Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 69, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1848 — Page 2

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fVrBnVn r Ihr- c Kirnl JOUR.VF YMF.V PRl.YTFMS can liav kiii,.tin4 I y ma King nntnnUnte apilirniion ac Um otlict. rilAI'MA.NS & SFA.N.v . T3"W are requested l Announce .Matthew Little it a candidate for Superintendent ot the Central Canal. tf 07" The 4,Aileghanians" are expected to be in this City on the 'Sttii or XlSth inst. They are highly praised in all quarters, some say superior to the famous Hutchinson family, and unsurpassed as quartette Vinters. They are from New York, where they arc said U have occuipcu eminent stations for years. Such an exhibition has never been given hero, and will attract every respcctuble person. Wc only regr t that there is no hall in the city eligible for such a purpose. Can't we build such an one on the joint stock principle! 07" A (J rand Encampment of the I. O. O. F. was instituted in this city on the 10th inst. by a Special JVfiutv of the G. L. U. S., and the following officers were elected, to-wit : C. Kucher, of Madison, G. C. P.: P. II. Krown, of Covington, M. E. II. P.; .1. P. Chapman, of Indianapolis, G. S. V. ; A. W. Gordon, of Lafayette, G. J. W. ; W. Wright, of Indianapolis, G. S. ; E. Heddcrly, Indianapolis, G. T. ; D. i.iighead, Indianapolis, G. S. ; Jus. Little, Indianap )lis, I). G. S. The Grand Lodge of the same order was in session during the week. J"The person who acci J vitally took a line neic s.l.c hat, and left in place of it a ditty old one, at the fair at the Governor's house a few evenings since, will confer a favor upon the owner of tho new hat h: leaving it at the office of the State Sentinel. Mem. .Never wear a new hat at a fair. Ills. .)3-Ve would call attention to the notice of the t'nion Literary Society in another column. The lecture proM?ed is upon a 6ubject of immediate and w should suppose romantic interest; and the lecturer will speak of what he himself has seen in the regions of New Mexico. ;7The Washington correspondent of the Ohio Stitesman alludes to an important fact concerning the war. as follows : As the Nation:! Intelligencer, Clay, Gallatin &. Co., are apparently bent u denying that American Li od was spilled on American soil before the exitei.ee of this war was recognized by congress, I may ;iv to vour readers, that, according to these autlionties, tho whig Senators, to a mi n, voted another lie, motion of Crittenden; and that, loo, without being gagged or blindfolded, as it is now argued that the w digs w ho voted for the preamble of the war bill were. .Mr. Crittenden moved to amend the wnr bill so as to mike it declare that it was to kefel invasion : i. e., t drive the enemy west of the llio Grande. This cmtudmtnt was sustain?.1, by the xnte of every whig Senator. The bill was for the appropriation of ten millions, and authorizing tiie raising of fifty thousand volunteers, "for the prosecution of the war, &e. Now, if the territory was not ours, there was, indeed, no "invasion" on the part of .Mexico, as Mr. Crittenden and his fellow feds thu averred. This strong point in the case seems heretofore to have been ent.rely overlooked. Mr. Clay should have included tnis vote in his list of "lies;" for, to say the least of it, if the preamble of the war bill involved a falsehood, this motion, on the part of Crittenden,. did the same. 07"The Philadelphia Ledger winds up a recent article upon Mexico as follows: Then pursue the conquest; hold all the sea-ports a:id large cities; seize all the public property, all v'jrces (tf revenue; introduce the common law and t.ie English language as fast as possible; establish schools; protect the religion of the country, and tolerate all others; give to .Mexico a local legislature, composed of three or four deputies from each State, to meet at .Mexico; make General Scott Governor of the whole, as General II irrisou was made Governor of tUe Northwestern Territory; allow it three or four delegates in Congress; open it to emigration from the United Statesand Europe; let the local legislature, for the first three or four years, have power merely to inquire into and report subjects of legislation, its acts to t e subject to ratification, first by the Governor, afterwards by the President and Congress; let a deputygoverner, commander of the garrison, be appointed fjr each State, and let the S:ate deputies, elected by the people, be subject to his approbation. Thus will Mexico have a mild and equitable and intelligent government to pro'ect its people and promote its prosperity, and a good stiff authority to keep down its tyrants. Gen. Scot: i the very fellow for the head of such a government. Our Yankee voting fellows and the pretty seuoritas will do toe rest of the annexation, and .Mexico will soon be Anglo-Saxonized, and prepared for the confederacy. 07"The Wabash Express has the following hyenalike allusions to the late Mr. Kennedy, in a notice of his decease. The Express is guilty of more frequent meannesses of this description than any other paper we know of: "Mysterious are the ways of Providence, and uncertain the calculations of man. It is said that Mr. K. went to Indianapolis to open a road for further political honors; on his way, at Muncietown, he met a person with the small-pox, caught the seeds of disease and went to Indianapolis and died. It may be that he fell a prey to hia honorable ambition, though had he remained at home, he would not have been secure from the grim King of Terrors.'-' (7The correspondent of the Kultimore Sun, writing under date of January "d, says: Senator Johnson, of Maryland, declared, at the Quitman and Shields' dinner, on Saturday, that he would support the war, even if it led to conquest, and that his votes in the Senate would soon show it; and his declaration was received with unbouiuh-d and enthusiastic applause. After this demonstration from a leading Taylor whig Senator, no one can doubt what will be the course of Congress in regard to the administration measures- for the support of the war. The Hale and Webster and Clay and Calhoun party may oppose them, but in vain. S riiEN'oTii of the Ak.mv. We learn from the official report of the Adjutant General, that the regular force of the army, now in the field, is 1330 commissioned officers, and ILJGO non-commissioned officers and prhates. Total, ;HVoVX). OrGen. Cass has written a letter on the subject of the Wilmot proviso," which we 6hall publish as soon as we can find room. He regards the proviso as a humbug, of course. (r-Ve ask the indulgence of our readers for any apparent neglect on our part in editorial notices, in consequence of the sickness of one cf the editors. ftrMr. Clay arrived Jat Washington on the 10th instant, and harangued a concourse of people from the portico of the U. S. Hotel. 07-The British teamship, Caledonia, recently arrived at Bostofl, brought over $330,000 in specie.

