Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 25, Number 4, 12 January 1855 — Page 2

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM.

D. r. HOLLOW AT. ASD B. W. SAT IB. mxtT. . . Fndsr Moraiac Jaaaary 5th, 1955. ; B-BBBB-BBBBB1.BBBBBBBBBB1-BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB "It is xcit'ly provided by the Constitu tion, that hereafter the State shall not be a I stockholder in any banks, nor lend her credit to ; any corporation. j We find the above sapient remarks in the late message ol his excellency, uov. jos. a. yy ngnt. It is to be regretted that his excellency did not deem it expedient and proper to give some evidence of the uritdom. of that feature of the Constitution, which prevents the State berng a stockholder in a bank. Can such evidence be foucd in the manner in which the present State bank has been conducted? It has furnished a safe and popular currency always at per, in comparison with other bank paper, except the priceof exchange. At this time, and for many ( years convertible into coin upon demand, if has been beneficial to the State to an extent which figures cannot demenstrate. With all these benefits, where has been the loss? We regret that we have not yet received the report j of the State Bank, from which we could prove that an immense sum has been enzde by this same bank for the State, and is perhaps the only enterprise in which the State has engaged, that she has not lost money by; and yet. Gov. Wright 'declares that it is witdom to forbid its re-charter. A different conclusion could hardly be expected from a commercial gentleman whose ideas of trade are conned to speculations in Chesnuts. It is said the brightest feat of financial finetse, ever made by the Governor, was the purchase of a peck of chesnuts from a boy at 75 cents, exhibited them at a State Fair, obtained a premium or a dollar, and still take his chesnuts home to reast. We ought not to do injustice to his excellency, by saying that he does not attempt to give any reason why the State Bank should not be rechartered. He does incidentally refer to what he deems an argument, and that is, that the Bank had reduced its circulation something like 9l.000.OC0! How wicked was such a course

in the Bank! It was done to save the coin in j Mr. Test introduced a bill to abolish the sevthe Bank, and to protect the interests of the j cnth Judicial Circuit, in other words, to dispense

totate; and yet, Gov. Wright deems it sufficient to prevent its re-charter. V e would not speak irreverently, but we are only surprised that pious Joseph had not recommended some change in the economy of Providence, because He had withheld his refreshing showers during the past J season, bv which our corns were reduced to hnlf : their usual amount. i n . v it l. . ' aui nuuve me oiaie mvii not "lend her credit to any corporation." The State upon her own responsibility, engaged, ha a system of internal improvement. She failed, became bankrupt repudiotedhti entire debt, unless her creditors would accept of her terms, which were fifty cents upon the dollar and the Wabash and Erie Canal. She spent something like 1, GOO, -000 upon the Madison railroad, end sold it for a son it. bhe nurcnased lands in Xjeoreia at ai O , 0 cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and sold them for 81000, and has never received even that amount. Every enterprise in which K .n...,,,! T,rw. lor A.n rn.mi k Twwn i

... . . . . . , . ,. , ; ship "to the inhabitants thereof for the use of d.sastrouslo her interest.; ad in the only n-i ,, Thj KhwA aw of ,852 treats the stance in which she has been a partner m a cor-! township fund as the property of the State, and poration she has made a handsome speculation, j its income subject to her disposal for the use of the The reason must be obvious to every observer. : Common School system. The complaint is, that The State ha. entrusted her enterprises to such i the defendants are about to execute the law. and r r ... -, . .v r i v ! thereby direct the income of the Springfield men a. Gov. r.ght. whilst the Bank has towcs&p fund amountiDgto S7.423.37, from the brought to her control the ablest and best tal- Juse 0f tne inhabitants of that township to the ent of the State. Had the Bank been under ( support of schools elsewhere. The prayer of the the exclusive 'control of the State, it would , complaint is, that the defendant be enjoined, have "squatted" in lhe dignified language of the I . The Franklin Circuit Court granted the in- , . ,.-n e junction. Governor, long since; but under the inflnenceor,J The Supreme Court sustains the Court below, honest and able men, it has not only been an . making the injunction perpetual, and declaring honor, but a benefit to the State and the people, void that portion of the School Law consolidating And the Gov. is himself compelled to declare! Congressional township funds

that the "Bunk has promptly pa and that "the stock, at this tnre, commands a premium. j We hope to see the Constitution amended., i .i 0. . n , and the State Bank re-chartered. "All experience show, that very strin- i gent penal laws against privileges and habits long indulged in, are calculated toproduce a reaction in public sentiment." So .peak. Gov. Wright in that part of his; messaora which refers ta the subiect of temoer-' rv. r- i j - , xntA. lhe borfnor tm desires to misrpn-.

ior .imply desires to misrep- av " ; ri. ignorant of the truth of." Commissioners of Highways, commenced the enactment of the law io ; tearing down the bridges over State street. Judge!

