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THE CQUltlER-

E S S E O N A E IT O

E E A

Saturday Mon^iby 29,1852

WHIG TICKET.

"'MPor Governor,

^JflCHOLAS McCARTY,. OF MARION frPMTY.

For

Fdr lieutenant Governor, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY,

FT Trtaturer of sU

SIMON P. HADLEY, of Hendricks c£. For Auditor of State, DOUGLASS MAGUIRE, of Marion co. 7*Zi

Secretary of State,

JOHN OSBORNE^ of Clay county, For Reporter cf Supreme Court, A*. L. OSBORN, of Laporte county.

For Clerk of Supreme Court,

JAMES A. STRETCH, of Grant county, For Superintendent of Common Schools, IAARON

WOOD, of Putnam county.

Judges of the Supreme Court,

Diat. 1. JOHN B. HOWE, Lagrange eo. "w« 9. CHARLES DEWEY, Clark co. 8. DAVID McDONALD, Monroe co. 4. SAMUEL B. GOOKINS, Vigoco. *4 ^ELECTORAL TICKET. .1 SSNATOKIAL ELECTORS, HENRY S. LANE, of Montgomery county. PLEASANT A. HACKLEMAN, of Rush co. ,/• DiaTlUCT TTECTOSS. 'H.« MDist 1- LBMUEL DEBKULIK, Dubois county

IF. 8. Joes D. FUSGUSON, Clark county 3. Capt. SCOTT CARTXK, Switzerland co 4.

JUHM H. FABQUEAK, Franklin county 5. DATIK Kiwoas, Delaware county 6. FABIUSM. FINCH, Johnson county 7. RICHARD W. THOMPSON, Vigo county 8. G. O. BEHM, Tippecanoe county 9. T. S. STAWTIKLD, St. Joseph county 10. JAMES S. FKAZISR, Kosciusko county 11. Jobs M. WALLACE, Grant county

The Democratic Review for April continues to discourse on Fogyism. From

Som

long

article we make the following extract: "But the worst effect of this fogydom is, that without principle upon which to base its actions without progressive ideas to popularize and ellure support, it has necessarily been forced, that it might effect its merely personal ends, to make use of subterfuges, of corruption, and of schemes, in utter antagonism to Democracy, and disastrous to the pro-

resa and character of our country. Fogyhits been compelled to subsist for years on promises to pledge itself to this and that rival, to this and that local demagogue, to take off its bat to the small wire-puller of the little village, and dole out its conditional notes of the Hp for 'situations' and support. There is not a petty claqueur, or grocery orator, or ward leader of Democratic influence, who cannot produce frail his breastfob carefully treasured for the coining day, which is never to come, promises and pledges from one or other of the old fogies, and often from Haifa dozen rivals together. These imbn*poiftfcartl precisely in the condition of an idle but imaginative huckster of other peopled wares, who has protested bills out in every direction, bills again protested, which, in the hope of deriving at some future day some small income for himself, he is new perfectly willing to renen again and to increase to any amount.— It would take four Democratic administrations under the complete direction of GenerCass to enable him to pay the promises with which for years he has flooded the country and has imposed upon his friends."

A new club has just been started at Paris —the club of the Parvenus. The conditions of admission are novel, and are strictly enforced. A candidate must prove that he entered on life without patrimony or distinction of any kind, and that he obtained, by Ms own efforts eminence in the arts, sciences, literature, or politics. Among the members of the club are andent ministers, painters, writer*, savans. Candidates muat be admitted by an unanimous vote, white beans being used for that purpose. A single red

^dd|,&eiKttW«?

didate for Admission*

GOOD HIT.—The Cincinnati Commercial saya that when Mr.

But it

R^Tfae

friends in Indiana.

