The Wabash Courier, Volume 21, Number 11, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 November 1852 — Page 1
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THE COURIER.
SATURDAY, NOYKMBEK C« 1852.
The D.*mjcratjc speaker at tbo Court House, tho other evening, spoke of being •»t lndi*n*p°"* '••""•'••"'''""Wtfi8 ndttirnation of Gen. Pierce was receired at that place. A mectfng of ratification was advertised and the Democratic leaders felt it imperative upon them to find.out something about Pierce, so as to be able to address the meeting, they having but little knowledge of such a man, though nominated lor President by their own party. They called at the Book stores but could not find tho Life of Pierce, or anything that would give information respecting hitn. While listening to this "confession" we could not but think of the difference in the fame of the two candidates for President. Long before the Whig Convention assembled, Gen. SCOT was known throughout the whole world, every man, woman and child in this country was famijinr with his name. The people had known him for years,they were acquainted with hia history, they appreciated his services to the country, and had looked to him to become their Chief Magistrate.— When it was announced that he was nominated for the Presidency, every American citizen knew who he wan, without reiorting to Bookstores to find him out, or to Die tionaries to learn tli3 meaning of his name. Tho peophi had not to be told who General
Scott is, but it took a deal of telling to give them an idea of the personality of Gen. Pierce N AV between these two men, which, in enndor, patriotism, justice, should be elevated to the Presidency—the one who by his services to his country for along term of years added to the glory and renown of our country, and made his own name illusYluua throughout the world, or his opponontwho derives his only distinction by being the last resort os the nominee of a political party for tho great offico oT President! If we mistake not, the heart of the people is for the gallant Tetrrap who has served his country so gloriously, and wfeen the sun goes down on the 2nd of November, the voice of the American people will have called JVINFIELD SCOTT to the Chief Magistracy
of the oaxian. We take pleasure in applauding those men who have no right to vote in this place, but who are so devoted to the Whig party and lo the election of Gen. Scott, as ta spend me and money to reach the polls where they are entitled to vote. Some have gone tJ Cincinnati, and other places, and on Saturday one left Terre Haute for Nashville, Tenn., for no other purpose than to vote for Winfteld Scott. Although he had business in this vicinity that needed his attention, he was determined to do all in his power to put the noble old patriot in the Presidential chair. If he meets wilh no accident he will reach Nashville to-night or to-morrow morning, in time toaccompli»h the objects© near hia heart. When we &ee suclj a spirit as this, how is it possible for any one in our own community \p stay at home, to be indifferent, to think his not voting will make no 4]iffcreiicer that his one vote will not be missed Turn out, Scott men turn out, and give Old Chippewa the best shot in the locker.
LAKE SHORE RAILROAD.—This important road is now in operation from Cleveland to Springfield, within twenty miles of Erie.— Ten more miles are nearly ready for the cars, and the short gap will be closed before Fall navigation is over. Passengers leaving Buffalo in the evening by railroad, now reach Cleveland the next morning, a most decided improvement over the two days and nights drag of former times in stages. By the middle of November, the time will be shortened to about eight hours. ~~~~~~~
The Democrat* have commenced eulogising DAKSEL IVESST^ when the whole world knows that if he had been a candidate for the Presidency, he WOQV* been called a "Hartford Conrenttonist,*
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der the previous cen*»n. STATES. 1852. Mftine, 8 Mew Hampshire, 6 V-'rmont, Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, FluriJa, Ohio Indiana, Hfiriorn Iowa, W iseonsin. Michigan, Kentucky,
Missouri, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, California,
of
a
"blue light," "federalist," and every appelU, tion would have been applied to him by those who now eulogise hinc, to render him odious in the eyes of the people.
INDIANA LEGISLATURE. The State Sentinel give* the returns for the Legislature for the Sessioa of 1859-5S as follows:
I SENA TORS.
Whigs, 16 Democrats |4
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wh,#»
Democrats
December. The road from Gal*
ion on the Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland road, to connect with the Indianapolis and Bellefontaine, will be in operation through ere long. ~~~~~~~
Never in the history of this country, was a man proposed for President, who had so few claims, and was so unworthy the suffrages of the-people f&r that office, as General Pierce.
