Evansville Daily Journal, Volume 1, Number 30, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 27 May 1848 — Page 2

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miXTED ASD PUBLISH ED . WM. H. cuandler;& ÖÖ. by The Daily Jocx5al is publiahed every morning', (Mondays excepted) at 10 cents per week, payable to the Carrier, or $6 00 per annumpayable in advance. - " FOR PJtESIDEyT: SACHAU? 7 A IT Zi on. WHIG ELECTORAL TICKBT. SC5ATOKUL ELECTORS. JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, of Je fferson. G0DL0VE S. ORTH, of Tippecanoe. ' " ' DICTtttCT ELECTORS. . Ist DisU-Joiis Pitches, of Poser. 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9lh Jons S. Da yis," of Floyd. Milton Greco, of Dearborn. David P. IIollowat, of Wayne. Thomas D. Walpole, of Hancock. Loy ell H. Rocsseac, of Greene. Edward W. McGüaohey, of Park. James F. Suit, of Clinton. Dasiel D. Pratt, of Cass. Da vin Ki loose, ofDelaware, 10th " CITY OF EVANST ILLE: SATURDAY MORSIXG, MAY 27. As You Were! When, in order that all hands engaged in this office might keep the Sabbath a dar of rest, we changed the publica tion of the Daily Journal from Monday to Sun day, we promised that if the arrangement was opposed by or interfered with a dozerrof our patrons, we would at once change back again. We made the change in the first place belier ing that it would be approred by our subscri bers, and because it avoided the necessity of working on the Sabbath. We now learn that ten or a dozen patrons hare expressed themselves opposed to our issuing on Sunday, some for one reason and some for another, but the most of them because they are unable to get the paper on that day their places of bust ness at which the paper is left, being separate from their residences. It is our intention, and our duty too, to consult the wishes of those to whom we look for support; and that there may be no comDlaint aeainst us nor reason eiren xvhv ive ahm.lrl not tv, nrnni xc rh.n ' r "öv our publication again to Monday. We want ll understood, notrerer, mat we saall do no work on Sunday; and should important inttlli - gence arrive on that day, Monday's paper will be delayed to a late hour of the mr rning. The editor of the Democrat savs that the day to learn the names of the nominees of the Tliliimorrnnvpntinn TI i ml.f.lr.., ti;. own friends were on thorns, pins, and nettles during the urholA Ha nrl wr0 ,11 hn., : o . ..... br the Tarioua rumors in rirrn ation. It , true the hms exhibited some curiositr to 1 v r . u 1 - . t 1 . . 1 t I focos in the land bad been selected for sacri-l kuun uit(i uue ui lilt: UIK Or lue llllie IjOCO-I fice in Norember. but we know of none of them that troubled themselves about iL LouA isrille Journal. I Tri Ät Ä - I nuiii mwui uric vicic IBM tu J-1 siderable stevr on yesterday to find out whol was the unfortunate man, and were badly) hoaxed by some wag patting in circulation rumor thai Gor. Whitcorab d fiM. ShnnV , . t . , , t were the nominees. We none the Locofoco Convention, wont do anythicg so desperate as - to nominate the rentlemen. Th rJarrl vt Mm .,,--...11. ... . b DOt Jt wont Win next heat. Is was DirricctTtjcsosouRFBoxTiER. The Van Buren (Ark.) Latelligeacej of a late date. ays that it is stated by Col. Upshaw, the Chickasaw agent, thai difficulties hare recent ly Uien plwe between some of the Prairie indian tribes andlhe citizens of Texa?, near Fort Washita. A partr of V acoes had killed three Texan surveyors, and also four Rancers. who . , ,:. . r. , came upuu lucpa.ij u..5u,j 5 iuc BcaiF o( the nmdered surveyors. A detachment of Capt. Johnson's Rangers had been fired upon about the same lime, while holding a raii . i w v i u. i . , wiui the Indians: a brisk npht ensued, in which , o -- some twelve Indians were killed. Col. Upafiaw stated that a "short time since a war party of 120 Kickapoos crossed Red river about eight ifliissuc wH aw..w-v...w unknown. There were no dragoons, and scarcely any means of mounting a dozen infantry to inierrupi uicm. .muMiu.. - ..i T k ...).,I.i ATwiT frontier ports.

