The Wabash Courier, Volume 17, Number 34, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 April 1849 — Page 2
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Wnyno, Indiana.
THE COURIER.
JESSE CON* A I EPITOR.
TiTRiTAuT^"
SATURDA\ ,v. APRIL '21, 1&19.
Sffifiijj Hom(nU(on».
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVKRNOR, THOMAS S. STANF1ELD, Of ST. JOSBrtI COUNTY.
O S E E I O N
^rWe are authorised to announce JOHN H. BURN AM as a candidate for Reconlef of Vigo, at the ensuing August election. (T?*\Ve are authorised to announce SAMUEL
AT3ER as a candidate for the office of Recorder, at the next Augnfct election.
Count? Convention.
Whigs don't forget the Convention at the Court House on Saturday the 28th to elect delegates to a State Convention. The last
Slate Journal
seekers from Chagres &c. Among them was Mr. II. S. Ketchum, a momber of the Syracuse and California Trading and Mining Company, who came back with the view of obtaining tickets for the company by the next steamer from Panama, but, the Tribune says, finds that ho cannot secure passage earlier than the July steamer, and thinks tho whole company will probably return, and that hundreds of others will ulso return by tho earliest conveyance. Mr. K. confirms tho statements that there are some 2,500 persons vainly awaiting opportunity to sail for the •diggins.' Some had been waiting two months, and many had cxhaustod their entire means, and were becoming desperate.
Congressional Convention. Congressional conventions are being called over the State for nomination of candidates. Shall the Whigs of the ?th get ready? When and where the Convention? Will the Whig presses in the District speak out Wo namo Terre Hauto as the place this time.
Appoiutincnt by the President. LAND OFFICERS.—Daniel
Receivor of Public Moneys at Fort W'ayno, Indiana.
HON.
E. W.
MCGAUUHKY.—Tho
York 7ribune rocommends as follows: "Wo venture to suggest and hope that the Whigs of Indiana will present Mr. McGaughoy as their candidate for Governor, in place of Judge Embroc, doclinod, and that tho distinctive Free Soilors will concur in that nomination, if they aro satisfiod that Mr. McG. is right on the great issue.''
NEW YORK CITY CHARTER Election. —This election has terminated gloriously—tho Whig Mayor, it is spid, has boen elected by at lorst 5000 majority, a larger majority than any Wing mayor ever received. The Common Council is 27 Whigs to 9 Locofocos. The Whig candidates for Judges of the Superior and Marine Courts, are also elected.
The True Sun (Hunker) says, "the. defeat of tho Democratic party in the charter election is complete—a total rout.
tho 5th says: This county and city ivill bo well represented in the crowd that is now ofi its way to California.— .Mmost all classes aro represented. Mechanics take their tools &c. About one hundred would go from the county— one half of whom had already star tod.
WASHING MACHINE.—By reference to another column it will be seen that Mr. I/SARNKD offers for inspection a newly invented washing machine
art House. This machine looks a good deal like reality—call and sec.
We understand the PIl.YlRlE HOUSE of this place is to be opened about the
first of May.
Col. A. W. Russell has been appointed postmaster at Indianapolis in place of I)r. L. Dunlap, removed.
L. D. Walker, Esq., of St Louis, has recoived the appointment of private secretary of Mr. Hannegan, minister to
Berlin.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.—Nathaniel Albertson, of Harrison county, is the Dem-
ocratic nomine for Congress from .hejl-
first District.
says: From in
dications in various parts of the State the convention will be more numerously attended than we had a right to expect when it was called. The people are beginning to take that interest in the approaching election which its importance demands. As the result of the deliberations of our friends, a good selection as our candidate for Governor will be made, and the Whigs throughout the State will immediately enter upon the canvass with that vigor which is only necessary to secure success.
Returning Gold Seeker*.
The New York Tribune mentions the
return to that city of many of the gold which was glittering through the interstices of their own purses, and that had got so scarce that it could baroly be dis
covered
Siglor, of In
diana, to bo Register of the Land Office at Winamac, Indiana. Samuol Brenton, of Indiana, to bo Register of ihc Laud Offico Fon'b.v
«mi
British Provinces.
From the News, published at St. Johns, New Brunswick, we learn that there la
a very prevalent sentiment in that province in favor of emigration to the U.S. While thousands and tens of thousands of the citizens of Canada
are
discussing
the propriety and advantages of annexing tl\pir country to the U. Sftates, thousands of others are annexing themselves
without bloodshed
and
The St. Johns News says that
peril.—
a
large
number of the citizens of that province are preparing to emigrate to the United Slates, and that hundreds of berths in the steamboats have already been engaged by persons who are anxious to try their fortunes in the model Republic. That paper remarks that unless the Provincial Legislature do something for New Brunswick, by means of bills for internal improvement, that province will be deserted in less than twelve months.
