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PLYMOUTH, IND. Thursday Morning May 31, 1855. (Advertisements to insure inser tion, mast be handed in by Tuesday preceding the day of publication. The New State Bank Is the heading of rather an ill natured and ill timed article in the last South Bend Register. The Board of Commissioners designated in the new State Bank charter, to organize and locate its branches, met at Indianapolis week before last for that purpose, and in the discharge of their sworn duty, located a branch at Plymouth instead of South Bend. Hence bloody murder, treason and every other political and moral misdemeanor, are pushed into their faces in Mr. Colfax's own nice and courteous manner. The position is assumed, that, because a branch of the old State bank has been located at that place for the last twenty years, it necessarily follows that a branch of the new one should also be located there. To sustain this greedy disposition to monopolize every little favor that is to be bestowed-- so clearly manifest in this position--Mar-shall county and its county seat are made to appear quite diminitive indeed, by a comparison of statistics from the census of 1850. We must here deny, however, that St. Joseph county has realized a proportionate increase of population, wealth and enterprize. with Marshal!, since 1850. The Register seems to rely solely upon the population of towns to sustain what it thinks to be an unquestioned right to the branch. Estimate the entire population of the different counties with a view to their location in this (3d) Bank district, and compare the numbers and capital that would be most accommodated to have it here, with those who desire it located at South Bend, and the "astonishment of every business man" in that community might not be so great after all. The State Sentinel partially explains the reasons which influenced the Commissioners in their action in this particular, and they are very plausible indeed, whether the Register and every business man in its community can see it or not. The Sentinel says: "The reasons assigned for changing the location in these instances, from Michigan City to Laporte. and from South Bend to Plymouth, are thought by many to be plausible and satisfacory. Laporte was regarded, in considering this case, as the centre of business for a larger class of community than Michigan City, and was selected in accordance with this idea.---This selection seemed to involve the necessity, it was urged, of changing the location of the South Bend branch; for the reason that a branch at either of these places, by the railroad connection, will accommodate the same district of country. Plymouth will be connected, after a while, with Laporte, by railroad, it is true, yet she reaches a district of country, very rich and rapidly developing, which has but little connection with either South Bend or Laporte." It is quite self-evident that the location of this branch creates no fight between St. Joseph and Marshall counties. The removal of the Michigan City branch very materially changed the claims of the former in favor of the latter. The Register's abuse of Mr. Wheeler---who has heretofore so faithfully watched the interests of his constituents--- comes with an ill grace from such a source. It resurrects all the old votes he ever gave upon the subject of banks--- certainly with no other view than to render him ridiculous if possible, in his successful efforts to have a branch established at this place, and lessen his influence with the board in keeping it here. What have Mr. W's bank or anti-bank votes to do with the Commissioners in an impartial discharge of their duties to the People? But hear what Mr. Colfax says about such a man, and then our readers will agree with us, that such inappropriate allusions come with an ill grace from such a source. "And the man who dares not, at any hazard, stand up manfully for the interests of his home when assailed, does not deserve to have any." That's our fix. Is the preceding any 'misconstruction" of your remarks, Mr. Register? The following are the places at which the branches of the new State Bank were located by the Commissioners: District, No. 1, Lima, Lagrange county. do do 2, Laporte, Laporte, do do do 3, Plymouth, Marshall do do do 4, Ft. Wayne, Allen do do do 5, Lafayette, Tip;canoe do do do 6, Logansport, Cass do do do, 7, Indianapolis, Marion do do do, 8, Richmond, Wayne do do do, 9, Connersville, Fay't do do do,10, Madison, Jefferson do do do, 11, Jeffersonville, Clarke do do do, 12, New Albany, Floyd do do do, 13, Evansville, Vand'bg do do do, 14, Vincennes, Knox do do do, 15, Bedford, Lawrence do do do, 16, Terre Haute, Vigo do An adjourned meeting of the Board of Commissioners was held at Indianapolis on Tuesday last, at. which, vigorous efforts were doubtless made to change the location of the branch from this place to South Bend. We have heard nothing of its deliberations. We should like to have seen a list of

