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suoii l-vl lo remark, anJ inquiiies on the part nf Cittuia, winch revealed lo her who he was. Shortly after Gertrude hail retired to her chamber, tl.c heard l light taj) at the door: St..? opoijrd ii, ruJ Mann entered with a letter in b-;r hand. Von i : . -1 -1 read this, do r Gertrude," fiiiij she, ' now yoii are an heiress, as it w ill show you ttial my Cousin Charles, was ih!e to appreciate your wrth amid all the liisul v-.ii.; iL's or' poverty and dependence, and tl.il l ui luiiy i!i;iuo up his mind to odor you his h mJ. We have known each other from childhood, and though I may be fror.ie'.v hat l!;:ided by partiality, I think and i- is saying a great deal that he i.r worthy of you." Aeuut llirea months-aflr this, a young Inly entered the hi-p of .Miss Lisconib, one ;.; the uo-st fashionable iir.sj li.ikcr's in the ri;v.

1 fh.nlJ tliirk," s-id she to Miss Lis-; coinl), '-that t!.e .ire Ton have m hand ".iiu-t Le a tin.! i! :!-c-:s! '

. r - - i t t i . 13 . -. , t. ... , ' h.cut, ocimi.ui, avu iqs iw Jy:.;::.!;1:!:!: vw,.- ' "niiuuB jycuiia.il. j ....jUaoi Jirn-i.,.:.li,!i..rn i ugaea 10 ; t'Larics H-irleigh, the other is for Ilmma JJraacr, who, is giintobc tnirricd to iliss Deniiam's brother, who besides a very L'UiJsomii propvrty, which he is eaid to l:avo aceu::ju. :tcd in China, found himself u:i iiis roturn heir to fifty thousand dollars, a like sua having fallen to his sister.' '1 ai.i very glad,' said the lady; 'that Emini Draper is going to n.arry so well, for sua id, i i.avo Deon toM, as good and ainia: bie as ehe is pretty. As for the ether lad i i.uver ssw her, but it strikes roe that I have heard tint the Drapers had a governess by the nniiio cf Denham.' They had, and GortruJ. Dcnham is the very person.' Aud Lao it not been whispered, that taki;:g advantage of her friendless situation, .'Irs. Dr.: per und her eldest daughter treated hvr very uiigO:i:rous!y !' 'I iinUet a rule,' replied iliss Lisconib, 'to be silent relative tj all matters of that nature where my employers are concerned but one thing I urny siy, and that is, however ungenerously Miss Denham may kave been treateJ, she is quite above rctaL iatinjr.' CONUi:ssiONAT. Wastmnctox, ilarcb 14, lt-16. SENATE. The Senate was not in session yesterday, iut the inv estimating Committee relating to the chargos oi the 'Times,' were hard at work. Jesse E. Dow, F.sq., attended as a witness. It is understood, however, that he merely Landed i:i a paper giving the heads Gf whit ha will attempt to prove. As the committee sits wi-h closed doors, it will be impossible to give any accurate account of their proceedings. The report will, how. ever, be looked for. with gtet interest. Some are of opinion that it will be fortheociing on .Monday. lioisu of Kepkkskxtativcs. An effort was made by Mr. Daniel to taka up the private calender, fur tie consideration of which business, the day is set apart by the rules. There were but few votes lor it. The House 1 then went into committee, and epent the whole of a very long sitting in further deba'o ca the river and harbor bill. 41 ARCH 15, 1S-IG. Tun Ssate was not in session yester jay, but th-i investigating committee were hard at work. Several additional witnes-

..... "... . i innltee made their examination- with the an other cracky Lke i:. I hey are the rich-1 - . - , . ... . , , , . e-l '.,cv t:.:t his been trought to my shop ' 11 'e.sll:on Rot U Vnlg Ue liLt-iei hut this seas n, and are, of curse, to be wora wf oulauui, ll,elr authority. The Comnvpriiut wiiii.' : mittee say ihey have found, upon oxami-

cril e:;nMon appear to be that the ediJ U,ey S'0Ula not be "Pplled rom the Seniors ef t'.e Timed have b;n led into error ! ate rhese ,ne' llaJ s unjustly, most by eeitiiii ic:si!.s win while t!,cy pretend! wtotiSiu'ly, without justification, aspersed

,i i.i w v Aauiiiru in a ii ui uiu.'. ..iituii. t lii'.O'. r. ; - o i : i :l!i i:o d lo. ,:'vo-i i in ::-. ;.t. !,' :

ev ry tiling, Un-ny nothing. It is : ll'is body, and he thought their punishment J ti; it ii ihe day alleged Mr. Pak- i would besutTioient in the vvrong they had ;-.t. ti.- cipitolthi! whole div.'done.

