The Prairie Chieftain, Volume 1, Number 4, Monticello, White County, 15 October 1850 — Page 2

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tul:day, CVTO. 1 3. I. 3 iv An V.stn At'ty ttt' Is cde?, i-.mc To Aire raisers. O -r Ws-:ri renders cur paper one of ths best advertising medians in the State, surrounded as we are by a rich country, rapidly filibeg c? with &a intsUlgeat and industrious population, end having-one cf the largest subscription lists ia ths State, with no Printing OZcs nearer ca the north than CO miles, on the west 3 miles, on the south 25, and about ths same on the east; our Patrons principal ly, arethat class of men who do read ths farmer and the mechanic and who, a$ vet for the want of a home market. de j -' : j pend upon, the Canal for such, as also & supplies for home consumption, conse quently the very men that the canal mer chant wishes to reach. So send in yoar advertising, or we shall be forced to ex claim with Sam Slick, cr some ether cfj the ancient prophets, "O the folly cf sin tiers!" Circuit Court. Our Circuit Court w ill meet ca next Monday. Judge Naylor, as we stated ia our last, will preside over the case of the State vs. Cantwell and Drayton, upon the charge of murder of Jones. Other important suits are upen the docket. Appearances indicate that there will be an unusually full attendance of the members of the Bar. In the Cantwell case the State prosecutes by 4Potter on the Tariff,' and the defence will be conducted by 'Pratt on Beef,' both of which gentlemen, are talented and able Lawyers. And by the by, liothrock and Hughes, our gentlemanly landlords, will have plenty of that article, beef, on hand for those wishing it, besides a little left lor 'the rest cf mankind. Item "lines. Among. the many sources of wealth of cur county, the immense deposits cf Iron ore in the north-eastern portion of it, is one of the greatest importance. These deposits? have nof attracted any attention until a year gr two past, and the lands upon which they are situated were deemed of hut little value. The attention ci a Compa ny of gentlemen were finally directed to them, by our County Surveyor, Joshua Lindsey, Esq., and after having ascertained that the ere yielded about 85 per cent cf Iron, they immediately made entry of the largest portion cf the lands, upon which the era is situated. The Company are taking active measures to avail themselves of this undoubted source of wealth, by the employm1" t cf laborers, who ero r ? cr ghp'J in d'rg up ths era - 1 irfn-foilh"' it to ths. Can:!, p rrparc'.ery to boetirg it to their furnace, ct cr near Logsnsport. We understand that the Company have purchased large quantities of heavy timbered landadja.. cent to the canal, at the nearest point to theirdiggias,'des!gning'to erect, the com ing summer, a large foundry for the man Kfacturirsg of Iron, net only to supply the demand cf this section cf country, bjt thers is no uonht that they V.'d ba fidiy" 1V3 t- c.;r into sete-ccssf-l ccmpctlth w.li the Pittsburgh, Pa., establishments, tbrocd. Thus, thele.-e amourt cf mon ey p. :.:d t3 c:tcra mimV clears Lr Ircm 17As, Vc, v'.l L3 L;pt i;i clrc-Jedea ct Lome. Ve eV I dire :t r 3 rttrVu eft'..,; 7, t '.' ? f -1, 1 ' y i" 7 ca e Va tv i -.3 ln I.; t" - (' ' ' . . , a I : . hi -It Alii trl,c: is re. . rt Vt3 h'.ve 1 . v r I - cr d 1 til : i;V dx;,t t - - n 'I A-A r' t 1 -V 1 1 t . "

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. ;V .d 3 1VC0 t i... tJ.hicg tVu. It " , i :. i i t 7 which t , a r it;: r c f coarse, rcit rreft to i.3 en era j" ' ere t cr. j. T3 a . :-.rcc cf grAlc owner, Mr. B. is engaged largely in the rnanufactare cf cider, and feels confident that he will te able to supply an 1840 campaign, End then have plenty left for his democratic friends. CrThe Junior Ed. wishes to say to our subscribers who intend paying their subscription ia eatables, such as cordwood, potatoes, p-turnips or any thing of that sort, that he is now ready to receive, as he has sharpened his teeth, preparatory to mastication. . C3r But few communities are entirely free from that child of Hell, the