Indiana American, Volume 18, Number 51, Brookville, Franklin County, 13 December 1850 — Page 2

AMERICANU.IOOK.VIL.L.E, INDIANA. FRIDAY, DEC. 13, 1850,

Apologct teal. A member of our State Convention writes to as complaining of the manner in which we publish the proceedings of the Couenlion. The ground of his complaint is, that we copied and abstract of a speech iu reply to bim, and did not give an abstract of bis speech. We have not taken the trouble to turn to oar f.'e to see wherein we have offended. We did not know there was such a gentleman in exists ace until we received his letter, postage unpaid; nor after the present boar do we suppose we will be reminded of him again. When we print a newspaper for him, we shall endeavor to please him, bat as we print for those understanding better the courtesy of a gentleman we shall net trouble ourselves about him. Tru pern ace namirali. Our town has suffered for sorre years in character for intemperance. The friends of Temperance are making some vigorous an!? searching efforts in the cause. The consequence is, some f those double dealing politicians, and Pharisaical christians, "who burrow with the hare, and run with the hounds," are exposed, and have screwed op their wrath to pretty near a bursting point. Very well. AH we have to Fay is, let those who have been bit the hardest cry the loudest. Loud end boisterous crying is a way boys have of easing thei r pain. .letliiRt the arn-!.lntare. V nice of the eM c, , e were m.. j eeks since, in stating that the Legislature convened this yrar the 3d Monday of December. It is the last Monday of December, which will be the 30lh day. The way the Convention is now proceeding with business there is prospect of their labors being nearly closed by that time. CPJudge Ellis, of Vincennes, has been elected President of the Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad company. A belter selection could not have been made. PrmWesi'i "teaaasie. The President's Message was delivered at Washington on Monday al 2 o'clock P. M. It was published at Cincinnati the next morning, Tuesday, and we issued tt on Wednesday morning in oar regular edition, being about 40 hoars from the time it was delivered. The Message is plain in language sound in doctrine and decided in opinions. So far as we have heard expressions, it meet! with universal approbation whigs and democrats vieing with each other in eulogies of it. Then, too, it Is short enough to be read. Messrs. Jackson, Van Btiren. eud Polk's were so lengthy that but few of the people ever read them. It conld be oaid of them, as was remarked of Fresideiil Berry's inaugural address at Greencastle. Of his address, it was remarked, tbat it was an rlnqtient effort, but he rnuM 1 j one thing, that was tTEasiTr" both being of j about the rime length. In the same way might it be said of former Messages, they hid an excel- I lent moral, reminding thtir readers of eternity! But President Fillmore has had that talent which shines above all other? in the production ' of public documents the power to condense. ; u:scipnned minds express their ideas in few j words, whilst visionary writers lose the sense i in the amplification of words. This is a pattern j Messaga a pattern for style, priutijiles, and j length. Slavery ia nur (enTratioa. We were astonished, when we learned that Jas. Rariden, a man who is old enough, and who pretends to have good sense, had so far travelled out of the line of his duty as to introduce his r ugitive slave resolutions into our ConventionIt was not connected with the business of the Convection, in any couceivable case. Then it ' was introduced 'without reason, law or common ! euse." The time spent including reporters ' publishing, and contingencies, will draw at least 2,500 from the Treasury. But if some poor scamp sLould pat his hand in the treasury, I "without reason, law or common sense," and j teal $-2,500, he would be incarcerated in the 1 State prison for the balance of his life. Yet ! fashionable public plunderers pass on and are unpunished. ITWe are still indebted to the State Sentinel for the excelleut report of the proceedings ofthe Convention. The reports published in the Journal are of no manner of cse to any one, as Ihey are constantly bt hied at least teu davs So far behind, and consequently so uninteresting, thtt we no longer look to it for any thing new. The Statesmau at Inoiacapolis, which we sup-: pose is published yet, conies to us but seldom. The manner in which the proceedings are publishtd in the Journal will be a lasting injury j to that paper, aud no manner or use to the peo- ' pie. Yet our Convention is paying about $.25 j per day to ihe Journal for publishing ihe procee- ' dings; and the sum they are paying out oT the public Treasury for tho reporter! for that paper ' are so enormous that we dare not guess at what it costs. Some say over JinO per day. But we can scarcely thiuk this is possible. ; If it were not for the Sentinel, every editor in 1 the State w ould be compelled to have a reporter . at Ind snapolis, or publish the proceedings from ! the State Journal, afler the adjournment. And 1 vet some members cf the Convention pretend that reporters and publishers were hired at public expense for the accommodation of editors and i constituents at a distance. Mea who dig so 1 deep into the public Treasury on so shallow a i pretence are not honest. Itis willfulcorruption. j It Is too barefaced to be covered by even the ' cloak of ignorance. ilnvery Afjltatian. The Alexandria Gazette, which never speaks Idly, thus refers to this subject. W e shall see at the approaching session of Congress, who are the Disonionists, in both branches of that body. Any man. under the! present circumstances, who will, as a member ! of Congress, endeavor to unsettle the Adjust-! ment just made, of the matters lately in coutro-' versy. and especially who w ill interfere to repeal ! the Fugitive Slave Law. or to do any other act j prejudicial to the rifhts, and wonndimr to lhe feelings of the Southern States, will be justlv sxecrated as a oiturber or Ihe public peace, and an enemy to the Welfare and happiness or the c. untry. He may make same wretched capital at home, among fanatics and brawlers, tut he will sink in the estimation of the good men of ell parties in all sections of the Republic. We have every confidence that tl,e Fugitive Slave Law will remain unaltered snd unrepealed, and that no further legudation with regard to slavery will be permitted. The President ia safe the Judiciary Is safeCongress, we believe, ia safe the people are every where crvinir out fnr ih. Unlen. Lei lhe Northern perpl. be but Tsrw ' aaf .11 .,1 I W., IM i

A Mamaaaiei lies;. I Pestmanter :enernl' Itrport . Mr. Samuel Goodwin, of this place, had killed Tkis Report exhibits the condition and opeon Wednesday last, a large hog raised by himself. ! rations of this important branch of the GovBy a sad mistake his gross weight was not as- i eminent, with great clearness its recommendscertained. He was weighed gross, showing 914 lions in reference ts a reduction of postage is relbs , but the weights did not belong to the scales, : sponsive to the public expectation and as a

and were too light. The net weight was TO? lbs- It is probable his gross weight wss from elO to KSO. ' He killed another at the same time weighing gross 604 net 504. The hog killed three years since by Mr. Colescott weighed 740 net S46 gross. Another. Mr. Thomas H.rndon killed a pig on the seme day, that was 6 months atid 1 1 days old which weighed ISO lbs. nett. Sale ef Real Itnte. We call attention to the sale of Real Estate of the Estate of Barnet M'Combs, dee'd. The Sale is vn Friday, the 23lh iNSt. tCVCREWlOAI,. Washington Dec. 9. -The Chair laid before the Senate a SeSATE.. cominjuication from the Home Department, covering the reports of the Commissioner of r js- a i Tensions aua ueuerai uana unice .- imj a tries-

sage irom tne rresiaent coveucg a note irom se- i i-,i,tot I ni n sr of Pju O ti ;es in tin coun -nor Rosa, Mexican Minister, askiDg Congress j lry was 1417. During the year, 1679 have to execute the 11th article of the treaty of Hi- been established, ana 309 discontinued, dalgo, relating to the Indian depredations on the J The ellUre receipts of the Department during Mexican frontier. ( the year wss $5,552,971 43 a0!t tne expenses

