole thing flashed upon mc, and I determined to make a bold push to expose them, and not only defend Helen against the charge of larceny, but wrench from her unnatural aunt the patrimony that had been withheld from her. My explanation was receivtd with applause, and a movement set on foot to have the Weslys indicted for perjury, but it was never carried out, as they disappeared from that part of the country and we all thought it best not to bring them back for any purpose whatever. Heleti secured her estate, end I secured Helen; nod if you will go home with me you shall have an introduction to her and the children. That first case did tbe business for me nil round, as by it I secured a great reputation, plenty of practice, a handsomo wife and a large fortune. Grain llesonrcvs in the Northwest From careful inquiry, personally mado both of people from tlib country and along the lines of three of tho principal roads loading into this city, wc are convinced that the expectation indulged in by some of our cotcmporarics in regard to the quality of gram to coino forward to this market during the present season, arc not founded on facts. The crop of last year was by no means remarkable ; it has probably been largely over-estimated, as tho events of tho Spring and Summer will prove. Though it was largo enough to havo left, in an ordinary season, a very considerable surplus in the hands of tho farmers, tho extraordinary duration of tho winter has cleaned out their granaries and cribs entirely ; and even in ourown State thousands of men who usually have corn and oats to sell, have been for a month past and aro yet buying from their neighbors to keep their cattle and horses alivo until a few warm and pleasant days bring out the new grass. All along tho Mississippi on tho Iowa side, there is thogreatest distress among farmers for feed, and many of them, so great is tho scarcity, aro losing entire herds by starvation. A gentleman from Maquokcta tells us that in that region by tho way, ono of tho richest and most productive parts of Iowa cattle are a vine by nunarcas, anu mat larmcrs wno hauled their surplus to the river and sold it in tho fall, aro now buying it back by wagon loads at three times the prices they got for it six months ago. In tho country vast nt u-venport, and about Iowa City, tho savno state of thinss exists. At Quincy tho demand for corn to take over into Missouri, is much grea ter than tho supply; and one distillery at least is buying grain at St. Louis and sending it up tho river by tho boat load to avoid stopping work, as it would do if obliged to depend upon homo supplies. At Keokuk and Burlington tho demand is very activo and tho supply small, as it is, indeed, in every other part of the West from which wo havo hoard ; along tho St. Louis and Chicago road there is moro corn, but not half tho usual quantity. Along tho tralena Air Line, ualena and Chicago, tho Chicago, Burlhigton and Quincy and tho Chicago and liocK Island roads, hardly a full crib is to bo seen. In ono word, tho cattle havo eaten up tho entire surplus of corn, oats, hay, and in many places, the potatoes al so. 1 lie winter nas exceeded its usual length by fully forty days ; and in those days tho mischief has been done. Let the doubter take his pencil and make his own figures. There aro in Illinois fully two million horses, mules, cows, oxen and other cattle. Admit that on ly a half of tins number, saying nothing of tho thrco millions sheep and swine, havo re quired forty days extra feed, and then sco what, alter tlicir wants were supplied, would bo loft of tho very moderate crop of 185G. We know that there nrc dealers and journalists who think the alarm in regard to scarcity is unfounded, and that it is gotten up for purely speculative purposes; but we cannot agree with their conclusions, nor can we divine tho source of tho facts, if their conclusions are honest, upon which they are based. We have as outside parties devoted much time and pa tience to tho inquiry, the aggregate results of which wo iiavo stated above, and our convictions aro arrived at without the prompting of personal interest without a shade moro of sympathy lor the bulls than wo feel for the bears ; and wo aro induced to publish them only because wo conccite it U be a natter of the first importance to itho business men of tho country to be correctly informed as to tho capabilities and resources of the Territory to which they look for their trade. If tho warning that may bo gathered from our accounts, WHICH yrv aumii, i uuiciui i-uuuii, vtm i'ii-- vent any from overstocking, or from selling present stocks Upon expectations of spocdy pay, or il it will stimulate tho