Indiana American, Volume 18, Number 43, Brookville, Franklin County, 18 October 1850 — Page 1
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OVRCOVN rRT-OVR COUXTRT'I IXTEIESTS AND OCR COVXTRT'e FRIENDS.
CV C. F. CL.VRKSON.
BUOOKVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1850.
Religious Denominations
that are sictr, or of any that walk disorderly, and will not be rrproved; to pay the steward, what they have received of their several classes in the week preceding; and to show their acconnt of what each person has contributed. "There ia onlv one condition r.;i..i..
dad to Newcastle, being inclined to try b quired of thoee who desir.
weneof action, because of the success which societies, nampl v. A ..ir. in r .1. ...
HetkaWlirt Fpix-vpol fTh.rrh . tCsmjiimes'l Mr. Wesley had preached at Bristol, Moorfields, Blackheath, and Kingswood. He next proeee-
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had found among the colliers in Kingswood. On hia journey he called at Blrstall, and found there preacher and a large'congregation, raised ap without hia interference. The name of this preacher waa John Nelson. He had heard Mr.
Wesley at Moorfields, and being impressed by J
to come; to be saved from their Bins: but wherever this is really fixed in the soul, it will be shown by its fruits. It is, therefore, expected of all who continue therein, that they should
continue to evidenca their desire of salvation,
First, By doing no hirm:Tbv avoiding evil
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niaa.scourses, wnen nereiurnec io otrsiaii u" in every kind; especially that which is most native place) began first to exhort his neighbors generally practisedsuch as the taking the name
in nis own nouse, ana wnen inat was ioosmaii,j0rUod In vain; the profaning the day of the ia the open air. Had Mr. Wes'ey been still ( r,oru eUner b. Hoin? ori.inary work ,ilrreon or doubtfut whether the admission of lay preachers, by buying or selling; drunkenness; buying cr bonld make part of his plan, this must havejseingspiritous liquors, or drinkieg them, unless decided him. At Newcastle Mr. Wesley siCa)efMirenieii'pJsilyj fighting, qoarrelshecked at the profligacy or the populace. At, inf( brawling; brother going to law with hroseven on Sunday morning, however, he walked jther; returning evil for evil, or railing for railloSandgate, the poorest part of the town, and inp; the using many word In buying or sellingthere began to sing the hundredth psalm. This the buying or aelllng .ncustomed goods; the soon brought a crowd about him, which contin- ei,ln( r takinf. lhnr, 0 uturv , e Bn,awru atd to increase till ho had done preaching. At interest five in the evening of the same day he preached "Uocharit tble or unprofitable conversationrlu, and h.s congregation was so large that it particularly, speaking evil of magistrates, or o'f was not possible for one half to hear. "After ministers. reaching," aaid Mr. Wesley, "the poor people I -Doing to others as would not they should ware ready to tread me under foot, out of pure jdo onto us. ov. and kindness." He could not then remain j "Doing what we know is not for the gloty of wHh them, but his brother soon came and orga- God; the putting on gold or costly apparel; sited them; sod In a few months he returned, tho taking such diversions as cannot be used In and began to build room for public worship. , the name of the Lord Jesus. Mr. Wesley had now meetinghouses In Brie-j "The singing those .ongs, or rsading those to!, London, Kingswood, and Newcastle; and books, which do not tend to the knowledge or eelelies were rapidly formed In other places by (love or God; so ft new., and needless eelf-indul-nutns of itrnerancy. which was now become a gence; laying op treasure upon earth; borrow, regnlar system, and by the eo-operation or lay g without a probability or paying; 'or takina preachers, who sprung up daily among his fol- Bp good, wlthoal , prooability" of ' fof Uwtrs. In the course of his regular itinerancy, them. bs called at Epworth. and being denied the use j ..It pectH pr who ,. sf tU church, he stood upon his father's tomb- societies that thev should continue to evidence tons, and cried, "The kingdom or God is not their desire or salvation, neat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, "Smtinflit n j:., j t. i . , . , ,. . , o " , ' -econdly, By doing good; by being In every sad joy tn the Hoi, Ghost." Seven successive klnd merciM - sv.ningsbs preached upon that tombstone, and opportunity; doing good or every possible sort . no plaee did he ever preach with greater effect. ,ml . far as possible to all men; to their bodies, Mr.VWsleys.ud hi. preachers were now expo- of ,he ,biIilT whiphGod fiTlh. fc ivi food aed to the attack, of various mob. iu London, te han8ryj by cIoth;n,, thfJ fc BrisUl, Cornwall, and particularly at Wednesbu- jg or helping 1(.m ,hal are ,;rk or . n. ry. Where the magistral-, did their duty these to their souls, by instructing, reproving, or exatrsg.s were toon suppressed; but in some hortingall we have any Intercourse with part. lb. mob was Incited by the clergy, an.) Ira,nplig under foot that enthusiastic