Wabash Express, Volume 11, Number 8, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 February 1852 — Page 2

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OFFICE EAST OF THE C0TTBT-H0TT8E.

D. S. DAHALDSOH, Editor.

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Wednesday Morning, February 4,1852.

Foa SALK.

Jefferson Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati. It will be seen by an advertisement in another column, that an agency of thus

company has been established at this place,

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State of Indiana, $ Before me, a Justice of the Peace for said county, John Doc and Mary Doe signed and acknowledged the. annexed deed, this second dav of January, 1852.

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for Vigo county, .hid. will, we tru.t, give jA an impulse to Lfe Insurance in this sec- keeps the compensation of our legislature so tion of our Slat*. In the East the svstem low that real business men cannot afford to devote theirtime to it, unless they are aspiring afof Life Insurance has becomc general, yet t,er higher offices and use this as a mere stepnot until the organization of the 'Jefferson,' Plng stone." 1, as our citizens had the opportunity of tli us

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of premium than the exigencies of the com- jP®r ,fozc"'.

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sentative», wc consider just ana liberal.. Persons can, by the payment of a .small sum anuually, secure to their families a competency through the 'Jefferson,' and thereby accomplish an object which they might not otherwise have attained during a long life. The uncertain vicisitudes of the future can thus be guarded against, in a. manner that experience has proven to be certain and secure. A person 25 years ol

by paying an annual premium of $13,60, secures to his family $1,000 at his death.

C. H. Bailey, Ef-q., has been appointed «"cnt of the 'Jefferson,' for this section of the State, and Dr. G. W. Patrick, Medical Examiner.

The pamphlet issued by this company explains fully the system adopted by them —their capital if. $100,000, paid in and secured, which, with the accumulation of premiums, and the known character of its bircctors, furnish every guurantee that their engagements will be promptly and honorably complied with. The 'Jefferson' has already done a large business, as we arc informed. Wc recommend our citi­

geuerallv, to examine into this subject, for all institutions which are calculated to promote the protection of the widow and orphan from want, are worthy the support of the philanthropist and the christain.

ROBERT DALK OWKN has proposed to abridge and simplify deeds and such conveyances, upon which he made an able speech in the House of Representatives on the 16th instant.

This is his new short form of deed: John Doe and Mary Doe, his wife, convey and warrant unto Richard ltoc, Lot Number Four in the city of Indianapolis for the sum of Five Hundred Dollars. Dated this first dnv of January. 1852.

JOHN DOE. MARY DOE.

MAIHON COUNTV,

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JOHN SMITH, Justice of the Peace.

This, we suppose, would convey a life estate, but omitting the covenantor seizin, we think, is a groat defect then too, most nil of our deeds are for the fee simple to the purchaser tind his heirs. We think also, that the parties ought to be more particularly identified, by inserting their residences, as there are often men of the same name, but Mr. O., perhaps, knows best.

The following from Mr. Owen's -speech l,a^onlZt

is very true Another change., tending much to brevity, is the repeal of the law requiring of married woman any form of acknowledgment other thnn that required of unmarried persons. The present form requiring a husband to leave the room, lest, by his presence, he intimidate his wife, has become, in the vast majority of cases, a mere fareo and, what is worse, a source of offieml falsehood. The magistrate is now required to certify, in every case, to the fact, that he fully explained to the wife the content* and purport of the deed she is sign* ing while, in five cases out of six, he merely asks her, if she knows whatthe purport of the deed is. The form is virtually a dead letter. If a man really desires to employ fear or compulsion in order to procurt" his wife's signature, he can and will do it, despite his momentary absence at the time of acknowledgment. And no good, upright man of any sensibility ever left the room at the bidding of the justice, without a certain feeling ot shame at the seuseless umkmean-spirited usage.

