Wabash Express, Volume 7, Number 35, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 August 1848 — Page 2

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THE EXPRESS.

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Wednesday Morning, Aug. 16,1848.

THE PEOPLES' TICKET.

FOR

PRESIDENT.

ZACHARY TAYLOR,

OF LOUISIANA.

FOR VICE PRESIDEN

MILLARD FILLMORE,

OF NEW YORK.

WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET.

Senatorial Elector*.

JOSEPH a. MARSHALL, of Jeffem-H. OODLOVK H. ORTH, of Tippecanoe, Dl«trlc« Rlector*. l»t District— IOMM PlTCHRB, Of Po»ey.

OHN S. DAVIS, of Floyd. MILTON Gacoa, of Dearborn. DAVID P. HOI.LOWAT,

3d •llh 5th 6th 7lh 3th Oth

of Wayn*.

THOMAS D. WAI.POLB.nf Hancock. I.OVKL H. ROUSSIAU, of Green*. HOWARD W.

McGAtroHBr, of Parke.

JAMIS F. HI-IT,

of Clinton.

DANIRL D. PRATT, of Caw. DAVID KILOORB, of Delawaro.

lOih

Telejfriipliic Line.

We learn that Mr. OLNKT, agent for Mr. O'IKI.LT, (the great Telegraph man,) is daily expected in Terrc-Hnute, to take measures to erect a line passing Irom Madison, Indiana, lo Chicago, Illinois, by way of this place. We are glad to hear it and hope that the increasing commercial importance of thia point will induce our citizens to lend the enterprise an efficient support. We have a letter before us, from a most responsible source at Madison, which says "It ia hardly necessary for me lo assure you, that here otr people have the most entire confidence in O'Reilly's compliance with all he undertake*, in connection with his noble Telegraphic enterprise. When the first efforts were made hero In obtain subscriptions of stock in the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and I.nuisville linr, there was some hesitation on the part of our citizens but when, a few we«k* ago, the .stork fir the predion of a second wire on this line was ofTercd, sinule individuals offered to tako the whole amount assigned to this place. The effect of interested persons to destroy the confidence of our people in Mr. O'Reilly, have been totally unavailing. The business of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Louisville line is constantly increasing, and our stockholders here have already been paid dividends amounting to about eight |ier cent, in seven months."

Free Schools.

We stated in our last, that this great measure of public utility, was defeated in this county by a •mall majority such was the general opinion at the timo our pa|er went to press. Wo are much gratified lo learn Irom the official returns that (his ia not tho case, but that there was a majority of tevenly-tix in favor of it. A great deal of misapprehension with regard to the meritaand practical bearing of this measuro exists in the mind of the community, and many, honestly, no doubt, have been deterred from casting thoir voles in favor of it, because, aa they believed, the lax to sustain the system, would lie oppressive, and (lie money raised would be squandered in the payment of officer* and keeping up the machinery.— We are free to confess that, judging from the manlier in which our present school fund has been managed, there i* much forco in their objections, nnd we hopo our next Legislature will lake atep* at otice to (ecuro the fund, and so invest it, that the peoplo may realize that benefit from it, to which they are oniitlrd. In tho mean lime, we hope that the aubject of "Free Schools" may bo kept before tho public. Some ayslem can, no doubt, be dovised, through which ihe blessings of education can be extended to all, without being burdensome to any, and when auch ia proposed, we have no fear of the result it will bt sustain-

The Election.

We publish in our paper to-day, the official return* of the annual election held in this county on the 7th insl. also tho returns from other part* of the State, so far an hosrd from.

From present indications, there is no doubt that the l.ocofocos will have majority In both branches of the Legislature next winter, and as a matter of couise, some individual of that stripe in politics will l»e elected lo Ihe Senate of tho United States, iu the place of Mr. Ilanncgan. We say in place of Mr. H. because we believe from all the signs of the times, that he is not generally popular with his party, being entirely loo independent to suit their views, and above descending to the low and contemptible cMranery and demagogweism. of which so many are guilty. Another kindred spirit, like Jesse D. Bright, would suit them much taller, and should a ceitain individual spoken of, obtain the price, Indiana would have a Siamese) twins representation in the Senate.

Iiuxota EL*CTIO!«.— tt i* stated in the ST. I,out* Republican that Major Harri* (loco.) has beaten Judge Logan, Whig, for Consrt**, in the Springfield district. Thi* rrault wa* entirely unexpected to both parties. Col. Baker. Whig, is elected from tho Galen* district—a Whig gain, •ml balance* the IOM in Springftekl. In Ihe district at pievent represented by long John Wentworth, the prospect for the election of Scammon, Whig, 1* very encouraging, so far a* return* have been received. McClemand, Loco, ia probably re-elected iu the Shawneetown district, but by a greatly reduced majority.

Edgar county ha* done nobly in thi* election, she ha* elected the Whig Ticket entire, except tor C-onwer, both candidate* being l-ocofocos, la 1840, Harrison's majority wa* 65, thi*\ew the Whig gain i* considerably increased. Dr. Houe4on received 117 majority for the Senat®, Geo.

Reeves elected Representative hy 116 ®»jorrRobert Clark elected Sheriff over the pfteeot incumbent by 118—all (tood htga-

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fLT We have eeeti pio«pect«H fcw ptiNishing a Democratic paper in Tene-Haote, to be entitled •'The Terre-Haute Journal," whk-h, we soppos* vriU be well edited. Now is the time for the Demon at* to strike while the iron bo». We wish Mr. fv P. Farley, (the publisher.) sacce*, end that hw »ay prove a valuable finenHde cocapa,,ion in the way of poUtiw. Go it, Mr. Farley, {dttjMUtwD ia the IA til btwuwi«

To the Public.

