Indiana American, Volume 18, Number 11, Brookville, Franklin County, 8 March 1850 — Page 2

UIIOOKVILLK, INDIANA. I

FRIDAY. MARCH 8, 1250. iu:vnj of jut?, wr.v.n. Her eeduciiou tcn:h ty fxiiviw-niKl the i-i - .i... ' Ou Saturday last our community was aroused j by tha announcement of the d-ath of Airs. Reed, j wif. f Henry Reed, on Duck Creek a few miles .bo. Metamora, Franklin Co., Ind., a.,d the j arrest of Wm. Carter, on lhe charge of having ! been accessory to her death. This announce- j wu uro -i.miui ii.fn. J .,.....aTu i rAunenieui irom ine laci I. , : a. r 1 f .i mm mr. ivecu, inn nusoanu oi t.'ie cec.ased, was . r 1 re - - . . the disgrace of his wife, and far from the guilty ' ar irom nome iar irom ins children, and irora villain who had d-rto led and murdered t he : partner of his bosom, and beggared and disgraced j ri ib frit i iii ran. 1 1 nii if i hiii uim v h nnm aha " " J m-.- . Tear since in health and iunocence with the, fond anticipation of being reunited to them after ', few months of unusual toil aud" exposure for j their comfort and happiness. He had even rritten home ta the man who had hired him, for permission to return this spring, (one year sooner than he had contracted,) so anxious was he to return to the bosom of his wife and chil.1, T. P .! t:. r.:i . ..:- i . .. ..... uu ,CIUIUBU respectable standing in community, he and his wifa being members of a respectable church. Auwowereeo many suspicious circumsiances ; . " f Keed Bnd lhB condl,ct ! 01 wm. carter, that the friends determined on , a nest mortem examination, when anrh Ktartlinir ' .c..o, . ,,ai a .oru.r investigation. Mr. Alfred Washburn, the brother-in-law to Mrs. Reed, made an affidavit before Daniel St. John Ksq , of this place, contaming two counts; one count charging Mr. W illiam Carter with murder in the fin-t digree . . h nnwrininiT l re ... 1 1 . nnA 1 1 .. J - . ..... . - " - . V . I.II I .11 . 1 II. y .1 11 II 111.. other count charging Mr. Carter with man slaughter, by cam-in administering medicines carriage. Mr. Carter was arreai coaimeneed before last, occupying the i l uu...,g wm.. . .urge Uun.per o. witnesses , Cfr PTnnil llk.i. TLnrr.uPiiilioninafinAiJiinfJ Ivt TAkn r IT I r. I i. . j r i ..u,a..,i, u, u ...e ceiei.ee oy jarnev a. meein. v e cannot g;ve the evidence . entire, nor is it necessary. Nor can we give form and character to the various idle rumors. We confine outselves to those points elicited in the invistig.'ition,"'and which were proved so clearly as not lo admit of doubt or centrcversy. The following are the principal facts proven : The deceased, Manila Reed, w-s the wife of Henry Reed, now in California, who left the country about a year ago. She died suddenly about midday on Thursday 2th Feb., no one being about the house at the tima but the accused, William Carter. It was proved that he had been discharged by Reed from boarding at his house before the latter went away; that two months after Reed left he returned; that with eome intermissious he remained in the family tic til the death of the woman. There was but one room commonly usea about the house, where Carter with the rest cf the family slept. During a part of this period two ether men boarded in the family A week before the woman's death, but one man boarding there besiJes Carter, the latter succeeded in driving him away; that Carter took charge c.f natters about the house and exercised nnusual authority for a boarder; that some four weeks bsfore the death he bought an ounce of Arsenic at Laurel put up in two white papers; that about two weeks later he bought an ounce of Ergot and six or S ounces of Laudanum at Haile's Drugstore in Brookville, saying he wanted the medicine for a Midwife; after her death the identical ergot wits found about the house, a part of it still wrapped and marked in the hand writing of the clerk who eold It, a part in a tin cup, wet as if a tea had been made of it. That Frgot is commonly resorted to to preduce abortion. Arsenic was foand at the house, put up as described by the person who sold the article to Carter. That a post mortem examination was had, the woman found five months advanced in pregnancy her Ktomrtch dl3orrtn:zed. the inner momKroti. ! thickened and softened and covered with dark I red splotches, the lower part entirely destroyed. ud soma of the adjacent parts evidently power-1 tally affected by the same cause which produced i the derangement of the stomach. The examination was conducted by four physicians who 1 t t -a . .1 i,1""'"K rnn ,nt Brs,n.c was the ...e o. trie pnvsici.ms camo t.y procureinruioi carter, mho on the way pressed him with a bribe of $10 and oiler of extended practice to conceal whatever might appear wron in the examination of the fco-!y. Some twenty witnesses were examined and the trial occupied more than two days including tho evenings of each day. The wontan was prove.l'to h-ive Ix-en ii.. i i.i . i . ... i ueaitny, inougti complaining for a wniie oetore her death of nausea and sore throat I The throat was particularly examined by the physicians and no indications of disease found there. One woman swore that she aw her on the evening before her d-nth, and that sho believsd than she would never recover. The next day, Carter declared she had nearly recovered. No analysis of the contents of the stomach was Wore the Court. There was a great deal cf Other testimony than the above before the Court, showing the reports of the guilt of Carter which were In rirpulatinn. li

g the death oi .Mrs. Keed by flood r Jan. ,,, ,-47. w k...... . i J . . " V " ' " wl18 aa",lre" a w"10" and salt. There were no cases of chole o ..... .u. o. . ,,.7. . . " '.rK"."u' I ..u. ' . 7. V r"'."". I OI sPeecn 10 ulon' Davin. for the senti-

to her to produce mis- 1 r... ..:.u. u ... . " . ' ... . . . 7 . I ',reM clrc,eo1 ,rienJs. from the .uMu.e i !.,., .,, t,s .,.., . , l,ml l" w 01 1,',U0IS ,s 1,1 has been j v.ongre.s.s, mere can ue nut little hope ment.of which he was responsible, and if r..l

led, and his examination Z " ..l . " J . mmosl r:p,l)!y p ,,uf4. U B?.wunl that a . sue ihotet-a. marci. out ,n aeience ot the Union, and save it , "-ea now.anu tne sooner the better. i mation on the , -ec, . Wjm ' . . ,

