Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-06-16

              f:, ;r VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1G, 1857. NO. 31. II II III A It 1 II II - ID II II II . I I I II If. It II II lit I Jniciv? Intelligence.' . - From the Xooia ( 0. ) Nowi, of May 28tb. ' ' T H B MAN HUNT. SLAVE CATCHING. KK8ISTAKCB OF OFFICEns, AND mait-DANDED 0UTRA0ES Another of those miserable coses of slave-; catching, with , its usually unpleasant concomitants, has been brewing in our vicinity. In ; order that it may be understood, wo begin the story at tho beginning. . On last Tuesday a week, the United States Deputy Marshal and assistants, undertook to arrest a fugitivo slave named Addison, who had been residing in the neighborhood of Mechanicsburg, Cham. paten county, for some six niunths past. The ' result of their valiant ctforts is given as Jol lows by the Urbana Citizen : Quito early in the morning, the party, com. : posed of five Kcntuckians and tho two Deputy . Marshals, made a descent upon the cabin ol . Mr. Hyde, about one milo lrom the burg, - where the colored man Addison resided. Ma. ' king known the object of their visit, and read. ing their warrant, Mr. Hyde told them tlmt Addison was there, and interposed no objec tion to his arrest. Addison in tho meantime, had taken refuge in the loft of the cabin through a hole barely . sufficient to admit his huge body, he being a . remarkably large and stout negro, boon ono of the Kentucky gentlemen mounted the lad dor, with a double-barreled gun in hand, to ' ascend to the loft, tie had scarcely got his head and shoulders through the bole when . Addison fired upon him, the ball striking the gun in front of the Kentuckian's breast and - glanced off, which saved his life This recep tion caused the chivalrous lventuckian to do scend the ladder a good deal faster thun he went up and finding that ho was not killed, - lired up the hole through the root, and retreat- ed from the house. By this time the courage of the party had fairly oozed out at the ends of their fingers, and no further attempt was " made to ascend the loft. In the meantime, Mr. Hyde sent his little girl to a neighbor's to inform him of what was going on. Tho party tried to deter the gil l from going, but she defied their threats . and went on. Word soon went to town, and in a short time quite a crowd came out to tho rescue. - The bruggadocia spirit of the slave ; catchers was properly resented, and finding that they had got into tho wrong diggings to catch fugitives, the wholu party left in double quick timo. Addison, the fugitive, has been living in the neighborhood for some six months, lie got oil' at Mechanicsburg, being unublo to go further for want of funds. Finding employment ho concluded to remain thero until he made enough to send for his wife and children, who were still in Kentucky, but fice. Sumo time since his wife was written to. It is supposed that the letter was intercepted, and by that means his muster came to the knowledge of - his whereabouts. , But the mutter was not to be ended here. tj The disappointed hunters after human chat-tels, returned to Cincinnati and obtained a ! warrant from the U. S. District Court, Tor tho : arrest of four men, by tho names of Hydo, Gutridgo, and two Taylors, on tho charge of " aiding in the escapo of tho fugitive, and on lust Wednesday, Marshall Churchil, of Cincinnati, arrested the parties above named in Champaign county, and started with them to the city. On application a writ of Habeas Corpus was issued by J udge Baldwin, of the Probate Court of Champaign for the relief of the prisoners and put into the hands of the Sheriff of that county, who made pui suit and overtook them at Vienna, Clark county. .The Marshall and his posse refused to obey the writ at first, on the ground that tho Sheriff of Champaign had no right to serve his writ in Clarke county, and they finally told him they did nut intend to bo taken at all, and having no posse, the Sheriff mado no fur- ' ther attempt to serve his writ, but proceeded . on to Springfield and put it into the hands of - Sheriff Lay ton, of Clarke county, who at once proceeded w ith one Hill Coinpton, alter the Marshall and his captives, and overtook them near South Charleston, where without calling further aid they attempted to arrest them. The Marshal and his company numbered some fourteen men, and all made resistance ; sever ol shots were fired, none ofvhich took effect ; but the Marshal and his crowd of hounds set upon the Sheriff, got him down, and beat him co badly that he was disabled, and the scoundrels . proceeded on with their prey. At Charleston a warrant was got out against the Marshal ahd liia posse, for tho assault upon Sheriff Layton, witli intent to kill. The : writ of habeas corpus was ul put into tho " hands of Sheriff Lewis, of Uiis county, and ' ho, with a respectable posse of selected men, ' started out early yesterday iuornicgin pursuit . of the chaps who, it was said, lodged all night - at a , farmer's house on the Jamestown pike, ' about live or six miles cast of Xenia. The ' fugitives wore overtaken noar the town of . Luuiborton by Sheritl' Lewis, and arrested without any difficulty. ." When the Shorilf seized the horses of the carriage in which the United States Marshal was riding, the Marshal with great show of authority shouted out, "hold on there old man 1 " Shorilf" I intend to hold on." ' l&arshdll "Ianr an officer, and doing my ' duty." Sheriff" So am I, and doing myduty"'''-'. - Tho broad grin 'of earnestness, determination and coolness which marked the old Gen-.eral's countenance, together with tho auspicious looking implements of his formidable t posse, about twenty persons, by this timo mado the redoubtable