. . t I dolio of confirming this important discovery. SlXOCLAR CUSTOM. Are-marriacetOOkplacelTh. treatment of twentr.aii nermm hn h.rl

at Cincinnati, lately An aged couple, Ger mans, wnouau urea togemer as man ana wue lor titty years, in happy peace and contentmem, a WtDout a jar or connubial contention, rode to town rota Lick Run, Mill Creek township. dressed Äa bridal garments. The gay old couple were preceded in their bridal march by a band xd merry music, and the whole train drove up to the door of a Justice of the Peace, where the marriage ceremony was performed. Exchange paper. There is something inexpressibly beautiful in the fact paixated !above; jnore bcutiful, indeedthan apy sentimeptalism of a "lovely bride' wedding herself to "youthful Äanhood." The Germans, from w hose fatherland this custom of a re-marriage at the end of h&lf.a .century is derived, call it a "golden wedding." tOcc&sipcal'y, ip the German novels, the reader sees allusions to it. The custom is one of those bits of deep natural jpoctry that cbaracterue,the nation of Goethe and Zschokke. TTevveiperableimatej, who .have "clim'd life's hill together, take, thus, a jsupe.r-lease, as it .were, of the early afTection, and, .with songs and flowers, and joy, signalize .the semi-centenarian hour, whose promises .thej have mutually obserVed,and whose moVrt i ng-brigh t rress comes back'to them,.' to-Tose-colbr their gray hairs. . . : . . v , - -. A flre'eocarred in New Bedford Mass., on Monday, which destroyed about '615,000 worth vofproperty.

HYDROPHOBIA. As there seems tobe prospect of the people in this section of the country being again thrown Sato consternation by the appearance

of this dreadful malady, we would beg leave to call the attention of Physicians and others to the mrthod of cure described id the subjoin. ed article, recently brought to light by a cor respondent of the National Intelligencer. There hare been at least two decided cases of canine madness in this vicinity, within' a few months past. In both instances the patient died in the most horrible' manner, not withstanding the whole body of our Physicians in consultation usederery means which their knowledge and experience could suggest to ef fect cures. Under these cirumstances the melhod of treatment pursued in the Ukraine, would surely seem worthy of experiment, if, unfortunately, another occasion should present itself. The correspondent of the Intelligencer thus describes the plant made use of: Genista. Broom, (French, Legenet, German Der Ginster.) Diadefhia decandria, Linnaeus Leguminosae. Locdos describes many varieties. 1 He says of it: "The species aie $brubs or undersjirubs, some of them evergreen, and many with numerous flexible rush like green twigs like tbe brooms, Tbey are of easy culture, and free flowerers.; G. Tinctoria is common in most parts of Europe, in unimproved pastures on dry gravelly soil. When cows feed on it their milk, and the butter or cheese made from it, are said to be very bitter. A bright yellow color may be prepared from the flowers, and for wool that is to be dyed green with wood the dyers prefer it to all others. A drachm and a half of the. powdered seeds operates as a mild purgatire. A decoction of the plant is sometimes diuretic, and therefore has prored serviceable in dropsied cases. A salt prepared from the ashes is recommended in the same disorder." Eaton and Wright, in their "North American Botany, describe it : "G es ist a Leg. nut. asc. ape. (exotic) tinetoria. (dyers broom,) wood waxen, leaves lanceolate, glabrous, branches terete, striate, erect, unarmed, luguines glabrous."' Not being a practical botanist, and having no other reference at hand, some one skilled in medical botany mar be induced to Rive a bet ler description of the plant that cannot fail to interest us for its admirable virtues ascribed to tt br Dr, Marochetti and others. It will be I , . . ? I J, !... interesting to nave expuunea wnai is mMnt hr 'fm f n whfr th srmnnt 7. ibe peasant gave to his fourteen pa tienU a strons decoction of 'the summit and rFl - genistaa luta? tinetoria about a poundand a half daily, 6jc. CURE OF HYDROPHOBIA. From the Imperial Magazine, London, 1623. There has been receired, from a gentleman at Berlin, tlfe following important statement of lh mode of cure practised in the Ukraine for uie uue ui a raau uuz. ii is irausiaieu irom "i iJeriin otate uazette (iso.) oi tne I4tn of feDruarr, iöä, siu certaiqiy seems enti.1 j . i i . 