I so. St. John on Mondavi . "K"B l'"e as !,00lla ! younggeiitleman (a widower) had been raving , ! ",l,le o.sease has again made its ap- or return po more. The part assigned to the! hose who have canvassed the opinions of the ' IWH's friend. Ge. wm lSki.l.U

time until Wednesday morn- . 'r'S7u T J 1 ' P , " , ', V" U , ,,h ni!,:ress to htr f 'ont!.-, and finally V? on P'atalio of the opposite side j t-xecutive, is to defend the arsenals, navy yards, , 'a'rs and members, are very confident that How the matter has terminated or 1 la , , , . I horeto.ore sntR-red so severely at eat.h success-I .. da. w. anr. ,, 1 , of the river. Mr. James SnodBM.. on liearW A c, and costom houses in the South, and to a committee of thirtteeu Senators Ka r.......i - . . . ,er,muald or lj tet-

-, ,. ,4V...r.uqm,m ninil, ....j to vorr.it, and this was shown te be one of the effects of F.rgot. TBlack Rye.j It was shown that sme four or five weeks before her death she was so unwell fur several days that one of her boarders procured board elsewhere for a week ana that before Reed went awny he had occasionally kept arsenic about ths house to kill rats. Oil this evidence, astoni.-hing as it may anpear, the justice acquitted him on the 1st count, and held him to bail in the meagr and pitiful sum ' cf 1400 on the second, Carter being worth some 2tX30. The prosecution was ab.'y but fairly conducted by Mr. Howland. In the defence Mr. Sleeth need all his usual tact aud perseverance. Rob' t Stoops went on his bond. Thbi is no ordiuary case. There haw been three crimes committed bv some one. for eaci. of ni.icn ine iou; perpetrator should sutler the, L!-L .L . . . .. . highest penalty ever inflicted by law. 1st. The Reduction of the wife. 2d. The attempt to procarean abortion. 3d. The rarderof ths wife. t Is an outrage, the mer murder of a man for Ills money, not comparing with it Th com inanity in which it is perpetrated is disgraced A woman is killed in cool blood. A family of four children haye been foully disgraced, robbed of a mother and a hoire. A doting husb-uid Jias had Lis flins ljeer-jte', his itiWeS's, l.i-

&e., but the above is pretty much all the mate-' T 6 Copy 'r ,:,e W ol showrial testimony. Th won, . f..,..i.. ' ,n ,low " of location will chance men's

hopes and his happiness blasted. All thai he could hold dear in each, has not only been torn from him, but in the most foul disgrace. What will be the feelings of Ilury Reed, when he reads this sad story? when he learns that the partner of his bosom has gone to her

j grave in disgrace, by pome foul fieud, UHd bis 'children are wandering in disgrace without a ' till.... tw . ..-.. I I . I .. " Ct.nnl.l iiirTrvoa milt iuror. with their usiihI sicklv BvnnmtliV for! scoundrels, neglect or refuse to render h.m that j satisfaction which his wrongs demand-who will reproach him, if h. seeks that redress which j the courts of Justice fail to award him? There is too much tardiness and loosness in the - ministration of our whole criminal coue, gelt.ng j J J i irnr t n A rri I'Vurv 'r TnrtfB n4V if wire .' J r-j - j- . (. ....... .i' nf knnanl tat! t nacoao A i 1. 1 " nanlimanl'jlitv i ia taking deep root in the hearts of superlatively : J "" ..--.'. - "'"j ; , rt""tu n,e ur'"' lo greaiesi iimieiacior is. IS ,nad' 8 ''' wuilst the poor, degraded sufferers , . w. - v u. uv.-i;ui . v. - - 01 progress lu lavor oi crime, wki cause are-; l .:n i. ; pulsion, when we trust justice will be more summarily aud certainly visited upon the guilty AuottM-r Flood It commenced ruiuiixr about eipht o'clock on ! Tuesday nioht. last, on a coat of snow then ' covering the ground, which continued for about j jg hour3. The cousenuence was. the two . ' I branches of White Water were too full to con ,a;n themsel lives, and have committed various j i tresspasses upon the canal, as well as the lands aud tenements of oeaceahle Deonle. In various pbiceshas the water, like Gen. Jackson, removed ! I I - the deposite8 without !aw or due d , u,e ' -, . . .... . . ' wisner or intvresis ci 1110 people. I he rushing ; water, ,u its reat ha.te to reach its home in the C(faIlf cat up variong autic ,richS) eno . l0 nlake a canal stock holder weep, whilst (those who hV(J been bourne down fcy the ,eyer ;of opprewlllBt whlch lhe company have used so i n,r:f.,ii rr ,u i,, . -n . ,. ' , unmercifully for the fast year, will be disposed 1 iye flood) have ed g , . . . H unit?, vuu oi ine Eonuneiiis i f their dam was uridrrininet,t aIld OIe h.l!f torn away, but as tliAilntii la . . f ; n.:i. . ... r .. .. ..,. .u,en,re wiu.tiieir UU?111S3. Thursday Fvemno. We learn th;:t about 100 feet of the canal dam, 4 miles helo v town, is gone. The part gone commences about 10!) feet from the eastern abutment. It is of the new part, which was put 13 months ago. This will take some months to repair hs it cannot be worked at until the season of low water. The cajal b.tnk is more or Ies injured nil along between here and Rochester. From this to Laurel the damage can be repaired with $500 to ipNJii. Above Laurel, there ia a break at Uarrison Creek. e expect to hear of more - iTfl rmrtu vnn uKmA r.r, i i i h ", me i. mm was pun- . .tauy iu me ouiitneru eiiii oi tlio Kiver. HTWe see by the Cincinnati papers that a jury of inquiry have decided that Gen. Reese L. Price is insane, and has been so for 18 or 2 1 ! months, and that it is not Shfe for the commuuitv' for him to be at large. He is rich, and resides near the mouth of .Mill Creek, on the north side ' of the can!. Jehu A. Matson, Esq., has l.eeu ! appointed guardian ef l.io P,mon ,.a E.tuto. j ITRev. W. H M.i... j r Ri-ii-K Sun, Ind., to Lnwrenceburrh Ird und 1 taken charge of the Church in thet place' ' i D-Rev.Charlca-Fi'cli.aNoofnMn, Run about lo remove to Mt. Vernon Ills huvi.1r received a cull to the church in that place " ! o j For ftilirui-Ri,,. . They are raising and fitting oat a company i in Oxford and vicinitv of tibout -i:i iia. f.r - i a.i.ora.t.tostarliaarew day to po over the juaui iu ..illl!iriliil. i lie leVr-r IS In this Count v. d-rnnlilin ,.11 il. !.... ..: t-d has been gathered up f ir this purpose, already. Full 00,000 have been taken from this countv to bear txpenses to that country. When vi ill mat amount returu? I A ISiooiiv li.if; W as enact. d in Davton nn th. w.ih ,.tt Ti... Sometime last san-i-er 1 11 or Ml, the wife of a man named Wan.bd elo-ir.i :,, yung n,.m Dlt,Wil Cutt,r A short ti-.Tio since the husbhiiu hrnrd thut his wife was i:i 1 Louisville went to that city found her deser- ' ted by her paramour, auj brought h.-r home. boon utti-r Culler ret n rn.-d and went to the boar.i- ; ing house cf WaniM and his wife armed. The i wife repaired to where her husband was at work IU a foundry. ;.r. V. nia'oel r. turrn r.mA with a revolver. On tutering his room he was ! lired on by Cutler Without eil".Tt. Wa.:.l..l i .i n ... . . ... nru nr uve i.ai s at tne .icstroyer ol his peare aiiij honor, turee of vihirh took rf!"trt ia his head, tieek and arm.

