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ivever d. earning that another eye A behold lhes evidences of m) feelh'tvfiHl th one for whom such vows Cot registered. Ami yet. In the very j waiv of such secret and confidential in-1

c,n"r, mark howoftoai I appeal to him my tuiiiy, mv gnilelessness.- "Your v.-re and spotless V ;" -You know the ..Si'i y of ihi heart; you. know not one impure thought has ever dwelt there'' "In ihepieeenre of Heaven itsi If, I would wear, that this bosom is as free from pniie. free from impurity, a an angel's. R itlir thin lost? that pnroy, hal delicacy which I know is the j-wel of my character, I would far rather lose life itself." 'Although the world mi accuse us, yet in our own heert we have the consciousness of iniioceuee.and that will sustain us." I it reasonable that such expressions as ihese would have found their way into such confidential communications, if one spot of pollution had marred my intercourse with liiiti? Is it reasonable I should thus l.ave pointed to my purity, unless I bad been spoiless, unblemished? Oil! no! no! A letter I addressed to my husband has ! beer exhibited, calculate to represent ' me as noting with the utmost duplicity. There are circumstances in extenuation of this. On the day after Mr. Myers, departure to the North, Mr. Hoyt asked me when I should write to my husband; on my replying ''the following day,1' he said, "rem -mber, it is important that your letter should he couched in the most affectionate terms." I remaiked, "I thought such advice from him singular and unex plicable." He replied, ''you have always been in the habit of writing hint affectionately, and were your letters now characterized by coldness, his suspicions might Ue excited as to the cause." When t penned those words to my husband. I really fell just n I wrote; for when I was with htm, or in correspondence with him, my conscience reproached me for the wrong 1 was doing hi tit. and at such moments I felt kindly and tenderly towards him. There is one point in this fatal correspondence which I wish to rectify in your eyes, BHd that is the entanglement of my sisters' names in some of the letters. They were both unsuspicious of the nature of my association with Mr. Hoyt. L. was entirely unaware of the nature of my correspondence with him, and my elder sister ignorant even of the fact of my acquaintance with him, beyond the mere casual speakings acquaintanceship of format fashionable intercourse. Titus my dear friend, I have given you all the particulars of an association which has ended so fatally (or one of its actors so uopappily, so unfortunately for the other; foi I am now mourning over the ruins of my domestic peace, which my own h 1.11 J assisted to demolish yet, even in this hour of daikness, while the storm rages around me, and even the voice of pity is hushed by the tumultuous tempest of public reprobation, I find my conscience serene amidst the billows; for that conscience whispers unceasingly to my agonized heart, that of crime, of guilt, I am as pure as a Seraph at the throne of God;& in that great D ry of Retribution, when all secret thoughts and secret feelings shall he uncovered, my purity shall O; read in bright characters by those who now con demn me. Crushed anl overwhelmed as Ijam, the world feels authorized to hurl the most crul accusations against mejbut God is my refuge from man's violence, and I live in the abiding hope that the hour will come when f shall be regarded as a deeply injnrsd and deeply wronged woman. I was keenly affected by the recent reception of two anonymous lelters.eouched in the kindnesl terms, breathing all the fragrance of sympathy, ahd assuring me that the beliel of my innocence is indelibly stamped on many hearts. Oh! with what thankfulness with what tearful gratitude, did I dwell on these kind and tender expressions! The world cannot know the bleeding heart it lacerates by unworthy suspicion undeserved condemnation or its hand would be stayed. You, my friend, who have known me from my eatliest childhood have watched my girlhood melting into the maturity of woman smiled at the bright happiness of my early married life yon will nit refuss to shed the tear of sympathy over the """wreck of my earthly prospects. Yon remember me as I was in the fresh rural ah ides of my youthful home; but, transplanted to the atmosphere of fashionable life, the freshness of my feelings withered, and, though virtue has stood steadfast, immovable amid all allurements, I have seen the death of that huoyancy of spirit which once encircled me for the harshness of the world has now trampled, bruised and forever crushed it. My God enable me to bear my triil meekly, assured that high Heaven will not always shroud the pure innocence of your afflicted friend, Virginia Mr. its. The FiceMiUion Loan The Washington Union of l.ist night contains the following statement in regard to the five milIt tn loan. It will be seen .hat the report that a bid had I eeii made for tho whole amount, was correct; but that the bidjer having, on notice, failed to comply with the terms, his bid was rejected, and the lout distributed among ihe others: j Tiie whole loan has been taken by various bidders at prices ranging from par to five per cent, premium for r small portion, but chiefly at par. The amount offered exceeded the sum of five millions. An aldttional bid was made far ihe whole at 15 Iv)3ihs prem. This bid being an entire one, must have been Uken for the whole, because it amounted, in thea-sre-gate for the whole, to a larger sum and premium than the other bids combined, and would have realized a larger surplus to the government. The bidder, w ho resiled in New YorW. being unknown here, and great doubt being entert.rned as to his ability to pay the money, in compli- . ance with ihe wish of th Secretary, Mr. ttVuiin". the chief clerk of the Treasury licaiepartment, proceeded io New York to pri2e!:tain whether this mouer tor wie unwillir.fould pav ihe whole, lie failed to ran annul er notice, when his bid was this sum betwwted. and the amount awarded to Is not ikbid lers. A few holders for small can be mora hose letters did not sriive unntvjeciion be rauceeeding the opening . f ihe ver. I trust,e will lose iheir hids. ter tnto this delay.- ) line which look so S3lemn, i'y fill this column.

