The Wabash Courier, Volume 23, Number 38, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 May 1855 — Page 2

TBI COURIER.

E S S E O N A E DITOR.

E E A E

Satorday Horning, Hay 12, 1855.

TWENTY FOURTH YEAR!

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VIRGINIA. ELECTION.

The election in Virginia is to take place on Thursday the 24th insi. The

result of this election is looked to with more interest than any one we remember in any State of the Union. One State after another has been passing from the Democracy—but the boast has been that the Old Dominion would nev* er yield. New Hampshire, New York,

Pennsylvania, Indiana, &c., &c., have been carried, one after another against Nebraska and the Administration, and In favor of the Republican party. And now comes the trial for old Virginia.— If she goes, the Democracy give it up that all is lost. She is acknowledged in

danger—and powerful efforts have been made to save her. The Know Nothings are known to be very strong in the

State. The opposition to the Administration is sanguine of success. The Hon. T. S. FLOURNOY, the Republican candidate for Governor, is very popular, and making strong head-way. Mr.

Wise, the Democratic candidate for Governor, has been canvassing the State and asserts that he will be elected by 20,000 of a majority. There are various

opinions as to the result. Each party professes to believe in success by a large mojority. A Washington letter-writer, who was recently in Richmond says, he

enquired of a gentleman supposed to be well posted up in the matter how the •lections were going in Virginia, and

he represented that Wise was very certain of his election by 20,000 majority. Another gentleman, equally intelligent tnd quite as well informed, replied that he would be beaten by at least 20,000 majority. And thus it is all over the Stale—the two parties differ only 40,000

voles in conclusions based upon pre* clsely the same data. The average Democratic majority on full vote heretofore we believe has been about 15 or 16,000. We think

from appearances that the chnncea are decidedly in favor of the election of Flournoy by a small majority.

LUCY STONE.

Who would believe it Lucy Ston6 after all her preaching and lecturing, has committed matrimony—has gone over to the enemy, body and

She was married on the first of May to Mr. Henry Blackwell of Ohio. Lucy, however, did not surrender, the fortress

unconditionally. There were terms of capitulation. We don't know that she was even deprived the use of arms, but still it is hardly likely she will be permitted with impunity hereafter to fight

against the enemy as formerly—at least not for the period of the honey-moon.—

But Lucy had to make a show of appearance. A protest was drawn up, and signed by herself and Mr. Blackwell before marriage. In this paper, as pub­

lished, a good deal is said about the custody of the wife's person—control of children —owneiship of property, &c.

Some eighteen months ago Lucy

Stone delivered several lectures to crowded houses in this place. She said great deal about matrimony and babies. She undertook to give sage advice in regard to both. She was a very protty speaker, and of course elicited at­

tention. But her lectures on these subjects were merely theoretical, and Utopian at that. After this they may be more practical—and we will venture, more agreeable to the common sense of the sensible portion of any audience she

may addross.

TRAVELLING FACILITIES. On Thursday last was added anoth­

er link, or commenced a new series, in western travelling. On that day a connexion of lines was arranged, carry­

ing travellers by land through from Evansvilie to Cincinnati, about 300 miles, in one day. This lino leaves Evans* Tllle at 6 o'clock in the morning, pass­

ing through Vincennes, Terre Haute •nd Indianapolis, reaching Cincinnati to •upper. The train arrives at Terre Haute from Evansville about half-past 11 o'clock, and leaves for (siDcinnaii twenty-five minute* past 12.

MORION.—We have heard it suggest* •d that a liulo brick dust mixed with the .••It. will prove very beneficial in the way of preventing the disease called Murrin in cattle that have been stinted food in the Spring.

Rtvsft—The Wabash is in good n»*l« gable order, but falling. The Steamers MADOKA, J. M. STOCKWBLL, RETURN. FLAG, and ENDBAVOB, have been at oor vharfM within the week.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. We have advices from the army before Sevastopol to the 19th ult, but contrary to the general expectation, no important result had taken place, though the five hundred gurta of the alliea continued to play inceaaontly upon the town and foruesses, Since the breaking up of the Vienna Conference, aeveral aup plementary meetings of the four parties

had been held but without any definite result. The plenipotentiaries assembled on the 23J ult., rind signed the protocol of the last Conference. Subsequently another meeting was held, at the request of Prince GortschakofT, at which he made further propositions from Russia, but which were inadmissable, and re' jected by France, England, and Turkey The efforts of the Conference having thus totally failed, it was generally ad mined that nothing could be hoped for

but a long and sanguinary war, and all were looking to the result of the struggle at Sebastopol with intense anxiety. Before Lord John Russell left Vienna, he had a private interview of two hours with Count Buol. The departure of the French Minister from Vienna had been

