The Wabash Courier, Volume 21, Number 23, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 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. 29,1853.

INDIANA BANKING LAW. We- learn from Indianapolis that a bill is before the Senate, instrucing the State officers not to rtccive any new applications for Batiks under the general law of last winter.— The reasob given for thid bill is, that Wall street operators, New York, are about to to secure charters for Banks in many of the counties, for the purpose of using the notes in New York, instead of carrying on a legitimate banking business in Indiana.

There is also another bill introduced providing for the establishment of a bank department to be under the charge of a Superintendent with a regular salary, with similar powers to those now possessed by the Aucitors of State, who is to have control of the securities, to define the stock which shall be pledged &c. The whole amount of issues to be limited to ten million of dollars.

PORK PACKING IN VIGO. The following has been handed us as the correct amount of hogs packed in Vigo county during the present season, to wit: H-iD. Williams & Co.,Thei re Haute, 29,627

McGregor & W arren Jacob D. Early, Wilson &. Co., Humaston& Co., Barbour & Co., Durkee's Ferry,

,'"1''

new Editor, JOHN C. I

24,691 21,876

Total 108,791.

ing, than heretofore.

SoMRTHrxo ABOUT THE CABINET:—It is •tldthatMr. Hunter cf Virginia will not take a place in the Pierce Cabinet. The Correspondent of the New York Exjirtss, says:

Hunter, of Virginia, it is pretty certain, would have accepted a seat in the Cabinet but for tho suspicious company he believed he would have to keep. The political companionship of soch men as Jeff. Davis, ExSenator Dix, and Sam Medary, bis friends suggested, would swamp any boat be for (r it was fairly at sea. So Hunter thought, too— and so he #aid» "No, thank ye."

SA*K OUAOK,

which, however, it intersected upon the

mond

Thesesta istics sum up large, and show Mere they are, going off again, these Terre Haute as an important point in the newspapers, at half cock, about tho decision pork packing bo«inc. It ..id that the!

increase over last year may be partiully Jotters and scribllci-s for newspapers, nt attributable to railroad facilities, by which the North, do se&m to be in stirring up strife. hogs have been brought this season from Here must needs come Cory Montgomery points further east to this place for slaugter- °^en' Gazenatt.of I

URK.

tors, at the commencement of their career,(

broaches boldly, subjects which older andjYork. nioro experienced pens approach with care! 1' j8

7 reaty has not been managed at all to

know that if fraud iB suspected in that Treaty, a large number of Democratic Senators may bo as deeply involv^as the Secretary. Hut there was no fraud, nor anything of the kind attempted. Whatever there may have been of misunderstanding, the purposes of Senators, well as the Secretary, wo have no doubt were honest at least.

MAWME

Ur.AHCHE.—This celebrated As-

LECTVRTS.—The Lecture of Mr. Duncan before tho IVIeclianics Historical Society, on Monday night last, is said to have elicited a great deal of admiration. The Rev. Aaron Wood, lecture# before the same Society on Monday evening next.—Subject—"The unwritten history of Indiana."

w|lich p,ie cuihj

GREENCASTLE SENTINEL. that she is abontas well instructed upon her Last Thurnsay's nun.ber of this poper is the H'^e matter, as the Beccher woman ,i „,i„ont „r !.J would pretend to be on the other. Why, first we have seen, nre the advent ol its

Steamer SWALLOW which left I This road will be about sixty-five miles in tliia place on the 19th Inst, for New Orleans, I

R, LINS.—The

North

American and United States Gazette, of Philadelphia, announces, from the Pittsburgh Gazette, that the entire line from the city of Philadelphia to St. Louis, is settled to be the 4 feet 8^ inch guage. This line is formed by the following railroads, ki a connected line— the Philadelphia Central from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Steubcnville and Columbus, the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana, the Indianapolis and Bellefontaine, the Terre Hauie and Richmond, %nd the St, Louis roads.— This must become one of the great lines of the United States, being the only line

of the same gauge from the Delaware! another blow of the cleaver severed the fin,0.h, M^ss.ppi. Uwttl evidently be great transportation line, and especially jj «rror he 1—L eot»_jiued, he eould, at least, of the fat live stock of this section, cur inflict aoeh puaiahme»t aa he deserved."

rying forward the eattle and hog* fed is* married man who** hab our immense to the Atlantic? its

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since, and we suppose was written in a pet after soiling a dress while the crossings of oor streets were so bad. We hope the proper authorities will take due warning: j/j $- For the Courier.

MA. EDITOR—Sir Can yon Inform me what has become of the City Cooncil, or the Street Inspectors? Judging fr»m lbe present condition of the streets, they must either be asleep, or out of town or is Terre Haute too poor to have Street Inspectors? There is certainly a great fault somewhere. The prcssnt condition of the streets are not only very disagreeable, bat a disgrace'o any town and more so in a place where (bey wear as high shirt collars as they do in the Prairie City!

