Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 October 1845 — Page 2

Jnuicuta State Sentinel.

fTFRU VIGIL CCF. I Til f. PRICF. OF LIBF.RTT. I vtt v. rori4, toiskii is. mis. 07 U'e are requested t state that there Will be a meeting of the Democratic State Cenfral Committee, ct Drake' Hotel, on Monday evening next, at early candle light. In.. Oct. 13. 1845. I)au 81ns I l axe jour prospectus for the fifth olun of ihe tiie Sentinel. Y-U request some one in enri lovMi in the S:te to net as 20111 in procuring sub-M-ri.ion f y..ur .H-er. I llie you hc nn agent in ilt ( I .1 -k.i.) c-.uitly. I in willm l, eiert what little H flu 1. e I may p.--s with my fellow citizens in tfhalf f your i pr A rlul of twenty is in process of formation in Ihu town and no doubt will I? f.nned. Questions are frequently s-k-d me lo which I an not able to rrtur iuwrn. ai d which I propound to 'oll. Are you wrlim. thit nM fill. 9 fiber, where trrnn for which they lne jji-criled ad paid, ha or i about to expire, rh ni l becoint a rtv to the club and receive the Sentii.el a.inr.linc t.i the trrms proposed 1 (I) Are you willing t rnd ur pper, a part lo one nlfire and a part to ttirr in the tit ignhothoods where it will require the union f the territory surrounding two post ulficta la make up lub ? (S) The people of this county hate not as yet patronized ihr pes fo dnv considerable extent, but will do 10 when Ibey have be- ome inilm!d in the niysterie of taking ncw-pipe e. The new Dm rnt'C paper dors not meet will y riiroiirageinem in th'a poilion of the istafe. NI.Jv wihe or pr;iw f T it 8U c s but the whip, and ,u mw that the good book teil u that the prayer of thf wicked reileth not. Let your course te onward, and it will he nurcrssful. Tear off the mask from the . snd-fi-he-bink in-Tulated-democrata, who prowl r tmd the mpiral. recking their own aggrandizment. and whre dt mTcy m measured by their interest. In olden tuned i w afkeil. cn any kmmJ thing com out of " iZtrih ! wfh much more propriety it miv le asked, cr. any g.Md leii"crit fmnf out of a hank ! As well m g')i t mi lk within ihe wall of brothel and den .f ii .lluii 'ii f r the good and virtuous. Whatever 1 can da f.r you will be dune rtieeitmly and gratuitously. Yours, truly, E. (1) Certainly. (2) Yes. We are obliged to friend E. for the interest he imnifesls in our behalf ; and will take this occasion to return our thanks to our many friends who have so n(blv econ.Ied our efforts, by obtaining us a large in rense of subscribers. Tliere is room for more subscribers, and every one received will urge us to re-nev.i-.i exertions. Mr. Mcrri:i ami J. 1. Dunn. We published l ist week, the comprom.se of their lawsuit by Messrs. Dunn and Merrill. On further inquiry we learn that the suit had been pending about cjTiitecn months, that the Plaintiff made no elfort to bring the cau-e to trial, that the Defendant relied on Pleas of Justification alone, but that wearied out w ith

the delay and having no longer any interest in main- j thing over a quarter of a century ago, he being at tainiug the charge, was willing to end the matter by : lJat tne a young man of twenty-two or three, was .... . , . 11 I for about a year president of the Washington and withdrawing it, rather than continue an unprofitable, j Warfen WM a county irMitulfonf vpry polecat, contest. Mr. Dunn appears to have been j weakened, and, as was the custom of those eisily satisfied when he does not insist on the incor- diys, was annoyed by frequent runs from the city rectn'ss or untruth of the charge but merely that it banks. Mr. Butler appears to have sustained himfhall be withdrawn or TAKEN BACK, though as to sc,f very well, at a period when banks and banking ., f .4 ? 1 . c were less understood than at present. He writes this, the Capital Letters are of his own manufacture. r , , , t . M nr ... c u- . , .... . . freely, and without reserve, to a man of his own age, Ae learn from Mr. Merrill himself, that he etH who had studio! with him, and been for three years possesses Dunn's letter, in which Dunn wrote to him, : an inmate of his office. admit I DID MISLEAD th" State Board at j .Mr. Hoyt, who was the recipient of these letters, the Nov. session in regard to this matter, and I and xvho "as guilty of neglect in leaving his papers rv-r mn,h, t;.-. r 1 if .rr ....o'w"cre fellows like Mackenzie could be tempted to done so Jrom t.ie bnt of motives. I Knew it all was , , - ., , . e . , , plunder them, tailed as a merchant soon after the last known, it icou.d make a gnat noise, $c. war q irnmedjately rommcncid the study of the law in the otKce of Messrs. Van Buren and liutler C7After the. publication of our last paper, we , Was an assiduous student, attentive and laborious. were informed by the Governor that the statement, I His deportment and good conduct was such as to obincorr,rati d m our reply to Amos Lane, to the cflect tain tMe confidence f the gentlemen with whom he r 1 3 ! . i c :i.r r I .: . 1.. i:v 1:

