Terre-Haute Journal, Volume 5, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 April 1853 — Page 2

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TERRE-HAUTE:

FRIDAY MORNING::::: APRIL 22,1853.

O" PASVIS &. Mu*«os, No. 36 Walnot St., Cin cinnati, are our authorized

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lo obtain adrer

llwRwnUinil subscriptions for in that city. 0*S. M. PrrritiGti.i. & Co., New*j«per adverlining agents, we authorised to receive advertiweme lit* and mliKriptioni for n», aad receipt for Uf same. Their nflieeeareal

NEW YORK, 122 Nasaao St BOSTON, 10 Slate St.

I IHTOIt ABKENT.

03r There was quite a large mec'iing a the Court House on bat Piiday «vCr»iog and nUo one on Salurday for the purp «e of ex citing the feriiugs of our cilizer.s, in regard to the Uail Road Vl»cenn« a lo this filaco Several speeches were ma«!e, one by iht Il.»n. Samuel Hail, INesiiJetil of the K-jad. which intfiaiU'd to theae present co»»idera b!e information, not the least of which wathe important fact that it required a subscription of eighty thousand dollars, in outj own t'ounly lo complete the Ilruul to Perre IInute. This w. at first view, a large sum but when we take into consideration the! wealth our Ci»y,^ nnd the pro#periiy of the County, we cannot doubt, that by a little ef (o t, the amount cart easily be raised.

Agricultural Socicty.

What haa brc#»e of our County Agricultural Society 1 We would wry much likt fi know we trust it is not disbanded. I'oi the credit, and honor of our county, we do hope that the society will exist and prosper. Gentleman officers of said society, if such an one there yet be, do have a meeting and try Wy every potaible means to awaken the right spirit on this important subject, among the Farmers of our cour.ty. Our agricul tural resource*—our location—our rich and .beautiful land, should act as a stimulus up on us and energize our efforts in this great woik If the right spirit prevailed, by a lit tie efl'orl we could induce the Stale Board, to acccde in favor of Tcrre Haute as lh» place for holding the nxt Slate I'uir. l'armcrs of Vigo look to your interest, oml ow when there is nothing to interfere, when there is no agitation of the political sea. wherf%li calm, peace and prosperity, en gage in this glorious cause.

0^7" Wti understand that an injunction has been granted by a Master in Chancery staying the proceedings of the Commission tors appointed to re-locate the County seat o' Clay County. The injuction was ordered, upojj the application of the people of Uow* liuggreen, the Mastor in Chancery believing tlisl the law authorizing U.e removal, is un constitutional. The case '/we presume will bo taken to the Supreme Court of the State untf the question finally se'.tled, for lh« peace and prosperity of Clay County tht quicker this is done the better wo would «ay.

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Riley Family Concert.

"Muyic hath churins to soothe a savugo breast." And if suoff mUhio as was given by thiifamily last evening to the delighted auditmce, would not "soothe a savago breast," then the breast must bo sxpage indeed.— The papers have not said enough for them hey ore more than they are represented,1 and their be*t songs to spare. We are pleased to announce that, through the ur gent solicitation of t^any friends, they havt concluded lo give another Concert to night although they are desirous of fulfilling thoii engagements, as soon as poisiblo at St

I,outs. The four Indies who composoih» family, with Muster CHARLIE, are not onh accomplished vocalists, but the acoontpaoanirnents on ihe Guitar by Mjsa Mnriha, the Vlotintietto'bjr M'*8 Amanda, and Violin by Mis* Fttmde, are by no means the least pleasifi]g part of tho enlertammt.nl.Tho execution of ih# latter is tudfto^sttf prUing. Wo hope to $oe a full house to night. The Kileys deserve il

It will be seen by the communication of Mr.Soulo, that ncxi Saturday tho voters oi this City will called upon to vol© ihf amount they are willing to be assessed witb nnd pay Tor the purpose of carrying out the Graded Free Schools System, ia ver\ important thai a full vote ba hot! upon th« wnaton. in order »h*t a desimo and plan fxpre».ian may be given in regard* to th. cou®i}mation of ihis desirable objacU

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Hridv. bound (jr this pUc*», sutik. a few. davs ago below tho Rapids, and having a quantity

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Hr»». Mr«.Tuin»» a merchant of this city had on board a lot of furnhurw and .M Hun lift of ih# Urown ll"U»e lUn, who$i lo*s we uudarund, &*« or six hundred dolUra. 0^- The *tf«a»her. for some da^s h» U«n cxvellfkt tor forming operations, an ev«rv where farmer* iw making the W* use it. The ptwspeU.for a large frui' trop. in «Hw vicmity, never w*« Mt*r. »o w« are pleased lo learn. frm our exchang e*. that such is the ca»« throughout tUe on tiro Stat?. -i,t (gj* Go*. Fwute, ot Mif is*ippi, has ap pointed two hundred delegates lo attend thr the Southern Commercial Convaunon.whici' is lo meet at Memphis ou th« 6th of Jaiw. and is going Ww*lK

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*d, »o)d out hi* interest in the Lawrence burgh Register, and toW «»»»«d«l l*j I»r. John O. Don»» »h® P°*u

