Wabash Express, Volume 12, Number 44, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 October 1853 — Page 2

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0. S. DANALD80K, Editor.

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Wednesday Morning, Oct. 12,1853.

XT* The editor left last night on a packet for the State Fair at Lafayette, and will probably return on Saturday evening—or at least in time {r give his reader* an account of what he saw in hi* absence, protided aomc mendacious scribbler does not report him sold oat—hook and Jine. .*

(CT The day of the recent Agricultural Fair in this county wu a very pleasant one, and of course, materially aided in bringing a large number of people together. From the turnout on that occasion, and the jam in the Courthouse, we presume the managers will make a better preparation for the next fairr and procure a boarded lot near town, from which can be derived some revenues, as well as afford more room and comfort to visitors. This must be done, as the spirit of the times calls for it. Such social and business meetings of the people are bound to be popular and well attended, and we hope may be the only well patronized shows* in opposition to the mountebank and useless swindles that are always traveling about the country. These arc places of agreeable and pleasant recreation, as well as of amusement and instruction, and being in the peoples hands, they should see that every thing should be done to make them go off well. Agricultural shows should now be established as one of the permanent customs of the country.

The late Fair was of much more credit to the country than the town. We don't know why our mechanics did not turn out more of their work.

IT Yesterday was the election day, which we mention to lot it bo known that the time has past. At noon, at the poll at the Town Hall three dor.cn votes had been taken, and no more in sight. We saw no box for contributions to the Washington Monument, but little would have been collected however, as so few attended the election*

Hiram Smith, for County Commissioner, of course, will be elccted, as he had no opposition. The race between Gordon and Porter for Supreme Court Reporter, will be reported hereafter, The ticket contained only the three names cbove—a manuscript ticket at that, as far as wo saw which is right, as people ought to bo able to read writing beforo voting.

UTThe Court of Common Pleas again commenced on Monday last—Judge Kinney present but his health being so bad, it has adjourned before nojw. It met again Tuesday niortiing, but. tfisihtdgo soon retired, and arrangements were made to put an attorney on the bench to try a particular case or two.

We understood that on to-morrow morning, (Wednesday,) the court will be adjourned until the next session. Judge K* is very weak, and ought not to expose himself to a relapse. We hope he may be soon restored to his usual good health.

O" The Paris lieattm tells us that Hartsville is "a little Hoosior town, situated in Bartholomew county, fourteen miles from Columbus, up Olifty river—a stream well calculated, when it is high, to wash away mill-dams and fences, and when it is low to furnish minnows for flyup the-creeks, and practice for the doctors."

The aforesaid editor tells us also that Hartsville "contains the anomaly of a union between on old man and the Post-office of the first part, and tin old woman and whisky barrel of the second part."

Satisfied

cr We have no doubt from reading our Minnesota letter published this week, that the Indians in that quarter are most sadly swindled by tho whites, every time they receive their payments. Such, however, has always been the case, and we suppose must ever be, as we know of no means of protecting them. Whon they have the money, like a sailor on land, they have the right to squander it as they please, and still like the tar, they arc not satisfied till all is gone.

Read the letter in another place.

£T Altered notes on the bank of Rock Island, Ills., are in circulation. They are of the denomination of $50 altered in a truly beautiful and scientific manner from $3's also, one of the denomination of $10, altered from a $3. There are, in addition to these, $lO's altered from $l*s in circulation. All that is necessary to remember about the notes of this bank to prevent being deceived by these alterations is, that no bill* kicker denomination tk*» $o'« are titntd by it.

O* On Wednesday last, the forenoon express train on the Indianapolis and Bellefontaine Railroad was thrown from the track just above Lanesville, by which accident a passenger car was wrecked and several persons in jurcd—a man and chtld wsrtotisly. The car was the last one in the train and was thrown off the track by an inequality of the iron at a small bridge. It was dragged 125 yards before it became detached.

Gotxa Ui\—There was a rumor in town yesterday, that flour had gone up to $7.63 in the city of New York and that dealers were offering $3,50 for pork at Cincinnati. The short crop* in Europe, are given as the cauw of this upward tendency, If the papers of Wednesday morning confirm the above, w« will give the extract* in Hull. fr-

CTThers ^as a heavy frust ftj'Tuesday morning, which will bring the leaves rapidly to the ground, and make ee*i*»N good. It is nxsgnificent fall weather—could not be better and we believe,genera! good health prevail* in the valley of the Wabash.

If such weather prevail far iwvuth. ft mn%x check the yellow fever. We hope such is the fact,. ...

Tkk AiGtatvi* —TboM wonderful and groat magicians, gave their grand l«*«w la^teveoin* to a large audience, and they are certainly t.« grwrteet (hat ha* ever rUited oar city.— They perform again to-night with new woo. t. -i, and a perfect ro*h may fee expected

Hall was crowded with ladies—and any (jtMUitilv of the eKw.

Oatir MoiT* trrr—In wwy places in lie South, the yellow few has bean terribly sever*. At Lake Providence. La., o«l of a pep ylition o^SK) persona, €0 hare died! This i»

The Vigo County Fair

Came off at the Gourt-House, and on the pablic Square, on Saturday last. We presume some 1500 or 2000 people,were present, among who** were a good proportion of ladies from the town arid surrounding^ country. Every thing passed off pleasantly, as far as we have heard and nothing occurred to mar the interest, of the occasion.

