Wabash Express, Volume 13, Number 13, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 March 1854 — Page 1

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O" A great miM meeting without distinction of party has been held in Boston, for the purpose of deiioancing the Nebraska fraud.— The Madison Banner says that "on the 24th, a aimilar meeting, some four thousand strong, was held in Rome. New-York, The resolutions, which were passed unanimously, denounce, the Nebraska bill as utterly uncalled for, and a violation of a solemn compact They declare that the people pf tke North are j)iing ju

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constitution, but, if the present bill is passed, it will be on the ruins of plighted faith, and will create a determined hostility to slavery which will not be appeased until the last lim. its of the constitutional power have, been exacted for its overthrow. ai-of.

A meeting was held in Concord, N. H., on the 23d inst., at which resolutions were adopted informing Congress that the people there assembled -were freemen and in favor of the freedom of others, and declaring the most determined hostility to the passage of the Nebras jnf .neiifler" vM ka bill." *ha 'SiS,Z(SBil BJI83 »s! (W" jIMF.

DAHINO HIOHWAY RoBDKar.—The hew Al-r bany Ledger says: "On Friday night last, as Mr. Thomas Garrison was returning from the city to the home/ about one And a half miles north of town, he was throttled by two men, disguised as negroes, who demanded of him his money or his life. Upon his refusal to deliver up his money, he was knocked down by otic of the highwaymen, while the other proceeded to turn his pockets out, from which he took over three hundred dollars, with which the two decamped. The robbery "was com mitted in sight of the city, iti a thickly settled neighborhood, and is but another evidence of the desperate characters now lurking about the city. Men who carry money, should also carry revolvers, that ihey may be able to answer rationally the demands of highwaymen.

The officers are on the lookout for these scoundrels, and will yet overhaul some of them an,4 bring them to justice and the penitentiary,,,,' tir*

The Nebraska BUI.-

a/'Ion," of the Baltimore $un, hit the nail on the head exnetly in his letter of the 23d ult„ We givo that portion of it which refers to the Nebraska bill—its prospccts, and present effects. It is not often th.at.we meet with so palpable a "center »hot:" -The opponent" nf the NVbrnsfca bill are beginning to hp«f,rion0v alarmed le«»t. it should not pass. The failure, of the hill will be'the death of the most promising of nil the schemes' of anti-slaverv agitation ever yet formed. The repeal of'th*"Mrs««onrl restriction will bu with thnm, not peace, but. a sword. It will «erve^ them for a long conflict.

It has been hoped that the Senate would di«spose of the bill this week, but theve is very little prospect of that, at present. The rango pf the discussion is becoming wider, not only in tho Senate, but in she Houso.and in the Pre!^' and everywhere among the people. 1 here will be time enough for a full and deliberate consideration of all the questions connected with this measure for this season, is likely to continue till the leaves fall late in October. wswi«e

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-tin *M O" "If alf the dainty and hyperbolical expressions of flattery which Prentice uses in introdueiug his poetical correspondents, could bo collected in a volume and put to press, it would yield ft larger per ccntage of fencchnritioj matter than any other known substance. Here is the last drop which has exuded "Neither Sk Valentine nor any other saintl in tho calendar nor cither of the nine muses, nor the whole nine together ever inspired a sweeter piece of poetry than tins."

The poet's corner in tho Louisville Journal is a blossom on a thistle, and it is generally loaded down with calico butterflievg

Bio Iloa.—The biggest hog in the world, aavs tho Cincinnati Uommercitel,"inny now be seen at Capt. MARSH'S slaughter-house, on the Harrison turnpike. He has been exhibited in various places,.and is now drawing rapidly to the close of his career, as he is to bc.killcd on Saturday next, by undo George Bogan. His weight is said to be 1500 lbs. In stature he is tho peer of an ordinary ox."

QUITS A FORTONK.-—One of the largest diamonds known, was deposited on tho 6th of this month

the Bank of England, by a Lon

don firm, to whom it was consigned from Rio Janeiro. Its weight is 254 carats, and it* estimated value, according to the scale, is about i|iooe million three hundred thousand dollars." it is said to be of the finest water, and without

flaw,

and was foond by aiiegro slave who

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^PotTCrtt*© LXCTOR8T.-f*The Doff*lo Repofclican says:

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io frout of the Western Hotel, was accoftld by a rude young man, with the question, »Doe* ytur mother know you're oot The lit Ue fellow looked at the interrogator a moment while his bosom heaved, and tears gathered in his eyes aa he replied* 'Sir, mjr mother is

tr The City Council on To««d*y night authorised the Mayor to employ a night police, and we understand there were twelve on duty that night—and it is a little eariw» that before morning two Wildings were Burned down by Incendiaries, and several other# fired. Better hide thia town, nights.

