Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 75, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 January 1848 — Page 2

Hitiuqpg 5tntc Sentinel. rrz7vyianA1,CC ' THC rICC 0f UBtRTT' Our Term. The following will hereafter he the permanent terms of the Weekly "in-liana State Sentinel: . .n ifl to h made always in advance.

One copy, one) ear. Three copies, one year, o. i r ive epies, one year, Ten copies, one yar. w.w Twenty copies, or.; JO.UU f Published three turn a week during the session.) One copy, i ,. One copy during tl.e session, -jU r-See first pie Tri-Weekly. (7-We hope that the dehnte upon the question of the reception t.f certain trophies, brought by Captain Ford from Mexico, as presents to this State fromCnpt. John S. Simonen, will be carefully read by the people. The debate throughout strongly evinces the character of Mexican vhizgtry, when, as in this case, it dares to manifest itse!f, and quite as strongly developes the peculiar traits of at least a portion of the majority of the House of Representative. The most we regret is that all the people could not have heard as well as seen this debute. They would need nothing more to convince them of the revolting attitude assumed by those whig who chose to make the most dishonorable insinuations against Captain Simonion, and even to clarify him as a Tnitf. Such imputations fr m Creole Mexicans might he natural enough, but is it not an almost inexcusable outrage, for men calling themselves Americans to purue so flagitious a course of conduct ! So it seems to us, and we are astonished as well as surprised, that even whigs will thus degrade themselves and the position tltfv ivriinv as Representatives of the people. No wonder that they were rebuked, as they were by one of their own friends. (Mr. Terry.) No wonder that they are driving fine of their colleagues in the House from the whi? nartv. If members i f the whig party in in the House are thus induced to rebuke and to cut loose from it, can one doubt the effect which the fame causes mut produce upon the mas i t that party I Honest and patriotic men will surely reiterate the condemnation. (7- Another humbug discussion occupied the House of Representatives all yesterday forenoon, upon certain resolutions requesting lien. Taylor to Visit Indiana, and the substitute, by which it was proposed to a'mend them. The object of the whigs was to manufacture political capital. Rut whether they will accomplish that end is uncertain. The Legislature is thus turned into a sort t f caucus or political bear garden, where each small-beer pa.tizan eases himself at the public expense if not public disgust. This evil is an enormous one, but we d' not see how it can be corrected until the people revise and remodel the State Constitution in such a way as to check it, and to force the members to attend to their appropriate business. It is perhaps a matter of regret that thy have got over their s are about the small pox. Can't somebody start a rumor of Cholera! That might abate the nuisance. 1' 1 out Mexico. Col. Miles's train, which left Vera Cruz on the 2d instant, with 1,;"(J0 men, was attacked by four hun dred Guerrillas about one hundred miles out, and IHM) mules and sHM),U0h worth of property captured. Walker's .Mounted Rifles were attacked by a party separate from the main body, ai.d lost ten killed and several wounded. Nothing later had been received from Gen. Wool's line. General Lambert, comma-.Jer-in-chief of the Erit-j T - 1 .. .J T. m .1 ... LT iuiL;tnn ft n rl 1 1 - 1 a Ktlrtrtfl ! 1311 1'iaiiu, juiuuiia, uicu a 1 ivtookti, uou iiua uui.u with military honors. The city of Chagres, with the custom house, has been destroyed by fire. The death of Paymaster Cloud and Lieut. Monroe in Cal.furnia is confirmed. John Reynolds, of the Gth Infantry, was hung fjr murdering several women. It was reported that Santa Anna had embarked at Acapulco fur San Bias. Several Americans were killed in a guerrilla attack on Mazatlan. A night expedition to Mazatlan, for the purpose of apprehending some officers, resulted in a skirmish, in which several Mexicans were killed. A number of Americans were sent to Col. Childs by Irunzeas, former Governor of Pucbla, asking the exchange of Col. Favor. Childs refused, on the; ground that the Mexicans were already grenlly in-, debted for prisoners liberated by the Americans, but eulogized Izunxeas for his kind treatmi nt. Co uc res. Washington, Jan. 20. Senate. Agreeably to notice Mr. Ashley asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill fur extending the jurisdiction of the U. S. Courtsover navigable waters, which was read the second and third time by unanimous consent, and referred to the Judiciary committee. .Mr. Ragby submitted a resolution for consideration declaring the right of the United States to acquire territory by conquest, and denying the right of Congress to prohibit slavery in such territory. .Mr. Davis from the committee on Military affairs, reported a bill, providing quarters at New Orleans, for sick and disabled soldiers, which was read the third time and passed. On motion the Senate laid aside the morning btiailiess and proceeded to the consideration of the Ten j Regiment bill. Mr. Clarke spoke in strong terms of opposition to the war party. Mr. Crittenden asked Mr. Cass whether General Scott' command had been suspended and General Worth relieved from arrest. Mr. Cass replied that both were true and that as i senior officer, Gen. Uutler would assume the command. Mr. Crittenden expressed astonishment and regret at the course if the Administration. Mr. Dix of New York obtained the floor but gave way to a motion to go into executive session which was agreed to and the Senate adjourned. House. The Speaker announced as the first thing! in order the business on the Speaker s table, to-wit: The reports of the committees, which were bills for the support of the Military Academy, and providing for support of revolutionary and other pensioners. After the morning business the House resolved itt elf into a committee of the whole, and proceeded to the consideration of the President's Message. Mr. Redinger being entitled to the floor, defended the President for withholding information, aud replied at some length to the several complaints made against his speech. He was very earnest in his remarks. Mr. Roman, of Maryland, followed and replied to Mr. McLane's speech. He is a good debater, and acquitted himself handsomely. Mr. Green, of Missouri, defended the President with ability, after which the committee rose and the House adjourned. CO"The rep0rt (,f the CoT.rnissiouer of the General Lnnd Office, just submitted to Congress, shows that during the year 1Ö4G, 2,7:3,73U acres of the public lands were sold, ouiounting to $2,o04,037; and in the first, second, and third quarters of the present year, 1.330,023 acres have been sold, producing $2,356,342. O-The British Museum has purchased the reversion, after the death of the present proprietor, M. Michael, of Hamburgh, of a rich collection of Hebrew books, amounting to 5,000 printed volumes, and 800 manuscripts.

