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Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-04-11
DRAY-DRIvrNG on SUNDAY.

Our friend, ]. G. ToNcRAY, Esq, Of the
Virginia House, requests us to suggest to the
City Council that, as they have commenced reno
waiting the morality Of the city and improving its
responsibility, they might with much prOpriety
60 little further and reduce the amount Of
dray-driving on Sunday. Yesterday, lie tells
us, he Shut up his house, in obedience to the late
ordinance on that subject; refused to sell any
liquor, and sat down with book, pleased with
the prospect of quietly enjoying Sabbath. He
waA disappointed in this respect by the constant
racing and rattling OF drayS through the street
and now he calls for Sunday ordinance for
the drayS.
Mr.. ToNcRAT is right, for we understand
that there is great deal more draying done on
Sunday than is necessary to store goods recei-
we'd. Sunday is chosen 10 drOy goods from one
part of the Oity to another, and especially for
shipping. In st. Louis, in consequence of their
city regulations, you will notice less dray- dri-
wing on Sunday than in Hannibal
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-04-11


They ought TO be served that way over here
too. The disease may cross the river. 1t would
at least be we'll if the ordinance usrsus colarlsSL
dogs were Immediately and thoroughly enforced.
SraoNo AReuMExT.-The distinguished
CHRISTIAN KEENER, Of Baltimore, and father
of the Rev. J. C. Koener, of this city, has given
utterance TO many noble and truthful sentiments
in the last number of the American Temperance
Magazine, which should be, and are, emlnently
worthy 10 be studied by every lover Of humani-
ty. We give the following lex. ..l a.
AS the sanction of DIVINE LAW is measure
BILE withdrawn from the support Of the liquor
traffic, and it is no longer considered saereli-
glous to question its accordance Herewith, there
is less hesitation on the part Of the good and
conscientious men in questioning the correct
ness Of that civil sanctions which has 90 long up
held fh latcfutneS * the death-dedlinS tTdfie.
Take away the LAwFULNEss OF the traffic,
and that moment its respectfully goes along with
Take away the LAwr uLSrss Of the traffic
and that moment its morality deserts il. ara.a'
Take away the LAwTuLSEss Of tho traffic,
and instantly its guilt and criminGlity becomes
strangely apparent. a.... ,'o.aa s~a
Take away the LAwFULEss OF the traffic, and
the ol'tta'Oed vender holds rank with tho SNUG
gler in an illicit trade. ,.,,1 o
Bat why multiply instance in support Of a
position which but few question, and fewer
still have the hardihOOd 10 dsnyp
| No truth can be more firmly established than
this; the legal sanction Of an offence DESTROYING
the legal criminaIity of an offence. No code, Of
even semi-barbarian law, ever contemplated ths
punishment of the subject who acted in accord
anoe with the LAWS Of the land in which he lived
Solong as law itself draws distinction between
cause and effect, and steps in with its broad shield
of legality, to ward off the blow that would Al
once prostrate tho principal and the accessory.
and turns its full force from the former upon the
victim of the vendors cupldity, the dealer lin
Intoxicating .drinks) with impunity NAV CONT
nue. his work Of degradation and death. without
fear OF molestation, while the unconscious inc
oriate IS held responsible for every offenc.
against the peace, good order, and quiet Of Sooi-
ETY.. Thus the law upholds and thus the law
strengthens the hands of the guilty author Of
nearly all the mischief and crime IN the land
The rnm::eller complacently quiets his con-
science with the LAwFULSESs OF his business !;
claims 70 be a lover Of good order and quiet, and
good citizen, who never violates the peace him
SELF andis 50 cOnsiderSts rs to turn out of doors
those whom he has put IN prime condition to
disturb the quiet, and endsnger the lives Of 9th.
Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-04-11

The GREAT WEsTERN RAILRoAp.-Ths
name of this road heretofore known az the North.
ern Cross railroad was changed at the last sion
OF the Illinois Legislature, 10 the Great Western
Railroad, i'll order to adapt it TO the greater i'm.
portance Of the Road when it shall have beer
completed 1t is now stated on good authority
that the loan for the completion Of that part OF
the road between Decatur and Meredosia has
been effected in New York, with Messrs. Ketch-
UNI, Rogers and Bennett, on very favorable terms
The loan is for the amount OF $l.000,00O the
estimated cost of constructing the railroad from
Springfield TO Decatur, and to relay the road
from Springfield to Naples with T rail. The
bonds were ten per cent. bonds, but we learr
have been negotiated so as to draw interest al
seven per cent. n. .... .....,. ..
The completion of this part Of the road will
ensure its early extension to the Indiana Stat,
line on the east, and to the Mississippi on the
west. This route is doubtless soon destined tC
be regarded as one of the most important, for a
great national thoroughfare, Of any in the Union
and there will soon be found no difficulty in get
ting capitalists to undertake the construction O
the road throughout the whole distance.--Jack
EOnville Oils Jour. " .n
A very important paragraph the above is {,
Northern Missouri. We are especially glad t,
learn that the Springfield and Naples road is t,
be relaid with T rail and that the pros psct is 81
near for the early extension Of the Great Yves
ern Railroad to the Indiana state line on the east
In the present position Of matters it may be an
ticipated that at Jacksonville this great thorough
fare will send off a branch (part of the oil
"NOrthern Cross RailrOad") which is to go t,
Quincy through MetedOsia +; the Main Stem o
the "Great Western Railway" will be continued
from Naples to Hannibal, thence to the Pacific
.fn Editor with the HOrrors.-The editor o
Canton Reporter since Phelps and Lambs let
ter to Benton made its appearance beholds tina
in vision, we suppOse) "RentOn's head roll.
from the flashing knife Of the guillOtins which
he erected and baptiSed in an ocean Of human
blood, and piled with hecatomb of human
bones" y
80 Al
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This is pretty well for one week. 1t appears to as
that the State of Virginia is loanng its credit very
literally to works Of internal Improvement, and we
are apprehensve that it may be carried too far.
Within the past four or five years the public debt Of
Virginia has rapidly increased and is still increasing
as rapidly as ever. It wibe very difficult to arrest
this movement, as every work and every section
Of the State not included in present appropriations,
will have good claim upon the State for the usa
Of its credit as the works already provided for
The people of the counties Of Clark, Warren, Free
derrick, and Hampshire, Virginia, petitioning the
Legislature Of that State to grant them charter u
make connection with the Manassa Railroad at the
forks Of the Shenandoah river, and from thence
through Hampshire county to intersect the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. The length Of the line would be-
about seventy-two miles. The petition states that
by this connection Alexandria becomes sixty miles
nearer Wheeling than Baltimore is-that Fredercks.
burg will be brought as near as Alexandria, and that
Richmond will be brought exactly as near Wheeling
and Parkersburg, Baltimore now is to those points.
The names, number, location and capacity, Of all
the iron blast furnaces of the State Of Maryland at
the close Of 1852, were as annexed -
Tpoy ErRN OE
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CITY TRADE REPORT.


AsiIEz-25 bbls. were purchased at ~ 62l 81 6sff
for pots, and IS Is for pearls, per 100 lbs.
r..easd DID not s'sy mas Ins sa
No Eat IS IS 12 ordinary to choice State at s. 1886
IS e2,l mixed to fancy Western At s. s211 49,;
s. 75 IS s7,l extra Western 81 IS 81 % 25 extra
81 50 per Dbl Wheat was inanimate, but arm. A sails
OF 600 bushels Ohio white reported at about 81 30
Rye and barley continued dull and heavy. State AMI
Western oats were in request at 40 SOC. per bushel
Corn was more freely offered and found buyers. Tbs
sales embraced n 500 bushels Southern at 60 tic
CorH-Sales we're made Of 200 bags Rio At 9,4c.
91c and 100 st. Domingo at &c. per h. Market active
and steady.
prices holders show disposition to meet the views
Of buyers.
