Daily American, Volume 1, Number 109, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 June 1855 — Page 3

CITY ITEMS

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THEf AMERICAN.

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jpy We have a long and exp icit "Bank Note List," prepared expressly for the Daily American, by Mr. Geo. C. Duy. of the Southern Bank. We

"HO! SAMM"

Terre-Haut«,

4th, ire requested to meet at Mr. Basseti's room, this evening at 5 o'clock. Committer—J. H. Uarr. C. Goodwin, I. MBrown, J. Burnett, J. M. Hiddle, JS. BaaBeti, and H- Ross.

Stand from Under.

Beware of Shinplasters and all notes issued by irresponsible or weak Banks. Among those may be classed—Mer chants' Bank Macon, Goo. Interior Bunk Griffin, Geo Adrian Insurance Company, Mich. Bank of Macomb Co., Mioh. and Meohanics' Bank, Memphis, Tenn. There is a large amount of their notes in circulation.— B9tter not touch them.

£gr We have beeu shown a sample of the "Percussion Matches." manufactured by A. Kent, of Middlebury, Ohio, and believe, upon trial, that they are equal if not superior to any match we have ever seen. They ignite readily. They are to be found at J. M. Adams' auction room, No. 2 Early's block. Mr. Adams is agent for the sale of them in this city. See advertisement.

j£3T The Hoosier Fire Engine and Hose Company meet to-night, on important business. Turnout.

SE3T Superfine Flour for 08,75 per bbl., Fine Potatoes-are worth from per bushel.

now Petim: 8,26. Nev. §2 to §2,5

JS3T We hear that one of our millers have con trade.1 wilh some farmers for their new crop of Wheat, at $1.26 per bushel. Wheat, at this price ought to bring Flour down to 85 per bbl.

From ihc Cincinnati CoinmiTcial. ."STEAMBOAT ACCIDE2TTS

Northerner Sunk and Raked—Sinking of the Express and Molly Garth.

We learn by de*pa ehes from Capt. W. F. Fuller, to Mr. Thos. Sherlock, that the popular Louisville and Sf. Louis passenger packet. Northerner, wif.h a liae trip for Louisville, and only two or three hours out from St. Louis, Friday, struck a snag, or sprung a plank, taking •water freely. The leak, through the excellent management of Capt. Fuller, is 6oon stopped, when the boat re-

turned to St, Louis, she goes on

test. She will be repaired fo.thwith,!.

Amazon took off a lot of her freight. Egging, furniture, &c. The Express belonged to Capt. D. H. Smith, her commander, who purchased her recently in tl*3 city, from Capt. JasrNewton, for $3,530. She has been quite unlucky on the Missouri river taade, and,

ISDIAKA LiaTTOR LAW. AN ACT to prohibit the manufacture and sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, except in ttecases therein named, and to repeal all ads inconsistent therewith, arid for the suppression of intemperance. «j4 [COKTIXWKD.]

SBC. 23.

amisdem*no,

SEC. 25. All contracts, notes, bills, bonds, deeds, and mortgages made in consideration of the illegal sale of intoxii:a itig liquor, shall beabsolute.lv void ••Hid all contracts, notes, bills, bonds, deeds, and mortgages made in part consideration of the illegal sale of tntoxica-. ing liquor, shall be void so far as the illegal consideration is concerned. All money, and every article of value of evory kind, or the value thereof, paid or ranst'ened for the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor, may be recovered by the o-'son paying or transferrin^ the sanK £ec.

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that it tuie.h article is capable ot being

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29.

on the 15th inst., and sunk to her boiler Act before a justfee oftl.e peace or

*, ex-*- », .- -^,'*hr

If any person shall mix

d.ragf.with an7

... ting liquor, to sell the same to be used will lay ore ou ^r as a beverage, or shall keep for sale, or row. if possible.

spirituous or intoxica

Nothing contained iu this

Afire occurred in Nashville on Monday evening, which destroyed the pa-tent-roof manufactory of J. T. Nathurst and the South Nashville furniture manufactory jThe loss of Mr. Nathurst is $5,000. The loss of the furniture manufactory is $40,000. No insurance. 't*

sell any drugged liquor, to be used as lately in a duel, is stated to bo in a dy a beverage, he shall be deemed to be jng condition, mortification having set guilty of