The exhibition greatly surpassed that of last year, in attendance, as well as in articles for exhibition, and if similar improvement attends each Annual Fair, Vigo may soon be along side of some of the old counties of Kentucky. In the yard we noticed some fine stallions of various ages, cows and calves, hogs, brood mares and colts and draft horses, and about the finest pair of oxen we have ever seen. Tliere were also some jacks, and a flock of sheep, together with samples of variou* kinds of poultry—domestic and foreign breeds. Of machinery, there was a stump puller made by Madison fc Grover a straw cuttet", a threshing machine, a seed sower by Mr. Joseph O. Jones, a cider press, a plow, &c-., fec. In the CourtHouse were samples of barrels, harness, painting, graining, clothing, carpets, quilts, socks, hose, half hose, butter, cheese, honey, cabbage, beets, potatoes, tallow, stearin, candles, apples, pears, peaches, pumpkins, onions, beans, preserves, flowers, corn, card printing, flour, fcc., &c. The exhibition in the pomological line wag extremely creditable, and would have done honor to itself in any country. There were a great variety of apples, all large, sound, and of the most approved species for fall and winter use. We were sorry to notice that there was no exhibition of cabinet-work, shoes or boots, marble work, blacksmithing, carriage or buggy, dentistry, silversmithing,carving, wagon-making, guns, pistols, Ac., all of which trades are carried on here.

After the exhibition, many of the articles were sold to the highest bidder, and we understand a lot of a dozen apples from the orchard of M. W. Sedam, Esq., was knocked off at $55 00 the lot. We take it, no other sale can beat that.

We are glad to say that the exhibition was a very creditable one, and we hope it may improve rapidly every year. We will publish a list of the awards, as soon as we can procure a correct copy.

U* The late foreign news states that the cholera has broken out in England, after passing over the continent. We presume it is on its westward march and may arrive again in New York early next summer. It has already ravaged many towns and cities in Englapd, Ireland, and the north of Europe, averaging 100 deaths per day. One hundred and thirty deaths occurred at Stockholm on the 13th of September, and at Barcelona there had been 932 deaths out of a population of 12,000.

The Louisville Courier says that in all of the cases investigated in London, the fact is proven that the cholera occurred only in those disgusting Jllthy quarters tchcre ordure and garbage were allowed to accumulate until its presence had made the neighborhood intolerable. One of the medical Officers at Kew-Castle-on-Tyne says that at least 15,000 families in the town arc destitute of water-closets, and that whole districts are converted into gigantic cess-pools. Copenhagen, where it has been raging with frightful mortality,—of 7,463 cases that had occurred up to the 11th ult., 4,041 had proved fatal—is full of narrow streets, which are ill-paved and never clean. At Christiana, where 800 have already fallen by it, and sixty fall daily even yet, the populace is dirty, and fed on unwholesome food. At Carlscrona, where out of 1,211 attacked, 601 have died, there is great deficiency of good water.

IT A woman's rights convention assembled at Cleveland, on tho 6th inst., which seems to have been more uproarious than that of New York, sometime since. Resolutions were adopted, claiming tho elective franchise, political stations, tc. A resolution was offered by a male delegate that women confine their speeches to ten minutus, which was indignantly voted down!

Mrs. Clark endeavored to speak a word in behalf of tho male delegate, but was gagged amid hisses, and of "turn her out!" They used more angy discussions and attempts to put her down, but she declared she wouldn't be put down There was confusion of a doaen tongues going nt once! when a motion to adjourn was carried, at which time the presidentess fled and the hall closed with terrible commotion!

D* While the workmen were recently engaged in raisingthe timbers of the first span of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Bridge, acsoss the Great Miami River, two miles above Lawrenceburgh, one of tho men, contrary to orders, removed the braces which held the trusses in a perpendicular position, in consequence of which the trusses fell over, precipitating fourteen men, together with the timbers of the bridge, about fifty feet. One man was killed and thirteen wounded, more or less.

ID* The Indians are very troublesome among the Mormons, according to the latest dates, the Governor has issued a proclamation calling all the military forces of the territory into services also ordered a wall to be built around the city SO feet high and 8 feet thick, with a ditch on the outsidc.and had sent out 50armed men to take Bridges, but he had fled to the mountains. The troops took possesion of the fort, locked up the stores, and returned for reinforcements to take the mountain men sear Green river, hot work anticipated.'?

Accipknt Asn Loss or Lira,—On Xonday evening, a week ago, a freight train on the New Albany and Salem Railroad, ran over a horse below Lafayette, throwing the locomotive and tender off the track, breaking down a bridge, and precipitating the locomotive and tender some seventy feet into a ravine. The fireman was killed and Beary Goodrich, a grain dealer of Lafayette, Mr. Ktnch, the engineer. and another man, were scalded and otherwise injured, bat not fatally.

17* David Miles, of Wabash town attending the Friend's Yearly Mectingin Richmond, Ind., on returning to his boarding house oa Monday night, the 3d inst., fell through the cow guard oa tbe railroad bridge, and was so badly bruised thai fee died on Tuesday following. AMiss Omar, running to the assistance of Mr. ML, fell through the wase place, bat escaped with only a badly »pratoed ankle.

