Indiana Reveille, Volume 42, Number 17, Vevay, Switzerland County, 27 April 1859 — Page 2

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[Correspondence of the Reveille. Letter from Judge Cain. BELMONT, Kansas Territory, April 18, '59.

MR. EDITOR—DEAR SIR:— Permit me through the columns of your excellent paper, to comply with the promises I made to many of my friends before I left home to write to them occasionally, and post them up in regard to our journey to the Rocky Mountains. We left Louisville on Tuesday the 5th inst., on board the Highflyer, with our old friend and accomplished commander, T. T. Wright, in whose company every passenger can enjoy the trip and feel himself perfectly at home. We arrived at St. Louis on Friday the 8th, and shipped our oxen, wagon and baggage just across the guards on board the splendid steamer Ben Lewis, which lay just along side of us. Arrived at St. Joseph, on Thursday, l1th inst., ferried across the Missouri, and landed 5 miles above, on the Kansas side, at the little town of Belmont, containing two doggeries and one house for the purpose of boarding the men belonging to the steam ferry boat, at which place we are snugly encamped in our wigwam,—the floor covered 6 or 8 inches thick with hay. Plenty of provisions, blankets and buffalo rugs to keep us warm, and all in good health. And here we begin to see the “elephant," —the prairies and timber show no more sign of vegetation than old Switzerland does in February. We intend staying here until the grass puts up. There are a great many thousand emigrants passed on as far as Blue River, where they are compelled to stop for the want of feed and grass, where many of the hand-cart and carpet sack fraternity are suffering, as report says, almost to starvation. There was ten large wagons left this morning for Fort Laramie and Pike’s Peak; each had 5000 pounds of supplies for those places, with six yoke oxen to each wagon; it took 12 yoke to pull one of them up the hill. It is impossible to give any correct idea of the amount of emigration that is continually passing on and has already passed before our arrival. I was told that about 40,000 had passed through Leavenworth City alone, besides the various other points on the river. The reports from the mines are unsatisfactory and conflicting. I saw one man who just came in three weeks since, who had been out ‘'prospecting'’ through the winter. He says he is satisfied that it will pay. He is going to return with his family as soon as the grass puts up. It snowed on Thursday night until everything appeared like the middle of winter,— snow about 2 or 3 inches deep, and the wind blowing as cold as Greenland; the ground froze every morning hard enough to bear a loaded wagon. To-day is warm and pleasant. If these lines should meet the eye of any that intend coming out this spring—a company of six, can save more than $100 by coming to St. Joseph by railroad,—to complete their whole outfit where every thing can be purchased as cheap as it can be had on the Ohio river,— especially oxen and wagons. The former from $30 to $55, and the best of new wagons for $55. Yours, truly, DAVID CAIN.~~~~~~~

UArlal Paper of Swltxerlwul County.

V E V A Y:

Wednesday, : : : April 27,1S59.

Interesting Information Relative 10 Bounty Laud Warrants. The following is » copy of an import* ant decision just emanated from the Gen* jjj oral Land Office; !. Sir: In reply to the qucstbn'propoun-1 ° ded in vour letter 'of the ildd inst., !■ have; v to ttatc: , ■ ■ • r 1. That the bounty land warrants j,ucd hy the United States arc dcc.arcd, by ■ t the acr of Congress approved June fi, }o- j, 5S, to be personal property. ; I o That’f rich warrants can cot bo so Id j, sold by an administrator of tho deceased , warrantee for'the payment of delta ecu- , traded by such warrantee. . ■ !; 3. 'that such warrants when issued do* ■ j rin" the lifetime of tho nannntye, ami--noulisposcd of by him, become, if he die. ■intestate, the. proptoty of his heir at iau | jin accordance with the law of domicil. and can'not. be. attar bed end sold for the i pay nifiit of his dents. [ 11, he t!ie it/est- [ me, see yih paragraph following.] ! Warrants otter the death bf | tho warrantee, btit upofi proof filed du- | ring his litetime, become the propdiy .of} ■ bis widow, if them his one, bed if no wid* j .ow, the property oL his heirs at law, i without regard to their ago.- . I 5, The proceeds of a sale of n warrantmade hy an nduiiubtrutor, is the absolute ; propei ty ul tho wi iow licrscif, or legatees, j without regard to any debt contractedJiy 1 the Trier t met; but the practice of this office' 1 has been to recognise assignments proper*, j iv made hv an administrator for distrihu* .{ tjon ot tli'e proceeds amoiig the heirs atj I law, after, jjayiiigol the funeral ftiul prop- ■ tr conit expenses.. (Attorney’* and administrator's fees, not taxed by tlic court r ! urti not regarded as proper court expenses.) ; ,0. Tho. rules of this qlHco requires, in all rases,- when a warrant has . been sold . by an exccutnr,'-that a duly: certified copy 1 of the will with letters testamentary, shall 1 he attached to (he warrant; iond, in cases ■ where a sale is made- by an admiriistra- ■ tor or guardian, that certified copies of * (he administration or guardianship shall 5 he attached; and that the, sale has bam j made for! the use,‘of the heirs only must 1 ha shown either in l (W. assignment or in f f papers submitted with each case.