OllTheoJora Parker said in hU"lfcU-Ne-bratka seraorn, that when we want a Pwi* dent, tb« South takes apiece of dough and W on

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'S ^'""'Hev, A. Wood's lecture.' _•': Ma. EDITOR —Istepped into the CourtSouse on Tuesday evening, to hear the temperance lecture by Aaron Wood Esq. (He abjures the title Rev. when lecturing on .polltifcixt subjects^ The. house was well filled, The lecturer bespoke the indulgence of his audience to allow him to treat his subject in his own way, and he ditC fldj TojiknoWr'what life, iray does not make a straight line from premise to conclflsion, but he has occasion for many a little digression as he goes along. He Could not "walk a crack," even in a temperance lectur£, but waved to and fro, making some very angular departures but it cannot be denied that the 'Squire sometimes, diverged upon the line of beauty n^aS)' r,' •'s.-ti*

His principal theme was the history of the temperance cause in Indiana. In this he easily held the interest ofliis hearers, for he spoke of what himself had seen and known..

H: "—Quorum magna parg fui ." '1 .1,'* He stated many strong facts, bearing against king Alcohol, and gave us many very forcible illustrations of his ruinous reigru He called up in array a host of the departed men of might of Indiana, and made them bear powerful tes tiinony against strong drink, their destroyer.

The lecture was uiiiqe, the 'Squire could not make it otherwise. He plied us with his quaint records written and unwritten", and gemmed his discourse with amusing incidents of real life which had fallen under his own observation. nth o&i 4tki »ds !u\wMpf SL

He closed witft "a Few eloquent periods'of great force, In which he bore the strongest testimony to the advantages of abstinence from intoxicating 'drinks in his own person. He condemned the use of them for medicine. He said, "I have traversed this beautiful valley, from the sources of the Wabash, where the lands have been dry since Noah's flood, to !ts confluence with the Ohio, and I have no more fear of the fever "and ague than I hafre of the gout and I have lived, without alcohol. My father and my mother have livfcd to be more than eighty years old and they have lived without alcohol. God has blessed me for the temperance of nry ancestors."

Alas, how many of hiis cotemporaries must tnke up the lamentation, "God has cursed pic through the intemperance of my ancestors!"'^

Let us cast the giant evil out, and give the generation* a space to recover. The enjoyments of (hd evening were closed by some very ingenious and very appropriate musical performances by the "Prairie Glee p. ,, :isw Qi a^ans ""iV tfq DMtWt ^o yi

O* There has been a horrible tragedy at Pittsburg, as we learn from the Gazette of that city On Friday, the 24th ult., Mrs. Cooper, wife of the janitor at the Masonic Hall, who has for some time been laboring under a hallucination that there was conspirncy to kill her, locked one of the doors of the kitchen of bor residence, and assailed her daughter, a *y6ung woman of twenty years of age," with an axu, inflicting a hideous wound in the temple of her intended victiaf.-^The ^irl"grappled with her mother,but the latter was frantic and too strong to resist. The daughter sprang to tho door which was locked, and then just in timo to escape instant death, fled through the side door leading into an alley. Mr. Cooper hearing the alarm, rushed into the house, and found that his wife had cut her own throat with a razor, severing several veins and arteries, but by chance niissingthe jugular vein.

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IT Patrick, of the Banner at Grccncastle, thought it uecessary.,ta_&ajL50rtiething in reply to our reproof about the railroad. We sce, however, that it is the same old indefinite charge re-rung, with the "exception of kicking the sick man out of the cars. If that charge is •correct, wo say, without hesitation, that the Conductor,or whoaverdid it, should have been kicked out after him. We give Patrick the credit of a good retort in his closing remark, which, as the letter-writers say, would be very

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IX It will oe reinembored that young Knapp was indicted soma mouths ago lor an alledgcd robfeery of the mail at the Post offico in thi« city—and was acquitted., A day or two since, the missing letter, -with tho money, was re turned from the Dead-Letter Office »t Washington. This fact should be made known wherever the accountof the arrest was published. In these times, when so many rogues go unhttng. the innocent should not suffer wrong ,, aw fully. I

PRK KMrTios C*WJfomiiAv^-We notice that a bill haSs p»sa«d Congress, extending the preemption right to lands in California two years from the preseutnaonth. During- this time it is supposed the survey of the public lands wtll be completed. Out of oror 93,1)00,000 of (vcres of land there, 53,000,000 acres are roi»«ral lands—S,000,000 cannot be irrigated, and therefore eannot be ouluvated,leaving but20,000,000 capable of cultivation. Ten or twelse by Spanish

raiHiouA. oC, these are claimed

grants*.