The bill to distribute tive hundred copies of the decision of the Supreme Court among the ! several Slates and Territories, was rejected c , r- ..... . Mr. Beutou introduced a bill making good to j f-. . " . . - .... Ithe State of Missouri the two per cent fund re served on sales of public land in that State Adjourned. Hcvse. After reading the names of standing committees, which vary but little from those of the last session, the consideration of the President's Message was resumed in committee of the w hrile. Mr. Giddings spoke against that portion of the message which referred to the domestic policy of the Government. He denied that Ihe General Government could compel the people of the free States to enforce a law to which they were opposed upon principle, such as the fugitive slave law. Mr. McClernad said, as a member from a free State, he denounced the sentimeuts which had been expressed by Giddings. He considered it a fraud to profess to miutaiu the constitution, and at the same time oppose the operations of a law which was based on its provisions. No further remarks were made, there being an evident disinclination to discuss the subject. A resolution was adopted, referring the various subjects contemplated in the Present's Message to the appropriate committees. Adjourned. Washington, Dec. 10th. Senate. Messrs. Foote aud Downs appeared in their seats. Mr. Gwynne Introduced a resolution enquiring into the expedienoy of raising the salaries of Judges in California, which was agreed to. The private calender was then taken up, and several bills were passed. After executive session the Senate a-ljonrned. Hocse. A numVer of bills were introduced, among them one by Iltines of Illinois, to establish a commercial reciprocative between the United States anil f"V r u q.,,1 AnA -ani;nn public l:.n,'a in P.n, :.! .v., Ki.i..itiK - ..... j . v u ivj in iiv3 v. r ii t strnctiou of the Ohio aud Pennsylvania Railroid. ! Mr. II ill introduced a bill granting the right o" wv to Missouri for th constrnrlinn nf a ronrl to St. Joseph, Mo , The House then went into Committee ofthe Whole ou the state of the Union. Several efforts were made to lake up the River and Harbor, and Cheap Postage bills. No measure, however, was acted on, when the Committee rose and the House adjourned. M'brreia the Wild. raea. At the beginnirg of this century it was in Ohio and Indiana. Twenty. five years afterward it was in Michigan, Wisconsin and so forth. Last year it was in Minisota territory. Next year wo sh:ill have to see it in Nebraska and around the Like ofthe Wood. Where the steamboat goes, there the wilderness disappears. And the steamboat is soon to startle the Indian and wake the echoes of the forest above the falls of St. Anthony; tor a boat is now huiitiing there whi:h is rapidly progressTI,..: "r.i....i :l s. c 6", r . '"'""B'eriia ev.n tveen . fixed "as soon as the river si-ear nfin Ti,.1 h;.'.r wur r, .. " r.:V : ... "c I minium n oraman. I ns uimension or the craft sre 10$ feet keel. 103 feet deck, IS feet beam, chineVv Vrt a?nhl-"!r and will be at the f illt by the opening of navigation. "Steam navigation river traiie" aimve the Falls of St. Anthony. Poetery niiy as well gather up its girnients and tnrgrate from this land, unless it can be content to find its themes in the warkshnn aud the crowded street Ciu. Gazette. I s-pfBcer XVilry. Some person is giving sketches of the characters of the members or the Constitutional Convention or Indiana. We copy the following notice of one of ours: f ... . . ... c-nsrn H.FV Mr. 1 PV tl-e a n,1 rroe...: county , irginia torn ftov.W. 1 He removed to Kentucky in and to Dear - born county, Indiana Territorv In ltt H - ir j.-.i - 179;). !

removed to Kentucky in and to 11,-ar- i last. It says that but l.itle has been done and 1 rn coo mv. Indiana Territory, In I tl3 Il'tVnr.J I T . ' s lived thirty years in Franklin, ... I represe,,-' ,' P" f7? 8iom-v'-lh9 n""her ot t l it t.o years in lha Legislature. Mr. WHey j do"" no J' exceed 8,600 head; and '

has led held the office or justice of lhe peace under the I ...w.,n, guveriiuieni; volunteered in IM'J xtui uey is emptiaucally a matter-of-fact man; he arrives at his conclusions by the shortest channel, and is no longer iu expressing, than h. i attaining them. Of the considerable number in this body, whose heads are whited by lhe frosts of many years, perhaps none sre more worthy, omossnss-H nfiu.il.. ; ,.) .. . . . M l- ... . .. jrmrm, mau tneSUnieCt of this sketch. A democrat. I From the Trre Haute F.xprvit. ' nonntr Ijind,. 1 wo weeKsago, we received from the Pension j B,, clrcular iranKed Irom , the Department cf the Interior, which state. ' thit u liar. ,ti. ... P. :.. .. : . i . " orl ." war; uas oeen rendered by a substitute, he is the person entitled to me benefit Of 111. Ian- C.I,. . . -0 . Kol.) and not hi. employer U oppos,,,.,, ,0 ti.,., we find the following letter in the St. Lou is Republican of xo v. 2S,h. I ..... atiui ot'Bl , r n. r. laowsaiDGE, Kq-Si: I answer to your letter of the 5th inst., you are ni.'ormed uialilo.e who hired substitutes iu the war of , IM, are entitled to the Bounty Laud and mot r t- rr i ECBSTITITE. Very respectfully, J- L. EDWARD'S, Com. cf Pensions. IT A laiy fellow oiue declared in a public company, lhat he could not find bread lor his family. -Nor rn,ifd ,a illtilJS,rious l)echa, nic, "I am obliged to work for it." 0T Johnson gives lhe following definitions; G.rrit. The high.tt room iu lhe Louse, te-eararr Th. rwm abeve thega-ret.

