Plymouth Pilot, Volume 1, Number 18, Plymouth, Marshall County, 21 May 1851 — Page 2

THE PILOT.

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1851. Remember the Convention, To be held in PLYMOUTH, TO-MORROW, Thursday, May 22, 1851, For the purpose of nominating a Democratic Candidate For CONGRESS, from this District. South Carolina. Our accounts from this Slate represent the Nullifiers as being bent on separating from the Union. The States Rights Convention evinced a spirit that would lead one to suppose that immediate secession would ensue, but it must be remembered that for nearly twenty years South Carolina has blustered and threatened, but still she remains a part and parcel of the Union. With all her bluster about seceding from the Union, she still submits to the majesty of our Country's laws. Let that, or any other State in our Confederacy, once attempt to resist our Revenue laws, or commit any other such outrage upon the Constitution,--in that event, we would regard her determination in a more serious light. At present, however, all her theats are looked upon only as 'Full of sound and fury signifying nothing." South Carolina may threaten as she pleases her whole territory may glisten with bayonete but until she shall commit some actual resistance to our laws, (which, with all her bluster, she seems very careful to avoid,) we apprehend no danger. If, in her maddened career, she should aim one stab at our Constitution, it is to be hoped that the same spirit that animated the illustrious Jackson, when that restless State once before showed symptoms of revolt, would animate, in like manner, the Chief Ruler of our nation. The Cuban Expedition The late arrest of some of the ringleaders in the plot for the attack on Cuba, may have delayed, but we cannot think it has entirely frustrated its purposes. The plan, so far. has been, from all we can learn, conducted with so much secrecy--has such able men connected with it--and such ample means at its command-- that it is highly probable the attack will be made, though we cannot see how those engaged in it can hope to succeed. The Spanish authorities are fully prepared to receive them, and may, if they have not already done so, call upon some other power for aid, while the invaders need look for no protection from the American Government, let them be reduced to what extremities they may. The President's proclamation on the subject, gives them full assurances of that. We anxiously await further developements, and hope in our next issue, to give our readers something definite in relation to the movements of this Expedition. Our New Jail Is rapidly advancing towards completion, and will prove quite an ornament to our town. It was built by Mr. Albert Bass, a resident of our place, and reflects great credit, not only upon the skill of Mr. Bass as the builder, but upon his industry and perseverance in having it completed so much sooner than was expected. As for security, it is thought that it will equal any Jail in the State. The cost of the building, we learn, was $3,100. John S. Taylor, Book-seller and Stationer, N. York city, has politely forwarded us Letters from, the Backwoods and the Adironrae -by Rev. J. T. Headley-- a very interesting little work-- can be forwarded by mail. Price 25 cents only. The Exhibition, This evening, at the New Methodist Church, in this place, promises to be quite an interesting affair. The exercises, we are informed, will consist of Dialogues and Speeches by the pupils of Mr. Maxwell's School--with Vocal and Instrumental Music. Exercises to commence at early candle-light. It is respectfully suggested that the audience shall take seats as early as possible, to avoid interruption after the exises commence. The engineer on the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad, was killed last week. Some villian had placed an obstruction on the road, which threw the car from the track.

To Correspondents. The beautiful Lines by Constance, were received too late for insertion this week--they shall appear in our next.--Will the fair authoress oblige us with further contributions from her gifted pen? Enigma, by "Aurora," shall appear next week. ''A. G."--auswers must accompany all Enigmas.

Godey's Lady's Book.--This elegant Periodical (for June,) has been received. Mr. Godey seems to spare no expense in his endeavor to render the "Book," in every respect, acceptable to his numerous readers. His contributors