IV- of County Oflirrrs In Itlm-ion Co. The fallowing is the hill introduced by Mr. Stewart in tht Senate, "to regulate the fees and emolument of county e fficers, which bill h possed the St riate. The object ef the bill, is not no much to make it a erinancnt arrang . ml, without the p'nple desire it, a to ascertain the amount of feet paid to each of our County Officers. So that if the people desire the reduction of the lees, they will know how much to reduce them, and that the officer may have a fair, and just compensation for hia services. Uecause whenever an attempt has been made to reduce the feea of county efiicers, it wns always asserted by those interested, thai the feea were none too high ; scarcely yielding a sufficient amount to support the i.lficer, and henre could never be reduced. In the distribution of tho overplus, in amount of fines received by the county Seminary, ia deducted from the amount due and coining to the Township where the Seminary is situated, and this amount distributed among the other Townships. The sixth section preventing ethcera from releasing persons from tho paynient of fee, was not, we understand, in the original bill, but was inserted, on account of a remark mode by one of the county officers, vir. "That he would release all the feet, above tht amount tehich the bill permitted him to retain, and then he could be re elected against any epposi' tion" We hope the bill wi, become a law. And the people will sustain those men, who advocate and procure the passage of laws for the welfare of the whole prop!1, and against those measures tending to make tho few rich, at the expense of the muri v. A.Y .WT to Rcgu'ate the Fees and Emolument t of County Oficers in .Marion County. Src. 1. lie it nutated bu the (lateral Attembly of the State of Indiana, That In realiei tht l'lerk tl thr Circuit ai.it Probate courts. County Auditor, County Treasurer, County Recorder, and lunly h ndf of the county of Marion ha! I upon the li 1 i Momiay of January and September in earh year commencing with the first day of February A. I). ISIS, make to the Hoard of County Commissioners in u It form a said board shall prescribe a return in writing, embracing all the fees and emolument of their respective offices, and all compensation tor I ii 1 as clerk, scube or attorney in their respective office of' every name and rhar.tcter for the half year ending on the firt day of January or July, as the case may le which return shall be in all cases, terrified by the oath of the officer making the same. Sic. m. The C erk of the Marion circuit and probate courts, hall not be allowed by the said board of County Commiesiourrs to retain t)f the fees and emoluments of his said office fr his own person.il compensation, a um exceed in a eight hu ndred dollar per rear, and at and utter tint rate for such tune as he shall h ld the office, Provided, however that the aid hoard rnuy allow the ch rk such compensation for clerk hire as they may deem right and 1nj.er, which allowance thai I in no case exceed the sum of four hundred dollar. And the County AuJitor for the County i f Marion .hall not be allowed by the said board of County ('"inrniioners to retain of the fees a d emolument of his said office a sum exceeding seten hundred dol'ars per ye.ir. and at at.d alter that rate for such tun

as he hall hld the office. And tho County Treasurer for the county of Marion, thall not be showed by the slid board of County Commissi) .ners to retain of the fees and emoluments ot his aid office a sum exceeding ffrei Ar;id'td dollars per year, ami at and alter thut rate fr such time a he hall hold the otlice. And the County Sher fl'ot Marion coutiiy thai) not I e a lovu-d by the said board nf (') Utily Commissioners to retain of the fee am) emolument of his said office a um exceeding one thousand dollar per year, and at and after that rate for such tune as he shall hold the office. Arid the County R. conler for Marion county shall not be allowed by said board of County Commissioners to retain of the fees ami emolument of hi paid office a sum exceeding six hundred dollars per year, and nt and after that rat- tor uch time as he? shall hold the 1 true. And every i-uch officer shall with each tuch return made by him. pay t the hoard of County Commissioner any surplus of the fees aud enin uments of his office, which hi half yearly return so made a aforesaid, shall show to exist over and above the compensation and allowance herein before author-zed to be retained by hiin. And in every case where the return of any mjcIi officer shall flmw that a surplus may exit, thr .! dourd of County Commissioners shall cart fully examine the return of the officers, and cause an account to be opened with such officer in proper book to be provided for that purpose, and the allowance lor such calf 1 der ear shall be made from the feea and emolument of that year and not otherwise. Sec. 3. The surplus, if any there be, shall be delivered by sitd board of Couniy Commissioners to the county j Auditor, and on the first Monday of Mnrch and Septem ber annually, be divided airatiR the ditierent Township within said County of Marian tu proportion to the number of Children, within such Towiifhins between the ae of five and tweMty-one years. Provided, hoicever, that the amount of money received by the County Seminary hhall be deducted out of the amount dw and coming to the Towmhif where said Seminary 1 situated, and the amount so deducted shut be distributed among the other Townships in said County, iu the same proportion as chore specif ed. Sic. 4. The sum so f und due to any township shall be p fui by the County Auditor a other school fund are or may hereafter be paid. And where townships are divided by county lines, the ollicers in Marion county shall be allowed to draw such portion of the above mentioned money a the respective parts of tho townships in Marion county shall be entitled to under the rules aforesaid. Sec. 5. The total amount of fees and emoluments and compensation for labor a clerk or scribe or attorney, in their respective offices h shown by their reports, fdiall be published by said hoard of County Commissioners of Marion county in the same manner as (he receipts and expenditures of the county are published, or may hereafier be published by said Commissioners. Sxc. 6. The County Clerk, AuJitor, Sheriff, Treasurer or Recorder of the county of Marion, shall not release any persoii from the payment of any fee coming to either of them. And if either of them shall violate the provision of this section, 6uch officer so offending thall upon due conviction upon ii dictment be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. ö.c. 7. All acts and part of acts, coming within the provision of this act shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Stc. 8. This act shall le in force from and after the passage thereof, and shall be published in the Iudiana Journal aud State Sentinel. Mysteries of hie Aj:mv. A correspondent, says the St. Louis Republican of the tfOth ult., yesterday alluded to the circumstance of a female having been discovered in the character of a soldier, at Fort .Mann, the headquarters of the Indian Lattalion under C. (xilpin. At other letter states that this woman was regularly mustered into set v ice as a member of Capt. HoltZseheiter's Company, from St. Louis, nt Fort Leavenworth. The company to which she was attached left Fort Leavenworth on the 6th of October, and she remained with it until the denouement look place, late in November. It is said that she was enrolled as a private, under the patronage of one of toe Lieutenants of the company, and that she was afterwards detailed as a cook to the Lieutenant' mess, and remained in that situation until theXth of November, when she was discharged from the army, and took up her march home, in a return train, still in her male attire. It was afterwards discovered that her discharge was irregular, and that some difliculty might grow out of it. Lieut. O'Hara was thereupon ordered to go in pursuit of the girl and bring her back. The train was then four or five miles ahead, but was overtaken next day. Some resistance was offered by the teamsters to a separation from the soldieras she still pretended to he and it was only on the confession of her sex, and the determination of the Lieutenant to take her back as a regular enlisted soldier, that they yield, d. On her return, she stated the facts connected with tier induction into the army as a soldier, and the part sue alleged Lieut. Schnabel had acted in it Thereupon the brothers Schnabel were put under arrest, and were waiting the return of Col. Gilpin, when they will have to answer the charge of making a fuNe muster roll, without a stir geou's examination. Meanwhile the girl was going at large about ihe Fort, as lively as possible. She continued to dress in her uniform, of which she had drawn every necessary article; aud it is added that she stood the fatigues of the campaign as well or better than most of the able-bodied men of the Battalion. One of the German papers of St. Louis publishes what purports to be a note addressed by one ot Ihe Lieutenants to this damsel, which is sufficiently romantic and love-like, but it failed to reach her, and the bearer, a corporal in company L. was imprisoned for attempting to deliver it. Clay vs. Taylor. The Philadelphia Spirit of the Times ays: "There is a great deal of disturbance among the Taylor whigs. The National Whig, hitherto recognized as the Taylor organ, his taken down the General's name from the head of its columns. In this city, the nativiat papers, only, are the organs of Ttylorism."

