Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 27 February 1858 — Page 3

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Burning

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the

Pacific Hotel,

AT SAIHT LOUIS

FORTY IiVBS SUPPOSED to be LOST.

TOLL PARTICULARS OF THE CALAMITYNAMES OF THE KILLED AKD WOUNDED —THRILLING INCIDENTS—PROPERTY—

LOSSES, AC. From the St. Lonis Republican of Sunday. One of the most calamitous event* that have ever occurred in this city, involving fearful of loss to life and property, transpired yesterday morning, between the hours of three and four o'clock. The Pacific Hotel, situated on the corner of Poplar and Seventh streets, together with the contents of a number of stores on the first floor beneath, was entirely consumed by fire, nothing remaining but the blackened and crumbling walls.

The origin of the disastrous conflagration is at present not known with.certainty. Thte prevailing impression is that the flames firtt broke out in the rear of the drug store of Dumont G. Jones, one door from the corner of Seventh street, but how, has not yet been explained. The clerk, who bad only been three days in the establishment and who slept in the back part, states that when he was awakened by the glare of the light, the whole of the western portion of the building was in flames. This was from half an hour to three-quarters before the steam engines arrived. He had not previously heard any alarm. There was half a barrel of turpentine, a barrel of oil, and some other combustibles in that part of the •tore where, report says, the fire originated. -v

The loss of property, though large, is nothing to the destruction of human lives which this catastophrc had occcasoined.— From the best information that wc can gather, there were about one hundred persons sleeping in the Hotel at the time of the occurrence. It appears that the entire building

Was

enveloped in the raging ele­

ment before scarcely any of the lodgers were awakened to a full sense of their danger. And when the inmates were finally aroused it was only to find all opportunities of egress closed to them, for the staircases in front and behind were already gone, or so nearly so that an attempt to escape by these means would be only rushing into the arms of inevitable death. The scene that ensued baffles any effort at description. The rushing of men, women and .children to and fro to avoid the blistering heat, and to search for ways to reach Ace street—the shrieks of theterror-strick-«n and the groans of those bound to their grooms by walLs of scorching fire—the «hcuts of those wlio had been called to the «pot from the .surrounding neighborhood— the clambering over swaying and reeling joists—-the falling floors with their loads of heovp furniture .and their dearer burden of human lives—all this, and more that was intensely terrible and fearful, it is not -given to our pen to adequately describe.

The stairs gouc, the roof aud floors inch ly inch giving way, and the lurid flames shooting up momentarily thiukor and hottier, many sought to escape the impending hazard of being bunioil to deafh, through the acarcelcas -dangerous prospect of jump-1 ing to tlie ground from the windows. Of those who endeavored to save their lives in this way we saw six at the Sister's Hospi-' tal yesterday. Mr. II. Hubbard, who arrived in St. Louis froui Boston about eight weeks since, was occupying, with his lady, room on the third iloor. Mrs. II. was first aroused and awakened her husband.—1 Hardly had he come to be conscious of the cause of the surrounding confusion before lie saw his wife leap headlong out of the -window on Poplar street. Seeing no otlt-, cr visible means,of saving hious^lf he followed her, and both fell, not far apart from each other, on the pavement. Mrs. Hub-' bard had one of her legs fractured in two places, and had the knee crp of the other dislocated. Besides this, her lower jawwas broken in two places. It is not expected she will survive, Mr. llubbard had the ankle joint and hip of his lef leg displaced, aud received a severe contusion on the forehead, He is not thought to be in a dangerous condition.

Miss H. Hunter endeavored to leave th^ building, after being badly burnt, by jumping from the sccond story. In the fall one of her legs was broken and her head severely cut. iShe was placed in a furniture ear to be taken to the Sister's Hospital, but before arriving there she was a corpse.

James F. lieary, local reporter of the Leader of this city, in attempting to escape with his wifo and child full to the collar. Besides receiving some bad burns on the face, head and legs, by some means his right foot was cut to tho bone from •bout the middle to the heel. It is feared too, that his lungs arc injured from inhaling hot air. He is thought to be in a critical situation. The following is Mr. Geary's statement: "My wife," said he, "was very sick last evening so much so that I, staying at home with her, was unable to attend at the oflicc, I then sat with her all night, dozing in a chair. Early in the morning—I cannot say at what time—I was awakened by a suffocating smell as of fire I took no notice of this at the time, supposing that the servants were lighting the fires. Shortly after, however, I heated some one running over the house, shouting "fire!" I told my wife to lie still, while I should go down and see what was the matter. When I got some way down the stairs, the smoke overpowered me for tf moment recovering, I went np stairs to my room, which was No. 10, I got a shawl which Mrs. G. put around her. -I then led her down. The smoke was now so dense that she was all but suffocating, she fell down. I then dragged her out, and left her in the custody of some one who promised to take her off safely. .*1 returned to get my little girl, (Florence Geary.)