FRI,oHTs Engagement light and rates ruled for
Liverpool shippers About 10 600 bushels grain
engaged at 10d and 500 do wheat at ld baggei
by ship Flour at 81. Sd. 3s Cd asked, and los
packages bacon at 35s per ton There nothing
to London Havre; brig was engaged to load With
about 1000 bbs -four for Glasgow, at IS Cd To Calfor
mia rates we're steady 75c Soc with extreme figure.
above and below these rates according to stage Of oanl
fnur-About 800 boxes bunch rasns we're taken, at
HAY.-River held at 81 12il 81 rs per 100 lbi,
without sales
Hops-There we're 20 bales bought at Ole o3c per ~.
Eastern were in demand at 81 37is, aud hell
MorissEs.-some 1870 bbs New Orleans found buyers
at 30c. 30Hc per gallon.
IBoN-Saes have been made OF 800 tons Scotch pig To-
arrive, at $37 so per ton, usual credit
ons.There have been 900 gallons lnseed sold at pre-
vous rates.
PRovgIoNs.--Pork unsettled and lower. Nothin {
occurred in old Some 5000 bbls. new were con.
taced for for delivery in April May and June at Sl7
SIT %; and 200 bbls do purchased the spot
ST. 25. Dressed hogs in retail demand at SJic
sac. perlb. Lard abundant and cheaper the day
sales embraced 500 pkgs. common to prime at Toe. A
10c per ID. No alteration occurred in beef the sale,
Of which reached $50 bbls. State and Ohio butter
Cheese seemed more active at &c. &c. per ID. p''
TIAI EsrAIE-,Sales by auction--By H. IT. Ludlow
story brick house and lot No l23 White street. 2lx100
80 000 do. do No 222 Division street 25x75 s. 900
do house and lot is Elm street. Il 6xl00 SO 450 Bs
W H. Franklin, Son Co-House and lot n Essex street,
northwest Hester, 25x43 $3375. BY Cole Chill
toni lot Forty third street between Tenth and He
yenh avenues, 25x1005, 81 $50 do do do, 81 300
do. on Forty fourth street do do house on 81 600
house and lot 225 Twenty first street between Eighth and
Ninth avenues, 25x989 80 400 lot ad Joining with chop
on, sene DIMENSIONS 81 500 Brooklyn property i lot
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Letter from one Of the French Refugees.
New YORK Feb 2, 1853.


TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
In your paper Of yesterday read few lines taken
from the French paper La Patrie. This paper de-
MES any escape from Cayenne. Why SO? Is it to
withdraw from those individuals the sympathy which
every noble-hearted man, to whatever party he may
belong, will feel for them?
/ will simply answer to the Patr,e that on the
sth of September, 1862, Riboulet, from the Jura;
Reuse, Paris Siol, Ardeche; Tournaire, Bealet,
Billiard, Aler; Miaille vaucuse Castenel, Bouches
du Rhone; Barthelemy, Bases Alpes; Brulat, do;
Isserie do; Lemaitre Kevre escaped from the island
Ia Mere fearlessly rsking their lives to escape the
bood-thirsty villains appointed by BOnaparte to
slay, q rock, men whose only fault was to defend
the laws and the liberty Of their country
] will add that, few days afterwards, three more
victims Quesne, Gourieux, ct Chanbonniere, escaped
from Cayenne on board of the Mermaid.
will say to the Patrie your calumny has arrived
too late. The democrats and good hearted citizens
Of the city of New York, have made up a subscrip-
tion which has produced sufficient to enable eleven
Guyana, to come to America, the land OF the free
and hope that some other subscriptions will be
entered into to supply their first wants.
j cannot help speaking Of the noble conduct Of
Holland towards us. She kept us prisoners; but
when she ascertained that we were victims Of Bona
parte, we were set at liberty. During our stay at
Paramarib0 we have received the necessary victuals
and the officers Of the Dutch marine bestowed every
kindness upon us.
hope, Mr. Editor, you will be kind enough to
publish this note shall not be taken for swinder
by the Americans, and am ready to furnish you with
RIBoULEr.
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the sorrow. Each claiming during their lives per
ticulas State, 90 soon q they passed this earthly
their country in the noble principles they promul-
gated, their fame Was limited only by the duration
d time; while their residence was transferred to
another and better sphere-in eternity.