Correspondence of the Indiana State Sentinel. Pension for .Hary KiowiiWidows of Slcioltit 1011:1 iy Soldiers. . W.sMiNc.'iox. Jan. J1, Mr. Rowlui rxplainnl his :tn-ti!m tit, allowing a pension tu ruid M iry Drown, widow of Jacob Drmvn, n revolutionary soldii-r, (rxcludt-d borausi? not married h -fore the yrnr MM,) hraus' .-lit was horn nnd lived in the time of the Revolution. 31 r. Stewart, of Michigan, understood the fjentloman's reavming in favor of his amendment, nnd only Wished to pl.mv its fillacy. If Congress pensioned widows at all, it was done on account of the services of their hiisharuU. It w:i8 of n consequence when the widow was born. The consideration on the part

ot the gentleman was this: ) -cause your husband afforded signal service in the war of the Revolution, we will aid you 111 sustaining yourself. That wan the consideration, and not because of her birth during the Revolution or before it, was the entitled to a pension, but because her husband was a schlier. Iu this wns equity of the case. It was of no consequence, he Faid, whether the lived through the Revolutionary struggle, or whether from necessity or choice she ha il not married until after the year 171) i. He was op posed to the passage of the bill, not because he was opposed to its principle, for he was in favor of that in all its length und breadth. Under the present law there were but about live thousand pensioners, aud it would not increase tin list much if we were to pension the widow of every Revolutionary soldier. If we were even to double the number, it would not cause any very startling expenditure of money. The danger wns not in paying these soldiers too much, in doing too much for their widows. He could not in the present case, admit the claim of this lady, on the score d her relationship to Major Jacob Rrown ; for, by the tune of the end of the present war, many eases of this character would come up; and he doubted not if they could he all taken up at this time, they would amount to as many as two thousand cases. If this case was peculiar on this score, he must confess he could not see it. lie could easily perceive why it should add to the reputation of this lady, nnd entitle her to the consideration of the country. This whole case, he contended, was only otm among a thousand reasons why a general 1 tw upon this eubject should be passed. Rut it had been urged that to pension every widow of the Revolutionary soldiers, would cost too much. Mr. S. deprecated this argument in strong terms. Let it once be understood that they would not lake care of their widows, ond he would warn the House that Volunteers would no more come into the service. Iu conclusion, Mr. S. said he made these remarks to justify himself in voting against the resolution, whether amended or not. He should do so, as before said, with the hope of getting up a general law upon this subject; aud if it were not for this expectation, he would vote for every individual claim of this ( lass, that might be presented. He moved that tho Committee rise and report the bill to the House with a recommendation that it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Tensions, with instructions to report a general hiil. Mr. Atkinson said it might be that he was not so

keenly n'.ixc to the principles of justice and sympathy j if (jollr..ss ,at promptly voted all the necessary supas other men. He did not believe that this House had jies a üu un we should have had peace in six the right of disposing of money belonging to the poo- j we.ks tVU .j,,.,,, tlt. responsibility test upon those ph- by conferring it oM any object which in their j wj1( .jrt. encouraging the en-my by their delay and opinion may be deserving of the national sympathy n,)0(jil,0Il to themost efficient measures. Disguise it and compassion. Tl.e powers of Congress were strict- j ft; Uvy wU js ie M)!)t,r Uu,; anj UjHm ,ieir

