Wabash Express, Volume 19, Number 18, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 April 1860 — Page 2

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Republican Slate Ticket. TO. G0TK&90K, HENRY S. LANE, of Montgomery. FOE LIETJTXSAXT GOYXaSOR, OLIVER P. MORTON, of Wayne. 0a SICeXTIeT OF STATE, WILLIAM A. PEELLE, of Randolph. ' ; FOK TIXASni OF 8TATX, JONATHAN S. HARVEY, of Clarke. rot. AUDITOR OF STATE, ALBERT LANGE, of Vigo. TOR ATT0&5XT GEXEBAL, JAMES O. JONES, of Vanderburgh. rox, xipoxTKt or srrazxx cockt, BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Marion. FOX CLXXK Or 8CTRIMX COUXT, JOHN P. JONES, of Lagrange, rox scrxxnrrxxDXTr or tcblic isstkcctios, MILES J. FLETCHER, of Putnam. O. P. Morton's Speech. We can supply .Mr. Morton's Speech in pamphlet for 5 cents each ,$1,25 a hundred . or $10 per thousand. It is a Speech that ought to te circulated extensively among the people. The Result. ' We gire, ia another column, the official rote in this township. It will be seen that the entire Republican ticket is elected, with the exception of one constable . This is a glorious triumph for Harrison Township, and the increased majorities show the rapid adrancement of the right. Terre Haute is henceforth a Republican city. verv rTatifvine. The contest was a warm one, and the rarty lines strenuously drawn. The Democracy was out in all its force, and the larc rote polled proves the interest of the occasion All was done by onr opponents that they could do, and the handsome majorities for ur ticket is, therefore, doubly encourag ing. We will endeavor to give, to morrow, the returns of the different townships. Up to going to presa we can hear but little definite. So far aa we cao determine we think the Republican rote of the County is largely increased. Ererythinj is encouraging, and Vigo County will soon be redeemed from the . misrule and corruptions of the disunion Democratic party. Hardly, in tbe history of this city, has there been a political triumph so encouraging as the one achieved on Monday. It is the glorious foreshadow ioe of what will take place in the coming rwohr in.4 November. Let the risht al ways triumph. U Our neighbor, in order that he may compliment the Hon. John G. Davis, builds up a raaa of straw, and then is facetiously for'.unate in demolishing it. He sajs a "report has received circulation that our member of Congress had written to some gentleman at Brasil, urging him to circulate Seward's speech among the people." As a man this would have been one of the most manly acts of his life, but as a politician, the which Mr. Davis is, no living mortal would ever suspect him of doing it To throw light and knowledge broad cast among the people, is not one of the tactics of the Democratic party, and to place in the hands of a Democrat so masterly an argument as the great apeecb of William H. Seward, would be an offence, for which there is no atonement, in the Democratic dispensation. The Journal, however, denies this charge against Mr. Davis, and we suppose he has therefore never been guilty of the offence. But the article in the Journal in relation to this matter one of great and stupend ous conciliation. It is conciliatory on a magnificent scale, and does immense credit to the forgiving qualifications of Grafton F. Cookerly, Esq. It saya : "As one who wishes the success of the Democratic party in i860, we are determined to draw the veil of oblivion over tbe past, forgetting in our great desire to see the Democracy triumphant that we ever had any quarrels or differences of opinion. Let this fecliog animate us all and we will have no trouble in beating down the enemy - in the future, both in this county and the Congressional District." That means that the editor of the Journal has revolved to forget the difference between the doctrine of "Popular J3o?erignty,"as advocated by Mr. Douglas, and that which says the people of a Territory have no right to a voice in the formation of their domestic institutions, as advocated by Mr. Bachanan. It means that the editor of the Journal is willing to go Douglas ca a "Sovereignty" platform, or an Administration Democrat on a Pro-Slavery platform, just as the Charleston Convention dictates to him. It means that he is williug to Ioe all his individuality, all his personal identity, all his manhood, all of himself, in order that the spoils of office . be retained in the Democratic party. In his "great desire to see the Democracy triumph," be is determined to "forget." Forget the great principles which have for years distracted and divided the party to which be belongs. Forget principle; forego the right; forget truth; forget all, for party. Well, a short memory is exceedingly convenient oroetimes. If the Charleston Convention nominates Mr. Douglas and places him upon a Popular Sovereignty platform, then the editor of the Journal throws up his hat and kicks it while in the air. If, however, that Convention nominates a Pro-Slavery Democrat, and places him upon a slavery extension platform, then our neighbor, equally jabilant, performs the same gymnastic feat. H will, "Ex neeettUate rei," forget most splendidly. If, ia crder to succeed in the coming Presidential campaign, the editor of the Journal is forced to become oblivious, we would recommend the immediate organisation of a forgetting class, in which each ciember is required to lay his band upon bis beat, and like the old Roman, say, "Id mihi proreu excidit" I have entirely forgotten it. Hranaicxs XJocktt CoL Lane addressed the Republican Convention of Hendricks county, at Danville, on Saturday last, in one of bis most effective and cheering speeches. A most excellent and invincible ticket was nominated for county offices and Representative. For the latter office we are glad to see our excellent young friend Jame Burgess, Esq., was nominated by acclamation. A Vetter nomination never wan made. His lection is a foregone conclusion. Hendricks county will give a largely increased majority against the Disunion Democracy ia October and November. 17 The Journal is crowing over the election of Judge Chamberlain in Lost Creek Township. A few years ago tbe Journal called the Jadge,aod those acting vr'.lh him, "midnight assassins," "Plug Uglles," and such like. Consistency. DaowsiD. We are told that a man was Aoid flosling .on the river, near ibis city, yesterday. We could get no particulars,

The Mississippi Valley rhjrsleolly Considered. The Mississippi Valley is no ordinary structure. It a lords the student of Geology a rich raineral field for exploration. The gorges and deep ravines made by the Ohio and its tributaries afford access to its various strata, and the cats made by canals and railroads have giren additional access to tbo n:ther earth. Let us take cur 6tand on the top of the

