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Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

Not long since. Mrs Kendrick, of Tass.
well county, Va, after an illness of soma
weeks, presented every external evidence
of death. About ten hours after her anna.
rebt decease, some friends who were en-.
ployed in making shroud were amazed to
bear her ask in faint voice for food T.
seems that she had cataleptic fit, which
fortunately passed off in season to prevent
the horrors Of premature burial.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

Never marry man until you have seen
him eat. Let the candidate for your hand
pass through the ordeal of eating soft boiled
eggs. IL he can DO it and leave the ia.
ble spread. the napkin, and his shirt unspot
ted, take him. Try him next with spare
rib. If he accompli>hes this feat without
putting out one of his own eyes or pitching
the bone into your lap, name the wedding
day at ouce-he will do to tie to.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05
Sending Paupers West.

The Directors of the Cincinnati City In
firmary have written letter to the Mayor
of New York, complaining that the author
tiles Of that city are in the habit of sending
foreign paupers to Cincinnati. The direct
ors say:
I'VE have almost weekly arrivals of batch
es Of from three to twelve paupers, who
are sent here from your city, and are land
ed amongst US without money or friends,
many of whom are sick when landed, whose
expenses to this place are paid by the emf
grafton societies of your city. or by the city
authorities them selves These. if not sent
back. would become public charge upon
US, many are in sickly condition, and
cannot be sent back-others linger along
for a while. until they become fastened up
on US. and finally become public charge for
life
To this the Mayor replies. ;hat no tram
shipment Of panpers westward has been
made by the authorities Of New York, and
that they were doubtless forwarded to Gin
cinnati direct from Europe. In proof of
this lie says:
The ship Deutschland from Hamburg.
which arrived a: this port on the 1Ifh Sept,
brought four criminals sent ont by the or
der and at the expense of the authorities of
Gusirow. Duchy of Mecklenburg, direct
from the prison at that place Three per-
sons were provided with through tickets
from New York to Milwaukee These tick
cts were purchased from agents in Ham,
burg. al the principal forwarding lines
have agencies in the leading European cit
les for the sale of through tickets into the
interior of this country Thus you will see
that the foreign emf grants alluded to by you
may not properly represent themselves as
from this city; they have merely passed
through en- route from some work-house or
poor house in other lands and instead of be-
ingsent by our own authorities. have been
forwarded to your very doors by the inhu-
seers ofand inhospitable governors and over
name their own country"
Yet the American Party is denounced as
a band of eonspirators for trying to keep
these felons and paupers out of the country
Memphis Eagle.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

y large meeting was held in Cincinnati,
on the evening Of the l0th. to witness an at.
tempt to move table without touching it.
by spiritual medium named Wilson, for
the sum OF ST. 900, offered in case of sue
cess by Professor Spencer, who is delivering
lectures against spirtualism. OF course ii
was "A dead failure, the medium being uua
bic to affect the table in any way.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

70 Our Circuit Court cournenced its
session on Monday.-Hon. Thomas Hub
bard presiding In consequence of the in
juries Judge H. received On his way to La
fayette Court SIX CT seven months ago, there
vas failure of the last regular term. con-
sequently. the business at the present term,
Is much greater than usual. and will occupy,
we presume, .hree or four weeks.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

The whole number of cars nd locomo.
tives on the Erie Railroad is 3,168, which
if coupled together in one train, wond
reach distance of 21 miles, aud be able
to carry 500C0 persons in one day from
New York to Lake Erie The company ha,
in its employ not less than 5000 persons
whose pay per month is $125O00, or 81.
100000 per year.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05
NEW YORK, Nov. 1st. l0
To tie Editors Of tie Organ =

GENTLEMEN As it is now clearly known
that the American Representatives TO the
coming Congress will constitute large
plurality in the House, !; is eminently desir-
able that conference be had prior to the
commencement of the session
In this view. the undersigned solicit the
privilege of inviting, through the medium
Of your columns, the several members Of
Congress who have been chosen as the Rep
resen.atives of the American policy, to
meet for conference at The Hall Of Repre-
sentatives. OF Thursday the 29ih day Of
November next. at the hour of noon.
By giving this invitation in your widely
circulated columns, you will confer favor
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

