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VOLXIV. INIMAN A rOLI SVT UIDAY FEBRUARY 10, 1655. NO. 40
WEEKLY STATE SENTLNEL,
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AUSTIN H. BROWN ft CO.,
8ATJRDAI MORNlNS FEBR JAKT 10, 1853
Tha Btmiaa War CoU's Bevolvers.
We noticed a statement a short time since
that Col. Colt had denied the eharge that he
had furnished revolvers to the Emperor of
Russia. In the following letter, however,
written by Henry Evans, Esq., a resident of
St. Fe'esburg, to the New Bedford Mercury
we find a confirmation of the orignally ru
mor ;
All the troops that have been quartered in
this city, Ru a, Reval, and along the coast of
Finland, are now in full march for the Crimea
and Austrian frontier. lYe Russian army
now in the Crimea is about 120,000 strong,
and I am told that i'. will be increased to
300,000 by the first of January. All the
arsenal i and founderies belonging to the gov
ernment, as well as all the private foundries
and machine shops, are in full operation day
and nuht, manufacturing large cannon, small
arms, marine steam-engines, &x; tbe minds of
the Russians are engrossed in the war, they
think of nothing else, talk of nothing else ;
they are aroused and determined to prosecute
the war to tbe full extent of their resources
with all their energy. No doubt that the
allies will find a more formidable foe than
they anticipated, but they will not yield until
they accomplish theirobject.
Austria still holds to her unsettled position;
she may make a half-way proposition to the
Western powers, but she will be sure to keep
one link of her chain connected with Russia
and Prussia; 200,000 Russians frowning on
her bonier will keep her from oming out
boldly for the Western powers. Col. Co't is
here, he has had au interview with tbe Em
peror, and will soon make airangimrnts to
manufacture his revolver in this country. I
feel confident that we sh ill have peace by
the 1st April next, or a general European
war.
Should Colt's revolver come into general
use in the Russian army, matters would as
sume a Hfferent shape. It is the moit de
structive engine ever used in war, ai'd be
yond doubt, saved the allies at Inkermann.
Col. C 'It is a speculating man, and he will
not neglect to avail himself of the opportu
nity presented to realize a handsome fortune
in an hour.
The condition of the French and English
armies sustaining the siege of Sebistopol, is
most eVplorable. Death, by starvation, ex
posnre, cold and disease, is the order of the
day. Sebastopol ha probibly been attacked,
and the allies have probably been repulsed
with immense loss.
' The present British Ministry is a disgrace
to Albion. The London Times urged by
the ontside pressure of the masses : does not
pretend to deny the fact. Unless better couri
sels can prevail at London, the reign of Vic
toria will hereafter bo referred to a a stain
upon English glory. ' Lord Raglan has prove 1
toUlly inadequate to the exigencies of tbe
hour.. New oenruander- mnst d' procured.
and speedily, or Balaklava will become the
last resting place of the chivalry of Britain.
The whole empire of Russia is on the
qui vive mighty armies are training in tbe
northern, central and western provinces, and
in.the spring they will pour down upon the
regions of the Black Sea, like the Northmen
in the third and fourth centuries upon the
wes'ern empire of Rome. Wo to the British
or French legion that shall be compelled to
occupy the present trenches until the first
of March I
The Horrors of War.
We make the following extracts from one
of the recent letters of a correspondent of the
London Timet, written iu the camp before
Sebastopol:
If any of our great geologists want to test
the truth of their theories respecting the ap
pearance of the primeval world, or are desir
cus of ascertaining what sort of view Noah
might have had when he looked out of the
ark from Ararat, they cannot do better than
come o there at once. The whole plateau
on which stands "the camp before Sebasto
pol" the ent:re of the angle of land from
Balaklava round to Kherson, and thence to
the valley of lnkerman is fitted at this mo
ment for tbe recep.ion and delectation of any
mi mVur nf irhh;niiri miiri nd rmiruWlaa
it is a vast black dreary wilderness of mud,
dotted with little lochs of foul water, and
seamed by dirty, brownish and tawny coUred
streams, running down to and along the ra
vines. "Chaos has come agtin," or rather has just
departed from the scene. A grand plateau of
bog, varying in cepth from a f xt to two feet,
extends from the valley of lnkerman to the
sea at Balaklava. It is trodden in o holes in
every direction by the hoofs of mules, horses
and camels. It is scarred deeply by the
wheels of carts and arabas; and the white
tents dotting its surface, and a few white
scattered farm-houses, and the sung quarters
of Lord Raglan, contrast strongly with the
black profound amid which they rear their
straight outlines. All over its surface are
strewed the carcasses of horses and miserable
animals torn by dogs, and smothered in mud.
Vultures sweep over the mounds in flocks;
carrion crows a 1 "birds of prey obscene,"
hover over their prey, menace the hideous
dogs who are feaiting below, or sit in gloomy
dyspepsia, with drooped head and drooping
wing, ou the remnants of their banquet.
The want of c.othing, the want of fuel,
the want of shelter, the want of food, which
have cost the army and the nation so dearly,
might, I sincerely and solemnly believe, have
beea obviated by a smail exertion of ordinary
"prevoyance." The articles which are arri
ving to-day in the Bclgravia should have
been here long ago, and tbe supplies we are
expecting daily, however welcome, are too
late. They will be of service only to those
who have survived, or who have maintained
health and strength under old and wet. We
have tents but cannot get -them up to the
ramp. There is a great deficiency of hospital
marquees, and horrible as it is to think of
such a thirg, it is no less true that, according
to information received from no doubtful
source, live men of a battalion of the Guards
were found dead outsido one of the tents
within the lat thirty hours.
