Terre-Haute Journal, Volume 5, Number 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 February 1853 — Page 2

TI1 E JOURNAL.

WE E. McLEAN,

EDITOR,

TBHRE-HAUTE.:

FRTDAY MORNING::::::: FEB/h, l«B.

StMtwao*, No 36 Wslant St., Cin

cinnati, nr« our authori»»d i(*aU to obtain adrer tisementa and subscriptions for o» in that city 27* S. M. Prmtsonx Sc. Co., N«w«pap«r advertising dfenU, are authorised to receive advertisemom* and subscriptions for as, and receipt foyh* WIM. Their offices are at

NEW YORK, 192 Nassau Stj BOSTON, 10 State St.

Tbe Cabinet—The Next Ad«l»l«tratio®. Conjectures concerning Geo. Pierce's Cabinet continue to be rife throughout the country. As the time appoaches when the matter must be definitely seitled and made known, there appears to be an increased eagerneis on the psrt of Newspaper writers and correspondents, to seize bold of ever} rumor put sffote in the political world out of which to fhspe some plausible surmise. as to the men whom the President elect shall call around him as constitutional advisers. Not only is great interest lelt from the fact tha! every section of the country is desirous of having advanced some particular 'prominent man, but because there seems to be an impression that the position which the incoming administration will be determined by the character of the men cslled upon to lake seats in the Cabinet. For ourselves we care little, if they be able men, what phase of Democracy Gen. l'iercc's Cabinet officers may be supposed to represent, nor what may be according to the views of the Whig press, the indications made known by the eventual choice.*" Wo believe that Gen. Pierce, unlike some who have not very long preceded him in the executive chair, will not, in name only# but in reality, be the princi. pal personage in that branch of the Governmenl and that his own judgement will give character to the administration. We think that our foreign affair* will be conducted according to the dictates of hi* own good sense of what is right and prudent, without reference to whether fillibusterism or amifillibunterUm many be most fully represented in the Cabinet. In »aying this we only express our confidence in the ability and manly independence of hiin, lo whom the people have confided their highest trustThat confidence has been increased by his conduct since his eleoiin, which has been of such a character as to win from political opponents praises q£ his judgment and prudeuce.

Gov. Wright and Prof. Read's Lecture. 'Kho 7th and 8th Lectures before the Mechanics Historical Sooiety, were delivered on Monday Evening last by Gov. Wright and Pro). Read of the Indiana State University.

Gov. Wrighti deli*ered the ftrst Lecture ,upon State Pride and National Legislation. The prominent topics of the Governor's discourse were the deliterious effects upon tho community, resulting from the all absorbing interest manifested in National af fairs lo the total exclusion of our State, eounty, township and domestic affairs. The evils resulting from the abuse of the Franking priviledge were also portrayed. The importance of the individual man, in his individual capacity and his relations to his government and to society were forcibly depicted by the Leoturer. The Governor, among the many good things of his discourse, stated, that the interests of a county, a neighborhood, and the best interests of tho State, wet# considered by many of us of secondary importance compared to the magnitude OR National affairs, an evi donee of which it was stated, that at ot*m late State election, although the people were called upon to select all the various officers to manago the Executive, Judicial and Legislative departments of the State, to make and administer Laws that are to control and regulate their personal rights, property *nd character, and those of their children, it was a singular fact that fifteen thousand more of our fellow citisens turned out to vote for President of the U. S. than at the October Election. Thti is a fair specimen of the all absorbing tendency of the powers of the National Government.

Gov. Wright was followed by a Lecture from Prof. Read addressed specially to Mechanics, portraying the influence of the Mechanics Arts upon the progress of Civtlixatton.

The Lecture was a fine literary effort and was listened to with marked interest.— TU«? Professor's views of the relative dignity of the various occupations and professions of men were just and correct. The old sentiment that

Honor and (MM from no conditio* r»*s Act well your part, tJkru

SCU*OT*

JOHN PKTTIT

___ ,f Merchants* Bask of Jeffkrsonrille, JefferWanfcod Immediately, ,onTlU#f 300,000 A* BOY, at'thi* Office, to learn the Pnnf*"*-^ Vigo Connty Bank, Terre-Haate 100,000 ing1 Btxinets. One between 12 end I6)eir» of age would be preferred.

the hoaw Ik*,"

was eloquently and truly sustained by the Lecturer. Indiana boasts of few finer classical or literary men then Prof. Read.

The next Lecture before the association will be delivered

Monday next, by Bsaav

Esq. of Indianapolis, a young

and talented member of the Bar o4 that u«y. THE

FIRST

MISSJUS

rao* TM» "OU»

BSASS

Ptsc*."—We have received the Paleot Oflice Report lor '61 fend 'St franked as by

of the S Senate. A most stability and unwavering excellent begioing of a brilliant awalwla] career

Still wire Pi»e Baaks*.

