Weekly Reveille, Volume 39, Number 15, Vevay, Switzerland County, 9 April 1856 — Page 2

nothing lu do with any man, as a candidate who will not pledge himself fairly mid fully for Fillmore and Dounclsnn — By tlna method alone can fraud he prevented, and the .principles of our parly preserved from abuse. Hon. Lyman Trumbull, since his speech on the Kansas'question, and his controversy with Senator Douglas, has become a great favorite with the' ultra Republicans, and his name is’often mentioned in connection with the Vice Prcssdency.

American citizen on whom is centered more of the confidence of thesogreat interests, than Mr. Fillmore? Such are the diversities of opinion, the collision of interests, the madness of passion, the malignity of lute; that no man can he the universal choice. ' < But who will more nearly approximate to it! He is national, ho is honest, ha ia just. Candid men of all parties concede this. He has the confidence of the whole country.— Should its destinies he entrusted to him . as its chief magistrate, the statesman will pot degfiieratc into, tire demagogue, the ' great interests of society will not be periled by rash expepraeata. His administration, if not brilliant, will be safe; if it docs not win glory by new conquest, it will secure the nobler fame of having cherished and developed our present acquisitions. i

Temperance Convention.

stony points and marshy dais of old Switzerland. To speak generally pf the people of this Valley, in Temperance Ui?y are hchirtd the age, in politics they are fogies; and what would the Christian people of Switzerland think; of a religious family losing their alma-, nsc . in their Bible! I would not speak-dii-paragingly of my new neighbors, hut the fact stares me. in the face that hundreds of the peoolein the--White Water country ate devoted 1 roamtnoh ’ worshtperf, and henCe can give nor lime to the service of the Invisible. But lest I be deemed too prolii I will stop short for this lime* ‘ ■ ; . ' Bickisoiiah.

(Coirerpondence or lie Cincinnati Timer, Letter from Washington, i - Washington, March til.

[From th« Vatytriiio Echo, Fab. IS. Heart-Rending Shipwreck.

Mr. Smuxu, April,5,—I.o’clock.

County Temperance Gonveniion met. The President and Secretary being present, the meeting was called to’order. The minutes of the last meeting not being present, were not read. . ’*/■

Within the last seven or eight Jays Republicanism had been dwindling away in Congress at a very rapid rate. The party is divided against itself, and the- simon pure members, according to their own admission, now only muster twenty-five, or at the very highest figure, thirty votes!— I ’mentioned in former letters that the Republican National-Committee was in session in this city, for the purporeof preparing plans for the coming campaign.— That Committee soon discovered, by the reports brought in from different States, and from the feeling in Congress," that their party, pilone, had no vitality—no strength; that without'the American element not a State, scarcely ft Congressional District could be carried. Tins state of things caused Messrs. Seward, • Grcely, and Weed, the chief Managers of the operations, lio - little- tribulation, -for, after having denounced Americanism so bit tcrly, they jiutly feared that. a unity of action was totally; irhposaiblel ' others; of the Committee thought differnjt, and ' after a . long and cxcjtiug session, it ’was determined to attempt a reconciliation with the American party! The Abolition portion of the meeting opposed this until the cud,‘and may yet prevent jfln •offor. even,’of compromise. 1 understand, however, that it was decided lo Americaniie the platfoim as ninth as possible, and to call their next Convention as an "American” Covenlion, instead of Republican! All this is for the purpose of securing American votes, and is one of the vilest political tricks on record!— It is the last resort of a drowning faction. '

LOSS or THE WAR STEAMER CAZADO. 315 persons perished!

