Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 68, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1848 — Page 2

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0-See first page Semi-Weekly. Correction. In the proceedings of the House, of the 16th of Dec, and published in the Sentinel of the 19th, it is incorrectly printed, that Mr. Lane introduced a resolution authorizing certain committees to continue in session during the recess. The resolution was presented by Mr. Lowe. The Difference When we have complained of the gross unfairness and injustice displryed towards cur volunteers, in the official report of Gen. Taylor, of the battle of Eucna Vista, his apologist, have defended him on the ground that he made that report in accordance with the facts as then represented; and that it would appear undignified for a commanding officer to correct an rjjicial report thus made, especially when the Courts , of Eii-n-.-r ej,uvved that he was in error, and applied the correction. To us these apologies are not satisfactory, though they seem to be so to Gen. Taylor and his admirers. Urmn the very same grounds and reasons, ire should infer the greater hc-ces-.ity and propriety of a retraction, on his part, of the errors and wrongs which were endorsed by dim. Gen. Scott, it appears, entertains v ry different notions from Gen. Taylor and his friends, upon matters of thi s nature. He has a pretty comfortable opinion of himself, and is not backward in averting the prerogatives appertaining to his station. Yet he does not hesitate to correct otlicial errors which he accidentlv has committed. The following, from a late number of the W. Union is evidence of this fact, and is in strong contrast with the disreputable course of Gen. Taylor: Supplemental Report of General Scott. The following letter from Major General Scott to the Secretary of War, specifying some corrections to be made in one of his official, reports, has been handed to us for publication: Headquarter:? or the An. Mr. Mexico, December 13, IS 17 Sir: Information subsequent to my report of the battles of September 13 has developed some facts, which, in justice to the officers concerned, I request may be incorporated in that report. 1. In the mention of "officers and corps most distinguished at the storming of Chapultepec. the name of Captain Howard, voltigeurs, should irnmeo'latelv precede those of Captains Barnard and L'iddle, o. the Mine i-itrji?, in these terms: "Captain Howard, of that regiment, one of the foremost in the assault." ". In the same operation, Lieut. Seiden, St Ij infantry, is reported t? have been "early on the I aider, and badly wounded." Please subtitute "the first 011 a ladder, and badlv wounded." 3. L nder the same head, honorable mention is made of "a portion of the -.tormuig party (Twiygs's division serving with Quitman) under Lieuf Steele. Jd infantrv;" it should read "Licuts. Westcott at. d Steele, 2d infantry." I have the honor to remain, sir, with high respect, your obedient servant. WINFIELD SCOTT. To the Hon. Secretary of war. Dr. Liceer on War. Dr. Francis Lieber, the learned German's work on Ethics, was published by him several years ago, and was generally well received as sound in doctrine. The New Orleans Courier quotes from part '2, book 5, page 4 13, to show that it is the duty of an opposition not only to yield, after war has been declared, but to aid in carrying it to an honorable end: Wars may be wicked, nay stupid or infamous; they may be undertaken for the very purpose of distracting public opinion, and turning it against popu lar liberty; or they miy be undertaken by a large majority of the people and yet against the decided opinion of the opposition. Now, I believe that a rule, which allows of hut very few and peculiar exceptions, is this: If your nation engages in the war, and not simply a preposterous administration, against your opinion, you may act as a private citizen if you like; provided always you do 111 110 manner aid directly or indirectly the enemy although a patriotic citizen will not doubt what he has to do; but if you are a representative or officer, you are bound firt of all to bring the war to a happy and glorious end, and not to cripple the administration. The latter would be treasonable. Remember that it is your State, your nation, that declares and fights out the war, not this or that minister; remember th.it the honor and hitrv of your country are engaged, that however conscientious you be in your opposition, you may err after all; that vou cannot oppose the administration without strengthening the enemy, who lias unsheathed his sword .vaim-t vour kindred. A traitor is he wh will not gladly hf.nd his own country. If an oppos.tion feels really and conscientiously convinced that tl.ewr.r is inexpedient, let tlj.-m follow the old Roman rule "Trial after victory, but fight until then." (jCT" We clip the fallowing from a letter of the Washington correspondent of the Ohio Statesman: From the evident determination on the part of the federal dynasty, to force through Vinton's proposition to establish a standing committee on Internal Commerce, our friends draw additional proof that the wh;gs are playing for the Presidency, with the expectation of Iomg most of their little strength at the South. This is of course in the hop" of bribing sufficient voters in JJhnoj.s, Tennessee, Indiana and New York, interested personally in the expenditure of enormous sums of the public money in this way, to give tl iem these States, 'lliis is regarded as a stron" anti-Taylor movement. 0 The northern papers tell us that a lady proprietor of Mount Vernon oilers to sell one hundred and fifty acres of the estate, including the tomb of "the father of his country," fr a round hundred thousand. The property, put up at auction without regard to the value of the relic it embraces, would not bring twenty thousand dollars. Of this I am certain. This speculation otf the b iiihs of the venerated kinsman of the ancestors of the lady's husband will hardly go down in tiie old Dominion. Steel Tens. .Messrs. Hood &. Noble have sent us specimens of a steel pen, which, so far as we have tried them, appear to be of a very superior quality. Those that we have used arc wonderfully elastic, and the ink, which commonly corrodes these articles, seems to make but little, if any, impression upon them. We advise our friends to try them. frr At the Democratic State Convention held at Columbus, Ohio, on the bth of January, J. B. Weller was nominated as a candidate for Governor. Col. Weller is a thorough democrat, and an able man, and we think the people of Ohio will confirm the nomination by electing him. Q7The Ohio Statesman states the population of Columbus, as ascertained by a recent census, as fol lows: Whites, 11,797; colored, 1,007: Total, 12,804. Increase nearly 2000 within the last year. O-Quite a respectable number of democratic papers in New York and Pennsylvania have hoisted the name of Martin Van Buren, as the democratic candidate for President in tlie campaign of '49.