resent the facts, or nast events. Did Main. erB.te a r.aetion in nubile sentiment. i x ' It passed the House and failed in the Senate it was returned to the people. They re-endrrs ed it. I again passed the Senate and failed in j the House. The people again endorsed it, and the bill then passed both branches of the Legis-1 lature, and was vetoed by the Governor. It was again aubmitted to the people in the election of, Governor, and againthe peopJe triumphed. There hasbeen no re-action inpublie sentiment, i in Maine, from that time to this, 1 We met a friend leaving the State House, j during the delivery of the Message, and inquired, f him the Governor, opinions upon temper- j ance. He replied, "ihey aretwy strong on both sides." From reading the message, we appre-j ciate the remark of our friend. The Governor, . .ays the Legislature ha. the riht to "prohibit the manufacture and salt of ardent spirits as a ! beverage," but grtot cart should be obseived to' 'protect from violation ahd from annoyance, j constitutional rights of every law-abiding citi-i

ten, in the security and sanctity of his own! Nothing in the case, and we don t refer to the home." j preacher. We are further informed that there V Who wUhes to invade the "sanctity" of anyhM beQ reTiral SinS OQ l Strang Chapel, man's-own home." unless that komi be a dog- CfcarS to 5ct tn Governor was entrustgery? Is a man', home made sacred because ever since tis withdrawjd- We doQ,t mean ha sells intozicatiag liquors! No cue asks t? ' to "J" the rejoicing is on that accounL" enter a private residence to search for liquors.j A jto be m circulation in Boston unless that residence has become a nuisance by 1 asking- the Legislature of Massachusetts to declare the illegal sale of ardent spirits. But suppose persons assisting in the enforcement of the fugitive they did, where weuld be the harm? We are' slave law to be forever incapable of serving as jurors liable to arrest for anj crime, and yet many of or holding office in the State, unless relieved from us have not yet been arrested, and we presume! such merited disgrace by a pardon; and for a law to never will be, simply because there is no foun- b7 fit imprisonment any person holding . dation for a charge. If all houses were liable office who t in the enforcement of the law, . v v ii v . - , i ,i or anv claimant, or aider or abettor of such claimto st.rch. how many wonld be subjected to the -ho ghaI, to raOTe ftD sl,Te ordeaL Bat no one in this State ask for such from the State, without his first having had a jury a right, and the Governor is well aware of it.

Then, why all this palaver about the "sanctity" of a man's "own home?' It is simply the cant

1 of the rumseller, and the Governor was no doubt flattered at the applause he received when he 11 uttered the sentence quoted at the head of this article. Indiana IejrisTatore. Xotriine of interest has vet transnired in the LegisIaturc of lhe s,atCi Xhe Governor delivereJ h;, meage. rather in accordance with the '' consl;tutIon and cust0m. than from anv thine of interest contained therein. Four thousand copies ; were ordered to be printed in the English lan- j guagc, and 10C0 in the German language! Where's Sam? The Senate Committees have been announced, and we find Mr. Burk upon organization of courts, canals, agriculture and temperance. In the House, Mr, Meredith is chairn.an of committee on Wavs and Means, the most impotUat CCmmittee"ia the House, and also Coun ty anJ Township business. ctJlnfo n a. tures, and canal fund. Mr. Test upon corporations, claims, and State Horary, The House agreed to take the papers, and so has the Senate the State to pay the postage. Our venerable friend, Mr. Spann, introduced in the Senate, a resolution instructing the Committee on Education to enquire into the expediency of reporting a bill providing, 1st, for the restoration of the district system, with not less than two trustees; 2d, for the restoration of the j lCih section to the inhabitants of the townships and dispensing with the State Supeiintendent. Rev. Leroy Woods has introduced a bill for the protection of the Sabbath. j In the House a committee of one from each Congressional district has been appointed to divide the State into Senatorial and Representative districts. Mr Kilgore, speaker, introduced a bill to! amend the Constitution so as to strike out that j portion permitting foreigners to vote when now allowed, and those" parts declaring how acts shall be amended, and limitingthe time of hold-! Ins Legislative sessions. -with the services of Joseph Anthony. 16 th Section Fund. It will be seen by the following article from the Xcw Albany Ledger, that the Supreme Court has decided the law consolidating the 16th Section Fund with the other School Funds of the State' unconstitutional. By the time one or two more decisions are made in reference to our school laws, we will have no school law: Another School Law Decision. The Supreme Court, on Thursday last, as we learn from the Indiana Journal, rendered the following decision: Tub State tt al. v. Springfield TowNsnip, Franklin Covkty, Indiana. This is an appeal from an order of injunction restraining the Auditor, Treasurer and Board of Commissioners of said county from distributing tho income of a certain school fund alleged to belong to the appellee. 1 v " " ' n.-v -o The fund in controversy is the proceeds of the sale of the 16th section in Springfield township. It is claimed that by the act ot Congress, of April 19. '16, that a section was granted in every town

