Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 25 May 1854 — Page 2
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The Anti-Maine Law and Anti-White Cravat Meeting. The grand rally of the anti-temperance, anti-white cravat, and silk glove gentry,
came
oil' at the Court House on Saturday last. The same old dish of opposition to temperance, opposition to ministers of the Gospel, of horrible fears and forebodings dire for the liberties of the people, was rehashed and liberally served out. Not one of the speakers entered in the slightest degree into the merits of the question not one dwelt in rapturous strains on the glories, and beauties, and excellencies of the intoxicating be^rage. Not one poured forth eulogistic strains of that temple of liberty now proudly rearing its head in our town. None spoke of that exalted freedom of which the drunkard boasts. Oh, no On the benefits and blessings of liquor drinking they were nan compos mentis.
Their whole effort seemed directed to exciie prejudice agair -t the temperance cause and against preachers of the Gospel. They will not, they dare not come up to a manly and candid discussion of the subject in all its bearings on the interests of man. And why this violent opposition to, and denunciation of, those who preach the religion of the Bible? They are animated with no other desire than the good of all men they put forth no other efforts than such as will promote the best interests of our country.
Let us allude to one minister long known and respected in this county. W ho that lives in Montgomery county is not acquainted with Father
JOIIN B. AUSTIN?
1
For
years has he lived in our midst, and labored for the temporal and spiritual interests of men. lie has been honored with important trusts by the free suffrages of all men of all parlies. None have heretofore doubted his purity of character, his philanthropy or his patriotism no one can point to a single act of his life tending to break down the liberties of our country. The very men who now denounce him as a "white cravated aristocrat, desiring to trample the conscientious rights of the people beneath his unhallowed feet," have cast their votes for him and loved to do him honor. He is now rapidly verging upon the limits of human life, having well nigh passed the boundary of three score years and ten before many more years shall have passed over his already silvered locks, he will sleep with his Fathers beneath the sod of the valley, and Ills spirit will mingle and join in the songs of just men made perfect in heaven. Surely then no earthly ambition can lure liim to Ills present course, no desire for priestly domination can govern his conduct. Having struggled for the freedom of his countrv, spent the vigor of youth and manhood for freedom's cause, it cannot be that in the evening of 1 ilc he will lend tne weight of vcars and experience to the cause of despotism. Siv Ii a IOI ght cannot for a moment be liarborc
The con\c it filled to incorporate into their Alamo platform the old line democracy. Negotiations wamnderstand are still going on, with what prospect of success is not yet known. port progress.
We will observe and re
j&SrThc injuries done the Rail Ho ad by the recent rains have been promptly rcmedi ed, and the trains are now making their regular trips. The mails are beginning to come more regularly.
^STThe weather for several days past •has been very delightful. The cropping season rather backward. The wheat prom ises well, and without an accident will yield
an abundant harvest,
TO AUDKEW J. SNYDER. NUMBER *IX DEAR
Sin :—A very common and oft re
peated argument urged by anti-temperance men against the tcmpcrancc reformation, is that liquor will injure no one who keeps away from it. "Let liquor alone, (as the phrase goes) and it will let you alone."— This shallow and miserable pretention to an argument is triumphantly heralded forth on all occasions but a more fallacious proposition, one more destitute of truth, or one as pregnant with falsehood could not be uttered. It is a known and admitted fact, by every truthful and candid observer, that those who drink to inebriation injure all connected with them. They arc not solitary and alone in their sufferings. If it were so, then would intemperance be robbed of many of its evils. Do not the devoted wife and innocent children of the habitual drunkard suffer in consequence of his drinking They touch not, nor taste the intoxicating beverage, yet in hundreds and thousands of instances, they are not only reduced to beggary and want, but beaten, abused and scourged, though guilty of no offence. Are not fond and devoted parents injured when a promising son is led into the snares of the tempter, and falls beneath the power of the intoxicating bowl Are not the morals of community injured and common decency outraged by every scene of dnmkeness witnessed in our country Do not the friends of those unfortunate lunatics now confined in the lunatic asylums experience suffering? Do not the whole tax-paying community suffer in consequence of the pauperism produced by intoxicating drinks Are the convicts of the penitentiary whose crimes were committed under the influence of alcoholic beverages, alone the sufferers in their deep disgrace Did their arrest, prosecution, conviction and confinement in the penitentiary, inflict no wounds on their families, friends and relatives? If no better argument can be adduced in favor of the traffic, then let it be abandoned at once and for-.