the counties composing each district. It

is very certain, however, that St. Joseph ---being one of the extreme northern counties in the State cannot be the centre of this; unless, by the way, it and Marshall only, compose the district, and then the Register would have us believe that South Bend was the centre of all creation. Our readers will fiind accounts of two or three frightful whirl wind occurrences in this paper. They have been unusually frequent of late. We hope they have no allusion to the present organization of political parties. Another 4C9 dollar Sucker. Gen. Stapp of the Madison Banner says he has sold his establishment again, and to a man of abundant means, but does not mention his name. One thing is quite certain if he keeps that Banner afloat he will find use for his "abundant means." We hope however, iho fortunate purchaser may keep it in operation one week at a less cost than S43S 50 schnapps in. BflW IS it, Dec? A minister, not long since, upon application being made to him to locate in one of our Northern Indiana towns, made several appropriate inquiries as to the business of the place, the uumber of ministers, professional men, &c. When he ascertained that there would be but two regular officiating clergymen, and nine practicing physicians, he remarked that the task would be ratha laborious one to attend to their stated ministerial duties, and follow nine doctors, with funeral ceremonies. We did not Karn whether he located or not. Small Malters. Our attention ha recently been called to a "slight sprinkle' of a drubbing we, or our Iowa correspondent received at the hands of the Cincinnati Columbian 5c Grtat West; but we really have not time to attend to all the little spats we receive from all the little country pa pen. The earnings of the Michigan Central Railroad during the seccond week in May 1553, compares with the earnings of the same road du'ing the second week in May 1554, as follows: Pave lirfi?. Freight. Total. 42.S24 31 1 s 37.021 Ol JiM17 Ga ) ro. I 19.131 CO Inci. 13 333 17 1 1 19 . 24.643 2 J SllicitlC. Spencer C. Davis, a nephew of the late Gen. Tipton, committed suicide at Lngansport a few days ?go, by shooting himself in the head with a pistol, He had been engaged in the Pharos printing office for a few months, during which time he had refrained from the use of liquor, to which he had before been addicted; but while on a vi?it up the canal, was induced to drink again with old associates, and which; it seems, was kept up until last Friday, night week, when he shot himself. Other causes are assigned, in another article in thispaper. White and fchrk. Mary Williams and her infant daughter, the former an Irish woman, the latter born in this country, were sent to Europe on the 19ih inst., by the State of Massachusetts, Mit the crime of being too poor to live in that Commonwealth. The Boston Advertiser contrasts this case with that of the fugitive slave An- ! thony Burns, in the following forcible manner: "The fugitive Slave Law of th United Sutes seems so abominable enactment to our Legislature, that they will not even call it laic in their official records. Yet our own Massachusetts pauper rendition law, vastly more barbarous, remains on our statute books, and the Legislature will not interpose to amend or repeal it. Our legislators see the metes in the eyes of members of Congress, but know nothing ot the beams in their own. The rendition of Anthony Burns from Massachusetts to Virgina, under a law of the United States designed to give effect to an express stipulation of the Constitution, caused an immense excitement in this community. The rendition of Mary Williams and her infant Bridget, under our own law, by our own authorities, scarcely caused a remark. He was sent back under a law of the United States, binding on the people of Massachusetts, whether agreeable or disagreeable. She was snt under one of our own laws, which the same Legislature that elecled Henry Wilson to the Senate and voted to remove Judge Loring from the j bench, might repeal in a day. He was sent back to the care of n master, bound in law to feed, clothe and protect him. She was sent to be landed on a foreign shore, where there may not be even a single person to know or care that she has arrived. "He was sent away, a strong man with stout limbs, able to bear misfortune and hardship, should they fall upon him, with some degree of firmness. She was sent away, a weak woman, with an in fant a few weeks old, demanding all her care, and with nobody to protect or assist her. - The treasury ol the United States bore the expense of tha rendition of Anthony Burns. The treasury of Massachusetts paid for the rendition of Mary Williams. But then he was a negro "a man and a brother," while she was only a while woman a woman and a mother. No vigilance committee rallied at the rumor of the embarkation of Mary Williams. No young and enthusiastic counsel hurried to proffer her their service. Judges were not solicited at unseemly hours for writs of habeas corpus; and nothing . was said about the dc hominc repirgiand0 in ner case. Sheriffs and