The Locoforo papers pretend 1o sec a great inconsistency m Mr. Clay, in the stand he has taken bjainst tins war as contrasted with that betook in favor of ihe ilsl war wj.), Grcal Rritain. vc sec none. 'State Journal. Of course not: there are none so blind as they who wont see. But every body else can see Clay's inconsistency not only in the 'stand he has taken against this war as contrasted with that he took in favor of the last war," but also in the different stands he has taken in regard to the present war: for example, contrast the following with Clay's late talk at Lexington, in which he tried to steal Webster and Corwin's thunder: Extract from Hexuv Clay's Speech at NewOrleans, delivered at the dinner of the Sons of New England, on the 5ßd of December, 19 1G, met to celebrate the landing of the forefathers of New England on Plymouth rock: 'Although leading a life of retirement, I am not wholly unobservant of the proceedings relating to the condition, welfare aid prospects of our country. And when I saw around me to-night, General Brooke and other old friends, I fell ha'f inclined to ask fir some north or corner in tie army, in ichich 1 wight serve to avenge the icrorgs done to my country. I have, thought I might yetbe able to capture or slay a Mexican." The following sas the Philadelphia American, wa9 the patriotic langwgc of Henry Clay in the brief but eloquent speech nade during his recent visit to Philadelphia: "There if," sa'd he, "gentlemen, one thing before we part, which Iwish you to remember. Tins gloRIOUS AND BEAU'IFUL LAND IS Oflt COMMON COUNTRY" ix Peace 01: i War ix wealok ix wok under BAD ADMINISTRATION OK ooD GOVEK.NJJCN'T. REMEMBER TO STAND BY IT." AW, says otT Mexican defender, the State Journal: 'I'he principles of truth nnd justice are immutable. Thte principles were on our side in the war of 112. We Were then lighting f r our f.-imilies and our tiresids, and the voice of Henry Clay roused the sleeping energy of the nation to their defence. Tnse priicijdes are on th" side id Mexico in the present single, disguise it as we may. They are fighting fortheir families, their altars, their l.berties and their fir?sides, and the voice of the same Henry Clay, true to these eternal principles, as the needle to the magne, is heard reverberating through the land, arousing th; sleeping justice of the nation to the wrongs our r tiers are inflicting upon down trodden Mexico, and tie dishonor with which they are stamping our own litherto fair character in the eyes of the civilized world." If these declarations of the Journal are not tucascxaele, then it is impossible for words to express th; sentiments of treason. A creote .Mexican could not say any more. As to JI r. Clay'e sentiments during the lost war the following extract from his speech on the Navy nnd amy bill, delivered in the House of Representatives onlhe 6th of January, 1S1I3, show that then he held opnions different from those contained in his Le.viugtot speech. His rebukes will jut as well opply to the whigs now, as they did to the Federalists ihen: "Whilst these peaceful experiments aic undergoing a trial, what is the conduct of the opposition. Thej are the champions of war the proud, the spirited, the 6oIe repository of the nation's honor the men of exclusive vigor and energy. The administrath.i, on the contrary, is weak, feeble, and pusillanimous 'incapable of being kicked into a war.' The maxim, 'not a cent for tribute, millions for defence, is loudly proclaimed. Is the administration for negotiat.on! The opposition is tired, sick, disgusted with negotiation. Tney want to draw the sword and avenge the nation's wrongs". When, however, foreign nations, perhaps e 1. bnldeneri by the vcrv opposition here m;ide, refuse to listen to the amicable appeals, which have been repeated and reiterated by the administration, to tiieir justice ami to their inttrests when, in fact, war with one of them has become identified with our independence and our sovereignly, and to ubstam from it was no longer possible behold t tic opposition veering around and becoming the friends of peace and commerce. They tell you of the calamities of war its t'agical events the squandering away of your resources the wasleof the public treasure, and the spilling if innocent blood. "(lorgons, hydras, and chimeras Jire." They tell you that honor 13 an illusion! No v wo see them exhibiting the terrific forms of the naring king of the forest now the meekness and hun.ility of the lamb! They are for war and no restrictions, when the administration is for war. Vou find them, sir, tacking with every gale, displaying the colors of every party, and of ail nations: steady only in one unalterable purpose to steer, if possible, into the haven of power. I omitted, yesterday, sir, when speaking of a delicate and painful subject, to notice a powerful engine which the conspirators against the integrity of the Union employ to elled their nefarious purpose I mean sou'ihern influence. The true friend to Ins country, knowing that our constitution was the work of a compromise, in which interests apparently conflicting were attempted to be reconciled, aims to extinguish or allay prejudices. Eut this patriotic exertion d es not guil the views of those who are urged on by diabolical ambition. Ti.ev find it convenient to imagine the existence of certain improper influence!?, and t propagate with their utmost industry a belief of them. Ken.'o the ideri of southern preponderance Virginia intliM nee the yoking of the respectable yeomanry of the north, with negro slaves, lo the car of southern nabobs.' No, sir; the administration has erred in the steps which it has taken to re-tore peace, but its error has been not in doing too httJe, but in betiaying too great a solicitude fur that event. An honor ab'e juace is attainable onli by an fjilcient war. My plan Would be to ca t out th" ample resources oj f th? country; giie tin m a judicious di- eclion; prosecute the war with vlmost vigor; strike wherever we an reach the ennny, at sea or on land, and negotiate the terms of a peace at Quebec or at Halifax. We are told that England is a proud and lofty nation, which, disdaining to wait for danger, meets it half way. Haughty as she is, we once triumphed over hci; anil, if we do not listen to the counsels of timidity and despair, we shall again prevail. In such a cause, with theaid of Providence, we must come out crowned with success; but if we fail, let us fail like men lish ourselves to our gallant tars, and expire together in one common struggle, lighting fur free trade and seamen's rights."