But, sir, you must be aware of the fact that the best and most eminent men of the Medical Faculty have'given their unqualified testimony against the use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage. Physicians of every age and country, eminent for their practical skill, their knowledge of the human system, and the effects of the various articles of drink and diet on the system, have denounced the habitual use of liquor. Experience has proven beyond the shadow of a doubt, that it inflames the stomach, paralyzes the muscular powers, stupiiies the brain, creates a gnawing, burning, insatiable, ungovernable appetite for stimulus, and finally destroys all the energies and faculties of the physical system. They have proven and decided that alcohol is a poison which cannot be safely taken into the stom-
ach. Some men, possessed of more vigorous constitutions than others, may drink for years and apparently suffer no inconvenience, but thousands sink and die ere they reach the meredian of life.
A fleet of noble and gallant vessels may weigh anchor and move proudly out to sea, with swelling canvass and prosperous gales, but ere long storms arise, and the glassy surface of the great deep is lashed into fury, its waters rise and roll in mountain waves, and scarcely a star of hope glimmers in the deep darkness above to guide them to the desired haven. The gallant crews struggle noblv on against the elements of the storm, and some of that proud fleet at length reach the destined port with ribs broken, sails rent and rigging torn, but many others have gone down beneath the engulphing waves, carrying with tlicni the last, the best, the brightest hopes of all on board and many friends at home. Thus it is with them who launch upon the ocean of intemperance.— few may buffet the waves and storms of its turbulent waters, but many go down to rise no more forever aye many, very many die from the effects of intoxicating drinks and so long as the principles you now advocate arc acted upon, so long as liquor is used as a beverage, so long will men become drunkards, die the drunkard's death, fill a drunkard's grave and leave a drunkard's reputation.
The liquor which you arc daily manufacturing and selling to your fellow men, whom you arc bound by all the laws of God and common brotherhood not to injure, is poisonous to (he human system. "It affects the heart, urging on its action like the pressure of steam upon the piston it mounts to the brain, and converts that sublime dome of thought into a whispering gallery for shouting maniacs it enters the lungs, inflaming and gradually destroying their delicate texture it vitally impairs the healthy action of the liver it courses along the arteries, deranges that fine lymphatic system which circulates the blood through the flesh, extracting its vital power and then sending it back effete and useless into the veins. It predisposes to, and itself piod.uce.-i a hundred forms of disease, so that when the raven wing of pestilence is spread abroad, the bibbers of intoxicating drinks are always among its first and most numcious victims. Derangement waits upon it, consumption drags its panting form by its side dropsy swells and puffs, and a train of haggard, awful spectres hobble on behind this
monster
poisoner of men." That such aie
its effects is clearly proven by the voice of history, demonstrated by daily experience, testified to by the wisest and ablest physicians of the world, acknowledged by those who have felt its. power on their own sys terns and so evident that no sensible man will deny if. It docs not enable the good to becomc better, it makes bad men worse.
No family is benefitted by its use as a beverage. It ever has been, it is now, and will be so long as used, an unmittigated,, oppressive, cruel, debasing curse, 'Tis a vile and hideous monster, robed in garments of sparkling hue, tempting the young with fair promises but to destroy tlieni, beguiling the old with visions of happiness but to crush them in his infernal grasp promising larger possessions to the rich but to ruin them, whispering in soft and flattering accents to the poor but to make their poverty more galling and wretched. Its language to all is
One sip of this
Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams. Be wise and taste." But there should be written as has been justly said on every decanter of the distilled beverage, vPoison to the body, derangement to the mind, ruin to the sotd."
Such is the beverage manufactured beneath your roof and sold to your fellow men. You have resolved before the world that Temperance is a moral reform, and yet continue the manufacture and sale of that which produces and increases intemperance. You profess to be a friend, promoter and defender of the liberties of your country and the best interests of your fellow men, and yet continue the distribution of an article which robs men of their highest and noblest liberties, crashes their dearest rights, is an enemy to human freedom and a dispenser of evil, only evil and that continually.
