Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 20 July 1854 — Page 1

J. KEENEY,]

VOLUME Yi:

_\ ".' From the Saturday Evening Post.

NAMELESS GRAVES.

\Hicre shall the warrior tombs bo found, Or the names of those who bled Do they rise upon the battle mound, .. And tell of the gallant dead jfo sTmbols of grief or marble fair,

No cypress or willow waves But daisied sous arc greenest there, Oh, these arc nameless graves.

Where doth the tomb of the pilgrim stand What pointeth the passer by To the shadeless couch of burning sand,

Where he had lain him down to die Ooffinless bones are buried there, The free men and the slaves, No epitaph tells us when and where,

There had their nameless graves.

And where are the tombs of those who lie, In calm and dreamless sleep, Beyond the search of mortal eye,

Far down in the vasty deep The sea weed hath each pillow drest, 'Mid ocean's shadowy caves, While angels guard their place of rest,

Yet these are nameless graves.

The tom'ji of th? paor, oh! where arc they? Come, seek in the churchyard near, And pause beside our kindred clay,

No sculptured stones arc here The bramble beneath each hillock round, Or tall grass gentiy waves! Tread softly era this ballow'd ground,

God seas their nameless graves.

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The Suckers of the Fress.

Sees—To draw or drain.— Webster.

Every business has its suckers. There are land rats and water rats, watn* thieves and land thieves. Hut" tho suckers of the press, of all suckers, are the mo*t voracious and the least thankful. Like the leech, they continually cry "give, give they are alike ungrateful for the smallest and largest favors. They give nothing themselves, but advice, which if followed, would be ruinous, or what is worse, their writings, which, if accepted, would bo disastrous.— Tin sucker oi the press i.* a small genius, with a small talent for poetry, and having by some luckless chance insinuated his verses into a confer of 3'our pa^ei\ hn fiuaua*. himself upon you ever after, as th.? gallowsbird did upon the surgeon, by whose ingenuity lie had. been brought to life or he is a small lawyer with a small talent for criticism, and having written a review of a shilling novel for your literary department, he considers himself entitled to a:l the literary gifts you may receive from the publishers, and will criticise every thing and any thing with equal ability, from a comic almanac to a Greek lexicon or he is a small politician in pursuit of a small office, and

politician in pursuit ot a small oltice, and

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having reported for yon the proceedings of!

a ward meeting, of which he was secretary, °.n!ices ",s

fancies himself a life member of vour free

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privilege of suppl'ving his i:lu'1

list, with the friends with your paper free of cost or he is a small diletanle, with a small genius for music and the fine arts-, and having promised lo write you a notice of a concert, which you generously refused to accept, he not only takes your paper without paying for it, but he advertises with you on the same terms or he is: an old gentleman with a small fortune, and a very small soul, who having praised your leaders, takes your paper every day without offering to pay for it, excepting to tell you how well he likes it, and promising to speak to his friends about you or he is a small Maecenas, with -a very small author under his protection, whose book he offers to review in your journal, but you decline the favor, and he threatens not to take your paper anv more, but hs stiil does, for the purpose of ridiculing it, and when called upon to pay for it, refuses or he is a small shop-keeper, who sends you a small advertisement, and when you retuse to give him a long pn:F, withdraws his subscription, and modestly invites you to sue him when your collector calls with his bill or he is a small parson with a small salary, who accepts your paper as a charity, and advises his congregation not to subscribe for it, bccaus^ you belong to another "persuasion." But if wo were to go on with a catalogue of the small people who are tho great suckers of the press, we should leave no room in our paper for the daily news. Some of them are like vampire.?, who lull your suspicions asleep by the llatierings and fawnings while they are sucking your substance and some are like mosquitoes, who first annoy you by buzzing

than by biting.—V. Y. Mirror.

HOUSE CLEANING.—When

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pAfSjt do not use soap and warm water, as it wial take off tha paint as well as the diit. Use (Jold water and hard soap. Scrub the Qooj?' witn soft soap, and -don't put down carpets until tha floot is perfectly dry ways put some fine., clean straw, under the carpet, and lay it smooth and'level.