THE NEW YORK SLAVE CONVICT. A day or two ago we published a statemenf that Go*. HonVof New Y^rk, had par* donod a fugitive sl*vft two days before the expiration of his sentence, for laroeny. It gives us pJeaaore to recaive explrnation of thia affair, and aa we io not wish to do injuatioe to Gov. Hunt, we public the following, written by him to a friend in New York in reply to the newap&per charges of having pardoned out the Maryland slave, to prevent a reclamation of him by hia owner. The Governor nay a: "The newspaper statements to which you refer are erroneous in several importaut particulars. An application was made to me a few day a before his term expired to pardon him on the ground of his innocence. "It was clearly established by the proofa presented «to me that he had been convicted of crime which he never committed. He was sent to the state prision for a larceny which never ocourred. Ujider these circumstances I considered his imprisonment a clear violation of la«v. "I granted the pardon, therefore, not aa a (fcvor,%ut as a right. It waa an exercise of justice aud not of in prey. In my action upon this as upon all similar applications, I intended to bo governed by the intrinsic merits of the case. It was not known tp me that he was a fugitive slave. "At the time of granting the pardon I had no knowledge or suspicion that Snowden was the fame person referred to in the letter addressed to me by Dr. Allen Thomas, of Maryland. Indeed, it did not occur to my mind that I had received such a letter until my attention was subsequently called to the fact. This inadvertence will not surprise you who know something of the immense pressure upon the Executivefor pardons, and of the hundreds of applications constantly pending before me. ••On referring to the letter of Dr. Thomas 1 find that it contains no expression or intimation of a design to pursue and reclaim Snowden as a fugitive slave. It was not for tne to assume that his inquiry was made with any such intention. It is the first instance that has come to my knowledge where a distant owner has attempted to regain possession of a slave who had been convicted of felony. "When it has been satisfactory shown that an innocent man is confined in the State prison, I have never stopped to inquire whether he is black or white, bond or free. To detain him longer would be a flagrant subversion of law and justice. IS* i. A fe*v years ago when Stages and Railroads were the speediest mediums for conveying intelligence over the country, people were content to wait till ample time bad elapsed for their transmission from point to point. In this section of country we did not expect news from Washington, Baltimore, and other eastern cities, under five or six days. Now we have the increased facility of the Telegraph for receiving news, our anxiety to hear it at the very earliest moment it is possible to communicate it, has correspondingly increased. Any important matter has scarcely time to transpire in the East before the people of the West are expecting the news by Telegraph. Some degree of impatience is even manifested that the Telegraph is not quick enough. What will be put in operation next to supply the thirst for early news, some inventive genius must devise.

-HOH.

Dempster, the vocal-

its* went to Indianapolis, he

Xke

did not much

the looks of things and almost concluded not to give a concert. He so expressed himself to Mr. Ttrttle, the proprietor of the Palmer House, who told hira not to be ONeasy.

did not avail much, and finally

Mr. T. offered him 960 for the profits of the conceit. The bargain quickly closed, and the recall was, net proceed*, $133—Mr. Tuttle paying the concertiser $60, and sinkin $ 8 3 in a os

Lafayette and JndiaanapoKs flUffroad

IS progressing finely. The people of Thorntown, Boone county, having

just apprecia

tion of the value of the Railroad to their town and surrounding country, are preparing a grand public dinner to be given on Friday next to the citixens of Lafayette, and all others who way cbooee to participate and rejoice with them over the completion of the reed lo that place.

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Canto CAWCELTE* PoefAet STAHM.— WITHIN the last ten days THE postmaster at Utica, N. Y.,bas detected three persons who have used post

stamps

which have been used

on letters, and madu two of them pay the penalty of their fraud on the department-— The penalty is

fifty

dollars for eeeh offence.

W. K. Davidson formerly printer in this place paid us a visit yesterday. Mr. D. has Ibeen for some time publishing a paper

Sacra mettle, and is

i* "o

topic of remark, has somewhat given way for a day or two, to the general desire to know of the proceedings Of the Baltimore Convention. As we receive the ballotings the interest increases. The very next ballot may be the one th*t decides wbo is to be the Democratic candidate. Of course all persons, of nil parties, who take any interest in politics, are on the qui vive to hear who is nominated for the exalted office of President of the United States.

J. BAKHET

now

on a visit among old

The Madison Banner tells us that at

pigeon shooting at the Big Spring on the J7tl» ult., fifty birds were let go on the first round, forty-one of which were killed. WTFF'''

Through tiekets to York, via Cincinnati, Buffalo or Dunkirk,can be had in Madison for #18, or $16 from Cincinnati. •j-j-.Tuiryiri-Tifiri-M* *if

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The published

census of

PECULATION 35,780,62$,

France ahowa

ASD THE

TEK..—-The

FBEKCH MUS

Washington Republic states that

the Hon. John Barney has been summoned before Justice Goddard, upon the complaint of M. Le Compte Sartiges, minister plenipotentiary of France, to answer to a charge of libel contained in recent publications. Mr. Barney waa placed under security in the sum of ten thousand dollars, to appear at the next term of the criminal court, to answer a charge of libel and a further sum of five thousand dollars to keep the peace.

tiltt is presumed there will be considerable quantities of soda and juleps disposed of afffir the nominations are made by the Democratic Convention. All around town we observe gentlemen who do not wish to embark very deeply in the way of a bet, guaranteeing their indebtedness of juleps, &c., if the Convention does not act in accordance with their expectations. The thermometer at 90, yesterday, suggested something cooling as a wager, but to-day the temperature of the weather creates an aversioni|£, %nd hints at something warmer. "'1

.TRKASCRKR

Mr. Hadley is an old rwident of Hendricks county, and is represented aa a worthy man and well qualified for the office of TrcasTTRCP OT a*.