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From the Madimn Courier—TtUgrepkicDEATH OP TICE PRESIDENT KING. PRIUDEPUJA, April 19. From Charlston, to day, we learn that Mr. King reached home, in Dallas corny. in the morning and died at six o'clock Monday evening. He is to fee burried tomorrow morning at 11 o.clock at Fin® Hills-

The foundation of the "Warren Block" has been commenced, and i* rapididly pro pressing. When this block is completed, it will be one of the most substantial and beau liful row of business bouses in our city. The proprietors of this block are enterprising citizens and worth their "weight in gold.'* Pity but more of the other wealthy men of [our city would follow their good example, and erect fine targe business houses which would not only add to the beauty, of our already splendid city, but greatly increase ihe facility for doing business,' instead, »f purchasing and removing old and rickety buildings to locations the most desirable. Such Id hunkerism is the ruina tion of any town, and well is it, lor us Uiat we have few such in our midst.

Messrs. James and Wei ton Modisett have also commenced their splendid block and when completed, it will be the finest building North of the Public Square.

Q£r The Tea buisness is rapidly increasing, and it is important that Wholesale and Retail Dealers should know where to make the moit advantageous purchases. Moore As Chester, corner of Seventh and Walnut sts., Cincinnati, are the largest dealers in the West, and are prepared to supply evftfy demand.

TUB JAPAN EXPEDITION.—The Union i$ives an empatic contradiction to the rumor that the administration intended to counternand the Japan expedition. On the conrary, it says the administration is making every effort to give all proper aid in carry ing out ihe important objects of the expediion and in fulfilling (he public expectation in regard to it. The probability, howeverthat tho Alleghany cannot be got ready oi* sea in time, while it has been deemed tecessary to withdraw the Vermont, fSr the reason, that if her crew of 800 men could «e obtained, they would increase the numier of the force now allowed by law to ihe iavy, which mumber is 7,500. The force under Com. Perry, however, now assem tiling at Macon, is deemed ampi.v sufficient or the successful accomplishment of the objects of the mission.

The Nicaragua correspondent of the N. V. Herald writes, on the 31st ult., that afinirs were comparatively quiet at San Juan The British war steamer Geyser and the United States sloop of-war Cyane were in the immediate vicinity. ^The authorities of Greylon had appealed to the commander of of the former vessel ugainst the recent con duclofCapt. Ii.dlin# but the English cap tain coolly informod them that he had express orders from his government not to in tor fere in their affairs. It was reported that the Prometheus, on her last trip from New York,took out orders from tho Britsh Minister at Washington, directing any English vessels of war «\t San Juan to protect the employees and property to the Transit Company. But the orders oamo too late the employees had been imprisoned, fined snd the property of the company destroyed —of all which the commander had taken cognizance. ,-Ttm ',....-,1.,—,I,

The School Law.

There is a feature of the cq/mmon school |1HW which may not be generally known, and yet is of such utility in many instances as to justify us ih calling to it the especial attention cfthe puhlio. It not unfrequently oocurs that a family may be located one. two, or even ihres miles from a school house, situated in their own .district there m'a}' be a school within half a mile. Under the present law. persons may select the uhool to which they desire sending their children, even though it bo in an adjoining township in which case the Trustees of the ownshipin which they reside.are required to transfer them, for educational purposes, to the township in question, and* notify the

Prutees of ihe same, of the transfer. This done, the persons thws transferred to a neiv township, are voters therein for school purlpose«: also pay their school tsx in such township—and" in fact, are considered as leionging to the township they haVe ldect »(J, for all educational purposes.— Times,

Prr.RBE SotruB.—The following is a brief |.ketch of the life of Hon. Pierre Soule, who| as just been appointed minister to Spain

President Pierae: Pierre Soule was horn at Castillon, in thrj Pyrenees, during the first consulate of Napdeon. He was destined for the church ui. becoming dissatisfied, left the Jesuits ollege, where he had been placed. At thej Age of fifteen, he took part in a cor,spirac\ *l»ninM the Bourbons, and, being detected, was obliged 13 take refuge in the little vill igo of Navarre. He afterwards went It P«rts and established a liberal paper. For l.i* he was put upon trial. He defended .limself with eloqueuce. but was e$nvic!*d tmi sent w» St. Pelagie. From thence ht «e»p*d to England and afterwards came to i» United Siatefc. and settled in New Qr»nsinl8?5. He studied law. tod rose nigh in the profession. In 184? he was lected frpm Louisana to fill a vacancy in he U. S. Senate, and was re-elected. «i 1349.

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man and a wholar. Mr. Torbet «mo» lo Indiannpolis, md, wo have heard it CUM ed, wtU bocottte eon!.»Ms#«d with tfro St*'. Sontinrl. 7 1

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lied to l«*rm lit at Col. W ilti* A. Gorman, of Udisna. has been appointed Governor .1 the Territory of Minnesota. Ho pose» less**, in an eininrr! degmu the r*«g*imii |uali6cattocs lor fer an*3 satisiaction, pjischwrg* of iHe dtitiee of l^e place and we doubt ti.-t that hie •Jmioittretioa of thr aiTatrs of ta* lenitory will greatly conduce »o us *l**t*c«tneal *Qi |««?fferttjr»—

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To the Voters of Terre-Haute*.

