Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 25, Number 45, 25 October 1855 — Page 2

RICHMOND PALLADIUM.

Thantday Horaiaffti: : October S5. 18a. A istraermu Priater Wasted. A Presbsiak of experience, and capable of working in any department of a Printing office, can find a steady situation, and good wages, at this office. STATE FAIR. The fourth annual Fair of tbe Indiana Slate Board of Agriculture, held at Indianapolis, during list week, was in evary respect worthy our State its vast resources of agricultural wealth and the enterprise of her citizens. We hall not attempt to describe it in detail. It would require the broadest of folio pages to contain any thing like a description of the im mense number of articles on exhibition. The crowd which attended was variously estimated at from 30,000 to 60,000; and evea above that number. The following is an official statement of the financial result of the Fair: Receipts from the State, " Marion county, " Indianapolis, of the Fair, Total, .... Expenses, -., $3,i00 1,000 I.0O0 11,200 fcir ami - 7,685 ! H 98.515 - 5,000 Premiums, Balance in Treasurer's hands. 33,515 The follow id cr is a list ot the premium-' awarded to citizens of Wayne couaty. It i but justice to say that notwithstanding our citizens received a very liberal proportion of ; the premiums, they won every tiling they re-J ceived Ly a oVgree of marit that could not be i oveilookod. '- Stallion, four years old, W. F. Spinning Jt ; Co., Silver Pitcher. $30. Gelding, four years old, Sol. Meredith, $5. ' Mare, four years old, A. Boyd, 35. ' Trotting Stallion, "Morgan Hector," W. ! T. Dennis, silver cup, 320. Gtlding. three years old, Ranford Lackey, silver cup, 810. Mare three years olJ, C. B.Jackson, 35. Matched Horses, John A. Bridgland, silver i cup, 320. j Matched Horses, Sol. Meredith, silver cup, j 510. Jack, two years old, C. B. Jackson, 35. i Jennet, two years old, David Commons, sil-; ver cup, 10. Plow fur Indiana, Beard k Sinex, silver ' cup. $25. Thresher and Separator, A. Gaar fc Co., silver cup, 325. 1 lores Power, A. Gaar & Co., silvercup 325 Corn Sheller, Beard & Sinex, silver cup, 325. Harrow and Cultivator, Beard fc Sinex, 1 silver cup, 325. ! Straw Cutter, Beard fe Siuex, silver cup, $25. Set of Horse Shoes and Nails, with Speci- j men of Shoeing, Wilson & Horner, silvercup, ' 325. i Farm Implements, Beard St Sinex, silver j cup, 25. i , Bull two years olJ, first premium, Milton ' Thornburg, silver cup, 320. 2d premium, J. M. Maxwell, silver cup, 310. Bull one year old, 2d premium, Sol. Meredith, 35. Cow three years or over, 1st premium, Sol. Meredith, silver cup, 820. 2d premium, Sol. Meredi'.h, silver cup, $10. Heifer, two years old, 1st premium, Levi Druly, silver cup, $10. 2d premium, Geo. Davidson, 35. Heifer, one year old, 1st premium, Sol. Meredith, silvercup, 810. Heifer calf, 1st premium, Sol. Meredith, 85Fat Bullock, 1st premium, Geo. Davidson, sliver cup, 820. Fat Cow, 1st premium, Geo. Davidson, silver cup, 320. 2d premium, Sol. Meredith, silver cup, 810. Fat Steers, 2d premium, Geo. Davidson, silvct cup, $10. Steer two years old, 1st premium, George Davidson, silver cup, 810. Pair of Yearlines. 1st premium, David Commons silver cup, 810. ' Sweepstakes Cow of any age, Levi Druly, ; silver cup, 820. Bert Back, 1st premium, James Hammond,' silver cup, 820. j Best Lwe, 1st premium, Sol. Meredith, sil- j ver cup, $20. Beit Boar, 1st premium, Irviu Smith, silvci j cup, 820. j Best pair of ChitUgongs, A. H. & J. W. Vestal, 83. ! Boitpairof Polands, Joshua Dye, 83. ' Best pair of Seabright Bantams, A. H. A ! J. W. Vestal, 83. Best pair of China Geese. J. Dye, 83. j Flow for Clay Soils, 1st premium, S. Hor-j nev it Co., silvercup, 810. i Plow for light Sand Soils, S. Horney A Co., silver cup, 810. Prairie TIow, Beard fe Sinex, silver cup , 310. f Subsoil Plow, Beard fe Sinex, silver cup 8 10. 1 Horse Bake, Beard fc Siaex, silver cup. j $10. ; Grain Cradle, Beard b Sinex, diploma. j . Hay Forks, Beard fe Sinex, diploma. , Manure Forks, Beard & Sinex, diploma. Brier Scythe, Beard lt Sinex, diploma. Hoes, Beard fc Sinex, diploma. Scythe Snaths, Beard k fcinex, diploma. Spades, Beard dt Sinex, diploma. Grain Scoops, Beard dt Sinex, diploma. Post Digger. Bead fc Sinex, diploma. Display of Farm Implements, Beard and Sinex, silver cup, $10. Satin Bonnet, Mrs. Anna D. Woolman, diploma. Straw Bonnet, Mrs. Anna D. Woolman, diploma. Blue Grada Afrio Bonnet, Mrs. Anna D. Woolman, diploma. Collection of different varieties of Seed Corn, L. T. Vaaschoiack, silver cup 310. Cabbage. A. H. A J. W. Vestal, Practical Farmer and $2. Half bushel Sweet Potatoes, A. H. A J. W. Vestal, Farmer and 82. Knives and Forks, Henry Hanter, 33 and diploma. Butcher Knives, Hemry Hunter, tS and diploma. Fine Cutlery, Henry Hunter, diplomaFlour, L. B Morrison, $2 and diploma. Washing Machine, John Cockefair, 86 and diploma. ' " Ten pounds of Honey, 1st premium, C J. Gould, set teaspoons. Pickles, 2d premium, Mias Mary A. Hammond, 33 and diploma. Currant Jelly, Miss Mary A. Hammond. 31 and diploma. We cannot close this brief notice 'of the Fair, without saying fe w words as to th man -ner in which it was gotten up and earned out; and it is bo empty compliment to say that

