The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-09-01
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DOMESTIC SUMMARY.
The DEATH OF ExSPEAKER DAy1s.-The
death OF the Hon. John w. Davis, of Indiana,
was briefly mentioned yesterday. He died on
the I'D instant, In the sixtyfrst year of his age,
of an attack of dysentery. Mr. Davis was a
native of Cumberland county, Penn, studied
medicine In Baltimore, and at an early ACE
emigrated to Indiana. writer in the Gonsfi
tuition gives the following brief sketch of his
public career:
be was for many years member of the
State Legislature of Indiana, and Speaker of
the House of Representatives of that State
Afterwards, he was elected to Congress, where
he served for twelve years. and was Speaker of
the House of Representatives in 1896 On his
retirement from Congress, Mr.. Polk appointed
him Commissioner to China and subsequently
Mr.. Pierce appointed him Governor of Oregon
Territory. Phis latter position he resigned af
ter few months service, and returned to In
diana, where he was again elected to the Legis-
lature, and again chosen Speaker of that body
Mr.. Davis was President of the Baltimore
Convention in 1852, which nominated General
Pierce for the Presidency.
OF strong and robust frame, no one
dreamed that he would so soon be called away
from US. But the arrows of remorseless death
penetrate alike the strong and the weak"
The WESTERN Corn CRoP.-The luxuriant
appearance of the growing corn throughout the
West is the subject of general remark. The
Cincinnati Commercial says:
" The prospects for corn crop Of full aver
age yield throughout the region of country about
which there was recently so much apprehension,
have been well treasured by the generous rains
of the last two weeks, and the increased amount
of land planted throughout the West will make
the yield of this great staple, if present antici
pations are realized, much greater than ever
before gathered. We are informed, by gentle
man extensively engaged in farming in the
central portion of the State, that there are farm
who will willingly contract for 1900 to
5000 bushels of corn, deliverable monthly after
the crop is fully ready to be marketed, at sixty
cents per bushel. This last of the years prom
Uses of fullness should indeed inspire our unre-
served gratitude. Prices must be submitted to
by producers that will set the wheels of COM
merce in motion, relieve the country of debt,
and establish firm basis for the resumption Of
new career of prosperity and progress"
CONDITION OF THE TREAsURY.-The follow
ing is statement of the condition of the Treas
ury of the United States, made up to the 22d
instant
Treasury balance : $4,l22,008.7l
Amount of receipts l,606,OO3.O4
Drafts paid l,444, 358.73
Drafts issued 1907 ,3l2.59
Amount of reduction l,309.55
In Caldwell county, Texas the white Malaga
grape, grated on the common mustang of that
State, has proved perfect success. No larger
lunches or grapes more uniformly ripe than
samples Of these Texas grapes could be pro-
duced
LYNCH LAW IN KENTUCKY.-Jesse Williams,
an old and wealthy citizen of Caldwell county,
who has been under guard at Princeton, charged
with murder, Stealing, and cruelty to his slaves,
was taken from jsif on Thursday night, and af.
ter being carried off distance CT seven miles,
was hung by &party of citizens. His two sons,
John and James, who are also guilty of numer-
Gus crimes, escaped death by absconding.
About the same time, DR.. Singleton, and
Messrs. Mansfield Morse, and Straumal, sup
posed to be connected with Williams in his vii
lainies, we're severely punished, and ordered to
leave the country.
ARRIVAL OF THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW Chill
DREN.-A despatch from Mr.. w. G. Mitchell
the agent in charge of these children, states
that they have arrived safely at Fort Leaven-
worth in excellent health, and that arrange
ments were Immediately to be made for restor
ing them to their relatives and friends. There
were seventeen in all rescued, but only fifteen
were brought to Fort Leaveuworth-two hav-
ing been detained at Salt Lake City for the
purpose of giving testimony in relation to the
massacre of their parents and friends.
ARRIVAL OF Ex-PREsIDENr PIERoE.-Bos,
d l.
arrived in the America.
Rev. DIR. Dana, an eminent Presbyterian
clergyman of Newburyport, died this morning.
His age was 80 years.
Ex-Governor SEYMOUR, OF CONNECTICUT
Boston, August al Ex-Governor Seymour,
of Connecticut, who came passenger in the
America, is now at the Revere House, the guest
of committee of gentlemen from his native
State.
REVOLUTIONARY PENsIoNERs.-The follow
ing is list of Revolutionary soldiers supposed
to be alive, and pensioners on the roll of Maine,
with their ages, in 1859 Job Allen, Cumber-
land county, SO years. Isaac Abbott, Oxford
county, 81 years Samuel Ackley, do. do, "a
years Benjamin Berry, Somerset county, 81
years Nathan Doughty, Cumberland county,
50 years Ralph Farnham, York county, l03
years Amazah Gondwin, do d. 100 years
John Hamilton, do. do, SO years; William
Hutchings, Hancock county, 90 years; James
W. Head, Lincoln county, 90 years; Enoch
feathers, Piscataqua county, SO years Ed
ward Milliken, Kennebec county, 90 years
John C. Mink, Lincoln county, SO years 10
siah Parker Somerset county, IS years Jacob
Rhoades, York county, IS years Simeon Sim
son, Kennebec county, "a years; William
Tnkey, Cumberland county, 81 years John
Sawyer, Penohseot county, 104 years Foster
Wentworth, Lincoln county, 95 years William
Wyman, do. do, 81 years.
LITERARY TASTE IN THIS CoUYTRY.-The
people of the United States show a strong pre-
objection for light and fictitious literature
Of two thousand old and new volumes issued
in this country in year, it is said that about
one-half were works of fiction or imagination.
In France only about one-nintb are works of
the same class, and in England works of fancy
constitute one-seventh of the whole number
published.
MARKETS.
Carefully prepared to Monday, August %, 1852
NEW YORK MARKET.
Flour and Medl.-Western Canal -four is in
moderate demand, and prices are lower and
unsettled sales of $500 bbls at 40 (0 $4.45