Madison Daily Courier, Volume 1, Number 62, Madison, Jefferson County, 11 July 1849 — Page 2

DAILY COURIER.

M. C. C2AH31EXI, Editor. TIIIKI)AV KVi:.MG, Jt'IiY II . IE7I7rnATIC DOMINATIONS. FOR GOVERNOR, JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, or fapke coumv. roK l:iuixant governor, JAMES II. LANE, Ol EEAB.EOP.N CO'JMV. ICR CONGRESS, SECOND DISTRICT, CYRUS L. DUNHAM, OF WASHINGTON COCNTT. Zy The first of July being regular semi-annual settlement time for job work and advertising, and having failed to present our bills at that time, we shall, as soon as we can conveniently do bo, make out our bill to July 10, (at which time we disposed of the cffce,) and present them for payment. The subscription list of the "Weekly Cockier" viil be placed in the hands of Mr. Garber, our successor, to whom payments may be made. Those wh i have paid in advance will find themselves credited for the amount dee them on Mr. Gafber's books. Persons having claims apainst either of the. undersigned or ugainft the late firm, will please present them at the office at the earliest convenience. Tins notice is intended for a!!, whether we have accounts fcgint them or not. July 11, '43. S. F. & J. B. COVINGTON. VALEDICTORY. The relations between the patrons of the Courier and the undeisigned, as editors and publisher?, closes with the present issue. This dissolution of friendly and, to us, agreeable intercourse was, but a few days since, quite as unexpected to us as it is, doubtless, to our patrons; and, for that reason, demands a word of explanation. Our successor expressed to us a desire to pngage in the business of editing and publishing a democratic paper, and proposed purchasing the Courier establishment. Knowing him to be a good Democrat, "true and tried," and a gentleman fully competent to discharge the duties of the post he proposed to assume, we gave his proposals that attention to which they were entitled, and which resulted in his purchasing the office. The Courier is not left in doubtful hands. We leave it with one who possesses the j energy, the ability, and the disposition to improve it, and make it a more effective exponent of democratic principles, and more acceptable to its patrons. We leave it wi.h one possessing more general and political information, and one whose business qualifications and facilities will enable him to improve the commercial department of tne paper. We do not now abandon the Courier for want of patronage. The Courier has been very well euctained since we have had it, and the business of the office is constantly increasing. We hardly expect to find a more piofitable business in any other channel; but we felt thtt, in holding on to our place we were doing injustice to the patrons cf the establishment, by depriving them of the services of one better qualified to fill our place. We part from our friends with many re,;r t. They have been kind and indulgent to us, giving us full credit for all that was entitled to credit, and overlooking or passing by our errors. We sincerely wish them all happiness and prosperity ; and in whatever position we may hereafter be placed, the remembrance of our connection with the Madison Courier will ever be among the most pleasing incidents of our live6. To our brethren of the Press we bid a friendly adieu. Our intercourse, so far as we know, has been free from any unplea sant leennjs. We part with them enter-j taimng the kindliest feelings toward all j with whom we have had the pleasure of j exchanging; and we wish they may all find, in the arduous path which thev have I chosen, many flowers and but few thorns S. F. & J. B. COVINGTON. ITWe understand that there hare been ' five cases and two deaths from cholera since our report yesterday. Or-The following are the officers elected for the Grand Encampment cf I. O. O. F., cf Ind'iana: 1aac II. Tatick, M. W. G. C. P.; William Rcbson, M. E. G. H. F., James Gibson, R. W. G. S. W.; John Liilev, R. W. G. J. W.; W mis W. Weight, R. W. G. S.; Eewix HirrtRLY, R. W. G. T.; Schuyler Colfax, Right Worthy Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of the I'rr'.ed Stttee,

(fcrThe business of editing a newspaper is new to us, and we will have to ask the indulgence of the patrons of the Courier until we become more acquainted with the business. Our elevation to the "tripod" has been so sudden that we have not tiad time to prepare the address which custom renders it necessary for us to make. This, in our situation, is a custom "more honored in the breach than in the observance." We are unacquainted with the details of the profession we have adopted, and we have always been careful about making promises, as we have always endeavored to keep all our promises inviolate. We can only promise the pations of the Courier to u?e all the time, energy, and talents we possess, to make the Courier & Democratic paper, devoted to the cause of the masses the toiling millions of our beloved country supporting the well known and well defined principles of the democratic party. We shall also endeavor to make the Courier acceptable to the general reader, giving the earliest foreign aod domestic news. In a word, we shall endeavor to make the Courier a welcome visitor to the "ingle side," as well as to the politician. In our intercourse with our friends of the editorial corp, we shall alwaya recollect what is due to ourselves and to them; never descending to low, vulgar personalities or Billingsgate language. We shall advocate our opinions fearlessly, and present the claims of the candidates of the democratic party, without lowering them, our party, or ourselves.

