New York Daily-Times (Newspaper) - January 17, 1857, New York, New York INTERESTING tt WASHINGTON of the Committee of Mow for Promoting Security of Steam Navigation of ibe 17 8 Society VOL 1603 NEW-YORK SATURDAY JANUARY 17 1857 PRICE TWO CENTS OCCASIONAL DISPATCH Friday Jan tie Committee to-day had examination ono who had more than a moral conviction of the truth of the of corruption that have been If 1 have not been misinformed on more than one occasion been and ear witness to arrangements by to themselves pecuniary profits aa their action And in at leist one of nn order upon tho Cleric ef the House for a large sum of money which i to among the parties Whether that TU produced to the Committee or waa meat future possible contingencies I am I am confident however that It is Sa within tho reach of the Committee the witness whose arrest the House to-day U tho Corespondent Philadelphia Inquirer Ho has manifested erable anxiety In his correspondence for correspondent for hia reckless ex- and sovera denunciation of ui Con- It is rumored that he knows about Ae melancholy joke confidentially to fir of North Carolina Tbe opinion begins to prevail that action of tho Committed will not end in smoke by a good and it Is already conceded oa all hands that tha had abundant ground for its timely and effective warnings Tho cause of its Editor and Correspondent In refusing to disclose the names of their Informants Is variously ted on I understand Captain declined tha liberal offer of the British to send him and fellow officers In tho Retribution after fun consultation with Mr DALLAS It was tha good feeling of the Government was fully appreciated by the Government and people of the United that no such expensive for- wai needed In testimony of it Dr HATES who was with Dr KANE in hid Arctic Expedition a confident hope from recant Intelligence and knowledge of hia case of tho Doctor's recovery Tho this evening very liant This Mr proposes to accomplish by making tho perfectly by providing means of working machinery by steam no as to n to bo controlled when it 5s necessary from the deck Instead of below also by making i he drafts used so that the drafts cttn too shut off by n person standing upon deck arid anally by arranging so a below hy means employed from tho dock Such Brief I understand to bo tho provisions of a Dill certainly demands prompt consideration and the t by engaging In the effort to Its re Into n Inw he b not unmindful of the details of a s duty ns the of a traveling community SIMON States elect from arrived here to night and Is ping at tho National he has been called upon hy a host of congratulating Ue looks exceedingly well nnd not nt nil disquieted by tho through which he has just passed so is a rumor In town that TON Is making a very Strong effort to secure the of his son to the from vice Ur THOMPSON whose term expires on the 4th of March next nf tho parties to think the Commodore will In securing tho coveted honors for his I do not get any other dence of tho probability of such an event Senator a vory brilliant party at his last evening Among the notables present wero limits Mr STOCKTON and tho leading members of both 8 Supreme Conrt of the United States WASHINGTON Thursday Jun Felix Coiron and J T Voiron claimants nnd vs Laurent Millandon syu din of Alexander and others tho Easter i District of was a to sale of slaves in 1834 under the act of In- set aside a AP ntc Friday Jan 16 Mr J B of who served as of the House loat session wag to-day examined by tho Corruption Investigating Committee Mr formerly Chief Clerk of the Office and Mr banker It is reported have been t Mr the of tho X every question himself but declined responding to some respecting others on the ground that he could not do so without a ble breach of He also insisted on tha right and duty Of newspapers to act on moral convictions without holding themselves to the proofs specific charges ore made against by name The Superintendent of Printing has aJ tho Committee on Ways find Moani to ro port an appropriation of nearly as the to finish the printing ordered during the session of tbe Immense amount of which ho says at tbat timo could been aware President's first public reception of tho season took place thla evening and was largely und f attended Among the most notable guests was iov of Kansas The father of claimants asked to surrender his property for tho benefit of his creditors which was 1 to and tho defendants tho chasers a the sale Tho debts wore estimated at assets at About of a dobt remained unpaid and this was filed to sat aside tbo sales Held by the Court Justice delivering the opinion of tho that on n surrender of tho erty under the Insolvent laws of estate immediately vests in creditors sui bo dispose d of by the syndics A Court of Equity In sotting a deed doos It