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True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
Prediction Of a Catholic.

A correspondent of the New York
Christian Advocate and journal, writing
from "Old Ireland" relates the follow
ing interesting and instructing incident+
Some weeks ago happened to spend
a night IN Boyle, and, of course. went to
see its picturesque and beautiful abbey.
On approaching the place, observed a
rather respectable, elderly man, surveying
with a thoughtful eye the. proud mass Of
mouldering ruins around. We soon en-
tered into conversation, and I found him
most interesting, reflective man.
Among many truly remarkable things
which he said, the following struck me
exceedingly:
"Sir, am a Roman Catholic, and
have always heard that this was in its
day Roman Catholic chapel. Now
am convinced, that if fRcmanism was the
religion of the Bible; if it were in har
mony with the mind of God, its temples
in which the true God was worshipped
would not be PROSTATE in ruins in every
part of this land"
And then with uncommon emphasis, il,
added: To my mind, this ruin anc
every similar one prOclaims the downfal
Of our Church, Just as this Churcl
had its day in achich it Fourished, anc
then sunk into decay, thus it DiU on
day be with our Church itself. .qn,
just as aOe are looking at this ruin aow
and thinking Of former days in whicY
hwas in its glory, so future generation
Of men aOiH surrey the ruins of on
Church ITSELF and ioonder at its jorms
grandeur.
And what do you take to be the weaI
point in the Church of Rome 2 ask
ed,
Il know this he replied: 'it ha
done but little for me; | have every si
now that ever had, and no assuranc
that any Of them are forgiven. hav
gone to the priest ill am weary, an
still lind myself no better. Sir, on
Church puts SO many things between
Christ and the sinner, that the poor sin
ner cannot see the Savior at all. and henc
the poor Irish 60 astray. God pity lher
the blame is none Of theirs
felI il a great privilege to converse i
full with so intelligent a spirit. and mer
ton II merely as an illustration of iii
way 10 which some great principles ar
terminating in the popular mind in hi
country ; principles llich shall by an
BY work the overthrow Of The giant su
peistltion which has so.long degraded on
unhappy land"
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
Principles Of the American Council
Of Stenbenville. Ohio,

Wa, whose names are hereunto subscribed,
do hereby adopt, and agree to be governed in
our political action, by the following Princl'
Piles -
Ist. None but Americans to rule America:
Cd. The Union must be preserved.
Sd. No Foreign interference in American
affairs.
4th No union of Church and State.
5th Inviolabiity of National Treaties.
9Th Personal morality indispensable to
Office.
7th. An open Bible, without note or com
ment, in all our Public Schools.
9th. Thorough reform of the Naturalization
Laws.
9Th. A capitation tax that will exclude
foreign paupers and convicts.
10th. No appointment Of foreigners on
diplomatic posts.
llth. Strict economy in the adminstrati on
Of the Government.
18th. No interference with the right of citi
zenshp already acquired by foreigners, and
the protection of law to all who immig rate
from love OF liberty, but uncompromsing
opposition to Political Catholicism, whether
in the person OF an American demagogue, or
foreign Ecclesiastical Despot,
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
PRIMARY MEETING.

A primary meeting of the American
Party of Sleubenville city and township,
for the purpose of placing in nomination
suituble persons as candidates to be sup.
ported for the various offices at the ap.
preaching Spring election. will be held al
SCOTT'S HALL, on Saturday next
Business will be transacted between the
hours of 2 and o'clock, P. M.
We enter into this contest with re.
newed determination to contest the last
inch Of ground with the common political
enemy of American rights, and anti-sla.
very principles. Let all who can, with q
good will subscribe to the principles laid
down in the platform, as published in thi:
paper, try to be present on Saturday
next. Select good men and true, for of
flee, and then elect them.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
Congressional Pr oceedings.