iy (R'liueu. li.ey must act on the principle oi jaw ; uiiii 1101 upon ue; principit to omuui v or men own 1:1. 1 . : . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 : 11 . . 1 uieas 01 usuce. uecause mat which wouiu excite me 1 sympathy of one man, might excite the ridicule of 'another, aud the contrary. He woildgoas fa ras any j to support tin? w idows of Revolutionary soldiers, but j must rötest ttgaint Congress putting its hand into I the public purse, out of sympathy men ly. .Mr. A. i considered ihat the? various reus us given by gentleI men for their support of this bill, in themselves fur j nislo d argument against the principle involved m this i special legislation. j .Alter lurther b ti-U" upon the merits 01 the case, ny j I Messrs. D. 1 King, DicUiusdu, Johnson of Arkansas, j ,aild Itoekwdl, of Massachusetts J j Mr. Lovd'.'ii addressed the Committee in support of; Alter further d- h-if upon the merits oi the case, ny ! "," ... . ... .... ..... t!. lull ! .iit.n..! i i.r II. nt it vv:i rwttir tu Tito nr t in renei ptoposeu, man 10 vote men nun money in supI port a war to make more widows to be hereafter de- ! pendant upon the Treasury for support ; and he proIceeded to unje against gentlemen on the other side oi tho House, who had preceded him, the inconsistency of stiporting a war, while ut the same time, they refused to pension the widow of lh" soldier. Mr. Atkinson, interposing, said, that whenever the time should come, he would he found ready and will- ' ing to support the defenders ed our ri;hts and liberties. He would take the liberty of calling upon whigs to ; support their consistency, by refusing men and means i to carry on a war which they had denominated, by a i solemn declaration, as unnecessary and uncon-titu-! tional ; which damnable act would ever follow them with odium. As for him, he voted for the war, and ; gloried in it. All he asked of gentltmen was for them to stand up and refuse now to vote men and j means to carry on the war, and they w ould be dunned j in the estimation of the people. j Mr. Boy den would ask if the gentleman from Va. ! would be w illing to come up and vote a direct tax upon ' the people of that State, to supply the men and means to carry on the war ! or, would he come forward and j vote them pay in Sub-Treasury notes rags ? j Mr. Atkinson replied I will tell the gentleman (that, whatever may be necessary for the defence of the ! t . i r i a rights und honor oi the country, I am willing to lay a tax, either directly or indirectly, on all the property in the United States. He would tell any gentleman j that he would do anything for the preservation of the ii'-suis! ui mo i.Miini . i in,c. 4i i u i y t j v c nil nnii astonishes me is, that men will deciarc the war unjust, and yet vote means to support it. .Mr. Boyden resumed: But it was democratic consistency lo send men and money to .Mexico, while the Treasury was bleeding at every pore, and yet to re fuse a pens, on to the widow of a soldier, who stood trembling at their feet. Talk about voting men and money to defend the liberties of the country ! God defend us from such defenders as these! Talk about liberty ! Talk about the Constitution ! Who does not know that we have no Constitution now? What is our Constitution ! I ask the gentleman from Virginia where in that instrument in what part of the Constitution is it stated that the President is to be a Congress tnat he has a right to send men to war to levy taxes on a people to say what shall be taxed, how much they should pay, how lung it shall be paid, and who shall collect it ! The Chairman said tint the debate had wandere-i a good ways from Mary Brown. (Cries of "(iu on go on.") Mr. Boyden said that fie had been led oh? into these remarks by the gentleman from Virginia. He would vote for this pension. He would also vote to pension every man's widow who had fallen in this war. Could any man stand up and say that Government should do less for this widow than Major Brown had done for Iiis stepmother ! Justice was his motto. Let iusI . .. I . .1 .I... ! .1.. IT - .1 I I ll .t ii . lice ue uoue, wiougn ine neavens suouiu iau. nut the gentleman from Virginia had said that this case should not be decided upon principles of justice. .Mr. Atkinson Because we could never come toany conclusion upgn this principle. Mr. Boyden The gentleman had said that he was willing to tax his constituents to defend the liberties of Ins country. But that was not the question which he asked him. But the gentleman chooses to answer i in this way, because it may have a better effect upon the country. He would ask him again : will lie vote a direci tax upon his constituents, to conquer Mexico ! Mr. Atkinson replied : He would vote any State j tax which might be necessary to prosecute the war vigorously, in order to secure an honorable notice. He j would nsk the gentleman from North Carolina if he would do that. Let him s iy yes or no to it. Mr. Boyden said he had no difliculty in unswering any question that he or any other gentleman could put to him. He did not feel inclined to vote a solitary ; man, or a single dollar, for the purpose of carrying j on a war for the purposes of conquest. He would i support the men there. He would pension their I widows, if they fell. He would go further, and vote ; ',,".00 to the children of each man that might fall. j" Mr. A cLane desired the gentleman from N. C. to ! inform him whether he would vote the means to rein- ! force aud make safe the army now in Mexico, or the navy off it coast 1 Mr. Boyden, in his turn, asked the gentleman from Md. if he considered the army or navy in danger un der present circumstances, when, in the beginning of the contest, while Mexico had large armies and well supplied, our limited forces had whipped them all 1 (Laughter.) Mr. McLane said the gentleman from N. C. had kindly volunteered to answer any question, or he

should not take the liberty to interrogate him. He (Mr. Meli.) desired to know if he did not think the army a forlorn hope when it first went to Mexico I Tne nervous gentleman from N. C. answered No: and the debate was continued for eotnu time longer in the same poignant style, interlarded with great merriment iu the Flail, and somewhat disorderly clapping and chirrings bv members : when the Cominiitee rose without coming" to any conclusion, und the House adjourned over till Monday. There is a disposition, however, in favor of enacting a general law to pension all widows of soldiers who were in esse at the time of thelRevolution, wheth