On the 30ih January, at II A. M,, the Chilian war steamer Caz*do left Talcahuano for Valparaiso, haring on board '35S persons. These consisted of 8D soldiers of the second batallion of the lino, 4 officers of (he same, 14S women, 40 children, 14 passengers, and the; steamer’s crew, numbering 08 persons.. A little beforeS of Uiosaipe day ( tight or nine miles‘speed, Vnd a /moolH fcea/tho steamer ran qn^.a.rouk., sqo& about eighteen miles. • . ; i r . \ It’immediately became apparent' that tlic ship 'was ’sinking/ ‘Air order was at once given to lower the. boata v7 Of? Jbpse there wcro only four. One of. these was upsets - Of the o ther tbree,o ijefeacl^Jbc fivn }i|.ip^d.yttfds distant, a nd the 6thcr ' two! cHterciVihd ’ fan rbor of Manic. : Th« first of these twtf contained Captain Onbiesea, the purser; on Ap as sengcratid 12 aeatr'en., The whole number saved was 48 out of all on board; so that 815 persona perished. . Among-the'victims are. members of many families now in the deepest affliction. Only one female escaped. v We give the following frdin the report of the Captain of the.iltfatcd'vessel;

The following resolution w)as passed: . Rttalrtd, Tbit in conformity with the recommendation of the. Slate Convention, wc erganire this cbifnly byjjthe appointment of a committee of five from each Township—the Chairman of rack to conafirutoa Cf rilriif Com* mttfre /or tAe County-—and said Committee shall see thal t TemperanCe meetings are held throughout the county in every) school bouse, and all convenient places, unlit alter the election.-,■ ■■

Perkins Backing on the Idquor Law,

'jMltbxi,. Ind., April 2, |FK.

John Dauphin, a liquor seller in Lafayette. Indiana, was tried in the Tippecanoe. Court of Common Pleas on' indictments for violations of the Prohibitory Lavjr of this State.by retailing spirituous liquors os it beverage, and fined in. two cases to the amount:of 8100, and sentenced to thirty days 1 , imprisonment, A writ of Aai«i carpus was sued out before Judge Perkins for a release from imprisonment; the. fine assessed the. Supremo Court bad no authority to release. Upon it hearing of the care, the lcarned Judge's attention was called to tne following status tory) provisions—a small amount of law" the. Supreme-Court hia been in blissful, ignorance, of heretofore—contained in .the Revised. Code of Indiana, page Ifiu:' ... . • Sec/ 725. !No court or judge shall inquire into the process whereby the party ts in custody, or discharge him before the temi of commttimcnt has not hxpired in either of the eases f First. Upon:,process issued by any court or judge of the United Stales; where the judge has exclusive jurisdiction; or, Second. Upon any process issued on any final judgment of any court of, competent jurisdiction; or, . Third, For any contempt of any officer, or body having authority to commit; but ip order of commitment as for contempt, upon proceediugs to force the remedy of. a party is not included ip any of the fore* going specifications. ; , . .. , ‘ Fourth. , Upon ft warrant issued froth the Circuit Court or Court of Common Pleas,, upon an. indictment of iuforwar; tloh. ; '• • ’ :. /The caso. was argued by Mr, Barid for! the Stale; and Attorney General Morrison for the release of the prisoner. Judge Dauphin to. jail, deciding. the case .upon - the- ground that the Tippecanoe Court of CotumonTleas, being a Court , of . competent jiirrhdiction to try tbc 'casc, therefore he had no authority to interfere,'

American .Party.

. The’’New Albany Statesman, 1 well remarks:—“What is the reason that this new American party,'composed, os it is, of the disjointed fragments of all parties, ah6wB SUch -vitaIity? The answer is simple—Ibcame itis founded in the popular heart; and loans in undonbling faith on tW patriotism" of the nation. Demapding that the Bible shall he in our common schools—clnirriing.that to the.children of the. soil talpng, first, its' rewards —seeking the tide of foreign pauperism and crijtiie that is deluging the land—rebuking 1 the selfish ambition that would divide the Union, tind asserting the right of Americans to control the country whose frcnlom was obtained at such a sacrifice, they appeal; and loudly, to the (rue and good qf every party, that tho responsive "God ho with yon!” comes up like tho swell of the sea, from evory side. Htrong in youth; strong in the right, and strong in-the consciences and hearts of the people, it will survive a|l, shocks in the futurc.’as it has in the past.. Deserters only commit-suicide; doubters and trimmers are laid aside, while opposers arc vanquished. Courage, then, Americans! Never since y t>u resilience as a party, have the skies looked sa-piomiVitig?

