Wabash Express, Volume 13, Number 11, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 February 1854 — Page 2

TIE WABASH 1XPM

E E A E

Wednesday Feb. 22, 1854.

J. B. L. BOTTLE,: 5: Editor.

The Wabash Express,

Is publishetl everr Wedne*dsjr, at i2 rear, iI paid \yithin three month* from ths time of subscription— ^t5 50, if paid witWjwsii WUiDi«—of- f3 WP1"11 **be delayed to tlie end of the year. ,» jit

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ev^fy" variety neatly and promptly executed.— i?i»rticular attention given to &ABD PRINTING, _J. "Tor which we possess superior facilitiea.

TTT* Advertisements inaerted at the oaual rate*.

8on

the fchorto*t ssUcs.

10* All kindv of JOB PKINTIIX'C done at the W'abadi KjLgrg!i%orncc,

*, REMOVAL. I The Wabash Express Printing Office is removed to Modesitt's building', third ^*tory, on Main Street, North of the ^Court-House. The rooms are very easy

access, the stairway^ being broad and perfectly lighted,. it .' vt»

'.""'Sleliriuiktt Ilcm#. 4 &*k}B

?Tbe position of Senator Clayton on the Isebrask* question, says tlie Louisville Courier, is ,nrftyetdefim^ely settled. Privately lieisdeclar'ed to be opposed to the abominable swindle, "and willing to stand by the North in resisting thin effort of a reckless presidential aspirant 'to disturb the peace of the couutry, that peace which wns so happily secured by the compromice measure of 1850, but ho sees 110 evidence |that the North intends to stand by herself, and says it can hardly be expected of him to sacrifice himself without being sustained by those for whom the sacrifice would be made.

The position of Mr. Cass has at last been defined. Ho will support the bill by a speech Sand by his vote, butthinks the introduction of ^the measure has been exceedingly ill-timed.— .Nothing Dew has transpired with reference to thecourso that will be pursued by Senators

Hell and feadger, and Messrs. Houston and Rusk are still quiet. A "Washingttft eorYcs'poridon't of the N. Y. '\flcr«ldf writing 'muter tinte of "Feb. 12th, stiites jlhat a change had corxio. over Certain northern members of Congress within a few days previous, which was observable on every hand.— '"The Nebraska bill," lie says, "in its p#sent. 'shape, is openly denounced, and members are now heard ridiculing the administration, who a week ago would havo considered such a oourtsc as high treason. Notwithstanding the articles in the Union in favor.of Judge Douglas' bill, it is by no means certain but what •he administration is on the cvo of tacking again, and openly coming out against the measure."

That erratic but really remarkable genius, Miko Walsh, in a letter of J'eb. 1Ith to the N. Y. Sunday Dispatch, declares that "Douglas, and all others who attempt to ride this new presidential hobby, will find their political necks broken long before the meeting of the next National Convention." And the N. Y. H-rald, in,republishing and commenting upon the letter says ', Wo inclinc to tho same opiuivu."

The Democratic Free Soilers of New York, with

John Van Burcn

their

head, are repre

sented to have made up their minds to insist upon such a modification of Douglas' bill as will extend the "non intervention principle" over all tho "territories of tho United States thereby meaning to include the District of Columbia, the people of which, they contend, have just tho same right to determine what "domestic institutions" they will have among them, as the people of any other territory.

Such a modification of the bill would work its instantaneous death. The people of Washington, if the question were left with them, would abolish slavery in forty-eight hours.— If the bill should bo so amended as to extend over tho people of th«5 District the "non-inter-vention principle," the whole South would rise in arms in au iustant, aud crush tho measure beneath its feet. rjju

U* Dr. Rice, of St. Louts, hits recently been challenged by ti company of transcendental spiritualists, of that city, to a

public debate on the merits of their preteh-j jle

sions a9 compared with the claims of Chias{towftr(is

tianity. IIo declined on the ground that

they had no S6ttl^a principles among them -1

selves, and with other reasons gave the

od, lh»t our sprawid iKturers general.

then, I might really be encountering Thos.

JOBX MITCJIKU..—The N. Y. True National Democrat aays of John MitchtU "Hchas discvisted his warmest friends. His •Cititeo' nit* become the jest aud bye-word of press. His Colly and vapid bluster, have the alienated fhun him the respect of lie Amricao poWic. "And, In after years, his fate «iU be poinWd to «K a lesson for the young, and a warning foist he inexperienctsi

The British Admiralitv nK^e given notice. that tf nothing definite be heard of Sir John Frnnklin And hts crew before 31 si! i?| March next, they will be considered as dead, anil their names be struck off the books of the navy. 3/i •stt "JC toirnnment to-eomfW at Tnlahassoc. Florida, on the of this month.

