Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 16 November 1854 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

T. W. FRY, V:.- Editor.

CRAWFORDSV1LLE, IND.

Til USD AY, NOVEMBER 1G, 1854.

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UNITED STATES SENATOR. Lust week we gave the names of a number of gentlemen who have been spoken of in connection with the Senatorsliip. We now also hear the gallant Lane, of Montgomery county, spoken of, as being a candidate. Wo have no doubt but that Col. Lane is the choice of the people of old Parke, for this high office. Whether he is or not, he is our choice, and we would rather see Henry S. Lane in the Senate than any other man in Indiana. He is eminently qualified to represent the people of Indiana in that body. In the present peculiar crisis of the country, we need a man in the Senate who possesses a high moral character, a true friend to the Union and the Compromises, and one who possesses the eloquence and the moral courage to defend the rights of his constituents. Such a man is Ilenry S. Lane. He has been twice elected to Congress, and in one of the campaigns Parke county gave him 800 majority. This is some evidence that he has a place in the hearts of the people here, and if the Legislature would do themselves the lasting honor to elect him to the Senate, old Parke will send up a thunder shout equal to that which startled and awakened the echoes of the 10th of October last.— We say, elect the gallant, the noble, the eloquent Lane, and Indiana will no longer be disgraced.

The above article is from the pen of R. II. Simpson, editor of the True Republican, published at Rockville. We give a hearty response and a loud amen to the spirit of the article. We believe that the people not only of Montgomery, but of this District, and of the entire Wabash Valley, would rejoice to see Col. LANE placed in the Senatorial chair now occupied by the Hon. John Pettit.

It is full time that the people of Indiana were elevating to that exalted position, men not only of acknowledged ability, but men of principle and high toned morality, who would discharge, the high duties of U. S. Senator in a manner commensurate with their importance and corresponding with the dignity of the station. Too long already have mere party leaders and spoilsmen disgraced the halls of the Senate Chamber and converted them into an arena of party strife they should be expelled and never again be permitted to return'.. None but men of the purest patriotism, of stern political integrity and exalted love of country should ever occupy a seat in the Senate Chamber of the United States

As a Representative in Congress. Col. Lane acquitted himself with honor, and secured for himself an enviable reputation. That ho would ably represent the State of Indiana in the Senate none can doubt.— Gifted as a lawyer, undoubted as a patriot, possessed of enlarged and liberal views of State policy, the people of Indiana would rejoice to see him placed in a position of commanding influence, which has long been occupied by man who loved their party more than they loved their country.

The Election.

Never before, in the history of our country, was there such a unanimity of feeling among the people of the north, as that now existing against the Nebraska bill, and the present imbecile administration.

There is scarcely a corporals guard of Old Liners left to cheer the President in his loneliuess.

President Fiercc in the White house, "Seems like one who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights have fled, whose garland's dead And all but he departed.

Every northern State has given overwhelming majorities against the administration. This will be a warning to all future Presidents and aspirants not to lay ruthless hands on the compromises of our Fathers, that have been "canonized in the hearts of the American people.'-'

On the 7lh day of the present month, five States, Wisconsin, New York, NewJersey, Michigan and Illinois have held their elections and with unprecedented unanimity, and with unparalleled majorities, condemned the policy of the Old Line democracy- The people have utterly repudiated the spirit of dictation, and the kingly prerogatives assumed by the powers that be.

A Fine Rooster.

We take pleasure in acknowledging the present of a fine Cochin China roostei, from our friend, Wm. McCray, who- keeps a superior lot of improved chickens. Our rooster steps about with an air of conscious superiority, his plumage is glossy and glittering, as if enameled with thepurest and richest gold. He crows as if/pemscious of the glorious news of the recent elections. No chanticleer ever uttered a loftier crow, or moved with a more elastic tread.

We are now fully prepared to echo the notes of triumph, as they are crowed forth by the State Chanticleer at the Capital. "Crow Chapman crow," we will prolong

j,he sound.

Banks and Brokers.