Beadsteads should receive a complete scrubbing with soap and water, and shovdd no: be put up until perfectly dry. The seams and holes should then be annointed with corrosive sublimate dissolved in alcohol or sulphur, mixed with camphene. Never sleep in a damp room. Always commence cleaning at the top of the house, and descend regularly. The grand rule for facilitating work is system.. Arrange all the work to be done before commencing. For want of system, many a job ha§ to be done over and over againr 7

The phrase, "fighting on his own

hook" is^aow more elegantly rendered, '•raging wa^pon the pendant individuality of his personal curve.-"

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From the National Intelligencer.

The Killer Whale.

EDITORS.—In

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ry's description of the whale ho made some remarks on a lish of the above species, called the killer. This fish is described in "Porter's Journal of a Cruise in tha Pacific." This fish is so well known to the old salts of the whaling trade and Pacific cruisers, that 1 have always thought it was equally well known to tho scientific. Having on more than one occasion been an eye-witness of the attacks of the fish on the whale, I will atttempt a discretion of it.

The killer is the wolf of the ocean, and hunt in packs and their tall dorsal fin can constantly be seen above the water. This fish has always as a companion, but swimming deeper, the sword-fish, and now and then the shark. On sighting their prey, which the killer sees at a gieat distance, the pack gives chase the unconscious whale

water above him. But he now suddenly sees the "sea-wolf" near him. Instinct at once teaches him that on ihe surface lie cannot be safe, and taking in a long breath, lie flukes—that is, dives. But there lias been another enemy watching him from the depths below, the "sword-fish," which now darts at him with the velocity of lightning and perforates him.bcucath with a long ami spear-like nose. "This sends him at once to the surface. Here he again meets with his enemy, the "killer," but as yet they are afraid to approach him. The whale now begins to see the extent of his danger, and lor a time merely lashes the water with his ponderous fluke. lie soon tiics of this, and remains for a short time at rest the pack now approach him, and he seeks safety in High. 13i what can he do -1 he poor whale lias a lump on his back and steers unsteadily, while the killer's tall and stiff fin steadies linn

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approaches the pack to the victim again I he takes a long bieatii and dives. The sword lish has steadily kept him in view. lie, too, has a tail tin, and long slender pi 0pelliug tail and while it is an effort to the. whale to ineicase his .-peed, it is but play

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is slowly moving near the surface and ocea- (old and new school,) one Episcopal, Bapsionally spouting, as it were in sport, jets of list, Methodist and Catholic. They have

"'ie 'su'0/^"h--'h, v, hi:h darts and perfo- but the energy that built a city like this in rates his pre)* and sends the wounded whale rive years, was not to be balked by .-o small again to the surface. The race again com- a job as entertaining a thousand people for mences, but this time with diminished a day, so that 'he guests went awav salisspeed, the killers havingseparatcd to watch lied they had been well treated. the rise of the whale, wh

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mies in every direction, eouisos in a circle, and again makes a third and sometimes a fourih attempt, to escape by diving, but is always met l-y tl»o Iwrii .piL.'i nf ilif sword-fish. lie at last, weak, exhausted and dispirited, returns to the sui face, where he again attempts escape by flight. Streams of blood maik his course, his enemies still follow stcauilv after him, until lie stops ad begins to lash and make ihe ocean foam around but now large streams of his life blood are pouring out and he is only increasing his weakness by the excriion, and merely lashing amid his own gore. Tired

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'near the tiiroat and tears away the white1 skin and fat. He opens his mouth and bel lows with pain. This is genei.ally the sig-' nal for the combined attack. His tongue is seized and torn from his mouth so arc' his eyes. Tho sword-fish now rises to the

whale the sharks also close in and feed on the fat rejected ty the kiileis. In this state ihe whale makes a few dying struggles, ihe feast now commences and continues untill the fat and sufficient flesh is stripped ofTTo cause the carcass to become too heavy to float on the .surface .and sinks. The shark is left to enjoy his few stieaks of fat,_ wl die the killer pack, accompanied by their companion, the sword-fish, jove again the bioad treestt to' seek another leviathan of the great deep.

surface, and his tall .spear-like protuberance. ka!o, Eureka, Stillwater, and so many otitis scon projecting over the body of the or promising points ofler themselves. St.

