The Wabash Courier, Volume 16, Number 36, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 May 1848 — Page 2

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HE COURIER.

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SATUR1UY~v.v.M A 6, 184a

WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET.

SENATORIAL KUSCTOIS.

JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, of Jdfento UODLOVE A ORTH, of Tippecanoe. DISTRICT ELBCTOES.

Ut District—JOB* Prroux, of TWy 34 3d 4th 5th (th 7 th 8th 9th 10th

JFOM S. Dim, of

MILTOK GRAM, of Deiffc DAVID P. HOLIOWAY, of Wayne. ^THOMAS O. WUNU, of Haacoek.

Lorn. H. ROCSSSAU, of CIWA Row A W McGivouxr,

of Pataam.

JAMES 1*. Senr, of ClintonDASIRLD. PRATT, of Otm. DAVI» KUOOSK, of Drtiware.

MEXICO-COURT OF INQUIRY. The news from the city of Mexico is to April 14th. There seems to he nothing of a very striking character. Prom smite sources doubts are expressed as to the ratification of the Treaty—other opinions again favor the idea that the Treaty will be ratified. At last accounts

from Queretaro, a quorum had not been

formed in Congress. The Monitor, of the 11th,containsalongarticle condemning the conduct of the members of Congress in delaying the session. Sixteen members were still wanted in the Chamber and two in the Senate to a quorum. A correspondent at Queretaro, of the Monitor, thinks the necessary number will soon be in attendance, and that when Congress once gets together Herrera will be chosen President, since a majority of the Legislatures jlftve expressed themselves in his favor.

Commissioner rist and Gen.Cadwallader left the city of Mexico on the 8th of April Gen. CadwallaJer having resigned his commission.

In reference to the Court of Inquiry,

••MuSTAMG,"

If precedent were law. the decisions of this court would support an attorney in argument on any side

of any question whatever. One day Gen. Scott complains of the course of proceeding of one of his antagonists, and the court says—"It ia a matter over which they have no control." In the course of a few days a complaint is made that Gen. Scott has done what the court had said they could not «, control, ood then the court decides that itia "indelicate and highly improper." Put a peg there, and ssvo the mark Gen. Pillow asks a witness for his opinions, or the reasons for belief in a certain matter the court at once decides he must state in five minutes after, Gen. Scott asks the witness whst were his opinions in reference to another matter. Objections are mads—the court is cleared !—and alter some forty minutes, wise, knowing, and very honest (t)

consultation, decide that the

witness may state the facts which led him to conclusions or opinions, but he must not state what

those opinions were. And so it"has been from first to last 1 have endeavored to find out what system or rule has governed this court in their decisions, but without effect and I am sorry to say that -1 look upon it aa an anomaly in military jurisprudence.

However, the evidence and documents brought out in the course of the trial, show, most conclusively, the determined and deliberate effort, on the ,part of the Administration, to overthrow and break down Gen. Scott—to consign to it\famy and disgrace the warrior Chief who has accomplished the most wonderful achievement* recorded on the page* of American history—and who has done all this, with the prejudice and influence of the Government against mm, and the political aspirants of his own camp playing second fiddle to them.

Courier and Enquirer, in which the letter first appeared, a paper by no means ^friendly to Henry Clay, oould not pub* ii«h the communication without expressring dissent from the sentiments of the author.

WASHINGTON NATIONAL MOMUMENT.— We learn from the National Intelligent cer of the 24th ult., that this great work has been commenced. The contractors for the excavation of the foundation broke ground on Tuesday last, in the presence of the Building Committee and other citizens. The excavation is expocted to be completed in a month.— The ceremonies of laying the Corner stone will take place on the 4th of July.

The structure is to be carried to the height of five hundred feet. ————————

MR. POLK AND THE NEXT PRESIDENCY. —The editor of the New York Herald says in his paper of the S5th ult., that he has information from Washington of a reliable character that it leads him to the strong belief Mr. Polk will be renominated by the Baltimore Convention.

A Whig Convention of the seventh Judicial district of Illinois met on the 80th ult. to appoint the delegate to the Whig National Convention and nominate a Presidential elector. A vote upon the Presidential question resulted thus: Mr. Clay 47, Judge McLean 3.

-FoiBiejf News.—News from abroad reaches IM in rapid succesaton. The Aatim ia telegraphed one day—the if* mcrica almost on another. See news bv both in other columns. By the last it appears the great Chartist meeting had, been held, and passeUoff quietly.