Sir, it is for ridding the world of this monster evil that temperance men have organized themselves into a party, and every day's experience but inspires them Avitli new hopes and a more abiding faith in the final triumph of their cause yea it will be triumphant, not by force, but by the free will of the people. Opposing parties and factions may organize, demagogues and rumsellers may fulminate their anathemas deluded and misguided christians may cling to the traffic, yet is the cause borne resistlessly onward and upward by the strong tide of popular favor. So sure as virtue is stronger than vice, so sure as truth is mightier than error, so sure as there is a God ruling in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, so sure will the cause of Temperance be triumphant. The dwellers on the stern and rock-bound coast of the broad Atlantic have lifted their voice in its behalf, which rolling across the mountains and plains of the great west, is caught up and reverberated by those who dwell on the borders of the Pacific yea deep calleth unto deep, and the masses are demanding in loud and pealing tones,
PROHIBITION
jJST NICHOLAS MCCARTV,
XOW,
PROHIBITION FOREVER. Intending to notice the teachings of Christianity on this subject, at a future time, I remain, Very Truly, T. W. FRY.
one of the
noblest and most esteemed citizens of this State, died at Indianapolis on the 17th inst., of congestive fever, in the 59th year of his age. He was a man of enlarged and liberal views, struggled with poverty in early life, but by superior business capacity and a stern integrity of character, which commanded confidence alike in adversity or prosperity, he secured an ample fortune.— Knowing the difficulties which beset the pathway of young men, he always took pleasure in assisting them and imparting the best and wisest instructions. He was a man of high and exalted character, who commanded the respect, esteem and confidence of all who knew him.
itSTWho that witnessed the drunkeness and many scenes of rowdyism exhibited on our streets on Wednesday of last week, does not see and admit the necessity of some law to govern those who drink to excess That the modern temple of liberty will not regulate the traffic is a self evident fact.
Men seemed inspired with the idea of drinking hard, merely to give tcmpcrancc men an exhibition of their boasted liberties. It is bad policy, however, to bite off one's nose to spite the face. It won't pay.
ifSTThe fate of the Nebraska Bill is still in doubt. The Administration and the Little Giant are doing all in their power to secure its passage, but the opposition bids fair to be too strong for tlieni. Many of the Southern members have denounced it in the strongest terms, and do not wish to sec such settled principles as that of the Missouri Compromise disturbed. If such compromises arc to be broken with impunity, what security have we that any compromise will stand The Constitution itself was formed with just such a compromise, and to begin with the violation of the one may end in the destruction of the other. Let the monster be crushed and never again suffered to raise his hydra head.
iSTlt is said that since the passage of the Ohio Liquor Law, the whole crop of whiskey has suddenly been turned into sparkling catawba. 'Tis not the first instance that whiskey has been converted into wine. Many gallons of that kind of wine have been sold in our town.
jJSPThc Old World seems still trembling on the verge of a mighty conflict. Grand armies and noble fleets are gradually converging, and when the shock comes it Avill
convulse the world.
THE SHOE-MAKERS.—L. Falley has just received a large and complete stock of Leather of all kinds, Lasts, Pegs, &c. Shoe-makere will do well to give him a call immediately.
WAGONS* CARRIAGES, &c.—See the advertisement of Martin & Lane, manufacturers of Plows, Wagons, Carriages, &c., Lafayette. Their work is said to be of the finest and mo|L substantial character—run well and last well.
Sad Accident and Death.
We regret to state that on Friday last, Mr. R. M. SRADER
accidently shot himself
through the head, causing instant death.— Wishing to ascertain if the gun was loaded, he -placed his mouth to the muzzle for the purpose of blowing through it, and with his foot pushed back the cock his foot slipped, and the cock containing (as is supposed) a percussion cap, struck upon the tube, which fired the gun and sent the ball through the upper part of the mouth and into the brain. Mr.
S.
dropped instantly
dead. He had done the same thing before, and was warned of the dxmger, but heeded not and thus lost his life.
Mr. Sradcr was a man highly respected in his neighborhood, had lived for many years in this county, and leaves a large family and circle of friends to mourn his loss.
^STHuan B. WILSON
offers his farm
for sale, on very reasonable terms. Those wishing an excellent farm of superior land, with many conveniences, can now secure it. It is near town, convenient to the plank road, and has as fine a spring of water as ever gushed from the bowels of the earth.
