Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 25 February 1854 — Page 2

OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COCSJT.

THE REVIEW.

SATl'KDAV M0KNIN!5, FKIJKl'AKV 25, 1S54.

I I I A I O

LARGER THAN ANV PAPER I'VBLI: !IKD IX Crawfordsvillr! Advertiser*. cull np nnl examine ^nr liit of iw puiiscuiiJER!?. All kind* of JO« WORK done to order.

To Advertisers.

Evcrv n«l vfirtiseinent lianU"V in t*r

jnl»lioati'in3

ehould have writen njon it the i.r.mher of tinu-.* the advertiser wl-V* inserted. If not so stated, it will be inserted until ordered ont, and chftrjrud iu.cordiuglv. .• jjf All calls (WtTiPCtintr5 marriiiffe nojow jim obitu.irk'*. hereafter inserted in enr p:qx.T will be churgedonc h.ilf the repular ad\crtiiug ratc.-».

-A?e»ts for the Review.

E. VT. Kun. l\ S. Newspni^r Adv.-rtisiu- At'- 'it. Evans- Buildin.L'. X. W. control Third and W ulunt Streets Pliiladelpltia. P:-

S. H. Pabvis.South East corner Culmnnia and Main streets. Cincinnati, Ohio id onr Agent to procure advertisements.

war We wish it distinctly understood, that wp have now the best and the i.akukst assortment ot NEW and fancy Jon Tyi-kever hroujrht to this I, ace. Wts inM«t on those wi.-hiiiL' work amie call up. and wo will show thein ourassortinentof tyr-s. cuts, ttc. We have pot them and no mistake. W or* done on short notice, and on reasonable Urnis.

JOB rill NT! xc:.

As it i« now about the tim» when M-n hiii.t? and others are wMiinsr to have Circulars Cards ers. fcc.. printed, wc would respecting call t... ir attention to our extensive assorting ot ti-e. A work executed at short not.ee and at the lr.vi-t prices. Call and sec our facilities lor doing wuil-

jpjjT Prof. Twining will deliver the 10th

lecture before the Mechanics Instituc on

Thursday evening, March 2d. Subject

"History of ancient Egypt-" crowded

house is anticipated.

As the time is fast approaching, that

merchants and all other business men who

wish to improve their trade, will want bills,

circulars, Arc., prin'.ed. We take gicat pleasure of informing them, that the Klview Office is supplied with all kirfds of

material for do:ng JOB WORK, and \dl do work on as reasonable terms as any othci

establishment in the town of rawfords\ die. Persons desirous of having work done, will

please call in at the Review office and tal-.e

a look at our large assortment of type, cuts,

kc and ascertain our prices. We feel

contklent we can render satisfaction ..11 who may give us a call. Remember, the

Review office, is in the third story, imme

diately over Mr. Fry's stole, west ot the

court house.

Our (own is in a deplorable condi

tion just at this time. Our streets and .side

walks arc in a perfect sluce oi mud, muck

and everything else that is disagreeable.

A fiiend of ours from Ladoga, remarked to us the other day, that the cit zens ot that

flourishing little town, had too much piide

and enterprise about them to ever allow thci

town to look as shabby as Craw ford il!e.

We believe it.

iC-tT Read the Circular issued by the Superintendent ot Public Instruction, in

reference to the School Tax, for building

school houses, tfce., published in anothei

column. You will all lind it interesting.

&3T Several of our merchants left llii*

place the past week lor New ork and Bo .-

ton, to lay in their Spring supplies of dry goods ttc. Look out about the first of

March for a perfect avalanch ol all sorts of

merchandize.

j£5T The Wabash river is reported as

beiiv in fine boating order.

R3D~ The temperance supper which come

off at the N. S. Baptist church, on the eve

ning of the 22d itist., is repressiued as being tl-.e most brilliant affair of the season.

£5T The Now York Courier and Enquir

er thinks Solon Robinson Ilot Corn \ol-

umne is demoralizing, disorganizing, iieathT'aat is spreading on

enizing and ruinous

the agony pretty thick.

it2?" We noticed the other day some magnificent looking harness—silver moun-

led, both double and single, manuiactured

""at the establishment of Mr. N\ Nicholson, Jr. Ho has also, all kinds tf othei

work, made by experienced workmen. Give him a call. Shop immediately west

of the "Crane House."