Alleghany.Mountains, and look Westward. Our stand poi et is in the midst of un stratified Granite, which crowns the mountain top, and lies in wild confmion, clearly indicating an upheaval from the depths below that they were not made there. As we advance Westward, in the line of Pittsburg and Richmond, Ind., aud lhet.ee through Indianapolis to the Mississippi, we will find above the Granite bed 1. The Grtwake. 2. Lower Silusian, (Blue Limeaioue.) 3. Upper Silusian, (Cliff Limestone ) 4. Old Red Sand Stone. 5. Carboniferous Group. 6. Drift, (clay, sand, gravel, pollers' clay, blue dny. boulders, Ac) The carboniferous group, embracing the mountain lime atone, soft sand stone, three or four coal seams, new red sand stone. compact lima stone, shale, fireclay, etc., overlaid by drift. This will, perhaps, be found a general outline of t.he stratified structure of the Mississippi Valley. It will be found much disturbed in many localities, and in por tions of this line but few of these strsta ap pear. As we lesve our stand on me mountain . a i 7 top and go Westward, we will find these strata dipping into the earth that is, crop ping out Eastward, and at the surface, successively giving place to each other, in the order above. Their angle with the horizon diminishes as we advance, aud not far west of Whseling they find a level, and then gradually rise and successively crop out, until oil the coal fi Id becomes lost a tittle West of the Sciota. As wo cross the meridian of Cincinnati in the vicinity of Eaton, we find ourselves upon the Lower Silusian lime stone, (blue lime stooe,) filled with a congeries of innumerable fossils, in which coral, orthoceras, the cyathophilum, atropa, Ac, Ac , are profotely embedded in tho am tomb, and exhumed by time, to tell the observer of the wonders that lie hid among the rocks, as a record of ages that are past. Here evidently is the top of an upheaval, but not sufficient to make a mountain range or, if at the time sufficient, the granite that lies erabelded beneath was not permitted to break through, and leave an indestructible covering, which will not wear away by the powerful agencies used in the operations of nature. As we advance Westward we find the Upper SJusian or Cliff lime stoae appear ing East of Indianapolis, followed by the old red land stone, which gives place to the mountain lime stone in the neighborhood of Greencastle, and is we enter Parke county, Ind., we re-find the lost coal seams sand stone, shale, iron ore, fire clay, Ac, Ac, that were lost in Ohio, underlaid by a salt bed all dippiag Westward at the rate of about forty feet per mile, passing under the State of Illinois, and raisiog westof the Mississippi. Tbe surreys west of that river have shown their Western terminus very imperfectly. The mountain limestone appears in Kansas, and it is probable that all tho stratified rocks crop out in Western Iowa and Nebraska. Let the reader next survey this great Western coal basin. Starting south of the mouth of the Ohio, and isoyin eastward on the south of Green river, Ky., end crossing over to the Mammoth Cave, thence to the falls of the Ohio at Louisrille, Ky., thenro into Indiana by Salem and Greencastlrf, and N. W. to Kankakee river, Uli noi-t, ih nee west to Rock Island on the Miais4ippi, and sweeping round by Kansas to our .starting point, we will have traveled round the great coal basin of the West, a maked out by the mountain lime atone. This stone is a light grey, and makes an excellent quarry. It is remarkable for "link holet," and often streams dive onder ground into it to appear in remote phces. Springs break out (rem it large enough, often, to turn a mill. The character of the Mammoth Cave is well k co wo, and one of similar dimensions and more gorgeous in its balls is found in Southern Indiana. -These halls display a beauty of fiuish that surpasses every thing above ground. One of these in the Indiana cave is said to be an elipse 400 feet long by 100 feet wide. It has a stalagmite "mountain" in the middle, 145 feet high, and surround! by natural pillars. A concave roof rises 8C feet above this mountain top, from which profusely hang stalactites, beautiful as icicles and of entry color, which renders the cave, when well lighted, splendid beyond description. Its explorations extend IC miles. From tbe circumference of this great basin the strata all dip to a common center, which is probably some where in central southern Illinois; and there lias hid in all this great region an inexhaustible supply of ccmbustible and other mineral wealth, which the industry of all coming time may not appropriate. Often we find io the same locality, as is the esse in Parke county, Ind , sand atone, coal measures of good workable thickness; fire clay, from w hieb stone ware is made; clay shale, bands of kidney, black land and ton iron ore, lime stone, fire stone, and what is not usual in mineral regions, the whole is covered by a superior soil on a bed of drift. When the capitalist shall place his fore here, ha will find a manu fa during and agricultural region happily blending into one. Tbe future lies hid of thii great coal field. Over a Urge portion of it a soil of many feet thickness has been brought from remote regions, containing evt ry iogrc lient the primary rocks will yield. The cl in this regiou is prono jneed first in the world for flame in the manufacture of iiAOJ, as sbowo by tests by order of the British Government. The reader will discover from the profile given of the dip of the strata East and West, of the meridian of Cincinnati, that an interesting fact is developed on the sub ject of Artesian wells In the Mississippi Vslley. In Southern Ohio, Iodiana, !i noi, r Northern Kei tucky, such wells may be bored, rom the top of which water will issue, except near this anticlinal line. Artesian wells owe their efficiency to confined water between the strata, which b ia found an entrance where they crop out. Ones entering between the strata it finds 03 escape, and tbe source may be much higher than the region of the well. Ia all sach localities such wells are possible. Such wells have been bored in tbe West, but the waters in many of them are so v eil impregnated with minerals, especially eolphurated hydrogen, that they do not answer the purpose for which they were tiade. Is t. Louis a well has been bored 5,100 feet, and discharges 109,000 gallons I in 21 houre. In Lafsyette, Iudiana, one 21Ü feet deep, i The wat-r ri.s few feet above the sur-

face, and discharges four gnllons per min

ute, and is highly saturated with aulphurated hydrogen. In Louisvil'e", Ky., another 2.0SC feet,( flow of water, 330,000 gallons in 24 hours; elevation above the surface 170 feet. Several wells have been bored in Northern Illinois, particularly in the region South of Lake Michigan, which is higher than the country South and West of it.