The State Sent in* I says that application* htm been filed for &«» ftuiki tioder the Fr*« Banking svstetrtt

Bank of Indiana, kidh«»»...... A,.....|I80,M0 Indiana Exetetagn Bank, Lexington,** *600.000 Central Wabash Bsnk, Covlogton, .130,000 Bank of Elkhart, Elkhart 900,000 Mechanics' Bank, Lafeyett*,....... .900,000 Farmer*' Bank of Indiana, Lafiiyette*,.. ..900,000 lAfsyctt* Bank of I ad tana, l*afsyetts,... ,500,000 Laurwl Bank, Laurel, Fruklll #.»....... 150,000 Ft Harrison Bank of Indiana.

Terrs-Hat»t»,Ji00,,0Q0

A(rie«lMnl Bask of lnd.'a, Indiaoapolio,-900,000 DWOT' Bank, Roma, Parry eo., 50,000

Union Bask, Liberty, .200,000

.. $2,750,000 Up to this date applications have been filed for fifty-one Banks, with an aggregate capital of •12,600,0002^ Of theae eight are located at Lafayette, six at Indianapolis, five at Terre-Haute, five at Madison, three at Newport, two at Richmond, two at New Albany, two at Logansport, two at Goshen, and two at Lexington.

It will be seen, therefore," that we are to be favored with two new Banks still, the Fort Harrison Bank, with a capital of $200,000, and the Vigo County Bank, with a capital of 8100.000. The first is under the proprietorship of Mesvrs. Cox and Dame of Lafayette,—who the proprietors of the latter concern are, wejare uninformed. We are evidently going to be a banking community. Come on, gentlemen, there's room for more. You shall have our patronage, if—»you want it!

(£7- The bill lo relocate the county Seat of Clay county, is still in the Senate awaiting the action of the body. The most strenous efforts are being made to pass the bill. It encounter* however the most violent opposition. A Committee in the Senate through their Chairman, T.

.0.

WAKE GIBSON,

Synopsis of the Treasury Report Tho report of the Secretary of the Treasury, which has not long been published, gives the following view of the state of our National Finances:

The receipts for the fiscal year ecding June 30, 1852, were, From cu&toms, $47,339,326 62 From public lands, 2,043,239 58 From miscellaneous sources, 345,820 69

AXCSEMKXT.—By

reported

the bill unconstitutional. It has however undergone some subsequent action, and the probability is that it will pass the Senate also. Vv ..

Old Vigo la among them.

By examination of the report of the Auditor of State, we find that the Tax Duplicate for this county in near 817,000. Jefferson county is the largest in the State, amounting in round numbers to $26,000 Marion county is the next, being $25,000 Wayne county third, $22,884 Tippecanoe is fourth, 820,888.32 Rush the fifth, $17,752.37 Franklin the sixth. $17,631.23 Dearborn the seventh, $ 17,492.G2 Vigo the eighth, 816,633.18 Montgomery the ninth, 16,340 01 Floyd the tenth. $15,260.73 Henry the eleventh, $14,937 30 Allen, Clark and Putnam each pay above $14,000 Stark county pays the least, $193.43.

FONDA,

49,728,336 89

Add balance tn the Treasury July I, 1851, 10,911,645 68

The expenditures for the fiscal year were, 46,007,896 40

Leavinf balance tn the Treasury ly 1, 1852, 14.632,136 37 The estimated receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1853, are .. 51.3'0,000 00

Add balance in Treasury July 1,1852, and the total means as estimated will be 65,932,136 37 **The expenditures for the same period are estimated at 60,560,056 86

Which will leave an unappropriated balance in the Treasury July 1, 1853, of $5,372,079 51

The whole of the hot installment due Mexico, by the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, amounting to $3,180,000 0©» has been paid.

The pubiio debt on the first of January 1853, was 865,131,692 13. Besides this there will b# due Texas under the act of 9th September, 1850, $5,000,000. Since the first of January, and up to the time of the report, an additional amount of the public debt had been redeemed to the extent of about $250,000.

The coinage at the mint for the year ending 3!si December, 1852, was as follows: Gold, 6,094,765 pieces of the value of-- -.... $51,505,638 50 Silver, 27,549.505 pieces of the value of- 847,310 00 Copper, 5*162.094 pieoes of the value- »»•».. 51,620 94

Total $62,404,569 44 tlie Secretary reports the surrey of the coast to be progressing rapidly. a Ho us miscellaneous matter* are referred to in the Report, which are not of sufficient importance for us to notice here.