postponed for a few days, for the purpose of discussing matters with the Austrian Cabinet. The London Times speaks of the policy of the new Czar as even more audacious than that of his

father, and it was so regarded throughout Europe. The Allies had the exclusive control of the telegraph line, and nothing definite was known in regard to the real condition of matters at Sevastopol, but the generftl impression was

that matters were in favor of the Allies. The Russians however, continued to fight with great bravery, and returned the fire of the Allies with effect. A dispatch received at Brussels, reports the

suspension of the bombardment, but the truth was doubted. The dispatches from the Crimea are in the following order. April 14ih.—The bombardment continues night and day, from five hundred

and ten guns and mortars each gun firing one hundred and twenty rounds each twenty-four hours. The Mamelon tower has been silenced, and some of the round tower guns dismantled, but the

Ridean and Garden batteries keep up a heavy fire. There is no immediate prospect of an assault. April 15th.— During the night a most sanguinary bat­

tle raged between the French and Russians, in whieh the former destroyed the rifle ambuscade, in front of the Malakoff tower. April 16th.—The bombardment continues with unabated fury. The

Russians repair the breaches made during the doy with surprising facility.— The loss of life is heavy. A dispatch from St. Petersburgh says that GortschakofTtelegraphs under date of the 23J of April, as follows: ''After twelve days

bombardment the fire of the Allies has become weak, causing but iiuto damage." The magnetic telegraph was completed from London to the Crimea,

with the exception of a few miles between Bucharest and Rutschuck, but the British Government retain

use of it.

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The true American policy of having as little to do, as possible, with foreign affairs, and of fostering American genius, skill, and industry, says the Alexandria Gazette, will be-prominent points in the creed and practical operations of the party which is now obtaining political triumph after triumph, and which is destined, we believe, to gain the ascendancy in every State in the Union.— We are rejoiced to see the truly conservative course pursued by the American party in reference, for instance, to the proposed "acquisition" ol Cuba. We observe, on their part, a prudence and discretion befitting the American character. Cuba may be valuable to us and it may be that one day or other Cuba may, by fair and peaceable means, fall into our possession in such a manner as to command the respect and the approbation of the whole world. *In the mean time, the American party are opposed to any unjust and unnecessary war to efTect the "acquisition to any embroilment with foreign nations which can be honorably avoided in reference to the matter to any grab game, or filibustering exploit, which will blur our national escutcheon or sully our fame. They think we have American ground enough to stand on for the present, at least, without the necessity for Spanish territory or seeking out for aggrandizement by taking possession of foreign soil. So, too with regard to American industry. The American party think that the encouragement of the talents and labor of American citisens is of more importance than any fanciful and impracticable notions of political economy which political theorists may declaim upon and argue about. They want no high tariffs or prohibitory tariffs but they want the American people to encourage their own citizens in the production of everything which can be produced at home, in the agricultural, manufacturing, and mechanical departments. They think that labor ahould have its just reward, and that to effect that object the industry of America ahould be encouraged in preference to purchasing from abroad the producta of other countries, coming into competion with products of our own. They are not ultraiats, neither "free traders" nor "probibitionista their doctrinea are moderate and conservative, here, too, as in the other case. Such principles, when carried out with regard to our foreign relation* and oor domeatic affairs, must command the approbation cf the country. *rr_^nrrx^rrrrrrr nr. JJUi

ORDINANCE.—A city ordinance providing for tbe support and regulation of Flee Public Schools, will be found oor advertising-column*.

Death of Niekolaa.

The death of Nicholas it considered under all the circumstances quite an event in the hiatory of tbe world. The late Russian Czar wea an extraordinary man. It was said of him that he waa no ordinary Czar, and a Czar is no ordinary mortal. He was said to be in one sense of the word master of some fourteenth part of the whole human race. In the last number of Blaeheoodt' Magazine there is an excellent article on the death of Nicholaa, from which we extract the following:

Although it is the boast of Great Britain that upon her dominions the sun never sets, yet we suspect that the idea is rtiher a conceited abstraction. Russia is one and continuous, from Kam tschatka to Warsaw—fiom Archangleto Sebastopol. The Russian Czar is absolute master—not in any figurative sense but in as complete a sense as one immortal being can be maater of another— of some fourteenth part (the exact pro portion matters little) of the whole hu man race. What was Alexander of Macedon to this 1 He merely overran part of the world, and frightened it into obedience during his lifetime the Rus sian Czar is the only soul that animates the great Mammoth body of his vast empire and what his name is, seems to matter little—Peter, Paul, Alexander, Nicholas he himself, as an incarnate idea, is indestructible. But Nicholas was no common Czar, or common man. He was every inch a king, in the first place—One of the Jove-sprung kings of Homer. Like Agamemnon, or Achilles, or Ajnx, he was towering above men with bis head and broad shoulders. As it was said of Burns, that he was one of the few poets who was fit to be aeen, so it may be said of Nicholas, that he was one of the few kings who, like Saul the son of Kish, would first have been selected by a king-maker.

