Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 October 1848 — Page 2

3nMana 5tntc 0ctitineL ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY.

i.vuia'AImii.is, octowkk if, is is. Our Terms. The follow ing will hereafter be the permanent terms of the U'tA'v Indiana Slate Sentinel: (7 yments to be made aiwajs in auvance. On copy, one year, .Js'2.00 1 hree copies, one year, rive cojits, one year, Ten copies, one year, Twenty copies, one year, 5.00 8.00 15.(J0 '-20.00 Stiiii-Woekly. (Published threp times a week during the session.) One copy, &4.P0 Three copies, $10.00 One roijv durim tin? session. 1.1)0 FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. LEWIS CASS, OF Ml CJIIU AX. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GEN. WM. 0. BUTLER, OF KHXTUCKY IRreiDE!4TI.t. ELECTORS. SENATORIAL. ROBERT DM T OWEN, of Poey County. EBENZK ' CHAM U ERL AIN, of Elkhart county. DISTRICT. 1. NATiUMK.'. ALBERTSON, of Harrison county. 2. CYRUS L DUNHAM, of Washington county. 3. WILLIAM M. .McCARTY, of Franklin county. 4. CHARLES H. TEST, of Wayne county, ö. JAMES RITCH RY, of Johnson county. 6. T.EORGE V. CA RR, of Lawtenee ceunty. 7. JAMES M. HANNA, of CUv county. 8. DANIEL MACE, of Tippecanoe county. 9. GRAHAM N. FITCH, of dss county. 10. ANDREW J. HARLAN, of Gran! county. Democratic Slate Central Committee. LIVINGSTON DUNLAP, DAVID REYNOLDS, JAMES P. DRAKE, CEO. A. CHAPMAN, E. N. SHIM ER, WM. SULLIVAN, CHARLES MAYER. To CorreMiicleuts. J. N. S., Ci iciuuati. Thouli late, we are full at present. Shall prouab y st-e jour frie:id about tlie "ötli, aa.I will keep yours on file for reference. IL A.C., Wiiliamioort. Have answered yoiirt by mail, enclosing t!e f.iut!. J. s?. It., Tipton. See answer in tie other columns. Try againBro. W. L. & J. Q. II. It miht be fur your advantnpe to visit this place. We cannot reply to your note satisfactorily. JSorry v; coul I liot answer before this. ii e a it ix mind: 03-THAT THE PRESIDENT! A L ELECTION TAKES FLACE IN INDIANA ON TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH OF NOVEMBER NEXT, (NOT MONDAY.) or:. jam us uirciiEY, Th democratic candidate for Elector in this district, uiil address his fellow citizens in Madison and Han-rK-k counties, as follows?, viz: 1 1 Mi 'Jinan County. At Ai ders .ntowf. Tuesday, October 4. At Alexandria, Wednesday, October 25. At lVrkin-ville, Ttiursday, October 26. At rendition, Friday, October 27. J:i Jlu:icuck (Jaunty. At Feck Creek SJ. .. 1 II .u Saturday. Oct. 23. At Char'otlesciLV, MuiuUv, October CO. At Rank's School House, Tuesday, October 31. ICOIIEtt'l' dale OWt, Oemoeratie ScnsUori'tl Elector, Will address the people on the subject of National Politics:, at the following times and places: At Rockville, Thursday, October 12. Al Terr? Haute, Friday, October Rl. At Bowling Green, Saturday, October 14. At Spencer, en Monday October 10. At Plcomington, !" Tuesday. October 17. At Nashville, on Wednesday, October li. At Franklin, on Thursday, October 19. At Columbus, on Friday. October 20. At Hrownstown, on Saturday, October 21. At Suler.i, Monday, October !LU3. At Lexington, Tuesday, October 24. At Chirle-t'Mj, Wednesday, October 25. At Manchester, Friday, October 