Indiana Reveille, Volume 41, Number 27, Vevay, Switzerland County, 2 July 1858 — Page 2

t» - - ' ' .',Tho New Tork, Inebriate Asylum, v The location of the *Xcvr ’York Inebriate Asylum having been fixed 1 at Bingham*, ton,; the citizens of that place have donated to the trustees of the institution tiro [hundred and fifty-iVfo acres.of land for their use;and, occupancy, at an estimated yalueuf fiftyihouwnddollars,. Thetluildjogs will bq situated a little way outside "the village, on a two hundred 'and fifty*twb feet elevatfqu above the river, commanding a : yicw'pi the .Chenango und SusquehanflA Valleys to a distance of twenty miles. The . work of excavation commences'this wdek/ and the w.alls will ga up' as rapidly! as the. funds will wja'rtWl. Abbot fifty thousand dollars "have tecusobsefihcd, ‘a portion df which,is I paid in already. Among the subscribers (.ate no less than eight.huudred physicians, I (bur hundred, dergymen, ninety judges, atid ninety editors,* tho 'President of the [Ohited’ jiis .Cabinet officers, jjjiisticea Grier and, Wayne, j tin Vad BurcriT* and other distinguished gentlemen. The * trustees- arcsixty in number, and arc men of the highest charas individuals and moo of business, ‘i'hejmblic wilFneed uo further assurance (hanhf. funds contributed .will .bo judici-!;opsly-appljcff; ami as-for .(he charity itself, its importance ahd claims;upon sympathy need no* demonstration.—Air ,r I orJt Post, - ■ ,

*i . cyviectiofi <;f rsV’;S, iiic.de by exhibitor il !&4onJ • iir Jo Jo ' “u : Btsi collection lit ad an* 1 cakes, made by ex. il Second tie ' do ■ Jo 5o' aest collection of confectionary, • SI ' Second ■. Jt, , • Jo f* 1 * aest specimen ul cured ban.. £1 Second Ju * - Jo . •*. *® »cst apecutcii *1 cured bed, ' ■Second. do. -do ? &0 * (JojiaiiiTLt-'-Ltr- Lamb, . Miss Sarah Bard well, Mrs. K.M. Goble. [

_ ; CLASS. 11. , i Jellies, 'Preserves, rickles, and j Canned Fruits,... j Best collection of jellies, ttaJc by exhibitor $1L Second di' . d-j .■'..' do ■ • ■est collection of preserve*. »o ■ w #1 j Second Jo Jo 7 * Jo ft'J i aestrulltcli ju of fruit butttr, do ' ’ " ■ SI ScMad Jo ■ Jo Jo " s •* io } screed He cl ion of pickles, d<> . St;; Second do “ do do 5.0’J Btat.collectioa of panned fruit, - du ■; $( J Second' t do do do- flo| test collection T>f jejliMl < | ■V ciOned by one . •. * $2 i Secop’d, best •; do ■■’ t> , ■ - . S| I CoiiMiTTEt-’-Mrs. L. W. Mallet,.Mrs. | John Hall. Mrs. A'. C. Adams. ■ [ - Mimllaatvaa, 1 I * ' Best barrel iloor,' J2;’second best Jo* SI ■ . bjic hay. 2; second best Jo i | CoiiiM’rr. j;—Hitmuef Hyde, Jackson i McCrary. Johl. W, CMuraes. 1 l

£ST a drunken tinker and h tipsy barkeeper had a fisticuff in Newport. opposite Cincinnati, and tore off each olherVlinen. The tinker sent to his w tfo for ‘.a clean shirt. She soon appeared,‘but in a towering rage, carrying a-shift in orie'hand and a Taw hide in the other, and as soon as sho could reach the unhappy tinker tosscd> him the shirt, and began to welt him with* the lash. * She wouldn't wait for him to put on the clean shirt, as she didn't wish to cut that.

Independence—Order.of Procession, &c,

The Conn House tell will ring at Si o'clock, a, m. The citizens will form in Procession under the direction of J. R, Morerod, chief Marshal, in front of the IViplic Square, with the right Testing on Main street, at the intercecjjDn of Main Cross. Any, orntlof the Independent Orders, or organizations, which may choose to unite in the exercises of the day, (except the Sabbath Schools, which i will fall in the rear of the procession, as it passes their respective churches,) will form' in the rear of the citizens. In this ■order, the pfqcessjon will move .down Main Cross to Market, down Market to Union, up Union to Pike, op Pikeio Ferry. down Ferry to Main, np Main to the Orchard—the place prepared for the further celebration of the day. It is earnestly requested that all tha business homes will bo closed at the'ringing of the Goan House bell.'