Congress. Washington, Jan. 11. IN SENATE, the Vice 1 'resident laid before the Senate a communication from the war department relative to the bill for the temporary increase of the regular Sta triii the army. The resolution to admit the publishers of the Union to the lloor of the Senate passed. .Mr. Dickenson askd leive to take up his resolutions on the Mexican war to-morrow morning. The special order being the ten regiment bill, it was resumed. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, continued his speech. He denounced the administration's policy of moving the troops, and not raising sufficient men to prosecute the war vigorously. He admitted that the primary cause of the war was annexation. He opposed w ithdrawing the troops, because such an net would be productive of perpetual war. He opposed overthrowing the nationality of Mexico, but was in favor of righting, of justice and honor. Tho .Mexican revenue he said was sufficient to support our troops, and it should do so. He opposed acquiring territory by force, but not from fear of extt-ndirg slavery. He denounced the idea to overthrow the religion uf Mexicu. Mr. Clayton asked if Generals Scott and Taylor desired these men. Mr. Cass argued affirmatively. Messrs. Crittenden, Kadger and Clayton spoke. The latter at length gave way to a motion for adjournment, before closing. THE HOUSE, after unimportant business, went into a committee of the whole, on special order, being a motion to refer the President's message to appropriate committees. Mr. Stewart, of Pa., denounced the report of the Secretary of the Treasury ns incorrect. Mr. Venable, of South Carolina, defended the President at some length, alter winch the House adjourned. The Kankinu System. The Philadelphia Ledger is urging the subject of a reform in the banking system of Pennsylvania. It urges the public to consider the following, among other questions and facts : 'Why shall we place our financial interest.- under the control of corporations, as soulless in regard to the charities of lifo as they are reckless of the inte

rests and happiness of the masses .' Why shall we entrust the heart-strings of commerce in such hands Why clothe these corporations with the power to make money plenty or scarce, at pleasure, and thus to raise, or depress prices, and to exercise a controlling influence over all the business transactions of life .' Why shall we permit them to place our market m the hands of foreign merchants by expam-ions, which enable the foreigner to obtain high prices for his goods, which he invariably withdraws in specie, while the domestic dealer is contented with paper that is certain to depreciate with every pressure and suspension ? Why should our bankirg corporations be permitted by law to lend money at enorm mis usury, while our private citizens are restrained to fix p-r cent. ! What is it but usury when a Pink is permitted to lend out a sum equal to double its whole capital ! And what is it but enormous uury when Midi Pank is permitted to extend its loans to ten or twenty times the amount of its capital, without any -other penalty than the individual liability of the di rectors to the amount ot the excess ! I lie penalty is vi inadequate that it is entirely disregarded in practice. The directors can always secure themselves out of the assets under their control. Even an injunction produces but slight 0 fleet upon the operations of bank directors. The most recent example of financial dexterity Ins been furnished by the directors of the Memphis Pank of Tennessee, hi getting possession of the aets of the bank, after, and in defiance of an injunction of the court of chancery. In !17, the whole banking capital of the United States, amounted to s'Jl) ,77J,tilH, while the loans and other investments amounted to the enormous sum of .s.'Vjöv 0i'U,000. Here was theurious spectacle of the banks making loans and oti;er investments to the amount of jSi'jy 1,000,000 more than their whole capital. A system by which corporaii 'lis or individuals shall be enabled to lend or mvtvV more money than they have, and ! lr-w !.terest upon such investments from tho working clashes, cannot be just in principle or sound in finance. This is not spoken in censure of the hank. The fault is in our system of legislation. The Panks have been not only authorized, but encouraged by law in these expansions to the extent of double their capitals. This was the understanding when their charters were granted. It J was for this priviltge that compensation was given I by bonds or otherwise. Py this unwise system of legislation they were thus led into a course injurious to ! their own credit and ruinous to the public. On the 1st January, 1S7, the whole amount of specie in all the banks in tin? United States was but the sum of s7,l)15,;V10, while the demand upon them by note hohh-rs was .-sl-W.lrO.OO, and by depositors isP-'7,-;5fJ7,lS", making an aggregate of liabilities exceedling all the specie in their vaults of .:b,G07,7o.j ! t A suspension of specie payments and a ruinou 5 sacri- ! lice of properly were to "he expected from such a fi nancial condition ot the country. A system of legislation which produced results so disastrous should be abandoned at once. Occupation- of Mf.xico. In this contest itapocars to us very clear that the incompetency und utter inability of Mexico to maintain an independent existence a decent existence as an independent power have b"en mide most manifestly apparent. Her leaders have shown the most arrant ignorance of the strength and character of this country as well as their own, and the mot disgraceful incapacity in the management of the contest in every view, b'-th civil und military. After spending the last twenty years in one protracted civil war, they apear at the end of it utterly unable to make a decent show ot forcible resistance to a foreign foe, and their whole conduct of the contest has been marked by the extremes feeblenos, cowardice, and stupidity so great, indeed, that were it not for the enormous disparity of numbers, and the total rawness of the larger part of our forces, the .Mexican laurels would not be worth wearing by a people who have vanquished Pritons in equal light. The advocates of peace, as they style themselves, among 113, are perpetually harping upon the .Mexicans as if they were Spaniard'', or Europeans, or of Eulopean descent; and they talk of Zaragoza and Padajos, and guerrillas, as if the hi-tory of old Spain were to be re-enacted on our continent. One would really suppose that by this time the delusion would have been dissipated. One Maid of Zaragoza were worth all the .Mexicans that were ever cradled. The .Mexicans arc Indians Aboriginal Indians. Sueh Indians as Cortez conquered three hundred years ago, only rendered a little more michevious by a bastard civilization. The infusion of European blood, whatever it is, and that too infused in a highly iilcgitintatt: way, is not nou'h, as we M e, to affect the chancier of the people. They do not possess the elements of an in (hp? mimt national existence. The aborigines of this country have not attempted, and cannot attempt to exist inthfnndentty along side of us. Providence has so ordained it, and it is folly not to recognize the fact. The Mexicans are Aboriginal Indians and they must share the destinies of their nice. Now we ask whether any man can coolly contemplate the idea of recalling our troops from the territory we at present occupy from .Mexico from San Juan de Ulioa from -Monterey from Pucbla, and thus, by one stroke of a Secretary's pen, reconsign this beautiful country to the custody of the ignorant cowards and profligate ruflians who have ruled it for the last twenty-live years ! Why, humanity cries out against it. Civilization, Christianity, protests against this rellux of the tide of barbarism and anarchy. How are we to maintain our control over the country on what terms, under what contingencies is a matter of detail, and subject to future events; but we d ) not believe there lives the American, with a true understanding of his country's interests and duties, who, if he had the power, would deliberately surrender .Mexico to the u:uontrola!n dominion of the mongrel barbarians, who, for a quarter of a century, have degraded and oppressed her. It is wholly immaterial, in this point of view, to hunt up the origin of the war how it commenced, or through whose fault. The contest is begun it is indeed substantially over; the money has been spent, the precious lives lost, and the question now is, whether the world, humanity, civilization, Christianity, hhall profit by the sacrifices we have made, or whether we shall deliberately re-Mirreuder the country to the half-bred, murderous bravos who call themselves otficers, and who live by cutting ench others throats, and by plundering the peaceful, mild and inoffensive population. V. Y Eitning Post.