IT Mr. James O. Ball, who was shot by Dr. F. W. Ames, a few weeks since, is Cincinnati, haa to far recovered fratn his wounds as to be able to ride oat daily. Hfe estxr* restoration to health is aew co*fid«atly looked for. We hvr* beard nothing of a trial of Attica.

LIST OF PREMIUMS

Awarded 4t tie Second Annual Agricultural Fair of Vigo County, heldtn Tem-Hcaite, Saturday October 8,1853. *. I- Class A—Horses. Best 4 year old Stallion, Chas. St. John,

State Reports and $4 00 Second best. 6. B. T. McClure, 3 00 Be*t brood Mare, David Cusick, Indiana'

Farmer and

Second best,M. Goodman,State Reported Best 3 year old colt, Benj. Smith, Indiana Farmer and [Last mentioned mare is said to belong to Jos. Smith, Jr.—Sec.] Best 2 year old coltj James Barnes Best 1 year old colt. John Carr, Best sucking colt, Thos. Hopkins, Indiana Farmer and Best span match carriage horses, Corey

Barbour. State Report* and Best span farm liorses, Milton Roger*. Best saddle horse, Samuel Milligan, Indiana Farmer and

Indiana Farmer and |jl, Native and Grade Cattle. Best dairy cow, Corey Barbour,

Dennv, Indiana Farmer and Best heifer over land under 2 years old, F. Markle, IndianaFarmer and Best heifer under 1 year old, F. Markle,

Indiana Farmer and Best bull under one year old, G. F. Cookerly, State Reports. \y

Best yoke of oxen over 4 years old, Orroan Barbour, Class D—Hogs.. Best boar over 1 and under 2 years old,

Benj. McKeen,

Bell,

Best pair of half-hose, Th. Durham, 1st, Best pair of hose, Wm. Hall, Best worked calico quilt, Jas. Kelly, Best sample of woollen yarn, Wm. Hall

4 00

2 00

2 00 2 08

4 00 4 00

2 00

Class B—Jacks and Holes:

Best Jack, Jacob Jackson, O. Reps, and

Best span working mules, Carlile Clark, Best mule colt, S. T. Korris, St. Rep. and Class C—Cattle (full bloods.) Best calf. 1 year old, David H. Denny, Best heifer under 1 year old, W.Hall,

Class E—Sheep.

Best fine wool buck, Ralph Wilson, Best Ewe and Lamb, do do «. Best 10 head sheep, do do ,, Class F—Poultry. Best pair of Shanghai chickens, Corey

Barbour. State Reports and Best pair Poland ducks, N. F. Cunningham, State Reports and Best pair Native chickens, F. Markle,

State Reports and Class G—Produce of Dairy, &o. Best cheese over eight pounds Thomas

Durham, 1st. Best 5 pounds of butiter, John Bell, butter knife or, Best 10 lbs. of honey, F. Markle. State

Durham, 1st,, Indiana Farmer and 1 00 Best half-bushel of turnips, Wm. Hall, State Reports. Best half-bushel of beets, Wm. Hall, 1 00 Best peok of onions, Wm. Hall, 1 00 Best peck of tomatoes, W. D. Larld, 1 00 Best specimen eggplant, Thos. Durham, 1st, Indiana Farmer. Best quart Lima beans, F. Markle, Ind.

Farmer.

Best half-dozen cabbage, F. Markle, Ind. Farmer. Best half-dozen pumpkins, F. Markle,

IndianaFarmer. Class J—-Fruits, Flowers, &c. Best display of apples, 3 of each variety, named and labeled, Th. Durham, 1st, Second best of same, Peter Lyon, Best display of pear.f, 3 of each variety, named and labeled, Th. Durham, 1st, Best 6 varieties of table apples, named and labeled, Dnnid Durnam, Best display of peaches, Chas. Groverrnan, Best display of grapes, T. Durham, 1st, Best display of quinces, T. Durham,1st,

Class K—Manufactured Articles. Best 10 yards of rag carpet, Mrs. H. W. Allen, Best pair of woollen blankets, Mrs. Jno.

1 00 2 00 1 00

Class L—Miscellaneous Articles.

Best artificial flowers, Wm. M. Crain, Best landscape painting in water, Win. M. Crain. Best sign painting, Wm. M. Barr,

1 00

1 00 1 00 00

Best specimen printing, D.S. Danaldson, 1 Best specimen of saddle and bridle, R. St. John,

Best specimen lady's saddle and bridle, R. St. John, Best carriage harness, (double,) R. St.

