Indiana American, Volume 13, Number 18, Brookville, Franklin County, 1 May 1846 — Page 2
Reported for the Indiana. America Trial of Archibald Estep.
Sale of Indiana, vs Archibald Estep. In the foregoing cause an iuJictmeiU was returned istio Union Circuit Court at the Spring Term IS Ui, when the defetidanv appeared and Hied hisaili lavit for a change f veiui". aliening such a stale of public opinion, that he could not safely go to trial i , Union County. The Court thereupon dilecicd "the record to ic sent u Payette Cuuntv. srttiii the day of trial for Tues
day of i secoiid.week.of the next tetreJ
of ihe Circuit Court of that County. Tuesday, April 11. 180- " ,he caU" ing of this cause Messrs. Kariden, Julian nnd L0112 appealed for the prosecution; H.idf Messrs Test, Terry, barker, Yaiyan
and Reed, ai counsel for the prisoner. Iv-tep, ho is nn Innkeeper in the town of Liberty, at;d generally ."known throughout litis part irthe State, was seated with his counsel, and did not manifest any very great degree ol feeling. After the usual preliminaries a jury was empannelled and sworn: The cause was opened by a hrief statement on the part of the prosecution, by Mr Julian, the Prosecuting Attorney. Judge Perry made a minute statement of the evidence lhat would be produced by
the defence, & an elaborate examination of
the law applicable to the cae
quantity on his facej lie breathed a little
! from my rubbing, atvl I auorry now U.
I ever used the camphor. I av no Mine
but a case knife that day saw no botcher
knife. Reexamined. Am certain that Afcli never spoke of a knife before lie struck the old man; and mH tbeiv t.ll he got out
of the door. The old man fell 011 bw back, and fell hard. William Mardock. Was at Haslem' shortly after the affair. II. was I) in? on the floor, breathinsr a Huh. At fir-t I
thought he was dead, but he moved a lit- j lie. He bled considerably. Estep was moving up slreetjlhe n d worn in came out and said Aich had killed Abraham. E. said il,e d d old Son of a b 't ran at hint
with a knife & he stiuck him with a chair. I looked for a knife and saw none but case
knives on the table. Did not lake paiticular note of whal was on the table expected to see the knife on ihe floor, but saw none. The old woman was crying and saying Arch had killed the old man. Saw nocamrdior. I was just across the fquaie.
a little, when she took a dram," they w ere drunk, I tit not more so than common when they had lupiorrsaw them fighting together. S.mie d.y, Mary go to tne garden .md cut ip a cibtt-ue lac;id, and quarter it
with a hutt her knife. Have seen Ihe knife
ofien they used it to cut tobacco, meal and j luesvl; the old mm ate with it frequently. ! The a irden was Estop's, and when Mary tr.it ihe cabbage sbe swore she "woti'.d pick iU she rould off tho d d Estep." Nail ed t'ji the partition doir before E. came to our room. Never siw Ihe knife afterward.
1 1(701 Rragg. Was s"n k at home: heard a sreat noise and went to (Jrass, & found Uiass fighting with Mrs. Ilaslen, and old
11. 1 tinning in with an open km e. lie was in li'i'ior and toddled along I was excited and seized a chair, and meant to rake
the pile; was stopped and advised lo go limn.. l!aslin w as pal.-ied with liquor and perhaps was not very dangerous with a knife he was somewhere in 3J, and had been drinking for the list eight yours.
to!
death from ar-nnlexv. and warned him
cese drinking, lie got angry and continued to drink- They thouilit him able to inflict a dxadly wound wi'-h a knife, but unable la b niggle lung. They gave a dc-
itaTI account ol tho cause u( apoplexy, and 'elicited profound attention. Alter Hie tettiinnnyjwas eNsed. the jury ! was addressed, mi the part of the S'.a'.e by
Mr. Long, in a sii-irt and sensible speech. Mesa. Test and Parker followed for the defendant with great earnestness and elo
quence: when the argument wis closed by
Mr. Itariden in a
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UIIOOKVILLE, INDIANA-
FRIDAY, HAY 1,1846.
Indiana Penitentiary . On Tuesday
last week, thtotigh the politeness of the keeper, we visited the Indiana Penitentiary. There were at ihe time 128 con-
soech of ereat liberality ! ict there. If our law makers intend-
and exhibiting a philosophic allowance for eJ Oor penitenti.it y for a place of fun-
, . ,J ishmenl. most effectually have they uchour and a half 1 ' ' ;
huir.an frailty
After a retirement of
an
and it was, may be, 2 minutes after E. came out, when I cot there. Think I w-as-first at the house. There w as soon a crowd.
The old man was bleeding, his face cut, & seemed to be suffering from a blow. Joshua Leach. Heard of the alTiir and went to the house soon after it occurred. Heard that Haslem had attacked E. with a
the jury returned .(verdict 01 not ouii.tv, ceeded in their object. We talked free
to tin satisfaction of all who had heard the ijy wji), several of the convicts, and they
generally expresjd a kind feeling :or the
lea.iiii-ny
Theub Treasury.