The Brokers made rush upon the Free Banks of this State, created a panic, and tho confidence of the people in both banks and brokers was speedily unsettlod.,. As a consequence, a rush was made upon the brokers by thoso who had funds deposited, and they, in turn, experienced some of the tho difficulties through which the hanks had passed. A general distrust in all banks now exists, which is gradually extending to the brokers. A continuation of the policy pursued for some time past, by both bankers and brokers, must subject our country to frequent panics, check tho wheels of commerce, and destroy the confidence of the people in the circulating meduim. The banks have traded in gold, bought and sold, thus giving increased value to the precious metals, and inviting a run upon themselves. The merchants of Cincinnati deposited the funds received from Indiana merchants, with the brokers of that city, who, in their eagerness for quick and large gains, rushed to our State, and demanded the gold for the notes they hold.

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banks. Hence tho general distrust now existing throughout our counti\ In making so sudden an attack, they have crippled their own energies, checked the business of the country, and created a general panic. We trust good will result and that our people will demand the establishment of such banking institutions as cannot be overthrown in one short year.

Rebuke to the British Ministry. The following dignified rebuke to the British Ministry, we copy from tho London Times: What nobler tribute to the freedom of tho press in her Majesty's dominions and what hotter evidence of its power than the fact that it brought together in four days the scattered Ministry. The dignity, spirit and point with tvhieh it is written, its fearless utterance of truth, the pure and exalted patriotism it breathes, the cogency and resistless power of its reasoning, the deep sympathy for the British Army and Navy radiant in every word, could not fail to reach the hearts and consciences of those to whom it was specially addressed and commend itself to the good judgment of every loyal subject of the realm.

We commend it to the American reader as a specimen of the power, spirit and tone of the English press.

The wT.r with Russia has attained its crisis— at least for the present campaign. There is not an hour of the day or night in which intelligence might not be received of the most vital consequeece—tidings of battles won, of hopes deferred—of conquest, of slaughter, of embarrrssment. Deserted as London may appear to be by the fashionable birds of passage, a more intense anxiety actuates tho great capital of the world just now, than any other time within our remembrance. From the highest to the lowest the same feeling prevails, and if any foreigner wishes to convince himself that the English area fighting, if not a military nation, let him visit London at the present moment. English blood has been drawn. acta est alea —the CZAR must make up his mind to fight it out to the perdition of one or both —at least, until one shall have submitted to the terms which the other may impose. Such is the feeling of the millions of Englishmen who are awaiting with the greatest eagerness the arrival of every scrap of intelligence from the seat of war, ifnot of the veteran statesmen who have passed so many years of their existence in the higher regions of Olympian thought that they can preserve their sang froid and indifference in the midst of occurrences which upset tho equanimity of the great mass of their countrymen. It is, no doubt a fine tiling to have attained so calm and philosophic atone of mind that the petty inteiests of humanity pass before one but as so many units in a calculation which must be correctly solved. We arc far removed from it ourselves, and confess that we cannot, without very considerable effort, understand how men, in the position of high Ministers of State, should absent themselves at such a moment, from the centre of affairs, and take their pastime while the fleets and armies of England are actually engaged with the enemy. In ordinary cases it is fair enough that men who have been condemned to the pestiferous air of a public assembly, and to the tiresome routine of ordinary business fbr many months, should take their holliday, and seek relaxation and health in country excursons. But surely, if there ever was an occasion in the history of England, when right honorable gentlemen might make a little sacrifice of their own pleasure and convenience on the altar of their country, it is present now. They desire so ardently to serve the public, that they have keenly contended for possession of the highest offices of State, and they have attained the objects of their ambition. Why not give a little heartier service in return for the honors and emoluments they have received The ambition of being among the first and most influential men in such a country as England, is certainly a noble and generous desire but ambition has duties as well as rewards. Surely, at such a moment, it is scarcely decent that the members of tho Administration should be so scattered that it would require something like a week to assemble the flock if any sudden emergency, calling for united counsels should arise. At the present time the Duke of Newcastle and the Earl of Clarendon are at their posts they are both indefatigable in the discharge of their duty, and they, no doubt, represent two of the departments most intimately concerned with the management of the war. Sir James

