The Wabash Courier, Volume 21, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 January 1853 — Page 2

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THE COURIER.

E S S E O N A E DITOR.

E E A E

Saturday Morning, Jan. 1. 1853

the election to L»c iititi on liie Od day next.

Last week

heavy rains just then visiting us

BJwitl,,tm

countrjr injured in all directions. ded, and mails from a heard suffered

5"™ I!"

extent which kept up'

Railroads and

or three lives were lost on the fall of one of »3

these bridge*, a short distance below Ir.diar.apolis. A freight train attempting to cross

less

injured, so

going further Kastr have returned in the eve-

ning, not being able to pursue

by any eastern

themsvlvcB of steamers on the W abash, in

order to get to Cincinnati I the Ohio river. Great ilnmape is said to have been done,

and much loss of property, by ti intinda lions of streams Kast of Indiannpoiss. Tin

floods represented as being heavier ar.'. more disastrous than experienced for many

Mr. J. (J. II/.skish the attentive "'.id polite Agent of Atiufiij's Express will pl.-a^t accept our thanks fur many favors in lh' way of newspapers. Through Mr. Ha we often receivc Cincinnati nnd papers in advance of tin nr.il.-'.

Hon. Daniel Webster, dc eased, was unan-'

iinously confirmed by the Senate of the ted States on the day it was made, and without tho usual reference to a committee.

The correspondent ol the Haiti more S.in Hsvs an association has been formed in New York for the^TfljJy*0W'**«yVr niymou's |-rf:..wc ot 1 -.ii.t

loiuii

.r-d

W«Cif. ir.ent.

in winch •-, .1.

roa(l

passed without intermission between tins depriving him of life instantly. lie leaves and Indianapolis during all the rains aud a large family.

T-, j- r. rut 1

From Indianapolis communication is cut

offin every

several day«

kmc i.-K'ii

Si:

PKI.SIIil NTIAI. V. total vote Three liave received about one half, or a very .small fraction over.

..to of the nation will foot up about

Millions—of which CI en. Pierce may

The nomination ol the Hon. Eiwahii l.v-

I.nr.TT, aa Dccrrtar, ,f r»ate,

tho tbirty-tliir-1 Cong re Wh'v*. one Democrat

ono Democrat, tion stand seven

hnM

jn the pens in and nearr

•ise.

PIEitC**S CABINET.

For a good while past the public have been entertained, instructed, and perhaps amused, with suggestions as to the names of individuals expected to compose the new Cabinet of Gen. Pierce. The catalogue has been gone over in order to suit the notions of Locofoco writers and Locofoco editors and we had thought the matter was fairly fixed, cut and dried to the President's hand

hcn be uld

•*:!"al

A1NS--KIV EltS-R AI I.KO ADS. f-ightbe con,idered .a reliable fur the Cabwe noticed .oroe ccirtinoeJ Now, hower, lo, and befcold we

The be- have

anew

ftro

-this week there vras more oi ine

nj_

'10

-i to tin' Govern-

contract v. ith the

i.^gt, and indeed tin :)•, work '.'U1

ns fas! a-: it may

undertake to exe^ MASSACHUSHTrs.— I lie it acbtuetts 011 Monday,^ the 1-tb

political

It will and

State in consist of nin one Free Soiler vacancies in the prc eulted in the choice thus making the di I'

The election to till the •at Cvngrc?-s, retwo iiills

NV'ni^s to one Dem

ocrat and two Free SoiWs. venr lTsVi^Ma11 hias Denny

In the

chased the IfiO acres nearly all the present s=:ie lorlv-tttttc dollnr. N« t,r|, fiK»tof any lot on

|lu

chased for that sum

Pork Bcsiskss ing is still going on extensive.) »„ber ot

lho

river.

ChuSTMA# —A glorious entertainment came off at the Strvvabt Hotr on Christmas day. It wa*. indeed, a burn. tHu* table, that seemetl to give ihe greatest satisfaction to a large assemblage of boa-d-

tak»*

from me

chor

la .0 b. .ovor»l thott..^ bo broMgkl to hici, i. pv.t curi^itv. These Raul to oe vessels were wrecked three hutnired vears waiting a f*« of w»«fianH

{™m

#pu

town. Prices not within day, Caxai, Convmi-e.—It o=week. Sales have *S0. timated that lierinj the present year tiie intwo at •0,"6 r\-! creastMl value of Hour. cram, beet, pork, but—*quence ter and lard, tratifported over the New \ork

Nkvv?.—Ui broken Roi.ro u.s we have

.m«ivetWut mails of any importance rve j,

trtoods and rain*. There is scarcciv ia]ion

gfteans of news, and wc know not what railway competition, and b.-.con a decline in ,oingonabr.xid. receipts uf 1,000.000 lbs.

All les^Uim^lties to the enlargement of: SiLVER Coin.—The community is sutierthe Batterv at New York, are removed, and ing from the w«nt of silver change whtcn the waiter) v. nu^ht have been prevented long be: re this, it will be immediately #0 enlarged as to an- neglect ot House to pass on elude 24 acres, more than double the present ^jr

er*. traveler* and united cnests. operation against its 1 «s by exportation.— This public necessity shonl.J .-e v-ne ot the We particularly ask attention to an sb- rirst things attended to at th»-present session, attract from a report of the Superintendent The benefits contemplated by Mr. Hunters ,^IB 1

relet another article on our second page

$3* Cen»«.-Uken from the is Chairman, H^'-k'ic found on our first p*gtf. also

P*P

er,on l}|C of AJe

I b« Ra»lroadSy«te«n in the t'nited State#.

