Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 56, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1847 — Page 2

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I M MAM 4 POM, IM 4 EWBKM !. ll?. Our Tlf i The following will hereafter be lbs permanent terms uf Ik ll i (pj n iMM SlsfC .V ntinel: (gjrVaxiw nts lo he made sjsmys in advance. Omnw, one vear, A'J.OO Three copies, one mr, 5.00 ITC COSSe, one year, 8 .00 Ten CO pin B, one year, 1".(H Twenty copies, one year. 90.00 iiii-VV"kl y . (Published three tun s a week during tlie session.) One Ctpy, Al.MO I Three copies, SslO.tKJ ( ne copy during tin- MUfjOBj, 1,00 ."Messrs Mkii;:t & (Jkekn are agents at Cincinnati for the Indiana State Sentinel. (fcy-See tirst page Semi-Weekly. Joi lt. PRIMTERS. HSving I eeti disappointed by two whom we had engaged, and a third having died, we can Lrive employment to two more. Those well qualified, and are first on the spot, will be employed. LATLM. Concirkss. Mi. Winthrop of Mass. elected Speaker, on the third ballot, by a majority of one. It is rumored that lion. J. W. Davis of this State, is to be appointed Commissioner to China, in place of A. EL Everett, dee'd. No news from the South worth (riving. The RnHtresasl. We give place to the following communication, that all sides may be heard. We cannot think that the writer really intends to find fault with us; because, on a moments' reflection, his better judgment would forbid it. With a few notes which SOSWest themselves, as we read it, we dismiss it for the present, observing that, as leisure prevails, we have 4,somelhiiig considerable" more to say on the subject. For the Sentinel. For some weeks past, the Sentinel and the Journal have frequently noticed the management of the Railroad. So far as editors think proper to express opinions of the managers of the road, they must pass for what they are wests ; but it seems to me that upm making statements and drawing conclusions, editors should inouirs into facts, h is not den. cd that in trvinn to do the lar:e amount of business unexpectedly öfter es us, ue have met with disappointments. These have been occasioned mostly by the high floods of the last two years. Which have done us ten times more damage tnan all the other accidents put together, For the want of sufficient motive power, cars and tracks, und by attempting to do too much under the circumstances, we have snmet ines toiled, and all our failures, waii many exaggerations, have been chronicled. (1) Our company, which has laid out less than slO.COO a hum on the track it has constructed, and fbf the' SJSOttfi powet and cars to run on it, may not have got Sdnag a- well as en roads that have cust five turn s as much. Hut even on the best roads, as I understand ll, iioth iron and timber sosaetiaiea break. Locomotives usually ccst from 0OU to sl'jnn a year to keep them in repair; and of Ö0U e.irs wheels, it is estimated that 70 break the first year, 1Ö0 the second, ami nearly all the third year. When such things take! place 00 Other roads they must be expe.-p d on ours, where the haaintSS has been such that engines, cars and ich. .is have almost uf necessity been overworked. I W e are doing all we can to remedy these difficulties ; ! but we reals' no more aJbrd to do in a day all the j business that is sometimes fifed, than the Sentinel or Journal can pnhfisll at once all the articles that their various customers ask of them. Since I have been n the road. BOW three years and a half, no passenger has been injured on the trams, not h;is there been any serious accident In engines or cars, except in three htStSJSBeS, In tiie first of them by the breaking of an axle when the freight train was going too fast, three cars were thrown oil, and damage sustained to the amount of 0300. When the Bttginecf understood that be was blamed, he left immediately, and has not since been in our employ. The second accident was the injury to the eng.ne, JuhttsOB, a fewdays ago, Which run on a culvert in the dark, that had been broken down by a tree falling on it. Tms engine has since been repaired at an expense, as .Mr. Thomas ti:e machinist states, of 0100. in this case no blame was imputed, for after the engine was reversed and the breaks applied, the wheels slid more than a hundred yards. ('A) At least seven-eighths of the matters stated in the Journal in reference to this accident, are untrue. The last accident was the collision of two engines in the Vcrw n Cat on Thur.-dav last. In thts case I am not weil informed as to particulars ; but I suppose some blame should be attached to both engineers. One of them if now m fault, has never before been blamed by any one during five years' service. (4; The damage is estimated at 0500 by the best judge of these matters that 1 have s-en. As to the carry hour of starting winch the Sentinel speaks Of so harshly, it w as adopted because the business on the Madison i'lam could not otherwise be done this year, and because it is desirable to have the pnsenger trains ahead of the freight trains Brbmever it is possible. There are other good reasons, but these must answer at present. The time will soon come I hope, when the editors of the Sentinel will not be required to rise so early in order to take passage on the cars. (5) 1 was not present at the location of the depot, r-nd in other director, as far as I know, had any nietest m the present site. I had previously urged its location in Pennsylvania street, where it is crossed by Marv- I land street, but this location, as 1 understand, was prevented by the City council. I have SO choice, whether the Sentinel will publish this article, or take some other course to correct the errrors into w hich it has fallen. S. MERRILL, President. K. K. Qfsee, Iec. ö, 1-1-. (1) The editors of the Sentinel must plead "not guilty" to the charge of "exaggeration." The fact is, no one connected with the road Las ever taken sufficient interest in it, to see that such matters .ve're correctly reported to the Press. As items of news and information, we have published these things ; and almost always greatly modified from the reports bj they readied us. Even the kmnme matters of the road, so necessary for the public and so essential to itself, as showing its value and advantages, and tending to gain it credit, have not been regularly furnished us, although paid for by us. This, with what the BVeswal directors isMMSv Of ought to know, shows that we are the friends of the road ; and if we occasionally show what may be considered errors or abuses, the pel K Will also ftsjSSJ the same. (tl) He ought not to have been sutTered to remain that long, nor should he have been allowed the privilege of leaving." lie should have been kicked out. The only CXCUSS he could have rendered might have Saved his credit, viz: That no tystnn had been adopted, and he had none to follow. This ftfgj sjf hops sutfie.eut. Ii; In this case, no blame, we bei. eve, has been attached to any one; at least, not by us. (4) Iioth art to blame; and if they have any orders under any system, should be discharged forthwith. Toe damage mav be small : but such accidents, by incompetent agents, (from any cause) would more than counterbalance the difference, in wages between experienced and competent men, in the course of a year. (J) Now, friend Merrill, we like your good humor. Indeed, we do ! The joke is rich, "to a great extent in this community," and we doubt not, wilJ be so considered by not a few if our Madison friends ! If it ia intended as "real earnest," we must take occa6iou to refer you to "a few individuals," who can't be

jttrsuadtU that the "Old Rooster" tor sleeps ! Nay, it "has been said" that he is ubiquitous! Hut "enough said," till we get a chance to give tie pmssengen jessc for their carelessnesi and d.sregard of rules of orders.