Young Montesquieu, the insane young Frenchman, who waa concerned in the terrible tragedy at St. Louis, has been committing further violence si nee his return to France,and has been lodged in an insane asy-

Greek Slave waa visited by Wge number of jjereona yesterday. Our citiaens wiU remember that thia is die last day of its exhibition here, and another opportunity to aee this work of art may not occur soon

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Georgy's book on Hungary was suppresaed by Austria, supposed in consequence of asserting that fee Hungarians were on legitimate POUND to their indenpendence.

BALTIMORE COXVKXTIOV.—John W. Davis of Indiana appointed President,and the twothirds rule adopted—See Telegraph for par ticulars.

The Democratic Presidential Candidates and the Compromise. The Richmond -Enquirer publishes tbe letter of Robert G* Scott, Esq., addressed to the different gentlemen whose names have been brought forward as the Candidates gf the Democrat!eparty for the Presidency,enquiring of them as to thoi& fealty to the Compromise -Measures and willingness to veto any bill which might be paaaed repealing the fugitive slave law, with the replies received from Messrs. Win. H, King, R.F Stockton, Sam. Houston, Linn Boyd, D. S. Dickenson, G. M. Dallas, Thus. J. Rusk, Jus. Lane, W. L. Murcy, Gen. ^Vool and Lewia Casa. All of theke gentlemen, in terms more or leas direct, avow their friendliness to the Compromise measures aud their readiness if elevated to the Presidency to veto any law which might have the eflbct of repealing or rendering nugatory the provisions of the ftigitive slave law. Messrs. Stockton, Boyd, Dickenson and Rusk say that they do not consider themselves candidates for the nomination.

The Rail Road, from Lafayette to Crawfordsville is completed to within one mile of Crawfordsville. The road has commenced carrying passengers, quite a number of whom go on the cars every day. ~~~~~~~

A telegraphic despatch state* that Sena tor Berrien of Georgia has resigned and that Robert M. Charlton has been appointed to fill the balance of his Senatorial term, which will expire on the 3d of March 1863,

COLUMBIANS.—A telegraph from A. J. Higgins requests us to say that the COLUMBIANS will be in Terre Haute and give a Concert on Wednesday night the 9th of June

Telegraphic despathee from the Baltimore Convention, tip to the 25th ballot, will be found under the Telegraphic head in another column. £,W"

Mr. Mixer being asked if he believed in the spirits, answered,"Yes 4th proof."

honie and of fire side were to be preferred. Now that the statesman is wasting away, her presence would doubtless alleviate his sufferings, and^prepare

she is too old to come. She could not bear the toilsome journey from Lexing ton and she remains as if it were a watcher for the fatal news. A few days ago, she sent Imn a boquet of flowers but when they reached here they were faded—a melancholy evidence that both the giver and receiver were fast hastening to that bourne from whence no traveler returns. The old man eloquently held it to his lips for a few seconds, and s«id, with a mournful pathos, 'the perfume is almost gone!' But not so with his fame. That will iive forever green in the memory of man. Mis physical frame will decay, but his great history

«'illplace,

STATE.—Achilles Wil

liams, the Whig nominee ft* the office of Treasurer of State having declined accepting the nomination, tbe State Central Committee met at Indienape'ls on Saturday eve-, niag last, ai»d selected Smow T. HADLEY, of Hendricks eoonty, for that place.

Among the strangers in Washington, 5s Granville John Pe.,a, Esq., of England,great' bow andeat a little tea and a bucket full of grand ton of the founder of Pennsylvania. pigeon broth

ne**er be forgotten. Of him an^of 8 in the regard of men, in the dim future, it may be well said:^ "You may break, you may ruin the vase "if jrOu

WIHF

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But tbe scent of tho flowers will bang around it

The TnrilT. ^''^s

A telegraphic d§»nat,ch from Wash: ington says.—^Jpi" A caucus, consisting of the Iron masters of Pennsylvania, headed by exGovernor Porter, all the Buchanan members from Pennsylvania, but one, and the interest of alternate section grants for the confftructloo of State Railroads, was held, and propositions made find agreed to, for carrying all the land bills now before Congress, and substituting home valuations for the present system of levying duties.

This would increase the present tariff by about 25 per oent, that is it would add 10 per cent, to 50 per cent, ad valorem, and increase taxation by about twelve millions of dollars per annum.— As a consequence of this agreement, the Missouri Railroad Hill passed this morning. Let us see whether Missouri w,ll now pay Pennsylvania in turn.— Suppose to morrow, or the day after.— One of the New England member*, a Democrat, who had received notice to attend the caucus, spurned the proposition with indignation.

