The Wabash Courier, Volume 21, Number 15, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 December 1852 — Page 2

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THE COURIER.

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EDITOR.

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Saturday Morning, Dec. 4.1852

f^r Tbe WEEKLY WABASH COURIER will be left with all daily subscribers, this morning. Hope it will be agreeable for each and all to subscribe. Those who do not deaire to become subscribers, will please do us the favor return the paper to the office.

FIGHTING FOR THE SPOILS. The minor battle haa begun, aays the Washington Republic. The prize is secured, and the victors now devote their energies to a struggle for the spoils. The entreaties of the patriotic few are unheard amidat tbe strife, which, starting warm wilt overleap the boiling point long before the coming Fourth of March. General Pierce's romantci residence is tbe Mecca of the season and thitherward press crowds of pilgrima more hungry if not more devout than those of whom our children read. A bushel of letters per diem attests the number of #xpectants not bound bodily for Concord, but equally interested nererthelcoa in •eouring the good will of Concord's distinguished citizen.

Wa see it stated in some quarters that the President elect like a truly sensible man, wards off importunities with the declaration that he will not talk of politics for three months to Come. If his fortitude carries him through that period without a violation of the pledge, we shall begin to think that the country is blessed with an excellent prospect for assuredly no common man would be able to resist a tithe of the attacks to which General Pierce's good nature will be subjected ere the advent of another year.

But neither General Pierce's excellent examplo nor the moralizing of such self-de-nying followers as the Albany Atlas and .the Buffalo Republic can allay the impatient appe'ite of tee party. Though Democratic they are human, and the frailties of their nature will manifest themselves in spite of all warning. Thoy are hungry and must be fed. They have waged aq arduous fight and won it what more reasonable than that they should profit by their position, and secure all they can? To do aught else would be to separate themselves both from humanity and Democracy.

TIIE HOME JOURNAL FOR 1853. There are many elements which help to make up an interesting paper, to be found in the Home Journal, and no wheje else that we know of. There is good writing on new jbjects—sometimes old matter vampt up in a new and fascinating style. Nothing ever tiros in the Home Journal. You can't get along generally without reading the whole ot it through. The first number of a new series is to be issued on the first of January. Look to it, and subscribe before the edition is exhausted. Published by Morris & VVillia.Kaw Vnrlr

The State Journal saya that the Circuit Court of the United States adjourned on Tuesday morning last, after a laborious session of fourteen days, Judge Druiumond, District Judge of Illinois, presiding in the absence of Judge Huntington. There were ninety*five cases on the docket, all of which were disposed of.

or JOHN SARGEART.—The Hon.

John Sargcant, one of the most eminent citizens of Philadelphia, died in that city on the 33d ult., aged 73. Mr. S. had filled mauy important offices, waa a member of Congress for some years, and one of the strongest opponents of the Missouri Compromise. He was a candidate for Vies President on the ticket with Mr. Clay in 1833.

As the cars were coming up the plane, at Madison, on Saturday last, a portion of them became detached, and atarted down the hill, creating great alarm among the passengers. Some of them jumped off, and others who could not well escape, expected nothing else than destruction. The ears ran about oiethird of the length of the plane, when they were fortunately stopped by the brakes, without doing any serious injury.

THE PRAIRIE

A report has been in circulation through Telegraph that WILLIAM R'. KIR®, the Vice President elect, is deed. Wo presume the report is incorrect

RAIL WAY IRON.—No less than nine vessels, according to tbe Sandusky Rr$ist*r, were unloading iron rails, at that city, one iy last week, for the following roads :—the Indian Central, Eaton and Hamilton, Junction and Bellefontaine.

Jt is said that Gen. Cass has intimated that be would not under any circumstances consent to totepi aSr positroa in the new Cabinet.

It ts stated that Mr. J. Know tea, of Trenton, New Jersey, haa found out a process for converting flax from fts crude state into what is commonly called flax eoturo, in a few hours, and at strifling expense.

i. The Electors for Indiana will meet next Monday and vole by separate balbta for President aiid Tiee President of the United States, when the rot* will he sent to Washington by special meaa*ng*y.

IXGENITITT

PORK

CITT BARK.—This Bank

haa commenced busineas, and issued some very pretty notes. A five dollar bill now before us is beautiful. The center vignette, steamship with four sail vessels. On the left of the vignette, portrait of a gentleman, and on the right, wood chopper with buffalo in the distance.

SARDTRES.—The editor of the Manchester Mirror says, from personal knowledge, that tho bay of Monterey, California,!# literally filled orith this delicious fish. They are to be found there in greater abundance than In any other part of the world. They are to be found not only at Monterey, but in all the ill waters oa the coast from Panami to Oregon.