., .... i. . I he constitution itself provides or tne consolptly paid its TMerest,",., . , , . , . , . ac .,, ,

Franklin Circuit Court and the Supreme Court decides that this provision of the constitulion comes ".conflict with an act of Congress by virtue of which a portion of the school fund is derived. We presume the school law is by this and the previous decision, enectuaily demolished, and unless the Legislature can devise some new scheme, we shall not henceforth have any public ! schools at all; or at least none that will meet the wants of the people. Erie Mob Ac.aljv The Erie mob assembled at Harbor creek, on the 8th inst., and by order of ' J Miles nd Sheriff- in ?S Pnt Miles and the Shenn, in attempting to prevent the work of destruction, were pelted with stones ! ' and snow balls. j Thk PlKrECn0!f or Counterfeiting. The ' Cinc;nnati Gazette says: ..The most startling dis- j COTery 0f the ge u'that by which a bank note 1 orolher writing or engraving is copied to such! perfection as to defy the best judges. Last week ' a Photographist copied a note of the State Bank! 0f Ohio, and the spurious bill was presented to ; an(i received as genuine by three of the most ex-! prienced Bank Tellers in the city; and even after ig told that it was not genuine, they contend- j ed it WAS Unless this discovery can ' u overcome, confidence in Bank notes will be ! destroyed. j ; X"-The Indianapolis Republican says: "We j understand that Gov. Wright has withdrawn j from the Methodist Episcopal Church, assigning! as a reason that the preacher was a Know No-j thing, behave no doubt there was a Know

COLLECTANEA. J "RrmJer vuto Scimtart the thiugt that art Scifart." Gov. Morrel of Maine, delivered his message on the 6th inst. It is strongly in favor of temperance, freesoil, and the alteration of the Naturalization Laws. The election held in Lexington, Kentucky, on the 6th inst., resulted in a Know Nothing triutnpL The same result

was had in Covington. Kentucky, oa the same i

day. A bill passtd the House of the Legis- : guish between crops raised on alluvial and lature of Illinois on the 6;h inst., repealing all j prairie soils from those raised oa clay upland the License Laws of the State. The officers ! . ... ,. n , ,. Bv Mr. Farn.is that a liberal premium be of the Michigan legislature a.-e all Republi- j offed fur the greatest weight of beef and olit cans. The 'Do-Nothings made a public dis- ; the exhibitor giving well authenticated evidence play at Louisville, on the 1st. The Courier of the age and blood of the animal, and the daily says the procession was long, the costumes process and cost of feeding. , . - ,. i- vi .. By Mr. Line directing a committee to be fantastic, and in some cases highly picturesque. ... . , v " i ; appointed to prepare a list of questions to be They created a vast amount of fun and answered by each competitor for premiums on guilty of no indecencies. The whole concla- i grain, embodying the information required by ded with a 'grand' tournament. The Lafay- j the list, and that the list be recommended for the , ... .,.,, i,,r, v.n ' adoption of county societies. Messrs. Morrison, ette American says that proposal.- nave oeea . , - . , , ir ! Keese, Matson and Boone, were constituted said issued by the Synod of the Cumberland Fres- commjl(ee byterian Church, for the erection of a College j pjy. Mr. Matson asking the members of the in some convenient place in this State. A con-j State Board and Delegates present to furnish, dition of the location is, that the place desiring !during the current year, more articles for publicav u am Ann . j ,1,, .0.; i tion in the Agricultural papers of our Slate, it, must subscribe 910,000 towards the erection , t t . . ...... , , v 1 he Jboard adjourned until evening. During of the buildings pretty hard terms, and tioub-1 the evening MSSion the subject of the Hessian fly, lesome, these times. Some idea of the rapid sheep-killing dogs, drainage and sub-soil ploughstrides that "Young America" is making, mayjing, were discussed, a report of which will be be gathered from the fact that just fourteen ! S'ven to-morrow's Jou rnal. years ago, but a single house, and that a log! ... , J . ' . rc? ranAT Morsixg, Jan, o, ICoo. cabin, stoo l upon what is now the site ol tot. 1 r .. j REJOLCTIOKS offered and adopted. Paul, Minesota a city that supports four daily ; x, xr t ,. , . . , J t i Line directing the appointment of a newspapers, and where upwards of 45,000 committee to prepare a stringent measure for the have landed within a year. Kossuth has; action of the Legislature against sheep killing lately formed a permanent connection with the : dogs. Messrs. Line, Dennis and Lane, were apLondon Sunday Times, for which he is to write 1 Pointed said committee. weekly articles, and for whoso political tone he ! B r- Howland requesting the Executive J, , ; Committtee to offer a premium to test the beneis to furnish the key note. The stock ot flour ; ficial effects of the hy requiring the com. on hand in the Philadelphia market is only ' petitors to cultivate a field "of not less than ten 19,000 bbls., against 92,500 at the same time j acres, of equal quality and fertility, and giving last vear. and the stock of wheat is 42.000 bush- i lhe same cultivation to the whole; but one half to