As to the general inferential plea that the road is as prell manag d as Ubers, we will only say that we went it better managed. And that can be dune we know. I. vier. We regret to learn that the detention of the cars on yesterday, Wednesday, was caused by an axle-tree of one of the passenger cars of the down ward train heimr hr.iLi-n It wis nt first riiuinreil that several Ims had been lost ; but on inquiry t wo . .. 1 Run iiitii fmn i in nnirwo. nir imoriiinuop cornes from a drover, vh walked back to this city. We aOjpe it ma all prove untrue. Correspondence of the Indiana State Sentinel. WasRinoTon, Dec. I, 1-317. Air. Clayl speech, folly reported and prepared for the pr'.ss by himself, has been the almost exclusive subject of remark, for the last week, in Washington. It will be ad pted by the politicians and editors of his party, throughout the country, with very few exceptions. Lord Morpeth remarked, immediately upon the repeal t)f the English corn laws, that he should always have a respect for a rotten potatoe; because it iiad etruck the shackles of protection front the toil and i i & i i i r . labor of an empire. Although 1 am not in the habit ' a ' of borrowing either ideas or expressions from an advocate of a Monarchical government, yet I cannot re1S1 the remark that, a similar feelini? prevails with me, for the great embodiment of whig principles: ho never makes a political speech, the perusal of which does not confirm me, more and more, in the prineipies of democracy, and increase my opposition to his principles of federalism. Some editors and ethers seem astonished that, such S great statesman and experienced politician as .Mr. Ai. ij . . I a,' clmn .1 ........... l.r. .1 l . I J ow .American peopie, ine open and avowed advocate of the public enemy of Iiis countrv: and, as a 'round for their astonishment appeal to the speeches he made, and the course he pursued in Congress, upon the nssjStion of the lute war with Great Britain, in 1812; and ask how he can be BO inconsistent with that former course, and the speeches he there made, in many of which be pronounced the very expressions he now adopts, to be, in others, who then uttered them, morn! treeUCM. Such men may, perhaps, find some aid in the solution of the problem, by bearing m mind the old "app from Phi lip imnk to Philip sooer;" or the marked I At Z ",enrheU I between Mr. I lay a whtgl and Air. Clay a I a vv -s uilterenee 1 . - m tt . r n ! f ,i t 1 nit. nii.i..,.t.. ..4 IT i I iiri ...i iiMiumj o! nenry ,mj j ,V jiC has nothing else in his character ; unless I except his very consistent and smtTorti desire to ha PrbbmW nf tl... fnitmi Air. . the United .Mates. Who, conversant with the DOi.,-.,... 1 - v. litieil In ctrr nf 1. 1.1 n,. ........ uini..ij ui ma ' . 1 1 v . can see any greater ineuBstsfency m Mr. ( lay's friendship f.r his country in 1813, when he was a d mocrat, and his enmity for her HOW, when he is a whig, than he can see in that politician's course upon the Hank nsjsstiuu ! He tht n pronounced such an establishment unconstitutional and inexpedient: be now pronounce the same con cern both eonstitutioMlsDdhiirh.lv exnedient Km was Hum a democrat: he is now a whig 5 and to this o y I - tsanss must be referred the difference, and explained the mystery. While I place great confidence in the sober second thought of the people as s bmbb, I am precisely the reverse with individuals: with the latter, I think the very first impulse of the heart, is the honest one : subsequent opinions can be made up with an admixture of craftiness. What was the first impulse of Mr. Clay's heart, upon hearing of the invasion of our soil, and the murder of our citizens by the Mexicans! That expression is en record, and he cannot rub it out, nor make the honest people of the countrv forgel it. lie wished, old as he was, that he could find some corner even, in this war, where he might vtkiÜ a MexicsmJ" He made this remark in a speech that he delivered at New Orleans, at a public dinner ; and, admitting that, prior to his taking the floor, the STtnc may have passed round rather oftener than it would have done at a itWJfersmot meeting; still, reader, do you believe that he was a little too much M stowed by the head H to know what he was about ! Do you believe that he was not rational when he made that remark ? Do you believe he then, npefl the first honest impulse of his heart, before he had time to work out the sum upon the principles of loss erndgain, believed this war to be just on the part of Mexico, end unjust on our part, as he said, more than a year after, at Lexington, in S Speech intended for nothing On earth, but to get the votes of the abolitionists a't the next presidential election! So far from being astonished, that Henry ("lay is opposed to this war, and declares it unconstitutional, unjust, unholy, and wicked on our part; so far from be.ng astonished, that he pronounces it a war on our part of rapacity, rapine, conquest and aggrandizement, and one that was brought on by out ternmeat instead of Mexi o; 1 am not at all Utonished. that the whig party (i. e. its leaders, editors, and politician) entertain the same view. Men, whose souls are entirely wrapped up in the acquisition of money, offices, or both, are not in favor of war, under any circumstances whatever. They would be t if none of the new offices created thereby, were tfghttng otfi OSS, 1 have often been told here, by Whigs, that, if Henry ( lay had been elected President in 1844, instead of .Mr. Polk, we should have had no war with Mexico. In this, I believe they are right ; and I nave always conceded the point. If Mr. C. had been ohw.t.wl I I,.,. a. ...i. i... i v.ivv..u, i imtTj inj uouul uui ne would ha VP nrf ii a in-1 edzed to Mexico thatnnr a- i . ' "l'"- '"lueu a verv hen lous crime when they received, without her COUsent, one of the independent powert of the earth into our Union, He would have yielded to all her demands, even to the retrocession of Texas: and pray, what nation could af, upon such terms, preserve eaes With her neighbors, and avert the horrors of war! Out revolutionary patriots, who fought and bled and ausfcred, for eight long years, to achieve our independence, might, upon sees principles, have saved their lives, their money, UMd their property; and the same remark applies to our difficulties with Great Pritain, that resulted in the war of 1812. Surrender all your right-, and von will never have a difficulty with any one; but I cannot ,,.u. u for the life of nie, a very BBSnjf way of avoiding difficulties. If I had the faculty of being sarcastic, or had a relish for it, I would devote a few lines to the sjtffu of Mr. Clay's speech ; but he has admirers that will attend to that, without Sty poor aid; and I accordingly pass the privilege over to them, with a full assurance, that it will not be neglected. I think, in fact, it is their duty to eulogize pteus treason. c nr. k. P. S. I am under many obligations to v.... f.. ii. - ' - 11 7111(1 II. correct paragraph, of the -,'lth mst. My humble productions are a free will offering upon the altar of democracy; and the sen I intents fiprssntd M them, are made up after carefully and attentively reading and hearin.r all sides of a UUesliou; ami, w hen made wm thev r." ' 1 Zr I Ptm. , .. o ui-uom-tilnre. nroven therns. u.. r.w ,,,.,,,.-.. ..it ... , , .....v .T(o.ujcuWea8 myseh. G. W. K.