11. serving for the period cf nine months. Like ,s onlv a, vat w .tnnnu . the railways when completed, to transport ' ?Zv ""f "oard for their roall those whose fortune, we e cast i,. the "terri- I J ' , 8bUt ,e'0P0 h"'' and lhe hole troops, supplies, and monitions of war, at the ' ?hVL "?d they m'y ie' not "oro torv of the North west " i ,h r ' I business ror the season, at that nnim ... . . ' ' i lhan ,wo persons in each to sell honor, for

redemption from the forest and thl K.. V " I ted at less than 1.1,1 nnn t... i 'WeSl ,e ""' 10 ,BQ"dua'a d.c.1. chemical and mechanical ourno,

State paper, is entitled to end will receive uni

versa! commendation. The number of mail routes, at the end of June last, is 5390, exteuding 178.G72 miles, and employing 47CO contractors. The annual transportation of mails on those routes was 46,541,5:23 miles, at a cost of $2,7-24,4iC being an average cost of five cents and eight and a half mills per mile. Th eincreae of inland mail routes during the year was 647, extending over 10,939 miles, and at a cost of $"42,440. On the last of June there were five foreign mail routes, at an aggregate length of 15,079 miles, at an expense of$2G4, 506, exclusive ofco.-tof mail messengers and stents, amounting to S107.042. Th n,U, of oostmasters appointed during the vr 6,518. of whom 2.C00 were to sunnlv resimialions, 233 to supply vacancies by death, 2C2 by reason of a chanrof the a-tanf nfllc.a UJ1 nn j . . ar-cnuut of removals, end 1319 to fill new cflicea. $5,212,053 42 leaving a eurnlusofi.340.01S 05. ,ud makini- all the available f.inrls cf ih. n..rt.' 1 ment, amount to $1,132,046 S2. 0 r The increase of income, from postage, was IO 7,43 100 pcenl. for 1S4?; for 1849 was 14.20- i 100 per cent; fori 50 was 14, 5-8 percent, j, is estimated that Ihe receipts ever lh. penditures.for next year, will be $146,806 23. Sixteen mail steamer are in service between the Atlantic and the Pacific. The Reporte recsmmendsa regulation of the mail service with the West Indies and South America, and system:zing of the service in Cal--...I i w.ru... ,i recommends a reduclieu ofthe inland letter postage to a uniform t.

of three ennt prepaid and five cents no, pa.d. ; li-h... upon it a colon, of convict, to answer rooms, it no more prove, th.-folly of .egis.ating ' l? ZZIC Sulff ana to make a further reduction to two cents, the purpose cf the United kiiigdom and of tne on the subject or spirilous liquors" than does the ' enc to higher laws than the Constitution, made at ita ,as session, a secies of acts, coinwhenever the Department shall exceed its ex- j Provinces. The Island is from 90 to 100 miles fact that counterfeiting and gambling are carried 0,0 Pgo of more stringent laws than the act "J0"' ca'le the compromise measures, and ittpenses, for two years, five per cent , under the ! long and 20 or 25 miles in width, nninhsbited, 1 on in "dark cellars and back rooms" provo the ' ?!'i??!?,mntit,tif'i.?mBX!U' VluS'"" which slaVnd rec,amalu,B fugi'ir.

three cent rate. It is recommended that letter nlMlnffd tn anil frnm tl. P.A:i;A o . .. . t. , ...... .no .,;. m; cousi, oouiu I ftw ... . 'J . nl 1 1 V. wussi, CUIIIU America, the Eastern Coatiueut and Islands, be

tweuty cents, and on all other sea-going letters ' ried out, it is said, the British Govornment will ten cents. The postage on newspapers sent j construct a harbor there, by eonvict labor, in out of the States, is recom.nended at one cent, j order to render it attractive to shipping. Anothar.d a reduction on pamphlets, periodicals, &.c. ' er motive Io the enterprise, is the chnnMI nf

Til.... rl4i,r.twina the P... ....-. i ' . i . . .. e...-ra. will rirnimah th. r.inn rv..ta tn- n .... j -- " .v--.vo ,u, u v, , jrau, nuu the deficit can be m-t by the snrplus on hand; anJ appropriations if necesary. He thinks the j frankiug privilege should be retained, bat that tie Treasury should pay the D.-partmrnt for ah free matter. Such are the important statements of this able report. i Ohio and Tlisnissippi Kailirav. We learn from the Lwreuceburtrh Reoister

that the above nnmed company have secured the is designed that all, from far and near, who feel ! espousal by the State of a business that has ' lf." uVt?' noih' co,,ld be8aid on the subservices cf Mr. GeM, of this city, as Engineer, J like contributing in this manner to this truly j rui'" a-d beggared ten thousand times as many , cat coveredeup"ohisPmea'ruebn; he moved th'rewho, with his corps or surveyors, will be short- charitable purpose shall have access to the table ' individuals as were ever injured bv banra ! fore that the preamble aud resolutions h UA

ly iu the field, if the weather continues favora-! iu rri. r-. ... tie. n.o rvegibier says: "A committee was appointed at the last meeting to negotiate with the Caual Company, and we understand that a f-.l.l. ,-...,, I I i. . ... v -....ti....c!.v ua, lrt:eu IIlaUe, oy wnicu the said road w ill be located on the south bank ofthe Canal. This if true, is an imnorlant pr-int gametf, as it ws feared the Rail Road ! Company would have diiTiculty in obt.iiaing the ! rigM of way to North Bend." Cin. Gazette. Iitrat froin Cnlifcrain. New York, Dec. 7. The Georgia arrived here this morning with two weeks lateradvices from California, bringing S.SII F rancisoo dates to the 1st of November. . The steamer Panama arrived al Panama n-iil, - , . i

.vU r!0rUBns iiiu a.i,.iu,uu'j in golddust j nous oi tne puoiic lands to aid Kailwaya and The Georgia brings ovr r one million in gold. I other internal improvements. The Bill proThe steamer Sagamore burst her boiler near i Poses

San Francisco, killing all the officers and crew, I and a large number of the passengers whose names naa not been ascertained. n.in..i San Francisco and at other towns, and at th , mines continued prosperous. Money was brioeinff5to7nerrent - ,n,h p, " a, oo. in n , j " . ' . " ..v. uui. nouutt tenera v was in nniui ... ", prices var mg but litt!o from previous 1 , -' I Political affiirs were quiet. I nan,. . . .1 f I. . .. I ,.. . u(lu ungrrs w ere Iieuliny. j A vessel had arrived at San Francisco from the Cholera on Board.- i Much consternation prevailed at San Francisdo ' in conseq-ience of the disease. j All was quiet at Havana. j Nea York, December 10. The Empire C.ly arrived here Sunday with I tw. and a hair millions of gold and four huu- i icredand thirty p issengers. She brings ac- I counts of terrible ravages ofchcleraatKingst .n,' Jamaica. ' j I "irra II eg .TlnrUri.