WASHINGTON, March -Senale.--
On motion Of Mr.. Thompson Of New
Jersey, committee of two was appoin-
led to wait OIL the Presiden: and inform
him if he had no further communication
to make, the Senate is ready to adjourn:
The Wee President retired from
the Chair calling Mr.. Stuart to preside.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick said it was necessary
to have President pro tem., according 10
usage, and moved that Mr.. Rusk be cho-
sen to that station but, on motion of Mr.
Wilson, the Senate proceeded to ballot,
and elected Mr.. Rusk. who received 20
out of Al voles,
Mr.. Rusk having been conducted to
he Chair, returned thanks for the honor
conferred upon nm, and promised to dis
charge, as impartially as he could, the du-
ties devolved upon HIM.
Mr.. Seward offered a resolution, which
was unanimously adopted, rendering the
thanks of the Senate TO Mr.. Breckenridge
for the. dignity and impartiaIity with
which he had discharged to duties of pre-
siding officer.
After the executive session adjourned.
among the combinations were the fol-
lowing: Abner Pratt, Of Michigan
Consul to Honolulu; ; WIN. E. Venabe
of Tennessee, Minister, resident, to Gua
temala j. Page Hopkins, of Virginia
Consul to Tobasco, Mexico; Joel H
White, of Connecticut, Lyons Franci:
A. Thornton, of N. G., Consul u Aspin
wall Peter Sanselman, of Louisiana
Consul to Matamoras IF. G. A. Johnson
of Rhode Island, Consul to Beyruit
Turkey; A. Bragan, of Georgia, Pay
master of the Army Eugene M. Nelson
U. S. Attorney, Minnesota.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18

destroyed before the consignees could
send for the vessel. In this emergency
Mrs. Patten's rare qualities developed
themselves. She assumed command of
the vessel herself, and the nautical obser-
vatiols she once made In sport and for
pastime, she undertook as duly
Her time was spent between the bedside
of her delirious husband and the writing
desk. working out the intricate calcula-
ticns incident to nautical observations,
making entries in the log book in her
own delicate penmanship, and tracing
out with accuracy the position of the
ship from the charts in the cabin.
The rough sailors all Obeyed the lit
tie woman" as they called her, with a
will, and eyed her curiously and affec'
tionally through the cabin windows
while deep in the calculations on which
her life andtheirs depend. There was
one person on board however, who view
ed her course with jealousy and misirust
This was the first mate. He wrote
her letter, warning her Of The respon-
sibility she was assuming and prOferring
advice, but she spiriiedly replied that
" her husband would not trust him when
he was well, and she could not do so
now when he was sick" For fifty days
Mrs. Pauen did not undtess herself, and
took very little sleep, working day and
night, and never leaving her sick hus-
bands room. Her labors are The more
surprising in view of the fact, that she
was all this time in delicate condition,
and soon expects 10 give birth to her first
boru child
The Neplune's Car arrived safely at
San Francisco on the 18th of November
last, it having been for sixty days under
the command of a delicate female not
twenty years Of age What splendid
text for The women's rights people.
Mis-. Patten is now at the Battery Ho-
tel with her husband who. its supposed,
is in dying condition. The fever has
never left him, and for some lime past
he has been blind and deaf
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
Heroic Conduct Of a Woman.

Account Of Mrs. Martha Ann Pat,en,
a young Lady twenty years of
age, who Commanded Vessel If
ty six days, during her Husbands i'll.
neSs.
The readers Of the. Sun will remem-
Der an account taken from one of the
California papers, relative to the heroic
conduct of Mrs Martha Ann PaIlen, wife
of Captain Patlen, of the ship Neptune's
Car, who during her husbands illness
took charge of The vessel aud navigaled
it safely into San Francisco. This lady,
together with her husband, whos now so
sick that he is not expected to live, arri-
we'd in the George Law. Her story is an
interesting and painful one and shows
how much a weak, delicate woman can
do when great emergency calls out her
powers.
Mrs, Patten was born in East Boston,
of wealthy parents, and received an ex
cellen, education, and was in every res
pect tenderly nurtured and cared for.
She is now but twenty years ot age de
petite taille, has small hands and features
delicate blonde complexion, soft blue
eyes, and altogether gives one an idea OF
feminine softness and womanliness thai
is impossible 10 associate with the daring
nelve and decisive qualities she exhibited
in n remarkable degree.
AT eighteen years of age she married
Captain Patten, then bu, twenty five
years Of ago, he having been master Of a
vessel-the barque 81, Andrew. which
piled between New York and The South
American ports-and was then off duty
waiting unul Corneia Lawrence, new
ship was ready for sea. Shortly after he
was married the master Of the ship Nap
tunes Car sickened as she was about lC
put to sea for voyage around the world
and the owners--Messrs. Foster ant
Nickerson-o offered the Post to Captain
Pauen. but he hesitated, as he did no
wish 10 leave his young bride. The ow
ners however, gave him permission t
take her with him ard in twelve hour
after the first notification the young cou
pie were on board, and the vessel gettin
ready to leave the dock.-The Neptune
Car first sailed from San Francisco
thence to China, from China to London
and finally arrived in New York after a
: absence Of seventeen months. Durin
! this time Mrs. Patten amused herself by
t helping her husband in his nautical OF
Q servations, worked up to the time fror
the chronometers, and occasionally keT
: the reckoning Of the ship.
s Last August the Nep!une's Car agai
(, put to sea, and it was on this voyage lh'
: Mrs. Patterns mis(ortunes commenced
As the vessel neared the straits Of Mage
= lan, her husband was taken with di!
: ease in the head, which finally develope
n into brain fever. He attended to b
d slip as long as he was able, and when
was impossible TO give orders, he fouu
! 10 bis dsmay that his first mate WI
i wholly incompetent to take charge of Il
- ship, and that there was no officer
n board qualified to take the vessel in
|, port. lie found that the first mate W
7. anxious to run the vessel into Valpora
q but this he earnestly forbade, as Il
81 crew might all leave and the cargo
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
From Washington.

