Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 68, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1846 — Page 2

Jnöiana State ScntmcL

KTCBKAt vi. .11 Igt is rur. pkut or LIBCSTY. f BlAWArOU, JAK 1J AKW I. 1146. Tili Small olo I.:iw.

percc.ve that n,c sntuun, who, by the man- 1 wirt. , nj (Jrant, ; W a U--ii and tf'iami, t; RichBS in wi hb l.e turns up h.s rose" at us, we pre-1 anlviile. Cess end Pulaski, 1; I'tiLon. Marshall,

MM to be the Lrc.id nt of the Tank, has furnished hit views hi relation to the small nets law. and arI

gswnia favor of thsj nssnutrom wnssptinn that the j; Ripley, l; Rush, 1; Decatur, 1; Madison and sa.all note privilege was o nf rrcd datfing the life of Hsswock, I; Tipton, Bonne and Hamilton, lj Cartie cl arter. roil and Clinton, 1; Tippecanoe, 1; Fountain, 1; in a frmer arti lc on thi Ft:ljn:?, we examined Uontgornery, I; Parke and V'tffsaJlion, I; Putnam, tie lau ay which the State granted to the Lank the l liendrkks, I; Marion, 1; Bbelhy, 1; Johnson, privilege in question, nnd came to the rom les.on thai j llorgan, I;Cky, Vigo and Solliran, I; Owen ms psirUegeeap red en the irst day of January, 1846. and Greene, 1; BaiIornew and Jennings, 1; MouW will now state bin fly a feu ef the rasnofsi U i u m 0llli y)r).u, j ;,, s a itzerland, 1 ; JctlVrwhkh ww aWssed that essjclnainn. aon, 1; Clark, 1; Jackson and 8eott, 1; Lawrence, The grisafegs wis. granted as we have i ten by two j . Wasliington, 1 ; Harrison, 1 ; Floyd, 1 ; Orange separate act. Now, as the Judge admits, boll, of and Crau f..rd, 1; Kn -x, 1; Datier "and .Martin, 1; tue acts relate to the same aajhjeet, and wer- enacted Pike, Gibson and Dnboi9, i; P wsy end Vanderhurgh, U the leasJatnre at the aame Mawion; rcewcqnentl) . Warrick, Spencer and Perry, I; Warren, White, tiit-v BMaat he rnnstmed together. And wt aiuel adopt Benton and Jaaper, I. that usjastrwrtina whkh will eensport with the tnten- 1 Miami and W ains!, not to elect until lr 17. at t n e the !ilatuie. accord. Dg to the tm at common 1 vvhich time the term of sen ice of the Senator from acceptation of the Isngeagi used. T smdeTStan4 1 parke ehnll expire; and the conntiei of .Miami and the language of the law, we must tak into Coneidt r- ' baafa shall be attached to the counties of Cr;itit ntiea tt.e aintc of ncti na they existed ot the lime, j UI1j i),.aware lot Senatorial representation, from the When nVsaetof February 10 was approved, the l ank Vcdnestlaj succeeding the tir-t Monday of August had sjot the right, m ill. er did it ehstm any right t. next, nnt.l a Senator is elected at the election of ia-ue small notes. It hi trie- the net of Let rt.arv 15 &ftt ana qualified. The e -unties of Elkhart and spsaJujei the privilege of Hawing noise of a les (.agrange ahaU kw attached to toe ctmnties of Whitdenomination than live dollars granted, &c, by this r ilMJ Kosciusko, for S int. .rial repreeentetion, tinGeneral Assembly ; " but we know that the grsttl had til the annual electj m in 17, when the Senator from not then been accepted, ami ntver was CCeptcd, nth Wayne shall have rveil out Ibf unexpired part of til the terms of the peoposition os they then steed, J the p at term; when, at said election, a shall be m re materially chand. The Lank cot.ld not ac- 1 n, fa 1, ,,,,,,,. ßkhw1 to elect a Senator. qu.re the riht to iaWW small m-t s but by a ERplj ii g j ., , .... .. ......... . Willi certain conti. Ilona, which it refused U do ,,. ., . Wayne 9, and in 1', -Ii and vi, 4; rippecanoe Whtlathe matter stood ... that pcoitien, the set . f o iodin 41 knd g. Vig0 o ih tnd riD, Iowas passed, ihe tirt tlunj tint meets im ... ..... ., , ., .. Z . . ., I niui ! in 47 and ; larke, Putnam, JUontgomcry, in ncc'i n i, ot that act. is, tuat a certain privilege ,. , ,. , ... , " , 1 h Lush, i'us.'v, trankhn, Henry, Washington und us enlarrr.'d or tn.d.ficd. V uas not a privilege ... ... , , u ,, . ,al , ,-lk ... C I m t .:i r L 9 t Sn 1 1 1 v i M 1 . i J i n 1 1 I . it I i a I i ii

then existing, bnt one m contemplation. Nut .un-. tiling that the Lank had a Vented right in, but s tnething which was then the subject of a treaty Lot what u the pnvihe .' W as it the rijrht to issu' anafl aneta bsyoad the control of the legislature I If there is anv controversy alnuit this, it is not hetwt en aw and Judge Morrison, or any body else; but bt.veen th-:n and the lar.jjuaov f ti.e law. The words f the law are M the privilege of is- ..;, small n tos i hereby enlarged,1 &c. The ie gislalure hers was the word enlarge " in reference lO Inn provistona of the firmer net, and il should be defined by ths woidh immediately following in Ike same m c ion. If this word had been left unqualified in the act iu which :t occurs, we should at once conclwde that ttst eflect ot this set waa only to enlaige the pru is.on of the former act. But tt.e legislature d:d not Hew with this word. It went on to any j ist what It Hatant; and what- r Haty he tin' aignifii ate H of the word in Other C aneXHSSS, are cannot for a moment be nt a loss to kn W what is meant by the n. n of this net. It means, ju-t what in the language of the Legislature, it says ; no more and no less, to aril : M that Ihe privilege, &c, is enlarged, so as to run from the 1st day ef January, 1941, through a period of five years; and the trouble and responsititty of the Bank in manag, ng and collecting the funds herein provided fr being converted into Bank aaacn, shall be deemed and taken in full consaderatiou," dtc Tills is Mist what the Legislature meant, not withstanding tiie use of the term ra tr I. Ti.ere is certainly a limitation most clearly and positively pres.T.Ui'd. in baasjpaage that enwnet be misunderstood. 1 nere is no.r.-.nti-QVersy about that. Lut .t is -aid hy Ji:dge Morrison, that the limitation appl. to the po wer of the lagielatnre; that the legielatnte is thereby prohibited from repealing the privilege, &.c. ov tiie Leg.slature did not sav thtit they intended to limit C mm their own power; but they said that the privilege fs issue s71.;, n 4et should run tor five rears, Slc. We Ibink that the language upc.n tins poiut is plain and conclusive, and that there in no room left for log.cal r

c,v-.io,i .u pr..v me ipwMwii. ""T": ' ; 4. '

the legislature. Ihe acts ttattSt be construed together. aawnaiBg rm '-""aiuun.i. e aie iiMinug Bo much of each of tnem ts has eer been in force some ng strides, m the onward anarch of progreswtnt in'-o force at the name time, by virtue of the aire Democracy. same acceptance on the part of the Lank. An iso- Heretofore our Circuit and Supreme Judges related word, i:. definite in its significations, cannot eeived their appointments from Ihe Governor J and