Returning from California. The Louisville Courier says a party of five or six New Yorkers, who had started for the gold diggins, via. Texas, came back on the Peytonia Wednesday. They were thoroughly disgusted with gold seeking before completing half the journey, and concluded that they had seen enough of "the elephant." They took the Telegraph No. 1 en route for home that same evening. One of them had expended 91600 in his outfit and journey, and tho whole party had the juded and wornout appcarance of the pioneer soldiers of the late Mexican war. During their entire progress they had not seen a speck of gold, except that
Piracy in the Pacific.
On the 25th of November last a schooner, Rosa Sequida, left Valparaiso for San Francisco, with a cargo valued at $40,000, and several passengers.— The vessel arrived at Galipagos Islands on tho 18th of Dcccmbcr, and while the Captain and nineteen passengers were on shoro looking for fresh water, the mate, an Englishman, the cook, a black man, and Chilian sailor, made sail and proceeded to sea, taking off the Captain's nephew, &c.
The Captain and passengers "remained on the Island, suffering for want of provisions, clothing &c.,jJil 14th February, when they were relieved and taken on a small vessel, to Guayaquil, arriving there March 15ih.
Further Santa Fe news.
We last evening received a file of the Santa Fe Republican, bringing our dates down to Feb. 23d.—St. Louis Organ.
Col. Fremont arrived in Santa Fe on the 15th. The Republican says: We regret to learn that Mr. Fremont has lost ten men out of thirty-six, the original number with which he started,
cold
i,u"Scr'
C*I"'
John II. Thompson, of Indiana, .o bc,wh" accompanied .he expedition as an Receiver of I'uhlic Moneys at Indiana- «•»*«•"•, been so much impaired by polls Indiana exposure and privation, as to compel
Smailwood Noel, of Indiana, to he
l,im ,0
tion of the project.
New
THE
NiSnrt
no Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-Eye of nma, Gorgona, Crusee, and Chagres, and the scarcity of vessels, they think our friends will be comnefled to wait some time before getting away.
at the Stew
Tlle l,caUI of
Cathcart, lato of II. B. M. Array,
P"™*"-
The lady of Godlovo S. Orth, Esq., died rcccntly at Lafayette, very suddenly. Apparently in her usual good hoalth, she had stepped into the house of a neighboring widow lady, and while there, was attacked by an haemoptysis, or bleeding of tho lungs. Medical aid was immediately sent for but before it could arrive, she had expired.
ROBBERS.—A
letter received in St-
I/Hiis, by Mr. Cozzens, dated Frcemantown, (III.) April 7th, says "The day after your prisoners made their escape they stopped at one of his neighbor^ barn, where they concealed their handcuna, and afterwards proceeded to the next house to inquire the way to Louisville. They afterwards proceeded a short distance on the road indicated to them, when they returned—again inquired the road—proceeded to another house far lurthct directions, ana finally took the road to Vincenntw. James Gilenwater got their handcuffs and immediately started in pursuit. Gilenwater is accompanica by eight or ten persons. They were close after the fugitives, and will doubtless overtake them.
Later accounts state that the robbers hare been recaptured.
CiuroRMA.vs Rmmsetv— Mr. Thomas Smith and his soft harlee, who went out with the first company from this place to California, returned home on yesterday. They left the balancc of the company at Gorgona, waiting passage to San Francisco, and from the number of persons at Pan-
Mr. Smith, and letters from tho company, which he brings with him, represents Gorgon a as a healthy plaoc, and all our people enjoying health and cheered with the prospect before them. For Mr. Smith's part, he is saUsfied with gold digging —perfectly satisfied.—Etnnsrille Journal.
ILLINOIS SKXATOR.—lxmg John Wentworth, representing the Chicago! Congressional district, is getting himself put forward as a candidate for the senate of the United States, to fill the vacancy now existing. Mr. McClernarttl, another representative t« Congress, from the southern district, J?,?1?® 'eo''nR,hhs for the same station. Gen. Shields and Judge Breese will, it is presumed, be candidates. So that there is no likelihood of a scarcity of materia! from which to make choice.
It is not ret distinctly understood whether Gov. French will fill the vacancy, or call an extra session of the Legislature to perform this duty. It is entirely competent for him to do it.—St. Louis
Rqiwbitatn.
THE WISE MS*
mrr
[tawed
ALL NUO m.—We heard
of one young man. bound tor California, who took hia blanket and aleoi one night on an open porch. The next morning ne concluded not to go.
Another took a voke of oxen and traveled about six miles thronrb the mod. He found it was a
»rctty hard day's work. The next dav he gee them hack again, and that evening took ma name off the emigrants list.