doctrine a.oaiv.d at by the magistrates; At Wednesbu- of dtli that ,We arp not l0 do uu,eM ryadvantsgewastakenofthepopularcryagainst our ,1(?arts free to the Methodic to break open their doors and; ..By do,nj pood pec:av ,0 ,hem ,hal w lender their houses; but greater personal bar- of lhe houeehold of faUll. or'groanlng so to bebariUe. w.r. exercised in other places. Some emp,0ying them preferably to others; buying f tho preacher, received serious injury; others one of another. helping each other iu business; .w.rs held nnder water till they wer. nearly and I0 mDch ,e m0Wt bec8U8)S ,he worM wl dead; and of the women who attended them, ove iu 0WI1 and them onlv; by all possible soma ware so treated W the cowardly and brutal di!Rence and frugality that" the Gospel be not popalace, that they never thoroughly recovered. bamed; by running with patience the race set In som. places they daubed the preacher all over befote lhf,n deMvin? themselves, and taking up with paint. In every Instance the preachers Ule crosg dai,y; 8ubmittillg to kf.Kt the ultptayed that rarlessuess which, when the cf Christ; to be as the filth and ofTscouring of oadntBBof the moment was ever, mace ev.n h. worl.l, .ui looking that n should .ay ll tbslr eaemie. respect them. They were manner orevil of them falsely for the Lord's sake lodgl and red by some or the .otiety wherever; ..U i8 expeCted or all who desire to continue
thsy went; and when Itinerating, they wanted j t,eee, societies, that they should continue to slothea, if they were not supplied by Individual eTidence their desire of salvation, fri.ud., they represented their necessity to the; "Thirdly, By attending on all the ordinances stewards. Thus Methodism advanced until 0f God: such are, The public worship or God; spread through England, Wales, and Ireland.' the ra,niglry of tle word eithpr or pouo. Messrs. Coke and Moore, referring to the ded. the sapper of the Lord; family and private y.ar 17S5, say, "From this Urn. Mr. Wesley prayer; torching the Scriptures; and fasting held on bis way without interruption. The Bnd uhstinence. work of God increased every year. New socie- j ..T1Pt(l nre the general rules of our .ocietis s, tie. w.r. formed, in all of which the .ame rules ali wiiicl, we are taught or God to observe, even wer. observed. Though now declining in the , hi, wriu,,n worJ: tlr 0Ily trua r'u)e( and thl, v.l. or year., he slackened not hi. pace. He stiU SHfricif nt rue, bother our raith and practice; res. at four In th. morning, preached two, three, and ,het(( we know his Spirit writes on every r roar times day, and travelled between four truly awilkened heart. If there be any among asd five thousand miles a year, going once In u, w oWrTe tllrm no, wbo habitually break
two jun through Great Britain and Ireland." Bliy themi Ie, u b mHie known unl0 ,hm Ia hi. eighty-fourth year he first began to frel w bo watch 0Ter that soul , as thev who must
desay; and upon commencing hi. eignty-fiflh, be observes, "1 am not so agile aa I was iu times past; I do not rsu or walk so fast as I tiid; my sight Is a little decayed; and I am not conscious of any decay in writing sermons, which I do as
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At the beginning of the year 1790, he writes,
cossTiixTiorvAi, rorcxTio. Tec. DAT, October 8, 1S50. Mr. Edmund D. Taylor, a Delegate from Laporte, this morning appeared, produced his credentials, and waa sworn into office by the Hon. Isaac Black ford, and took his seat. Mr. Borden offered a resolution, providing that Robert M. Evans, Herman G. Barkwell and George L. Site, be and they are hereby appointed Asei.-tant Secretaries. Mr. Robinson of decatur, moved to amend, so that there shall be but one Assistant Secretary, and that the Convention now proceed to the election of that officer.
Mr. Borden gave a detailed statement or the ! nrnM.i. r...(.
in the office or the Sec Mary or State. This he .1:,. ..: ..
conceive!. wn..l,l ic. n,..t..,. - ...... 1 3 ..rr ....... uanamg.
rence thereto; and tho restrictions proper to be
imposed on the Legislature iu ninkiug loans or
one Secretary. Ha did not deuy that too many clerks had sometimes been employed by legislative bodies; but thi9 body should have Secretaries enough to do its business. In turning to
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PrUceeu...g, o. me vonvenuon. mat lormed I11011ey n the credit of the State.
in present Constitution of Indiana, he found ..17 Gn the organlxation of County Boards that William Hendricks was elected Secretary; the granlinr of powerll of loca, let;s,alion but on the second day or the session he found !tnemi and lhe adopUon of a uniferm mode of that two additional Secretaries were allowed. doin(f C0llIlty and township business. The provison Tor a transcript of the proceedings, ..18 On reducing to a Code such partsorthe to be deposed in the office ot the Secretary of aw of this Stale mi,v be.founj pratticabIe St... he thought a goo one. They would and expedient; and also on reforming the rules lhpr hm flnnnsiitssfl F.iv sill I ma Isa nnmA nA 1 0
- r-- - - 1 and practice of this State.
wouiu oe vaiuauie lor relet epce in future years.
