Indiana American, Volume 18, Number 9, Brookville, Franklin County, 22 February 1850 — Page 2
AillKIlICAiV. UKOOKVILLE, INDIANA. FRIDAY, FEB. 22, I860. O Messrs Howell & Allen purchased the farm of J G. Humphrey in Bath township this week, for $4000. There was 160 acres. CT The Carmirhwl r.irm, two miles South West of Brookvilte, on Saturday 1 ast, was pnr-
Frnnblln t'irrnit Conrr. Mat jon, Ksq., has been confined by sickness (0 I Mondat, 4t!i Feb. Circuit Court met, Grand his house and tlie proceedings ef ur Court have I
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Jury empanelled, and criminal docket called.
Thirty-five indictments non pressed as having
I been found in case where the jurisdiction is ) exclusively in Justices of the peace. ! TrrsD.w 5th. Several defaults were taken on to-day and judgments entered inactions of debt and assumpsit. Rut as we do not feel any desire to expose the financial troubles of any ef our fellow citizens, we withhold namesand amounts. Mrs. I.yiiia Perrrne, of Salt Creek, appeared
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1S50.
lost some derree of their interest lv reason of et7 generally conceded mat congress
his absence. We are happy to learn that his In- to-morrow will try to get to work. There is a dispobition, though painful, is not at all danger- treat deal - done. nd il 13 time 8 beginning
0(lg snouin ne maae. Sis persons hare been naturalized p to tlw ! The leaders of lb. Locofoco party in the present day of the term. j House have generously given out the impres
sion that they wilt pass, or let pass, the revenue
ft now sixty years of age, and his family consists of himself, wife, son and daughter. He is often called upon to deliver addresses befere institutes, societies, &.c, and delivers a plain,
practical, instructive lecture. lis has no aristocracy, except of honesty and respectability, about him, and glories in being a tanner. His mammoth tannery at Prattsville
is five hundred feet long, and turns out the best
'onj(rritKinnl. Washing., Feb-14, 1850. Sexatk. After some unimpoatant business,
' the Senate resumed the consideration of Mr.
Clay's compromise resolution
Thr IVevrC ilr' -Ilnmdrn, !Hn. About half way between Springfield and Northampton Mass. with the upper end of WestSpringfield on one side and a part of Hadley on
the other, are IlAnt.tr I ali., where the Con-
Quite a larpe number of cases have been dis
j r i i .i- : i j ! Iiilt to-morrow. R.isnendinor fnpRtimfl the net of I entlaoili, thai Hnilak marlml. Tn his chronol
puseu vi uy inai, uimisai, cuiiipruiiiieB ana j i b - cwn, iviui ... nuUn ( lad reached disunion continuances; vet quite a number remain to be 1 3d of March last, catling down the expenses of gy, to be found in the "American Biographical , ' 918 prea ,e . .
disposed of. The increase of the population,
ctraaett by Mrs. Carmichael, and Noah Carmi-jloa recognisance to keep the peace towards j business and wealth of the county has occasioned
a corresponding increase of litigation. T hree weeks are now regularly consumed, and all the business cannot be disposed of in that period. Tuesday 19th. Exmrrmts or Nixo Oi.ivfr
collecting the revenue, some thirty per centum Panorama," is the following entry: "1S4G.
Mr. Jetfierson Davis concluded his remarks in , necticut rushes and foams down a descent of
reply to Mr. Clay. He contended that slave forty over a bed of rugged rocks in the. labor would be necessary and profitable in Cal- , course of a mile. Around those falls on the ifornia. He defended the course pursued by ; west side a Canal was constructed by a comthe south npon the slavery question, and denied Pny f English emigrant some forty years ago,
He also defen-j "n1 "as remained in use lor boating, rafting
ded the action of Mississippi relative to the June ! timber, &c. to-tins time A factory was con-
enaef for afcoot j.?10O. One piece of it selling : John Kickalts, and was required to give bond to
for $900, which was bonght several years ago at s keep the peace. $1300. I Wednesday GO. Steps were taken in a numJT" Dr. John R.Goodwin, Richard McChtre, ' ber of civil causes. Teter McQuality was tried J S Powers, L. V. C. Lynn, James Goudie for a nuisance and acquitted. John Henderson and others, left this place on yesterday for Cali- was tried for stealing a watch, in Clarksburgh, fornia. : and after a long trial, was convicted. The case
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fr- Mr John Rinksrd of thl place has sold , ",VS"' lu"J - against tue delenrtanls, to stay an action or I.jecthls farm, North orBrnokvill-, t.. Ir. Wamhangh of re,,ue- "e was sentenced to the States prison menl brongnt by them. Oliver left 1 10 acres . ' .: r., co inn Mr. Kinkard takes in 1 fof ,wo ve,,rs' disfranchised, an.l fined one dollar. cf iant nMr yn, Carmel which was described in
pay, the Doctor's Dm Store in Cincinnati. ! Tiitwdav lh. Tokch vs RiTU.a & Link . hls wi 9S ,ylnp North of the Turnpike road,
1. 1 al - a . 1 J 1 . a1. TV. 11- J . .. t . . n a A ill-
neiow t,.e amount expeucec uuaer .... , u u- , UoWd the concern, o. .... tannery at ,o , water dWwted from chaoDe, . -
i ministration. after tannine over a million sides of sole leather , . . . ' .... . :j . en ,r. j .
Mr. Holmes of South Carolina, on Friday last came out very handsomely in favor of allowing Mr. Secretary Meredith a sum sufficient to col-
Convention. Mr. Davis said it rested with the siructed on or near tne canal, and propelled by
a. water diverted irom tne c nan net by the low,
i. ;-..., .1..11 tu. ..r;itn in 1.I.H. and rude dam required to fill tne canal and efTeet.
vs Cl.KDF.tt!o Sc. others In this case, which j,ect ,1,e revenue, both on the Atlantic and the without a litigated law suits, or having a sin
was submitted and agreed on yesterday and de- 1 ac,uc C0HSU'' amj on 1116 ,aKes anu r,Ter!, w"eTe ; !" ""'''' i i . i . tmi . i .. rnllprtinn f?wtripl tinva lioon fitntiliMlid . fit i C..l.
cmen to-oay, inn was nieo tor an iniunction '
maintained that it was nut justice to tne em-
using lau.'mu corns oi rK, .rom ,e ,.MuB,. , . ,.k-. itslockaees. There was no vilrape inairhr..
