Madison Daily Courier, Volume 1, Number 84, Madison, Jefferson County, 7 August 1849 — Page 2

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A Co'ler Boy wanted at this office. Cj'ow that the elections are over, we can devote more of our attention to tSie litPiarv and business departments of the Courier. We have been giving our patrons the earliest news of the market, and the foreign news, at an enormous expense to a paper of compara'i ve!y limited circulation. The reports by Telegraph of the markets are made up in Cincinnati at twelve o'clock, M., every day, and published the eauie evening in the Courier, which i? twenty-seven hours earlier than any paper that is circulated in this city gives the early news by Tt-lepraph. The Courier has been, f-o far, well patronized by the busi-ne,--men, and we have endeavored to im-rii it. Our Telegraphic reports alone are worth the dime per week subscription, to the bu-ineF.s man. We shall begin soon to make up our daily report of exports and import.-, in which we will brina; the names of those firms who patronize our advertising columns piorninently before the public with every import they may make. We understand that this course was adopted by our predt-ces-'ors, and that some were dissatisfied with it. We shall be sorry to offend any, but our ser.se of fairness will not allow us to pursue any other course. We cannot place the business man who patronizes us to the amount of five dollars per year upon the sume footing with the one whose patronage amounts to five or ten times that sum. In the river impotts, the article imported is frequently mentioned, and purchasers are thereby directed to the house where th article so specified can le had. Thi is simply an advertisement. No subscriber pretends that we should advertisij for them, in addition to the daily paper, for a dime a week. Our endeavor shall be to make the Courier useful to the business man, and not only welcome but sought after at the lireside. 07-Thc enterprising publishers of the Cincinnati Commercial have dispatched an agent or reporter to visit, examine, and report to that paper the safest, cheapest, and best routes connecting Cincinnati with the Eastern cities, the Atlantic coast, and the Lakes to the north-east of us, to Montreal and Quebec. This, in the. language of the Commercial, i:? a "new feature," and the information to be obtained is of great importance to the traveling community. The Commercial says: "This 'new feature will require quite an outlay, and afford our readers some little valuable correspondence, and be highly beneficial to the community; merchants and traveleis in particular. We are determined that the routes from this city East by the Lakes, and over the Mountains to Cumbei land , as well as the routes through Fennsy lvania ynd Virginia, shall stand on their own merits, and to give them a proper examination, and inform the public how they ail stand, so that the safest, best, most expeditious, and cheapest route of travel shall be known." Pennsylvania Interest. The interest due on the State debt of Pennsylvania, payable on the 1st inst., amounting to nearly one million dollars, was deposited by the State Treasurer on the oOih ult., in gold and silver, in the Bank of Pennsylvania, Philapelphia, to meet the demands of creditors. Good! All the Pfxency. We clip the following paragraph from the Cincinnati Chronicle of yesirrday morning: PietooLATE The old market-woman of the Washington Union mill continues crying by the roadside over the breakage of rotten eggs; and the more John Van Buren tries to comfort her by his condolence, the more she blubbers. r atal Accilent. ihe Vernon Weekly Times states that a young man named Ben jamin Stewart, residing near that place, was killed on Thuisday last by being run over by the cars. We learn that he attempted to get on the freght train while it was under way, and as he caught hold of a car for that purpose, his feet slipped and he fd! on the track. A heavy truck passed over his bodv, causing instant death. " Eox'ALiZATios of Offices.'" An intelligent correspondent of the Teany Ivaniaa" says, that there u not a single Democratic Post-master leit in oti.ee from the summit of the Alleghany mountains to ilarrifburgh all have been decapitated. This U carrying out the pledges of Gen. Taylor .th a vengeance.

CThere is some mystery ever this affair of Juan Rey. A new of it version has appeared in the New Orleans Courier of the 20th ult., of which the Crescent of the 21st gives the following sketch: The Case of Rev The other Side. The Spanish Consul in this place has caused a statement to b made by his counsel in reply to the published statements charging him with contriving and effecting the forcible abduction of Juan