er married before or utter 1 1 I Mv remark noon the clappings and other expressions . 1 .) . of feeling is, that members who are ready to indulge in such spontaneous expressions now, will be apt to make hot work in the Hall when more serious matters shall come on the tayis. (Jen. Towson has been sent to Mexico, to institute some authorized inquiry into the cpiurrel among our victorious otiicers in .Mexico. "Tiic defensive line proportion seems to gain favor as the war debate advances. D . it.) , .... -1From the Union. The Whig and the War. During the debate in the Senate upon the ten regiment bill, Mr. Rutler asked what we had obtained by the capture of Vetu Cruz, except "a crop of living heroes" and a mass of monuments in honor of the gallant dead. Hud uc obtained a peace! And it may be risked why we have not obtained it! The senator himself subsequently put forth one of the material causes of its failure. It was the strong and almost unparalleled opposition which had been made to the prosecution of the war. Mr. R. then went on to illustrate tho proposition. The facts which he stated were calculated to show the extent of the opposition. He also went on to state another reason for the pro. craslination ot the war; and this was, as lie alledged, the extreme demand which we had prescribed to Mexico. He contended that the Mexicans had a right to complain of us. The senator from South Carolina seemed to forget that whilst ho was holding forth c" ... . against the course of the administration, and virtually faking sides with Mexico on some points ugainst the United States, he himself was swelling the torrent of the opposition even so far as to ridicule the 'miserable mockery" to which we had descended, lie forgot that he himself was at the very moment rousing and cheering on the .Mexicans to continued exertions, and announcing to the Senate of the United States CT that Mexico ought not to yield to all our demands, and that if she were not a weal: nation, we would never have made such demand'. Rut we return to the question, Why wc have not peace! Let Mr. Rutler consult the otiicers from the camp who are now in Washington, and he will find that to the violence of the opposition is to be ascribed the failure of peace. They w ill tell him the mischiefs which have been done in litis way. It is within the last twenty-four hours that we have seen one of the most distinguished otiicers who has arrived fresh from the camp, and llushed with the honors which he has Wim on th h:ittle-fidd. We heard him declare, that hvniU lm tlu, Jarful responsibility of the continuance of the war. Mr. Jhitler. of South Carolina, truly ascribes the prolongation of the Mexican war, in a great degree, to the decided opposition it has encountere'd in this country. iut we should like to know , when a senator rises in his place and proclaims on the lloor of the Senate that Mexico has a right to complain of tho terms we offer when he declares that our troops should not hare been marched on the debatable rround j hcrwt.e herself and the Lulled States whether this j course does not amount to oy7'o.vio? ; Ve u oleased to hear the senator from MissUye Uere pleas sjppi (lr. Ji fief hh)U ,his " tl0 attentu rson Davis) setting the gentleman march ol our troops. Mr. Davis re.i tttiit ion nf tlif Senate to the fact, that tho i . . ... i .1 n- . 1 1 j jpyL-n,, troops had pronaoiV crosscu me mo uranue, j amj j11VuUoU the debatable ground before (Jen. Taylor had marched from Corpus Christi certainly ! i,c,;jre .e had placed his foot upon the disputed ground. I nnr ,M,er:il I.:. -I f,.ond Mevican tronns in nositmn on the banks of the Colorado when our troops had reach ed the opposite banks. It was there that a Mexican force defied our columns, and charged them at their peril not to cross the liver. We remember perfectly the animated description which nn aid of General Worth, who came to this city with the General in -May, 1SL"), gave us of the crossing of that stream. The Mexicans were posted on the right bank of the Colorado, when our troops reached its left bank. The Mexican commander sent over a message to caution them not lo cross on the peril of being tired upon. Our troops, however, defied them; aud General Worh promptly placed himself at the head of his column and dunged into the stream, expecting every moment to receive a volley from the .Mexicans, who were seen posted in the woods and bushes. But they reached the opposite bank iu perfect safety. Not a gun was tired, and the enemy had vanished. In fact, we have been surpiised that more imjoriauce has not lejen attached to this circumstance in the arg .ment of the case. Wc have referred to it more than once and it gives us pleasure to lind the posit on so strongly maintained by the senator from .Mississippi. The Colorado (Little Colorado) is about 132 miles from Corpus Christi. The circumstances referred to are stated in Gen. Taylor's despatches of that day, (March, llii.) In lact, it is idle in the opposition to attempt to diiuiso it. Phis war is a Mexican war; they began it; they must pay consequences. ; Our rights and our honor demand it. We shall have no indemnity for the past, no security against the : future attacks of that nation, if we now llinch from the war, and seek to skulk out of it. The war is ; Mexican; theirs was the fust order; theirs the first invasion of the territory; theirs the first blow at us. They shed our blood upon our own soil; and wc would i have been dastards, unworthy of our high character, i unfit to be patriots or statesmen, if we had not repelled the invasions and acted with the spirit that we j have done. I A correspondent of the St. Louis Reveille thus poetizes over the Telegraph, and the lightning king, Hf.xky O'IIkilly : In a thousand mile flash In a tick, quick nnd low With a dash ( ) dot (.) dash ( ) As I write, or nearly so; Over State Slate State Skipping pole to pole; Benring fate fan late, Unto pusre heart aoul; Lo, a thought of fire! Lo, a spirit's tongue! Lo, ihe magic wire By a mortal strung! He' a short thick man, With a quaint, keen way; Who, throughout life's span, His had Ins own sharp say! With a kind, true heart, And a full, for phiz, Which never looks 'taint, When he knows things is! His lightning Htride Has aroused this section; And never be cut The O'Jtielly connection! An Examfle of Uafio Gkowth. Some ten years ago, at the mouth of a little river in Wisconsin, on the border of Lake .Michigan, a solitary cabin stood amid the wide-spread forests, the residence of an individual who united in his person the character of farmer nnd hunter. For ten miles on every side no trace of anothercivi .rcivilized human being could be found, and the Indian traced the deer through the woods, un molested by the white man, and unobstructed by fences and grain fields. At the present day, the occupant of that cabin, who was also the owner of at least a mile of ground, is the mayor of a city which has grown up iu the short wpace of ten years, on the limits of what was once his own property, a city containing over 13,000 inhabitants, with a commerce which promises to make it one of the most promising Lukeports of the west, and the seat of wealth, intelligence and industry. We mean Milwaukie. Yielding to Public Sentiment. The Tope has lately granted a dispensation in a case of the marriage of a Catholic with a Jewess; and in doing it, Buests that though these marriages are uncanonical, yet, when consummated by the civil authorities, they had better not be denied by the churches.