r... the n. o. Pi..jrua. very lit from El9xlc9Through the same channel by which we received the intelligence given in another column from the Gulf Squadron, we also

received papers from Vera Croat as late as the 22d October. The intelligence is interesting and important. In the first place we may say in general terms that in no paper which we have opened do we find any token of submission on the part of the Mexicans lit their conflict with this country. Every paragraph breathes threats of vengeance. Their losses are enumerated in detail, to found thereupon more uigenl appeals to the patriotism of their citizens to five up every thing for the support of the wat: It is not too much to say that the re is the warmest enthusiasm apparent in all that we read whether in editorial remarks of the military addresses with which the papers are crowded. The spirit of all is, "War to the knife." Bui this shows tiie surface of affairs only. We shall have oc casion to note incidents, which lead us to suspect the country u by no means so uni-: ted as the crisis in her affairs wonld seem '. to demand. We enter into ihe details of the news wiihout much attempt at arrangement ur time for revision; but this will be excused. And first of Sanla Anna. The news of his arrival at San Luis Pjlosi, which we gave the other day, was at least premature. He did not reach there lill the Bin of October. As everything in regard to his movements is sought after, we annex his letter announcing his arri val: Liberating Army or the Republic Headquarters, San Luis, Oct. 10, 1846 il ALtst Excellent Sin On ihe evening of the 8ih inst. I arrived at this capital, accompanied by my staff, and established therein the Headquarteis of the Army of Operations, destined to repel the unjust invasion made upon the Republic by the? Army of the United States of the North. I have the pleasure of saying to your Kxcellenry that my entrance into this State was made amid the congratulations of a magnanimous people who have not ceased to bestow upon me profuse marks of consideration, and the same remark w ill apply to ihe authorities and public functionaries of all classes. Oblige me by communicating these facts to his Excellency, ihe General charged with the supreme executive power, and accept assurances of my consideration and esteem. God and Liberty. AN TON I LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. To the Secretary of War. One of the first acts of the wily generalissimo was to supply himself with funds. This he did very effectually by seizing upon a cowlacta of specie, thereby ge'ting hold of lu o millions of dollars. His pretext was that il was unsafe to forward this large amount of money to the seacnast in the present state of affairs. He gave receipts for the money and his individual bonds for its restoration. It must be con fessed that this tn de of supplying his coffers is infinitely more expeditious than advertising for a loan, and more acceptable to the people at large than a forced loan from ihe clergy. The accounts we give ol this greal financial stroke, we do not derive from Mexican papers, but we have entire raith in the facts. We trust they will be satisfactory to Kiijlish Merchants, and be accepted as an earnest of the secuty of the money they loaned Mexico on the mortgage of the Californias. We find Santa Anna's letter ol the 10th tilt, in the latest paper before us. We regrttt to say thai the papers give us no clue to his plan of operations. But while Stntt Anna was on his way to San Luis Potosi, he wrote back from Q-ieretaro, on Ihe 3 1 of October as follows: 'The disaster which we encountered at Monterey is not so great as first thought. Our iroops have left for Saltillo and have already occupied the principal points of the Sierra. So far from ihe troops having become demoralized, I am assured that enthusiasm prevails among them. Ttieir success has cost the enemy, according to inconlestible evidence, more than fifteen hundred men. Our artillery was well managed, and it is said that the enemy believe it was served by French officers. lam now about to unfold all my character, with the energy which is hatmual io me, and the Americans will ve ry soon succumb, or I shall cease to ex ist." Upon copying this effusion of San ta Anna, ihe Dinrin breaks forth: "Mav Heaven crown with the most brilliant re sults ihe patriotism of this illustroiis child of his country, whom we ardently desire to see return to the capital covered with glory. We now for the first time learn what