There is the Russian empire stretching away over one hemisphere, and across the top of the other the chains of her dominion are co-extensive, or nearly so, with the chains of winter, and and only coase to bind where the suns of the tropics begin to exert their influence. The Czar is Russia, and tho power of the Czar literally spans the world. The Czar is Russia, whether called in Europe the Czar, or in Asia the great white Khan—or in America, whatever men call him there. He rules over white Europeans, yellow Asiatics of the Mongol race, and red Indians in the new world. Over the children of the sun, the black race alone, he does not rule, although with a scarcely natural ambition he seems to aspire to do so. jv,r.

A Mormon Manifesto.

BRIGHAM YOUNG, the Governor of

Utah, delivered a long address at the Tabernacle, at Great Salt Lake City, on the 18th of February. It is a sort of exposition of the Mormon doctrines and

a defence of Mormon fidelity to the Constitution of the United States. He gives a history of the career of Joseph Smith, and eulogizes him in the strongest manner. Alluding to the appointment of Col. STEPTOE, he says: "The newspapers are teeming with statements that I said 'President Pierce and all hell could not remove me from office.' I will tell you what I did say. and what I now say: The Lord rules and reigns in the armies of the Heavens, and does his pleasure among the inhabitants of the earth. He sets up a kingdom here, and pulls down another there at his pleasure; he walks in the midst of the people, and they know it not; he makes Kings, Presidents, and Governors at his pleasure. Hence I conclude that I shall be Governor of Utah Territory just as long as he wants me to be, and for that time neither the President of the United States nor any other power can prevent it. Then, brethren and sisters, be not worried about my being dismissed from office, for when the President appoints another man to be Governor of Utah Territory you may acknowledge that the Lord has done it, for we should acknowledge his hand in all things."

Here is what he says the Mormons

think of slavery. "Formerly the rumor was that 'they were agoing to tamper with slaves.' when we had never thought of such a thing. The seed of Ham which is the seed of Cain, descending through Ham, will, according to the curse put upon him, seve his brethren, and be a 'servant of servants' to his fellow creatures, until God removes the curse, and no power can hinder it. These are my views upon slavery. I will here say a little more upon this point. The conduct of the whites torwards the slaves, will in many cases send both slave and master to hell. This statement comprises much in a few words. The blacks should be used like servants, and not like brutes, but they must serve. It is their privilege to live so as to enjoy many of the blessings which attend obedience to the first principlea of the gospel, though they are not entitled to the priesthood."

RESERVOIR CUT.—It is reported that the Eel River Reservoir, of the Erie and Ohio canal, fourteen miles south of Terre Haute, was cut open by a set of desperadoes on Wednesday night last. Thus letting out eleven hundred acres of water. This may prove a sad drawback upon canal operations should the season prove a dry one. ~~~~~~~

CASTINGS.—-We ask attention to the advertisement in another column of Mitchell, Htrron if Co.'s Union Foundry, of Pittsburgh.' Cooking Stoves, Parlor Stoves, Mantle and Kitchen Grates, Hollow-ware, Mill and Machinery Castings, fee., 6cc., all sold at ratnufacturera prices.

WEATHER, FROST.—There was quite a

ing fruit very little.

change of weather for two or three days this week. Thermometers got down from 55 deg to 32—making fires comfortable for several mornings. There was also some frost, doing slight injury to garden vegetables, but probably affect-

CITY COUNCIL—THE MAYOR. The

new Board of Council were sworn

in on Monday everting, after which Mr. JAMES HOOK, tbe Mayor, delivered the following inaugural Gentlemen of the Common Council:

In entering upon the duties of Mayor of this city, conscious of the weight of the responsibility resting upon the faithful discharge of tha same, I am encouraged in the beliefthatf shall receive your co-operation and assistance in my efforts to faithfully perform the duties assigned me, with the desire alone to advance the welfare and prosperity of all the inhabitants of our growing and beautitul city.

In presiding over the deliberations of your body, it will be iny aim to act With such impsrtiality and respect to all, as will meet with your approbation, and in return I shall confidently ask your ready and willing observance of order in. business and the rules and regulations that may be adopted by your body for its government.

The law makes it the duty of the Mayor to see that the laws of this State and the by-laws and ordinancea of the Common Council be faithfully executed and having taken the oath prescribed by law, to faithfully discharge that duty, I shall need no other incentive to cause their enforcement.

