Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 December 1854 — Page 1

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ts OF NOVEMBER BEFORE SEBASTO-

As the

line

crown

a

4th Royal Irish of the 5th Dragoon Guards,

a a a I

sm® 800 yardsand run. As tlie Russians come

s®s shot of our batteries above. With brealh8® less suspense, every one waits the bursting 5^

w^vc

s? but ere they came within 150 yards anoth'm er deadly volley flashes from the leveled •m rifle, and carries death and terror into the sa Russians. They wheel about, open files PM rightand left, and fly back faster than they came. 'Bravo Highlanders! well done,'

Srac®»

^ord

Bhouted the excited spectators but events thicken. The Highlanders and their splendsp id front are soon forgotten men have hardily a moment to think of this fact, that the 93d never altered their formation to rcceive that tide of hoFsemen. 'No,' said Sir Colin a® Campbell, 'I didtiot think it worth while to inform them even four deep!' the ordinary ®ri^sh line, two feet deep, was quite suffi- js

i®'c,ent I? repel the attackof these Muscovite

®c~®.

,er8,

^UI

eyes

were

moment on our own cavalry. We

mifa™ Rrigadier-General ^carlett ride along

n®sians

were

sgallop

sest of lances glistened in their rear, and sevcral squadrons of gray-coated dragoons moved up quickly to support them as they reached the summit. The instant they ..came in sight, the trumpets of our cavalry sigavo out the warning blast, which told us all that in another moment we should see the shock of battle beneath our very eyes.

Ra6lan a]^

{ha stafl

Nearly every one dismounted and sat down

and not a word was said. The Russians

advanced down the hill at a slow canter, I

which they changed to a trot, and at last

nearly halted. Their first line was at least double the length of ours—it was three limes as deep. Behind them was a similar line, equally strong and compact. They evidently despised their insignificant looking fnemy, but their time WAS come. The

their sword arms.

wans. The shock was for a moment.—

There was a clash of steel and alight play

of sword blades in thc air, and then the

Grays and tho red coats disapper in the midst of the shaken and quivering columns. ID another moment we seo them emerging And dashing on wiih diminished numbers, and in broken order, against the second line

*hichiiadranciurar» nttlwm

it em to retrieve the fortunl nf

It *ui ^rrible moment «God liel Uunn't

tha£ one mai and the thought of marT—'lCr

The first^ine^of Ru^s fvhict ha^

.'fftu&er if

0

in glory, Enniskillens the second, of the The most notable, because most tragical,!

incitlent of the

one grand line, dashed at the Highlanders, ™sconccpt.oii of orders arising from the ®W The ground flies beneath their horses' feetJ

within 600 yards, down goes that line of.

ch®cked,

esPrU corps

mm —gathering speed atevery stride, they dash attempt some brilliant exploit to retrieve mm on toward that thin red streak, topped with the secondary part they played at the bataline of steel. The Turks fire a volley at'l](,

Lord

steel in front, and out rings a rolling volley the charge to Lord Lucan. The latter of Minnie musketry. The Russians are r.ot doubted if he understood it, scarcely be-

but still sweep onwards with the,lieving an English General would so rashly mm whole iorce of horse and man, through the I .. ,, smoke, here and there knocked over by the

exPose

and far indeed was

caue(j

Vanccd

as

and tho Grays and Enniskilleners went" hissed the deadly balls. right at the centre of the Russian cavalry, Their flight was marked by instant gaps The space between them was only a feW| jn our ranks, by dead men and horses, by hundred yards, it was scarce enough to let: steeds flying wounded or riderless across the horses 'gather way, nor had the men!

quite space sufficient for the full play of j0jncd

A

ing a little to their left, so as to meet the

«.r (hosame mstanl. As Lghleningflash-1

0 annihilate them as they pass on. Turn- deadly accuracy, with a halo of flashing Pi?ls'

S{ee] above

and W!

es through a cloud, the Grays and Enniskillners through the dark masses of llus-j

0f mUsketrv.