Michigan having refused the use Of her
prisons for the courts of the u. States for the
imprisonment Of slaves, the u s. District
Court there has sent its grand jury to exam
inc into the necessity Of erecting Jail for
such eases.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

FlRGINIA-We are sorry to see such
gloomy account of the financial condition of
the "Oid Dominion as the following which
we find in the Richmond Examiner:
IT is useless to conceal from ourselves
the fact that the finances of Virginia are in
very unpromising condition. We refer
to the Internal Improvement department of
her finances, and not TO the annual revenue
department. With large debt hanging
over her. and an exhausted treasury, her
financial officers are at their wits end to de-
visa-not indeed a remedy which shall
again repleni-h her Golfers and place her in
her former position of credit and independ-
epcc-but to devise the means necessary to
enable her to preserve her credit, by meet
ing the demands which are now pressing
upon Der trea<ury. And we fnd the proud
old State of Virginia actually acccpfing-'
payable when in funds"-the sight drafIs
which are from day to day made upon her
and which in commercial point of view
she Is bound to pay in cash on prescnta-
tio7a. or be considered dishonored Such is
the course the State Is at present com
PEELED to adopt with all drafts made upon
her for account Of Internal improvements
There are no funds in the treasury. There
is no sale for bonds
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

% We publish in our Advertising col
umns. the announcement for the second an
nual distribution Of the Cosmopolitan Art
Association, to which VIC invite attention.
Illustrated catalogues can he seen at the
Post Office, or at Ills Office The d;stribu-
ton to be made on the 3ls; OF January next.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

La New Orleans. recently, man named
HUNTER was sentenced to pay fine Of ST..
900, undergo au imprisonment of 6 mouths,
and forfeit certain slaves, whom he illegally
sold in such manner as to separate the
mother from the children. contrary to the
laws of Louisiana.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05
Suicide,
PHILADELPHIA. i Nov. 10

T. Dupret, an eminent mineralopist Of
N. Carolina, committed suicide by cuttirc
his throat at bis hotel in this city this morn.
ing, on account of pecuniary embarras,.
ments. He was he discoverer of gold in
North Carolina.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

SIGNIFICANr-The Chicago Democrat
accuses ''the Douglas Democracy and Know
Nothingism Of playing into each others
hands"
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

The Secretary of the Navy has ordered
a ship of the Pacific squadron to proceed at
once to the newly discovered island in the
Pae'hc to protect an American sbip-master,
who IS the discoverer of the island, which
IS SAID to contain an immense quantity of
guano. superior to any in the Peruvian is
lands
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

The Pine Bluff Republican states that
some two thousand hands are engaged in
working on the Pine Bluff and Napoleon
Railroad. The Republican anticipates an
early completion of the work.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

% We learn from the Hemphis Eagle
& Enquirer. that George D. Prentice Esq.
of the Louisville Journal, is in Nashville.
urging some action OF the Tennessee Leeis-
lature, to forward the interests of The Mem
phis and Little Rock Railroad. We hope
he may succeed.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

The New York Times says the number
of candidates for Office in that city was lit
tie over eight thousand-b being equal in
numbers to the entire army with which Gen
Scott made his descent into the Valley of
Mexico, at the time Of the war with that
Rapublic
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

The Louisville Courier contains an an.
peal from an Irish society to the Irishmen
cf Kentucky, TO form themselves into socic
ties for the purpose of aiding Ireland to free
herself Of Great Britain.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

j. U. WRIGHT, a United States mail
agent was recently arrested for robbns
the mail, and lodged in the Jail of COBB
county. The evidence against him is con-
elusive.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

% The Camden Herald notes The arri-
val Of five or six steamboats, at that place,
during the week TIE river was in coed
boating order and still rising Business
had opened briskly.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

" Dir. c. A. DAVIS, Daguerrean art
list. has opened rcoms over MIR. Toler's
store Those who desire correct likenesses
can procure them by c1lling or HIM See
advertisement In another column.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

RESIGNATION learn from the DE
mocrat' of yesterday. that the Hon. Da'l'
Walker. associate Judge of the Supreme
Court of this State. has resigned.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