8T Wo are requested to giv* notice that a lecture before the -Graded School Temperance Society," will be delfrered by Mr. Ro*. tie Principal, this evening at the Seminary.com*

fully invited to attend.

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„dent aad Cabinet look very ridiculous, they Mr. Marcy thncdd^tak* care not to write Confidential letters to a »aa wheee mast^^foing to marry a sister-in-law of Bennett. 4

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O & Crane,'•hig, has been elected

Ur. fVssenden wai

arw» from Maine, to fill the p^ancy niade by Hie election of Mr. Feswnden to the T?ntten S a S a

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elrctiott to

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the Senate et*att*i

Ob, In tbic mocfciftg v»«rUI, The fte«4 our Toetal TfaMi iO*6 Wewwl bQp* of \ru«.o. "j

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U* Some of oar neighbors, aa *e ,vwe. wn-

are practicing pistol shooting-

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Another Fire!.

OR Wednesday night, about

o'clock, the

toivn was aroused by another Aldfm of fire, which proved to be the old Congregational Church which was partly destroyed last summer by a tornado. The fire cleaned .out nearly all the wood work that was. left inside the building, leaving the walls standing,but weak, and perilous to the crowds of boys who are running about it. A heavy rain a£ the time prevented one, and perhaps several other build? ings from burning at the same time.t

It is said that a dwelling house iu anotlier part of the city was set on fire the same uight. It is evident enough that ther$ is a gang of villains about, either resident or non-resident, who are bent on carrying out a bold ganpe for plunder. We deem ,it .of the rutmo't importance to catch a specimen, so that the people, or rather the law may have a chance to feel of him. For this purpose every stranger staying in town should be closely watched, ^nd every fellow who can't give a satisfactory account of himself should be pressed to remain on Market street till he can. Wlien things have come to this pass, that peaceable citizens find it dangerous to walk the streets after dark unarmed and after getting flome are liable, any hour of the nlgtit^ to have their houses burned down over their heads, it is time that extraordinary measures should be taken to purge the city of these lurking demons. If the authorities are at a loss what to do, we suggest Volunteer police,of vigilant and.resolute men who will handle the matter with iron gloves or better still, let us have the city lighted with $as.

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Among the modern inventions which may beput down as in bad taste, is the present style of making pews in churchcs. In addition to the penance which every man of respectable stature must suffer for want of a comforf^blp gupport to his back, it increases the temptation of the carious to surv ey .the congregation,and scrtftinfee tire cut of other peoples gar|Tients, equivalent to.a weekly mammoth advartising sheet for the tailors and dress-makers.

Bishop Burnet, a distinguished preacher in .Queen Anne's t)me, remonstrated with the queen against this habit of his congregation, and prevailed on her to order all the pews in St. James's chapel to be raised so high that the fair delinquent^ could sec nothing but himself when lie was in the pulpit. High pews afterwards came into general use. Sortie of the old puritan churches in New England still standing, have pews so high that nothing can be seen but the heads of the people as one enters the door. This rigid style was gradually relaxed, first by inserting'a neat s&t 'of banis ters in the upper part, through which the youngsters could ogle each other, and around which some roguish boy would occasionally tie the queue of & sleepy,old gentleman before hi in, to efijoy his surprise when the rising of the audience should wake him from his slumbers 1 St: JSiues's chapel "w'e doubt," never boasted lower pefrs than those now in vogtie, and with the return of the cause comes the returfi of the' effect, which the good bishop made the subject of his royal remonstrance.

l£f The report we made of t.hc 'a^duitrhftttt of a night watch, which has been called a false rumor," we received from head quarters. We don't want to dloltftiecSuse we like to respect the '"^/o^vers' that be but we fear we shall be compelled, byt-and-by, to give a chapter or twtf on the subject of municipal mice-hunting for it does seem to us that there is always an uftnsuaj amount of "fussing" about little matters, connected with our city government. We have two or three questions, in our quill, whjttled very sharp.1

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Not Quite Dead.