TJaited States Senator.
On Wednesday a furious discussion arose
upon a bill reported from a committee provid
inz a mode for the election of Senator. Some o:
the members were pretfy severely handled in
the course of the delate by 7. D. Waljole.
Tbe Revolution ia China.
The Journal of Commerce says: The latest
accounts from China are unfavorable to the
cause of the Insurgents. Extracts from the
Tekin Gazette, extending from Sept. 8th to
Sept. 30th, chronicle the recapture of sev
eral towns by the Imperial troops, and the de
struction, in the aggregate, of some 20,000
Insurgents. This last is no doubt a great ex
aggeration. But after making all due allow
ances, it is evident that the prosjects of the
Insurgents are at present discouraging. They
are scarcely less so at the South than at the
North. In the neighborhood of Canton, the
Insurgents have suffered serious reverses, in
consequence of which, the vessels of the Im
perialists, which had been confined within the
Bogue for several month, now venture out.
The gentry and merchants have contributed
largely towards the defense of Canton, and
have subsidized 10,000 men for the relief of
Shun-teh. Says the China Mail of Nov. 11th:
The extortions practiced by the Triads, who
claim one-half the rice crop throughout the
province as black-mail, have had the effect of
driving the villagers to coalesce and resist
their demands, so that besides the Ninety-six
villages, including v ang-chuh-ki, to the
westward of Canton, 220 of the 331 villages
occupying the Lichaushan, or hill-country,
further wet, nave banded together arid driven
the Triads beyond their boundaries; and those
in Ileang-slun district, in the neighborhood
of Cumsinjrmoon, have collected a fleet of
twelve or fifteen junks for the protection of
their husbandmen, whilo gathering in the
harvest. We a'so hear that a body of 500
volunteers arrived at Canton on the 6th, from
Ileang shan, the siege of which city is now
crwdi'ably reported to have been raised for the
present, the immense 1 riad fleet of 300 ves
sels being actively engaged in levying tri
bute from the surrounds g v ll.tgts.
Meanwhile, the intrenchments to tlio North
of Cantn have been repeatedly attacked,
and on the 4th, the Imperialists were success
ful in rou;ing their defenders, and destroying
a ronriderable portion of them; but they did
not follow up their successes, and consequent
ly the insurgents have had time to rally again.
Fat-shan va to have been attacked on the 7th,
which has led to the concentration of their
hands by the Tria l leaders Ho Pmg-fui and
Chin Asin; and, with others, the greater por
tion of tbe grri.-on of the fort at Wnamj-oa
has been recalled "to Fatshan.
As at ShaKghae, dissent-ions have broken out
among the Triads around Ctnton, and num
bers are said to have deserted and joined the
Imperialists.
But the most se ere blow to the Triad
cause in tbe south of China, will be the (an
ticipated) destruction of those piratic il fleets
from which these ranks are recruited, bv the
squa Iron under Sir James Stirling, I he de
parture of which has been unavoidable de
layed for a dav or two. So that we trust
ere long to be able to report the province of
kwang-tung, (Canton,) at last restored to the
quiet of which it has so long been deprived
by these banditti disguised as "patriots."
Incidents at Sebaitopjl.
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A letter from Constantinople, fcoMrfcl by
the last mail, confirms says the Constitutional,
the intelligence .hat the Russians have aban
doned the ground in front of th.3 Quarantine
Fort, occupied 1 y a small village. The Fren h
s ldicrs hurried in to scizs on all they could
vegetables from the garden, articles of furni
ture, and even the doors and windows from
the cottages. General Bizot had six windows
placed aside t" serve in General Canrobrta
dining room, when erected. "All that," says
a letter from a French officer, "was done under
a sharp fire of musketry, which, however, only
vounded two men slightly. I saw Ciptaiu
Marivault, of the navy, carrying away with
the greatest precaution, a window, with which
he protected his body with infinite address
agaiDst the balls. Near him I saw an anilcry
man gathering a salad in one of the gardens.
A ball knocked out of his hands what be had
collected; grumbling at being so treated, he
again set abo it his work, and finished it with
out further molestation. Such examples of
savg froid are by no means rare.
"The following," says the Courier du Iltvre,
"is a correct description of one of the Moating
batteries, called the Devastation, now in course
of construction at Cherbourg: In ap(earance
it is very like the huge birges which ply on
the Seine between Havre and Rouen. It is
entirely flit-bottomed, so as to draw but little
water, even arler receiving heavy artillery. It
is 51 ya.ds long and 14 wide, and will be
armed with 1G guns of 50. Its sides are of
the ex'iaordinary thickness of nearly 13 inches,
and they are to bj covered with sheets of iron
nearly four inches ilv.ck. 1 he ribs are 13'
to 154 inches thick, and are placed very
close together. .The battery will bo supplied
with a screw of loO horse iwer, and will be
covered over. Its powers of destruction will
be very formidable ; it will, in fact, be a float
ing fort. The Devastation will, it is expect
ed, not be finished before the end of Februa-ry.