" ' r ' ! R, Jic. Th. north had been the aggressor, the adjacent land, generally sandy and poor
juuu years o. lauor, .mi ri.. .M.. : where not rendered intracUble bv rock. ,
i duu ii wan uui iiiii uui i lie run ii vi
e' i . .....
! . i j .i .i. tTi preclnices. was divided into thinlv scatteml nA
riiriih iiitti uau uuuiiu 1110 buuiii iu viic kj hiuh- i -.-u
many portions of
less invl-
I.. . ,, ! ment that had bound the south to the Union. "cuP, ,,u ;s..iestn.en. i Mr. Downs next took the floor, but the far- not very thirty farms. Not He ; Such is Z.dock Trait, the plain, honest me- .... ...... ' ..., ,he Connecticut River Vallev
1 urns I r A tn.rfair C irk U tt.n Pntil 1
ST Mr. William MP porcnau j for the plaintiff; a new trial was granted and on j Mr. Lynn the frame dwelling immediately op- .
postte Mr. fllatsou s in tins piacr. .-n-
tntends moving to town
ployers anil to the Government to do so. Locofoco and Nullifier though he I Mr. Holmes is a gentleman who can soar above the disrepnta-
! ,j . i the Connecticut River Vallov were
fiiaiu tin, nrnrtirnl ntiitesman the honest J ' .
......v, ... , . -
' unt;l Monday.
; ting or prosperous aspect
and as being a part of the South East quarter j of a certain section; when the testator had no bind in that qnartr, but had land In the South ; West quarter of that section: the will directed!
. i . r i i j .i... .... j , i stand, on the numerous nominations before that
. . , r .i j .1 r n T i 1,7 1 uim ine proceeds s.iouiu , tT We regret to hear of the death ol nr. l . iavin f 0ij ileat to ura,y attempted to charge ! Iw. U t . t . I body. More interest seems to be Mt, just now.
He was one of the best
j a disagreement of the Jury. The third tri.nl re-
i salted in a verdict for the defendants. Ywkum 1
Cowgit.ntl.reeticastle, Ind., which occnr-, the defendantS) as Bpnls of EradW, for havinjr Serernl nnesiion, w. r,; . l i.,i.. ' fate of the nominailon of Mr Lewi,lh
used such language as lod to a personal liability ' direction to sell the land was not void for nn-er. CHectr at Philadelphia, than iu that of any
on their part. i !,- oj !,.,,. 'other
CoMMissioNKssorRirLErCoiMTrrgYATER were capable of taking under the will, nnd 3d,
fed a few days since.
men In the State. CT There were IDS marriage licenses issued
In I ranklm Lo. tn me year iru. i ins rpr., . i e netendant was Auditor or Kipley County , whether the executors did or did not t ike anywell for the trade, prosperity and popnlat'on of and this suit, sent to thiscounty on a change of ' tl.inc more than a naked nower to sell, ul.iel,
oar country. In the year 1?2 there were only , venue, was brought to recover moneys alleged ! would entitle the t'elendants, who are fie heirs
to have been retained by him as fees unlawfully, at law or Oliver, to the possession of the land Several points somewhat intricate and interes- until a sle is perfected. ting, were raised by counsel, but the decision of I The Court derided that the drrit!n In H,
the Court settled bnt oue-tlmt, as the School ! will was si.nicienlly certain; that the will giving ! C0Uf8e f ,he "Union" "ewspap-r, in onceding Fund is in the rns-tndv of the ronrrrpseinn .l ' i: i. . .i.. . ' fr yielding one inch to the North. The little
All Ibe Records of the coui.ty,inch.d.Ug,Towni(,i. mlt!ie:?u u., .... , . .M. ! article In that paper to-day agreeing with the
Clerks, Recorders, School Commissioners, . ,he , t, c , , R. , . ! , ' . ' ' Inscription on the stone for the Washington
Some n:lso nf inn ...,t i r j.. j . Motinmetit, prepared and sent bv Indiana, that
"Indiana knows no North and no south," does not all please him, as I understand. If he does not like the tone and sentiments of the "S'de
I Inv. given this outline of him for the infor- The bill relative to the act limiting the revemation of your readers, and to present them with . n for collecting the customs has passed both
bla tricks or party, which could ouly be follow- an example for imitation. ' ,,0,,w of Congress, and will soon De a law. ed and obeyed by inflicting Injury upon the . There Is but one drawback to the picture j The Secretary or the Treasury will probably be ountry. ' Col. Trait is a modern democrat, though he ble. with thesura appropriated by the new act.
The Senate will now go to work, as I tinder- partlr atones for this by having three whigs for 10 through the year.
his partners in business. But democrat though he be, I hope the time is not far distant when I
1 shall behold l.im Governor of Ihe great state of yesterday to considerable jlebate.
New York. He deserves an honor of that mag- ; nitude, and would wear it well.
80 licenses issued in thiscounty, and Iu 1333
fmrre were 153. STThe Court House In Sullivan Co. lnd.
was destroyed by fire on the night of the Cuh
.,. All ll. Vaonrria nr 1 in rnllt.1V. Illf lit 1119
in-... i ii .no 1.'.. j 1 1 own iiiw. .mil thp Siirninc i;..vutnf.i iii t r . i. i... .1 .
1 1 ' . "v , . v. , m nr i;'!"!; imii irmi me win pave no INTEREST
. - ii.i 1 --T- . 1 111 i.iiii m iurrArt:uiurs, IIUl Pllll II, H power County Treasurer, &c. &c. and at the notes and , rropr pf fan pf Mn bond, belong.ng to the school and laurt funds Co nHmont 1 Ri Uw o
ion was there-
Mr. Ca'.honn is slowly recovering, and hopes , to be able by Tuesday to resume his seat In the ! Senate, and to express his sentiments on the! vexed qaestion of the day. He states that be : would not reply to any body, but will give his own views relative te the whole controversy. : He is represented to be much displeased with the
were entirely burnt. It is ,ho?ht they were , !tev,.rMeUer!( from Pouglass M .guire ' sion nntil the sale. The Injnct l it,.. n.ni In Dnrhnrn Cn. IiV some I 1 .1 ......
