Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 November 1845 — Page 2

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F. T F K 1 A L VIGILANCE Ii THE PRICE OF LIBERTY. i v;i vvii'oi.is, ovi:.inu:i: i, isi..

Iiioriliutin Ambition. Kvcr since the Democratic victory in this State of 181:5 was confirmed by casting her vote for James K. l -Ik last November, the wliijs hac despaired of again carrying the State, imle-s tiiey niter their plan of operation?. Thev hive n stomach f ir an open i-M!it't in .1 fiir ti!d Thev hrifl used so much falsc-

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The N. i. Evening Tost, the icctkly Journal of , ' , . , . , ... t? . j I saw at on-e they would turn over a new leaf. And Commerce, the Albany Lvenir.g -oüTial, and some - . . , , . . , , 1 that tuni3 OMt to be, tö fight tH under cover of a pre. other pipers, exchanging with us, have bera directed . . c. , , , . , . lir i r . . j c i., , v t l ' Jessed democrat, buch a man, they have found in the to the "Indiana Democrat" instead of State Sentinel. J ' J , i i c ... . , . ! editor of the beacon, lie has seen warring on nroAs a new paper under the first title is to be soon , . . e i

started here, We would thank those concerned to make t ui witm.

i: you wisji to Know wiiom the beacon hkes or dislikes the most, we can furnish vou with a never fail-

Iiidi:ui Summer. - Puffins? Politicians. Hudson's Il;iy Company. The weatlier in this vicinity for the past week or The following article from the Cleveland Haiti A hundred and forty years ago, or more, Charles two lias been exceedingly delightful. Uur Eastern Dealer, tells 'a good deal (f truth; and we believe H chartered the "Hudson's Day Company," and gave friends who, we perceive by the newspapers, are com-! that Editors would ultimately find it 1o their advan- t exclusive privileges of establishing trading factoi II I Vinn -. I 1 .,,!. ...v. I).... ..J :., I.. I .

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the necessary correction.

U. S. Senator and Miprcmi? JinlCS. , mg rule, Viz. precisely tliosc men whom the whigs The Editor ef the La wrenceourgh Beacon has re-, like and dislike the m st. Look a round the State peatedly rhirgH Gov. Whitcomb with the de.gn, last and you see it verified. vinter, of bartering oil the appointments of Supreme ; Among other charges he accuses James Whitcomb Judges to procure f r himself Whig votes for he U. of an inordinate ambition for otllce. Is this true ! S. Senate. And ho has insisted that such will be his ; 'fhe second civil otiicc ever luld by Mr. Whitcomb, course next winter. Iii his paper of Feb. 20th last, he that of Commissioner of the General Land Office, asks, "if Gov. Whitcomb really wished to put Dem- was conferred upon him by Gen. Jackson in the fall ocrats on the Supreme Eench, why did he not appoint ; 0f 1S:J5, without application nn his part, and in fact them when he had the sole power so to do !" Very ; without his foinivltufae. And he has held no other

well : we answered that etuestion in the Sentinel of the XlTth March, by staling that as sörtti as the Striate a;!j urn.d without confirming the Governor's Dcmosr:.:c ii-mi'iiiations, it became his duty to appoint Judges j r tern, to serve until next sc-s-sion, when it would aain be the dutv of the Executive and Senate to try to lill the Bench permanently and that on" of the two conclusive reasons why the Governor contin-

otlice since, except the one he now holds. And immediately after he was nominated for Governor by the Democratic convention, in January 113, a card was published in our paper, by the democratic members of the Legislature, stating that he was desirous not to receive the nomination. After his nomination, however, ho felt it his duty to accept and canvass the State. He did so, under the mo-t discouraging cir-

ued the present Judges until that time, was that no , cuuistanccS and victory crowned our efforts. In Democrat was found, of those who had been spoken I these tiro cae3 thcr being the only civil offices he

ever held, except that of State Senator many years

pro tern, appointment, the only one that could then be made by the Governor. Judges Wick and Morrison only were on the ground, and they rfusx Jt and there was not time to hear from those w ho lived at a distance. We don't believe that any competent lawyer in the State, of cither party, would have consented to break up his business for a mere temporary appointment for one year, witii no poisible assurance that it would be continued. Trie old Judges onlv could afford to do it, as they were already engaged in the business, and inJeed it was bolter for the public interest that they should do so, as they then had mal y eass before them, mir? or le-;s propired for decision, and which new Judges would have had to do all over again. We also stited :that in the mean time one third of the Sea itors would be re-elected last August, ani the pple would then again have an opportunity 1 cf acting i;i the matter. One reason then was that before you can appoint a D-Mii.icratic JuJe you must find one iciliin to be ap-

ago, he did not rek the offices th?y sought him. Immediately after th.1 1 ist session, the w hig press arcMfcd him of going on to Washington f r office. 1'he Deacon editor chim"d in with the same statcm?nt. It all turn d out to he n:lrvc-. No application will be found in any of the departments of Washington city in his behalf for an office. The Beacon next shifted its ground and now accuses him not only with a desire to be elected to the C. S. Senate, but it has charged him with w riting two articles from the 'Upper Wabush" inserted in this paper in favor of his election. A communication wis also published in the Beacon of September 1th, which, in speaking of the Political Mvteries published in this paper, and of what lie ealU attacks

on the Hon. Amos Lane, states that it is understood and grnemUy believed that their author resides in a finuus white Ilouse at all events. His Excellency stands god-father to them all."