In coesrquence of the enquiry frcqo made, whether General Taylor will be prrse the Fort Harrison M«M Meeting, to lake plat tin 6th of September, and being aware of the and general desire to be informed in thia resi the committee of invitation deem it their duj publish. at tbia time, the following correspond^ It will be Men, by the General'* letter, thsj public dutica will prevent hi* being presenj that occasion, and although this ia deeply re| ted, ihe committee truat ihnt it will not be pen ted to lesson the number* of the mighty gatbe which ia contemplated. They have it in power to stale, that distinguished individuals to be present from many of the States—*ea and eloquent defender* of the Whig cause— men greatly endeared to their country hy great and gallant services. They say then, in general invitaiiuu to the public, far and neat, —and to the friends of General Taylor in pari lar—let it not l« said of you that you hang I liecause your old chief cannot be with you to you by the hand—neglcct not his cause on account—(be grand rally is intended to do honor, and with the proud consciousness of your duly, prove that whether he is preset absent, your fa

which has taken place under the progress of civil ized life, but to go back to the time when it was in the heart of an Indian country, and to call up the incidents of your conflict with tliu snvnge foe. You have had elorious battle-fielits in other climes since then, upon a much moro extended theatre of renown, where your achievements have nitracted tho admiration of both hemispheres and given vou an imperishable name but that frontier conflict has the claim of being your "glorious first essay iu arms," and it wnsforyourgallantrnnductthero that you received your first brevet. The occasion now offer*, when yon may well visit the plnce again, and look around upon, and recognise your old acquaintance.

liisf SiiSi

I and fidelity are still the sain

THOMAS H. BI.AKE. "I JAMES FARRINOTON, THOMAS DOW UNO, yJom'lt JOHN F. CRUFT, W. F. KRUMBHAAR. ,J Terre-Haute, August 12, 1848.

Raton Rouge, La., July 26, 1848.

GKKTiKMr.* :—I have toad with deep gratification your letter Ml lhe 30th ull., tendering lo me, in the name of the peoploof ipo county, an invi-1

The citizens of this town will be happy to re- Johnson, ccive you as their guest—thoir hou&es and heart* Jackson Jt Scott, will bo open both to you and your friends, and

when you rcach the old Fort, your fellow-citizens, far and near, covering hill and valley, woodland and prairie, will receive you with a generous welcome. We have tho honor to bo

Your obedient servants,

THOMAS H. 111.ARE, JAMBS FARRINGTON, THOMAS DOWLINTF, Com'lee. JOHN F. CRUFT, W. F. KRUMBHAAR. To Major General ZAriiAtir TATLOB.

taiinn lo bo present at a Muss Meeting to be held Delaware, I at Fort Harrison, on the 5th of September next, Dubois, It would greatly gratify me to visit a spot teeming with so many pleasing recollection* lo me, aud Ftifyd,6' it would be source of exceeding pleasure to meet, Fountain, my friends, but particularly those of my enrlv ac-' franklin, qunintauce iu the Slate of Indian*, forwhom I cn- o'lbion,"

tertaiu very great aflecliou and rexpecl. Grant,' 1 I regret, however, to say, that the dutic* of my I Greene, station will not permit me to accept :hi* kind in-1 H*ncoc"lt vitalinu which you have extended lo me. In thus Harrison,' I declining, however. I desire most gratefully to ten- Hendricks, 1 der to you, gentlemen, my thanks for the very {j™^on courteous ami complimentary terms with which Jarksnn, this invitation i« accompanied, and for Ihe assur- Jefferson, 1 ance of warm welcome from the |enple ofTerre- jfilsciusko Haute. I beg leave to express to them and lo tho citizens of Vigo my lively sense ol their warm respcct and esteem.

I am, gentlemen, With high respect and regard, Your most obedient servant,

Z. TAYLOR.

Messr*. Thorns* H. I)lake, Thnma* Dowling. John F.

Jarne* Farrington.

Cnifi, and VV. F. of Invitation, Terre-

Krumbbaar, Committee Haute, Indiana.

F. I', llluir.

The Locofbco psrty throughout the Union have flatly denied that *his individual was opposed lo

the election of Gen. 'ass, and in fevor of Mr. nswponsibilily

wh,ch wc fiml ,n ,h0

Convention, we think they are easily satisfied Well may General Os* say, on reading this letter, "save me from such friends."

SiLYKft Srmso*, July 27, 1848.

7b the Editor of the Evening Past DRAW Sta—I find from an editorial article in yoor paper, that a friend ha* drawn inference* from a letter of mine, wbich it* context will not warrant. I think that the wrong done IS'ew York bv the chicanery which silenced the voice of the Democracy of that State in the Baltimore Convention. takes frrtfh the nomination of the Convention all authority, save with those individual member* of it who were present, and did not then renounce it. It wa* my intention to have abandoned it, hot the circumstance* to which you have adverted in your editorial notice prevented. I became poriieept criminit, by Mrticipation in the proceedings to Ihe cloee. and I cannot now plead my own wrong to exonerate myself. I ahsll vote the nomination simply upon punctilio my heart ith Mr. Van Buren and his principle*, and I •hall not hentate to saf of bim and them what think, notwithstanding my invetgkeaeat in the BilUwore Convention. Yoor*,

It',.

