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“THE WOKX GOES BRAVELY OH!” 
We are daily receiving hundred* of well-hned and en¬ 
couraging letters from all parts of the country. "With a 
large increase in thin State, tiro Rural's friends in the 
Western and Southern States New England sad Canada, 
Btitntional power*. They repudiate all sectional 
parties and the platforms concerning slavery. 
They endorse principles contained in the organic 
laws establishing the territories of Kansas and 
Nebraska. They instruct their delegates to 
Charleston to vote es a unit for Douglas. They 
News Paragraphs. 
Texas seems about to take the lead in the 
South in homo manufactures. A large amount of 
cabinet ware is produced in all towns. In Rusk 
county, carriages are made of tire best workman- 
FOR.EIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain.— The London Herald lately 
announced that a complete reform bill is to appear 
in the Constitutional Pies« Magazine, and that in 
ship and the latest styles. In other counties the event of postponement of the Ministerial Re- 
®I)e (Eoniicnscr, 
— Gen. Comonfort, Ex-President of Mexico, is in New 
York. 
arc iiriking vt with large clubs, and wore of them, than P r0 ^"*f against all acts which tend to id ike this there are excellent cotton and woolen factories; form bill or its proving exceptionable to the con- Gen-it Smith has returned to his home from the 
last year, notwithstanding the recant excitement sad the linion ' etw pcitect; denounce the Harper a I orry and Uouring mills a/e beginning to he numeious. “titutional paity, the bill to be published witi be aFjlonL 
agitation already commenced relative to the great politi- rald ’ ft00 ®* rt ’ tlie of lbc Buprcnic Conrt For a young Btate, Texas has a very handsome immediately brought before the House of Com- ~~ Thcrc ar0 250 ncw! T )a P e rs and periodical* in Maasa- 
__, « evidonce of the true meaning of the Constitu. beginning. mons. chusette. 
lust year, notwitbi-landing the recent fcx item' ut. and the 
agitation already commenced relative to the great politi¬ 
cal campaign. Thant* to BvitALisrn everywhere fur this 
large and continued manifestation of approval. 
— Rack Numiskkb of this volume can still be supplied 
to new subscribers — and will be for some week* to come, 
or until we otherwise announce, it is not, therefore, too 
late to form new dubs, or make additions to present ones. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JANUARY 21, 1800. 
The Kentucky Democratic State Convention 
met at Frankfort on the 9th instant David 
Merry weather was elected Chairman. Every 
county was represented. The Committee on 
resolutions reported a majority and a minority 
report Both endorse the Dred Scott decision, 
and express the choice of Kentucky to be for 
Guthrie, as the nominee for the Presidency by the 
Charleston Convention. 
The majority report endorses the Buchanan 
Administration, and the minority declares for 
Douglas and Popular Sovereignty doctrines, and 
deprecates the application to Congress for legis¬ 
lation in favor of Slavery. 
Tun Democratic State Convention of Ohio met 
beginning. 
Not Ichs than 11,804,000 tone of coal were ship- Lord Palmerston has been making speeches A! ~,^“ Ce W ‘“ “ mUU ° n “** a ^ In fortil > ln E 
l>ed from the various coal regions of Pennsyl- highly eulogistic of the volunteer movement " V ™' 
vania during the past year, valued in that market 1>0rd John Russell tells the memorialists, rela- Fr 7naIco ^ ^ ° committed suicide in San 
at about $30,000,000. tivc to Mexico, that England is endeavoring to 
Dukinci the month of December the coinage at Come to Rn n ndersttnding with the other powers ^ “ T ° led °’ ° * fa put at 
the United States Mint in Philadelphia amount- r ® R P ectin K tl,<! conrfl « ‘o pursue, lie points out _ T L „,. th , r in tba <^„»u . , , , 
ed in value to $208,109, and consisted of 2,596,270 the d <I,culty ot ll ' e United States recognizing this winter ^ n c ““ J 00 
pieces. No less than 2,200,000 cents were among ° D ° “J * nd 8notber - — A dead whale worth $250 has been picked up on the 
the sum coined. A gre..at not occurred Sunday night among the Jersey shore P P 
A vwRKnv -- 1 . .. A,*., ,niIitur >’ at tho CaD1 P at Aldershot Three mill- _ B * _ 
— France will spend a million and a half in fortifying 
Algiers. 