FKLLOW JrnzE5s:—On Monday, the 25th inst. at 2 o'clock P. M. at the CourtHouse, you will be eadted OB to give life to yoor favorite system of schools. Then and there, hi open meeting, the question will come up, "what tax shall be levied on the property within the corporation, to be expended for school purposes, the present year?" According as your votes decide this question liberally or grudgingly, the system must flourish or languish. Your Trustees have been carefully attending to the preliminaries necessary for setting schools ia operation. lite causes of delay need nol here be rccited—you have Low thirteen hundred and twenty-four children within your bounds, and one small school house for iht-m all! Not a very proud distinction for so beautiful and so flourishing a town! In order to proceed with your schools you need to provide room immediately to furnish it too, sufficient to accomodate a large proportion of scholars who can legally attend and then, to reap- the advantage which you expect, a liberal provision must be made for the payment of such teachers us shall make the syslem yield to you, a? it has to others who hare tried it, a hundred (bid.

The system of Graded Schools, from its adaptation to the genius of our free government, has been called the "American System"—and truly American it is—through' economical and efficient—Suited to the calls of a progressive age. Throwing wide open the door of intellectual improvement equally to the rich and to the poor, inviting all the youth of our country, as freely to drink at the fountain of knowledge, as Go.d has permitted us to expand in the sunlight of freedom thus cementing the foundation and beautifying the superstrucure of our institutions. This system of schools commends itself to the reason and to the interest of all classes of the community, who will examine its principles and listen to the evidence of its practical results, wherever it has been wisely administered. We call on you Fellow-citizens of

Perre-Haute,

as we believe it our duty to

do. to vote a liberal revenue to your schools, and to be no longer among the very last in the race of improvement in matters of education, but to complete, withoutdelay, advantages so liberally devised by the Slate, and to add the top-stone lo the elements of greatness which Providence has placed at your disposal.

I3y order of the School Trustees, M. SOULE, Clerk.

In (linnet Weights and Measures. By the last Revised Statutes of Indiana, Vol. 1, p. 514. it is made the duty of the several boards of county commissioners, to procure for the use of their respective counties, a set of weightsand measures, of the following descriptions, viz:

One measure of one foot, or 12 inches English measure One measure of three feet, or 36 inches

One half bushel for dry measure, which hall contain one thousand and seventy-five nud one fifth solid inches

One gallon measure, which shall contain two htfftdred and thirty-one solid inches and also,

One set of Weights, commonly called avoirdupois weights W hich weights and measures shall be kept by the "county auditor gf each and every county, in this State for the purpose of trying and sealing the weights and measures used in their counties."

At (he last session of thq Legislature, the .3d section of the act of June 9, 1852, was amended so as to read as follows

Sixty pounds of merchantable Wheat (avoirdupois weight) shall be given and taken for a standard bushel of Shelled Corn, fifty-six pounds of Corn on the cob, sixty [eight pounds of Buckwheat, fifty pounds of Beans, sixty pounds of Potatoes, sixty pounds of Clover Seed, sixty pounds Hemp eed, forty-four pounds Blue Grass seed, fourteen pounds Castor Beans, forty-six pounds Dried Peaches, thirty-three pounds Dried Apples, twenty-five pounds Onions fifty-seven pounds Salt fifty pounds Mine ral Coal, seventy pounds Timothy seed, forty-five pounds* Rye, fifty-six pounds Oats, thirty-two pounds of Flax seed, fifty .sis pounds of Barley, forty-eighlfpounds of Com Meal, fifty pounds

After the publication of the laws of the last session of the legislature, all the different kinds of grain, seeds, and articles spec fied in the foregoing paragraph, shall be i«iven and taken at the several weights affixed lo each, as a standard bushel and 'as uch shall be considered a legal tender to fulfil any contract heretofore made for the [delivery of either of the kinds of grain seeds, articles specified' in the act.—Farm and Stop S

It all road Iron. .v

The Bolton Railroad Times says that the railway now in construction in Europe.tod America will require for their completion no leSl than two millions four hundred jtonsof iron. To tnak this quantity will upy all %e rolling mills in the world which are engaged in the manufacture of railroad iron at least six years—those of Great Brittain furnishing three fourths, and the United States, France snd Belgium, the rem sitting one fourth. The best authorises do not estimate the largest quantity of railroad iron in any one year even as high as 400,000 tons, yet «pn at this rate it will ake six years to fumis* iron for Uie roads already begun. 7

The necemary consequence of this stat* of things, is that the pifcgs of railroad iron trill not only b« kept op, btit further advance and be maintained at bigh prices lor along length of time. ..

Scocsss Abrsm#—Evidence at Heme.—Oar Douse fumissing friend, Wa. Burnet, No. 14 East Fourth Street, tells tie that on the first of January, lie conaseticd at)mti«mg at«d telling a Medicine," used by his uncle, bis practice for ©re?

