Plymouth Banner, Volume 3, Number 24, Plymouth, Marshall County, 17 August 1854 — Page 2

Esteemed! humph! the very first man in the country!' 'And your name may I ask it? 'Certa'mly David Uutler never ashamed to tell it in my life." And have you not a farm too; by this time from your own earnings?' Hardly from my o earnings and yet 1 have a lot of the finest wild land in the settlement, and 'll tell you how qu-erly got it. You know, thai is if you heard of it, that about ten years aj there was a sort of

.1 Tt MTTli It J lere, and rhnne of owners. Well Irs. AsLleTtiiat now is. Gol bless her noble heart! k-ave me this lot outright for services v she fancies rendered her the time of this fracas could tell you all about it, but I suppose you have heard of the money digging affair, and what then happened' tiattiinnpnpil nt ibp time T-.nt Tint ! lost their farms?' Vhy Martm, you see, being the best j udge of what he deserved, like a sensible man cut Liathrat on the soot: and the iudce and his wife, thought considering it would be no xiiore than a fair shake to take Ins tann alter helping off his sweet widow; two of the money diggers ran away more scared than hurt, and their farms were also taken, and as to the rest the judge le'.them off easy after paying for their betterments as much as their whole farms were worth, 'twas said.' Well he could afford to do it, for all the wild lands of the valley fell to him, besides his father-in-law, dying soon after, left him all his property, that is about hall of it giving the rest to charities. And now sir, seeing yu have rather a free nack of asking questions yourself, supposing ask you one! What is yaur name? Dn you not recollect me?' Why no and yet it seems to me Pre seen vour moral phiz somewhere." You once had good reason tu remember ire; end I wish I could say with you that I have never been ashamed of my name. I am Gow Gow! Gow! what that iameGow, whoo o rah! Yes, that I hare reason to remembor you your coming brought me that righteous lot of land which I would bo at work on to-dny, if the judge would con sent to let tne leave him. Yes, yes, you made my fortune if the devil did send youbul what in all nature has brought you back hero again?' Better motives, Mr. Butler, I trust than those which once led me here. Are Mr. and Mrs. Ashley in the house? I would seo them at the door for a moment.' Halloo! Halloo! tho house! Judge Ashley and lady halloo!' A middle aged gentleman with a political newspaper in his hand and looking a little testy at being interrupted in his reading, hastily came to the door. A handsome young matron some years younger than her hu3band, with a chubby black eyed infant in her arms, made her appearance a little in the rear of the latter. "What now, David, is tho houso on fire, or what, that you make such an outcry?" Why here is one of the seven wonders of the world! Do you know that gentleman?" Tho lady shuddered and shrinking back n step, and whispering something in the car of her husbind. It can't bo!' said the latter, a slight frown passing over his brow. My name is Gow said the stranger riding up to tho door without offering to dismount. 'You are Mr. and Mrs. Ashley, I believe. She, I perceive, knows me and woll may she remember me and my former injuries. And for that reason I have presumed to call at your door. I ask not to enter for I am unworthy and yet for myself, prehaps. I should be thankful thai 1 was directed to this spot for the lesson here received in the awful death of my associate in crime and my long imprisonment that followed, were the 'means I trust of plucking me as a brand from the burning. For many years I have besn an unworthy preacher of the gospel, laboring in the far west. Returning once more and for the last time, to visit my native New England I have come soma distance out of my course to see you to perform a duty to you and to my soul to ask the forgiveness which my God, I humbly hope, has extended to one so utterly unworthy of his mercies. Can you sir. forgive all the injuries I intended to youV Freely?' replied Ashley, visibly touched at the dep debasement of the other, 'freely from my heart, moat freely!' And you, dear lady, you, who have yet more to forgive?' If you, sir,' said she, havethe forgiveness of God and my husband, it shall not long be said that you lack the forgiveness of Mrs. Ashley for an offence committed ngiinst May Martin you have it sincereDismount, sir said the Judgo, 'walk in and dina with us.' 'Nay, it may not bo it may not bo worthy people. However, we may forgive, or even respect, ihero may yet be associations connected with individuals which must render their presence forever painful. It were better that I tarried not; but ere I leave,' continued he, riding up close to thedoor step on which tho couple stood, and extending his hands, 'I would tako a hand of each in token of p eaco, and us a seal of forgiveness. Hi3 request being complied with, he lifted his tearful eyes to heaven and ejaculated in mournful utterance 'O, my Father above, who could forgive me, tho vilest ot the vile, and bless one so utterly sinful and lost, wilt thou bless and prosper these thy servantstheir little ones and all that is theirs -not only in the things of this life, but in that light and love which is now our only durable happiness and hereafter our heaven. Casting one long and mournful look on the happy pair, and bowing a mute farewell, he slowly rode away, and was seen no more. This word for improvements made on lands and frequently found on tin Vermont Statuto Books, was, we believe, coined by the legislature of that State, but whether in a legislative or literary capacity we never understood. Henry Ward Eeecher says : 'Dress doesn't make the man, but when a man is mada he looks a great deal better dressed UD. Fatal Accident. , Yesterday evening, whUe several workmen were engaged in digging under an embankment on the rail road, near town a large quantity of dirt fell upon them. instautly Killing one man. and 10 badly wounding auother that he died during the night. Two others were very seriously injured though it is hoped' not fatally. Wabash Gazette.

