Indiana American, Volume 17, Number 1, Brookville, Franklin County, 29 December 1848 — Page 2

AJIEUICAWDltOOKVlLLK, INDIANA. FRIDAY. DEO. 29. 1848.

I-gislnlirr. There bus been no arrival of the mail from dianapoli ince oar last. Nor have we word from there by either hop drover or wag one j. Our latest I-erislalive date is Dec. 18 b ring 1 1 days apo. The Crrir of flie American will wait n, on our .subscriber in town on Monday next to re ceive his pay for carrying the papers to your I doors for the pnt year. Every one who thinks j the Carrier can visit you fifty two times, in rain : and sunshine, in cold and heat, for a half-dime, can pay that amount. But gentlemen and la- ' t'.Un know better how to appreciate labor. j Win. .L- - , No psier in Cincinnati published the TresiKent's Message entire until Friday morning, V.r g " ' We nol.li-.hed it entire in the Brookville A1 merican, early the same morning. Iu our ex- j changes around us we notice the following times j of its publication. Terre Halite papers, (concluded) Dec. 23. Hamilton Telegraph, Ohio, Rushville Jacksonian, (iermautown, Ohio, Gazette, Richmond Palladium, Connersville Telegraph, 21. 20. 22. 14. 14. We cive the above to show that we nut.lixhed the Messago iu our regular edition at least a weeit earlier than our cotemporariee In the iieighboring towns, and two weeks earlier than most of them; whilst manv of our neighbors are not through with it yet. ; Tarapikn. It is now settled that by next fall we shall ha ve two pikes finished to this place from Cin- j clnnati. We say this is settled, but in doing so ! we relr on the enerov. lii-,.1;,. .a m: ! irii nf .b i. : u:.. L . , nodonbtbut they will , forward. W e have no

equal to the labor before them. But the people i v,Kaulzeti, exc.ua.ng .essra. .-pen- Mates must consent to the disposal of the form must'eome up to their help. Thee pikes ar ' T' nVan' Pugh nd Pierce' fro,n ,he first , of government in this territory or it must rereal wealth to the country. Itisa kindofim-j 'r,Ct,",h'SC0Un,y- ; main as it is. This idea has been jumped at, it provement everyone loves and can enjoy ' " had Pvionsly adjonrned over would seem, in order to assist the request now But this h not all. The pike from"Brook- ""Ul TUeSday 'nd th UU th"s orKani7''d ; made b' the PeoPl8 of Mexico to give them ville to West Union, in the direction of Conners- "dj0nrneJ Ter nn,il the ,ame time- it being a free government for themselves. It was all ville, is going ahead with spirit, and we trut 1 under3,ood that both Houses would be further right and proper at the last session in Congress, will be finished to West Union by next October. j"dj0Urne1 nn,iI T,,,,rda.T. on a vote r.f the 70 , for the people to decide this matter for themSeveral miles of it are already finished. Thev I memb'r" bv ?eM an1 "' Soma on both sides ' wives, but the Paople are uobody when they however, want more assistance, and must have ! ii,P,M'WH3' but ,arS9 majority were highly thwart the wishes of the Senator from South It. The citizen of Blooming Grove, WetUn-jRrat,fie,With lheCOmprmise'nd hope Tor the ! Carolina, nor, by the way, with the so called ion, and all aloa? the line. h onml n f m. 1 be"t- ', Democratic wing of the Senate is the Northern

... " ' ' " i work well, but they should do more, and others !

who have been waitioir and l,nittinr m,..!l,ons' lhat the nt business when the House '

lend a helping hand. Think how happy and i Independent voa ...l,t .1 :r u-j . ! finished pike from vonr doors to the Cincinnati i market. Then help to make it. i We would alMC.ll the attention of the citi- ! ens of the wealthy and public spirited town of ; Connersville to the. immediate necessity of conn . iiectinglheir town with this pike, which isabouli five or six mile.. If they do not do it and that i taicklv.lhe cmJ.H K. i . t - T-u.mv iihs American snail never more grace joar flourishing town. This of1 itself, should spar yon to immediate action. ' j The citizens of Laurel too are making a move, I we rejoice to her, for a nike from th.t nl-' I nn....i;- :.. x- -.i . . ' ..6 wm ri,rmer pine at Hiooni-: .n.(ltP. u...k. ... ,"", mm mai amount should be subscribed by those interested, so soon .the books are pened. No matter if we have .1 a . r i r ur m ii.ii.i . , . . . canals, railroads, aod teWnq.h, et we must ' have turnoik Wi,." ' ' ., !

ther comfort, wealth .r respectability. Who ' bpt th ""penal commissioner at Canwould desire to h . i; .- . u , i ton and Mr- Pav's. the American envoy there.

Who could desire fine farms, ad splendid dwel-! ling houses, if they had to be approached thro' mortar bed? Think rf these thines,and then

se the ab.nda.ee Ged has given you, in im- i eaI,or proving your roads tarnw aud dwellings; and ! "Canton' Sept-27. The new governor of in a few years the ralley of the Whito Water ! C"n,on' who a"-cts a supercilious bearing towill be a more desraide reMcieoce thaa that of j Wrds " rorei&n,,rs and refused some months the WyomiBg,theCaactict,oc the Mohawk. I to Kranl an interview to the Spanish amWe have th meat d the metal. We have ! b!""",(!or' has contrived to get in an awkward the soil and the climate. We have the poput,. eluabb,e wilh the minister of the Uu ited States, tion, and aHhovvb . fe- , r i For ome tinM" th' governor refused to fix a dav

. . . - """-T ""r nernage refuse to assent, yet we will I liave the improvements. Then let s have a no- i Me effct in this glwtoas work the coming sea- ' i