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! w iirt:1;:' e.:ejf ab!ood iuj-' circumstances r-r. !h,rt .imeut' wh i-y --. tl. wh.i. qB ; ghooW wi8h t0 Mk f0; MV f;rth-

Mr. Wadley of that place, having b-eu to the ' iu the act of throw ing him M, when he was 'res- ! ,won!"" "friast Roger Barton

gou region, and brougat home about Kl 1,00.1, cued by one of the women, but oulv allowed ! . " 1"rl g nnwni ana I

it l.. .,' t:. .ihi.rl,...i a ... . i l.i.-. ... t.i ... I....' .u. t... 1 u '"B ipresentatlves voted fer Davis, a

; money iu that region has been borrowed -farms i After Mopping the work, and doing all the ! , ' ' tW R,TM"S .. . . i fur H-irton. f7ir.)iian ...I. ;n. ...j

mortgaged. iVC.. to fit out this COmnanv. 1 f.llsChi. f S-O.i'. i-. t ie riot. -r l .. I ..v.. t... ni

head, neck and arm A ft. r ti e shooting, Caller : ,h, would prove sa,i,fact,ry to the Sot.th.f.ed and was f.utnd U.-edii-.j; , bed, at the ho.ise j He C01lM ll0, WIi,V8 jt bllt if r 0 whetehe stopped. Il,s wounHs are fri?htful, howwr dilllinRlllshe! but W0llU wiler

anj it is supposed ere this, he has paid the for I feit of Lis life for his villany. Good: i t'hnf vC l.or nii'i, i he following article is from tho Siiawneoj town Advocate, an I w&s written, we sn-ij.cse tiy n ... ' minds. It will be reco!i.-cted what Mr. Riley '. wrote and said about us, when he was an oppo- i sing editor in this place. When he was here his ' interest and his party required him to abuse us, when absent he has no such interest. When we are abased wk alter week, and year after year, we comfort ourselves by tiie reasonable supposition, that if th-jw. who abus ns, were removed so lar that we would not be in their way, they would extol os as one of the best Muors iu the State. Uudor these circumstances, we are thankful that our friends are numerous and hrm. whilNt nnr etimt.ic a r. n.t 1..... 1 .. in-iirc. iu their opposition and denuniiations. We hive : pui lew eueniK's, aud they are poor trilling j tilings, not worthy even of our hatred. But here is what lhe Advocate says: "The following article we clip from tha "In diana American." .ml. lisho. I .1 IWk.;n. l.i . .'. ' . vv. 1 iiK mil. there is one thing about Clarkson, the editor. tu at we like. itu has a mind of his own, and does the bidding of no man, or set of men, unless his ow n good judgment telis him it is rightsHe has the iudepeudeuce, the nerve to think and write his sentiments without consulting tarticULAa frells, who are always willing to jjive gratuitous acvice, wiietner or not 11 would be voi.inc so to speak ur write. Were ail editors, ill this respect, like Clurkson.how much higher would the press stand la th estimation of the people, and, oh, what a blight would come over tho prospects 0? syccpaauti-

For the Indiana American. "" Near Laurel, Feb. 28, lf50. We, of Laurel and Posey Townships, feel to be remote and almost without an Inheritance in the venerable name oi 'Fbankun' Co., and if it