DlNNF.i: TO (jRNS. IJl'IT.MAN AND SHIELDS. TliC dinner tendered to these distinguished generals by the citizens of Washington and others, took place at Fuller's Hotel yesterday evening. It was one f the most brilliant nllairs ever witnessed in this city, and great credit is certainly due to those gentlemen who acted an the committee of arrangements, in accomplishing so much in so short a space of time set apart for this purpose. The mayor of the city presided, assisted by iMaj or General Jesup, of the army, and Commodore Warrington, of the navy, who olliciated as vice presidents. H'. Union, Jan. I. Bennett, of the N. Y. llirald, says, in allusion to the proposed meeting in that city to sustain 3Ir. Clay's views, that a similar demonstration will occur in hc British Parliament, but that it is doubtful which will he most denunciatory of the American victories in Mexico. The lani'tiare of Brougham has been very vituperative, but not more so than that of Messrs. Clay and Corwin. As oon ns .he holidays are over, Congress will take hold of the subject, and we then shall have whiff attacks in all their bitterness. 07" The Detroit Free Press of the I8th says, "we understand that in all piobability six compunies ot the Volunteer Regiment will leave on Monday for the seat of war. They go from this place to .Newport via Sandusky, by boat ar d railroad." fj-The citizens of Philadelphia have been giving Commodore Stockton a public dinner. The speeches were to the point, and full of feeling and patriotism. OT An Odd Fellow's lodjje has been opened in the city of Mexico. "Friendship, love and truth" entered the country with our army. Gen. Houston ha been re-elected to the United SUtei Senate from Texat.

The Resolutions. The following are the resolutions ad pted by the Democratic Slate Convention. The reason they did not appear in our last, was, that the paper was full. We invite attention to them; and would ask the peo. pie of Indiana if they see any thing therein contained, to which they cannot heartily su'uscnh. Resolved, that the administration of the general government, under Jameg K. Polk, the woithy chief magistrate of this Union, under circumstances which have demanded the exercise of consummate Kiatemans-hip. in the prosecution of the war with Mexico, and in carrying into operation the reform, involved in the establishment of the constitutional Treasury and the revenu.- lanfl. has been characterized by a decree of prudence and Mgacity, anil a regard for the the obligations imposed by the constitution and law, which abundantly merits, and cannot fail to command the

admiration of the great majority of the American people. a . . 1 Jiesolved, thai we approve the determination expressed the President of the United States, to prosecute the ex - t i L 1 1 kikuA corn rt I a . istinz war with Mexico, until we shall have secured a.i adequate indemnity for the wrongs ami outiaisea perpetrated by the authorities of lhat country, in open violation of ihe failh of treaties and the law of nation; and while we repel the imputation of being animated by an inordinate desire of conquest, we bold that our government cannot fail to enforce territorial indemnity from Mexico, without involving tins nation in disgrace, and covering our heroic armies with dishonor. Resolved, that the creat Democratic party of the Mia i Vallev knows no North, nor South, but like her noble rivera thev comprehend both es'remes, and looking at the Constitution of these United States lhat bind to-1 gether the extremes of thia Union, with its compromiteM we regard every and any viUxi upon ine part 01 trie ational Legislature (under present circumstances) to bind the future inhabitants of any portion of out lerrru-ry a tu their local institution- or internal atfairs which are to exist in States hereafter to be fjrmed, a improper, and calculated to create local and sectional divisions and weaken ttie bonds and ties of this great confederacy. . Jiesolved, lhat we deprecate every attempt, wherever originated, to foment locl or personal jealousies, or lo array the people of one section of the Union in an attitude hostile to those of any other section; we invoke the pcop'e I of this great confederacy, and especially those who held 1 to the principles of the democratic party, the epiiit of imity and concord; and we implore our political brethren to remember that only in a cordial union and in harmonious counsels, are we entitled to anticipate the complete triumph of those great principles, the success of which is the o! ject of our common solicitude. Itcsolved, lhat in the pcneral prosperity of the country during the past year, the liberal prices which have rewarded the labors of our farmers, mechanics and manufacturers:, and the success which has attended commercitl enlerprize, we have abundant evidence of the wisdom if that poiicy, which has curtailed the exclusive privileges and oJious discriminations of ihe tarilf of 1812; and e foci a perfect assurance, that with industry unburdened aid trade unshackled, the country will continue to move Jrward with a greatly accelerated pace, in the career ofnational wealth and greatness. Jiesolved, tht ihe security which the buit.ess interests of ihs L'niied States have enjoyed, during a season ol unexampled pressure and monetary derangement in Kuiope, the low rate of exchange and the facility and diMtcli with which the government has carried on its fiscal aftirs, in Ihe midst of a foreign war, demonstrate that a noional Dank is not necessary, either as an agent of the gevernrneut, or to regulate the business of ihe country; ard lhat the constitutional treasury is calculated to aveitlhoe pernicious results of which the late Uank was theuuiilul source. Jiesolved, lhat assembled as we are, on the anrivergiry of ihe battle of New Orleans, we niturally recall to mind the memory nl the heroic chieftain, whose genius achieved amidst the elements of defeat, ihe victory which ha mado this day illu-tf ious; ai.d not only so, but e are ieminded also, lhat the same daunliess courage which secured hU successes in the field, was equally illustrated in the overthrow of an institution, dangerous t t!e bberties of the country, and whose immense power, wielded with ad ihe energy of desperation, was such a nothing less than the limines of a lac:Mn could effectually withstand; ai d that we will lest evince our regard for the character of the departed hero and tflalemaii, by ii emulous