iri.e, T t li- ! I he. t. Louis Iniellig-neer of the 2J inst says .vft.m ,tisg,erally conceded that the hog crop

: ru .ess ,,s year then it was the ; last. It says that but little has been done ami '.., - . . . ' a"d ",,nl " tins year then it was th. ' . ;n k. j i . hole number in pens on the 1st, TI a i u e price 01 hotT nnnnH i c t : i -. x- . . . . . . ' " or . !, ana Has advanced to $3,63 for hogs uu ir.s. Oil Ihe Upper Mississinni. at n!r,r... ,A 1 '- II". u J OlIU ,'ui.i.a w nw ina Mm. l d i . T , . ' ""rua town ana oi l 1 rai 1 Ceri crop at St. L mis, to the 2nd inst , of pork 57 caski. ! l.IVb brls: of beef 1.135 tieroao 1 nim.i. sales are lir!-.t 7 , ? , . T i . ana j, i j ii m ior mess. 1 tfl c . . . . At Louisville, on Wednesday, all the houses .... . was S ailDlllermrr Kn.., Tlin l:ii.j n.. prUw. are fluctuatinr500 choic. sold at f 4,00 net; 1000 head at M-5 net CiuGai Dec 7 . . Died At Bloomfield. Green co , on the 15th of ferer.Mrs. J .ne Rousseau (formerly Miss No,a,,J f this ciiy.) Her remains were t,ro,fclt home for iuterment hy her husband. the was a lady universally beloved and admired, and her death has cast a gloom over a large circle of friends. Truly 'lu the midst ol l.fe we are in death." Iud. Statesman. CfThe Choctaw Intelligencer says that a battle has occurred between the Wichetaw and Tonkewa Indiaus. The Tonkewaa roasted and j eat one of their em mies! They are sai I to be inclined to cenibalisiii, and look with foud eyes op.a those whe are fat snd sleek.

Was not : ITnil-rl Sl.lM

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er points on the Illinois river, and other hog ' thal Cnauncey Rose, Esq., of this place, Presi- anythiog therefor. Inn Keepers and Grocer, to

sing sections ofthe West, says the Intelligen-i 16 "0T Ka"road, succeeded in making; 00 uceiiseo by lhe belect men, without any fee

.will fall at least one third behind the hog!' Purcnase of the iron railing for this Road, ""j """" ",e "meJ 8" 'aons and restriction.

of last year. Th. inn.i.i r . enoueh to conmlete it to the Slate caniial. .nH . ' f""g a medical li-

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Horrid Tragetl v.

' The Galveston News, of the 4lh, learns by a gentleman from the scene, that a brutal murder was committed at Nacogdoches a week ago last Wednesday. The statement of the fact is brieI flly this: Two cousins named, Hanks and Marshall, courted the same young lady. She

chose the former; on learning which, Marshall!"'8 position and fortunately for the cause of

went and demanded her hand, assuring her that j truth, the very facta that he adduces to establish she should marry uo one except himself, and his strange position, are against him. Now, that he would shoot her if she denied his suit. '10 jour correspondent -Sam," is, I am wholShe told him he might as well shoot herat once, 'y t a loss to know, bat I must give him the

as she would marry his cousin. He replied he . would take a more private opportunity. A few days after, while standing before a church as the people were entering, Marshall drew a pistol and shot her in the back, producing almost instant death. Marshall was arrested, and is now in 'custody awaiting his trial. ecniio, Almost, A Nashville paper gives au account of an afj r that occurred in that ci i 0u,ober- It PPrs that j nee8,nan Had been condemned to be hung 1 ,nal aay Tv Wary nPanaputlnn ka: J C . hia SYtfOII f i An r..-! m I . . .... . ... ... .1 . 11.1 . . . . I . ""K" ' wiiiuieu io witness it, the Sheriff entered his cell, and told ' the wretched man to prepare for death. The . . '

prisoner sited a torrent of tears, and asked if he ' u . j . .t . .M(nk. , , . """'work. And well he might. He was as honorwas to oe Iiune like a dov. He was broueht 1 .. . .

' ., .. , upon the gallows, amidst the excitement of the i multitude, when the Sheriffdrew forth a paper S ,lich Prov i ,1,. n ""'"Pted hy r..l f . . II a . ful farewell to ; n,ornents previo ' iuo a swoon i.na ciu noi regain his reason un,il t,,e fo,IowinK day- His crime : was the murder of the seducer of his cousi : beautiful girl of 15 years. "Botnnr Baj" fa N. America. It is intimated by the London aaily News, that the British Government will probably make ! r - a purchase of the Island of Anticorti. in thn r...irr. T :.i. .i.. j: r.u Gulf of St. Lawrence, with the design nf estah. '- v uu nirutr, v iin mo urn i v ii u i rr i au" itatet! at the month of the St. Lawrence, and I MJ...J . 1. . . i icgaiuCTj as n uapgrruus aosuicie io navigation, 1 irgaiiiCTi s n uougciuus WUbUlClfi IO USVIgBUOn In case the project above referred to is car . .. ..... I importing convicts io ihe Island, as compared ... wan me cost oi conveying them to Van Dieman's Laud. ; j lh Danghters of Temperance 1 UI "'s we understand coutemplate giv'"s 8 SaPPT oa Christmas Eve totheoungaud s night another fe ! old people. Also on Christinas ..: . . . one will be prepared for children. The proceeds arii-inir from these sunnsrs ara ia h. i,n i,n -n the wants or the r-oo nw I.iiFrr:.u it We would ask in behalf of the Daughters a .. good turn out on this beuevolent occasion Lawrenceburgh Register. Craft, the Fugitive. 1 "e or,land r ening News says that thRev Theodore Parker, of Boston, after uniting " " B7 ," '"6,u 've' m. traits, ana U,e co,ored woman with whom he lived as his , . wur, urew lorin a aagger and presented it to Crafts, admonishing him ,o "stain it with the ,-.. , . . . hlnnrl nf thrlllttanr1a, rati... 1 1. a n ...ir.. I.: i. w. . .. ...... ....ic, iiiqu sutler IlllIJHeil r

to be the prisoner's pardon from ' L """en,n,P wlln nim' ana noM a'Tea 10 , the fidelity of our people to the Constitution and , " en,1'" "P wire of Boston. Geo-r, , . r F ; upbraid him. But, even according to "Sam's" 1 laws, aud thereby briug us into disrepute with 1 yuattleham of South Carolina, General Qii. . This news was so sudden and :.. .w j .... our sister Slates: Therefor- mn and wife of MississiDoi and 01W. '

thecriminal. whohadbidatear-! d.h . ,. . ' Resolved, That it is the opinion of the mem- 1 8ig"fr traitorous men, and are raisin, his family and friends, but a few ' T T.i T , whodr.nks, ; lni Convention, that the common senti- Particular fuss generally, at this particular p, ' ' alike leel tne poail intra nf 011 il IV pnntfi.ni). n. . r .1. 1 . r T i - . i ... - Ou Of time: t h.r.f.ia . t . T . . f . .

