The Wabash Courier, Volume 9, Number 29, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 March 1841 — Page 2

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THE WABASH COURIER

Terre-Haute^ End.

SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 27, 1841-

DEMOCRATIC HARBISON CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS,

RICHARD W. THOMPSON,

or uwmwci

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT, /f By and with the advice and cotitevl of the Senate, Nathaniel Causin, Jan.

Secretary to the President

to Mgn pa tAu. Henry Soatbmayd, Assistant Collector of the Customs for District of New York, to reside at Jersey City.

James Dotiaghue, Collector atNew Haven, Connecticut William P. Greene,Surveyor and Inspector at Providence. Rhode Island.

Robert Butler, Surveyor and Inspectoral Smithfield, Virginia. James. M. Hartford, Register Land Office at Jackson, Mississippi.

Jesse K. Dubois, Register Land Office at Palestine, Illinois. Bernard Peyton, Deputy Post Master at Richmond, Virginia.

William Barfon, Marshal for District of Vermont. Solomon Lificoln, Marshal for District of Massachusetts.

Ebenczer Bacon, Collector of Customs, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Miles Selden Watkins, Deputy Post Masterat Iluntsvilie, Alabama.

Ogden Hoffman, District Attorney, New York. ''Wm. Pinkney, Surveyor, Baltimore. Nathan Cummings, Collector, Portland, Me.

Austin Baldwin, Collector, Middletown, Conn. Wm. R. Watson. Collector, Providence, R. I. Geo. Howlnnd, Surveyor, Tiverton, R. I. Geo. W, Knight, Surveyor, Pawiucket, R. I. Danl. Renhidt, Collector, Kennebunk, Me Tristam Storer. Collector, Saco, Me. Allen A* of Tennossee^jjiarged Affairs at Ven&jf*i§?

Tnomps ffayea, Navy A front, Philadelphia. IiOrcnlo Draper, Consul, Paris, Frnnce. Henry C. Rosier, U. S. Marshal, for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Daniel Ilugunin, U. S. Marshal for the District of Wiskonsen Clark Robinson, U. S. Marshal for the Northern District of New York.

William M. Meredith, Attorney U.S. lor the Eastern District of Pennsylvsnin. Henderson Taylor, Attorney U. S. Western District oILouisinno.

Isaac N. Stoddard, Collector and Inspector Plymouth Massachusetts. iVIvers Elliott, Surveyor and Inspector, Hartford, North Carol ina.

Lietst. W. K. Harrison, to be a captain by a brevet. Wi'iiinm A. Spencer, to ben Captain in the Navy. Abraham Bigeiow, to be a Cotntnnnder in the Navy.

William Mftury, to bea Lieutenant in the iavy. [The above appointments are made to fill vacancies which have occurred, by death, resignation, or the expiration of the term ofservice of the late incumbents.— No REMOVAL has yet been made, by the new President, of political opponents. How difiorently did Jackson and Van Buren act when in power!]

(TTS. L. SOCTMARI), a Sonator from New Jersey, was elected President, pro tern, of the United Statics Senate, on tho 10th Inst. The vote stood thus:

S. L. Southard, 26 Wm. R. King, 18

IT Messrs. TOITING & ANDRKWS are authorized to net as Agents for the Courier at Point Commerce.

(17-TIIO Indiana Democrat has just found out that majority of the convicts in the Ohio Penitentiary are IVhigs! Has the Editor vet found out how he arrived at this conclusion? We hope it is not Irom a personal acquaintance!

PARDON OF WM. r.WYNN JONES. It is staled, in the Baltimore pnpers, thnt Wm. (Jwywi Jones was pardoned by President Von Buren, a few days lielore his Presidential term expiree!, and released from tho Maryland Penitentiary some day last week. Mr. Jones, who was imprisoned for depredations in the Baltimore Poet Office, has been in confinement about six years.

NEW SPETJTN(TBOOK.

Wo hnvo reccivod, from Messrs. BKLKNAT & IIAMRRst,EY, of Hartford, Connecticut, (the publishers.) anew Practicnl Spelling Book," bv Th II. Gallaurfet and Horace Hooker, which, for rxcellencc of paper, and style of mechanical execution, excels any we have lately seen. Of its merits and adaptation to the ends designed, wo have a favorable opinion, but shall leave „to more dxperioucod heads a decision as to its relative tactile. ___ ,...

FROM TI1E INDIANA DEMOCRAT.

We are rejoiced to learn, from tho Terre Haute Courier, that the creature of Henry Clay, Maj. C. A. Ogden, who for the last eight years has'mmmanaged the finances ot tho Cumberland Rond in Indiana,TIBS been ordered to the South, receiving the warm commendation of Tom Dowling. for the able manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office. This nbl* officer has expended the Inst half million of appropriations on the Cumberland joad for Indians, incompleting four miles of McAdamiied road at Indianapolis, and about a like number of miles at Terre Haute and Richmond, which any prudent officer would have effected for two hundred thousand dollars- The balance ot the money has been expended in purchasing steamboats, steam engines, experiments in wagons, Tom Dowling*s printing bills. «Stc. not to mention champaigno pnrtirs, &c. If Martin Van Buren deserves toTiave lost tho vote of Indiana for any one act of his life, it is for not having had this creature of Henry Clay and the Terre Haute Junto long since sent to Flordia. Here is one of the most striking instances of Tom Dowling having inveigled the democrats into his toils. There was a continual puff, puff of Captain Ogden from first to last. That Mr. Van Buren and his friends may know how this creature Ogden operated against him, we would only turn their attention to the vote of the counties through which the Cumberland road passes in Indiana. We long since turned the attention of the public to the acts of this officer, but the veiled Prophet at Terre Haute had put his spell upon the Democrats of Indiana and they would not hear. Hundreds of intelligent whigs entertain the same opinion of Maj. Ogden that we do. That he has been the tool of Henry Clav to prostrate the Cumberland road in Indiana we have long since believed. The Terre Hauls Junto and Tom Dowling should beheld responsible lor Capt. Ogden's mismanagement, for they were his constitutional advisers, or we are very much mistaken* We hope ..