oa and Ihu return of tho purchase A Court of acta and looks only to tho deed The decree below affirmed R HITST Esq for tho appellants nnd Hon Mr BENJAMIN for appellees Benj Morgan plaintiff In error vs Court on its own motion ed a diminution of and ordered a to Issue directing a new transcript to bo sent upi TAMY delivering tho opinion of tho Court cluim ml of ship Independence Win C Fisher discussion of this was concluded to-day b Mr appearing for Tuo dependence lay at anchor Cod in tho opon and exposed to her bonts stove and having on board n cargo at The steamer employed to leave tho if tho Indt port and go to 1 i J In dependence which she and returned to port again towing tho disabled vessel The Circuit Court awarded as The defence Is that nothing was due as salvage but only n quantum Tho case turns upon the facts appearing in the record Jan 16 Case No Arguments on both sides wero continued to-day The Untied Court of Nothing of interest in the Court of Claims dny United the rattle should be In the judgment or ho committees Mr of In a and speech hoped tho resolution would pane the transaction of other minor business tho tv until to-morrow In tte Kev Dr of lured tho Society on tho subject ot J SECOND DAY WASHINGTON Thursday Jan The meeting was called to at 9 o'clock A M Hon W L of Kentucky In tho choir Col of Maryland an eulogy upon the worth nnd services of President DIB and was greeted with murks of tion on the port of the mooting The report of tho Committee on Nomination of Officers for tho ensuing year wae rend Officers chosen wero ns follow P of BEN D nnd tho usual number of ono from each State and Territory report wnn adopted and tho persons chosen Mr made a most happy upon his connection with tho BIX iety his willingness to do nnd dio in tho causa of Agricultural ind said that If after death tbo constituent of framo could but nourish some plant or fair flower liiB chiefest wish would be Ho was interrupted by outbreaks of applause and at the conclusion of his remarks loudly cheered Votes of thank a wore given respectively to B Kino Ksq tho lato Secretary tho municipal of Philadelphia tho local Com- of tho Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture JOHN Esq Into Assistant and C W Ksq Into ant Treasurer TLc Committee on locating tho next Fair of the Society reported in favor of Louisville Ky tho cultural Society of which district through Secretary nnd Hon both of Kentucky offer tho use of their grounds freo of ex- pense and guarantee an indemnity fund of Thirty Dollars lo insure the United States against loss This Is a most liberal offer on the port of Kentucky nnd la anew proof of tho of Ibis Society Tho faat of tho matter U the farmers nre In tho light tunt of tho most important body iu the try nud if their own eyes could but bo opened thoy would not posse as hut be able to use their ence for the of our national Hon Mr of Kentucky with prefatory remarks a In of tho chase oi Mount Vernon for the Establishment of a National Farm School The gallant Col the motion CHAB ol sumo State concurred nnd prophesied tho certain support for agricultural institutions by tho people Mr ol Massachusetts spoke for North in of It Ur of thought it should bo n Polytechnic School Mr O K of urged tho idea that such an institution an hospital fur of and of promised the of their several States Hon of very justly remarked that tho incipient poWr ot tbo Society should bo concentrated upon tho great question of n separate Department nt the sent of Government nnd that this onco the purchase of Mount Vernon and the erection of a National Polytechnic School naturally ensue Mr of Kentucky ii a thrilling and speech tho passage tho matter was referred to a Committee consisting of of G W P I S T DAILY Thursday Jan 15 Your correspondent to-day sustained a izing of the extreme tractive of to say ho was before tho of during two and n half hours questions frankly and fully they concerned and answering protesting or de- to answer as to hia best judgment seemed proper when the questions affected other parties He never offered hia testimony to the House never to be able to furnish it legal testimony on own behalf to convict any member of corruption nnd was not responsible to any to aid the Committee In the labors which lion Mr KIT BEY proper to have ordered by the House What or say before the Committee however I be Is entitled to publish QJJ it is now understood that the proceedings ore to be kept When the la I shall probably hare something more to say about examination meantime if my letters ore dry U I know they must be charge the to the Committee who with great kindness and unimpeachable politeness however subjected me to n well calculated to take the out of any ordinary man Everybody Interested In having it so declares that your knows nothing to reveal