fruits the Mexicans derived from the seiz nreof our mails near Marin, intended for Gen. Taylor, at Monterey. Among the multitude of papers forwarded bv Ampu dia lo Santa Anna and the Government, we find a letter from our Secretary of War, Mr. Marcy, to G-n. Tavlor, reveal ing the design upon Tampieo and San Lu is Potost. The letter is dated Washing ton, -pt. 2d, and though our account of the contents of the letter w ill he an old slory at Washinton. we may say here that the design of the Secretary's letter is to obtain Geil. Taylor's opinion, rather than to dictate a line of proceedings for him. He is loll what the Government ha thought of d 01112, and asked whai he thinks about it. The Government refers lohim for information upon the various points; as to the difficulties of his own ndvance whether he deems it advisable t. continue his march upon San Luis Potosi, and various kindied topics. The let'.er pursues its enquiries in the most respectful terms, deferring il U the better judgement of Gen. Taylor; bul it of course discloses our plans, ihe number of troops i ilended lo be used against Tampieo, and some other general particulars. The letter of Gen. Ampttdia covering Mr. Marcy's despatch, contains a singular paragraph, if, in our haste we rightly appre hend it. It is to the following effect: ' Ever moment which passes, confirms my idea of the immense advantages which we gained by fighting four consecutive lays at Montertry, since now the enemy entertains great respect for the Mexican soldier, and American blood flowed with such profusion that from tie Generals of the enemy came the suggestion of an armistice of eight weeks, which disarms, as it were, a great part of his regular troops." Since writing the above we have seen

hmi naif m-wammmm-wmmmrfmmmmfmmmm another positive assertion made on the authority of A-Mpiiilia. iltal the ide,tofthe armisHcejcas suggested by American orli cers, and thj Mexicans are le i to presume it was siiji -ted by them bix'ii'iss the greater pirtuf our re Jelars w ere cul to pseces al M uiterey. The Mexican accounts of the battle of Monterey are mote numerous than we have published in the United Slates. As a milter of necessity, they praise very hialy the valor of our troops, and they in sisl upon the obstinacy and gallantry of the d fence. The movements of (Jen. Worth on the West side of the town are descnbed as very brilliant. One fort la ken by Gen. Worth is sai l to have been taken and re-taken three several iinis once by Gen. Meiia al the iioinlof ihe

btyimei , capturing al the same time 3'JJ A m eiie.iis and eishi pieces of artillery. Stune of tht ii fir -ft itr-cuonts declared that Gen. Win ti was killed. From Saltillo (Jen. Ampti'lia w rate to his government demnmliii4 an investigation of his conduct, both before and after G.;n. Talor P,e,e,i ea mm'"i" al '""tcrey. II; courts scrutiny, allying lh 4 "as the laws of h mot and his Ci.tmtry are the only elJ,,ienU ol his existence, his min i cannot be P'"'4'"' ine secretary ar ine su preme Government, and the Republic are satisfie I with his conduct, considered under every aspect." This humMe letter does not save him fiom the letter w-riters. They charge him vvilh the grossest cowardice and incompetency. Hut we have neither time nor space to-day to enter farther into the Mexican t cri uMs of the halites. One thing w e inu.sl note, however. Almost all the accounts say that ihey refined to capitulate until w e agreed to salute'iheir fl ig, an 1 ihe i they boast osienlatiousiy that the Americans did in fact salute their Ilig. L'efore the iwo months armistice expires, t!ie Mexicaas count conli lemlv that Smta Anna w ill have an army mound bun which wii' prevent any farther advance of Gen. Taylor. The Mexican papers are full of the order of General S ila, made through hi Secretaries, providing reset. utces for the war. We have various circulars of Alininte,one if which is in ihe nature of a maniftMo and written with marked ahili ty, but we cannot eive it to-day. O uhe moruiog "i the 1 tt ri of Oj'.ober a riim ir was circulated in ihe city of Mexico thai some battalion of the National Guard designed to issui? a proiiunciamenlo ihe object of which was lo rest the reins of Government from Gen. Salas, on Ihe ground thai he wasamingta perpetuate his power and intended to seize upon the property of the commercial classes. This rum ir was followed by another of disssensions in ihe Cabinet, ihrealeing the stabil ity of Hie Government. The multitude assembled in