Locomotive, Volume 46, Number 11, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 October 1858 — Page 2

THE LOCOMOTIVE.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1858. Q?.iaturdariathe daj of publication of the Locomotive when it will alraybereiid:y for sobtcribers. In nocmtwil) eletBOopyofthe)Rper go from theoffice before public lionday. .. LOCOMOTlVl! STEAM PRESS BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE. WE would call the attention or Railroad Meii.Preslileutfof Colleges and Academics, tho Medical Profession, and II others, to our assortment of NEW AND BEAUTIFUL TYPE ! Just received from the best Foundries in the United .States, embracing all the Medical Sitfns, Accents,, Fractions, French Letters, Algebraical Signs, ind all the .nodern facilities for doing work in the best stylo. All our Type and Machinery is new, and in good order,iucluding two of Adams' improved STEAM PRINTING PRESSES which enables us to do our work in a superior style, on asshor time, and us good terms as f.ny other ollice. We have on hand a superior article of ISook and Col red Papers and the bestof Inks, and as we are practical workmen, we guaranty all work entrusted to us to be done in the neatest manner, with promptness ami accuracy. Our Job Department is well supplied with nil kinds of New and fashionable Type, and we are prepared to do ja.ll Kinds of JoTo Worli ! on the shortest notice, and at tho lowest living rates; and -BLANKS OF I". V E It V E S C II 1 P X I O I ! on Cap, Letter, Folio Post, Flat Cap, French, or Colored Papers, and Cards or Card lioanls. For the character of our work wa confidently refer to any Book or Job bearing ourimprint. Our prices are regulated at the lowest cash standard, so as to be regular ami uniform, and equal to all; and contracts for work will be adhered to. without resort to extra charges. JCOnlers from a listance promptly attended to, and accuracy guarantied. iryonteeon Meridian street, immediately opposltcthc Po Ollice. , ' ELDER A HARK XKSS. Moke Contests. The board of County Commissioners have been called together on the 8th of November, to hear the evidenee in the case of Treasurer of Marion county, as Mr. Beck's election has been contested by Mr. Barker. The general desire on tbe street so far as we have heard, 13 that the Commissioners will order a new election. As the ballots in some boxes have been handled and counted by persons not under oath, this appears necessary. The election of W. J. Wallace, as Sheriff, has been contested by a legal voter, and will be before the Commissioners at the same session. The ground of contest in Mr. AVallace's case, as we understand it, is that he is ineligible to the office under the Constitution, he having been elected to the office of Mayor for two years, which term does not expire until next May. Mr. Wallace resigned the Mayoralty last May. f The following is the section in the Constitution referred to, being Article 7, Section, 16, on page 61 of the Revised Statutes. , . - " Skc. 16. No person elected to any judicial office, shall, during the term lor which he shall have been elected, be eligible to any office of trust or profit, under the State, other than a judicial office." If the office of Mayor is a j udicial office, this appears, from a plain reading, to exclude Mr. Wallace from the office, and he and his fiiends should have fully investigated the question before the election but it is exclusively a legal question, for the Attorney's and the Court to determine. Mr. Samuel Moore'the new Commissioner elect, lias qualified and will be present at the meetings that will decide the contested cases. ,. ,,,.: , CiT The work of repairing the breach on the Central Canal was commenced on Saturday, and will be continued until it is thoroughly repaired, the bed made wider and better at that point, and: a full current of water flowing. It seems to us, when this is accomplished, that it will stop the project of filling it up above Market street, as the importance to our city of water power is fully appreciated by a large number of citizens. We would again urge the Council to prosecute their intention of filling it up below Market street, and stand the consequences of a law suit. We are told by Mr. Sheets, the owner of. the Paper Mill, that be would not object to its being filled below Market street, if he can have the same amount of water on the ann of the canal, and that if that is done he will move his mill to the arm. If this objection is removed, tho only difficulty is from Underbill's mill, and the city had better buy that than keep a street in the city vacated to supply it with uncertain water power. If the Council will have the canal filled below Market street, we believe they will be sustained by the citizens; but they can never be sustained in filling it above that , ' ' 1 '' '.' Lectures on Astronomy. The Young Men of the Metropolitan Literary Institute have; made arrangements