the entire arrangements were superior, far j superior, to aay Fair we have bad the pleasure of attending. Ges. Orr, the President of the State Board, laid omt the grounds, and fixed the location of the Halls. He marked out the system of police, and during the Fair, gave his personal attention to secure the prompt performance of their duties. He rigidly, but with gentlemanly courtesy, enforced all the rules and regulations laid down for the government of exhibitors and competitors. To him much is due, for the success which attended the Fair, and we trust he will consent to serve as President cf the Board, at least another year. Mr. Dillon, the Secretary, and Mr. Fletcher the Superintendent, deserve the thanks of all interested in the Fair, for the labors and attentions they garc to thir respective duties.

Threshing- Machines at the State Fair. Among the most ex-citing scenes at the State Fair, was tho contest between the Threshing Machines. The principal competitors were Messrs. A. Gaar A Co., of this city, and Messrs. Hasselman A Vinton, of Indianapolis. The premium was awarded to Messrs. Gaar A Co., after a close examination and a thorough trial of b-.h machines, in the presence of an impartial committee. The mere statement of this ftct were sufficient, were it not that our friends tho Locomotive, published at Indianapolis, lias seen fit U give it what we deem an unfair notice. The editor of that paper says: "We were more interested in tho trial of thrashing machines than anything else, and must confess iL-U we were a good deal provoked at tho difference in time allowed between Hassalaaan A Vinton's rust-hine, and A. Gaar's of Richmond. The gentleman that timed it ii'i doubt intended to a -t tirlv, but he was . . . - . mistaken, as we know irom our own knowJ-j edga, and as twenty others that timed it, will j testify. Tho machines thrashed one 7 bushel in five minute, and the other 8 bush-1 els in lk minuter, or 5. as the judge announ-1 ced. There was another trial announced for: yesterday, Friday, at one o'clock, the result of which we will give next week. Both these ! machines work well, and arc a credit to their ! manufacturers. Willi the diffureaca in time, ' the difference in tho quality of wheat, and the disarrangement of a band on one machine while in motion, we should think H. A V.'s machine would be entitled to the premium l. j: t . .1 i .1 but we are disposed to think the committee will make a different award. We have no disposition to controvert what our ftiernl knows "from his own knowledge." further than to say that even he might possibly be mistaken. Mr. Cheek, of Aurora, is the member of the committee referred to as having timed the maehrae-of the Messrs. Gaar A Co., and expresses tlie utmost confidence in the correctness of the time, and there were many others who also noted the time, and who agree with him as to time. It would have been well if the editor of the Locomotive had said also, that Messrs. Hasselman A Vinton's machine was crowded beyond its capacity, choking the chain and riddles, and stopping the machino twice, and that due allowance was made by the committee for each of these stoppages. We believe that they did not run their straw stacker, and took it off, thus making their machine run at least one horse lighter, and giving them a decided advantage. They threshed 7J bushels in five minutes, running time. The machine of Messrs. Garr A Co., made a clean run of five minutes, and threshed eight bushels, cleaning it perfectly, and stacking the chaff a-nd straw, and did not show the least sign of choking, or of being overworked. The greatest difference, perhaps, between the two machines, was in the manner in which the grain was saved. The committee and others present, could but observe that the Indianapolis machine wasted the grain to a much greater extent than did the Richmond machine, and that most probably influenced the committee; and it is but an act of justice to Mr. Cheek to say that he was not present with the committee when the award was made. It is not our purpose to detract from the value of the machine of Messrs. Hasselman A Vinton, and have only said what we have, in reply to an attack made upon that of Messrs. Gaar A Co. Kaxsas Election. It is known to the reader that the infamous legislature of Kansas, ordered the election of a delegate to Congress. The election was he'd the Missouriana attended the free sta'e men decthied voting the Missourians, of course, elected Whitfield, a slavery man. The citizens of Kansas, the free State men, ordereJ and held an election on the 9th instant Gov. Iveeder was elected. The Misscuri ins did not vote at the last !.-tion. Both delegates wiH attend at Washington, and claim their seats. The territory is entitled to but one delegate, aad the question will be which one of these susii icvcntru. m. &o uia, 3 v vj i outlaws and border ruffians the election was j .... . . J U1UV1VU UJ A irlHtUIT .'i O " l.kl. uv. i designated by law, and ia neither law or jus-j tice, u Whitfield entitled to a scat. It is not j contended that Keeder was elected in accor dance of law, but he is the representative of the people of Kansas, elected by them in a fair aud honorable manner. The result may be that cei thee will be admitted. The Republicans have a majority in the House, and vf they were disposed to follow a democratic precedent, as established in the celebrated New Jersey case, they would admit Reeder to a seat. In the New Jersey case referred to, the election was by general ticket the Whig candidates were declared elected, by throwing out some polls which had been illegally conducted, or not returned in time. They received certificates of election, bearing the broad seal" of the State of New Jersey. The democratic candidates claimed their seat, upoa the ground that they bad received a majority of the vote of that State, admitting tha illegality of some of the polls, but upoa what was claimed to be the democratic principle, that whenever the voice of the people eomld be known, it should be obeyed, and tb democrats were admitted, and the "broad seal" of New Jersey repudiated. Upon this principle. Reader will be admitted to a seat