Important Decision—Power of .Jarlea ; . Sec. 19, Art. 1, dC the, Con- '' " ; - fititutiod Of Indiana. . / t The Supreme Corirt of,Indiana, on the; twenty-scvepth'day of; tie pneont terra, rendered an important decision in the cose \ of Pleasant State. | The decision define# the power ofjuries ; in ciirniiiahcasfcs, under Sec. 19, Article .j 1; of the. Consul.ilion, Tim .case was brought up from Monroe County, The Court ifisiiucted Hlie, jury as follows; ■ j r ’ '■ t In criminal cases. the jury are thecxcl usi vs Judges' ofthe: e vidence and si ay determine the?Jaw, |)ut it is' ap much their duty to. belteva, the lawtobeas charged by the court a£ it ia£ their sworn duty to deter mine (he evidence. ’ ' • - . ' t X majority of the'Corirt hold that'this instruction limits the power, and infringes the right of iIie juryTodeteiiHint the law* under tbeTilth-See., of illiq nerf Constitution, which is as follows: ... / ‘ Id all ctiminnl cases whatever, the Jury alia)! hav'e.tho right id afctenmui 1 the Jaw and'the fails. ' . The effect of", this decision is .to place the wnole power ; in thelhamU ol.iijurj, in criminal cases! s j * | Judge Hanna dissents from thu Cou^t, ■ and maintains the correctness of the charge [delivered by him in the Circuit Court, he- ; fore ho was .appointed - to . the Supreme Bench, » - ■■ [‘ In the, opinion of the Court, * M in'ali ctiminal cases wjhatevur, fhe jury hayc a, right to dc.tcrmiue the law and tho la the opinion of Judge lbuna, /*ilic jury have” not “the right 16 ilelerminc'the law” in any criminal case whatever’. '.Uis opinion is said fo be ah able one. The ■ Supreme Court hold, thatlris charge would have been correct nt common lbw, , ' Pleasant \ViiltdtiiR, charged with grand Jarcency; (the theft ofS.‘f,IOO) was convicted on the third trial, , in .the fell of '57, and seutenced io the Penitentiary tottwO; ‘years, where ho is now. . lie .will hh-re-turned to'-Monroe County, under this decision, to undergo a fourth, hearing of his case. —IndiwatfoUs Snititul.' • ?

EJfedt'of the Flood on the Crops .--The St, Louis (Mo.) Democrat thinks that the danger ofVjitaterial diminiitjoif.of the grain crop of the west, in consequence of the recent .freshets hnd overflows, is being much oven-ated. It saya: ‘in 1S51 thcrcwasprec;sely such a flood as sow prevails—not subsiding' till the 1st of July,* arid yet the receipts of com and wheat at St. Louis/ In that year, were limy up to the average during the five years from t849 to 1S53.' ..

■(tt r r'l*kc L* 1 is to hec el ub rated in Vc* ' vay; in Mr. David Armstrong's orchard, opposite tho rresoyterian fchnrch, in a : very appropriate manner. Mr. Boyd is 'to read tW Declaration--*!!Itultpendcnee, and Mri’MgCallnm is to deliver the oration, atier*which a Basket dinner ia.tu be served up on-a table prepared for the occasion. It is expected that all who at* ! tend will ootfail’to bring a basket full of ieatables with them, so that all who come ! may be able to gel '*n;bU e or .two, 1 * if-irot la whole dinner. .Let thoheud of every \family attending the. celebration , take I enough provisions-for them selves, and A [fair share for their hungry neighbors.’and ’all wjll be right; if'they do not do this, I there may >ol W a apiece” for i the crowd., v £ .

New * Bo at fur i risr M i wsox IVade. — We learn that the Messrs, tiaff, _of A« rora, arc about to commence the building of a new*.boat, adapted.for the Madison tr\de, arid when complete will run.in plac<j of the Queen.' bhe will-be a large side wheel.boat, of light draught, and supciior. accommodations. Wc understand she will,be reedy for the fall trade. . \ -

: ’(Kr a merchant in Cincinnati, Who has returned from a trip; through’Northern Ohio, reportsTavorably with: reference to the growing crops, he says, is decidedly out of fashion in that section. Corn is the only crop that is . in a-condi-lion to render the result doubtful, and it is improving- rapidly In appearance. Wheat, Oats, Potatoes, <fcc., look fine.