Rey, which has so much excited the public mind ihe past week. The statement is made by hia counsel, James Foulhouze. Juan Rey, otherwise Garcia, was the jailor of the Spanish prison, in which one Vincente Fernandez was incarcerated, under the sentence of ten years' imprisonment for fraudulent bankruptcy, having concealed large amounts of property. Rey, or Garcia, having consented to take Fernandez secretly to the house of a relative in Havana, both were kidnapped by the friends of Fernandez, and taken on board of an American vessel and brought to New Orleans. On their arrival here, Fernandez abandoned Garcia without any compensation. Thus left destitute, he made application to the Spanish Consul, stated his knowledge acquired while on board of the vessel of the circumstances of Fernandez s bankruptcy and the disposition of the secreted funds, and inquiring whether he might receive a pardon, on condition of returning to Havana and making these disclosures. The Consul agreed to write to Havana to the proper authority there for the pardon. Before the receipt of the reply, Garcia made the declarations against Fernandez before the Counsul. This was on the 26th of June. On the 27th the Consul received the message from the Governor-General of Cuba, with the desired assurance. It was communicated to Garcia, and, on seeing that he could return home without any risk, he decided to leave for Havana. These papers, Mr. Foulhouze says, have been submitted to the Governor of the State and the Recorder of Municipality No. 1, and they both consider them as conclusive proofs that the Spanish Consul is innocent of the charges brought against him. The denial by the Consul is thus far complete. There is no abduction, by violence or otherwise. Rey, or Garcia, went at his own request to become a witnessin behalf of the Spanish government, with an assurance of safety. This makes an issue directly, under his own authority, with the sanction of high executive and legislative approval. But, the case does not end here. The Crescent adds: "It will be seen in our reporter's column that an affidavit has been made before Justice Bright," by Jose Morantes, detailing the abduction of Rey. Upon this affidavit the Consul and two alleged accomplice had been arrested and held to bail. The examination was to come off on Friday last. "Whether," says the Crescent, "anything can be made of the case or not, one good result will be attained the facts which gave rise to all this excitement will be judicially investigated." The Orleanian of the 21st analyzes the state ment of Mr. Foulhouze, pronounces it altogether unsatisfactory, and adheres to the original charge of abduction. Washington Union. The Pennsylvania Interest. We learn that John F. Shroder, Esq., the State Treasurer of Lancaster county, arrived in this city yesterday, bringing with him the large sum of seventy-nine tSiousand dollars, which, on the arrival of theState Treasurer, Mr. Ball, he will pay over as that County's quota of the State Tax. When it is known that the whole amount to be paid by Lancaster county is 68,000, and that on the same assessment but $75,000 were collected last year, the present result reflect the highest credit upon the energy and ability of Mr. Shroder. Thd. Gazette. A New Benton Paper. It is stated that ar rangements are in progress for the establishment of a new paper in Baltimore, in support of Hon. Thomas H. Benton, of Missouri. Messrs. Flynn &, Curran are to be the publishers. Mr. Curran was long connected with the Washington Globe, under Blair &. Rives. Marriage Exttaordinary. In Carrolton, on the 2d inst., Dennis Jones, aged 52, was married to Mrs. Williams, in the 51st year of her age, and mother of fifteen children. May they enjoy all the happiness designed for Even's bowers, and by living up to one of the commands given to the parents of mankind, be benefactors of their country. 0Recent attempts have been made to recover the treasure lost in the British brig-of-war Plump er. in the Bay of Fuudy, in 1822. She had on board at the time 74,000. By means of an In riia rubber apparatus, made by a young man of Boston, persons have descended to the bottom sixty feet deep and obtained about $2,000. The Republic or Liberia. President Roberts of Liberia, under date of Monrovia, 19th May, 1849. has issued an appeal to the Government and people of the United States, soliciting aid for the purchase of additional territory. He says that if the territory of Gallinas should be added to the Repubhc, the whole line of coast from Cape Palmas to Sierra Leone would be under its jurisdic tion, and could easily be kept free from the slave traoe. Not yet "1 y Jim, are you a single man yet?" "Vy, yeS! you didn't think I rasa double vuu, did you? '

Cholera is Sandcskt Citt The Cincinnati Atlas learns from a gentleman wl o left Sandusky on Monday evening last, and who took pains to inform himself of the health of that place, that the accounts heretofore received by tele graph are somewhat exaggerated, although the

