Free Soil Banner, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 October 1848 — Page 3

A Taylor Wins Answered. [From the Onondaga Stmdard.] Sherburne, Sept. Otli, 1848. To .1 B . Dear Brother—Your letter addressed to our venerable father, is received. Though you may not have anticipated such a no tice, he thinks it merits a formal reply. In consideration of his age, he has requested me to undertake the task for him. I have consented to do so. But before 1 attempt to do this, indulge me in an allusion to our parent, lie, you know, has ever, in politics, been identified with the party which has for several years been known as Whig. His first vote was cast for General Washington ; his last for Henry Clay, in 1844. If life and health are spared, his next will be thrown for Martin Van Duron. His reasons for ibis course will be found in this letter, in whose sentiments he heartily concurs. I am now prepared to enter upon the consideration of your let-

ter.

You talk of the Whig party as though it had a present existence ; and of its de-

cannot falsify the facts of history. TIas_ the whig party been the slaver// ■prevention party? What are the facts? In 1840. the whigs elevated to the highest office in the nation, Wm. H. Harrison and John Tyler. John Tyler was a slaveholder, and no whig. His nomination was mere matter of policy. Harrison died ; and John Tyler became President. He was the creature which the whig party had provided for such an emergency. Concequently, he was the; President of the whigs. They made him so. Now, it was this John Tyler, whom you helped to put into that high station.whoconsummated,so far as the executive could do it, the Texas iniquity. It was a creature of your own making, who did this. True, he was a traitor; but you took him as such. He had deserted his own party, and this you knew when you took him up. But John Tylor could not do this alone. Congress must concur. But what was the complexion of that body ? The House was democratic ; the Senate was whig. And what did this whig Senate? It confirmed the appointment of

v a -i v- ,, „ „ . «i John C. Calhoun to the office of Secretary vo ion o ret. ot . c . jip l ^' .. t | |ofSt4te,thechampionofAnncxation! — no better or truer bree Soil Party than the T . , ,, , . .. .. c . WMg Party; they have provcnte.l the |t put the most able man ol all the South spread of Slavery so far and I hope they may i u "° n P° s,,1 “"' ' ,l,u ; 1 ' •>» be enabled to prevent its further spread.” I I 10 "' 01 oveT ' tho suh .'™ t! But ,s " ot

But why seek the dead among the living ? Why talk of things that were as though they are ? There was a whig party ; our father was a member of it until it was dissolved by its own act; until it expired by its own hand. Since the 9th of June,

1848, there has been no whig party in these United States. This every candid man must admit. What is a party? It is a i organization of men, having certain defined principles and objects. This is the most limited definition of parly that is admissible, Is there, then, any whig party ? There was; there was an organization called whig, with a platform of principles. But there is none now. The Philadelphia Convention surrendered its creed ; aban-

all. When that Senate came to take the vote on the joint resolution touching Annexation, three whigs were ready logo for the measure, and thus turned the scale in favor of the South and Slavery ! And this is the parly that has thus prevented the spread of slavery! The abolitionists brought about Annexation ! But, you will say that Clay was against Annexation, and the abolitionists defeated him. All this may be true, and yet no redemption be allowed the party lor what evil it had done. It had made John Tyler President; it had put John C. Calhoun into the next most influential position in the nation. But did the abolitionists defeat Clay ? Thtirlow

ously opposed him, as unfit for the station | The up to the Philadelphia Convention ? Do | Taylot you support him because you feel anxious to repeat, and on a larger scale, the John Tyler experience of 1840.' But slop; why do 1 multiply these questions ? A class of men, who, in grave convention, voted against asigning any reasons for sustaining a man, must be presumed to

U irfi mond Wh ig.—A n a b! e“

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paper has the following edi-

torial. We iusci t it. for (he benefit of

Freo Sod Taylor inch in tlii Tay/or rtii-l I '/lh/iore in the

vicinity. Sou Ih.—

In looking over the accounts of the Whig meetings through the State, we discover that those persons who con-

have none ; none, at least, that they dare sliuUe lhem are com po S ed, in a very assign. 1 hev have a reason—1 say not , . , ■ r . . ■ , .

