Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 80, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1848 — Page 2

joMaiia State Sentinel. ETERMAL VIGILANCE IS THE TRICE OF LIBETT. Our Term. The following will hereafter be the permanent terms of the WttUi Indiana Stute Sentinel: GOP--yments to be made always in advance. One copy, one vear, 2.00 Ti ireo rii:iu im VPS r. 5.1)0

t - ' a Jve copies, one year, 8.00 Ten copies, one vear, 1 lö.CO Twenty copies', one year, 'JU.0U Semi-Weekly. (Published three times a week during the session.) One copv, .si. HO I Three copies, $10.00 O i- roj.v during the s-ihnt !.()() " rÜ7 1 1 i: TIA iTe LKCTO KS SENATORIAL. nnBKRT DALE OWKN, of Poey County. EbKXEZKU M. CIIAMBKRLAIN, of Elkhart county. DISTRICT. 1. NATHANIEL ALBEFITSON. of Harmon county. 2. i'YKL'S L DUNHAM, of Washington county. 3. WILLIAM M. McCARTY. . f Franklin couuty. 4. CHARLES . TEST, of Wayne cuunty. 5. JAMES U I CIIEY, of Jul, 6. (lEOKGE W. CAItli, i.f Lawicnce o.imty. 7 IIKNUY SUCHEST, of Tutimm cunty. S. !)NIEL MACE, of Tippt-cauoe cur.iy. 9. GRAHAM N. EI ICH. of Ch rounty. 10. ANDREW J. HARLAN, v( Giant county. tin: I'njr I ri-Weekly. .Ml:. ;u.:i.m'.- Re.makks. Wo have tried to mike out the remarks of this gentleman, and hupe they are correctly printed. But ns punctuation, differently placed, will oftn alter the whole tenor of an article, we may hae made it convey ideas different from what tiie writer intended, the manuscript being lamentably deficient in this respect. Writers for the press could save us much trouble in this respect if they knew how ; and if they did lint, they should not attempt it. We mean not to complain of Mr. G. particularly. Voice from Hie Senat? of Indiana, in f.ivor of the justice of the war. The fallowing joint resolution, introduced by Mr. Stewart of Clarion, complimenting our gallant officers ami soldiers in Mexico, for their services, to use the language of the resolution, "in d' fence of the rights of their country," parsed the Senate, Without amendment on Tuesday last by a vote of ayes 35, nuts 1. The following is the resolution, to-wit : A MH.XT RF.SOLFTIOX returning the thanks of t'i'' Legislature tn our tjfirtrs and s-llirs who have bein, or art time, in .M.jcico. Ii-? it resold d by the General AsssmVif of the State oj Indiana, That the thanks of this Legislature be tendered to Generals Scott, Butler, Line, Twiggs, Shields, Worth, Smith, and the brave officers and men who fought and bled on the battle-fields of Mexico, in djnct of Vf rights of th ir country. II: it lurtfur resolved. That the people of tne State of Indiana, and we their representatives, have oreat cause of pride in the gallant conduct and brilliant achievements ot our anny m Mexico. Applause is inadtcpiate to do justice to the one, and unequal to the glory of the other. While the State tf Indiana has enduring memorials for the dead, in the fond and che rished remembrance of its people, it has honors for the I;vuig, in the cordial approbation and last in" ra titude so highly prized by the gallant soldier whobtars tn his bosom the cheering consciousness of hating dtft7t.lt J the rights, and increased the ''lorn of the Re-pub-v. lit it further resolved. That his excellency, the uovernor, he directed to transmit a copv of the fore going resolution, to each of the officers who are men ti-jned by name in thes resolution?, immediately af ter ineir passage. As the vote was one that could hardly have been expected from whig Senators, especially after the war had bei n denounced by that party in Congress as imcoiistitution il, and brought about by the President, wo take pleasure in recording the ayes and noes on its f;ml passage : Ay ks M. r-. Barbour, Berry, Cassatt, Chenowith. Coat, Conner, Cornctt, Day, Davis, English, Ellis. Goodenow, Green, llimrick. Handy, Hardin, Henry, Howel, Houghton, Huffstettcr, James, Miller, Milligan, Miilikin, Montgomery, Morrison, Murray, Oshorn, Rand ill, Head, Rosseau, Simpson, Stewart, Taber, Verbr.ke, Walpole, Waters, and Zenor. Noes Mr. Hollowav. Gone! Dr. Ellis thus announces his marriage : In Goshen, on the J7th January, bv Rev. A. S. K-uzie, Dr. E. W. H. ELLIS, Editor öf the Goshen Democrat, to Miss JEANETTE M. BROWN, -the Sheriff's daughter." What moral's taught in this fvent! on wonder; li is n if well to live alooe, bv them! r ! Rather act w-.l ya:r part m moderation. And trust th.'ekent to Laws of Population! i ..is js f- iM-;ng jo some purpose! Doctor, have y.ei g.,t tuat xö.iü.o Vet ? Steamboat Accident. .Several Lives JLosi. Louisville, Feb. 4, A. M. A steamboat accident happened in th Ohio river b'l-w Hv.vesville, yesterday, caused by the Paui Jo:,e runuiiig into the Major Baibour, sinking her to the hurricane deck. Boat and cargo a total loss. I learn ihat. several lives were lost by tins accident, but have not yet ascertained how many, or the names of thofle who perished. Taylor Meetings and I'irorfs. To the Editors rf the Cincinnati Gazette. Gentleman : I have been a spectator of the Taylor meetings und whig efforts in this city for making General Taylor President of the United States. In the emphatic language of the div, it is my opinion they lave fizzled out. ' A WHIG. called by the Hoard of Health last Tuesday, to take measures to prevent the extension of the Srnail P..x. We have not learned that any plan was agree 1 upon or recommended. The Board have reported nine cases. Some of thern v.e have reason to be'ueve are recovered. The Bulletin is so worded tbat none we know can understand it. Our advice to the people is, to bo calm, temperate in all things, and fear i:o danger. The "Parke County Whig," among other whig papers, hits the Legislature a severe dig. We are brry we have not room to copy its article, or a portion of it. It seems to us, that the farther they try t h-.al the elements of politicc.1 discord, the greater becomes the breach in the several cohorts of whiggery. "Whom the gods intend to destroy," etc. -Moke Hai::.:o.v. Hand-bills were posted up yes terday calling upon the friends of (Jen. Scott to meet at the Capitol last evening. We don't know what they have done as yet. It shows a beautiful harmony b.twecn the Clay whigs, the Taylorites, and the Scott men ! The birthday of Franklin was celebrated in splen i.d style by the Printers of Rochester. In that city, the craft are alw ays wide awake for such celebrations. We regret to say that the fraternity, in latter years, too seldom cultivate social intercourse in this way. The small pox is doing a good businees" in Cincinnati. The Doctors urge vaccination, and, we notice their attention and that of the clergy called to provide the poor gratis. There have been late foreign arrivals, but the news is of little consequence. The prices of bread-stuffs hid fallen. A Sign'. The Cincinnati Gazette, the leading whig paper of Ohio, is out strong for Judge McLAW for President.

