The Wabash Courier, Volume 9, Number 28, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 March 1841 — Page 2

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THE WABASH COURIER.

T^rm-Haute, lud.

^•SATURDAY .MORNING, MARCH#*, l841f :i

DK^OCKATIC HARRISON .CAXptP^TTB 4 FOR CONGRESS,

ItlQHfARD W.THOMPSON

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WHIG

.We place at the beadof our columns, this week, the nqpe of RICHARD W. THOMI%M, of Lawrence county, aa 9&pdi<]ate for Congress—gentleman having received the unanimous nomination of outWhig friends, in Convention, at Bloomfield, on Monday last. It is a good &me, borne by an able, an eloquent, end a con sisteni Whig, and slrouldifceiy* the support of every maiftwho aided the election of W*. HE**Y HASBISOH to the Presidency- Mr. Thompson has been a resident of Indiana about ten years—has served tbe People of Lawrence in a Representative and Senatorial capacity, for a major part of that time—and enjoys the entire confidence oi his political associates. Vie comes before tbe People at the call of the Whig £erty. armed with (.he necessary qualifications o* a^ood moral character—a well cultivated mind—sd&nd political principles. and an indomitable energy of purpose which never flags in thrservice of tbe Peon,*. He is a self-made roan, having won his way to eminence from poverty—without pecuniary resources—without wealthy or influential connexions—without any of the help* which loo often give temporary importance *.o aspirants for office-

The indomitable energy with which Col. Thompson conducted tbe late canvass, ss one of the Harrison Electors. is well remembered by the Whigs. For months, be devoted himself to tbe cause, traversing tlie District, and advocating, in his own eloquent aftd forcible manner, the claims of the gallant and venerable Hero of North Bend. There was no "halting between two opinions"—no middle course—no trimming—no hanging back, in his course. Like a true soldier, the scabbard was thrown away, and the shining blade wos only presented to the foe. .His labors in the Second Congressional District were fell. Upwards of sixteen hundred majority were the trophies of his manly exertion. (t speaks well for the popularity of Col. THOMPSON, that counties, out of tbe nine represented in Convention, were decidedly favorable to him, which precludes the idea of improper influences having been exerted to sccar$ his nominations

./. NO SUNDAY MAIL. The last act of tho Van Buren Postmaster Geheral was to stop tho Sunday mail at Dnyton, (Ohio) .East, West, North, and South!—tho effect of which will be that one daily mail will be lost to a largescctton ol the Union. Economy is tho alleged reason of the changenot a regard for the Sabbath, or «ny consideration of that nature. This sort «r economy is not what the People want. The new Postmaster General will reform this "reform." in short order. Master Nit.ra might have thought of this matter before, and commenced his '•saving expense" at a day anterior to his political death. His pen it once canto too late.

arc requested to announce WARREN CHADWICK os a candidate for Constable at tin* dection on hc first Monday in April,

IJTWS are requested to announce the name of JAMES W CAllRlOO as a candidate fot Constable of Harrison Township, at the approaching election.

SO-Ottr correspondent "L will have to excuse our omission of his'ariicle this week. ,Tlio crowded state of our columns, before his article came to hand, must plead our apology-

ALONC" "STAY IAW

Thc.C«ngre» of Texas, at its late session, passed a law oxempting property from execution for ft* gear*! This goes ahead of all American legislation—Hoosher or Sucker.

"MIDNIGHT JUlKiKS."

We all have heard of the "midnight Judaea" of JOHN ADAMS, appointed during the last moments of his Administration! The late President acted-out the matter in the same way- Read the following from the G'ohe:

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT. Jfe ««4 *itlk r*« «deu* and of tkt Senate. JUDGES.

P»tt.MKx DtcW£H?o.t, to b« Jm*g«J of the United Stat** for ths District of place of Mahlon Dickerson, resigns.

Psnt* V. DAKICL, of Virginia, be «ne of Associate Juctscwof tl»e Supreme ^Tourt ol th* U. State*. In the place of Philip P. Barbour, deceased.

Jon* Y. MASOX, of Virginia, to be the Jud« of tlie United State® for the Eastern distnet of »rginia, in the place of Peter V. Daniel.

All tho nominations were confirmed *t IS clock, P. M. on the night ol the third of March!— very moment tho Administration expired'. These PfUmliH* will do strange things. Three partisans rewarded by tha dying dyni^^h^ enormitiesthev sought to jwrpetoate! The deed was wortbv of*them

TUB NEW CABINET*.

Wel«mm from Winhiaipw* tbtt U» the members

of the new

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CANDHATIL

THE INAUGURAL. »'.V

Of President HASIUSOV, on the first page of this week's paper, was published in »o Ertra from this office, at one o'clock on Saturday last, and sent to a large number ol our subscribers. As, however, the mails did not enable us to make this effort general, we place it in our regular edition, so that all may have it, and that those who file the CourieT may be enabled to refer to it hereafter, We were indebted for thc/r*f copy to the kindness of the Editor of tho Louisville City Gazette. ?yho will accept our thanks for his early attention.

5 VIRGINIA UNITED STATES SENATOR. WILLIAM 8. AFOHER, a sound and sterling Republitian, was elected on the 3d inat. a Senator of the United States from the State of Virginia, for six years, to succeed Mr. Ho AMI, whose tvrm has expired.

There ware two ballottings, at both of which it required 82 to eleet. FUtST BAM.OT.

.»ilW. 8. Archer (W.) W. H. Roano (L. F.) John Robertston (W.)

R. E. 8cott (W.) J. S, Pcnnebacker, (L. F.) SPCOND B.M.1.01. Mr. Roane withdrawn.

W.S. ArehVr (W.) |V. H. Roane (L. F.) John Robertston (W.) Th. W. Gilmer (W.) J. W. Jones (L. F-) A J. Y. Mason L. F.) J. W. Pegram (W.) J. C. Bruce (VV,) J. McDowell (L. F.)