Two thirds of those who vote for Pierce would never have known there was such a man in existence, if he had not been nomiua ted by politicians for the Presidency.
If Scott was the candidate of the Demoe racy, and Pierce the candidate of the Whigs there is not a Democrat in the ked that would vote for Pierce.
T^TARPF.AS NEW MONTHLT MAGAZINE.— The November number of this interesting Periodical hasjuat been laid on our table.—
It is unusually rich in choice readin*. We are indebted to W. H. Buckingham for the present at whose store the »vork is for sale.
Rev. M. A. JEWETT who has been sometime abroad, is expected to resume his place in the Congregational Church to-morrow ntorn tog-
There are now living in this Union thousands of men whenever have been and never will be thought of for President, who have done the country ten fold more service, both civil and military, than ever did Franklin Pierce.
The Boston Daily Times of October 20th has the following, which is understood to be a call upon the Rev. M. A. JEWETT of this place:
ECCLESIASTICAL.—The Phillips Church and Society. South Boston, have extended an invitation to the Rev. M. A. Jewett,ofTerre Haiue, Indiana, to officiate as their pastor. This society has been without a pastor since the early part the season, when the former one. Rev. J. W. A Ivord, resigned his charge on account, of ill health.
THB JAPAR EXPEDITION.—The New York papers stye that the U. S. steam frigate Mississippi is expected to sail from that port for Annapolis, where she will be juined by th. .te.rn.hip Princeton, .nd nil from
thence about the 15th of November, touching at Madeira, St. Helena, and Cape of Good Hope, and awaiting at Canton the arrival of the rest of the fleet coot posing the Japan Expedition.
Kossuth is reported to have left this country in debt; all bis collections here being expended in the manufacture of accoutrements of war, and in correspondence with revolutionists in Europe. His letters were sent by private messengers, and each one cost him over $500. ~~~~~~~
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$500.
The receipts of the Indiana State Pair were between $4,600 and $4,700; enough to defray all expenses and repay the State $2,000 loaned. ~~~~~~~
One of the English *qa*dron sent rat to
ELETLOEAL VOTE*
The following is a schedule of tho elec tor&l vote to which each Stai® will be entitled in th» coming election and also the vote to which each. was. en tinted.
un*
1848 9 6 6 12
5
13 4 6 35
:'f 6 36
7,
7
27 3 8
26 3 8 17 11 9 10 3 23 12 9 4 4
10 10 8 10 3 23 13 11 4* 5 6 12 9 9
r-- 6 12 7 9 6 12 6 4 4
12 7 4 4 4
296
280
We observe the Democrats have got up a new Bet of tickcts which they are circulating around. We have in our possession a ticket given us by a German, into whose hand it had been quietly slipped by a Democrat. We caution all Who wish to vote for SCOTT to be oareful to examine their ticket, and to look out for tricks.
INDIANAPOLIS AND BELLEFONTAINE RAILROAD.—This road will be finished to Wincheater, 74 miles from Indianapolis, in a few days, and to Union, some 10 miles, by the first of December. The road from Gal-
aearch for Sir John Franklin, baa returned, bers of Americana who are constantly being unable to make any discover}- thatjarriving in England*' £oglish hotel wonkl give any cinr to hia fate. keeping does not suit American taste.
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AN ATTEMPT TO BRIBE THE PRESS. The N. Y. Ilernld says it has receiv ed an offer of $1500, by the steamer Franklin from England to use its influence in the Abolition school of politics, during the Presidential canvas. An earnest of $250 in cash was sent, with promissory notes. The letter contain ing thia singular overture, also stated, thai if necessary, George Thompson would be sent out to stump the States. 'Phese advances indicate an odd con dition of things."