Wc

L^du^y «oLwohusn

I

have been pursuing the Turks on the right fore a force certainly not half its strength. and foe in one common ruin. It was as

Lls mea to almost ,ncvilablc

rPhe

front of his massive squadrons, ^he tancc behind them, the infantry and guns

evidently corps elite their being far in the rear. There were 110 squad•light blue jackets embroidered with silver jrons jn column at all, and there was a mile

ai]cl

escort, and jng jn

S

V.C?R

-"-Generals and officers, and bodies of French ]iovo the evidence of our senses! (Ms infantry on the height, were spectators of

fa^fthe scene as though they were looking on the stage from the boxes of a

From the London Times. their desperate way right through the ene- other regiments turned and engaged in a 'THE (3KEAT DEFEAT OF THE DE.1IOTHRILLING INCIDENTS OF THE TERI- ray's squadron, and already gray horses desperate encounter. With courage too CRAT1C PARTY IN 1810. BLE BATTLES OF THE 1th AND 5th and reci coats

POL. force, like one bolt from a bow, the 1st Hoy- enveloped them, when there took place an Its platform was definite its candidate at

so ha a a it in as it re ad of pa a an a a pa re to he re vi us a a of it their approach. They halt, and squadron dashing on the second body of Russians as They saw their own cavalry mingled with

after squadron flies up from the rear, till they were still disordered by the terrible as- the troopers who had just ridden over them, States and yet when the day of the election

a

fif,ht was the terrific de-

and of the first Royal Dragoons. The light ... vite guns.. Our loss, as far it could be ascavalry brigade is on their left, in two divi-(

,on

ia.S

English cavalry in a mad cap

sions also. The silence is oppressive be-' oharge over a level and open plain upon a at 2 o'clock to day, was as follows tween the cannon bursts, one can hear the, a Russian battery of thirty gum. It seems mm "champing of bits and the clink of sabres in that the attempt to carry the battery was w! 7"e5,kbdo'r-r The Russians on their'

the resuU of a mista, at

that induced the cavalry to

of A,ma aid.de.carop t0

1

Raglan, conveyed the order to make

dest™c

tion, but an impatient remark from Captain Nolan induced him reluctantly to order

upon the line of Gaelic rock Lord. Cardigan who was in immediate com

Quixote in his tilt against the was not near so rash and reckless as the fellows who prepared without a thought to rush on almost certain death.

A

It is a maxim of war, that cavalry never act without a support, that infantry should be close at hand when cavalry carry guns as the effect is only instantaneous, and that

necessary

0f cavalry

only support our light cavalry had was

reserve 0f

advancing on the left, at an easy and a half in length. At 11 10 our Light

towards the brow of the hill. A for- Cavalry Brigade rushed to the front.

mand of the cavalry to advance upon the tion of the whole world, is a small peninguns. We again quote from the correspon-

dent 01 the limes: -m 1 1 a a an he S a of A of an on I he noolc earl, though he did not shrink, jtaining about 1,242 square miles. It is also saw the fearful odds against him Don

to have on the flank of a line

some squadrons in column, the

however turn- attack on the flank being m'ost dangerous.

heavy cavalry at a great dis-

The whole brigade scarcely made one effective regiment, according to the numbers of continental armies and yet it was more than we could spare. As they passed towards the,front, the Russians opened on them from the guns in the redoubt on the right, with volleys of musketry and rifles. They swept proudly past, glitter-

tt,e

tjlat

handful men

it removed from its so-

better .part—discretion. They ad-

in two lines, quickening their pace

they closcd towards the enemy. A more fearful spectacle was never witnessed than by those who without the power to

trumpets lang out again through the valley flood of smoke and flame, through which without markets (if they had money) to sup-

thc

plain. The first line is broken, it is

by

the second, they never halt or

hiIls on both sides as wcll as to a directfire

could see

J'iroli£b

lho

rode to the guns and dashed'between

Co3umn of Russ,an

like

^wrthe exclamation of mnT °D

chaff'

br,°-ken

aS thej

the second mass, when, with irresistable ing their way through the columns which try was defeated from Maine to Geori«i.—

Russian cavalry on the left of their als, the 4th Dragoon Guards and the fifth act of atrocity without parallel in the mod-1 that time unexceptionable among the ablest!