1 1 . e n j- i ra uj u juuesi tusueiuu u 91 ujeuicai Pcuuoners. wk.. r..nu.t: u "ciuhi. iiiaiuv.uciu, u uuriniui 111 iuc hospital at Moscow, was in the Ukraine in 1813, in one day fifteen persons applied to him fr cure, having been bitten by a mad dog. Whilst he wa preparing the remedies a depu a.. ill . tation oi several oiü men maae us appearance . . . . - A a man who for some years past enjoyed great reputation for his cures ot hydrophobia. alot wnose success Äir. Marochetti had already hea.rd mutü' coasented to their request uuuer lueae cuuuiijous; nrsi, inai ne, iir. Aiaiiuvuhw. wvuhi wv piimutit (Hi! lUllilL uuuc by thepeasant;secondly,in order that he might be fully conrinced that the doe was reallr I mad, he, Mr. Marochetti, should select oneof the oat ents.whoshou d onlr be treated ar. I cordins the medical course usually held in ea timatiou. A girl oi six years old was chosen tor ttus purpose. The peasant gare to his fourteen patients a strong decoction of the "Summit and Fl. Ge nista Lutoe Tinctorise," about a pound and a It Ii ami ava rm a n a 1 X a J it. . toneues. where. as he stated, small r taining the poison of the maduess must form themselves. As soon as these small knots acJf"1. PPe'. and which Mr. Marochetti nimseu saw, tney were opened and cautef,zed wilh - rnl hot n-edle: after whirh th I patient gurgled with a decoction of the "Genista." The result of this treatment was that ?H 'he (?urleen (of whom only two, the last umen.uia noi snow inese Knots) were dis I : j .i . . misscu tuicu ai ine ena oi six weeks, tluring which time they drank this decoction. But the little girl, who had been treated according l u?suai seizea witn hydrocieaa in eiem nours alter ther first took nlare. The persous dismissed as cured were seen three yc afterwards by Mr. Marochetti, and they nne ihuuiiuouu tu. ... f thiacimima an'r 1R1 Mr. Marochetti had a new opportunity in Po- . - " " WWJ - lhere befQ bitten by a mad dog was confided . h m: nine were men. eleven womer. an. .1"" " P ' rhildren. He pave them at onre a Aernr. tion 0f the "Genista," and a diligent examina lion of their tongues cave the folTowiuz result five men, all the women, and three children had the small knots already mentioned: those bitten worst on the third day, others on the fifth, seventh, and ninth, and one woman, who had been bitten but very superficially m the leg only, on the twenty-first day. The other seven also, who showed no small knots, drank the "Decoctum Genista six weeks, and al the mtients were cured. In consequence of these observations, Mr Marochetti believes that the hydra phobia poi son, after remaining a short time in the wound fixes itself for a certain time under the tongue at Jibe .openings of the ducts of the glandul. submaxeller, which are at each side of tbe tongue strine. and there forms those small knots in which one may feel with a probe a fluctuating fluid, wbicb is that Hydrophobic poison. Ine usual time of their appearance seems to be be tween the third and ninth day alter the bite and if thev are not opened within the first twenty-four -hours after their formation the nnienn is reabsorbed into the bodv. and the catient is lostbeyoad the power of curei For this reason Mr. Marochetti recommends that such patients should be immediately examined under the tongue, which should be for sit weeks, during which, tipe.they should take, daily ontand a half pound of the "Decoct Genista,'' (or four timesaday the powder, one dracbm per dose.) If the.knottf do not appear in this tim no madness is io pe apprehended; but as soon 88 they show, themselves they should be opened with a lancet and then cauterized, and the

