Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1855 — Page 2

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Circuit Court.

This Court, after a short session, adjumrned oa Wednesday, *1 inst. The Hon. ?o&h Pettit presided. We noticed several gentlemen, connected with the It*-

jgrHen. N. Eddt has been appointed by the President, and confirmed by the Senate, as U. S, District Attorney for the Territory of Minnesota. His friends, while they rejoice in whatever may tend to his prosperity, will greatly regret his departure from our State. But few men, for ability, moral worth and stern integrity, occupy a more enviable position in the estimation of their fellow citizens than Dr. Eddy. ITT On the first page of to-day's pa- " Long Credit*, Short Credits t and Cash” It strongly favors a change in the present credit system—a subject which is begining to engross the attention and influence the operations of business men in all our large commercial cities, and which must, sooner or later, induce the country merrissnts to adopt the ready -pay system. The present method of transacting business is, undoubtedly, of too lax a character, and must, if persisted in, operate injuriously on every department of Th* Indiana folis State Sentinel. — We have been somewhat tardy in informing our readers, that Messrs. W alkeb & Ccttom have become the publishers of the Indianapolis Daily State Sentinel, and that it is now edited by J. C. Walker and T. B. Holcomb. The Sentinel has been esteemed by us as one of the best conducted papers in the State. We mean Bpthing, therefore, derogatory to its former publishers when we say, that in character and appearance it bas been greatly improved by its present conductors.

Horrible Tragedy in Missouri.

A letter from Pat on, Cape Girrardeau county, Mo., relates the following shocking affair. . "An atrocious murder and house-burn-ing took place on Wednesday night last, within eight miles of this place. A young man by the name of .Buckner some time «nee married a widow who.had a daughter nearly grown. Not long after they were married .Buckner seduced the young girt. or, as some say, ravished her, since which time, .Buckner, the old lady, and the girl have been quarreling and fight•*on Wednesday night last .Buckner returned home after an absence of some two months, when his wife caught him •&d held him, while her daughter killed him with an axe! To hide all traces of the work, they then set fire to the house, consuming the body in the flames. What led to the discovery of the murder was the circumstance of .Buckner being absent so long, and some of the neighbors seeing him come home on Wednesday evening. They saw no more'of him, so they went to raking and searching among the.; coals, and ashes of the hurnt house and found some bones which excited suspicions. An inquest was held, and they were determined to be human bones. All the parties concerned have been arrested, except young woman. The'wile has made a frill confession."

t OO*We learn from the St. Joseph Valley Register that the Railroad Suspension Bridge near Niagra Falls is completed; and a Locomotive, with a passenger car attached, has passed over iti The telegram says "the bridge is very substantial and steady, gifting less than two inches at the centre as the train passed over.” It may be entirely safe; bat When the thermometer is 20 degrees below zero, and iron Tsnaps almost like glass, we should prefer walking to. riding ever it = in a weU-filled passenger * trite* /growing to ill health and the inclem«soy of the weather, the Rev. Mr. East ’■SSfljl ff* p — v ~ the Presbyterian Siureb next fiabbstb. 2JHh in*., »f ft

What Russia has been Doing.

Russia means to be wide awake to her great interest, even with a disastrous war on her hands. According to recent account*, she ha* taken advantage of the Chinese rebellion to obtain from the imperial government a treaty, yielding to her the navigation of the A moor, and she has already converted that permission into absolute possession of the whole course of the river and an enormous tract of country about 1000 miles in length, and is in some parts as much as 500 in breadth, which gives her access to the Pacific Ocean in temperate climates. Cannon and stores are already carried down the Amoor by steamboats, and from its mouth to the Russian possessions in America; and it may at no distant day be one of the great channels of European and Asiatic commerce, for the water communication between the Baltic and the Caspian has long been complete, and, according to Cottrell, only 400 verses, or 200 miles, additional canal will be required to connect the Pacific with the Caspian. — The progress of a far reaching and enterprising nation like tfius is not easily to be stopped. It gives evidence of watchful vigor, which will accomplish its destiny, no matter what opposition it encounters. j• :Mr , i i —i....—— g^MgEgCg^A.letter from Accapulco, February ffflfTßUht er att, says that Alverez, the ireVOla* tionary chief, had been honored with a triumphant entry into Acapulco, the road from the garitia to the plaza, a distance of one league, being lined with soldiers, and adorned with arches bearing such inscriptions as “Liberty and Justice ” The writer adds "tftsr tint few dayr&imrr -in*tended to leave for the capital, in command of an army of 5000 men, with Comonfort and the tivo Morenos as Brigadiers. Francis B. Moreno is. the General who. recently, with his , whole brigade of nine regiments, 1000 men of government troops, pronounced against Santa Anna. — When the army reaches Chilpancingo it is to be reinforced by the addition of 7000 from the State of Michoacan. Gnamving withina few leagues of the capital they are to proclaim Alvarez President of the Republic, pro tem. The Population or Kansas.— -It was an oft repeated prediction during the late contest that Kansas would be filled up with emigrants from Missouri and other slave States and thus inevitably become a slave State. — A recent census shows that at least nine-tenths of its population is from the free States. At the city of Lawrence, a census just taken shows that, of a total population of 375, there are 334’ natives of the Union, from the following States: Massachusetts 99, New York 59, Pennsylvania 38, Ohio 25, lowa 19, Missouri 16.— Delphi Times.

