The Wabash Courier, Volume 25, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 December 1856 — Page 2

THE COURIER.

JESSE CONARD, EDITOR.

TERRE HAUTE:

Saturday Morning, Dec. 13th, 1856.

TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR

THE TIMES.

Well! the Message of President Pierctis before the world—foreshadowing or af tershadowing the sum total of his Administration. In this document we doubt whether the President does himself justice—or rather, we incline to think, he does himself more than justice, lie evidently outdoes Pierce—and really bullies public sentiment by trying to make himself worse than was even suspected by those who could not admire the man or his policy. Pierce outdoes himself. He pretends to insinuate that the late election for President is a substantial endorsement of his course and his policy. It is a fretful subject for President Pierce. He was un applicant for re-nomination, but could not get it. The tone of his Message is a soured one. And we do not much wonder at that. Ilia business now is, to get up a make-believe that the course of his Administration is endorsed, by the result of tho election. This he does not believe himseif—neither will the sensible portion of his late supporters so construe the result, simply because Mr. Buchanan gets electoral votes in sufficient proportion to place him in the Presidential chair. The great policy of the Administration party in the late election, was, not directly to add to its own strength, but to divide the opposition, which they very shrewdly suspected, and now positively know, was in tho aggrogate, much more powerful in the numerical part of the question. But, Pierce goes out, and Buchanan comes in. How will things be Here isa problem The Kansas affair has worked to effect— whether it has lived its day, cannot yet, or just now bo told. May be, it will be wanted further. Surely the South will not give it up so. The South has elected Buchanan. The South cannot be turned off and neglected by tho President elect. But Mr. Buchanan will notseek a re-nom-ination—he will not care to shape his policy with any view to being President more than four years. Hence it may be alittle difficult, just yot, to cypher out tho human nature and policy of the man who asks nothing for the future, but in his present position, owes gratitude to the south side of Mason and Dixon's line.— Lottor writers, and Editors are full of speculation and prediction as the construction of tho Buchanan Cabinet. But frith the President elect it is said, all is as ©ftlra as a summer morning. He pretends not to havo even turned his mind to the subject. But that is pretty much gammon in the newly elected Mr. Buchanan We will venture it is the very thing which is giving him trouble. Where will his seven Secretaries eomo from hardly likely that more than one will be taken from singlo State. Then how will be numbered tho favorite Seven States"? New York it is thought will not be all«jw ed to coir.o into tho Cabinet—she has proved a littlo tricky, or hard to hold in the harness. And the late election will hardly put Mr. Buchanan much in the humor of an associate in his Cabinet from the Now England States, l'our States are namod for him South, to wit: Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. That will be giving a heavy preponderance to the South—four Secretaries out of seven, from slave States. Will he do it and yet, can he avoid it Wo shall se.

Kansas is at prosentapparenlly quiet— but we h.nsome suspicion it is only a calm before a storm. And Mr. Buchanan may find it a difficult task to sustain the quiet or prevent, ©r ullay tho storm. Wo are not amongst his advisers—and would not if we could—and could not if we would, help him out of xny scrape he may havo got into.

These arc some of the hints about "THE TIMKS." L*t everybody look to it and watch and judgo for themselves.— There will bo a new Cabinet—and on the composition of such council of advisers a good deal may dopend in reference to the future peace of the country.

(ITAS* II AT WINDOW.—If you want a hat of superior quality and finish, go to "YATES," on the North side of the square. You can easily find the place by the splendid glass or gas hats in the window. Pass along any night and you will 8C« a fine illumination of gas and glass hats. is suspected, however, that these gas hats can't bo bought.— That's nothing—go in, and a man muss bo hard to please if he can't 6nd just what he wants, of any and all styles, and of every material and finish. From experience we kn»w something of YATES' HATS. They can't be beat Competition is defied at the "NEW YORK HAT STOW." You can deal Wholesale and Kabul. Mr. Yates don't care. See hU Advertisement, and then take a walk to the sign of the Gas Hats.

LOOK OUT.—An attempt was made to carry a trunk from the Stewart House on Wednesday night last. The thief was shot at, but made his escape, leaving the trunk behind.

STILL MORE.—We learn that another robbery was committed on Thursday, at the depot. A gentleman from abroad had $300 taken from his pocket, just as the T. H. & R. cars were leaving. It is said also that two persons were robbed of money same day, on their passage in the cars from Indianapolis to Terre Haute.

