Rising Sun Times, Volume 4, Number 191, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 15 July 1837 — Page 2
8ATIRBAV MORNING, JULY 13, IS37.
crops as unusually good the present sca-
We have not yet met wuu Mngie
son.
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complaint in respect to poor crops some tiling very singular. THE RIVER
The Ohio has been unusually high for the season, though it is now falling rapidly.
It is.feared that seme considerable damage has been done in the bottoms and lowlands, to the corn and other crops. THE MARKETS. The Cincinnati Gazette of the 1 1th inst. reports sales of Flour in that city the previous day, at 7 37 and 7 50 from wagons, and from store at 7 62 and 7 75 ; Whiskey from wagons, 25 and 25i cents; Bacon 7 and 7 .
I am, "Mr. Editor, of the same politics of Judge Taylor, and it might bo said I am inconsistent in ghiug the preference to' Mr. Dumont for Governor. Bur, sir, in this matter lam:; veined by different mo tivr than that of partv feeling. We sec
oni' once prosperous State on the verge of
bankruptcy, ami wc sec Jir. anacc, me . . - . i
whole hog candidate ior uucruai implements, still holding out to the people the propriety of going a-ltead with the works begun, and no classification. On the other hand, wc sec Mr. Dumont from tho beginning opposed to this matter; and believmr Mr. Dumont the most formidable can
didate for Governor; and believing also
had been provided, and a p'atform erected lor the occasion. The inclemency of the weather precluded tho possibility of notes being taken of the Ad less; and it would be the height of presumption to attempt,
TEXAS. A correspondent of a New Orleans paper savs the Tcxian army is in a state of insubordination, and that they have threat
ened to elect their own oliiccrs and march
without notes, even a faint out line of; to Matamoras and pay themselves with
reasoning and eloquence that could have' plunder mat "ine si l uers nave tnrcaten
riv.tted the ; ttention ot so large a concourse of people in defiance of such "wind and weather' as prevailed during its delivery. The clearness of the orator's voice, the expressive character of his countenance, a ad tho appropriate nature of his action and general elocution, very happi y supplied through the cic of tho auditor
many splendid passag s that would, in
that our whole salvation depends on him, I consequence of tho weather, have been
OHIO. A great whig convention assembled at
Columbus, on the 4th mst. " to consult on seit'
such measures as might be conducive to the general welfare of the country, and a more efficient organizati n of the Whig
I think it policy to drop Judge Taylor, and
go our whole strength for John Dumont and Abe! C. Pepper men with whom wc have long been acquainted, and men that we believe will, as far as in their power lies, arrest the downward course of the
State. "Go a-hcad, ' Dumont and l eppcr. With the foregoing remarks, I shall
conclude for the present, by signing my-
A 01LK Of Dearborn county.
lost to tho car; and in this way only can wc account for the breathless silence which pervaded the audience during the period of throe hours occupied in the delivery of the Address. It was, in truth, a noble and eloquent plea for education in its broad and lilerul sense: and. whilst everv sentence of the
cd to march upon Houston, and lire everv
house in it, if the cabinet let the land video be opened, according to announcement on the 1st of June: they stating that the speculators and idlers would be able to locate all the choice lands, whilst their
military duties in the field would prevent, them from procuring a lair participation in the location of eligible lands. In consequence of such a demonstration of feeling,
President Houston, by Proclamation, pro
hibited the
A BtACK hole. Wc find the following in a Mobile paper. "The New Orleans Callabooso is a disgrace to the city in which it is located, according to accounts. It now holds a person who was but recently an opulent merchant is this city. He lclt here under circumstances which at
the tune caused much speculation about an indignation against hiul. But there is a point beyond which a man should not be punished particularly one who has not been proved to have been so very guilty.
I lie man wc allude to is now nearly or quite, a maniac, suffering in a detestable hole in the New Orleans Callaboose, whero he is surrounded by cu'pit negroes, dirt.
heat and musquctocs. I he man should
at least have a trial before he is hurried
opening of the land office ac-j out of tho world in this vile way." If the
case is fairly state 1. tho municipal authorities of Now Oilcans ought tojic brought to punishment, for such conduct to a fellow-
cording to former announcement."