the hill, across the valley they Dragoon Guards rushed at the remnants of ern warfare of civilized nations. I men in the Union where those who led its beautiful presents for the Emperor. lie perceive the Highlanders drawn up at the the first line of the enemy, went through it The Russian gunners when the storm of columns its organization was perfect it had !^.ent

they have a body of some 1,500 men r.long sault of the Grays and their companions, and to the eternal disgrace oL the Russian came, it was almost swept out of existence.! August. The following is the account: the ridge—lancers, dragoons and hussars— put them to utter route. This Russian horse name, the miscreants poured a murderous Funeral sermons were preached over its "The Lady Pierce arrived at Jeddo bay then they move en eche'on in two bodies, in less than five minutes after it met our volley of grape and canister on the mass of anticipated dissolution by such men as Clay 5 days after Commodore Perry had left, with another in reserve. The cavalry, who dragoons, was flying with all its speed be- struggling men and horses, mingling friend and Webster. Its days were numbered, in «as

are coming to the ridge beneath us, which A cheer burst from every lip—in the enthu-, much as our heavy cavalry brigade could be it remembered, there were not wanting Japanese officers said the visit was much conceals our cavalry from view. The heavy siasm, officers and men took off their caps do to cover the retreat of the miserable then, as there arc not wanting now, demo-1 rnore pleasin^ to them than that of Commobrigade in advance is drawn up in two col- and shouting with delight, and thus keep- remnants of that band of heroes as they! crats, misled by the false glare of merctri-! dore Perry, who had with him 'too manv umna. The first columa consists of the ing up the scenic character of their position returned to the place they had so lately cious doctrincs, and instigated by revenge bio- o-uns and fightinf men.' The Japan Scott Greys, and of their old companions they clapped their hands again and again. qy'tted in the pride of life. At 11,35 not

British soldier, except the dead and dy-

was

leftfr0,ntof

in the world, impregnable.

of 1,200 yards, the whole line of the ene- threatens to prove fatal to a large portion of my belowed forth, from 30 iron mouths, a,*he settlers. Without houses to live in—

The Russian line brings forward each ished ranks, thinned bv those thirty guns land homes, for which they are now sadly general want of confidence

was stre with lb,.ir bodies and with the

carcassos of h01,cs. Th

to an

ving as our cavalry advance, and threatens ,vhjch the Russians had" laid with the most sighing. Will our Abolition philan'hro- sort of vague, indefinite, something is felt rrnT

their heads, and with a chee^

them returning after breaking through a i^While political Know Nothingism in

lufantlT.

vhcn the flaDk fire

°f^1136

the hiU S tbem

Wer£?"

WEB hurled on their flank.

Bed off at one flank and towards the centre coming back to sffallolrup qcr hand- elloftheStl. Hassan, n» the danger, and There ImloMnen. By sheer stecUnd,sheer cour- rode his few men 4gt, fnoiiitillener and Scot were winaing his way through with fearful loss. The

Y°-Unded

wr. f. 1 1 '"1" 1 and dismounted troopers flying to-' persuasive prcachincr distributing bible* With unabated fire the noble hearts dashed

wards us toid thc

haVC doDe what

these

certained,

,cast

of a

TIIE CRIMEA.

fiU^a

I

The Crimea, now occupying the atten-

morning sun in all pride and that it occupies the site of an ancient town.

S?-0!1 splendour of war. We could scarcely be- The excellence of its harbor has induced

are not going to charge

an army in position? Alas! it was but too

theatre. ^rue—their desperate valor knew no bounds

situated in the southern part of Russia.