O^jr The Madmimaa, the Bright paper

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Mad is on is re

nor Wright, and misses no opportunity to elected Senator from Louisiana, in place of

tive that functionary hearty digs upon all Mr. Davis. R. M. T. Hunter is re elect

jO* A correspondent of the Brookville American, writing from Indianapolis, Jan. 16, has the following: "If every county would send such men as Owen, and King, and Carpenter, and Holloway, and Secrest, and Hudson—I mean "Bob. Hudson," whom many of your readers will remember as the son of Edward Hudson, once a citizen of your town—then a poor boy, butnow one of the most prominent members of the legislature, a member from old Vigo—whose

life, though spent in Indiana, has been replete with interest, and whose example of persever-

A Mexican Land Warrant for lence, in overcoming difficulties, and in obtain- jing her in water up to the arms, and seiz160 acres d. *PPY~"'» |*C Wd of the edge of Che ice, »ho kept

D. 5. UAiMA rise from comparative obsenritv, to prominence herself from sinking altogether. Her cries and usefulness unaided by wealth and friends: (I may give you sketch of it, some of these days, for the encouragement of some of your young readers, who are crying over their poverty, while they should defy it, and rise above it by indomitable resolution)—Were even half

^{jg legislature such men as these, the busi-

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providing for their families, in a company }IJSHER.S, Messrs. GBEELET & MOELEATH, New where the Directors were well known, and York, for a copy of the Whig Almanac for the upon terras, that whilst it affords ample present year. It is replete with useful and insecurity, does not require a larger

Wresting matter, and costs 12J eta. single $1 I A? per JQQ UTn Ifnnw rtf nA

small publication that contains as much every

pany require. day business affairs, and political and statistiTlie provision in the charter of the *Jef- Lai intelligence as the Whig Almanac, and evefcrson' which authorises the insurance of

ry

Hulaeman is, twenty times over, worth the cost

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pubIication.

DISTRESSING INCIDENT.—The Milwaukie papers give an account of a fire which broke out on the morning of the 18th ult., in Buffalo. Aaron Dean, daguerrean artist, was sitting in an upper chamber of the burning house, with the corpse of his child, and was smothered before assistance could be rendered. It is supposed he was asleep, and from the rapid spread of the flames, his room was filled before he was awakened. The falling walls buried several others in the ruins. =======

NORTHWESTERN GAZETTE.—This is the title of a new paper just commenced at Bloomington, Ind., by James Hughes.— It is to be democratic, and we suppose will soon create a breeze with the Reporter. The Gazette is published choap enough to be in every body's possession, and being a neat, good-looking paper, will, of course

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FERRY FOR SALE.—C. J. Barrackman wishes to sell the old Smith's Ferry on the west fork of White river on the road from

sell any quantity of the land adjoining.— Apply to him at Worthington, Ind. =======

$399 00.

occasions. It will amount to but little,'ed from Virginia. perhaps but, why does not the TerreHaute Journal take the Madison man in The Lafayette Courier man is not exam pled. hand, nnd give him thunder? The dem- disposed to believe in the spirit rappings.

ocrncyhere endorsed the Governor, and He will go the spirit* perhaps, without completed. We have heard the igo organ of the party ought to help Any ceremony whatever. Hope he may

tight his battles. not be floored at all events. .. ^. Yesterday morning was the most (O" Thirty-six milts of lhe St. Loui« and SARTAIS'S USIOS MAOAZUUE for Febru-' magnificent of the season. A brilliant Pauitic Railway to be finished by some ary, arrived on the 1st inst., with its usu-! sun. bracing weather, with the frost of Moctitne early in next fall. We hope it will' al interesting and entertaining illustrations day night made the face of the earth glissoon be finished to San rancisco and Or- and fine reading. It has a north-east ten with fro sen jewels. egon City. new of the U. S. Capitol, at Washington, must now be on hand.

vote theirtime to it, unless they are aspiring af- had given up her hold on the ice, she swam on the surface for some time, and yet no effort was made to save

^^ZwHToto^bted to the put-

the-life of the husband for the benefit of have a copy ready for early reference. a means of producing the mysterious raptbe wife and children, the amount payable Mr. WEBSTER'S immortal letter to Chevalier I I I* A.-

----->We learn from the Mt. Carmel (Ill.)