""J " j and other persons to shew the law of the case, fbre refused.
Interested person. 1 hey ought to mint i Mr. Holland retorted by read ine the editorial ..f
ont, and snd him to Congress, es other coun tics have done.
(irn. I dine.
tho American of week before last iu which Col. 'counterf. it bank
hnd lutelv received at the hands of the Abolition
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State v, WA,.Tn!S.-I.,dictment for passing "rE"' m w -"'7 n is lor ...m .0 fJjtorg t, Norlhi
notes.
The
prisoner was
l-umont was served lip. broueht from the iail and arraigned f.ir his trial
Friday Sth. Lydia T.-rrlne was introduced ; this mornine. The counsel were pnln-throuph
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From a letter in the last Mate cnunn, ir..... jnKt.,.u u.e puui.c, auu auer a long trial l.elore the prali.ninnry fieht on the sufficiency of the Gen. Lane, we learn that the General does not j a jury was fine,! one dollar for n assault and indictment comm-n in such cases, when our Intend to retnrn to this State. He says: j battery on Mrs. Rioketts. This is one of those '; report closes. Should the trial ro on it will nc-
n
j follow President Taylor's rule, to throw it asid j R,f bK , ffpj MiJ ,he M.lfBllll;pp, Penator
the State, God bless her; bnt 1 am here, I am poor, and have a lar?e family to support. 1 can make money, and have concluded to send, by my son. who gos home, fur my family. It is like takine my life to bid farewell to my State, bnt whtt hotter can I do ? 1 am not now able to labors' I once could, ami hen is perhaps thbt nlnce fur me. H goes fullv author z-d to sell Ihe homestead, and all my effects, settle my business, pay all debts, aud leave the homo once an dear.
----->A letter from Washington says: "The Hudson Bay Company, through the British Minister, have renewed their proposition, made during the administration of President Polk, to the United States government, to dispose of all their possessory rights in Oregon,
south of 49 degs., for a million of dollars. This proposition was communicated to the Senate, in executive session. The price asked is the same as before, although the property has increased in value. ———————
without reading what It says.
Mr. Senator Douglas thinks that his scheme
and that of Mr. Clay, for the settlement cf the slavery nnd territorial question, by a little dovetailing of the one into the other, will meet the approbation of Congress and the people, and be nnvapil itiffl n lur T !ti.li.. lie t.tuti la If. I.irrf.1.
XI' . on.i. tm. - . 1 ... ' I
, . r. ,,., "se o, ,i,e .e vs . ,M t)le niumoi , governments winch are now . W alters tesulted in a verdict of P'liltv and sen- r .1 1 . . . y 1 r ' in force in the newly acquired territories, and
Satprdav 9lh. The Grand Jury having re- , '",''n;"1 V nn nn , to let them act under those legalized governturned 1G indictments made th. ir report rpon ' "'7 "I .' -n"tnent against this ; men ,, conslitM,ion r Utlit(,(! the jnil condemning it, nnd calling the att-nli,.,, 1 1' w "y0"" nnM "n,il U,e nrxX until they knock as Stales f.,r admission into of the Countv Commissioners to the propriety f, ' . in(lir,m'"1 the Union. The General Government to send
r ... ' n!...-A...!..;. '. ,J 'r!rery,
ui riri.iing n urn uiir. j iiis no nil rauie nu v ice
I Save seen much of this country and like it. 1 disgraceful family feuds that lead often to the Cnpv a dav or more
Yet 1 would much rather be in Indiana. I like i djslre:t)j coiisennences. and M nv r.,i- ...
! are attended with costs and trouble" the most
I vexations and harrassim.
.in . ii ii. i . luiirmi .vi,iii-t.ii,i. rriiii swore that he conld not safely go to ,roop, pnollgl ,here to protect the inhabitant,,
trial here, on aeronnt of the prejudice of
changi
o.l v,.o u,. ,i... !..: r .i i. i
, ,. ... people nirainst dim; whereupon a fMllltllctl lllta UTrnl.llDil knan t m n it..,
' ' ! renne was r mom I. nr.llfTlinl ...AtlfrlU In l.rtl.1 a : ........ !
t... , ,. ,., . . ... ' Court meets on the 2d Monday or March This is lined thronghout with boiler iron; it has 1 .
of
renne was granted to Decatur County That
two very small windows, and isheHted by a stove; and is altogether so (small and so ill ventilated as to be horribiy offensive in a very short time after a human being is committed to it. We can r-'ad
with horror the acceunts of the dungeons of Europeou despots, and weep over the sufferings of prisoners confined in them; and in our midst we have a prison as loathsome and offensive as
against the Invasions aud as.-iults of the unfriendly Indians. My opinion is that President Taylor's scheme is the best one of all yet brought forward. It will answer every purpose, while it steers clear of the Wilmot Proviso Usue. Mr ("lav's arru-
.1. H.fJrrcn Arrratrtf. The Reformed Gambler, J. H. Green, was
recently arrested in Albany on a chargo of obtaining money under false pretences, nnd t iken to New York, wher he was committed. The Mirror says, that on his arrest, the ohVcr took from his person a bad bill for $500 on the Philadelphia R.ink, $10 on the Northern 11 ink of Kentucky, likewise two cancelled 500 Treasury Notes. Justice Monntfort committed the accused to prison for a further hearing.
Nplrit of (ho I'i-chs of Imlinnn.
In this State, likall the States of this Union,!