"6 The election and appointment of all I Resolved, That we deem it inexpedient to reCoo nty officers, their lenur. or office, powers, port and publish the debate, of this Convention duties and compensation. j at the expense or the State, and to this end we "7 The Judicial Department or Government, respectfully decline tho services or a Stenograthe election or judicial officers, their tenure of pher tendered to us by the Lrgisluture. office and compensation. j Mr. Stevenso said, the Legislature had pro"8 The power of impeachment, and removal vided for a Stenographer, and be believed their Trom office. wishes should be carried out. "9 The elective franchise, and the qualifica- Mr. retttt moved that the resolution be laid lions to vote and hold office. j upon the table; which motion prevailed. "10 The militia and military officers. Mr. Owen then offered a resolution recoimiz-
"II The future amendments and revision of ing Harvy Fowler, vt Washington cilv. ao-
j pointed by thf Governor, as the Stenographer of j the Convention, aud that he be allowed the same price as allowed for reporting Congres-
iuua. ut-uaies. Which resolution was referred to a select commitiee of seven. Mr. Morrison of M. offered a resolution, that a committee of seven be appoiuted, to make ar-
jrangementa with the publishsrs of papers in the
the Constitution.
"12 The State University, County Semina
ries, Education, Common Schools aud their ap-
"16 On canals and Internal Improvements,
public revenue and property, public debt and city, so as to ensure a daily publication or the
tne powers and duties ot the Legislature in refe-1 proceedings of the Convention
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give an account. We will admonish him of the error of his ways: we will War with him for a season; but then, if he repeut not, he hath no more place amorg ns: we have delivered our
own souls. John Wasi.xv.
"Mav I, 1743. Charlm Wxsuct."
1 i With very slieht rite rations, the above are
"I am now an old man, decayed from bead to tha General Rale., a. adopted by th. Methodist foot. However, blessed be God! I do not .lack E. chorch in the UnitB(, ,,at1, mj labors: I can preach and write still." On' r 6e -nfiff.-
tb. 17th or February, 1791, he took cold, after j preaching at Lambeth. Tor some day. he druggled against an Increasing fever, and contlaued I
ts preach till the Wednesday following, when b. delivered hia la.t sermon. From that time he became daily weaker and more lethargic. He died in peace, n the Snd or March, 1791, being In th. SSlh year'of hi. age, and the 65th or his salnistry. He was buried at City Road chapel, London. Hia works are published ia sixteen yolumes, octavo. He also published the "Christlsn Library; or Extracts and Abridgments, &.c, from various Writers," 50 volumes, duodecimo; "The Arminian Mavailne mnniMr A, j,.
H.lefl no other property behind him than si!l" mn P""fnt
Jenny Lind in Boston. BOSTON Sept. 30. It is announced this monring by authority of
Mr. Barnum that Mdlle. Lind will probably not
again come to Boston after this visit, as she goes
to London in June, to be present at the "World's Fair" and therefore has but about 80 nights more to sing which will be principally divided between New York, New Orleans, and Havana. She will sing little if any in Philadelphia or Baltimore, and probably not at all in Cincinnati, St. Louis, or other Western Cities. She sung at rehearsal to-day but was quite indignant at the
copyright sod current editions of his works; and tracer rrwcec!l". T theMnjerf Plus thi. hf. hnnaltiA.t .A th ua tit th fnnniAH ! blirE,
after hi. debt. ..re n.M. I Ptrrsst Ito, Oct. 3. -The conduct of Mayor
t ,.,.. ' , . , Baker, for a few days past, na. causea some Mr. Wesley hav.ng formed nnmerous socie-1 cUemen, ,n the city,and induced the belief
.u.uciCu.P.,u,Uc1 w.. ma oroiner naneai . . ..,-,- cf the city ha. become
i in a i wm 1 viiivi "jv insane. On Tuesday night, by a singular freak,
he ordered a portion or the City Couneilmen I to be arrested and committed to jail. The Lr,,, tinmen Immediately sued ont a habeae cor-
dr.w ap certain rules, by which ihey werei
g.veraed. They state the nature and design oft
Methodist society in the following words: "Such a society ia no other than a company
sf men having the form and seeking the power
pus, and were released by the Judge. Baker,
i goanneea; .n.ted, in order to pray iogner,,on lhi. knew no bound, to his indigna
w receive the word or exhortation, and to watcn threatened to hang the judge, ever an. another in love, that they may help, ;,r.. .h tok side with
each other to work out their s.lvatlou L j,a ., .prisoned a portion of
....... ....y me more easuy oe utscerneo , . rnllllri, ho discharired. Last
night the Council, held a meeting, when the regulation of the city wa. taken from the Mayor's hands. Baker threatens to-day to imprison all the member, or the Council and all the Judges. ( Eastern paper.
