Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1848 — Page 2

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FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. LEWIS CASS, or miciiigax. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. GEN. WM. O. BUTLER, OF KENTUCKY.

rucsmEvriAi electoks. SENATORIAL. uoRK.rvr OAIT. owkn. f Puy County UmKNEZEII M. CHAMBERLAIN, of Llknart county. DISTBICT. I NrilN!EL ALBEIUSON.of Hairison county. 2. CYRUS L DUNHAM, of Washington county.

WILLIAM M. MftAliiiiM rrinmin ci.uuij. CIMKLES H. TEST, of Wayne county. J A MKS RITCIIEY, of Johnson county. r.EOHRK V. CAUR, f Lawience cunty. JAMES M HANNA.rf Hay cunty. I) N1EL MACE. f TtppfCn.e c-unly. Gl ll AM N. FITCH, of Cim county. ANDREW J. HARLAN, of Grant county.

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Marion County Democratic Nominations. ) Gen. JAMES P. DRAKE, For Representative. "ENRY BRADY. r ) POWELL ROWLAND. Fnr Vwecutins Attorney. LUC! AN BARBOUR. ; V Sheriff. CHARLES C. CAMPBELL. ',, Recorder. CHARLES STEPHENS. Fr County Commissioner, A A RON ALLDREDGL. or CoWr, PETER F. NEW LAND.

Democratic Stute Centml Committee. LIVINGSTON DUN LAP, DAVID REYNOLDS. J1E P. DRAKE, OKO. A. CHAPMAN, E. N. SHIM ER, WM. SULLIVAN, CHARLES MAYER.

Send us ttie Returns. Our friends in the various counties will oblige us

by s'nding U3 the result in their respective counties

by the first mail, after the vote are counted. The Election I

The election of Representatives and County officers w ill come off on Monday ext. An appeal was made

Lv tie Journal a few days since for the whigs to stand

up tu their principles and to stick to the party lines. Tise ood to be thus accomplished, was not specified.

The- on'v issue of consequence now depending upon

the i cxt Wieliture, is the election of a United States

:'!?. If a Taylor Whig be elected by that body,

!.. n an can tell or imagine what will be his course in

C'j rey; upon any question. If a democrat shou.d

r rheser, the people can depend upon one thing, if n oihing more: A Democratic Senator trill obey inslruclitm from the Legislature at all times, or will t n his plact. The will of the people will be his law, if he can conscientiously execute it, otherwise t! v will hive an opportunity to fill Iiis scat with n ti 'her nian. This is a matter which even the whigs

:o-jd seriously reflect upon, tef ire they cast their votes. Tl.ey now profess to make the Will of the People the governing influence. Democrats go with t h t : 1 1 in full, within the limits prescribed and defined by the Constitution. Some Whig leaders do not. Nt.-h:nr can pcssiuly he lost to them by the election of" I't indent-: much may b. lo-t by the election of a u:-i;i ln uhcus, as S. W. Parker declares, that the Supreme Power of the country should and is rightfully veiled in Congress alone. Though there be no exci:'::ient to control men's votes, the occasion is as prnant with consequences as at any other era. We invite the Whigs to calmness and deliberation. Is it necessary to urge every democrat to vote !

Volunteers Retukned. The Centre Guards, T i,.;. MeDoi.ga 11. Covington Guard,' Capt. Evans,

an:i Washington Guards Capt. Shunk, of the 5;h t i . i .. .l.: . it J... !

iii'i.'iiia voiunieerr, rciurin-u v nun cny on iuuuutj hsr. Ample arrangements were made to give a rty weico'iie to these brave men who have so füthfuliy ervtd th" State, to the hospitalities of the capital. A dinner was prejwired at the Hotel of Mr. C"nten, to which all were invited. A military escort.

untler command of Capt. Geo. A. Chapman, met the

cirs at the depot, and Gen. Reynolds met the train f'i;r mile from the city, and informed the otlicers f id men of the arrangements, yet such was the excrement and anxiety of the boys to see their friends

v.ht were waiting to receive them, that it was im-

p sible t lurm them regularly into line. L.rge numbers however partook of the dinner, at the close of which Governor Whitcomb made a short address. M-st of them left flr their homes the same evening. Toesn boys are nearly all Cas and Butler men. We sa.v fligs fioiting from several of the wagons as they Lft tl.f city inscribed Ciss and Butler." No volunteer has ever raited a hig for Taylor and Fillmore as he parsed this city.