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The Toledo U/atfc lltiiiki water should not ba drawn from the Canal too soon. Wt have heard, ssys the Editor, loud complaints made by our forwarders of the declared intention of the Superintendents to draw the water from tbe Miami and Wabash Canals, as early as the l«t and 2d of December. We are informed that there is a very large quantity of goods for the Wabash Valley yet to come forward, which will probably be detained in store at this placet if this order is enforced. The time consumed in going from Toledo to Terre Haute, at this season is from eight to ten daya. It will be impossible to forward any goods to that point, if the water Is drawn from the Canal aa early as the 3d. It is the wish of all, we believe, who have business to transact by thia channel, that unless it is closed by freezing sooner, Canal navigation should not be closed before the 1st of January. By that time all goods received by Lake will reach their destination on thia channel, and no complaints will be made of this route. Some of the Superintendents we believe have been addressed on this subjcct.

Since the above was in type we learn from Jesse Williams Esq.•, that so far as the Wabash & Erie Canal is concerned, there has been no intention to draw off the water, antil fairly closed by ice.

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CLOSING THE CANAL.

RASCALITY.—The

BUSINESS.—Four houses are now

fully under way, slaughtering and packing, in this place—the fifth will commence on Monday. Hogs may be quoted at 85,50 $£r,06. S*IM at the last figures have been made of choice hogs within a day or two.— There is said to be a larger number of live hogs in and about the town, than ever known at one time.

Instances of persons getting shot while hunting have become quite frequent of late. Within a day or two, one of a party hunting in this vicinity was taken for a turkey by another of the party, who fired, and gave his comrade a bad wound. Sportsmen should be careful when they shoot that they are not making game of their friends.

PIERCE POLE.—The hickory with a rooe ter snd tattered streamer ao long stsnding on the corner of our Sqnare,was taken down yesterday. Better it never had been raised, for all the good it did Pierce in Vigo.

CANAL TRUSTEE.—On

Legislature will devolve the duty of electing a Trustee, on the part of the State for the Wabash and Erie Canal. The candidates are VV. R. Nofsingcr, the present incumbent, and Austin M. Puett, of Parke county B. R. Edmiston, of Dubois Jos. Ristine.of Fountain snd Isaac D. G. Nelson, of Allen.

Appointments by tbe Governor. Benjamin Woife, Esq., of the county of Monroe, Agent to select four thousand one hundred snd sixty-six (4,166) acre* of land, by virtue of an act of Congress approved July 13th 1853. for the benefit of tbe State University, at Bloomington. Indiana.

James Griffin, of the county of Tippecaooe, Commissioner to per in tend the erection o( a fence around the Tippecanoe Battle Ground, by virtue of an act of the Legislature approved April BSth, 1859.

LAKE SHORE ROAD.—This Railroad is now finished, completing the connexion, and uniting the Ohio and New York roads. There is now one uninterrupted chain of railroad from N«W York to Cincinnati by way of Albany and Buffalo or the New York & Erie road, and Cleveland without any Lake navigation

The Btoomingtom Gazette aays a good aaany law atsdents hare arrived in that town for the purpose of attending the law aefcool in the State University, Judge Mc Donald, one of the ablest jurists in the West is the profeesor in tbe Law Department of the University,t

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"Swel,

Mob" of^London has perpretrated robberies with the most singular ingenuity and address and appear never to be at fault. A lady alighted at the bank, ascended the steps and entered the vestibule, and presenting a check to the paying teller received a very large amouut of bank notes, which she deposited in her purse and returned to the carriage.— Just as she took her seat a gentleman came down the steps of the bank without his hat, wearing spectacles and having a pen behind his ear, said: "Madame, we have forgotten to take the number of those notes will you allow me to take them off!" She handed him the notes and he ascended the steps of tbe bank and entered the building. The lady having waited sometime, finally returned to the bank and soon ascertained that no person had been authprized to ask for the notes,

Indiana and Coloniztion. We are pleased to learn through Mr. Mitchel, the Colonization Agent, who is now in town, that our State is so much in the advance of our neighboring States in this no ble enterprise.

Our State will soon be organized on a colonization basis, from the constitution up, and the State authorities have opened a correspondence with the Government of Libe ria having for its object the foundation of a settlemement in Liberia for colored emigrants from Indiana.

We hope that those who heretofore have given this important su bject their attention will not slack their hands until colonization becomes what it should be, a State and national enterprise.

NEW HUSGARIAH

COLONY.—The Chicago

Press learns that M. Perczel, who was deputed by a large number of Hungarians in England and France to act for them, has purchased two townships of laud in Iowa, near Davenport, for a Hungarian colony, and that in the Spring a large number of Hungarians design emigrating and settling upon the purchase. Among them are some highly distinguished men, who did good service for their county in her Legislature and in the revolution. It is designed to furnish each person in indigent circumstances with forty acres of land, on credit, at the Government price.