slaneereh. and we are sorry to my that there is no protection from his fiend-like assaults. lie is a pestilence walking da darkness, created by a " unison cf abominations, spreading his malirious contagion far and wide, which the most cautious cannot avo.d. lie stabs with a word, a nod, a shrug, a look, or a smile. lie is an as sassin wielding a heart-searching dagger, whose wounds are incurable; an adder whose sting is more deadly than the Upas tree; murder is his employment, innocence and virtue his prey, he glories in invading the social circle, and fireside of the unprotected, and "make's utter ruin his sport. Hell cannot boast, eo foul a fiend, nor society so deadly a foe! 5s, , u OtT VV, were favored a day or. two since, with a visit from Maj. Austin Puett, one of the Trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal. The Major with his usual industry, was looking after the interests of the State, by a personal examination or 'the public lands, selected in tMs county to be sold for the benefit of the canal. The principal part of all the selections, were made by our fellow citizen, Mr. Benjamin Reynolds, who was ably qualified to fill the important station to which he was ap pointed, from his thorough knowledge of the locality of the public lands. The lands selected, embrace the richest of our District. Mr. Reynolds is always on hand to show persons desirous of purcha sing, the locality of these lands. - Qrr We were presented the other day with the all-fredest biggest Apple that mother 'natur' ever brought forth, almost. There was a sufficiency ot material wrapped up within its hide to have made a pie for a general muster, or a chunk of a camp-meeting. It grew in the garden of a citizen of this place, and for the ben efit of . those who are of the . opinion that we're not same in this neck of prairie we will give the dimensions, and if it can be beat, why fetch- along the documents that's all! Its weight was 30 ounces circumference around the abdomen, 16 inches, and take it all together it was a 4 Monstrous Pippin.''' . . . , L. 3"-That singular man, "who never spoke sn ill word of an absent person," arrived in town last evening, in search of the man who "shouldered the thunderCV'e are glad tokarn thct our eld fiiinl, Y V. E?vA:iELE,cf the Lafayette Ilcuie, his not crdy secured a Patent for his self-sharpening Weighing Machine, but is rrWrj ahmdcme fortune fVcri the s:d.i cf IvVU; e'.-a, that Westy of ti.3 Lafhy:"3 Jcurail, is tabirg active r. :r.3-:rc3 to s.cure a fh tnt for a sl?ve C i hi f ;r.'s.:'"i.7y suit Lis "ct-r crr : : . : -V c 3 T Dh;-.'i :z ;s 3 , it 1 'improve .itrt in r 1 V.:r.l t" s 'ra'.VT in cf Hi I' ---I W-r Whacl, IrU J - ii ."ur 1 i rce. I e .1 .i j . : i,, d .Ail 1 . ! t f .d f 3

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i PiTTSBUsan, Sept. SO, 1350. The msils" yesterday brought the' following news of the Niagara, - which "arrived at New York Thursday nisht. The dates ere from London the 13'h and from Liverpool the 14th, being three days later than the Pacific. A very remarkable document has been put forth by the Austrian government, be ing a circumstantial record of all persons who were put to death by the Hungarians, either by sentence of their courts martial or other tribunals. The motives for get ting forth these lists at the present time are evident. The Hungarian party as sert that they were chieily' assassins who were thus put to death. Liverpool, Sept. 14. The demand for beef is revived at pri ces in favor of buyers; bacon 135 freely taken at tolerably steady rates; the stock is .becoming low. Shoulders continue to bring extreme rates scarcely any fine qualities to be had at cheap prices. Hams begin to move. Lard not so active; sales of 150 tons at 33s 9d as an average price. Consols steady at 9506. Money easy. Great Excitement in Massachusetts and New York City. Boston, Oct. 2,' 8 P. M Great excitement prevails' in various parts of the State in consequence of the fugitive slave law and the rumored presence of slave-catchers at Worcester and Springfield, both of which places are -said