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0""Therf are men among*, us," says the St. Louis Balletin, "who, whilst induli themselves in ths

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utfnost latitudeio speaking of others-who will not hesitate to endorse any slander or imputation upon the motives or character of their fellow-men—-who will recklessly fling around them the ill-natured sneer or the low-born jest—who yet, with an inconsistency, alike puerile and contemptible, claim for their own motives and course of action an entire exemption from all comment and even from ail examination! Nay worse, and worse than this, they claim the right to say WHO shall be commended, and how la* that commendation shnll go!" Si. Louis is not alone the receptacle of these great and lolty Sir Orad«s. They are in every o'.ty. town and village of the Union. The bt. Louis paper promises to "expose" them, and take on their lop-knot. That seems needless. They always expose" themselves and, as for the top-knot ol sell-conceit, that will Ml itself, after a while.

Cabinet, made by President

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State of North Carolina. POETSHU**' CmefW-FLUSTTT Gmwia,of

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confirmed by thetbodr TTW Cabmet therefore »thus

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Wr. Coddineton, Postmaster at New York A F. "Butler. ATTORN^ Ge«eral. at

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Camxxoas, of the State EF

RESIGNATIONS^

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&NCFTIL>. Col5eetor of the Read, District Attorney at Philaddphia—haw all resigned Their cuuewwe# w»ld not allow them to Wn-c under Gen. Har*j»»! Poor fellows

The resolutions e^f the Legtsiatare of Mn^sslppf, to effect that the State was bouid so reoeem and Mredesm herheods were ve'oed M-Nmi

Tbe Contention, composed of delegates from the several counties in tho

Second Congressional District, met

at the Court-House in the town of Bloomfield, in Green oounty, on Monday, tbe 15th March, at 12 oVlotk, for the purpose of nominating a suitable csigiidate to represent this District, in.the next Congreaausnd were organized by calling JOSEPH WARNER,Esq. of Davices county, to thffrhair. aa&atmointin^y. H*faBKrTi of Vigo, Sea®#rjr«|f gSF*-k

On motion of Ife Terry, of as then Resolved, That #*commilfee. tn comfit of one mena/r°n\•be appoiMed to ttport tbe names of the officers to preside onrf4bfe Coiwfctfion, and tjw mode of transacting bttsine^

Whereupon ihe chair Appointed the following gentlemen said committee:. From the county o{ Knox

Mr. Chambers.6**" Mr. Van Trees, Mr. Houghton, Mr. McAcharan, Mr. Sticknev, s. Mr. Westfall, Mr. Fellows, Mr. Osborn, Mr. Ray.

Davtew. Martin, Pmoam, Lawrence Owen, Green. Clay,

Oo motion, the Convention then adjourned until 2 o'clock. P. M. 2 o'cr.ocr. *. *.

The Convention met pursnattt to aitinutn' The Committee appointed in the morfii tbe following report.

The Committee appointed to designate this Convention have performed that dwty,and That they have selected Joseph Warner, of Dpriw county, for President William Bruce, of Knox co#Dtv, and Oliver Cromwell, cf Clav county, for Vice-Presi-dents, and L. H. Scott, ot Vigo county, and H. H. Throop, of Owen county, for Secretaries.

That each county be entitled to one vote in this Convention for every 150 polls returned to^ the Auditor of

Public Accounts, in J840, giving to^ Martin county 5 Voti^.i Daviess

10 12 10 15 20 7 10 10 15

Knox Sullivan' Vigo Putnam Clay Owen Green Lawrencc

That the votes be cast by countirs, ly one delegate from each, to be selected by the delegates from ths respective counties, the votes to be given vive xoce.

Which report, on motion of Mr. Carson of Green, was unanimously concurred in. The delegates to cast the vote ol each county tvere then selected, when, on motion of Mr Westfall, of Owen. the counties were called over by tbe Secretary, and RICHARD W. THOMPSON, Esq of Lawrence, was unanimously nominated, as a candidate to represent the 2d Congressional District in the next Congress of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Van Trees, of Daviess, it was Resolved. Thnt a Committee, to consist of one delegate from each county, be appoipted, to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of this Convention.

Whereupon the chair appointed the following persons. Messrs. Arch. Simpson, of Knox, L. H. Scott, of Vt-

Thos. Cecill, of Martin, Thompson Freeman, of utnam, L- B. Edwards, ofGr«en, Wm K. Hudson,of Owon, Henry Moss, of Clay, John Van Trees, of Daviess. and Thompson Briggs, of Lawrencc.

Who thereupon retired, and nfter a short absence, reported to,the Convention the following resolutions Rerolved. That we mar mainly attribute our recent •political triumph to lite harmony, forbearance, and conCert of action tn the Whig ranks, and in order to give, the venerable Patriot placed at the helm of State a fair opportunity to develope and mature his plans for the

friends,

tood of the country, he should b$ sustained by his and aided and encouraged in his patriotic labors, and not embarrassed by a factious and unprincipled opposition, we therefore earnestly recommend to. the Whig parly throughout the State t6'cultivate that spirit of Tinrmony so essertial to the success of bur cause, and a willingness at all times to sacrifice private preferences and predilections upon the altar of the public good.

Resolved. That wc fully concur in the views expressed in Gen. HARRISON'S Inaugural Address on the subject of party spirit, and that, in his beautiful and patriotic: language, "It is nnion that we want, not of a party for the sake of that pnriy, but a union of the whole country for (he sake ol the whole country."

Resolved, That we heartily concur in Gen. HARRISON'S doctrines on the important subject of States' rights, expressed as follows: "The citizens of each State unite in their personR all the privileges which that character confers, and all that they might claim asciittensof the United States but in no case can tue same person, at tho same timo, act as the citizen of two separate States, and he is, therefore, positively precluded from any interference with the reserved powers of any. State bnt that qf which he is, for the tine a citizen And that the same is another conclusive evidence of the falsity of the oft-repeated charges against him, of Federalism and Abolitionism, by the pressesand partitans of the late administration.

Resolved, That -'the presses in the necessary employment of the Government should never be usod "to clear the guilty or to varnish crimeand, that a decent and manlv examination of the acts of the Government •hooW not only be tolerated but encouraged."

Rejoiced, Tliat each member of tins Convention will use all honorable exertions procure the election ol RICHARD W, THOMPSON, who has been so unanimously nominated on this occasion, as Representative in the ne.v^Congress from this District, in the approaching Congressional canvass and, also, urge our friends in the different parts of the District to use the same energy of pnrpose which characterized the immortal canvass of 1840.