SAVING- FUUIT TREES

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have seen in your

paper inquiries as to the cause of the bark coming off from apple trees around the body of the trees, near the ground. The bark is eat off by dear and mice, and in the following way they may be saved: It consists merely in connecting the bark above the girdle to the bark below, by an inverted piece, if the tree is small portions of the wood and bark, at the upper and lower extremities of the girdled part, and cut away with a knife, so as to leave smooth horizontal faces. If the tree is large* those are best cut in with a mallet and chisel. Ihe limb of a tree is then made just Iony encfughh to fit in and connect these out. faeces together, taking care that the line oi separation between the bark and the wood ol the tree and inserted piece may exactly coincide, as in grafting. i^sT'liis insertea piece may be a small round piece, with the uark on, or a larger piece, split, leaving the ba.k on,the other side. The whole may then be covered with grafting wax, or any other suitable composition, and if low enough embanked with earth. In small treeo, a piece may be inserted on each side, in large ones, severaj.should be employed. Trees several inches in -diameter may be saved by this process, if the work is carenilly done, ami the whole will grow ovei in a few years.— Correspondence if the Michigan Farmer.

CLEANING WALL PAPER.—Wall

paper is

the order ol the day,- now, an I all persoiu will find their paper would make a saving by cleaning it instead of putting on new. The best process of doing this is to take two quarts of wheat bran, tie it up in a handle in coarse flannel and rub it over the paper.. It will cleanse the paper -of all description pf-dirt and spots better than any othel- means that can Be used." Some use bread but dry bran is better.

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fCorrespondence of the Madison Courier.] ST. PAUL,

Minnesota, June

lieie are here two Pmlbyteriaiichurches

all good Luildings the Presbyterian churches are equal to those of the same denomination in your place. Rev. Mr. Riheldaffer, the Old School Presbyterian minister, was formerly settled in Fort Wayne, and Mr. Cressy, tho Baptist, in Indianapolis. ..

There is much refinement and as general a prevalence of good taste here as in any place I have ever been. There are also very good schools, but 1 have not yet learned on what foundation.

The day after my arrival 1 Visited the Falls of St. Anthony. It is quite a flourishing town and is destined to become a gieat manufacturing place. The falls look like a huge mili-dain, and possesses but lit-lo inferest except that they are above the head of tha Mississippi, "the father of waiers."

M.'nnc-ha-hn, (the laughing water,) is the musical name of a fall about the size of Clifiy. that possesses much more beaut}-, than St. Anthony's. It is on the south side of the river near Ft. Sneliing.

I send you some papers containing the aceornt ot the Rock Island excursion. 'Lhey were not expected until rhe next day, -o that our eiiiVens were taken bv surprise,

In regard to business, you may readily suppose men will do business that have bi.ilt a city in five years, that supports four daily newspapers, two of them publishing i-.i-i-wneklles and all of them weeklies. 'ihe reniaik was made to meshorilv af-

ter I had landed, "A young man can find M.0"

plenty of work here at anv thintc he choox- i}

es, except cle.king. Clerks here get from

three hundred to five hundred dollars a year, while ordinary mechanics get $1 50 per day at leas!. Good workmen can get from S2 5 0 to $5 per day. '1 he price of boarding is high here. Good board cannot be had for lets than four dollars per wick. Some houses charge 7 and 10 liolla:s.

Town lots in St. Paul are held much above their value. They are in the hands of speculators,: %&t think they can get their price for them. I think they may do so, but first they will have to make three or fouirailro ads, pave the stieets, make water and gass works, wharves, fec. People will not pay more than they think a lot is worth, while St. Anthony, Le Sever, Man-

Paid, it is true, enjoys peculiar advantages. She is a!, the head of the Mississippi and the capital of the territory, but as rich a country as this will need more cities than one.

The land that I have scorf produces well and is easily tilled. It is cither prairie or oak opening. The land up the Minnesota river is said to be much belter if so, it must be very fine indeed. Good land can be bought in this neighborhood for ten dollars per acre. Up the Minnesota there is plenty of government land, vet unsurveyed which can be claimed anil bought at government price, $1 25 per acre.

