Indiana American, Volume 13, Number 10, Brookville, Franklin County, 6 March 1846 — Page 2

FOREIGN IJEWS.. j ARRIVAL OF Til E Strain Sliip Carabria. rrat chants in the Commercial Palicy! 'iptaloflhe Corn fiics.'! Triumph cf IWe Fruit.'!.' Pacific Neil. Tiia news by ihe steamship Cambria rMcbe.l Boston on Thursday, and was immediately seuthy Expiess t New York nod thence lo Philadelphia. By our own special express, we have receivad it from the latter city, and lay before our readers copious evtracis from the latest English papers. The news is of the most gratifying-kind. We have no space now to-do more than to refer to hastily made selections. Parliament has assembled. The Queen's

message is cntirel y pacific. Expressions of regret are ma le thai the difficulties between th.it country and the United, Stales relative to Oregon, are yet unsettled. Cin. Haz. The steamship Cambria, commanded by our excellent and esteemed friend, Capt. Judk;u-, lakes out to-day the most importeM and giatifying intelligence that ever lfi the .shores of Great Britain. Sir Robert Peel England's powerful and brilliant Minister has developed his future commercial policy. It is at once simple and comprehensive; and under its operation ihe exchanae of commodities between this country (England) and the United Slates, -.nil b- carried to an extent, End will be mutually productive of advantages, greater, to quote, not irrevently, the words of the sacreJ volume "than he eye hath yet seen, or the heart hath co.iceived." The new scheme embraces, wUh a full sense of their importance the piinciples of free trade repudiates all protection for pommerce, nainufrtctures, and agriculture; -id mils corn duly free, at the end of three years, with' a scale, in the interim, which wiil nrnbablv oscillate boltvee-n four and six shillings per quarter, and at once inits Indian com and buckwheat free of all duty whatever. To the details of this greal measure we earnestly entreat the attention of oar commercial readers. We beg to refer them lo the speech itself, and to. iMir remnrks upon it. Great Britain, at the present moment, is in a blaze of excitement; mn talk and think of nothing else; ihey have set their hearts iipon securing the great fiscal scheme, for the regenera- ; -!

lion of the country, which the premier has ; other charges, hitherto paid onto! the laid before Parliam-ent, and ihey desire to j county rates, such as the expenses of concurtail the period fixed for the tolal extiue- j victing prisoners, of prosecutions tt sesstion i fllie Corn Laws. The friends of j inns, the education of work house children,

peace and progression, on this side of the water, hope earnestly and sincerely hope that ihe new policy will bind America to us by ihe lies of amity, brotherhood, and interest, and that the miserable squabbling about a barren waste will give oaway to more liberal, civilized and comprehensive vijws. The immediate effects of the new tariff on the most prominent articles of American exports we have noticed elsewhere. Altogether the subject in :ls various phases,

is the most important ihut ever crossed i out tlie new course of action on which he the Ail mtic sincethe introduction of ocean j h;;s now entered without a struggle, and a navigation; anJ all that is now wanting, is j desperate strusJle, too, wi h the powerful for the Government and the people of the j interests which believe th-'m-elves to be United Stales to meet us , in a kind spirit, j jeopardised. The protectionists are b elaud in ihe true spirit of commerce and of j i"2 with fury, and the language recently friendship, for?l the pa?t, and run a gen- j held in the House of Lords by the Dukes erous race of mutual happiness and pros- '; of Richmond and Buckingham, indicates perity for the future. I 'he tierce passion which s.vay the breasts Peal's Financial ScheniB. t British landlords towards ihe most

Oar columns to-dav furnish evidence of i the irteat revolution which has taken place ' in the Duhlic mind relative to the fiscal 1 policy of the country. Governments, it is notorious, in all highly civili.ed countries, are always conservative always in arrear of people's requirements. Il is certainly so in Fiimland; it is more or le?s so in other countries making allowance for ihe difference of moral and physical causes. The minister who carries out Beiuham's axiom of "'ihe greatest number,'' will bet serve ihe interests of hum miiy, and fulfil its own high destiny. But when the representative priiu-ip'e is at work; where the public mind possesses sufficient mte gence to grasp creat truths, and desires their embodiment in action, all that the State Pilot has to do, is to be the instrument of realizing an enlightened policy on the s ife principles and with the most tender r -;jard for ihe interests feelings and symp uhies of all cas?s for those who have suffered by the previous policy. This course of action describes, in a few words tbe secret and success of Sir Robert Peel's ministerial career. It has b-en alleeo1 ajainsl hnn, that he never anticipates always lais behind public amnion. Il is true, lie is essentially a patlienlar man, and never jeopardises sue - cess by experimental trickery. The body n.!ii like nor nhvsical frame, was form - eJ by nobler uses. The dissection of a dead body, for the puipose of sacrifice research, is a'.l very well in "Us way; but the livir.2 sensitive flesh, shrinks with horror from ihe mmlicaiion of the knife in the

hands of bo! '. vid ruthless quackery. 'I he i enormous sums in. as they term it, educacharaeteristie features of the English mind ting the national mind, and now that they are reflected in the career of ihe plebeian have advanced to the gates of monopoly P.eniier. He has tact judgment and a now that their former antagonist is on his thorough appreciation of character. Once ' knees repeating the orisons he has learned in scion hi3 indomitable energy braves from them, they in ty bJ pardoned, per-