, The meeting resolved itself into a committee of the whole,; ami appointed the following Township Committees r *,

Craig.— 1 'John Weaver, George Muer, Waller Scott, Perry Colton, Wm. H. Colton.^ to. Slaw, Knos I.i tile field. R. If. Lamb, Jas. M. Colton, James Brown, Geo. McCulloch. ■

Veray, Wednesday, April 9,1856.

. /'hmiont.—Mlugh Adkinson, John Orem, P, Vaunuys, Dr. Perdy,* Luther Hotchkiss. . York.— 'Dr.Chcever, Ibran Jackson, Bcoj. Robinson, James Campbell, R. T. Goddard.

’ /'cfry.—*Peter L. Da»is,J. A. Powet, Collin .McNutt, Bela tleiiiek, A. Gazley. Cotton.—' L. Wiley, C. tl. Slow, D. Lee, S. Washer, P.,S. Sage,

Sir Cotitmander—V have the painful duly to'inform'your. Excellency of the calamity which ocenrred to the yesjel rinder mv command on the 1 3l)lh. ult., 8 1‘. M.’ ‘ . ••

It was moved and earned, that chonld va. catiiics occiir in the coiiumUaes, they shall have power to fill said va'antics.'

It was KrtolvtJ, Thiil the Secretaryforward a copy of the above appointments to the chair man of eai.h committee, with a request to'or gjni7.e immediately. . lUtohfJ, That the Secretory forward atopy of the proceedings of this meeting, to the Editor of The Wkkum Mcvkillr, with a request to publish. . *. !

At that hour Uit* Pin»t Lieutenant, Mr. Boht. Simpson-2nd having, the deck, was startled by a sudden shock received by.the vessel, running on the Carranza rucks, eighteen miles sonth-wwt from Constitution. . 1 went uul at once and gave certain Onlcm, so as near the shore and land passengm«bDt 7 tbes ‘ were in vain. 'Die bull hnifncen openc 1 in the bowa, and the disaster was bus Leh|nd to its'cousnmnlioii. I gave iminedioto orders to lower the boats, and’ every one who could hastened to (he 1 poop!' There was no other niftans of safety. , All the people who could embarked in the boats and steered for the nearest shore, which did not oiler a safe landing, so that .the greater portion perished in attempting it. I embarked in llic last boat (hat was towered, which touched the water jmt as tin; vessel went down, and steered for ihe harbor of Constitution where we arrived at 7 in (bu morning, Later another boat came in with the pnrseniml tlmtccn men.

“OUR PJ.AO IS THERE."

For President i MILLARD KILLMOH K, OF SEW—TURK.

..The House has lately'undergone o great change. On the first day of Medium's hilt, it received nearly the saihe support ns ilid Mr. 'lint ns the discussion went on, us the American spirit.manifested hy the Spr.rtnn Tr'and of National men began to array ilsolf against the iniquitous measure,' many of those* members elected by American votes burst the trammels . of Hr. Greeley and his roajntors, and aided the National Americans in do : feating for the present at' least, the passage of tbo bill. They did not dare to put. tlicir names on'record in favor of a measure so-anij-American in all its aims; they knew that condemnation would lolluw from their.constituents. Accordingly, on the motion to recommit .the bill back to the .committee for amendment, the vole stood—yeas 87, nays-76.. 'There was .a thin attendance, blit, as’■ members generally, pair off, the proportions remain the same. ! r j 4

For Vice President i A N D R L >V .1. DON K Ij SO X. - OP TESSP^SCC.

There were rcVetal ipettlits made, and the convention adjourned Villi the best of feeling. . JAJlliS IlltO\VN, t'lesident, ■ It. A. Ti.\»r*«, Secretary. I ;•

PIliLBlOHK.—“The foundslion of iny.prcfvrenee li Ihst.Ms. Wrtor.nstlnjsdraliii'ifo d the Hvccatire GoreroiDctit with signal tucr*«* and ability.— Its has been tried and too ml rata, r*mitcL, iiosot and ctjsormrrtors.”—HKMiV CLAV.

Interesting from Kansas.