Marshal and his crew . Boon conclude to surrender, without any further ceremony, One fellow Bunker, how-; ever, during tho melee, jumped out of his " buggy, and mado his escupe into the woods, ,,. and lias not been arrested. The rest were -brought back to Xonia about noon. " The Constable and bis posse took the Mar-1, thai and his comrades back to Charleston on '.' tliu one o'clock train, to answer to tho chargo tot assaulting Sherilf La) ton. And the other four wen from Champaign county, in obedience "to tho "habeas corpus," where the legality . and sufficiency of (lie warrant on which they ' wore arrested will be duly investigated., The - people of Champaign county, like; tho : people of all parts of Ohio, do not like to see their neighbors seized, handcuffed and marohed off to a distant city, for the offense of not helping a pack ol slave catchers to do ' their dirty work, and wo do Dot believe they V will permit it, fugitive slave law, or no fugitive . (lave law. The force of that law's infamous '- provisions is about done in Ohio. ' We have learned some facts in . regard to tho conduct of the United Suns Marshal and kia accomj licos, towards the pritoflorfi. wmie in tawr usioay, wnicn go very rr towards showing that they were engaged in a scheme to kidnap these roon nnder co lor of lo- M tottttftr, &a thtta k& Xtfettk, utl deal with them as their depraved passions mignt dictate, xney not only had handcuffed the prisoners, but they treated them with all manner of indignity ; as, for instance, remarking when a convenient limb of a tree projected over the road, that tlmt would be a good pluco to hang such d d abolitionists as they wero. They also threat ened to instantly blow their brains out if they opened their mouths to tell any body that they were under arrest, or what for. Although they stayed all night at Esq. Clemans' in Jasper Townsip, he did not learn tho character of tho strangers ho hospitably entortained. When they left his house in the morning they inquired the shortest road to ihc Ohio river. Such brutal conduct, by presiding United Stales officers, towards free white citizens of Ohio, deserves to be punished with the highest penulticsof tho law, If the law is lamo, then they should bo made to taste some of the blessings they themselves were attempting to administer to their betters. AEEESTS AND BESCUEI UNITED STATES DEPUTY MARSHAL AND POSSE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY 1. There has been great excitement during the last two days, in Greene county, in this Stale, in consequence of the arrest or four in-dividuuls charged with aiding a slave to cs- capo. On Tuosday, United States Deputy Marshall Uhurchhill, accompanied by eleven assistants, lelt this city for Mecbanisburg, Uhampaign county, U, eleven miles from Ur ban, having with him a warrant issued by Commissioner Newhall, for the arrest of Charles and Edward Taylor, brothers, Rus sell ilyde and liiram Gutridge, who, says tne warrant, did, about the vim day of August, 1856, harbor and conceal one Add White, a person owing service and labor to Daniel G, White, of Flemingshurg, Ky., who had, pre- vions to said date, escaped into the State of uino, and was then a fugitive from such sor- vico and labor, so as to prevent the discovery and tho arrest of the said Add White. The otfonso charged, it will be observed, is not thai tho slave was aided in his escape from his master in Kentucky by the four accused per sons, but that they sheltered and protected him in Ohio; or, in other words, they "put mm through " on the underground Kuilroad The penalty for tho offense is a fine of a thou sand dollars and imprisonment. On W ednesday morning, the Deputy Mar shal left Urbana with his posse, in hired carriages, and in Mechanicsburg, and the neigh borhood, succeeded m arresting tho lour ac cused individuals. While the arrests were in progress, the most intenso excitement was created in the vicinity. Tho news spread rap. idly, and a determination was expressed to use every means tho law provides to rescue the prisoners from the hands of the border ruffians, as the officers wero called, whoso sole object, it was confidently though erroneously asserted, was to tuko them over to Kentucky and lynch- them. A writ of habeas corpus was procured from a Judgo in Champaign county, and the Sher ilf attempted to serve it ; but before ho coutd do so, the officers had conducted the prisoners beyond tho bounds of tho county. A second warrant was thon procured in Clark county. Ihe hhorm in this instunce pursued and came up with the party, but they refused to obey tho writ. ' The Sheriff not having force to compel obedience, they proceeded on their journey to this city. A third writ was then obtained in Urcone county, and the Sheriff of that county, with Ins posse, served it upon the U. S. officers at six o'clock yesterday morning, in Jamestown. The U. S. officers resisted the act of the county officers in seizing their horses reins before making known their business. A warm al tercation ensued. 