Correspondence vf the Indiana Slate Sentinel. Letter from Mexico. I'ur.nLA, Nov. 1st, 1 - IT. Dear Sirs : As we have a short space of rest, after our long and tiresome OMKO from Vrera ClUI here, if

roM it may Im? called, that is broken by call to scout nur narties. iicket-auard natmla mi i ,ii i f " T I aa. J I a . v , -v. w ' ' ' ' ' ' ' I . . ' J ( redeem my promise of writing to you, at Ike earliest opportunity. We have been here more than Iwo

weeks, a longer time than the regiment lias erer I convened, elected John u. rerguson nrinbeen stationed at any place, except at the camp of'01'"' Secretary, P. E. Robinson Assistant Secretary, instruction near Mier; famous as i see the tetter I tVilliMi 5Touea Sergeant-at-Arms, and Win. HawWrttetB claim it to be for its wonderful Sulphur tl,om Doorkeeper, and were now ready for legislaapriugs, equal in their qualities, to Ponce de Leon's llVt' "UM1K"ij' h l,ow liken up. Florida fountain of life, ita oretlv wimm. itm m.i Theayas and noes beim demanded, were called,

ittle; and as the residence of (W jack Everett, Who founded the town of Everettvilh- at t- head of the navigation ot the Klo ti runde. Tb trtlth IS, the water was humbug, and renovated the healtfa of no Btan, who sunk under the fatigues of BBfera dril!inr six bonri a day, in a climate and a countrv where the midday breeze burnt, instead nf cooling, where it touched; and the parched toil roiled tin m cluuds of ill. MM . m -. ' BBnd and dut. The beautv of ita wo,, ..vor .i.,,.. on my eyes, or I B7BS Wlifullv blind and coilld see i will, uviiu , w i i . i v. M BVVMIU VJttCKi Vt?fJ rirS, instead of tall and stately Bpsnian. haaoties. Everett vilie may exist on paper, piongh if it did exist in reality, what product; the Bio Grande could bear from the head of its nuvigatioo, save a few hides of starved cattle, unless there were a market for that oroat stable M ater-melons h-low, I do nut. from tuv m. 1)11 I' alllfllt I'll ll'-ll lllll'-lll Ii .L- : .... 1.1.. I I - 1 pprience uf the Country, se j only thing that is worth mentioning in Mier, ; t!,)r'M l vv iilro t,,c' as few but they can. lhey uhow von the street, ivhera ti.ev came ,. .,, ,, ., t. ' up, running into plaza at the head ol which tue Mexican cannon was poste4, and from which the ! rit!e drove their troops, after murderous slaughter, to s"t,ltor and to the use ot the lariat to i'rive hack their pieces, they point out the house the Texan first entered, at the edge of the tOWOj the wav tiiev j worked up to the plaza, from bouse to house, on the roof, and through the walls: y,,u can see the doors ..lit ll'llll I . II -1IV.I ll... ..1...... . ...1 .1 II hu nunc., auu int.- piaves wnen? me .Mexican dead lay piled in heaps. Tins alone, and its perfect stillness and air of dead life, distinguish Mier, and save it from the curses heaped on its next friend antargo, s tow n that no man who ever psiuxtl through o ' " ' " i fii-uu i in on'; I . . 1. . , . does not recollect a the dustiest and dirtiest of a I places it was ever his lot to he placed in. There ig I1" l"-Jmico against ii,e country m all this. The tinner Rio Grranda im i hmu NymtM Ik. II ('. vuuillljl, ilUJi'lWl l, around and below Mstamofas SDnears to run Ihranah DOttom land, as fertile and as tvids as any the States can boast of. The Rio Grande is not however, ihe great plain of old Cholnla, embracing the ground occupied by the Choluhinsand the Hascahins, the lasl old allies of Certes; in Hie centre of which, stands ruebla de los Angeloa, where we now see a city, that for churches, priests, Süd eartuein-ware cannot be squalled. It is laid off in regular squares like ii i . i - i . . I i . . - - 1 T aml Pved' ,b wk ßf god. ,l0 hoUst.s large and line, ami the apparent inhab.- ; tBBtS Indiana, half-breeds and Spaniards. Bv lar the . . ' - 4 I . a must numerous seem to be the Indians, many of wbm half clad, dirty, end miserable, infest the ' -v'r,vts. "d more, trot round like beasts of burden. , ... t . EmvTTyiu)f on meir DBCK8 heavy loads, ureeiseiv as thev .1,1.,.. il... I. i. n r 1 , , did when the Indian Cacioue urmshed them to Cortes, to carry his baggage, the only then know n laboring animals of ihe country. They divide the transportation of wood, vegetables, and water, with tl 6 jacks, and out travel thai slaw mnviner ßllnu In. borer With ease, And this they do for nav, merely nominal too, and when unloaded and trotting along, iney come io a small image enclosed ,u glass, of our l lli." .ll' fill. .-..I...V.1 .n . .1 .1 . I ' 1 ra m uiu iciiieuies, Uii'V stride Uu'ir ! 'I'l'lieri US Oil tne hosrd she stands on, by down their hard earned . ...I IV mm ' . . "-.per, auu are ou. l ney are the producing ClSSf ol Mexico, cultivate her tie-Ids, work m her fur manufactories, and do all the work that is done in Uns lazv countrv. The other two classes seem to fill the shops and work at trades, or loo nroud to v. or... live ns mmhIa. men of leisure upon a,r. heat, soup, and tortillas, which lhey can do at a cost of I it reu or four cents a day. No man can tell the truth of the cbttfcbes with -Monasteries and .Nuiiner.es attached to them, and be believed. We are .41 to think that Indianapolis was a c.ty of churches; but it is nothing, ihe merest nothing, in comparison with Poebla. Out regiment is quartered in a portion of the Monastery attached to the church of San Auirustin: and frees the flal roof of the church, you can see church after church mw m -mjrwm hi i i i i - i lilluig the city and Ihe countrv around with their tall spires and domes. Nor are they of ihe small Protestant pattern of church, but vast and h aw rule of masonrv and stone, covenn-r with their ntt.n-l.i.il buildings naif squares, looking like the work of ages long gone by, rather than the creations of lbs people of this new continent. The Cathedral here OCCUOVing one whole side of the mam plaza, is the second largest chinch in America. The Cathedral in Hexi-