imilalion of his unyielding devotion to republican principles, Jieso'red, that however emphatically our political oppoiu'iits, while, seeking power, nmy disclaim ihe design of reinstiiiinc ti e institutions and measures w hich h ive been repudiated by the American people; yet experience has incontestably proved, lhal whenever they attain to actual or fancied power, no conskh rit.ons however impntinc. and no pieuoe. however Koienm-y asseverauu, w, oe.cr from attempting to fasten their pernicious policy upon the country; ami lhat in view of thi f.ict, it hecomes llie duty of democrats to exercise a perpetual and sleepless vigilance, ai d never to eullVi themselves to he diverted, by false issues, from the momentous questions which divide the two great parties in thii country. Jiesolved, that in the course of action pursued by the I whig leaders at the present day, we observe a marked identity of spirit with lhal of these, who. at a former period in the history of the country, were intent upon nothing so much, as to distract our national councils, and to bring reproach upon our arms while averting our rights against the aggressions of a foreign power; and lhat n professions of patriotism, however loud, can save from merited s'larne, those who. forgetful of their duty as citizens, and blinded by party race, have no resentments but lor meir iciiow citizens, and no sympathies for the enemies of ihtir country. Resolved, that James Whitcomb, the Governor of Indiana, has approved himself a watchful guardian of the rights of the people, and that in the administration of the State government, he lias displayed degree of ability and I practical wisdom, which amply justifies the choice uf the . citizens of the Slate, in entrusting their interests to his j guidance. j Resolved, that we approve of the proposed national conveittion, to be held for the nomination of a democratic canjdidate for ihe Presidency and Vice Presidency, md of the ' proposition that it be held at Cincinnati, on ihe -lib d.ty of July next; and lhat we will give lo the nominee of the convention, zealous and undivided support, j llcsolred, that ihe olfit rs and soldiers of our army in ! .Mexico, by their orderly conduct, their patient endurance : of hardship, privit'on and 8u kneBs, anil the unsurpassed bravery with which ihey hive met and always defeated, an enemy, always superior in numbers, from the b.itlle of i Palo Alto ti lhat of ihe citv of Mexico, have won for themselves and hive rellected upon I heir country, an undying renown; and that our volunteers in particular, though bul a short lime removed from their peaceful vocations and wiih slight experience in the trade of war, have approved themselves equal in courage mid conduct lo the veterans whose praises are vaunied in tha pises of European hitoryj and we are parlictlhrly gmtilied lhat the volunteers of Indiana, though maligned and misrepresented, by those who bhould have been first in their praise, have proved themselves in no respect inferior to the bravest of those who have perilled their lives, on the blood stained fields ot Mexico. Resolved, lhat we learn with extreme regret, tint the burial place, or grave of the great aposlle of democracy, Thomas Jefferson, is in a wretched and neglected condition, without a distinguishing monument or iuclosure; therefore Jiesolved, lhat this convention recommend to the great national democratic convention of this Union, when next convened; to take into cooidetatin, the propriety of erectins a suitable monument with this inscription, penned by Jefferson's own hand, "Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independince. Jiesolved, that if the old dominion is forgetful of her duty lo her son, her younger sistei Indiana, will not prove ungrateful. Jiesolved, that we recommend to ihe convention the app i.ilrnent of Ciovernor James Wh'tcomb. Hons. Robert Dale Owen arid John Law, a committee to prepaie and report an AdJress to the people uf Indiana. Madame Rf.stki.l. Additional developments, the Tribune says, arc being made in regard to this woman, and her second trial, on a new charge, will probably take pl ace even before the pending question as to her present sentence is decided. The preliminary examination of the principal witnesses took place ou Saturday, and the main facts charged will soon be known to the public. The victim in the case is, so wc are informed, a young and lovely oirl of a highly resp-etabV family, in one of ttie northern counties of New York. Canal aciuss the Peninsula of Flo kid a. The Apalachicola Advertiser contains a communication setting forth the feasibility of uniting the waters of the (iulf with those of the Atlantic. The writer savs a ship canal seventeen miles long, connecting Ihe Withlacoochee river on the Gulf side, with the St. Johns, which Hows into the Atlantic, will accomplish the object. The expense of such an undertaking is estimated at $500,000. CF"The New York Courier and Enquirer, a whig paper, lets olF the following upon its whig brethren. 'If a newspaper in England had opposed such a war there, the building whence it issued would be razed to the ground, its types destroyed, and its editor made to flee for his life from the indignation of an ! ! outraged and insulted people." ;

For the Indiana State Sentinel. Messrs. Editors: I was in the Hall of the House of Representatives this afternoon, and heard the very impressive eulogies on the life and character of Hon. Andrew Kennedy, with the sad and melancholy reflections incident upon his death, in consideration of which the House adjourned. I thought it a time when all party feelings should and would be. Lid aside, but lo in v astonishment, before the Speaker was out of his chair, up jumped iSol Meredith, and announced that there would be a public whig meeting this evening in the Senate chamber, und at the same time declaring that it was to be 'io caucus." The evening came. In the early part of it I was engaged, but after a time wended my way down to the whig meeting. Judge of my surprise w hen I found that the doors were locked and entrance forbidden. However, the second door at which I applied for admission was opened, and I was permitted to enter without farther question