Not so very odd! The Herald is a paper, as every body knows, that has got rich on bribes and black-mail The Briiish Free Traders bribed it to support Pierce,and the British Abolitionists offer it a bribe to support Hale. It cant very well "serve two masters," and having accepted the first bribe.is ob'iged to olject tho other. We have not yet heard of any Briiish money being sent to the Herald or any other paper to purchase support for Gen. Scott! Why? Trie Briiish don't like Gen. Scott for various reasons. They don't like the way ho protected his country in 1812'14, and they don't like any better the wuy he proposes to protect the industry and labor of his country now. The English Lords of the Loom" want Pierce elected the English Abolitionists want Hale and its our candid opinion that the people of the United States will not grdtfy either of these preferences.—Dayton GazetteI
EXHAUSTION OF TALK.— How long the amp of conversation holds out to burn, between two persons only, is curiosly ot down in the following passage from Count Gonfallionier's account ot his mprisoiimetit: "Fifteen years 1 existed in a dungeon ten feet-square! Dur ing six years 1 had a companion during nine I was alone! I never could rightdistinguish the face of him who shared ny captivity in the t'ternal twilight oi ur cell. The first year wo talked in essanily together we related our past lives, our joys forever gone, over and over again. The next year we commu mcated to each other our thoughts and ideas on all subjects. The third year we had no ideas to communicate we were beginning to lose the power of reflection. The fourth, ot the interval oi a month or so, we would open our lips to ask each other if it were indeed possible that the world went on as gay and bustling as when we formed a portion of mankind. The libit we were silent.—
The sixth he was taken away, I never knew wher^. to execution or to liberty. But I was glad when he was gone even solitude was better IIIMII the dim vision of the, vacant face. One day (it musi have been year or two after my companion Ifl't me) the dungeon door was opened, and a voice, whence proceeding I knew not. utiered these words: "Bv order of his Imperial Majesty, intimate to you that your wife died year ago."
Then the door was.shut, and I heard no more they had bui flung this great agony in upon me, and left me alone with it again."
The Auditor of State is busily engaged in filling up bills for the different -»»i«ioW «r« springing up in the State. The bills for the Unvom. ment Stock Bank at Lafayette, are all filled up and ready for circulation.
In addition to this.Banking institutions are established a» follows: The Prairie City Bank, at Tcrre Haute.
The Public Stock B'ink. at Newport. Tho Wabash Valley Bank, at Logansport.
The State Stock Bank, nt Logansport. The State Stock Bink of Indiana, at Peru.
The Plymonth Bank, at Plymouth. The Indiana Sioek Bank at Laporte. The B»nk of Connersvilie has ulready a cin olation of iwu hundred thousand dollars, which is soon to be doubled.
he Auditor of Stale, and of a Register in his office, making the labor of the most arduous kind. About :wo thousand bills are ihus_ prepared daily.—La/ay etle Courier.
Hoxv SCHOLARS ARR MADE.—Costly apparatus and splendid cabinets have no magical power to make scholars. In all circumstances, as a man is, under God, the master of hia own fortune, so is he the maker of his own mind. The Creator has so cvHistituted the human intellect that it can only grow by its own action and by its own action and free will it wiil certainly and necessarily grow. Every man must, therefore, educate himself. His book and teacher are but helps the work is his. A man is not edto sum won. in an emer ency, all his mental powers in vigorous exercise to effect its proposed oltj*»ct. It is not the man who has seen most, or read m«nu, who can do this such a one is in danger of being borne down like a beast ol burden, by an overloaded mass of other men's thoughts. Nor is it the man who ran boast of na' the vigor or capacity. The greatest of all warriora in the scige of Troy had not the pre-eminence, because tiatuie had given strength and he earned the largest bow, bui because self discipline had taught him how to bend it.—[Daniel Webster.
.. lifted until he has the ability
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An American hotel is to be established in Trafalgar Square, London, also large family hotel on the American plan, in the west end of London. Thia ia done the better to accomodate the vast num-
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ANECDOTE OF GEN. SCOTT.— We eui the following from the last number of the Buffalo Express: ••Thi* incident recalls tn mind one that occurred before Gen. Scott joined the army in Mexico. Mr. Polk had conferred the office of colonel upon some smalf-beer Democratic politician. The new fledged colonel, with his cap and feathers, reported himself to the General, who politely invited him to dine with a number of distinguished gentlemen.— The Colonel was as vain as General and well nigh as silly. During the progress of the dinner he flippantly rernar ked to the General, •General. |hey say the churches in Mexico are full of gold and silver Jesuses we will have fine times when we get among them!' The General was shocked and disgusted ai ihe sacrilegious suggestion, but out of pity for its author, assumed not to have heard him, and continued to converse on other topics. The Colonel presently repeated the remark, when ilie General, drawing himself up. and looking the other directly in the face, said, slowly and firmly, "Colonel, if any soldier or officer of my command, while in Mexico, shall enier any church except lo say his prayers, or other justifiable purpose, he shall be punished and if any shall presume to touch the sacred emblems belonging to God's alinr. as you propose, he shut I be hung!' There was silence at the table for a little space: the Colonel's face was redder than his feather, and just at ihe moment he would have been happier in his citizen's dress, talking politics in a bar-room."