Which were rend, and unanimously adopted^ On motion of Mr. Freeman, of Green, ii was Resolved. That a Committee of three be appointed to correspond with R. W. THOMPSON, Esq.. to notily him ol hia nomination, nnd request his acceptance:

Whereupon the Chair appointed the following gentlemen: Messrs- James S. Freeman, of Green, L. II. Scott, of Vigo, and B. S Terrv, of Daviess.

Mr. Smydth of Daviess, offered the following reso-

'"jfow/rwf. That ti»e thanks of this Convention be presented to President and Vice President, for the dignified and able manner io which they have discharged the duties imposed them

Which was unanimously adopted. ,, On motion of Mr. Carson, of Green. Rrtoltxd. That the Whig papers throughout the District be requested to publish the proceedings of Ibis Convention.

.*viTw. RUNS, •••«. OTLVK* CtOMWCLL, l?" mif- ,. ft*

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«r The d*ii*t*c*tr to the Ccnrm rrtablishmenl for Sntocripthn*, Advertising, #r Printing, «t new /or the Ji'ik or sisth time wmmedOml their mxommtsmnM he/oramsth ndjmsied either hf ensh or nfet. The books ZTtl* OJk* cnMua9f»«*d. and theaccmnntsof Uhh* indfited prejmred for tmmed*U Th» cwttitrttiMe that of the Editor* **r becompeXed te iniw le Jndianrpeln tn April, should shmmlat* those teAa have neglected roRMK* notice* to attend promptji to THIS. If they dan*. b}th* 30th instaat^they msuthkam tkem*Jw*s. and not jw/jrirfsrs. TTetew indulged amr ddtnfnent oar ««m inctmrenxuce and nj*ty, and can* afar* ta

A id or is in their hands, w«U ptaa® the names of these havtnit p«d, tn older that ^ejpio^| credits may be given oo o«r

A eor^^ofttePhiladetpa S, Gawsttesaya: There are now three tb^ndUwhatxlr^ao^ui^ teen wilea of railroads cawptefod, sod tn daJy ths United States, oooatracted at a cost ot ejttv-w milltow of dollar*, and seven and a half per cent. Besides these, the IBIIWJMIB which are io progress of completion and these pcieet«d, win make aboat ten thoosssd miles of raiiroeds ta the United 8ww»

CoHven* oifs OF OLD TIP* 4C£p*r^T?Tr THOMAS Ewiao, of Ohio, is Secretary of tho Treasury in President HAKSBOK'S Cabinet. Hi* origin, life, and progress, is a beautiful and sublime commentary on the simple and benign nature of tbe American Consritutions. It shews that bonest poverty ia ao impediment to the attainment of tbe highest bMiOF anfetoUls out

The President's Ioaoftiral address reached New ($«**! or accommodating firm no where exiess. Yank at ball oast SIJWI o'dock on Thasday night, tbe} Printers would do well to five Dr. Blake their orders. 4tM«vie« hiwTeamed from Wa^ngto^ tfieshort I apace of eleven haws, a dmaac* of890 nulea.

tT Oar Eastern Mail has f' SSljj'S Ii t^S^'icf eftce ihei.for four or hvcdajs!»t Ugisfssefenw, (ether. rrsMn

Jo eve^ poorioy, to ««ry condition o|life, tWjtewsrd which Jlhe Febple fine in reserve the virtooua Statesman. The n^iguiift and sord^ /ewirasgenvy, but a Nation of Ref^licttis vM^tt elevate to tl^exalted ^placee thoae wholes provCT^b^l^wfercise of

"Farmer President" has not been unmindful, in this case, of the matchless nature of our institutions. Tbe following sketch will be read with interest: "Mr. Ewisa was born in Virginia, in 1789. His father was a revolutionary soldier, and soon after the birth of young Ewing, removed to the State of Ohio. Mr. Ewirtg is indebted for his elements of knowledge to the care and attention of hiseldest sister, who taught him to read, and the only accessible book being the Bible, he employed himself in constantly poring over its sublime pages. When he was eieht years old, he was sent to school about seven months, and the only additional education he received till he was twentythree years of age, was two quarters tuition, under two successive teachers. But be had acquired a love of reading. and all his leisure hours were devoted to it. His

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Retolved, That we congratulate unr countrymen upon the wise selection of the Cabinet by Gen. HARIU* sow {—composed, as it is, of eminent statesmen of the various parts of th? Union, it WILL insure that harmony of feeling and strength ol action so indispensible to the pure and efficient administration of the government.

Retolvzd, That this Convention have read with unfeigned gratification, the Inaugural Address of Presldent HARRISON and thnt in its elevated tone, its trul^r Republican sentiments, nnd in its candid and explicit avowal of political principles, we recognise a favorable augury that he will realize the just expectations of those who have" fclectcd him to power, and of a determination on his part to bring bnck the Government to its Jeffersouioti standard, when it was administered for the benefit of the country, and not of the officeholders.

Jirtolvcd, In the language of Gen. UiRtisos's Inaugural Address. "Thnt, if there is one measure better calculated than another, to produce that state of things so much deprecated by all true Republitans, by which the rich are daily adding to their hoards and the poor sinking deeper into penury, it is an exclusive metallic currency and that, therefore, a well regulated Banking sy8tem,fo far from being inimical to liberty and prosperity, is calculated to advance and sustain the best interesta of all commercial, manufacturing, nnd agricultural communities.