i U1IU 1 Vtw" I I agk(,j tjmn j j wag a w,j Deeming the ques1 ,Dertjnentf (for public caucuses were someiing . M'! V . . 0 new to me,) I passed on without answering. And, eh! the sights that I witnessed; the sounds that I heard! A resolution had been olfered in favor of votin' men and money to conduct the Mexican war to a successful and honorable close, yet declaring it the President's war, and unjust. Another resolution proposed withdrawing our troops immediately, but the '"viitleinan "r,,in r,u" PP'ed this altogether," adJin that "this would destroy forever the whig partv "Well then" rejoined another, "we will be tv Well then ret ! buried at the foot of the cross. One wished to make js,ed at all. another no lifrr isMies, and another jjjj tf,0Ught all the discussion premature. Many sooke. but no two could ugree in a single point each had his own plan, and would agree to no other. Some wished to get up an excitement in favor of Corwin. but it was not general nor enthusiastic. .Some wished to try the strength of Taylor, but it was no go. Tnat w es too dangerous an experiment. Sol Meredith declared thnt.Noi? of the issues would drive the Quaker from their ranks, und then he was 4ta gone coon." "Let them go," said Robinson. "They are jutöOJandwe will gain instead." Defrees said lhat a war meeting, of which he was secretary, oted a "damnable lie." He said farther, "there are 00,000 whigs in the State who can be rallied on any issue. Tncy will go anywhere. Uut we need 10,000 more lo carry the State. It is to catch thee lhat our issues must b; prepared. They must be drawn from the class that never lliink, and can't be brought to think. We must get up something to please their fancies. Excitement is the only thing for them." It was agreed that they make the issue for Indiana alone, and leave other States to make their own. The South and North, East and West, could not unite on the same. One olfered a resolution. Another declared he would not support it. "Why," said the mcver, with horror sitting on every feature, "this is Mr. Clay's resolution." Oh! but you td.ould have seen the consternation when he declared lhat "whether it were Clay's resolution or not, he could not vote for it." Dot it was left for Mr Uradley to cap the climax. "He would make no issues at all to the country. He would play the game of 11, uct the part of prosecutor; charge home on the democratic issues, and tlK-re slop: hold up betöre the American people the r-iw head and bloody bones,' the blood and treasure expended in this war with Mexico." Thus they pissed the night until 10 o'clock in quarreling and wrangling without coming to any conclusion at all, and linalTy adjourned in a row. An attempt was made to draft resolutions for the convention. Is it not most shameful for a legislative caucus to cut and 'drv the h'iness for a convention, and then call it the work of the universal w hig party. '1 his is act first. Dtsiord is sown in their ranks, and they will reap the bitter fruits. Their party lenders can no longer hold ihe reins. Their inconsistency and deception can to l Huer be concealed. They have acted a hypocritical and base part, ami it is now too late to retract w hat they have said. They are distracted between Clav, Corwin, Wehster, and opposition to the i war, and Taylor or Scott without any issues. Let j ihciii tike w hichever horn of the dilemma that suits K.in. In either event a worse than Waterloo defeat j ayri jts ihem. j w.s ionnCl aft,r the meeting that the democrats voted out by resolut muT Who before ever I prcomlin"! A public whig Hireling j a,im)!J 1Ct( amJ llie democrats all ordered out. Wim , , , , , , . ashamed ol V v ' ' I V4 II U I V V V ' v - m -m " ' J the proceedings winch they eXK tlol lo transact: un shume, w here is thy blush ! ! But two days had passed since the democratic convention to which they were invited, and yet in the face of this we are turned ou; of doors. We will anxiously await the further progress of the work thus iiiiquitouslv couwneneed. A LOOKER-ON. Januakv 10th, IS IS. .1.. - 1 . Antv Promotions and Aitoiniments. We iini' in the National Intelligencer, of yesterday, the list o promotions nd appointments in the army of lite U. S., made bv the President, since t'e publication of ueneial orders, No. J7," of August öili, 117. The following are the number: First Lieut. Win. W. Mackall, to be Captain in first regiment of artillery, August 'JO, 1?-17, vice Donaldson, Assistant Quartermaster, who vacate, his reg, mental commission. Second Lt. Geo. McLtnie, to be first Lieutenant, Oct. 0, 117, vice Van Ihiren, promoted; llrevet Jd Lt. Daniel T. Rentzhoover, to be su-ond Lieutenant, August 'JO, IS 17, vice Coppee, promoted. Second Lieut. Charles F. Vernon, to be lirst Lieutenant, Sept. Hlh, 147, vice Marriott, promoted. John S. Ratte, of Maryland to be Assistant Surgeon, Oct. ')th, 117, vice Holmes, deceased. Win. P. Maulsby, of Maryland, to be military storekeeper, November 1, 117, vice Carr, deceased. William Aisipiilh, of Maryland, late first lieutenant, to be captain in 1st regiment artillery, Nov. 'JO, 117, vice Rurke. killed in battle. First Lieut, James C. Marriott, to be captain in the regiment of vohigeurs and fort riflemen, Sept. IS, H17, vice Ca I well, decM, .f wounds, received in battle. First Lieut. Walter II. Jennifer, to be captiin in the 'M regiment of dragoons, July 10, IS 17, vice Dutf, deceased. First Lt. Michael E. Van Rurcn, to he captain of mounted riflemen, Oct. 0, IS 17, vice Walker, killed in battle. First Lieut. James L. Donaldson, to be captain in lirt reg't art'y, Aug. J0, 117, viceCapron, killed in battle. Major Win. G. lMkuap, of the eighth infantry, to be lieutenant colonel, fifth regiment infantrv, September 'JJ, IS 17, vice Mcintosh deceased of wounds received in battle. First Lieut. George W. Rowie, to be captain, July J0, IS 17, vice Guthrie, deceased of wounds received in battle. First Lieu. Win. S. Tanneyhill, to bo captain, Aug. J, IS 17, vice Quarles, killed in battle. Junius R. Wheeler, (private company I, l'Jtn infantry,) to be second lieutenant. September 0, IS 17, vice Ilarley, pronmted. John C Ressee, (private company F,) to be second lieutenant, August 'J, IS 17. vice Rage, promoted. Second Lieut. Henry M. Judah, to be lirst lieutenant, September 'Jli, 1S:17, vice Prince, promoted. Andrew L. Roots, of the District of Columbia, to be assistant commissary, with the rank of captain, August, 10, IS 17, vice Josselyn, promoted. Alijekt Gallatin vs. Henkv Clav. The New York True Sun, a few days ago, quoted the follow ing assertion from Henry Clay's .speech, and proved by relerence to dates und facts its untruth: "Whilst