were not for the punctual visits of the American, and its valued items of news from the different parts of the "couiity." we should almost forget that we were a part of old Franklin. Our enterpribing citizen, Henry Tierce, is re- J I nairinir nliii Hllinir mi flm PtrL ul trA avmwta tn C011imeuC(J regui,r ,rip9 on Mod el Fof -om-Ur a gae of ,, by F A ConWuI, at . Ur3 worth of ,. 0ue ,flt wag doURted fof :.,..,. .,., oue for 8C,00 pUr.,0S9, I learn also that Mr. gpgjj Jae ' and Russel, each purchased g .j n9olyed ' ' ""V"" ' 18 "Ve j iy ' extreme south west of P.-sey to the town of ! Luurr, amJ we hope also to dooming Grove, 'HllPriV IIP I Ufa u-i ! i.nikA.t. J r ; f r. ... . . ,...,.,..... r ..i w" 1111 uu ui crookVllie. Would you allow so humble a person to speak . ' " I rua I "r" uiumr uuiMeci oi raii-roadtt f II ink ii I In. n. n.A 1 ' . r -1 . . 1 If r ... ... j It so, I should like to see vour ueonle and naners ' r " ,c J,,u PP manifest some interest in ill i.. ,ui- ,....! ..n.,. this vallev to come in for . r..', does, it will run the Hamilton and Couiierville road out of the im...,,., f ... nrn; " r--j" Fear no rivalty with the caual. Let tlx pass to the upper line of Fmnklin county, then j Tgh Fayetteville and Rus!.vi!le and directly I - : thronr to Indianapolis. Then the Southern and Nortliem routes, will at one e.-r.e. and this central I I wi C01lneIltril,e l!ie n)eans ,,, busineS9. . . . . UiUy let it be surveyed, or let men of money ride alone the three lines spoken of. and u-iil. one accord they will say this route is practicable 1 and will pay. Your.s T. ' SJ.-aih frcia Iwri,i!I(.:tcnt. Theriilladelphin Sun relates the o,WIlg d,8T",g: . Auayoriwo since an accomplished vounff i niony w.is to take place. It a;ptars, however, that the widower had pror.ii.sed his firbt wife, on her death Led, that he never would get married r.p,i.i; but when time had sootl led his feelings cous.quent upon so painful an njlliclion as her death, he forgot his vow, felt in love with the i i . ) u"g Mil , auu went so icT as lo agree .upon a final engagement with her. On reflection, the deal! nadi of his wifo and H..- sacred vow ho had ! flashed on his memory. Accordingly, ! with feeliiirs lest known to hiinsi If, he wrote 1 a letter setting forth the fails, ucd expressed his determination not to compiy with the en- I pagemeut which he had made with iho younir lai.y in quesiion. fhe received the missive j carefully perused it, read it over and over again ; : I....... ,111' vii ..ill yd her frame, sho sudenly became 1 - i ravine crar.v. nod afl.r liP!. ,. f.. i.. j j ...... ii mi ii iiiouim, i i viiiv three hours after the receipt cf tlio letter, bur.-t a inuiu blood vesssl, and fell a corps. Hiol nl riifc-bwrfi. It is with t Eive publicity to the details of a verv His- ' graceful riot, which occurred in our city yester- ! oay. From the information we lave derived! rom ) e witnesses, it appvars that about 11 nVlovk A. M., a Imdy of women, numbering irom sixty to one hundred, entered the rollinc; ' y '""" U' Parc the ..selves with stones and commenced an attack upon the nitil. Lra i... 1. 1. .!..... .1 ' . ' 8 U"m 'rm 'l'Vere,y ",JUr'J "13"y f Uxem' TUy '-'en mrew coal and dirt into the furnaces, ruiuijT the iron, aud causing injury to the furnaces. The fury of the assailauta inav be indeed f rnm ti. r . .. .'... i r .1 i i , ...vj ii.., .i... ii in. iiivi ui i:ic;u Mirrounurtl i one. of Ike puddlors, ho was the last to leave i imil of M,.jr Slinuilr.rur It. .. ! "let by au effective and determiued police, and r!"t- r tevtral erste ifiurts were finullv con:polled to retire. From the f ict that a Inr-e bo!y of men and bajs followed the women and enconrr"-, 1 tluir .proceedings, there can be no doubt that the women w,ra ou,y l't fcrward as a feint, to provi he rcs.st inc.-, und Thus give some pretext for far worse violence by their hackers. '"'v,fr"1 " the ineu and women who were moft r1"""""1 '"""e o.-eu marked,. in J will'ue brought ,0 j ucli-a. tr O i( zet trt. I'm: Soil ."ieeti.j in fi.fotcn. Roston, Ib. C8;h. The Tree Soil State Convention me! yesterday i:: 1". liuiel II.--.ll, J. G Palfrey Was chosen Tresi-d,-nt, and npou taking the chuir he remarked t!iit he was opposed to any compromise that wouh' atisfy Foote and his friends. lie had heard that Webster had proposed a compromise dor it like Jonah's gourd. Another speaker s;-i 1 in reference to the pasfZe if new luws for the return of fugitive slaves, that ha would never consent to them, and declared his d -tirmination to save fugitives, lie would not become a jackall of slavt bidders. Keirmiks of a similar tenor were made by other speakers. ft . y. Wei-wing. r. The T.o.l isi-illn rmiriur u ll ... .....: . c- ' tr,but8 to th, moral, social, and intellectual yir- i ues of our lamented friend Weissing-r gives 1 . ,i,e follow ii g particulars of his sickness and' : death; i -On Saturday morning last, Mr. Weisrinper 1 took the stage at Frankfort for this city Belween Shelbyyil'e and Louisville he was seixed ith a malignant chill, which presented the most ; alarming symptoms. He wasconveve.t ...1,. 1 . . . 1 resiuence ct a rula.ive m this city, immediately ! ,. llls arrival, and medical -i.l ".,.. .! Lmmj . him tt.,. .-.. ..... even at that early perioi of penol oi lhe attack, there was but little hone eoteriaiiieu 01 nis recovery, ilia unconscious- i ness was so great that it was impossible to cive him medicine. The deep congestion continued on Sunday, and at 2 o'clock, another chill seized the suilerer. The brain and nervous system felt the brunt of these seizures, and on Monday at 2 o'clock, iu spite of the unremitting vigilance of faithful nurses, and the skill of the medical faculty, Mr. Wei ssi tiger breathed his last." The 1'ar'n.una tinnier. Boston .March 1st, lc-jfj. A body has been discovered in the water near ;l-5xbury. s:i;-:is-.d t ' ' e th i' f I': PitVritt

" "i uwpurti uf ic- j ... r ; - i . " luiuuie. rtniaina to De san

very hiirh. His place, and hurrvioo ! im tn ll,. ri,.r ......... ! '