farmers to sow and ulant a widor aroa, and to practice more economy in tho uso of their hay and grain in subsequent seasons, wo shall have accomplish- ,i , m. . m..:i. o i fuT. d all W0 UOSiro. A iwium, ouiiiruiiy um. Colored Candy is Poisonous. At a recent meeting of tho Select Commit- teo of the British House of Commons to in quire into tho adulterations of articles sold for food, fee., Dr. Taylor, the -celebrated Prof, of Chemistry at Guy's Ilospital, mado tho following statement in regard to colored confec tions : " In red candy, vermillion and rod lead wero used ; And in (lie yellow, oxido of lead and chromatf rod, which was very dangerous, and had been known to bo the causo of the death of a child in 1853. Tho extract of bitter almonds, which was used in confections, was a most powerful poison, as it contains from six to twelve per cent. f prussic acid. Twenty drops of tho oil killed a woman forty-nine years of age in halfan hour. A compound of it, called " almond flavor," was much used, but was very dangerous. There was an instance in which half an ounce had killed a woman thirty-six years of ago in half an hour." (gr The land warrants issued during April under the bounty act of 1855 was over 3,000, requiring nearly 500,000 acres. More than 200,000 warrants have been issued altogether, to satisfy which 25,000,000 acret will benecessary. EX-GOVEKNOH ITIVEICS. It will bo rcmomborod that last year, carty in tho Prcsidontiul campaign, Ex-Gov. Mykiis of Lucas county, Ohio, came out in a strong Republican lettor, repudiating tho nomination of Jamks Buciiaxax, and denouncing tho action of tho party with which up to that time ho had been associated, on tho subject o Slavory. No little etTort has been mado in sonio localities by tho ISuchanccr leaders to produce an impression that Ex-Gov. Myers and others who had taken similar grounds, had abandoned their Republican position, and aro again acting with their former political associates. To show how little ground thoro is for such "expectorations" in regard to Ex-Gov. Myers, we copy tho following lettor written by him and published in tho Morenci (Michigan) Journal: . Tolkdo, April 21. 1837. Mn. C. B. Wiley Dear Sir : Mr. Mott handed mo your letter to him, and wished ine to answer it, in which letter you say : " It is reported by some of tho leading Democrats of this county that James Myers of Toledo has renounced tho Republican party, and gone over to tho BuchananitcS. Wo should regret very much to learn that such is tho Case,-but if it is not true, wo wish to bo able to moot tho falsehood in tho faco whilo it is alivo." How this report could havo originated, I cannot imagine, unless it was from a remark I mado on one occasion, at a timo when Governor Geary's action was such as to justify the opinion that ho would net impartially, and do justice to tho Free Stato men of Kansas. I supposed then, and I suppose now, that Geary was appointed at tho inslanco of Mr. Buchanan, and as Mr. B. was soon to assumo the con trol of tho government, that Uov. Ucary's action in Kansas foreshadowed Mr. It.'s policy on tho slavory question, and as I believed and stated on all occasions when I expressed an opinion upon the subject, during the last Presidential canvass, that tho freedom or slavery of Kansas depended upon that issue. I felt, viewing tho ncti:n of Gov. Geary as I did at tho time of my remark above referred to, that I might havo been mistaken and havo done Mr. Buchanan injustice. I therefore frankly stated that I thought probably that I had boon mistaken in tho firmness and honesty of Mr. B.'s character, and if it should provo so, it would give mo great pleasure to acknowledge my error, for my desiro to have Mr. B. take nn honest, just position on tho slavery question far outweighed any pride of opinion 1 possessed ; and I will not now disguiso tho fact that no political event could havo given nic moro sincere pleasure than would havo that of tho Democratic organization under the administration of Mr. Buchanan returning to tho principles of Jell'erson and his compeors on the subject of slavery. But my cheri;;ted hopes and desires havo all vanished, and firm conviction has taken their place, that tho friends of freo labor have nothing to expect from Mr. B. or his administration but complete subser vicnev to tho slave power, oven beyond that of President Picrco and his administration, if possible. Mr. B. has even sacrificed his friend Gov. Oicarv, at their bidding, ami tilled all tho offices of Kansas with Border Kullians and extreme Southern men, some of them, as Gov. Geary says, " whoso hands and arms up to their elbows aro. red With blood 1 I know them to bo murderers." Tho