Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1855 — Page 2

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/^rJohn Otu*acJ Ksq. ii> MUthorimi to *el #h out agent. in receiving Subscription* to the ‘Banner.’ jgrTla Ooimuon Plea's Court will commence it» April session, for Jasper County, on M«md*y next. /parWc have on our table the preanv-j Me and constitution of the “Indiana Kun•as Industrial and Literary Association, from which we designed making some extracts, and adding soqje remarks; but, j for Want of room, we have deferred doing j #o till next week. JHTSuch of our readers ns mny be J desirous of laying in their Spring and Summer snpply of goods should not lail j to give our friend Rufus, of the firm of j R. Strode A Co., a call The Ladies,! especially; will do well to drop in and examine his extensive assortment .of fancy — 1 During the days, 'goods have been constantly arrivingVor j this house, and we have tlo fear of exag- j crating when we say, tbeir stock of goods j wifi be the largest, and their assortment j the most general ever brought to Rens•elaer. Advertisement next week. jfjyThe card of Mr. Cyrus W.J Hinkle appears upside down; it is the | reverse with the gentleman, himself He ! is always “right'eide up with care.

Da. A- L. Adxms Liver Bav* This medicine is, undoubtedly, becoming one of the most popular remedies of the day. Indeed, it has the reputation of being the most effectual preventive of Fever and Ague of any now in use. Webster has just received a fresh sup-, P J 7OCTThe three Rivers Enquirer says that the Indians are dying of starvation in the country around Wey mentachinque, a trading post of the Hudson Bay Co. JC7*\Vm. Whitlock, arrested and held in custody in the Emma Hoore ease, has been discharged. James Devine obtained the SBOO reward offered for the body of the deceased woman. fITTThe Catholic Bishop of Dubuque has written a letter advising the people under his spiritual charge to vote for the lowa liquor law, to show that they are unjustly accused of being careless of enforcing the practice of the holy virtue of temperance. j Clerical Impostor. —The Cinctn-j oati lSngairer exposes one Rev. John Howard .Wilson, of Cheviot, Ohio, whojiwas under promise of marriage to no less than eleven young ladies of that village, of most of whom he had borrowed money, with which he decamped, when his villainy was discovered. Since his departure, it was ascertained that he had forged m draft on the Methodist Book Con- ■: . . ;;■■■■■■ ' r ' .i. I cern.

Ea<t Pier Goxe.— The East Pier at j this Port, says the Micigan City Enterprise, generally known as Blair’s Pier, has been entirely carried away by the successive storms of the past winter, and will not be rebuilt. Mr. Blair has purchased the West Pier, which is new and in excellent condition. It is expected that considerable grain will be shipped from Michigan City this season, in consequence of the increased tariff on railroads. *%>,• 1 , , - • . A Sister of President Pierce Dead. —Mrs. Elizabeth A- McNeil, widow ? of General John McNeil, and sister of fWsident Pierce, died in Concord, N. H., on Wednesday, aged 08 year. ' " " ■■■ OCT The County Commissioners met on the 18th Inst., and appointed John D. Work to fill the vacancy ocCby the death of Lawson ate Auditor of this county, uccessor is elected ;> nd qual-

Better thas M*diop#.~A distingashed Parisian physician writes to* a friend in the West, who is in fieli"Taketp yourself a young,healthy, virtuous, amiable wife, h will do rngp tjyww good -I h : '" Winte rth an ell Huhtniiteml vnaek 2 in \ meric* in OtantV 1 "ijtft ft ».

The President in Earnest about Cuba—---An Apology will be insisted on—War Probable.

Wasiuncton. Monday. April 9. | The President really has determined to make a demonstration atgainst Spain at last. The selection of Commodore McCauley to coro<mand the Gulf Squadron is signitijeant, and the rumors of an increase !of the squadron, which I gave you sometime since, are all confirmed. lA* strong a naval force as can be ! spared for the purpose, has been ordered to cruize in the neighborhood of Cuba, in the track of our steamers, I and future insults to our flag seem likely to be promptly redressed. Captain General Concha is much! frightened about the El Dorado affair, j and makes all the apologies in his ! power. The President has taken very 1 decided ground in that matter, and assumed the responsibility of carrying out his own views of the measiure proper to be adopted. These, you may rest assured, are vigorous j and extreme. It seems that not only the El Dorado and the Daniel Webster have been brought to on the high seas by Spanish cruisers within the last month or two, but the Illinois, also; i was served the same way not long ! ago. She did not report the fact, [ however, —such outrages, without i atonement, having become too com- | inon to be deemed, in the estimation i of her officers, worthy of notice. ! There will be trouble with Spain . soon, unless, with the usual pusillan- ! unity of insolent imbecility, she tumj bles to her knees at the first exhibiI tion of spirit on the part of the United States. Prompt atonement will doubtless be made for the outrages doubtless, in the case of other ves-