I keeper. Cook, the representative
from
The nK4.Hn nf tim lining nnd inia'iilous thU c.mntv. looks rather feeble. We
I e--- - j - . j - ' measure which Mr. Van Uuren lold iho founj XIU n XQ yarJ wheeling brick. . 1 r ... ;
' . "I Z The(ir.t .h.nghe inquired
minuiiwiiHiy 1 i'- )
When the witnessos for the State were ; knife, and looked slightly for one, but siv
none. H. was lying flat on his back, bleeding Iroin a cul in his face, and seen.ed suflering from wounds he had received. Freeman Dunham, Was five miles Irom Liberty at the time of ihe affair. Hid not heard Estep speak of a difficulty w ith Haslem before ihe death of the latter. On my
called ajitl sworn, and the evidence detail
ed as fo'hv.vs: Mary I'aaltm;- Is the w ife of the f'eceaFod. Mr. and Mrs. Grass livtd in a part of the house I lived in. Mrs Grass abused tue, and Grass struck me. My husbanl came into the rom to defend me, when Mr. Di-agginterfered. In the evening Estep
came to the house and said to deceased, 'What have you been doing you G d d i Son of a b h." Estep placed his hand upon a chair. The old matwas eating his supper he got up. I put my hand nn his shoulder to stop him. He broke away from me, and went toward Etep. E. struck him with the chair and tht was the last of it. This was on Wednesday 15,
October last, in Union County, Indian 1. My husband said nothing in reply to Estep's l ingnag."'. Estep stood three or four minutes, and nothing was said by any one till nfter tho blow was struck. My husband hid no knife in his hand. Estep stood on tip-lop, and raised tha chair over his head; the blow was ovorh uiJed. and the old man fIl up ui his back on the -fl or. Ejtopthen stamped the chair on the floor, and said, "you G -d d d Son of a b- h," and w ent out. When Estop spoke roughly to my husband he ref-'rred to the quarrel with Grass. In the afternoon the fuss oc-
return home, I heard lhat E. h id killed Abraham, and went down to sec. Saw the old woman and the old man. The ol 1 woman wished me lo slay all night. I promised to return after supper. Saw Estop,
who inquired after the old man; I replied 1
that if II. was dead drunk at the time of ' the blow, he might get over it if not he! was a goner. E. then told inc he IiaJ hear 1 j of the drunknness and q'i arreting at Haslem's, and sat down to think about it, a:i I i
concluded go down I'i have peace undo;
that the old English Son of a b - h ha 1 gone into the house without his leave lhat when he went itt'.o the house, the old man came at him with aknife.tlui he then
punched hi in with a chair, when
Oae II tzelriiii! w as hansins about their
Ionise, and as they h id no money, such r robability that "a w ill receive, the sanction fellow s bought thnn liquor. Saw E. go ! of the Senate, lias already caused a treinto the house, when a noise followed. E. j inendous rohciion in the business and bucame out and Mary after htm. He used isiness prospects of the country. In New no piofune language, suid he had struck II. Vork, the name piostratioo of buMiicss, hui s .id ii.nhiii r nfa knife. I was at the credit and commercial activity, thatfol-
oth r side of the street. Estep was sick, lowed the passage of this iniquitous measHaslem had been a stout man, and could j ure under Mr. Van Duren's administration have killed a man w itb a knife. I meant is again manifesting itself. Indeed, to well lostrike hint when I seizod the chair, at 1 convinced me the bu-iness community CIras: libit its operation must "produce luin.and .1V.?. Dan's; went to Haslem's on the disaster, by revolutionizing the entire mon-
day in question to borrow a skillet and lid, alary concerns of ihe country, that they when Mary told me w hat had happened j are preparing for the worst, and Ihe result with liei and Grass. I lold her Estep was is a complete panic; a panic thtt will soon :t Grass' and that she had better not talk so ; spread and be felt in all sections ol the
loud, for he w ould come in
of us, was nWhat can be
tho low er lioiwo ( I '.in-jres. tfc the stronff 1 " vile anucnuareu:
nis leeiings, wucn in nis ronnnro nu
dark cell at night, to think of wife and in
Correspondence of the Ind American. Cincinnati, April 28, 1846. Mr. Editor: Not having seen in your paper, for some v eeks. a letter from your xtirroiiiimitont ti lincH HriTl eVCS
I ate always open to see everything that is
t strange, and whose graphic jien is ever
reauy in oiiuiih ic wiiaii vci v. 114 m.. v.I did not know but your readers would conclude tht nothing strange or uncommon was occurring in our city. Be.this as il may, I am of opinion that '-events" will justify us both in corresponding occasionall v with von. In menli-ming Civis"
here, however, it was not intended lo nmrev the idea that whal i hete written
i would War comparison w itli hi inimitable
T " :
letter. On the contrary, ir y.mr reaJcra will but give 1 hearty pernil ihi it w ill have received all lhai was f xptiicd all lhat is asked. j Our citizens were thrown into quite an
excitement on Monday, upon the reception
j of the news lhat Mexico had declared irar.' : actinst the United States. And thousands
of questions were asked as to the certainly of the report being true, and many conjec-
Soits of Temperance.
SOXSTEMPF.HAXCE PI.EDCK. ' "I, ithoutn;Trc,lrninly plrdr njr honor man, tlit I trill nritbrrraalii-, buy, iWI, nor aw . b--rar, any Spiritumi or Malt Liquor., Win, ' Cia:r." ' S)NS O V I E M P E It A VfJlf
I he .iiauison L;viPion, .n. h, 0f tLg Sonsof !'emperanca.was instituted in Md iaon 011 Mond-iy 2Itt, by J. It. (,-00j ... " W. P., and C. E. CfcARKsos. V. A"; 0f Indiana Division, No I. The intcrett mM. ifested by the frinds of Temperance iniM, iio-tituiiun, promise a larpe and influent;.! rk:..:: .. .I... I Tl...n .
