The Wabash Courier, Volume 17, Number 30, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 March 1849 — Page 2

THE COURIER

E S S E O N A E TO

E RE HA UT E:

SATURBO/.'MARCI 24,18f9.

STEAMER BOONE LOST.—-On Monday night of lust week the DANIEL BOONe while on her passage up tho Wabash, got into current too strong* and

forced

over the fnxo the wood

above fork 111., where she still remain* high end dry, a total loSs we tuppow, .The Boone had on board a pleasure parly of ladies and gentlemen for Lafayeue, who were the next day takon off* \yf the steamer Hibernia. HiO«» u. S. Senate—Gen. Shield*.

Mr. Mason, from the select commluoe opon General Shields* eligibility, made a report on the 13th, stating that the General admits that he is «n alien by jbirth, and that the only proof before the ^committee of bis naturalization, is a icopy of a certificate thereof in the circuit court of Effingham county, Illinois, "dated October 21st, 1840.

The committee therefore reported a resolution that Gen. Shields election is ivold, he not having been a citiaen of the United States nine years preceding the -4th of March, inst. T"1

Upon the reading of the report, Oen. Shields addressed the Senate, and among other things said that he had been in the State Legislature—a Judge

Commissioner in tho General Land Office—a General in the Army, and for three d*ys Governor of Oregon, and yet his eligibility had never before been raised—but the Senator from Wisconsin bad raised it here—ho had a right so todo, and perhaps it was his duty— that he submitted to tho Senates decision, and should throw himself upon his State to sustain him, and if abandoned, he should never again be a candidate for office in the United States. 1

In relation to his letter to Mr. Breese, the said it was indiscreet and wrong but disavowed "before this body and before God, tho construction given to the lettor"—that he was incapable of such, a jthought—assassination.

On the 16th

after

a somewhat pro

tracted debate, the resolution of the 'committee, as amended by Mr. Calhoun, 'shut Mr. Shields was ineligible on the 4th of March, was adopted.

The Vice President was then requested to send a copy of the resolution to tho Governor of Illinois.

State Sentinel—the Sabbath. Tho State Sentinel comes out for the 'Sabbath in real good earnest. Hear '•himI Thus: o* •.* mji* ^Religion most peremptorily commands the «er«d observance of the Sabbath whoreas Gen.

Taylor in in the constant hnbit of violating it in the most high-handed and public manner. The (moral sense of the community was shocked at his .repeated Sunday pageants, public receptions. neechcs, dinners, «c.. on his way to th* capital.

Wonder if Locofoco Senators did tf6 work on the Sabbath!—sue has acting on the nomination of one Hannegan, &c., ,with a fight or two for Liturgy, thrown in.

Mr. Clay not Going to France. Tho proposition to send Mr. Clay as Minister to Franca, which some of the papers stated, having been seen by the gentleman most directly interested in the arrangement, the N. O. Delta says: "Mr. Clay's attention having been called to the above statement, a few days ago, he replied, in his usual bland style, that the office of Minister to France was offered to him by Mr. Matlison thirty years ago, and he declined it then, and it was hardly possible that he would accept the past at his present advanced ago and iu his present circumstances."

.i Installation of Cabinet Ministers. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the JNavy, the Secretary of tho Home department, the Postmaster General, and tho Attorney General of the United States, all recently appointed, respect fully took tho prescribed oath of office, and forthwith proceeded to the dischargo .of their several duties on Thursday iweek. The new Secretary of War (Mr. Crawford) has not yet arrived.

APPOINTMENTS.—Messrs. Evans, of Maine, Paine, of North Carolina, and C. B. Smith, of Indiana, havo been nominated by the President, Commissioners to setilo Mexican claims. 1

ATAt-ANTtAN.—Tho lectures before the Atalantian Literati are still continued. The two last by the Rev. Mr. Cheever and the Rev. Mr. Cohrin are well spoken of by those who were present. -:v

(ErThe Philadelphia Inquirer says: •'Gen. Taylor and the Hon. John M. Clayton met, for the first time, on Saturday last. The impression on both minds was no doubt favorable. AW accounts agree that General Taylor is remarkable for his courtesy andaffability, while the»social qualities of the distinguished Secretary are as winning as his intellectual are extraordinary.

(£rit is rep6rted that the Hoo. Ret*jamtnC. Howard, has been appointed by Gov. Thomas, of Maryland, to 511 the vacancy in the U. S. Sea ate oocMMMd by the appointment of tho Hon* Roverdy Jobnstm 7!% lor's Cabinet.