.MUSIC & JEWELRY STORE.—Mr. Thos. Newman, has just opened out in our place, a large stock of Jewelry of all kinds, gold and silver "Watches, Clocks, Pianos, Melodeons, Guitars, Violins, Accord cons, sheet Music, &c., together with numerous other articles. Mr. N. occupies a room in Judge Crane's building, east of Binford's store. Sec advertisement.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steamer Franklin.
Advance in Flour, Corn and Consols.
NEW YORK.
May 22.—The Steamer
Franklin, witn dates from n.avre and Southampton to the 9th inst., has arrived at this port.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Western Canal Flour is quoted at 37s. Gd. Corn had advanced to 39s. and was in good demand.
Owing to an announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that there would be no war loan, Consols advanced to 88.
There was an extensive demand for Flour both at Liverpool and London, and prices had advanced full Is. $ brl.
Beef was a shade higher. Pork was very firm. Lard unchanged. The Money market at London was easier. A
Richardson Brothel's report, an extensive demand for Flour, notwithstanding large importation/., at an anvance of fully Is. on really fine Philadelphia, Ohio and Baltimore brands, and sales of zuch had been made at 39(U10s. Indian Corn in better request, having recovered Is. of the previous week's decline.
MeHenry reports Beef advancing Pork very firm Bacon in better demand, the decline seeming to have been arrested. Lard in good demand at previous prices.
Manchester market quiet and prices unchanged. At London, the Corn market was down 1 to 52s., but American Flour was salable at previous prices.
Sugar much excited at an advance of 1 to 2s. cwt. owing to an advance in the duty. Coffee inactive.
Saltpeter advancing. Makin quotes Philadelphia and Baltimore Flour at 37s.(W37s. lid. Mixed and lied Wheat, IDs. lOd @lls. Dd., and White do. lis. 9d@li2s. 6d.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. We have no war news of especial importance.
Lord Elgin had been charged with a special mission to the United States. In consequence of the announcement that Denmark and Sweden had joined the allies, the Paris Bourse rose.
Austria has presented fresh terms to Russia, -which, if the latter rejects, the former will then join the Western" powers.
The .Russian fleet sailed from Holsingfors on the 5th of May, upon which Napier immediately signaled his fleet to prepare for sea.
A camp of 100,000 is formed near St. Omcrs, partly as a demonstration against Russia.
The new Spanish Minister to Washington, came a passenger in the Franklin. Also, Mr. Winslow, bearer of despatches to our Government.
The steamer Arctic had not arrived out nor did the Atlantic see anything of her. Nothing of importance had been received from the Black Sea or Danube.
The income tax is doubled in England the tax on malt has been raised. There has also been an increased duty on sugar.
Sanguine expectations have again been raised in regard to the safety of the steamer City of Glasgow. A dispatch from the city of Cork, to Richardson Brothers, states that the captain of the ship Baldwin arrived at that port, says that on the 21 sf of April, in lat, 45 deg. 30 min., and long. 30 deg. 54 mill., he saw a steamer, hull and funnel black, inside drab, paddle-boxes yellow, no people and no smoke, with a barque alongside, supposed to be the steamer City of Glasgow, making for the Azores, then 400 miles distant. (There are doubts, however, that such is the fact, as the Glasgow had no paddle-boxes, being a propeller.)
The steamer Hermann was off Cowcs on the night of the Gth. The steamer America reached Liverpool on the 8th.
Fuller details of the bombardment of Odessa had been received. The Russians account makes a different affair of the exploit, claiming it as a brilliant victory on the part of the Russians, and stating that decorations had been bestowed on the officers engaged in it. Their report acknowledges that lour were killed and sixty-four wounded.
The official dispatches from Admiral Dundashad not yet reached England. An additional camp has been formed near Marseilles of about 50,000 men.
The Shah, of Persia, has become hostile to Russia, and is raising an army of 50,000 men.
The Turks had advanced from Kalafat to Krajova. The India mail had arrived at Trieste, with dates from Calcutta to the Gth of April, and Hong Kong to March 27th.
The Russian fleet had left Manilla for Batavia.
/CSFThc Sheriff of Warwick county, Indiana, left one day last week with Adam Weetcr, who had been sentenced by the Circuit Court of that county to serve a term of years in the State Penitentiary at Jeffersonville, but before he had traveled twenty miles on board the steamboat, the prisoner leaped into the river handcuffed and manacled as he was, and sunk to rise no more, he preferred, immediate death to serv^jide in piison. Surely 'the wages of sin are death.'—Lou. CW.
t'? Doings in Congress. HOUSE.—WASHINGTON,
May
20.—The
debate on the Nebraska Bill yesterday was continued to a very late hour. The House had not adjourned when the papers* went to press.