Graham, however, who represents theAdmirality, is playing the part of Lord in Waiting at Balmoral. The Sari of Aberdeen, the Duke of Argyll, and Sir George Grey are amusing themselves in various ways in the Scottish Highlands. Lord John Russell is sedulously idle at Scarborough, and Mr. Gladstone, in Wales. Now let it not be supposed that we grudge to any of these political notabilities their fair proportion of Wholesome air and relaxation but surely these are to be attained somewhat nearer to the centre of affairs than any of the points we have named. The munificence of the Crown has granted to Lord John Russell a residence in Richmond Park, which may certainly bo deficient in

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sea views and mineral springs, but which is nevertheless, situated on one of the most lovely and delightful spots in England: Lord Aberdeen, in the same way, need not desert Greenwich Park, even for the sake of the town from which lie derives his title. If any of the Cabinet Ministers actually require any of the renovating influences of sea air and hot or cold salt-water baths for the renovation of their constitutions, there are spots enough on the coast of England which might have been selected as places of places of temporary retirement, and which would, at the same time, possess the signal advantage of greater proximity to London. For one season this little sacrifice might have been made. Even if the immediate exigencies of the war do not require the presence of all the Cabinet Ministers in town, at least they should be close at hand. There is a decency and propriety, which should be considered at such a moment as well as the actual necessities of the case.

There is another point to which we would advert with all respect. Intelligence was yesterday received that the Queen's soldiers have been fengaged in a most stern and MOocly conflict. That conflict must necessarily have been renewed, and within a few days from the date of the first great battle the armies of England must again have been engaged in a deadly struggle with her enemies. Where is the Court at such a time Tho patriotism and deep feeling of the Royal Lady who most worthily occupies the throne of these realms arc far too well known to admit of doubt or question. Let it be clearly undo stood—as clearly as words can make it—that we do not, so much as by an inuendo, mean to insinuate a fault on our Sovereign. We are, however, but giving utterance to the universal feeling, when wre say that the nation would have been gratified if the highest personage in the land had remained in or near the town at so anxious a crisis as the present. The Queen has been ill advised upon the subject. England does not look upon the absence of the Court with indifference at a time when every hour is pregnant with the most important results to the vital interests of the country. It is not in the temper or nature of Englishmen to effect an indifference which they do not feel, nor play the braggarts by affecting to despise an adversary who is still reckoned among the potentates of the world. Somehow or another, it jars upon our feelings to give in one column the list of the killed and wounded in these bloody battles, and in another the pithy announcements of the Court Circular to the effect that the Queen and her courtiers are Amusing themselves in the heart of the Scottish Highlands, as though the lives of her bravest subjects were not in instant jeopardy. We have never sullied the columns of the Times by filling them with a tissue of flattery to the Royal Lady whose virtues and high qualities all her subjects are ready to acknowledge. We may therefore bo permitted, without loss of self-respect, to say that we know Queen Victoria is as deeply concerned for the fate of her gallant soldiers as any of us can be, and as prepared to make any sacrifice for their sake. Let us, therefore, with all loyalty and respect, entreat her to retem to her capital for a short time, until the result of the seige of Sevastopol and the issue of Other events may b« known. This is not merely a question of feeling—although the responsible advisers of the Crow'Il would do ill to trifle even with questions of feeling at such a time—but one of practical business. Wherever the Court may happen to be, there a high Minister of State must also remain and at present, it is the First Lord of the Admirality who is detained in the retirement of Balmoral. Surely, at such a moment, Sir James Graham should not be absent from London. Again, were the Court in Lpndon, or even at Osborne, the Cabinet Ministers who are now scattered in every direction about the country, would be ashamed to be absent from their posts. If any benefit can be looked for from the united counsels of these noblemen and geatlemen, surely the present is a time at which they should be ready to give us the advantage of their experience and statesmanship. It is not our object to give offence to any one, but warning to all that which we have written in the most careful and guarded manner, is uttered everywhere in London, in terms not so careful or so guarded. We leave it to the better sense of the illustrious and important personages whose names are in question, if the popular feeling has not right on its side. If they could see the anxious faces, and hear the eager inquiries for intelligence which are seen and heard in every quarter of London, they would readily understand that the absence of the Court and of the Cabinet from London at such a crisis, is open to misconstruction. Well do we know, and deeply da we feel assured, that there can be but one termination to the operations before Sevastopol but it is not probable that those operations will be terminated without serious loss of life. There will be subject for triumph and reason for grief. Surely the Queen and the great statesmen of England should, at such a time, be present in London to participate in either feeling. We have but written that whicji is publicly uttered everywhere, and in far more explicit terms.