1 he blier.tl and his men were assisted by an excited crowd of two or three hundred persons. Killes and pistols wore displayed. The Marshal and his men us'd t'neir weapons, and several shots wero fired. Mr. Churchill discharged his revolver at the crowd, but no one. was injured. The conflict was sharp and stubborn, but superior numbers prevailed and tho Deputy Marshal, with all his posse, were made prisoners, and a dispatch received yesterday afternoon stated that they were to be sent to Spriuglield for trial. At Springfield, at one o'clock yesterday. Deputy Marshal Kicfer arrested Isaac Sargent on a similury chargo to that mado against tho others, and brought him to this city, wlicro ho vas held by Commissioner Newhall in $1,500 bail for examination next week. Cincinnati Oaieltte. . The following additional facts we copy from tho Commercial : ' - . . ' ' Rumor says that that by this 'imo a ma jority of the posse were decidedly under the influence of liquor, and were by no means as orderly as they should have been. Howevere this may be the Sherilf attempted to serve the habeas corpus that' had been placed in his hands, but was knocked down and several revolvers tired at him with intent to take his lile. This drove back tne Slierilf's party, and Kir. Churchill and his men tried to get away, but the news of the affair spread like wild hie, and the story gained volume as it went, until it was said that, sumo fifteen or more persons were being carried off, and that a battle had taken place between the U. S. and State officers. The population of Clark, Greene and Champaign counties is laigcly composed of Presbyterians, who regard the Fugitive Slave law with abhorrence, and soon numbers rallied to rescue the prisoners and arrest tho assailants of the SlicrilPs posse. At Springfield it wassupposed tljit Churchill and his men hud got safely off, and a tele graphic dispatch wad sent to this city to have the whole party arrested lor assault with intent to kill the Sheriff. They hud not, how ever, effected their escapo, as thoy were closely pursued, and at a short distance from Jim-town were hem mod in by a large body of pursuers. Some of Mr. Churchill's men concluded it was best to get out of tho scrape, and slipped away, and after walking all night and a part of yesterday, in the tuud and win, reached a station of tho Little Miami Hail road, and came thence to the city. These are said to have been Mr. Bunker and Mr. Starr, but these gentlemen, when interrogated on reaching the city, stoutly denied having been on the slave hunt, or knowing anything about the affuir at Jnutown.- A Deputy U. S. Marshal stated ht even'og that these individuals were part of Mr. Churchill's party, and certainly their appearance justified the belief that they had been on a flllibstering expedition, as a more jaded, sorry looking pair of gentlemen, we have nevor seen. Mr. Ounker was an important Witness in the Gregory murder triul, yesterday,' and was notified not to absent himself, but did so, and will ba at once prosecuted for bo doing. '-, Salt. There are twenty-five furnace on the Muskingum river, between MeConnelsville and Zancivill. w hich will manufacture thirty thousand barrels of salt this season. Con tracts for large quantities of this saR have been made, to be delivered in this city at SCANDAL.BHEACH OF PROMISE. Mrs. Mary J. Shultz has commenced suit in the St. Louig Circuit Court, for $50,000 damages, against Col. Alexander M. Mitchell, one of the heroes of the Mexican War, for not making her his wife according to promise, and otherwise wofully injuring her. The St. Louis Democrat, referring to the fact, has these remarks : " And thereby hangs a tale," the upshot of wuivu is, mat vue piuinim nas not oniy sui-fcred a breach of promise, but has been wofully deceived in other respects by this sumo Alexander M. Mitchell. Tho story goes, that the courtsuip. " Brief as tho lightning in the collicd night," lasted but about fifteen days. The plaintiffis a widow lady of good appearance, winning mannors, and an income ol about twelve nun dred dollars. Her homo is in Weston. Her stylo is familiar with the boarders at Barn urn's Hotel, and her acquaintances are ranked with the most " exclusive " of the city. Alexander M. Mitchell is originally from Ohio, lie departed that State to light the Mexicans and having returned like another troubador lrom the wars, covered with glory and blood, ho was duly presented with a huge broad sword, beautifully engraved, and inlaid with silver and gold, of course, in token of his heroism. His periginations for years afterwards we are not advised of, but learn from his own representations that he is now a resident of St. Joseph in this State, and is largely inter csted in several extensive tracts of land, and has an annual income of $10,000, which he desires the assistance of a wife to help him disburse, tie is reported tall, has a striking tuuiiiviiuuct?, uuuivuies me vrinigerous tendencies of his face, weara merchant tailor clothes, carries himself high, a la militaire, and talks liko a book. He came to the city more than a fortnight ago, and having by some means, met tne wiuow, concluded to go in." The effort required some extraneous assist ance, and by his own confession, he had occa sion, timo and again, to tuke ' spirits." He pressed his suit with ardor, and in a very few days w as the accepted man. . Tho engagement was not suffered to cool. The day was fixed (last Monday) tho paster Dr. Itice, was en: gaged to perform the nuptials in his church! The lady made hurried but most expensive preparations. Tho rumor goes that her linen alone cost about twelve hundred dollars, and that a great many of her articles of dress were duly marked with the sur-name of her intended husband. Jewelry had been purchased by the Col. to the value of $1,000 and ore. sented to the widow, who, to hold it secure. I . .1-1 !i ., ... ' ioc&eu it up in mo saie at Uamum's. The report is, that the. diamonds of this jewelry were not from Golconda, but Pittsburgh. Invitation cards, of beautiful design and costly material were distributed around among the aristocracy. Anticipations were high. Mon day night came and no wedding. Iteason absence of tho bridegroom, Whore was he ? Lcho answered had tizzled and Was about taking passage for St. Joseph on board the Morning Star. He approached the clerk of the bout and demanded a berth in the gentlemen's cabin. Tho clerk, who was " un to snuff," desired to