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Ff.MNF. Kl.KCl Kim V. A correspondent of the Joint Resolution a reported by Mr. Sullivan, ChairGardener' Chronicle states that when the cat is cold j man of the Committee upointrd tu receive the Troin winter, and you are cold too, if you put one hand j P'des presented by dpt. Juhn S. Simorts,n to the

on the cat's chest, und then rub the back with the otli- .

er hand, you will (a Krerchtunn has just found out) Si.c. 1. Jte it resolved by th. Centred .Issembfy if the leceive a sharp shock, und two or three weeks after ' State of Indiana, Tlut we cct n. the curio.uie prte mthe cat will nrobably die. i 10 tne iSll,tP 011 bf half of Citptaiu Jhn s. Siri.oi).tu, .f ' the United State Army, in Mexico, bv Ciplaiu I,e.i.ud NUMUKICAL STATE OF Wf.si.f.VANJsM. I" rom the yof)i 4)j- lhe 841Sie bervice, and that they' be deposited in the

i returns just puniiHieU ot the number ot memuers state Library. jthe Wesleyan Society, it appears there are in Rritain j rtkC g. ic ft further resolved, That the thanks of thi It.VJ,.)7l), being a decrease upon last of 'JJJiW ; in Ire- I Stale are du, and are hereby t. ndrtd to both the distmI land, X!1,G:M, being a decrease of 2,913 ; and in the ' guished individuals above 1 amcd, and thai we rounder lhi j foreign stations, lOO.ÜU'd, being an increase of -0.1 ; , act as an indication uf the greatdove they bear to their, as

. 1 . . -. . 1 .... r-- w . f I tnlfiibiir ill iiimnlru nnl.ir flu. r n r nffli ltritlsll jam, lfis conft.ren;.e.s 491,310, being a decrease of , WouKiiousK Nobleman. A fortnight ngo our obituary contained a notice of the death at the workoue, Northallerton, of William Russell, a lineal descendant of Lord John Russell, ot lavistock, and Mount (Irace, Yorkshire; created Earl of Redford by Kin" Edward VI., in ; a correspondent writes "The Prime Minister's apparent obliviousnoss alike o the existence and death of iiis degraded relative, is what might be expected of a mind steeped iu 'expe diency,' and .1 heart warped by utilitarianism. Jer raid's Watty. Anothf.k Pkasmn Affaik. An extraordinary sensation has been created at Darmstadt by the mys terious death of the Countess de ( loerlitz, who was found sitting in her room, d-ad and dreafuily burnt, but without it being possible to conceive how this could have occurred bv accident. It is suspected that she was strangled, and that she was placed on a char-Iter coal lire, (subsequently removed,) to destroy all tra ces id" the means employed to commit the murder. .As flie Count, her husband, who is a man of some not, bavin-' been ambassador to the Court of Nassau ami filled a mission in Holland, w as known to be on bad ipniN with tho Countess, nuhlic rumor accused h.m of the murder, and, an investigation having been en teied into, some suspicious circumstances were re sealed. It upjK'urs, however, that at last accounts the allair was still involved in mystery. Fkmalf. Lynch Law. Last week a novel scene. wh.ch attracted considerable attention, was enacted in one of the hop gardens at the Elms Farms, in the neighboring parish of Iden, Sussex. It appears that on the day previous, a man from Woodchurch, Kent, who was engaged in the hop picking on the farm, had in the most indecent manner beat his wife, in the way that some parents punish their children. A number of females (also from Woodchurch) who were pick inir at another farm m the parish, havinir heard of the treatment that one of their own sex had been subject cd to, determined upon inflicting summary punish ment on the olTendcr. They accordingly provided themselves with bunches of sting nettles and hop bines, and proceeded en masse to the garden where the culprit was at work pulling poles. Having by a ruse dispossessed him of his hill (used iu cutting away the bines,) they at once commenced their work of castigatioti, by a process well known to school hoys as "birching," and having ut k-ngth satisfied their notions of justice, they released the culprit, who having su tiered, not from the "sfmgs ami arrows of uttageotis fortune," but from the equally smarting and more tangible etlects of nettle and hop bines, gladly availed himself of the opportunity to retire, looking as happy as if he had stumbled into a wasp's nest. Sussex (7,'fg.) Adv. ,,, ,, s. .... ..... Ihi; Ton: and M. buizor. I he Lnion Monir - chiouesays: Tim attitude assumed bv M. Guizot with regard W the utlairs of Italy seems to have covered this minister with ridicule to an immense degree. One of our friends, recently arrived from Koine, relates the following occurrence as having excited the laughter of all classes of society at Home. 1 When the teumest, which still agitates the whole population of Italy was at its height, the French Am bassador Went U the Holy Father, not to ass ure il Uli of the active occurrence of France, but to recom - j mend him, in the name of M. Guizot, not to sutler himself to he cast down, but to remain cairn amid the I i.nmrr rvniU IT le ( imote " ruittio.l If..: 1 1 .1 ; 1 ' r r 1 rfI uitj, .,ut ;tn. ipcrturahlc sang froid which never j abandons him ''Write to your minister that I thank j him for having offered me his excellent advice." j Then, looking at M. llossi with a meaning eye, the j Pontiff added "Have the goodness also to tell M. i Guizot that you have seen me, and at the same time, I recommend him to be as cairn as I am." j .m. nori: or Pils IX. We find the following anecdote m some of the Paris journals : ''Cardinal . Lamhrusciiini wrote to several religious communities engaging them to oiler up prayers that the Pope I might he removed from his state of blindness. One ; of these letters were sent to Pius IX., who caused the cardinal to he invited to come and see him. The clli living replied that he was ill, and could only go the next day, the rope sent a message that fie would wait on the cardinal. On this the cardinal hastened to the Quirinal, und on being introduced to the Pope, the Holy Father placed in his hands the letter which he had addressed to the communities. When the cardinal had read it, the Pope said, 'You now understand that I could not go to bed without pordomng you.' " Statistics of Paltekism. The population of Sweedeu amounts to about J1,"I)),U)0 souls, and ha only II mendicants to every 4Ut) persons : while in Norway they reckon ") out of every 10U : Denmark, 4; in Wirteinberg, ö; in Switzerland, 10; in Italy, LJ ; m France, 10; and in the British Islands collectively, 17 ; although in England separately there are omy 10. In France, the number of foundlings sup- ; pt)rlPtj at tjie p,.,, (,f tie state was, in 1S41, 1, 'VJ, demanding an annual outlay of G,7(l7,301f. l'Jc. or ."lf. (ic. ix iiead. In Paris the charitable establishments alFord relief to 03,ti(l() paupers. At Berlin the number of mendicants has become doubled between 1'J'J and lKi; the number of families in that capital supported by charity has increased from 2,1)90 to 11,110. In London it is computed that there are J5,000 persons who daily practice mendacity or robbery. Pi;oGKEss of Bf.fok.M in Tlkkf.y. The Journal of Commerce has a letter from Constantinople, Septcmber 1, from which we copy as follows : ! "Under the administration of the most enlightened i and liberal Grand Vizier that an Ottoman Sultan has I ever secured, Turkey is fast realizing and consulidat- : ing all those new and improved institutions which I have only hitherto had an existence on paper. Iteschid Pashi marches much less precipitately forward in reform than he did on his return from his first em- ; bassy to France, and as a result the capital is per1 fectly free from rumors of conspiracies. Yet thou- , ands give him the name of Ghiaour Pasha. "To carry out his schemes of a reformed administration, he is iu the greatest want of suitable employ -i ees for every branch of the service. Their deficiency is in intelligence and education. To remedy this j evil, there is a Council ef Public Instruction, who are ; devising normal and elementary schools for trie whole . pe'ople. In the meantime, there is a superior and secondary naval school, a superior and secondary medical sjf oid. The secondary schools arc preparatory to the superior ones. In them all a course of education, , liberal compared with anything previously existing, : is pursued. But to crown all, there is now building, under the shadow of Samt Sophia, a University, to i i. . ; receive pupils of every religion, and to be taught by ' professors id whatever nation. The secondary school ! for this already exists on a small scale. I.m rent t a nt Invention. Files, though in common use, and apparently of easy manufacture, have until