It is now almost impossible to get through the town on foot and to cross the streets is not to be thought of, without wading in mud from three to six inches deep. And since false modesty has forbid the ladies from wearing the Bloomers, pleise tell me what is to become of us, in a town like this, where the streets ore in snch a filthy state, and no Street Inspectors, or at least as good as none. The hugh snd cry is, if the ladies wear the Bloomer*, they will show their ansles! 1 would like to know if they can walk through the streets of Terre Haut# at present, (without gel ting tlieir dresses literally daubed with mud,) and not show their ancles.

I am not so much in favor of the Bloomer costume, but I think it would be convenient in a town where the Btreets are so dirty as they are here. And 1 do not think there in any other reason for it than a neglect of duty in the city officers. SALLY DOOLITTLE.

PEORIA BRIDGE.—By reference to Advertisement it will be seen that the new bridge over the Illinois river at Peoria, is finished 14,406 I and ready for the travelling community.— 7,750 This is said to be the only place the river 10,411 ca» be crossed with safety in times of high water.

From the New Or.'euns [Louisiana] Orleanian.

Pf"e

Nclv

V"kHow

'tl,e

c,se

Louis Napoleon,/, m. c., vs. earnest

pxas

wri-

ting has blue nonsense from New York, about

„lhis |ntengely

n.t0

them as

lf the slav0

liklngf. Mr. Clayton is represented as hav- country by the master, that slave becomes Ing committed a fraud, &c. Mr. Turk should free and being once free, but for a moment, our low cannot make him a slave again,—

trologlst, who has been for r*ome time sojourning in our place, is about to visit the city of Dayton, Ohio. We can say to the good peoplo of Dayton, and especially the Editors, that Madame Blanche, can tell them all niore than they know. That is, she will not only tell them all they may know or remember of their own past lives, but Cor" Montgomery Caznenu who tells us that will also inform them of all things to hap-1 somebody has knocked a chip off our hat, pen and take place hereafter—so look out lor Madame Bluncho in Dayton.

vitai South.

eren question." Let the good woman know

formed), by passed both branches of the

1coinmenccs

*'""r river at Canton, Mo., and terminates at was ttiilk near Bonnet Carre Church,

Wednesday last. The Swallow was partial-. j)es Moities valley, and bring out the proJy loaded with Pork, Lard and flour at this! ducts, develope the resources of that dclightplaee.1 A portion of tho freight from this

ful

co"nlr

had the Lemtnon case been brought before

The sheet tfie Supreme Court of Louisiana it would

looks, typographically, well, and contains have been decided precis.*ly as Judge Paine •ome spicy and well written editorials.

Mr.

Turk, however, like manv other youngEdi-!k',?vv

has—unless, indeed it had been made

fa,ct

on'y

and diflidenco. The Clayton and Bulwer frce ^tate, )int.l',e Constitution, and the i,

»n geography,

which is new to us, viz: that the only route

fron| Virgilliu t0 Nevv

Organs, is via New

when the slave escapes into a

lavvs under it, aid the master in his recovery.

be voluntarily taken to a free

We have decided this over and over. The case of Maria vs Generis was the case where Generis had purchased a woman born a slave, but who hnd been allowed by her master to work in Indiana. Subsequently, he took her to Louisiana, sold hor to Generis she became dissatisfied with her condition, sued for her freedom, and obtained it. So in the case of Maria Louisa vs. Marot, where the plaintiff had been taken to France to wait upon a weak mistress. On her return here she sued for her freedom, and obt&incd it.

True, our Legislature made nn ret to correct these decisions, but such an act is unconstitutional, and KO honest judge, with a grain of regard for law would dare say it was binding on him. No complaint has come from the South, about the decision of Judge Paine, but it is the North, and Mrs.

and that "our citizen-right of inter-State transit" is in danger. Good madam, inform yourself upon the law. The Lemmon case is a sad one, doubtless for the owner, but she alone is interested. A little study of geography and ten dollars to a lawyer, would have Sived her this trouble.

—being the only part of the State unprovi-j

A Belfast paper notices the following extraordinary case of self-mutilation: "A respectable man having got drunk, was afterwards met by his minister, who remonstrated with him on his error, and that he should have cut off his right hand before he had been guilty of such a sin. The reproof sank deeply, and the offender, after reflecting for a few moments, when the minister had passed on,walked quietly into a butcher's Flail close by, and taking the cleaver, first in his loft and afterwards in his right hand, deliberately chopped off about half the fingers of his left hand then regarding them for an instant or so, and apparently not thinking he had sufficiently expiated his offense, he again placed his hand on the block and with

sre

cities. Such a line cannot fail of sue-1 last week while walking in the streets. 'cess, if it had no collateral feeders, with Udy whose walk and ac

whole line. made, ami forthwith offer red in* arm —ja.jj.a--r. to escort her home, which she accepted. The Report of the Terre Haute and Rich-' After leading him around sever*

Railroad Co., in another column,shows1 squares she finally brought him up in a good condition of affairs for the Road. l)is own house, was his wife.