CO being t he largest. Santa Ttiera another, has the i Miller received 11 votes. interior of its large chapel, one mass of gilding from McKinney -'7 floor to roof; pillar and dome and railing, are all Coats 1 covered with this material, and are, where it gives Blank :i plsee to an image of our Saviour, or the Virgin, or s I Mr. McKinney having receiv ed a majority of all picture representing different part of the histories of the votes given was declared duly elected, and sworn the Saints. into office by Judge Horden. The gallery of our church San Augustin, is orna- t -Mr. Hamrick offered the following resolution: mented with Isrge paintings, covering the wiiole I Resolved, That the atanding rules in force for the w ail, and the soldiers can look opon the whole list I government of the Senate during the last session be ol Saints and Martyrs and their histories; upon Car- adopted for its government during the present session, dinabj and Bishops, without number all the work of Mr. Walpole oflered an amendment to the resolupioos members ol the order, painted in many instan-1 tioo, referrmg the resolution and rules lo a commitces, with a good deal of skill ; they do look 1 am aficid tee; which was consented to by the Senate, unmoved, and notice them as little, as they do the j Mr. Walpole moved that the Senate proceed to the

snaveu a no cow led monks that move round smonirst them, relieving the warlike looks of Uncle Sam's hi ne uniform and moustached soldiers, with the peaceful i;'ns ot white and black robes ami shnveu heads ami An acquaintance, I priest, told me, if i did i .... not misunderstand him, and 1 asked him twice, not believing his statement, bow many churches ami chapels there were in and around the city, that there were at least one hundred. .Many of whose revenues are immense, and to keep up the number of priests, The great Pla.a at almost any hour of the day, if you look on it, would prove to you that Puebla de- j serves its earthen-ware reputation, for there it has of all shapes, sizes, and qualities for sale, from red gla.e up to line crockery; each heap presided over l!-v SOtnu old Indian woman, w hose face is a pattern erockery. Our climate here is fine; our onlv comnlaint enn i ii. " . 1 be, that it is too cold in the ii.ghts ; the middle of the Uav is like votir Uctolier. ,.e ramv .. I,,.;,,,, J - j " H I over, we are not troubled with ram, nor with dust, Pvcd Streets sflbrding none. f must cut short this note, as the train starts verv early in the ujorning. and it is now unite 1st. Ihe young men Irum Indiananolis in the .Marion - i Infantry, are all well, excepting Andrew Wells, w ho goes hoeae discharged J those from the country, who landed w ith us at Vera Cruz, are all here, and are well, but tired with their lonr march. Young lirady and the young men from his neighborhood, are in good health and spirits. Lieut. Pillbean from your place has proved himself an active nd efficient ollicer; eotn be and L.ieut. Lewis Combs, as well aa all the company, behaved with great credit at tiie batik or HuasBBtttta, a detailed official account of which, a I - I i r . 17"" "T1 ,Kue wu" you "' ore 1,1 7 . I , , . , , . , . , , ; , . . is supposed they would meet the ene my, w hich w as often in the course of the inarch, thev marched the (pucker for the news; and when drawn : dp in line of battle, they were impatient for the at tack. At this place they ruhex! at the town in a perfect race, though expecting a desperate defence: and ::t may well be proud of the maimer in which BVajry sol dier but one of that company has borne himself durgle member of the company been charged with outrage, or a theft, since they have been in ser an VIC''. We do not know our destination as vet. ! J'P ' Vera .Tu,. UopiBf ,at Jntu.uo , , '"r' u,,u J ,l,av ue so ioriunate as to ret it re . ... J ftv-t' 1 1 lKmain yours, with respect. j EDW. LANDEK. j

Indiana legislature.