Mr. Slidell wa bending his way to Mexico, with his diplomatic credentials, (Jen. Taylor was ordered to transport his cannon, and to plant them in a warlike attitude opposite to Matainoras, on the east hank of the Rio Rravo, within the very disputed territory, the adjustment of which was to be the object of Mr. Shdell's mission.' For this the Tribune took the True Sun severely to account, and pronounced him a "liar." Albert Gallatin has just written a letter on the subject of the war, which is sufficiently whiggish in its character; tin; True Sun has, however, arrayed him against Mr. Clay on this point of veracity, and, after quoting Mr. Gallatin's detail of facts, says conclusively: "Now here Mr. Gallatin shows that the order for G'en. Taylor's advance was not given at Washington till thirty-eight days after Mr. Shdell's arrival in Mexico, instead of whilst he was bending his way' thither, according to Mr. Clay; and twenty-two days after Mr. Slidell's rejection. Can a more plain, downright, and conclusive refutation of the 'false fad' asHuned by .Mr. Clay as the grand basis of his speech he conceived, than is given it by Mr. Gallatin, who fully confirms all that the Tribune eo rerinedly denounced us as 'liars and 'slanderers of .Mr. Clay' for assertinal We csk the Tribune njain Is Albert Gallatin", too, a 'liar and a 'slanderer!' " Seizino a Jail. The jail at Middlctown, Md., has been seized and soil for debt. It realized, togethet w ith tho engine house, 5t'Jo J.).

Itcpoi-c of Hie Postmaster General, i This document occupies upwards of five columns of . the Union, and Gives an interesting account of every . . . p . I om.

thing connected with the 1'ost Ullice auaus. i ne aposition of the new law i?, upon the whole, eminently gratifying to the friends and advecatcs of cheap postage." It adpears that, during the last tiseal year, ending on the 30;h of June last, the public mails were transported over an aggregate distance of'o1,miles, at an expense of 2.400,849. The aggregate extent of ihe routes on that day was 153,819 j miles, and since that day 8,'SYJ miles ot new routes have been put in operation. The revenues of the department during the la-t fiscal year, (including the amount appropriated to pay the government postage,) having increased more than 13 per cent, upon the revenues of the last preceding year, amounted to .so,010,89:3. The expenditures for the same time were 3,1)79,570 being only 33,077 more than revenues. The estimate of revenues and expenditures t.f the department for the present fiscal year shows the considerable excess of means over expenditures of 213,931. The number of mail contractors in the service, during the last year, was 3,059; of route agents, local agents and mail messengers connected with the mail service on railroads and steamboats, 180. The number of post otlices in the United States on the 1st of July lat, was 15,1 lü, showing an increase, since the 1st of July, 1845, of 903. The lumber established during the year was erJ9, and 294 discontinued. The changes of postmasters during the year vere 3.450. F rom the best estimates which can be made, the number of lUrrs and papers passing through the United Suites mail during the last vear, may be stited as loilovvs : l'aid and unpaid ein:!e rate of 5 cent ... Do do d. do ol Id cent Ship and steamboat letters at G cent .... S ti 1 1 ami KUNimlHjat Idler frvantrd in lh mails from foreign con iK r ws, 2 cenu aJtltl tu Ilm regular pusbige -!)roMrt Iriieid ........ Prime J circular It u tn :-r.!52,.VK 2,s;,i,ö:u L'7,f09 l,U2.V.t01 5,173,40 The free letters sent by persons entitled to the frankin privilege, and those sent free to the army, cannot be ascertained with any degree of accuracy, but it is believed would not fall' short of 4,000.000. The newspapers passing through th? mail3 annually, are estimated at 53,000,01 0; pain;. hints and magazines at J0I ,(K0. The number of transient newspapers, paying 1 cents each, cannot be ascertained with any accuracy, as the postage is returned with that on letters passing through the offices, and returned tothr department, as nearly as can be ascerta:t ed, number annually about 2,SOO,0O0; which, calculated at the immediate point between the two ratet of postage. would make an annual loss to the department of :s:3ri,000. The newspapers, circulars, advertisements, and other printed sheets sent to the otlces, ami not taken ut nor returned to the department, will not probably lull short ot the number of de:.d letters re turned. The great hnor required of postmasters in the re ception and distribution of such a numb r of letters, and newspapers, in addition to the reasois before assigned, would make it just and proper that the fortn'r mode of computing their commissions should be restored. The probable increase of receipts for postage, during ; the present year, is estimated at G per cent. Ihe following modifications ot the present post office law. are recommended: 1st. The prevention of private exprcs.-es. -'d. Prohibit sending over mail routes scaled letters "in relation to the cargo." od. Single letters to weigh a quarter r third of an ounce instead of half, except when written ou a s'mg.V sheet of paper, and prepaid, or double postage be required when not prepaid. Ith. Postage on newspapers to be charged according to weight. The payment of postage, or double ptage, on all letters pas ing through the mails for delivery within the Cnilcd .Slates, and prepayment on letters destined for foreign countries not having postal arrangements with the United States, end on all printed matter. (itii. The abolition or modification of the franking privilege, so as to cover only official correspondence, for winch payment is made to the department, by the l'Jih section of the act of IS 17. These modifications will probably prodice annually a large surplus to be devoted to the extinsion of the mail service. Of the 15,1 10 postmasters in the Untied States, whoso accounts have to be rendered and ; settled quarterly, there were only 155 delinquent in 1 making their returns at the close of the last vear, and j most of these cases arose from nn inability to supply I some of the otlicv's with mails, for the tranportation ,of which contracts could not be obtained ou the new roiits. In other cases, postmasters had just entered upon the duties of their offices; whilst some of the offices were vacant from inability to procure persons to discharge the duties. The