A HTTGE

FORTUNE.—h

is stated in the

Rochester papers that Mr. Zachary Potter and his father* of that city, have left home for England, under the well found* od expectation of entering upon the speedy possession of an estate in the ctmntv of Durham. England, vtlucdat^OOO,000 girling or $15,000,000. l'"t*

ANOTHER LETTER FROM GEN. TAYLOR. 1%? New Orleans Bulletin of April 25th contains aletter from Gen. Taylor, of recent date, lo his relative Capt. J. S. Allison. It purparts to be, what he hft^ not previously given to the public, an e*« position of his views on certain political topics. We publish the letter below, although received at a late hour, and to the exclusion of much other matter, in order that our readers may see and judge for themselves of Gen. Taylor's views on subjects therein mentioned

BATON ROTOE, April 12, 1848. DEAR SIR MY opinion* have recently keen eo often miacoaeeived and misrepresented, thfci 1 deem it dae to ajwtf, if not to mv fritnda, to make a brief expanttoa of litem upon Um tupies to which you have called my attention. 1 have COMNIM to the use of my name aa a candidate for the Presidency. 1 have frankly avowed rajr own distrust of my fitness (or that high station but having, at the solkitatioa of many of ay countrymen, taken my position as a candidate, 1 ao not at liberty to mnimder that position until my friend* manifest a wish that 1 should re^ gladly do ao. I

tire from it 1 will then most gladly have no private purposes to aecemphaa—no party to build up—no enemies to punish—no* toaerve but my eon*

ficientl,

constitute I

writing from Mexico April

7th to the N. O. Delta, says:

It is the general impression that the Court of Inquiry will get through examining all the witnesses here in the course of ten days or two weeks, and will then adjourn to the United Stales. I wish they were gone. You have no doubt read the pro* a great degree of interest ifj* ceedingK With

The proceedings

have not, I hope you will, Court are well worth the study and attention of sll military and civil lawyers.

cottftfcry.

«K

v* been very oAen addressed by letter, and my opinion* have been asked upon alinoat every question that might occur to the writers, aa affecting the interest* of their country or their party. I

have not always impended

these inquiries, far

various reason*. I confess. while I have great cardinal principles hich will regulate my political life, 1 am not sufficiently familiar with all the minute detaih litical legislation to give coksmn pledges, if Pr*-«iient, to carry out this or defeat that

I were

measure.

1 have no concealment. 1 bold no opinion which I would not readily proclaim to my assembled countrymen but crude impression* upon matters

of policy, which may be right to-day and wrong to-morrow, are perhaps not the best teat of fitness for office. One who cannot be trusted without pledge* cannot be confided in merely on account of them. 1 will proceed, however, now to respond to your inquiries.

FIRST.—I reiterate what I have often said—1 am a Whig, bat not an ultra Whig. If elected I would not be the mere President of a party. I would endeavor to act independent of party domination. should feel bound to administer the Government untrammeled by party schemes. 8Dcowa—The veto power. The power given by the constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto, i* a high conservative power but in my opinion shoum never be exercised except in esses of clear violation ot the constitution, or manifest and want of consideration by Congress. Indeed, I have thought that, for many yeare past the known opinions and wishes of the Executive have exer-

ciwd undue and injurious influence upon the legislative department of the Government and for this cause I have thought our system was in dan-

ger of undergoing a great change from its true thfory. The personal opinions of the individual who may happen to occupy the Executive chair, onght not to control the action of Congress upon questions of domestic policy nor ought his objections to be interposed where questions of constitutional power has been settled by the various departments of Government and acquiesced in by the people.

THIRD.—Upon the subject of the tariff, the currency, the improvement of our great highways, rivers, lakes and harbors, the will of the people, as expressed through their Representatives in ongreos, ought to be respected and carried out by the Executive.

FOURTH.—The Mexican War. 1 sincerely rejoice at the present prospect of peace. My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times and under all circumstances as a (treat national calamity, to be avoided if compatible with national honor. The PRINCIPLES of our Government as well as its true POLICY are opposed to the subjugation of other nations and the dismemberment of other countries by COJTQCTST. In the language of the great Washington, "Why should we quit our own to stand on foreign ground." In the Mexican war our national honor has been vindicated, and in dictating terms of peace we-,may well afford to be forbearing and even magnanimous to our fallen foe.

These are my opinions upon the subject referred toby you ana any reports or publications, written or verbal, from any source, differing in any essential particular from what is here written are unanthortsed and untrue.

I do not know that I shall again write upon the subject of national politics, I shall, engage in no schemes, no combinations, no intrigues. If the American people have not confidence in me, they ought not to give me their suffrages. If they do not, you know me well enough to believe me when 1 declare I shall ft content I am too old a soldier to murmur against such high authority.

To ("apt, J. S. Amsotf.

