The Wabash Courier, Volume 18, Number 37, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 May 1850 — Page 2

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THE COURIER,

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Btnrday Morning, H»y 11.HBO.

CANDIDATE,.

Wa ara authorized to announce JAMES H. KELSON a candidate for Sheriff of Vigo County, at the next Auguat election.

Wo an authorized to annotmee EDWIN GARTRELU ^a .acandidaie Count? Auditor aitba mxl Aufcust efcetiosv .i If

WeVa authorized to announce ANDREW ^taH!*»«rc*ndi^forSbertff(^^w^tf, at the i**t A«gwK aiaetioo. **4 0 We are authorised to announce WBttlS K* -ill A MILTON, aaa candidate for Treasurer of Vi|o Comity, s( the next August election. •3 We are authorised to annoenee ALOY DEAN, .p,

eanriidste for Sheriff of Vigo County, at the -jiexi Aojctwt elect torn r4 h'itrx^n^ zi

,NI.iWABASH.—The

WWEW

Wabash Is in good

bfcdaring order, but falling. The Indus* »iry, Hall Colombia, Mayflower end ^Glaucys, went up a day or two ago.

,^MAtc Pox.—We have understood

cthat

pefK?n* living in tha country have ,i)mn prevented from coming into town, *ih. «igh fear

of the umall pox. So far

we are informed, there is not a single ^caaa of that disease in Terre Haute, and ^whether U»ere baa been at ail, la very •doubtfuh There ia no danger, whatever. coming to this place the general ^health is very good.

INSTALLATION.—We understand that ,Jlov. £. N. Kirk, of Boaton, expected i*n Terre Haute for the purpose of In* calling Rev. M. A. Jewett, and will *prencli in Mr. Jewon's Church on tomorrow. Mr- Kirk comes with a high rejn?taiion as a preacher, and expects to remain here a week, during which time, an opportunity to hear choice sermons will be offered our citizens. ,~i Jiili ma,

TELEGRAPH.— During the week we have noticed that the poles for the Chicago and Evansville Telegraph have been put up. The Office of this line is to be in Johnston's building, corner of Ohio and Market streets. Mr. Lee of

the Morse line, has permitted Dr. Hastings of the O'Reily line, to put up the handsomest poles in town. The Dr's. poles are tall and stately, more like the masts of ships than any thing else. ~~~~~~~

COUNTERFEIT/

fhe Cashier of the State Bank of Indiana publishod a card cautioning the public to beware of counterfeits of tho latest 35 bill of the State Bank of Indiana, which have just appeared, flo

•°3^ erii "It can bo readily detected, by observing ibe indistinctness and want of expression in every countenance on the bill, white those of the genuine are distinct and pleasant.

In the counterfeit*, the clouding, the stalks of corn and the basket, near the right hand number, are plain and dis• tinct, while in the genuine they arc acarcely perceptible."

Muss.—The Courier and Atlas, at Lafayette. are having an interesting time concerning the printing of land warrants. The Courier charges the Atlas with printing them, and the Atlas denies, charging the Courier with making no objections to printing them when the matter was proposed. We hope it will not Je necessary for them to take up ^•shooting, sticks" to ••batter" one another's "forms."

Prof. Webster continues in good health, and daily receives his meals from Parker's, a privilege granted to all prisoners who can pay for it. His spiritual adviser, Rev. Dr. Putnam, a Unitarian clergyman from Roxbury, visits him occasionally in his cell, and his wife and daughters twice a week regularly. ~~~~~~~

ANOTHER CRBVAKSS.—The Levee in front of Mad. Trudcau's plantation.about sixty miles above New Orleans, in the Parish of St. Jnmos, gave way on the filth ult.' At last accounts, the breach was two hundred feet wide and six feet doep.t The following plantations were already covered N. A. Ferry's, Capt. -ltorprW, WelhotnX and Mad. L. Le Bourgeois*, It is believed it cannot be stopped, and great damages will conse* quently occur to the^ aborning.plants* tions. vj

Preparations are being made to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th of June next. HOT. Edward Everett has consented to deliver an oration on the occasion. The city authorities of Charleston have voted to unite in the celebration, and have appropriated 91000 towards it. President Taylor ha* been invited, and it ts hoped that he will be able to attend.

Welwpe the Journal Editor will use nts influence in the Democratic meeting at the Court House to day, to induce the Democracy to be lenient" towards the Administration. T"

_Co*M Cu.oa.—We see that some of ear merchants advertise goods of a "Corn color, supposed to be very beeuti. ful." We team that this means a bright yellow, but the general imptecaion here* tofore has been, that enrn made a red color.

CANAL EXCITEMENT.