know if ho was not going to tuke his wife up. Said he hud no wife, and didn't intend to have any. Clerk communicated around. The story beiran to fly. and finally reached tho widow's ears. She sent for him. He wouldn't go, but finally consented to an interview. What transpired is not precisely ascertained, but he afterwards said he told her he was drunk when he promised to marry her. She appealed to him, but he was obdurate. She sued, as tho above para graph explains, llo was duly served with notice, but, nevertheless, departed on his way homeward, leaving a promise that if after a six months' consideration ho should be in the mind ho would come down and marry. This is a plain, unvarnished statement of the scan dal which has been flying tho town in regard to the matter. There are a great many incidental reports, wh ch we have not had time nor spaco to relate. Tho sympathies of our citizens aro quite fully enlisted for the widow. Tho eminent counsel engaged, we are quite sure, will find something more tangiblo to build his cuso upon than " pork chops and to mato-sauce." In the event of a successlul suit, however, we aro afraid tho Col. will beat the sheriff on execution. From Kiiu mis. Sr. Lncis, June 1 Kansas letters to the Republican say that tho Convention at Le- coinpton on tho 15th tilt, resulted in the nomination of Calhoun Jones and Bolen, to rep resent Uouglus county in tho Constitutional Covontion. Resolution's prepared by Col. Brcwerton. and presented by a pro-slavery man. taking strong Democratic grounds, wero adopted. Gov. Walker. Senator Wilson, Itobinson and others, spoke at Lawrence on Tuosday. Walkers remarks were applauded, lie reached Lecompton on Wednesday, and read his innaugural, which reviews the action of the free State men, declares that tho Territorial laws will be enforced, and the position to be taken will be maintained by the wholo force of the government. The Gover nor pledges to use every endeavor to have the constitution submitted to the people lor rati fication. Lecouptox, K. T May 20. Governor Walker arrived hero vesterday, was received very quiotly and read Lis innaugural. It is a lengths document. It declares that tho territorial laws shall be enforced. It criticizes the action of the free-State men, and declares that the position already taken shall bo maintained by the whole force of the government. Gov. Walker passed through Lawrrnco on his way here, and assured the peoplo there everything would be fuirat the nominating Conven-tiod held bore for the election of a candidate for a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and a Surveyor General. Mr. Calhoun Jones, of the Union, and a man named Bolen, alleged pro-slavery, nominated. rr.p la ol the Crop. West Elxto. Preble Co., 0., May 29. ' Eos.' Com.: Yesterday I traveled henco to Hamilton, I) u tier Co., in company with an old gentleman, who has been a farmer for many years, and we were delighted to behold, on every hand, the prospect of an abundant crop.. For a large yield of wheat the prospect has not been better for a number of years. It is generally very thick on the ground. Barley and oats could not look better. Com is coming up fino, and there U every probability that there will be a full crop, for there is an im-mense apaca planted. Fruit! it is enough to make one's mouth water lust to think of it. Some aay, that oa account of the lateness of the season wheat will be struck vitb the rust, I would aay to auch, that Ue who baa siren us a lata spring ao that we miuht have a good fruit cropi can also keep the rust away, i Yours-, Ulf. XiiASLi LAND SPECULATION IN THE UNI-TED STATES. We live in a time of extraordinary land speculation. Never before was there known such an exodus of farmers in tho new lands of tho west. Never before has Government eiv en away such quantities of land. Never wore so many acres in the market ; and never were prices of wild land so well maintained. To experienced eyes all this tends to one result, which sooner or later must come bursting of the great land bubblo. We mean of the bubble which has been created by making new towns on the frontiers, and selling new lands at the price of cultivated farms. In this stato of things it will be well to examine tho elements on which the price of land and tho improvement ol lands depend. 1. - In 1850 we hud tho actual population of the United States, and the actual amount of land- cultivated, and the amount of products, deducting seed, give a surplus for export of only about ten per cent. We may fairly conclude, then, that the amount of land in culture was about equal to what was need ed, and what the people, in their present stato of civilization, are about to need, reluthcly to tne luture. We may assume, then, that the amount of cultivated lands can not increase much more rapidly than tho population. In all probability it cannot increase so fast ; for the tendency of population now is to towns ; so that the proportion of agricultural population is diminishing. So, also, it is evident that the amount of land sold can not safely exceed the same ratio, although it will be absolutely much larger. It cannot exceed the same ratio, because tho only real ultimate de mand is for farming land, and if that ratio of increase be exceeded tho demand ceases, the price fulls, and land becomes a drug. 2. Let us now deduce these elements from the known statistics of the country. In 1850 the results were as follows : Population 23,121,876 Cultivated land, acres 113.032.CU Uncultivated land, acres 180,528,000 W hole amount or land owned by individuals 293,5G0,G14 Ratio of decennial increase of population 34 percent According to this wehavo the following an nual increments of population and cultivated lands : Annual increase of population 808,000 Increase of cultivated land, acres. . .3,955,000 Increase of uncultivated land, acres. 