COMMITTED.—Lew Cooper and Ed. Duyer, whose oases we noticed last week, after examination by Justice Duy, have been committed, for want of bail in the sum of six hundred dollars. The charge was for robbery on the person of Pat. Duyer on Thursday night of last week.

Hogs.—Droves pass daily through our streets, towards the Slaughter Houses.— Good hogs $5,25.

CINCINNATI QUOTATIONS.—Wednesday —The Market was quite active to day. Prices improved 10 to 15 per cent., closing very firm. The sales comprise 1,000 in lots, averaging 220 lb at 96,30 290 do. do. 100 do. at 6,3J 45'J to arrive next week averaging 250 do. at 6,40 •136 do. do. 220 do. at 6,40

The Vote of Indiana.

The Indiana Journal says:—In 1844 the vote of Indiana stood for Clay 67,867 Polk 70,181 Birney 2,106—aggregate 140,154. Majority for Polk 208.

In 1848 Taylor received 69,907 Cats 74,745 Van Buren 8,100—aggregate 152,752. Cass was in a minority of 3,262.

In 1852 Scott receivvd 80,901 Pierce 95,295 Hale 6,934—aggregate 183,134. Majority for Pierce 7,440.

In 1856 Fremont received 94,376 Buchanan 118,672 Fillmore 22,386— aggregate 235,434. Majority for Buchanan 1,910.

The aggregate votes for the four last Presidential elections show a rapid growth in the Suite in population.— They run thus: 140,154 152,745 183,134 235,434—showing an increase^ in the past twelve years of 95,280 voters equal to an increase of half a million in the population of tho State.

The aggregate vote for Governor in '56 is 230,201—the highest vote cast for any officer at the last general election. It is 5,314 loss than the aggregate vote for President.

The aggregate vote for Congressmen is 229,584—being 536 less than the vote for Governor, and 5,850 less than the vote for President.

The highest ^majority given for any State officer was 8,191 for MoClure, for Secretary of State. The smallest majority was 5,097 for Hammond for Lieut. Governor. The next smallest majority 5,842 for Willard, for Governor.

The highest Republican vote was given to Morton for Governor, and tho highest Democratic vote to McCluro for Secretary of State.

The counties of Dearborn, Lagrange and Vanderburgh made no returns for Attorney General. Not taking this omis sion into consideration, we find the smallest Republican vote given to.Dawson, for Secretary of State, and the smallest Democratic vote to Hammond for Lieut. Gov-

NEWS ITEMS.

Col. Fremont was on Thursday evening elected an honorary member of the New York Geographical and Statistical Society. The number of honorary members is limited to twenty. The honor has been conferred upon four Americans and fourteen Europeans.

There is probably more smoking done in New Orleans than in any other city in tho United States, perhaps in the world, in proportion to tho population. Cigar stores are in noarlv every block of houses in the city. Nearly every man you meet in the streets has a cigar in his mouth.

It is stated that there are now twenty Intltnn IroniNo befcro ttlB 3CTlftt6, involving the cession of 122,000,000 acres of land for a consideration of about 811,000,000. The Indians within our limits are estimated at about 300,000 souls.

About eighty slaves, who were set free by the will of the late James H. Terrill, of Albemarle county, Va., have gone to Norfolk to embark for Liberia.

The Southern Commercial Convention met at Savannah on Monday last nothing has yot been heard of its proceedings. As the movement is sustained principally by the ultra Southern party, it is feared its objects arc more to promote treason to die Union, thau the commercial interests of So

MARSHAL OF KANSAS.—Gen. William Spencer, of Newark, Ohio, has been appointed Marshal of Kansas, in the place of Donaldson. The new appointee was formerly Sheriff of his county in Ohio, and was recently sent to Kansas by the President to appraise the Delaware lands...

A meeting of two hundred flergymen of all denominations, has been held in Boston, at which they passed resolutions upholding the Kansas Aid Society.

The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune says : "I have the most positive assurances that Franklin Pierce intends running as a candidate for the Senate of the United States in place of Mr. Hale in 1856."

CONGRESSIONAL. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.

SKHATE.—The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion to print 15,000 extra copies of the Presidents Message and accompanying documents

Mr. Collamor having the floor, spoko at length in opposition to the position of the President, condemning in strong terms his imputation upon a portion of the citiscns of the free States, and regarding the open violation of plighted faith which marked the repeal of the Missouri Compromise as the sole cause of the fact, and still existing sxcitement concerning Slavery as a recognised institution. He reviewed at length the recent election, and replied to the arguments of Messrs Mason, Butler and Bigler.