Ra»lroadSyate«n

Ruth of tbe»* articles will be found inter-1 twenty-five cents butit is not easy esting and will well repay a perusaJ.

l, ingto

the election to be hcid tuc iJd Jay of January next. j{ jg true we could not name the very indito fill each particular office of the lines in course of construction amount We arc authorize! to announce SAMTLX vidual DODSON as a candidate for Town rt

men 111i cai.i! pauivuui wmvv V«

nn.,mor»n.d

of January Cabinet, as many sets were enumerpted but supposed some of the names suggested

6t°ry.

take the

brilSca

Gen. Pierce writes to

distance scarcely disinteresl, of course, have taken the cul

th5B

as tiie new i-auinet.

lost. .hammer. ll,s loot siippeu m., «..u u..,urvu-

The Railroads in all directions are more ,,ately the gun was loaded, was discharged

to impede traveling, ex-!

cept the Torre Haute read. The trains have

rr.

r\f the Washington "that a3 the people have seen siruciion, the cost is estimated at 451 .-

it to el to re id 8 8 4 6 7 2

flj^acor rather two floods in immediate sue 1849.662,918 New Hampshire, with 363 ceffeion. The consequence of these high wratpra has been very disastrous to the whole

Cabinet."

Now we chould tiiink this rather a short

Acciuestal Death.—On Christmas day qqq

before day-light the morning after the first Mr. Dav«J Swall, this county, met an un-1 o,...paring roads running through ircm .M... w._w_ .... vuyii, f|,p uetMft \-j KUtlllll nj» Ot a gun. Strictly agrioullurol dio»rioic in ihic cniinfind that while

ueltth iiuuuiing ot

loeomotive with several cars into the river. F^elin^ disposed to go hunting, he took a try and in England we The engineer, fireman, and one other killed g,m that had been used previously by a«other the Southern Michigan 'ine,J245 miles

the contents passed into the mouth of I

MnLASciroLT.—A distressing accident,

oprilrrr„1

i()

t!,eir

conveyance beyond Indian-

npolis. Several have returned here UavaiH

irection exec 1 y, 011 Tuesday last. Mrs. Rir :j, wife of haps one of the worst managed in EngFor

passengers 0 ur Riggs, was accidentally shot with a! land, but it nevertheless serves tc illusdianapolis in the morning with a view of

han,iH

iShaUtIck The parlies werc slan

ofe

thcr

(,)(i ncd(leilta

contents lodging in the side of Mrs. Riggs,

causing her d'Tith in three hours.

The total receipts gold

1 1 .. •%.•...»-* I,.,* »-V i-l I l/ k.'

:tales

Mint in November amounted to 8^1

L'-.0,000. Tlie cidiiagt? from Nnveniber -ith.

niii",!iited to $'l ,!»'H).543 in gold. The receipts for eleven months were $'-1

rt hut violent attack of brain fever. Mr.

til', ntiai. N'o'i—It iJ said that the, (Jrcenough was horn in Huston in ISO."), and

?r:uhi!ited

wart!

ry'

Cherubs," the Aledora, the colossal statue

Kivnt Htsimcss.—Tiie Wabash

itwriiT 1 'Steamers

i-reat

!:nve ben loading d.iv or two llat'eeats are being !d in a day or two

only mode avin:i

be hushed,

nut of the Treasury. The New t-rker, wi.i •ute the work in tour ears

mi in settled the jation of the

ul tue

Tt r.r. line at h:s N street opposite t!i i--is a clioice ~e! Itoii.-te'jd^. Sot. Give iiitu a call.

er say: 0:1 notice ccive

era! houses. Besides la'lftj. there is |aIul i,

3e at a dicoi

vvVherates.

mum cj par. __

diS 0 err

has boon recovered frcm one of the

ran 1 wi] amounl lo

acon niu

been k«pC week. Tho Telegraphs also c'rense in the value of all brnWft-WC" .0 hive been injured br:

From the Washington Republic.

The Rail road System of the United States. An. article in the current issue of De Bow's Review affords much interesting information in regard to the railroad system of the United States. The number of railroads, it appears, Lg new 337, of an average leifti the whole forming eight rooters oi tommunication across, east and west, and north and south. The aggregate length in operation is 11,565 miles, constructed at an average cost of S29,000 per mile. The

10 11,~28 miles.

The cost per mile is greatest in the New England States, less in the Middle and Southern, and least in the Western. Thus in Massachusetts, with 1,153 miles in operation and 67 in coarse of con-

responsibility of selecting his own miles completed and 533 in progress

have been *™b upon those of his partical.r fneod. by Traveling impc-. uiecusi is uui v....—

whom he was elected, and who out of kind-

wUh

his Excellency sin, with smooth pra

*®leC,Cd 1 20 miles completed and 236 in progress.

lry ic

been at our wharf Two tint boats belonging to |wen.

Store/on l^Iarket

prnrie Cit/House. He

cll

nl11'

T„roxvn 0

„,e .i)is ij'g of Rttreaus, tables. Lou/tires &c.,tS:c.

