The Wabash Courier, Volume 18, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 January 1850 — Page 2

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HOLYDAYS.

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COURIER:

JESSE CON A ED EDITOR.

T?mHTutE:'7

SATUHDAV ,-.J A NUARV-5, 1849.

gear's weeks passed off with unusual spirit and gayeiy in our place this season. Parties, Fairs, Balls, &c., could be heard of through the town. The old

sysiermof making £a|ls^TOem« fo tic* r|| vived In TTerre-HiuitalU Mato| lwuse#

No8ti,wiih eatable /rmwiin/fi.weffeserv•ed up, and enjoyed among friends. And these pleasures enjoyed, so far as we know. without excesses, or furming-ex-amples of extravagant indulgence beyond the license usual for the happy season. The New Year's Eve Ball, at ihe Prairie-House, was got up in nuwi capital style by the Managers. The attendance was large,though not crowded.

KMNRAGC

maid erf dresses pointed revenge farm, at gctlicr!

from Cottgt

Parke County^ J'^hn Briggs, Jr., Post

Master,

the Supper was in "BuxTtx best) Ohio Slate Jotiriitlt. style, and every thing went off well. After reading the above, the enquiry A happy New Year to our friends.—J naturally suggests itself, why, whi^reEighteen hundred and fifty- The scc« jfore is it, that .«ucli sJteer labrjcauons ond half of the ninetoenth century hasjare Kent' forth for publication, l6rommenced. It i« not believed that his- palmed ufT upon the public for tfiith? tory can afford anything to compare with! From what fwjiirce do they emanate, and thn half ccntury just closed, for l«n-'what can be the object? 1* it the parpnWeinentK in the useful arps and sci»1 ties iniei esiel itt .these suitK-^-the tie* ences.and the happy application toprac-Undents in thete eauses? Or is it the ticul use of tho improvement!! ohd dis- purpose to imbue the public mind wilh' coveries thus made. The second half BO much prejudice to the rights, of ihe of the century opens with fair prospects! plaintiffs as to influence the judicial trifo^ continuance in improvements that bunals in passing upon vhe merits of the benefit mankind. May such prospects! cases pending? Or is it the temporary bo realized, s' expedient to bcgtiile'sorrte to aid in the

CAtj«-oKNiA f^oS7T^Ts.-Tho^,r,hf'r

V". S. mail stenmship Ohio Is adveriised

IICHIIK, bed ond bo.itt) '•1''1''11

MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH ACROSS THE AT-

poses to lay down a line of wires, coated

ain, full of melancholy and roenred a rope—^went to ihe tied all the coics* tails to

CoNmiKSi1

the last dates.' in other columns- reived another victim! Tbos 11 Benton, the (flues 1 member of theben-

NEW POST OKVIPK.—A new Post Of-1 ate, if not the ablest the inflexible fico called Briiigcton has beoti estub-, Democrat, the friend of Jackson, and lishoJ ... Searing & Mullikii.'« Mill.,!

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SENATKU0MMITTBKS.~N.Th0cast of the

,,XBeo. «*ly .Kecuuimi. .he J,,d,c,nry'

Cn.nnmic* l»m(! of lhro«'

slnvu-ltnl.lers (me nUu.gCh»lrm.») mid

two

non.sl.ve.linidwrs. I ho Co.ml,,.-

run,. ih. Niuih and two from .ho North.•

gl..s

v"v"^'W

land. In a

Wj».m

The Great Telegraph Controversy. IMPORTANT TELEGRAPH DECISION.—<Columbus (O.)> Dec. 13.—Judge McLean, of the Supreme Court, has rendered an important decision against the Telegraph claims of Morse, Kendall & Co. announcing in substance, as I understand, that their claim to a patent is invalid, and void in the

I he Chripnwtaand Maw^ M*R p»*ini inv^id, «nui*« strikes out his claims to doits and lines.—Express.

we^o thrown open to visitors, both and Tr**ne Christmas and New Year's day.

EGG-

j, and lenses, hak been disj

ul ll inute. who owns H#M»iiWflt,edHn.

imiiriiv in fifioftn

vo|u

iiw the

region of country covered by Morse and F. O. J. Smith, in their contract with O'Reilly. The decision, I also believe extends to the invalidating of the patent generally. We have another dispatch which says Judge M'Lean declares Morse's patent invalid, until he strikes out his claims to dots and lines.—-<Express>.

We presume the latter is the more correct version of the decision. Judge M. must have ren- dered it in a case argued some weeks since, as he is now and has for some days been in Washington. <N. Y. Tribune>.