The' Rev. Mr. Knight and Ins two daughters, directly from Kansas, were yesterday at the American, and left this morning for the'AVest, JIcwus sent out by the’ Home; Missionary Society, and since lU't September has residetl nt Lawrence. He wfts ilicre during tbo war, and baside attending, to Ills duties as a missionary so far us practicable, received the appointment and acted ns Aid-de-camp to Col. . Robinson. ’• Mr. Knight is by birth an Englishman and his quiet and genial hearing indicate the habits of a soldier long established. He is a noble 1 looking man: "Though a peace man when I went to Kansas, Twas no longer a nonreri-ilant when 1 saw the atrocities committed by the Missourions.” Mr. Knight sayV that many from the North are now; on their way to .the territory, a few- from the Smith., After having traversed the whole territory, he is persuaded that eight out of every leu of the inhahitanis are free Slate men.— The country;he thinks a virgin pai;idiso. The face of it is. beautiful, aud the sbil is rich and exceedingly fertilci. There is also plenty of- good wood and .water. Every boat now going up the,Missouri is searched, 'flip enemy, however, has become a Jittlc more cautious. Gov, Shannon .refused to -receive the Sharpe’s rif|cslakcnonlhcArabin,: and .which arc now deposited in some town on the proslavery sideof thoriver. One company at Lawrence is still.kept on duly. Mr. Knight related (lie following anecdote: AVhen'the rides and two cannon on the boat were discovered, tho four men men who had'charge of them-were brought on deck, and a meeting of the passengers held to determine their fate. The first pfoposition-was to fasten stones to them and throw them overboard. White this was ondcr discussion, one of the prisoners, a very large, fleshy man, said: t "Gentlemen, ibedtnnor bell has just rung, and, if you please, I will go down and cat, os I don’t want to go to.tho bottom with an empty stomach.*’ r *; This, man had been through the Mexican war, and his calm, fearless,'sorry ftot'd manner rather excited merriment; among the pacscngcrs, and "when diilner, was ‘ over their, blood was somewhat, cooled. ; For the above facts and incidents we arc indebted to a distinguished clergyman of this city who conversed with Mr. Knight.— Cleveland Leader, IjA

DOKEtBOW,—"I bequeath to my well het'irnd nephew, Asotlw Jxcuoir ItostuoK, soq of SannM DoneUon,*decMud, tha elegant sword |>rvsotit<'il to na by tbs State ofZenneMce, with lids injonliocn, that be fail not to jPil when necessary In supixtrl and protection o rMRU) do us Union, and fur the protaction of the comHnuonil rights of our Vloved country, ahould they be aiwited by fnrvign, nr do* mastic traitors. This" bequeath Is mado as a in*tatnto of) my high regard, offer lion and clcfni which 1 hear to blm as x iikin-mimied. iinntfT and BO|to^a>Ls‘xtH.— ASUHEW JACK SON.

Jt PAPER FROM WAYNE.

Mn. IvDiTOnr—I stippt ne yoii bnye often ob--served how strong are .the Ires of consanguinity. It i.r seldom, if'ever, that relativesJean be induced to believe a syllable of ill of onc another.' I thin It this is a good principle for such beings as we, a ; many of ils‘would lire and die perhaps desolate* but for the fact V U,at relatives will bury failings and remcnlbcr aft our good qualities. A stunt lime since Phad the (ruth of this pul to the lest. A distant relative living in bad company, was induced to stop his In.st years' crop lo tlic distillery at Kawrenceburg. lie was known to all around to be a member of Church, and often have I heard him speak of bts affection for union in effort against sin, and of his sympathy, for, the poor and the oppressed, together with kindred (hetucssuch as are often broac .bywarm licarls, U was a sight (bat 1 little ex* per.tcd to sec. Immense piles of sack coin ready for thq freight men! And wfmt their?— To the distillery, ■ And what ncilf . Into n)> cohol. Then from the distillery -wIiercT let echo answer whtu? To unkind fathers, strolling mothers, inebriate husbands^desperate wives and horror!—fatherless, guardianless, friendless children, jl have no hesitancy at all in placing this friend in the samo category with (he cftstiller, the rpraseller.andtho free drinker. 1 flow long-will it take intelligent, farmers lo.Ece the beating theygive tp the liquor ttaltcfV As' we '.were calmly talking over the relative merits and demerits of ‘free liquor, 1 obsetbgd his,young wife becoming a little excited, and in an interval gave an apology for her husband'sconduct. "P..caw gel five cents mote on (fie bushel at the still 'than aiiy where else, and Ac might as well have the .high price as any one, for. they—the distillers —will have it." Whole logician that wife is! Wjih ihe saye manner of agreeing wc could Juslifyanything that is. practical, among men. The-secret of The matteris simply here: Ajl such people are slaves. The potent five.icenta commands, and they have not the power to. disobey. but the question be asked where (bat "IeVy" conits from, and they are quick to retort, 'Jit's none of yqtfr busines." "Aye! No wonder they wish to clone their eyes to the sickening sight. -Could I see that young wife I would whisper in her ear, Acinrre.— “Ye know not what you-do" was never more applicable to any, than to ber. What, a tei/e, aye! a mpfiler encourage dram drinking! .Tell it not in Gath! . .