6,317,000 Aggregate 10,272,000 Ten million of acres per annum is the total demand for land at the present time. It is an ascertained fact. It is tho precise demand, and no more. A great deal more ma v be sold : but, if so, it must sooner or later overstock the market". Such we hold to be the case now, beyond question. In the year 1854 tho sale of Government land amonnted to 7,000.- 000 of acres, and the land warrants to a mill ion more. Since that, in 1855 and 1856, tho amount disposed of has amounted to double tlmt. lo thus we must add a million or two acres disposed of by railroads. Thus we find that the annual sale of lands by the Goviri-ment including the land warrants is from 50 to 100 per cent beyond the actual demand. When we take this fact into view, in con nection with the other facts, that population now tends to the towns, and that the foreign immigration is now diminished, we can see at once that there is a great land speculation on hand. When we como to town lots, tho land bubble is utterly undefinablo. Towns are laid out in Kansas and Nebraska at evcrv half-dozen miles, and each one of them is of course destined to be the Ts'cw York of the west ! This land speculation is no new thins, nor. is its result. It has universally resulted in' the bursting of the bubble, and the prostration of sales, and a period of dullness lor years to come. Wo do not certainly know that the crisis has come ; but we see signs of the coming storm. Money is scarce in the country towns, where now there cught to be plenty. The people who go west are excited and fan ciful ; town lots are sold at prices at least four fold the value, if tho towns were to grow as much as it is imagined they will. These are signs not to bo mistaken. Cincinnati Sail-roul Record. Letting Down I lie Aristocracy. The elegant Miss Mason, whose father had mude a splendid fortune as an enterprising draper and tailor, appeared at this magnificent entertainment in loyal apparel. With thut fastidious excliisivcness tor which the latest comers into fashionable circles a.e tho most remarkable, she refused various offers of in troduction, as she did nut wish to extend the number of her acquaintances; "her friends were few and very select." The beautiful Miss Tuylor, radiant with good natured smiles, and onco well acquain ted with Sliss Mason when they went to tho (.ublic school in William struct together, no ticed tho hauteur of her ancient friend, who was determined not to recognize one who would only remind her of her former low estate. Hut Miss lay lor, the rogue, as elder as she was pretty, determined to bring her up with a short turn, and not submit to being snubbed by one whoso ancestral associations were no better than her own. Watching her chance when the haughty young lady was in the midst of ber set. Miss layior walked up and with smiles of winning sweetness remarked:" I have been thinking, my dear Miss Ma son, that we ought to exchange names." "Why, indeed f" "Because my name is Taylor, and my fath er was a mason, and your name is Mason, but your futher was a tailor." There was a scene then, but tnore was no help for it. The litllo Mias Taylor had the pleasure of saying a very cuto thing, which was soon repeated in the ears of a dozen cir cles, and the wits wished to see her, but the proud Miss Mason bit her lip in.silcnco. Gov. Crusg -There is great unanimity mar ifested by the Republican press throughout Ohio, in favor of tho rcnomination or this distinguished and able champion of Human Rights for Governor. Speaking for oursolves, we can heartily say fiat we could enter the campaign next fall with delight and confidence, under tho leadership or so noble and true a man as Salmon P. Cbosa. Newark North American. . ' - A New Its rnoii this Scriptdbbs. Col. Joe G. Pickett, tha principaL orator of the Know Nothing Convention yesterday, said that " Cob llatto and the Know Nothing party would pitch into the Democricy like the Long into tha Gentiles when the Jordan overflewad its banks." Nashvill (7Wm.) Union. ' '- A dontlst presented a bill for tho tenth time to a rich nkinflint " It strike me," said tha latter, "that this it a pretty round bill." Yea," replied tho dentist,- " I' va lent it round often enough to make it appear SO, and I fcftvo coital ovw W gat it tuatvd, T11E WOOL TRADE. Tho New York Tribune of the 15th inst, in an article on the wool clip of tho present sea. son says : We notice that there is more than the usual excitement in regard to the probable price of this year's clip of Wool. The opinion is gen. erally prevalent among tho farmers that the prico will bo seriously effected by the operation of tho new tariff, which makes all wool free that costs twenty cents or under at the port of embarkation Jf invoices aro honestly made, this alteration will not materially effect the finer wools that have heretofore formed the bulk of the production in tho United States. The competing wools aro the Australian, and part of the South American, which correspond to our morinoes. Those wools aro compaiativcly higher in London than in New York ; so much so, indeed, that it will bean object for manufacturers to purchase our wools at prices in advanee of last year. The clip of this year will not equal that of the last, so that no surplus can be accumulated and held over to bear down prices, nor is there now any surplus for dealers or manufacturers to fall back upon. The only means they have to frighten the farmers into low pri ces, will be to make them believe that large stocks of foreign wool are to be brought in at low prices under the new tariff. We hope no farmer will be duped by any