R.AII.ROADS IN MISSOURI.—The St. Louis! siderablc, and although the first cost has Aries of Monday evening, says: .'been large we believe it will prove good Another railroad act, loaning the credit of ecotfotny in the end. We have conthe State (to what amount we are not *««-1 sijerCt2

Si?NK.—By telegraph we |t is the Canton and Bloomlield Ratfroad —!, T* j.

on the Mississippi

Iou*a, and will tap the beautiful

j1 Passed the House, ayes 55,

noe* 51: the Senate, ayes 19, noes 30. The House has also passed the Lexington

and Daview County Railroad bill—the road to run from the Missouri river opposite Lexington, northward to tap the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad—by a vote of 67 to 42. The bill lends the State credit, and is sure to pass the. benate. {to put in several more switches lo ac-

T.eSonatcha.p««J»b «f»r"len -j I tng the fct. Louts and Iron Mountain rail-1 road from the Pilot Knob, lo a point on tho ^ortunaiely we have purchased .ron Mississippi river at or near the .mouth of enough lor that purpose at low prices. the Ohio. Iv.mds the State credit to the! Our Road is now in good order and

ded for we are led to believe that this bill iMl

Here, at least, let us stop. We can stand what has been done. But there is danger that the State credit system will be overdone.

ttot very regular, one evening.

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{U al |ho impres, sh

The following communication from SALLY I FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT era! other railroads in progress of con DOOLJYTLE was received two or three days Of the President and Directors of the struetion. The Jeffersonville Road was n« TO -J

Terre Haute Sf Richmond Railroad Company, to the Stockholders. January, 1853, ~Z'\ The Report of the Secretory herewith submitted, will show in detail the receipts and expenditutes of thcCompany for the fiscal year, ending December 31, 1852.

The income of the Company has been as follows: From Passengers From Freight and Mail....

Most of you are aware that we com menced laying down the track at each end of the line, and in our lust annual report, dated the 5ih of January, 1852 we stated that we had hut seven miles to lay to connect the two ends of the line, and that we expected to make the connection in four weeks of favorable weather. But owing to the unusual se verily of the winter, we did not accomplish this until the IGth day of February, and on that day an engine for the first time passed over the entire line.

That pari of the track which was laid down in the winier continued very rough, and was almost irnpassal.le for cars, until raised and ballasted in the Spring. The expense of ballasting has proved much heavier than was at first estimated, owing to the unexpected difficulty of procuring gravel ut different points, along the road and believing it to be a matter of the first importance in the construction of a railroad that it should be well ballasted, we have hauled and'Iaid upon ihe track large quantities of gravel from twenty to thirty,and some as far as thirty-eight miles, and have for that purpose kept two engines in constant use, when the weather would permit, from the commencement of luy ing the track until near the end of the year. There is now distributed over ihe road from ten to fifteen inchns of gravel.

We have, during the past season, purchased on very favorable terms nearly twenty-one acres of land adjoin ing the tract previously donated to us for the use of the road at Terre Haute making in all at that pluce near 33 acres. We have also, in the meantime, pur ehased at Indianapolis four acres, ma king in all ten acres at that place exclu sive of Depot grounds, which secures as much land as the Company will probably want for their use in all time to come.

We have erected at Terre Haute a large and substantial

$64,^07 26 41,236 64

Total Income.... ....... .... $105,94387 The expenses for running the Pasaati ger and Freight trains, repairs of

Machinery, and all expenses proper ly chargeable to tran4jxrtaiion, is $34,497 82

Leaving the net income $71,44605 You will observe from the foregoing statement, that the expenses of operating the road have been less than usual on new roads this arises in part from the fact that, during the last season, the entire track has been raised, ballasted and adjusted, as was originally contemplated in the construction of the Road, and the cost properly charged to construction account therefore the road has required but little repairing, and the Machinery being all new and of the first quality, has been kepi in order with little expense.

:Engiuo

House,and

all the machine shops necessary for doing the work of the company for years to come, and have erected near the shops good hoarding house for our workmen. We have also built a good engine house and smith's shops at Itidiannpolis, and an addition to our Depot at Greencastle, all of which are nearly completed. We have j-ist set up in connection with our shops at Terre Hatrte, a first clnss stationary engine, and all the machinery to complete the equipment of our shops will be ready for operation in a few weeks. The expense of all these preparations has been con

that what was worth doing at all

as worlh dolIJj? weil.