j ' els against 1 10,000 bushels last year.npi - A. IIC I 17 is said to be a secret association in Chicago, of blacks and whites, to aid fugitives to escape,

and prevent their recapture. There are said to be tablishment at Washington City, of an Agrieulover 700 well organized men, armed to the teeth. ! tuial Department, whose chief officer shall be a ! r,. v r,. o v,: ,.,; member of the Cabinet; and instructing the Presiready lor the tray. toumac berries are said o i- , . J . . , , , i dents of County Societies to procure and forward to be an excellent substitute for lemonade. Put ; petitions from their respective counties of the

tne Derries in sugar ana waier, as lemonane is i made, and the difference is hardly perceptible. Last year the tax of Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati, amounted to $30,323 00. The Ohio Agricultural Society have recommended to their State board to offer no more premiums on tobacco.- George W. Green, a Chicago banker, has been convicted of murdering his wife by the adinistering of poison. A Texas paper states that Gen. Houston intends :

to resign his seat in the Senate, at the end of j time and place of the meeting of the Executive the present session. Professor Larrabee has i Committee, and of the absolute necessity of the v . j t i i f c - ,T . County Societies aiding in this matter.l been appointed President of the Iowa State L m- By Mr Vawter that it be made the duty of ycrsity, and accepted the situation. Our the Secretary of each County Society, upon its friend la iixvv.-j i -1. ..i ; . , . .unfuuara keeper of the House of Representatives. He i of such organization, and that then it be the duwill make a good officer. R. O. Dormer is!1 of he Secretary -of this Board to furnish such , , . . ,. . . , i County Society with the requirements of this one of the Assistant Secretaries in the House. T,,arjB i:at .f c.K

The Lawrenceburgh 7Ym announces the death of the venerable widow of tW late Amos I-me. She died at the residence of George P. Buell, near that city, on Thursday last. The South Carolina Legislature has passed a bill to allow the President of the State Bank to veto the decisions of the Directors. The Free Democrat Vo rt;ct,n.l V, ciiKcKorc tr it V..nr , supplied with the State Journal. It is report- , ed that lion John 1. Male has joined the Know ( JSothings. Very likely. A darkey set to work ! n a very touh tree, but his axe flew ' J " to cut down back for seme time with but little effect. A storm occurred in the mean time, and a crashing flash of lightning shattered a huge oak to splin-! ters n-ar him. " Bress de Lord! exclaimed i Sambo, " dat's well done. 'Pose you try 'dis one next guess you find your match if you does ! " A certain Governor has discontinued the Jaelscnian on the ground that we charged him for it. He was evidently "only a sub- , , r ped me paper, oi course. e don t Believe that Governors should receive papers free any more than hod carriers. If we have any more to give away we will send them to the latter class, in r i. r i' ti wr v. preference. Hush e Jack n. That s ( v Inght v o pitch into him. The Laporte Union contains the resolutions of seventy wood dealers of that place, who, it seems, are indignant at the town council for

Mnirnncr ill (n v. i.i about S7, OO0; leaving on hand 50O. requiring an wood to De sold! ' j v .v m i! Dr- Brown, from the Committee, reported a . measured by the seller, and ;,, J memorial on the subject of a Geological Survev;

by the cord, and

"aj i ""j icoi. c w i-concurred in, and orcerea to De laid De tore the the cost of the measuring of the wood, and Legislature by the President of the Board, make the customer pay the duty as well as the n motion, the Executive Committee was difirst cost and freight, until the council shall re- jrecttd t0 fix f Loldin the F.a,rs . ... , . ; on the rears when there was no general election, cover its sanity, and ahow them to sell inany;in the 'beginning of October, and when there quantity they please. war a general election, immediately after such ' ' Selection. Proceedings of the State Board of Agriculture, j T j Edmon(i,SORi of Bartholomew county. reported bt lewis bollmak. 'exhibited a model of a corn planter, which was Thursday Jan. 4. 1 855. referred to an appropriate committee.