Terre-Haute, Indiana. June SO, I84J DKAII SIM:—At a meeting of the citizens oj county, held it this place ou the 24th insl., Uj ify the nomination of President and Vice dent of the United Suites, lately mado I'J Whig National Convention at Philadelphia, lutions to that effect were adopted by acclama Resolutions were also then adopted hy a sii inauifcxUlion of good feeling, inviting the cit of this and the nurrountling Slates to hold a Meeting at Fort Harrison on the 5th of Se^j bcr next, the anniversary of your victory ove Indians at that plnce in 1812. Wc are the inittee of correspondence appointed to»cnrrv object into effect, and nqiv, in the name o! people of Viijo, wr tender y»u an iiiviiation present on that occasion. It I* not to gratify iilonc, that your presence is desired, for it np to lie the general wixli of the Mate, extens participated iu by citizens of other St iles, in fact, this mode ol testifying the public adi tion and gratitude was first announced nnd ro mended. Fort Harrison, tho memorable vvhero you firxt distinguished yourself, lies immcdiato neighborhood of this town: then no town or settled country hero then. Exc VincenneH, the entire Wabash valley w:is dcrness. General, it will gratify you lo loo on that viilley now, teeming with populatioi proved with beautiful farms, nnd adorned with flourishing towns. The old Fort, loo, will doubtless have its attraction*, to sny nothing of the scenery around it, and the bold bluff upon which it stands, commanding an extensive view of both river and prairie. The place is now the residence of a farmer, whose cultivated fields stretch out far and wide from it, and is frequency resorted to by ihe citizen and stranger, not to witness the change for Governor is elected, and the Legislature doubt

WKH*ESDAT, Aug. 16.

NORTH CAIIOI.IIM*—This morning's mail brines the intelligence that the Locofnco candidate

ful.

Inlian

Legislature.

We make uplhe following result of the Aucnst election principally, from the Journal and Sentinel, Indianapolis.

SENATE.

Members holding over, fifteen whig« and nineteen Democrats. £LKCTEI) FROM THE FOLLOWTSO DISTRICTS.

W. D.

Warren, kc., ft endrlcks, Boone, Bartholomew,

W. D. 1 1 1 1 1 I 1

Grant, Nhelbjr.

1 Henry, Huntiiiclon, I Knox, 1 Putnam, I" Parke Vermillion,

Terry,

23 Whigs, 27 Democrats.

HOUSE. W. D.

Atlams and Wells, Allsn, 1 Bartholomew, Benton, Ac.. Blackford and Jay, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass and Howard, 1 Clark, Clay, Clinton and Tipton, Crawford aud Orange, 1 Daviess, 1 Tlearborn,

W.D. 1

Johnson, Knox. I 1 I.neranee nnd Noble, 1

l.ako aud Porter, Luporte, I Lawrence, 1 Madison, 1 Marlon,

Martin,

2 Miami and Wabash 1 Monroe, 2 Montcomery, 1 Morgan.

Ohioand Hwilzorland 3 Owen, Parke,

Sleub

Peiry, Pike, Posey,

2 Putnam, Randolph, 1 Ripley, 1 Rush, 2 fcott,

Mafsha,'

Shelby, Spencer, St. Joseph, Sullivan, 1 Tippecanoe, 1 Union,

Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren 1 Warwick,

Washington, Wayne,

Rnfliilo Convention.

This meeting which assembled at Buffalo, on the 9th inatant, nominated Martin Van Buren as their candidate for Prrsident, and

Chaf

Adama, or Massachusetts, (Son

of the late John Quincy Adams,) for Vice President. The following propositions were submitted to the meeting:

Bcsolved, That it is the duty of the General Government to reliere itself from all

f°r

vv« m.kii.ki-- i., r„ \t lion of slavery, wherever that Government »an Huren. Wo publish to-dny a letter front Mr. ». possessed the constitutional authority to le-

-W ^ork Evening

igi9,ate

existence, or continna-

,hal

F. P. BLAIR.

THE ATU*S.—-We have received the first nomber of tbia p*iper, published at Lafay ette, by Boitsrs 6C BACSXAS. It ia a handsome sheet, doe* credit to ita enterprising editor*, and we have no doubt, will prove a valsable addition to the of Tippecanoe.

We extend oor IT to Brothers B. and B., aod wish them tocces*, which \re here no doubt I hey trill actti.

8uhjcct,

P.»*t—pretty gtml authority, welndieve with tho ble for its existence. Demixracy, and if they are willing hereafter to Resolved, That the St«tes within which das* him among the *upporier* of tho Baltimore •'"•ery exisls, are alone responsible for the

and is thus responsi-

existence or condonation ol slavery within the limits of such States and the Federal Government has neither responsibility nor constitutional authority to abolish or regdla'.e slavery within a State where it now exists.

Resolved, That the troe, and in the jndg. mentcf this convention, the only safe means of preventing the extension of slavery into free territory is !o prohibit its extension iu all such territories, by an act of Congress.

Moa* Taocm*.—John Norvrll, U. S. Di*trict Attorney, and ex -IT. S. Senator, Lanxing B. Misner, A. Wales, Alex. Davidaon, and Isaac B. Smith all leading and dnrtingni*bed Locofocoa, have recently establifted a Taylor campaign paper at Detroit, called the "Olive Branch," and style theowdvee the "Republican Taylor Committee of Correspondence.'' Tbeee gentlemen have been long acquainted with Gen. Caaa, and an well qualified lo judge of his fitness for the statu* to which be aspires, and of hi* ability to diecharge the dotiea of it with credit to the country and, doubting both, have determined to throw the weight of their influence in favor of the pure oU patriot, Gen,

Taylor.