Bcroax thb Election. ''There is no officer to be elected at the approaching election who will have party measures to carry out in discharging his duty hence the people should cast their votes for those who are best qualified to discharge the duties. If the candidates we support cannot stand this test we ask no one to vote for them. When an election is on hand involving party principles we shall go our whole length with our party, because we

believe its principles are right; but vre do not regard the approaching election one that should assume a parly character. Jeff. bept. 27. After tue Election. "The Democracy j and their candidates have great reason to con- j gratulate themselves on the result of the late j eWtion. not onlv throughout the State, but , even in this comity and judicial circuit. To have actuallyjtriumphed in part, and to have com so near complete victory, in a locality where they have nearly always been , greatly in the minority, and where, only a year ago, the madness of Know Nothing fanaticism and monocracy raged and reigned supreme, is truly encouraging, as indicative of the fruits to be expected trom the 'sober second thought' of the people." Jeff. Oct. 18. Z3T Pretty tall crowing, Jeemes, considering that the recent election was one that you regarded as not assuming "a party character!" There's quite a difference before and after the election in our neighbor's opinions, and we leave him to make them jingle together as best he may. He and his party are perfectly welcome to all the muaic they can make out such triumphs! His duplicity however in this case will be remembered "when an elec tion is on hand, involving psrty p next time mark that. rineiples," I Tub Williamson- Cask again. The case of Passmore Williamson was lately brought before Judge Kane, on the application of Jano Johnson, the former slave of Wheeler, for the release of Mr. W. from confinement on the charge of contempt of court; but the Judge refused to hear the application, notwithstanding the case came up precisely in the same manner a it first came on the application of Wheeler. The only difference in the cases, (and that was no doubt an essential one in the view of Judge K.) was, that the former was a slaveholder, seeking to recover his absconding human chattel, the latter the former chattel herself, and not presumed to possess rights equal to other human beings. i9 there a 'lower depth' of infamy to which J this judicial monster can attain" Fire in Bloomington- III. A fire broke out in a Livery stable on the south side of the Public square, on the night of the 16th inst. and destroyed all tho buildings in the block except two. Among the number was the Morgan House, loss about 810,000, the printing office of the Central Illinois Times, loss $1,500, and the Pantagraph printing office, loss 62,000. In the livery stable there were eight horses burned; one man was instantly killed, and two seriously injured by the fal ling of a chimney. Total loss estimated at j over 8150,000. News Items. The New York Tribune of the 20th says that it hat been informed by a gentleman recently from Kansas, that, in passing through the town of Kansas, he was informed that a gang of border ruffians had gone into the territory for the avowed purpose of killing Gov. Reeder. Doubtful. W The latest intelligence from Texas, is that Ward, democrat, was chosen to Congress from the Eastern District. i W Captain Callahan had another fight with the Mexicans and Indians, daring which j the town of Piedras Negras was burnt. j It was reported that he had returned to San : Antonio for reinforcements. There are also J rumors that large numbers of the enemy had j crossed to the Texas side of the Rio Grande, j At a meeting held at San Antonio, it was re-, solved that a thousand men should be raised immediately for service. Eclipse. There will bo a total eclipse of the moon, on this, (Thursday) night, beeinning a few -minutes before 12 o'clock. The moon will be totally eclipsed for one hour after the commencement of the partial eclipse, and will remain in total obscuration one hour and a half. It will be visible in every part of the United States. Thk Comiso Elections. The elections yet to take place are as follows; Louisiana, Monday, November 5, State officers and five Representatives to Congress. Mississippi, Monday, November 5, State officers and five Representatives to Congress. New York, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, State officers, but no Gov-! ernor or Lieutenant Governor. Wisconsin, j Tuesday, Nov. 6, State officers. Maryland, j Wednesday, Nov. 7, six Representatives to j Congress. Massachusetts, Monday, Nov. 12,! State officers. In Tennessee, Alabama, Cal-j ifornia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the Legislatuers in each State elect one U. S. oena.or. , , ' " " . 7,. Good s: The editor of the rrankhn Democrat, suffered a fellow by the name of Berry to meddle with the domestic affairs of Mrs. : Goodwin, wife of the editor of the Brookville j American, through his columns. Mrs. G. j addressed a letter to Bentley, the editor of the Democrat, pronouncing the charge of Berry (mistreating a hired girl) false aad unfounded, and desired him to give it a place in his col- j umnsas an advertisement and send the bill to ' her. Mr. Bentley gallantly refused to dothU; act of justice towards a female, whom he had j permitted this Berry to slander; and, in self-! I defence, the editor cf the American publishes j bis wife's communication, with a few scathing j remarks of bis own. Mrs. G. generously of-j fers to give Berry a situation in her kitchen at a dollar a week, ia order that be may witness how she treats her "help," thua testing "the matter by actual experiment," and closes her communication in the following true-womanly style: "With sentiments of profound contempt for any man who will meadie with my do mestic affairs, and publish a falsehood concerning me, merely fox political effect, I am yours, Ac." Otn&tmndf Mr. Bentley! Poor, mean Barry! Oar opinion ia that such Berry' t ar not worth preserving, even whan cooked in the approved manner of Mrs, G. Her raceipa however is a Oood'n.