Wilis Harmony. "We cannot resist the temptation to oo the following as a specimen of whig harmony. It is extremely rich, and its irony, with truth in el ose connexion, would be hardly allowed toa.v, if original in a democratic paper. It is from the Brookville American. David P. Hollowav. We took ,,i-,-asi,, to remark, two weeks .since, that Here was much disv. faction among the friends of Geo. Tav!..r. .-.t tl.

lection of Electors by the Wing Convention. But in ' this region, the greatest opposition was to Air. Ho!- , loway, as they knew his sentiments hotter than thev did any others. They do not object to him because he is not a devoted Whig on the contrary, they i know him to be a perfect slave to the whig part) j w iiuug at any lime to sell Ins vote or liberty, nt the any Convention of political demagogues and knaves, who might convene for political barter. They do not object to hin either, for any private or personal considerations. In this respi ct they recognize him to be as much of a gentleman as any one can be who is so great a slave of party. The Indiana Journal and Cincinnati Gazette appear surprised at our objection to Hollo a ay. Wo can ea.dly set them right. We are for Gen". Taylor for President, and we are opposed t thO"e who me iut for him unconditionally Will th- Journal or the Gazette deny us tins rignt B-'.-i.les, ib.l! w;iy Las fviei and written things about the .Mexican war we never can and never will endorse. We look upn them as treasonable in the highest degree injurious to the honor and the interests of our country, and us such vve will never indor-e them bv voting for him, until he repents in dut and ashes. So !.ng as he was a private man, or the representative of Wayne county, he might entertain any opinions he might elect, but when he becomes a candidate tor elector, and usks for our vote, we have a right to give our objections, w ithout being called to account by the indi.it.ndi-n r editor of the Journal, or the old flpkkal editor of the Gazette. We do think it was unwise and injudicious in the State Convention, when there w ere such wide differences of opinion among the whigs of the State, to select the ultra, or the rabid of either extreme. If they had been disposed to conciliate, or to treat with courtesy, a large majority of the whigs of the State, they would not have selected a man so objectionable. Many of us honestly think his opinions and writings are opposed to the honor and interest of our country. Tuey havo in that distr.ct several abler, sounder, and less objectionable whigs, who have not said so many rasli things, for which the whig party will now be responsible. For these reasons we object to him. Personally, the most amicable relations exist between Us. We know not the present political opinions of Air. G regg. the elector of this district, nor d we care, if he is only for his own country in preference to nil others. In du? time, he will be called on for opinions. And as a counterpart, we add the following, from the Tij j'.eanoe (whig) Jouriml. We have no elesire to shorten it one word. Our n-i'.ders will thus have a little whiggery fr the benefit of their neighbors. Tin: Tavloi: Movement in Ci:av.'io!;isville. We learn, as well from the papers, as through private channels, that there was n l ir:e concourse of pe j-le in attendance at the recent public meeting in Crawfordsville, assembled in pursuance- of a call made by some fifty-odd Tay!orit-'s some of them prominent Dem crats and others promim nt Whigs. Our information is such as to warrant us in saying, however, that though the audience was large, it was merely an audience, and nothing else. The people went to see what was to be seen, prettv much ns they would have gone to see ajmenagerio of wild animals, or any other interesting show. Thev were not actors but stcctators. Saml'i:l C. Willson, Esq., several time.s defeated as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in this district, was President of the meeting, and made a speech. He was succeeded by the Hon. IIlnuv S. Lane, who, it mav be remembered, presented the resolutions to the recent Whig County Convention fjr Montgomery County. He said: "I go for Gen. Taylor because, as tie: people are ail going f r him, I wish to keep out of the crowd. I d for Gen. Taylor, not because he is a w hig or a democrat, but because he i an American id capacity, of honesty, und merit." The Colonel insisted that he had not "changed his party predictions th: t he hid not departed from tiie Whigs, with whom, he said, he had always aeti-l ; but he now favors Taylor's election because he deserves it." He alluded to his Matamoras speech, and declared that he had "not one word of that speech to qua-lily or take back." His concluding remarks, as we infer from th ; scanty report of his speech which we find in the People's Press, was the following: "If I were about to die, and desired my works to live after me, I would prefer this Matatnoras speech to any that I have ever made, to be inscribed on my tomb-stone." Judge Navlor a delegate to the National Whig Convention appointed before it was known that he was tor Taylor at n!l hazird, but who intimates that he'll serve, novenheless introduced the resolutions and made a no parly speech ! That is said to have been the richest part of this liisc:ous feast of fat things." Judge Naylor making a no party speech ! ! Weil, well whether wonders will ever cease or not it is very certain that thev hive'nt yet, any how ! He spoke of Gen. Taylor's long military service. Thought he was right in not making pledges. " The men who make the loudest os'ensib;,. pledges," sa,d the Judge, "are the greatest hypocrites, in politics arid religion." (Wonder who that hits.') He thought that, other tilings being equal, t'i'- mi-'ilan 7em shou'tl have the precedence our Vie riii'ia i and politician." We have a great deal of resj,,.-; fur the opinions of Judge Xayl or, of course; but here we must be allowed to dissent. We think precisely the reverse, and have the vanity to believe that nine-tenths of tiie Viitn ous and the good throughout our entile country, if they would speak out their sincere convictions, are with us. We shall not arue the point, however. Judge Navlok has been, himself, a military man in his time, we admit and that n makes a good Judge it is not our purpose to question. Still, we doubt very much whether his military has had as much to do as his I'gal attainments, in qualifying him for so important a station. All our accounts from the meeting in question, concur in confining the movement to a very few individuals. When the resolutions were passed, we are assured that not over half a dozen voice were heard in their favor. 'Twas, after nil, not only a nngniticent farce, but, as the Frenchman would say, "one very grand failure." L.ate ami Important from Mexieo. Peace Treaty submitted by (yommissioners Attack on 1. ape re and Saa .o.v. PKTEKsEL'i;,,!!, 'a., Feb. 1, PJ M. By the arrival of the Edith at New Orleans, Vera Cruz dates to the "0th ult. have been received. The .Mexican Commissioners submitted a treaty of peace based upon Mr. 'Prist's proportions at Tacubava, which have been forwarded to Washington. Five hundred California rangers attacked the American possessions at Lapere and Sin Jose, defeated the forces, and burned most of th.-ir buildings. Two American vessels left to assist them. Withers' train had reached Real Monte without experiencing any ditliculty. Wynkoop, in pursuing the Guerrillas captured Generals Arista and Valencia and admitted them on pa role. Domingne with the Mexican Spy regiment, captured Cols. Torrejon, Minon and Guard. General Cadw allader had left the Capitol f r Toluca. A quantity of specie had arrived at the City of Mexico part of Scott's asosSed levies. Commodore Ridgelev had died of the gout. Ranks and Sausaues. It may be asked how subjects so dissimilar can be Unhid in one title. They are alike in one respect at b ast, relying on the confidence of the community for patronage. Sausages to a very great extent, depend ou a generous confidence. This if there are no worthless curs in the community, and when dogs are of greater value than hogs, may be safely afforded. This is the reason why country sausages always command two cents per pound more than the city made article. Cist's Advertiser. At the late printers ball, given to Lieut. Sweeney, at Castle Garden, New York, between oMJlO and -lOUO persons were present. The Iowa Legislature lias adjourned without electing either U. S. Senators rr Judges !