GST A private letter to ua from a respectable and reliable source in Washington City states, that if Indiana receives a Cabinet appointment, it arill be in the person of Hon. Joaat W. Davis. We treat that such will be the case. Indiana deserves sttcb a reoog

a*u*h«Mot 10 D««nocratie principle*.

{j$r Gen. Sam Houston ha* been re-elec- tary of the TrNunugr. ttttder Preside®! Polk, ted U. S Senator from Texas. TexaawoaM* it rapidly Ifailing. ttta disease ia an affitcIdee half her celebrity if she lost, her ilous- tioe of the thigh-bone. It is draught 1that .-...rlJ•-«»««".

OCT Hou. Robert J. W*lk«r, lata Secrw-

1 1

NOTICES.

Mr, Whipple*s Coacert*

This gentleman, assisted by

IIMMS.

Hull

anthCurrie gave a most excellent and briHanf musical entertainment at Corinthian Hall Hast evenings

large and delighted audi

ence were in attendance. Mr. W.*s forte is decidedly the cooiio. Bis comic "Aria** waa alone worth the price of admission. At the urgent solicitation of our citizens the gentleman has concluded to give another entertainment this evening with an entire change of programme. Remember Corinthian Hall this evening.

reference to another

column, it will be seen that "Winche!!"— the inimitable "Winchell," will be in town shortly, and favor our community with some of bis side splitting "delineations of character one evening with Winchell, is said to be sufficient to dispel all the melancholy, care, and grief, which a month may have engendered. Go and see him by all means. You will acknowledge yourself a debtor to him, over and above the price of admission, for the mirth afforded you. J.V

STAa SALE.—Don't

neglect to read care

fully the notice, in another column, of Mr. Anthony*i sale of Carpetings, Window Curtains, Shades, dcc., on the 17th inst. Housekeepers, and those intending to keep house, should not forget the time. (f^j~ Now is the season in which cotlRtry dealers seek for the best places wherefrom to make their Spring purchases. We refer those persons who are desirous of procuring a fresh supply, of the most fashionable and best assorted fancy goods, to Messrs.

BYBNE, JOHNSON AT IIANCE, 91

EVE INFIRMARY.—The

DAVIS,

Liberty street,

New York. There, we assure them, they will be well treated, and the references of the gentlemen composing the firm are guarantees of their experience and business tact.

attention of our

readers is respectfully directed to the advertisement of the Eye Infirmary of Dr. P. W.

of Lafayette, Ind. This is the

only establishment of the kind in this State, and is worthy of the patronage of those af flicted. Dr. Fonda is ar» experience 1 and practical occulist, and his success in the treatment of the deseases of the eye is attested by tnany respoctable and intelligent me who have enjoyed the benefit of his practice. Walter W. Early Esq., of this city is one of the Doctor's referees.

SMALL POX.—This

disease which threat

ened to commit some devastation among us recently, and succeeding in frightening many, at least, has entirely disappeared from our midst. We have heard of no new cases lately. It's disappearance will be regretted by none. .,

Notice to Rail Road Companies. The last No. of Wabash Express consins a long, well-written and logical article upon the vubject of "Rail Roads and ESditors" which we commend to the especial attention of a certain Rail Road Co. we wot of. Its length alone precludes its republication by us.

TKRRE-HAOTE JOURNAL.

We thank you for your compliment,

TURK.

60,640,032 57

THE DECENT

Wonder how raucif higher this iron must go to induce oar American iron mongers IN try their band. Hoar much over seventy dollars per ton do they team? The Pacific Railroad will in all proba«lhy be built by a company who will mate their own iron, either using the Lake Superior or Missouri iron mountains for that parplge. It can be made here for $40 per too, «»d a orach better article then that imported.

DtsrtwiM

DKATB.—Wg

Another Kexicaa lerolitios.. recent news from this ill-fated republic, is of a mast interesting naJureS The revolutionary spirit Ir spreading in every direction, and the greatest disorder preaides.

Gen. Arista has resigned the Presidency of the Republic, and fled from the City of Mexico, whither, it waa no! known, for per-

many of lonal security. The troops constituting the guard of the President have been completely routed.

The latest news reports that the revolutionists were gathering atrength daily, and had become so form id able, that their progress could not be checked.

Q^JR- We learn that out friend KtititSY

^VALENTINE DAY.—Monday

was

There is a very

g-.utifying improvement manifested in the columns of this excellent paper. We are glad of it, and shall devote ourselves to the tripod to deserve such a compeer.-Putnam Sentinel.

MR.