ciovv.ls about ihe palace, and al I ist G a. S il.v, acc i n pan e I by S,jnor Gomez I'arias, appearel and addressed the people, endeavoring to soothe and quiet them. The General was rec -ived, says the Government organ, with enthusiasm of the liveliest kind. The excitement, subsequently took a turn. Senor Coi tinta. the Governor of the Federal District of Mexico, was said to have given notice to ihe merchinls thai he could no longer guaranty the security of thtf'r property. The warehouses of tiie merchants were in fact closed in some quart rs, and the owners, it was said were arming themselves in ordei lo protect thier property. This led agiin to the assemhlae or throngs of people deeply anxious to learn the facts, and G-n. S ilas and Senior Firl is again sillied forth and addressed the people,a'i I succeeded dispersing them quietly. All this commotion is attrihuted by the papers in favor of the Government to ihe intrigues of the monarchists. The Church is roundly berated for favoring the designs of the monarchists. The motives ofiheclersy were of course their dread lest the Government should seize upon their revenue to carry on the war against the United S!ats. We fini unequivocal indications in the papers that such a seiz ore would bo a very natural and justifiable measure on the part of ih Government. An express arrived at Vera Cruz on the 21st tilt, which announced that during the night of the IS;h there wa atother alarm in the capitol. similar to thai of the ll.'.'t. which wasq iiete l, howeven like that of the 1 1th after some moments of consulta tion We bitterly regret these commo - tions, says El. Indicator because if they are continued, they will infallibly produce our ruin. Our enemy is already in the heart fif ihe country, and nothing but the union of otir entire sticngth can save us. The Government is unable to discharge its weighty obligations towards a foreign enemy, when confidence is fhus shaken by unfounded alarms and thetime of the Government is wasted in preventing a id dispelling then. .4 Small Calculation. Suppose a man d i inks four glasses of liquor a day, at live cents a glass, in a week he spends one dollai and forty cents, an;! in a vear seventy dollars and cijhty cents. This will buy the following articles, viz : Four barrrU of flour, ssy Four pairs of boots, say Forty pounds of butter A hundred pounds of beef A new hat, A new satin vest, A bonnet for w ife, Sugarplums ic. for children, S'21 0) 15 0) 10 OJ 8 00 4 (XI 5 00 5 00 1 80 Total, ?70 80 Rich. ' Peace, loo, Inth its victories Eifj. Ye. peace bath its victories, responds the Wheeling Times. There is the Whig Victory in Ohio. The Whig victory in Pennsylvania. The Whig victory in Georgia. The Whig victory in Maryland. The Whig victory io Maine. The Whig victory in Nsw Hampshire. The Whig victory in Florida. The Whig victory in New York. The Whig victory in Massachusetts. Yes, peace, 'oo, hath its victories, U. S. Senator. It is saiJ that the Hon Georgr Badger, formeily Secretary of the Navy under President Ilirrison, will be eiectej U. S. S mator from North Carolina, in place of Mr. Hay wood, resigned. S3 "Might your name beSmilh'i" said one Yankee lo another. ' Yes it m'Vff, bet it ain't, by a long chalk."

Kr.m the Ni-w Vori-jr Ar. 12 DAYS LATER FliUSrEbllOPE. Arrival of tlis Great Western The Steamship Great Western, Capt. Mathews, anived at this port last evening. She left Liverpool un Siturday, the 31t u!t. and has therefore made Ihe passage in little more than sixteen days We are indebted to ihe politeness of Captain MatheWs for our supply of English journals. We compile our news, as usual, chiefly from Willmer and Smith's European Ti-nes. The price of American Cotton had advanced id. There is also a father rise in the price of

provisuns. The (amine is very severe in Ireland, and multitudes are dying of stai vation. The Great Ilntaiu was still lying in Dunbrous Hay. The Greni We-tem made her passage out in IG days and I'i houis. She had a tremendous voyaje. Hon. George II mcroft, lady and child arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, 25th. by the steam ship Great Western. The lion, eentleman lefi Liverpool on the 2Cth for London, taking Chester and Birmingham in his way. Doting his slay in Liverpool he was waited upon by ihe American Chamber of Commerce, and visited by the principle merchants of the town. On Wednesday, the 2S'.h. h dined with a select p irty at the resilience of Win. Brown, Esq. M. P. at Richmond Htll; and, on the following