The American Rail Road Journal has a report of John Brough, Esq., President ofc the Madison and Indianapolia, and also of ths Terre Haute and St. Louia Rail Road, from which we make the followiog extract

THE ROAD

ARO ITS COHNECTIUHS.—THIS

road is the last link in the great chain of Railroada from Boston, New Yark, and Philadelphia, to the city of St. Louis, and the country farther West. A glance at the map will ahow all these connections. By the first day of March next this whole chain of Railreada will be complete and in operation from the eastern cities to Terre Haute, Indiana. The reader will please fix the point of Galion 79 miles seuth of Cleveland, on the Cleveland and Columbus road. To tliia point the line ia now complete from Boston, via Albany, Buffhlo, ana Cleveland, from New York, via Albany and Buffalo, and also via Erie Railroad, Dunkirk and Cleveland, and from Philadelphia, via Hnrrisburgh and Pittsburgh. Then from Galion west, we have the Bellefontaine and Indiana road from Galion to the Indiana State line, then the Indianapolia and Bellefontaine from the Indiana State line to Indianapolis. Then the Terre Haute and Richmond, from Indianapolis to Terre Haute. At Indianapolis three lines will connect with Cincinnati.— There remains then but this link, (from Terre Haute to St. Louis) of 170 miles of road to connect the eastern cities with St. Louis

-thus making a connected line of railroad steady and unchanged. of 1200 miles between St. Louis and Boston, 1144 miles between St. Louis and N. York by the Central, and 1139 by the Erie road. Add to this that about 200 miles of the Pacific road from St. Louis westward is now under contract, with a grant of 3,000,000 acres of land by the Government, and it presents the longest and most direct connected railroad line in the world. This must continue to be the great East and West route. It is the most direct, and traverses the best portion of the country for ease and comtort in traveling, and mild and equal temperature of climate. The route across Illinois is so straight and easy that it never can be shortened nor have a competitor. The completion of the Cincinnati and St. Louis road will predenta second line, but the distance from St. Louis to Cleveland by that route will be 582 miles, while by our route it will be but 522 miles, making a difference in favor of tho latter of 60 miles, and that over straight lines and low grades, that can be traversed with greater speed and safety.

WEBSTER AND WASHINGTON.—Washington made his triumphant entry into Boston on the 24th day of October, 1789—the very day and month on which Daniel Webster died,sixty years after. There area thousand coincidences touching these two great men of America.

A party of our sporting gentlemen went down last night on a canal boat, to the Reservoir, for the purpose of having two or three days sport among the game which abounds at that place. It is supposed they will have a good time.

The Packet JSLTA ANN proves to be a great accommodation, with her regular trips of twice a week between this place and La. fayette. She is a neat little steamer, with things verv comfortable about her.

LANCASTER

AND

BERKS

—These two

large counties in Pennsylvania have been pitied against each other for some years-, in ihe way of giving large majorities. The "Old Guard," however, is getting to ue--iuo many rur -oiu DcrKs* latterly. At the late Presidential election the vote was as follows: Lancaster for Scott 5.069 Berks lor Pierce 4.670

Lancaster over Berks 480

"What are you writing there,my boy?" asked a fond parent the oilier day. of his hopeful son and heir, a shaver of about ten years or over. ••My composition,'thir." "What is the subject?" "The higher law, ihir,*' replied the youthful Parkerite." But really I shall be unable to concentrate my ideas, and give them a logical relation, if I am to be constantly interrupted in this manner by irravolent inquiriea.

The following statement in the N. Y. Tribune of the 23d inst., can scarcely be perused without thinking of"tlie fool

and his money," &c. English game is brought out for the use of tho I'inglish steamers,and the surplus sold on their arrival here. Five pairs of English pheasants sold on Saturday for five dollars a pair, and English hares at 81,60 a piece.

TOMB

the approaching

DANIEL.—The

Tim

ARTESIAN WELL

CINCINNATI,

remains of

the ancient palace ol Shusan in Persia has been discovered, together with the tomb of the prophet Daniel. The red, blue, white and black marble pavements of the Palace still exists, as described in the book of Esther. The story of Daniel in the lion's den is also illustrated in sculpture.

CHICAGO.—

This well, which the Galena Railroad Company undertook to bore some time ago, has reached a depth of 320 feet, and no sign of living water yet. The Chicago Journal says, the last thirty-two feet has been through a soft marble,with which is intermixed considerable iron.