Ayonog l««ly givco to Urttk, aays' ahe oeret trila any tbiug except to two clafwe—- '"***. Ihx&o who auk

con. Now, I should hesitate to meet sue A scattered over an immense region, for men in debate,even when they are in this whom, all the machinery of Legislatures, lower sphere. I cannot, therefore, courts, and civil officers.involving great extho hnaard of mMUng llum after «,•)•

The St. Louis Intelligencer, announcing the probability" that the charter for the Atlantic and Mississippi Railroad has passed to its third reading in the Illinois Legislature, and will probably "became a *Law,'e±clAims:: "St. Louis will rejoice to add andther

(ltnd

so im

portant a road to her ad mi Able Byatem of Eastern connections. Terily '6ur State is rising." ,Now, this is realty laughable. Her system of Eisfern connections! What has she done CoWardsk them 1 A great indolent city, bffilt ftp in spite of herself, by the force of ciTctimRtances, the sun ancl moon and stars wouldn't shine on her, we fear, if it depended on her opening a shutter to let in the light. With a population of*some 80,000, she has done nothing for her own State in the way of railroads, excepting to creep out in one direction the length of a rope-walk or so.

We are glad the State is "rising," for it needs it but it will be boosted up by others without much credit to itself, unless a more liberal exercise of public spirit prevails—for which, we admit, the Intelligencer is an earnest advocate. «•«,. -5 i'-

O" Among the numerous ills that flesh

is heir to, by regular descent, is the moving of residences and places of business.— This, like all the rest, has its root away

back in Eden—for when "our great pro

genitor" forfeited his title to the Garden, he was obliged to move—'the first family

moving on rccord although it does not appear that they were much cumbered with

the transportation of goods and chattels since, according to Milton "They band In hand, with wandering steps and alow, Through Eden took their solitary way*" i%h Their unhappy descendents have ever

since been leasing and re-leasing, deserting old gardens and making new ones—all in search of a sunnier spot, and although some do at times better their condition,

none have ever got back to the old home

stead. These profound reflections have been

suggested by the extra labor and interwoven perplexities we have had in removing the office of the Express.:* .1#

We are now about settled in rooms much more conranrent than the x)ld^ready to toft-el the calls of Our friends, and fill, to

their gratification, all their orders frnd with the additional help in the mechanical department Vve baV\} arranged for, the

Daily will be up with the lark every ttiorning, or a very little thereafter,

TIT FOR t\r.—k laVge attti-Bedim meeting was held in the MtlseUm, Philadel

phia, on the evening of the 12th inst., at which .an address was adopted to be pre

sented to Senator Cass, Douglas, Mason, and Everett. The address condemns the opinions expressed by these gentlemen, in the Senate, in opposition to the senti

ments of the people so universally manifested, and very pointedly reminds the Iionorables that the people are the judg

es of their public servants, and not the public servants the judges of the people. That is a phase of democracy to wlmh we heartily subscribe, but which has become nearly obsolete even in the practice

of ihose who claim the name, par excel

lence. 1

ST. LOUIS RAILROAD.—According to the last St. Louts Republican, the bill to charter the Mississippi and Atlantic Road has passed the Lower House of the Illinois

Legislature, by a vote of 53 to 18. A test vote, it is added, has been had in the Senate, which is considered a very fair indi

cation of success. As the Terre Haute and Alton Road is now so far advanced, and its financial affairs are on such a footing, as to render its completion secure, there is but little doubt that the St. Louis

charter, so long asked, will be granted. It has always been our expressed opinion that whenever this point was gained, and

jlh

jie' State thus kept inviolate

tj)C

Alton Road, full play should

]]owetj

cftn no

following: *4. "lam not sure, that I should have fair seniors Everett, of Mass., and in sueh a discussion. I am inform-1

the other cumpany, as there

aoubt. that both roads ^11^ pay

Sm»h'"

ly m&iittms,*nd often speak as they are tho Nebraska bill, took the ground that pressed by the spirits. Whilst I mights there was no call, yet. for the organieation suppose myself contending with Mr-vl* -i

0f a

Jefferson, or Bonj Kmnklin, or Lird Bay. »s "*re "re O"1?