that .Mr. Senator Ruell had used the threatening U. gu'ige attributed to him to the Governor, Was an erTjT that Mr. B. had not made the threat spoken of lo hi n. We s.ated hov we obtained the information ; but we nny hae been mistaken as to the particular p hit in r.l ition to the Governor. It was nevertheless !'.' f to the Democratic members of the Legi lit ure. that Mr. B.'s attitude was such as we seated it to ie to others, if not to the Governor himself. S t will be snn ti at th.s error by no means exonerate Mr. Lane's rjlatiwn and fr.end from the main binden, of the charge. We make this explanation tou. early, in f.rder to if possible escape being bored by the reams of letters whicii we should no doubt otherwise receive from Mr. Lane, his precocious sons, and all thetr first, second, third and fourth cousins. CrSveral respectable Whig papers have declared a , theiiiMlves in fator of the pursuance of an honest; course, by the Whig party, in the next legislature, in relation to the election of a U.S.Senator. The Harrison Gazette, does riot coil cide with those views, and thinks it would be better fir its party to make it a m.itter of bargain, to obtain the pasage of laws fivortblij to Wmggery in other respects. This is an honest avowal in favor of d.shonesty, to say the least, and the Editor should be promoted. (7- Martin Schmall publishes a card in the Eniiville Courier, in w.iich he siys he nitends ' to i:ives:;gite and expose tne pretended disclosures," a h? c .lis it. and wuieh aon vired in one of our late ! & 1 PV-T3. S.iould he successfully do s , we bhall give hiin a chance to be heard through our columns. Mean time, w sln'l wiit pitiently. f7"The Martinsville Journal announces a candidite for tiie oil.ee f enrolling clerk of the House of hepresentatve at the next session. That office was unfortunately abol.shed two years ago, and tiie candidate therefore will stand rather a poor chance for ek-ction. Maine Elfchon. Anderson's majority for Governor will be 2,0v0 ! The Senate will stand 23 Dernxrrats to 3 Whigs. As f.tr as returned 59 Democrats and 37 Whigs are elected to the House; and a great majority of the 55 districts and towns yet to choose are Democratic. Baltimore Citv Election. The Democrats have elected 17, the Whigs, 3, members of the Lower Huse f the City Councils. The Democrats have 9, the Whig l,in the Upper House. Anti-Renteks. John Van Steenburgh, a young man about 21 years old, has been found guilty, in Deliware county, N. V., ftr the murder of underkherilT Steele. Others are to be tried as principals or accessories. No Banks. Louisiana and Texas will adopt the new constitution framed to prohibit the creation by Sate, corporation, company , or individuals, of any kind of bank whatever. Mississippi and Missouri are about holding State Conventions to frame new Const.tution, in which such a conservative principle will most likely be engrafted. CrTho Grand Jury of Washington county, Ohio, has indicted the Virginians who kidnapped three negro stealers a short time ago, and a requisition has been made on the Governor of Virginia, who will probably refuse to surrender them. Aha ndsomer drenched crowd of people we never saw since the days of Adam. Indiana Palladium. Perhaps you was in the Ark, then, in Noah's time. Bishop Onderdonk of New York is to receive no farther salary at present, but is to be paid $6WX) arrearages.

The Sfolt1:! Leiters We have received, from our friend Coleman, at New York, a copy of Mackenzie's pamphlet," containing the stolen letters, and about which the Whig papers are just now making so much fuss. It consists as the N. Y. News observes, "mainly of peronal history, and gossip relating to a large number of individuals more or less connected with the politics of the last thirty years ; a narrative' of some events known to be true, commingled with much of partial statement and positivo falsehood, of unfounded surmises and calumnious inventions. Asa whole, it is a tissue of malignity and mendacity, utterly unworthy of credit or contradiction, a9 all of it which depends upon the unsupported veracity of its author, has been pronounced to be by the unanimdus senti ment of the community.' 'The letters, by which this mass of fabrications is