Poverty. '
"Who is he." "Why somo loor chap,
that has no friends, and can't afford a new
suit more than once a year." It sems as if
it were asm to be oor, says the Albany
A.nnke'toiker. People obscrvo ypu in the
streets, and make remarks at your expense.
the sexton gives you a back seat in the
meeting house. The dry goods clerk exhi
bits cheap muslin, and withholds his lolite
ness for soino more opulent and better favored
person. Your money will not purchase as
quickly as the money of the rich. A class
of philanthropic shopmen purchase mem and
adulterated food for your sustenance, because
anything is good enough for the poor. But
ter that might bu used for cart grease, and
sugar vith but a lew shades between it and
sand, are among other things which your la-
tor procures. Just as if flesh and blood
could ny better withstand the effect of poison,
by being born in adversity ! Poor! Why
that's condemnation enough. Have all the
tale tit in the world, and be lor, and you
need not hope it's o' no use. Couple hon
esty with 3 our poverty, and the hopelessness
is ten times worse. Do not forget there is such
a thing as poverty. Oh, it is indeed dreadful,
very dreadlui, to be poor; to finally yield to
the worst, and become an inmate of the pub
lic charity. Blush, ye well-to-do-in-the-world,
when you turn your noses at the needy.
"Some funny things will happen in meet
ing. A few evenings since a widow, who wjs
known by the entire congregation to be greatly
in wi nt of a husband, was praying with great
fervency, "Oh! thou knowest what is the de
sire of my heart ;" she said. "A-in-a-n!" re-
jonded a brother in a broad accent. It was
wicked, but we are quite sure that several
grave members smileJon the occasion. Toledo
Wade.
Dueling in the Church.
Among the Germans, the Danes and the
Franks, the clergy were con.pelled to main
tain their controversies by the judicial duel,
though the liberty of appearing in the lists by
champion was allowed them. In the eleventh
century, we are informed that, in a dispute
relative to tw Liturgies, two knights, clad in
complete armor, were selected as critics to de
termine, in single combat, tbe true from the
false form of public prayer. By a statute of
William the Conquerer, the inferior orders of
ecclesiastics, in England, were forbidden an
appeal to the duel, without the consent of
their bishop; but questions concerning the
property of churches and monasteries were
decided, and the priests acco-npanied their
champions to bless their wcajons, on the
fields there, as e.sewhere in Europe, fur a
long period. In the fourteenth Century, we
hear of one poem in which Pilate is ruprcsent
ed as challenging our Saviour to a duel, and
of another in which the person who pierced
the side of Christ on the cross, is described as
a k.-.ight with whom he bad jousted. Still
later, we hear of challenges given and accepted
by officiating priests at the altar; of arch
bishops cUttering in armor; of gauntlets of
defiance hung up in churches; and of men in
holy orders who fought in quarrels which
others refused to espouse. Such in general
terme, was conditiou of the church for hun
dreds of years; and as far down as Shakes
peare's time, the duel arranged by the bard, in
the "Merry Wives of Windsor," botween a
Welsh parson and a French physici n, serves
to remind us that men in gown and mrplice
continued to use the sword until the accession
of Queen Elizabeth. Indeed Walole,T in
1758, speaks of a reverend doctor of divinity
who indulged in profane swe tring, and who
endeavored to intimidate perons whom he
feared would give publicity to the fact, by the
threat that he had a kinsman in the army who
would call him to an account; which incident,
as well as the notices of the duels actually
fought by Murit, Allen, Bate and others, who
were either students of theology or ordained
clergyman, affords us evidence that dueling
in the church did not disapear on the conti
nent or in England until near the close of the
hist century.
Swindling. The Indianapolis correspon
dent of the Evansville Enquirer gives the fol
lowing account of a new mode of swindling,
wh'ch is. perpstra'.ed upon travelers, iu this
city. We trust our police will be on the look
out for the Doctor :
A well devised scheme of s'windling came
under my observation yesterday, which as the
Indianapolis papcts d ) not noiice it, I give for
the benefit of your readers. You remember
your old friend Sialey, one of the most gener
ous aud kindest of mortals. Well Sealy for
once was taken down yesterday, and the well
springs of his charity are dried up for a time.
Thursday as he was about leaving for Terre
. Haute, he saw at the depot a rather old look
ing gentleman, of modest, unassuni'ng appear
ance, whom he took for a Presbyterian Preach
er. The old man was almost crazy with
grief. He was explaining in a very excite I
manner to the crowd, that he had been robbed
on thti cars of j300, which was taken from
his coat pocket ; that he was en route lor New
York, that he had a wife and four children,
was an entire stranger, and cnew not how to
supply the wants of his Jfcmily, onto convey
them to his home ,
The manner of the man" bore the impress
of sincerity, and Sealey felt his large heart
moved to its depths. He stepped up to him
and gave him two twenty dollar gold pieces,
telling him to return the amount when he
arrived at New York if he could. A moment
after he concluded to take back the gold and
give him New York paper. So he handed
him $50 in bank bills. The man who called
himself Dr. Covnel gave him the number of
his residence and the name of the street in
New York. Sealey then got in the cars and
went to Terre Haute, yesterday he returned.
At the corner by the Palmer House whom
should he see but this same cadaverous and
lean looking Doctor. Sea'ey stepped up to
him and asked him why he had not gone to
New York. The Doctor replied that his
family was sick and that he intended to leave
that day. At the same time he pulled out
one of the $20 bills and handed it to Sealey,
saying that it was an altered note.