- "-'---oi ti. m:..I St.: . i'.;lc : .t. i.e Could not hive ; however, j liiui.er. Thts, ;is it is well knovvii tint e i-e'-er time until oilier lrha.'s ti.'O better way !-.:o-;t!y for the report, as ; ioi'thci:min:r early next .ue in oe to w::t no vl ...vibt V. i ! i it w W ?e'. Slut '.- )'.' I i.'.. r..il i.sdi!

ii: r; nvvs Mr, (!. J. was resumed. Mr. 'Calhoun addressed j ng report to accompany 1 he Senate at length, and his remarks UL-cd by him from the were listened to with the greatest atten;i:ul mouie, relilivc to tion. I :p m Java eoiroe. etc. i When Mr. Chid concluded, Mr. Ber-i

n I .1 10. ., t; !-" Ii, ;t i'! The ." i ! . .. ... : 1 the rite at w hat certain nil o received at our cus-i take.i ii and piss-d. ' vate and local m mors hivd ui, the it use wjnt into I resoiiued the consideration ' . '!. ! iorOi:i o .,i t Ii.;ll-i s rvii:o.o. v- : i:.g b.-oo t i c : h.i. i !i e , of t:f lie' .V.-es?r.. ! r... 1 S o.var: gave j ': ' ar 1-1, ,a 00:11m ttee rose ' a;i I Uo Tiio.i l ui II it' . j v.rnr.i i o.i ti e n taken tu: v r... -c Pa'rn-t. l AM!l.ilUN, .U.ll. t. 1", 140. !.onha:i.s i.n.ners 3 are very line. so no of the u.tra : give one y-torvliy to .o v. .,.- eoi ived it vcrv nuirli. e o.'' i l,o "whole or none" r.K'n who r.o;e 1 .t;i invit.ition to the dinner, was deli irrjd i'r.o.i attending by indisposition, v, hj,:'i 1. ) very much regretted, for he knew t'.o vii.i r-.' no r 1 o; a glorious ol 4l festival, and ho waived lo be in a condition to p.ir:. I tV 1! u ive not ncartf tint any : ; o.i toe occasion! ; ell a caucus last evening ."it H .-...' ,M- I I- ........ . 1 1 ....... I 11 Hi;. IIL'I jti lea rituu. ( i t v. as o lily uosi-ned nowcvcr, to be a pre- ; iir.'.iur.ry ineeii". A rumor is atljat to-' ! that the rill was for a meeting of a'l .M j men who wore-opposed to giving anv : ":: t...e"' to r.i'iiinnd. rj-.i.ilitied or unquali. 1 t. d, :u;J to any rodoc'ion of the present Tariu but I gi.e I !.o rumor no credence .i'.r. 5.;,arl"s speecu ia the House, yes- j ler.L.y, o.i the liver and harbor bill, but in j "; i'. to Mr. Hay Iy"s iree-trade speech on j liie same bill, was a in.ieterly expose of the iSritish partialities aud predilections of our! froe-trai.3 advocates, and defence of the1 iroo American interests and tho rights of the Aiiicroin oieclu.iic and farmer and A- i mcrie.'.u 1 .bor! lie made the true issue j Auu '.ievo l.-.bor vs. U.'ilish pauper labor j and called upon those who were for placing liriu.-h pauper l.ibor above the labor ol the mechanic and farmer of America, to array thctaselv'cs against the present admirable Tatiff, w hile those who were for sustaining American uuor against the pauper labor of I'.urop Tar! if. would of course stand by the I !.l e. Calhoun speaks tu tha Senate toij'orrow on the Oregon question. A general I nuxiely to hear him is expressed tu every direction, and if I ho day should be a fair ,.ne w hich at this writing seems quite unlikely the gilleries and lobbies will be d-jiualy crowded at an early hiur. I und'irsfnul the honorable gentleman will not attempt, in his speech to-morrow, to discuss toe qucstKui of title.

The leaders ol the dominant party here, are very essentially overcome hy the news of the opposition triumph in .Vi 10 Hampshire! Does Air. Polk beirin to fee the