I Th

"nlks

rur-

h:v!, embracing of Cincinnati, (or scarcelv

§7.ST7.000. In curn.

cheese, there will be a de-

the receipts at tide water have fallen otYmateriaiiv comp

ljm i|h ChMM

tt about lbs, owing to

ter'still after it had been acted on

in the Senate. A rine months session, however, did not allow that (i.litriu body time

rnoM^h to attend to anv useful measure. Whitis

wanted ,s supped ly that bill.

oulanv

B.»i.

reducing, as it !-roroses, the standard weigh Harrod^uirg. Kemuck v, of silver c.- n, '..e rectvrs of the mint may furnish the public as much as it wants with-

loss!and erect a barrier by the same

ffDort jnutl bill, which K* to the com-

0!lj,hl not

,0 forfeited through the culpa-

n0g:tvCl Qf OUr

represeautives.—.Ynrari

twentv five cents in thatcountrv

...

Pennsylvania, with 1.323

.......ps

S14.144,/oo whtle tn Georgia, with 804 miles finished and 181 in progress, the cost is but 815,100.000 Connecti

1 1

at nn aggregate estimated cost 01 t?4uu,-

cqs1 S2

0 ie

Swall, horribly mutilating his head, and em Michigan, and on the Eastern Coun

,000 per milo. The receipts

respective undertakings in Sep-

mber last were Si 13.215on the South-

ties §300.025 the receipts on the Arner ican road bein^ considerably more than

road, while the cost was ten times less.

MiHfllptnwn in this coun- tu 1 1 a ii a in E a a ad is

h(.r brother, Charles trate the fact that there the roads run

ding by a through districts whose resources had

j°l!rn('.v drawer which contained a pistol that had already been developed while here they

]qM witlimiUll0 klimvle(|ge

s)|aUuck wa3 handling!ertion

pass over ground which wuh little ex-

adds immensek to the floating

,V(nt off, the jency o" railroads to develop

oca

()f

business and to equalize the value

|ajjd for agricultural purposes over a

•.t the Fnited comparatively largo surfacc,is strikingly llusirated in tho business of 1I10 Masso-

The reiurns of tho

cnusfitis lines. pas-

sengcr and goods' trpflic show notj

only that the

1 avcra

.vi it ok Horatio 'ii :rxoi un.—Arner-'are constantly ican r.r' has lost one of its most di ed representatives in the person of Hokatio (i r.i.ENon,!!, Fculptor. He died at Somersville, Mass., on Saturday morning, from a

dlslunccs

w'11_cn1

oi rs ils

nc)

1 a a a iti nguisii- 1 vandalism: doubled from lolb to lLiol. the aver-, age distance to which they ure :'ansnort ed has diminisscd one

L.,rn

rng0

mu Violent ounckoi orain u-ver. ,ur. gc distance traveled by passengers is returned to tnis city alter a visit 10

ess

of Washington, and the Rescue. Mr. Green- niarts, but they have diffused the city government, amount to apout one hunouirh married Miss Clore, oi Hoston, and had sn^'eral iliildren.

icrhrmii,. in- vuuv— ..investments. Boston aflords a case in and speculators would Iqj *. •-r.-»?T?ible order—beveral

)eC

!ace

from

bv other houses.

Wnvn't'to tbe Advertisemc another column. :m extensive a?sertinen

TU'. itI'pC'H'tl

(U',0

Sronr..—We ask attention nt of Mr. D. Fors-, 31 r. burster bus 1 the Ft'R"

uive ueen «h om «.m.. within j||q ten vcars ending in lboO having, contracts or obligations. H.it lhis is ok TWO liiu ..U..O

sixty-five per cent.,

Mi(v-!K'OH tlw' I'.i, loaded with pork and Lard seven towns, each within ...

°ClcreIand Plaindeal-: chasers ai 5G and 60. Assuming ihat that

ci,

at after the IMlt inst..they will

""l^i'per. O ci

rn|lln ias

ieposite no Canada, Wise or Michigan (Detroit exc otirse, this excluded ount. and the brokers ,..., v.v... .. ,.

,ck-1 The Spax-sh Akmaiu.—'The wrecks ofj will confer upon ll!inofs.

Slaughtering an'*gov.: one or more of the Spanish Armada, defined 1 The wisdom of it.e po.icy on the part for the conquest of have r* oentlv

on the west coast of Ire-

ore

they were cast away. An an-

Vw ^)i it.ui. crease of passenger irallic on all ihe traders at various periods during the .jaded and 1 milways, ii is exceeded in proportion year, to buy baubles or other worthless

events in connexion western undertakingis known granted 10 the Illinois Central Railroad il.bUO.OOO seres whicrh in the course of years might have sold for 83,300,IKK) reserving an equal quantity at double the ordinary minimum, making §,000,000. If He Bow's Review sneaks correcilv when it says that ihese reserved sections now sell at nn average of So per acre in consequence of a rail

Sll.000,0»H) by the operation vate landiiulders along the route will, it

Both alTord strong evidence of the vast.

crue from well directed ihis nature

The following are the

the name of the Greet.v.lie Itisir.utc.— Tliev certain')* arc curious. 1G. No pupil shall eai slaie-penci.s, chaik, soap sione, fire c»ais. unripe

i'ruit.

or anything of the kind.

IT. Pupils must, under al. eircumstan-

ces, decline the attention ef gailar.:s,

either directly or indirectly throu^n the

medium of agents, letters, or notes.