«ir WconM not h«ln till. W« know which 'e..c^pfl iinVonlhTe*'whh HniilSTo iWr ftbta on'.iVhTd'iSr^hoS'con?1 -d fi.Jitm* .nd fcultation with them on that day. We suppose he couldn't help that either!"

Messrs* Hovatoa and Calhoun. An address by Mr. Senator Houston g» hfi oonsti.uonts^ppeara in the N*. tional Intftlligoncer. It i%ln relation to a declaration made by Mr, Calhoun ift.fi speeoh delivered at ^har^wtton that b«v for th* "iUftctitm" of Gen. Houston and that of another Senator (Mr. Benton) from a slave-holding State, the bill or* ganizing the Government of Oregon "would have been defeated, and thus another victory for the South over the oMh achieved."

The address demands to know by "what authority Mr. Calhoun aseumee the character of guardian of the whole South, with the privilege of holding the Senators of other States accountable before the constituency of South Carolina as betrayers of them and of the whole

South.

Mr. Calhoun's public career is reviewed In a style of unsparing severity his inconsistencies are exposed and, Instead of allowing him the merit of a patriotic regard for the South, the imputation of selfish motives is made without scruple or reserve. We quote a passage from Gen. Houston's address, which appears in the foim of a publication, he says, because no proper occasion took place to notice the subject in the Senate

The slave question is one of immense import to the Smith. It not only involves millions of property, but of lives. Every fibre of the heart of those among whom slavery exists, may be tortured by apprehensions and jealousies, through suggestions of an eminent public man. who takes upon himself the character of sentinel to Watch and avert the lurking dangers that environ it. The man who stands guard over a magazine in a populous city may sacrifice the moat innocent, against whom he can point a suspicion ol a plot to fire it. Mr. Cnlboun takes upon himself this charge, in regard to the explosive materials of the South, for such sinistor purposes alone. This vigilant guardian of Southern rights, who. it has been seen, was ever ready to barter them to attain his selfish ends, is now laboring to make more intense than ever the excitement on the question of slavery, by agitating the question of extension, both at the North and South, upon new and most ultra grounds. In his resolutions upon the subject, introduced since his surrender of one-third of the State of Texas to the Missouri restriction, the right of extending slavery into all the territory of the Union is boldly assumed, in defiance of all his previous acts in Congress aud the Cabinet He cared nothing for consistency, principle or precedent. He wanted to create anew excitement at the North, to reproduce it at the South. His abstract resolutions for extending slavery every where not being sufficient, the new otiestion about the introduction of slavery into California, a question which will be settled by tho emigrants to that country for themselves, is seized upon to create and inflame an incurable discord between the two sections of the lT«fon, by the arraignment of the North upon charges made by* Southern caucus, which ho would have tried before a Southern convention. To embody this engine of revolution, has ever been in the scope of Mr. Calhoun's dismembering machinations.

The Closing Scene in Congress. The Washington correspondent of the Maysville Eagle, a citizen of Kentucky, gives the following graphic but revolting description of the closing scenes in the two houses of the late Congress:

It was my fortune to witness the closing scenes that wound up the existence of and disgraced the 30th American Congress. The House of Representatives throughout the session, for the most part, is but a continued scene of dissension, distraction, disorder, and uproar. No speech is listened to while the floor is occupied—th* honorable members are skipping to and fro, laughing, talking, whistling, cursing one another, slapping their hands together, rapping on the desks for the messenger boys, &c. altogether making a bedlam that outvies the pit of a theatre or taproom. It is impossible to hear a speech in the galleries. Bill Allen himself could not soar above the noise.—1 The Inst "nieht and morning," however, put the finishing stroko to tho little decency left on the floor of the House. No one can describe the scene. Imagine 230 tom-cats, fastened in a room, from

raging and screaming and fighting and fly ing alout from 6 p. M. till 6 A. M.—twelve hours— and you will have some idea of the last iuMlee in the House. About 10 o'clock, Meade of Virginia, and Giddings of Ohio, had a fight—Meade drunk. About 3 A. M., Sunday morning, Thompson of Mississippi, and Ficklin of Illinois, had a knockdown both drunk. Many, man? of the members were drunk, as I was assured by one of their owti number—as mv eves and earn informed me. Alas! sir, even the Senate of the United States— that body in which we all had treasured un our republican pride—even the Senate was disgraced with drunkenness and fights. Foote of Mississippi, and Cameron of Pennsylvania, had a fight sometime in the morning—Foote, as usual, was drunk—so I was told. Many of the Senators were drunk—-some distinguished members of our own ptfrty, in whom I had always felt the greatest pride. Of conrse manv Senators and Representatives are to be excepted from the disgraceful category or the drunken and disorderly. I take a just

Eonorabjebearing

rirfe in testimony to the dignified and behavior of our own Senators and Representatives of both parties, as far aa I could see.