hand-writing on the wall! What think you of Gen. James Wilson for United States j Senator from New Hampshire! J PO "Oil AC j j Washington, March lfilh. ISIS: ' Mr. DaMou's resolution, offeread ten ! days since, calling upon the President of the U. Stales to inform the Senate whether the Slate of our foreign relations demands-any increase of the N ivy, and if so, what the Stale of those rt-laiioiis are, came up. j .at the until to- j Mr. Spreighl said he desir . resolutions should he laid o.i mor ro . Mr. Bentoti made the report fronv i :.e Select Committee chosen Thursday lo in VfSlizale the charges-of the V, a.l.i.i-Moii iTimpj n;..i ih.. I' .a ti... - ........ (-, -.. ... . . -. . ijviisit. rti; VUHIItl inn f l.A l. .. . .. ..... t .... I.. .it -;, v...,6S lu us ouu , rlil - : .. a iik CAuuiiiiaiion leaves no uoiiui in me : minus oi me uoiiuiiiiiee mat ttie charge was a false and contemptible libel The whole story in regard to ihe Whig meeting, the Committee further says, is false and unfounded, and ait absurd fabri- . . gardlo the dinner table story the Committee say that upon examination it turned out to be a despicable, false and ipt charge i .d editor of the Times states in his testimony that he was the w riter of all the articles in the paper, and that he knew nothing personally of 1'ie charges preferred. They were the coining of his own brain. The report wai read by Mr. Denton a! the Clerk's desk, when Mi. fj. returned to his seat and moved the printing of the report. Mr. Torney of Tennessee, siiid he concurred heartily in every w ord of the Report. In his judgment there never was a more unfounded caluuiiiy. nod he concurred cheerfully in. the report which had been read by Mr. Denton. Mr. Dickinson said that he concurred in the report. There w as no evidence, near or remote, of the truth of the charges i , y . ri.i r i made. It was an unfounded calumny, but ; u j.j . ' , i he did not concur IO tlif r,rnn!MB ovn.il. .;.. r ! i r . V . I sum or the Luitors and Reporters of the Tim.. .,,.1 i . ' ;..j... . the Senator. He regaided the Times men as the victims of calumnies. Mr. Jarnegan referred to some of the additional wrongs in this article of the Times by pointing out the atrocities in Mr. Robinson's article. The principal editor said he expected to prove his charges by such Senators as Webster, Evans, Mangum and other Whigs, and by Messrs. Calhoun, Dagby,McDuflie, Colquitt, and other Democrat?. ' w i Mr. Janegan showed that the libel had been most wilful. Mr. Berrien expressed his amazement at the remarks of the Senator from New York. He had assured ihe Senate that he concurred in the report entirely, and jet pronounced the authors the victims of calumny in others. Mr. Dickinson said he did not stand here to vindicate the authors of the calumny, and he had done no more ihau suggest lhai . .. . Mr. Benton siid the reporters of the Tillies OCClinied tllf nrivilpri.nl crnl in lli.x f . - " lv.w ... ...V gillery, and t-mrrow he should move i for the expulsion oC all porsonj connected with the Times newspaper. The report was then ordered lo be printed. The debate upon the Oregon resolutions rien obtained the floor and moved an adjourttmetit. nniTi- . ,LSt ' r,'e IiVP' and Harbor Bill was further j Juated in Committee of the Whole. No other business of interest transacted. i ' WaS'IIVi: rnM Mirr'i 17 IClft ! SENATE. ' j .lr. Johnson presented a resolution en-! j quiring as to the expediency of establishing a Marina Hospital in Ihe United States, j The bill to repeal the act requiring one (of the Judges of the Circuit Court to reside ' at Alexandria, was pissed, i The resolution offered bv Mr. Divtnn nf New Jersey, two weeks since, calling upou the President of the United States to inform the Senate whether any increase or the army or navy is necessary, and if so, what the circumstances a-e which made the increase necessary was adopted without up position. The Sonate at one o'clock resumed th; consideration of the notice resolutions, Mr IJernen spoke. Mr. Archer obtained tlu rloor and the Senate adjourned, irrti-i- - - . T. , ts . . l he House met at ton Vt..-l- . o 1 , , , debate was at once renewed upon the River - - - v vivv.n unit lius and Harbor bill u iiaroar oiii. At the hour appointed, the Committee commenced voting noon amendments n,l the items of the bill, and continued to do so until tie hour of adjournment. asiusgtox, March IS 134i). SENATE. After the presentation of reports and petitions the Oregon debate was resumed. Mr. Archer addressed the Senate, and was followed by Mr Ni'.es, who moved that the Senate go into Executive Session. HOUSE. At an early hour the House went into Committee of tho Whole on the River and Harbor hill. Amendments were proposed for almost every river and harbor in the country. None of them were adopted. Interspersed with a great many offered in rrood faith, weie : , 01 fl,ncre,1t character one of which lea to a good deal of trouble in Committee and the House. Mr. Culver, of New York, by way ot amusement, offered the following; For improv irg the navigation of that branch of Salt River running through New Hampshire, five thousand dollars. l he amendment was received with ood J temper. j Mr. Fries, of Ohio, retorted inn man. I . nor personally insulting tu the House, and t

one -of- the members, by offering an-amcnd-mont'iit the following words: "Filty thousand dullard for th-Itcbb and