designed to be supported, when separated from the ; lies and libels in which they are set een with the numerous suppressions of passages, and, perhaps, interpolations, and with all the embellishments of italics and capitals, amount, it seems to 11, to very little. We have carefully read those of a few among the most prominent of the sixty persons from whom letters are published ; and lind in them nothing which their autlors need to regret. There are nineteen from ex-President Vati Buken ; and they present him very favorably. In an intercourse familiar and confidential to the list degree, and in which the moit trilling personal matters are stated with the unreserve of the freest conversation, they exhibit no intrigue, or craft, or duplicity, but the greate-t sincerity and directness a hih and ever present self-respect, and a manly and independent bearing. There are seven letters from Secretary Marcv, which, sensible, amiable, and marked bv the pleasant vein of humor which belongs to that gentleman, win upon the reader. There is one from Gov. Wright, and two from Mr. Flagg : which even Mackenzie's genius for detraction seems to have abandoned as incapable of perversion, and has left undistinguished by the staring capitals which give a certain typographical e fleet to harmless passages in other letters. There are thirty-four from Mr. B. F. Butler ; in only two or three of which written twenty-six years ago, when that gentleman was for a short time connected with the Washington and Warren Bank has the malignant ingenuity which has fabricated this volume of calumnies been able to find materials for invidious criticism ; and in these only by suppressing others which explain them bv garbling passages of those which ere given and by totally misrepresenting the occurrences to Which they relate to readers who have no knowledge of the truth or means of correcting the falsehood." The Hartford Times notices the subject as follows : The letters arc the free, friendly and unreserved Communications of friends, covering a period of twenty years, w hich were locked up, and to procure which, locks were broken, and confidence disregarded. Among others, Mackenzie boasts that he found love-letters ; letters on business of the most private character ; and such as were of a political nature, or from political men, he hastened to publish. The concentrated hatred of the miscreant seems most violent against Benjamin F. Butler, who, some9 UU' 'mt' Kll m Ul tar, lllta UiPSI tion to speculate, it seems by these letters led him. like others, to embark in stocks, Georgia gold mines, &c. John Van Buren, the son of the President, Who for 1 P l-ii ' e I ,- . reer ot speculation, was a tree correspondent off ,, 4. , i j I . liovt s. it was in the period ot bloat and Lmtcd ! r.. - , . .i . t l .7 ' . - - ' -, - , i im vu- i oi.ues uaiiiv comesis mat jonn came upon wie StaC. The speculators were of course glad t involve him. and he Was enticed into stock transaction, and villirf. 1-1.1 cinfn I l In unfit I . n f.imt.l 1. 1 ,1 C - IUL-1UI Orm.Ulilli-lU WIMM IWUI1U illlllSUll 0er-,T elmed. Ihose who had lured him on some of a ,,.1 ,1,, ,1 1 1 , r them, undoubtedly, in the hope of involving Ins fi.1 nr Lr, 1 ir 11 ther at length demanded pavment. He applied, as ......, ,,1 . , , ! ,. 1 . was expected; but instead of getting advances, he - 1,.;, , a ,e 1 . 1 was advised ot his course and its consequences, and t.o 1 ; it , it t 1 r .1that his best step would be to close forever this ca - -o- .;... 1 1 1 1 111 reer, with assurances that, in such case, he should be ir i 1 . . 1 l.i- .. extricate. He adopted it ; surrendered to his credir. Ii I.;- ...I . .1 o . , 1 father of several thonvind dollars, whirl. I,- n,i,l .-o, I iji j uu ji iji , uiiu in nitu uutunces iroill IIIS - - T . nv VIV-I to them, and became square with the world. Faith-1 ful to his promise, he abandoned speculation and took ' tu his books; bees me a laborious student; acquired j much reputation in his profession ; became a man of. business, and was a few months s.nce elected attor-1 ney general of the State of New Vork. j The w retch Mackenzie has seized the wild, specu-! lattng letters of John Van liurcn, when comparative- ; ly a boy, and which should have been destroyed when ' received, and published them, tor what good or honorable purpose ? They are the careless, reckless let-! UMlters of a thoughtless youth, and not of the maturer and thinking nun. Of course, all the letters of Mr. Van Buren to his student are published or all which they suppose C(,uld m:lkc between him and any other per son. lhese letters, written without care or thought that he should ever see them again, only elevate the character of that eminent man. Tney do credit to his head and heart. We do not remember to have s ?en these letters copied into the columns of our gossiping and scandal-loving neighbors. They preferred gathering up and gloating over the hasty scrawls of a thoughtless youth ; and those who have indulged in it. would not hesitate to commit any other crime, if they could escape detection, provided they thought they could injure any one from whom, they differ. So soon as morbid curiosity is satisfied, reflection commences; and the man whom the Whhjs have slandered beyond any others, (unless it be Mr. JetFerson and Gen. Jackson,) the wise, sagacious statesman, excel lent man, and "'od natriot. Martin Van t'uren, will be more esteemed, respected, and regarded from this thievery and their criminal etforts to injure him. As fur Mackenzie he is too despicable for comment ; and his associate scoundrel., who keep oüt of sight, arc no better than him-elf. It is not surprising that they try to save their characters, by secreting their names. An intelligent gentleman engaged for nearly thirty ypars in cutting timber in Demerara, and who has made extensive observations ujion trees, eays that the moon's influence on trees is very great; so observable is this, that if a tree be cut down at the full of the moon, it will immediately split, as if torn assunder by the influence of great external forte. Trees are also attacked much sooner by the rot than if allowed to remain to another period of the moon's age. Those intended, therefore, to be applied to durable purposes are cut only during the first and last quarters of the moon ; for the eap rises to the top of the trees at full moon, and falls in proportion to the moon's decrease. These are facts long known to the farmers of Hoosierland. The Sandwich Islands are twelve in number, of which the chief are Hawaii, Oahu, and Kaclaii They were discovered by Capt. Cook, about the latter end of the eighteenth century, and contain the remains of that distinguished navigator, Whose precious life was sacrificed to the fury and treachery of the natives. One melancholy fact in reference tor the Sandwich Islands is that the native population are diminishing in a fearful ratio in the same proportion that civilization is advancing. The proportion of deaths to births has of late years been estimated at eight to one. Mr. Whitney, who attended the Exploring Expedition makes it as three to one according to Wilkes statements. Here is one sad evidence which has been long feared, that the march of civilization among sawge tribes has been a march to annihi'ation.

ftlarylniid Election. The Baltimore table of the popular vote in the sev

eral districts : Democrat, Whig. Native. 1st District, 333G 30-3 1 2d District, 6789 6.95 3d District, 5j21 .TOO 4th District, 5S04 49052 1147 5th District, 8937 37t8 GUI District, 3579 3733 a aMsM wwanMaai 29,339 '21:211 1,147

The LEGtsLATURE. The following is the result of the election for members of the IIoue of Delegates by which it will be seen that there is a majority of four for the Whigs, which, with their majority in the Senate, will make nearly twenty on joint ballot. HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