— Row, Jr., (E. G. Paige) committed suicide in San 
Francisco. 
ed in value to $208,109, and consisted of 2,596,270 
pieces. No less than 2,200,000 cents were among 
the sum coined. 
A person named Roger largos recently died at 
Paris, at the ago of 100, precisely. It was at one 
o’clock in tho afternoon of the 10th of December, 
1759, that lie was horn, and at otic o’clock In the 
afternoon of the 10 th of December, 1859, that he 
DOMESTIC NEWS delegates were present. The Hon. William B, 
Woods presided. Resolutions were adopted by n 
Washington .'Natter*. * ar K° majority declaring Stephen A. Douglas the 
The War Department is preparing for effective f ; lVOri * ° f tbc °, hi ° J )eni0CraC * and ^trueting 
operations in the spring against tho Indians who Ul * dfi,egatC " Ul ° Charierton Convention to cast 
are committing depredations on the Santa Fe th ° fr Cntiru Vot * f °‘' him ‘ 
mail route. Col. Sumner’s command is to furnish T,IK P®°P le <* f ,b c unorganized Territory of Da- 
the forces. Col. Johnson's Utah command is to ootuh have elected a Delegate to Congress, in an- 
be ordered into A rizona. ticipation of Congressional action authorizing 
The Poftt*0ffio(! scrip for the quarter ending tV em to do so. 
December 13, has not been issued, though many 
accounts are adjusted. Rankers refuse any fur- ,>r< '"Calamity. 
ther purchases, owing to the uncertainty of the One of the most terrible catastrophes on record 
House organizing. Jn cases whero contractors occurred In Lawrence,Mass., on the 10th inst. The 
The Democratic State Convention of Ohio met diod ’ . Ne excelled as painter, engraver, poet $nd been guilty of many pel 
at Coluiubua on the 6 th inst A large number of ,mih C ' ,UJ > and Jt '-he was unknown to the public, tjj 0 R r iti»h authorities, 
delegates were present The Hon. William B. bccaU8n lic would nPVer consent to exhibit or Col. Cardigan, ftttacl 
Woods presided. Resolutions were adopted by a P ubb!,b an y 01 b * 8 productions. at pj e ^ mon t > ] iaH jj ( . e 
large majority declaring Stephen A. Douglas the A Milford, Mass., insolvent pays his creditors head-quarters of Cen. 1 
favorite of the Ohio Democracy, and instructing Oic liberal dividend of one cent and two mills on considered new proof o 
the delegates to the Charleston Convention to cast tbe dollar. The smallest dividend made by the British Government in 
tiamen were shot dead. Six soldiers had been 
arrested with rifles loaded with ball cartridges. 
The Times’ British Columbia correspondent 
complains of the American authorities at San 
Juan, both civil and military. He says they have 
been guilty of many petty acts calculated to annoy 
Boston men who burst in 1857 was onc-fifth of one 
per cent., or just two mills on the dollar, — “ next 
to nothing.” 
On Monday week twelve Mayors in Massachu¬ 
setts addressed messaged to their several city 
Col. Cardigan, attache of the British legation _ Thew wcre 21( 
at Piedmont, has been ordered to proceed to during Uet year. 
head-quarters of Cen. Fanti at Bologna. This is _ Jt u tJ)e ril , 
considered new proof of the interest taken by the value than the gold 
British Government in Central Italy. _ F * lmotltll) u 
I he Government has determined to issue to ruined the past eeasoi 
ride volunteers an additional Supply of long — In Lancaster, N. 
Lnlicld rifles. to 22 degrees below i 
The ship Blevoie Castle from Liverpool for _ The Morse tcleg 
Australia, was wrecked in the English channel, then be free to the p 
— The slave property of St. Louis i* about one-ninetieth 
the population. 
— The financial condition of Iowa is decidedly better 
than last year. 
— The people of Spain are dissatisfied with the war 
against Morocco. 
— Gen. Jjunar, ex-President of Texas, died on the 19th 
u!t. ( of apoplexy. 
— There wore 2,104 buildings erected in Philadelphia 
during last year. 