Weed—who is good authority with you—

doned its formula of political doctrines ; ! decl “'-«f '>“» Clay dcfmtedhimself, by his cast away as a vile thing its own basis of . «>n t n<d,ctory let ersnn Annexatton. And

organization! And with it. thegreatFree | Soil doctrine ! It indignantly spurned the

great Jeffersonian Ordinance! Now, will you talk of a present, a living whig party! Talk of a structure without a foundation; an organization without a platform ; a body without a soul ! And, to crown the absurdity, will you repeat that this is a good free soil party ! Perhaps such a doctrine might be believed by the inmates of the large stone binding a little west of your city. But should it be by them, I insist upon it Dr. Brigham would be bound to

know, and all men know, that if Henry Clay had been the consistent opponent of Annexation, he would have been President of the United States. Were the abolitionists to blame because bo was not consistent

on that question ?

But let us look at the doings of the whigs since. They voted that the country was iii a state of war, b// the act of Mexico ! They voted men and money to prosecute hostilities against that weak and broken power. They left it to a demo-

signify it to their friends that any further crat, David W ilmot, to propose and carry efforts for their recovery will be useless, through the Jeffersonian proviso. They as they would be hopelessly mad ! A free left the Oregon struggle, in the Senate, to soil party contemptuously spurning the j l )e sustained^ bv John P. Hale, and the Jeffersonian proviso! A free soil party , democratic Niles.^ One of their favorite selecting for its standard-bearer the owner leaders, John M. Clayton, drew up a Comof 300 "slaves; a man who declares that i promise, surrendering the territories forthe South should never submit to the prin-1 ® vcr to slavery. Daniel Webster, pendciples of the Wilmot proviso! A good ing this infamous proposition, was as mute free soil party, forsooth ! So the Robert as death. Senator Phelps—a good whig— Owen party, is a good Christian party! was ready to make the sacrifice. But the

So the John C. Calhoun party, is a good anti-slavery party! So Belzebub is a good follower of the holy Savior ! How justly I might here use your language.— ‘Away with such stuff; I repudiate it as a vile thing!’ The whig^cr/y ! The Taylor Anarchy, say. A Free Soil party ! A Bow Down, Slave Soil Anarchy, say.

House, hearing the Free Soil thunder at the North, laid this odious whig bill upon the table. And then both Houses, trembling aghast at the Buffalo demonstration, passed the bill embodying the great ordinance of 1847. But a little prior to this, the whig party, in order to prove itself the slavery-prevention party, did, at Philadel-

But more : The act of selecting Gen. P ,lia * rc j ect Henry Clay, who had spoken Taylor at Philadelphia, as a candidate, 1 against consecrating any acquDod soil to

sustaining his position and views

was a

formal dissolution of the party. He had told the country, again and again, that he would not be a parly candidate ; that he would not defend or carry out party doctrines or projects. This you, and all men know. Now when the Philadelphia Convention took up such a man, with such a position and views, they necessarily relinquished their organization. The true question decided by the Convention, was this: — Will you take Henry Clay and the Whig doctrines, or General Tay\or without them? The answer was—Give us Taylor, and let the doctrines of the parly go ! But, alter all you gravely talk of the Whig party! My brother, 1 beg you to believe that some

men are yet sane.

Let me illustrate. You are an Episcopalian. Suppose an election is to take place to supply the vacancy occasioned by the suspension of Bishop Onderdonk.— There are two prominent candidates ; one is a staunch Episcopalian, the embodiment of your church, talented and eloquent ; the other claims to be a moderate Churchman, but is quite illiterate, and wholly unacquainted with the doctrines of the church; besides, be declares in advance that he will not be a party candidate, and, if elected, he will not be the exponent of the views of the denomination. Your Convention meet in New York. The illiterate, no-party candidate receives the highest number of votes. He is declared elected. A large portion of the members are alarmed. The richest and most influential diocese has virtually left the church. Hence they seek to commit the Convention to doctrines, rites, and usages of the denomination. Several resolutions are introduced for this purpose; but they are indignantly voted down. The Convention breaks up in disorder ; the members return to their constituents. Now can an honorable man talk of that Convention as an Episcopalian Convention, or of its Bish op elect as a Churchman ? Not until an honorable man can talk of a Christian In' fidel, and a temperate drunkard. But such was the Philadelphia Convention and its