Northern dough faces will now attoinpt to deceive the people of tho North by every possible devise ; they now say that tho pro-slavery Border Ruffians in whoso hands tho wholo power in Kansas is thrown by reason of tho General Government recognizing the Border Ruffian Legislature and their nefarious acts, will not incorporate in their constitution any recognition of slavery, as slavery is now protected there by the bogus laws, nnd tho United States Supremo Court has entered tho political arena, and prostituted its assumed powers to tho legalization of slavery everywhere. Slavery is safe in Kansas, unless specially forbidden in their constitution. Tho Bogus legislature and the Supremo Court is all that is necessary for slavery. Rcsnoctfullv, Yours, JAMES MYERS. Sulnrnlus in Bread. Saleratus is becoming almost as necessary with our pcoplo for the production of bread, ns flour. The wholcsomencss of its uso is questioned by a Philadelphia paper, which says : If our Westcrh friends Cnn In any way, teach iVrclr wives, daughters, or cooks to keep tho pcarlash out of their bread, all the vellow neonle. efwciallvtho yellow children. who are supposed to bo turned yellow by tho fever and ague, billious fevers, &c., will soon be ro-turncd white. It is a great mistake to suppose that tho yellow countenances of tho West como from bile, when it is only the enormous quantities of pcarlash eaten in the bread that is reflected through tho skin. Bread is tho staff of lilts, it is said, and so it is, but it is tho stair of death, too, in this country. Bad bread kills about as many people here as bad mm. So many pcoplo eat poisonous peariash for bread, that they dio of it by inches. Dyspepsia, that great monster disease of our country, that deranges the liver, brings on costiveness, and thus finally, what kills tho human victim is, half the tiiuo, "Pearlash." Hero, in the East out of New England wo have nearly driven olf the pcarlash taltm-tits cooks lut not altogether, rnarlaslt lives here yet in bfeftct--bitt in tho cities and towns wc have whipped out tbo murderers. In the distant Wostern towns, however, beyond tho good hotels of tho Lakes, and on tho Riv ers, I'earlush, however, tinuer mo namo oi saleratus. is King. It is pcarlash for break fast, pearlash for dinner and pcarlash for supper. It is not any wonder, then, thnt white people East tHrn yellow West, and sicken, not of fevor and ague, billions and congestive fcvcrs,i-but of Pcarlash thrco times per day. A Slbmariss TELnoBArn to Ccda. Tbe petition of FeTer Coopeh and others, for tho privilcgo to construct a submarine electric telegraph between tho United States and Cuba, is now under consideration by the Spanish Gov-eminentDoino Himsew Honon. Tho tukc of Wcl lington is announced as President or Chairman of the next annual meeting (dinner) of the London Printers Ponsion Socict. Rents at St. Pail. The St Taul (Min.) Advertiser, says the landlords of that place this season advanced their rates for stores and dwellings from twenty to thirty per eeftt over tho prices demanded for the same buildings last year, and think themselves justified in doing so by tho increase of businoss and Inrmigration in prospect. UrSOI.UTIOXS OP TI1K C'ON(;itEGA. . TIONAL CtlUltCJI AT OB Hit LIN. Tho following resolutions wore passed by tho Cleveland Congregational Conference, held ' at Obcrlin, April 22nd. SaolvniL That wc approve the recent At-cision of tho American llome Missionary Society, indicating thoir future courso in rofor ence to slavo-holding churches, and are happy to add that we shall gladly co-operato with this institution, so full of promiso to thu country and to tho World. 1. IlesolveJ, That as Christian citizens, W view with deop grief tho continued disposition of tho Federal Government, and of the Feder- al Judiciary, acting seemingly under the prompting and for the advantage of tho slave power, to encroach on tho reserved rights of tho several States, and on tho inherent rights of humanity ; being convinced, that, unless it is soon arrested, it will work tho ovorthrovr ' of tho liberties and freo institutions transmit- " ted to us, nndor God, from our Revolutionary Fathers. 2. Iteaoleei, That in theso fearful encroach' inents, wo acknowledge tho divino hand of ro-tributivo justice towards tho wholo people of tho United States for their abuse of tho colored man, ilndertlio system of slavery which they have stolidly fostered into its prescntcol-lossal strength, believing, as wo do, that this system could not havo thus spread itself but through the connivance of tho church, and tha neglect of her pulpits to proclaim the testimony of the Biblo against oppressors. 