LARGE YIELD.—The Easton (Md) Gazette states that Mr. N. E. Nichols raised the past season, on his farm near that town, eighty-seven bushels of potatoes on three-sixtcenihs of an acre of land, or at the rale of 464 bushels to the acre.

OrrKR.—Information from the most authentic source, estimaied that there will be raised this year 648,000,000 of pounds in the coffee growing countries. The production of this article has immensely increased since 1840.

counties west of «he Blue Ridge and east of the Allegheny, between the first of January and first of August, ag 14-

Mr. F. M. Fisk, of New Orleans, who was lately robbed of a truck on board of the Forest City, has levied an attachment upon the boat at St. Louis, to await the result of a suit against her for six thousand dollars, the value ef the jewelry contained in the trunk.

Dec. 1.

River risen two feet six inches weath er fine: flour in good demand, 1,600 bbls sold 04@4 45 whisky steady at tl-Jc? 800 boxen cheese sold at 9oj lings are firm, 6,000 sold HI 96 30 not much demand lor provisions, but firm 100 bbls rump pork sold at $ 14 one hundred thousand pounds sides, deliverable at Madison when cased, sold at 7fc 300 bbls mo lassos sold at 28c clover seed active— 60 bushels sold at 96 76.

NEW YORK,

Dec. I.

Sales of 3^000 bhls. flour at 86(3)5 OG for State, and 96 18@6 31 for Ohio the market is dull and prices drooping whont is again lower and the demand moderate. Corn is plenty and dull at 78@30c whisky 26c Sales of mess pork at $18 S0@18 75, and prime at $16 66(2)15 76 the market is depressed and prices have further declined beef is plenty and dull lard 12£@13£c., and plenty. Butter is

The mail steamer for Liverpool left to-day. She takes 70 passengers and $226,000 in specie.

DEATH

OF "ICIIABOD

CARE

AND

THE

CRANE."—Jesse

Merwin died in Kinderhoolt on the 8th instant, at the age of seventy years.— The Kinderhoolt Sentinel says: ,f

He passed much of his time in the society of Washington Irving, then a preceptor in the family of the late Judge Van Ness of this town. Both were engaged in congenial pursuits, and their residences being only a short distance apart, the author of the "Sketch Book" frequently visited the the "Old School House" in which "Squire Merwin" was employed, and subsequently immortalized his name by making him tbe hero of one of his inimitable tales-"The Legend of the Sleopy Hollow. Everybody who has read iliat inimitable legend— nnd what lover of genuine humor has not?—will remember that hapless wight Ichnbod Crane, and his terrible adventure with the "Headless Horseman."— Mr. Merwin was the original of that character

ECONOMY.-

The Rev. Thom

as Smith, President of Gambier College, in Iviiox county, this State, has a goose quill writing pen which he has used in his every day writing for sixteen years. He exhibits it io the students as an example of what care and economy will accomplish. This is certainly «lso a very good indication that he is not of an excitable nature. This fact was mentioned among a party of our acquaintances a few weeks since, when one of the number exhibited a goose quill tooth pick which he had carried in his vest pocket for eighteen months, another -of the party showed a common wood pencil that he had carried two years a third gentleman had a three bladed pocket knife which he had carried for seventeen years! The ivory portion of the handle was wore off, but the blades were pertect, oeunug only »ho c«r«ro -»f time. Of course these latter gentlemen also had some other inducements for the preservation of their articles save merely economy.— Chi. Gaz.

SANDWICH ISLANDS.—A Lima

correspondent of the Journal Commerce says: 1 am again becoming alarmed for the fate of the Sandwich Islands. The French question has never been settled, but has remained dormant for two years. They have now a strong squadron coming out, in which are two 60 gun ships, destined undoubtedly, to act against the Islands, which have no protection but such as may be granted by the United States and England. This should be seriously considered by our government. Those Islands, in possession of

CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE.—

The celebrated G. P. R. James, has(been been recognized by Presidcni Fillmore U»mpany from Lord Derby, p*wnmmg AS Consul uf her Britannic Majesty for he State of Virginia, to reside at Norfolk.

The Virginians have passed in act irate the following: We publish it as a prohiHting the killing of deer in thel specimen of the libels and traductions to ~r .i— ni... Diri.» mr.A

wj,jch

B.T"'r

ihe control oi

a California and Oregon, as much or more, than the possession ol Cuba controls the commerce of the.Gulf ol Mexico. The Sandwich Islands can furnish more good sailors to man a squadron than can Cuba besides, is not so easy to afford efficient protection to Oregon and California ns to tho States on the Gulf of Mexico. I trust the importance of preventing the Sandwich Islands from falling into the possession of any European power is sufficiently appreciated by our Government.