For the Indiana. State Sentinel. The Mexican War Mtssrs. r.diiors : In your paper of Tuesday, you were kind enough to my article to give it a place, and you have here a few thoughts additional. Let no one draw a conclusion from that article that Looktk-On" is a lover f war ai tl bloodshed, or ti.at h" would subdue and ubsorb into the nation of the United States the people of the British provinces, the aborigines, or the Mexicans, by mere brute force. He looks upon wars as he does upon earthquakes, torna-

dors, pestilence and famine, (ires and Hoods, as una- , ndlaft'c, to be met w ith firmness and wisdom, so that tle ir horrors may be mitigated, as far as possible, and good brought out of evil. These things all come, and come cipnlly, in the order of God's providence, and belon" to the endless chain of Cause and Effect, that binds Angel and man bird and beast, nnd reptil", ami insect sun? and planets worlds, with momi-

tains and hillocks oceans and rivulets and altars fornjaf ls disavowed by the entire tenor of his life, to Tin: TllKoXE OF Thrones. 1 am not a fatalist, (s;XlHe adduces private letters of his own to Colobut a believer in philosophical necessity, i. e. that nej U,.,, ton, written before the difficulties broke out in there never was, is not, and never will be, cjf'tct wit'i- California, in which he announces that Kearney and out being preceded by an adequate cause. When tint ; Stockton had both voluntarily offered him the the Gov-