all dan ers. bfars down all opposition. Keen, cvitinm, searchins and self-relying, the Mininer who now sways ihe desti - nies of F. inland would, in a private capac - ity. had he been born to il say as a tnerchant o a manufacturer have speedily attained greatness amongst the merchant nr ii w ,1:1V? hut nlavino an infinitely more important part on the great stage of! life, with a nation for his audience, liee.ie ita m-orivhi-imini nlaudits from the spec tators-all are elated at his masterly per f.nr aiipa cftvrt A few nerttirbed spirits m jhe dress boxes a handful of dukes, lordlings :.nd booby squires to whom the humanising influence of the document is most unpardonable. p-t th; Darliameni3ry remarks are " keer n us from lh& object at wincn we decire to arrive to point out to oo..r readers the most striking features in the plan j for tlie fiscal regeneration of the country,: w!iirhSir Robert Peel in a lour noui s sfeech, introduced to the House of Comir issioners, on the 27th instant, in that speech he look an elbaorate review of ihe f seal condition of the country, and announced ihe rejection of duty on a number of articles which press upon the comnltoral interests. He im pressed upou the manufacturers ihe necesity of preparing for the advent of free rale. by g'uing up whatever lnuiteJ ajintrpi4 eutisa laey n enjoy frora

foreign competition in the shape of prohibitory duties: and the duties so imposed he announced his intention of reducing to a nominal amount. Cut this appeal to the

manufact titers is useless; they have long ,,. ... .u i c , f all protecting duties: they have declared . 1 , '. .. . , , . i that they seek for no aid beyond free scope for the exercise of their talents in the open markets of the world; and have olten said in substance to the agriculturist "do tiou likewise." The timber duties are to undergo a revision, but into the details of the change lie did not enter, reserving it for another day. Tor the reduction on tallow, on paper hansinss. on soar) and candle;-, on boots I and shoes, on foreign spirits, on cjfyerand other seed, on provisions, (fresh and salted) on vegetables, or. -foreign-made carriages, we must tf fer. to our amp's report of the speech i'.sel f in another col urtm. We can !a little more than indicate in this place, current calamo, the primary heaJsof all the scheme. Sugar, that great article of Colonial produce, which, next to corn law, has been most virulently assailed on account of the tenacity to which the Minister has clung in securing it from competi-! lion is stiil to be more or less protected Slave-grown sugar he still regarded as an abomination; but the duly on foreign free labor sugar is to be reduced 3s. Gd. per cent. The corn laws he proposes to abolish totally and unconditionally, on the first of February, 1840, and in thfi mean time, a modified sliding scalo is to be submitted for the one at present in existence. For instance, when the price of Com is under 3S shillings, the duty will be 10, when above 48s, and under 49j. 9-, and so on, the duty declining Is with a rise in ihe when price of Is until the price reaches 53s a permanent duty of 4s is to lake place. In order to propitiate the landlmd class, sums of money are ta be-advanced by the Government for the improvement of agii-ad-jculture. The law of settlement is to be altered, so tnat, arter a servitude or residence of five years in a manufacturing district, the peasant who has left the plow for the factory, must receive pirochial aid, if he requires it, from the place of the adoption, not the place of his nativity; the same with regard . lo his children and his widow. Moreover, the highway rates are to be remodelled on a plan which is to save a tug at the agrieultt.ial purse; and various j . 1 1. I 1 : . I . ! I i r it c, are to be paid tn future by the htate. In a otd, tho new scheme is as near an approximation lo the principles of free trade as can be safely consistent with ihe policy of a country which has its credit to support, and the interest of an overwhelming national debt to pay. Sir Robert Peel has acknowledged the principle that duties j ought to be levied for revenues tuid noi for protection, and his future policy, it is clear, will be directed to lhat end. But it would be too much to assume that he can carry clear heaileJ. practical sutesmm of hi age. Agriculturalists, they say cu.inotex-i isi without protection, but Peel says it must exist without it at the en 1 of thiee years. Hi has pitied against him ihe aristocracy; at Hast ihe insolvent portion of it. who live from hand to month by their rents, and cannot submit to any diinunition, however slight, even with permanent profit in pro speclive. I his is not slight or contempt!- j b!e opposition, but worst? remains behind. ; The ultra free traders insist upon the re-j peilofihe Corn laws bein immediate. They treat with scorn the ihree year's; grace to ihe landlords, and maintain lhat j i-. justice can only be propitiated by instant concession. 1 hey talk uoout the plunder : of the past as amongst the reasons why! thai, nt.ii.nl Ij.lar.lAv.Al.jrV r.rtlifnl1ir3 ! . y ULI.IIIUI iwi. Itlll, ...FlL.J IX. .11. VI IV. Thus arrayed, the hostile Ooces face each other with scowling front, and in the central stands Peel, lojkinz aravely on, preserving a placid dignity in the midst of the onslaught from cither party. In the House of Commons he is Omniootcn', and how ever furiously tuc war ni-iy rage out of' doors, it is believed that h li! be enabled, to carry his Tariff by a nnjoiiiy of eighty,; : certainly by more than fifty. When maticrs come 10 a crisis, ami me iree traders - - i.i.-r ..i j in ihe popvlar branch of ihe Legislature ; have lo deci le between sacrificing Peel ! and his plans, ihey will become, it is believcd. less crotchety and m re practical. Unquestionably, the present advanced position of the free trade principle is the result of their energy and enterprise; they have encountered great drudgery & spent haps, for th indul-'once of the vanity that j waits upon success. Hut alter ail, aisguise j il as they may, Peel is theii man and ihey 1 know it. Public opinion is with him; he is i the Minister of Ihe commercial worl I, ihe -favorite of the capitalists, and supported : moreover, by the middle classes. Heyields ! a moral power which the peers dare nut - bsave. Dismiss I 'eel. ropudi ito hia meas- - J v;i es, and who is i succeed him? Lord J. Russell? Would free traders a ivance or - 1 retrograde in lus keeping i i oweriess a mongsl the peers, and not ovjrbutlhcned with oonularitv in the country, he is not cert3inly the Atlas lo bear the load which the crisis involve-. He might ultimately succsed, but the cjnfl'.cl would be protrac - tod. even to tbf absorption possibly of the ., .. , .i . I mree years which ts me i io.- uitumcmioo. uuu"ln"""' Looking at the question, ihen, in every