Quite an excitement prevailed in Terre Haute, on Sunday last, in the neighborhood of the Canals, owing to the "mingling of the waters" of Eel river and the Wabash & Erie, on $aturday evening. From early in the morning till evening, all classes of beings were out; men, women, boys, girls, babies, dogs—in fact, everything that had a conscience reconcilable to the contemplation of internal improvements on Sunday. Men squirted tobacco juice into the water, and looked wise," calculated the beneficial results of the canals to the prosperity of Terre Haute, and the number of boys that would be drowned in the basin during the summer. An enormous quantity of strength was exhausted, trying the gates at the locks, and various improvements suggested in their construction. It is presumed when the locks need repairing, these improvements will be made use of.

On Thursday morning, the <fast> running, never-sink canal boat <Aeolus>, Capt. Sperier, had the honor of being the first boat to pass through the locks, and with her deck crowded with citizens, proceeded round to the basin near the Prairie House. The facility with

THE LAST WEBSTER HUMBUG. The Boston Post publishes the following letter, which it says came through the Post Office, post marked as dated:

TERRE HAUTE. Ind., April 18th, 1850. <To the Editors of the Boston Post:> GENTLEMEN—I feel it to be my duty to inform you, and through you the public, that Dr. Parkman, who was supposed to have been murdered by Prof. Webster, who is now under sentence of death, was in this city on Sunday eve-

person

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which the Aeolus runs over carts and fences, assures us that if the horses work right, the will raise a foam in the CrossCut. During this extensive excursion, it must have been apparent to those participating, that this canal will hold water, and when full enough, will float a

ning last. He came to this place on a canal boat from Covington, and was recognized by a gentleman here who was formerly intimate with him. He accosted him, but Dr. Parkman turned abruptly away, and soon after left in the stage for St. Louis under the name of A. M. Thiston. The gentleman who knew him is R. W. Dillinghamer, of this place, by profession a dentist. He is ready to swear to the identity of this person with Dr. Parkman.

Dr.,J^ark*

Hoping that this statement may be of some effect in at least restraining the too hasty execution of the unjust sentence under which Prof. Webster is now lying,

I remain gentlemen, Yours respectfully, JOSEPH A. ATWOOD. This letter bears such strong marks of humbug, that it needs only to be read to condemn itself. But we will say, in the first place, that there was no canal boat here from the time Dr. Parkman was murdered till the evening of the <nineteenth> of April, one day after this letter is dated. In the second place, it is as hard for this community to find Mr. <Atwood> and Mr. <Dillinghamer>, as it is for the friends of Prof. Webster to find Dr. Parkman. We never saw, or heard tell of these two men before, neither can we find any body in these parts that ever did. In the third place, there is no such name as Thiston on the register at the Stage Office, as a passenger to St. Louis. If the friends of Prof. Webster are so anxious to acquaint the public of the whereabouts of Dr. Parkman, they had better refer them to the Medical College, Boston. ~~~~~~~

Our neighbor of the Journal smooths over the defalcations of Democracy, very adroitly, by saying *'an instance or two of individual rascality" may have occur red. The list of defaulters under De mocratic Administrations shows many more than one or two instances^ Headed by Swartwout, who was a defaulter in a sum greater than a mil/ion of dol lars, followed by Win. M. Price treading in the "footsteps of his illustrious prede cessor," and so on down to the bottom of the list, making an aggregate of money stolen from the Treasury that would im prove all our Western harbors, and riv ers. This is put down as "an instance or two of individual rascality." Such heavy polls are sufficient in all con* science, and Uncle Sam's pocket* could not stand assy such "instances."

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MASSACHU-

SETTS.—The following section of a law

MASSACHU

was introduced into the State Senate, and was supposed to have reference to the case of Prof. Webster:

Any person onder sentence of death at the time of the passing of this act, will be committed to the State prison, to be confined at hard labor until the expiration of one year from the time of his sentence, and until the sentence of death be executed, and the Governor shall issue his warrant authorising and requiring such commitment. ~~~~~~~

Duriifg the celebration of the First of May, in the Lactate Saloon, St. JUrala* the floor gave way, causing the death of tiro ladies, and the scrioos tnjurr of

Julius

boat as well as any other canal. Arrived at the end of the trip, the company disembarked, possessing strong claims for immortality by having been on board the first Eel river boat, and perhaps also fully conscious from the countless im- provements going on here, that Terre Haute is bound to continue taking the shine off all other towns on the Wabash. ~~~~~~~

FROM CALIFORNIA.

r•The steamers Empire City and Georr gia, arrived at New York on the 7th ult., with one month's Inter news. The Empire City brings-8100,000 by passengers, and #1,700,000 in freight.— Stagnation in business has increased, instead of diminished since last steamer. There have been failures among the merchants. Among them. Frank Ward & Co., one of the heaviest houses in San Francisco.