Snow Storm.

Saturday of last week was a bright and beautiful day of pleasant sun-shine, the evening was calm and clear and the stars shone out with their usual lustre but during the night, clouds overshadowed the heavens, the winds rushed with a wintry sound, and at dawn of day on Sunday morning, the earth was covered with snow to the depth of three inches. The snow continued to fall during the whole Sabbath day and at niglit-fall was some six or eight inches deep.

Such a snow-storm so early in the Fall has not occurred within the recollection of our oldest settlers.

We had just passed though our delightful Indian Summer, its genial warmth partaking as much of Summer as of Autum, had illy prepared us for this sudden rush of wintei We had been fondly dreaming of many pleasant days yet to come, ere the beating of wintei-'s pitiless storms should sweep over the land. Many of our trees had not as yet disrobed themselves of their summer foliage, and now bending beneath the blendecT drapery of white and green, the icy frostings of midwinter, with the deep, rich green of summer, present a

most striking contrast, a beautiful appearance. This sudden onset of winter suggests some practical thoughts on which it would be well for all to act. Manypersons have not made preparations for winter, little or no wood laid up. This should be done during the early fall months when the roads are good, and hauling can be easily done. Such precautions prevent much suffering and sometimes much sickness.

The Methodist Book Concern.—This establishment originated in the year 1789 and was commenced on a borrowed capital of 8600. Its capital at the present time is more than half a million. Hereafter they expect their annual sales to amount to 8250,000, or one million dollars every four years. .•

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The Presbyterian Board of Publication. —This institution commenced its operations in 1840, with a capital of 840,000 raised by simultaneous collection throughout all their churches. The total number of volumes and tracts issued by the Board, from 1840 to March, 1853, was 4,151,900. Sales for 1852—872,746,35.

American Baptist Publication Society.— Receipts for 1852, 843,404,88. Total number of publications. 432,700. Pages of tracts, three millions Receipts for 1853, 850,000.

Such arc some of the agencies now in operation for the promotion of truth, morality and religion—agencies that are exerting a mighty influence for the inculcation of that virtue and intelligence which constitute the firmest basis of our Republican institutions.

jSSTThe probability is that Clark, the temperance candidate for Governor in New York, is elected. Seymore, the present Old Line incumbent, will not receive more than one-third of the votes of the State. His veto of the temperance law is emphatically condemned by the people.

"Have you seen Sam?"

Messrs. COMPTON & ENOCH, have just opened up "The People's Grocery, Provision and Feed Store," in the room recently occupied by Stilwell & Coons, on Washington street, where they intend keeping Family Groceries, Produce and Grain.— They are accommodating, gentlemanly fellows, and wo bespeak for them a liberal patronage. Their advertisement will appear in our next issue, in which they will speak for themselves. Hear ye them!

To THE OFFICERS ELECT OF THIS COUNTY.—We would be pleased to see each of you, whenever convenient, at the Journal office. There is a little business of & private nature "on hand."

(EPThe article from Dr. J. S. Elliot came in too iai.0 for insertion this week, it will appear next issuo. ..

JJSrThe Brookville Bank is receiving and paying out the notes of all the Free Banks to-day Wednesday,) except the following

Conncrsville, Elkhart, Northern Bank, at Logansport, Albany Bank, at New Albany.

Brookville American, Nov. 10.

And why should they not take the Banks of Albany It is now winding up, but has never refused to redeem its circulation in coin. But a day or two since we saw the Auditor of State redeem 8360 of ita circulation in a check on New York, at par. It ought to be, aud is, just as good as gold and yet you can't buy a bushel of potatoes in our market with it, so great is the feeling of distrust agains, all the free banks. This thing ought not to be—there is no good reason for it.