Conn., th«ir .peeclies agn.nst

Territorial Government in that coun-

cnn

600

wl",c.Pi rS°,"

provicied.

have been so long in a hijfher sphere—especially without previous notice/ jlhc measure as premature, and the advorr===r=====r= cacy of it as based on other motives^than -tET Tho Louisville Courier states that the tho8e professed. wjfe and tbrw children of Mr. D. W. Miller. tho Wnrtkrn of the Indiana Penitentiary, were poisoned with something they ate or drank for supper, on Monday the 13th inst. T^bey were attacked with violent and vomiting du*

—pains warned out of the town of West port, for fear

ring the night, and on Tuesday morning were he would become chargeable to the town.— quite low. Mr. Miller, himself, was not at! Gov. Clifford.'of Massachusetts, receives out home to suppo^jijxd cscapcd. The cook eRt-1 of Mr. Parker's immense estate, a legacy of ployed by him was one of ih*^prisoners in the $25,000 S i' Penitentiary, but whether he was suspected or not, has not been ascertained. -a*

Tbey denounce

ST John A. Parker, who lately died in New Bedford, Mass., leaving a, fortune of over a million of dollars, was, when a young man,

IT The CJentral Committee for tlie county of Vigo, appointed by the late Temperance Convention in this city, have selected as their officers, J. G. Stephenson, Chairman James Hook, Treasurer and £. £. Bassett,Secretary.

LiBKBAt-—A new Presbyterian church has just been erected in St. Louis, at a cost of $70,000, of which $40,000 were given by H. D. Bacon, of that city,

A Massapbusetls State Conwntiwn has been called at Faneuil Hall, Boston, on the 16th of February, for the purpose of pro testing against the Nebraska measure.

A Washington despatch says thai

ex-President Fillmore is about to be mar tied to a lady of large fortune, daughter of a dcceased U- S.^eerv

Pacific Correspondence. -----

in a

very

SHOALWATER BAY, }

"Washington Terntory, Jan. 2, 1854. } MR. EDITOR: I cheerfully improve an opportunity to drop you a few lines. Since I wrote yon from Ft. Laramie, I have finished my trip

through to Oregon, and found the last season

the most healthy that has yet occurred on the plains; so much so that I saw but two or three

new graves on the whole route. I arrived in the Willamette Valley on the 15th of August. The upper part of the Wil-

15th August. ne upper par, oi ine u-

lamette and Umpaqua [sic] and Rogue Valleys, I

I will turn your attention to a section of coun-

The health of this Bay cannot be surpassed.

One year ago there were but 8 or 10 white men on the Bay, chiefly oyster-men; now there are 200. The Indians around this Bay are of the Chinook tribe, a lazy, dirty set of fellows, living on fish and oysters. Some ten months ago a dead whale drifted ashore, and they lived on that a long time. They have slaves among them, taken in war. All the free Indians have their heads flattened to distinguish them from the slaves. This is done by placing the child's head between two boards and keeping it there till it grows very flat. The flatter their heads, the more honorable their rank. When an Indian dies, they plarce him with his slaves, dogs, beads, rings and pans in his canoe and put him up in a tree. Common laborers get now from $50 to $75 per month, and board. Mechanics, from $100 to $150 per month—boarding $7 per week.— We have had no snow yet, but several slight frosts.

Accept the best wishes of yours, A. B. ROBERTS. =====

O* The Cincinnati Commercial of the 14th, says: "A leap not much Itiss jjiSrilous than that of Samuel Patch, was witnessed on Saturday, the conductor and passengers of the Covington and Islington train. A young fnmier -woo walking across the bridge at Demoinsville just after the train had passed over, when the engine wns suddenly reversed and the cars were backed at a rapid rate. There was no room on the siilp britlge to otdiid butwoon tho edge and the cars the only alternative was to spring off into the creek running thirty or forty feet below. The young inan gave one look at the cars and instantly sprang over the side and struck the water feet foremost. The train was stopped, but to the surprise of all, the hero of the perilous feat came out of the \Vater, shook himself, and walked off whistling'Jordan is a hard road to travel, I believe.'".

D° The Danville Adverliser says that •'Chapman's Chanticleer is opposed to a prohibitory liquor law, as well as to every thing else." There is one thing it seems not to be opposed to, and that is the dissemiuation of intolerable vulgarity.

SANDERS* REJECTED.—The domination of George N. Sander3 to the Consulship at London, can\,e before the Senate for confirmation on the 14th instant. It was rejected by a vote of 29 to 10. The "old fogies." whom Sanders so unmercifully abased in »H« Democratic Review, found this a good opportunity to return their compliments.

During the past year, there have beeh incarcerated in the AJbany penitentiary. New York, for various offences, one thousand persons, male and female. Of this number, all but twenty-five have been confessedly intemperate, and trace their downfall to drunkenness. Of these twenty-five, fifteen acknowledged to the physician of the prison, that they have habitually used intoxicating liquors to the amount of from half a pint to a pint daily, and this they call moderate drinking! r*. v.