Schenirk Subterranean ItaibRoad, on which to.convy iheir od-triTtrw friends from Kentucky lo Canada. The amendment was reid and rejected before its character was tltou?ht of. ilr. Schenck's attention was, however, called to it, and in. a calm. and respectful manner he asked his- c .llesgue "if, by in troducing tins auciidmcnt a', d his name, he meant to be disrespeclful to him." ilr. Fris 5id he would answer that question nutrf!he .ne. Here there was great confusion in the ! IIH, aud-scne excitement. The re.id;ntr of the tmrndmoiit was oguin called for by .Mr. .Scp-jmI; nnd others, but the scco:.d re . ding, as well as !-? anieudiu ;nt was b. jected l-. An appeal ws lukfii anil finally withdrawn, w h.;n tudileuly quiet wis redored, nd iv been me apparent that the I insuit was tu be a mailer ol further prose.I cution. The llVb.ir Ji ll wts eoon reported to the j llous. and a'U'r thrt previous question had j been moved and seconded, ' Mr. ScheiK k nsked permission nfihe House to make a personal explanation. i,oaVe was granted whon .Mr. S. first cited "e cncurrencoitheCom,iteeof,he Whole lie said that he had never known his colleague (Mr. F.) before ihe meeting of Congress, and that he had been introduced to him siice Congiess mel by a mutual friend and colleague. Detwween him and Mr. F. all relations had been in every respect courteous and gentlemanly. He was at a !oss to account fds so unprovoked and gratuitous an attack, and therefore, wlien his colleague had submitted his amendment, he had asked if it w as intended as insult, and the reply was thai lie would answer that question elsewhere. Now, sai l Mr. S., as for Mr. Hebb, the Whig candidate for Governor of Ohio, the people of Ohio will lake care of him. For myself, in reference to the amendment which has been submitted, I desire to say j that no man having the regard due from one gentleman to another, or knowing the courtesies of a gnilloiiMii, would have offered sfch an amendment. Mr. Henley of Indiana, called to order. Mr. Sehenck said he had done with this part of the subject. The Speaker remarked upin ihe point of order that the personal remarks were out of order. Mr. Scheiuk said that as to Ihe allusions iv lunnru UCI3UII5 ii i c aiiieiiu iiieiii. anu ,.,!;.. r i , . the conveying of such persons to Canada. . . . ' ' l "e na'J " afliiiaiioii wiia, connection with, .. ,,.i ,,, r ' . ' knowledge of, or respect lor any euch I rftliv.ifi iitio n r I Iiao ami .to rtrA ... il.Al.. v "'-'- -iignr;u t (I lit- III, Mr. Thurmn, of Ohio, was anxious that Mr. S. should withdraw ihe ofTeiive remarks towards Mr. F. Mr. S's friends, however, thought that as the insult had come from the other side, the retraction should come from there aJso. Mr. Daker, of Illinois, endeavored lo convince Mr. T. that the apology should proceed from Mr. F.. and here the sul jeel ended foi the day. The House then voted by yeas and nays and viva voce upon, several-of the amendments. Dates hive been received at New Orleans by the Amix from Vera Cruz to the 2-th ult. AH that may be said is, the open canvassing of tha question of erecting a constitutional monarchy in Mexico. This ia the common theme of conversation at Vera Omiz, and in a late number of the Memorial Historico the successor of El Siglo XIX is an eirnest artic!) written to show that monarchies are more exempt from revolutionary disturbances than Republics. The question is illustrated from general history, or,d especially from that of Spain. The subject has evidently taken hold of meii'a minds seriously, and the probility of revolution founded upon Ihe desire of obtaining a stronger and nnro sta ble Government wis the town talk. Mr. Slidell was elill at Julapi, awaitiii2 instructions from Washington. Upon receiving his orders, S short interval would claps.' before receiving the definitive action of the Mexican Goscrnme.it; but we presume that the next arriv.l will inform us, either of Mr. Slidell's reception, or of his return to the United Stated. The Falmouth, St. Mary's and Porpoise, of the U. S. Gulf Squadron, were lying at Vera Cruz when the Anax left there on the '2'M. As we hive boore mentioned, the a penrmce of sj large a force, when unexpected, alarmed the citizens of Vera Cruz not a little. When thu A nix came out she saw a vessel supposed to be an American frigate, going into S era Cruz, (-'an it have been the Uaritin, which was reported as bound thither from Rio at our last accounts. The Anax brought ffi.,00 in specie and 24 passengers. The Mexican steamei Gmdalupe left Vera Cruz on tha 2 uit. for Tampico, with fiOH troops on board. The lir. steamer Teviot touched at Vera Cruz on the ltiih, and proceeded on to Tampico. The same day, the Ur. frigate which had been lying at Vera Cruz for some time, siiled for Halifnx. Don Angel Trias, the Governor of the Stat of Chihuahua, has resigned his office after having refused adherence to the power of Paredes. Robberies still" continue very frequent in Mexho. One occurred on the 9ih ult. directly opposite the National Palsce' ?lir..i tl f .1 .11.-. : . . ' iiiuusiiiu UUUU9 iii specie Deilisr sin. i ... . V. . , "'"h wtr 1 1 - soecia lire nirui eu uv the military, but there is no efficient doI U. Tl.. ., .. -.-ui, . So strained re the means of the new Government in Mexico, that theclerkLr the different Departments hive not touched tlieir pay since the new order of thinTs. The Secretary of the Treasury, having recovered from a temporary illness, is urged to give his attention to this needy class, if he would prevent great distress. A new paper. El Dotetia .ili:ur, assures the public that Gen. I). Juan Alverez. has not disposed of anything belonsing to the expedition to the Californias, as had been charged against him. Such things do happen sometimes in Mexico! Gen. Ampudia does not appear to have moved further than Gelavu', on his march to the army of the North. Some scandalous reports had been in circulation about him, but one paper contradicts them. On the 6th ultimo. General Paredes reviewed the troops of the capital, and there was a brilliant sham flight on the occasion In returning to the town in the evening, several accidents happened. One poor fellow was run over and tranmledbv the ra . I airy 0$-Prrphels Jlust Die. One of the Millentea in Cincinnati, who had declared himselfin the Kingdom," and therefore could not do was taken last week with erysipelas, and has been "gathered to his ; fathers.

AMERICAN.

BROOKV1LLE, INDIANA. FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1846. Courtesy. We are pleased with the courtesy vith which the State Sr-ntinel notices the State Journal. These are the two leading papers of the two parties in the Stale, nnd it is loo often the case, they ate personally in open hostility. Honest rence of opinion in politics, should j never lead to personal, quanels, and to i ;u.sgrace.ul personal controversies, borne years since, we acknowledge, we indulgled loo much in this way. Dut time has J improved us in this respeet. Political difference may yet make our. brethren abuse I us, but. (as we have for some time) we shall attribute it to their ignorance and want of experience, and the right feeling. Wn ...it lii.a....l .!,. .1 J . ..v. ..... ...vtu..u v,aj tua. ..icy niiy uo