New-York has one horse to seven persons: Ohio, one to four: and the whole t'rik-n a-

wnio, one 10 lour: anu u»e wooie irmna- i"'

SHOWING TI1E DEAD. There is a curious custom at Havana, of laying out bodies in state during the night before burial. They are placed close to the open window, fronting the street on a couch raised four or five feet from the ground. The corpse is surrounded with high wax tapers, and the whole room illuminated. Frequently, returning from a tcrtulia or a bali. I

new suit of clothes, with tight patent leather boots, and white neckcloth. I remember one night in particuler, I was returning home through one of the byestreets, when, seeing the lower rooms of a house illuminated, and concluding

produce into the city their annuities,in the aggregate from the

|, increase of its population 1:1 alone, and not draw them into improper

wl'

ile

that of rarely if ever the case. The chiefs active miles of'cording to the Indian custom, can do

within' the city, nnd acccssible by railroad was what they please Willi the property of Sevetal eighty'one per cent. Great as is the in- their tribe, are bribed or seduced bv the

'1CVC |, ynlue of improved lands along the leaving when paid, only a liule over one

by the increase of freights. In this res-: things, and 10 give obligations for them,lance of the northern railroad from lhis pect the experience of Massachusetts to be inei out of their government annu-j point 10 to Decatur, with a view to its tallies with that of South Carolina and itios Thus.it often happens that the permanent location. witli iV.nt of the l'.rie Railroad. groat culk of what they are to gel is ab- I he road from I erre Haute to 1 ing-

The "rent advance in ihe value of sorbod beforehand by ibose foolish andificid will form ihe connecting link beland on ihe line of railroads is 110- corrupt obligations, and the poor tribe 1 tvveen the great eastern improvements, where more marked than on the Illinois. when iheir pay day comes round, have land the road from this point to St. Joseph Central, where lands vvhich had long but the merest trifie coming to them. on the Missouri. It is not necessary to remained unsulJ at ihe Government'1 In the case in particular to which we, speculate upon the value of ihe proposed minimum pricc have rcilizod Si5 per refer, not less than forty thousand dol-!road 10 the public or to the stockholders, acre, and others which have been held Inrs were thus signed away oui of one It would bo one of the most important at §2 and 83, now readily obtain pur-, hundred thousand, and this sum wos' roads «n the republic. Springfield Jouractual "collected out of their annuities.! nal.

increased in the same ratio.: half what liiev were entitled to. Thej

The object of the brokers is crease in the propertv of Massachusetts, laas, rior were they aware t.ieir chief, a front!, give a preference to Ohio banks, and to (Vom S2P9.878.32!Mn 1840 10 *597,93(5.- had signed any obligations to pay 11 ch latter willlikely rc-j jn js small in proportion to' notwithstanding, and all ihey could do

095 in I80O, is small in prosiortion to notwiiusianomg. anu ay u.u cw,.u

the increase which the Cenual Railroad was to complain. St. IjOuis niun.

of the Government in granting land to

aid in the construction of railroads is^^

placed beyond doubt by the course of

r( a

jn re(TU ari an in

conlnins se ies 0'f verii

lining to it.

and reallv reciprocal benefits which acjuu .«ra safety of an animal destined to carry en erpnse grejller

have been startled by seeing the fixed bent posture, and the stomach distended and ri^id features of some old gentleman with aliments, they are apt to press on or lady, dressed in their best attire, and |the great blood vessels, whereby too apparently reclining against the window, much blood may be thrown on the brain It used to appear an unnecessary mock- a consequence likely to superinduce ery of death, dressing out a corpse in a headaches and apoplexy. Dr. Kitchen-

there was a body lying in state, I wentjsion, "put on their nightcaps without towards it. There close to the window, first bribing their stomachs to good beso close that 1 could have touched itihavior,"I must prescribe an egg lightly through the bars, lay the body of a boiled, and a piece of dry toast, with a young girl abaut fifteen years of age.— small quantity of white wine negus. She was dressed as for a ball, with flow- which will often secure a tranquil night.

57O miles in operation and 64 ers in her hair, and white saun shoes which would otherwise be passed with

on her mouth her face

pression was one 01 the most

beautiful I liuve ever seen.—Sullivan's Rambles.

TIIE AMERICAN FI.AG ABROAD. It is a common practice in Kurope to m.ulic a parade in their cathedrals. I churches, and other institutions, of di-

kjnds of such flags of ollier

ceilings of the pub.ic bu. dings of Eng..

land, possibly there may be some six by I

1. sign of a Cape Cod smack the only

a third of the receipts of the English r.i ,i10„ trophy of their success they can command. One of a larger kind, however, is hung conspicuously among a multitude of foreign banners, Chelsea Hospital the comfortable retreat which the

English Government has provided for

ab!e

1111

gc arc in comparison small,

decreasing. Although .1 til it

ff, T1

1 PoTiW I:,

,he ,ns

than two per cent, of tho ogrcgntejon the pl'Vms, where they lately

at Harvard in 1SJ3. S(»on after-1 length, indicating clearly the rapidity ceived their government annuities, de-

he went to Italy, where lie remained with which literal connexions are form- sires us to make public some of the abu-"

m»l voars simlyins tbe worka of the wilh leading lines, and the e*MM to' ses |.n,c.iscd upon then, by the traders j^..^

travel multiply both passengers

ducts his chisel are busts ol John Quiiicy 1 k„..„ 1 frcitfni i\tu only nnvfl inn raiiio: (t .1 tMC ll Proanlati O 1

which ihe means of cheap and prorapi and speculators thai haunt their loot-,

.1^ „i, „n.