The Alta Californian says the emigration of foreigners to the shores of California, has contiuued throughout the winter and spring, and finds the influx at this point none the less. They come from America and the English colonies. ~~~~~

FROM ST. LOUIS.

GOT. CBITTENPBW HIT. Ate meeting of the citizen* «f Indians* apolis held a| the Court House on the 4th ini4 foMh^iurpose of adopting preinai^ arrangements for the reception of Gov. Crittenden.of Ky., Judge Wickfqovery ol its mouth, and an account of future explorations upwt its shores, dewas called to the chair, and Douglass Maquitafr*ppoimed Secretary. Resolu* sions were adopted and the following committee appointed to meet Gov.

Nicolai, John Co-

burn, David Reynolds. Wm. Sullivan. Wm. Robson, John L. Mothershead.and r» rv WF «t John D. Defrees. ,,,^Gov. Crittenden is to be at Indianapolis on the 29th of this month. 'wi iKtuvir •r-£iAs a committee, composed of a majority of Democrats, is at work investigating the allowance of claims by Mr.

Ewing, and as we are assured from the composition of the committee, that the investigation will be a thorough one, we recommend otir neighbor of the Journal to await the report of the committee. It requires no proof to show that Democratic officers have taken million* out of the Treasury, but it does require proof to show that a Whig officer has taken a couple of hundred thousand, improperly.

'j.jThtveditor of the Lafayfitte Uourier Ts too funny. He pokes his fun at us by making us say five buildings are going up in Terre Haute, instead of fine— just as if any body could coiint the number going up here. ^,1 tew

The Canal boat Aeolus, went out to Lockport yesterday. **rr

ST. LOUIS, May 4th.

The Steamer Missouri buried twelve passengers ou her trip up who had died of Cholera. Several have died since the boat landed.

The steamer Cora is reported sunk at Council Bluffs, and passengers drowned. She was crowded with Mormon emigrants.

Mr. S. M. Hubbell has just arrived from the Plains. He reports very cold weather on the plains, having lost twenty mules at Walnut Creek from that cause. There is, however, good prospects for grass. Buffaloes were met in abundance. A California train, with over one hutndred wagons, was met on the route. ~~~~~

CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on May 3rd, after consuming the morning hours on amendments to the Census bill, Mr. Wiltnot asked that tho Committee of the Whole take up the consideration of the California message, to enable him to make a few remarks. By unanimous consent, the Census bill was then Inid aside and the message taken up. The members drew around Mr. Wilmot, nnd the confusion which prevailed subsided into respectful attention.

Mr. Wilmot then said, that debate oh the subject of California, and the great questions concerned with it, hod in his judgement produced wonderful results. The settled and fixed purpose of Southern men had been discovered, and there was no doubt as to the termination of the conflict: it was to extend slavery over territories. If there was any room for doubt heretofore, there was doubt no longer.«sThere was no question more fraught with consequences than the ultimate decision of that now in hand, and which is to determine the character and position of the Southern portion of the country and it will seuie another question, via whether the government is to be administered in the spirit which gave it birth, or whether an aristocracy, based on slave property and slave representation, shall contrtil it in this aspect. It has been received by the south on the part of southern men, bordering almost on madness. They are bound by no sarred ties to the Union, but banded together as one man, for the accomplishment of their object, end that Is the perpetuity of slavery. There is no disguise in this. The existence of this Union and the stability of the government. is threatened by the wni»h, and in his judgement their spirit of threatening and defiance must be resisted, or the people of the north must be the greatest of slaves. What, he asked, shall the line of our duty be prescribed,under the pressure of treasonable threats 1 Shall we be told what we shall orshaJl not d«», at the pert) of the existence of the »vmem itself If we submit to this atiy longer, oar freedom here and the fundamental principles of the constitution are undermined.

TOT BC*I«ETT HotrsB Sotsaa.—The great soiree at the Burnet !!mse, Cincinnati. is described in some of the Cincinnati papers as a most brilliant affair^. A vety large number of persons were present. and the festivities were kept up with unabated spirit tq a late hour. Altogether, we suppose it was ibe most elegant festal acene ei er enjoyed in the West.

Discovery of the Sources of

Committee of Recrpticm.—E. W. H. Ellis, Douglass MfiguirfclDr. O. S. Ram* sey, Jacob P.! Chapman, Fitbius 'Finch, Aquilla Jones, Dame! Ma Thos. DrWalpOte, John S. Refd^ Jiimes Rariden, Abner T. Ellis, James H. Henry, gs 1® ia*

A cortl%fiiie« was'also lappoimed to make arrangements for the occasion. Committee of Arrangements.—Hugh J. Bradley,

The St. Paul (Minesota and J^^terJn^S te an elaborate inierestfnj^iroS^ Mississippi River, embracing a mention of the dis-

tails with mam^particularity the final ascertainment of its main source, in Lake Itasca, by: Mr, Schoolcrafrin the year 1832. This was more than three hunifreil ^earsjnftedth£ plriod inVtiiicftf its outlet into the Gulf of Mexico was first discovered by the Spaniards-*.