We hope the "Journal" will al

ways be worthy of the support of its patrons. No effort upon ojur part shall be wjaming to render it so.

TntNO.—The go-ahead

Yankee Hhat controls the Southern Michigan Railroad knows how to do the right thing, which might well be followed by some of the pioayune concerns we know of in this State. We have just been shown the following genteel document from that company: "JAN.

21, 1863. Pass the bearer, Editor of and family, over the road from this date to January, 1854."

This road also advertises the arrival and departure of their cars in all the papers on the route.—Indianapolis Journal.

We are happy to inform our readers that no "go-ahead Yankee", that controls any railroad about these diggins, has presented the editor of this paper and his family with a free pass upon it. By the way, who oaa the editor of the Indianapolis Journal refer to, in alluding to the picayune concerns he knows of? Our own Terre-Haute and Richmond Railroad company is surely not obnoxious to such an imputation. Pioayune concern! No. Can't be possible!

Rise ia Railrora Iroa.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says the last advices from England, quoting iron raila at £9 fQ|a £10 per Ion, on board, whioh ia a large advance on previous rates, will in its effect, have an important bearing upon the construction of new lines io this country. At theae rites, rails cost laid down in this country abottl 870 per ton, being an advance of over $30 within the past five months.

BEN

EDICT Esq., of Paris 111. will be an applicant before the incoming adminstration for a Judgship in the Territory of Minnesota.— We hope he may receive the appointment. Mr Benedict is one of the most accomplished and able Lawyers in Eastern Illinois. In the late Presidential campaign he was the eloquent and efficient Elector for the Paris District. His, Democracy is unimpeachable.

0tT The agent of Ericsson, anil others, ot New York, have proposed to furnish the Secretary of the Navy with one or more vessels, to be propelled with the Ericsson engines,-which are to attain a speed of nine knots with a daily cocsumpion of eight tons of coal The proposition has been formerly entertained, and Ericsson has been requested to send his new vessel on to Washington: This has been agreed to^and she is to be there within thirty days. *Tt

A CALORIC ENGINE

ON THE

OHIO.—The

Cincinnati Gazette says, they are informed that a responsible business house in that has contracted for the building of a first class packet boat, to run hence to St. Louis or New Orleans, which is to be propelled by a caloric engine. All honor to the men who first introduce Ericsson's engines on the Ohio.

The Wards, of Detroit, are preparing to put a caloric

engine

^one^f^heir splendid

Buffalo packets. *&*

"FANNY FERN."—Who

is Fanny

Fern?—"Ah! that's the question." Some say that she is the Rev. Tom Norris—and who is Tom Norris? Others that she is Mrs, Beecher Stowe,—Parke Benjamin,— M*s. Eliot, etc., while the "Pen and Pencil," claims "Fanny" as its contributor, and gives her the name of Mrs. Eldridge. If Mrs. Eldridge is "Fanny," the next important question is who is Mrs. Eldridge]

next is valen

tine day. Tender missiles, and some pret ty hard ones, too, will be the order of the day. The "Editor's Table" will be prepared for the reception of any of the former kind.

5""

0^- Mr. Vice President King arrived at Key West on the 22d. One account says he

no better than when he left Wash

ington—another that he was much better, and had proceeded to Havana in the Ful-

^JOVEL SCENE.—On

•:. I

the 21st, says the

correspondent of tho New York Express, there was exhibited at the State House in Albany, a novel phase in Legislation!® The House gave permission to a committee of females fiom the Womans' State Temperance Convention to. preient, in person, a petition with some 28,003 names upon it asking for the Maine or some similar law.-— There were four composing the committee, who were conducted into the centre aisle of the House by Gen. Burroughs, one of whom, a Miss Clark, of Lo Roy, steped forward and delivered a very appropriate and neat address. All the modesty and sensitiveness which usually characterizes the advent of ladies into pubiio assemblages, to "be the observed of all observers," had fled from the woman speaker, and no blush of temerity waa staqaped upon her cheeks, during the delivery of her address. 4 &

The Home Journal, whioh looks upon the world with the dreamy eyes of Poesy, thus daguerreotypes the "Breathing Engine:" A oalorio ship is a steamer with the devil out of it—a ship of die millenium—a gentle, safe and quiet craft that will go silently yet swiftly over (be waves, as poets and Swedenborgians imagine a celestial bark may course her way through space, from sphere to sphere, bearing beanfied immortals on errands of love.

(Kr There is a bill before the New Jersey Legislature providing that a commission may be issued in the case of a habitual drunkard, to prevent him from wasting his property, in manner similar to commissions tor lunacy.