t a use is unseen and unknown, m;-n uses the words hai paicd, uccidnit, &c., but in reality "the hairs of our head are all num'tert d" and n man ever had, by acrid nt, or ever happinrd to have, one more or one b-ss. This is not infidel fatalism, tut Christian philosophy. During the last twenty years the non-rcsistants and pe;n men have said much about a "Congress of na-ti-u.s," to settle :ill difficulties without war. What is the Congress of the United States but a Congress of Tiuurv Nations ! And what is there impractical)1 e or improbable of its becoming a Congress of an bunI o dn d nations, or a greater number 1 If the people in the several States of Mexico, and in the British pr vinces on this continent, and of Cuba, and other Islands, should desire to be admitted into the Union, ns d.d the people of Louisiana, Florida nnd Texas, why should we retuse to grant their request I W e shou d not; we could not. Sooner or later they are sure to ask to come in. and we are sure to say unto them, ('out- ; there is room enough nnd to spare'. They will not come all nt once, but in their own order. New Mexico and California first. Afterwards one State ntter another upon their borders and in due time Cuba, and the British province. Must of this will he accomplished during the present generation, and all w ithin the next. The prcse it may be the last war in which the United States wili ever be engaged. It is a present evil, but it was unavoidable, and its results will be glorious to the conquerors, and highly beneficial to the conquered. No one acquainted with the history of The Noi:ti::iF.N no one that understands the restless and adventurous character of the American Anglo-Saxon, whose tireless spirit and physical pow er has been greatly augmented, by mixing his blood with all the nations of Europe since he left the Island home of his ancestors, doubts that his empire upon this continent will stretch from f,ea to sea, and from the rivers to the extreme north and south, and cover the Islands. The Frenchman, the Spaniard, the Portuguese, and the German emigrants mix, and Income part and parcel of other nations, and lose their identity. Tin; Anglo-Saxon ne er. lie remains from generation to generation n distinct being, in Asia and Americi, and only stoops to mingle his blood with others to identify them with iiis race, and blot them out by adoption, while remains- the same identical Northman, invigorated and rendered even mere adventurous and powerful. A LOOKER-ON. Correspondence of the Indiana State Sentinel. Washington, Feb. X!, lK In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the Ritli of January, the President has th.s day communicated to that Itody the correspondence in relation to theTnst ! negotiations in Mexico, during the suspension o Mexico, during the suspension of hos ! tilr.i es auer me. naiiies or i.onireras aim uuruuusco. This correspondence develops a singular want u. stablitv in Mr. Trist or perhaps the want ot any !J-st understanding and appreciation ot the business : of his mission. This is so apparent, that the Presii dent himself has felt called upon to state that the ; course of .Mr. Trist, by winch he invited the Mexican i Commissioners to submit to their respective Governments a proposition of boundary as broad as the one J between the Nueces and the Rio Bravo del Norte, and ! after passing by a zigzac line to the western boundij ry t f New Mexico, taking the ifcid parallel of latitude to the Pacific ocedn was a step whollv unauthorized ; and promptly disapproved by this government ' The proposition which it secerns Mr. T. was anthor- , i.ed to submit, and which was rejected by the Mexi- ; can Commissioners, was the middle of the Rio Rravo, ' the southern boundary line of New .Mexico, thence w ith the river Gila, and the Rio Colorado, and the ' Gulf of California to the Pacific ocean. For this enlargement of territory the United States was to jway to .Mexico an indefinite sum of money in five equal . instalments. ' The Mexican Commissioners, in their "counter project," submitted the Nueces, th northern line of New .Mexico, and the iVTth parallel of latitude to the Pacific; and for consenting to such a boundary thev demanded pay, &c., nnd talked alxuit the propriety of the .Mexican Government having the guaranty of the British Government for the faithful fulfilment of a theaty on such a basis ! The fact is, either Don Jose do Herrera and his associate commissioners were too much for Don Nicholas P. Trist, or Gen. Scott has been "ploughing" with the Administration "heifer." loN. . From the X. O. Delta, 25th ult. Court of Incuikv. We have been politely favored with a manuscript copy of the following General Order of the Secretary of War, issued by the direction of the President. It explains itself. The command of Ihe army in .Mexico will necessarily devedve on General Butler of Kentucky, he being the otlieer next in rank to Gen. Scott, v. hose presence j Will be required at the court of inquiry. ; ; Wak Dr.i'AiMMr.NT, Adj. General's Office, ) I Washington, Jan. R, llS. ' Genhkal Or.pEi:, No. The following Order, received from the Secretary of War, is published for the information and guidance of the otlictrs con- , cerued : ! Wai: Department, Jan. Rt, 1S4S. j By direction of the President of the United States, a court of inquiry, to consist of Brevet Brig. Gen. N. ; Towson, Paymaster General ; Rrig. Gen. Caleb Cush- ! ing, and Col. E. G. W. Butler, ild Dragoons, mcm- ; hers, will assemble in Mexico to inquire and examine jiuto the charges and allegations preferred by Major , Gen. Winfield Scott, against Major Gen. Gideon J. j Pillow, and Brevet Lieut. Col. James Duncan, Capi tain of the Jd regiment of artillery, and the charges . or matters of complaint presented by way of appeal by Brevet Major (ien. W. J. Worth, Colonel of the 6th ; regiment of infantry, against Major Gen. Winfield ; Scott ; and also, into the matters connected with the I same, as well as such other transactions as may be j submitted to tiie consideration of the court ; and after I investigating the same, the court will report the facts ' in each case, together with the opinion thereon, fur the information of the President. The court will convene on the llh day of February next, or as so. in thereafter ns practicable, in the : Catle of perote, m Mexico, where it will continue to hold its sittings, unless the exigencies cd" the public i service may require the place to 'be changed, in w hich ! place the court is authorized to adjourn from place to ; place as circumstances may render necessary, in or- ! der that no embarrassment to the service may be oc- ' casiomal by its sessions. j Should any of the members named in the order be I prevented from attending, the court will proceed to, and continue the business before it, provided, the number of members present be within the limitation prescribed by law. 1st Lieut. Richard P. Hammond, 'M artillery, is appointed to act as Judge Advocate and Recorder of the court. In case the Judge Advocate and Recorder should be prevented from attending, or unable to discharge the duties, the court is authorized to appoint some other proper person, or devolve the duties of Recorder upon the junior member. W. L. MARCY, Secretary of War. By order : (Signed) R. Jones, Adj. Gen. Honoeablv Settled. Johi son and Brent, who, forgetting what was due to themselves and the Court; bandied abusive epithets, have not had a duel. The affair was settled. Mr. Pearce has been re-clcctcd United States Senator, from Delaware. P. Soule, democrat, has been elected Senator from Louisiana. Princess Adelaide of France is dead.