The Weekly Chkosicle. This is the title ! Tfce Repablicaa Hoose of last Winter, a new paper recently commenced at Center-! Som viUifier. too mean to sign his name to ville this county, by Messrs. Strickland glanders betters la the Sentinel, on yesme, iu counij, "j terday. savs that there were two Republicans and Smith. It is founded, we belie ve on the j drunk ) one old Uair A sLin. ruins of the late Cambridge City News, and ! derous, malicious, and contemptible charge, presents quite a fcir appearance. In politics, j never was made. We venture to say, that it takes a neutral or independent position. not a member of the Republican party in the .... i House was intoxicated during the session. Wewish the publishers success in their n-We know tfcat notonisa a:uai drinker, terprise. not one was nominated behind the screen of a ! Coffee-House, and met his midnight associates J- At a meeting held at Salisbury school I ja ,hft eellars and dogg eries where Old Line house on the 20th inst., for consultation, Ac. orators and statesmen are wont to revel aad

hr the sitiiensof the vicinitv, m. Knox was i called to the chair, and David il. Cochran appointed Secretary.'" Mr. Knox, on taking the chair, stated that he understood that the trouble or grievances with citizens present, and others, was in regard to the directors of the Wayne County Turnpike Company taking a daily, half-daily and hourly heavy toll from them and their neighbors. On motion, a committee of five was appointed by the chair, to retire and report further business, to-wit: Jerry Brown. Joseph Derrickson. George Fosler. John E. Pugh and Samuel Shute, who reported by their chairman, John E. Pugh, the following preamble and resolutions. Whereas, The Directors of the Wayne County Turnpike Company have been d-ecing their neighbors, by exacting high and unjust tolls, notwithstanding said corporation took from many of the land-holders fifty to one hundred and fifty dollars worth of land which they hold by strong hands and a one-sided charter, without any remuneration whatever, and by way of adding insult to injury, they place a man at a gate, who is to help lighten your pockets ten times a day if the laboring man hauls that many loads of wood; and, whereas, the General Government sent a special agent to the owners of the soil along said road, will; all the requisite laws and authority ta nerrotiaiff and sav to landholders, pivo the right of we will wav alone the line of said road, and j make a ereat National road free to j all the world except a light tariff to keep the road in order; and after spending some two thousand dollars of the people's money, it . was turned over to the State of Indiana. The ; Legislature thereof, granted the charter with : the great works, to a set of wealthy men of ! this county, on condition that the gates, he. I placed ten'miles apart, and no more than 15 j per cent, collected; therefore, j Resolved, That every man along the line 1 should have the privilege of passing one gate i on said road to market to mill and meeting. ! bv paving once a year a light toll. ; Jiesolred, 1 hat Samuel fchute, w m, tvnox, Barton Wyatt and E. Railsback be appointed a committee of correspondence with the directory, to learn the least yearly toll they will agree to take from the citizens along the line. Jtisoleed, That this meeting stands adjourned to meet at this place again, on the j first Saturday in November next, at 1 o'clock Jiesolved, That the papers of this county be requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting, and oblige us individually. WM. KNOX, Chairman. D. M. Cochran, Secretary. At a meeting of the nailers and mill owners of Knightstown, Raysville, Ogden and vicinity, convened for the purpose of taking into consideration the high tariff imposed on flour, and also upon offal from wheat, by some ;

of the Railroads. We are informed that there j this effort has proceeded mainly as our readwas an arrangement made and entered into ; ers know, from the party claiming to bo par by the Indiana Central, the Hamilton and Ea- j excellence democratic. "And whatever," said ton, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day- Mr. Beecher, tells a clergymen that he is anyton Railroad Companies, to bill flour through ' thing more than a christian gentleman tells to Cincinnati, Jrom any point on the Central him a lie." He must work upon the earth. Railroad, at a cost from this place of thirty ' and no more than other men should be above cents per barrel. We are also informed that ; his business. sometime last spring or summer, this arrange- j Another point was the duty of women to the ment was voluntarily repudiated by the Rail- country, in the discussion of which he took roads betweeen Richmond and Cincinnati, ' "Woman's Right's" ground clear round to