Mr. Benton opposed the bill. Mr. Knox contended that so far from rendering the Missouri Compromise inoperative the bill endorsed and reaffirmed it.
Messrs. Hamilton and Durham spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Pratt against it. WASHINGTON
May 20.—HOUSE.—Mr.
Giddings moved to strike out from House Bill, the provision, that when admited as a State or States, the said Territories should come in with or without slavery, as its constitution may determine. If we were to legislate those who are to come after us, it is absurd. The attempt to bind future Congresses was in vain, and he would resist the attempt.
Mr. Clingman said he was opposed to the amendment. Rejected. Mr. Hall moved to amend, to the effect that a Territory shall not, during 1854, be erected into a Territorial Government. It was not wise to act on this matter now, they will before a year expires.
Rejected by a vote of 103 to 27. Mr. Peckham offered an amendment so far as to have but one Territorial Government. He offered the amendment in good faith, because he thought the majority were doing what the chairman of the Committee on Territories had advised them to do, namely to vote down all amendments.
The gentleman had said he wanted Territorial Governments now, to prevent a fight in future but this was a poor principle. It may be one of progression, but is entitled to no respect from him.
Mr. Wright, of Pennsylvania, opposed amendment, because the teritory is too large for only one government.
Rejected—ayes S3, noes 100. Mr. Mace offered an amendment, that the Legislature shall have power to admit or ex elude slavery at any time by law. He insisted on examining the humbug announced here.
Mr. Parker offered an amendment of boundaries with the view to encourage large Free Soil emigration to Kanzas to exclude Slavery. Rejected by a vote of GO to 85.
Mr. Flager offered an amendment that this act shall not take effect until Indian title lav/.s shall be extinguished. He proposed it in good faith, as an additional bill should not be pressed through Rejected by a vote of 30 to 84.
Mr. Fuller offered an amendment that the Legislature shall have power to establish or exclude Slavery, as to them shall seem pioper. As a national Democrat he should like to vote for the Bill, but would not at present advise unless his amendments shall be adopted in the spirit of kindness. He asked his friends who stood by him in the thir-ty-first Congress to yield a little to Northern feelings.
Mr. Riddle said, he was opposed to the amendment.. It was rejected by a vote of 75 to 91.
Mr. Elliot, of Massachusetts, offered amendments, that Territories shall be admitted as States without Slavery. Rejected. ilr. Campbell offered Wilmot proviso amendments, saying there is a spirit abroad which will raise this motto on our banners, if with reckless hands the Missouri Compromise shall be torn from the statute book.
Mr. Preston merely said he opposed the amendment. Rejected. On motion of Mr. Richardson the Committee rose.
House
adjourned at half past twelve last
night, and took recess till this morning. "Mr. Harlan, of Ohio, opposed the bill because it repealed the Missouri Compromise. The Platform of both parties of 1850, are violated by this bill. Had it been understood that the Democratic party intended. to repeal the Missouri Compromise, Pierce would now be in private life, and the representatives of the North, AVIIO tcndcicd the repeal, would have their places filled others. He held to the power of Congi to legislate for territories.
Mr. Stewart, of Ohio, being unable to get the floor, received permission to present a speech against the bill.
Mr. Stanton, of Tennessee, contended the Missouri Act was like all other laws, 10pealable and repeal was justified by a change of circumstances since its passage.
Mr. Goodrich argued that the repeal of the Missouri Act would be an end of all other Compromises, and no future Compromise would be considered binding by the North. The pretence that the Act of 1850 repealed that of 1820, would be considered a cheat and swindle.
Messrs. Hen and Wittc supported the Bill, holding that the Missouri Compromise is repealablc like all otherlaws.