Now we have just to say, that Gov. Whitcomb

OCSsession nF tlif lorriturv. nun rniv.l if t ru in

no adequate conception of the gorgeous richness of i " e have no patience witl, a certain portion of without opposition, till 177, when a rival company! the Indian Summer in the West. The Yankee Indi - lhe. Democratic press in this State, which spend half tlc ..Xorth American Fur Company of Canada," an Summer, for instance, is well enough described in ;lCir .f , !" 1 . T1 .fu,.Te .CUl r " 8ra"S UP' Tl,is Iatler vas composed entirely of Cathc following line, in L Boston Courier, from tho I ! "J!"' 11 Ji f . . 1 ' f1?1" 1 1, 00 , . Radians, and was noted for its energy and enterprise.

o - " . ineui&ei ca. a'uii'icu ojuci'nt'u in me uesi 01 m

pointed, fr as the old proverb run?, you may lead a ! never wrote or counselled or advised the writin" of

horse to the water but you can't miUc him drink after the articles referred to. nor of either or nnr n.-irt of

he gets there. Now we tf.ink tliia reason will bo considered as

them. We also say tht he has never written for

this aper any article relating to the next Senatorial

RtiTicierrt by every mm who has s?ne enough to get ! candidate. We further sav, that he has never even

told us that he was a candidate fjr that station. And lastly, we arc authnrizul to say that he has never introduced the subject of his being a candidate to any member of the Legislature, nor to any editor or publizier of a newspaper, whatever, and each member or editor, is at liberty to bear testimony to the contrary. And now we think it is as little as the Beacon, and those whom it works fjr behind the screen, can do, to let Gov. Whitcomb alone. He lias at least been instrumental in doing tiie cause of Democracy some service. We have never heard of his speaking except in terms of kindlier of any and e;ery prominent

democrat in the Slate, and he always appears glad ot'

an opportunity of doing so. Why lauuot he be

treated with common fiirn' ss in return !

Democratic IScvicw.

The October number of this excellent publication.

al nj without having a guidj board fi-te:ied to his head to show him ths way. M.'jor Dunn, however, se;n not to be -.aiisfi.d with it, for he has continued asking the sime rpi?stion ever ince. It is true; when we first published the answer he took notice of it, and then made no o'jelim to its suftritney indeed how could ho I But he has since continually repeated the que-ti" n 'hy didn't the Governor appoint Democratic Judges !" This proves that his object is not information but a rpi ti r I. To Til" Enrro.is ok the Indiana Sentinel: lam charged in your paper of ti e lGih iii?t., vi:li having l ist winter urged Gov. Whitcomb to appoint Amo Lane Supreme Jüdge, which is true, by calling on him once for that ivirposf and once onlv, as d.d sev

eral o'lier Senators. I am als charged with bavin? i

formally ns-uuifd a tiikeatenin; attitude ," and plainly told the Governor that if Air. Lane was not TimnintpH- thp S-rritoriil pb'rfirm should h hrmi'rbr

on tv the u:ii :, of mv vote with that of the whi-s for ! ("vv Polished by O'Sullivan and Gardiner, New-

tint purpo-e, w'nxh latter clnrge is every word ab- j ork,) arrived some days since.

solut'dy false; and as n conversation ot the kind i The number opens with an article on Territorial ever dwl tranire letween Governor Wiutcomb and j Aggrandizement, which, as the N. V. News observes,

in (-ii, i iu.uuii(.u uic muni i an iiiiaiuuiin i..i. n i n . , . , , , , . (iEO I BCELL I probably .startle English readers by jts projdiecie Lawrenceburrrh, Oct. 25, 1 of annexation, in which tiie words New Mexico, Chi

try" We clip the f.reoin" from the Lawrenceburh ; huahua, California and Vucatan arc ominously thrown

Beacon cfO:t. 'Jo. As to the imputation cf threaten-; 0,,t ut if an antagonistic readtr expects a rabid ing th Gove rnor personally, we stated it on tumor ! ail insane Arinexation article, he will te d.sappointand we corrected it at the voluntary instance of the j e1 before he reaches the close by the calm, impartial Governor, before the alovc was written by Judge ! rnanner in which the subject is treated. The writer Duell. We insert it fjr the sake of a brief comment. ! lwks u 1,10 principles at the foundation of the govJu lje Bu' ll denies having assumed 44a threatening enunrnt logically deduces its laws of growth and afitudo," or having told the Governor that "if Mr. ProJ?rpin, weighs possible Mexican Annexation in Lane was not nominated the Senatorial electa rt tl,e Sca,c, ? l,'e IT'-'ic, and finds them utterly unfit should be brurht on by the union of hia vote with , or nion- As the laws of the country must be unithat of the Whigs for that purpose." lie denies it f'orm cit,-r ho nation mut ftwop to them, or they in terms so indignant, as to imply that he himself re-. Inusl tlQ dignity of the nation. The former gards the conduct imputed to him, as extremely re- wouhl be to turn the wheels of the world backward, prehcnsiblc, if true. ; 1,1 surrender political privileges, which Americans Now will he d-ny that the charge is substantially ' never would relinquish to a strong central governtrue with the sol.tarv exception that the lanziwe ' mrnt' U-'RCfi lJ,c w nter, driven to the latter alternawas not used directly to the Governor ? Will he de- tlvc sl1 wi'h an VJ- tl' hc future .'i.nexation, sxvny that he told otters subsantially that if his father-' Zv',s ti,c ameliorating and remedial rlRxts of cn.l-in-Iaw wis not nominated, he (Buell) would take j '"ercial intercourse. "A monthly line of merchant s jch a course ns would bring on the Senatorial clec- ! vessels from New York to Mexico would do ntre t.on ! Will 1 e Vny that he trid to bargain for an . t,,un a wilderness of Solon to shape and direct the alwiittpe in consideration tint his vote should bo j public sentiment of the Mexican people." This is given to j.iit otT the Senatorial election 1 ,U this certainly a better mode of proceeding than that sugwas common talk at that time. And there is no dif- j Jo-tf d by a distinguished Southern writer, not withfrene, ?-o fir rs the ; rinrijh- or the intnid d rjTirt j tJ,,f his precedents in history, of subduing the nation is con erned, w hether su b expressions were made to ! t( virtue and refinement by the discipline of slavery, the Governor himself, or to others with the intention J The other articles in the number nre a rcriew of that they should reach him. Every democrat in the j -rii old"s Lectures, a tale by Mrs. Eilet, an article on

Legislature last winter Well recollects how thi matter was ; and any one possessed of proper feeling, must see that if language of that kind was used publicly am frequently, it would be impossible for the Governor to nominate Mr. Lane. Again : will Judge Buell deny that he irasthe only drm crat who d.d vote with the Whigs in the Senate 1 ist winter to bring on tho election of Stale Librarian, by which a whig was elected to that office instead of the worthy democrat who had befoTe been appoiated by Gov. Whitcomb !