The motion to print the President's Message and accompanying documents pending, Mr. Collamer said, when he began his term of service in the Senate he entertained the conviction that the questions pertaining to the business before that body were the only legitimate subjects of discussion, but he soon found that other able and distinguished Senn tors held different opinions. They thought there were more important du ties devolving upon them than listening to petitions, and redressing the grievances, and enacting laws for the government of the people, and they undertook to guide and prepare tho public mind..

His own opinion was that the public mind should prepare itself, and not receive its direction from the debates or action of either Houses of Congress. He thought these bodies should rather be the echo of public sentiment than the formers of it, for that was in fact transforming the Senate from a Legislative Assembly into an arena of political debate but it seemed he was mistaken in his ideas, for it was not for a moment to be supppsed that the practice of all these old and experienced Senators was founded upon an erroneous theory. He would confess that all his previous views were completely overturned by his experience here. He found that on those questions which were before Congress as proper subjects for debate, it took a very latitudinarian range. Much that was said here, was not said to produce an effect on the minds of the members, or with tho expectation of changing their votes, but speeches were made, to use a common phrase, for Buncombe. Inasmuch as this is the case, all parties must participate in the discussions. It would be idle for anybody to attempt to elevate himself above the current'of debate as it proceeded from day to day.

When he heard the

annual

Message

read the other day, he thought some parts of it were in" rather bad taste, but it was not a matter for the Senate to complain of, '-De Gustibus non, &c."

The aspersions which the President oast upon the people of the Northern States, who voted the Republican ticket, seem to have been dictated by an impotent sort of rage worthy of no importance, in themselves considered, but coming, as they do, ex cathedra, from the highest executive officer in the nation, they deserve some remark.

Collamer quoted from the Message those passages charging the Republiacns with being influenced with a desire to change the domestic institutions existing in the States, saying tho President impuputed false pretences to them, and had further charged that they seek an object which they well know to be revolutionary, and that with this knowledge, and fully aware of the consequences which must result from their action, they endeavor to prepare the people of the United States for civil war, by doing everything in their power to deprive the Constitution, and tho laws of moral authority, and to undermine the fabric of the Union. A little further on, the President spoke of an attempt of a portion of the States by sectional organization to usurp the control of the Government of the United States.

Collamer regarded these as grave and very serious charges, and as being unwarranted by facts. He proceeded to give a history of Slavery in connoction with the Administration of this Government, from its foundation to the present time, maintaining the power of Congress, which is now questioned, to prohibit Slavery in the Territories, had always been exercised until a very recent period, and that with a very few exceptions, there was never any to exercise it. Adjourned.

DECEMBER 10th.'

HOUSE.—The question being the reference of tho President's Message to the Committee of the Whole, Mr. Washburne of Maine, spoke at some length, controverting the strictures of the Executive, and condemning his imputations concerning a large portion of the people of the Northern States, with much severity. He characterised the Message as containing calumnious misrepresentations of the Republicans, soon to be the dominant party of the Republic. So far from the Republicans contemplating revolution, they had in their platform distinctly declared that the Constitution and the Union of the States shall be preserved. They advocated nothing that had not been contended for by Jefferson, and others, of equal autlfbrity, and they were determined to prevent the extension of slavery over free territory. In the eyes of the President the love of liberty and hatred of slavery were unpardonable sin#.

Keitt charged the Republicans with this session reopening the slavery agitation in objecting to Whitfield's being sworn. The President properly arraigned the Republicans for seeking to interfere with tne domestic institutions of the Southern States. He asked Washburne, of Me., if he and the Republicans had all power whatever, thev would not #o change th. CoD8Utttti^p:.«B to .e_m*ncip»te U»

Washburne replied that ne would not certainly object to a change to give power to the federal government to do what Jefferson, Madison and Gen. Scott desired, via to ameliorate slavery even to emancipation.

Keiu further inquired whether he would not do that by progressive gradation

Washburne was willing that the principles of the declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Christian religion should have a free course to run #nd bo glorified.

Stanton said he and his constituents will nbide by tho Constitution as it is.— They seek IIO change, but will insist on its original construction as put in practice by its framor8.

Kuitt contended that the President was correct in charging on the Republicans revolutionary designs.