irea. ur there are aminn in a the feet, amount-1j, better treat ihe party. 1 his was the f't

r, to

Wgjghu5

of heavy shocks.— Macculloch.

sixteenth and .. young ladies at ub:ch bears

jppp,

sun

TF1E RIGHT KIND OF SUPPERS. As the powers of the stomach are actively employed in the digestion of its contents, full or hearty suppers, or even meat or strong drinks, are unfavorable to quiet and salutary rest they occasion to a turbid distention of the stomach, which impedes respiration, and produces a feverish and distressed feeling. Besides, when the body is in an incum

nations^™

been captured in war. '^he

mber of flous bearing the stars.

abroad, is particularly grat-j

Americans. Among

l^-e

geous banners of Prance. Spam, Oer-\

many, &c, which hang from the_ lofty

er's oblique -recommendation of solid suppers to those to whom habit has made them indispensable, must there

fore be received with caution. To those heart. ,.

who cannot, according to the same ingenious gentleman's humorous expres

Qo fre enUy nnd is pro

hnl

nine 1 ankru maker's (lag, or tho en rmil r» 11 rrnnic anH nnl lrn

disabled veterans in her military large pari of a hunter's time which is service. The following note to tno ed-j spent in seeking game, leaves the "wife itorof the London Daily news, hints at in the wigwam with a great deal of time the disgraceful way thai flag was obtain- on her hands for it must be remembered ed I that there is no spiralling, weaving, or "Mr. Editor:—Can it bo possible that preparing children for school—no butter the flag of the United States which is 10 or cheese making, or thousand other be seen in the trophy ornamenting thtv cares which are inseperable from the entrance hall of Chelsea Hospital is'he agricultural state, to occupy her skill one which was captured when the

British Arinv b'.r.'M iie puriic buildings, stress is only practised by iho Indian ii 1 (it Washington? If so, is it not question-I woman on a few things. She devoted

taste 10 remind the visitors there of much of her time to making moccasins

an act which the Duko of Wellington and quill-work. Her husband's leggins 'always characterized as unjustifiable are carcfuly ornamented with heads his shot-pouch und knife-sheath are worked

cxccpiions of tbe Western road, ilw .y-| .ho roi.w«w.nie lna..«., J»« bcods. «n.l colorfJ wowied wwel. «r«

distance traveled by passengers is returned to this city after a visit 10 them

,,,em

rnnro-.iuv uiin 'Men! nr.- ......... i" "jttie Indians IS voluntarv. I

largely increased ihe radius of the coun-1 persons in this tribe, and therefore, ilintj i. no the city their at:nuities,in the aggregate from the ey Have umuseu the city government, amount to apout one hun-1 road.— 1 he route for this road is fi0W^ population over a large surface in both dred thousand dollars. Tlis. ^'^"rrvej'ed. *"l\fr. Somers with a full ways creating the tralfic on which the would^jjj^'j? oiawatr

tamie about corps of bngmcers. is engaged in this du-f

t^Tr nwoiTiy-four dollars, provided the traders tv. lie has completed a snrve/C from 11 1. 1 »i ..A- {"'hftrlnctrin

Id loi their chiefs Terre Haute 10 Decatur, via Charleston and Sullivan. As soon ns the weather route for reel to

utnj uiJin tau will permit, he will survey a rc tho road from Springfield di

I I ims ihe weight of ihe animal is sup brush and whip the informer out ot town. road runninc through them, the tederal .. .» 1 *nAir,rA vn.. hod learn from the late foreign journals, has ri.au iui.iiii.j, ... ju .i ported bv as many astic springs as Court's adjourned. Landlord, you naa, Treasury wi reaizea profit of about -. ,.

restlessness. Or to persons so disposed, Dr. Kitchener's prescription of a biscuit, or a sandwich, or a bit of a fowl or glass of beer or wine, or toast and wnter, m8y be safely allowed. Ripe fruit also, when in season, particuarly the small stoned, as currants, raspberries or strawberries, eaten with a little stale bread, is salutary as it cools and uuueoto »ho heats and crudities of former indigestion. Good beef tea, with a piece of slightly toasted

unwh iesome supp

un a lla or an

er. And the same

moy besa |d of rQasled polaloes wil

buucr ar sn

nre 0 0

|,. Many people

0n lal a SUpper

of water gru-

is wllo esome and in lhis 0pion

are not incorrecl proV

they

idod itisnol taken

perly made

m)Xed wjlh molasses or mi

or boiled with a few currants, and not too thick.—Oracle of Health.

Woman in Savage Life.—The division of labor between the man ond wife in Indian life, says Schoolcraft, is not so unequal, while they live in the pure hunter state, ns many suppose. Tho

and industry. Even the art of the seam-

with quills the hunting-cap is garnished

?'f T7'iwhhnl,bonds l.iS

B....PrS

of clo.l, nrc

Imlornod Will, profusion of »m»ll whi.o

nrf nnrofl fnr his

|le«n?ins.

emrins

prepnrc(

^,0 sprina'

f„ his In the sprinj

1 'he «*0rn- Held is planted by her and tl

VO(J |ers

i„ vein of gaiety and frolio

jg a few lourS) otK tn

ken caf.

