Daily American, Volume 1, Number 159, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 23 August 1855 — Page 1

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I ^V-v/a* *JT GLASSWARE AND GROCERIES, —_ ^,?i,iil,—a.... •A.friiOiaif Jatt Af tn.»u.»u *.-A glff-pKlVTEP 'AXb VtJfliaSU KD MUtt I. M. BROWN &, J.N. SILVERTHORN, ^Welch's Block, opposite the Post Office.

^t^kTcniu of Subscription |L |*er ^eek, (payabli to'the Carrier,} lOcrnts. Fur Six Mouths, (in advance,^ $2 50 For One Year, (in advance,) V-rf 5 00

RATES OF ADVERTISING 1 2 3 1 2 50 4 0(1 7 00

1 square, (240ms) 2 3 One squlrelix^hionths $ 10,00 1 yefer$15,t0 Twosquare* ,.„ J3,00 *O25,op Threp squares *20,00 ,,"^30,110

Anil lflrgftr adv*ert»8enients in exact proportion. ::. .• iGTAll transient advenisementa must bo paid for in advance. All other advertise* meats will be considered due iuadvance, unless per spaci&l contract.

Adverti-eraehts »Uifiarked with the nunF ber of insertions dCsiredj wHl be inserted uniil ordfered out, and charged according to th& a a a

MR. R- S. BARTON.

NO. 38, iiieei-! at the Hall ef Templetof Honor everv \\"edn^sday evening. Mrs. PHE6E LEaCH. S P.

Miss MAutha Rhea, S. R.

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O. R. Thi regit 1 at Council Fire of BtAcK Hawk TaiBE, No. 3, will be •kindl^ii at thoir igw am, on the 3d leep of every 7 sutia, atlha 7 ih run.

AS. M. CRTSHER, Chief of Records.,

1st Sun, BuckM.»on, G. 3.. 5615.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 1

American Express Company. Office in Ross' block, West side of Public Square. M. S. WASSON, Agent.

DEMENT & CO.,

Wholesale Dealers in Groceries, Iron, Nails aud Flour. Corner VV afrish and 1st. street.

J. M. ADAMS.

Auction and Commission R'AoWt'S, Early's block. Sale? every Saturday.

HOLMES' F0TJNDERY,

East or Oa\al. near TERan-HAirrK axd Ridamoxd Railroad Dkpop, ^here he is well prepared to furnish Engines, Boilers. Mills and all kinds of Machinery, at short notice and in eWant style and linish. [July 18-dy

W

ARNOLD & CO.

Wholesale and Retail Dealer^ ip Clothing and Furnishing Goods. North-Eas»t corner Public Square, amT rthc donrWest gf Southern Bank, Terre-Haute, Ind. ff»|«• Aug4 '55-dly.

TLIME!

IME! prepared to fur-

*HE undorsigued Is

HE nish the b&t of Putnam County Lime, at Wholesale or Retail. This lime is well known to be the best the State, for all pur poses. I have* fitted up a lime house on Fourth, between Poplar and Swan street*, where a good supply will be kept constancy on haad.

Orders from a distance will be promptly

-filled, on reasonable terms. WM.H 83" Residence, corner of 5th and Porfar a^eet», wi^he^a'^ be jfoaud^T?h& nor at the.lime housq.. ^erre-Hauie. ifey d& wff

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GLASSWARE AND GROCERIES, At Wholesale and Retail, No. 2, JyTscHAXic^'j ijow, .!l^vnt'-Hautt, lu ana, fir^t dour East of J. il» Riddle & Co.

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Xo. 9, XIaiv Strekt, Oixcinxati, Oiiio.,, Is ow auihori^ed agent, for the city Cin cinnati. recMpt fof^vbrtwlne and suV 1?X tens of scrlptionH to.,tl^ Daily and W erkly Amm- »"g country, that tluy ,vc iust op^ed at can. wjII baxecpgaiacd. .tlui above Mand, a^Jarg«(and g*h'«rai ai»o«-

TcrrL'-Hautc, Aug. 1,1855. ^tiwiitof QQeenswara, Qla«ur»afelhtfGM$&3i** Id a I O. O. Fj—FOHT HARRISON LODGE.

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I NO. 157.iJf«6aat Oun-FEt-LOxiTs'Haix.I ,u ^»ie-Hnre Depnrttmstat is filltd frith tiie liuest and most deetirablt* ppt'ciineTsa of artve^raprifring in part. »»d TeaSct«i (fineati^plain,5 o: 1. urereut styk»8, patU»raV, makw and pric«s: SprtotiB, Knives ana Forks and every other article used upon a tfblc.

in the Prairie City Buildings, every Tuesday ni ,rht. D* Tranfeuiftt Bi othcra a*c respectfully invi ed to attend. .,

AftA SUMMERS, NsG.