. New Haven'. Conn, Jons 8ft/ x slight shock of earthquake wasf experienced last night in this vicinity, at Woodbridgc, Westvifte and Waterbary. ‘ There have been but two shoctsof e»ttl>* quake here for two hundred ycari. «.

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f Kr We see from the LawrenccOurgh Banner, that Judge A. J* Colton's Boot is about ready for distribution at*last. It contains 523 pages, and is sold for one dollar, containing both poetry qnd prose, giving an account of leading incioeuls in this region of country during the last half century. We say to*all, buy the book.

■ /tf5f“The Ohio Fanner says; “Our list of topics for farmers would embrace tha following: 1st. The Bible; 2nd, Religions Biography; 3d, A pood family newspaper; •Rli/The best agricultural books, and the standard American Histories.*’ ’

Best I’emale lliJer/S?;’ 3d Lest Jo Awarding Larmiuttee to be seiectod on the ground; nutt tin* tiding to be Ibursday at 1 o’clock, V.-M. 1’ziki. II. iStow. Pn-sulrnt. PF.HRtT Dn’oritj ' Secretary.- -.

.4 ' . Sr. Locis/June 2|h X despatch from- Leavenworth dated tjic 27thjsays: ■ . i ■ ;i4 “two, Companies of-the 2d infantry gjfning-to Port Leavenworth, together with two companies of the $pnfe comnfand «p,w at Fort Scott, are ordered hackTo .They will be,accompanied lly” .200 recruits, which will arrive here within ten days from llic Eastern States. This! movemet is understood to.have*reference to the attitude of the Indians in Nebraska. . The officers commanding this' detachment arc Captains Lovilt, Lyons and Gardner,' and Lieut. Smith.” ' '• The Mississippi. is stationary at tin* point, Upper streams hdlin,:. ( tIw Cp-' per Mississippi _ is gating low—dp i-et on * upper; and 51, on flower- : nij>iiN> Weather cloudy,' suftry, hut not sb wainv} t avfor Bome'dayajpasu . ‘ • ’ : . ■ j

I From the ITiilaJrljihU L-dcerl] Nicaragua—Aw Armed Force to be Sent. Washington June 24,—'Hie President has adopted a decided and vigorous policy toward Nicaiagtia. • xn armed force will be dispatched at once to the San Jujlridel Norte, and the right of the United Slates to a free passage'across the Isthmus will he asserted of maintained. :

C$“ Col.- Ebenetjcr 1) a moot, who W*| poitfcl for an address before tbo Jnlit Domont and Zclalatbeaa Societies of Brook* villu College, on Wednesday last, km unable to fulfill It is engagement, being detained by sickness in Iowa.

(£[if iUimUi'. Official Vapor of inllirrJaml foiiulv.

Wc see from handbills uiiculaling through* Vhe, country,,- tliat &ti anii-I>j-compion Convention of- Ohio ami Rwit/cerlnail futilities, is to be bold at prise, on the IT.tb of July, to nominate candidates for Senator, Keprcieniative, and Prosecuting Attorney.

ikSr-Thc .Missouri Republican of the 221 learns from a 'gentlemen just from Illinois, who has had good opportunities forobservation, that the wheat crop never appeared ; more It stands erect, even, and is full hc.ylcd.- Where wheat has -been cut in. some places tlte yield is not lesa limn twenty-live bushel* per acre. - 1

*TfTMad dogs arc taking.the country in "the neighborhood of Feosho. Mo! 1 lie Herald of tipi place gives a fright*. Ini iicconnt of the havoc they have made. More than -0 people have been bitten, halfwhom died with hydrophobia.

1 I-1FA. Ai. Hawkins arid T. 0. Levering-had soinfifhingnf alight* iii this phice, on Wednesday last. It is rather seldom to hear of soher men fighting,'as in. t his ease. That - unruly instrument,, the tomriu?, eausetl the trouble. ■ ;

Lktteh I.isTs.—By an att*ol Congress pa.ssc.1 at the session just closed, the pub* licatidn of-the Irsts’of uncalled for letters i.i hereafter to bo given to t-ho paper whose proprietors will insert them a; tho cheap* ot rates. :> *• : '.