1845. 1844. V. D. V. D. Baltimore cityj 0 5 0 5 Baltimore county, 0 5 0 5 Montgomery, 3 1 4 0 Frederick, 0 5 2 3 Washington, 2 3 5 0 Alleghany, 0 4 0 4 Caroll, 4 0 4 0 Cecil, 0 4 0 4 Kent, 3 0 3 0 Hartford, 0 4 4 0 Queen Anne's 3 0 3 0 Chtulcs, 3 0 3 0 Calvert, 12 3 0 Trince George'?, 4 0 4 0 Talbot, 0 Ü HO Anne Arundel, 2 3 5 0 St. 3Iarv's, 3 0 3 0 Caroline, 3 0 3 0 Dorchester, 4 0 4 0 Somerset, 4 0 4 0 Worcester, 4 0 4 0 43 39 Gl 21

Truth from a Whig. Speaking of the election of a U. S. Senator the Bloomington Herald of Oct. 11, says : "No party can encourage factions in the ranks of its political opponents, without inciting like factions in its own. To d iy a democrat, not the choice of his party, is elected to office by the aid of whig votes; and the next day, when the whigs have power, we find some jxditical fuctionist pushing himself forward, encouraged thus to act, from the hope that the democrats to avenge themselves, will elect h;in because he is not the choice of his party. Thus it is that neither party can elect the most acceptable to it, and men of inferior ability are elevated to office. Nor does this policy, as has been the result in the elevation to jkjwcr of moderate men, whose course will be to restrain party excess, for as the Indiana State Journal has truly observed, 'they become the more ultra in order to propitiate the wrath of their political friends." But another evil consequence also results. When the bet talent of a party men who combat for principle find they are pushed aside, and others elevated to office, whose selfishness led them to thwart the will of their party, and who are of inferior ability they withdraw themselves from politics. Thus the alTairs of Government falling into the hands of corrupt, intriguing and selfish men, are mismanaged; and by that mismanagement odium is brought upon the whole party." U. S. Senator. The selection of an individual to fill the important station of United States Senator from Indiana, rendered vacant by the expiration of Albert S. White's term, seems to occupy no inconsiderable share of the attention of the Democratic press throughout the State. Every section of the State has its' candidate; and every candidate Iiis supporter. Some are advocating the claims of their favorites almost solely on local grounds because he lives in the North, or in the South, the East, or the Wet. Others again, speak of the talents and capacity as the first recommendation to the office. The latter, we think will be the ground on which our representatives at Indianapedis will ultimately make the selection. And it ought to be. The people of our own State the people ofthc Union, who have bid Indiana such a hearty welcome into the Democratic nnks expect to see the office of Senator filled by one of her most gifted sons, one of her giants in intellect. While we have I n.w..fii it.f , in m .1.... ftll ft.,-. ofTty tl'itl. UJ" IH) IUI IUI! 11 , 11 13 V'U 1 UUIV IU 1111 II 'llH.tr V till .. I ...ill I. . . I S?.n . . I . . .... I wilt: nu iu uu iiuiiwi in iiiu omii , w nu nin i n wui n i r4 i . i n i c n cue all sectional preferences, and who w ill be fully tt . u . . . i . 1 .1 . able to cope with the mot talented m the Senate cop Chamber. We have every confidence that our Representatives will make a proper selection, when the tune arrives. . I I 1 , I II 1 ,1 4 I ; , , 4 . .t 1 , . r r .11. winch we trust they will execute free from the dictaL- t 1 tion or intrigue of designing men. -r, 0 . . .1 1 he discussion at present irowg on relative to the 1 - e .1 1 tr . 1 1 . n 1 1 . (Claims of the different candidates, will be productive f c 1 1 i. n . 1 . 1 1 lot much good. It will tend to harmonize and con1 . . H- . 1 c .1 r 1 . centrate public sentiment, before the Legislature ! . j ui .1 1 . .1 meets, and enable the members to see their way 1 1 1 r .1 r 1 -.1 T 1 clearly before casting their votes fraught with such ""I""'" uua. narmuny uasman, oi : ...... 1. - x.. ir.. .. 'Xüftvc' Views from ;i Wlii quarter. Nativism' says the Ohio Statesman, is nothing but Whiggism run to seed. Some Whigs despise 4 nativism,' others love it, cherish it, and d all they can to to advance its principles it is a question of time, mrrely, as to the triumph of this latter portion of the Whigs ; and it Will be well for voters of foreign birth to consider whether they can consistently have . . ... 1 1. if 1 . an cnnnecun w a l,a,r w' "uvrV an coun ItrilullCt; Ii' IIUT iiaiiuw tiiiu imium uu j.iii Kjt iiaitvism' which aims to reduce them to a condition of political servitude. A late number of the New York Express, a well known and thorough-going Whig paper, says: ' Again, ice argue, that a N'gro, bond or free, native to the soil, attached to the soil, trained to the country, and of the country, is belter qualified to exer eise with discretion the right of suffrage, than a peas ant from the Scheldt or the Rhine, or from the huts, hovels or bogs of Ireland.1 And again : Sambo and Scipio of South Carolina, belter under' stand the value of a vote than Pat O' Mulligan, fresh from 'Vipperary, or II ins der Thunder bludgeon, just from the fields of Mynheer on the Sche'dt. Ve contend then, that where the door of suffrage is thrown wide open, Africa has equal rights, as well as Europe, and that is all. The Sadie American, the first paper published in Philadelphia to advocate Nativism, has expired for want of patronage. We hope that every other paper of the kind will soon meet a similar fate. II. Ci Wright, a native American, is abusing his country through the columns of the Glasgow Argus. In a communication in that sheet for August 20, he rails against the fame of Washington ; and we suppose a portion of the Scotch English public reads with avidity such language as this toward one whose memory has been held in almost universal reverence : 4 4 Wash ington lived and died a slaveholder ! This one black spot ujKn his name, like the plague spot upon the human body, will spread as the nature of the crime of slaveholding is understood, until it pollutes and deforms all that seemed fair and honorable in his character. He will stand upon history as a slaveholder, and this, like the crime of a convicted felon, will be all of his character which the purified vision of mankind will be able to see. Here is what the New Yoik Courier and Enquirer one of the leading whig papers of that State, said about tho present tariff, just after it became a law : 4 Our tariff is too high for the best interets of the country higher, far higher than Mr. Clay approves ; and beyond all question, public opinion will compel its modification.' The appearance of the. sec ret correspondence, under the suspices of that patriotic' citizen W. Lyon Mackenzie is about to be followed by a really important wofk, entitled 4 The Suppressed History of the Administration of John Adams, from 1701 to 1801," now in the hands of Messrs. Walker & Gillis, of New York. This book appeared during the life time of Aaron Burr, and about one thousand copies published all of which, (so runs the story,) except a single copy, were by him suppressed.