THIRTIETH CONGRESS.

1 FIRST SESSION.

•v" SENATE, Aug. 4 '•A. tubmiiteri a resolution, which lies over, csl» ing upon the President to say whether he ias any knowledge of organizations of Ameican citizens to revolutionize Mexico (havng reference to the "Buffalo hunt.") •i'-H A bill annexing that part of Indiana, borlering on Lake Michigan, to Chicago coilecion district, was passed

Mr. Johnson. of Md.,

The general appropriation bill was taken janj

Mr. Botls gave notice of an amendment, to make the number of the Rtandiiig army 10.000 rank and file. Mr. Vintou's e&tiTjate, hp ssid, was onlv (5,636.

Mr. Vinton said that if 5,000 men were

tecessarv for the defence of New Mexico ponying the battery to Santa Fe, ind California, it would involve an annual xppnditure of five millions of dollars, and •alher than spend that much for the worthess territory, we had belter give il back to Vlexico. "Various amendments were presented in Tommittee, and the following was stibse(uently agreed to, viz: The act of 1845, vhich authorized the President to increase he number of men in each company was epealed. The maximum number of pri'ates in each company of artillery, infantry nd dragoons, shall not exceed lorty-two irovided, the President may, in his own discretion, fix the number of privates at sixtywo and he may, at any time, increase each •ompany in the service of the United States the territories not exceeding one hundred nd he may order such transfers as ihe pubic necessities may require, provided the vhole number of privates, including the ompanies of ordinance, shall at no time exeed 9.060 and the number of women and mployprs attached to the 8rmy shall not exeed 1000. Privalesof the mounted rifles rganized for Oregon, but who served in ylexico, may be honorably discharged on ap11 ica tion. I Without disposing of the bill, the committee rose, and

The House adjourned. I SENATE, Aug. 7.—The Senate passed the fivil Appropriation bill Saturday night.

The Vice President laid bpfore the Senate, a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, and another from the Secretary of War, relative to the quantity and value of Sugar imported.

Mr. Borland moved to take up the bill granting certain overflowed lands to Arkansas, which WBS agreed to, and the subject was, after some debate, passed over, and

A resolution was offered, making inquiry relative to a project for revolutionizing Northern Mexico.

The Oregon hill was then taken np, aud the Wilmot Proviso was debated at length. The subject was on motion laid aside informally, and

The Senate went inlo Executive session. HOUSE.—A motion to reconsider the vote on the Army Appropriation bill was negatived.

The Senate resolution giving the Cannon captured by Jackson to the Jackqon Monument, was debated and passed.

The President's last message was then taken up for reference. Mr. Venable made a political assault on the Whigs and Gen. Taylor.

The message was laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Hunt, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole the proceedings of which were very disorderly, the Whigs attempting to get up the River and Harbor bill, and Mr. Cobb of Georgia opposing it at every slep. Calls of the House were twice made.

A resolution was adopted lo stop debate on the River and Harbor bill on Wednesday. On motion of Mr. Root, the House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, and took up the River and Harbor biH.

SENATE, Aug. 8.—The Vice President laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of Slate, with a copy of ihe report of the commissioners of

Mr. Benton's proposition for reporting the Senate proceedings was laid on the b»ble. The bill granting land to the Mobile and Ohio railroad was amended similar to the grant to the road (torn Jackson lo Alabama.

Mr. Lewis offered an amendment, similar to the bill granting land to the Montgomery and Pentacola road, which was adopted:

Mr. Benton moved another amendment, similar to the grant to the St. Joseph and Hannibal road, which was adopted.

The bill as amended was then passed, 34 to 15. The Senate then, on motion, went into an cxpcntive session.

HOUSE.—At 10 o'clock last night, the House continued debate in committee of the whole, on the River and Harbor bill.

This morning the Speaker commenced, as ihe first thing in order, the business on the Speaker's table.

Sundry bills were then reported, and referred to the committee on the whole. SENATE, Aug. 9.—After the recess the Senate took up the Army Appropriation Bill.

Amendments were adopted to pay arrearages for Fremont's services in the 1st Mississippi Regiment, and the expense of Stockton and Fremont's operations in California.

The bill as amended was then passed. The Senate in Executive session to day confirmed iho nomination of Gen. Kearney.

HOUSE.—The consideration of the River and Harbor bill was resumed in committee of ihe whole, and debated by Palfrey, Holmes of Carolina, and Outlaw.

WIIULHO I IN

V.nous amendments were "dopted, and

the bill wtth amendments was reported to!

THE WEATHES.—For the last few has been almost impossible to "keep cool,

on account of tbe beat. How higb tbe tl&r-

and executive ptlrooagr, little or no sicknen in Ibe count/. jears,

a-.'-

"sr Prom Mexicor

The following letter from our highly epteebned friend, Lieut. J, H. Dickeraon, will be read with pleasure by his numerous acquaintance* in thi*

0Un

ty Although disappointed in his anticipations of returning to his native land, We have no doubt that the Lieut., who has already "seen the elephant" in Mexico, will enjoy hi* excursion very much.