71 r. Ilnnncsnn. Th eNew York "Globe" has the followine:
"U e perceive that our late Minister to Berlin, nients, that it would be a wrong to the South for Hon. Edward A. Ha nnegan, has returned in ihe . the fifteen Northern States to compel Congress Enropa; and a personal friend of ours, who to forever exclude slavery from the new territoknew him intimately abroad authorize, lis to ries acquired by Ihe blood end treasure orthe say that the letter defamatory of Mr. Hannngan, South and North p.like, and that il would be a In the ppers of Boston, and copied elsewhere, ' wrong to the North for the fifteen Southern
any that we have read of except the Black Ho'e lm,tPS nothine but statements utterly without States to compel Congress to legislate slavery of Calcutta. Humanitv is a very pretty thing ' foundation. Mr. Hmnegan never tasted a drop into the territories aforesaid, to the detriment of ... . .. . ... r 1 ... J..: i.j- .. I I . :j ,.. , ., . . . i . .
to talk about, and shines neantilully in print and , ""'" -i-"" . ..r...K ... ....,.- rrsir.rme ... nun p:,insi Uie principles oi me whole people ; yhy he bad fought for the south before they in speeches, but when was it ever known to Europe, and his conduct was or Ihe most nmia- j of the North, is unanswraable. All admit the ; wpre born, jIe ,,B( ,aken j.j, ,iflS ; one hand overcome the lore or the almightv dollar? ! We and exemplary character nnder all circum-. justness or the postulate. Why then attempt ; anJ lis ,,word in t)e otliert Bnd fought for the any or onr citizens who has Tell his soul stirred ! Manres- T,,p ?,ori'"' ""efore. or the letter , to do the one or the other? And why attempt w)en fighting was of some account. with sympathy and horror, and enthusiastic ha-iwri,,r,n 1"tion are most cruel ns well as un-; lo pass terrilorial bills, when all know it is tit- Ie saili ,lml ,1,. odor of Nullification was so tred of despotism when he has ad or the B..s-; i"s' BnH w"r, no ,onbt ,,,e rnanufacture of terly impossible o pass them, without the at-' slroni: South Carolina, that it was not deemed
tile or the dungeons of Uhiilon, come to firook- j'puhii m ...,...K,...j. . -ci.ineiii oi n.e nmci. rroviso , All know pru.'etillo oriainate and slartlnthat Statethe
Three or fouryearsajo a company, of capital- : isis who had turned the Chicopee River, soma ; ten mile below, into a Manufacturing Canal', ; and built up the village of Cabotville thereon making a good investment thereof, pitched upoa j Hadley Falls for the theater of a far mora gfgan-
The President has transmitted to both Houses ,lc """ "ouung to nobody, th.y
th. Constitution of California. It gave rise commenced buying np the lands necessary to a m i . . i r- 1 1 ... . .
. command oi ine i ans, wnn a good dsal more on j the West side, amounting to some twelve hun-
WASHtNCTO, Fed, 15,1?50. red acres in all, or nearly a parallelogram ef fr.iATT.. After unimportant routinebusiness, . tw0 mM fcy on(.t wItj, luconsiderabla excepthe Senate resumed the consideration orthe Tros- tions. One Loco-Foco who owns forty arrss la idenfa Message relative to California. the very heart of 'The New CUy' rrusesti Mr. Butler spoke in opposition to tho sepera- ,gen it because (as he says; he is"uostila to cortinn of the question of the admission of Culifor- porations." This 'Corporation' has made his nia from other agitating questions of the day. iand worth $40,000, when, but for its operaHe alluded to a remark of Mr. Clay yesfrday, I i)on9i 4,000 would have been a high price for it.
relative to the allegiance which he recognized. s,jt this is a free country, and a man is not He was surprised to hear him declare he owed . obliged to exercise commou sense unless he has no allegiance to one particular section. . t. W e presume, however, henevsr th CorMr. Clay Interposing, thought he had said he j pration srany body else will give him $100,000 acknowledged no specific allegiance to any par- j he will sell out, and go on c jrsing Corporation ticular section, that he acknowledged allegiance ' as ever. only to the sovereignty of Kentucky and the j Having thus secured a goed foudation for therr Union. I enterprise, the Company proceeded In ltvlS toMr. Butler said he knew no Union except ! dam the Connecticut at a coast of over $50,000 what South Carolina recogniz-d, nnd he owed I but the stately river disdained to be impeded in no allegiance except to South Carolina. lie ! its course at such a pitiful rata as that. Tho
' appeared tn be acting up to the olj rule of one's ; was willing to refer the subject of the admission dam being con.pli led and closed, the filling comjudgitig others by one's self. Ihe Mississippi of California and all other agitating questions to ' menced; but when the water had reached within Senator's habit of eternally making himself a Committee composed entirely of Northern J two feet of the top the structure gave way wis heard by the Senate, on all occasions and on all men, for the purpose of ascertaining what terms utterly demolished and iu good part floated off. subjects, was to be accounted for in the casli- they would offer to the South. He thn pro- i Nothing daunted, tho Company as once begsogations which he was all the time receiving from ceeded to speak at length against the admission again, and this time with a proper idea of tlie the press in all quarters. He begged all repor- of California. . j magnitude or their undertaking. Covering the
lers, letter writers ann eouors to cease castiga- , uer some lartnor nenate tne i.iriner consu- ground and us vicinity all last summer with ting the Senator from Mississippi, for they were eration of the subject was postponed nntil Tues- about as many workman as could stand on It, not bettering his propensities at all, but were day, and the Senate adjonrned nntil Monday. ! they turned the current hither and thither inflicting a heavy burden upon the indulgence , Housit.-After unimportant bnsinessthe House ' throughout the dry season by temporary dam
resolved itself Into a Committee of the Whole, drilled andblaxted out a wide and deep foundatiou and resumed the consideration of the President". for their great permanent dam in the solid rock
California messige. Mr. Root Slid he would go for the admission of California with her present boundaries. He differed from the President in his do nothing policy. He wanted matters seltled. Ha spoke at great length in favor of the Wilmot P.ioviso. Mr. Mann followed, in support of the Wilmot Proviso, and in favor of the admission of California. When he had concluded, the Committee rose and the House adjourned.