The above article, in »abataace, we have noccdf iM the Eastern papers for some daya past, ared in the Troy Whig geveral days before •rtcd i« be tclegTaphctf from tins city. Ail wrilhflMiM''*

have.been it is evident, and we would.recomni^nd ihetn^to inquire how Of-nr their correspondent live* lo Columbu*f

Thinking it sinjHilnr that nothing had trail* paired of thin gmt dacisxm here,.?we bnve takp the trouble' lo make inquirie# of the Clerk_ at tue U. &• Court, and tfie counsel employed in Ihecape, nnd find the lotUnrtnfc tri'be tw position of tne controvert*?: Three suit* hnve been institute*!/!)?

bfcnj#ken up—that a*nin#l farm an i. Eiyand his ««curitief», of the Luke Erie Telegraph ompnnff. fti'thi«cask' wxfeeri' different pleas have t»w» filed 'o thejrrdeelaration of ttie pluintitis.--Issue hps b*svji,taken hvUte plaintiffis on. several o'Tfie plea*.an'd.f!entuiTeri»,ipts?l to the rvinninder. l%' tttItimerit tif)otirrte eHs^^t yet Tx-etl eon-

beyond pleasant accommodations ih the Th^nprnirttttterf £7^ grievous a wrong wiui «.«,

7 a

ftnaciou* rooms allotted for the occasion. Uiven. .Tlw nter)t» of the toi wen. ...

ex,cnsW,n J,f

111

found, $200. The New York Globe, a i/'ocofono pa-

mm i) lowiu,r naracraith uuon the action of the i.ANTie.— Ihe New ork evening Post -'I"' ii ui 'P Locofoco caucus of the Senate in refueays that Mr. S. 1. Armstrong, of the ww. it 'i .• sin" nut Col- BBXTOW in either of the lludfion Guiia Percha Manuiactgry, pro-1^

with Gutta Percha, and rendered perfectly insulated, reaching from N. York to Liverpool, at a cost not exceeding $3,000,000. The wire cable is to be capable of sustaining continued action for 10 years, and the whole matter comple-

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nor of Free Soil tendencies, has the fol-

places, heretofore occupied -by him', as Chairman of'imjiort'ani Co.mrnitloes.~

,ea(lc''

led within twenty months from the date difitquli. matters,, onlv a few months "contract 'ago, be is suspected now by his party. and the opportunity to do harm to ihnm

VNTIC RKVKNOB.—In Kentucky, N becamo oiiairtored of a milk

is withheld from him. To make tlic

neglecf still more marked, his colleague,

a neighboring latin. His ATCHisttiX—his'equal in noihinq were, rejected

Jinj(

the diPap-|_is ,)rouHhl proniillMll}y

We have hut little yet in Missouri:--^.'Lmb'a RcpSlican. No Clerk elected ar PROSCHIPTION OK THOMAS II. BKNTON. See some proceedings!—The slave ppwer has demanded and

,l,0

1 ,l'e

II. Benton, {in old. olhcer of the army

r, .. .who, if he hid not resigned, would: btqniiiiiK Co.u.n.uoets of .bo is ,IV

,i„

c! lhB

NorU,-HvhoSCT-her:

TKA IN SotTTii CAROLINA.-—Dr. ^mith, ROY where

of South Carolina, has been experiment- working a rocker. I noticed her femi-

eountrv. He has sneeeeded boyoud bis vbo was working near me 1Je mrorro-

warmest bot««,»nd illjends to plant-lOied me that what I supposed to be re-, )(Sces

acres thfe season. 1 re express,., thej niarkshle handsome ymrng man was»|

opinion that cmild be successfully cuU woman that she was the w»Ie of a man

tivated on the sandy lands ofLvaig Is-'who worked with her «hai her husband

a pamphlet published in 1848,1 was formerly a wealthy merchant in

tho subject of t^. Dr. S. estU: Calcutta, and that the wife had been ac-

At the Executive session of the Senate, in March, Senator BKNTON was placed at the head of the Committee on Foreign Relations. But times have, .changed! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

und

C0M»lst:llyl-

lo view hy hiZ

««f wyupllonin

ing put upon different committees.'— This insulting neglect, whatever effect it may have elsewhere, will, ii is plain 1 vocated at length in to see, servu to strengthen his enemies ^lr. Brown of Shelby, moved to indefi

h»«o rnnko.l iVn.i

s„llu] lWu]e

MiliuuvCoVnn.ilK-e

Th) wj,i(.h

wmns\,^Trr|,m,m.,|

on il,oU,sir.« ofColnmbm h. «, ,0iini ,g „r [•„,! Hcnion Zach.rv pru-slnvcry Ui».rm„ii, ... ^raombon., ,|(^ ,,

,|lU

ll#-niefu, |iromsii„8-1|lj,1

It... the Uimniiueo tho 1 err,tones «!of „ric i„*,Pd »nd dii-.a.rfd Iho most MCI.OI..I 01 nil. h.vmR

rf»Vc..li0 diiiK Ciwirman (bcnaiof 1W ^,t,h,„0„e

lhe

thc

Seivn'im-t'ooie.

O^.H.cra.ie «„„«*. Tbns ).'

af,or ,no.h-r

in Mississippi,) and but one Norih«rn "knSe,^ who is eligible to a seal in the Legiiumber. '*i .»• i- tslature. New York is represented on but one

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Commiuee, while ihe liulo Stttto of Ar-| A Callfornian item. mendment. He contended, that, as it kansas is represenied on six.Stiuth Car- A loiter in tho Boston 'J'imes furnishes! was a change of tlte lundamental and olina three, Mississippi four, Virginia

four. Louisiana four. Senator Kinsr oft Ian inherent right to have a voice in the I "The milv white woman ihat have, T|,», ,hh (ifnornl 4ssomAUtbama and Aichtson ut Missouri nret •ina(! »1u ...it ,n r„ K\m „„u con\enuon. nai mis uencrai Assom each on two Committees. Tho South jsoen

nH,n,.w,w c"l,,e.

havo majority in fifieen of the Com niiueefuand the North in twelve. Three»re emimly com- ,„d.herh»ir beinqe...short, posed ofbou.bern men and twoot -North- „f hdngVwomw, ,r,t. bixteenof ihfi Cbairnien are from „f The

here fiom alcuua.