The remains of Tow.vsknd Grif

fith, who died some two years ago, in

Winslow, Illinois, was brought home to this

1 :ee an intei red in the town grave on

Tuesday last.

The New Albany Daily Leader, as

we have said fore, is one ol our best ex

change papers, and when the railroad is

completed through to Albany wdl bring us the earliest foreign new-*. We regret vciy

much that we do not i\ctive it regularly. Thev are regularly mailed by the publish

ers, but by the time il.ty arrive here, the mails overhaul each other and wo get two

or three Ledgers at a time. This obstruction however, will soon be removed, and

then we will gel it in live hours af.er it is

printed.

We cant say that we ever did ad

mire loo/irs, notwithstanding wc have been bored this week a little beyond endurance and would here recommend to them some

sunny-side of a barn, where they will be a

nuisanceonlv to hogs.

B3T A writer from Oregon, says "the- CIRCCLAR.

flowing from the mountains, and winged

with trees that afford a cooling shade for

edged that thvy were deeply disappointed in Oregon and were sorry that they had

ever lefl the States "but (each one would

say) I will never acknowledge it in my letters, to be laughed at no, no, let them

find it out as the rest of us have. The

more comes, the better it is for us."

J£tT The over-righteous are rather rush-

inir things "down East." The Boston Times O O says "the authorities have crushed out the Sunday dinner bean system—they wiil not

allow milk to be sold, or a man to be shav

ed at a barber-shop on Sunday." Boston W is too stringent to be useful. A stat

ute better calculated to make infidels could

not be trame l.

itiJ Passengers are now carried on the packet line of steamers from Madison to

Cincinnati one dollar. Meals and state

rooms included.

will pay better than printing. Sensible conelusion that.

What a Di.-ii.—A woman, says one of our exchanges, living in the eastern part of

Dayton, a short time since, presented her

husband wkh a boy who wi iglied just one pound! Ilis first bed was made

created a great cxvilemcnt in that ei y.— The Gazette says half the ladies in town

have been to see i', and the rest are "getting their things readv" to £ro and see it.

i£r?" Mr. Gary, we understand made a pulverizing speech on the subject of tem

perance, in this lace on Wednesday last.

itsT We noticed a vomig lady going up street the other day with a buckwheat patch

011 the skirt of her dress. The weather

ra:her cool for bees to be out, she passed

along uninterrupted.

people in the States have an imperfect and a very erroneous idea of Oregon. They DEAR SIR:—There are numerous and

rows on every side, drop in his grain j,

but its greatness consir ts in its bein? so O O full of great mountains that there is scarce

ly room in any one place for a square, good-sized farm. The settlements arc in a succession of long, narrow valleys, separa

ted by mountains and extending nearly in

a straight line between the Cascade mountains, on the east, and the Coast range, on

the west, from the Columbia river to Cali

fornia, a distance of three hundred and fifty miles. One road runs through all the valleys and it is almost the only road in

Oregon. Some of the mountains that separate the valleys cannot be crossed with

wagons without great labor and difficulty.

Many of the late settlers have acknowl

Extensive preparations are now be

ing made for building this season, more so

than any previous year in this place.— Contracts have been made for the erection

of several largo brick business houses on Green street.,- and the materials are now

being delivered on the ground. The drawback in building this season, we fear, will

be the demand for workmen.

Foil Salt:.—The proprietors of the Prai

rie CV/y offer their newspaper establishment for sale. The reason assigned, is, we suppose, to embark in some other business that

The Aurora Slnml'-rd after reti r

ing to the increased cost of newspapers, the

expense of publishing them and the increase in the wages of mechanics gen ral

ly, say»: To proceed no further with the matter, we would simply say. that the exju nsc of publishing a newspaj er has increased full thirty per ecnt., over what it was but 13 months since. It follows, as a na:ura! consequence. that there must be a corresponding increase in the subscription and advertising patronage to enable the publisher of a newspaper to make the same profits he did, previous to the rise of which we have been speaking.*

*it?T"The New Orleans J'iruvuvc says that John Tkavis. the well know profess

or of the pistol, over the Shades, in Ptruido s:rc t, has accepted the following remarkable challenge from Mr. Bckh.v L. Rhodes:

Rhodi bets Travis ?1000 that he (Travis) cannot within ninety days produce a living man who, standing thirty-six feet from the said Travis, will allow him (Travis) to shoot wiih a pistol (off hand) an apple placed on the said living man's head—the apple r.ot to exceed four inches in circumference. The said Travis is to lrave three shots at the apple, and must hit the apple once to win the match. If he does not hit

Office of Snp't., of Public Instruction.', Indianapolis. February,

4 W I* O & S are falsely told bv letter writers, and gen-frequent calls on this office for facts. respec--W--" 'orally believe it to be a land of broad fer-jl'ng the validity of the provision of the .. .. i-ii School Law, authorizing the assessment, in tie valh-vs, covered with long waving, .. u:„. ,ra cHies, towns, and township-, ol special grass and gorgeous flowers of a thousand I tax "for the purpose of building or repair- TIIIIKIELE SCENES AT A SHII'Vi itECIi. variegated hues, nodding under a cloudless jng school houses, and purchasing sites The Liverpool papers furnish full accounts sky to the cool breezes of the Pacific, and therefor, providing fuel, furniture, maps, of the wreck of the ship ra\lcur, on the watered bv a thousand nK.nderin-fKK.nw, I »PP»"««N

libl8,i'-'s

con

avc on

the authority

011

inc'rc'"'5e

ia )ave

lii.l, and neccs- arv rights and duties of such

an required to estac-:*1

a com

mon sized dinner-plate. The event has

supposed by some thai tl.o vote

vet, as great misapiireiiensions exist

l:ert°r-

or lrish

.'their late decision on the liquor law may perished. A rope was then con\eyed

wait till boun'eous Nature restores it.. to, inquiries made, an 1 to correct the misap- one hundred attempted to gain the rocks him a thousand fold. 'prehensions existing, we would sumbil the by clinging to it, when the vessel suddenIt is a "groat coanlrr," and no mistake foil"" ing of facts: )y fell over on her side, whirl,i slacked one

1 .1 .1 bate, rendering it impossible to hear wr.at corporation, whether ot the city, tow n, or township,

1: u'

Tluy have at ti:e:r command

sy mpalhies 11. in the cause .1.

education, provides that the whole body

authority of the c," rate officers of cities a ^reat wrong. The th preciation in the

and incorporated towns to assess a tax ior \alue of l.ei

so vote of the

people invalidates and renders unconstitutional the assessment arid collection of taxes, whenever such vote is taken.

The issue has been made in one of the townships of the State. An injunction was asked of tl.e Circuit. Court by certain citizens, restraining the County 'i rcasurcr irom 1 co'lecting the township school tax assessed under aut

ler authority of the !3 .Uh section of the Every body holding them school law. The cas.e was appealed to the there any body to buy. Supreme CV-.rt. Wo were ready to have' the ca decided Court was ready decide it at once.

at the last term. The

to tin- submission of the case at that time. [t th.e re fore cannot be decidcd until ihe 1 boundary betw next sessicn ot the Supreme Court, which ,, occurs in iv next. In the meantime the collections ot school taxes must go in, as if no question circnm expres

must xo en, as!

ui t.cen raised. 1 v,,

question, the only effect will be delay, and large delinquent list, which will only increase the expense and dissatisfaction to the tax payer, without any corresponding profit to any party.

Resp'-ctfullv, "t W. C. LAURA BEE.

coast'

U'c

a a 2 1 a a a 6 2 0 a

hool Law. To answer the shore by one of the swimmers, and about

The interest on the Consolidated Com- end of the rope and caused the whole ot

mon School Fund of the State, together with them to let go their hold. Ihe w-hota of the avails of the Sta'e tax provided for in them were drowned. The captain, whose the first section of the School Law, would name was Noble, was saved, but the only give annually, when distributed to the cities, part of his dress that he landed in was a Towns, and townships of the State in proper- ilannel shirt. The surgeon of the ship, tion to the number of children therein, only who had his wite and child on board, atabout CO for every 100 children. This

tempted

Ishmd on

c^ools after the public funds of whom near 400 were lost. One of the dates to the 8th

man and beast where the emigrant can sions seem to prevail in some parts of the "A raft was constructed, on which great jbaes. Holders aie not piessing pitch his tent, build his cabin, kill game State, respecting .the effect which the prin- numbers embarked, but it was drifted a-j market. New Orleans fair (U l- cinle recognized by the Supreme Court in gainst the rocks and upset, when all on it leans middling o|c, upland middling in abundance for his family, open his fur-1 ,1 r. &

been expended." Misapprehen- passengers saved thus describes the scene: Sales of cotton for three days 525,000

swim

amount is wholly insufficient to pay the his back, and supporting his lady with one necessary expenses of instruction, ami also arm while he swam with the other the to build school houses, in which nearly every three however unfortunately perished, township in the State is deplorably deffi- One lady had j£3,000 in bank notes sewed cient. 'i(t in her stays she offered £2,000 to any