to the yet not a fow of those who talk to find it Important to circulate a hundred rumors of awful developments which are to open some sized earthquakes my feet and swallow me from off the face of the earth All this Is very ter and I have done my utmost to get up In own breut n due of the danger with a view to proper appreciation of the uttered in my ear But somehow or other It U Impossible for me to find any other sentiment than that of utter and ineffable contempt for all the threats scoffs and curves of tha crew who aro ready to perjury for my overthrow Even that I defy ind challenge tho who are daily protesting tha ex tent of their ing capacity to meet me face to faco and make any honest man their calumnies I warn them In lime to beware how they seek to their own will found wofully entangled in the And than again on officer of the House U busy just at thla timo In breathing his poisonous whispers Into the of Members of Congress tolling them that they owe U to to expel me from the fX I know not who is hunting me town with a rawhide Ac kc All this is very and stupid If this imprudent thinks the rawhide a safe argument to use he will probably act the presumption without talking it but my word for it I am la no lea It from cowardly assassination which la tho privilege of every who to avail himself of It Gentlemen who feel would do well to a little quiet until thoy know from reliable Authority for how much are Indebted to U will be more convenient lo settle the whole account at once Fortunately the disunity between Messrs of Ohio Mr Ki ST of Arkansas has been amicably adjusted I iu my ion thut a bus 1 by the parties or their friends iu a reconciliation gentlemen announce to tho House this tn their personal 11 to m of Tuesday last for tho of the Uw for tho security of of passengers OFI is a practicable nud measure providing as it does almost cor- of a vessel from any b Fifth Annual of the Agricultural Correspondence of the DaUg I WASHINGTON Wednesday Jan 14 are much pleased to lind an increased inter- est attendant upon this mooting of our National cultural Society and tho power of tho farming interest so appreciated by politicians and men of In- fluence ns to secure the presence and support of tho of the United States Secretary of thu Treasury mid numbers of our most distinguished The meeting was called to older at A M President V WILDEB of iir tho supported on the right by LIN and on the left by of Tho first in order was tho o W P KING Secretary and of pro tern The dent delivered his usual address by that the at tho Philadelphia ed in a single day to persons The receipts wore about tho same Virginia and BENSON of Ma A circular letter to foreign sou eties nud was voted to bo given to bouquet of flowers from I r of N H Thd hib result has demonstrated that monster nro not only self-supporting but actually pro The President dvew attention of Soc ety to tho more important results of the into Fair at Philadelphia and enumerated amongst others tho exhibition of tho Sorgho or Chinese nnd tho Report of the Discretionary Premium It will bo remembered by your readers that this Com- awarded none of the premiums assigned to their province presented Instead a protest against tho present custom of awarding premiums to machines und agricultural implements which aro seen by the in n perfectly passive state and under such disadvantages of want of time and of the Committees a reliable award win seldom bo given and earnestly the institution by tbo of a great tional of implements in The President fully indorsed tho action and views cf tho Committee and urged tho appointment of a Committee to consider He alluded to the ance of the agricultural Interest of the country tho want of patronage and for tho eviction of a Department at Washington with a Secretary of equal rank with the other Cabinet Officers j A unanimous voto of thanks was voted on motion of Mr Dirai of Connecticut Mr B B of the District of Columbia moved tho reference of the President's address to Committees wero appointed by tho Mr of Maryland objected to the of exhibitions Bald tho exhibitions were not superior to those of Societies nnd that thoy even when most successful but shows of cattle end horses and foil far short of tho roal purposes of the Society views were Opposed by Mr of delphia and Hon 11 MAESHALL of Kentucky It was intimated propositions for the location of the Fair had been mado by different cities which referred to Messrs Harrison of Pennsylvania John Jonea of Delaware Kellogg of Richardson of New-York and of The matter of tho proposed National Field Trial ot Implements to n Committee composed of Gen Tench of Maryland Jno D Lang of Maine J T Warder of Springfield Ohio O E Waring Jr uf New-York Henry 8 Olcott of York wore invested with full to manufacturers Inventors nnd pul