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FLTJIOUTII, IND.
Thursday Morning May 31, 1855.
(Advertisements to insure inser
tion, mast be handed in by Tuesday preced
i:ig the day of publication.
T!:: tow State Bank
Is the heading of rather an ill natured ami
ill timed article in the last South Becd
Register.
Tha Board of Commissioners designa
ted in the new State Bank charter, to or
ganize and locate its branches, met at In
dianapolis week before last for that pur
pose, end in the discharge of their sworn
duty, located a branch at Pljmouth in
stead of South Ben J. Hence bloody mur
der, treason and every other political and
moral misdemeanor, are pushed into their
faces in Mr. Colfax's own nies und cour
teous manner. The position is assumed,
that, because a branch of the old State
bank has been located at that place for
the last iiccnty years, it necessarily fol
lows that a branch of the rew one should
also be located there. To sustain this
greedy disposition to monopolize every
little favcr that is to be bestowed so
clearly manifest in this position Mar
ahall county and its couuty seat are made
to appear quite diminitive indeed, by a
comparison of statistics from the census i
of 1S50. V must here deny, however,
thit St. Joseph coun'y has realized a pro
portionite increase of population, wealth
and enterprize. with Marshal!, since 1S50.
The Register seems to rely solely upon
the population cf towns .o sustain what
it thinks to be an unquestioned light to
thi branch. Estimate the entire popula
tion of the dtfifer'n. counties with a view
to their location in this (3d) Bank dis
trict, and compare the numbers and capi
tal that would be most accommodated to
have it here, vith those who desire it lo
cated at South CenJ, and the aslonish
inent of every business man" in that com
munity might not be so great after all.
The S'.ato Sen:intl partially explains the
reasons which uenced the Commis
sioners in their action in this particular,
and thry are very plausible indeed, wheth
er the Register and every businr is man in
its community can see it or not. The
Sentinel says:
"The reasons assigned for changing the
location in these instances, from Michi
gan City to Laporte. and from South
E?nd to Plymouth, are thought by many
to be plausible and satisfatory. Laporte
was regarded, in considering this case, as
.he centre of business for a larger class of
community than Michigan City. nJ
fc-cr-d (u accordance with this idea.-
This selection seemed to involve the ne
cessity, it was urged, of changing the lo
ratiuu of the South Bend branch; for the
tfdbon that a branch at either of these
places, b) the railroad connection, will
cccommodate the same district of coun
try. Flymou'h will be connected, after
a while, with Laporte, by railroad, it is
tru, yet she ?e3c!r? a district of coun
try, very rich and rapiJiy developing,
which has but little connection with ci
ther South Bend or Laporte."
It is quite slf-evident that the loca
tion of this branch creates no fight be
tween St. Joseph and Marshall counties.
The removal cf the Michigan City branch
very materially changed the claims of the
former in fat or cf tho latter.
The Register's abuse of Mr. Wheeler
who has heretofore sr faithfully watched
the interests of his constituents comes
with an ill grace from such a source. It
resurrects all the old votes he ever gave
upon the subject of banks certainly with
no other view than to render him ridicu
lous if possible, in his successful efforts
to have a branch established at this place,
and lessen his influence with the board
in keeping it here. What have Mr. WV
bank or anti-bank votes to do with the
Commissioners in an impartial discharge
of their duties to the People? But hear
what Mr. Colfax says about such a man,
nd then our readers will agree with ui,
that such inappropriate allusions come
with an ill grace from such a source;
"And the man who dares not, at any
hezard, stand up rcaufully for the inter
ests of his home when assailed, does not
deserve to have any."
That's our fix. Is the preceding any
'misconstruction" of your remarks, Mr.
Register?
The following are the places at which
the branches of the new State Bank were
located by tho Commissioners:
District, No. 1, Lima, Lagrange county.
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2, Laporte, Laporte do.
3, Plymouth, Marshall do.
4, Ft. Wajne, Allen do.
0, Lafayette, Tip'canoe do.
6, Lognnsport, Cass do.
7, Indianapolis, Marion do.
8, Richmond, Wayne do.
9, Connersvillfl, Fay't dc.
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do 10, Madison. Jefferson do.
do II, Je ffeisonville, Clarke do.
do 12. New Albany, Floyd do.
do 13, Evansrille, Yand'bg do.
do 14, Vincennes, Knox do.
do 15. Bedford, Lawrence do.
do 16, Terre Haute, Vigo do.
An adjourned meeting of the Bcaii of
Commissioceis was held at Indianapolis
on Tuesday last, at. which, vigorous ef
forts were dovbtlesg made to change
the location of the branch from this place
to South Bend. We hate heard nothing
of its deliberations.