with Prof. Mitchell, of the Cincinnati Observatory, to deliver a course of ten Lectures, on Astronomy, the first of which, principally introductory was delivered last Wednesday, and the next will be delivered next Monday evening, and regularly every evening thereafter, until the whole course is delivered. Prof. Mitchell has acquired a world-wide reputation as an Astronomer, and is eminently qualified to im part information on this interesting subject, doubly so at this time, when we have recently seen the great comet, leading us to a desire to know more of the heav7 enly bodies. The young men deserve praise and encouragement for their efforts to enlighten our c itizens on this scientific subject, and we hope the Lectures will be well patronized. The price of admission is 25 cents for a single. Lecture, or $1.00 for the course. They will be delivered at Masonic IlalL

: Appointed Paymaster. Daniel ' McClurr the present Secretary of State, and recently elected for two years, has been appointed by the President Paymaster in the Army, with the rank of Major, which appointment he will accept. This is considered by military men as one of the best positions in the army, with a salary of $3,000, and extras, amounting to four thousand, and traveling expenses paid. Major McClure is a graduate of West Point, and in every respect qualified to fill the position with credit. We cordially congratulate him on Ids appointment to this important office, that continues during life, or good behavior. ... , Wc are in receipt of a Report of the Chemical Analysis of the White Sulphur Water of the Artesian Well of Lafayette, Ind., with remarks upon the nature of Artesian Wells, by Charles M. Wetherill, M. D., Published by the Council of Lafayette. This pamphlet gives a history of the Artesian Well at Lafayette, an analysis of its waters, and an argument why it is better than other warers for medicinat purposes, and the advantages of Lafayette as a watering place. It presents the whole subject in a favorable light, and from the report wc have no doubt the water possesses suerior medicinal qualities. If any of our readers wish to examine the report, with a view of using the water, our copy is at their service. . ; 65 Henry Ward Beecher's congregation propose to bnild a new church to cost $1 75,000.

tS3T Our people the tax-payers are long suffering, slow to anger, and not easily moved, as the mild and gentle spirit they exhibit, when they, their wives and daughters are wading through the mud at the street crossings. The council have been petitioned time and again for stone crossings at the principal points on the main street the necessity has been pointed out to them, repeatedly, both for the comfort and convenience of the business men, their fair customers, and the strangers that visit us, but no notice is taken of the appeal, or motion made to remedy an evil that is great) and an abominable and notorious disgrace to our city. Not a scraper has been used on Washington street for two years, but the filth is allowed -to accumulate, and be carried by wagons into the hollows, called crossings, though which all that want to cross must wade. This is a disgrace, and we call now on the business men on the street to see that they use their influence and have it remedied. We have no further appeals to make to the council they have shown, by their action, that they would rather spend the tax-payers money in building a bridge across the creak or canal or some unfrequented street, or grade and gravel a street in the suburbs, that no one has heard of or ever expects to see, than put some permanent crossings over the street that is crossed by every citizen, every day, and by every stranger that stops in our city. It is time effective measures were taken to have this done, and if our business men don't do it, in a way that will telb it is not likely it ever will be done. lOT A good deal of building is still going on in this city, in a quiet and unobtrusive way. .We notice a cellar foundation just completed, and brick being hauled on the ground, for a handsome two story brick residence, on Alabama street north of the Market house. From appearances brick will be laid on it this fall,, until compelled by the weather to stop. A cellar is dug on Market street, on part of Mr. Wilkin's lot, that looks as if it was intended for a