Upon close examination such was found
to be the case. The bill had been altered
w ith so much skill that it was almost impos
sible to detect the alteration. Staly took
back the bill and gave him for it a $20 gold
piece. As he has not taken the man's note
for the amount he asked him to step into tbe
Palmer House and write him one. The note
was written and the Doctor was then reques
ted to put the number of his residence at the
bottom. A different number from the one
that he had mentioned the day before was
put then, and quick as lightning it Hashed
on Scaly that the man was a swindler. He
asked him if that was not a different num
ber. The man replied that his brain was ut
terly confused by his loss and he did not
know what he was doing. Sealey then in
quired where his wife was and took him
down to Beuhrig's Hotel to see her. The
woman being asked the number of her resi
dence in New York commenced to answer,
when the Doctor iuterruptcd her. He was
tilenced by Sealey, and after that the woman
faltered and would give no number what
ever.
Sealey being thus convinced that the fel
low had swindled him took him by the arm
and was proceeding to lead him to the May
or's office. But pity for his children induced
him to let the man go if he would repay the
money. The fellow took out all he had
$27, gave up his watch, a very common sil
ver one. He was asked what had been done
with the rest of the money, and it appeared
that his wife had bought a line bonnet, had
ordered an elegant dress and purchased sev
eral ladies' cloaks, also a mahogany box.
These various articles, some yet in the mili
ners hand, were transferred to Sealey, and
Dr. Covnell was advised to make tracks by
the earliest conveaine. Newspaiers would
do well to give this gentleman a notice as he
may impose on others, for the fact that he
imposed on so shrewd a man as Mr. Sealey
renders it probable that he might deceive any
one. The woman is not his wife, is many
years his junior and rather good looking.
The Dr. is tall, spare, hesitates somewhat
when he speaks, and may bo known by a very
protruding chin.
Election ok Another Democratic U. S.
Senator. We have tho agreeable intelli
gence from New Orleans that the Hon. John
Slidell, Deinociat, has been elected United
States Senator from Louisiana for the term of
six years from the first of March next. The
Know-Nothings hare been claiming that they
had the majority in the Legislature and would
choose the Senator, but it has turned out all
gammon. Mr. Slidell is the present member
oi the Senate, and is a very able and capable
man. Upon the "Know-Nothing question"
he is all right, being deadly hostile to the anti
American principles of that order, Cin.Eni.
Letter from Auditor Dana.
Wc copy from the journals of the House of
Representatives, the following reply made by
Hon. Johu P. Dunn, duditor of State, to a
communication from ( Hon. David Gilgore,
Speaker of the House, in reference to the
Auditor's fes. We like the course which
Mnj. Dunn adopted. l&IS admitted to be one
of the best Auditors Indiana ever had has
labored earnestly and continually to discharge
his duties leaves thepublic records in a
better condition than th-ever were before,
and certainly he has a right to retire from
office without having his private accounts
ransacked by a Fusion Legislature :
fcr
Office of Auditor of State, )
Indianapolis, Jan. 17th, 1855.)
To the IIonrmbh, the Spenker of the Home of
Repretent' tives : S'.
Sir : The following resolution passed by
the body over which you have the honor
to preside, has been reccivtd at this office.
lltfolvei, That the Auditor of State report
to this IIous, prior to the exp'ration of his
term of ofEce, the full auivj? that he has
received as fees as said Auditor, by and
through the General Free Banking Law of
this State, embracing all fiis fees, of what
ever kind, received by him under said Law.
Without stopping to inquire into the right
the House of Representatives have to make a
peremptory call on any pnblie oflicer for a
detailed -.tatement of h's business transacti- ns,
or to report the amount of fees received, when
no fees are fixed by law, Zu when it is a mu
tual arrangement between parties interested.
I must most respectfully declin-j complying
with their request, as much more importaut
business of the State requires all my time and
labor for the few days I shall remain iu office.
After I shall h-ve retired to the ranks of a
private citizen, it will give me pleasure lo
give any honorable membcrall the informa
tion I may possess ou the sulject. In the
me .intime, to quiet the anxiety of any friend,
I will remark that I am in as comfortable a
situation as any "Old Liner" could well be,
who was badly beaten at the late election.
Very respectfully vours,
JOHN 1VDUNN,
Auditor of State.
fJ7"George II. Chapman ofThe Indianapo
lis Chanticleer, received the nomination of the
anti-Nebraska members of the legislatu e, for
State Printer, on Friday evening. Jesse
Brown, of New Albany, was Kom'nated for
Agent of. State. He is a merchant of that
city, we believe, of the firmf Brooks &
Brown. When these nominations will be
confirmed by an election, is exceedingly un
certain. Probably not until ner the close of
the session, if at all. LafayetU Journal.
We understand the nomination of Geo. II.