REMARKABLE ECHOES.—The best echoes are produced by parallel walls. At a ville, near Milan, there extended two parallel wings about fifty-eight paces from each other, tho surface of which are unbroken, either by doors or windows. The sound of the human voice, or rathet a word quickly pronounced Is repeated about forty times. The repetitions, however, follow in such rapid successions that it is difficult to reckon them unless early in the morning, before the equal temperament of the air is disturbed or in a calm, still evening. Dr. Plot mentions an echo in Woodstock Park, which repeats seventeen syllables by day, and twenty by night. An echo on the north side of Shipley Church, in Sussex, repeats twenty-one syllables There is aUo a remarkable echo in the venerable Abbey Church of St. Albans.

A lettor has

reeei%*ed by tbe Crystal Palace

me removal this in rating. cwlumn, and iisciwtmn in gr«Mi»id*, upon the condition \Sun the.G»%«r»jt»teiii may Iwrealter recii»tt« it tm payment «»i nil expenses incurred in the transit,— Step* have beeo alieady taken to effect the removal of the column from Egypt. Other interesting works of antiquity I rom Luxor and Karlack will accompany it.

Si me body has the audacity to perpe-

|he craft is Mibjected. You rarely. If ever see a politician with smooth hair, a great scholar with tine hair, an artist with long haif. an editor whose hair is carefully adjusted. ..••••• ft':-:..

FROM MAJOR JACK BOWlfWG. DowmsaviLLE, STATE or MAISE, I Nov. 18, 1852, $ MR. GALES 6i SEATON My dear old friends, I am as happy as happy can be, and Uncle Joshua is a great deal happier. And as for aunt Keziph, about the second day arter the election, when New York, and Pennsylvania, nnd Ohio come rolling in for Pierce and King, he was so completely overflowed with oceans of happiness that she fell into conniption fits, and has had 'em more or less every day since. And as for cousin Sargeant Joel Downing, he don't hurrah for Ginerel Scott no more but ever since he hurrahs for Gineral Pierce day and night, till he's got to be so hoarse he can't speak above a whisper. You remember I told you in my last letter how Uncle Joshua and I found Sargeant Joel, some time before the election, out behind the barn, standing on a stump, and swinging his hat. ond hollerin "hurrah for Ginerol Scott" with all his might. Arter that he did it openly, and 6aid ho didn't care who heard it. And he kept it up til! tho day arter election, when the telegraph wes brought in the thunder and jightnin news that all creation had gone for Gineral Pierce, and then cousin Joel chopt round, quicker than yon ever see a norwester set tn arter a south east storm. Cousin Joel is a cunin uug, he knows which side his bread is buttered, and you may depend lie will be on hand in Washington next winter, and if Pennsylvania avenue don't ring from one end to tother with his hurrahs for Gineral Pierce, won't guess agin. I don't know what Gineral Pierce will do for cousin Joel when the time comes, but he will be bound to do something pretty handsome for him, for no man lias hurrah'd louder and heartier for him than cousin Joel has, especially since the election.

And as for uncle Joshua, he seems to be in kingdom-come. It does my heart good to look at him he seems to be so satisfied. He says the good old Jackson times is coming .agin, and ihe Bank and the Tariff and Internal Improvements has* got to stand from under, or else be swamped. "But." s»vs I, "uncle Joshua, we hain't got no Bank now, so it can't stand from under, nor be swamped nother." "Well, that ain't nothing at all to the argument,' says he "supposin we had a bank, it would have to stand from under, wouldn't it?'" "Well, uncle Joshua," says I, *you ask me as puzlin a question as Bill Johnson did'tother day," 'What was thai?' says he. "Well," says l,"ypu know Bill is always bantering every one he meets to swap watches. So he :omes up to me 'tother day. ond savs he Major, how'll ve swap watches? Says I Mr. Johnson, I hoint got no watch. Says he no matter for that, supposin you had one, how would you swap? Now uncle if I had only hud a watch, 1 could told Bill how I would swap. And so if we only had a Bank may be 1 could answer your question too. For if it was a Whig Bank. I should say pretty decidedly it would have to stand from under or be upset.— Hut Gineral Jackson killed the Rank, and now Gineral Pierce has killed the Whig party. It has- always been your doctrine that the Dimocrat principle is to fight agin the Whigs. But now there ain't no Whig party nor no Bank, I dont know what Gineral Pierce is going to do for of all the hard things in this world there ain't nothing harder than to kick agin nothing. And, uncle, 1 shouldn't be at all surprised if Gineral Pierce should go to work now and build up a new Bank and I dont know, but I ajmost wish he would.