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«*s than tliree months t*d*e ^andred boxes of Ihis nlatbte medicine %re been retailed in iMt dtjr «/eae for f^OOfand beithan i!U the waaotmt spend fe* advertising has been then $60. The fact should ctttviace every reasonable person that ym

Tie GarAaet Trial*

The Washington, correspondent of the New York Herald, of the 9th inst. says: "The evidence in the Gardiner case today, it ia contended, will summarily coodude the matter in favor of the defendant. Colonel Payne, was one of the commissioner*, who decided in the claims against Mexico, testified that the award was not made to Gardiner in consideration of his having a title to the mine, but tor the losses incurred in the destruction of his property, and having been prevented from working a mine ol which he had possession. As the effort of the prosecution has been to show that'Gardiner obtained the award by means of an alleged forged title to a mine, the importance to him of Payne's testimony is argued, Of course this will depend upon the discrepancies between the terms of the indictment and the proof."

RUXORS FROM

WASHINGTON.—We

think

a new declaratory comparison of falsehood ought to be admitted into our language.— The idea may be expressed thu3—"As false as Washington gossip." We can concieve of no more contemptible occupation than that of Gossip General at Washington.— Court Journals are usually ludicrous, but the Washington gossip manufactory is worse than Court Journalism. It mingles the silly with the malicious, revengful and lying. So far as we can prevent it we keep our columns clear of the dirty stuff concocted and gathered up in the bar rooms of the Capital. But what most deserves the severest animadversion is the praciice of attempting to embarrass the Government by keeping up a ceaseless fusiladeof rumors about tho opinions. motives, and intentions of its members. —IVcw York Sun.

WASHINGTON, Apr

The Republic says the Cabinet have ceas ed their daily meetings, and now meets but three times a week. The three last meet ings were devoted almost entirely to the consideration of the Honduras question

AN ACT OF JUSTICE.—On Friday last ihe House of Representatives of Massachusetts passed to a third reading, by a decisive vote, the bill to remunerate the sufferers by the destruction of the Ursuline Convent, in Charleston, some

Dirietcen

years ago. No

doubt appears to be entertained that the bill will pass the Senate. Thus Justice, though long delayed, will be finally triumphant.— The appropriation proposed in the bill is §50,000, which, it is supposed, will be a proper indemnity.

MEN OF OTHER DAYS.—The Home Journal says: There is one person still living who has attended the inauguration of all onr Presidents, from Washington to Pierce—who has been a witness of the changes at the White House—We allude to George Wash ington Parke, Esq., of Arlington, Virginia, grandson of Mrs. Washington, and now over three score and ten years of age. lie has formely favored the pnblic with many of his reminisoences of the days of Washington, and still, we believe, retains his memory and other faculties of mind.

NEW YORK, April 18

A destructive fire occured in the Brooklyn Navy-Yard this morning at six o'clock, whioh burnt all day. A spontaneous combustion commenced in the paint loft, 300 feet long, consuming a large amount of timber, and causing two bomb shells, in the gunner's room, to explode. Few persons injured. The loss of the building is $20, 000 timber $60,000 paint and varnishes $20,000 gunner's loft $5,000.

Arpong the stock consumed was: timbers of a 74 frigate and a sloop of war, of Southern pine, which has been stored for 12 years, with the frames, &c.t of three others, to a large amonnt.

LATER FROM AUSTRALIA.—By way of Valparaiso and Panama we are in receipt of one week's later advices from Australia. Gold pouring into the different towns from all ihe mining sections, in great abundance, although different correspondents corroborated each other's statements that the produo tiveness of the mines had been greatly ex aggerated. Robberies were of frequent oc currence, and swindlfng was carried on to a great extent. It was estimated that £100,000 had been lost in five months by the purchase of spurious gold. One bank alone had sunk £50,000 by dealing in the bogus article. Commercial affairs were considered prosperous, and emigrants continued to arrive in countless numbers.

F.MAfctTATioK IN CPBA.—Her Catholic Majesty of Spain has consented to the emancipation of that class of Cuban slaves, known as emancipados. The negros, whose position is similar to that of the Roman freedom, are to be free after an apprenticeship of five years. Those who have already served that length of time are to be discharged during the current year, and the others as their terms expire.

STEAMBOATS VS. RAILROADS.—The completion and opening of several through lines of railroad communication belween the Eastern cities and the West, have excited a curious competition between these roads and the steamboats on the Ohio river and the northern lakes. Hitherto, the Meamers have possessed the entire business. To this competition is to he attributed the immense increase io the lake and river commerce and travel of the West. The Cleveland Forest City says that the

Ohio river steamers threat

en to cut off the great bulk of the through travel between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati unless the railroads put down their far* to a low figure. The lake steamers, also, says ibe same paper, will compel Uie shore roads to lower their tariff of charges or lose their passengers. All of the competitors have lowered their fares and still greater reductions are looked for. One consequence of this will he a great increase of travel on ail the lines. A multiplication of facilities for speed and omfort may also be looked for. —JPAif. Nor Ik Ameriem*.