to contain large numbers of runaways. At Springfield last night a meeting of the blacks and whites was held. Inflammatory speeches were made against the law and a determination expressed that not a single fugitive should be taken out of that place, law or no law. Fugitives vyere earnestly recommended to arm themselves, and warm and bloody work may be expected there if attempts are made to arrest negroes. . . New York, Oct. 2, 8 P. M. A meeting last night, of .blacks and whites, at Zion Church, was addressed by speakers of both colors, unanimously denouncing the fugitive slave law and expressing a determination to oppose it at the point of the bowie-knife and revolver. One speaker likened Daniel Webster to a negro, who would be in danger of being sworn to as a fugitive when he shall come home and be taken to a Southern State. The death of Hamlet's wife was announ ced, and a collection taken to bury her. It was contradicted; but one speaker, a ne gro, advocatod the supremacy of the law He went in for secreting fugitives not for preventing arrest with blood. Rev. Charles. B. Ray announced that the ballance of the money to purchase Hamlet had been-collected and that he would be returned to his wife. The meeting adjourned at midnight. Balti'ioue, Oct. 1. A mail-coach CGming east was robbed last night five miles from Unionton. Several trunks and money, supposed to amountto ten' thousand dollars, stolen. New Yoee, Sept. 23, 8 P. M. T1.3 Pacidc,in starting cut -ofhsr dock, jr 'tcLed the wheel-house rgainst a large uood f.-ame house cr thed, erected over U.e pur, tinker v.h.c.i a hr--? number of p:r;!3h:.i c:l!;c.:d to s;o her off, Bad the whole was thrown down with a tremendouj crash, f-hi- g Ejldenly1 ca the p?c;?-, ki:h g two cr thrc cu'Vght and :un Ii ' j f V t.sb xc'.y. A numb.r t "i tA ia the i.Ips. M -y escaped by rtu.-T- f-rlT.. The sce:.3 r-s in- - i r-;;. 'fu: Iz'A Ah ' 1 ' ris iiit-.!.:. c;-rr'1- '. - it1 j j .1 L j re I'm 'r , c i yet-.. .tcy aher1 v-i lb 3 1 I 1 t . . ' - A r 7 " !, l:' u. ";h t'.3 , - I; . . - r .i....-:. r . z r - a

. Sep.. -y pprcpr. 5 I- - WES t till t ' were (Vered - f lUll , 1 1 uj . .1 a1 j a nen- .!. a and agreed to, and tae bill ordered to a third reading. A message was received from the President with the correspondence between the United Slates Government and Turkey relative to Hungarian refugees. The bill to ascertain and seule ths val idity of private land claims in California was taken up and debated. . AX 4 o'clock the Senate took a recess, to meet et 7 o'clok, when the. California land bill pasa:d. The Senate (lien went into executive session. House. The House then went into committee at an early hour on the amendments of the Senate to the civil and diplomatic bill. Ths committee concurred in the appropriation of 810,000 for the expense, of the agent of the Sublime Porte, to be expended under the direction nl the Secretary of State. The Senate amendment appropriating 8200,000 for additions to the Capital was rejected. . The committee, after acting upon numerous Senate amendments, mostofwhich were rejected, rose and took, a recess till 6 p. m. 'At the evening session various amendments to the C ill were agreed to in committee and reported, when the House ad journed. - Washington, Sept, 30, 1850. Mr. Ritchie is to be indemnified and the printing contract broken up. A disunion address will appear in a day or two. It is now ready and ia from the pen of "Mr. Butler. The following are the Utah confirmations: Bringham Young, Governor; B. Davis Harris, of Vermont, Secretary of State; James Bufnngton, Chief Justice; W. W. Lewis, of Ohio, Associate Justice; Seth Blair, of Utah, United States Attorney; Jos. L. Haywood, United States Marshal. Washington, Oct. 1. Mr. Webster having sent a commercial agent to Nicaragua, further action on the Mosquito bill he reports A special agent has been sent to open diplomatic relations with theDominicans of II ay ti. Important results are expect ed from both. .Among the acts passed by the late Con gress is the California bdl making six ports of entry, and collectors are appoint ed far the same. James Collier has been rejected as lector for San Francisco, and Mr. Davis, of Philadelphia, a merchant, substituted II. B. Robinson was appointed for Stockton, and Mr.. Gallagher for Bernecia and' Vales'co. California light-hauses are provided for. Also 200,000 for a custom-house at San Francisco, and 100,000 for a dry dock The land title bill and cold mine bill were both postponed. This will leave the California tax of 820 per month on foreigners in full force till next session. 