Mr. Miller of Gibson, moved that the amendment be laid on the table; which motion prevailedayes 100, nsys 44Mr. Stevenson moved to amend so that the Convention now proceed to elect two Asistant Sec retaries. Mr Stevenson salJ, the method or appointing, in the resolution, was on. uuknown iu legislative boJiea. Now, if the resolution contemplated appointing one Secretary at a time, he could see no objection to the mode of appointment; but some member, might be in favor of one or the person, designated and opposed to another. He had no opposition to any or the gentlemen. It was the principle contained in the resolution that he was opposed to. The practice would be like embodying too many features in a single bill. He thought two assistants would bo amply sufficient. He wished to be liberal in the matter. The amendment or Mr. St evenson, as amend
ed, providing lor electing three Asistaat Secretaries, a Sergeant-at-Arms and Door-Keeper, was adopted and lhe resolution, thus amended, was adopted. The Convention then proceeded to elect the Assistant Secretaries separately by a viva voce vote. On me nrsi mo It. M. Evans received 13G votes. J. B. Ray received 4 Blanks 3 ' Capt R. M.Evans was declared duly elected, was sworn Into office, and entered upon the discharge or hisdotits. Ob tit nceml vol. Barkwell received 122 voles. Slallard received 8 " Blank 4 Laverty received 1 " Harmon G. B,irkwell wa. declared duly elected, wa. swora into office, and entered upoa the discharge of his duties. On the third vote Georce L Sites received 119 vot.s.
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George L Sites was declared duly elected, was sworn into office aud entered upon the discharge
of his duties. Mr Read of Clark moved that Capt. Samuel M Keiiiie be appoint Sergeant-at-Arms for this Convention; which motion prevailed; also, That Samuel J. Johnson be appointed Door-
Keeper, which motion prevailed. Messrs. McKeiitie and Johnson were sworn into office and entered upon the discharge of their respective duties. Mr Frllit introduced a resolution that desk, be provided fr the Stenographers, ot such di
mensions as they may deem proper; which was adopted. Mr. Read orClark moved that a committee be appointed to wait on the reverend Clergy or this city, and request them to make such rr.ngements as they may deem necessary, Tor the purpose or opruing each day's session with solemn prayer, should they be willing to attend for that purpose; which motion prevailed. Mr. Pettit offered the following resolution: Resolved, That three committees on the outlines of the Constitution shall be appointed by
the President, to wit:
One on the Legislative Department of the
Government, whose duty it shall be to consider
all matters which may be referred to it, and pre- j pare snd report provisions relative to that Department. One om the Executive Depsrtment of the Government, whose dsty it shsll be to consider all matters which may be referred to it, snd prepare and report provisions relative to that Department. One on the Judicial Department ofthe Gov
ernment, whoie duly it shall be t .ou.'d.r all matters which may be referred o it, and prepare and report provisions relative to that Department. Mr. Borden moved to strike out the resolation from the resolving clause, and Insert the following: That a Standing Committee be appointed to
consider and report on each of the following
19 "On the Homestead Exemption, and on the accumulation, creation and division of estates in land. 'Resolved, That each committee appointed under the foregoing resolutions should consist of members, except the committee on the judiciary, which shall consist of ."
Mr. Reed of Monroe effered thejollowing as a substitute for both resolutions: "That a commttee of be appointed to report a plan for the business of this Convention." Mr. K-ileo opposed all three cf the propositions Tor the present, although the last one seemed to suit hia views mjch better than either of the others. A committee had been nppoiuted o draft rules for the government or this body, and until that duty was performed, the resolutions now introduced would he premature. Mr. Reed or Monroe saw nothing in the appointment or the eoinmitlee ou the rules that
ould son.lict with the proposition now before
the Convention.
Before the question was taken, Oa motion, the Convention adjourned.
Afternoon Nraslon. The Convention proceeded to the considera
tion of the resolution, pending at the last ad-
Which resolutions, after some debute, On motion were laid on the table; when The President laid beforo the Convention the
correspondence of the officers of State tn relation
to the use of the Masonic Hall for this convention, in which the Ageut for the hall declines to rent the same for one hundred collars" per month; but proposes to fit up the same for twenty dollars per day, or such compensation as the Convention may agree upon; which, on motion or Mr. Pettit, was laid upon the table. Mr. Rariden offered a resolution, that the
Secretary ascertain and report, whether a more
convenient room cannot be procured Tor theses sions of this Convention. Ou motion, the word "Secretary" was strick
en out and a committee of three inserted.
Thus amended the resolution was adopted.
Mr. Milroy offered a resolution, that a com
mittee of seven be appointed, whose duty it shall be, to enquire into and report to this Convention,
upon the legality of the rhiim of the present
State Printer to do the printing for this Conveu
Hon, and that, in the meantime, the Secretary ofthe Conventiou be authorised to cause the necessary printing to be done at the prices usually paid for similar work done for the General
Assembly.
Before the question was taken on the adoption
of the resolution
The Convention adjourned.