better. e are iU .ng to little advan-; Orleans, but ihe publisher of the Deacon a tage, if we are not advancing in a knowl-1 ricn mail) aild lne writer of the arirde edge of oiirselv, , and of ihe principles j whoie name was attached to it, was anolhthat govern the human mind-and improv- er rich man in the county. Yet suit ing in charily and all good works. The commenced against John P. Dunn and a principles of our Government and Ihe actsj verditt of T50 rcrovcrfth Yct ,h

o. our pu:..ir men can oe uiscu.-weu wunout personal enmity, aud tvery instance oi goon leenng ana courtesy between those heretofore hostile, is lo us. a matter of rejuicing. &'trarclcn:ics. Who can wirte calmly jandcooliy about straw berries?' Ah! de- ! lirious fruit ! If the forbidden fruit w hich j Eve plucked in the garden of Eden, was strawberries, who couid blame her for the misery she has brought upon our race. Mahonimed may deck and adorn his sensual heaven with angelic- women, and wine as much as he pleases, but if he has not women and strawberries there we are not particular about any Mahommedan paradise. But w e only intend'ed to call attention to the advertisement of the agency of N. 51. Ross of Laurel for tha sale of strawberry plants. We see that N. Longworth, who is ihe best authority in the Mississippi valley, decides that Ilovey's Seedling is deridedly the beit strawberry cultivated. Mr. Ross will please order 200 plants for us. Xalional Coin. We are so intimately connected with Cincinnati, that she almost dispenses laws and usages to us. The Banks, Crokers, &c., in Cincinnati receive Gi and 121 pieces for only half dimes and dimes, and we begin to see a little of that feeling here. It is right. Let us use our National coin, and exclude the other. So soon as we determine to receive them for only 5 and 10 cents, they will immediately find their way to the mints, and we shall not be troubled with worn and dim bits. Odd Fdlovs Diary. We have received from Ihe publishers Robinson & Jones, Cincinnati, a beautiful, pocket Diary foi members of tha Order of Odd Fellows. It contains a brief history of the order in this country; the Constitution and bye laws of ihe Grand Lodge of the United States; a table exhibiting the number and list of the Lodges in the U. S; their income, and expenditures from the year 1825 to 1815.Also an Almanack for the year 184S, and memorandum pages for every day in the year. Every Odd Fellow ought to have a copy, and they are useful for those not members o the Order. We are not adI vised of the price, but as it r-omes from j Robinson & Jones, we will insure it is cheap. Libel Suits. We have our peculiar notions about some things, and we feel it our privilege to exj press these opinions. The Constitution of j the State secures to its citizens the liberty ... . t-v..v ui.u me irceuom oi tne rress, only requiring what is stated shall be true. It is through the Press the community only learn what is transpiring- around them. It is the press untrammelled, that prevents ! crime, tyranny, and corruption from stalking abroad; and protects community from the blighting and deleterious influences of j ine baser passions of ambitious and corrupt j men. Two-thirds of what are called libels and from which heavy damages are sustained, are true, and suits are only sustained by the special meanness and technical rascality of lawyers and courts. An editor may know a fuel, yet he dare not publish it, besause he cannot prove it by a third person. In reciting some circumstances, some slight enoi or unintentional techni cality may creep in, and there are things called lawyers who will commence suit to feed the malice of their client and make money for themselves. We are not for sustaining a libelous and venal press. The very opposite. But we wish no press nor publisher to be responsible for any more than he publishes. If he states there are certain rumors afloat, he should only be compelled to prove there were such rumors, and not require him to piove the truth of those rumors. Nor should an editor be held responsible for articles .'published in his absence, when he could have no agency, or malipe in the premises. The law requires malice, to sustain a libel, yet the lawyers and courts, to encourage litigation as much as possible, suppose malice from the language of ihe libel. They thus lesallv hold An or? its. 11 1 able for damages for au article published , , 0 ...Lie puoiisned uen ne mav oe ainousand miles distant. '

and entirely ignorant of it, and then sup-! pose lie did it maliciously. A law that sus- j tains such suits we can never respect, nor j respect the hands that administer them, j Wtf Lnnur llipro is .... ; ... 1.. .n .1.. -

e believe it is the rpirit of our law?. There are always, bceiits in the nu ' Ti i - .. ..- i uric nru aiw a) s bgcnis in me puo;i( alion ofjibels wlm ho,.Id be reiponsible; & ' not at. innnrpn! nil.I !io-iit no.tun Willi editors this is a serious matter. We can - not always be at home lo guard these mat - ... " lers, and he only who is the agent in its publication should be the libeller. This is not all fine spun theory, without ,. -,T . " reality. We see occasionally around us our friends surTeriiis under libel suits when they are perfectly innocent, and when too ' the real libeller is known, and responsible, When we see these things we w ill express our opinion of them, affect whom it may. The case of John P. Dunn, at Lawrence, burgh, we have noticed hcrt toforo. Dunn ' . . . at me time of the publication was at New .cquires that it hali be xcilfullij and j;. I a-0llsiy jone t0 contitmie a libel. Again. Theteappeared in the Richmond Palladium of Sept. 3 1. 1815, a libellous artide against Jas. II. Hunt, the editor of the n . ., r. . rr, Cambridge Reviehe. The sane pair shows that the editor D. P. Hollowav. tva

in I hiladelj.hia at the time and could have I .r?0f"rrnf.lhe ST .'V0 ,hf arbitra-1 ,. jtion or three English and three American no agency or malice in Ihe publication, gentlemen thug carrying out the idea of! Yet Mr. Hunt commences suit against Mr- iethrop, of Massachusetts. Hollow-ay, and no doubt can find lavvers;, L.!:!!P!ni8h,8nd. Ens,i8h Governments,