GEN. SCOTT ON NATURALIZATION.—In a hundred Loco-Foco journals, as well as in Speeches, Addresses, Scc., we 5ee deliberate, circumstantial assertions that Gen. SCOTT is in favor of requiring twenty one years residence of every immigrant from the Old World as a con dition precedent to Naturalization. Every journalist or other person of average intelligence who makes or repeals this charge knows it to be a lie—knows that he tells it on purpose to dereive and mislead Adopted Citizens. Gen. ScoTT has a dozen timps stated, throughout the last fivtt years, that he holds no such opinion as is charged to him, hut is in favor of continuing and upholding all the privileges and facilities of Naturalization now accorded.
Sometimes, though more rarely, the enemies of Gen. SCOTT have asserted that he has proposed to permit none to
be natura/i ed. but such as shall hav served a year in the Army. They know belter every man of them. What (Jen SCOTT suggested, in his letter of accep tance, was no curtailment of any privi lege of Naturalization now existing, bu in addition thereto, allowing any {mini grant who shall have served a year in our Army to be thereupon entitled to Naturalization without farther trial. He holds that the man who volunteers to fight for the Country establishes thereby his devotion to her Constitution and Liberties, and needs no farther proba tion. Whether this view be sound or unsound, there can be no excuse for grossly misrepresenting it. Whoeve says that Gen. SCOTT is in favor of any curtailment of facilities of Naturalization now proffered or enjoyed, states a gross falsehood, and is an intentional deceiver Spread
his
exposure among the adopted
Citizens!—N. V. Tribune. THK ERUPTION OK /EINA—We find the following graphic account of the lava in a letter dated Catania, August 30th.
Yesterday, after breakfast, we reached" Zalfarana from the last house in tin village we saw the lava at gunshot dis taucc, and at that distance the heat was very great
The manner in which the extraordinary and frightful torrent advanced is not to be described it must be seen. It moves slowly and uninterruptedly, the first waves, if I may so express myself, rise and full at the least obstacle they encoun-
fcvery bill requires the signature of ier then send forth streamlets here and
there, recede, extend themselves and again advance. Now it is heard as a continued sound of glass breaking in the fire, nothing more, and now immense damage succeeds. Every now hnd then it is arrested, denoting the presence of greater obstacles, or ol water.
By day all this grand mnRg presents an appearance between red and yellow sometimes dull, sometimes brighiej*. 1 can ill describe the spectacle by night— that dull stream of fire, those clouds of ashes and sulphurous vapors, are beyond description and sublimely horrible.
The streams of lava are much higher than the surrounding land, for as the former beds have become solid the new lava flows over them.
In truth, nothing can be mora pictur esque. could we divest ourselves of the feeling of misery and grief which pervades this hapless region.
The lava flows over the richest and most cultivated part of the Country, destroying vineyards, all sorts uffrutt trees, and some houses. Conceive the misery that has fallen on many proprietors and colonists.
Since wrluhg the above we have accounts from Catania to the 24ih September, up lo which date the eruptioncontinued. but without having destroyed any village, though rich vineyards, woods, dcc. have been devastated.
A wfol ~T*AGBDT--A negro woman belonging to George M. Garrison.of Polk county, Tennessee, killed four of her children, by cutting their throats while they were asleep, on Thursday night, the 2d instant, and then pat an end to her
own
cxiattnee
dy catting her throat.