To claim a piece of land, a man must stake off the amount he wants, (not mo-re than 160"acres)'settle on it and make fifty dollar's worth of improvements, give notice of the location at the land office, and receive a certificate for the same. When the lands come into market he brings his certificate,'-pays his money and receives a patent. A great many are "squatting" thus on the rich lands throughout the territory.

The climate is delightful, tho air is bracing even when warm it is dry and always seems fresh. I'have seen a number of persons that have come here with diseases of the lungs, that have entirely recovered. Colds and coughs are almost unknown. 1 know several dyspeptics that liaye entirely recovered since coming here.

I have heard no one complain of the coldness of the winter it is so regular that it is easily borne. Pish and game are very abundant,

One word I have for all that'think of coming here Beware "land sharks," use all difligence to be uioroughly posted up in regard to everything before you come. Many persons have come here and found themselves disappointed, haying trusted oo much in the word of those interested in getting them here, and have gone away disgusted with eve ything, when a dollar or two spent in correspondence won id have prevented it, or a few days spent in examining the different sections of the country would have contented them.

For my part, 1 am well pleased so far. I should be glad to see any,of my Hoosier friends hero, and will give them anv assistance I can at any time, in the way of information-. l7our, &>s., A.

Missouri the wheat yield will be

greater than over before known.

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St. Paul stands on what might he tcrrn-' ed a "second bottom," if the first bottom were only there. The bluft at the river is ninety-one feet high. ..'The town is built on a large prairie surrounded by bluffs about one hundred feet high, making it very agreeable. The streets are most of them on the bare rocks that forms the bluff this and the good drainage makes them very clean. The houses are generally well built, many of them are brick, some are stone. The dwellings aic generally built in good taste ornamental collages arc very common. It requires a strong effort of imagination to take yon back only six years, when there were no houses here, where now six or seven thousand people are engaged in business as actively as in the older parts of ihe count]y.

"THE UNION) THE UNION IN ANY EVENT"

CILVWFOItDSVlLLE, INDIANA, JULY 20, 1854.

Ohio State Anti-Nebraska Meeting. COLUMBI'S,

July TO.—The State Anti-

Nebraska Convention met at Neil's New Iiall, at 11 o'clock this morning. Nearly all the counties in the State were represented, and the delegates crowded the Hall.

The meeting was temporarily organized by calling B. F. Leiter to the Chair. J. H.. Baker of Ross, and J. S. Hen ick of Portage, were appointed Secretaries. The Congressional districts were called, and committees on permanent officers and resolutions appointed. A.committee on credentials was also appointed.

The committee on permanent officers, report as follows r-n-^ For President, B. F.

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lowing Vice Presidents: 1st district, J. Burgoyuc 2nd, Thomas Gatton 3d, W. Solm 4th, lr. Brandrcth 5th, A. Cook Gth, J. R. S. Bond 7th, J. Probaseo 8th, L. Phillips 9th, i). Augurs 10th, W. S. Gephart 11th, J. F. Warren 12th, A. P. Stone 13th, J. Shannon 14th, J. S. Stranahan 15th, H. B. Curtis 16th, I). Greene 17th, H. Fouiman 18th, Thomas Earl 19th, A. H. Latham 20th, Jonathan Warden and 21st, L. Lenton. A large number of Secretaries were appointed.— ihe Convention agreed that the votes sho'd be cast in proportion of one to each four thousand inhabitants.

A committee of one from each congressional uistiiet was appointed to report candidates lor Supremo Judge, and for a member of^he board of Public Works^SRccess.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

"The Convention met again at 2 o'clock. On motion it was agreed that, all resolutions offered should be referred to the committee on resolutions without debate.

Hon. Rufus P. Spalding, from the committe 011 resolutions, reported the following: WHEREAS,

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aboiishos freedom in the territories, with drawn from the influence of slavery by the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and that we will oppose by every constitutional means and further increase of slave territory or slave State's in this Republican Confederation.