I once escaped at a table the well meant per ecutious of the kind-hearted wife of a medical friend, from whom, ever nndanon. came the inquiry of what I would take ne*tf This had b«en so often repeated that 1 had begun too look round, fearing that my character, as a teacher by example, might suffer, and replied that, "If she pleased, I would take breath."—It waa saucy and ungrateful, but it was good-naturedly received and underwood.

TKE MAIKB LAW tw RHODE ISLAHTD. Newport openly defies the liquor law just paaaed by the Legislature of Rhode Island. The Newport Daily New announces that "summer visitors can obtain just aa much liquor as they want, and just as freely as ihey have heretofore bad it,*'and

asks the press

iiPQIIUTIVKWX«ABT SBNATK,

with the

THE WIFE OF HENRY CLAY. Forney, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, though he hos retired front the editorship of "the Pennsylvanian, still furnishes the paper with an interesting series of sketches entitled 'Glances at Congress,'* in which he takes connected views of things in general at Washington.* In his last number, be thus alludes to the venerable consort of the great American Statesman, who is now dying in the Federal City: "Do you know that Mrs. Henry Clay has never visited Washington?— Her domestic character seemed to have been formed fur the quiet shades of Ashland and though her woman's heort beat high when she saw 'young Harry with" his beaver on,' in the midst of the greatest events that have made his name llustrious, yet by her the blessings of jng for the construction of levees the general assessment

May 31.—Petitions from cit

izens of Btraton eotinty* to IegffUl« certain land titlea, presented Various billa laid on tho

taoiln, the provlalon

which art il reedy adopted. The reports of the Auditor end TW»urer, re* lating to the swamp lands, were ordered to be printedin the documentary journals. Rill for the destruction of wolves ordered to engrossment, Bill for the protection of SHEEP from dogs,

referred

to agricultural committee.. Bill to en« force the 13th article of the conwUution failed for want of constitutional majority.

Bill for enlarging the Insane HOI' pita), passet) to Its third reeding* BW fixing salaries

of officers waa introduc

ed. Bills on their second reading, and messages from the House, disposed of. Bill to repeal the charier of Vndiena|o* lis

wavordered to

engrossment.

The order of the day being tHe consideration of the common school

most

the afternoon

discussion. TheSen«e decided in favor of consolidating the whole school fund, ^THE voto by which the bill regulating weights and measurrs was passed, in the forenoon, wee reconsidered, and the bill referred to a select committee.'

House.—Reports from the judiciary committee, the cemmittee on military affairs, and from a select committee,

coosideration of which the

House employed the entire forenoon. In the afternoon, Mr. Hunt, from the committee on scientific and benevolent institutiona, reported back the bill providing for the government of the

Deaf and

Dumb Asylum,with amendments,which were adopted, and the bill ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Smith of M. introduced a bill relative to city ordinan* ees. Tho

Blnkely Family were invited

favor the House with a few patriotic songs. A bill for the prevention of frauds and perjuries a bill regulating triala of

the rights

taken up. but fulled

of property and a

bill for the incorporation of towns, were read a third'tlme and passed. The bill fixing the salaries of

State officers Was

pass, for want of

a constitutional majority.

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Paris is now connected by Telegrrfjph with Amiens and Boulogne.

House ad

SENATE. June 2.—Bills passed toreg u'ate weightr and measures and to make some general provisions regarding rail roods. Most of the forenoon was taken up in discussing the common school bill on its third reading.

In the afternoon the salary bill was discussed, but before

on,

final action

was laid on

there

the lable. The school

bill was again taken up, and finally

sed—ayes

pas

26, noes 19. The Senate

adjourned. HOUSE.—-A remonstrance,against the passage of the Maine liquor law, was presented and referred. Mr. Nelson INTRODUCED A joint resolution for the relief of purchasers of Wabash and Erie Canal lands read a first time. Several bills were passed, to-wit: a bill in relation to the qualification of officers of 'municipal corporations a bill provid

bill

and a supple

mental bill to one recently passed granting a special term of the 'Tippecanoe Circuit Court. A bill to authorize rail-

tal stock, failed for want of constitution-, al majority. Mr. Doughty introduced a bill providing for certain appeals, which was read a first time. The probate bill wnathen taken up, amended, and partly read a third time when the House adjourned.

In the afternoon the House resumed and finished the reading of the probate bill, which was passed. Mr. English introduced a bill to tax the Wabash and Erie canal, tvhich was read a first time Mr. McConnell, from ihe committee on fees ond salaries, reported back a bill regulating the fees of officers amended by striking out from the enacting clause and inserting a new bill, which was read a second time. House adjourned.—Stale Journal.