$3r The Toledo Blade teQ* a good story of one of the land owners of AM

MASSICHVSKM

learn that as

old lady, nearly seventy years of age^ named Nancy McDade, living with C|pi Cochran oa 6th Street, met with a noil distressing and fetal accideat on Wednesday last. It appears she eras attempting tobttM fire a her room and the Samoa ca»cbing|to hor apparel, atw was eo severely bo nn»d as to cause her death some moments afterwards. Site was not discovered antil the flamee had envelope* her, and it «as imposnihle to rev der any assistance,

thriving

city who was offered for an eligible lot as many silver dollars as would cover it. He took a night to consider tho offer, and agreed next morning to aooept it—on condition that the dollars wen placod apoo their KDGKS.

SKXATO*.—The

Whig

Legislative canons in Massachusetts has nominated Edward Bverett to he supported for the Senate of the United States. This is equivalent to an election. He wi lake his place on the 4 th of March next

jflr Eminent legal gentkwnanof Nit Orleans have lately given opinhwa, in which they hold that Mr* Benjamin, dm Whig Senator from Louisiana, will not be prnmkted to ocoupytbe important station to which he was elected last year.

(From the Waahiagtea Repablic.] The claims which Generel Jackson desired to satisfy from the surplus revenue have been advooated for the I«t century by distinguished men of all parties. W. Vans Murray, R. R. Livingston, Madison, Marshall. Jefferson, Giles of Virginia, Lowndes of South Carolina, Marion of the same State George Clinton, Edward Livingston, Webster, C. J. Ingersoll, and many other eminent statesmen of both the great parties, have borne ample testimony to the justice of these claims. They have never been made a topic of party controversy. As Mr. Webster said in his great speech on the subject in 1635, in the Senate of the United States: "This is no party question: it involves no party principles, affects no party interests, seeks no party ends or objects and a? it is a question of private right and justice, it would be a flagrant wrong and injus tice to give it, anywhere, the character a party measure. The petitioners, t! sufferers under the French spoliations bolong to all parties. Gentleman of distinction of all parties, have, at different times maintained the justice of the claim. The present bill is intended for the equal relief of all sufferers and, if the measure shall become a party measure I for one shall not pursue it. It will be wiser to ieat|yyill better auspices shall appear.

us-

.* nc-

We annex the letter to which wo refer

above:~

mt'

U. S. SENATE CHAMBER. March 1, 1851. $

Sir: In answer to your inquiry, bearing date yesterday, 1 have to say that the principle facts on which the claims of "those suffering from the old French spoliations rest are matters of public notoriety. It would seem that a nation ought to be just before it is generous and that, while the resources of the nation are disposed of every day in the way of free gifts, claims on foreign nations, voluntary relinquished for pubiio reasons, might take predence of such gifts-

It is within my knowledge that, before the distribution of the surplus moneys to the States, Gen. Jackson and the leading members of his Cabinet were desirous that the claims should be urged and paid.

If the olaims were just then, they cannot be unjust now though, so far as the question may be one of expediency, every one will form his opinion of the condition aud prospects of the treasu ry.

Very respectfully your obed't servant, (Signed.) R- RANTOUL, Jr. Hon. H. W. Bissell, House of Representatives.

Mt spoken In a High Place. In a recent speech in London, by the great and liberal British statasman% Mr. Cobden, that gentleman presented in a terso and truthful manner the difference between British and American newspapers, and between European and American readers.— He said: ./*

The United States were pointed at, and

people

said, see how they are. Now 1 see their papers, and I seo how they tilk of their public men. 1 also see and read the newspapers in this county—more than 1 wish—and vouch for it that the newspapers of the United States do not speak in more vulgar or vituperative terms of their public men than certain newspapers do of at least one politcian, who shall be nameless. I venture to say that, during the last fortnight you will find in two high aristocratic papers here—papers that are the pink of flunkeydom—I mean the Herald &nd the Standard [hear]—more personal abuse of one public man in this country than is to be found cast on any public man in the United Slates within the period. [Loud cheers We seek to give the working class that which the upper and middle classes, as thev are called, enjoy—an interest in the periodical press of ttie country. [Cheers.] The upper and middle classes of this country should take warning from what happened in tho neighboring country. Have we not seen in France the Freedom of the press abolished with a mere stroke of the pen. without the least resistance being offered? [Cheers.] Do you think this could have been done in America? The peoplo of the United States would as soon suffer their daily bread to be taken from them as their daily paper. Why was this? Because in America every mechanio and peasant was in the habit of having and reading his daily newspaper whereas in Franee the privilege was confined to a small fraction of the community, and I believe that the great mass of the French people would not be able to read the newspapers, penJln they oould get them —[Hear, bear.]^ t-.