-u, ! ...u limine wouiu;0,g, or ,n anv manner maintaining or sustainThere is also agitation a ,oad to Fairfield. I wa,t on b,s rllenry at the time appointed, and j inR Slavery in the District of Columbia. The This is right, and we trust will be made. The lefl M"ao without delay, but was retarded in 1 following is the votepeople of that rout ad of Fairfield, are not wil- hi" P"' P the river bv contrary winds, and ! Aves Abbott, Belcher, BUnchard, Blackmar, ling to be out-done by others of less wealth. ; ""ac'" Canton a day too late. He sent an ex- j Canby, Callamer, Conger, Cranston, Crowell,

We hope our readers wil. not think us troub-ehouldknowthatthe,.hiL.atl-:.,J j leflom aooul otir hnH-A imnnrn.A..A ti ... vr mey win never be lne lheniffecrWSr the east fork i. now cpleted. It is an excel- ! lent piece of work, crediUble to tlx, contraetor ! Mr. Marlatt, ofour town It is a covered hri.vJ I on , " . " M " g ' lrO feet long, and cost about $3,fl0fl. The one : across the West Fork will Uve to be bo-t2(W ' feet, and will cost about tha same. The ,,enl 1 have subscribed about 1.700 Hallar. con.lv board .boot inm i . Jl.about 300 dollar.. Will vou. Wlow-ciLJ I let this bridge, fail for the want nf il.i.

"! Trmprrnnrr in Item. ' Ky., French, Flonrnov, Fulton, Ficklin, Ha: for ,h, . niin There are icfncee an Oayle, Gentry. Oopgin C.reen Hall of Mo., There are now some 6!l or 70 vessels nn t tl.- i r ..a . V. Harrison, Hill, Holmes of S. C, II il hard, HotisRoston New York Phil.t I h YrT P ' 1mU' asserted that j tan of Del-, Inge, C. J. Ingeisoll, Irvin, Johnson jtoneworkPhdadelph.a, and Baltimore, ,e boldness of tram, i, more apparent than f Ten.,., Johns'ou of Ark.. Jones of Ten.,., or .rorn, and Chagres. A New York let- ; when licenses were given and regulated No ! Jon" r " Kr.nan. Kennon jr., Levin, t -. of Thursday evening, soys: ,,, feeUrnIM , llw . aniae Lefller. I.incoln Lynde M.CIernand McDow"The Panama, the second steamer of th-lin. ' i . T. . , , "M. McKay, McLane. Mann of Pa., Meade, Milto leave P.nm, F K r ,, ' 0r "S" ofhor- U thought there never , ler, Morse. Outlaw. Pendleton. Peyton, Thelps, oianama tout i-ebrnaty, is full, and the was a time when so much intoxicating liquor Preston, Rhett. Uiehordson, Robinson, Shepwnrs erthe l,n. ,re taking passengers for the j was drank in Boston as at peresent.-Chri.tian ' hrT, Sherrill, Smith cf 111 . Stanton, Strong, "rsgon.to leave 1st of March. The excitement i Intellieencer i Thihodeaiix, Thomas, Thompson of Miss., Is still very great. Fifty vessels up for Chairre ' Thompson of Ind., Thompson of Ky , Tompkins, or the gold regions." i fr?" The Lsgislatore of Kentucky will as. enable, Wallace, MIey, Woodward S3. The New York Sun savs- ! semble at the Capitol, on Saturday, the 30ih ' More important still were the resolutions by a

"Another expedition to the Gold Reri, forming on board the ship Apollo, foot of Ch. Jion is bers street. Xorih rir -;i : r j ' " " " ww cays. understand that pas.0jreis will ha f oiind with all reqni.ite supplies out and home j ! while at S.n Fran-i r. .v.... o-. ,'.. ' . ' ",ul oouars. . i nis includes every expense for the whole voyage to San Francisco and back to New York, and also the privilege of boarding on the ship' while there, it being understood that the ship is to remain near the Gold Mines for several months." nrl-i, i .i-T ' . rnmrir umiiM. FIa. I t f . ....... uurneii, oi Cincinnati; nas given $500 to the American Colonization Society, to aid in seadin n - -"w m-rmn via .January 1st, 1849. This shows that some of the r.eor.1munioarenrm rnends ta Africau Colonization. Tkr TlrMnr The Trenton Gazette understand, that the Trenton Gas company have contracted for aa indefinite number of copies of President Tolk's Jat message. Il has been analyzed and found in contain 99 per cent, of pure gas. I

From Ih Cincinnati t.sxetle, D-r. S3ih 18tS The Ohio lrgislntarc Organized. On Saturday the two organizations in the

llonae were merged, by the adoption in both of' the. following resolutions: , Resolved, Thnt for the purpose of effecting an ' organizalian of this House, the two partial or-j ganizalions already existing he united, and that j ''1 Chairman, and Mr-I Mcllure of Summit ,as Clerk, to whom the cer- : " -""" l" ; k.r.trrr li.nJ.I In l.. Q ..J C.:r. ' .w.. .w ..u..uu .v a. .... wiii, : shall be delivered: and that the House unmedi-; i t ately proceed to the consideration of the follow- : ing resolutions: Kesolved, 1 hat t.eorg E. Pugh and Alexan- . ;derN. Pierce are entitled to seats on the or- ! gxnization of this House. .. Mon which resolution, neither the said Fugh or P"1. or Spencer or Runyan, shall vote; j hut ,he nme shall decided by the other sevenly certificated memliers; and on the considera- ' - " ' ' ... . uS i C SPencer and Runyan, and any jChpr evidences which either party may present ,,a" """ anrt Pos'dered, and all parties mav 1. . I it ... lm "rareo counsel or otherwise, as they may Prf,"r- And in case said resolution shall not be

cecitjed athrmaiively by a majority vote, the ; things was tlu opposition to the people of Mexi- ; House shall proceed te consider the following co, and the abuse of this people because, eveu resolution: in the most respectful terms, they petitioned Resolved, That Oliver M. Spencer and Geo. j Congress to grant them a territorial GovernW. Runyan, are entitled to seats in the organi- ; ment, and to exclude therefrom the institution