Giddings advocated tho doctrine laid down in the Declaration of Independence, that every man has tho right to lifo, liberty, and tho pursuit of happiness. Men of the South deny this doctrine. Others from the North dare not say either aye nay. They are batween heaven and hell. He hated oppression in all its forms.— God, and all good men, and tho Republican party hate slavery. In reply to a question by Bennet, of Miss., ho denied ever making a speech touching emancipation in the South.

Morrison said he was once an anti-Ne-braska man, but left that party when he saw it was leading him into Abolitionism. He essayed t© prove that the Republican party was sectional organization and principles, and thanked the President for his ooudemuation of it. ..

Adjourned. vi

Latest Foreign News.

The English Government gives official noiice of its intention to

furnish

ships for

the purpose of taking additional soundings for the Atlantic Telegraph and also for lay ing cable during next summer. The notice also includes a guarantee of 4 per cent on the capital. Accounts from Naples present no novelty. The Neufchatel question is not considered invested with any serious danger and excites no apprehension. The anglo French alliance, though pregnant with speculation, may be regarded as settled. Ger man journals are fruitful of rumorB. The Augsburg Gazette publishes a statement from Yieuna that Baron Borguiny proposes to settle the Belgrade difficulty, by splitting the difference and making the frontier pasi north of Belgrade, but south of Lake Yalpuk This proposal had not been deemed accepts ble.

The Gazette Vniversalle has a letter dated Vienna, Nov. 14th, stating that it had been announced that the Congress at Paris would not meet a second time, and the commissioners of the five great powers would assemble at Constantinople, to settle the question now pending as to the Principalities, Belgrade, and the Isle of Serpent. This is quite wrong, nothing has been settled on the subject and negotiations are sti 11 going on.— The extraordinary activity which prevails in the Ruesian ship building establishments of the Black Sea, has awakened distrust in England, and that power has lately applied to France for the purpose of making a joint representation to Russia on the subject, it being notorious

that at thi«

momont th©

Czar has twelve men of wir in the Black Sea. The Cabinet or the Tuilleries has not deemed such interposition opportune at the present moment. From Paris there is not any stirring news. The Debats announces that Marquis Antonio, the Neapolitan Envoy, received his passport on Friday. The Assemble Rationale, in an article six columns long, and headed, "Let us be friends but not tools for England," replies to the attacks of the Times.

Nothing positive is known of the fate of Herat. It appears, however, that hopes are entertained of getting possession of the city by friendly means. No reliable data have come to hand relative to the real position of the besieged. Vague reports state that they suffer severely from famine but that the Persian troops are little better off.— Bokhara merchants, come from Herat within the last month, state that at the time of their passing through the city siege operations were scarcely perceptible. There was but a bare blockade of the principal gates. Provisions and caravans entered freely by all other outlets.

The Supply of Gold.

The supply of gold is so great at the present time, that nothing but the most reckless speculations could have produced that panic which we now observe in Paris and the other European money markets. The crop of gold was never more luxurious than at this very moment. Russia raises four millions of gold annually in the Ural mountains California since the gold discoveries in 1848, has produced sixty-four millions, and in the last foUF Or DVCy CarwncnTjy f'M ~xillLn.ua have been obtained in Australia, and yet gold by which we regulate our issues of paper money, is as much an object of anxiety and alarm to the merchantand broker as it was before these enormous masses of auriferous wealth found their way into the world. Before 1851 the London Mint coined gold at the rate of one to four millions a year. In the five years ending 1855 it coined gold at the rate of nearly eight millions a year. In France the change is equally remarkable. In the four years ending 165'J the coinage of gold in that country was about two-thirds of a million annually. It is now more thau ten millions annually.

Such an amount of coinage should supply the world with all the half eagles and sovereigns that it can possibly want. It should do this, but it does not. The want of coin is greater in France to-day than it was before the discovery of the inexhaustible gold mines of California and Australia.—A* 0. Bulletin* -amm-itf'

it it

The Boston Journal states that in the examination of a respectable hotel keeper of that city on the charge of stealing 81,500 frera a store, the complainant testified that he had consulted Ou spirit* and a fortune teller, and had been informed that he would find the money in the landlord's cellar whereupon he had, by virtue of a search-warrant, overhauled the coal-bin and pulled up any quantity of brick pavement, but found nothing. The man was, of course, discharged but we think it rather hard that people should not hare some redrees, when brought upon such frivolous pretexts as these, and charged with infamous crimes.

JWhitfield has been admitted to his seat in Congress, delegate from Kansas.

From the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer.