coroners were not plagued with process-j

es they did not like to serve. The quiet of the city was not broken; only rt few heart-rending cries disturbed the silence of Long Wharf on Monday evening the deed was done, the woman was embaik ed, and yesterday morning the vessel sailed with her living and unwilling freight." Read and remember the foregoing, as we expect to have occasion to allude to it again. U'aa nor that infant a ativc born American exiled on4ac:ount of its mother's poverty? These things have their influence with us. Agricultural Depot and Seed Store. Dr. T. D. Lemon, of Laporte, has erected a building, which is now being finished, adjoining the Post Office, in that city, which is to be occupied by himself, in company with a gentlemau from Kentucky, as a ßeed store. They have made arrangements with all the principal seed stores and nurseries by which they will be enabled to supply their customers with all kinds of seeds, plants, shrubs or fruit trees, at short nolice at the same rates they are sold at where produced. Their arrangements are such, also, that they can furnish fanners andothers with improved breeds of cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, &c, of ony desired kind, at short notice, and at an expense much less than they have been subjected to, to procure them. A teenty" advertisement in the Banner, might enable them to sell an item or two and us to buy a Shanghai sheep. The Indian Reserve Bank aiKokomo. and the South Bend Bank have resumed specie payment, and now rate in our first list. Oparations under Reciprocity. A. corres pondent of the Now York Tribune, writing from Toronto, May 11th, says: 'while American buyers are in our market purchasing wheat, we are importing butter, fat cattle, sheep and calves, from your side. The first importation of fat animals br our butchers, from the U. States under the Reciprocity Treaty, took place yesterday; and arrangements have been made to receive future supplies.' Whilst this arrangement works well for western producers it will operate egainst our own eastern markets, in the way of prices. Kansas. We have barely room to say in reply to the Warsaw Republican, that wo have top much faith in enr National Government authorities no matter by what party controlled to believe they would let any State into the Union with . n- . uupieu Dy illegal votes. Then, 'these happy results" are still to be the consequences, as admitted in your first article. Judge. The wolf and sheep story don't hit the mark you shot at. Try again, Mr. Republican. The lies. J. L. Boles of the California Assembly, has our thanks for Legislative documents of that Stale. "Garments of all kinds cut to order," sjys the tailor, in his advertisement. Stnarty, wanting a joke at some one's expense, enquired of scissors and thimble if he could cut a monkey jacket. 'Yes, sir staud up here till I get your measure." aftftftftftla. ftftftftyMwi Wheat in Western Can at a. The Cayuga (C. W.) Sachem sys the wheat crop throughout Western Cinada looks exceedingly well. The fall wheal is entirely free from winter killing, and as there is no danger of its being injured by frost, tho prospect of an abuudanl harvest is very encouraging. The quantity of land under wheal is far greater than iu any previous year. ft SB "B - MWSM A PROCLAMATION. Executive DepartME5t, Indianapolis May 24 1855. Whereas, It is iepresenle(j l0 me on re liable authority, agrcat outrage has been committed in Clay counlyt Indiana, by the destruction of tbe Birch Creek Reservoir, n necessary and indispensable feeder of the Wabash and Erie Canal; and whereas, it further appears that an armed mob of persona, consisting of one hundred or more, did, on the 10th day of May, instant, at the hour of 12. M., appear on the banks of the said work, and, after firing at the guard stationed thereon, and driving hirrt away, proceeded to cut the embankment of the same, discharging the water which had been collected, and otherwise damaging the property of the Trust; and whereas, all the persons engaged in that nefarious and unlawful proceeding were disguised, by the appropriate concealment of blackened faces and other outward disguises befitting such a deed; and whereas, I have reason to believe that but a few of the persons so engaged reside near the site of said Reservoir, or have just cause for complaint, if any exist, but are, for the most part, an organized and unlawful association of persons, resolved to set at defiance the legal rights of persons and the security of their property, as has been manifested on many recent occasions; and whereas, it is the duty of the Executive of Indidana to aee that the laws are faithfully executed, and the public peace preserved; therefore: De it known. That I, Joseph A. Wright, Governer of the Stale of Indiana, by virtue of the power vested in me, do hereby offer a reward of five hundred dollars for any information that may lead to the an prehension and conviction ot" the person or persons, or any one of them, who aided and assisted in the cutting of the embankment of the Birch Creek Reservoir,