WALMUT SPRINGS, Mexico, July 20,1848. Dear Sir—I had cot this far on my wav to the United States, and had began to dream of the

nfcivilization

jp- mometer ransea here from 95 to 108.) when 1 Several amendments were acted upon,

This morning, in committee of the whole, the debate was resumed, and continued until noon-day, when it terminated in pursuance of a resolution, previously adopt-d. The Army bill was then under consideration.

md speeches made. inc. by receiving an order to join the expedition HOUSE, Aug. 4.—A her I closed yesterday which was about to march from this,place for Califlernoon, the House remained in session ifurnia and Santa Fe. ifter 12, midnight. Many Bunkum speeches were made.

and iced mint jtilept.^the iher-

aroused Irom my pleasant reverie one morn-

The command consists of Lieut. Col. Brage's Battery, to which I belong, two companies of the 1st, and three of the 2d Dragoons, The expedition is now oulv awaiting the arrival of the train and store* from Camargo, which are on the way. It will probably leave here by the 29th inst The companies arc all full and in excellent condition for the march. All the Departments have been very liberal in granting supplies so as to render il efficient. The command will march by the way of Saltillo, Parras, Chihuahua and Pasa del Norte. It will go together until we get to Chihuahua, when it will separate—four companies of the Dragoons goinc to California and the other accom-

Bvt. Lt. Co|. Washington has command of the expedition. It has been delayed so long that il will be impossible to get out of the country by the time specified in the treaty. I presume, however, no objections will'be made to our delay. The Mexicans here are quite willing that we should remain to protect them against the Comanche Indians:, and tho mere fact of our presence will deter thrm from any hostile measures.

There is a report here that a Hacienda about sixty miles from this plnce, was robbed, and several murders committed, by a party of eighty or ninety Americans. Mr. Paras, Governor of this S'atp, yesterday informed Col. Washington of it officially, and requested him to pursue them but as we are not here to protect the Mexicans against the hordes of robbers that infest the country, he deellned. Tlierc is no doubt that the reports the Governor received were greatly exaggerated, and think it hardly probable that they were all Americans, but they may have been composed of deserters from our army. J. II. D.

General Taylor.

It will be seen by Ihe old hero's letter in answer to the Committee of Correspondence, published to-day, that he declines accepting the inviiation tendered him, to be present at the great Mass Meeting of the people at Fort Harrison, on Ihe fifth of September next, for reasons stated by him. This will be a great disappointment to the thousands of his devoted friends, who intend being present on that interesting occasion, and who anticipated the pleasure of taking the old man by the hand, and none will feel more keenly the disappointment, than the few yrt left of those, who, on that fearful night, when the yells of the merciless foe rang in their ears, and they well knew the fate that awaited (hem. and all who were dear to them, if that foe succeeded, yet looked to their then youthful commander with implicit confidence in his coolness and bravery and well did the result justify their confidence.

To General Taylor, it would no doubt have been a source of much pleasure to have re-visited the

scenes so indelibly impressed upon his memory,

and witness the changes that have taken place since that eventful period, hut he deems it his duty to romain at the post assigned him by the Government, and his decision is alike creditable to his modesty and patriotism, and demonstrates that self aggrandizement has no place in the elements which form his character.

Free TrtMle.

A correspondent of the National Intellieencer says that a hill has passed the House of Repre-!

Thus the only advantage which you now possess over the Canadian wheat grower, both in the supply of the home and of the foreign market, is proposed to he surrendered without providing fur you any equivalent in return.

FonT HAnnisoif.—We have been presented by Messrs. Modcsitt & Hager, with a splendid lithographic view of Old Fort Harrison, as it stood in September, 1812, when attacked hy tho savage foe, and so gallantly and successfully defended by Captain Zachary Taylor ar.d his brave troops.

The drawing is from descriptions furnished by some of our old citizens, who saw the Fort before it was demolished, and is said hy them to be a correct view. The same gentlemen have also a number of

C3nes

The amendments Ol the committee were ,jarj

Mr. Houston, of Delaware, spoke in de- CALICBAPHT.—Since the worthy editor of this fenced the Compromise bill and reviewed „ho

and inkstands made from one of

the logs of which the building was composed.

George G. Dunn.

"Potomac," the talented correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot, has the following.remarks upon Mr. D's speech, recently delivered in the House of Representatives: ••Mr. Dunn, of Indiana, made a very able speech on the Oregon bill, and established for himself a high reputation as a parliamentary debater. He

young man of treat merit, modest in his de-

indus|rjo

tbit it

ken on «n committee, and reported to tbei, ... •. ,, HODM •oil PASSED. hand* tn the office to decipher it, tnd when it GEU The consideration of Ibe Civil bill was be can hardly read it himself. VVewere in then resumed. hopes that travelling would improve him in thu

The Senate amendment to paj for ibe Ar- raped at least, but alas, we have given him op aa mistad negroes was rejected.

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bunt a short time since, the tube not being wn

jn hjg babju 8nil powerfo

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k-A., Qnlic il Difference*—— It is now forty years since Robert Fulton's experiment Steamboat, the Clermont,' made her first trip froai New York lo Albany. There is a vast difference in the time and expense of the passage between these two places, as the following extracts from old newspapers show. The subjoined is a copy of an advertisement taken from the Albany Gazette, dated September, 1807: •'The North River steamboats will leave Paulus Hook Ferrv, on Friday, the fourth of September, at 9 in the morning, and Arrive at Albany ^in Saturday, at 9 in the afternoon. Provisions, good berths and accommodations, are provided. The charge to each passenger is as follows:

Jo Newburgh, dolls. 3 Time 14 hours, Pourlikepsie, Esopus, ••ii Hudson, fcff Albany,

4 5

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New York, Sept., 1837.