These wells sre generally, I think, less Colonel, a Major, a Captain, or a Lieutenthan 200 feet deep, and yield an abun- ant. Epaulets and gold buttons are as

dance of water, in one case near enough to turn a mill. I The well at Louisrille, Ky. , was designed J to supply Da Pont's papertnill with water, but being nnSt for that purpose, and possessiog mineral virtues, it is barreled up extensively and sent to various regions for the benefit of invalids. The temperature of these waters is constant, at ail seasons, atiöj ttar. Ihe temperature at "e

bottom of the well is 7 above this, and lhe Treasury. Here are a host of wtiskertaking 90 feet below the surface, as at ed young scions, who have distinguished

fans, ia trance, for the standard surface temperature of 53, we have 1 for every I 67 feet below that point. The water is a I comfortable temperature for bathing, the entire year. The Western States have not generally I made any careful geological surveys, hence their mineral resources arc imperfectly un- I derstood. One thing, however, ia evident, especially North of tbe Ohio. No regio u of the earth is socompletely self-scpportive. I It blends metals, coal fields, heavy forests I of timber, building stone, and an inexhaus-1 tible soil, elemenst of wealth which mar not be found blended in such rich profu-1 sion in any other country on the globe. The drift has evidently come from the North West. Many of the boulders which I lie scattered over Northern Indiana show copper marks that belong to the region of Lake Superior. We may not raise the curtain that hides the future Of the great West, but one thing

is evident, that the Creator of the ends of their coat collars. They have every apthe earth has laid away a rich magazine of I pearance, but that of gentlemen. They

wealth all over the Mississippi Valley, which the industry of many generations of millions of busy men may not exhaust. B. C. H. Parke Co., Indiana. For the Express, WW - S 1 . aw . . upon wnai auojeci snail i writer is a question that often arises in ths mind of a correspondent of a weekly newspaper. It is true, there are a thousand subjects upon which one may write, but perhaps, not more than five out ef that number would interest the general reader. If writers have a "faculty" for story telling they need not fear but what the product of their örains will be greedily devoured by a large class of readers. If a wntenssonnfortunate as to possess no talent for atory telling, there is notnmg or aumcient interest in town occoring to employ his pen; then it is that the correspondent envies the locai ea.ior, .or eerj uoay re.u. ms items, wnemer ne cnron.c.e. very imponani in n.geuce r now. ,g ... mora essayists ncuiin, vo vua rurj passion that does not elevate, and confer dignity upon uumsn nature; ana ixra uacon tells us main is a passion mamas no npiiaay. I would not have my readers suppose that 1 am always envying the local editors oi tbe journals for which 1 write, though 1 confess with feelings of humiliations that I am occasional amicieu wun me maiaay. An article irorn my men caving oecome "due the fcxpress. and arter having made a variety oi suojecis me iooa oi mougnu concluded to write an essay upon Art. rot 6odmg tbo task as easy as I bad anticipated, 1 at once oegan to envy me positioo of the local editor of that paper. While ruminating upon his position, I beerne insensible of all surrounding objects, I had cot been in this state long before I felt that my ambition had reached itsculminating height. I soon began to realize the responsibility that bad devoir jd upon me as one of the conductors of a public journal. The pronoun I and my, were now lost in "ice" "our$." We could speak of the interests of eur town as if we were its proprietor general. It became our duty SDd our privilege, to point out to the Mayor and City Council, all necessary reforms, and in the first item of our local, we directed the attention of that body to the fact that those limp posts in tho southern pari ol Din fcirepi wpicn are upon a level with the earth, are neither things of adornmeet, nor utility, till they can be made to assume an upright position. After having suggested what we deemed the most imporlent improvement, we intended to wait and see what would be the practical result of our suggestion, before we hinted at other improvements which could be made by the City Council. Of course, we shall indulge

the hope that Southern darkness will soon ly gifted. hc seems to lose her individbe illuminated by Northern light. uality, and glides almost imperceptibly

G RATH A. Dooas axd Blisds. We called at the J factory of Mr. W. Shaffer on Saturday last, and were pleased as well as surprised at llie excellent facilities which Mr. S. has gathered about bim for doing bis work, and at tbe rapidity and very superior manner in which he is executing it. We vere par ticularly interested in the operation of a little machine engaged io joining the slats of the blinds to the middle rod by means of wire staples. Tbe little machine did its work with a regularity, precision and ra pidity that waa truly astonishing doing tbe work, aa we were informed, often men, and in a more satisfactory manner. Mr. Shaffer informs us that he is able to do this kind of work by far cheaper than any other establishment of the kind in this regioo. We are glad to witness this spirit of enterprise on part of our mechanics, and hope they may be folly rewarded for their energyPersoos in need of doors, aash, blinds, or anything in that line, will certainly fiad it to their interest to give our friend Shaffer a call. ET Will our friend please inform us what was the intention and object of the resolution. Journal. It was simply to inquire into the ftye? dieney of reporting a bill to abolish slavery wherever Congress has the constitutiocal right to interfere on the subject. If jur neighbor could understand plain English, he would not need any informa tion on tbe subject. - . Siaiovs Accidkvt. Yesterday morning a lad named Joseph Service, while driving a team belonging to Joseph Kelly, was, by some means, thrown from the wagon, which was loaded with goods. One wheel passed over his head, cutting off one ear, and fracturing his skull. He was taken into the store ofJ. B.' Richsrdsos, where his ear was stitched on, and his wounds dressed by Dr.. Bell & Mahan. The lad is an orphan, and is much lo be pitied. IT The advice to "shut your eyes" and vole the ticket, was not sufficiently follow, ed. Try again, Colonel. It is not generally supposed that the Democracy will spoil be furo the next else tion, as it was wall peppered on Monday.