27. At Rising Sun. Saturday, October 2S. At Vevay, Monday, October SO. At New Albany, Tuesday, October 31. At EvnnsviPe, Thursday, November 2. At New Harmony, Saturday, November 4. The Prem in m. According to a notice of last year, that a premium cf a second gear's subscription to the Sentinel, would be given gratuitously to the county sending in the largest amount cf subscriber hi proportion to its population, we have to announce that gallant little Tipton, has -.".ncd the prize. While wc admire, and are th.f "; for the increased patronage bestowed by the other contending counties, let them not relax in their endeavors. As soon as wc can, with a regard to other calls upon our time end attention, we purpose to offer a similar inducement, with one for the second best. Papers like ours, clubbing at a dollar a year, should certainly be considered a bargain;" because if gained, it furnishes mo'e reading matter per week for one cmt, than can be found in the whole world. OCT The State Journal claims great moderation, respect and decorum for the whig press when speaking or writing of their opponents. The Whig Crape Shot of Shelbyville helps the Journal to make out its case by the following epithets npplied to the democratic party and to individual members of it, taken all from one article in that paper of Oct. 4: 44 a set of dastardly, lousy, loafing locufoco Lazzaroni," disgraceful and infamous acts of heathenism and depravity," a congenial band of Kuflians," "slanders, lies, bribery, perjury, and scoundrcihm." Stealing chickens in Mexico," 44 hog stealing in Columbus," 'a band of drunken, rioting, cu'.breakip", lawless vagabonds," a few hired Assassins? ' a while livertd locofoc." We quote these specimens of decency and decorum merely to call our neighbor attention to them, not that we care a snap about them. We consider the source. Octouek Elections. Georgia and Florida held their annual elections on the 2d inst., the former for members of Congress only, the latter for Congress, Governor and I.egi'htnre. On Wednesday, Oct. 4th, Maryland and South Carolina hold election-; the for mer for local otf.cera only, the latter for members of Coiires and Legislature, which TgislMnre if to chucse a Governor, Lieut. Governor, and nine Electors of President. On Tuwlny, Oct. 10th, rcniisylvania and Ohio close the list cf States voting prior to the Presidential Election, tach electing a Governor, meinberu of Congress and Legislature, which Legislature U to choose a United States Senator fur six years ensuing. fJ-The Whig leaders and editors in 1940 took great pain in endeavoring to prove that Van Euren waa at heart an Abolitionist, that in the New York Convention, he advocated the rights of negroes, and especially their right to suffrage, &.C., &c. Now, they are singing another song, and laboring equally hard to show that he has till recently been the worst foe of abolitionism. Verily, the curses of 1910 are coming home to roost with the whigs continually. Servcä them right ! (jCrWe would call attention to Mr. Ward's advertisements of new good?. He has now one of the most fashionable establishments in the city ; and we venture to say, few will be dissatisfied who deal with him.