A SPEECH WORTH READING.

Tho speech on the first page of the Reveille is an able document; Wo hope it will be read by all of oiir friends, and the opponents of American principles may also profit by its perusal; Mr. Putnam is a statesman of experience, possessing large and liberal views on the great questions which nra now agitating the public mind. Again; wo ask the readers of this paper to give it a'careful examination.^

Steamboat Collision

’ rlxinasAi’ousApril 2, 1850. To the Members of the American -Patty of ' Indiana, ... . , At a meeting of the Executive Com mittee ofllie Stae Council, hold nt Indianapolis oil-the 2d day of April,,.) 850, after, an expression of the'.metiihers'upon thise questions that have divided and distracted 4 the American parly-, in other States,- the committee imanirnpiislyadapted : the;'following'’ and carncstly’.reqnKl the true frjehdp of Americanism (OTO-O|pcrnto with them incai tying out the' views of the-committee: That, as m 18)4, wc stand uncompromisingly opposed to tie present corrupt national administration, and ns a party we stand ready to co operate with any party which alms to' pul un end to its misrule. And further: .wc regard the repeal of the Missouri compromise an inf-action of the plighted faith of the nation. The same should be restored; and if efforts to that end fail, Congress should refuse under nil ct rt uni stances, to admit any State into the Union tolerating slavery made free by that compromise. Therefore, wo. approve of a call foq a People’s Convention to he held on the first day of May. next, and earnestly call upon the members of the American party throughout the Slate to send a full delegation to that Convention. Attest: Wm. Sheets, Pic-s’t.' W, W. Wright.

A collisionJtpol: 1 place last .Monday morning, in lb* 1 Ossage river,.between Iho Gossamer .descending njitl the .Col, Morgan ascending. • Copt. .1. Owings, of the Gossamer, has' handed ns I he following communication relative to the tieeideii't:

Upon this motion the real simoh pure Ilepubiicnns,'voted with the Democracy, and they were, as follows;. JJillinglmrst of Wisconsin; Day/of Olilo; Dodd, of New Yorkrbiddings; of Ohio; Grow, of Pa.; I lorton, of Y.; Kelsey, of N. Y.; Medium, of yorrabnt; Molt, Wade, -Watson and Nicholas, of.Ohio; Perry* of Me,; Washburn, of Maine;. . Washburn of Illinois;—15 in.all! and-of this number Ohio furnished five!— among others Mr. Day, who received his noniirialion in on American Convention, and whoso election was secured by American votes! Reckoning to this fifteen some ten or .twelve absentees, wc have tbo total .republican strength in the House, for all others' have deserted in a body to the American party, which’ through storm and sunshine has stood firm aud unbroken. The nomination of Mr. Fillmore, also, has spnt despair into the Republican ranks; for it calls all tho old Whigs of the country to sustain the man whom Henry- Clay h'onorcd with confidence and friendship.’ All that is needed by the National Americans in Congress is a good leader. The lines most no who drawn. It is time to say os did the prophet ot old, "Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.” Members, some of them, desire to wait until the other nominations are made, before they announce a. preference. : Let bach men be marked! We want no renegades or eleventh hour friends! Now. when insidious efforts are being made against the American party, when crafty politicians are seeking to engraft their miserable schemes into our organization, now! in tho hour, of trial, every true friend of American doctrines, every man who intends to stand by Millard Fillmore, should hasten to take an open, honorable and decided position; Other questions involving American issues, will soon come up in the House, and lot. the pebble mark the conduct of their representatives, and let every traitor to the principles of Americanism be exposed before his constilrents and before the country. An able letter from Mr. Fillmore npon foreign influence, written in 1853, baa just been published irf the New York Express* and it creates unbounded gratification among the Americans of this city, and Mr. FUmores friends in Congress.— It is a critical period with bur'cause, and nothing but firmness and a boldfront will save os from the wiles and from The traitorous friendship of Seward and his followers. Why, not three weeks since Dr. Greoly would have denounced as a traitor to the cause of freedom any member of the House, who, having voted for Banks, dreamed of acting with the National Americans. But'that time-has gone by, and you will now see a very different course purged by the Tribune and other kindred journals, if they sustain the action of the Committee, and if'they do not, another parly will be formed. The more violent and decided of the anti-slavery men wish to nominate Wm, H. Seward for President, and Lyman Trumbull for Vice President, and by this ticket stand or fall, like brave men/ But the-cunning unscrupulous place-hunters on tho other hand, with no more sympathy for the cause they protend to support than they have for tho poor and needy of their own localities, advise a combination, a shallow, contemptahlo fraud, a false and fallacious friendship with Americanism! Ont upon snch corruption; it is enough to disgust humanity! Lot our friends be on their guard all over the Union against this game on the part of thb Black Republicans, Have

vOn.la.st Monday morning, lit (i o'clock' thc stcamer Gossamer, in descending the Ossage river, was rmi Into-bt the month” of Bear creek, by tlnTslcaiiier Col. Morgan, which boat was on her upward trip. '11to'Gos>niiu;rwas:on the left ■ band side' of the River, coin big down, and the Morgan on 1 the other, and instead of keeping' her aide, in-which there iaany-cjunurily of water, slie attcniptcd to Cross the bows of the Gossamer without even giving a .signal, and the pilot mwer slopped, her until the collision look’ place. ’The Mor gnu's guards being considerably lower (ban the GossamorV'sho rnChur' clear to the waters edge, striking!bur oiy the Msr* board bow, ami (earing away a large portion of her stern.- The Morgan ww very little injured. The pilot of the Morgan was a boy, with. little steamboat ’ex peri* enee, and without license. The pilot of the Gossamer is an experienced, and licensed pilot. . ' , ■ ‘•'llie Gossamer was Lrongbtdowu to. the mouth of the-Ossage, where she is now-being repaired. Her freight .was not injnred,— Si. Louis JtepvUhan.

KrTho old' line Clique of Ycvay, ns is their habit, brought out a secret ticket on Monday last. The thing was managed so privately that several of their candidates did not know it until tho day of

the election. The old litters show their consistency in denouncing the secrecy of the American party, when a clique of two or three men bring out their tickets and manage thoaffnire of the party. • In the American party every man has a voice in the selection of candidates; ns well as in the transaction pf sir other business connected with the party,— We leave the qrislioa open for the reader to answer, Which party is democratic?

. S3T The Switzerland,'bpond down, on the 28d nit., while landing at Helena, daring a heavy-wind, ran into a prbdnce boat from Cincinnati, sinking jt immediately. The cargo consisted of Floor, Whisky, Candles, <kc. Gspt. Schenck, .we learn, purchased the boat and contents at cost. A portion of tb's produce yvas sold, and the balance taken to New Orleans on the Switzerland. .