1IV18IUU 01 inai itbii. 1 lie MJljOWinT the olEcera for the current quarter;
II. U.Sanxay. w. l. E. S. Ay res, W. A. J II. Wcstcott. It. S. J. McKean, A. It. S. T. A. Goodwin, F. S. II. Curtis, T. A. W. Hendricks, C. M. Powell. A. C W. W. Hibben, I. a. T. L. Paine. O. S
This Division bids fair to
ir?
Inrgest and
the Slate. temperance
most useful
become the probably j
They appeared ripe for :L reformation, nd they 't0
he fell
down, and he(Eitep) went away. Etep
did not say hi went down to w hip the old ! man. j Hichard Dor mire. Had a talk with Etcp j the evening or morning after the iiil iir. ! Said he had gone down to settle Ihe d lli j
eulty and that the old man drew a knife
curred with Grass, who worked for Estep. j upon him, and lhat he (Estep) told him
I had struck one of my children and Grass j ' don't draw a knife 011 mi as you uid on afterwards struck me. My husband died . Gra-s' thai the old man approacaed him of the blow Estep gave him he lived till i with a knife, that he had w.irned him not ab iut 8 o'clock next morning. He bled j approach ie. a very loud voice, so ion I thai very freely and never spoke. Grass bro't he might have been heard t some distance; oboiit the fu.-s belwee.i E-tep and my bus-j that he (Estep) gave back as f.ir as he b in t. There was no one present beside j could, and li.ially slruck him. E-aep did Euap, my husband and myself. Mrs. Da-1 nol tell witness any thing about wishing to
vis. who had been at my house during the -afternoon, was n t present nl the time, but
n. Next day she tol 1
E-itep coming and
he
vas to tier o .vo kitc'.i
ins that sh"? h 1 snen saw the Pevil in his
eye, and lhat
kill Haslem. Witness wc.it to the house, saw the old man; the old woman was rubbing him with camphor; the wound was on the left side of his nose. E. never said to w itness that he had deliberated about his
.in 1 of Estop' voioi, thought hrc was House of Uepreseniativea of the Sub ! he attends to his patients with much care,
Treasury, with its salutary and stringent and with medical skill. He believes he
specie clause, with its almost certain sue- w.m be releaseJ and says that his friends
uess 111 1 ne renaic, nas aouuuess iuuicu ihe panic both in and out of the street." The ' Journal of Commerce," a locofoco
gjl0also, but w ith more sense, speaks thus of
this "monarchical" institution. "We have not yet seen this bill of folly and madness lo which the House of Representatives have given their sanction. The leading features, however, are two, viz: That a separate department is arranged, where llie money"of the government is to be kept separated from the money of the people, and that the revenues of ihe government are to be collected und il dis
bursements made in pecie. Doth these paradise
hoard my husband fall. Her kitchen is not 1 attack on Haslem, and wiiiiess nco r made far f torn my room, but she could not see such a statement to any human being. E into it. My husband never spoke after he luld me lhat il Haslem needed medical aid fell he threw up one leg, and that, was all he should have it. fie in tvemeut he made. H j had not been ' Samuel Hill. Agreed with the other rick lhat day, but was eating his supper j w itnesscs so far as he leslif ed; staled that cheerfully. There is a front door and a j Estep was in a good humor as he w cut tobark one lo I'te room; E. came in at fiont j ward Haslem's. and shut ihe do r carefully, and stepped to j Mrs. Haslem was called up by ihe pristhe fire place. The door is on the Main j oner's counsel Never lold Mrs. St. llus'i.md w as weak had had two j Davis that she had taken good care to hide strokes of the palsy he thought he was i the knife when the testimony 0.1 the part getting better w as about 53 ye ns old. j of the Slate was closed. CV. crania-id by Mr. Parker. Hasj Hert upon the w itnesses in behalf of the been living in Liberty near 8 years and for: defence were called and sworn, sometime past in Estep's house. Thedif-j I'eli.r Grass. la October last lived in ticulty between E. and my husband took j Estep's house, and yet live theiejthe same place between I anil 5 o'clock. I wasstan- j that Haslem occupied. O.t the day of the ling at the table, but had not eaten. We difficulty the old man and woman were
li.id for supper bread, fried beef, molasse
an 1 cofL-e. X j cabbige; no mackerel. The the next 1 00m,
old man ha I not been eating lonj. I put my hand 0:1 him to stop him. for I thought' he would gel struck if lie went toward ' Klep. The old mm was not excited. The' chimney is toward Estep's house, and E. aot upon the hearth; the table was next i th? wall, at the side neir Ihe street; when !
