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HORSE POWER AND THRESHING
M rIyTkE'

THE subscriber is manufacturing, for 100
i dollars, what he believes Ia bp The be>l
Horse Power and Threshing Machine now in
USE He is emboldened 10 say 50, from The fact,
that where il was used lasl wear il was universal
IL approved. The Horse Power, particularly. is
unrivalled. From Two 10 four horses is ali The
power ever required; and Tor compaciness, ease
Of draughl and durability, ii cannot he cxcelled.
This Machine is calculated To gel on cIr0nlu
from 100 to 100 bushels per day; but for $50 dol
lars a larger drum will lie furnished that with
four horses will thresh $50 bushels
Orders are pouring in, and those desiring these
Machines will please inform me al once Ina,
nav not be hurried in getting lEem IN; and,
therefore, may have heller opportunity OF turn
ing out good article.
See Mr.. Roane's opinion Of this Machine, as
expressed in the March No. Of the Southern
Planter. In letter from Or. Alexander Bryant
of Prince George, he says:
al prefer your machine over all others with
which am acquainted; because,
Isl, II is simple in construction and mol apt 10
get out OF order
81. Il performs more work for less money than
other machines, and is fully adequate 10 crops OF
1000 10 /, 500 bushels.
Sd. Ii can be worked with the hands usually
found on farms 10 which il is adapted, without
the expense and trouble Of hiring extra labor.
4th. II is known that the purple straw wheat Col
which we grow The mosD has more capped grains
than any olher-very few Of which pass from
your machine in this Objectionable condition.
9Th. With three mules and len hands, thresh.
ed with ease l20 bushels per day. passed il through
the fan once, and stacked The straw.
9th. The horsepower is, without doubt, The
most perfect have ever seen.
n In consequence OF The late extraordinary
rico in iron. the subscriber has been compelled Il
raise The price Of these machines 10 Sl30.
Anril 2S-c(h 4. Il. BUTTS.
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Tr0m me I3auimDIc SIM.
THE SOUTHERN METHODIST EPISCOpM. cos
SESTION

yESTION.
SIXTH DAY, Wednesday, MAY J.
Bishop Soulr entered and took The char, al lhr
request Of Bishop Andrew Or. Pierce address
ed The convention a considerable length, although
promising, that in The opinion Of many, there
Should b.. very lille speaking before The report OF
The committee on organization. lie referred 10
the action Of The General Conference IN the caSr
If gisllup Andrew, and said thai representatives
ni the Sonrh only continued in their seals there Ia
vote on any thing that might be vital To The lnle-
rests Of The South. He said, thai This veSed ques-
lion had become mater oil conscience IN lhe
North, and thus annihilated ali hope oil ADJUST
mont A connection is mol endurable now. said
The spakcr-is il possible tG become less SOL
WHY should we not be prepared 10 acu The
sooner The South takes her position, Inc sooner
will Inc lempess be hushed. From the earliest
knowledge he had on this subject, 10 the latest
fact, he asserted unquaifedly that The agitation
oCihis question had done us more harm than hell
with all her leslons.
He also said. tina, The people had been hum
buooeJ on The action OF the General Conference
on The subject Of asserting 10 The plan of peace
able senara,ion. This humbuggery consisted in
lis having been said that the General Conference
had no authority, either from constitutional or
statulary law. He said that no church ever pro
yided any law for prospective division; that The
only law thai could justify church IN dividing
INFO ,wo ecclesiastical jurisdictions, was the law
OF ,lec,ss1u. This law, he very clearly showed,
existed in The present controversy; in that we had
reached point that such legislation as would
save The North would ruin the South. and such
as would save the South wonld ruin the North.
The speaker remarked, that some were under
the impression that this Convention would orga.
nize a new church. essentially differing from The
old Methodist Episcopal Church, bnt hat i such
was The case he knew nothing Of it; that II they
were 10 make new articles Of faith, he would ne
yer consent 10 any thing Of the kind, and thai ne
would he found leaving on the very hfst boal lha'
he could gel on.
DR. Capers followed Dr.. Pierce, and in The Ian
guaee OF The report, "set forth, with great earnest
ness, the absolute, undeniable, irreversibie neess
SIN Of an independent organization"
The report from which we copy is published ~
the Louisville Journal, and made By committee
chosen from the Convention, consisting oil twc
members and reporter, the former, Of course
sanctioning The report. This committee, The an
nexed extract will clearly show, j; fully commit
ted npon The very question for The consideration 0
which the Convention has been called, and, there
fore, il is proper 10 receive its reports with suila
BILE allowance In speaking Of the speech of Dr.
Pierce, they say it was profound in its philoso
ply, transferable in its a,gnatsais, and inimltabl
| brilliant in its illustrations"
The Convention adjourned, after the appoint
n,ents Tor religious exercises in the evening.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