Mr. Kelso moved to amend, so tnat the committee also make enquiry in relation to postage; which was accepted by Mr. Morrison. Mr. Sims opposed the resolution. Mr. Morrisou of Marion staled that he Introduced the resolutiou at the request of other Delegates. The Legislature of the State, for the last twenty years, had taken newspapers, and the people, he believed, were well satisfied with lhe proceeding, and he thought that there was an additional reason now for this cou rse. The people wished to be informed of the proceedings of this body, aud a faithful report could not be given, by the press or this city without this patronage He believed it would be very cheerfully paid by the people. Mr. Sims waa not opposed lo distributing newspapers among the people; but lieinsisted that the Delegates should incur the expense themselves and not the State. Mr. Buscom said, he was instructed by his constituents, to send Ihem paper containing the proceedings of the Convention, and the ouly complaint heretofore made was, tint papers enotinh had not been distributed. The discussion was continued by several oilier gentlemen; when Mr. Sims moved lo lay the resolution on ih. table; which motion did not prevail. The resolution was then adopted.
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Fori Covington X T J,.W Schuylkill listen P a Ortl
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WiDisnY, Oct. 9, IS50. The Tresident announced the following gentlemen as the committee on the rules of the Convention, to-wil: 12th circuit, Mr. Borden; 1st, Tettit; 2.1, Read of Clark; 3d, Dunn of Jefferson; 4th, Hall; 5th, Wallace; 6lh, Smiley; th, Stevenson; r?th, Biddle; !Hh, Wheeler; 10th, Do'oson ; 1 1 th March ; 13th, Smith of Ripley. He also appointed Messrs. Rariden, Kelso and
Morrison of Marion, the committee in relation
to procuring a room for the Convention.
The President also laid before the Conven
lion a communication from the. Secretary of
Slate, enclosing the papers In relation to the
contested seat of the delegate Trom Union , which
were laid upon lhe table. The Convention now resumed the consideration or the resolution In relation to the ri;ht of the State Trlnler to perform the printing ofthe Convention. Mr. Kelso knew of no one who contested the right of the Convention to dispose af the printing as it thought proper; if there was, the re-
A Tier Been SMwaio. It was adopted as the sense of the Convention, "That a committee of two from each Congressional District be appointed to report a plin for the busluess or this Conveution, and to designate the number aud fund ions of the diflVreut com
mittees."
Mr. Kilgnre offered a preamble and resolution,
"that we recommend to the people of the Stale l,nMMM4 Cnn illlitll.,n mm L,, ,...(.
Delegates in A. D. 1816, and adopted by the people, and that this Convention now adjourn, sine die."
Mr. Wolfe moved that the resolution be laid
upon the table; which motion prevailed ayes
1., noe. 11. Mr. Hall offered th. following resolutions; which were laid upon the tabl. until the com
mittees are appointed, to wit:
1 That Judges and all other officer, .hall be
elected by the people.
2 That corpoartions shall b. erected under a
general law individual liability to the extent of stot shall be imposed the issue of bills of credit
for gent-r.il circulation shall b prohibited. No banking privileges shall be granted except to a State B ink aud a limited number of Branches, properly restricted. 3 Thai special legislation shall bs prohibited no act ahiwll embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed iu its title. Upon the final passage of every bill in either House, the "yens and nays" sl.all he entered upon the
journals: an l no act or the Gsneral Assembly
shall be in force, until after its publication iu
print and distribution among lhe people. 4 That the Legislature .hall be prohibited
from granting divorce, and from establishing
lotteries. 5 That the Legislature shall be prohibited from borrowing money upon the faith of lhe
State, without the cousent of the people expres
sed through the ballot-box.
6 That the Legislature shall meet biennially j but m.y be couvened by tho Governor in ;
case, of emergency.
7 That all fi ues assessed for any breach of the penal laws, shall be applied to the support of common schools. 8 That all distinction between proceedings iu courts of law and of equity shall be abolished, as also all distinction between different kinds of actions. 9 That the House of Reprtsentatives shall consist of one hundred members, and the Senate
Believiirwd0-, "reader,, w. - have compiled from our exchange, the follow- 0 Xhh I r ,T" 1' lhe Pal'nt for ing lis, of the population of one hundred aud i te'rv H n " ,,,e sixty-four die. . ,wus. a. ascertained from ullhaUoever ? "geUl " 'PeCU the partial reports of the census now being taken oi, ,, , ., . ." throughout the country, by direction of the J " V .",Con"","'t to lhe claimant to genera, government. "" locate the land ,o person, he may ir.nsmit hi.