.She dresses trousers, and wears

Tbc first time 1 s'«- her

jl was digging in a hole

I "I ""j„„

males that 547 pounds may be ^rownl^'eaWfl to ease and luxury. Failing

an acre, and that at this rate itj business and becoming poor, he dewould mquire only 20,000 acr«« to sap- termined to dig a fortune out of the 1. ply the total .consumption in the United Siates, Experiment has prove*! ibnidie plant will stand cold weather without in* jury.-—{

1,„I„ ,in ,|w okolii.i?

|1 was digging ma hde on iht, Mokelji

she and her husband were

earth in California, and the wife, true to her coniponion. only consented when he promised she should accompany him. I have seen her at work with the pick and the spade, early and late there is

George 11, being informed that an, ever a thoughful expression on her impudent primer was «o be punished\countenance, but she never seems disfor having published a fporious klngVfcouraged, and yet ihe nnfonunaie pair speech, replied that he hoped the pun- have lntd the worst-of. luck, not having ishment would be of the mildest sort*!dug gold enough to pay iheir living.-— hiljtv io te swung \nuc because he had read both, and as far as {This is one of th|s touuy romantic inci?

the spurious speech better than his g* nJCgUfomia lr«»titne i|irtnie^€telojie?».*

he understood either of rtiein. he fikedW thoi.We ii & wld digpnpof TI... by U.iS|«k«

INDIANA LEGISL^NPKftJE^tt,

HOUSE~OF RBPRESENrfAT 1?^ »r- ToE§iwk*^&toBNiNG, Jan. 1, 18i"

Resoluiioiiil^f the House came up, and the resolution relative to ihe State printing was repjtned..

^r. Ijloughetl^rof B,, was in favor of the recommitnteqt of the resolution.— ^Bbe ainelndrt*em proposes to strikeout the priming. State binding and priming w^jre different things. .Both prin-idrs-a^ bindSr^w^r^ OTtitted \t a-just equivalent for their tabor. He insisted that justice should he done both.

Mr. WjufjfH^^iid the de^i seemed, Upon this ^juefAion. to Itc 4ba priaciple, ^tXuU4im viGto» 4i«ioi^ thjs spoils" Si^ce thq resolutiou cpme, i^ri S (yfopdsiiitJ)f(M^ EWeriyliaa been presented, o^eriHg to the work 15 peSceiiti lefes hM tfte ^es'erft pfioes.^It ought not to be forgotten, by all who thought of the real interest of the State, that the art of printing had been vastly improved. He cared not what might have been done in the House in 1846.— The action al that tittle did not bind our action at this time. If the work could be done at 15 fer cent, less than the present price, was it Hght that partizan feeling should lie suffered to work §0 grievous a wrong to the State, by refu

S 1 0 0 I

tried at fill. It coti^h up again at tlie July term. j,ty to oar constituents to gtve this matter

^.p'Reilly lines.

I'^'voni iho further tpniMiuiuice

to «tart from New York on Saturday, thr: l?5tli of January, at 3 o'clock, P. M., and, is to connect at ship Isthmus in February. The prices, of passage through from New York toi two decisions in the U. SXourts ot henHut. Krnncisco, d.nr.m.1., me «... down1 "'okj' «"J T«.»o«e«. by diderenfjudg. nsMIOw.:I'tro cabin, l,onl,s, nM .hat «t»«R! air «M0i sccorn! cahin, .mndeo him or li.OH

1 lc

Morse line? Lot an intelligent and reflecting com-

'atiamn Willi'il.os.cflm?!""

,,n

!doing so, remoniber tliHt there has been

e( so nat ie con noil ot u.

naturn »nu uisi nosmon as hencl ot tho «. /. .1 ir ,1. 1, ft a tng the bill was decided in the afhr iCommittee on ror^igti Kelations. J.,

gross

,r ,h„ prHended

0Ilrtuirh sny

„f

tn_„_r

a fair consideration. «imi Mr. iMickle rose and withdrew his motion 10 strike out "priming."

Mr. Murray continued. He under-

Now was the trenchmeni. Mr. Harney remarked that the gentleman made a very feasible speoch, but he debated the wrong question, ile opposed peddling out the offices. We might as well peddle out the clerkship. Besides, the election of a printer was perfectly democratic. We were entitled to ihe franchise on this matter thai our constituents were.

Mr. Hunter offered a resolution relative to ihe expediency of reporting a bill establishing a Siaie board of agriculture adopted.

Mr. Connor offered a resolution on the subject of temperance adopted.

Reports from Select Committees.

I in in it el os on

,, live, aves G5. noes 31.

stood that the gentleman from whom thej would be elected Governor, and John proposition dnme was a Democrat, true.! McDougall, formerly of Indianapolis* and thoroughly wool-dyed. It was pre-/Lieut. Governor. The vote in San sutriable that lie understood himself and Francisco and elsewhere indicates th* his own interest: Why, then, should] election of Rodman Price and Geo. W. we not save to ihe"State, if possible jif-i Wright as Representatives to Congress, teen hundred or two thousand dollars? The whole Democratic ticket succeeded commence re-Jin San Francisco. Col. Suiter was the

Mr. Wilson said he imagined it a duty he owed to the printers, in his own town nnd the State election of ti prt fer the resolution to the committee of ways anil means, with instructions adopted.

of births and marriages in the State of editor of the Lexington (Ivy.) Jntelli Indiana adopted. Mr. Carnalmn, of F.. introduced a resolution instructing the committee 011 corporations to cnqitire nnd report a bill relative to the government of corporations adopted.