every opportunity to improve his mind, and to be whst his highest ambition then led him to become—a scholar. But poverty seemed to oppose an insuperable barrier to his career, and he was about yielding up to despondency, when a young man, who had seen something of tbe world, and who was hired hy his father as an assistant on the farm, roused him from his apathy, and prevailed upon him to accompany him to the Kanawha Salines, where he procured employment as a common laborer. After an absence of three or four months, he returned with eighty dollars in his pocket, which he

enerously gave to his father, to save his land from forfeited. In the following spring, Mr. Ewing again returned to the Kanawh^.Salines, where he labored assiduously till November, and succeeded in realizing about four hundred dollars—out of which, after paying a balance of sixty dollars, still dne on hit) father's property, he was ehabled to indulge in his favorite propensity, by spending the winter at an academy at Alliens, where ne was encouraged to make additional efforts to prosecute his studies, and acquire the power which knowledge bestows. He returned once more to his former labors, and continued at them for two years. There severe toils affected his health which, however a short residence at home restored, and he again entered the academy which he had left about two years before, and proceeded to labor mentally, with the Same ardor and intensity that he had labored corporally. His progress is said to have been very rapid, but being satisfied that his funds, which were daily diminishing, would be insufficient to enable him to complete his education, he opened a school in Galliopolis. which, in the course of a quarter, he threw up, not liking the employment, and returned to his forirter occupation at the salt works* He now hired a furnace, and by extraordinary. labor, he acquired a sum in the course of a month, to enable him, a»! he believed, to complete his

studies. received the dej

He was right and in the spring of 1815 he he degree of A- B., and was tne first to receive

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES^ TBURSPAY, MARCH 4.1841. The Senate convened in pursuance of notice from the President of the United States.

Mr. KINO, of Alabama, having been sworn irt upon his appearing upon re-election to anew term, was then elected President protem, of the Senate.

Several other of the old members of the Senat$ were sworn in upon re-election. The following entirely new members at lent'ed* were qualified, and took their seats, viz:

From Maine,George Evans. ,• 4 From Illinois, Samuel McRoberts. ,! From Rhode Island, James F. Simmons. From Michigan, William Woodbridge. From New Jersey, Jacob W Miller From Louisiana. Alexander^Barrow From New Hampshire, Levi Woodbufj From Georgia. John MePherson Beinen From Kentucky, James T. Morohead. The VtcK PRESIDENT (Jom* TTLKH.) Iiaving taken the Oath of Office, and assumed his place as President of the Senate, delivered the following Address:

SENATORS Called bv the People of the United States to preside over y«ur deliberations, I cannot withhold the expression of tht high estimate I ptaco on the lion* or which they have conferred upon me. To occupy the seat which lias been filled and adorned—to say nothing of mv more immediate predecessors—by an ADAMS, a JEFFERSOX,a GKKRY, a CLINTON, and a TOMKINS, names that, altogether belonging to ths dead, still live in the recollection of a grateful country, is an honor of which any man would have just cause to be nrotid. But this honor is greatly angmentwl bv the consideration of the true dimeter of thisbody-bv the high order of moral and intellectual pC*er which has distinguished it—by tho dignity which has, for the most part, marked its proceedings, end, above Sll, by the important duties which have developed upon it undcr the Constitution. Here are-io be found the immediate representatives of the States, by whose sovereign will the Government has been spoken into existenceHere ex:sts that perfect eguality among the members of this Confederacy whicti gives to the smallest Stste In the Union a voice as potential as that of tbe largest. To this body is committed, in an eminent degree, the trust of guarding and protecting the institutions hand* ed down to us from our fathers, as well agaiost the waves of popular and rash impulses on the one hand, as against attempts at Executive encroachment on the other. It may properly be regarded as holding the 1*1anoe in which are weighed the powers conceded to this Government and the rights reserved to the States and to the People. It is its province to concede what has been granted—to withold what has been denied, thus in all its features exhibitinga true type of the glorious Confedcracv under which it is our happihess to five.

Should the spirit of Faction—that destructive spirit which recklessly walks over prostrate rights, and tram* pies laws and constitutions in the dust—ever find an abiding place within this Hall, then indeed wiB a ten* lence of condemnation be issued against the poses and happinstsof this people, and their political insritntKHW be made to topple to their foundations- But while this body shall continue to be, what by its finmers it was designed to be, deliberative in its character, unbiassed in its coarse, snd independent in its action, then may Liberty be regarded as enuendied in safety behind the ascird ramparts of the Constitution.

WKireT occupy this chair, Senstors, I shall hsve Preqsnt occasion to invoke your indulgence for mydefeet*. snd your charity for my errors. I am bet little skilled in Parliamentary law. and have been anuasd to pmideover deliberative assemblies. Ail that I can arge in excuse of my delects is, thai I bring with tne to this dmir an earnest wish to discharge properly its dutirs. and a fixed determination to preside over your deliberations with entire impartiality. JT

The Standing army of France Is to be kept at 500, 000 mem whose daratioa of service iato be eight years, bat oae half of them, after having served tear years, will he allowed leave 6f absence, snd be incorporated as a corps of reserve, liable to he called into active service by this means tbe nation-.will save about half the expense of maintaining so large a force

TOPRTWTER*

By an advertisement ia another oshinta. it will be seen that Dr. R. BLAKE ex|Mwts a lane supply of Priming Paper, which b« witiaell at nws W sail uw times It is frocn the saennfaciocy A. Aubikm

Sox. of Wheeling, with whom we hsye bessi dealing for four years, and of whom we can say tlat a more

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tliat jcauemicni honor in Ohio. He was now twenty-

six vears of age, and commenced the study of the law, in the office of Gen. Beecher, who, after he had finished his legal studies, from a high opinion of his poweTs, took him into partnership, and in nis new and favorite profession he rose rapidly to distinction. As a proof ol his ardor and assiduity, he practiced in eight different counties in the State in which he lived. His filial affection was again manifested, in the purchase of a fine tract of land in Indiana, with the proceeds of his profession, on which he placed his father and family. He had now acquired so high a reputation for ability and talent at the bar, that ihe Legislature of Ohio elected him. in 1832, to represent that State in the Setlate of he it S at "Mr. Ewing is in person athletic and muscular, broad across tne chest, vigorous, but not elegant in his proportions, or graceful iH his motions. His countenance in expressive of good nature, and enlivened by a frequent smile and though awkward in his appearance, his manners have a natural ease^that even an enrly intercourse with refined and polished society could not have rendered more aereeable. Nature nas bestowed upon him a mind of great powers, fpjjieh have been cultivated to the^extent his limited rrieaiis and opportunities would afford. It is analytic and logical, rather thin brilliant and imaginative—oratory as an art, has not claimed tnuch of His attentionjtffld

though hisatrangement is lucid, and his mind ajfcttent in topics, and fertile in arguments, his speeches possess few of the embellishments of rhetoric, or the elegancies of art. He cannot blend the utile with the atuci Or amuse while he persuades. ..WM. •'As a politician, bis princlplestrre firm nHttr^ylel-, ding, never fluctuating^ between self aggrandtjSmefit and the interests of his country never balancifig between right and wrong but always directing his'enbrts to that which he conceives will promote the glory of the nation, and happiness of mankind t* .1

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nuni MTtosu unuusuica ot ni 6rtt. ^I 'COllPLiTB LIST OF LAWS FastedV* Congress at the 2d Session cf the 26th Coapeas, which terminated March 3,1841. BILLS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE IIOUSK OF RKP-

BfiSRKTATlVBS.