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1 O O. F. TKRRE-HAUTE LODGE, NO. 51- Mec*ia at Odd Fellows' Uitll, in the Prairie Oily Buildings, every Saiurday evening. s. b. smith or

... —-W^.^ J, their flavor.

E. S. flrssKVScribe.

\7*^GO 1^0 AMI MEkd^ ^iO- l|tiitwf* at, iv 1« r^»: lot of Willow Warejjsoaustinir of Odd to^s* ttill,"W the PrSi-ie C% i'^ngoal Baskets. ,™

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WXptiz first and third Wednesday Tubs. Wifhboards.feiickete (with or xrith^ evenings ot eiich inonth. out covers.) \ytU Backuta,.Bird' Cajraa.^fi.. I Mou"T IvAfiLK Tuiroi.1, fur cleansirig ^-lais plates-, windows, glwss chimneys for lanipn i'(D Tr'\rmi?rti?ijnvAT) .iiidga.sburimr!S, gn]!l andRilver. 1A I E*IPLt OF HO- OR, Powder, Shot, Icjd, Caps, and anew "article of Elastic Gun Waddiog.

•p VEXING I \j NO. 5(1, n\icts at their Hall, in J.D. Ear, *s Building, ..orth-weat corner of the Publiti Square' cri rr 'Monday ctaiiing.

U. C. tiARR, W. C. T.

P. S. ^VrKSTKAll, W. R.

•jy.J-ORNlNO

ST AR SOCI AL DEGREE

BROTIIF.ft

rlK£?ctfu announce to the citi-

"»«'«ectioii ofeottntiy. Thcjr

Rockixshvji ASH YKX.'LOW V?Atr., oi' tii« best qualify. ^JBsheets. Pitchers, Vaccs,

LOOKING-GLASSES, with plaiiand fancy gilt all hiztfi, A iiew and boftutiful article of Spice Box*f ^iiicli will prevent Hpicefc from loisi'ie

will do well to give us a call, as our priees are based upoD the principle of "live and I"* COi!STOCK & BROTHER.

live." May 12, 1855-dwtf

TRANSPORTATION.

LIVINGSTON CO.

TJS2Y1f\

Commission Merchants, Forwnrdfcrs & Steam float Ajreiits. TKRRE-IiAUTE, IND. Agents for Transpdrtation Lines. I s^lf &&*<

May 3th, l855 dtf.

No:

aNO-w York. ICT For cBntrtcti, apply to G. B. Williams,

R. R. Livingston'A

DR.J.square

BOSWELL/

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Tcm?-Hatite,Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,!

New \orlt ami Boston. Jfcr^IEXX^mE!! 1S»9 Particular Attention paid to receiving BILL HEADS, HAND-BILLS, NOTES, Goods nv Rhilroart, River and CanaL 1 £r.' "%j/

NEW YORK &EKIE RAILROAD!

EXPRESS FREIGHT LINE/

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Spaulding's Grant Western South- Western Merchandise Exjvresis,

119 st. N. Y.

And to LIVINGSTON & CO., May 4,1855-d6m Terre-Jtlaute.

J.W.STRAT0S.

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FOB WARDING AGENT, AXP nicALEft is ''J: Groceries and Country Produce, CORNER OF SECOND AND OHIO STS.„

TERRE-HAUTE, I A. ....

O" Reference—Citizens of Terre-Haute. May 0 1855-dtf

M. Comins. has removed his office one north of the Stewart House. Aprill 6. dtf.

MOJELEDTJN."

A TALE of the Twelve Hundred and Tdff, 1V. 8-vo paper, 50 eta.,by Sir\Valter Scott, Baronet for sale by

June 28 dtf W.H.BUCKINGHAM. I cLJ: .J

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Groceries and Provisions. A complete issovtmeut kept constat Uv on hand.

L-NKIX'STEAS, in rnetalic packs, or by the chest or pound •warranted pure. Mustard and Spices, from Harrison & Eaton. Cincinnati, and Beatty 6f Dnyton, M-nr-ranted good, and, in fact,every thing usually kept, or thn{ is possiblotoget hold tf. niay be found at this honse, aud at as faif rates as ai»^ otfe can or will £»11. ountry Merchants, »nd all others,

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A E I A N

08 It mil) |BI)

PRINTING OFFICE,

Welch's Block, 3^*11% tSiTeet, East of the Post Oi&cf ,.st

TERRE-HAUTE, INDIANA.

THE

& SilhcHiKih),"

PRINTERS AND PROPRIETORS.

Proprietors of the "American Job Printing Office," hjv pleased to say that tliey are row prepared i* till all orders (on short notice) in the 6f I

Ice Cream Saloon.