Register that two boys were frozen to death in the vicinity of Newton, Jasper county, in Illinois on Monday, the 19th ult. When found, they were clasped in each other's arms, and a faithful dog, which had accompanied them, was lying by their lifeless bodies in a perishing condition. =======

THE HONESTY OF PRINTERS.—At the Franklin banquet at New York, on 17th ult., Mr. Bigelow, of the N. Y. Evening Post, said that he had the honor of being, for three years, inspector of State prisons in New York, and among all the prisoners confined there every order of mechanics was represented except printers. There was something in that fact which merited their consideration. Mr. B. concluded by proposing the memory and honor of that calling which is unrepresented in the State prison. =======

JOHN G. DAVIS, writing to the TerreHaute Journal says: "This is the commencement of the seventh week of the session, and I regret to say but little of importance to the country has been accomplished in either branch of Congress."

Both Houses of Congress are consideraMy democratic, and any failure in attending to the public business, of course, must be charged to that party. We hope Mr. D. will see now, that his party go to work, and do something for the country—-espe-cially for the democracy.

Terrc-Haute to Louisville. He will also fect a combination of all the elements of

The expenses of the Constitutional

Convention itemised, has recently been published, showing the whole amount to be #85,683,05. The largest amount to one person is the stenographer, which is $5,166 00. The/er dism and mileage ($18

The everlasting "Forest case" has

bceu decided at New York. Mrs. F. getsa divorce and $3,000 a year. Col. For-

DBTRESSISS OCCLTRRENCE.—LA Berks county, Pa., seven miles above Reading, recently, a young lady, named Miss Miller, aged twenty years, met with an untimely deatb| Wishing to visit a neighbor on the opposite side of the Schuylkill, at Koenig's Ferry, Miss Miller walked on the ice until she had reached the middle

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when the ice broke, immers-

brought the neighbors to the shore, and a boat was obtained for her relief, but none had the courage to enter it for her rescue. Those on shore looked on for more than an hour, when the poor girl, becoming exhausted and frozen, slipped off and disappeared under the ice. Even after she

her life. In a few hours the body was recovered and an inquest held by Alderman Miller, of Reading.

We know of no Mr. Danaldson, of the Terre-Haute Express, is vastly mystified at the doiugs of the Spirit Rappers in that city. He thinks their feals unaccountable. What does he

body that wishes to be "posted" ought to think of their knees, as they are said to be

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pings?—EvamviRe Journal. There is no /bwe-cessity for "wringing in" a suspicion of that sort, Mr. Sad. An ders, for we have honest rappers up this way. You are only sorry that you cannot get up something interesting for the be nighted villagers down about the mouth of the canal, who are, perhaps, familiar enough with spirits without the raps judging, as we do, from your own remarks. When do you open the wholesale spirit-store 1

Gen. FRANKLIN PIERCE, in a recent letter, declares his unwillingness that his name should be used in any event before the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore, declaring it to be repugnant to his tastes and wishes.—State Sentinel.

Then, this increases the collective and individual chances of Cass, Buchanan, Marcy, Houston, Douglas, Butler and "the Marion of the Mexican war"—to-wit, Gen. Jos. Lane, and others "too numerous to mention." We think, however, General Pierce ought to go before the loco convention with the "four and twenty others," or less, and run the risk of losing or win-

BELLEFONTAINE RAILROAD.—Oliver H. Smith, at New York, Jan. 17, writes home as follows: "We have just returned from Boston, and have purchased our iron to complete the road, on very satisfactory terms. The iron is to be shipped from Wales to Lafayette, near New Orleans, as soon as possible, not later than the 15th of April next so that we shall, beyond all question, complete our road this year. Our success has been complete." =======

HIT The Cincinnati papers report the appearance in that city of counterfeit bills on the State Bank of Indiana, of the denomination of twenty dollars, and well calculated to deceive. The paper can scarely be distinguished from that used for the genuine bills, but the shading on some parts of the bill is light They arc on the branches at Indianapolis and New Albany. There is also in circulation, plenty of counterfeit Kentucky bills, which require the closest inspection to detect.

DISTRESS.-^-We learn from the Cincinnati papers that many persons have been admitted into the jail of that city, at their own request, during the past two months. Fearing starvation, that threatened them without, they sought shelter even within the doors of the prison.

Q-j" The report of the Superintendent of the Banking Department of New York, shows a very satisfactory state of the Banking Associations of that State. The Superintendent remaks: "Our system of free banking, if fairly and honestly carried out, presents as per-

security, to the public and bill holders, as can well be desired.