KUlTOUIAti CORHESPOSDEXCE. J

PtA.iTxa's Bouse. St. Locis, March 2Sth, lfGO. There is one other thing "very peculiar' connected with St. Louis, which 1 have not spoken of before, and which not only "strikes" the stranger, but keeps Lim in silent admiration and awe. It is a city (filled with distinguititd military men. Every man you meet is either a GeDeral, a thick as spots upon a subdued wild cat Uncle Sam is clorioualv represented here. nd military gentleman, who never smelled powder except on parade day, are loud in whlt they have done, or could do, if there should ever be a favorable occasion. Here h. Col. X., .Quartermaster U. S. A., aud jjaj. Q., Suttler, from some frontier Fort, n(i Lient. K.. who has been on a spree for the last month, drawing regular pay from themselves in Utah, and are now on fur lough. Another class who have in all the glorious pauapoly of war, chased and fired flp0n a few atraggliagbaodsof uncivilized Indians ; and then a third class, who with Government arms and under Government pay, have spent the sporting months ou the plains, charging upon buffaloes ! There is another class of quaii military men men of lsrge pretensions and great absorbing copacitiea. These, could fight harder and drink more, if circumstances were favorable, than all the rest of their race. Tbev are "Border Ruffians," who became distinguished during the late Kan aas troubles. Tbey were bold when at tacking oue half their numbers dashing, when making a foray under the cover of night, and brilliant when covering a re treat. These men are in their habits, in their language, and in their appearance. ruffians. They wear their hair all over their face and hanging carelessly over swear, and bluster, and drink, aud smoke, "Old Ossawatomie." were Le again in the land of lieht, could surround and take at I least twenty of such heroes. It might soon become a qoestion far tbe American statesman to determine, "Ought there to be any standing army under the patronage of the General Government? The expense Is very great and the utility almost nothing. The rerent Utah expedi I tion ought certainly to satisfy the Amcr can people that our little squad of military men are but leeches at the public crib. When it is necessary to protect the honor, -tory tnd renown of this country, there are millions of brave hearts, all over these states, who would, at a moment's call, ruRh to the battle field. .The voluuteer Midier at last does the fighting, and vol nnteer officers competent to lead and com mand grjrini. nD evervwhere. This countrj ha9 eQ0Ugh miiitary jmpoi,e in it. wilhoat baTin? military academies to de j jt Moch would U be if lhi8 GoTernment voald 6peDd the money now required lo Ketp op the Army, in develop iog the refioarceg of the country-in build j Railroads, encouraging education and elevating the masses. A true, genuine Republic, where all the advantages of education, and all tbe incentives to effort, are eqnaia Republic surrounded with all the n ht of the nineteenth century has but hule use for a Btinding army. Thursday, March 29. '60 A maUcr of con8iderible interest in this city al lhi8 Ume( is the marriage of the ac con,pii(lhej Miss Julia Pratle, daughter of Ge0t Barnard Pratte, of this city, to our old friend, Capt. John H. Dickerson, U. S. A, The wedding was a fashiouable one, eridencing by its brilliancy and display the wealth and social position of the parties, Much of the beauty of St. Louis was there, and a full representative of its wealth. Among the gay assembly the queenly bride ihose as the "bright particular star," and the bridegroom, in full military costume, manfully represented the young arm of our army. Tbe many friends of Capt. Dickerson, who are readers of the Express, and who reside in and around Terre Haute, will be glad to hear of this fortunate step on his part; and the happy bride may for ever rely, that she has, as her partner through life, one worthy the most gifted, and every way a noble-hearted specimen pf true, genuine manhood Matilda Heron appeared last evening in her celebrated character of "Lexbia," at the St. Louis Theatre. It was our first look at the great actress. Ehe is a short. chunky, fat woman, built on the Dutch I style of architecture. She is not pretty, but graceful not commanding, but great not remarkably cultivated, but glorioua into the very character she is representing, I Her voice is full, clesr, melodious her pronunciation good, and her articulation almost perfect. The piece was one not calculated tobring into active effort all tbe power t-lie possesses, but whenever genius was required it was at her command whenever action was necessary she was equal te the occasion. After the piece had concluded, the applause of the audience brought Miss Heron in "front of the foot lights," and in a little speech she then made, we thought she did some of her best acting- She was so overcome by her feel ings, and the warm reception of the occasion, that with her tiny white ßngers ehe was forced to dash an occasional tear drop from her eve: and the subdued and half suppressed utterance, spoke very plainly bow de v was the commotion within. Of course there waa no acting in this it was all the genuine article truly woman. We have forgotten to say any thing of the agricultural prospects along the line of the T. H, A A. Railroad. Everywhere, on either aide of the Road, (he wheat looks well, and in many places unusually well. We noticed some fields, covering entire MClions, that look very green and thick upon the ground. The farmers, many of whom get on and off at every Btation, seem to be ip the best spirits, and all speak in flattering terms of the prospects of an abundant harvest of the cereals. Never did a Spring open more auspiciously for the tiller of tbe soil, than this. The ground is warm and dry, and the plows are running all over the bosom of tbe Grand Prairie, turning up the soil and preparing it for the deposit of the grain. It is pleasing to see the activity which is every where present along a Road which leads through the very heart of our sister State, and we aoppose the same thing is to be observed among our own agriculturists. H. . . - The German Ilepubllcan Club. The Germans of this city organized a Republican Club on Friday evening. About 36 signed their names ae members of the Asscciation, .and the prospects are flattering that tbe Club will soon be large and well attended. May auccess attend them. m JjT Ho. Jobs O.Davis, we are informed, passed through this city on his way to Rockvllle on Sunday last.

CHICAGO CORRESPO.IDEXCi:.