Walker and hi Plan for a Great South* ern Confederacy. "When roguos fall out, honest men get their tights,"—and in like manner a go&i effect usually comes from quirrels between any kind of men who plot and work in the dark. Once get secret confederate* to criminate and recriminate, and there is little danger of further mischief. Walker has n0w been in Nicaragua eighteen montli3. A vast deal of speculation has been expended touching his plans and hid motives, but without any very definite result. Though its general tendency has been to place him in a less favorable light, yet his schemes have in the main been so well disguised, and appearances so well preserved, thai there has been no time in which much might not have been plausibly and even reasonably said in his behalf, lie has been applauded and encournged not only by a considerable portion of tho American press, but has been spoken favorably of even by influential public organs abroad, like Blaekvood's Magazine.— Going there, as he originally did, with a handful of men, at the call of a revolutionary democratic party, to overthrow the dictatorship of Chomorro, and aid in the re-es-tablishment of liberal principles, there was nothing in this particularly to condemn him. He would have had no difficulty in finding precedents enough in our own revolutionary history, of similar enlistments on the part of foreigners, to excuse, if not to justify. His subsequent deposition of the Rivas administration, which he restored to power was, or at least had every appearance of being, an alternative forced upon him by plots against his own position. The military execution of Coral, the Minister of War, was provoked by Coral's unquestionable treachery. The execution of Salazar, his earliest patron, and for long time his staunchest friend, admits of some extenuation from the fact that Salazar persevered in refusing to recognize Walker's right to the Presidency, and devoted himself to the restoration of the superseded Rivas. The seizure of the boats of the Transit Company and transfer of the privileges of the line to a tool of his own, though wrsng enough in itself, yet was not without technical pleas in justification. Though the general effect of all these things has been to damage Walker—especially when taken in consideration with his indifferent success in warfare, and his lack of all display of anything like real statesmanship in plans'todevelope the resources of the country and to unite the people in his support—yet the man has still retained a certain degree of respect and good-will among a considerable portion of the American people. The hope that he might yet prove the regenerator of Central America, or at

least

that through him an An-

glo-Saxon element might be infused into that region, which would ultimately redeem it, has done a great deal to soften the judgment which was justly his due.

But in face of the late developments, there can be none "so poor as to do him reverence." He is reduced to the simple level of a vulgar1

grasping,

unprincipled usurper and tyrant.—

Ten months ago, the leader of the Cuban Junta in this city, D. De Goicoria, makes a covenant with Walker, pledging himself to the cause of Cuban independence, "after having consolidated the peace and government of the Republic of Nicaragua," in consideration of Goicoria'8 devoting himself, in the meantime to the latter object. In pursuance of this, Goicoria was made Comman-der-in-C'nief in Walker's army, and served as such for three months and was, not long

afterwards, accredited by Walker to ffou Minister

to England for the purpose of pro

pitiating her favor generally, and especially to raise funds, and also to secure for Nicaragua the port of San Juan, the possession of which was necessary for the naval operations against Cuba, as well as to the legitimate commercial purposes of Nicaragua. In the letter accompanying the credentials, Walker reveals to Goicoria a hostiie disposition against the United States, and opposition to the Democratic principle itself. He tells his emissary "You can make the British Cabinet see that we are not engaged in any scheme for annexation. You can make them see that the only way to cut the expanding and expansive democracy of the North, is by a powerful and compact Southern federation, based on military principles. Cuba must nnd shall be free," but not for the Yankees. Oh, no that fine country is not fit for those barbarous Yankees. What would such a psalm-singing set do in the island "No annexation"—a powerful and com! pact Southern federation based on military principles—"barbarous and psalm-singing Yankees."

We do not wonder that Senor Goicoria was started at this programme and that when it was quickly followed up by Walker's decree restoring negro-slavery to Nicaragua, which bad been abolished for a generation, he should lake into serious question whether it was worth while for him to carry on his part in such a drama. He hesitates and hesitating, issummarily dismissed. Each charges the other with lack of good faith.— "It is a very pretty quarrel as it stands," and involves many collateral matters. But it is not necessary for the American public to settle the respective njerits of the two sides of the controversy between Walker and Goicoria individually. It is enough that Walker's correspondence, over his own undisputed signature, has been brought to light, in which he exposes his own personal feelings and policy. We are now informed, in a manner that precludes the idea or deception,