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W.U. J. BURNS, Editor & Proprietor. IT.YMOXJTII IND. Thursday Morning, Aug 17, 1854. Advertisements to insure insertion, must be handed in by Tuesday precedng the day of publication. Failures. A week or two sinco we noticed the rumor lhat Dr. Ellis of Indianapolis had failed for some SSO.UOO or, 6100,The rumor was received here from South Bnnd, and wa apparently relied upon by those who brought it, but wo ore truly gratified in having tho use of the fplowing from the State Sentinel of the 7ih inst. There musl bo a great mistake about the rumor mentioned above, so far as Dr. Ellis is concerned. He does not owe one tenth of the sum named, as wo learn from good authority, nnd is in posession ol abundant means to pav over 8S0.000 S100, 000 if ho owed it Dr. Ellis is now in Now York city on business of the M. I. & I. R. R. Company, of which he is Pres ident, and will no doubt be surprised to hear the news. The public need feel no apprehension on account of this report. "Or. Ellis is loo honorable a man, as well as too shrewd a financier, to allow himself to be caught in such a condition. FUEE HOMES. IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. A bill to grant homesteads to early settlers in New Mexico, Kansas and Nebraska, has passed both houses of Con gress, and has been signed by the President. It grants 160 acres of land to persons who resided within the Territory prior to the 1st of January, 1833. or who may remove and settle there before the 1st of January, 1858. This bill is an improvement upon the amendment of the homestead bill, proposed by Mr. Hunter, as it does not require any pay from the 6ettler, and only renuirps four vears residence instead of . five. Louisville Journal. In relation to the foregoing, the South Bend Register says: We await the publication of the law with great interest, as if the report is true, it will strengthen the hope fo; Freedom in those Territories materially." There goes the main plank of the agitation platform already, and by their nom ince for Congress in this District. If "the hope for freedom in those Tcrrito ric should gain a little more strength before the October election, it will not be a very difficult matter to get it on its feet, with all the noise and confusion that has been made about it. But from the time the bill was passed, the cry has gone throughout the hud, that Congress legislated Slavery into "those Territories." Now there is a hope. Permit us to add Dr. Nofsinger's hope in his last letter to the State Journal; "If the South understands her interests, she will assist in the re-estab-hshment of the Missouri Compromise line. For without a restoration or the Missouri Compromise line NO OTHER SLAVE STATE WILL EVER BE ADMITTED INTO THIS UNION; asu certainly, no versos will be insane enough to think so." Then if the Compromise is restored, there will be Slave States admitted, See. Then who wants that measure restored? Boys are very apt to get their feet wet when they dabble in the water. The Huntington Herald snys that but six persons have died of Cholera sinco its appearance in that place, to wit: Allen Price, Moses Davis, Mrs. Price, Mrs. Davis, Wm. Seeley, Wm. Stamp. The disease has principally if not altogether subsided there. Breadstuff. It will be seen by the Arabia's news which npponrsin lo-day's paper, that Breadstuff had advanced in tho foreign markets. A corresponding advance will be noticed in our home reports. In our efforts to ariive at what the whig party intend doing, we meet with such diversity of notions and suggestions that nothing reliable as to their action in an organized or unorganized capacity, is to be inferred. The following dispatch shows the wishes of the party at Boston, and in New York, a similar course is desired by those who have lately acted in concert with the party. Boston, Aug. 4. The Whigs held a meeting last night, and appointed delegates to the State Convention, which is to be held on the 15th of the present month. They oppose all fusion with other parties and factions, and urged union among themselves. Tho report put in circulation by the Lafayotio Courier, that Senators Bright nnd Pettit had assured Harlan, Mace nnd Chamberlain that they should bo re-nominated for congress if tr.ey would 'acquiesco in the Nebraska and Kansas bills, is all a lie'juat what every sensible man supposed. Senators Bright and Pettit havo given tho falsehood an unqualified denial, over their own signatures in tho Sialo Sentinel. I see n statement in some of the papers of tho Slate, originating I believe, with tho Lafayette Courier, to the effect that Mr. Bright and myself had submitted a proposition to Messers. Chamberlain, Harlan nnd Mice, that if they would now acquiesce' in the Kansas and Nebraska act, and not agitate its repeal, that they should ngain bo nominated and ro-elected to Congress. For myself, I 6ay that this story is uterly false. I never made such a proposL tion to those gentlemen or either of them.