— It is said the silver mineB of California are of greater 
governments, and nearly every one—every one All on board, 22 passengers and 24 crew, are sup- 
that said anything about it—recommended the P ose d to have perished. 
adoption of steam fire engines. Franck.— A pamphlet entitled “The Pope and 
An Alabama paper gives circulation to a story tlic Congress,” signed by Mr. De Lagucrroniere, 
have thrown up the mails, Mr. Holt has directed Pemberton Mills fell about 5 o’clock in the oven- that, by the recent death of a rich Cuban creole, ba ® been published, nud had attracted great atten- 
a new arrangement to be made at same prices, ing, while six or seven hundred operatives wore developments have been made showing that tion, both in France and England, as it was 
in Falmouth, Macs., 25,000 bushels of onions were 
ruined the past season. 
In fstueaxter, N. II., tho thorraomoter has l>eon down 
to 22 degrees below tero. 
— The Horse telegraph patent expires in 18C1, and will 
then be free to the public. 
— Delegates have met in Washington to arrange for a 
National Union Convention. 
The sum of $193,333 has been paid by tha ladies on 
the MoudI Vernon property. 
— The month of December, 1859, is regarded as one of 
the coldest Decembers on record. 
but generally a substitution of weekly service. 
The official report of Cupt. Ileintolman has 
been received by Secretary Floyd, it gives the side 45 feet square, like the letter L. It ran 2,700 died in his bed at the house of a friend near filiation and compromise, and although it does —Homespun meetings and resolutions arc the order in 
details of the battle of the 27th ult., with Cortcnae. ppindles, and 900 operatives were employed. The Mutanzus, in 1867. A criminal was executed and not promise to taka away the temporal powers of the South. *' Encourage your own." 
Tho latLcr, with 000 men, was entrenched one building was never considered to he as staunch as passed off for Lopez, the Pope, it advocates a curtailment of them, and — Concha, late Governor of Cuba, made a fortune of 
mile above Rio Crando city. Capt. H. attacked it ought to have been. It was built about seven Tiik Omaha paper of the 22d ult announces U1 ' K<: * t,,at Uoma £ na should not be restored to ^ 7 . 000 . 000 ^mg his administration. 
him with 159 regulars and 289 rangers; Cortenas years ago, and was then thought a sham. Indeed, the arrival in that city of a gentleman from ^0 Papai dominion. Tho Oonstitutionnel, in an - A Texas peper reckons up fifty or sixty deaths from 
retreated, and a regular running lire was kept up before tho machinery was put in, the walls spread tho Nebmkft ffiincM( with twenty-two pounds of a,ticlc b - y iU Principal editor, approves of the freeidDg durilIg U,t ‘ ,alc cold Wl ' ather - 
for ten miles, when the outlaws dispersed, and l< ’ B«ch a degree, that some twenty iron stays go]d dugt> t])Q p ,. 0(iuc(i of hig ]a v (] - /,. general contents of the pamphlet, declaring, how- ~ The teto K r ^ ,b companies between Now York ami 
Cortenas with twenty men swam the Rio Grande, were put in to save it from falling by its own )iast H( , agolli Uq m con|5j . inB th( , richne ^ fl f 'ever, that it intends to combat some of the p<Snn V lTania all been consolidated. 
All Cortenas’ artillery and supplies were cap weight. From the Lest information that can bo the gold regions of Western Nebraska Hiss propositions made by the author. —A brigand hn* boen captured in Sardinia who is 
tured. Cortenas soon afterwards appeared before gathered, the building appeared to crumble and mer r 8 work will produce about $95 0(10. S !<am The E,, K H * h P a P p ‘^ generally eulogize the kn0WD have perpetrated sixty murders. 
Roma, a small town higher up the river, and hdl from the eastern corner or end. It fell , ' pamphlet. The Times says:_“Wo leave others — R is now expected that the work of tunneling Der- 
threatened to burn it Cant, flterm’u r.nmrxinv inwardly. The Firo Dcnartment immedlnfelv rn. UB destruction id property in the United ..., ., ... ‘ . g«n HUI, N. J., will be ooninleted in Amil. 
still at work. The building was five stories high, Lopez was not garroted in 1851; that I 10 was believed to express the sentiments of the Empe- — A fiwnily in Chicago, apparently starving to death, 
289 feet long by 70 wide, with a wing on the west rescued by bribery, Ocn. Concha conniving, and ror - T1,c pamphlet is written in a spirit of con- had * 1,f ' 00 BecreU -‘ d undcr tee bed. 
