Indiana American, Volume 16, Number 3, Brookville, Franklin County, 14 January 1848 — Page 2

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BKOOKTILLE, INDIANA. FRIDAY. JAN. 14, 1848. FO PTISSIDEXT IK IMS, Getu Z A4 it Alt IT TA V LO It. "In na rl-e nn I p. rn-.il mnflf to b ihe rantltdate f any r,v, or i. 11 m..U" in pariy ithcmn." '"I'h ywiil f artivi, aud thr Nalimial $mHl wioidbciaj grmiainlahturbinjaini." Taylmr A Temprrniic' Electing Will be held ut Moiiut Cariuel, on Saturday evening next (Jan. 15) at early caudle lighting. Edward U. Barry, end others will address ihe meetiug. It is hcpad there will be a general attendance of the ladies and gentlemen of that vicinity. TVr I ranUtln H reman Will meet at the County Seminary on Tuesday eveuing next, wh-n C. F. Clarkson will Lectare before, trm Society. Free tickets can be had oT tha members ot the officers. The citizens are respectfully requested to attend. The LrfgiUilnre. It Is supposed the legislature convened on Monday last, bnt we have no Information opon the imbject. "Our sufferings IS intolerable." Tko w Vrk Bank. During the past tea days we have various minor about the New York banks. Some of the ttorles are trne, bat most of them were raised by brokers. We advise our friends, however, U beware of the New York private banks. There ran be Int litt'e suspicion o the solvency of the Safety Fund banks. We do not wish to l.arae any banks reported, for we do not know whlc!i U true, or which false. A Kawtc'T at -VIbony, -vr Vark. Ifl the Wst we are at a loss sometimes to chtaiu a lawyer in the eastern cities to attend to collections with energy, without charging the whole amount nf the debt, for the fee. We therefore recommend ns an efficient, faithful, and at the name time, reasonable lawyer, Luclcn Eirdney. Esq., at Albany, New York. Onr friends, who wish business attended to in that region, can confide In him with 6,fety. Mr. Aruiitsge is a partner with Mr. Hayrrond, tn the flouring mill of Mr. Kimble, In Cits place. Carriiijre ITOnnnfhctiry. Mr. C. Smith, iu com puny with other gutletteu, have made arrangements for nianufacturlug carriages In this place. They have already coinmeuced, nud would like to make engagements for furnishing early lu the season, some excellent carnages. Plaia Tulk. The Rev. A. W. Elliott, the venerable man of Pntler connty. Is out In a communication, in lb Hamilton papers, against the Mexican war What he says, he tells It plainly, hit or miss. iJV-n. TitiUr la OhI. The Lebanon Star has finally acknowledged oa mere is a "small bnt determined partv in Ohio for Gen. Taylor." This is doing pretty wen lor me ciar. HntMtK lt ronntr, Ind. The Whig county meeting of Hancock co. was held at Greenfield on the 1st day of Jan. Thos. D. Walpole In the chair. They nominated Henry Clay for the Presidency, and approved ff a National Convention. Droit mf the lion. And. Kcnnednr. It is our duty to announce the death of the Hen. Andrew Kenneday, which took place at the Palmer House, Indianapolis; on Friday, the 81st day of December, of the small pox. From the Indianapolis papers we learn the following Items in the history of this man's life. He was born about 37 years ago, In the vicinity of Little York, Butler township, Montgomery county, Ohio. He was one of a numerous family of children, whose parsnts were very poor. Mr. Kenneday was early put to the trade of a blacksmith, at which he worked on Ms first arrival in this State, we believe. The a? of 19 years still found him at (he anvil, ana nnable either to write or read. New impulses now stirred within him, and with the small means he had earned, he applied himself with unceasing ieal and en-rgy to the cultivation of his mind. A f.-w years not only remedied the defects occasioned by the absence of early educational advantages, but found him et the Ear, an able lawyer. But the people soon cnlled upon him to exercise his talents in anoth r sphere; he was elected to the General Assembly, and was Immediately recognised as one of the ablest members of the State Senate. Close opon this followed his election to Conprrss, and he served three consecutive terms in the bouse of Representatives. From the commencement to the end of his Congressional career, (having declined to be a candidate for a fourth term,) his course is too well known to require a word from ns to elucidate it. r.ta. Cnsa saj tke Presidency. There la now a strong indication that Gen. Cess will he the democratic candidate for the Presidency. With this view, his opinions become important to every reader, but mor Mptfcfcdly to the numerous democratic readers of trie American, r or tins purpose we lay before unr rejtders to-day, the 1-tter of Gen. Cass. Every one should read it and make themselves familiar with the opinions of our great men. Ietnrr ou .tlrnrrlm. Iwac I. Keely is now flourishing like a "green bay horse," In Lonisville, Ky , giving Wtnr.-s on Mesmerism, and in curing the lame, the blind, the d-af and the dumb. Our fon-mpondrat. An Interesting letter wlil be found in this day's pper, from a correspondent from Jackon, MifM. It is written by a distinguished cttiiea of this State, who is spending the winter -a the south. We hope we may hear from him frequently. Clay la Washington. The Hoa. Henry Clay arrived in Wrshington on the 10th lust., and was received by the Mayor, end mide a speech from the Portico of the V. S. Hotel. Oat Uriaomttic mr ntioa. The lVrnorrals of Ohio, in State Convention, have non.iuated Col. Johm It Wfi.i.er, of Butler eonoty as candidate for Governor. Thev also almost unanimansly nominated Gen. CASS for the" Presidency. The vote stood for Cass 837, sgaiust him 23. TylT JIim Ttertiag In rVrw Yark. There ha been a Moss Meeting called at the Tabernacle Id the city of New York, on the t2d of February, to make demonstration in favor cf tke People's candidate. ) Thai Fayette Circuit Cxmrnt im I. ... -- iuitwdii,! Wg Mta tm. j