ID" The Banner of this morning charges upon one of the "prominent democratic candidates, if they (we) are correctly informed," with having petitioned the Legislature to constitute the retailing of intoxicating liquors a penitentiary offence. We have been informed that this charge is un true; and we call upon the Banner to name the "prominent Democrat,'' now a candidate, who has signed such a petition. OThe venerable Mrs. Madison, widow of President Madison, died at her residence in Washington City, on Monday the 9th inst., at three o'clock, r. m., at an advanced age O" We are somewhat ot a stranger in Madison, and we hope it is not expected that we are to understand all the phrases and provincialisms in use, by intuition. In the Banner of this morning we find two terms, one of which we think we understand; but the term, "sick Whig,'' we must confess, we do not understand; and we have to ask of our neighbor to assist us in this attempt of ours to gain knowledge, "under difficulties.'' Railroad Iron. This article is sold in this city, of Engtish manufacture, at about $42 per ton, which is death and destruction to the American manufacturer and the American laborer, in the workhouse. The mills now in operation only live on their old contracts, making iron ordered long ago, as in the case of the Hudson River Railroad, whose rails the Trenton and Boonton Mills are making at $67 50 per ton. This is a difference of $25 per ton; and when the contract was made, it was as low as the mills could afford it, or the company could get it. But the difference shows what ruin the Tariff of 1843 is creating for American labor and American ore. N. Y. Express (Whig). Such is some of the daily twaddle of the Whig press. The Federalists contend for high tariffi, to protect men already rolling in wealth, at the very time that these monopolists are endeavoring to make slaves of their workmen, and allow them no time to hold a particle of intercourse with their families. When will the working-men cease to be humbugged by the hollow devices used by their most dangerous enemies to get their votes? ET Mr. MatsoD, the whig candidate for Governor, is now in the southern portion of the State, making speeches. He could not stand up with J. Wriffht. and so he left him te follow out his list of armointments bv himself, and he returned j to the south that he might have the field to himself, and of course he will always come out in his addresses first best, end if be had gone with Jo., the icaluut huller, it would have been his for tune or misfortune always to have come out second best. But, perhaps, in going south to the exclusion of the North, he wished to show his gratitude to Mr. Ernbree for declining the honor oi being beaten for Governor and giving him a chauce for the same, by trying to assist him in ! his hopes for Congress. Salem News. GroRGE LirrARD. The whig papers call this gentleman a writer of the "Satanic school" be - cause his recent letter to Gen. Taylor is playing the v-ry devil with his democratic supporters, Tru Democrat.

Homestead Exemption. la the almost interminable message of Gov. Edwards of Missouri, we find some real gems. The following we commend to the perusal of those who feel an interest ia the progress of the doctrine of homestead exemption. It is very just: "Of a piece with thet,e laws, is that exempting from sale under execution, the homestead of the poor man. From my earliest recollections, wisdom and humanity have seemed to me to unite in recomending such a law in the code of every nation. It is apparently a small matter, but a most important one to the large mass. The father and husband may be a spendthrift; or he may have lost all from fires, shipwreck, or ohter visitations of Providence; or he may have been unfortunate in trade, and in every case broken down with distress or disease; or he may have sacrificed all by too generously endorsing for friends, and he may still be in debt. To labor in such a case, under our laws, is nearly a hopeless task. If a man make at any time, more than the law exempts from sale under execution, it is liable to be seized and sacrificed sold for half or a fourth, or a tenth of its value, and this would be of no benefit to the creditor, and therefore every man would refuse to make such a surplus, and thus his labor would be lost to himselff his family, and his country. But if the man had a home that was his own, he could work upon that his location would be fixed his crediors would know where to find him, and the payment of his debt would be rendered more certain."