rank among the very best writers of the away

day. The engravings in the number before us, are really superb. The engravings, alone, which are given during the year, are worth the subscription. Terms: $3 per annum, in advance. Address Louis A, Godey, Philadelphia, Pa. Graham's Magazine--for June--is at hand, with its usual amount of interesting Reading matter and splendid Engravings. Mr. Graham seems indefatigable in his exertions to render his Magazine among the very first in the Union--and its immense circulation shows that his labors are appreciated. Terms: $3 per annum--published in Philadelphia. Ancient Relic-- Mr.J. B, Dickson, living about four miles from town, brought into our office, a few days since, a singularly constructed Pipe, which he ploughed up last week on his farm about four miles from this place. Its material appears to be either petrified wood or marble, with a smooth, polished surface, and evidently shows that it has passed through the hands of a skilful workman. The name of "A. Chenier. M. B." is engraven upon it, but no date is perceptible. There appears to be many a good smoke left in the old relic yet--and we hope our friend Dickson may live long to enjoy them. Marshall Co. Probate Court commenced on Monday last. Our River has been uncommonly high for a few days past, but is now receding. We fear that much damage has been sustained by the rise, but we have heard of none as yet. The emigration from Ireland to the United States, is said to have been greater during the present year then ever before known, in the same length of time. We learn that a break has occured in the Wabash canal, and that it will take about fifteen days to repair it. The President, and all his cabinet, excepting Mr. Corwin, were present at the opening of the Erie railroad. Father Matthew obtained 1100 signatures to the Temperance pledge in Louisville, Ky. Dr. Armstrong, residing in Gibson county, in this State, was instantly killed a few days since, by being thrown from his horse. The Wabash and Erie canal, 370 miles in length, is the longest canal in the world. A corps of engineers are now surveying a route for a railroad from Rossville, Ohio, to Richmond in this State. A man named O'Hara, was shot by another one named Warnock, at a coffee House in Cincinnati, on the 14th inst.--O'Hara is not expected to survive. The quarrel originated about a dog. 'CCsT A U. S. steamer, with an Government Marshal, and a number of deputies, is hovering about the southern coast, with the view of capturing some of the Cuban invaders. CO Thurston, Whig, and King, Democrat, have been elected to Congress from Rhode Island. Gen. Jo. Lane is spoken of to succeed the late Mr. Thurston, as delegate from Oregon territory. The Book of Mormon is to be exhibited at the Worlds Fair in London, translated in the English, French and Danish languages. A convict, 85 years of age. was lately sent to the Penitentiary from Lagrange county, in this State. Crime--horse-stealing. The trial of the Railroad conspirators commenced last week in Detroit.

EDITORIAL SUMMARY.

"Lively and gossiping--stored with the treasures of a tattling world, and with a spice of mirth, too." A sturgeon, weighing 120 pounds, was in market at Cincinnati, on the 10th inst. Jenny Lind stated, during a recent trial in which she was a witness, that she received $I,000 out of every $6,000 received at her concerts. Several vessels, besides a large number of logs, have been seized by the U. S. authorities on Grand River, Mich.---the logs as having been cut on the public lands--the vessels for carrying them away. The Cleveland True Democrat says that the lives of passengers have been, for sometime past, endangered, by obstructions being placed on the railroad near that place. A few days since a petition was presented to the Senate of Massachusetts, signed by 107 Ministers, praying that the Legislature would take some step to prevent the execution of the Fugitive Slave law. The mechanics and laboring men of Philadelphia are trying to establish eight hours as a day's work. They are selling "Jenny Lind" pickerel in Detroit. The Exchange Hotel, and other property, was destroyed by fire, a week or two since, at Chilicothe, (O). At Andover, Mass., a few days since, a portion of the railroad suddenly sunk entirely out of sight. A silver mine has been discovered in Jefferson county, Va. Judge Baxter, of Georgia, has decided that the dying declaration of a man cannot be given as evidence on a trial for murder. A meeting has been held in New York to memorialize the Presidert to remove Sir H. L. Bulwer, from his position as British minister. The grounds for his removal, are founded on certain expressions he used at a recent festival, in relation to the Celtic race The Republic, at Washington, thinks the rumor of the Cuban expedition having been abandoned, is not true. Santa Anna, it is said, will soon return to Mexico, where, it is expected, he will again be elected President. Noah Brookfield, late Postmaster at Niles, Mich., died at that place last week. One of the N. Y. city papers says, that persons have been detected in that city, in selling the flesh of cattle that have died of disease, as first rate beef. The Philadelphia and Pittsburg Telegraph Company have just declared a dividend of sixty per cent. Rice, as an experiment, is being cultivated in California. The distance between Utica and Albany, (95 miles) was run, recently, with a heavy express train, in two hours and thirty-four minutes. George Goodman has been appointed Postmaster at Niles, Mich. It is feared that the immense gathering at the World's Fair in London, may produce some kind of pestilence. The N. Y. Tribune states that the story of several American citizens having been murdered in Nicarauga, lately, is all a hoax. Forty lives were lost by the burning of the steamer Webster, on the Mississippi, about two weeks since. Among the unfortunate victims, were the Captain, his wife and child, and both clerks of the boat. Great difficulties are apprehended with the Indians in New Mexico. The Ohio Cultivator says, that notwithstanding the heavy frosts, there is still a fair prospect for a good crop of peaches in that state. The small pox is raging dreadfully among the Sioux Indians, several hundred having already died with it. The disease is new to them, and they are unable to manage it, Jenny Lind will soon give her farewell concert in New York. The steamer Reindeer lately made the trip from New York to Albany, in seven hours and fifty-five minutee. She is said to be the fastest boat now running in the world. The Emperor of Russia has presented Professor Morse with an elegant snuffbox, for his success in perfecting the magnetic telegraph.