A bill has been introduced into the Senate ny Mr..
Taylor Of Oass county, to set apart one million Of
dollars and donation Of six leagues Of land to each
county, in addition to the amount already granted
for common school purposes.
The State Gasate makes the following revelations
relative to the Dawson claim against Texas =
A memorial has been presented to the present Lee
gislature from Messrs Mayhem Co., mercantile
firm in Baltimore, praying for payment Of certain
commissioners, A. T. Burnley and Samuel N. Will
Iams, for $3.50 900, with interest at ten per cent
per annum. This is the claim known as the Daw-
son claim" and has caused more excitement in the
ther. It will be recollected that Frederick Dawson,
the original owner of the bond, spent the whole Of
the last session Of the Legislature ct this place urging
payment Of this claim And for this relief res0u-
ton was introduced into the Senate allowing him
500 900 with interest TO about $4,000 The
luton was warmly debated in the Senate and was
finally lost by single vote.
II the resolution had passed the state would, &C
c0rdng to the statement Of the memoi1allsts have
been defrauded out of the enormous sum OF OOO
The memorialists claim to hold for themselves and
others the entire bond and show clearly and forcby
every transaction connected with the transfer from
Frederick Dawson to themselves. They also show
that Dawson, in ls43, became an applicant for the
benefit Of the bankrupt law and, Of course could not
hold that property after that time.
Hon. James C. Wilson has declined to be candi-
date for a seat in Congress.
The roads leading from Houston to the capital are
said to be impossible on account Of the excessive
rains which have recently fallen
The Journal says that Mr.. James Tool, in attempt
ing to ford the Little Chocolate recently was carried
down stream and himself and horse landed on sepa-
rate sides OF the stream. Mr.. Tool, who was found
on the bank of the creek in helpless condition from
his exposure and struggles in the water, states that
be lost his saddle bags containing twelve hundred
dollars.
Philip Capehart, one Of the most noted horse
thieves in Texas, arrested in Galveston on the
10th instant, on the charge Of stealing horses in
Houston some two or three months ago. Capehart
has been often indicted and tried for various acts in
his profession but he has heretofore managed to
cape punishment.
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umaler in Size, bat moro neatly arranged and here
On chGonnicrc at the further end, quaint looking,
Imprinted box; apparently rather ont Of place, win
accompanied the duke through all his wars; in it he
slowed away his most private Documents and upon it
be wrote many of his famous dispatches. It is an old
box now but even in it, best days the making Of it
and il was never honored with coat Of paint for
the lock- it 10 one Of those fastened with hasp, and
might have cost from Cd. to H. originally Yet, with
in this ffail and meanooking piece Of joinery, the
most important secrets of the state were habitualy
confined, and upon it the issues of battles were
nounced and the orders for great military manuvres
hastily traced. That must be insensble indeed,
who, remembering what the duke was and all that
he did survey unmoved the contents Of these pr
yate apartments. Affecting little grandeur even in
his state and making no oetentatious display Of gifts
and achievements which must have shaken the ba-
lance Of any weaker mind, when followed to his night
y resting place we find him sleeping in small mis-
cradle, hard little bed scantly curtaned, and placed
at one side of wretched little room, the only orna-
ments of which are an unfinished sketch of the present
Duchess two cheap prints of military men, anda small
portrait in oil The duke was wonderful man--won-
derful in bis good fortune, but still more 80 in the
moderation with which he received fortunes favors
The interior arrangements of Apsey house furnish
the most recent evidences of what he was He had
great presents made to him. but made no ostentatous
parade Of them. He won many great battles and
seges, but Waterloo is the only one Of bis achieve
ments for picture of which he has made room upon
his walls. The genius OF such men as Wilkie and
Lawrence has transferred to the his soldiers
and his chief lieutenants but of himself no faithful
or worthy representation appears in Apsley-house
Oddly enough, too the statesmen Of this generation
Peel especiay-haye found no place in his collec-
ton Soult is the only one Of Napoleon's generals
whom he has SO honored and the solitary eccesastc
included among his portraits is Roman pontiff. The
numerous hkenesses of the present duchess are
touching evidence of the affection with which he re-
regarded her. Go into his study and you will see
the traces of his indefatigable ab0rs for the public
service enter his bedroom and you will understand
how, by disciplined regularity and selfrestrant, he
did so much and lived 30 long.