One of the items of expense Ia the ball given by the Legislative Assembly of Franoe in hooor of the marriage of the Emperor, v«s 925,000 for flower* to decorate the saloons and passages.

Low Fitss.—The iiudetp River Sa3 tocd i* doing a heavy passenger boetseas low tariff system. Tho number of firtrt class passengers who passed over the Albany and Schenectady Railroad la Match last, was 23,031, ia place ®US,061 last year, it being an increase of 54 per oeat-

I A late number of the Baenct Ajres Packet announced dial a functionary who hed

six*** ile&y i» I & «hat city had take® off wfch hioi a mill"isO do&ur* of pnblic fund*.

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TtokgMphod fa? the Madi*®, €fcar|Mr. Foreiga Hears. NEW- YORK. Apil, 17. Pacific arrived at three o'clock this afternoon bringing Liverpool datea. ta the 6th. Sales of cotton since Friday amount to 32,000 bales, fair Orleans at middling 5| upland fair midliog 5}. Mcllenry quotes Bacon less active Cheese quite at high rales. In Beef and Pork there is. no improvement Lard steady. Flour has declined Is without increasing sales, the demand sluggish. General bad weatdec together with large imports checked speculations. French and Spanish flour wheat steady but quiet. White common retailed at 30s yellow wanted at 31s. Cotton fairly supplied at one sixteenth to one eighteenth elow the extreme rates last week. Wright, Gaudy & Co., quote cotton on Tuesday as languid but firm at 7.

Breadstuff's dull. Wheat a penny lower. Flour 3 to Cd lower. Brown & Shipley, quote wheat at a decline of 2d. Flour at 6d lower, very dull. Cotton firm at rates announced by the America.

England.—Sir Lacy D. Evans gave notice of a correspondence between the British Government, Spain, France and the U. States, concerning the alleged Cuba annexation projects, in the House of Lords.

Lord Campbell, called attention to the address, recently presented by London merchants to the Emperor of the French.— He characterized it as an interference with the prerogative of the Crown, a violation of the law of nations.

Alexander Bain, Telegraphic Patentee had a hearing in the court of Bankrupoy in London, on the 4th. The Great Britain steamer arrived in the Mersey this afternoon from Australia, with £550,000 of gold, and large sums in the hands of pasengers.— Vulcan ship brought 60'J pounds in gold dust.

The difficulty between Switzerland and Piedmontese and Bustry and Russia threatened trouble. The part taken by France in the question is attributed to the refusal of the Pope to visit Paris where it is n^r said His Holiness positively refuses to

Berlin papers published an official document stating that among the papers recently seized in that city was the Proclamation of the German Republic.

The conspiracy recently developed. Extensive stores of arms and amunilion were seized. It was to have broken out between ihe 3d and 6th of April. It had ramifications throughout Germany. Arrests were made at Kasterick in Mecklanberg.

Cologne Gazette says Lord Westmoreland presented a note to the Austrian government declaring that England would klip an eye on the proceedins of Kossuth and Mazzini, and preveut their engaging in any more plots. If ihey come within reach of law will have them immediately prosecuted. London police have a list of all the refugees in that city.

Sardinia—In tho Chamber of Deputies on the 29th ult., the suppression of the slave trade was discussed and two clauses adopted 1st, declaring the slave becomes free on touching Sardinian soil, or the deck of a ship bearing a Sardinian flag 2J, enacts penalties against those engaged in the slave trade.

The corvette San Gieovani arrived at Villa, France, on the 27th with 56 refugees and there are 26 more at Villa, France.

Later From Oregon. ,.

We have dates from Oregon to the 7th* March. The news is not of much importance, though somewhat interesting.

General Lane, the present Governor of Oregon, has been named as the Democratic delegate to Congress.

The remains of the late lion. Samuel R. Thurston, who died on his was from Washington, had arrived, and were lo be re-in-terred with public honors on the first Tuesday in April.

The New steamers had appeared on the Columbia. For the last few days, says the Oregon Times of the 5:h March, it has been quite spring like, quite a contrast to the snowy and rainy weather we experienced a year ago.We anticipate an early and pleasant spring. The farmers are putting in their seed, and we trust that they will not be backward in raising large crops, for ihe immigration next fall bids fair to be as large, if not larger, than it was last fall.

Tho smallpox prevailed to a considerable extent among the Indians on the Columbia river.

There

were large numbers daily leaving

the older settlements in Oregon for the purpose of exploring the Pugel Sound country, with a view to locating themselves.

The British Bark 'Josephine,' now in the river, has a large cargo of goods for the Hudson Bay Company.—The duties upon cargo amount to over $20,000.

There is a foundery now being erected, and a machines shop is to be connected.— These are improvements which have been much needed. Success to the enterprise.

The Surveyor General will place three parties in the field north of the Columbia river, early in April. ThU will enable claimants in Northern Oregoft lo obtain the benefits of the Oregon donation law at an early day.

Steamer 'James P. Flint,' which was sunk last fall near Cape Horn, in the Columbia river, has been raised^and is being refitted to take her place upon the river as formerly.