A ytmng man got about forty mile* after being out from home ten days. He began to count the cost for the first Unte, and his calculation led him to see that if he was to travel at that rate all the time ail the gold might he taken op before be got to the Sacramento. He concluded to mora to his father's house.—lovn Hawk-Eye.
A rich old farmer new Eefton, Pa., has been held to answer for catting off the ear of a young man who was courting his daughter. The old fef1 IWA MMai A A.) mimaaIIM}
New Mexico*
Gen. Lane, in a letter from Santa Fe Hfthe Indiana Sentinel, speaks of the country as follows:
For grazing purposes, the country is the finest in the world, or at least that I have ever seen. Any number of cattle, sheep and goats can be reared, and at less expense than in any section of our qpuntry. Corn, wheat, oats, fruits and vegetables' generally, can beygrown in great abundance, it being only necessary to ditch in as m$ny acres as ijiay be proper or*convenient. jBreak up. the ground and plant of kow, and a plentiful harvest is certain to be realized.— Within sixty miles of this place I met with a Frenchman, who presented mo with a half a bushel of fine Irish pota« toes, large and well flavoredi^The crop wns his first experiment, and it has proved entirely successful the yield has been abundant. Wheat succeeds belter here than in the States.
Two things are only wanting to devel op the value of this beautiful and inter esting portion of our country for it is the most healthy region in the world. You will seldom hear of any one being sick in these extensive plains, and as there is no local cause of disease, the country must always continue to be healthy: these done, the people will do the balance. The first is the establishment of a line of settlements from the Council Grove, to be under the care of the Government for the first year or two, at a distance of not more than a hundred miles apart, to extend to the settlements of New Mexico. With such an arrangement, permanent improvements would soon be made, and an abundance of everything necessary for subsistence would soon be produced. Then the traveler could find a resting place and good fare, and accommodations would soon be plenty and cheap and, furthermore, with such an arrangement, the whole road would soon be settled. The next is the establishment of a Territorial Government. From the enactment of good laws, and their faithful administration, security and protection would be a necessary consequence. The country around and adjacent to Santa Fe, is mountainous, and the valleys are adapted to cultivation. The mountains however. are covcrcd with a tolerable growth of timber, and the creeks of tho intervening ravines aflord a'bundunco of good water.
Pitnnma.
The Isthmus is a point of interest, being the great thoroughfare over which the immense amount of travel to Cnlifernia will pass. The following extract from Mr. Freaner's letter to the New Orleans Picnyune, is interesting for its description of the scenery of the river Chagres and the game peculiar to that region:
The scenery along the Chagres river is very beautiful indeed. The high rolling mountains, covered with masses of evergreen foliage, interspersed with the cocoa, banana, bamboo, nineapple and a great variety of blooming shrubbery, which charges the atmosphere with its pleasant and regaling perfumes—the cool and exhilirating breeze of the land and sea were wafted upon us from the coves and gaps of the hills and mountains which rise hi«h above the banks of the river on either side, while we amused ourselves with shooting from our canoe the i^uano, (a species of alligator,) turtle, pavo, (wild pea-fowl) macaw, parrots of every size and description, and many other birds of beautiful plumage or fine meat, which none of us had ever seen before and do not know the names of.
There were a great many persons who took pleasure in killing the monkeys, with which the woods are filled, hut there were none of our party who lelt a disposition to kill an animal so rrtuch resembling a human being, that was of no use to us except to feed the boatmen on and if all-the persons travelling un the river entertained the same feelings towards the monkey race that our party did, they might frolic in the tree tops and swing by their tails to all eternity without interruption. However, there seems a most deadly hostility existing between the monkeys and the negroes of the Isthmus—as soon as they come in sight of one another the monkey commences chattering and jumping from limb to limb, without pretending to retreat, and the negroes will swear until they work themselves up into a perfect rage. If there are two or three white men in the canoe the monkey will retreat instantly, and if one of them falls a victim to a white man's gun, the negroes will stop their canoe and go ashore through the thickest vines or swamp and matted undergrowth to get him. They rejoice over him as much as an Indian would over a fallen foe, and nevnr fail to make a dinner or supper off of him, which they seem to relish with most extra ordinary gusto. Undoubtedly, the monkeys are the aristocracy o£ the Isthmus.
Sliipwrcck and Loss of life. •As a pilot boat from Baltimore, was cruising ofF Cape Henry, it fell in with a wreck bottom upwards. While examining the vessel, the pilots heard voices, and they immediately commenced cutting a hole through the bottom to relieve those within. A hole being made, the confincd air escaped, causing the vessel to sink more and more. They conversed with those inside, and ascertained that they were five. The pilots redoubled thdir efforts to make the hole large enough to rescue those within—but tho vessel settled rapidly—the sea broke over the wreck, and all cfTorts proved unavailing—they all perished together in a few minutes after the hole was cut which allowed the air to escape, and the last heard from them was, supplicating the Great Arbitrator of courts to have mercy on them.