Mr Schoolcraft lad i&en fa zealous nd active imanbertof the expfeditionl in search of the sources of the Father of Waters, under General Cnss in 1820. and well tinderstood the work he had perform, when he started out With his compahy to resume the explorations.— The Chronicle and Register says

He began at the precise point where Pike in 1806, and Cass in 1820 had droptit. He reached the lorge island in upper Red Cedar or Cassina Lake. early in July of that yenr, where he encamped his escort of soldiers, extra men and heavy baggage, and taking five small hunting canoes with Indian guides and steersmen, he traced the Mississippi through all its involutions and expanding lakes and rapids, by its longest branch to its most remote source in h*f5ca lake. About forty-five miles above the Red Cedar, he reached the summit of the Crosswnter or Lac Treverse—n large and beautitul lake surrounded with maples and otherhard wood. He found the river to fall, by a series of small mp*ds, forty-six feet aggregate in this distance. The north end. or head of this lake, wns ascertained to be the most northerly point of ihe main channel of of the Mississippi. It i.« In latitude 47 deg. 28 min. 36 sec. The iraveHer or voyager, above this point, ascends exclusively south or west to its source.

In the course of four or five miles above Lec Traverse, the Pamidjegnma, or Cjr»s5/wnter of the Chippewa, the Mississippi has its primary forks.' 'School* craft took the shortest or left Hattd fork. leading through Lake Plnntngenet,to its source in Assawa or Perch hike—a route by which he avoided many rapids.— From this lake he crossed the highlands of Hauteur des Terres, the men carrying his small two-fathom canoes and baggage 011 thoir backs. The utmost altitude of this above the ocean is 1680 feel. In this route, in which every one Carried something, he was accompanied bv the late Dr. Houghton and Col. Allen, (then Lieut. Allen,) of the army, two geriilemeu, who subsequently disiirigoi.shed themselves in their several departments, and by Mr. Bentwell, a clergyman from New Hampshire, nnd Mr. John Stone of Michigan with Ozawindib, or Yellow Head, a Chippewa chief. as the principal guide. After passing about six miles over fallen timber and bog. now passing through close thickets, and then ascending lofty sand hills, covered with dwarf funeral looking pine. (the pinus bansiamus) he reached Itasca lake, the actual source of the longest nnd main fork of the Mississippi, (the Lao la Biehe of the French on the 12ih of July, 1832, being just 305 years after the Spanish had first, incidentally, descried its mouth. This beautiful lake, which is some five to seven miles in length, reposes amidst hills of marine sand of the drift epoch, and consists of pure springs of water, gushing out in copious rills, without a visible basin.— The Indian term of Tot-osh-cn. (written Itasca in the narrative) and denoting a characteristic property of the female breast, imparts a vivid idea in which these infant sources, of the father of rivers gush from iheir sandy elevation. Its distance from the Gulf of Mexico he estimated at 3.160 miles—the distance from Cass lake at 125 miles, in which space it has one considerable fall, the Ka-bi-ca—and many rapids, during which there is a total descent of 119 feet. The whole journey, out and hack, was 290 miles. Tho entire altitude of the lake above the ocean, as determined by Mr. Nicollet, in 1836, is 1575 feet— which is 105 feet below the summit of tlw environing hills, and its altitude at Schoolcraft's island, the only island in it. at 47 deg. 13 min. 36 sec. which is 25 min. 11 sec. sou'h of the summit of Lac Traverse. From this time the source of the Mississippi has i^aine/i a fixed fact in our geography. t,..

police, and a dvzen srrests—no less

Schoolcraft hoisted a United States flag, on a firm staff, which was saluted by the Chippewas as it went up, and which he left flying, when he took his departure down the main fork of the stream—the fork to which the Indians constantly apply the name of the Mis.MnW. ... ^Lawlessness and riot have the upper harid in Philadelphia!^51 The following article on the subject, from the North American, will be read with regret: •"iFiremen's riots and atrocities of amateur savages associated in ruffian clubs, who make a pastime of crime and a sj»ort of assassination, are as rife amongst us as ever—wtore so. indeed, at the present moment thmra year ago there is scarce a night or day that passes by that we do n«a hear of some mob fight or comer encouater knivea and pismls ate resorted lost each the public looks on and is silent, supine.indifferent and in Philadelphia, civilised Christian Philadelphia—it is difficult to say whether life and limb are not more continually endangered, and the safety of the passing wayfarer less secured, than on the brigand-road* of Mexico, or the wild frontiers of Texas, among bands of ma* randing Camsnches. If there be any connection between public opinion end the efficiency of a preventive service, we may attribute the almost usdem «-b«trarter of the police to the stolidity of the community. The former may capture triaipes tf model artistes.without risking the peril of a» encounter with midnight burglars or midday rimers sad while •be latter si isaue for the preservation. of human bones, piled one upon anothof the Sabbath from desecration by sec-' er. asked the philosopher what he wa* u'ar labor and- pursuits, it forgets to gward It from the more fearful violation of mobism and murder. By w»f city reports yesterday morning, it appears that—not to ipeak of what the reporter call***the usual Sunday rcene*" In the southern and south-western districts, requiring the presence of the Sheriff and