in Clay county Indiana, on Thursday the

10th day of Mar, 1655. And it is further declared and made known, that the sacred promises and pledges given by the State of Indiana to her creditors, by the laws establishing the Trust; and the protection promised and guarantied therein, shall bo faithfully kept and fulfilled so far as tho employment of all regular and consl'culional means shall be necessary to arrest theso lawless proceedings, and to prevent a repetition of conduct disgraceful to the actors, their ciders and abettors. To accomplish this, force may be necessary. In that event, I shall not fail to invoke it, for tho safety of the work is placed under the gnrantee of the law, and that shall not be disregarded. The State has a deep interest in this matter, and the confinding men who placed a moiety of the debt due by tho people of Indiana, into the canal, shall not have their confidence abued wiih out nn effort to save our beloved State from the disgrace anddishonor which these mob would entail upon our citizens. This spirit of lawlessness must be met 6c arrested, ifwedonot desire to have our State a by-word and a reproach in the land. It will be no fault of mine, if irresponsible association shall control and over-ride the written laws of the State, and become the avenger of imaginary wrongs. No mans property will long be secure, if armed men in disguise can do these things with impunity, and go unpunished and unrestrained. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the sent nl -( the State of Indiana to bo affixed, seal at the city of Indianapolis, this 2 Ith day of May. 1655. By the Govenor. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT. Erasmus B- Collins, Secretary of Slate. From the Lapier Mich. Deinof-rat, May 22. Destructive Whirlwind. The town of Maranthon, in this county was visited last Tuesday evening wiih the most destructive tornado ever known in this section. It came from a we.sterlv direction, and the first we hea' of it was at John Crawford's, in the town of Forest. Mr. C's barn was unroofed, and the board, rafters. &c. carried loa considerable distance. Mr. McKinstry's house was unroofed and much damaged. John Biue's house and barn were unroofed, and the barn, a new frame building was much racked. His fields were so much filled with falling timber, old logs, rails, lumber and rubbish, that it will requiro nearly as much labor to clear it off. as it did in a state of nature. Wm. Merrill's house was moved from its foundation and unroofed. The widow Luther's house was entirely demolithed, and some of her furniture was rarried off in the whirl. Her son, a young man of IS or 20 years, was seen to be holding on to a wild plum tree, but after the ternado had passed, he was found upon the ground some rods off, the plum tree had been twisted off, and was laying across Mr. Luther, who had one arm broken in two places, and otherwise 3D seriously iij J vcotcij Is very doubtful. The school house was unroofed. Martin Valentine's house was also unroofed. These are tho only buildings we lave heard ofthat were injured. Th heaviest loss will be in the destruction of the valuable pine and other timber in its course. So great was the force of the whirlwind that nothing could withstand it. The giants cf the forest, which have withstood the storms of a hundred years, were wrenched from their firm roots, and tossed about like straws. Even slumps, firmly imbedded iu mother earth, weie torn up and canigl many rods. Old logs which had lain on the ground for years were disturbed, and torn from their resting place. The air was literally filled with fence rails, limbj of trees, boards, rafters, shingles, &c. which were lifted to an immer.se height. The course of the Nvhirlwind was iu a nearly eastdirection. ranging from twenty rods to a half miles in width, and making n clean sxceep as it went. We have heard from over eight miles of its course, and it was still moving on i's course of devastation and ruin. We have been lold by those wSio have visited tbe spot, that th irark of the tornado present a most singular appearance. The trees growing in the center were twisted off and thrown lengthways, while those on each side were thrown across the .center, the tops pointing in, and forming a handsome window. In some places even the culverts on tho roads were torn up by the tornado, and the roads generally are filled up with a promiscuous assortment of limber and rubbish of all kinds. We hear rumors of the destruction of other buildings, but hope they may not prove true. Since writing the above, we have been called upon by Dr. Griswold, who spent two or three days in Maranthon last week and visited the scene of the destruction. The Dr. says the tornado first broke upon a log house in the town of Forest, which was unroofed. It next struck the log school house near Crawford's, which it utterly demolished, not leaving one log upon another. Near Crawford's is a small lake, about forty rods wide and fifty or sixty long, the water of which was raised higher than the tops of the trees, leaving the lake neatly dry. From thence it passed through a forest, mowing its way, till it came to the town of Marathon. Blue's bouse and barn were unroofed. Mrs. Luther's house was entirely destroyed, and her lurniture smashed to pieces, and rendered worthless; everything in her house was ruined, and scattered in all directions, for half a mile around. Jerrome's house was unroofed, and others much damaged. Near the house of Mr. Merrill, is what is called a mount spring, from which a stream of water sufficient to fill a three inch pipe is discharged. The spring forms a basin ten or twelve feel in diameter, and about eighteen inches deep. AlJthe water was drawn up, and those who noticed it say that no water roae in tha spring for several moments afur th tornado passed. The roofs of the buildings wert raised entire to the height of 20 or 30 feet when tha vhirl would break them up, and scatter the fragments-in all directions. In some cases the fragment! have been