Sixteen Hollar Kit. A young married man of Sparta township in Dearborn County, Ind., one day last week took a fancy to the red aud pretty lips of his neigh

bor's wife, and is the delirium of a moment, j threw his arms around hr neck, anj without hcr consent, rudily kissed the sacred lips, once, ju ics and thrice; and then looked her in the Iface and lau2hed! The inditrnant husband brought the case before n Justice of the Peace, but without entering into trial the affair was compromised by the interloper's paying damages and costs amounting to $JG. The exact amount of damages in a case like this, appears to us, would be rather hard to come at. The l transgressor undoubtedly, should be made pay I for such extras, but sixteen dollars would not heal the afilicted feelings of the most of husbands. What rii'ht has a fellow to taste the jius of a friend's wife, -ven if they are temptintT. ine maieSlV OI lh lHr hn. mnHa them another's, and resnect for I.,. .i,nij i him bauish t, lnpta,io from 9ih, bv i " "j uc,u' "r in anouier sense, ne snonid I0OK --i, ,.,,: i 1.1 . ... mi j .. -.i j t , , tree, filled with rine and lusc ens fru t. nm net MS ll Itu ntLinan .I.A..1.I ... . 1 1 . 1 p.. .1 .luinud oiiuuiu, iii-io uui, uauuie not, , .... except bv esnccidl Drrmissiou of H owner. Commercial. C'liol. in Uc Prudv'ul nuil Clennly. Cholera and sickness has fearfully prevailed I on the ahiu Isaac WriTht. i.ist nrrir-,1 of v.-. t- . j- i York from '''""Pool- S' "ailed on the 9th of I Jilnuary' with 2(13 passengers. "On the second j . . i -v- .... i day out," says the New York Commercial Ad-ver,i-r- ""' appeared on board. The first victim was a hale,sout Irishman, apparent- I l ;.. I i...i.i. it. . J s """" ie was seizeu at n o r,OCK w us t,uril, (1 at l,alr PaFl 11 ; Ilefore death ,,e a,!n,itted ,hat he an attack of j C,'lera at Liv(-rP00'' "nd fame out of the Hoslitl onlv a fewdavs heforo tho Tsnie IVri.M ' ., , , " j : lag., and 26 died. The salvn TJZ i . .i r " iiauuipuiru iu i:ie iree use oi cnvemin nfinnpr that one ol ins negroes wns attacked, immeci-

ately hurried to his relief. This was on Sun- these arrangenients.it is understood that the satisfactory to the Seuate, to the House and lo ! day evening, ths 2;'tl, u!t; on the following people are not to be specially consulted. It , the couutry. Wednesday morning, at about 8 o'clock, he was ; assumed that they are prepared for dimolutioti ! A number of publications and explanations suddenly siezed by the disease, and by 3 o'clock j and war. Two of the Southern Stales have i have recently been wade which tend to warn ' he was dead. Mr. Warren Dent has also, we j n"l military preparations. The Southern peo- ; the north that the danger of the crissi is underlearn, last some six or seven valuable negroes, p'e, it is claimed, are decidedly ahead of their rated. Mr. Hilliard's card is well entitled to and one or two are tying ill, of the recovery of representatives, and clamorous for au issue. j consideration as a timely admonition.

g pes are entrained. Two 0r t,,ree White men havi"K of the disease, whose names we have not learned. All the negroes belonging to the above numed gentle man have heen removed to this side of the river. , JefS-rson (Rodney, La.) Gaz.,9lh inst. CnliratHia Fever. The California fever is again raging hi Law reiieehnrgh -even to a greater extent than ever . .... before. Our fr en. a lT,,.r .... . .I.. . . i ii . l .iu iii.il-

he ' 1,1 ff Vn'm fr pold. A few mouths since, as our j readers are nware, a compiiny of highly respec- , table gentlemen left that city for the gold re

gions; r.nd now another company composed of p1ual'y SooJ "1, are preparing to follow them. They will start some time during the coming week. Commercial. j ITTA U. S. soldier, named Runnels, returned ' to his horns in Newport a short time since with $1C0 in gold, having been honoral.lv discharged. - ; j n ' "e rU l'tro' to his wife's chnracter, hut commenced living with her. She persuaded him tore-enlist, which he did on i t. i . . 1 1 ninT last- The next momin;; while he was " fh poI' Parl" unknown with the $U',') which he had loft in her cure. ?2i-iipri V. H. fennfor. e Whigs had no candidate of their own for ; the V. S. Senate, at the late election in the MisA majority of them voted , both wenty nd one voted their ! votis, and Roer IWton voted for Jacob Thomp son. Ol the Jemocrati; votes, Davis received 50, and Hartoii, 31. ?!rs.Jnlne' 'ne. This enre lately came ou to hearing before the 1 'rrt,'t- Court tf Lnuiviann, composed of Judge McKuiVy of the Supreme Court of the U. States, JJCViiifD, me lfist net J Uuge ofllie Louisiana r" JU-g" .l:Oal rlelivere.l his own j opinion against Mrs. Gaines, on all the points ! l,rp"p,,,ea Ju"ce Jlciviniey dirt not concur, but cechned reading an opiniou. No uecision was therefor made, and if the complaiuant desires, as ..he probably will, this division of opiniou will bo certified to the Supreme Court at Washington for decision. ISrnlh of Judr Ttiomnv. It becomes our painful duty to announce the drnth of the Hon. Jesse R. Thomas of this city, who expired at his residence at half past six, this morning. One week ago to day, he was attacked with inflammntion in his throat, which ulcerated, and erysipelns setting in terminated his life. Chicago Journal ,Feb. SI. 1-Hcr rrom t nlifornin. New Orleans, Feb. 27. The steamship Alabama, with Culafornia juin r ).. m.i. r . . . w..... ... .Uunrj, arnvea 10-aay On the 10th San Francisco was nearly innndated by the risng of lhe Sacramento and American rivers. The people fled to the hills and vessels. Several lives were lost. All the herds of swine and cattle in the vallies were destroyed. Among the heaviest losses wer. Smith. 7 r, . ,T UCWMd & Br0Ce' ' ' mMln.u8i St-Louis, March 1. S,,ow Sa,un,ny "ening to the depth of four I iucl!es' BCCOmPan' "y heavy thunder storm aud lightning vivid and frequent. The weather lo-day is pleasant. The river is rising, nine feet water in the channel. ; Vami tM..:rJ it ri.tii r:i.. r r , v,i , irom iaiaiorum, announce lhe dealh of Allen McLean of this ; state. I log Killed, According to "Cist's Advertiser," published ! " CincinmUi' there were 1.0DG.957 hogs killed i lhe Va,lev of ,he W,"st durin& lha Pat year. Mr. Cist adheres the the opinion, that when the entire returns are in, and correctly given, it will be there is a falling off from hist year. In Wisconsin, Mrs. Lovtcy Kelsey has recovered $100 damages of Josoph Heath for selling rum to her husband. Liquor dealers in that Slate have to give bonds to pay for all injury growing out of their traffic. 1LFA pen lately invented holds ir.k eaoueH Q

1'ongreawioiial. Curretpondence af the Baltimore Sun. Washington, Feb. 22. 1850. . Wnnhiiij'on'" Annircinary 'I he Ornit Topic pecnInlion of Disunionisiii IllilitnrT lrcnrntloii Power f the ?Iiuorilr, Vc. Tlio whule nation will regard this anniversary with uncommon interest, and the counsels of Washington will, I trust, be freshly remembered.