We hope if any thing is

done for the road herealter that Old locating an agent at Terre Haute. Tho above very uncivil, untrue, and dishonorable statement appears in the Indiana Democrat, of the 10th. Whether it is worth a notice, is a debatable matter in our mind and tho short ono we intend to take of it must not be regnrded as an acknowledgement that any sane man cm regard it as deserving such at our hands* The reck loss assertions of the Democrat are well untfcfttood in this Iloosher land of ours, that very few enquiring men are likely to bo deceived by its elaborate attempts at deception, or its dyinggroans in defence of federalism

If Major OttDBM was, is, or ever expects to be, friend of Henry Clay,it has (Overcome to our knowledge, not having the tar political of that gentleman, if, indeed, ho has any political opinions at all. Our acquaintance with the officer alluded to dates back about eight ears, and we can say, with an entire regard truth, that we have never heard him, on any occasion* indulge in language which would identify him as a partizan. much less as a "tool," of any man or any party. Here, where his associations have been extensive, it is a remarkable fact, that, up to this moment, there are not half a dozen individuals ho can jointly say that they know his political opinions. If ever any officer eschewed politics— if over aay office-holder, in civil or military Itfe—was free from the imputation of using his station to influence those around him— that man is C. A.

OGDEN,

If Major

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eight miles of road, it is not the first it hie Uttder the management of the late economical and degraded Administration that the People's means have been squandered. But we deny it, in toto. We deny that Major Ogden can, or should be, held responsible for the bungling and inefficient acts of Mr. Van Buren and his Departments. You might as well hold him accountable for the expenditure of the eighteen millions, wasted and thrown to the four winds of Heaven, in the Florida War. Those who have watched the miserable shifting of plans by the late Administration, in its operations on the Road—its contract-jobs to-day—its days-work-jobs to-morrow, and vice versa half a dozen times—this change of plan, and that change of operations—an order to-day and a counter-order next week —wii! be at no loss to determine why it is that no more has been done with the pittance expended. Major

OGDEN,

OGDEN.

Id Tip will forbear

In the "warm

commendation" which we gave that gentle: mnn.oo his retiringfroma long residence here, wa only echoed the general sentiment of tbii community, not expecting that the censor of politics and morals at Indiaoapolts would fly at us KHr the exercise of a right which might be allowed to even the Kduorsof the Wabash Courier. We find ouraelm mistaken, and, of crmrse, must retrace our step®,

has expended half* mil in

Hon of dolls is in grading ami McAdamixinir I Seiits. TbayT«™*Ss-k-s-r-g-£-«-g stoog the whole I line Tbc byj Imjum"

it is well known, ac

ted under the ins!ructions and orders of the Department at Washington, and his operations were directed by the head of the proper Bureau. Ho had no choice in the plans, but, as a mere executive officer, proceeded to carry out the wishes of his superior. The Democrat seems to have forgotten this important fact, or, if remembered, is studiously kept out of view. It treads on the toes of its friends —the late federal Administration.

It is untrue that the nine miles of RlcAdamising, now completed in this State, has cost "half a million," or half that sum. We know what it cost, and if the Democrat loved truth, it would be in possession of the same knowledge. Its assertions may puss in some circles for facts—its abuse for argument, and its malevolence for patriotism but we don't mean to receive its Bogxis "Democracy," on trust, in this matter. Presuming that the Editors of that print have a remnant or two of common justice left, in their composition, we shall givo them an opportunity now to retract the wrong which they seek to heap on Major

OGDEN,

in connexion with this McAdam

ising of the Cumberlnnd Road and, for this purjiose, we submit the following statement of the amount expended at the points where such work has been completed. And, first of all, at that neglected point,

INDIANAPOLIS.

McAdomising National Road, $39,084 18 RICHMOND, &c. McAdamising National Road, 34,324 62

TERRE-HAUTE.

McAdamising Nationul Road, 25,819 49

Total, $99,228 29

This is tho amount expended for McAdamising the Road within this State, as will be seen by referring to the official documents. How does this tally with the Democrat's round assertion of "half a million"? How far does it bear that print out in its rude and unmannerly attack upon an officer who has for years devoted himself to the public service? A "prudent officer," tho Democrat thinks, would have effected this improvement for "/wo hundred thousand dollars." We admit it but in this case, Major

OGDEN

has not required

one hundred thousand, which, if the argument proves any thing, goes to establish for that gentleman the highest claim to the confidence of the public, since he has completed the nine miles with half the sum set down by the Democrat as the tic phis ultra of prudence! The fact is, Major

OGDEN

had no

"half million" to expend, and this the editor should have known, had he a tithe of the intelligence which his censorious course would lead the world to believe he possessed. During the sessions of 1836-7 and 1837-8, the sum of $250,000 dollars was appropriated lo the Rmel, whwlt, ir-rtfr-tr snnilt QDoxpondod balance of former appropriations, has been all laid out, parti} for McAdnmizing, partly for bridging and grading, and partly to keep up the organization of the nccessary Engineers, Clerks, Superintendnnts, &c. The "experiments" in "wagons," "sfeam engines," and our "printing bills," exist only in the disordered imnginntion of the gentlemen of the Democrat. Since 1838, the hills of this office against the National Road Snperintendant has not amounted to $50, a sum below that paid to us by half a dozen advertising customers, annually. The Democrat's "experiments" against the good name of those it happens to dislike are much more criminal, though, we hope, equally harmless.