Wives and Slaves, 'running a parallel between the respective legal condition of Northern Wives and Southern slaves," an argumentum a I fn minam ad-

. dres.-Td to female abolitionists ; a correspondence be

tween A. II. Everett and Prof. G. Tucker, on the subject of the Malthusian Theory ; another Song of Labor, the Fisherman, by Whuticr ; Spanish BMlads, by Maturin, &ic. &.C.

We cannot too strongly recommend this work to '

our readers.

ß-Dunn of the Beacon, Iris for some weeks seemed to be very aniious to provoke a feeling of jealousy against us, in the minds of certain of our Democratic coteniTorarifts, by taunting thein with servility to us, or a want of manly inJejcndcncc and self-reliance in themselves. They would certainly prove themselves us rceak in fict as hi now charges them to be, if thev could be influenced by th-j degrading appeals of Dunn. We assume nothing for oaruelvc a editors that we are not perfectly willing to grant to others. We do not suppose we possess, inr do we desire to obtain, undue influence over any of our cutornporarios. We are governed by our own notions of right and wron', and vc presunu toe sx n? is case with them. Dunn show hU o .vn weakms by such appeals, the fjlly of which in nt apparent to every sensible person ; fr what rouTJ be thought of any Democratic editor wh i shouli d'u igree an 1 quirrel with us, though he beheve l we wre in tho right, merely 1 1 shmc his ill 'Milk re! Toe world woilj se-j tint ho was the victim of his own vtnity, which, as Mr. J. P. Dunn cau or will hereafter bj able to testify, is cne of the greatest of misfortune. (17-The wife of a liboring man, who had con to Philadelphia to seek work, gave birth t a child on the ide walk of the street on Monday afternoon. .V. H'ohe. Query : Did the man go to Philadelphia to seek work, or did the wnmin ! Did she give" b:rt!i to the child in Philidlphti, or in New York !

There is trouble, or, in plainer words', rascaUliji 'm the Tennesrec legislature, in relation to the election of IT. S. Senator. There had been many balloting, hut no choice, up to the 'SM. The prominent candidates were Messrs. Nicholson and 'I urney. The former, supported by the Democratic party ; the latter by the Whigs and six Democrats. It Ü tfttrged that Tumey has pledged himself to the Whigs to support the tariff, and vote for distributing the sales of the public lands ; thuj basely and treacherously abandoning his principles, and offering to misrepresent the State for the sake of obtaining ofiicc. fj7"lf our answer to the Beacon's question Why democratic Judges were not appointed is not jet satisfactory, we will refer him, (as he seems extremely anxious to understand this matter,) to one much nearer home, to the Senator from DcMborn county, his own brother-in-law. Ask him if the Governor did not in every instance nominate Democrats for the Dcnrh, and then ask him why he did not tote for them ! It will rrct do to say that after voting against the whole eiv who were rejected, including Judges Wick and Morrison, he at the very tail end of the

business, voted for three two lart named persons, trhe fie found thnj could net be nmjirmed. When that question ij answered, we have a few more to ask.

pen of Thomas Buchanan Read : The bill, the stream, the meadow fair In languid tejuty lie, A silver mit i o'er them all An.l reaches to t he sky, Wh'ist (beaming blue ct.mts softly thtoujjh Like Mary's melting ee. from vales 16 where the forest nodi Benrath th mo0.nt.iin peak. Ware Autumn's huis, th.it gilj the air With many a sunset streak; Anl far fcelow the maple gloV As iel as Mary's check. A wreath of glory crowns the Earth Amid the hazy calm, A suft wind sheJn around my form Its lulling freight of balm ; The sense it soothes, my biow it smooths, Like M?iy3 tender palm. The hill, the mca-iuw. and the sky, The sky it fleeting ititam, All, in a silvery halo clothed, With slumhit'US silence teem ; And I would sleep and ever keep My Maiy in my dream. This is rather too soft for ecn the Indian Summer of the Middle States, which is better described by the following lines of Archibald .Marks: It comes it cumes, with golden sheaf, In (he time of the seie and yellow leaf ; And it flings the fruit fiom the bended tie?, And scatters it round in its reckless glee ; It plays on the brow of the rrunlen lair, And paits, with its fineis, her laven hair. It comes it comes and its minstrel' wing O'er the glassy akl is quivenng. With music soft as the mellow strain Of zephyrs o'er the swelling ruin ; It glad !ens the vales as it fl j.its al. r:g, And stream and mountain 1e-e1.hu the song. It comes it comes, like a fairy sprite, Arrayed in robes of go.;sirncr white : And the caipet of leaves on the giound is spread, And the rbwers yield 'neath its contjueiing titad; For it stiid al.mg in its kingly way, Like shadows that flit at the ciose of day. tt come it comes an I the lipened gciin Is Wieithing ciowns f t its gul leu reUi ; And tiie bught eye sparkles with liquid light, Like the stai enthioued 0:1 the biow of nilit ; Arid the teeming held their ulfciii gs biing At the saluted slniue of the Au tu am King. But, on this side tho Alleghanies, the Revivifica

tion of the Indian Sun'.nter is a much degraded by ass )ciation with Autumnal ir:;ieryj as by Miry's