8 o'clock, P. M The bounty land swindle has been found out. The engrossing clerk,' who left out the section providing for issuing patents to soldiers and their representatives alone, has been discovered and dis charged The President has suspended the exe cution of the bounty land law en til next session. Close of the Session Washing tox, Sept. SO, 8 p. m. The Foots and Fremont difficulty has been amicably settled. The latter ad dressed a note to the former, requiring a retraction of the language used by bira in debate, to.be signed in presence of witntis 'S, nd a cbahcro nde 1; ft to ba if i - n tui t j s'ji. Mr. Froto dechn.il t3 s' - ) lV r-ppr, but cd lrcs.s-1 a nt3 in ft j i Viz-- ci t's dVIahV. cry irtcntV. cf '- j fry j rscr.JcVnc iitV zz .. 1 1 y him in I'.l1' "' IV. ' : 1 -v,i ren-; cf L - . L ' ; ( '

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prvclbylha Preci-rnt, t Vch tl'c-. 1 vtarra '3 f.:r'Und toba t:-.Vr,-.d. An atA r 'r.;rt had been made and agreed to ' j bi , ? juses prohibiting ta assignment t;:I after a patent had been issued. He produced a bid explanatory cf and supplying the error. Mr. Dawson objected. The error, he considered, was a fortunate one. Mr. Walker said objection was outrageous. Mr. Dawson hoped that the Senator from Wisconsin would not get in a rsge. He would withdraw his o jeetion, as he understood both houses screed ta what was omitted; and the bill passed. ivir. Jen. uavts submitted a resolution aumonzmff tas President to turamon a military board to examine and report whether the grade of Lieut. General should be established in the army and what is necessary to prevent military officers from usurping and exercising civil functions; agreed to. The Senate went into Executive ses sion. The doors opened at 11 o'clock, and a message was received from the President approving the civil and diplomatic and additional appropriation bills. At five minutes before 12 o'clock a committee was appointed to wait on the President, consisting of Messrs. Ewing, Houston, and John Davis, who immediat ely reported. Mr. King congratulated tho Senate End the country on the events of the session, and pronounced the Senate adjourned. House. The House met at 11 o'clock. Mr. Gurley, the chaplain, in the course of prayer asked every blessing which God can bestov upon the members, who e.re now about to retirahome. The House concurred in the Senate re solutions to suspend the seventeenth joint rule, so. that the civil and diplomatic nppropriation and Indian appropriation bills could be presented to the President for signature. To-day several gentlemen wanted to take up particular bills, but the House refused to suspend the rules for that pur pese, and much confusion ensued. A message was received from the President stating that he had signed the civil and diplomatic and Indian appropriation bills. . . Mr. Porter wished the committee of the whole on the State of the Union to be discharged from the consideration cf the cheap postage bill, and that it be , made the special order foT the third Monday in December next. At fifteen minutes of 12 o'clock, on motion of Mr. Bayly, a committee was appointed to wait on the President to ask whether he had any further communication to make. Efforts were made to take up the till supplementary .. to the soldier's bounty land bill, passed on Saturday. It appears that the engrossing clerk" omhted three words of the patent, and this makes the warrant assignable, which was net intended. . On motion to suspend the rules to take up the supplementary bill, the yeas and nays were called.. The clerk was occupied thus for about five minutes, and was interrupted by Mr. Bayly, who said that the committee had waited cn lbs FrVdent, and that hs informed tVr.i no farther coramunicatioa 1 3 make to Congress. The clerk resumed ca!V gar r.cs. Mr. rose to a question of privi lege. There were too ra-nv soccu' Lrs in land warrants on the floor, V o 1 V 1 1 business there. The door ht' r kl c A I enforce the rules. The Clerk resumed call - . ".