John,

Best carriage harness, (single,) R. St. John, N. 1. Reports. Best draught collar, R. St. John,

Besfctdress coat, D. H. Arnold, Best vest, D.H.Arnold, Best pants, D. H, Arnold, Best flour barrel, Alpheus Rowley, Best tight barrel, Alf. Pegg, Best display of cakes and confectioner-* ies, E. «fcX Neumiester, Best split basket, W. D.Ladd,

1 00 3 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00

2 00 1 00

Class M—Agricultural Implements^ Best plow for all purposes, Grover & Manison,

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Best farm wagon, Jacob Jackson. A' Best stump lifter, Sam'l Milligan, ", Best straw-cutter, Blood di McCabc, 1

2 00

1 00

Sweepstakes, (open to all.):

Best threshing machine, Caleb Jackson, Best portable cider mill,L. Watkins,

4 00 1 00

D"At the present time. Mobile is a place of very expensive living. It is stated in that city, that a good ham cannot be bought less than 19 cents per pound ,• bacon sides lOalic mackerel $3 per kitt or 15c apiece butter 40a 50c per pound flour, corn meal, coffee, Ac.,

Sweet potatoes 2a$2 50 per

in proportion bushel beans, okma. tomatoes, cabbage, «fec ,. ~.n

command California prices and as to fresh

m««t and fi*h, especially the latter, the rates

demanded are enormous. A pair of half grown daysold. chickens, if only in tolerable order, will bring $1 or more. Western apples are sold at 5 to 10c a piece, bananas 3 fa? 10c, plantains 4 for 10c, oranges 5c, lemons 10, pecans 20c per lb-

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CTNewfoundland is being fast deserted by ita inhabitants, as stated by a St. Joha's paper, the causes assigned being the failure of the fish

treal, haa taken off a considerable number of passengers, and at length regular packet* have

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That no price be established for inserting marriages, but that publishers, like de»vman, leave the amount of compencatioa to the liberality of the bridegroom, which we fee! will be regulated according to the estimate ho places on bis Cvrm 1%***

MIXXESOTA CORRESPONDENCE.

Ramsey.

1 00

3 00

Best dairy cow over 3 and under 4 years old. D. H. Denny, Best dairy cow over 2 years old, D. H.

2 00

1 00

Oxen.i, ,V

5 00

t3 00

Best sow over 1 year old, B. McKeen, Best fat hog, John Mil nor,

saw

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3 00

1 00

2 00

1 00

Reports andrr Class H—Grain Crops, Specimens, &c. Best bushel of wheat, Thos. Durham, 1st, 1 Best bushel of corn in the ear of 1853,

3 00 2 00

2 00

1 00

T*atebse,Sept.29th,1853^

Feiexd DasaujSox Again the spirit morts me to hold a little converse with'you and the rest of my Hoosier friends, through the medium of your valuable and welcome paper, which makes its weekly visits like an old acquaintance giving us the news of the day, with all the changes—in business, which are numerous—so many new firms—-in marriages, in deaths—oh! how many, since we left, orily one abort year since. How many of my old friends have settled their final accounts with this world's affairs, and yet we are all spared. What cause of gratitude 1 if

With reference to the news of the day,*there is not much of interest. Governor Gorman is still going on with his persecutions against Governor Ramsey—hunting and sending for persons of every color and character to testify qq something against him but as yet, I believe 3 (H) nothing has been proven. The Governor is 1 00 not'so papular even with his party as Governor

2 00 The great stir now is among the traders to have something to sell that will draw the money from the Indians, as the payment will come off about the 10th or 15th of October, and all the little, poor, ugly, old, diseased, and crippled horses, are now being put in their best plight, with the expectation that each Will bring $100, if not more all cheap at that. I think some of your Hoosiers might make a speculation by bringing some small poneys no difference how small, how ugly, or how young, so they are rideable—you may safely calculate on getting from $60 to $80 for them.

The river is in good stage, and rising, and plenty of rain, so I think there is no dangetof low water, even up the Minnesota, as far as this place, till the close of navigation by ice.

We have the finest crops of potatoes I ever .3 00

in my life in any country. All other crops are good, for it has been one of the most beautiful seasons any one could wish to see. No ,3 on frost yet, everything green.-

Harvey Evans, 1 00 Best barrel of flour, F. Markle, 2 00 Class I—Specimens of Roots and other Vegetables. Best half-bushel of potatoes, Milton Rogers, Indiana Farmer and 1 00 Best half-bushel of sweetjpotatoes, Thos.

Our town is still improving, hduse's going up like magic, families coming in, and we shall have quite a little community of our own shortly. We need a Doctor here now very much, as there is but one within twenty miles, and he on the opposite side of the river though the health is good, and only one case where he had to be called but it would be comfortable (when we get over it,) to have a few chills just to remind us of the luxuries you are enjoy ing in eating melons, and taking pills to cure the ague. Though in speaking of luxuries you almost make me home-sick, in talking of your presents of strawberries, apples, peaches pears, figs, fec., while we have to go on our prairies and gather ours—apples, none but crabs, cherries, plenty of black wild plums in abundance, of a fine quality. I have also cranberries in abundance, the common large yellow dent corn, that is out of the way of frost now, although not planted till June. It looks quite as large as your Wabash corn.

The Indians are now on their way to thei new home, 50 or 60 miles above us, and by the last of next month, we will not have many among us then such a flood of imigration as will pour in on us next spring, would surprise you. j:

Our river has proven itself fully as good as the Wabash for about 300 miles—in fact, a larger class of boats have been running here, than usually run your river. The boats have had a harvest, indeed, this summer one boat, the Clarion, came in in April, and was offered for $5,000, but no purchaser was found so the Captain concluded to try it himself, and in about three months retired with a clear profit of over $6000, and sold his boat for $4000, and has gone to get one more suitable.

Next spring small side wheel boats, and a larger quantity of them, will be employed by Government to transport materials and provisions to the new Fort, as they could not get half up this summer.