mcltit.g eve, red cheek, or tender palln, however thev

iii-iv inijMiiuu uy me wiieuerv 01 ureaillS. -1UC11 more appropriate are the fallowing lines from "Nature," a poem by X B. Street. The Indian Summer can justly be compared to nothing but itself: Summer, unroL'J of all the glowing thirms That graced her piime, but wild an 1 wanton like, I-'or a brief while returns to gieet those scene O'er which she reigu'd in queenly liveliness. A puiplw haze i trembling in the air, Sjt Tiling all neai in veils of glimmet ing gauze, And steejjr.g far oir masses ia thick mist, Winding their outlines with the shaded sky. So till the atm jhere, the thistle's star Diops m ti nless on the ra ss. Such cpjict reigns, The hw faint crackling of the dry, fali'n leaves Stiiiel by the ptpiit icl'- houndinj foot i heard, The beeeh-nut tilling fiom its opened tiuir Coves a shaip r.itile, and the lotiist's song Ili-ing :oi.l swelling shiill.thcn poiiing holt, Jiings like a tiutnpet. Distant woods and hills Aie full of echoes, and ea- h sound that stnkes I'pon the holl iw an, lets boe her lotigucs. The iijp!es creeping through the matted nas Diip on the ear, ami drum of the far paitndge ilolls like 1 w thunder. The -si Lutteilly Like a wing'd violet floating in the mtek I'n Ü coluied sunshine, sinks his vilvet f ct Within the f illti'd mullen's d-lic.ite dwn And shuts and opens Iiis uniuiMed fans. Lizily wins thcciow with sob inn e.oak Fiom tiic-top on to tiee ti p. ' I i- the Sabhith re t Of i.atuie, eic she yields u Wintei'- power.

Const i;ii!iou;il Talent. Tiie following extract from Hazlitt's aper on the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life, contains mueh truth : There is nothing tiiat floats .1 utan s:ooner into the tide of reputation, or oftencr passes current for genius, than what might be called constitutional ta'nil. A man Without this, whatever may be his worth or real powers, will no more get on in the world than a leaden Mercury will fly into the air; as any pretender' with it; ail with no one quality beside' to rt commend him, will be sure either to blunder upon success, or will set failure at defiance. By constitutional talent I mean, in general, the warmth and vigor given to a man's ideas and pursuits by hi5 bodily slarni'ia, by mere physical organization. A weak

mind in a sound body is better, or at least more pro- i

maiiie, man a sound mind in a weak and crazy conformation. How many instances miuht I quote! Let

a man have a quick circulation, a p-ood digestion, the

miJK, and thews, and sutjews ot a lean, and tho alacrity, the unthinking confidence inspired by these: and

without an atom, a shadow of the mens divinior. lie

shall strut and swagger, and vapor and iostle

his way through life, and have the upper hand of those who are his l etters in every thiivr but health and

rtrength. liU jests? Shall be echoed with loud laughter, because his own lungs Urin to crow like chanti-

eleer, before he has uttered them : while a little hec

tic nervous humorist shall shall stammer out nn nd-

inirable conceit that damned in the doubtful deliv

ery rox fawibus hisit. The first shall tell a story as long as his arm, without interruption, while the latter stops short in his attempts from mere weakness

ot chest : the one shall be empty and noisy and successful in argument, putting forth the most common

place things 'witli a confident brow ami a throng of words, that come with more than impudent sauciness from him," while tho latter shrinks from an observa

tion "too deep for his henrers," into the delicacy and unnoticed fetirernent of his ovn mind. The one shall

never feel the want of intellectual resources,- bccarjso he ran rWi; his opinions with his person: the other

shall lose the advantages of mental superiority, seek to anticipate contempt by giving ollence, court morti

fication in despair of popularity, and even in the

midst of public and private admiration, extorted slowly by incontrovertible proofs of genius, shall never pet rid of the awkward, uneasy sense of personal weakness and insignificance, contracted by early and long continued habit. What imimrts the in

ward to tin outvard man, when it is the last that is the general ntd inevitable butt of ridicule ot object cf admiration 7 It has been said that a good face i a letter of recommendation. B-it the finest face will not carry a man far, unless it is set upon an active body, and a stout pair of shoulders. The countenance is the index of a man's talents and attainments: hi figure is the criterion of his progress through life We may have ecen ficcs that sjoke "a soul as fair "Bright as the childien of yon azuie sheen" yet that met with but an indifferent reception in the world and that beinu supported by a couple of spin-tllc-rhanks and a weak stomach, in fulfilling what was expected of them, 0 "Fell ftt, and hirneil ifu ir wotshippers."

I0" I he jealousies naturally arising between rivals, led

; lio tho most barbarous battles, and tli

the sacking and

tives, the policy is all wrong.

In the first ..to.,.,,, wwb.lly uncalled for. So burnin,, uf Weh otb.7'. posto.' In iCvZZ

man, However iar.niui 10 n:s party or true tohis coun- ;t0rf..;,..i ..0 .....i:.i,t.i ;.m ' 1 .t.

I na Pirr rtunp nioro thnu in A..i ...1 . ... . ...

iry, iia ev.i UUUCU.Ü.U uia i.u auiy-aiiu a gener- title of the "Hudson's Bav Company." Thev oeeunv

ous puwic win give mm c ue credit for this. We avasl c'ountry, and their' operations are those of a deny any man s power much more his right, to place va3t monojxd. All the British possessions north of the newspaper press the oran of rublicopmion, un-jlhc Unodis to tho Arctie Ocean are their hunting der such obligations to him as to single him out, -one and trap.)inff ffround,. They have leased for twent? from a thousand, for especial commendation; and I ycMs &m all of Rueian America, except the those who serve their conn ry with the purest emo-1 Jpost of Sitka. Thu9 this powerful cüm anv c ltrol

tions of patriotism, are the last to ask it. They are

those, generally, who care not trust their merits with the people, that figure so largely in the papers, and such men's fame, like the light of a candle, can be blown out with a single breath. How many are there now holding places of high honor and trust in the affairs of our government w ho owe their situation entirely to a newspaper consequence; and men, too, least deserving among the people. A man to be elected township constable, must, als a necessary qualification, have had his "name in print." "This newspaper adoration of "men" has become a great national evil. The question, who is James K. Folk I" is but another form of asking, why has not the American press spent oceans of ink and reams of paper in doing honor to hs naine I The calling of Cincinnatus from his plough, to take charge of the destinies of Home, must now be looked upon as quite a fable. 'One of the great mischiefs, resulting from this puffing policy, is that men elected by newspaper grace, instead of acting as servants of the people, become their dictators and masters. They are mert v. ho from

the beginning aspire beyond their claims, and when

post of Sitka. Thus thts powerful company control more than one ninth of the soil of the Mobe. Its

capitalists are in England, and its board of managers transact their business at the 'Hudson's Bay House," in London. This board buy all the goods, and ship them to the territory, sell the furs, and transact all the affairs of the Company, except the actual business of collecting furs in their territory. Tiie annual value of their peltries is about a million of dollars. The net. profit of the fur trade is immense. The shares of the Company's stock, which originally cost

lone hundred pounds, are at one hundred per cent.