Again, why should the Northern Bank at Logansport be thrown out Its circulation is based upon the most reliable and sound of all the stock in the hands of the Auditor, to wit: the 5 per cent Bank Bonds of Indiana, which always paid their interest promptly, and were always at par, when other State securities were down 50 per cent below par. And then th estock is owned entirely in our own State, where the individual liability clause can be made available for any deficit. It is impossible for the bill holders to lose on the circulation of this Bank, unless they choose blindly to allow the brokers to fleece them. ..Nor can we see any good reason why Elkhart County Bank should not be good.— She has a circulation of 8283,000 secured by Indiana 2£'s 825,000, and Virginia, Louisiana and North Carolina 6's 8258,000, with one resident stockholder to two non-resident. These 6 per cent, stocks are now worth 93 cents, to which add the accumulating'interest since the 1st of July, and it brings them up to 96. This converted into exchange in New York would make them about equal to 98. Thus admitting she goes into liquidation at once, there could be no serious loss to the bill holders, to say nothing about the individual liability of the resident stockholders, which would certainly make good all probable depreciation of the securities.

In view of these facts we would advise our friends at Brookville to amend that list, and say they will take all the free banks in the Stateexcept Connersville. That wrould be sensible.—New Albany Tribune.

i?5rThe following lines are supposed to have been written by a young lady of remarkable taste and judgment:. I love the man sincere at heart I love thejrian who takes his part I love the man w7ho will be free I love the man of liberty I love the man who loves to labor I love the man who loves his neighbor I love the man wlio loves his wife I love the man who ne'er has strife I love the man who loves not gold I love the man candid and bold I love the man who ne'er gets mellow I love the man. who loves his fellow I love the man summer and winter Who ne'er forgets to pay the prifticr.

Kentucky Trust Company. Tho Cincinnati Commercial of vesterday,- says

We have heard during the last week that a strong effort has been made to depreciate tho value of the notes of the Kentucky Trust Company Bank, lately failed and these parties have been using some of the daily prints to carry out their object, by circulating the most rediculous stories.— The object of these individuals is to get hold of the notes at a low rate, in order to make a speculation out of them, and to this view of the matter we would call the attention of our readers. We stated some time ago, that these notes would probably be worth, eventually, not less than 75c on the dollar, and a communication from Mr. Sanford, to-day bears us out in the statement, the notes, nf the bank, in payment of' debts due to it, which is not improbable, there is no doubt but that they will be redeemed in full, or be worth dollar for dollar. The notes of the bank of Connersville will be worth from 85 to 90 cts on the dollar.

FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE!

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC!

Large Decline in Breadstuffs, with a dull and unsettled Market.

Lard Declining—Provisions Unchanged.

The Prospect of Capturing Sevastopol, soon, Doubtful!

FIFTEEN FRENCH GUNS SPIKED BY THE RUSSIANS, AND AN ENGLISH COLONEL TAKEN PRISONER.'.

NEW YORK, NOV. 13.

The stoamer Atlantic, with advices from Liverpool and London to the 1st inst., arrived at this port early yesterday morning.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.. The Atlantic brings 100 passengers. She left Liverpool early Wednesday morning, an passed the Pacific on Saturday following, bound out.

The siege of Sevastopol progresses slowly. A small breach had been made, and two of the outworks destroyed by the allies, at the last accounts, but the Russians in a sortie had spiked fifteen French guns.

The latest official dispatches to the English and French Governments, are to the 20th ult., stating that the siege was progressing favorably for the allies, but not much damage had yet been to the fortifications. Private accounts however, are later they say two outer forts of the harbor, probably White Tower and an earth-work at Quarantine, had been destroyed by fire by the fleets, on the 17th, in which the allies lost one hundred killed, and the Russians five hundred, including Admiral Karailiff. The French steamer which left the Crimea on the 21st, reports that the allied land force had effected a breach, but it was not yet practicable to storm.

A Russian official report, under date of 23d ult., says the garrison had made a successful sortie, and destroyed a French battery, and spiked fifteen guns, and took the English Lord Dunkeliin, prisoner. Nothing later than the above had been received up to Wednesday morning.