side 45 feet square, like the letter L. It ran 2,700 died in his bed at the house of a friend near dilation and com prom iso, and although it does —Homespun meetings and resolutions are the order in 
spindles, and 900 operatives were employed. The M ft tail z as, in 1857. A criminal was cxocuted and not promise to take away the temporal powers of th e South. » Encourage your own.” 
building was never considered to lie as staunch as passed off lor Lopez. the Dope, it advocates a curtailment of them and — Concha, late Governor of Cuba, made a fortune of 
it ought to have been. It was built about seven The Omaha paper of the 22d ult, announces U, ' K<: * tl)8t Jloma S na « b ”uld not be restored to $7 ' 000 - m dariD « ^ adminUtmtion. 
years ago, and was then thought, a sham. Indeed, t)u , ftrrival in that eitv of » e »,tlemnn the Papal dominion. Tho Oonstitutionnel, in an - A Texas jxiprr reckons llp fifty or sixty deaths from 
tured. Cortenas soon afterwards appeared before gathered, the nuiiding appeared to crumble and 
Roma, a small town higher up the river, and fall from the eastern corner or end. It fell 
threatened to hum it Capt. Stme’s company of inwardly. The Fire Department immediately rc- 
cavalry was sent to occupy it Company C, flist paired to the spot, hut there being no liro, they at 
artillery, is occupying Fort Ringgold. Capt II. once set to work with a will to remove the rub- 
begs that new troops may be sent him, and urges bisli. They very soon reached some of the rooms, 
the positivo necessity for them on that frontier. R0 that the dead and wounded were taken out as 
Tho N. O. Picayune of the 8 th instant says that f a *f as they could be reached. 
Assistant Postmaster King has written a letter to In this instance calamity succeeded calamity, 
the Postmaster of Now Orleans, instructing him About half past nine it became apparent that a 
as the distance from New Orlcnimto 8 an Fran- fire had broke out amid the ruins. This addi- 
cisco overland, via San Antonio, is less than tinnal horror struck terror to the hearts that had 
3,000 miloa, to charge only single postage —3 before boon hopeful of saving more liven. Still 
mers work will produce about $ 95 , 000 . 
States, from all causes, is estimated at the enor¬ 
mous figure of fifty millions per annum. Seven¬ 
teen millions are annually struck out of existence 
by fire. The marine losses are more than twenty 
millions, exceeding by a considerable percent the 
English losses, and by still more those of France. 
The balance Is made up of losses by railroad acci¬ 
dents, and other casualties attributable to care¬ 
less and reckless " go a-hcad-ativeuesB.” 
The English papers generally eulogize the hD0WD 10 ^ve perpetrated 81 xiy murders, 
pamphlet The Times says:—“Wo leave others — R ■* «ow expected that tbe work of t 
to arrange forms and ceremonies for tw, if there H111 ’ N ' J 1 wiU b<! COB,pletod in A P H1 - 
is a reasonable probability that the great European 
powers will be arrayed side by side in defence of 
the rights of the Italian people, and that Protest¬ 
ant England will find a hearty and efficient 
supporter in the Emperor of Catholic France.” 
Later intelligence states that the Pope refuses 
to bo represented in the Paris Congress, unless 
the above noticed pamphlet bo denied by the 
Emperor Napoleon. 
Tho Paris Oonstitutionnel says the London 
Times is correct in considering the pamphlet 
— The paper* of Kentucky are urgently recommending 
the erection of a monument to Henry Clay. 
— The average number of letters delivered in N. Y. 
city, per quarter, during 1869, was 2,400,000, 
— The cities of Montreal and Quebec entertain projects 
f t the construction of railways iu their street*. 
*— hix thousand men and two thousand women were in 
the Central Park, N. Y.. skating, guuduy week. 
— The pews in Henry Ward Beecher's Church, Brook¬ 
lyn, have been let for the year lhOO, for $29,429,60. 
— Tbe railrnadfl centering In Chicago have determined 
to issue no more passes, or half-tickets to clergymen. 