The Japan Expedition

The Boston Post publishes the following extract from a letter received from a gentleman who has just returned to this country from a trip to China relative lo the feelings of tha Japanese towards the expedition of Com. Perry: •I was informed by 1 gentlemen—a native of Japan that the Emperor is ready for the American expedition. He exhibited letter lo me, which he had just received from one of bis countrymen, then on the island of Jeddo. That the people kept a strict lookout all over the coast and their fires were already burning on the mountains at night, in order to be prepared in ease the squadron should appear at aight. One million of soldiers ere ready and at hand. The const is all set with guns, while in the bay of Jeddo, where the fleet is expected, there are countless war junks, and the whole toy is surrounded with inumerahle forts. The expedition will find the Jspaneee much better soldiers than they anticipate. The preennts bad better hmve been left at home, trade will not soon be opened with that country, except by force.*'

The Boston Transcript says, Bradford, to his History of Massachusetts states that on the anniversary of the Society for Promoting Industry, 300 females of Boston assembled 00 the Common with their spinning wheels. They were needy attired in cloth of their own manufacture, and a great crowd of spectators collected io witness the scene.-— This wss in 1753, just one bandied yews ago. ~v -5

Tax

LAST

PMACHASJK—rTbe Ohio and In-

diafta Eaflrond have Islely purchased 6,000 tons (of the 21,000 required,) of Railroad Iran of Wimdow, Lanier & Co., Milt for the Ebbervale Works, Wales, shout 965 per ton duties, $1M0 per ton—total of duties $99,000. Quite an it /and Plain Dealer.

Exhibition af Indiana State A»rte«l-

JturUithe

soetety for 1853.

is hereby given that the Executive

Committee of the State Board of Apiculture will meet in the Supreme Court Room at Indianapolis on Thursday, the 5th day of May, 1853, at one o'clock P. purpose|of arranging a schedule of premiums and appointing the lime and place of holdin a a a

Counties desirous of holding"We exhibition. will then have an opportunity of making proposals.

The place at which the exhibition is proposed to be held, will be expected to furnish the Executive Committee the amount in cash that will be paid by the 20th of September, or at their option, ihe furnishing the grounds enclosed with a suitable board fence including a grove if practicable, and embracing an area of twenty acres, all the necessary halls, and structures for the exhibition of manufactured articles and the products of the earth, a speaker's stand and seats in front for the accommodation of 2000 persons, a mechanics' hall two hundred feet Ions by 20 in width, a manufacturers' hall of the same sixe, well covered pens and other structures for cattle, sheep, swine and fowls, 200 good substantial stalls for horses within the inclosure, ample forage of good quality on the grounds for horses cattle and sheep, and an ample supply on the grounds for man and beast, business offices for the secretary and treasurer, to be built under the direction of the Superintendent appointed by the Executive Committee, and the 'ground to be in full preparation for the Fair by the 20th of September, or the oash paid by that time.The proposals in each oase are to be accompanied by the names of responsible persons known to the Executive Committee.

For any further information, application may be made to the Secretary at this place. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT,

President of the Board.

JottJ# B. DtttON, Sooretary. Indianapolis, January 13, 1853.-

Homestead Exemption.

The following extracts exhibit the various qualifications of the homestead exemption bills now in force in the several states named:

Maine—A lot of land, a dwelling house and out buildings thereon, or so much thereof as shall not exoeed $5,000 in value.

Vermont—The homestead of every house keeper or head of a family, to the value of $500 and the yearlv products thereof.

Massachusetts—The lot and buildings thereon occupied as a residence, to the value of 95.000

New York—The lot and buildings thereon, occupied as a residence to the value of $5,000.

Maryland all real estate acquired by marriage during the life of a wile, for c.\ ecution for debt of husband.

Georgia—Twenty acres of Land, including the dwelling and improvements, no excoed §200—and the additional of five acres for each of age. •Florida—Forty acres of Und. when not in any town or cily. and provided such does not exoeed in value $4'."0.

amount

cllllil tinvlcr Io yoars

Alabama—Forty acres of Un'l to every farmer: and to every house-keeper, resi ding in a town or a city, a houso and lot not to exceed $3,000 in value.

Texas—Two hundred acres of land, when not in town bts, not to exceed $2,000 in value,

Ohio—Every family a homestead not to exceed 8500 in value. Michigan—Forty acres with dwelling house and appurtenances, when not in town or city: inn town or city, a lot or dwelling house not to exceed in value $1 i0 ).

Illinois—Lot of ground and buildings occupied as a residence, not exceed in value $1000.

Iowa—Forty ffci&s of land, not in town or city, or a town or city lot not exceeding in amount one fourth of an aero.