Missouri Legislature and become a law Missouri Legislature and hecotne a law.— .-7 .... «.» ,.

,.n

Indianapolis, and ihe lndinnopolis und Bellefontaine Roads, we iiave commenced the erection of a Union Passenger Depot at Indianapolis, sufficiently laae to accommodate live companies. This Depot wo hope will be completed in June next, and when completed it will be a great convenience to us, as well as to the other companies, and the traveling public.

In addition to the main line of our Road, we have about eight miles of side track and switches '*but wo shall have

amount of $500,000. Inasmuch as South! while many of the western roads have! paime(|

East Missouri has recciwdTrotfm*# lQ sustained heavy damages byjthe latese- Herald. this time in the way of railroad develpment

Vere

rains, we have fortunately escaped

wUh vcry

wHhou.ihesligh.es. isjury .o single

niuch disappointed if it does not anotberj

vigor commensurate with the demand for t*bal, we apprehend that it is not easy to calculate how heavy a business it will furnish. The consumption of coal at Indianapolis and Terre Haute is already great, and is rapidly increasing. As toon as the different roads east from Indianapolis are completed, it will open to us a large ex tent of country entirely dependent on us for a supply, and the presci. furmeties Do criterion for the future demand.

We antipate that the income of our road wilt soon be muctt increased by means of the connections wkich will be formed with it by the completion of sev-

passenger. part of October, at the town ot Tsing-poo ,4 near Shanghae.

lis business has been as good os could .Rroptcd lo coiled .»*.*, resis.ed, have been reasonably anticipated, and isj h0!] j,ia ear bi.ten off, aud .he prisoners now s.ead.ly mcreanng. We shalI be

finielin^ in that HflllV

so far finished in October, that daily trains were run to Columbus, where it intersects the Madison and Indianapolis Road. The Bellefontaine Road will be opened to the State line at Union in a few days. This will givo us a railroad connection with Cincinnati, by way of Dayton.and with the different Eastern Roads in Ohio, which will doubtless add much to our through business. The Lawrenceburgh and tndianapolis Railroad, and the Central Railroad from Indianapolis to Richmond are in rapid progress of construction, and will bo in operation jiext seasop. The railroad from Evansville to Vincennes will be finished to the latter place early the ensuing summer, and is now in operation from Evansviile to White river, a distance of thirty five miles. This road has been consolidated with the Wabash Railroad, extending from Vincennes through Terre Haute to Crawfordsville and it is expected that the line will be put under contract from Vincennes to Terre Haute next season and completed as soon as practicable. When all ihese roads, and particularly the latter, are finished, they must add very much to the business of our Road, and render its sto'fk a most desirable investment. But after all, we look forward to an ultimate connection with theieading roads west of us for its heavy through travel and its greatest source of income.

A preliminory survey for a road from Terre Haute to St. Louis has been made, and a very favorable line has been obtained. A permanent location preparatory to putting ihe work under contract will be finished in a few weeks, and the stock necessary for its construction has all been taken, mostly by Eastern Capitalists. Engineers are now engaged in surveying a lino to Springfield in Illinois, from which point railroads are now in successful oDeraiion to Alton and Naples, and the road is already in progress of construction from Terre Haute to Alton.

Ii would be vain for us to attempt to make any calculations of the income of the road, when these connections shall be completed but it is probable that the anticipations of the most sanguine will be more than realized. The road is amply siocked for ihe present,but will have lo bo increased ihe coming season, to enable us to meet tho anticipated increase of business. Having made use of pari oftheincome in payment of construction, we have made provision to pay dividend of four per cent, by a lomporary loan, which may be paid by sahj of County Bonds on hand, or an increase of the Capital Stock.

C. ROSE. President.

TEUKE HAUTE, January 17, 1853.

A SPOUTING WHALE.—The noise of a whale spouting can be heard at least a mile, lie throws the water from -twenty if) thirty-five feet high. Aftergivingone ••blow" which the whale does when he is clear on the surface of ihe water, he instantly goes under. He usually rises in from one or two minutes, bui sometimes he is under five minutes. Once as 1 sat on the bowsprit, watching two or three who were playingabout, one passed wiihin a few yards of Tne, blew a blast with his water trumpet, and down he went. 1 had a good opportunity of seeing him. and got a fair view of the breathing pipe-. It Was a round hole in ihe lop of his head, with a slight rim round it and apparently about two inches and a half in diameter. This one as near as I could judge, was from sixty to seventy feet in length. The top of his head and shoulders was broad and flat, and near or quite twelve feet across. IIis back, instuad of appearing round, was nearly level, and showed room enough for a quartette of Highlanders to have danced a reel tiieron. 'Twould have been a rather slippery floor though, and I think a dancer would have wanted nails in his shoes.—Boston Post