— A human skeleton has been found at Marietta, Ohio, 
undcr six feet of loam and three feet of conglomerate 
— The Massachusetts State Prison at Charlestown con¬ 
tains 491 convicts, of which number 3G are incarcerated 
for life. 
3,000 miloa, to charge only single postago—3 before boon hopeful of saving more lives. Still AooOBDlNa.to a peernt report, the workmen in The Paris Comstitutionnel says the I ondon ,jrn ’ havo been Iot for ll, e year lhdO, for $29,429A0. 
cents on letters by that route. the work of removal went on. The force pumps thoxjlty of Paris number 3(10,000. It has hitherto Times is correct in considering the pamphlet 7 ruErrmdscentering m ontc^o*havo aotermlnsd 
The receipts in tho Treasury for the last week and engines on the ground were ut once got ut bccn g° nf?ru "y supposed that the majority were entitled “Pope and Congress,” as a political ^ D<> m ° re or baif-Uckct* to clergymen, 
for customs and treasury notes, were about work, and poured torrents of water on; hut nil in tboae c onr*ected with building operations— expression of good understanding and concilia- — A human skeleton has been round at Marietta, Ohio, 
$2,000,000, which, added to the amount on hand, vain; for tho entire mass was one sheet of flame » la *o n «> carpenters, and the like. But it is now tion between England and France?and congratu- U£ “' er feet of loftW and three fl ' Qt of uo ”e lom ‘-rate 
makes upwards of $ 0 , 000,000 subject to draft. at 10 minutes past 12 o’clock. Before the build- 8tatcd tbat t!,e b ™™h of business which occupies bites itself on the result. It says, further that 
Reliable letters from Honora say that Capt. ing caught firo a number of those imprisoned greatest number of hands, is thatof tho tailors France is far from intending the destruction of the ~ T,;e iWchusett* state Prison at ciuuteHtown con- 
Porter's mission there was a failure, ho having beneath the mins could bo seen and conversed aud dealers in ready-made clothcB—100,000 work- temporal power of the Pope hut will on the convicta > ° r wb,ch numl *r 30 arc incarcerated 
been overrcuchcd by Gov. Pcsquiern, and that with. In some instances refreshments were passed men be ^ n S cn ? a ged in that braucb of business. contrary, consolidate it. ’ ’ u , 
ernment s^lrcntetLranaratif^f r'u * ^ , t0 J hW V WllC, ‘ lire spread over the mins they Latest from California.- The Atlantic SrAIN Morocco,-A Madrid telegram of John Bawl's ciy J hLly^re^ 
tt "d C Tf 1.. 1 f tbe °Qtragea bade adieu to friends, and in several cases gave arrived at New York on the 9th inst. She the 21 Ht ” f December, Bays^-“Yeeterduy eight dollars. 
corum 1 e on .tip '" c * directions as to tho disposition of their effects, brought $1,800,000, and the following Intelli- ^ bousan< I Moors attacked the Spanish army, but —The Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society of 
e peop e o r zona, at the latest account, In one part of the building a hole was battered gence: Tho first Legislature of Nevada Territory wf,re ^'pulsed energetically and compelled to Koglaad has proved to be a defaulter to the amount of 
wore discussing the question of Provisional gov- through the wall, and through it could be scon met on the 15th at Genoa, and took measures for retreat ln K Ifcat disorder, caused by grape shot $10 > 000 - 
rn merit, 01 is inct organization from Now threo young women, who said they were not at procuring an immediate recognition of the Terri- grenades.” The Spanish had 51 wounded. — A crazy man took the Speaker’s chair the other day 
Mexico, m case Congress fails to establish a tor- all injured. One thrust her arm through tho small tory by Congress. r Ten men-of-war formerly stationed at Havana, at Waahinpten, and called the members to order. No 
ntenal government for Arizona. aperture and begged to be drawn through it, but Three schooners had arrived at San Francisco had -> ust arrived - to •‘C-inforce the squadron at wondcr ' 
intormatlon has boon roceivod from Mexico, before the aperture could bo made large enough, from Japan, bringing full cargoes of rich Janan AI S icr3 ' A great quantity of provisions had been “ The Ubrxr >' of tho stat<! of contains 
that Miramon has organized a force of over 3,000 tho flarueB drove the men away, and the prisoners esc wares. Tho advices they brine are to Nov dispatched to the army iu Africa. 2 ? 000 ’ ,olumC8 - next >“ aiiaib ^ to the New York State 
•|A i y-y A .. -O- - ^ ***«*»W.%* V, IT KJil Lilt: *7 Vm liibu rM 1 <‘ 
committed on Capt. Lwell. directions as to the disposition of their eflects. brought $1,800,000, and the following Intolli- 
ie people of Arizona, ut the latest account, in one part of the building a hole was battered gence: The first Legislature of Nevada Territory 
were discussing the questmn of Provisional gov- through the wall, and through it could be scon met on the 16th at Genoa, and took measures for 
ernment, or distinct organization from Now threo young women, who said they were not at procuring an immediate recognition of the Terri- 
Mexico, m case Longioas fails to establish a tor- all Injured. One thrust her arm through the small tory by Congress. 