rOTOMAC. Corrrpntilrnce of the Ilaltimnrr rnt.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11,1850. i The scene in the Senate, on Friday last, when , the gallant General Foote got unhorsed several times, by Mr. Iltle, of New Hampshire, and Mr. Houston, of Texas, to the amusement of; all lookers on, of both sexes, has been much . talked and laughed about. j Mr. Habs a warm on the subject of the re- ; ception orthe Quaker memorial ror for a peaceable dissolution of the Union. i ! Mr. Foote attributed the New Hampshire Senator's renewed leal to the castlgations he
of the Senate! j The nitdiense roared, and the volatile and nervous Mr. Foole blushed red to the top of his cranium! ! I After thi', General Sam. Houston mode his speech In favor of running the Missouri Compromise Line to the Pacific ocean, and against Nullification, Disunion, nnd the proposed
Southern Convention to be holden at Nashville. He made some palpable hits at the authors of the Southern Address got np at the last session of Congr -ss, nnd kept Messrs. Foote, JefT. Davis, Clemens nnd Butler jumping np and explaining or asking questions in rapid succession. He laughed at the young men, as he termed Messrs. Foote, Davis and Clemens, for undertaking to touch him what was his duty to the South!
at the bottom of the channel. Hara the foundation was laid, the timbers being bolted down into the immovable rock beneath, and their interstices, as the work ptogressed, f.lled In wltli pebbles. Thus the dam was rnplJly bat rndsriiiEly constructed, tver a thomaud fret in length, to a bight or thirty feet above the snrTace below, with ii.iinei.se stone abutments aad a heavy wall protecting Ihe new manufacturing canal on the west sia of the river, 1 i: ft-et wide
ville nnd enter the dungeon here when any one j llmtd Hint Itonmt. Is confined there, and he can se his fancy pic- j The G ilena Advertiser cautions the public lure fully realiz-d in the Pandemonium that against one E hvard Lyons, who has rendered civilized people call a Jail. j himself famous in the upper country, by mnrryJosErn Hrr.R(V v? Srsix Hs.rron This ing ladies single or already wedded and preachcomplainant obtained a divorce, in shewing that ing Millerism. According to the Advertiser,
Washington, Feb. IS. 1 ?50
j Situate. Mr. Clay presented a petition Trom a : single individual, asking that tlu- first Senator , proposing a dissolution or the Union be expelled i from the Senate Laid on the table. After some unimportant business the Senate proceeded to the special order of the day, bring
Mr. Clay's compromise resolutions. Mr. Downs having the floor, proceeded to address the Senate at length in opposition to the resolutions, and agaiust the admission of California with her present Constilntion. He would
! an I twelve to twenty de.ip, through which whole water of the rivrr. except the Imknge nf the dam, will be conducted for a space of tbree and a half miles, Iwing o!l used twice over in ; propelling machinery, and then returned iuto
the prrsent rivar bd hardly half a mile from t!is point ordrpnrtnre. Tlie cost of the present dam alcne is over (150,000, the brsin above bsIng graveled nearly up to its top at a very sligli angle, and the leakage inconsiderable. The whole volume of the tiver now porrs over it la a beant'.ftrl fheut l.fiOO ft long, 0:13 foot deep, and thirty feet from the turfuce abiva to that below.
there is a full assortment of editors ranging some eleven years ego his wife abandoned him, j Lyon teaches that the world is to lest but a from the talented and independent, down to those and has ever since been living in adultery. j month longer; that paper thinks it too long fof who have not au idea above that animal which J H. Bi.ACKt.Knr.K vs H. Armstrono came on such a villian, unless he reform. Lyons is de'sleeps in the river, and stews in the pan." ' to-day and was concluded on a following day of, scribed as being abontsix fret, well proportioned, Pome or our papers are read with interest at home the term. It is an artion of Ejectment between ' n little bald, wears whiskers, and has black eyes nnd abroad, whilst others are scarcely fit to be two neighbors who have quarrelled about their and a pleasing address.
vised for the meanest purposes to which newspapers can be applied . Tlie "Greensbnrgh Clarion," after an Rhsenee of many years, comes to our table. Aftr a
boundary and gone to law to Fettle It. Some j three-fourths oT an acre are In controversy. ;
worth perhaps f. 10. This is the second trlnlas' the jury disagreed at the last term, a result which
eareful examination, we find that none of the recurred In the present trial. The costs and
Boston, February II. Mr. Joseph Stick ney, of the firm of Brown,
Lawrence vt SticVney, was found this morning with bis face bnrled in a pool ef water not more
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Thompson fraternity, baa anv thine to do with counsel rees are perhaps several hundred dollars , '. . .. c l "1 j-
i-...., , .,1 . ., -.it.. . ... . . . 1 H--II lie nun iii-i "iririi . ii.'R .ir y ii nil inn li.rre ft, but it U conducted by two gentleman witS But who would back out when principle is at ... . . . n n.--
u ..,., 1 .L7 returned irom t,ainornin 11. the Meamer r.mpire Imck imon a nnfnl nf hnnntt whom we are nnacnnainted. It has several staKec .... 1 ",,r upon a parol 01 nonor;
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rstiT vs G.tt.p, an action oi ' - " " ",u ,,r ""u """'" . I lie people, the yankees, In the new tefrlto-
I inrinne. I ries have the example of Vermont and of Texas
III. Ii III.. .1 I .....I ...ol.nl.' I .. . rt. I il.l inn r I
. . ! before them ami tln v knew bow W.a KtdtnnMM I. . . I L ......... I..., I . .. .. - I ' . .. 1
ii 11- nifiriiir n in, r unw 11, um ui- 'i rsu 111 in mil r , . .1 ' ' Cases of ameriri.iicv. 1.1 lUm
thnt most of the Northern men who voted to lav ' nroi-n f.,r a S.,..ilr r..;,,n .1 K..W.II.