point of view, takins into aefnanl the pre-1 fluted the States of 'the Rio de la Plata. . -.- i . -, i ir,. A.ri..,. .-it

ser.i posuion oi parties, me aaveui u a uc election, the flush of triumph which man-. ties the cheeks of the Free-traders, thei gloom and anger which reigns in the (aces of the protectionists reviewing lb e stale I of ihe registry, ihe condition of the food -market, our relations wiih the U. Stales, j the absence of an excitement except on the ; creat question of free, trade we arrive at ' the conclusion, not only that Sir Robert i IVel w;ll pas his new tariff triumphantly, j t'tst -.3 wi;l dio in the Present Par- I t'.iF1;

Opening of Parliament We Lave given at considerable length the proceedings in the llonee of Commons on the first n in-lit "of the eession-wben the

niini6teri.il ami the opposition leaders both volunteered explanations on tha orcum stances, which led to the la! late ministerial crisis. These rxplanations now belong to history, Ttieir interest is merged in the still greater plans lor the futura, which the financial scheme of the Premier has developed- The personal feelings and jealousies of public in;n arc only interesting to the world n proportion as they bear upon, and influence great questions in which , the world takes an interest. Enough remiins to thow that th present Cabinet, be lore ts dissolution, was. trie scene of very - . . 1. . I'luuiii,-!'-. ar.u il w.ouiu appear, noi very arnicablr controversy on the rreat topic of I lfhe pe.nJtj's fiod. I ho result sent poor Lord Wlnmcliffe ta his last account, and Lord Stanley to the opposition benches. Having bcenthus purged of the irritation, the rcmiining component parts of the Cabinet united a-iin as cordially as if nothing had occurreiTto mar their harmony. Peel, it would seem, supported b two or three of hig colleagues, wished to open t'ie ports for the admission of Corn, duty free. when tin potato disease became alarming. The najorty of Cabinet opposed his views. and went in a body to the Isle of Wight, i where the Queen was then sta-yine, and placed their resignations in her hands The subsequent rssii-ltsare patent to the world. 'Po Lord John Uufsel was confided be task o: forming a Cabinet, which broke down through ihe difference between Lords Grey and Pa!:nrstun. Oiu Republican readers who take an interest in the style of j communication between tie Sovereign and her advisers for the time baing, will peruse the notes which the present and the expeci tant Premier addressed to her .Majesty during the M nisterial interregnum. The grammuical construction of the notes has undergone much toruire by the Sun repor- ; ters of the rival statertnan in the press. ! S,r lii;bert Peel was "never very happy in I his epistolary correspondence; and the notes f of f.nrtl .Inhn If n 1 1 n ra nrtthinrT hilt niG. !wV" - - - 7 :.: . . w.v. j men, in their way, are able and polishe-J iinen, but when ingenuity put itself on the j rack to "pick a hole" in the syntax of those who rule empires, the attempt, prompted by the high literary talent which the ISng I lish pri'ss exhibits, is certainly not unsucjcebsful. If greatness has its 6weets, it has j also its acidity; and aia.'inst the penalties j which public me 1 pay fr popularity, not i tuc least annoying is, the dissection which tho ans"T.,,aists o'the -fourth estate" apply " to all whom they love ii"t; th higher the gam", the more earnestly is tha labor of performed. On tho first niht of the session the interest centered in the Ministerial explanations. These explanations were principally confined to thu popular branch of the Ugi islature, for the theme was evidently dis tasteful to tho Eeceder, Lord Stanley. On a subsequent night however t,h,e Duke of Richmond called upon the Duke of Wellington to supply Lis veteion, and he prefacej t,,. request by asking whether the hero of a hundred fights had received her Majesty's permission to do se. Tho Duke with the frankness and promptness which mark his conduct, immediately launched into a history of tho affair. It was a very differ' em st:iry from that of his oily and appearance loving colleague at the head of the government. The cabinet differed about the Corn laws and resigned. The Duke j disliked the repeal of these laws, but he dis liked a diffiirence in the Cabinet more. To preserve unanimity of opinion he was ready lo sacrifice any law to give up any pet scheme. Accordingly, when the Whigs, through divided councils, broke down, Sir Uubeit "eel wrote to the Duke, who was m lhe eountry at the time, telling him that he vyoulumeet Pailiamem alone, if necessary, and proiiose a repeal of the Corn laws. The Duke immediately gave in his adhesion, and highly praised the "pluck" of his rght Hon. friend in coming to such a detirniiiiation: i; was what he would have do.ie himself under the pressure of similar circumf tances. Altogether, the Dnko a ex planation showed how differently education and character cause men lo view the same facts. Thi larger and comprehensive vist ion of the statesman contracts amusingly in this instance, with the narrower ransre of the military disciplinarian. If the protectionist party in Parliament, and tne country, nre neither nmnericnll) strong, nor intellectually powerful, thy make ur for thai r we ikneis by incessant cla ior a:ul grumbling. They are maddened by Pee I'd tergiversation; and curses loud and dee.p accompany their execration of the man w U'un they placed in office, to betray them. Hat a good deal of this ang;r is stimulated. Alter all, it is only the I egg rly portion of the aristocracy those whose estates are mortgaged as high as the tilt?- li it nrntlio ralninikr.iiie nnnnnAni j ( fr(1,,,ra.. The solvent, wealth nnr.;n f kno.v we'! t!;at with free trade ; the g'iier.il prosperity of ihe country must - .i -. - .. improve, rniu mat agriculture, like every other interest, cannot fail to be the recipient of increased jjiin from increased trade and commerce. Ai.thing can take irom the agriculture the .: i : t pro. c w men me native grower nas over, the foreign nup-irter; the freights, changes, and expenses, which must always accompa ny tho transmission of a heavy article like grain, amount, in the aggregate, to a con siderable bo i;iy in favor of;the native over the impo-.ting farmer and merchant. Nevertheless, to hear.lhc waitings and Iamenta. lions of the pro-corn party in Parliament and elsewhere, persins ignorant of the fact would believe lhat, in a densely populated i country like ours, which is increain2 at i . . .4 r ... ti e i. every three years, the price of bread will become so cheap as to ruin all who are engaged in its production. Queen's Speech. My Lird$ a-iJ Gent-emeu: It gives mo great satisfaction to meet you in Parliament, and to have an opportunity of recurring to your assistance and advice. I continue to receive from my allies and "rom other Foreign Powers, the strong, est assurance of the desire to cultivate the in st friendly relations with this country. i reioicrinat in concert with tho Lmsaror j of Russia, and through lhe success of our j joint msdiation, I have been able to adjust ! uiiier.Micea which hau long prevailed be. ' vco. lto'nin nd the King of j ' ersia, noa uiu seriously endangered the! trannnilli tvof the East. Knr..vpMl ,.CJ j .i,,sr,ia.inT anA ,., .,,r,n k,. ..- commerce oi an niuon3 has be m inter rupted, and acts of barbarity hive been comuiilted. uak'io vii to tha practice of & civilized neonle. In conjunction with the Kin-r of ihe French, I a n endeavoring to effect a! pacification of .h.);e States, i Tiie Co ivenlion coTicluded with France, . in the course of last year, for tne more ef-tectn-il suppression ot 'tin slave trade, is! about to h ; carried into iin neJnte ex jjii-: lion hy the active e.i-(iter.itio:i -if the ia-.i Powers on tb s c ist of fiK-i. It if tii; desire that our pre.-fiit u-iion, an 1 th? good understanding which s- hipoiiy exists be- '