... i-ukenof aconvuiouj tomtmi: tur Irscrtion muHbe mw ‘O' 1 «*lw« # r writer; nnt netcwarlirfor publication, Iraio* euarenteo of Wacauiot unJcrtoko to mum^cieJ m TTr*All Legal AdtertiiemtnU pajoWa Affidavit U made; In no ca*J luljea to tbo delay of legal process. ‘ . try* All traraienl idfertiaementa to b* tor in variably In advance.

Cortes politic n co of tha Reveille. Reasons for taking from the Iho Par doiiing Power and giving tt to Hie pouitaReasons for n change in out Stile s Prison

Ucscip'ine. Reidtrs of th,e fiecville—Goitfrmtn *V ladies: , Inmv last letter I said the pardoning power! should*!* taken ftom the Governor and. m a j restricted form, given to the Supreme Court. | Perhaps it would be as well to give it to the j Court and jury in the Judicial Uistritl where j the criminal was found guilty and sentenced. The reasons for taking it from the Governor are obvious. There is not an old Slate in the Union, anl none perhaps among the new, where it has been exercised, thatahy good has resulted 'from it, m few, if any, where it has not been more or jess abused.

■ C Oil M E RC I Al. Cinc;ns*"i, April -iFlj0l . K .„Thfir.aike*.c u ntioucs Juil. and the demand quite Hauled. The sales »?« “V fi-ied lo COO Ills extra brand, at S’ <«*''■ t ,OSO Tibis were wceived the »**, a * aP Oil,-A sale of 100 Ibis D»stiUed Red, at Cc bbls returned, this u rather below tie market, *3 61 is the Cerent rate. Gaoctaica.—Molasaea tc per P««n Jifto. and in good demand, yh [ 25c, Sugar firm, and the demand fur at 6(a*i. C °WnrjT.— The demand continues acli«, ini prices ate firmer. Sales 260 b«h prime Red at $1 30.100 do inferior do at $123. 160 do prime Red at 51 30, and 360 do do White a. SI 50. i . . . Co ns.-The raaritel Is £nn with a good remand at-69c. ,, ‘ , Buntt.—Sales 200 buihfair at Coc. Rte.—Sales -loo bush'at 91c delivered.— Mailet firm .. . „ ,,, , . Oat*. —The mithel remains dull, with.but alimtled demand at 5lc. . Potatoes.—Sates 6oo bbU common mixed, in lots, at $2a2.to, loo do Scshannocls at "5 andbodo While Slercer at $2,60.

••Offlctah" ■ [From the Wuhington CouStaiion.! The President of the United Stales pays fo* his piper in advance, a :d all salaried officer! of the Government who talc it will be expected to follow his example in this particular—and we hope and trust they will all talc p.casurc in sustaining the Constitution.. ,

1£T Tho town of Greenstmrg voted cn Tuesday last to change its from a town to a city shape, U* General Charier act.

jp-fT Statistics show tbat within tLeUst twenty years thirteen steamships, with three thousand persons have been lost.

U is despotic in its origin and principles. U came to us from kings and emperors,-and has, likosome other things, been adopted and practiced, with little or no discussion of its merits ar demerits. Perhaps it has been foJtnrieJ thus far* because It been generally grossly abused; but I do.not think at this day it is generally approved by the people, . ■

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

PINE LUMBER.— Well reasoned ami ready for use—clear, first and stcond common, lor sale at prices reduced to suit the times, by ap2T HARWOOD -V DOAN.

Whit ii it but an arbitrary despotic power, j lodged by lav in one man to set asidelhe rer- 1 diet of twelve, and the sentence pf the Courts, j and legally nullify the purposes of nil out criminal laws, hnd defeat the ends -of Justice; That it is not generally, or'very .'Often, prostituted to such vile ends is owing to no merit in the power itself, but to the. forbearance of its dangerous exercise. If Governors \vcre nl-1 ways discriminating, 5rrai and perfectly con- \ aiderate, and with ail, honest men, tbit' power would always be judiciously exercised; and there would then be no cause (if complaint, .snd no teas ana for taking from ihein and its-, toring it in a restricted form, elsewhere. ; It his often been well and ttuly said that an absolute monarchy would be the best government ip Ibe world if the' wisest and bast man | was at the head of il- It would be the cheapest, most liberal, and at the same lime most progressive as well as the most; conservative; impartial and best, as welt as humane government;, that coutd be instituted to preserve oence and order among men. Hut as o general rule absolute monarchies have been, and continue to be the worst of governments; because, always administered by imperfect, and very often by bed men. *; , " ' ; But governors are always supposed to .be, ' and generally, no doubt, are good men. The pardoning power is nut abused from any want of heart-felt humanity, but from a misapplies-. • lion of the principle.. It is as hard) for some i governors to say no,'when the culprit seeks his sympathy, ai it is for a weak creature of. the other sexto refuse the Importunities of the lioertine,' and preserve her independence and