... ,v ...c t:o.i....ssioner ol the general land office, whose duty it is to cause to be located, free of expense, "any warrant which the holder may transmit to the g-uera! land office for that purpose, i such Sua aud Jaud district aa the said holder or warrantee may designate, and upon good farming laud, so far as ll am-
lo,oj5 be ascertained." l ,ie 4 s'Jco mc'a' circular concludes as follows:
. m m ii i . i ( i iiaiinn ... . . .
i, :mo a .nil a ,5iO urpc H llial grttl Cr l&l X.VkV " IM he US"d e'd ""J" p"rerer;ce. 7,55 n w ;Iiimnre X T 3,3 o on class oT applicants ottrr others. With 1 iA0 Vav Km W JT .. -1
i.'73j xv.nort Kv ooo lni Rl rrl'" Mime, a sufficient iium-
1,110 her of clerks will be employed to issue the certir'Ctes with the least possible delay,' so that 1.W5 all may hve an equal chance of making ad4.'ui vantageou. Iocalious. ;3 ALEX H. II. STUART. jj' ; Secretary f the Interior. ,; ! The KdnHc VJ7 A''e"elyacquired,Tej.itoryui at length V.oi dl'f,uite!y parceled and arranged, it may be well 1,447 , to state the boundaries of each separate jurisdicl'.is3 tl0n 1M' e IlMVe Ibe boundaries between ":i07 j TXM ""d NeW Mrxico- 11 U I'ed that 7,4gis T xas will reai'ily assent lo it. ll. ns j gills ul ,he iuierseclion of ,he jp0tk jiar s'.06i . all. 1 of longitude with Ut. 3G deg 30iii.,an V,5021lhe"ce tuu ,!u8 Weston said parallel of latiSCi:ll i tud" to lo"- 103; lhence Soulh uloS 8d nri,.or. u!iau or longitude to lat. 32; thence West aloiij l.Voi ' fc,id C"r-'i of lat. to tho Rio Grande; theuca . ' C....1. I j . . ...
l,-u uuuiunn UOWU lhe Kill t.rn.'.. t ll . 1 ..If ,r
- -- ...v V Ul u M'.'XiCO. Icrrilory of.Yin .flrxiro. Beginning at a point Iu the ColoraJo river
1.754 where the boundary line with the Republic of ,5o j Alexico crosses the same; thence eastwardlv
with the said boundary line to the Rio Grande; thence following the main channel of said riv.r to the parallel of the thirty second degree of north latitude; tliencerast with said degree to its jiitersecliou with the one hundred and third degree of longitude west of Greenwich; thence north with said decree of longitode'to the parallel if tliirtv-riuhi decree of north l,.t,i, !,.,-
weH with said parallel to the summit or the Si
erra Madre; thence south with the crest or saiJ
mountains to the thirtv-seventh r.HrIUI
i r north latitude; thence wet with said parallel to
its intersection with the boundary l.ne of the Slate of California.
Termor cf t lah. Bounded on the Wet by the State of California; ou ll.e North by the Territory of Oregon; ou the Kast by the Summit ofthe Rocky MouqThe Acts tT Congress providing for the organization of those Territories, expressly stimulate that when admitted into the Uuiou aa States, they shall be ud in it led with or without slavery . as their Constitutions may prescribe at the time of their adiniusion. They may each bo divided into two or more Territories, should Congress so deteriniue; or any portiou of either or both of them may be attached t. any other State or Territory ofthe U, States, according to tliejudgnient of the same authority. Kftttf-of 'iililoruia.
Bounded on the North by Ut- 42; Oregon Territory; on the West by the P-cific Ocean; on the Soulh by Mexico; and ou the Kast as follows, viz: begiuiiing with the intersection of lat. 12 with li.u. 12D, thence ra nning Southerly along s.iid meridian of longituue to lat. 31, thcuce South Latterly in u straight line to the river Colorado at the poi ut where it intersects lat. 35, thei.ee down the middle of the channel of said river to the Mexican bouudary . Thus it will be seen that t!;e Slate of California occupies all the Pocliic coast from Oregon to Mexico, some S(H) miles, with an average
lireautli of probably 250 miles. The Territory of Utah lies betweeu the State of California and the Territory of New Mexico, but extend. Southward only to lat. 37. South of that parallel, the Territory of New Mexico extends to the Slate of California. Utah is therefore bounded Soulh and East by New Mexico. N. Y. Jour, of Com.
Fori Waj-ne lud Franklin X J Oreenpor. X Y Ore. -uwii h X J Cirrion Maa lladdan. Conn Hallam Pa Hinroc Md Warn.ony X J Harperniirld O HarrUhunr X Y arrttbu.ia; Pa rlrnderion X T ll.lUboro O Hndon X Y l;u !.." X II Ibrrrille l a India. .spoilt lni Ja rA-tou Mich Jelfrmon ) Johnatnwn X T Keene S H Kirkland X Y I.ebanin. Iud I.esia Pa l.inrll. an X Y I.itrhr.rld Couu t.ir.l.tol. X J Lock port X Y
8,OH Vet lilooiiifirU X Y 1,700
1,300 Vrn-h,-.rT Pa
1,050 Wrstv.lle X V 1,155 Wtatmorrl.od X Y 3,310 Wetht rati. Id Conn 3,421 W heatland Wi 1.I0J W.ll.anKburf; X Y 1,43-i H ilmi.iRio .. Di I 1,028 Wilmilif lull X C 3,957 Windsor Couu 1,150 York Pa 12,312 Ypailauti MitN
The places in this I let which have shown the most remarkable iucreuse iu population are Williamsburg, N. Y., which ha. grown from 5,000 to 30,000 iu ten years; aud Milwaukie, Wis,
3, IVI
1,300 3.2V1 l,.-40 1.191 3I.SH4 13,T00 7, ICO 3.317 1.95 0 1.919
male Inhabitant, and ha. now a population of more than 20,0001 In lslO it hud 1,700 inhabitants.