We have no mail runhiftg up this far now our new administration has cut off everything above St. Paul. Respectfully, G. H. S.

pries for the requirements of the population— Wisener (whig) 43, Wm. Wallace (dean.) 30. For two years pa*t every vessel leaving St. R- B. Cheatham was elected Principal Clerk. John's for Boston, X. York, Quebec, or Mon-1

been established for a fixed emigration boat- large *ale* of stack every county court day.— .m Recently two auctioneers of Paris, reported sales amounting to $7^371 75—others, notretaauGS Ptsa.—A convention of editors ported, would swell tbe amount to $150,000 and proprietors of newspapers in Western Sew The two reports show the sales of 834 males, York, was held at Eljmra, a few day* ago, and at $09,765, and 185 bid in, at $10,897, and the amoa'g the "platform principles" adopted by sale of 419 cattle, at $9,615, and 100 bid is at them, we find the following $2,005

Removal of Kitsanc to Colttrttfous. The Cincinnati Commercial says, William Kissane was taken from the Lebanon county jail on Thursday morning, and conveyed to Columbus where he arrived at noon, and was placed in the prison of Franklin county, to await his trial on the indictment found at the last term of the United States Court, for a conspiracy to burn the steamer Martha Washington.

When the Marshal went into the jail, Kissane protested against being ironed, and offered to pay the expense of twenty men to guard himself, if he could be taken without the shackles. But the previous experience of the Marshal, on a previous occasion, had taught him a lesson which he could not disregard, and he placed the irons upon his prisoner.

The Martha Washington trials at Columbus commence on the iSth inst.

The St. Loui« Republican. On Tuesday October 4th. this sterling Whig 2 qq paper hitherto the largest in all the great West,

j! was still further enlarged, until its size now approximates to that of the mammoth New V«»V. Tn.inn10 Tln ramMlv 1 nnratifiincr KttAt

York Journals. The rapidly increasing business of St. Louis, and the pressure of advertisers, has caused this step to be taken by the proprietors.

The enlarged size of the Repubhcan is J3 by 58 inches and is on new type throughout. With the enlarged paper, a facsimile of the Missouri GasetU" is issued, of July 26, 1808, from which the Republican sprang. It is about the sixe of a pane of glass, say 12 by 16! and is dated "St. Louis, Louisana." The letter list em

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braces about 40 names, all 1 he latest

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1. .r news from Boston and Balutnoro is about 40

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The offspring seems to hare largely outgrown the ancestor in every thing.

u—This body met at

TeX5SSSXX L*8tSUATC*K. Kashville, on Monday. Gen. Edwin Polk was elected President of the Senate over J. D. Carriger, Esq., (whig). The Senile stands 12 whig* and 13 democrat*.

The Hou-« of Representatives elected Mr. IH. H. Wisener. Speaker. The vole stood,

O" Bourbon countv, Ky., is noted for ita

The late election in Georgia ia said to have resulted ia tbe election of Johnson, detn~, for Governor, with a democratic majority ia the lcpditsn.

From EI Paso—Americans killed by Indiana. The Picayune publishes letters received from "Magoffinsvtlle,*' oa the Rio del Norle. not far from El Paso. These letters state that, early in August, while a party of Americans, California bound, Mere trarelipg through New Mexico, the Indians stole nineteen of their finest riding horses. On arriving at Esleta. they dispatched thirteen of their choicest men, mounted on thirteen of their best remaining animals, in search of the stolen ones.— When two days out, going up a amort, they were surrounded by a hundred and fifty or two hundred Apaches, and ten out of the thirteen were tilled. The Indians captured thirteen fine horses, eighteen sixshooters, and thirteen Mississippi rifles.

In the latter part of July a man from Arkansas, with his wife and two sons, and some half a dozen girls, reached Esleta, en route to California. On the way the the man lost his teams of cattle. To supply the loss he took four yoke of steers belonging to some Puebla Indians of Socoro, and started off. The Indians followed and demanded their cattle, which were refused them the Americans commenced firing the Indians did the same result, both the old man and his eldest son were killed, and the Indians returned home with their property. The remaining portion of the family are residing at Esleta.

A gentleman writing from Magoffinsville on the 20th ult., says to#his friend in &in Antonio: "Let me ask you in all candor, my dear sir, have you ever knowp a frontier so sadly neglected as this? As an evidence of our extreme inability, we could not raise a force sufficient to go out and bury the victims who fell in the Guadalupe mountains. A request was sent to Lieut. J. C. McFerran. commanding at fort Fillmore, far a number of men to assist in performing the last rites to the dead. Lieut. Wilkins was sent down with 20 dragoons, (all that could be mounted,) and after arriving here and conversing with those who had escaped the massacre, he soon became satisfied that it would be folly in him to attempt to go with his force, especially as it seems that at the head of the canon in which tbe fij^ht occurred, the Indians live, there being an abundance of fine timber in the canon, with a fine spring Qf water, &c. The escaped persons imformed Lieut. Wilkins that they would not go with him with less than 75 or 100 men.as they were fully convinced that an entire defeat of a smaller party would be the consequence. They concur in stating the strength of the Indians to be at least 200 men.