authorities throughout tha United and ar- range preliminaries for such exhibition On motion of Col of Maryland and by of Massachusetts Mr Pi A lion v the eminent American Banker was elected honorary member and special Representative of Society to the Societies of and Franco The Chair appointed a Committee to make mto tho of thn and report at Mesare D J Browne of the Hammond of South lina Col Peters cf Mr Hyde of und Hart of Kentucky Tho of the erection of a Department of it was warmly advocated by Messrs JOHN Of are LCI of and Col KIMMEL Mi Lrwis moved of i to examine and on the points deciding the cellenco of nud other nud controlling the action of nt Mr objected on tho uf j Mr to of incompetent Mr II S OLCOTT claimed that no more published table of rules to control such could for want of practical Mr supported this view and urged thut by tho AKIF of Washington concurred in views of the of Patents as to insuring greater uniformity nnd in tho returns of agricultural statistics voted that a copy of views and their concurrence I i gent to the of our several States nnd Tho Committee to tho lurge of fruita received from an Agricultural Society in Oregon reported that of the had been misu imod tint they Wiro of in Homo imt their owing to thiB of could not lio accurately ascertained Tho Chair next called up tho question of the Sorgho and it win m a most by D J of of of District I la of Kentucky and New-York Tho facts ut showed importance and ths Committee to make thorough during tho present will bo looked for with groat Wo aro thar any inquires itg tho of cultivation and applications for seed may lo addressed to D- J Esq Patent and will bo answered by that so fur as lies in his power Our limits do not permit further mention of HUB mutter In tho letter hut reference will bo mado to tha claims of the Sorgho to tho consideration of American farmers O THIRD DAY WASHINGTON Friday Jan 16 United States Agricultural Society to-day resolutions thanking tho of tho Smithsonian Institute for the USD of their rooms and MACBY for bis invitation to visit tho tory and appointing u of to inquire Into the origin of tho disease known us hog cholera A paper on phosphorus iu its relations to the and vegetable kingdom by Prof of Portsmouth Vs read nud referred to the tive Committee L FLINT of address on the subject of Grasses showing at bow they bo sown and cultivated Professor gave an account of the operations of the Smithsonian Institute and tho Dr delivered nn on agricultural inducements In Oregon and California which he con- far less than those of the valley of the A motion to buy sufficient Chinese sugar cano to plant ono hundred acres was adopted 4 report by Mr Jon KB of Delaware in favor of Congress to grant In lauds to each State for the establishment of nn Agricultural Uni- versity WUB informally over Tho enmc from the committee ed at tho lost annual mooting thon made a on tho subject of Agriculture with various tions which adopted A resolution offered by Dr ing geological surveys In tho States was Messrs C B Calvort G W P B B French and D Jay Browne of Washington wero n committee to Congress In favor of lishing on Agricultural Department Mr then delivered nn eloquent closing ad- dress and a vote of thanks to the President Mr who responded tho mooting adjourned tine dif ti Session Friday Jnn THE NAVY ETC The took np Mr resolution calling on tho Secretary of tho Navy to what number of desertions from tho Navy had taken place since tho passage of the act to promote tho efficiency of that branch of tho public service Mr objected to its adoption as bolug a needless exposure of transactions which havo beyond the control of Navy Deportment and tho Benato Mr contended that matters ought to be brought to BO that If tho action of tho Naval Board was good it could bo made manifest to the If tho contrary was tho case it ought equally to bo known j l-l AIMS OF Ol EBB The resolution was laid for tho special the providing for tho settlement of claims of tlie officers of the Revolution Mr said he intended lo mako tbo aa odious as possible and lo end ho Indicated including ono to compensate tbe soldiers for the depreciation In money In which they wero Aa a tost question ho moved the Indefinite postponement of the consideration of tho which was lost by a voto of SX Mr moved tho postponement of tho ation of the until tho first Monday In nest Allen BUIer Brown Botler Caw Clay Dodge trr Johnson of Mallory Reid Riuk BIWell Stuart Toucey and Bayard Bell of N H BfU cf Tenn Gayer Pratt Thompson of Ky eon and TnB Tho Officer laid before the Senate a letter from tho President of tho Joint Convention of tho Pennsylvania Legislature giving relative to tho flection of Mrl as Senator private wero when tho BonaU adjourned till Monday I REPRESENTATIVES Friday Jan 10 The House waa in