returns jf dead letters are believed to exceed -150, OUI each quarter. Jn the vear ending the 'iOth of June, 1S10, there wi re sent out from the department J,310 dead letters, j containing 17,'Jl. Of this number, 2,021 were rejceived bv the owners, containing s!0,109; and 1)10 j were returned to the eh-parlment, containing 1,053:11) I wliu-li s-.)i were wortlin-ss. In the year ending the Mth of June, 1917, there ere s-nl or. I J,7"J dead letters, containing 5Jl,ur5. Uf these, '2,05 were delivered to the owners, containing sll), H4 ; and -117 relumed, containing 1,50:03. Of tins sum, si 17 was worthless. During the two years, xl, 1)11:51 were added from this source to the funds of the department. Since the re-organization of the department in 1"?30, there has been added to is funds, from the dead letter office the sum of !slO,:i20:2S. The i t-port here enters upon a statement of tho dif ficulty with railroad and steamboat companies, in reI latioit to their compensation for carrying the mail. Ot this route fioui Washington to Kichmod, the report says : The compensation olfered for steamboat service from this to Anuia creek, is at a much higher rate than is I paid upon any steamboat route in the United States, i except the sea route between Charleston and Wil mington, which is paid at the same rate offered this company. From Louisville to Cincinnati, about 110 mil', the service rendered daily in steamboats at .xo.OO; fro n New York to Troy, about 150 miles daily, in steamboats, during the season of navigation, (about nine months,) for the sum of 11,750 ; from New York to Stonington, about 1"25 miles, the mail is taken daily in steamboats for the sum of 9,000 and eo on other mutes; whilst on this route tf 51 i mile" long, they demand $ 1 2,752, and on the railroad .slS.5(!0. Arrangements have been since completed for the transportation of tho great southern mail from Raltimore down to the Ray; and though the service may not be so good as that over the railroad, yet there will be no serious inconvenience experienced, except in Virginia near this route, where it will be impossible to give the same expedition to mails by any other conveyance. To obviate this inconvenience as far as practicable, I then offered the company ne hundred dollars per mile for taking the local mails to Richmond, w hich is the highest price authorized by the act of 1315, to be p.iid to railroads for second class service. Fr inking the local mail, no higher classification of that or any other route could be made. This otrer was likewise refused, and the local mails will he sent hereafter by stages from this to Richmond; and this service, and the transportation of the great mail down tho bay, will continue until the 1st of JuIv, 1S51, unless Congress shall otherwise order. " The report concludes by invoking the attention of Congress to the law fixing th rates ot payment for the various grades of transportation, and the existing position and powers of the department in respect to foreign and internal postal arrangements. The ncci'ssiTy t.f further legislation upon both these subjects, in view of existing ficts, is demonstrated in the report with so much force and ability, that Congress will doubtless give their favorable attention to its suggestions. 07 Tkuman TiiELrs has been tried at Troy, N. Y for the murder of his father, and acquitted. The public feeling against him was so strong mat, aner the verdict, ft was deemed necessary tosend him back to the jail for protection. One of the Conjjresssional reforms for which Col. Renton has long contended, the Senate has this year effected: it has refused to pass the usual resolution for Mvin- its members a library at Covernment expense. Ö reT-tJc'n. ANAVA.the new President of Mexico, was at New Orleans in the battle of the th of January, 1S15, acting as a sort of aid-de-camp to General Jackson.

Difference in Kaccs and Helicons. Ttie able editor of the Ds'anare Coz'ti-, tims notices Mr. Clay's objection u the mingling of races ami religions, if the ;.nnexat:on of Mexico should ecr take place: The progress of the Amcr'can armies has taught not so much the bitterness of the swurd, as the beaut v and utility of refined civilization. It is a wonderful nan Wjuilur to assume that men cannot be happily governed by a 'common authority" in consequence of a difference in rare. That such !if-

fereuce might present difficulties, is probable, perhaps necessary ; but that such difficulties would b insuperable, we have case upon case and instance after instance, to disprove. How is it in Greece to-day, under the Ravarian KingI How is it in India under Lnglish (loveruors andrresidentsl How is it in Jamaica, in Tri.iidad, and in English Guiana! and how at ihe Cape of Good Hope! Greece, it is true, is not as happily governed as this country or England, but is it far behind France? Are not the Hindoos, the l arsees, me liuüüinsts, and Mussletnen of India, far belter governed and secured in their rights, than thev were under the svttcms es tablished by their native Dcgums and Emperor., Sctibahders and Rrinco! Has there been any 'xtrannlinary complaints on ihe part of the Spanish population of jamah a or Guiana! In this last, three r four races were mingled witheach other Spanish, French, Dutch and Englisn. We have seen Dutch boors from the Ccpe of Good Hope, who were always pleased to bear witness to the general excellence of the English government there. Rut to como nearer home: what race peopled Louisiana when we acquired it! Have the French population there ever complained of American domination! Is it not now one of the mo-t orderly, tranquil, pro perons and happy Staters of our "glor.ous Union!" Will its internal condition not compare weil with that of De laware or even I'emiM Ivania? Who inhabited "the Floridas' when Mr. Monroe bought them! Are not th; descendants of their Ibenau settlers incorporated with our own errant Yankee tribe, oacefulIy, happily, indissolubly ! Rut have we not different races in different secti ms of the "old thirteen" Slates! Aie there no French descendants of the Huguenots in South Carolina! Whole settlements of Dutch, Norwegians, and oilier German nations tire to be found scattered throughout our midt, who, though they are f the Saxon stock, are not tinged with Anglicism. It is an unpardonable and unwarrantable assumption then, to aver that a difference of race will prevent two nations from being "happily" nnitd under the same