state of things is truly frightful at best. He says I that when the boat reached the wharf from Buffalo, about four o'clock, p. m., there was but one solitary individual at the wharf to welcome them, and that was the man who came to receive the mail. Of the six thousand people, at which the population is usually estimated, he was informed fully three thousand had left, and that among those who remained there were about thirty deaths a day, or one per cent, a mortality truly frightful! It was also represented to him that business was entirely suspended, and that all or nearly all the stores are closed. The hotels are still open, and the Post-office had not been closed as was represented. He was told that the physicians had all fled, leaving the people to combat the epidemic the best way they could. One of the Professors of the Medical College at Cleveland and six students had come to their aid, and were doing what they could to relieve the sick. Singular Phenomena The Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate, of the 13th ult., says that a most singular sight was witnessed a few days eiuce on the premises of a Mr. Bessey, in the lower part of that town. The earth for twenty or thiny feet square appeared to be in a state of natural "spontaneous combustion." Flames were seen to issue to a height sufficient to attract the atten tion of persons a hundred yards off, and many of them, on repairing to the spot, found the earth on fire, sending forth somewhat of a sulphurous smell. An attempt was made to quench the mysterious fire by copious drenchings of water, but it was like adding fuel to the flames, causing the fire to burn with more vehemence, and producing the same crackling noise as that of grease and water when commingled and brought in contact with fire. Eventually, however, an experiment was tried which proved successful. A heap of ashes was obtained, and profusely scattered over the "burning district;" water being then poured ovhr them, an alkaline composition was produced, which proved an effectual extinguisher to the aqua-oleaginous. The Advocate says: "We visited it on Monday afternoon. We could distinguish no appearance of fire or heat, save that which pourded down upon us from old Sol above, which was of a nature severe enough for all com fortable purposes." Florida Indians. The Washington Republic understands that prompt measures have been taken by the Secretary of War, to hold several companies in readiness to proceed at a moment's notice to reinforce the troops now in Florida, if it should appear that the conduct of the four Indians who murdered Mr. Barder, in the settlement on Indian River, be at all countenanced by the Seminole who still remain in Florida. There is no reason to suppose, however, that this recent outrage of the few indicates either the feeling or the purpose of the tribe; but, of this we can have no assurance till further reports, which have been called for, and can be received from the commanding officer in Florida. The perpetrators are required to be delivered up at once. 0The Emperor of Russia has just issued a ukase, by which the number of students in each university in the empire is limited in future to three hundred. As there are at present a much greater number of young men, at the various universities (at the University of Moscow, for in stance, there are one thousand students), no Russian University shall admit fresh students until their numbers shall have fallen below the num ber specified. When vacancies occur the universities are to give the preference to young men of noble birth, and afterwards to those who are intended for the medical profession. O Some young men from Boston recently took it into their heads to pass their summer vacation in testing the availability of a new submarine apparatus, by visiting the spot where the British brig Plumper was lost in lf!l2, and searching for some of the dollars and doubloons lost on that occasion. The spot lies between Dipper harbor and Point Leprau, about forty-four miles from Eastport, Maine, in a northeasterly direction, at the foot of an almost perpendicular cliff, some 70 or 80 feet in height, where the depth of the water is about 0 feet. The operating party use an apparatus of India rubber on the plan of Taylor's submarine armor. The diver is supplied with air by tubes, into which it is forced by an engine Nearly $2,000 dollars have been recovered by this enterprising party; some ia gold, but the greater part in silver. The amount of specie lost in the Plumper was 74,000 0Ahens not Athens in Georgia,nor Athens in Ohio, but Athens in Greece now boasts of twenty-two journals, a greater number in proportion to the population than any other city in the world. Of these, sixteen are political, one legal, one medical, and two literary. IT Brevet Major Coll inson R. Gates, whose death by cholera at Fredericksburgh, Texas, was announced by telegraph a few days ago, was a brave and gallant officer, who had served with distinction in the Florida war, and also in the Mexican war. He was severely wounded ot Resaca de la Palma, and as soon a he recovered he joined Scott's wing of the army, and bore a gallant part in the capture of the city of Mexico.

INVOCATION. BY MRS. HIM INI. Answer me, burning stars of night Where is the spirit gone, That, past the reach of human sight, As a swift breeze has flown' And the stars answered me, "we roll In light and power on high; But of the never-dying soul, Ask that which cannot die." O, many tones and chainless wind! Thou art a wanderer free; Tell me if thou its place can find, Far over mount and sea' And the wind murmured in reply, "The blue deep I have crossed, And met its barks and billows high, But not what thou hast lost." Ye clouds that gorgeously repose Around the setting sun, Answer, hast thou a place for those Whose earthly race is run? The bright clouds answered, "we depart,