CASSIUS M. CLAY has written a letter! Municipality of New Orleans have adopdireeted to the Hon. H. Clay, in which 3fie has exhibited a most vindictive and bitter spirit. He announces thathe shall not support Mr. Clay for the Presidency —and gives reasons which it is supposed awill hardly influence another vote in •the country but his own. Even the N.

Z. TAYLOR.

RECEPTION OF SCOTT. The Second

ted the following resolution WHEREAS, It is understood to be the intention of Maj. Gen. Scott shortly to arrive in this city, be it unanimously

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to act with his Honor, the Mayor, and with committees of the Councils of the First and Third Municipalities, in order to tender to that illustrious citizen and soldier, whose brilliant achievements have contributed so much to the glory of onr country, the hospitalities of our city and to make suitable arrangements for his reception as the CITY'S GUEST.

CLAY, SCOTT, AND MCLEAN. The Washington (Penn.) Reporter says:— Although the name of Mr. Clay is to come before the Convention with a powerful array of influence, yet, we incline to think, from recent events, that Scott or McLean stand the best chance for the nomination. We rejoice to know, however, that a few brief weeks will put this vexed question at rest. Until then, let the Whigs keep cool.

ROSEVILLE.—By reference to our Advertising columns it will be seen that the town of Roseville, Parke county, is offered for sale. Terms, at very low prices, and <long> time. ———————

THE PILLOW CASK.

The examination of Gen. Pillow before the Court of Inquiry, was still ia progress at the latest accounts from Mexico. The examination of Mr. Trist developed the fact that Gen. P. was sent out by the administration to be made the great man of the campaign, and the system of self-puffing to which he resortai* to accomplish this object is truly ridicu iou8. It was a pan of the plan to make Mr. Trist a tool in the work of pseudohero manufacturing, and for a time he ignorantly lent himself to effect the object bat on discovering the scheme he indtgnandy refused to participate in it. This examination showed the fact that the administration had a double object in view, viz to degrade Scon and elevate Pillow. This Court of Inouiry, or rather the turn which it has taken, appears to have been no part of the plot, and has completely knocked the

into

the fire. One man, a Major under Pillow, labored hard to swear his superior out of the scrape, but instead of doing so, he has gotten his testimony impeached and is in a fair way to be convicted of petjury. It is difficult to say whether the administration or Gen. Pilkwr cms the most ridiculous in this Court of Inquiry. It is a queer Pillow-case*— Am* Torek Ught.

FOREIGN NEWE

EXTRACTS OP LATEST FOREIGN NEWS BY THE ACADIA. The general ooramotion in Europe Is increasing.

'Hie King of Sardinia, af the head of thirty thousand troops, has crossed from Piedmont into Lombardy, declaring war against Austria. With his army, he marched direct to Milan. The Austrians have been defeated in every engagement.

Charles Albert, it is thought, will aoon have 250,000 troops in the field, suffic ient not only to liberate Lombardy, but to threaten Austria, even at the gates of Vienna.

All the Italian Duchies are in a state cps of open insurrection,

Savoy has declared itself a Republic. Liberal governments have been eon* ceded to

ill Hanover, the triumph of the people is complete. The King of Prussia has promised ex* tensive constitutional reforms to his sub* jects, but in so doing, his exasperated Russia* the Emperor of which charges him with encouraging the Poles in their insurrection for freedom.

The Emperor of Russia has issued nn ukase, ordering every man in Russia*Poland, between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five, to remove into the interior of Russia. He is also concentrating vast armies of his Cossacks to crush the republican efforts of Russia-Poland.

Belgium and Holland are tranquil. Turkey, like Russia, refuses to acknowledge the French Republic.

An tmeute has taken place at Madrid, and many of the Spanish soldiers were killed. Queen Christina has fled.

The Sicilian government, constituted after the model of the Provisional Government of France, has ordered an army of observation to assemble on the frontier to watch the movements of Italy,

On the 3d, Lamartine, the head of the Provisional Government of France, received Smith O'Brien, a member of the English Parliament, who was arrested and held to bail at Dublin, for seditious language at th? Dublin Monster Meet* ing«

Lamartine made a speech to O'Brien, full of dignity, sympathising with the Irish in their afflictions, but declaring at the same time that France could not interfere in righting their wrongs.

Paris is quiet. In Lyons, tranquillity is completely restored. Lord John Russell has repeatedly declared that the English government will throw its entire weight into the scale in maintaining order, and in suppressing rebellion. Additional troops

been

sent from England to Ireland. The Repealers in the ci^y of Duolin are equally energetic. They have promises of support. They are Bow electing delegates to the Council to be held in Liverpool, so as to keep within the limits of the Convention act. They say now that the time has passed—the repeal of the Union between England and Ireland is not sufficient to redress their grievances. A Republic, they say, is the only remedy.