Whether we are to share the common fate of Republics whether this experiment of a free government is to fail is a question to be solved by the present generation, and perhaps within the present year. Even before the next birthday of Washington, before the completion of the foundations of the monument, of which the co'nr stone is to this day laid, the questions which now agitata the country must be settled peaceably, or lead to convulsions which will convert the whole country into a camp. If a" grievances of which the South justly complains - and that there are I have on doubt ;ney snoum oe ionnwiiu removed; and me toutu should consider that for those grievances, disunion will furnish do remedy. The scenes of the last week are remarkable, and exhihited a degree of excitement and deter mination that will result in disorganization and revolution, it continued. A a trt I.a l.a-.l . . J - 1 .1 r I . . . Drivate consefi " "I ' " T " ' , " T" - .. ' . 1 le-iinjrg rank li hit wounds fu.liii.rl T :.....: ,0 ,le speecll ,i,at t)ie Un r- --t, - .. . . . u . 1J,"CUIUnfm.m), U. " " i who puuiu uiiums niion is already dissolved, by their fat, and all that was to be done wis to haul down lllH . t agofthe Union, run up the ensigns or s...- .a - ' . ... ... -r .... the ra, s,ate8 and p 1 S a F'u" " i first campaign. Therefore it has hen ennsid- . - i ...u .1 .i .i ' orai wiininor me moutii oi I lie .uississiaui is to be he,d by the gouth Northern Atlantic St not, and whether the I:, tik l nr f 1 a Vnrf tt.urooluvn .. . " T . . , states snau command it. All the IN orth claim ! TVT" 't . 1 tue greai i oriii-west is already . . euforce the collection of the revenue. Willi nil j ':a .Northern men have lately tdiown that they j do not intend that all the braggadocio shall be on the side of the South. Iuthis state of things it is very important that the northern men should desist from attempts to force Root's resolution or Doty 'a resolution. The former may iu fact he considered as ubandoned by the north. But, in regard to the latter i is iniendtMl to bring it up again on Monday "exi wnen me slrile and confusion of last Monday will be renewed. It is demonstrated that the majority, thought of fifty, cannot force a questiou on the admission of California iu advauce of all other measures. Tlionlli.,,,,.1 ill ., 1. 1 : . .... ".....r. nin uaimu iiiucu uu gain uoi.uug. Tlie only thing to be now done is to let members give vent to their excited feelings by full discussion! If this will not calm ihem I do not kuow what will. Your?, tc, ION. Corn ipomlt-nce of the lialiimnre Patriot. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-1, 1850. As the tima for another resolution day in the House draws near, the question is more and more asked, Will the Dotv resolution and H. previous question be etTiinsnrunffbv lhe mfliori - ty upon the minerity, and if so, will the minority again resort to the Clingman process ef defeat ing the action of the majority, by continually calling the yeas and nays7 The consumption of one day and night in that species of non-legislation, ought to be sufficient for the proud Representatives of the A merican nation. It v.. rnrriaH nn fnr Mn. . .. 1 .. 1 . 1 .vi uucua auu li:Ill without bringing about personal collision. Both parties to it were alike to blame the majority for so forcing a matter, the minority for so defeating it. In the eyes and judgments of the people of all nations, the work of last Monday and Monday night will not set us, a luw abiding peopie. lorwaru any. liut its repetition and

Louiuiuance must bring personal collision. ! Executive session. It is uuderstood that several Strife , and possibly a resort to the old fashioued J nominations were sent in. "field of honor," and death may be the result In the House, Mr. Millson, or Virginia, made long before the Union shall be dissolved. What j his maiden speech, contending tlmt fkvery, now eircct would a few duels and a few deaths of , exists iu California. members of Congress have upon the question Genera! McNeil was buried With military which now agitates this broad land? Would j honors, two of the independent companies of the they serve to allay lhe excitement or to agitate j city turning out very handsomely on the oocait? The experiment will nssu redly be made,! sioa. The President, Colonel Bliss, the New dreadful as it is to coutemplate, unless those ar-j Hampshire and Massachusetts, delegations in rayed against each other in Congress, hurling Congress, and some elher members, were pres-

u .auuie, oenauce, criminations anil re-crnniualions, turn about and act like brethren of the same family, who love tho whole Union and are willing to stand bv it. If California cannot come into the Union without producing its dissolution, then she had better stay out, and constitute a rallying point for a new Union on our Southwestern border, to be composed of California, Oregon, Nsw Mexico, Daseret, ecc. Mr. Webster laid down some such idea years as a means of nraventinir nn. .. tt ... . ... . j union irom getting to be too uuwieldv ... . " fc.., Mr. Calhoun, as I learn, has written oat his i speech to be printed, and reed in the Senate bv ; his eolleague, Judge Butler, to-morrow or next j day. It is the great Carolinian's last manifesto i or appeal to his countrymen. He will resign ! his seat, I am informed, and ret..r . nf.. ' J . ' fcv vit .WMIa ms nomesieau in South Carolina, with a view to prepare himself ,0 meet, ,. the bosom of his be.oved family, the crisis which hi. waning health seems to warn bim is not far off. President Taylor returned from his trip to Richmond, last night at about II o'clock. He ! wa" aocompanied to Richmond by hia late Aids i de Camp, Colonels Eaton and Garnelt. Comm.. I dore Warrington, Colonel Baker, of the Uc,, John S. Gallagher, Esq., the Third Auditor, and Messrs. Chubb and Clarke. The reception and ceremonies at Richmond were of the most enthusiastic and gratifying kind, and pleased the s Id hero not a little. The I People from all parts of the Stata flocked to Richmoud to meat and cordially rrwt the hni aua pure 01a patriot. Th reception of Mr. Clay at Philadelphia, and the decorations and ceremonies at the great ball, seem, from th. published and verbal accounts' which have reached here, to have been of tho grandest order. The best part of the whol w. ; that of the room full of ladies, who hid Mr. Clay's L.f ...I... L. "4",ue" "8 was aoout to retire, and would not surrender it until he had kissed every one of them. What a "lucky do?" that groat "Old Hal"' i, to r sure