To enable the people to manage their one who would save her lite, but in vain municipal affairs as circumstances might!she was drowned. A child of five months require, and as their ow views of expe-! old is saved,

to shore with his child on

and

diency might suggest, the Legislature, in A German emigrant rescued this child's accordance with the power conferred by the Constitution, enacted general laws ier the incorporation of cilits, of towns, and of townships. By the law for a general raid "uniform mode ofdoingfownship business," every civil township in the Si \tc becomes a "body politic and corporate," wiih all the rights, immunities, and liabilities of a corporation. Among the usual, cssen-

both parents are drowned,

lift: by bearing it in his teeth from the wreck to the shore. Only seven women are saved, the rest, 197 in number, are drowned. There are now upward of sixty dead bodies on the island, and 200 survivors."

Ladies ik tiie U. S. Senate.—In the Senate on Wednesday, the 8lh inst., Mr. Houston moved that the ladies be admitted to seats in the Senate lobby, lie said that

-1 1, -in consideration of all the circumstances,

a corporation, is the rai.-mg, by taxation on 1 11 ti and the great desire to hear the Senator ihe property ana polls wulim who had tl floor, many had not been able to get into the gal'eries. There wi re several hundreds at the door now. lie hoped tlx* liberality if not the gallantry of Sena-

corporate

limits, of a suflieh nt amount of revenue for the payment of all the txpinses of the corporation. Among the h-giumate purposes, for which the cor oration is bound by law to provide, arc tl.e making «n:l repairing of, tow woaU »l..|.t_lhc mo«.oa roads, the support of the poor, andlhecdu .1 1 1 fm. rC ti,,J dies disturbed very much the quiet ot tie cation of the children. 11.e odiccrs ot the

was

foinr»*

1 II

maintain a sufficient number of schools for. ... 1 he education of all ihechildien under their ild kecp quie. jurisdiction. a portion to sust. in rived from lie fund- Whatever additional amount may be necessary, must be raised by taxation. In ci:ies and incorporated towns the coi por by requ 1 posse of more deeply intercs ing the active

aid that the presence of laIr

on at the other side of the cliam-

school purposes. No one would question ,»ng the past six moiuns aie ten tin es ]j

township trustees to assess gre.H.cr ban a she cou.d hope to make b}

011

apprehension, it may be proper ior me to say that no person with whom have conversed, and who is txamir.cd the question, excent perhaps the counsel of the prosecuting party, has expressed any doubt that the law wiil be sustained. The

the people in their sovereign capacity the

School

the ,,

1 1 1 er

oue-tion under discussion, ami some .-. -.

counties tl-.e schools are, as I have learned,

actual suspended ill account o. this mis-. 1 ,1 ?-n ,1

stitutiona obiection to'he liquor Law doecr ,,

not at an apply to tr.e School Law. Bv the I '.

L'.quor Law lire same act might oe ly.d in one township, an 1 criminal in another, and the difference would depend 0:1 a vote ot'

Law a question, not of clime or

of hiw. but of municipal or corporation taxes, is submitted to the township in its corporate capacity. I need r.ot argue this. ,. point. only need confidently =«l,!n. ». I jca a og,

look on tl.e Liquor and fcch.ool Laws as being 1

whollv independent ot each other. In oe-j

the apple, or if he hits the man. Rhodes wins. The match i- to come off within pc-ople pay their 'taxes iih their usual hbnicetv days, and within five miles of Newjeralily and inc*

Orleans. jmeni on account of the agitation cf

ber. If admitted, he would stipulate that hould keep quiet. Mr. Pratt—I desire to enter my objec-

ipied

£i/" 'Ihe American Ratlroad. Jottrvd, of. 0

stockholders ir. the corporation that is, the .... voters of the township- m-iy aci in the de- to the Pennsy ivania pohry ci.-ion of the question. But, however speedily this State renoun-' ,.