Chicago, March 21.1SG0 Ma. Exfbess : The demonstrations of respect upon this, the fcaeral day of His Excellence, Wro. H. Bisseil, late Governor of Illinois, have been apparently attended with more feeling than is usual upon such occasions. When a man falls at ais post, as be has done; when the chief executive of a sovereign State is removed from his high position by tbe hand of death, it is right and proper that suitable expressions of respect should be given; but yet, I must confess, that in most cases these manifestations appear to me a cold and pitiless ceremony. If, upon this occasion, there has been, as there really appears to have been, a very general feeling of genuine orrow at the event, it is to be attributed to the character of the deceased rather than to his position. Bravery, nobleness and generosity, with their usual attendants. modesty, kindness and simplicity, were the qualities which endeared him to all. On the battle field, on the floor of Coo gress, or in the position from which he has just been removed, he was courteous, but firm; deferential, but fenrless, dignified, but modest; in brief, be was a man for the times, and as such, he met his responsibilities. That is saying more than to write paes of panegyric. Gov. BisselU committed one great error A man of known and tried courage, he had not yet sufficient courage to refuse to sccept a challenge. Perhaps had the dif fieulty been confined to himself, and had the missive come from a different source, he might have refused it, but be felt that the honor of his regiment was involved more deeply than his own, and that in vindication of the honor of his brave comrades in Mexico, all pergonal considerations were to be foregone. The challenge, too, wa from a Southern roan, the son in law of the President of the United States, and his lofty spirit q j i!-d at the thought of the taunts he would have to endure from that quarter, if he declined its acceptance. Had it come from a different quarter, and , . . 4 Defenceless an was the act, there was a circumstance, connected with the affair, which showed the character of the man. General Taylor, well knowing that Col. Davis was in the wrong, and that, what ever might be the issue, no honor was to be gained by his son -in law in such a controversy, exerted himself to the utmost of his ability to bring about a reconciliation. The parties were to 'meet at six o'clock the next morning. The President had spent the night in his endeavors to induce Colonel Davis to withdraw the challenge. About four o'clock he sue cceded, when, with a company of frienda he repaired to the room of Col. Bissel, whom he found sleeping as quietly as a child in its mother's arms. Notwithstanding General Taylor had bestowed the highest ecooiums upon Col. Bieaell for his gallantry at Buena Vista, probably nothing that occurred on that field of death gave him a higher conception of his coolness and intrepidity than this incident. March 22nd, 1SG0. The inauguration of the new city government has taken place to-day. Metropolitan Hall was filled upon the occasion, the ladies filling the galleries to their ut most cspacity. Mayor Wentworth, in his inaugural, takes strong ground in favor of a reduction of the expenses, economy in the administration ' of the affairs of the city, and vigilance in every department Especially, he requires office seekers to present their requests before 6 A. 11. Awful, A disease of a somewhat peculiar character appeared in this city just before the late municipal election. Quite a number of persons, about that time, were attacked, more or less violently, with Union-saving. The disorder has not become epidemic, and is not likely to, in this locality. This disease has a regular diagnosis, a disposition to climb fences beiug its pathognomonic symptom- Its origin may generally be traced to a coup d'luna. It first appeared in the country about six years ago, under the lollowiog circumstances: A gang of hands had been sent to work on Uncle Sam's big farm. They worked on for a while, about as hands commonly do, some brisk aud some idle. There was a high fence running along the North aid of the big pasture, aod in the pasture were divers ill favored animals, such as tigers, hyenas, hippopotami, and other beasts that inhabit the tropics. While the rest of the hands were busy at their work, some of these idle vagabond fellows, who must be always be getting into mischief of some kind or other, set themselves, out of pure devilment, to pulling down the fence. Well, then the other bands quit the work they bad been set at, and went about trying lo stop them. They had a long quarrel over the matter, and while they were quarreling the work didn't get on al all; the fields run to crab-grass, tbislles and poke-bushes; the fence corners got full of briers, and Undo Sam, who had lots of cash at the start, got head and eara in debt, and is gelling worse off every day, While the hands were quarreling about the fence the party that was for keeping it up said the reason the others wanted to pull it down was because they wanted to let these animals in among the grain, and over the plowed ground, and the other places where the work was mostly done; but the other party denied it, and said they would'nt go there at alf, because they didn't like the range; that they did'nt care about the fence, only they just wanted it out of the way to see whst would happen. At last they got it down sure enough, and tbe next they knew all the varmints were in there, and then these chaps setup a great hullabaloo, and insisted that Ihete outlandish creatures had just as good a right to be there as on that part of the farm they used to run. Some said hyenas were a good thing; that they were a divine iastilution. Othera said hyenas were no worse io the South pasture than rattlesnakes were in the North. The other party answered that if they thought hyenas a good thing, and a divine institution, they wished they would just keep them at home, as they didn't want anything to do with them; and as foaUbe rattlesnakes they were'nt in favor of them any more than tbey were of hyeosj, but tbey would like to be rid of both, if there was any way of coming at it. While this fuss waa going on there were a few of the hands that were not quite certain which party was the strongest, and they got considerably scared, too, and concluded that somethiog dreadful was going to happen, and they might aa well be out of harm's way, so they climbed tbe fence, where they could sit and ace bow things were going on, being always ready to get off on oue side or the other, whichever happened to be strongest. But they dou't get down very often, for they are mighty afraid, and when tbey get a scare they always lake to climbing fences, and than

you may know right off that they hare!