cScHOOL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY
- Professor George Tucker having rendered
his resignation of The Chair in this School, 10 take
effect a, The close of the present session, the
Board Of Visitors will proceed TO The appoint
ment Of his successor a, their annual meeting, on
The lst July next -,
The subjects taught in this School are, Mental
Philosophy, Political Economy, Logic and Bellies
Letlres.
The compensation of the Professor consists Of
a salary of one thousand dollars, fees from The
members of the School, and house and garden
free OF rent.
Applications may be addressed to c. Johnson,
ESQ.,, Rector, &C., at Richmond, or 10 Professor
William B. Rogers, Chairman OF The Faculty. at
the University.
w. H. WOODLEY, Proctor, &c.
April 2l-cllslJuly
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JAMES w. oh NDr.h"; J Trustees
ALEXANDER RlYES,
THE pEN-PARK MILLS FOR SALE

Al the same time and place, and upon The
same terms the undersigned will offer for sale,
these valuable Mills with hundred acres u
Land, being the property Of The latter concern OF
Craven & Whilehurst. The situation OF these
mills is most eligible for the purchase OF wheat
and The manufacture OF Hour In the heart oi the
county, within short distance of the river, and
The town OF Charlottesville, they possess peculiar
facilities for an extensive custom, convenient ac-
cess to transportation, and constant and protla-
bic market for the oial Of The mills. These mills
are worked by stream that never fails, except in
extraordinary droushls; and the dam, though
furnishing large head Of water, being of incon-
siderable size owing 10 The peculiarilics OF the
locality is not liable like most other structures OF
that Sort 10 waste or breakagc. A portion Of
this land, lying within quarter az a mile ol the
town is heavily tn,b.ird, and, therefore, Of great
value.
This site cannot be TOO highly appreciated for
its fine water power, calculated 10 prnpel every
species OF machinery. The large Mill House
might be adapted at comparatively liule cost 10
The manufacture OF cotton or wOOllen goods. II
is to be hoped, that amid all the growing interest,
beginning TO be felt in Virginia in this branch of
labor, capitalists and manufacturers looking 10
such investments, will not neglect The opportunity
of securing so advantageous location for such
enterprise.
Immediate possession 10 be given. The pre-
misses will be shown 10 all desiring 10 purchase, BY
anv one of the subscribers.
ARTHUR WHITEHURST, J Erccniors Of
ALEXANDER RIVES, iLH Crarrn,
ROBERT w. LEWIS, dcc,ased
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}, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY MORNING., MAY rs. ~.

10 ONE me 25d inclusive. There is however, no III
lelhSehce OF interest as the accounts fiom The ca
Plai are no laler than before received A cor
respondent wrltes that The arrival Of the Anne
Ticah squadron Consisting of the Potomac the
Falmouth, The Somers, and the Lawrence OF The
poIl Of Vera Cruz, created much excitement--
The sole topic OF the day, he adds continues 10
be "war with the United Slales. The people seem
eager for ii but The Govern lent hesilates."
From The Crescent Cip, same date.I
member OF The Chamber of Dupulies Don
Crescenlio Doves, had raised a strong excitement
and irritation by speech, in which he treated the
Mexican Government with bitterness and com
menled ON their conduct in relation To Texas, with
energy lie declared they were unable 10 con.
quer Texas, and il was no longer theirs. a
motion was made 10 cxpel The speaking
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Oihcr DsaraMe Lands for SAFE.