You are the law-making-power for the city, and on you rests the responsibility for the good or for the evil effect of the laws you ordain. I would therefore urge upon you, mature deliberation, in the passing of bylaws and ordinances, that all laws passed by your body may be enforced. Too much or unwise legislation, with frequent changes of the laws, causes the public to have no respect for them or to disregard them altogether, and renders it unpleasant and difficult for the executors of the law to cause obedi ence to them.

Yours is an arduous and responsible duty, and such services, when faithfully performed, are, aa a general thing, too lightly appreciated by the public.

In your hands for the present year, are entrusted over three million dollars worth of property for taxation, and in that matter our people are sensitive and jealous of their rights and as the wants of our growing city will make it necessary to raise, by taxation, a sum sufficient to meet the increasing demand, the subject should receive your considerate attention, that you may not burden the people beyond what is prudent, but at the same time, may put into effect what may be found necessary to do for the public good. f.'?x •:.?

Among the'many subjects that will claim your attention, is that of Common Schools. The legislature has placed in your hands the educational interests of the youth of our city, and to your action in this matter the people are looking with great interest. The late Board of Council took the initiatory steps for carrying into effect a system of common schools under the recent law, passed by our legislature, on that subject and an ordinance was prepared by the late Mayor, which will be laid before you for your approval, as the basis for a system of education, which, if put into successful operation, will add much to the already wide spreading fame of our city, and invite to a residence in our pleasant locations a population that will add to the credit, wealth and prosperity of the place.

On this question there is some difference of opinion, with a portion of our citizens, as to the expediency and practicability of such a system. That all should think alike on any great qnestion is impossible. Difference of opinion exists from minds differently constituted or from a conflict of interests but in a government like ours, the will of the majority, when sanctioned by law, should govern and all good citizens will yield a ready compliance therewith. The rights of the minority should be respected and guarded, and nothing oppressive in character, or calculated to estrange one portion of the people from another should be done. Bui no mature deliberation, with all the light and information to be had. and with the experience of the past, whatever course may be considered best, for the promotion of the general welfare, and the greatest good to the greatest number, we should pursue and risk the consequences. Whatever course you in your combined judgment sep proper to pursue on this important question will receive my cordial co-operation, believing as I do that whatever you do will be intended for the best.

There are many other important matters that will claim your early attention, one of which is the Fire Department. The defective organization of this department leave us almost entirely at the mercy of the devouring element at any occurrence of fire, either by accident or design, which renders it necessary for some more efficient means for its extinguishment. You will have the experience of some of the members of the late Board, aa well as old members of Council, who have given this subjcct much attention and whqge services and counsel will be valuable.

The important question which now so agitates the community relative to prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquors, can claim but little action at your hands under tbe present law, which gives you no power over it, except to abate any nuisance that may arise in its train but I would remind you that but a short time will elapse before a new law of the State will render a new order of things necessary and impose greatly increased responsibilities upon the authorities of the city for which I doubt not you will be fully prepared.

There are still other matters we might enlarge on, but deem it unnecessary at this time, as it is a part of the duty of the M-iyor to make such recommendations to the Council, from time to time, as the public good may require and as most, if not all of you, are as familiar with the wants and interests of our city as I am, and feeling satisfied that these interests will not suffer at your hands, I can confidently hope that at the expiration of the time for which we were elected, we can hand over the trusts confided to us, to our successors, untarnished and with prospects brightening for the future

It appears that one man who is in favor of making Kansas free territory, has found -his way into the Kansas Legislature. The newspaper which is published at Atchison, in that territory, speaks of tho matter thaa "Gov. Reeder ha* given that con torn ptible puppy, M. F. Conway, a certificate of election as councilman of the Pawnee district, when it is well known that Mr. Donaldson received a majority of at least two hundred and fifty votes. We can't stand that, certainly. if we do I If the Legislature don't reconsider the action of the Governor, and give Mr. Donaldson a seat, the squatter sovereigns will take the matter in band."

CANAL PACKETS NORTH.—Packets have commenced, regular trips on the Canal North. Leaving Terre Haute every evening (except Saturday) at 7 o'clock. ~~~~~~~

ADVICE TO POLITICIANS.—Be honest— if you can-if you havV been silly enough to mtke bets, collect them if won, or pay them if lost, quietly and never be guil tj of eocb disreputable ctmduct again.

From our New York Correspondent. NRW YORK, May 9. The European news brought by the Atlantic, is important. The Vienna Conference ia a failure, Russia has refused to reduce her power in tbe Black Sea. and the recent hopes of an early peace are dispelled. The negotiators have been called home by their respective governments. To add to the difii cutties of the Allies, Austria refuses to co-operate with them in the field. She does not wish to humiliate Russia* or to increase Anglo-French influence in.the East.