. . m ,. - control the dear and positive language ot the S. ntrnce, but may be controlhd and modified by ti.e lhnafosm ef the sentence. There is Dothine in the Manias of the word enlarge to chassre the subject .1 - . .... ..... :i ... ; o p o.c -i-no.i. noui umm pnwiegc- to waa Mimu norcs. to that of the power of tue legislature to control t.iat privilege, nor to make five years mean an indefiuite nu.nher of years. Tiie legislature of I9S1-3, reneale.1 certain poran of tue act of Lea. lö. l&U ; but not so as to! cet 0M ütiVilesw to issne mmW notes There was' im seiviargn n twsse -man nuves. innre was i mr. ..l.ln ah.t t,m rltt.rna liumn rT tl.r . nun tior.s nff

uu: ,'. j'.v. .... uiai lus miwnw 'm iuiiii; ui uiu iuuii- - - j it.-' -t a 1 1 .s nil v i;?, no ill ll .III i'll mi-la Ol Willies ail. I ties were injured by the withdrawal of the funds from v,si : providedV hwever, the Legislature, by a ma-1 blacks, while the West desires an exclusive white them and the converu.un of She san.e into Lank jonty of two-thirds of .ach house concurring, may basis.. stock, thus giving counties where banks were located PP" the creation of . debt, for one specified pur- g,, , V.aGlNlATlm Richmond Whig has advantages over others. Hence, by nn act approved Pose providing nt the same time, the means (by tax- M ;irtll.1(. on üll. jbjeel ofSlavery, m wine!, the U.January 31, I8H3, it was enacted that if the bank ut'n) for the regular payment of the interest, and meatic institution is condemiied. The following is a should be Willing to five up certain fund", and the nsrffjf the principal sum, at a period not to exceed part of the argument, and it will doubtless lie deemed

and the of them amecüre ' u ont.nued couuties should be willing to take charge of then the funds Should be returned to the re Counties; and the small note privilege was continued upon the proviso that the bank? should resume specie pavment. Ly another act approved the same Oay, j the College fund was made snh'ect to a Statute of ISadL lavsss taws had not eseannd our observation, as ti.e learned President of the Lank supposes. Lut, in relation to tins repeal, it will be observed, even by a casual reader, thai it eouhi w ithdraw from tiie Basil B portion of these funds only. Such portions us . , , , a were already c nverted into Bank stock could not, ' j nd would not be atiected; and the note-, bonds, j and mortgages, and other ohlgations relating thereto, wv- w c - I mi jht be returmd only wie n the brunches were willing; and the cennties desired iL Purnaps, then, feome as tho fundi gpcc.fi d in the act of 1842 are btill nniler the control and management of tiie Lank. i T .e reader of tht ae ac;s will further observe, that ., m , BA t;ie pari m ine act oi i euruary , iwu, wnicn proj . .if. r i . l i v.ded lor converting the Smking Fund into bank i , , n . . t,k , m.t hem re er' . ihe liar. lr ii fi. t . .i mmui lUnin. oi tho S'ink.nrr fni.th And we are very glad to be assured, if indeed it be tri. ,!, ha Am PimiAhiI uf" fl p Raislr f if iii!.....I n. , " r . i ,i ui, x .. . is the writer of the article in the Bank Organ,) that O J

a . ii....i. iiiiju a uu au.i ji.ii ia n iiitj ' ,ii i tili'" a " . . . - ; . i ,i n i . , certified w ith a view to tHeir presentation to the Legremain unuer tiie control ot the Lank, have not been,. h diminished in the least by any losses in bank; nor ' Bubjectod to any charge for the management aud col-1 AcoerrTAl, of Mt.Ni Liv. The trial of Caleb J lection thereot thc Bank itself having, as by the McNultv, on the charge of embezzling the public moterms of the contract required, defrayed all such ex- ,v, hib I lerk of Ihe House of Lepresentati ves, pouscs out of its ow n funds, cons.deration of the has ended in his acquittal. He w as. how ever, remnmlpnvilege of issuing small notes. We have never ed to prison to await the actio,, of the government yet intimated, by the Wsy, that those funds have on four other indictments pending a gainst him. been charged with any such expense. a Hh l a

r a r i , tin Ni n . iif I,, -il . ..,1 ... ,4 fl... .I.A. ...,.J-. Lo.NNECTiCL'T.-ll.e VrnWOOWM 0 UUS S'nte have made the following nominatiene for state officers : Fori lioverm r. Isaac Toucey ; Lieutenant Coventor, Koyes , hillinps; Secretarv, Charles W. Lradley; Treasurer. . tarn MW v . i , i A. N Lr ; Comptroller, .Las-m (Jeveland. rss i ik . a

A pport ioiiiiietil Hill.

Th f dlow i ng are the provisions of the biu, as it passed both II. uses, to-u it : rev T( ins. ...t-n v...i.. ! PtlrkaH 1 I.n. k i I .'. I , A ""ft 1 1 i. i.m ., .-... ... ...... grunge, 1: Kosciusko, Whitley and Huntington, l; .Midi, Wi! nni .Vi. m. I ; .luv, Ll.iekI ford and Randolph, 1 j YYsyne, l Henry, 1; Delastark tod St. j -s.pii, 1 ; J.-;irie, Porter and Lake' : i-llV. to and Union, 1; Franklin, I; LVarborn, . t i f v ' af to - - - f m ii Iii '40, '4 and w Koaciu k. St. Joseph, Warren, Grant, Delaware, Madison, Vermillion, Hendricks, Hancock, Union, Decatur, Johnson, JVlorgau, Clay, Greene, Owen, Jennings, Ripley, Jackson, Scott, Fl yd, Lawrence, Kn x, Dubois, Pike, Giba 'u, Vand r burgh, Warrick Sjieneer, Perry nnd Harris n, I each; Ca and Richardvilie 1, ai.d J m '4J ; Fountain 1 ; tin on and i intou I, and "2 in ' IS and '5tl ; L ported; Allen I, and hi -i ; jbianan l, ami-. in ' i and B4D: Lagran re and NoWe 1 jointly, and 1 ... . . ., . .. i i t .' , I each in '46 nnd ; Carrvll I; RanJ-ilph I, and 2 m i - a to I'll 1 I in '17 and 'VJ; .Mm :. 3, juj'l 3 in 'ii, and '30; Lifholomcw 1, and J hi '49, '49 and '50; J Odra m and : in ' U and i:; Hamilton 1. and In 4' and '4M; Boone 1, and J in '47 and ött; Shelby 1 ; I Fayette 1, and 3 in IT ami 5D; Dearborn '-', end 3 in '4S; Monroe and Brown 1 each ... '46, ' I and "", ami 1 jointly in '17 and '49; Iaie.s and Martin 1 each in '47 and '40, and 1 jointly in '4X1, 49 and '50;