The great Chartist demonstration, advertised to come off at Bath, has been forbidden by the English government.— The arrangement for the meeting, however, still goes on. The carriages for the petitions, the banners, ensigns fcc., are being made, and the proclamation forbidding the people to attend, only increases the excitement. Petitions numerously signed by those opposed to chartism, remonstrating against the action of the government have been sent

The Chartists themselves have de-

in. termined by a unanimous vote to hold the meeting at the risk of life, regardless of the threats and proclamations of Government.

The Chartist leaders have issued proclamations advising no arms to be carried in the procession.

O'Connell has advised the withdrawal of all the deposites in the Savings Bank, as that would embarrass the government more than even nn armed attack. The deposites are said to amount to thirty* five millions of pounds sterling.

The British Government seems deter* mined to bring matters to a speedy crisis. Large numbers of men have been draft* ed into the cavalry, infantry and artillery service. How the matter will end, is known only to Him who holds the fate of nations in his hands.

Additional by the Acadia ENGLAND AND IRELAND. APPEARANCES OF REVOLUTION. In England and Ireland the greatest excite* ment exists. Lord John Russell repeat* ed in the House of Commons on Monday last, his previous declaration that the whole weight of the Government should be applied to the maintenance of order and to put down disaffection and rebellion. At the same time his Lordship expressed the sincere desire of both his colleagues, and Lord Clarendon especially, to listen to complaints and apply a remedy or an alteration to any distresses or evils which exist.

The accounts from Ireland are more menacing than ever. The students in Trinity College are arming in defence of the Government, and the members of the Royal Dublin Society are following their example. Additional troops have arrived from England. The Repealers in the city are equally energetic and are being waonly supported throughout the provinces. At a meeting held in Kilkenny four delegates had been appointed to the Council of three hundred, admittedin defiance of die law the Mayor and

ty in

Magistrates are the delegates chosen. It was recommended at this meeting that the Cocmcil should assemble at Liverpool, in order so to keep within the limits prescribed by the Convention Act. It ia expected that Dublin will be placed under the ppefaden of the recent Anns Act, and that the vaat quantities of pikes and arms which are being ao extensively purchased, will be required to be (riven up.

The provinces, especially in the south of Ireland, appear to emulate Dublin in

by many

«km used by the Repeal party and the D'plomatc Agents of the French Repubpress and indeed it is openly declared I lie, on oyr fint page, will be jread with

of the.journals that a Repeal of interest.

Union will no longer suffice to sarit* fy their alleged grievances hot that the erection of a Republic can now remedy the evils under wfcich the cou»* try groans. It will be seen by tbejudi* cious reply of M. Lamartine to the deputation of the Irish Confederation, that the leader of the French Republic la not disposed to run the risk of a rupture with Great Britain..

TH* CHAETIST MEETING PREVENTED.— The great demonstration of the Chartists which was to come off in London on the 10th inst., has been prevented by the En* gUah Government. All the arrange* ments for the procession were going on satisfactorily—the rotate laid down, the carriage far conveying the petition built, and the banners, insignia, Ate., decided on, when Sir G. G*ey, the Home Secre* tary, announced to Parliament on the 6th inst., the determination of Govern* ment, not to allow either the assemblage or procession to take place. A proclamation appeared a few hours after the statement forbidding all persons to attend the meeting. The course pur* sued by the Government has not only increased the former general excitement, but called forth the remonstrances of even that section of the press hostile to Chartism. The effect produced on the Chartists themselves has been as might have been expected, a determination to carry out their object with mor? ardor than before.,

At the first meeting of the Convention held after the issuing of the Proclama* tion a unanimous resolution was passed, that the meeting and procession should take place despite the threats of the Gov* ernment. XI

Every delegate at the meeting formally and coolly declared his determination to risk his life in the contemplated demon* stration, and a general belief was ex* pressed that their constituents would emulate the example thus set them holding simultaneous meetings in the! several localities.

SANTA ANNA'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. Santa Anna when on the point of emharking from Mexico, published a long farewell address to his countrymen.— We give the opening and the plostyg paragraphs: Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, General of Division, and well-deserving of his Country, to his fellow-citizens

MEXICANS! On the point of leaving my beloved native country, in order to seek in a foreign land the quiet of private life, I must address you for the last time, to explain to you the true causes which have constrained me to condemn myself to a voluntary ostracism. Indebted to the Republic for a thousand spontaneous acts of honor, which have inscribed my name for ever in her annals, I am bound to give her satisfaction at the time of parting from her, in the most disastrous moments in which ever nation was seen, and when foreign hands are tearing the ensigns of our sovereignty from the immense territory which cowardice, egotism, and perfidy have placed in their power. 'I

Those who can look into futurity know that those fears which havo haunted my mind will be realized, for when the limits of the neighboring Republics are once extended to the heart of our dominion, we lose forever the equilibrium and through an error in political calculation the war has been terminated, and with it all hopes for our children. The man of reflection sees with dread that this unfortunate people is proscribed from the catalogue of nations, and that the generation which saw the struggle of its independence will assist at its funeral. I nave therefore desired and sustained the war as the only means of existence. More has already been granted than the enemy demanded, and our children can from this moment say that they have no future and no country.