A Craif Prisoner—a Strong Game* About three weeks ago, a convict in the penitentiary, named Skeggs, sent from EvanaviUe, we believe, gave indications of having lost his mind. He would mope about the cell house, and when ordered to go to work he would give a vacant stare, and pretend not to understand what was said to him. IJis uncle visited him a few days since, and the Governor being in Jeffersonville at the time, requested bis pardon, as he said he thought a visit to his home might restore bira. The Governor, however, declined but said he would, on bis return from lows, have him taken to the asylum, and if he did not give indications of improvement in two weeks, be would then pardon bin. Oa Monday last, some of the officers of the prison believing that Skegg's craziness was all sham, tied him up and told him he would either have to go to work or take a hundred lashes. Eighteen lashes were administered, when ihe convict cried out that he was willing to go to work. He was then taken down and has been perfectly sane ever since. He was sentenced for fifteen years, and said he bad been nut up to the trick by tome of his fellow pftsoaeis.—Nets Albotqf Ledger.

COMRTXXCMT TO PaxsinsxT P:MCK.—The Legislature ol Wiaooasia ham created a county in that State* from St. Cr»ix, wLidh has been called Pierce county.

In thftvplaee. o»*iw ia«»

April 22, '52 30-w3m.

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Bralta, MAGGIE, Infant dangt.kr of W*. M. aad CAKIUK B. Ganm. The funeral will tpke place, from tho residence of her father, thte •fteroooo, (Friday) at 3 o'clock.

Tho (Head*and acquaintances of tho family, aro respectfully iarited to attend. In this place, oa Tharaday, the 15th instant, M1CHAJEL, infant son of Taactcs and Asa O'Nui.

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Also a Jine assortment of Stationery. Letter and Cap Paper, Blank Booh, Window Paper, Fir# Boards and Prints, $•£•

April 29, 1853 30-31

Millinery and Fancy goods.

MRS.

CHILD would invite the attention of the Ladies to her extensive assortment of Millinery, Dress and Fancy Goods! Among which will be found the largest and cheapest assortment of FLOSEHCK, PEARL, Guir, AND LACS BONNETS, and various other patterns, ever offered in Terre-Haute. A large and fino assortment of

Bonnet Ribbons Flowers, Linings,

and other Trimings. Also a beautiful assortment of Dresa and Mantilla Silks, Lawns, Beraxhe, De Lains, Jaconets, cheap Prints, etc. Embroidor ies in every variety. Col/art, Sleeve*, Gkenustt let, etc. Kid, Silk Thread, and other Glovwi, SHk Mitts, Veils, Hosiery, etc., etc. MRS. CHILD having engaged the best workmen In the country, will BLEACH and PRESS Bonnnets in the best style, and furuish all the Trimmings on tho moat favor able terms. (rj* shop in No. T, Phtealx Row same building with Child's Book Store, TcrreHaute Indiana.

SOMETHING- NEW.

WOULD respectfully iuforin the cittxens of Vigo and surrounding counties, that I have fitted up New Machine* with Neu Card*, at tho TERRE-HAUTE FOUNDRY, and hope, by slrtct attention, to merit a share of the public patronage. 1 warrant my work to be superior to any other done iu this place. Auy person who docs not get good work can have pay for tho same in good Rolls or the highest market price in cash. IQT No extra ckarget made for Wool that over-run* in we»)ht by tiding Ghrease.

Pure Lard Oil furnlshod for Wool. Wood, Coal and Wheat taken in exchange for Carding.

I will, also, keen constautly on hauu, for sale, a good article of Rolls, cheap for cash. 1 will, also, puy tho highest price, in cash, for 30,000 lbs. of Wool. np. 22. lS53.30m3 M. S. PATTERSON.

WOOL CARDING AT HOLMES'

MILL will be superintended by Mr. D, SWINEHAST, who is

woll

W22,

knowu as a good workmau.

Farmers and others can depend on getting good Rolls, and prompt ultendance, by bringing their Wool to HOLMES' MILLS, npril 22, 1853-30 if

Fulling and Cloth Dressing

ILL ho doue as uoual, only in better stylo and finish, at HOLMES' MILL, npril 1853-30lf

Cash and Good Cloth's

WILL

be paid for WOOL—good bargains given at Holmes' Mills, near the river, below tho bridge. ARBA HOLMES.

Terre-Ilauto, April 22,1853-30tf

DRY GOODS and GROCERIES. H. S. "APPLE

WOULD

respectfully announco to his old

friends and the public generally, that he has just received and is now opening in his new store, NO. 3 PRAIRIE CITY BUILDINGS, Afresh aud well selected stock of Dry Goods and Groceries, nnd he Intends keeping constant! yon hand a general assortment of Uoods suitable to tho Spring and Summer trade.

Tlmiikful for tho liberal patronage I have received I still solicit a continuance of the same. 0*Call and examine for yoursetvos. No charge for showing Goods. H. S. APPLE, ap. 22, l§53-30tf No. 3 Prairie City Buildings

Cincinnati Scales.