been taken again with Union saving After tbe fence had been pulled down, as I was saying, and the wild beasts got through, they took after an old brown bull that was quietly feeding there, and they had a terrible timeof it. They killed some of his calves, and worried the old fellow dreadfully, and he gored some of tbeta loo. and settled the hssh for them effectually. Well, as might have been expected, tbe fenre being gone, he got into the South pasture, and there he pawed, and cut up turf, and pushed with his horns, and played smash generally, and the consequence is these people have got another scare, and they have had a relapse, and the paroxysms of Union saving are almost as bad as ever, only tha. fewer aud fewer I

get it every time it breaks out, aud very j wheat, should be punished by fine and imlikely the distemper will wholly disappear i prisonment. To dismiss him as cook, is

before many years. But when one does eet it. it is about the worst thine I know of. except an attack of Squatter Sovereigntv. That takes one down nowrrfullv. and isamazins weakeninz to the ayaltin. especially if it settles on the brain. I rest RealUcan Clwb In Lost Creek. ewts'VT..- sra.o ine national nepuoi.cans oi isi ureen Township met pursuant to adjournment on me eTeuing oi aiarcn in, ior me purpose of perfecting the organization of a Republican Club. On motion, Henry Fairbanks was chosen President, James Burgan and Zadoc Reeve Vice Presidents, L. H. Dickerson Secretary, and Jonathan Dubte Treasurer. On motion, the following named gentlemen, with the Secretary and Treasurer were appointed an Executive Committee : Ralph Wilson, A. Cooper, Joseph Ripley, Moody Chamberlain, jr., Simon Coon, Jonas Seelv and W. R. Dickerson. Also, a committee of five was appointed to draft resolutions, expressive of the sentiments of the people of Lost Creek; con sisting of R. Wilson, Zadoc Reeves, J. L. Dickerson, Jouah York and H. Fairbanks. On motion, the Secretary was instructed send a copy of the proceedings to the Express for publication. . On motion, the Club adjourned to meet on Thursday evening, April 12, 18C0. J. H. DICKERSON, Sec'y TowxsHir Hoest, March 29, I860. &J At tbe Democratic Club meeting on Friday evening last, the ball was opened by Mr. Jeuckes. Mr. Jenckes is a young man an amiable young man but nnlike the amiable young men you read about in the Sunday School books, he has departed from his father's faith. His speech reminded us-of our College days, for it was one of those pretty, innocent, harmless fit tie speeches which only young men can write. and it waa read in a masterly manner. Mr. Hosford was next called upon, but as his gun was not loaded, he could nut fire, an d for fear of raising a stink, (to nse his own classic language,) he would not flash in the pan. Mr. Hanna followed with a regular orthodox Democratic speech, and oar readers know what that means. A eulogy of Henry Clay, followed up by charging that Parker and Phillips are the leaders of tbe Republican party. His manner of walking into Seward reminded us of the American eagle chawing up his cage. We were glad to know that Seward was not present to witness the terrific manner in which he was toru from end to end. Mr. Hanna was followed by Mr. Cookerly. This gentleman elucidated the great political problem of the age in a manner that would have surprised and taken aback all the great statesmen who have labored to solve it ever since tbe formation of the Government. Buk we all know that Mr. Cookerly know a how to do these things, and it is only necessary to say that this waa done in his usual able and statesmanlike style. He closed by exhorting the faithful to vote the ticket the clean, the unscratched ticket. What right had they to a choice ? None. It must be sufficient for them to know that the ticket is Demo cralic Ask not what names are on it, but vote the ticket you are not voting for men but for the party. With this, after repeating a bit of a hymn, Mr. Cookerly closed. We looked around to see if any considered themselves insulted at this kind of dictatorial instructions, then Took our ht and cam awaV The Cleveland Plain Dealer appeals lo the Southern Democracy, to stop the slave propagandise! to which they seem resolved to commit the whole Democratic party. Tbe Dealer says: By the peculiar political vuws of their own peculiar institutions, pertinaciously adhered to in Congress, in Conventions, everywhere; ever making them uppermost in all assemblages of the Democracy, and the test of political orthdox in all places, and at all times, they have forced every other question beyond the pale of public consideration or party discusion, and ire have so long been compelled to write, peak, und vote the "nigger" that the matte of the people vre eatily convinced by our opponent!, that we ore wholly in the ttrviee of the South, and therefore at a tectional party, entitlrd to but Utile tympatvy from the North. . O Miss Hinckley, the American prima donna, had recently a great success io Amsterdam. She sang in the opera of Linda, in presence of the Queen of Holland, who came and took her by tbe hand, and thaked her for the great pleasure afforded by her singing. Her Majesty bas spoken of tbe young vocalist very often, and says that &he has been dreaming of her ever since "Bhe;looked so pretty." At Utrecht she sang, and after the concert she was Serena ded by the students, who came in a torchlight procession, and the lady was called out npon the balcony of her hotel, and saluted with huzzas and fireworks. A banquet was also prepared in her honor. At Rotterdam, also, her success was brilliant O John D. Defrees, writing from Washington, to the Indianapols Journal, under date of 29th ult., says, "Douglas stock is now regarded as below par, and all the efforts of his friends at Charleston cannot bring it op. I was told to-day, by one who is well posted, and who would like to see him nominated, that there is no hope for it. The Hunter stock seems to be the highest in market; yet, as an outsider, 1 make the prediction that Gen. Joe Lane will be the candidate." - Ax Orr-osmos Cobb. The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle suggests that in the event of the nomination of Douglas by the Charlestou Convention, Howell Csbb be nominated by the Opposition Convention at Baltimere. What does this mean? Is the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury preparing to come out of the Democratic camp, shake the dust off his feet as a testimony against them, and cast his fortunes with the Opposition t - ! ID" The following patents were awarded ; citiiens of Indisus during the week end- j ing March 20th : j John O. Cowell, of Vernon, for an im j provemcnt in apparatus for tanning. . Alex. Dean, of Richmond, for an improved was hi eg machine.