tlie of private bills thirteen of which wero panned REFUSAL TO TUB Mr rising to n question of a sotting forth that JOSEPH had been duly summoned before tho Corruption gating and had neglected to and concluding with the resolution warrant tj tho com- him to take into custody of the paid wherever found und the forthwith bring to the bar the to answer for of its authority Mr was tbo for nil thin f Mr of believing that tho had no such power moved to lay tho resolution Mr PAINE Iho yons and Mr thin ai a Tory slid time should he to it His motion to adjourn received a decided negative of Mr OBB tho precept by tho to tho the latter to summon waa road Tbe WUB returned by tho with the Indorsement thut he had the mons on thu 14th lust Mr permitted to mako a statement Ho said tho had not acted in thift matter without looking fully into tho authorities which fully sustained them In the application thoy had made A coso occurred in 1817 or 1818 to A applied to LEWIS WILLIAMS n ber of the nnd proponed to pny n to make a report Ou a certain Mr WiLLiAMb brought the fact to the at- tention of the House which ordered tho tho party in tho ot the resolution now bufore tho House file present copied in that Tho wny brought before the House nnd after wm by the Speaker of tho HousS because hero mitigating ns dis- charge from on H tody ho instituted an Action the Tho COPO was in tho Circuit Court and decided against tho plaintiff and on Appeal to the primo Court that the had tho to act an it nnd it won eion The WUB protected and tho complaint Tho in the present caan wis but to If tho hnd not power tho attendance ol tho Investigation was u mockery and he Oan should not a of the Committee II it had not tho power to enfiivo recusants to testify to tho investigation fall to tho ground Mr DHOWS wished to u statement relative to Mr but Mr JONEH Tunn paid they wanted to hear nothing about him now Mr tho witness purges self of tho contempt I will hear tho explanation Cries ef Hear Hear Mr was informed this morning that Mr sicK and to ho present before tho Commit I w ask tho Committee whether they can that Mr refused to appear 1 Mr is of no to tho ter beforo the House Tho refused to lay tho en tho tablo and thon it nearly unanimously Adjourned Friday 16 A resolution MBB presented in the House day instructing our Senators to vote for the of as a Fn e Stato Tbe Democrats hold n this evening for the nomination of a Treasurer The place on Monday DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR Friday 16 HENnT S MA on AW has been nominated in the Democratic caucus by acclamation for Treasurer The bolters nnd wero absent Polltlonl In Friday Jnn 1C Tho Americans and Republicans i this Cred guns this evening In elec tion to the 1C A from St Louia reporta that Hon T Poi H has elected Stales Senator from Missouri for the long term United Senator from Maine Jan U our legislature to-day lion as United States Senator for the long term and Anoa for the short term of Recent ments in the Territory of to Renew AN OF In LEGISLATURE Friday Jan Against tho International tho of tlic to prevent burning m i By Mr favorably to the Court of Sessions Kings County lly Mr on the amending tbo General Manufacturing law By Mr Ml regulating interest on money On unsafe buildings in York to tho of Brooklyn NOTICES By Mr EB to tho name of tho hurch By Mr for amending the Banking law By Mr UPHAM to the mime of Harbor Bunk Buffalo to the Buffalo Bank By Mr relative to party walls Relative to orphans nnd children By Mr to amend tho charter of tho York nnd Erie To amend charter of tne Agricultural Tbe resolution of Mr giving the of the State bud a gold medal to Lieut tor the rescue of Dr KANI was then passed Adjourned to Monday evening at 7 o'clock Friday 10 PETITIONS For aid to Kansas For a prohibitory liquor law 1 The annual for reported from Committee nud was the special erder for Id o'clock j To the of the New-York Supervisors 13 In raising the ef Police Courts ono-aiith To Incorporate Turnverein New-York To confirm the location of the People's College To extend tho time for the general collection of es except In New-York and Albany The annual report the State Engineer and veyor was presented and shows tho total Cost of tho enlargement of the In to bo 809 So The estimated cost of tha work was tv bo do c after Dec 31 1856 NOTICES OF BILLS To increase justices fees and to amend tne law re- garding summary proceedings To recover the of land Uy Mr to abolish tho ottco of City in New-York Mr to amend the dation Act By Mr to prevent voting By Mr to protect tho Harbor of New-York It provides that no coal cinders dirt or filth of nuy description whatever shall bo thrown In any river bay or iu tho harbor It imposes of on all masters or other persons or re on which thoy have control to violate the law and the