We pass overall that portion of the article personal to ourselves, and grossly personal to Major

It would do no good to say

what we think of men who can so far violate the decencies and prop 'iesof life as to take unkind notices of a gentleman's hospitality to his friends and neighbors. That is a degradation to which few would descend, and vet fewer sanction but as it is a tolerable fair sample of the spirit of their remarks, when speaking of those they dislike, it neither wounds our feelings nor creates the slightest astonishment. They are welcome to theg/ory of their course.

iW" Tkt delinquent* to the Couriet ettaMsJkmenl for Subscription*, Adntrtising, or Job Printing, are now or thejtftk or tixih time warned tJkat their account* mnrt

rortAititJk

adjusted, eitkrr by cash or nntes. 7 he books posted, and tie accounts of for immediate liquidation- The of the Editors su* be compelled to

move to Indianapolis in April, should stimulate those who have neglected FORME* notices to attend promptly to THIS. If th*} do not, h? the 30(4 instant, they must blamt themselves, and not the proprietors, for the consequences. We hat* indulged our delinquent "patrons" much to our omm inconmkncf and injury, and canH aford to do is any LOTOKS. (LTAgents having money collected for this office in their hands, will please remit, without delay, with the names of thoee having paid, in order that the proper credits may be given on our books.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Tha Masai Convention of Pennsylvania has placed DAVID R. PORTER (the prreent inrambent) before the People aa a candidate for Governor. The Democratic Whig Convention, which awemWed at Harriabargh on tho 9th inet., nominated Joss BASKS, of Berks county, (or the same office. Partita aie so equally balanced in that State that the result is doubtful.

PRACTICE 13 BE ITER THAN THEORY. At the Whig Convention, at Harnsborgb, on the 10th, CHASLCS PIN ROSE, Esq. was called on, loudly, by the multitude to address them. Mr. P. preaeoted himself, but intimated that, as be was now an officer under the General Government, he held it to he improper for him, or any other gentleman holding office, to interfere in any manner more than to give his vote. This is the true Jeflersonian doctrine, and mast be adhered to by any pasty which expects to gain the Peopled confidence*

FUBI4C PRINTER—THE GLOBE. We find by the Washington papers that Messrs. Burnt Sc. Sim have been diatuined by the new Senate as Printers to that 6ody. The old Senate elected them a few days before the 4th of March, thereby depriving their actcxesBocsjae they thooghi) of a choice in their own officer*. The thing wowd not do, however for the fits* act of the new Senators waa to torn them oat. The following is the vote on their diaiaiasat:

YEAS—Mean* Archer, Barrow, Be tea, Bayard, Bemen, Clay, of E», Clayton, Dunn. Evans. Henderson, Huntington, htzr, Mengam. Miller. Morehead, Merrick, Phelps, Porter. Preston, Saamoaa, Smith, of YBd..Sb«thardTTs»ns^ge, While, Woodbndee-K.

NA YS— MSMS. A Hen, Be««o« .BodMn«n, OnliKNm. Clay, of Ala-, Cathbert, Fulton, Kins, Linn. McRobera, Nicholson. Sevier, Smith, of Coon-. Sturgeon, Tainan, Walker, Wiiikma, Woodhary—1&.

Toe federal papers arc quite jferer at tins act of the i-r-g-£-

is?#!

THE CONDITION

letter writer in the New Washington, gives a gloomy of af&ira in the Executive Departments at the seat of Government. It will consume months of hard labor to pat things to rights, and to enable "Old Tip." to extricate the Departments from tbeefcaosin which they were left by the la to Administration. How fortunate for the country thnt the defeated party did not regain a lease of four yean more! The following extract from the letter alluded to will be read with pain nad regret: "You aek lor the news of appointment* «dl nominations for office, when, the fact is, you in New York know full as much and more than we do here, pointments to office seem to be a secondary affair—the heads of Departments are intent on the duties they hare to perform, and a fearful responsibility it is. They :have yet to ascertain what is first to be dene. Every thing is chaos and confusion in the Departments new boohs are to be opened, and the old ones cauliouslf examined, and the true condition qf the afairs ascertained. Each Department will, as soon as possible, report to the President the condition of its immediate aflkirs, and on this collective report will depend the necessity, of a special session. I apprehend that', the condition of the country—bad beyond what we imagine—the derangement of the exchanges, the bankruptcy of banks, the suspension of credits, the decay of trade, the State debts, the Florida war, the English question, and the amount of unliquidated claims, will press for immediate action through a special session of Congress the nation is like a patient laboring under a complication of disorders, without medical advice,and demanding inatant relict." "Appointments to office" should be a "secondary consideration," and we are glad that it is so with the new Administration. We never wish to witness the scenes of 1ft29 acted over in this country. If removals are to be made, they will be gone into after mature deliberation, and not in obedience to the indelicate cravings of applicants, who are. in the general, most miserable judges oi what should be done. Hundreds deserve to be removed, but, even in their case, it will take time to reflect on the best means of Juling their places. Old Tippecanoe is a man of iron nerve, and will not be driven into measures to gratify the avarice or cupidity of any one. He always fought his battles, in the field, when he got ready, and never allowed the enemy to say when the first gun should be fired. "Steady boyssteady!" was the pld^ Hero's moftto. So it is now. i.

condition

RIGHT ABOUT, FACE*!

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R. M. T. HUNTER, Esq. Speaker of the National House of Representatives, was nominated,a short time since, by the Loco Foco Convention of his District, as a candidate for Congress- The deed tickled the Van Burenites amazingly, and they boasted at a great rate of the new convert to the cause- The Whigs brought out Mr. BRAXTON, in opposition, and both gentlemen met at Bowling-Green to discuss National politics. Mr. HUNTER made a two hours' speech, at the conclusion of which he withdrew from the canvass, declaring, at the panie time, that he was a Whig, and should vote for a Whig in preference to a Vanite! This was unexpected, and left the federal party without candidate. They "crowed" before daylight!