We vanish from the sky ; j Ask what is deathless in thy heart For that which cannot die." Speak, then, thou voice of God within, Thou of the deep, low tone; Answer me, through life's restless din, Where is the spirit flown? And the voice answered, "Be thou still? Enough to know is given; Clouds, winds, and stars their part fulfilled? Thine is to trust in Heaven." New Bed Bug Killer. No person at the unfortunate supper on poison, at Capt. Summons house, at the late catastrophe, is more and better known than Paul Houston, the popular engineer of the Big Ben, and other big boats. Well, we saw Paul out, walking around town, day before yesterday, looking pretty well, considering the teur through poison and medicinedom he has just taken. Paul, in stating to us some of the actions of the arsenic, re-narked that it was oozing out of him through all his pores, and that he could taste it, oftentimes very distinctly, and that it had affected his sight a little in one eye. He said that he slept the night previous out of town, and it so happened that there were a few unlucky bed bugs in the vicinity, several of which crept upon the sleeper, filling themselves with blood. The ani mals only crawled away a few inches before death j overtook them. Paul says he is, in his present j terrible condition, a new-fashioiied bed bug killer, and at all events, bed bug proof! Paul will tell a joke. We hope he may still continue to recover. Cincinnati Commercial. Father Mathew is continuing his good work at Boston, and is drawing thousands into the promise to abstain from the intoxicating cup. The Traveller says: Father Mathew administered the pledge at Fail euil Hall this afternoon. Many hundredsof his countrymen visited the hall, and received the temperance pledge from his own lips. Among the number we noticed many on whom the effects of a constant indulgence in intoxicating drinks were plainly visible. The influence of the good priest over the Irish seems unbounded. His manner is so winning, and hia words, though simple, so convincing, that many, doubtless, are induced to take the pledge on thespur of the moment. Others on the other hand, haye apparently reflected deeply on the important step which they are about to take. The manner of giving the pledge is as follows: The candidates range themselves in a row on their knees. Father Mathew then gives the pledge, to which they all respond, after which they are each blessed. A certificate is then given, and a medal, for the latter of which a small sum is paid. Wonders or Nature. The petals of flowers do not owe their beauty to the color that paints them, for that, when drawn off, is dull and dead; neither do they owe their brilliant tints to the skin that covers them. Their lovely appearance is derived chiefly from the bubbles of water which compose their pabulum. Receiving the sun's rays, they are enlivened and brightened by reflection and refraction from those drops of water, and from that spot or point of light being seen in every bubble, and striking to the focus underneath. By these means the whole flower would at times be one blaze of light, had not nature, to soften the same, covered the petal with an upper and an under skin, which curtails their diamond-like raye, and laaves them instead of lightness and beauty unequalled by the most exquisite art of the painter. Water Microscope. Baker, in hia work up- I on the Microscope, observes: It is common summer time for the water that stands in ditches, r ,,. , , ... to appear sometimes of areddish color, which upon examination with the Microscope, is entirely owing to infinite millions of animalcule crowded together on the surface of it, and giving it such appearance. The waler that drains from dunghills, and is of a deep brown color, is so thronged with animalcula? that it seems to be alive, and must be diluted with water before they can be sufficiently separated to distinguish their various kinds." j Dr. South says "The tale bearer and the tale hearer should both be hanged up back to back, only the one by the tongue and the other by the ear

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nOKTrcFORTHE KADISCS DAV" lOCRIEJt. S3" The Telegraphic reports jltfhed in the "l day iu Cin courier are made up at VJ, cinnati and published the same Madison. The Courier by this arrangerr ,e give the account! of the salea in the Ciuclrootji market 4 hours iu advance of any other paper distributed in the City of Maoisou. HEALTH REPORT. Cincinnati, Auj. 71, r. x. There werasix deaths from cholera yesterday. CINCINNATI MARKETS. Cincinnati, August 7, 1 p. . Flocr. Prime flour selling at $5 50. The market are unchanged everywhere. KENTUCKY ELECTION. August 7th. Trimble Cocnty 1st Day. Lane (dem.) S5; Marshall, (whig) 196. Locisvilli City 1st Day. Marshall, (whig) 200 ahead of Lane, (pro-slavery) ticket for con vention, 200 ahead. Mason County. Gaines 303 ahead. Kenton County Stanton, 93 ahead. Gaines, (pro-slavery) for convention, 166 ahead. ELECTIONS IN TENNESSEE. Nashville, August 4, r. ia The result in this county and district is disastrous to the Whigs. There is a falling off in this county from Gov. Brown's majority of 1847, of 29S. Ewing, Democrat, is reported to be elected to Congress by a majority of about 70. In the other adjoining counties, ten in number, as far as heard from, there is a large falling off from the Whig vote. Trousdale (Dem.) is no doubt elected Governor by a large majority. The legislature is, no doubt, gone all is lost. The cefeat in this district is owing to disaffection iu the Wfahj ranks. Nashville Aug. 7. Trousdale (Dem ) elected by 3000 majority Ewing (Dem.) elected to Congress in the Nashville district by 78 majority. The Democrats have carried the State Senate, and Legislature here, and gained 3 members of Cougress. NORTH CAROLINA. 5th District Venable (dem.) re-elected. 6th Raleigh district Dannels detn. elected. In the 7th dibtrict, Ash dem. election conceded. The 8th district is favorable to Stanley whig. Ia the 9th district Outlaw, whig is conceded to bo rlected by a large majority. INDIANA ELECTION RETURNS JEFFRSON CO.