To get her I was obliged to go through the fire, which cut ofi our return by the stairs. I got her to the window, then threw a mattress on to the balcony on this I let her fall, jumping after her. The fire now seemed to be coming out of the windows •nd apprehending danger in this position, I called out to those who were on the pavement, threw the mattress to the ground

and again dropped the child upon it. At this moment some one placed a ladder •gainst the balcony, but as I had cut my foot sadly in jumping, after I had got upon it. Ifell, the fall {completely benumbing my limbs so that I could not get np. 1 my limbs so mat couia not get np. now shoatod to those who were bv to tell tlwai that Mf». Jones and her child were in

TH# MS* toom

to am* asleep, and then

fell down the cellar, remembering nothing

from

that time on til.it may be mi hour^fter, I found myself in a store on Seventh

street. I think the fire did not begin in the drug store as seems to be stated, but that it broke out in the

ironing-room

Elihu Hays has a broken thigh, and is very much injured on the head. One of his eyes is burnt and swollen exceedingly, and he is otherwise hurt. When we saw him he was in mucli pain, and labored under concussion of the brain. He was unable to answer questions. As far as we can ascertain from various sources, he is a stranger in the city, from Wisconsin.— There is little or no hope of his recovery.

Three men were seen to jump from the second story of the back part part of the building, at the same time. Two of them got off without much injury. The other was taken on a plank to a fruit store on sixth street, below Poplar, where he died at about 8 o'clock. The latter we understand to be T. Hart Strong, a lawyer of this city.

At King's hotel we found the family of Dr. White, whose escape was indcedmiraculous. The Dr., himself leaped through the window of his room, and jumped to the ground, whencc encouraging his wife, three children and nurse, they too followed his example, he breaking their fall, and all reached terra firma in salcty, having only the record of danger perceptible in a few skin-deep wounds.

The dead bodies recovered as yet, from the ruins, so charred, blackened and burnt that their nearest relatives oould not identify them by the ordinary means, number six, which have been taken charge of by the Coroner and placed temporally in Roger's stable, on Franklin avenue, between Fourth and Fifth. All these, or nearly all, had their clothes on. Five of them were found on a piece of floor in the second story next the front of the hotel.— They appeared to have been all sleeping in the same room, and were literally roasted in their beds.

The only means of identification of these bodies will be by the papers and other articles found upon them. On one there was a letter addressed to Ephraim Doane, at Chicago. Also, a pateut right issued to Ephriam Doane and William S. Farmer.— Below the shirt bosom of a sccond, was written the name of 1{. M. Gregg. On a third was a lot of letters addressed to Mr. Evan J. Watkins, one of which contained an Odd Fellow's traveling pass. The above we believe, embarces all of the lost which have yet been out, and have not yet been recognized. diaries Davis, aged about twenty-five, emplopcd as baggage-master on the Tcrrellautc aud Alton Railroad, arrived in town Friday evening, and put up as usual, at the hotel, with a lad aged fourteen years, his wife's brother, named William Cunningham, who was employed by the same Company as a train boy. They are both ^reported to be dead. The former leaves at wile and ehild, residing at Tcrrc-llautc.

Tho wife and child, of Joseph Jones, of Birch's Minstrels, are among the dead.— They were let down out of a window of the ithird story by Mr. Jones, who enveloped them in a sheet, having first thrown a mattress on to the balcony to break their falls. The sheet slipped, aud mother and child, the latter only eight or nine months old, striking the edge of the mattress, dropped to the pavement, aud were fatally injured. They were conveyed to the Pacific Railroad Depot, where the babe died in a short time, and was followed a few hours after by its parent. Ilcr right arm was lacerated from the elbow to the shoulder, and was cut to the boue along the arm below the elbow. A young Trish girl, nurse in the employ of 5lrs. Jones, is among the missing. \V. V. Smith, a day policeman, who lived at the hotel, was roused by the cry of fire. He got up at once, and looking out at the rear, saw was on fire, cutting off egress that way. He then made to get out of the main entrance, ran through the dining-room to the window, and jumped on to the poarcli.

At this time the boarders were throwing themselves into the street. To prevent this, in some part, Smith, who seems to have had his presence of mind throughout the trying scene, tied a sheet or bed-quilt to the balcony down this he slid, carrying under his arm a little girl, a child of perhaps three years of age. His conduct is spoken of highly by all who were present, and had an opportunity of observing him."

Mr. D. W. Stradcr, one ef the lessees of the Hotel, makes the following statement

I have a dog that has been in the habit of acting as watch, for me, during a great number of years. He has, when passengers have arrived at night, or when any noise has been made in or about the house always give the-alarm. This morning he barked very loud a little after he came to the door and continued his noise, whereupon I got up and went to see what was the. matter. The flames were then coming from the back entrance of the house, up from the drug store, I think. I tried to get to the fire-plug, but seeing that the fire had made too great headway for that to serve any useful purpose, I ran to the third floor and hallooed through there as loud as I could. Mr. Davis, who had been sleeping with me, also came up stairs and assisted trie to waken the people. I then, supposing I must have awakened everybody went through the dining-room and got my children out through the window, which 1 broke through on to the balcony. ,f

I suppose there must be between twenty and thirty lives lost. A Miss Hunter was sleeping in No. 11, a room adjoining the corner she jumped out and was killed.— William Torrence, a young man, was badly burned. George Crane a brother of Miss Crane, of this city, was undoubtedly burned to death, and Charles Davis and boy who was with him, were burned up.

Mary F. Morris, had, when about to escape $300 in money. Her aunt called to her to save a child of Mr. Lyons, whereupon she dropped the money.