CINCINNATI.

The population of Cincinnati, with its suburbs, and villages, and liberties, is upwards of 50,000 or, as the Chronicle of that city states, just one thousand inhabitants for eacli year of its being. The va'ue of articles exported during the last year ie estimated at more than nine millions of dollars. -4«.

COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL LAND OFFICE. We learn from Washington that the competition for the place of Commissioner of the General Land Office is now narrowed down lo Gov. WALLACE, of Indiana, and JAMES H. Buncn, E9q., of Missouri. Both gentlemen are eminently qualified for the post and though our preferences are decidedly favorable to Gov. WALLACE, the appointment of Mr. BURCH would be well received by the Whigs of this State. The devoted services of Gov. WALLACE, for eigh^earsjaet, has endeared him to the People, and the numerous friends of that

gentleman,

in every part of the State, would rejoice at

his elevation to an office so honorable and prominent. His popularity has been attested by theunbought suffrages of his fellow-citizens who know him bat, and, who have twice, by overwhelming majorities, elected him Lieut. Governor and Governor of Indiana. When the Harrison party, in the winter of 18*10, overlooked his claims to a renomination, it was solely on the ground of his close identity with some local questions, and not from any want of confidence in his capacity or

TK« IMGMIHFDOCS COSTTUCUTT TJ OTR *W A I,

LACE, after a succcssor was nominated, is well known, and we never shall forget his manly addresa to the Convention when called on by the vast multitude assembled. We hope these things will never be forgotten by the People of Indiana. They are in bold contrast with the selfish course of some men we could name, who are never satisfied unless THEV can be constantly belore the People for office. Governor WALLACE has our best wishes for his success.

&3>-We are requested to* announce the name of GEO. HAGER, as a candidate for the office of Treasurer of Vigo county, at the election in August.

80rWe are requested to announce the name of GEO. W. BALL as a candidate for Treasurer of Vigo county, at the approaching election in August.

TO TH* EDITORS OF THE COURIER

Gentlemen:—Pleasesay, in your paper, that SAM'L DICKF.RSON, Esq. will be supported for Treasurer of Vigo county, at the August election,

March 27, l«4l. VOTERS.

THE NOMINATION -SECOND DISTRICT. We are glad to see and hear that the nomination of Col. THOMPSOK, by the Bloomfield convention, is every where reeceived with approbation This does not surprise us, and wc shall be deceived if that gentleman does not go to Congress with a larger majority than even the Harrison vote of the District. The following notices we take from two sterling Whig papers:

THE NOMINATION.

Our delegates have returned from the Bloomfield Convention but we have not time to insert the official proceedings of the Convention. The greatest harmony prevailed throughout. The people were well represented in the Convention. The different delegations voted gj-iiw voce for their choice when, on counting the votes, it appeared that RICHARD W. THOMPSON, of Lawrence, had received the unanimous vote of the entire Convention, and was thereupon declared duly nominated as the democratic Whig Candidate for Congress for t.ie second Congressional District of Indiana for the Twenty Seventh Congress of the U. S.

We are assured that the nomination will be heartily responded lo by the people throughout the District. ffarrisonian.

SECOND DISTRICT.

The Whigs of the Second Congressional District held a Convention on the 15th inst. at Bloomfield, in Green county. RICHARD W. THOUPSOS, of Lawrence, was nominated as a candidate for Congress, having received the votes of every one of the counties represented. Mr. Thompson has repeatedly served the people ofLawrence in both branches of the State Legislature and he won for himself Isst year a distinguished name in his labors as a candidate for Presidential Elector. He is man of superior abilities, and of unexceptionable moral character, qualifications that always should govern the, Whigs, in their selection of candidates for office. He will unqtiestionably be elected and Indiana will be proud of him aa one of her brightest iewels.

thejra

Indiana Journal.

STATE CREDIT

Joa. CRAWFORD, Esq. of Georgia, who, year or two since, visited England for the purpoae of negotiating a loan on the bonds of Georgia, wrote aa follows to a committee of the Legislature of that State on the 14th of November, 1840. "The leading object at which the Legislature of Georgia ahoold now aim. with a view to carry on her public works, is lbs establishment of high State credit and I take leave to swore von, from ranch intercourse with capitalists on both sides of the Atlantic, that adequate and stable revenue laws are ahaolntriy indiepensable. They have not, or ought not to have any confidence in pledges ofhank dividends or bank capita' They apprehend that the Suite Governments due not tax the people to raise the means of maintaining the public faith, and, therefore, they will not rely on it— But lei the S«ate of Geo?gia impose the requisite tax, and sacs an earnest is given of her honest and resolute purooeejo pay bar debu, as will at ooce dupei all doubts,

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There is a mas in this city who was so large, when J1**4

a babe, that it was impoaaible to «*aw him all at once,

He was laid on his left atde when tbey called Ian San. 1

and as aaoa as tbejr could turn him ow he waa named ^aoe this, then we will learn politeness, gallantry Sftoaatt. A suddle name was intended lor him,! and decency from Anna. No matter though it is I clothed in spurkwa Latin, the language which in nndi^uiaed obscenity would be spurned from the door, steals in maak into the family circle, and is1 on every apyogriau inacription. by Wm.Soother I? we could presume to aaake any claim Jontw, En. of Fradenck ootney, ...» C«mias of Arlington

A the presents to'Geo. Harrison, aiace las arrival at Wanhimpen, waa a uniting omr, made «f part 'J?®* «aak into the family circl of tbc oaach of Geo Waahiagton, richly moaat-d, and °°v discovered when the blush barns

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COURIER.