E^t V.,BEIfTO» AND CICEitO. There exists few greater egotists than Col. Thomas Hart Benton. In a speech which he recently made in Jackson co., Missouri, he said: "I have said there was no example in history of

a public

we have

mon conspired against

and endangered like me, for having rendered a great service to his country. But it is a mistake. There is an exam pie of ii

but only

onel and for

Mote fortunate than

The

to make

the feet generally known.—Nev York Suttday Tunes. ,i Poor Hans, be bit himself

witJi a snat-

tle rake, and was six in HI« bed six long weeks in de mom of August, and all de time he zay vaterf vater! and he did eat noting until he gomplained of being better, so as he could stand upon his el

that

was

one

search ncptr towo thousand

years back, and it is very parallel when found. It is the case of Cicero, and his suppression, not compromise, of the Catilinian conspiracy—and his fate for having rendered that service to his country, lie

exited and driven

way by hia enemies, surviving accom PI ices of the conspiracy he had crushed —victim of their audacity, and timidity of himself and friends. Ue was brought back by the people, restored by them to his honors, and then assasslna ted by bis enemies, bowing the neck to reoeive the stroke of the aword.

EASE it much like his, but not entirely. Like him 1 denounced a conspiracy against my country, and attacked the conspirator#—saved the country by AR rousing the people—and have been ex iled, not from the country, but from the Senatorial office—apd life endangered And that is as far as the parallel goes

Cicero, I have

courageous friends, and some courage of my own. My eneaiiee ere far less dangerous than hie—lesa so than An tony and Claudius, but equally wicked, and 1 shall not bow the neck to their stroke. All 1 ask is, no hitting from behind! and no shooting from a crab apple thicket!

Legislature of Massachusetts hat

paaaed a bill providing for three establishments for paupers, to be located

different parts of the

sent who are nnable to provide for their own support. The object is to ttansfer from towns

tbe Commonwealth the

support of emigrants wbo arrive in this country and need TOJBO provided four

paupers. Beef cattle, the N. Y. Journal of Commerce SAYSF are coming in larger numbers than ever from the States at the West to the N. Y. market^ The Columbus (O.) Journal says a Urge amount of stock is awaiting shipment at that point and at Buffalo and Dunkirk.

MEATS, AMD ravus. Tbe circle of market huckstering extends with the Increase T*f1UH ROAD|,FR? It threatens to become general over whole country, so far at least

the local demand,

bill,

waa

devoted to Its

It finds

ready aceesss to New York, South and North West, the papeta complain of it as a grievous evil* Chicago Is el most deprived of Mais, and Baltimore and Norfork of Fruits and Potatoes. Our New YORK^ hucksters freight the Southern Steam packets, while the New York meat monopoly burthens the Western Railways. Orders go out in every direction, even by TeTej|rsph, to buy, to buy qoickly,

to buy

to buy anyhow.

The

says that

The

Chicago Price Current saya, the Eastern demand baa almost drained the country of beef cattle. Every four-foot-ed animal in tbe shape of a hog is engrossed in the same way even NAT hogs" and "dead hogs," are said to "go quick." Sheep, lambs and calves are also in demand. The firstlings and lastllngs of every flock are THROWN INTO the shambles of the Railroad. "Butter is scarce beyond precedent, and egg* would be, but that tbe warm weather ii something too much for distsnt consumption.

Bajtimoro American

strawberries are scarcely to be

had for city use. The Roanoke steamship carried from Norfolk last

trip, fifty-

seven barrels, ten barrels early cherries, and two hundred and thirty-eight barrels green peas. Half a million of dollars will be realised by the

gardeners from the trade the

Norfolk

present

seasonA gentleman informs us that the Harlem Railroad is making #300 a day freight on milk from the line of the .road in Winchester, Duchess, Putnam #ND Col mbi a count!

es.

It is certainly strange in the face of all these signs of abundance tending to New York, that marketing of

all

sorts

yet tends to higher instead of lower prices. But so it is at present, and we can only live in the hope that as the season of Fruits and Flowers, and the yield of the fatthings of pastoral and grazing in dustry advance in supply, they will, from the pressure of competition, recede in cost.

Our allusion to the agency of the Telegraph is no joke. A friend applied to a huckster*woman not long since for a brace of game of a particular des cription. "None to-day,sir," was the reply,"but day after to-morrow you may certainly have them for Sunday's din ner, fresh from Illinois. My agent tele grephed from