p..irm.bould&.rile.MWuoU.ljwittthe abovejfct .unknown. ' '"'je.hnt:

We hasten to communicate to our readers this important discovery (which we Jioww from the Peteriburgh Miscellaneous Treatise in the Realm of Medical Scirnce for 1831,) which has certainly deserres the lull attention of medical practitioners, and which, ifconfirmed br experience, may have the most beneficial results. fpsvich Journal. Mr. Polk asd ths Men that Made Him. In the House of representatives on the 18th instant, Mr. Cocke of Tennessee made a statement of the names of the members of the last Baltimore convention since appointed to office by Mr. Polk and the amount of the salary of each. We republish the statement as a curiosity. We cannot wonder that Locofoco office hunters from all parts cf the country have flocked in such numbers to the present Baltimore convention when we see how their predecessors were rewarded; He had looked over the list of the delegates to the last Baltimore convention, and to show to the House and to the country how the President had rewarded his friends and their connexions, he begged their attention to the document which he had prepared, . It was as follows: DtUgatt to tke Baltltnor Cenfntton in May, 1344. tcAo Aar b rewarded by Mr. folk, and th amount of tht public money which each has received or will rteeif during kit Administration. Robert J. Walker, Secretary of the Treasury . .,,.....,.. 124,000 00 Geo. Bancroft, Secfy of the Navy 12.000 Do. do ' as Minister to ureat Britain .3100-43.500 00 Cave Johnson, Postmaster General t t 24,UÜ0 00 Nathan Lhüord, Attorney (jeneraIt4.o Do. do. Commo ner to Mexico ,22,500-26,835 00 Ralph J. Ingeraoll, Minister to Ruaeia 31.500 Son of the Minister as Secretary of Legation? .4,000 -35,3UO up RqmulusM. launders. Minuter to Spain ..,. f.f .....40,500 00 George W. Hopkins, Charge to rortueal ...f ...t t u,tzj w Andrew J, Donnelson, Minister to Prussia. 49,500 00 John W. Davis Commissioner to China ...,......,... -6,000 00 Dc nit min G. Shields, Charge to . i ,o rvM ru cnczuni r fr rf o,uw w lenry Hubbard, S'btreasurer at boton .,..,,......f.,.....b,5uu ou Marcus Morton, Collector ot Cus toms at IJgstun ...zj.oou oo Phineas Allen, reappointed Postmaster at Pittsheld Mas.".f. 4,039 43 C, G. Greene, Public Printer boa ton, salary unknown. R. Rantoe), Jr., District Attorney for Massachusetts f -'f ? -16,000 00 sate H, Wright, appointed Ntvy Agent and rejected by the Senate. 1 . K. Smith, Postmaster at Buffalo, tiew York. f 6,847 84 Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. District Attorney tor the southern District of New York ? obn L. Dawson, U.S. District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, salary unknown. 24,000 00 Daniel ö. Bizer, Inspector of Cus--VI 119 IB 1 II I VI Gabriel Holmes, District Attorney .4,033 00 for North Carolina, salary unknown. W.T.Colquitt, eon Paymaster in the Army D. B. Turner, Postmaster at Huntsille. Alabama--- ........ 3.000 00 .4,896 16 Charles A. Bradford. Sun eyor Gen eral, Jackson, Miss. 4,000 00 George R. Fall, Public Printer, Miss., salary unknown. Samuel if. Lauzhlin. Recorder Land Office 8,000 00 Gideon J. Pillow, Brieadier and Major General. 7,470 00 E. A. Caldwell. Maiorinthe Army -3J84 00 John W. Tibbatts, Colonel in the Army 4,392 00 Samuel Medanr. Postmaster. Col umbus. Ohio 6.123 40 Thomas II. Bartley, U. S. District Attorney lor Utuo, salary unknown. William D. Morcan. Secretary of Legation to Brazil -8,000 00 John S. Simpeon. Captain of Dracoons 2.000 00 J. C. Sloo, Reeeiyer at Shawnee-. town, Illinois ..'4,000 00 William Walters, Public Printer, Spnnghcul, Illinois, salary , . unknown. A. II. Sevier. Commissioner to Mexico 22,500 00 Wm. F. Ritchie, Public Printer 5,000 00 Thomas Ritchie. Editor of the Union and Public Printer .233,478 Vi Bern. H. Brewster. Cherokee Com missioner z.y.'v w To be sure. Mr. Ritchie was not in conven tion, but he claims his right to the spoils upon the ground that his son was. lhe ascertained sums in this table amount to the convenient sum of 8742,410 56. Truly the administra tion has been faithful to his friends, and doubt less he will remunerate them again for like ser vices. Well might Mr. Ritchie laud this ad ministration; for his item proved incontestibly how amply he had been rewarded. Let what will be said of Mr. Polk, it cannot be denied that he pay veil. Romakce or Geoecia Misixo. A cor res pondent of tbe National Intelligencer, writing from Dahlonega, the most famous gold region of Georgia, tells the following anecdotes: . After the State Legislature had divided the Cherokee Purchase into lots and regularly num be red them, it was rumored about the country that lot No. 1052 was a great prize, and every body was on tiptoe with regard to its distribu tion by the proposed lottery. At that time 1052 figured in the dreams of every Georgian, and those figures were then far more popular than the figures 54 40 have been in these lat ter days. Among the more crazy individuals who attended the lottery was one Mosely,who bad determined to draw the much talked of prize or purchase it of the winner, even though it should be at the entire cost of his property, which was quite large. The drawing took place ana iuoi came into ine possession ot a poor tarroer named Ellison. Mosley immediately mounted his horse and hastened to Ellison's farm, where he found the child of fortuoe fol lowing the plough. The would-be purchaser made known tne object oi his visit, and bill son only laughed at the impetuosity of his im patient friend. Ellison said he was not anxious to sell the lot, but if Moslev must have it, he might have it for 30,000. Mosley accept ed to the terms, and in paying for tbe lot sac rificed the most of his landed and personal property. The little property which was left him he was compelled to employ in working his mines: he labored with great diligence for several years, bnt he could never make both ends meet, fur his mines were not at all dUtin cuished for. their richnf&s.' In process oil time he was. com pel led to sell 1052 for what it would bring, and having squandered that remnant of his former wealth, he left the countrr