i zation of the Hone. ; On which resolution the ollir seventy certi- i nca,ea memters sh" vote on ll,e preceerimg ; In ca neilh'r r raid resolutions shall be ' drcide1 "ffirmatively by amajority, Messrs. Pugh r"rce' ppcn,". ""J Runyan, shall withdraw ' XhrlT c,aim to "pats the organization of the nuse s',al1 ,,aTe n affected, and nothing In j M,r,ra...E. Mian oe consirnea xo luieriere With, nr in ntn v mmna aA Ik. a -Tf ' ""J -.-....i -arxi me ngiii ui .Yiesrsrs. v 'Z " .'"g" SnAnap atld I?unak . V T I 7 , u':" "rKan,7-;a,on-"nmd"te'T fter this the certificates of the ineri on Dotii s.des wfM handed into the comI,ro",i3d Cl"k. and thus the Honse was T ,:n l. v.. .... . '. y oorrp"' lo "ie resolu- ( """I"'" n """y- wi" h lo act on the reso- j ,nuon aama rug'1 and fierce, will be fully ; V" af,erlne whole of " proofs i exhibited tl,evo,e may not be reached for several days ( thertafter- It is well the House has been terny ' " me same good feeling , Mmnnnr f i wkmiu . i. i i c. -...u., was exinoiiea on . J.: v,......,ur, r nope ,or good .rU ssrs. Spencer. Runyan, Togh and tubbs, came Co Uuhlw, came down in the rnrs on Saturdav nuTitl M ar with bins. By refrr"ce 10 'he following item orf.i ign news bronghl by t he Canada, it will be seen that OUr IIoOK'er JIinif!t" to China. Hon. John W-; Davis, is about to blockade llin mcirnnnli. r - -r - China. Y e like the wav ha nn i ni. .... , 1 i "n" ' ,,r wf t T Amrriran,, ; K, y over,and mailwehav. advices from - . ........ . , " , . "S'ln 01 Vr. The verland Friend of China notices a disagreere!,IeC,fiC de,ai,s "re contained in a post- j "''l'0 'h foI,0,rinK ,et,er from Canton (dated 'lh ?ept) 10 theedi,or of the Straits Times 1 -:: r..- , . . . 'I , " ne m tasi ap- i Pl" ne' d'd " w!,ile that Pelentan was ' J 'r- , a "oon as ,l,e ""timation . was conveveri In b.r. .1 . i. , , j pianauon and expression of his regret to the ! regret to the " T2T JT" ,,Wt 8"0,h'r T i.) requesting that n, .hi k. C 1 T. ... .. .. " 'S'" i mis application, an answer of so insolent a tenor, that Mr ! .1 -v - . : , l , " 7" "l hM Z CT, 'P0'0' and if that " W,lhhe,d ,l remainR for me whether at once to blockade the river or to proceed to ,hn Nor.hw, . J t ri vmo, l7nH r n A r I , . ( P '!"') "0W he' ' ""e ' baUI" 'nll,; lhe Dolphi, 10 i; tne Dolphin, 1() sleamer, shortly , ' o enforce my Ron "nd ,he Princeton orA ample mean, to 1 j inst. 1 be election of Senator in Coneress. to i e., ,. . , , ., . : mi uir vn.aiiii-y orcasmnea ov me resignation of Gov. Crittenden, and for the full term of six ' - , " TC" nexl' Wl" devolve, nl,on lh P""-nt General Assembly. i Dr. James Hill, resident surceon at the ..,,... ."

ernnnm nonse A avium xr.ng and) states that - .. . f n " c r- ; . . ".i t athcart, Clapp, Collamer, Conger, Crowsll, he has tried chloroform in ten cases of malig- Cummins, Darline, Dickey, Dickinson, Dixon, nast cholera with complete success; six of the Duer, Duncan of Ohio, Dunn, Eckeri, Edwards, patients have perfectly recovered, and four be- ' E,nbr,''. Evans, Faran, Farrelly, Fisher, Freedinp convalescnt. ! !!v F G)'i,ljnT' -(J0"' Greeley, Gregory,

I I-ovr of Wnrna, Bvron avs that the love of woman is a dan- ! ,. ,!,; . tl. ... herons tnin. I here . n.rrti..lM. An,. AmB v...fort il dnot last long. N. Y. Star. Shouldn't think itwonld with a fellow who j 'alkslhat way. His ingratitude would soon i i torn it to hate. Bait Star. Revival. Rev. John C. Smith, writing from the city of! U- . . . ... , I ashmgton, ia a letter to the Chnstiau Observer.says: "Since the adjournment of our Synod j ; we have been ia the midst of a glorious and ' powerful work of grace The number of inqui-t . . , , , . t rers i. considerably above fifty, most of whom Ux-e obtained hoe iu Christ."

CONGRESSIONAL.

Washington. Dec. 13. The s'averv question, were sprung np nnex- ' .ItMv imnu the House and Senate tn-dsv. Mr. Beuton and Mr. Calhoun were at opposites, and Mr. Benton in opposition also to the double force or Foole of Mississippi, the everlasting ! M, Foole and Mr. We,,co:t. The Senator I from Missouri was not less overbearing than at " session oi congress, but assailed as he 1 1 . .1 . ..... was.flini uio uie measu re siinmitfe.1 hv turn there were better reasons f. r l.; UJn... .nA - j bitterness now than then. Mr. Calhoun occupied the extreme pro-slavery position, and with even more emphasis of manner and bitlerness of lantruaire. than is his eustoin. Il is will. him speaking not nlone for South Carolina, but ex cathedra for the whole South, "the South will and the South wont," "the North must and the North must not." "The South shed more lb:in htr slure nf lilnorl mwl AiA m.a l,. I man uri Har. ... me ng,n, a.iu is, uiereiore, ennt:el M j go iih her slaves into the Urritory acquired." j ; AH this was repeated over and over again, I i and with a sort of plantation overseer manner, ....... I but little calculated to cone iliate the Senate or