Mr. D. Iv. Diffendorff, U. S. Consul at El^Paso, writes: Mr. Ryan is just in from Chihuahua He.reports that by order of Santa Anna the Mexican authorities there have taken from Lightner, trader, 1,000,000 yards of his goods, lie, they say, not having paid

The Mexicans are fighting among themselves. No resistance will be made to Gen. Garland should he wish to take the Mesilla Valley."

Another gentleman writes from Magoffinsville: -l "Mr. Lightner lias sold out in Chihuahua. At least the government of Mexico took from him forcibly about $18,000 of goods for more duties, saying he had hot paid enough. "A party has"gone out from here oh an exploring expedition to find the nearest railroad route to this point."

Hogs.—We see it stated 10.000 hogs have been offered at Gallatin, Tenn., at 83 net. In East Tennessee, we learn from the Knoxville Statesman, the prospect for an abundant supply of pork is flattering. The crop of that section will be much larger than usual. The Statesman says:

Holders in this section, we understand, are asking $3 50 per hundred gross, but we have heard of sales in other counties at less than $3.

O* In the Kozt-a affair, it is generally conceded that Wm. L. Marcy, Secretary of State, has as completely used up Mr. Hulsemann as did Mf. Webster along time ago. In the long letter of the Secretary, the following great principle is maintAined:

An alien here, who has at least three years before his admission solemnly declared his bonaJide intention to become one of us, and to renounce forever all allegiance to any foreign sovereignty whatever, is, as to all foreign governments, a citmen de facto of the United States, entitled to the security of his person property without as well as within our territory, so long as he shows no intention of changing his domicil, regards his obligations to this government, and does not abuse or for-j feit the advantages and privileges of American protection and citizenship, by rendering him-! self justly amenable to some foreign tribunal, or by returning within his native jurisdiction, and then calling upon the United States toi save him from the consequences of offences committed thereunder. Every alien from our' shores, who has in his pocket the certificate of) his declaration of intcution, and a letter of safe conduct endorsed by our official agents in any country, must, wliile he lives there in good faith to the parties concerned, be protec ted at all hazards by the representatives of the United States government.

On Saturday last, a lot of doors and sash arrived here from Cincinnati by Adams fc Co.'s Express, destined to Terre-Haute. This looks like going too far and for too much expense for, such work, when just as good can be procured here and less the amount of carriage in cost. Come to Madison for doors, sash, and the like. —Madi$on Banntr.

Even Madison is going too far for TerreHaute, when we have the best of pine lumber here, and an establishment which tarns out doors, sash, and blinds, as fast as orders come. Madison is too far, Terre-Haots is the place to furnish all soch articles.

O" Afire occurred at Buffalo on the 5th inst., on Evans street, which consumed over 100 build tags, some of them valuable brick blocks. Tbe buildings covered five acres of ground. Tbe sod was very high at the time, baffling all the efforts of the firemen. The loss is roughly estimated at $300,000. §iis

tT Mess pork has advanced at New Orleans $16.50 bacon sides, tjcts lard ia barrels lie—in kegs 12 to 19)cts.

STOne of Dan Rice's corps was killed on the railroad to Madison, after 4bey left this place. ..

IT The death of Dr. Stone of New Orleans sMMMnced—oac of the most emioeat physicians of the country.

Ft** tie Madistn Banner.

News Items, by Telegraph

NkwYork, Oct. 5.

The steamer Crescent City, with fire hundred passengers and a million of dollars in specie, arrivedlast ni^htu Among the treasure was $400,000 from Australia, per Adams & Co.'s Express, the firet shipment from that country to this. The Crescent City left Aspinwall on the 25th ult.— The health of the Isthmus was good.

Australian dates to July 20th say that the miners are agitating for a reduction of tax. Large meetings have been held, and those attending were armed to the teeth. Great excitement prevailed. The mining intelligence is favorable.

Further particulars of the affair at Chincha, in which the captain of the American ship Defiance was wounded, are given.— The Defiance was going to sea ana saluted other American vessels, for which she was fined. A second salute was then fired, which so enraged the Peruvian commander that he went on board the Defiance with three armed boats' crews, and, after a severe encounter,, seized tho captain and bound him, and then threw him into one of the boats, severely injuring him.

The Peruviau officer and crew took the Defiance to Callao and retained the captain in confinement. Mr. Clay, minister to Lima, forthwith chartered the steamer Bolivia and went to Chiucha to investigate the matter, and ha§ sent despatches to to Washington. Business was paralyzed throughout the republic.,

The most exciting stories had reached Santiago de Borgia of gold discovered or. the Amazon and its branches—the washings extending forty leagues—and twentyfive pounds per day is said to be the average product of ofte'man's labor.

Philadelphia, Oct. 4.

The Department of the Interior yesterday received a letter from Colonel Wynkoop, Marshall of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, stating that three of his deputies were on the point of being arrested on a state warrant, charged with riotous and illegal conduct in the execution of warrants issued by Judge Grier of the U. S. Supreme Court, for the arrest of a negro claimed as a slave by Ishane Keith, of Virginia. The Marshall asks authority to employ counsel and incur necessary expenses in defending the suit.

The Secretary replied by telegraph, directing him to lose no time in consulting the District Attorney, and taking any measures for the Department and the whole government are determined at all hazards, and at any cost, to carry out the provisions of the fugitive slave law.