(JREAT- BARGAINS—Wo aro now receiving a large aijd splendid assortment of Fresh 0locerits, width *e offer K reduced prices for rash, , .. Prime S. 0. Molassses, at 3 ( t\ by M; i" • oercallon. Prime Sugar, 7$e per M>1; 12 lbs for $1. tiood Tea,a*. Rom Jt'cjo Jl pvi lb, Call ami esaniine our atm k before purchasjjtj* elsewhere, a* ve ate determined to se.i cheap, *pt!T CLARKSON Jf UAl.bf'.

£7}' A meriibet of the last legislature has a coimminicaiion in the Cannelton. Jlepotler concerning iho management of our State ufluirs, from which we make an

RKGULAU Madison 1*AOT?’. I JAS- D- PARKER, Cipltin. ) CJcrtr. WILL Live Veray for Cincinnati Tnesdars and Thursdays at 2 o'clnrlt, p. ni.. ami Snndays at 1 o’clock, p. m. uiil leave Cincinnati .Wednesdays, Fridays Mondays, punctually 8t 12 o’clock. For frtichl or passage apply mi tmar.l.

Flood is Tin: Mississippi —The Cincinnati of Monday sajsOor latest advices in regard to the water in the Lower Mississippi am ol «di: J‘ alarming character. ; From the officers of ; * I the steamer Monarch we learn that the nn* • c c 1 meron- elevate*have resulted in the oyer- j in, I How of large tracts of the lower country, | j ami'tht destruction of stoch, crops and ,, Sinproveinents to an almost incalculable ■ q i amount. From Memphis down, the m- \ - rr is described as spreading on either P ; hand like a sea. and the marks of deso* p : bn ion ire everywhere visible.' j Scores of § ’ i I hi illations and villages arc either over'i flowed or lendeied almost uniuhahitahlc a hv tho mould:with' which.lire surrounding ; moisture has covcied every dwelling.— y The houses which are Luill on pillars, *; ihnsi'tnffeiiiig the water to nrn freely be- a 1 r.e.ith. aio still occupied. Flat boats are iiMi.il!y moored I o such habitations, <, which reive the double purpose of stft1 jldcs forthe cattle: and quarters for the nc- , grocs who guard them. . l lj • The anxiety to loam the news from above the water is described I 1 las intense,' and tijc people exhibited great ] 'V; depression, on- Icing told that the upper ( '?jrivors wcio still rising. 1 " i At Helen a the levee has success folly 1 ! kept the town from over (lowing. Napoli ■ itori is also well protected, the levees | i along loth tho Mississippi and Arkansas rivers being in good condition, the seep* ■' ! u£ 0 water, however, keeps filled the low Hgrounds in tho rear of the place. The V'igfnvcyard 'ca the banks of the Arkansas, ; and between the .-river and tho levee, is jgtihineiged.'aad the gravestones ani mon‘mneiils just peeping above .the flowing f e waters. At Lake' I’rovidenco the water & excluded, hut the town is muddy and ° . extremely damp and noisome. 0 hurg tho* water is sixteen inches higher -‘than during-the flood of Iasi year, so that the steamers lie up ‘•cheek by jowl*' with i ti;s houses, soma of the awnings of which ll f ( ihev have knocked, down. It will he re* 0 imcuiboied that Vicksburg^ 'stands upon a (h i ,»t i I ,■ 1 [very high bank* , r • We'also learn that there is ..often no, '.** i kind in sight,, and that ijie steamers in ''*d order to rc-icll tho' so called ‘‘landings ■ °*[aro compelled to push among Jrert and C ° log s . and buried levees todeposite a rosil ( !1 g [ bag or hnhdlo on a log or in a skiff.

THE VERY LATEST FROM PIKE'S PEAK.—The Wintersett [sic] Madisonian, is in receipt of the very latest from Pike's Peak, (by private letter and perfectly reliable.) It is to the effect that the miners are greatly discourage <because they are compelled to dig through four feet of solid silver, before they can get to the gold!> To console the poor fellows in their trouble, the Madisonian reminds them that "riches are seldom obtained without undergoing difficulties." ========