business room. It is doubtless the intention to put the foundation in this fad. The frame house adjoining the 4th Presbyterian Church on the South, on Deleware street, has been removed, and a cellar is being dug the full width of the lot, for a brick house, by whom and for what purpose intended, we could not ascertain. . 1. These facts, with others, show us that our city is steadily and rapidly ( advancing in population and wealth. We would call the particular attention of our Lady readers to the announcement of IIolman, in another column, of his second arrival of Goods a large stock just received fresh from the head of the market. All the late and new styles can be found there, with every thing in the Dry Goods line, and in large quantities to select from. Holman is now doing business exclusively on the cash principle, fixing his prices at a low profit, to attract a large number of purchasers, and he is selling stacks of goods, as the necessity of sending for this second stock so early in the season testifies. Go and look at the goods, and examine the prices before buying. : , Courtship and Matrimony, with other Sketches . from Scenes and Experiences in Social Life. ParI ticularly adapted to every-day reading. By Robert Mokris. t . - . , ... : . This interesting work, of which the above is a copy of the title-page, is for sale by Messrs. Stewart & Bowen, booksellers, ofthis city. Its table of contents presents over one hundred articles, on a great variety of subjects, all interesting and instructive. We publish one of the articles in this paper, headed " The Folly of Crime," which is a sample of the balance. Very Important. It affords us much pleasure to announce that the street scrapers are at work scraping the mud from the crossings, to. piles on each sideThese piles of liquid mud will remain off the crossings an hour and a half or two hours, depending on the number of wagons and carts that cross them still small favors are thankfully received, and lager ones in proportion.. . . -:. r 1 1 . ' -, C3T Next Tuesday is election day in Illinois. The eyes of many anxious politicians are turned in that direction, and the result will be eagerly sought after. ES During the whole of this week, up to Friday noon, we have had wet, unpleasant and disagreable weather. ' ' ' 1 , ' ' Secretary of State. Daxl. McClure. has resigned the office of Secretary of State, and accepted the appointment of Paymaster in the Army, and Hon. Cyrus L. Dunham, of Jackson county, has been appointed in his place. This is an excellent appointment, and will meet with general approval. ' Mr. Dun. ham will take possession of his office at once. ' ' OF" Gen. Elliott has opened a Grocery and Commission house, in Blake's row, in which he keeps fish, steam baked crac kers, and other delicacies in great abundance. The Gen. is well suited for this business. from his long experience in the Hotels, and buyers should give him a call. : ' ' ' 1 iSaT The Lawrence, (Kansas,) Republican, pub lishes an extra with an account of the Lawrence com pany in the Gold mines in the South Platte. They report plenty of gold, that will yield from two to five dollars per day.; The diggings are near the eastern base of the Rockj' Mountains. '. ' .' ' SaT Gov. Willard delivered the Annual Ad. dress before the Floyd County Agricultural Society last week. The Ledger says the Fair of the Society was a decided success, both in fhe articles and animals exhibted, and the attendance. ' Pennsylvania. The following is tho official vote of Pennsylvania, for Supreme Judge and Canal Commisioner, at the late election : . . ' . ' , FOR SUPREME JUDGE, i . . ' .. Read, Rep 198,119 Porter, Dem 171,096 i - 27,023 FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER. Frazer, Rep. Frost, Dem. 196,620 171,336 25,284 Fire at Madison. A fire occurred yesterday morning at Madison, at about 3 o'clock, destroving the

flouring mill of Shrewsbury & Price the warehouse . . . , . " r' , adjoining, which was used for the storage of flour, was I ,' Suicide. A su.t has been in progress at Colurntheonlv part saved. The loss is estimated at $ 70,000. i Pus- this State, between Shrewsberry and Price, milIt was one of the most extensive steam mills in the lens of, Madison, and Menhuntcr, who had been cnwest There wa, about five hundred bushels of wheat cgl by the former as an ajrent for the P'lrchase, and in the mill, which was destoryed, but a large portion w "el' ;Tlvel personal integrity. , The following of the flour in the building was saved. The fire was ' telegraph announces the result ol the suit and the sutfirst discovered in the cupola of the mill, and a watch- , clJe ot the aendanta : ... man on a steamboat in the neighborhood thought it j Colcmhus, Ind., Oct. 27, 1858. took fire from being struck by lightning, as a vivid j To Aquilla Jones. storm was raging at the time. Insured only for a The suit went off to-day betweeen Menhunter and small amount ' j Shrewsberry and Price. The jury gave verdict ii : asainst Menhunter for ten thousand dollars. As soon

Tf Mr Wrio-l.t MmUtor tn TWIm t.-.l-r.n the extreme oroimd attributed to him. with reo-nrd to naturalized citizens returning to their native country tyand being required to perform military duty, it is not : likely he will be sustained. While the United Stales will protect to the fullest extent its citizens in what is risht, it cannot tike upon itself to relieve naturalized .' . ' . . 1 . ritizens of the debts or obligation they owe before comi ing to this country. .V ll'-rald.