tween us. may ohvivs ii; employed to pro- : mote the interests of huuiniitv. ana to se, cure the peace of the wori.f. I regret tha-: the conflicting clainu of (i.eat Britain and., the United States in respect to the territory .' on the North-Western roaat of .Vncriea, ; although they Lave bien m xie. the subject ! of repeated negotiation, Fiill remain unset- ! tied. You may be iiid thit r..o effort I consistent with national Ion or shall bj w in- !

ting onmy part to brinw thit jiestiori to an ; eariy aim peaccfu2.eru-.iiia:io:i. Gentlemen tf the IFiuseof Cim-ni'ts, The-estimates for the vear will he before you. at an early pcrioi. Akhmgh I am deeply sensible o''th importance ot enforcing economy in all branches "f tin exnendltiirik VOI f rin-.-A l.nan f..iM-iol:l hv 11 (jue rc . ..t... . - ird to the exigencies of the public service, and to the slats of our Vivil and -iiuiiary u,siablishni!i its, to propos-i 9 im increase in the estiinit;s i h;ch provide for their efficiency, lr.. r ., - .... r r,. ,-.p i i nave observed, with, top rcrM. me VCTV frpn'llnl ni.-lnM.. ;n I,; K 1 r ri mn I of deliberate assasaina'i n !n bnen of lite r-tm n. : . n J : r i t . ' -it i -I..,.. I to consider whether ny maisure cm be devispd calculated to give increased protec lion to life and t brng to justice Ih-. p-r- j netrators nf a-iilrpnli.il a prim I have t.i lament, that, in consequence of the lailu.e ' -iniea rvinguom, Hie a win o? a usiuuni sunrilv of an article of food which forms tho chief subsistence of gre it nu nbers omy people. 1 he disease by winch i L-? pi nit his b.? ;n affected has prevailed to the utmost extent in Ireland. I have aJ ,t.?d ! I such precautions as it was in my ver to alopt for the purposa of alleviating tho S!ITerins which may be caused by this calamity, and I eliall confidently rely on you. o-operati m in devising auch other ibj im for effecting the same benevolent p'ji-p.is... as may req lire the sanction of the Lezislitu e. I havo had grot satisfaction m jiving- my asent to the measures which yon hive presented to ma from time to time, laleulued to extend Commerce, and to stim-ilite domestic skill and industry, by the re,).! of prohibitory and the relaxation of pr.itojti vo duties.