FROM MEXICO.
The schooner Courier, Captain Dolu-'man.
vilie, arrived yesterday from Matamoras,!
which place she left on the 1 1th instant. ' advebtwing. .v won 'or tr.c Aew
Address was replete wiih point, strength, To the Courier of last evening wc arc in- Xul lv papers thrive so handsomely, they and beautv. lhc-o was an earnestness debted for the following items: i cnc!l contain every .lay two or three hunan enthusiasm in its delivery, dcmoiistra-j By private letters it would seem that (il'C(' advertisements. Persons who tin? that conviction, and not vanity of j the appearance of the American fleet oil"; luivc their interest at heart will not be-
On Saturday last John Dumont, Esq., ! style or ot expression, was a paramount
meet wmi i tic rpcaucr. .ucr prowug
- . - ii
n moi - ii :iio i-.r iiovornor. a, o resseu a
party of the State.'' The convention ! mor, cf citizc ns of Marion Cmntv, at
..-incnete.1 its business and adionmcd the '. ilio Cvrt li,ntf in Indian onolis. The ! Ol lite, h
the importance of education in every walk
lluded to mischiefs done by
i i ,-t t.. !Mm tUiv!o m,d mnnncr of Mr. Dumont were of i those theorists who oecm (I learning en
must be invariably paid for in advance. , . , I that character which always distinguishes i ttreiy unnecessary to the pious professors ; hold themscives m readiness tor immediate
I -..,1 If t.mr
must be accompanied with the cash, unless ordered for publication by a brother publisher.
Matamoras had caused considerable alarm ! gnidgo the trifling sum which an adver
tisement may cost. It not only brings merchants, mechanics, ccc. into public notice, but gives a thriving feature to the city or village, and tells tho world that wo arc up and doing.
among the inhabitants, who fearful of an attack, had packed up all their valuables for a move; that 1,000 troops, with two twenty-four pounders, were ordered to
! his efforts, pert, pointed and hit
resting. ' religion. On this point ho was very:
(yj-Wo have been authorized to withdraw the names of Roueut Wilkes and John Copley, F.sqs. from the list of candidates for Associate Judges.
A RARE SHOW.
The proprietor of the Cincinnati Western Museum, has given notice in the city p ipers, that he has preserved in appropriate vases, the head, heart an I right hand of Hoorcr, the murderer, who was executed on the 30 th ult., so as to show distinctly the features. &c. It must be a beauti-
scrvice in ease of an attack. This four
was happily dispelled bv General Filasola
and the American consul, who repaired
i His remarks were listened to with tho tumble, and if, atter lus ahusion t; the ! most orofomid attention, bv many jrcnlle-! eharacter of St. Paul, and to the (act, so
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m.-r nntu- II! W Kim I ! : I'OO W ! 1 li 111 111 , l ' lI- l-AUlliimi. in hit v...-, ...... u-um.i ..ii ......m .nv, ) v......
ligion was mightiest in too mirh'v, there mouore lalias.s Uac-slno, where matters j'"
Bank Facilities. The. Cincinnati Ga
zelle that tl
d
si lav savs
Wo understand
03-We arc authorized to state that j sight, truly! Hoover's request was
Jonx Palmer, Esq. of Manchester township, is a candidate for Probate Judge, at
that his body should so to the Museum,
his views of policy, but who almost universally accorded to him the merit of a fearless r.n l eloquent d abater, possessing tallen's of a good and a method of reasoning well calculated to arrest the attention of the public, lie has long been a member of our Legislative courcils, and well understands the history of the state, its men and measures. Few men have such an
' i available fund of witty and well timed an-
were any advocates left in the crov, d of the ! w ore adjusted satis
I gene i
Jul
auks oi this city hue conic to mnr.tion of receiving the notes of all the banks of this State,
ventuckj, at par, of the de-
and
This
ihe approaching election. C7 We are authorized to say that
Rohert IIargit of Miller tow nship, is a j
candidate for County Commissioner at the nest election.
