Madison Daily Courier, Volume 1, Number 94, Madison, Jefferson County, 18 August 1849 — Page 2

In this way thousands of shares ars sold, to be delivered at a future day, to the very men who own every share of the fctock that has ever been issued. When tre time arrives for delivery, the sellers discover that there is no stock to be had i l V ? j i . re

but of the men 10 u, uo-v . , Th(J amount of real esrnnrst ihev must pay whatever the owners . , , . course in j . ' . . taU, exempted from sale by execution, is choose to demand. If the game is well j laved, liU 1 , . thocornerers will have P9 much in selling out as : torty acres, with the d weii.ng-house therethey have ia buying in. Should every one of on; or a quartet of an acre, with a house the party prove true to his comrades, they will so i thereon, if situated in any town, city, or manage as to pet rid of the whole stock to out- j village, provided the value shall not exceed eiders at a high price. It will be readily seen 500. Mechanics liens are not affected

that this is a very dangerous g;trne, unless well played; for should any of the parties interested "let lly," without letting the others know it, the game is up, and although he may make a fortune, it will he at a sacrifice of all others. To corner successful. y, requires a little more confluence in : one another than is found now-a-days. The last completely successful cornering operation, was made about twelve years ago, in Morris Canal. Some parties in Newark, N. J. end pome in New York city, united in buying up all the stuck of the company at something less than 30 per cent, oa its par value. After getting it ail into their own hands, they bought all they could contract for on time, and when the narti'js from wh im they bought wanted the I istock to deliver, they (the buyers; sold it to them. ! "Morris" went up to 150, and there the cornerers kept it until they got rid of nearly every share. DAI L V CO URIER. II . t; ; A is it i: is. i: t nor. M il tv i:vi:.m;, m k;im i. ... -r-.s.--:--.-L ft?- A Holier Bov wanted at this office. A pp!y in imriiiateiy. r-The Wisconsin will lea-e Madison i on Sunday morning the 19:h inst., at eight j o'clock precise ly, lor J HlVrson ville Springs, j We advise all who would like to make a pleasant excursion to be at the wharf at the appointed lime. We pledge ouiself to ' , .- ii . j r . - ; all such lor a quick, pleasant, and bate trip. ! j frVGold in California can only be had j for abor. as in Indiana. Ihe idea that any man could go to the famous modern El Dorado and pick up as much gold ns would make him rich, has exploded. None but the most vigorous constitutions can endure the excessive labor and hardships in. "the diggin's."' The law of nature is the Fame in California as in all countries under the sun: "In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou cam thy bread." Very many persons who could have enjoyed the society of j friends, and who would have been useful members of society at home, will leave their bones in the valley of the Sacramento; while others will come home with the 'dust,"' but the residue of their lives will be embittered by disease, and too late, they will find that they have bartered health, more precious to them than all the gold of California. We take the following from the Ne w York Sun : Another person who came home in he Panama, bringing about $50,000 as the result of several months' diygirg.aud by speculation in buying the dust at j.er ounce, lias entirely lost the Use of

his legs from standing in the water while digging j Herald, an independent or neutral paper, origihi gold. The same story may be told of one-half nally for Taylor, thus whistles down the wind of tln.se who go to the mines, while hundreds of the inimitable administration at Washington: the poorer and weaker find their graves before j After all, the melancholy truth is not to be

they have accumulated gold enough to pay the expenses of a christian burial. The only law on the ground is Lynch law. A man has a sacred right to as much unoccupied soil to dig as he can circle with his pick, w hile standing still. Beyond this Lynch law does not trouble itself to protect his rights. The wet diggings are much more thronged than the dry, because they yield more, and to get gold ia them a person must t-tand to his middle in water fre-h from the snow and ice of the mountains, intensely cold, while a scorching sun is pouring its rays upon the balance of his body. The result is, to break down in a few days the most vigorous constitutions. What, then, is the value of gpld to the digger, when the loss of health and jife is set against it? The gold land, or valley, is hemmed ia between the mountains, so that curing the greater part ci the cay the heat, iu the entire absence of wind, is intolerable. Shelter there is none. In the cry diggings one is obliged to dig through two heavy layers of different earths before he reaches gold. Then, from each pan of dirt, holding about a peck, in a good spot he will avertge from two to three bhiiangs. He has, however, to carry the cirt to the river, often trom half a mile to two m.les distant, to wash it. fjr It appears that the late Mis. Madison made four several wills, which are now before Judge Puree!!, of the Orphans' Court, at Washington. Disputes having arisen es to the true meaning and intent ct the last will, the parties interested wiii be heard by counsel. CCr Thee ho era has entirely disappeared from Sandusky City. The hcepttaU are all -JsH, and the runaways &r returning.