That Ruin. The New York Tribune, in an article upon the favorable character of the Europa.s news, 6ays: "The effect of the present condition of business in England must be highly favorable upnn the trade of this country. Our products are selling freely at fair prices; and the demand for our stocks will prevent any rise in the price of bills, so that no disturbance of our monetary affairs can be apprehended from a renewal of the export of specie. Even with the large importations of foreign goods into this country, we appear at present to be much more likely to import than to export coin. There has not been for a series of years, so healthy a condition of the general business of the country as at present." And this is the ruin that the wild and reckless policy of Secretary Walker has entailed upon the country. Here are the fruits of that accursed Free Trade which was to smother the energies of our people destroy our manufactures parylize our trade, and wither our commerce. Here is the consumation of the predictions of the ruin which Democratic commercial policy was to visit upon the heads of an outraged and plundered people. Where are now the predictions of the enemies of the Tariff of 1846, when time and startling facts and startling truths wring from the pen of one of the most bitter enemies of that Tariff, even from the erratic Greely the above confe3 sion? No higher praise could be awarded to the much-abused policy of the Democratic party, and no prouder vindication could be had of the correctness of Secretary Walker's financial and revenue policy. A Death-Bed Contract. There lives in Cov ington, Ky., (or did yesterday) a man worth a bout 5 60,000, who lies upon what may be, and probably will be, his death-bed. Like many of u, he does not like to die, yetthe future hedoesnot think so much of, as the worldly treasure he is to leave behind. Physicians he utterly despises, and has, during his present illness, suffered on with out their aid, but the excessive bodily pains that he has of late experienced, forced him on Satur day to send for one. On the arrival of the doctor, he submitted his proposition: viz: He agreed to give the Doctor Three Thousand Dollars, if he would restore him to health, to be decided by three citizens of Covington but if he died, the Doctor was to pay Three Hundred Dollars to such heir (unknown) as he should name in his will; and positively as serted that not one dime more would he risk. Three thousand dollars was as much as his life was worth. The Doctor would not accede to the terms in 'black and white,' but finally comprom ised in writing, on Two Thousand Dollars, if he saved him, and if not, he was to have no fee. We very much fear, our worthy friend the Doctor, from what we hear of the condition of "Old Avarice," will, or has lost the Two Thousand Dollars. Cin. En-j. J3 The appointments to- day by the Cabinet attest that a healthy reform is still going on. The removals made in the Department of the Interior, by far outnumber those of any other; in point of fact, Mr. Meredith is not much behind. He has many places to fill, of which the public know but little the publication of the appointment! being inronhstent teith the otjects and ends to be aceornpLis'tei .' Pfaila. News. We italicise a portion of the above. When j men in public station are ashamed of their con- ' duct, they will always aim at concealment. To let the people know of the number of removals would defeat the object the Administration have j in view! Thai will do for the present A Dinner at Rio. The following is said to be the rates of a dinner bill furnished a California j pilgrim during a short stay at Rio Janeiro: Six j eggs, $12; one beef-steak, $12; radishes, $6; f bread, $12; one bottle cf wine, $10; segars, $4 i SO; coffee, $1; milk for coffee, $2. Total, j $53 50.

rii ,i,n i 'n i n I Vi i i i "n mi .' 'iX'-t-ftm,'rmtmZM NATIONAL FASTING, HUMILIATION AND PRAYER. We publish below the recommendation of the