reasons—and that is all-controlling. And what is that? the South told them to! — Such is their reason. No other, it would seem, can he given by a northern man for going for Taylor. You know, and every man of intelligence knows, that the confiictat Philadelphia was between Freedom and Slavery; between slavery-limita-tionists and slavery-extentionists. You know that Clay, Scott, and McLean represented the former and Taylor the latter. You know that the success of Taylor was the defeat of Freedom. And you are aware which party triumphed. The South was victorious. Her favorite candidate was successful. Her delegates went home boasting over their victory. The Northern delegates came home whipped as usual, from the contest. This they knew; this they acknowledged. And

what next ?

Now instead of bolting as honorable men ought to do, or confessing that they are. and intend to he, the supple tools of the South, they tell us, assuming at the same time marvellous erectness, and uncommon airs of independence, that all wont right at Philadelphia; that the Taylorites are the Free Soil party; that Tayior is the Wilmot Proviso candidate! Shame on such cowardly and dishonorable conduct! We ask if it he not enough to truckle to the slave power; not to obey servilely, the slave lords? Shall there be coupled with this servility, the most shameless by hypocriey? Will the Taylorites pretend, while carrying out the cherished projects of the slaveholders, that they are consulting the

e rs

among

us. They, it seems, are

perfectly willing to trust Taylor and Fillmore—they have no fears for the safety of their property—they do not believe that the whig candidates will, if'olecled, do any tiling to impair their right to their property, or to weaken their grasp upon it. It is those disinterested gentlemen, who have noshives themselves, that are principally alarm-

ed on the subject.

'Those who really would he injured by any assuit upon southern rights or southern property feel themselves assured, if other assurances were warning, by the fact that Zachary Taylor is himsell a slaveholder, arid that he can do nothing to injure them which will not also injure himself at the same time. If a man goes on' board of a ship to cross the Atlantic, does he require bond and security—does be ask pledges of the captain that he will carry him safe to the end of the voyage? Certainly he does not. Tie knows that the danger of the one is tiie danger of the other also. He knows that i! the ship goes to the bottom, the captain and crew must go along with the passengers. Community of interest and of danger is the strongest pledge he could possibly give, and that he gives by the very terms of his under-

taking.

So it is with Zachary Taylor. Why

interests of Freedom? That, while they | ask pledges of him upon the subject of are industriously aiding the South in plant-; slavery, when the fact that his whole ing slavery on the free soil of California j estate'consists of land and negroes, and New Mexico, they are a good Free am ( t | lat when they go, lie-most be a Soil party! This is really too much; it is beggar, is the very strongest pledge he taking extra pains to be odious. No; be ' coul(J possiblv , rive? l!as Lewis Oass

contented to servo the South ; to obey all jveI g udl ]s |lis her behests without hesitation; to vote for , ° ° 4 , .

the candidates she in her sovereign con-i “‘Tf with that ot l.e slavcdescension, is pleased to present; to assign h 1 ol,l ^ 1 ? 1 1 ‘ evel 7 j slave m the Union as the reason for supporting a presidential j | >e h be rated to-morrow, does be

nominee that she graciously directs it.-^- lose any thing by it?

Be content with this; deepen not the shades of this conduct by claiming to act in be-

half of the North and Liberty.

You add, that you are pained to think that- you have a friend who will throw his vote for Martin Van Huron — a man who has done so much to ruin his country—and who is not half so ripe on this question as you are. My reply to this is brief. John C. Calhoun sympathises most cordially in your distress. He feels as bad as you can. He is grieved to think that any one should cast his vote for Van Buren. He thinks it infinitely preferable to vote for Gen. Taylor. . A pretty good proof, you know, of his free soil partialities! But once more. Mr. Van Buren’s chief offence, as defined by the whigs, is his former servility to the South. This is the head and

front of his sinning. Now, is

If it can be supposed that be will be a watchful guardian over the interests of the South, is it not fair to suppose that Zachary Taylor will he far more

so?

From the Massachusetts Spy. The Free Soil Cause.