,„CCes»or of Ex-Speaker

Davis, and has come fully up to the high stan-

wf,ere

adopted, and ibe bill was ordered to be en-! a member of Congress. Indiana, and the grossed. Whig party of Indiana, should be proud of him, as The House then, on motion, resolved it- well as of Thompson, Smith, and Embree, ol the self into a committee of the Whole House, same talented delegation." ond took up the Light House bill.

the Ex-Speaker said he would be found

j# now

the President message vetoing the Ri*eri. .- and Harbor bill. has became very careless about bis penmanship, The Senate amendments to the Civil Ap- and although never a beautiful writer.yet be was propriation bill were considered. always able to read his own "hand wrilr." Of

On motion, the subject was laid sside in- j#le however, be baa written auch a shocking fiat formally, and ibe Light House bill was «•-i

,Kended the tripod, he

aa become a matter of difficulty for the

igjb!e after reading in one of the Cincinnati

paper*, the entry of hia name in tbe Hotel Regw-

ter, as well as they could make it out, which is as

D. S. Dernauldt, S. Hunt." Wc

confess they have come much nearer lo D. 8.

mometer has ranged, we cannot say for sar- Terre-Haute, than any but one who ia tain, as that which we kept in oor sanctum.

We are indebted to Caleb B. Smith, for a copy of bis speech upon the Veto Power, delivered in the House of Representatives!long enough for tbe mercury to get op as| on the 21 Jolt. Also to R. W. Thompson, high as it wanted to. Notwithstanding tbe! GOT. RAT.—Jas. Brown Ray, E«j., forEsq., for a copy of Mr. Cocke'* (of Tcnnes- extreme warm weather, tbe health of our merly Governor of tbia State,died at Cincintet) tpeecb in review of I be war, its costs ^citizees continues very good, and we bear of oo ft»e 3d inst., at ibe

lrcartomed

to Trading a "villainously cramped

,y h.ve done.

8gc

of fiftj-foor

90 36

For places apply to No. 48 Courtland street, on the corner of Greenwich street." The New York Evening Post, under date of October 2d, 1807, chronicles the fact that "Mi. Fulton's new steamboat," left that morning for Albany, with ninety passengers and that notwithstanding there was a strong head wind, she went "through the water at the rate of six miles an hour." On the 5th, the Albany Gazettenotices her arrival, and says she "left New York on the 2nd, at 10 o'clock, A. M., against a strone title, very rotiffh water, and a violent gale from the north. Site made headway beyond the most sanguine expectation, and without being rocked by the waves."

In 1807, the time consumed tn accomplishing a steamboat voyage from New York to Albany, was thirty-six hours, price of passage, severi dollars. In 1848, the trip is made uniformly in nine and a half hours, and has been made in less than eiu,ht. The usual price of passage, one dollar, and frequently it is less. The size of the Clermont was 100 feet in length, 12 feet wide, and 7 feet deep.— Now nnr first class steamboats are nearly 400 feet long, and oi proportionate breadth of beam and depth.

NORTH CAROLINA.—The election in this State, resulted in the choice of a Whig Governor, and both branches of the Legislature by small majorities.

Fort Harrison Mass Meeting

A a in he it A an go mollis for the Fort Harriaon Masu Meeting, held at the Court-House in Terre-Haute, on tho 5th insl., the following resolution was unanimously adoptrd, and tho editors of iho Terre-Haute papers requested to publish the aatpc till the day of the meeting:

Resolved, That a general invitation is hereby

,. eiven to tl.o friends of Gen. Taylor and Millard

Fi|linore_fllr Bn,l

near, in the North, South. East

nnd West—lo attend the GRANDMA ^8 MEETING at Fort Harrison, on the 6th of September next.

W. F. KRUMBHAAR, Chairman.

E. W. Cox A it ii, Secretary.

Bowel iml Summer Complaint— ATo Cure-No Priy. I Tr. Jayne will guarantee that his C*n»iiNATiVKBALSAM will rnre Diarrhfra. Colics, Cramps, GriplncPains, Cholera Morbus, Summer Complaint, nnd other dernntrements of the Stomach and Rowels, lo ninety nine

c«sraout

duty of 20 per cent, on the importation of foreign wheat, so far as relates to Cannda, on condition frcted.the monev will be cheerfully returned. 25 and 50 cts per bottle.

that Canada wheat shall be allowed a free admission into the ports of the United States. Tho tcndcncy of this provision, (says the writer,') if I do not greatly mistake, will he lo swell to overflowing your already glutted market to reduce tho market price of tho article upon which you mainly depend todrivoyou from the production ol this articic by depriving you of the exclusive steady demand of the home market and to invite a foreian rival to compete wilh you in the supply of a foreign market, by means of a free admission into and exportation from your ports, at a season of the year when, without your permission, the severity of a Canadian winter would exclude thai rival from the foreign market.

of a hundred, and in less than half the tlmo it a a a a

sentatives which proposes to remove tho existing! It is extremely pleasant, and children are fond of it, It is equally aa effectual for adnlla as children, anil the li ireclinns are followed.

an.l a cure Is not cfPrlco

Prom the Rev. Charlet Cl. P. Crosby. Messrs. A. B. fc D. Sands—I ain glad to inform yon, that llie medicine sold by yon for bowel and summer complaints has proved sinrularly efficacious In my family. My wife has for years beon extremely liable lo a most distress!nir dysentery in hoi weather- but by the nsn of JAVNB'H'CABMINATIVB IUI.SAM for two seasons, llm attack has been obviated in the course oftwoorllireo hours. 1 have known children, wlion attacked bv a violent diarrhoea, cured Immediately by this medicine. I consider l)r. Jayne's medicine prepared wilh great sltill, and highly beneficial to our Infirm human nalure. C. C. P. CKOSBY.