without giving the Centra1 Railroad notice thereof, in consequence of which one of us has sustained a loss of about a dollar per barrel on a quantity that was billed through, by its being refused and detained at Richmond until the price fell, and that these two said roads have added an additional tariff of seven cents per barrel from Richmond to Cincinnati. In consequence of this unfair dealing and high tariff, we have met in convention to make our complaint Known 10 inose uirecuj mwrested in said roads. Whereupon, Joseph Stopher was anpointed President, and C. White, Secretary, and after a free interchange of opinions, it was Resolvtd, That whereas there arc twelve flouring mills running about twenty-four pair of burrs, and capable of manufacturing more than 80,000 barrels of flour per year, all of which must be shipped from the depots iu this vicinity, besides, perhaps, an equsl amount from other points between Indianapolis and Richmond: and. whereas, there are other roads and canal by which wc can ship even to Cincinnati at about the same or less cost, and other ports, towns ana markets Desioes v-m-cinnati, both south and east, ot which we can and have availed ourselves of, ever since we learned the increase of tariff upon us. Resolved, That we shall continue to evade patronizing said roads named above, whilst their present 5riff continues, even at a sacrifice on longer ones, for we can ship to Louisville, Dayton, Cleveland, Buffalo, Baltimore, or even Cincinnati, via Indianapolis and Lawrenceburg. at about the same rates. Resolved, That the tariff on bran and shorts being about fifty per cent, higher than on wheat and flour, precludes our shipping it to any market, the consequence is that it must be consumed at home, at a great sacrifice to us, whilst the roads lose all. Therefore, we request all railroads, Indiana Central included, to reduce the freight on this cheap article, at least as low as on wheat and flour per toe. Resolved, That we invite the attention of a'J interested in the milling business on the Central Indiana Railroad, between Indianapolis and Richmond, to the above preamble and resolutions, and request that they take simij lar action Resolved, That the papers of Cincinnati, Hamilton, Eaton, Richmond and Indianapolis be requested to publish the above for the notice and action of said roads, and that the Secretary be directed to furnish copies of the j proceedings of this meeting to the Cincinnati ; Gazette and Richmond Palladium for publka- j tion. JOSEPH STOPHER, President. ! C. Whits Secretary. i ' - j Hox. Lxwts D. Camfbxll. About forty of! tv- ,-i a i;t;..t fr-:T r.f fr : Camfbxll, to testify, in a slight degree, thei .. s . . , - , . -it - t f man, gave him a fine entertainment in this city on Saturday evening. Among those P resent were several oi our most active ana intelligent merchants and business men. Short but pithy speeches were made by Mr. Campbell; Mr. Chase, the Governor elect; Mr. Roberts, of Boston; Mr. Reed, of the Cemmertial; Mr. Taylor, of Walnut Hills; and several other gentlemen. The time passed very pleasantly, and every one present was highly delighted with the occasion. Cin.. Gnrette.

swear eternal fidelity to free whisky. We j venture to say, that not one of them was ar- 1 rested by the Watchmen and plead his privi- j lege as a member of tho House to get clear, j This is more than the Old Liners can say for ; themseles. Ind State Jjrnel. You are mistaken. Bro. Sulrove; they can I say as much, but they all know it is false, when they say it. We venture the assertion,! that a more sober set of men, than were the I Republican members of the Legislature last) winter, never met at Indianapolis they were j sober to a proverb we never saw one ot them, I