imEAD. Some old Lexiconist has said that bread is the "staff of life." It is certain that whst we csll bread is the principal support of life. It is whst every one eats more than any thing else to sustain bis physical constitution. When properly made,' it is tbe greatest possible luxury, but when unskillfully made it is deleterious in every particular. Bresd, whether of wheat, corn or rye, is delicious, if it is good bread, but the practice now almost universally adopted of potting in alkalies, auch as salaratus.soda, c, in such quantities that tbe pure white corn sneal and

flour smells with tbe poisonous compound, is absolutely criminal. There should be a law against this, and the cook who so de etroya the nutritive qualities of corn and nt cuough he should be punished for his audacity and want of skill. To think for t,t;e moment that the white pure corn and wheat, nutritious as it Comes from the rth, warmed into life by bright sun beams, and ripened by the dews sad rains, nouia oe so poisonea Dy unskillful cooks. t is indeed lamentable, We write feelingly on this subject, for we ha?e too oflcn had our .Dnrtil. .urned anJ our 8tomach ade to pay the penalty of eatioe such Stuff. At our public houses, as a general things this mixing of large quantities of drugs in the flour from which bread is to be made is becoming the rule the exception is hard to find. Scientific cooks have destroyed this greatest luxury, and the good old days when pure, white, delicious bread was placed en tbe table, is only remembered as one ef the things that were. Democratic Lore for tlie Koreiguer At the recent election at Indianapolis "Charles Cuulon, a German, the special friend of Douglas, and a candidate for Jus lice of the Peace, is defeated by 541 votes receiving a smaller support than sny man on the ticket. Anthony Einetx, another German, ran far behind Messrs. Colley and Davis, his native associates, there by receiving the condemnation of native Democrats of his party, which is as much as to say that they didn't desire "Dutchmen" to offer themselves for office. "Another striking example of Democrat ic love sf foreigners is evinced in the rote given to Mr. Thomas Landers, for Constable, wh) is an Irishman and the lowest candidate voted for. From the Irish voters the Democrats receive the greater proportion of their strength from naturalized citizens, and yet they never fail to treat them with the utmost contempt whenever they offer for office Mr. Landers, next to Mr. Coulon, ia the lowest man on the Democratic ticket, and, of course, is defeated badly, for the reason that his native born Democrats would not vote for him." This is a practical illustration of Democratic love for the Irishman aad German. When will the adopted citiien learn who are his real friends ? To Tax Ladies. TV e deem it a pleasure j to call the attention of the ladies of this ! city to the elegant new styles of fine Spring and Summer Millinery just received and j opened to day by Mrs. Abbott, on Wabash street near Fifth. Mrs. Abbott selects her goods with the most discriminating taste and judgment, and sells at very reasonable prices. See her advertisement in an - other column, and then call and examine ior yourselves. i I

. Cloth i so rot Gsxtlkmkm. We see that j that Mr. igfall. Senator frca TCXS, quite a number of merchants from Western L hile delivering his speech ou the HomoCities hare arsiled themselves of the op ; Head bill, in the Senate, was elightly eleportunity offered by their recent visit to vated. Hia language on that occasion, ia Cincinnati, to array them6elres in nice accouuted for by tbe rct that a bottu new auits. Upon inquiry we find they i which he kept in his desk Was frequently have almost invariably made their eelee- t'nb'bed from.

tions at Sprague fc Co.'s, S. E. corner of Vine and 4th streets, whose stock is on surpassed by any other west of New York, j Verbumtat. Musical. We are indebted to a very pretty little Miss for a ticket to the Concert to be given on next Tuetday night, in compliment to Prof. Meinninger by his pupils. Persocs not so fortunate as ourself, can procure tickets at the following places : Barr'a Dru store. Buckingham's n,l Bartlett's Book stores, Kern's Jewelry store, Patrick's Drug store, Buntin's Hotel, Prairie House and at the Post Office. Concert at the. Universalist Church. ,t. m Cou xting Votes. We must, .for once, sgree w i th ou r neighbor of the Journal, in saying that it is ridiculous that we should have received the returns from Connecticut, Michigan, and almost all other parts of creation, and yet, atthia writing, 8 o'clock P. M., are ignorant of the result of the election of Harrison Township. Tbe board is composed of all good men, but they were all, with a single exception, in the wrong position on Monday and yesterday. Qcicx Time. The polite agent of the Adams Express Co. has laid ou our table a copy of the New Orleans Delta of Sunday : morning, 57 hours from that city. It was forwarded to us by our amiable and much esteemed young fricud Mr. Charles L. Loop, messenger for tbe Adams Express Company on the Illinois Central. Thanks to the fast Express attachees, and a thous and thanks to our clever young friend Charley. IT On Friday night. Col. Cookerly, in his bloviation at the Court House, said the Democracy never formed coalitions. Yesterday he confessed that in Lost Creek Township the Democracy voted with the Americana for an American. ; ! Rvnawat. A horse attached to a buckboard and a hitching post, ran down Wabash Street yesterday, at a dashing rate, but was stopped on Second Street, without any serious damages to himself or the vehicle. Caustaxq vs. Shaw. The jury in the above case on Saturday night, returned a verdict for the defendant, Shaw.. Miss Effie, therefore, don't get $1 00,000, as expected. . , . River News. The Alida has been raised and brought to this port. She will betaken to Paducah and placed en the ways for repairs. The Science is expected up soon. PaoGEESsixa. The work of grading the Court House Square is progressing rapidly. When finished and well set in grass and shade trees, it will be the cleanest and nicest square in the State. Fisht. We are under obligations to Mr. Isaac Williams, an atlachee of thia office, for a string of nice fish large fat bass caught by himself in the raging Webash. Issac koowa our weakness. Massud. On the 2d instant, by L. Duy, Esq., Mr. John TaoceIo Miss Hestoe Sclnvv, all of Vigo county. U There were 1,574 volea polled in Harrison Township at the October election j lattyear. . -