Chapman for State Printer, is extremely oopu-
lar. George is thought to be a very deserving
young man, and if he should h'iplen to se
cure a majority of the votes ia'.the legisla
ture, will undoubtedly be declared electeU
Some members of the Fusion party seems
to think that the editors of the Indianapolis
Journal, the NeU Albany Tribuyethe Lafay
ette Courier, and the Lafayette J&-. nal, wire
more entitled to Jha ofUVe oiPrh'er, than
younj Mr. Chapman, but then they have never
been in the navy. Another consideration
should not be overlooked. The nomination
of young Mr. Chapman, on account of the
proclivities of tho "General Correspondent"
of the Republican was by the temper
ance men in the caucus. Stand back, Messrs
Terrell, Gregg, Ellis and Sulgrove -merit
must be rewarded; you never "fit in the Rev
olution."
The Beport of the Auditor of State.
This able document is almost everv where
received with favor. The Franklin Democrat
says :
The report, the fullest and most complete
which ever emanated from tho office of the
State Auditor since the organization of the
State Government, should bo in the hands of
every man in tho State. The subjects treated
are those which interest every man. and from
which he mar learn the exact condition of
the various matters connected with time
ceipts and disbursements of the varicus funds
placetl in tho hands of the different officers at
the se.it of government The comprehen
sive manner in which this report is gotten up
gives evidence oi inunsiry anu latent on tne
part of our State Aud iter, which is highly
commendable, and will reflect much praise
on his already well-earned reputation as a man
of rare business qualifications. The Demo
cracy of Indian- are proud of such a man as
John 1 . Dunn; wo doubt whether tbe union
ists of tho State will say as much for Dr.
Talbott at the expiratioj of his term. We
shall see what wc shall sec. '
The Way to get Hatbands.
We commend the following to all ladies
who are in haste to get married. It is the best
receipt for single blessedness that we have
seen :
A gentleman of the bar in a neighboring
county, in easy circumstances and pret'y good
practice, had rendered himself somewhat re
markable by his attempts in tW-wsy of matri
monial speculation. A maiden, rather advan
ced in years, residing some miles distant in
the neighborhood, hearing of this lawyei's
speculating proiK-rsity that his character was
unexceptionable, and his situation in life was
tolerably good, resolved ujon making him her
husband. She hit ujon the following expe
dient : She jretended suddenly to be taken
very ill, and sent for the man of the law to
prepare her will.
He attended for that purpose. By her will
she devised 10,000 in bank stock, to be
divided among her three cousins, sine thou
sand:, in bond and notes to a niece, and the
vast landed estate to a favorite nephew. The
will being finished, she gave the lawyer a very
liberal fee, and enjoined secrecy upon him for
some pretended purpose, thus precluding him
from him an inquiry into herreal circumstan
ces. Need I mention the result ? In a fort
night the lady thougkt proper to be again re
stored to health. The lawyer called to con
gratulate her on her restoration begged per
mission to visit her, which was politely given.
After a short courtship, the desired offer wis
made. The bargain was concluded, and rati
fied by the priest. The lawyer's wholeestate
by his wife consists of an annuity of sixty-five
dollars. English Paper.
New Plat bt Jclia Dean. The New
Orleans ricayune announces that Julia Dean
would take a benefit on Saturday last, when a
new play would be given, called Af try of
Mintua, written by herself.
Btltgioai Liberty for Americans Abroad.
Gen. Cass is hard at work in the Senate to
secure for our citizens in foreign countries per
fect religious liberty. lie eulogizes Napoleon
the Great, for the following remarks, addressed
to the several pastors of the Protestant
Churches of Catholi". France, who had assem
bled to witness his coronation:
" I see with pleasure assembled here the
pastors of the Reform Church of France, and
I embrace with ardor tbe opportunity of testi
fying to them how highly I have been satis
fied with the reports that have reached me of
the fidelity and good conduct of the pastors
and citizens of the different Protestant com
munities. I desire them to unders'and that
it is my firm intention to maintain the free
dom of religious worship. The empire of tbe
law ends where the undefined empire of con
science begins. Neither the law nor the
sovereign can do anything against this free
dom. Such are my principles, and those of
nature, and if any one of my race who may
succeed me should forget the oath I have
taken, and deceived by the promptings of a
false conscience, violate it, I devote him to
public censure, aud authorize you to give him
thj name of 'Nero." '
This was worthy of Napoleon, and shows
him to have been no bigot.
Ini. Hospital for the Insane,)
February 1st, 1855. y
Messrs. Elitors: Enclosed are two articles,
taken from the Budget, published by the pa
tients every Tuesday evening. If you think
them worthy a place in your columns, you
have my permission to insert them.
Very Respectfully
SUPERINTENDENT.
We publish with pleasure the first of the
articles mentioned. The other will appear to
morrow. Ed.
The Yankees. It appears to be a great
query in the minds of some fcf the western
people how the Yankees manage to obtain a
livelihood, among the barren rocks and bleak
hills with which New England abounds. In
deed if I may judge from ren rks I have heard
made, and questions asked me by some of
your western people, I must conclude at once
that they think those Yankees who live re
mole from villages and cities are a poverty
stricken dishonest people.
But, kiud reader, as I passed the first twen-tv-five
years of my life iu New . Hampshire,
and that to in the Ixicku-onds, you will pardon
, me for asserting that the yankees live higher and
are more industrious and quite as honest as
the inhabitants of our western States. It is
true the weather is colder, the snow deeper,
and the land Uss fertile, and more n cky and
broken there than here, but it does not follow
that the yankee must necessarily be a rogue
to obtain a living under such circumstances.