=====

Since the 6th of April last two hundred and forty six colored persons have been sent to Liberia from Virginia, at a cost to the State treasury of $5,800, being at the rate of four hundred and eighty persons per annum, sufficient, as supposed, to prevent any,, increase of the free colored population,

D" Vermont paper speaking of that State, says there is but one city in it and not one soldier. Mobs and theatres are unknown there—they have no police, and not a murder has been committed in the State within the last ten years.

fcr Re** S. G. Gassaway. Rector of St, George's church. (Episcopal) in St. Louis, was among the killed by the explosion of jhe Kate Kearney. ,t

Anew ordinance passed the City he replied that be penned sheep in the Smith Council last night, taxing Billiard Saloon* market. ft00. and Bowling Alleys $600, each.— Rather a choker.

L-mts, U* «rlt pAd of "i* 1feh±^ Jfew York history, inn keepers were fined if an Indian was seen leaving tbeir houses drank: aad the whole atzeet was boas* could not be Mtcrteincd

Important Decision*

An injunction has just been granted by ndge HujfTiNOTos of the tf. S. Dist. Court, sitting as a Circuit Judge of ths IT. S-, at. chambers, restraining the Terre-Haute and Richmond Rail feoad Company from paying, and the Treasurer from collecting certain taxes charged by the

of lhe

Auditor of State against said com

wu w&s filed QQ belial

f0f certain stock-

hdlders in the Terre-Haute and Richmond R. &. Co., who reside in the State of New York,

Ae 9aid cornpaiiy

1 ne

iii tu foression. "a st of all the stock in said comtrv that is comparatively unkh6*rta f6 the peo- i, M. .L rei. VL tanv and its value*' as ased in the 3id secpie of the States. Tnisis the Region of Shoal- pany, ai a K,t v. tinn i»f the Revenue fltt ox refers to what water Bay, which is quite a large body of wa- «on

chartered, transact-

busi

have not yet seen, but with their descnpUon Trrasurer of Vigo County. almost every one .s more 6r less fatAihar and

,1Css heve, and N. F- Cun-

l,,e Cl,ue

25 miles north of the mouth of the C6luft,hia sa.d company" represents the entire VAlfte river, being the outlet or six or seve* eobsid- of the Road and property of the company that erable rivers. Some of these rivers Attd creeks the stockholders of the company are thejwnare very fine, being skirted with beautiful prai- crs of this property in proportion to the shares r!« They are traversed Uy Indians, princi- of stock by them severally held, And that by pally, very few white families having settled on these streams to any considerable distance from the Bay. About this Bay is the most beautiful and valuable timber on the Pacific coast, and some day it is bound to be the greatest lumbering port in Oregon or Washington Territories though now it labors under the disadvantage of a barred harbor, like all the rest on this coast. It has been neglected by the Government—as it has never been surveyed, and of course no Government charts of the coast or entrance have yet been publi*h•ed. I believe it has never been put down on any map. Fishing, as well as lumbering, will,

P0""' -j

•,...

,n _•»„ ftiViVi 's known as shares ot stock held by the stock-

ter, 40 mileslong and frort 20 to 30 wuJe, form- ,i..» »I,. i.m «M».V ing an excellent harbor. Its entrance is aWut °f

the law, this stock was to be specilflcally taxed against the"company, and the taxes when paid to be deducted by the company from the dividends of the stockholder whose stock was thus taxed, according to the sworn statement of the Secretary of said

Company,

(its proper acconht-

ing officer,) made in precise conformity to the said 32d section of the act, the amouut and val ue of the stock of the company on the 1st Jan-

uary 1853, was $622,327,10, which

short time, become a very important conceiving the value of the property of the business here. The finest Salmon, Herring. company exceeded the amount and value of its Trout, and all kinds of shell-fi*h are fouad in stock, directed the Auditor of Vigo coui-ty to abundance. Oysters, Crabs, Quohogs and three different species of Clams abound.i

statement

cate and made the proper assessment of taxes thereon. Subsequently the Auditor of State

add $600,000 to the duplicate against said company and to assess the proper tax thereon, which direction was carried into effect by the county Auditor. This was alledged by the complainant to be an arbitrary assumption of authority by the Auditor of State, not warranted by the law—and the execution of it by

the county

The above is an abstract nf tho dccisirtrt— the question is o»ie of great importance not only to the State, but to the various Rail Road Companies «kc., and on the final hearing in the Federal Court in May next, will no doubt be fully discussed and receive that attention from the Court, which the subject so evidently dbniands.-^*

The case was^su'glted by fe. \V. Thompson Esq., in favor of tile taJt, and by Messrs Usher and Gookihs in opposition to it. '. fc&ft

D* The N. Y. Tribune, ariiong other Subjects of re/orm, has come out boldly against a new and very sharp antagonist—the Razor. It closes an article on brards, as follows: "But we say to Young America, in counting-houses and work-shops, never touch your beards with a razor. Despise the dictates of fashion, and let the hair of the face grow silken and soft, only trimmed by the scissors. Your health will be improvedf your teeth will be sounder your liability to colds and bronchial,and lung affections, will be sensibly diminished your convenience will be daily consulted your manly beauty*—no despicable thing, as it is the type of what ought to be the dower of every man—will be indefinitely increased, the true and poetical contrast to feminine loveliness, be once more secured, which is impossible under the starved, scraped, wiry caticatures which shavelings now present."