an three murderous firemen's fights took place on that day, at all of which deadly arms were used and blood shed. with the result of hothici^^cominiiietj, at one, if not at two Tpia, twelve and one o'clock, oft'the Sabbath morning, a conflict occuredbetweeiuwo companies in Second si rce^abot|iB Arch, and a man was stabbed to death, flying from knives nnd pistoHhot*to es. sa of a public house, which he reached iilv tq perish. Jlbout one o'clock-two «nJtantad«t»a3w rie&F

hfer ^oihphrrte^ttadti and Callowhil! streets, at which pistols were fl«e^,an4, at we? ace told, several df the belligerents sl|g On Satordiiy tiight, a? ft unfortunate street,

*are ^fhtFy wounded.-— few hours after the

a porter house keeper was stabbed —it is feared, mortally—In another part of Philadelphia, by two men who refused to pay for their liquor.1 On the preceding night, a man was beaten nearly to death, at Sixth street and Franklin Avenue. by two bullies, and carried to the hospital covered, with wounds.

This Is the history of thirty-six hours in Philadelphia, and it is one^oh which the community of Philadelphia ought to do something mor6 than ponder.

~~~~~~~

More of the Explosion of the Anthony Wayne. The Sandusky Mirror of Monday evening last contains full particulars of the late dreadful disaster on Lake Erie. Mr. Eddy of Cleveland, who was a passenger, and who rendered efficient aid to the sufferers, says:

He was sleeping soundly, in a stateroom far aft when the explosion took place. He was thrown from his berth, and with his first consciousness discovered that the wood work was shattered on all sides. Opening his door he saw that it was not a collision. Through the steam he could look down into a mass of ruins at least sixty feet in length, where the fire was already burning. Beyond this chasm, the floor of the steerage cabin was yet standing, on which clustered a terrified group. This was the case at his own extremity of the boat.— The intermediate space, including saloon, partitions, stair cases, open berths, &c., was hurled into ruin by the explosion.

The explosion had been so violent as to disconnect the lower and heavier portion of the boat and the hurricane deck, which was only connected with the sunken hull by the wheel-ropes, continued to float. Upon that deck all the survivors gathered, but it was broken nearly at the middle into fragments.

Previously, however, the word had been given to prepare floats. The mates, with several sailors, took possession of the yawl, and urged all on board to that course. Mattresses were taken from the berths, and doors torn from the falling cabin and piled on the hurricane deck.

Some were too panic-stricken for even these precautions, but all who were living when the hull went down were gathered on the deck. From this hour (2 A. M.) the excitement of fear subsided, but the stupor of despair ensued. The moon was shining brightly, and fortunately the sea was not high nor the

weather cold. Mr. Eddy continued to float, and at length approached the fore part of the vessel. The mast had fallen and a woman was struggling under it.— She was badly injured and died before morning. A negro, very much scalded, was also unable to move and perished.

Mr. Eddy, while laboring to get under the lee of the floating deck, once more came near the other fragment, which was then floating off a short distance. The group here (many of whom women and all scantily clothed) protected themselves with the mattrasses [sic] and bed clothes, which had been collected to meet the danger of sinking. Here poor Elmore the engineer, languished in horrible torture. A demijohn of Maderia [sic] wine was luckily fished up and afforded some refreshment to the sufferers. In this manner the hours past wearily until daybreak.

The Mirror relates the following affecting incident: The case of Mr. Archer Brackney is of thrilling interest. He was on his way from Lafayette, Indiana, to Philadelphia, with the remains of his wife and child, recently deceased. Both the corpses were enclosed in one box.— When the explosion took place he succeeded in dragging his two living children from their rooms, and with them plunged into the water. After swimming around for a short time, <he came in contact with the box containing his wife and child>. Upon this he succeeded in keeping himself and children from drowning, although every wave would roll his frail support and plunge them in the water until, at last, his little boy two years old was drowned in his arms.

After becoming satisfied that his boy was dead, he reluctantly parted with the body and turned his attention to the res cue of the remaining child, who was clinging around his neck, crying, "Papal we shall drown!" He finally succeeded in gaining the floating part of the wreck, with his little daughter, and both were saved. ~~~~~~~