It has been the general impression, we believe, that Sebring, the cattle dealer, was not murdered, as represented in an anonymous letter, published sometime ago, but that lie absconded, and that the letter was intended as a public blinder. This impression receives confirmation by a pretty well founded report that Sebring was seen iu New York on the *5th of February In addition to this, we have had an opportunity of examining the bugbear letter alluded to, and of comparing it with Another manuscript written in Illinois, by whom we do not know, aud found the handwxiting of one almost a fac-simile of the other* liBut as "every like is not the same," no conclusive inference can be drawn from this

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We see says the Madisoh BnnneT that the New York Tribune is down upon the corruption of the members of the Hou?e of Representatives of, that State, and by *ay of retoft, that l^islative body lias passed a resolution denouncing th^ Tri bune. No doubt the law-makers arc *erdant enough to imagine that they will blot the paper from existence, but their! denunciations urill outy aiake it the more ibn^ht fbir', ^^ifitle^d, one of the members declared in a speech upon a resolution of excommunication* Public men miifbt just as veil, undertake to whistle down the wifld as to pat down a newspA--^rfc^ified% th« people because it ati54 mad verts upon their ptlblic aSls. They £THiW aaratosl a file.

oo THKT COKE ?—Grand pa

where dO the people get iheir^ Jashioas from? -Fn^m Boston.'* & 'Where do the Botttfft folk* get them fcottrt

it *¥rtm Engft»d.' *And-where

r. talk «bOut ifr.FUlttKB*** expected Mutit^^tlie Buifirfo Adttftieer pw««a»c«e to belWfoeiHl»d p«ec*ofgowip. -.

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JOrootcEr lo fljc u)l)ig policn, News, bommeree, Citeraturc anil ©oo& illoi'als.

®When descends orithe Atlantic The gigantic .i

""^tdWh-%fnd of theEqairioi^ Landward in bi9 wrath he scourges The toiling surges

Silver flashing

Till in sheltered coves, and reaches Of sandv beaches. "K^11

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SEA-WEED.

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Laden with sea-weed from the rocks"

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From Bermuda's reefs from edges^^' Of sunken ledges, In som# far off bright Arbrer From Bahama, and tho dashing,

•'V Surges of San-Salvador 3 »,"i

i' From the trembling surf, that buries The Orknpyian skerries Answering the hoarse Hebridesr

And from wrecks of ships, and drifting S'iVi "Spars uplifting v: 11 On the desolate, roaring seas Nr-r«

Ever drifting, drifting, driftiug f. On the shifting Currents of the restless main

f°un1 rep°se aea'n-

So when storms of wild emotion Strike the ocean Ji Of the poets' soul, ere long1^ From each cove and rocKy fastness,

In its vastness,

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Floats some fragment of a sotlg:

From the far-off isles enchanted, Heaven hits planted ». With the golden fruit of Truth From the flashing surf, whose vision rf.J BOJBD'0! Gleams Elysian SfelaiMjG ,tl£ 'tn the tropic clime of youth:1 'ha tioiitl

From the strong Will and the Endeavor That forever If Wrestle with. tlje tides of Fatesjt.v H'

From the wreck ofrhopes fai'-scattered Tempest shattered, Floating waste and desolate —.«•'

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Currents of tue restless heart: Till at leiigl'u in books recorded

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11. They like hoarded Household words, uo more depart.

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Benefits of Partnership A nobleman, residing in Italy, was about to celebrate his marriage feast.— All the elements were propitious except the ocean, which had been so boisterous as to deny the very necessary appendage of fi*h. Oil the very morning of the feast, however, a poor fisherman made his appearance with it turbot. so large, tlmt it seemed to have been created for the occa' sion. Joy pervaded the castle, and the fisherman, was ushered with his prize into the saloon, where^ the ayblt^uaji. ui presence of his visitors, requested him to put what price he thought proper on the fish, and it should be instantly paid him. "One hundred lashes,"_ said the tit-lier-man, "on my bare back, is the price of my fish, and I will not bate one strand of whipcord on the bargain." Ilie nobleman and his guests were not a little astonished, but our chapman was resolute, and remonstrance was in vaitl. At length the nobleman exclaimed, "Well, well, tho fellow is a humorist, and the fish we must havo, but lav on lightly, and let the price be paid in our presence.'""'

After fifty lashes had been"'ad ministered, "Hold, hold," exclaimed the h*herman, "I have a partner in this business, and it is fitting he should receive his share." "What, are there two such madcaps in the world exclaimed the nobleman "name hipi and lie shall be sent for instantly." ^You need-not go far for him," said the fisherman, "you w,ill find him at your gate, in the shape of your own porter, who would not let me in until I promised that he should have the half of whatever received for my turbot."— "Oh, oil," said the noblerhan, "bring him up .instantly, he shall tecefve his stipulated moiety with the strictest justice This ceremony being finished, he dis^ charged the porter, and amply rewarded t^herma,^^^, rv^T

^eniipcraiice Meeting.

44Yon

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do the Kngliah get them from?

*f!rom France.* ......

ea the Springfield

littd Jfi* Rafooad/ has been detected io etteoslw mail rtAberiea, which within the .-It feir mewthti hten eaoeeded^100,000.