' REPORTED FOR Tilt: INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. SENATE. . 1 UKSDAY. December t. 147. T i "r Walpole moved that the resolution ottered by I His on yesterday, informing the House that toe a..d the motion was lostyes 2 noes 31 Mr. Llhs moved tor u call ol the beaate, n JKlll which the ayes and DOei were il- inanded, and being called, the motion was lost ae 1, noes 111. Mr. Walpole moved that the mam question be DOW lM,t ul,on tllH adoption of the resolution otVeied by .Mr. onveaterday. i00y noved to adjourn, and the ayes and i k....... .... i ..... l..cl .it i 1 '),s being called, the motion was lose ayei 21, .i ihe motion of Mr. Walpole was taken up, and the ayes and noes being deutaoded and called, the motion was carried aves 26, noes 23. Mr. Henry moved to reconsider the vote. Mr. Walpole rose lo B point of order, and con-: tended that when the Senate had decided that the pre- j vious question shall be put, no motion for reconsideration could be entertained. Mr. Henry replied that it waaa right every mem-: ber had, w hen he had voted in the affirmative, to ask for a reconsideration of that vote. Mr. Handy sustained .Mr. Henry in some remarks. The Chair decided the motion m order. The ayes and noes being demanded on the motion j of Air. Henry, the motion was 1 st ayes 24, noes 25. ; The question being up in the adoption of the resolotion, the aves and noes beins demanded were called, and the resolution was not adopted ayes 22, noes 28. Mr. Htmrtck moved that the Senate proceed to the e,ectlun ol a 1 Mncipal tMcretary. I ötesran moved lor a call ol the Senate, and i ve a,", no,s boi"n taeo t,lC motion w as lost aves 23, noea 26. The motion of Mr. Hamrick was then taken up, and carried. Mr. Davis announced the name of John D. Periru- ! son as a candidate. , . -vlr rBh announced the name ol A. S. Stevens i I as a candidate. The Senate proceeded to vote for Principal Secretarv. Messrs. Handy and Hamrick acting as tellers. The lollowinff is the result of the ball ot ill ITS :

Istbal. 2d Sd 4th 5th 6th 7th Ferguson, 24 23 23 22 Stevens, IS lo 111 2 7 Briggs, -J 2 :i 6 f 1 Jones, (5 11 1 17 US (i Test, 1 1 17 20 25 Tingley, 2 " 10 Blank, J :) 1 1 . :t At the close of the fourth ballot the names of

"-r y. BUnk' t i I Messrs. Ferguson and Stevens were withdrawn. On the seventh balloting Mr. C. H. Test having O SB received a majority of all the votes given WBS derneioi it fi ""''w - elned dole eleeted I C,J!' u uui ' ,tU' d 1 'rincipal Secretary of the Senate, and was sworn into office by Judge Elliott. Mr. Orth moved lo go into the election of an As- , sist nt Secretary. Taken by consent. The nasses of P. B. Robinson, Francis Emaserson, mw - Hanaa were announced as rav? L'pou a balloting being had. Robinson received 'J. votes. - 0 . 1 - 1 --- - 10 . 1 - 1 - 1 Selms u Hanna -Lytle -Emmerson Roberts p,.,,vMS ',':,nK Mr. Robinson having received ?i majority i f all the votes given was declared duly elected, and was sworn into office by Judge Elliott. .Mr. Reed moved thai the Senate go into the election of a Doorkeeper, which w as carried. Messrs. Hawthorn and Miller were announced as candidates. The result of the different ballotiugs was as follows : 1st bat. 21 i

.r)th 12 21 10 5 .Miller, 1") 21 10 . . K0 McKinney, Dalmer u,tuljlMink The Senate adjourned. A FT F K NOON' ESBTOg, Ine Senats met, and proceeded to the sixth ballotins for Doorkeener. w ith the fullowins- result election ol a Serges nt-at-Arms. The ayes and noes being demanded, were called, and tue motion was lost ayes 21, noes 28. A message was received front Ihe House informing the Senate that the House had convened, elected tin ir officers, and were now ready for legislative business. A communication was received from the Governor announcing that James M. Sleeth was authorized to make executive communications to the Senate durin"" the pre-ent session. .Mr. ll-nry ottered a resolution to inform the House, that the Senate had elected their officers, and were ready fr legislative business; adopted, A communication was received from the Governor. containing a bill passed during the last session of the Senate, entitled an act Jo amend the general provi sions restricting wills snd testaments, With his objec- j sions restricting wills and testa m turns to the approval of the same. A communication was received from the Governor t containing t hill passed during the last session of the1 Senate, entitled an aet nravidinir for Ihe nublieation r 'S I o certain law s therein named, with his objections to the approval of the same. .Mr. Murphy oflered S resolution giving to reporters of papers the priv ilege of a seat within the bar of tiie Senate: adopted Mr. Berry oflered S resolution authorizing the doorkeeper to furnish from tin.' Sate Library copies of certain laws for the use of the Senate during its pre ent session ; adopted. .Mr. Holloway Ottered a resolution authorizing the doorkeeper to furnish a copy of ihe Indiana State' Journal and Sentinel to each member during the session. Adopted. Tiie Senate adjourned. HOL'SE UF REPRESENTATIVES. DecxuBEB 7, 1 17.