The prosperous state of i h Revenue, the r, r tr- , T increased demand for laW, and the general j T;e"AUr onj.-e have receivimprovement which, ha9 takso place in the i e " l'!0 nrs of ibis slandad work of internal condition of the c untrv, are stronj ! history. It is worth all the works ever testimonies in favor ot U,3 course you have j wrllle,, bv p , Nt,veIis.s which pursued, 1 reoommind yoj taka into your j .luvtiis.s, wniui tme early consideration whether the principles' 'oded. our country for sc. many years, upon which you hive acted may not with I advantage be yet more extensively applied.! Fatal Duel. From the Eastern papers whether it may not be in yonr power, a'ler vve Iearn ,hat J(lel toofe , Richa careiui review of the existing d'jties u.ioi I . ' many articles, the produce or manuf.ictur mo,,,1 Va-' between Joun H. Plesast, of other countries, to nuka such farther ! editor of the Richmond Whig, and Tiids. reductions and remissions as may tend to I RICII:I;) j r. editor of the Richmond Ennuiinsure i r.p rnnti nmnA of tl,.. .T k-. tt T

vv VVUinmilOly 1 til . UVil .HL3 ( to wbjch I have advened, and, by enlarging our commercial intercourse, to strengthen the bonds of amity with Foreign Powers, j Any measures which y.r.i inav ad o.it fori effecting these great objects will, I im convinced , be accompanied by s ich precautions j as shall prevent permanent loss totlu llev enue, or injurious results to any of the g.-eit interests or the country. I have full reliance on your just and dispa,-ionat3 consideration of matters so deeply affeetin; the public welfare. It is my earnest pnyer that with tha Blessings of IXvino Providence on your councils, you may b? enabled to promote friendly feelings b ; two en diiforent classes of my subjects, provide addition al security for the contin iinre of pe icc. i and to maintain contentment and happin-j-s ; at home, by increasing the omforts of the great tndy of my people. The ti'iecn emphasised the portion of th': speech which referred to tti3 conlinuincn ot peace and to the reduction of the I'ariff. Her Majesty having concluded her aJdreas, rose from the throne, and quitteJ th? House with tha same state. The Earl of Homo moved the adJress in a brief speech, in which he ghnci.l at most of the topics touched upon in Ui.i speech from -the Throne. He concluded with read, ing the words of the address, which merely echoed the speech. Lord De Itos seconded tin a Ure?, and expressed a lopo 'hat the pieiiio relations ' with America would not be disturbed by the vjregon dispute. The Duke of Richmond m ido an angrv at'Ttck on tho policy of Sir R i'jjrt Poel aa'i tho conduct of the Anti-Corn la a Lai u. Lord Stanley stated that he loft the Cab inet becau.se he thought that the proposed scheme would not give Biiflicient protection to the agriculturists. The aJdresa was carried withntt a divis. ion, tiitlresiing Calamity. We copy thu j following from tho St. Louis Republican the (th inst. The wifa and two children of Marehal M. Strong, of Racine, Wisconsin Territo" ry, ere burned to death on the 27tli of January, The fire broke out about one o'clock in the morning-. Mrs Strong, in at tempting to save her children, was over whelmed by the flames, and fell senseless on the flonr. Her two young children were asleep in their bed. The servant girl, the only other person, m idj her es i . . . . . cape, nut wittiout beinr able to ffive an assistance to the mother or her chilJren.--They perished together! What renders this deplorable catastrophe more hiarfror.di mg, the husband and father was absent at : tho seat of Government at the Territorial Legislature, little dreaming that the dread ful element was ruthles'ly destroying all that was most dear to him. The late .Mrs. Strong-will be recognized by many friends! throughout th United States as Missl Hanko, formerly of Mrs. WilnrJ's Troy j ll'an..!. . l.- ..... ;.n

mediately despa ched to Mr. Strong, at i r'er KeP'f anaiogemMadison. . er wiih the Dutch, lake the city. For ourI seif. we doubt it would open a dark pro-

& ciiutc Ol'llllllarv rvil ti- lirss v a 3 im05r- petition was recently p.-eited in the Ohio legislature from 'John Noel, of Jackson county, praying that ( : orgcj R ideoaugh be divorced from bis wife, an 1 that sho ba given to the petitioner, in p ;rsu nice of a previous contract of marriagi. Should liken know what the wiinin haj to say about it. Horrid Mcrde.i! Tin folio vin; is a narrative of one of the tnastsh ocking mir- ' dcrs that ever occurred in this State: ' fo the Editor) f he I.ouitxiUe Journal: Kissellvii.lk, Ky., F.b. 17, H41, A most distressing in-irder hn just been committed in our town. A youn mm' named John George, of rjipeetable cm- i nectione, attempted to sed ice a Miss Jack- j son of this town failing in his atte n,its to ' sedace her, and fearing that it win Id be! made public, he tola by tha win 1 w of the i young lady'a room, raise ! it. an I sii it Her.' after waking her and m iking himself k n.vn, ' He tied. Tlie report alarmed the ftmily ! who ran to her ronn and found her dyin.r. ' She livoJ only two hours, but lo ij en Hr. to disclose everything. It is pro'j.bJe th i , lb young nun his g is to Louisville, as! he luj his clothes all picked and emveyeli to ll i.vling (Jroen a d iy or two a" , for the purpise of taking th; first boat. Vo-irs, in haste", J,3IS:!VL-