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The friends of temperafnoe of this county, met at the court-hou#e on Wednesday last, for the purpose of ejecting an organization. Judge Farley was^gajjed to the chair and R. R. Ragan, Esq.. appointed Secretary. fiom-Rr Wt-4'hompson. of Vigo, was present and made one of the best and most effective addresses we have listened to for many a day. The courthouse' was crowded to overflowing. After the address, and the dispersing of the crowd, the delegates present from different parts of Mw»oun^¥» iB6t to complete an organization. The proceedings we did not take down as we expected them in full from the Secretary, but they have not come to hand. It was resolved by the meeting to hold a convention on the 4th Saturday in April next, for the purpose of nominating a tempCXftnwe.J4cketjbr the coming fall election ^—Putnam Banner.

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A Scrnpntom Wltnew.

An eminent lawyer was employed ifi an action againsttKe proprietors of a Rockingham coach. On the part of the defendant, the coachman Was caflerf?1-His examination in chief being ended, tie was subjected to the leaders cross-ex

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the French get them frotoT

•Why, right strait from th« devil?tbere n*#, stop your noise awd ^s to bed.*

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hand at the witness, and warned give a "precise Answerto every question. Aod riot to taik about what he oiigbt think the question tneafit. he proceeded thus:

drive the Rockingbaiq^poagli i1' "Mo, sir. I do-flot.'"-is^^Wh)*. man. did you not tell my learned friend so this morning?*' "r

you

Fr*ek*ovledgt

once more,

a poo your oath, do yon not^ drive the Rockinghara coach '\So, air, /drive the norsa.

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If roti desire to be released from a ra*b ?wMw —.. 0r0mi«e of Tnarmw, breathe tows of lote the di-n-.aleU the drearest, the drowsiest that ever drove exhausted toatureirom sofPerin^ into coottnaally afteT eating onions. .I^.^» a man a hundred,eves, like Argu» of old. Horace could dose them all in slurajWhatis tbe cheapest kind of loforma- ^r in an immensely short disquisition had a tion*

of course,. Awful!!

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Clippings from Telegraph Items.

NEW YORK. March 1.

The Boston steamer Andes from Liverpool arrived here this morning. The Governmenthas chartered thirteen ships td Convey troop's to' Malta.

London, 13tn.-"-Foreign wheat held firmly, prices unchanged. Advices from Krajori state thit bad weather alone prevents the Russians from attacking

Bread stuffs were unchanged?'^

Lord Russell stated the arrangements that had been made between the French and English ambassador*, as to the course to be taken by the combined fleets also that the government had no reason to be dissatisfied with the mission of Count Orloff to Russia the object was to secure the neutrality of Austria, in ctise of war, but it had failed.

Vienna dates of .the 14th give the details of a conflict at Gtiirgevo, on thel3tli of February. Eight hundred Turks, with eight gunboats and four sailing vessels, crossed tne Danube early in the morning and landed near the quaran tinp buildinsr, arranging themselves in the line of battle. Two battalions of Russians opened a murderous fire lasting three hours, and finally forced 4.he Turks td retreat to Rutschuck. The Russians also suffered severely.

The Andes passed the Cambria, on the 15th. going into Liverpool. Ship Mary J. Sterritt, of Rockland, frorrf N. York for Havana, was fallen in with on the 1st February, in a sinking condition, her crew taken off and carried J.o Liverpool.

PITTSBURG, March 1.

River 9 feet 5 inches and falling. .-Weather clVar aud pleasant.

,t- CINCINNATI,

Wicly

March 1,8 p. m,

The flour market opened dull, but closed firmed under the advices from Ensjland—250

at 6J packed 100 bbh» mess pork at $12,00. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28. FIOur«T,WiSt3.aw^orn4 Jnrge refiei pts and heavv tlecliue~*3O,000 bushels soTjT at, oats ilnil pork dull at $13,2501M,50 bacon sides 7i nmlasseu 17J sugar Rio cofl. e—• 3,000 Ws sold at lOigll hay unproved and sells at $68 excliansje on New "V ork dis.

WASIHXOTOX, March 2.—Mr." Clayton spoke in favor of the Nebraska bill, and argued to show the unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise, and produced numerous proofs to show the North had repeatedly, on former occasions, rejected propositions made by the South to run the Missouri line Westward thro the territories, lie luul nut concluded when ,the Senate adjourned.