: - FROM WASHINGTON. ' .' Washington, Thursday, October 28. The balance in Treasury, on Monday, was $7,889,000. Receipts during the week $656,000. Drafts paid $1,442,000. Draftsissued 1,128,000.' Reduction $171,000. . i : 1 Commodore Brieze has been appointed to command the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in the place of Commodore Kearney, who has been ordered to temporary duty as President of the Light-House Board, during the absence of Commodore Shurick. It is said that there is in course of preparation, at the State Department, a reply to an official dispatch informing our Government of the purpose of Great Britain to suppress filibustering in Central America. The military force of the Department of Texas will probably be increased by troops from Governors Island, in view of the present Indian hostilities. The estimate of the next year's expenditures, is not yet completed, and not until they are will it be decided what measures are necessary for an increase of revenue. ' " ' ''"'" " The subject of our foreign affairs occupies a large share of the attention of the State Department, every day during the week. 1 ' OVERLAND MAIL. '- " ,' Saint Louis, Thursday, October 28. :, The California and Salt Lake mail arrived at St. Joseph, on the 23d. Eight passenger came from San Francisco to Salt Lake, among them Mr. Wallace, editor of the Alta Californian, en route for New Hampshire. . Mr Wallace speaks in high terms of the California and Salt Lake Mail Line, t ? The weather was fine and grass good. . The Indians were numerous, . The citizens of Car-son Valley are asking for a Territorial government. i , Colonel Anderson, of the Sixth Infantry, with 1,000 men and 150 wagons were met at Alkali Springs, en route for Benicia. . ; The mail left Salt Lake on the 2d inst . Everything was quiet and prosperous among the Saints. , , The District Court was in session, Judge Sinclair presiding. . The Grand Jury was composed of wagon-masters and old mountaineers. . . i Severe storms had occurred in the mountains and

several animals had been lost. - . " FROM WASHINGTON. Special Dispatch to the New York Times. . , , Washington, October 24. I learn to-day, from a reliable . source, that Mr. Buchanan will take strong ground in his Message in favor of the passage, this Winter, of a Pacific Railroad bill. He will sketch the plan of construction to be favored by his Administration. Gen. Jo. Lane has been quite unwell, but he is again convalescent. Dispatches received at the State Department contain the gratifying intelligence that the Emperor of China has ratified the Treaty with this Government, and also those with England, France and Russia.' Nothing remains on our part but the final approval of the President and the Senate of the Treaty negotiated by Mr. Reed, when it may be returned to China for the exchange of ratifications. Information has also been received at the State Department from William B. Ckosiiy, Consul at Talcahuana, Chili, of the death of the following American seamen : John Caspar, Rowland Christian, and Geo. Trusant. QFrom Fraser River. A Bostonian, under date of San Francisco, Sept. 18, 1858, says: " Since writing to you last I have returned from Fraser River to San Francisco, having been gone about four months. During this time, with my own hands, I dug $25 worth of gold dust, and my expenses were about S300; however, I have clung to the 'pile,' and intend to keep it as a memorial of my trip. My time of course, was of some value, and the hardships that I endured were not few. I do not, nevertheless, regret my trip, but, on the contrary, am well satisfied with it, as I have had great opportunities for exploration. When I left Fraser River hundreds were returning to San Francisco, having become dissatisfied with the poor prospect before them, and the continued increase of murders by the Indians. ... Within the past four months murders have been numerous. One gentleman, a friend of mine, was recently killed by the Indians, receiving 28 balls in his body. The prices of domestic goods alone are so exerbitant that it takes more than