The Czar's two sons had arrived in the Crimea. Nothing new from the Baltic.

The descent of the Russians on Dobrudscha, it seems, was a manoeuver to draw the Turks from the Pruth.

The reported defeat of tho Russians at Gumri is confirmed. The Queen of Bavaria's mother is dead.

The French Government has forbid the distillation of all kinds of grain. On the 23d ult., Prussia sent a note to the Czar, urging his acceptance of the "four points."

The steamer Canada arrived out on the 31st Oct., having been delayed by dense fogs during her passage.

The Atlantic brings no tidings of the missing passengers of the Arctic. The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steamship Company announce the purchase of the steamship Kangaroo, of 1900 tons, and that the steamer City of Baltimore will be launched in December, and the City of Washington in June.

The London Times justifies the French Government in refusing to permit Soule to pass through France, and says that both Buchanan and Mason, the American Ministers at London and Paris, regard the insult Soule a national matter, and says it was rumored that Mr. Mason had demanded an apology, which it says will not be granted.

The affair had given rise to much newspaper discussion, and the belief was generally entertained it would create serious difficulty between the French and American Governments.

Edward Oliver's affairs were progressing favorably the assets arc set down at £1,168,000, and the liabilities £700,000.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The demand for Cotton was moderate, at previous prices. The sales for three days amounted to 20,000 bales.

The market for Breadstuff's was very heavy, and according to the circular of Richardson, Sponce & Co., Flour was 2s, and Corn Is to 2s lower Wheat dull and nominal, at 12s 6d for white.

Philadelphia and Baltimore Flour is quoted at 41@42s, and dull. Nothing doing in Wheat white nominal at 12s 6d. Indian Corn 42s.

Beef and Pork unchanged. Bacon steady, at 37s@37s 6d. Lard was very quiet, at 53s 6d@54s, which was a further slight decline.

Consols were unchanged, closing at 94^@94f. The Money market was easy.

Terrible Shipwreck and Loss of Life. PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 13. The ship New Era, from Bremen, with 360 passengers, went ashore in a thick fog off Deal, N. J., last night. About twenty with the captain, came ashore this morning, the remainder are still on board, and the vessel is fast going to pieces. Fully onehalf of thoso on board were drowned between decks or washed off the wreck. Every effort is being made to rescue the survivors.

JJSSTMr. William Travcr, of Schenectady, N. Y., while removing the stone from an old well on his premises on Saturday, found at the bottom a box containing 84,500 in gold and silver bars also a silver tea-pot and kettle. It is supposed to have been placed there by a man now in the Auburn State prison.

Election in

Massachusetts.

A KNOW, NOTHING VICTORY, BOSTON, November 13. A rain storm which has prevailed during the last thirty-six hours, and still continues, prevents the returns coming in promptly.

The Know Nothings have elected every city officer. Gardner, K. N. for Governor, has received 7,796 Washburne, Whig, 4,183 Bishop, Democrat, 1,212 and Wilson, Republican, 360 votes.

The returns from all the chief towns, as far as received, are all of the same complexion, and show, beyond a doubt, that there is an immense majority for the Know Nothings.

Boston elects forty-four K. N. Representatives, and six Senators, being the full ticket Lowell elects ten K. N. Representatives and Lawrence gives Gardner, for Governor, 1,135 majority. Gardner is undoubtedly elected Governor, by an immense majority.

New York Election. NEW YORK, Nov. 13.

The latest accounts up to this morning, place Clark, for Governor, 300 ahead, with probably 30,000 votes still to hear from. A dispatch from the Albany Register places Clark 1482 ahead.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13—9 P. M.

The official returns received this evening from Livingston, Duchess and Renssalear counties, give a majority in favor of Clark of 569 over the Tribune's estimate this morning, which had figured up 1000 majority ior Seymour. It is now thought Clark is certainly elected.

News from Texas. BALTIMORE, Nov. 13.

By mail we have New Orleans papers of Tuesday, in which we find later advices from Texas. The Austin Times says, the Secretary of War had countermanded the mustering of the State Rangers, tho Government having determined to muster companies at its own expense. The United States dragoons had a fight with the Indians, in which the}' lost seven men and all their horses.