Mr. Chastin also spoke for the Bill as containg true republican policy. Twelve o'clock, hour for closing general debate having arrived, on motion of Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, all who had not succeeded in obtaining the floor,_ were accorded the privilege to print their speeches.-— Mr. Richardson having rcpnted the Bill, now made his closing speech. Me replied to opponents, and said people would render a just verdict for the principles contained therein which must, ultimately triumph. If gentlemen wanted a political fight,—they should have it so far as he was concerned to their hearts content. Ihe safety of the friends of the Bill consists in their standing together by so doing, they would attract even the admiration of their foes, but in foul play caused them to fall together, let them ask no quarters nor show and vote down all amendments. If,
any. he said, in conclusion, our opponents intend to fight out the Bill to the bitter end, we must stand by our guns. s*
Mr. Dean moved that the commitee rise.s Rejected 62 ayes—noes 92. The Clerk read the first, section of the Bill.
Mr. Edgarton moved an amendment substituting the Bill before passed the House for organizing only Nebraska, contending that this had created no struggle or sectional difficulty, and did not propose the repaal of the Compromise, and contained more of the doctrines of non-intervention than the one before the committee.
Mr. Craig opposed the Bill for the reason that he preferred the present Bill. WASHINGTON, May 23.—Amid many cries for the yeas and nays from the minority, the House continued in session till eleven o'clock when, after finaly passing the Nebraska Bill, adjourned.
The following is the closing scene: After every effort had been made by the minority to stave off the Bill, at seven o'clock the question was taken on Washbum's motion to lay the Bill on the table, which was negatived—yeas 93, nays 112.
The question recurring on seconding a
demand for previous question, Mr. Pennington moved that the House adjourn.-— Negatived. inpatient cries of question! question!
Mr. Campbell said, I appeal to the gentleman from Illinois to withdraw his demand for the previous question, until I can make a suggestion relative to this Bill.— Cries of'no,' 'no,' 'question,' by the friends of the measure.
Richardson said the repeal is in order.— I decline to withdraw. Voice, 'that's right, hold on.' Demand for previous question seconded. Maine question ordered to be put. Yeas 113, nays 96.
Mr. Sage moved that at. 8 o'clock the House adjourn. Negatived, 85 to 121. Question taken on agreeing to report from Committee of the whole on the state of the Union, striking out the exactingclause. Negatived, yeas 92, nays 127.
At 8 o'clock, Mr Richardson moved his substitute for the Bill, with the exception of Mr. Clayton's amendment, and moved the previous question at half-past 8 o'clock. Ordered to third reading—yeas 132, nays 92.
At 11 o'clock the Bill was read a third time and passed. The yeas and nay are as follows:
YEAS—Messrs.
worth of
Abercrombie, Willis Al
len, Jas. Cullen, Bailey of Virginia, Banks of Alabama, Barry, Bell, Bocock, Boyce, Breckinridge, Bridges, Brooks, Carothers, Chastain, Christman, Churchwell, Clark, Clingman, Colquct, Cobb, Cox, Cutting, Craig, Cummings, Davis of Ind., Davidson, Disney, Dowdell, Dunham, Dunbar, Eddy, Edmonson, English, Elliot of Ky., Florence, Greenwood, Green, Hamilton, Han-is of Ala., Hendricks, Henn, Hibbard, Hillyard, Houston, Ingersoll, Jones of Pa., .Tones of Tenn., Jones of La., Kid well, Kurtzer, Lane, Lamb, Lapham, Letcher, Lindley of Md., Lilly, McDonald, McNair, Maxwell, Miller of Mo., Miller of Indiana, Olds, Oliver of Mo., Packer, Phelps, Perkins, Phillips, Powell, Preston, Richardson, Read, Reese, Riddle, Robins, Rowe, Ruffin, Seward, Shannon, Shower, Smith of Tenn., Singleton, Stanton of Ky., Stanton of Pa., Straub, Stewart of Mich., Taylor of N.
111.,
Y.,
Tweed, Vail, Walbridgc, WTalker, Walsh, Warren, Westbrook, Witte, Wright of Miss., Wright of Pa., and Zollicoffer.
NAYS—Messrs.