It is a point of land that runs between the

225 in circumference and

windmills,

(t]ie majn]an{jby

gallant fellows who prepared without a South is mountaneous, the elevated portions

recently returned from the far us that there is already much sufferintr:

aid, beheld their heroic countrymen rush- ^mong the Nebraska emigrants for the nec-1 ANT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE WESTERN ing1 to the arms of death. At the distance 1

essaries

wl)o

ting UPthis

Russian right, the Grays rush on with a, which was many a noble fellow's death cry, manner to save their deluded victims this feeling to be soon corrected when a

cheer that thrills to e\ ery heart the wild. they flew into the smoke of the batteries,. fr°m starvation?—JY. Mirror. general system of repudiation of commershoutof the Enniskilleners rises through the, but ere they were lost from view the plain p.vm.._n, Th* Fnrrlid, mnoi-

oblique tire from the batteries on tho

two huniredthousandAMzrs. The Viceroy I

clouds of smoke of^Egvpt hVdlatelv^rder'/d Ove'U,'ous"nd ^SC„S:,

their sabres flashing as they! •iw,v5 c^,. ,i10 i, „.,lzed

and tllc

iTd! CSr 'im0^'

Catbolicism

d°WD' shat"itive socicty'

attcrrPt!nir

ars saw tiie danger and

DEMOCRATIC FAMILY MWPAPER—DEVOTED TO POLITICS NEWS, MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE, MECHANIC ARTS, &C.

VOLUME VI. CRiVWFQRDSyiLLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IND, DECEMBER 9, 1854. NO. 21.

had appeared right at the rear great almost for credence, they were break- In 1840 the democratic party of the coun­

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bloody

Musco-

in killed, wounded, and missing

Went into Action Strong.

4tli lirlit dragoons, Sth hussars, 11th hussars, 13th light dragoons, 17th lancers,

Returned from Action.

US

Totals,

LofaS-1united.

8'J S3 25 t!l

104

no 1.30 lio

607

|s connected to

an Isthmus five miles wide.

1 The surface of the country towards the

being covered with heavy forests. The valleys are rich and productive of large crops of wheat and other grains. A late writer says: "It was known to the ancients as Chersonesus Taurica, of late years as Crim Tartary, and now Crimea. Its first! inhabitants were the Cimmerians, but about! 600 years before the Christian Era, the Greeks commenced trading there, and reduced it to their subjection. It was successively occupied by the Goths, Huns and others, till A. D. 1441, when it came dependent of the Turkish government, and so remained till 2774, when it became independent but in 1783 was annexed to Russia, and has since then remained a province of that empire. As soon as it came into the possession of the Russians they commenced the town of Sevastopol, an excellent harbor for ships of all kinds, and especially for men of war. The various ancient remains, antique monuments and curious caves in its vicinity, would seem to indicate*

as

check their speed an instant with dimin- back to their comfortable New Eng- which exists herein the West. There is a 1 IN-~ IT

I th» reneaX^ I!ar^

exposed "v^erf maLttSr b/ PUDhshei

Colt during the last two years, amounts to

Briiish Board of Ordinance ^|^,

tale-demi-gods could Ld defnsin«fthc^gospd Rev Dr° Hetti

to do.-

er,

b0USani

candidates for governor in the respective

the estimation of the triumphant party and

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dinary character.

40?|

It is not certain that all these were killed, few short months? A series of catastro-

wounded, or missing many may still come in, and about eighty wounded have already returned. Captain Nolan was killed by the first shot fired, as he rode in advance of the hussars, cheering them on. Lord Lucan was slightly wounded. Lord Cardigan received a lance thrust through his measures of Clay, beginning with the bankclothes. ruptlawand ending with the high tariff,

But what was the result produced in a

phes to the dominant party to which political annals up to that period had furnished few parallels. With what eagerness those who had previously gloried over the prostration of the democratic party welcomed it back to power. The bold and startling

1844,

was elected to the presidency, the practical

philosophy of that result derived its chief significance from the fact that it was achieved by a comparatively "new man" over the accomplished and beloved leader of the whig party. To go back, however, to the calamities of 1840, contrasting them with the recent defeats of the democratic party, we are impressed by the fact that we fell in the one case in a presidential election, and in the other, in a conflict two years before a presidential election. So, then, if the whig party victorious in 1840, was a disbanded aud demoralized organization in less than a year, notwithstanding it was led by the intellectual giant who then flourished, and in the face of a policy which if not avowed before the election, was certainly then

a(*'nered

Surely the Russian government to fortify it strong- written upon the history of our country, and

ed, till it is one of the strongest fortresses

to after it, how long will the pres-

ent combination—not marshalled by Clay, not cheered by Webster, and bound by 110 chord of common sympathy, but fused by a harmony of hatred alone—can mantain its position as a national party? We are content to allow the thick-coming events of the future to answer this question.— Washington Union.