The Board convened in the Sunreme Court! ie noara convenea in me supreme vouri ; c, and delegates appeared from the following ; ties: Adams. Bartholomew, Boone, Cass, iioom,

Carroll, Clark. Dearborn, Daviess, Decatur, underground draining. Delaware, Elkhart, Franklin, Favette, Green, ! On motion of Mr. Freeland, the establishment Grant, Hancock, Huntington, Hendricks, Henry, j of an Agricultural Department in the State UniJohnson, Jennings, Jefferson, Knox, Lagrange, i versity. was recommended. Laporte, Marion, Morgan. Montgommcrv, Mon-1 The Executive Committee were instructed to roe, Scott, Tippecanoe. Washington and Orange, 'locate the next State Fair at Indianapolis, pro-

Owen, Putnam, Parke, Randolph, St. Joseph, ; Stark, Shelby, Spencer, Ohio and Switzerland, ! Sullivan, Union. Vigo, Wabash, Warren and Fountain and Wayne. Reports from the County Societies, and Essays on different subjects were laid before the Board. A considerable number of specimens of Apples and grains; of wool, manufactures, tc. were spread on the tables. Committees were appointed to examine these specimens; to propose a place of holding the next State Fair; and to memorialise the Legislature to authorize county agricultural Societies to hold real estate for Fair grounds. The Board then adjourned. AFTTRXOON" SESSIOS. The Board met. Resolutions Ofered and Adopted. Bv Mr. Reeves, instructing the committee on Premiums to offer a premium for tbe best specinen of burnt clay tiles for underdrains. By Mr. Howland. that the Board abolish all ninimums in making out tbe premium list, and equire all competitors on grains to file a written tatement f the mode of tillage, tbe cost of culivation, the quantity produced, and the quality - ( the soiL By Dr. Brown, that a committee of three be p pointed to memorialise tbe Legislature on tbe

importance of a thorough geological survey and mapping of the Stale, so as to exhibit the Geologv, Topography, Mineralogy, Soil, Timber, Ac, of every section of land in the State, and solicit that body to make the appropriation necessary to accomplish this object. Messrs. Brown, Lane and Freeland were Rppointed said committee. Bv Mr. Waggoner, directing a premium to be offered for the best mode of cultivating wheat.

Bv Mr. Morrison that premiums offered for cror's bo divided into two classes, so as to distinII 11.1 .1 .1 V!f V . I.fi 11 J UViUUCU, iflT3 UlUCI W UC IClb UUTUUVIU. Bv Mr. Dennis instructing the President of the State Board to ask our Representatives in Congress to use their influence to obtain the tssame tenor. By Mr. Matson, that premiums in silver ware. in place of money premiums, be given to those who may desire it. By Gov. Wright That each County Society be requested to send a delegate to attend the; meetings of the Executive Ccmmittee, to aid in making committees of awards, or to communicate from each Society the names of suitable persons to be placed on awarding committees. I 1 he Secretary will give notice to the Countv Societies of the passage of this resolution, the fc-' -iw. H Akv V UWA- uv.'UVIlO L LVlil T 11 IV! -3 as may be adopted by this Hoard, and all other information necessary to enable tho officers of such County Societies to understand their duties. ana ior sucn services De allowed to collect a reasonable fee from such County Societies. The questions referred to in the foregoing resolution are as follows: What is the quality of the soil on which the .... . ... CrP W8S gTOWn7 Bottom? Upland? Prairie? Qn whas u bascd? GrBTcl? Sand? L; stone beds? Hard or compost clay? What, if any natural streams of water pass through or near the field? Artificial drains, if rr-i r.i- 2. i any? Tho manner of their construction and ap proximate cost" If manures are used, what kind? What season of the year, quantity and manner of application. Time and manner of planting? Kind of seed? Where obtained and how prepared? Time of breaking? Depth, and if subsoiled, the manner of doing it? Manner of tillage? What the greatest yield per acre? The aver-, age yield of the whole crop? Lost per acre of producing crop, including seed, manure and tillage? j How long has this mod( of Uj4ge bcen pur. !Sued by you, and how do the results of former years compare with the crop placed in compe- , ,lllon- ' The Report of the Treasurer of the State Board , - . . . . was received, and after being referred to a committee, was examined an d concurred in. It shows the receipts of the last State Fair to be 4,000; entire receipts, 5 i,50O, and expenditures w" .v.. x.v.,.u, ...... uu premiums was directed, if they deem expedient, to test by premiums the utility of subsoiling and Ua motion ot Mr. Helm, the committee on ded suKicwnt inducements be ottered Adjourned until 3 o'clock. The Board and Delegates upon the invitation of Governor Wright, then repaired to his mansion and partook of a dinner prepared in a manner, in every way worthy the occasion, embracing the fnest specimens of agricultural skill, and arranged with an unsurpassed taste. The unfitness of the Governor's House, for this and other like occasions, was so obvious, that a just State pride demands an additional structure, if the Legislature intends it shall continue to be the residence of the State's Executive. AFTXRXOOJr szssiox. The Board met. Mr. Lane, from the Committee, reported a memorial and proposed law, on the subject of sheep-killing dogs, which was adopted. Gen. Orr, from the Special Committee on Premiums, reported, making awards to those exhibiting fruits, seeds, dec, at the present meeting. On motion of Mr. Coffin, tbe Executive Committee were instructed to use due dilligence to recover tbe Essays on Agricultural Education, which were entered at the last State Fair ; and that in case they reclaim them, they award tbe premium offered in the list according to their judgment of merit. The Board then adjourned until evening.