A New York paper says that the election
in New York has settled the fact that
white man is as good as a negro, or in olDeE
words, that it is not a digrace, as yet to %
white
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

r"An old line Whig'' must furnish us
his name. if he desires his communication
to appear.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

E His Exceliency, Gov. CONWAY. ar
rived in our town on Monday evening. and
left cn yesterday morning for Little Rock
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05
HIN GTON:
WEDNESDAY,: DEC. 5, 1856

~ Red river. which rose come six or
eight feet last week, is again filling. The
weather is dry and pleasant.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

Gov. PEAsE, of Texas, in his message to
the Legislature, justifies the course of Capt.
CALLAHAN, but regrets that it was necesSa
ry to burn the town of Piedras Nesras-
and is opposed to further unauthorized ex-
pedtions into Mexico to chastise the Indi
ans.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

% Gen s. H. Hampstead. in compli-
snce with previous announcement to tia,
effect, addressed our citizens at The Court
House. On Monday. in opposition TO the
American party. Col Warren, who it was
also snnounced would deliver an address,
failed to make his appearance We heard
q portion Of Gen. Hempstead's speech. and
the portion we heard vas the sane old ster-
eotyped abuse OF the American pariy-de-
nouncing it as midnight cabal, dark Ian
tern conspirators and such other ralnes as
are usually made TO adoz7z the efforts Of
orators who have neither the genius or abil-
ity TO clothe their remarks in respectful Ian
guage. For about three hours. he read and
commented upon what appeared to be the
contents oe pamphlet Of the yellow xiv
cred" variety. but which. in reality. was COM
posed of newspaper clippings. manufactured
expressly for such occasions In this way
he bored his audience for fall three mortal
hours. and Until lis moving effects were
plainly visibIe-two thirds of the audience
having left the house before he concluded.
If tho speaker intended this haEancue to
promote his own political pros poets. or those
of the party to which he il attached, we
think it was time wasted.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05
NEW YORK Nnr ]

NEW oRK, Nov Is
The Herald has late aGvices from Mor;
co. which give information that our Min;s
ters Mr.. Gadsden, is seriously i'll. Cen
Almonte, the Mexican Minister to the H.;
ted States. has been superseded by Seno,
Mangino.
We have information here today from
Washington that General Wool has beon
cashiered
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

A despatch from Washington on the 18th
inst, to the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer,
says that the ship Potomac. Com. Spalding,
has been selected to visit San Juan and
Nicaragua. and that the government intends
to check Walkers filibusteriDg expedition.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

INFAMOUS OUTRAGE.-One OF tie most
brutal outrages VIC remember ever to have
recorded. was perpetroted in Baltimore
few days since. From the account the Pa
triot of that city gives of the affair. it ap-
pears that number Of small boys in the
9th Ward. were hurrahing for SAM when
carpenter-a CeEman-who was working
close by. told them if they did nc: cease, lie
would saw their fingers off-whereupon
little boy SIX years old. son Of Mr.. E. C.
FALEs. gave another shout for Sam when
the s0setch actually caught hin, and
sasced off taeo Of his fingers, acAicA fell
to The ground nnder the plank up7u
srhich the lille (elloi0's hand ,cas laid ~
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

\ AREBUKE--Seward has had several par
ticularly hard knocks during the election in
New York He defined his position in
Albany. and was beaten by $500 votes !;
delivered speech in Buffalo. and was de-
feated BY 1900; and Auburn, his residence.
gave Headly tx NJ majority Of IS over
the Fusion candidate.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05
NJ NAsHINGfnN. Nny lie

Our Government has received asspr.ro.
that the intention of great Britain in rein.
forcing her West India squadron is perfect.
ly pacific. Commodore Paulding now pro.
ceeds to Nicaragua with flag ship only.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05
American Conference.