It was the schooner Thomas Russell, and i: is supposed that the persons lost had boon confined three days.
It is stated in the Brunswicker that tho Rev. 1Wr. Caples, of Brunswick, was recently in Glasgow, and took some morphine prescribed by his physician not relieving him in a reasonable time, he took a table spoonful of paregoric elixir. He went t6 sleep on Wednesday evferiing and remained in that state ufitil Saturday morning, his friends supposing that it was the joint effect of the opiates. When aroused on Saturday he remarked that the dose was a strong one, and the vial was then examined, and was found to contain laudanum,
that he had taken 240 to 250 drops.— The paper says he survived both doses! The vial was labelled paregoric, and on taking it to the drug store trom which it was procured, a number of others were found of the same kind, having been sent out from the East with those mischievous labels.—Si.
U8®d
<From the St. Louis Reveille>. The Starting Point.
950
INDEPENDENCE, April 11th, 1849.
EDITORS OF THE REVEILLE:—We have Californians here from every point of the compass, except from the point towards the "Gold Regions." Not a state in the Union, scarcely, but has its representatives but from my observations, I think that Ohio and Pennsylvania, as yet, are ahead of the rest in point of numbers.— It would be impossible to form any correct idea of the number here bound for the Pacific coast. It has been variously estimated |that from three to five
thousand are here and in the vicinity, and my opinion is, that the latter number is not an over estimate. Still the number is increasing daily, and emigrants now arriving tell us the number behind, and on the way, is even greater than that now assembled. Those that are here, are making preparations to be off as soon as the grass is sufficiently advanced to support their animals. The emigrants are buying every thing here necessary for the outfit, at very cheap rates, considering the great demand.— Oxen can be had in any quantity, at from forty to fifty-five dollars per yoke indeed, many of the emigrants have purchased at the price first named. Mules also are abundant and are selling at from
that you have not already seen. We shall doubtless, however, have arrivals from that quarter in a few days.
The weather has been rainy and cool for the last few days, but it is now clear, mild and pleasant, and vegetation advancing at a rapid rate.
Mail bags should be made up at New York, and at the other points named, for Chagres, Panama, San Diego. Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco, and Astoria.
The entire passage for a single letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, will be 12^- cents to Havana, 20 cents to Chagres, 30 cents to Panama, to be prepaid in all cases and 40 cents to San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco, and Astoria to be prepaid or sent unpaid at the option of the writer.
Newspapers and pamphlets—sea postage three cents each, and inland postage to be added.
A
GOOD ONE.—Brother
pound for it.
and
Louis Republican.
CHLOROFORM AXD CREOSOTE Cnotfiu.—The London correspondent of the Home Journal, under date of Jan. 19th, writes as follows: •iChlo5®*®^ j*
largely in cholera, and with won
derful effect in allaying spasms. About a drachm 19 pomwi on a sponge, which, held to the nostrils ui a pocket handkerchief, soon allays the suffering—the mouthed closed. It is repeated as often
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needful I have been repeatedly present wn«i it had been administered, in the stage of «rflajwe, to pulselcaB patients, and I have seen it bnng back the pulse and in other cases I am sure it has assisted materially in putting a stop to the
To check tiw vomiting., piv© a drop of
p«oeote in water, and repeat it as often as it raav b« required.' Thew are two ©f tb« cJironotfeermai remedies for clioiera.
"CATTLE
$50 to $75, according to quality. The average prices of good Mexican mules, suitable for the trip, may be set down at sixty dollars. American mules the same. Wagon from eighty to one hundred dollars; flour in sacks, two dollars and fifty cents per hundred pounds; bacon sides,
fity cents hams, six and a quarter centsi the enemy battle. Lord Gough set his per pound. These are the important ar-J troops in motion and advanced through tides for the emigrants, and I have been the jungle on the 12th. He continued articular in setting them down correct-! his march on the 13th till later than noon, y, that you may see how great have been, and at 3 o'clock had determined to euthe misrepresentations about the prices'
endless quantities, is ahead to cheer and Whether this irritated Lord Gough, or
animate those bound for this promised induced him to fear that the Sikhs would
Brownlow, of
the Jonesboro' (Tenn.) Whig, tells a capital story on a farmer in that part of the Slate, who, to make a speculation, put a large stone
in one of his hogs
heads of tobacco, and forwarded it to his commission merchant at New Orleans, directing his merchant there to send him a barrel of sugar. By accident or otherwise the stone was. discovered. The merchant took the stone from the tobacco and put it into the barrel of sugar before he weighed it, put on the head and sent it back to the tobacco man in course of time, and didn't say a word about the stone. But he found it before he had used up more than half of the sugar.— This is a fact. He got four cents for the stone and had to pay
eight cents per
ELECTION OF U. S. SHMTOHS BT TIIE PEOPLE.— The following joint resolution has passed the Senate of Wisconsin by a vote of 12 to 3.