- ' ;,rot as far down ai the ILn,, v VT. j Speaker said . The hour fixed by joint res V.-i I vir arrived-1 now declare th t Cds IItand adjourned sins die. Immediately there was c' , , 1 cf bands and other manifest rV; . A f.fw ro embers lingered to v " 1 . ... 1 t L t. ' . c

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-LL vi, ccxccrn i:, r:v The Chieftain is fcsre. Well, "Hill to. the cldef-ai-i who in triumph sdrar ces." We have a quiet country out here cctoftea excited, cr very excitable: but to. confess the truth, the advent cf the-Chief--tain did produce scmetkirg cf &, teniation it did. For cralf fEIVrs rr.d Zl--1 g-a-erally say u-s end t-nc'ft d;nl theylj, we ih- t cf t' 3 cl 1 ':ry eft 3 1:1 hman that st:Ie t':.3 hiy: tv it, r.3rr.;!yfc that i to ssy c:t;r lavbrj f . 1 V.s c!i cow br uruTulIy frcrn his rcl'.b :rbj I "jstack,!. v. er.t tr.d kneeled cr, n L.h'.;I an eld s.:r.e well, cr.d i".:r c:-ja:.rg !'.'; beads, to show 1 is wdl'rg-.e: to do p:nance, fie piously prcp-ssJ 0 his MiLrrthat if h - had d?re e..ythi;:g v, rc r th e oil stcre v ail m'rht ;"..il l -- r. him. T: s owner cf the hay-stack bsppssed to be behind the wall, and heard the p repetition; and, es might be expected, he tumbled part cf the eld wall over ca to its pious thief. Pat was net wholly demol ished however, but after gathering himself up and ascertaining the extent cf the mischief, he exclaimed, in a manner half penitential, half reproachful, Ah Laird, it seems a poor era. or can't say a word ia fun but ye must be afiher lakhs 'im in earnest." We confess that when the senior drew from us a half considered promise to contribute to the columns of the Chiefialn, we felt a little like ths Irishman. We was not exactly 5 ware cf the man that stood behind to jz-ush. Wereally was not much afraid that the wsdl. would tumble over, but it seems we "can't; say a word in fun but you're takla us ia earnest." By the way, this old story farrVhes ux a good idea (a thing just now ia de. mand,) that is, that all enterprises, suh as you are embarked in, require a fbehind to push. Newspapers raurt .3 pushed into notice into Saver ',. must create a c em an a ana men s that demand they must maka r i -j hungry and then fill them No cr.i "!,h -j never saw a newspaper feels the want cf' one. Of seme vegetables it is ssid (Tomatoes for instance) that few persons like them till they eat them awhile. The dish, was forced upon them, they tasted daintily, then touched sparingly, feasted free-. ly ate bountifully then gorged and ger--mandised. Many cf the general readers, of the country may be likened unto these, Yariety is called ths "spice c! life:" if so Newspapers ere the sj-ics lox cf life. But it is folly to fi'd ycur ccdjraas with long articles ia fhvor cf Newspapers, thsy will not be read, so just t';:f tr.urh cf ths spice might as well recite jrU into box. Allowing ycur"Chisf;a'.a'' tob 3 arpic; box, we should say it must t ava h. d ths right kind of fill leg, for every f.irg v. ,. shook out cf it at our house, in dV".ls quick time. Fcrourself, we ccrrmereced with Prairie Chieftain, at the hesd, and never stopped so much as to cock up cur feet on the table, window sill or chair back till we took breath st the lower end cf the bst ccVma ca the 4;h pe.-e. Ourbei'.er self, tt all intervals cf ease be-, tv eea the terrVa j--T3 cf a r.. :t t:rr".L'.e junp'rg t;:Vo. z, r:V- a I.f. 1 . :. ,:s Ly ;'. 2 s - . r T. ;. - td th p r, c 3 z ". r c- : :r, Li ;' 3 C '-.eV- hlcis .. V ' - ..' e; do - p g ; . : i d. tard sm: cf a ! "d f-'t. ' 'ii ;r i a tu ''C V ."' c ' ' 3 fi t . f j 1 i-r V 1 i " t 11 -.' V i, (J r s ei 1 ib--r r . C . . 1 r ' y f 3 I c j r 1 1 r