An Indian MattS The Choctaws have elected one of their Chiefs as a Representative in Congress. His name is Pitthlyn. He is said to be a man of intellect and of commanding influence among his people. The election of a territorial Representative by the Choctaws is regarded as a step towards the organization of an independent govemmtnt among the Choctaws and the neighboring tribes, with a view to ultimate admission into the Union.

The accomplishment of this design would work au important change in our Indian policy, and would tend to bring about a new sort of relation between our Government and the red men of the West. The Choctaws are among the most civilized of the Indian tribes; they have, to some considerable extent, made themselves familiar with agricultural pursuits and with habits of a settled mode ot lite. I he want of these habits has Hitherto been me great Obstacle in the way of bringing the Indian tribes into friendly associations with us; The general feeling of the American people has always been well disposed towards the admission of the Indians to all the privileges of our government and institutions ; but the traditions and habits of their forefathers, and their attachment to hunting in preference to any occupation of regular industry, have had too strong a hold upon these children of the forest. No attempts to civilize them have yet had any complete success. The present movement, however, coming from the Indians themelvesj seems to promise well. A Representative cf the aboriginal race sitting in the Great Council of the white man, a brother amongst brethren, will constitute a living bond of consociation to draw both races into friendly coalescence. And who, of all that shall assemble in the capitol, will have a better right to sit there than the son of the soil ? The territory which Pitchlyn will represent in Congress is said to contain some eighty thousand Indian warriors. They consist of many tribes and fragments of tribes, most of them having unce dwelt on this side of the Mississippi. The lauds which they now hold are guaranteed to them by the Government of the United States in consideration of the surrender by them of lands which they once occupied in the btatcs. As a measure of policy nuthing would be more advisable than a friendly union with these tribes. The frontier would need no bayonets nor armed regulars as a defence against Indian aggressions if the policy were once fuund to be practicable of fraternizing the tribes as the settlements of white men advanced towards them. The Albany Argus, referring to this subject, strongly urges this policy. "It seems to us," says that journal, 4,that the admission of the Indian State into our Union, trith a full community of privileges to them, as much as to the white citizens of our country, would tend to make them fast friends, not from fear of our army, but from love and respect for their white brethren of the United States. It strikes us that this is the true way to turn the edge of the weapons that sagacious men fear may yet be used against our countrymen. The Nortli American Indian in character is noble, and, as all history shows, peculiarly grateful and true to his friends. He hates with the same warmth that he loves. The influence of members ('elected by Indian voters,) residing at Wash ington, and participating in all the proceedings of Congress, and thus acting as the natural and proper guardian of Indian interests, would be a constant source of confidence to the tribes, in the justice and propriety of any legis'ation which might aflect them. Such political and social ties would be the best and most enduring guaranty of permanent peace and friendship; and would be better than a standing army of thousands of soldiers." Gen. JackoiiS Will. In Gen. Jackson's will, the following significant passages occur. They cannot be printed too often : 44 I bequeath to my well beloved nephew,- Andrew J. Donelson, &ic, the elegant sword presented to me by the Stale of Tennessee, with this injunction : that he fait not to use it whn necessary in the support and protection of our glorious Union, and the protection of the Constitutional rights of our beloved country, should they ever be assailed by foreign enemies or domestic traitors. This bequest is made as a memento of my high regard, affection ami esteem for hiin as a high-minded, honest and honorable man. 4 To my grand-nephew, Andrew Jackson Lollee, I bequeath the elegant sword presented to me by the Ritle Company of New Orleans, commanded by Capt. Real, as a memento of my regard, and to bring to his recollection the gallant services of his deceased father, Gen. John Coflee, in the late Indian and British war, under my command and his gallant conduct in the defence of New Orleans in lill and 15Ü5, with this injunction : that he wield it in protection of the rights securtd to the American citizen under our glorious Constitution, against all invaders whtther foreign foes or intestine traitors. 44 I bequeath to my beloved grandson, Andrew Jackson son of A. Jackson, jr. and Sarah, his wife -the swurd presented to me by the citizens of Philadelphia, with this injunction: that he teilt always use it in defence of the Constitution and our glorious Union and for the perpetuation of our republican system, remtmbering the motto, 44 draw me not without occasion, sheathe me not without honor. 44 The pistols of Gen. Lafayette, presented by him to Gen. George Washington, and by Col. William Robinson presented to me, I bequeath to George Washington Lafayette, as a memento of the illustrious personages through whose hands they have passed, his father, and the Father of His Cauntry. 44 The gold box presented to me by the Corporation of the City of New Vork the large silver vase pre sented to me by the Ladies of Charleton, South Carolina, my native State with the large picture representing the unfurling of the American Banner, presented to me by the citizens of South Carolina, when it was refused to be accepted by the United States Senate I leave in trust to my son, A. Jackson, jr., with the directions that should our happy country not be blest icith peace an event not always to be expectedhe will at the close of the war or end of the conflict, present each of said articles of inestimable value to that patriot residing in the city or State from whence they were severally presented, who shall be adjudged by his countrymen or the ladies to have been the most valiant in aejence oj ms country and his country's right. Editorial Lights and Shaiow.. Forney, in his valedictory, in retiring from the Lancaster Journal, says : "There is probably no situation in life, which is a more vuried scene of care and pleasure, than that of the editor of a public print. He is a target for many a poisoned arrow he is the object, and often the vic tim of many an unmanly spite he is ojten coldly and UiiUtaciousiy treated by those he has served (though the last has not been my case,) yet, notwithstanding all these, there is gradually eötabHsueu between himself and his newspaper, a degree of affection a feeling of kindred a silent confidence that bind him closely to its fortunes, and awaken in him an indescribable interest in its welfare. Such, at least, is my experience of editorial life. Although there are few who have seen harder struggles, or have oftener experienced the bitter tempests of political rancor, yet there is something in the long intercourse between myself and this paper something in the fact, that for nearly nine years, 1 have been holding converse with its readers that brightens the memory of the past, and obliterates all other and unpleasant recollections. Cuba. Should Cuba ever pass from the hands of Spain and not bo erected into an independent Republic, says the Detroit Free Press, it must belong to the United States; England has her eye upon that fair island, as she had upon Texas, and has nude efforts to purchase it. To that proud nation, or to France, Cubl can never belong, but at the expense of a long war, and an immense sacrifice of blood and treasure. To the United States it naturally belongs, and we go ßtrongly for its purchase. The territory of Oregon contains 3G0,000 square miles, which is extent enough to form seven States as large as New York. It extends 800 miles along the Rocky Mountains on tle cast, 300 miles along the Snowy Mountains on the south, 700 miles along the Pacific Ocean, and 240 miles along the possessions of Russia and Lngland on the north. Some of the islands on the coast of the Pacific are very large "The New York express says, that "the news from Maryland, as was to be expected is disastrous" to the Whigs. This reminds us of the fellow, who, on being asKed how much his pig weighed, replied ' he did not weigh so much as I expected he would, and I always thought he wouldn't."