Whereas, It is more in accordance with our republican institutions to give the people the power of electing all officers ofgovernment therefore
Resolved. That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Representatives requested to propose in Congress an amendment to the constitution of the effect that the people instead of the Legislatures of the several States shall hereafter elect their Senators in Congress by general ticket.
ON A
THOUSAND HILLS."—
The Hacienda or estate of the Mexican Jaral, embraces probably the largest landed possessions in the world. It lies in the northern part of the State of Guanaxuato, and embraces part of the Siate of Zaccatecas, and amounts to about 60,000 square mHes. This is larger than the whole of the State of Tennessee. This Nabob also owns 3,000,000 head of live stock. See Goodrich's Geography of tho World.
The Great Battle in India. We copy almost entire the article of the London Times, upon th0 rgcdrtt disastrous victory of ih0 English in ltidid. Its interest, and tho bold and open admission that the British army has sufs fered in reputation as well as men, mdke it worth a careful poru«d
It is useless to disgjWae froM oiirswWs that the India news is of the most disas trous character. Without wishing to join in the general shout of condemnation of Lord Gough, echoed around us from every quarter, it cannot be denied tjtilt there has been ah absence of scientific generalship on thf part of the com-mander-in-chief which no mere animal courage can supply, and from this sen* ous deficiency have occurred a loss of life, and disparagement of British pres tige in India, which can only be repair ed by some splendid and decisive battle over our warlike enemies, the Sikhs. By letters from Bombay, to the 3d February, we learn that the citadel of Mooltan surrendered at discretion on the 22d January, and the gallant army under Gen, Wish will thus be enabled to join the grand division on the Jhelum, whose effective reinforcements are, we regret to say, too much needed.
On the 12th of January, Lord Gough, after his long interval of inactivity, was made acquainted with the fall of Attock;
and of the advance of Chutter Singh to join Shere Singh who was in front of Lord Gough on the south bank of Jhelum, with an army of 30,000 to 40,000 men, and 62 guns. Being urged by Maj. Mackeson, the political agent, to give
I. le misrepresentations about the prices camp for the night, when some of the ^ool -n
of these articles at this place. enemy's round shot reached within the accounts from Hungary state Notwithstanding the fact that gold, in ground marked by the English flags.—
land, I find, occasionally, one who wish-1surprise Ins encampment^ and force him tionej:-
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es himself at home again. Living in the to battle, his lordship suddenly, without woods, and doing our own washing, hasj any previous reconnoissance, resolved not proved the thing it wascracked up to to anticipate him, and accordingly formed be and so there are some who, although his troops in line, and, deaf to all reby the monstrance, rashly gave the word of command to advance.
they have not as yet "fainted •way," are getting very sick. The emigrants, generally, are men of terprise and energy, and from their glish troops seems to have-been the onconduct here, I should suppose them to be' ly resource of Lord Gough, and alof that class of our ciiizens that would though it prevailed as heretofore, the be an honor to any country. Many per sons supposed that the "gold regions" would be overrun with gangs of cut-
throats and robbers but from observa- posted advantageously in a well selection, I have come to a very different con-! ted position, poured from their batteries elusion, judging from the great majority'on all sides the most murderous fire, a of those here, who are going and 1 panic seems to have seized a body of should suppose that they would afford a the 9th lancers, who, instead of chargpretty fair index to the whole. I ing the enemy as ordered, faced about
The emigrants, generally, are in the and rushed pell-mell through our own enjoyment of excellent health, nlthough artillery, upset the wagons, and never some are sick, and two or three have died pulled up until they reached the hospit-1
Yours. &c. S -----
Mails for the Isthmus and California. Under date of 9th instant the Post
The never failing pluck of the En-
victory was achieved at the most disastrous sacrifice of human life. During this fearful encounter, in
since their arrival. jal. The enemy seeing this disorder] 934.. The We have nothing from New Mexico followed up their advantage, got amongst
master General publishes the following twelve of their guns were captured, and notice: The United States steam-packet 'Fal-j con' will be dispatched from the port of New York on the 19th April instant.— The public is hereby notified that mails may be sent to New York, Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, and New Orleans, Louisiana, to be conveyed on said steam-packet, which will sail from New York on the 19th from Charleston, South Carolina, on the 22d, (morning from Savannah, Georgia, on the22d, (evening from Havana on the 26th of April instant and from New Orleans the steam-packet 'Isthmus' will be dispatched with the mail on the 22d instant, in time to connect with the 'Falcon' at Havana.
our artillery, cut down 73 gunners, and carried of six of our guns. Col. Lane seems to have poured in his grape and put a stop to the disorder.