. . and courts and juries who will sustain the iegai rascainy oi our laws, in makin" a suit lie against Mr. llolloway. We know nothing and ca re less about the charges against Mr. Hunt. Those matters we have nothing to do with. It is the principles of la,w which are involved, which we, and all other editors are inteiested in. Shalt our couits premise the agency when there is none; and shall they premise malice, when there is neither agency or knowledge. But the lawyers will answer that the papei goes to the world with the name, and influence of the editors name to it. But in the case of Holloway, the same paper containing the libel shows as clearly as it shovs anything, that the editor was in Philadelphia, and consequently every reader must know it was not backed by IIolloway's name and influence. Again, contends the lawyer, the editor is the publisher of the paper and purchased the materials, and he is therefore accessory to the publication of the libel, he having furnished the means of its publication. By the same reason the Press maker and the type maker are accessory to the act, and the Courts can premise the malice. Even the inventor of the Art of Printing should come m for his part in the game, and why is not old Faust in his hut at Strasburg, equally guilty of a libel published at this day in Indiana, as an editor is for the publication of a libel by another person in this, when he is in Philadelphia. The courts have just as much right or reason for supposing ox premising malice, without proof. If Mr. Hunt has been libelled by the Palladium, (and we have no doubt but he has, for its hard to cure aa old sinner of all his old practices) there must be some one who not only had an agency, but probably nuilice, wiihout the courts premising too much. He is the man to make smart. The libelj ler should not go unpunished, and tve are distinctly in favor of incorporating thelaw of libel into our criminal laws. In the rases named we wish not to in terfere, but we see and feel that there is a principle involved in which we are deeply interested, We leave our paper in charge of other hands when we are frequently absent. If we are responsible for every act and word of his in our absence, editors would be safer to suspend their papers, du ri,lg every lriP of pleasure or business they make' Rut we believe in this country, B''"e every man is equal, whether rich or P00r. one mar should not be responsible for ,he ac,s ' another further than he ex pressly authorizes him to act. Still Later from Europe. c have dates from London to the 9th, and Havre to the 7th-both inclusive, by the ship Sunbeam, arrived at Boston.The debates in Parliament on. Sir Robert i eel e measure had commenced. It was generally thought they would be carried in the Commons An amendment waa proposed, viz: to extend the time for the nfimate extension of the Corn-IaivB to 1951. There was no news of importance. Cotton was steady, and the Corn market re, mained pretty much aa before. Liberal quantities of flour were arriving at Liverpool from the United States. A few hundred barrels of New Orleans flour nartinllsr emi 1 J kAAM 1 .1 r n- . 9 i , ugcii sum lor.os, a oarrel, but best qualities were held at 2Ss. to 28. 6d. M. Berryer'. amendment to the French address, declaring that if a war'should take rwwu i"itoi 11,115 tana ana me United States, France wouldjmaintain the doctrine mai-iree Dottoms make free goods," which uas always been insisted on by ..England, ua ueeu rejecteu in me chamber of Deputies by a majority of 231 to 15G. Italy continues agitated. Several arrests for a conspiracy against government bad been made at Leghorn, and at Ancona a police agent bad been assassinated. In Florence, also, great dissatisfaction bad been manifested against the government. . Letters from Berne, in Switzerland, elate iuBk gteai excitement existed in that ion. Trees ofliberty had been nlanted in "rious P,accs otter manifestation. .0f popular commotion, causing much anx,ei" 10 ameers.