DC/ 3 Advices from Havana to the 24th ult., received at New York by the steamer Empire City, say that the city was then filled with volunteer troops. She brings advices however, that the Captain General had somewhat qalified his decree placing the port in a state ofblocade, by informing the consuls that it was directed not against merchant ships, but against vessels carrying arms and having large numbers of men on board. As we reported by the Crescent City, four persons who had volunteered as soldiers w ere disarmed and banished the island. They came to the United States.

Short Measures —The severest commentary on the honesty of New York retailers is to be found in the recent report of the officer who examines weights and measures, by which it appears that out of 1397 dry measures examined during the last year, only 317 were found correct while of all the wet measures examined, two-thirds were found to bes incorrect. This would scarcely be credible, were it not an official fact. Great Hunting. —A party of Sioux Indians who recently went on a hunt along the east side of file Mississippi river and in the neighborhood of Rice Lake, Minnesota territory, killed in one mbntk five hundred deer, and a very large number of smaller game. This was not on the proper hunting ground of the Sioux, but they asked and received permission to hunt there from Governor Gorman. During the hunt they encountered a party of their inveterate enemies,, the Chippewas, and had a fight, in which several Sioux were wounded and scalped.

California Legislature had balloted, at the last advices, no less than thirty-eight times unsuccessfully for a United States Senator, and flneJly adjoumcd sine die... .

The Commerce of Russia.

Some elaborate tables have-been published by tbe statistical department-of tbe Trade, conveying all the latest information obtained regarding the commerce and finances of Russia. From these it appears that in 1862 the bublic debt of the empire, domestic and foreign, wm 63,185308/. In the same year the revenue from Customs and Excise duties was 4,824,608/. As regards the general revenue, the amount is not given for a later period than 1849, when, exclusive of Poland and Finland, it was 24,794,735/., of which 7,275,468/, was from direct taxes, 7,745,110/, from indirect taxes, and 9,774,167/ from the brandy monopoly. Under the head of shipping, the tables show that the total of vessels entered at Russian ports in 1852 was 8,616, of an aggregate burden of 1,670,654 tuns, more than half of which were to the ports in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff. The total clearances were 8,407 vessels of 1,680,160 tuns. Of this trade fully a fourth was carried on in British ships; Turkish, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Sardinian, Austrian, Prussian and Danish coming next in order. The most important of any single ports is UuCood, WllCie tub ttl 11l *4ID 111 lUm/UU ed to 589,178 tuns, while the value of the cargoes shipped, and which consisted principally of grain, was 5,627,500 U/., or about 150 per cent, above the amount in