The bombardment of Sevastopol has been renewed, but apparently, with not very marked effect upon the Russian defences. The Russians display great activity in repairing damages to their works, and unless the Allies can effect a practicable breach and follow up their advantage by an assault, the second bombardment, like the first, will doubt* less be but a fruiiless waste of ammuni"on.

But to Americans, the most important part of the news brought by the Atlantic is contained in the speech delivered by Louis Napoleon during his visit to England, in reply to the address of the corporate authorities of ihe city of London. In his speech, Louis Napoleon reiterates the menace against the United States', which has been uttered, directly and indirectly, not only by European statesmen, but also by newspapers in the interest of the Anglo-French Alliance.

The great moral philanthropist now on the throne of France appeared determined, while in London to throw off the cloak of reserve which he had hitherto carefully worn, when speaking of the policy of France on American affairs. He therefore, without beiug specially drawn out, volunteered an opinion on a question of internal social concern to the people of this Union, and distinctly stated. that on that question, the policy of England and France is and will be identical, adding: '•Indeed England and France are naturally united on all the great questions of politics and of human progress that agitate the world. From the shores of the Atlantic to those of the Meditertanean—from the Baltic to the Black Sea —from Ike desire to abolish Slavery to our hopes for the amelioration of all the countries of Europe—I see in the moral as in the political world for our two nations but one course and one end."

Louis Napoleon's allusion to Slavery is merely a bait thrown to the people of Exeter Hall, who, in their hurrahs for the crowned assassin and incendiary, forgot that he is the absolute master of thirty millions of French slaves, who dare not open their lips to speak a free word, and cannot call their lives their own for a single day. The people of the United States, no matter what opinions they may hold on Slavery, do not relish this talk of a European Potentate about interferencein their affairs. They know what "a desire to abolish Slavery" means on the tongue of the hero of the coup d'etat, and the destroyer of the Italian Republic. They know also, what his confederates, Clarendon and Palrnerston, mean, when they urge Spain to measures which must, unless frustrated in time, first place Cuba under the control, and then in the possession of the Allies, to serve as a basis for their future opperations against this country.

That Louis Napoleon, by this singular and ominous speech, intended to excite the Anti-Slavery sentiment of England, admits of no doubt. He means to drag England with France into a war with inls country. His avaricious eye is alreody placed on Pp«niogc?j and his scheme works well there. Cuba he means to possess as the portion of his Spanish alliance, and he has now conciliated a powerful party in England, by proclaiming Anti-Slavery views.

The latest news of importance from the Crimea, was a telegraphic dispatch from Canrobert, running as follows: "The fire continues unabated, chiefly by the artillery, but the engineers are operating, and have established us (the French) inuch nearer to the place. The loss of life has been very great on both sides. A council of war has been held, and it has been decided to continue the fire for a week longer, and then to make the assault."

Recruiting for the Crimea is still in progress here—and it is reported to be in Philadelphia and Boston—under the rose. Several persons have been arrested in New York, this week, charged with participating in the movement. ExJudge Beebe, who appeared for the accused. said he thought every man should be permitted to go where he chose and as "Sam" appeared anxious to get rid of foreigners, he did not see why tbe aliens, recruited here for the British service, should not be allowed to go oil their way rejoicing, without hinderance from the authorities.

There has not been for many years a Spring so unfavorable as this lias been, so far, to sufferers from pulmonary diseases. All the apostles of inhalation and other 'infallible' cures for consumption have been flooding the daily papers with their pretentious advertisements for some six or eight weeks—with what success, their patients* empty pockets and shattered constitutions can best answer. It is doubtful if consumption can be radically cured by any man, no matter how skillful and experienced he may be.— Dr. Fitch, of this City, whom all the regular physicians consult on the method of treating their consumptive patients, is said, by Dr. Mott, to have radically cured more cases of consumption than all the other physicians in New York together but, although Dr. Moil's authority is weighty, it is questionable it a man ever was or can be cured of consumption by Dr. Fitcb, or any other physician.

Private information from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut, indicates that there will be a split amoL'g the Know-Nothings of New England on the subject of slavery.

The Navy Yard was honored with a vist, on Saturday morning, from Hon. John P. Kenoedy, Ex-Secreiary of the Navy. He was welcomed with salute of 17 guns from tbe batteries of the North Carolina. Ex-Presidem Fillmore bad engaged to accompany the Ex-Secreie ry, but for come reason or other he was

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Prohibitory Liqaor Law. The rise and progress of laws in va* rious States prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drinks, is to be seen in the following abstract: by tbe Legislature

1851—Passed Maine. 1852—Passed by

of

the Legislature

Minnesota!