j The eveniag session wss held in the Hall of : Reprt-sen a-ives, and occupied in hearing an es - 'say by Dr. Brown on the soils of Indiana, an J the best mode to preserve them; and one bv Mr. Burbar.k. on the cultivaaon of the Cran- , berrv. A full notice of Dr. Brown's Essav will

'. be given hereafter Satc rdav Morxixc, Jan. 6, 1855. The Board met. ilie following person were eie cancies in the Sta:e Board : elected to fill vaA. J. Havs. of Clark, J. P. Drake, of Marion, J. A. Matson, of Putnam, W. T. Dennis, of Wayne, G. N. Wagoner, of Warren, G. W. Lane, of Dearborn. Sternes Fisher, of Wabash, W. H. Bennett, of Union. The following gentlemen continue to be members : Abraham Smith, of Knox, Samuel Herriot, of Johnson, Jacob 11. Harris, of Orange, Joseph Orr, of Laporte, J. D. G. Nelson, of Alkn. James M. Cockrum, of Gibson. The new Board elected the following officers : PresiJeiU Joseph Orr, of Laporte. Vice PrtsiJtiUs J. P. Drake, of Marion, and Wm. II. Bennett, of Union. Secretary oha B. Dillon, of Indianapolis. Treasurer S. 1. Buell, of Indianapolis. Executive Committee Messrs. Orr, Dennis, Matson. Lane and Wagoner. The Board then adjourned without day. Free Basks. We intended this week to publish the classification recently made at the capitol, by the proprietors of some of these hard currency institutions, of the good, bad, indifferent and worthless democratic " rag money " corporations, but have not room Jon't know that any particular benefit can be derived from it. other than to those who desire to speculate off of the hard earnings of those who unfortunatelv have r . 7 , " .i i any ot that peculiarly hard currencv in their' J 1 J - , possession. The days of old Egypt are being re-enacted in lloosierdom the frogs and the lice : i , , o. i r i - r .i I are. in the shape of Stock Banks, infesting the t pockets of this people, and the sooner some sovjerein panacea can be found to "effectually sup-

! ,, ., , a: . .-. . i ,! time to put a stop to it. j press mem by an efhcieut, constitutional and j Mr. Campbell moved that the bill and amendjudicious prohibitory law " the better. We hope ments be referred to the committee of the whole on

'our legislators will all see " bam " about it. Democratic Nomiuations iu Ohio. Gov. Meoill was re-nominated for that office by the Democratic State Convention, which assembled at Columbus on the 8th, over Medary, by a vote of 177 to 63. Myers (the present incumbent) received the nomination for Lieut'nt Governor, and Judge Warden, of Cincinnati, for Attorney General. There was a very slim attendance, a large number of strong Democratic counties not being represented at all, and with the exception of a little " show ". by th M i ton "iy and one or two other delegations, very little feeling was manifested. The star of demncroirueism in Ohio is on the wane. Wa.hinpton News. Washington, Jan. 10. The Democratic Senators have had a preliminary meeting, and will shortly make a demonstration, defining the position of the Democratic party upon the subject of secret societies for political purposes. Senator Adams, of Miss, is said to be the only Democratic Senator who is disinclined to take ground against these societies. The Pacific Railway bill will be the order of the Senate until the 10th inst. The committee on Ways and Means, in the Senate, will endeavor to call up at the first opportunity the bill reported by them at tbe last session, to regulate the duties on imports. This bill continues tho advalorum duty of one hundred per cent, on liquors, fcc, and establishes a scale of duties on other articles of five, ten, fifteen and twenty per cent, advalorum, with a free list of a few unimportant articles.

lhe bill recommended by the Secretary of the the political and moral honesty, and the genTreasury, also continues the duty of one hun-,erI qualifications of the aspirants, dred per cent, on liquors, but establishes a sin-i Many distinguished names have been presengle rate of duty of twenty-five per cent, ad valo- ted to the consideration of the legislature. It rum on all other articles, except those enumerated isnot our purpose to canvass the claims of any in an extensive free list. lof them by a depreciating comparison of one The Senate, to-day, confirmed the treaty with ! with another; but simply to indicate our preferthe Chippewa Indians ; also, the appointment of ence without regard to personal friendships or W. Drummond, Judge of Utah, and C. P. Ellis, ' former political affiliations. We are pleased a post master in Ohio. ! to see the name of Hon. Solomon Meredith, ! of Wayne County, has been received with mucV

t.rcat ire m Lafayette-Two Men Burned to - - i i r T , r, to i i. r v in i , , , M. Weaver 5c Co., which destroyed the ware - t .v .i 4 .-l r houses of these gentlemen and the stores of two .t,- . vi i tl

iv- r , . . . , , Mr. Meredith as emphatically a roan of the peoV e are informed that on Monday ni"ht about , - -.u.l m- !. ,f io . i i c w , J . . t , pie identified with them in all his associations, ! halt past 12 o clock, a fire broke out at Lafav- , . . , - . -.l u .l - .i ii i V v iv 7i J, , end intimstelv acquainted with all their wants, ette, in the block of buildings near the canal, j e ' i u it - t i. r,b to . Mr. Meredith posesses a mind of superior nat-