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

We find the following in the N. O. Picayune, of Feb. 21st: Louis Nafoleon is going to the Crimea. —We give the following extra-ordinary-intelligence to our readers.We are not permited to name our authority. It will suffice to say that by the last mails a letter was received from Paris by an individual in this city. We have been permitportion of this correspondence. “The Emperor has foreseen all the calamities and reverses of Sebastopol ever since the allied army sat down before the city. St Arnaud -was—a4reep«r -(pandottrfcr he might have taken the place by a charge of cavalry at the first onset, but failing that, a siege became necessary.— Neither Raglan nor Canrobert were equal to their position, and Louis Napoleon knew it. He did not want Sebastopol taken this winter. He knew that short of a butchery, of which there is no parallel, that place could not be carried. He determined that Sebastopol should subserve a mighty political purpose. For this, he has been delaying supplies, while he ha* concentrated his forces in France. An overwhelming army is gathering on the Prussian frontier. Marseilles, Toulon and Algiers, a flotilla, to be reinforced by English vessels, will be ready to sail with 40,000 men on March 15th. On the arrival of this armada in the Crimea, the Emperor will leave Paris, and appear in person before Sebastopol. A coup de main , upon a gigantic scale, will be attempted. Sebastopol will fall. The elated army,flushed with the feat, will sweep over the Crimea, and occupy the Isthmus of Perekop. After a campaign which will endure a fortnight Louis Napoleon will return to Paris,- where the suddenness of his departure and the promptness of his return will find all conspiracies unprepared for development, and where the glory of his victory will scatter all further treason to the winds. “Such is the campaign contemplated by Louis Napoleon. Be assured that if Providence does not interfere, it will take as I have said. — Collaterally with the departure of the Emperor for the East, the French army on the Prussian frontier will operate upon Rhenish Prussia. A note will be sent to the king of Prussia, demanding free passage for the French troops through his. dominion, which if refused will advance to the Rhine." If the above prove to be correct, Louis Napoleon has out-played the whole world. We have only been creating a monster in Sebastopol, we have been endowing it with terrors, so as to appreciate the feat in contemplation by the astute Emperor of achieving a great Russian victory where his uncle encountered his most disastrous defeat. Strange Infatuation.— Phelps, who was to have been executed at Albany, New York, on Friday, and who escaped from prison on Thursday, was overtaken on the road to his former residence, and begged so piteously that the officers permitted him, in company with them, to proceed to the graves qf his murdered wife and relatives. He pointed out the spot where be desired to be buried, viewed the grave of his wife, and then returned to prison to await his execution the next morning.

Three Days Later from Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC.

Great Battle between the Turks and Russians in the Crimea!—The 'Turks Victorious!—Resignation of Lord Raglan.—Another change in the British Cabinet.*—Death of Joseph Hume. , New York, March 14. The steamer Pacific, with advices from Liverpool, to Wednesday the ‘27th ult., has arrived at this port. — She did not sail for four days after her appointed day, hence the apparent delay in her arrival. The steamer Union had arrived at Cowes, but the steamers Africa or Sarah Sands, had not arrived when the Pacific sailed, nor did she see either of them during nag^ngp Another change has taken place in the British Cabinet. Gladstone, Herbert and Graham had resigned, because Roebuck’s motion to appoint a Committee to inqure into the management of the war was carried. — Subsequently the Cabinet was remodeled but the same men are in, except,that Lord John Russel is in again, as Colonial Secretary. The celebrated Joseph Hume is dead. r The Vienna Peace Conference was to be opened in a few days. AIT parties expressed a strong desire for peace. ~ It had been officially announced from the Crimea, that on the 7th of February, the Russians under General Lassardi, fifty thousand strong, with seventy guns, attacked the Turkish forces at Eupatoria, under the command of Omar Pacha. The battle lasted four hours, and the- Russians had to retire finally, leaving upon the field fully two thousand in killed and wounded. Adairs before Sebastopol were unchanged. It was confidently reported that sjOTU TXaguln iluQTcd 1 U, oTi(j lußl Lord Lucan had been recalled. The weather in England continued very Bevcre, and great riots had taken place at London and Liverpool, in consequence of the distress which prevailed amongst the working class. The weather had changed when the Pacific sailed, and shipping were arriving at both places, which greatly improved business and gave employment to the laborers. The steamer Pacific arrived out at Liverpool on the 23d. She saw a steamer off Skenus, on the .evening of- the 27th, supposed to be the Africa.