CASS ON CLAY.—General Cass, in his recent speech at Detroit thus alludes to Mr. Clay: 1 hold the name of Mr. Clay in the greatest reverence, and rank him with the wise-1 est and purest patriots whose services are!

ly, and they"have increased its fortifications whose memory is indelibly impressed" upon I ^mc' Utingbeau.i.uJy perfect anu as their navy on the Black Sea has increas-

the

hearts of our countrymen. Such men

Mr- Clay may

and seawardT is considered In the stormy period of 1850 it was

SUFFERING IN NEBRASKA.—A^ gentleman behalf of the integrity and perpetuity of the ar West informs

of life and that the coming winter

ennsl.itnt.inn.

ply them food, and with no fish and very little game, the poor emigrants who have gone out there under the lead of anti-slave- raised here that was heard in Boston, and I ry fanatics must hurry home or die for want heard that Philadelphia is in a worse condiof food. In most cases these poor emi- tion than either city. It is useless to hide grants have not money enough to pay their from public view the true state of feeling

exodus, provide in some miracu- affairs, which portends evil results. Nor is

c'a^

th°

guns as I have said our delight we saw 1 1 now breaking upon them, they will have

and scattering the United States is attempting to subvert.- .^nee which

by means of a lecret proscrip-

tLe

Protestants of Ireland are

thc

sa^e

work

by means of

Secretar^of ufflSh Home Slss onary

wereabout ieLreianaddress in Yo/t: comp 00

mass of lancers on Sunday, in which he said Protestantism Colonel Shew- was makinir ranid strides

rfS

makmff rapld

strj£es

ln

an

unite they never conspire.

pride to co-operate with him, and to add my

feeble contribution to his gigantic efforts in!

PEOPLE.—The Editor of the Cincinnati Ga-

eastern States, writes home to his paper as follows: I find the same cry of money pressure is

wo».W be/o!l,?«1*lh«

Tlie,Se

fearS

!"ivc,n°l

and we

at'east

I -chrn«rc^dt'

1

.wu.~.

0n

of that day and the present, consisted in the elegantly furnished. Her dimensions were fact that there were many things upon which! taken by artists, who said the Emperor inthe conquering majority were most heartily tended "to build two vessels on the same

If they did not avow their princi-j model. With a party of officials from Ur79 pies in the canvass, it was known that sue- aga, the Lady Pierce made a trip to wilhin cess in the country would lead to the inaug- ten miles of Jeddo, but the said officials eration, or rather to the restoration, of a objected to her going any nearer, saying HO'series of federal measures of most extraor-

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could only be mastered by the democratic their gratitude to Mr. Burrows, who sc*eess party and when, in

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PEACE EXPEDITION TO JAPAN. Early last summer Silas E. Barrows of San Francisco, Ca.1., fitted out a ship at his

own

exPense»

a

vessel,

an(I

UD within

raiss,on'

out

.1 1 'o

and jealousy, who rejoiced at the overthrow cse however, expressed their utmost regard of their former party, as if an angel of de- for the Commodore and his officers." vastatioa had annihilated it! The great The Japanese, it is said, were surprised point of diijcren.ce between the winning party

W()

expressed—a

have been iustrumental in get- to be hanging over our Western commercial v-C P?PUJatlon Jrom Keutucky, 1 ennessee,

^hts is recommended bv

}y

in lbe

boen

leraarl:.ab.e

CoU 1

ft -1 ,, tiie immigration Which nas nii-.^ndy zetie, while upon a recent tour through the ,, Kansas, the Kansas llerald of the 20th ult.,

°y

„roaI'

hope and we believe will not

to anything like the extent ^l.ich

wealerin^el:Urar

aceompiished much to reestablish the con-

rfccent

imPared'

events have so greatiy

The English Government has lately

contracted with a London Manufacturer for

th5rt)