Misrepresentation of the Journal. In order to gain sympathy fur Gen. Taylor and

abue Mr. Stewart, the last Inliana Journal copies a

resolution, giving a vote of thanks to Gen. Taylor for lus serviens on the Rio Grande, which they state, without any equivocation, that Gen. Cass voted against, and give as authority the 313th page of the Congressional Globe, stcond session of the 29;h Con-

Mr. Chamberlain's Speech Judge Chamberlain, one of the Democratic Senatorial Electors, spoke in this city, according to appointment, on Saturday last. His speech was able and effective, os his speeches always are. He reviewed the past and the present attitude of tho whig party, and spoke in such strong terms of its wrongfulness and inconsistency, that it was Impossible for any one not mentally blind, to be otherwise than convinced. Having thoroughly discussed some of the great measures heretofore advocated by the whig party, and which, though they had long been maintained by that party as absolutely essential and necessary to the prosperity of the country, had ot length been proved by experience to be so unnecessary that they involuntarily declare that they have given them all up, he put it to tho good sense of all honest men hitherto attached to that party, to give any reason, if they could, why they ahould etill continue in a factious opposition to the democratic policy, under tho operation of which the country was now prosperous and happy to an unprecedented degree. An opposition like this was as unreasonable as it was unjustifiable; and they could have no motive for it, except a miserable personal hostility against those who had been the successful advocates of a correct policy in the administration of the government, and the poor hope of victory over former opponents with a leader who disdained to give them any pledge whatever as to the policy which he would adopt if they should be able to elect him. But by far the most interesting portion of the Judge's speech was that part in which he spoke of the reasons why Gen. Taylor should be the last man to receive the vote of Indiana ; especially on account of the gross injustice lie had inflicted upon all our volunteers, and through them the stain he had affixed upon the escutcheon of the State. The Judge examined this matter critically and with great force; and we venture to say, that there was not even a whig present, who d.d not fed that Gen. Taylor was altogether in the wrong, and had manifested the most d"gged determination to remain eo. The miserable aud disgraceful plea made by Taylor's friends, that he was justified in denouncing the 2d regiment by the report of Gen. Lane, was most effectually demolished by the Judge. He read from both reports, and thowed the very great difference between them, a difference so marked as to manifest conclusively to every one that Taylor found in Lane's report no justification whatever for the strong condemnation passed against the volunteers by Taylor, so strong that the world had set them down ns arrant cowards, though there is not an instance on record to show that men ever fought with greater bravery and heroism. Judge

Ciiamberlain did not tlunk it was rebuke enough to Taylor fur Indianians merely to xole against him as a candidate tor tfie Presidency, he further expressed his conviction, that the honor and fair fame of the State, and the personal honor and self-respect of every individual citizen, imperatively required that an appeal should be made to (Jongress, to enforce that justice which Taylor stubbornly refused. He was therefore in favor of a great convention, embracing1 not only the Volunteer olfxers and soldiers, but all the citizens, as proposed at a meeting of our people a few days ago, which convention should adopt resolutions setting forth all the facts relative to the base treatment of our volunteers by Taylor from the time of their arrival in Mexico, to that of tlicir departure, and demanding from C ngress a public investigation by that

body, to the rnd that history may he set right by the records of the general government, and the character of the Slate redeemed from the foul blot now affixed upon it. We hope this proposition will be seriously reflected upon by the people, and that they will sei the propriety of the suggestion. Gen. Lane will soon be corresponded with to ascertain when it will be convenient for him to attend at the meeting resolved upon by our people, as already published. We hope it will be done with an eye to the great congregation which such an event ought to call together. On this subject perhaps we feel more sensitively than moat men not engaged in the battle of Buena Vista, for we are placed in a position where we can witness the ir jurious effects of the, slander. Dut a few days since, for instance, the R ston Journal, a leading whig paper, slid that Indiana would vote against Taylor only because he had stated that our volunteers ran at the battle, and refused to take back the statement because it teas true. Hardly a week passes that we do not sec something of the kind, and it is only because they want our votes for Taylor, that the slander is not more frequently and boldly repeated. No other State would have rented under this base imputation so long as we have done, knowing as we do that it is as false as it is foul. It is time that we shou'd begin to do something more than we have done to wipe out the stain. Our noble volunteers, who survive the conflict, are now, thank God, once more at home; and regard for them, a just appreciation of the sufferings they have experienced and the bravery they manifested, a decent respect for our own honor and the character of our State, now ranking in all the elements of power only as the fifth in the Union, and soon to take a position in that respect above even Virginia herself, all these, and every consideration of manly quality, imperatively require that we should demand and enforce justice from Congress itself. It would add to our disgrace and degradation to make any more appeal; to the Commanding General, who has already added insult to injury.

IXcsponscs of the Whig CuiiIil:Meft. The mystery of Taylor's long delay in answering

the official letter of the President of the Whig National "Slaughter-House," is at last fully explained.

It nppears that Taylor 44 refused " to take the letter

of Gov. Morehead out of the post-office, because the postage iras rwt paid, and that it, together with about

40 others, mostly from Philadelphia and Washington, on which the postage amounted to about $7, were forwarded on to the dead letter office, by the postmaster of Pa ton ltouge. As some of the whig papers, had been bao enough to assert that the letter had been probably stolen while on the way, these dead letters were carefully examined at Washington, and two of them appearing to have been directed in the hand-writing of Gov. Morehead, were saved. In the meantime, Taylor seeing by the papers that Puch a letter had been sent to him, informing him, much to his surprise, no doubt, that he had received the whig nomination, he sent on to Washington to have the letters returned, which he had been too mean to pay for; and they were returned, but not before a second letter had been sent to him from Gov. Morehead, on which the postage was probably paid. In tho meantime Fillmore had responded to the nomination for Vice President, hut his response was

withheld until Taylor's reply could be received. 13ut the latter failing to arrive in season, the correspondence was published recently in the National Intelligencer, and is as follows: Letter to Mr. FiVmnre. PiiiLittF.Lf hi a, June 10, 1848. Dear Sir: At a convention of the whig ot the Uni

ted State, aaaemblrd in this city on the 7th instant, and

continued by adjournment until the Dm, Ueu. Zcliury

Taylor of t.otiiaiana was nominated as a candidate for the presidency, and you were nominated as a candidate

for the tice presidency of the United States, at the next ensuing presidential election. Idy a resolution of paid convention, it was made my duty to communicate to you the result of their deliberations, and to request your acceptance of the nomination. 1 have the honor to be, dear sir, your most obedient wrvant, J. M. MOREHEAD, President of the Whig National Convention. Hon. Millard Fillmore.

cress.