Of the thousands who thronged the galleries, not one but cried, "shame! shame?" I could not have believed it. Ifow often during that dark Saturday night and Sunday morning—black with disgrace to the republic—did 1 wish that the whole American people could behold their hmorabte delegates.

STATE LIBRARIES.—A publication is going the rounds, which states as follows the number of volumes in each of the State Libraries of the Union.

Vols.

States.

State*.

43,400 203,000 71,000 167.100

Rhode Island Massachusetts Conneccticut Pennsylvania N- Hampshire New Jersey New York S. Carolina. Kentucky Missouri Vermont Virginia Michigan

Vols.

Ohio Louisiana Tennessee N. Carolina Maryland Delarware Alabama Georgia Mississippi Indiana Illinois Maine

26,800 28,500 174,907 28,400 43,600 30,000 16,000 58,300 9,500

68.800 13,300 26,700 15.000 54.5C0 3,600 12,200 22.000 5,000 6,800 3,70o 4,300

A Spunky Office-Holder.

The Washington Union publishes the following, and states that the writer is from the State of Indiana:

WASHINGTON, March 3, 1849.

Jamet K. Polk, President of tie United Slates: SIR: Having opposed the election of General Taylor to the Presidency* and differing with his (the Whig) party in principle, I do not feel disposed to hold office under his Administration, and therefore respectfully resign the situation I have for some years held in the Treasury Department.

With great respect, your ob't. servant, WILLIAM*H. ENGLISH.

DANIEL WEBSTER FOR MINISTER TO ENGLAND,—-A Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says:w

Mr. Webster is on terms of confidence with Gen. Taylor. They have Hud frequent conversations to themselves.-*-Probably Mr Webster may go to England instead of Abbott Lawrence. ..mq 0^7-Oounterfeit one dollar hilkt on the Northern Bank of Kentucky, have made their appearance in the West. ^Thf Vignette represents a female, cattle, AHX, as in the geftnfn* Mil, but the e*ceution of the ingtaving^

Mr. Wiilkrejl Address*

Mr. Winthrop, late speaker cf the jflotifko of Representatives, delivered an oloqueni valedictory previous to the adjournment, from which we extract the fulUMng: its iWe have been associated, gentlemen, taring a most eventful period in the history of our country and of the world. It would be difficult to designate anothcf era in the modtrn ann&l* of mankind which has been signalised by so rapid a succession of startlin

Let us reiqioe thf)

ilitical changes

ng political chai I While |th» po almost 'every

of the earth havf almost feveryw^ere else been shaken, that while more than one of the mightiest monattfhles and stateliest empires of Europe have tottered or have fallen,' our own American Republic has stood firm,

Let us rejoice at the evldenco which h(ik thus been furnished to the friends of liberty throughout the world, of the inherent stability of institutions which are founded on the rock of a written constitution, and which are sustained by the will or a freo and intelligent people.

And let us hope and trust—as I for one, most fervently and confidently do —that, by the blessing of God upon pru dent, conciliatory and patriotic counsels every cause of domestic dissension and fraternal discord may be speedily done away, and that the States and the people/whose Representatives we are, may be bound together forever in a firm, cordial and indissoluble union. 'Ski' .. Ex-Senator Hannegan.

The appointment, by Mr. Polk, of this gentleman, as Minister to Berlin, has created a great deal of surprise throughout the whole country. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia N. American, under date of the 9th inst fltoys:— "Gen. Taylor is much incensed at the manner in which the mission to Berlin was conferred upon Mr. Hannegan, and it would not surprise those who know his character to find that letters of recall were immediately issued. If he becomes convinced that the public service may in any way suffer from this appointment, he will not hesitate to revoke the act of his predecessor, though he may not bo able to deprive Mr. Han negan of the emoluments of the office Great influence has been exerted to pre vent this result but the president must be pursuaded of the injustice of his present inclinations,.before he will consent to surrender them to personal entreaty

A Washington letter writer gives the following version of the Foote and Cameron difficulty, of which so much has been said and written:' ""-It is stated to-day, I learn,by the Senator who separated the parties, that Mr. Cameron did not hit Mr. Foote.