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Rrnton's Railway and Improvement Lnad ' Pr"8'1" a much at Indianapolis as els where, but j yet he does not say so. He says that "iutemCol. Benton has introduced into the Senate De ranee and ita vices ir. aa u .

of the United States a Rill in o-rant l.m. nn.. - fTo grant to the State of Missouri for purpos esof internal imnrovement. 2:67S? 210 f ' ' ' -" - .u"1"' ,auu lo ma" crant to mat Mtte e1Ual to that of any other State. One fourth or this land to be applied to the

construction of a Railwav from St. I.ouia h'!..L.., ' "7 "

- ' ' j " oniciii uuguuiri fit....i n... r. u ,... . u ioio a nan way irom ll.nnln.l . a. t l- t.. . . . . -v. JU3eps. t lle remaining half ment. includino- tha rli-. nr,k. I -...uiu vi uic gira. BWOIlip P ,J,rar,,au at,d adjiicenl counties, as the A" Mi-ri may direct 1 "e lailas to be selected within 21 m iles of tlle rol,, or 0,her improvement to whic'i their PceedRare applicable, in the government subto ac,e"t ,""d fit fr cuU'"on e found 'i,,,in lhe 21 mi,e9 theu it may be taken from wnich is nearest beyond that distance. A free right of way to the distance of 150 feet from the center or the railroad through the public lands, to be granted. If the railwavs or other J iiii.iviriiicuuilm of which the lauds aforesaid are granted, shall not be competed in ten years Irom the time the Innds . Wirr. th. r-il.. .k. . .re selectee, the railway and other companies f -.km .1 , companies taking it shall pay over the amount or sales made . f -.km L , ,l"u"r taking it shall pay over the amount of sales mad for .aid unfinished part of said road, &c, au the title to the part unsold to reinvest in ih reinvest in ih. I - i ice, aud the mails at reasonable prices, to be ' . . . aeretnl on with the Post Office Di-n.rtmi-ni fixed by Congress. Terr Ifnntenad Rirhaseail Railranel. We see a notice in the New York Tribune. ,hat ProDabIy the Road will be in use ueit an lumn. We are clad to record the bri.ht nma. C I pects of this work. Terre Haute Express. Th.aipwa the AtMliiioBfa.1. The following paragraph front the Worcester .Egis, is well worthy the attention of the enthusiastic friends of Mr. Thompson: A geiilleman w ho came over on the same ' steamer with this Thompson, as we are credibly informed, reports that Thompson during the passage did not couceal lhat oue of his purposes in visiting this country, at this time, was to promote the dissolution of the American fjuion. Tbe4.reat ladiaaa fare. The New Albany Leoger remarks: We cau uow ay to our sister Sute Kentucky, thai Iuaiana hisacaveru which far surpasses the Great Mammoth, as the last discovery, in connection with the Great Indiana Cave, will mako il OI,e 0 the largest in the United States It 1. ..I. -I :i r. .a win cic.ru nine, irom toryooo :n a ' South-west direction, and about sev.uNoitll of Iav a vorth. - '

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For the Indiana American.

Drankraam la Indianapolis. Ma. Editor: I was surprised to find in the American of Nov. 15, from your Indianapolis correspondent, a sentiment so much behind the 1 Se as that it is "folly to legislate on the subject i ' "pirttuoua liquors." Dot unfortunately for .credit of knowing more about the "dark cellars and back rooms" in Indianapolis than I have been able to learn, if the things he says are true. If he learned them from actual observation he j na8 ri8ht to say so; but he should not retail i 'he stale slander of those who are interested in

the repeal of the stringent laws now in force in ( States, have manifested a purpose, to set at dethis city, upon the mere esy so of others, for if i fianc one of theee measures, namely, the one in

f.i,, 1 . r, . j raise he is slandering our citizens. But admit

ilvonthel t F d "i''08 a11 to ,rue that he oaya, It proves the y as rriday . WI9D0M iQ8tead of the "folly, of legislating on t a man by the name ,he eubject of 8pirit0u, ... Whero wa8

! tm) bu r u: 1 , j """K -ruunaros carriea on a i few years atro? In the front rooms, aa evertf b0j we( nows It was carried on under the ri j l l. ! tri. ,.. , ..... . . . . 1 trie LICKNsbd man stood out holdlv mil rfiH hi .amy employed as any man. Ilis business was -.. i 1... u. ,, ! ' .7. . 7 1'"'" . CU'Zen8 and the reproach of bei ng violators of the laws seller knows that every 0e .i.,,:- pnnntrv 1 he se

.. o fc .'-F v in nil ii in iH.fiiiiH in i i 1 1 1 m ii r. i u in,i in. wnm. iuu us, iui nnn ...

"'""dram he sells makes him subject to indictment

" I and if the partaker is as bad as the Ihief.he who buys cannot feel innocent, hence both seller and buyer slink from Ihe observation of honest men ni, tapk ..Hum mwA i. u TJ jinto "dark cellars and back rooms." Indeed in thus banishing the traffic from Dnblic iraze much I . " i ery much is accomplished. And. because. ' drunkards are made in dark cellars and back !dm..karr!. .r.m..t. Ir, ..it. - v aauw bm uuia vciiai s a iiu Ua: ( folly of legislating against these crimes. No I -l . ... sensinie temperance man everexpected to entirely prevenc n. o.sp.r.too. ..quor. by legislation. . ., i ...

j . i . .."" irouifti an inim iu viuiruiu tne laws en 1 n , - ' the qoestion at issue whether more or less .cted for the benefit or those who live in the L Re80Ted. That In the opinion or this Convenwill b sold with or without license. It is en- sieve States, thev will be found equally firm in ' l100.' lha common sentiment of the neoule or