llio .0.1 ni 11 t.ti t - IYan lli.. tK l..i pi.... I 1
in... 11.. .11 IJV'IB I.TJ aiwu.j
drinking and liluin. I was Iviui! sick in
and they disturbed me by
a great noise against the partition. I went to the door and opened it 11 speak to them; the old woman after some word: mucked me add followed me into my room, and pushed me against the bed, w hen I struck her. Her husband then rati in w ith a knife drawn, when a crow d came in and ihe dis-
! turbance was quelled. The old oeot le had
.villi bis face tow ard Etop, and so remain- three fights during the day. In Uie evened 3 or 4 minutes; he broke away from my j ing Estep came to my room: I told him of hav.ds and raced Estep, and received the ; the difficulty, and that I would leave the blow. I did not try lo hold him, for I tho't) house. He replied thai in my state of tie wanted to g 1 and he might go. After j health il would kill me to move, and thai he left my sid he moved toward the front i he would go to Haslem's, speak pleasantly door an 1 turned toward Estep the blow j about the matter and hare quiet restored, was then striu-k, I'te chair was raised. His I E. then went lo Haslem's; aj the partition head struck ihe cheek of the door going was thin, I could hear all lhat past. E into Grass' 100:0. I w hipped my child , spoke kiudlv to the old wonin iph
it w-asG years old a boy. j began abusing him; I heard the old man
about
L-Ioe!
struck me on the eve.
;i your soul, you'te He h id hold of a
Grass interfered an I
nd said '-G d d a!l drunk together.
chair of mine a-i I I told him to put ill down, and il.cn he struck ine. Etep wasj sometimes clever ti n-; at others he would !
curse in aiid threaten to ihrow us out ol tho house. Hv! never furnuhed us with provi-Loiis, an I was not kind to my family; we always paid the rent, and only staid beeause we c .1:1 Id not do better. I was nol afraid i f E. throwing me out of the house, for I can whip him the best day ever he w r, I did not ih;o'.v him out of the house
after he struck my husband; and
interfere, because I thought, they for it. j Tne old mail drank occasionally; buthadn't 1 been drunk for a year. N". lu(iljr in the i house, but a little camphor that I rubbed '
oil the old man after he fell. N butcher knife in the bouse. Hazelris j brought a mackerel to Um hon se that afternoon but took il all away. Did not cut a cabbage in the garden that day. The old man had no knile. Iliad no knife. Didn't say Jthere was no knife about the house. Not my business to tell about the butcher knife dou'i know where it was. Neither lor the old man had lasted a drop of liquor lhat dy. The old man w as not easily excited, eod died as calm as a lamb. He was excite when Gras struck me. I and ihe old pnn had no I'uhl or cross wor ts that day. A Arch went out he drew ihe door lo after hi-n. I went to the door, and looked out, lio'ding nn to the door and the door check, and said, ,!S e you old villain, what you have done." E-tep said, you G d d d old b 11 don't come at me w ith a knife. I teplied "no knife and no signs." I was airaid f my life. I rubbed the old man wiih camphar, but did not throw a large
pusti Hack his chair and gel up; Estep cried out "Don't corneal m-iwiih a knife," several times. I hear I him retreat, utid li na'.ly sti ike. Think the old man fell on his back, his feel towards the staiis; his head rather toward the street. Estep w a unwell and could barely go abou'; he loll 111 v room smiling and in a good hu.iior. 1 knew that the old couple had been dunking. Alter the blow heard Mary cursing Arch, as if driving him out. know thai Haslem's owned a butcher knife tolerably long, with a flat handle, which they frequently used: my wife has borrowed it;
the man
swearing,
did not 1 and 1 have seen it at his ri Jht hand
he was eating. Cross examined. Witness here described the house. Did not hear Ihe blow struck. Estep had warned II. to leave his house, but did nol like ihe name of throwing them out of doors. The knife that II. drew on me was not a butcher knife. I was then working for Estep and still work for him.
Mrs. Urasg. itness corroborates statements of her husband. The old
and (woman were fighting an
and falling up against the partition, when
ihe row occurred of v. hich her husband spoke. In ihe evening E,iep passed by and witness spoke to him for some rice and tea lhat her husband wanted; E. afierwards came down, and promised to go in and lalk peaceably lo Haslem; lit his pipe, and started, when witness' husband warned E. thai tie would be attacked with a knife if be went to Haslen's. Wittier heatd the noise at Haslem's after E went in, and desci ib ;d it substantially as her husband had done. The old peome ere drinking that
day saw Mary w itii a b..ue, giving Uquoi I u to hst children j said she "always jave them a
hand and swore "by j c I in ready for j him." Presently E. came in smoking his; . ... .1. -11 ;
pipe, spoke hinc-iy vtueii ine oiu wuman ran at him smacking her hands ;n his face; E. backed toward the stair case; I siw 11 islem looking very vigrous, he got up from the table, and I, feaiing a fight, w, n I out. Immediately I beard E. cry out. ' D m't Ci'tne at me with a knife;" ihen a person fell, and I cried "ihunderatioii. Estep's killed." Saw no knife. From
l.e
pushed agaiiii-i isie stair ca-iu. uuu 1 -vas there E usvid no unkind or insulting l ingin. Thy day II is-lem died, Miry ci ;ii! to my I101133 and paid it was ;retetided that II. used a knife on Estep, ivat. tfivinz tn-i a nudje with her elbow