1 We should lik6 to have aeen a list of
the counties composing each district. It
is very certain, however, tnat M. aosepn
being one of the extreme northern
counties in the State cannot be the cen.
tre of this; unless, by the way, it and
Marshall only, compose the district, and
then the Register would have us believe
that South Bend was the centre of all
creation.
Our readers will fiind accounts of two
or three frightful whirl wind occurrences
in this paper. They have been unusually
frequent of late. We hope they have no
allusion to the present organization of
political parties.
Another 4C9 dollar Sucker. Gen. Stapp of
the Madison Banner says he has sold his
establishment again, and to a man of
abundant means, but does not mention
his name. One thing is quite certain if
he keeps that Banner afloat he will find
use for his "abundant means." We hope
however, iho fortunate purchaser may
keep it in operation one week at a less
cost than S43S 50 schnapps in.
BflW IS it, Dec? A minister, not long
since, upon application being made to him
to locate in one of our Northern Indiana
towns, made several appropriate inqui
ries as to the business of the place, the
uumber of ministers, professional men,
&c. When he ascertained that there
would be but two regular officiating cler
gymen, and nine practicing physicians,
he remarked that the task would be rath
a laborious one to attend to their stated
ministerial duties, and follow nine doc
tors, with funeral ceremonies. We did
not Karn whether he located or not.
Small Malters. Our attention ha recent
ly been called to a "slight sprinkle' of a
drubbing we, or our Iowa correspondent
received at the hands of the Cincinnati
Columbian 5c Grtat West; but we really
have not time to attend to all the little
spats we receive from all the little coun
try pa pen.
The earnings of the Michigan Central
Railroad during the seccond week in May
1553, compares with the earnings of the
same road du'ing the second week in May
1554, as follows:
Pave lirfi?. Freight.
Total.
42.S24 31
1 s
37.021 Ol JiM17 Ga
) ro. I
19.131 CO
Inci. 13 333 17
1 1 19 . 24.643 2 J
SllicitlC. Spencer C. Davis, a nephew of
the late Gen. Tipton, committed suicide
at Lngansport a few days ?go, by shoot
ing himself in the head with a pistol,
He had been engaged in the Pharos print
ing office for a few months, during which
time he had refrained from the use of
liquor, to which he had before been ad
dicted; but while on a vi?it up the canal,
was induced to drink again with old as
sociates, and which; it seems, was kept
up until last Friday, night week, when
he shot himself. Other causes are as
signed, in another article in thispaper.
White and fchrk.
Mary Williams and her infant daugh
ter, the former an Irish woman, the
latter born in this country, were sent
to Europe on the 19ih inst., by the State
of Massachusetts, Mit the crime of being
too poor to live in that Commonwealth.
The Boston Advertiser contrasts this
case with that of the fugitive slave An-
! thony Burns, in the following forcible
manner:
"The fugitive Slave Law of th
United Sutes seems so abominable en
actment to our Legislature, that they will
not even call it laic in their official re
cords. Yet our own Massachusetts pau
per rendition law, vastly more barbarous,
remains on our statute books, and the
Legislature will not interpose to amend
or repeal it. Our legislators see the
metes in the eyes of members of Con
gress, but know nothing ot the beams in
their own.
The rendition of Anthony Burns from
Massachusetts to Virgina, under a law
of the United States designed to give ef
fect to an express stipulation of the Con
stitution, caused an immense excitement
in this community. The rendition of
Mary Williams and her infant Bridget,
under our own law, by our own authori
ties, scarcely caused a remark. He was
sent back under a law of the United
States, binding on the people of Massa
chusetts, whether agreeable or disagreea
ble. She was snt under one of our own
laws, which the same Legislature that
elecled Henry Wilson to the Senate and
voted to remove Judge Loring from the j
bench, might repeal in a day. He was
sent back to the care of n master, bound
in law to feed, clothe and protect him.
She was sent to be landed on a foreign
shore, where there may not be even a
single person to know or care that she
has arrived.
"He was sent away, a strong man
with stout limbs, able to bear misfortune
and hardship, should they fall upon him,
with some degree of firmness. She was
sent away, a weak woman, with an in
fant a few weeks old, demanding all her
care, and with nobody to protect or as
sist her. - The treasury ol the United
States bore the expense of tha rendition
of Anthony Burns. The treasury of
Massachusetts paid for the rendition of
Mary Williams. But then he was a ne
gro "a man and a brother," while she
was only a while woman a woman and
a mother.
No vigilance committee rallied at the
rumor of the embarkation of Mary Wil
liams. No young and enthusiastic coun
sel hurried to proffer her their service.
Judges were not solicited at unseemly
hours for writs of habeas corpus; and
nothing . was said about the dc hominc
repirgiand0 in ner case.
Sheriffs and
coroners were not plagued with process-j
es they did not like to serve. The quiet
of the city was not broken; only rt few
heart-rending cries disturbed the silence
of Long Wharf on Monday evening the
deed was done, the woman was embaik
ed, and yesterday morning the vessel
sailed with her living and unwilling
freight."