Orange and Crawford 1 each .;. '17, 'i'.i and 50, and ki!l, and much labor; hut we find several import) nt S jointly in 4fl and '4; Ohio aud Switaerland tfjerrorsuna cursory glance. These being corrected, jointly in '47 and 'It), and I in "411, ' iM am) 50 ; is tiie proprietor assures us they will be and the whole Steuben and DeKalb I jointly; Whitley and Hun-1 carefully revised, it will prove an important aid to the

u"- " 1 "m;1 1 amJ VVel " 1 J"lI'"' - iai' i ... . . . v . . . mm m mwa 1 in anu i Jintly m '47 and '49; Marshall, Fulton and Stark 1 jointly ; Porter and Lake I jointly; Pulaski, Jas,tr- Wuite :,,lJ 1 J'"t; ! J ' "d Blacklai t l a t i e-. in ford 1 j liutly. MiMMin Mate C On venlion. Our Democratic friends aril! read the roHowing let ter, with much gratification. It will be seen that the Democracy is in the ascendant iu the Mi-s'-uri Convention which is about forming new GntituU n for that noble State. We very Hnjeh wish that our own Constitution could be reeaodled on n basis sim.lar to that indicated by this letter. Jkfvtksoh CtTT, Mo., Dec. ti-"). 1845. Dear Sir: Tins being a leisure day, (the I onvcltioo not beinj in session,1) 1 have concluded to j drop you a line ctmeerning the acts and doings of the I State Convention, now at this nlare. for tho n..rne I - Ä 1 A, till . wuen confirmed by the Senate, they held during good behavior. Ihe Convention decided on yesterday, tint the Circuit Judges and all inferior Judicial oili-1 cars shall hereafter he elected by tiie people of their HMnetttM Didr'tft tl... rf .1 , ,i.Ä v.. i u euc Judges, is now under consideration and neült"- ue ' onvention has agreed upon a provision, to be engrafted in the new Constitution, on the subjeet of State debts, which is in substance as follows : The Legislature shall have no power to create n deht, that shall at My tune exceed twentv .five j j tl,f,i:. ,wl doll.ilS, except in CSSCS ot rebell.Oll . or IIIJi!X,l'!U the principal sum, at a period not to exceed twenty years; but no law Creating Such debt, shall over tnke enect, unless ii b sanctioned by the direct vote of a majority of all the legal voters ot the State, at the next general election, and but one proposition f the kind can be mad I at any one session. I have no douat bunking will be entirely prohibited under the new Constitution : and no corporal, on ! of any description will be allowed, unless the stockholders are held liable iu their individual and private capacity for all debts ; and the right reserved to the Legislature to alter, amend, or repeal at any time. I i i ,1 t .! i i .i 1 believe tue above are the only points before the - 1 onvention ua which you will be likely to anal any interest t from t.he papers thai Dr. J. Y. Davis is electon BpnnaWf of Congress, and Jesse D. Lnght U. S. 1 Senator. Indiana is now finally redeemed from Fed-1 eralism. Vonr most obedient, r, . I nr. t lse or Mr.g. L. o. i ho.m.vs .. , - '".1 a, loi iiii.-i i . uutcnivii i i iuary lanu, ueins; an apuiica- ' - .- f v) . Hon of the former fo.-a divorce, uas taken up before I ' ndgo Nicholaa on Mondsy, last week in the Superior Court, at Richmond, vn. Thejurv returned a verdict 'in favor of Mr. Thonms, sustaining the eherne I msde by her against her tusband, Francis i nomas , m I 1 . n ........ . F .. J. ..... . .. I l . , 1 lirä roi'i in l it t I i fa Shf SThSTWl I i i! tru iru ll. ti im.L,v..I k.. i ssv ivvi mm vi im, mull um -o nn.-' uu n mutlii u 1C ' Psnifsv t.v a nfa. This S;nte has only one capital crime: .Murder in the first degree. The lawordaimU "at executions ahonld be privavle sbont eleven years ,.Ti,c roPe has bean rcsnnaed that was used at that ""o. nd was employed to hang Jabez Boyd a few weeks Siro.

Foi the .idictna State Sentinel. Tita Eagfeth of jttnaarjr UV UMt SARAU T. B ILTOS.