s iid. "1 was fast enough for them
?:iJ. s'.rt I11J soarcbed the bou se and old 1 in 111 to i, f jr a knife batoa she gave the
il.irm- Hi.cseona kni!e which Miry eiilelh;r carving knife it was narrow bladed with a bUols handle. Sone d.tys after the death, I went K the bousj, and when the old womin was out, laoked for a kiiif"; as I had before seen it in 1 cupboard. I lo-ikcd there, and foun 1 it 011 a to,) shelf, r asy a d wi'b cabbige 011 it. On the day or tho dea b am sura that il isl-sm and his wife were bath drunk When II. got up from the table I siw fury in bis eye
I went to my o vn house, through the back way, and when I reached the fro.it door I saw Miry with bulb handj push Estep out! .!, Ring. Tt.is witnes) testilied to rinding a long dirty, black handled butcb-
erkni'e in an old barrel among the goods ofilesle'm after tiny were moved to the tioiiso ni'oae Stirring. Kliza Wolfe This w itness was on the oppo9ite aids of the strert at the time E. went to llts'cm's saw- him shut the door heard him speak if the fuss, beard Haslem say something w as a d d lie; than beard E. cry out
"l on'tcouia at me with a knife" and directly afterwards siw E. pushed out by old May. 1',. tried t i icl; up something as if to throw il at her, and she said be bad killed Abratn. She came to the house of witness Mother, but 6he was drunk and was refused admittance. E'. JermlJ. I saw .Mrs. Ha lem after tli ditriiMihy ehe was drunk, and said E. had killed her husband. He eeeined to be dead, but breathed a little I observed that something ou;ht to be done for him or be would die. The old woman gt a bottle of camphor and po'irad a large quantity on his fuceand rubbed it on his'lace and niuuth; I told her she would Mrangle him. She kept on rubbing, (dapped the deceased on '.he face, said "d n you look natural as ever." The boJy was then removed to a bed and covered. Is acquainted with the general ch .rurter of Mary Hislcin. It is bad. Witness thinks ho would not believe ber under oath; would not believe her it drunk
or if testifying of a matter that happened when the was dm til:.
Il'i!tini II J.oi. Swrori to most of
the facts stated by Mrs. Dais, and himself
saw ihe butcher knife oa the c ipbuad ebelf
at liaslum a, niter the death. Vri. Alcmlrthur, Hill, Cunmbt and
Stanton were examined they swore to the st iteinent of Estep, that be had been at tacted by Haslem with a knifo that E. weiit tj Haslem's in apparent good humor, an ! with declaration of penccaole designs, tth Lis pipe in bis mourn tliat the daceased and his wife were drunken, and that the latter was not to be believed, on oath. Drt. ChilWiwJ. Trimley , Starbuck dnd Cnsti rline were severa'ly produced and examined. The statement of Dr. (Jbitwood was very clear and sensible: and indeed all the medical gentleman were concordant an 1 satisfactory in their testimony. A post morlcm examination was held. There was a wound' about an inch long on tho left cheek, near the nose, it waa somewhat curved, smooth cut, and looked as if punched. There waj no bone broken the gristle f tho nose was iever.id Ko bruses wee found on an external examination of the I . I I ,Y- 1..
ne 1 1, me Ecmp waa luncu on aim llie Drain examined. In ordinary cases the brain is soft nd pulpy , smears the hand and is not til fur cutting so that for purpose of dissection, the brain is usually deposited in strong alcohol, fur six or seven weeks, w hen it obtains a hardness that will allow it to be cut. This brain had just this appearance, it was dark, a.ad cut into slices like cheese; the slices retaining their consistency nfter they were severed. The right v n rie'e was tilled wi'.ii clotted blood? Cutting farther an ciTusion of blood was found, extending to the base of the brain, w -bicli the witnesses attributed to apoplexy. The lunga were hepalized or liver like; their structura changed from light to heavy, the air oells tilled with blaoJ, and one half or two thirds of the lung unfitted to pre'orm their proper functio is. The deceased w as of apoplectic habit, drunken, and ill tempered.and liible to apa;dexy at any moment from a tit of anger or of intoxication. A blow, and fall might produce such a concussion of the brain as would result in dcatb. In this cise the immediate caise of the death was the effusion of blood in the brain. The blow could not have been the direct ciuse of daub, but with the drunkenness, tne ngr and lha fall may
i.ave been one ol the remote causes. Soma
f the Phy.ioians had attended llfelsir. in
an atUik of paljey ai J had predicted his
.... . . ... 1 1 u 1 r. ii'i 1.1 lu. ,v ...w .....-.. 1
ii.wr-ni rtn iiren. whom ne win never dtoo- :
. , -- - . ,iin n i- ivnniii nnrsiie. rxime were 01 1 1: 1 r n . .
,, -.Li 1 1: fi r " . appeareu iiuprcseu idvoraniy lowardion. nbly see again, though he may live n'IV I opinion that it was merely a false report , .F .. . dtun years. Horrid though! a lif-a long life , ,0 rurc ,he American people, and to see ordcr' The ministry of that cty, Wi,k
of confinement at hard labor and there whether our government wouia meci sucu "e ... ..v.K; ... ..... Kreai mor
al batlle. Hie Kev. w. Y. Hibber., Rer. T. A. Goodwin, and the Rev. Mr. Kijer Ministers of the Methodist Church and iU
nfincment at hard labor and there wneiner our governmeni wouiu uicci ulmain, to keep alive the reproach of ; declaration with promptness and activi- . .. .. , ,. r v 'if- Wl.ilst others believed that England u!dren. Much better for him, for hi ; ha(J . . he head of Mexic0 to de. .... . ... it i 1 .