My family consisted of myself wife, s»-

ter-in-Iaw

underneath,

traveling along and through the wall. Mrs. Jones and her baby, I suppose, are burned up. Dr. White and his family got out. I should judge that there were from seventy-five to eighty persons- sleeping in the house. All of Birch's minstrel company, Dr. White and his family, Mrs. Jones and her child, Mr. Lyons, his wife and child and Strader's family of six, I knew to be in the house. —Sharpe, night clerk at the Hotel, was awfnlly burned in the face, head and extremetics. His hair is all singed off.— His face was blackened and blistered. It is expected that he will recover, though considerably disfigured.

and three children but.with the

loss df everything. The house w*s rented, by. Daniel W. Strader and Jacob Lyons, Who took possession?of it ckrlyj list iyear^ and opened it as a hotel on the 25th of Jone last:

Other than those above mentioned, the following'are missing. 'i1' T. Hart Strong, of St. Louis.

Bruce McNutt, Paul Stirrell, Buckhart Wurst. v. ft .• George Crane. Negro boy belonging to Sir. Wheaton.. Mr. Johnson, of Chicago. Henry E. Rossiter, of Bochister, N. Y. William S. Taylor. The above, contains the majority of the incidents which among so many anxious persons could be collected. The facts as connected with the origin of the fire are enveloped in mystery.

The Hotel was comparatively anew one. It was errected to meet the necessities of persons traveling on the line of the .Pacific Railroad, completed in January 1857, being owned by Geo. B. Field,, who estimated its value at S20,000. It was originally leased to Daniel W. Strader he subsequently opened the place in the month of June, when Jacob Lyons entered into partnership with him.

The building was three stories high, having a front on Seventh street of over eighty feet. The basements were used as liquor saloons the ground floor was divided off into stores.

The second story contained the office, ladies' parlor, dining and some sleeping apartments. The third story was divided off into small rooms, separated by lath and plaster partitions. The capacity of the house was such as to accommodate from 100 to 125 guests.

The house was most unfortunately constructed as to safety in the event of circumstances such as last night caused such wailing around the neighborhood. There was but a narrow entranct on Seventh street, appropriated to ladies' use, and a public entrance. To attain egress by the former, visitors, of necessity, had to cross many rooms and to open many doors. The main ontrance was so constructed that it burned early, and cut off the only available chance of safety. In one other rcspest this house was particularly unsafe. The back premises were, if we arc correctly informed, merely planked in, while column steps, floorings, and everything excepting the walls were of wood.

It was a horrible sight to sec the wounded—a woiul sound to listen to the wailing crics of saved, to hear tho shrieks ot the dying. From every part of the blazing building there came moans and prayers, while those who were outside, appalled by the horror of the scene, were hurryin hither and thither in vain attempts to serve their suffering fellows.

At the time we write it is impossible to arrive at the extent of the destruction of life. Ten bodies are now awaiting burial after the investigation, to be had by the Coronor to-day, to facilitate which that official desires such of the boarders as have escaped qo leave their names at his office. All the books and papers of the house were lost, and no other means arc loft to ascertain who are really missing. To-day the rubbish will be removed from the ruins, when, if there be any other bodies covered up, they will be exposed.

The loss of property is variously estimated. The account which comes nearest to accuracy seems to be as follows

Pacific Hotel, owned by Geo. B. Fields, loss estimated at $50,000, insurance is $12,000.

Ellis & Glanville, grocers, loss estimated at $3,500, insurance $2,00. Dumont G. Jones, drug store, loss at 82,000, insurance $1,5000, in the Globe Mutual. llirsch, dry goods store, ioss $4,000, insured for $2,000.

Julius Ullenlioff, china and crockery store loss covcrcvcd by an insurance policy of $5,000.

Coats fc Bro.'s feed-store, on Poplar street.: loss $5,000—no insurance. D. W. Stradcr & Co., lessees of the prcmtotal loss $3,5009,to $4,000 without

lses

insurance.

LETTER FROM GOV. WALKER The following letter from Hon. R.J. Walker was sent to the Democratic Convention that met on Tuesday, but arrived too late. It will be found the most vigorous and pointed of all the pronunciaineutos of that distinguished gentleman.

Washington City, Feb. 20th, 185S. AUSTIN H. BROWN, Esq., Chairman, fyc.:

SIR:—Your letter on behalf of the Committee, inviting me to address the mass meeting of the Democracy of Indiana on the 23d of this month at Indianapolis, has been received. It would have given me siucere pleasure to have complied with your request, but on the 24th of this month one of my most important cases, now pen-' ding in the Supreme Court of the United States, is set down for argument, aud I cannot be absent on that occasion.

The power of Congress to admit new States into the Union has heretofore, at various periods, been fully discussed by me. This power of admission most clears implies the previous consent of the people of the inchoate State, not only by the very terms, but as required b\- the fundamental principles of our government. Indeed, I presume it will hardly be contended that Congress possess any power to force the people of a State into the Union against their will. The Union is composed of a confederacy of coequal sovereignties, and each must have freely entered into the federal compact. The people of a State, in entering into the Union, always indicate their previous assent by the adoption of a State Constitution. My own opinion, as heretofore often expressed, dis-tinctly-repeated in my letter of acceptance of the Govenorship of Kansas, and reiterated in my inaugural address, was that the assent of the people to their Constitution can only properly be ascertained by a direct popular vote for or against its adoption. Indeed, in what other way can it ever be known that the people would have assented to the Constitution unless they are permitted to vote for or against its adoption? The President, in his message bf December last, admits this must be done as regards the question of slavery, as regulated by a State constitution, although he concedes that his instructions to me as regards the submission of the constitution were "general and unqualified."