extract: j Why is Indiana taxed so heavily ?—■■; TV.t is rite qntsutm’ watch, jn>t now,: tiioiiU bo asked of iuni answeied by our j Stale office's.' £331),00.0 is .requited cv- j cry year to pay interest oil a debt created ; loll*' ago, hy trading politicians and fool-j Thu expenses ofgovein-i nu’iit. with only biennial sessions, of tlio Legi.-lalure, requires a less sum than that. The mxablcs in the State are estimated; at limn lour hundred and fifty to live huudidl millions of dollars. With honesty in the public ofiitccs and economy in . the .Legislature there is no need of liuovv lit thn rvprmln nominate ■painty is well known and whoso honesty has been, tiicd—instead of noisy politicians who want, to, live out of the public money. ; Let the candidate be questioned about the laws, and linancea and general condition ’ of Indiana, instead of his views on the niggor question, and the Kansas quest ion, iityi the rights of mail and woman question, V Let the votcra'se--lect for thoir Treasnrerajo&r indn, who don’t want tousethomoncy of the Slate for the benefit pf their friends, or for their Auditors,; let them sclect lionest men, who know how to keep accounts and who won’t wink at rascality, Let them—-the voters—look as 'sharp' after the capacity and honesty of State as they do for county officers, end they won’t bo as likely to have their property sold for non-payment of laxes. ■■■

tetter' from Mr. Barrett, : ■. ; aw, April 2t, isoo. Ms. Editor—Drar Sihi—-

I-noticed in your lust issue a paragraph beaded *• whisky wasted." ; I-wish to make □ few comments respecting the, same. - stale “the general supposition is that some of our citiiens. Who have been greatly injured, both jit body and mind," by visiting my shop and Us contents, was the cause of-spilling my liquor. Now if the friends of those persons who bud been so greatly .abused at my store - bad acted like - gentlemen, they would Imc. caiau and notified me if Id id not quitscllins liquorsaficr woiup nave oecn more geitueiitaiuy ct tiiem, instead of ;!burglariously .entering, my store—and me not being apprised tif it; Xu, sir. they wished to crush me dowii and then boast of what a glorious achievement they bad obtain-, led by trying tddeprive a citizen of the' United Siatvs of getting on honest living; particularly | when U is weH known, others in Ibis:place soil it—and do so in such a wey that the sale of . liquors by; them, in (ho clniiuosltue way they do it. does, more; injury than 'le:» liquor stores open, honestly aiid - : y The persons' who broke In the: store, who ever they.were, did not forget to help thtim:selves with a large bee: glass ibmbltrof whisky,—fo rife und the glass On the slidf which. 11 left perfectly clean tke night; before, and, | l aevet use for vvhisky., ; ,v . I if the frienps of the abused; wished me.to quit afear/they must dp it;by fair means and not by. feu I, 1"intend to stand by my privilege as a citizen of the .United Slates, and carry on wy regulatlbiisihess until the last day of the present month: 1 shall then probably quit as a good citizen, put not before'.' Vours,-.RespecUully, . . Edward Barrett.

NOTICE

N EW AD VE UT.TSEM ENT’S.

THE copartnership heretofore evisM* between the undersigned, under the name of Ocoree McCulloch >V S<*n. has l*tn solved. The bools pf tie concern * ( U t~ frond'to lie hands of Ceorge Mct.nllocli, to whom those Indebted hi us will make pr>menl fmmfrfwMy. a* lorcin caonot be given. GEORGE-J^CU- LOU 1. . JOS. G. Mtl’M : L**ClL Jacksonville.' Ind.. April 22, lb-' _ HOUSES AN I) LOTS,

Coroner’s. Inquest.

AS* INQUEST was held by Reuben Berry; a Justice of the Peace, over the dead body cf a malt- child found in.the Ohio river,.hear Samuel pisk f s Milk in Posey Township, Swit--ittland county, liuiiaon, on the l9lh day of April.. 1.S&9, name', unknown, supposed to be and hiid or. when found n brown ,domestic shirt w;ili two, white acute buttons on the wristbands: also, a purple striped iinsey'dresi or frock, having on I he;back two horn buttons, one black ami thu other white, also one black metal button: It did not appearThal there were nny c:j)k3 of violence-on any part of the body, - •