a person can earn to live any way comfortable." , . . American Passports Disregarded by Prussia. We learn from our correspondent in Berlin that ex-Gov. Joseph A. Wright, United States Minister to Prussia, is now corresponding with the administration upon a highly important subject nothing less than the violation of our passports by the government to which lie is accredited. It seems an American citizen has been seized by the Prussian government and made to serve in the army. The man is a native of Prussia, but migrated to t he United States some years ago, was naturalized, served in the Mexican war with honor and distinction, and was wounded in several battles. A few years ago he returned to Prussia, for the purpose of visiting his relations, when he was seized as a Prussian subject, and made to serve in the Prussian army, cut oft" from his wife, children and property in his adopted country. Another case : An old man, 90 years of age, who emigrated to the United States when ho was ten years of age, married anlAfnerican lady, and is the father of seven children, thus spending eighty years of his life in America, the husband of an American lady, and the father of seven American citizens, returned two or three months since to Prussia on a visit to his relations, and by the merest accident escaped the seizure of the Prussian government (lor impressment into its army) with the aid of friends and excellent good luck. Norfolk Argus, Oct. 19. Marion Circuit Court. The October term of the Marion Circuit Court, Judge Major presiding, commenced' Monday... Nothing was done beyond the empaneling of the grand jury and setting days for the trial of certain cases. The following are the names of the grand jurors: .' ... . 1 Samuel Moore, Foreman, Samuel A. Terry, Wm. Jones, James Parker, Joel Conroe, James Donovan, David W. Snider, Jeremiah Wilson, Eli C. Sulgrove, Win. W. Loucks, Thomas N. Thomas, E. Browninsr. The case of the State against Andrew J. Dcnnison, for assault and battery with intent to kill, will come up to-day on a change of venue from Hancock county. Other criminal trials will follow the disposition of this case. It is the intention of the court and Mr. Fishback, Circuit Court Prosecutor, to dispose of all the busincs without delay. . ;-;.! .. There are on the docket 62 criminal caes and 548 civil suits. . Of the latter 72 are actions for divorce and one to set aside a divorce. : ... 1 ,: . The Clerk informs us that he receives on an average a let er a day inquiring if certain parties have made application for divorce. . We infer from this that when a man's wife leaves him, or a woman's husband leaves her, that tho parties at home conclude at once that those abroad are in Indianapolis seeking to be unloosed from the matrimonial bond which irksomely binds them. This is a great country, and the Indiana divorce law is the greatest ''institution" in the land!Journal. . . , , as the verdict was read, Menhunter drew a pistol and - 1 pis shot himself through the heart, killing himself instantBLANKIXSHII . - gg The South Bend Forum publishes in full the jJmM ,i..i;0 K,. Sr. .T.xnl. Ao-rimikural 0 . , TTT Tr . f . Zm,.atTT hv Mr w. W IT F.rTTS. flCfanrinnr ten COlumns of that paper.

The Stevens Cask. For over a month the papers of New York have been filled with the reports of investigations by the Coroner, of the murder of Mrs. Stephens, by her husband, from facts brought to light after she had been dead and buried over a year. The Jury, on Monday last, brought in a verdict of guilty, and the guilty man will be held for trial. As the case is rather singular, we copy the following concise account of it from the New York Tribune, of Tuesday. One day, about the middle of September last, a young man named Robert Bell was arrested, on a warrant issued by Justice Welsh, for an attempt to shoot Stevens with a pistol. The pistol was loaded with two balls, one of which is said to have rolled out before the fiistol was discharged, and the other, owing, it is beieved to the insufficiency of the charge of powder, only went through his coat and lodp-ed in the collar.