to all persona violating tho law Mr GOULD to by Mr moved that the papers relating to tho Commissioners of introduced last session be referred to tho Committees of tho present House Mr Introduced a resolution making the Judiciary fixing ine salaries of the Judges of the Court of Appeals at and thoso of the Supreme Couit Bt Mr J OWEN Introduced a joint resolution fixing Tuesday Fob 3 at noon as the timo for holding tho for a Stales Senator Mr Introduced a resolution calling for Information on all matters relating to Port rou Canal Enlargement Mr B Introduced a resolution ing of and requesting our in Congress to oppose all Mr n resolution rescinding tho appointment of an additional doorkeeper nud after debate it Was adopted Mr J J a resolution dismissing all officers of tho Houso not named in tho tion Laid A resolution was then made to over till Monday but was lost After some further House Riot at Albion N Y TWO MEN AND N Y Jun P M A terribly i iot H now going on in between a of Americans and a of Irish Two and several others are on the wounded Knives and other are freely used It appears tbat id for the Irish laborers on Hie C mul They went in crowds to bo paid and have been all day and this evening found ripe for a row We cannot learn tbat but nt tho bottom of the rioL Two have been killed and four so injured that thoy aro not expected to live Navigation of tbo Harbor of Baltimore Friday Jnn 16 Thp stramer Herald came up from Norfolk day A largo number of vessels wero in the Annapolis Honds Both the New-York steamers hud got Into There has been no serious o to any of shipping by tlie Ice Tho steamer goes to Norfolk to-morrow Tbc Weather Eastward Friday Jan 1C The here at o'clock this ing marked 10 and at below rero HOSTOM Jan 10 The telegraph this morning reports the following billing of tho HALIFAX Jnn 1C Tho IS below zero ST JOHN N B Friday Jan 1C Tne thermometer marks 6 below zero WOODSTOCK Can Jnn 16 Tho is 5 below zero 1 N 8 Friday Jan 1C morning the Is 13 below zero Jan 1C Tho thermometer Is 4 below zero In Boston this morning nt sunrise it was about Tho cold is now fast moderating ON TOE SOUND BOSTON Friday Jan 1C traip arrived here nt 7 o'clock this morning and that from Norwich at 11 No boat left for Fall River list To-night tbe boat proposes starting for New-York but no other of THO CITT N J Friday Jan 1C and wife were found dead in their bed thla was a man of and WB3 I he employ of tho Central Railroad Company Strong auspicious are by unt they hmo been A Fire at MOAI I Ids Jan 1C Union hi Mass by Are Tho ing included the occupied wise for stores offices ic A an owned by rx nnd A W Tivo dwelling houses adjoining also dc ed Fatal Accident 1 Jnn 10 PATTON of the firm of PATTON killed tain morning by falling tho shaft of ft coalmine at Plymouth a of 90 feet f Tbe Niagara Outward AX Jan 1C Tlie steamship from Boston nt ono sailed fcr at three o'clock thia morning with n cjt clear weather A Jan 16 The botly of a murdered man was found iu vicinity yesterday A letter in tLo address Balling of the 1 no Tbc Saratoga on day from Norfolk for Bl the Jan A M We arc still without of tne steamship America The weather U clear and calm Personal Rev in a delivered in Boston defined hia position on the Tern question He snid thut wad au advocate of the He waa induced to give his countenance and support lo tbo laws recently upon that subject but on a review of the ground he felt convinced thai far aa the laws ol Maine Massachusetts concerned they had not effected tne desired no waa still warmly in faror of mode of warfare and might also lavor a system o licensing If n law of that charactor with proper re- and could be adopted Governor of hae to Senator a cane by Majo ono of the prisoners dunug bis Incarceration in Upon this cane nr knots of which are tho coils of a serpent representing the fifteen en slaved and sixteen without iLs coils the latter repre Free States GROTE the to a gen In Philadelphia It to hear of tho largo editions of books and instructive books which arc printed nnd find m the The circle of or nt least of buyers must be very iu your community lion of North Carolina bai been a complimentary banquet by friends Raleigh without distinction of parly Hi declined tho compliment Iu ol bis rations for o speedy to General having ed iu Inland in Lho Persia previous to his Gallery In the A few Jays with I 10 1 w of the Hotel u U Mile 1 AK Tbc President's r n st Ue i In the Fen ion wan lost of the tn aro Tho Archbishop of Quebec i3 improving iu health having been afflicted with illness Ex-Governor of Tennessee ia receiving marked attentions Dr pulpit in this City is to IIP ii next by Rev A K M nn TIM Id A matter which will bj some be apd luu in part of the Territory Monday and yesterday To-day I am watching in and town The mostly conservative