California—The Homestead, consisting of a quantity of land, together with a dwelling house thereon and its appurtenances and not exceeding iin value the sum 0 $5000.

Ne** Jersey—A fiotneateiia to eacfi ficrnl of a family, being the family residence, to the value of $500 not to be assets in the hands of an administrator, but to remain for the benefit of the widow and until the maturity of the minor child.

South Carolina—A homestead of fifty sore, of land including the dwelling house and to exoeed $500 in value, and to extend to any property situated within the limits of any city or town corporate.

^'Oppression of Labor*

Tha Hollidsysburgh (Ps.,) Standard notes the fact, that notwithstanding the great rile in the price of iron, which has started all their furnaces, and is coming rapid for1 tunes for proprietors, not a farthing has there been added to the wages of their laborers. Of course not. When pubiio sympathy was implored for the employers, and Congress importuned to aid them with tariff of protecteon, it was all based upon the miseries of the laborer who was in some instances thrown out of employment, in others only barely earning his daily bread* Now, however, when prosperity has overtaken the iron interest, despite the ruin-croaks of political charlatans, all sympathy for the laboring man and his dependant family is smothered in the congratulations of the fortunes coming to the millionaire.

(£r The Cincinnati Enquirer says Iron lace, for windows and bed curtains, ia sow an article of manufacture to Bngland and regarded there as eomething worth of die genius of the eighteenth century! Iron ruf fies hare long been lo vogue ia one of the pubiio Institutions In thaioiiy*,

(fir

The.Vincennes Gazette says that the St. Louis and Vineennes road ia to he poshed forward with great *lgor^ that place. An agent has hem dispatched to the Baat for several thousand laborers, and the requisite number of utensils to do work. Hie directory hare passed a reeohiUon giving the contractors a bonus of three hundred and fifty (ft oaand dollars if they wiQ complete the road from St. Lonia to Sales in twelve tnontfca, end through to

NEW ADVERTISEMEN TS.

Coarse of

Lectures.

TIrt seventh Lectar* of this winter befofe the

SOCIRTT,

M.|

MSCSUNICVtobodelivorpdISTORICAI.HCournethe

will be delivered, bv

Doors opeu at o'clock.

BKRRT R. SOLGROVR,

oo Monday evening next, (14th iust.,1 at the Uni-

forthei'wwiliat Chorch. O" Tickets for tho Conrso—to be had nt tho Rook Stores. Single Lecture 15 ct«. Ladies freo.

Second- aud Last!

GK AND CONCERT I

BY REQUEST OF

AX PERSONS^"

MR H. G-. S. WHIPPLE

WILL

Rive a second and last Concert on Friday [thial Evening Feb. 10th, with an eulire change of Programme. A great variety of original music, will be given, among which'will be found many laughable

COMIC SONGS.

In accordance with the general wish, the prico of admission has been reduced to

Only 25

Cents,

D* Doors opened 6}£--commenceat

o'clock'

WINCHELL IS COMING*!

MR.

WINCHELL respectfully informs tho Ladies and Gentlemen of this City, thai he will appeal? shortly, and introduce a variety of queer, qnnint and quixxicat characters.

New and amusing peculiarities of men and manners. Scotch, Irish, Dutch, French, Yankee, Hoosior, and Buckeye beauties.

Consisting of some hundreds of oddities—earh dissimilar in face, voice, manner, intellect, dialect and tried.

Due noUeo will b» given of time and place.

CTrojf stsS.

At No. 6 Union Row,

VERY MONDAY, WEDNESDY and FRf.E LJ DAY at o'clock, r. M. for the Lndies: And EVERY NIGHT for Gentlemen, until further notice.

B. ANTHONY, Aarnt.

A. L. HUNT, AnctioHcrr. February U, lfi53-20tf

STAR SALE

AT TERRE-HAUTE, Commencing Thursday, February 17,1853, at 10 o'clock, a. m.,

And coutinue FRIDAY nnd S VTl'HD.VY, Or until nil is aold, at the New Auction Room, No. 6, UNION ROW, National Road Street.

CARPETINGS.

OOO Imported Ourpeti'ill, comprising rlnli Velvet Tawestry: nlso, hnglidt Tapestry nu Brusstd', nnd all wool Ti»re«.PIy and Ingrain, from tho manufacturers i't America, with Hull nnd Stop irpet, In grunt variety also VelvelClieiifillo an 1 Tnlfte.l Heurth Rnginnd Door .Malts, Drugget and Linen Crumb Cloih«, all qualities.

Window Curtains and Shades.