premium, and tiie dividends range from ten per cent, upwards, and this, too, while they are creating immense fund, to be expended in keeping other persons out of the trade. In lill, the American Tacilic Fur Company, of whom John Jacob Attor was the prime mover, built Fort Astoria, near the mouth of the Columbia. In during the last war, this American Company sold all its establishment in Oregon to the British Company now the Hudson's Bay Company. In the same year, a British sloop of war entered the Columbia; and formally took possession of Fort Astoria,

and changed its name to tort George

1W ITEJIS. "CeMMOv Snss is. LriAo Ansuiiomns. In a caso involving about jsJU,(KH), before the Supreme Court of Bristol county, Mass., in which Mr. Webster recently appeared for the plaint ill, a case pending for fifteen years, he concluded Iiis remarks by declaring that f the code of common sense was not to gjvern Courts in their deliberations, they might be looked ujkjii as nuisances, rather than the exponents of justice." This is a truth which we are glad to see inculcated by 'such high authority. It is time to clear away the musty obstructions to positive right and prompt justice with which absurd legal forms and antiquated technicalities encumber and deform the law. Assessment and Taxation. Massachusetts papers notice a case lately decided in Berkshire county in that State, in which Hendrick Ea-tland sued the Assessor of the town of Kgremont for neglecting to tax him, and had $100 damages awarded him by verdict of a jury. We do tut learn the reason why Eastland was not taxed, though we believe it is quite customary in this State for Selectmen, every seventh year, to omit assessing some who are taxable for a poll only, in order to prevent such from gaining a settlement so as to make them chargeable to the town in case of needing relief from the Overseers of the poor. Such perhaps might have been the reason for the wgket of the Assessors of Egremont. The principles of law contained in the charge of Judge Williams, who tried Eastland's case, being important to all having any thing to do with the assess.mcnt of taxes, we copy tnc following paragraph for the benefit of those concerned : "Jud-e Williams instructed the Jury that in the assessment of tax, Assessors were liable only for the want of integrity and fidelity on their own part that if they kncio the plaiutiif was an inhabitant of Egremont they were responsible for not taxing him, or it they were ignorant oT the fact and did not ue diligence to acquire correct information in regard to the plaintiffs residence, they were also liable that it was the dutv of Assessors to take reasonable pains to ascertain who were, and w ho were not, taxable in ifuir lespective towns thai it wai their duty to tax those who were properly liable, and to

III 181"l, by J),n,t those who were not ; and that a iiegn-ct 01 a refusal d this Fort ' -,l '','lt'rf1' those respects was a violation of integrity and

Till : 1 T I iMt ltan at 1 1 w I -. ti n t f . I r .1 , .1 .1 .

i . .. ,, , . .i -i'..-'! uj um' uiiiu ii lAiu u ti. uuu caiinuL cease

.. ..... ...v, . ouujiu in iMiiii-i- I to hf) m J..rc ar.OJ. ,,,.,,1 nnti,n

pies, however good, to all the frailties, and often lose a good measure, by identifying it with bad tr.cn. "Again do we object to this degrading man-service,

on the ground that it is anti-republican. "All men

.ii i i. - ,. .... ' t' j-m.n7ii iiiaihi'i. litriiaiueni

i in i, min, uutu v t.- tu r.iy Uldl iiiu AV'fl. . Li, IS so much better than his neighbor ! "If (iod has endowed him with superior gifts, does

not the possess. on of them give him advantage

this world to discourage t lie weak and ignorafit, as well as the really virtuous and wise, witlout the aid of a servile press, rriaking invidious comparisons and creating favored distinctions ; and as a political journalist, we never subserve the cause of Democracy so well, and our own true dignity better, than when we practise what vc preach ".Measures, not men."

Kn;;iii Kailv;iys. Increased Value of Railways. The improvement in the incomes of existing railways still continues, and during the last two months amount to u)wards of j-J00,lKMj on comparison w ith the corresponding two months ef 114. The lines which have reduced their fares most libcr.-illv nro tl.n rrrrntovt

The Supreme Couit cf the slave William, given

le exception of the Chief

the law of !aery as it ex

isted prior t the adoption of the r.ew Contitulion. JuJga rs'evius pave a written opinion in effect as follows : 1st. That the relation of master and slave exi-teJ by law at the adoption of the Constitution in 1814. 2nd. That that (Jor.ft.ttitiori has not destroyed that relation or abolished slavery. !l I 'I hit tho rdirl man Wi'ttsm ttir.nM I.a t . 1

the country occupied by these fur traders, whether it ! to the custody of the drfendat.t. were owned or claimed by (Jreat Britain." Under The opinion of the JuJge wert to show that from the 1 1: 1 J npt inrt'iln rrr: I lnt nmi ..C im T? i ' . t: .... . .t-:.. r .

-, v....... j .. .. ...v j. u i iiiijany were ; rnriu-M iimrs me iiisinuiiou ei slavery was recognieu in

ew Jersey. As early as 1703 the Legislature declared

hv Ktütnt that

I J ------- " O v W OIV DUWUiU ICI1IBMI B

render i slave u""' regularly manumitted accordmg to the terms

This is the manner in which the Hudson's Bav

Company came into Oregon. The value of furs which are annually collected in Oregon by this Company, is 1 i ! Ill Hi 11 .1 T '. .

auoui nhi'ahip in me j.ontion market. 1'arliainent

-e-s.on oi inern irive him advantajre U,mn;u t,,;..,. -.1.