Mr. Foote, it seems from what is now stated, approached Mr. Cameron in the manner stated in my report, and made some remark which Mr. Cameron considered offensive, and he replied that there was a class of men who might use offensive language without insulting him, when Mr. Footfe used a srtill more pointed and personal remark, and in his earnest gesticulations one of his fingers hit Mr. Cameron's face. Mr. Cameron then made a pass at Mr. Foote's face with his open hand, but did not, it now seems, hit him, though as I have before stated, such appeared at the time to be the general impressidn in tho gallery.

Mr. Fitzpatrick then interposed and separated the two Senators. Mr. Foote subsequently went to Mr. Cameron, and the whole matter. I'am informed, was satisfactorily explained. This statement, I think, may be relied upon as an accurate statement of the affair, as it was understood by members on the floor of the Senate in the immediate vicinity of the parties,

Rule for Appointments.

The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, who is good authority in such matters, says

It is understood upon sufficient authority, that the President will not entertain personal appeals for office, having established the rule, after a conference with his Cabinet that all applications for office must be submitted through the departments to which they appropriately belong. This is not only a wise, but it is proper regulation, and one that will relieve Gen. Taylor from disagreeable importunity, and establish the Cabinet on that dignified and elevated footing by which every member may feel himself honored in occupying the station. Besides, it is manifestly right in itself, that applications should be examined and considered in the Departments before the appointing power is called upon to exercise his Executive functions. It affords security to the public services and protection to the President.

(ieienil Scott.

In the U. S. Senate, on the 24th ult., Mr. Fitzgerald, (democrat,) offered the following joint resolution, which was read and finally passed:

Resolved. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to confer upon Major General WINFIELD SCOTT the brevet appointment of Lieutenant General of the Army of the United Slates, as a token of National Gratitude for the services he has rendered his country and in honor of his distinguished ability as a general.

AFFLICAXTS FOR OFFICE.—The National Intelligencer of Saturday has the following annunciation:

We understand that it has been found necessary by the President of the United States to require that all applications for office shall bo mado to the Chiefs of the several Departments, by whom they will be submitted at the proper time. No direct application can be entertained by the President for any office wluUCVOr. ,i,

The droll editor of tbe Yankee Blade thus tranncendantly riv«a his reasons for not soing to California "The reaeone why w* donl go to Califarnia am Oisdr, we km1 want logo eeooadly, cent go ^irdlr, if we wanted 10 go we couldn't NMirthlv, if we amid so. we wonldnn MMv, w» *w»w Hk war: and ei*thfy. w* are not going. «ft?

Later from Mexico.

We hfyo papers from Vor* Crui lo the 10th of February The Aroo Irisof that date mentions that the mall just in, brought news thnt Llout. Col. D. Leonardo Marques had just made a pro* nunciamcnto declaring In favor of Santa Anna. Col, Motquaa commanded a body of troops under Bustamente engaged in ptmfog down theinsurrectlow'of the Sierra Gordo.

Oft tfcailOihiute, 1h« S*n#neof M^co pased resolutions directing prayers to be offered for the Pone for three successive! day* In all the ghuffel«s and appropriating It5,000 !a» a donation to the Pope. The hope is expressed that the tower heme will arrest the appropriation of money* buu .?%•*

The Mexican papers complain of a great infraction of the treaty of Guadalupe, committed by an American armed force in the State of Chihuahua 01^ the 12th of January.

They have commenced the building of steamboats to navigate the lakes about the city.—N.O.Pic.

Bombardment by means of Balloons. The Prosse of Vienna has the follow ing: "Venice is to be bombarded by balloons, as the lagunes prevent the approach of artillery. Five balloons, each twenty-throe feet in diameter, are in construction at Treviso., '"j "In a favorable wind the balloons will bo launched and directed as near to Ve nice as possible, and, on their being brought to a vertical position over the town, the fire will be communicated by electro-mngnetism.'}7 Each of the five bombs affixed to the balloon is in communication by means of along isolated copper wire with a large galvanic battery placed on the shore. The fusee is ignited by connecting the wire. The bomb falls perpendicularly, and px pi odes on reaching the ground. By this means twenty-five bombs a day may be thrown supposing the wind to be favorable. An experiment made at Treviso, on the 9 th, succeede(| |mpl^,tely."