IE7* A Washington letter says, "the Nebraska bill will not pass the House without a discussion the mo-t brilliant, and exciting that has occurred for years in that body. Four months is a short time to be allowed for the full development of the energy, argument, and rhetoric of that House, in regard to so radical a question as that which is now presented."

D* The Boston Traveler learns that the flour

dealers,

or at least some of them, are reduced

to the necessity of receding from the high prices which they have attempted to establish for that staple article of food. It is stated that there are not less than one hundred and sixty thousand barrels of floor in the hands of dealers in that city.

O" All our dealers in Iron and Tin, would do well to cut out the card of CAMPBELL, Eutson it Co., in to-day's paper, and call on them when they go to Cincinnati. From a visit to their extensive Foundries, and their circular pamphlet, (which can be seen at this office.) we are satisfied that they can supply, on the most satisfactory terms, the best patterns of stoves, and the most snperior castings of all descriptions, to be found, perhaps, in the city.

LITTLE DOCOLAS, as they call him, the Senator from Illinois, has to stand upon a stool when he speaks and when he sits, it is upon an elevated cushion, so as to show his head above bis senatorial desk.—Jottrnnl.

His speeches sound very inoch like was-

thing standing on all-fours I or a an he re is ha tT A London witoess having described .q

himself as a "penman," Wis asked in what department of literature be wielded his pen, and

tJT A banquet in honor of Hon. J. J. Crit-

A has

bet^n

in lhe

.. ».»i House of Dt-leirales ofTiivitiia, to abolish appeared both AJSSIE KATKD and Bixsii-

gT' U5HCABD MUSIC, p^Tis not the outward e*r alone On which 'the Voice of music fills

And never hath its sweetest tune gee'n heard within cathedral wflB.

The clangor of tW martial ronjf, I The bugle's wild and thrilling strain •May make the fainting foeman atrongv

And well nigh animate the slain. Bnt nature's myriad forma and sound* All eloquent with music move And her ereat orchestra resounds

With endless canticles of love. 'There is a choir at eittlfc twilight That sweetly to my spirit sings

Oh! canitbe thecorains flight Of angels on their unseen wings—

"Sped from the distant depths of blue, Celestial solace to Impart, Breathin? ^olian sonnets through

The silent chambers of my heart? 1 know not whence those chords arise-, I only feel tbeirquivering play,

Blent in mysterious symphonies Unknow* to mortal melody.

was furnished the county Auditor who entered tho name of the company upon the dupli- Of SHAW, BUSX FC BARBOUR, Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods. 55 Pearl street:

Auditor under the direction of the

Auditor of State to be equally unwarranted. By the 86th section of the same act the county Auditor is authorized in certain enumerated cases, to re-examine the assessor's return—and to increase the assessment: and it was claimed by the Auditor of State in his direction to the county Auditor that said last named section authorized him as such Auditor to make the increased assessment.

But this is not one of the enumerated cases mentioned in the section, and it was held by the Court that the Auditor was confined to the cases there specified, that the county Auditor should act upon his own official responsibility, and not upon the order or any other officer and that the State Auditor had no power to control his action

The question whether the State has the power to tax the company for the bonds and mortgages of the company, or other indebtedness which it may haVe Issued or incurred was not before the Court, it not appearihg from the act that there had been any attempt to inflict such tax besides, the bonds of this and all other companies) afe subject to taxation tn the hnnda of the holders. The injunction only extends to the interest of the non resident stockholders.

Is it the music of the spheres, Time's ancient anthems, thus that roll From the great organs which he rears

Around the temple of the soul?