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TEME HAUTErlNl).,'NOVEMBER ff]8SB®fc±HEMtWHOLE NO.*
WEALTHY FELLOW.—The Boston Mail says that the yearly income of Eben Francis, a rich citizen of Boston, would buy twelve hundred farms. His income six per cent, on the entire wealth, would amount to, daily, more than the wages of 200 hard working men. His income would buy a bottle of Schneider or pair of boots every three minutes. Every breath the old man is worth another ninepence. His enormous capital commands the toil of near one thousand laborers and mechanics yearly to pay the interest, and amounts to more than those laborers' wages would, in a long life tims. A human laborer is a grand machine, but can't compete with bags of dollars in stirring up an income. ~~~~~~~
HOGS—We hear of no aontracts in ihis viciniTiity. We learn that large droves linve been driven South from Mi Sterling. Kv., where the prevailing rates are $4 on time. At St. Louis slaughterers ready, packers are r^ady and the money is ready at §4 50 to $5 for No. 1, ns soon as ihe season, and hogs arrive. We estimate the number to be packed there the forthcoming season at 60.000. There is larger hog crop than was anticipated in the Grand river,Mo., country, and the (tboundance of corn and promise of good price, will prompt farmers to fallen all the hogs they can.— Louisville Courier 25ih inst.
WOMAN.—Any one who has seen the varied world must have observed that in all countries and nation*, women are civil, obliging, tender and humane that they are inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest and that they do not, like men. hesitate to perfwrm good action. Not haughty, arrogant or supercilious, they are full ofcouriesv. fond of society, more liable to err in general also, more virtuous and perform more good actions.
A woman whether civilized or savage, when addressed in the language of propriety and friendship, will be sure to give a respectful and friendly answer with man il is otherwise. No matter what portion of the globe you ttaverse, il v«u are hungry, thirsty, cold, wet or -ick, the women will assuredly be friendly to you wheH you eat. it is with a double relish, and when voti drink, it is the sweetest draught. Truly has the poet said— "A ministering angel thou!"
How TO USB A COAL STOVB —-The fire should never be permitted to die out during the winter. Bv keeping the fire up. nn immensity of trouble is saved, and paradoxical as it may seem, it is cheaper. The reason is thi«: The coal burns out during the long nights because the door of the stove is shut whereas, if the door is left open, it will not burn out. and will be perfectly alive iu the morning.
Less coal is therefore consumed There is no danger in leaving the door open, as the draft is always strong enough to carry the sparks up the pipe or chimney. If any one sleeps in the n. the upper sash of the window si oiid be lowered two or three inches even in the coldest weather, and more when it is milder. Having a comfortable fire in the room iu cold weather, and yet enjoying fresh air by means of ventilation, is the very ideal of comfort, an«jt is at the same time an encouragement to the habit of early rising. Shake down the ashes, therefore, before retiring, fill up the stove with coal and leave the door open if you wish to save yourself or servant a deal of trouble in the morning. and at the same time economize coal, but, by all means, open the win dow. if it is only the width of an inch.—Ch. Statesman.
Over 1.200 square miles in Ohio are underlaid with iron ore. The Whig policy is to dig it out and use it the Loco policy is, let it alone and send to England and boy there. Which is right? "1
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Ii is rumored that the English French Governments have both tendered their aid to Spain, which is the cause of the high-handed transaction in forbidding the Crescent City to land her mails at Havana,md also that the Government of Peru has solicied ih-* aid of both these powers to prevent our citizens from takng guano from the Lohos Inland, i.'-
A WORD TO LITTLE GIRLS.—Who is ovely? It is the little girl who drops sweet words, kind remarks, and pleasant smiles, ns she passes along—who has a word of kind sympathy for every bov, or girl she meets in trouble, and a kind hand to help her companion out of difficulty, who never scolds, never contends, never teases her, nor speaks in iny way to diminish, but always to increase happiness. Would it please you to pick up a string of pearls, drops of gold, diamonds or precious stones.which can never be lost? Take the hand of the friendless. Smiles on the dejected Sympathise with those in trouble. Strive everywhere to diffuse around you sunshine and joy. If you do this, you will be sure to be loved.
Thmnas Butler King. Collector nf the Customs at San Francisco, has resigned that office, and Beverly C. Sanders been appoinied in his place. The cause of the change said to he that a differ euce of opinion had nri en between Mr. King and the Government relative to the amount of duties which ought legally to be imposed on imported goods arriving at San Francisco, and that his decision as Collector of the Pori had given offence to the French and Briiish importers, but particularly the former, and did not meet the approbation of our own Gov ernment.