Legislature

the

1852—Passed by Rhode Island. 1852—Passed by the

Legislature

Massachusetts.

of

1853—Ratified by the people of Vermont. 1853—Ratified by the pe6ple of Michigan. 1853—Its submission to the people pronounced unconstitutional by the

Supreme Court in Minnesota.

1853—Pronounced unconstitutional^ by

lhe

United States Supreme Court in Rhode Island.

1853—Supreme Court equally divided in Michigan. 1854—Pronounced unconstitutional in

Massachusetts.

1854—Passed ihe Legislature of New

1

Y'irk.

1854—Vetoed by Governor Seymour of New York. 1C54—Passed by one branch of ihe Leg islature of New Hampshire. 1854—Passed by one branch of the Legislature of Maryland. 1854—Passed by the Legislature, but the two branches failed to agree •"iin Pennsylvania 1854—Passed by the Legislature of

Ohio.

1854—Voted for by the people of Wis consin. 1854—Pronounced unconstitutional in

Ohio.

18o4—Passed in a modified form hy the Legislature of Rhode Island. 1854—Passed by the Legislature of

Connecticut.

1855—Passed the lower branch of the :-vv New Jersey Legislature—defeated by one vote in the Senate. 1855—Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin and vetoed modified and possed. and again vetoed by

Governor Barstow.'^

1855—Passed the second time by thn Legislature of New York, and became a law of the State by the

Hi signature of Gov. Clark. Eight States and one Territory have thus passed prohibitory laws. The question has failed in four States through legislative disagreement. It has been submitted to the people and retained by them in'four other States. It has nowhere been repealed by legislative action though it has been four times set aside by the judiciary, and in one instance reenamed in a modified form,—N. Y. Herald.

In a recent speech, Mr. Crane, of Virginia, made the following oratorical flight 7 "I pledge myself to you. and to the world, if old Randolph don't give a large majority for Wise, I'll seize the highest nob ofCheat Mountain, within her limits, by the shaggy tops of its gigantic chestnut oaks, and sling it clear into the Pacific ocean."

I am prepared to Recommend Your Pills.

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JOI.IET, Will Co., 111., Feb. 25, "54.

Mr. It. E. SELLERS:—When 1 resided in Pittsburg, I wns cured of an attack of Liver complaint which had preyed upon my «ys*.em for eight years, and reduced me so much that I was compelled to quit work.

During the time of my suiTerine: I had the nd vice of several physicinns, but their treatment failed to accomplish acuie A friend recommended the use of your Liver Pills," and after using twa boxes of them, 1 found myself entirely cureu. Whilat suffering from Liver Complaint, I was also afflicted with the Piles, which 1 never felt afterwards. As my wife and eldest son nra now very much afflicted with a deranged state of the Liver. 1 ain very anxious to have you mnk? an agency tor the sale of your Liver Pills at this place. Alter the cure of my own disease, 1 am prepared to recommend your I'ilis and very many |»rs ins in this section would freely try them if tiiey iiad a chance. 'hi Respectfully.

ANDREW SARVER.

FOR SALE BY

all the Druggists of Terre Haute, Ind., and by Druggists and Medicine dealers generally. May 12. 1855.—38-)

Very Important Information.

Dr. JOHNS, one of tho most celebrated Physicians in New York, writes as follows: l»n- CtRTis— Pear Sir:—Having witnessed tho excellent effects of your HYUKA TIN INHAI.I.VU HYOEAN VAPOR AND CHERRY SYRUP, in a case of chronic Bronchitis, and beins? much in favor of counter-irritation in affections of the throat, bronchial tubes and lunzs. I can therefore cheer fully recommend your medicated Apparatus as being the most conveuient and effectual mode ui applying anything of the kind I have ever seen. No doubt thousands ol persons may be relieved, and many cured, by using your remt-dies.

You arc nt liberty to use this in any wav yon may think proper. Respectfully, yours. See. C. JON&S, M. D.

No. G09 Houston street. New York.

PBOF. S. Ct-NTER writes us as follows: (JE.VTI.EMEN,—-1 have recently had occasion to teat you* (-'herry Syrup and Hygean Vupor in a case of chronic sore throat, that had re!used to yield to other forms of treatment, anJ the result has satisfied nte, that, whatever may he the composition of votir preparation, it is no imposition, but an excellent remedy, wish, for tho sake of the afflicted, that it might be brought within the reach of all.

Rev. Doctor CIIEEVER writes: NEW YORK, NOV. 15» t854. DEAR SIB:—I think highly of Dr. Curtis'S Hygeana, as a remedy in diseases of the throat and lun^s. Having had some opportunity to test its efficacy. 1 am convinced that it is a most excellent medicine, both the Syrup and the inhaling application to the cltrat.