Mn(e hi erfw

|obor| )o wou|J 1)ol

scolded for omitting it for all labor \Viib

During the Summer of 1838. (writes

K1 ont bcing conlrary t0

A Horse's Foot.—The loot of a horse ting upon a decayed stump in front of,

is one of ihe most ingenious and singular, the hoiel. with a pea-brush alongside ofj pieces of mechanism in the animallhim. "Prisoner, whot have you to say?

nd scaiceiv yielding to"^'any

f°ur ihousand. distributed in first ond last complaint ever made

«an mi.) iwi' 'he most secure manner, since every ihat disirici for selling liquor.—Knicker- .„i,„ is compuicd. gam some S20.ut)0,00j.—

Ulo lo Atrn

spring is acted upon in an oblique direc- bocker.

tion. Such is the contrivance for the

than thai of iis own body

and to carry thos also, under ihe hazard vangelical Catholic, dated Bergen,

moss that lifts its head in ihe desert— ever knew for the cure of

upon iis deep chau.icirs—upon every The disease i-

.73..

pcnnle.1 she!'that ,l«p,

hj warms and cheers miliions in fifty. The writer adds, that it jj

his works he has written, *Nooe live for tion to America takes place, and that the himself.' opinion ot the attending physician at the

Di i* lh, re.. per^n.. •«,

good fat sbeep mav be had in Mexico for bout one to every five persons.or a little over in tbe Lnited States, equally among tbe in* Kir bee me a

tHCAiiv tv-# iHTUi t»nc 10 ncrv utc i»asun3,or uivicuvir «'i v•*«•»* •asy to get four millions in all. Of neat cattle, the num-| habitants, and each individual would posseas this country, and probably become a r. bcr in 1S50 wasabout three hundred and ninety dollars. pestilent disease in lh« estern Mates.

Charleston. We do not understand 011 the best side of every event is

the

that a survey hos been mad^ on souih fide of the river 10 Decatur. We see it stated in the papers that a survey is being made for the continu-

complexity of pans.Prisoner, vcj know you lie, lor I have drinking saloons and dram shops in that

uh this g«™. under simplicity of design. The hoof, drank myself in your house at least) city, and the amount expended j" them government,

cal and thin la- twenty times a day and lam a good is1 amazing almost beyond belief. If

ininae of horn so numerous as to amount! witness as well as judge of liquor, but asj |he daily sales average 810 each, which to about 500, and formings complete there is some doubt in my mind wheth-:'

which sets are elastic and adherent. die without iheir liquor, the Court in ita build a railroad to California. The edge of a quire of paper, inserted clemency, imposes on you a fine of one CoNVERSloTt The Rt Rev T)r 1 .11 ir.r, A uoNVERSioTt.— ne Kt. Jtev. nr. Seat by leof into another, will convey a picayune,but Wa«i.he man that•

arrangement upon you. Mr. Sherin, take this pea-

tesnvcii "'"V suflicient idea of this arrangement upon you. Mr. Sheriff, take this pea- --rof per acre in consequence of a rail ... 1 „,u„ „f, ^,1., ,,r i,

Norwegian Leprosy.—A

,en

Dreadful Tragedy at Rio dk Ja neiro.—A letter frnm Rio de Janeiro underrate of Oct. 12, aays:

An awful tragedy occurred here last night —a father murdered his daughier, a son. and nn Englishman. The young girl had been wronged." The father discovered her shame, swore death to her seducer, tbe Englishmin, found him with his daughter, drove a bullet

through his heart and dashed madly at

his daughter, with a knife. The son and brother placed himself before her and received the blade of the knife in his side. The father, seeming almost a manaic, wanted more blood to wash out the stain upon his daughter's honor, and with another plunge, stabbed her in the

The Englishman died immedi-

«,wi ,h»

ately the son lived three hours, and me daughier still breathes, but will not live.—

The father, a highly respectable Brazilian. gave himself immediately up to the authorities.

Dick Crisp tells the following story about snoring: Say» he, my I nele was an awful snorer. He could

be heard further than a blacksmith forge but my aunt became so accustomed to it, it sooihed her to repose. They were a very domesiio couple never fUSe all two's on the bankif Lut|»vil!e slept apart for mmy jmn. A, I™S'H

mj uncle vvns comprllrd ni .lllelid court

have remarked, ii was the witty Smith

cnts of witchcraft I cannot here show 11,1 11 inn tr

my labors, sweats,

onres

Into this are fined as many' er Pascagoula belongs 10 any particular. 880,000 a day. 82,600,000 ear. had ol those who purclMiM their 'goods at t:cond amino belonging ,0 the coffin boneV S...e, and h.lf the Mobil. boyS would Three yea™ of ^expenditure would

letter writ-|es'-

hy James C. Richmond, for the^ L-

Nor-.

God has written upon the flowers that at this moment in Norway. In addition |«poiIs vour breath, mouth and shirt bosom, sweeten the air—upon the breeze ihat to a ieprosy house established some cen-j but it contains a "pizen," as deadly as that r.vcks the flowers upon ihe s.iem upon turies ago, ihe Government has recently! vended by a rattle-snake and yet in spite of the ram drop thai refreshes ihe sprig of built a hospital, tbe first that the world all this, tbere^ are people who prefer it not

ort One of the most singular thintrs in the »ay, Sept. says world is, how men came to chew tobscco.— eprosy.as described by Moses, exists js

Jess than upon the m.gh- and the number of lepers is nearly ooe ««ked what he sunoosed

creatures that live in its light—upon from the western coast that the emigra- fuiiof hope and expectancy, he exclaimed—

," Keaders, skill nnd energy are

ihe witches ihat now bring success to the husbandman.—Rurul New \orker.'