lirely otherwise. It i. simply whether the Slate shall become a particeps criminis in the ruin and : death of our youths by sanctioning and nrotec i 6 ' ting the business of making drunkards. Let this crime, like all others, be unlicensed, and j forever let it be carried on iu the dark, is the, motto or temperance men. Were I disposed to I . - : arRue this question I might say much but 1 -"only say here ,ib.i it comes with po0; grace : "om lnose "i" aavocate the divorcement of the i. . . ... State from bankin?, because frauds are nernetraled sometimes bv banks, tj vet advooai. th. ' De "Sam" know that, after all, the rum sel- !,.....,.... .. . . mhi ..?u iu uinrup position to Do i i Cense Ti,. , ,u- u , "oncense. ineyseemto think the license system answers them best at all events. This goes very far in convincing me at least that thev would prefer . , , , . . , - the old system. Ah. perhaps it is because they don t like to do business in dark 'cellars and back rooms!" Thoo t-r. a j i a. w iiiu di i rri lira ii. inn cn must their palrolls in such , .,:.; i wjth blackless and rnnnf.rf j u ! "AlIZ "Ua m"S' ' who nrefer darkn.aa rath.. t.n l:u. I r ..... man iiviii. - ci , I m. . lC.,mll . L I . . ( . oam mun. m a lawyer, lie evij dently designs to be understood that drunkenness i - - w av iva.i I hi; rj 179 Oily I nli-1 .... i.;.ii. j . ... , . r. . .io.icu. tinucui, saya w easier. is plain, open to be seen, manifest, &.c." Now wo uo uoi oeny inai intemperance is "to be seen" here, manifestlv and nlainlv h.,t it n. to aav thara I. V. t. " - 9 " " 1 u 'V 7 ,. "H-HCe , iiorB BH in any other place he has visited, it can l,. .j. .u .. . . . visited very litt.e. Let him get In the car. and L0 fo MaHiann. -W. M j "ora cenars ana oacK rooms," but in front rooms, hm.ain. .J:.:. . . -u ....ur. are Dig o ; et him eo there, and count for n 8 mere, ana count, lor One ; drunkards in the irt. .n-t ,k u. one I will give it up. (1 do not include the "cellar, and back rooms," for these are D.t "mvtvrv. I T . i "u uever visit mem. 1 hone I hope "Sam" does not either ) I close, hoping that if the petitions of sober men and sober women car. h n ,fl ' the member. f the Convention, the wai.ings of , lhe unfortunate families-th. r...Lr our license system will at least prompt them lhat has beggared so many INDIANAPOLIS. Wew l.iet-aae Uw ia Verant. The Legislature or this State at its recent session, repealed all former laws regulating the sale . x..quor. ana enacted a new Statute on that Duuirtl, UI W II ICIl in. Inllnwiniv tU. T7 "v . 1 "r8BU - . . , -' iiic.iiiri pruyisions; the sale of intoxicating liquors is prohil ited absolutely except for Medical, Chemical and Methan ii-ifal insAU. Tl c . . . " aa (.VllBSUIVai p Th. Select men may vacate all lice e only. ' by them Iun keearanti ... .1 j wwy oeem proper. io l""i wireu inev aeem nrnnr per or Grocer shall have a license to m j . g ... "uuvia, even for medical pnrposes. Licenses shall be I "vi ss. it naH Ka. m..:, . n . " " - ....jor.iy oi tno select meu, and recorded in the 1 own Clerks office. A person Z the town m.v K .L perBOUS, - . tne march meeting-, authonxe ihe Select men to appoint one or twi agents to parch.se and sell liquors for medL ua purpos,.; said agent, to PV iut0 Z Town V .r."? uc" Zul reasonable --...y u iur uomg me business Penalty r TC.,UR over twenty gallons, t, uuder twenty gallon., ten dollars twenty dollers COod or aov SUbnennanl -;.i.. ..' .Jl is doubled. the Peace, have junsdiclio j ,0 Justices of ...eu to tne Uity Court. Th-. r; I , -"""""oeciMouBmustoei c.j-i. - - Kim., u i.ii inn Si.iriinni,. I ... Mrm., uialilled Br.udy.Giu or Whi... .""'i:.! Frtr. Ram, . Al- n.. I la " l aio UUI U aamn in aniai.a - ' laws but ,ne tor,n ' V" ""ir I ted U Ihth ,B,M,c,'nf 'l-ora" lop-

r-.7 V Plated from Juauc Couru to Ih. was first suggested to himby Mr. Waloole. 'and suinTnV k" .. " i

; lhe Treasury of th. f. iT .t ' ul i Vi 7 " 'IT ---""cJ,u8 "uu ontwiog to tne examples or Washington, Jackson and committed 7nd . iui Town t lhe " M" rMO,u,,on" He ?how'd them, publicly, others, in oholding their supremacy, all cosu incurred fnLch I " '"S" for ' ? nPT" r""' t0'. 10 ,ha Mr. Brookbank tbonght that reJlotion. had toumEt3JFatU'a'- Pr0,- iTJl' a U who came to the city .rter they been improperly introduced. He woaid vet. plaint of . Ton Gr.od.,7 J","C n com- wa ,"P' "d n "PProved of their against all tneasJires that he thought foreign to iorney, snd Twn Gr i 0t Suu T. u T'T ,0 ca Pou. the objecU of the Convention, evfn if agreeable jCo'? "7thori,ed J oiadethe m.ti..n at the request of to hi. own view, and feelingl He believed if ..sis. in maoarJ the n,!T f thV0W.0 10 Whf.r? "- f to aav. th. resolution, were adopledf indignation meetgennes, the C"fy Court .P. T.U K V7 H!,h-.a. .k" C-'""1?" fro "PW- would spring op all over the Slate, which c.'ty! iVd'tt'ol!, ?L a!te! ' Mid . Ar' t0 laT th. resolution. ' Mr. Owen remarked, that the objection, nude

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Satcrdav , November 30, 1850. The Convention was opened with prayer, by the Rev. M' Farrow a Delegate. Mr. Z'uor presented a petition for a clause in the Constitution, to prevent licenses to vend spiritousliqu'irs; referred. Mr. Biddle presented the proceedings of a meeting at Logausport, in favor of free Banking and against the Slate Bank of Indiana; laid on the labia. Mr. Rariden offered the following preamble and resolutions, o-wit. Whereas, The Congress of the United States, at its last session, on account of the controversies that had grown oat of the question of domestic slavery, connected with recent territorial acquisitions, in order to allay all irritation, aud reconcile all sections, pa-tsed a series of acts intended to accomplish this object: And whereas. Certain m iinti i A A rm r.n m In anma nf Iia regaro 10 m reclamation 01 r ugiuve oiaves, ana k.. : , f Ur Z . '., . ; published resolutions, that they will not obey ls injunctions; that it is unconstitutional and oid. aud that those who have had any agency in K""-"Br its passage, or shall assist its execution, or coun- ; obedience to iU mandates, are traitors to God land humanitv. and iwAmnri fnrrihl rAjailanf. r to its administration Ana w nereas. we. the Delegates orthe Deoa (ttavi t . w. 1 P'e of Indiana, in Convention assembled, coming : r . j .u-. "I 1 wry couniy, ana leeiing ina we now the public sentiment of the State, on this sub--L . . ,. . .1 J"1' "aa "nB. mataocn proceedings and puoJic ouleivinss. if unrebuked. mav lend to disiIU the allegiance of the Slate of Indiana, and series of Compromise measures, passed at the ! recent f98'00 of Congress of the United States J . " T. " . TOUUC". scora- ' . biil uni ii m iifi in rNinra ina rwuarA tavmnnw and intrvritv r th. TTninn-ih rn. deJ UP0J generous and patriotic concessions i fro,m '""'"'ons. and if faithfully carried out. w'" realize the hopes of their projectors, in the j restoration of confidence aud kind feeling among ; the vreat sist.rhood of States. ' t, . . ...... . "eeoivea, 1 nal I ne obstacles of ten interposed ju-.u1'0 the reclamation of fugitive from labor, bv -""- oiiugmves irom labor, by & t.i . . . . - j those law. iughl Tto be observed and 1 eiecuied I iu I f . t oaa win every wnere. i nnn rno. I ria vnii.i in. runni. a t i j : ,tand f . ' .. tim -"Ir,-,h7. "-"