Jiesofred, That in order that public sentiment on this great subject may be concentrated and developed in this Stale at the earliest possible period, we will proceed to place in nomination suitable candidates for the Supreme Bench and the Board of Public A\ orks, and invoking their support at the coming election, ask the votes of all good citizens, without'reference to political parties.

Hesolved, That we concur in the recommendation of the people of Michigan that (liere be called a General Convention of the free States, and of such of Ihe slave State* or portions of them, as may see fit to send delegates, with a^view to adopt more effective measures to resist the encroachment of slavery, and that a- coimnittec of five be appointed to correspond and co-operate with our friends in other States on this subject.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed as a pro tempore State Central Committee, with a power- to call another Co'nvention, should it be deemed necessary to carry out the design of this Convention.

Resoh'ed, That the soil of Nebraska and Kansas shall be appropriated l'o:r free homes for free men. ,,

Mr. Spauldmg, in presenting these resolutions, made some pointed and 'pertinent remarks, in which lie denied that the object ot the Convention was a fusion of Democrats, Whigs and Abolitionists —but a union of the people of Ohio, for one grand

purpose—to stay tho progress of slavery, ile said he was a Democrat himself, of the

Jcffersonian school, but not of the: Pierce and. Douglas stamp. Mr. lJiobasco followed, and pledged Miami county against slavery.

Gen. Eckley next took the floor, 'fold spoke in favor of the resolutions.

ADDITIONAL PROCEEDINGS!' COLCJILUS,

The positive prohibition of ,7a"\n *ullia sent grant

slave in the territory north and west of 'air7

Missouri, imposed by Congress in IS20, at the instance of Southern Statesmen, and, as an equivalent for the admission of the State of Missouri into the Union, has been removed by the passage of the NebratkaXansas biii, and

IU-KFIAS, it oeeomes important to ascertain if the state of the public mind in regard to slavery, has retrograde I within ihe last thirty years, notwithstanding the benign influence of the Ordinance of 1787, which made our State perpetually free, ami whicn has been the principal cause of our prosperity and happiness. Therefore licsolred. That AVC hail with gladness and gratitude, the anniversary of that glorious 'la, when the Congress of the ('onfederation impressed upon the North-Western inance of freedom, which given character and consequence to five From Washington. gieal Slates, now containing five millions

July 14.—Mr.. Stephens of

Huron county, and Mr. Pardee, of Medina, thought the resolutions did not go far enough, and expressed themselves favorable to putting several addition planks into the platform.

Judge Spaulding replied that the convention diil not assemble lo make a Pittsburgh or Columbus platform, and other persons besides Free Soilers were to be consulted, and he hoped all would agree upon the report ol the committee.

Harris, of. Stark, cordially concurred ik'the report, and hoped there would be union and harmony.

Hon. B. Brenkerhoof spoke with much cloquenoe in favor of tho resolutions, and

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A committee of five was appointed to correspond with committees of other States on the subject of Nation Convention. Judge Cowan, from the Nominating Committee, reported that they had agreed to recommend Judge J. R. Swan for the Supreme Court, and Jacob Blickinsderfer for the Board of Public Works. These nominations were confirmed by tho Convention the.first unanimously and the latter after a slight discussion, as the following gentlemen from Hamilton had been proposed for the Board of Public Works E. Fallis and J. D. Walbridgc.

The business of the convention having been brought to a close,. Hon. Mr. Root took the stand and addressed the assembly during which the following telegraph dispatch was received from the Indiana convention. "The Indianapolis State Convention repudiates the Nebraska swindle, and has organized a victorious contest." This was received with immense applause.

Later from Mesico and Texa3. NEW OP.T.EAY5,

WASHINGTON,

of freemen, but not one slave. harbor bill which passed the House yesterRcsolred, That in humble imitation of day, appropriates $1G,000 for the improvethe patriotism and virtue which inspired our went of the Illinois river, 840,000 for the fathers, in the enactment of this ordinance, Ohio river, §190,000 to keep iu order the we solemnly, this day, renew our vows, to Louisville and Portland canal, which is to resist the spread of slavery, under whatever be free ol toll from the commencement of shape or color it may be attempted. next year $25,000 per annum for the Ten-

Rcsolred, That to this end we will labor nessee river, $35,000 for the Arkansas assiduously to render inoperative and void river, $40,000 for snag and dredge boats, that portion of the Nebraska bill which for the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois

July 11.—By the steam

er Orizaba, which has arrived at this port from Vera Cruz, we have dates from the city of Mexico to the 3d inst.