ri ^rT? r AliZOna - . , fl P erture and be - ed t0 be drawn through it, but Three schooners had arrived at San Francisco 
I itormation h,ia been received from Mexico, before the aperture could bo made large enough, from Japan, bringing full cargoes of rich Japan- 
that Miramon has organized a lorce of over 3,000 tho flames drove the men away, and the prisoners esc wares. Tho advices they bring are to Nov 
fnr thf tniniftap dPo iml* «« —ia». _v i _ i J o aiuv 
4 — It is stated that the voluntary fund for the relief of 
»-rA!N AM) MorOOCO, A Madrid telegram of John Brown’s Cunily is likely to reach thirty thousand 
the 21st of December, Bays “Yesterday eight dollars. 
men for the purpose of attacking Vera Cruz, with 
the confident explication of taking it and ending 
the struggle. Mr. McLanc's treaty was obtained 
after earnest resistance by Juarez, as a last alter¬ 
native for preserving his position. J^ordo had 
been sent hero for the purpose* of raising money 
and failed. Mr. Belmont, to whom application 
was made, conditionally pronounced that if the 
perished. 
John Ward, operative in the carding room, 
second story, miraculously saved, with hiB wife, 
who worked near him, describes his escape as fol¬ 
lows:—” I was in tho carding room, with tho second 
overseer, lighting up; was there five or ten 
minutes before five; wc had several burners 
lighted; suddenly heard a thundering crash over- 
15th, and arc unimportant Austria.— A telegram from Prince Mettemich 
The American settlors at San Juan held a meet- t<> Count Rcchberg says Count Walewski declares 
ing, and adopted resolutions approving the course to the diplomatic corps ut Paris, tbat while he 
tioaty was made and ratified by the Senate, head, and looking up saw shafting coming down 
advances might be obtained. Under that prospect upon us ail over the room*; terrified, I stood 
Mr. McLane succeeded when it was loaat expec- nailed to tho spot, although I knew the building 
ted, and when 6 cnor Mata, Juarez’s representa- was coming down upon me; then 1 heard tho 
live, was about giving up his residence and aban- overseer about; I tried to jump out of the rubbish, 
doning all hope. but something struck me senseless; when T came 
to my senses I found myself in the rubbish, cov- 
Polidcal Intelligence. erod with blood from wounds on my face; finally 
The New Jersey Governor’s message went to the crawled up; got to the top and found a lot of 
legislature on the llthinst. He takes strong ruins hanging over me, which liked to have taken 
Union grounds, and regards the tide of disunion life, but 1 succeeded in getting out; passed a 
very remote. He disapproves the African slave dcad K irl and two mangled bodice; when first 
trade, and urges retrenchment, recommending knocked down, 1 fell under a large grind-stone, 
sundry measures to that end. which was too heavy to give way to the weight 
An address to the Union-loving people of the Ilbovc -” 
U. R, appeared in the N. Y. city papers on the Up to tbo Present writing, (Monday, A. M„) the 
12th inst, announcing the formation of a new HOmm ‘ n g up shows that 1C2 persons arc missing, 
party, with General Scott for the candidate for Tliese erabruco a11 th ose known to have been 
the Presidency, and General Houston for Vice kiIlod ’ aud Diose of whom no tidings have been 
President The address is signed by G. W. ascci ^ ained - It i fl admitted by those who have 
Savage, chairman of Scott Committee. 