To show that we do not magnify ihpse
truths, and that wc are no false alarmist, w e copy below some extracts from leading papers in Njw 'oik of both political par-
tie-: We quote first from the "Globe" a violent nnd nrosrrintivp Pidk orenn. Of
course, 11 makes light ol it, but cannot hide : hopes,
me laci mat mere IS a panic in uumness. Stocks have declined again to-day,"
5ays llie Globe. 'The passage through
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lo rem
his children
family, and for all concerned, that the hal- ! t.jare -w ar hnj tl)en 5tep in and settle the
tcr had long since closed the scene. He . didiculty and take Oregon for her trouble, has joined the Carapbcllitcs, and has been In a few hours after the news reached our . Icily the news boys were running to and fro hi,pl,sed' . , jwiih Extra slips 'from the different printDr. Tier, the representative from L nion 1 j)g o(T.CCj jn he ci,y Ta-ins altogether; Co. is not flourishing as formerly. All his vr,e different groups of individuals the ingenuity, and leruperative energies, will news-boys and the boys in the streets
KAiBiiinir "a mitre uooaie" sive 011110 a
not carry him abeve the horrors of despon
dency, w hich our Prison engenders, lie may laugh and mock at the gloom of a county jail. But the prison destroys all human pride, and breaks down all human
To us the grave would be sweet
in preference. Dr. Tier is hospital Stewart, and it is said
Rev. Mr. Curtis of the 2J.t Preibytetj. an Church of that place, among oilier were initiated.
warlike aspect to our city
ihere are two regiments of soldiers form-j wi:
inff here for tne purpose 01 proceeding 10 1
the field of action immediately if necessary
Some of your citizens doubtless think
Jefferson Division Xo. 0 This Divisioa was instituted by the same officers on Fr; day the 21st of April, at Jcffersonville.li
We understand 1 The following is a list of the officers, n
I
and illiberal
are actively engaged in getting up a petition for his pardon. We doubt il. The prison in a few weeks will pass into the hands 01 Mr. Patterson, lo whom it has been leased for the term of ten years,
he paying ihe State, the sum of 83,000, for the use of the convict's labor. We have no doubt but tho prison will be in safe hands, when intrusted to Mr. Patterson. But hit kindness, nor all the smiles of wion, can ever make our penitentiary a
features arc so preposterous, so utterly rc
volting to the intelligence of the age, so barbarous in their entire characterthat we did not expect to see them again adopted by either House of Congress. "We presume the good sense of the SendtSgw ill save us from so great a degradation as the establishment of this measure of the middle ages. We happen to know that two Senators, one of each party, expressed the opinion that the bill could nol pass that body without material modifications. To put it into operation as it now
stands, would be not only impossible but absurd. It would be absolutely necessary
toadopt the "deemed and taken" policy, and count a check on the bank payable in specie, lo he real specie or its equivalent," The ;'Tribune" ol April 10, gives a gloomy picture of the stock market. It says: "As the same causes for a fall do prevail in Wall street to day lhat have prevailed for the last twenty days, so the tendency of things was the same way The decline has nol been very great to day, but it was the same yesterday and the day before and altogether stocks are lower than they hare been for a l.m lime past, and until the fog clears up a little which envelops the movements of those destructive friends of the dear people at Washington, we can scarcely look for any improvement." We might quote articles such as these to any extent; but these are sufficient. New Vork is to ihe commercial and busi ncss relations of the United States what the heart is to the human system. A panic there carries a panic to all parts of the country; and so sure as the Sub-Tieasury goes into operation, so sure will the same blighting effect follow that swept over tho country on itg former adoption. Indiana Courier.
Mas. Ames, wife of the Kev. E. R. Ames of Indiana Conference, died at New Albany on the 21st of April. Dr. Isbaei. T. Ganby, died at Crawfords vi lie, Ind, on the lSlh of April. John S. Heid, Esq., of Liberty, is announced as a candidate for Representative in the next Legislature from the county of Union,
Rather flowing figure of Speech. The Salem Register undertakes to account for the freshet in the Merrimac by saying that one ol the party recently defeated in that region thinks it was caused by the tears of ihe locofocos. shed for the downfall of their stronghold in New Hampshire. If this should turn out lobeliterelly the case, the phenomenon would prove that the loco foco sensibilities are almost as intense as the Spaniard's passion when ho first fell in love and then fell into the river, which he so healed thai it boiled all the Ash.
Dittinguthed Editorial guetls John C. Vaioiian, q. Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette, and John D. Defrees, Editor of the Indian State Journal, will visit llrookville on to morrow. These two gentlemen share more largely probably in tba esteem and confidence of their fellow citizens, than any other two editors in the Mississippi valley. May tbey live long to merit and enjoy that confidence.
War! The news from Mexico is so un satisfactory that we place nol the most im
plicit reliance on it- It may be true and it
may not. But a few day's will scttlo the doubt.
h.a l.nwA a waw nnin.itlaAila
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set ol business men in our city; for as we understand, a firm in this place last week
issued an attachment upon some three or
' four Canal Doals ly ing at the While Waler j
j Canal Basin belonging to persons living 111 I your town or vicinity, and intend holding
them unti! a certain claim, by the firm set forth, is settled. The matter as we under
stand it is: Sonu 18 months since some three 01 four individuals received of a firm in the city 400 or 500 barrels of salt to ell on commission. By some neglect upon
the part of the purchsers, a considerable portion of the salt was injured in such a manner as to render it mint j for market.