I , f , , , . J practical opsrstions of the various important were lull of proauce, and the damage to riop- - . . , .Lr i , ; a -. , A.'mefsures which have characterized the past jerty caused by the fire it is thought cannot fall j . j t, v;. ! siir rt 0f o (kki administrations of onr government, andbyhis

ui iuicc uiuci iu tilt? CiilliC ujuck. A Ii c y i But the immense destruction of property is 2 least lamentable part of the catistropbe vo men are said to have been burned up! Mr. I the iTw (Rose, the proprietor of one of the warehouses. t : .u'- 13 . .. . , ,- , . : iio n xrismnan aitacnea io me esiaonsMxient lof Messrs. Webster & Co. Both were iu their J stores at the time the fire broke out, but were

unable to make their escape. Mr. Rose is said to . l"'c,a w,ln .e er.ttl "l l"c ha've been a most excellent man. and his ioss road enterprises in our Slate, and tt, his unUwill be severely felt in Lafayette. The name of rT? "ustry and nerseverence may he be atthe Irishman burned in Weaver's establishment tnbuted their s.znal success. As a member of we did not learn, but a gentleman told us that he ,hf, epl?w. wo ,n influence exwas considered a very prompt and efficient busi-; cn'4 hJ. bat e ,f "V?!8 contemPer,ar'es; ness man " 1 and to him may be ascribed the success of that George', the son of Mr. John Rose, wc are told. ! angement with our bondholders which rewas so affected bv the dreadful death of h fa- itemed Indiana from the d.sgrse of bankruptther, that he became frantic, and was only pre-! CI 8nd "puliation. He is also identified with vented by force from dashing himself into the ! lLhe E farm,n? .'nt"e,U of Stat; t8.n , fire and destroying himself. Our Lafavette mail h" P'h,P ' contributed more than any other

fa;?r1 rrtA tV,.t wa .A. ithout any ad vices later than we hare given above. Indianapolis Jour., Jen. 10. Kiot at Attica. The Fountain Ledger gives an account of a serious riot which occurred in that place on New Year's day. Some of the young people of the town had got up a ball at one of the hotels, and in iU progress a company of blackguards, without any provocation, attacked the bouse and the people with clubs, stones and pistols, demolishing the windows, and endangering the lives of those inside. Krtnll of Gafeeraatoriml Election. At every Gabematorial election which has taken place in the free States, daring the present year, the Administration has been defeated, with the single exception of New Hampshire. The old Granite State will redeem herself next spring. Tbe new Governors are as follows: York. Myroa H. Clark. "WT Pennrrlrani,--- -Juse Pollock. Whi(r. MMsac&aietU, Henry J. Gmrdaw, fcT. X. Mime, A men P. Murnll. A. Jf. D. Connecticut, Honry Itu.n. Wni. Miehijraa, Kinsly . rliBjrham. Rep. Iowa, . - J&me W. Gnnw. Bap. Vermont. Swp Royr. Whig. Rhode Iilaad. Wiliim W. Horkis. Whig. Seven of tbe nine above named Stales had Democratic Governors laet year.

IJaiags in Corners. ! Wasmsgtox, Jan. 10. ; Senate Mr. Fooie preseuud a memorial from i Goorsre I. Mrsh, the resident minister at Consiao. ' t:!?!e: Pr.v,B? fdr remuneration for LL servkvs in ZIT'IL0! .'.Tf? !?nl