Uncel Joshua rolled up his eyes, and says he, '"Major you ought to be the last man to say that arter workin as hard as you did to help Gineral Jackson kill the old Bunk monster." "1 know .hai." »ut circumstances alters cases. It is being a Wm«5 Bank that makes a Bank bad, and does all the mischief. A Dimocratic Bank might be a very good thing, and I hope Gineral Pierce will try the experiment. The Bank of England has worked well for more than a hundred years, and why shouldn't tho Bank of America, if there wasn't no Whiggery mixed up with it? I hope Ginertil Pierce will go in for a true Dimocratic National Bank." "Well, Major," said uncle Joshua, "I spose you see deeper into statesmanship than I do, and I don't know but you are about right. I think Gen.Pierce ought to take you for one of his Cabinet if he wants to get along safe and I think if you would sit down and write a letter to the Gineral giving him some of your notions about things, it might be a help to him. and I think, Major, it's your duty IO do it." -i 1 couldn't hetp thinking about this last remark of uncle Joshua all day, and finally I begun to feel as though 'twas my duty to write to the Gineral. But I see something in the papers about his going to Virginia or somewhere off South, and I don't know where my let ter would find him. But 1 spose, Mr. Gales and Seaton, pou keep the run of him, so I will inclose the let*« 'O you and get you to send it on. By s« doing you will oblige your old friend,

WI MA JOB

This

"Always be prepared for death was the admonition of a Missouri elder, as he placed in his son's belt two buwieknives and a pair of revolters.

JACK

The tears of heauiy are like ligh clouds floating over a heaven of star?, bedimming thfrtt for a moment that the* mnv shine with greater luster than bK fore," '1

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8rTr.T*tF.—Th« f«hdi$u niemnri'*# Ut^t Hejmtotnbcd fti the VOM MP chef of past ?»me rushing »i the soul like tn»iap«»gti«hifig ond gur glingout (if the bunghole into the pitcher, to put on buckwheat ?akes.

"Come, Bill, it's ten o'clock, and I think we had better be going, for its time honest men were at home." "Well, yea was the answer, "1 must be off but you needn't." sci..

Young ladies should beware of well dressed young men who spend their lives in sucking in "cobblers" and shoemakers—the latter through a straw, and the latter out of a new pair of boot*.**

The nutnber of persons imprisoned for intemperance in Massachusetts during ten years, ending Sept. 1st* 1993, wsi 51 $99-

*!PBEPI8«MISWIEFF1L

THB

ROMANCE OF TSADE—Lundy Foot, the celebrated snuff manufacturer of Dublin, originally kept a small tobacco* ttist's shop at Limerick, Ireland. One night his house, which was uninsured, was burntto the ground. As he contemplated the ruins the following morning, in a state bordering on despair, some of the poor neighbors, groping among the embers for what they could find, stumbling upon several canisters of uncon. sumed but half-baked snuff, which they fried and found so grateful to their noses that they loaded their waistcoat pockets with the spoil.

Lundy Foot, roused from his stupor, at length imitated their example, and took a pinch of his own property, when he was instantly struck with the pungency and flavor it had acquired from the great heat to which it had been exposed. Treasuring up this valuable hint, he took another house in a place called "Black Yard," and, preparing a large oven for the purpose, set dilligenily about the maniifaciure of that high dried commodity, which soon became known os "Black Yard Snuff."

Lundy Fool,making his customers pay liberally through the nose f'.r one of the most distinguished" kinds of snuff in the world, soon raised the price of his production, took a large house in the city of Dublin, and was often heard to say, I made a handsome fortune by being, as I supposed, utterly ruined."

Merchants' Magazine.

*"Tho Sultan's favorite dwarf, a little man about forty years old, ond three feet high, bestrode his horse with as consequential an air as any of them. A few years ago this man took a notion to marry, and applied to the Sultan for a wife. The latter gave him permission to go into his harem aud take the one whom he could kiss. The dwarf, like ail short men. was ambitious to have a long wife, benut. While the Sultan's five hun.diw**who knew the terms according to which the dwarf was permitted to choose, were laughing at the amorous mannakin, he went up to one of the tallest and handsomest of them and struck her a sudden blow on the stomach. She collopsed with the pain, and before she could recover he caught her by the neck and gave the dreaded kiss. The Sultan kept his word, and the tall beauty is now the mother of the dwarf's children.—Bayard Taylor's Letters from Turkey.

A WHALE WITH THE TOOTH-ACITE.— A whaleman, after describing the capture of a sperm whale and its singular flounderings before its capture, says:

On extracting the teeth the cause of his singular movement was revealed.— The cavities in several contained a large number of worms, an eighth of an inch in length. The teeth were perfectly sound but the marrow or the nerve of the tooth which was an inch in diameter at the lower extremity, was in many of them entirely consumed by the insects that seemed to have bred there.