Now, on turning to the pige of tho Congressional

Globe, cited by the Journal, wo find no vote of the kind recorded, but on page 319, we find that on the adoption of the resolution quoted by that paper, tho ote, by ayes and noes, is recorded at full length, and it unanimous in its favor General Leicis Cass voting for the resolution. A more unblushing perversion of truth has not been perpetrated during the campaign, and shows an unfairness, we hope will not again be attempted during the Presidential canvass, although from this and other instances, too numerous to be published, there is little hope for the Indiana Journal.

07" The Journal of Monday let doicn the whig plat

form which had Wn furnished by Gen. Taylor in his

famous letter to his brother-in-law. Whether this omis

sion was caused by the speech of Judge Chamberlain,

or by the letter of Taylor accepting the nomination, which pf rhaps is to be the "whig platform hereafter,

is more than we arc able to guess at. Perhaps we

hall have an explanation on the subject.

Congress. The House has passed a resolution to

dj uru on the 7th of Augu3t, so that the members can attend the Buffalo convention, perhaps. The

Union exclaims against the concurrence of the Senate,

until the House hall pass the Territorial Bill. It is

not necessary to hurry about adjournment, there

being plenty of money in the Treasury !

ß- We acknowledge tho receipt of valuable pub- 0"Thc best joke of the day is tho attempt of the lie documents from Mewrs. Bright, Wick, and other Whigs to prove Taylor an abolitionists. Have they friends at Washington. I any thing to say about Mr. Calhoun 1

(7"Mr. Stewart's speech at the Court House on 31 on day evening of lat week, and which is the only one he has made during the canvass, has caused quite a fluttering in thi Journal camp, und paragraph after paragraph has been published in the last three lumbers of that paper to counteract its effects. It was an unexpected effort, partly midti in consequence of the indisposition of the county elector, who was too unwell to address the inccti ng. The Journal is altogether mistaken in its reference to the resolution of thanks to Gen. Taylor, and which Holloway, the whig elector, voted against, thanking his God that no volunteer went to the war from his District, alluded to by Mr. Stewart. It was not the resolution of thanks to Gen. Scott, and others, which he had the honor to introduce, but the resolution introduced by Rousseau, another whig elector, that Holloway voted against, and which Defrees sent to Gen. Taylor, under the vain expectation that he would correct his report in reference to the Second Indiana Regiment. Holloway voted ngaint all resolutions thanking our officers and soldiers in the Mexican war. He had at the time, no idea of Gen. Taylor being the whig candidate for President. The resolution introduced by Mr. Stewart was adopted by the Senate, nearly all the whigs but Holloway voting for it, and at tho mandate of the Journal an eff jrt was made to recall it from the House ; but a portion of the whigs refused to obey ; but the Whig Houe, being more subservient, refused to adopt it, because it took the American and not the Mexican side of the question in the war. Tho Senator of Marion took the side of his country in tho Mexican war, and carried his resolution of thanks to our bravo officers and soldiers triumphantly through tho Senate. But a Whig House defeated it.

Mr. Fillmore's Rejly. A i. bast, N. Y., June 17,

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt cf

jour letter of the 10th mat., ny winch I am notified that, at Um late whig convention held at Philadelphia, General Zachary Tavlor was nominated for President and mvHelf for Vice President, and requesting my acceptance of the nomination. The honor of being thus presented by the distinguished representatives of tho whig party of the Union for the stcond office in th gift of the people an honor as unexpected as it was unsolicited could not fail to awaken in a grateful heart emotions which, while they cannot bo suppressed, find no appropriate language for utterance. fully persuaded that the cause in which we are enlist

ed is the cause of our country ; that our chief object M to secure its peace, preserve its honor, and advance its pros

perity ; and fueling, moreover, aronnaeni nuran mai in General Taylor (vvhose name is presented for the first oll'ue) 1 shall always find a firm and consistent whig, a safe guide, and an honest man, I cannot hesitate to assume any position which my friends may assign me. Distrusting, as I well may, my ability to discharge satisfactorily the duties of that high office, but feeling that, in caie of my election, I may with safety repoio upon the friendly aid of my fellow-wing, and that efforts guided by honest intentions will always be charitablv judged, 1 accept the nomination so generously tendered; and I do this the more cheerfully , as I am willing, for such a cause and with such a man, to take my chances