found two miles from the place from

which they started. Terrible Hurricane in Illinois. Chicago, May 24. Accounts reached this city last night of a most terrific hurricane and whirlwind in the town of Jefferson, Cook co., and other places north and west of here, on Tuesday afternoon. A rapidly revolving funnel shaped cloud passed swiftly along near the ground about 16 miles north of here, carrying up large sticks of wood, stones, &c. It. described a semicircle towards the south east, twisting off large trees and whisking them out of sight instanter. The whirlwind then broke in two and disappeared. It immediately formed again, and passed directly back north-west with redoubled violence. It struck a heavy frame house one mile from the Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad; instantly the roof was torn off. Almost immediately the house went up, and was hurled down in different places. Four persons were instantly killed, and others mutilated beyond the prospect of recovery. The whirlwind passed over a post and rail fence, of which not the slightest vestige remains. It next struck a barn, then upon the house, and a number of cattle, crushing them at once. The timbers of the house and barn were hurled to the ground with such violence as to bury them most out of sight. The house belonged to Mr. Page, whose wife, son, and two grand children were killed. SECOND DISPATCH. Additional intelligence from the localitv more than confirms the above account. Persons were carried a hundred feet in the air, and hurled down with great violence. We have seen a number of eye witnesses of the ravages of the tempest, who describe it as most terrific. Tho same P. M. there was a severe storm in this city, after which there was a singular appearance in the sky northward, accompanied by most sultry, oppressive heat, suddenly changing to a chilling breeze. Terrible Explosion. Six Men Killed!-- The Steam-saw-mill of Messers. Collet & Weston, recently erected on the line of the Rail Road four miles north of this place, blew up on last Friday evening about sundown, killing every person in the mill, except the Engineer, who was not seriously hurt. The persons killed were James Cooper, Washington Cooper, Christopher Cooper, Sameul Cooper, Asa Hewet, and Isaac Collet. Mr. Collet lived aboul ten minutes, but did not speak. The others were killed instantly--one or two of them being thrown a distance of thirty or forty feet from the mill. The upper portion of one man's head was entirely taken off, and not found till next day; and they were all more or less horibly mangled. The boiler was blown into atltoms, entirely destroyed the mill, and moving the frame which is very heavy, a distance of eight feet off its foundation. A portion of the boiler weighing five or six hundred pounds was thrown a distance of two hundred yards. The explosion was terrible, and was distinctly heard ten miles off. It is impossible to ascertain the melancholly event, but as near as we can learn through the many conflicting stories, it was thro' the incapacity of the Engineer. The general opinion seems to be that the valves had in soma way got out of order, and that he, not knowing what was wrong kept crowding on steam until the fatal accident occurred. It is almost a miracle that he escaped with life. The mill had been started that day, and four of the persons killed had just entered tha mill to see its operation when the explosion took place. Several women aud children had left a few minutes before. We trust this sad occurrence will be a warning to persons engaged in steam operations. Let no engineer be employed unless he is known to be both careful and competent. Albion (Ia) Palladium. Mournful Case of Suicide. The Lafayette (Ind.) American, of yesterday, has the following: We are indebted to ex-Mayor O'Brian, just returned from Logansport, for the following: On Friday evening last, about dusk. Spencer Davis, a young man about twenty-five years old. nephew of the late Gen. Tipton, blew his brains out with a a pistol, loaded with seven buckshot, under ihe following circumstances; He was a printer, and worked in the office of the Pharos, had for some time past been addicted to hard drinking. He had been endeavoring to pay his addresses to a lady named Baldwin, who resides on the island in the Wabash, and by whom his suit was rejected. On Friday evening he went to the gate of the house and called the young lady, saying he wished to bid her good bye, as ha was going away. Upon coming out, she perceived a pistol in his hand, which he was attempting to conceal behind him. She immediately ran into the house in great alarm, fastened the door, and sent a boy through a back window for her father. Her father soon arrived, and found young Davis sitting an the porch. As he entered the gate, Davis rose up, and Mr. Baldwin perceiving a pistol in his hand which he was in the act of raising, said to him, Davis, don't hurt me." Davis replied, 'No, Baldwin, I wouldn't harm a hair of your head," and immediately discharged the pistol into his own right temple. He fell, bleeding copiously, with a horrid wound in the head, out of which the brain immediately oozed, but, nevertheless, he lived for several hours. Young Davis has always been considered an amiable, harmless, and goodhearted young man, and his funeral was attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends. Massachusetts--Look at Her!--The Legislature which has outraged and dishonored the old Bay State, once as patriotic as any other in the union, by setting her in open opposition to the National Constitution, is thus spoken of by the Boston Courier: "We hazard this opinion, that history will show the Legislature which has just adjourned to have been the most extravagant, the most drunken, the most impious, and the most lecherous--and yet one of its champions claims for it a degree of purity never before claimed for a Massachusetts Legislature, which, until