GaEttsJ os PETTIT.—Our Senator has lately distinguised himself by a noisy tirade in favor of repealing tho Missouri Compromise—a position exactly the opposite to that, the man occupied five years ago. In the course of his ranting, he Said the sentiment in the Declaration of Independence, that all men were created equal, was not true. Greeley thus notices him: 'That is a self evident lie,' responds Pettit, *f»r negroes are not my equals.' But, Senator I who constituted you a judge in the premises We challenge your right to decide authoritatively in the premises, and thereupon doom millions to perpetual servitude. Unite in establishing an impartial and competent tribunal, and we will undertake to produce American negroes who are intellectually as well as morally your superiors,—who were who were never regard-

arunk

iog held up the fore ti ge r^ fed by their neighbors as blackguards and

who would b-.' recogniaed by gentlemen anywhere as immeasurably ahead of you in every •manly and estimable quality. Dare you abide the ordeal 1 But we waste time on the impudent sophistries aad «haroelese villainy of thia deraagogoe. Let him sink into the oblivion thai befits him so soon a* the public cau suppress the loathing he haa temporarily excited."

HOS-ICE GWERRR'A ORATORT.—The New Orleans Crescent lhut graphically describes the character of &»ra«*<*re«4ey'moratory:

Forth* gods (heedful of tbe mischief ifl

fcitft.) Have happily made Horace an orator, *t, ibi

ra«n

a eeatety of •»*, he »«1i *»jh bot

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ADDITIONAL BY THE ANDES. BOSTON*. March 1,8p.m. Great excitement prevailed in Lombardy. Rodetskv had issued a proclamation to arrest all persons spreading false reports.

Much excitement also prevailed throughout Italy. i' Ten thousand men are marching against Sakatila, an important military frontier of the

Russians. The new reform billVas introduced into the House of Commons on the 13th by Lord John Russel. The details of the bill are distasteful both to the conservatives and liberals.

O" In the late speech of Senator Sumner, agaiust tho repeal of the Missouri Compromise, we find the following eloquent passage: "But it is suggested that slaves will riot be carried into Nebraska in large numbers, and that, therefore, the question is of small practical moment. My distinguished colleague, [Mr. Everett,] in his eloquent speech, adopted this suggustion, and allowed nimself,^while upholding the prohibition, to disparage its importance in a manuer, from which I feel constrained kindly, but most strenuously, to dissent. Sir, the census shows that it is of vital coJiseqnsiice. There is Missouri at this moment, with Illinois on the east and Nebraska on the west, all covering nearly the same spaces of latitude, and resembling each other in soil, climate aud production?. Mark, now, the contrast! By the potent efficacy of the Ordinance of the North western Territory, Illinois is now a free State, while Missouri has 87,422 slaves, and the simple question which challenges an answer is whether Nebraska shall be preserved in the condition of Illinois, or surrendered to that of Missouri Surely this Cannot be treated lightly* But for myself, I am unwilling to measure the exigency of the prohibition by the number of persons, whether many or few, whom it may protect. Human rights, whether in a solitary individual or,a vast, multitude, are entitled to an equal and unhesitating support. In this spirit the flag of ourcountry, only recently, became the impenetrable panoply of an unknown wanderer, who claimed its protection in a distant sea rtnd in this spirit. 1 am constrained to declare that there is no place accessible to human avarice, or human lust, or huinati force, whether in the lowest valley, or on the loftiest mountain top, whether on the broad flower-spangled

SIountains,

WASHINGTON-, March 1.

A bill granting land to all States for the. benefit of indigent insane persons, was taken up and after dehnte. postponed.

The Nebraska bill was then taken up.. Clavton spqke in favor of it. IfotsE—Resumed the consideration of the motion to refer to the committee of the whole the Senate bill granting lands to Wiscousiu for railroads.

Disney, of Ohio, spoke iu support of the constitutional right and policy of making such grants for that object.

After some discussion, Jones, of Tennessee, moved to lav the bill on the table. Disagreeed to.

The Speaker announced that the time had arrived for the election of a public printer. Mr. Orr nominated A. O. P. Nicholson, editor of ttie ITiitan. ,•

Chandler nominated Joseph Gales, editor of the Intelligencer. Various other notninations were made,'

Nicholson rcceired 122 votes. Gales received 48. There were .13 scattering vote?./

Nicholson was declared elected/ "to t? -'J "-TU

March 1.*

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It is confidentially confirmed that a manifesto, signed by Nesselrode, is shortly expected at Vienna, in which the Czar will announce to the world his final intentions.

A camp of 40,000 men is being formed on, the sea of Marmora, near Constantinople. Gen. Gayon has commenced offensive operations in Asia against Russia.

Kalafat i» nvested by sixty housand Rus sian troops. Tho Czar has given orders aevt-tery fort to drive the Turks out of Lesser Wallachia with out further delay.