of successor defeat as the electors, the final arbiters of

our fate, hall, in their wisdom, judge best for the interests of our common country. Please accept the aurance of my high regnrd and esteem, and permit me to subscribe myself your friend and fellow-citizen, MlLLAltD FILLMORE. Hon. J. M. Morehead. The Union says of this letter Certainly Mr. Morehead could scarcely have adopted any formula of words which might furnish

les ' a cure to passion than the above laconic and cautious letter. He seems like the sleiglit-or-hand man dancing among the eggs, fearful lest a single extra move should crush them and do mischief. How different is all this chary manoeuvring from the frank example which was set by the Baltimore convention, its president, and its nominee. They proclaimed their principles. Their platform of faith is very boldly laid down in the face of the world. Mr. Ste

venson addressed an explicit letter to Gen. L'ass, and

his letter came forth to ratify the articles of the re

publican creed." But contemptible as Fillmore's letter certainly is, it will compare favorably with that of Taylor, as we find it in the Journal of Monday. Had this letter come from any person but Taylor, and that too under the present degraded position of the whig party, it would be hooted at from one end of the country to the other. Talk about Ciss'h brief letter to the Chicago Convention will you! Why if Taylor was responding to a mere nomination for constable, he could not treated It more cavalierly. The letter is dis

graceful to the man and to the party, and absolutely

insulting to an intelligent people. But the doughfaces will swallow it, because they can't help themselves: Batos Rouge, July &rth, 1848. Sir: I had the honor to receive your letier of June 10th, announcing that the Whig Convention, which assembled at Philadelphia on the 7th of June, and of which you were the prvsiding officer, had nominated me for the office of President of the United States. Looking to the composition of the Convention, and its numerous and patriotic constituency, I feel deeply grüteful for th honor bestowed upon me for the distinguished confidence implied in my nomination by it to the highest olTn ei n the gift of the people. 1 cordially accept that nomination, but with the sincere distrust of my fitm-m to fulfill the duliea of an office, which demands for its exercise, the most exalted abilities and patriotism, and which has been rendered illustrious by the greatest names in our histiry. Hut should the selection of the Whig Convention be confirmed by the people, I shall endeavor to discharge the new duties then

devolving upon me, so as to meet the expectations of

my lellow-citizens, and preserve undiminished, the pros

perity and reputation of our common country.

I have the honor to remain with the highent respect,

your obedient servant, Z. TAYLOR. To the Hon. J. M. Morehead, Grcensburgh, Guilford Co., N. C.

Mr. Jacob Banker, nn original Taylor man, of

influence, in a recent speech at a Taylor meeting in

New Orleans, said, according to the Delta:

As to appointments, General Taylor, I am am-

thnrized to say, would never object to John C. Calhoun, for Secretary of State, Abbot Lawrence, for

Secretary of the Treasury, Revcrdy Johnson, for At

torney General, and B. h. Butler, for the Supreme Bench.

We consider this almost authoritative as if spoken

by Gen. Taylor himself. Thn name of Rutler is used

to flatter the New York barnburners.

ic of the Louisville Journal IVailcd to tlic Counter. Greensburg, Ind., July 27, 1819. To the Editor of the Coon Skinner : I see in a

little sheet published at Louisville, Ky., called the

Journal, a mo?t infamous article an ariicle bearing

the impress of falsehood upon its own face, headed thus : A financial operation of General Cats extraordinary developement Look at this.'1

This article sets out by saying that, "In 1830,

Lewis Cass, Henry Hubbard, Francis O. J. Smith, Francis Markoe, Jr., and Ramsey McIIeury, all

then at Washington city, formed themselves into an association under the title of the Western Land Association,' for the purpose of speculating in Western

Lands.' This far it might be true, for Gen. Cass was in Washington city part of that year, though it

is a notorious fact that he was, during that year, appointed resident minister to the court of St. Cloud,

and immediately proceeded to the city of Paris. But

the beauty and truth of the article is a little farther along. Take the following extract :

This association for purposes of land speculation was formed when Lewis Cass was Secretary of War under Mr. Van Buren." Here we have the beauty and consistency of the article. In 183G, Lewis Cass and others formed themselves into an association, under the title of the Western Land Association, for the purpose of speculating in Western Lands," and, "This association for purposes of land speculation, was formed when Lewis Caes teas Sec. retary of War under Mr. Van liuren."

Lewis Cass was never Secretary of War under

Mr. an Buren. He was called by Gen. Jackson to

the War Department in 1831, where he continued

until 183G, when he went to Paris as Minister, prior

to Mr. Van Buren's election; and he continued in

France until December, 1S-15, at which time here-

turned to the United States.