93 3 a; o no a 2 " 5 2 - r a f " Q o Ci. 3 S S ? Governor Ma son, - ;"6 147 f-9 131 93 86 97 VV right, - 10b" 139 110 llt 13 40 64 Lieut -Governor Ptanfie d, ?8 141 90 136 93 6j S7 L&ae, 16) 143 1111 113 V2S 41 tit Congress Pun n, - - 07 14S 100 147 106 Pt 97 Dunham, - 147 137 1(9 101 11 . 34 64 Representatives Bowen, 130 i:;9 101 V.9 99 SO 93 Thorn, 65 (36 9l 137 95 74 9 Hilha, h0 1-J9 7" i42 91 94 IIiilricks. 166 133 109 11 126 23 67 M'Clellaml 143 7rt 67 f5 77 5J 43 Hrown, 18 15 3' 17 5 Quinn. - 73 M 4i 77 47 5 48 Sheriff Smith, - - 119 130 81 119 49 W) 97 Deputy, - - 130 140 llJ7 130 m 41 61 Treasurer- Woolen. - 65 139 66 95 4 93 JKvidxin, - 3 5 121 7 4 2 2 Uek. - - 4 '8 5 7 6 9 S Chambers, - !?9 117 II 112 115 30 62 Auditor Jackman, - 71 142 76 "25 hi 80 90 Taylor, - - lf-2 )l 35 12 1 9 43 70 Recorder l.ott, - - 167 01 U2 13-' 1 10 129 Commissioner Gal. - 91 13 ( 2 140 Oo P9 fit enffiel, l.9 142 1-J 01 112 3" 65

Jennings Colnty. Dunn's (reported) majority 238. Floyd County Dunham's majorty 125. Whole democratic ticket elected. 0".Mr. School-matter, do you know Al-ge-bra?" Al-gc-bra? No; but I knowed hia father, Colonel Bray, end his girls, tew, I guejs." Cov. Why doe a f-cu!ptor die the most horricle of deaths? Because he makes faces and BUSTS. Another. Why ia a hungry brown dog like a man that bakes bread ? Because he is a bay-cu f. and knrait something to eat. i MARRIED On the 6th instT, by X. 1Tl Esq., Mr. James Devahn to Miss Eli.e.1 1 both of this county. Rogers' Association of Universalista Will hold its next annual meeting in RisinV Sun, Ohio county, commencing on Friday. August 10, 1849. " B. J. HATHAWAY, Clerk. Rising Sun, July 30, 1843. f n ! A I'ELKHUAIKD Htl C II StA V A 4 t in ; la-ely rtad a paper before the I'arn Aeadmi ha I i-ncf,4KUnf ibai the color of the hair tniy te trad j lly eh&nffd hj eaung a particular kind of food. Now ; it ms to u that thia would fe rainer a iow operation te uetat'ie particular kind or rood might not be very agreeable A much plfa-anter method, and one which we think would be quite a efficaciowi would 1 to ue ju!e HauelM Vegeta lie Liquid Hair Dye, bieb will In atatitaneojfc'y change red or gray hafr. e efrowg. or wbii kr. to a hriiliai t b arn brown, or ehwmin eofor, without in the least injuring the hair or akin. Jt in a'leo Ibd hi le. and cannot be remorrd b the action of air. heat or rrioU ure; nl the c -lor are so natural In appearance, thai it would be imjHhwib e far a iranser ti discover that a dye had be-ii ued. The p'oprietcw would earnestly caution the pub ic aealf st iho hot of imitations ,of hit Hair De whirh are fur sale, irsnjr of which arc v-ry Inju ious. Juies Hauei VeeetaMe I quid lltir l)y m the only arlicl- of the kind which pfi-rt all the aitribot-a of a 6fd hair de. and tlie proprietor can with pleasure refer to is feat popularly a a proof of the ab-e aa-r-lion. Be particu'ar to rmrrhaw only auch aa haa my nan e attached; none tiheri are rmiire. Perfumer, 1? rh,n.f,ut g.r-et, PhiladeNhic. Tor si'e - Mediswn. by Frt-r-j E. ?u':e, Ages:.