I do not believe that Mr. Ellis had any authority as he pretends, to make this statement, but however this may bo, it is utterly fnlso, JOHN PETTIT, Mb. Tettit: I arn obliged to you for favoring me with the perusal of your note loihe Slate Sentinel, which I herewith return and desire to join you in pro nouncing the charge that I had at any time sought to influence tho action of my colleagues in the 'House of Reps.' by representing that I would interfere m their districts, for their nomination, on any con. dition, is wholly untrue, and I venture the assertion that no one of them will pretend I ever have. Trulv yours, J. D BRIGHT.

Congressional Nominations. So far as the Democrats havo had their District conventions ia this State to nominate candidates for Congress, in every instanue tho noninterlcrence doctrine has been unequivocally recognised and endorsed, and candidates placed upon that broad nnd liberal platform broad enough for the north and south, east and west, nnd upon it wo have no doubt but some of the people will bo found on the second Tuesday in October next. St. Louis Riot. We condense the following account of the late riot in St. Louis from the Intelligencer of the 8th. It says: About five o'clock, a quarrel occurred at or near the Fifth Ward polls, in which an Irishman stabbed an American ; this was the signal for a general attack. Pistols were freely used, stones flew in every direction. The drinking houses on Morgan and Green streets and Washington avenue; and on the vhole front ol the Levee, from Cherry street to below Locust, were more or less injured. Id the whole block on Morgan street between Main and the Levee, there is not, on either side, a drinking house of which the frontis notentirely destroyed, as far as it is capable of destruction, and in many instances, the houses are riddled and the furniture broken to atoms. The crowd supplied themselves with axes and other implements of the sort, from the steamboats at the wharf; and with them beat in the shutters and smashed the counters and every thing that would yield to blows. On the Levee, between Cherry and Locust, there are only one or two house?, at most, that do not bear disastrous marks of the conflict; at Locust street the damages stopped. The number reported to have been killed was four or five, but many more were wounded. Wounded men were constantly borne up from the Levee to Broadway during the time of the fight, and such terror reigned in the neighborhood that the stores on Broadway and Fourth for some distance down were closed, and remained closed during the afternoon and evening. The military was called out to protect the office of the German paper which had been attacked once or twice, and to disperse the mob. Eight Companies turned oul. The police force was utterly incompetent to suppress the mob. The Intelligencer says : We found the Levee, at 10 o'clock, almost entirely deserted, except for knots of Irishmen, who certainly manifested no riotous disposition. Whilst we were engaged in surveying the scene of destruction, a shot or two fired at the distance of a square from where we stood, sont these men flying along the levee like frightened hares. Ten arrests had been made at the time the account closes. The sum of the injury done is thus given by the Intelligencer. On Morgan and Green street, extending west from Broadway, not an Irish grocery is left, all being torn to pieces, and the houses more or less injured. A frame row at the northwest corner of Fifth end Green suffered severely, the weatherboarding being split and torn by stones, and all the windows and doors smashed in. At a late hour when it was deemed safe for persons to pass along the riotous district; we turned out for the purpose of procuring a list of the houses and their location, but found such a multitude on all the sheets named, that we were compelled to give it up for a more seasonable hour. At a rough estimate there is not less than fifty or sixty houses, chiefly Irish doggeries of the lowest order, badly damaged, and their contents destroyed. To estimate the loss we are unable, but should guess it not much short of 850.000. All this, besides the murder and maiming, was the work of but a few hours. The police force wus entirely insufficient, and for nearly three hours the excited multitude had full sway. After the appearance of the military comparative order was restored, but up to the hour of going to press ibis morning, there were small squads moving here and there, but apparently without ability to do further mischief. ARRIVAL OF THE A RAMA. New York, August 88 P. M. The steamer Arabia, with three days later advices from Liverpool, reached her dork this evening at 8 o'clock. Liverpool dates are to July 28th. Flour advanced Gd.als. since Tuesday. Wheat 3d. aid. better. Corn advanced U2s. The political news possesses nothing of startling interest. Gortschakoff is withdrawing a portion of his army to Bucharest, the mouth of the Denube being no longer tenable. The Constitutionncl statts the immediate tntry of tha Austrian is formally decided on. Sixty thousand Turks are fortifying Giurgevo. The cholera has appeared at Gallipoli and the Dardanelles. A Rubsian camp of 5000 men is being formed at Unzistinia. Neulril vessels have been authorized to come out of the blockaded ports. Madrid, at the latest dates, was quiet ; but tha citizens were still under arms. On the 11th inst., the allied forces were still at Varua.