. II . lw J A MIM Af frmnrl in th boWelaof his lottery lot. Another instance of good fortune, unattended with anv alloy, is as follows: Five years ago a couple of brothers, took it into their heads to -T rk i I 1 a .U.S. 1 . . It !n Vin min. VISU .uauionega buu iry u;rn iui iu ing business. They were hard-working Irishmen; and understood the acience.of digging to nrefeetion. Thev leased one or two lots in this vicinity, and are are now reputedto be worth 815,000. Ma. Clay's Practice t. PaoscatPTioi?. Yhtn Mr. Clay had been in the office of Secretary of State, under Mr. Adams, for the great er part of a year, he was applied to for an office, by a warm friend of his, a gentleman who had occupied a high station in one of tbe Depart ments under Mr. Monroe's administration, and received the following answer. Let the can did reader, whether Democrat or Whig, con trast the conduct of Mr. Clay with that of any of his successors, or of that of any Department of the Government since, and refrain from la menting, if he can, that the primitive practice of Washington, Adams, and Clay, in appoint ments to office, should have been so grossly departed from: WAsmxoTOJr, hor. 2, 186. Dear Sir: Although it is not usual to an swer letters making application for public employment, I cannot deny myself the satisfac tion of acknowledging the receipt of yours of yesterday, Since have been in tne department of State, there has not been a solitary appointment to any office attached to it, of any description, from the Qrst clerk to a messenV flat. I . eer. rior am i aDie to say wnen any vacancy will occur. Uur practice is to put trie letters on file, and to consider the pretensions of the applicants when the occasion occurs for making an appointment, inis is ine oniy disposition 1 can now make with yours. We want sorpe additional clerks, acquainted with foreign lan guages, but it depends upon Congress to grant tne in or not. Regretting that 1 cannot give you a more en couraging reply, I am yours, &c, Ii. ULAX. From the Nort!t American. TUTUL X1U. The Indians of Yucatan, when Mr. Stevens visited, for the second time, in 1842, their singular country, covered with the ruined cities ot tneir ancestors, presented tne same appearance of mild temper, submissiveness, apathy, y ... i . i and disregard for the past, which were consul ereu tne proper cnaracteristics oi tnereruvians beloie their insurrection in 1780, under the Inca, Tupac Amaru: and such a degeneracy of spirit might be esteemed less extraordinary on the part ot the Peruvians, a peculiarly gentle and docile race originally, than on that of the Indians ol luca tan, who three hundred years ago, were among the bravest and most warlike ot all the civilized or semi-civilized tribes of America. When the' Spaniards first discovered Yuca tan, in the beginning of tbe 16th century, they were surprised to find it densely occupied by a people who were clad in woven garments who cultivated the earth who lived in towns end cities built chiefly of stone, with palaces. temples, pyramids, and other public buildings of a vast size and extraordinary style of archi tecture, wholly unlike any other style out of America, at least iu the known world, and divided into petty states or principalities ca ciquaszos. as tbe Spaniards called them each ruled by an independent hereditary chief, who was a monarch within bis little domain. All the inhabitants, however, were of one race, callinz themselves Macezuales. and their coun try, Maya: to this day, the Indians know no other names. About a century before the Span iards came, the whole peninsula formed a sin t t a a gle kingdom, tne metropolis ot wnicn was Ma yapan, whose ruins are still in existence; but metropolis and kingdom were both destroy ed by a revolution, in which tbe petty princes united their arms against the ruling power, aud so established the separate independence of -1 TV' , .t tueir cicaquasgos. jji vmeu as tney were, However, they met the bearded invaders with a spirit which surprised the latter, as much and far more disagreeably than their civilized et pea ranee had done; contending against the Spanish cross-bows and muskets, even against the horses and artillery, with a resolution and fury worthy even of the Mexicans under Guu timozin, and with, perhaps, better prospects of success, for the Spaniards were repeatedly repulsed, we might say, beaten in various battles, with heavy loss, and greatlv disheart ened; when it suddenly pleased one of the princes to offer to Montejo, the Spanish Cap tain, peace andalliance, with the assurance of his desire to be baptized and become a Chris tian. This prince was Tutul Xiu, lord of i citv and territory called Ulani, and wnat may be considered peculiarly interesting, he was also the lineal descendant of tbe last king of Maya. And thus the heir of the old monarchy, though no longer a king, was the first to de sert the cause and the paganism of his country, and clasp tne hand ot a stranger whose embraces were destined to be followed by the degra dation of his race and the demolition of all the monuments, and, to appearance, of even lhe memory of his fathers. And yet how strange a revival of the Maya recollections, and the Maya nature! According to the intelligence waten we mentioned ou Saturday, ol the elec tion of a king by the Yucatan Indians, the new monarch has been crowned under the name of Tutul Xiu as if Tutul Xiu,alire again, and tired of the peace and alliance which had pro fited him so little, had returned to the wrath, the ferocity, and tbe idols of his aocieut peo pie. It was the horrible barbarism of Tupac Ama ru or, rather, of his frantic subjects which, as we mentioned on a previous occation, caused the failure of lhe Peruvian insurrection of 1780. The same barbarism will r-doubtless, causes failure of the Maya insurrection. Had there been anything like moderation practised by the Yucatan insurgents had they exhibited any of the ordinary feelings of humanity, and a willingness to nght as men fight, instead ol revelling like wild beasts in carnage and crueuy, staying women ana torturing Danes, like our own tiger-hearted savages of the North, there can be no doubt, from the anown con atitution of the boman mind, the sympathies of the world would or might have been with k 1- : r. . l iuciu, as vtjuia peopie rising, even alter tue tenth generation, to recover the homes and hearths of their fathers from the possession cf tne stranger whose own sires had taken them away with th strong haud. We say might have bet-ii with tlu.u; for thorp may be a vm just doubt ot the 'sympathies of the world following insurgents 'who rise without provocation and strike without a causr.