O* Mr. "N. B. CORWINE, U. S. Consul at Panama, in a communication to the Republic, says that thousands of our citizens have arrived in Panama with through tickets purchased from Messrs. BERFORD & Co., which are not recognized by the

00) to the members from Vigo is each Agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamers from Panama to San Francisco, so that many are left there wilh-

out the means of going forward.

ney, Clerk of the House, at Washington,' that the snow in the Mountains in that vi-jto. So may it ever be. We are willing very unenviable in the details ofjemity is of an average depth of from five! to do every thing for the oppressed of other figures

the case. His letter is rather infamous' to seven feet, whilst in many places it is than otherwise. drifted to an immense depth. Apprehensions are entertained that, in the event of a be expected..

U. S. S**ATORS. J. P. Benjamin IS sudden thaw, great damage would be done We hope the distinguished Hungarian

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SWIFT WORK.—The

roa{j Were re]aid)

of nnth- a|

progress of the

.Northern Indiana Railroad has been twin one year, about 60 miles of

and 136 miles of en-

For the Wabash Express.

Superintendent of Common Schools. MA. EDILOR :—There is probably no office to be filled at the ensuing election, that will exert a more powerful influence upon the dearest interests of the people of the State, than that of Superintendent of Public Instruction—and, in selecting an individual to occupy so important a post, it is to be hoped that character, qualifications, and fitness for the position will be more considered, than mere sectional, personal or party interests. To develope and make successful a system of Common Schools in Indiana, requires a man of sound, practical good sense—great mental and physical energy, and a thorough acquaintance with the peculiarities of our people. No man in the State combines within himself these qualities in a higher degree than the Rev. AARON "WOOD, of Greencastle. For along series of years, he has been closely identified in interest and feeling, with the people of our State, and by his varied talents and acquirements, and his fine powers as a public speaker, he has ever exerted a widespread and wholesome influence. He is beloved and respected by all who know him, and his fine address and popular manners, would do much towards dissipating the prejudice which exists against the common school system. With Aaron "Wood, as Superintendent of Public Instruction, the friends of popular education need not fear the result. Its benefits will be carried to every practicable point, and every city, village and neighborhood, will partake of its influence and rejoice in its blessings. YIGO.

Q-IT Our citizens will notice by a card in another column, that Prof. TWINING,ofCrawfordsville College, is posted up for the sixth lecture before the Mechanics' Historical Society. We predict a rich treat to the lovers of science, on this occasion, and would earnestly recommend our citizens to embrace this opportunity, as it is a favorable one, to become familiar with a subject so useful to the human family. We cannot be too familiar with the theory and uses of machinery, though their power and application be visible every day. His subject is the Steam Engine, and for the more perfect illustration of the subject, we understand he intends exhibiting a "young Bullgine," in full operation. He is said to be a forcible lecturer, and elicits much attention from his audiences, for which they are amply paid by the useful information they receive. •.

Remember the anniversary of the same society on Friday evening next. See the card.

LEGISLATIVE.—In the House, a bill exempting three hundred dollars' worth of property from execution, was ordered to be engrossed—ayes 55, noes 30. The districting bill has not yet been agreed upon by the two Houses. The Grand Jury System has been largely discussed—nothing done. Hogs and other animals may still roam at large. The House has decided that it has no power to increase the powers of municipal corporations—this is settled. ___________

05" The Madison Banner reports that M. C. Garber, editor of the Courier at that place, was recently dangerously stabbed with a chisel in the hands of "Hamilton Hibbs, of the same place. Garber's recovery is considered doubtful.

The difficulty grew out of old sores between the two wings of the locofoco party in Jefferson, who seem to be more hostile to each other than the Indians and whites in some places in Oregon and California. We hope Garber may soon get well.

0^7* A negro exclusion bill has passed the State Senate. The bill does not pre vent the negro from coming into the State, but all its penalties are aimed against the white man who employs or feeds a negro who he does not know to have been a citizen of the State when the Constitution was adopted, and requires the negroes already here to register their names and carry about with them a certificate from the Clerk of the^ Circuit Court that they are entitled to live in the State.