Submission to Lircumstances.—Dr. Johnson used to soy, thai a habit oflook-

feUbm,SS1^!:

a law of ihe!

Navat, Collection of Seeds.— \Ve learn from the Amcricon Former, that the present Secretary of the NavyJ the Hon. John P. Kennedy, soon after coming into office, renewed the order to

a3 WC

S:a c. Present, JcaTicE 11 a wkin'S, sit-! vantageously inio the agriculture of tho

COU

ntry.

Guilty o'r 'nor uiliyr' "?4t guilty'": Tribune says there are 8,000 hotels,

better than a thousand pounds a year., Hishop Hall quamtly remaiks, "I'or ev- ']-j)P «,,h»cri!»er, from ('ineinrmiir Oiiia, bos nrcry bad there might he 0 worse ond rivod at Terr® Uauto, ond cnn 1m (bund nt when a man breaks his leg, let him bet

thankful it wus not his lieck. When On,')Jsiren,n )p,siip ihn IVnirio ''iivMouse, wi'h Fenlon's lilwary was once on fire. "God a lnrj:o and superior lot ol I'l'RMTtJKE,consistbe praised," he exclaimed, "that it is 'nirol not the dw elling of some poor man."

very .nw estimate, the amount willj

Iv Bi hop of lhe Proles a

L«_f vr

copal Church of North Carolina, as we

... .. 'been received into the Catholic Church,

in England, where he was sojourning at the last accounts. He called upon

ail(JC

iCardinal VViseman who congratulated

him on his public renuncication of her-

vE8 was

not

leprosy.!

is confined almost

caverns sively lo lh. western cn.,1 of Nt,rw.y,

P#vcn

i,e»lf nmonir lheae emigrants

*°on to leave Lon

don for the Eternal City.

^y^ty and disagreeable, and

only to guano bat nectar, and actually roll it

under their tongues as a sweet morsel—

^as fenced in with. With an eve

''Pig-tail tobacco

We must not always speak alt we know, that were mere folly but wnata roan saya should be what he thinks, otherwise it would be knavery.

Dream on.—Li*is ori# great dream. When hope hath deckel! life's bright rosy path with floer?t

1 ne

least for ihe interest on his bill, "ll is, fortune to any innn.—Albany Journal not my interast to pay ihe principal,] nor my principle to pay iho interest A late number of the Scientific An and 1.0 matter what the witty Jones may

8la

1 nUlllLUf llll 1111* UtUI IlldUt |H IIQI who retorted upon some one who called

RK'cess in Farming—Its Skcrf.ts.— vvhich no accomplishments or dress can l.'nfvcrsal success in ngriculturo very

oftfn dooms ihe favored man to envy of hi_f fellows. It has even called down

nr^[

presents the

nle an( ur

A,lMP^ST

itty Speeches. was will appreciate the importance of such' who said to a tailor, who asked him at

every thing

clialicofj0y«pC8

to the lips,

dream on. Riper©ars |me silently. They overshadow their wings every image of devotion 1 the bean's deep altar. Still dream Artffid the "changes of each earth!} frour1/' when life seems hnppy as the*irst foftd bridal kiss, ot amid the coming tears that obliter-

nmid tjg

w«ves

the joys of younger ti^0Si

of tears

dream on.

For whilst thou dreanesjt }]q rainbow hues of hope and heapn cogne upon the soul and waves of bl^d j^nligbt roll down upon the spiri 'j-'rie world nt best with all it.* glory

bu|« dream,

ond happiest they whoJrcnnlitall awnv-

There is a new andiBngd|mJS counterfeit on the bank of ^ouistllle, now nlloot of which the foHnvingna disciplion. Vignette:—a fcf^|e with a sickle a sheaf of wheat, &o., inthe bnfek ground filling up and signature good.4 Engraving of centre end end vignems poor and coarse, ospectaly tht word |WO in a semicircle on the top hill.! They are dated Jan. 1st, 1852,and pafible to I). Curtis, an exact imitaion ofgnuine, mid well calculated to dxoive.f—Re-

IjvEjTKw^oTn.

of is kn0

at some distance. Tbe firsi night er his departure my nunt never slep^v a wink—shq missed the snoring. The second night pussed iiwoy in the sntno way. without sleep. She was getting in a bad wnv, and probably would have plank or boards to any desire.] thin died had it not have been for the ingo- The process, now in general use, is nuity of ihe servant girl: sho took the I some and slow, comparatively ,thro coffee mill into my auni's room and ground her to sleep at once.

osby her im-

„.„

0 ]e

oir»ulnr snur

world, as the inventor of sevtral use provainents in the sawing deptrtmiMil last invention is a long-sough desiil —a

red feet an hour being deemed fast This saw will do a thousand feet peJ straight or bevelled and is, in its cor tion, neat and compact. Workers ii

His turn and ting s.— berlld-

for aawinjr Ciapbotll

panel stufTs or, in other worrit, for .»]

iour, ruerood |pia-

One of them would be n.han

atone.

uin him tho wraihful superstitions of On Sunday last by Ret. A. Ha vs. awhole neighborhood. The great difT- Mfwjmnni v. to Mifs Makt ElliJ i^ion of light and knowledge, however,: 1«cxersow, ullofhost Creek Township fi dispelling the horror books of sci-l fentific farming. 1) I T31).