The Turkish fleet had returned to the Bosphorus. There is nothing from the Asiatic frontier, except that a special Governor has been sent from the Porte to Circassia. Accounts from Malta state that ISO officers and sailois, lately forming the crew of the Tiger, have been exchanged at Odessa, The number exchanged fell short of the English by 30 men. Accordingly, so nviny of the Tiger's crew remain in captivity. Princ Eartschakoff is confirmed in the command of the Moldo-Wallachin army.

An army ol DU.UUÜ men is to ne concentrated between Scutari Bud Varna. The reserves called in will amount to 130 000. Omar Pasha and Trince Napoleon are at Giurgevo. A despatch from Dantzic states that the Hecla and Valorous had canonaded Boomersund, but without loss to either side. Gen. D'Hillier has sailed for the Baltic. For ihn 11. inner. Ma. Editor Will tho fallowing fal mucn snort ol the creed introduced and ndvocated by some of tho fusionisis mixed up for an organization amongst ui. at this t me? Whereas we havo no confidenco in ihn people to govern themselvos. and whereas. we oon t think os maiiv iwihern men would movo into Nebraska as Southern ones, and whereas, many who would movo there from tho Jsorth would as leave hold slaves as not, whilo some from the South would dislike to hold them; And whereas. altho' we had the privilege of forming our own constitution wttnout hindrance, ye wo are not willing that our common country men ct to make the State of Nebraska shall have the same privilege, nnd whereas wo know slavery to be an evil, and believe that the people who will snttlo Nobrnska are not as tmnrt as we are, and don t know lhat fact, and whereas, while we are Stale and do as we ploase, and other Slates can't molest us, or government either, nnd we don l expect to help settle N.ctrnska Dut ll we oo, can nave our voles as we pleaso, yet we nro not willing any one else aiai.i i snail oo the same unless no üoes as w think right therefore Resolved, That every man who don' endorse the foregoing preamble, nnd who votes for the Nebraska Bill, no matter whether he is honest in doing or not 'is unfit for any honorable position in Society, and ice hereby pledge ourselves to carry eut the spirit of this resolutiori (vide the resolutions ot tho convention at Plymouth, June 8th, 1854) Resolved, that the name of all those who 6hall refuse as nbovo to unite with us will form a cabinet of putrifnetion for the execration of nil future generations.' Resolved, That we are right, and every body elso is wrong, nnd every body must see tho thing as wo do, and there can be no opposition to us unless it is thro corruption and dishonesty, nnd wo pledge ourselves to keep every one who differs from us, 'out of any honorable position in Society1 Resolved, that we, the immaculate 26 who met in convention in Plymouth wish it distinctly understood, thaf what we say, wo moan to do, nt all hnzzanl?, nnd as in politics or war "all is fair" we shall use every means w e can control to carry out the spirit of our resolves, and wo want those opposod to us to fall, or we shall Bring them down by ballot or faggot as may be necessary. Resolved, that there can be no such thing ns freedom of opinion on this question, and we wish it understood that wo intend to so establish it. TOP CORN. Sec'y. The Whig Tarty A few Plain Questions, We find in the Campaign Lancet, published at Shelby ville, n communication from Martin M. Ray, Esq., in answer to some strictures in the Decatur Pres upon his course in refusing, as a Whig, to support the mongrel party. He asks tho following pointed questions: 'Do you point to a Whig party? If so, when nnd where did it nrganizo in Indiana, for the campaign of 1854? When and where did it hold a State or County Convention? Who were its delegates, and who are its candidates) Do you call tho Convention that met at Indianapolis on tho 13th inst., and known by the various name9 of tho 'People's Convention,' anti-Nebrnska Convention,' 'Freesoil Cjnvantion,' etc., a Whig Convention? If it was a Whig Convention how comos it that thodologata wore disaffected Democrats, Freesoil Whiga, Maine Law men, Know Nothings, Froo soilors nnd Bible Burning Garrison Abolitionists? 