Read and remember the foregoing, as
we expect to have occasion to allude to
it again. U'aa nor that infant a a
tivc born American exiled on4ac:ount
of its mother's poverty? These things
have their influence with us.
Agricultural Depot and Seed Store.
Dr. T. D. Lemon, of Laporte, has
erected a building, which is now being
finished, adjoining the Post Office, in
that city, which is to be occupied by
himself, in company with a gentlemau
from Kentucky, as a ßeed store. They
have made arrangements with all the
principal seed stores and nurseries by
which they will be enabled to supply
their customers with all kinds of seeds,
plants, shrubs or fruit trees, at short no
lice at the same rates they are sold at
where produced.
Their arrangements are such, also, that
they can furnish fanners andothers with
improved breeds of cattle, sheep, hogs,
poultry, &c, of ony desired kind, at
short notice, and at an expense much
less than they have been subjected to, to
procure them.
A teenty" advertisement in the Ban
ner, might enable them to sell an item or
two and us to buy a Shanghai sheep.
The Indian Reserve Bank aiKokomo.
and the South Bend Bank have resumed
specie payment, and now rate in our first
list.
Oparations under Reciprocity. A. corres
pondent of the Now York Tribune, writ
ing from Toronto, May 11th, says: 'while
American buyers are in our market pur
chasing wheat, we are importing butter,
fat cattle, sheep and calves, from your
side. The first importation of fat ani
mals br our butchers, from the U. States
under the Reciprocity Treaty, took place
yesterday; and arrangements have been
made to receive future supplies.'
Whilst this arrangement works well
for western producers it will operate
egainst our own eastern markets, in the
way of prices.
Kansas. We have barely room to say
in reply to the Warsaw Republican, that
wo have top much faith in enr National
Government authorities no matter by
what party controlled to believe they
would let any State into the Union with
. n- . uupieu Dy illegal votes.
Then, 'these happy results" are still to be
the consequences, as admitted in your
first article. Judge.
The wolf and sheep story don't hit the
mark you shot at. Try again, Mr. Re
publican. The lies. J. L. Boles of the California
Assembly, has our thanks for Legislative
documents of that Stale.
"Garments of all kinds cut to order,"
sjys the tailor, in his advertisement.
Stnarty, wanting a joke at some one's
expense, enquired of scissors and thim
ble if he could cut a monkey jacket.
'Yes, sir staud up here till I get
your measure."
aftftftftftla. ftftftftyMwi
Wheat in Western Can at a. The
Cayuga (C. W.) Sachem sys the wheat
crop throughout Western Cinada looks
exceedingly well. The fall wheal is en
tirely free from winter killing, and as
there is no danger of its being injured by
frost, tho prospect of an abuudanl harvest
is very encouraging. The quantity of
land under wheal is far greater than iu
any previous year.
ft SB "B - MWSM
A PROCLAMATION.
Executive DepartME5t,
Indianapolis May 24 1855.
Whereas, It is iepresenle(j l0 me on re
liable authority, agrcat outrage has been
committed in Clay counlyt Indiana, by
the destruction of tbe Birch Creek Reser
voir, n necessary and indispensable feeder
of the Wabash and Erie Canal; and
whereas, it further appears that an armed
mob of persona, consisting of one hundred
or more, did, on the 10th day of May,
instant, at the hour of 12. M., appear on
the banks of the said work, and, after fi
ring at the guard stationed thereon, and
driving hirrt away, proceeded to cut the
embankment of the same, discharging the
water which had been collected, and
otherwise damaging the property of the
Trust; and whereas, all the persons en
gaged in that nefarious and unlawful pro
ceeding were disguised, by the appropri
ate concealment of blackened faces and
other outward disguises befitting such a
deed; and whereas, I have reason to be
lieve that but a few of the persons so en
gaged reside near the site of said Reser
voir, or have just cause for complaint, if
any exist, but are, for the most part, an
organized and unlawful association of
persons, resolved to set at defiance the
legal rights of persons and the security of
their property, as has been manifested on
many recent occasions; and whereas, it is
the duty of the Executive of Indidana to
aee that the laws are faithfully executed,
and the public peace preserved; therefore:
De it known. That I, Joseph A. Wright,
Governer of the Stale of Indiana, by vir
tue of the power vested in me, do hereby
offer a reward of five hundred dollars for
any information that may lead to the an
prehension and conviction ot" the person
or persons, or any one of them, who aid
ed and assisted in the cutting of the em
bankment of the Birch Creek Reservoir,
in Clay county Indiana, on Thursday the
10th day of Mar, 1655.