Federal Union as it now is, and lhat he aims at a consolidation of all Central Amer ica into a southern federation under milita ry rale. The military rule is in fact an in dispensable condition of the reestablishment of negro slavery, for three-fourths of the pop ulation of Nicaragua have negro blood in their veins, and the perpetuation of slavery there, under Republican government, would thence be impossible. It is the strong arm of military pp^ver alone that can permanently reinsUKe the institution in that part of the world. :j -.1 4 ft

We cannot help associating the declared policy of Walker with the schemes of some of our own Southern

disunioniats. The visit of Soule to Nicaragua, his known intimacy with Walker, and the violent and treasonable tone of such Southern sheets as the New Orleans Delta, for the last year, lesd strongly to the belief that there has been

mutual understanding

between our Southern ultrsists and Walker, and that they are working together toward the final consumation of a great Southern Slavery federation, embracing our own Southern States, Mexico, Central America •nd Cuba. We have ourselves no doubt that the scheme is seriously entertained by certain promiuent men of our Sonthern 8tates but we have no apprehension of its being pushed forward toward any practical result. Even if Walker could continuo to strengthen himself, and finally become the conqueror of entire Central America, and even if the internal feeds of Mexico could be turned to such account as to convert thst Repoblic into slaveholding power, under arbitrary rule, yet we have no belief lhat the great body of our own Southern people could be brought to the extremity of breaking away from our glorious Union to form aoy sueh federation with the mongrel races south of them. Devoted as msny of their politicians may be to the spread of sja very yet the peop'.e themselves will never go any such length to secure that extension sod they are fast becoming too well fore-war-ne to be led into it unawares.

THE GENGKiTi POST OFFICE. It appears from tho Postmaster General's Report that the number of Post Offices in tne Union on the 3uth of Jene last was 25,662. Of these, 339 have£11 income of over 81,000 per annum, and the Postmasters are appointed by the President, subject to the confirmation of the Senate. The total compensation of Postmasters was, for the last fiscal year, 82,102,890. The number of mail-route contractors was 6,372 of mail agents, 394, and of mail messengers, 1,108. ^The mail was carri '4j?ver 20,323 miles by railroad,, over 14,951 miles in steamboats, over 50u453 miles in coaches, and over 153,915 miles by inferior conveyances. The cost of transportation for each mile travelled is, by railroad, 10.G cents by steamboat, 20.3 cents by coach about 7 cents, and by inferior conveyances nearly 8 cents per mile. The total cost of mail transportation for.the current year, including the salaries of agents and messengers, but excluding the ocean service, is 86,576,128. 1'

The Postmaster General renews his complaint of the large amount paid to the Panama Railroad, nmounting for the last fiscal year to 8141,308, and for the first

The total expense of the Department for the last fiscal year was $10,405,286. The entire revenue, including the annual amount of 8700,000 for mail service rendered the Government, was 87,620,821, showing a deficit of 82,786,046, which considerably exceeds the average of the preceding three years.

The expenditures for the current year are estimated at 810,658,678. The revenue at 89,991,394.

The foreign mail service occupies a large part of the Report. No postal convention with France has yet been concluded, though provision has been made for the transit conveyance through England to France, Algeria and all those parts of Turkey, Egypt, and the Levant, with which France has a postal communication, of books, newspapers andother printed matter, upon prepayment of the same rates of United States postage as ale chargeable on the samo matter when sent directly to France.

A proposition from Great Britain is pending to reduce the inter-ocean postage between the two countries to twelve cents the single letter, or one-half the present rates, but is yet delaj'ed, in consequence of another proposition attached to it as a condition that the transit charge on all British and American mails passing through the two countries respectively shall be reduced to a uniform rale of 12^ cents the ounce, without which the proposed reduction of postage would, in the Postmaster's opinion, operate greatly to reduce the receipts of the United States mail ship lines.

Arrangements have been completed with the postal authorities of Great Britain and Canada for a mutual registration of valuable letters.

Postal-conventions are pending with Holland and Mexico, jyid an informal arrangement has been concluded with Hamburg for an exchange of mails by the Hamburg steamers but only letters to Hamburg itself can be sent by this conveyance.

The aggregate postage, foreign and domestic, on mails transmitted by the United States steamship lines, was last year 81,035,740, a falling off of some 825,000, as compared with the previous year. Deducting the inland postage, the net revenue from :ean postage by the Collins line was 8339,719, by the Bremon line I 886,492, and by the Havre line 871,882. I The total amount of letter postage on

British mails was 8897,648, on Prussian closed mails 8299,578, and on Havre mails 816,915. The Postmaster complains that the system of optional prepayment works unfavorably to the United

States, the option of not prepaying bein^ disproportionately availed of abroad.

which throws the trouble and expense of collecting almost the entire postage, and of accounting to the foreign countries for their share of it, upon the United Suites Post Office Department.