Root's resolution on the table, Ihe other day ' nnd F0 llie b, waB 8ellt to Mississippi to be first "l Jmi.sion lnd the Constitution II . 1 It t . . r ..... .1 1 Iiaa a. .lAn41 lovil f mafJv lio im r.aA..)A f lif
wo.u iee cnmpei.eo.ovote.or the i.mot pul i motion in that quarter. TheSenator.be t. i t-a . A V .Y 1 The Company has already completed one Proviso, when brouuht to a direct vote nn iis 1 . 11. . . State, but he lielieved it had len adopted by the , .... .. .. irK ,i . r. ..gin to a direct vote on us aimed nt were In hot water, all of them. Mr.' ' , ... ... .. . " ! great Machine Shop, end it U to erect another; adoption to a territorial bill. Why not, then, Foote tried -nd tried again to rally and to put intermd,,,inR ... xecntive. Mr. Downs M; lay the vexed th Ing .-Me, pass the humbug by? ,lim!wlr rig.t-but every time he made the . I fi,n" ' ? ff 5J"m. j ,Dlo wllieh bale, of Colton wi , l0 The lerMorbH, are peopled by men who can and:, empt "Old Sam" came back at l.im harder than , Cl"In(J- n , . ,. ' come out Inles or finished cloth. These Mill, do govern their affairs well, and, with the aid of ver. So it was with the other,. It. hrfj ih.m HoWK -Mr. Doty offered a resolut.on and, ,.:,..,..,....,, r, ,..
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.ui- v. iiiit-ii i iiiirs ii imi Mniiunea in mat region,
i they can take care of themselves well enon
against the hostile Indians. Whv, when Ver-
j Mont was fighting nut the Revolutionary War j on her own book, did not New York march I ever into Vermont an army to capture the In
dependents? And when that army was encamped did not F.than Allen, with his men, guns, scythes and pitchforks, march upon the New York army In its encampment, take all the
rnrcee prisoners, and Ihe next day send them
'on. ' all at bay in a body, and at his leisure unhorsed moved P1'0" onMt'on, .hat the Comm..- f pfon nch i. -i i i, L . i tee on Territories be instrncted to report a bill , . ' . "en ench rider who luted at dim, but worst oral! the i ... ,., . , . in the various department of Carding. Spinnmir
provimiiE ioi n.n HumiRKiDii oi atnoriun nun me , t t, . , . ..... .and Weaving They are alimraVv warm4 I nion on an equal footing with the original . ' , .. o, . ... ., , , . , ,. ,. , , throughout by steam from an enrine-lionse ill States, with the boundanea and limits defined) b ' .u n .t. .! . , . . . . . a basement between the two. The rooms are In the Constitution, said bill not to embrace nny . .....,,
, an i.iiiiini i.iirvciqii iu iiui-i-ii i-t-i iiin, ui.t" .
lighted by windows on erezy si it, and now lit-
aensibl clitorials, which will be a rarity to the) Mospat Nth.
eitizens of Decatur, as It has been n very mean ; Trover and conversion for the value or a horse; j
paper, except when controlled by Bro. Mills. judgment for the plaintiff, on a verdict ofjfiil.
Titspay 12th. Ccfuksr.r vs Throckmorton
gallant Mr. Foote, for whom Friday last was a bad day in the Senate a very unfortunate clay. General Houston paid a generous eulogy to the merits of Col. Benton, alluded to their ear!y acquaintance and the many marks of kindness he had received frori that distinguished Senator' which he could never forget, j The California fever das begnn to rage here more thnn ever before, since the arrival of the
subject or matter outside of California.
After considerable di'cnssion, the yeas and nays were called on a motion to lay the resolu- ' lion on the table, which resulted: yeas 70, naya ' 121. Confusion has ever since prevailed. Several ineffectual attempts were made to adjonrn. The members have mostly got their dinners, aud
ting up with the most improved machinery. W presnme there are so letter mills anywhere. They are radicatly vicious in one respect that of Ventilation. There is a mere -how of provision for this, but not a hundredth part cf what Is needed. Who will frame on act compelling
was tried, a somewhat ridicnlous slander suit, the plaintiff charging that the defendant had accused him of stfai.inc; mm! Verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff should not lie discour-
Among the local Hems in the Clarion or Feb. Plh, we find the following : Minn It P.. It Is with sincere regret we annmnce the appearance of fits disease in onr midst. The InCli.H it Im . .. 1 m- .n n... i I. Ii i r.-. I ..1 K. . . . 1 1
earrier'who put np at one of the tavern's of .hi. ; "s ,,e ""' P ,0 Congress yet. place. Asyettherehavebeenb.it five or six j WfpsfspaT 13th. Nothing of much interest eases, none of these terminating fatally. The ; tn-dav. An Fjectment suit was tried between n.v.rd of Township Trustees have constituted ; T BnJ (1 rn (npRr Fairfield.) on a bennthemselves a Board of Health, and are now t ikrtig , . -,.. i , enargetic measures to arrest the firther spread of ! "'"Hon. erdict and j.t.lgment for the the contagion. The ordinances latelv passed by ' defendant. them will lie iwn in this number. We hope no ' Tm-asnav UlS. Among other things the
exaggerated rumors will I spread abroad In prosecuting Attorney filed an Information
I against tlie present derectors of the Harrison iV
Brookviile Turnpike Company, as usurping
i corporate pewers. The charre Is that at a ri-
apolhi Rail Road. : rpnt election a number of votes by proxy were
jne "t.ourier, .ew taiie, is now an tnirr-
( Is that he bad become mentally daranged.
aevard to the health of Ihe town. I
The last "White Water Valley" contains two
editorials relative to tlie Cincinnati and Indian-
estlag paper. The former editor, Mr. Duggins, having died last summer, the.executor, under the will has engaged J. W. Grubbs to conduct ha paper until the close of the year. Grnbbs is young man of talents and a gentlerrmn. The Conrlor Is filled with good, and een.ibleeditorials, twd notwithstanding he lives in the midst of "a wicked and perverse generation,"' there is not the smell at two-day's old manna about his garments. The "Richmond JefTersonian" is now conducted by James F.lder, late democratic Representative from the whig county of Wayne. Mr.