The Fremont Trial. The defence of Col. Fremont occupies over twenty columns of tiie National Intelligencer. Ho comments on the testimony of Gen. Kearney with great severity, and in relation to the main charge of mutiny, the defence m.akes the following points : First That the testimony in all that imputes dishonorable conduct to him, which is presented as the

motive of the mutiny, is improbable on its face, ami Self - evidently unworthy of credit. Swmd.y He holds the evidence 10 oe invalidated on the cross-examination. Tuirdly That it is discredited by Gen. Kearney's own conduct. Fourthly Being improbable on its face, invalidated on the cross-examination and discredited by his own conduct, it is disproved by facts and witnesses. 1'ilth'u ihat the statement :.!., t Q shvl Kearney for tlic Governorshin of Calicrnorship. In conclusion, he savs that Brigadier General Kearney, in all that he has testified in relation to the Governorship, has borne false witness against him (Fremont.) Kearney himself undertook to seduce him with this Governorship, and, failing to do so, has raised against him the false accusation of applying to him (Kearney) for the said Governorship, and lias s,worn to it. The defence closes in these words. Mr. President: The length of this defence precludes the necessity of recapitulation. 1 omit it, and go to the conclusion with a few brief reilections, as pertinent, I trust, ns they arc true. I consider the difficulties in California to be a comedy (very i.ear being a tragedy) of three errors: first, m the faulty orders sent out lrorn this place ; newt, in the unjustifiable pretensions of Gen. Kearney ; thirdly, in the conduct of the Government in sustaining these pretensiono. And the last of these errors I consider the greatest of the three. Certainly the difficulties in California ought to be inquired into. Rut how! Not by prosecuting the subordinate, but the principals; not by prosecuting him w ho prevented, but him who would have made civil war. Jf it was a crime in me to accept the governorship from Commodore Stockton, it was a crime in him to have bestowed it: and, crime or not, the Gov ernment which knew of his intention to appoint me, and did not forbid it, has lost the right of prosecuting either (4 us. My nets in California were all with high motives, and ä desire for the public service. My scientific labors did something to open California to the knowledge of my countrymen : its geography had been a sealed book. My "military operations were conquests without bloodshed: my civil administration was for the public good. I offer California, during my administration, fur comparison with the most tranquil portions of the United States. I offer it in contrast to the condition ot New Mexico during the same time. I prevented a civil war against Gov. Stockton by refusing to join (Jen. Kearney against him: I arrested civil war against myself by consenting to be deposedoffering, at the same lime, to resign my place of lieutenant colonel in the army. I have been brought as a prisoner nnd criminal from that country: I could return to it, after this trial is over, without rank or guards, and without molestion from the people, except to be importuned for the mon y wluch the Government owes them. I am now ready to receive the sentence of the Court. The judgment of the Court has not come to hand. Frori the Spirit f Jefferson. The a son in the Camp. A correspondent of the last week's Free Press, who is tor Clay lirst and Clay all the time, makes a terrible onslaught upon his political brethren who manifest a desire to sacrifice principle, to subserve expediency. He administers, in a blunt way, it is true, a severe rebuke to some of the moie impetuous, t hough lest hones:, of his whig brotherhood. Take tor example the following : "What evidence have we that he (Gen. Taylor) advocates the principles of the whig party ? None. He tells us he would have vote d for Jackson. He also tells us he would have voted for Clay. This proves that the democrats have as large a share of his patronage as the whigs. He also says he will not serve as the candidate of any party. To vote for him under these circumstances , proves that evi our pretensions to princiks are but an empty name. We have been once deceived by voting for a man whose principles w e did not know, that ought to teach us a lesson not soon tobe forgotten. I am not a prophet, neither am I the son of a prophet: but I predict, if the whigs run Gen Taylor, it will be the funeral dirge of the party. Furthermore, we should be alarmed at the military spirit which predominates throughout the country, and check, if possible, this growing evil, which has been the downfall of nations and empires, and will, I fear, be the downfall of our own, unless tin; people prevent it by their action." This is the honest sentiment of at least two-thirds of the whig party of Jefferson. Mr.. Rotts and Mk. Clav. The Richmond Times publishes a long letter from Mr. Rotts, in which he declares his preference for Mr. Clay as a whig over General Taylor as a no-party man, and asserts his firm conviction and belief that Mr. Clay can be elected to the presidency by the whig party, if they again unite on him. He says . "When I say 1 feel confident that Mr. Clay can bo elected, I know I shall be answered, 'So you thought in lb 11.' True, I did so did we all but that is no reason we should be deceived again: it is, on the contrary, the very best reason why we should not be I am only rendered the more cautious in my calcu lous by that unexpected and disastrous defeat." Raitimore Sun. Mr. Rotts advocates a whig national convention, and Henry Clay as the whig candidate, of whose election, he says, there is no doubt. He is opposed to Gen. Taylor, because he will not openly avow himself a whig. lialtimore Clipper. Did thev all Fight 1 The "Washington correspondent of the Charleston News, says: Gen. Quitman, a day or two ago, in conversation with a friend, related an anecdote. I have not yet seen it in print, nnd will, therefore, relate it in nearly his own words. "General, did they all fight!" "Fight!" he exclaimed, and his eye kindled with enthusiasm, "I'll tell you. Within a mile of the city of Mexico, where you know we had hard fighting, I was standing talking to General Shields as to the mode of action. Before us the Mexican cannon were belching forth fire and smoke, and the musketeers were not idle. General Shields left me. I took out my pocket glass to reconnoitre, to see where we could make the most effective attack ; and while I had it to my eye, 1 heard something fall heavily near my feet. I looked down, and beheld it was one of my men. A ball had struck him in tiie knee, and he was bleeding profusely. His wound was tied up witii a handerchief, and he was removed about five feet from me. I was interested for the man. He was unable to sit even. He had twisted himself around, and was feelinjr for his musket, which he finally caught by the bayonet, and drew it to him. Occasionally I glanced iti the direction of the soldier. While I had been attending to other matters, he had turned on his side, and had actually his gun in shooting position. He fired at the enemy ! I approached, and remarked to him, "My good fellow, hav'nt you had enough of fighting yet!" He looked at me, and, in a tone which seemed to ask forgiveness, replied, "Why General I couldn't belpit." "This is the spirit," continued General Quitman, "which animates our army ; all creation can't whip tliein. We are invincible." Singular Coincidence. The Pittsburgh Post says "Upon taking the vote in the House of Representatives of the United States, on Mr. Hudson's resolution, to withdraw our army from Mexico, there were found to be just forty-one patriotic whigs in favor of the infamous proposition. This is the exact number of the traitors to their country, who were hung in .Mexico, at the moment when the glorious stripes and stars waved over Churubusco !" Devotion of the Catholic Clf.iigy. The Preston (England) Chronicle states that within the last six months no fewer than twenty Roman Catholic clergymen, among them a Bishop of that church, have died in Liverpool, Leeds and Bolton, of fever contract-. ed in the discharge of their spiritual duties. I lie same martyr-like spirit has been displayed by the ' Roman Catholic priesthood of Canada among the suffering immigrants of the late desperate season.