Five thousand dollars have already been appropriated by the Legislature of Kentucky, for the erection of a monument to the memory of Col. R, M. Johnson.

A street beggar was arrested an N. Y. City, lately, with $675 in his possession, all of which he had obtained by begging. It is stated as a remarkable fact, that no native of a large city has ever been elected President of the United States. It takes the country boys to fill that station. The N. York Star thinks if Horace Greely dresses no better in London than he does at home, he stands a pretty good chance of being arrested under the vagrant act. The Union men in Alabama have held an immense meeting, and declare that they are for the "Union now, and forever, one and inseparable." Dr. Fitch, said to be one of the chief actors in the conspiracy to destroy the Michigan Central railroad, and in the intended destruction of the passenger cars, is now on trial in Detroit. There is now a Printer in Washington city, who, although 80 years of age works from 12 to 14 hours a day in the 'Globe" office, and walks to and from his home every morning and evening, a distance of nearly three miles. Father Matthew was in Cincinnati last week. Cast iron pavements are coming into use in N. York city. The Demecrats have elected four Congressmen in Connecticut. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION FOR THE Ninth Congressional District, Pursuant to authority vested in the undersigned, by the last Congressional Convention, notice is given that a Convention of Delegates from the several Counties in the District, will be held on Thursday, May 22d, at PLYMOUTH, for the purpose of nominating a Candidate for Congress, to be supported at the August election. S. A. HALL, W. M, HARRISON JOHN A. GRAHAM, THOS. JERNIGAN Central Committee. April 28, 1851. We copy the following from the last South Bend Register:-- It will be seen by our adveitising columns that Esq. Dunham, of Plymouth, has returned to his first love, having opened the Dunham House, for the entertainment of the traveling community. He was in the same business a number of years since, and pro ved himself a worthy Host-- and now, after having tasted in the interval, the honors of official life in the County, as well as under the General Government, he has gone back to break bread for the weary wayfarer end cheer up the he.trts of all who may sojourn with him. The Register will always be found on file at his house, he promises us, as long as his sign hangs on the outer walls. His stand is the new three story Hotel. Death from Intemperance. The Greencastle Sentinel says: that a man named Jacob Shilling, who had sold out his property near that place for the purpose of moving to Iowa, had proceeded but a few miles on the way, when he was overcome by imbibing whisky too frequently, to the use of which he was addicted. Placing himself in his wagon for the purpose of riding, he lost his balance and fell out immediately behind the wheel horses, the wagon wheels passing over his head, fracturing the skull, and also over his right arm, which was broken. He lingered a few days in great agony, when death relieved him from his sufferings. Serious Stage Accident. We. find in the St. Clairsville (O.) Gazette, of the 2d inst., the following particulars of a stage accident which occurred near this place: On last Friday evening one of the stages from the west, stopped at the tavern four miles west of town, and while the driver was getting, or about to get some water for the horses, they started and ran part way down the hill, this side, when the coach upset, and fortunately the running gears became loosened from the body of the coach. A number of the passengers were very seriously injured. Gov. Shannon's face, head, and hands were very much mangled, and some of his ribs broken. C. C. Correll, Esq., had his right arm broken, and his face and head badly cut and bruised. Judge Battell, of Evansville, la,, was more severely injured than any of his companions. He is very much mangled having received twenty-one wounds on the face, head and hands. Mr, Bingham and lady, of Cincinnati, formerly of Cadiz, were also injured, but not very seriously. Their children escaped uninjured. A man in Baltimore, has accumulated a fortune of $250,000 by dealing in oysters.