The Bite af a Itf rtlrvnnke. A few weeks since, Dr. Wainright, a dlstin

gulahed physician of New York, had sent to ! him as a uiMpnt. a lr.. Uni..,..i. :.. .. from AUI-...,. T. .... .. . I 1 .1 r .... . J ...j iiit-rviure oorn. it 10 the llroatiwav House, ! andatthesoliclt.Honrf,i. . -... 1... 1 In a room. It showed som- .vm,nw r yet Its herniation emboldened the bystanders. I j ' uunowity being Curiosity being satisfied. Dr. Wainri.rht nro-! ceedt-d to re-cim the snake. ... . r - ( tiuu very in uaip;,,11,l . . . . 1 .... , - ciously pa. his han's to its body. It iinmwliailn ih . .u , . . ! ately threw its mouth open and struck him on i the Inside of the rin r .1.. 1 Tl.. 1 ..... . . ..v, r.a urKau uniiieuiaiely to spread to the arm to the body and fiuallv to the heart nntil the Doctor died n Bht 1 r .1. . i time of the bite. He was a professor in one i

or the colleges, was immediately surrounded, on- 1 y "'"""I ministration impreguaule in regard to the war; being bitten, bv nil the distinguished phvsici'aus l maU" n,,J nCl ivin? risits from ,,"'ir i and expressing great u illingnessto meet all us er that city, and all their aid was exerted iu i co,ored w?'1. They generally prefer the Bal,its,as he doul.tJ not they could eai!y revaiu. It is truly a melancholy case. He leaves ,i,Uer; al"1, ril1 Pionately fond cf mM3 ! pel nil assaults.. Much praise was bestowed" upan interesting family. jau,i tiani-ing you may hear the well known 0I1 tie Army, and the Senate congratulated Is the poison of the rattle snake ever to IeuUn''8 of t! amboreen and trianle, ; ,lilt ai p;irties could unite iu praising them, baffle the skill of physicians? and when bitt-n, 1,16 ptreetia,,d "Hoys of this rising metrop- j liruvly had leaders and soldiers borne themmust we surely die? Is there no antidote toi,i:)'Ht hny 'Ur Dt,wen fUnJown 8,1,1 rni'1- ! selves under the ciicumstances iu which they

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and when a case occurs like this, In the midst " 0n tho blU0' is gel"'ril"r the leader, nnd alof physicians of science and nf , most iuvarialy aecompauies the music of the

where all the medicines are at hand where q..1;.. : . . "i'i",w";UM e immediately made, proves ftal, it indeed becomes a serious question. Have scientific men ever discovered whether this animal poison be an acid or an alkali? Can It be possible that the small amount of poison ejected from the serpent's tooth Into the wound, can an mn . .. .ivvu vui I II III ina ahtica " numan svstem. m tn .oa .i... . , . .u aiewnoursr Or does it act on the nerro-n ' system, an.t reach the brain through the nerv. s? 1 nese are questions for our medical men. We ; are at ail times subject to a bite from these rep- , u:es, and every one should know if there be an antidote for the poison. A 'ongrrionnl Portrait. The editor of the New York Mirror is row in Washington, giving items of the , h, and doings. He eives the foliowlnir Hesrr gives ine lollowtng desrr.p-.,. lion t.fa member of Congress from the West. ' Do our friends of the T nfivoii n;tf,;.f nise thepoMrait Hesay?--There is one member from the West, who, I am inclined to think was sent here out of a spirit of burlesque on the part of hi, consli.n - . ents. He eminently profane In speech, and, judging from appearances, clever at a game of iisticufls; what else is In him, except ovsters and brandy cover, whole and a ness. lion hi Iasurance Oflice." Yiudlctlvmc. We should su noose ilmt Tw C. r Lafayette could satisfv h!m-ir .5,1 -:.:! j ...-w. .... u'iii:.uii to Gen. Taylor, in his nngenerous, and unreasonable extremes in the Journal, a political paper, without defiling the little Temperance sheet he Is publishing, with foul stabs at this great and good man. In the last ','Son of Temperance," we find the following contemptible inrust at Uen. Taylor, to-wit "Why is a sot like Gen. Tavlor? Because I he is always rough and read-eye." The firm and decided stand Geu. Taylor has taken privately and publicly, in the cause of tempeiance, demands better treatment, irom a temperance paper, at least. -V Terrible Explosion. The Steamer Sea Bird, on its way from New Orleans to St. Louis, took fire on the 3d inst. near Cape Girardeau. It had on board 1000 kegs of powder. The boat was headed for shore, landed, and the passengers had barely escaped on shore, before it was blown to atoms no lives lost. The report of the explosion was heard 40 miles. The V. C'ourit-r'A Prediction. The Courier and Enquirer of January 1st, 184:?, contains a short editorial article, commencing with the following 'Predictiom. On the 1st of January, 1S49, a Fresisent aud Vice President of the United States will have been elected, whose term of office will commence on the 4th of March following. Now we venture the prediction that the gentlemen elected will be For President, ZACI1AR Y TAYLOR. Kor Vice President, DANIEL WEBSTER." This association of names must have been made in burlesque. There is no unity of feeling, Interest or congeniality. Various" schemes are on foot now-a-days, to defeat Gen. Taylor, by pretended friends. We are not to be affrighted fro.-.i the old General by the nbove frightful tail to the ticket. Such discordant elements will never mingle or assimilate. (Mn.'l'nilor. From a letter from Gen. Taylor to the citizens of Vicksburgh, we learn that it is his intention to attend to his private affairs during his furlough from the army, and that he will not visit Washington city, or any of the eastern or middle states. We rejoice at this. No muter how much we might love to see the old hero, and witness the public demonstrations in his favor, yet we reprobate any thing like strolling, electioneering Presidential candidates, as mu, h as we do political creed-writing, which Is intended to cateh votes, but never to be practised. We hope Gen. Taylor will attend to his firm, GKntl nil h.J.lUl l . ' ""'i on i i 1 1 1 iiwii i'Rirniaiitc a. : t f, i ,h. " , I . ... . ... peopie win attend to his case, without the aid of political gamblers, brokers and money changers. The PMBhkr-ir.tinf-ricnn. This excellent paper comes to us this week, with these words written on the margin:

toddy, it would be difficult to dis- ,' t1.. ,t, ... .i i... ' i colleague as nnmr iameiitory and nnusal.