WAsHINeToN; March l3-Lord Ma.
pier has had an informal interview with
the Secretary Of State, and Monday next
is arranged for his pres sentation to the
President of the US.
About 40 persons from Kansas, includ-
ing ten Indians of that territory, this
morning, headed by Gen. Whitfield,
formally paid their respects to the Presi.
dent.
The Senate will adjourn sine die TO-
morrow. The President having no com.
munications to make which would render
1t necessary to prolong the session beyond
that time.
The following appointments were con
frmed by the Senate yesterday: j. O
Ramsey. U. s. Atty for Eastern Dist.
Tenn. Vim. NJ. Loury. Marshall fol
Eastern Dist, Tenn, Joseph G. Smith
u. s. Atty, for Washington Territory
Jesse B. Clement, Marshall for Middl,
| Dist, Tenn. J.. Harnalon, Surveyor 0
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18

port at Selma, Ala. Under the recent
act 0rien L. Cochran, Postmaster, HOus-
ton Texas Re-appointed ]. L. Bunck,
Postmaster, Tuscaloosa. Ala. Re-apPoin
ted A. II. McKissech, Arkansas. Indian
Agent for Wychetas and neighboring
tribes West of Choctaws and Chickasaws
FIavius ]. LOvejoy, of Miss, Atty for
Northern Dist of the State in place OF
Orr, resigned. Jas. V. Nesmith, Sup't
Indian affairs in Washington, and Ore
gon Territories. H. @. Lowell, Register
of Land Office, at Fairbault, Minnesota,
VIM. E. Murphy, Indian Agent for Pot
towatamie Indians. F. Livingston, Col,
lie ctor for Dist. of Fermandina, Florida.
Joseph Genois, Naval officer at New
Orleans. .-Wm. r. Rayburn, additional
appraiser General. j. ]. Mccormick,
appraiser of Merchandise at New Or.
leans. F. H, Hatch, Collector for Dist.
of New Orleans. James L. Collins, In.
dian Sup't. in New Mexico, Elias s.
Dennis, Marshal for Kansas Territory
Hamden Mcmahon, Marshal for Yves
tern Dist, of Tennessee. John Walker,
Indian Agent for New Mexico
Isaac H, Sturgeon, Asst. Treas. U.
S.; John S. Cunningham, Purser Navy
Philippe Clayton, ASST. Sec'y. Treasury;
Jacob Troulman, Postmaster of Hamilton
o . r. Nelson, of Ind Sup't. of Indian
Affairs of the Territory of Utah J. Pat
ten Anderson Gov. Washington Terri.
tory S. Medary, Gov. Of Minnesota ;
w. Weer, U. S Atty. Of Kansas, Vice
A J. Isaac, resigned; L, w. Siford, u.
8. Marshal of Southern District of Ohio,
vice Thos. X. Smith, whose commission
has expired.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18