Benton, Banks, Belcher,
Bennet, Benson, Brigs, Campbell, Carpenter, Chandler, Crosker, Cullom, Curtiss, Davis, R. J. Dean, Dick, Dickcrson, Drum, Eastman, Edgarton, Edmonds, Elliott of Mass., Etlieridge, Ellison, Everhart, Forsha, Fenton, Flagler, Fulton, Gamble, Giddings, Goodrich, Grove, Harlan of Ohio, Harlan of Indiana, Harrison, Hastings, Harren, Heisters, Howe, Hughes, Hunt, Johnston, Jones of Ky., lvitteridgo, Lindsev of Ohio, Lyon, McCullough, Mace, Madison, Masell, Mcacham, Middlesworth, Wilson, Morgan, Morrison, Murray, Nichols, Norton, Noble, Oliver of Md., Parker, Peck, Peckham, Pennington, Perkins, Pratt, Pringle, Pyrfar, Ritchie, Rogers, Russell, Sandinc, Sage, Sapp, Seymour, Simmons, Smith of N. Y., Stevens, Stratton, Stuart of Ohio, Taylor of Ohio, Taylor of Tenn., Thurston, Tracy, Trout. Upham, Wralley, Wade, Washburn of 111.,
Wells, Went-
Wentworth of Massachusetts,
Wheeler, and Yates.
The Approaching Eclipse.
The eclipse of the Sun which occurs on the 26th of this month will be anular,— that, is, the moon at the time of its transition appearing smaller than the sun, it will not entirely cover it, but leave, even at the moment of its greatest eclipse, a narrow ring of light. Both the beginning and the end of the eclipse will be visible in all parts of the United States. The N. Y. Post furnishes some particulars that will be read with interest in view of the near approach of the phenomenon:
The shadow of the moon coming across the
Pacific
ress
first readies the coast of Califor
nia, near San Francisco, at about half-past two in the afternoon, by Washington time, or about half-past eleven in the morning, by the time of San Francisco and in two hours will have covered nearly the whole continent of North America, with its southern limit in the southern part of Mexico, and its northern limit beyond the northern pole.
It will continue on the whole of the United State nearly an hour and a half, when first ending on the Pacific coast, it will pass from the whole country in less than fifty minutes.
The eclipse will begin in this city about sixteen minutes past four in the afternoon, and cud about thirty-eight minutes past six [in Baltimore it will commence and end a few minutes earlier] the moon will cover from ten to eleven-twelfths, of the sun's diameter.
The effect of annular eclipse on the earth and sky is less striking than that of total eclipses, which are described by those who have seen them by presenting an awful aspect during the short time total darkness lasts. The advance of the total shadow around the liorrizin can be seen from an eminence, as it comes on it plunges the regions in its path into appalling darkness while a gloom hangs over the rest of the country.
But the appearances of the earth and the sky during an annular eclipse, though worthy of more notice than is often given, is not the principle features, unless the day is cloudy. The formation of the ring will be, where it can be seen, the great attraction of the occasion, and will, probable, injure the eyes of many admirers. Opticians say that their business is never more flourishing than after a solar eclipse.
It is, probably not unknown to many of our readers, that in a period of about eighteen years, called the Chaldean period, or the lunar cycle, eclipses go through an order of performances, which arc repeated, with but slight variations, again ancl again but that in the course of time these variations amount to great changes, so that from time to time some old eclipse will be dropped out, and some new one taken up in the eighteen year programme. This subject is finely discussed in Fergfison^s astronomy, and a history of the returns of the coming eclipse is given as an example.
The approaching eclipse first appeared on the list about the thirteenth cenfurv, and will continue to return till about a thousand years after its first appearance, when, having gradually passed off the earth, the shadow, at the corresponding returns of the new moon, will continue foi^ftiore than ten thousand years to swedp "by .the earth without touching it, and then will again return to entertain or terrify, perhaps, a new race of men.
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Mat. F. Ward has published a letter to the Editors of the United States, asks them to hold of condemnation till they have read the report of his trial, which he paid for, and had excuted to suit his needs, no doubt. He says.that Mr. Richardson, a very excellent short hand writer is preparing it.
On this hint the Cincinnati Commercial says: Now we happen to know something of this affair. Mr. A. D. Richardson is no short-hand writer, accomplished or otherwise, and has little or no capacity as a writer of any kind. He was employed by the
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to report the proceedings of
the trial under their direction, and there is every reason to suspect that this book, brought out under the patronage of his employers, will be an ex parte and one sided affair for which he will get a high price and by which the public will be most greviously humbuged.