WKDNEKDAY, Jan. 2, 1850.

the,bi11-

Mr. Mtckto moved a cal of the House,

the ayes and noes having been demand-j

ed on the motion of ,dr. Brown of S.

Mr. Graves Wished to define hts post-k,

tion—he should vote against the -post-

ponement, but was not in favor of the

bill, lie wished to have the bill amend-

all its moods placed from his I 1 IK ti VJII *11 1 MI tin v~ 1 I/« VI

Mr. Sherrod reported the hill provi-

tiing for the calling of a convention 10 revise the constitution of the State with amendments.

Mr. Orr moved lo concur in tho

amendments of the committee roparate-

Iv which was adopted. The first amendment of the (jpmmii-|the

toe provided for the election of dele-!

ttes on ihe first Monday in August adopted. Socond amendment. mauing every

the Mends of! *1^-

,h-e nl,or ol' l«™on I'.^.b I omen-

Mr. Carnahan, of F., opposed the a-

bly had no rig,U

anv

811

ihin .hat and red shirt, us most of the jiarticlpate in the deliberations of «uch convention, especially where the result of such deliberations might be a! law binding all for many generations to come. That this would be an office, or

Pen.o„s

u,,w* ace

unknoW

constitution

ing for several years in regard to tliefe#. nine look and thougi.tfi.l expression «r ,|,.n might be emertained, ns to its being /®V "f'r' 'vLi. dnrfttir the delusc to sibiHiy of c.iHiva.itig the tea plane in ibis countenance, and ^.ttem.oiied .. a matt

lnronsislent

t- in lhe

which

and unrecognized, but ^hftolhouscsalluding

4unity of securing the best minds^ 'SjJtaitf. He advocated the stl|lr6me and circuit courts, members bf .CoiJgrt^^i tirtfies^ioii? of Congress did nrt conflict with thfe iriieetin^W the

ct|^$,mion4)

not unconiemplated. by our present. children on a short allowance of therefore, any objection

wi.h the existing organicj

tawof lhc S.»ie

for a person to hold mo«

dless.

sisJeIU wj,h

s^luljons to

,he same time, would lcioul ,n

Thai it would ba incon-.

ihe spirit of republican to*

limit the right of pa riici pa-

proceedings of the conven-i ,f

would be so important to the

ease and luxury. t-'-JHriw I cine win

interest of the who^ peop e. an

ted proscribing those who, by the con-j

fidence of their fellow-c.uzens, were|

the

lur™ 3b..^

artd all ipersons

th^fc^fWd' Dot hold office* whrclt*«%hi disijualif'y, under T1ie extetmg constitution, should be rendered eligible. That the people should not be linited||^Jheir choice of delegates, but peiectHhose w.hopijiiiey bdiewedaio.sfcomp^ieat to' perform tne duties, regardless df arty disqualifying cause, other than the wafit Of|m|fritjan| ability.j

I jotpomnt^il California. \pR-Kf.,^)ec»1^6»^5.^ M* The EJmpire City arrived here yesterday, bringing IB-O weeks' later intelligence from California. The steamer Panama had arrived at Panama, with two hundred and fifty passenger?? and half a million of gold dust—^ver ba|f a million more was brought by the Empire CiiyC Among the passengers is Mr. Hoff, bearer of" despatches to the Government. The Empire City did not bring the California mail.

ject the new constitution, to electa Governor and Lieut, governor, two Representuiives to Congress, members of the Senatd'and House of Representatives.— The constitution was adopted by an pi-, most.unanimous vote. Thegeneral expression was, that Peter H. Burneu

Whig candidate for Governor lie ran

manifest that the Legislature will contain a large Demoqrfi'tic .majority. Tho chances are strong^that Wm. McKendree Gwinn and John C. Fremont will be elected to the U. S. Senate.

The overland trains which left the United States last spring and summer had all arrived safe in California. Col.

Mr Niblack introduced a resolution gallant Colonel is'now in Puebla, prae-jtion that a bill ,hafd been reported lo relative to* providing for the registration ^h'g Itiw'j Edward Bryant, the former abolish the slave-trade in the District,

,,,, ii ing and effecting one. Yesterday Judge crritones. vi snujru if*.'ft Sir. 1'Jilcr rc|)cited iheb.ll repealing.Cambridge, visiiod ihe prisoner,! Alier fnr.l.er discussion, M» Giddin^ ,bc pro nbiiiiig neSrooS fro,„g,v,nginnj ,r

clj and seems ry ch hllercsled

t|je'nerusal

JENEE

C,U1,C*

.«..6w w. ..^v. .as

orgamc law of ihe State, all classes had

fnl|0\viri« narrative: ., ...

v'rIua,,.v

disfranchise

„oruon «»f the citizens of the Slate,

ativ portion

ani/prescrilie who might, or who might

Gold continues as plentiful as ever, ojf the President's message and accomAn'election.was held in California on panying documents to be printed was the 10th of November, to ratify or re- adopted.