O* In an article upon "exclusion and colonization," the State Sentinel holds the following language upon the subject: "It is the interest of free persons of color to emigrate to Liberia as soon as provision is made for them. They must go.— It is useless to argue anything about the justice-or humanity of such requisitions. We must meet this question practically, and look at things as they are, and not as they ought to be. The two races can never live on terms of equality. Their presence in the same country is an injury to both, and policy as well as humanity demands their entire separation. There is no prejudice in this country against the blacks. There is a kind feeling and deep sympathy for them but notwithstanding this, there is a wide, deep, and inseparable gulf which cannot be passed."

ID* Kossuth is expected at Cincinnati to-morrow or next day, and very great preparations are going on for his reception. We think he has given up all hopes of our government interfering with affairs in Hungary. Mr. CLAY said to KOSSUTH, "as a dying man I oppose your doctrines of intervention "andfrom what we notice in the public prints all over the country, the set-

O* The Wheeling (Va.) Gazette states tied policy of U. S. will be strictly adhered

countries, except involving our own people in the horrors of war. That should not

.. jmay have a pleasant and flattering recep­

nion

in Cincinnati, and at least

State Capital, if not further west that he may see and feel how welcome he can be made by our Hoosier freemen all over the State. Indianapolis will be alive with people on the day of his arrival, and having easy means of access, the Wabash will turn out its hundreds for the occasion.

K3- Buame*, locations at IndianapoEsj

Sugar-making about #125 00 per front foot. *sah*iow, we believe.

at $196 00 per front foot. Three orjvigtthlll place

sell at $196 UU pafour years ago, the same in this place was]

PITTSBURG, Jan.'29.

The Pittsburg Gazette has been authorized to deny the statement that the Sublime Porte had protested against the return of Kossuth to England. When the United States first demanded his liberation the Sultan did not yield because he believed Kossuth's liberation was to be effected on condition of his going to America. The Sultan declared he would protect Kossuth against his enemies as long as in his dominions. That when he left Turkey he should be free to go wherever he pleased.

Hon. Harmer Denny, ex-member of Congress and more recently President of

the Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad, died this morning of alingring disease contracted in Philadelphia last summer while on business of the railroad. Mr. Denny was one of our wealthiest citizens, being connected with the heirs of the great O'Hara estate.

NEW YORK, Jan. *«:9.

A great fire/which occurred last night at 11 o'clock", destroyed the buildings Nos. 37 and 39 Nassau street and 54, 56, and 58 Liberty street, occupied by Doremus. J. L. Nixon, Fisher and Robinson, Hastings, Libbie, and Forbey, and Freeman, Hodges, fc Co., dry goods store of Converse and Graydon. Loss $300,000— extent of insurance unknown.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.

The Intelligencer has a dispatch from Fort Fillmore, New Mexico, announcing the discovery of a vein of silver which has been traced 500 feet.

Johnson and Daniels, Richmond editors, exchanged shots at the Maryland line yesterday. Neither hit. Seconds interfered and settled the affair amicably. The parties subsequently dined together at F. P. Blair's country seat.

Henry Clay is so far recovered as to ride out to-day in company with his physicians.

Steamboat Disaster—Great Loss of Life and Property. MEMPHIS, Jan. 26—The steamer De Witt Clinton, from New Orleans, and bound for Pittsburg, struck a snag- eight miles below this city, on the 25th, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and sunk in about two minute3 after striking, in fifteen feet water. All on board, except one fireman and the officers, were lost. The books and papers were saved. The number lost is estimated at from twenty-five to thirty. The boat and cargo is a total loss, both of which were insured at Pittsburg.

NEW YORK, Jan. 28.

The Hungarian Committee have prepared bonds, under the national laws, in sums of from $1 to $100, payable upon the establishment of a, Republic in HunSaiT-

From California. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 30.

Supreme Court has dccided that Valejo is the Capital of the State, and the municipal officers elected in September are legally entitled to their posts.

Political affairs unsettled. There will probably be two Legislatures. Placer diggings yielding abundantly since the rain.

Oregon sailed from San Francisco on New Year's day $136,200 in gold, besides amount in hands of 300 passengers. Pacific and Orleans were to sail with 220 passengers.

A land slide, December 26, at Clark's Point, San Francisco, destroyed two new iron warehouses, used by the government for storing bonded goods. Contents, 3,000 tons, ruined.

Oregon Legislature still divided as to how government members holding separate sessions at Salem and Oregon City.