dignity. ‘ .- ’ • ■ Yes and no are the niost polcnt, and most ' dbRiKT| power,*fTrsifon'otl tn 1 s.“ The citizens of Maryland hayc recently es-' caped a great calamity by the firmness of their governor. He was earnestly petitioned to pardon the vilest and most dangerous of the four murderers that were hung a few days since in Baltjmofe., He was not, only earnestly pen* . tinned but impudently threatened by scores of political p a r 1 i za ns,wh ow eretuSl r u in e da 1 i»; promotingbis election;' Had he been weak or : wicked, one orall those rasca.s would have I escaped the just telribulipn due the very worst, of crimes. „ He .did give them « short; respite, and this led their unconVcted associates in' crime,’and.the weak mawkish philanthropists i to double their exertions to procure aTuU'pai* ■ don.If apparently correct reports be true, as I suppose they, are, heavy bets were offered i that the Governor would yield to (he clamor of the weak and wicked, and grant the asked for i "mercy," as weakness and rascality termed But, GPd.be,'thknked,' the ’people were saved this great moral calamity and wrong. j • All such exigencies and dangers as the pen-I pie of Maryland'have just escaped, and appa- ’ rentiy by Ihe.skin of Iheir teeth, and to which ] the people in every.Stale in the Union are con- i stanUy exposed, would be rendered by a constitutional restriction of the pardoning j power, and its removal from the Executive to : the Judiciary. . j The reasons for a change in cur State’s Pija- I on punishment are equally potent.-;■=; .'j j . Human punishments neyer should be Vindic- i live. They are supposed to be ejtlier amend-' atoryiot teslrainingand preventing in their’ef-1 fects, or both. Bull believe that our State's! Prison punishment is rarely, if ever fiformaio-’j ry, apd uniy a prevenlive, so far as ihe convm is concerned, just so.long as'he remains inside; the prison walls, Arid no longer; * ■ i No doubt a gfeit many viciously disposed 1 persons are restrained through fear, fiefere,they j have ever been in a Stale’s Prison, to some ex- i tent, from itic commission of Stye's Prisdri offences; but I doubt whether one, who ever served out a'short dr long'term within its walls, ever hesitated to commit a second .offence Cram any such Year* He might -be more cunning and wary, and harder to detect, catch | and convict, bat the history of States Prisons; proves beyond all catil the truth of'the prov-1 erbs wbich aays: "Aa the twjg in bent the treeI inclines,"—"What is bred in the. bone, stays \ long iu lhe flesh, can not - Jeatn an old dog new tricks/’—"When the Ethiopian ’ can change his akin, and Mm leopard bis spots,) then may those accustomed to do evil, learn to I dowel!/*—andnot tilt then. ' 'I

Vacant Lota, and Unimproved

Lots for Sale or Trade, tl the Ileal Kit air Office of J. 11. TITUS, Uclerc House. V>ta;v1nJ. -

FOUR Pplcmlid Frame IlosifCi I.nJs tn ami Vuvay for sale cheap ibr cash, and hr cash on lime. - ...

Vti.ltct of 111* Ju;y—C*me'to its death by atxitltntal drowning in the Ohio river, IIKUlfiN UERRV, J. P,, . Acting as Coroner.

1800 acres of choice land in .Owen. Co., Ky., nine miles from Veray, Ind., ami i mile from Kt. Hirer—ISO acres of it rich boUoni land; COO acres improved, one acre with vineyard. -1 wit) sell on ten Tears lime; which will enable the purchaser to mike the payments off of the land.

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UP, by i’homas Sutton, adrift on -H.- tbo Ohio river, cm (he 29th Jay of March, near Samttel .Fisk's Mill, in I’ofey Town* r!ilp, Switzerland county, Indiana, the fallow, fng described property, viz; ; " ;■/ t caponier's tool; chest ami contents,- ; ; valued at..V;. so 2 boxes' tobacco, marked E. S. Bab- . - , cock, Evansville, 1 I nd.,‘valued at....,22 00 3 bows—I marked Matilda Gar lock; ■1"marked Harrison Garlbck, cash iV ■ .. C5; 1 marked. Jacob Oarlock, con* . • (aimrig clothing, valued, at.,..,73 40 1 bale cotton, not marked. Valued ai.'.. ,40 00 t leather covered trimk, ; containing ■ enshand clothing, valued at....33 60 2 boxes, not marked, containing' sun- . . diys, valtied ail. ;.V ...IS 30 Sundry arUcIes'of bed clothing, valued at ,6 00

Also, 100 ants of No. I Land in York Township, Swiuerlcnd cantiljr,.Indians, well improved.

E7* For Trade, -80 acre* of Land ib Soclt Cbbntf, Wis* cbnsjn. - ■. V

80 acres of land in Grahlcounly.Ind. 1 have also one Beautiful Block of Lots in Vovay with two new Frame House*-thereon, whitVl will exchange for an improved Farm. 1 will attend to renting and leasing bouses in Vcvay. ■ All persons wishing to Buy, Sell or Exchange Town LolvHousea, ParmV.or Wild Lands, are invited to give me a call. J. H. TITUS, . Beal Estate Agent. Vcvay, April 27, 1859.—tf

. * a; ,y. ' . , m J£3T At o recent meeting of tlid Sint Gourd of Education, the following gentlemen were; elected Trustees of the State University atGloomington:

OCT Tlie Auditor of State’s semi-annu-al statement shows the? condition of the Free Banks of Indiana, as to their circulation, secarUert, places of redemption, tfcr., is published. From it wo gather the following, facts: . ' ■ Sixteen banks continuing m Operation under ihe'law, and ..having an excess of securities over circulation, have an aggregate circulation of. 81,004,400. Ten, Banks which arc voluntarily retiring their : circulation, secured according to. tho requirements of law, have a circulation ol 8125,451. Five banks which-have given bonds for the redemption of their notes have a circulation of 820,603. The aggregate circulation of these banks is £1,- j 217,704. j This docs not include the circulation of; tho suspended banks, which is redeemed; at various figures varying from GO cents; to par. - j