N on a a re a a a a re ad he el

such a tax, «f the law d, 1 not require a yo.e he mos, rigid appncat.on of hei pohe. o. npp:eh.ensions of an attaek.of the people on tl-.e n. Batit is the next oU years. A penec m, lew as,

the struck t.icin. A ntimbci o. banivei h. tU,

eitv have notified railroad companh state for whom they have been acting the sale of Pennsvlvanian securi ies is

Mason and Dixox's Li.vi:.—"What is meant bv Ma

011

to ,e up C'se an. bri-,-ht, blue-eved gill of twelve.years of Bat ihe persons !»™g "wllcll & her father's" t«b!y, a ftTw da.vs a^o. The answer was, it is a to describe the tiie free and slave ie up:eir.o L'ourr, wnicli

and Dixon's line?" asked

phrase usually employed ween

''nte But whv do thev describe it in that

1 way, was her inquiry.

1 1 1 1 I an a iv in to so It would not be under oruinarv circum-i 00 of our readers: stances proper Lr me to give any expres-, ,, ,, .1 .1

sion of opinion

011

tl:e merits ot a case re-

•, I In the seventeenth century. James II,

', ,• 01 England, then the Duke ot 1 ork, gave ierreu to tne Supreme Court lor oecisi.-n 1 i,- 1 f\-

.1 cet lam lands to Lord Baltimore and to m.

have the best authon'y for doing, that the! Ti New York Day Book says the members of the Supreme Con 11 thi nw es ,Tcr,,vI!(_,ss

ciding the Liquor Law unconstitutional, titutes, 25o porter houses kept by females, they°have decided nothing affecting the!and 1G2 dance houses of a disreputable School Law. Let therefore the schools in your neighborhood go on. Let the contracts for building school houses remain.— Let all things proceed precisely as it no decision on tiie Liquor Law had been made, and

question 011 the constitutionality of

the School Law had been raised. Lri the

tv.

If they decline pay-

nn, and a difficulty soon sprang up as to

1 1 1 the proper owner ol these lands on the Del-

1 1

a a re A a in a a a a in a an a

TELEGRAPHIC.

A I A O E S E A S I

ISb

FURTHER DECLINE IN FLOUR.

amoad ^unues .one_ .u-. preparations for an attack

1 1 a a a a a end, and expressing a wish to close useless an 1 unprofitable agencies. Agents of foreign bankers are busily engaged in writing .their apologies to their principles, for ever having taken "Pennsylvania Bonds. would sell, wire

carried into the courts, till in the year 1 /b'J,

lien George the III came to the crown, the Lord Chancellor of England made adc-ici-ion but new difficulties sprung up in drawing the boundary lines. The Commissioners finally employed Mes.-rs. Mason and 1 'Dixon, who had iust returned from the

TT fl 1t

I Cape of Good Hope, where thev had been

1 1 a it I

ceeded in establishing the line between Delaware and Maryland, which has ever .-ince been called 'Mason ar.d Dixon's line.' Wat:hman end Reflector.

ft^T- Every thing appears to be a-curiosity

to -A fool when he comes into a printing office.

ity consists in its vices—

1 .1 .. r„ not virtues. 1 here are oJO resorts of pros-

character. Great city, that 1

/t-iT' How lonesome the fire side where there is no newspaper! Ask the man who has had a family paper to read with the latest news, the good stories, the uselul lessons and the witty sayings of the news- jhio, Pennsylvania, -ew ork, Massacliupaper—ask him its value. Let him be de- setts, New Jersey, and ermont. prived of it for a few weeks, and then ask this him to put an estimate up-'-n it.

New York, Feb. 20.

The Bni.ic has arrived wiih Liverpool

the Or-

New

Sales to speculators 6000 bales. Trade at Manchester is much changed since our last. Flour—Prices have fallen off Is per bbh Western 41s, Ohio 42s 6d. Iloldeis are not pressing on the market. Corn—All qualities have largely declined white and yellow 50s. White wheat 12s 9d.

Consols are unchanged. I

GENERAL 1NTELLIC. FN

Count OrlofPs mission has failed. The Russian Ministers at Paris, and London have left.

The Czar's last proposition has been rejected finally, and negotiations are broken Off

Paris.—Rumors of the failure of Count Orloff's mission are now confirmed, and lie leaves directly for St. Petersburg, forseeing some rebuff'at Berlin. He will refrain from visiting that capital.