rernned, sufficient to change the result; consequently the election rs unlawful and the new Binrd are mere pretenders. l?o they finish the road we Fhsll have no quarrel with them. Johm &. SAMt r.i. Bemham vs James Got.o, sen , an action of F.jectmeiit for the recovery of an F0 acre lot of land, of great value, in White Water Tewnship, came on for trial. The suit occupied two days and a half, the testimony being copious and conflicting and going bach to overhaul transractions of more than twenty years standing. The principal points turned on the questions of the delivery of a deed to the father
of the plaintiff, and the notice te all the subse
to act in all
alone lit least
for the present
(irnla I'irlil. at Ikr Wol. j The evidences are strong that Mr. Secretary James Davis, of Wavcrly, Ross county, O., Clayton and Mr. MinMer Bulwer have framed cultivates 1800 acres exclusively In Indian Corn, ' and agreed upon a Treaty (which has been desand has this winter a corn crib filled, which is patched to lliifl.ind by a special bearer of three miles long, ten fool high, and six fel t wide. Despatches) relative lo the Nicaragua question, We presume this Is one or the largest corn fields ' that il would be roily to c'isllitve the rumor tn the world, owned by a single individual. I to that cfTnot. j On the Great Miani Button, adjoining Law-1 Among the distinguished an.l worthy men of renceburgh, la , about 25 miles below Cincln- ( this nation now on a visit to this city, I observe ' nati, there is one fu-ld eeten miles long by three ' with pleasure the Hon. fcidook Pratt, of Pratts- ! miles broad, extending in fact to Aurora, which , ville, Greene county, New York. This is one ! das been regularly planted down to rnrn for of the most remakable n en of the present age. I nearlyhnlfacentury It is notcut up by fences. Wherever he moves and Is known he is unlver- ' although belonging to about a dozen ownefs, all sally respected and esteemed. He began life as of the families of the Hayes, Guards, and Millers. I an apprentice to the Saddlers trade was ever
Although corn is one of the most exhausting industrious, studious, economical and prosper- 1 crops, no manure is ever used, and the soil is as ous and Is now a man of afilneuce a banker deep, strong and fertile as ever. and a manufacturer, who with his partners in The Waoash Valley, is also remarkable fir business, gives employment to some seventy or
tne extent oi us corn nenis. itetween i erre eichtv men
I last news from that region, nnd the three steam
ers, with upwards of five millions of dollars in i ,. . r i , ' , factory-owners to do tboir duty In thin respect,
. J I . , , h , .... . i iviw ID licit III w.-lil-l.. ... a IUIIV UlVllh a . . , , . . , . gold dust on board. Co). Allen who went out! - to the saving of health and life? ( as Postmaster cf San Francisco, last April has j WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 1S50. j The Company mean to sell these mill as soon returned, having made a snug little fortune of Some disappointment was feTt to-day by the as possible and b Jild more, and so oa until the some $25,000, simply by buying and selling politicians In not seeing Mr. Calbonn In the immense capacity or their watr-power is ex-
He dug no gold, but speculated In It and every "enate, and also in not bearing a message read , housled. They are also selling lots for stores,
in the House from the President, on the occasion offices, dwellings, fee- and would prefar to sell nf his transmitting the California State Consli- J or rent their water-power to theres who arill tution to that body. The message was received, improve it where they can. If they can get all opened and read. But it had no views to be . their power into nse, evun at moderate rales, carped at and find fault with. It transmitted they can sell their lands for enough to pay them
j the California Constitution and left it for Con-1 liberally for their inveMment, which Is already
thing else. He says that any man of'energy, ' and a desire to make money and save it, by go- j ing to California can soon realize a brilliant for- i tune. Indeed, he says that such a man who
goes there, and takes care of his health, cannot
well help making a fortune.
The Tost Office at San Francisco, he says. Rress to decide npon its merits. That was no , Two Millions of Dollars. They have been com-
wlil require more clerical force to carry it on j business of the Fxecutive's. The President pelled lo pay for Flowag, Fi.hing Rights, (long than are employed in the Post Office of the city I was r'K'it, then, In giving no views, pro or con, j unused, and good for nething else but to bleed of New York. The fire at San Francisco, he in "latter. j Corporations npon,) Canal Stock, &.C &c,at tbe says, has been greatly inaguified in the news-' The message was referred to the Committee highest prices. But they began with a full ral"rs. 1 of the whole House, and Mr. Stanton, of Ten- ' chest, and will go through triumphantly, when The news from Europe, by the Canada steam- ' nessee, made an hour's speech oa the subject of 0tner enterprises as inviting but not so waller, represents cotton as still on the rise. This Administration's course relative to Califor- bscked have failed or must fail. ischeering to the planters and all others at the ni au1 the slavery question. j Here, then, is a great river set to work for south. Cotton finding a quick market at four- The House to-day, for a wonder, got thron gh j man Planing Boards, Forging and Boring Iron,
teen cents per pound, with a fair prospect that . w"" tinkering the revenue relief bill, and passed Cardin? Wool, Spinning Yarn, eaving L-lotn,
Haute and Lafayette, the road may be said to' About twenty years uro lie purchased ,t.. ! 11 wi" 'oou reac1' six,ee"-wi " new impe- The whole thing might hava been done a &.c. A few years wil! witness the collection of
F.lder has been conducting tne jetiersonian ror ; t uroiiawrs of the alleged defect in the
many years, and das probably passed through ,W!1 Verdict and judgment Tor the defendant the winter of his discontent, and political gloom. ' gj) he 0,j mn ,anj And it is not to be presumed, as "he has stood j Fripat 15,1,. Nothing worth reporting, the storm when seas were rough," that "he will , Satvrpay 16th. Iuquisilien issued to aseer , k r 1 1 .. 'I'l. - I . v . . .
in a sunny nour tail on. a "o '"- - aja whether Abraham Clark is sane or insane,
v. ind through a continuous corn field: one field
being certainly ten miles long. In the northern part of Indiana, Wheat Is more generally cultivated, and between Laporte and Michigan City, the road runs for ten miles
site of the present town of Prattsville and clear
ed it and commenced building the town. It now numbers two thousand inhabitants, has three chorches, all of which he in part erected, an Academy, which he in the main built and en-
through a magnihcent wheat held, without a , dowed, and a Bank, with a capital of $100,000,
single division tence, though owned by several i which he owns. His
A trial was had after niht in the Court House, and the Jury returned a verdict of insanity.
We understand the returns of the SheritTwiil be
aheet is large, and th type in proportion, r rom that paper of the 15- inst., we copy as fbilows :
We ttmlerstand, has gone to Washington te look d ; ,he Circuit Court.