. l?rs of the Bar of the District of Columbia, rraviniz va-.l me House oi.l. iae iion-e m.i. in rvierecce to the ia,i-U mourni: la me l'isinci ci voiumuia, roav pass. ru ' ferned. I Mr. Butler presented a memorial ia opposition : to passing the judicial reform bid cow before the ! Senate. Mr. Weller presented a petitica from officers of ; the army, asking for reinuaeratioa f.r losses sosuin- ; ed by the disaster to the steamer W infield Scott oa ; the Pacific coast j Mr. Pratt presented a petition from merchants. . astiiis; Consrrvss to provide against difficulties arb- , ing from the abolishment of corporeal punishment f of seamen. j Mr. Ooss moved that tbe Erst Mondav of nest February Ik? assumed to the consideration of Mr. ? I'ndt rwc-ou's bill providing for religious freedom for i American citizens ia fon iga countrie, which was agreed tiv t Mr. liroadhead, from the committee ou Naval At- ! fairs, reported a joint resolution, for equipping one ! or more vessels to be stnt in search of lr. Kane. The Senate then resumed the judicial reform biSL ' The question bein? on Mr. Chases' amendment to dispense with circuit services and to reduce the num- : ber of Judges to six. HorsE. Mr. Uichardsou introduced a bill, to improve the Mississippi river and its tributaries, which j was referred. The bill amending the land graduation enactment , was announced as the first in order, to which was jK-nding' Mr. 1aw?i:j's amendment, pivinir a home- , stead of one hundred and sity aeix s. t fourteen 'cents per acre, to actual st tilers and cultivators. I Mr. Campbell paid he did not like this manner of tackmsr the homestead principle on the bill, and then drawinsr it through under the opperatiou of the previous question. Let, he said the homestead bill, as amended by Mr. Hunter, ia the Senate, come before the House, before we attempt to engraft a homestead provision. Mr. Orr was opposed to the homestead principles, as the effect would le te take the common fund belonging to all the States, for the purpose of drawing the Tlrtmililf mil frsim t hf .ffta fit afttt t h r.'tv and in reply to a question from Mr. Jooes, of Ten uessee, he taid the natural increase of the population with emigration would settle the territories, , . , i Mr. Dawson said that free prants of land was not a new principle, as was asserted by Mr. Orr, but Las l,et" tbo policy of the government since iU comnionccmeut. j Mr 0rr a;d tho tm3etKy ot tho tinwB WM to ; make the people lean on the povemment, instead of 1 ,h povemment leaning on the people, and it was the state of the Union, which motion was lost. Mr. Dawson's amendment was lost; Yeas, 73; Navs, y.T: and the bill was theu lost, Yeas, C8; Nays, Adjourned. Puiladkuhia, Jan. 10. The Supreme Court has granted a writ of assistance to put down the Erie mob, and Marshal Keyser starts this afternoon with such force as he may choose to summon here or at Erie. High times are looked for. Municipal Election ia p-turg-. - - UiTTSBrRO, Jan. 10. Myor Yolz, the citizens' candidate, was reelected by a majority of 473 over tho Know Nothing candidate for Mayor. The vote polled was large. In Allegheny, Adams, the citizens' candidate was re-elected Mayor over the Know Nothinr candidate. T (ood evi from Iowa. A dispatch was received at Chicago night before last, from Devenport, Iowa, announcing the election of James Harlan, the anti-Nebraska nominee for United States Senator, to succeed Dodge, the present incumbent. Tbe Ziegialaturo United States Senator. Upon the legislature which convenes to-moi-row, will devolve the responsibility of electing a successor of Mr. Pettit, in the Senate of the United States. It is a responsibility of no ordinary importance, and should be exercised with a sincere and patriotic desire to sarvethe country, and to mantain the great principles which lie at the foundation of our free institutions. Mere personal preposessions on the one hand, nor party prejudices on the other, should influ- ! ence the vote of a single member; but above all ! those should be held the high toned integrity, favor in Tarloui part9 of the Slate. We regard -a m i 1 1 ail. iereiiun uusciws a mum ui buuci ural powers a mind matured from personal - . . , ,-. ' 'observation, rather than mere literary acquire- , , , . 1 , menis. lie uhi uen a eiue uuiriiei oi iuo j administrations of onr government, andbyhis a"nminin? Jen ' ndJ1eJeclt.ed the bad- 11 enab!es ra prosecute His enerpy of characief successfully every en"'pr " '"iV', V P M J the Senate of the L nited States, he would exi i t i ' r 1 I : . i . . a . , , v ; "clseT n 'flence. which but few members f" Ind'ana enjoyed. He bas been idenman in tne oiaie io auvance mat inxeresu For these reasons, and many others, which imignt De given, we are inaocea (interests of Indiana could not to believe the be confided to better or abler bands than Mr. Meredith, and we trust the legislature will elect him. Laporte Union. Cincinnati Market. WinyssoA". January 10, P. M. Fu a Aim GAiTh. nrk4 u 7. ot 50 do txtr. t7 85. Ia Grwn 1000 batheU muted Cora 3e. . ... , , , Pbotisioss. Ite niy mr naraai - - - Hoo-Sle ISO hd, T.r.giBg 170 lb, 79; BrrTK 8 bVj pjiine roll at 15c. IT aw York Cattle Market. N-w Yoax, JnThrea tkoaiaad hd of barf catUa wa ?B.TtZ Th. ml war. nada u rate, raapag from 7 to lie, bat f bowerar, aoU at tb tmXU nt. . j,T fap waraaeara aad priee. ba4 aa pard y IW boo aold at rtfi 55 par ewt. aV 1,T ft 37& 5pert- frSTTTXa IO quality, for aala bf Jaaaary IX. leiS. W. T. PSSSIS St