It is said that the Servian Government is yielding to the suggestion of the Russian Consulate at Belgrade, and will refuse to accept the Sultan's two finnans unless Russia gives her consent.

St. Petersburg, Jan. 29th.—It is said that the Emperor, who is fully aware of the position in which he is placed, will endeavor to avoid a general conflagration, if he canonlv

preserve

first

motion, therefore could not be agreed to. [In the meantime women flocked into the back on Ribala.

his honor anil rights.

The influence of Count Nessolrode is again in the ascendant, and it is also said that ihe Czar is about to write an autograph letter to the Queen of England, in which he will endeavor to prove that he has not been ihe aggressor.

The Imperial ukase confirms the summoning to arms ol all the reserves as well as soldiers, on furlough.

Several of the Canard steamers have been taken up by tlu government to carry troops to Constantinople. (5,000 men go from England, and others will be taken up from different stations, and about 10,000 men will soon be collected to form a part of the

expedition. There is

recent date, lias the following- in reference and at the last accounts lie was 01.lv two days' Kussi

110

doubt but

a brigade of guards will form a part of the expedition. Bucharest, Jan. 2!3.—Tl.e Russian have imade a retrograde movement, and fallen

The Turks remain in the

at Gahitz, and the centre at Bucharest.—

Pi ir

pacha crossed in per 011 at Olimti.xa,

li from Bivdiarcht, where tiie torces are weal attack

Onvir's movo-

•k th

1 3

rear aimy on its ivalat'af.

bv the TltrLUll i:1

ucharesiU !Issian

(!i( rns lvcs cou( rm

an r0

tli at

at iin

II O A N

the above bv

Tj lJ wca hc inundftlcs

nders the passage of the

Danube unfavorable to the Turks. Orsova of tl-.e -fish ult., mention that the

let rs river wa grounds around Kalalat inundated.

Jan. 25.—The Uus.Man troe-ps

still occupy their old pos.tion at Raiiovan. !On the 21st, three "Russian regiments that had been in action from the 5th to the loth, '•were withdrawn to Kragova, having suffered heavy losses, and their place supplied by fresh troops. On the 23d tl.e whole staff of the commander-in-chief arrived at

Bo'eslvie. FiiA::f'K. At council tiie Emperor strongly urged the necessity of prepafmg with vigor for war. Preparations have been ordered, and the work continues night and d: v. Immense orders lor ammunition, arms, and accoutrements are being executed with haste, and the assembling, organizing and inspection of troops goes on. Gen. Pellcssur is selecting 20,000 picked men, and all might be ready for embarkation in or.eweik. Mitylene will probably be the chief depot, Great activity prevails in the navy department at Brest lour sailing ships will be ready in a short lime, and two steamers are only awaiting their engines. The ocean squadron will soon be ready to sail, and tiie reserved squadron will be in a condition to reinforce it if necessary.

Prince Napoleon has returned to Paris from his mission to Belgium. The meeting of the Senate is deferred from the 27th of February to the 2d of March.

The 4th regiment., which was under orders for Australia, is n»w to hold itself in

readiness for foreign service, taking rfll of the best men and leaving all the young soldiers and rccruits at home.

The Vienna correspondent telegraphs that Or!off leaves for St. Petersburgh probably Wednesday.

The combined fleets were at B» yos Bay on the 27th. England.—It is understood that four vessels originally chartered by the Government to take troops from Ireland to the West Indies have been taktn upon monthly charters, so they may be available to proceed to any point at the shortest notice.

Washinoton, Feb. 20.

Senate.—Petitions against the Nebras-

ka bill were presented by Senators Seward, Wade, Everett, Chase, and Foot, from 0-

Mr. Johnson presented a bill establishing three Indian territories wtst of Arkansas,

embracing all of the tribes upon whom the experiment could be tried for self-govern-' ment. Ordered to be printed to be distributed among the Indians to ascertain their opinion.

The Nebraska bill was taken up, and Mr. Pettit spoke in favor of the bill. ...• HOCSK.—The House went into committee on tl.e Homestead bill.

Mr. Noble spoke against the tunnage duties. Messrs. Ew ing and Campbell spoke on the Nebraska question, and after a long debate, without coming to any action, the, House adjourned.

tiie iu j:itii:s

thk ixdiaxs.