Birerinaconnrmation. tie may succeea, u , MoPAV ih. A jury is now Waring evihe doe. it will be because bis character is nof - on a Iudiflment against Teter Kahl for known to those who have the confirming power. . . .. , .jijorderlv house. The trial b.
individnale. We should be glad to see the statistics of some of Ihe corn fields on the Illinois prairies. C. GaxA IN'rvr Viy sf Inking core f flnblca. I The Detroit Free Press states that a few Sabbaths since, a family in that city went to church, leaving a child in charge of a small boy. The boy wanting to go out to play, put the child on the table and then nailed Its clothes to the dinner board. Iu Italy they hang tltem up against Ihe wall. A MkMirw J.hr.
The Rochester American says the "mysteri-
tnslo the enterprise or the south. Mr.r.-llmnn mouth aeo. but for the Bitter-Endera who t- i. Tkirm Thousand People on this
' D- " l WBU.JT I II 7 . a as I learn, has some two or three hundred bales lnt on "topping the supplies, to no inconsider- p0t, and they will be able to accomplish mors unsold, which he intends to hold on to a Tew "We extent, of this Whig Administration. i for human sustenance and comfort than thrics
weeks longer, in the expectation of getting six- ; T1,e Senate had rather a long executive ses- as many unaided by external force could do. teen cents per pound for il. ! sion to-day. Its doilies have not come to lio-bt. ; New York Tribune.
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in the Senate, to-day, Mr. Berrien made a 1 B" 1 c" learn.
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donations to charitable ' sc"'UI' argument in lavor of the , "T- i nnaneipnia, aoout whose ap-
rigius oi tne soutn. lie maintained that the plication lor a special mail agent's office, the people of the south had the right to remove to ', "P1'1 between Mr. Levin and Mr. Warren took the new territories and take their property, ne- PIace few days ago, has this dsy received his groes and chattels, along with them, and hold appointment and commission. So M . Levin's them there and that Congress dad no power protest did not avail. POTOMAC.
to prevent their doing so. ' ..... 6 . Fireat.XewOflran In lh. 1 1 ..ii . . t. . 1 .
v """" -v,MO u,,r,y spines, eacn live , n,w Oi.r... p-i. ir. iaw.
minutes long, were made on as many amend. . e . i ... ' ' ' A tremendious fire broke out this morning in ments to the ravenne relief b I but the bill 1 - . . j i j . .. .. ii.. tr ... . , , ,,.L ... . Camp street, and already nineteen bui d ngs are itself was not naaaed' U kit rill ,, r j . b
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literary, scientific and agricultural purposes have been very numerous and vary liberal. Institutions of worth and mark have voted him thanks, medals and degrees, and have con furred many honors upon him. lie has been elected to almost every office, military and civil, in the gift or his country and Congresional District. Twice has he represented bis District in Congress, in 1S37 and 1?3 an.l in 18-12 and 1843 and, as I know, no man was ever in Congress, whose mind and labors were mors constantly and worthily em
ployed to desire, plan and carry out good nieas
next?
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?? .- , . , 1 .... i n..;.uc, ouu uti; rxiensive mail' in L.xecutive session to-day. the Senate It U ' . ii n . . u ,n' '-'nate, it tn , lng Honse cf R0bbs, were smong those burned
ous knockintrs" at Rochesterare at leneth a seer- j fn. ii,. m.mtrv and for the human race. than.
IU can. without any conscientious scruples, J .!le.A.socUle Judges, the President Judge I i be caused by the i'Prted spirits of tlie ; , coM fi psJa wilh B Mcof j Qf
for the benefit of the people of hi. District Mld; r?jeCl,Kl lhe nominion f Col. J. W. Webb The fire is
pretend to outnero men trial he istue Irlend ol been of counsel for the defendant. Four
.lavery-to free aoller. that he i. a strong abo- x t1w Ca,e,contrive to keep themlitionist, and to demecrats that he Is a verv mod-1 aitonirj. , e-rate whig. He will resort to almost any spe- j selves and the Court in hot water. ciee of trickery and dishonesty to retain his : p. S. The jury could not agree on a verdict place. He went in company with IV P .-l!o- anH wfW lVmniffn, way and N,II Johnson, all in pursuit of kio.I. . , r , o, . , . Theyl ill. we sopp-ise, gouge for one anoi.er, ' D-ring some four or five daj s past, J-ihn A.
he PiirT.ln riatform.
. his naefirl and valuable acts. UMoeDon, an Euglwh baililf, living in the Col. Pratt Has for miny years kept a
diary
reign of Henry VII., was so indefatigable lit his j after the fashion of the late John Quincy Adams, business, that it became a proverb, when a per- In it the fact is recorded that he has been marsea; did not pay his debts, "Why den'l you Dun : r;-,.d four times that his first two wives were
him?' Ileuce origiuitkd the word caa.
' siitors, end that his last two were siotcrs IT
to Austria.
POTOMAC.
Tin France, a devoted wife, having Inherited a fortune and wishing to give it to her liege lord, which the law forbade during coverture, by the advice of counsel had herself divorced, donated tho fortune to her late husbnd,and inirrieJ him azt iu.
not yet extinguished. The loss is
abont half a million, which is mostly covered by insnrance. A second dispatch says thirty buildings were destroyed.
Mill Auolhrr Fire The Avon Theater, at Norfork, Va , was destroyed by fire on Fridav Feh. l.aih. I.osa IT-.
OlMJ. The fire, it issnprosed, was the wr-.k or' maiutd until the rcadirC wis fiaiihed ea iucc&durv
Arraignment of Professor Webster. This legal ceremony was performed on Saturday, in the Supreme Judicial Court at Boston. The accused responded "not guilty" in a firm voice. He announced that Mr. Sohler and Judge Merrick were his counsel, who, being in
Court expressed a desire to have the trial com-
menced as soon as possible. Tuesday, the 19th of March, was assigned by the court as the day of trial. The Journal says: The prisoner, during the reading of the first of the indictment, manifested considerable emotion, evidently making an effort to stand perfectly firm. In reading the first count in the indictment, where it describes the manner of inflicting the mortal wounds, just as the clerk pronounced the words "with a certain knife h then and there in his right hand had and held, &c., the prisoner let his right hand fall and rest upon the railing in front of him, where it re-
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