The creditors thinking it was time for a settlement of ihe affair, began to enquire into the matter, and found thai they were
minus the salt the pay for the same ditto
Accordingly watching for an opportunity
they seized upon the above boats, and in
tend making their salt ouiofthem. Ta
king it altogether it may be considered a
salty affair, and one not to be settled with
out considerable difficulty.
fatal accident occurred on Sabbath
last on Sycamore hill, a short distance '
above this place. A German with his wife
and child had walked out in search of llow-
crs, and having found a tree whose bloom
ing buds offered a fine prospect forgathering a rich boquet, he ascended the tree, aud
was plucking the flowers therefrom, when losing his hold he fell to the ground, and alighting diieclly upon his head, breaking his neck instantly. A crowd collected in a few moments and his body, which hut a few moments before had been walking erect and nobly forth, was borne a lifeless corpse to his once happy but now desolate threshhold. 1 1 was a melancholy right to see the fond and loving wife leading by the hand her innocent and unconscious child, following the body of her lifeless husband lo her cheerless abode. Many were the words of consolation lhat came to the lips, but achat are words of comfort spoken to a broken heart? Yours, CATO.
Uriah Edward, W. P. Wm. Rea, W. A. II. W. Heaton, R. S. John Dickson, A. R. S, Elisha Hyde, F. S.
Jl J'ovflty. We Lave been presented
with a copy of a Newspaper, printed in the English Language at Honolulu, on the
Island of Oahu. This Island is ono of the
Sandwich group, and is nearly on tbe op poite side of the earth from us.
Henry French, T. H.S. Heiskell C. II. Caiter, A. C. Geo. M'Natt, I. S. Washington Dicision Xo. 1U Thii Di
vision is located at Indionapolis, and wa, opened ou Friday last by Mess. Goodwin
and Clarkson. John D. Defrees, editor of the State Journal, was elected V. p
and W. T. Hatch, R. S. We have not 1 list of the Officers, but we presume they will be published in the Indinapolij papers. Many of the most prominent and respectable persons in that place were initiated, and among the number was Gov. Wallace.
IE5A bashful wooer, not long since, wishing to pop the question, did it in the
following singular manner; Taking up Ihe j
young lady's cat, he said; ' Pussy, may I have your mistress?" It was answered by ihe lady, whosaiJ; "Say yes, pussy."
Gen. Duff Green. This gentleman is io N. York, m iking arrangements to start a new daily paper. Whether it will be a Whig or Democratic is nol stated, though jusl as likely to be one os the oilier.
New York Election. Three tickets for Mayor and Councilinen were ran at the recent Manicipal election, viz: Whig, Native, and L icofoco. For Mayor, the vote stands; Taylor, ( W.) i):fc"; Cozzens, (.) tf,202; Micile, 22-16-. Mickle over Taylor, 7.133 Taylor and Cozzens over Mickle UIG3. Compared with last Spring, ttho Loco Focos have fallen off 2, 139 vote iie Whigs increased 8,003, and the Nap ives dwindled froinjlT.OO I to SHOO an actual Ios of 'J00O. Tho Whigs have elected teir candidates Jfor Councilnjen in tho 3d and 15th W.rd. the Natives in the lhh, in all tho rest the Loco Foco candidates are elected.
lion. E. A. Han.neuan. On taking the cars at Madison for Indianapolis, on Thursday, the 23d inst. we discovered that we were in th presence of some distinguished person some great man. This any stranger could discover from his air and conversation. We were at a loss to say who it was. Wethoughtof several, but their cases would not fit. Bui on arriving at Vernon wc found it was the Hon E. A. Hannegan, U.S. Senator from this state, on a short visit to his family and friends. In the long and important debate on the Oregon question he had injured bis health by constant and exciting application, and it having been settled in the Senate for awhile, he has broken away lo his home to recruit hi health and strength. From a
personal acquaint nice with Hannegan, we haveimproved our opinion of him. He is more ol a genlleman than we had been led lo suppose, by the representations we had heard ol him. He is not a man of lhat masterly mind, which grasps, comprehends and impresses; but he is agreeable in conversation, gentlemanly, sober, and charitable towards his political opponents. In his defence of our litle lo the w hole of Oregon, his whole soul is thoroughly engaged. And although he claims no more than we do, yet we acknowledge he manifests more enthusiasm and energy in defence of the measure. Mr. Hannegan has gained considerable reputation this session by his course, and has sustained himself credita-
Albany Election The Whigs have succeeded in electing .their Mayor by from four to live thousandm ljorily. ' Last year the Loess succeeded.
The news from Mexico is rather worlike. And the news from India is rather oisastrous for those poor, weak heathens, w hom the British ate inhumanly butchering. England is certainly giining laurels.
Mexico War.
So says the tenor of the news brought us
through the attention of our friend W. A Hatdcrman, of tbe Louisville Courier.