The lovers of humanity and justice have raised their voice, even in the American capitol, to warn us of the immense danger we run. Fatality and the rancor of party, egotism, and treachery have prevented our listening to those echoes of truth, and an extemporaneous treaty has deprived us of the advantages which we could derive by suffering a little longer the evils of the war, and by showing more firmness to meet emergencies.

The state at which matters have arrived renders my person no longer of any use to my country. A peace to be forever execrated has been granted, and two-thirds of the national territory has been sold for a dish of lentil*. A shameful and absurd armistice has been sanctioned to consummate the iniquity. What course, therefore, remains, citizens, for him who only returned to his country to satisfy the public wishes and to fight in support of the noble cause against the foreign enemy! What is he to do who is pursued in every direction? Retire to a distant land to bewail the immense misfortunes of the Republic, since political passions and paltry inter* est* have succeed in exalting themselves over the holy cause of the country.

In the exile to which I condemn myself, the grief which will weigh on my spirits will receive some mitigation from the gratifying idea that I have preferred my personal ruin, the loss of wealth and of power, to bending my knee before the enemies of Mexico to obtain by entreaty a peace, which destroys the elements of her wealth and nationality. My garments pierced by the balls of the enemy —the thousands erf* Mexicans who fell in my presence and under my orders—the Mood of the invaders and their corpses which remained piled in heaps on the fields of battle, will be ao many tides of far my country and my children, exicans! One of the leade

lent in your

independence, the moat devoted to your good name—one who has had the glory of offering to the republic trophies snatched from foreign invaders—one who has nst them, overcoming a thoudifficulties—one who has shed his blood to sustain your rights—in fine, Your most faithful friend, bids you bis last farewell.

AJTTOKIO LOPEZ DSSANTA ANNA. Tehuacaa, March 24,1848.

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Cjtartist Meeting patted qf quietly— Irith Rrvoltert overawed by Governmentfor the present—War commenced hp Denmark against Sthleswig and

Holstein—Fierce Battle at F/uei* burgh—Danes victorious— Prussian Troops ordered to support Holstein— I Insurrection in He*se*cassel~ Fright ful Riot in Cologne—Austrians everywhere defeated Revolutionary ^Movement in Posen—Stephen declared King of Hungary—Serious Distturbances at St. Petersburgh—Russia pronounces Neutrality.

NEW YOR^, April 29.

The Royal Mail steamer America has arrived from Liverpool, wifh dates from that place to the 15tb, and London to the 14th, both inclusive, making the trip in fourteen days.

The great Chartist meeting, agreeably to notice, came off in London on the 10th inst., and although by far the larest meeting ever held in tne metropois, passed off quietly. There were upwards of two hundred thousand people present. The petition was presented to Parliament by the deputation, through Mr. Feargus O'Connor.

The Revolters in Ireland, overawed by the Government, remained quiet for the present, but active preparations were going on for a revolution. The gunsmiths and blacksmiths throughout the country were mostly engaged in the manufacture of anns, the supply of which was rapidly increasing. The peasantry were everywhere practising shooting, and in other respects making themselves acquainted with the use of arms.

^The Repeal papers are violent, and continue to urge the people to action. O'Connell had an interview with Lord John Russell, and it is said that he asked large concessions, which the Hon. Lord refused, and intimated that in doing so he only expressed the intentions of the Government.

Denmark had commenced a war with the Duchies of Holstein and Shleswick, and a fierce battle was fought near Flueswick. The Danes were victorious the loss on both sides was heavy. The Prussian troops were ordered to advance to the suppon of Holstein and the in* tention was, should the King of Den* mark retaliate by stopping their passage round, to invade his territories. This will undoubtedly lead to warm work be* tween the Danes and Prussians*'

In Hesse-Cassel an insurrection had broken out. A frightful riot occurred at Cologne oh the 10th inst.

The excitement at Madrid, caused by the attempted revolution, had been al* layed, and at the latest dates the city was quiet.

The Austrian troops were everywhere defeated by the people of Lombardy. The Polish committee in Posen had established subcommittees throughout the Grand Duchy, calling on the people for arms, and urging them to prepare for war.