Kdii.n ks of Mr. (iraham of Tike Co., : The Hank of Kiiglaiid a Cnre to the Ag'iint th" tiirnsmtnl of th - bill incorporating the Nation. Fcansrilc, Yinctnncs and Ttrrc J laute Railroad The developments which were brought to U3 by t Company in the House of Representatives the 1st ; lasf, steamer respiting the influence of the Bank cf February, l'il'. m , i England, in the mercantile paniac which exists there, Mr. SrEAKKK, I feci a great interest in relation to! rnU5t be deeply interesting to all men who are consulthis bill, so do my constituents. My constituents, ' eilu.r the expediency of such institutions, are one, and all, with the whole body of the State of; s evident that a large and very respectable porIniiana interested deeply in this apparently innocu- ! tiou 0f the British economists attribute the panic, or ous act of incorporation. In their haste to ect at least its intensity, altogether to the bank; not inthrough with the business before us, gentlemen must jecj a9 a necessary concomitant f a bank, nor m be careful what they do; although bills innuincrabie, ! consequence i,f any mismanagement on the part of its incoruoratin" railroads which are local in their bear- ' governors, but of the restrictions imposed upon it in

in", and influences, have passed ; yet they must not tale it for ranted that all are so. He lookinnr nt the route contemplated by tins act, i Mr. Speaker, it will be seen that it runs from Evansvillc to the town of Tcrre Hauls the very points connected by the termination of the Wabash and T.ne anal Now t is known bv all that that canal uy me bill of last winter, a solemn contract is granted to the bondholders, they releasing in consideration thereof the greater portion of our State debt. This rail road will most cllectually intcriere in me opc.ations of that canal can any doubt it! At the furthest point, there is not a distance exceeding thirty miles between the two routes. By the "Butler Bill," all the privileges, facilities nnd appurtenances belomnnf to said canal, were granted by the State to the bondholders. This bill then involves the taith ot the State. To pass tins bill will be an infringement, I repeat, of the rights of the bondholders in the Wabash and Erie canal. Mr. Speaker, by the contract of last winter, there was on advantage gained to the State of Indiana that should never be lost. By that arrangement, a large portion of our public debt was wiped out, the credit of the State raised to its former height. Shall we then by our acts lose to ourselves these advantages. MvinT to the bondholders the power over us they had, and blight again our State credit I There is that beneath this project of which we are not apprised. What is it! Is the project of this railroad, concocted by the agent of the bondholders ! It is likely to be so. " Who would gain more by the breaking of this contract than those bondholders ! No one. Look at it. Why this railroad, along side this canal: alon? side the Wabash river. The citizens directly on the Wabash river do not want it, for ap propriations to improve it are being spent upon it to the amount of several thousands, that it may be rcn dered safely navigable. The citizens of v mcennes will not give one cent towards the construction of thu railroad; not one cent! Who is it then that wants the railroad ? w ould not the bondolders then be glad for an opportunity to relieve themselves of a bad bar gain ! What would please them so well as an oppor tunitv given bv the State, to lly from the "bond?' This railroad terminates at the town of Evansville, a point of termination also to the canal ; the railroad begins at Terre Haute, also where the canal touches ; it where contemplated, would of course compete and successfully too, with the canal in carrying freight, thus destroying all the benefit arising from the cana to the bondholders. What good would the canal be to them or the State in such event I Would not this be a breach of faith on the part of the State ? Would not this be an opportunity for them to fly from the