The N. A. Ledger contains the letter at length, and we extract the following as tho pitli of it:
All that I ask from you, gentlemen of the press, is silence until this report can be placed before the public, and if you do not» then discover some better reason for my acquittal than the corruption of the jury, I am willing to submit to your universal concondemnation. I have made no previous attempt to resist the designs of my enemies—not, as they would falsely insinuate —because I had no defence to make, but because I relied with confidence on the just administration of the laws of my country, I break that silence now, with the better judgment of friends formerly imposed upon me, only because my persecutors seem to have lost all respect for law, and have constituted a higher tribunal, to reverse the decision of a jury regularly empanneled by the proper authorities of the State.
Once more I appeal to the generosity of the press in this country, and conjure every editor, in the name of justice and humanity, to read the report of my trial—weigh well the testimony of both sides, and then declare to the world whether I have not the right to say that injustice, black injustice, has been done mc. And if many are convinced by the testimony that my persecutors have not been sustained in the case which they made out against me, I have too much confidence in the magnantmity of Ameri-"-can editors to doubt that they will confess that they have been misled, and willexpose the unjustifiable means used to deceive them and to injure mc. Be just, be generous, gentlemen of the press. Read this reports? and consider closely its contents.
Foreign Items by the Europa. The bombardment of Odessa is said tot: have been a much more serious affair to the .. Russians than was at first thought.— Twelve vessels of war were sunk in the port, and thirteen Russian transports with their stores captured. Private and neutral properly was not damaged, and only five or six of the allies were killed.
Up to the 16th April three steamers had captured fifteen prizes in the Black Sea. The news of the bombardment of Odes-" sa was announced in the House of Lords on the 5th inst. by the Earl of Clarendon, who, in a reply to a question by the Marquis of Clanricarde, as to the operations of the Black Sea fleet, read the dispatch of Admiral Dundas, stating that they had destroyed the Imperial mole, and the Russian ships—that the Pasha of Belgrade had stated that the powder magazine had blown up, and that the batteries were destroyed, and that the loss of the allies was slight. He further said that the allied fleet had immediately after this victory sailed for Sevastopol.
From the Baltic there is nothing of interest. A private letter of the 19tli of April savsthat Napier is advancing gradually but systematically toward the Russians,: and that the fleet is in excellent condition. A vigorous blockade of the Gulf of Finland is kept up, which renders the escape of a Russian vessel impossible. The Danish Government is said to still adhere to Russia, but the Swedish is decidedly in favor of the English. Tho Russians are preparing gun boats to liarrass the Eglislx in shallow water. Napier has asked for small steamers to check-mate this maneuvre.
From the Danube, it is said that Silistra, though hard pressed, still holds out, and the Turks say they can stand it till they are aided. Oh May 3rd the following report was circulating in Bucharest:
Omar Pacha advanced with 70,000 men towards the Dobrudscha on the 18th or 19th of April, and a battle took place with Luder's corps, between Silistria and Rasso-,, va.
During the night Omar Pacha had detached a division in the direction of the Black Sea, and when the battle was at its heighth on the next day, this corps attacked the Russians in the rear, causing unex-^ ampled confusion and consternation.— General Luders retreated towards Czemavod, and it is said that the Russians lost many guns, amunilion, stores, and baggagewagon, and even their military chests.
From London it is reported that a Rus-^ sian frigate had captured a French brig in'" the English Channel not far from CardiffThe Amirality had started vassels in search of her but it was thought that the adventures of the American Clipper Grapeshot, were the foundation of this report. It was reported to have captured a French vessel of Land's End. The 'Grapeshot' is the name of the vessel that left New York recently with George Law's musket on board, but it is thought that this is not Law vessel as she was at Balize seven or eight days ago. The London Sun says of the Grapeshot's antics: -*,•*
Several of the American merchants in the city have expressed a strong feeling of indignation at the fact of the Grapeshot having, as a privateer, captured a French merchantman off the Land's End. The party who fitted her out is, we believe, a stage contractor at New York, enjoying a higher reputation for cuteness than honor, and it is fervently hoped that, if captured, the crew of the Grapeshot will be made an example offS^It is surmised, however, that both officers & men are Russians, in which case they may probably be regarded as merely pursuing the legitimate occupations of a state of war.
From Constantinople there is nothing important." The Russian batteries at the Sulima mouth of the Danube had been bombarded, and pirates were swarming in the Archipelago.
A PERVERSE SENATE.—-Recently the President nominated an A.ngell as Consul to Honolula, and the Senate refused to confirm the nomination. Exchange.
What better could you expect from a Locofoco Senate