The Russian soldiers had been driven out and the treasury seized. The eagles were torn down, and in order to prevent communication the mails were entirely destroyed.

Holland and Belgiuni Are quiet. Archduke Stephen had been declared King of Hungary.

Turkey had finally acknowledged the French Republic. Serious disturbances had occurred at St. Petersburgh.

Berlin, Rome, Palermo, and Milan, were tranquil. The Emperor of Russia pronounces neutrality unless his possessions are at tacked. O

In France, military preparations con* tinued. .R LIVERPOOL, April 15.

THE MARKETS.—There is abetter feeling in the Corn market, and to-day's cur rency shows an improvement of 1 shilling per sack and 6d. per bbl. in Flour, ana Is. per bbl. in Corn Meal. Western Canal Flour is now quoted at 26s. 6d. 27s. 6d., and Meal 11 12s. per bbl.

ONE OF THE MEN OF *76.—David Kennison, one of the patriots who threw the patriots tea overboard in Boston Harbor, is now the lion of this city. The old gentleman is 111 years of age, and will be, if he lives to the 17th of next November, 112. He served not only through the campaign of the glorious revolution, but in the war of 1813. He looks hale and hearty.— Although he has but one tooth in his head, he can do aa good justice to apiece of beef now aa when he was serving with Warren at Bunker Hill, and Washington at York Town. His hair, of which he has a profusion for an old man, is of an iron grey, betokening a strong will and a nerve not easily unstrung or shattered. He has the marks of two wounds one in the hand which was torn by a grape shot in the last war the other in the forehead, which latter was from the kick of a horse in some skirmish between the light infantry, to which he was attached, and the enemy's cavalry.

The old gentleman is in receipt of a pension from the General Government. Chicago Dem.

Improved Horse Rake.—Mr. Calvin Delano, of East Livermore, Maine, has invented an improvement in the horse rake. Each tooth is connected to a shaft by a hinge bv which it is allowed to rise and fall easily, and accomodate itself to uneven surfaces. The shaft is connec ted to a pair of small wagon wheels with a platform attached on which the driver stands, who, by means of a bar running tinder the teeth in connection with an upright lever, lifts the teeth up and dischar

ges

the hay in winnows as the driver desires.

He total territory of Mexico embraces about 1,500,000 square miles. The territory to be ceded to the United States by the pending treaty embraces 656,000 square miles with a population of about 100,000. '-raTiO'' *t»

'Tut as disageeable to a prodigal to keep an account of his expenses, as it is for a sinner to examine his conscience the deeper thoy ae$ch, the worse they find themselves.

O N E S S I O N A

U. 8. SENATE.

WASHtHOTON, April 27.

TiieBenate ordered one hundred cop les of Hidkey's edition of the Conatiw tion of the United States to be presented through Vattemaire to the Provisional Government of Prance, In the name of the Senate.

Mr. Clayton introduced a resolution asking information relative to the Public Armories.

The House bill relative to the transportation of the Foreign Mails w§s reported with amendments.

Mr. Badger's resolution to purchase Brown's portrait of General Taylor was then taken up, and after some debate laid on the table.

The Senate then laid aside the morning business and proceeded to the consideration of the California claims.

After the adoption of the amendment to substitute aboard of commissioners, the bill was debated until a late hour, and without any farther action the Senate adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Speaker announced as the first thing in order the Message of the President of the United States communicating the correspondence between General Scott and Mr. Marcy.

Mr. Clingman accused Secretary Marof using Mr. Henly to palm upon the ouse and country a deliberate falsehood, in denying the suppression of Scott's letters which were now produced. The administration, he said, was afraid to trust the members of the House with the letters, because Mexico might learn their contents yet the same documents were either entirely or in substance transmitted to Gen. Pillow, and used by him in the Court of Inquiry.

After Mr. Clingman had concluded his remarks, Mr. Stephens moved to print ten thousand copies of all the War correspondence, which was adopted.,,,

The House then adjourned.

WASHINGTON, April 28. SENATE.

The Senate was called to order and proceeded to the consideration of the morning business.

Several petitions were presented. The Vice President laid before the Senate a communication from the Land Office, relative to the permits issued under the Florida Armed Occupation Act.'

The bill for the payment to Alabama Is

of the interest on money advanced to!

the Government, was considered and again laid over. Mr. Johnson of Maryland submitted a resolution asking the President whether there was any officer in service whose nomination had not been submitted to the Senate. Laid over.

Mr. Cass moved to take up the bill providing for the settlement of the California claims. Agreed to.

After a long discussion, Mr. Mason's amendment was rejected, and the bill passed.

The Senate then went into Executive session, and afterwards adjourned without transacting any further business. '»rt -r '-..-a

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES] The House was all day engaged in the consideration of Private Bills.