With this inexplicable exception and some defection of a regiment of Seboys, the gallant fellows seems to have be haved most nobly. Feats of heroism and individual bravery are described in every line of the despatches and letters The Sikhs were beaten on all sides-
the British remaining masters of the field, night put an end to the engagement We have to deplore the loss of no less than 93 officers, and about 2,500 men.— Amongst the general officers who have perished in this indecisive fruitless bat tie, we find the honorable names of Brigadier Gen. Pennycuick, Lieut. Col R. Brookes, Brevet Maj. Eking, Deputy Adjt. General, and Brigadiers Generals Pope and C. Campbell were also wounded, the first severely. The nominal roll of killed and wounded will be found elsewhere, and a sadder catalogue England has not witnessed since the disasters at Cabool. In the 24th foot 11 officers were killed, and one half of the regiment was either killed or wounded. Whilst some of our colors have fallen into the possession of the enemy, he was active enough to retrieve during the night six of the guns we had captured, and Lord Gough says, "I did not feel justified in remaining longer out.— The night was dark. I knew not how far I had advanced." The loss of the Sikhs is not known, but ihev must have suffered severely. Indeed, we see some symptoms of their desiring to come to terms. If. however, Chutter Singh comes up with his army before Gen. Wish can reach the Jhelem the Sikhs probably will hazard another conflict.
A NEW CHANG ENG.—If
derful children are now in St. Louis.— They are the children of Mr. Benjamin Ross, Texas connty, Mo., and were born on the 16th of December, 1847.— They are connected from the breast bone and abdomen, measure twenty inches in height, and weigh twenty pounds.— Their connection is such that they stand face to face, heads coated over with fine black hair, and in all respects perfect in form and features.
EVICTION AHTD DEPOPTLATIOS 11* IREI^.TD.—The process of eviction of tenants appears to be proceeding with great energy in some portions of Ireland. xhe Limerick and Clare Examiner reports that in one union in Kilrush 13,000 persons have sufit-red eviction 5,000 have been unhoused in the county of Limerick, and law processes are out for the demolition of 1000 houses more. Fifty houses have recently been emptied of occupants on the lands of Kylaimo, and the demolition proceeds at a rate so sweeping and so rapid, that on some properties forty farm houses, of every description, nave been dashed down in a day.
ANNEXATION
OF
CUBA.—We
FOREIGN NEWS.
A RIVAL OF THEJfjlERMANW
Nft[ pecte.
success
Sikhs,
iu Trouble—A Creat Battle Ex on ttfe Plaius of Vercelli. NEW YOUK, April 13.
The staitrrtship Hermann arrived at this poet to-day, bringing two days later intelligence front A\\ parts of Europe having sailed from Southampton on the evening of the 20th of March. The Hermann brought 120 passt!hgdVs, and much valuable freight. The wewsOom the continent of Europe is highly important, and it will cause the arrival of the ne^t Liverpool steamer [which sailed on the 7th inst.] to be looked for with the greatest interest.
All efforts used by the government of France and Groat Britain to renew the armistice between Sardinia and Austria had failed, and hostilities would therefore re-commence, and be carried on with great vigor on both sides. Although European sympathies were strongly enlisted on the side of the Italian cause, .yet it was generally feared that Charles Albert would be beaten by his powerful enemy, who number ten thousand strong. A direct attack on Turon was meditated. The French government received telegraphic dispatches announcing the arrival of the Sardinian army at Teeinno, on the 20th, in three divisions. On the 21st the Austrian army passed the same river, and experienced some resistance. It was supposed that King Charles Albert would be forced across, and a great battle would be fought on the plains of Vercelli. The French expedition of twelve thousand men was ready to sail at a moment's notice, should the Austrians set
tjie
pomjflcja| States
lhat lhe
m|Jch
of Russia Emperor of Germany, was rejected by tho Frankfort Parliament. The King of Naples finds it exceedingly difficult to maintain his throne.
tjlc
R0yUijsls?
exhibiied
very liule change
quotations were 92^. Markets continued dull. At Liverpool, on the 24th, 3,500 bales of Cotton sold at firm prices.
At Havre there was a slight reaction
A charge in the French Ministry was expected.
WHY
YOU
we may
credit the following account from the Missouri Statesman, a duplicate of the Siamese twins has been produced in the Western country.