The approaching session of Congress is
beginning to attract good deal of attention
throughout the country. IS preparatory
to it. two of the American members Of Con.
gress from New York aave published in the
American Organ the following call:
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

b NJ. BOONE shot and killed his own faith.
er III Edgefeld District, S. c., and then sho.
himself
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

BENZ. FITZPATRICK has been reelected
United States Senator from Alabama for 6
years.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

Political COMPOSITION CT TIE NExT
House OF REPRESENTA- TIvEs.-TheN n. Y.
Herald figures up the following as the polti-
cal composition of the next House Of Rep
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

/HoRRoRs OF WAR-Within radius of
live miles around Sevastopoi it is supposed
that more blood has been split. more lives
sacrificed. and more misery inflicted within
year, than on any other equal extent of
the earth's surface i'll the same time, since
the days of NOahs flood.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

DR. Peters. of Denmark, an eminent as
tronomer. has published paper of great
interest on the atmoSpherology of the snn
lie states that he and his collahorateurs
have counted Sl3 photographic places of 2S6
spots on the sun They also ascertained
that the spots were not invariably attached
TO the suns surface. bnt that they had mo-
tioDs Of their own. These motions had
general tendency to move toward the eqna-
tor and where a new spot broke out in the
neiehborhood of another, the old one moved
away from it as if it were pushed away
New spots generally broke out to the East
of the old ones and have a motion towards
the West-the motions in longitude being
far more different than those in latitude.
The muiions we're in soute instances at the
rate Of three or ioar hundred miles per
hour.
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

- First round of the quarterly meeuhS'
for the Wa hinston District of the NJ. l. Chul''
South
Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05

The MASSACHUSETTS, SENATOEs-The
Boston Advertiser calls upon MeSsrs. Viii
son and Sumner to resign their seats in the
United States Senate It says, and with
f'rce. they went out among the pesple and
asked, " mn you support ASP and the
people answered fatty, No. are s0,X not .r'
1t was under precisely similar circumstances
that John Quincy Adams resigned his seat
in the Senate in 1903, his opinions on the
subject of the embargo not harmonizing with
those of his constituents james Lloyd.
ir.. was elected in his place. We suppose
MesSrs. Wilson and Sumner, considering
themselves not only the representatives of
Massachusetts in the United States Senate.
but Of the poor oppressed slaves of the
South also. will not consider it necessary to
resign their seats. y. o. Bmi.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-02

A JUST REBUKE-In a recent criminal trial
in Michigan, the wife and infant child of the
accused, accompanied. by minister of the
gospel in the relation Of friend of the family,
were constantly present, and afforded the coun-
sci for the defence an opportunity, which was
not lost, to make a very pathetic appeal to the
jury The judge thereupon took occasion to
state, in his charge, that he chopped never again
to witness such things brought into court as
part of the machinery of the defence"
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-02
The Responsibility.

The present Liquor Law, against which the
Old Liners are buttiug their heads so furiously,
was reported by committee of the Senate,
the majority of which committee were Old
Liners; was passed through an Old Line
Senate, who had the power to stop its pro-
gress at once if they so desired; the casting vote
Of the Old Line President of the Senate, Will
lard, placed in this bill its most stringent pro-
vision, prohibiting the retailing Of cider; and
the bill was approved and signed by the Old
Line Governor, Wright, and thus became a
la,c The Republicans had only the House,
and therefore it was utterly out of their power
to make law Of the Prohibitory Liquor
Bill, unassisted by the higher chamber and the
Executive. The Old Liners had the Senate
and Executive, and through them the Liquor
Bill was made a law Of the State. 1t is, there
fore, most preposterously absurd for the Old
Line party Of the State, to endeavor to shuttle
off the responsibility of the passage Of this bill
TO declare that Old Liners in the Senate who
voted for this bill, are suffering under o}iuDl,
and that it is out of their power to involve the
say that GOV. Wright, their own model Old
Line Governor, is likewise laboring under an
odium, and has no right to attempt to repre-
sent the party who placed him in power, and
that this party is in no manner responsible for
his public acts. This same Governor is now
making disgusting speeches against the Ameri-
can and Republican parties, and receiving the
vehement applause of the Old Liners. 1t is
very well to endeavor to escape the response
bility by throwing the "odium" on the Old
Line Senators who voted for this law-but i
there be any real 'odium" attached to theil
course, what must be the "odium" steaming
about the Old Line Governor?
We want Old Liners who are fretting about
this Liquor Law just to recollect that it never
would have been Law but for the Old Line
Senate and their Old Line Governor. The
Americans and Republicans never could have
made such law last session of the Legislator,
but for their freely offered aid. Somuch for the
responsibility, without touching upon the merits
Of the law
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-02
From the Henderson Patriot.
Public Meeting at Henderson.