A YIEUICAN. BftOOKVILLE, INDIANA-

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1846. The Foreign .Viir.. The news from Eigland is of an important commercial character. Sir R mert Peel's movements I Uim,., the snl.ipn r th rtriiidi rr!., iff I ! .. , . . . " I ; miners oi me liveliest interest. Hut are these m veinents and talk in earnest, and in aood faith, or only intended for the time. ' lo operate upon the present American j Congress. We h pe A nericans will not be c night in such a trap. The English are well alvised of our movenvnts; they know nearly as ueii as vve do when certain irreal matters w.U ba ai.ate.l in Pmmr... SII'J l.lC V H nO W I II I 39 well hfl-.v In (moral a 1 ! If E igiand will reduce her Tjirirtn the hre:ldi,,ifi s 10 2U, or 30 per cent, then let m reduce our taiifflo the -ame per cl on le nianilraPlured good3 impor,ed Srom " ' ' num K'irope. But if England should rrduce ncr larnton Bacon, Flour, Corn, &c. down i i 5) per cent, it is no reason we should "e off all our Tariff, in order to meet them ! m principles of reciprocity. There is no :,.,. . -. ,, . j rec'Prot er TnZ M now more than double curs, and we h ive no doubt j ihey expect, by great talk and no cider to . , . , j et Ui t0 ablrldon ri.T, Thai is all they want. ( 1 Illinois. The Democracy of Illinois ! have held Sito r,. t..; .1 ... i -'wv vuuvr iiiiiin i in miniumted for Governor Col. A. C. French, of Paletin. We snppose the whigs vviJI make no opposition, they are so hopelessly in the minority. rer, on the 23 th of F;b. They met by agreement armed wiih pistols, swords, and sword canes. They were stationed a'mut 20 J yards apart, and rushed at each other, to cut and slay as best they could. It is siateJ that Pleasants was fatally wounded, and died in a fe w hours, and that Richie was seriously, but not dangerously, cut across the face, from, mouth, lo ear. The difficulty grew out of a controversy in their respective papers. We have not learned which was the challenging party. " t0rT8Sp0nrl3nce 01 tne Ind. American. Cincinnati, March 3J. 184G. Mr. Clarkson: - Being in somewhat of a gossiping humor to-day, I have concluded to sit down and give yon n biida-eye view of Cincinnati; and first of tho weather. Tliis, at present, is the all absorbing subject. Il is in every body's mouth, and in every holy's shoes. For the last week it has been decidedly miscellaneous rain, snow, sleet, and slosh. To day there is a warm, sun, the pavements are swimming in water and snow broth, and the same articles diip merrily through awning cloths, and spatter down from the signs, much to the damage o;"calf skin and beavers. It is thought by some that we have had an earthquake here. Saveral gentlemen of ihe first respectability, who were seated in a barroom at the liineofits supposl occurrence, declare that they felt a peculiar undulaiing and vibratory motion, totally unl accountable on any other hypothesis: and j that it was of so much force as nearly to j throw ihem from their seats! We did not ' feel it, however; though we might, perhaps, i had we been in lhat bai-room. Qur Leg- : islature adjourned yesterday, after a labo rious sessionof three months; during which time they have been exceedingly busy in "doing nothing, and pileing it up." We saw Flinn's whiskers this morning, whereupon we concluded he had returned to town, and in a few minutes he hove in sight. Evidently, two dollars a day and roasi beef Bgree wiih him, for certainly, we never saw a man of finer rotundity, or who lo iked mure as if he could "eat a bullock at a meal, and pick his leeth with the horns." His whiskers look a little crispy, though, since his fight with Trimble, and the censure of the House thereupon. The grand project for bridging the Ohio, between this city and Covington, is blown up; or at least blown into the middle of next year, when the Legislature again meet. The ostensible reasons for opposition to it are, that it will decrease the value of real estate on this side, and obstruct navigation. Rut the real reason is, that if a bridge is built, all the blacks of Kentucky will flock . , , . , . . . , . . ! Pect 10 lhe ""ckeyes, Yankees, and whites generally, who do now quietly inhabit this ; region, llusiness is dull here, just now, but new goods are beginning to arrive, and it will soon be brisk. The Pork packers look blue. They have so much grease on iheir fingers this year, lhat silver wont stick to ihem. Two hundred an 1 eighty thousand hogs have given up the ghost this seas in. A fellow from up in the State told us ih it if lid mentioned the word "'Cincinnati" in the hearing of his hogs, their bristles were up in a minute; and they would be so frightened lhat he cotild'nt call ihem with corn or swill for a week. Like enough. The atmosphere of the place evidently doos not agree with the race. The Eastern niiil arrives here now, in the morning about 1 1 o'clock A. M. and about 12 o'clock leaves for Louisville, where il arrives 21 hours earlier than under the old arrangetii jnt. The Postmaster General began to hear thunder from the West, and thought it best lo lull lhe storm. The newarrange - ment is wnn the Kulroad Company, and Sua ler & Gorman's line of Boats. Elec tion for ihe City Council come off this s ring. In one of lhe Wards herp they ha selected their candidates with a shrewd imtelligence that cannot be too

much admired. They aimed to pet candi-1 dales lhat would be unexceptionable to ev-!