contract, which is without any competition of any rail- j jtl3 wt.ro ,nabled to dictate to and control the gov ernroad, a bad bargain for them to whose benefit then mcnt of the country. They had such large hums would this railroad be t Why it is perfectly plain, ,.-,. i ted in the bank, that it was ill their power air. ! jo stop ts action by eoucerttdly demanding payment. Those bondholders have a land office, and agency j t seems that with "such a concert they addr-s-ed ti.e at Terre Haute why are those agents not here j ministers, and presented to them the alternative of working against this bill! Why! Does it not look j abandoning the policy which they had determined to very much as if they were but waiting for this legis-; pursue, or see the bank broken. What a predicament lature to throw the door open for an opportunity to ; was this ! The ministers of mighty England trernagain saddle upon this, and the coming generations, . bling and yielding before the superior power of & a burdensome debt relieve themselves of an incum-! fevv metropolitan bankers. The bank was the pecunbrancc! j iary reliance of the government, and for the dueMr. Speaker, I repeat there is no use of this rail- j exercise of its functions, the ministers were responsiroad. The citizens along the route do not want it. j ble to the nation. The bankers, therefore, who could On one side of them they have the Wabash and Erie j stop the action of the batik, could stop and reverse the canal, on the other the Wabash river, which is now j action of the ministers. being rendered navigable. It cannot assist the town I s;uci, js n,e result of the plan of England's greatest of Evansville more than th canal let that be finish-j statesman, in the construction of a national bank, ed; let it be rendered of use, finished, and Evansville after ages of experience. The opponents of Sir will do as well as with the railroad. Rut if you char- Robert Peel's bill, may attribute the mischief to the

ter this company, you by it effectually destroy the object ; the usefulness of the canal you break in upon the provisions of the bill of last winter ; you infringe upon vested rights they the bondholders will withdraw from the arrangements made with them by the State and thus by the act of the State herself have placed her in the gulf of despair, from which she has but just raised herself and again be placed among now paying States. I call upon gentlemen to reflect carefully upon what they are doing, and do nothing of which wrong mav come. s. Mr. Speaker, I must come to a close as I have detained the ii"use longer than I intended to do, but the people whom I have the honor to represent, have a great interest in the matter, and for them, I must and will stand up at all hazards, whether I meet the frowns of other members or not. Case of Petty Larceny. Police Oh ice. lfore his Honor the Mayor. The first case called this morning, was that of John C. Calhoun, charged with stealing some "no-territory doctrine, the property of Henry Clay. The prisoner, who was a seedy, lank, and lanternjawed individual, denied the charge. The first witness called was Mr. Clay, who deposed that he was the possessor of a parcel of "no-territory doctrine," the same used against Mr. Jefferson, when he proposed the purchase of Louisiana ; and afterwards ngainst .Messrs. Tyler nnd Polk, in the Texas business. It was in tolerably good condition. He had observed the accused prow ling about his premises, on the evening of the loss, and had kept Iiis eye on him. Shortly after he disappeared, and on coming to look for Iiis property, he (.Mr. Clay) found it wasn't there. He immediately raised a hue-and-cry, and found the prisoner in the Senate chamber, actually offering the stolen property to the country, under the name of "Resolutions." .Mr. Colquitt, one of the police, stated that he knew the prisoner at the; bar, and was formerly intimate with him. Of late the prisoner's character had become so bad, that he was obliged to cut the prisoner's acquaintance. This Calhoun had been getting worse and wore, for some time, and had actually associated himself with such people as Vulee and Westcott. He had taken several things which did not belong to him, before this, and was always in sonic difficulty or other ; but was generally supposed to be a little cracked. The prisoner, on being asked what lie had to say to the charge, replied that he thought he had i right to the property. It evidently was doing Mr. Clay a deal of harm, and it was an act of charity to put the ine'ans of self-destruction out of his reach. Mr. Clay was, bims If, of .unsound mind. He had made a speech at New Orleans, wherein he had spoken of the wrongs inflicted on us by Mexico, and had said he would like to slay a Mexican ; and afterwards had made a speech against the war with Mexico. No sane man would do that. In short, .Air. Clay was decidedly an improper person to be trusted with such dangerous property us the "no-territory doctrine." His Honor said that the prisoner was evidently an ingenious rogue, as his defence provc.l, nnd not to be permitted to roam about doing mischief. He asked him what was his business The prisoner replied, ihat he was a turner by prosion, that is to say he turned llip-flaps for a living His lat effort in that way, from "War for the sake ot 1 exas, to "I eacc arm no indemnity, had attracted universal admiration, Tiie prisoner was committed to answer at the next election. John Donkey. Naval. The New York Commercial Advertiser of Tuesday afternoon says The U. S. ship Plymouth, Capt. Thomas R. Gcdney, commanding, is under sailing orders for the East Indies. It is said that J. W. Davis, of Indiana, will go out in her, to succeed the late A. H. Everett, as U. S. commissioner to China. The U. S. brig Dolnhin is shortly expected to sail for the coast of Afrie'a, under the command of Lieut. W. S. Ogden. The U. S. store ship Fredonia, Lieut. Com. F. A. Neville, from New York for Vera Cruz, was spoken on the 11th instant, P. M., in lat. JH), Ion. (it). Tho Norfolk Beacon of Tuesday says Lieut. A. G. Slaughter has arrived here to take command of the U. S. brig Rainbridge, now fitting out at the Gosport Navy Yard. An exchange says, an old man in St. Louis, silvered by the frosts of many winters, tottered to the calaboose, and said to the keeper, "I believe, sir, you keep this place." "I do, sir." was the reply. "Then, sir. lock me up, for I have been six weeks trying to

I get sober, and cannot."