. I i i . . u ' "'on' vj i; ouv,v UI1V4 V til t7KJ ULM U IU til IUI HI 1 1 1 Mf()V 11

u.w.wa. a.u uie ureacny.nun nature nas da criminals of a higher oHer and try, to ul n ldti, e.y-'"es,"leteve- jud f and .ranlVxecution in civil Vuits, ry tub stand on its own bo torn." Iherc is enough ,n imprison debtcrs in their forts and jail..

and to

imprison debtr rs in their forts and jai

io it s that tiie trad?, and the civil and criminal

prescribed by law, and that Court fns from time to time

protected the claim of the nust r let the slave.

In 18.0 the Lt gista'ure adopted a plan for the gradual

jurisdiction in Oregon, arc held bv Hritih snhocts abolition of slavery, m which the relation of master and

that American citizens are deprived by a m. nopoly t f ! "Uve was again rcc"8"d. a" J ""'er which slavery has their commercial rilits that thev are liable to be rea.r,-V d:SJlTP3red " number being reduced, according arrested on their own territory by Oiliccrs of British I " 'e late census t- G74, who have acerdmg t the act. CourK, tried in the American domain by British T, f'"' the,r '";'s f"r mamtenance in case of judges imprisoned or hung, for acts done withiti the X " jurisdiction of our own Republic. Iltsro si ij i liti of a Chilii. Iu a rerptit case tried What is a Revenue Takikf .'This question we i '" L5"sU'n- ,h, ,e a h,,' d w.. chird with

' CfiTiiKT nr i.k an finr.ii .n. ......... .1 - . . i

" "Mi-n 'U-r, 1 1 Tr I'UIJCipdl pOIUl r Jl ICJ l

ssed that decree of tii (it criminally rtspon-

Court held that, until a

iiit . i " . 4 . lining me i"sr i -ceii, me ir sii'iit lion cl law i should cha actenze ,uch a tanll, to the standard tf absolute, that it as n.t so rmionsible: bu th.t. be wee

1 1 , u m ,cr-. , i open to evidence, but the leaning of the law was against A revenue tariff Will proportion the burdens of , its responsibility. Th. jury, after being in consultation government, as nearly as possible, according to the i all i.i-bt, came in Court, and the f-rernan slated that there wealth ot each individual placing hut flight duties w-is no probability of their b.ing able to agree;. The jjry on aiticles which are indispensable for the poor, and sltoJ eleven f r acquitting, to one for convicting high duties on articles of foreign luxury, the con- A Novl r or Haiteas Conrts .-Some dJVs since sumption of which is confined to the rich. In thelD.i.iel Nowlan was rbrl ;,h r- i.. it

o- .o,' , ..ttmiim siaiiiiaii. la . f . . . - ... ' .

rr-i inrir.' t. c -i 1 I .... I .!.... 11 . . i

X - ,ncroas OI income, the va--V'" wumhuiu api.ro.ximaic as nearly as the nature ! the ages ,-f seven and fourteen, the capacity of the chili llie tit lhl fllhvif nr,i.,ni-t,. r tl, : . I i fit t i:nf J U'l fx. mm. I- ! . ... J

. . ... . u ...... . rny..(r iM l IHllll 1 IS Ul'CUUi ing greater by upwards of jfJ'J,U(,0U sterling per month. Tur. Xr.u- Railways. The railway mania increases. It is now a national epidemic, and threatens to cngulph every other species of business. The legitimate operations of trade must sutler severely from the enormous gambling. Day after day, as regular as the sun dawns, the most absurd scheme anTpropoumb'd with an ea-y impudence that in cooler moments, would cause the projectors to be regarded as candidates for a lunatic asylum. All thele newly broached pchemes require sums of money to carry

them out, which would speedily make a bankrupt o"f gury, while there is another" tax in the higher prices knot was lieJ V l;ie ,ev- AIr- Muppiatti, according to the

oi our own manufactures, winch makes up the enor- u cere,11Jnics - le tholic Church. But alaa! mous profits of the manufacturers. This is as much the h"Pl,y e,udi( k was conveyed to his dreary cell instead

re levied A'.rnntU 01 ine Wfüa,nS chamber. At ti.:s important period Coun-

present tarill this principle is entirely disregarded

A revenue tariff imposes no burden upon the people except to pay the expenses rf the government

avoiding, as lar as possible, tiie operation of the pre

botn ot uedlow s Island. I his mornim? Xotthn vm

taken before Jude Daily by Daniel Major, Esq. on a writ of habert corpus. On his passag? from prison, the ' ruined fair one " encountered the Irish It (p .t.r"n l

.... " w -t"

sent system, which imposes a double tax the duties ltinS l eA by the lady," who profeteJ her love to ... 1BS .

upon loreign imports alone roin" irto the public trea- , ,m ne consented to kcome her huband. The nuptial

Cni'stis. Haifa dozen millions sterline- thirty mil

lions of dollars appear to be a mere bü era telle in the

eye of each batch of provisional directors, who appear, l.ke Banquo'a progeny, to extend to the "crack of

doom." The extraordinary extension

fias brought to view a technical

the present bailies conjecture as

a tax unon the reoolo as thoterh it wem lm.;.J a; .1.. 01 ine wdmg chaaiber. At ti.:s important oeriod

1 - I I v i v nt.u Uli vi UV II 1 a , m " a upon their property, and then paid from the national MJor ca.ne into the Court of Seeons with the

ow ' -- vuuii iui ins iruiut'uiaifl

I treasury in the form of bounty, with this advantage T u "m,!l"e ouri .or his imnicdn a d.lhcultr which for according to h;s means, while the burden is now placed Hannan the wife she could no lonjr be tL witness .

i now h is io nesur- Mopouronateiy upon uie poor. therefore the coxernment could n..w ... it! u.a

vava(aj.i lie 11 VI

ey

aria

nd

Mexico.