doing no bodily injury, Mr. Chauncey Schaffer was 'sent for to defend the prisoner, and on conversing with him, learned that the cause of the attempt was strong conviction in his mind that Stephens had mur dered Ins wite, boplna .Stephens, (the prisoners aunt) bv administering poison. Mr. Schafl'er had an interview with the Misses Bell, sisters of the prisoner, who were living at Stephen s house when their aunt died, and the result was that upon their affidavits, corroborating the suspicions of Robert Bell, Justice Welsh is sued his warrant for the apprehension of Stephens on .1 1 t i n r ine cnarge oi muruer. uorouer tannery was notinea, and on the 23d of September, just one year after her death, the body of Mrs. Stephens was dis-interred at Greenwood Cemetery, and removed to Bellevue Hospital. A post-mortem examination took place, after which the body was consigned to Prof. Doremus for chemical analysis. The inquest, in the mean time, proceeded (the examination before Justice Welsh having been suspended), and it was proved that before his wife's death Stephens had proffered improper attentions to Miss Sophia Bell ; that ho had threatened to leave his wife, and called her " old and peevish" (she was some 15 years his senior); that during her last illness he gave her suspicious-looking powders and large doses of laudanum ; that he would suffer no one but himself to give her medicines, and that he had twice made purchase of arsenic about this time, under pretense of poisoning rats. The Bells ai a said to be of the " first families" in Ireland, several of thejarothers of Mrs. Stephens being Protestant clergymen. The Misses Bell had lived with Stephens in Twenty-sixth street two or three years previous to the death of their aunt. They entertained suspicions at the time of her death, but dared not make them known, in consequence of the threats of Stephens to have them expelled from the church and ruin their characters if they said anything against him. A letter from Fanny, vaguely hinting a suspicion, at length reached their friends in Ireland, and their brother Robert, an impetuous young man, at once came over and attempted to take the law into his own hands. The prisoner was committed to the Tombs by the Coroner to await the action of the Grand Jury. RAILROAD MATERIALS. Z. Colburn, of this city, the eminent locmotive engineer, in a letter to the London Engineer, gives some interesting particulars concerning our railroad materials, which may not be known to many of our readers on this side of the Atlantic. He says that the Michigan Central Railroad is now having wrought iron driving wheels placed under their engines, and although they are more expensive, costing about $250 each, yet they are lighter, weighing about 1,200 pounds, while cast iron wheels weigh 1,600 pounds and cost but $50. Some cast iron driving wheels 5J feet in diameter weigh 1,900 pounds exclusive of the tire, and those 6J feet in diameter weigh 2,400 pounds each. Cast iron chilled wheels are almost invaribly used under American engine bogies, and under the tender and cars. The cast iron 30-inch wheels weigh 450 pounds, and cost from $13 to $15 each. They are chilled for half an inch in the depth of the tread, and are cooled without much strain from restricted contraction. They will run from 50,000 to 100,000 miles before wearing through the chill. The general pressure of steam in Americrn locomotives is about 110 pounds, even 130, 150, and even 200 pounds being sometime carried in boilers 48 inches in diameter, and of about 4-inch iron. The ordinary locomotive Ian.p will enable the engine driver to see any large object, such as cattle, 1 ,000 feet ahead, on a dark night, and is far superior to the English lamp. On the whole Mr. Colbum makes out an excellent case of American rolling stock, and shows its equality, if not superiority, to that of other countries. The aggregate vote of Pennsylvania on Congress is shown by The Philadelphia Bulletin to be as follows: Regular Opposition. . Anti-Lecompton Democrats . . . Regular Democratic Anti-Tax Straight American ....190,193 29,418 ....146,030 3,903 ,..., ' 386 Regular Opposition over regular Democratic. 44,155 ; The Vlth (Hickman's), Vnith (Glancy Jone's), XXth (Montgomery's), anil XXlId (Purviance's) Districts are those in which the votes above counted as irregular were cast Taking the votes on the State Tickets for these, and giving the Congressional vote in the others, the Opposition majority must exceed 40,000. , , 1 The official majorities are as follows : . . , -, 1. Florence 331 13. 2. Morris, 1,623 14. 3. Verree. . . . .J. .1,143 15. . 4. Millward....... .3,298! 16. -5.Wood... .. ..2,482 17. 6. Hickman- 1,601 18. 7. Longnecker.. . . 249 19. 8. Schwartz..... 15 20. 9. Stevens. . . : : . .3,172 21. 10; Killingef .i.....3.320 22. 11. Campbell,.'. . i . .3,320 23. 12. Scranton... . ..3,860 24. 25. Babbitt. Dimmick .1,443 Grow .7,706 Hale 1,889 Junkin. . ..... ; 46 McPherson, . .. . 