'Did not your Mmgrol iSinie Convontion doclaro by resolution, that ice ic ill waive all former party jiredilectionst Do you deny that throe out of tho five candidates nominated at that Convontion, wero disaffected and disappointed and recreant Democrats? Did that Convostion adpt any resolution that was ever recognised as an elemont in the Whig platform? Where is the old Whig Stato Central Committee? And is it not true that tho new State Central Committee is composed of disaffected Democrats, Freesoilers and Abolitionists? We should be glad to have these questions answered. Edinburgh, July 21, 1854, Hon. Wm. J. Brown: Dear Sir: 1 learn that in giving an account of the mass meeting at Franklin, you say that I left the whig party Whether you made the statement or not it is a mistake. The Whig party has left me. The Whig party has taken the Abolition side of the Ntbraska question the illiberal side in respect to emigrants, and the "search seizure and confiscation and destruction" side of the liquor question. This is not Whiggery as I learned it. The Whig party has cast off its distinctive existence and formed a coalition with such men as Julian, Hull and Crary, and fanatics generally. I. as a Whig of the Clay and Webster stamp, cannot train in any such company. I will not vole the mongrel ticket. The only questions exciting the public mind at this juncture, are the Nebraska and temperance issues. Upon these the Democratic party has taken the right ground. Upon the former, they ate on the fide of the Union, aud the

side of sober conservatism. Upon the

atter, they are on the side of the peo ple, and against fanaticism and anti-re publicanism. I shall, then, most assur edly vote the Democratic ticket, at.least, this year, and the above explains my rea sons lor so doing. Respectfully, E. MOONEY. New York Market. New York, August 8. Flour is firm at an advance of 12 to 25o. Siles of 7.500 bbl. at S7,62S.37 for State, and 8S,50iy.OO for Ohio. A lot of New Ven ice Mills Ohio, is held at 11.00. Lard Oil 7Gj80c. Cotton is unchanged. Coffee is active, with salt-s of 2.500 bags at 10il02c. New Yokk, August 10 Flour is firm at a further advance of 12c The sules comprise 9000 brls. at S9.75a9,25 for Ohio and 9aU.25 for Southern. Wheat is dull with a declining tendency. Corn is one cent higher and inactive demand at7475c for sound Yellow and 75o76 for Southern. Cotton is unchanged with a moderate demand, at previous rates. Coffee is firm with a modernae demand. Sugar is firm but the salts are limited. Baltimore, Aug. 8. Tho New Orleans Picaune .Mates that the clipper bark Grape shot which had been lying for several months pnst, at the mouth of the Mississippi, with a large quantity of fire-arms on board, was cleared in a very mysterious manner on Tuesday. The Spanish consul at New Orleans having been informed of tho fact, became alarmed and immediately chartered and despatched a schooner to Havana informing the authorities of the matter, It is thought by somo'lhat the recent arrival of the Russian Ambassador at Now York may have something to do with the departure of the vessel. Great Fire in Xew Orleans. Loss one Million Dollar si -Twenty Business Houses Burned. New Orleans, Aug. 7. A fire broke out on Saturday, and before it was subdued twenty business houses onTchopetoulas, Le Foucher, Lafayette and Magazine streets were burned. The weather was intensely hot, and many of the men died of sun stroke at the engines. The supply of water was bad. The chief losers are Converge & Co.. W. S. Wright. E. J. Hart. R. H. Millikan, Shultz H liadden, Palmlee Br others. Martin Owen, J. O. Woodruff, J. W. Stanton, Graham Buckingham, J, M. Savage, and A. W. Walker, all heavy losses. The buildings were occupied by twenty six business firms. The following offices hold risks: Sun Matual, S 150,000 ; Home Mutual, 75,000 ; Liverpool and London 868.000 ; Merchants, 645.000 ; Louisiana Mutual, S30.000 ; Royal, 835.000 ; Toronto, 47,000 ; Delaware Mutual, 815,000 ; Tennessee, 810.000 : and Hudson River. 85,000. A large quantity of provisions and naval stores were burnt. The fire was confined to Tchopetoulas, Commerce, Le Foucher, and Magazine streets, W. C. Highnm, Civil Engineer, belonging 19 New York, was fIio; a few days since by D. Chandler of Boston. Richmond, August 8. Bcnj. II. Smi'.h, (whig) is reported to have been eltcled to Congress to fi'l the vacancy caused by the demise of Hun. John D. Snodgrnss. Cincinnati August 8. Tho election in Kentucky yesterday for county officers, opposite this city, wa3 carsied by the Know Nothings by a largo majoity. North Carolina Election Result DouMful. Columbia. S. C, Aug. 8. Reports from North Carolinia are conflicting. Bragg gains in Clingman's district, nnd is supposed to be elected by a reduced majority. So far an equal number of each party has been elected to the Senate; and 27 Whigs and 35 Democrats to the House. Missouri Flection. St. Louis. Aug. 10. Kennett's Majority over Benton, is upwards of 1,800. Nine Whigs and nine