The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-24
WESTERN NEWS.

The st. Louis bore away precious freight las
evening She left for Buffalo uia Ste. st. Marie
and was crowded with passengers. Among then
were Messrs. Corwin, Schenck, and Bebb, Q
Ohio; Messrs. Thomas Butler King, and Hold
son, Of Georgia; Judge Bates, Allen, &C., Q
Missouri; and our friends of the corps editorial
Wright, Chambers, Weed, Keemle, Matthews
camp, w ilson, &c, &c. We wish them plea
SAINT journey and that their recollections Of thei
VISIT to chicago may be AS pleasant and delight
full as to us, il has been. We hope the goo'
feeling established among the members of tn
press Of all parties, present here at the Conven
ton, is not among the least pleasing Of it, re
suits 1t was as cOmmendable, as it was desira
bic and gratifying.--Chieaeo Journal, Sth inst.
Mr. Nicholas Longworth exhibited various
flowers before the horticultural Society of Gin
| cinnati. Nymphga Alba, Passihoria, two spe.
cies Magnolia Grandifiora, Asclepias Tuberosa
Dahlias, five varieties, Katrina Latifola, Lanta-
ma, Phloxas, Spireas, &c. Also, two plants Of
the Night-Blooming Cereus in full bloom, with
the following note, the first sentence Of which
explains the method adopted to control this
plants time of blossoming, as to make il
conform to the Society's hours:
1.-The two plants Of the Cactus Grandiflora
were placed in room adjoining the ice house
yesterday about ~ O'Clock.
This plant has been more productive of
blossoms this season than usual. have had
blossoms almost every night since they COM
menced blooming; one evening -, another 80,
the night before last 81. and the same evening
two of the Nictogalis.
81 Will, next meeting, show YOU the ninth
wonder of the world. When at New Orleans.
three years since lady presented me with a
dried up plant that for three years had been de-
posted in her bedroom, and never in contact
with earth or water. Ii has been on a shelf in
my room for three years and for six wears has
been as dry and shrivelled as root Of Parsley
would be after being six years out of the ground
in Il warm room. will in three hours there
after show it to You fully expanded, in fall
growth and vigor.'
Tne Baptism of Henry Clay is thus described
in the Episcopal Recorder;
:" lie has at length consecra.
ted his great powers to God He was baptized
in the little Parlor at Ashland, on Tuesday af
ternoon. June nd, together with one of his
daughers-in-law, (the other being already a
member of the Church, and her four children
BY the Rev. Edward f. Berkeley, Rector of Christ
Church, Lexington. The baptism was admin
istered privately, for the reason that the con-
gregaiion of Christ Church are replacing their
old church with Il new edifce, now i'm raniJ
progress Of erection, and are not suitably situa-
ted for the most solemn and decent a!mnistra
ton of this rite in public.
w hen the minister entered the room on this
deeply solemn and interesting occasion, the small
assembly, consisting of the immediate family,
few family connexions, and the clergyman wife
m In he M A 10 afs ha
centre table, on which was placed, filled with
water, the magnificent cut-glass vase presented
TO Mr. Clay BY some gentlemen of Wheeling
TN one side Of the room hung the large pictur.
of the family Of Washington, himself an Ennis.
copalian by birth, by education, and a d,.vout
communicate of he Church; and Immediately
opposite, Il side table, stood bust of tn, la
mened Harrison. with chaplet OF wither.d
flowers hung upon his head, who was TO have
been confirmed in the church the Sabbath after
he cied-ht witness TO such scene. Around
the room were suspended number Of family
pictures, and among them the portrait of a be-
loved daughter, who died some years ago, in the
triumphs of that faith which her noble father
was now about TO embrace: and the picture Of
the late lost son. who fr! al the battle of Buena
Nista. Could these silent look.rs-on at the scene
about TRANSPORTING, have spoken from the marble
and the canvass, they would heartily have ap-
proved the act, which dedicated the great man
10 God There WAS deep emotion pervading
tina; small assembly, at the recital, under such
circumstances. OF the sublime ordinal Of the
Church, and every heart thrilled with a solemn
JOY, when the merciful and glorious covenant
was scaled in the name of the Father and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
A." This act will be publicly ratified at the visi-
tation Of the Bishop on the third Sunday in July.
in the Apostolic rite of Confirmation"
Governor Owsey offers a reward Of $500 for
the arrest aud delivery TO the Jaier of Jefferson
county, Of James r. pendergrasi. who murdered
William W Buchanan, few weeks since.
The New Orleans papers represent that city as
IN most satisfactory condition regarding health.
IL appears, however from the report of the Char
ity Hospital for June, that the number of admis-
sions 10 that institution never was so large dur
ing the same period from le22 to lsI1. Typhus
fever was the prevailing sickness
MUKDEns.-Mr. huckleby, a Revolutionary
soldier, was brutaly murdered in Lauderdale
county, Tennessee, on the night Of the 3d inst.
by negro. lie was arrested and confessed his
guilt
The Fort Smith Arkansas Herald contains
accounts of several murders in the Cherokee
nation.
The Tavern of Mrs. Lewis, at West Point
Ky, was destroyed by fire one night last week
Ii originated from turpentine ball which fell
on the roof. Loss, 81 500; no insurance. The
citizens raised subscription of $500 for the
relief of Mrs Lewis.
Considerable excitement exists in the Chero.
kee Nation, in regard to the election for chief.
tain in August. Mr. Cooley and Mr.. Ross ar.
the candidates for the office.
B. Lawless, Esq, charged with the murder o
| Musgrove before the Circuit Court of Barren
county, was last week pu, upon a second tria
and acquitted.
| A letter from the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office TO the Governor of Indiana
| published in the Richmond Palladium of tn,
| 18th inst. states that the sales of these valua
bic lands have been postponed TO Monday, tn,
| 10th of December next. This was done on ur
gent application from gentlemen in Indiana
that the settlers on them may have an oppor
tunity Of realizing the proceeds of their grow
ing crops, and thus have the means Of securin,
their improvements.
On the morning OF the 9th instant, says tn
Centreville la Record, as the stage was cross
ing the bridge at Cumberland, ten miles east o
indianapolis, the bridge gave way, precipitatin,
| the stage with great violence to the bottom. Nh
William Garthwaite. formerly Of this place, wa
caught by the right arm between the stage an
the timbers, and the arm most horribly mutila
| tod tho hnnes hel he elhou, heinz entirel