A Washington letter 1A the N4#York Courier says—' Mr. HANNEGAN'S appointment as Min isterto Berlin, while it has excited con siderable feelings of indignation, from the circumstances under which it was made, is put beyond the control of the present administration, so far as the outfit and salary are concerned. The Executive took care to remove his favorite from any contingency of this sort, and whether recalled or not, he will now enjoy all the pecuniary advantages of the appointment, ltisstated with confidence by Mr. HANNEGAN'S friends, that he will voluntarily withdraw from the mission in the course of a few months, and that it was given to him with the distinct understanding that he would retire as soen as the forms could be fulfilled. With this admission, it is not dificult to fathom the motives that prompted the nomination. The President intended it as a reward for partisan services, and the Senate relaxed a positive rule, for the accommo dation of one of their associates. Such precedents are unfortunate and exert a prejudical influence, by an implied disparagement of other nominations, that are equally entitled to consideration.

A bill of important character is before the New York Legislature, in relation to the personal responsibility of stockholders in monied corporations issuing notes. A letter in the Courier says:

The provisions of this bill affects every stock holder in every bank, after the first of January, 1850. Thenceforth instead of responsibility to the amount of his stock, itis to double the amount, and his risk is therefore twice as great but this bill provide#and wisely I doubt not, that all must share alike. The stockholder in the State of New York is not compelled to bear all the responsibility, but it is to be divided in all, in proportion to their interest in the bank. Nor can a stockholder be, for any cause, singled out for the obtaining against him a quick judgment but the judgment is to be against the institution as such.

BREAKIIVG UP OF ICE IN THE LAKE.— The Toledo Blade of last week, gives the following account of the breaking up of the ice in that region.! Lake naviga tion must soon again be opened if the present soft weather continues:

The dam of ice at Marengo broke away yesterday, and passed out of the river without doing much injury. Our neighbors above are relieved, and the water will soon find its level. Rails enough have passed our city in the last twenty-four hours to fence in as large a portion qf creation as the most greedy conk! wish for. Remnants 01 haystacks and boats, and lastly the remains of the old steamboat Ohio, which for ten years past has laid in front of Port Lawrence, have passed into the Lake. Such a break up was never known by the "oldest inhabitants/'

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A Washington letter states that Chas. B. Penrose, Esq., of Penn., has been appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasuryift

Another letter aays— Mr. McGaughey, of Indiana, former ly a member of Congress, has been ap pointed Governor of Minesota Mr. C. K. Smith, of Ohio, Secretary and Mr. Washburn, of Illinois, Chief Judge.— The Marsha) and District Attorney will be chosen from the Territory.

Thomas L. Smith, who was superseded by Mr. Graham as the Register of the Treasury Department, has been rc-ap pointed to fill that office.

Locofoco Coaaieteacr* S

assent

The HOD. John Wentwonh, a locofoco member of Congress from the Chicago district, Illinois, says the Ohio State Journal, gives, in one of his letters, an interesting view of the consistency o( of her step-father's residence. Reports the late Administration opon the subject injurious to her reputation, had been cirof river and harbor itnprovmems. He culated through the community, which, represents Mr. Polk as vetoing a bill ap- {{i8 soppoaed, caused her to destroy her profMriating •S.OOO to clcar out a ledge self. SI* was about 20 years of age. of rocks from a ty'eatar* harbor, but giving his

Senator Alien.

During the last days of the thirtieth lator Al foigified*' seems to of vocifma»t ha*e delimit to

Congressional sessi len, although claim exhausted and worn have retained his usiii erous declamation. livered himself of at of "sound and fury: down upon him thejollowing 1 Texas, ft

taal quantum have called

Senatorial

"The honorable Senator from Ohio will pardon me for saying that he has convinced me of tht trptb of an anec dote which I saw in a newspaper about a year since, with which the honorable Senator's name was connected, and which I have never believed till now. The anecdote runs, that the honorable Senator, when making a political speech on a certain occasion, act wall spoke down one or two steamboats which be longed to parties of opposite politics from himself. (Laughter.) Afier listening to the speech which the honorable gentleman from Ohiohss just made in his 'fatigued, exhausted, and worn down* state, I think I may be permitted to say, without subjecting myself to the charge of unusual credulity, that I sincerely believe he did speak down the aforesaid steamboats." [Renewed Laughter.^

"5 Senator~from Ohio.