The Fatuity must look to iheir laurels. The spirits'' have formed a partnership with a Doctor somebody who hails from London, Paris, or the Tongo Islands, and the firm are practicing medicine in Cleveland. The Doctor mesmerises the patients and takes the change, and the spirits prescribe. Fools seem to increase as rapidly as wonderful inventions, in this nge of progress, but prehaps it's "all for the best," the rapid increase of the human family requiring new means of destruction to keep litem wiihin bounds We trust that the latest phase of the rapping imposition may be as sucsesful as was the "pounding" arrangement sometime since. That got one, and we guess two members of a "circle''out of an unpleasant position. We have the time, names of parties and particulars of that affair, and if occasion requires may

use

|iu)c injury. \vc have not

a lrip since

will[pass the House also. running and since the first of May our trains have run with remarkable regularity. Seventeen thousand five hundred and one through, and thirty-nine thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight woy'pateengers l.,velP«SScd over,,he road:

we first commenced

ihem, to show up ihe gross imposture

Upon

the public.—Cleveland

A CHINESE STRATAGEM.—A Chinese army is as lubberly as an elephant, and con be "caught" it appears, \ery much in the same way. The following stratagem is mentioned in the latest news from Sharghae:

Serious disturbance, arising as usual

fron?"ffir!a,!""d rctu'llnS

,he

lof

°f ''fe' «rly

magistrate, who at-

m,de by him re|eased.

were

year pay a dividend of at least seven per cent. The coal business upon the road is just being developed. Three companies are now preparing lo prosecute mining more extensively than has heretofore! Horse-shoe nails, kicked about the been done and if this business should world by horses innumerable, are not be prosecuted with a preparation and the useless fragments we might naturally

The military

,en. for to auppress the riot, but

the villagers dug a deep pit in their road covered it with grass, &c„ao as to deceive them and all pitched in. A number were killed.

deem them. Military men may discuss the relative merits of Minie rifles and needle guns, but we all agree that the material ol which the barrels are made should be sound and tough gun makers tell as no iron is so well fitted for this purpose as that which is derived from feorse-ahoe nails and similarly worn fragments. The nails are in the first instance made of good sound iron, and die violent cobcussion* which they receive when a horse is walking over a •tony road give a peculiar annealing •and toughening to the metal highly beneficial to its subsequent use for gunbarrels.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. SENATE. January 25th

RESOLUTIONS OFFERED.

By Mr. Morrison, instructing theju-, dieiary commiiee, to inquire into the expediency of so amending the law of descents, that in all eases where there is children living of the first marriage, the widow shall only take an equal share of tho real estate as against creditors with the children of the first and second mar* raige.—Adopted.

By Mr. Sheilds, that the committee on benevolent institutions, $*c., inquire into the expediency of Legislating for the reception of all persons who are incurably insane into the Lunatic Asylum. Adopted.

Bills on their third reading. A bill to preserve and restore the records of the Supreme Court passed, ayes 30, noes 11.

A bill to provide a uniform system of establishing county lines, and locating permanently the comers thereof: passed ayes 41 noes 10.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Reports from committees. By Mr, Pratt, from the Judiciary Committee, reporting back House bill abolishing distinction between scaled and unsealed instruments, &c., amended as instructed: Read 3d time and passed —ayes 40, noes 2.

By Mr. Turpie, from the same committee reporting back a bill to amend and repeal so much of section 119 of the act in relation to crimes nnd punishment as requires the defendant in certain eases to pny costs on appeals, with an amendment.

House bill giving livery stable keep ers, and others engaged in feeding live stock, a lieu upon such stock for the a mount of their charges for the same: passed, ayes 40,noes I.

Mr. Anthony, from the committee on corporations, returned Senate bill to authorize railroad companies to connect wiih roads in adjoining States and to consolidate their capital stock, with amendments, aud recommended its pas sage. Amendments concurred in and the bill ordered to a third reading.

By Mr. Scon, from same committee reported back a bill to repeal section 1 19 of the act of the assessment and eollec tion of revenue, without amendment, recommending the passage thereof. Concurred in.

By Mr Read, from same committee, against any change in the criminal code relative to indictments &c, in the courts of common plens, as said courts had not been sufficiently tested, to bo so amended. Concurred in.

By Mr. Chopin, from Committee on Banks, adversely to passing a law requiring banking associations to own a town lot of S5,000 value in each place ofihcir location. Concurred in.

RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCE!!.