Chicago

they

Aaolher Marriage Extraordinary. A Toving couple, natives of the emer aid

Isle, now residents

ited

ted. Rev. Mr. Dupontavis, in the kindness of his heart and-in pity of their unfeinged grief, concluded to accompany them on the Prarie Bird over the river. The moment the boat touched the opposite shore, the impatience of the groom could brook no further delay. On the deck of the Prairie Bird, with the canopy of heaven above them* the sweet zephyrs playing around them,and waving the glossy curls of the expectant bride, the holy man joined them together in Hymen's bonds. The ceremony was concluded, the now happy husband, seizing the hand of his loving spouse, exclaimed: "And shure,

that

resounded

Catha

rine, bejabers, end the ugly river

can't

keep you from after being MY OWA sweet wife, now honey," at the same time saluting her blushing cheek with a kiss

went to America, and aeuled at Baltimore, where he made a large fortune. He had a son who married an American lady, and the latter outliving her busband, became Marchioneaa^of Weltesly. His daughter married to Jerome Bona* parte, and after her separation from him, wedded Monsieur Surruir, the French consul at Baltimore. What would old Mortality have said, as he poured among the neglected grave-atones in Scotland, had he foreseen the widow of his grandson was to become the

AN OTN PEDESTRIAN.—The FAIRFAX (Va.) News has the following account of an extraordinary feat: "Mr. John Shield, who is now in his 93d year, started from his residence in this county on the morning of the 4th inst, and walked all the way to Alexandria the same day—the distance being full eighteen milee! On the following Tuesday, be left Alexandria on his return, and after walking upward of a mile he discovered that he had forgotten a package belonging

liged to retrace

State.

establishments those foreigner*

To these

will

to him he waa

hia steps, and after

curing the missing parcel he again commenced hia journey, and reached this place early the same evening! All things oonaidered, thia "round trip" of our old venerable fellow-citizen is one of tbe most remarkable feats on record."

Ait AKBBICAN IN PaisoN AT HAVANA. —It ie stated that an American

Ail proper

engineer

has been in prison in Havana since Sep tember last, because a locomotive of which be had charge, ran off the track by coming in contact with on ox. No one was hurt, and the pas»*igers at the time fully exonertted him from ell blame. V* J'

measures

have

of the prisoneri

been taken

by the Department of State for the releaie

Hone laetef te Half*

The following description ot horse racing in li*iy |g uken from, M'Gill's a el

The

HOFIDJI

nin'WITHOUT

wrge them on,

the

at an advance on

rijleft, end, to

little balls with sharp

points in them are hung to their aides, which,

WHEN ihe horses are employed in

trade, act

spurs.

pieces of

through the air, makes a loud rustling noise, and frightens them forward. 1 was much amused with the horse raeet at Ancone. A gun is fired when they first atart that preparations may be mede to receive them et the

ether

end.—

When they have run half way another gun is fired, and a third when they arrive at the goal. To ascertain without dispute which wins

the

reee,

across the

winning post a thread is stretched, dippad in red lead, which, the victor breaking it, leaves a red mark on his chest, and this red mark IA decisive.

To guard

the course, a great number of Boman soilders under arms were arranged on each side of it, from one end

to the oth

er. The morning after tbe first race! was sitting with the Governor, when A message ecrived from the

General,

re-

queating that the race might be deferred till another day, aa he thought the weather too cold

to put

tbe troops tinder

arms. Tbe Governor replied to him: "That as the weather was not too cold for the Isdies, be thought waa not too cold for the Roman soldiers." I HAM seen on

a day wlticb

to be about

were

in Kentucky, vis

our city laat week, with

the "legal

document" duly authorizing any one legally qualifidd to join their loving hearts in one. They soon found that the authority of tbe aforesaid document did not "extend beyond the low-water mark of the Ohio river. Here was a dilemma. Their bright hopes of being made one in the sacred walls of

the chureh

threatened rain A

guard of Romans turn Out, every one of whom had an umbrella under hia arm, the drummer and fifer alone excepted.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. The Fairmount

(Va.)

True Virgini

an says: We are informed by Cel. Haymond and other#, that a portion of regularly McAdamized road has been discovered on*the opposite side of the river from this place. We have not seen it ourselves,but learn that it

extends

two

their way!" Great country this. Won derfut age.—JV. Y. Timet,

God, surrounded by tbe emblems of di vine love, amid the swelling

notes

itic HAGP-IOHTIL UIGUU, WCRO AT OUCE

Was

pretty

muBh along the bank of the rbrer. MA width is about 16 feet, and the track well graded^

The bed of atone

inches thick, and made

precisely after the plan of our McAda mized roads, the stone being broken to about the same size a* that used for our roads. Tbe discovery was made by the washing of a hillside which par daily covered the road- When, and by what race of people this road was made,is unknown at the present day, but it gives evidence

the existence

ofa population here at some forme? age of the world, as far advanced in civilization, or.at least in the art of road ma king, as ourselves. There waa found in the bed ofthe road the stump of a chesnut tree, which was ascertained to be 150 years old at the least, aud how much older,our informant could not tell, as the stump was hollow

Here is food for thought. Who were the people that made this road— when did they make it—andjfhat has become 4F them?