It is most unfortunate that such an opinion had remained so long dormant in^ the breast of the President, for if the slight­

est suggestion to' that effect had been made to me, itis quite evident from my ^life-long opinions on this very point, so often and distinctly expressed, repeated in.my letter of acceptance of the governorship of Kansas, and reiterated in my inaugural address, that on such conditions I never would have gone to Kansas. It is true that the President in his message most frankly concedes, not only that his instructions to me as regards the submission of the .constitution were "general and unqualified," but also that he'then supposed that the Constitution itself would have been submitted to the vote of the people, and that in his judgment this ought to have been done. But, nevertheless, his message idC December last, to my surprise and astonishment, first developed the astounding fact that the President considered that nothing but the slavery question was requiretfto be submitted to the vote of the people. I do not mean to charge the Chief Magistrate of our country with wilfull deception on this question, but this I do say, as indicated by my life-long opinions, published again and again, repeated in my letter of acceptance, reiterated in my inaugural address and various dispatches, that the President and all his Cabinet" well knew my opinions on this subject and that I never would have gone to Kansas, except upon the condition of advocating the submission of the constitution for ratification or rejection by a vote ot the people This, with me, was a vital question, embodying the only fair, just, peaceful and constitutional method of settling the difficulties in Kansas. It was with extreme reluctance, and accompanied by great sacrifices, and after repeated refusals, that 1 at length did consent to go to Kansas: but upon no other terms swould I have gone, than upon those above indicated and if the President had stated, to me that the slavery question only was required «.• be submitted to the vote of the- people, he very well knows, and all his cabinet well know, and all my friends who conferred with me at that date know, that on such conditions I never would have gone to Kansas. In my administration of the affairs of Kansas, always communicated from first to last to tho President, I faithfully carried out those views as regards the submission of the Constitution to the vote of the people, and by these means, as the President frankly admits in his late Kansas message, prevented a sanguinary revolution there in June last. This revolution would have covered Kansas with blood and desolation it would have been marked by all. those horrors which ever accompany, civil war, which must have extended to bordering States and Territories, and involved, but too probably, the ruin of our beloved country. IIow was this dreadful catastrophe averted? By my addresses and dispatches, quoted by the President, advocating the submission of the Constitution for ratification or rejection by the vote of the people. Indeed my only alternative was to suppress this revolution by the bayonet, or by advocating the submission of the constitution as above stated, and pledging my best exertions to obtain a fair election for the people, of the Territorial Legislature, in the then ensuing October. These pledges and these alone, it is conceded, prevented revolution and civil war. And why should they not now.be redeemed? For myself, these pledges have been thus far most faithfully maintained, and they will be redeemed by me, if necessary, with the last drop of my life's blood, and to the latest hour of my existence. These were pledges well known to the President and all his cabinet, They were pledges given by mc in good faith, and any abandonment of them now on my part, after the people had accepted and actcd upon them, would be to cover myself with infamy and dishonor. Whatever, then, may be the action of the wavering, timid or corrupt, menace and proscription have no terrors for me. I will-continue to tread the path where conscience and duty call me, regardless of all consequences or sacrifices, personal cr political. But were the case now exempt from these pledges and their consequenccs, is it true that the people in framing a "State Constitution are ouly to decide the slavery question? Has it come to this? That the people in their sovereignty are to decide only the destiny of such Africans as may be in their limits, and not upon all those "far greater rights which concern the life, liberty, property and hap piness of a free people.' Has the African become so elevated above the free men of this Union, that they, in their sovereign capacity, may not decide upon all that concerns their own government, but only upon the fate of that sable race that may be within their boundaries? And is it true that the people in inchoate free States can neither ratify nor fcject any part of their State Constitution, but that this can "be dene in inchoate slave States only, and then ouly as regards this one particular institution? The Kansas and Nebraska bill declares it to be "the true intent and meaning of the act, to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions, in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States." Now the President in his December message admits that the term "people," as here used, means what it says, the people themselves in their so\ c-

treigu

capacity (as contradistinguished from conventions) in voting for or against the ratification of a State Constitution. But he says the terms "domestic institutions, in the plural, means only one institution,namely, that of slavery. But the terms "THEIR domestic institutions most clearly include them all, because extending in words and letter to all the territoiics of the Union, whether bond or free.

The President regards this Kansas and Nebraska bill as an enabling act but enabling whom, or what, or how "W hy, enabling the people to form and regulate their domestic institutions through a State Constitution. The word "form" is here significant. Whoever spoke of forming the institution of slavery This word most clearly implies the forming of a State Constitution and if it does not mean this, it is not an enabling act, for that is the great object and purpose of such an act. These words then do enable the people to frame a State Constitution, and by which alone they shall form and regulate their institutions and the President concedes that the word "people," as here used, means, as it says, the people themselves, as contradistinguished from conventions, by a direct vote for ratification or rejection. This then being the enabling act, an act, as con strued by the President, enabling the people to frame their own Constitution, this term, the people, cannot have two interpretations, one meaning the people themselves, and another also as the President insists,