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WESTFALI & TEAPP

|]Iai» aiiir jfsntj .M PMMTIltOt ,,,

RAILROAD

CIRCULARS,

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fie®5j£.W Orders for Printing respectfully solicited.

Mav SO, 1855.

MONEY MADE atJICK.

ri^u&RE is great complaiul among young 1 ni'-n that they canuut get employment that will' remunerate them for their services. To aucii, tl\« subscriber would cull attention to a rate, pleaannt and very profitable business, by which, without any mk, the capital invested can be doubled every three mouths, and by a little extra exertion every two moths. Agents are wanted in every city and town in the Union—-you cannot overstock the market, and there n» always, a ready sale.]

Circulars containing a full and accurate description of the bUMiu**, and all matters pertaining thereto, wiil bo sent free of expense t« any address, on application by letter or otherwise to SAMUEL SWAN,

Atlaat'i.Ga., or Montgomery, Ala. June 1 j, 1855-d3m a-.

Harper's Magazine for Augrust!

Fir

am's monthly do. GOPET'S, LADY'S BOOK do/-Jnly3l-dtf.* At StTfcKtNGA AM'Sl,

-fiti Tn'ii/F I a.

TT^bt! J.J) VfKpcctfnlly inform the cttVjtcnn of thtw plaoe, that they have inkon trnd filled upi in a,at lo of elegancc and conreni-

24 25 26 27 28 29 30'l« IT 18 1I no 1in Uit Woat, m» largo 3S 26 f7 '26 96 «ng. C«mmoutQu» ^utildtng^ lmota as urn 30 31

Mlta:that

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Western and IVI I UAUQO, CLU-,

Jn -tse And in fact every thin# in the printing most elegant Tee Cream Saloons in the West. '1^- "Mark 'paeka^ ^SdinJ^ gx-

lin(!

pre&£ and afend to fait-of DuaneStreet", excelled by many Western printing' of-

We«t, tha lar

They are jjreparod to furnish Pattios, Wodumg«, and private fumiliea with ovary thing iu tTxjjr line, tm the aljortest notice, a|id moat »ccrtWinidating terms.

Alw, Ice Ci*sm furnished to fauiilia« aiull hovni.«nd in any quantity, |y? Mai* 21, lf-riS.-diwtf,

TWre-Haute.July 17-d2ni

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FRUIT ,OAK«

I AS tt»w tn«jriuf»ountig,nf Uieold Rough A, Jtaady t#ner,B«lf-Seal ingFrult Oariv,

for pfeaemng fruits, ve^oublea, —the only chu ever made requiring 110 wnx, solder or eetnent. Those cans are war Minted to Inform ant reptt»wnt»d. Those in need of an lOtick' of this kind can have their ordura-fill-ed on short notice, and on reasonable terms. Oall at the old R. & It. Cornar, and examine for yoursolvoa. R. L. BALL.

.,.T. MONEY

:*€E CREAM SJ L00K,

TmOOl.ES annoniicea to the Pub He the "Rtiggles balnon," east Of the public square, a few door* North of the city Hull, is now fitted up in complete style

A..» 1. for the reception of Gfentli men and Ladi*». Our sto of tj*pe and )4ter matei talp, I tvhera they can be supplied with as? good lije best and Cream flavored to suit their taste for less

are entirely now, and of the most fashionable strife, purchased with money than nuy good e^tablUhtnont in thi« a view of doinc idl kinds of

Al^

W kinda and /ariatirs of iut«,

eakw, randieB,eaiifec1«niiri'(», fcc,,eon*l«nf» ly .on hntjd Mra. Ruggle# will anon le able to keep a constant supply of ehoic# Strawberries, which will be nerved up to order at short notice and in the best style.

Wetldlnga, ParUtss and fainilies, furi^mhed on short notice with cakes and Icecream, of fcha baat ifuaHty and in an^ qu/mtity, it all times. A libeml mtr6nage is solicited, ny 25l»5f

Terre Haute, May 25 l«55 d-tf.

ICE CREAM SALOON

SCUDDER& CO.,

O A A W O in or he it it

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be done in atnaftnef not fo"be of *11 descriptions, VoniUiwLera

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have fltt{ up 0llc 0

on, Orange, &c,, kept constantly on hand (hr6t%hout the Summer al#o, cake*, candies and nuts of the best quality.- [My 7}

Summer Hats.

ATTENTION, GENTS'

ia the placeto find'them, atall tinro ,• Also, Leghorn, Panama, and other fine straw hats, to suit any taste.

A large lot of plain straw goods, for sale1 cheap. ,C?ll and ..examine for yourselves.

Hat* of the best materials, made to Oftjer, and warraakd to be just what they are represented—the genuine A- No. 1 of the seanoru

Moflisetl's Block, Terre-Haute, Ind! May 17, 1855-dtf

Second-llanded Cider Ilsirrcla PRICE, One door VVe#t Tsrre Haute HotiSie,

L)0 for ale

by

One

July 19-dtf

National Road st.