j recently been made by hand. 1 hree-bmrtiis or tnew- " "8 w meet tust question, but let it j hies made in the world are made in Shellield, Eng- j come al ,,'H I,rfT''r '''"Ci ad let il be sprung by the dem I land. Germany makes a few, but of inferior work-1 .Vi!!?!!!!1.'" "h" Vrt",,lre" ,M" lT m inshi,. Mid steel. France is dependant upon Eng- j f, "if. . . .... r 'l wou, re,t""'a ruin of

j land for files. They have been made by chisel und mallet, used in the same way as by a sculptor. .Uachinery could accomplish the cutting, but left the edges too smooth to be of any more use than the wornout English file. Machinery is now in oneration at the Ballard Vale machine shop at Andover, which succceeds in giving tho rough edges to the teeth, and will make a material reduction iu the price of an article found to be indispensably requisite in the shop of every mechanic. The piece of steel to be cut is placed in a socket, and then carried gradually under a 6ort of hammer chisel, which moves with a motion similar to that of a toggle joint reversed, and which not only cuts the teeth, but at the same time turns up the edges so as to make them rough, like the teeth of the best English files. The apparatus is very simple, and shows that Yankee ingenuity can overcome almost all obstacles.

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"J itiev ie den well as our own not!e tate. .m:J. 3. He it further res'dved, That the aurres of our arms, and the gallantry and Htriottnnt of our brave officer and oldiera 111 .Mexico fhou.d be held 111 cratrful reinem. brance by the people of Indiana, and cu?e us all tu te proud of our citizen soldu-.-s. Sue. 4. He it further resolved. That the Govern r be reouei.ud to forward a copy of thete renoluiiona to Cant. John . imonson and Captain Lemuel F.rd. A puiti'f the debate licited by the f.reioin(; reo!ution was published iu the Tri-Weekly of Thursday. The remainder of the debate was a follow. .Mr. isullivaii ro when a'.l. d upon to vote and aid : Mr. Speaker As it is customary lor member on tht floor to gl explanations lor tlo-tr votes on an ot catoou like the present, and ina-much as an opportunity to make a statement ha not btluru presented itself, 1 think it proper to do so now. ?ir, it is scarcely necessary lor me or net one el to rise iu this House, to vindicate the character of that man w hose character it has been the pleasure ot a lew men on this floor to attempt the task of triiducinj. . 1 he tharacof Capt. Simouson i too fir and favorably known h.r auv one her to insinuate that he has done a deed to which dishonor can attach lo him. I, sir. have known him from my boyhood, and known him well, and hav yet to discover in him the tirst indication that would jmtity the. bellet tbat lie had capacity for a dishonorable net. That man ha had a seat iu this Hall; aud he has occu pied thai chair which you have the honor to till. I could not, in justice to my own feelings, and to my eonstituetit, let tins opportunity pas w itliont sav ing something in defetice of him w hose olace, in this Hall, 1 now have the honor to till. 1 say just here that 1 tun glad thm tin opportunity idlers f r me to record my vote in favor of the just compliment to the noble and the brave. I-ir, the wide range tili discussion has taken had been painful iu the extreme to me. lint, again 1 say I urn proud of tins opportunity to vote n complimentary vote to one of the sousot my own native State. Mr. Speaker, I will not farther trespass j my vote is aye. Mr. Orr spoke ai follows; While up, I wish to make a lew remark on the resolution;) now before von. I wish a division uf the question, because I believe it should he. It , I presu-oe sir, unnecessary for me to tell thi House that 1 am a whig; of that tict von are, 1 think, sufficiently appri-ed; but there is one thing, pethaps, that this House do not know, and tha. is, that I am a war whig. It does my very soul good to hear of the victory after victory that crowns our arms in Mexico. It peak a language, sir, not to be misunderstood by our neighbors ; but docs the asking how Captain Sitnonson came bv thecurio!tirs fairly imply that he came bv them wronglutly? I think not. Why, on yesterday, I voted fr a committee of inquiry into the causes th;:t prevents Mr. Defrees from printing the (jovcriior .message, ami I did so a a friend, fully believing he could satisfy every gentleman on tin floor, and com; forth brighter than ever ; and I have no doubt but Captain Sitnons"ii will do so too. Hut let his friends beware, lest their opposition to the asked for ioformiitioii might create suspicion. Here let me say upon the honor of a man, that I know not which political party the captain is attached to, neither do 1 care. 1 believe mm to be a hiave man, and that is enough for me ; I honor ami respect lim in consequence. Itut there is one remark that was made over in the cor- ' ..,,,., . .. - ,, . . ))i-)t i)'i ii.iu II i oinr: ll'Mli .1 l Oliltl 1 1 1 1 1 1 oil 111)9 , IK would have astonished nie it was declared, nfier drawing himself up into .is self-important an Hthtude as small men generally do when they are about to deliv r a log idea, that lie hoped the reporters of this House would not report one word coming from the opposition, because it w as nntiAmeriran. Now, sir, I say it is a sentiment that f nil v and fairly reflects the gen rat conduct of the man on this floor. He who said because I freely expressed mv opinions of the Odti riiiir'n iii)-iij.inp. :ind that ton us itntillv mm 1 knew j low .that 1 hould lie einelhd from this lltulse. will I - - - ...... ,..