3d 4th 16 rj ;i -Ji :i 1 ll 1

The House met, nnd on motion proceeded In the election of Doorkeeper, which resulted as follows: 1st bal. 2d 3d 4th 5th Lewis, 12 0 8 Tufts, 21 29 34 4(i 78 Anderson, 1 8 24 43 1 Spiller, 11 1(1 l 1 4 Adkisson, 11 12 3 8 I llman, 8 4 10 Miller, ti Hanna. 1 1 DoggeU, " 6 2 2 " Clack, 1 Child, 1 Bolt, : S 1 l .Mr. Lewis was withdrawn after the third baloting, and Mr. Anderson afler the fourth. .Mr. Tufts was elected Doorkeeper. Ofl motion, it was resolved that the Senate be in-

OttSe w as organized and ready to ! pr.lVr ll. rboru then moved that the Doorthe Sentinel and Journal for three copies each of their respective papers for each member uf tiie House during the present session, at the expense of Ihe j

State; and that the postmaster at Indianapolis be m-

structed to mark each paper pre-paid .Mr. .Meredith moved lo strike not that portion of I resolution relative to prepaysaent. (in mi it i it. ik it; !i .i . ti un motion, the resolution was laid on the table. si ... , , " " . . a1 Ule Mv. .Miller then moved that the Doorkeeper be in Structed to contract With the editors of the Sentinel and Journal for one copy of thetf tn-weekly pacrs. Laid on the table. On motion of .Mr. Neal, the Doorkeeper was instructed to furnish ach nranber uf the House with ; copy of the rules of the last Bessiou. On motion of .Mr. Morrison, Uje Doorkeeper was Instructed to furnish a copy of the revised statutes to each member. Mr. Dunham moved that a committee be appointed to art with a similar CUOBSsittee on the part of the Senate to invile the Ret. Mr. Holliday to open the present session of me Legislature with Mayer. On motion it was laid on the table for the present, IS the Senats had not yet organised. The Speaker then laid bet' ire the IIoum.- a communication fruin the Governor, informing Ihe House that he had appointed Mr. Sleeth his Private Secretary. The lIoue adjourned. AKTF.KNOON SBBSkMC. A resolution was offered by Mr. MeConnell to proceed to the election of Sergeant-et-Aruts. Laid on the table. By Mr. McDonald, that the Doorkeeper act as Sergeant-at.Ar.ns. Adapted. Bv Mr. Harvey, that tie rules of last session be adopted by the present session. Adopted. .Mr. Meredith moved to take from the table a resolution relative to the taking by the members of the Hons,, live copies of the Sentinel and Journal for eacli member, and tint the Postmaster mark the same pre paid, tarried. Mr. Little moved to mend by striking out that portion relative to the pre-pavmeut of Ihe postage. OT l.'llli- r'n.'i rli.,1 tli.it I... lli.iiinlit it mmmiM and called for by the people to take this means of pro- j curing information. It is known that since the time! re.nhmr l.,.,,,,.,! H ik.t there never was known such B tiiirst for knowledge mm II 111 lll'( Jl U1 t "It1 llllt , BT st S and information by the people of the present time . - . -"t-'il . . tlH" I . i l SSV IMfl lit linoupon all the great questions of the day. It was paying from one pocket to another, and the people would sanction all measures of this astute. vir ..r l.ii i . . c ; ivir. Jleredith had no intention ol voting asainst I ttm rMiilnh, r .i. i .i it! was only the pre-p. vment of the postage be objected to. The individual to w hom the nanef is sent would iv. -iiue-ii -' il 17 11.1 Iii iV Iii I i 111!' O.l l l . j i ....... . , on ili lunill- "i iiii 'iii vi. f ii have but one cent postage to pay. Let him pay it, and not charge the postage of ait papers sent to the State. If pre-paid, the postage would lie three cents, while if paid by the person lo whom it is sent, he would pay but one cent. Mr. Lane remarked that the law was such that "regular subscribers should pay ens cent, but all others were to be pre-paid, or it was a fraud upon the law. .Mr. -Meredith said that the c BStfUCtion of the law

WBS SS he himself had Stated. Thatif the postmaster """Al ue.ore u.e worn -assistant, carried, and here was b little nice on this subject, be might pro- UK.ot uas bably be forced by public ..pinion' 11. the matter, and When a BSOtlOU w as adopted inviting the Senate an appeal could beavade to ihe ftftrtiuaster General. ' ,nt" , ' !" umV.xm tli; He was informed that kgisUtire bodies were excepted ? ,,ri,v,'r, -v u,e Mr' H ,!,"!ain (,,, j in Alter the Senate hud returned into ihoif ehauiber, Mr. Little remarked that the individual to whom I1-; ll;irla '"d to take from the table a resolution the paper is senl would have but the one cent to pay. ld ,,rrC 0000 V. sterday, relal.ve to the election of He thought the State had debts enough to settle. ' La;nl "'deilt and 1 ru,tee ; lost. The aim udment was adopted. nü PT Witk" " I 'f -Margaret Mr. .Neal then moved lo indefinitely postpone Iba u ff6 Brfd u'lu 's the whole matter. Not carried Bye 16, noes -K . Mr-Terr7 resolution to go into the elecThe question was then taken upon the passage of ,lon " WSWUteodeBtt of the New .il.anyand Viuthe resolution. Not carriedayes 45, noes 19. CLM,,,C8 h,rnfHfct r;r;,, : .Ia'd f" Hm btste, Mr. Kinney then oSered a joint resolution instruct- . . - Petitums presented. ing our representatives and senators in Congress to y Mr. rerry, for the sale of school lands; referusc ti.e.r influence in the passsge of s law reducing to sHrvt co5,t' M , the poslag on all papers to the same as those BSsH , rrry. u McDonald and others, to from the publisher's office; referred to a select com- '' the procceu.ngs of a certain State road; remittee consisting of -Messrs. Kiunev, Harlan, and cr I ' a f ' "ol Cl,m,,,'UecHaniilton. V 1 ' ' oJ c,r,a," citizens of Miami county.