3. Jletoh-c l, That wo regard tho recent pronounced decision of tho majority of tho Supremo Court of the United States in tho Drod Scott case, as being disgraceful to tho Court itself in that it is unrighteous, and in all its points but that of jurisdiction -cxtm-judicial contrary to the previous decisions of the samo Court, nnd m disregard or many familiar facts in history ; also as doing violenco to the spirit of our Constitution in that it makes slavery national and denies to the freo States tho right of prohibiting slavery on their own ground, nnd creates anti-Democratic social distinctions ; as being hostilo to the Religion both of naturo and tho Biblo in that it wrests from those it it crushes tho inalienable rights God has giv en them in common with all created intelligen ces. 4. IlesolveJ, That wo approve and commend to tho approval of all fiood men, tbo boldness manifested so extensively by the pulpit and tho pross, religious and secular, in tho con demnation of slavery ; and wo take special pleasure in noticing the mighty power of divino authority and Scriptural denunciation against wicked laws and unrighteous judge which has been developed in the Now York Tmlepeiuknt. Thesj facts wo think indicata that tho virtue and religion of tho American people will now bo brought to hear with energy to defeat tlio machinations of tho Slav Power against tho liberties of our country ; topurgo tho church of all complicity with lu-galized oppression ; to rectify the Supremu Court, and to revolutionize lotli Stato and national politics so as to make ours a truly Christian government nnd its administration honestly righteous. Every real friend of tho cause of truo tt-liion and human liberty, which must evor be insepcrablo. will read these resolutions witlt heartfelt gratification. There is no moro significant evidence of progress in tho North, than that alforded by the disposition of tin churches to purgo tho blood spot of Slavery from tlicir garments and coino out from amon $ tho foul participators in, and perpetrators of, this great national wickedness. Wellail thes indications of a brighter dawn for Liberty and Religion. Tho church has hitherto stood ill tho way of tho great cause, of which sh should he the most powerful assistant, lot tha voice of tho churches echo tho voices of God and humanity, and a glory will yet shitio upon America, such as was pictured by tho early heroes, nnd which will cheer tbo heart of the truo patriot and christian everywhere. Clrt. Lfa.ier. From linusas. St. Louis, May l3.-Tho Locompton correspondent of tho Republican writes that Judge Cato's Court opened May utli. Several gentlemen, among them prominent niom-bcrs of tho Free State party wero admitted to tho bar, on taking an oath to support the Kansas Nels-aska act. i'At the solicitation of Gov, ltobinson, Secretary Stanton appointed Joseph Lyman of Bos ton, Commissioner ol Ueeds lor Kansas. When tho caw of Hares wa called the Dis trict Attorney stated that be was not ready for tho trial. Tho treason cases will not t reached in some time. About thrco hundred case ars on tho criminal docket. fjr The receipts of the American Coloniz ation Society in April wore $3G.673, includ ing a donation from Mr. Hunt, of Miss., and 12,634 from proceeds ofsaitt ftho McDo-nough cstato in Now Orleans, being tho first payment of tho legacy left by him. Tho So ciety's ship Stevens will sail from Baltimore for Liberia, May 13th. fjr Tho South seem to 1k determined t havo Ex-President I'liiitcK sottlo in thoir uiids Tho Yicksburgh Whig states that $'JO,000 have been subscribed in that city to purchaso a plantation for that gcjaliwuan. Only $t,000 more are needed to completo tin pupcUase. Is tho necessary '-humnn stock' included ? i tm i Ai.AnlS(l Pestitutiox. Vo learn as w go to press from a gentleman who has boon in Uratiot, Tuscola and other northern counties, that many of tho people arc hi furnishing condition and aro subsisting on boiled extlt alons. Is it not best to have a public meeting to define means to relieve this torriblo sutl'orinj f Detroit Tribune. (Kr Tho North-Eastern Railway Compan in England, havo lately paid $14,000 for breaking tho ribs of ono man, and $5,000 for killing tho wife" of another showing whicll rib was worth tho most Frtrrf . Tho papers Ih Ohio, in speaking of tho frait prospects, vorr generally agree in representing that ths eol'd woalhor and a backward nprlng, have not Injured the fruit bud in their several localities. This is good news. Ppors from Central Mississippi, received at Memphis, mention a great hail storm in that quarter, destroying tho crop and a freshet near Jackson Railroad, washing wayptrts of tha road and isrcral cars.