Pr. D. Jayne—Doar Sir— Havlnff used In my family, for eiplit years, your Carmlnalivo Dalsnni, 1 deem it duo lo yourself and the public to sialelhai I have uniformly found it efficient in removing ihe complaints for which It Is intended. I am stroiicly opposed to all nuackery, bin touchinc tho above medicine, "I have testified that which Iilo knoif," and that which Unite txptrienrtd.

Respectfully yours, JOHN C. VlAKItlSON. Pastor of Baptist Church, Bordentown, N. June 1,1839. Prepared only by Dr. D. Jayne, Philadelphia.and sold on agency by E. S. Wolfe, Terre-Haute *Snd New Market, and Charles Wood, at Terre-Haute.

August 16,1S-18-35-1 w.

Ctiiifloii to Strangers. Almost every person comlnc from tlio Kast. or any of the old settled country, into ihe Miislsslppi Valley, are sure lo be attacked wiih Piarrlvca. which proslrati-s the system, and generally endsln bilious fever, orlhaidread of all emigrants, A(tuoand Fever. If overy such person would supply themselves wilh a few boxes of I»r. Krara's Antl-Billous and Tonic Sojrar Coated Pills, and lake them on ihe first indications of disease, they never need fear any serious attack of any of the diseases peculiar to ihe western country. They have been used by thousands of persons, and always wiih the happiest effect.

Pec Dr. Bragg'sadvertisement in another column.

MARRIED,

On the 3d instant, hy Elder M. HOBII«, Mr. WILLIAM WALKER, lo Miss MARY JANE PHIPPS all of Clay county.

On Sabbath morning, the Cth instant, ANNA VINCENT, infant daughter of Rev. R. V. and •j

A II AH E. DOIIOK—aged 15 months and 26 days. At Prairieton, on the 4th instant, ROBERT HOGGATT, in the 49th year ol his ace. The deceased has been long and favorably known in this community, as an honest, upright man.

F1BE, LIFE AXD HEALTH.

nTZr.

AVING received an agency for the New York Life, ire, Marine and Inland Stale Stock Insurance Company, the undersigned ia prepared lo consider all applications for Insorance.

The company having a capital of Jive hundred Ihoutand dollar$, and dividing their business upon four different branches of insoranre, they thus avoid the great error of former companies, by having only one-fourth of their in ter eats affected by sny calamity keeping at all limes ibret-fonrtbsof their business lo sustain tbe one-fourth which mny be affected by those disasters, which so often rum those companies, whose whole capital is engaged a port cither fire, marine, life or inland insurance.

The company has complied with tbe late act of oor General Assembly, ''Regulating Foreign Insurance Companies," snd policies will now be issued on Houses, Merchandize, Steam Mills snd Steamboats—Life and Heallh, dtc, Ac., on as reasonable terms as can be ilone by any ^similar institution. R. N- HUDSON.

Office Town HalL, 3d door-

Tcrre Haute, Aug. 19, 1848-36-2m.

MOST EXTKAOKDINARY WORK!

THE

MARRIED WOMAN'S PRIVATE MEDICAL COMPANION, By Dr. A. Manriceau,

rnoFKswon or HISEASKS OF WOMM. Sixth Edition, lSmo. pp 230. Price *1. 30,000 Copies MII in Six Months?

Years of suffering, of physical and mental anguish to many an affectionate wife, and pecuniary difficulties to' tho husband might have been spared thousands now poor would have enjoyed competence thousands now broken in health would have enjoyed It hundreds now in their graves been sill) alive, by'atiuioly possession of this work. *wer is Intended especially for the married or those contemplating marriage, as ii discloses important secret* which should be known to them particularly.

Truly knowledge is power. Ii is health, happiness, affluence. The ravelailons contained in its pages have proved a blessing to thousands, as the iuuumerable loitersracalveu by the author will attest.

Here, also, every female—the wife, the mother, the one either building into womanhood, or the one in the decline of years in whom nature contemplates an important change—can discover tho causes, symptoms, and mcst efficient remedies, and most ceria in modes of cure, in every complaint to which her sex is subject. lis !ui|»ort)iuce lo (he Slurried may be gathered from tho fact, that Travelling Agtnta make from

Three to Five Dolltirs Dn! from its sale, hundreds ofactive enterprising/agants are accumulating a little competence from th6 liberal discount allowed, and the great demand for it. Orders are required to be accompanied with payment. Copies will be scut to the Purchaser free of Post age.

Over twenty thousand copies have been sent by mail within threo months with perfect safety aud certainty. Ou the receipt of One Dollar, iho "Married Woman's Private Medical Companion" will be sent («ioi7#rf/r«r) any part of the linked States. All letters and applications from those desiring to become agenta must b« post-paid (except those containing a remittance) and addressed to Dr. A. M. Mauriceau, Box 1234, Now York City. Publishing Office, 129 Liberty st. New York.