New Hampshire; with all her rocks and moun
tains, has afforded at least a comfortable inde
pendence to her citizens. She has built school
houses and churches wherever they were re
quired by the intellectual and moral wants of
her people. She has sent teachers and divines
to almost every State of the South and West,
besides educating those she kept at home, for
it is I believe, a statistical fact that there are
fester persons iu New Hampshire, over the
age of twenty-one, who cannot read and write
than in auy other State in the Union.
It is this general diffusion of knowledge
among the masses, that has hewn and polished
from the rough marble such giant minds as
Woodbury's and Webster's, and his who now
fills the executive chair of this, the greatest,
the freeest, and rnost happy nation on earth.
Let one who has been brought upiu the West,
visit New Hampshire, and attend the ex
aminations of their common schools, high
schools and colleges let him see their teat
and commodious temples, designed to accomo
date the worshippers of the one living aud
true God. L:t him attend their sabbath
schools, and contemplate tWe bright, ruddy
aud happy countenances of the child
ren and you'h, as they issue from their
homes and congregate at the sabbath school
room, to receive moral and religiont instruc
tion and become faithful husbands and
wives, fond and devoted parents, and useful
citizens and he will admit I think that my
partiality fr New Hampshire is well ground
ed, and does not arisn merely from the fact
that it is my native Bute. Duxcina.
For tho Daily 8 Lite SenlincL
Messrs. Editors: The following adver
tisement extraordinary, which was found in
the Morning Bulletin published by Mrs. Tattle
of Pennsylvaniaburg. Ripley Lounty, Ind.,
you will please insvrt in your paj-er for the
benefit of those concerned.
Honnes Skiblet.
Strayed or Stolen from the ton of Penn
sylvaniaburg a small boy about the size of a
man. W hen bo left he had on high heeled
stockings, calico shoes, and a brick iu his bat;
his outer and nether garments were of purple
and fine linen ; his food was that of the
wandering Jew.
The friends of this precocious youth are not
apprised of his whereabouts. It is rumored that
be traveled westward and is lodging among
some butchers. Any person seeing this ad
vertisement will confer a favor by notifying
the friends, so they can govern themselves
accordingly. CAPT. DUKGY.
Query. Who are his friends?
HONNES SKIBLEY.
07" The" Cincinnati Otzette of Monday
announces the death of Coll. Martin, well
known to the editorial fraternity. The Ga
zette says:
Many will rememWr with interest, the ac-tivc-minded
and sprightly writer for the CWt
merciaf, in Curtis' tune, Mr. Coll. Mardti.
He died in Newport, Ky., on Saturday after
noon, of lung frvtr, aged 40 years. He was
a son of Jonah Martin, a pioneer of the Third
Ward still living. He learned his trade,
of printer, in the Alveitiser office, with Moses
Dawson. He, with a few practical priuters,
started the Message. Ho afterward was con
nected with the Enquirer, and as we stated,
with the Commercial.
Hn. E. Newland. The Shelby villo Vol
unteer contains the following complimentary
notice of Dr. Newland, our preseut efficient
Treasurer of State. We believe withTriend
Thacher that "h'gher honors await him."
We have received tho report, in pamphlet
from the Treasurer of State. No officer has
discharged the arduous dutiesof an office With
more fidelity and faithfulness than the Hon.
Elijah Newland. He has disbursed $1,545,
511 15 and leaves a balance in the treasury
of $0G3,G3O 85. Unsullied honor has marked
bis course, and not a word of reproach have
w e heard uttered against him for the discharge
of the duties that devolved upon him. All
that could be said, was "He is a Democrat 1"
Higher honors await him.
For the Plate Kenlinel.
A New Bill on Banking.
Mb. Editor. A number of bills, with va
rious title? and proposing a variety of systems
of Banking have been introduced in both
houses of the Indiana Legislature. None of
these, in my opinion, are in consonance with
the feelings of the majority of the people of
the State. The following is a just measure,
and is worthy at least a "first reading," if
not a "final passage," Exterminasob.
As Act in relation to tbe curiency, and
for tho repeal of the General Banking law cf
1852.
Sec. 1. Beit enadedbu the General Assemblu
of tlic Stale of Indiana, That the act author-
zing a general system of Banking framed at
the session of 1852 be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Sec. 2. After the expiration of the exis
ting charter cf the State Bank of Indiana
no bills of credit, or bank notes except bills of
exchange, drarfs or ordinary promissory notes
shall be issued by any person or association.
Sec. 3. The issuing and registry of
notes by the Auditor of State under the pro
visions of the general banking law ahresa'd,
shall cease from and after the passage of this
act, and all stock banks now in operati on shall
be closed and wound up on or before the first
dav of July 1355.
Sec. 4. Any violatiou of any of the
provisions of this act is declared a felony; and
the per.-on so violating shall bo imprisoned to
hard labor in the State Prison for a term of
not less than three nor more than uve years.
Sec. 5. That, whereas there is an emer
gency for the passage of this act, therefore it
shall be in force from and after its publica
tion in the Daily I'.diauapolis Journal and
Daily Indiana State Sentinef.
Insane Hospital. From the correspon
dence of tbe Louisvill-j Democrat, from this
city, we extract the following just notice of
our Insuit Hospital and its able Superinten
dtnt :
There is nothing of which this State has
more just cause to be proud than her benevo
lent institutions. The Asylum for thejnsane,
under the able superintendence of Dr.