Now, how it can he, that Gen. Cas. in 1S3G, was

a member of the cabinet (if Mr. Van Buren, is hard

for an ordinary mind to tell. I cannot see how, even the precocious genius of George Denson Prentice can

come to huch a conclusion from any data in the civi history of the government, for it was not until Marcli

1S37, that Mr. Van Düren came into ollice, and then

Gen. Cass was in France, and he remained there tin

til 1812, two years, nearly, afier the close of Mr

an Buren s administration. Rut let us have another extract: "After several years delay, ihe members

of the Association began to have strong suspicions

that there was little or no probability of their ever

getting anything h.r their money." And the article

goes on to state, that the Hon. Henry Hubbard was

appointed to ascertain if Cass and his agent had

dealt with them fairly und honestly, and that he open

ed a correhpondenco with Cass, and, "Ac wrote a fi

nal lelli-r informing the honorable Secritary of War that he lias a rascal, and the honorable Secretary teas

quiet and silerit xindir the charge." Whether to call this ignorance, or rascality, I do not know ; I am in

clined to think it rascality ; fir I cannot believe that

the editor of the Journal is wrapped in such mental darkties as to believe that Gen. Cass was Secretary of War several years after 135. But the whole article is a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end. 4Cass being Secretary of War, and, in virtue of his oilioml station, having important advantages over private individuals, the Association gavo him the con

trol of the whole business.' Now, admitting that

tho writer may have been mistaken as to Cass being Secretary of War, it is perfectly idle to eay that men

of intelligence would give him the control of such an

Association, and he in France. The thought is too

absurd to be entertained for a moment. What an ex

alted opinion the conductors of the Journal must have of public intelligence, to givo place to such lies in

the column of their paper. ' The most devoted ad

mirers of Prentice must be ns brazen as the serpent

that was lifted up in the wilderness, if they do not blush at pucIi presumption on the gullibility of the people. But the article is in perfect keeping with

Territorial IJill Vot upon its Passage. Washington City, July 27. 118. After remaining in session nil night, and until a late hour to-day, the Senate passed tho Oregon, NewMexico and California Territorial bill, by a vote of S3 to 22. I send you the names of those who voted against the bill. Nays Messrs. Allen, Badger, Breeze, Baldwin, Bell, Rrndbury, Clark, Corwin, Davis of Mass., Dayton, Dodge, Lhx, Felch, Fitzgerald, Green, Hale, Hamlin, Metcalf, Miller, Nile. Underwood, Upham, and Walker 22.

All the rest of the Senators (except Messrs. Came

The German 1'urlinineut. FitANKioKT, June 23. Mr. Soiron proclaimed the following "law on tho creation .f a Provisional Central Power for Germany " " I. Until a Government he definitely created for Germany, a Provisional Central Tower fhall be formed for the administration of all affaus hich afuct tho winde of the German nation. " II. The Central Power shall, 1st, act as executive in all aflairs that relate to the safety and welfare of the nation in general; 2d, it shall take the su

preme direction of the whole of the armed forces and

for the bill.

Oregon Territorial Hill virtually Rejected by (tie House. Washington City, July 28. The Senate has passed the bill to liquidate the Mexican claims. In the House a message was received from the Senate, transmitting the bill for the erection of territorial governments in Oregon, New Mexico and California. Mr. Stephens of Georgia, moved to lay the bill on the table, which motion, after much confusion, was carried yeas 112, nays 77. This is considered a virtual rejection of the bill, os under the rules it will require a vote cf two-thirds to take it up again. Ohio Statesman.

ron, Pea rce, and Webster, who were absent,) voted j nominate the Command r-in-C:iief; 3d, it shall pro

vide for the political and commercial representation cf Gertnat y, and to this end appoint Ambassadors and Consuls. "III. The creation cf the constitution remains excluded from the sphere of action of tho Central Power. "IV. The Central Power decides on questions of

war and peace, and in connexion with the Kations! Assembly it concludes treaties with foreign Towers.

"V. The Provisional Central Power is confided to a Regent (reichsverwrser) whom the National Assembly elects. (Ayes, 373; Noes, 17.").) " VI. The Regent exercises his power by Ministers whom ho nominates, but who are responsible to the National Assembly. All his decrees, to be valid, must be countersigned by at least one responsible Minister. " VII. The Regent is irresponsible. "VIII. The National Assembly will by a special law fix the limits of Ministerial responsibility. "IX. The .Ministers are entitled to be present durin' the sittings of the National Assembly, and to e n be heard by the ame. X. The Ministers arc bound, on the demand of the National Assembly, to appear before th.1 6imeand to give information. XL They have the right of voting in the National Asemlly only when they are elected as members of the same. "XII. The position of the Regent is incompatible with the otllce of member of the Notional Assembly. XIII. The German Diet ceases from the moment

that the Central Power begins to exercise its functions. (Ayes, f)10; Noes, 33.) ' XIV. The Provisional Central Power shall in its executive capacity act, as far os compatible with i'n duty, in understanding with tf.e Plenipotentiaries of the German Government. "XV. The action of the Provisional Central Power ceases as soon as the constitution for Germany is

Correspondence cf the Philadelphia Ledger. Prom Washington. Washington, July 20, 1819. The Compromise Bill has been rather fluctuating to-day, owing to the discovery of a mare's nest by Mr. Calhoun. He seems to labor under the impression that Oregon has got too much by the compromise, and that tiiere should, at least, a loop hole be left open for slavery to creep in. If the present law s of the Oregon legislature, which interdict slavery, remain in force, it is not meant that Oregon should

not have a right to alter them and admit slaves if she

thinks proper. Mr. Calhoun has occasioned a new

conference of the members of the committee, who have tried to convince him that between the present laws of Oregon and t!rie likely to be enacted there

is actually no ditlerencc that there are six of the one, and half a dozen of the other; but whether Mr. Calhoun will stay convinced is quite another question. If Mr. Calhoun should turn monomaniac on the question of slavery, there is indeed danger of the bill being defeated. Quite a respectable number of Whigs in the House wiil support it on nn electioneering ground (to unite the S -uth on General Taylor) and the Wilmot Proviso men are dead njrainst it.