British barque Georgian wrecked on Queen Charlotte's Island. Crew and twenty-four American passengers captured by Indians.

The collector had despatched a force to their rescue. The shock of an earthquake was felt at San Francisco 24th Dec. Heavy rains interrupted communications with the mines. Little gold coming down:

Whaler Saragossa has been in higher latitudes than any previous navigator. Since the rain miners taking $10 to $15 per day in ravines untouched before.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30

Bills reported to grant Whitney land for constructing a railroad to the Pacific, and for the improvement of Western rivers referred to Committee of the Whole. No other business of import.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 28.

Flour unsettled. Ohio $4 a $1 10. St. Louis §4 50. Corn—52 a 53c.

Oats—Ohio 24c. St. Louis 36c. Lard—Prime in barrels 8^c kegs 9c. Coffee—Frime 8c. Whisky 18 a 18£c. Sugar —Sales of fair at 3£c. Molassess—Prime at 20c. The stock of all kinds of produce is reduced—anxiously expecting accounts of the opening of the upper rivers.

Discovery of Gold! PARKVILLE, Mo., Jan. 29.

visit our State of Indiana vs. Sampson Barbee.

Wick presiding, on the ground that the

Our town was thrown into state of great excitement this evening, by the arrival of a band of Delaware Indians from a hunting expedition. They bring with them a quantity of gold dust, which has proved to be finer than the California gold. All we could learn from the Indian of whom we purchased the dust is, that be obtained it on this side of the Mountains, about 700 miles from this place. Ho refused an offer of $l,000 from one of our citizens, to show him the place. ======

new Constitution abolished the law on(

Tl?* citi2ens,.of Xenf'

'a public meeting and invited Kossuth to,

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From the Daily State Journal. LEGISLATIVE SUMMABY.

SENATE.—Jan. 29—Spent two hours in discussing a resolution to adjourn the Legislature on the 8th of March. Resolutions finally amended by striking out the 8th of March, and inserting the second Monday of February, and then adopted. Mr. Holloway reported a bill establishing a State Board of Equalization. An act to amend the city charter of Fort Wayne

Eitration

assed also House bill to establish Arand Umpirage. The bill organizing County Courts, of the nature of Courts of Common Pleas, was taken up and discussed at length. An amendment of the House to the adjournment resolution of the Senate, which was debated the balance of the day, and 'finally laid upon the table.

HOUSE.—A report from the President of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad,

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made to-day, showed, that the n'ett income of this road has been as-follows 1845, $12,637 84 1846, $48,812 27: 1847, $64.983 79 1848, $94,063 57 1849, $109,237 53 1850, $139,010 98 1851, $162,819 03. Mr. Behm reported that it would be unconstitutional to change the name of a certain township, because it would be special legislation. A bill was reported by Mr. Gibson to authorize alien friends to hold real estate by devise or descent. and allow five years to them in which to sell to a resident, or emigrate here. The bill fixing the number of Grand Jurors to six, five of whom nifty find an indictment, to be selected from the householders and freeholders, was passed ayes 51. noes 40. The House concurred in the amendment of the Senate giving the election of the Reporter of the Supreme Court to the people the first election to be next October, and the Legislature to elect one to serve until such general election. The Senate having resolved to adjourn on the second Monday of February, the House concurred, with an amendment, that after a faithful discharge of their duties, by devoting their entire attention to the legitimate business before them, and not waste time by discussing such questions as the Mexican War, it would adjourn when that business was completed.

HOUSE.—In the afternoon Mr. Stanfield reported against the constutionality of the bill relative to the fees of the Auditor of Warrick county. Mr. IIolman reported amendments to a Senate bill by which the necessity of reviving a judgment, when execution had not issued for three years, was dispensed with. An affidavit is all that is required the amendments were concurred in. A general bill was reported authorizing proceedings against Canal companies for failing to repair or build bridges. A bill was reported by Mr. Owen to sell the Saline lands in Orange county. Mr. Thompson reported against taxing dogs and Mr. Torbet a bill to recover of the owners of dogs killing sheep, the value of the sheep killed. Mr Brady introduced a Joint Resolution to rent the house on the Governor's Circle. Two bills were passed Relative to procuring lists of the soldiers and officers serving in Mexico and in the war with Great Britain To authorize the formation of companies to arrest horse thieves and othe felons.