Frnro the rtaltimorr Am" rirsn. The Bounty l.snd 1 -n n-t irrahr of Ike Sec rrtnrr ofthe Interior- I'rotrrtiosi aguinst Slperiil.i tor . Tlie re h is been some uncertainty about thi
importaut law, occasioned ly lhe attempt to pass a supplemental bill, and the supposition thai its
operation would depend upon the interpretation
to be given by the Executive Department. A circular just issued by the Seer, tary of the Interior removes all doubt upon that subject. The
meauiug of the Bounty Land law is now established by an authoritative exposition. There is no doubt whatever llial no transfer of bounty land is valid before the issuing of the patent With the Washington Republic we rejoice m the truly paternal precautious which lhe President hits taken to secure to the veteran soldiers of lhe Republic the j'lat rewards of their valor. Not only does ihat officer declare, iu the most
emphatic manner, that all trausfer. are void be
fore the issuing of the patent, but he provides
that the simple forms of proceeding necessary 10 obtain the laud shall be published a:id furnished to the Clerk of every county court iu the United States and to eacli member of Cougrets. They are now iu the hands ofthe printer. He moreover rerommends ihat every county aud township in the United State, shall provile
means for having the rights of the soldier verified without expense, by emp'oying a suitable
i sgeul at the expense of the county or township ! to supervise, the preparation of the applications and proofs of claimants. These prrcau-i-innawill secure the bountv of the country
1 DiaxcTi-T to those for whom it was iutended, aud not to speculators aud agents. The Repub-
; lie says: I We have been informed thnt a system of buy- ' ing npthese claims has beenextensively practised iu anticipation of the passing or this law. Very
united the unsnsnectiue
of fifty members; provided, the number In either, .,... .,,, caa on, be ,abii9hed
with trouble and expense. These persons have
house may be diminished by legislative enact
ment. 10 That all election, by the General Assembly, or either brsnch thereof, shall be determined by a plurality of the voles given. After the introduction and adoption ef ssveral business resolutions, The Convention adjourned.
DThe Oregon bill grants to the present .et
sVieaiiflr. The California Courier sjys that George B. Tingley, E?q , from San Jose, has left at that office a most beautiful specimen of cinnabar ore, weighing leu pounds, conlaiuing seventy per cent, of quicksilver. A company, of which Mr. T. is a partner, are about shipiug oue hundred tons of this ore to New York and London. Tliis, being a uew arttole of commerce, may excite some surprise, but this is uu age of rapid improvement, particulaly on the Pacific coast. Tliese enterprisiug gentlemen, we hope, will reap rich rewards for this enterprise. nitkiaa; t owe A ."New Iflethwd. The new method of milking which our reader, may already have seen something of ia lb. papers, is no joke, but a practical reality. Aa
lhe Attorney-General of the United States.
, , . ,. r, u . I this wav we understand, thousands of claims tiers, or those .ttling tlierein before December, tn' aJ wo "uc.a, o ,
whether they are indeed working out their own
Miration, each society i. divided into smaller ompanies, called classes, according to their respective places orabode. There are about twelve persons (sometimes fifteen, twenty, or even sore) in each class; one of whom is styled their leader. It is his business, 1. To see eash person In his class once a week, at least, in order to injaire how their soul, prosper; to advise, reprove, comfort, ar exhort, a. occasion may rejuir.; to receive what they are willing to give te the poor, or toward the gospel. 2. To meet th. minister and the stewards ef the society once wsekt tn osdef t inform the miaister ef any
----->The building about to be erected in Hyde Park, for the exhibition of 1850, is to be pre-
pared with galleries. The following statistics will convey a notion of the extent of its capac-
ities: Ther [sic] will be on the ground floor seven
miles of tables. There will be 1,200,000
square feet of glass; twenty-four miles of one description of gutter, and two hundred and eighteen miles of sash bar, and in the construction 4,500 tons of iron will be expended.
clution would be proper
Mr Chapman stated that he was the State ! hundred aud twenty, and if married, aix hun-
Printer. as well a. a member or the Convention, died and forty acre, of land.- In the latter case, and he held himaeir in readiness to execute all j hair of the amount to be patented to the wife, prinlingthat might be ordered, having given ai and half to the husband. This feature applies
classes of subjects; and that the several parte of j bond for that purpose, and had prepared himself also to such of said settlers as marry before 1st the existing Constitution, which relate te those for rlfcuting the work. He asked to be excused ' December, 1 51. It is probable, therefore, that
subjects respectively, be also referred te aaid rrom voting on the resolution; which request courtship, will be numerou. and rapid in that
wa. granted by the Convention. 1 region, and that lhe beloved clergy
The question wa. taken on the resolution a. a
originally offered; when it was adopted.