Bentonists have been elected to the Legislature, as far as heard from. Cincinnati, Aug. 10. The Gazette of to-day says it is supposed that from 15 to 20 lives were lost by the recent sinking of the steamer Cape May, near Mount Vernon, Indiana. At last accounts, five dead bodies had been taken from the wreck. Daily Mail. It gives us much pleasure to be able to announce that a contract between the Post Office Department and the Rail Road Company, has been made for carrying a daily mail between Indianapolis and Peru, and that the regular service will commence in a few days. Peru Sentinel. We want a daily from Peru to Rochester, intersecting the Michigan Road daily to Logansport. Destructive Fire in New York The Central Trrsbyterian Chnreh in Ruins. New Y'ork. Aug. 10. The Central Presbyterian church, on Vroom street, and several adjoining buildings, were burnt last night. Loss 825,000; insured for 815,000. About 25 small frame buildings on Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets were also destroyed. Loss about 820.000; small insurance. Fully one hundred families were rendered houselejs. Horo is thn opinion of tho Louisville Journal on tho Nebraska bill. After nil, the main principle of tho Nobraaka bill is certainly in itself right. We do not see hew any man of good sense, who examines tho subject, can come to any other conclusion. Wo can see no reason why tho gcnoral govornment should say that tho people living on one side of a parallel of latitude should have tho privilego of deciding for themselvos whether they will have a certain institution or not, but that the peoplo on tho other side shall not have that privilege. Such a discrimination appears to us to havo no foundaion in justice, roason or common sonso."

Baltimose, August 10. Several cases of Cholera have appeared in St. Mary's and Charles counties. The dry rot has made its appearance in the Cotton fields of Mississippi, Proviuesce, Aug. 10. The cholera hern is increasing. Yesterday there was nine casrs and three deaths.

Foktlasd, Aug. 10. The crops in many portions of Maine arc suffering greatly from drought. Washington. Aug. 11. The Union contains another article on the subject ot our relations wun fcpain. ' it says Spain is, at the present moment, in constant danger of French and English! intrigues, and this fact should make her act promptly in giving to the United States reparation which is her just due. By doing so. she will secure her friendly aid, the United States being clearly opposed to all foreign action in the dominons of Queen Isabella. Moutality or Buffalo. The Hoard of Health of Buffalo report that there were 429 deaths in that city during the month of July last, of which 159 wero of cholera, 4 1 of cholera infantum, 27 of diarrhea, and 10. of dysentery. New York, August 10. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune says the story that Russia was about to sell Sitka to the United States, or that the Czar raide an offer to sell it, is unfounded. Plymouth Rock. The trustees of the Pilgrim Society," offer three hundred dollars for the best plan of a monument to mark the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620. A Good Story. Some of the students of the Indiana State University were supposed to be in the habit of drinking brandy. Where they obtained it was a mystery. Dr. Daily determined to ferrit out the secret. Calling into a small drug store, the proprietor asked him 'how that student, Mr. Carter, was?' Smelling a rat, the Dr. answered in an evasive uminert and soon drew out of hint that the students under suspicion had been in the habit of purchasing brandy for a sick student by the name of Carter; that they said he was quite low, and was kept alive by stimulants; that the young gentlemen seeried very much devoted lo him. N-w, the secret was out. This Carter was a fictitious character, and the doctor had the secret. However, he kept his own counsel. The next time the students assembled in the chopel for prayers, he cast his eyes over the crowd, and satisfied himself that Carter's nurses were all present. The devotions were duly conducted, and he then called the attention of the students, remarking that he had a mournful task to perform as president of the University it became his duty to announce the death of their fellow student, Mr. Carter. After a lingering illness of several weeks, he had breathed his last. H had no doubt this announcement vould fall sadly on the ears of those who had so atfAfully cttended to his wants, but he hoped they would baar it with resignation he hoped they would reflect on the oft repeated words, Mcmenti omori' that he would now no longer detain, but leave them to their own reflections! The result of this announcement was star'.ling. None of the professors, and but few of the students, had ever heard of Carter. 