There was a meeting this evening of the council and chambers in the City Iiall, the Mayor in the chair, and Col. Seaton and Walter Lennox acting as Vice Presidents Resolutions were adopted declaratory of the feelings of the citizens at the death of Daniel Webster and testyfying their sense of his greatness as a statesman, a patriot, and a man. Eloquent speeches were delivered by James M. Carlisle, Col. Sraton, and Phillip Fendall. All business will be suspended tomorrow.
The President has ordered all public offices to be closed.-, ,3 BOSTON, Oct. 29.
The Niagara mails will be forwarded to-morrow morning. •.
WASHiiCRToir, Oct. 23.
Business generally was suspended. The departments wer« all closed and draped in mourning,as were also private dwellings.
The Republic says that, Fillmore, from the momeut of Scott's nomination, approved o* as good tu I isetf, astiaveU uiuu cm rable pjstfoi-p, atul ^Wi|cligg upontiie whig party.
BUFFALO, Oct. 30.
The steamer Queen City, in a dense fog got aground last night, eight miles from Erie. Two steamers have gone to her relief but have not been able to reach her owing to the shallow water. The United States steamer Michigan has gone to her assistance.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.
The Republic of this morningsays: -'We have the best authority for saying that the cabinet at Washingtoa has taken strong grounds in regard to the affair of the Crescent City at Havana, and have no doubt that it will be followed by a demand for redress of wrong complained of. There will be no backing out by the administration, but the rights and honor of the country will be vindicated." Lieut. Porter was ordered to Washington to give full information to the Government, and at his own request, has been transferred by the owners to the steamer Georgia.
The contract for building the Cincinnati and Dayton short line railroad was awarded to an Eastern company for seventeen hundred and seventy thousand dollars, including the rolling stock—the work to be competed [sic] in twenty two months.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28.
The Falcon arrived from San Francisco with dates of October 1st. Tiie Tennessee arrived on the 19th at Panama The health of the Isthmus is good.
San Francisco Markets——American flour $32 Corn meal 89 Butter 50s Mess pork $41 corn 54s harrts 54s l«rd 18g.
There have been hrge sales of city property at prices 50 per cent, above ejpectufions. The sterner Pioneer has been bilged, and is a total wreck.
The mining «w* is favorable. Several /ugitive slaves have been arrested and delivfred to their masters.
Tha Whaler Hunrress of New Bedford was bst eff the coast of Kaixisckatka. T'le crew wassaved, but experienced great sufferings ashore.
Oapt. Land, of the Challenge, died at Wampoa ori the 28th July. MEMPHIS, Oct. 28.
The steamer Connecticut sunk yesterday at Cow Island. She is sunk up to tne main deck and can be raised. Her cargo is dam-
Bffed.
TROT, N. Y. Oct. 2!.
A fire broke out yesterday afternoon in the car-finishi ng shop of Eaton, Gi Ibert & Co. on Sixth street. The adjoining ebop, with six small houses situated in the rear, and five new brick houses with adjoining wooden houses, the Baptist Church on 5th street, and some dwellings ia the alley, were all Consumed Loss $50,00Q—half of which is cov ered by insurance.
QUEBEC, Oct, 27,
The charter granted to thegreat trunk telegraph line from Quebec to Detroit, passed Parliament. Tho trunk line is 860 miles long, with 700 miles of branches to the principal towns. The poles are already up no mjles and the
Repors from Shangai report the loss
the ship Huogley,o{ Boston, from San Francisco, also the bark Antelope, owned and irsured in Boston, while running into Shangai on the 2d of August. The Hoogley was insured in Boston for $68,000.
The meeting of the Suffolk bar, this morning, was well attended by tliMadies and the students of the Cambridge Law School. Attorney General Hunt announced the death of Mr. Webster, when speeches were delivered by Hon. Charles G. Loring, Judge Sprague, Rurus Choate,and George T. Curtis. It is thought that thousands of people will attend the funeral to-morrow.
