Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-07-24
MERE MEH1XE03fs


- Gen. Joseph Lane, hssbssh rselect-
ed to Congress from Oregon ~
- The shock of an sarthqxaks wss
felt in Laurence, s c., on the 2lthuk
~ The mercy of man is to be just the
justice Of woman 10 to be merciful
~ The Spanish EXPEDITION against Mex
ico,is generally believed 70 be abandoned
~ A bridge is about to be built across
the Mississippi at St Paul, Minnesota.
~ Potatoes are selling in Cincinnati
at twenty-five cents, by the wagon load.
30 A child and an old man was burned
to death at Montreal on Monday. q
~ The Trustees OF the Blind Asylum
have determined TO close the in stitution sill
after the Legislature meets ia
Do A pretty foot is generally an indica.
non Of prctty face, for the reason that
"aIrs well that ends we'll" &,
s6v- There is no truth ia the report that
summers oommsnd had been destroyed BY
the Indians giqsnN t1s.oA IS
8 - Mr. Peter stroup, sged loT years,
died in the county Of wythe, Va, on the
30th OF Jnuc. g ylsf ti'M et f9 d.
s6S- Rev Mt Kalloch and his wife, Of
boston, passed through this city, q few days
since, en- route for the West frrsv 4
p sW AaP. Tyler, has retired from the
editorial chair Of the Clinton county Reppb-
Iica n. tp11s esH t'itf1 D.. ) ani Z
bar The California markets are general
" dull ! Bread stufis depressed Theorops
en- On average are promising sb1,8 =.
Do Col crabbc, whom the Msxieans
shot recently In Sonora, leaves mother
and sister In New Orleans. isf.'L 9ti
r5- A Kansas paper asserts thata Free
State win soon DO formed out Of northern
texas, ~ woaa+I - oHl a0e ESQ 3.
3 p6r One hundred house were burned at
Portau, Prince June 18th. Loss--a million
Of dollars and three lives 5llnnlc7 SAY a.
p0r Nine persons were killed and thirty.
nine wounded in the riots in New York On
the Fourth. asaa sai leds .bab.ssse q
p6r number Of slaves belonging 10 Mrs.
Sharpe near Natches, have been arrested,
charged with the murder Of thier overseer.
D1r Countsrfeits tens on tho Northwest
ern Bank of Virginia, are in circulation.
Bewarele all 4uoH 80 ~ -9Hos.r4 p
10rThe Cleveland editors and publishers
have been arrested for violating the lottery
laws. Served them right s''ssi'i' - =
| p0- Beautifully enamelled stoves of slate
are now being made in England for parlor
use, They are lined with FIRE brick
30 We learn from Rev. Mr. Boyer that
several congregations on Greenwood circuit
have adopted family sittings, in part &
b0r Archbishop Hughes, sails in the
next steamer for Rome. He will be absent
about year. u d neA Egzal PAW 5
s@- The small pox has broke out at the
Shelly Springs, one Of the most popular wa
tering places in Alabama ~, E
p6 The Worcester Spy says that Theo.
dore Parker will be obliged to leave his pull
pit soon, on account of failing health. !.
s0- Capt Geo. sanderson, of Lancaster,
Pa, it is rumored, has been appointed treas
urer OF the Philadelphia mint s1l
s6r The very latest novelty in dress in
Paris, is crinoline sleeves Now, then stand
of entirely .aa ~ .as =
~ The poppy, which produces opium,
is cultivated in India, whore moro than lOO,.
600 acr es are occupied for this purpose
/ b6r The Courier being only six cents Q
week, circulates among class Of people
reached by no other paper in the city
~ The deaths in New Orleans during
the last week, ending July Is, were only
ninety-four, most Of which were children
~ The main difference between buff
foon and a wag is, that the one is profes
siopal fool and the other an amateur fool
~ Blushing is q snifusion that is gener
ally the least seen in those who have the
most occasion for it ~ paos apfef 9
s6r The Concord IN. Il } Standard say,
that Ex-Prsident Pierce will figure for q
seat in the .. S. Senate, and predicts hi,
defeat, .sl +, =.
i "a At the late commencement at III,
Western Reserve College, the degree Of L
L. d. was conferred on Hon. Thomas Ew
ing.
pV Since 1851, according to the return,
of the Dog Pound, nearly twenty-five thou
sand dogs have been slaughtered in New
York. s9o
16The distillery Of Curtis 4 Ballintyne
at Chicago, was destroyed by fire on Satur
day night last Loss $3O,OOO-no insu
rsnce-good ~ ~ .....,.
a. Everett the forger, covicted som,
time since at Wheeling, Va, has been sen
fenced to Ave years imprisment in the pen
itentisry. na 20 y e5af-es s-' so
D~ Theodore Foster, late q clerk in The
United States capitol, Died suddenly, hi
lodgings in Washington City, on Sunday
morning aoie 4l8a3 f
M Smooth quarters" are becoming .
nuisance. If poor people viii refuse to re
ceive them they will save themselves shave
of twenty-five per cents on every dollar they
so refuse. -s.ff
I p6r In a suit in New York 70 recover
damages for an eye destroyed by wantor
carelessness, tho jury gave the plaintiff IS,
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