IIow many of our fair readers, as they draw on their French kid gloves are ovrare that ttrosa same gloves are made of rat skins? Tho catching of rata I'or this purpose is a regular trade in Paris, in whictt tiimdreds of men find employment.

An Irishman once called upon an apothecary with a sick infant, when the apothecary gave him some powder of which he ordered as much as would lay on a sixpence to be given every morning the man replied, 'Prehaps your honor would lend me 0116 ihewhil asl hav nt got one at all. M- A

Forrest will shortly appear at one of the Buffulo theater*, and Mrs Sinclair, (late Mrs. Forrest) at tbe other, simultaneously.

A I E

At Prairieton, on Sunday. Nov. 28, inst., by Thomas Carr, Esq., Mr. JOHN E. MOORE, to Miss AMANDA

ALMY,

all of this County.

On the 18th inst., by Rev. Aaron Wood, Dr. ZEBULON HULLINGSWORTH, to Miss MARTHA ANN DAVY, all of this place.

On the 9th inst., by Rev. Aaron Wood, Mr. RoBERT H. THOMAS, to Miss MARTHA M.,dau«hterot

Rev. Wm. Chcever, Mr. GEOHWE DUNCAN, to Miss MARY ANN HUNT,allot this County In Tone Haate, on the morinine inst.. by Rev. Aaron Wood, G. W. r.

D., of this place, to Miss JULIA

DOWNING.

ijf,

of the 23d 'ATHICK, M.

BARNES,

daughter

of James Barnes, Esq., of OtierCreek. In Terre Haute, on the morning of the 23d inst., by Rev. Aaron Wood, Mr. E. B. ALLEN, to Miss LUCINA

SIBLEY,

all of this place.

IU Preaching in the Universalist Church tomorrow morning, Deer. 5th. at 104 o'clock, and at 6* in the evening- Subject—" Thes* shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into life eternal." Come one, come all.

Music on the Piano, Harp,

Gui

tar.

LADY wishes to form a claaa to teach the above instruments, with vocal music it required. The highest reference given from schools where she was engaged in the East.

TERMS--$10 per quarter of twelve weeks, for cards of address, enquire at Mr. Child Book Store. tdec4/Lw^_

A/twtnjgt-ratQrB' Notice.

NOTICEof

is hereby given, that the undersign

ed have been appointed Administrators of tho estate John Paine, Sr., late of Vermillion countv lnd .deceased. Said estate is supposed to be »olvent. CHARLOTTE PAINE, Admrx

ISAAC B.HEW^Admr.

Clinton,Nov. 3,1852.—dec4at

lar prices, up of the following Stoves. Jenny Lind,

Phoenix rVemiuiti, Superioi, Beat premium^ Ida premium, Kitchen Wftch,

all

i4ll3llllSSI

Nov. l«, 'W-wtf

BWS&iIci,^, term term thereof, A. D. 1852

Rariden,

Mrtrriiin'

ScPt.erab«r

therein pending, wherein John' Bu.w^t",1nJ"V" P- Usher, Plaintiff, nnd against John R' Srry iV? ,wife' J"ob Y. Imith and Cath&en V-d Ann' ^?el

Godey's Ladies' Book Pictorial Drawing-room Companion,' Flag of our Union Star Spangled Banner, &c. The December numbers of Harper, Godey axuf Graham, now received. dec4-mws

MARSH & CO*0

S E I O

rl",HE

N. OVERTON, Commission iUmfyant,

Corner of Commerce and IjafaytUstt., NEW ORLEANS.

Nov 20 w8m

Terre Haute, Nov. 19, 1852—wif

Smith's Stove Warehouse

The Subscribe* |W on band the

LARGEST AND MGST COIflCTE WSORTMEHT^OF

William Rariden,"wu"*

Wm-

Krumbhaar, and j2fflC

of ,he

Board of Commia-

unrt/rDi Sinking Fund, Defendants, th* «n (an?,""* (23)twenty-five. (25) twenty-six,(26) BA-' 111"' *arts

out

^°is^ain'l

H^, rl VlS ™?8e,do?r'in

of 64 parts in lot No. five (5)

ad£iti0n

,0 he

"wn

0n the

Lots number 4, 6, 23, 25, 26.

of Tetri

princip"^^. ^i)roc**d\ln P.«y™«nt of the accruing decree and I hate levied

«iv*n

,h«

th« tow«

of Ter-

on said day, (by virtue of the power jj?" as Commissioner as aforesaid,) and will the rents and profits for seven years, nf said rUt !nl?^

8aUKf3f,s^d,

interest, and costs,

"nd shall fail to satisfy the same, I will then and there ofler and sell tbe feesimple in said real

S&Sk s!o»'!brNS

CewmissiinVr.