And it is further declared and made
known, that the sacred promises and
pledges given by the State of Indiana to
her creditors, by the laws establishing
the Trust; and the protection promised
and guarantied therein, shall bo faithfully
kept and fulfilled so far as tho employ
ment of all regular and consl'culional
means shall be necessary to arrest theso
lawless proceedings, and to prevent a re
petition of conduct disgraceful to the ac
tors, their ciders and abettors. To ac
complish this, force may be necessary.
In that event, I shall not fail to invoke it,
for tho safety of the work is placed under
the gnrantee of the law, and that shall
not be disregarded. The State has a deep
interest in this matter, and the confinding
men who placed a moiety of the debt due
by tho people of Indiana, into the canal,
shall not have their confidence abued wiih
out nn effort to save our beloved State
from the disgrace anddishonor which these
mob would entail upon our citizens.
This spirit of lawlessness must be met 6c ar
rested, ifwedonot desire to have our State
a by-word and a reproach in the land. It
will be no fault of mine, if irresponsible
association shall control and over-ride the
written laws of the State, and become the
avenger of imaginary wrongs. No mans
property will long be secure, if armed
men in disguise can do these things with
impunity, and go unpunished and unres
trained. In testimony whereof, I have hereun
to set my hand, and caused the sent nl
-( the State of Indiana to bo affixed,
seal at the city of Indianapolis, this
2 Ith day of May. 1655.
By the Govenor.
JOSEPH A. WRIGHT.
Erasmus B- Collins, Secretary of
Slate.
From the Lapier Mich. Deinof-rat, May 22.
Destructive Whirlwind.
The town of Maranthon, in this county
was visited last Tuesday evening wiih
the most destructive tornado ever known
in this section.
It came from a we.sterlv direction, and
the first we hea' of it was at John Craw
ford's, in the town of Forest. Mr. C's
barn was unroofed, and the board, rafters.
&c. carried loa considerable distance.
Mr. McKinstry's house was unroofed and
much damaged. John Biue's house and
barn were unroofed, and the barn, a new
frame building was much racked. His
fields were so much filled with falling
timber, old logs, rails, lumber and rub
bish, that it will requiro nearly as much
labor to clear it off. as it did in a state
of nature. Wm. Merrill's house was
moved from its foundation and unroofed.
The widow Luther's house was entirely
demolithed, and some of her furniture
was rarried off in the whirl. Her son, a
young man of IS or 20 years, was seen
to be holding on to a wild plum tree, but
after the ternado had passed, he was
found upon the ground some rods off, the
plum tree had been twisted off, and was
laying across Mr. Luther, who had one
arm broken in two places, and otherwise
3D seriously iij J vcotcij Is
very doubtful.
The school house was unroofed. Mar
tin Valentine's house was also unroofed.
These are tho only buildings we lave
heard ofthat were injured.
Th heaviest loss will be in the de
struction of the valuable pine and other
timber in its course. So great was the
force of the whirlwind that nothing could
withstand it. The giants cf the forest,
which have withstood the storms of a
hundred years, were wrenched from their
firm roots, and tossed about like straws.
Even slumps, firmly imbedded iu mother
earth, weie torn up and canigl many
rods. Old logs which had lain on the
ground for years were disturbed, and
torn from their resting place. The air
was literally filled with fence rails, limbj
of trees, boards, rafters, shingles, &c.
which were lifted to an immer.se height.
The course of the Nvhirlwind was iu a
nearly eastdirection. ranging from twen
ty rods to a half miles in width, and
making n clean sxceep as it went. We
have heard from over eight miles of its
course, and it was still moving on i's
course of devastation and ruin.
We have been lold by those wSio have
visited tbe spot, that th irark of the
tornado present a most singular appear
ance. The trees growing in the center
were twisted off and thrown lengthways,
while those on each side were thrown
across the .center, the tops pointing in,
and forming a handsome window.
In some places even the culverts on
tho roads were torn up by the tornado,
and the roads generally are filled up with
a promiscuous assortment of limber and
rubbish of all kinds.
We hear rumors of the destruction of
other buildings, but hope they may not
prove true.
Since writing the above, we have been
called upon by Dr. Griswold, who spent
two or three days in Maranthon last
week and visited the scene of the destruc
tion. The Dr. says the tornado first broke
upon a log house in the town of Forest,
which was unroofed. It next struck the
log school house near Crawford's, which
it utterly demolished, not leaving one
log upon another. Near Crawford's is a
small lake, about forty rods wide and
fifty or sixty long, the water of which
was raised higher than the tops of the
trees, leaving the lake neatly dry. From
thence it passed through a forest, mow
ing its way, till it came to the town of
Marathon. Blue's bouse and barn were
unroofed. Mrs. Luther's house was en
tirely destroyed, and her lurniture smash
ed to pieces, and rendered worthless;
everything in her house was ruined, and
scattered in all directions, for half a mile
around. Jerrome's house was unroofed,
and others much damaged. Near the
house of Mr. Merrill, is what is called a
mount spring, from which a stream of
water sufficient to fill a three inch pipe is
discharged. The spring forms a basin
ten or twelve feel in diameter, and about
eighteen inches deep. AlJthe water was
drawn up, and those who noticed it say
that no water roae in tha spring for sev
eral moments afur th tornado passed.