Tho "Married Woman's Private Medical Companion" is sold by Booksellers throughout the United States. August 1G, 1818-S!-?.m.

PAT EXT MEDICINES.

"^lTE are the appointed, and exclusive agents for the mile of the following valuable Medicines: W. O'Connor's purely vogotable Ague and Fever Nostrum

Parsiii'.t Tonic Mixture, for the Fever &. Agile Dr. Win. Hull's Balsam, for the T.tings Dr. Kate's Iodine Snnaiivr, for the Lungs Dr. Duncan's Expectorant, lor tho Lungs Herrick's Suiur Coated Ptllsj Mtf Herrick's Tonic Hitters ,, ... Herrick's Sciatic Linnment Whitiner's Vegetablel.inament Marshall'* Rheumatic l.inament. We keep also a good supply ol all the popular Medicines of iho day.

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mm,

IC' Ml'

J. ALMSON & CO.

Tcrro-Huute, August 16, 1848 35-3w

DR.

ROGER'S LIVERWORT AND TAR. We assure our customers that we keep noiia but a genuine article of thia valuablo Medicine, us has been reported of us.

C. J. ALLISON & CO.1

August 16, 1848-35-tf

R. ROWER'?* Ro*e Dentritice, a Ireoli eupply ju«t received aud for sale liv C. J. ALLISON & CO. August 16. 18-18-35-tf

vases, VASES '-,:

rllST received and for sale hy I aug 16. C. J. ALLISON Jt CO.*'

FITS, FITS.

R. HART'S Veg«tall« Ext met for Fits, just received und for aale hy Aug. IB. C. J. ALLISON A CO.

IJI.ASTER PARIS just rrt'riveil ami lor xiile l.y C. J. ALLISON & CO., August IB ,,

IT tt $

jHOSPHATEsoila loilin. Spiiniah -Sulphur Iodine Mercury

lo.line Iron Iodine Sulphur Iodine Lend Sulph. Morphia

Kroosola Iodine Potass

Ju8t received aud for sole bv

J. ALLISON

August 16. 1848-!J3-tf

THISrArjrs,

On the 10th instant, by Rev. J. L. SMITH, Mr. JAMES A. SMITH, of Sulivnn county, to Miss CELIA A. SHEPlWRD.of Vigo.

DIED.

& co

IVew Fall and Winter 3£30CEdlS3o

"IIITE are now opening large aud desirable lot Tf of new goods for Full and Winter wiles, ami will continue lo receive daily accession* lo our stock throughout Ihe season. Having a resident partner East, wc will nt all times bo supplied witli a full and general assortment of Dry Giiuds, which we shall endeavor to offer as low aa they can tin bought East, in like qunntitirs, with the addition of carriage. We invite merchants and dealers in Dry Guod« to call and examine our stock wo think we can offer litem inducements to purr hose in' this market. Wc return our thanks tn old customers for their former patronage and would respectfully solicit a continuance of their custom.

BLACHLV 4 SIMI'SION.

No. 11, Pearl Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati, August 16, 1848-S3-tf

FEICKY DAVIS' GENUINE

Vegetable Pain Killer.

will most instantly cure any anil all kind* of its action is liko rnngie, in many cases. Over four hundred thousand bottles IMVIJ been sold in the New Knpl.ind Slates the last year. RKWAHK of COUATKRM rs! since its great popularity, ba*c imitations have been gotten up» and palmed off on the community. See that likeness of the original proprietor is on the Kittles. A pamphlet of direction* and history of its origin accompanies eneh bottle. Get one and read it.

J. N. HARRIS, General Agent for lh« Western States, on Fourth street, between Walnut and Vine, Cincinnati, Ohio, to whom all orders must be add teased.

For sale hy J. R.('tiningham. Charles Wood, and C. J. Allison, Terre-Haute, Ind. August 16, lS48-35-6m

TO THE STOCKHOLDER* OF THE TERRE-HAUTE AND RICHMOND RAILROAD COMPANY,

XTOU are hereby notified to pay to J. H, TnrJl ner, at the store ol Warren & Turner, the sum of four dollars, on each share of stock, sobscribed for in said company, on the first of Joly

nMt*

Books are now opened for additional subscriptions of stock, under the supervision of John Crawford and Jscob V. Early, as commissioners. The payment of one dollsr on esch share is required at the time of subscribing.

April 26,1848-19-tf. C. HOSE, Pre». of T. //. and R. Railroad Co.

Terre-Haute Select School.

fl^HE subscriber will open a school for youth of JL both sexes, up«n Monday, the 21st day of August, in the basement of tbe Bsp1"' Church. The itudi** wiH to confined principally to Orthography, Reading, Pennmanship, Geography,

Vrithmetic, Grammar, weekly Declamation and Composition. Vocal Music and Drawing wll receive some attention, but shell rot be permitted to interfere with tbe regular course of study.

Uniform rate of tuition per term of eleven week* $3,50. No deductions made for absence,

ANDERSON.

Terre-Haule, August 2, 1848-3w Reference is made to the following gentlemen F, Baird. President. J. B. L. Soule, Prof. Greek W. L. Baird, Prof. Math., Joseph 8. Jenckes, Esq.. Geo. Hussey, Esq., Rev M. A. Jrwcii, Rev. R. v. Dodae, Rev. J. A. Duaon, Kev. J. L. Smith, Jss- H. Henry, E»i, and Judge Kinney,

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