now, has been aoove the suspicion of impurity, undue extravagance, aud small spreeing at the public expense." Fatal Accident. A man was found this morning, dead, on the Railroad track two miles east of this city. Both legs were cut off. It is supposed that he was run over by the 11 o'clock train going east last night. He was probably drunk and so stupified by liquor that he was unable to get out of the way of the train. The accident was not known until the train came in from the east this morning. Since writing the above, we learn that a coroner's inquest was held over the body by Esq Kress, and that the name of the deceased is John Nelson; that he was a collier and lived in Galena Township in this county. He was about 30 years

old, and leaves a wife and children. Someone made a dime or half dime clear profit on the liquor that deprived a family of its head.--Laporte Union. Showing his Papers. The Scotia (N. Y.) Gazette relates that at the recent municipal election there, a man presented himself at the polls and his vote was challenged. He said he had his papers, and swore he would produce them. He was told to go and get them. Home he went, and returned and presented his papers to the judges. What laughter convulsed their honors, when on opening the supposed papers they found them to be a dismissal from the New Jersey penitentiary! Scene on the Mississippi.--"What

kind of wood is that?" "It's cord wood,' replied the chopper

with the greatest nonchalence. "How long has it been cut?'" inquired the anxious captain. ''Four feet" said the chopper. The Boston Post says, since it has become the fashion for men to confess their past errors very freely in books, it is boldly asserted that there is no difference between an autobiography and a "naughty" biography. A late California paper mentions a duel that was fought between a Yankee and an Englishman in a dark room. The Yankee, not wishing to have blood on his hands, fired his pistol up the chimney, when, to his horror, down dropped the Englishman. A gentleman being in company with a sprightly damsel of about fourteen, was

somewhat annoyed by her playful trickery. At length he exclaimed. 'Now my dear girl, do be still" This touched a cord of feminine vanity which is always sure to vibrate. Assuming an air of im-

portance, and retiring a pace or two, she drew herself into a position of defence, and responded, Girl, indeed? I am as much of a woman as you!' Supposed to be a Hoax--Or a Bull--We have been informed that the reason of the conflict between his own testimony and that of others, in regard to the birthplace of the edtitor of the Times, is that although he distinctly remembers being born in America, he had a twin brother born in the old country, so nearly resembling himself that they never knew each other apart. The Irish twin having deceased, the feelings of the disconsolate parent were expressed, by the other, as follows: Here lies my twin children dear, One in old Ireland, the other here." Cin. Commercial. A teacher relates a laughable story of one of his scholars, a son of the Emerald Isle. He told him to spell hostility. "H o-r s e horse," commenced Pat "Not horse-tility," said the teacher, 'but Hos-tility." Sure," replied Pat, "and didn't ye tell me the other day not to say hoss? Be jabers it's wan thing wid y one day, and another the nixt." "Children," says Mrs. Grant, "are first vegetables, and then they are animals. and sometimes come to people." But it is sad enough to see how few now a days get beyond the second stage. 'So you would not take me to be twenty?' said a young lady to her partner, while dancing a polka, a few evenings since.--"What would you take me for?" For better or worse," he replied. An immense concourse of people assembled at the corner of Main and Third streets, Louisville, yesterday, to witness the trial of the Steam Fire engine. lts performances were highly satisfactory. In order to give tone to the stomach, it is recommended to swallow the dinner bell. ''Mother," said an inquisitive urchin, a few days since, "would you have been any relation to me, if father hadn't married you?" Cincinnati, May 21. Elijah Williams, a rich planter of Barnersvillle, South Carolina, arrived here today with eight negroes, one of whom was his wife, and six of them were his children, and his wife.s mother. His object was to manumit the whole and settle them in the Slate. Just as he stepped out of the steamboat into the carriage, he fell dead. The negroes having been brought there are of course free, under our State Laws. Williams had previously willed tho whole of his estate to tho negroes. Destructive Fire.--Twelve stores in Petersburg, Va., were destroyed by fire, with nearly all their contents, on the 17th inst. The loss is estimated at $150, 000. REVOLUTION ON THE RIO GRANDE.--A dispatch from New Orleans, dated the 19th says it was reported that a revolunion had broken out on the Rio Grande in Mexico, and that 1.500 men, headed by Caravajal, had crossed the river. House Rent in New York.--It is stated that house rent in New York has fallen from twenty to twenty-five per cent, within the last four months. At the present time there are nearly four thousand dwelling houses unlet and vacant in that city.