Homestead Exemption in Iowa. The act passed by the Legislature of Iowa last wiiuer, exempting a homestead from forced sale takes effect from and after the 5th of

Juiv, 1949, and is consequently now the bv this law, nor are mortgages. Mexican Claims. Notice is officially issued from the Tieasury Department, concerning claims under the 3d section of the act 0j March .5, 13IU, which provides lor ! the settlement of the accounts of public officers, and others, who have received moneys arising from military contributions j in Mexico. The object of the notice is to I nrescribe the manner in which claims must be made up and presented , where the contributions oi assessments have been impro perly levied. f7A man named Boyd recently accomI'll lit i- f . i nnsneu a remai Kao e neaestnan teat, on tne Saratoga Course, at Buffalo. He walked G3j miies in 58 minutes. Jackson, the American Deer, at t'tie same time and place, ran 10 miles in 59 minutes. j ftr-The Berlin (Prussia) correspondent iof the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, under . c . , , , , , . : iate ot July 17, makes the following state - Uent: "It seems to be the general impression here that Napoleon is going to declare himself Emperor of France, and that he is t0 be assisted by the sovereigns of Europe, -piiig certainly 'is the opinion in what is hcrp ealleJ g00(1 F0Cjetv.' The assumption b. Napoleon of the imperial purple is to be lhe end of the troubiPS Jn Europe. IIFWe are quite content to have the Union re- . 1 gard the frantic shriekings of d.sappointed spoilsmen as the voice of the sovereign people. For sions of the ballot-box for what the sovereigns have to say. Wash. Rep., July 25. Well, you have heard what the sovereigns have to say in Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky, and North Carolina, and you feel like a convicted culprit with a halter about your neck. North Carolina Election. It is now positively ascertained that the delegation to the next Congress will stand as follows: First District, T. L. Clingman, Whi, Second " Jos. F. Caldwell, " Third " Edmund Deberry, " Fourth " A. Sheppard, " Fifth " A. W. Yenable, Democrat; Sixth " J. R. J. Daniel, Seventh " W. W. Ashe, Eighth " Edward Stanley, Whig; Ninth, " David Outlaw, " Good Salary. Isaiah Qnincy, jun., receives .slO,000 per annum salary, as President of the Vermont Central Railroad. Hear a Tay lou Paper Speak. The New York disguised cannot be controverted is not to be nicely, and snugly, and happily covered over with the wet blanket of oblivion that this administration this very administration which was ushered into existence ut.der such favorable auspices, and amid the cordial acclamations of a pairiotic people, Ins not met the public expectations. Already there are, far and wide, indications presenting themselves which point to great anJ general discontent and disappointment. We hear, afar off, murmurs which threaten to jwell hereafter into loud and distinct utterance of uisafFeCtion and opposition. It would seem as if the popular masses were readv to excL.im. r?dressing this administration: "We asked bread, and ye have given us a stone; we called for fish, and ve have piven us a seormon." We find the following curious explanation in the Richmond Whirr: "We are requested by the friends of the parties ! concerned, to coirect an error in our paper of yesterday which represents Robert Johnson a Ca- i det at Wsst Point from this District, as a Demo- i crat Most of his neatest relatives are Whigs, j and were so at the time of his appointment, and j he may be fairly presumed to have shared their 1 political opinions, so far as a boy of 16 can be supposed to have formed any." This "no-party" administration has already Bignahzed itself by proscribing women. We wonaer if there is any law which will allow it to proscribe boys at West point? If so, the Democratic boys there will have to walk the plankIt sms that enquiries are going oa as to their politics. Yeoinan. a here is t.U paradox in pride: It makes some men ridiculous, nd preven's ethers from be-