Philadelphia, Oct.

The U. S. Deputy Marshalls, Cravens and Jenkins, had warrants of arrest served on them yesterday, charging them 'with riot, assault and battery upon Bill Thomas, alleged fugitive slave, at Wilkesbarre. On oath of Wm. C. Gilderleere, a resident of Wilkesbarre, a writ of habeas corpus was applied for before Judge Gryer. Ashmael asked that the prisoners be discharged, ascertaining that no more force than was necessary, the fugitive being armed with a knife given him by the bystanders. Judge Greyer said if habeas corpus arc to be taken out after that manner I will have an indictment sent to the United States Grand Jury against the person who appears for the writ or assists in getting it, the lawyer who defends it, and the sheriff who serves the writ, to see whether the U. S. officers are to be arrested and harrassed whenever they attempt to serve a process of the U. S. Mr. Brown, counsel for abolition, asked for a delay of ono week to procure witnesses, which was granted.

L,ntcr From Mexico.

Reported Commencement of UuslUilics in tho Mesilla Valley—Excitement of lite Mexican Government— The American Minuter call' ed oft for Explanations—Jl new Minister of War Appointed, bc.

New Orleans,Sept.27.—The Picayune is in receipt of advices from the city of Mexico to the 18th inst.

A report had reached the city of the, breaking out of hostilities in the Mesilla Valley, between the United States troops and the Mexican forces.

Gen. Trias had also received information that a large body of American troops were concentrating on the Rio Grande, and that they would unite with those already in the valley in an attempt to seize it.

These reports had created great excitement, which, at the latest accounts, had got to be of so serious a character, that the Supreme Government had thought proper to demand from Gen Gadsden, the American Minister, an immediate explanation of the intentions of the United States Government in serving out additional forces to occupy the Mesilla Valley and vicinity.

The Eco del Courier, published at Vera Cruz, devotes several editorial articles to the American Minister, and the instructions received by him at Washington, and intimates that if the latter are not of a pacific nature, there will be the most immediate danger of a sudden commencement of hostilities between the two countries.

Senor Juan Suarz had been appointed to the charge of tbe Portfolio of Minister of War, in place of Gen. Tornell, deceased.

Don Luis Del Valle bad received the appointment of Consul for Mexico, at the port of San Francisco.

Several executions of Indians had taken place for robberies committed in Chihuabaa and Da range.

Distant Market** ClJIClJfXATT, Oct. 8.

sSalesof

800 brls flour at $5 25g5 35 the

market is dull, there being bat few buyers whisky 25c ealeft of 500 brls meus pork at $15 00 66 hhds bacon side! at 7|, in other articles there is no change the] money market is very stringent, and currency extremely •caree. W,

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CT Wheat aells at 99 cents ]?er bushel at Indianapolis.

Nkw Yo*k, Oct. 8.

State flour $6 75@6 87 Ohio do 6 81 @6 92 —market opened heavy^but improved at the close sooth em de 7 00@7 25, And firm westem wheat $1 55 mixed corn 87 yellow do 88 western do 89 Ohio whisky 32 mess pork 17 12@17 25 prime do 13 50$I3 75 men beef 12 00@13 00 hams 9 lard 12 Java coSee 11 St. Domingo 9} Muscovado sugar 5| Orleans molasses 28c Cotton unchanged.—Maditon Banner,

Satchxz.—The deaths from

yellow fever at Natchez, for tbe week ending September 26, were 239. E. Smith, of New Jersey, died oa the 26th. Friday, tbe 30th alt, was set apart as a day of fastiog, humiliation a a

Conviction of Kliuuie,

There porter of the Cincinnati Times furnishes the following account of the scene in csourfc upon the rendition of the verdict in the Kissane case:

The Court-room was dimly lighted, the n%ht without was dark and stormy, as if in unison with the fate of the prisoner* when he was brought in to hear the decision of those twelve men upoa whom his future destiny hung, and with whom his* every expectation rested.

Kissane looked full of hope, as he stood up before those jurymen, and giuied fixedly at them, as if he would read their sentence ere it was uttered. The awful word '•guilty" fell not upon his ear, as much as" upon his soul, which seemed to shrivel before that fenrfnl sound Every ray of hope died in his countenance: he started and gazed wildly around as it to seek for protection. and sank overpowered beneath the unanticipated blow. He grasped nervously the arm of his counsel. Judge Walker, who had struggled so nobly in his defense, and who had fought so bravely, though in vain, against the dark and impending fate which awaited him, and exclaiming in a trembling and appalling tone: is wrong. Judge, vis Heaven is my taitness, I did not do US" burst into an agony of tears.

Each spectator in that Court-room felt a thrill of woe, in that painful and awful silence, dead as the hope of the unfoitunate who wept, weeping like a child before them,

That scene will be long burned upon our memory. Near Kissane sat his young brother, bathed in tears, and sobbing as Tf his heart would break—helpless then he seemed and deserted:—the elder brother, to whom he had looked i*p as to a father, plunged in despair and affliction, was near him, a convicted felon. Tbe mother of these two young men, thank Heaven, was not there. She had not yet learned that fearful intelligence, which will slope the darkened descent to her not distant tomb. She was awaiting,\with breathless suspense and anxious mind, and hi»h, beating heart, the return to his home ot her cherished son. A mother's love had never accused him—in her sight he was as innocent as when he lay a smiling infant upon her bosom. The hour approached when she awaited hjs coming—the declaration of his acquittal. How bitter, how crushing the disappointment!