"Oh what are the pleasures Of life that we win,
To the first little sinner we caught with apin."
Well do we recollect the first grand
enterprise Of our life. It was beautiful
morning in spring, the birds sang merri.
ly, and our boyish heart kept time with
their music. We were about to make
our first trial of the Obstructive propensi
ties the highest ambition Of our bosom
was to catch fish. A pin bent in proper
form by our mother furnished US with a
hook, thread with line, and haze
branch with a rod. With head erect and
firm step we sought little brook to try
our power to destroy, and thus assert oul
capability to face the. world. We soon
had nibble, and no general ever wacthed
the result Of hard fought battle with
more anxiety than we did the bobbing OIL
the tiny cork on the clear water. AT
last the pin hook was caught-the cork
was dragged under, the line was stretched
and the rod bent; oh how our little
heart jumped with all our energy the
fish was dragged upon the land, deligh
danced in our eyes as we watched the
death thIoes Of our captive. Without
taking off the fish from the hook, away
we ran home to show the prize, the frs
one Of life, how we told, with glowing
features the whole circumstances of tn,
exploit and Napoleon in all his glory nev
er felt The happy exultation with whicl
we received the praises of our kind pa
rent We were then but man in min
iature.
But that happy time is gone and al
though with different kind Of hook ant
higher ambition, we have fshed for tn,
glories and pleasures of life--never ha
the same burst Of joy, the same heigh
Of exquisite pleasure, found place il
our heart. Such briefly is the histor,
Of man. Ambition is the pin hook, an,
the world--the brook in which W
fish.
The Statesman who Struggles .onwar,
and upward, with his eye ever upon tn
highest pinnacle Of fame is but the bo,
on q larger scale. He bends his pin int
aproper shape, and bats it with sucl
material as is calculated to catch tn
crowd. 10 the Republicans is. throw
the bait Of anti-slayery, to the Democrat
the anI-tafiG and anti-bank or anti any
thing, and so on 10 the whole list of dem
agogical bats, The hook is skillfull
thrown and gudgeons, fiat fish and aoun
ders are caught. and thus, he arrives q
the goal ofhis ambition, and his pre-,
look upio him with longing eyes for 9th
y bate. But is he more happy whel
his fish are caughti National honor i
ihe bait with which the monarch tickle
ihe aiatO Of his people when he wishes
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
The River.

PITTS, March l4.-River stationary
at feet 10 inches.
CINCINNATI, March l4.-River falling
slowly.
LOUISVILLE, March 14.--River falling,
5.ieet 6 inches in in the canal. Their
mometer 45 deg.
ST. LOUIS, March l4.--River station.
ary 3 feet 10 incnes. Weather clear and
mild.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
Markets.

CINCINNATI, March l4.--Flour very
dull at $5 for superiine, $5lOa525 for
choice to extra. Cloverseed dull at ST.
rs, and Timothy at $3.50.
New YoR6, March 14.--Flour heavy
sales State at $6a6,l5; Southern $3.50
a6,75; Ohio flour 90, ,4Oa6,75; wheat a
decline tendency without quotable change,
mess pork S24a24,50 for new prime
whisky 274c for Ohio.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18

nara Resolution TO amend the Consti-
tuition so as TO allow colored persons 10
vote without property qualification, has
passed the New York Senate bya vote
Of 81 yeas s nays.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18

WASHINGTON, March IA Hon D. T..
Disney; formerly member of Congress
from Ohio, died at Dexters Hotel, this
morning of pneumonia. his remains will
be conveyed home for interment.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
OHIO LEGIsIATURE.

Bank Tares-JrisdictiOn Of Justices
County. 4.tditOrs-Purity Of Elections
Bill RslatiUe to County 7feasrers-
Circuses Sill Ahsad-adjournmsnt-
Pilgrims to Washington.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
Railroad Accident.

TORONTO, G. w.. March ia great
accident occurred on the Great Western
r. R.. The train which left here this
afternoon for Hamilton, ran off the bridge
above Hamilton, preclpitating the engine,
baggage Car and two passenger cars into
the water. The locomotive and tender
passed over the bridge in safety but the
two rear cars fell through between 60
and 80 passengers supposed to be killed
on the spot. Among the killed are Sam
ue Zimmerman, banker and contractor
Mr.. Street, millionaire of Niagara Falls,
together with sister and mother in law.
Thos. G. Macklin, killed many bodies
not yet taken from the water and names
Of but few ascertained. The passengers
who escaped death are all more or less
mangIed, most ofthem beyond recovery.
The doctors are leaving Toronto and
Hamilton. The bridge was partially.
broken down, and the cars one on top
Of the other, fell distance of 50 feet.
The excitement caused by this terrible
catastrophe is beyond precedent. t.-Paria-
ment adjourned the moment it heard Of
the accident. Nothing has heretofore oc-
Cured in this vicinity that has created
such profound grief.
SECOND DISPATCH.
TORONTO, G. w., March l3-The
disaster yesterday occurred to the local
accommodation train of this city, bound
to Hamilton, and contained from rs lc
100 passengers only Is were taken out
alive from the wreck, and of these 5 have
since died. The engineer and fireman
were pitched head long into the canal, SO
dead bodies. including men, women ant
children are laid out on the floor Of an out
house in the vicinity, many OF whom
have been identified. Nineteen othe
bodies lie in one Of the company's build
ings. only 3 Of which have been iden:i
fed. The passengers all belong to thi
city and Hamilton, and other towns, in
Guiding many Prominen; and inauentia
citizens.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-03-18
2, RAGAN, Editor
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-16
Marshall Park has been elected President Of III
A Llama ria aud Cl.esneake Canal Cnnlnanx