267 Blair. .2,435 Covode 965 Montgomery .3,460 Moorhead. . McKnight .. Stewart. . . Hall....... .....2,147 . .1,660 ..1,535 .2,946 .': 832 ; Lecompton in Italics ; Anti-Lecompton Democrats in small capitals ; the rest, regular Opposition. . The Piqua Enquirer has the following intelligence in relation to the completion of the Columbus, Piqua and Indiana Railroad: ' ' , . We are pleased to learn that this company has fi nally surmounted the difficulties which have retarded the completion ot the road tor several years, and are now possessed of the necessary means for its completion and equipment. , orkmen were placed on the track between this city and Union, on Monday last, to prepare it for the ties and rail.. The iron, or at least a part of it, is daily expected, and we may safely conclude that the road will be in running order by the 1st of May next. Several first-class passenger engines and cars have been contracted for to be delivered in the spring. 1 Ins road, although retarded to this late day by finan cial troubles, is regarded as one of the most important in the West, and will command, when finished, a vast amount of travel and freight business, surpassing even the most sanguine expectations of its friends. , We find another fashion item floating about in our exchanges. All dresses are now made without ba&r ques ; the corsage a-point,and double skirts are rarely seen. Flounces continue in favor for both thin and thick materials, and are worn in the street as well as at evening entertainments. The burnois will be the most fashionable style of autumn and winter outer garments. Casques, of the same material as the robe are also worn, and form a very suitable and beconing walking costume. They are tight to the figure, and without anv trimming. Dark plain silks are much in vogue for this stylo of costume. The skirt, under the casque, is perfectly plain, without any ornament, excepting a row of large buttons down the front, matching those on the corsage of the casque. The very warm weather has prevented any display, as ) et, oi autumn and winter modes. Piccolomini, it is said, is accompanied by her father and mother, sister and brother, and two servants, and has twenty-five large traveling trunks. Her salary is $4,000 per month i'or twelve months. 63" We this week received a subscription from a member of Co. D.,5th Regiment Infantry, U. S. At at Camp Flovd, U. T. .This u our first subscriber in Utah.

WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES ARE DRINKING. Last year's revulsion seems to have produced some singular effects on the people of this country. Here, in the metropolis, we hardly realize them. We see constantly before us the evidences of a monetary ple"hora in Wall street, and few of us remember that this very accumulation of specie here is an evidence of impoverishment in other parts of the country. The fact is, of course, that the country suffers in proportion to the aggregation of the representative of value at the great financial centres, and that the best possible evidence of a commercial revival would be a dispersion of our specie hoard, and a tight money market here. But this, with money at three per cent, and an enormous specie reserve in the banks, city people seldom bear in mind. ' ' ' " v" The truth is detected by an inquiry into the movement of the commercial staples. Let us take, for instance, the usual constituents of the morning and evening meal of cveiy family throughout the country tea, coffee and sugar. It can be shown by commercial statistics that, tVom being great tea drinkers, the people of the United States have become, as a general . i. re l .1

rule, consumers ot conee, ana unit iney are now, in the Northern and Western States, drinking their coffee without sugar. ' For the past six or eight months at least, the sales of imported teas at this port (which is the type of all the ports) have been unusually small, and the prices ruinous to the importer. Just before the revulsion of last year teas having been imported in excess were selling at a severe loss. The war with China suddenly imparted vitality to the market There was a possibility that our supply of tea might be cutoff for years, and the price rose, in a very short space of time, to a point which left a profit on the importation. But what happened ? People, throughout the country , were poor, and sought to retrench. " As if by concert with each other, families throughout the north and west began to dispense with tea at the advance in price and in many cases to adopt coffee as a substitute. This was only discovered when the great tea houses, which had been holding their cargoes throughout the long depression of 1856-7, attempted to realize on them at the advance in value. They found it impossible. Nobody wanted tea. At first it was understood that the dullness of the market was the result of a revulsion, and the holders, arguing that, as the stock on hand in the interior must be necessarily very low, people would be sure to come forward to buy in a short while, resolved to hold on for better prices. The spring and summer of 1858 passed. From time to time the pulse of the market was felt by auction sales. No advance worth mentioning was realized. The stock of tea in the interior mustThave been exhausted long since, and yet at the present moment the demand is so small that teas are actually selling in this market at 40 "and 60 per cent less on the cost of importation. In a word, a people who are in the habit of importing and consuming annually over 20,000,000 lbs. of tea, have been content this year with one-fourth of that amount Tea drinking for the present has almost ceased. On the other hand, coffee