such story, for, if told, it will be a sheer fabrication. The pres ent price of wool in all tho foreign wool mar kets renders the whole thins morally impos sible. Tho prico of tho finer grades of wool has advanced from 10 to 20 per cent, in all the uermaii markets over the last year's prices.. The German wools aro so hitch that the Eng lish find it difficult to get a supply there,and aro thrown upon the better grades of colonial, and have thoreby enhanced the value of all grades of Cape and Australian wools, as well as the better grades ot bouth American, it it wero not for the unsatisfactory condition of the market for woolen goods, the price of wool, owing to the decreased production, would rule higher in this market than for many years post. So precarious and unsatisfactory has been the market for soino two or throe real's that tho manufacturing has not increased ; for, while our own clip has not increased, the importations of wool for the past year have fallen off nearly five millions of pounds as compared with the throe past years. There is no good reason why the farmers should dispose of their wool at any less price than they obtained last year. The rates at which it would be safo to sell, should be, for Saxony ,...6075c Merino . ; 4255c Fine grades 38lt45c Low do. and common 32 38c It must be understood, however, that these prices are only for wool in prime condition, clean, well put up, and light. ANOTHElt nils ALLIANCE. A few months ago, says the New York Mirror, two persons arrived in Brooklyn from Connecticut, and were united in marriage by Rev. E. M. Johnson, and immediately returned to Connecticut. The bride, it turns out, was the highly educated daughter of a very wealthy gentleman, and the groom a hard working ship-carpenter, who had courted and won his partner without tho knowledge of her parents. Fearing the displeasure of the old folks the marriage was kept a perfect se cret, the husband only occasionally visiting his wile, the parents, jealous even or these occasional visits, finally ordered tho lover not to visit the house again, which request he complied with, but occasionally met her at the houso ot a friend, who was in the secret. After the lapse of a fow months a chanzo was observed in tho nppcaranco of the daughter, and when questioned she frankly acknowledged that she had been on intimate terms with the ship-carpenter. A consultation was had, which resulted in tho father seeking out the ship-carpenter and insisting upon his marry ing the daughter, to prevent tho family from being disgraced. This request was flatly refused. The father then promised to give the young couple $10,000. Tho young man re fused, but a compromise agreed to take the daughter if $12,000 wero deposited in the Hunk to ner credit. This was adopted ; the marriage certificate was then immediately produced, and all parties went off happy. Working Girls. Here is a short chapter in commendation of the working girls, a numerous class of the community, whose useful labors are frequent ly too little appreciated : Happy Gmi.al who connot love them ? With cheeks like the roses, bright eyes, and elastic step, how cheerfully thoy go to work. Our reputation lor it, such girls will mako ex cellent wives. Blessed mdced will those men be who secure such prizes. Contrast those who do nothing but sigh all day, and live to follow the fashions, who nercr earn the bread thoy eat, or the shoes they wear j who are languid and lazy from ono week's end to tho other. Who but a simpleton and popinjay would prefer one of the latter, if ho wore look ing for a companion ? Give us the working girls ; they are worth their weight in gold. You never see them mincing along, or jump a dozen feet to steer clear of a spider or a fly ; tney nave no aueciation, or silly airs about them. When, they meet you, they speak without putting on a dozen airs, or triyng to snow ou to better auvantage, and you leel as if you were talking to a human being, and not to a painted automaton or a fallen angel. If girls knew how sadly they missed it, while they endeavor to show off their delicate hands and unsoilod skins, and put on a thousand aii-s, they would give worlds for tho sit uation of tho working ladies, who are as far above them in intelligence, in honor, in everything, as the heavens are above the earth. Be wise, then ; you have made fools of your-sctvos through life. Turn over a new leaf, and begin, though late, to live and art as human beings ; as companions to immortal man, and not playthings and dolls. In ho other way can you be happy and subserve tho do-signs of your existence. (Sir An old, ragged, red-faced, forlorn-look ing Irish woman accosted us with, " Plane sur, for too lur of Heaven give me a fip to buy bread with. I am a poor, lone woman, and have two young twins to support." " Wby, my good woman," we replied, "yon seem too old to have twin of your own.'' M They are not mine sir, I am only raisin' 'em." " How old are your twins t" " One of 'era is seven weeks ould, and t'other ia eight months." Tbk Slavs Stampede. Tho Hagerstowii Herald states that the five slaves who escaped from that county on Saturday, have not been captured. The horses and vehicles were recovered at Chambersburg, Pa., but the slaves took tbo cart for UarrisUuiN afti'mur Sun, Z3Ck ' - KANSAS I.ETTEH. Wakahuba, K. T., May 23d, 1857, Wm. II. CocnnAN, Esq Dear Sir.