I he idea of Mexico declaring war against the United States is cne of the absurdest things that sane men could dream of, and if done must be regarded simply as the prelude to another revolution. It may
be ttiat Paredes, desiiing to concentrate tbe mind of Mexico upon foreign matters to turn attention from himself, and bis designs or to arrest further outbreaks, has declared war, as tbe least of serious evils; but if so, it cannot save him at home, and must make him ridiculous abroad. We should regret very much to have the news confirmed; for war, little or large, are nol what our country wants, and a war with Mexico, weak and divided as she is, wc should least of all like to see. It will not add to our character in tbe present, sod mar tarnish our reputation in the future. Mr. Halderman writes us. LovisyiLLE Mormno Coir. Office, April 26, Sunday 2 o'clock, P. M. Eds. Gazette, The Yorktown is about starting for your city, and I take occasion to send you, in advance of the mail or other mode of conveyance, some important news by the Peyton just landed, in 5 dayk and 17 hours From New Orleans. About an hour before the Peytona left, the steamship Alabama arrived at N. Orleans in 26 hours from G alveston. The following memorandum was taken from bar manifest. "Off Bar of South-West Pass spoke the U. S. steamer Col. Harney, direct from
nrazna Santiago, sou nd to this port.--
meiol. It. reports that war has been declared by Alexia against the United Stales, and the toh de of the Alexican coast
ca now under blocxade from tort Jackson. P. S. The Col. II. will be up to the city to-night." As the Peytona made a very quick trip, later news from New Orleans will not be rcce ivd for some two or three days. In baste, vours, &c. W. N. HALDERMAN.
Sons of Temperance. A Division of this laudable institution has been formed in Richmond, and from lie advances it has made in rccalingfrom tbc i "cups" many of our otherwise valuable citizens, we are inclined to believe it will be the means of working out a complete temperance reform in our community. It is well known that the old temperance society, in this, hs Well as most other places, has proveJ ineffectual in keeping 0?
tbat interest and excitement which is essen
tial in making permanent the g.-od r?iolvei
ol the reformed, by encourageing anJ aiding through tbe many difficulties and te npalions that so aften beset those who ire endeiro-
ring to break off long established and cber ished habits. Tbe Sons of Temperance society il de
signed to supply the deficiencies of the o'4
temperance society by uniting its member together in holy brotherhood ,and it tbe mn;
time to be very dilligent in seeking out the
unfortunate victim of intempermce,'aod iru duce him if possible, to break from bit limbs the Euioideal chain that is fast dragging b. to a drunkard's tomb. Wo can not Bee any objection to this society. The sectarian of eery donominition ire numbered in its ranks, and bare a'licknowledged its potency, ami its 6trictly moral character. And we sincerely hope the citizens of this community will give it their hearty approval by uniting in iu righteous efforts in bringing bumoity out of ber ashes snd 'restoring re&soos to bet shining throne.' Tbe Division ha been established Lcre but a few weeks, and its numbers lave in
creased rapidly. Tsu were initated at tba last meeting, and about the si me number of applicants. Richmond Jcfftnonia'i. COMMERCIAL. Cincinnati Market Flour. Tbe market yetstcrday excessively dull. Tbe only sales beard oj were 13 brls from store, at $3;fi?. " 50 barrels at $:J;70. A sala of 1200 brls. delivered on tbe last of June, late on Saturday on private termsPrevisions.- A sale on Saturday of brls thin Mess, country, at $9,50 wd ' harrela at $7,5) Yesterday, 600 br.s Mess, on private terms, ond ot0 brls do. good country packet, at $9,23. Of Bon, tbe sales were limited 40,000 lbs Sides, city cured, at 5c. bhds, included: 5 Shoulders at 4c, and 5:, for bhds. IM ealesofLard beard of, were 200 brls ! 1. at6e; 50 kegs do, country rendered, and 74 kegs do, city, at Gc. ,. , Groceries. A Sale from Landm? 01 149 brls Molasses at 32c; 5 bids air Orleans Sugar at 6c: 5 boxes common White Havana nt 9c; 23 bags prime Bis Coffee at Sic, 30 boxes Rasins, M. K-i " 12 per box. Shot. A sale of 5 kegs at$H. Ke a few days since at $13, thawing Ma' ward movement in prices. r,,ih Feathers A sale from store 0. 4W 1D prime live Geese at 2Gc. . Oats. A sale of 100 bush from 81 27c , Cheese A sale of 50 boxes selected a; 6ic Cin. Gas.
election i"
Oregon. -It will be seen lhat the Oregon notice resolution has finally passed both houses.
Estep's Trial. --In another column will be found a correct report of Mr. Esteps trial. Our absence from home prevented its earlier nppeaeance. It is said there is no less than six persons now at Washington who expects to be the next President. The number who wtsh to bf, has not been estimated
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Virginia f.r mprnKora n( the HoUSC 01 I"-'
egates and tho usual number of feena W ' took place on Thursday last. Veuareturns from a few counties. Obih county, as usual, has clectca Whig to tbe House of Delegates by 'r majority. Marshall has elected a Whig by e ml" ityof21. Tyler and Whetzell have elected a u'c
by over 200 majority.
Brooke, as usual, has elected a i .
1 nf In the Senatorial District, composed tbe counties of Brooke, Ohio, Marshall. iJ ler and Whetzell , Col. J, Prrriott, ( ?; ha ho on nli.iAt hit nit inn 1 7 01
votes. This is the first lime in man)
that tbe Whis have secured this ats.rA:-