PROGRESS OF THE ABDUCTION CASE DISPATCHES FROM THE SPANISH MINISTER OVERFLOW OF RED RIV

ER TROOPS FOR TAMPA BAY FROM ! TEXAS THE MARKETS, &.C. New Orleans, Au. 9. ' The examination of witness in the abduction ! ! case, charged against the Spanish Consul, has j ; closed, and the arguments of counsel commenced I to-day. J j The brig P. Soule has arrived from Havana, ! : bringing cispatches from Gen. Campbell, the ! j American Consul, which were immediately for- j J warded to Washington. They are probably de- j j cisive of the great abduction case. j j There has been a tremendous overflow of the j I Red river, and it is still rising. It is feared that I the entire crop of cotton in the valley will be j destroyed. The steamer Alabama, from Chagres, has just i arrived, and reports that the propeller Col. Stan- j lon had reached there in safety. j The fleam" Empire City sailed for New York j on the 1st inst. The Government has chartered the steamship Alabama, to be used in transporting troops from Pascagoula and Pensacola to Tampa Bay. Texas papers of the 6th inst. state that that country has recently been visited with very heavy rains and that the damage to the cotton crop is immense. It is believed that the whole coun'ry will not average more than half a crop. The sales of cotton yesterday were small, but ot advanced prices. Our city continues remarkably healthy. The interments for the past week amounted to 66, only one of which was cholera. We areas yet entirely free from yellow fever. The schooner Belle of San Francisco, from Vera Cruz, bound for New York, arrived here day before yesterday in a very distressed condition. The captain died during the passage of black vomit. The vessel now lies below with two of the crew sick of the same disease. Light-houses in the United States. The Washington Union has received from Mr. Pleasanton, Fifth Auditor, a pamphlet containing a list of the houses, beacons, and floating lights of the United States, with a statement of their location, heights, distances at which they are visible in clear weather, &,c. Up to July 1, 1843, there were 270 lighthouses, some of them revolving, varying in the time of their revolution; but most of them are fixed lights, differing in the height of the lanterns, and in the distance at which they are visible. The greatest distance is thirty miles, on the highlands of Neversink, on the coast of New Jersey; there being two lights, one of them revolving. The j lighthouses are distributed according to the ne cessities of the service. There are thirty-two light-houses on the coast of Maine, three in New Hampshire, thirty-eight in Massachusetts, nine in Rhode Island, one on Juniper Island in the State of Vermont, eleven in Connecticut, fortyone in New York (embracing probably the Lake coast), seven in New Jersey, two in Pennsylvania, eight in Delaware, twelve in Maryland, eight in Virginia, seven in North Carolina, five in South Carolina, seven in Georgia, fourteen in Florida, ! three in Alabama, four in Mississippi, thirteen in ! Louisiana, fourteen in Ohio (Lake coast), ninej teen in Michigan (Lake coast), one in Indiana j (Lake coast), two in Illinois (Lake coast), and two in Wisconsin (Lake coast). There are thirty-two floating lights dispersed along the Atlantic and Lake coasts, varying in the number and character of the wicks in thlamps. The whole exhibit is creditable to the enterprise of the American people. St. Louis, Aug. 16. A company of traders from Santa Fe, headed by Wm. J. Staughton, arrived last evening bringing specie amounting to jT0O,000. They left Santa Fe July 9th, and brought a large mail to Fort Leavenworth, and some 500 letters from California emigrants. The southern emigrants, through Texas and El Passo are reported as suffering much for water .Major Lhevalie, a Texas, at the head ot 2o Americans had accepted terms from the Chihuahuan Government to fight the Apaches. The contract price for scalps of warriors is $200 each ; ! for others ftl.-,0? fnr nriemi-r .n()0 each. All I the captured animals to belong- to the victors. j Maj. Chevalie had already made an expedition, ! and when last Keen hv Mr Ptmirrhton. when returning to Chihuahua, they had taken 9 scalps, 1

! 4 prisoners and 59 animals. j the neighborhood of Barcstown, after the murder i Gov. King, of .Missouri, has pardoned Baldwin ! of Gray, until Friday night, when h escaped. j the murderer of bis brother-in-law, Matthews. j $500 is offered for his apprehension. Gray mainj Godwin either was, or effected to b, insane; he ; tained his consciousness to the lat, and gave evihad been sentenced to life imprisonment. dence in his last moments of a Christian spirit.

Later dates from Santa Fe, to the 9th of July, state that the Indians were committing sad depredations. On the 5th of July, two Americans and j two Mexicans were killed twenty-five miles from Santa Fe. Lieut. Thomas had encountered a body of Camanch.es near Sangra Christie plain, and killed seventeen. Trade was cull, and there was no cholera. Nathaniel Chiles was yesterday required to give bail amounting to 50,0u0 for his appearance hefore the Criminal Court, which was given. He resigued the Tellership in April last, but has siace I been acting as Teller during the sickness of o5cers. He has had a female friend for some time 1 past, on whom h has Urished Urge furr.? of nonev.