and be "exhibited publicly, as a warning CC(JoJc ap M,. D.ilInon-,. aild fow can wic!J toothers of the awful risk attending a de-; the frmidablc weapon of satire with more parturo from the paths of irtuc." ! effect. Although Mr. Dumont may not zz-----zz-r-z r zr: j receive a very large number of voles, in OrThc Western Express mail, this far.! Marion county, some of his remarks will
, i oe wcu rcmemncreu in aner oavs. e
i l 1 . rT-i .i 1 1 . 1 il. i not
niuv ihom llin ;i r :i t in pc i if 1 1 r int(!!('t . input wiih , n ti'lt ifl . riinl r , Hi 1 1 ih1! ol V 11 ! 11:11 l i -S
Vc hope the address will be published, defeated him. ns we arc informed; in that j measure will go i;ir to relievo the mcrcanas wc have no doubt il cannot fail to have case, by the next arrivals a good supply of! ll!c community, an 1 put a slop to the ima powerful effect in awakening, throughout specie "may be ho re expected. " i mcd,atc sh ivuig of some of our brokers." the State, a lively interest in the cause of Com. Dallas has forwarded despatches ! education. Mabash Courier. to the U. S. Government. j -V "Tinr to tiii: Wixt." The Lowell It was thousiht that the Julius Cirsnr I Mass. Courier gives tho following descrip-
C?-Wc arc authorized to anuouncc Dr.
John S. Pr.nciv.VL of Lawrcnccburgh, as'
it is stated in the papers, performs its trips
admirably, and in the time specified in the contracts.
OpThc following letter was written a-
tion.
0TWe have received tli' Address to the People of the Stale of Indiana, prepared by a commit .ce appointed' IbriHiSt purpose, at the late Classification ConJifi,;' and shall publish it next week.
hive heard several persons say that his soecch was one of the best specimens oi
The Coming Harvest.
Wc read the eneouriging accounts of the promise of the lipids which reach us from ali quarters with gratitude, but credit them with fear and trembling, if it be true that our distant friends are blcsso.l with more genial weather than is bestowed on our city, wc shall doubly rojiice; for
! would
!
not l o released, being a lawful as she had munitions of war on
pnze,
boa rd. Nothing had transpired in regard to the probable fate of the Champion.
a candidate for Coroner at the next clec-bouta month since, by I). Wkaver, Esqr.
and published in the Grecnsburgh Repository, from which we extract it. Wilmington, Juno 11, 1S37. To the Editor of the (lrccnsli;rgh Repository: Sir As one of the gun i dims of the
"huibkic press, and as a friend to the classifi
cation of the woiks of internal improvc-
COVF.KXOU'S ELECTION. incut in the Slate of In ham, and consc-
We learn from our exchange papers and qnenlly lnemiiy to use election o? a c.as-
other sources, that Judge lAYi.oalias ce- , .... ' j lines, in order, in some degree, to correct clined holding a poll for Governor cer- xw nn, ns v(l0 Indiana Democrat, that
tainly a very wise movement in him, if it 1 Judge Taylor's prospects are as good as be the fact, for he stood no earthly chance ( 'hose of the Hon. John Dumont. for Gov- . , .. , " . i iernor cf the Stale. I speak of these two oi success. In saving this, wc do not w ish , , . , . , f, ,. a , j men only, because m tins part ot Indiana, to undervalue the Judge s talents or popu- , Mr. Wallace is entirely out of the question! larity. We esteem him highly, but as we j Hc cannot, in my opinion, got fifty votes have before said, he came out too late ; and j in Doaibcrn county. But in reference to in fact the section of country hc hailed from jJgc TaxW. I cannot for a moment con- , . i t .i . c i r ecive why his friends keep him on the
oneraicu ajrauiM mm. .:i im; unnn
stump oratory they hrstl ever heard, ami really a short crop this season, when our showed forth a mind of no ordinary grade. I commerce is paralyzed, the price of our The atmosphere of Indianapolis is not con-j exports down to zero, and our credit agenia! to the ultra deotrms cf classification, ! luoad .-.11 but destroyed, would he the
but there aro many who aekno'edge its j crowning calamity proving that slarva-' ingmcn of Now oik coin1, iin-d together ecessity, without daring to suggest anv : lion is fur worse than bankruptcy. We ! for the purpose of increasing the price of
:medy for tiie manifest evils of iho pre- j doubtfully (rust our agricultural friends are their labor; and if we recollect aright.