Marshall Park has been elected President Of the
Albemare and Chesapeake Canal Company.
Frederick Towle. an old merchant Of Tallahassee
Fla died In New York few days since.
DIR. Church has been elected President Of Frank
lin College, Ala.
Col. ii. ]. Bunch, politician Of some note in
Eastern Mississippi, died at Aberdeen, on the Sd
inst
Judge Daniel Colemon, of Athens, Ala, died there
on the Tth inst.
There were I39 deaths in New Orleans for the
week ending the 18th ult.
Miss Cushman is about to app ear in the chara1ss
ter Of Cardinal Wolsey.
Or. Joseph I. Curtis, a successful physician OF
New York, committed suicide Friday, by blowing
out his brains.
Lewis Thuro beggar of Philadelphia, has been
arrested for being extensively engaged in counter
feiting. An order from benevolent society for
coal was found on his person.
sister Mary Joseph Jenkins, Of the Convent OF
visitation at Baltimore, died on the 9th inst.
Judge Abbott. Of the Massachusetts Superior
Court has teneesed his resignation, to take effect
on the LIST of January next.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-16

A MAN RUNNING AWAY FROM HIS WIFE AND Ju,fF-
ING INTO THE RivER TO AVOID HBR.-YesteId day fore
noon rather ludicrous affair took place between
a husband and wife, in the nGighborhood of Fur.
longs Block: on Huron street. which came near
ending fatally. tailor named Carey got quarrel.
ling with his better half or rather his better hall
got quarrelliug with him. and he ran away and Ieft
her-as every man should do when his wife begins
TO sc0ld. But Sirs. Carey not to be baffied by
this, and being nearly good a traveller as he
was, put after him and overlook him in the above
mentioned place, when she commenced pummel.
ling her liege lord in 4 manner that would be Gre
ditabie to an old pugilist. lie retreated under a
heavy pounding toward the bridge, but as the draw
was open, there was no room to retreat further
unless he jumped into the river. and in he Jump
ed! The water was quite cool, and we think it had
the effect of bringing him to a true sense of his
perflous situation lie worked hard to keep above
the surface Of the water, and after getting pretty
good soaking, he was fished out by two men vino
were working ut the bridge in boat. Ia the mean.
time the vixen wife stood upon the abutmcnt quite
cooliy looking at her husband struggling in the
water, and when he kept up longer than she ex.
pected, she was heard to exciain: II wish to the
Lord he would sink" He didn't sink however. for
which he may be thankful, on the contrary, to the
boatmen.-Ali0dtkESs 4 Sentinel.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-16

Know all men by these presents. that we, JOSEPH
T T0dpkiNs and JOB ATKINS, partners, under
these presents, constitute aud appuin' JOHN FAR
RAK, Of the county OF Ilenric0 our Agent and At
tofuey, in respect to our business Golfers and
empower him such to sell and contract to Sc II,
Coal hand hereafter TO be raised in the course
Of our business to receive the proceeds, whether in
phy all debts and expenses, and do and perform all
ncedful acts in the premises to draw accept and en-
dorse notes bills drafts or other necessary writings
in our name and behalf and TO keep and render all
proper accounts thereof all such actngs and doings
the same force and effect il done by In person
Witness the following signatures and seals this 7th
day of November one Thousand, eight hundred and
hty-eUyen. J, L. T0MPKlNS, SEAL.
JOB ATKINS TsyAL
T0APKINS s CO, [ssAL.