SENATE. WASHINGTON, April 29th.

The Senate was called to order, and proceeded to the consideration of the morning business. The Vice President laid before the Senate a communication from the land office, relative to permits issued under the act providing for the

armed occupation of Florida. The bill

to refund to the State of Alabama, the in* terest on money advanced to the general government during the Creek war was considered and laid over.

Mr. Johnson, of Md., submitted a resolution asking the President to inform the Senate whether there were any officers in the service deserving of promotion whose nominations had not been submitted to the Senate—which was laid for future action.

After some discussion, Mr. Mason's amendment (providing for the appointment of a board of commissioners by the President) was rejected, and the bill as originally reported was passed.

On motion, the Senate went into Executive session, after which it adjourned. The House of Representatives was occupied during the entire day in the consideration of private bills.

During the recent emeute at Paris, a young American of New York happened to find himself among the blouses, with a musket in his hands, during one of the most teriffic of the fights. He says the next thins ha remembers, is being cut over the head by a sabre of one of the municipal guards. Being a man of fashion, he was wearing at the time, a newly invented hat, well stretched with springs, and containing sundry papers, in the true American style. One was a heavy article from the Herald, and another a jue d' esprit from he Spirit of the Times.— These saved his life, but not his skin. He fell and became insensible. On recovering his senses, he found he had been picked up as killed, and had been toted about Paris in a cart, as one of the illus trious dead. He managed, however, to assure his escort that he was alive. He was welcomed back to existence and taken carefully home to his lodgings.

THE SECRETS OF MOUNT ECHO, OR MOTHER'S MYSTERIES, BY JESSE CONAUD,

Author of "Stephen Moreiand."

ROBINSON

JONES, Cin'ti.

For sale by A. Child's.

The publishers say of the work The locality of the romance ia one crowded with colonial and Revolutionary tradition. The homestead of the renowned G&NEBI£ ANTHONY WAYNE, the BATTLE GROUND or B&ANOTWINE, the scene of the MASSACRS OF PAOLI, are all points of interest to the American reader, and will not fail to invest the story with additional attractiour h*? i-r.

O E I A

.' WABASH COURIER

FISH- Mackerel No. 2 9 bbl. No. 4 9 bbl.

Qrrtct,

Terse Haute, May 6, I

Withio a few day*, fine showers of rain have much refreshed the country. The River too low for navigation..

NEW ORLEANS, ARXIL

Pwa%—rales

2b.

1300 bbls IllinoM and 1100 bbla

Ohio at $4 300 Ulinou at $406 230 at |4:15 15* at $4:20 and 800 bbla choke Ohio at §4:35. (,'OR.H—15,000 rock* have been sold, including the following loto: 4900 Mixed at 26c 1160 at 28c 6000 White and Yellow at JOc 1000 White at 30c 400 mixed at 27c, apd 1000 Green at 85c,

POKK—400 bbls Prime meea apld at $8, and 43 bbln Clear mesa at 98:75 email sales eg mess at £8:121.

BULK Pb**—90,000 IFCI Heg-fe«n4

aold at

2ic.

Pimii—5 tierces agar-cured Hum sold at

and 10 tiptoes Caarawnd s*r4*, LAJU—«ale 100 bbls at 3IC. 25 at 4c 68 at 4fc 35 at 4tc 181 and 145 kegtf No. 1 at 5c, and kegs Prime at 51c.

TERRE HAUTE PRICE CURRENT.

CORRBCTTD "TTLLT.

LARD—* I Bwrttefc—Fresh, GIUTFF—Wheat, bupbel

10 c*

Corn, in the ear, Oats, i,.., Rje, Barley. -Timothy, bushel, Clorer, Flsxeeed,

13 c0

PROVIMOXS—Potatoes, bu.«hel Onions, FRt'TT^-Ajjpk1*, dried, 9 buahel

FLOUR—From wagon, bbl. pan FWson.retail MEAI-# bunhM &IKBEIES— Feather* 9

16 CO

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4 4-J C» a 00 & 85 O 40 C* 50* 1 00 0 p„ ao a* ib r'. 4 50 (0 ,m4 75

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Hay ton. Vinegar, gallon, Beeewax, 9 a Candles 9 fc by the box,

6 50 SP5* 15' 20® 25* 10 C* 12 fi* 12 00 913 00s' 10 00 911 00

WHO WOULD NOT RATHER ENJOY THE pleasures of health, and the agreeable consciousness of well-being, to the griping pains of disease —the bitter continuance of ill*health and the chilling thoughts of never recovering

But of all diseases who is not most anxious to escape a disease of the Lungs? The very idea of falling a victim to Consumption sends a tremor to the heart-strings of life. But, oh, how joyous the thought that LtFC and HEALTH are still our own, when just before Despair had spread her dark canvass over us.