on the "people's ticket.'y It is no\v clear that Thomas-Butler King will, not be elected to the U. S. Senate^llt is dings had repr.esenied him as against

....v...,, had all arrived^safe in California Jt'ate Voneral'i Vto" oppose the' Russell, of Missouri, who headed the l.mittee appointed by him reported a bill if ti tinnier "lie moved to re- vanguard, left Independence on the 24ih to abolish the slave-trade in the District, "of April, and arrived at Suiter's Fort on and but three of that commit ice voted the 8ib of August.His'company broke'to lay tho bill on the table,

lip'before he reached California. The! Mr. Giddings pronounced the asser-

PROFESSOR EBSTBR.— The Boston |110t

Hon. Franklin Dexter has coased bis visits upon Professor Webster. It is ru

The House met. And a considerable "snarl" arose, duling the reading of the journal of theimored thai Hon. Rufus Clioato will |,t) i,that Northern men \«ere opposed 10.the. preceding thfy. upon a moiion of Mr.J employed assenior counsel. Mrs.Web-j yignts dte^..South. The South had l/ravcs, relative to expunging certain' resolutions and proceedings. The proceedings were striken from the journal.

ster, wiih three of her daughters, visi

her husband a few days since, for the

so„ft. jrae under

mQUC befure

^10

unhappy

slancc occurre

im risoninent His

lhose J)risoners wbo were

commiued fi)r oirences of

Ile is ve

ny individuals have been admitted to: x»rigii)al., resoliition,, iliai the see him und converse wiih in him pri- Speaker appoint tlie committees, was Vaio as well as public^ J- ,?N TSORAL Utdo|)tecL ..

Johns, for the purpose ot .intercepting! steamer's news. He confessed the]» crime, and said he had been well paid Senate. A

that the.parties did npi mind giving liuni roceivea irorn me

£1000. He further sai'd,.he would re-j Numerous memorials ?nd petitions Iceive £500 a year, even if he were sent1

AN AIT COMPARISON.—The Hon.Hor-

Mann, in to well ventilated

1 0

remarks foUows

njr?

ulter|y

oould not be changod or modified, with- intemperance, and every excess, revolution of the fundamental and

,s as foolish as it would have

hjs mH short

X'w-

w01er. Since Goi hls polircli

a,mnsphere

fifiv miles deep, it is

|0 mjke 0 miser to^our

Wj stj0led

in breaih."

PRESERVE HEALTH.—Medi-

...

u: cine wm never remedy bad habits. It

fuuie to think of living in glut-

out a supreme law of the Stale, inat "j indulgence of the appetite, and wouid be the'Wore unjust, since th« a-j j0ljiscriminaie dosing and drugging, mendment of the committee conieropla-

of the btaie. at jCJDe Indulgence of the appetite, and

body in health by tned-

rU}-ned |he

RI,d

invesiod wiih offic^.the duties ic iH become regular in your were necessary «o bo perfonned^lor thej

administration of_*»«,. .'jdleep on mattrasses, acid retire and rise That policy required ihe jf-J verv jregalatly. Make a free use of wability to be swung wide open, and adroit] f,

soverei?n will of the peo-i

le lo

health and destroved

jires Qf more

Purt^

persons than famine,

pesiilenceif if you will take

drink ytholesom(, lh5ngs,

lfae

,ou

CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.

House,—zA resolution, offered by Mr ®Boyd bn ay, 6dopting tW itiles of the last House, with the exceptioif of the ele^eatb,and feanpotqtwiff ftve members jf Aha oommi|e| fiviSule«, oanje up and was modified, irttfe^iig

,th4

Mr.Vehable offered a resolution, asking the President to inform Congress, whether^ since the last session, any civil or military government had been appointed to California or New Mexico, or any steps taken towards farming g°v" erriments in said territories. Laid over.

A resolution ordering 15,000 copies

Mr.' Surf J^M'ed that the Speaker appoint the standing committees. Mr. Sacketi moved as an amendment, to appoint the committees by ballot^,

Mr. Root opposed the amendment.-— He said the present Speaker had been elected by a larger majority than any predecessor, (adopting Mr. Stanley's re* solution,) and he.had.the best title to the honor of Speaker., and should be trusted with the appointment of the CQttuuuie.esf.j ... j.fji,,j -.ihfy *i. |Vlr. Gidaings sustained Mr. Root, and opposed the plurality rule. He would ask that the Northern Whigs be taken up on ihejrarvapgctftpnt. fox,electing a

Speaker.- .. .u1! impltfim'ttiio Mr. Winth op remarked that Mr. Gid*

the North, and that he had seen statements under his (Giddings) signature, accusing him .of spepking in favor of war. ,He said the statement was erroneous. .lie bad been| ^charged with appointing a committee thut would preserve and protect slavery in the District of Co'umbii.. He, observed the gom-

as unfounded and unqualified., flisi.

Buildings arc going up with a ire- possibly go as fur as it ought to have

S. C' 1 .1 lin »n i/v Itnur. r... f..

mendous rush. San Francisco andj.gone. bui the members from-the free Sacrartiento Cities were rapidly filling)States thought it a great improvement, up from the mines, and living was get-j Mr.{jJohenck vindicated Mr. Winihrop, ling more expensive, as the rainy sea-i and scorned the bargaining of Mr. Gidson is prevailing. Lewis Tramble, a! dingsfor pledges before vpting.forSpeakr

Times of Thursday says: cast off otherq because they w.oulid not |S|)C

come up to .his standard.