The Mexican President Herrcra, in his Message to

proportionately upon

A. revenue s in all se

io iaor nui niiihiiM' one ine Oartletl ar nr-t am i. tension n rp.m r., f.., I!.... n : 7;.

, p , , i " " .ii.li. ir tu give it an vontcot the government and building it up at the extra pull without an infraction of the law." Hut," said expenre of the other; and in this manner it avoids ,hi district Attorney, lei us fee this happy man!" the jealousies and disitlection which have heretofore " c)n 'es " fhed Mr. Major, my newly acquired client

uireateneu me permanence oi tue Union. It also an- 1 ine W,e ' mosl anxious to Have bis discharge to-night

p'ro.ximaies uie income oi tue

as possible, to the amount of

n.,,trwt AI 1.. .1 , . ' .11 , .. m.w,Cmr

....... w, u.u uiiiouiil or capital proposed io .uvcuuu oinu iouks upon an clashes and inter- supposed the inger.uity of Compel haJ heretofore strainitJ

.. votvcuiuinescnemesiooesuDtnittedto 1'arlia- "is in an sections oi tue Lmon, as etpially entitled the use of the writ of habeas corput to its utmost decree of meilt tlio novt snmti ic tl.n .l.A .1... t tri l:ll'nr r.tf tllrl L- 1 it.. ll.. . ... i.. 1 . I . .

....... .... ....v 'iun io j'j inai iiju urj(jiis rerpiired tobe made upon them with the Accountant(leneral are moderately estimated at a total of Cot -(SIKVHIO;

me union, it also ap- ' ",,rt ". uuaiouh io nave nis utscnarge lo-night. government as nearly 1 nJ' a,D,d ßPueral laughter of the Court, in which the its expenses, thus pre- ltecorJer and ,he I,r'd'"g Alderman joined heail.ly.

the Congress, gives a gloomy picture of the internal 1 vcnl,n- a larSe surplus revenue and its attendant iSt,",an was "roduced from the jaws of the prison to as .. . P. J ' . i merrv a marriai'fl l;onr ti o r

( o ..vi ulkiii m. Buccessiui

The month of October was anciently styled Vynmonat, wine month, it being the season of the vintage

The French female equestrian, Camilte Leroux, it is said, is coming to this country. Willis describes her thus : 'Thin beautiful girl is a Centn ur-Ta gl ioni a? graceful a figurante on horseback ns is the other on the"t age. She is a heroic looking creature, of small, regular,' and calm features, niid what was to me the very attractive appearance, of being consciously above her vocation, and rather disdainful of applause for it. It is very admirable to see, however, (with the knowledge that they can be separated after the performance) how completely she realize3 tho fabulous nniual sculptured by the ancients, with the body of a quadrt?ped, the bust of a woman, and the wings ofan eagle. She gallops, flies, and looks lovely, exceedingly irr one. I understand that she is of irreproachable clnrater, trnd supports her father and mother by her profession. She is also a good musician and artist."

mm! 1 1 Ion rF flu . ;.. . ..C .1 ! Cwls

- - ' ('in., nui i3 iiiu ji osju.ci oi ine

iuture less gloomy. Jle deplores the utter inefficiency of the revenues of the (Jovernment; and demands the prompt and energetic co-operation of the hnslative

ioy to remedy the evil. All the powers of administration are paralyzed for want of means. Tiie army cannot move," says the President, territory usurped ici'l remain usurped ; and the hope of recovering it being once lost, the usurpation will be successively and gradually continued until it embraces the whole Republic, and (I shudder to confess it) Mexico, with s many elements of abundance and of greatness, will disappear from the number of independent nations." rpi, t , i l.i. .'...

Am; eieuiems tu dissolution are in iMexico herself lived in her own bosom. Possessed of the finest region of country in the world, her people arc impoverished amidst the richest gifts of nature, and her relapse into barbarism seems to be rapid in proportion to the means in her hands of the highest attainments of civilization. It is said that the church of Mexico is willing to advance s !.",( )0(),( It .10 for the nurnosn of rrot 'iM! ti ti rr

the war, if thereby they cculd prevent the inroads o?

Heretics into the country. It is said that the .Mexican government recently obtained a loan of Ä.'llil.HOl) of the foreign merchants in anticipation of accruing duties, and that the money was at once despatched to the armies of Generals i'uredes and Arista.

One hundred and twenty thousand bushels of wheat

recently arrived at Buffalo, within the space of forty-

"ight hour?.

Magnetic Telf-okai-ii. A correspondent suggests to the .Morning News a valuable purpose that may be attaiwd by the Magnetic Telegraph, thus : "There is one tisC to which the Magnetic Telegraph may be put on our Atlantic coast, that I have no where seen mentioned it is in telling us of the approach of northeast storms. It is well known that they commence in Philadelphia often some hours sooner than here, and farther south at Baltimore, Washington or Norfolk still earlier; and here bef re they commence in Boston. Now, word could be sent ahead of any hurricane or Pterin, from station to station, und thus prevent the loss of many a richly laden ychspI. l,rt instead of leaving port only to boat against the wind, or get on a lee shore, they Could remain securely moored at the wharf until the storm is over. Not only may the merchant and mariner be benefitted, but all classes, especially the fir-

mer, who might be notified of the approach of a northeast storm, over a considerable extent of country ; and thus, in harvest time, sav e thousands of dollars worth of hay and grain. Why, I am not sure but that we shall see the lime when we will look at the newspapers for the latest magnetic intelli-ence, so as to know whether to take our umbrellas "alon with us or not.