THE MAIDEN'S PRAYER. IT J. G. WHITTIER. She rose from her delicious sleep. And put away her soft brown hairAnd, in a tone as low and deep, As Love's first whisper, breath'd a prayer; Her enow-white hands together pressed, Her blue eyes sheltered in the lid, The folded linen on her breast Just swelling with the charms it hid. And from her long and flowing dress Escaped a bare and snowy foot. Whose step upon the earth did press Like a snow-flake, white and mute; And then from slumbers soft and warm, Like a young spirit fresh from Heaven, She bowed that slight and matchless form, And humb'y prayed to be forgiven. Oh, Godl if sou's unsoiled as these Need daily mercy from Thy Throne If she upon her bended knees. Our holiest and our purest one; She with a face so clear and bright, We deem her some stray child of light, If she with those soft eyes in tears, Day after day, in her young years, Must kneel and pray for grace froTi Thee, What fir, fir deeper need have we? How hardly, if she win not Heaven, Will our wild errors be forgiven7

Marriage. The following lines, which are not devoid of point, were written, there is not the slightest doubt, by a bachelor : Look at the great mass of marriages that take place over the the whole world what poor, contemptible affairs they are? A few softlooks, a walk, a dance, a squeeze of the hand, a popping of the question, a purchase of a certain number of yards of white satin, a ring, aclergyrnan, a stage, or two in a hired carriage, a night in a country inn, and the whole matter is over. For five or six weeks, two sheepish-looking persons are seen dangling on each other's arms, looking at waterfalls, or making morning calls, and guzzling wine and cakes; then everything falls into he most monotonous routine the wife sits on one side of the hearth, and the husband on the other, and little quarrels, little pleasures, and little children gather round them. This is what ninety out of a hundred find to be the delights of matrimony. Church Statistics. In 1823, published statistics informed us that there were in the United States 1,030,000 persons connected with the following churches : Methodist, Baptist, Presby terian, Congregational, Episcopalian, Dutch Reformed, Lutheran, and Moravian. Our population then was not far from 12,400,000. Accordingly, the proportion of our population belonging to those churches was not quite onetwellth. In 1849, the reports of the same churches give 2,845,000 as the number of their members. Our population we may suppose to be 22,000,000. Accordingly, the proportion of our people now belonging to those churches is more than one-eighth. There has been an increase in the proportion of our people professing piety of more than 33 per cent, within the last twenty years. Were the proportion now the same that it was then, the nnmber would be 1,633,000, instead of 2,845,000. That is, the increase of churchmembers has not only kept up with the increase of our population, but gained upon it to the amount of more than a million. A Smart Woman. The Albany Knickerbocker makes the followingstaternent : "A lady in Washington street, the day before yesterday washed a whole week's washing, hung tiie clothes out to dry, cooked three meais, made a pair of pants for her youngest boy, darned her husband's stockings, had the cholera, cured herself, and then dyed four dresses, between the hours of 6, a m. and S, p. si. This is what we call a smart woman. Barnum should exhibit her in a glass case, as a "model wife. " J3" A French gentleman having ben rescued from a ducking in n river, and taken to a neigh5 boring tavern, was advised to drink a glass of very warm brand' and water: "Sir, I shall thank you not to make it a for'i n,?lll said toe 1 renchman. I "A fortnight," said his adviser, "hadn't you i beUer tdlie t cirectly ?" ; "' V?" pdid nionsieur, "directly, to be sure, . but not a fortnight, not two wrok." CT Robt. L. WicklirTe, it is said, rm-iicd in and that nobleness of h-art for which he was ever distinguished. He freely forgave WicklifT and alt others as he hoped himself to be forgiven hereafter. XT' The Hungarians ia New York are still . . rsLsing money to aid their countrymen in the StrilTtrla oitilnrl A t-nA P nata Tli... I, . faith in the movement, and believe that the Hunganaas will yet overcome their enemies. U General Taylor has invited Father Mathew to visit the White House. The Rev. gentlem in must avoid administering the p-'c-t to the President, for his Excellency has broken all that h has taken sine h tc nominated for the Tr-eidenry.