the people. No less upon the extreme order ofigerald, Hal

Uf slavery. Tt soi.n.ie.1 l.rI.K. , hear these people donouncedas impudent and insolent lor giving utterance to a request which they have as good a right to make, as if they were not of this much abused "conquered Province," upon which Mr. Calhoun rung the ch.mges so often. It is no more wise than humane to remind a people of the ir former degradation;? andsncli a conrse of policy is but Doorlv calcuI J - . . r . i taiea 10 wiu respeci irom inose who are now , q" V l .ir.Qodn I tnouglit, by Ins speech to-day, , had jumped at more new notions in regard to this Mexico-Anierkan territory. According to : his argument to-day, the people of all the thirty ... r . ..... . . . .. . consirucuon lamed "Aicholson letter," worth any thing when it becomes a practical question of allowing the people to decide a question of this sort for themselves. The people of New Mexico selected Colonel Benton and Mr. Clayton (both from slave states) to act for them iu their absence, and while deprived of a representative. They have done ' .. r- - t . ... ' so in gooa laim.aua it is lo be Hoped will do so Another incident of the dav was ths notice iriven bv Mr. luilpr. of C. tl.:.i h -m ... sistthe motion to refer the California State Bill to the Committee on Territories. This is an end to the question, if the motion is successful. Mr. Butler is the chairman or the Judiciary Committee, and the majority are with him upon the slave nuestinn. rnrsnnall,, 1.. l.i i i . , . . V ' same views of his enlW.cr.. n,t .!, , tI . nr rii.ii an vKn i iHrxiiro , i. tnrata " to what the South should and would do. in case an attempt was made to expel slavery from the newly acquired territory Here is the Committee, as appointed yesterday iu the Senate: Messrs. Butler, of S. C. Chairmen ; Berrien of Ga.; Westcott, of Fla.; Dayton, of N. J ; Downs of Louisiana,-f our of the five from the slaveholding States! If tli is is not handing over California and New Mexico to the tender mercies of slavery, it looks very strongly like it. To submit to such a reference would be at once to establish slavery in the new territory. Washington, Dec. 13. The House have hardly had a less important or eciting day. Sixty-nine members to eigh-ty-two, (and the anrrmative vote would have been larger if the House had been fuller,) voted l0 bring in a bill for the repeal of all laws uphol- ! 1 I J'arluig, Dickinson, Dixon , Dunn. Eckert, Emorv cirinnVli I a.; I. :f N. Y. Hen v ' iii. . r v v ii.,m...i ti -r at II Kellogg, Kine, Lahni, Lawrence of N. Y.. S. vin. Morris. Mnllii.. Wlsnrt. PjtlfMv P-ool., Petrie, Putnam. Rnold., RockwVn Ma; Rockwell, Ct.; Root, Ramsey jr., St. John.Sawver, Silvester Slineerland, Smith of Ct., Smart. Slrul,m, Starkweather, Stuart, Talmadge, TayThompson of Ta., Thompson of Iowa Th"r""' Tuck' V" Dke' Vil,,on' Whi,e 'entworth, Wilmot, Wilson-69. ; is ays Atkinson, iiarrmger, liarrow, Uayly, i J'""'1'"' Bocork.Boyd, Boyden, Brady, Brown of : Va., Brown of Pa., Brown of Miss., Buekner, de-!I!n,lertnrtt Cdrk ciingman, CoSb of Ga., JSava-Aikinson, Harr.nger, liarrow, Bayly. Cobb of Ala., Cocke, Daniel, Donnell, Duncan largr voie nu io cw, 10 me iomnnuee on l jr- .:;.;.,. k.:., !,.. n:il Mil.i;l,;- . n . h.mi.u Governments in New Mexico and California, ;..).,;:. r,.n, l,.kil,.i ,.n.n .r.i. . .jTl' vote upon this was as follow. Yeas Abbett, Ashmun, Belcher, Bingham, arkmir. K aiichard. Bradv. Cut er. Cnhv. Grinnell, Hall of N. Y., Hammons, Hampton, Ilsnley, Henry, tliibbard, llurlson. Hunt, Irvin Jonkins, Johnson, Kellogg, King, Lahm, W. T. 1 -awrence. S. Lawrence, Ievin, Lincoln, Lynde, . . ' . ' - ' Maclay, McClelland, Mcllvaine, Mann of Ta., Marsh, Marvin, Morris, Mullin, Nelson, Nicoll, Palfrey, Teaslee, Feck, Tetrie, Pollock, Putnam, Reynolds, Richey, Hobinson, Rockhill, Julius Rockwell, John A. Rockwell, Roman, Root, i Rumsey, St. John, Sherrill, Silvester, Slineer land, mart, Oaieb Is. Smith, Kobert Smith, 1 rulna Smith, Starkweather, Charles E. Stuart, Slrohm, Strone. Tallmadee, Taylor, James ti. . . . n, t., , Thompson, Richard W.Thompson, illiam Thompson, Thurston, Tuck, Vinton, Warren, Wentworth. White, Wick, Wiley, Wilmot and W'hKmVi' ... . Navs Messrs Adams, Atkinson, Bamnger, R.rrow. n.viv. n.le. H.wi. ftoit.. RovH. nr. I den, William O. Brown, Charles Brown, Albert

O. Brown, Bockner, Burt, Chase, Clinirman, Howell Cohh, Willliamson R. W. Cobb, Cooke, 'ranstoii. Crozier. Daniel, Donnell, Oarnett,