• Signal American Victor?) A.(!le»n.Swc«p~Fu*Ian Nowherr,

The Li dies ase tue Americas Party. A lady correspondent of one of our, exchanges thus freely expresses herself npon the subject of Americanism: In times of yore, “Sparlaiu mothera" strove to inspire their sons with an unquenchable spirit of, patriotism. Once our "Puritan inollicrs” gloried in impelling to their children tho true principles of freedom—Liberty and Justice. . And shall we, American women, consent to forget their noble examples, and let the love of our country, whose borders have been baptized with the precious blood of onr forefathers,- and the tears of our Plantain mothers, become blotted, out from existence in onr hearts? Nol l believe that tree principles, and a spirit of patriotism, and a love of liberty, are advocated by the American Party and -Pros, which is to moke us know and /id ts i( we lived in. a country wholly and nghlfullv onr.own to prolecb—-ourown to govern* May God bless the* party styled American, and may*success over attend it, until it is known, arid' rnlcsi /rpni the Atlantic’s shores to the 1 broad* Pacific’s blue waters.. . ‘ •

Tlie election’itorrchnrler" officers look place in Schenectady, N. Y.,on the 1st, and roaullcd in the mast signal American triumph. . Thera ; Wi is a cCinbinptioa of all factions against Sam— lint He whipped (hem all I . An. American: ; eartru9'. aa ever breathed, ' was' re-elected .Mayor by. THREE HUNDRED AND'TWENTY FIVE MAJORITY 1 over;8. : ,S. Riggs, a peculiar’pet of Ftision.- The American candidates in all the awards k were chosen, with 6no or two exceptions. . Lqat Spriqg Mr..Smith was elected by ; 160: .majority. The result show's, a 'handsome: gain si uco last Spring, and even overtberesult-of last Fall. The contest was animated, and the ground debated inch by inch, and the. (act is now conclusiyely shown that the Americans. of Sthenetladjr are inyinciblo.... ’With Fillmore: and Donbelsdn on their banner, they ■ will ‘cover ;U?omwlvei with still greater, jjlory next Fall.

M3.T Our township election passed off qnietly on Monday last.; The contest was [tolerably warm, and-a heavy'vote was polled for a township election.; : The Americans triumphed, as (hey always will wtpre their principles are understood. The majorities range from 50 to 75 for (be whole American ticket. >We will give the official vole next week. ' ■ .

, Mr. Editor, to-day is the time for the Anti-, TemperancetPro-SIovery Old Line Convention and from ffiewin thalall the morning Mu been pattering on the sidewalk and roofs, I opine a small turn but. I heard ssme of the leading ones the other day talking of going from here. They were busy telling of their victories and prophesying success iy, their .ticket. I bid to smile sometimes at their profound wisdom. I mustgive you u specimen. ■' Speaking of their repeated.,(iiumpbs at'llie. While- House dbay said they had bad two Presidents in succession eeveraLlimes, at -least 'two, Jefferson Jand Monroe, and'Polk and Pierce,'who were elected byoldlihcrs without allowing a whig in the inlerval.(l) . , ; - Since- my ; lost there has been the second doggery erected, in Milton. They both have female,bar-keepers. 1 have shown the protest in the Hkveu-uk to some of the temperance ladies, and they admire very much the heroism of those ladies. They deserve to be Presidents every one of them. A day or twocince in conversing with a juryman just from court at Connersville he remarked that there ate now at that place twenty places where the clear “bald face" is sold! 1 suggest it would be policy for Connersville to exchange some of those fire dealers for some or the resolute ladies of Vevay. Perhaps yon can spare some pro bono publico and receive something in exchange as “booL” 1 hear it remarked,that around at all the spring sales the jug men are on hands to accommodate the bidders with an article that makes them feet rich. •

. HeABT-ReSDIXO OccbaBENCB. — Oft Saturday, a.Von oL David Hhckelbnry, of Craig Township; Switzerland co.,Tnd;, in crossing a field where was enclosed a vieions, horse, was attacked by the animal, which with his' teeth lore him* and with his feet stamped him'till life was extinct. -The mblhor.of the hoy saw the transaction, and was so much excited sho swooned, and vvas carpcd/ into the house in a helpless : ’condition, ..where .slip; remained until death relieved'her in a few hours.— The boy was rescued,'hut not until ho was hopelessly injured by the numerous and severe bruises he had received.

JSTThs steamer Buckeye iWfe.Capl, G. McCall am, has been th6rooghly;ovor-hauled-and tefitted, and placed:as a regular packet between here' and .Louisville. The cabin has been newly furnished with beddingf, ic., making her a beat passenger packet. Wo trust our traders and shippers will extend a liberal patronage, to this boat.