The Resolutions. The following are the resolutions adopted by the Democratic State Convention. We rc-puplib them

because of the occurrence of an error at the close ot the 0th resolution, to-wit: Ihm wee 1 he word "sympa tl.ies" and the word "for" the word 4,but" should have been inserted, as it now appears. Jirsolved, thai the administration of the urnral gotrrnineiit, uiidrr Jame K. Polk, the woithy chit f inagitr.te of llii Union, under nrcumstancf which have demanded the rxcrciMf of consummate KUi-niii!iiifhi, in the prosecution uf the war with Mdim, and it) carrying into operation the reform involved in the eiiabluhiifent of thp constitutional Treasury auJ the revenue larilf, ha been cbaraclerized by a degree of prudence and auriiy, and a regard for the the obligation impo-ed by the constitution and laws, which abundantly incut, und canimi tot to command the admiration of the great majority nl the American people. Jicsolied, lhat we approve ihe determination expressed by the Pre.-ident of the United States, to prosecute the existing war with Mexico, until we ball have secureJ an adequate indemnity for the wrong and outrages perpetrated by the authorities of lhat rountry, in open violation of the taith cf irt atiea and the law of nationr; and while we repel the imputation of being animated by an inordinate desire of conquest, we hold that our government cannot fail to enforce lerntoiial indemnity from Mexico, without involving th.s nation in dirace, and covering our heroic armiea with d;sh-nor. licsulvcd, that the great Democratic party of the. Mississippi Vallry know no i'orlh. nor cSouth, but like her noble rivers they comprehend both extreme!, and o king at the Constitution of lhee United l.itea that bind together the extremes of this Union, with its compromises, we regard every and any t ll'irl upon Ihe part of the National Legislature (under present circumstances) to hind the future inhabitants of any portion of our termtry as to their local institutions or internal atftirs which are to exist in s'ate hereafter to be formed, as improper, and calculattd to create local and sectional divisions and weaken the bonds and tics uf ibis great confederacy. Jittolit'd, that u deprecate every attempt, wherever originated, to foment local or personal jealousies, or lo arriy the people uf one section of the Union in an altitude hostile lo those of any uther section; wc invoke ihe people of this great confederacy, and especially those who hold to the principle uf the diinccratic pirty, the spoil id amity and concord; and we implore uur political hiethreii to remember th.il only in a cordial union and in harmonious counsels, are we ei tilled to anticipate the complete triumph uf those great principles, the success of which is the olject of our common solicitude. (8oIvtl, lhat in the general prosperity of the country during the past year, the liberal prices which have rew arded tho labors- uf our f.iruu rs, mechanics and m inufacturer, and th success which has a'tciuWd commercial enterpriz", we have ubundaul evidence of the wisdom of thai policy, which has curtailed the exclusive privileges ai d odious discriminations of the ttrttf of lHl-;and we f. cl a perfect assurance, lhat with industry unhurdentd and triol unshackled, the country will continue to tuc firward with a grenlly orcv. crated pate, in the career uf national weulth and greatm ss. h'eMiml, lhat '.he security which the business interests of ths Unlicd States h ive enjoyed, duiii g u season of unexampled pressuie and monetary derangement in Uurope, Ihe low rate ot exchange and the facility and despatch with which ihe government has carried on its fiscal ntfairs, in the midst of u foreign war, demonstruto. that a national Dank is not necessary , either as an aent of the government, or to regulate the business of ihe country; and hat the constitutional treasury is calculated to avert those pernicious results of which the late Bank was ihe fruitful Bource. Resolved, that assembled as we are, on lh anniversary uf the battle uf .New Orleans, we naturally recall to mind the memory uf the heroic chieftain, whose genius achieved amidst the elements t f detest, the victory which has made ihi day illustrious; and not only , but we ore rej minded also, thai the same dauntless courage which se- ! cured hi- successes in the field, was equally illustrated in the overthrow uf an institution, dangerous to the hberlies of the country, and whose immense power, wielded w ith ail the eneruy of ibspt ration, was such as nothing le-s than the firmness ot u lackson could effectually withstand; ' and that we will best evince our tesard for the character i of the departed hero and statesman, by an emulous imita tion of his unyielding devotion to republican principles. Jietoh rd, thai however emphatically our political opponents, while seeking power, may disclaim the design of reinstating the institutions and measures which have been repudiated by the American people; yet experience has incoutestably proved, that whenever ihty attain to actual or fancied power, no considerations however