conventions only. No .these words the people iirthat act," have but one ^signification, as applicable to" all their domestic institutions, and it can never be interpreted to mean, as the President would construe it, in what he calls au enabling act, the people so far as regards the question of slavery, and conventions only, as regards all other subjects. No this- great act, declaratory upon its very face, was intended to recognize the right of self-government in its broadest and most comprehensive sense, as vested in the people themselves, extending to all" their domestic institutions in ratifying or rejecting their State Constitutions, whose provisions could only bo known and acted on by them, when submitted for their decision by the convention. And thus it was that the Kansas and Nebraska bill was a recognition of that great fundamental principle of public liberty, embodied in the federal constitution, reserving all sovereignty to the people of the several States admitted or inchoate, and not as vested in conventions who possess no sovereignty, (which cannot be delegated or divided) but are servants of the people only and not their masters. Such: is the true meaning of the term people in the Kansas and Nebraska bill, as now and always advocated by its distinguished author. Such was the interpretation given to this act by both houses of Congress, in the 31innesota Act, (which is but supplemental and in execution of the Kansas and Nibraska Bill) in requiring the Constitu* tion itself to be submitted, for ratification or rejection, to .the vote of the people.— And why should this odious distinction' be made between Kansas and Minnesota Why should the people of the latter be permitted to voti for or agiinst the ratification of their State Constitution, and this great sovereign and constitutional right be withheld from the people of Kansas Is tho one a sovcrign, and the other a subject State Where are wo, and in what direction [[are we drifting Arc we upon the banks of the Bosphorus or Danube, or upon soil consecratcd to pupular sovereignty bj the blood of the Revolution Is it Executive edicts or sovcrign rights that constitute the liberties of our country?— Are we freemen, 'who know our rights, and knowing dare maintain,' or arc wo vassals, serfs, or slaves, that will cringe cr change at the stamp of the foot of a master Is it the people and the States, as represented in the Senate and House of Representatives, who are to record their votes as indicated by their unbiased judgment or are they merely to register executive edicts under penalties for refusal of denunciation and proscription Is the President the master or the servant of the people, that he should thus dictate to them or their representatives, under threats of exclusion from the party of their choice Is Democracy a name and shadow, or a substance It means the poircr of the people. This is its vital essence. Or has it lost its true signification, or are we moving lrom it with viewless but rapid strides towards despotic power, to make and unmake the rules of political faith under pains and pen-1 a'.ties abhorrent to the souls of freemen?— Is this the 82nd year of our Independence, or is it the first year of American Monarchj, that is now dawning upon us Let the people—the masses composing the true Democracy, arouse from their slumbers. Lot them break the chains which would fetter their free thought and free opinion, and assert their blood-boughi rights, and especially the great indefeasible sovereign right of self-government.

upon evil times. The liberties of the eountnj arc in danger. Let the people in every town, county, and State rise in their majesty to the rescuc. Let the timid or corruot ialter as they may let the Democracy of Indiana, now in mass meeting assembled, proclaim in tones that shall echo throughout our Republic, that the spirit of the revolution is not extinct in their bosoms, but that from the lakes of the North to the lovely valleys of the Wabash and Ohio, you, the Democracy of Indiana, will stand as one undaunted column by the great principle of popular sovereignty, sustained by them at the polls in 185(3 as embodied in the submission ot the constitution lor ratification or rejection, by the unfettered vote of the people of Kansas and ot every other Territory.

Thanking you for the kind manner in which the committee, through you, have been pleased to speak of my humble services in behalf of the great Democratic doctrine of State and popular sovereignty,

I am, most respectfully, .. Your fellow-citizen, R. J. WAI.KKH.

AFTER THE BLACKLEGS WITH A SN.\NR STICK.—Madison has been for years past the winter rendezvous of Blacklegs, Gamblers, and Horse Jockics but it seems that Gov. Randall has inaugurated a new era in that benighted region. A correspondent of the l'rairie du Chien Leader says that tho Governor notified the Sheriff of Dane count)- that lie must clear the city of those pests or he would clear him out of office for neglect of duty and the result is that there are not so many banks at the Capital thiswiutcr as heretofore.

OKDINANCE. !=f-,

1. Be it ordained bv tho President and Trusters of the Town of Crawfordsvillc that no :erson hereafter shall be permitted to sell atpuoiic auction any species of property within the cor-, porate limits of said town, without being licenced so to do. except officers aetinsr in their o:heial eapacitv. and persc-ns acting under theauthorof the several Courts of the State of Indiana.

Stc. 2. Pe it further Ordained that any person desirous to net as ft public nnctionccr lur »-iio Sale of anv species of properly within the corporate limits"of said Town, shall be be permitted so to do bv

paving

to the Treasurer of said '1 own

two dollars tor "the first day and one do.lar for cacli con?centivc day thereafter be may desire U) sell, and upon sr.cli pavment the Treasurer shall issue a liccnre "to such person permitting him to act as Filch auctioneer within such corporate limits for the length of time desired by such person.

Src. 3. Ie it further Ordain'.d, that any person or persons who shall act as a public auctioneer within the corporate limits ot said Town lor the sale of anv species of property (except those persons above herein excepted.) without first bavin" procured a license ar. in this Ordincncc above required, shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of ten-dollars fur each day ho or they act a a SEC.4. And be it further ordained that any rcrs..n desirous of acting as a public auctioneer for the sale of anv species of property within the corporate limits'of said Town for and during a period of one year, shall npdn application to the Treasurer ot said corporation obtain a license for that purpose, but no license shall be granted until the person wishing to act as such auctioneer for such period of time shall pay to such Treasurer the sum of

mitting them to act as a pnbl— such corporate limits for the term of one year from tho date of such license.