Mr. Seawright, making gaming indictable. Adopted. «, By Mr. Parker, making the Slate of Indiana liable tho same as individuals arc. Adopied.

By Mr. Pratt, of inquiry, that the select committee to whom was referred the bill creating a bank department, incorporate an amendment therein, whereby the bank superintendent shall endorse on bonds deposited with him. tho objeci of their being so deposited and that they are noi transferable without ihe written consent of the Auditor endorsed thcroon.

By Mr. Clark, that ihp committcc on temperance inquire whether spirituous liquors cannot be dispensed wiih for medicines, &c, Adopied.

By Mr. Dyer, of inquiry, relative to amending the rjad law, so that Slate roads shall be but 40 feet in width and county roads 25 feet. Ljst.

By Mr. Maxlield, relative to the committee on printing reporting a bill reducing ihe price of Siaie printing 75 per cent, below what is now paid the Slate Printer. Laid on the table.

THE FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE.—Considera-

ole feeling existed in the street yesterday, while the sum of $1200 was being made up, to |H»rchnse the freedom of the woman, Amanda Chayres. The sum was raised last night, the slave dealer paid off, and the woman set at liberty. The circumstances are these:

Thirteen months since, a young man arrived at Alton with this woman—he had run away with her from Memphis, where she was owned by his father, a Mr. Leach. Some family difficulty had occurred, and he brought her up here and left her, telling her she was now free, which she in her simplicity believed.

The girl lived here quietly, and married young Chavres three weeks since. An old colored woman in this place, had formerly lived in Memphis, and in writing to her friends there she casually inquired how Amanda came by her freedom. Every body here supposed the girl was frefe. This gave information in Memphis of her whereabouts to two negro traders by the name of McCollum, and they went to her owner, the father of the young man who ran away with her, and purchased his claim to her, taking a bill of sale, and also getting a power of attorney, and all the requisite legal papers in the case.

They came up to our city*, and after a few days stajPfell upon the track of the girl, and brought the case before the United States Commissioners. Everything was perfectly plain—the girl admitted all the main facts, and there was but one course to pnrsue. Commissioner Davis gave the slave over to the owners.

The friends of the Chavres family, who are all respectable, ascertained the price of the girl—it was 81200—and they set about raising it. The family raised $400 by mortgaging their real estate, and the remaining 9800 was given by the citizens of Alton, who came nobly forward to the work. The case was a very peculiar one, and elicited very deep feeling yet no outbreak, or even a disposition to do violence was manifested. Hard though it seemed, yet the people of Alton were determined to abide by the law. —Alton, Courier.

A FiGHTisa

RAT.—A

THE CALORIC ENGINE.—What

effect

the caloric engine,if successful,voill have upon labor, has been much discussed.— a writer in the Philadelphia Ledger speaks of the matter thus: "The undoubted effort would be this, viz: Instead of supplying a hundred steamers, as now, with say a thousand tons of coat a day. wo should be called upon to furnish 5,000 marine vessels, everything that floats in fact, with 5.000 tons a day. Besides the land would be covered with coloric engines. The cheapened power would banish handtoil, and horse-drudgery: and negro slave-labor. The grease that keeps one negro would propel caloric plow of 100 negro power, and other things in proportion. It is clear thut Providence has destined the steam or coloric plow to be the peaceful emancipator of the slave, whom, for purposes not otherwise possible of attainment, the same Providence sent hither nnd bound to servitude to insure cotton clothing for mankind. As a general principle, our colliers may rely that the greater efficient service can be produced by a ton of coal, the more tons will be required or in other words, the cheaper a thing is made, the more will it be used, as exemplified in pins, matches and penny papers."'

'THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF WASHINGTON.—The U. S. House of Repre

sentatives, and the Senate, have unanimously adopted a resolution to apropriate fifty thousand dollars for the erection on ihe public grounds of a bronze equestrian statue of Washington. The resolution of the Congress of 1783, directing the erection of such a statue, but not then carried into execution for want of funds in the treasury, is thus enforced, and made to take effect at last. The resolution just adopted names Clark Mills as the artist who is to perform the work and the general admiration and enthusiasm which the inauguration of his statue of Jackson has awakened, has doubt! ess been the occasion of the movement in Congressat the present moment.