Department from the burden of the ocean mail service, the Postmaster General thinks that his Department would suport itself.

Sort

Slavery-propagating

A MISTAKE AT A POUERAL.—We pub-

lished a pa? agraph a day or two ago

about

a man who attended his own foneral—the bts A No. 1 wife mistaking Ihe body of another man for that of her hnsband, and so proceeding with the ceremonies until the actual husband suddenly appeared, alive and well-— This is only surpassed by an instance which occorred a few months ago at Cal-jf-^ very Cemetery, (related by the gate keeper I

of the ferry.) when the discovery was made -*•1 that the coffin was empty! Through some inadvertence or oversight, or something of the kind, the indispensable part of tho funeral had been left behind!— JV. Y- Journal

LIABILITIES or RAILROAD COMFAIUES.— The Superior Court of New York have decided lhat railroads are not liable for dam-

aires ID case where childeen of immature J[

years are injured by the cars through the negligence of their parents or attendants.— The Court of Common Plsas of the same State has refused damages to the parents of a child two and a half years old who waa killed while playing on the track.

^JCTDO* LHOOMPT.—Reports from Washington say that Judge Lecompi is to bo removed.

NED GRIMES wore a sad countenance.— He was asked what was the matter, but r.o satisfactory answer was furthcoming. At length, a particular friend obtained the following particulars frim him. "You know" 11 id N?d 'I have been courting Silly W—a loner vvhile, and so we had a great notion of $rettini married, when that darned old Cohtnel—' •Goon Ned, dou't be a,boy what about the Colonel?'

RF MOFFAT'S LIFE PIIJJ AND PHOENIX BITTERS.— quarter of the Current liscal year to d1*,- por

308. He recommends an act limiting the

«i

™a tn to

amount to be paid for that service to 550U,-

000, and an appropriation of 8200,000 toward a semi-monthly mail, via Nicaragua or Tohuantepec, giving, with the Panama route, a weekly mail to California.

'Why 'you see, Sally said had better ask him, and so I did, as perliie as I knew how.' •Well, what reply did he make!' 'Why, he kinder hinted round as if I war'nt wanted there no how.' •Well, Ned, let us know what they were, what the Colonel said to disturb your inind

so!

.. -tUt/V.-"

•Why, he said—' 'Said what!, 'Why, he said if he ketched me there agin, he'd cowhide me till I hadn't an inch ofrine on me back darn him.

MOFFAX'S Lire PILLS AND PIIOKNIX HITTERS—

The very painful symptoms which prectde the attacks of lever ano ague can be suppressed and all danger arrested by tho use of these valuable medicines. The pills nnd bitters are also a cure lor rheumatism, and every variety of bowel complaint. Sold bv the proprietor VV. B. jV/oflat, 335 Broadway, New York. Nov. 15,13, Imo.

0||diseases

the digestive

the back

be superior

organs,

all

pains in

the heart, these medicines have proved

other known

remedies. Sold

by ihe Proprietor, 333 Broadway, New York.Nov. 15, '50,13, 5 mo.

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Sale of Real Estate.

Saturday the Thirteenth day ofJannary next, there will be offered forsalo at Public Auction at the door ot the Court House in the County ot Vigo, between the hours of 10 and 12 o'clock A. M. the fallowing Real Estate belonging to the Terre Haute Branch Bank, to wit

Lying lit the Couuty Owen, The West halt ot No. th West quarter of Section 20 and ihe undivided half part ot the following tracts, viz: the N. 10. quarter of section 21"., the East of the North-west qunrierot same, the North-west quartar of the North west quarter ot_ same, th« East half ot tho South-east quarter of same, Ihe East half of thf. North west quarter of section 23, the Weathallol South east quarter ot Section 2fi, and a fraction in section 33, all in tho same town and range-

Lying in the County of erinitlion. Lot No, 1 in Stake's addition to tho town of Ptrrysville. A lot called tho 1 agar lot. lytasi near stiid town, unnumbered. Also, the Northeast quarter of the West quarter section, J( and 26 acres lying in the Norili-Mst qsarter oi same section, both in town 17 N. It. 9 w.