imposing, and no pledges, however solemn y asseverated, will deter them from atlempiimt to fasten their pernicious policy upon the country; and lhat in view uf this fact, il becomes the duty of democrats to exercise a perpetual and sleepless vigilance, and never to suffei ihemselve to be diverted, by false issues, from the momentous question which divide the two great parties in this country. ' Resolved, that in ihe course of action pursued by the whig leaders at the present day, we observe a marked identity uf spirit with that uf these, w ho, at a former period in the history uf the country, were intent upon nothing so much, ss lo distract our national councils, and to tiring reproach upon our arms while asserting our rights against ihe aggressions of a foreign power; and that n professions ol patriotism, however loud, can save from merited s'iame, those who, forgetful cf'heir duty as citizens, and blinded , by party raue, have no resentments but for their fellow citizens, and no sympathies but for the enemies of their ( country. ! Reu!ved, tli at James U'bitcomb, :he Governor of Indiana, has appnmd himself a watchful guardian of the ' rights of the people, and that in the administration of the fctate government, he ha displayed a degree of ability and practical wisdom, which amply justifies the choice of the citizens of ihe Mate, in entrusting iheir interests to hi guidance. Resolved, that we a prove of ihe proposed national convention, lo he held for t tie nomination of a democratic candidate for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, mnl of the proposition that il be held at Cincinnati, on the 4th day of July next; and that we will give to the nominee of ihe ' Cm vention. zealous and undivided support. Rtsvlrcd, that the officers and soldiers uf nur army in I Mexico, by their orderly conduct, their patient endurance ! uf hardships, privit nn and sickness, and the unsurpassed bravery with which they have met and always d. feated. .in enemy, always superior in numbers, from the battle of . Palo Alto to that ul the citv uf Mexico, have won for I themselves and hve reflected upon their country, an un1 dying renown; and that our volunteers in particular, though j but a short lime removed from their peaceful vocations and ;wiih slight experience in the trade ot war, have approved themselves ejual in courage and conduct to the veterans whose praises are vaunted in tha pmesof European history; and we are particularly gratified that the volunteers of Indiana, though maligned ami misrepresented, by those who should have been first in their praise, have proved themselves in no respect inferior lo the bravest of those who have peritleJ their lives, on ihe blood stained fields ot Mexico. Resolved, that wc leirn with extreme regret, lhat the burial place, or grave of ihe great apostle of democracy, Thi'inas Jetf-rson, is in a wretched and neglected condition, without a distinguishing monument or inclosure; therefore Resolved, lhat this convention recommend to tho great national democratic convsntion uf this Union, when next convened; to take into consideration, ihe propriety of c reditu; a suitable monument with this inscription, panned by Jefferson' ovvn hand, "Thomas Jtjfasun, the author of the Declaration of Indeptndince. Resolved, that if tho old dominion i forgetful of her duty tu her 6on, her younger sistei Indiana, will not prove unpratrful. Resolved, that we recommend to tho convention ihe app i.itment of Governor .lames Vh tcomb, Hons. Kotiert Da!e Owen and John Law, a committee to prepare and report an Address to the people uf Indiana. Ikon Ca k win. The Indiana Sentinel has another article upon Carbon iron, invented by Mr. Kellv, of Indianapolis, by winch common iron. 1 the space 01 a few minutes, may be hardened and toughened so a.s to bu for many purges superior to steel. If the process is carefully performed, any article of iron can be hardened after finishing and p -dishing, without destroying the polish. The Sentinel refers to a communication in th; Ledger, in which the writer supjMjsed that he possessed the knowledge mute its good ns Mr, Kelly; but if Air. Kelly's process is productive of no better results llmi of Ihe writer of the communication 111 the Ledger, it is not woi lh much. The Bpecimen ho left at thisofhee was a piece cf hoop iron, which he said had been carbonized until it posse sed the hardnew and elasticity of-teel. On trial, we found that it was nothing more than hoop iron aficr carbonization. It had not a particle of elasticity, but could be bent ami broken as easily as any old hoop. Wc mention tuis fact fr the information of Air. Kelly, the value of whose process we see is certified to by workers in iron who have tried it. Pa. hdger. Soiu: Nose. A man of science up among the Knickerbocker?, prescribes the following cure for a bruised or irritated nasal appendage: Take a half a pound of gum guiacum, half a pint of cowhage and half a gallon of tarsimmer over a slow lire until effervescence ensues. Apply to the afflicted part. In about an hour the sore will peel olf nose and all.