A lbs. Fresh Ilonev for sale by OU p. p. price One door West Terre Haute House,

JhIv ld-dtf National Road rft.

PROSPECTUS

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DAIIY& WEEKLY AMERICAN.

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A N O N E I O N E

ui^erei«fnel ilel gratified in bc-

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Queens of Terro-

IlauTo, and thy people o! IndUoa and ilhaota, goucrally, that former sucoes* «nd in Rnnvunc«:g tbo Daily

vatd

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American rs £xcd fuot^ aud desiijue'd

X5St',x^» Tlie pi^iioto^'art ^tormined by tnergr.'nnd a Wrt Mt devolion to tlio CHUh6 in which tihey nro ongRj^vd. u, mn:k« tho Aiaericaa most desj ti^laand ^adabla tiewBj^nper.

The »w!ng somi^rjjis, will embodt the feohuca] fiuth of American, iand will b«* mnintahi^d, in a spirit of oourtwSv towards th so who may differ with us in sasMmeut. 1 it. A just disoriraittatioa in (kvor of native bom j)ii*oua, for {til offices oi trust Mid prHfit. in iterance to lhu*b of fohe»gn bfrih. 2d. Tl.o Uiiioii bf the«P0 ,,, 3d. Opposition io #11 local or aoc-

UouaUrejtidioM. ,4th. The United Stata|ojf Amoriea W4 they are, "olie and irisojp^mblo."

No Sectarian iht'irfoit?no^ffli

our iQtfislatioh.or tho Administration of American Uw.u,,,'^/? ^ui'hht

**Can4l OMcu," corner of "Ohio and Fovlrth hostility to tlii assumptions oi" mr^ta, whene thoy are prepare to Mirv* up the 1 ope, through the Bishops, PriesUt in thf! mwt approved ist^*lf~loe Cream, of all flavor*, Cake*, Caudioa, Fruits, Knla, C3oii« Kctions of all'kind*, and, la fact, every ileli. cney of the season, hoping by strict attention to the busineRK to merit, yoor patronsgd.

and Prelates of tho Church, or by powera uf the Old World. 7th. Hestomtion of our State natni1alination laws to a oorrcspondence with Uie Constitution of tbo United States. 8th. Free and liberal Educational Institutions, for all socts and glasses, with a free uiso of the Bible, God's Holy Word, as teit hook, 9th,

Full tolerance to "^11 fteligidufe

Rect^, which do not conflict with the Qf tbo U. SL.-ar, |1M ntf our lro« itiatitutiuiiR. 10th. The 'Monroe doctrine' against colonization on the Aonoricnn continent by the nations of Europe.

The latoat Foreign and domestic genoral and local news, will bo carefully noted, nnd scJections will be made, in reference to the maintenance of a high ton© of morals tu our columns.

The market*, of our own and of the' principal commercial cities jf the States, will he correctly reported daily and weelvly.

AD communications of au interesting nature, free from pertonalitks, and unexceptional in language, will be welcomed tn our columns. fetriot »»ttx iition 1o (lie courtesies duto our cotemjioraries will be preserved.

Daily, per week pa\-able to carrier T06ts. per annum in advance, $5,00. «ix months, 2,B0. three months, 1,26. Weekly per annum in advancc, ,#1,00. six months,. bO. 11 copies one year, 10,00.

No subscriptions received lor weekly for less than six mohtlifi, and no paper continued after the subscription has ex pired, union by especial arrangement.

BROWN & SILVERTH0RN PuUighcrs fe Proprietori'.

'70"MNMn'"

Groceries and Provisions of all kinds. TB1HE urdmigned are now procured to wjiit. upon their fiiendu and customers with a full and geaural assortment of Groceria» and Provisinriif.

Their stock comprises, in part, English Dairy Cheese', Mackerel, Sugar# Spicen, Coffee, leas, Molasses,canvassed Boef, Hams, Shoulders, ^ides.

Lard. Potatoes, Salt in sacks, 'f Willow Wagoinsj Basket^, Tubs and Washboards, ».1 1 and in fact eveiy thing that can be desired may be had, at cheaper rates than can'be found in the city.

O" Butter figgs, Chickens, Meal, Flour &c kept on hand, when they ure to be had in the country.

fl^*.&rs,°u's

J. C.YATES,

^',,di"g children for any arti4

tlfis house, rn- rely on the correctnfcsar of weight aud change. W Giveus a cali~we are determined thatn^ house in the city shall undersell us.-Vedo' not put on the tariff when an article 1* scarce^

JAMISON & TERRY

MASSES"**"™-"*-

Harper for July, td?$e had at

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