It is strange that there should be so many ' Senate, and the north thirty. It ia the consercontredictory reports as to whether a treaty has j vative body of the Government. The south been made and signod by Mr. Clayton and Mr. j looks to it and holds on to it as the sheet-anchor Bui wer, respecting the Nicaragua Canal. ! of its salvation. It is for that, that it dees not I assure yon none has been. Mr. Clayton want California to come into to the Union by drew np a Protocol as to what our Government, itself as a free State. Let a slave State be as he believed, would consent to, and submitted j framed out of Texas, which will not add to the it to Sir Henry, who approved of it, but hod no of area slavery, and broughtinto the Union along authority to act for hi Government in the ! with California, and the south will aequiesce in premises. With Mr. Clayton's consent, he sent the arrangment. a copy of the proposition home to Lord Palmer- j This, and a determination to po with the

Eton, and Mr. Clayton sent another to Mr. Abbott Lawrence. Aud that is all the Treaty there ia. FOTOMAC. Correspondence of the IUltimore Sun. Washi-ngtox, Feb, 25, 1850. The iwar nt band I'llra .Horrmentu !TIr. toote'. pinn f c.mproniw-GoT. Brown nmlCol.Bi.M-ll, Ar. The great qoeetionr. coming to an Ksue. It . , w w.. u,e oeuaie CaU agree upon any plan of accommodation. It is de en,e sccmeoe turea in the conm, of a week, the tim. will h.Te passed in w.iich any compromise can be made; for cerV. -...1 l 1 a i 1 ,, tain occurrence, maybe expeeted which will - j aggravate present difficulties). Mr. Foote's plan of a committee of thirteen Senetors, who shall meet on a common and fairground of adjust - I . .1.1 1 . . .' ! fo ,Z"ZS 'Z' T I I. '.. r

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- tm nnlilio min-1 o UA .Ant). : v.A : i : urvuiiiuig mucu 'infl.m o.M : z J; - ........... u, Uuu incic ia ii u lucreosiug uleposiliou on the part of the south to take nltra ground. While Congress is temporising and triflinz ., . . . . . I with this question, the Union is actually in ! ..i, t, . .s r... .u u... ' ; tv"- " .u6u,ui ot;i niai uurmern Ben- ' timent can be. bronrrht nn to aoeent Clan Tow. - o - -r r- - - J -.. . , ... . ior s propositions to no uoltiuifr at present with . . reference lo the territories. The north considTS tllf n rnnpouuin n ne la VT. I . . - . M. ! wimnrop s speech the other day, and that is the ; of delay and agitation which is ! ,7 I !-ni. continued agita-j 'WMt uc ww euougu, out u

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'who will aeree upon a ulan wbiel, u,,.u t , J am inclined to believe that to-morrow or; the next day, that if the Senate take up Mr. Foote's resolution for a couiu.ittee, it will be adopted. j Mr. Calhoun will speak ou Thursday, aud Mr. Webster soou after. To-morrow it is prohi.Ua that the Senate will ,' go iuto Executive session for tl, m.-.w r lor the purpose of us reported upon by LtTuirsuudtheComdisposing of some nominations : Committee ou Foreign AtTui mittee on Commerce. I A rumor is very general that Gov. Brown 0( j Mississippi, has asked Col. Bissell for an e.. - j nation ia regard to the statement made by that ...,ll .. . . . : fcnoiiuf m ms inie speecn, as to the conduct of the Miitippi trco;.s ut the battle of Buena Vista, Gov. Rrown, iu his speech, ha:! claimed grer-.t credit for theni, which Col. P.Us-.-ll utterly denied to them: declaring that the service atlribu1 iea 10 u:c -UlbSMsippiuiiR, was in fcl n-ndered lY an Illinois or apart of a Kentucky regiment, I Bna tl,at l!le Mississippi rieginv-nt whs not pres- ! ent" t;V- Brow'n explained, at the time, thr.t I hi" assertion was correct, and that it could !u !8UDBla"lial' - d by official recordl and credibh. wilae,Res- According to rumor, the m atw I ... was in the hands of Col. J-flVrson Davis and Gen Shields, as the respective friends of the parties. It will no doubt be amicably adjusted, as it is merely a historic! question: and every' j oae """ that to rouc ile historical accounts, i 64 cn c recent transactions 13 impossible. ION Currepo.ulince nf the Baltimore Patriot. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, IcoQ. Both hous? of Congress adjourned at an early hour to-day, to attend the funeral of General McNeil, which took plice at 2 o'clock, P. M. Before the Senatu adiouraed it h-Id Khn I ; eni aua participated in the fuueral ceremonies The day has beeu a lovely oue. Speculation is on tiptoe as to what Mr. Foote meant yesterday, in the Senato, by his emphatic warning that the great question which shakes the country must be disposed of, as referred to a select committee, this week, or it would be too late to avert some event of a direful nature, which lie did not choose to name. The allusions made by Senators Butler and jeffer80n Davis, also, to what might be accomplished in ik. .i:... . .. - -J.......OUI, 11 certain rreat man in i that Chllmklil BnnM k... r umiuiuo iorwara wun a proposition for the settlement of the question, have added interest to the speculations set on foot by Mr. Foote's emphatic warning. The proposition of Mr. Foote and other Southern Senators, is to raise a select committee of thirteen, to whom shall be referred the whole subject: that lho -nn.m:.f.. i.ti ... , ... j ballot-the Whigs o h. soTh to ef , and the DemocaU of V. 1 h T' -T. & " "' uuriu "iree, and the Democrats of ! th. north three and that the camming .t,n I h i rra r. f V. - .1. . 1 ... . iw Uii elect the thirteenth man. And that man is ta be Daniel Webster, who Mia, rma lramed a compromise proposition which is to give satisfaslion alike to the south and the north. The conjecture is. What can it be? I have no authority for answering the conjecture, but I think I can guess its substance, in part. It is well kn.wn that the Senate is the only fixed and permanent department of the Government. It is of a two fold character, executive and legislative. It is never extinct. Iu hf. perpetual, for the terms of Senators lap over; two-thirds of the whole number are always in office. It is not so with the President's office. That ha, a life of but four years, and there are provisions for three different interregnums in it. by death, resignation, or impeachment. The House of Representatives has a life of two years, and then comes a new one. Thf sccth now has thirty SeEators in lh.