- Hav-ing written Mr. Harpeb some accounts of the country and cities in this geographical center of Uncle Sam's possessions, I will now try to fulfill my promise to you. As some of your readers are personally interested ia my doings here, I must say something of these, as time and circumstances forbid me writing to them individually. I have traveled somo five hundred miles in Kansas and Missouri by slow marches ; sometimes on mulo, sometimes by hack, and at other times seizing the opportu nity at hand taking it on foot. I have select ed and located by warrant 810 acres of land in Vernon county, Missouri ; good prairie lands convenient .to timber, water and coal, near to tho little Osage River, and within four miles of the Kansas line, where the country is being settled up and where some good improvements are found in Missouri. The lands are also near the main route from Kansas City to Ft. Scott. These lands are located for Masteller, Van Buseirk, Desman and oth ers. I also bought property in Kansas City, principally for those who sent means with me to invest in wild lands or city property at dis cretion. Kansas City is now, and I think, will continue to be, tho commercial center of trade and transhipment between St. Louis and the Nebraska lino, and is destined to become a large and populous city. If asked why these selections of land and investments were not mado in Kansas, tho answor is this. Vacant lands cannot be obtained at government prices, nor can trust lands be had at the appraisement in Kansas without the process of squattering improvement and pre-emption ; and each individual is limited to ICO acres for his own cultivation. Prices of city property at Leavenworth, and of second hand lands where the titles are good, are inflated by speculation and held far above my ideas of actual valuo. At Quiudaro, Lawrence, Wyandot, &c, prices are high also, and I am unable to see strong inducements to invest at these points even at moderate prices. In Bates, Vernon and St. Clair counties, Missouri, the soil is exceedingly rich and pro ductive, well adapted to the cultivation ottho various grains, grasses and stock growing, with a good supply of timber, water and coal. This part of Missouri is filling up with new emigrants from the northern and middle States, and a favorable change is going on in society as well as in the general appearance of the country. In Benton and parts of Honiie counties the land is poor, rocky, and much of it unfit for cultivation. In Johnson, Cass and Jackson countios along the road from Warsaw to Westport, the lands, in richness and beauty, are equal if not superior to any I have seen west of tho great " American bottom " to tho south of St. Louis. - The emigration to Kansas is nearly over for tho present ; and tho rush has been similar to that produced by tho California excitement. A large majority settle in the south part of tho Territory. Prices ok Guais ahd Provisions &c Flour por hundred $6,00 ; Corn por bushel $2,00. Bacon per hundred $ 17,00 ; Potatoes per bushel $3,50 ; Beans p:r bushel $5,00 ; Dried Fruit per bushol $1,00. Butter per pound 40 cents. In candor and uprightness in speculations, but few transactions to note. The nominal valuo of these articles may be put down $0,00. Occasionally we havo windy days here. Tho atmosphere which usually passes gontly over the prairies fanning our temples and re lieving us lrom tho effects of the sun, increases to a gale and makes everything pliable bow to its sway. The 8th of this month was one of those days and is regarded by those who havo been two years in tho Territory as the storm iest day since their residence hero. The wind blew briskly throughout the evoning of the 7th. and in tho morning it stiffened up to a galo, increasing until midday when it seemed to have attained its greatest violcnco and like the pipers in Tam 0 Shanter " Blew as if it wad blawn its last." Animals, and men not intoxicated, were seen laboring to maintain their equilibrium and staggering before tho gale liko a drunken man. By 4 o'clock the wind had subsided and all was quiet and so- rcno again. 1 witl soon bo on my way borne through Iowa. Yours, 4c, D. C. MONTGOMERY. Funny Itial Trap. A correspondent of the Genesee Farmer re lates the following funry way of catching rats " I build my corn-crib on posts about eigh teen inches high, mado rat proof by putting a broad board or sheet iron on the posts. Make every thing secure against rats except the granary, and havo this rat-proof except at one or tbo back corners. Hero, where they will like it best, make a nico hole with about five inches long oa the outside, where thoy can go in and oat and eat at pleasure. Then, if I think the rats are too numerous, I take a bag after dark, and si p tho mouth over the spout on the outside ot tbo granary. Then send Ben in at the door with a light, and the rats and mice will all run out into tbo bag. Then slip the bag off tha spout, and slap it once or twice against the side of the granary. Turn out the dead, and in an hour or two repeat the process. After all are killed, stop up tha hole till new recruits arrive, which catch in the same way. A Hint to Parents. Why is it that some children hu their parents in their little troubles, while others run by instinct to their mothers bosom, and show out all their little hoarta thero ? Are not the woea of children as great to them as the calamities of an em. peror ? the vexatioiisof a business loan ? On we expect oar Heavenly rather to iym pathiie with ui in trouble, if we do not sympathize with our little ones' "With what measure ye nete it shall be measured unto yen again." ' ' OCT The Hillsborough Newt boasts that Highland county supports four nowtfpapcrg, attd uQr&?lleTy, For tha Rtpubllcaa FREEOO.U OF 8PEECIL Among the many highly esteemed right, which the taws of our country guarantee to its citizens, is the freedom of speech, a right that should bo preserved inviolate, because it is tho the foundation-stone of our republic-It is the preserver of our religious principles, tha defender of our intellectual right,, the upholder of our political institutions Monarchies alone can exist where the freedom of upecch is not tolerated. All the evidence) of tho past go to prove this fact. An ttntrammclud press, strike a (loiwITy blow at all tyranical governments. The rekt of freo speech should be countenanced in every individual, no differenco what his grade or profession, or how stammering h may be ia his delivery, or how ignorant with regard fo-his subject, so long as ho remains within the . bounds of civility. The principle should le maintained though demonstrated by the most ignorant. 