men to be law-abiding bat avow preference for ft IrW IB a town bag the County nnd county fja0in4ji but a friendly feeling between ita citizens and of Topeka Ai in Its youthful ambition pat in a strong claim for tbo capital and wai cheated out of it in- is not very powerful here In the I find rix or prisoners who are as well taken care of Aa permit They and aa provisions to fat as can be obtained hero by my With two or three exceptions they wiO alt be bailed in a few daj s The Manhal tt distinction in tho treatment of hia prisoners favor of who are confined for political or with the bite political tion of the Territory Owing to tli want of n quorum the Topeka is not yrt Some fifteen or twenty were on hand on Monday at tha appointed time but up to the present no has been done The resignation of Gov when announced created much A copy of it will bR forwarded to you from Lawrence Y not mada Lie and many of our nrr absent from the Territory tha chance of Con- O that tAfy tome new line qf policy not yet out whilst Others are to tbe vacant tad acquire notoriety by contending for open tbe original plan of the Dig Convention Tbr latter arc openly Governor for abandoning politics and manifesting a personal interest in his own private welfare by land peculations railroads and have ae a of course created distrust in the minde of our old enemies How far the events of the last two days cf I will you particulars trill create I do not know But it bej lorne in mind that the Legislature la o meet at Lecompton on Monday next Jan VI As HISON JONES and ultra cadero have bcon lond in their denunciations ol iov ho would not appoint aa ot Convicts a man who would enforce tha law to tbe r against the by putting to hard labor nor furnish them but more especially their coadjutor Judge has been and their own been thereby impaired with the fact of which they are well aware that peace in the Territory will moat speedily and surely defeat their schemes for making Kantian a State they have been seeking for rinsl an opportunity to make a against the pacific and impartial policy For that purpose the Leavenworth Convention which was to have been held about 1st De- cember last was postponed till the of the legislature and then to be hdi at Lecompton where the ultra and Shivery hope to give the necessary to tbe members of the Legislature and their former terrorism over the few men in either who may have manifested feelings ami sentiments With thia explanation on will not bf when the yf Convention reach you A-s shown by the visits lo Lawrence of Judge and tablo pf Territory and Missouri for tbe purpose of ing and restoring public Co do not rol the U is that tho ultra men of that party arc with tin and prosperity prevailing in the Territory and nre therefore lo impair public confidence in the existing order of things M tn to retard or frighten off cf migration threatens them m a manner in the Spring Should the ultra men publicly an such as indicated public will be called throughout the Territory aud men and bond fide of all and of our the restoration cf and their and of the peace The existing order of things is ular with all who intend to make and no or political plans to 1 here ia a general U the time being with the policy of tho Government aid aj Gov ia landed and denounced In both and papers the do not with the ultra movements or schemes signing politicians for an nient are disposed to eland by the Governor Under all these circumstances I readily the degree of importance to be attached to the movement made to arrest the bers of Legislature at Topeka It that an impression kad got abroad trary to tbe policy pursued last July by and Secretary when the virtually the action of no interference would tale on the part of the Territorial Government should the members of tlie Topeka Legislature assemble snJ merely mature without attempting to carry into effect their State organization From remarks by Gov ROBINSON and others party it was also understood that the gathering at would only be formal in its the purpose of keeping alive tho Topeka and then adjourn ni good could be discovered for executive The of the Territory Vw cot threatened 1 thw but little if prospect of a efficient number of members in to organize either rumors pro and con had got abroad and aa It was to get up another excitement if JONES it is understood made affidavit before Judge CATO that many persons naming some twenty had violated the Statutes of by taking the oath of office and to act as of a legislature the Territory of Kansas The folio whig is the section of tac which the made V2 Sc If any person si any or public 111 lory nnd lie any power to anv j or trust without a nt or deputation lit upon guilty of a misdemeanor ani me five hundred In the c Of course on placed in the ban j five hundred w bi r 10 f: 1