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Total. .............$4,Vso,oV1
meeting was held at Rome, Oneida county last
week, in favor Of the construction of railroad from
that place to French Creek Articles Of association
for the formation Of company for the purpose were
adopted under the name of the Jefferson, Lewis and
Oneida Railroad Company, with capital Of one
million dollars.
The State Treasurer Of Pennsylvania gives notice,
under date Of the 26h January, to the holders of the
past due five per cent bonds Of the State to present
the at the Treasury Department at Harrisburg,
for payment any holder shall refuse neglect to
surrender the certificates aforesaid the interest there
on shall cease to be paid by the State within sixty
days of the date Of this notice.
The engineers of the Catawissa Railroad, we under.
stand, are between Mooresburg and Pottsgrove, en-
route for Milton. They report favoraby, so far as
they have progressed The object is to connect with
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad at Milton.
We learn from the Wilmington Republican, that
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal is to be greatly
improved the coming season. The locks are to be
enlarged from one hundred by twentyone feet their
present size, to two hundred by twenty-five; or rather
it is expected that new locks Of the latter size win be
erected as near the old as possible and thus not
interfere with the trade which is continually passing
through the canal. The canal is also to be deepened
the entire length and made wider when necessity re-
quires it, thus amply accommodating larger class
Of vessels which will increase the amount of trade at
least twenty-five per cent If all these improvements
are TO be made, we suppose it has been determined
to the surplus hand and to defer another year
or two dividend on the stock, which the stock
holders hoped was approaching.
The annual report of the Ohio and Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for the year 1852, gives the an
nexed exhibit Of receipts in each quarter, from pas
sengers, freight and mails =
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The report says that about thirty days will suffice
to complete the tracklaying from Wooster to Crest
line, and secure the through travel and the spring
trade the whole distance Of 1877 miles from Pitts
burg to that point The timber Of the superstructure
is nearly all down, and the iron is laid from Wooster
TO Lakeville, a point 100 miles from Pittsburg, to
which the construction trains now run. At or near
this point, the Springfield Mount Vernon and Pitts
burg Railroad will intersect the line, and form its
best and most direct connection with Cincinnati.
With the advantage Of light grades, and cheap line
through beautiful country satisfied that this
route will compare avorably with any other that may
be constructed or projected to connect Cincinnati
with Pittsburg and Philadelphia. From Mansfield
the iron has been laid eastward to point beyond
Lucas, and the work is in progress in both directions
from Mansfield. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany has agreed to subscribe one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to the stock Of this company to be
expended in constructing the connection between the
two roads in the city of Pittsburg short link Of
easy construction, will also be needed between Crest
line and Gallon, a distance of about three and a
half miles, to perfect the connection with the Belle
fonaine and Indiana road and with the lines leading
to Indianapolis and st. Louis. Negotiations are
pending but not yet concluded in relation to both Of
these short but important junction lines.
The Kanawhs Republican states that during the
high water that prevailed in the Kanawha river last
week, the Coal River Mining Company sent out
eighteen boats laden with the Camel coal-oach
boat carrying three thousand bushels On arriving
at Charleston, the contents Of two boats were put
into one, and The feet Of boats proceeded 70 Cincin
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Mrs Lamb, wife Of Charles Lamb, Of Lafayette,
hda died on The oath Ut., at the Insane Hospital in
Indianapolis Her insanity was the result Of religious
excitement produced by attendance upon the pro-
iracted meetings rev in progress "a ttst city.
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natl, Louisville and New Orleans. The Republicans
understands that il is contemplated, during the year,
70 ship to New York city, by way Of New Orleans,
two hundred thousand bushels OF coal, that it's So.
perjor qualities may be tested there.
The House Of Assembly Of Virginia have, during
the past week, made the annexed three-6fths sub.
scriptions and loans to internal improvements i0
that State -