Forc'lsii Heins. The London Timks on thk Mexican Was. The Tinus of tho :Jd instui.t, contains an ditori.il on American allair, and especially tho resolutions of Mr. Clay, which are regarded as a "national confer smu and exposure" of the manner in which 'unjust

war and dishonest intrigues have already produced Iheir fruits of popular embarrassments, and ministe rial nerolexities." Mexico, it concedes, is conquer I'd, but the complex, it says, will prove fruitless. It gocH on to anticipate the ditliculty the President will have in meeting the demands of Congress and in juNtifying the steps he has taken. The whole article is f . . .. . a lab red and ingenious condensation of the cream of the Semi-Mexican

press of our own country, extract- d re-established the Republic. In 11 he revolted unrighteousness, and getting up prosecutions and purhe im.stinten.se gratification, and j nain-t ihe new Government, and proclaimed himelf suing them with a vengeance belter suited to the ingenial spirits on this side of the ''Protector." Rut in this movement he was beaten, mate, of another region, than the iheatre ot civili-

ed evidently with the Iff.llilllVM W w - I , water still more highly spiced with b.tterness and venom. The Ckisis Past. Private letters (says the New York Express) from the highest sources in London,, state that the moneyed concerns of the country have taken a more favorable turn, and that it is considered that the crisis has passed. As an evidence of this, the rate of interest had sensibly lessened, and consols, the great barometer of the market, had improved. An Enolisii Duke. The Duke of Rockingham owes seven millions of dollars, und yet he has land enough for a kingdom in the heart of England, with palaces and gardens, none of which can bu touched by a creditor. The increase of J'J.UOKIÜ for the mouth of November, in the banking circulation of (ireat Rritam over tht; preceding month, is considered by many here as the strongest evidence of the general conviction there, that the worst of the crisis is past ; though the London Times, a good authority, resisting the llattermg unction of the Queen's speech, regards the panic as"merely an incident "111 tht; downward fate to which the country is destined to submit," and all relaxations "as fraught with danger," and can only e- in 'the terrible future" declining trude and grinding poverty, bankrupt railways, and increased taxation, and that the only question is whether the calamities of that future will be aggravated by acts of "natioinl dishonor." Scarcely belter or more hopeful than this is. the tone of all the leading commercial journals. What a prospect to contemplate! How much reason have we not for deep thankfulness that our future presents such a contrast ! The state of Ireland at the last advices appears trulv frightful. The prospect of another winter and spring of pestilence and famine seems to have let loose all the furies of despair and hate in tht; hearts of a patient and long-Milfering people. The daily and nightly murders mid burnings in tho disturbed districts, which appal and terrify the community, are tht! 1 1 a 1 1 1 " a 1 results of the abuses of centuries, and have a sort of savuge justice about them, which shows that the poor, wild, inked, hungry, half mad "mere Irih" have, after their own fashion, an idea of what it is th it hurts them ; and if it happen now and then lhat the nearest victim falls, it is became the avenging arm can reach no higher. 1 1 a i.V. The lir-t Roman Parliament has commenced its session, ilis Holiness addressed them in a speech as remarkable f.r its benignity as for its wisd 'in. The members of the council then went in solemn procession 10 St. Peter's, and in order at once to mark the respect in which they were held by tin? Roman aristocracy, and to surround them with the more imposing externa! splendor, thf Roman princes and nobles supplied for their use their state etjuipnge and retinues. Tht? deputies of each province went in the carriage of a Roman prme, drawn by six horses, nnd attended by a multitude of servants, in state liveries. The cholera was decreasing at Moscow, since the 'M of November. On theöili there wire (J1 patients, 10 of whom died, and recovered ; and on the üth, out of 77. U's! recovered, and VIJ died. Since the With September, the day tin w hich the epidemic first manitested itself, 2,011 inhabitants were attacked, DUO of whoin d.ed, -PJ's! recovered, GUD were under medical treatment, and most of them were expected to survive. From Moscow the scourge extended to several districts of that (tovcrnment. Intf.ke-tin;; In tnr.NT. We learn by a foreign journal, that th people of Piedmont, on the occasion of a magnificent ovation given by them to a popular Prince, the following incident occurred : The American minister, Mr. Wicklitfe. had stationed himself about half way between Turin and Monculievi, in or- I der to salute the King. No sooner did the immense, multitude which followed the Royal carriage perceive the American Minister, than they made the air ring with cnes of "hing live th' I'nitid Slates .'" L'ng live America .'" "Long live the Minister of the AVpubli'' .'" The cry thus commenced was taken up and continued by this vast assemblage of the people of Piedmont, extending from Turin to .Monculievi, a distance of three miles. Jt is computed that between one and two hundred thousand people were in the procession. A Pi.UKAi.isr. The (ilasgow Journal states that n person in uusincss lately d4ed 111 that city, uli(ic life was insured for thirty thousand pounds. Immediately after I. is death Ibis sum was laid claim to by no less than three families, consisting each of a wife and children : and what is singular, the one family seems not to have been cognizant of the other. Which family is the legitimate one nobody at present can siv until further inquiry is made; but it seems that each marriage was celebrated by a clergyman in this city, and the wives have been maintained in a respectable manner. It appears that he was in the habit of living a fortnight at a time in each home successively. SiiiTTt.v; oi'T Li'JiiT. It appears that the Emperor Nicholas docs not venture to allow American newspapers, and their liberal sentiments on the subject of civil and religious freedom, to circulate among tue more than ihe t; fly millions under his yoke. The head of the (ireek church guards well his tlock from the liberal opinions of republican'lAmerica. The administration of the Postolficc in Russia has just published the list of foreign newspapers which will be allowed to enter Russia next year. The total number is tHUi, of which löti are German, 1011 French, 10 English, and two Polish. Glokv. Millions of bushels of human bones have been transported from the continent to Hull for agricultural purposes. These, which were collected on the plains at Leipsic, Atisterlitz and Waterloo, were the bones of the bold, the brave and the chivalrous, who fell lighting their country's btttlcs. With them were mixed the bones of the horses, and both were conveyed to Yorkshire, where they were ground to dust, hent to Doncastcr, and sohl for manure. York' s 'n'rc paper. Ci.aimin'S to tue Rio Gkande. Notwithstanding the peace advocates assert that Texas never had a title to territory beyond the Neuces, the legal authorities of that country assert their claims to the Rio Grande, with all Ihe pertinacity of those conscious of a good claim. The District Court of Nueces county has just given a verdict of 13,000 damages against uu officer of the C. S. army, commanding the post nt Brazos St. Jago, for illegally taking possession of the store ami stock t if gootls of a citizen of Texas in April last, and destroying his business as a merchant. The Court charged the jury that all the territory to the principal stream of the Rio Grande, was within ihe limits of the Stale of Texas, and that 110 officer of the United States army had authority to interfere with a citizen in the transaction of his legitimate business within the limits of the State. Gen. Jackson's Family. William (Jriuishaw Esq. of Philadelphia, writes to the editor of the Pennsylvania!), that after some research 111 Ireland, he has ascertained the birth-place and ancestors of Gen. Jacksoil. He suy.s: "Andrew Jackson, of Ball-rcgan; near Dundunald, a comfortable farmer, possessed a freehold property, now of considerable value. Thomas Jackson's house ...:...! 1 t lOILAll r tl4W I 'IV..t. TI are several collateral relations, living still in the neighborhood, but the descendants of the oldest branch of the family have all d.ed off; the great grandson of 1 nun ullui'uu iy u 1 run imiiiin iioiiui. i nut Ihomas Jacksou having tiled about three years ago, without leaving any family." We learn that a patent has just been granted to Mr. Le Doyen, a chemist from i Paris, for a fluid that may be successfully used for disinfecting purposes in general, such as water closets and other places of disagreeable odors, hospitals, jails, dissecting rooms, vessels and. bilge water, also gangrene and running sores ami other bodies infected by disease. Uai. yews.