ery body: and this is the way they did it, according lo one of 4he voters, whom we heard explaining the ward tactics. One ! candidate selected was a Native American, i I and Methodist another was a Whig and a 1 Catholic: and the Ihird was a Democrat and an Infidel. If they dont run well, it must be B dimc"5l population to suit. To night, forty-six students graduate at the Ohio Medical College, and ege, and receive their diplo mas. The world wiil have iUen forty six more philanthropists licensed to heal all mortal ev.ih. The Cincinnati Law School has also, within a few days, turned off some eight or ten lawyer; philanthropists of another kind, but equally devoted to the interests of the world. The Locos have adopted nvery ingenious way of election- ! ecring lately. They, the Democratic Central Committee itissai J, have got up a sorl of anti-bank circular, composed of sen - . . . liments taken from the letters and speech es of Washington, Adam, the Elder, Jefferscn, Jackson, and Harrison; which they print upon, the backs of such bills as come into iheir han,!.. Th.m.n!n. r lh. whole, is that the credit of paper money -in n o c n r ha iiali.iAl tr .- In.. -.1. f I -u..v. i'l. ll.llttlllu mi an iliii.i ;m t,i . .1 , ' . time, sad that the country ran only be ... . i . , m prosperous when it eschewg such trash & ! ' .,1 , . - i settles down upon the precious metals. T... r ... r, ,. , That is coid, premeditated malice, towards innocent paper. ... . , :aper. It is worse than burning1 "Rogue" into a man" forehead or trm. loreneaa, or crop-, i i f I n IIS hlfi Onr 0,,0 t n r t t n n Kim .J.ifl nnnn ..i" " a. i. .ui iiinp mill qui hi xiyvit the community. We wonder how they can ' uiciuiikiiuiiiii, oimuciuuw ' , it, i i make us. of such unholy agents a, bank bl'ls, in aid of their cause; but it's hard, we know, to sound the depths of a Loco's con science. 1 ut I'vegiven you gossip enough ! for one dose even on allophatie princi-l d est and therefore brine this letter to an iui.1 1 iuic ui uii: uu jciici iu an r? ..r...:., fivia ; lC3Ull T 1UIII9. 1 IO. 1 l" Correspondence of the Ind. American- i , New Albany. Feb. 16. 1846. Mr. Editor: li is important when tavellets undertake to relate their mode of progress that they should occasionally give the particulars of their "trials by the way." in order that those who may follow in their "illustrious fooistept," inay profit by their experience and eschew their misfortunes. Many is the poor wanderer from friends and home whose pride and exigency are made to pay tribute to the numerous herd of "land sharks'' found along the banks of our Western waters. It was still early in the morning of my arrival in Louisville suitable conveyance to the Albany ferry. when 1 beaan to iook around tor some Hacks in Louisville are geneially easily obtained and at a very fair price. A j few moments inquiry brought me in the presence of some 20 all drawn up in pro-j cession array, in front of one of the Hotels. Stepping up to one of these knights of the whips, I asked the charge for taki ig me to the Albany ferry. Presuming, no.doubl, that I was in a pinch for lime, and perhaps fin reality, being a little verdant'm my ap pearance he at once conceived the magnanimous idea of making an extra charge and seizing his lines, he stood ready for the order to drive up for my grand entrance. But having for many years enjoyed the cool and bland breezes of an open sky and being in principle and heart determined never to submit willingly to the smallest rilliany, I turned on my heeU and bid him good morning, as the Frenchman would say, sans ceremonie. Though in a land of slaves I felt that I was free myself. "To chooae my fine with providence my guide" and began to make tracks on an independant fooling, towards my point of destina tion. Thanking my stars, that I possessed within myself the power of locomotion, and at the rate of some 3 or 4 knots an hour, I soon found myself at the lower end of the city and at the upper end of what appeared to be a living rail road. "A rail mad!" I exclaimed "as sure as I am a locomotive myself. It seemed to go tha rigid way and I determined at once to avail myself of its facilities. I discovered, as the car had just arrived, that the propelling power, was an old horse, which like many of our own race: though poor and ragged bore his head aloof with a proud and disdainful spirit as much as to say. "I have aeen better days, Sir." Learning from a bloated specimen of red faced humanity, standing before me that the fare was only a dime. I concluded there must be some Kentucky 'honesty here, and having seen but little of the State, I was anxious to know something of lhe internal improvements, as well as to get on my journey, and off we went with Jive passengers at the rate of 6ix miles an hour. The old bay at the head of qur car no doubt having some tolerable idea of locomotives, engines &c. snuffed the air like a war-horse and putting every thing before him at defiance soon landed us nearly jolted to mince meat at the lower extremity of what I termed in my wrath the loajersrail road. I never want to see it again, in this world or the next. At the Albany ferry I found an excellent boat which landed us in a few minutes on the Indiana shore. Passing up the city I was soon in the home and society of kind friends enjoying all the pleasuras of warm, open hearted, hoosier" hospitality. People may talk of Virginia or'Kentucky liberality as much as they please, but the kindness Bnd cheer of Aonsier" hospitality can never be surpassed in its unostentatious display and abiding friendship. It does not mailer whether you find him in his first log cabin or in his recently built mansion, the genuine "hoosier" has within him a noble heart true to his country. Ten years have passed away since I have been in New Albany; vast changes and many improvements have taken place in that lcngih of time, and the population must now be nearly double what it was ihen. I notice a number cf respectable looking churches built in a plain substantial style and some Q or 8 large brick school houses properly located in different parts of the ciiy. I was informed lhat these school houses were occupied by excellent teachers. My slay in lhe city will not permit me to make as extensivV observations as I could wish, yet I have observed with no little hoosier pride ihal'Indianahas great reasons to boast of lhe city of New Ibany i This, is almost a community of mechanics. The great mass of the population is com - posed of a working people. New Albany is an extensive ship build - ing port. Many of the finest and largest class of steam boats are built here, and perhaps I am safe in saying that lhe ship