%|dS8SFUL FORGERIES. Three of tbe banks of Boston were DEFRAUDED ON Tuesday last of 88.900, by forged checks drawn by tbe same individual on three different firms. The checks were given by the forger to E negro, who drew tbe money end PAID it over. A forth check waa presented, but though the forgery

On Friday he went into the flour store of Messrs.

ing

like the bursting

a percussion cap.—Madisoit Banner.

SCOTT'S "OLD MORTALITY.'* 'RHE only occupation of the old tflfiin was wandering about tbe country, repair ing the tomb-stones of the Covenanters, mounted on his old white pony, till he was found dead one day by the roadaide. His family experienced a singular variety of fortune.

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One of his sons

Eng

Marchioness, sister-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, and hia granddaughter Queen ot Westphilia, and aia-ter-in-law of Napoleon.

lish

LOST AND WON.

A young miss of Dayton, who was so unfortunate as to have two beaux to her atring, left her home laat week, on a pleasure excursion to this city by railroad,

in company with one

ers. On the way it

The

to the one

CAUfomu.

R.UF^N$?JCB«* OF the Legielatortf of P**»ed a bill which provide# for the aoriander, to their original mosters|o£ell COLORED ^U

nia, who were

Suren

They have al

FOTL fastened oo their hinder

parts, which as

the

animal rushes

banish

was

not

detected,

the cashier refused to pay the money, because he did not know the negro man who presented it. The Journal gives the following account of the mode oi operation pursued by the forger:

Libbey on Commercial atreet,

bought a barrel of flour, paid for it with a 9100 bill, declined to receive foreign money which was given to him in change, preferring to have A BENH check OF the firm, HA wished

be perfect, and he cases out of four.

RELICS

concluded

have the nuptial knot tied here. Arrangements

were made accordingly on

their arrival, and while lover number one was gone with a friend for a license, lover number two arrived In town, and ascertaining the hotel at which they had taken rooms, hastened to her and told bow his pure heart was her'A. She listened and decided. In lest than ten minutes they were, with another gen* tlemen and lady, en route to Dayton in a private carriage, belonging to a gentleman of this city.

maiden was

either drown or shoot himself,

ry heavy wire spring, to which ie

with

moment

safe

ly deposited in her father's bouse, and on day before yesterday

make up hia mind "there ere as good fish in the eea yet as ever were caught." Cin. Com.

PATENT RAT-CATCHER. Mr. Hennesey yesterday exhibited to us a new instrument or trap for the annihilation of rata, recently invented

naves

befbte they were

brought into California.One

al supporters of the bilj was a MR.V*N who. THF N. Y. Evening Poat say* 'was a Buffalo platform

1048.*

The

Freesoiler

vote in the Senate,On

passage,

tbe fine!

waa 14 to 9, two Senators not

voting. A proviso declares that the act shall not be so constructed aa to permit the owner to hold his slave*

except FOR

in servitude,

the purpoee of taking iIAI

away. The San Francisco Picayune, an opponent of the bill, alleged

aa a

wilt be

rea

son for not puaing it, that, "there are no slaves in the country to whom its provisions

applicable/*' knotti

er peper states that there ia a considerable number.

ESCAPE or CUBAN PRISONERS, 1 -The Liverpool Courier of the 5th inat.X announces the escape of Major Schlee* singer. Colonel Alego Iznago,

O'Rouke,

and Mr.

Mr. Juan

Perez and

OTH*

er Cuban prisoners, from the Spanishpenal colony of Cueta, in Africe, and their arrival In Liverpool on the 3d inst. Schleasinger, and

such

were not Americana or English, were sentenced to tell years' hard labor in chains in Ceuta, where they were

AN INCIOENT.—An elderly

seems

tured response. "Well, I

of his associatee

aub-

jected to grant hardebip and suffering. After their escape from the fortress in which they were

confined, they made

IMR way to Gibraltar, where they got onboard the steamship Genoa for Liverpool. It ia their intention to lea*# England

as soon as

possible for thie

country where they will doubtleaa #e* ceive a hearty welcome from thcif friends. »•„.

and woffhy

eitizen, whose exterior in the matter of attire, it may be

confessed,

betrayed ne

undone ostentation of weaith, while paastag in tbe street yesterday afternoon was accosted by a tailor with the somewhat abrupt interrogatory "1 aay, are you poor man?" "Quite as poor as I would choose

to be." was the

good na- I

respect your I

gray hairs, if you are poor 1 want

give you some money,*' and accordingly our generous tar drew from his pock* et a purse tolerably well filled with ailver change, proposing to make an equei division between them. With some 5 difficulty our elderly friend succeeded in declining the generous proffer, upon the plea that be was the !es» neady of the two.