MESSRS. Est TOSS:—When an offender is punished he must he excused for whining under the lash, and we should hsve feared that we had not chastised Anna equal to his deservings, hsd be have taken it quietly, hut the plaint we have drawn forth, at once confesses his punishment, proves its justice, and requires its continuance to whip him into decency of expression. Anna seems determined to eetabliah his own insignificancy, by giving an importance to whiskers, which they never possess, with those who at will can present a smooth or bristled cheek. His whole happiness, like the life of Damocles, seems dependant upon a single hsir, and the cut ling of a whisker ruffles his mentsl quietude, and troubles his soul by the ugly emotions of 'contempt" and "disgust." How unfortunately constituted, with sensibility— "Softer than the Sybarite who cried

Aloud, because his feeling* were too tender To brook a ruffled rose leaf by hia side." A contest like the present may be carried on forever, by stringing together such epithets as lousy and empty headed fools, without adducing any thing to sustsin such coarse abuse, and this language is too often substituted for vigor of thought and strength of expression. But when sn individual spreads his thoughts before the public, it is perfectly legitimate to try him by them, and not by his individuality, and it becomes not only aright but a duty to expose all the vicc and folly they contain. These characteristics so standout in the productions of Anna, that their exposure is more the result of their prominence than of the ability ot the pen which lays them bare. Anna first appeared before the public in an article conceitedlv attempting to make his own taste the criterion for others, and arrogantly charging those who differed from him as displaying vanity, folly, and filthincss. We took up that article and while, with all due humility, we did not venture to prescribe our ideas for th»regulations of others we neither give the law to, nor received it from them, we attempted to show, *hat the indications of nature, nr.d the taste of some whose characters vindicated them from the charges of vanity, folly, and filthiness, had presumed to differ from Anna. Having thus defined his position, we in addition attempted to point out the puerilities of his style, snd his inability to sustain the character he assumed. At this he is astonished, deprecates our bitterness, and like a whining school-boy, blubbers out "I did not mean to do it." He should have thought of this before. In the same spirit, we proceed now to the examination of Anna's second article.

Anna in his first production shrinks with timid fear from all hairy animals, but in this, while he claims the consideration of our gallantry, this delicate female, likens himself to a grizzly Gaul boldly plucking bearded Senators. His mind seems incapable of running two ideas parallel, and having caught a classical allusion, in his desire to display it, he again betrays his disguise and points to the manly character, he desires the more, the more it is beyond his reach. It is well known that men deficient in the courtesies of life, when defeated in an argument, endeavor to wipe out their mortification by rolling up their sleeves and challenging to hsty-cuffs. In the same spirit of mental rowdyism, Anna seeks to turn attention from the absurd position in which we have caught him, by pointing to a particular individual, substituting personality for repartee and argument, and mistaking an acknowledgement of his weakness for wit- Anna does not think that our application of the pronouns would be sustained by Lindley Murray. We will confess that we were compelled to form rules upon this subject for Lindley Murray did not consider a walking neuter gender, and made no rules for the defects of nature and as we had stripped from Anna the disguise of the feminine, and shown him to want the characteristics of the masculine, we did not know where to place him, and though we once addressed him as the sex he assumed., in general, we courteously gave him that he would like to be. But the big gun of Anna'b piece, and by whose thunders he hopes to awe our lips into silence, is the quotation from Gov. Cass. This gentleman looks upon whiskers with "dislike and contempt." We have adduced one proposition,which all, even Anna, admit to be self-evident it is, that any single individual, no matter how distinguished, who imagines that his own opinions in taate, pontics, or religion, should coiitrdf that of every one else, shows arrogant aelf-conceit, and to abuse those who differ from him, displays insolent folly. Tried by this, the opinion of Gov. CASS only proves that talented gentlemanto possess hutrsn infirmity and that he capable of descending in his folly, to that littleness which constitutes the elevation of Anna, while Anna, by consenting to be the imitator and echo of such opinions, shows that his flight of ambition is to reach the trifling follies of a more distinguished man. Boz tells us that those who hsve past their youth, often exclaim, ••boy,"'with an air of contempt, which seems to declare they would not be one again if they could, and Gov. Cass'8 contempt may find its origin in the fact, that his whiskers have lost the hue and freshness of youth and ceased to be an ornament, lie that as it may, the Governor's "dislike and contempt" upon paper is not shown in his life, for he has condescended to become the servant, accept the patronage, and acknowledge as bis superior one of those empty headed fools for who curls a finer whisker than Martin Van Buren, and though we could not quote him as an example of political honesty, we think we may venture to adduce him as equal in intellect to Anna, and infinitely superior in taste and gentility. But Martin wanted the benefit of Anna's opinion, snd perhaps lost his election by those whiskers. Anna's quotation, like his parody, and his classics, again shows his inability to sustsin two idess st once, for while in his text he modestly tells us whiskers never can prevail,save among barbarians, the quotation sighs over the fslsity of Gibbon's preidiction snd mourns over their prevalence among civilized nations. However, the Governor thinks them evidences of folly, snd regards them with "dislike and contempt." Anna, emboldened by this opinion, sticks nis head from under the Governor's srm and repeats, "So do I." Hush Anna, don't whisper it. From the recess of your obscurity, the sound may penetrate the vault of Mount Vernon, and call forth the venerated Father of his country to wipe out the whiskers which now grace the portraits of his tnsnly face. It may cross the Atlsntic, snd the Duke of Wellington will resign sll the honors, which, ss the hero and the statesman, he has earned, for the name of Arthur Wellesly, because Anns thinks him sn empty hesd. Nicholas, of Russia, may stsnd abashed and sweep away bis Imperial mustache. Anna's opinion is important, sna valuing it duly he tells us he has not changed. We neither wished him to do so nor hoped it, for His the property of self-conceit to rise by its own emptiness above sll the genius, acquirements, snd mental splendors of the world, as fogs rest upon gisnt mountains, and seek the admiration of the eye by sssuming their form snd outline but when stricken by the Tight of dsy tbey sre dissipated into their original nothingness, and leave clear and bright the bold prominence and substantisi sublimity they sought to hide. Anna still endeavors to stick to his disguise, but if we bsve not suffi ciently exposed that, it is demonstrated by the definition be gives to our ideas of manhood, definition too gross to have emansted from any mind of feminine purity. We will tell him that we mean, by manhood—that force and energy of character, effeminacy, which enables sa indiv*toal to sustain, in open honor and Tod"! truth, wpart allotted to, or assumed by him sod that ewvatioo of sentiment which lifts bim above the tneanness of insulting female modesty snd when we have followed the example of Anna, and penned one word which shall cause the husband to arrest his speed), before be sallies by its utteraoce the hallowed purity of his wife ."the brother's nesrt to swell with honest indignation at the insult offered his sister the cheek of the maiden in her closet, to flash