The roofs of the buildings wert raised en
tire to the height of 20 or 30 feet when
tha vhirl would break them up, and
scatter the fragments-in all directions.
In some cases the fragment! have been
found two miles from the place from
which they started.
Terrible Hurricane in Illinois.
Chicago, May 24.
Accounts reached this city last night
of a most terrific hurricane and whirl
wind in the towu of Jefferson, Cook co.,
and other places north and west of here,
on Tuesday afternoon. A rapidly revolv
ing funnel shaped cloud passed swiftly
along near the ground about 16 miles
north of here, carrying up large sticks of
wood, stones, &c. It. described a semi
circle towards the south east, twisting off
large trees and whisking them out of
sight instanter. The whirlwind then
broke in two and disappeared. It imme-
jdiatcly formed again, and passed directly
back north-west with redoubled violence.
It struck a heavy frame house one mile
from the Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad;
instantly the roof was torn off. Almost
immediately the house went up, and was
hurled down in different places. Four
persons were instantly killed, and others
mutilated beyond the prof pect of recov
ery. The whirlwind passed over a post
and rail fence, of which not the slightest
vestige remains. It next struck a barn,
then upon the house, and a number of
cattle, crushing them at once. The tim
bers of the house and barn were hurled
to the ground with such violence as to
bury them most out of sight. Thehouse
belonged to Mr. Page, whose wife, son,
and two grand children were killed.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Additional intelligence from the local-
itv more tha n confirm 9 the a bo vn r.rrnnnt
pu..... .v. k :..
the air. and hurled dotvn with great
knee. We have seen a number of eve
witnrssfs of the ravages of iL lH.r.,,c i
whi describe it as most terrific.
O
Tho same P. M. there was a severe
storm'in this city, after which there was
a singular appeurar.ee in the sky north,
ward, accompanied by most t-ultry, op
pressive heat, suddenly changing to a
chilling breeze.
Terrible Explosion.
Six Men Killed! TheSieam-saw-mill
of Messers. Collet & Weston, recently
erected on the line of the Rail Road four
miles north of this place, blew up on last
Friday evening abjut sundown, killing
every person in the mill, excepi the Engi
neer, who wis not seriously hurt.
The persons killed were James Cooper,
Washington Cooper, Christopher Cooper,
Sameul Cooper, Asa Ilewet, and Isaac
Collet. Mr. Collet lived aboul ten minutes,
but did not speak. The others were kill
ed instantly one or two of them beinc
thrown a distance of thirty or forty feet
from the mil!. The upper portion of one
man's head was entirely taken off, and
nf-t found till next day; and they were all
more or lesfhoribly mangled. Tho boil
er was blown ino altom-, entirely des
troyed the tili, and moving the frame
which is very heavy, a distance of eight
feet off its foundation. A portion of the
boiler weighing five or six hundred pounds
was thrown a distance of two hundred
yards. The explosion was terrible, rind
was distinctly neard ten miles oil.
It is impossible to ascertain the melan
cholly event, but as near as we can learn
through the many conflicting stories, it
was thro ihe incapacity of ihe Engineer,
The general opinion seems to be that the
valves had in soma way got out of order,
and that he, not knowing what was wrong
kept crowding on steam until the fatal ac
cident occurred. It is almost a miracle
thit he escaped with life. T.'so miil had
been started that day, and four of the per
sons killed had just entered tha mill to
s-e its operation when ihe explosion took
place. Several women aud children had
left a few minutes before. Wo trust
this sad occurrence will be a warning to
persons engaged in sleam operations.
Let no engineer be employed unless he is
known to be both careful and competent.
Albion (la) Palladium.
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3Ioarnful Case of Suicide.
The Laluyette (Ind.) American, of
yesterday, lias the following:
We are indebted to ex-Mayor O'Brian,
just returned from Logansport, for the
following: Ou Friday evening last, about
dusk. Spncer Davis, n young man about
twenty-five years old. nephew of the late
Gen. Tipton, blew his brains out with a
a pistol, loaded with seven buckshot, un
der ihe following circumstances; He was
a printer, and worked in the office of the
Tliaros, hrul for sorn lime past been ad
dicted to hard drinking. He had been
endeavoring to pay his addresses to a la
dy named Baldwin, who resides on the
island in ihe Wabash, and by whom his
suit was rrjected. On Friday evening
he went to the gate of the house and cal
led ihejoung lady, saying he wished to
bid her good bye, as ha was going away.