On the war ouestion. be m. il, ' i ' f Mr. 1-oote, a youngfcenator, spoke with some

' " geniieiiHiu vi pueu ii(iores8 anil prepossessing i . r t i i . i .i . . ' ilirure." backed un bv mnnCfrn0 i . . 1 '. "eat of schemes ileHgied to deprive tho Admin-i

.appearance, iook as n mcv wished lie nuglil . . .. f ,. , , squirt of tobaecv juice, terrible to wit- , Wcome their purchaser, in such cases thev " d faVnte It might not be prudent for me to men- j ,ook HS pl..asant ns iU anJ ns u i ur f ,,, ,. i s tnms without the consent of the Life! , . ,t ,'.., n. . ! J,r- ?pr rpphed to this with a grace and

"Please exchange we want a good Taylor pa-! 2- II roreeth to the Christian. Now, fellowper from the West" Well, "we are one of , Christian, h your high privilege to labor for

........ ua we. rejoice io recognise lu the j io..gl.eepsW ew ork) American, a teal- i ons co-laborer. Thr Taylor Miotic Those who have been gathering some of the evidences of Gen. Taylor's rising nor.uh.ritv. ; I .. . . : . . . ".r 1 ' ; iiae aireacy received six hundred and threenewspapers from all parts of the United States, h have raised the Taylor flag. Those who ! cauuot see any evidence of the popular feeling ' In ihis, must be like the drowning who sneered I at Noah in hlsark. "It is not much of a show- j er alter all." , J lMArago states that there is in Liberia entire dlstnrt where, rinrinn iK -!.,.. is constantly clear, and where a single particle . .. "' J : of suow never f.dts. The Franklin Circuit Court meets on Mouday the 6th of February. There will be an e .v. ,.uipo..e me session lor two or three week., to accommodat. some lawyer, who are

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Carres niT f Ihe Arurricua. ck.so, Miss., Dec. 30, 1S47. Iionjrh r-ii.-ed in a slave-holding residence in a free State has Dear Fir: .' i,,n "'5 Io' rendered man things connected with the "pe-i-uliar ,i. ' .. r t V. V.nnl i mllta tlllVt'l. I . . ' '"""T j1 preSUme Tn mwm'M from Chn-tnu. 1 in 7 sxr k n tm i 1 p th I tuslu nv 111 the oOUlll- . I. I . : ... .1 1 ir,oo 1 " " r " .3, j ' " . 1 3 S -" noun tiprp. mi iiiimiiers 01 me servants mav . .. ,., , ....j :.. w inei, 1 mi limes 01 imb uav, uicm m . , . '. .... . , ., . their b st alti), visiting, in squads, their br- lli- , , , j T , . , ' , . , . rPn ln hoa Judging from their obstr. porious hilantv. leir homelv lokes, and tlieir liear- , . I . ... 1 ; 1 ex,st 011 lhe r tIle earVl- l,unn? Vm ho1' iiaS' 'l isol'onaI wlt1' tl"'nl ,0 w,,rk tvTnxch I night. In tle street orchestras, the perform- : extrav:,S"z, (which constitute the staple of fhnir nurf.i n.muc n-illi cmliilklA nmnla Hlin

their perfom.nces,) with suitable words and ! ,,,!,,! iu tle WOrld. The coni'on Vas ulso ejaculit onso inspire the imaginations, as well j ,m,cll prai.:eu by tlie speaker, auiI'.'Cjish exas the heels of those who dance. What these j preSsed that he had been Iu Europe "inf rhe time