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MEW [sic] YORK, May, 25—6 1/2 P. M. Flour—Market is lower, with more desire to sell. Receipts incrceasing. -- Buyers afraid to touch common brands to any great extent, fearing they may sour on their hands, still some speculative inquiry. Sales 8300 barrels at 10 25a 10 56 for common to straight and choice state, 10 31a 10 62 for common to good Wis., Ind., Mich., and Ohio, closing with choice brands at 10 56, and 11 l2a13 for extra Genesee--included are 2500 bbls common state, part for the last 11 days and the balance for all July at 9 00, with but very few buyers and sellers at those figures. Canadian flour also declined 1s per bbl. The depreciation was more 8PP11 in medium pruclfs of extra. Siles 2500 bb!s at 10 50a10 75 for common to choice brands, 10 87all 25 for good to very best extra, closing with a desire to sell common brands. Corn--Market about 2c lower. Receipts increasing and holders of mixed evince a pretty strong desire to realize. A greater portion of western now being received is unfit for export. Distillers are almost entirely out of the market.--Eastern dealers operate cautiously, and shippers do not purchase with any great anxiety. Sales 99,000 bus., leaving 40, 000 bus. afloat unsold. Range about 1 10 al 13 for western mixed, 1 13a1 15 for white southern, and 1 13a 1 16 for yellow do, closing with more sellers than buyers at inside figures. Included are 35 000 bu for July and August at 1 04a1 05--mostly at inside price. Parcels are freely offered for June at 1 02. ---<>--- From the Plains. ST. LOUIS, May 25. Intelligence at Wolf River, Kansas, to the 18th, from Great Chief Mountains, report plenty of snow there. The Sioux tribes were moving in great numbers to- wards Fort Laramie, and talking of war. Col. Cook left Leavenworth on the 15th, with a detachment of infantry and one company of cavalry for Fort Laramie.— Several thousand warriors were at Ash Hollow. ===== MARRIED On Sabbath last by Rev. A. Fuller, OMAR SLUYTER to NANCY MARSH, all of this county. On the same day, by the same, JOHN GERMAN to ANN WHITAKER. =====