south in passing a law for the reclamation of fugitive slaves, may constitute the main feat ores I of the proposed compromise expected of Mr. j Webster. How to you like it? The apotheosis, or deification, of Washington, j is represented in a rery large painting new to j be seen in the Rotunda of the Capitol. It is a . gorgeous palnUng, representing an assembled multitude of admiring beings in the back tad , immediale foregroand. Ia the centre etanda

the form of Wabhixotosi in a white robe, holdi ing a scroll in his hand. Above him, as if com , n? down from HeaTen wUh tidI f . . ,nd g,8dne89 are thrW( exateifl maIeSi with laree wing otdigi.nat h i Jtllow Bnd blu.f represenUD(r . , f anes. j Th r,, of Wh;n, ; , ,k-ij ,i. .t ... . 6 .i J " , , " . U B S We" "11 ronndest, plumpest, nicest, prettiest, most flPSh-iinH-hinn-l.lToIa u ui:- u l. i l R uui: iui.na an nnnnrf nnifv ts TwKnM cinA .r .t. I ' ,.lo .w . " Tr., , 1 ' . . a wuuif, mo picture is a very strikinrr aa,f K v. v. . -n . u . s a i "wy one; but ,t will not bear criticism. I uuaersland it isllie work of a Western piiaf " : T i. j i., u- j "u ucucr uc uikoii UOWH Rumor has it that Col. Jefferson n: note to Colonel Bissell. asking n -.!.. r ' n . ... some auusion the latter made, in his speech theother day, In the House, to the conduct f tl. Missii regimen, nZft? Davis, at the battle of Buena Vista.'.ad that Uoloiiel Bissell reolied that hfl iMr.u WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S, ItSO. Genera! Ruk, of Texas, occupied the Seuat lo-day with a speech ou the great question whichagilalts the country, which is well spoken of for its ability, fairness hud iugeuuitv. I uuderaaud that no executive session was had. In the House, iu committee of the whole, Messrs. Tombs of Georgia, Baker of llliuoie.aud McLane of Mar) laud, were the speukera. i.lr. loombs was very able on what is called B touU""rn "-lS d more self-posswd than 1,HS Wn ,,i8 wout of Iute- lla laid I'lal,or:n UP" which the Statw. entered iato the " ' me couf",1',r!,u1 Union, and cited the pledge which w'r "actl by the Southern States, and compiieu wun oy liu others, before the former would .cou,rut 10 1,8 parties to the compact. The XNor,,,ern states solemnly stipulated to let th inslitntion cf slavery in the Southern States alone. The stipulation was adhered to for twenly. y?r"; but s,UCe lUt ti,.s''P y "tep, the Tvnrlii hiiil K. ... ... - . - . . " -" .imimip o(reiioiis upon lue slavery of the South. The property of slavery in the. South amounts to sixteen hundred milliens of dollars, anJ the Ssuth numbered eboBt eight millions of inhnhilants. Should the South then submit to have its property destroyed, aud the rights of Its people encroached npou aud trampled under foot, b-cu the North happeneJ to outnumber the South iu populntlou7 No, ! "' Tl,' PoKl11 would stand by the guaran ! "f ,ha ConK,it',tloi. a"d never submit to Ig1 : . i J . ""-grace. ine experiment was ' nbonl ma(Je whr-lher Hie Constitution I "Id l'roUcl riS"la I the minority. It ' "0uU whelher the North could compel j the Soulh ,0 its man,!r-lM- If l North j should choose to march its troops down upon the 1 South to coerce submission, then it would be 1 with the South to rfelermh.e whether they should ever march back ogalu. Colonel Baker made a very eloquent reply. H maintained that the north would stand by the compromises and safegaurds of the constitution. But while she was doing this, she could not be expected to legislate entirely for the interestsoftha people of the Soulh. The north numbered twelve millions of people, aud possessed property to the amount of 45(19 millousof dollars. He alluded to the sneers which bad beeu thrown out in the debate against the Illinois militia and Militia Culsutls, and in reply paid a glowing compliment to his colleague, Colonel Bissell, who was not in hi seat, and to ; the bravery aud gallantry of the Illinois militia or volunteers at the battle of Buena Vista. Mr McLane made a modern democratic speech showing that he did not intend to f lrget hU patty in the great and stormy question which threatens to rock the Union. If Mr. Websler should bring forward a coinpromise proposition, some of his friends say it will not be done for some tima yet When the clouds get to be deeper and blacker: when th commercial men and interests begin to be aflected; when stocks and rents begin to go down: i when capitalists begin to draw rapidly in their feiource8 and contract lheir circle of "J0" 1 iu iraue nuu navemures mru a ji uwo...w Daniel Webster for a compromise of the great difficulty, by mutual and real concession on tha part of the North and the South alike, would be taken fast held of by the right kind of men la all parts of the country. Senator Foote ha. been sick since he gave that Senatorial warning to hi. eountrymen to settle the great question before Monday next, but ia getting better, aud will probably be able to maka a speech or two to-morrow. POTOMAC. Washington, March 1, 1850. Senate. After transacting some routine bnlsincss of general interest the Senata went Into Executive Session. House. The consideration of the resolution requiring the Secretary of the Navy to purchase American Hemp for the use of the Navy was resumed, and in this connection was debated tho resolution, already referred, to give the contract for supplying Hemp to Mr. Billings, wh., If tho last resolntion passed, would raonopoliie the entire market. The morning hour having expired, the Honse went into Committee of the Whole on private bills for the first time this sassion. After some time spent therein, the Committee, rose and reported sundry bills to the House when the latter, without taking any aetion. adjourned until Monday. O'Eeware of slippery side-walks and painted women. They are both as treacherous as sttcsj llxiok : enemy tczchlIIcZ.