Gov. Denniston, of Ohio, gave his inaugural at 
Columbus on the 9th inst Among other things, 
he recommends annual sessions of the Legiala- 
tarc, and amendments of the constitution to pro¬ 
vide for a different system of representation. He 
deprecates the neglect, by Congress, of Internal 
Improvements, and discus-es cite Slavery question 
at some length, from Anti-Slavery points of view. 
Tiik Democrats of Indiana held a Convention at 
Indianapolis on the 11 th inst The Convention 
gone into the investigation, that 62 persons are yet 
buried in the brick and mortar. One hundred 
and thirty dead bodies have been removed to the 
City Hall or delivered to recognizing friends. 
The wounded counted up 20G at last accounts, 
very many of whom cannot recover. 
Various reports are in circulation as to the 
cause of this awful disaster, and the testimony 
before the Coroner’s Jury is very conflicting, but 
it is thought that when the citizens will have had 
sufficient opportunity for the intense excitement 
of General Harney, and expressing the opinion 
that that Island was American soil, and ought to 
be preserved to the United Btates. 
From Buenos Ayres.— Later news has been 
received from Buenos Ayres. After Urquiza’s 
victory over Mitre, lie marched to Buenos Ayres, 
where he was met by a committee of citizens, and 
a friendly agreement entered into between them, 
of which the following are the leading portions: 
Buenos Ayres to form part of the Argentine Con¬ 
federation. A Convention to be convoked to 
examine the National Constitution. The home 
and foreign debt of Buenos Ayres to be recog¬ 
nized as a National debt. Urqitiza to retire with 
bis army within two weeks after tho signing of 
the treaty. Alsina had resigned the government 
of Buenos Ayres, and was replaced by Llavallot. 
The agitation throughout the country bad ceased. 
From Mexico,—W e are in the receipt of the 
following Mexican intelligence: The Juarez 
Government have directed Pesquiera to revoke 
the order for the expulsion of Captain Stone. It 
is expected tbat Pesquiera would refuse, as he 
was raising troops for some mysterious purpose. 
The combined French and Spanish fleets are 
expected at Vera Cruz to enforce the pecuniary 
demands of Spain against Mexico. The Liberals 
had obtained several victories over the Church 
troops at Tehuantepec. Alvarez was acting 
against Coboz. The Liberals had re taken Zaca¬ 
tecas. The report tbut the French aud Spanish 
fleets were expected at Vera Cruz, was denied 
from the French and English legations at 
Mexico. 
A Snowy Country. —There is one part of this 
remains head minister of foreign affairs, the 
pamphlet entitled the “Pope and Congress,” 
should not contribute to tho programme of the 
French Ministry. 
Brraustukf8. —The market quiet, but steady. Wheat 
has an advancing tendency. Provisions dull. 
•-- . 
A Noble Compact.— The genial Albany cor¬ 
respondent of tho Utica Herald communicates the 
following pleasant item of news. All good men 
will bid “God-speed’’ to the movement:—“One 
circumstance bus occurred since New Year’s day, 
which is so novel in its character, UDd which 
seems likely to become so important in its results, 
that I must mention it here. When the old year 
went out and the new year came, a party of gen¬ 
tlemen met iu the room of Mr. Jayeox, Canal 
Commissioner, and there resolved that during the 
year 1800 uu drop of intoxicating liquor should 
bo drank by any of their number, except it was 
prescribed by a practising physician. A pledge 
anil bond of agreement was drawn up by Jayeox, 
and one by one the gentlemen affixed to it 
their names. I will send you in another letter a 
Copy of this agreement It is a solemn and bind¬ 
ing compact, and the men who have signed it 
mean to keep it Gradually, and day after day, 
new nameB are added, aud if I do not greatly 
mistake, the influence of this movement will be 
greater and more profound than that of anything 
— A crazy man took the Speaker’s chair the other day 
at Washington, and called the members to order. No 
wonder. 
— The Library of tho State of Pennsylvania contains 
22,000 volumes—next iu number to the New York State 
Library. 
— The first quarter of the month of January of I860, 
wn* the coldest that has been experienced in Boston for 
38 years. 
— A percussion cop factory exploded in Brooklyn Sat¬ 
urday week, instantly killing a young man named Charles 
Hailonbrook. 