Mr. Cnase, the name of the new incumbent, is a native of New Hampshire, and a graduate from Dartmouth College, of the class of 1830. He studied law with the celebrated William Wirt, and is said to be one of the best scholars and soundest lawyers in Ohio, and withal a man of great honesty and straight forward integrity. He is a nephew of Bishop Chase, and is himself a communicant in the Episcopal Church. He is the brother-in-law of Judge McLean, abotit 44fyetfrt of age,Wd has never be fore held any public office. He was a prominent member of the Buffalo Convention, and one of the committee appointed to communicate the result of its deliberations to the candidates nomina ted by them for the President and Vice President. He is an active Free Soiler. and his election is said to have been affected by a coalition of the Locofoco and Free Soil parties in the Legislature.

American Impressment*

A claim for damages was recently before Congress, in the case of Manuel X. Harmony, one of the Santa Fe traders, who, while crossing the plains to Santa Fe, with a train valued at $80,000, at the commencement of the Mexican war, was overtaken by a detachment of United States troops and ordered to march in their rear to Snnta Fe, where, after some detention, he was allowed to depart again for the northern provinces of Mexico. While on the rond his train was again overtaken and pressed into the service by Col. Doniphan. TJie teamsters, wagons and mules were of great use in his famous expedition, and after it had reached Chihuahua, tne claimant says they were completely broken down and unfit for use. Mr. H. was compelled to leave his merchandise there, where it was afterward seized by the Mexican government. The principle mainly involved this claim is, whether in citizen of the United States hns aright to trade with a foreign country with which the nation is at war. Mr. H. claims that he started out before war was declared, but this is of no consequence, as he was informed of the declaration of war by the troops by whom he was overtaken. The committee on claims reported in favor of compensating him for the loss of his teams and merchandise, but against his claim for redress for the detention, as that was incident 10 his expedition.—Phil. North American.

STEAMSHIP FOR THE PACIFIC.—The Glasgow correspondent of the New York Express, in a late letter to that paper says—

While on the subject of steamship enterprise, I may mention that Mr. Robert Napier, of the Vulcan Foundry, in this city, is at present building an iron steamship of about six hundred tons burthen, for a company of the name of "The Pacific Sea Navigation Company." She is intended to ply between the Isthmus of Panama and the Islands of the Pacific. She is one hundred and eighty feet long, twenty seven feet between the paddle boxes, fifteen feet six inches in depth. Her engines will be constructed under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Napier, and will be two hundred and fifty horse power. /«i

LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA.—Letters from San Francisco to the 24th December have been received in Boston.— They continue to give accounts of the great influx of emigrants. The present winter is the coldest known in California for 50 years. 100 000 bushels of wheat had rotted there, for lack of persons to gather it. The prices of real estate had fallen in the Sandwich Islands asgreatly as it had advanced in California. The Islands are fast becoming deserted by white men. In California provisions were plenty, and prices receding, yet we see it stated that the barque Undine and schr. Startling had sailed to the Columbia River for provisions and lumber. ^'"S'j

^NIAGARA FALLS SUSPENSION BRIDGE. —•A correspondent sends the following to the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: "Two hundred head of cattle crossed this bridge on the 18th ult., in about two hours, in perfect safety. They were from Michigan, going to an eastern market. A number of this drove were oxen weighing over sixteen hundreds pounds each. Sixteen of the drove were on the bridge in a huddle together at one time, their united weight being from eight to ten tons."

HORACE GREELT FOR MAYOR OF NEW YORK.—A New York letter of Thursday, to the Philadelphia Inquirer, says: "I have made inquiries among prominent Whigs of the city, and, though a public movement has not yet been made, it is pretty well understood that Horace Greely will be chosen as the candidate for the mayorality. Such is the popularity of that gentleman among the adopted citizcns of the city, there can hardly be a doubt of his election ovor any other caud'idate."^^|,0i ir)bU\$

to one granting 95,000 to .ilTho man who never borrowed an

place a light*ho«fe upon it- "Be it ra- iwabfoIJa was in Alleghany o* Saturday membered, be say*, "that Mr. Polk last, lie took his eleven oVIockar and signs light-house bills, but vecoa* MUs the accompanying loach at one of tha foj the removal of obstructions." hotcls, and left, for the gold

flaicMe at Hagerstown.

We learn from the Hagerstown Herald, that a young girl, named Maria Woods, committed suicide in that town, recently, by hanging herself in the garret

LATEST BY TELEQRAPH.

nv 1 Him

WASHINGTON, March 14.

In tbfSinatc, Mr 43ithoun t*oy«d to^M» amend*hi resolution Of the eWmrefttee In tha can# of Gjp- Shields, by adding modiftMttion thnt Gen?.

Shields in*

dligHlle at cfwamen^em^nt of^f term for which he was elected. A^ long debate ensued.