Gen. Alvare is ill, and 110 hopes entertained of his recovery. A new expedition under count Boulbon, comprising two battalions, has been sent to Mil hienean, where the revolution continues.

Santa Anna had sent grand crosses of

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V''-tenia, Napoleon, King

oi Prussia, and others. Count Uosi, and other-,,"" of Mad. Sontag's troupe, came passengers in tho Orizaba.

By mail wc have Galveston dates to the 29th int. Li Passo Mail has arrived at San Antonio, having been attacked by the Indians at Eagle Springs.

A letter from Santa Fe, dated May 20th says the ludian hostilities continued. The Indians were combining against the whites, and a general Indian war was thought inevitable. The commander of the troops had sent a force to Eagle Springs, and was otherwise preparing to operate against the Indiana,

Mr._ W ilson, recently a^irisoner amongst the Apaches, was at El Passo.

July 14.—The river and

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and Arkansas rivers, and $70,000 for post offices and light-house. The general appropriation bill also passed the House. it 'The Japan treaty was sent, into the Senate, but ho action taken.

"Hard Shell" Demoerafic Convention. Sv*RACi:sE, N.

NEW YORK,

Y.. Wednesday, July 12.

ihe "Hard Shell" Democrats met. in Convention hereto-day. The attendance is large. Samuel Beardsley was appointed President, who made a speech bitter against the Administration. Judge Brouson w:ts nominated for Governor, amid deafening cheers. The Judge had written a letter to the Convention, but the. reading was postponed till the Committee would report.— .Fhe...Convention holds an evening session.

Arrival of Gold.

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said there, was more harmony in the Convention than he expected. The resolutions were then laid on the table to hear the report of the committee on credentials* and after the report was read they were again taken up, and the question of their adoption was put, and was "carried unanimously, with long and loud applause.

12.—The

steamer Star of the West arrived here this morning, bringing $1,107,000

BUFFALO,

in Gold from

California, being the second semi-monthly instalment by the steamers which left San Francisco on the Kith ult.

Heavy Robbery.

NEW

\ORK, Wednesday, July 12.—The

banking house of Aguste Belmonte was entered last night and robbed of 8140,000, in 1,000 notes on the Bank of the State of New York.

News from Havanna.

BALTIMORE,

July 14.—A letter front ITa-

•varina, by the Issabella, says the yellow fever was producing* terrible, devastation at Havanna. The slave ship Grev Eagle had been given up to a mixed commission, to decide to whom she blouged. Seveaal other American vessels, with slaves were expected.

Riot at Buffalo.

July 14.—The street preach

ing is producing groat excitement here. Last evening a crowd o.f Irishmen assembled opposite the American hotel on Slain street, when a-fight ensued. About eight of the Irish were severely injured, but none •Hilled—five were arrested. Street preaching is again to come off this evening and a riot is expected.

Confessed his Guilt.

NEW YORK,

July 14.—Paul, the cashier

of Belmont's Banking establishment, was arrested yesterday, and confessed- that he robbed the Bank of $14,000. The money was returned through' the posjt office yesterday.

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Doings in Congress.

W ASHINOTOX, July 12.-—SENATE—A

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bill for the completfoh of the tieasury building, so as to accommodate the State and interior departments, and for a similar building west of the President's house, for war and navy departments, passed. It appropriates $600,000 to commence the work.

A resolution that the Senate meet hereafter at 11 A. M. was adopted, The bill granting alternate sections of land to the State of Louisiana and Mississippi for the construction of a Railway from New Orleans to Mobile was taken up and passed.

The-House bill provided for postal service in -California and Oregon, tSrc., was P^cd.

The bill granting public lands fo aid in the construction of certain railways in Missouri, was taken up ami passed.