has been in steady demand throughout the year. It soon recovered from the depression caused by the financial crisis, and has been active, at a fair price, almost ever since. Tho importers of coffee are almost the only merchants who have done well this year. But sugar, like tea, has been abandoned. It will be remembered that the sugar dealers of this and the other ports contrived, in 1857, to raise the price very considerably so much as to drive purchasers out of the market The crisis came, and the combination failed. Prices fell. The enormous losses of prominent sugar importers were a common theme of remark. After the depression of the winter months the holders of sugar comforted themselves with the assurance that, as sugar was a necessary of life, and as the stock held in the country was very small, the market would soon revive. Like their brethren of the tea market, they waited for better times. They never came. Spring and summer elapsed without revival in sugar. The country grocers did not want any. : Even the city grocers only bought " from hand to mouth." The stock on hand went down, but contrary to all experience, prices did not go up. For the past three months less sugar has been sold to the trade than was ever known during the like period before. At the present time the stock on hand is so small that any sudden demand would cause the price to raise a hundred per cent.; and before the next crop came in, the market migjit be altogether cleaned out Yet, even now, the price is steadily declining, i , i.. : . . . , .. These curious phenomena can only be explained on the hypothesis that the people of the United States, as a whole, have given up tea drinking, and are taking their coffee without sugar. Harper's Weekly. THE INDIANA ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.: At a preliminary meeting of the "Wabash Academy of Science," held in Crawfordsville some months since, after a full interchange of sentiment among those present, it was resolved to organize a similar institution in Indianapolis, that should embrace the circuit of the State, and that should, if possible, secure the united efforts of the devotees of science, as well as the friends of progress, whether learned or unlearned. As a preliminary step to the State organization, J. S. Bobbs, of Indianapolis, was appointed President; R. T. Brown, S. T. Bowen, and Prof. Thompson, Vice Presidents; John B. Dillon, of Indianapolis, Secretary, and James Ferguson, Assistant Secretary. On the 5th inst, in pursuance of notice and the suggestion from Crawfordsville, there was a meeting held in the Senate Chamber. 1 In the absence of Dr. Bobbs, Prof. R. T. Brown took the chair, and Prof. Challen, Secretary of the Crawfordsville meeting, read the proceedings there had. The chairman spoke at some length explanatory of the object of the meeting, and after -a pretty free interchange of views and sentiments on the part of a number of gentlemen present as to the propriety, expediency, necessity and value of the proposed organization, an inquiry was made if the Committee on the Constitution was ready to report. The Committee was requested to report on the following evening. , Prof. Challen then read a dispatch from Dr. L. B. Yandell, of Louisville, Ky.J announcing the fact that it was impossible for him to be present on that evening of the 6th and deliver a public address as arranged for. Prof. R. T. Brown 'was unanimously requested to deliver an address on the next evening, and, after a full discussion and interchange of views, the meeting was adjourned to 7 o'clock, P. M., of the 6th October. Pursuant to the above adjournment the meeting again convened and organized as at the prior meetingProf. J. R. Challen, on behalf of the Committee on that subject, reported a Constitution. . The report was accepted, taken up at once, considered, amended and adopted. " 1 " ' ' . On motion, those present proceeded to the permanent organization of "The Indiana Association for the advancement of Science," by the election of the following officers : , President Dr. J. S. Bobbs; . . .. Vice Presidents Prof. Wm. Twining, Prof. John Young, Dr. James Anton; . " ' ' .'';' Secretary Prof. R, T. Brown; i Treasurer James Ferguson. ' , ' ' ' The following persons gave their names as members, and paid their membership of one dollar, to-wit : James R Challen, J. S. Bobbs, J. N. Ray, W. D. Henkle, R, T. Brown, John Young, J. J. Updegraff, G. W. Hoss, T. S. Updegraff, Wm. F. Webster, J. S. Ilougham, James Ferguson, Indianapolis; AVm. Twining, Crawfordsville; "J. Milton Youart, Lafayette ; James Anton, Patoka; J. L. Campbell, Crawfordsville. A committee was appointed to divide the field of labor and apportion it among the members in .such manner as to secure the- greatest practicable amount of labor in the respective departments, and to take measures for the getting up of cabinets in the various fields of labor, a librarv, &c. Messrs. R. T. Brown, J. N. Ray, John Young, J. S. Bobbs, and W. D. Henkle constitute the committee. ' ' The Association tl-en adjourned to meet on a day to be named by the officers, between the 25th of December and the 1st of January next asking that all those devoted to science, and those friendly to scientific progress, will do what thev may in aid of the enterprise. James Ferguson, Secretary pro tern.