Magazines for

Z893.

wi"

••CW1'*

IS[

object of which is, to correct habitual 1 stooping, round and crooked shoulders, weak back snd chest, and to preserve that erect and graceful position, which is indispensable to health and beauty it is adapted to Men, Women and Children of all ages, occupations and conditions it is light, yet strong, perfectly elastic, simple, and

ot fahoulder Brace and Suspenders.

An Abdominal Supporter,

Which claims especial attention, as it will he found of great benefit to persons afflicted with pain in the back and side, inability to be on their fret for any length of time arising from a displacement oi the parts, that are radily restored bv timely application of a properly constructed Instrument.

A Boon to Ihe Afflictcd!1

S S E S

RUPTURES efiectually dured t,» MARSH'Enewly-iuvented,light, self adjusting elastic Truss —S. H' MAUSU, practical Truss Manufac

turer, is the inventor ol a new Truss, pronounced by the faculty to be the mast effective oneextant, properly adjusting itself to every position ot th«* oody, rendering displacement impossible. It not only insures a complete retention of tb« bowel*, but effects a radical cure. Mr. Marsh having had upwards of twenty years' experience in the treatment of hernia, will guarantee a cure in ovcry case of rupture, of however long standing. Children invariably cured.

NRailroadis

MARSH &. CO.,

No. i!i Maiden Lane, N. York.

CTTForsale by Wood Sc. Donnelly, Terraliauta, dec4cvw

1 Railroad Election.

OTICE hereby given that an election for thirteen Directors ot tbe Evansviile & Illinois Company, to serve for the ensuing year, will be held at the Court House in Evansville, Indiana, on Wednesday the 8th day of December next, between the noars of )0 o'clock a. rn., and 4 o'clock p, m. ffTimc'Eij m\L,o: rnt i--

Office E. & I. R. R. Co, Evnnsville, Nov. 19th, 1852. nov. 26, d&w3w.

Millinery

MRS.

Dress Making.

H. MINER tenders her services in the above line to the ladies of Terre Haute and surrounding country, in the room over H. St J. Ross's store, west side of the square where she is prepared to attend to calls, in the moat prompt and satisfactory manner.

Nov26d&.w2w

v?V

Cash paid for Wheat

4 Holmes's Mill. J?'-4 May 30, '52-V3t 138-wtf-33

Fancy Millinery.

,"ow.\oR and Miss HEMJBEgoa' re* ot 'Terra

Haute and vicinity, that they have opened a Fan cv Millinery, on National Road Street, n?xt door West of Mr. Graver's Stove Stoiv where they offer an a assortment ot Millinery and Embroideries, Consisting in part, of Silk, Satin and Braid Bonnets, Caps, Head Dresses of every style, riunl ity and price, Fine French Flowers, Eeatnera, Ribbons, Veils, Collars, Under Sieves Handkerchiefs, SLC. We (latter ourselves we will be able to supply Customers wiih goods of the latest fasion, on as good terms as can be had in the City.

N. 1J. Will also keep constantly on hand aa assortment of Mourning Bonnets*,, Oct. 9. '52-w3mo ,*1

House for Sale.

THE

large brick dwelling, situated on 1st and Syromoro streets, owned and occupied by Jacob Ryman, is offered for sale or rent. The dwelling is two stories, with four rooms on each floor, having convenient out buildings. For terms and conditions of sale or rent, apply to

Nov27wit) JACOB-D. A 'S

EARLY.

FOR THE CURE OF

FEVER AND AGUE! WILL

be found superior to any artida of the kind now in use. May be had at Groverman and Bourne's. Prepared and warranted by "G. W. BALL.

SSsSrJ.

...^7 5feff

STWB,

iff IV RED. which they are determined to sell at their r*g*-

Coiwwting of oat FIFTEE?T»U^ contrary, notwithstanding. Our asrortmcnt ia «neJ* ar prices, the/ reat raise of pig we contrary, Double Or'-M::

t.,

Farmers Premium Eelipae, Victory premium, Ironton premium, pr Qtieeu of the Weat,Colt's Revolver preinium.

Together with an nnparalle'ed assortment y*c narc aiwv, in. of which we will aell to our old customers on the «^i«r

Tin. Wlie, opper and Zinc, for sale to the trade and are tuny i~snd can aider for 8hop« at ebert natie#. jf. SMITH &

MaaonicP'*™*'""* Buck* fRp&r

'^Odd Fellow,

°R«viere premium.

tn(J PtHor

We have also. Tin plate. Block

), regard to tinnlnf tools,

wit