CALIFORNIA. New Orleans, May 2. Further from California by the Alabama at New Orleans.-- The exports from San Francisco of gold dust off the day the steamer Tennessee left, amount to two millions of dollars. There have been frequent rains in the valleys and snow on the mountains, thus enabling miners to renew their digging operations. Gold from quartz rock has been procured with better success, but no machinery suitable for the purpose. Agriculture this year will be an important feature in California-- a large portion of the population having turned their attention that way. If Congress passes any law by which the Farmer may know he has a good title to the land he improves, the State will supply her consumption in a few years. The Indian difficulties are not yet definitely settled. Politics are exciting attention, and the people are marshaling for a contest. The Legislature is still in session but no further attempts have been made to elect a U. S. Senator. Probably nothing will be done this session. A difficulty occurred at San Francisco between the Collector of the port and the acting Postmaster, relative to the mails. The Collector directed the Surveyor of the port to proceed to the Post Office, and examine the bags landing from the steamer Panama as they were opened. In attempting to discharge this duty, he was rudely repulsed by the Post Office officials. Nothing was found to cause sus-

picion, but the affair has caused great excitement. A great many murders are reported as having occurred in different parts of the country, the most cruel of which is the murder of Capt. Jarvis, of Texas. The papers literally teem with fights, murders and robberies. The foreign miners tax had been repealed. The city of San Francisco is to be supplied with water from a lagoon 4 miles distant. By the burning of Nevada city, the loss is estimated at $2,000,000. The markets are dull, with an immense stock of merchandise on hand. The price of gold dust through the operations of the U. S. Assayer has risen. The Legislature attaches the penalty of death to grand larceny. The committee of the Legisluture have reported in favor of impeaching Judge Parsons. Extensive preparations are making to rebuild Nevada. The richest mining section in California is stated to be in the neighborhood of Yuba and Feather rivers. The San Francisco Courier says the laborers at the mines are well rewarded. New and rich discoveries of mineral wealth are constantly being made. The Gold Bluff excitement has entirely ceased, and half of the vessels engaged on the route to that point have been withdrawn. The Sierra Nevada was covered with snow. The political intelligence is unimport-. ant. The different parties were organizing with considerable spirit and an exciting contest was anticipated at the coming election. The Indian troubles were nearly at an end, treaties have been concluded with several of the most hostile tribes. A Fugitive Slave Case--. The first fugitive slave case was brought before Judge Morrison on the 30th March. The Judge was to give his decision the next morning. The slave, whose name is Frank' was bro't here by a Missourian. He left his master, and claims his freedom, which the Courier thinks he is entitled to. Legislative Doings--. The divorce bill has passed the Legislature. A bill has been presented providing a plan for the funding of the city debt. The bill is simple, practicable, and efficient, and meets the approbation of merchants, financiers, and tax payers generally. It is believed a treaty will be. formed with the tribes in the vicinity of Mariposa. McCauley, indicted for the murder of Judge Sellers, in Mapa city, was sentenced to be hung on the 14th of April. Nearly all the rainy season came through the month of. March. The rain will prove of inestimable value to the agricultural interests of the State, and to many of the miners. The fire at Nevada was not so destructive as reported and $400,000, it is said will cover the loss. Governor McDougal has been appealed to for aid in suppressing the Indian depredations in the Mariposa regions, and the legislature responded to the call by granting him authority to call out five hundred men for that purpose. The Governor has taken a tour since then, and came to the conclusion that the men were not needed. The commissioners appointed by the legislature to select the public lands to be donated by Gen. Vallejo to the State as site for the public buildings have attended to their duties. They have returned and reported to the legislature, and it is now supposed the work of erecting the various buildings, offices, &c, at Vallejo will be commenced forthwith. FROM OREGON. At a meeting iu Lafayette, Gen. Lane was nominated for Congress. Several vessels, were loading lumber at Portland for the San Francisco market. The steamboat Willamette, from New York, had arrived at Astoria by means of her sails. A great deal of rain has fallen in Oregon during the month; winter is now considered to have passed; the land is being prepared for planting.