OLD APPLE TREE—There is a bearing apple tree in Connecticut, alive and flourishing, at the advanced age of two hundred and fourteen years. It is of ihe English Penrmain variety, and was imported in 1638, by Governor George Wylley, and bore good fruit this season, on the "Charter Oak Place," now owned by Hon. T. W. Stuari.llartford. Some of the fruit of this venerable treo was presented to the Connecticut Horticultural Society, in October last. For more than two centuries have tho people been blessed wiih ihe fruit of Gov. Wylley's regard for the welfare of men who should "come after him." Every man should set out fruit and shade trees, so long as he has the physical pow'or to do so, that "future generations may rise up and coll him blessed." a

TMK PURGING OF THE PARTY.—Hear

what iho New Yoik correspondent of ihe London Times says of the uhimnto consequences of the election of General Pierce: "One of the most distant results, probably, will bo the withdrawal or baniKhmeni of tho whole tribe of fnnaiics from tne Democratic ranks—1, tho Abolitionists 2, the Filibusters and Pirates 3, the Women's Rights Dreamers 4, the Bloomer, ct id omne genus. Theso disturbers of society, whose only object has been to tear down existing institutions, have grown to be more numerous ihan might be supposed, they had attached themselves generally to disappointed Democratic leaders, who could gain notoriety only by tho advocacy of uliraism. All these excrcscencei will now be lopped off.

QUEER GAME.—Several

GREAT EXCITEMEHT AT SELEn, OHIO.— Anew mode of tax gathering wos attempted at Salem, Ohio, on the 3d last., which has created in that town quite a mass. The Treasurer of Columbiana county,having called upon the Salem Bank for taxes assessed, several times, and being refused on the ground that the lax was levied on the capital instead of the profits, entered the Bank with a posse armed with guns, revolvers and sledges, for the purpose of breaking open the vault, and seizing the requisite funds.— At this state of the affray, an armistic was declared,for the purpose of calling the directors together, that they might decide whether they would or would not pay the tax so assessed. The directors met, and protested against paying, and by means of guns, crowbars, iic., drove the •nx-gatl.ering party out of the bank. On the 4th a renewal of hostilities upon the bank was expected, the result of which we have not learned.

Mr. Donlan, of

Philadelphia, having challenged all the dogs in Ohio to combat with a fighting rat in his possession, Daniel Shead, of Columbus, writes to him as follow*:— "1 now take leave to inform Mr. Donlan thai I have a small dog of the lerrior and spaniel breed, ihat I am willing shall fight his rat for $100, or any further amount he may please. I am not a sporting character, but I cannot allow the great State of Ohio to be backed out by a Philadelphia rat." .unrvQn

TELEGRAPH TO THE PACIFIC.—A

morial was presented to Congress a few days ago asking for a grant of 1,500,000 acres of land, to be located olong the line of a telagraph, which the memorialists propose to build between St. Louis and San Francisco, by the way of Salt Lake city. The memorialists ptopo *e to give to the Goveroment, in return for the grant, the right, forever, jso transmit, free of charge, over the line, alt official dispatches and communications, with a preference over all others.

THE "MAIRB LAW" HI »THE NEW YOBK LEGISLATURE—The AL^NY

Tem

perance Advocate gives the following classification of the Legislature on the "Maine Law."

ViAssi?mb!y.

„$enate.

For the Law .45 10 Against the Law 78

'r: 19

Doubtful 5

Total 128 52

Majority against the La 33 if 9 with, probably theaitention of the*'doubtful" vote*, e/

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26.

Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock the mail train, consisting of three cars, on the Ohio

and

Pennsylvania Railroad, when opposite New Bridgeton Bride, the middle car broke an axle and was precipitated down an embankment forty feet deep. The others passed on. Several passengers in the middle car were injured, but not killed.

The following persons are the principal suffers: Mr. Scott, of Philadelphi, head badly cut Moss, of Philadelphia, leg broken Mrs. Chessmam, of Salem, Ohio, back broken Samuel Scbeidcller, German, going to[ New York, injured Skeen, of Pittsburgh, shoulder dislocated Ex-Sheriff Forsyth, of this county, badly injured in the breast. ___

BOSTOK, Jan. 24.w«

Mayor Scaver read a letter from Gen. Pierce to the Board of Aldermen in reply to an invitation to accept of the hospitalities of the city on his way to Washington. He declines,and, in his letter,says hesltaH^ endeavor to preserve the Union and the supremacy of the laws, the surest guaran- jties of our present and future happiness.

Caleb Cashing is quiJoJHt, wite.sc^Ietj fever.

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WASIIIKGTOK, Jan. 35.

In the Supreme Court this morning,Judge1 McLean delivered his opinion in the case of the trustees of the Vincennes University, vs the State ol Indiana, reversing the decree of the Supreme Court of Indiana, and securing to the University two townships of land which were in dispute, a portion of'^ which the State had appropriated to its owni use. Justice,Taney and Daniels dissented*.