«nd mm con-,

TKEX* will be a mooting of the members of victiou thereof, he shall be fined in any ..... .... ..., the American Party, at their Hall, on Thurs- sum not less thau tweuty-five dollars, day evening, »t iho usual time, important nor more than two hundtvd dollars, and

business will come before the meeting, I be imprisoned in the county jail thirty —or TKE— jjr A general attendance is requested. 4 days and until the fine and costs are flAll 3b WFFlfl AMPRIPAM

Juj.e36th. 1855, f" paid or replevied. The possession of ELIVLI nmCrulmRi jsuch drugged liquor, with the usual CT* The committee of arrangements for the vessels and furniture for selling liquor,

shall be presumptive evidence that such dragged liquor was kept for the purpose of illegal sale.

SEC. 24. No person who shall, at the lime, be an habitual drinker of inlosficating liquor, or who shall have been engaged in the unlawful manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor, or who shall have kept any intoxicating liquor for unlawful sale, shall, within one year thereafter, be a competent juror in the trial of any prosecution under the laws, touching the unlawful manufacture, salt*, or keeping for Bale of any spirituous or intoxicating liquors. Any person summoned as a juror may Ie inquired of, under oath, as to his competency relative to the matters specified in this section and the person inquired of shall make full and true answers, but his answers shall not be used a gainst him in any prosecution for the *ame matter or, he may decline to answer, in which case ho shall be set aside as incompetent.

JST* Leavouworth, who was shot

in in OIW of th,

used or is intended to be used as a bev-1 The-markets.'of our own and of the

ernge, or in evasion of said Act, the pj-jjicipul '/ommerciEl t-ities of the States, manufaciure or keeping f«»r sale, or sale

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The steamer Express struck a snag mayors and of justices ot the peace O U.J .U \t- shall extend throughout the county. near bpar Island, in the Missouri river,

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the circuit courts and courts ofcom-

the dock for repairs. We have since |mon pleos of his county or district learned that she niade four feet water,1 and where there is no city attorney, he damaging three hundred bales of hemp, 'shall prosecute all the snila under this and that Capt. Fuller took out a pro-

Acl bofore tho

mayor of any city.

C.«.r»of common picas,

justices of the peace, aud mayors of el

and rea iy to leave St. Louis for Louis- jmve orig-inal concurrent jurisville on next Thursday, her regular diction of all offenses against the proday. visions of this Act. The jurisdiction

Lvery prosecution under

deck. She was bound from Council ..j-or of a city, %W1 be upo^n Bluffs to St. Louis with a fair cargo of plaint underoath or affirmation and ev- Boot*, Shoes, Bunnei#, &c., & c. hemp, poultry, and other freight. The

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prosecution

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other criminal cases, except when oth erwise provided but in cases of conviction a docket fee of five dollats shall be taxed in favor of the attorney who pros-

after three tedious trips, has succumb- ecutes such case and in the absence of ed to fate and gone to the shades. She the proper prosecuting attorney, the "was an old boat, and has seen long and court trying *uch case is authorized to marked wth a crop off hi hard service. appoint "an attorney to prosecute such Auy pe'*ou desirous

_The Decaturand Chattanooga packet, complaint. In case final oonviction

\r„ti »:r—"""-f call at this office, and they will be rewarded «ouy tiartn, struck a snag on the night in any appellate court, the accused ir- fwr iheir troubfe. [June 14." of the 15th, near Guntersville, on the ty shall pay all costs, including docket Tennessee river, breaking a large hole, fees, which may have been assessed from which she instantly filled and sunk aminst him in the inferior court or five feet water. The damage to the oourts. *1"'« •.% cargo was slight. 1 (To be continued.)

O S E S

Tas undersigned feel gratified in being able to sav to the citizens of Terre* Haute, and the people ot' Indiana and Illinois, generally, that former success and present prospects justify them in announcing the Daily and Weekly American as a fixed fact, aud destined to

,exist.