who, we thought the least under the influence of intoxicating liquors. How was it with the Old Liners? Xo lobby member, who was at Indianapolis, but for a day, could fail to discover who was the whisky lotiny party. Every honest member of the Legislature last winter, hnetc, that almost the entire number of those who were, from day to day, more or less drunk, belonged to the "simou pure Old Line party" the anti Church, anti-every-tliing, having a tendency towards political or moral reform. We always had some confidence in the integrity of some of tle leaders of this antiquated party, until we heard A. P. Willard, when he spoke in this city, somo weeks ago, assert, that two thirds of the Republican members of the llou?e who voted for the Prohibitory Liquor Law last winter, were too drunk to cast their votes tinderst.indin '!v. This, com :nT from the v :.u. Governor we must con fe!S ,.ther ...(r0r(,red our credulitv. and we ! couij oniv i,;m on th- .rron'nil. that hr. ! rlke .11 0h.P m,n who aralmOSt 11 the time ! irunk fancied himself the only person entire-1 )v POv,er, rrhilo all tho rest of the world is r'eb.ing anj st.igoring. It suggested, truly. ' the idea of thev'Devil reproving siu." Ter- j re fau(e Erpress. ' . ... - - II. Ward Beecuer at Inmanapolis. Mr.' Beccher delivered .i lectuie in Masonic Hall,' T ,. .. , . In'polw. on Saturday evening last. Ihe , Journal says: "His subject was "Patriotism." We have j not space to give an abstract of it, but we will notice one or two of its promiuent points, lu 'speaking of the duty of citizens to their coun-J j try the necessity for all men to feel an inter- I jest, and make it active in the affairs of the j I country; he spoke most effectively of the in-! tense folly of those who for political purposes have denounced preachers for "meddling in politics." A minister, ho said, was a citizen and unworthy of his station if he felt less than a citizen's interest in the welfare of his country. To shut off that class from participation in the political affairs to seperate them from the mass of mn by distinguishing privileges or immunities to say to them, "You I or, 1,1 , ,i ... .i , was simply to create classes, or in other words, aristocracy, for a class was nothing but a short way of spelling aristocracy. And the fence in every direction. He contended they should vote, hold office, and do all that man may do, and the country would be purer for the interfusion of female intellect aad character. Instead, as Miss Squeers says, ofj "blacking and crooking themselves by the contract," they would remain pure and purify all they touched. He concluded by an allusion to the Know j Nothing movement, which he reprehended if . aimeu ai exciuaing immigration, or creating re ligious hostilities, but thought the extension of naturalization to such a period as would ena- j ble foreigners to learn our language, laws, : and character, would not be far out of the way. The lecture was radiant with brilliant points. more so than any we ever heard from him bej fore, and we have heard him many times He was particulailv severe on professional i preachers who are more solicitious to be known , as preachers than men. U. S. Capitol. The Washington j speaking of the Capitol building, says: Star j "A well informed gentleman, who has rei cently made the tour of Europe, remarked to i us a day or two sime, after carefully inspect'ng many of the detailed plans of the work, that taking into consideration its situation, ! materials, etc., the modern world will contain i nothing besides, in the shape of a building, ; to compare with it, when completed, in grsni duer, elegance, good taste, and the scientific i and mechanical skill displayed in its construction. It will be a monument of eminence to our engineers, architects, artists and artizans of this particular age, such as will exist in after times, in no other country, whatever, an worthy of striking future nations and generations with awe, and as the pyramids are is the minds of thoe t ow living on the earth. We write in sober earnest on this subject, ai will be fully appreciated so soon as the work has sufficiently progressed to permit those who view it casually, to comprehend the minute style of finish and completeness of the whole vast pile." Petof of teb Bis.jaiv. A few Papifct journals hare tlecieu that lucre w acv barj-aia be- ; tweea the Pope aci General Pierce in rer-ard to j the appointment of Postmaster General C'mrbell, and they have demanded proof. Mr. Barringer, oar Minister to Spain, was the author of the charge that there was a bargain, and he has I vnttpn ft lttr dittAI Jnlv Q 1 V frrm V i r.. a j whicb be n,. the folloirioe- statement. Tbe Papists demaadea that Mr. Barringer shoaie make a statement under his own band. Here it is. Wfcat say yon now, rapists? Yea have de niacded the proof and yon mast not evade its force. Listen to what Mr. Barriagtr says: "Before I had asy aothsctic aad certain r.ew of the formation cf the Csainet, as! while it was still a snbject of eonjeetore st the Court of Madrid, be (THE POPE S NUNCIO) teld me I jaU iU. HV 1 & , I 1 M. VSJ Xj 'J 1 v . tkatJadge Lampbeii, or fenasvlvaaia, was apj po5atei Mi that he was a Catholic, which was j nrst information I bad either ef his appoiatmeet or his relifien." The following beaut Ltl sentiment is from the Cincinnati Gazette: The strength of this Union lies deep down in the hearts of the people, as the roots and fibres which gives nourishment and equipoise to the oak, "the monarch of the woods," lie bid from public vision beneath the soil on which it stands.

Pretty Goon. Said ona of our speakers the other evening, the old liners are very much ! disturbed because our preachers will persist

in preaching politics. Why, says he, when- j ever tney reason ot rtgnteousmss, tne oia iners set it down that they are preaching against slavery and in favor of the restoration . ot" the Missouri Compromise. Whenever ' they reaoa of temperance they think they are preaching in favor ot the pronioitory iiquor law. And whenever they reason ol a judgment to curat . they are keen to swear that the preacher is talking about the October election. And thus that beautiful and sublime discourse of Paul before Felix is entirely tabooed. Xeie Albany Trilune. Cost or Flovr. The Boston Traveler states that some weeks since a gentleman of Boston was traveling in the West, and, whiles at Chicago, purchased half a dozen barrels ot fine nour lor his own use at ro B7 peri barrel. He sentit to Boston, and the extreme ' i cost, delivered at his house there, was 87 oO per barrel. At that time the same brand of rlour was selling at 814 per barrel, or for near-! ly double what the gentleman's cost bint. A j few days since the citizens of Provincetown eld a met tin ij and chose a committee of five persons to proceed to the West, with full power to contract for dour sufficient to supply the famies in that town. The Pestilence Summed up. The fever is over at Norfolk. Ou this eve: t the Southern Argus has some remarks, well timed and geni r-i ! 1 vr u1 1 v -i aA c , ? vinrti.iiihirlti I Vi u t .