denial in the crimson blttsb of

w!cb

Bun"

wwrd ever came

°f female purity, or one ot sufficient

^pect that parity. When we have

Va, through Mr I to the favor of the sex, it would be for having r*

tnm

Aaa* the pcttkoat which h« ob

scenity disgfacesrsnd Into Which he has sneaked to appeal to our gallantry and to escape merited punishment. The point of hia assertion that we consider whiskers the "only symbols of manhood," and his charge of "assumed mental superiority" would consist in their truth: being destitute of this, they make no claim to attention, but we can readily excuse him, for setting up for himself mark which his feeble shafts might resell, when he found his wit unequal to the object at which he simed. Anna has undertakes arrogantly to give the law to our beards—learnedly to correct our grammar, complacently to instruct us in politeness snd decency, and then caricatures his pretension by quoting to us "Sir Oracle." Truly, he is so unskilled in the use of his weapon, that he thrusts the wit he borrows deeper into himself than into his antagonist, and we are tempted to exclaim, "Oh! that mine enemy would write a book." Consistently with the whole charactet of his assumption, Anns hss threatened us with the terrors of his awful powers, if we dare to speak. How cruel, Anna, to frighten us so! We never threaten lest the performance should not fulfill the promise, and from this communication Anna can learn the efTe^w^iich thteats have upon the

W,L»

WOODS-

-VF .V

1 FOR THE WABASH COURIER!

MESSRS. EDITORS:—A certain subject has occupied my mind, for the last few weeks, and, with your permission, I will now give utterance to the sentiments of my heart, through the medium of your useful paper. I shall do entire injustice ta my own feelings, unless I declsre the deep anxiety which I feel for the moral and intellectual condition of the Mechanics of our town.

You will, therefore, permit me to make a sug. gestion to that respectable class of our fellow, citizens, the Mechanics of Terre-Haute. 1 will not be so arrogant as to propose any specific plan for their adoption, as they are entirely competent to form their own "designs," and carry them into execution but still, l"should be highly gratified to see something like a •'Mechanic's Association,'* or "Mechanic's Institute," having for its object the moral and intellectual improvement of ita members. Such associations have existed for many years past in various parts of the U. States, especislly in Isrge towns and experience, the surest of all tests, has folly demonstrated the great benefits arising from their establishment. Our Mechanics are by no means inferior to those of other places, in point of intelligence, enterprise, and practical skill and it needs but their active co-operation in this matter, to secure the object which I myself so much desire. I venture the opinion, that if our employing Mechanics would take up this subject, and throw their combined influence into the right scale, an institution might be formed which would secure lasting benefits to our population, and, at no distant day, we might witness the erection of a Mechanic's Hall, having a Reading Room attached to it, which would thus furnish strong inducements, both to old and young, to spend their leisure hours in a way as profitable as it would be pleasant. But I have already said more than I intended, when I took up my pen, my object having been merely to introduce this subject, for the purpose of eliciting your own, and the opinions of others on it. Should my sugge tions meet with a favorable reception, I will, in another paper, give my views more in detail.

Yours, itc. PHILOS MECHANES. Terre Haute, March, 1841. The public should thank the writer of the above for his timely suggestions, and wo sincerely hope thoy will be improved. The Mechanics of Terre-Haute should take some vigorous and prompt steps to form such an Association as that mentioned, whero the moral and intellectual improvement of its members would form one of the chief designs. It might be the means of enlarging the sphere of that useful class of citizens, and of training up the younger learners of tho mechanic arts to a proper cultivation of their intellectual powers. As Mechanics, we are ready to lend our aid to any object so worthy of universal approval.—Editors W. Courier.]

SCRAPS FROM SNOOKS. NO 1.

Yy. Mr. Dowling, vot a set You ve got now in your paper*. A aeribblin1 and a squabblin' and n'

A cutting antic capers What will the upshot be of all .• Th»'«kig'lar nt of writin1, *. Vill it all end in smoke, or in

A little touch at fightin?

Firat, "Zephyr" comes- aright cttte chap. Givin' a mortal trimmin'. To all the talkin', tattlin'folks-

Particular these vimumn. Vot keeps a pryin1 into things They a'nt no business knowin', And ven they finds one's secrets out,

A goin' round and blowin'.—

I guess he must have suffered some— This bitter Mr. "Zophyr"— For at first, he snorts and prances, and

Kickf like a fly-bit heifer But ven he wents.his fee!ins' some, He isn't half so wicious And towards the last, he seems to think

That vidders is delicious.

But still, for all, sich conduct is Most absolutely shockin, Abusin' of the feminine*,

For a little bit of talkin' It's a blessed privilege of theirn, Vich they always vill maintain, No matter now tho talkin'hurts,

Or the wictim may complain.