SEC. 5. This Ordinance shall bo in foil force and cffect on and after tbe firet da£ of March ISo„. Attest Wm. ROBERTSON, Prudent,

II. R. CANUTE. Clerk of the Board.

FRENCH MILLINERY.

ojv

A. iu.

Mrs. J. k. HENiXEjRSON,

Would respectfully inform-licr cnstomers and the public generally, that sbc will remove to lier

New and Elegant Store,

No. 92 Fourth Su, 2nd door West or Vine St

AND UIKKCTLT OITOS1TE THE TOST OtFlCE,

On the 15th of March

On which clay she will ojnsn tho largest anil best acsortfiicnt of

E N O N N E S

Bonnet Ribbons* Artificial Flowers,

AND OTIIEli

MILLINERY TRIMMINGS,

Ever brought to Cincinnati. With her inerenscil fiieilities fur iloinc a much larcer bu.-iin.-ss than she liiis heretofore done, her Store ami Show Kootns being the largest West of New York, she will be enalilud to offer

E QL'AL LE1) 1XD E ME S To Customers in her lino, at

W II OLESALE ASD E A I E.

I'eraons visiting Ciii-innati i.re particularly invited to cull at

No. 92 Fourth Street,

OrrilSlTE THE POST OFFICE. J. A. IlENDEIlStMF.

Feb. 13 IBIIS V'JIIOO 1 v.

Appointment of Administrators,

NOTICE

is hereby given that the undersigned have been appointed administrators of the estate of Joseph Stipe, 1-itc of Montgoniui-y County, dee. Said Cdtatu is supposed to be .solvent, ,y.:

FebG, 1S5S-W3* AdimuistraU.r.-vv/-,

Insurance Advertisement

.Statement of the Condition of the

P1ICENIX INSURANCE COMPANY

OR IIAHTFOIID, CONNECTICUT, JAN. 1st. 1S53, As examined and approved by the State Auditors of Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, Iowa and Tennessee, in conipliaiice with the laws of theso States:

Capital Stock all paid np £200,000 00. Toii'.I Assetts £3-11,719,59. Cash on hands and in bank $47,517.03 Cash in hands of an-,1 due from agents 4-J,lS2 31. Amt1 loaned on mortsigaes of real estate 17.700 00 loaned on pledge of banks & stooks 1!),000 00 Bills receivable for Joans aud approved Collateral and personal security &9,773,I7 Stock in N. Y. city banks market value 100,00i).'_'5 Stock in New England bunks do 5S,81s.00 Accumulated interests on investments li.l27,1'U

Assett.s ^•11.710,5!)

Liabilities due or li-jt due to banks or other creditors none. Losses &diusted and duo none. do not duo #10,014,00 Losses unadjusted 17 do waiting for further proof *V 5000,00 All other claims estimated at 3('0,00

S. L. LOOMIS, President.

II. ICKr.i-ofio, Scc'v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT.)

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IIAKI FOKD COUNTY,) UAKTFOKD, January, 15th, 1838.

Personally appeared II. Kellogg, Secretary of the Phinnix" Insurance Con pauy and made oath that the foregoing statement ly li:m subscribed_ is true and correct to his bjst knowledge and belief before me.

C. J. IIOADLY. Justice of the Peace. The undersigned agent' fcr Crawfordsyille and vicinity will be glad to receive applications and issue policies oil all good risks at lair rates.— Please 11. JAMES 11EATON, Agent.

Eeb. 20,

:5S-v9-n31-0in.

DISSOLUTION.

]\n TICE is hereby given that the firm of Sliue,

IN

We have fallen

ilartman & Jordan, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to said firm will make payment to .John 11. Sliue, who has purchased the entire stock of Goods. Notes, Accounts Sic. ol'^the concern. J. 11. &1IUE,

li.

S. L. IJAliTMAX,

Feb. 20. 1S3S.-3W w. p. JORDAN. N.

I still intended to continue the business

attlie old stand of Sliue, llartman & Jordan, wbeie inv customers will still get groat bargains by calling and pu rchasing of me. J. II. Sllb'h.

FARMERS CHOICE!

3 S 3 N IS A I

S E E O W S

CAMP HELL, CJALEY I1AKTEK, are now receiving alartre assortment ot the-above 1 !o'.\s. ail Sizes] with and without Cutters. Coin Plows, and tliev will also have for the Sprin-,' Trad a large assortmentof Cultivators, Single, Double and Three Shoveled.

Plows, devolving llorse-liakes &c. Arc., Ilaviiiif engaged thi ,-crviees of Mr. Jesse \N Cumberland

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fonnejly of the House of Cumberland, Crugg it Co who will five special attention to this department. we propose to furnish all the latest improved agikultural Implements of the day, Mieli as Keepers. Mowers, Threshing Machines Separators, Grain .Drills, Coin Planters .te. etc.,

Ueuiember the place No. 7 Commercial IJow. Crawfordsvillc. In 1, CAMPBELL, CAl.KV & ART Eli.

Feb. 20, 135S, tf.

J.SNVDEIi'S Excelsior o. 1 Family Flour A idwavs in store and fur said by the Parrel or Faek. by LAY.MON P1IU1HEUS & CO. l-'eb. 1 3 '55 VJnOOt!'.

LADIES' OWN REMEDY.

DIl. HOOPERS EMAI.ECORDIAL. This is a safe, pkiu^ant, and certain cure for Female Complaints alining from debility, such as Irregularity of the Menses, Fluor Albus or Whites, Ilarrenness. Sallow Complexion. Headache, Dizziness, Weak Nerves, Frightful Dreams and a 11 diseases caused by colds, Clucked Perspiration, Excesses, ever Excitement, etc., of the sexual organs. No female who has any Irregularities of the Monthly Periods will be just to heiself if she t'oes not use DH. HOOP LP'S FEMALE COI.'DIALat oncc. It is a SPEEDY and rosnivK critc. Thousands of females have been cured by this Cordial after the prescriptions of their Physicians had failde and the disease resisted all other treatment.