Is it the lingering echo, long From orb to orb harmonious flung— "the dying chorus of that song

The Morning Stars together su'Agt

Cincinnati Advertisements^ the attention of our merchants is called td the cards of M. F. THOMPSON fe Co.. Wfiolesata

Dealers in Hats, Ci^s and Straw Goods, 71 rinrch ihto Utah,

Of Jonx W. ELLIS tc Co., Wholesale Dealers

A Goon SAMATTITAS.—W"e ARE ftWare that it is awarding high praise to any man to apply to him the designation at the head of this paragraph. But no citizen of Terre-Haute will deny the justness of its application to SAMUEL DODsos, who is spending his time in literally binding up the wounds of the unfortunate by every way-side. For weeks, since the small-pox has been in town, he has spared no pains, nor exposure night nor day, to administer comfort to the sick and dying, and to bury the dead whenever that melancholy duty has been necessary. This he has done almost unaided and alone, and without the expectation of reward. We are happy, however, to learn that the City Council, on Monday night, appropriated $100, as a nominal compensation for his past services. We speak of this matter, that those services may be appreciated and remembered by tho community.

KF The N. Y. Economiit predicts, with good reason, that a general European war would lead to an increased loss of credit on the part of European Governments, and drive large amounts of capital across the Atlantic for investment in American, State, Railroad and other Stocks, ,i t-, yni

O® Niagara river, just below the Falls, is now bridged over by fth immense mass of ice, ^iled up tWcbty feet high, upon which foot passengers pass and re-pass. The frost and icicle scenery about the Falis is said to be magnificent. ». i...r

UNCLE TOM DEFERRED.—By Mdte received last night from ltdbinsoh, he informs us that the performance tif the Uncle Tom drafha in this city .Will bfe postponed till Monday, 6t.H Marf.h, blit. will then ?bntinue twelve nights. Sickness in the family of the,manager is the cause of the delay.

in Dry Goods all of whom offer, as we are f0deral representation. If these patriarchs inassured. extraordinary inducements to Mer- sist,ilp6n tarrying their institution intrt regions chants on the Wabash to purchase at their lafgC aud liberal establishments. ti&w*

The .New Yol'k tieraki saj's tiidlho less

tliart eieven VtSSfelS arb fluirig dut in- different ports of Cuba the coast of Africa, the object being to load and return with

negroes also, that seven vessels had sailed,

within six or eight weeks, from Baltimore. Boston and New York, with the direct in

tention of being employed as slavers.

BIT We acknowledge the reccipt, from its author, of a copy of the Nebraska and Kanzas bill, as reported to the Senate, with the pquent amendment. /iC1**

U* O no million two hundred and thirty thousand letters passed through the New York Post Office on Saturday, Jan. 21. It is said to be the largest number known to have ever been received in one day. f»aj'

Oy^Tnere were four hundred arid ninety-six deaths in New York last week. iff?

The Senate of Georgia has passed a bill to punish the keeping of fafo. or olher gamingtables or establishments. with imprisonment in the Penitentiary from one to live years —. iv

The Toledo Blade relates that a glutton of that place, named ERASTPS BEOWN. on a wager swallowed atone lime a peck of batter baked in cakes, a pound of butter and a pint of molasses! and closes with an N. B.. that mister Brown wisiies to obtain board in a private family. ffd

The heW steamer now building according to the plan .of General Norris.of Philadelphia. which is intended to make the run to Kut-ope id si* days, is reported to be sold to the Sultan of Turkey. The price said to have been paid is I $0,000. She is nearly completed, is 230 feet lodg triib 38 feet beam, 1.400 tons burthen, and Will draw but seven feet six inches water.

The Frankfort (Ky.) correspondent of the Louisville Cowrie in speaking of the prospects for a prohibitory liquor law in Kentucky, says: "A more decided anti-prohibitory Legislature could not have assembled had the mast discreet tippler used his best exertions to select them."

Kentucky will never have a Prohibitory «r and yet there is hardly another State in the Union which can number as many intemperate men in proportion

€onuvtssional Stems.

4,lf

which caQ

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 8 p. HI.

HOOSK—Went into committee on the homestead bill. Stephens, of Georgia, spoke in favor of the* Nebraska bill.

SENATE.—After two private bills had been ^pas&d, the Nebraska bill was taken up. Seward addressed the Senate in opposition Vo the bill. He made a long and eloquent speech in answer to Mr. Badger. He said the _honoraile and very acute Senator from North CaroYfna. JlVr Badger, has moved us most persuasively to waive our objections to the new irirttiple, as it is called, of non intervention, issufrrt^ us that the slave holders can only hse slave labor vchere the soils and climates Tavoir the culture of tobacco, Cotton, rice, and sngar^ to which I reply, some of them find these congenial soils or climate at the sources "bf the Mississippi or in the valleys ot the

Rocky Mountains. Why, then, does he want .i —:Ui of

.slaVery

lory, ind asks why not allow the modern patriarchs to go into new regions with their slaves, as their artcic'nl prototypes more toittfiYrtAblc And nApj the same time that this indigency will not increase the number of slaves.