'Tis a natural right and bcloag to one as much as to another. 'Tis among tho first-born rights of man, the most valuable of nature's gifts. Without it mind is trammeled and the happiness of man is curtailed. He becomes a slave, his mental vision beclouded1,, his powers of mind weakened, his soul con tracted, his energies lost, his nature perverted,, his reason blinded, bia manhood dashed to pieces, and himself a mere thing. 'Tis a sermon we, as a republican natibny should especially heed. Lot the fate of down- fallen nations', that have not tolerated thia sacred right, serve us a a warning. Should, it ever fail to be recognized as an essential principle of our government, 'tis then but av step 'twixt us and destruction. Gbeen Valley, Juna 4th. lVo Slavo ittcluiir in Mexico Tho new Corertitntion of Mexico con tains-provision which will not ho likely to- rive- rouch satisfaction at Washington or to increase the chance of pecuniary aid to be afforded to' tho Mexican Government. Tkuo article wholly repudiating tho Taney interpretation. of tho rights of man, expressly declares that all persons in Mexico are born free, and that ho who may have been a sUvo elsewhere, the moment he touches the .Mexican soil, becomes free thereby, and entitled to tho protection of tho laws. JNot only is tho Uovornment tmia expressly prohibited from entering into any extraordinary arrangement, such as the United States have often sought to obtain for tha surrender of fugitivo slaves, but to guard, against any underhand arrangement of this sort, it is also provided tlmt no treaty for th extradition of criminals shall include those who, in than country where the crime was. committed, wore held in the condition of slavery. This completely blocks the game of the slave-hunters in recovering fugitive slaves undor tho character of fugitive criminals : and it Certainly is but reasonable not to hold men amenable to laws which afford no protectiia to mem. iv. x. iribane. The two Funeral. A fow weeks ago one of tho largest funeral processions that ever moved through ocr strata went with Solemn trcud, to deposit a corps in our city cemetery. There were mourners in carriages and mourners on foot, for a rich man had dhd a rich liquor seller. fie hod died at home. In less than two weeks there was another funeral, but unliko this. One carriage contained a foy women, one tho heart-stricken widow whose grief was intense, and the; hearse, unaccompanied by pall-bearers, bora the remains of a man who had committed suicide in a fit of delirium tremens, llo had not died at homo for he had no home. Tha grave-digger aud tho undertaker, assisted by some laborers who wero near, covered him up in a holo that had been lelt on disinterring somo dead person, and that was the end of that funeral. Tho murderer was attended by thousands, while the poor victim could not even have a grave dug for him Will a chris tian people tolerate such an evil as liquor selling is ? Indiana American. A debate on the True Religioa. Two Irishmen, one a Protestant and the oth er a Catholic got into a dispute Monday, in the alloy which divide! o'ur office from tl a next building, as to which was tho true religion. The Protestant seemed lo have the best of the argument for a lung time, but hie adversary at last exclaimed "Uddu't St. Paul address all bis epistles to the !oian$ f Show me a letter that ho ever wrote to the Protestants, and I'll give in." We cannot Say which it was tlie rain or the logic that end ed the discussion, but tho voices of the disputants were hashed. Exchange. Coal Oil. A company lias been formed and purchased coal lands in Perry Coi.nty, 0 , and are manufacturing this article. It is said to give a batter light than gaso, and is much cheaper. Tho oil is also used fur machinery. and a line part called paraHmo, likestcarine ,ut mado into candles. Tho company are exten ding the works so as to nuko 600 gallons. s G3r The postmaster in Chicago, in ireor- ' dance with a wager, keeps constantly sitting in His room a demijohn or wlnsKy, lalieled.- " To be drank when Douglas is elected President." Exchang. ' It is very nature! to suppose that a gracral era of whisky-drinking will commence at that interesting date. Louisville Journal . . 03" Christmas is a legal holiday in Massachusetts, having heva matte so by act .of last Legislature. The courts cannot nt, and o'her public institutions are not reqmreil te do business on this day. A cotemporary notes the fact nnder the head of " Progress) of Civilization in MaxeyichtKetta.".. . ay The New York Post says that "one firm of dealers in Sugar in that city sent, soul time since, aa order for ten tfconssad tm of Manilla Sugar, a part of which bos already arrived. The outlay for this venture wan about $900,000 and the profits are expected . t exceed $280,000. K7 Pennsylvania claims tb honor" oforf- inating the first Agricultural Society in Ui. Country after the Revolution, It wo fkmrt-ded ia 1785, and Jodge Richard teim wait Its President and active proatoter and patroaw 03T One of odr exchange ackamtV-tea tha receipt of the second aW of the " StedgJR-lismmer of Train and Battle Axe of Uberty." We have never aetfa it, but thj saweatoiuito iW.Uyj . . -. ' SI