' ri the rightl, of J.ii.ii.iry, he u the cumuli's thunhM-vuice, Huw il IclH vt to tsaassiber. Sow it telh at to ffvLicci 'I' ... ... i , , . . T To tt-j ice ibal lleavsa helped us MMl ami Unity ye.us ai. I he Meiy i an old one, ts bees (ni l ten thoasaad Umss ; 'old b -t.ie our lilizin;; bearth-ataOSS, t IJ in many distant tlüiif ; i lra MaUadsd over nrein, city, I. imlet, v lley, hill, Vet it is as new a ever, ami we hva to lall it still. e, me luve il and aa ll uli it till our blood ilull cease tu fl nv. iv ii -nit im. I,-1 im i no sjcr'ii 1 1 ui um i.Mi um u. 10 v ; l,ww Cu,mtia whipped aid Baglaniswi and ta'rtjr jrsan Aft . The moining r-e all brightly, and the gtoriaSM sun looked down O'er the faulty 11 'Wing river and the busy bustling town ; Many rOWSj heart buunded lightly fieOI lbs faoy l.taj uf do am, And vvnt fatth in its j lymisness o greet Aurora's beams; Mut moiiv htowfl tie.it glsasaily , sad aiaey i cheek aias naif, Ai d mint n deep voice f.ilteied as it lold the i. ail ul tab, I h it o! I Kngland's titled chivaliy in all their pomp and pi ide, Weie j rr pa ring MM t!ie tnttle by the MbniMippt! si.le. On Ibers arara tumtliiig beans and knees, and laces full of woe. In lbs city of Now Ol team one aid thirty ycais ago. Os ran e tl ose poflBpoas wariior in the gianJtur of their niajif. With Iheit rtd'Caats an t their liens, and their we .pons elaasab g bi iht ; With tin u mask gaily a Jin, ling, anJ tbsh banneis floating a fehl With i ii.le in every movement, t.ei nph tin ncd in every aye, Oawaid c.ime they, with their nmttos and their watch-woid faily told ; Ii M .ike lor Yankee beauty, it was tnke i t Vanke gold. Oh Ibejr i uht as vassal! alw.ijs fight, ai vi sals dia Ihey died, And Ibeir titled blood was ningled with old Mississippi! , tile, Kir ii lid not t ike our Jack long lo hy th it aimy low, And old Knglaiid Uli reu. embers one and thirty yeais . Hi itaiu.ia talks of w.ir again as though she never knew What immens' noble hearts could doe, What frSeaaSOS n i naa could So ; Kor he com I t il us demin leig, in bfff ptou I ifliultiltf ti ne, I tie litis of tint gt ii us i. in I i hat n.it ue raads am tea, in.t wcM show hei ih it our fathers' bkiad Mill eludes in ui vein ; We'll show hi i that Columtiia e oin t Waal a tyiai.t' c hain-; Vcs, we'll abew bar, If aba w ilia il is, ths coeutcr-part of weaes That sui fathers showed bsrhaagsge, at sunny (few Orleun j w iii i ui leered claim t Orcgsa h n-k us forego, HhS had leitet far leoiem'.er OttS aid thiity yeais ag . I hcugli he ha- gone who fumed o long oui rounti)' altarll mil', w ii ii waed het starry fiadeai with deathless wreatbi of fame. Pail 1'iee loin's Fane is gsasdsd atill, for patriat-bsarti aie tlicie. A 'I l ei i ii it is around es in it brau v SVerjr whtfta. I I i art it tan i n tbe auil wa liead, tngiaran vbssi ky ; Ca tun 1. tkta uud gloiou RiVVlS, as the ClSSted niVM es iy. It is mi ..ui growing lila, 'ti around, ibove, bene ith ; ,, Ml mountain on - r r.ireft, in the eery air we breathe, " ,l 1 1 "ttafcs ns i.i4t i lai a d tn.ioy Rnghad kavar T bai wa bars not futf ottea one ol ihln y yaais ag , '3 6 Poll! C .1 Hud M.ui lie., I Hiip of In. list;! !. Jos. ;. Jones, Esq., of this city, n practical printer, has just got up a 3dap with ihe above title, nltoget her in letter press, giving the several counties, i ongressional districts, population, voh s at dillerenl periods, and other statistical information of importance. It is jo,t up with considerable ingenuity and ni.ui and politician, and well worthy the atI....I i i .. tention of all. S.n.-e ihe above was in type, we have received tiie following : ConsEt no. Aft. r a number of the "Political and Statistical Map of the Suite of Indiana,1 were i. it in circulation, several typographical errors were discovered. If those who have purchased them will return them to my office, opposite Biownings, they will be exchanged fur those winch have been correctled. JOS. G. J INES. Indianapolis, Jan. 5, l-lf. 4 Cemwemttwrn in Virginia. For several years past Virginia has been agitated by ii endeavor, on the part of that portion west of tlic Line L.dge, to procure the call of a convention to r vise the constitution of the State, which proposition Eastern Virginia baa strenuously resisted, and with success, in consequence ot having a deeded majority of tlie Honse of Delegates, by virtue of the existing rotten borough system, though containing ,"lK'1' k'ss l:ian half ol the population of the State. fhe friends ofa convention, however, have increased in str. ngth w ith each additional year, until ihey have DOW acquired ton e enoogh to make it apparent that they will gain their object. In the 11 ntse of Delegates, on the od instant, Mr. L. ft wick of Wythe, a county in " Little Tennessee,' ottered a resolution for the il ill! MIIIIIM IU 'I U II I. I lOUIIUIIK t , U til' nil ; llli'l . expediency of lubmitting the Call of a convention to the pie. Mr. Lyons, of Richmond City, moved 1 amend by appointing a committee or the friends of i r"k iu ,i tit tit f lit it 'i wi.K.rt t "a f 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 t. aara mi I aaaa laalii Convention to report ti.e grievances complained "i V Uiem, WHICH WMs lost bv ti.e close vote ot t.) to . t .t . , - i i .. i . .... , Ill(.rnl,t.rs ahserit. Another Eastern member U, ,(mJ t0 r0lIlire tbe committeeelso to report provisional law regulating the organization, and i other matter- incident to such convention," if called, I which was agreed to, and the original resolution, as : ff ;M,,,,t,',,' l, 51' ,T!e ainendinent 1 1? feH,güeff "'T'o ! 'ni,ht:,,n V rj?" r uj convention shall be apportioned, ns the House of i I I, . !, ... t.. Mm i. mm m iJ U.mo kit. ...I nan of the argument, and it will dounUeaa be deemed ;a verJ stro Prts t,,,)- The writer says he opposes S!'l,vrr-V !,,r;"1:,, " commul,ily ran ;reUv. and prosper where its youth are brought op in idleness, ; iim, , sjanual labor and the inechanic trades as dishonorable, because Slaves are employed to do the manual labor of the community. TkU is the great ) VnnS,D cursn or oiavery : it enervates and A "V" tlie "fl,'e Republic: It causes them to rely at every turn, even to the bringing of a pitcher of water from the well, or brushing their shoes, upon a wgro, instead of upon themselves : They gjnm np Worthless in energy, and bei pleas, and when their patrimony is squandered, us ii is almost sure to be, noiii .ne ii.oiis oi iu eii' -s u extra vn'-anee eieren- , . r., g uered bv the exietence otolavery, they become drones here, or emigrate to tiie West to seek the fortune c. ... .1... i.-.i.:. . : ii ... i tliey rarely or never find, and never deserve to find.'' (r-M. Gaillardet, French Courier in N the intelligent editor of the New Voik, who returned last week from a v. sit to Europe, in the Acadia, ventures . I upon the following prediction concerning the Oregon question ., . "After exhausting a negotiations England will . ,i ..... e i n, , . .ircent t in dll ,! ,. r. o . iiti..l. nmr.. ,., i ' Quadra and Vancouver's Island be also ceded to her in compensation for yielding the Columbia. Bot that I WH ho England's utimatum, and even it will not be ottered unless the terms ol the discussion shall he more conciliatory than heretofore, for now, Oregon is more a point of honor than of interest for England.1 . j (V-The .Morris n Dem erat thanks its friends for their liberal contributions to the Currier on New Year's day. He got about oar dullar .' Uur Carrier thanks our friends for UpMWmi of thirty dollars, On the same occasion; and we hope he will faithfully attend to his duty, as a better acknowledgement than any other. Death raom ros Lite ok a Hoq. The w ife of I Joseph 11 ill, aged (kr years, of Newtown, Essex Co., j Hi was bitten iu th hand, a short time since, by a hog, causing a wound which, in spite of every application, spread through and eJfectcd the entire arm, until Anally the malignant virus reached the body, and enterin - the vital, terminated her sufferings b; e äw m s death. ,