The General impression in England, was that the l'almerston Cabinet had fallen to pieces, and could not be remodeled permanently . It is stated that the passage of Mr. Roebuck’s measure was only the ostensible cause of the resignation of Mr. Graham, Gladstone, and Herbert, and that the real cause was private sqaubbles in the Cabinet. It was also believed that the Roebuck party would not rest satisfied until it had impeached Lord Raglan, and one or two other, ex-Ministers. Lord Palmerston had experienced great trouble in patching up the Cabinet and it was not fully completed, and Russel only takes the Colonial Secretaryship to stop the gap, but will complete his mission to the Vienna conferences^ 1 It was rumored that Lord Raglan was offered, and would accept, a seat in the Cabinet. The Earl of Carlisle is the new Viceroy to Ireland. A Mr. Lewis, an untried man, is Chancellor of the Exchequer^— The members of the Government express strong hopes that the negotiations at Vienna will lead to although all Europe was preparing loFwar. - -

Louis Napoleon seems in earnest about going to the Crimea, and has publicly expresed his determination to leave for the seat of war immedi ately, but England and Austria advise him to stay At home. It was reported that Russia had declared war against Sardinia. Tuscany has joined the Western Powers, but it seems Naples has not. The battle between the Turks and Russians, at Eupatoria, was fought on the 17th ult., and not on the 7th. The Russian force is said to be a few thousands superior to the Turkish. Z .—, Lord John Russell has published an address to his constituents, defining his position, and casting himself into their hands as a candidate for a a renewal of their confidence. On the 19th ult., the Queen signed the North American fisheries bill. A Convention between Great Britain and the Sublime Porte,for the enlistment of a Turkish contingent, has been signed. An interesting debate arose in Parliament, upon the question of going into Committee on the Army estimates. Lord Palmerston contended that the sufferings of the army in the Cei-

mea, arose from physical causes, beyond human control,and that the sufferings were not confined to the British army, inasmuch ait the sick and wounded of the Russian! reached thirty-five thousand. Lord Palmerston announced during the debate, that Lord Lucan had been recalled, in consequence of his differences with Lord Raglan, and also made the startling announcement that compulsory measures would have to be resorted to, to fill up the ranks of the service. The right of search waa urged as a matter of necessity, to prevent the importation of Russian goods into England. It was deemed advisable not to lay before the House the correspondence between the United States and on., the international arrangement during time of War. The weather in the Crimea had become moderate, and the snow had almost disappeared. The health ot the army was better, and the seige » 'SI* - '| -rr«. operations were progressing with vigor. Orders had been received at Constantinople to provide hospital beds for 5000 men, from which it was inferred that an assault was to be

tnfrde upon Sebastopol. - The Baltic fleet for the spring campaign is to consist of four war steamers, carrying, in guns; five floating batteries, of eighty guns each; eTgh't morrar ships; twen-ty-eight steam gun boats; in all one hundred vessels. Whether the Emperor of France will go to the Crimea or stay at home, is a matter of some uncertainty lt iB eaitf he has drawtr up a vast plan of military strategy, which lie wished to superintend in person. hut . England and had better leave the matter to his Generals. The Americans residing in Paris gave a grand ballon Washington’s birthday. Nearly all the members French government, were present. “The City of Catania, in Italy, has been nearly destroyed by an earth quake. The Vicnnna semi-official Journals, that Austria intends negotiating a loan ot fifteen millions in England. The Imperial Palace at Pragna, the residence of the Ex-Emperor ol Austria, has been destroyed by fire.

Still Later from Europe.

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP AFRICA. DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. Halifax, March 15. The steamer AfricaThas arrivedr 'The news is important.—! Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, is dead. He expired su ldenly, at one o’clock, on the morning of the 2d inst. The event created the greatest excitement. No details received. This event was announced in the House of Lords on Friday night, by Lord Clarendon, and in the House ot Commons by Lord Palmerston: 'rßumors are afloat that he was assassinated,but itis thought he died of appoplexy after an attack of influenzat. ~ His illness was known in England previous to the news ot his death, and caused a slight rise in funds. The effects whieh his death will produce had not transpired when the Africa left Liverpool. The Vienna Conference was to open on the sth inst., and expectations were growing stronger. From the seat of war we have no news of much importance. Halifax, March 14.—The Africa left Liverpool at ten o'clock, on the morning of the 3d and arrived at 1 ffitgifftermwnr* \ Her advices from* the Crimea are of the same ten nor as the Pacific.— Nothing of moment. On the 13th of Feb., the Russians made a sortie during the night, which was hot very formidable. The French had five killed. On the 14th another sortie was made, in which the French lost 35. The condition pfthc French oja the 15th was reported as excellent. It is reported that the north side of Sebastopol will be invested. Admiral Bruat telegraphs as fol- . laws:-. e