An act making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year 184'An net

making

a,.propnarior.s \o* the payment of

Revolutionary pensioneis for the. year l&v- .. An set making temporary provision for Juoatics ir» the District Columbie.

An act to authorise the issmftf ol I reawry not«. An ait to amend the act to authorise the State of Tennessee to issue grantsand pMect ml« to pertain lands therein described and to settie the clairoa -to the vacanta«d~juna ppropria ted lands therein described, passed April 18,1S)6.

An act making further provision for the expenses of an exploration «nd survey of that part of the Northeas

boundary line of the United States which separates the States of Maine and New Hampshire from the British Provinces.

An act further to continue In force the aptj fa* tbe payment of horses and other property lost in the tnihaarvics of-the United States._ .j-.-

act making appropriations for the civil snd di piomatic expenses of Government for the veer 1841 (of which there was for the Post Office $4.8)2,620.)

An act making appropriations for the Navy for the year 1841. An act making appropriations for the Army for the year 1841.

An act making appropriations for tbe Indian De-

iartment,and for treaty stipulations with the Indians 1841. An act making appropriations for tne expense of a delegation of Western Seminole Indiana

An act making appropriation for destitute Kickapoo Indians, and removing and subsisting the Swan Creek and Black River Indians of Michigan.-

An act for the relief of Mary Tuckers An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for 1841. •An act to authorise a register to be granted to the schooner Amisted.

An act to incorporate the Washington Benevolent Society, in the District of Columbis. An act to confirm land patents.

An act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year 1841. BILLS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE SENATE.

An act supplementary to an act to abolish imprisonment for debt in certain casesAn act further to amend the act entitled an act to provide for taking the sixth census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.

An act for the relief of Gordon S. Hubbard, Robert A. Kenzie, and others.' An act supplementary to an act entitled an act to encourage the introduction and promote the cultivation of tropical plants. [For the benefit of the widow and children of Dr. Henry Prrrine, killed by the Indians in Florida.]

An act to confirm to the State of Indiana the land selected by hej for that portion of the Wabash and Erie Canal which lies between the mouth ol theTippecanoc river and Terrc-Haute, and for other purposw

An act (banting a pension to Lemuel White An act for the relief of Wm. P. Rathbone. An act granting a pension to Hannah LeighiOir. An act for the relief of Jacob Seeley. An act for the relief of Wm. Jones. An net for the relief of Charles M. Keller and Henry Stone.

An act for the relief of Lieut. John E. Bisphan*. An act for the relief of John Carter. An act for the relief of Joseph Bojgv. An act lor the relief of Jean Babtiste Comeau An act for the relief of Agnes Dundas. An act for the relief or the heirs of Miguel Eslava. AJI act to amend an act entitled an act to amend the act approved May 13,1800, entitled "an act to am»jnd an act entitled an act to establish the judicial couhs of the United States.11

An act for the relief of Avery, Saltmafsh & Co. Joiut resolution to present incorporated universities, colleges, &c. with copies of the catalogue of the Library of.

Congress.

The bill for the settlement of the claims of the States of Maine and Georgia for the services of their militia, amounting together to about the sum of$458,000, pas sed both Houses of Congress, and was enrolled and brought into the House for the signature of the Speaker just as the motion was made to close the session which motion prevailing, it was not signed, and therefore did not become a law, although passed by both ^ffjs of Congress ___

AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATIONS, tifei Made at the id Setsion of the i6th Congress. Partial support of Government (Congress)***, $412,000 For Civil and Diplomatic expenses, 030,005 For the Navy arftot imf 5irilt5,926.338 For the Army.-"'*,«^ SJ P.441,919 For Fortifications, .afcnotnb »r 485,500 For the Military Academy, iwi® 1 160,522 For Pensions, -rl'i iiw\*!l, 144,155 For the Indian Department, 8*75,280 For delegation of Western Seniinoles. .,15,000 For destitute Kickapoog, removal of Swan I

Creek and Black River hidians, 23^000 For survey of Northeastern Boundary,rw. ji 75,000 For Lunatics in District of Columbia, 3,000 For refunding duties on French ship Al*« exandre, 1,050 For Avery, Saltmarsh and Company, 9,779 For private claims, (not pensions) amounts. !rh

Claim of the Corporation of the City of

specified, .'"vir 4,045

Amount of definite and specified appropriations. $22,606, W3 In addition to the above, claims are to be examined, and the amount found due to be iru 4» paid, Viz: Wi

».,v.

•,

Mobile. .JW.' u~ Claim of Clemens, Bryan 6c Co. Clerks on Chickasaw treaty business.

Officers of the customs, arrears of eotn-i '1 pentiition for 1839-- fk .,c. Arrears due to clerks of Boston customs .• house from 1832 to 1837. in-nim

Same to clerks of Philadelphia custom* house from 1832 to 1837. These may take, in the aggregate, about 150,000

From which deduct the sum appropriated for the Poet Office Department, which is to be paid from the revenue of the Dem, partment exclusively,

Leaving to be provided from the common

$22.7.I6.]93

proprtations, for arming the militia, and other annua, charges, |17,943,973

ARBIVAL OF THE STEAM SHIP -PRESIDENT. We gave yesterday, in a postscript, news, brought by the President.

the substance of We mske more

fufl extracts ilo-#day, copying from tbe New York Amer ican and Commercial Advertiser. ,. The McLeod affair occupied both Houses of Parliament on the 8th. The toneef discusmon was decorous, but theevowal seems explicit thst the destruction of the Caroline was justified snd upheld by the Queen* Government.