Paris Bourse very fair. &•**»<**- The report that the Emperor of Austria had declared he would make common cause with the western powers if the Russians crossed the Danube, produced aii important rise in funds

rairies, or the snowy crests of the Rocky where the prohibition of Slavery, like the cominandmeuts of the Decalogue, should not go."

TW3n a &*<««»•. =r»tf «. iiteM.lit inCANAL TOLLS.—The Evansville Journnl complains that the Wabash aud Erie Caual, from which so much business and prosperity was expected by that city, has not yet met the anticipations of thi people. The fault is attributed, not to the canal itself, nor to the busincsss of the caual, but to the fact that that end of the work has been neglected. The rate of tolls below Terro-llaute, it is said, is entirely too high, and a roduction is called for, that the lower end of tho canal may enjoy equal footing with the rest, and confidence in the worth and ultimate value of the work, which tho editor says is now lessening iu that city, may be restored. "u,,i

CP Cords of brick are piled up in all parts or the city, indicating a large increase of building the coming season. Many frame buildings will also go up. It is not improbable that some thousands would be added to our •populanlmi hvi-!"S nnotK»» 7»ri 1#- -tirone—were places to put them. Scarcity of dwellings and enormous rents are a great drawback to our prosperitv. Sonio of the meanest houses iu the place are now renting for a price equal to the fee-simple value of the old shells. If Diogenes was here with his tub, ho could rent it to three familiesT' Tlie anticipations of rapid increase of population will not be reajjzed till somebody embarks more liberally in the building houses put up to-morrow, would hardly supply the immediate demand.,,

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O* The clcver Paris correspondent of th New York Time*, gives the following description of the official journal of Russia. Judging of the slate of civilization by the character of the newspapers, which is an excellent method, it will take Russia some tirneto catch ^iip^with the "rest of mankind": "The reading rooms here havo, many of them, subscribed for the Journal de St. Petersburg. This sheet has four pages, and when «prcad out is about the size of a small pocket handkerchief. It is printed in French, has a fneilleton, a bulletin of the cholera, noc a word about the war, except that it is horribly

unpopular in Franco, has a London department a Paris department, with extracts from

show

has been

JoKrnal

Terms per annaiii, in advance.

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vol..

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rative of the lofes of the Staffordshire. The word his, when referring to the Czar, is printed with a big H."

O* The Nork York Tribune my* that Mr. H. Grinnell, associated with Mci&rs. Corning. Richmond, Governor Hunt, J. L. Schoolcraft, J. S. Wadsworth, A. C. Flngg, Peter Cooper, and others of New Yrk, Corcoran, of Washington, Vinton, orOhio, McLean,of Bnltimore, and other meu distinguished as capitalistR, tire making application to the Wisconsin Legislature, for the charter of the. Atlantic and Mississippi Railroad Company, with a capital of $50,000,000, to build a railroad from any point on ths valley of the lakes, the Mississippi, or Gulf of Mexico, to the Pacific ocean. Tbe bill also provides that tho Company have the privilege of doubling its capital 'f„ '•$ i..

IX The March number orf Graham's Magazine has been lying on our table for several days. Tfiis popular ttorlc, in its style of exe

cution,

and the value of its contributions, is still reaching forward. This number contains the second article of Headly's Washington, with a beautiful full length portrait of the General at 40 years of age, aud is otherwise handaomely illustrated.

$J" The State Sentiuel. iu its nervous fear about the Temperance reform, is still boisterous in urging that tbe question be settled by the people at the poUt—voting directly "For a prohibitory law, (or) against a prohibitory law." This, the Seutinel thinks will relieve tbe question "from tbe hazard of political carding-" 2*ow every half grown boy knows that this kind of ballot-legislatiou affords a

better field for political card playing than any other and this

of 'democratic fairness"

proved

again and

again

all a

sham: By the Sray we have looked in vain in the

for a reply to the questions of

Young America" in the Prairie City, and as tit* Journal copies the argument* of the Sentinel, we are left to wiier that

it inlends

in the furrow of that party plow.

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A Washington writer «*ys the longer the pr»jectof Deugtatf discussed in Congress, the more it Is disliked and feared that there evidently

a wtnt of sincerity on

the part of

it* advocates, and that most of tbe Senate are inclined to do as the boy advised Clay d® when heiot tho goat by tbe horns—'"Utgaend ramUkeNaam.v-'r

noTTs.

O* A strong company of capitalists, principally in the New England States, is forming for the purpose of constructing a Pacific railroad on the Northern route, with it* Eastern terminus at Chicago," •, .* "%I

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ORAWRONOSMIX RAILROAD.