New Advertisements WANTED AT THE BRICK STORE, N. H. OGLESBEE & CO. May 31, 1855 Utf. More Excitement. gs 'JMIE.n.! h - ,:. I 1V ; j a k a c ri '.a v r n'.ji.-u-, st 'ii T-' .1! oi-!. its n r P u S...K. hi-p. t ' ;- .1 I'.'-'l r.ri in re t-.nt un 1 ii. ti a 11 ess. in eSSisSUU Iii.., in the n;o t fi 1.1,! sty.c. io.ii will injure l.is wo;!; to ! e tl e. -icr. Tuo. who k lit w mV Illing al o til n w- '? aw.iy tjj. ir m ,, j:, 1," T;:- -.. ..J fiu , Si 11 Is. which h'ji-li:ru ii , ml.. p :'v VMilc ?;v, may ,1,, wdlt.i c:i;i .tt the Til ).' h rt u.,ir,. f. h. u r.Avnn ii i'i) modi'.., M v It if The undersigned respectfully requests all those indebted to him or to the late firm of J. V. V.i:i V lcF. Van Volkenburgh & Co., to call and settle their accounts, either by cash, note or other- wise. .ROBERT RUSK. Miay 31, 1855. STATE OF INDIANA MARSHALL COUNTY. SS: ;; Ihe ZJursliull Circuit court. -Juirv!' ' G .'j. '? "av j ''l r'x's ' ' "' ( c :: p'..ur.t for Dir r -. i Minr Ann M -tc.V.f. V Blj it kin. v n ihn o;i il.is !. il.iv f if iv ooi:;!-1..!';,.-! i:i :'..r i" r-'?c,itl" caiuc, by II r.-.ce Coi'oin, utt- inc.. Cl-d hix t'tmipluint in my ifii; , ;i7iin-t 'A c dvfWiilnnt, tor divorr ; h!o i-.t :!; tiic lher w;is file-l ih? alliJivit of a i!iu;u-i- svd t rio. fr -in wlocli it rijvirnrs that fJ ! tl, t i;tI.ll.- U lion ri-iiihnt oft!; S. t? f Iü.H-.'i i. I;ie s-tid ! !!; J u t. M.i.-v A-m McrcYif. ii therefore Urn. by totIli-rf of ti.; i.l :,z ;.nJ p.?nihi.cy of s.iil c 'iaI.ii:it f .r d.vorc-e." at i ;r"said, ai:l that n. kws she apprar j;i 1 pi? v, .v.. nweror iltvn'ir thtTi-T'.., on or b f re ll.e i-Hlr.i's th.M-e:!', at ihe next term f tue Mar.-h iT. Circuit com, to be hehl at the com t hon? in P.yniomh iu said county, on the ece;.iui M m J.iV 'in Au11 t iie.t; the matters aii'i thing then"; n rht rjcd will l t-ikeaa cor.f iiet', r.n 1 will b? determined in her absrrre. Attest: a. COrnALF.Y. clerk, Tr It. C.-Jcrba!:y Je,. Ilnxice Coiton, PitfTs atty. " May SI, 1555. Utl. v i- ; -1 ii 5 5 -? TY virtue ot'i in execi'ion to me iuerTrJ, i$of the ot'.KC ot" the cle;!; of the shall offer fjr sale as the law direct., r the hitb est bidder, sit the eoMithoae tloor hi Plymouth on Tharday the 2 1 ft .ay of Jane, between tl,. hrurs of ten o'clock n iv, and f.-ur o'cl"tk p m, the f'.llowins dcscribeil property, to-v;: coi'imencirrjon Jt'.chi.ioi ftree. u p,--vit CO feet south litl eccnti r H:.ci f lot im. 41 ia the town of Plymouth; tuunins thence s.::rh wl'h tho !ln?et, -2 feet, nnl es.ten.Mn5r b.tck ta ilio tlley 22 feet wide, with the ttut nonts :Uc-n rn. A'sa a strip 20 feet wide on the ni ft.le f the middle line of Lntfoity rr,". from ll e licj . throw sh to Mlrh:r.n stjett except f.nty ff et I itig by 20 het wile, in fr tit. ca said ftree. au i ?xcept the buil iinji th itt-n. Tiihen ti nati.-f- an t xeca i -n on n j'nTjrmer.t f-ir $1,036 07, niv.l rot. jn faVor rf Spheuscn fcMuch, against JVuit-roy & EiotLer, onl O'.hcr-. J. L. THOMPSON, 51 eriff, 31, C. r,v T. U. Tnoxr:-os, Cepaty. Miv 31, 1S5". Ilt3. Sheriff's Sale. I TY Mrtue of ono writ of eiüUiom Expona to rae 'i'r1-VvL ut cf," cfllCtt t,f 1 the Clerk or the M ircha.I C. ir.nion P.eas cour, U ,h:iU olrer forfaleastrelawlirccts,cn Thr. day the 2tst day cf Ja e cext, at the court houso t'oor in Plymouth, between ih i h.urs of 19 a n nnd 4 o clock p m, the inttrckt of tho defend

ants in real estate in this county, descriibed as followsg, to-wit: The west half of the north east quarter of section 16, in township 33 north, of range 2 east. Taken as the property of William G. Pomeroy to satisfy a judgment in favor of John W. Wright for $569 22, with interest and costs.. J. L. THOMPSON, Sh'ff. Pr. T. B. Thompson, dept. May 31,1855