as the hf"c,s of tho!ie who dal!Ce- Wha tI,ese ! ru''' 0Iv'r,9 c'1 'n elegance, I assure you, they :m!,ke nP ino,,er&T 'ou would readily nek- I i y0U 8 UW m,n,Ue8 ago, and witnessed a regular 'hoe down" beiween hnlf a doztn darkies In the street north of: r. 1 1 .1 n -1 . t . . I K ",r-""""ru 0 " "T "v They danced as If their lives were ,w " 11 u"ei"' "nu ifc eR""g . p " Kvm lo P""! P,,oa ! MI -lejn,1oa5 """' l'"ettiiig ana eJ ou.u nave uoue nouor ' e j I notice several lots of negroes from Vlrghi- , in mis piiice. lor PHle. I hey m-y t e seen . .t nn v bonr b itu-win ) unit J n'flnotr 1 .itw .;., s..Sm . ', . , , c . r j of t!l0 St IIou T ' - - i ' . . ' 1 i"" ' ' X f lJVZt ' j , women. Their owners appear to be qiet, i ' ....nt,.,.,.; . .. . , : M 'o v I .-iMl.-wr-n llil'i lime 11111 IU MV 1 ! unless the lww bv hnnna to .,U , ; ! notice, hen tho question m.y be asked, if ho I u i !. ,,,!,... ..' n '. poor creatures, I have frequently noticed, in nassinir. nn trrenrocvit.1 .toi..:i:..n .... i ' V " ' J be merry, and to participate in the general hi- ! Ur,,y of ,,,e aon ... , . , lhese things are strung-, and can be arcoun-' . . , , e : ted for only on the principle that "us l s c-1 , , :, , 1 , J "' j ond nature." The quasi free neirro in tho free I , . - ; . . , ' ! wen as the slaves here; because the modicum ; I which ... . -' ires nopis , even iu the so-called "Faet-stat-s," he cnnnot r"alizp, "-' which nre doomed to be blasted in the bud. But if our abolition friends could have access to these negroes, how quickly they would convince them that it was their bounden ictt to be discontented, unhappy and miserable! The complete emancipation of the incan race, amoo the whites, is a miserable lillmTiiifV ....I : .... 1 y . . ..u.i.u.. mm u,-iiiiiiii r itef':na. lid cti.wt m... 111.1 . must shn.tder at the idea of seeimr the ballot-! boxes of the southern stales surrounded by the ! two races uiih ,ei, , I "'-iit-iih! cauoiil,l(s lor ,-... T! .1 .-, . . . every office iu the gift of a people so divi.leH,! with 'king numbers," or the sword, the only arbiters to decide the struggle for superiority 1 That torrents of blood would mark the first trial of such a Utopian "experiment," no man but a monamaniac can f ir one moment doubt. Even in St. Domingo, according to recent accounts, such is the rivalry between the "Mm k" and "colored," or mulatto races, at this time, that it threatens to end iu a tragedy similar to that which terminated In the expulsion and massacre of the French on that Wand. Why, then, expect a better result, under more aggravating circumstances, iu our own land? As Jefferson said, "we have the wolf by the ears, and we dare not, if we would, let him tro. lest j he turn round nud bite us." Slavery is an evil, a blighting evil; and a far greater curse to the whites than to Ihe blacks, whose condition i vastly better than th mo lavored or the African race in th country from whence they sprang. Nothing short of cloniution, and separation of the two races, can ever, in my humble opinion, effect the least good. That the Almighty, bis all-wise providuice, may Revise some practical plan of effecting so desirable an object as the colonic Uion and freedom cf the African race, should be the prayer of every Christian and philanthropist. Excuse th-se deS, llory thoughts, nJ nVe me, yours truly, jj "Tits Nicht Ccmftii "Solemn thought, "The night cometh when no man cat work." i i. n comth to the pistor. His day e i ' of abor ... . 1 1 i. . . his congregation to who,,, win soon tv lie minister, Fabbalh all er J-alihalh will K.mn be divided, tome upon tle right hand, some npon the left; seme welcomed to heaven, and some doomed to sell. Whatever he does for their sal vation must be done nuicklv yr never done at tall. I""" oi 0,1 s ciuse on earth. "The n,S" i'"melli." If ever ycu .h-sVu to do any thing for Gud or your ft How-men, do it 3. It conetli to Parents. Pr., do much to save your children from everlasting , ,,m , wo gieat r.spoiisibi!ity rests upon vou. ! S..t l. 1: ... . . ai" are comnnued to yoar care; now' ro"1 da-v of ,al,or lh ,1?ght is at hand. 1 li rom"' to he impenitent sinner. Now n"'' ,,lv;,' ,' h Spirit strives, aud salvation is vffvred to rlief of sinners. But "the ui"ht co,ttn;" ark, dismal, fearful niyht of rain eternal; a night of keen remorse. O, sinner, thou hast 110 time to lose. 'E-in f.ir thy life '"for the night ,tl,e night t,e 0! fe ,u" '"fc"1 tieruui.cometli. and thou art far from ri 15,-leoted. Wa Nr.s.--We have nothing this week

In. . T.n.. .1 1 j. . . . . i "" "J men in unc uay. Ill mai ' he 10 sharpen thur I'esire for eneint in. l;i.-....l i . . .

L,,aiilr, ... ... ... ' j bad been asked had been voted promptly, and iu equality, without the most d stant nrnsn -ef f ' '

fverlw.inn.niUi .-r .i . . rfse had this hodv reduced the cs imates. I eer Iwirg able to gratify their aspirations, nn- at n i .i " .r . , less bv Hi i,1,; ,i;. ' . . r. Mr. Davissaid the House had struck out the less py me suhjection or extermination of the .. , r . . now dominant r:,e P... ...n ...... , I ims foT ca'P equipage, in consequence of j

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" j from the sa of war FXC pt probably a rumor '".that (ten. lane h:,s had a skirmish i(h ti,e

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Procceilinjr" of CwugrcM.

Monday Jan. 3, If 43. SENATE. Mr. Hunter submitted a resolution which was adopted, calling upon the President for the correpoudeu e of Mr. Wise, late Al.uiMer at ttie tourt i i.razu.emt.racing some j ... . . ..... . r 11 t I ..... him nJ Mr. IIam;,. 11 10 jri ( iiiuiiHitrr ni iuo uiui uuui i, uii ic- ... .1. . ti:.: ..i. Tir- : .u.. r ..II laliiiR to the slave trle provided it can be done without detriment to tlie public service, The special order in tho Senate the Army 15:11s was called up at 1 o'clock, and the one in relation to the clothing of Volunteers was passed without amendment and without deMr. Cass took the floor npon the twenty regiment bill pronouncing the position of the Adwere placed. Mr. Cass gave an account of twentv-eight bat tles and victeries won uyourtroo Y nd proLouncej the good conduct of our. Vs uuex- !.. . .1 t 1 r'i ria pressed that he had been Iu Europe inf r tj,ese hittles were fought, iu order to country p'raised. ear our It was stated that the whole number of troops in Mexico, or on tlieir way to Mexico, was 4."$,5G() men 34.935 of whom were under C. nprf5 ti, r -,m 1 i fit Scott. Taylor, or Wool. Strong as this force was, was nec essary to augment it, and when it was augmented it would not reach the aggregate of j Ule force ttIreeildy au,llljizeu by ized by the law. There was a stirring debate after Mr. Cass cWl! a, , ie or(Il.r of bUsillr8S. Mr. Calhoun bi'd the tb.nr tn-mnrrnur J.u ih i . . J rrt"r f ti,e f?ennte' his i' i 1 he Senator Trom 5?. C. complained that the i ceuaie euneavorea to Choke Him oil, unless he would consent, and iinUss o. her Senators won d i that this bill becons.W i,,,,e(iia,ev. ,Mr' CfWtt ft I 'ahlm dr eons and unprecedented. Mr- I! u fl r In some vry courteous remarks, j . . . . a . !.. 1 U.r!H t:W te"at,; 10 r'Shl ,U r"rJ tu ?! . .... . .. 'ur UiXU"T "l,0Ke 1'"""? 01 1,16 discourtesy lo point that made the Senator Ppologise for the utterance of such a word which is one very i iiimsui.l In the Senate. . u . , .. , . mi a huu K.r-m iii maimer ana leeiiu, tissuins ,, ,,, ,,. . . . , ,. i 7 r log that Mississiniii had been assailed afier it , , , . ,. . , , was cisavowed.Bud doing all this with much . ...:!. .l..l f l r,..i: manner. Mr. Douglass of Illinois meant no discourtesy , g,, but wouU ot l)e p0Ilem ,, pf , ie bill on auv account. The res- ,.,. f.,.c ' a u r...... , " - va v lonui 111' lift k VUL1I VUlUlllia , wero mere abstractions and ought not to lake precedence of any bill. Mr. Davis of Miss, said a few words in regard to the Government. The Army had Buffered for want of jrrompt action here. Mr. Crittenden said it was not the fault of ' I Congress which had voted ten million.- dollars i , , . ( , , - .. i ... .11.1.... 1 ,. , T -"rUo and j . .1..11 .1.-1.....1 .. , . , . tV V . . , 5 Y ! p.ooipi .rg.suuion wuouiu nave if iv i'ltx " : r.H.hl... I...H1.. ..rn.. !- . I the small ness of our Army which made the en emy show fight. The Senate then made the bill the special or- , cVr for Wednesday at one o'clock, and with the understanding that Mr. Calhoun shall be heard to morrow upon his Resolutions. An Executive session closed the business of the i!ay. HOUSE. The Speaker called on the Slates for resolutions. When Massachusetts was call-