Hon. .Tames Hughes, Monroe county; John H. O’Boyle, Efq.'.Vigo county; .Tames Sw'eetsler, Ksq.i Grant county; D. G. Rose, Esq. Lapurte county;

The tvholc amounting (othesum of. $206 80 Appraised before Reuben Derry, Justice of (he Peace, April 13th, 1859*"; > J ' ■ A true copy. , :: r 1 ■ ’ ' ORMSBY, Clerk. ■ April 27. 1639.-3w y, pt’s fee $i

TO PRINTER S* Coptelyou’s N. York Type Founds

John B Winstnndley, Esq., Floyd county. The Trustees holding over are ; Hon John L; Robinson, Rush county:;

■- AXU POINTER s Warehouse,

[fron the Si-w Viiil; Jor.rrat ..rC-iT.tr.en'v.J Adullcration ot Liquors. t • \Yc ob-ervo that Kdv.au! (J. Delnvon. for many Teats Prudent of the - Slate i Temperance Society, has prepared and • iven wide cirulalion to a j tin; jilnlteration of liquors —a which at onco commends itself to the con-;, isideration of every phil-iirthiopiM. . Ip,' | such an extent has the science of chcmt>- k ;tty been matio r.vailahlc of late vc.i:.-. lorjtiie prctcniaiinn of this nefarious l.r.'irVe'Sj I It at dealers in genuine Ibp.mrs have al-; (mott-hcen flushed out lioiu lise comj cti-: j (ion, and thousands of miserable vii iii.is,, j under the dvlnsiiin that they arc drinking ■ j at lio’hing woiseth-iu u’flih’d spir- ■ ■ its, ate (dunging rapidly into drill mm.—, ! Tbvre aiq-ea:s tu be no doubt that mor*; | (aliiy luiin this H'iirco L advanung at a! | (ffiriul rat io.-ri! pec tall w "among the labor- f tug clflSM’s,' whose knowledge as to the ‘ (fiW-t d! an habiU’.nl use of dtt'pged Hq-. nors is too often only acquired, ilrocgii a wretched experience. * ,

Mr. Delavm- is asitliod by ‘'medical j men advanced in life,':' dial the-cfleet of] udi g iiitoxicilting-liquors now, is i:?uch j more fatal ih:.Jt thutyiyear- ago. J i ilificoik wc:e pure- ' Ihe; t’aicohul in them was.the only;ingredient! ! with which the constitution had -tq con ' ■ lend; -nml the 'fame amount of dunking i | wLioh might formerly haye been indulged j with c. -mpaialive irnpnfiity ior a 1 ong|e- 1 riod, wcuid now .pi’udtiye iutemporancs., and disease in hut a fraction of that time.] The authorof.lho pamphlet before;us cn-f deavors to 'establish ibu. alarming* truth j that vauiong all the ivines for. Commerce, | now for sale;and in usa in this countiy,} ?uch an artiejd as tld pure .unmixed juice of the grape, ;is idihost, i) not .altogether ■; unknown. Ho rcTeil to lhe_ pniuing-of piei ijK-? for making chuultilcii liquors ot | L’vei y desciipticn, the pi ice of one scries |de.-igi!!Ued for Western ti aiie being 65, wines, brandy, rum a :d gin being ma le> ai j I plua-uie from coim ion whisky. ihe j ; htaU-iiuiu is niiuie. cm the wuthorily of | - G. A. Iatc, ot New \ork, tnat a 1 ■ tiuMp M-oitnia is made hero.by vsiyayting ; (In- oiL from common -ivkiGsy i ing u tntongii carl oti, T 1 hei- iueimnuiisr ie=tiil-ii>timents in tiii; city, he s-ivs. devo* Iteii to ihi.s'biititi-Ij of hiidm*-'. Fro!. Leo Wuuiier states: "The unde in empty wino I casks’ill this city w;lh iho Custom House [■ : j niaik - and voriilicatc?. ; is immense, the isnaie ca»!:s being replenished again and 1 .j again I mid by that tlnfuiiibK- test! of giiihinene.'S, the Custom ■; 1 louse ccrt’dii.ltd.’* -‘-There is also in the . jiicighbmimod aii cxlensivo manufactory • jot ivins; tasks, which arc made so closely -1 to imitate ihc fore.gn, as to dcctdvo expo-