I Ufeor Sanlu Aimti. I 'he Troy r ij i gives ti brief sketch of the j Iife of this "cruvl and cunnino; Mexican," the strange vicissitudes of which, and especially the circumstance, thut while in KxiU, he was sent" by the American j President to command the .Mexican Army, renders

1111,1 a personage of more than ordinary interest. Of his birth und parentage nothing ix sa lrJl he dist.ngui.shod himself as a Colonel, i said. In : .111.. . ----- ' . in unv ! Ins "' oiu pantard from Vera Cruz, for which he I wus rewarded, by uJt. i;mpt.ror hTitniDK, w ith the , tiovernment of thai City, liut in lS-'J, having quarrelied with Ii uilile, he cna"cd, with (Jen. Vktoj K,A 1,1 a revolution which overthrew tin. Emperor i"i "u vmn.ceij to five: years of t-eelusiun upon ins eaiate a: Aaiapa. In lrJS he headed a couspirucy to depose I'resident I'i.ii:az., which proved miccessful, and CiLKKttKKo, wijo reached the Presidency,

made Santa Anna his Secretary of State and Com- body. This winter, in 'ne time, another committee mander-in-Chief. In lrjy San ta Anna defeated and was formed for the similar purpose, we suppose, of captured (jen. RinKALox, who was the last Spanish .complimenting the Legislature and strangers vi-iting invader of Mexico. thenty. Tin. Legislature, we doubt not, Will, when In 1S;H, President (iUEKitr.no, v hotn Santa Anna H meets t gam, reciprocate tli-i compliment thus grahad raised to that -station, ua, by the same hand, ciously conferred upon them, by a rebuke more siulh deposed, and s.iot as a Traitor. "Ri-ntamente wa i ing than that of last winter. next elevated to the Presidency, for a brief period While we are always ready to raise our voice and only, and then Ph-k.aza was brought back from e.viie direct what little influence we have against unmoraland re-instati.d in power; but in Santa Anna j ')' of every kind, we equally depiecate that mob 111w as himself chosen President. ! quisiiorial spirit lhat criminates itself in order to preAnd now the first attempt to put down the Revolu-! vent others from doing what it deems criminal. The tiou in Texas was made. His conduct was marked ! s!:"" Chatnbe. of lndiiiuap.ilis appears too near in the by ferocity ami ruili itnsm at the Alamo and other 1'iT'1 1 of an iuquis.tion to b- respected for ittt effort m