Also, at The same lime, and upon Ihr same
terms, The subscribers, by virtue oil The las, will
and testament, Of John Ii. Craven, deceased, will
offer for sale Farm containing 22i, acres, w.
ing within 4 mile Of The Town OF charlottesville;
and also reversionary interest. acquired By the
said John III. Craven, in The dover land of Mrs.
Martha Key. The former tract is almost CONT
guous to the Pen-Park Estate, so that il might
prove desirable 10 The purchaser NJ that estate ;
il is sufficiently large, however Tor separate
Farm. A large part OF il is heavily iimbered
and so convenient 10 town, "a 10 make il abso-
lu,ely certain, that the wood, 10 be spared, would
almost pay for the tract.
Possession 10 be given on The IS, ui December
next All persons DESTROYS otsecuring home in
this delightful vicinity, are invited 10 examine for
themselves, and The subscribers will take pleasure
in offering them every facility for thai purpose
ALEXANDER RiVES, Enrntors If T. H.
ROBERT w. LEWIS, craren, den0ad.
April 25-ctdS
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NOMMITTED 10 the Jail OF Kanawha coun-
- - ", on The 9Th December last, as Runaway
oave although he claims to be free, man cali
ing himself ALEXANDER ANTHONY, aged
aSou, % years~very black, large white eyes,
aoou. iset ~ inches high-had on when COM
mueI due 'nsey coat, pair OF negro cotton
pum". an old swans-down waistcoat with
~ ou''ons, and an I'D straw hat. He says
R.n was Is e =. b, man named "John
On his comm" ,,ie0' =. coun QUIZ North Carolina.
his free I papers" b me p rSe paper caingl
a.ec'pher. he be slave, Ito owner IS desired
prove him, pay charges and IKE him away
an,n WILL H. TCHER,
"phi 4-wam' Jailor Of ksnawha co.
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'.f.QcEsiIsEs
PRINTING OFFICE FOR SALE.

PRINTING OFFICE FOR SALE.
A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER, situated
n in pleasant village in Virginia, with
large aud increasing list OF subscribers, and
good share OF advertising aud job work, is offered
a, private sale. The materials are all good, con.
ssiing Of such as are necessary to print an extra
imperial sheet The terms will be moderate, and
may be ascertained b. making enquiry (Post-
paid, OF The Editors of The Richmond Enquirer
as, also, any information in regard 10 The ONCE.
Nav 6-cti
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WATSON Isl DlBRELL,

COMMISSION and FORWARDING MER-
II CHANTS, opposite the Basin Sheds, Rlch-
mond. will advance literally on fObACCo,
WHEAT and FLOUR, consigned 10 their care.
March 2l-cSw
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-16

TN VIRGINIA: AT Superior
i Court Of Chancery for the Richmond Circuit
held al The Capitol, in the City OF Richmond, on
Friday, March 25lh, lS45:
William NJ. Thompson, Plaintiff;
against
Nathaniel DENLY. Defendant.
The defendant this day filed his answer TO The
bill OF the plaintiff, 10 which the said plaintiff re-
piled generally And thercupon The cause came
on, BY consent OF the parties BY their counsel
10 be heard upon The bill, answers and replica
ton, and was argued by counsel On consldera,
ton whereof, the Court doth adjudge, order and
decree, that one Of the Commissioners OF ms
Court do state, settle and adus, The partnership
accounts of the late firm of DENLY & Thompson,
and repor, the same 10 The Court, with any mat.
ters specially stated deemed pertinent by himself,
or which either party may require TO e 50 stated:
And The Court doth further order, that Tor The
purpose Of executing this decree, the partnership
books in the possession OF either OF The parties be
submitted 10 the said Commissioned.
A Copy-Tesle:
N p. HOWARD, e. C..
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with The imprisonment Of Dor will come up
with new violence and confusion. Unfortunate
liule Stale
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-16

Richmond, 10th April, ls45.
The parties concerned are hereby notified 10
attend at my office, in the City OF Richmond, on
the 10th day of June next, BY 10 O'Clock, A. NJ,
with the evidence necessary TO enable me TO per.
form the duties required BY the foregoing decree.
JOHN SHORE, Com'r.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-16
We deeply regret 10 see any thing ike the fol-
lowing enacted in old Virginia The justice of
The Senate, next Winter, will remove difficulty
So unropupn;al IN The soil ot orr Stale.
THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.

THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
We Yesterday received no Augusta papers
The Charleston Mercury OF Monday supplies The
following additional interesting particulars. II
will be observed, that the new Foreign Mission
airy Board IS 10 I've located in this cily, under the
Presidency Of The Rev ! B. Letter, Pastor OF The
LII 'inrch
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THE general opinion ~ that no one need 60 Ia wash
lIcion In search Of Office, unless he first visits MI
Rllrhe, who now &C uprs the principal position N
the newspaper department of tl.r government,
~. y. H,rai!.
We had determined TO say rs little as possible
about ourselves, as we have 80 mnch better thence
Ia discuss; bu, we SEIZE The opportunity which
This graluous assertion gives US OF correcting
it and placing rs right before The public. We
lake no pan in the removals ur appointments OF
The administration. We recommend no oce TO
orfce. We have declined interfering in behalf OF
our nearest neiehbors and best friends The more
we see since We haze been al Washington, The
more satisfied Ne are with The position We have
taken. Gin Ynsinia.) We shall lie happy al al!
times. when we can command the leisure, 10
see oul friends, OF strangers, il they please 10
honor us with call; but il would save others
some ,ronLle in visiting rs Gin search 81 an Of
lice" and us no hale trouble in declining all in.
reference, il our determination were frankly un-
,iersiood We leave The labor and The response
biity in the hands Of those 10 whom The conslilr-
lion and The laws have contided The power, salts
fed that they will administer the patronage Of The
government with more wisdom and proprieiy
Than We could possibly exert in Their si,uallon.--
Al al events We beg leave 10 correct The idle DE-
claralion of The Herald. ana take leave OF The
whole snbleCi- Union.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-16

The New York Morning News presents IA.
beau OF The next Congress from which appear,
thai - FAT 80 Democrats have been elected and
So Wings
"Siyy-hree members are yet he elected
three OF them In consequence Of he failure OF
three districts in The New England States 10
make 4 choice: 10 one by reason OF Democratic
divisions. and in The other TWO by reason OF the
scattering votes OF The Abolitioniss. These are
all Democratic Districts.
1.-THE other ffly-seren members comprise the
entire delegation from The States Of Maryland,
North Carolina, Alabama Mississippi and Ten
nessee, Kentucky aud Indiana To The last Con.
gress they Sent, "a Democrats and % Whigs.-
We NAV lose one in lnciana, and two in Ken.
lucky; and probably gain three in Maryant.-
Our majority in The next House wi! bc from 80
Ia IS"
We shall in ali probability, have majority
IN The Senate OF The United States. The Repub-
lcans will thus have poueT sufficient in both
Houses 10 support The wise measures OF The admit
n>lraon and 10 discharge their duty 10 the coun-
try. We ough, not 10 doubi that they will use
! this power with wisdom. For this purpose, they
must cherish union, harmony, hrmness, as we'll as
discretion in The public councils
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-16
pInoUEliTSES ELECTION.

This election, 10 I'LL The place OF the late Judge
Leonard in the Convention, terminated on the 18th
inst. There were three canddaies-Mr V.
Dubouchel, Mr.. G.. Johnson, and Mr.. Octave
Russeau. MIR Johnson is 7 Wing and ths
other two are Democrats The result, was as fol.
lows.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-05-22
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES


simple and frugal Government, confined within
strict Constitutional limits
strict construction of the Constitution and nc
sumption Of doubtful powers.
ton ~ s P'tu"
NO connection between the government and banks.
diplomacy, asking for nothing bat what is clear
~ [lght and submitting to nothing wrong.
NO public debt, either by the General Government.
sity. - se' i
No assumption by the General Government of the
debts OF the States, either directly or indirectly bv
distribution OF the proceeds of the public lands
Revenue tariff, discriminating in favor Of the
poor consumer instead of the rich capitalist
NO extensive system of Internal Improvement bv
Tie General Government, or by the States
constitutional barrier against improvident State
loans.
The honest payment Of our debts and the sacred
of the public faith.
gradual return from paper credit system.
No grants OF exclusive charters and privileges, by
special Legislation, to banks.
o connexlon between Church and State.
No prescription for honest opinions.
Fostering aid to public education
progressive reformation of all abuses.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-05-22
THE STATE SENTINEL