W{ir,,ed

first and only time since his imprison-jSouthern mind. Ile wished 10 restrict .mem. The scene was a must interest-! Northern ineu frnni the Cotnnii.iioe 011 Hi

|',)ck

al)d

ic ciicc! iho passugc ot wliicli WHS uu* npfisoni Supuksi* would do bniirr tlmrl key priyaie conversaiioir with hnn. .Prest-ul

ie icport. The Professor hats been making arrange-1 ''is predecessor. lie charged the Whigs it menus to liave the series qf lectures conr.' alleged inconsistency for voting for'a ir!

gentlemen to bewate

,r _.

con.inued his remarks

tinned at the College which he com-! slave-holder for the Presideni ot thoLn-

WUUIU

circum- .|on, whqn they iavorcd the |ree-soil priur

which resulted in hisses.. He would not yotn Jbr a man

cell is on the8amervho degraded his follows by slavery.—

If there was any crime be would pun-

similar ish. by death, ii was trafiicing inhuman

„d' free lol^esh.

The question being taken on there.

of books devoted lo tlte solution .as amended, th^it the House

he is Professor., elect the committees,, it WMS rejected,,

Pending a resolution that the House

New Y'orbu Dee, 29 -on ihe 3d of January elect a clerk and

R.James Anderson has been detected]other officers, the House adjourned unin cutting the telegraphic1 wires at St.

Monday.

were

lie was committed in default of ,*0™ citizens of Kentucky, claiming to be the legitimate successors of Joe The accounting officers have reduced Wetmore's defalcation to $200,000.— Wetmore denies'hny defalcation he admits a difi^ret^ce of §50,000, which he

a crofnmissjon for extra ser-

vices. In a card, he says: "ihedis-

puted amount is a limited one, consisting dF charges for disbursements during the recent war entirely out of the province of Navy Agents. Whatever balance may be found due to the Government on the final audit of my accounts will be promptly paid."

'from the Presideni n-.

presented. Among them was one

Smith, the Mormon Prophet, objecting to the establishment of ihe Government of Deserei and charging the people of Salt Lake wiih treasonable designs,they having taken a secret oath to avenge the death of Joe Smith on the nation, and pursue that design until the end of time.

Mr. Underwood read in connection with the memorial qn extract from a statement, made in the St. Louis Republican, that the citizens ot Deseret were lawlessly trying the citizens of Missouri on a charge of aiding in the expulsion of the Mormons from Missouri, and that they wem exacting duties upon the effects of California emigrants passing through their city

Mr. Douglas nad se«ra the statement,

resemaiive from Deseret, whu explain ed, that the citizens of Salt Lake having formed a Government found it necessary to establish means, of revenue, and had imposed duties upon all goods brought into the city, whether by Mormons or not, but no duty was exacted on goods going through.

The memorial was referred io the committee on territories. ,:(|- The House, resolution granting Mrs. Polk the franking privilege .was read and adopted..

Executive session^—Adjournedr House*— Mr. Baker presented a roe-

The Standing Committees ware the® announced, as follows:

=======

Senate -Nothing of matOTri '"nT^Hampton.ff Fennsv^ra^f tance done in the Senjbe to-^y.^l wof|^|5,STR^, CoLuaiMA—Browh of« MJsived from ih^ ess ages were received Irom ibeS'TTesident, inviting immediate attention .••to'ihe Secretary of the Treasuffl relating to the appropriation requited for expenses for colleciin|^^reveftiie second half'of the current fiscal year.

committee

io»fiice, iH)d coniinuing tha rul^s-to the of

it ,),

I5«h of January. The resolution as modified was adopted.

ia, Thompson of Kentucky, Hibbard of New Hampshire, Duer of New York, Jones of Tennessee, James of

worl

crown

printer, of St. Louis, died at Sari l'ran-jer. He declared, himsell a conservative crdwn, but the provident committee! triots placo an inestimable value u'potr cisco of dysentery.

Unionist. As a Northed man.he par-(lnj?en40UR|y included th^m Alto^ethen in ihcm. 100k of Northern opinions, but he tvas|t|1cjr report, and declared that it would!

ultra os some. JIO would "OTJBE i)Cf)NIng France. Republic though

w„St lo

Mr. Holmes siti^ tliat it was apparent! wcrJ

sitedj '(?ng been asleep, bill ii is now aroused

of the

Boston correspondent of the Republic

vo muicruinu

WASHINGTON, DEE. 31 message in wrtjUlg was

Herald, Dec>. 14. ———————

Mr.. Underwoodj afoo suggests the nece*shy of requir-

thought the statement gave coloring to] jngevery manufacturers place on each the memorial,

and interrogated Mr. Babbitt, the Rep-jwhich it known, and the locality.

morial from D. F. Miller, of Iowa, COB-j archives of the State, in the offices-of testing the seat of William Thompson, which was referred to the committee on elections- '«t

W* ITS AND MEAKS—Beylf of Virgin- thai the greatest less is the building.