Upon coming out, she perceived a pistol
in his hand, which he was attempting to
conceal behind him. She immediately
ran into the house in great alarm, fast
ened the door, and sent a boy through a
back window for her father. Her father
soon urrived, and found youn Davis sit
ting an the porch. As he entered the
gate, Dav'13 jose up, aud Mr. Baldwin
perceiving a pistol in his hand which he
was in the act of raising, said to him,
Davis, don't hurt me." Davis replied,
'No, Baldwin, I wouldn't harm a hair of
your head," and immediately discharged
the pistol into his own right temple.
He fell, bleeding copiously, with a hor
rid wound in the head, out of which the
brain immediately oozed, but, neverthe
less, he lived for several hours.
Young Davis has always been consid
ered an amiable, harmless, and good
hearted young man, and his funeral was
attended by a large concourse of sympa
thizing friends.
Massachusetts Look at Heb! The
Legislature which has outraged and dis
honored the old Bay State, once as pat-
nunc as any omer in ine union, Dy set-
ting her in open opposition to the Na
tional Constitution, is thus spoken of br
the Boston Courier:
We hazard this opinion, that history
will show the Legislature which has
just adjourned to hare been the most ex.
traTagant, the most drunken, the most
impious, and the most lecherous and
yet one of its champions claims for it a
degree of purity never before claimed for
a Massachusetts Legislature, which, untl
now, nas Deen aoove tr.e suspicion oi
impurity, undue extravagance, aud small
spreeing at the public expense."
Fatal Accident. A man was found
this morning, dead, on the Railroad track
two miles east of this city. Both legs
were cutoff. It is supposed that ho was
run over by the 11 o'clock train going
east last night. He was probably drunk
and so stupified by liquor that he was
unable to get out of the way of the train.
The accident was not known until the
train came in from tho east this morn
ing. Since writing the above, we learn that
a coroner's inquest was held over the
body by Esq Kreßs, and that the name of
the deceased is John Nelson; that he w as
a collier and lived jiu Galena Township
in this county. He wi3 about 30 years
t . r
old, and leaves a wife and children.
Someone made a dime or half dime clear
profit on the liquor that deprived a fam
ily of its head. Laporte Union.
Showing ii rs Paters. The Scotia
(N. Y.) Gazette relates that at the recent
municipal electioii there, a man present
ed himself at the polls and his vote was
challenged. He said he had hi? paper,
and swore he would produce them. Ho
was told to go and get them; Home he
went, and returned anil presented his pa
pers to the judges. What laughter con
vulsed their honors, when on opening
the supposed papers they found them to
be a dismissal from the Ntw Jersey
pc7iitc?itiary!
Scene ox the Mississippi.- "What
vio-jkin'lVf WO? . , .
'Ii s cord wood,' replied tho chopper
u,e g'enresi noncr.ftience.
How long has it been cut?' inquired j
the nnxiciH c plain.
''Four feet" sai.j the chopper.
The Boston Post says, since it has be
past errors very freely in books, it is bold
ly asserted that there is no difference be
tween an autobiography and a "naughty"
biography. !
A late California paper mentions a duel j
thai was fought between a Yankee ai:d tn
Englishman in a dark room. The Yan
kee, not wishing to have blood ou his
hands, fired his pistol up the chimney,
when, to his horror, down dropped tf;e
Englishman.
A gentleman being in company
sprightly damsel of aboul fourteen, was
somewhat annoyed by her playful trick- "T J aj7fTv T
ery. Al length he exclaimed. "Now my' at TUP FiPirWf QTOPP
dear girl, d.i be still.' This touched a! AT THE 3 R ' C K S1
cord of feminine vanity which is always ; ((( Of t! e L-j rT:: aivi V'.ym
s'ire to vibrato. Asurni"ir au air of im- ; Owvw ,,,(. T ,., .
portance, and retiring a pace or two, she
drew herself into n position of defence,
and responded, Girl, indeed? am as
much of a 1rom.f11 as yout'
m
Supposed to be a Hoax Or a Bull
We have been informed that tr,e reason
of the conflict between his own testimony
and that of others, in regard to the birth
place uf the ertitor of tne limes, is that
although he distinctly remembers being'
jborn in America, he had a iwin hroibc-r
born in ihe old country, so nearly resem
bling himself that they never knew each
other apart. The Irish twin having de
ceased, the feelings of the disconsolate
parent were expressed, by the o;her, as
follows:
II Te lies my twin il il lti.11 lczr,
Oe in li lrliM?, the otln-r lit-1.
Cin. Commercial.
A teacher re'.a'es a laughable story cf ;
one of his scholars, a sun of the I'mera'.d '
Isle. He told him to spell hostility. j
")I o-r s e horse," commenced Vat i
.mv. i t
"jNot norse uiuy, sua u.e u-acner,
but Ao-lility."