is Published erery TsarsSay Oace on illinois S


Is published erery Thursday Office on illinois ST.,
Second Book North Of Washington.
0TThe State Sentinel will contain much larger
amount CT reading matter, ON all subjects Of general
interest, than any other newspaper in Indiana
TERMS.-Iwo dollars year, always in advance.
In instance viii more than one number be sent TIL
the money is received Subscribers VIII receive due
notice few weeks before the expiration Of eachyear
or term, and if the payment for succeeding year
term be not advanced, the paper viii be discontinued
This rule viii be strictly adhered to an all cases.
Five Dollars viii be received for three years; or,
three copies viii be sent year for the
One dollar viii be received for six months-alrays
an Gdrance.
ADVERTISEMENTS, viii be inserted three times
atone dollar square, ESQ ems) and be continued at
the rate of % cents square weekly. Quarterly adj
vertisements inserted at 50 a square of $50 ems.
Yearly advertisers VIII be accommodated on rea-
sonable terms, which should always be made in writ
ing as agreed upon.
All advertisements from abroad must be accompanied
By The cash or no attention viii be paid to them.
Postage must be paid.
OTPOstmasterS are allowed to frank letters con-
aiming remittances.
0EJ-In fTanking, Postmasters must not forget
write their names in full under the word "free."
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-05-22

TENAclrY OF LIFE IN A CAT.-On the closing of
navigation of the Canal late last fall, number of
frame sacking bottoms belonging to canal boat we're
stored in the storeheuse of s. B. Kendrck In hc rear
of our Office. On the opening of navigation about
week since, when the articles were about to be re-
moved, cat was discovered confined among them,
alive, although emaciated to skeleton,-there being
scarcely anything left of her more than the skin and
bones. When or how she came there Is not known
The sackings being slowed snugly with their frames
compact, left bit small space between each canvass
but between two of them she was found. She had
endeayored to her way out from her prison with
out success, though she had made an opening through
several of the bottoms. When first discovered she
was scarce able to stand or walk. For upwards of
four months she must have existed without food or
nourishment of any kind, other than the shreds OF
canvass which she had in her efforts to escape,
or 10 sustain life more remarkable length OF alb
stinence from food and still holding Of life, we
have never heard of by this part Of the animal king
dom. It is said cat has nine lives II this IS so,
in this case puss must have put to the test her
full quota, in surviving such length Of time, and
battling in the end the lingering death of starvation
Port Byron Herald, Tuesday.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-05-22

MURDER.-On the evening of the Odd of April, at
st. LOUIS most diabolical act was perpetrated by
Mrs. Riley, wife of pedlar and neighbor TO Wal
tiers. whereby an unoffending female was deprived
almost instantly of life. 1t seems that Walters was
intoxicated and cor some slight cause sought quar-
rel with the deceased From words he proceeded
to blows, and wound up by hurting his victims from
balcony to the pavement below by which fall her
neck was broken and her body shockingly mangled
What makes the matter worse is, that the poor wo-
man was in delicate state Of health. Walters was
arrested.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-05-22

poor BUT HONEST The newspapers and other
equally great authorities make of this phrase in
biographical notices. 'he borr Of poor bot honest
parents 70 Poor, but honest that is 10 infer that the
parents ought to have been dishonest because they
were poor but that in the particular case, tbeywere
honest spite of their poverty. This common phrase
is an insult the condition Of nnetynine out Of
hundred, and an indignity to human nature. There
might be- considering the manner in which many for
tunes are acquired, some little shade of meaning in
saving of the heir of fortune, she was born of rich
parents = but the spoor but honest phrase
is atrocious. Let it be reformed altogether -Phi
Ledger.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-05-22

The TRo5LoDYTEs-The Paris Globe states that
during the course of lectures on Natural History de-
livered by NJ Geoffroy de ST. Hilaire at the Jardin
des Plantes Paris the lecturer presented to his audi
tors several individuals, no liying) Of the Phiesan
race, known by the name of Troglodytes. If we con-
slider the organization of these beings, their form,
their facial angle the disposition of their eyes, we
cannot but be struck by their resemblance with the
human face. The Troglodytes, as their name indi-
Gates in fact live in caverns in the forests Of Ngr
tia in huts covered with leaves The negroes call
them "men of the woods" They are classed by sci
entife amongst the monkey tribe. To see them
it might be doubted whether they are not negroes re-
duced to the state of brues or whether negroes are
not themselves Troglodytes of superior race
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-05-22

OLD Housewife Spirit Of the Times, says, that
there is very spirited and handsome roadster in this
city that is forty years old that Mr.. Wincoop
Of Catskll has three horses with which he does the
work upon his farm whose respective ages are thirty
SIX thirty-eight and forty, making in the aggregate
one hundred and fourteen years; and that our best
trotters have performed their greatest achievements
after their attaining the age Of fourteen