TOWXSIIIP LL.ECTIOX. We are at last able to give our readers

the result of the election held in Harrison Township on Mooday : TXl'STEC S.K.Allen .. J. B. Otey ... Allen' rt)!j. Wm. Peppers John Say re .. 835 CC3 "l72 JCSTICX. I 9 . I I....,.) 812 642 200 731 C29 Pepper msj COX8T4BLK. Tbos Robbtns Lyman Miller.. John Dodson .. L. L. Carter.... . 573 . COS . 5CG . 4G1 . 25'2 . 423 Geo. H. Purdy Dsn'l Crowe John S. Risely John Shannon John Beaochaaip W vrw w- a J.W.Rhea.... 33 TU Kranit f fa Ilattle. THE SKIES BRIGHTENING 1 The Indianapolis Journal of yetterJay reports a "glorious Republican triumph" the entire ticket elected by majorities ranging from 163 to 541. The Democracy evidently '-threw off" on tbe naturalised portiou of their ticket. Germans here will please make a note of it. Detroit, Adrian, Grand Rapids aud Jacksou, Michigan, elect Republicans. St. Louis, Mo., and Lay fa jet! e, Ind., follow the glorious example of Chicago and the old Granite State. Connecticut is in due. True lo freedom and the Union. Three hundred thousand dollars of Democratic corruption fund wasted in the land of wooden nutmegs and Yankee clocks. Has our ancient and venerable brother ''localler" hearn any thing from Connecticut ? Fat it TacEs axd SBacsBcaT. Joseph Morris has arrived in this city from Hill &. Co.'s Nursery, with a choice selection of fruit trees and shrubbery of various kinds consisting of Apples, Pears, Plums, Peaches, and Cherries. Alo, planta, suck aa Currants, Gooseberry, Law ton Blackberry, Strawberry, Raspberry, Ac, Ac, together with Fir trees, Spruce, Pine, and I Cdar EvrirrMni. .' Those trees and plants have been taken cp with great care and can be transplanted with much certainty of success. Th above are for inspection at the lot adjoining the Cincinnati House, oa 4th street. This is a very select collection of tho above articles, and Mr. Morris being an experienced nurseryman, we recommend him and his trees to our citixena. Call and examine hia stock before purchasing elsewhere. dwl The Diamond Wxddixq. The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, writing Saturday ssys: "The famous Bartlett Ovideo (diamond) wedding ia causing fresh trouble in some of the newspaper offices. The father of Mra. Ovideo (Lieut. j Bartlett), taking offence at a recent article in the Home Journal, went to the office of that paper this morning and demanded a personal apology ef the editor, which the editor refused to give. Thereupon the Lieutenant left the sanctum in high dodgeon, declaring that he would have immediate satisfaction. The latest rumor from the seat of war ia, that a hostile message 1 has been sent to the offending knight of the quill. Sex AToaiAL IxsriaATiox. It is stated W Two little daughters of John H. Sc--graven, of Lafayette, Macon county, Tenn.. died last week from chewing and swallowing the ends of some German matches. Dr. Churchill's Care Hon. for Cenimmp. It is not often we use our editorial columna for the purpose of noticing the medicines we advertise. But we have aeen ao many evidences of the utility of the "Hypophoa1 X-W wrf .-.which we are xj v'rti!oaT for J- Winchester, that We feet ' that we are simply performing a doty t j the Public bv cniL& to . 10 doing so, we avail ourselves of the following, from th Rochester Exp re, whiob ! we heartilr indorse .Hnittn River Chromicle. There have been so mauv deceptions practised npon the languishing sufferers by this terrible disease, that it is not wonderful if, when this meets the eye of any such, they should turn away in disgust. But, notwithstanding its awful fatalitv. we believe it may vet be remedied. When we come to search deeper into cause and effect, we shall find that Consumption, as well as many other diseases, is produced by the want of some of the vital elements of the organization, and that to euro these diseases, is only to ascertain what is lacking in the system, and to provide a remedy in a form to be assimilated by the circulating fluids. In Consumption, and kin I red diseases, the discovery has been made that, their is a "dejieeincy or undue toaate of the oxydixable phosphorus normally existing in tbe economy" The HrroraosraiTEs proposed by Dr. Churchill, is a strictly Scientific Remedy, being a "preparation of hosphorus, both oxydixable and assimiable," which restores the deficient element to the nervous sjstem. and creates new and healthy blood. In fact, the Hypophcpbiies care Consumption, by removing the earn which produces it Of the success of Dr. Churchill's remedy we have ample testimony in this city. We are personally acquainted with several individuals who have been raised from a miserable, des poodiog, languishing condition by this reroedv. aod restored lo boalth and nsefuloeaa. The remedy was but Ute ly discoverd, yet is becoming widely known. It is manufactured in this country by J. Winchester, of New York, who probity of chancer is a sufficient guaraoantee that it ia not a mere catchpenny humbug. See advertisement io another column. The Scandinavian Pills and Bariflr CiKCTxATi, July l.lSid Dr. W. Roback. Dent Sir: In reply to inquiries made of me, it gives me pleasure to say.thatIrs. N. Allee, of tho Society of Friends, aud widow of the late Dr. At lee of Cincinnati, previous to her going East, expressed her confidence in theelhcecy of your Scandinavian Remedies, and the benefit she derived from using them. She had been suffering from general prostration at limes, being over seventy six years of age, and Ophthalmia and inflammation of the .'ace. Varioue remedies were resorted to wihout relief, when some frienda recomended a course of your Scandinavian Blood Purifier and Blood Pills Tbey bad the desired effect, and she was considered as restored to health. I know many who have used your medicines, and apeak decidedly of ths benefit derived, thus testifying of their renovating influence in purifying the blood aad giving vigor aud energy to the system. They have my cordial approbation. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, S.J.B sow. Rev. Samuel J. Brown baa beau a de voted laborer ia the ctuse of Christianity, in Cincinnati, for more than thirty years, aa almost every old Cincinnatian knows. Such testimony, from auch a source, ia not tobe passed over ligtly. No other Proprietary Remedies ever priseuted to the puhMe.cvcr received a tithe of the comme cjatioc from MEN OF STANDING, iu every walk of life, that viae have done, See adwuitmeai,