government. A difference in "law'' is alleged, as another cause why we cannot live happily with Mexico annexed. This seems to be a greater fallacy than the last. T Why! the laws of every State are dissimilar, and thoiijrh in most of them, the English common lawprevails as a basis, such is not the cr.se in Louisiana where the 'Code Napoleon" yields the rudiments of LxTll ri.rl.t .,, rr.ri.s..! I w 1 1 1 1.1 f I f I T tt f 1 fid 111 T'llirla Infill IIJlll- lllili IllllOJH 1 HI Uli Olli II) U.IU ... d'i we apprehend that precelants and authorities might be cited from the commercial codes ot old pain, as equally in point with Sir William RIackstone Mid my Lord Coke. We are beginning lo be told, too, in this region, that law is a nry useless and unimportant affair at best. Surely a difference? in resjnxi lo it should not repel any portion of Mexico desiring she lter under our agis. Uut the reason suggested as arising from the difference in "language," exceeds all the others in its weakness. Have w not within a day's ride of us, whole districts inhabited bv people s; cak ing nothing but Geinian! And in the bosom of the Empire State, is not low Dutch the most useful tongue j for a politician to ncquire, at least w hen he lias learn- ! ed "to talk a little Indian!" What la nguage do the I Norwegians speak in Iowa and Wisconsin! the Swiss on tue vjiiio; me Hermans irom me j riucipai.tn s .-inn Electorates m Texas! the French in Louisiana! the Spanish in Florida! and even the .Mexicans in Texa! Have we not scattered over and throughout tin? whole country good orderly citizens, whose Lvarts an: truly American, though their tnngws are not! lt is an absurdity then to allege that :i difference in language, however great, can prevent the successful civil communion of men in one government. A difference in "religion" is lastly cited as a reason for our living asunder from our Mexican brethren. And here we find the learned Sir Oracle driven completely to the wall. He is forced! to assume his facts in this case. a$ well as his 1otic. What difllrrviic' f religion h there between Mexico and the United States! In Mexico (although we are told that toleration is guaranteed to all) the Catholic Apostolic is the prevailing religion. And does not the same holv Church erect her alters in every town, and almost every village of our ow n land! Rerhaps tne number of adherents to the doctrines of the Rapal See in this country are not very far less in number, than in .Mexico. There is no established religion in this country. And there is no considerable difference existing between us and Mexico, except a few superstitions which have been engrafted upon the practice of the Catholic Church in the latter, in this respect. This resolution embraces so many heterodoxies, that we feel obliged to leave for a future article, the examination (in which we shall be ns brief as possible) of the remainder, apologizing for the length of this, w hich has swelled bevond our design. What we have said (it must however be tdded) applies with inor? force to the acquisition of a part than the whole of .Mexico. Saw Dust. The shipping lists report at Frankfort (Penobscot river,) Dec. 10th, ''six small vessels loading with saw dut for Charlestown, Mass." The commodity is designed for packing ice at Charlestown and Cambridge the great sources of the ice tr; dc for almost the whole world. A very respectable income is mow derived, at several places in this State, from the sale of pine saw dust, for this purpose, and tho transportation gives employment to considerable tonnage. At the steam saw mills, it is well known that the saw dust of their own making forms a lare part of their fuel. Yet so little were either of these uses of the article thought of till lately, that, upon the erection of the first sleam saw mill at Hallowcll (the first in the State) on th j bank of the river, it was dcemHl necessary to pass a law prohibiting the owners from olstructmg the channel by throwing the saw dust into the river. Similar laws were passed to meet similar cacs at Ellsworth and elsewhere. Such legislation is now obsolete, and an article once deemed so useless and worthies., now teaches ns to tlespiso nothing, thai ingenuity and industry can get hold of. Portland Advertiser. Da hint; Roerlky. A most daring robbery and outrage was committed nar Hazlewood, Alabama, under the following circumstances: On the night of the ()lh instant, a band of eight persons in masks w ent to the house of .Mr. John E. TWnsend, of that place, forced an admittance, s'ized him, ransacked the premises, and departed, taking with them money, notes and security's valued at s; ."0,000. They thn proceeded to the fioiixe of Mr. S. Towncnd, broke in, and overpowered Mr. T. after a desperate resistance upon his part, severely injuring and maiming him, and tiring at a slave who attempted to come to his assistance. After taking all the money they could find amounting to some k!KM, thev tied, takln the direc tion of the State of Tennessee, and at last accounts had not been arrested. It was expected that large rewards would be offered for the apprehension of the criminals, from the great value of the property carried off. Outrage in Fi:am t.. An Am 71 ::m Imprisoned. Mr. Jach Hundertfund, a respectable citizen of Newark, New Jersey, went to Europe in cmp:iMy with his son, about a year ago, and was induced by his friends to take with him several letters to the w ife and brother of Nicholas Met.gcr, sometime sinco arrested in New York as a fugitive from France, where he was chtrged with forgery. Hundertfund! who was 0 total stranger to Metzger, delivered them as requested, and arrived in Paris, on his return home, 011 the'Jd of December last, when he was arrested and imprisoned. Notwithstanding I. is protestation of innocence, and the interference of the American minister, he was kept ten months confined among felons and murderers, as a kind of hostage for the deliverv of the forger Metzger, whom he had never seen in his life, lie has just returned to his family and friends in Newark. The Indians at Fort Mann who were so unaccountably assailed by Capt. I'klzck's orders, seem to have been a party of 1'aunees, who had been defeated by Arapahoes and Sioux, and fled to the American camp for shelter. They expecte! to find employment in hunting f r our forces. Tint affair is not yet explained; and until it is all concerned in it must rest under considerable odium.