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REPORTED FOU THE MADISON PaILT COCKIER. O fhe Telegraphic reports pub.-hea ; ' Courier are made up at 12, U., each, lay rj (13. cinnati and published the same day ia . 1 he Courier by this arrangement gives v,-; .-1 counts ot the sales in tne Cincinnati u hours in advance of any other paper ci in the Citv of M acison. 'itvaed Austria and Hungary. New York, Aug. IS. The latest news fully confirms the Hungarian victories. Even the Londou Tunes, in a lea. ing article, is forced to acknowledge their advantages over the Austrians and Russians. Rome, N. Y., Aug. IS. The prospects of a re-union bl-eru the two Democratic parties of New York are decicecly more favorable to-day. new yokk market. New York, Auj. 13. Flour. The market is firm. Sales of Western at $5 622Grain. The demand for Corn is much less than it was, and prices are declining. Sales at t 0cffi64c. Provisions. The sales of Pork are small. Mess, $10 75. Sales of Lard are to a moderate extent, at GyXcfdlc. Whisky. Demand fair, and prices have advanced. Sales of Ohio at 25c. gj It has been said that a dog has no conception of man in the abstract his conceptions of the individual being made up ot coat and pantaloons. It is so with a dandy. EFFitz-Greene Ilalleck, the poet, gives the following synopsis of the "Latest News from Europe:" "Kingdoms to-day are upside down, The castle kneels before the town, A monarch fears a printer's frown A brick-bat's range! Give me, in pre'erence to a crown, Five shillings change!" RELIGIOUS NOTICE. There will be preaching in the Universalist Church, to-morrow morning at half past 10 o'clock. Services by Rev. B. F. Foster. June 18th, 1849." AD. Ill I ST It AT O irs S A LE. WrILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC OUTCRY, J"jV Mui.ilay. the. 20th inst.. at th" late re.-Miienee rf p Peipr Fa tliiul, 011 Main Cross f-treet. near Broadway, all liis personal iropeny, com-Miiug in part of Grorerie ai.d To- s. 1 linteaus. Metis and Betiding, Sbowcar es and ft tier U.ii g Hm niimrroiH to men tin 11 Tie ms f r SULK AH 5U ins ot" t iveniy tfol'ar-i and over, a credit of 4 momhs; 1 lie purchaser givine iiiit 1.01c with approve 1 i-ecuriiy. W. THOMAS. atn: 16 Banner ropv 3t JOH.N (JEE.V . ill. cV I. KAIL, UOAD. EVENING LINE. THKF.vpnine Line from Madison in Coin minis will he pu' upon the KoA.I &i;ain on Monday even iim next. Hours 01 brrival and deparlure as he"..rt euapensi.tn. JOHN BROI'GH. aut It5-d3t President. rO.HT, hy the Mih-criber, vt-rilay afternoon, a l medium i-i7.ed Itlaclt IocKet Hook, tontanin three notes ot" hand amou.ilimr in all to SaO, and a small sum of money. The noten are va'uahle to i' one 1 ut the owner. Any per-on lintfiiiir the same, and reMirninar it 10 mo.or in mv ahsnre lo llie editor of the ("oip ier , shall 1 e linerally rewarded. auar 1 15 R. K. STRATTOV. Pleasure Excursion k The steamer VV LOGONS! V. " will I Ji.rlTf-i irave Madi-1011 011 a p!ea-ure cxrumion l, , 74 "' . f to Hie Jetf -raonville Spnn.'H, r-u. "lay S.,-.,-wr. morning, ltiin inst., at f o, clock preci--lv 16 Aotice. rWIIl B partnrrhiri in ihe Boot arid Shoe ttiisinew hereLt. tofure I in: 1 1 tr I eiwee,. John l.uca-and Seiti lieerr, his ihif day t.een 1 Motived hy 11m uat ronsnt. The '('' N Slid 1 1 ah 1 i i nes of 1 he rotifer n will I -e rereivr d nd di'-Il ifked ov Mr. Lilt a-t, w ha Will r.i t; mie ' he l..!si!KS at tii.- .,'d -'a..d J II ! f , .Va-!..i!. A..ir ;". :. t-l.rn liKF.RS All jter-d-Tiv kt otr.ir 1 i.errwlve indr-iitetl t-t 11 e r.incern ivi l -f ."Ii n4 itit .-anif. J .L. - AS. .01 '6 thojias J. koi:io, W IlDl.iSAI.E AND RETAIL r.nocr.i: ami imuih t i: m:u:ir. MuIVrry, a few doors below Vain Cr3s street,, a. 1 rj ' i.'-o I-U . llM.it V i.. A ti 1.1 to t: til.4 ie b T i ii'l !-'N i u"- u 20 IliltlH, i .1 .i lly .. . SL j .or .0 e hi Alt. 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