INI r. Dix, of the Senate, calls it "an unconditional surrender to the South," and Mr. Wilmot in the House will oppose it virtuously," ns long as he draws breath. So it appears the bill, even when carried, will not satisfy the free soil, free lnbor party, who will continue to agitnte this great question, though it be settled by Co:igres und endorsed by the Supreme Court of the United States. The difficulty which arose in Mr. Calhoun's mind

prevented the bill from beinr called up to-day, and to-morrow being private bill day, it may not be called

up before Monday next. In the mean time soothing

words will bo lavished on ti.e great champion of

tie:ro slavery and his disciples, which in all proba

bility wit! have the ehect to mane him acnuiesce in

the bill. If the bill bi passed in the Senate against

the opposition of Mr. Lalhonn, then some means will be resorted to in order to prevent a direct vote from

being taken on it in the House, and the bill will die

without beinjr christened.

These, of course, are as yet mere conjectures,

based on Mr. Calhoun's doubtful position to-div.

which, perhaps, may be changed to-morrow; but the better reading of events seems to be, that, since the

Larnburners n Congress are dissatisfied with the bill, the Southern abolitionists (uf free labor) the faithful

antipodes of the Barnburners, most do the same

Disguise it as you may, the question of slavery has become one of power, and such a contest is not easily

settled by a compromise. The love of power is a grow ing passion, which may not easily be restrained

by legislative enactments, and the South has tasted power too long to resign it peacefully. The House to-day laid the civil and diplomatic bill, after more than three weeks deliberation, on the table. The opposition managed to introduce an appropriation for the improvement of the Savannah river, (removing from it some obstructions created by tho sinking of ships during the revolutionary war,) for the sole purpose of forcing the President to veto

completed." The whole of the law was, on being put to the vote, carried bv 450 against 100 votes.

Baron Gag rn resumed his seat as President, and

announced that the election of the Regent should

take place to-morrow.

June 29. The President to-k the rhair at IM

o'clock, und invited the Assembly to elect a Regent

for Germany, according t' the law which they had

yesterdnv made.

The members were then individually called to namo their candidate, and it was interesting to hear the name of Archduke John in a variety of manners, uuch as Archduke John of Austria :' ' John of Austria," "John, Archduke of Austria: Mr. Jordan, (a IWlin Radical.) when his turn came, cried out, "John Adam Itzstcin." (Great sensation.) Of th se who did not vote for the Prince, some would nu te at nil, and asmill minority of Radicals named their favorite, Mr. Itzstcin. Pot by far tho preat st number cf the minority voted for Biron Gagem. Toe following is tho list of voles ns rend by Baron

(Jauern

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it, and some appropriations for improvements in the

District, w hich are objectionable, and this is the cause

the principles of their party. If the com mon people of the difficulty now. To such petty subterfuges is

are incapable of self-government, they cannot see the Congress reduced to carry out the Fchemes of parties ;nNinB;c(on,:nI1 rnBnitn.u :.,.. . on the approach of a Presidential election. Of course

in tho mean time the government is brought to a

inconsistencies and falsehoods contained in the arti

cle in question. In districts of country where the character of the principal editor of the Journal is

known, this article needs no answer; but here, there may be some, who, not knowing the true character for truth and veracity of tho editor, may be inclined, at first sight, to give some credence to the ßctionm

What must be thought of the party that is driven to such straits to bolster up their cause? Is Gen. Tay

lor to be lied into the Presidency 1 "Truth is mighty

and will prevail." BREATHITT.

stand, and the people have to pay for the sport of members. After having voted the bill down, and laid the reconsideration of it on the table, they have to take it tip again to-morrow, in some shape or other; but if the improvement of Savannah ricr remains in the bill, it is not unl:";ely the President will veto it.

The Douuclary of Texas. Friday's Union, says the Richmond Enquirer, contains an admission from an fficial s urco in Mexico, which must forever prostrate the whig lenders and presses, who would dithuuor and degrade their ow n country, by the unjust and unfounded assertion, that the war with Mexico was produced by marching our army to the Rio Grande. In the article below, it will be seen that Mexico officially announces that, since April, 1S3G, the country between the Nueces and the Rio Grande has been evacuated, and "the intermediate space absolutely free" and that, fir tirJve years, "the intention of making the Bravo (the Rio Grande)

a limit, has been announced by the clearest sirns."

ie

(r We copy the following paragraph from the let

ter of the Washington correspondent of the Pa. Ledger, under date of July 18. Our readers can

judge of its applicability to existing circumstances : The Missouri compromise, as desirable as its adop

tioti at this time may be, stands no chance whatever in the House; and could not now be carried even in

the Stnate, so determined arc the southern friends of

General Taylor to keep the question of slavery open.