the last renewal of its charter. These r

restrictions constitute what Mr. Horslev Palmer has termed the cast iron policy." It is however a policy which has been very extensively ndvcated in this country, and was adopted by the most distinguished economists of England, afbr the most mature and earnest consider ation, it was intended to lemedv that creut defect 7 which was supposed to exist in the operations of the bank, and which is apt to be charged upon all similar institutions, viz. ttmt in times of prosperity thev improperly intlate the currency and stimulate business. so as greatly to aggravate the reactions which follow, if not to be the chief cause of them. Men think that banks should be conducted with rnorc than human wisdom, that the directors are bound to se into futu rity farther than other people, and bv some mysteri ous barometer, known only to themselves, to descry he coming storm long betöre it is visible to common W T 1 . I - 1 " . 1 r eyes, under mis lmprcssiou, men soucu loans irom he banks, and their request being granted, they euer into large engagements, and when a revulsion comes, turn round upon the banks, and blame theta or having granted their requests. I hey eeem to think that the bank directors should have understood their private business better than themselves, and so have saved them from their own imprudence. It was under the inllucuce of such opinions, that In the renewal of the charter i f the bank of Englund, the policy was adopted of restricting its issues, beyond a certain amount, to the exact quantity of the precious metals in its vaults. I Ins system worked well in timeot prosperity, as all systems do ; but when adversity came, the system was condemned, as in such circumstances all systems are apt to be. I lie peojde of England have habituated themselves to looking upon the bank as the great monied power of tiie realm. To the bank therefore, m their distress, they looked for relief, but confined as it was to a certain point as the limit of its action, and in its regular workings keeping nrar that joint, the people saw with alarm, when they turned to it for relief, that it had r.o power to help them; its fifty millions of dollars i:i coin were locked up, and the expaiision of its credit was entirely forbidden. Nothing would be more calculated to excite alarm than such a state of tilings. Indefmiteness would have sustained hope but here the people saw the exact measue of the bank, and were in despair. The possibility stared upon them that the bank itself might cease to act und ti.e great pivot upon winch all commercial affairs were supposed to turn, be crushed. In the m:dst of such considerations, it was not strange that the cry should be "Save himself who can." But another and most startling fact is disclosed. viz. that by means, of the bank a few great capitalj restrictions which that great man put upon the bank, If the nohev of the present bank charter is leiected. it is no more than has befallen every other scheme for its management. Every plan, however much extolled as a theory in pospect, lias been condemned anJ rejected after its practical workings came to be understood. What could be better evidence that & national bank in any possible form is a grand error in itself Whether more than human wisdom might or might not contrive such an institution, and manage it for usefulness, is of little importance to us. The highest wisdom tf men has been utieily confounded and defeated in all its attempts to do it. What they intended for a blessing has only turned out to be a curse. Hereafter, in every business revulsion, the bank, under its present charter, must be an ebject rf terror to the merchants, the bankers and the government; and although some new expedient may be adopted to avoid a recurrence of the recent dilemma, it is obvious that deep anxiety must mingle with every scheme. It is evident, also, that the almost boundless power which lias been attnbbtcd to the bank, is a delusion. The real power is in individual wealth, and the highest po-sible approach to stability, is to be attained by allowing that wealth free action. V, lr. Jour, of Com. Pins. A dozen years since, all the pins used in this country were imported. Now, none are imported, except a few German pins for the supply of the German population of Pennsylvania. This wonderful change lias been prculuced by a concurrence of circumstances, the most prominent ef which was the invention, by Mr. Samuel Slocum, now of Providence, of a pin-making machine far superior to any then in use in England. This lev! to the establishment of a pin-manufactory at Poughkcepsie by .Messrs. Slocum, Jillson & Co., which, contrary to general expectation, was entirely successful, and soon distanced foreign competition. Tims things went on, until the passage ef the Tariff of ll'J, which, by increasing tiie duty on foreign pins, encouraged other parties in this country to engage m the business. Foreseeing this, t he above mentioned company, which was succeeded by the Am. Pin I ompanv,at once rednreil their nrlce o0 por ccnt aM(j JrtV,. ,.i,,ce rCe!UCed them 10 per cent. more, ot all the pm companies which have been established or attempted in the United States, only three are known to exist at present, viz. the Am. Pm Company, (which has works both at Poughkeepsie and at Waterbury, Conn.) the Howe Company at Derby, Conn., and Messrs. Pelton, Fairchild : Co., of Poughkeepsie. The quan'ity of pins turned out by these establishments, especially two first, is enormous. The statistics of one of them, we have ascertained, are about as follows : Per week, 70 cases, averaging 170 packü each, each pack containing l'J papers, and each paper iiO pins: making an aggregate ef Ö0,9i I,U K) pins per week, or l?,07U,ltiS,OU0 per annum. If the preduets of the two other establishments, and the small amount imported, are together equal to the above, vve j should have a grand total of 4, 15?, Ii.lt) ,000 pins for , ....usumption in t..e United States, eaual to J00 on an j nvera fof everv nm,f woman aiu clil(i ifI the country. A pretty liberal allowance, we are thinking. 1'he number of oin-makmr machines emrdovod bv j Company is about and of work-people about u, It Wuu)li u. jitiictilt to describe these machines so as to make their operation intelligible to those who have not seen them in motion. We will only say that the wire which is to be wrought into pins, runs from a reel like yarn, into one end of the machine, and comes out at the other, not wire, but pins, cut, pointed and headed, in the me)st perfect manner, at the rate of 150 a minute. This is about the usual speed, but the machinery is capable of being so adjusted as to produce ;Ji0 a minute. Being now' of a yellowish color, they are thrown, by the bushel, into kettles containing a certain liquid, by which they are whitened, and prepared for sticking ; i. e. for being stuck into papers, in rows, as they are bought at the stores. 1 his process ot sticking is aIo performed by a machine invented by Mr. Slocum. The narrow paper in which the pins are stuck, is wound from a reel, of any inaginable length, and then cut off at uniform intervals. One sticking machine w ill stick as many pins as three pin-machines can make ; nnd three uf the former can be attended by one girl. A part of the pins of the Am. Pin Company are made of Am. copper, obtained on the borders of Lake Superior. The triumphant success of American pin-making without the aid of ju election, or rather in spite if jtt shows that when skill and industry are combined, "some things can be done as well as others." Y. Y. Journal of Comment.