Combinations. Which is a worse "com! ination" of men to increase the price of thi ir labor, or a "combination" of men not lo pay their dbts A few months ago some of the wcu k-
se:it system of inU m il improvement, w hile , not fluttering! v deceived in their prospects ; i were prosecuted and puni.-hed for it. The
but lierc the weather is atrocious cloudy,: trades L nions aro now in some papers
on tlio other hand, there are those w li ) fearlessly assert that classification can alone save our honor, our works and our money. Ind. Democrat.
be
no possiolc
tr:ick. u lirn thorn ivin
T , r., 1 1 ' 1 .1. ' . !
judge l ayior rememocr mm ior uius gn - . ,.f i.:, ir ;, ,rf, :1
ingway,and not causing the defeat of our j man of respectability, but he has. as il
Dreadful Tornado. south Ilanavcr, Indiniin, it It list We have been permitted to make the following extract, fVom a letter received yesterday, from J. S. Kcmnor to his father
P. II. Kemper, of Collage Farm, dated
"Sokth Hanover, Ji.ly 5, lh37. ';I sit down in haste to give you some account of a scene the m st tcrrili.: and appaliing I have ever witnessed! Our village that yesterday was peaceful and chee.eful is idw i:i ruins.. Yesterday evening about 0 o'clock the heavens wore the appearance of a coming storm, and in one hour a most fearful tornado hurst upon
chilly, rainv, foui-an-.l-tw cut v showers a ! a
week, and great hopes of a frost before July is past. Tho brightest sky is not lobe relied on tor an hour, and the sweetest evening breeze is btu the overture to a nnrih-castcr. Ah, well! if wo arc hearing this instead of the tillers of the soil, we are content; but if we arc enduring w ith them, wo tour thoir wheat will bo mostlv straw, their vegetables mainly sloik, and Indian corn neither ear nor stalk. The
farmers ntnxt realize great crops this year;! people their had earnings! if lliev fail, they, will lo cursed as having' The time was in Fii"da
aiming tneme ot Oemmciation. i lie
bankers of New York combined together for the purpose of sustaining each other in setting tho laws at defiance, and refusing to pay their debts, and the mayor of the city called out the military to protect them ! The common people are punished for
combining to get more wages, although;
nobody is obliged to employ them; but our paper-money barons arc protected by a
military force in refusing to pay those very i undalii ou ;;t
tien of an emigrating group wending their
way to a more di.-tant and better land: 'Yesterday, wc saw pass our office, bound north, a family group. Tiiev were in marching condition all but the three youngest. One of these was in the mothers arms, r.nd the odser two w ere piled on the beds and kitchen furniture the whole drairn by the father o:i the four wheels of an old wagon. The wln.de family consisted of the 4i..!d folkv' and six little ones. We have not fecn, fir a long while, a more muxTablc set of human beings." Joi: Smith, tiii: Moumon Pkomiet, has been arrested in Geauga county, Ohio, as accessary to an attempt to murder. '"Joe had a rcvelati n that n certain sceptic
merited martyrdom, and induced a couple
of his deluded dupe s to can v his ministrations into effect. They shot at the individual and failed in their attempt, whereupon they delivered up Joe cs their insti-
! A ) ot.'ng Mosr.s. Among other rejmarkable incidents connected with the in-
11
Ilepuhib-an. that
utiinore.
it is stated by tho
on tho following day a
. i . i i
uineu iiiomscivcs anu cv peculation. Xcsr York,
M-y body else bv i could kill
party. The field is now clear lo Dcmont and Wallace. Wc have no doubt of the remit. Dumont w ill be the Governor by a
large majority, or w e w ill be most sadly
deceived
lUSTUESMX G A C O 1)10 XT. On Sunday last the 2nd inst., while Mr
A. llu.kiey, a young gentleman of this
ice, m
us, sweeping over our v ilhge in devasta-1 V- ",M?'m .? iU,ss U;U
W.IVHI11..1I, IH IU 111 il SMJ i ll ;i MMI
were, just ciiiii before ns. He has not, as yet, addressed the people in any section of the State, and is not know n, even by name, to any great extent. He has addressed a handbill to the oeoolo of Indian;'
but it is a non-commital. indefinite kind of 1 1)r- Matthew's house is taken offatthe eves
Let us all remember that w e ! document, leaving the mittcr so ihat he the house m which Mr. liishop lived on
ine lit!!, is torn to fragments one end of Col. Morrow's house is lorn to the ground
lion (though praised be a merciful God,
not in ueath). Tho scene was terrific beyond my powers of description. The boarding house here has the whole of one gable end torn out. Mr. Young's Flore, a substantial brick building, is a heap of ruins
ine time was in Lnglanu when a lord i cradle will; a liviii"-child in if. w.m oirl;nd
i common man il ho w::s me- no in t!ir K"kmi (! ...iIi.t ,!,,,. ,. ci...