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o.l TVT, TI.. I.. ..!..:. ...j i .. .. i twecu the Nences and the R,o GranJe-ask no ; , indemnity of Mexico for our expenses of the war

-oi.i.i eu a resoiuuon, on me ; qu!u to seven percent. A war of conquest was puss.ga of which he called for the previous I disavowed, but it was certain the more successtion, instructing the Committee on Military Af-t the war was Ul9 more cerUlil( ,here fairs to inquire into the expediency of directing that there would be conquest, the President of the United Slates to withdraw The vigorous prosecution of the war would our army to the east bank of the Rio Grande, defeat ail we disavowed. We disavowed the nannd to forthwith ten ler terms cf peace to Mexi- ; tionality-Ihe seperate existence of Mexico -co, which should place the boundary line be- ; The soverelrrntv of the neo.,l .,.i.i ....

-bnt require that Government to liquidate the farlions in Mexico should be put down, and the debt due from her to American citizens prior to : effect of this was destruction to .Mexico the commencement o f the war. Mr. C. said that a free and independent ReMr. Mephens, rf Georgia, moved to lay the , publican government could not grow np under a resolutions on the table. j conquered people. It might under kingly Questions cf order was raised. The Chair I power, an aristocracy, or despotism, but not uno211tif',Tl gentleman from . der a free Republic. But this, under the pro'lM?rr "r er'- , , , press of opinion, was deemed an ahsolete idea. Mr. Cobb, of Georg.a, appealed from the de- ! He nrotestp.l i....

cision of the Chair, and the yeas and nayf were c- U0U, fl0" : ' o '.i' i i r .l , . . I So the decision of the Chair being sustained, 1 the motion to lav the resolution nn tl... 11.1., .- ,.. , j . , , , . - - put and decided by yeas and neays iu the iiegaMr ,!... i. . . . I r. Schenck moved a reco Vi cf th s 1 ckniovca reco ft V of this , hs motion t.,eyr J ,y3 were "-j So the vote, and on his motion the yr tiken, and vole was no The resol K.. ... i.: passare. ' -i- . o - ! "l-IieC U'r n" aVte i T?ry91 he Chairnow resume the eall of the Stales for resolutions. M.ny nan . variety of sobjects were submitted - . mm j ' Mr. Dickey of Tennsvlv submitted a series of resolutions against tl ar, and iu favor 01 npupii. Mr. Moses Hamnton. of lh mm. Pti- ...K. milled a nreaml.U and mnl,ii;n .)t . ,..... that any Mexican State upon proper application, and with a republican constitution, may be ndmilted into the Muion Mr. Houston of Delaware, submitted a resolntiou in favor of voting Aiuksand a medul to Gen. Taylor and hts CjJrors and soldiers, for the victory at Buena VjjjJ" Mr. Evans, of Md , ( emitted au amendment to thi same, which wa:'lrV t read. Mr. Ilenly, of la., off'iid an amendment stating that the said officers Tnd soldiers were engaged in defending theh Jor and rights of their country. Mr. Ashmun, nf Mass offered to amend the amendment, by adding that they were engaged in a war univecesArily and unconstitutionally begun by the President of the United States, and

ho culled for the yeas and nays on it, which were ordered. They stood as fulloivs yeas 85; nays 81. So the amendment of Mr. Ashmttn to Mr. Ilenly's amendment was adopted. The resolution as amended grants the thanks and medals to the ollicers and soldiers at Buena Vista, engaged ns they were in mantaining the honor and rights of their country and in prosecuting a war unnecessarily and unconstitutionally begun by the President of the United Stales. Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, said that he would like to debate the subject, therefore moved to post