'The progress of the great cause of Freedom is steadily onward, accumulating strength and consolidating its ranks as it goes. Now and then, an individual, for whose aid we had hoped, controlled by the inliuences, which our opponents have at their command, or terrified by the dastard fear that success may not attend our efforts now, sinks back, again, into the mire of Cass-

it not a lit! ' sm or Taylorism, from which, we had

slavery, and took up Gen. Taylor, the hero of the accursed war, and the man who had declared that the South should never submit to the principles of the Wilmot Proviso ! Verily, the whig party has prevented the spread of slavery thus far, and is in a fair way still to do it! Who can he so disengenious, as not to grant this? And now, since they have up as a standard bearer the owner of 300 slaves, and an opponent of the Jeffersonian Ordinance, if the fanatical, abolitionists, the wicked barn burners, and some ‘foolish whigs’ will not he so unfair as to hinder them, they will—to use your language— soon be triumphant, mount the watch-tow-er of the country, forever limit slavery, and make the country prosperous and free! How can men he so unpatriotic as to obstruct the progress of such sincere, devot-

ed souls !

But you express it as your settled pur-

pose to vote for Gen. Taylor. Why?— Because he is the bloodiest General of the war you have pronounced unrighteous ? Because he is in favor of the moderate use of intoxicating drinks ? Because he chose the Sabbath to enter the city of Natehes? Because he recommended sending for the Cuba blood-hounds? Reeduse he never cast a vote, and never had sufficient knowledge of political matters to do so intelligently? Do you support him because he is one of the largest of the southern planters? Because he is the only man, who,

in the crisis created by the Free Soil

movement, the South can trust—the only man with whom, all this time, they feel secure ? Do you support him because he defeated Henry Clay ? Because, ingoing

into the Philadelphia Convention, he de-

clared in advance that he would not be bound by its action—he would be a candidate, whatever might be its decision ?

Do you support him because he is fixed in his determination not to be a

party man, nor an exponent of whig doctrines or schemes? Do you vote for him

because he is willing and anxious to run with Wm. O. Butler, or any body else,

or on any ticket ? Because he tells you that he feels no more flattered by the

But you set up a claim for the Whig j nomination of the Philadelphia Convenparty, respecting its past virtues, which,! tion. than he should have been by that of with present light, is not to he admitted, j Baltimore ? Do you support him because You represent it as having ever been an he has predicted, and is ready logo for anti-slavery party. You say it has pre-j the absorption of all Mexico? Do you

subject of grief that you have a friend who 1 Imped, lie was about to emancipate is ready to vote for Van Buren, who has ; bimselI. Let them go. For any such, ceased to ho servile to the slave power em-1 we get scores of honest and true men, bodied! Is it not? I might here give ut- 1 men who seek to find the path ofduty, terance to the emotions of your relatives 1 and, having found it, dare to walk in view of the extraordinary course you , therein. The cause is one of stern unthink proper to pursue; hut I will not. bending principle 1 which holds' out no As to your warnings, and you endeavor ! indnce|nent 1)ut to mpn of principle, do what you can to avert the storm, 1 ritv Thnt U tho

i£ce*> it before t Sic I'cople. 0^7’ At dll events, ivc are happy to understand by private letters, that Gen. Cass firmly stands the ground which he has taken. Being applied to formally by a man or two of the Wilmot stamp. HE DECLAKJ'jD UNHESITA TJNGL Y that he adhered to his Nicholson letter, and to the Baltimore | platform ; and that if elected President, HE WOULD VETO THE WILMOT PRO VISO.— Washington Union. THE PRINCIPLE IT INVOLVES SHOULD BE KEP T OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE. Briefly, then, / am ojiposed to the exercise of any jurisdiction by Congress over this matter ; Because, I do not see, in the Constitution, any grant of the requisite power to Congress. The South should never submit to the provisions of the Wilmot Proviso.—Zachary Taylor to a committee of the Mississippi Legislate re. If the Whig party desire at the next presidential election, to cast their voles for me. they must do it on their own responsibility, and without any pledges from me.—Gen. Taylor’s letter to Col. Mitchell, Feb. 12,

1848.