Athorn, presents a record of cures effected,
such a no other similar institution either in
this country or Europe can exhibit. One
feature of the treatment that he has intro
duced is, to give the patients a ball on every
Tuesday evening. A friend, who attended
the lat b-ll there, has promised to write out
forme a description of it, which I will send
you. The asylum, instcid of being a gloomy
prison, is converted into a mirthful and happy
home; aud tbe influence upon the minds of
the unfortunate patients is -beneficial in the
highest degree.
Eieitenent at the Kivcr.
Perilous Situation of the Firry-Boat tcith over
tico Iluruirei Live on Board.
The Jeffersonvillo ferry-boat started out
from the wharf early this morning with be
tween 200 and 300 passengers for the JefTer
sonville trains, their baggage, and the omnibus
and horses connected with the road. The
boat worked about an -hour in attempting to
piss through "the icet some distance above,
but w-j finally competed toirop builc. The
force of th'o ice drove her ou to the falls, and
she lodged on the rocks a faw hundred yards
from the Indiana shore, and nearly opposite
Smith & Smyser's Mills. The boat was and
still is in imminent danger, as the ice had
commenced piling up against her srde, and,
as the report spread through the city, it jiro
duced intense excitement, and the wharf was
crowded with hundreds of people. Life
boats, skiffs, pawls, and barges were imme
diately started to the boat, and they conve
ed a number of persons from the boat to the
islands near this shore.
Their progress proved, however, too slow,
and in this emergency Dr. Crittenden, of the
firm of Gill, Smith & Co , placed at the dis
posal of thoso who would venture to go to the
relief of the persons on board the ferry two
large and empty flatboats belonging to the
firm. One of them was readily manned by
Capt James Hamilton, falls pilot; Mr. Wra.
Steel, clerk of Gill, Smith & Co.; Mr. A. E.
Camp, clerk of Stewart & Son; and Mr. P.
Varble, and at tbe risk of their own lives
they went alongside of the ferry with the
flat, took on board .over seventy crsons,
among them liishop Mcllvatne, and then
went over the falls, landing them safely at
Shippingsport. Tho boat rubbed pretty hard
in going over the first reef.
But few persons, besides tho crew, were on
board at noon. The baggage of tbe passen
gers and the omnibuses and horses are all vet
on the ferry. The boat, owinp to the ice, is
in s. very critical situation, lying with her
bows up stream. Captain Hamilton and as
swtants are entitled to the highest praiso for
thfr heroic conduct. Bulletin of yesterday.
Last evening Capt. Hamilton made another
trip to the ferry with a flit boat, and took off
all remaining on her with the exception of
the crew. The horses and omnibuses will be
taken off to-day.
Capt. Shallcross informs us that the boat is
not iu any dauber whatever, but she cannot
be got off till the river rises.
We learn also that the boat did not lok,
but she was hemmed iu a mass of floating ice,
which forced her down stream. Louisville
Journal 31 at ult.
Cacse and Effect. A correspondent of
the PhdadelphU Ledger, attributes Jjio im
mense amount of distress, existing in New
York, to the gn at increase of banks aud pa
lter money. He says:
"Within tbe last four years tho number of
banks in the city of New York has doubled.
They now have fiftg-iix! Is it surprising in
view of such a state of things that there
should be the most extavagant luxury prevail
ing aun-ng the few, and the greatest distress
among the manyt This increase of paper
money has furnished tbe favored class with
the means of riotous living, and has so raised
the prices of the necesjriei of life, that the
misery of the working classes is extreme.
"In Philadelphia the banking capital isles
than it was eighteen years ago, and yet Phila
delphia is twice as large as it then was. and
incalculably more wealthy. The distresses of
the or here are great, no doubt, but they 'are
not to be compared with what the New Yrk
poor are suffering. Here we have had no
meetings of persons out of employment in
this city, demanding work and threatening to
plunder the rich if it is not Kiven to them.
Such things have occurred latelv in our bank
ridden sister city."
United States Senator is Louisiana.
The Jollowing was the vote for United
States Senator, in the Legislature of Louisi
ana: John Slidell, Democrat 74
John Moore, Whig K. N. 38
Blank 5
Majority for Slidell 37
Democratic Orguuxstioa.
In another columu of our paper our Dem
ocratic readers will find that a timely move
ment has been mad? to secure a permanent
organization of tbe party. This movement is
proposed openly and boldly, and not behind
the bush, nor under the cover of tb darkness
of night It is based upon the principles
upon the unchanged doctrines of Derooercv.
One of these doctrines is to unfurl their pro
sessions to the world, that all may judge of
their truth and sitccrity.
Will not the Democracy of old Knox give
a hearty response to this call. Let days be
set for township and couty conventions, and
let them be attended in earnest. We would
suggest Saturday, the 3d of February as tke
day for holding township associations; and
Saturday, the 10:h of February a a su table
day for holding that of the county. If this
arrangement meets the view, of our Demo
cratic friends, and wo hope it will, we would
urge them not to let tbe time pass without
entering heartily into the work. Let the
entire Democracy of the Stats speak simul
taneously, with one heart and one voice, aud
the speedy and permanent recovery of our
party from its late defeit, is a fixed and irre
vocable consequence. Vincennes Patriot.