pone until to-morrow. , Before his motion was acted on, a motion to adjourn was made and carried. And then the House adjourned.- Bait. Amencan. Tuesday, Jan. 4, I S48. SENATE. Mr. Cameron presented the proceedings of the meeting hi Klin Philadelphia on on the 16th December, approving the measures pursued by the Administration, in prosecution of th war with Mexho, and remarked, in presenting them, thjtt. he agreed iu opiniou with those composing the meeting, and should feel it his duty, as a Senator, to act according to their wishes. Mr. Cass submitted a resolution which was adopted, directing the Secretary of War to communicate to the Senate t-nch reports as have been received by hiin from Gen. Scott, since the transmission of his annual report, and ordering them to be printed with the annual report of the Secretary. Mr. Butler suhmitted a resolution, which was adopted, directing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of author ising the President to promote the efiie.ers of the regular army to the other commands in the troop, raiseu .or me war wiu.0,.1 lor.e.tmg . .l 1 l ... ..1 ... their present commissions ut the termination of the war. The Senate then took tip the special order of the day. beiiic the resoluions off. red bv Mr. Cal- . ... l,0n' " ",e ' Jl" .nr. cuinoan rose Deiore one o ciocb, and Ins , v. , L. resuiuuons imi nig ueeu reau, ne saio in fuostance, mat in oueriiig to Senators these resolutions h, had h,en governed by the reasons which -r H t "T, i"'8, oPPns,t10n to the war he did not intend further to allude to than to explain h,s present pos.t.on He opposed the war then, besause he thought it unnecessary, and could have been easily avoided. After the war had been sanctioned by the Government, he endeavored to give that direction to it which would as much as possible avert the calamity. The motive which prompted these resolutions was neither to strengthen the Executive or the oppoition. He should spak with boldness and independence, and as became a Senator who had nothing to ask from the Government or from the people. lie wished now, as at the last session, to advocate only a defensive line. He proposed a defensive line us best to end thewurand to preserve the institutions of the country. The Tresideut went for conquering a peace, and for making the Government of Mexico surrender a portion of . her territory. He had been victorious at every , ,urnj from ,he ftorming of the cas(e of ym Cruz to fhf nneninfr r.f h .l.o nf ,1... .,;).. r .., " T . ' LU UII I I ILIUI IUU.1 Kl I V. 1)11 L Wt IIJM nil treaty of peace and no peace. The skill and bravery or our troops had done all that men could effoct. We had been aiming at indemnity iu a w rong way. All that we have won is military glory incident to the battles, and lost many thousand lives, and at least forty millions of treasure. . r 1 11 nil. ..... . . ;ir. iainoun auuneii in some detail to his prej vious defensive line, and the good results which would grow out of it. The good meu who had lost their lives would hava been sufficient to have secured all the line, and the interest of the money expended would have paid the cost Ca"'0Un 8"gUed that th,s wouU be the PoIij cy of the Government now, aud that there were tronger reasons than ever for its adoption.Last year the Government was in a flourishing condition. The money market was easy: ouf breadstuff were shipped to Europe in conse quence of the famine, but the fact was different now. We might get men, but we could not get money. Mr. C. said- he had conversed with an intelligent gentlemen who ought to knew, and hisopinion, was that for a loan of forty millions we could not get more than ninety, which was e- . fered to us, and Mexico blotted from the list or nations. The President nrnn..l n Gov.nment i Mc w"uh ; tion- As ln had fallen into the hands of England, from a mistaken policy, so Mexico Wl)ulj fa in, nnr n , ' I' ' . X',C i...3M u,e me, name consequence ot a vigorous prosecution of tlw w Bnd the rre6identeof llr j iv, i. .mo. n.i uu weiu lorward in in ,1.;. . ... nilnlerl In nrnv. I n. ATI ...1 . . . , u.is war of conquest would be unwilling to come back. Butifwe meant Indemnity, why not take it now, without expending foiy mil! ihe 1 1 v. i.nAn-u, anu wimiwouiu avail nn hl KCUHn l'1Pn,t If continue ,i would create br.In .1.. id. --. .7...!.:. p,lne' i - t ...... n v w 14 1 u mpe 1 1 ' ' iik.t;uiiiui n iiii.irf. ff.n.mii.n n .. .. t i , tiui. But. continued M, r. .l,..u j , .. c.iuui.1 we nesire conquest? Every message disavowed it, and the progress of the war, therefere, impeached the lntelligence or the sincerity of the Government. ue thanked the Army sincerely for what it had done, but he feared our thanks would be confined to our arms. But as much as We had gained by arms, we had lost in our civil and political rights. Hewassorry that our Government should lose any or the reputation for moderation, justice, and wisdim which distinguished It iu its early times. We had never before incorporated into our country any but the Caucasian rce. If we took the Mexicans, we should, and for the first time, take the Indian race amonjr US. Wg nmnnuJ I. l.l. 11 ... . .. . - r.r.,. w iuc mem into uie Union, and to place them npon an equality with the other race. He protested most solemnly against II. How could we associate with our people this mixture of Indiana and half bloods! If the nmg was done it might be the end of race.