'Who is he?' was whispered. None knew but the kind friends who attended him and they wouldn't tell; and the president -seemed so deeply affected that they didn't like to ask him. How to Discredit a Witj?f.s,s. The Lawyer is not only fair and candid, but sometimes ingenious in discrediting a witness. Take the following example: Laioyer. Mr. Jenkins will you have the goodness to answer me, directly and categorically, a few plain questions? Witness. Certainly, sir. L. Well. Mr. Jenkins, is there a fe male living with you who is known in the neighborhood as Mrs. Jenkins? W. There is. L. Is 6he under your protection? W.Yes. L. Do you support her? W. I do. L. Have rou ever been married to her? W. I have not. (Here several of the jurors scowled gloomily on Mr. Jenkins ) L. That is all, Mr. Jenkins. Opposing Counsel. Stop one moment. Mr. Jenkins is the woman iu question your mother? W. She is. Go it. Boots. Swan, of the Eleva tor, is 'down on the use of 'slang phrases in the papers, and calls upon the 'press gang generally to help 'put it through. Certainly, 'we won't do anything else, old hoss, but 'let her tip 'straight along. Tumble in, covies and let 'em see we're some pumpkins at putting down all slang.' So, 'march up' fodder or no fodder,' aud 'trot her down to Cox's,' wnere we can 'steam up, 'pitch in and 'let 'er rip, 'she's all o k.' A woman was giving evidence in a certain case, when she was asked by the lawver: 'Was the young woman virtuousprvious to this?1 'Was the what?' Virtuous. Was she chaste? 'Chaste? fhe was chased about a quarter of a mile. Lord Holland tells of a man remarkable for absence of mind, who, dining once on a shabby repast, with a friend, fancied himself in his own house, and began to apologize for tho wretchedness of the dinner, A modest lady passenger on board one o! tho packet ships into Now York, sprang out of hor birth, and jumped over board, on hearing the Captain during orm, order tho crew to haul down the sheets. A Cart Load. Henry Cart, while diecing a cellar in Louisville Ky.. a few days ago. found 81.000 worth of gold and silver coin buried in a box.

The appointment of JahesTiltos, Eq, of Madison, in this State, ns tjtirveyor-Gau-

! eral of Washington Territory, was can. lirmed by tho U. S. Ssuila on tho 3 J inst. A member of a western dcbatii IPI cm; wishing to display his proficiency in ti e legislature,' when moving for nn inJcfinato ndj vurnrnent of the club raid '.Mr. President, 1 move wo aj um c phirib us itnum!' Land For Sale. Q( ACRKS of choice timbered Land in re-. Ol tion 27, towns!. ip 31 north, 1 ranjv '2 east, is offered for sale at a bargain. It is about two miles north of Plymouth ta-tof'tl.c-MicbVan Road. Terms ear. Call on Ihv vxdersitrncd at tJje Hinnt; viflee. " WM. J. UCIJNS. Aur. 17, IT. I. Cltl. The State of En;t!;imx, ?lnrsliail County, s:: In the Marshall Öorxr.icn PUa Court October Term. 1654. Gcor-e I'omeray, Gunrdian of lie Person r.nl estate of Mary Met' alf, I an insane person J Petition for parti'vs. I lion. Ceor-re A. Me-'eaif. J Wlli:rti:AS tli pl.-üutiff in tue forecr.-.iP!; en'.itle l cans- lias filed ids j-e'.i w, '.jr partition of certain Jal Estate therein escribed ; ;:nl whvre tf, the afii !avit of a Iis uterestd pers n isalsofilel in roy ffhe, shouiin; that the said defendant, floors A. M-t-calf is a no.i-re.ident of the State o." In iiana. The said Georce A. Metcalf is therefore here by notified of the filing nd pendency or soi! petition, andti.at unless he appear and pier. 1. answer or demur thereto, rn or before th calling uf thi cause on the first day of ti-.--next term of te said Court, to be hol Jen a' the court house in Plymouth in s iid county on the third Monlay in October next, the saae, as to him w.ll betaken as confessed and will be lu-ar 1 and determined in his absence. Attest rt. CURD.VLEY, ClrV; A gust 17, 1P.51, -Jit3. SHERIFFS SALE OF REAL ESTATE! PURSUANT to the order cf three wer 1 writs of Fieii Farias, 'issue.! to me o'it of the office of the Clerk cf the Circuit and Common Picas courts ot Marshall county, ,n the State of Indiana, I will cftVr fr snle at the court house door in Plymouth in said con'y On Thursday, Ike lita day of Srpirrnbrr, bSI,' between the hours cf ton o'clock A. M. r,M four o'clock P. M. on said dny Iteal F.?tal.e ?:i faid county, described rs fcllovs: No. 1. 