THE MISSOURI TWINS.—These
won
saw a
gentleman the other day who had been spending the winter in Havana, and he told us he was surprised to find the subject of the annexation of Cuba to the United States so generally discussed thsre, and that the sentiment among the people was almost unanimously in favor of it. We also learn from him that annexation was not only regarded as a possible but as a probable thing, and that the impression was, that something looking to it had passed between the governments of the United States and Spain.—Bait.
CAN'T
A
GOTO
BALLOON.—Prof
iaUerly crowned the last men- stooped to pick up a stick to strike tho
negro,
The Austrians were several times gr0f rushed upon him and with a dirk
beaten. inflicted a wound The proposal to appoint the Emperor which caused his
A formidable insurrection was about taking place at Calahia. The returns of the BankofFrancewere he then made several efforts to stab not quite so favorable to trade as antici-! them. Mr. Roberson,one of the party, 1'^?' pttted, as Tears were still entertained or gavc him several blows on the head with which the
and
military preparations were being made,
affairs,
CALIFORNIA is
Mapes has been lec
turing before the Jersey city folks, explaining why the air line to California cannot succeed. The reason consists in the nature of hydrogen gas, which is a fluid so subtle that no substance except a vitrified surface, has yet been found capable of confining it. Thus hydrogen makes its way through the
wall of a house as easily as if not nng
intervened. This process of tne
the wind but if you oppose the motion
of the balloon to the direction of the wind, the escape of the gas becomes accelerated from the increased pressure. This is a formidable difficulty to steering the balloon.
Deacon Hunt was naturally a high tempered man, and used to beat his oxen over the head, as all his neighbors did. It was observed that when he became a christian his cattle were remarkably docile. A friend inquired into the secret. "Why," said tho deacon,"formerly, when my oxen were a little contrary, 1 flew into a passion and beat them most unmercifully this made the matter worse. Now, when they do not •behave well, I go behind the load, sit down, and sing Old Hundred. 1 don't know how it is, but the psalm tune has a surprising effect on my oxen."
LOUIS NAPOLEON
AND
—A marriage between the President of the Republic, and Miss Coutts, daughter of the wealthy banker, is again spoken of, and commented upon by the latest French papers. Should the union take place, Mile Coutts would bring the President the very acceptable income of two millions a year. It was rumored that General Jerome Bonaparte, governor of the Invalids, was soon to repair to London, and beg the negotiation.
THE NISBET ROBBERS.—Yesterday afternoon, Geo. Barnett and William B. Thompson, the men arrested in Illinois for robbing the Banking House of Mr. Nisbet, were taken before Justice Johnson for examination. The testimony of Messrs. Nisbet, Cozzens and" Moliar was taken down, after which the court adjourned until 10 o'clock this forenoon. It is evident from the demeanor of the prisoners in court, as well, indeed, as from their own acknowledgment, that they are roues
17th.
cjty
cs"J
cape of the gas goes on at a rapid raie,
even while the balloon is floating win
tj1Cy so
MISS COUTTS.
in the business* They
readily acknowf&dge their guilt in the robbery for which they are undergoing examination.—Si.
Louis Reveille April
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Reception of Gen. Taylor's Inaugural. From the London Times. The Inaugural Message of President Tdylor will ndt fkiT e| excite a certain sort of admiration. Pit does not appeal to the warmest syoi' pathies df an Englishman, if it does not poesead that aemi-trdgic interest with which regal Europe listens to the few and solemn declarations of her Princes, it is for reasons some of which are immensely in favor of the American Republic. In these elder Countries the heir of a throne founded in the obscure originals of history addresses the assembled representatives of many classes, many races, many interests and iliany traditkjiWPi'lIe can seldom escape an explicit reference to the greatest calamities and difficulties that a nation can suffer in itself or in its international relations. Perhaps we are menaced by the ambition of li neighbor, or. entangled in the quarrels of allies perhaps ther SOil of these isles or a branch of employment is too crowded perhnps effete institutions are to be renovated in the face of inveterate prejudice perhaps the knotted wob of medieval law is to be unraveled at one time pftnptfrisnl cankers the soul of self-enslaved myriads, at another time farainedecimates a neglected and helpless race factions lacerate and debt burdens tho Idrid. In the midst of festering sores ever ready to open, and .surrounded by conflicting cries, the sovereign twice a year utters a few sentences, the chief merit of which is that they put a fair face on the sufferings of the nation and the short-comings of the legislature. Across the Atlantic we see everything changed. There a youthful emnire with a rapidly increasing population and a whole world before it, is bounding on to new recions and to new shores. Political ambition, mercantile, rivalry, the jealousy df classes and of creeds, are' subdued before Uie ardor of a face of which Wealth in every form is the prize. The chosen leader of the people addresses a great company cf adVen^ turers, started afresh on such au enterprise as the world never yet saw. His topics are duty ana hope. Hi^^)ne, and the very rythm of his sen-* tences, remmds us of the deliverer leading his armies into a long-promised land. as
The Message of the new President of the United States, on his inauguration, is in thc bfcU spirit, the spirit of pencefulness and non-interterence in European gu«rrcJa- President Taylor has imitated "the honorable Roman in brevity," .Compared with President Puik we look upon this as a good sign the first manifestation of "Rough-and-Rcadyism" is a blow to verbiage.