- - 1 ■ sels. The Spamah naval commanders rejoicing in this opportunity of indulging their hatred of‘los Yankees,’ will doubtless insist that they cannot perform their duty without firing a shot at our passing steamers, and pursuing their insulting search. They will probably,therefore, quite disregard Concha’s frightened exhortations to greater propriety; but the next time a Spanish cruiser brings to one of our mail steamers on the high seas, it is intended that a United States war vessel shall be near enough to partisipate in the entertainment by pouring her broadside into the Spanish forthwith.— mark the truth of this. The instructions to McCauley will confirm what I say whenever they are made public. Such demonstration will make an issue not to be evaded; and we shall then learn the true protectorate of Spain maintained by England and France. What a capital privateer fleet our Cuban Filibusters would fit out in the event of a war with Spain, arising out of these events. Mr. Marcy is very backward about going into this business; so is Mr. j Cushing. Messrs. Guthrie and Mc- | Clellan j are also understood to oppose extreme measures. But the President has acted on liis own impulses, although only Mr. Davis and Mr. Babin warmly approve his course.

[TTPThk Boston Atlas aptly characterises the late “Poolish” demonstration in New York as the "apotheosis of blackguardism.’ ft was hoped, when this miserable affair occurred, when some oT tlie scoundrel parties were shpt, and others of them compelled to fly from the city, that New I York might consider herself well rid !of a nuisance more noxious than the garbage in her streets or the stench of her slaughter houses. But the turn which the affair has taken will make matters worse and worse.— Where she had one bully before, she will have twenty now. Pugalism and the pistol, shoulder-hitting, gouging, and maiming, have been elevated into the heroic. The young lad who reads the Herald and Express, will learn that to be a bully is to be a public character; that vice will bring a fame seldom, alas! accorded to virtue; that he will be wept for if he falls fighting, and duly reported if he lives to fight again. He will dis- “ cover that brawny muscle is better > than brains, that grog-shops, cockpits, and gambling hells are the propper theaters for manly action, and that society saves its sympathy for defunct boxers and departed assassins. New York to-day,is firli of suckling Pools and juvenile Morrisseys whose future exploits will certainly crowd the columns of future | newspapers. , *

DCPThc news of the death of Em*pcrorPaul in 1801 was twenty-one ; days in going to London. That of the late Emperor Nickola& four hours and a quarter at the utmost, according to. Lord Clarendon’s statement in the House of Lords of the time it had been reeieved at the Foreign Ofli c.

LATER FROM EUROPE.

Arrival of the Steamer America,

Halifax, April 13. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Milligan, Evans A Co., quote sales of cotton for the week at 82,500 bales; speculation market buoyant, and closed with an active demand; holders were suffering greatly; quotations Orleans fair at SJ, middling s£, upland fair middling 5. The breadstuff market slightly decline*) —closed dull except for corn. Western Canal Flour 38a; Ohio 425; white wheat 12s 3d. i Yellow Corn 425, white 42e. I Lard firm—sales at 455. Provissions sligtly declined—the market dull. London, March 30..—Market inactive. Money market easier, and consols for money b3£. Last night’s mails will doubtless reach New York at midnight ou Saturday. The Canada was detained at Boston till the 17th. The America brings advices to the 31st. There has been no change in affairs in the Crimea.:- —— Attention is now concentrated on the Vienna Conference. It is represented that there is a great deal of difficulty upon the third point,although the demand of the Allies have been much modified. The Russian Plenipotentiaries referred the matter to 1 St. Petersburg. Nothing further could be done until a reply was received, although the fourth point will | probably be discussed in the meantime. The French Minister of Foreign been tn fer. with the English mentuous questions. The latest dates from London are Friday night the 31st, when it was stated that Dohougn de L’hags, French Minister of Foreign Affairs had been in London for conference, and left on that night for Paris. He will remain in Paris for two days, and then proceed to Vienna. lie was closeted with the leading Minister for three hours on Friday, and subsequently had a lengthy audience ofthe Queen. He will bear to Vienna the irrevocable determination of the Allies on the third point. The Western Powers did not demand the destruction of Sebastopol, but the reduction of the Russian territory.