;ipit:il l'miiliiiK :tl HOUdG ur REPRESENTATIVES.

iMiii.ii.ii, January ioWi . The ROHM now proceeded in committee uf ibs whole, Air. Moore iu the chair, to the consideration f the bill aholbhing capital punishment Mr. Harre? prop sod an amendment, to minrti j t . i.j4ri Capitally, or by solitary Confinement at hard labor tor life, at the discretion of thejurv Ir. liakcr moved to strike out the Word 44 S'li1 Wl Iii ; . Mr. Julian, would mnk; a few suggestions. Those who are in favor of punishing capitally, or by conh.e.m.mt for lite, at the discretion of ti.e pirv,' admit Ihst this would rirtually ab ilisfa capital punumtnent. Taking theif own admission of public fe- luer, on . ...7.t,on. Ua iHHatd mtm no .. ..,.,. ..,- !.- .?..i.r, villa ,-i-'. - ---- ww . l vimv I'liiMiv Mti ment should not at ottCe be cxores m n the statute book - - . A .Mr. Pavis siid, there were aggravated eaa s that demanded capital punishment, and he thought it s.i . ti Ul be continued. Mr. Lowe said, he was Willing to avow his friendship for capital punishment. Its abolishment he considered an innovation on long established customs and usages, lyni at the very foundation uf our system rfjurisprud 'nee, and the peace and happiness of the country. Toe great object of punishment was to deter ns u from the commission of crime. Tins was an age of progress, but be denied that public morals were so far advanced, as, m all cases, to do awav the necessity of taking human life f r the crime of murder. He bad been conversant with courts of justice for tluriy years of his life, and he confessed that be approached this subject w ith fear nnd trembling. No general complaint had been made, in regard to our laws ami he thought they should not Ik changed lo tut the 1 1 1 1 1 1 ol tl lew benevolent. UlOUgn mis . i - i . r .... .i : l: . ii e j . guideU inuiVitiu.i la, "ii uns miiijci i. ne ru.erreu lO the first aection of the law, which thia aection went to nholish-it was thai tl. convicted of treason, of enmity lo their country, should be punished with death. Ho waa acquainted with the principles of tnose from whom the petitions on tlui subject emapennons on litis sm nated at the present seseion the Priend Quakers. Ih- was raised amongst litem, and might have been a Quaker himself, even until tins d .y, hut for their peculiar notions about war and the rights of nations, as uill mm null v. ih. .Is. to tl. fend thcimelvrs. Me reeol lected so net a about ths last war and the consta In. h ihe urineitile here involved min 1. 1 h.ol l(l During that struggle there w, is a war party and a asmce oartv. and he well recollected tliat the neace 'i i 1 . . rjartv consisted in part of tliat stl. society who are bow petitioning for the abolishment of capital punishmeiit. Suiip se r ue adopt this principle, what hose who might I uilty'ofthe mIiihiIiI VV ll I V. I '. I. t llll iT.me of treason , men who would lift their unbsllowednri.H against the liberties of their country 1 VVesOd you place t hem in the penitentiary 1 There might be thousands of instances of Uih kind if the mwwaslhiis lenient. Suppose, naid he, that Indians was the i at of war; the enemy's rorces land on ur n.r.b.iu ...,,l iuiimm tl.a.1 mi our ..v, .. s:.,,,.. .-(..... .... - - ...... - r. " - - . . . there were thousands opptwed u that war. Suppose , . i c irooa had sen! in her thousands who would act with ih enemy, would the penitentiary system ansutt the purpos i of punishment 1 Myrod! what a pro isition I S far ns placing men in the peaiten- . i . tiny is cmteerneu, it aoea not inspire as much terror iu son. individuals as others. The individuals of this House are governed in their actions by a mora hmiing unknown to nnny others in our country. VVe have amongst us thousands of the luzaroni of Knrope mnA the lainrcni of this country, who would even -.. ...... column crime to mvc n ge iteel boarding house in he penitentiary II" had investigated the matter aifikieutly to satisfy himself on this subject thai mnishinent in the State pris n is not, in all case., a .re mm uf crime. He ontwsed this description of the s it Iii pun punishinent a ap d.calde to all caes, because it placed the worst fiend of all community on o level with those who acted under far less aggravated circumstances. He hoped the friendsofihe bill would bei milted to make it as perfect as possible; this was the duty of the opponents of any greal measure alti ouch in the crtd tliey could not vote for it lest . ..i.t i,.....-..o ... iftMi ii.. r..i-..r.i . jr il.Jlllv.J IV ....l.l '.'..- ...... .. IV.vi ivu iw difierent classes of crime and asked, what put an end, :n a great extent, to duelling in our country) One says, public opinion. What caused tins public opinion .' He was auswered, lite improved morals of l country lius he W 111111 admit but here is not I the queation. In the absence of a Vigorous law on ti,.. Meet when Graves murdered Cillee h laiil tho I v ,. , , i . . sin of duelling at the door of Congre j - j, htc Congress and ifnroner stances like ti in k L . 1 I flow puuih cut bo necessary in in much more so, when we descend into the more degraded and ignorant walks of life, from whence cruel and cold blooded murders sprang. He denied that this last eiass of individuals were operated more upon bv uhhe o:iu;on than they were a hundred yeara ago-- . . . r. because they now sinned against tm improved j i .-ht and knowledge in our country. He was raised amongst the Quakers, and had never struck a man in his life. He was too good natured. But we were not making laws for the Friends. They, and lie .e like them, will not commit murder; but we are protecting society against the abandoned villain, w ho, hist t' everv sense of humanity and mercy, wantonly e i i.e. i i " i rites in a wasie Ol unman nie, .uiu ior Him iuq sinie severity of punishment is demanded, as was. a htm- , f..irfJ .l(r,, Dir. Edwards SHid, that the quest ion now lietore the House waa of the most important character Tieexecution of criminals on the gallows, he considered a barbarous relic of by-g me year, ; and whi b we should wine from our statute b ook. The gentleman from M mroe had made a very ingenious speech in npp isition lo the bill, and he agreed w ith that gentleman that the greatest caution should be used in approaching tins question. If the law is necessary and in cons stance with tbe spirit of the age in which we j! and tlie code of moral ethics, we should con Btatute boob hut if it he notrjccessnrv, we should at once abolish it. Bnt he was opposed J,. fi. for th ennHilann nf thTZll ' SOl 1 1 .1 TV COllIl ! K UK 111 , IOT UK? COUCH SMI Ol 100 CUlprtt thus punished, should be tar more tementable, and ... . irive him his choice he wouM m most instances ciioose ,1 ith The most hardened demon of hell would quake at the idea of solitary eonnweusent, nnd he would rather sutli r the law to remain as it ia than a prinoiple like this should be adopted. The laws of nature demand that nil living beings should have neeessary exercise Our Statute now licenses murder at once: but if solitary confinement be substituted, tourder would take place bv inches. Tiie gentleman had endeavored to make out that our State Prison was a paradise tliat criminals are there congregated to fat- , tssj at the public crib; but such was not the case Tbev are compelled, under the lash, to perform their daily tasks, and were in a far worse condition than the slaves of our i mthern states. He opposed capital punishment, however, for the scenes at' public execu' i.ns were calculated to harden the feelings, and frequently ended in debauchery and dissipation. It is a principle of law that it were better that ninety-nine .mill v nersons should eseane than one innocent ah ....hi mL . . j - - - -- --mm 4 mKhr. O.ir eznerience now teaches us that everv year some innocent person is executed. Who that haa read the trial of the murderers of Col. Davenport, but must be led to believe that two out of three that were executed, were most likely innocent of the crime for which they suffered death. The old maxim was, an eye fbf an eye aud a tooth for a tooth; but a ' better principle was to render good ior evil ; and many persons operated upon in this w ay, win re conscience came in conflict with tie' law, would suffer guilty men to escape. The spirit of the age in which we lived demanded a repeal of this law ; justice demands 1 Christianity demands it, as well as the best inter-c-;!s of our common country. Mr. Julian was opposed to capital punishment altogether; but he would vote mr the bill, if any Of all of the amendments were adopted. He was" not