AN ASTONISHrNG INTENTION. The London Mining Journal sa there will shor*.1y be brought before public a new locomotive in which the requirements of either steam, fire air.or water, will be dispensed with its power of transaction, while effective, will be perfectly safe—by it one half at least of the working expenses will be saved.— Advocates of universal pcaco look forward with hoje this agent will exert a powerful influence on ail nations. Distant parts of the world where steamships, from the expense

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. Oae Week Later From Europe. HALIFAX. May 2. imda arri ved, atJO o'ci ock

The C»

'morning, j^oundlagi Sfbnda]

INDIA

fuel, have not be*-n,

will soon be reached with facility. This motive power will advance nil nations by a larger stride than ever steam has yet made.

Alexander the Great, seeing Diogenes looking anenftvely at a large collection

looking fort am searching," said he. -for the bones of your father, but I cannot distinguish them from those uf his slaves." mm -91

James P. Hilikin. Esq.. of this State, has been appointed a member of the board-of visitors to examine the cadeu atf$'estPyBU

She had#iil^«n to LJ|ftd would ha# arrivedlon ad she not been detained by ait

immense quantity of ice some 30 hours, and sustawtedijreni damage to her pkd1 o'clock,

and up to this time has been unfavorable winds. The new steamship City of Gla^ow, Mildd for Iferk on the 16th amid the acclamations of tlie city and thousands of people 1nf dull, and a trifle lower* Western 17 #0 2Island according to quality. Indian Coni.ltTtite 27 6d, which islower, price of yellow was sustained, white was torning lower. Provisions—BarHn active nnd a trifle lower/ 'Sales good at 28s 6d to 29s, rery fideriu 30 to 31s. Pork dull, and good hams are more inquired after. Inferior are neglected,-and line eastern are in -demand at 31 to 3is.— Wert en* at 6 to 7s l«ts. Lard^—sales have been Ynade at a slight advance, holders demand 32s. Sugar—sales at previous rates. Teas reduced a half penny perpotind.

BRBADSTOFFS.—Flour

HN£*

AND

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ENGLAND.—Fromtbe manufacturing districts the new* is cheering, and trade has somewhat improved. The

British

Ministry have met with another signal deleat,and this inn position of the Chancellor* budget. The defeat came unex-

tctedly, and created a great sensation. outbreak has occurred on the Continent, but, from France particularly, reports indicate a very critical state of affairs.

FRANCE.—The Socialists, as the Election draws near, evince the most deadly hit red against the present "Government. They have nominated Eugene Sue. as their candidate for Paris. Who is the opponent of ihe order party had not been determined uport at the last dae*.

The ftinds are sensibly affected, ow* ing to this unsettled staraftf affairs.2 A frightful loss of life occurred at Artgier, on'Monday, by ihe breaking doun of suspension bridge, by which over 300 men of the 10th Regiment of Light Infantry were drowned.

ITALY.—The-Pope has returned to Rome, nnd was well received on his entrance into the city. There was no pomp or public display, beyond the necessary guard nnd stoff.

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.—A

Conven

tion is said to have been concluded between Austria nnd Prussia."

An Austrian officer of high rank, has been arrested in the act of sketching the Prussian fortifications.

The Cabinet of Vienna has espoused the cause of Denmark, in Schesslng controversy., and the probability of a peaceful settlement of that question Is further removed than ever,

SPA tw.-—From Spat1t"ih*ew1s nWlTiiiig new. From Mitlta we learn that the Catholic religion had lieen proclaimed, as the predominant religion of the Is* landi".* 1 jbtte ,buadH* $ifi lRxr.ANn.~Noihing new exept favorable weather for agriculture, and many of the emigrants leaving for the United Slates are people of considerable means.

advices from India and China by the overland mail. Evidences of disqui. etude continue to exist. Tho news from both quarters is satisfactory.

Tho expedition sent by Sr.G. Campbell against the Hill tribes has been defeated with the loss of over 100 men. The Hindoo and Musselman population In the city of Myercrepoor had risen a* gainst each other, under the influence of fanaticism, nnd the city was destroyed by fire. The leaders of the Hungarian revolution having been summoned to surrender within thirty days, air who have not done so have been sentenced to death. A Turkish fleet arrived at Malta on the 8th with 200 refugees on board. They proceeded to Belgium, thence to England, and from thence to the United States. I*