v.-.. "j.i---.-,Ul f.. un; -v ""114 savs r.e is not aware ot any p of Mr. Finch, its iate editor who died of the iiKr,in- K.it K ..!;....; , ti,D V,

fever. Tho surviving editor on retaking his post, states Uiat his labors have been siupen-1 ded for thirty-nine days, "no merval of hoh - j i . - .: -... o;iy, oui in parucipnuon in me miseries i as j dire a visitation as was made by the plague j spirit in fulfilrment of the Almighty behest to i the region of doom and devastation." Within a space of three months, out of an average population of six thousand, "every man, woman, and child, (almost without exception.) has been stricken with the fell fever, and about two thousand have been buried being not less - than two out of three of the whites one out of three of the whole abiding community of Norfolk, white and black! What a hideous summing up! Besides this, one half of the other resident physicians perished, and not less than thirty-six in all, resident, and visitant, fell martyrs. Woman's Rights Convention. The Indiana Woman's Right's Association assembled yesterday afternoon at Washington Hall. The weather "being disagreable the attendance was I not large. Emi B. Swank, of Henry county, was President, aud Mary B. Birdsall Secretary. The President made quite a lengthy address, and was followed by Joseph Barker of Ohio. The venerable James Mott and his gifted wife, Luoretia, wero present. Mrs. Rose, Mrs. Gage, and others were expected to arrive on the evening train from Cincinnati. If any of our attorneys or others desire to discuss the "Woman's Rights" questions, we learn the Convention will be prolonged indefinitely. fndianaj'olis Juornal. The Prohibitory Liquor Law. Judge Roosevelt, of the New York Court of Oyer and Terminer, has added his decision to the many that have already pronounced the prohebitory liquor law unconstitutional. This opinion is to the effect that the law interferes with the revenues of the Federal Goverement which it was the leading object of the new Constitution, as distinguished from the old articles of Confederation, to place beyond State control. Among the acts which Congress, by the new Constitution; is authorized to pass, says the Judge, "is an act laying duties, in the language of the Constitution, have been so laid, and are to be collected, in order to 'pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States.' Can a State Legislature, then if one may, any number may without the consent of Congress, say in effect that one whole branch of the revenna of the Federal Government, expressly provided by Congress for its support, shall be cut off?" The Judge thinks not. More Corruption. The New York Trib-' une contains a letter from Missouri, making statements, which, if true, as they appear to; be, shows an amount of corruption in the ! President and his Administration, that excels

all the people have yet witnessed in the head j Doctor, believing that she had a touch of ths of the goverment. Under the act appropria-j cholera. Not finding Dr. J. R. Wood, shs ting swampy lands to the State in wich they i called in a strange Doctor, who upon entering lie, the State of Missouri selected nearly 500, ' the room, said to her: "Madame, is yeur 000 acers, about 200,000 of which is known j daughter married?" The mother answered: to be good, dry land, not included under the j "Certainly, sir; do you not see her boy Iyiaf specifications of the act. So notorious was 'just eleven weeks old to-day?" "Eleven weeks this fact that the General Land Office refused iold," replied he: why woman, she is goinf to issue any patents. The matter has stood j to present her husband with another child." in abeyance since the spring of 1853, until re- And so it turned out instead of the cbolsecntly Gov. Price, of Missouri, went to Wash ra, there appeared a bouncing fat girl who is

icgioo, nu ut perbonai arrangement wun the l'resident himself, procured patents for the fraudulent appropriated I.inds. The fact that Missouri is a Slave State, probably accounts for the criminal preference of her interests to those of the country, by the head of the government. Anna's son, who figured as a colonel in his father's army, mostly in Michoscan, was taken prisoner a few days since while on his way in disguise to Vera Cruz, with the intention of embarking secretly from that port. The people of the village where he was arrested determined to lynch him on the spot for his abominable crimes; but he was preserved from their vengeance and sent to Vera Cruz, where he awi.its his trial. He is only about twenty-five years old, but is one of the most bloodthirsty villains that ever lived. XiT'We regret to learn that the public schools of Lafayette arc to be closed for the present. The school fund is about fifteen hundred dollars in debt, and, under such circumstances and the present inadequate school law, the school board is unwilling to assume the responsibility of a still greater debt. We hope such a state "of affairs will not be permitted to last long, for it were about as well that the wheels of government should be stopped as that the great fountains of education should be dried up. 3T A correspondent of the Deseret News gives the following account of the discovery of a new kind of sugar at Provo City: Last week a sweet substance was discovered on the leaves of the trees. A few began to gather it by stripping off the leaves and soaking them in water. Ia this way Dr. A. Daniels made eleven pounds of sugar in one day; it looks and tastes like maple sugar. Many scores of men, women and children are now engaged in gathering it. W It is mentioned as a fact worthy of notice, that the naval armament destroyed by the Russians themselves, to prevent it from Calling into tbe bands of their enemies, exceeded in number of guns, the whole aaval force of tbo United States! yPeople never improve after marriage. Tbe girl that's insolent to her parents, will be very apt to give sass, to ber husband.