FOREIGN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE Steam-Ship Hiberala!! 'VtTPtittl-tUM Lnt,- ifltAsW Vnnt F ir Is . w i lie very important larin Mill ol JMr if Anflfi nmm n t c ...... . . . ' . . ! mor.a bv a tnainritrnf ... a ,.. : :. J :.l.s .... . -. jumj bu uciucu- uiu one conaiceraoie i wei8u "' ,Iou6e of Lorj9. tbeir j reception of that great measure. ' r-.r.i o -.- . - I ' ' w i ii liiun 1 are lively to cost tbm much treasure of 1 0foJ udmon- A, s ben 3 ' between thein anr! the Native tXOODS. in ' which, though Iba former were successful. et they lost over three thousand t POOpS, ! ,uBa mci.mm. I I lie SikbS pas-sed the SutlPJ, in numbers variously cstiined at from Oo.uUO totO.000 spl.-udid park oi arljlJery. The , t, T T lUe, Cna?e vvas dreai.iul. J he Hntish and Nvtive j forces amounted to CK.OOO, out of which lhey lost nearly 4.00U. Several distinguishslrtobersile1."10"1 tbCrS VeteraD j The Pilst boat Romer, which carried out I tIle correspondence between Mr. Huchanan mm .mi. i uncnuaiu, uau not arrived when the Hibernia left. The Cotton market Lad advanced an eighth. In the Grain market there has been no alterations. .jf. r. i Lj . . . I'Lere has been a rise in Wheat at DmtAmerican provisions remain the same. The correspondence between Mr. Buchan- . j an and Mr. Pakenham had reached England i by the Patrick Henry. I. had produced an I linfi. VAratita a fT..,. j The American Minister is confined to j ,lis house by severe indisposition. He was I Vuulln B"end Tif 8 1?'"," tL ,11th, but was represented by Mr. Gansc voorl Jielville, his Secretary of Legation, Louie Phillippe is said to be in favor of locmu, me luriiiiug a commercial treaty j by which Spanish wines nnd Cuba sugars i ,u 00 "-ceiveu into ureat Britain on fa voriblc ternie, the manufactured goods of England to be admitted into Spain at a low rate of duty: Phila. Public Ledger. General Scott The Pennsylvaniarn are urging, with great zeal, the claims of Gen. Scott as THE man for the next Presidency. Well they may, for he is unquestionably the first choice of his country, and his nominalum to the ! highest office within the Lfi of the Deoole would be responded- to with creat enthii siasm by those in whose minds the memorable scenes of Chippewa, Lunday's Lane and Bridgewater are still fresh. We clip from-an exchange the following passage 'in relation to Gen. Scott which was spoken by Mr. J. P. Sanderson of the Pennsylvania Senate, in a recent Tariff ettm. ii s eueueu bv nrematk trom the Senator from Clearfield: 'T avail myself of thi3 opportunity to inform lhat Senator, that unless I mistake ihe signs of the times, the Whig party in the approaching struggle of 1848, will rally under the banner of one against whom extracts from those speechesand letterswiJl be read without effect. Yes, sii! the Whigs are about choosing for themselves a standard bearer in the person of the gallant and scar-marked Hero of Chippewa, Lunday's Lane and Bridgewater, w hose deeds of valor and noble daring, need not be L 'ought to the notice of a patriotic people, .0 secure his elevation to the Presidential chair bv an avalanche of popular sentiment, like that which secured the election of the lamented Harrison." The present incumbent of the Presidential chair is evidently aspiring to be retained in the office for a second term, and in order to cany into effect his ambitious designs, is led to resort to expedients and stoop to political intrigues lhat ill become ihe dignity of his exalted station. He is doing all within the compass of his power to keep together the two wings of his party the North and South. Pennsylvania, seeing that Mr. Polk is endeavoring to effect a settlement of ihe Oregon question, by a sacrifice of the Tariff, thereby giving the South all she desires, and seeking 10 secure his re-election, urges the claims of her ow n gallant Hero, Gen Scott, as the successor of Mr. Polk. The Whigs throughout the Union will with great unanimity join the PenDsylvanians in "rallying under the banner of a standard bearer in the person of the scar-marked Hero." Germantoicn ( O.) Gazelle. The Approaching Canvass. The Whig party of Indiana go into the coming contest with a buoyancy of feelingand an ardent desire for auccees, which are the best signs for victory. If they but labor on aa they should, and as we think they will, they will sweep from the high places of State and4Lfcffislation the men who have used those posts so heedlessly for their own belffisb purposes. Union and Action will secure one of the roost splendid triumphs that ever. crowned the efforts of faithful patrioteand the meed of Hono rwjll be awarded' by the Whigs of the Union to the victorious Whigs of Indiana. What I rt. fs 1. - . 1 1 r . . . ... h; f l8hein the.rlaDor. WnPn l.a maw thna (.auA LAt.. : - of sharing i. tKir SrWr is . - . "eeaeaK not for hr.actinrr o.if tvAia are mose or truth and soberness. Governor Whitcomb is dispirited. He sees that a large portion of his party are dissatisfied wun rum. He feels that they are anxious to rid themselves of Lira. He witnesses the Whig party preparing for the contest at an unusually early period. Aad he cannot fail to notice that Jtbey are determined to beat him. He dreads his opponent too, for he knows, aa well aa any man, bis talents, his ability and his eloquence. He ia, in a word dispirited and that is one half the battle. Marshall takes the stump next month, and takes it in earnest too and that is the other half! Cheerily, they.' Give zeal and energy to the, Good Cause! Support your standard bearer with a devotion corresponding to bis, J .ui uj is lauoring wun you and not ror himself. Flag not in your exertions, and the laurels of Victory, gained by Ihe triumph of correct principles and worthy men, will be youre South-Bend Regultr. A Temperance Convention ia to be held at Cincinnati an the 4th of April next. The friends of temperance far and near, are cordially invited to attend. It will no doqbt be a tremendous gathering. 'Here, you little rascal, walk up and account foryourself where have you been!' Alter the girls, father!' 'Did you ever know me to do so when I was a bnv! Vo ! sir but mother did.'