I'rt'siilfiiliu! Election. The day is near at hand upon which i t be settled, so far as candidates arc concert. cl, the issue of the Presidential canvass. Of the general result, should the Democracy every where turn out in full ptrength, we have nj doubt. The rlecti'Ui of Cts and Ruth r, by the popular vote, is certain. It i hardly possible, in our judgment, for any contingency to happen, to change the present aspect of affairs. We speak calmly and soberly, and with strong assurances that wc cannot be mistaken. The writer of these lines, during the past month, has visited several of the eastern States and cities, spending days in Albany, New

York, Baltimore, Washington, &c. &c. lie has conversed with intelligent gentlemen from every State in the Union, except Florida, and all that he has seen and heard has but confirmed him in the opinion, above expressed. It is true, that the state of public feeling is every where marked by an extraordinary degree of quietude, which, in comparison with the exciting scenes of the past sixteen years, seems to many to bo wonderful. To some politicians this quietude is alarming: to us, it is the harbinger not only of Democratic success, but Eomctinjr better. It is fatal but to that class of mercenaries who are only uppermost when the current of public sentiment is turbid through foul agitation. It is advantageous to all who look to party organization as but the best means for the accomplishment of great ends. There is but little apathy, notwithstanding this quietude, and what little there is, seems to be confined to our friends the whigs. There are many of them, heretofore tirm believers in the policy so long contended for by their leadeis, who are not p'cased to be forced to acknowledge that every principle and measure embraced in that policy, is fallacious and that the great principle of availability " in a candidate is of more importance than all ele. There are still a few whigs who believe, with us, that a powerful minority, adhering to its integrity, and to sound dtictrincs, can accomplish much more by its moral inrluence, than it could gain by the possession of mere power without a well-defined policy as a guide to its exercise. These, however, arc daily suffering themselves to become convinced of the necessity of acting with their party, hoping for better results than they have a right to anticipate. Their feelings will not permit them to be entirely indifferent spectators of the conflict ; thev are not fully satisfied of the utility of the Democratic policy ; therefore they slide listlessly br.ck, as Horace Greeley has done, hoping to bend the Administration to their own views, should it be nominally whig. They doubt, fear and tremble, they cannot believe. The end will teach them that they could .have accomplished a great deal more for themselves at;d the country, by maintaining the position of "armed neutrality," let the character of the Administration be what it may. The Democracy miy depend upon it that tlte whig strength will very generally bo brought to Ihu pot's. All uur force will be ncedrJ to combat it: with this, wc cannot fi,l tu achieve euetess. As western men, we could ask fur no candidates more clearly identified with our interests. They are of us and with us in all the great measures of national policy by which we are to prosper, und in tlie success of which the whole nation ii;m! he benefitted. This liberal policy has been tried during the present administration, und the whigs themselves have become less and less hostile to it, as they have w itnes-ed its successful operation. Their loaders however, have only been f.rced to a.yaicsce, nut fully approve. They are still ready to subserve parti il instead of general interests, ;f they can get the power to do so. Shall we permit all that has been Jnc to bo undone, and subject ourselves to another twelve year's war tu regain what we shall lo.c, by suffering the big politicians to triumph by means of any collateral ivsue; or shall we not rather endeavor with all our might, to sustain, perfect and enlarge that policy of liberal measures for which we of the present generation have successfully labored 1 It seems to us that true democrats can give but one answer to this question, and that their voices at the polls will efficiently confirm their sincerity and their faith. In addition t.) considerations of general interest, the citizens of Indiana have a personal interest in the election beyond that of citizens of any other State. Considerations personal to individuals are frequently, and ought to be generally waived at the polls. We have ourselves voted more than once for those personally inimical to us, as we believed, und may do sagain. Rut in this case, and so far as Gen. Taylor is concerned, we feel that something more is at stake. The posthumous fame of our slaughtered volunteers at Ruena Vista, and through that the character of every living citizen, is to be part. ally redeemed or stigmatized, by the votes which we shall give, mere than by any thing else whatever. It is in our power to wipe from the State escutcheon tl.cfuul stuin which has been wrongfully placed upon it, and to show to our children, as well as to the world, that wc had spirit enough, at least while upon our own soil, to repudiate and condemn the Author of tlie wrong, and the subsequent insults worse than the original wrong. Not only docs our honor demand this of us ; patriotism and hun.anity calls upon us not less imperatively. The lesson i.s needed not only as a penalty for the past, but also as a warning for the future, so that when our young men arc again called to the field to aid in the com i:on defence, they shall be treated as something better than felons on the Rio Grande, or as fugitives and cjwards at Rucna Vista, or any other field.' (i-oigia Election. The Raltimore Sun, of Wednesday, the 4th inst., has the following telegraphic account of the Georgia election. Augusta, Oct. 3, 7 P. M. We have only received a few returns of the vote for Congress, besides those of this city, which I forward vou as follows: Auaunlu (Jity. Robert Tombs, Whig, 433; Andrew J. Lawson, Democrat, 3?5 majority for Tombs 4, being a Democratic gain of 110. Chatham County. T. R. King, Whig, 042: Joseph W. Jackson, Democrat, 570 majority for King, GO being a Democratic loss of 151. Ilibb County. Democratic majority about 100; Democratic gain 37. The. Union of the same date gives the same returns, but claims that in Chatham county the gain is a democratic one instead of a loss as the Sun has it. In H17 when the Democrat carried Ibeir Governor by l'JUO majority, Chatham gave 101 Whig majority ; it now gives but 00. How, with these facts, the whig papers nre claiming great popular gains in Georgia, is more than we can divine. Last night's telegraph brought us no additional information. We should think that not so favorable to tlie Whigs. Cin. Enq. The Pa. Ledger of Oct. 5 contains further returns, and thus sums up: " These returns, if correct, compared with the vote of 1844, when the Democratic majority on tho Congressional ticket was 12,30, show a Whig loss of 134 votes; compared with the vote of 1817, when the Democratic Governor was elected by 11339; this shows a Whig josh ot 437 votes. I VIT. y m -n Maine Election. The Augusta Age gives returns in all but five towns and fourteen plai tations, as follows : for Governor. Dana, (Dem.) 39,001 Hamlin, (Whig) 30,1'Jl Others 11,012 Those not heard from gave last year, Democratic 403; Whig, 105, others 100.