‘. Sentimental I!aii fun!J- Cioc-' kettAwho was hum; in Atlanta, Gu,, *m the lolli insi v furrommittihg u very'cold blooded. murder, attributes his * reckles.' carcey and its sad consequences to disappointed allied inn. His lather successfully opposed-his marriage to a girl whom he loved, and since" then he has been irn■merted in vice and crime.

■ : Pim.AnELi’inA, ■ J one 29. At midnight last night an alarm uHire occurred, and as the tifemen were - about leaving the ground five or six pistol sliotn were GreJ by persons'in the crowd jMiml threa men were seriously wounded. Sam'I. Carr, o director of the Shiftier Hose; who was shot in the forehead, died [in a short time. Win. T. Brastcr, a res* blent of Camden, while looking on, was shot in the back. The Moyamensing Hose ischargfedAW’ith the outrage. , ; During a’light laU evening on the list boat from Gloucester, ayomfg m*atv named B. Neill, a sail-maker, was slabbed twice in the breast ahd tfiodfnjt few momcntk7 The murderers-jumped overboard amfft&l ■coped to the shore'.* . . ; L \\

The French man Out gen trailed. --JjjOre appears to.bavo been a good deal of adroit management and diplomacy in’ rtgaralto tlip Nicaragua Transit question, endiug'in the complete trinmph of Comnium Vanderbilt over M. Felix Commodore has made a pcrsona|>|rcaty with.Nicaragua 1 , backing it wUh-:.»ioan of 8100,000, and haa secured .to himself-a monopoly of the Transit llouto for a'icrra of years. , Tho’ apprehension that Louis Napoleon was'abouf to take military pos-’ session of tho Niparagiion transit, arc. at an end. The-Transit II on to'is* sale in American hand?, under a contract which i secures its re-opening within ninety days' and its maintenance thereafter. , ,

There are glowing accounts of lbs crops iu Texas. Indeed, throughout tho. Nujthern Slates, except where tireMissi«si;»pi. flood.li,rs’.carried de-idaliim;. the crop prospects are generally-flattering.

E. C. Town*:, of Kansas, will preach at the Baptist Churoh in Vevuy. this (Thursday) evening, at the ringing of the Boll. . The-pubUc are invited to attend. - July 1,1808.

JTj*Thc Rtctaic mil Wient tv ac* addre*, until the pnJ of thn Toljmc, J.iat:.nryl.-trl&0. Mr tin tfuii. Three mot,tin for 30 ,cifucr 13 toootfcr for 51. j'.tynent to to ic.tde I:i aJcauce. feab.scriptiom may begin at ar.y time. Th*. editorial rilotnnV rclther pirtiiou nor vttartta. Artidn upon ail subjects of general ir.icrrjlare admlrfible. »l the Jiv erf lion of ibo Editor,

i tKr Now is the lime for. work in tile country. 'Hie farmers are hard at it—so much so-tbal they hardly copio to town at all. ■ Business in the retail line, here, is dull-. Now nty buying more than they actually. need. Articles of prime necessity only go olT. Luxuries arc dull of sale.

MARRIDD, On the ',01 It June, by JUr. H. M, Hover,* >tr. Melchis I.. T)uplaw ami Mis* Virginia Aortissez, alt of tins county. — In this place. OBthe’Jrh, by the same, Anthony M. Hcwkins and Irudenre Adatns.

nntW con be taken of nDonymnoj fcmmitlcVuon>. Winterer U laWudcrt for insertion mow be tuhculciicil bylltc esmeami ajylivw oi J’tfjjriler, not for puhltcaljon, lint a* a gamutfu of good We f:ii!net ur-lert.ik< to return rejected 'Cornmntcatloua. ■ ■

a £ urrenu-ss : We doing Partv.—a t n large wcJJing party New Oilcans, not long ago, tWgnesls were cheated rfnt of their supper in anovcl way. a' gang of thieves having'entered tha tiinitig-iooni by a lack window, gathered the edges'ol thij "table cloth together,..and folding it in* to a bundle, made off withe very thing that wasnjwn the table, including the laraily plate, valued at some lii/hdreifs of.dollarsWbcn supper: was announced, the table was there,, and nix besides.

. SnciDE.-rTnc wife of .Mr."George .Spurrier, of Morristown? Shelby county, Tnd., committed suicide on Tuesday night by hanging herself in a smoke house with a rope. Her husband was absent. Mrs. .Spurrierhad been, fora short lime, the Hospital Jar the Insane.