And, then, if "Zephyr" vill do things He hadn't ought to do, And lets the ladies find it out,

And git him in a stew I'm sure he oughtn't say a word, But jiet sit down, and take it, For every time he stirs the thing,

The publicker he'll make it. SNOOKS.

jDlJBjby

On Friday morning the 12th instant, of Consumption, Mrs. JANE COLE, consort of RICHARD COLE. Rsq., late Editor of the "National Patriot," ot Centreville.— The deceased was an exemplarv member of ihePresby. teriau Charch, and bore her long and painful illncsa with christian fortitude. She died in the triumphs of that faith which through life she had adorned by Iter profession. On Sunday, her remains were followed to the grave by a very largo concourse of of citizena.

On the 4 th day of March, 1841, at his residence in Honey Creek Township, in this County. Mr. DANIEL SOESBE, in the 86th yesr of his sge. He served three

Csasactive

a soldier, in our Revolotionsry struggle, and an part in the scenes of that trying period. He emigrated to Shelby county, Ky., soon after the Revolution, and there uoderwent all the difficulties and privations incident to Indian warfare. For a namber of years he has resided in Vigo county, and leaves behind him a good name as a legacy to his children. He was an exemplary member of the Baptist Church.

BO JIT LIST.

PORT OF TERRE-HAUTE. ARXIVALS. March 20—Exchange, from Pittaburgh, 20—Tippecanoe, from Lafayette, 21—^Gem, do. do.

SI—Orleans, from Cincinnati, 21—Harry Tompkins, from Lafaystte, 21—Tnscumbia, from Evansville, 22—Ontario, from Louisville, 22— Dover,

from

Lafayatte,

22—Elizabeth, from Pittsburgh, 22—Keokuk, from Lefeyette, 32—Salem, do. do 23—Loyal Hannah, from Lafayette, 24—Export, from Pittsburgh, 24—Exchange, from Lafayette.

Dcrarnnuss.

March 20—Exchange, for Lafayette, 90—Tippeeanoe. for New Orleans, 21—Gem for Louisville, 21—Orleans, for Laiayette. 21—Harry Tompkins, for Evansville. 21—'Tuscombta. for Lafayette, 22—Ontario, do. do. 22—Dover, for Mo. Wabash, 22—Elizabeth, for Lafayette, 22—Keokuk, for Cincinnati, 22—Salem, for Pittsburgh, 23—Loyal Hannah, do. do. #4—Export, for Lafayette. CTThc Wabash River is in fine hoarmxf order

11AHLA*, ...»

TWE

:§IP

,0. MANLY.

Law ITolice..

HARLAN

&. MANLY, Attorneys iT Law, Mar*

shall, Hark county, Illinois. Mar S7-J9-tf.

•ttb*"}?ere P»y auh for a lew tooa of good Hav, if delivered aoon at their Limy Stable, in oo HOLDENi DOLE. March 27, !84l-» if^: v«

Caution.

m(i b((i

two y«rs"aftw date^'he ^demfon'Tr

waagtven

hss

the sale of the trees, aforesaid Terre-Haute, March, 27-29-3U W. BAIRD.2

SATJEUF MORPS MULTICAULIS TREES. SHALL, en the 8th day of April next, a£i,!£pnJ?1t%,aa,e«

Terre-Haute, March *7-23-3w j'j yy. BAIRD

A ^™iJ:«vSS.efrl',S--Asa«n^ has again returned to TerreHaute, and expects to devote himself to the business of Auctioneering, and will always be ready io attend to calls in that line, either in town or countryHe will be found at the Rialto Coffee House, when not out of town and, ir absent, orders left for him will lie promptly attended to. March 27-29-if.

]?IOIasscs«'

ClUGAR Housc and Plantation Molasses, Tor sale by kJ March 27-29-tf II. BRASHER.

PIOHghs,

OFPPeacock's1patent,

0^'

IIAIR —Its positive qualities are 88 follows: 1st—J oi infants, keeping the head free from scurf and causing an abundant growth of hair. 2d—For ladies after child-birth, restoring the skin to ita former sttength and firmness, and preventing the falling out of the hair. 3d—Tor any person recovetingfrom any debility iba same effect is produced. 4th—It used in infancy, till a gopd growth is started, it may be preserved by attention to the latest period o| life. 5th—It frees the head fr6m daiidrifT, strengthen the roots, imparts health and vigor to the circulation, and prevents the hair from changing color or getting gray.

Gth— It causes the hair lo curl beautifully,when done, up in it over night. IKrNo ladies' toilet should ever be made without it. 7'h—Cbildien who liBve by any meanB contracted, vermin in the head, are immediately and perfectly cured of them by its use. It is infallible. .. ^°,r ''y KING, Druggist, Terre-Haute*

March 27-29-Sm.

ASK, INQUIRE—ASK THOSE WHO KNOW.

rPHOSEonly

L£E

who know by trial or immediate obsei-

vat ion, can from any idea of the effects, of the perfect relief, of the almost charm-like cures effected in ca"

PILES, RHEUMATISM, ALL SWELLI

INGS, AND ALL EXTERNAL PAINS, no matter^ haw severe, by the use of Hays' Liniment. Find one who has uged it that will not laud it above all things ever used and you will find—what cannot be found.

For the relief of suffering human beings who may be afflicted, I begyou to ask—ask ofthose who know. Cases unconquerable by all other remedies or physicians though tried for many years, that have been cured bvi the use of the genuine HAYS' LINIMENT. Thou-I sands of other persona know similar cute*. We appeal, to their sense of justice—their human feelings.

Itisbutaduty you owe to your suffering fellow being* to let this preat remedy be known. Speak of it, than, to all your friends.

Mr. Hays would never consent to offer this articic, were he not compelled by bis sense of moral—of religious duty—to do all in his power for the victims ofdis. tress and miseTy. For this purpose, he would sooner devote a fortune, than secure a dollar for any worthless article.