wno is annually rvaiumg uwiu v. money from the newly discorered gold or?

his no i with the Indians of Yucatan as it

v.. xcth thoe of Peru, it was not under tna suffcrinz of bonds that they burst into revolt, it was not Irom oppression iuw arms. VYBatever may uncu v. degraded state of their fore-fathers and it never was one ot actual slavery i irFtucu they themselves were freemen, the equals of the whites, the citizens of the State, made so by the humanity or folly of the Creoles, upoa whom, and their wives and their little ones, they are now exhausting all the unimaginable cruelties ofan Indian's revenge. There is no justice, then, in their cause, there was no necessity for a revolt; the whole insurrection ap pears to have been a mere caprice ana wantonness of a savage nature; which slumbered under the lash, only to turn upon the land of kindness. It wasoniy wnen tnese inaians, so iuug quiet, docile, passive, were made free citizens and. politicians, when they were called upon to vote and pertorm military service, wnen they were taught the use of arms, and with arms in their hands, made the fatal discovery - a, a of their own courage and tne degeneracy oi tneir Creole fellow-citizens, that the jaguar blood ot the M acegual of the aboriginal American awoke, and that ferocious appetite for slaughter , I. t- .i : -4-.u..: reviveu; wnicn, in uie auticui ujs w mm piwgenitors, stained the altars of their idols with the gore of human victims. One of the princi pal divinities of the Indians of Yucatan was a serpent, whose colossal folds are still seen winding in stone over the doors and along the entablitures of their ruined temples, a god, of subtile cunning, fiery malice, and immedicable venom, worthy, were it only for the emblem atical fitness, of his savage worshippers.. No: the Macegualea ot lucatan can never expect to carry with them the sympathies of civiuzea people, in tneir way oi uuicuciy aim brutality. They may have elected a king, and restored the blobd royal of the old empire of Maya pan, over which strange event men will wonder as over a stroke of poetry, or a mystery of fate; but wonder will be succeeded by horror, and horror by wrath; and then, sooner or later, a stronger hand will be at their necks, anda stronger foot on their throats, than ever, in the days of Monteio. pulled down the pride and trampled the idolatry of Maya in the dust. No cause like theirs can prosper; and a deeper curse will rest u pop the barbarity of the children than ever before fell upon the paganism of the fathers. CG5We quote the following account of House's Printing machine, from the X. Y. Commercial Advertiser: House's Pbintiko Telecbaph. We have more than once adverted to this machine, which is now, we believe, in working order between thiscityand Philadelphia, and is capable of transmitting printed mess-ages at a rate of from one hundred and tweuty to one hundred and thirty letters per minute. So far as lies within our power, we will give the reader an iulcU igent description of its mode of operation, A part ot the machinery consists of a wheel, unon the periphory of which are twenty-eight types; twenty-six are the letters of the alphabet one is a dot or period, and one a hyphon. This wheel revolves by mechanical force, but its motion U controlled by the magnet, so that by keeping the electric current broken or closed, it can be stopped by the operator. Near the type wheel is a cyllinder, wilh paper around it. When the type wheel stops, the cylinder is brought against it and thß paper receives an impression from one of the types. The magnet controls the type wheel by moving a valve and admitting the atmosphere to press upon a piston, on the other side of which is a partial vacuum; this piston in '. turn gives motion to an escapement, working against pins upon the side of the type wheel, so that at each motion of the magnet up or down, as the circuit may be broken or closed, the escapement liberates the tvpe wheel and it moves through a spacb equaf to the distance from one type to the next. The operator at the other end of the line sits at a key board having twenty-eight ivory faced keys, not unlike those of a piano-forte. Beneath the key board is a homo ntal bliafl extending the whole length of the board, aud having twenty-eight small pins projecting from its face; these pins are placed one beneath each key; and form a spiral line about the shaft, making a single turn fromeud toend; upon one end of the shaft is a wheel having fourteen teeth; these teeth; with the fourteen spaces between them, correspond to the pins on the shaft and serve to break or close the electric circuit; thus, suppose the negative pole of the battery in continued contact wilh the side of the vt heel, the positive pole then rests or presses upon the end of the teeth; the shaft and wheel are set in motion by mechauical force, as the wheel revolves, the circuit is closed whenever the positive pole pass es over a tooth, and is broken whenever it passes over a space. The motion of the shaft is controlled by the opera tar thus: from the under side of each key projects a flat pin against which, when the key'is pressed down, the corresponding pin on the shaft will catch as it comes arouudin its revolution, and cause th. shaft to stop. Now in order to transmit any particular letter to the other end of the line it is only neces sary for the operator the parts of the machine at the two ends of the lice having been nut in coincidence to press down the key representing that letter, stop the key shaft, maintain the circuit broken or closed as the case may be. a .a. a . . . . - wnen tne type wheel will be slopped the pa per cyllinder brought up to it and the paper win receive an impresstcn ot the letter represented by the key pressed down. Important Invention. Mr. David fsham machinist of Hartford, Conn., it is Med, has recently invented a process by which cast iron can be converted almost instantly, and with but slight expense and labor, into steel. Twonty minutes only is necesfary to convert a ton of iron into steei of lhe best quality, a proces ordinarily requiting from six to ten days. The inventor has been offered $12,000 for the palent right for the State of Pennsylvania alone. Articles manufiictured from steel ihus prepared, have Seen proved and found equal to those man ifactured from the best English steel. If 'his invention is really what it purports to be, M will destroy one great branch of English h bor, and add much to the wealth of this country. t - Donatio? , to Ireland.- From the report of the Relief " Committee of the city of New York, it appears that the total cash donations for Irelaud amounted to $171,37424, and the donations in breadstuff, provisions and clothing, to $70, C50 55: lotal, $242,012 99. The largest single gift wa? hat of Messrs. Corcoran &.Rig?s, the Wash inetnn bnnkers, $5,000; . a lady also gave $1,00-3' by lhe hands of Wm. Wood. Esq.: Jimes . Wadswortb, Esq-., cf Genesee.