points where he joiined advantages, until he was heaten and captured by the Texians 1 San Jacinto. Ihe I'exiau (lovernment, however, soon released their Prisoner, and in lSt." he took the held again, and lost a h g in defend. ng Vera Cruz against ihe French. In 1310. (Jen. Rl'sTA M r.NTE was aain evnelled. , n I and Santa Anna became, m name ami in fact. Dictator of Mexico. ()u this occasion his amputated L'g was deposited, with 'all the honors," in the Church of San Pablo, though it was, m 1, exhumed and dragged through the Streets of the City of Mexico. In Hl l, Pa ::2'W.s succeeded not only in deposing the Dictator, but in driving hiui out of Mf.xico. Santa Anna, with his "booty," which w-as said to be enormous, took up his residence in Cuba, where he remained until .Mexico became involved in war with America, whcu,.ur reasons that remain to b exjlaiutd, Presidmt Poi.k" indund hin to rtlurn and tne command of Annies by which ten thousand Amrricans nave tuen s.'ini : Pol'K Pit's IX. Tho following resolution, offered in the Senate of N. York by Col. Young, ' as unanimously adopted by that In dy, and bent to the House lor concurrence Resolved, (if the .Wunbly concur,) That the Legislature of this state have regarded with deep solicitude and unbounded admiration, the etlorts of Pius IX to ameliorate the condition of tht? Italian people to emancipate them from the political thraldom under w hich they hav e been crushed for centuries, and 'o bestow upon tl.ein tin? incalculable blessings of National Independence ami Constitutional Freedom. That no spectacle of more intense interest can be presented to the philanthropic mind than the struggle of a down-trodden people to burst the shackles of des potism, whether foreign or domestic and to regain ; their long lost liberties. That on this occasion that J interest is sublimed and sanctihed by being mingled with the classic recollections which Italy inspires that renowned Italy which has been the native home of the Fine Arts the cradle of European civilization the t..eatre of intellectual beauty and sublimity the land of story and song, of eloquence, of sculpture, of music, of painting and poetry. That the hearts f all who love their leiiow ueings will thro:i in svmpa II I 1 I 1 thy with the noble exertions of the Roman Pontiff, !ml jnm in aspirations to Heaven that he may be j jruided through every ob-truetion in his glorious eareer, bv "a pillar of cb-ud by day and of fire by night, until he shall have safely conducted the Italian people to the land of promise. Resolved, That the (iovernor be requested to transmit a copy ot the preceding resolution to Pope Pius l!ej IX. Inoi.iziNi. Tki'tii. Mr. Clay in his late speech, says, that General Taylor ordered h;s cannon opposite to Matainoras "while. .Mr. Slidell was wending his way to Mexico with his credentials." The "truth" is. General Taylor was not ordered from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, Mill it was known to the Administration that the .Mexican Government had refused to receive .Air. Shdell! Air. Clay asserts that General Taylor's "good sense' prompted him to believe, in the beginning of the year lb-lü, that our army ought to remain at Corpus Christi. The "truth" is. General Taylor advised the forward movement ol" our nrmy to the Rio Grande! Mr. Clay asserts that the war of lsl'J was one "purely of d' fnice." The "truth" is, the invasion of Canada, was the first act of our country in that war! .Mr. Clay asserts that the justie of the war of 1SPJ was admitted by the Federal party. The truth is directly the reverse, so far as we can judge from the recorded opinions and acts of the leaders ofthat party 1:1 Massachusetts and elsewhere! The foregoing statements in the speech of Air. Clay are truly remarkable, considering that he almost iDohizi:s truth! Richmond Examiner. IIukkah! roK a -Whig Conokkss! They vote the war unnecessary and begun by the President Sj to SI divers members nearly 0 out, dodging about eating oysters, or engaged in some other entertaining employment. Then they vote that the army shall not be withdrawn, indemnity shall not be relinquished, even if old claims are paid up, by a vote of D37 to 41. Is the war now unnecessary! and is it now the President's war! Polk must be very happy in bringing on a war that even his opponents now sanction. 1 1 will be seen, that after the latter vote roine ten or twelve stepped out, and left the faithful to perpetrate the absurdity in voting the war unnecessarv; after three to one had voted to continue it until the object the President who brought it on is attained. What will the whigs do next! hmisviUe Dem. Tavi.oi: Meet in; in Washington. The public meeting of tin; Members of Congress, ami citizens of Washington, friendly t the election of General Taylor to the Presidency, held on the VJOth ull., did not amount to much. There was great diversity of opinion among its members; some declaring the movement premature, others averring that, premature or not. General laylor was the man that could be elected, and the only one that could be elected. Several propositions were made, all id which were gotten rid of summarily, by a successful motion to adjourn, made by Mr. Gentry, Whig, .AI C, from Tennessee, who pronounced himself to be for General Taylor, with a convention or without a convention, with a caucus or without a caucus, now and always. Sviui ATitv w ith the PoiE. A very large and respectably meeting was held in Xvw York recently, to epress symyathy with the Pope and the people of Italy, in their struggle for liberty. The proceedings were t)f considerable interest and importance. Hon. Win. V. Urady, Mayor of the city, presided. Letters were rend from a large number of gentlemen who had been invited, but were unable lo attend; among them Martin Van Puren, Mr. Iluchanan, Geo. M. Dalian, Hon. Thos. II. Pcnton, Ed. Everett, J. A. Dix and Senator Dickinson, all of whom approved of the objects of the meeting. Massachusetts. It appears from official returns, that only 17 Senators were elected in Massachusetts at the recent election (all whigs) leaving 23 vacancies. Fortunately, says the Boston Advertiser, a sufficient number of Senators are chosen, lo admit of the organization of tht; Senate and the Legislature, under . - . i .1 i 1 , r , t"lwl,luu,,l,. umj ,u "cm u " fr, dtJ U PPlyS t!"; vacancies, w hich w.ll doubtless I Prcvt'nl a"? prions detriment to the public interests. (KT " resolution fixation" is a word used by Mr. Clay in his! is at Lexington, though the sentiments ot wr- Cia-V s 'esoimions- are eminently .uexican, me lt t i - 1 I i 1 worus are purely r.ngusu, even 10 mis one oi -uxa- j tion. Governor Owsley, of Kentucky, oners a reward of $2l0 for the arrest of Samuel Jams, who escaped j from the jail in Knox county. Jarvis stands indicted in the Knox Circuit Court for murder. i

A lti('tioii. Arc the officers of tne law gem-rally i-f.i.-ivit, a:.d do they perform the duties whicii they are sw. rn to do! if not, then j-lniuld ihe p mde t lect other- in their places who will, ihit if they are elV, :i. nt und perform their dulies according to ihe law and iheir oath-, there can certainly be no propriety in toe pr;vute citizens of a village forming committees of vigilance to proecute every one buspvetvd of unrighteousness. These thoughts occurred to us in witnessing the conduct of Mich a cotnmittee,self-eslabli.-hed, at Indianapolis, who were engaged in ferreting out all sup-