TTT Tbo public wtU plcaw bear iu wlud rial oaaoccicd with this paper there* UaUiRC and well appointed Jor Omft, »t which wc are prepared re» execute every description of Job. Work la good Mylo end a: low pricca, on iliort notice. ’ . . . Poit'Mai-tore «i rc : antho rlrcd and reqacAtcd to tel r-c to. wcVitog'arei iWwatdlngVxi'b* feripUnnv . | '•

DIED, . In Fatrjnt, Ini, on the Wtb June, Mrs. Mart U.-'Howu, wife of Mr. Syivanus Hr a-e>, aged -it years. ’ Tears, ah! tears are all iu ram, Tu S-. uthc, Wteh i There’s many, many ntcbls.pfpam, - For those whom Jhnu hast left. ; . Tb<)’ vc maygnere, we vrr(bId not tall Thy wnvmied : Hut oh.’ ivii.it bitter :i-*ns wilHall Fpan life’s darkened track ! — At fcet itsidenrt. oe.-jr .Jackson vl He, bo the V3tf uft’., llrs.'Ei m Stow, ajfcd 74 years'. | . ■ She passed awv.y ! Our seeking faze mi mure.shall mVtt • , I he gentle eyes now closed in sleep ' i Until that coining day, . • . When we ihali hear that w t U voice,.-. .Audtrt that bright Wi'f’i! inih her trjoicc. Where life cannot pass away* ’ ■ ' —f In this place, oh Sunday last, W itturt, • ■infant bpu of Wiiliam ami Ha rah Hall, aged qbuut tuiei-n munlhs. . . Anjnfcni on it* tick K-J Uy, . SO *.■) fair, . ■ , A inxinof Nflfclslo tariraay, v . Ikbcbl Ihr ruOVrer . They panW and wkiiperad, ••■lit ikon go W tUiOVjitj:* KVf oais. to guide , A voyugMMeV with B»t” When Jo! ■_ The Infjul nailed nod died..

Inpuxa Cnors.— Wc arc told by those who travel the railroad (hat. the wheat crop, between hero and Vincennes, promises a heavy yield. The farmers are busy harvesting.. On the upper,Wabash, the wheat is more backward ami the prospect less Haltering. —Evansville Journal. , .

TTPgahtCritbri will plcavt advbe oi immediately of the tTon-arrivat of their papery »Mho proper mh«.,

\TnSMESriOU«:\VniRLW1SP--A t Hl£BD'OK Cows is tuc Am.—The receipt whirl wind at antt in the ’vicinity of , Culejville, Md.y was the ‘ phenomenon, acr cording to accounts,, wc have ever read! of. The RockvilK; Journal save further about it, .thatibero issued from it a black :smoke which darkened the One gentleman saw a herd of cows nppa- ; rcnlly up. ih the air, and there ia every reason to believathat .they-word blown a Quarter of a mile. It is' Raid , that the horizon was iilled, with fragments of clothes, shingles, limbs, etc.' It rushed on at this ratoltll it reached the Patuxent River. and •Ihmejts course was t suddenly arrested.*

California Newd. v. ■ New York, Juno 2Sj/ The Moses Taylor has arrived with'lhe California mails of the 5th and Sl.SOfi;000 in gold. , • . t ' The U. S. steamer; Colorado* orrivetV:Al Aspiiiwall on t|ie ITtU. from St Domin* go. - She brought intelligence that President Bae2 ( of *ihe .Dominican Republic, had capitulated to Santana, and Avas to h-ayo St. rDqmingq on tho 13th. for Curuccba; / -Must oB his/ adherents had left the day .previous/. i‘ Gen. Suntan- fiad,given *Com. Mclnttfkh the strongest assurances of thopiiii. tection of American citizens and desiredhim to express* to his Government his wish to liiaintafn the'most amicable re-, lations. * " , * It is stated I list the Conimodorb bad succeeded in obtaining from Baw all the documents for which he was Vent.. The exbilenient in California about theFrazer'river gold mines continues; 3,000 persona have already left San Francisco for that region;-. California mines; yielding largely; news from every section high-. \y favorable.Agricultural . prospects were noverkrigbter; a full harvest 5a con1 fidently'expected,* Nearly all (he business part of Nevada city was ’burnt' on 2&I of May; loss SJ3,OflO. Tho town of. San Andrew?, Calaveras co., had tdjen entirety destroyed by fire. Ten buildings were burnt at San Francisco, May 31st: loss $40,000. The. Galifqinia papers contain more than’tho usual, amount-of:mtudors,-assas-sinations, casuallties, tfec, A.hiccs from Oregon arc to tho 24th of May., They annoujico a general Indian outbreak there. Cb\ Stevens’ command,oc 6nakejiver,.fhreo companies of dragoons and.one of infantry, were attacked by 1,500 Indians on the 16th'of May, and forced, to retreat, whh a loss- of flfty : privates, three officers, two. howitzers, baggage wagons, and noarly all tho animals. Two/ of the officers killed’ wefb.Capt. .Winder ofMary land - and Lieut, Qasseu. The name of the thirdianot given; . . iThc Nioaragua transit grant was signed, 8th May/in faydr of Yanderbuilt and his associates, and; an act of incorporation places them on the footing 6f> corporate body. / ‘ . '• Tho Vrissari, treaty hae been pocketed by President Martinez,' and it seems sure ho will,not,ratify it in its original form. M. Felix Belly has loft .(bo abeno of his late operations, a -grand alliance of th'd five Central American States, under one. .head, w still being agitated. „ New Grenada'Senate has post-: poped the f^aw-Herron treaty, which is looked upon aa an evidence of their determined opposition .to it. v