The London Times, referring to a private conversation of its editor with some Americans, who, said, if "Great Britain is unreasonable we must whip her into her senses," adds, we f«r without meaning absolutely to predict, "that it will come to the whippingWe have no such fears, albeit tbe esse is certainly not without its difficulties.

Lord Palmers ton. in reply to a question from Mr. Hume, about the instructions under which Mr. Stevenson was acting in this matter, snid—"I rsther think my Hon. friend will find that instructions were given to Mr. Stevenson by the American Government, to airstain from pressing ilti« snb&ct."

Mr- O'Connell said "the fife of McLeod was at stake, and he thought it ought to be expressed by the Hoase that he should'be saved, as he acted under tbe command of the officers of Her Majesty* Government—in fact under tbe command of her Majesty. (Great cheering.} Whether McLeod was right or wrong, the House ought to dedsrc it wss quite ready to assist ths Government in preserving him." (Cheers from both sides)

Among the pssaengers in the President, is Samuel W. Ogilby, Esq. British Consul for North snd Soath Carolina, bearer of despatches for the Br* Minister at Washington.

A fearful avalanche, or land-slide, occurred in the Commune of Gragnanc, Italy, Feb. 22d. by which 113 pereons lost their lives.

The accounts from Chins are to November 3d, and show that Chinese art has outwitted British ssgacity, and that ihe straight-haired Tarter race are quietly neiih their fair-haired Anglo-Saxon enemy.

gotiating wiih whom they have lured away from the vicinity of Pe kin—while his troops are perishing of disease on tbe fa tal isles of Chnssn. tbe 3d day

From Egypt all is qtriel. Tlie fleet had been given I

op^and ^aae^

it appears tint the averages of tbe last 'four weeks, ascompared with the four weeks coding die 3d of November Isst, are ss follows

Circulation

(wn

Deposits

£383.000 more

Total amount of money jBl,410.000 more. And tbe bullion shows aiso in tncreeee erf842,000/. By eomparii^ the average for tbe lass times months with the co» responding ocnod last year, that is, with

penod last year, that is,

the return dated to February. 1M0, we find— Circslauon is £2S2.000l«m Detwatts 204,000

Total. £406,000 le*r And the ISIMH' of bulitoh aHo 14? W less

COMMUNICATION.

FOX THE WABASH COUSFSK.

Massas. F.DITOBS :—1 must confess, 1 was lolhewhat^urprised at tbe appearance in your paper, of a long and elaborate article, signed "Wild man of tbe Woods," in which the author 'dilates extensively oft whiskers, and littsute sppendsges to the physiognomy, and en^esvoh, safer as hei» able, to place in a ridictiloui.light, my wail meant ^fibttto supp(f|| and abaw4hese i^utasncej. He eems, howevee, tv doubt^ (hroughtHit^his whole laanesl prod|i%lonj|Hl»«|^sex of the pecipii, st Vhon bis a.|aiigl ipt. «o»8e«i^Kce of his very indistinct 1 4eis of«^#r, and.tiwlifrerence between masculine snd feminine, he ludicrously pi esses into his service the poor, inoffensive pronouns "him"snd^er,"and,,his"ahd "hers," in the most indiscriminate manner, and with a pertinacity and an incongruity that spurns st the well-estsblished rules of the "President's English," snd laughs Lindley Murray^to scorn.

I had not supposed, when I inridcently penned

upon my head so bitter an opponent I had not imagined, when I plucked him gently by the beard, as Brennus the Gaul did the old Roman Senators, thst I wss touching him in his tenderest part I had not dreamed, when I indulged in a few short remarks upon Whiskers and Soap-locks, that this gentleman, of all others,—one, who has visited "foreign parts," seen the freaks and' chat-gestjf fickle fashion, snd consequently So often chsnged his ideas of the "sublime and beautiful"—one, who, though he shrouds a large part of his interesting visage with a hairy opacity, atill leaves a .sufficient space of clearing,'' to make the question of his personal charms no longer a mooted point —Gne, whose character for feats of gallantry, and romantic and chivalrous regard for our sex, is undoubted and indisputable —one too, who, I knew, wielded a light, sarcastic pen, and with the coolness of a "Zephyr," dissected, and laid open to the vulgar eye, the hidden fsults of our social oircle —I say I had not dreamed that this gentleman would so f«r hsye forgotten the exalted eminence of his own station, and the high Reputation he had so hardly earned, as to take up the cudgels in behalf of the whole fraternity of "Billy-Goata," and descend to attack in ao ferocious a manner, a lonely female. Fye on himl 'twill take many a year of hard service in the courts of Cupid many a whispered vow of adoration—many a moonlight walk, and stolen interview—inuny a courtly sprech and gallant action, to obliterate from the memory of our sex the deep, snd sbiding, and unfavorable impressions, produced by so uncourteous a misde* meanor. But with myself, this makes no difference, for it has not in the least altered my previous opinions. I ask no favors, and if the gcn'leman will persist, on his head be the result.

But this is not sll. Setting aside the unpardonable offence committed by him in daring so openly to attack a lady, am sorry to see him sttempting

which has its origin in the darkeat ages of the world, snd is only now held in repute, ss a general custom, by the most barbarous and uncivilised of the nations of the earth. i-j

In looking over a papers few days ago, struck with the following remarks on this subject by Mr. Cass, formerly Seoretary of War, and at present, Minister to France, whose opinions I hope will have due weight, with our hirsute "wild msn." He says, "It is Gibbon, 1 believe, who *ays, that there is little probability, that a civilised people who have once renounced the custom of wearing beards, will ever resume it.' But the acuteness of this shrewd observer failed him in this remark. He did not count enough upon foppery and folly. He a was better historian than a prophet. From the progress already made in the revival of these hairy envelopes of the oountenance, he would now be a bold writer, who would renew this prediction For ourselves, we confess, thst we never see the face disfigured by these protuberances, fit only to destroy the expression of the countenance, without a mixt feeling of dislike and contempt, and whether upon the Boulevards of Paris, or the Broadway of N. York, if we meet a young fop, with more hair upon his face than brains in his head, turning up his nose,and twisting hie whiskers,or "mustaches," or '•imperials," or "favo'ris," whatever other title the emptiness of fashion may hare given them, our mind is instantly carried back, to the dirty, miserable streets of Jerusalem, where this operstion msy be seen in all the vigor of its native climate. There, we have many times psssed the beggars, as wretched as hunger, nakedness, and hopelessness can make them, extended under a powerful Syrian sun, and curling and twisting their whiskers snd mustaches with sll the pride of an