—The Vincennes Gazette reports this road, which is now finished from Evansville to that place, as doing already a much better business than was anticipated. The receipts, for the week ending Feb. 16th, were $8,Sbl,3Q. ,n•

O* For Public Documents tre are indebted to Hons. S. A. Douglas, J. O. Davis, S. "W. Parker and J. L. Dawson?

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!E7*While a temperance meeting was"in*session in Franklin, Floyd county, last week, the outsiders rotten-egged the horses and saddles. The Chanticleer, we presume, circulates iu that county.

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O* A Buffalo paper, speaking of the icebridge over Niagara river and the wonderful frost scenery about the falls, says that thoso who have visited Niagara only iu the summer season, have beheld but half the beauties Jf the cataractiMk**^ 11

O* A barrel was lately landed at Madison, marked "alcohol," but was found to contaiu

dead body with marks of violence upon it.

lET Jons HAWKINS, we sec is about to return to this State to lecture in behalf of a Prohibitory Liquor Law. Five appointments are alrendv published. He will speak in Indianapolis on the 15th inst. lo a hs«KI lifcal t# »Au American TradlUon,"i i«'i'

One of the most interesting incidents in the early history of New England is the deliverance of the frontier town of Hndley from an attack of a barbarous native tribe. The Indian war of King Philip, the saddest page in the annals of the coloniea— had just commenced and the inhabitants of Iiadley, alarmed by the threatning aspect of the times, had, on the first of September, 1675. assembled in their humble place of worship, to implore the aid of the Almighty, and to humble themselves before him in a solemn fast. All at once, the terrible war-whoop was heard,and the church was surrounded by a blood-thirsU* band of savages while the infant, the agea, the- bed-ridden ulV wYiu lrad been unable to attend service, were at the mercy of the tomahawk and scalping knife. At that period, so uncertain were the movements of the Indians, that it was customary for a select number of the stoutest and bravest among (he dwellers in the frontier towns to curry their weapons with them, even to the house of prayer and now, in consternation and confusion, these armed men of

Hadley sallied forth to defend themselves and families. But, unfortunately, the attack had been loo sudden and well-plan-ned the Indians had partly gained possession of the town before they surrounded the church and posted on every spot of vantage ground, their bullets tola with fatal effect upqn the bewildered and disheartened colonists. Att this crisis, there suddenly appeared among them a roan, tall and erect of stature, calm and venerable in aspect, with long grey hair falling on his shoulders. Rallying the retreat, inif townsmen, he issued brief and distinct orders in a commanding voice, and with cool and soldierly precision. The powerful influence which, in moments of peril and difficulty, a master mind assumes over his less gifted fellows, was well exemplified on the occasion. The stranger's commands were implicitly obeyed by men who, until that instaht. had never seen him.— He divided the colonists into two bodies placing one in the most advantageous and sheltered position, to return the tire of the enrmy.nnd bold them in check, while the other by a circuitous route he led under cover of a dense smoke, lo a desperate charge on the Indian rear. The red men, thus surprised in turn, and placed between two fires, were immediately defeated and put to flight, leaving many of their painted wftiriofs dead upon the field and the town of Hadley was thus saved from conflagration,and its inhabitants from massacre.0 The first moments after the unexpected victory were passed in anxious inquiries, affectionate meetings and heartfglt congratulations then followed thanks and praise to God, and then the deliverer wag eagerly sought for. Where was he All had seen him an instant before bat now he had disappeared nor was he ever seen again. One or two among the people could have told who he wa«, but they prudently held their peace. f'

Amid the dense forests and mighty risers of America, the btern piety of the Puritans had acquired an imaginative cast, almost unknown to the mother country and thus, unable to account for the sudden advent and disappearance of the delivering stranger, the people of Hadley believed tfeat he was ftn angel sent from God, in answer to their prayers, to rescue them from tb£ heatben ehemy. With the traditions of the Indian war of 1675, that belief has been handed down to our own dar and it was only a few vears ago, on the banks of the pleasant Kennebec^ that ft fair descendant of tbe redoubtable Captain (Jhurcpretated to the writer the foregoing legetiti as au inrffsputable instance of a supernatural ^J&pensatkra ©f Provi

The story, however, historical fact, and latterly embellished more than one popular tiictwu. Sir Walter Scott, who allowed liule io escape bim, alludes it in "Peveril of the I'eak Cooper has made use of it in "Tbe Borderers and -Oliver Newman," the last poem of Soutbey, is partly founded on the eventful history of William Goffe, the delivering angel of tbe inhabitunts of Hadley.

CT Another fin yesterday for«ooti—Carriage shop of Scott A Sao ford consumed,

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