The President laid
committee. "1 The rights and privileges of the citiiena and inhabitants of ihis State. "2 The apportionment, election, tenare of office and compensation of the members of the General Assembly. "3 The powers and duties of the General Assembly, except as to the public debt and matters otherwise referred.
"4 The election, tenure of office, compensaI 1 . - C .L- " . -.t
lion, powers ana ounce i mo ui " Lieutenant Governor. '5 The election and appointment of officer, of State other than Legislative and Judicial, their pewers, intle. and eempsnratien.
ill have
fine time in the way of marriage fees for the
next fourteen months. Half of those quantities
before the Convention a are cranted by the bill to all persons now citi-
communication from the Governor, announcing sens ofthe United States, twenty-one years of
the appointment of Harvey Fowler as Stenog- age, as well as persons declaring their inten
rsnher of the Convention. ! tentlons to become such, who shall emigrate to
Mr. GrecB offered the following preamble and aud settle In the territory, previous to 1st De
resolution- cember, 1853. The same provision is made iu
Whemas, It Is desirable to complete the work this case as to the exclusive right of the wife to
deviated to ns bv the people, with aa little de- half the lot as in that of the class just mentiou-
...i- -.i ...il, . .v. in ih. uririMt erf. Who ran doubt that, under such libera
eennomv. consistent with the honor of this body, provisions. Oregon will soon embrace a popu
.nH ihs, Interest or those whom we represent: lation sufficient to entitle her to admission as a
therefore 'sovereign .tat, ef th. Uaiea
magnified the difficulties of proving the service of the soldier; aud having bewildered the honest claimant, or the confiding widow, with imaginl,.inL harm in manv cases obtained a
. . .. r . - .-; .m u-l.'.h ! inform tut of ours witnessed the operation ia Urce interest in the claim for services which , f B . . , . r.-;....i.. i the farm yard of Joseph Fellows, Esq.. of G.uaanr dry rood's clerk can render as efficiently, i , s.o. u.u. ',u ...... . vh. lint a fw Hhvi alnre Iioli. rnKk I
under the plalu instructions of the 1 resident, as- ' ' ' yi-m r a tl. i, nvn ttm .... ... 1. 1 1. . I
jjj. -- . " " - ww. wn a Hum wuiLU K CIVH
ejough to exclu ie the air, io the lower end of
which metallic tubes were Inserted, closed by
laps! when lhe four wen
. I withdrawn, ml 1 Urn mlfl .1.... 1 . V
that no transfer is binding nutil alter tne pateni, -
r.,r ,h- laud shall be cranted; that all such Wil ,Hl 11,9 l'. exnausting lhe whole quantl-
t i. .a ,i,i. Tn. ty in thecow'a bar, in
iraiisirn oic vwu...j - - - - - - j .
mo,.,r. take notice I w D1" 11,8 ordinary way.
1 That their military service and d.acharge mi iuvoni.on,.g..ni wn.cn. uo vanu oojecuou ill appear upon the company aud regimental can exist.. nd i l be likely to come iuto g-er-
we nhull have ta call tlirm, cannot excred fift j centf- Tliey are implc; easily and cheaply
l?.o, ov.r eighteen years ot age, ll .lugie, mree j . , . ,. . laps! when the four were.diusled. the Up. wer
I e rSU 113 lIHCirnirn win, uowt,,, unv v.v i
half th-9 lime it would
It i. a in-
rolls, now in the Auditor sollice. j
2. That these rolls will be, by order ofthe
President, published, and the claimuut will find
them, with the forms necesaary to establish his
rights, in every clerk, office iu the United
States. 3. That the soldier need only prove his Identity the widow her marriage the heir his right
to inherit.
We therefore advise the soldier to wait for a
manufactured. When cow are stalled it would seem that one man could milk ten in fifteen minutes, if he was supplied with the apparalaa .'or each cow. Rochester American.
07"Twe nty -three thousaud eight hqpdred and thirty-one emigrana arrived in thi. "happy land" from Europe, during the month of Sep-
short lime until the rolls and form, of proeee- tember. Of these nearly one half came from ding ahall be distributed. He will then goto Great Britain and Ireland. Emigrants and pe.the clerk's office of the county court, aud ex- ca have been veiy prolific this season. amine lhe rolls for bis name, his term of service, . , . , .. . rr em. nn. .rm.r B4CBEL0R. A msn wholiv.s in a state of and d.tsof disch.rg.. I p. filllaj up a prsr ,mm-rnt