pared lo pay lus price, while the common) 1 he child is stated to have been quite ni in was h inged for shooting a rabit on j composed, and entirely unconscious of the loru's lands. j danger, at the time it was discovered and Are wc not practising upon the same rescued from its perilous situation.
principle in ino exemptions anu pnvnegs
extended to our lords, the bankers? Globe.
i .-.
are to vote for meamrc, and net men. ' , "UIucr, Ps"?? a" any course n-1i..t..i... .....I. ... 1 l . c .
, ti.iii ui , wuu .in iiciiht accosco oi it io-
Wallace must be defeated, and the State rid of a curse, of w hich he is now the acknowledged champion and head we mean the odious improvement system. Let the 'gathering cry' be, Dow n with Wallace and ' the system!"
DEATH bv prowxtxg.
lalion ot good faith. "The friends of the system must have a fair hearing, and the matter must hereafter be tested in the St ile Legislature," says Judge Taylor, as tho' the people had not already tested it to their sorrow, and as though its expediency or ine.xpeLiency still remains a matter of
doubt.
Mr. Chever's house is torn to pieces die college roof is riddled, and the w ing level almost with the ground, and about one fourth of the eastern wall of tho main building lying scattered over the earth
t rolessor JNile s Ii insc is torn up from
to a friend in the country,' when within about four miles from this town in attempting to water the horse in Middle creek, were precipitated in, and Miss Goodruh.a
beautiful young lady, about 18 years of i
age, was drowned. Wo understand that every exertion was made by Mr. II. to save her, hut without success. The body was soon after recovered, but the ital spark had tied! A thrilling incident occurred as the citizens were following the corpse to this place. The horses attached to one of the hacks, became refractory, as they were
pasMiig by ! ailing Run. and sprang fl
Provisions are. high here flour $10 ."0, simply because there is scarcely enough in the country to last till harvest. Ou Saturday, it is said there were but five
thousand barrels m the city, and receipts
to
Sep
tember will le'l another story. FreSh meats are also high, from a similar reason. Potatoes ditto. Summer vegetables and other products, as butter, ecc. are more
are very light. There is scarcely anv
come from the West or the South
Chica .o. The growth of Chicago has been rapid aha :-t beyond credibility. Fivo years ago it had only two log huts besidethe rude yccommoiation of an advanced military out posts it now numbers a population of eight, thousand inhabitants. Its tonagc was then seven hundred and fifty tons now it h;is grow n to fifty thousand tons. In 1S."3 iis postage were -$3S5, iu 163G, thoy were $5i'd5.' Good Advu t.. We extract the following sentence from an exchange paper.
in hi
ti.-, !,...,.. c I..,,. c.,..m.i i, Krtt ! that Judge T.ivlor is insincere
r c . , , ! rations; hut w hether sincere or not, thev j 'here were none of them at home. The U years of age, was found naked, in the . , i,,.Icti.iite nna coul-1 new steam saw :u!i is destnn ed. These
river, at Aurora, on Saturday last. An jVoca, u 5;t lc e, ,ne p jn iU;un -h;) at j i)rc hut some of t' principal losses ; some
inquest was held by Capt. 1 ait, Coroner, such a crisis as this, like lo see a man asand the Jury rclurned a verdict of death piling to pahlie favor, "come up to the i . i. r.i i ... 1
bv drowning. No marks of any descrip- j uo;"' lx mwr ,,r ' uier." r' , .ii. n!- J Ua lllc contrary, the opitfi
null iie luuiia iihhi me nuu . i ms ma ry
its very fcundation, the vervlliors and sills j l,r,tlU' VV,1C' lfl or ,J icct' i'-'-ying
wmi tocm tnc hacli containing three ladies and a gentleman, besides the driver. Wonderful lo relate, the hack was broken into
arc carried away all tho furniture and
I di nil wih to be understood lo sav i 'he Professor's library are totally lost
Mr. liuiler occupied the house, fortunately
reasonable. Our markets are comparalh c- j The suggestion is good, and we would rc-
Iv deserted both the supply and demand
being much less than formerly. Xew Yorker.