opposed to a compromise. ihe gentleman from I he who, in the heat ot exciiemeni, an is nia opponent Monroe, he remarked, argues like a man living alto- in S duel. They were both guilty of deliberate mergetber behind tlie times. He arges reasons suited to der. He looked upon every man w ho rights a duel a period some two or three hundred years ago. Pan- las a murderer. He goes to the conflict With murder ishiaeut was not now inflicted to satisfy the vindictive I in his heart. It would be murder, if the Statutes feelings of justice or r renge ; but it is to prevent the1 were altogether silent on the subject. It had been commission of crime. Some had contended that urged, that we should not act, because our tables persons guilty of murder should be put to death; were not groaning with petitions. This he thought that ind -ed hanging was too good for them. This unnecessary, as ue were told by gentlemen from ev-

arss not what we should take under consideration The uuestion was, whether a substitute (-,,uh! not be anplied that would answer as well, if not better. He 'I D I 1 .... I . . ' referred to England, where, on her calendar. 1CKI crimes are punished With death, nnd where a much j greater amount of crime takes place than in our own country. In our country and age laws might be enacted, entirely different from those of other countries and other times. Laws should be enacted in the spirit of the ng a and in consonance with public opu,-l-i - i g mwm ude. !. in "ur country, law was but the exprcs-1 IUI.

sion of the public will. In South Carolina there was still a law making it the duty of persons going to