in order to rally the South on it in the approaching We ask attention to the passages italicised and trust

presidential contest. Dut the supporters of General that, hereafter, no American will be found bold or un Taylor, for better or worse, are handling a double- patriotic enough to assail his own country for occupy edjjLtl sword, which, while it cuts their Knta'mnist. ing a territory which Mexico herself admits, was tin

is, perhaps, inflicting the deepest wounds on them true and legitimate soil of Texas, a sovereign State

selves. Ihe question is, will the South, with the of t:ie Union:

question of slavery kept open, dare, to rally on Gen. "Among the public documents contained in the

Taylor ! If they do, they must expect a breeze from Siglo, (tho official organ of Mexico,) is a portion of

the rorth, which will soon oblige them to clue the 4 L. position addressed to the supreme govern-

hcir top-sails, and heave to. If the South drive the mrnt by " e commissioners who signed tho treaty of

Northern democrats from them, they may look out a peace with the united States. 1 he commissioners.

long while lor other sympathizers, and not find them, i" jusiiiication oi tne cession oi t-aiiiorma and icw

Tho fact is, the tenderness with which Martin Van Mexico, say truly, that the only effect of the treaty

Puren is handled in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri. was to put in writing what was previously fully no

foe, shows that this is the last time that the North- complished by arms; in ns much as California and

ern democracy will extend the hand of fellowship to New Mexico, were already in the possession of the the South, and that, in case it be rejected, they arc United Slates, and could nut be reconquered bv Mexi-

reauv to lorm otner alliances nearer home. As rrrcat co, anu mat, in iruwi, in as murn ns the American

an alllction us such a new combination would prove forces actually occupied, in addition, the States

to the country, it would almost certainly follow the New Leon, Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz, Pueblaand Mexdefection of the South, and seal its fate. " The demo- ico. and most of the seaports of the Republic, "the

cratic States of the South, therefore, will pause before treaty might more properly be called one of recuyera

Archduke John of Austria

liaron (lagern John Adam Itzstcin Archduke Stephen of Austria Votes refuted

Baron Gngcrn then said "I proclaim Archduke John of Austria as Regent of Gernnny." Almost all the members rose from their seats. The galleries applauded, and the bells of the Courch were rung. The President then continued May he requite the love his countrymen bear him, and become tho creator of our unity, the protector of our national liberties, the restorer of order aud peace." (Immense cheering.) Disturbances took place on the 1st at Cassel, in Electoral Hesse. Almost all the hous s were illuminated in honor of the Archduke John, and numerous bands paraded the streets, crying: "Long live tho Archduke !" others however cried : Long live the Republic!" The noise increasing, and some shot having been fired, the armed force cleared the streets, in doing which one individual was killed, and an employee of the police was grievously wounded. An attempt wos made to form a barricade, but w ihout sue-

cess, .tranquility was resioreu at aooui two ooiocK in thn morning. A letter from Cassel of July 4 says : ' The republicans are watched narrow ly here ; they only want an opportunity to rise. The gates of tho town and of the churches have been shut. The members of the free corps have been obliged lo give up their arms; those who resisted were arrested ; their leader is also in prison. The civic guard has been called out." A letter from Cologne, of July '3. states that several arrests had ben effected the dy befhre. We learn from Prague that, in consequence of eomo shots having b?en fired on the soldiers of a guardhouse during toe night of the 25th ult., the Governor had again proclaimed martial law.

07-The Taylor men of Charleston, S. C. have de

clared against Fillmore, and put up the name of Gen.

Butler for the Vice Presidency. This is ihe respect with which the nomination is treated in muny other places South. The northern Doughface whigs will pocket the insult, of course. Wnos to be WicTiMiZED 1" Horace Greeley, the great editor of the Tribune, says "that General

Taylor's concealment of his opinions argues that HOtneb'Hly is to be cheated, and that he (the seid Gree

ley) does not care to be ranked either among the

swindlers or the dupes."

(7-Mr. Reher, of Alabama, has withdrawn his name from the Taylor electoral ticket of that State, for the reavm that Millard Fillmore is in fivor of the Wilmot Proviso. So says the New Oilcans Crescent.

OCrlt 3 stated that Gen. Scott has applied to the War Dcparlment, to be assigned the command of tho Northern division of tho army, and the Department had acceded to the request.

OT Greeley is yet pausing and reflecting " as to whether he will become one of the swindlers or the

dupes" or not. What an inconvenient thing con

science must be to a Whig editor!

they seek protection under Gen. Taylor.

The Whigs of Allen county have nominated Chris

tain Parker, as their canidate for Representative.

it the people of Allen could have seen themselves, as

represented in the last Legislature, as others saw

them, wo opine they would make a struggle to redeem

their character. Indiana Journal.

No effort whatever, is necessary on the part of the

Whigs of Allen county to "redeem their character,"

that we can see. They were represented in the last

Legislature by one of the most respectable and influ

ential men in that body, Christian Parker, and

they expect to send lntn back again this winter.

I he people of this county know htm, and being satis

tied that he is the best man among them for that sta

tion, have not only endorsed his course for three sue

successive years, but are willing to try him again,

the opinion of the Indiana Journal man to the contrary

notwithstanding. tt. Wayne limes. Whig.