be the boy, whose clothes w ere found at
opinions of Mr.
am .nt on the subject of the present sys
tem of internal improvement, arc known
the foot ef Western Row, Cincinnati, an 1 j beyond doubt ; besides havin-r voted against
spoken of by the Republican of the 7th instant.
the bill w hen a member of the Senate of
Indiana, he has, since ho became a can.li-
icn or fifteen her buildings, dwellings, outhouses, hops. ccc, arc destroyed. Trees of ail sizes and kinds are torn up and dashed to atom:;. There are but few buildings in the place, especially in the northern and central pai ls of it, where all the most important buildings rue. that are not racked and seriously :' inured. The
, sireeis are covered with lraamf.nts. Tiii
j date for Governor, spoken in the counties xv-,s 'he work of certainly less than fiv
tOlXTERFElTS. The Evansvillc Journal of the 1st inst., informs us "that ,93 notes on the .State Bank of Indiana and branches, altered to $100 notes are in circulation."' This is the first counterfeit money yet detected on our Banks.
atoms, and none of (he individuals materially injured, although turning a complete somerset, before reaching the bottom. Xew-Alb a ny A rgus . KiiMTi iiv. Governor Clap.k, of Kentucky, has refused to convene the Legislature of that Stale, as requested bv a committee of merchants from Louisville. Ho assigns as his reasons for not doing so.
A letter writer from Ibifialo to a NewYork paper says, (hat the number of emigrants who have passed through that city this season up to the present lime, is not more than one-fourth as great as it was during the same lapse f time last year. In speaking of the West, tho writer referred to says that there is every probability of great abundance, ow ing to the cultivation commenced by (he l'JO.000 persons who emigrated last year, the full b. ncfii of whoso labors w ill not be fell, however, until next year. He mentions the pur-
commend it to those mothers 'ho ncr-duct
to .ay that attention to the suljcct which it merits: '"Keep your children's faces washed, mend their clothes, and spread a dean table c loth, if ou hae nothing but bread and water to place upon it."
T
.icrscv. v. in o
head with a brought down
cagiO was siii-lon lj.-rgcn llitl, Acw
p.. t. ;,,,r ....... ii,., .........v.
. He was
his
living over tho
pig in his tal-uis. bv a wound in
wincr.
He fought tuo dogs for an hour, and drove them iff severely wound.nl. Ho was finally captured by throw ing a sheet i-ve; him.
south of the county of Jay, and in all thein;,tcs yet wondcrfuls it appears, a-1 0CH' "s lI,c of the Genera! counties w est of Indianapolis, and decla- midst the crash of falling buildings, the fu-' (ovurmncnt' a,"e, can provide an ajiprored himself in favor of classillation of the! r' of the bursting tomppsf the 'reals of! liria,c remedy for tho present deranged
that a majority of the people are opposed lo a call isf iho I .io i n :-, ..,,! ,:.,.,
it necessary, and that il could aecom.dish ! ?!c couccru f ,r thc distillation
III IIT I'fMl (I tilt
THE HARVEST. Our Farmers arc in the midst of their Wheat and Hay harvest, and for so.ne fewdays have had most beautiful weather for it. The crops arc fine, and thc Farmer will, if ho should be able to obtain hh own price, be amply repaid for his labor. In fact, it js paiJ (1C crops generally will
bear a better average this year, than for a..
number of previous years. While on this subject, wc would remark, that our exchange papers throughout the vhee country, universally speak of the
thunder, and iho I IVld rrlnfr, l'l;..Ui.'..