I reply by asking first whether slavery has gained or lost strength by the diffusion of it over a larger surface than it formerly covered? Will the Senator answer that?

Secondly. I quite admire the simplicity of the patriarchal times, but they nevertheless exhibited some peculiar institutions quite incongruous with "modern republicanists, not to say Christianity, namely—that of a latitude of construction of the marriage contract, which has been carried by one class of so-called pat-

Certainly ^6 We Would desire to extend that peculi/tr institution into Nebraska. Thirdly. Slaveholders have also a peculiar institution, which makes them political patriarchs. They lectin five of their slave* as equal to th\*ee Tre'emen in forming the basis of

iiortft df thirty-six degrees, thiH milluttes, I respectfully submit that they ought to re-as sume themodesty of their Jewish predecessors, and relinquish this political feature of the sys tem They thus seek to extend will they do that

He closed at half-past 3 o'clrtck. At that part of his speech where hte sAia the "incoH sisttney and self-fcontrftdictioris cdhtillned in the prtptWs Of the eo'rtimiitbe on territories, hud destroyed all the claims of respect Tor theiii," there was great applause in the gttlleries.

Pettit got the floor and said he Wduld speak on Monday. Sumner said he also desired to speak on the bill, and would do so on Tuesday.

Bill postponed. Adjourned until Monday.

W A S I I I N O N Feb. 12, 1854 It is understood that orders enme out by the Arabia, for the immediate return home of all, or nearly all. the British ships of-wnr on this coast, in the West Indies and the Pacific.

It is now generally believed that the Committee on Foreign Relations will report unanimously in favor of Gadsden's Mexican Treaty, and the administration is confident of its ratification. Messrs. Mason. Douglas. and Rusk are strongly in favor of it.— Cor. of Tribune. 1

Good Enough to be True. 'The Lynn News tells the following story of an incredulous young man. whose father had promised before death, to hold "spiritual" communication with him:

The spirit of the old gen'.leman—who by the way. had been somewhat severe in matters of discipline was called up. and held some conversation with his boy.— But the messages were not nt all convincing. and the youtig man would not believe that he had anything to do with them.^ "Well,*' Says the medium. "What can yolir Talller do to remove your doubts?"

lie will perform some act which is characteristic of him. and without any di ruction as to what it shall be, I will believe there's something in it." '•Very well." said the medium. ''We will wait fbi" some rtlaniftislallons from the spirit land."

This was nd sooner Said than—as the story gdes—a table walked up to tlu* ydungman. and without much ceremdny. kicked him out of the roonl! "Hold on! Stop him!'* cried the terrified youth. "Thai's the old man! I believe in the rapping«!"

Our herd Has never since hau a dtsire Co stir tip the old gentleman. l—wcnirnit

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WHEREAS,

Advertiser.

to her population.—thnvtULe

One of the best double pons we have

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tendeu, given in Frakfort, Kyby the per- perpeUated by a clergyman. He had just eoual friends of that gentleman, on the even-

heard, says the Yankee Blade, was

unile(j

JD marriage a couple, whose chris

tian names were respectively Benjamin and Ann. "How did ibey appear during

the cen mony?" inquired aYru nd

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Wholesale Umbrella and Parasol Manufacturer, 234 8c 235, Broadway, MEW YORK. jg&Ss. THE most extensive in the World, j^Tv^is prepared to offer to Mer^j^chants the largest and most com-

lete assortment of Umbrellas and Parasols to found in Europe or America. Merchants visiting New York to buy their goods, are respectfully invited to call and examine the stock hefore purchasing.

N. B—Please cut this card out and put it in 'your pocket book for reference. JOHN I. SMITH, Manufacturer.

February 22, 1854-11 -3m

State of Indiana, Vigo Conntr* •*. Vigo Court of Common Plea*.

John Payne,,: petition for Foreclosure

D.virtV Wit™»] Mot,,,,,.

it appears by an affidavit of a

disinterested person, filed in rny office, that the defendant, David W. Wilson is nut a resident of the State df Indiana, fie is hereby notified, that unless he appear ill the Vigo Court of Common Pleas, on the first Mdnday in April next, that being the 3d day of the month, and answer, or demur, to the complaint of the plaintiff, the same will be heard And ad judged in his absence.

ANDREW WILKINS, Cl'k.

Gooicrxs A BASSETT, Att'ys for Plaintiff Feb. 22, I £54 11-3w

Taken Up

Michael Ward, ih Payette toWnsfaip. Vigo countv. Indiana, an Estray Cow and Calf, (the calf had sinee in hia possession,) and described aa follows: Red Cow with considerable white about the legs and on her hind parts, and marked with a crop and a slit, and an under-bit in the left ear. No more marks perceivable, &nd was appraised to thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents, by Edward Kennedy and Washington Ward.