Such, kind reader, are the pleasurable sensations experienced by hundreds who by the use of Dr. Wistar Balsam of Wild Cherry, have this dire disease slowly but surely driven from their system, and health—rosy health, again restored to their languishing bodies.," t*

JQrSee Advertisement. may 6 36 lm

DR. HALL/S BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS,

of more value to Consumptive* than all the dia-

monds in the world, as the following persons of

Cincinnati testify Mr. Wheadon, (from Wheadon Sl Gest,) R. P. Donough, (Ben Franklin Printing Offioe,) Mr. Beonet, (Gano's Hardware store,) Mr. Bell, (one price store 5th street,) Mrs. Coles, (on 6th between Smith and John,) Mrs. S. McLean, (corner of 9th and Walnut) Mrs. Menken, 5th st.,) Mr. Guthrie, City Hotel, who snys that Dr. Hall's Balsam not only cured his cough, but dispersed the Tubercles which the Dr. said had form on hiB Lungs. Mr. Sieg, at the Gazette office who was cured of a cough and pain in the breast of long standing. Mr. Johnson, 5th street, says that Dr. Hall's Balsam not only cured a most desperate cough but stopped the night sweats and pain in his breast and side. Ask all these and they will tell you that Dr. Hall's Balsam i« a diamond above price, and one that is destined to sparkle in every S{fot on the wide world where Cough, Colds and Consumption are known.

A. A. NORTH &. CO.,

Depot No. 22 Walnut street, between 3d and 4th, east side. Agents for the West. C. J. ALLISON CO., april8 321nt Agents, Terre Haute.

A I E

On 1st inst., by Samuel Hager, Esq., Mr. CHAUNCEY TWADDLE, to Miss ELIZABETH PORTER, all of Vigo county.

On the 30th ult., by M. McFndden, Esq., JAS., Miss PELINA WALDEN,

WIGGINTON, to

ofVigowunty

irvv

THE

over

Mr. Cass moved to take up the bill relating to California claims which jnotion was agreed to.

OF MtOSE YiLLE CP*(DU» SB A a

town of Roseville containing some 30 housesi with the adjacent tracts ot Land, formerly know as the Moses Robbins property, is now offered for sale upon the most advantageous terms topurchasers The plai of Roseville can be seen at Rockville in the hands of Mr. Joseph Cornelius, who will receive any application or proposition to purchase.

The plat is so made as to place each house on a separate lot, the front on the street being sufficiently wide, and the lots running back far enough for all useful purposes. 4^ Oa SB 3D al i-1/ The Land adjoining said town, known as theHobbin's tract, and described as follow*, viz:

W hf« qr sec. 22,114, 8 w—80 acres, N qr qr sec. 22,114, 8 w.—40 anes. Part of then qr sec. 22,114, 8 w—140 acres. W hf qr sec. 15,114, 8 wast—80 acres. N qr qr sec. 21,114, 8 w—40 sens. These lands will be sold in parcels to suit purchasers. at VERY low prices on M)S8 time, viz lr 2, 3 ana 4 years. The mill and 10 acres of land

on which it is erected, is excluded. This property is valuable. It is situated on Raccoon Creek, but a few miles from its mouth, at one of the best mill seats on that valuable mill stream —the seat is well improved, in the midst of one of the finest portions of the Wabash Valley, on the state road from Rockville to Terre Haute, 7 mile» from the forma* and 18 from the latter, and within about Smiles of the Wabash and Erie Canal.— It cannot but be a desirable location to any one seeking investments in the rich valley of the Walash.

A portion of the above described land is under cultivation, which can be shown by Mr. Cornelius, or Moses Barnes of Roseville.

THE TITLE

To this property has been, until recently unsettled, bat the undersigned has become possessed of all the conflicting titles, and can now make a good title to purchaser*. Reference as to the title is made to Wm. P. Bryant or E. W. McGsogfaev, Esqrs., of Rockville, or Wm P. Usher of Terra Haute.

The title being now settled, Roseville which now contains over 20 houses, a tavern, smith shop, tan yard, large milling and carding estabtisment, and two stores, surrounded by inexhaustible coal banks, good stone for building purposes, must soon become thriving and business point. It was so in the time of its founder Mr. Robbins, and has only been retarded by his untimely death and the consequent uncertainty as to Utle.

All implications to the undersigned, or to Mr. Joseph Cornelius of Rockville for information, or to purchase, will be promptly attended to.

AU8TIN W. MORRIS.

Indianapolis, April 22, 1848 [may6 3613

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