Twciity-iiiiHli Congress. The political construction of the 29th Congress, which meets at Washington on the 1st Monday in December next, is now ascertained, almost to a unit, The Senate at present comprises 24 Whigs and 25 Democrats, not including Senator Woodbury of New Hampshire; who will no döubt resign, if he has not done so already, having been appointed to a seat on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, The vacancy will however be filled with a Democrat,

as will also the vacancies in Virginia, Indiana, Mississippi and Tennessee ; both branches of the Leg islature in each ot those Mates Demg aemocratic. The full Senate will therefore comprise 24 Whigsand 30 Democrats. Democratic majority 0. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The States are arranged in the order in which the elections were held 29tii Congress. Ur. Native. D. Old Congress. IV. D. 3 G 5 1 5 8 12 12 7 1 21 4 3 1 i 3 12 4 8 5 6 5 6 1 Louisiana,! 1 1 Illinois, Missouri; Vermont, Maine, Georgia, I Pennsylvania, Ohio, S. Carolina, Arkansas New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Massachusetts,! Delaware, Rhode Island, N. Hampshire,! Virginia, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, 0 5 1 G 4 12 13 7 1 21 1 3 3 1 4 10 8 3 12 9 9 t 9 1 o 0 1 4 10 i 8 1 1 3 14 8 3 6 G 6 4 132 O A 5 5 4 1 6 Im Carolina Tennessee, 5 3 1 Alabama, Maryland, 79 74 142 One vacancy. Elected ihis year, for the first time, by single districts. Showing a Whig gain of four members, and a Democratic loss of ten compared with the old Con- j gress wnm eiecren. unary changes were suusequently made, mostly in favor of the Whigs. There remain to be elected 8 members, viz. four from Mississippi, one from Florida, and one (to fill vacancies) from each of the States of Louisiana, Newf

1 1 Ulli 'Uli u l'U JIO'OUVIIUIIS 1 miv. IO vojuiv. v. . - . . . ,. the election of 4 Democrats from Mississippi, (as the e year or sis months, ow ing to large bank credits, choice is by general ticket,) 1 in Louisiana, and one , that lPle by "re t,,a" n sc 1, or conin Florida. If the vacancies in New Hampshire and su,1c ,ore ,th:i he' pay- hccr' Massachusetts are filled at all, they will be filled with j F are eap. the consumption increases, and when