. . .! " 1 ,l'''JSJ-yj an.-i Tlib UUOM JfUKLi'oLD. a v.. - ; - - The Paris correspondent ot the London Aria relates the lollowinf marvellous stoty: -You would be much amused by the various gossiping si or ies which are afloat in the sa-". loons ol Paris at this tnomeiit. They teiniud me of all the wild tumors which weie current just at the period of the first revolution, some of which have been handed down io us wilh such teatful exactness; by the me- y tnoirsof lhe lime. Among others I may quote one which 1 heard last night from the lips of a gcuileman who described himself as an eye-wiiuess of the whole scene, and whose character for tiuth is unimpeachable -The adveuture happened last summer; whilo the whole of the ex-royal family were gathered together at Neutlly. The jiersoii who ; iold me the story had been invited to dinner by Louis Puiliippe, along with Dr. B., wbv had been summoned to wait upon the young . Duke Phill'pe ot Wurtemberg, who had been menaced wilh an attack ot. the croup io which he has beeti from his birth alarming- ; ly subject. Tbe dinner was an early one accotding to the lautier aller habits of the' ; royal family when at Neuilly, and alter the' , repast the whole cumpauy, instead of adjou ruing to the drawing room, strolled out 1 upou I he grass plot betöre the entrance to enjoy the beauty of the eveuing and tbe coolness oi the setting sun alter the burning beat . ' of the day. Dr. B , in addition to his great v, skill in the management .of children, isb ' ' one of the first magueiizers in Paris, and the ' conversation, as is always lbesC9se when he ' is present, turned upou magnetism. lie told t many wonderful tales, of course, concerning., lhe clairvoyance of some ol his patients, and tbe extraordinary power in foretelling thefu-. . iure ot others, until, being pressed by.-, theking, he looke d aro nd to see if any among the company Uora outward sign of any great ' susceptibility to magnetic influence, lie lies- ; iiated, when lhe king bade him name the . person who would be most likely to be clairvoyant in the company. There is one person present said the dostor,4who possesses in a most extraordinary degree every symptom of this peculiat faculty. . Madame , La Princess de Joinville would,l am sure aston- . ishus, would she hut submit to 'the trial. Curiosity bad been much excited by the various wonderful tales ufilie magnetizer, and the whole of the youthful pot i ion of the royal family united in tbe supplication , to the princess to allow him lo tiy hisskill. : After some little reluctance, counecied, I. believe, , with teligioos scruples, the fair princess consented to the experiment. 'She was seated ,