0en. Shields then offered letter tendering his resignation. Mr. Webster objected to its reception, and said that he had nopoww to resign!

The subject was finally laid over until to-morrow. Judge Clayton, of Georgia, has been nominated as second auditor of the Treasury. Henry V. Brown has been nominated as register of the land office at Green Bay, Wisconsin, vice Fisk, removed. Several unimportant nominations were sent in to-day. The nomin ations sent to the Senate yesterday were Confirmed.

i&wtun «1T J-ewm attt

Extra Session of the

Senate.

WASHINGTON, March 15. P. M.

The Vice President withdrew from the Senate to-day to permit the appointment of a chairman, as is usual when a case like that of Gen. Shields is under consideration.

A long debate ensued, in which Messrs. Douglass, Foote, Hale, Jefferson Davis, Underwood, Berrien, Rusk, Cass, Downs, Butler, and others participated.

The resolution of the committee, with the amendment by Mr. Calhoun yesterday, that Gen. Shields was inelligibletoa seat in the Senate on the 4th of Ma^ last, was adopted.

The Vice President ordered copies of the same to be transmitted to the Governor of Illinois.

The nominations sent in to-day were unimportant. The Senate was in extra session till 5 P. M. rmtrt-i .-a »nt .. NEW YORK, March 16, 6 P.

A most disasterous fire took place at St. John's, New Brunswick on Wednesday morning. It destroyed more than a hundred houses on George*J^illftjl|nion, and Drury Lane streets.

The Crescent City sailed this afternoon for Chagres with 318 passenge^ among them Mrs. Fremont. -A .v( PHILADELPHIA, march 16, 8 P. M*

It is reported that Judge Cranch has decided favorably in tho case of Bain's id ,!*««• rjsr «," .»•»/ telegraph. __ i.tlif'S -IF: WASHINGTON, March 16', 6 PV MV

In the Senate, Mr. Atchison, of Mis souri, was elected President, Pro tem. The Senate has confirmed Chas. W. Rockwell as commissioner of customs and Allen A. Hall, of Tennessee, as Register of the Treasury.,

Several promotions have been-made in the rifle regiment.

PHITADELPHFA, March 16, 8 P. M.' The returns from New Hampshire show that the Democrats have elected their Governor and two Congressmen. One Whig and one Independent Congressman have also been elected. lid

WASHINGTON, March 17, P.M.' The Senate was in Executive Session all day.

The President sent in the following nominations:—Mr. Norris, for the Port of Philadelphia. W. H. Leroy, Navy Agent. James Collier, Collector of San Francisco. James Rhea, Collector at Brazos Santiago. There were no confirmations to-day. The Senate will adjourn on Wednesday or Thursday.

WASHINGTON, March 19.

All the nominations mado by the President have been confirmed by the Senate, except that of McGaughey as Governor of Minesota Territory. Hgfw$s rejected by yeas 22, nays 25

The remainder of the session was occupied in the discussion of the protocol to the Mexican treaty

JNEW YORK, March 19. S

The first boat from this city arrived at Albany yesterday, having passed through large bodies of floating ice.

David Haston, the clerk of the orphans' court, died this morning. This is the second clericwwho bas died since October.

PITTSBURG, March 19.K

There are !0£ feet water in the chan nel and falling. The weather is pleasant. j'.Hv.is• I.,t WIJ- ile

The first goods from Philadelphia were received to-day by Leech's line, and shipped to Cincinnati by the steamer Monongahela.

jyThe Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Sun of lute date says "A characteristic incident is related of one of the Chippewa braves, now on a visit to the seat of Government. It was proposed te withhold one of the boxes on inetalmentetrf money from these native Senators, because one of them was seduced by the fire-poison of the pale faces at Bakknere. Whereupon the Indian chief replied 'Me see my white fathers of tbe Great Council get drank sometimes why, the*, you «iw them money and keep it from tbe poor Indtaivr The question, certainly, baa more troth than poetry in it, and will be foond bard to •newer.'1 liiw I

THE' LATE CABINE-r^—Mr. Buchanan will shortly return to Lancaster after having visited Hanrisburg, whore he has been cordially invHed by every Democrat in the Legislature of Pennsylvania, with one exception. Governor Marcy returns to Albany and Judgu Mason proposes to locate himself in Richmond, Colonel Johnson, the late Postmaster General, remains in Washington for a faw weeks leaser, when he ret urns, with his familv ny Tennessee.