General Houston was organizing Know Nothing societies throughout the State. /,^-^The Galveston Times says, Maj. Emory and his company had left San Antonio, to enter upon the discharge of the duties assigned him.

NEW JERSEY ELECTION.—The following is the result for Congressmen. 1st District—Isaiah Clawson, Whig Iv. N., 1,500 majority. 2d District—George R. Robbins, Whig Anti-Nebraska, 2,500 majority. 3d District—James Bishop, Whig AntiNebraska, 1,300 majority. 4th District—George Vail, Dein. Nebraska, 500 majority. 5th District—A. C. M. Pennington, W. Anti-Nebraska, 1,300 majority.

Anti-Nebraska majority in the State, about 6,000. Vail is elected in a district which gave Pierce 3000 majority, which is now reduced to.500. The State Senate is lied but the House is Administration.

jSgrThc Know Nothings have been at work in old North Carolina. At a special election in Hanover county, for a member of the Legislature, Dr. Walker, the Democratic nominee, was the only candidate named until the morning of the election, when Mr. McMillan was brought forward and elected by a majority of two to one. The usual Democratic majority in the county is about a thousand.

jtSF'Elder Cummings, a second advent preacher, lately lectured at Salem, Mass. lie figures out the approaching end of all things here below as follows

The Jews reconcd by moons on Saturday was the new moon, the last we should ever have the 10 th of the 7th month would be about the 1st of November, when the mediatorial office would cease—and that being so, Christ would certainly make^his appearance on the loth or 14th of November. He said he

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his hearers again on earth, and, to attest his sincerity, took an affectionate last farewell.

A Land Shark.

John Thompson the publislior of Thompson's Bank Note Detector, New York, has Clerks all over the country, buying up depreciated currency at a great shave. Should this kind of stock in trade become scarce, it is a very easy matter for Mr. Thompson to depreciate the paper of any Bank he pleases, by simply announcing in his detector, that his clerks are authorized to pay such price as he may choose to name, therefore—say 50 or 75 per cent. His son, a verdant youth, is operating in this way in this State, and is doing more to "depreciate" the State Stock money than a dozen brokers could do. If the old gentleman should make his appearance in propria personae, in these parts, it might cool the ardor of the gentleman a little to be introduced to the limpid Wabash.—Lafayette Cour.

The Pork Market.

The New York Express says the receipts at tide-water of pork, lard and bacon, this year and last, thus far during the season, have been as follows: 1853. 1854. Pork, brls. 28,870,006 27,994,200 Lard, brls, 11,016,422 17,536,003 Bacon brls, 19,991,171 17,924,917

51,837,593 63,052,135

Increase in 1854, 11,117,542 pounds.

The Zanesville Aurora, (dem.) "gets off" the following: The Locofoco is a bully boat,

Hoo dah! hoo dah!

tip Salt River we will float, Hoo dah! hoo dah! do! P. S. Fusionists, Abolitionists, and Know Nothings taken only as freight.

iJSPA large company of Kansas emigrants—about 400—lately passed through New Brighton, Penn., on their way West. They are all Pcnnsylvanians, and go provided with everything for a complete settlement, even including a printing press, materials, &c. Another company is to follow soon. The emigration from that State bids fair to be large, and of. tui excellent class of people.

Evansville & Crawfordsville Rail Road-

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ly called the Wabash Valley Railroad it lies for the greater part of its distance upon the bank of that river. It is this fact which constitutes in a very considerable degree its value. The course of this great river indicates both tho natural and convenient route of business and travel of the country it drains. Unfortunately, while it waters a valley whose productiveness is not exceedsd, probably, by any portion of tho continent, it is almost entirely useless for purposes of navigation so mueh so, that a railroad upon its bank could compete with it at a very large profit, and at rates much under the charge for insurance and transportation by water. Such a road is only wanted to supercede the use of steamboats for the few weeks, yearly, in which they can be run.

The business relations of the Wabash Valley are either north or south, between the Gulf of Mexico on the one hand and the Lakes upon the other. In one of these directions all the exports and imports of the valley are forwarded and received. Tho points for forwarding the former and distributing the latter, are the leading towns upon tho river, at which concentrates tho trade of the adjacent country which embraces tho eastern half of Illinois, with nearly an equal portion of western Indiana.