Kamscsh, Bay, Feb. 20.— 0 n the 17th Eupatoria was attacked on the eastern side, by eighty pieces of artillery, and six regiments of cavalry, under Gen. Kauff, and twelve regiments of infantry consisting of about 25,000 men, under Ostensacken.— The combat lasted from five and a half tp 10 in the morning. The Russians were vigorously repulsed. Their loss is estimated at about 500 killed and wounded. ~ In proportion, the Turks had 88 killed and 250 wounded. Selim Pasha and Col. Rusten Bey were killed. Eighteen French were killed or wounded. Shipboard attacks war# no* renew*

«d. Russian steamers anchored in the Roadstadt contributed en«;rgetinally to the defense of (he town. Admiral Lyons and Bruat sent six steamers to Eupatoria. britat’s second dispatch. ■ Eupatorai, Feb. 21 st. —Since the affray, of the 17tfa, the Russians have not made any new attempt upon Eupatoria. To-day columns of infygitry and trains of wagons were seen leaving the vicinity of the town, taking the direction towards Simphcropol. Many villages are still in flames in the vicinity of Eupatoria. More guns have bccen landed and additional forces thrown up The town is now in a good state of defence Signed, Demont Loyifi, consisted mainly of heavy nre artillery, under cover of which the Russians were repulsed.

[Tx’Ttve follow in g is thr conclu - aion of the tersely written profit of a minority, consisting of forty-three members, of the House of Representatives, against the recently enacted Liquor law: "Wc protest ngninst the act, because it is not the expressed will of the people of the- State?- because it was crowded through the Ilou-e without op portunity- -of being granted thaminority;, except in two instances, to effer amendment-! to it or Id expose its manifold defects an 1 outrages, because it is, in several of its leuding features, a palpable violation of the constitution; because it bankrupts "one and “disfranchises another fety large portion of the people of the K>t.\te, because the punishments it in'liictsfare'Tn ive; because it establishes new rules of evidence at wjw with justice and in derogation ot the dearest rights of the citizen; beeau.-e it encourages and legalizes an .odious, system oil espionage; because it regards men depraved in consequence of their avocations in life, though they are protected therein by law in every civilized community; because it creates InoTrrrpnhes, because it introduces complicated machinery in the county government, unnecessarily tending to deplete its treasury; because it constitutes courts with power to determine questions of appetite and character, upon no prescribed regulations, and allo wing no appeal from the decision of the Judge, whose whim is the law and because its spirit and essence are tyranic&l.”

No Prospect of Peace.

" .The Tone to“ be adopted by Lord John Russell, at Vienna, it is understood, will be a very peremptory one. Adversity has roused England to a stern humor, and trifling has heroine intolerable to a country which hasseen tens of thousands of her bravest sons sink into an inglorious grave on the soil of aforeign tyrant. The plain, brief question will be asked of Prince Grotsh;tkoff, whether his master will, or will not, accept the terms embodied in the four points, in the sense of the All tesr, without equivoca* tionor answer in the negative, or attempt to evade the issue, it is sai l that the Allied Plenipotentiaries will have no choice but to dissolve 4he-Congress, with the declaration that the war must go oft! The consent on the part of the Czar to accede to the terms of the includes the destruction of Sebastopol, of the Black Sea floaty the annihilation of Russian supremacy in the Black Sea. and the practical renunciation of all hopes of future aggrandizement towards the South, Persia anflindia Nicholas would not dare to submit to dluch conditions, even if he would. It would be an act of political suicide, which might cost him his throne and his life. It is said that the peace party among the old Russian nobles is large, and that the drain of serfs for the army has created much discontent; but it is doubtful, whether there is a single patriotic subject of the Czar who would not sacrifice hie ‘ last man and last ronble” rather than consent to the dishonor of seeing Sebastopol voluntarily dismantled. Important Case. —The Washington Star states that a case is now on trial before the Supreme Court, in which the United States is plaintiff, and the Illinois Railroad and Bridge Company, defendant. This case involves two question*; one i# the right of the State of Illinois to run a railroad through Rock Island, which i* Government reservation; the other the right of the State to throw a bridge across the Mississippi. Attorney General Cushing a#d Mr. Hoyne, District Attorney of Illinois, appear for the United States, Re verdy Johnsontof Ky , and Mr. Judd, Of this city, for defendont*.