Condition ~af the Ohio Bank* The Banks doing business in the State of Ohiot under tlfe authority of its laws, "ed^pto three classes, viz

Is Banks" or those whose 1 secured by State Bonds dc-

ted^wilh the State Treasurer the roftdtaf of the State Bank and the or those doing business uncfer separate and distinct charters.— Of thev former there ore eleven, Bank of* Geauga Canal Bank of Cleveland City Bank of Cleveland City Bank of Columbus City Bank of Cincinnati: QommercMtUBank of Cincinnati Dayton Sank Ffajiklto lank |i| ?ar/esville Sandusky

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Bank* Tif&n and Western Reserve? Bank. Of the second class there are thirty-eight, viz: Athens Branch, Athens Akron Branch Belmont Branch, Bridge-

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ort Clnllicoifie Commercial Commercial Branch, Toledo Dtryton Branch Delaware Coun* ty Branch, 'Delaware Exchange Branch, Columbus Farmers Branch, Ashtabula? Farmers' Branch, Mansfield Farmers' Branch, Ripley Farmers' Branch, Salem Franklin Branch,Cincinnati Frank' lin Branch, Columbus Harrison County Branch, Cadiz 'Hocking* Valley Branch* Lancaster Jefferson' Branch, Steuben viile Knox County Branch, Mt. Vernonf Lorain Branch, Elyria Mhd River Valley Branch,Springfield Marietta Branch? Mechanics' and Traders' Branch, Cincinnati Merchants' Branch', Cleveland Mi^mi County Branch, Troy Mf. Pleas^ ant Branch. 'Mt. Pleasant! Muskingum Branch, Zanesvillc Norwalk Branch. Piqua Branch Portage County Branch, Ravenna Portsmouth Branch, Portsmouth Preble County Branch, Eaton Ross County Branch, Chillicothe Summit County Branch, Cuyahoga Falls Toledo Branch, Toledo union Branch, Massillon Wayne County Branch, Wooster and Xenia Branch, Xenia.— And of the lauer class these are (including the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company,) five, viz: Bunk of Circleville Clinton Bank of Columbus Lafayette Bank of Cincinnati Bank of Massilon and the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company. Making, in all, fiftyfour institutions doing banking business in this State, under the authority of ho laws.—Ohio Staite^Journal, ,.*r

Senator Ilannegnn's Mission. One of the last acts of disgraceful partisanship committed by Mr. Polk, was the nomination of Mr. Hannegan as Minister to Berlirf. The appointment was sent in near daylight on Sunday morning, and confirmed by the partisntis of the Senate. The friends of the late administration are very anxious that President Taylor should avoid all proscription for"opinion's sake, and yet there never has been an era in the history of our country, when the treasury hns been ruthlessly robbed to enrich party favorites, as during the past four years. Not a member of Congress, who has shown himself servile to the behest of party, but has received thousands of dollars of the people's money for his reward.— Mr. Ilnnnegan was the most of a favorite with Mr. Polk, the very Benja'tnin of his political affections, nnd all doccncv was outraged, to put fifteen or twentty thousand dollars in his pockct. Wo do not know which is deserving of the most severe condemnation, tho President, for thus making "midnight," ministers, or tho Senate, for its servility in confirming such nomination. How the whole Locofoco press would have rung with indignation, had such an outjrago been perpetrated except under their party sanction ^NQW«.which of them will condemn \it-—PhiladefphiaSun.

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DR. HALL'S BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS is of more value to Consumptives than all thediamonds in the world, as the following persons of Cincinnati testify Mr. Wheadon, (from Wheadon & Gest,) R. P. Donough, (Ben Franklin Printing Office,) Mr. Bennet, (Gano's Hardware stote,) Mr. Bell, (one price store 5th street,) Mrs. Coles, (on 6th between Smith and John,) Mrs. 8. McLeanr corner of 9th and Walnut) Mrs. Menken, Stb st.,) Mr. Guthrie, City Hotel, who says that Dr. Hall's Balsam not only cured his cough, but dispersed the Tubercles which the Dr. said had form on .his Lunga. Mr. Sieg, at the Gazette office who was cured of a cough and pain in the breast of Song standing. Mr. Johnson, 5th street, says that,Pr Hall's Balsam not only cured a most desperate coiiSk JSSll^^ats andgain^nins^ breast and side. Ask all these ana they wili tefl you. fhnt Dr. Hall*s B&saftUfe ftdianldn^ Mve price, and one that is destined to sparkle in every spot on the wide world whejtt Co^gh, Colds andConsumptions are known.

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