The Russian Plenipotentiaries have no power to act on this point. The matter was remitted to St. Petersburg. All the Plenipotentiaries had sent to their governments for instructions. Gortschakoff, on the 20th, moved for the admission of Prussia. The special correspondent of the London Times , at Sebastopol, describes the condition of the army as much improved. The actual works of the siege make no progress to justify favorable prophecies. A formidable Russian force has assembled around Eupafdria, and virtually besieges the place. But the Russians could not hold it if-tak-en, as it lies completely under the guns of the English fleet. Lord Raglan’s despatches announces that a steady fire had been Icept up. r No change in the aspect of affairs. Important operations, however, were .going on. The Russians continued to strengthen the Works recently thrown up in advance of the Malalteff tower. There were continual night encounters between the French and Russian riflemen. The latter were repeatedly dislodged, but again returned to their pits, under cover of the Russian batteries. The British frigate Rifer destroyed the Martello tower and barracks, at Digamitara, which the Russians recently erected for the defence oftheir communication between Anapa and Keshich. The Circassians menaced by land the earth batteries, renewing, but failed to attack ps promised. They, however, triok and burned a small fort at the head of Saugak Bay.' The death of Menschikoff is reported. Reports have been received of the ’ French division in Besarabia. Galiaft had Iteen occupied by a strong Russian garrison, and the export of corn from Besarabia prohibited. v The Paris Press says that the statement is contradicted by the other par i pers that the -Allies had assented to a truoe. A manifesto from the Holy Synod of the Russian Church, incites the Russian nation to defend their faith. Thrive were two lives lost by the. burning of a T rrneh Hospital at Cr>nstnntimtplc.

England. —The Sardinian question was bein'? discussed in the British Parliament England engaged to borrow money at 5 per cent., or to loan the dome to Sardinia at 4 per cent. The Roebuck committee still con* tinues their inquiry. Certain papers connected with Admiral Dundass’ conduct before Odessa were refused by the Commons. There is a motion, on the books, to render the Indian army available in the European war. Parliament adjourned over Easter till the 16th inst. Nine ships of the advanced British squadron sailed from Deal on the 28th. Mr. Bnchannan attended a dinner at the Seamen’s Hospital, London.! where he returned thanks for the aid) rendered to 1500 sick American sailors. Lord Palmerston presided. Forged bills of landing appeared to the extent of £14,000 sterling.—? All shipped at Charleston, S. C., by James E. Nicholas. The fraud was accomplished by i inserting the word “hundred” after the units in the body of the bill. ~ "Stain.—Vienna papers state that Spain and Portugal had acceeded to the Western Alliance, and signed a treaty at Paris on the 21st of March.! The report wants conformation. Espartero resisted the demand for a democratic modification of the Constitution. Madrid was tranquil. < ) Prussia.— The difficulty between | Austria and Prussia is increasing.— j i The Prussian Cabinet retorted upon i J the Austrian Circular of March the j Bth, by sending circulars to the Prus-! sian representatives at the German Courts, respecting Austrian intregues with the Germanic diet. The language of the circular is quite hostile to Austria. The circular further charges Austria with dissimulation, threatening Prussia with military dangers, while to the rest of Europe she talks confidently of peace Notwithstanding the declaration of neutrality by Sweden, she is fitting out a fleet with provisions for three months. China. —Shanghai dates to Feb. 6th, state that the French attacked the. city, and were repulsed with loss by the insurgents. The country around Canton is in the hands of the insurgents, who ofiiciallv notify theif intention to maintain a strict blockade. There were rumors of anothe repulse of the French.

Addtional by the America.