President of the United States for a day to be set apart by the people for fasting, humiliation and prayer, that we may in one united voice thank the Father of All for his blessings, and to implore him to withdraw his chastening hand. Odcial. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A RECOMMENDATION. At a season when the Providence of God has manifested itself in the visitation of a fearful pes tilence, which la spreading its ravages throughout the land, it U fitting that a people, whose reliance has ever been on His protection, should humble themselves before His Throne; and, while acknowledging past transgressions, ask a continu ance of Divine mercy. It is, therefore, earnestly recommended that the first Friday in August be recommended throughout the United States as a day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer. All business will be suspended in the various branches of the public service on that day; and It is recommended to per sons of all religious denominations to abstain, so far as practicable, from secular occupations, and to assemble in their respective places of public worship, to acknowledge the Infinite Goodness which has watched over our existence as a nation, and so long crowned us with manifold blessings; and to implore the Almighty, in His own good time, to stay the destroying hand which is lifted up against us. Z. TAYLOR. Washington, July 3, 1849. Refusing to drink Wink with Washington. -Towards the close of the revolutionary war, says Dr. Cox, an officer in the army had occasion to transact some business with Gen. Washington, and repaired to Philadelphia for that purpose. Before leaving, he received an invitation to dine with the General, which was accepted. Upon entering the room, he found himself in the com pany of a large number of ladies and gentlemen. As they were mostly strangers to him, and he was of a naturally modest and unassuming disposition, he took a seat near the foot of the table, and refrained from taking an active part in the conversation. , Just before the dinner was concluded, Gen. Washington called him by name, and requested him to drink a glass of wine with him. "You will have the goodness to excuse me, General," was the reply, "as I have it a rule not to take wine." All eyes were instantly turned upon the young officer, and a murmur of surprise and horror ran around the room. That a person should be so unsocial and so mean as to never drink wine, was really too bad; but that he should aostain from it on an occasion like that, and even when offered to him by Washington himself, was altogether intolerable. Gen. Washington saw at once the feelings of his guests, and promptly addressed them : "Gentlemen," said he, "Mr. is right. I do not wish auy of my guests to partake of anything against their inclination, and I certainly do not wish them to violate any established, principle in their social intercourse with me. I honor Mr. for his frankness, for his consistency in thus adhering to an established rule which can never do him harm, and for the adoption of which, I have no doubt, he has good and sufficient reasons." What the Isthmus Railroad will do. According to the estimate of the Hon. T. Butler King, when a railroad across the Isthmus is completed, with the aid of steamers of a speed of 12 miles an hour, the voyage from New York will be completed in the following time: To Calcutta in 47 days; Canton in 36 do; ShanghtE in 35 do; Valparaiso in 17 do; CalUo in 12 do; Guayaquil! in 9) do; Panama in 7 do; San Bias in 12 do; Mazatlan in 14 do; San Diego in 16 do; San Francisco in IS do. y- A letter to the Eastport Sentinel, dated Rio Janeiro, April 2, says: "There is a report that the ship Florida, from New York to California, was lost off the river Platte, and 200 lives lost. Many of the vessels in here have had long passages some 75 days; many have lost epara and had a hard time. There have been one or two men sent to th mines; one for knocking down one of the Emperor's guards was sentenced to be 6hot, but his sentence was commuted at the intercession, of our Consul." f Printing. Although a printer may be Setting all day, yet, in his own way, he is a great traveler, or at least his hand is, as we shall prove. A good printer will set 8,000 ems a day, or about 24,000 letters. The distance traveled over by his hand, will average about one foot per letter, going to the boxes in which they are contained, and of course one foot returning, making two feet for every letter he sets. This would make a distance traveled by his hand each cay, of 4?,000 feet, or a little more than nine miles; and in the coure of a year, leaving out the Sundays, that member travels about 2,800 miles ! tT Twenty stx towns in Ashtabula county, Ohio, according to the Assessor's returns, in the past year manufactured cheese to the value o $243,057 50, and hutter to the value of $26,19645 in all $275,135 45.