(7 nrtaln Dnrnask, lu great variety, anil nil endless

J. |(1|CB

NN(

Kuibrolderod (Jurtniiis IIIKI

Trimming, Cornice, Anns nnd Tassels, with one hundred pulrs Win.low ,Shades. Also, C'lrnoliim' Lard L'»mps, Walters, Girandoles, Transparencies, Table Cutlery, Table l.lnen and Napkin'', I'Vather 1 UHtor* mid brushes. Lnm,* an.! T.-u Mill', nnd a l!ioua:utd other article* too numerous to mention.

1'. S.

Some lino Musical Instruments nt tlio

same time. The stock will Iw reijfiy lor exhibition two days previous to sile. The citiz-ns of TerreHaute ami ailioiuing Towns uul Gitle* are solicited to attend.

TIH

ANEW

Fab. 11, 'S3.

Vinoannes

in eighteen months, aod the contractors are confidant they will gain the bonus.

GSr

devil.

lo 1825, M* Thiers waa printer4®

snlo will be positive, and without

reserve, nnd should attract the attention of all in waul of Furnishing Goods. II. ANTHONY, Agent.

A. L. HUNT, Auctioneer. Terre-Haute, Feb. II, 1853-20

AN ORDINANCE

Levying ft Tnv for the Year IS53.

it ordained by the Common Council of Iht Town of Terre-Haute, That the following designated properly within this Incorporation, lo subject to assessment and luxation for tho present year, to-wlt: All lands, tenements, hereditaments, and their appurtenances all household furniture, merchandise, moneys at Interest owing to the person to be taxed more than they pay interest for, and other debts owing to thein from solvent persona more than they are indebted for, all moneys ou of hand, tools, implements and stocks in trade, horses, mulea, asses, cuttle and hogs, coaches, carriages,, buggies, wagons, drays and carts, saddles, bridles and harness, clocks, watches, musical Instruments,, gold and silver ware and jewelry, mops, painting* and statuary, salt, hides, furs, leather finished or ln vats, lumber, brick, grain, pork and lard, and flour not intended far shlpmnnt, and all other personal' property not herein enumerated a poll tax on all' while male Inhabitants, (sane nnd not paupers,y over the age of twenty-one, and under fifty years and all lands Included In the extension act, approved

February 16th, 1839, other than where the same are laid out Into building lots, to be taxed not exceeding the amount levied by the county for road purposes, and where laid out into buifdlng lots, to lis taxed the same as If luclndsd in tha original limits of the incorporation.

Adopted February 7th, 1853. H. ROSS, President. ATTEST: ALBERT LANGE, Clerk

pro tem.

February 11, lH5.1-90-3w Editors Courier, Express & Prairie City copy..

N]QW BOOKS

TI8TOKY of Henry Esmond, Esq., by Thack-

MyNovel, or Varieties in English Life, by Bui wer. Blanca, a Tale of Erin and Italy, by Edward Matarln. WM? Comeille and His Times, by Guliot. My Life and Acts in Hungary, In 1848 and J8-19, by Arthur Gorgel. Basil, a Story of Modern Life, by Wilkis Collins* Knick-Knacks from sn Editor's Tabls, by L. Gsylord Clark. Experience of Llfe, by %. M. Sewell sdition,

BUCKINGHAM'S

Uncle Tom's Cabin, cheap edition,

W.H.

For sale at Fsfcraary 11, l853-9CHf

VAliBSTINES.

FINE assortment of Valentines just received aad for sale at W. H. BUCKINGAAM'S, Feb. 11,1853. Sign of the "Big Book."

Music. of Piano Moslc, just f&csfred H. BUCKINGHAM'S

S»

BOOK STORE.

HEW TOPSL.

SILK GOODS

O A O O A S

MYERS&

KJIISELY, (late MYEBS,

Cosh only,

-I

sur-

PAM KNI8ELY,) looking to the interest oi tbair palroas as wall as their own, have adopted the "Papular Trade" of selling goods entirely for CAftfi. Every basinsss msn knows that where goods are sold for

they ean be sflTardml

macb cheaper titan where a general credit bnsinrsa is done, therefore ire hope that all oar old friers* aod the trade jeoeraily will call asd five ua "a look." Onr Stock consists of Silks, RibbonIkes* Good*, Shawls, Laces, While Goods* Glows, Crapes, Pongee Hdkfs Preach Merino,Bombazine, Alpacas, tpc.

Which we pledge curselves to sell at frtM 1

Ton to Twentj per cent

fowsrthta the asad credit prices. At the eld Stead* Ho. MBtJBieadwsy comer of Liberty Street. ... JAMES MYERS/TTT

WILLIAM KNlSfcUtr4

New York, Feb. 1853-20-3m TO'" 'if? '*1