HwifOAttT.—The leaders of the Hungarian revolution, having, nine months ago, been summoned to surrender within thirty days, all who have not done so, have been sentenced to death for contumacy, amongst whom is Kossuth, and Others.

TDKKEY^A letier "from"Constantino' pie, of the Gih says that diplomatic relations have been resumed between Porte and Austria, and that Mr. Church, from theUnited States,had been received by the Sultan in a very flattering manner. is said that the new relations will be likely to prove a very influential one, and that the embassies of America and England will mutually acttogother. The Sultan has added a Christian battallion to each of his regiments. PMLT THE GAXP1IIN CLAIM. ^A Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Courier says— I

tays the

The Committee of Investigation in the Galphin Claim are pursuing the most rigid and searching system of Inquiry, not only into the official facts, but in regard to everything attending the passag# of the Bill in Congress and its allowance before the Executive departments. Sufficient evidence ho* already been elicited to exonerate the members of the Ca* binet from impropriety, and to establish, beyond all question, that the whole story originated in a malicious purpose of personal resentment against Mr.Crawford, because he was stern hi enforcing what lie believed be the rules and rights of the military service. On this point the testimony between the accuser anr! a number of persons referred to, is in direct and positive conflict. Between the respective statements there is no possibility of reconciliation consistent with trath or honor. The public will have to deckle upon the weight of evidence. The examination yeaterday re* suited in establishing the authorship of the libellous letter in the New York Express—which famished the Union and it* confederates with the ammunition for their slanders and imputations upon ihe Cabinet upon a person recently discharged from one of the departments for neglect of duty and other causes, which may appear hereafter^'oi

We learn from tho National Intelli-

fencerCol.

that Heorv Clay, Jr, son of

»ieut. Clay. 01 the Kentucky voluni leers, killed at Buena Vista, has been appointed a cadet in the United States Miltwry

NRCREASMO LOITGEVXTY* The assertion of Dr. Stevens of New York, hi a recent lecture, that the longevity of thq^jhDm^n face was gradually jticrewilng tp^er tpe influence of the improver|ent# In the medical profession, has bedi) reviewed by Professor Gatchell of the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati. taking an extended view of tho fifths furnished by history and statistics, and showing that from ihe timo of the Roman empire down to the present day, a progressive amelioration in the condition of man. and an increase of avemgo longevity,bad beeu taking pi count of improvemjbnts in i&di suits, tlae c«aufort4md sef&ihm Uuiraced the operation ofaUese csusaift in Great Bri nin, producing on i^ve^ge lofigeyiiy .at present nearly |t#ic#' as great as in the days of the heptarchy, and the Mibseq uem periods anterior the establishment of the rights of tho people. To attribute the increase of longevity to the labors of the rttedscal profession, he considered contradictory to the wholp testimony of history. It would be far more rational, he thought, to attribute the improvement to the steam-enginer, and printing-press, the magna charta, or any other of the great agencies bleb have assisted the progress of civ]lija lion. 'iy"

MELANCHOLY COINCIDENCE. 7 The National Intelligencer, in notice ing the removal of Mr. CalhounV re* mains from Washington, says that it was marked by a coincidence so sad and touching that they are induced to give tt

to their read Mrs: "^pn Mr Cafhoun's journey^ to Washinjftotl 1asf jfc)t!ceriiber. he W*aV, nmbng other»i wccoitifmnied by Hon. Mr. Hilliard, his excellent wife, and his intbres* ting and mpst promising son, a youth of seventeen years. Yesterday that interetiug youth, accompanied by his bereaved and deeply afflicted parents,, was borne back to the south a Corpse,, itt tho same conveyance which bore the corpse of his late distinguished fellbw-traveler. They came together and together returned—but under circumstances how sad and how different from what either then imagined 1 -.ft disomy ,)w mmsmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn

DIED,

la Tsrfs Haute, on the ath inst of Conswmp. tion. Mr. WIU.IAM PERKINS, *«ED 39 yrara.

AN ORDINANCE, Levying

tax Jor the year

T&wti

1850.

QKC. I. JBfit ord'inei by the Common Council OQ/" the

of Terr? Hitute,

ing

disignaied

b«

buWject

THAI IHA

ATTMOSIIINONT nnd

ent y«*or,

to-wit

All

carriages,

fotlow-

property within

this incorporstion

taxation for the

PFTRS-

IBIKIB

nml

their