'J( feet fronting on Micl-Ltn street in the Town of Plymouth, r.u l es'tfrbri -west 120 fvt, to the clley, with the brich Store thereon, occupied y Potueroy & I' rather, being part of the north half of Lot 41. No. i. Twenty feet fronting on MicL'oti street, and extending back fotty feet, wih ;!.e tuildmg thereon, occupied as a har '.w.ire Store, being part of the south half of Lot 41, : n adjoining the piece numbered o;ie, (above inscribed) on the south. No. :J. Also tie interest of Mrk Pvnirrrv in the north half o' Let 4 J. in Plymouth, wi:i, til the improvement thereon. No. -I. Alothe Warehouse bui'?iiiffs sf7ij. ding in the rear of said Unck and Hardware Store?, on sn;d Lot 4!. No. ". Also the interest of WilIiaM G.r.n I Mark Pomercy, in Lots No 171 nr.d 57:, li-.o said town of Plymouth, with the! uiVinc ! improvements th.Teon, now occiificd i y William Moor. A. Said properly deseri" ed above a:: v. i.-.-bered J,2, and 4, being lei-do:i to -a'fy ,;n execution against -ai 1 V. G. 5c M. Po:: er', , as partners under tho name of Po-ierov v'c firothcr, in favor I ytephensou & M;;-sh. (ot about $1111.30, waiving epprtisem-tnt laws. 11. Said property above described aud numbered, laiidll, lein,' !ei doutosaii fy -n eeeu ion in favor of ruJ against the s-üne r fifties above named, for aVnut tQ.V',".C, rabbet to appraisement, and the levy on the j ro ej?y numbered is subject to' t!:2 above levy, marked A. C Said property above described a:d numbered 3 and 5, heim.: levied upon to sa'isfy a:i execution in favor of and against the same parties obov n med, fo about 0131 J3, subject to npprnisnient, and the levy cn the ;r. j cr:y numbered V beinsjiu'.-ject to the above 1 v, innrkel 11. Said property uumboir! 1, 2 & 1, is o.-pr 1 by the iibove named defendants by geo I ;;'e. The property numbered 3, is ownel r ys-; I Mark Pomercy except a litu thörecu of .73, for purchase moiwy. Tin? property numbered 5, is a Tease of the same for ten yesrs trom July I8VJ the l s?ev ownii.-g a'l the improvements, hut to leave the Lo s fenced and pay the taxes durinj the lease. The rents end profits cf said property ?U1 first Le offered for any neriod net excce.br:seven years, and if net sxdd for sufficient t j satisfy the executions levied thereon, the entire title and iiiUresto. thed-fen tants therein will be offered to the highest bidder on l';oc waiving fippiaisment, nnd for not less th:;u two thirds the appraised value o:i those object to appraisement. The appraisiinent of said property is as follows: on the execution abovf ir.arkcd I, ti c property above numbered I, is appraised, exclusive of the execution narked A, nvA ot!ü r incumberances, nt S3?." 0' The properly numbered 3, is npurai--ed, exclusive of incumbrances, at On the execution marked C, the property above numbered 1, is nppraiieJ subject to the execution H, at The property i.umbered 5, is appraised at toe o CO 211 r Said sale will be continued fron dj - to day, if nece-yary, between the hours aforesaid, until all ol said properly is sold, or encugh thereof to satisiv sai l executions. Ji iin l. Thompson, sh'ar.M. c. On the sale of tr.c above property, 1 will receive from the Sheriff one third of the'purei.sM money, on the first execution, and one L.i.'l on the other two, and obligations with security to be approved by me, for ti e balance, ou time, not exceeding yj days, l eingauthorizcd so U do by the Judgment creditors. c. H.r.Envn. August. 17, IS51. 4J4i5. To J9oti Residente. NOTICE is hereby pi ven that the underpinned, with the County Sunever, w:i!, en t!. 9tU day of Sept. 1SÖ4, at 10 o'cloc k a w. rn fai.l day proceed to survey and le ;te the corner 1 1 their land in sect. 2', tuwmdiip Ö 1. rnne 2 rn-f, in Marshall cnuniv; to meet hi C. P. r.rL"i-":.'s &. continue, from day to day until ?dl is l";n:bri!. Non residents who fail b nuvt the survey n at tkq time and place above mentioned, and de -fray or provide for defraying their portion cf the expense of sail survey, will W returned to the County Auditor oi a:J county, and suc!i delinquency placed on the tax duplicate and collected according to law, a other taxes are collected. V. KEROL'av. t'. ANN rOKNELICS, S Aug- I p. riifuiUsoN, ZIMMFHMAN, liAUXHAPT. irltl. IVo I ire lo Timlter Thieve. ALL persons aro hereby I tvv ued fiorn removing, huulmg ! or tiioleviins ,.r in uiy wise dostroyiiig Tin:br ofmiy hin.!, eitb. r hewn or round, or firewood, from the bind I'm-, merly known as thi Goodstdl firm u.ij.iinii g Plymouth north, containing f0' nores. THo.-o violating, will most msuredly be desih wiiit according to tho trict letter of tin l v. R. V A NT ELT. W. A. ILACI . An- 10, lc31. 2;t b