The gold fever is again raging in the Territory, and large numbers are leaving their homes and business to go to Klamath diggings. A Warning to the Young. A yonng lady of respectable standing in society, whose residence isat Laporte, but who has been spending several days in this place, attracted here by love, has in consequence of her loved one, whom she seems to have considered her lover, having abandoned her, become perfectly distracted. Her wailings were erougU to clfite pity, if not sympathy in the most unfeeling heart! This should be a w arning to all young men against trifling with the affections of the gentle sex! Valparaiso Observer, The Issue in IVcw York. In reference to the late resignation of 12 New York Senators, in order to prevent the passage of the bill for the enlargement of the Erie Canal, which, as it would involve the State in debt, they regarded as unconstitutional, the BuffaloRepublic says; Keep it before the People. Keep it before the people that the democratic senators proposed to remain in their seats and allow the passage of the canal bill, if the majority would insert a provision therein submitting the bill to the Court of Appeals for a decision upon its constitutionality. The whigs rejected the proposition! The democratic senators then offered to allow the passage of the bill, if the majority would provide for its submission t& the peoj le at the next general election. This off r was rejected! The democratic senators again proposed to allow the passage of the bill, if the majority wouM permit the next legislature to pass upon it. This proposition

the whigs voted down? Now then, when it is considered that the canal bill uevej w? heard of until the late session of the legislature had half expired, and the people of the State knew nothing of it. arwl had not passed upon it, did not the democratic senators act right in insisting upon the adoption of one of the three propositions? Suffering iu California. A letter published ia the Lawrenceburg Register, fror John Tibbets of this State, who at the date of writing Jan. 12th, was confined at the Hospital at Sacramento City, California, givin a most melancholy account of the sufieiings he has endured in consequence of a terrible outrage perpetrated upon his person in the mining region. He wrote to his wife and children, that after he Jiad been in the mines a few days he hired and went into the mountains, at 84 a day. After working with the party eighteen days, as cook for the camp, his employer had a sack with 8300 worth of gold dust stolen and the crime was laid upon Tibbits. After torturing him awhile, to force a confession, he says that they shot him with a pistol, the ball entering the back, above the left kidnev, lodging against the spinal marrow, which has paralyzed all his lower extremities. He says he U dead from fhe waist to the toes, and does not expect again to be able to walk. This doubtless presents a trne picture of the misery and suffering of hundreds in California. Ind Daily Journal. ALWAYS THAR. The editor of the Tishimingo (Miss.) Union, closes an article defining his position, by saying: We are rowers in the democratic ship. When it sails smoothly we are thar. When the tern pes troar-, we are thar. If she ever founders in the gale, we will be thar. But when with a light breeze, and gntly ruffled waves all safe, (cotton 12 cents and negroes 81000, and other things in proportion,) the steersman and many of the rowers, start for a trip over Xiagara Falls, we are thar too but pulling the back stroke like the d 1. The Cleveland True Democrat (Free Soil.) says: Mr. Giddings, in his recent speech tit Salem, said that the Presbytery which receutlv met a Ashtabula, Ashtabula coui ty, and to which he belonged, had resolved to make one more effort to get the Few School Presbyterian Church to take Anti-Slavery ground, and, failing in ihat to secede from the General Assembly. In pursuance of this object they had elected him a delegate to the next Assembly, and he should attend for the purpose of agitating this subject. AITray and Death In Kentucky. The Louisville Journal learns from the clerk of the Madison Belle, that a fight took place a few days ago in Daviesz county, a short distance above Owens boro. The parties were a family named Payne and oue named Tumbull. Payne and his two sons met Tumbull, his brother, and three moinen, in the field, whether by accident or previous arrangement was not. known by our informant. In the fight which ensued, Pyne and one of her sons were killed, and tne other son, as well as Tumbull, his brother, and one of the women, were seriously wounded. One of the Payne's received about a dozen wounds with a knife. A'. 1. Ledger. Gex. Hinton. Gen. II. did not appear for trial at Columbus at the late term of the United Slates Court. The Sanduskian learns from a returned Californian that Gen. Hinton was seen by him at Cuba, and had changed his name to Hauten. Large quantities of wine, are now made in the vicinitv of Ciucinnatt.