LOOK OUT.—Some swindlers have counterfeited this article, and pat it up with various ({evicea Do not be imposed upon. One thing will only protect you— it is tho name of COMSTOCK ft CO. that name must be always on the wrapper, or you are cheetad. Do not forget it. Take this direction with you, and test bythat, for never buy for it is impossible for any other lu be true or genuine. SOLOMON HAYS.

wlejby J.J. KING, Druggist,Terre-HauU. March 27-29-6ni. :iboK OCTTIS7^ CAffTfOtf rs THE PARENT OF SAFETY*

are more than one bundled people in this city, and jn the United Suteaan imaense number, who have suffered beyond endurance by this dreadful complaint, who 5P themselves wbollv free from attacks by applying this Liniment when they fael any symplome of its approach of this there is the moat perfect proof. ft^None genuine without the name of COMSTOCK Sl CO., written on the wrappers.

For sale by J. F. KING, Druggist, Terre-Haute-March 27-29-6m.

Headache.

READ

the

years the first Judge of tbe county in which be lives. rnMcrowjr, N.J. MARCH It, 1840. Means. Comstock St Co. Gentlemen: You, are at liberty to make such use of the following cci ti Scale aa yon deem will beat subserve the purposes for which it is inleaded.

Certificate qf Judge FaUerso*.

I HCXXBT cMtTirr that nr daughter has been afflicted with sick headache for the space of about 90 years— the attacks occurring ooce in about two weeks, freqaeatly lasting 24 boars, dorisfe which Una tbe paroxvvas have been so aevere, as appaiently soon to deprive her of life. And after havug tried almost all other remedies ta vata, Ibave beea induced as a last resort to trr Spohn sHeadache Remedy,as sold by yon: and to t^pe^d^npo.atm.atandjoy of herself and all her friends, on "ove ry material relief from the first dose of the medic.ae.She has followed op the directions with the articie^ad in every case. where aa attack was threatened has found immediate relief, until she is sear pcriranently cured. The attacks are now very aeldom, and disappear aknoet immediately, after taking the quantity directed. A hope that others may be benefited by the «ee of this truly invaluable medicine, hae induced me ••"d *ou the above, aad remain your ob't servant,

JEHL PATTERSON, JUDGE OF THE COURT

1 a#

icholas

JSEfS

enurely failed. The following £?rac

from the article of agreement respecting the mulberrv KiJSaTcUM:"

WaSgiTCn'

.J.'

wiUejtplain thenatuSS

"If the said W. Bainl shall have failed tn mil a suf. ficient quantity of aaid trees, or their produce, tajav and discharge said note, after deducting the of cultivating, raising and preserving aaid Trees/and after d^ucttnv all the necessary expenses, then the aforeuid W. Baird agrees to and binds himself to pay to Nicholas Keros, the entire amount realized from

*!4

5 6

thousand Morua

Molticaulis Trees, the growth of last year-

fine

'a*™' roots.-

i' —_ *®Tanted to be genuine. Terms will be 12 months' crcdit, by the nurchaser iv in on an a it

"H/

just received by Steamboat Ex*

n,e

ar»cle-

For sale by

Meruit 27-29-tl H. BRASHER.

Flour.

Ofk BBLS. choice brands, for sale bv^\ March 27-29-tf. if BRASHER.

Whiskey..

RECTIFIED

and common Whiskey, fft- i.«

March, 27-29-tf, H. BR^SHER

A EW tierces Goshen Cheese, and Western Rcsrvc, nlbo, forsale by March, 27-29-tf. •. JJ. BRASHER.

DR. SPOIIN'S HEALTH KMXIK.

THEREis

not one cn«e of Fever in a thousand, but

C,U8 brolscn

»nd removed by the

use or thu Elixir- It removes all acidity, indigestion, bilious matter and constipation from the stomach and bowels 11 operate? gently and effectually on the bowels, and powerfully on the kidneysi.nH the skin. It removes all unpleasant feelings after a hearty meal, and promotes a good appetite. It heeds only a trial to give perfect satisfaction. It has become a general prnctico with many to use this article in all cases of colds, nains in the bones, or heavy disagreeable feeling, tending to headache oi chilhncu. For hoarseness, it takui) through the day, it completely restores the voice without producing sickness. Whooping cough, and all coughs of children are cured by it. The stomach is kept in perfect order bv it, and it is quite impossible that any disease should commence whilu a perjon is uoina this Syrup. 1&"I( taken daily, it produces a ruddy, healthy, and voungappeaiance, by driving offall the humors of the system. Sold gennine at 2 Fletcher-stieet, one door below Pearl-street, N. Y., by Comstock & Co., and by all respectable Druggists. Forsale, by J. F. KING Terre-Haute, Indiana. March 27-29-Gm.

HEWE'S NEKVB AND BONE LINIMENT.

THIScure

article is offered to the public as a novar-fail-ing for the Rheumatism, and it has for a number ofyears sustained its reputation, and accomplished cures which had defied the power of evtry other article. In arute and recent eases, the relief is invariable, after one or two applications of the Liniment, and in Chronic Rheumatism, the cases of cure are numerous. It is truly a remedy that reaches the nerve and bone with tho uiost hanpy effect. r,r.S(?ld' *vholcsH'° «"d ictfiil. by Comstock & Co., Wholesale Druggists,2 Flclcher-strcet, N. Y., nnt the principal Druggigt* in the Union. For sale, by J, F, KING,Terre-Hauv?. -ifMarch27-29-6m, ,/

OLDRIDGE'S

BALM OF COUJMBIA FOR Til l5

following from Judge VAfiluon, foi 30

ofc.

P»

F. KING, Druggist, Terre-Haute.

Administrator's Notice.

NOTICEof

is hereby given that the undersigned hss been duly appointed Administrator, de bonis non, of the estate A. II. Woodruff, deceased. All those in-

debted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment, that an at tbe next term

payment, that an adjustment may be made (if possible tbe nest term of Probate Con Terre-Haute, March 20-28-3t

sie Court. HORACE BL1NN.