(pfT “ We know that, in this great paramount and LEADING QUESTION of the RIGHTS of the SOUTH, he, (Gen. Taylor,) is of us, he is WITH US, and he is FOR US ! ”—Resolutions of a Taylor Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina. NT' “ I can assure my fellow citizens here, that Taylor will promptly veto any thing like the Wilmot Proviso. The interests of the South are safe in his hands.” JgA) —Speech of Mr. Benjamin Taylor, elector in Louisiana, in Baton Rouge, the residence of Gen. Taylor. FAUltlEKS COMPANY. OVER TWENTY THOUSAND MEMREibY HpHlRD ANNUAL REPORT of die WediinTon J. County Mniurtl Insurant* Company, uridt-r die

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And now I will close. 1 would myself, in conclusion, lift the warning voice, could 1 believe it would he heeded. I know your ardor—your devotion. You will not abandon Taylor, until he abandons you. You will not he wise, until the Tyler experiment, in a more impressive form, is repeated. But the day of mortification is coming. You are sowing the wind, and you will surely reap the whirlwind. Yours, fraternally, S. II. Jr.

tieu. Taylor For Slavery. The following letter is from a Bos-

ton paper. From

tl can be learned

what an Alabamian thinks of Gen. Taylors views on the “ great issue:”

Eutaw, Ala. Aug. 8, 184 8. 0 , ur Vi,st and will form a host

The fact that some of the Whig pa-

tents support. That inducement is the consciousness of doing right. It is no cause for your fair weather politicians, who follow in the wake of wealth and power, and who never fall into any current, till they arc assured that it will land them on the banks of preferment. But it is one which calls'for sacrifice and for labor, and gives for its reward the high satisfaction of knowing that we performed our duty regardless of all consequences, personal to ourselves. As such, it has rallied together, a band of noble, devoted, true and self-sacrificing men—men who have determined that it shall be carried forward, and who have the energy and zeal to carry out their determination. They are pressing forward into the' ranks from all the hills 'and valleys of

pers in. Massachusetts, and in other States of New England, are insisting that General Taylor is opposed to the extension of slavery in the newly acquired territory, is looked upon lie re in the South as the best joke that has occurred since the Presidential canvass

opened!

There is no more doubt entertained

that never can be discomfited. Against this band, and against this

noble cause, our opponents, urged to madness almost, by their waning prospect, are making the most desperate efforts. Every thing that money and paid services will do, every thing that intimidation and proscription will do, every tiling that a purchased press, more profligate in its character than we have ever before witnessed, will

here in relation to the views and opin-,, wi| , be done t0 defp:1t us . We

this subject, nvrifW ;1 n fhi

nominee

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vented the spread of slavery so far, and express the hope that it may continue to do so. You then add, that the abolitionists defeated you in 1844, and suffered slavery to walk over Texas; and

go for

him because he. declares it as his honest belief that he is unfit for the dignified station of Chief Magistrate ? Do you vote for him because you wish to discourage and discountenance the mililary spirit

give utterance to the fear that there may in the country ? Do you sustain him bebe foolish whigs enough to do so in the 1 cause the North has furnished the occupresent contest. I should once have con- pant of the Presidential chair but twelve ceded the justice of this claim, immodest I years since the organization of the govasit seems. But that was at a time when I ernment? Do you support him because

I had too strong partialities for the party. 1 now stand it) a position to judge more impartially. I appeal to history. We

you pledged yourself in 1844 that you would never vote for another slaveholder? Do you vote for him because you strenu-

ions of Gen. Taylor on

and what course of action in relation (hereto, than there is that the Missis-1 sippi river empties intotbe Gulf ol Mex-

ico.

If any persons in New England, or elsewhere, are weak enough suppose | that Gen. Taylor would desert his j Southern friends and his own interest, in bis action upon this subject, they may undeceive themselves at once.— 1 We all know him 10 the “ heart and

soul” with us on that

matter.

A ery truly yours, &c., Albert G. Saundeks.

must expect all this, and be prepared to meet it, as becomes honest men and true freemen and patriots, trusting and hoping for success noib, but knowing, that whether we succeed now or not,

final success is certain, for “ Freedom’s fight, when once begun, Though baffled oft, is ever won.”.