resisting all lawless designs, from whatsoever ! , , BU 8U8la" "d endorses. In their gen-ra. quarter, intended to break op the great confede- ,eatures and intention, the said series of cotnracv of States; they are the friends or law and ' PrPm.,se measnres passed by Congress, and r -order, and devoted to the Union which our an-! cBniz8 ,in tno uccesa of these measures, nn cestors handed down to ns. and are the enemies !ellrneBt ' security and perpetuity to ourglo''or all, whether in the North or at the South, I oua tJnion

wno, upon any pretext snail seek to overthrow it. Kesolved, Tbat a copy of this preamble and resolutions be transmitted to the Governor or . 1 - ""'uui Ul 1 eacn btat nd Territory of the United Slates, " Sen"t0r' Air. Rariden nn mnvlnir th. rMnlniinn. ..H.J ! the nreviona nnealinn. ! Mr. Pettit said, as the previous Question had ' npon the ,nble; wnicn motion prevailed ayes . 60. nnea 57. ou.noesa.. n . v i . .t ( By Mr. Borden, as to the expediency of annually dividing the interest on the University fu,,d arnongst the diffrent incorporated Colleges '' the Slate in proportion to the number of atut dents in each, Mr. Wolf then mo-ed to add, after "Colleges the words, "or common school Mr. Rorrin Hnin flht.f in anma C.flA. tV&u i f"nd8 been divided amongst the Colleges. mmm . vmu viaica iid3c 1 . c i'K"i cousmute an ine colleges in i U,e.?,a.1; 89 l""' th? -ersity, Mr. Holmau moved, that the resolution be referred to a select committee of five; which was accepted, and lha resolution was adopted. Mr. Shoup then moved to re-consider the vote on laying the preamble and resolutions this mor ning offered bv Mr. Rariden. on the table. Mr. Pettit said he moved to lay the preamble and resolutions on the table, because the previous nnealinn ui ralUwt IT. iri ik.u . rat in the meal tub or a snake in the trass I "BU PrrBmule ana resolution come from a ' political friend, instead oT the quarter froin which . fhsaV Mman.lH tfl Itna . atll ,f el : , .., u, ...o previous coesuon. he would have made the motion he did to lay them on the table. So far as the mmnrnmiu m...n. r.i..i.. : IVL JSL 2" .P,MTd t0. "0me of the details orthe fugitive

f ' - " ..." upturn, u, .no lUttlllVO nes, not "in slave law; but the general principles or that bill front rooms, i were recognized in the Constitution. He deniiiugs truly i eJ' However, that these compromise measnres ..V th. ' Wrre "eoewary to put down slavery agitation -wee. le . California should have been admitted tie second

'a"; out ine general principles ofthatbill i wrre recognized in the Constitution. H Jl . . , i "T5" x- , v oi in. lexas aud 1 d i - - ..... v, slave rv. 1 n resolutions ry. The resolutions would be oublished in th j newspapers on Monday next, when they could j M? Rln M tt, , KI .: A..R,nd,n 8a,d' lhat h'8 obJ'ct " introduhad been adopted bv D.hlitfmaat-!i tui fu""1 T - Lth l'W' of the country were ters of the Sute, and were able to decide, whe ther the treasonable resolutions of public meetings in thit Sute, were the tru. sentiments of Indiana. These resolutions were coming back to us, quoted as the sentiments of the people of ihim fit.,. ..J i. j . .. rt r r w ..... w.o.r, iihi it was aue to me stale that such fee,0' " erroneous opinions should be corrected. In regentleman'a cat and meal story, : he was too suspicious. Ha hH I i i . . - 1 Mowed that he was too suspicious. " cooceaiea object in his refcolotions. I ,orJ erly, Sherrod, Murray, Wolfe, Steele, i mnA 1Tn- . . x r . . . . . i ne discussion was continued by Messrs. Ts v- . Pju.L..I. oi i -. ... . - 3 , j , " VIIW Bu.B,C-7f7y ana r oster. in isvnr nf paonniiriMi;ftn....j l Mewr. Kelvo. Nemaa9 Blytha, Kent, Clark of -ppranoe, &miib or KIpley.and Kilroreio d- ; ' reconsideration, took the ground that the O,,'l'on was going ootol the line of its duty, ,n alf',at'B(t this question. That the Legislature . I WO.Id SOOn aaaan.hl. .nH if nanrl Iwn ,1 I J .. - ...t . UUUIU i "n expression of opinion. Before the aue. lion u talr.n (ha rnn..n. 1 ' ...W WWM.UMlion adjourned. Mo-dat, Decmi.e, 2. 1850. M. p jp. rv w" r ;v'- "v Th r p'.

- ... v..,,t.uuu icnumni me consiaeration oi mewarr. oi me last session or Uongress. the question, on reconsidering the vote, on lay- The motion to indefinitely postpone the resing Mr. Rariden's resolutions on the table. The olo lions and amendments, made on yesterday, previous question bsving been moved, the ques-1 having been declaired out of order then, Mr. lion was put on seconding the call, and decided Borden now made that motion Io the negative. Messrs. Read of Monroe and Keut read resoJVlr. Kariden made a personal explanation, in . lotions which they expected to offer the latter

Ile charged George B. Julian with being cor .r.a.iu., ,u ,. oiijrct in orrering me rewiunons. ; respondent of the Jeffersoni.n, and that be considered to be a sufficient notice of thai matter. He wasa Whig abrokendown Whig politician, if gentlemen would have it so but he loved the ,all - i i.- ' . 7 1T-,V" u ino isoie, oecaumi the previoos auction mm .- . uu iir- ii, utimtm nn nan nun .... . . c. .. i ne .tin Del Mr. f?ot ot. For the eredit of this Convention, I rMll B laa flal flRAM M K. a. J a. r 7ao,"uon" nol referred to acommitteo . "rrection. Mr. P.tut r I ""rkH, that be bad beta charged with b-ieg a 1 referred to a committee ...i... .