day with S. Gair. Esq. of the firm ff Raring & Brotheis The Ilibernia arrived at Liverpool on the 2'.;h tilt, after a passage of 12i days. The packet ship Washington Irving arrived at Liverpool fiom Boston on the 21th tilt, after a passage of a Utile over 18 days. She brought news from the United States five days later than conveyed by the steamship Cambria. The Wyoming, Captain Miercken. arrived from Philadelphia 0:1 the 20th. and ihe Henry Clay from New-York, on the 25th inst. ARRIVAL OF TH2 ACADIA. FO UR DA YS LA TER . The steamship Acadia arrived at Bosion about 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning, with four days later news from England. The Acadia made ihe trip in 12 days and 13 hours. The Acadia having left but four days after the Great Western, brings very little news, and our correspondent at Boston having previously received the Groat Wes'ern's new s by telegraph, sent us only the variations in the principal market quotations, winch are as follows, viz: Flour, in bond, 33s, per l b!; Free Flour, Ills, to 31s 01. Corn, duty paid, 55s. per 183 lbs. Cotton, nrdiniary Orleans and Mobile, 5d. to 5 5 81; do fair do. 6 1 41. to 6 5 8 J; so. good do. 6 3 4J, to 1 1-44., from which ir wili be seen thai there has been no material chanae. Pub. Led. Fire In St. LouisAbout one o'clock on Saturday morning, flames were discovered issuing from otie-and-a-half story brick building, No. 05 Levee, which was vacated, on Ihe previous day, by a Mr. Mulligan, who has occupied it as a provision store and boarding house. This, and the two small buildings owned by John Rice, and occupied by Mr. Rice, Goll & Behan, as Coffeehouses, were, with their contents, wholly destroyed. The stock of J. Mitchel, a small cl. iihing ctlablishment adjoining on the south, was considerably damaged. On the north, the largo substantial fireproof warehouse of Mr. George Collier, prevented Ihe fire from spreading in that direction. In the rear of it communicated with the two story stone warehouse, on Commercial street, belonging to L. Deaver, and occupied by Messrs. E. K. Dodge 6 Co; S. W. B ill, R. F. Sass, and W. S. Stewart, ihe latter having just commenced moving in the day before ihe contents of which were consumed. The building adjoining, occupied by Messrs Lovell Burrelt, was slightly injured before the progress of the fire w as arrested. Mr. Stewart lost all his instruments for the guasing snd inspection of liquors, worth 300. and other properly, estimated at !j103 or $500 no insurance. Mr. Sass ' lost his books, and a quantity of furniture, i&c, stored in the building. The loss of Dodge & Co. is estimated at $S0O no insurance. Mr. Saunders, aaent for the Steuben ville jean factoty, Ohio, lost four cases of jeans, valued at $800, on which there was no insurance. The buildings on Commercial street are said to be insured ; the others, on the Levee, were of little value. Mr. Rice estimates his loss at $300. There is very little doubt that the building in which il originated was set on fite. St. Loins Republican. Steamer Pi incclon. The Mobile Herald publishes the follow ing letter : Off Pensacola Hrror, October 31, 181G. The Princeton left her anchorage near the navy yard this morning, at daylight, bound direct for Vera Cruz: she carries I no despatches of importance. Lieutenant Hunter and Purser Christian have been detached and ihe place of the lillr ellnrtliort hv Pllrcap VVntot, t r TV j erett, assistant Engineer, has also been detached from the yard ; with ihese excep tions the same officers remain on board. Yesterday afternoon, the V. S. Storeship Rclief.nfter a passage of twenty d ivs, came in fiom Vera Cruz, with Capt. Fitzlutgh psssenger, commanding late Ihe Mississippi. The intelligence brought is, that the squadron remains still at Vera Cruz, but that an attack on Tampieo is daily expected ; tli is information has probably expedited the departure of the Princeton. Loss on Both Sides The American loss al the battle of Monterey was 153 killed and 392 wounded total. 550. In ihe official despatches of Ampudia lo his government, the Mexican loss is set down al somewhat less, viz : 122 killed, 214 wounded total, 36(5. Making the whole number killed and wounded on both sides 91S. Massachusetts. The Boston Atlas gives the result of the second trial to elect Representatives in several tow ns, and classifies the members of the Legislature thus: Whigs, 1S2; Locos, 32; Liberty. 5; Native, I; and Caleb Cashing.

A M E ll I C A N. BltOOKVILLK, INDIANA.