Sure," replied Tat, "and didn't ye
tell me the ether day not to say :ovs?
Be jabers it's tcan thing wid y one dny,
and another the nixt."
"Children," fays Mrs. Grant, "arc first
vegetables, and tnen they are ar.itr.als. and
sometimes come to people." Bat it is
sad enough to see how few now a days
get beyond ihe second stage.
'So you would not take me to be twen
ty?1 Slid a young lady to her partner.while
dancing a polka, a few evenings since.
"What would vou take me forT 'For
a
better or worse," ho replied.
An immense concourse of people ns
sombied at the corner of Main and Third
streets, Louisville, yesterday, to witness
the trial of the Steam Fire engine. lis
performances were highly satisfactory.
In order to give tone to the stomach, it
is recommended to swallow the dinner
bell.
''Mother," said an inquisitive uichin, a
few days since, "would you have been
any relation to me, if father hadn't married
you?"
i
Cincinnati, May 21.
Elijah Williams, a rich planter of Bar
nersvi'.le. South Carolina, arrived here to
day with eight negroes, one of whom was
his wife, and six of them were his chil
dren, and his wife.s mother. His object
was io manumit the whole and settle them
in the Slate. Just as he stepped out of
ihe steamboat into the carriage, he fell
dead. The negroes having been brought
jhere are of course free, under our State
Laws. Williams had previously willed
tho whole of his estate to tho negroes.
DssTnucTivE Fire. Twelve stores in
Petersburg, Va., were destroyed by fire,
with neatly all their coi. tents, on iho
17th inst. The loss is estimated at 8150
000.
DEVOLUTION ON THE Kio GRANDE. A
dispatch frwn New Orleans, dated the
IQiK . I .1 . 1
19th saysit was reported that a revolu-
noii Hau urutven out on me iwo urnnoe
in Mexico, and that 1.500 men, headed by
Caratajal, had crossed the river.
House Rest in New Yoek. It is sta
ted that house rent in New Yoik bae fal
len from twenty to twenty-five per cent,
within the last four months. At the
present time there are neatly four thous
and dwelling houses unlet and vacant in
that city. - . r
COMMERCIAL
iUt'.V 1CKK. iUiy. 40 13 i. i
r e. t n
Flour Market is lower, with mere
desire to sell. Receipts incrcesing.
Buyers afraid to touch common brands to
any great extent, fearing they may tour
on their hands, still tome speculatiro
inquiry. Sales S3C0 barrels at 10 C5a
10 5G for common to straight and choict
state, 10 31a 10 C2 for romiscii to gocd
Wis., Ind., Mich., end Ohio, closing it!j
choice brands at 10 5G, and 11 l-'dlu (a
extra Genesee incluJs-d are 2000 Lb'a
common state, part for tf.e lost 11 Ja
and the balance' for aU Julyai9 CO, uiifi
but very few buyers ard sellers at those
figures. Cjuadiir ur aUo declined Is
per bbl. The depreciation was inoro
8PP11 in medium pruclfs of extra. Siles
2500 bb!s at 10 50 10 7j for comn.on iu
choice hr.'itiis. 10 STall 2-J (ot gol t
very best extra, closing vuth a lii-iirc
j-ell common Sian'is.
Corn Market about c lower. II -j -ceipis
increasing hmI h.il.hrsof tuix'. J
evince a pretty strong iKsire to rcliz?.
A greater portion of western now being
received is unfit (ot expert. Distillers
aro almost entirely out of the inir-'it.--Eastern
dealers operate cautiously, fan I
shippers do nut jvjri'liase with ?ny rr.-it
anxiety. Sales OO.COO bus.. )en ir.5 40.
000 bin. afloat unsold. Kai.p" .l;ut 1 10
al 13 for western mix'd, 1 IojI 1') fr
white sout hern, and 1 I3.il lGfor yellow
do, cl 's'm; with more sellers than bu -ers
sit iti-ii'le fiur-?. Lulu-led art 35 000
bu for July and August t 1 ÜUI C"
ni'"s:!y at ini.!r price. i'drce uie free
ly offered fr June at 1 02.
Inn t!;c rutins.
Sr. Lou.-;,
Intf-l'.ig-nce .".t Wolf Ki vv, Kh-is. 1
tIiC lSib, li.wn Grsat Clii'-f Mountain
rr'ort plentv of snow iIk-p.
triors wero turning in qrt-.st
lin iioox
I; :i ill 1 r - t..-
wards Fw;l Lttauue, at. I ta'kiu" of
i r.ol. Cook lot! Leaven orth 0:1 t!iO IZ' U.
with a di-'.-ichniei.t of iufnn'ry r:: i t i.-'.
company oi" cavaliy lor IVrl l.:.r
Several ihousmJ
wariio.s were A.-.i
?l!lovv
Ou Stbbath l-ut by !!?. A. Ful't-r. Oma-.