On the return of Messrs. McClain and At
kinson with eight fugitive slaves, they having
made their escape to Indiana from this county,
a meeting of the citizens generally was called
to express their thanks.
Whereupon the Hon. Archibald Dixon was
called to the chair and Col John T. Bunch ap-
pointed Secretary John T. Bunch, offered
the following resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted:
Resolvea The citizens of Henderson return
their sincere thanks to Robert A. King, Con-
ductor on the Evansville q Charlottesville
Railroad, for having captured eight negro slaves
fugitive from labor, on said road between Vim
cennes and Terre Haute, and most heartily do
we extend the same to the President and SUI
perintendant of said road, for sustaining said
King in his course-as well as to the citizens
generally for their kindness and hospitality ex-
tended to the owners, and those who were in
pursuit of said slaves.
ResolUed, That the Henderson and Evans
vile papers be requested to copy the proceed
ings of this meeting.
ARCHIBALD DIXON, Chairman.
JOHN T. BUNCH, Sec'y
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-02

PoIsoNEDl-Our good old German friend
Capt Joe Glasgow, made bed bug of himself
last Saturday night, and suffered in eonse-
quence almost to the death. Joe felt little
bad about the stomach Saturday night at a
pretty late hour and concludeda little schnaps
would put him all right, and rock him to slumber
So he went to the closet, poured out an aston
isher, and poured it IN without taking time to
consult its quality. Joe a0as astonished. ''Bed
bug pizen, Ply TAM" shouted Joe to Peter, the
Marshal, who was slumbering in the same room.
Peter lit candle, while Joe held his stomach
and sure enough, Joe had swallowed rousing
horn of Deacon Keler's best warranted bed
bug poison, never known to fail in turning the
varmints wrong side out in one minute, or to
throw double somersets into the next bed bug
world Peter ran for the Doctor, who was
fortunately close at hand Joe got almost
blind and speechless. Seriously, he was in a
dangerous condition, and suffered horrible
agony. Antidotes were speedily administered
He was in great danger for several hours, but
yesterday was in a fair way for recovering, al
though suffering great deal from his throat,
and unable to swallow mouthful of victuals.
We truly hope he will soon be out well as
ever, for Joe is general favorite, and cannot
be spared just at present
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-02

VANDERBURGH AHEAD.-We received yes
terday from Mr.. Canada Higgenbottom, of
Armstrong township, four ears of corn, which
knock the shucks off the Ross and Orr corn,
previously received. Our friend across the
creek, Dr. Ross, will have to try again. The
four ears sent US weigh X pounds, They
were raised on hi1 land, cleared about twenty
years agcl We expect soon to have some corn
from fresh bottom land, that will even beat
this. But it has got to come in yet, and in the
meantime Mr.. Higgenbottom stands first
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-02

ora collision recently took place on the
Central Railroad in New York, by which the
engineer and several passengers were killed,
and number of persons badly hurt. 1t is
mentioned of a droyer who was asleep in one
of the cattle cars, that when awakened, he
looked up yawned and noticing the wreck
about him. said: "WeIl, this is a id pretty
business. Where's my hat?' This, too, when
in the next car twenty head of cattle had been
slaughtered
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-02
JONI I. BUNcH. Sec'4.

BREAK IN THE CANAL-About one hundred
yards of the canal embankment ten miles be-
low here, near Greenville, was carried away
by the rains Tuesday night. The water on
the entire section ran out leaving number
of boats high and dry The ED. Busick, Etna,
Weston, Snow Storm, Cyrus, Island Queen
and Dart, are among the number The boats
are laden principally with corn. The Dart
and her cargo belongs to Brownlee, Pendleton
s Co, Toledo. The break will probably he
repaired by the close Of next week.
Lar Jour, 28th.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-02

GAMEv-Fine fat deer are beginning to make
their appearance very freely. Last week one
train of cars chased a gang of three or four, a
mile along the railroad. Plenty of others had
been seen. Ducks and geese abound up to-
wards Vincennes. Wild pigeons are plentiful
everywhere about here Those who have
time for the sport can find game in any guam
tity, by going to the right place, and that not
very far off either.