American or European dandy! So much for taste!" •ml! *4**

1 knowftoY ficwit iCou1^fex YoTerati.tH^iiali'y" monsters. "1 always consider a Soap-lock, connected with a tremendous whisker, as prima facie evidence qf an empty head for I cannot believe, that a man possessed bf common sense, will wantonly wear his visage with these unseemly disfieurations.

to hold so untenable a position—defending that Castings of which are warranted sound liavs Wrought' which is totally indefensible—advocating a fashion, ®nd Cast Shares, well calculated for Timber or Prairie* 'Lands. They area light running Plough, warranted

The "Wild manof the Wodils/'Sow^w.lieemiii3 to have another object in view in his defence of these fancied decorations. He appears to consider them as the only "symbols of manhood," snd therefore defends his own adoption of them, on the ground, one would think, that he wishes to be considered a man, and has no other manner of proving the correctness of his pretensions. It would not only be indecorous for me, but. I must acknowledge I csnnot condescend so far* as to retort upon'him the many indirect allusions, and improper reflections, which this view of the matter would suggest, and which his own treatment of his fancied opponent would aeeni to require st my hsnds but eschewing these futile attempts at wit, I leave to his own Pryapean imagination the many very good things I could ssy on this subject.

The ••wild msn" very modestly, throughout his whole lucubration, endeavors also to show to the world how perfectly au fait he is upon sll mstters of taste, snd how immeasurably superior to sll others in point of intellect. He seems to say to us,

I am Sir Oracle,

'7 When I ope my mouth, lot no dog bark.** Without calling in question this rather ludicrous assumption of mental perfection, which the "wild man" so confidently asserts, snd which, some hint, he so miserably sustain«i must, however, be permitted to ssy, thst his labored defence argues more for his impudence thsn fur his modesty—more for his ingenuity than for bis good taste and more?—much more for his wsnt of gallantry and lack of politeness, thsn for those qualities which should make him a favorite with onr sex.

!L„ ..--1'

such as Mahogany, Satin wood. Hair wood, curled maple, Bird's Eye maple, Ruse wood, Pofard Oak. Frisk Oak,and Red Oak. .w,^.

IMITATIONS OF MARBLE.

Goldvein, Iulian. Virdantique, Egyptian, light and native marbles all j^v^ dark grey, black and be done with neatness and despatch. in ftont of the Courier office.

PUBLIC SALE.

returns np to tbe 2d inst.

f\hree bead of horses, fourteen head'yon'ng cat

de, two or three milch cows, with calves, fifteen bead

of sheep, seventy-five or eighty bead ot hogs,one new

I will also otfer, at die ssrae time, sboat twtshw a' ens of timothy meadow for the present season, subject to tbe tent of one-third of the Map. A ewdit of twelve jnomhs will be given on all Sams of three dollars aad over under three, cash in band.

Mar. f0-2S-3t JAMB8 WILLIAMS.

IVew Botrdiaf House.

THE

snbscriher having rented of Ccans Gtuttt, Esq-, bis large and commodKMs bouss on tbe bank pf the Wabash, snd fitted it op in ao appraphatetnanner. is prepared to entertain a few gtaiosl bosrdsrs

Terre Haute,March 30 ...•., JO&MERRY.

JiOogr i,iar.

POKT OF TERRE-HAUTE. AYHrVALS.

March 17—Salem, from Pittsburgh, v,.rt 17—Gem. from Louisville, ,. 17—Keokuk ,5from Pittsburgh, 17—Dove.*, from Louisvills,^ in Mc

Id—Harry Tompkins, from

ANNA.

Dissolution.

THE

co-partnership heretofore existing batsreen Ramage & Hudson was disolvad on the 6th inst. by mutual consent, K) -yrh j4 ,tr

March 20-28-tf. «.

HOUSE AJfD SIGN PAINTIM M- REED &. R. N. HUDSON.

HAVINGJ.now

associated themselves in tbe above ouslness,are prepared to execute work in all its various branches.

IMITATIONS OF WOOD.

f'4—

-i.lvKi /-.vV

of Wabasha I

DEp*rro*E».

'4!

March 17—Salem, for Lafayette

17—Gent, for ao. 17—Dover, lor

do.

J.JU 17—Keokuk, for Delphi. "fr,. 18—Harry Tompkins, for ports sbovet''1 !D*The river is rising, though very slowly A groat number of fla: boats ready to go South.

Groceries!

tJ^HARD BLAKE has reoaved, ^y stttnfikjpt At Keokuk, a lar^e and general assortment of Family snd other Groceries, suitable for tbesiSeof the counity and town, which he will sell to his customers as cheap as thejr can be purchased in this market. He invites these buying to sett again to give him a cal^fa^i well as othem .march t0-28*if. 1 ii

Garden Seeds!

isin*, Aliifttinds* Ac.

March ?»V2S-tf,

Printing Paper*

TF.XPECT

Building, and then tbe interest of said Cammack to} said Lot. A credit of one year will be given from the, 28th day of November last, the purchaser to give bond, with approved security J, STRAIN, Shff.

Mf»rc|i-28-3t. [Prs. fee, |2.J

*fb 4

'if.

Gr€cerie«!!^i-

CHOICE lot cf Philadelphia Garden Seeds, of various kinds, received and for sale by March 80-88-if RICHARD BLAKEi?*

Cigars! '3

A LARGE aad superior lot of Cigars—Spanish, half .'X Spanish, and Principe. Now received and for i, sale by

March 20-88-tf RICHARD BLAKE..

Confectionary!^

RICHARDarticlesin

to receive, by the hrst arrivals frtm

Wheeling, a complete assortment of PRINTING PAPER, of the different sixes, which will be Sold at prices as low as can be purchased at Louisville or Cincinnati. As the Supplv will be kept up, contracts will -T -be entered into for furnishing Editors or Proprietors of Newspapers.