Tbe llyiceanaisforsale at Terre Haute by CONDIT & HUN LEY. See advertisement in anpther column headed Medicated Inhnlatfrin.

Feb. 24,1856-27 3tn

DR- GUYSOTTS IMPROVED: EXTRACT OF YELUW DOCK AND SARSAPARiLLA is a »ure remedy for Hereditary Taint.

Thousands of individuals are curcd with grievous coinplawts whieh they inherit from their parents. The use ol the Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla will prevent all this and save a vas: amount ot misery, and many valuable lives, for it thoroughly expels from the system the latent taint, which is the seed of disease, and so take oil the curse by which the sins or misfortune of the parents are so often visited upon tbe innocent ot&pring.

Parents owe it to their children to guard them against the effects of maladies lliat may be communicated by descect, and children of parents that have at any time been affected with 'Jonsumption, Scrofula or Syphilis, owe it to themselves to take precaution against the disease being revived in them. Guysott's Lxtract oi Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla is a sura antidot in euclt cases, 90T See advertisement

ATER'S CHEBSY PECTORAL—We believe this te be an excellent preparation, and shall therefore not hesitate to recommend it to our readers. It has been tested in numerous instances in this city aud in several which have come under our own observation, it has accomplished what other popular medicines and »ome of our most skilful physicians had tailed to accomplish—a perfect cure, in cases of (apparently)

T. MITCHELL.. .JOES B. BERROX. .• WM. ATSVESAOX.

UNION FOUNDRY,

MITCHELL, HERRON, & CD., (LATE PER ROCK, MITCHELL, CO.) No. 194 Liberty Street, Fittsburffli, Pa., Will manufacture as usual, a large and general assortment of Castings, comprising Cooking Stoves, Range and Side Ovens

OFFICE AND PARLO.i STOVES, MANTLE AND KITCHEN GRATES? Hollow Ware, Wagon Boxes, Dry Irons,

Sad lions. Tea Kettles, Plow and Plow Points, Mill and Machinery Cnstings generally, And Gas and Water Pipes of all aizea.

ALSO,

Iron and Nails of the bast Brands.

Shovels, Spades, Pikes, dec.

ALL or WHICH WILL TESOL DAT MANUyiUTU KfRSTHrrSS

May 12, 1855 38-4m r,t

Executor's Notice.

NOTICEbeen

is hereby siren that the undersign*

ed has apoointed Executor of the last will of James Runnion late of Vigo County, dee'd Said estate is supposed to solvent.

CHAMBERS Y. PATTERSON.

May 10th 1855. Executor.' May 12, '55 33-3t

OFFICE TERRK IIaVTS IT ALTO* RAILROAD

NOTICE

RC..)

ALTON. April 30. 1855.

is hereby given that the rnnual

meeting of the Stockholders of the Terro Hnute and Alton Railroad Company, will bo lield at the Office of said ^ompnnv. in the city of Alton, on Monday the 4th day of June next, at the hour of 12 o'clock, M.

By order of the Board: LEVI DAVIS, Scc'y./ May 12, 1855-38-3W

TTIB IB3BA1SJ

ONE

of the many testimonials received almost daily in favor of RHODES' FEVER AND AGUE CURE, which has never failed!

LKWISBURO, Union Co., Pa., ilfay 2, 1855. I

MR. J. A. RHODFS—Dear Sir: The box of medicine you sent me was duly received on the ltth of April, and I hand you herewith receipt for the same.

I have sold about one half of it, and so far the people who have used it are satisfied that it has cured them. It has certainly stopped the Ague in every one that has used it. ami six of the cases were of long standing My sister, who has had it for five or six years hack, and could never get it stopped, except by Quinine, and that only aa long as she would take it, is now, I think entirely cured by your remedy.

If it thus continues to keep off tho Ague, as I think it will, you may expect from n.e large orders. 1 am Sir,

Yours, very trulv. C- R. McGlNLY.,

May 12. 1855 3S-lm

AN ORDINANCE

To provide for tho support and regulation of Free Public Schools, within

the city of Terre Hnute./ 7 SECTION 1. Br itordihtrd by the Common Council of the city of Terre Haute. That Free Public Schools, are hereby established, within tho city of Terre Haute, independent of the township of Harrison, in which said city is situated, to be regulated and supported as is hereinafter provided, tinder and hy virtue of tho provisions of the following entitled act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, to-wit: "An act to authorize the establishment of Free PublicSchoo'a In the incorporated cities and towns of the Statu of Indiana," approved March 5th,18?5, and also under and by virtue ofthe provisions of the I'i'lowing entitled set. so far as the same are applicable to incorporated cities, witAn act to provide for a srencral system ofCommon Schools, tho officers thereof, and their respective powers and duties, and matters properly connected therewith, and to establish township Libraries, and for too regulation thereof," approved March 5th. 1835.