— A bill is before the Alabama Legislature requiring a 
residence of ten years in the State before auy one can 
teach school. 
— There are in the United States 65 different religious 
orders belonging to tho Catholic church—24 of men and 
31 of women. 
— Tho number of Indiana within the limits of the U. 
S. and Territories is set down by the Secretary of the 
Interior at 350,000. 
— A few days ago a mad dog in Milwaukee, Wis., be¬ 
fore be conld he despatched, bit ten persons, fifteen dogs, 
one cow and a pig. 
— The District Attorney of Washington Co. reported 
more money collected for Cnee tho past year than the 
amount of his salary. 
— A “ leopard seal,” weighing between 200 and 300 
pounds, was shot on the rocks at Seaconnet Point, near 
Newport, It. I., lately. 
— A child froze to death in its cradle at Milwaukee on 
the night of Friday, the 30th ult., the mercury being at 
24 degrees below zero. 
— During the past year 186 applicants for divorce were 
filed in tha Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, and 70 
couples were disunited. 
— The first railway locomotive ever constructed in 
California has just been completed at one of the San 
Francisco iron foundries. 
— The “ January thaw,” a time-honored institution, 
of the kind since the great movement emanating extended through New Koglund, making sad havoc with 
at Baltimore many years ago. 
Among tho gentlemen signing the bond are 
many leading politicians of your couuty and else¬ 
where. The Gommissioner's room is the head¬ 
quarters of tho association. Quietly, and with no 
the sleighing and skating. 
1 — The President’s Message does not particularly please 
the Canadian papers. Among other compliments, they 
say it is stupid and endless. 
— In Chicago a beef packing firm have, during the past 
A -a , , 1 , vAJDVUij: tiailt DUUaiUV. illlil ii UjOr- 
was called to order by Horn Jag. W Chnnm&n nf i . ** . , ! 
. 1 . n . iL.pinan, of ough examination of the ruins has been made, the 
the Central Committee, and J. J. Bingham nnfl . . , ,, 7 ' 
r 7W , v - , , . , niriguam ana truth Will be reached, lfwi ongcanbenroved.it 
J. D. (r. Nelson were selected as tenmorarv Seo - , . , F c 
. . T ,, ~ iporary fttc to be hoped that those who have trifled with 
,q„, ' , p’"]".' ^ a «, received human life will be made to meet the full measure 
mi vote; Samuel 0 . Perkin Ad»i„i, ttal i 0B , rcap0 „. lbrat . 
174J. Lowry was declared elected. The resolu- _ 
turns are very long, and in favor of the strict con- The Albion Normal Music School will close 
ftruction of the constitution, and that it is inex- with public exercises in the New Baptist Church 
pedie.it and dangerous to exercise doubtful oon- in that village, on the 20 th inst 
now existing to partially subside, and a tbor- State > iu which, we apprehend, the late thaw parade, the list increases in numbers. Heaven soaBO,) > pmd over to David Sti-uwn, °f Ottawa, $!8,wi^8 
* * -i « . a • . • • • — - * fnv V.uaodu f }na own fn/i/ttnrv 
made but a trivial impression. We take the two 
paragraphs which follow from the Democrat, pub¬ 
lished at Pulaski, Oswego county: 
On Saturday night and Sunday last, snow fell 
here to the depth of about three feet This, with 
the old snow, after settling, leaves us with a fine 
body of four feet or more. 
Redfibld.—T he snow ip six feet deep in this 
town, and the roads are almost impassable. 
knows how sadly this thing was needed by some *° T be0 '* >B of bis 0T ' n 
whose names ace upon the roll. The wine bill of ” Tbe U<licB of TurUey ’ who have rccently been wear ' 
ing thin veils in publii .-rivet of an edict 
more than one of these was more than ten dollars . . , 
requiring the use of very tuick ones. 
a day. More anon.” . , .... , ... „ 
— A large collection of anonymous contributions to 
periodical Literature, by Major Andre, has recently been 
The Prussian authorities now subject all horned discovered anti sutiAlhctorUy authenticated. 
cattle coming from Austria to a quarantine of _ E Merriam uyn thut &3 persons lost their lives last 
twenty -one days* The murrain ia said to be year by burning fluid explosions, and 106 were injured, 
advancing further west- some of whom are not expected to recover. 