'Salt Lake City.—The distance from Salt I,alto City to Fort-leaven worth, is 1,131 miles. * t - From Fuaveuwofth to f Fort'Kearney is 1186 miles, Fnmi. Leavenworth to. Fort Laramie, fill* - miles, whtlp Fort Bridgor Is only 113 miles ori this side of the Mormon Capital.

* _• THE . V Wc‘ tiro roqitestotl to give notice that- the citizens 61’Vevay who dSign engaging in the celebration to-morrow, will meet at the. Court House at S 1-2 o'clock . whore tin process ion willlbrm. TIttSse bringing Provisions will leave thorn with It. F. Grifiard, Chairman of the-“Table’ Comjniltee,” on the ground.

• ; * i St. Louis, June 20./ The Republicans of the First Dyurid yesterday dominated Frank p. junior. for rlpqlectign to Congress, by occIut matt on. • Resolution spassed reaffirming the doctrines of Jefferson: denouncing the administration; opposing negro equality; advocating the; cxiinctiun of slavery in Missouri, and the removal di the negroes from the Stale.* There are throe fall tickets nowin tho field—Republican, American, and Democratic.. ...

Fa.ris Tatric saylt that France docs not now feeejv her ship* on the African coast*to catch klayes, but .to prevent British slyps of war meddling with French vessels. *It declares such an attempt as watching the const of Cuba frivolous and vexatious. , ’ ; —

OiT On Saturday last, at 1 o'clock, Rodolpe Cotios, son of 'William- R. Cotton, living in the .Ib^erVcnd-of-this county, was struck by ligbtmng and died instantly. lie was standing iu front of. bjs father’s houeer ■' Two young ’ ladies' f Misses McKay) were standing near him ,al th'o.time, and were stnnncdj-but not dangerously injured. Rouo’.ph was a fine youth, IS or 19 years of ago, and was highly esteemed by all who knew: him. Ha was buried al die family burying ground Ml slcrling, on Sunday..— .We Binccrel; sympathise with the family in this sad bereavement.

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, OCT Old Mrs. • say’s she 4 thinks it very droll that the 4th of duly sho hi/ so! o (teri como on Sunday* or Burrdefy come! so often on, tbe 4th of-July—‘ she isn't sure which—and she says .ihat Mr. Buck Cannon or the Cpngresalaturo ought tMo aooieihing.about it. In her opinion, ittakes a 11 - th a old - fash i o bed spent and, palricbism. out ’of: the'4lb of Independence, io have, it come so—this mixing opof holidays and holy days; this looking at (ho minftter when your mind is running 'on, malicious officers . with feathers in their; caps; and .trying toeing psalms when one is all the.time thinking of "Yankee Doodle."

.Sickskss ,rtf Towjf/—We learn that sickocss'is rapidly on the increase in the city t Wo.Tear the flood will leave ns a legacy oKsorrow by the - mortality it will engender.— Si Louis Xetct. ,

WelUvillo, N. Y.\ June 25. The.MoBonff eelebiated St. John’s day.j yesterday, and after an oration, adjourned to. a large hall for dinner. About 700 per* j sona bad entered the room, when'tbc floor gave way, precipitating about 300 to the floor below, with'a largo quantity of cutters, fanning mills, lumber, &c;, burying nearly the whole ot them in the ruins, j Fortunately no one was killed, but from [40 to 50 were wounded, about 10 seriously.:

JC5T Massachusetts expects to. realize 850,000 a year out of her dogs. The town of Leicester pays <$180 wycar; the average tax paid by the towns is about 8150. - '

| JRJT The GjatcsTmuTsays "it 1s a enrioas fact that every General officer in the /tinericali army of t£e Revolution was a Freemason, except Benedict Arnold."