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REPORTED rOR THE MADISON DaILT COCRIER. Montreal, July 10. Trouble anticipated to-night t the meeting of the British American League at Kingston. HEALTH REPORT St. Louis, July 9. Interments on Saturday in nine cemeteries, one hundred and eighteen, cf which eighty-three were of cholera. On Sunday, nine cemeterie reported one hundred and five burials, of which seventy-five were of cholera. On Monday, it was thought the disease was increasing. New York, July 11. One hundred and eleven cases and twenty-four deaths from cholera. Philadelphia, July 11. Forty-five cases and fifteen deaths from cholera yesterday. x Cincinnatti, July 11. Eighty-one cholera interments, and forty six of other diseases. A "Competent" Office-Holder. The Hartford Times says, a few weeks since, when Hon. James Dixon was in Washington, an office-seeker sent him a letter, directed as follows: "mr James Dickson esq Washington chty Va." He asked the clerk if it could go free, and was informed that it could not the clerk not suspecting that it was intended for an honorable member of Congress and the office-seeker paid the postage. After he had gone, the clerks being stumped at the direction, 'Washington citty Va.,' looked at it more closely, and came to the conclusion that it was really intended for Mr. Dixon. The writer of that letter has since been appointed to office, probably on Gen. Taylor's principle of "competency." Suspended. An Irishman, who was talking in rather ambiguous terms about the sudden death of his paternal relative, was asked if he had lived high? "Well, I can't say he did;" said Terence, "but he died high I" "Why, what do you menu?" "Faith, I mean that, like the United States Bank, he was Suspended'. I OLIVER SECTION, No. 53. The members cf Oliver Section No 53, Cadets of Tempe.rnnce, are requested to meet at their Hall to-morrow morning at ) J past 7 o'clock, to attend the funeral of their late brother JOHN O. DOYLE. The members of Excelsior Section, No-10, are requested to meet with and join us in the procession. B. F. REED, W. P. July 11. M. t 1. Hail Road. ODD FELLOWS' EXCURSION. f pphe regular passenger train will leave Mad toon on U Tnursiiay niriing at 7 o'clock precise y. and reach IndianaitolU at m o'clock, A M. Returning leave Indianapolis at a quarter part 5 P. M , and reach Madtoon aout half past 9pm If the party for the excursion numbers 100, the fare for ihe round trip wil' l $ 1 65; If les ihan lt0 nd over 75.the fare will be. t2 0i; 1 under 75 end over 50, t lie. fare will be $ 50. Way passenger juifiiuir, ihe party will be charged al the same rate. Be p-mctnat. julv 10 -vt JHN BR UftH. Tre-'t Great Bargains in Clothing ATii) IIXY GOODS, THE undersigned have an extensive stock of ReadyMade Clothme, whi -.h they are prepared tonsil at ereatly rdu--ed price They would respectfully invito the puhlx to five them acall hefare purrhai' elsewhere, as they are confident they can suit all who do go. A'. so A larjre assortment of Iry Goods on hand, of every varie'y and defccription, which thev are determined to sell low tor Cash. WM KITTER HOOy & CO. Main itre't. 3 doors b low Rea's Tavern. P. S. As we Intend leavini the last of the week, we would ipvi'e all to call on u immeuMately. jni o 5t w. w. &c ro. Mm OSQUITOBARS Bubiriet Mosquito No ting, ifJB 3 yards w de; I inn ditto 1 yard wide: KK) pircrs Mofquito Bars. aworte nuati'ie; fo' sale hy Jnlv 10 3d FWOBMSTEOT CO. w ITJIJI fr;i Good at 11 dui rd lrli e. ' ' w e will i-eil orf our i-umrj.er clock of I. awns, Berases, Ginehama, BnnueiF, Rihtotia. Flowr. fre 4cc , at price hl will guit any reasonable purr hr. j.jlv 10-. 3 C WOKMSTEDT 4; CO. ISSWIlTTIO.ir.-Th- firm of Jame Kowrts & 9 CO . Is tnU lav d g-o'vpd br niu'ual eoi snt. All persons having a-c"U'tta with raid firm, wilt ftiJe the atie with Wm. McQuWton, whom eumonzeu to ewe the hitdineg' of aid firm. Madion. June2. 1H9. j i k.mjkki. j't'y 7 WM Mr UU'rfTOV. w n . m ' n u S T O I , GENERAL Forwarding and Commission Merchant, AMD Dealer in H'ettern Produce, july 7 West Street, Madiso.m, Ia. 1-jlitE ilUADIfrJW AM WI.'VES.-l'ei ,.riria wanting pure Liquor can find thni at june30 WAUJEV8. Ai Fnre Lexington Mustard and Afilcsn Cayenne Pepier. lOOrKti'S A?lF.lll'A!M ISI Ti i LAS 51 An excellent article for Jellies, Kiance Mange. Ac. it improve with ate if kppt dry. Can he made Into a a up in a few moment, and is of ereat service in H di-ea-w were del.cate animal food to required. For e at june 30 WALrEV3 If A I II HKl SHLS.-A complete awirtmeitl of 1 different qualities on hand and far sale ty FR A VC 13 E SUIREr Dmreirt, Main eiow st. between West ad Mulberry june 20 f IlOOTII, Flesh, Cloth and Nail BrbH 'r ' by jf junei'J P. E?. SCIRE. CONVERSATION' BY THE PXjPLe) SO. 3 'Tls strange, dear Cob, savs Tom, your Y.tit i Hack a nifht, v Twai only yesterday that it wn aj snort white How came tn! wondrous change m suca short ipae of time? The secret I woull know I " I record it in thy nse Friend Tom, on this great theme 1 give you r dske men, i. The recret i-hut n. read Hanel s sdvesttserrfnt; His vegetab'e Hair Dye hasiueh wondrou poorer. Tho your teir be rd or grey, 'twill ennnre it i'f hoir . J l'LE IlAI Ifl, 130 Cnenu street. Pfei'a ' phta. jny 11 Pot in Madison by F. E Heist., int.