I hereby certifv that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the Estfrty. taken up hefore me, on the 13th day of February, 1854.

PHlLlt* BOLTON, J. P.

true cony from the Record: ANDREW WILKINS, Cl'k. Feb. 22,1854 Jl-3w-pd

O O If S A S S E Attorneys at Law.

Owes removed to "Warren Block*' Over the Southern Bank. Feb. 22,1854-ll-3m fpd

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HISattention

tiring1 TheV

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Probate business in tlte Court of Common plea*, in the settlement df Estates, and to the, Collection of debt«. and such other business aa

he entrusted to him.

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JOHN W.

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Now is the time to save your Money.f YATES & LOWBRRBj

HPAKE pleasure Iii announcing to the citizens of Terre-Haute and vicinity, that they having bought the store known as "March Hat Store" are no\V prepared to furnish them with all kinds of Hats and Caps aud Gent's Furnishing floods thatcan lie enquired for, both wholesale and retail, and as good an article as can be got. in the state. They intend to be second to none of the Hatters west of tho mountains, in quality of goods and cheapness of prices.— They particularly invite the attention of tho conntrv Merchants, beinij certain that thoy can filf their orders to suit them. 1'or your own satisfaction call and see. Wo will warrant to plea-e all that deal with ns. Below will be found the li-»t. of prices both wholesale aud retail for Silk Hats.

RETAIL PRICES.

Silk ITats made to order bv Conformator, $5,09 not made to order and set by Conformator, $1,00 Silk ltats not made to order and not sat.

Number 1, $3,50 Silk llats not made to order. No. 2, $3,00 WHOLESALE PRICES. Silk Hats No. I Ex., pcrd..zen, $12.00 .. .. $:ib.no .. 2 "M*" $30,110 .. .. 3 $24,00

P. S. llats made to order short nnucc. YATES & LOWKRI115, 1'ract icnl Hatters, j-j No. 1, Modositt's Block, north of square.

Information Wanted!

UR friend, George Rcinhaidt, started on tho lith inst., for Illinois, on a hunting oxcitrsittn. He left, with the intention of sending home the game he killed. But as we have not yet received anything nor heard of his whereabouts since he left, we fear he ha* met With some'serious accident, lie is about six feet high, with sandy hair, and a youthful appearance. As we are prepared for tho worst, we shall be thankful for nny information respecting him.

In behalf of His nilitiferolts. friends. DR. SCUULTZ .. Feb. 22 iesi. ILF Exchanges please enpy^

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Lands and Pettsjtms procured for soli Idiers and their heirs, or invalids. 1"T Oflice at the late stand of the 'Express Printing Office, East of the "Court-House. &?!) February 17, 1854-dwtf

JOSEPH NICHOLAS. MIC1IAKL COMBS.

Real Fstata ami fJonpnl Asrncy Office. ri^HE undersigned have formed a copartnership for the purpose of carrying on a General Agencv throughout the West, and we have appointed OAVIDS. DANALDSOX, Agent at TorreH»ute.

The object, of this Agcncy is to buy nnd sell on Commission, Lauds, improved or unimproved. Farms, and City and Town property throughout the West. Also, to attend to the collect ion of debts, the payment of Taxes for non residents, and the redemption of Lands that may have been sold for Taxes in any bounty ill this State or Illinois.

The advantages of this Agency are. that efficient and responsible Agents have been appointed at all the Important places throughout th»» States nf Indiana ami (ilino!* and.each Agency will keep a record of all Lands.de* •crlbingminutely their location,quality of soil, buildings, timber, water and road facilities, aud also the schools, churches, mills, 4tc., in their vicinity that may be offered Tor sale in any county in either or the abo*? named States. Also, that one of the principal agent? will be always in the "field, giving his personal supervision to the purchase of Lands itrtd bther property that may be wanted, and bis personal at' tention to the disposal of all lands entrusted to them for sale.

Persons desirous of purchasing or disposing of Lands, Tanneries, Mills, Tavern Stands and City Lots, with and without Dwellings', ant! Village Property, situated in either thia or the State of Illinois, cannot find greater facilities to effect their object than by calling on the undersigned, as a minute description of all Lands and other property entrusted them for »al« in eiaher State, is forwarded to the several Agencies in each of the States, and all Lands, fce .ft»itsred for sale flt kll the other Agendo#' will be found in their register.

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NICHOLAS A COMBS.

OT Officc in Terre-Haute, on Market Street, E&S? of the Courts-House, at the late stand of the Express Printing Office.

February 17, Ii^4-aWlf

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