J^fl'rice $1 per bottle, or six bottles for $5. Prepared ly DK. EASTERLY, corner of bird and Chestnut streets, St. Louis, Mo. ^r^r"Kor sale by T. D. PIIO^N, Druggist, Crawfordsvillc, and by Druggists generally throughout the United States.^

Notice of Sals.

NOTICEU

hereby given that we will .-ell, at

public auction, on Tuesday the !':h day ot March next at the residence of Joseph Mipehsie of Franklin township Montgomery County, dec., all his personal property con.-i.-tmg ot horses, hogs, *hec cattlc, Wheat, corn, hay, farming utensils, household and kitchen furniture, and other propcrtv such a* fanners usually have. A credit of months will be given on all sums over £-5 dollars, the purchaser giving his note with approved suretv ivincr valuation and appraisement laws-

JOHN STIPE. WILLIAM STIPE,

Feb. 0 ISSSWS* Administrators.

TO Til FA It EKS OF O I

MONTGOMERY, COME GREETING.

A Small Quantity of the Hnngarien Grass Seed is Offered for Sale in Crawfordsville. This Grass i* justly prized, above any other, by the farmers of Iowa," where it has been thoroughly tested in the pat two or three years. It yields a hundred per centmoro than any Hay now known nnd is better for fattening Stock than Clover or Timothy. Sow any timo fr.-in tho middlo of April to the middle of June, one bushel to three acrcsol ground. Enquire at the stores of

Messers. F. II. FRY, CAMPBELL, GALEY A-HARTKR, CHRISTMAN & GKEf.O,

GRIMES A HUKBRlDGt,

II LEE, GILKEY & Co'.v Ware House.

TO FEVm AND AGUEfSUFFERERS.

DK. EASTERLY'S I

FEVER AND AGUE KILLER/

rhi$ Medicinc will euro signe nnd Fever? Chills and Fever, Dumb Agtfc, Intermit* tent-aiuL-Itemitlent Fevers, and, every: for in of Fever incident to the Went.

Among nil the CELEBRATED REMEDIES foir Ague and Fever, first and foremost in rank stnfldar Dr. Easterly's Fever an Agne Killer.

During the last five yei.rs this romcdj has cured aver two hundred thousand ense?, which bas established its'cfficacy beyond all doubt and COTitrovcrcy as the BEST arnT ONLY CERTAIN*? CURE for this distressing disease. It is a POSIy TIVE CURE, both SPEEDY and PERMANENT/ It will core the WORST CASES, no matter of how long standing or DOW BAD. It \ri)l also cWo' Enlargement of tl Spleen, Agauo Cakca, etc.

Reader, have yon tlu Ague and Fever! Then' procure Dr. Easterly's Fever and Ague KilN r. and use-it according to tho directions—IT wfLt. CRUK YOU. llave von FRIENDS suffering, with A gtic and Fever? Go tell them to procuro* Dr. Euslprly's I'cver and Agne ICiller, and,, sufTef no longer. This is the medicino TO USE.-.-for this plain reason: IT ALWAYS CURES, and^ is perfectly HARMLESS to tho most delicate constitution, or tender infant.

J^gTTricc ?1 per bottle, or six bottles for $3. ISgF^Prcparcd ty Dr. EASTERLY, coincr of Tliiri^nd Chestnut streets, St. Louis, Mo., to whom all ordorsmust be addressed. a-

For sale by T. D, IiROWN, Druggist Crawfcrds villa aiul by Drsggists generally throughout

United States.

JOHN STllMC. WILLIAM STIPE.

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For Urn I in? the Sick nnd Afflicted. E A S E S Iodine and Sarsaparilla.

THIS is the only preparation in tlio United States that combines in a highly eoncentratcd state, the extract of S.wisArAitn.i.A, YELLOW DOCK, STILLNGIA, and tlui IODJNJJ or POTASSIUM, and tlw only preparation that is worthy of tho least confidence of tho public for the euro of those diseased arining from an impure sattc. ofthe BLOOIX, or othor fluids of tho system, viz: •Scroftiln, Ob-tisiijfe Old Sorry, Pimples oil the Faoc. Ulotciu-p, ltoils, Chronic Sorer

Hvrs, Ringworm or Tetter, Scutd Henil, Salt IMn'tun. Cancers, (Joitre, IVhitu Swellings, IveverSores, Piles, Erysipelas* S\i eiling ofthelands. Kti cnmalisni, Diseases of the Kidneys', ltladdr and Urinary Organs, Dropsy, (Jravel, Liver Coinplaint, Dyspepsia, Nervous Affections, (General Debility. Secondary Syphilis, or Venereal Discuses, 1'aius in the Holies nntl Joints, all Chronic Diseases, and Diseases arising from the use of Mcrcury nnd Calomel. Dr. Easterly's IODINE and SARSAPARILLA contains such rownnrft. CUKATIVE rnoi'KiiTiES, that the LONGEST STANUI.NO and WOHST CASES oir DISEASE, readily yield to its inllucnio* This medicine is a SPEEDY, POSITIVE and IIADICAL ci'itE for Mi itCLitiAL DISEASES, no matter how deeply it may have eaten into the frame and vital organs. It. will cure SIICOXDAUY SYPHILIS, or VENEKEAL DIS--EASI.S, no matter how long it may have been in the system, or what may have bucn its elfoets. It will cure OLD SOUKS, no matter how canted, and is TIIK ONLY MEDICINE THAT WILL. For all SCUOK--ULOUS DISEASES and OLD SOP.ES it is a POSITIVE' CI'KE. All external applications are highly inconvenient and can only bo temporary in their?', diets. This medicine attacks the disaa.sa at its SOLTI:CE, by purifying the m.oon, exciting the LivEii to a healthy action, changing the