"non A.exnrter f.vans, rioumoy, rre .cn, h I I Inn f . i u Hanlrv f.rtnnin l.mun V 1 1! u r.l P. Hall, Haralson, Harmanson, Harris, Hilt, Milliard. Isaac F.. Holmes, Iiiee, Charles J. Inersoll, Ivarson, Andrew Johnson. Robert W. John- !?" ' W 3ne Jh" W-Jo'"s. Kmfman, 'K 7 M ore head. Morse. Miirnhv, Outlaw. Pendleton. Peyton, Phelps, Preston, Rhett, Riclnrdson, Sawyer, Shepperd, Staulon, Thibodaux, Thomas, Jacob Thompson, John B. Thompson. Robert A. Thompson, Tompkins, Venahle, Wallace, and Woodward SO. The yeas and nays were reached without de- j bate but afford ample material for the most extended discussion. They show a stronger AntiSlavery power than has everbeen seen In Washington before. The following are the yeas and nays upon the printing and reference of the memorial presenteH hv M PuntA ... W.JMJ.... r - - j .. . , .... ruur.-uoj , iivhi mr rir I"" oi New .Mexico, asking Congress to establish civil government in that territory. Yeas Messrs. Allen, Atchison, Atherton, P"111"' Baldwin, Benton, Bradbury, Br ese.Butler. ITatiiernn Plurlra PI. .-tn rn.:.. n.... Dickinson Dix Dodire iVoniJlaV fVclT F ItHamlin. Johnson of Maryland. Johnson of Louisiana, Metcalfe. Miller. Niles. I'nrr. Kntnanr. S..rnunn TT I IT.. . , . .lgcv,.., j-hm.andVlker-33. Ways Messrs. Berrien. Borland. Calhoun, WT . . II . . . . . 1 m ... unusion, iiuiuer, iving, kusk, I uruey, Westcott, and Yulee 14. Washington, Dec. 19. SENATE The Vice President called the Senate to order at the usual hour. Sundry petitions aud memorials were presented and referred. In pursuance of previous notice, Mr. Breese asked and obtained leave tobrinr in abill, which ! was read the first and second iim hv nnnnim- . ons consent, and referred to the committee on the Judiciary. The bill is explanatory of the law remunerating for losses sustained in consequence of military services Mr. Miller, of New Jersey, submitted a resolatum cal hng for informaUon respect.ng the purchase of Cuba. Mr. Berrien objected to the resolution, and it was accordingly laid aside. After the transaction of some unimportant business the Senate went into Executive session, and when the doors were again opened, adjourned. HOUSE. Sundry petitions and memorials were presented, among which was one by Mr. Greeley, praying for a reform in the manner of distributing the Fublic Lands. A motion was made to refer that portion of .. n .. .. . . . . ; the rre.idrnt s .Message relating to the Tariff to the Committee an Manufactures Mr. Greene, of Missouri, spoke at some length in onnosition to the motion, and rlnce.i W n.nv. ' i ing to lay it on the table. Mr. Greeley spoke at some length in its favor He desired speedy action. 1 he discussion was continued by Messrs. M arsh and Marvin in the affirmative, and Messrs Baghy and Fisher in the negative. The question was finally postponed, and the House Adjourned. Washington, Dec. 20. SENATE. Sundry potilions and memorials all unimportant were presented and appropriately referred. On motion of Mr. Douglass, the hill reported during the last session for organizing the rov 6 .6au.tiUtl um gov were taken up and referred lo the Committe on Territories. A bill pensioning the Widow Melon of Pennsylvania, was taken up and passed. HOUSE. Sundry petitions and memorials were presented and referred. Mr. Greeley submitted a resolution instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs to inquire iuto the practicability of using Government vessels for sending citizens to California passed. The debate of yesterday on the reference of the President's Message was resumed, and the subject has occupied the House most of the day. Washington, Dec. 21 SENATE Mr. Atchison presented the credentials of Mr. Sehastine, who was sworn in and took his seat. Sundry petitions and memorials were presented and referred. JNIr. Bright submitted a resolution which was considered and agreed to, calline for the corres- ' ft ' l,UM" pondence with th Grenadian M inister Mr. Clark submitted a resolution calling for all treaties recently entered into, touching commerce. The Senate, after passing a few private bills, adjourned. HOUSE. The standing committees were called in order by the Speaker for reports. Mr. Vinton, from the Committee on Ways and Means reported a series of resolutions making appropriations for the year 1S50. Mr Flournoy submitted a resolution instructing the Committee on the District of Columbia toiuquire into the expediency of retroceding vacant grounds in said district of Maryland passed. Mr. Botts submitted a resolution asking what had been Ho-l. .i, .v . ". J . : " ; ' a' o: o.ii.i.uniiiun in .uexico passed. Mr.'McClel land submitted a resolution erant ing public land to actual settlers, upon the payment of the cost of survey laid on the table. Adjourned. Victoria's Prdiart. The governments of Europe make a great and

wonderful display of pomposity in relation to ! d"d- n Indian a bold and great one and , C0,!ection comprise, some four hundred ' the entorprize; and for contending that lh Marre.gning houses. France has its houses of ! his influence among the Indians of that part of ' 7 " a,,, mmon wh,ch the classic an-! quia was insone foi proceeding, wasthrownin-

. ruw,a i,mi oi uranusnburg, Austria "U,UI tourg,ana t-ngiand, after trvinr a ti L . . . . numder of dynasties, has for two ha ndred years been ruled by the house of Hanover, represented by a race of Guelphes, whereof Victoria Cobu rgi.uieniost lonunate representative, have! uctu c I V 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 r alii nrav I ",rJ " I ay be ..Uvtu ....... ,u ,r ui nanemagne;and the ! story runs, as related lo us by a mysterious visux j moustarbe in cr1.nn.v ....... r . . i ... b j v. uouauncK thus? In the year J0. Ironbrand, Conn, of A.trof, I saw an old woman who had three children at a birth, and ihinkinir this nnnaluml. b k-. -..,,.,..,. .ui.ii.iuf; uu uunaiurai, ne called her an adulteress. The old woman in her anger retaliated , praying the Countess Irmentrat might have as many at a birth as there are months in a year. Accordingly, while the Count was gone to tha chase, his lady was delivered of twelve boys, and fearing the anger of her husband she ordered the maid to take eleven in a backet and drown them. On her way she met the Count, who asked her what was in the basket. She replied Gnelphs! (young dogs.) The Count however, examined the basket, and from the strength and likeness of lh boys, knew them for his own. He educated them secretly, and when they were grown returned them to the mother. From that time Guelph has been the family name and Victoria in her faithfulness, keeps up Cie honor ofthe family.'