( hi motion of "Ir. Dunham, it was resolved that the reporters fbf the several papers of the citv be allowed Beats within the bar of the House. ' Mr. Kinney ottered a resolution giving the use of the Hall of Representsttves to the committee on edocation during the evenings of their session while in tins city. Adopted. A tnevsage was received flUSI the Senate informing the House that the Senate had organised, elected udiCers, and were ready to proceed to the regular businSBS of the session " A resolution was then taken from the table BO - pointing a committee to act in conjunction with one on the part of the Senate to invite Ihe Rev. .Mr. Hoilidsytoopen the present session of the Legislature with prayer, to-morrow morning, at half-past ten o'clock. Adopted A committee was also appointed to inform his excellency the Governor that the IWU Houses were organised and ready to proceed to the regular business of the Legislature. The resolution relative to taking one copy each of the Sentinel and Journal for each member of the House, was taken from the table. .Mr. Little moved to insert Ihres copies instead of one. Carried. Mr. Cookerly then moved lo add "at the expense of each member." Not carried. Mr. Gooding then moved to indefinitely postpone the resolution. Not earned ayes ."), noes 50. Mr. Harlan then offered to amend by striking out from the word resolved and inserting " that each member contract with the several editors as to the amount of subscription and postage, and that the expense of the sattle be paid out of the State treasury." Not carried. .Mr. Little moved that the resolution be so amended as to read, "that each member contract with the1 respective editors for three copies for each member." Ad ited. The resolution was further amended by adding, also otliccrs of Ihe House," after the word 'members." The resolution with the several amendments was 1 not adopted ayes lt. noes 411. .Mr. Harlan then Ottered a resolution giving the doorkeeper authority to employ three assistants. Amended bv striking out three and inserting two ; and adopted as amended. The House adjourned. SENATE. V bob bsd a v Btoasrse, Dec. rf, 147. Senate met. A messofe arss received from the Hoass, informing lbs Iii I . .j Senats that the House had, bv resolutions, appointed a cosaaaittaa oa bebalf of tbs Houas, Is act with a sumhtr committee ou the not af the Benate, So request the Rev. Mr. Hollidav to attend at the Hail uf Rpresent iti ves on to-day, at ll) o'clock, to open the present session of the General Assennblv with prayer; and renuesting the Ben . r im hi ,n T-j by consent; and Messrs .Miller and Davis were appointed a counn.ttee to act on the part af the Senate. A message was received bun the House, informing the Senate ttiat the Honaa bad naaaed a resolution appuiStins ita to reciprocate ihe reaolutioa; srhicB was reriprocated passen a resolution appointini' a coiumittee on behalf nf the House to at with a committee OB the pail of the Senate, to wait upon his exeellency the uoveruor, BBd inform bun that the tienerai As SMDibly are now ready to teceive any eniBMuiestioB ...i.:.. i." i i. i ...i i... . r..in. um ... pmnii in mnnr . nuiiii as lei ipiu- i ruled by consent; ind Messrs. Walpole and MeCarty were appointed a committee on behalt 'of the Senate. i it i. -i 1 Air. Houghton moved to reconsider the vote on th re- j POlatioa passed yesterday IB ref:.rd lofurniühing the membersol the Senate with copies ot the Mate Sentinel and . Journal ; and ihe motion was lost. Mr. Berry ottered the following lesolotion: jfrsssfa, that the standing rules in force for ihe govern - merit of the Senate at its last isaBSSU be adopted until ssodified by action of the Senats. .Mr. W .dnole moved to amend no that a majority might suspend at any tune the operation of the rules ; the amendment was lost, and the original resolution adopted by consent. The committee appointed lo wait upon .Mr. Holliday reported that they had performed their duly and that .Mr Holliday bad consented to open ihe present SSSSSSU With prayer. A bill wan presented bv .Mr Read authorizing the voters of this Slate to vote tor or BSaiBSt a convention, (or a revision of the constitution ; which was read the first tunc, and ordered to a second reading. A petition was presented bv .Mr. Davit from Marv Kussell, praying for a divorce ; which was referred to a select commitUMConaiatillg of .Messrs. Davis, Henry. lborn, and Conner .Mr. RoainsOB presented a petition from citizens of Sh -l-by and Decatur routines, prav ing for a i b.inge in the division lines between said counties; which was, by consent referred to a select committee of live. Senatort. A communication was received from Ihe Auditor of State, in relation to the stock held by the BtSSS IB the Madison and Indianapolis tailroad ; with some recommendations. .Mr. .Milh r moved to lay the communication on the tabb ; earned. .Mr. Davis, from the select committee, to whom wasre-