Boston, April 14. The America arrived at 11 o’clock. Letters from Sidney state that a vessel, name unknown, was wrecked in Brampton shoals. Fve hundred Chinese, and a portion of the crew were lost. The captain and eight men were the only persons saved.— These made for Cape Dennis in a boat. On landing they were attacked by the natives, and one of them killed. The condition of the Allies in the Crimea is represented thus by the oilicial Journal de St. Petersburg:— . “The position of the Allies is now completely shut in by an enclosure entrenchments, Grave events are expected.” Trade in Australia had improved somewhat. -Political matters were unsatisfactory. In reference to the Vienna Conference the Times says: “We did not raise our voice against negotiations upon a basis which did not iuclude the destruction of Sebastopol, but should the Conference be untirnately broken olf by the importance attached to the operations in the Crimea, and their results would become real, certain success or defeat, there is one further chance for negotiation, and though a faint one, is not altogether impossible. That answer from St. Petersburg may be the germ of some counter project, on which the discussion may be renewed. We do not, however, expect any proposal this time by the Russian Government that can be regarded as practicable and sincere.” The London Daily News says:— According to the most recent communications from Vienna, Lord John Russell is understood to see little or no prospect of peace at present, and expects to return to England by the 14th of April. The opinion is now freely expressed that any prospect of peace is precarious and uncertain . Sentence Commuted. —The Governor of New York has commuted the sentence of John H. Phelps to imprisonment for life, at hard labor.— Phelps, it will be remembered, was to hav'p been bung at Albany some time ago, but was reprieved several ' times. Ty , < 7> v*'r''r*mr evil with gr>H "

From Boston.

Boston, April 14. The Erie 11. R. C 6., lost 14 cars by fire, Two of them full of dry goods, the other freight and buildings jbf little value. The total loss is between $20,000 and $30,000. >The ship Wm. Layton, was lost at sea on the 27th of February. The Stewardess and two of the crow were drowned. The others were taken off, and arrived here on the America. In the Houbo to-day, the address jto the Governor for the removal of Judge Loring was carried by 207 to 111. It now goes to the Senate. day last week, a woman named Sulser eloped from her husj band’s residence in Morgan town- i I ship, Butler county, Ohio, with a | young schoolmaster named Pease, j who had been teaching during the j winter in the vicinity, and boarding i at Sulser’s house. The infatuated | woman had lived hapily with her husband for near twenty years, and ; by him the mother of seven children. She took her youngest child, an in-. fant, (leaving six with her husband,) { and about five thousand dollars in cash and negotiable notes. She was the daughter of a wealthy old farmer, who died about a y ear ago, leaving a very handsome property to her. The notes which she took with her were given by the purchaser of a portion of the land inherited from j her father, and were drawn in favor ; of her and her husband. On the day j after her liight, one of her brothers,, who was sick in her house, died, and j it is presumed that AheT sudden and j strange disappearance of his sister j may have given the shock that proved fatal.

The Old Independence Bell.

The old Seri which first proclaimed liberty to the United Colonies from the State House steeple, Philadelphia, and which for years past has been an object of attraction in Independence Hall, now occupies a position in the hall immediately in front of the portrait of Lafayetec, close by the statue of Washington, on a pedestal octagonal in shape, with a double base. The Philadelphia Ledger publishes a letter, written in 1751, which gives an interesting history of j this bell. The letter is addressed to | Robert Charels, of London, by Isaac Norris and others. The following is an extract^— - ’* r-w “We hope and rely on thy care and assistance in this affair, and that thou wilt procure and forward it by the first good opportunity, as our workmen, inform us it will be much less trouble to hang the bell before the scaffolds are struck from the building where we intend to place it, which will not be done till the end of next summer or beginning of the fall. Let the bell be cast by the best workmen, and examined carefully before it is shipped, with the following words, well shaped, in large letters around it, viz; “By order of the Assembly of tlie province of Pennsylvania for the State House in the city of Philadelphia, 1752,* and under* neath * Proclaim Liberty through all, the land to all the inhabitants thereof.—Lcvit. xxv 10. IlEßßßFSusfbndeo Banks at The Auditor of State has published the following notice, relative to the redemption of the Illinois State banks that have gone into liquidation: Auditor’s Office, 111 , £ Springfield, Apr. 4, 18550 To the holders of Notes of the Banks that arc in liquidation: 1 am now prepared to redeem the circulating notes of the banks that are in liquidation, at par, viz: The Farmer’s Bank, the Phasnix Bank, the Union Bank, and the City Bank, situated at Chicago, and the Mechanics’ and Farmers’ Bank, at Springfield, 111.

THOS. H. CAMPBELL,

The Richest Man in State Prison. — The Ripley Circuit Court, last week, sentenced Mr. Muir to the penitentiary for two years for forging a note for $25. Mr. Muir is probably the richest man in Riply county, Ind.— it is supposed that his property is worth near SIOO,OOO. It has been his strife to be rich, and now he will have the honor of hragging of being the richest man in the Penitentiary, won’t that be soifiething of which to be proud? A man by the name of Smith, says the Terre Haute American, was killed on the Evansville and Terse Haute Railroad on Saturday last.— He was standing upon the freight train as it passed through tb* canal bridge a few miles south of town, when his head coming in contract with some of the timbers of the bridge, , he was thrown upon the track immediately before the cars. The wheels of one or iwo cars pasted over the body causingflcatb instantly -—Daily S^ntinrl.