Sluvtj.k "to N.umy M.u;hk fail ol t'.-.u
count v.
On the sr.ir.e day, by t1"
German to Ann Wim akt..:.
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M iy 31, I "".". Utf.
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sty.c. io.ii will injure l.is wo;!; to ! e tl e. -icr.
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STATE UK INI I ANA.
MARSHALL COUNTY. SS:
;; Ihe ZJursliull Circuit court. -Juirv!'
' G .'j. '? "av
j ''l r'x's ' ' "' ( c :: p'..ur.t for Dir r -.
i Minr Ann M -tc.V.f. V
Blj it kin. v n
ihn o;i il.is !. il.iv f if iv
ooi:;!-1..!';,.-! i:i :'..r i" r-'?c,itl"
caiuc, by II r.-.ce Coi'oin, utt- inc.. Cl-d hix
t'tmipluint in my ifii; , ;i7iin-t 'A c dvfWi
ilnnt, tor divorr ; h!o i-.t :!; tiic lher
w;is file-l ih? alliJivit of a i!iu;u-i- svd t rio.
fr -in wlocli it rijvirnrs that fJ ! tl, t i;tI.ll.- U
lion ri-iiihnt oft!; S. t? f Iü.H-.'i i.
I;ie s-tid ! !!; J u t. M.i.-v A-m McrcYif. ii
therefore Urn. by totIli-rf of ti.; i.l :,z ;.nJ p.?n
ihi.cy of s.iil c 'iaI.ii:it f .r d.vorc-e." at i ;r"
said, ai:l that n. kws she apprar j;i 1 pi? v, .v..
nweror iltvn'ir thtTi-T'.., on or b f re ll.e i-Hlr.i's
th.M-e:!', at ihe next term f tue Mar.-h iT. Circuit
com, to be hehl at the com t hon? in P.yniomh
iu said county, on the ece;.iui M m J.iV 'in Au
11 t iie.t; the matters aii'i thing then"; n rht rj
cd will l t-ikeaa cor.f iiet', r.n 1 will b? de
termined in her absrrre.
Attest: a. COrnALF.Y. clerk,
Tr It. C.-Jcrba!:y Je,.
Ilnxice Coiton, PitfTs atty. "
May SI, 1555. Utl.
v i- ; -1 ii
5 5 -?
TY virtue ot'i
in execi'ion to me iuerTrJ, i$-
of the ot'.KC ot" the cle;!; of the
shall offer fjr sale as the law direct., r the hitb
est bidder, sit the eoMithoae tloor hi Plymouth
on Tharday the 2 1 ft .ay of Jane, between tl,.
hrurs of ten o'clock n iv, and f.-ur o'cl"tk p m,
the f'.llowins dcscribeil property, to-v;: coi'i
mencirrjon Jt'.chi.ioi ftree. u p,--vit CO feet
south litl eccnti r H:.ci f lot im. 41 ia the town of
Plymouth; tuunins thence s.::rh wl'h tho !ln?et,
-2 feet, nnl es.ten.Mn5r b.tck ta ilio tlley 22 feet
wide, with the ttut nonts :Uc-n rn. A'sa a
strip 20 feet wide on the ni ft.le f the mid
dle line of Lntfoity rr,". from ll e licj .
throw sh to Mlrh:r.n stjett except f.nty ff et
I itig by 20 het wile, in fr tit. ca said ftree.
au i ?xcept the buil iinji th itt-n.
Tiihen ti nati.-f- an t xeca i -n on n j'nTjrmer.t
f-ir $1,036 07, niv.l rot. jn faVor rf Spheuscn
fcMuch, against JVuit-roy & EiotLer, onl
O'.hcr-.
J. L. THOMPSON, 51 eriff, 31, C.
r,v T. U. Tnoxr:-os, Cepaty.
Miv 31, 1S5". Ilt3.
Sheriff's Sale.
I TY Mrtue of ono writ of eiüUiom Expona
to rae 'i'r1-VvL ut cf," cfllCtt t,f
1 the Clerk or the M ircha.I C. ir.nion P.eas cour,
U ,h:iU olrer forfaleastrelawlirccts,cn Thr.
day the 2tst day cf Ja e cext, at the court houso
t'oor in Plymouth, between ih i h.urs of 19 a n
nnd 4 o clock p m, the inttrckt of tho defend
ants ir real estate in this couatv. desu ibed o
lollowg, lo-wit: The west half cf .he north esst
quarter of section 16, iu towofbip 33 corth, cf
rane 2 cast.
Taken ns the propertv cf William G. Pome
roytoaaii.fv a .ja!;mrv.t iu favcr of John W.
Wright fer S5C9 22, wüh interest nnd crs'.
J. L. THC1IPSON, Sh'a.
Pr. T. B. Thompson, dept.
Mvr 31,1853.