FRIDAY, NOV. 27. 1346. From the Editor. Indianapolis, Nov. 20, 1S4G Dear Amei ican .'Probably yon, who have invariably and unceasingly advocated the best interests of ihe people, without regard to your own emolument, may be surprised to learn that there are a large number of politicians and hangers-on in this Slate who are loud and crazy in their clamors for a Slate Convention to amend the Constitution. Their reasons tor ilare as various as the number who favor it. Some advocate it, in view of the amount of Priming it will throw into their bands. Some support it in hopes it w ill give them a chance to be a candidate for a seat in ihe Convention. As evidence, the individual in Indianapolis who is loudest in favor of it, is already a candidate for a seat in the Convention. Some favor it in hopes il w ill remodel the Supreme Court and the entire Judiciary, and thereby give them a chance to live by the salary of a judge, when the people have heretofore neglected to appreciate their talents as lawyers. But there is a still larger nurr ber who favor the idea of calling a Convention rom agrarian views. They are ihe ex treme progressives ol both parties. The restraints of society, of law, and of order bear heavily upon ihem. They warn something new something untried and uncertain. They have read Owen, Fanny Wright, and Fourrier, until the laws and customs the holy institutions and inalienable rights, under which the world has marc'ied up from the gulph of barbarism, ignorance, and idolatry to a state of rea son, intelligence, virtue and religion, where all the social blc9sing9 are enjoyed and respected. Some of the Convemionists, we have seen since our stay in this city, are in favor of abrogating the mar riage ceremony, and adopting a communi ty of interest. Others who pretend they are not so radical, are only in favor of an equal distribution of properly, and pro hibiting any one hereafter from owning more than 80 acres of land, or one house and l"t. Bul this is only tending to the extremes of demociacy. A pure democratic gov ernment is a government w iihout law. and to that are the discontented spirits of our day tending. Had ihey a little more moral depravity, and if it were not for the holy restraints of our institutions, they would break dow n all the barriers of our moral and social relations, disregard the teach ings Hnd experience of the past, and, stripping themselves ofbwots and breeches,'' rush in their wildest fury to the wood; toluxuiiale in their naive and congen ial element th it of pure, native, and uniestrained democracy the democra cy of the beast of the wilds. But, w e are pleased to see no stalle sound mind, of either party, claiming the right, under the Constitution, to call a con vention alibis time. Those who favor it put the Constitution at defiance, and say the people have a right to change their form of go vernment, or laws, when and how they please. This is the same doc trine claimed by the judge, at St. Louis some yrars since, in the case of the riots. He charged the jury mat the people were the authors of the law in this country, and had a right to change it at any time ; and that, if the people all met together and did an act, it was done lawfully, for in the peo pie is vested all power. This is a fearful doctrine and when it is entertained or practised, the sacred inheritance of per sonal property and private rights, are un certain tenures. We now have as good a Constitution as there is in the Union, and we have utter horror at placing that charter in the hands of our crazy, agrarian politicians of the present day. The people of this age are political maniacs we care not to what party they belong. They are blind and cannot see. Either one party or the other would be in the ascendent in a State Convention, and we could not willingly consent to let either party tinker out Constitution. We believe the day and reign of political demagogues is passing away and will soon be named w ith that of knight-errantry. There again will be men placed in office for their intrinsic merits, and not because they are rank, raving politicians. When that day shall arrive, the Constitution can be amended with safety. Till then, we shall deprecate it as worse than war, pestilence and famine. Deaf and Dumb Asylum. On yesterday we made an agreeable and interesting visit to this Institution located in this city, ucder the superintendence of Mr. Brown, a gentlem an, we should judge, from our short acquaintance, eminently qualified for so important and responsible a charge. This is a new Institution, under the care and patronage of our Slate. And a more laudable and philanthropic object could not engage their attention, or absorb a portion rf our revenue. There is now in this school about 45 subjects, wno, lor some all-wise but inscrutable purpose, are deficient in two important organs hearing and speaking. They are of various ages, from 22 down to proba

bly 6 year. Ordinary school teachers