-five

millions

0Usand

of cartridge, and fifty

bo-b-shells. It will take "a

ract'

i3F" One of the Boston Magnates wai

SihT atthemgcuttint "Y° of MassachusetU owed him $10 the weight of our own triumphs, vanquished TriJhfpnrf.ll ln

miIhon

Catholics in that couutrv. [leaving the State. success.

h^ard to remark the other day,°hat if the I afford to win ere we sink o'erwhelmned by

of he would make affidavit that it was about, by our own valor and worn out by our

the Lady Pierce,

sailed for Japan, with a number of

ten miles of Jeddo on his

accomP

anc*

obiect V1CW

returned to Hong Kong on the 14th of

ft

token of amity and peace, and with-

any preparation for war, and the hi"h

visiting the Lady Pierce, to find her so

that Commodore Perry did not go any closer. Subsequently the ship visited Simoda, under the charge of three Pilots sent bj' the authorities, in company with a government cutter, the latter having orders to render every assistance. A Japanese, rescued from a junk and brought to San Francisco a few years ago, was taken out by Mr. Burrows and restored to his friends. This act created a very favorable impression.

The lower orders, it is said, were profuse in expression, by words and gestures, of

James K. Polk to be of the opinion that Dee-yee-no-skee,

a

man of fair talents, is likely, by Us ac-

count of American manners and cuMoms, to tccomplish more than hosts of Ambassadors owards forming and cementing an intimacy betwixt Japanese and foreigners.

Large presents of silk, porcelain, lacqurcwars, iic., were made in tb name of the Emperor to Mr. Burrows, who, however, was requested to give publicity to his determination that henceforv.-ard, in accordance with stipulations in tho treatv, no foreign intercourse whatever would "be permitted with Jeddo, but that all vessels must proceed either to Simoda, or to the other norts thrown open to American trade.

ANCIENTS OP NEBRASKA.-—On the Upper Missouri there exists a track of land known by the name jf Iviauvaises Teres, or Bad Lands at one tinje, probably, the bed of an

immense lake, in. which perished thousands

of animals having now 110 representative on earth. It appears that the waters of this

pond were removed in some convulsions of nature, and the sediment at its bottom became indurated. The portion of the surface thus cxcavatc-d forms a valley of 90 miles in length by 30 in breadth. The remains of animals, which lived and breathed long before the advent of men upon earth, arc here found in abundance as to form of this tract an immense cemetery of veterbrats. The bones are said to be completely petrolled, and then filled with silicious matter.— They are preserved in various degrees of

r04kCn7-

species 01 ^Li

conspire J* j- i..*.n0CCi oa,

mv lhe

first e\er luund in America, were dis-

1°'

anc*

1I,lnoj5

a paper of etentetions the West.—

ant*

hrgcr p,

«'V °f

The failure of the

banking

houses, it was

aiso a sort of 1 anther

smaiier than the present varietv—and like wise a number of strange animals with long names, unlike anything which man ever saw alive.—St. Louis Democrat.

says: "A majority of our population up to this time are from Missouri, though their preponderance is fast diminishing by the arrival of people from other States. Pennsylvanians are probably next in numbers.—

ind

lowa!.

alr-

1 and.other

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iCST'The London Times referring to the

action atBalaklava says: How many more such victories can we

$70,000.

-KANSAS.—In regard to the character of, I already garnered upwards of .JOOO bushels.

Thc immigration from Massachusetts, New The iirst is 1.0 sharp that it goes alone tho second has to be held back and the third cuts about a quaitcrof an inch before the edtrc.

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very great.—

represented.

oouthcrn States 13 very

'r0E1 -.vr\anaas are settled

in the south-eastern part of the Territory."

EVERY WORD TRUE.