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was hostile and dangerous to our Institutions. All examples proved that the people who conquered free States were themselves in turn conquered. The Union would become imperious, and its patronage overwhelming. All powers would be lodged iu the Executive, and is the end the Executive would conquer us. Mr. C. predicted that this executive power would inev itably Elide into anarchy. England did not prove au exception to this. She could bear more patronage than all.other powers. It resulted from the fact that her higher branches of government were hereditary. The Roman government had no such power to hold conquered territory. As soon as Rome passed Italy, beyond the Alps and the Mediteranean, she decayed, and her people became a rabble. But England nad not escaped. There was a superincumbent power resting upon a power which threatened. Her provinces of IJiudostan and Ireland taxed her people to the uttermost, and threatened her existence. What, asred Mr. C, would be the cost of annexation to us? There was territory to bought and paid for, civil government to be established, and all the expenses of territory. But in Mexi co we could only have provisional government, j 1 nose Mexicans nad old Castilian, Cothic blood intheirveins.quite equal to the Anglo-Saxon, and would not yield to us. . Nor wtre they fit companions for tis not as good as a Cherokee, or a Choctaw not capable of governing wisely. Nor was it an easy matter to make a Constitutidh. It was one of the meet difficult things in the world, and this admirable Constituiion of ours was only the consequence of pressing cirenmstances and the peculiar men who made it. There was not a State Constitution whioti could compare with it. Public liberty has not less appreciated now than it once was, but it was turned intj a different direction. Military glory wast he theme of admiration no. w ith these impressions he could neither approve ' Vmr ennnnrf ...... T ! 1 1 . I I L iL nor support the war. Terrible would be the ! cala'n't'. fearful the responsibility, or going on i nai lira Knititn 1 "c .""EMU. There was not the smallest chance of suc-.ess except in a defensive line, aud the sooner we took a line the better. His opinion was that pressed its views. We should have been con tent, ut most, to hare seized upon the territory contiguous to us. What the defensive line now should be, he would not say. We should, lowever full back from the central position of Mexico and give up this part of the country. By doing this, we can disentangle ourselves. We were tied to a dead corpse add should get rid of it as soon as possible. Mr. Calhoun Faid he was an old man and found himself among strangers. If he did find sympathy with his young friends here, he put it down to the old feelings of which he could not divest himself, and with which he came iuto public life, thirty and thirty-five years gone by. This was not the first time he had risen, in his place to oppose a war. He did s i alone whrh General Jackson recommended reprisals, and happily a war was then avoided. Mr. Cnlh oun addressed himself maiuly"to the Administration to take the back track to prevent a large public debt, to save the couutry and to do right. The Whig Senators were blamed for voting supplies, to get so much territory which they did not want, and for the support of a war which they deprecated . In conclusion, Mr. Calhonn said he should now propose nothings but if should be sustained hereafter, he should try as to raise a committee wuo would, alter investigation, report as to the i oesi nue, aim wmi au earnest endeavor to secure it. It might not secure peace, but it would secure us irom an embarrassment, which threatened the country, and the end of which could not be foreseen. Mr. Sevier moved to Jay the Resolutions upon the table, disavowing any intention to prevent debate. Soveral of the Whiir members voted no. hut Mr. Calhoun desired that this course shculd be ; taken, and the Resolutions were so disposed of. Wednksdav. Jan. 5. 1S43. SENATE, The bill providing for raising!

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Military iOintuittee did not wish action upon it until after the ten regiment bill should be disposed of. After some debate upon private bills, the Senate proceeded fe the consideration of the special order of the day being the bill to raise ten new regiments for lhe regular army. Mr. Crittenden moved to amend the bill hy striking out all after the enacting clause, and! inserting in lien thereof the provisions of the volunteer bill, increasing tlie number to 30,000. Mr. Crittenden supported his amendment at some length, in an ogreement in favor ef the employment of volunteers in preference to regular troops. Mr. Cass made some explanation In reply to Mr. Crittenden's remarks. Mr. Jefferson Davis followed in a brief but eloquent speech in opp osition to the amendment nnd iu favor of the employment of regular troops. After a few remarks by Mr. Calhoun, the question was taken on the amendment of Mr. Crittenden, and it was negatived by the following vote. YEAS Messrs. Badger, Baldwin, Bell. Earrien Clarke, Clayton. Corwin. Crittenden. D.iv -

ton, Green, Hale, Mangum, Miller, Tearce, i T0p3 Wtiy "as not Congross coasa'.tad rhelps, Spruance, Underwood, Upham and i 9 cou!ended ilwt tho responsibility of the vu Webster 19. "j rsts UP" President. NAYS Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atehisioii,) Mr' Jol)nso conclude his spoech to roorAtherton, Bradbury, Breese, Bntler, Cameron, ! rW' Cass, Davis, of Miss., Dickinson, Dix, Douglass, ! IIOtTSE.-Southren Mall bill resbluUcM de-Downs-Felc.h. Foole IInnnen TI.,n,o. 1 bated and laid on the labia.

, , ,,..-,...,,,- son, of La., Mason, Rusk, Sevier, Sturgeon, Turney and Westcott 2G Mr. Johnson ofMd., offered an amendment, which was adopted, providing that these ten regiments shall be raised by the President, 'ir in his opinion Uie exigencies of the war require Buch a further increase of force." No further amendment being made, the bill was reported to the Senate. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, said that there were Senators on that side of the chamber, who desired to discuss the bill, and he submitted to the friends of the bill whether they would not permit it to be passed over until to-morrow. After ordering the bill lo be enfrrossld. it was laid aside, and will come npon its third read - ing and be further discussed to morrow. rp, . ... ,. u"iww. j no ceiling men adjourned. HOUSE Mr. Venable, of North Carolina, moved to reconsider the vote by which the House yesterday passed the resolution calling on the President for Information in relation to the return of Sanja Anna to Mexico. His object in making this motion, he said, was to move an amendment to said resolution. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the President covering a reply to a resolution of the last House calling for the unpublished correspondence between the Government and Gen. Taylor, and between the Quarter Master General' Department and Gen. Taylor. The Speaker announced that the hour' had arrived for thellous to go into Committee of the Whole to consider the resolution relative to the transportation of the mail between Washington and Richmond. f The House thereupon resolved itself onto Committee of the Whole, (Mr, Cableb B. Smith in the Chair, (and took np the resolution. Mr. Botls took the floor and addressed the House at length against the conduct of the Post Office DmaranMit. nA ... . J