I rienceJ dealers. ! i Hiram Cox. M. D-, of Cincinnati « ir-nci...! 11% having analysed id thsrt city. Mxtocn lots of wine of different vaiietiesi ' v.lm li did not contain one drop of the i juice of the grape. Th« basis of the I’ort Swiii’ 1 , for example, was dihtled sulphuric i acid, colored with cider bony-juice, with alum, sugar and neutral spiiits- a ho la* ; sis of thu Sherry wine was a tort of pale tnlt.lrpn'n Ijflli'T ftlniOIll! : from hi andy. The basis of Mndena wins [was n decoction of hop?, with sulphuric {.acid, honey,;spirits of Jamaica rum, Ac. i President Nolt, in 1m published letters in i relation to.this subject, speaks of the exj animation, hy thu assignee, of the papers of a house which hud suspended payment, resulting in the discovery that many hundreds of barrels of cider had been purchased during the previous year, but noiio of wine, yet nothing' tint tvjhe'had been sold. Many other;similar facts are iceonnted, end extensive quotations taken from periodicals' ;abd other nuthoijiies, showing that adulteration is practised both in England and Franco, to an extent not readily credited.;:--'. Tiiis subject.sho.iild receive more earnest attention; for it is Apparent that the ovils nf intempcanco nfo becoming fearfully, aggravatedby, the sobstitmion of poisonous compounds Cur the alcoholic liquors formerly prised;. and tin), working classes, who are tho greatest sufferers, need to be belter informed as to tbp trnc char? rider of, (heir Etimulating heTcragc9.“— Legislation too, tan *bo employed with advantage iri this direction. One conrideiation entitled to some weight is, that indirect encouragement will (litis be given to the manufacture of pqrewincs from native froit, j. . , ' ’ . ■;

COAL BOATS SUNK—LIVES LOST.—A special dispatch from Memphis to the Cincinnati Commercial, says two coal boats, containing 20,000 bushels, belonging to I. L. Hyatt, of Louisville, were swept into the crevasse, near Lake Providence on Saturday night. The crew of thirty men perished. Several new and disastrous breaks are reported in the levee below. ~~~~~~~

Inquest, Xo‘ lG v . AN INQUEST was held hy Wide H. Jack, a Justice .ofthe' Peace, acting as CoraneV, of Posey Township, Switzerland county, lad./ oo the.S-ltb day of Aprils 1869/ovet the dead body of a man found in the Ohi6 Hirer at Lyras Lauding,'iri said Township/name unknown.- ;• .• • >;■ ; ■ Said deceased Was about thirty yea rso Page/ fire feet 10 inches high,; black curiey hair.' find on When-found black‘cassinicre pints, cotton drawers, check shirt, canton flannel undershirt/ also a' leather belt «roQnd' : his waist/' : ; v • v .y'vV.-/.y;:y !•'

' No. 29 Spruce Street, i Established in 1823. The subscriber will be -happy to furnish purchasers of PRINTING MATERIALS with PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL TYPES, BORDERS. «Vc., made from a combination of atl the hard metals so extensively puffed by Founders. Also,' Germans,' Greeks, Hebrews, and a new and elegant font of Agate Music Tvrc, from which the AfurieaJ Friend and Rrtiew are now printed|'with Praises, and every article required for very lowest price, for cash or approved paper. /Old Type taken i’n exchange for new, at 10 cents per pound. Second-hand Presses and Materials, tnd a complete Stereotype Foundry, with two Shaving Machines, for sale very cheap.

Samuel 0 Willson, Montgomery county; John S, Tarkington, Esq Marion county.

ITT A terrible storm of ruin nhd wind occasioned great damagein the vicinityofSpcncer, Owen countyyJnd., a few days since. Orchards and fences were blown down; ihecteeks were flooded ?o as nut to be fordable until the nest day, a ad White river, which at the time, was high and Time, rose over its banks ami flooded thousands of acres of the bottom lands. This overflow will result in great loss to the owners of such lands. In the western* part of the town. Hie new frame house ofMri Pader, was raised from its foundation and carried five 01 sis ltd uy the wind. His wife and children, who were in the haute at the lime, fortunately escaped without injury*

23T Antioch -Go!logo, an institution established by the Christian denomination, tor n long lime celebrated fur lion. Horace ilium's connections with it, then for its pecuniary embarrassments, more recently for some trouble between the President and students, and last of all (dr still greater pecuniary troubles, was fold a few days since to pay sonic of the claims against i]. An agent of Air. K A, Palmer bought it for bis principal, the chief creditor of tho college, who, to his honor be it said, at once transferred it to its former friends, who have relieved the claim of alt incumbrances. It will no doubt, be j ut in a high state of efficiency at once.

{£r Tho Uoston Journal says; . v . “The now; teihjpciifuco movement is now fairly inaugurated, under lie name of tho Massachusetts?'State Temperance Alliance. It is a regular State organization, and promises to accomplish more for tho cause Jhnn any other policy which has been adopted fur many years.” ■

Verdict of the Jury-Said deceased supposed to have come to his' death by accidental drowning.' v.v;' - : ■ ■ • - WADB n. JACK. ' tSeal.] • Justice of'tbo Peace, ' ap2T-5w Acting as Coroner.