Mas*

nessee,*Uti|*

s^Qhut^t^Wftlia rhifiNtsf Ne^York JUDICIARY—Thompson of Pennsylva* nia, Milje* of piuo.. Ashrnui^ of Massachusetts, B^oor^he'aa of lvfentlicky, Pros* tob King of New York, Venable of North Carolina. Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania, Welborn of Georgia. I

TKRBITORIES—Boyd of Keh icy, Rich

-*Mk»

r,c

\Jirr,\r\n

S.edden of Virginia. Clingtnan

FORKIGN APFATRS-McClernand of Illinois, McDowell of Virginia, Wi&ihrop of Massachusetts, Bflrralson of Georgia, Hilliard of Alabama^

'Mr.

Woodward of South

Carolina, Stanton of Tennessee, Buel of Michigan, Spalding of New lork.tft# pm

Miller Dead,

Mr. William Millbr, familiarly kfiown as "Father Miller,'* dnd as "Miller the Prophet," died ai his home in Ham)}ton, Washington County, on the 20th inst. aged about 68. Mr. Miller waS a native of Pittsfield, Mass. and during the last war with England served as a Captain of Volunteers on the northern frontier. He was 0 shrewd but narrowminded man, practical in affairs, though of an ardent and fanatical temperament. He began to speak in public assemblies' upon the subject of the Millenium in 1833, and in the ten years which preceded the time which he hr.d set for the consummation of all prophecy, he labored assiduously in tho Middle and

Northern States, averaging, it is said, ^nearly one sermon a day for more than half that period. He was uneducated, and not largely read in even the common English commentaries his *i«ws were absurd and supported but feebly yet he succeeded in building up a sect of some 30 or 40,000 disciples, which disappeared rapidly After the

close of the

•'day of probation'*'in 104.3. after which time

Miller himself

did not

often

advocate or defend his views in public —IV. Y. libun« jU

CROWN JEWELS OF FRANCH.—The pro position has lately been made in thej National Assembly 10 sell the diamonds. of the crown of France, estimated, tviih tho 1st of January, the famous "Regent*' diamond, to be continue unsettled.

——————— THE PROPOSED WATER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND PA-, CIFIC.—It is said that among the passengers who sailed yesterday, were some of our enterprising steamship men, who have chartered the steamer Orus, at Chagres, for the purpose of proceeding to the mouth of the San Juan river, and going up to Lake Nicaragua, and thence to Lake Leon, with the view of exploring those waters, and if practicable steam navigation be discovered to the head of Lake Leon, to cut a communication thence to the Pacific, a distance of only thirteen miles, which could be done with comparative ease.—<N. York

The Philadelphia Board of Trade, at a meeting recently held, had under consideration a memorial to the Legislature against the practice of short measure in putting up dry goods

recommends the passage of a law en forcing the forfeiture, on the part of the seller or manufacturer, of any amount kqual to the quantity short* by fair measurement, in addition to the deficiency

piece of goods his itidividunl name, or

w|icn a

corporate company, the tide by

under a penalty of 8-— for each and every omission to comply with this requisirion

BTIMMIM ot THE CAFTTOLIX ALABAMA. —From the Montgomery Advertiser and) Gazette

we learn that the State Capitol

in that city was consumed by fire on the 14th instant, and nought is left of that once beautiful building bat the crumbling walls. Every possible provision was to be immediately made for the convenience of the Legislature and the State officers. The clerks of the two

houses saved all their papers and the

the Governor. Secretary of State, Treasurer and Controller. were also all saved. Most all the furniture, and the larger portion of the different libraries, were likewise preserved from the Aa«nesf so

FOREIGN NEWS.

RogkweH-^ef Massaciius^Ms* .anAnothet ^xpedition is about

|, 20.000 000 francs, wiih ihe view lerntch has written to nn Austrian minis

dispose of a collection which

j,0(]| in nrtisiic ami historic point of view

of t),0

highest •value:''»it'r .^smdv/

POLYGAMY AMONG THE MORMONS.—A

says: A lady from Lynn, in our State, who has recently returned from the Mormon settlement at the Great Salt Lake, con-

He hoped the 'finns the statement, that tho laws of the TEU S..OTT CLARK, in tbo 26th year of hia community permit the men to have as Age wives as thev can sumwri—the

many wives as they can support—the young being able to take care of five or six only, and the older, twenty-five or thirty! They seem to have adopted the Mahommedan practice of a plurality of wives, though they do not keep them shut up in harems. It will be a question whether our laws are elastic enough to cover a community in which polygamy is practiced, however conscientious the ladies and gentlemen may be, by whom it is followed. If Deseret is admitted as a <polygamous> State, it will make odd work with our statute-books. ———————

J1l£THE CAMBRIA*

|t is said thait'ai'Iiament will convend in

cihe

nliddle" of January, to ex'pedite

business on the question of a reduction of the national expenditure. The reduction of |he rates of discount by the bank, is said to be the precursor of a rise In consols to par. The chancellor® of the exchequer will lay before tho holders of stock a proposal to accept a reduction of the rate of interest, which

yrill save the coumrw several millions. The Qjiefert DWiger Adelaide^ died' on the 9d| ai fifty-ei^ht fears of dge,|

r.linrrmnn of North ted oAt for Behrinsr's Straits, in search^:

North

Carolina, Kaufman of Texas, Gott of New Yoi*k, Mlllson of Virginia, Fitch of Indiana, Giddings of Ohio.

ted oftt for Behring's Straits, in search^ of Sir John Franklin. France*^

FOREIGN MARKETS.