building business alone, amounts to r.wrf than a hulf a of dollars anniMt.j -

' "c,v ",c " ""'"" "iaciwnng eg establishments doing a very fine busmen and drawing a large amount of trade to ihe city. The mercantile operations of New Albany are chiefly confined to retailing yei I we see nothing to hinder this place from Becoming an extensive wnoiesaie marl. All th&l is necessary is capital and energy and ihen with a ship canal round the fall,' on the Indiana side, Albany would aiwayj compete with any city in the State. This work should have been done yearj ago. The business iaien'uu Albany has always been diiected in the channel of honest industry and useful toil, and hence speculation has never been to any great extent a pail of her trade. But few of her laree for tunes have been made by any other means ,han "iJUied industry, But more anon PELEU. Yours, -",,. Capital. Punishment, Mk; top;-I w,ll pass by the exordium oC y fr,f r'd only a eoli'.. (. - r.. i.- - umn in lengin, aw nag. nothing lo do with the controversy, except u may convince the readers that tha euthpr is remarkable .. ... , . for his critical acumen; and notice his rea- . ,. , ' : ea son or argument (just a he p eases) in fa6 , v , ,. K , ' ,a vor of the repeal of the dvir.e law on caD- .... , - , J' , . . , u- 9 tial punishment. And lo save him anv , .. sucn iaoor in miure, i acKnow easfe h - -.... . , . ,UF'U" 7 ana oase , . r !) u iit liul'i. ui auii.cn:., uu C lUlltCI J J . 1 VMV1.' ness of my position. He begins by statin". . . t n u-.. .U-. , i i that he will "prove that Moses' law urelcd , CJ& have gaveJ ,)jm le, had I known that his only hope was to establish the repeal of that law, and lest he should review his proofs, of another ,.... ,- . . ... ? -' . - .' . v 'ii . -..i .-. , . .1 will nnw Aiimtt Irial ll n ronog 0 np ..il. " i-.i,..,,,,,,,. . . l- l er, inai 11 was tierer oinaing on any per !" f n'nifi their ml atntA lint whn did I nv inv thmw ...... - - - - - - - - - - j " ' . .. of "Moses' lawl" My objection lo tho abolition of capital punishment is lhat it is abrogating a Divine law. I have epokEn of no other law. And it was the giving of this law, that I undetstand him to admit in his former number; as I had mentioned n.o other. H I was wrong I retract, for I do not, wish to take any advantage of a con-' struction upon his language that he did not intend. What ment Jehovah when addressing Noah, Gen. IX. 6v '"Whose, sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." Here is a Divine law gjying to man as man, nol as a nation, not intended for a limited time but as lens as ! is hre assignod shall ex ist as long as man should bear the image of God, so long should it be an offence of no ordinary character to slay him. What was the 'wickednesi of the antedeluvians we do not know, but doubtless murder was no small share. When the new era began, God enacts lliat. uho?o sheds man's blood shall be punished with aeath. WhyJ Because he bears the image of Gol. If this was the reason for the giving of this "retaliatory law" when may it be abrogated? Doubtless man yet bears the same image as formerly, and there u the same reason now why whoso sheds man's blood should suffer no oiher punishment than death. Isit not strange lhat, 850. years afterwards, when the Jewish theocracy was irstituted; this law this unalterable law, should be incorporated in its code. It is advisable also that He should enact lhe same penalty for as many other crimes in the State as he might judge best. These laws which I suppose are alluded to by Oxford, as the Mosaic laws, never were binding on any other people than the Jews; nor on ,them longer than their existence as a State. Now I may no tice the public and private executions, which have furnished my friend so much comfort. The penalty is of God; the mode of administering is left subject to the authorities of State. Under the laws of Moses, lhat punishment was inflicted hy stoning, and puDlicly. Their mode need no more control us, than the crimes for which the punishment was used, and hereon I ground may reason or argument, for the right of legislatures to chwe the mode, while they dare not change the penalty. And because no other crime is included in the Pivine Law, I limit the right of inflicting this punishment to murder only. As to his ridiculing the punishment, by callinsrit humane "chokinn" : 'God, cur sed hanging" &c. it is unworthy the subject, unworthy a dignified opponent, and unworthy an answer. Such being my views of the law of God, and the rights of human legislatures, I can not regard efforts to abolish capital punishment in any other light than efforts to abrogate a divine law, which was intended to be,binding upon man while he bears the image of the creator. When Oxford or any other man, shall show that this law is annulled, then will J heartly join in efforts lo humanizing the laws, and mitigate punishment of everv offence. Until then, as a cnristian I must contend for a rigid observance of the laws now in force. LUTHER. Correspondence of the A". Y. Tribune. Demonstrations against Mexico. Pbssicola, Feb. 9th, 1S46. Commodore Conner, with the Falmouth bearino bis broad pendant, and the John Adams in company, sailed this morning for parts unknown. But without doubt his destination is Vera Cruz. H.e sent, previously to sailing, sealod orders to the Ccmmanderof the John Adams which were to be opened only in the event of parting company. The St. Mary follows immediately, and the Mississippi as soon as certain despatohes come to hand. It seems that the sailing portion of ths Squadron is supposed by the Department to have left Pansacola before this time, as the Commander of the Mississippi yesterday received a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, informing- bira that despatches would be mailed the next day, under co'-er to him, upon the receipt of which he is immediately to proceed to Vera Cruz, and thence forward them in all haste, by lhe hands of one of his officers, to our Minister in the city of Mexido. The Somers will sail upon the receipt of the next despatches from Washington, or immediately after the arrival of lhe Lawrence or the Porpoise. It is '.hought here that our government is acting precipitately in founding measures of importance on the intelligence received by the Joaquina ana tne rorpisoe, mm - ! odore Conner's evident reluctance to leave p0ft j3 doubtless based upon such a convici tjoni combined with the hope that "a sobar ' 6econd thought" might possibly induc6 tha authorities lo issue counter oraers Very respectfully, fcc. C.