Sefc'rWtions of tho

system, nfid by driving out all the IIIPUKK and^ DISEASED KI.LTDS of the body, thus removing tho" cause and rendering the cure CEIITAIX and PEKIIA-

NE.vr, It thoroughly eradicates every particle ot* JiEUccr.Y from the system, and will ANNTIIILATK undi ri.vpEi. the SYPHILITIC vines, and all iiEiti'.NIT.utir' TATNTS and POISONS', aud restore the system ton perfect state of HEALTH and PURITY.

CACTIWS TO THE Prj'.i.ic.—Be particular and ask for Dr. Easterly's Iodine and Sarsaparilla, and take no other. Some dealers may tell you (when they have not this)they liavo some OTIIEH SAnsAr.utiLLA, equally good which they can purchase che.tper. Believe them not. They tell you, ',his to get your money. ONE BOTTLE of Dr.

Easterly's Iodine and SaiRaparilla contains mora ccitATivE PKOPKKTY than SIX of any other in use* Remember this is the medicine that has elfected vo many ASTONISHING CURES in all parts of hecour.tr}-. £5?"Pricc $1 per bottle, or 0 bottles for

Picpared and sold by Dr. EASTELY, »otilhea» icriier of Third and Chestnut streets, St. Louis, Mo., and by all druggists throughout tho Western ind Soutl crn Strcts,

October 01, 1807— vOnl.j-lly

STOP THAT COUGH.

Dir. CAKTKSt'S COf'CII I5.V1.SA3I Will Cure Coughs, Colds-, Asshma, Con-4 Mimlition. Kroneliiis, Spitti ng of IJIood.

I'iiia in she Side and Itrcasl, l*i«:nrisy, hooping Cough, Croup, I.iver Coinpinint. Palpitation of the Heart, aud all Diseases of the Throat, Chest and I-."!lgS. This lial.-«!!!ii i.i beyond all doubt the most pleasant and e.'licaeioits remedy ever discovered: for all diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs.—« It lias been thoroughly tested, and is universalyl and is uirivcrsally acknowledged by Physicians, Druggists, and all wl/'ohavc used .'t, as tho PEST HEM EI) now oircred to the Public fur Pulmonary Complaints.

Teo much care and attention cannot be givcu to Diseases of the Lungs. Reader, have yov a Cold, Cough, or anydiscaso of the Lungs? Do not neglect it. Millions of tho, young, the fashionable and the gay, are annually^ consigned toa premature grave by neglecting to attend to a common cold. Colds and Coughs lead to CONSUMPTION, and if not removed by a proper remedy, then to an early death. He advised,? in time. Proctirc at ^n'-c that celebrated reinody -. —•DR. CARTAR'SCOL'CH I!ALSAM—which bus cured thousands upon thousands after Physicians, and ALL NMTI.D EEMKOIES had failed, and the patienthad been given up by friends to die.

No person adlicted with a Cough, Cold, or any^ disease or the Throat' Chest or Lungs, will be just to themselves if they go down to the grave without... using DR. CARTER'S COUGH PALSAM. It will eure if a cure be po.-rible. jSSTPrk-c 25 cants and *1 00 cr bottle r-gTProparcd by Dr. E. EASTERLY, Southeast corner of Third and Chestnut streets, St.Lotii?,

J57'l'..r sale 1 T. 1 BROWN, druggist. Crawfordsvillc. and by Druggists generally throughout tho United-States.

To the Unfortunate Victims. DK. BAKER'S SPECIFIC.

This is a S-.ifc and Specific Cure for tio" norrhoee, f.'icet, .Sirictnrr-s Seminal Weakness, Disascs of the Kidneys, lliaa-di-r, and all Diseases ol the (.Jcuital

Organs This popular and specific remedy will cure all (1 iieas-cs of the Genital organs in a few days. It, has saved thousands upon thonsands from tho hands of MERCILESS tjCACKS, if not from a ruwATtTi' GKA?E. In case of infection DR. IJAKEI'.'S SI'ECIE-IC tho only SAFE and SURE REMEDY. Have you a private Disease? Do not ncglcct it. If yon go to a regular Physician with your case, you PERIL your REPUTATION. If you goto an ADVEKTISINO Qt ACKyots PEHIL VOCE IIEALTH TOK LIEE. Avoid both, aril use DR-

PAKER'.S SPECIFIC, which Is vsry agreeable to the taste, and oontains plain directions for uge. With it you can CURE YOURSELF, and th«* prevent ALL EXPOSURE. It will euro tho worst eases of secret disease, and restore tbe sysjemto a perfect state of IIEALTU BND VVKITY.' jgjf" Price 1 60 per bottle.

J3f Prepared by Dr. EASTERLY, corner of Third and Chestnut streets, St. Louis, llo.J larsold by T. B. BROWN A COgists, Crawfordsville, and by Drmr-' throughout the United Stnt'*1