1 (TREAT

tor,

T«nwiitfni». ^HSRWJITA-

AJIIMRTENNNCEH, all

niture, nil

ANIL all othur

hoawliold lur-

uivrdiaiitiise, tnont»Y»

tlie

imerect

persons to bv taxed more

owins

than

th»y

pay in-

delita owing to

solvent person* more

all moneys on hand, tools nnd

in trade,

TU«M troni

tlinn

they are indebted for,

linplenienta,

horses, niulcs, a3aes,

csaclios,

stock

caille

and hofi,

buggioo,

•axes levied for tho present

less

amount, nnd

Attest:

wngom, drays and

carts,saddles and harness, clucks,watches, musical instruments, gold and silver ware,and JEWELRY, maps, pHintin^s and

kUiiunry

salt, hides,

ed or in vnts, lumber,brick,

finisli-

icrain,

JJUFK and lard

and Hour not inreiuM for shipment, and all

personal

property not hennn

otbir

enumerated: a poll

on all male portions (Sane nnd not paupers) over the AGE of twenty-one and under fifty years, and all hinds included in tho extension net, upproved February

16ih,

satnu

CHINA.—There are Inter

1HJD other than where the

are laid out into buildinjr lots, TO be taxed not exceeding the amount levied

the county for

road purposes, and WHEN* 111 id out in building Jqtn, to be taxi'd the sntne as if included in the orrginal limits of the incorpo*a ion.

SEE. 2. Jit it further ordained. That the

rate

TEEN CENTS on every hundred dollur's

of property, and at the

Cabinet Wareroom.

TIIE

undeisigned has comm«nc«i the Cabinet Making Ikwiness, in the shop lately occupied by Wm. H. west, nearly opposite the American Hotel, at the itign of

THE BEDSTEADS,

Where he is prepared to fill all orders, from Vcradle to a coffin, with promptness, and in as good style and Hnisn. and with as gooJ materials as st any ahop in Indiana. Those in want of any article in the CABINET LINE, aw requested to call= and examine specimens and prices. il All kinds of Lumber and Produce takeh in exchange for work. JACOB BITES.

Terre haute, May 1J,'50-37-1£ ,,,4

Jewelry of all Descriptions.

CJOLD

I PEiNCILS, Chains, Keys Pins, Rings, Jenny Lind Ear Rings Gold Brscelet Clasps, a beautilul article new style Glass Bet Pins, for men card Cases, Thimbles, and all other necessary articles too numerous to be enumerated, just received at 8. R. FREEMAN'd, m»yi37tf. 1

Watches,

THE

largest and best selected nssortrpfht of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, of very description direct from Ha tiapasiesa»is now oai hsndond for sale at very Jow prices st the Jewelry store 4 R. FREEMAN, £aA sMe at the Public Squpro, Terre Haute. iaayll-37U.

year,

ahall

he FOUR

worth

tnme rata

lor A greater or

that the tax

each poll shall

be FlF'l'Y CKNTS. "IWI* A a 6 I 8 6 0 A S W M. HARRISON, rrasideot.

D. S. DA:VAU)SON, Clerk.

Terre Haute, May 8, 1850-37-3W

WOOL! WOOL!! WOOL!!!

BRING

on your *Vool if you want it enrded or exchanged for Cloth. I ntn prepared at my mi'l with a large nssort meat of cloths to exchange for wool—and to those who want Carding Hnd Fulling done, Twill say that I am always remlv.

ARBA HOLMES.

Terre Haute, May 10 1850. 37-3m

Sil^r Spoons.1

LARGE assortment of Silver Table. Tea,[ Mustard, Salt. Sugar and Cream Spooney ntperior Ladles, SognrToairs «nd 8coojfs, noWi lie st Nsw York price* by }. R. FREEMAN.

on hand and for 1 tnayll-37tt. S.

STEELofBeads

Q1LVER,

snd Bag Clasps a fair assort^

ment Pocket knives Wostenholmes*, Rodgers" and Wade St Batchers' razors, Vhe best ini' the orW. on hand and for sale by .a»yll-31ti:nm ?, .it ^S.R.FREEMA1^.

Raxor Strops. nl

QHAPMAN^ Magic Razor StrepJ, the onlr really good strop now 11-arr£

may 11

in use, for sale by S..R. FREEMAN.

Spectacles.wmmiX

German Stiver, Steel ami Plated Specs.

O to suit ail ages. Amongst the lot will be fouaa' complete ssAortment of concave -pecs for near-, sighted people, ua hand and for sate Hy 8. R. FREEM

maylJ It Is a fact worth knowing »HAT the cheapest foods in Terre Haute are I lobe tod st Dl)iSSttre weet of the Pub-' lie Square in the Ross Buildings. mayll-37tf.

Daring the year 1850

GRSSAT

Cheap Gooas at I)U Y*S Store, in the Koss' Buildings, We»t of the Ptiblic Sqtinre. S7if. latest News from the East

GREAT

excitement and great arrival ofCheapf Goods. The subscriber thankful for formen patronafe w*uki call the attention of buyers fe his spring stock just received, consisting ol the usual assortment, and at prices lo low dint they caimot fell to suital!. CHARLES A DUV, 37tf. Rosa Building. West oi Public Sqnorev

Chambrey Ginghams.

JU9T

Bargaias can be had iu the way of

arrived Blue,Green, Pink, snd BeffGing4 hama. CHARLES A. DUY. 37-tf

Ross

Buildings, Weat of Public Square.

Spring Style for 1850.

IUTT received 1 ease esfm fine Moicskin IfstS. «l lateatsaring «»ie. CH ARLES A. DUY, '37-tf Roes BusliHrt *, Wt«tof PublicSqiiu.*1^