Mr. (.'base, pursuant to notice, introduced his bill to prohibit slavery in the territories of the United States. lie said it embodied the principles of Jefferson's bill, passed in 1784, and the ordinance of 1787. lie did not design establishing the bill now, and would ask no action on it till the next session. It was read the first time.t

The homestead bill was taken up. Mr. Chase's motion to extend the benefits of the bill to aliens,'who-shall hereafter arrive in this country was rejected.

The sixth action was amended, striking dtit "any individual," and inserting "any free white person'," by a vote o'f 37 to 16.

Mr. Dbtoh moved tha't the benefits of the! bill shall not extend to children, heirs or devisees of aliens born out of the United States, who are 21 years of age, uiuil they, have filed their declaration to become citizens—adopted. Yeas 82, nays

Mr. Benjamin moved that ftnv native

tied to the same benefits as other persons. Agreed (o—yeas 26, nays 20. Mr. Clay moved to amend, requiring that no foreigner, unless a naturalized citizen, could enjoy the benefits of this act, unless he file within sixty days, evidence of having declared his iuleritiohs. Pending this motion, the Senate adjourned.

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county, Ind., was popped into the jug, last By using it as a' motive power to RAIBE the week, for retailing counterfeit mohey. I devil.

Various' private' bills we're reported arid referred. Mr. Mace, from tho committee on nnil steamers, made a long report showing that large expenditure's of money have been made, but no frauds in government disbursements. The repprt was laid on the table.

The House went into committee, and took up the bill renewing Colt's patont, and after some debate the bill was laid aside.

Seven other private bills wore considered, but none passed.'. "t .n A resolution'to distribute the works o( the late Thomas Jefferson' to' mbmberr and others/passed. Adjoiinied.

i^-In what way would yon apply Old Bourbon Whiskey to mechanical purposes?

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olution to prifit 50,000 copies of the compendium of the census, was taken up and amended so as to compare a table showing the numbers of acres of land in each-State,-under cultivation.^ -c

A bill for the completion of the Treasury buildings, and for the new War and Navy department, was taken up, and after a short debate, was postponed till to-morrow.

The Homestead bill was then taken up. Mr. Clayton, temporarily withdrew that portion of his amendment in lieu of the Gth section, leaving only pending the motion to strike ont the Gth section.

Mr. Chase'opposed'the motion and advo

He moved to amend by allowing foreigners, who may at any time come to the U. S. the privileges of the bill.

Mr. Butler favored the sinking' out"'"of the section, and opposed giving foreigners

who may become citizens, public lands ac-

cated the justice of allowing all foreigners Save hnproSdmosf SS ?o specu^Ji f??^0 a right to settle upon and cultivate the soil.

quired by the blood and treasure of Amencan citizens." 1*" Mr. Clay took the same view.

After executive session the Senate adjourned. HOJJSE.—After

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ness the House resumed the consideration of the bill repealing so much of the bill of 1852, as makes a reduction of 50 per cent on prepaid postage of newspapers or periodicals.

Mr. Olds said lie wished the papers to pay the post office department the amount it costs to transport them through the mails.

July 13.—SENATE—The

consideration of the Homestead Bill was resumed. Mr. Wade made a long speech in favor of the bill, giving (he most free extension of privileges tcualiens.

Kidwell presented a me

morial from the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company, asking an investigation into the charges preferred against Judge Grier. It was referred to-the Committee on the Judiciary.

Tho House took up tho River and Harbor Bill, and concurred in the amendments of the Committee of the Whole, and the bill passed—yeas 90,- nays 7u.

The House then went into Committe on the Appropriation Bill. Mr. Stanton, of Ky., moved to amend by abolishing'the military superintendency of the national armories, and to'establish the civil superintendence.

The discussion continued up to the closing of our report.

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born person of 10 years of ago, entering clock on the evening o'f the 21iTt by masked upon the cultivation of land, shall be enti- batteries. The batteries were dismounted and abandoned at 10 o'clock, the Russian magazines were in a blaze.

HorsE. Mr. Cumming introduced resolution providing for making a contract corvettes. with Christian Heusen, of Brooklyn, for The Times sa the establishment of lines of mail steamers Sir Charles wis between that port and various jjoints in Europe.