The narrative of a Mrs. Wilson, who rccenily made her escape from the Camancho 4 Indians. Her account of her suffering and I ill-treatment seems to be almost incredible. It is difficult to believe that, at this dav, and in this enlightened age, there are any tribes

associated with the whites who could be guilty of such barbarities. We learn, however, from Major Steen, of the United States Army, who has been stationed in New Mexico, and has had much intercourse with these and other Indians, that the narrative is not at all likely to be over-wrought, lie has given us a narrative of females whom he has released from the Indians that even exceeds Mrs. Wilson's account of suffering. In one instance, he released Jive Mexican girls. The Indians had attacked a Mexican ranch, murdered the parents and men, and taken away the women and children. The boys they train to he more savage and brutal than themselves the woman and females they use for all kinds of drudgery and the most licentious purposes.

The Major informs us that, among tho five taken from the- Indians, theie was a little girl of about nine or (en years—that she had been compelled to drive cattle, stolen from her father's ranch, a distance of ,: more than three hundred miles. She was bare-footed, and the thorns of the cactus were planted in her feet seemingly as thick as the hair on a man's head. The soles of her et had burst from the irritation, and some of her toes were protruding from tho flesh, and the bones were exposed. Her whole body was bruised and mangled from whippings, and the piercings of the spears which tho old squaws carry. The other four girls, older than this one, were in neat ly the same condition. With much difficulty, he securcd possession of them, and al'ier proper treatment and supplying them with necessary clothing, itc., which had to be done at the private expense of the officer.- of the post, (the United States Government^ having no fund for charitable purposes,) thc-y were sent to their relatives in Mexico.

Major Stien succeeded, at his individual exfen.- and that of another officer, in rescuing from those Indians a Mexican woman, aged about twenty-eight years, who had been well and tt ndcrly raised, and as well educated as the country where she resided permitted, and of her son, a small child.— Her narration of the sufferings and indig- a nities to which she was subjected, can scarcely be described. On another occasion, the Major and another officer hired Mexican to steal a Mexican woman whom the Indians had in captivity, and when shewas delivered to them she was in a most deplorable condition—destitute of clothing, and physcally reduced to the merest skeletori.

The persons thus rescued from captivity were returned to their relatives in Mexico :'nd up to this time, the cost, labor and expense of capturing them from the Indians, of medical treatment, and supporting and sending them home, has been paid out of ihe private purses of the officers. Is thi» jusr, or right, on the part of the United States Government".'

Major Steen informs us that among tho band of the Camanche Indians from which Mrs. Wilson escaped, there are full two hundred white persons held incaptisi'y. ehielly Mexicans. The Indians justify their conduct by alleging that the Mexicans steal their children and mak^slaves of them.

Be this as it may, it must, be admitted, that it i:_ the duty of the Government promptly and efficiently to furnish the means of putting an end to this cruelty, and of punishing the Indians. In the early history of our country, the Indian paid some respect to the virtue of the female in the progress of his connexion with civilization, lie has lost even this attribute. He now as

beastly

as lie is savage, and the Govern

ment should provide the means to punish them whenever they violate the laws of humanity.— St. Louis Republirfin.

g'ir There has been a coup d'etat in Spain. On the lGth of January a council of ministers determined to punish sundry refractory politicians, and accordingly ilio following generals were subjected to a decree of exile: Manuel Concha to the Canaries Jose Concha (late Captain-General:.' in Cuba) to Majorca O'Donell (also an ox-Captain-G. neral of Cuba) to the Canaries Infante to Ivica and Armero to Leon and the whole lot had to decamp the next day. Besides these, sixty of the parliamentary opposition are to be exiled. Some journalists also wiil be packed off. And the following decrees are resolved upon: Supprcssion of the Senate Suppression of the Royal Council: Constitutional Reform, of course in the sense of absolutism Assembling of the Cortes. Changes in the Tariff are spoken of. It remains to be seen whether these high-handed measures can be carried.—A. J. Tribune.

A henpecked husband residing in a small village in the interior, thus announces tho departure from his "bed and board" of his dearly beloved: "My wife, Ann Maria, has strayed or been stolen whoever brings her back will get his head broke. As for trusting her. anybody can do so who sees fit—for as I never pay my own debts, it is not at all likely that I will lay awake nights thinking about other peoples."

SST The Eagle Hotel, kept by E. Wavland, appears to be the hotel of tho town. It is crowded with travelers all the time.