TVmnrrnt. Lenvintr these two n aces out of the account, the House will be divided politically as follows : , Democrats 133 Whiirs. 78 Natives G Two vacancies perhaps, 2 Total, Democratic majority over Whigs, GO; do. over Whigs and Natives, 54. On joint ballot, over the Whigs, GO; over all opposition, GO. Of the members of the last House who vited against Gen. M'Kay's bill to reduce the tariff of 184J, fortyfive have been re-elected ; and of those who voted for it. 57. Majority for reduction re-elected, 12. N. Y. Journal of Commerce. The Bubble of 1837. 183S. The present generation will long remember the hot

bed speculations of 1S37 and '33. A spirit adverse , the quantity of all the goods in the world is doubled, tu making money in the usual modes, was rife through- i just double the employment will be necessary to proout the land. In Cincinnati we escaped the bubble ; duce them, and that therefore double the number of and its explosion in a great measure. Mihcaukie and j people will be required to produce them. Let us take J'ffersonvilJe may be said to have been safety valves the case of the Lowell factories. They reported as

to us in tbis respect: It was a common occurrence of that period for a man who had made fortunate investments, though owning but a few hundreds the day before, to be considered worth as many hundreds of thousands the day after. Like all mania of the sort, the decline of thee brilliant prospects was generally as rapid ris their rise. One or two individuals who understood the subject better, and did not suffef their judgements to be

carried away into the impracticable or uncertain fu-! would be doubled, and their concerns would sell 141,ture, managed, however, to make hay while the sun : 2"?3,J00 vards, which would employ 10,00(1 girls to

shone, and to make it to some purpose. Let me nar rate a case of the kind. Isaac C. Elston, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, entered the section of land on which Michigan City has since been laid off and built. The land, of course, cost a trifle, comparatively. He then went on to New York, where he laid it off as a town plat ; had it lithographed and advertised for sale. There was no deception in the case. This was the only port on the Lake which Indiana could ever have; and of course all the I power and patronage the State could direct to that quarter, it was sure to acquire. The residue of the narative I will give in Mr. Es own words, premising that having understood he had laid out a town there, which he yet had on hand, I was advising him to sell while he had a chance left, f r I could assure him, I saw that building Tadmors in the wilderness had had their day, and now or never was his time. He listened very patiently, but with the air of a man that does not need advice, and then told me as follows; 44 I went on to New York, as you know, and hardly got quarters in the City Hotel there, till the speculators were all around me. They had seen the lithographs and were keen to buy, but most of them wanted to buy on credit, or at best, pay a fifth down. I told them this did not suit me, for if there was money to be made by waiting for it, I could afford to wait as well as any others. Finally, two or three Bank Directors proposed to me to give four hundred thousand dollars for my city, one half down, the residue in one and two years. I replied that I was determined not to sell unless I sold for cash, for if I had to wait, I knew that I could make more money out of it before my payments came due than any amount I could get in the way of purchase. We talked a good while, and at last I offered to sell them the undivided half for two hundred and fifty thousand dolllars, and the company, finding me resolute, and fancying they could make more out of it, by keeping me still interested in the project, accepted the last proposal, and gave me a check tor that amount. I drew it out of bank in rouleaus of American gold, packed it up securely, and took it out with me to Crawfordsville, where I have since built as fine a house as any in the State. The great body of the money is still as safe as the d iy I got it. My wife has a roll of one thousand eagles, which she claims as hers, in her own custody ; and now, my dear fellow, if I never get a cent for my share of Michigan City it will never break me. But the truth is, this is none of your humbugs, and the place must become of vast importance ; and if I have no other use for the money when the company get tired of their purchase, if they ever do, I shall be ready to buy back from them, at a fair discount. If I had not been a hard money man, I should hare sold principally on credit, pocketed perhaps $JO,000, and taken notes for nearly ,i."00,000 more of which I should never have received one cent. But my specie currency notions brought me out." -Cist's Advertiser. Pittsburgh Factory Girls again. These young Amazons have had a general row at Pittsburgh. A few of them attempted id return to work, but the rast majority of them still refuse either to work themselves or to suffer others to do so. This latter class turned out in great concourse, and by force, took temporary possession of most of the Factories and compelled those who had recommenced work to quit, and join the" majority. Wberi they had got through this operation, they adjourned to the Tabernacle, where they received the money collected to sustain them in the strike. Rights of Texas Women. The Nashville Gazette thus notices orte of the excellent provisions of the people of Texas. It secures to the wife, all property, both real and personal, owrted or claimed by her before marriage, and that acquired afterwards by gift, devise, or decent. This we consider one of the wisest and best provisions irt the instrument, far ahead of the States in general, and indicating a sound State of opinion, among the men in Texas. The example is wormy ui lniiuiiuu

Tarill.