The purposes of good governments are the peace ami happiness, and consequently the prelection and security of the millions for . whom, end by whom, they are inslituted and supposed. To secure these ends tinisanr.es. are prohibited, quarantine laws enacted* hos- ; pitala and prisons built and supported, Die gallows erected, public hignways forced through private domains, schools for the education of children instituted, and churches protected,—in a word alt the taws of a civilized people are made.and executed. Criminals are not punished to gratify any private malice, or for purposes of revenge, but for public safety. Human punishments are adis- j agreeable, but an absolute necessity, and must be so ordered as to most certainly and eflectu- j ally produce aimed at. With these ; ends no wcatfJympatby, no private friendship, I no family relations, and above oil, no power of! wealth should ever be allowed to interfere.! Like the phyajcallydangerouslydiseascd, confined’to quarantine; tike mentally diseased, confined wjJbjCthe walls of the insaue Hospital; thu3|BMfc> incurably diseased, should I life, where their disease! the morally heallhy,! .iheir pctsoni or property. This I ; jpqch, and no more, is demanded by justice to | violators of equal and Just laws, and mercy I 1 to (hose, whose persons’ and property are cn- i dangeiedjiy the abused liberty and acts of the morally diseased and morally in-{ :ane. " ' ' E. CiSi. fatarer, Ap»l, 1859. '

Printer! of newspapers publishing thisiiTertiserient {including (hit; note) three times before the 1st of September. lS.19, and sending me one of the pipers, wilt be paid for it in Printing Types, when they purchase four times the amount of their bill. * ap20*3l P. C. GORTELYOL’.

| JT The old chute, designated on the Mississippi river chart as the Mullet, or Fogitmairs bayou, is fast working itself into a stream. The chute cuts off Brandywine Island and Thirty-cine, saving nearly nine miles. The floods of the past and present year have given passage to every steamer, from the City of .Memphis to the Emmabetl, through it. The banks are caving in and the bed widening out, and if the limber is only kept off, to prevent-it from choking up the channel, we predict that first class steamers will pass through it five months in the year. Fog’email's bayou is two and a half miles through, nud has but one bend m it, being a nature, c.inal, unsurpassed for the regularity of its shore and tmoolhness of its bed by any cut-off or outlet on the nver.

Coroner’s Inquest; No,tl6. / i N INQUEST was.held byWade H.Jack, ix a Justice .of the Peace, acting. as Coroner, on the 24th day, of; Aprijii 1859, over-thc dead body of a woman, name.unknown, found in the Ohio River, near the residence of William Warwicks, in. the ponahoe Bottom in Posey Township, Switzerland cpualy,lnd. Said deceased was about 36 yean ofsge, 6 feet C inches high; black hsir;had,on when found a small figured puipl* calico dress,black Merino sack or basque; also an under sack of blue and white check gingham; fine blue, red and white gingham apron of small check; white drilling under, waist; black silk luster underskirt; also, a coarse while flannel underskirt; while shemise; canton flannel draweis; also, a slran of bugle'beads and a small I net comfort around the neck; coarse morocco 1 shoes, patch on the left shoe; black worsted hoes. Found op said deceased a bag conUiif- 1 itt| sis hundred and silly dollars ana fifty cts. Verdict of the Jury—Cause of death sup-: pored to be by accidental drowning, | WADE H.JACK, [Seal.J Justice of the Peace, Acting as Coroner.

HORRIBLE.—The Wabash Intelligencer states that a man named William Jay was recently convicted of burning his own child to death, and sentenced to the penitentiary for eighteen years. Our exchanges give the details, but they are too horrible for repetition. ~~~~~~~

——>The Vincennes <Gazette> says that the Wabash is over its banks in that vicinity, and is spreading through the bottoms to the no little alarm of farmers.— This it is said, is the fifth overflow in a year, a most remarkable fact. ~~~~~~~

——>The St Louis Republican of the 21st, calls attention to a secret movement among the Pike’s Peak emigrants for an organization to take possession of Sonora and Chihuahua. A consultation has been already held at St. Joseph, and perhaps at the other points on the border.— Prominent parties are cognizant of the movement. ~~~~~~~

ROBBERY AT CONNERSVILLE, IND.—The house of George Hamilton, who lives about two miles west of Connersville, was entered on Saturday morning last, between twelve and one-o'clock, and robbed of about $843, most of it notes of the Connersville Branch of the Bank of the State of Indiana. Mr. H. had drawn the money from the bank the day before. There were two men engaged in the robbery, one, of whom held Hamilton, while the other broke open the chest containing the money. The robbers also took notes against different individuals, to the value of $1,563.

05 - The N. Y. Ikrold has made an investigation into the progress of building and concludes: “It is evident that over five millions of dollars will be expended in tho erection of new buildings in this city between this time and tbo fall.”

(CT It is rumored the Mad boat Company will abandon *,he trade from Madison to Louisville, There is a parly in this city ready to lake it; charter a boituntilthey can betid one expressly for tbe trade.—Hfjrflioa Courier,

April 27. 1S59.—3w

jCSTTho Artesian Well at Columbus, 0., is 1,933 feet deep.

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