. iuit". bu1, I,oor "uwljn nokm roru " vroro his

Coxxhacts t xi?e CvERXMr.xT - iW.Xr Uash.ngtcn we hear of large numbers of contrac- not .ene?ae Mars more than Venus alt ors being assembled there, awa.tmg the opening of Cupid's sake enabled him to esc. .r. at least ten yea their bids lor the contracts ot the steamer mails, the ' condemnation to the State Prison. V r llrraht v,m Memphis Navy Yard, and the supply of the Indians. 19. ' ' ' P We learn that for the first named contracts Col. b'loo j otlers for the line from New York to New Orleans, We arc told that for two centuries and a half touching at Mobile and Havana, and farther for a line throughout the better age of the Roman repubHc iffiV; .CCC ,0 ! i'iction of the punishment of death waÄl

brcian law, passed in the

year of Rome, bv the

true there were rxcerv.

tions. The exile of Cicero turned upon the violation of this law, in his infliction of this punishment upon

V 7 , l"Z?Wi ai,1 proceeding to Chagres. the infliction of the punishment Maj. Donelson oilers for the line between New Or-; ly forbidden by the famous Porci leans and tralvestoi!. l or the lines to Europe there four hundred 'and tilv-lourth y are ohers rom enterprising men in New York. I-or j tribune Porcius Lecca." It is t'r

the Memphis contract there are many bids : the con

tract is very large, extending to millions of dollars. The President has appointed Cave Johnson, P. M. General, Judge .Mason, Attorney General, and Judge Shields, Commissioner of the Land Office, to nsTst the Secretary of the Navy in examining the bids and

decking upon this important contract

03-We learn from the Kingston (Canada) Chronicle, that warlike preparations on a large scale are being made at that point. The front of the splendid Town Hall, says the Chronicle, is to be laid ope.i to the Lake, by the pulling down of McPhorstm vV:

Cranes store house and the erection of a heavy batJery. The shoal in front is to be secured by a large Tower, which will be of great utility in a naval point f view, as a mark for the harbor. It is also proposed to erect a tower at Stuart's Point, and strengthen the work's at Fort Henry. The last steamer "from England brought advices that ft was contemplated to send out large additional military forces to Canada.

and also that the construction of seventeen war steamers was to be undertaken forthwith.

0O"-U stated that On. Romulus M. Saunders of

North Carolina has been appointed Minuter to Spain, and that he will leave this country early in the Spring. Hon. Washington Poe, Whig member of Congress elect from the ttd (.Macon) district of Georgia," has resigned Ids scat on account of imperative "personal engagements.

The valuable lute used in the south of Franco for grafting trees, is said to be made of equal parts of train oil and resin melted together, and applied to grafb with a painter's brush;

Do: Lahoi:. The Wheeling Times notices a dog leljnging to a German blacksmith it! South Whccliii" which is somewhat remarkable for its sagacity. The blacksmith has one forge that he devotes alto gether to makfng tfaifs for the coarsest shoes. At th.s a boy makes about a thousand a day, having the dog to blow the bellows, which is done by a wheel attached to a crank. The dog blows when the iron id in the lire; but as soon as it is taken out he stops to rest, and commences at once when it is put in again. . We understand there is a movement in Cincinnati to' establish an independent Catholic church, in accordance with the uvowed principles of the reformation now in progress in Germany. A city German paper contains a call for a pastor of a new Catholic Church. It is understood that the subscribers to this church are numerous, and the main object of their association is the establishment of a Catholic church inJevcnJait of the I ope and bishops. The Wesleyans have so multiplied in Canada, within a few years, that they now amount to half a million, more than tiO.OOO of whom are church members. They have erected upwards of 150 chapels in the province, and sustain about an equal number of preachers. Death of a very old Lady. Mrs. Hannah Gouge died in New York, recently, aged one hundred and nine years, eleven months and fifteen days. This lady, it is said, has seen and held converse with each and every President of the United States, besides many other diguitarica of lesser magnitude.

tue i atiiinarian conspirators. .nd in the case 0f

.Wanlitis, whose courage had delivered Rome, but who was precipitated from theTarpeian rock when Iiis ambition asp;red to tyranny. And, in respect to its operation, Tiie penal laws of the kings and those of the Twelve Tables were nearly abolished during the republic, says Monte-iptien," either in consequence of the Valerian law, made by Valerias Ptthluola, shortly after the expulsion of the king, or else in consequence of the Porcian law. The republic was not the wore regulated, and no injury was done to the police.' ,, tliis period writes Blackstone, the republic flourished : under the emperors severe punishments were revived ; and then the tmpire fill.

Conviction of Col. Da vlmoi;ts Mlkdekkcs. Three of the murderers of Col. Davenport at Rock Island, 111., on the 1th of July last, have been convicted at the term of the Circuit Court for Rock Island county which closed on Saturday last, and sentenced to be hung. Their names are John Long, Robert Lon" and Votipg. There are two others, (Buch and Baxter) now in custody awaiting their trial.

. - '-' uiuuicr io icarn, that the losse of individual members of the Order by the great tir in Pittsburg, amounting to more than nI.VIKJ. ha

Tun Bknk.i its ok Ood Fki. low-suit. It will be gratifying to every " brother" to learn, that the losses

tire

bn

.. V, ....v

ueen lolly made up to them. A part of this lo, embraced all the earthly possession of several widows of deceased members, vho are thus, by the liberality ot the Order, again placed in comfortable circumstances. What other charitable socutv can be found as prompt and eilicient as the Odd Fclb.vs .' Herein consists their oddity.

A LiCKV Tau.ou. The Boston Post fays- one of the cutters at "Oak Hill," and a poor man. v'iia large family, received tiie intelligence by u..: rast steamer Hiberma, of a large amount of money, houses, land, plate, horses carriages, &c., amounting to from 15'J,toO to VtH,t.lL dollars, being tJC elfecls of a rich pawn broker, deceased, of whom this cutter is sole heir. Tiie Rev. Dr. Jndson, Baptist .Missionary in Rurmah, and three children, arrived at Boston, a few

days since, from Port Louis, Mauritus. via St. Helenn

.Mrs. Jud son died on board at ist. Helena, previous) to September öd. The Pittsburg Factory girls went to work on Af,,.,.

day, under the old system the employers a'Treein to

adopt the ten hour system as oon us" it can be con

curred in by the custom manufactories. There .,

I no symptom of disorderly conduct evinced.