I'lin gives a case among the Romans, In this place, on Thursday last Jor» Aim where Cresintis was cited before the! Carh, at an advanced age. people to answer to charge of sorcei hin residence in Lost Creek township, founded upon the fart of his gathering

greater crops than his neighbors from a aged no years. small spot of ground. In answer. Cresinus produced his efficient and superioi instruments, his well red o.vm, and a hale young woman. Pointing to them he exclaimed—"There, arc my instru

Dino

tes that the smoke in the factories

cities in England and Scotland is notwmeo

sumed, it having been made a penal of!

jy n(?t of Vnr]]a mcn{ |br nny

him an every-dny man: "vvell, if I am the smoke to escape. The smoko iaalt an every-d«y man, you are a weak one. by simple contrivances of furnaces. A It was ihe, same Smith, too, who, vvhenj inittee of Government first estnblisheifct it was mentioned that a certain confect- the burning of smoke was perfectly pifciioner thickened his isinglass with dis-1 cable, and Parliament then enforcedllie»ct solved pirchrnent observed thnt fierce *'y 'nvvpeople (rtade you eat your words, hut When a Russian passes a church lie that ho ite his deeds," nnd if it was nt ri ably makes the sign of the cross vvhe Smith,ft was somebody else, who discri- passes a priest, he as invariably spits. bed an/epitaph as "giving a good char- meaning and origin of the latter custom actcr fo parties on their going into a new unknown. plucej vvho sometimes had veiy had N'oman is a jrentleman. who without chartlclcr in the place they had just left, vocation, would trest with incivility thein blest of his species. It is a vulgarity

fa.tory

tl)

111

A 18 11 1 0

tho i»3,j inst., Elder Alexander Sauk

Session Pap sr.

Thr l.ND'ANAPoI.t* DaII.V Joi'llNAI. will ho M.wt duriiii: tii«i nrxt Mvaion .| ilio Lcgislalurfl, to wmniffnce 'on the first Thursday ol next month, 'or One Dollar.

ll"

'-"'"Dr.

opc |hc 8nme Um# (or (Jne

Pavnicni iti mlvonce.

1 1

tame prisoner, fjuietly acquiesces, ond JfISlI HIHl LOW i(?St liP(IstCfl(jS. relieves its solitude by a song. An apt So fin nnd Sofn-^rat Jtorkini ClinirH, Tuillustration of ihe soothing influence of bie*, Sol«« nnd I/oiidcch. wnhmiccinn A

our naval oflicers, commanding our fur- ^ondl'v'Trni.'rrvTnMnvi

Summer) to try ihe landlord of the hotel jg stations to be vigilant in the collec- or npply to P- rn. -or reig it for selling liquor in less quantity than a tion of such seeds, roots and plants,) BEMEffT Sc CO.

re calculated to be introduced ad

The "Critter."—The N York

mbi

FIJRNlTUltE!

O S A E

Demming's New Brick Store,

11, MARBLE-TOP, DRESSING!-and

a be a if a id at A I N bird yei untamed orrd unaccustomed to wt mum confinement, beats itself almost to death ltb 1 against ihfTwires of its cage, whiln the ti*

t»

w'bicli

1 1

will be Hold low forcn.Mi.

janl-ly I) KORSTKR.

For New Orleans Direct.

A-

S»« nmer KLIZ4, K. Htepliena.

Hats, Caps & StrawGoods

ANSON TAYLOR, No. 160 Broadway, New Yorit. Manufacturer nnl Commission derdcr in

Hats, Cap??, Straw Goods, Hatters* Stock, Trimmings,

rpr

Rpis-

Sec.

A TAYI/)lt'H long experience in th»ae parJ\t fletilnr branched of bu«fncf*. ioinefi to l.ia itim in the manulhctttrtrnj. enabW him to ofjnd'ic^m^nn to purchnaen that cannot bo

bf: constantly add«d to by freah importations, and from hia own manufactory. PirtleuUr attention paid to orders by mail. janl-3m« ____

Ftirs and Peltries. Coon Skins—Deer Skins.

THK

liigheat prices in CA.SFf v.iij 1^ pnid for any quantity ol Furs and Pahrias, at our Wholesale Grocery and Liquor Store in Terra Haute. North side of thcSouare,

Trl^r, Rnceoon, Mink, Fox, Oppo*gum and Otter Bkina, always wnntod, janlif GftOVERM AN Sc BOURNE.

Rt)VERMAX 6c BOURNR,

W a a

iX AIX KTT"S or

S O E I E I a O S ISarlh side Public Square, janltJ TERRE HAUTE. IND.

-Premium

...

Tme-CUt

Chewing To-

bacco.

L^IRST premiumfor 1852,awarded at American JT Institute, N Mechanic*' Institute Cincinnati Ohio Hi ate Fair, Cleveland Michigan State Fair, Detroit. For rale at th« Drug Stores and prineipal retail establishments, Terre Haute. janl-3»*

On tli© Head.

1 O '-ASES compming 10,5931 vards Rentaonts X" of the best quality and colors made—will be here the last of the month. Now, look out toe. bargains, at the Prairie City Store. dec26 M. W. WILLIAJ