, JSTA Lodge of- Good Templars, has . been .established in We team that they are geuineiirtfgood number of members. They meet every Friday night iq theSons of Temper a nee Hall. • next Monday night the Installation of officers for the coming term of the Sons of Temperance will take place. It • ia to. bn hoped tbaf all .tko officers and members tfill be present

*—'fho Cadets instill thefr officers on Tuesday night. All the members of the ‘'Sons'* and '‘Good Templars" are invited to attenJ aad- witness the installation of tbo yoiiog, officers of the temperance arrays

•■Gortrnment RtctipU and Kipenditurei. —The current fiscal* year of; the Govern*. meat expires on lha 80thinit : •. Eatirnating‘the receipts of (he last quarter at @8,000.000,. which it will not exceed; the revenue and expenditures of,the Government for tho year.will bland thus; ' For threa-qnafterj. - * _@iJ6,024,933 16 Fourth estimated; • -. 8,000,000 00 ■' . j ***.024,933 16 Expenditures. arestimateV. by'J. Glanoy Jones. * @84,667,278 30 Deficit for the year, : 840,642,335/14

FromUacotabTerritory. ; SC me ago, June 28.—Tho reports from (the Dacolfth Territory. state the Yunklon Indiana, three thousand in !munber,aro cotnniitting depredations, upon the white eelllemorfts :along the' Minnesota river. Xhs cause is ditisalisfoctlon about annul* ties now.dtfp,.not being paid by tho Government. ;■ They therefore intend to recover, their lands, and. drive whiles away. ,They hare destroyed the village of Mcda‘ry and burnt the to wn pfFlamlran. An Emigrant/rein near'Medary was plundered. The sen! fra ore-' concentrating at 'Minnesota Falls, preparatory fdr defensive Derations.;.. ■■■/■■ •_ >

Steamboat Kate . Barchetp ‘Wrecked. Vjxcehkes) Joho !; steamer Kate jSarchett wg S wrecked and literally torn to pieces on Friday night, iaattemplIng to ran oyer the dam" at ■ the locks, twenty-five miles below; Here/oo the Wabash. All bri boanF/vere saved.The boat was owned by the j Dusoachet Bros.; of Mt.jVo/fion.Indiaha. ' ■ j ; There was no insurance; pa the boat; which was valued ‘at-’ ftl0,000. $3,000 worth of freight entirely lost. , V.. .-v-'; V

June 30. a private despatch from New .Orleans says: “a duel took place yesterday between Hanlon, of the Trne Doha, and Gibson, of tho Crcsent, in latter was killed.” Ths steamer-impress', the schooner Minnie Schieffor, and a Spanish brig, were burnt to the water's edge at New Orleans yesterday, and the ships Funny Fosdick and Hannah, Crooker slightly damaged. • • ,

tfar'The Alton (111.) Democrat says the farmers in that region are in the midst of their wheat harvest-' The grain stands well, and the-harvest promises greatly.

/ (£r understand, there are about 420 tonvicls tho.Penitentiary at Jefferson 1 ville—about 100 more than they have cell accommodations for ,

.Washington, June 20. ■ The Secretary of the Navy, Isaac Toncey, intends loaviag Washington shortly to inspect the Northern nayy yards. ’■ It is said, tbs affairs in Mexico at present occupy the attention of tbe'ad ministration., ’ *

fcj- On* Saturday, an Irish laborer on the farm of Mr. Brittain, in Kentucky, nearly opposite Madison, died fjpm the effect of a son stroke.