fernd th- petition of .Maiv Kiiss 11 of Itoon county, rt

I ported a bill lor her divorce from her husband, and recm-"-"g p-" ; aal for the first time. ",;"'.: debate, the .ye, being '"JJ " IM indefinite postponement o the bill, were caiu.u, i , 1 A u and the moiiori vv i-earned. Ave JO. . --t -4A im- .ige w;is it ceived from the I Inline, informing lbs Bauet ihiit the joint rules lor the government M BS eral Assembly at the last msioii were adopted, l' r- " lution, for UBS presput av.iun ; and the Senate concurred therein by consent. The Senate adjourned. BVSWBUUUU BBSSBSSU vVausasuav, Dec. &, ISaT. Sennle met. Mr Iteed offered the following resolution : lltsolrrd, that John K Jone, late secretary of the Senate, be allowed th usiml mi in uf thirty dollar for att.-nd-ing upon this body for the purpose of organizing the nave. Mr. Walpole moved that the resolution be referred t a select committee -f and it wus so relened. .Mr Met arty, from the committee appointed to con!, r with itm (iiivirnor, reported that lhey had performed their duty, tad that from illne the (Jovcrnor will nut be nble lo deliver his annual mess.i. t the um il lone The Chasr Isid before the Semite a communication from the Statt education Convention, inviting the offir-r and memhi rs to utiend tlieir ne i ting in the Hall ol Kepresent.itives this evening The Senate adjottrBed. W I DStSSOal M )i:mno, Dec. 8, 1347. House met. The .speaker l.i id bef. re the House the anneal report uf the Trustees of the Deaf and Dumb .Asylum : also a communication from the Auditor of Nate ; laid upon Ihe table. .Mr. Lyne offfered B reualutsBU, tluit the doorkeeper Contract with the editors of the Sentinel and Journal for one copy each of said psprtl Mr. .Meredith proposed to amend by inserting three, instead of one. Mr. Kinney thought tbe-resolutiuu but reasonable 6,1"l!Ni fW 11 raham W""-0 t,,e w,,M,e Ina,,re 7 "' W .s.nd to intorill their COilstUuents ol le'ir doings let them pay out of their th'ee dollars a day the expeuse. m a ''V W, ' 1 ,e:,Mir-v ,u U dlfftt40tt intelligence aud loftmnatioa as the most profitable iniBiitninss that eouiu oe mane ny the ,-s ate. .,, ' , , -vlr- 'Silo''t a opposed to taking more tnan one - . . c m rlc" r 110 ',r,,ini';'1 u".;tvt' ,,e I0;ir' Z ekctiuoeer. He was ofipaeed to pay out of the Stale Treasury inonov for that object. Mr. Williams prussjasd to amend the amendment by inserting at the proper place, at a rate not less tl an 7") cents per copy ; laid on the table. ,ud the amendment was adopted, and the resolution so amended, calling for three copies, was adopted; ayes ."K, Iioes Mr. Mered.th then aflsred a resolution apjiointnig Mr. Wm. Douglass an ssistBBt doorkeeper. Ms. ihn, ham proposed to aasend by inserting M au.1:.. 1 1 . I . 1 1 .. . - .. relative to certain school lands; relerred to u select comii"I;,t',Mr' ?Mi r'-olti . that the BeMtehsj lnfof,Bed iU;a 11,0 ,,,,M' ve adopted the rules of ajt 88lon! and WqassllBf the concurrence of that b,niv ; a "')T ' 1 'n n,ullü" t,,c Homm wJjourued. l I, KNooN SESBSWr. j "V'1 1 , Mr Pm!! obtaied I introduce a bill aui UwriZIII8 t,,e treasurer and Auditor ( State to make 1 fi ,he W"?6 f interest on State bonds, ! 1 1 ,u.s tut"JruMi nascets d State to make a ,',an ot nMJr" he State Hank af Indiana for "r? imerestoinne Mate bonds when.. v-r deemed necessary by reason of deficiency of the Statu Treasury. Passed, ayes 7i'. noeu IÖ. A message was received from the Senate, concurring in the action of the House, adopting the rahm ( f last amnion, for the government of their respective b dies. .Mr. Do Ilruler presented a petition relative to a bridge in Spencer and Perry counties ; referred Jo a elect committee. Mr. Cookerly tuen reported fumi a i ..nt committee sppointed lo wait on his Earcftency. the üamruor that bis Excellency, owing to an accident, will be suable lo make his annual message t. the legislature at the usual time, but will do n soon askable. The Speaker then laid More tho House the report of the board of trustees of the asylum for the inSBUC ; laid upon the table and ordered to be print d. 'i he mess age received from the ( raveruor cosrtatsdssj a bill for he appropriation of BSOUeys on the- Centra? Canal, together with his reasons for withholding his consent, was taken up and read, and again laid upon the table. .Mr. Line moved a reconsideration of the p issajeof the b:U authorizing a loan by the BSBCBra of the State Dank for the payment of UBS lnlerest on the Slate bonds; reconsidered, and laid on the table. Mr. McDonald introduced a toll for the collection of tiie revenue in the county of Lake; passed. The H ouse adjourned. Plank Roans. In eumnanv with .. l3äU Esq., we lately enjoyed a ride on the Salens and en'. es. tn, Square plank road. Tins road, in construct ins will u .vir. iseenes was engineer, was completed during the past year. Its length ,s 10 miles, h is dec.dedly the most agreeable road to ride over, that we oversaw. The carriage glides a! nr as Hiioothly as on the frozen surface of a lake or river. The n an I 1 I. .1 . . I . I i n it 1-, ,. I inasaed i-.t.. . ,i, ,i , . 1 ironieuiaieij on the earth, w hieii is wade perfi t. i.. ..,,, .,- . ... ,. . I 10 F Üiel lllr' kt'H ÜSStt slsees a,'v ,,tstw,n?- ( Ni one sid iuf the road ihevu .we ucumicK, eignt ieci long, and tin,-, inches thick l- a .mhI jir.iund track, twelve feet wide, exactly level with the plank, on which carruuraa tum aim inen in ory vveatln r is a "oKl load i - i ... ! 'lie t - sg (t this road, ineiudimr b th the earth nnd bAm l- , .......mi mnm o:e eann nnd plai t racks, w. is nI.xhi p.r mile, and it espeeted I phusk will hug right Vears. A tea,,, will Cam th , i . "'rv auo M Uk W.elgUt ." f- r,"u " Jt ÜI bbj t! 'Ulm I a 1 Hie ut the common road, and a hofl se in a earna n u : I .... slung at the rate of sixty or sveuty stilee B day. i a section where planks can be cheaply procured! we have BO doubt that those roads will be found nrofitnhta !..,. , I 'ami i lUillQlOr, Tub Rritmrv w i . .'w.Aiun A M!.K,c AN. We have o.t and ,, U1,u nSnlu "ullt'd ,,lt' attention of Mechanics to this r.. cl-h-nt puidication. We take pleasure in dom.r again ; and would Im? happy to have all mechanics call ' .auune id it is much improved, not only in mechanical execution, but in its ewer varied and exLellent imtaH it ,a ojsj u.. m . ! I . . . " " " " K' to. New Volk. OCrh is said that one principal rsesusj why the whig Senators were so anxious to keep Col. Mce !aB1 v out of his seat, was the fact that lie had so shaeientlf aided ill thrashing their friends at lluena Vista. I ne thing is certain, they must have felt very much like Mrxics is, after their utter and shameful defeat. (7"Ye would call attention to Mrs. Uai.i.win's card in another column. Look at the advertisement of ihe Sable llarmonians also. OCT PlttS H and has sent us some copies of the "Daily American Slur," published ut the cilj sf Mexico. (-The 5th regiuietit of Ind.ana Wdunteers, under Col. Lane, urr.ved bafciy at Vera Cruz ou tiie 18th ult.