The proprietors are determined

Act shall be so construed as to prohibit the manufwc'ture or keeping for sale or the sale of burning fluids of any kind, perfumery, essences chemicals, lyes, prints, vantishesv oosmetios, solu.ioiiH «..f me lical drugs, medicinal compounds, or any other ari|cie which |H. latest .f oreign and domestic gen may be composed in part of alcohol, an ci lor«.l news, will be careniHy 'thvr spirituous liquors, if^not adapted noted, and selections will be made in use asabfiventgej rovuied, however,,

The latest Foreign and domestic

feiepce to the maintenance of a high

nioial.s in our columns.

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the'r-of, shall be deemed violanou^of,,rt.,i,iv this Act.. ISKC. 27. It shall be The dii'y of the city attorney to pro*eeu-!« all sui)« undei this Aci, vh'cn may be ij.ouuht hw« fore the m.tyor of uny "ity and it shall be the dtuy of the district attorney, by himself, or by deputy, to prosecute :«ll suits under tl.is Act winch may h^ brought bt'fon- a justice of the, peace, or before the eouu of common pleas of the county or district, and to prosecute!

\e 'rrec lv reported daily aud

woeldy. Ail fe'-mmunicatiorn of interestfree from pemranlrfk-s, an I uni Xv' piion-U in will be w.-h-iHin to our columns.

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pired. unles by especial arrangement. BE0WW & SILVERTH0RN. Publishers & Proprietors.

A CAltl) Having aold my uHtablivhmcnt on Market street. Eaat of the Senate, and purchased Mr. 'l'uKix'a interest in tha firm of GEO. F. RIPLKV Co., North of the

!fl"ar,V1 8hai'

!akt-n,uch pleasure hereafter

underthis Act in the I The busim-ah will continue without a

court of common pleas, shall be upon ®r?1',an* jV''l

can?'8t

a 1 •. 1 .F. RIPMET and the nnd-reigned

complaint under oath ov atndavit and £Aif ALDSON. on information fouuded thereon. N«TICE.—Mr. D. wi 1 cuitinue in the Land SEC. 3J. Costs shall be assessed in Warrant busin«fcB, and the various duties of the proceedings under this Act as in ^ary Public, nnd will wait upon old sol-

d«fre, their MiNoa children, promptly and ef-

fici.ni ly. ICT tut*1 Wnrrants bought and «olH, May 19.1855. D. S. D.

STRAYED From the residence of Mrs. Ellen CoPrin, about e'X week* since, red nnd wlite Cow. her eir and *lit.—— giving iufirraation

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BLOMB MAKKKT. ooaaxontD FOB TUB AVKKOIN. WHOLESALE. $8,50 @1.30 65

Flour bbl Wheat $0,00 Own Bacon Flaxseed Lard Sugar Coffee Molasses Tobacco Salt bbl. •*«»nl Wood cord Lime ba. Feathers Rice Whisky gall Nutter

FlVh X\*hrt« Mackvitfl Tea* T#r Indigo

RETAIL

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PaWratus Ki'ln CaudW 's' S*ar Candles Tallow

D'ed Ap'U»bu.4,5Q Orc-cn ®",00

IVnchea Dried S.50

Potatoes 1.50

untiring energy, aud a heitrt felt dovo-! Cheefe 10 tion to theoaus« in which they are en- Madder 13 gaged, to make the American a most desirable and readable newspaper.

Oniona 1,00 Chickeua $ dot. 1,80 I

5ib. No Sectarian interference in' our legislation, or the administration of American Laws. 6vh. Hostility to the assumptions of the P»pe, through the shops, Priests nnd Prelates of the Church, or by powers of the Old World. 7ih. Restoration of our Suite naturalization laws to a correspondence with the Constitution of the United States. 81b. Free and liberal Educational Institutions, for all sects and classes, with a free use of the Bible, God's Holy Word,'as textbook. 9th. -Full tolerance tQa all Religious sects, •which do not conflict with the Consiiuutioirof the U. 8. or the genius of our free institution*: 10th. The 'Monroe doctrine* against colonization qn the America continent by the nations of Europe, -n? ,i