Iuexico. Advices from iWextco to the 11th inst.

ftr The Journal of Commerce of tbe 22d lias the lave been received at New Orleans. A battle has v I . 1 .1 1 . . l - . r i

following paragraph: P,Jce K"" j UIIU?r

liuiii meint , liuu uiu iiioui iit.j uuutt lumui D, ju which the latter was defeated w ith a loss of five hun

dred. Jarauta, the celebrated guerilla chief, is report-

is probably overthrown

solved. The inhabit-

hnve defeated thn Indiana in Eocnml

. .1 r- 1 11 I - . ... ---- 'nwim

lor me rresiacncy. ,Miirenicnts.

.... . . . 1 f ir t- ! e o

This will only rcnuer imcw xorK mnro certain

against Gen. Cass, but wc regarded it as inevitably gone befurc. Mr. Stephens, of New York, the distinguished traveller and author, has been surveying, or rather examining the route across the Isthmus from Chagres to Panama, and reports m:st favorably upon it.

"As the former letter of Senator Dix was unsatis

factory to the Pamburners or a portion of them, he

has written another dated aslungton, 17th inst., in mortR woimded. Herrera ia which he goes the whole figure with them and for am, lhe vMl government dist them, including the support of Martin an Bure, nnl8 ot' Yu(.alan have defeated tl

Reception or the Philadelphia Voluntf.es at Pittsbuku. The Pittsburg journals of Monday describe the reception given to the Philadelphia volunteers on Saturday last in that city. Pittsburg determined to honor the men who have reaped such laurels in their country's service, and handsomely did the citizens carry out their determination. Immense numbers of persons arrived in the city from the country to see the reception. The volunteers did 11 t nrrive ns soon as expected; they had shopped to perform ti.e funerul rites for one of their gallant comrades, Win. Thomas a member of Captain Hill's company. The funeral was large the citizens from Pittsburg and Bridgewater having joined the procession. He was interred near the town of Reaver, two miles disut from the river. The people of the place (male and female) hurried to the grave-yard, and every demon, stration cf respect that could be paid, was paid to the stranger dead. At last their near approach to the city whs announced by the rapid discharge of artillery, and in an infant the air rang with the merry peal of a thousand bells, from steamboats cnin Ixnises and churches; and when the boats turned the bend, and came in plain s;ght, tho earth shook with tho deep roar of the great guns, and choer after cheer rose by a common impulse from tho numberless spectators. The firemen in their brilliant dresses, tho the hundreds of flags and streamers, th! ladies and tho volunteers combined to make a pageant such ns is rarely witnessed. Ia. L'dgcr. Accident to hie Suspension Rkiiyje. A rumor was current in th.s city yesterday, ti.al the suspension bridge over the Niagara River, below the Falls, had given away under the weight of four men. Tho facts are, as we learn by the C-unmercial, that four men Were pas.sing over the bridge when it was struck by one of thosu sudden and strong gusts of wind which frequently rush through the chasm with the: tremendous force of a hurricane, and so tw isted it as to turn it bottom opward. The men rausht in tho wires, and in this position suspended 200 feet above the resistless waters beneath they weie enabled to maintain themselves until the alarm was given at the Falls a mile and a half distant and the whole population in a body rushed to the rescue. The men

were saved through the agency of a person sent out to them with a ladder in the little wicker basket used for crossing the river during the construe tion of the bridge. The bridge we are informed, has been much twisted and deformed by the accident, but as no part was broken, it will sorn be brought into shape again. Dujfalu Express, 12' inst. Nearly Ready. The Cincinnati Enquirer says: "We understand that the connecting link between the Little Miami and Mad River railroads will be completed in about one month. Passengers will then leave Cincinnati In the irmrning, and rencii Sandusky the same day before dark.' An ihterestinrr Mexican girl, aged l1?, whose atten-

it7-It is now asserted that the commission to ox-: dance to the sick soldiers excited the. enmity of htr

amino and decide upon the claims of our citizens : relatives, was brought to Pittsburgh by some of tbe against Mexico, which our government has stipulated American officers. She is in good hmd-i. to puy, will be composed of Judge Rreckenridge, of " Virginia, who was on the former commission, Mr. : Brutal. Henry Van C.-.ster has been re mm.ttcd McCrate, of Maine, formerly in Congress, and Mr.Mo prison, at St. Louis to answer tor the iLurutr uT Bright, of Indiana, brother of Senator Bright. hit own son. He whipped Iura to uenh.

tion than of cession," so far as concerns the territory of the Mexican republic. There is a passage in this " Exposition," regarding the true limits of Texas, which deserves to be noted. The intention," says the commissioners, "of making the Rravo a limit, has been announced by the

clearest signs for the last twelve years; and it would have been impossible at the present day to change it. After thn defeat of San Jacinto, in April, 1S30, that was the territory which we stipulated to evacuate, and which we accordingly did evacuate, by falling t ack on' Matamuras. In ibis place was afterwards stationed what was called the Army of the North; and though it is true that expeditions and incursions have been made there even as far as Bejar, we have very soon retreated, leaving the intermediate space absolutely free. In this state Gen. Taylor found it, when, in the early part of last year, he entered there by order of his Government."