SEC. 2. That for tne purpose of supporting Free Public Schools, as aforesaid, it shall be tho duty of tho Common Council, annually, when they fix the amount andratoof tax tohefeviedon property, to levy and cause to le levied and collected, a sufficient tax in addition to such tax aa may he levied by or under the authority of tho State for that purpose, on all property subject to State and County taxation, within said city it i* expressly declared, that any school established and supported a* herein provided, shall at all times be equally free and accessible to nil children. residinu within the city of Terro Haute, entitled to attend schools created by the general law, speoificd in tlie first section of this ordinance, suhjc only to such regulations for their government and instruction, nnd the control of said schools, ns eitlisr the council or Trustees hereinafter mentioned may from time to time prescribe, provided however it is expressly declared and understood, that nothina in thisordinance contained shall bo so construed as to permit any neeroor mulatto person

0r

child to nttend any of

said schools, or to receive insi ruction thereinSKC. 3. At the^ first nnnual meeting of tho Common Council in each venr. the said Council shall elect by hnllot, five judicious and competent persons, having the qualifications of Councilmen, as Trustees of said school, who shall hold their offices fur one year and until their successors shall be chosen and qualified they shall report all vacancies that may occur in their own body to the Council, which bodv shall fill the same they shall have the general superintendence of theFiee Public Schools in said city, nnd from time to time, mike such regulations for the government and instruction of tho children therein, and for the control of snid schools, a» shall be i-roper they shall have the same power and perform the same duties, as Trustees havo and are required to do, under the general law, specified in tf:e fir-«t section, so far as applicable they shall at the close of every current year, report to the Council the stato and condition of the several schools, as wcH tho fi?cal ns the other concerns in relation thereto, nnd a particular account of the administration thereof ami generally to do nn»| perform all other matters and thinaa pertaining fo the duties of their said office, which may be necessary to bo done, to promote the education and morals of the children instructed in said schools, or which may be required by resolutions of the Council, or ordinances of tha citv.

SEC 4. It shall he the duty of tho_Trustec» who shall be elected, as is provided for in the preceding s« ction, within

ten

lhSre°U7.Ci

to make

confirmed

con-

aumption. It ia tbe only medicine for this disease which we can bearuljr reeoauaeod--«T«FL»* peraaoa Advec«ia» Fray. lL. J.

days alter their elec­

tion, to mccl at the '"ity Hall, and take thooath of office, to faithfully discltnrjje theirdutreij^ and organize themselves in ftocfi manner, and to adopt such By-Law* and regulations as in thei*~ opinion shall he best calculated to promote tho efficient discharge of the duties assigned to them. It sh»ll rrqurre a majority of he wli"le nmnber of Trustees.to constitute- a quorum,lor the transaction of busmen#, nnd for that purpose tbejj shall meet at the City llall at least once it every month. They shall elect a President and Secretary of their number nnd keep a faithful record of th.rir proceedings, which may be inspected by any citizen. 8EI 5. That all applicants for the station of principal or assistant teacher in any school shall be thoroughly examined as to their qualifications, competency, and moral character, at a stated or extra meeting of said Trustees, and the result of said examination shall be received by the Trustees. Whenever any applicant shall be found ert examination, to possess *he requisite qualifications for a teacher in said schools, certificata thereof shall bo delivered to such applicant, to besigned by not ss than three of said Trustees.— The Tcuoteeashall regulate and enquire into the discipline and course of instructions, in each school, the deportment of the several teacher® therein and the progress of improvement by the pupils thereof they may remove any teacher for c»nte, and siiall report tbeir proceeding? quarterly or oftenerif required by the Council they majr make socb alterations in tft! government, discipline and instructions of snid schools, as in their judgment will more effectuaJlv advance the cause of education and good morwls therein and promote the object contemplated bf this ordinance-.

Sto. 6. It shall be tho duty of ta&cuy 1 tea.6utcr to keep a particular and separate account .if the receipts nnd expenditures of all money received into and paid out of the ci I reasury, for the support and to defray the expenses of said schools. And the said 1 reasuier shall not pay out any part of the funds received tor school purposes, cxcept on orders specially «PO» such funds for school purposes, by direction of

It shall be tbe duty of the citv Clerk

special entries of ail accounts directed

tobepoidby the Council, and of all orders drawn b» him on tbe city Treasurer for school purposes, in set of books to baby him kept Jor that por» pose j'vwtfcii WM

Passed aM E9 HOOjfc, Mayo*.3 ATTUTI & AITWFCIULB 1 Maf 12,