i Hows of Temperance. I SONS TEMPERANCE PLEDGH j "I, without rrrfT.r.Urmnl; pl.dpr my honor a. . ; man, that I will nr.iihrrr.akr, bur, rll, nor ur a, ' U-i-err, any Sp.riiueui or Malt Liquor., Wine or

rrm of 'Applicatimnjtr Mrmhrrihtfi; I propusr nr., occupation . rrsmrncr as a propt-r prrtoii brrume a rarm' Wrr Di ision. No , Son or Ti-uiprrancc. (Sintl by a mrmbt-r.) Farm tf Alplicatitn Jut Chatter Song of Tcmperaicr. ne nnUrr.iirnerf. inhahitint. .,r i. , ocdrr or the s.-m or irmprnmre to "be S i tally petition theoffierrt and mrmWr, nfln,1..i,. n; 1 T'"iun No-,.so.worTe.n,r..iee,(iihohavebeenr i them a Charter to opiii a new Divi,ion. t"'beeaIUfdl ..J ).. .).. v..: . i . . . . ' of iH and under your jurisdietion. Sou of Temperance, of the State of Indiana, to be located in We plcdre ourselvc iadividuatlv and ciilleei'ivU- . be governed by the rule and usages of the Order at prescribed by (he National Division. Encloed i. the Charter fee, 3S. (Date.) The alvive to be direerted to C. F. Clakksok T S Bniokville, Franklin County, Indiana. The names of cieh peronof ikmI moral characirr and standing in tociety, must be. appended to tlia an. plication. REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS. Indiana DiTision, No. 1 Meet in Brookville, erery Mimday evening at 6 o'clock. E. H. BARRY. W P Jos. Rxham, K. S. Chrystal Fount Division. No. 4. Meets in New At bany, Fiord Co. ever; Thursday evening at ft o'clock DAVID HKDIiK.V w P J. D McRea, R. S. ' Lafayette Division. So. i.-M Ii at I.oian Cross Roads, Dearborn County, everr Thurvlav evriiim. m j 6 chale Jottr, r. s W1I LIAM LAl'KD- w- p J-avette Uui-rnn, No. 7 Meets in Cnnrrsiillr Fayette Co., every Friday even at ft o'clock. ' I S. V. F0RSH A, W. P W. II. Olepha.nt, R. S. Order of Sons of Temperance. Tuxe Watchman tell ut, &c. Blessed Order onward 6peed, Lighting up the tear-dimm'd eye, The n aked clothe, the hungry feed. And 6top the widow's heaving aigh. Blessed Order, pare and kind, Onward let our motto be, Let no one be left behind To take the cup of misery. Love and purity of soul, Brightens every Temperance Son, May it all our acts control, Till our weary race is run. When the lamp of life shall fail, And death's gdoomy curtain ria, M.y we have a heavenly gale To waft u to the upper skies, Sons of Temperance. Innumerable instances of the want of efficiency in the old Temperance organizai"0" 10 keennS "P ,hal kmd f mtereit i0 i esential to render permanent the advanlages and blessings lo be derived from thegreat Temperance Reformation, are every where presenting themselve. There is a difficulty in all revolutions. Our fathers contended successfully for their rights; but i how to euide the shin of atatr when it had weathered out the storm, and was left far out at se, waa a problem which filled tlieir minds with the deepest solicitud. Hannibal could win a battle with comparative ease, but his victories were almost lost because he knew not how lo improve them. Now if such is Ihe danger of relapse in things generally how much greateris that danger in the case of the reformed jnebriate, and indeed, of the whole Temperance cause. It was to meet this exigency that the order of ihe Sons of Temperance wai formed, and thus far it bids fair to accom. plish the highest expectations of its most ardent friends. Although it is but abou t four years old, it numbers at least 100,000 membeis, with societies springing up apace. But it is not our intention to go into details, as the peculiar design and principles of the order aie beautifully and strikingly set forth in the arliclo below, for which we invite a careful peruiel. This much, however we will say, such is the impressiveness of the ceremony of initiation, that we do not believe it probable for any one to pass through it without coming to a solemn determination to abandon all intoxicating drink forever. In addition to this, there is so great and constant an influence over all the members, lhat unless God shall impart a greater measure of restraining grace than we aie warranted generally to effect, he who n not safe from the "all pervading destroyer" here, could be safe no w here on earth. "The order of the 'Sons of Temperance, is securing the attention and respect of the virtuous in every part of ihe Union. It has passed the ordeal of several years. The prejudices, which many have cherished against the Order, from the idea of its being a secret Society.are fast giving away and they are being convinced of the benevolence, feasibility, mfcty, poictr and utility of the institution. It is purely of a beneficial character, and simply demands ihe total abstinence from the traffic and use of all that can intoxicate, and a cor rect deportment in all ihe relations of life. .Ithaj iti origin in the desire to shield ' 0 i 'r,om ,lhe e.ils of intemperance, 1 atT.irrl mutual nul in r a nf nipLnPca Anil 1 ' vi to elevate and improve the c'laracter of man. The first is accomplished by adhering stiictly to the pledge, the second by the payment of pertain fees and dues, regulated by ihe Division, and the third by the adoption of such laws as shall tend most to promote the good of the brotherhood.' The proceedings of each Division are confined to its members. 'The faults of a Brother,the disposal of our funds the consideration of an application for membership, the disccssion as to the best means harmoniously to advance the present great moral reform, are the secrets of our great family of Brothers. And for the some reason that you would not rail a the veil lhat insures the sanctity of your domestic hearts, we would not open our Halls to the careless comments of the thoughtless. The object we have in view could not be effected if our proceedinga were open to the public. Our desire is to minister to each others wants; to relieve a Brother in distress tocounsel, advise or reprove those, who, from wreckness or reckless passion, have fallen from their pledge. Could we effectually do these with our doors open to the public? Which of you; would be willing to have your misfortunes, or weakness, thus exposed lo the heartless gaze of the million?' Founded as our Order js on such princi-