8. II. POTTEH CO., Agents. JUST received, on consignment, a lot of Fowler & Ludlow's celebrated Platform

Scales, 600, 700, *00, 1000 1200 1500 lbs. Alto, Coorraa SCAIXS all at Cincinnati prices, adding freight. April 22, '53.-30mG

Read the following Certificate.

Having tested Fowler 4" Ludlow's Scales In the city of Cincinnati, by tho standard weights, and many others of Eastern and Western make, I (eel safe in saying thai a better finished, a more deli caUly ad jutted, or reliable article, than they manufacture, has not come snder my notice.

J. SNYDER,

March 18,1853. CUy Sealer.

,AMOH3WimC3AM

S A W S

BLACK

'3-

f.v

DAGUERREAN ROOMS

IKE subscriber having taken Rooms In the building on the corner of National Road and Fourth Streets, 2d utory, entrance on Fourth Street, furnished them with new furniture, and provided himself with a quick operating Instrument, Invites the pnblic lo give Mm a call, satisfied that it is In his power to take superior and life-like Pictures.

Constantly on band Cases, Lookels and Pins of various styles largest aixe cases, J|th, l-Sth, 1.9th anLl-l6th, which will be filled ia the best style and at lowest prices.

He will wait on the sick, at their resldenees, when requested se to do. QT Hoars for operaUag from 8 a. m. to 4 r. a

Childrens likenesses taken in five seconds. Don't forget the place, OVER PRAIRIE CITY RUG STORE, Union Ro DRUG aprll 94, '53-30tf A. R. MILLER.

Elegant Spring Goods1 JOHN C. R0SS,t^i

HAS

received and is now opening at his sew glare No-1 PRAIRIE CITY BUILDINGS, An assortment of RICH GOODS for Spring sales including rich

Plaid, Striped, Figured and Plain Silks,

la Faoey Colors. Also, very desirable make and style of BLACK SILKS, la great variety sod atJsw priest.

Printed aad Plain Do Lains. of the lataat stylo. Poniards, Cbaiia, Poplia, Cbaktts, French Canbrie Ac.

Best Fans Kid Glove*

A great variety of colors for Geata L«dia* aid limes. HAND MAPS SILK MITTS, both leaf aad fA» attd MJtfMi#

HOSIERY AND GLOVES, ef English Garmaaaad Domestic Maofactare. A very largeassorrawot-

INSERTING AND EDGINGS, a groat variety, SMM «rry rich. Or A Large stock at Domestic Goods.

April 23, lKSi-tt-tf

a S a

KEPI"tconstantly

on band, and for sale at

No. Prairie City bsiktiagsJbjr Aerti n. lmvwi JOffN C. ROSS.

Window Glass

-JVJ EARLY Ja« stsosfroa 7X9 and WS36eoa1^1 suatiy fcaad aad fos aafo by April29 iG^ 30

»»a Fancy Qdorvd SILK SHAWLS -Also Biack WhUe,Orange nab Salmon coloml CS3rMiac» Embrohlernfrand plain, »om« )arf« and rich.

Linen Cambrics* Lnwn», and Hdkf». A variety of Plain, Plaid, Striped, and Spotted CAMBRICS and NAINSOOK, on hand and for sale by J. C. ROSS:

MatTon,

GLASSES, Sugar, prime old Java Coffer, Tobacco ale.,for sale, wholesale and retail No. 1 Prarie City buildings by

April S3,1853-3Q-tf J. C- ROSS.

Fresh and Choice

FAMILY GROCERIES!

\^S^X1S3S3C££Q.

ROSE'S BLOCK,

Corner of Ohio and Second Streets, OLICIT the attention ef the cilimns of TerreHaute, to their choice stock of EAMILY OGERI ES, vhich they will dispose of cheap for at wholesale and retail, consisting in part of

CHOICE & PRIME LOUISIANA SUGARS.

Molasses and Golden SJTUM Old Government Java and Prime Green Rio Coffee, (new crop) Choice Green and Black Teas Fresh Carolina Rice, (new crop) Pickles in Jars, Pine Apple and English Dairy Cheese: Salmon, Mackerel, and Tongues and Sounds bbls., bbls. and kilts Sperm, Star and Mould Candles Peeper, Alspice, Mustard* Starch, and Boston Soap No. 1 Sweet Oil, Popper Sauce and Table Salt very choice Virginia manufacture and Fine Cut Tobacco, witli a general assortment of Groceries suitable for Family uses.

IP" A WAGON will be iu readiness to convey goods to any part of the city, raxs or EXFEMSB. Terre-Haute, Feb. 25, !&>3-22if

PHOTOGENIC.

MESSRS. STONER & COREY'S

New Daguerrean Gallery

S NOW in full blast, and their rooms aro thronged with visitors and customers, who aro

eager to procure one of those Jine Dapuerreotyj*s taken in their unique f°r which they are so justly distinguished. They have tho knack of transfering the image from the person equal to life itself. Persons who nave not yet had their pictures taken should avail themselves of this rare opportunity.

Instruction given in the Art and au outfit iu bu«inessj[urnished on reasonable terms. !Lr Daguerreotype Apparatus and Stock for sale. ROOMS, OVES LOUISVILLE CLOTHING STORE,"

THIRD STORY,—Eutrance on Market Street. Don't forget the place. Terre-Haute, October 8, l852-2tf

CASH STORE, No. 2, Phoenix Row.