OCT Tho past hard winter drove hundreds of deer in Virginia to the mountains, where they fed on the poison laurel.— Cart loads of them wore slanghtcied in the snow, and tho flesh, poisoned hy tho laurel, made both men and dogs who partook of it quite

Boot, of Jones Found,— There ia now no longer any. doubt of the fate of Jones, the murderer of Captain Stevens, clerk of the Ohio Belle. * His body has been’found at the head of the bar below Hickman, lashed tbitho chair in precisely the same manner that be was tied in the steamboat. Although we do not 1 for a moment donht that Jones richly merited his fate: still, we must utter the conviction that he should havo been dealt with according to law, and not been the victim of a mob-like vengeance, which in effect constituted the Affair a double murder. Wo do not envy (hefeelings of those who participated in bis murder; for, had the law had its course, their vengeance would have been .gratified at its hand, without tho necessity of their imbruing theirs with tho blood of a fellow* creature. —Memphis Whig 31i( uli.

Pounce In East. Tennessee,—vTbe A athviUe Patriot of Friday, says: iWe are indebted to a gentleman oflhjs city, for the foll owing extract from aprL vote letter from a member-ofi t tW. lot* Legislature: ' t, - *‘I have been'in.moat of EasbTcnflfiS*,. fee .since Heft Nashville, and find,that the nomination of Fillmore and .Donelspn is hailed every where with , enthusiasm;:— East/Tennessee will give that tichet.a larger vote than she ever gave any ticketProgressive Democracy is. .on the Iowait round of Jacob’s ladder in East Tennessee.” • • d- .

• M3T Tbo anniversary of tbo birth-day of Henry OIny—12lb instant—will bo celebrated in a becoming manner in.New York city. The various Clay associations will unite in laying the foundation of a monument, to perpetrate the fame of the Great Commoner. A grand banqnel is also to be a feature of the occasion.

Americans carried tho election in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday lost hy an overwhelming majority. Every Sag Nicht was defeated that offered himself as a candidafo. The American majority was about i,500,

: A.German named Baker.Ijvmg’in Utica, N. Y., having been convicted- t of assault and battery and fined >400, procured the amount in cents, and hired a horse and cart to deliver them to i th9 an* thoritios. The Utica Herald says, they will fill four or five barrels.

OCrTbo Switzerland Court of Common Pleas is now in session, Robert Drummond, presiding Judge.. 1‘romtho largo number of lawyers present, wo presume there Is considerable business to bo attended to. , .

Major Jon e h* Sketch kb of Travel.— This is another volumo of T. B. Peterson's Hntnoroua Library Jaet issued in a neat and cheap form. It is handsomely illustrated and will be read with great eb joynient by all who gel a copy. Price 50 cents. T. B. Peterson, Philadelphia.

t see it staled that Judge Downey has sustained the liquor act. Good for his # districU— Such a Judge is an honor to the State, it is natural, is it not Mr. Editor, Tor one when a great way from home to see many things inferior to "our country/’ The people do not look half as handsome, sociable, or intelligent —the winds blow twice as cold—and at times we'think even the forest songsters ate not as merry as they were in loved bowers at home. Your Correspondent has often felt thns as tic hai"contrasted .Lis adopted homes with the

Steamer Sdkk.—The Financier, Ko. 2 struck a snag two miles above Htdey’s cut-off, in Red river, and sank in twenty feet water. The books and papsrsweirasaved; the boat and cargo are atoialloiji. No lives lost. ■ She was insured for.? 5 /; 500.. . -

X5T The average amount paid to the Methodist preachers in Indiana last year, was about 8321.

JSfSA nursery of five thousand poach trees, cultivated by Mr. Burnet, of Yincofmes, Ind., has bean all destroyed, with (he exception of fifty, by tlio long-contin-ued frost. * ■ . -

OirTho, members of the‘.‘Working Men's Institute”, am requested to meet at their Library room, oh Friday night, tbo 11th "April. A fall attendance is desired.

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