Hed offences, and prying into houses su cted of zauun. , A similar committee v.as organized, hi: oeueve, vvhen the Legislature met last winter, and tney an 1 the Jo. n council received a severe rebuke from that its hi" tili laudable undertaking, and it would not U; tolerated in any other town 111 Indiana. Cambridge Rv little, coj iid by request. Eastkiin Hotis. The N. Y. Journal of Commercj snys, We do not butcher as many hogs m New Yt' k as they do in Cincinnati. Acorns are not so plenty here as they were in the days of New Amsterdam. Rut we pack as fit hogs, and in us fine slvh, as they do any where. Leland's new porkery in Washington street is a hundred and twt nty-tive feet sqtiaie, with everything most conveniently arranged for curing meats. The cellar had, yesterday, sutucthif.g like a quarter of an acre of ork sides, in tlry salt, piled up nearly to the lb-or, preparing lor English appetites. On one side arc four great nnoke houses, btaiidmg side by side, capacious enough to hold ten thousand hams at once. Then in the cellar are the Keines in w men "i.t. lanu s laru is irieu. ihe ereat value of the crotou water in the working f such an establishment was quite apparent. Rut wr called to see the Pine Plains hogs which were brouel.i down again this year in the 'large Milan, Cnpt. Creamer. The catalogue reads thus; ull unnll LomJ yearlings : Il"s. lbs, axcir.'e ,7,5. Egbert Smith 11 !',St.i '. i. Cul ver i'.7' (ieo. Rartou 1 :W :C David Hicks ) . -'J.ni :.i .10,7.7.) RH I l.:i7o 1:17 ..'J.'sfri :r,. A. Hoffman 'SZ A. Schry ver 1Samuel Tanner A. A. Shever 11 Philo S'.ukle ... 1,1:10. 1,170. :! 101 10,701) D.C, fford ! :t, PJU -it Oiit t.r IIfTmit' kfigti J TCO jioutid, mid tLr liatn, Urn rut out, Tu iutindi iili. Cukiois Tkaits ok Amkkkan CnAr.At fi.it. The New Orleans National says the the peculiarities of our institutions make common traits of character whirii take by surprise even those thai were familiar w tn them through birth and education; how iniM th-y then appear to those educated under foreign govt i n ments Among the volunteers in Col. D n:phan command, was a young man who had eni.sttU " : Jrom running Jnr lh". Missouri legislature! This gave umbrage to his constituents, and his mine was put up, and he was elected by a unanimous vote. The unfortunate individual who thus had honors thrust upon him, while marching in slow time, with his musket on his shoulder, over in Santa Fe, is suddenly disturbed by the appearance of an express from the Executive in Missouri, demanding of Col. Doniphan, en pains and penalties, if neglected, the body of a member elect of the Mit-souri Legislature, now a volunteer in his regiment. The Colonel, as a military man, is bound to obey his commander-in-chief; m be ordered the legislator out 1 1 the ranks, and told h.ui that he must foot it back under a guard to M.!-s.un, w illingly, p he would, or chained as a prisoner. The Rcpiescntative vented imprecations upon hi contituenis, and upon his sovereign State, and took the back track home, perfectly disgusted with his popularity at the polls. Another private in Col. Doniphan's commitid, has been elected to Congress. Thus it i, our institutions make it consistent for the American citizens to occupy every place under government, whether distinguished or obscure, and euch alike, shed honor, if faithfully fidtilb d. CT" A Curious Relic. The Oneida Morning Herald e'ives the following clause from the will of Lewis Morris, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. "It will be seen," remarks the Herald, "that the worthy old patriot partook liberally of the prejudices which existed among our honest Dutch fathers against the Yankee race: "It is my desire that my son Gouverneur Morris, mav have the best education that is to be had in England or America; but my express will and directions are, that he be never sent for that purpose to the Connecticut Colonies, least he should imbibe in his youth that low craft and cunning, so incident to the people of that country, which is so interwoven in their constitution that all their art cannot disguise it from the world, though many of them, under the sanctified garb of religion, have endeavored to impose themselves on the world for honest men. 171)0, Xov. 23. Lewis Morris. Low Postage. The Post Master General, if wo understand him, recommends the continuance of the cheap postage in fact, while he proposes measures calculated to raise the rates, by indirect means. He first proposes to charge double postage on letters weighing one-third of an ounce, instead of one-half an ounce, as heretofore. Secondly, where the jMstage is not pre-piid he would double the charge. Tinrdly, he would havethe postage on all newsj, i pers pre-paid. The simplest and the surest way of carrying out the cheap postage plan, is to require i.V postage to In pre-paid to leave the rates where thev are to abolish altogether the franking privilege humbug and corrupting as it is and only to charge postage on newspapers when carried more than "0 or lli lailei from the place of publication. Cin. llnquirtr. OCT Phe air of Philadelphia must be favorable to patriotic sentiments. It was liiere lhat Mr. Wejstcr aid "Our duty as good citizens is plain. We must maintain ihe government, and aid it in un honorable manner to bring the war to a speedy termination. -And it was liiere Mr. Clay said "This glorious and beautiful land is our common country in peace or in war in weal or in woe under bad administration or good government. Keinem bor to stand by it." The greatest novelty that has ever been seen, is at present exhibiting at New York, and consists 0r a number of canary birds, some J0 or more, that have been trained to draw carnages, wear cocked hats a !a mililaire, fire off small cannons, dance on the tiht rope, utand on their heads, and perform various other feats, that display a capacity to learn and be trained which no one could imagine the feathered race essed. As might be expected, the performance are witnessed by hundreds of ladies and children daily. q- William von E'chthal, the Editor of the Deut Schtullpost in N. ., di ed recently, after an illness of two or three days. .Air. . . . . von E. was tvm of Ul years ago, being a noble lainily in Havana, about a Karon by inheritance. 07"" Well, Miss," aid a knight of the birchen rod, "can you decline a .i " Yes, sir," said the girl, dropping a perplexed courttey, ! can but 1 hate to most phguily."