Wto

E invite the attention of Ca*h buyers our Stock of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS, TRIMMINGS,

Carpeting and Houso Furnishing Goods.

It is niach the largest and complete assortment we have jHwrought to this market. Purchased iu New York on best terms, we are enabled to sell nt very lowest Cash rates.

April

16,

lS52-29niH H. &. O. TOUSEY.

EMBROIDERIES, &c,

LADIES

ltich Inside lldkfs. «nd Clu-ml-

xettcs, Collar*, Cull's and Undcrsleevcs, comprising rich styles, White and Socond Mourning.

Jaconot and Swiss Edgings and Insortlngs. Velvet lllbbons, and great variety of Drosa Trimming. Buttons—Fringes—Lnces nnd Edgings. Pluiu and Embroidered Linen lldkfs. for Ladles and Gentlemen: For sale cheap by WILLIAMS & EARLY,

Nov. 5, 1852-Gyl Peoples' Store.

Carpetings and Hearth Rugs.

can offer, in these goods, n« handsoiuo a selection as can be found in the City, and

at prices as will defy comparison tluwe goods were purchased at Low Rates uud we Intend selling them very cheap. WILLIAMS & fclARLY*

Nov. 5-6yl Ptoflei' Start*

Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes.

A DOZEN Kossuth, Jenny Lind nad Mexlctui Wool and Fur llatHj 3 Cases Fashionable Sillt Hats 30 dozen Bilk nnd Mohair Plush, Cloth aad

Velvet Caps

40 casos Kip and Calf Men's Boots am! Shees 20 and Enamel and Morocco Ladles Booties, Buskins aud Jenny Lind's,

Uum Over-Shoes and Booties, at Nov. 12, lft52-7tf F. NIPPERT'S.

OLD WHISKEY.

LD BOURBON AND MONONGAHBLA Whiskey, for solo by W ASSON & CO.

Raisins.

FRESH

Fruit,

sale by

in whole aud half Boxes, for WASSON Sc CO. Rose Block.

Feb. 25,1853-22-tf.

Six Barrels Onion Sets

Just

received and for sale at GIIOVERMAN & BOURNE'S Fob. 18-1853-21-tf

O E I E S F. T. SULMAN

INFORMS

his friends and the public generally,

that he has just got back with a fresh snd well selected Stock of

All kinds of Groceries,

which he will sell, as heretofore, at wholesale aad retail, at the lowest figures. All who wish anything in his line, will find t» their Interest to give him a call, at his Store en, National Road Street, opposite the Poet Office*

Terre-Haute, April 8, I853-28tf

Boots, Shoes, Hats aad Caps.

particularly invito a call of all ia waat of the above articles—we have thesn to Wit, In great variety—for Ladies, Gentlemen, Boys, Misses and Children. Call and txaialno our Stock and be suited in the articles needed.

WILLIAMS fc EARLY,

Nor. 5,1852-Gy People*' Store.,

Do*. Carpet Bags,

*J 15 SATCHELS, for side at March 25, '53. A. if E. TU1TE.

Will Ton Look.

TofIron,building,

I.C. ROSS,

HE undersigned has opened a Stow, Sheet Copper attd Tin Ware Ream In tho east door tho formerly occupied b* Mr. J. C. Ross, on Main Street oppoelta the blgT, whor* be hopes to meet all the former patrons of the ola Gsovzs shop and as many new ones as feel tllspos-. ed to receive fall value.for their money, In any of the above branches, as well as lo patronize those who aro building up a home market, by matMifac* taring and spending their money In our midst. |g

April 15 I8I3-tf E. UROVER,*

AM!

Stores! Stoves!! StoyesH!

KEEP constantly for ssle, alt such stores (fo» either wood or coal) as are repaired in the Wabuth Valley, seltable for Jtarler Sitting-room, Sleeping-room, Kitchen or Shop said Stoves sro manufactured lo Terre Haute and warranted to stand fire, perform well,and give satisfaction I im sot only sble and willing to make good my warrastoes bat prepared to repair any stove, 1 sell manufactured here, or replace pwles as may burn ootfSud at a trifling e*peai». As this great advau* tags, my patrons enjoy over those who bay stoy«c that are ntaaafaotareo at a distant market, is ba* consiog duly appreciated 1a oar whole commuaitv to enlarge woatd be but a waste of words, wo will therefore, only add that wo bare confident hopes of so dealing as to deeerve patronage.

April !5, l89f.S9tr jE. GROVER.

ESPECIAL

ATTENTION

paid to making

and putting op Eave Troughs, Conductors, etc., aad repairing la tin, sheet iron aud Copper, sttaaded to with dispatch, by 7

April 15,1853-29tf E. GROVER,

BATHING

TUBS*

aad Safes, of all kinds aud sizes, from'] to feoey, with drawers highly varnished an pmtMd. kept for sale by E. GRQYJ

Terrs Haute, April 15,105J-29tf

Pomps, Japanned Wnre

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