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P. T.incnU n I T4i m He stated that he was one of th. minority 0fhe Committee that reported this solution. His p.:, were in tavor of the gent'enmn from Virginia who had ailv..i.j .u of this resolution; - - .u i in o passjgi hut l.o 1....I . .. ...u 14 . 1 IM1! IO I 1. . elusion that the Railroad Company was wron2 and the Post-master General was right in the matter. Mr Roof, or Ohio, axt took Cie gave way a minute for an amendment to be et fered to the re.olution by Mr. Mead, Cf Virginia, respecting the rates allowed for ti.8 trenaw tation of the mail over Railroads. ' Mr. Root addressed the Committee at lennh in opposition to the conduct or the Posu ffice Department in many respects, aDd also in opposition to the conclusion arrived at by the Committee that reported this resolution. He cptderrined the conduct of all Railroad Compaq J that would abuse the power conferred ' upofc them. Somaof his remarks were faa tloct tttklcaused some merriment. When he had concluded, on motfou, the Gotomillee rose, aad the House adjourned. Washington Crrr, Jsn. 8, P. The Senate has confirmed the followloa aotainations: Charles Huffoagl-, of Pennsylvania, Caara? to Calcutta, vice Higgins, re-called. Hugh Keenan of Pennsylvania Cowrol lo tfca Port ef Dublin, Ireland, tlceWrjaiD, f called. William J. Staples, of New York CrsnJ to Ilavre, vice-r basely, deceased. There la great anxiety to hear Mr. Henrrify Johnson's War Speech on Mondy. Mr. Hunt, Representative from New Tort, has been sick for several days. W.siiiNGToai Ctt, Jan. pa s. . w ....vujj um jieuuoin one was presented by Mr. Cameron of Pa., from a number of citizens of his StaU in favor of the abolish i L.ainj. iii osreFieq 109 oeCAla Id opposition to the petition. Mr. E. A. Ilannegan of Indiana, nbin;tJed resolution that no treaty be concluded wltl Mexico, without giving us a most suitable lin of defence, and it may be necewsary to hald Mexico as a province and no foreign iitinrefr tion be accepted. Laid over. Mr. David Yulee from, commltir-e on Naval affairs, neported a bill for the appropriation ct one hundred and fity thousand dollars to fe applied to the New York Dry Dock. The Ten Regiment bill was next taken Dp, when Mr. Reverdy Johnson of Maryland taofe. the floor and said he should speak briefly ti avoid the postponing the passage ef the bilh In the outset he felt bound tp make a persenui explanation. As differing with other Senator he should not defend the President, but support the War. He had come to Congress Ijolditjfr certain vie-s, but the country being In a war. u was, ne yiought, needful for him ta ehango his position. He had no favor to ask of the. peo- ! fh?. and could accept none cf tho President. 1 o seek popularity, by suppressing opinkjns, c sentiments not entertained would render hiin ccworthy of respect; but to speak plainly wcold command the respect of all intelligent afii iast minds. Ilia course had been determined si ht) could not falter. He had no word for inere pa tiznns. He believed the war jnt and hr uoralle. oii.i hoped Congress wonld approve tke eanthnen! that "War was produced by 3ggroion ngnirint Atnerica." Not to notice insult woald render de-rable with other Nations. National hnnr, ,v tnal power. To oerlare the war aujuit Tl disgrace ourselves,& bringdiidiouor to o nation. This he could not do. He reviewed at length Texan declaration of Independence U the time the country was aqDoxod. Ha defen ded it against the assumptions tf Mexico, end considered America bound to defend every foot of ground recognized as Texan Territojy. Mexico, he said, refused to negociate,. declaring ir whs u cause m ii. . aI. i . r . 1 1 . - ...in mime gave cause lor uie redress. .Mexico declared a disposition to retake Texas if necoesv ry; it therefore became us to meet her on her own territory, to keep off further sggrcpslon. Some contended that the encamping of Genl Taylor on disputed territory was the canse ef the war; but he believed Unit marshalling troops, and the previous declaration sf Mexico to da Mt was canaa sufficient for commencing the war. He was opposed to falling back upo-i seeches of former battles If tho war was nujurt, we kid fied truth, in sending more men to Me-xico. Ho believed the President erred under tho act of Congress, annexing and moving trocpj to C-r-pus Christl. Annexation was not the causa cf I t,,e war,but t,1B 511 aJvl-ed movement cf the A motion to refer the Presi lent'a Mersi, was debuted, which, with a long disausrlon etj ths veto message, continued until the hoar cf adjournmentCincinnati Marbrt Jan. 1 1. Fiour The sales to-day wero eonfiin !t small lots 76 brls. from store at 4:9.'l; CO -. at 4:90;200 at 4:95; 300 brls. fine at Tbn receipts are again dimiuished by tho clotirg ot the canal. Hogs are again rN';. There wero farther sales on Saturday, ofl70hcad in lhr,?e lots, av. wt. 190 lbs. at 2:50, anolher considerable lot at 2:60; to day, 1000 head.ood, at 2:62; 415 do. av. wt. 210 lbs. or over, at 2:75; 320 do. av. wt 180 lbs. at 2:50; 54 do. av wt. 230 lbs. at 2:65 55 do. at 2:55 for the average of2i0 lbs. ana" ' 2:50 for the smaller; 107 do. dividing 1 1 fl Th,r l'"6 ,been oth( siderable sale within the last cny or I on SJUtf er con,y or two oi which we have not the particulars, but about 2:70 for good Hogs. Green Meats Sales of 1G00 pieces llama from block at 4c. Lard On Saturday 2500 kegs No. I, fcra 20 per cent, were sold at 5c To-day quite a number of sales were reported 200 kegs No.. I same tare, at 5igc.;250 do. 22 per cent, tare, at 53c; lSbrls-do. at5,55; 127 do. do. 5 ?4'e.; 110 tcs. head at 5c; 20 brls No. 2 at 5c: 50 tus. r' )p 100 brls. gut, kettle rendered at 5e , 50 brls. poor No. 2 at 4c; 90 tcs. No 2 at 4'ei 2G brls. No. 3 al 4c. The market is very firm. Whisky Sales of 52 brls. fromriver at ITc t 17 do. at 18c; 100 do. from canal t 17c; 30 do. at 17J8'c.;o4 do. from railroad at lSc, 36 Ss from distillery atlSc a further advance. Ccffee A sale of small lot good fair Rio" t Butter AsaleoflO brls. and 12 kegs pxA Western Reserve at I3e.; a snail lot good roll at 14c. Gunny Bags A sale of 000 iccond tAnd al

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I8.;c. Clover Seed A aale of 10Q bqab. from state at $4. . Pig Iron Sales a few days bIdoi ot 10 tflts at $36, 6 mos.; 45 do. at 35,' 6 mos. Salt Sale? of 427 brls. Nn, JCanjawiaat 30e and inspection. Craaberries Sales of II hrta. fretO rUr $5a55per brl. CoopexaeA wfeV 4T9fPork Brjf from

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