Lying in tlio Couuty of l'utiuuu. Lots No. 71 and 72 in tho town uf RussHviHe. Lying iti the County of Logan, State oi

Ohio.

The North-west quarter

WHEREAS,

section 24, tho

Southwest quarler ut sanio, anu the Pnorthhalt of the North west quarter section lo in IOWIl3N.R. M-

G. WARREN, Prest.

Terre Haute, Dec. 13, '6f, 17 4i.

or AUTHORITY.

THE STATE OF INDIANA AUDITOR OK STATK'S OFFICK.)_ Indianapolis, July 21, 1U30.)

The t'ommomrcullh Insurance Company, of Pennsylvania The Merchant's Insurance Company of

Philadelphia A N I)

The Pennsylvania. Slate Mutual hr( and Marine Insurant Company oj Ifarrisburg, Have filed in this Olficc a statement of their condition on the 21st of July, 1856, tho net of their incorporation and amendments, properly certified to, and their written instruments noiT.inatin: their agents and authorizing them fully and unreservedly to acknowledge service ol process in the event of suit.

EOW THEREFORE, In pursuance of tho requirements of An act to amend an act ontitled an act for the incorporation of Insurance Companies, defining their powers and prescribiug the du'.ies," approved March 2.1853, having presented satisfactory evidence to me of. lull com-, pliance to the requirements and specifications ol that act. 1, Hiram E. Talbott, Auditor of tho State of Indiana, do hereby certify that

Wm. E McLean & A. B. Crane,

Of Terre Hauto, as the Agents of said Companies, are authorized to transact tho business of INSURANCE as the Airents ol said (-oinpunics

in this State, up to January 1st, U5/, to the ex* tent lhat tlu-y may be commissioned nnd appoin

ted by the said Companies. In witness whereof, 1 have hrroto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of my ofr [ii

The abolition of the franking privilege is urged, or else that the Department bo allowed to charge the Government the ordinary rates on franked matter also the abolition of the fifty percent deduction on a. postage of periodicals paid in adv™*. ^^'^"55!^ VV ith these charges, and tne reliet ot tne

fice to bo afUaod, this 21st day of July. J85G. II. E. TALBOTT.

Doc.

13, '56,17 3L Auditor o/ State.

Western Plank Road Company.

I MEETING of tho Stockholders

(or (ho

^Wuy ocria oq K]^ Postmaster General does not understand, __ why some of thern should not start from paU

ailJ

other ports than l^evr York. The obvious reason is that New York is the cen- S teratonce of our foreign and of our domestic traffic, and that so far as the sup-

of the lines depends upon passengers,! fe sWh !SS^a Bisdlffy Tew York haa. decidfcd advantages over all other ports- The failures which the Postmaster mentions in CAse of the ocean mails carried from New Orleans, are uot much of an argument for diffusing the service.

Dec. 13, '36, 17, tf.

said

Companv is requesied at the Court IIouso

c,)mp„ny |0r the then ensuing y«ar aro to t)c elected. Torre Haute, Dec. 13, '56,17 3t.

DEPOT OF FASHIONABLE

Whiter Silk aU(l OtllCf

NEW YORK HAT STORE. JOSEPH C. YATES

I I AS just received his Fall and Winier Stock I I of materials for manufacturing Hats, from which he is now prepared to make any »tyle or finish of hats thai may be callod for.

work

...i»y

1 manufactured nt ihiB Houac can be lolied upon e.«

J^Rcpalrinsr done to order.

WHOLESALE A XT) RETAIL,

iiit

Twenty Goocl Partus. N Vigo county, for sale on easy terms, at the office of

Dec. 13, 'M, 17 tl. BARNEY & AUSTIN,

Twenty Good Faring.

the counties of Clay and Sullivan, for

sale, on easy terpis. at tlir office of Dec. 13, 17 tf. BARNEY & AUSTIN.

Twenty Good Farms.

.... 'TN the counties of Parke and Vermillion,

for on eMy

^rm9

Dec. 13. 17

o, lh# of

tf rrxDAUNKY & AUSTIN1 Hi?.

to Twenty Good Farms, ,,

Iforthe

N counties of Edgar and Coles, Ills, sale on easy terms at the office of Dcc, BARN KY & AU T1N.

Plenty of Good Faftti^,

4 Indiana, Illinois, lows, Wisconsin bnd Michigan, for aale on ea«v terms, at ihe oflico BARNEY & AUSTUV.

llct. Ui '5G, 17

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