u me onenses. and i " "ion more man tno r. iiiir party, inesubiect! r. n,ihmn n,J. .,..m..i i- r r

J 1 . a . ind he wished loptt.-SUi, be to the inters: cf ti 'ir support. He h,d 1 reflected an lnHlr... . ' course mat it would people to give him theii 1 1. u. ik 1 . ""-' '-uiuuons renected an Indira, r ' sure on ourSen.in,. ;.. t- " QC,re,-'tu. had not voted on the oass-ger th. ZZl bill. He denied being .u abolitioniK peech of hi.. ,n or outf Co7 7c ou!, t produced to prove any such position, h . .. ... 11 was a b ess iae to thp 1 1 l man to be a slave, and .curse to the .hi! . k . . iitrt nom mm in bondaee. He had the docurrl'. to prove, that more Negroes die, bv twen cent when free. than when in slavery gentlemen wished to see misery n onr l.r '.' ties, he would point them to a free Ne-ro T lation. Scarcely any one had doXdWn' stunt onality of the restrictive provision. gard to slavery ; but after the territories had b acquired, no one could point to a speech or v. or his, where he wished to make it th XT tionofthe establishment of te,mo,e: The question was then taken on reconsiVbthe vote, and decided In the affirmative,, $ D0P8 dO " The qaestion again recurring on layiag preamble and resolutions on the table, it t., cided in the negative. Mr. Miller of Gibson then moved that h preamble and resolationt be referred to a seU. committee of one from each Conrresi.,n. !JIiatit.l.:.L. a i-i n '"u. uiv;u motion au not oreva . k j.not! 0JMr. Mother mn..j ., , - , ;v ' "ihe out tne preamt ; "nd resolutions and Insert the followlcg: A rMnniiin d.. . . 1 . . oiaiioa: Th" V hereas, Abby Kelly. Folsom. an.' r- ! 00d Georgo Thomson of EurU j lin " Con vention assembled, declares: J.""1, Uain M '? d"Ker2. That from and after the first day of Janu - -- .u-y oi januand whoever shall attemnt to i..i''..:1 - j - a.aw aim i un a veuern iimta ni , ,reI""a1' be nnnR wilQout benefit of cUmy I slJ1 tV le & npe" n'nient of each Assylum for the In""J, n lLhe Vnit Stes." Ia I Which, on motion of Mr. Shoun. . i.u 'ih.t.KI. " muu . X. i VJT.,U " lne prmb!e ) , . en moved ,0 8trike out ' l.Whi" certain misguided individual. i thia a lift nf Ka f C. ... i . 1:1 ncc oiaies, nave expressed their . -..u.ivu vi rni.i aaiii inn tiu. . ' , therefore, be it Resolved. That i ions orindividnals as to the wisdom or policv'Tf anvof lhe dtails of the fugitive slave I. , - ., , . I- " law, H Ii 011 sooa ctn-U8 to conform to its ns Z uuinesuc slavery, which is coeval with the FedeResolved, That a copy of this preamble n . : resolutions be transmitted to the Governor's each Slate and Territory of the United Slavand to each of our Senators and Represtintali..".' iu Congress. Mr. Coats then moved thai th. .b,.!J bs indefinitely postponed- J Messrs. Borden, Niles, Howe, Clark of Tiptecanoe, Biddle, Kelso, and Robinson sunt.orL me motion to indefinitely postpone, in verv ammated and excited speeches; aud Messrs TWr and Murray opposed the motion. Before the question was taken, the Convention adjourned. In the afternoon, the Convention reiun.ei the consideration of Mr. Rar.den's preamble and resolutions, as proposed to be amended by .Mr Owen-the question being on the Indefinite postponement of the preamble and resolution. lhe discussion was continued by Messrs Crumbacker. Watt, and Mather, in favor of postponement, and by Messrs. Hamilton, Farrow and Coats in opposition; when the question wi taken on the indefinite postponement of the resolutions and pending amendment, and decided in the negative, ayes 53, noes 76. Mr. Owen modified his resolutions as follows: Whereas, the Congress of the United States pessed, at its last session, a series of acU, co.-n monly called the compromise measures; aud Whereas, certain misguided individual iu various States of the Union, have expressed their determination to resist a portion of its lawstherefore, be it Resolved, That, In the opinion of this Convention, the common sentiment of th people of Indiana sustains and endorses, in their genen! features and intention, the said series of compromise measures, as passed by Congress; and recognizes in the success of these measure, au esrnest of security and perpetuity to our glorious Union. Resolved, That whatever may be the opinion, of individuals, aa to the wisdom or policy of lU details of one or any of the acts of Congres. above referred to, it is the duty of all good citizens to conform to their requisitions; and to carry out, in good faith, the conditions of that compromise ou the subject of domeslic slavery, which is coeval with the Fedenl Constitution. Resolved, That a copy of this preamble ai.d resolutions be transmitted to Ihe Governor's of esch State and Territory of the United States, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. Mr. Kelso moved an amendment, addinga proviso, that nothing shall bs so construed, as to operate as instructions to our delegation in Congress, not to vote for amendments to the fugitive slsve law. Mr. Nave moved that the amendment be laid npon the table; which motion did not prevail, aye. 57, noes 63. The question was then taken on Mr. Kelso's amendment and decided in the negative. Mr. Holman then moved a proviso, that no instructions are intended to our delegation in Congress, in this expreion of opinion. Mr. Smith of Ripley moved that the resolutions and amendments bs indefinitely postponed. Mr. Borden then rose and commenced propounding certain questions to the eentlemen from Posey, (Mr. Owen;) when, amidst cries of order order, question question the President adjourned the Convention without a motion, it being late in the evening. Tuesday-, December 3, 1850. irt r. . j . i . I V S?.Te w" opeDea ' W 1 SV7 UCT 1 UVUD' I " vvuwcmm iwrnucu tuo cuusiueraiiuu I of th resolutions in relation to the compromise in lavor ol a postponement of the resolutions until the 8th of January; when the Delegates, as citizeus, should take the compromise measures under consideration. Mr. Foster replied to the positions assumed a ar . 1 uj iur. event. t. hi.a.,;Mnr.nlni!nn. k m. b.i.k r oin. ley, and by Mr. Borden, could not both be right Th. one had aaid, thai they contained noll.iug the other tbat they contained too much. Wiiat .-. ..a. the tb.y ptrnU i.. ... . ... did contain consUled of three siinpl. pro t'en; Flrrt, thtt la lis erinroB ef this

cauaiaaie lor the Senate of the United Sim He was a candidal. 1 :.Z ,a stei.-