----- j.,,,,, ,Jt Minium
not a soul m Hanover or its vicin-'tv
injured." Cin. Gazette
public works. Twenty thousand voters, w hom he has addressed from thc stumn.
are thoroughly convinced of the correct- either killed or seriously
ncss ot his views, and arc now warmly enlisted in his snpporl. They are the tax paving part of the community, and cannot be s erved from him by any'partv considerations. How vain, then, nvist be ihe etforta of the friends of the present system of internal improvements, the enemies of the State, to elect Wallace, by making a tool of Judge Taylor; for how ever honest hc may be himself. I cannot think his prcIcnded friends sincere. But it all w ill not do. The present system of internal improvement must fill with those who have been instrumental in bringing it into existence. The voice of- tho people in the south and southeast, cries aloud for Damon', and his election, in my opinion, remains no longer a matter of doubt Davy Wallace may hang his harp upon the willows.
was
INDIANA ASBURV CXIVERSITV. The ceremony of lain.r ti,, comcr
stone ot this institution f.,.,1- l..-v i
tirecncastlcon Tuesday, ilm 'Vi.i, ; ,(.,.t
Notwithstanding ihe inclemency of the weituer (it having rained, at short intervals, tho greater portion of the day) a concourse ot abeut 1,000 persons were in attendance partly for the purpose -f witnessing the ceremony, but Ihe princ pal attraction, no doubt, was (he fame of ihe eloquent divine (Mr. Bascom) who had been appointed, on that occasion, to bear a conspicuous part. After tho conclusion cf tho ceremony of laying the corner stone, the crowd mov ed in procession to Ihe woods. Vow hun
dred yards south of the town, w here seats
condition of the currency
Maryland. Tlu Governor and Council of Maryland, in consequence of the extra session of Congress to meet oi, thc first of September next, hac appointed Wednesday, the 2(dlh of July, as the day for thc election of members of Congress." Thev also decided tint it was not expedient to
convene the l.csislature of ihnt
prior lo thc usual penod ot its meeting Alahama. The Legislature of this rotate convened in extraordinary session at Tuscaloosa on tho I2iu All "the old officers were re-elected. Gov. Clay transmitted a Message, recommending that some measure of relief should be adopted, but extremely hostile to a National Bank. The Legislature have not yet done au Ihing of moment. This paying of heavj debts, without the w herewithal, is rather a delicate business, and requires much deliberation.
file Lasiport Maim? Sentinel says ihat
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cliase ol 'JU'iOO liushels ol corn hv a sin-; '.' ' iy--
lis ri'vnio mi hi. i'i i.uniiH's are ma ; state l ordering it starvation, and have I been compelled lo dig their seed potatoes
At the celebration of thc I lllc "IOl,l(l 'dV.
There were no less than eight flour mills carried away or so damaged as to suspend operations, by the great flood uit Baltimore. A lady was recently turned out of church in Vermont for kissing " ger.tbjman. The Governor of Illinois has issued a proclamation convening iho Legislature on thc second Monday in July next, at Vandalia. One Alfred Craig has lately been tried in Ohio f r robbing tho mail on board ihe steamboat Ben. Franklin some mouths since, and .sentenced to six years imprisonment. (loon Skxse. There were about one hundred and fifty Methodist ministers in. attendance at the Annual Conference held in Nantucket, Mass. last week. Thoy rosolved not to meddle with ihe Abolition qucstieu.
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Fourlh of July, at West Union, in Fayelte Co. la. two men were severely injured by the premature discharge of the Cannon. We understand ihat they attempted to load without swabbing, but had not got thc call ridge more than two thirds dow n when it w ent off, taking a hand a piece from a Mr. Millard and Mr. Lyons, and mutilating their arms, face, eyes, & c, ( )ur latest advice is that they wore not expected to live. This is more Fourlh of July carelessness. Jfrool r illc A m erica n.
The Akmy Worm. Wc learn from our exchange papers that this drcsded worm has done much damage lo ihe grass and grain, in the eastern counties of this slate. Its ravages have been principally confined lo thc meadows, 1 hough in some counties Ihe w heat and corn have been considerably injured. The present prospect of crops in this county are very flattcrin g, and our farmers anticipate an abundant harvest. Ycvay Times.