HOUSE, Jan. 30.—Mr. Owen reported a bill to establish a Normal Department of the State University at Indianapolis, upon the subscription by the people of that city of $10,000 to remove the literary departments of said University from Bloomington, and to provide for the sale of the University buildings at that place. A bill was reported by Mr. Nelson to encourage Agricultural Societies. Mr. Dobson reported a bill relative to the duties and powers of County Commissioners. Mr. Stuart reported a bill to establish Circuit Courts.

The following bills were passed: To exempt $300 worth of property from execution ayes 58, noes 30 To authorize the issuing of executions and fee bills in all cases where judgment has been obtained for three years or longer, and no execution yet issued, ayes 73, noes 7 To authorize the establishment of public libraries, ayes 83, noes none To repeal an act entitled an act to create a school district in Marshall county.

SENATE, Jan. 31.—Ml*. Dunn introdu-" ced a joint resolution in favor of colonization by the general Government. Resolutions of inquiry wero offered by several Senators. Bill providing for criminal prosecutions, and to modify the Grand Jury system, was again discussed at length, and the bill finally recomiriitted, with the instructions of Mr. Dunn in favor of the present general laws on that subject. Mr. Crawford introduced a joint resolution in regard to the emigration to Oregon and the Pacific Coast. The files were gone through with, and the Senate adjourned over till Monday.

HOUSE.—The following bills were passed To regulate the mode of proceeding .against canal companies for not building or repairing bridges For the encouragement of Agriculture To make owners of dogs killing sheep responsible for the loss sustained by the owner of the sheep. The bill of the Senate to district the State into Congressional district failed to pass for want of a constitutional majority. Ayes 41, noes 39.

0^7- Our State Senate have agreed to adjourn on 2d Monday of February-. We doubt if they do it, but hope they will finish all business, and go home soon thereafter.

O^JF- The Homestead Exemption Bill has been defeated in the House of Representatives at Indianapolis. We are sorry for it.

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which the indictment was founded. This L^ ^L:T-r settles tb« question. Oar laws in relation1 D" ^e b. 8. Snpreme Conrt hasdeto retailing, are still in force with all their eided against the Wheeling bridge. Hospenalties.—State Sentinel. tilitiea will now commence in good earnest

between Wheeling and Pittsburgh.

Kj~ The trunk belonging to Kosstnrn was lost on his way from Harrisburgh to

2*one for The free banking bill has &»Lh Pittsburgh. It contained all his clothes,'-^Y~E »ro OR CUBING OUR «TOCFC Os DRY

branches of the Tennessee Legislature. besides several valuable articles.

THE AMERICAN SAIL0B.

The following eloquent extract is from a Jecent speech of Commodore Stockton, in the U. S, Senate, upon the subject of flogging in the navy.

The American Sailor has been my companion for more than a quarter of a century—through calm and storm, privations, sufferings and hungers. In peace and in war I have lived with him, and fought with him side by side, by sea and by landI have seen him in the Western ocean, where there was no night to vail his deeds 1 have seen him on the coast of Africa, surrounded by pestilential diseases I have seen him among the West India Islands in chase of pirates, his parched tongue hanging almost out of his mouth I have encamped with him On the California mountains and the plains of the Mesa I have seen the rays of the morning sun play on his carbine and boarding pitce I have seen him march one hundred and fifty miles through an enemy's conntrv, over mountains and through rivers *, I have seen his feet scarified by the projecting rocks as he hauled his cannon over the hills I have seen him with no shoes on but those of canvass made by his own hands, and with no provision but what he took from the enemy I have seen him plunge into the Rio San Gabriel, .and drag his guns after him in the face of a galling fire ?rom a desperate foe and, finally, nave laid beside him on the cold ground, when the ice has formed on his beard. Sir, his heart has beat close to mine. I ought to know him I do know him. And this day, now, before the assembled Senate ofthe Republic, I stand up to speak in his behalf.