March 20-28-tf.

rf ill

to run well, and will besold low. 0*A variety of Castings for sale as hbufve. Msrch 20-28-tf.

Administrator's Nolfce.

JVTOTICE is hereby that the undersigned has been 1\ duly appointed Administrator, de bonis non, of^ the estate of A. H. Woodruff, deceased. All those in-» debtcd to theestale are requested to make immediate J» payment, that an adjustment may be made (if possibls) at the next term dtProbate Court.

Terre-Hnute. March 20-2fl-3t HORACE BL1NNSHERIFF'S SALE. .JTT",| virtue of a Decree of the Vigo Circuit CoorCandfc

Execution issued thereon, bv tbe Clerk thereof. and to me directed and delivered, in favor of John & Askins and against Stepter P. Cammack, 1 have seised nnd taken one Frame Buiiding, and interest ol.the said Cammack on the Lot mentioned in tho Complainants»I bill, to win Lot number fifty-two, of Section sixteen, in Township twelve, north ot Range nine, west, in|

Vigo county and I will, on Ssturday, tho 10th day ofj April next, at, the Court-bouse door, in Terre-HuuuWf within the legal hours of said day, offer for sale thej rents and profits of Said premises lor seven years and if they should fail to sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said* debt, I then and there offer the fee simple of said:

tmerestwillthe

remises, first offering the Building nnd then tho' of said Cammack to the said Lot. A credit of one year will be.given from the 28th day of Novoni-t ber last, the purchaser to give bond with approved security. J. STRAIN. Shff.

TerrejHaute, March 20-28*31. [Prs. fee, 2.]« SHERIFF'S SA^ -1:p

virtue of a Decree of the Vigo pircuii Coun, and an Execution issued thereon, oy the Clerk thereof,, and to me directed and delivered, in favor of Zehaa^ Smith, and against Stepter P. Cammack, have seized* and taKen one Frame Building nnd interest of the said( Cammack on the Lot mentioned, in Complainant's bill,i to wit: Lot number fifty-two, of Section number sixteen,. Town twelve. Range nine, weal, in Vigo county and I, will, on Saturday, ihe 10th day of April next, nt the. Court-house door, in Terre-Haute, within the legatj hours of said dny, offer for sale the repts and profits of said premises for 7 years and if they should fail tosellt for a sufficient sum to satisfy said debt, I will then and, there offer for sale the lee simple, first offering tlio,

MOBTGAGV BAtifi, "1'

virtue of an Execution issued from the office of the Clerk of the Vigo Circuit Court, and to modi-* rected and delivered, in favor of John H. Watson and against Barbery Gregory, Squire Gregory, Camma RJ Gregory, Betsey Gregoryul8aac_Jaclctiri, Somanthrf

Samantha, Andrew, Orpnh. James, and Mary, in and to the premises mentioned in said bill, (o wit: Lot No.' twenty-two .'22). in Rose's addition to the town of Terre-Haute, with the apptirtenancte thereunto belongs ing and I will, on Sstordav, the^lrtth day of April' next, within the legal hours of s&id day, at the Court-' House door ia Terre-Haute, offer for sale ihe renis ant) profits of said premises, (or seven years and if fhey' should fail to sell for a sufficient swift to satisfy said, debt, I will then land there offer and expose to safe thef fee simple of said prsmises, with all the apphr'enanees| thereunto belonging, to the highest bidder, on a credit of one year from tffe 12th day of November fast, the purchaser to give bond with approved security, and reJ ceive a deed on the payment of the purchase money.

1 tm JASS&in

BLAKE is now.opening a cfibitt usor

ment of this 'iflSvWhch will b% on favorable terms. $ March 28»fc*tf to ,. tn

R:BLAK&

ring and Summer Ooods.

Spi*

re now opening a large and welt selected Stock GOODS, comprising almost every article in

the dry goods line, suited to ihe present and coming season, which we .offer low for cosh, or to punctual dealers, on the usual time: and would respectfully solicit a call. WM. GARVIN ft CO

Louisville, next door to Bank Louisville, March 20, 1841-28-7w.

Ploughs!

JAMES GROVER has for sale, at thejfron and[Hard-

^are slore h« Cast and Grover PLOUGHS, the

J.STRAIN, Sheriff

Tcrre-Hsute. Mar. 20-28-3t. [Prs. fee $2 60.r in n»i

Red Hawk.

the renowned horse, MeddtfJ) WHO has proven himselr a rsc^ihorSc. by beating Mr. RichsnJson's horse ''The Sleeper,1' last fall, over the Central Course, will stand the ensuing season for mares, in Terre-Haute. Season to com* mence the 25th of March, and end the first day of July. For particulars see

bills, in due time. March 20-28-tf WEISIGER.

Trumpeter,

By the four-mile rac«*honse. Trumpeter,) WILL stand the ensuing season at Newport. Vermillion county, Indisaa. commencing April 1st, Snd ending July 1.1841. D. WEISIGER.

March 204Mf.

WILL stand at Mr. Sfcnke »,ana at Mr. Hester's, in Vigo eounty, one half of tha wsek eceb,commenciag April 1st and ending Julv lst*il£4l.,¥!or particulars, see bills.

March 20-28-tf D. WEISIGER.

pMT

v-,V

KEPH'i SECOND SEASOX. THE well-known and highbred Racehorse, Keph, having recovered from his '.i' nt0 recent inidisposition, will make second stand in Vigo county the season,-commencing on the 1st of April. 1841. He will stand in Terre-Hsute-and will be let to mares at the reduced

price of §12 tbe season. All kinds of merchantable produce will be taken in pay. For pedigree snd per• jormanoe (which caa't be easily beaten,) see Bi ts-

March 6, 1841-26tf.

REDFOX

wILL

stand the onsoing season, oae

I half of each week at thestsbleof Jno. A. Clark, in Lost Creek

township,

and tne

other half st tbe stable of the subscriber, in Terre-Haute. For the blood snd performance. and, also for tbe terms

st wmcb

b. will .em. •"'-^gfcKCOX

Terre-Haute. Feb. 30,1841-24-tf. y..'

Horse Bill** WITH a choice of cuts. handsomelyand expeditious,

'S»wS3

Feb. 27-25-tf