complain of the trouble of teaching scholars who can hear the sound of letters and words. Bui how is ihe deaf scholar ever to learn ihe sound of a letter so as to form a word ? No one, until he thinks of the difficulties attending the education of the deaf and dumb, can fully appreciate the tedious and perplexing labors devolving on Mr. Brown. We find his scholars are advancing rapidly they look lively and chec r ful, their countenances beaming with joy and gladness. At the close of the day's studies, Mr. Brown addressed them for some lime, conveying to them his ideas by signs, and when the teacher and schol ars looked to heaven to return thanks for the continued goodness and providenceof God over them, the scene was sublime and solemn. Never did our heart swell with more gratitude to God for all his wonderful goodness, in giving us all our faculties and senses. We learn from Mr. Brawn that there arojperhaps 500 deaf and dumb in the Slate, and bul few, in comparison, are availing themselves of the benefits of this Institution. The State should erect, immediately, permanent and convenient buildings for this Asylum. Mr. Brown is a modest, unassuming man deeply engaged in his business and loved by his scholars. His discipline is mild, kind, and parental. His scholars are familiar, but not rude, with him. City of afayette. There is a case of considerable importance pending in the Circuit Court of the United Siates now in session in this cily, involving the right lo a large portion of the Real Estate of the cily of Lafayette. Th e suit Is brought by a citizen of Delaware, an heir of the origin al proprietor of ihe town. It seems it was laid out before the organization of the county, and as an inducement for ths loca tion of the county seat at th3t place, the proprietor mide a donation conditionally, of every evenly numbered )o, an! ten acres of land, now the heart of the city. The county commissioners not having been elected, he gave his bond in a penalty of $300, payable to the Commissioners thereafter to be elected, for a deed. But, before the deed was executed, the propiietordied. Suit was brought, compelling the heirs to make the deed. Under this title the property has been sold and im proved, the title being considered undoubt ed. The present claimant sets un some illegality in the bond and proceedings in Court. It is said the owners agreed lo give him $200,000 lo compromise. If he should succeed in his claim, we look for some ami renters in Lafayette, as well as in New York. Business at Indianapolis. Even a casu al visiter at Indianapolis can see an evident increase in business. The Rail Road from Madison is rapidly approximating completion, and will early next summer bi ready for cars to Indianapolis, when there will be an increase in business not easily calculated on paper. For want of an outlet to market the interior of our Slate has almost comparatively remained in a state of nature, lo what will be witnessed in a few years. The soil, the productions of which will find an ample market at Indianapolis, is surpassingly fertile, capable of a high state of cultivation, and inexhaustible in natural richness, not requiring, for almost numberless years, any foreign recuperative substance. There are no portions of the soil but what are available and productive. No portion of it is covered by abrupt hills or mountains, nor is it submerged in irreclaimable morasses or swamps. It is capable of as dense a population, and of as abundant agricultural supplies as any portion of the globe. And, although we love the White Water Valley, acknowledging nosupetior in richness of soil, intelligent and moral popula tion, an d healthy and commercial advantages, yet, in future years, when the present and coming generations shall have passed from the scene of action, the flat wooded alluvial portions of Indiana will far sur pass rich bottoms and dry rolling farms. We hope this will be considered no trea son to our own loved Valley and home, for il has advantages to us and our children not available in any other portion of the State. Indianapolis, like Dayton, Ohio, is destined to be an immensely rich and beautiful city. The mind is not capable of estimating the amount of private wealth and luxury in store for this people in future years. We are pleased to know that there is a prospect, also, that moral and intellectual culture will keep pace with worldly comforts. C. F. C. Henry Clay. A corresnoudent of the United States Gazette,writing from Frankfort, Ky., on the 1st inst., communicates ihe following in relation to Mr. Clay: " He has be en here for several days try ing an important will case from Louis ville.-an i his closing speech was pronoun ced by all who heard it to be one of the best efforts of his life. I was told that he had made several ar guments during the last Fayette Court to juries, and it seemed as if olden times had returned. His menial and bodily vein ap pears strong as ever, and having just heard the glorious news from Old Keystone, he was in the very best flow of spirits." How the news from the Empire Stale must swell the patriot's heart ! XtJ" The Legislature of this Stale sits on next Monday week.

Snotc.-On Tuesday night and We1. nesday mot niog last f now fell in this plaC9 to ihe depth of three inches.