He reminded the Senate that the Sailor had recently gained for his country an empire, added to her renown and greatness, and perhaps saved her citizens from universal bankruptcy and ruin. He asked what had the country done for the Sailor? When the fighting was over, the battle won, the conquest achieved, a «band of Mormons was sent to drive him from California and rob him of his glory. And now to cap the climax of his country's ingrattude, it is asked that he be scourged. They would scourge him for drunkenness when they put the bottle to his mouth they would scourge him for inattention to duty when injustice and wrong have made him for the instant discontented and sullen.— Not only was the sailor scourged when living, but he was doomed to a fellon's grave when dead. Mr. S. caused some documents to be read, showing the large number of Sailors who were' buried through want, &c., in burial grounds attached to prisons, &c.

The brightest pages in the history of the nation were adorned with the achicvments of the American Saiior. Whatever his country has done to disgrace her the only fault ever found with him is, that he sometimes fights ahead of his orders. He alluded to the achievements under Paul Jones and to the blow which first humbled the Barbarv flag, and drove it from the Mediteranean. as glorious instances of the conduct of the American Sailor. The victories of the war of 1812 and of the Mexican war, were also cited with the same vimv.

The house of Lewis and Bcardslcy, in Oswego, N. Y., has failed, it is said, for two hundred thousand dollars.

Anniversary Celebration. The Sixth Anniversary of the Mechanics' Historical Society, will be celebrated at the Universalis! Church, on Friday night next.

An oration will be delivered upon the occasion by WM. E. MCLEAN, ^sq. Subject—National Rectitude.

Also, an essay will be read by SIIKRIDAN P, READ. Subject—Europe Heretofore and Now. (CT The public arc respectfully invited to nttend, free of charge.. .1. JL. EDMUNDS,)

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R. McMtniRAY,/ Com. of Ar'otn, JAH. OKKY,

SIXTH LECTURE.

The Kixlh I.cctiirc of the courxc, brfori: tlm ''Mfrlinn*

Marshall ica' lliKtorical Society" will be cielivcrcil on Monday mid Tuesday evnningp next, at 7 o'clock, at tho Universality Church, by Prof. TWIXINO, of Cr»wforlHvilli\

Sunji' T—" The, Discovery and Power of SUam, and its Application to tho Engine. DTP A(lmi»*lon to a ningln IiCCturo 15 cr.ntc Ticket for tuo courno $ I.

JO3 I'erHonn having tickets will please prencnt them at the door.

(L7* We have been favored with the perusal of the following letter from California, which shows the value set on Cherry Pectoral in that distant portion of our country. It is sold there at five dollars per bottle.—Itottan Republic.

SAN FRANCISCO, 22d March, 1850.

J. C. Area, Esq.—Dear Sir: We have the pleasure to inform you, that since our advices of the 5th ultimo, we have disposed of all the Cherry Pectoral consigned to our House. From the benefit experienced by those who have used it, there has grown up here a confidence in the article which will insure you for this market an increasing and permanent demand.

The rapid changes of our climate from heat to cold, and heat again, induce, as might be expected, the afflicting and often dangnrous lung complaints. Many of these, within our knowledge, have been »o speedily cured by your Preparation, as to afford, as it were, immunity from their attacks.

We are daily expecting the next arrival, and would would advise the continuation of your. monthly shipments in larger quanties ,than hitherto. Yours, kc., ,-J

J. G. CRAM & CO.

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At the Brown House, on the 3rd instant, bv Rev. M. A. JKWETT, Mr. WM. R. MCKEETF, to Miss ELIZA JOHNSON, all of Terre-Haute.

The parties left on the cars as soon as the "nuptial tie" was adjusted, for Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Ac.

February 4,1&>2.

Borrowers, Take Heed.

The individual who borrowed a memoir of James H. Perkins, by Channing, in two voluroes, will please return it to the owner, whose name is on the fly leaf, or to this office.

House and Lot for Sale.THE subscribers have for sale a house and lot, very desirable for a private residence—the lot containing about fire acres, and situated

on the Bloomington road, a short distance east of the canal. THOMPSON & SCOTT,, Terre-Haute, Feb. 4, l852-8-3w

SALT.

AJfAWHA and L.ik« Salt always on band. GHOVEKMAX & BOUKNE.

Dry Goods at Cost. flcniroo* of ctufing our »toi fiOOW, and will dinpone of the in at co»t, forsS

GKOVKRMAK & BOUKSK.