And who was to bear the sad tidings to that mother? Who was to awaken her from the happy dream to tho horrible re-alityf.'-K

Her younger son. wno wept {here by his convicted brother—he was to apply the torch to his mother's hopes, that would burn then! into blackened embers.

We thought of this, and others thought of it. And is it strange if a tear sprung into the eye, and for a moment, shut out even tho form of Justice, and turned the? vision inward toward the weakness of our.* common nature, and the sorrowinggazo of Mercy, ever praying at stern Justice's feet. il.:1." aft?'

Accident.—In the afternoon ofWedncs-^ day last, while a boy was crossing thefs bridge over the Big Vermillion, on tho line of Plank Road, west of this place, with a two horse wagon heavily loaded'' with corn, one of the piers gave way, precipitating the boy, horses, corn and wagon, full forty feet, into tho river. The boy'4j life was in danger at last accounts. Tho^ horses were somewhat crippled and the** wagon ruined.—Perrysville Register. '*.

There are two reasons wliv w« don't trust, a man—one becnusc wc don't icuow liiin, and the other because «'c do. ,,, ft mx

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Tn this place on the Gth inst.., of flux, FL0-\ RUN CIS, infant daughter of of J.B. and Mauit, A. Edmunds.

In Honey-creek t,p., on Monday 10th inst.L of consumption, HISNUY STO$E, aged 2(r yenrs, 7 months—son of Eok.v B. Stojjk.

In California, of Typhoid Fever, about flirt 25th of August, Hon. (JKO. ADAMS SMITH/Judge of tbe 7th Judicial District of that State, and son of Zkxas Smith, of this place. (Obituary next week.) ,M

Purifies Hie Jlloort..

JO»5fis»rly «ll theH»ett*es wlilch «tuek the «y»tem, lire the rc»ult of ImpurUle* of the blood. M«n, with blood courflng through til* velo#, In healthy iUte, in nccore from the ravage* of «lf»eMe.

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rlfyer of the blood, nothing yet discovered equal* the Kock Rom. He»r what

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New Haven, Cofnl., »*M: "1 haveuwd In mj family Mycru' Compound Kxttactof Rock Hone, and And iia very valuable rnedi61ne for alt blood dl*cjf.»c*. 'I'ho rnont *o of any ever u*ed, a* far as I can learn, it baa given 'general *«ffWf*ctio«. I would recommend it cheerfully, being a mo#t invaluable ruioe^y tor the diseaaea It profeaaes to Core."

K. THOMPSON,

Kew IIavcr, Connecticut.

Myer*' Extract of Rock Roae, for sale by J.

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tyon'ai KnMiaireii,

Tbe Katbairon neutralize# the effect* of dl»ea*e, climate and old age, In preserving and rent or ing the ho-' man baij e%«n after b#ldoe»» o? many year* clean*c* the *calp from dandruff and It* naturnal inuiufiUea will core the Ifervcw* Headache, and all Eruptive ld*«a»e»of the SKin^and Is the moat dr*irable article for curling and imparting glo»» to Ute hair In th« world. It happily unite* the effoctn of the choic**t Pomade* to the beat French Kxtraet*, and exhale* the perfume of tbe moat delightful flower*. So peraon abouldbe wiibout it. Hrlco only 25 cent*, In larg®bottle*. Sold by all dealer*, everywhere. •**"-, I. H. BARJiKS, Proprietor, fiiV{**:£•*«

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John T. Watt, J. H. Cuningham and John Mtrkle^ .Agent* in Terre-Haut^. William M. Kohl & Co., and John Park, Cincina 8 W 4

Jfr* I»r. Gioonroin'* Extract of Ifydrupipcr f« purely vegetable, pleasant to take,perfectly h«rmte**/ and wilt cure without fall, Scrofula, ]|y*peptia. all Impurities of the bfood, and bad baMt of *y*tem. It It ia good at all *e**o«*. See advertUeraent.

Domestic Attachment.

""VTOT1CE ia hereby given, that a writ of do-1 mestic attachment, **ued by me, T. W« Adams, one ol tbe Justices of the Peace, in and for Otter Creek township, in the county of Vigo, on the 30th day of September, upon tbe affidavit of James Barnes,-of said township, against tbe goods, chatties, right#, credits, moneys arid effects of William Bieurn, late of said county, by virtue of which writ tljp

jday of November, 1853, at 1 o'clock, JP. M., at my office in said township, I will proceed to hear and decide upon soch attachment strd the claim of the said creditor.

T. W, ADAMS, J. P- (t.

Oct. 32, 1853-44-3w [pr's fee $2 Op]

Pocket Book Lost. LOST on' the 6th inst., en the Creeneastle road, A tfotn pocket-' book, containing $4.00, (a $#.00 and and various receipt# and notes In my Fall description isleft with D. S -Donaldson, who will.liWally reward the fiuder, who may leave the pocket book with hira.

$1-00.) name.

WM. KEMPER,

I Dixon's ililla, I'afke county. Oct 12,1853-44 tf pd.