Dead as Julius Ca'.sar!—The editor of the New York Day Book, well known as formerly connected with the N. Y.

all-important I Courier and Enquirer, and still an ar-

dent, uncompromising whig, utters the following frank confession:—^In fact the head of the Whig parly is chopped 1 off, and its heart is broken. It is dead

Who wants a Husband?—Ad verbs- as Julius Caisar, and its resurrection ing for wives is becoming quite com- will be. slow. mon. We find two such advertisements ^ in tiie Tribune. One is a gentleman John Van Buren tells a good story, with $1,500 a year, who seeks a wife alluding to the slight quantity of prinof ‘•evangelical piety, of good looks, ciple in either the Cass or Taylor parnot over 28!” The other is more i ties, of a man, who, being taken ill, was shrewd in his expectations. He has a ' told that nothing would save him but to “moderate property” and needs a lady | drink a quart of catnup tea. “Then 1 of “small fortune,” besides the good must die,” said the poor man, “for I looks; piety not being mentioned. don’t hold but a pint!”

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TO MERCHANTS.

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L. B. WILLIAMSON,

\ YTOULD respectfully inform the merchant's of V V the vicinity, that he has establi. lied a house,at Indianapolis, for the purpose of soiling goods at wholesale, and at wholesale only; anil pledges Rimsell to sell us low as they eon be bought west of the mountains. His stuck will consist of Vrelfassorted limey mid staple dry goods, such tu he trusts will be

suitable to the market.

His'stock ol' Prints is large and well selected, embracing every variety of style and pattern. Those wisiiing to purchase,an solicited tocalland

examine for themselves. L. B. WILLIAMSON,

Washington street, nearly opposite the Branch Bank,

at Walpole’sb (I sland.

Indianapolis, Sept. 22,1848, 5

A i.MAN Y'S! ALMANACS! ALMANACS’— f\. DR. D. J A V N E would hereby inform the pul - lie that he publishes annually for gratuitous dicir'litition, by himself and all his Agtnts, an Alnian: c