.tlirkigan Official. The following table embraces the whole Slate, with the exceptiou of Houghton and Ontonagon counties. The increase of votes since 1844 is 0,600. Of this increase Cass receives 2,929, Van

Counties. Allegin, Harry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Chippewa Clinton, Eaton,

Taylor. V.Bureti Cass, j ' 274 174 304', 243 93 361 953 103 1147 t C65 400 10H4,1 1254 745 14S7! 783 191 902 1 51 43 1 213 131 340 356 218 546 376 315 S23, 1027 482 1293' 473 332 692 1 379 477 Cm ; 969 1072 1547 , 1010 493 880 652 337 763 i 369 205 542 1 1886 795 2171 764 280 1123. 51 127 55 204 1340 600 393 1155. 1942 603 2781 : 142 53 269 118 47 183 281 192 426 665 82 814 ! 963 418 1011 ' 353 117 509 2029 917 2081 ! 2544 420 3303 ',

Genesee, Hillsdale, lnghim, Ionta, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Iapeer, Lenawee, I'viHgston, Mackinac, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Ottawa, Saginaw, Shiawassee, St. Clair, 130 1 123 !04 1340 ll55 2781 A I ' .. St. J 'seph. van liuren, Washtenaw, v., Total 23,940 10,389 30,687 Cass' majority over Tayhr, 6747

T A droll story is going the rounds, of an ; grandmother lived. Now, it occurs to me there honest old farmer, who attempting to drive home are many more things in the world which we all n bull, got suddenly hoisted over the fence. j agree must be mended, besides my old grandRecovering himself, he saw the animal on the mother's towels and tablecloths. We have each

other side cf the rails, sawing the air with his

head and neck, and pawing the ground. The;ed." Let ns look to them, and instead of imita-

good old man looked at him steadily for a moment, and then, shaking his fist at him, exclaimed, "D n your apologies; you needn't stand there, you tarnel critter, a bowiu' and scrapin,' you did it a purpose, darn you." Lest any one should imgine this storv is a mere fable, we think proper to state thatthe unj ,ack , ht M a o, f Lewis Cass and the bull wasZichary Taylor. Sit ram Pnaangr la California. Many inquiries are made to us in relation to ! the passage, by steamers, to California, to which i we are unable satisfactorily to reply. A line of steamers has been constructed, under the patronage of the United States Government, to run ' between Panama and the ports in Central Amer- j ica, Mexico aud California. One of them, the 1 California, of 1,050 tons burthen, is already on i her station, and the others have sailed fromNew ' York. The California will leave Panama for i California on the 5th of January; the Panama on the 12th of February, and the Oregon on ' ! the 1st of March Thereafter, they will leave ; the 1st of every month. The price of passage, ; in the stnte roorr.s, from Panama to Realejo, ! 700 miles, is 64 dollars; from the same port to Acapuco, 1,500 miles, 125 dollars; to San Bias or Mazatlan, 2,000 miles, 175 dollars; to San Di ego, 3,000 miles. 225 dollars: and to Sn Fran. Cisco, 3,500 miles, 250 dollars. Passage in the lawer cabin at a deduction of one fifth of these . . . . , , ,. .. rates; and in the forward cabin to either of the .n,t. nm einn r t jorta named, $100. Passengers can bike per- , . , . , . ' sonal ba?gage, freight free, to the extent of 1,900 u,. --;K. n a r a x. ! . iw lbs. weight, not txceeding half a ton measnremenf f.,r ...K p . l, , nrement, lor each, freight on excess, and on .. j rn j it . ' iuti uu.., oo uouars per ion, ana i per cent on specie. Packages should aot exceed 10 IK, weight for mnla o arrtt A line has been established, also under the patronage of the Government, to run from New York to New Orleans, and thence to Chagres, touching at Savanah. The ravage from New Orleans to Chagres, is $100 in the saloon, and in the lower cabin $80. Passengers on this line are charged freight on every thing except wearing apparel, and this is not to exceed 250 lbs. Other freight to be charged 70 els. per foot. Wc have no means of estimating the cost of the overland part of the route, bot extravagant rates are nesessarily paid, the distance across the Isthmus, from Chagres to Panama, is thirty eight miles, by a most difficult route, and all transportation of freight is upon mules . It is a safe calculation, however, for any one to make, that a trip from St. Lonis to San Franciscoill cost from $500 to $600. It may require a'longer time, and greater difficulties may be encountered, in the performance of a trip from St. Louis to California, overland, by either of the routes travelled of late years, than by sea, but it can be done with less cost to the emigrant. St. Lonis Repub. iMtr from .llexico. Mexican city dates to 25th ult., and Vera Cruz to 27th, was received at New Orleans on the 7th inst. It is rendered certain by the Information now on hand, lhat Paredes had eluded the vigilance of the public authorities, and escaped from the country nndera passport filled with a fictitious name. It is stated that the famous bandit chief Quiros,at the head of 300 of his men, made an irruption from the mountain fastness of San Augustin.on the 13th ult.,sacked several towns and mptiApprl C nutai... i . . .o. general uustamente sent a military force to orotect flirt ritv l when the robbers, after a small skirmish with : tne troops, made good their retreat into thai Sierra. j Carrera, whose expulsion from Guatemala,1 P,ai:e a n0ri time ogo, has songht refuge in the State of Chisn. k..-u. . j . dangerous personage. He is. it will h ureaaed. l he Indians in Dumn... C" . . . ""K"' v "n lJOU,,,. nd neighborinir Denrim "lated' have lately committed the most horrid atrocities, murdering the inhabit.. lh'ir habitations, and devastating their lands .L . ..... " ' "'"I"E neeyn lias reached its climax, and the Govern- " ca"ei on to employ the troops . j ma iroops apa nst v,km or a species of servile war with iU Pendant horrors will assuredly overtake it. All whn rammA.t r ..... - " '"""er varrera sslar-like and locomotive-like i a. - iiiculp. saii fimai I aiA svH '-P'-.s in his book on Centrtd America, need no "guments to convince them that if that able leader chooses to v;i I.: ir : e .1. . . . eaoer cnoose, to avail himsalf of these Indian u.oiuent, he can give Mexico a great deal .,mt""0,,, bDt k "d vascillatin, chiefs. An.l nn, ..... . . . Population of leveland. i nis beautiful city of the Lakes the WA nA k nnual census of the vear lfiiQ , Clr.,. .. . ' "- " uuuunues its steady and somewhat mpia growth. Th tie number of male. i. ed at . .u.n. ot temales at 6.5S3-total 13,959, to ! t K T .ti i " i rt . . "vpwi lorB aaaea ,or ,ne ,l(,n Rcre ,otg CMttera Liberty.) making the whole number of inhabitants 14,234. Th neonl. i.. .1. !?..' 0 number nf r-J.J : ipeopleiiitliecitvignutatlPl i 1 ""7 "put at lei.