The Rev. Mr. Patton, of Hartford, a contributor of the New England Herald, has ment the following just remarks of the system PaPers to publiaheis not of credit on newspapers: OLice, must trai. -r, business it is our personal opinion that no paper should be sent on credit. Advance payment is the only reasonable plan, and to that it will sooner or later come. If no man is allowed to travel on a steamboat, jJ5TAn exchange, describing a counterrailroad or coach, or to enter a concert-room foit bank bill, says the viginette=is cattle an I or other pub.ic exhibition, without paying hogs with a church in the distance! A verytrie stipulated price, much more should sub- good illustration of this world's do?n"\ senbers, scattered all over the country,

owing a few dollars each for a paner, be re- OO-The Baltic brings us intelligence of quired to pay the cash in advance. I the death of the eminent English actor,

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£STTh'e former editor of the Boston Atlas now of the Cincinnati Gazette, co-operated with the "American Reformers" in Ohio.—? lie is now on a visit to Boston, and refers, thus to one. of the newly elected memberHj of Congress. The Iv N's seem to have been particularly unfortunate in some -of their pets:— "In the 1st district, Robert B. Hall formerly an Episcopal clergyman in Roxbtny. takes tiie place of the present member, Mi. Eilot. Mr Hall was deposed a few ycars| ago from his clerical office for an infamous! crime, too disgusting even to name.

v- J3T A telegraphic despatch of the 17tn, states that President Pierce is busily en-, gaged on his message, and it is understood! that he will support legislation by Congress, for the better safety of life at sea. The ter-. rible loss of life, within a few monts past, afford sufficient reason for some action, that is, if any thing can be done by legislatiou.

COMTLKTION C'F TIIE SAUT CANAL —tttS Chicago Press learns from various feliablo sources that the Saut Sto, Marie Canal will be completed this week, and that the Com-, missioners appointed by the Governor of Michigan have beo'u notified to be present on the 20l1I inst., und inspect the work.— The event is one of marked interest in tho history of the North-west, removing the last bariier to the navigation of the entire chain of the lakes, without breaking cargoes, ami reducing the rues of freight to and from the mines full ntty per cent.

INDUSTRIOUS EDITOR.—The editor of the Belknap Gazette says: "During the past week we have set type and sawed wood, worked at the press and dug potatoes, swept the office and done 'chores' at the houseH A:c., &c. consequently, our time for writing has been decidedly limited."

O-V-It is said that the income of William B. Astor of New York city is one million two hundred thousand dollars per annum.

fkv-Thero are forty locomotive establishments in the Uuited turning out when busily engaged, 1,200 engines a year. They employ O.OUO hands at a cost of $3,200,000 per annum. The iron used exceeds 45,000 tons a year, and the value of the manufacture is 10,000,000 per annum.

itS?'There are 150,000 Mormons in tho world, and are scattered as follows: In Europe 60,000 in Utah 50,000, and over Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin about 10,000.

A LOFTY MOUNTAIN.

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Mount Ilood, in ascertained, by

has now been

actual measurement, to be full eighteen thousand three hundred and sixty one feet high. This is tho highest peak on the American continent, and one of the highest in the world. From this peak, mouutain tops five hundred miles distant are distinctly seen. The mountain is volcanic, smok(s beinfj seen to issue from the summit.

(KT" An eminent painter was asked what he mixed his colors with in order to produce so (.xiraordinary an effect. "I mix with brains, sir!" was his answer.

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JZif'The Louisville Times says the little town of New Albany, directly across tho river, when they wanted a railroad, appointed a committee to obtaiu subscriptions, and in three or four days they had obtained $280,000—Louisville in one week managed co get

liere is a glaring contrast.

ifFlour is retailing in St. Paul at SlO per bbl. Wheat delivered at the mill brings :»-l 10 cash. The mill at Minneapolis has.

Adams & Co., the great Express Company, have issued orders to all their agents not !o draw coin from banks. This will contribute no littte to the "easing up" of matters.

C^7~A barber in Vermont is reported to have three razors of xtraordiaary power.

AS?~In the town of Crockett, Texas, t/icre is said to be not a single marriageable female.

fcrltin ruled by the J'ost Office iJepartent, tnat Pf»stma?ters on returning newsnot taken from tho them as "on postoffice

JEST* ive members of the Conadian Pariament are native of the United States.

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CHARLES KEMBLE. whose professional visit,

with his daughter, Miss FANN

KZXBLZ, ia well remembered by the theatregoers of the United States.

C£rThe number of hogs in the United States is said to exceed that of the sheep by ten millions.