"You are in for of a tariff for revenue 1" "Certainly. What do you mean by a.tariff for retar.ue!" 4,A tariff which will bring in no more revenue than the wants of the government require." 4,I am in favor of that. No republic should impoae a tax beyond ita actual wanla." 4,Uut don't we want all the money which the preaent tariff pays in t" 4 Crrtainly we want it particularly if we are to fight in lexaa. "Well, then, the preaent tariff is a revenue tariff Suppoae we reduce the tariff 50 per cent !" "Well, what then ! I "Must we not import twice the quantity of gooda to produce as much tnonfey aa we have under the existing tariff!" , Certainly." ' "Well, then, we shall import twice as much goods aa we want or can sell, and then we overtrade, and run in 1 debt to England or sell to any one never get paid the ! batiks expand to meet the excess of importation, and then j we burst up as we did in 1836." We muat be prudent, that's all; the tariff roust be re- ' duced to the revenue standard ; we must follow oar parity." j "With all my heart, if it's a party question." Sunday Timet. This dialogue would approach the truth much more closely if it ran as follows: 44 You are in favor of a tariff for revenue !" "Certainly." 44 What do you mean by a tariff for revenue !" "A tariff levied with the exclusive object of obtaining a sufficient sum for the support of an economical government, in a manner to be the least burdensome to the people, and interfere the least with their private concerns." "I am in favor of that a republican government should confer no special privilege. ,4But detl't we want all the money which the present tariff pays in !" "Certainly ; and want about $5,O00,C0O per annum more." 4Vell, then, the present tariff does not yield enough !" "No. The consumption of goods is so far diminished by the high tax that the revenue is diminished." Suppose we reduce the tariff to 50 per cent, all round i" Well, what then ?" 4Mut we not import twice the quantity of goods to produce as much money as we have under the existing tariff!" Certainly." "Well, then we shall import twice as much goods as we want, and then we overtrade,' &c. "That is an entire fallacy. It may happen, in ' 11 WK9 '"". - r' D"t".4" i conceivable amount, and their only effect will be to enhance the exports of produce in pavment. An import of $S3, 000, 000 gave this year ÄJ7,000,(!00 of revenue. With a low tax Äl6'i,000,6)0 of imports would have given $30,000,000 revenue. The remittances of the proceeds of thee imports would have created a demand for and raised the price of farm produce all over the country, probably jstO.OOO.OOO i,i addition to the value of the exports. It is on this principle that all the manufacturers of England petitioned for a removal of the tax on tea, sugar, coffee and all foreign produce, because exjerience has taught them that to promote the consumption of that produce in England is the only mode of obtaining pay for their own sal?s out of England. What then is the result ? Is it not that every man enjoys double the quantity of the comforts of life for the same amount of labot- that he would if a tax equal to the cost of the article is charged him for the consumption V 'Whv ves, that seems clear, hut where is he to net employment!" "That is a natural question to one - 1 who does not reflect that if by the removal of taxes follows : 1312. IN 4. Increase. Yards Cloth mule. 73.8o3.400 74.141. GOO 2s8.2u0 Dtatase. 203,525 i Frnial- -nip'ioed, 6,630 5,345 Wages paid, C9,5-J0 35,V9j Now, these people made 74,141,000 yards of cloth, on which the tax is G cents per yard, and to do it they employed 5,345 girls. Now, if that tax was removed the consumer would get two yards for the same money that he now pays for one. The consumption make it, and their wages would amount to $;'J 1,990 at the same rates as now, they have been reduced 14 per cent, since the new tariff. Now let us see how this would operate. The capital of these factories is $9,900,000 and yields J0 per cent, dividends, which amount to 1,780 00. Now if thev sold double the quantity of cloth it would cost $485,095 more fur wages, and $;JJ8,0C0 more for cotton. These two items make $713,995, which deducted from actual dividends leaves jk1,0GG,005 as the dividends on $8,900 KI0, or TJ per cent. The government tax, therefore, has no other effect than to deprive consumers of 74,000,000 yards of cloth, throw 5,315 L'irls out of employ, destroy the consumption of !&J,880,000 lbs. of cotton or send it to England to be consumed, and to put the cost of the cotlon and the wages of the girls into the pockets of four cr five inordinately wealthy stockholders in factories." "This is certainly a new view of the matter to me. The tariff advocates that it is to promote employment, but I sec already that the cheaper goods are the more they will be consumed, and the more there is consumed the more must be made." N. Y. News. (-The following is a table of exact distances from Natchitoches, Louisiana, to Washington, Texas, as ascertained by actual measurement : Miles. t5 13 in 7 18 12 15 3i Hi Gi 10 9i 12 G 5 Ci 1 13 131 6 lo 164 From Natchitoches to Fort Jesup, Fort Jesup to Alford's, Alford's to Sabine River, Sabine (Gaines's Ferry) to Milam, Milam to San Augustine, San Augustine to the Attoyac River, Attoyac to Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches to Douglas, Douglas to the Angelina River, Angelina to the Neches River, Neches to" McLane's. McLane's to Master's, Master's to Crocket, Crockett to Tarker's, Parker's to Spring and Lake, Spring and Lake to Trinity River, Trinity (Robins's Ferry) to Mitchell's, Mitchell's to Lake, Lake to Rivers's, Rivers's to Pine Spring, Pine Spring to Roan's, Roan's to Fanthrop's, Fanthrop's to Washington, 253 White Water Canal.--the Brookville American of Oct. 3d says : "We have heard it whispered that the Canal Company have agreed to give to Lawrenceburgh that portion of the White Water Canal between Harrison and Lawfenceburgh, if they will agree to take it and keep it in repair. It is also said that Lawrenceburgh will accept it on condition that the Company will keep up the dam at Harrison." What Rascalitt Next J The Brookville, (la.) Democrat says that the White Water Canal Company have refused, or soon will refuse, to receive their own scrip in payment of Tolls and Water rents. If they do venture 6uch a reckless effort to pilfer from the public, they will have done nothing more than most other companies of the kind, that were suffered to put out for circulation their own promises to fill the place of money ; but we doubt if the Legislature of that State will tolerate them in the tillany of the act. It is singular that the new postage law prescribes the amount of postage on letters carried less or more than 300 miles, but says nothing about those which are carried jast 300; According to the Directory prepared by the Post Office Department there are eighteen Tost Offices, which are iust 3(0 miles from Washington. Are letters to and from these places charged with rive or ten cents