•iV'' The Mnrkcts. vy New Y»Rff, Jan. 2o,

Coffee—Rio 9 3-8@9jj, Jav.i 11$, and ac-? tive 250 due-rotted American hemp at $145 linsoed oil 72f 8f000 flour—Stato $6,37, Ohio 6,46(35,58,Southern fi,62@5,75,beavy E 6,000 bushels Southern Wheat at $1,20.— The announcement of tho steamer check-1 ed sales. 25,000 corn, yellow, at 68@70 and depressed 150 prison whisky at 2&£ pork—mess $18,62, prime 16, dull, 250 mess beef 13,25(813,50, firm Metj^dy. at 14® 18. .Mi

Flour held firmer, but demand extremely limited we quote at $4,25@4,35. Whisky

advanced to 20c in consequence of lightt tttipplies. Provisions unsettled yesterday panic has in a great measure subsided, butr there are not many buyers. Mess pork $Hi,-t 50 bulk shoulders 5$@6c, and 7c do for1 aides. Prime brl. lard 9£c, and 10^c for* keg do. No new feature in groceries. Mo-p lasseB 30c. Good-sugar 4j to 5c prima® iije. «, .,(fj

gentlemen in

Lancaster county,in this State, were on a partridge hunt, when the pointer stood at game which could not be induced to flush. Afier several ineffectual efforts to push him forward, one of the huntsmen approached sufficiently near to discover that it was not such game as could bo flushed. Upon investigation it was found to be new born infant in its swaddling clothes, placed »n the open fields to perish by some cruel monster mother. It was, however, alive und kicking, and, upon casting of lots who of the huntsmen should take it and educate it, it fell upon our friend Mitchell of Richmond county, who will doubtless faithfully perform his part.—Fredricksburg(Vn) News.

•'''!J i-i' .• CisciNWATf, Jan. 2(lW» River stationary. Weather cold—canals' frozen over. ,, J.

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WASHIKGTOW, Jan. 26R{,S

The Senate galleries were thronged Tn expectation of hearing Mr. Soulo's speech. The House bill for suppression of frauds in prosecuting claims by members of Congress, was taken up and amended by prohibiting executive officers prosecuting claims with or without compensation.

Soule addressed the Senate at some length. Cass followed, showing that the Monroe doctrine was not confined to a proprotest against a contemplated intervention of holy alliance.

NEW ORi.EA»srjun. 2

Pork, rfttfBff, tfninspected, 18,75@17. Lard 10$ in tierces—10j@U in kegs. m-,

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A I E

On Sunday last, ot Asbury Chnpel, by Rev. Aaron Wood, JACOB ZIGLER TOOUV* SWAP.

DIED. o- Is

In Georgetown. D. C. on the I4th iast. tn the 21st year of her age. GLOVIMA DURHAM BLAKE, only child of C'ol. Thomas II.Blako of this place.

In thia place on Tuesday last, LEWIS P. SCOVEE, about 35 years of age, of Small Pox or varioloid.

Peoria Bildge.

THE

Peoria Bridge over the Illinois rivor, with anew draw of 289 I'cot in length, and of masterly workmanship, is now finished, and ready for crowing from sun rise till 9, p. m.

In high water, it is ihe only placo on tb« rive* where can be crossed with ease and safety. ,, URISWOLD,

Peoria, j«nI5-,33 23 2w* Treasurer.

Commercial Insurance Company, Charleston, 8, C. j| Colombia Insurance Company

Columbia, Sf. C.

INSURANCE on Steamboat and Flat-beat Car* goes, and tire risks on buildings,furniture and rncrcitandize, taken ia the above Companies bv ,A/-BB'iT LANGE,' jan29-,53 23 tf Sab-Afrent at Terre Haute.

To Country Merchant*"

rpH

E Pennsylvania Railroad having now com. A pletcd her connection between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, which makes the shortest, quickest anl cheapest communication with the West, both for passengers and merchandise, we beg leava to invite oo.j friends and the merchants generally, to visit Philadelphia for their Spring supplies. .*

Otur Stock of Domestic Goods,

all ubeir varieties, will be (bund fall and com* pbte also a large and ver desirable assortment of British, French and Swim goods.

We would particularly junto your attention to •or bandaeme lines of WViite Goads, Jaconets, Cambrics. Swiss, plain ami fancy Muslins, and the be« mukes of Irish Lirosns.

Thesa goods hsve been carefully selected from the rajnufiicUircrs, and imported direct by ourselves we shall offer thetn at a small profit tor ccaf), or to punctual customers on time.

SCOTT, BAKER & CO,

Importers and Jobbers. 150 Market street,, janffi *M-23-3m PHILADELPHIA.'

Gunny Bags,

RECEIVED

by steamer Gmfen Yeatman ,and

for sale at toe Warehouse of ,, BKITTON & CO. Msrcfe 9. *52 dtf-SS

Fulling and Clo1& Dressing

DON)(),'52-d3i-138

IS SI alt times and in the beat mannerjt Holmes's Mill. May wtf-38

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