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The following sentiments, will embody the political faith of the American, and will be maintained, in a spirit of courtesy towards those who may differ with us in sentiment. st. A just discrimination in favor of native born citiaens, for all offices of trust aud profit, in preferance to those 4»f fnrotim hirth J**! Aim JCtY,

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2d. The umon of these Stales. 7 9 10 11 19 13 8 9 10 11 i9 13 14 3d. OpposiUu to all local or «ec- 1415 16 17 IS 19 iffljlSiG 17 18 IP 30 SI tional prejudices, 1 ^21 89 83 84 85 2S S7jS3 88 84 85 86 87 88 4th. The Uui.ed States of America,^29 r^n^ART 189 30 31 as they are, "one and inseparable."

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76 CORNER!!

Qroceriet and Provision! of all kinds. fl^HE ut di'tvigned are now picpired to 1 wnitvipon their fiinnd* f«nd cuKtomert u'iih a full axd general •ssortment of Grocer*

Us ntul ProvihionK.

A-ffeU I'm to U« e'UHf'iK#£ue j,i rit rnpoi wHl Lo prc^rvcJ.' TTt 2,» .Tubaand Waahboarda, V, p?r eK payabk to earner It'c'." in fact every tiling that can be deaired, •v per annum in advance, $5,00. way be had, at cheaper rates than can be V" six momU, jir Mi 2.50. three months, A-c. krpt

nba.f,

Weeluy pnr annum in advance, 1,00. i,i the country. six months, 60. IT Perwjnh wndingcloldren for any arti 11 copies onoyear, 10,00. ?le t^thi^ house, rely on the coitectuoss

No subscriptions received for weekly a wh-ifarp determined that no for less than six months, and no paper jho««e j„ j,0 citv shall u»d«rw»H ns wedo continued after the subscription has ex- not put on the tariff «-hen an ai^iclo «j» ^carce.

Mav 91,1855-dtf

°f Mr. O.

ere-houta will pl-a-se

Fl »"h F1 ell BARRELS of Mackerel, of tfee best Ov brands, just received and for sale at wholesale, by R. 8- OQX OO.j^

June 5, lw5-dtf

Flour! Flour!!

SUPERFINE

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Their stock comprises, in partf ^nglish Dairy Cht«se, Mackerel, Sugar*, apices, Onfftsc, Teas, Mola*sen.cnnvawjtd Beef, llama, Shoulders, Sides,

Lard, Potatoes, Salt in aacka, Willow Wagons, Basket*,, Was

I, Chicken#, Meal, FloOT, when they arc to be had

AMI SON At TERRY,

Comer of Marketer Walnut its.

Mav 16, lH55 tftf

HORSES

FOR

8ALK— Four good Work Horaea, all young and in good condition. Inquire at J. M. ADAMS' Auction Store.

Flour at reUil for #9,00 a

good article of Fine Flour at $6,50, per bifrrel. cun now be bad of JAMISON 4 TERRY.

May 30, 1855-dtf

Harpers Magazine for June.

(WODEY'S

"1 Lady's Book for June Clrabam'a Magazine for June The Mlbsing Hride or, Miriam the Aran ger, by Mrs, riouthworth,

Ellen Norbury (new pnpp'y) by Bennett, for "all at W.H BUCkTnGKAN'S, May S9-dtf Sign of the "Big BOOK."

Just Beceived

D1RFCT

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frnjn the manufacturers, which

will be poid at low prices for c«fh. a I rge cupply of Cap, Letter, Note, and Wraping Paper, Envelopes, etc

BUCKINGHAM'S BOOKSTORE. May29-'tf

BEMOVAIj,

DR.J.

Comins, has removed his office

one square north of ti^e Stewart HOURO. April 16, dtf-

§aok'imii

'®B!t

AMERICAN

PRINTING OFFICE,

Welch'# Block, Fourth Street, East of the Post Office,

TERRE-HAUTE, INDIANA.

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PRINTERS AND PROPRIETORS.

THE

Proprietor® of the "American Job Printing Office/* are pleased to nay that they are now prepared to fill .all orders (on short notice) in the line !°f

Pain anil Jawj |ob 1 PRINTING!