I>IE. WJI. C’. S1VEKZEV, PHYSICIAX AND-SURGEON,'; HKSSiyuTOX, - Sirltttrltnil Co out j*, Indlut. the puYposc of being more convenient .. to my pMrons in Mborcfieldand vicinity. Twin after the Ct’lh of July, spend two 'days in every week at that place, iris: From 9 a.’*, of Wednesday till 5 r. «.of Thursday. Room in the dwelling of Geo. Ifpgan. •JjT Especial caregiver* to the treatment of Chronic diseases. .; jyi-3m

STATE OF INDIANA,) awliitrland Coont]-,J 9 ’ '‘William H. Price, as-,'| signec, &c., -| , vs. Aurelia Folbre, Rina Ido Sciro Facias to rt- ‘ R; Ruler,’Sophia P. vivc judgment. Ruter,'. Ctnra D'ufpur, EstcIIa Du four. Joseph ■' / ’ M; .Dufour, John J. In the Switzerland DufSur, Clara Sheets, Circuit Court, No James T. Sheets, Ne- vember Urm’a.o. herniah Sheets, John . 1668. Sheets, David Armstrong, John Houston, ( and William Dickson. J - IT appearing from affidavit/filed ia the Clei It's office of said Circuit Court, that ~ Clara Sheets, James T. Sheets, Joseph IL Dufour, and John J. Oufout, ate non-resident* of the State of Indiana, and are necessary patties to the above entitled action, which is in relation to real estate. . They are therefore hereby notified of the pendency of this'action, and that % certain judgmcpl was obtained in said Court on the 13th day of October a..d. 1840,-ip favor of one Charles, S. Bokcr, and against Francii G.”.‘ Sheets'and Daniel Vincent Do four, for the sum of two hundred and fourteen dollars and seven cents, and costs, which said- judgment - has been duly assigned to said William H,*Pricc, Said non-resident defendants are , therefore hereby notified that, they. are. r»- - qoited to appear, bn'tbVfirst day ot the nett term of sat'd S.wiuerla nd-Circuit Conrti which will be holdeit .at the-Court House in Veny, 1 in.said county, on the 1st'Monday of Nbyem* her V.nitSM, and shew cause—if any cauie they can shew—why said judgment’ should . not be en forced against tho'estates of the said francis.G. Sheets and Daniel Vinceti*. Dafoui, deceased, in the hands of the. said‘.non-iari-. , *d<;nt defendants respectively. t, ’ Given under my hand this *5th day of June, a. p: 1868. OLIVER ORMSBV, Cleric. ■ Jobk Di'toyr, P, Q. Jiii**-?, fs6!/

The Growth of tkt American Union.— The London Times, in a leading article, calls the attention*of the British public to the wonderful expansion and prodigious development of the American Union, “la natality “ says the Times, “not even the marvels of American nature are comparable in .magnitude to the recent features of American progress. The new •‘‘State’ of | Minnesota contains an era exceeding lhat of:: Fiance, and ' Kapsas is larger than Great Britain- The mighty process of colonization, which goes on' there with such rapidity,, is without a parallel in the history of-the race-'*

% t3PThe “Kate French” . will go up this afternoon; all those who design going to Ciricihnatv should wait for her. She will he. along about 2 o’clock. 'She is carrying passengers • for fifty, cents, and .freight at pithily o&| low'rates. f . l-J - 1

There were eight cases of sonstroke in Indianapolis, on Saturday last —five fatal. The ‘thermometer ran up to 120 in thp son. , . . ;

" .. \ Rutland, Vt,; June 29. ‘ Tha Hepablican Stato convention, now in session'here, to-day made the follow: ing nnmthstibns:For Governor:—Hyland Hill; for Lt; Governor—B. Marlin; for Treasurer—Henry M.,Bates;'

Myriads o ( f locusts have made their appearance in the southern part of Mississippi and the northern portion of-Louisians.

The Navy Yard at Benicia, Calri fornta, is intended, to be the largest in tbs United States, if not in the wbrld.

* exchanges, from almost every part of-the country,] iontaln accounts of the fata I re-1 suits of sun-strokes, during the : hot v»»?thcr of last

i l£r Some greenJearea in the hit crown' u said to be Vmtatn preventive egainst a ftlT] 5*rclt<), ■ - J *

t3T The hot weather of lest.weet w?s pronounced unconstitutional by a Eelf-mn-nitnted mart offlufforiup judg^fi

' •' ’ Indianapolis, Juno 29. *: Tbo democratic convention of ■ the 4th Congressional District to-day nominated W. S. Holman. fanli Lecompton) for Representative in UongresK. '

s’.'Hi pep 8 aches were selling in roar* f)ret ! it Memphis oh Monday at*?3 per bash*! , - .

ParLinyi.Tini, June 28.—The Hon. *Tot B. Tyson and the Hon. Robert T: Conrads eminent citizens died TeEferda”.

■V isv .-wy 1 ' v Friday, *. : *. ’■ : ; July 2. IS5S.