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Jayne’s Medical Almanac, AND (jUlDE TO HEALTH. The calculations for this Almanac are made with great .■.are and accuracy, and for five diflerent latitudes and Longitudes, so as to make them equally useful m a Calendar in .-very pan of the U. States and British North America. They are princoa on good paper, and with handsome new type, anti are neatly hound, and besides being the neatest and most acemato Calendar printed in the United States, they contain a large amount of valuable information, suited to the wartts of all, and of that kllid’, too, which cannot beloutnl in books. IDS CATALOGUE OF DISEASES, with remarks and diieetinns'fbr their removal is really invaluable, and makes them welcome visitors in every limi.-e they enter. Every family should potvsess.ai least one of those Annuals. His Almanac for 1819 is now realty tor dn irihinion, ot wliidi ho dbSigns to publish at least 7 wo Millions, and in rnd'-r that every family j'n the United Sia'tes and British America may be furnish, d with a copy, be-heteby invites M Eke ll.\ N TS A ND S T < )R EE EE i ’E US to forward their orders to him as early us possible and they shall Li supplied GRATUITOUSLY with as many qopu-s as they may deem necessary to supply ifieir vaiimii eu-doniers. They are al.o invited at the same link-, to send a copy of their " BUSINESS CARD.'’ which will he printed and placed on the cover of the Ali'nunucs sent (hem,also without charge. They .me also .requested to give all necessary directions how the Almimaes should be for warded to them. By law they cannot be sent by mail unless the postage is first paid on them here. Orders (post-paid) directed .t. DR. 1>, JAYNE, Thiladelphia. wilt meet with prompt attention. FAMiLi'Ktf can obtain the-e ALM ANACS. prfttisoT p. ('h’AICUK \ n. and TOMLINSON BROTHERS, Sign of the Uoltlon Mortar, Indianapolis, ‘Bid., And all who are Agents for the sale of Dr. .lavno’s Celehrated Family iVIedicincs. 4 DENTISTRY. j..') G. C. HUNT odors his professional services to 3 . this community ; liis olltetJ is at the I a tt! residence of his brother, where tho public can rely on having whole or partial sets of teeth inserted, or any operation in Dentristry satisfactorily performed. We, tlie undersigned, take pleasure in recommending P. G. C. Hunt to tho patronage of tlibcommunity, com i.l. ting him wi ll skilled in (Re science of Dt ninety, as we have known him to have been uiidc-r ill.: instruction of his brother, D. P. Hunt,-'Ideebased,')' for a long time, ami from our personal inspection of his work, we believe lie will render satisfaction to tin se who may employ him. CHARLES PARRY, M. 1). J. L. MOTHERSIIF.AI), M. D. Indianapolis, Sept. T848. 4 I)AY 1D CRAIGHEAD, WHOLESALE AND R F. T Alt! DEAI.V.R IN Drugs, Medicines, Pa iaits, Otis, VartiisSies, Dye Stuffs, Glass Ware, Window Glass, Fully, While Lead, Ac., In ilia i lapel i a, In (Liana. N. B.—Particular attention <'iyvb to filling prescriptions, mid compounding medicines. HARDWARE A1VD < G TLEItY.^ JUST received, an nxtensivo assortment of hard- " ware and Cutlery, expressly selected lor Upmarket. The undersigned have also the agency for the sale of Medearis and Martin’s celebrated patent PLATFORM. SCALES, U'eighing from 600 to 20,000 lbs., yll of which are (WafrantSi correct. T-her are expected daily, and will 1 bo sold fit factory prices, Ireiglit added. Persons in want of articles; in pur line are respectfully requested to call and examine them, and our prices, TERMS—Cash or approved produce. KELLOGG A- DAVID.- ON, ■1 Sign of the Big Padlock W. It. GREI.lf, E. COBURN. GREER &, COBURN, Attorneys & Counsellors at Law, Indianapolis, Indiana. YTTILL promptly attend to any proleosional bttW sin.ces entrusted to thorn in this and thaneighboririM counties of the State.' Strict attention will be given to the collection and securing ol' debts. Office on Meridian, two dooVs north of Washington Street. : ■ i" . : . ■ ’ NEW GOODS. rpH E subscriber has just returned from the Eastern .1. Cities, and is now opening at bis Store, corner of Washington and Meridian Stfceis, Sign of the Saw, a very extensive assortment of articles in the Hardware line, which have been purchased at reduced prices, and will he disposed of at lower rates than ever befoivat this place. Call and examine be fore buying. 3 A1 ,EX AN PER G R AY DON. J llT received at (f RA Y DON ’3, Si(>n of the Sa w, ,1 a large •assortment of Augurs, ot Slack’s, and other best makers; also, Millwright Chisels, morticing and 'firmer chisels, turning chisels and gouge?,, corner chisels, blind chisel's, hollow augurs ; broad, hand, and chopping axes, of Hunt’s, ColUns’s, or Matin’s manufacture; Coopers’ tools, assorted; currier's‘tools, assorted, &.c. 3

S. BECK AND TELLY, Manufacturers and Whole sale and Detail Dsatasin II A T S A N l> C APS, Sign of I lie City Hat Factory. OPPOSITE WASHINGTON HALL, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, \ RE constantly manufacturing and receiving from the Eastern Cities, a splendid assortment of Hats aad Caps, which they offer at the lowest possible rates for cash, and to which they call the attention of country dealers and the public generally. Latest New York and Paris fashions always on hand, Wr Cash paid for Beaver, Otter, Racoon, Mink. Deer, and Bear skins. 5

BLACKSMIT31’S TOOLS. I UPT received at GRAYDON'P, Sign of the Paw, .1 a full assortment of Bellows, English Anvils, Solid Box and Common Vices, Screw Fifties, Sledges, and Hammers, &c. 3

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SMITH. SMITH

V. C..HANNA.

A HANNA,

W It O 1. K S A T. r. AND RETAIL DEALERS I N DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CONFECTIONARY, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, AND STRAW GOODS. ALSO—t IRON, NAILS AND CASTINGS, AND A GENERAL STOCK OF Foreign and Domestic Liquors.

rpiIEY purchase all sorts of Produce, and pay cash J and Goods therefor. They oiler their goods for sale at the lowest market rates lor readv pay. Store opposite Brunch Bank, Indianapolis. DOUGLASS & ELDER. BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, Indianapolis, Ind. Cilice in Blake's building, on Wash!rigton street, opposite Brownings Hotel.