G3""Poor soul!" said Mrs. Partington
sympathetically, as she satliitening to a very
sensible actor, with a very bad habit of giving
a sound with every indrawn breath while de
livering a sentence. "Poor soul! he has got
an inform tion ia the thrat, as sure as you're
alive, and I shouldn't be at all alarmed to
hear in the morning that he bad died in the
night of the croup. I do wUh Mr. T mpkin
would send him a bottle of cough drops to
make him breathe easier. But there, those
actors have groat pocrs to endure, fr I have
seen one poor, half-starved looking sodger
take two or three different sides in one night,
and die every time There ha goes ag'n. I
declare I leel bad in my throat only to bear
him." Ike didn't har her, robably, when
she asked him for one of the lozenges she bad
bought as they came iu, but a blue paper
labelled "Cuae 8c Co." might have been seen
in the crown of Ike's cap where the roll had
lain. He was wondering, as the curtain fell
upon a deceased tyrant, feet towards tho audi
ence, who it was had tapped his boots.
The Consumption or Paper. Forty years
ago, three men, by h audi work, could scarcely
manufacture 4,000 small sheets of paper io a
day, while now, by the use of machinery, they
can produce 60,000 in the uma time. It has
been calculated that if the paper produced
yearly by six mtchines could be put together,
the sheet would encircle the world. Now here
is paper so much valued as in the United
States. Iu France with 35,000,000 of inhabi
tants, only 70,000 tons are produced ye.vly, of
which one-seventh is for exportation. In Bri
tian, with 28,000,000 of inhabitants, 66,000
tons are produced, while the amount produced
in tne United States is nearly as great as iu
England and France together.
The Language or Pise Wood. In North
Carolina it is frequent among her forest of fat
pine, for a lover in distress to send the fa.r ob
ject of his affections a bit of its staple vegeta
ble production, with an eye painted ujion it.
It signifies "I pine." If favorable to U rn, the
young lady selects from the wood pile the lest
and smoothest specimen ckaknot this signi
fies "pine not." But if, on the other hand, she
detests him, (there is no middle grounds be
tween detestation and adoration with ypung
women,) she burns one end of his message,
and this generally throws tbe young man
in despair, for it means "I make light of
your pining."
' Fr'ghtful Accident on the Ohio and
Mississippi IIailboad. Tbe passenger train
which lef Cincinnati for Jeffers-jLville yester
day, on the Ohio and MiisMppi Railroad,
at 10 o'clock A. M., ran off the track at the
gravel pits, ab)ut one mile buyond North
Bend, sixteen mi cs from this city. It was
occasioned by the switch-fastening giving way
after the Locomotive passed over. The pis-SL-ngcrcars
wvire wrenched from the baggage
car; the luter remained attached to the loco
motive, and was dragged two hundred yards
over the cross-ties. The first passenger car
ran against a gravel train, standing on a side
track, which completely demolished tho
trucks of the former, and turned its course
toward an engine shed, which it partially de
molished. Tho velocity of the car was ar
rested, however, by the locomotive which wa
in the shed. The two concussion, however
rendered it a complete wreck. Out of thirty
seats, twenty-eight were leveled to the floor;
the ends were smashed in, the 6tove rolled
over the floor, strewing red hot coal in every
direction.
The second passenger car was scarcely Irss
a wreck; many of tho seats were wrunj from
their fastenings, one cud crushed in and tho
front trucks carried off. These cars wero of
the most splct did kind, costing over 2,000
each.
Providentially nearly every passenger es
caped uninjured. The only person seriously
injured was a brakeman named William
Mitchell, Apparently about forty years of age.
He wis thrown from his post to a distance of
twenty feet, fracturing his skull, it is feared,
and injuring his back. This poor man was
alive ot 7 o'clock last evening, but it is doub'
ful, if be will recover, lie is said to be a
very worthy, industrious man, very poor, with
a large family and an invalid wife. The pas
sengers collected $22 and gave it to the con
ductor, who was directed to haud it over to
the doubly-afflicted family.
The scene in the cars beggars description ;
shrieking women, screaming children, and be
wildered men ; the spasmodic jerks cf the
cars over the cross ties,the concussi n wrench
ing t hi woo 1 work, iisettiug the stove, dress
es burning, scats leveled with their contents
to the floor, and other incidents, were of a.
nature to appall, f )X a moment, the most col
lected of the eye witnesses : and, a Ide i to
this, the agony of poor Mitchell moaning
for his helpless family, or raving in delirura
about his brakes with bis crushed skull, and,
erhap, broken back, blod oozing from
the fractures, and relief apparently impos
sible, save by death, were scenes such as the
lookers-on hoped never to witness again.
Mitchell lives near the outer dejot of the com
jviny. To his family wc cspecii lly call the
attention of tho good Samaritans of our city.
CVn. Eaq., Slstult.
Important Arrests. We learn that a
man named Silbee was arrested in Allegheny
on Saturday evening, on suspicion of being
concerned in issuing counterfeit money. Oa
examining him at the Mayor's office, about
one thousand dJUr? jn spurious bank notes
were found in his possesion consisting prin
cipally of one and ten dollar bills. He was
committed to jail by Mayor Adams.
Another man was ar es ted about the same
time, and is considered an accomplice of Sil
bee. We did not learn his name, but he was
arrested on a requisition from Ohio, and will
be conveyed to that State immediately. Sil
bee is said to be a resident of Indiana. Pttls
burgh (Jnin.