The following resolutions, expressive of the feelings of Iroquois Lodge, No. 143, of the I. 0. 0. F.« occasioned by death of Bro. Lawson Broci. were adopted at i» epecial meeting held on the 16th test: 1 Whereat, an All-wise Providence hat •een fit to remove from our midst, by death, a brother endeared to us by the strongest ties of fraternal affection, and thus afforded us cause tp lament the departure of a devoted and exemplnry Odd Felloe’, an affectionate husband and father, and a valuable citizen and, .. Whereat, this afflicting dispensation solemnly admonishes us, that moral ; worth and manly vigor afford no guarantee against the fell destroyer; but, that ■ “In the midst of life we are in death*' and, j Whereas, by this solemn admonition i we are called upon to meditate seriously • upon our own condition, and recognite the voice of the Almighty speaking in accents, not to be mistaken; "Be ye also ready.” Therefore, Resolved, That, while we mourn the departure of our dtceased Brother from our midst, we will faithfully cherish a >ememberance of his excellencies and strive -to imitate his virtues, that we may bo sustained and cheered though life and in death, by a hope of immortality beyond tfri-grttii' - • - -• ~ 4t—- ! Resolved, That we tender our sincere | and heart-felt sympathies to the relatives i of the deceased. Resolved . That .the charter and em- [ blems of our Lodge b'i clothed in mourni ing for the ballance of tie present term. Resolved, That the foregoing be inscribed up. n the minutes of our Lodge, and a copy be transmitted to the relative* of the deceased, and that a copy be, also, furnished for bublication.

DC/ 3 A meeting of the Jasper County Employment Society will be held at the Court House on Tuesday next at 10 o’clock P. M.

It is now. just two hundred year* j since phosphorus was first obtained !by Brand of Hamburg. So wonderful was the discovery then considered, that Kraft, an eminent philosopher of tiie day, gave Brand thre* hundred dollars for the secret of it* preparation. Kraft then traveled, visiting nearly all the Courts of Europe, exhibiting phosphorus to king* and nobles, in phosphorus resembles beeswax; but it i* more transparent, approaching to. the color of amber. Its name, which is derived from the Greek, signifie* “light-bearer,” and is indicative of it* most distinguishing quality, being self-luminous. Phosphorus, when exposed to the air, shines like a »t«r, giving out a beautiful lambent greenish light. Phosphorus desolves in warm sweet oil. if this phosphori*ed oil be rubbed over the face, in tiro dark the features assume a ghastly .appearance,, and- the experimentali*t looks like a veritable living Will-of-. The origin of phosphorus is the most remarkable thing concerning it. Every other substance with which we are acquainted cart bo traced either to the earth or air; but phosphorus seems to be of animal origin. Of all animals, man contain* the most; and of the various parts of the body, the brain yields, by analysis, more phosphorus than any other. Thi# fact is of no little moment. Every thought has perhaps a phosphorus source. It is certain that the most intellectual beings contain the most phosphorus. It generally happens that when a singular discovery is made, many years elapse before any application of it i* mad* to the welfare and happiness of man. This remark applies to. phosphoru*. It is only the other day that it wa» sold at five shillings an ounce; now it is so cheap the penniless portion of our population hawk it about the streets in the form of matches. But what a noble life, light and fire-giv-ing office does it fill! For commercial purposes, match-making, phosphorus is extracted from burnt bones. The demand for It is now *6 great that many tuns are annually prepared. When Kraft traveled, ne had not more than half an ounoe “to set before the king!” DCrWe learn fromr.eliabuTauthority that a prominent landlord of thia city, caused a p oot widow and her little daughter, a child a few yean old, to be forcibly ejected from one of hie so-called bouses, at nine o’clock on Saturday night last, for the reason that she was unable to pay the rent at that time. He who will thus treat the widow and orpban*—surn them at that hour oftiight from house and home! under such circumsteqce*. is “fit for treason, stratagem, crime !’* — hhfayctit fraxretc.

AucTt.

RESOLUTIONS.

G. A LOGAN,

Secr’y.

C. A. LOGAN,

Phosphorus.

Stc’ry.