iiv;iin i :i carrv arms, u.n it is u.-.iu .-uui . i ut ' : ' . . , occasion for that law has long woes; passed sway, Tb Hluo Laws of Connecticut were hut an expression of Pllblic P:,,ion at tho t,,,,c .tT5 mct- A f"w ycars ro a man wa ,.nd c.U'd r Buntef " Wayne county, and acquitted, when every man on the jury would have sent h.m to the penitentiary, uch !s tho;r ri. miction of lus ru.lt ; hut there uns a ban noMibilits of his innocence, and such w.' tncir bborrence oi Ring nnnsan uro iimi uewss . . . .' . , i : e . i . . i fl m "oquittod. It uas tue lore, or pum.c ppmion u.a. ossjmiasj in a degree upon their Bunds, and in nany Instances, under ,t8 infsseoce, jurors would so stretch their oaths as almost to commit perjury, ratneff than sivOS verdict that would take lite. I bange the law t- iii . - and those persons would be convicted. Viewing the question iu this light, the arguments of the gentleman f rom Monroe could not have mueii u '.'r:u. It hau ilwiiiA"i.- . r- " been contended that murderem would be more likely to escape irom our Mate prison man inncra. i nia was not the ease. He had been informed by one conversant with our State prisons that individuals confined for murder were more easily Rtattagsd than many others. It was a principle laid down by the best writers on the subject, that tie certainty rather than the severity of punishment w as the most if etna I remedy against crime. He answered the gentleman from Monroe, in relation to treason in time ef war. That gentlein.in was a Constitutional lawyer and should recollect that war regulates its own la WS. So the gentleman! argument, in this parlictilar, falls to the ground. .Mr. Vandeveer said, there were others much better qualified then himself to discuss this question ; but he had a place here, and he would give a few of the reasons for his votes n the present occasion. It was .. . .i .i la nrinrinal of our nature, on the imnulse of the inoI i i . ' ' : ent, to d.s. re to see the guilty pumslwjJ ; het on 1 reflection our better pr.ucples predominated, I vengeiui jnmi vimi.ci.ve i. . m.gs w.mi (,,,r ( ,,lv n punishmenl then is to Wr ,r,,m f,,r .,,s JJ ls '(,",,ri,,l he agreed with the gentleman from ayne, that war bad it, own laws . So tar as treason is concerned he l ff. red with tlie gentleman from Monroe. He could not agree that it should always he punished with death. Because men might be mistaken in what con--iituu-d tresaon, and cited the case of Dor r to show that II would not always he right to take the Ufo ol - those charged wiui wie crime, lie saaee ine gentle - amn fro01 Monroe that even if the state prison be a I P16, wncr" lwew ,s lwo dollara dar and roast boef' b1 y"l crime to go there' He ! "'ougni " "leim irom siunroe snn nimeen were to be placed there, hut for a single day , Ihey would come - it t . " ponnu iignier, 1 A,r- Henton said, that it was admitted by all, that trie P601 sanctions ol laws grew out cd the necesaitv ot l"!"i,M wImhi, Seneca nyi Ihey are not t hem lit the ast setiesis of nwn, birt the future, lie went in r'r CÄ,i,,,, punishinent. He thought ,t neither mcouisist'i.t witli the improvement of the tintea m.r of Christianity, pe cimtended that punishment slit'uld beanalaguua lo the crime for which punishment . i ..... i ' a- : ' w.is mini h u. hol i ui'- uiiiuc 'nn j. o im oii blood, and tliat pollute. n from blood could not be cleansed, without the hlood of h.m who ahcd it. It had been contended that these ihings had been done :,u:'.v Wl,n unaer 1,18 A nnpensaiion. I Ills lie 1 l I t. ...... .. neneu. Lira p.ojMi i..o-.r.. muo.i um. c hhl let tho law liave its course, that we should not j tk'1 v,,t?ncsj into our own hands that we should bavo mobs. The law, as Paul says is a school- ..... i..: ....... ,..i'i iict I , i ii... m 1 1 w . ....... uninaiacawiuiu um "taliati not that we should suffer ourselves to be urdered without resisUnce. Ii I have done deeds, Pau1' worthy of death, let me die showing conclosely t,,at hw opmion uas that n law oj ibis kind WM lProPer- I aul did not (each this new doctrmf- fonteno thai it is wrong to takeaway lite before the criminal Iiaa an opportunity to repent, This l.te hut a prt.hat.on.ry state, nnd we might as w.dl ask the Almighty to .uiler disease toc.-a.e m order 10 J,,;,!'1 ineidiiels Urne ror repentance. It does not ,;,," 10 rePent M ,,,:,-v bf "püfied in the case of the thief on the cross. ith regard to public opinion, it is generally admitted, that the man who commits cold blooded murder deservt B t.xlie ; it bemg a punishment more commensurate with the crime than anv o ber, and more exemplary in its character. He w. I . i I , inn,, i . i i 1111 I . T llil.V ,1 I f O ,lu, hn , lit .... i i . i.-. i wim iiim.il piiiwuifcJB u o- i-iiLFUv. (MiJ,in' m ro-:inl to lhaJ f" watches bia victim unperceived, and with his steel unhcatned, takes , . I .. . .1 ...I ,:., numsn lue ll is pewum u i.uner, wuuac poor nine children are left destitute in the world, and the very .1. ,1... ,1 I r" DTCan uisen irom men monies in. 11. an ii.uruers ior money. He believed that taking life in such cae wns popular. Yon send the w retch to his lung home. He is removed From society beyond recall, and cannot ,&aM1 have an Omortunity to prey upon it. With - - ,1, v... .1 1 1 r vr in 1 1 iioin. 'Ii t it oimr.. tin. r, oi.l regard to solitary confinement, it injures the mind, and in many instances insanity ensues, when it would be impossible for the individual to repent. It this is not immediately the case the victim of the law most generally procrastinates till Ins mind and energies are destroyed and all repentance is over! He eontended that it would he wrong to take from the labor of the country to support naurdcrcrs. So far as hard labor in the penitentiary is concerned it is not enatnB" " T UM ( r ""l """r'J ter there Can he nothing BO alarming t o the mind of the murderer as the idea of ceasing to he and men have been known to remark, that they would rather ,nvo ,if!v Lash6T,every ! lUa"V"x u ,ira,h- , Mr' McDonald was in lavor of the adoption of the amenomeni. Mr. Julian w ished gentlemen to give nn expression as to how far they would be willing to go in abolishing capital punishment. Mr. Hall of ti ibsori said that he was not w illing, at this tune, to abolish capital punishment altogether. These were cold blooded murders and assassinations that ,M1,t to bp rwstied with death. He did not rise to - l ! EE 11 t,f his opinion as bad been requested by the gentleman ., ' , J & 'rom avi.e. I - ii I .. . v.-1 i.l t int . . r tl.. ni-neiiit ' "' ' 'er" ; ; , hiw, a juiy nnist either punish with denlh or acquit ; tliey must either violate their oath, by convicting of a llSS otfence, or let the criminal go tree. Mr- Portor was ,iko ,l,e Pcn,,'m;,n from 'bson onposed to abolishing capital punishsaent in all cases, lu,t wc,ul(i p,1i,l",rl lhc proposition now under considenüoa forshould a j rimioal be sentenced to death, the Governor would atill have the power, under the Kevised Statutes to commute the punishment. Mr. Cruikshank said, he had concluded not to vote for the amendment, but a half a lo if was better than no bread. He had hoped that this fool blot would have been wiped from our statute book. He could hot see how the bill, if passed, with Ute amendment, I would be mucn more humane than the present law. j Mr. Lowe had not disclosed the whole ground of his opposition. He would now do so. Ho believed there were a few eases where punishment should not be inflicted capitally. With regard to treason audi . duellinir. he would make no exceptions. These enmes should always he pojiished with death. In other canes he would be w illing to leave discretionary power in the jury, either to punish with death or imprisonment for life at bard labor, or hy part solitary confinement and part hard labor in the State prison. He was w illing to any compromise; but he was unwilling to abolish capital punishment altogether. There were lawless spirits in our country who ought to be punished with death. He made the remarks he had this morning, in order to put the friends of the bill on their guard, Mr. I Isboru of Laporte, in answer to the gentleman from .Monroe remarked, that lie could not see bow duelling w;;s worse than cold blooded and premedit lied murd r. He could not make this diiliucti n between the man, who for years pursues his victim and at length plunges Ins dagger in his bosom, and erv nart of the Slate, that the moral sense of tin I country demanded a change. The gentleman from Monroe had used a strange argument in regard to ! the crime of treason. He had supposed another w ar as having taken place w ith Creat Britain, and tioops landing on our Northern borders, and had supposed that there were traitors in our State that would aid the enemy, and bad enquired w ith much earnestness how we would punish them, if this bill should pass ' He anawi red that this would not be treason against Pk i in . the State of Indiana, bul against the United States,

nd would have to be puui-hed in the fed. ral c -urts;