Four hundred of the June insurgents arrived in Paris from Havre, having"*? been liberated by the Attorney Genera!.^ The elections that were to have takon^s'. place on the 4th had been postponed tof the 28th of January next. Ledru Rol-^' lin has issued a pamphlet. defending^%"v: his conduct on the 13th of June. Tho pamphlet was seized, and p^occqjiuigS:. Vv instituted against the printer, I tp*r lOrders had been slont to withdraw at^! portion of the army from Rome. Mea-t sures have been taken to improve thet'-' condition of the emancipated slaves.— In vhe assembly a motion for abolishing the punishment of death for all offences had been rejeqted,. In Lyon^the Court Martial senienfted a number of the June insurgents to imprisonment for a term of years. The fortress of Gaeta having been repaired and armed with Pontifical troops, arrests continue to be made The treasury of the triumvirate Cardinals is reported insolvent. No time is fixed for the return of the Pope to Rome-

Turkcryv

Advice from Constanilnople to the 25th of October had been received, at which umo the extradition question had not been settled, nor likely to be. Tho Czar persists in having the Hungarian and Polish refugees banished from tha Ottoman Empire. The Porte resists these demands, and thus matters stand —the two Governments preparing for hosiile meeting, if necessary.

Prussia.

Prussia is increasing her fleet, and liberty has been granted for the exportation of bulliow from tho Russian Empire. .u'KHfl iu«« *if,•

Austria nnd Hnngarr. 4

The state of siege will be reni'dved on Affairs in Hungary is said tbni Met-

jcvvels reported ^gaiiist taking the recent condemnations have been corn-

...

propositw^F into considOTation. In the! mined to hard labor for sixteen, eiglicollection called crown jewels, figures

the Sceptro of Charlemagne and the ingtthe vigilance and precaution of tho sword of Austerlilz, &c. was only police, Kossuth medals have been irnroproposed to sell ihe diamonds strictly of' duccd into Hungary. The Magyar ih-

teen, and twenty years. Notwithsinnd-

lff=nr AI DIKD, ^In Terrr-Hnutp, on tli? 5th inst., Mr. WAI»-

ef in ar. .A WAR ASH 1)

MET,

Terro-Houi«, Jan. 5, 1850.)

Chrifilmnn nnd

NPW

Year over, and tiie weath

er regularly not in for a winter atrnir. A bolter chance for ice haa not been afforded for («veral soasonn, and those having the ronnne aecin to be availing themaclvoa of lho opportunity lo aupply ice houses for the coming summer. Slaughtering ond packing nearly over*—of courne Bales and purchases nearly closed for the aoason. We know of no change of prices for week or two. River rather low, and with too much floating ice to admit of safe navigation -•v.1*

New YORK, Pec. 31.

Flour is firm. Prices tend upwards for common, State, and mixed, Western, good do., and etrnight brands, 04.75, $5.00, and #5.12*.

Nothing doing in wheat. Corn is held higher for Western, 60a6lc, Pork is unchanged mesa #11.86* to #12 prime #8.87ia#9. -r-

PBOVISIOSS.—A

ClNCINNATt, Jan. 1.

Fijotrii.—1The only sales hearcf of lo-dny M-erof 250 brls from store, at #4.GO, and 60 do from rrror at same.

sale late on Saturday evaning

of 1000 kegs No. 1 Lard at 51c. There was a good, demand to day for Pork and Lard, but we heart! of no sales-

Hoos.—The market WM firm to-day at a farther advance. Sales of 600 head in lots at $4.25 300 do at same, and 120 do av wt from 2G0 to 367 #2.321. ®n-W/

TO TIIK PUBLIC. Tr*'#i

Mr. Landing C. Moore, ia the only person'

The memorial authorized to transact any business ror our Kousc in Indiana any other person .representing himself as from our firm, is doing so without our consent.

BALDWIN, DIBBLEE & WORK, January 5,1850—19m2. New York.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES

OFTHF, MAILS,,

jit Aim PRO*

TERKE tiJiVTE, MJVm ARRIVALS.

St. Louu Mo.. Daily, AT -J 1 A M' JtubanapeliM, Dally, at 12 tnght. su Springtdi, 10.,TueBtlays, Thurs. and Sat. 6rtt Vitoenn&, Mondays, Wednes. aridjndaye.il Litateue, Wednes. Fridays snd Sundays, 9PM

Cramfardmille, Tuesday# and Saturdays, 9 ,m E a & S at a 9 IlarratUburg, Fridays, at 6 &rli*U, Wednesdays, AT

DEVAU1VtiES. fi .! &:<

Sr. hmt* JWlfs at Wq Bit Inthanitpofit, Daily, at 3 A Mr SwingML, Mondays, Wednea. andFnd. 3 A Virrennet, Tuesdays, Thars. and Saturdays 5AM ljafdnem, Teuadaya, Thursdays and Sat. CravhrdrvitU, Mondays and Fridays, BwomngUm, Mondays and Fridays, at* OarrodAurg, Saturdays, at R«

Qa Jf 5 a 5'-A 6 A' SC T*!

^lflA nSd«« T. MOFFATT, y?» January 1 1850^

,v€b,w "tf- & ?i