said my inloimaut, 'upon a raised mound of. grass, funned around the bise ot a -wide-threading oak; she had thrown over, her head the scarf ol daik blue crape which she had worn upon her neck, aud as she , leaned against lhe tiee her pale thin features and shadowy form made her look dreamy .and J . spiritual, a being just fitted to hold communion wilh another woild. In a moment fand', I believe with no other ceremony than the placing of his thumb against hers, did she realize the doctor's prevision, and fall into as ' deep a magiieticslumber anil was possible to witness. Tne re was a "deep silence among the persons gathered iherr, aud the . doctor having addicssed a few questions to her, turned to demand which member of the fam? ily would like lo consult her iu the name of the rest. Madam Adelaide (since dead) it was who volunteered, aud to her questioning did lhe paiient reply with such truth concerning the past that -he felt emboldened lo consult her wilh tegard lo the future. 1 give you my honor as a gentleman,' added my in-, lurmaiit.'thal in that scene every event which has happened with such fearful rapidity to astonish and confound us all was toretold with most awful precision. The ' day,

the hour ol the ti ght was named, as well as the despoilment of lhe Tuillerie?; the secreting ol the diamonds once belonging to the crown of lhe Emperor by a person about ihe court, (they have not been lound,) and a second catastrophe, not far distant, and' which concerns the Orleans family nlone. ;.?You name me no!,' said Madame Adelaide"; 'with'' -whom am I to fly?' You will remain calm-; ly and peaceably in France," replied the somnambule, at which observation the king lauh-' ed and said that this last propht cy was sufficient lo betray the fallacy of the whole, as his sister would be incapable of dejertinjr them in the hour ot peril.1 I hate heard this story from two or three individuals, aid from one who declares himself io have been tn eye-witness to the scene, and have uoieasou tu doubl its accuracy.91

A cargo of baby-jumpers was sent fiani Boston to Cuba, a lew days ago. Incur juvenile days, beich rods were the only ba: by-jumpers in use. Most ' effective ones they were. WWe are authorized to announce JOHN SPlfCEl! as a candidate for a scat in the Lower i louse of lie next Legislature, at the ensuing election. CCrWe are authorized to announce WILLIAM WHITTLESKY as a candidate for a scat in the next Legislature. rnar25SODA AND BLUE LI CK WAl'ER. f AC. HALLOCK has erected a fine Soda Fotintain for the accommodation of the public .and requests thoac who appreciate a cooling drink in a hot, dusty day. to give him a call. - : Also constantly on hand pure. Clue Lick. Water from the Drcnnon (Ky.) Jpringa. . . r. my 2G - ice! icei: . . i; ; 1 JNSTANTLY iept for retailing at thenusre ef .'r may p, y ;ALUL & liOWpa., v.? A DMINlSTRATOIlSSsJeoflUalEstatcV k ... . uj virtue ot an erfler ot the I rob ate Court of Vanderburgh County, made at tbe May term, 1819, of said county, I will on the 24th day Jif June, 1848, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m., and 6 O'flock, r. m., of eaid day, at tbe door of the Court Houses in tbe City of Cvansvillo. offer at public auction, the following described tracts of land or town-Ioia being the land the late Cot'eib Faas, d;cd Kized, randy, the north half of Iota number ten, eleven and twelve, in block number one hundred and eleven . in Lenasco City, in ihe county oi Var.derburgli and ötete cf.lndiana. - . - . 7fEBW? cr ?'LE- A credit of three month for one naif, and eix months lor the other half will be given, by the purchaser giving his note with approved eocurity, waiirg all reliet from appraif-ttmrjt or. valuawon laws... . - MAK TIN CHMOLL.Anm'r.. Hßy Jims .Walsix hi Auv may Hz,

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