Oral. Taylor in Canada-, The Kingston British Whig of the 11th nit., thus speculates:

well founded. We hardly know whether to j necessaiy for this great work. The road U precongratulate the country on the elevation of , paring for the purpose of establishing at nee a General Taylor or not. He himself is an esti- temporary communication to the yint whey

!g j native productions. Whereas Ganeral Cass and "7 . 1. TV . . . 1 . 1 i . . . Greal Britian and her Interests, have always advocated a low Tariff and Free Trad. Thus i ian and trat her with the utmost courtesy, they C'0Se the Por,sto her merchandize and niaaufac- . lujes: the Democrats, furious fn denon : ' . aunuua IU UCUUU :ciation, and threatening war every inslant, freely admit and consume the commodities of th Boiler da iiai Oscr. It was a whimsical plan, that of my dear old randmother. If ever she found a whole in a wel or tablecloth, she ninned it no. with a la bel appended, "must be mended," and it was theD committ'd to a drawer in her wardrobe, ; probably never thence removed so lonir as mv our individual failings, which "must be mend j ting my grandmother's example as we are sad ly too much disposed to do, let ns begin to mend the moment we have decided what must be monded. People's Journal. 53" The following lines, selected for the CommerciaI. by a young lady, we cheerfully publish; j and we judge from her taste in selecting, that she must be capable of furnishing something ; original . Will she try ? Black and Bine Evra. BlaCE eyes most dazzle in a hall; Blue eyes most please at evening full, The black a conquest soonest gain; The blue a conquest most retain; The black bespeaks a lively heart, Whose soft emotions soon depart; The blue a heavier flame betray. That burns and lives beyond a day; The black may features best disclose; In blue may feelings all repose. Then let each reign without control, The black all mind the blue all soal. WlLHFMIE. IT An Albany editer speaks of a man who is so fat that his family use his voice to burn in stead of lard oil. The Yankee Blade says there is a man in Bosting so fat that people slip down looking at him one individual, was even trip- , Up y 8tand,nB 00 hls shadow. ' irs-m. ri T U Z T,. . i Mr. Clay has addressed a letter to Gen, t . t . , . ... 7 Taylor, inviting him to pay a visit to Ashland, l;- w , . . on his way to ashinnton. vs-p't, l , , t ! OCT Punch says he once saw a father knock ' i . . ... j h'8 by down. Rnd he thought it the TOOSt Strik1 . r . . 'ng picture of sun down he ever beheld. That Ax. The other diy I was holding a man by the hand, as firm in its outer texture as leather, and his sunburnt face was as inflexible as parchment. He was pouring forth a tirade of contempt on those people who complain that they can find nothing to do, as an excuse for becoming idle loafers. Said I: "Jeff, what do you work at? You look hearty and happy. What are yoo at?" "Why," said he, "I bought me an ax three years ago, which cost me two dollars: that was all the money I had. I went to chopping wood by th cord I have done nothing else, and I have earned over six hundred dollars. I have drank no grog, paid no doctor, and have bonght me a little fam in the Hoosier State, and shall be married next week to a girl who has earned two hundred dollars since she was eighteen. My old ax I shall keep in the drawer, and buy me a new one to cut my wood with." After I left him, I thought to myself, "that ax," and "no grog!" They are the two things to make a man in this new world. How small a capital! That ax! How sure of success, with the motto, "No Grog Andthen, a farm, and a wife the best of all. Weekly Messenger. Drradfal Steamboat Accident! Locisvii i.e, Dec. 20th. The steamer American, fifteen miles below Madison, bound for the Wabash river, on last night, burst her steam and connection pines. tearing up the cabin floor, and severely scalding fPn TWHAna ten persons colred passengers, the first engineer, rrt I mupl' and J" jM- lMears Indianapolis, are not i expected to live- Mr- Rockwell, the first clerk, " y Bcala1. and otherwise injured by jumping irom window. The American was towed to this city by the steamer J. M. Niles. ! "M to Indiana by the French ftovrraMr. Dillon, th present gejtlemenly ad accomplished State Librarian ha. recently succeeded in obtaining the handsome present of Books, M ps, Charts and Engravings, made sometime I inPe b-T the French Government to onr Stale. ! ,auur' " "'"ory, with envravinrs of, ll, 1?. t T ' vmgs,and a memoir of manv of her ' eminent ",atnien, and journal of the AcadI emy or Science, besides number of Mis liscellaneL- rr.. .Th Prwnt indeed a magnificent i dd P'y to onr already excels ' ""ry.r t. Wayne Times. 1 Tclearra h' ' The resident's Mesw Je"wa, ' r .... o was transmitted 'rom mis citv to S Tj. nis, Missouri, and droppi " u puuiirv n anaa iL ' O Kie.ly. of fhe Allan JZa " t' ""t a-.r w A CICFiniMI it nm no n " j Company, and Mr II. J. R of th. !' ... t.i , A Telegraph Company. The noinb. ., Imenil w topped were York, Harri.bur.rh CarliZ Pennsylvania; Maasilon. Clei.-d "i.... .. ' "eiano .anesville, i linn f.l. . . . . r mege reached Buffalo, New York, ' connection was broken off by a storm prevailing at the end of the line before iu comk.. ik. j ii was alw received at all the mi nor .u.Cr.ea,aie staUons between this city and vansvuie, Indiania the abov. i vansviiie, Indiania-tha l IUVHMVIIOU , lD a" acknowledged it. receipt, en II r r tire. It in ,,n .. ' uec- 1JT t r- e"raily conceeded lhat the Hon. J. J. CntteniD .mi . .