Call for Troops. The War Department has at lcnth called for more troops, as we learn l'0m the WashiHston Union Tt in n-.. " aiirti in. ' ",c "-nice ui me unneu states nine ad umwiiai rcgniienis or volunteers to serve during the war with Mexico, unless s0nn c:i mamar-cu. i ney are asked for ff0 the following States: One regiment of infantry from 5la5 chusetts. " One tegiment of infantry from tv State of New York; 6 Our regiment of infantry from Pcnnsvlma Oue regiment of infantry from Virgin. ta; One regiment of infantry from N. Carolina; One Regiment of infantry from S. Carolina; One regiment of infantry from Mississippi; aad One regiment of mounted men fi0m Texas. This affords a chance for those of our volunteers who are desirous of emulatinT their brethren in arms in Mexico. Ti,e call w ill no doubt be promptly respond to. Death of a Revolutionary Soldieh. The Litchfield Enquirer of the 12;h inst gives the following incidents in the life of Mr. John Strowg, a Revolutionary soldier, who died at Norfolk, in this Slate Oct. 29in,ai the age of 66 years and 5 monihs. Mr. S. enlisted in the army in March, 16, then between IG and 17 years of age, he being one of 1D0 men froinTorrington and Litchfield, all volunteers under the command of Col. Bebe or Litchfield, as their Captain, and Jesee Cook of Torringford, Lieutenant. They started from Torrington, went toNorwaik, thence toXew-Yotk: after three weeks siationed in New-Jersey. During ihe winter their sufferings, was intense. From October tn January they had ni shelter but ihe canopy of heaven. About the 20th Dfcemner ine snow ten to a great dephih. which added much to their suffering. Mr. Stron was one that escaped when Fort Washington was taken by the British, and alirgp number of Americans were captured history states about 2700. He had aften ber;; placed guard over Major Andre, and wuJ within ten or twelve feet of him when hung. Us has often gone forty-eight hours without food, and then but partially supplied with Indian meal, fl i his ,v !,,1m -the snow was so deep that il took him 17 days to get home. In August. 1777, went again to New Jersey, was theie' eight month. Not Tar from this time Burgoynwas taken and Gen. Lafayette cametoour aid. In 1778 he was ordered to White Plains as a minute man thence to Peekskill until his time of service expired. Bador Quacks. The Legislature of Maine have enacted a law, ai its last session providing under hetvy penalties, that no'medicine shall be exposed to sale without a label, "setting forth concisely the names of all the ingredients or simples of which such medicine is composed, and the proportions of each." This is, in effect, a prohibitory statute, for if all the customers of the popular medicines knew the composition of ihem the charm of myste ry would be dissolved, and such uojtroms would not have one purchaser, where they now have a thousand. Balie Peyton. This gentleman, who was so conspicuous in the tiaitles at Monterey, arrived at Nashvilison Monday. The Gazette says: He brough with him a number of trophies capluied fiom the Mexicans. Among them are swords, lances, a short cavahy musket, a saddle and bridle, ic. &c The sword is a fine one, with a basket handle, the ribs of which are silver; the scabbard has seveal silver bands upon it; on one side of the first band is inscribed 'Captured at Monterey in the battle of the 21st September, 1846." On the opposite side: ' Taken from Col. Negara, of the Mexican cavalry lancers, who wss killed in a personal conflict with Col. John C. Hays, of the Texas Rangers," Printing Press for Santa. Fe.Oir enterprising neighbor, A. P. Ladew, has rr.: up and shipped from his foundry, in Fr; Leavenworth, a press, type and paper for a printing establishment in Santa Fe. U is intended for the use of the Provisional Government organized by Gen. Kearney, and will, at the earliest opportunity, be forwarded to its destination. Our eastern friends will now oerceive that New .Mexi co has been, by regular process, annexed. St. Louis Reveille. Baptist Cburch established at Oregon City, Oregon. The New York Recorder give3 extracts from letters from the Babtist missionaries to Oregon, the Rev. Messrs. Fisher and Johnson. They travelled on the Western route,seven and a half months on the road, and mik ing a distance of 2,500 miles. Thev said the winter is remarkably mild, that their grains and vegetables do well, and their turnips grow to an extraordinary size. Their opinion is, hat towns must rise up on the Columbia river, and vast cities on the Pacific. Army and Wavy. New Orleans dates to the Ilth KJ news from the Armytliitle from the Navy. The bark Coosa, recently seized offAlvarado by the U. S. squadron, arrived at New Orleans on the 10th instant.in chsrje ofPassed Midshipman Barrett. The New Orleans Delta learns by th: arrival that the Mexican prize schooner Telegraph, taken by the U. 8. steamshi? Mississippi off Tobasco, was brought cp to fleet on the lGih ult., ihe day before Midshipman Barrett left." When the fleet under Com. Perry had been last heard from they were immediately off Tobasco.and were but waiting for a violent swell to subside before passwZ overe the bar to attack the place every man being eager for the fray. The squadron consisted of the Mississippi (flag-ship) Com. Perry; ths Vixen Com'r Sands, Revenue Cutler McLean, Capt. Howard, Rev. Cutter Forward Capt. Nones; prize schr. Noncera Lieut Hazard schooner Reefer, Lieut Sterrclt, and schr Bonita.

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