AN UNIMAGITATIVE WIFB.—Jean Peut Richter thus sketches a wife of hia acquaintance: "She could count the strokes of the town clock between her husband's kneee and could listen end run

off to the sauc-

pan that was boiling over

with the

big

tears in her eyes which she had pressed out of her melting heart by a touching story or sermon. She accompanied in her devotions the Sunday Hyms which echoed loudly from the neighboring ep« partments. MID in the midst of a veree

she would intervene the prosaic queauon—"what shall 1 warm up for your supper?"

Her husband could never

from

Core,Oats,

his remembrance that once

when she waa quite touched,and listening to his cabinet discoure

OF THE

locks, and rude

hqve HC^H-

but Boston money. This waa given to him, and he subsequently went through the same play upon other firms whose names were forged. He signed the checks upon which he drew the amounta connected with them in such a manner that the signatures appeared

succeeded in

three

MACON—per pstmuL Hog round, Hams, eit SEEDS-' MR]

was wedded

who pursued and rescued her.

Lover number one, we*preaume,

will

Timothy, Clover, Flax,

or else

SALT—perhukds HA Y--per tent FR

UlTS—per bmsktL Apples, dried, Apples, green, Peaches, dried,

SUNDRIES: Butter, Cbiekeaa,

Mr. Sheward,of Somerset, Ohio. It is tather a singularly contrived thing, but we have no doubt that it will be death to all raw who may intrude or come within its reach. It is arranged in a very simple menner. To the treadle on which the belt is pieced is attached an iron lever, communicating with

Laid, •,

CCheese, Feathers, .s Ginseng, fiaaawax ,-

Rftga, Potatoes,

a ve

fatten

ed a sharp Iron instrument, which revolves

the rapidity of lightning the

enythlng touches the treadle,

striking the ret at the same time right between the evee, and throwing some distance.

Thia done, the

trap resets

itself, end ready for another operation, which is done six times

sion. WE ere of the opinion that

upon death

and eternity, ahe looked at hiin thoughtfully, but towards his feet,and at length said: "Don't put on the left atocking to-morrow I must darn it.**

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REVOLUTION.—Among

the State arms at the Barracks, may be seen 456 muskets, preserved there since the Revolutionary War.

They are

cuj

riosiiies. In comparison with the high ly finished weapons of the present day, tbe ill-made barrels, cumbroua

MARRIED.

On the 3d inst

of ber lov

waa

flint

stocks,

show that every

•OFTUTER OT -DWYV WAR, toraome extent, his own armorer. Tho

stocks,

roughly hewn from the oek end chestnut trees of the primeval forreets, were fashioned into shape by the jack knife or common draw-knife, and the inedialities reduced by a coarse rasp. Without stout hearts and freeman's hands, they would have been a week defence tinst the well accoutred enemy.— 'rederick Examiner.

Rev. J. C.

ROBEST D. DVVSAS to Miss WISTEX.

Smith, Mr*SAXAH A.

We are authorised to announce AMORY KINNEY as a candidate for Judge of the Court of Common Please of Vigo coonty, at the enaafag election.

TERRR BACTB

PRicas

CURRENT.

Ceareetei Weeklr As* the Cotrier, FLOUR ANPMEALt Flour per brl.

Corn Meal, per bu

BRAINS—per htshd: Wheat, Rye,

S,K OKfi9t «.40 (*0,0* M»Kfcser 0,30 Jt0^ MO »C,*T o,n9ojm

0,06fc*0,1C 0,10 9o,as|

1,50 00,00? 6,00 JMM0» 0,70 00,7V 0,45 00.50? 8,50 &Qjt» 5,00 JM,9e?« 0,00 *Mk 3,00 00,00 0,14 GOO, 17 1,25 90,00 OV7IOO.OOJ 0,10 OO,IS 0,10 3*,12* 0,28 00,00' 0,20 00,00 0,30 tiMMX* 0,08

OJVOSf

0,30 00,6qg

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To the Tax Pavers of Vigo Cowty.

BYCountyof

act the General Assemby of the State of Indiana, pawed on the »h of May JasV "Tbe Auditor, the Beard of County Com* misaioners, and the Appraiaer er Appra^nii* each County," shall meet o* TKK ur JOBS mxr,

at the seat

aod shall constitute a Board ot the Equalisation of sal property in their Pursuant to the aforwald Act I betibv five ae* tice, that the Board of Bquebsattoo fcy Vii*

county

in succes

will answer the purpose, and prove of great benefit

housekeepers and others

tormented with rats.

will meet at the time above named in the Coort House ia Tern Haute, to hear and daMr* mine any complaints wkfc regard to tlia a«r*isenient of real estate In Vigo County and other-, wise to attend to the bustttese contemplated of the aforesaid Act.

ALBERT LANGS, A uttaK

Jane 4, 'W-wlw-il.