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Aew from the Fleet—Blockade of the.WhiUL Sea—Asiati J\ews—Collision between the Belligerents—Fisheries— Canada Important Commercial Summary &c., &c.

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steamer Asia, with dates to the 1st, arriv-• ed to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE/ rrw

Sales of Cotton for the week 77,000 bales. Or-

leans fair middling 5% upland fair 6^. The

uemanil is good, and priced stiffen lower grad4» have improved most. Sales to bales to exporters 6,000 biles.

Fiour—W estcru canal o5s 6d Ohio 36s ®f p*' Corn—Yellow «5s white 24s 6d. CoilSols-^94'. •xsr^ras^m The brokers board report breadstuff's as influent eed by tiie weather, it having been heavy sfneetho last

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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Russia's official reply to Austria had not arrived.

The Austrian* will certainly occupy tho Principalities. The battle field seems to be changed to the Crimea.:

Ihe aspect of the war has undergone an entire change, and it is difficult to see what new complication may arise.

Austria is ready to march her armv o'f 200,000 men into the Principalities, thus interposing between the comb'atants and preventing turther hostilities there.

Austria has not yet received the Czar's official reply, and could not receive it before the fill of July. She will not ak decisively until the said reply is received.

Ihe action of Austria is in accordance with the convention between herself individually and the Porte. ihe whole Anglo-French force is now at \arna, preparing it is supposed for expe-f. ditiofts under St. Ainaud in propria persona isto Crimea

Ihe whole Russian army of occupation is falling back in good order, with all of its stores on Sereth and Pruth. 1 he garrisons of Fomail and Galatz aro' already on the march to Crimea, and all disposable force will immediately follow as that is expected to be the next"battle-field

Nicholas is en route to the

Crimea from ltien. Admiral Napier was in the Baltic on tho» 27th of June.

The whole force was concentrated within' 20 miles of Cronstadt, and situated in such*5'. a manner as to indicate an attack forthwith. -,

Ihe ships had bombarded Bonar Sound, and the W hite Sea will be blockaded from the l'8th of August.

Loth armies in Asia are motionless at. Kaif.' Grecce is quiet.

There were interesting debates in Parlia-t, merit on the Fishery question and the Canada election'.

The limes correspondent writing under date from ienna of Friday, assures that'" Baron Prudorl had received letters of recall Friday morning, but it is not believed Diplomatic relations with Russia vVill be broken off.

Count orroni is to enter Little Wallacliia via Orosova, with about 30,000 men--on the 3d of July.

On the 20th and 23d of Junc'the Turk-, i.sli vanguard, consisting of 25,000 men, attacked the Russian rearguard, an'd drove it beyond Tropin's Wall:

Berlin despatches, it is slated, have beerricceivcd at St. Petersburgh containing Russia answer to the Austrian negotiation.— Well informed persons believe it gives no reason to expect that negotiations will Bfc further prolonged in treaty, it is ridded that .Austria will not enter into iirrSiigcinents with Russia, which shall not proceed on the assumption of the sovereign rights of the Sultan and the integrity- o'f liis domains.

Austria will evacuate the Principalities on the conclusion of peace with the least possible delay.'

The Baltic benrbardment began at 5 o'-

One account says that tho English lost three men, and another says four killed and seven wounded.

Napier was near Cronstadt with two sciew linc-o'f-battle ships, nine frigates, fivS® French ships of the line, and several French

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a battle with tho Rus-'

sian fleet, or to reconnoitre before Cronstadt, rather than make a regular attack on1 that place.

ODESSA, 0th.-—At this date I herd is pp' blockade, and ships we* rSceiviag cargOcatfft as usual." 1 he London Tk»cS says that the failtiro' of a dealer connected with the settlement of ioreign securities was announced on' the' 8tock exchange Tuesday. •••x*

St-STA resolve appropriating $3,000 fat a monument to the meiriory of G'en. Putnani' is before the Legislature of Connecticut.

Jacksoft, Mississippi, on the 1st

inst., they had ripe £ei*s and apples. Considerably in advance NeW Orleans.

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lately broke his instrument while operating' ftn "Khv/1 efclinll"

'hard shell'' organ

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