Our stock of type and other materials, arc entirely new, and of the best and *50 most fashionable style, purchasfd with 1, 0 a view of doing all kinds of

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CT Foa T«I* VIAE or oua LORD, 1855. XI

RAILROAD

CIROULARS,

T=» A 1in=»TyT .fW«) A BILL HEADS, HAND»BILL8, NOTES, iTI A I

XDoods, Zjecuies.

MORTGAGES, &C.f

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ftrtfefettt fJ*

And in (act every thing in the printing» line will be done in a manner not to be

fi 6 7 8 9 10 ii excelled by matiy Western printing of1813 14 16 16 17 18 fioe8. JtST Orders for Printing respectfully solicited. IP

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MONEY MADE QUICK.

Ttutus

is grti&t complaint among joung m«n thfti they cannot eet pinplojroent that will rpmuncrnto tlieni (or their sorviees. To such, th» subscriber would cull attention to a oafe, plcasMnt and rnry profitable busi-1 ttoM, by which, without anyrUk. the capital iitVfitWd oait bodoubhnl uvery (hreo months, and by a littta extra axuruon ev«ry two moths, Agvnts are wautud in wary olty and! lown in the Union—YOU cannot ovaratock tha rnarkft.aud th«i*« Is always a ready aal«.

Oiroulaht containing a full and aeeurata description of tbo bu-InoM«, and all mattarar pt-rUlniiif ibetcto, will bo sent freo of ex*it, pt-UBo to any addrvaa, on application bv tor or otherwise to SAMUEL SWAN,

Atlanta,Oa., or Mootgumery, Ala. Juno 1, 1865-dSm

Americas Transportation Company. CAPITAL 8900,000, NOORPC RATED under the laws of the

State of New .York. This company have abundant means both in Steam Propellers and Boats, to give any property, intrusted to them, the greatest despatch, and it shall be the'rear* to transport, ail property safely, and 'n good order. 1he merchants of Terre Haute, and ad* jacent country, i»re respectfully invited to take the ad van ayes of tbi* line into consideraliou

CONSIGNEES.

Hubby, Hughe* 4* Co Clevelwnd Brown** lee, Pendleton and Co, Brown nnd King,Scott nnd Co., Toledo. Shewinuker and Co., Terre Haute.

Any information jrfren br

June 6, !655»d tf

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SHKWMAKfiR & CO.*

Ohio Street between 1*1 and 2d, May 24 H55 and tf.

LOOK OUT

FOR YOUR SWINE! NOTICE

i« hereby civeri to the owner* of

hog* in the city of Terre- Haute, that the urdHignc-d will take up and empound all hogs running at large, contrnry to ordinance, and that all hog*, that may be so taken up, and impounded fort welve houra, previous to 8 o'clock, Tuesday the 19th, Thursday the 21st, and S«tur iay the 93d days of June, 1855, v-ill be fold "by me at said pound, to isatiaiV the

penalty

and costs that may be as*

Kosfe-d- Tl ordinance for hogs running at large will be enforced S. DODSON, City Marshal.

TEHREHAlTK AGRlCtLTUKAl

WARE-HOUSE!

3. M. RIDDLE & CO.

view of carrying on an exclusive Agricultnr» al Ware WnuKO Bu»ineaa, and are now ready to accommodate all in th« line of

AGR1CULTURAL IM PLEMEN

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Dnnford's Injproved Ir^n Mower

Manny patent adjuhtable Reaper and Mew. er, coiribined Attln'a Automaton Self Raking Reaper and Mower Ketchum'e c-le-brand Mowing Mschiue New-York Reaper Little Giant Corn and Cob Mill Straw Cuttern of different kinds Revolving Hay Raves' Cultivj Corn Shellers, Scythes, Hoys, Raker Snaths »nd Cradles, ami every thing else usually kept it an Agricultural Ware-HouV.

MAy 28, 1854-w tf- "j

FRESHOHANGB3!

ORANGES, ju6t received and

for sale at

WESTFALL dfTRAPP !i.

June 14, 1855-d-l-w