By way of the Mississippi River, are received most of the groceries consumed in the Wabash Valley, such as sugar, molasses, salt fish, &c., «fec. also iron, and foreign and domestic merchandize shipped via New Orleans from the Eastern States and Europe. Through the same channel will continue to be sent, probably, the produco of the valley below Terre Haute and as the road traverses as before stated, a ve*y rich and productive country, both its local and through traffic must, wo think, Ie fully equal to that of first class western railroads.

In taking general views of the course of travel in-the est, we have often expressed an opinion, that between Lake Michigan, for instance, and the Gulf Ports, travel will take the valley of the Wabash, for the reason that this routo will be as short, probably, as any other, and because it presents not only far greater attractions than any other, but coincides with the route of convenience. A tourist in going from Chicago to New Orleans, or Mobile, would naturally be attracted to the W abash Valley, where he would see some of the best specimens of soil and culture in the West and to Nashville, Tennessee, which would give an opportunity of seeing the capital and the bettor part of the State, as well as an interesting portion of Kentucky. From Nashville he will be able to take a choice of routes cither to New Orleans or Mobile.— Ihe traveler on business, will of necessity take the same route for the purpose of passing through the leading depots of trado lying between the Lake and the Gulf such as Lafayette, Terre Haute, Evansville, Nashville, etc., &c. The roads which will form the connections referred, are in an advanced stage of progress, and will soon bo completed.

The Evansville and Illinois Railroad will undoubtedly take a largo portion of tho passengers arriving at Evansville in tho boat, as by it they can gain 24 hours in tho trip to Cincinnati, Indianapolis and tho Lakes. Evansvilic is already a place of large trade, and will probably become tho most important commercial town in tho State. It is already the point of distribution of merchandize for south-western Indiana, and of a very considerable portion of Kentucky. -t-

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Evansville to Vincennes has been in operation for nearly a year past, and its receipts from local traffic alone, for the first six months, without any railroad connections whatever, were for a corresponding period, equally up to tliote of the Terre Haute and Richmond, which is one of the highest priced and best paying roads in the West. The completion of that division of the road now in progress to Vincennes, will at once bring it into use as a through route for passengers ascending or descending the Ohio, while the early opening of the Illinois division of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad will constitute it a link of the great route of travel between Southern and Central Illinois and Missouri, and the East.

The route is remarkably favorable for tho construction of a railroad at low cost, which will not exceed much if any, $20,000 per mile. With such a cost, with a local and through traffic which it appears to us must be equal to tho average of the best western roads, we believe it will prove to bo one of tho most profitable.

By a provision of the charter, directors arc made personally liable for any excess of debt over the amount of solvent stock subscriptions a provision of very great importance to the creditors of the company and which must secure a careful and economical administration of its affairs.

The road has the efficient support of a number of influential gentleman, among whom wo may name Chauncey Rose, Esq.„ of Terre Haute, formerly President of the Terro Haute and Richmond R. R., who is. a very large and by far tho largest individual stockholder in it, and is entrusted with the principal share of its financial management.—American Railroad Journal.

JEST It is rumored that General Pillow is to be appointed Governor of Utah. It will be amuring to see him digging a ditch around Gov. Young.*

A majority of both branches of the Pennsylvania Legislature, are said to be instructed to vote for a Prohibitory Liquor Law.

iSSfThe Legislature of Rhode Island adjourned on the 3d inst., after a protraeted session of four days.

WISCONSIN ELECTION.—In Wisconsin the fusionists have elected two out of three members of Congress, and a large majority in tho legislature.

MICHIGAN ELECTION.—The returns indicate the thorough overthrow of the Nebraskaites. Three districts have been heard from, which elect Fusionists. .,

MURDER OF A MISSIONARY'S WIFE.—Letters from Selkirk Settlement state that Mrs. Spencer, wife of one of the American missionaries, was shot dead while in bed with her husband and child, at Pembino, Minnesota territory. The deed is supposed to have been perpetrated by a Sioux Indian.