i an d whether we repeal or mofliry me lau, m w .articular, it will make no diner, nee ti.e punisument cannot be inflicted hy the State. All honest and sincere friends of food uuiUJjawl ndsnit, that puniahtnent ought in all ease, to be in proj-ortio,, to tbe otTence. lie would suppose two rases: One, a man following his victim for renin psesnhsj him m the d .rk lanes and alh-vs of life, where oil was gloom and solitude. He attacks him, but, through some mhwhance, fails to amVt his purpose. His victim is only badly injured. What is his punishment! Impriaontnenl in the State prtsow. The other is n man of noble and gen runs feeling?. He is himse.f the vieiim rf ilaedsr irr bmwieVa character, whici is d arer to him than Ins own, M tradu. ed by the t- ngue of calumny and detraction. He too aaarwnes Lis victim, and under a mistaken zeal f r his own or his u .fe's reputation, bakes Dsors deadly aim and kills ti.e slanderer. His minishmeiit must he death the i I other merely forfeits h.s liberty nnd Ins ehnra.ter He asketl gentlemen to pawse and consider the inequality ef the law in this pajtaentar. He would reave discretionary power with the jury, rnd if they failed to do right, an he believed uns recently the case iu Illinois, let the Governor be appealed to. .Men have been SOOjetim CS uivict. d by aSSSJ aasTpWIW, ns he believed was the fact in the cate of the Long. He believed the yoosagsr Long was saeKiwewt ai he piOtCllsd his innocenssj to the last, ami his brother, when the rope broke, and he found himself bt'iml.ng with one foot in et. rnitv, again pretested that he whs innocent. He is now dead. The cold grave en. ls's !i.s hotly, and his spirii is in the other world. He km w, in this Slate, n comity where lour Of fiv hundred jurors arete called, who nil rooecientiously believed it was wrong to punish m ith death. He had almost wished that he bad lived hi that .ommuiutv. Titese, jurors, if not challenged by the State, would be compelled to -it. They nauet bring m n verdi. t. tie punndjunent of which must be death, or the awjal do violence to their oatlia. nnd convict of murder in ihe second degree. Mr. Lowe ."iitended. that there were inctances . u here a State would be author. .-d to ir ' war, and hence there in ght he tre; is..n against the State povernmenl . Mr. See Wright said, that he pe for the purpose of making i few remarks on this pnnjeet. W hat s.r, sn.d Mr. S., does this lull propon ? It proposes to do away capital punishment, nml subti- .. . . . . ... 1 tute mditsry confinement, or perhaps ic.r.i hssse m I the State prison for life One gewtlewtnn tella ns than the preeenl Ian rrwel; that .t is a relic of ane dark iges, and therefore should U ntrieken from t Im statute id the Mate. Another gentleman teil us I that it Is judicial murder, and enlls it all norts of tearrjf names, I ask tliese gentlemen, nnd I ask yen, Mr. Clmirwmn, which is the naost cruel: that which cuts the brittle thread of life m n moment. ..r takes l. f.- hv n slow but certain pro,,-.. Surely solitary confinement ih the meet cruel i f lite two, Sir, the quest ion with me in, nnd should be with j every gentleman who .d.s on tins tpiesimn, which would be the best aafaruard t.. anriet v nnd ti,.- greatI 4 . j . i . i u rmr to eu eoers, ti.ai law mat says To every men, imbrue your bands in the hlood of your fellow and your life shall pay the forfeit, or say" to him you slialibesent to Ue State prison for lies. Everv terI n at all ncpiMititetl with human nature must know. .i . .1 : i c , ., . . .i uiai ine very iura ui oemm is a terror loine most iiardened of the human roe; they are n Irani to meet the king of terrors, and it has a anosl aowmfnl ininence in restraining men from committing horrible i i i i. i , .. , ueeus oi muruer. n uas neen Mumi necessary, in every age of the world, wherever civil society una been formed, to imln t rapitnl punishment in sonic form. Hive the p. ..pie of Indiana become so refined that tliey need not ihis restraining miluence? Surely, Indiana is not so mocfa in advance of the other States of the Unaon. Few of thesa, if any, have abolished capital punmhroent. We have had bill after b.ll for every seeskm of the LessJntsjsj that . has met here tor several years past, and without success; and sir. I hope this bill wJl share the s::me fate, while we have men that will, in cool blood, tuke the life of their fellow men. I believe, sir, that that man who would, in cool blood, plunge the fatal dagger lo the heart of his fellow, or who would appro at h your house under the cover of night and hurry into eternity the inmates. i . . . . t. ill., .til I- i . i ,.. n .... - , ..v I.J I . 1 11 ui iv-uin w 1 wmhmi ist.ouiii ik; hung by the neck until he is dead. And 1 balsiin, ir, I am home out in this by the word of Inspiration :.ir. n . J .1 tuen . wou cuTcnui witii .s.o;in wats, inni ai me band of everv man's brother will I require the life of t .1 i .1 . ,i , . 1, . . man. wnoso Mieuein mans utouu, uy man snail los blood be shed. On w hat, sir, is our judicial law founded ? It is founded upon the moral law ot dod. ami just in proportion as this law ia adhered to, in the same projiort ,,n tin. , i i r I i'i im! 1 5 i . , t it so.i.t, vir lion is the moral condition of society. I, sir, w jll vote against the bill in any shape that will abolish capital punishment. .Mr. Liley had no intention of inflicting a speech open the House; but as he had to vote, he would gie some of tl. reason that indweed his eeewue. lie was in favor of abolishing capital punishment, Connected with indictments for murder there are always mitigating circumstances ; yet the jurors trving w pewmmm tamwvmm nm. um. i, a i lbbuu a coUiction would cu.se a more severe punishment than they were willing to inflict, and consequently many a scoundrel had escaped, because the jurv would not tot1ake local,it;'1 punishment, he referred to the old law u here persons were pun.no. i.u m mn i.m o n i.o i. in: m. mum u ... s to show the truth of human progress. He then asked, w !iy not progress in our system ef jurisprudence ! If the old laws will not answer the purpose intended by them, we should enact others. The gentleman from .Monroe had said that foreigners were coming into the country, and the lower ordere at thane saaght esnamit crime's worthy of death In reply to this, he S5 at th 32" t T S,atC prisons, we w ill lind that comparatively tew foreign- ' - . , r L i h era were j mpr.-mc. our own pnsn inere were iit.Ix- : i v t . i r or n i r - -i , i iim lillliifri.il nml , ..i' . .. ... ""-n-- ,, " ' , - bom citizens, ihe old Scriptures had been referred to, and that passage quoted, which says that he who sie dde h nan I Mood b man shall his blocxl be shed; but this was done away. Another an 1 a better statt: of things had taken place, prophesied by the old Scriptures, He was in favor of solitary confinement at hard labor. Ihe question was taken on Itnkittg out the word "solitary" and decided ua the affirmative, question was taken on adopting the amendment of the gentleman from Hendricks, as amended. snd decided m the affirmative. The committee heu rose and reported the bill and ainendment to the House; which was concurred m. The bill was then ordered to be engrossed, by a vote of ayes To, noes L. Mr. Hazelngg tin n .moved that the rule be dipensd with and the bill be read a third time; which motion prevailed, and the hill was read a third Umc . 0m, , v Ii k snd passed ayes o, aoea 1, Dkeadwi. Ai iukxt. On Friday, the l'Jth inst., the Rev. Dr. Lluo, of the .Methodist E. Church, in charge of the La Grange circuit, came to his death iu the follow ing dreadful manner : He had been absent bar some nays, and had arrived within four miles of home, at Ontario, when it is supposed (for no one saw it.) that he disniiinsUSid to run on foot, the day being cold, and hit. hed the bridle around h.s wrist. When on the top of a hill the beast took fright and dragged him with gnat velocity about thirty rods, striking his head against a tree, against two or three stakes in the fence with such force as to break them, and finally against a wagon wheel in such a manner as to throw the annual. The bridie was instantly cut by the wagoner, but the body was lifeless. No wounds were discovered except upon the head. Dr. Line was about .'H years of age, nnd has left a wife and three children. He was forUM rlv a practising physician nt Leesourg, relin.ju.sl.t tl a half alii a practice about four years sgo, lo engage in tiie service of the Redeemer. He was un.versally respected nnd beloved, w hether ns a physician or a minister ef Gnd. and he is gone to inherit the glorious reward he so ably proffered to the acceptance of others. Fort Wayne TYmer, Dtc. 'SI. Tun Lur.su f.nt's Miasaol seems to have been received with more than usual favor by the press both in favor of and against the administration. The Whig papers speak f it with r. p. ct. and s. me of thtui praise it, especially that part of it in referci.ee to Ore;?rn