The Crops this Skasos. Tk corn c of the United States is estimated at ne oi lion bushels for the year 1855! Of thi v

amount the human mind has but poor concp. tion. Noticing in our exchanges numenm. lion, noticing in our exenanges numerous calculations concerning the amount of pro. duce raided this year, we submit the following statement of the crop of corn for 18o0in " some of the chief States. Upon this basis people can make tueir own calculations: 1850. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri, From the above data 17,858.408 19.837.2S4 59.078,695 36.54,319 52,964.363 57.645.9S4 53,672, f.9l 30,1-80.099 52.276.t23 36.214.537 farmers can form . rood opinion of the amount raised th ,on. V are inclined to put the increase on $$o at fifty per cent, for corn and 60 per cent fr wheat. " XT" The Rothschilds, according to their own estimate, possess 700,000,000 in personal property, exclusive of real estate, seig. nories, mines, Ac. which amount to at least half as much more, making over one thousand millions, or an amount much larger than .1. 1 : x- x - . I lue enure valuation oi .ew l ork city. ! XW Tassmore Williamson has written a j letter from the Philadelphia county prison. He savs he is not aware of any rrospect of k-u:l:r of ncilher falsehood nor dissimulation, nor contumely, -he will not be guilty of a , Jeradin capitulation " a & Livvor Law in Michigan. The Detroit Inquirer thus speaks of the operation of the Liquor Law in that Slate: The good effects of the prohibition of the pale of liquor by law are already become apparent When the law went into effect the Marshall Statesman says there were six prisoners in the Calhoun county jail. Now there are none; the Sheriff has starved out and has gone into the Livery business! Here th "unjust workings" of this law are made glaringly apparent. JT-i7The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Daily Times thinks the Administration has a covert motive in the bother which it is making over the Danish Sound Dues. H thinks the Danish quarrel is being cultivated as the germ of a foreign war, to direct the attention of the people from the Kansas troub. les, the unpopularity of the AdministrationThe Baltimore Patriot notices a dan gerous conuterfeit of the denomination of $20 on the LTnion Bank of Wilmington, Delaware. were passed oa a banking-house. Jt57The Fourierite establishment, known as the North American Phalanx, New Jersey, has literally gone to smash. All its real es- , tatc, in which some 8 100,000 had been invested, came under the hammer on Thursday last, and produced in the aggregate 856,000, or a little over $83 per acre. This, with the estimated proceeds of its moveable property will enable them to pay from sixty to seventy per cent on the stork issued. The members of the community have nothing to show for the twelve years that the institution has been in existence. They admit that it has proved a complete failure. Last Choice. The Rushville Jacksonisa says that for the Presidency, Jesse D. Bright is its first, second aad LAST choice. Brooiville American. j7 This last choice of the Jacksonian is a bright idea, sure! Being the only one left in the lard oil keg of the Jacksonian editor, it became lonesome that may account for its escape from its comfortable and roomv quarters! We shall next look for our Jeff, neighbor to announce John L. Robinson st his first, second and last choice for the Presidency, provided he regards that election st "Involving party principles," and that it "should assume a party character!" Stranue bct Trce. About twelve years ago a young and blooming lady of Ludlow street, in this City, entered the bonds of matrimony, and about eleven weeks ago tbs presented her husband with a fat healthy bov. Last Friday she was suddenly taken sick. ; and ber mother being with her sent for the ; tnr iving ana aomg wen. The writer of this knows these facts tobt true, although they may appear very Strang. A". Y. Tribune. Feveb and Agce Partt. Siubbs hatsuggested that a mass convention of all the I lloosiers who have had the "fever an'ager, be held at Indianapolis during the State air. and that the Executive Committee pay s pre mium of o25 for the best specimen of a shans. Stubbs never had a chill in all hit life, but says his neighbors have brought down all the mitt in this neck of woods. He was in town yesterday inquiring for quinine. Yincennes GazeUe. We rather think the Upper Wabash wu come in for that prise. They shake so hard up there that half the water is splashed oat of the Wabash and Erie Canal. Sam Mxdart's Epitaph. We find the following (says the Chilicothe Gazette) in yesterday's Statesman. It is possible that Sans Medary bas been publishing his own epitaph -A more appropriate ona could scarcely bT been written: EPITAtH OF SAM. "Below liw Sam, ma great thmm As ever galled uiioo; Hi lirti and lied, blMpbemed aad died. And now hi lot' iunulim. tftW The man who thoughtTie would edit a paper to suit everybody, was at last aceonnto trying to keep the run of 8outh America revolutions. Preserving old chap. Advakcx is Gcspowdbr. The Pitt-bar (Pa.) Gazette notices an advance of fifty fls per keg in powder, and a large advance in saltpetre, owing to the continuation European war, which has caused a bwg ' port demand for the article. GazeUe quo blasting at 94 and rifle at 95,25. AwNXXATiojr. Some prominent Medill sad Trimble men propose to get up a petition the Kentucky Legislature, asking it to aaass Hamilton County to the State, as thus tbe asterial interests ot Queen City would be adf saeed. Slave holders would then continue to trade there. XT'Lore is like a cigar the longer it burns tbe less it becomes. J"A Mrs. Hogo, of Fultom twenty, recently gave birth to three little kegsl ber soul! ,.-.