A shocking murder lias occurred within the bounds of our county, near the quiet little village of Pikeville. It appears that Mr. J. Heggerson attempted to correct a negro man in his employ, who resisted, drew a knifo, and stabbed
imperialists were not making, him in several places, when a Mr. J.C
jieajway against the Maygars, as I Hobbs ran to his assistance- Mr. H.
and while in that position the ne-
Communists. Great! a rifle gun, but this, instead of subduing,
oniv
to preserve peace. Mr. R. then discharged his gun at the The speech of Lord Aberdeen, in the. negro, and, missing him, the ball struck House of Lords, relative to European, \jr Boon in the face, and felled hitn
produced a good effect. to the ground the negro seeing Mr. At the Paris Bourse three per cents Boon prostrated, attempted to rush up were 52f 70, and five per cents 82f 95.
an,i sia[,|)imf
The markets up to the latest moment' timely interference of some one of the The lastj party. He was then shot three times Produce
vith
in the Cotton Market, in consequence of! Mr. Boon is said to be seriously woundthe Europa's advices. ed. Mr. Heggerson's wounds are Business in the French Manufacturing! slight.—Houston {Miss.) Republican, Towns was improving, and an active Jlfe/r-c/i 428. spring trade was anticipated.
The amount of gold received by the turing copper coin. The market is so glutted with copper that it has fallen various mercantile houses of London, from California, exceed forty thousand pounds sterling.
in his left breast, immediate death.—
The negro then fled to tho woods, but was pursued with dogs, and soon overtaken. lie had stopped in a swamp to fight the dogs, when the party who were pursuing came upon and commanded liim to give up, which he refused to do
increased his desperate revenge,
but was prevented by the
a revolving pistol and once with
A rifle, and, after having iiis throat cut, he still held the knife firmly graspod in his hand and tried to cut their legs when
t[1Cy
approached to put an end to his life,
Among the many curious estublishjnts in this city is one for manufne-
pawnbrokers purchase them,
paying one dollar for 103 pennies, but
munufaclurers
would make a profit
jj them as low as 130 for ono
CUBA.—Thos.
nly tne pawl
doUar jn si,ver N()t Qn, lhe
brokers but many other persons doal in these pennies, and there are thousands of dollars worth of them in circulation among bakers, milkmen, and grocers.— The inflation of the currency from this source, though apparently trifling, causes in the aggregate a heavy tax 011 the poorer class. Government should either close these private mints, or at once increase the weight of pennies and call in the old issue.—N: Y. Sun.
C. Reynolds, Esq., of
Virginia, late Secretary of the American Legation at Madrid, occupies sefvoral columns in the Charleston Courier in explaining the performance of his oWri and the duties of our Minister, Mr. Saunders, and the cause of their disagreement. During the eourse of his statement he tells many truths relative? to a secret movement made by Mr. Polk to secure the annexation of Cuba to this country. It now appears, notwithstanding the evasions and denials of Mr. Polk and his organ, that secret overtures were made by the late Administration to secure this object.
jf
ENGLISH BEGGARS.—-The
SINGULAR CAUSE
in
value fur below what it is estimated to be worth as currency. The weight of copper coin is not increased or diminished at the United States Mint to correspond with tho flue uation in the commercial market, consequently private individuals can realize a profit and yet make the cents of full weight arid due purity. The manufactory in Forsyth street makes smooth pennies and then sends them to Philadelphia to be stamped, after which they are sent to all the principal cities of the United States. In
systematic^
method and ingenuity with which begging is carried on in England, may be judged by the following item in a London paper:
A clergyman not long since called at a house in his parish, near Uxbridge* which is let out as "lodgings to travellers," and in the room was a map of thef country' with the principal houses inserted, underneath which was written,
The red lines denote the inhabitants that give, the black do not/' His own was underlined wiih tho former, which he altered to black, and in consequence found himself relieved from the greater part of the begging population which had previously besieged his doors.
OF
William
C.
ILLNESS.—Mr.
Scrafe, a respectable citizen
of Pittsburg, while dressing a few days since, stuck the point of a common pint into his finger, since which' time he has been racked with excruciating pains. The Gazette says that "faint hopes arc entertained of his recovery. Every aid that medicine can give has been resorted to, but it is a case that seems to bil defiance to medical skill,"