-. - J ; surely bo excused tor tho oriinatm? of such a liberal j idea, Hnd the asking the reporter to help him carry it i out. Ifut, sir, I have to ask of those nine reporters a : liersonil favor, and I hone llinv will t.rint it it is this1 ", . ., ... . c ..... that they will please to report every word that I cav on this occasion, for I wish my people to know my sayings as well as my doings on this lloor. To thei.i alone I seand responsible, ;nd I recognize no other tribunal ; and here let me say, that however my constituent may differ as tu the propriety of thrashing the Mexicans, ther. i one thing upn which they present an unbrokei' front, and that is, opposition to the hooking of pmnte property und the plundering of rhurrhes. I'ut, ir, 1 ws not tu consume the lime of. f fie House lurther: separat the question, nnd on the resolution of thanks, with uplifted hands, I will vote aye; but if I should fear that those curiosities were not fiirly come bv, or that they werecliurth properly, then I shouhl just as fearlessly o'te JSo. .Mr. Ncal w ould vote tot the rt solution. He had hoped there would be no discussion, but il find come. Attack had been made by gentlemen. He made no personal allusions to any one anv one who woulJ do so, was unworthy of notice. There had been imputations Against the character of Capt. imonson, insinuat ions of filchinr, of stealing. It was a principle with all, that all men weri innocest until they were proven guilty. What has been the conduci of our army in Mexico, und of its otiicers? Tho most honorable. The army lud conducted itself more honorably than any army that had ever been engaged in war. He denied the declaration made by gentlemen, that church property had been recommeiide I to be taken such declaration had never come from authority. Thy whole people looked upon those who were opposed to the country, aud tiie seal of condemnation would be placed upon them. It was a precept of law, that all property uken in war, was tha propeity of the conquerors. If this was so, these presents should lie uccepted. Mr. Dimmelt was tired of hearing so much of war ami robbery. He was prepared to tote on the question. He was opposed to more discussion time could be littler spent. He supposed these trophies weie honorably gotten. It was a principle with him In suppose nil innocent until proved guilty. These trophies had caused ino.e expense already than they had to the original owners. What good would it du to return them ? He should vole to receive ttiem. .Mr. Orion said t It at if the churches were the reposito ries of swords and coats of mail of cannon ball and munitions of war, lie thought il would not be a nlege to strip them of these carnal weapons. He placed this matter upon higher grounds. If Ihetate idiculd receive these trophies of war without the knowledge that they werj stolen, no blame can attacfi. II would not for Ins life cast the slightest imputation against the honor or the honesty of the brave otlicer who takes this method to testify Iiis respect for his State, by gending lo Iter archives the trophies of the valor of his Slate. .Mr. Gooding was i peace man a Peace Man. Upon evry question relating tu war, if remaiks were made tending iu the least against the war, there were men ready to cry out anti-American '. This was wrung. The people, by their reprt sentati ves, had a right to be heard, whether their opinions were popular or nut. Capt. Siuiiinsiin was a eiitleinaii and a man of honor. Uut it was a matter of opinion this thingwhat was honorable, or not honorable. Capt. Siuionson, although a man ot honor, yet lie might diUTer with him as to what was honorable. ,ow it might turn out this property was taken, in his opinion, in a dishonorable manner ; and if got he bhnuld vote against receiving it. Though he would go upon the supposition it was had in an honorable manner, it depended lipon the bringing up of persons, what the'ir opinions in morals was; some thought a little stealing good, ami also that a little ly ing tvas necessary. Receiver of stolen goods with as culpable as the one who stole. Then if this was taken in a surreptitious manner, its acceptance would render this House culpable. in .i I..ir. lerry inouiiu it was wrong to consume the time j of legislation by discussion upon tins Mihiect at thi time i. I i .. . . . . A It lion c II no h-Hiiur id tliu i. I.!.. ........ .i . it ii i I 1 l,,e ,nut ne called upon the whig n rti oi of the House to look out I and uoi let tiie lime Ue thus consumed. Be assured j tlemen, he said, this will work to our rum unless u estop I it it being a whig legislature, it will be bo charged be ! fore the people r.very opportunity was taken bv the democratic leaders in this House to discuss the A!.by xvas no whig, should diive him over to the ooositm,, .Mr. Cookerly was i.i favor of passing ihe resolutions ol ! thanks, unanimously of stopping the cousumpti u of i time at this lime. .Mr. Stanton again remarked, that Capt. Simonson had no right to this property as trophies of war by his right of ciptamcy. Trophies of war were public pioperty, not private property. He had no right to . ffer these trophies ns an officer; lie should vote against the reception of the same if that was tiie case. He should vote for ihose re solutions, because he did not suppose such was the case. Mr. Cookerly moved to adjourn carried The II ouse adjourned. 07-Thc colored people of New York are takin measures to send out some of their most respectable men to Liberia, to procure information, with the intention of making a great movement in tint direction if the report should be favorable. '