Inthmns CTehanntepee. The New Orleans Bulletin says it learnt from good authority, that the honse of Manning &. Mackintosh, of Mexico, who bare taken chargs f the great undertaking for opening a water communication between the two oceans, thro'

The undertaking is, at present, under the j ... . . snto whom is doe the discovery of the track thro ! tle Isthmw. 'mi V. f. Scaatar. Louis v ills, Dec. 19. The Legislature of Iowa have elected C. Dodm , -, - . P " - JneSf Vm h' 5M,or8. f"m that State for five years from the 4th of March, 1649. Narth Carolina Scnafar. George E. Badger, the present incumbent, has been re-elected United States Senator, for six years from the fourth of March next. Pnria. The population of the city, including the suburbs, is one and a half millions. In New York the population is 400,000, and she has two hundred churches. Paris has only forty-two, and some of those vacant on the Sabbath. t'orrrapoBdenrr mf the JrorrMaiaa. Indianapolis, Dec. 16, 1848. .ri w i nere are many Democrats who are for noml- ' naliDS Gen-J- now Governor of Oregon, as the candidate for the-Governor of this Stat. I think they will do him an unklndneas by such a nomination, and perhaps not benefit the cause of the party. It might Howard ise Lim, should he voluntarily resign and come home. I think they had better wait and let old Zach turn Kim j out ifheis to leave his present situation. Ho may not be removed. I do not say th is becauea 1 think Gen. Lane would not make a most excellent executive. Judgehamberlain, Col. J. II. Lane, Jo. Wright, Mr.Leviston, of Union, Col. Murphy, of New Castle, and others at home, will furnish timber out ol which to hew a good Governor. Truly yours, AKiaaiag Affair. General Taylor, having visited a High School for girls in New Orleans, gave them an appropriate address. One of the scholars, on being introduced, midebold to kisa his hand, whereupon the gallant General returned the compliment by a salute upon the lips of the blushing young girl. Justly indignant at such freedom, the whole bevy of eirls oresent mad a dash at ! old "Rough and Ready," and paid him back ia his own coin. It is said he stood his grouad like a hero, although half smothered with kisses. No lives were lost during the engagement. lAwnaMbirtk Katlrand. The Indiana Register, of the 23d inst. says the books wera opened in that coanty, (Dearborn) for subscriptions to the above named railroad, and that $20,000 was taken by the citixsns of Lawrencebugh, and that $34,000 had bssa secured The $50,000 apportioned to th county by the Directors, il is said, will readily nmi. At Greensburgh, on the first day, $20,000 was subscribed. The Register says ths right spirit prevails along tha whola line, and that the requsite amount is probably subscriced lo authorize the letting of contracts. Pnccsss to the enterprise. Relief ( Ireland. From a statement, made by the Central Relief Committee in Ireland, it appears that tho donations in money (exclusive of clothing)mad by citizens of the United Statds to their suffering brethren in Ireland amounted to np wards of seven hundred and forty-seven thousand dollars. Capital Hit. The Trenton State Gazette understands that one of the cheap publishing honses of New York is about getting out the recent work of Mr. Polk, under the title of "Ths slate of the Country a Romance of the 19th Century" by James K. Polk, autbei of the ".Mexican War," &c. Ilrst Diarovrrv of tne t'aliiarnia Gaidnines. From an article in Harper's forth-coming Biographical Cyclopedia, we learn that the gold mines of California were first discovered by the Jesuits about the middle of the last century. The Jesuits concealed theii discovery from the Government, and the supicion that they had done so perhaps had something tods with their expulsion from Mexico. In 1769, Don Josa Galvez, Marquis of Sonsra, undertook an exj iB California to ascertain the truth of I reports respecting the gold, "in the rivers, in the soil, and in the rocks." He was arcompam.TIaoaic Notice. A public Installation of the officers of Springfield Lodge No. 43, will take place on the 8th of January next, at the As bury Church, at 2 o'clock P. M- A public address will be delivered ' by the Rev. Jocob Lanios a ad Geo. A. Chase, &c. By order of the Lodge, J. HIXKLEY, Sec. ed by the celt-crated Don Liguel Jose de Aresza, 1 who, discouraged by the fruitless seejeb of ! f-w week., reco.nmended the abandsnmeat of to orissn where he remained several months. Nothing satisfactory, however, appear, to have reeulUd from the search of Galves; thoagh the Jesuits afterward disclosed in Spain and in France, thatthe charges of discovery and concealment, mide against them were true. Mr A flair. The New Crleans Ticaynne, of the 6th inst, stales that a rencontre had occurred between Dr. Byrd, of Baton Rouge, and Dr. Skillmai.ia which the latter was killed and tha former dangerously wounded. Why will men not control their passionf? Hlore IF nr. An arrival fromNew York from San Juaa, reports that a serious difficulty has taken place between the Ricos and Nicaragnans and the latter have declared war against the fermerw The Ricos had sent to England for assistance. XT The California gold sent to the Mint io Philadelphia, has been assayed and pronounced good. Tj- Miss Mary McLelland of Zanesvile, Ohio, recovered $3000 from Mr. John Vandervert, for breach of promise of marriage. HJ The State of Missouri is about to cob- - j struct a levy along the west bank of the Missj issippi. from Madison to the State of Arkansas, ! a distance of fifty fonr miles. I lApsThara is nun nn rnuntrv who alwivs . j r w navs in advance for his ne wsperer.

"v" oe secretary of State. 11 "