MAR^HFIELD, Oct. 30
The funeral of Mr Webster was attended to-dty by fully ten thousand people. Among the prominent men present, we noticed Gov. Marcy, Abbot Lawrence, Gov. Boutwell, ExChancellor Jones, of New York, Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire, and Judge Sprague. The services were performed by Rev. M. Alden, an Orthodox clergyman, and were brief and simple. The remains were buried on Mr. Webster's own grounds at Marehfield, with those of his wife and children
ures on 4'JO miles. The whole lino th brunches, will be completed next pritig, «jO i« thousand business men ave taken stock in the company The itnire cosi will be about 8200.000.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28, M. H'
Cotton is unchanged. The Foreign news hud no efT«ci on the market. Flour i* unsettled and all qualities have slight* advanced and holders vcrv firm. sales VXK) bbis at 84.62*4.75 for State $4.81 »4.87 for southern wheat is quiet lard is in moderate request. Beef is unchan. £^d. Mes? pork $16.75 and prime SI5.00, market still drooping sales 3000 hhds Muscovado sugar at 5s6J! and 500 bags of Rio coffee nt 8£a9c.J t,inseed oil 68c. Corn 75c for mixed. 'tt "V _____ J' -r i-.
BOSTON, Oct. 28.
The fishing schooner, Caroline Knight,
New Buryport [sic], was seized by a British cruiser, and has been condemned. She is valued at seven thousand dollars. Five fishing vessels belonging to Newburyport have been lost in the late gale.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.
A meeting of the citizens will be holien here this evening to adopt measuroa to show tribute of respect to the memory
DANIEL WEBSTER. -.The President will not attend the funeral, but the pub
lic offices will be closed to-morrow. .k,
PITSBURO, Oct. 27.
There fire twenty-three inches water and falling. Weather wet. The Vermont. Captain Waterbury, belonging to Cleveland, und tho Ogdensburji propeller line, burned tothe water's edge at two o'clock yesterday morning, while lying at the Grand River dock? C.tnada West. She was bound to Og* densburg and had a full cargo of flour and othsr rolling freight. The vessql and cargo are lost.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 27.
Tho mayor has called a meeting foe to-day to adopt measures to pay appropriate tribute to Mr. Webster's memory
NEW YORK, Oct. 57,8 p. mr The Niagara arrived at Halifax a. three o'clock this morning, bringing dates to the 16th and ninety-six through', passengers. She arrived out on the 11 th inst. v...
A despatch to Trieste states that nine thousand Briiish troops had landed at Herat, in the Persian gulf, for the purpose of opposing the carrying out of the threats of independence of Herat. 'V
Twenty-four'political prisoners hava been shot at SanigoIia.t In China an insurrection is under full headway. ,. 1 -j-'
The prohibition on export Iron from Egypt is withdrawn. tnr*." ,!p -t he American news by the Niagara caused nn advance in cotton, and a further advance of l£d was induced by the Pacific's news. Wheat and flour advanced—the former l4d and the latter Is. Provisions dull. Tea has advanced. Coflee in poor supply. ./Prices of naval stores had advanced.-
CAN THIS BE TRITE?—The PhiladeU phia Ledger says, in all countries among Women rich enough to hire nurses, a disposition to avoid one of the most responsible of natural duties prevails to sotno extent ai.d it is probably more common among Christiaris, than among Mahomedans or Bhudists, and most frequent among the sristocraticsof Europe. The wealthy in England, especially in great ciiies, have long persued this practice. Ii is also common in all the West Indies, and among the slaveholding population of our Southern States. More rare in our free States. It is nevertheless rxiending, especially in our large cities.
The work of the Crystal Palace is rapidly progressing, and it is expected that the building will be ready for the reception of goods early in the Spring. The chief part of the castings will be delivered by the 15th of December and the mason work is already half done. ~~~~~~~
A VALUBALE LovxR.—Mr. McGee. the contractor for building the State Capitol of Texas, 3ied ai Bastrop, »n tho 3i inst. He was married on his death bed a few days before his decease. He was a man of great wealth, and the purpose of his marrying was to secure a dower in his property to the lady who possessed his affection.
Death of John L. Stephens. Mr. John L. Stephens, whose namo as the author of "Incidents of Travel in Egypt. Arabia, Peirea, and the Holy Land," is a familiar one throughout the Union, died in New York on Tuesday, During Mr. Van Buren's administration. Mr. Stephens was special Ambassador to Central America, and his researches among tho antiquities of that country gave him a world wide reputation. Mr, Stephens was President of the company engaged in building a railroad across thu Isthmus of .£apama.