.tt(t:v from Ciipt. 1)1 il toy. The following Ittier was written in reply to nn invitation to attend the recent festival in this city, but did not arrive in time to be published with those which appeared in our last paper. Nevertheless it will be read with interest, for it touches truthfully

I upon a matter which should stir up the indignant feelings of every Indianian. We, as well as others, have snid a good deal on the subject of (ten. Taylor's pertinacious n-fusal to correct his report of the battle of Ru?n Viia, citlur o!hcial!y or unofficially; we have u'd but little of his shameful treatment of the volunteers cn the Rio Grande. Rut for the latter there was no excuse whatever, and in a moral point of view, it was as bad, and peihaps worse, than tlie former. Cupt. Milroy entertains just notions upon this subject, and we commend his letter to the attention of our readers. ' Delith, Oct. 2, 1548. Dear Sir : I had the honor sevcrul days ngo, to receive your kind invitation on behalf of tlie committee of-arrangements for the Democratic Festival and Free Rarbtcue in honor of the Indiana Volunteers, to bo present and partake of the festivities of the occasion. I had fully intended going up till yesterday, when learning the arrival of the U. S. Paymaster in this part of the State, to pay the volunteers the three months' extra pay allowed them, renders it necessarv'that I should remain at home. Nothing would be more grateful to my feelings than to have the picasure of greeting my companions in arms, m tny of whom I have not seen siiue we left Mexico; and it would have added still m ru to my pleaure to have met them at a Democratic Festival to hive listen-d to our eloquent Hanuegan and the other eloquent speakers vli;i will he present, and to have assisted the surviving Indiana volunteers in giving vent to their deep indignation agiiint tine who has not only officially slandered them till the name Indianian has, in inn.y parts of our country, become a syn nyme to coward, but who has (I may almost say) malicious ly misused them w hile under his command The three Indiana regiments thnt first went to the Rio Grande were dumped down out of the crowded vessels that took them across the tjiilt near the mouth of that river, and were not al.owid to move but a few miles from the place of demarcation where they lay through the whole summer and fall scorching under tlie rays i,f u vertical j- ni, and unnoticed by a single order from Gen. Taylor, save the one that stationed tlie iir?i regiment (to which my com pany belonged) at the mouth of the Rio Grand! ; a

place that in the mind of the surviving members o.;tial!y. Wo need not ref:r again to the bold and our regiment is connected with more gloomy, horri- ; knavish suppression of the telegraphic despatch from hie rtcollecti'uis, than was the Iliac!; Hole at C lieu- j North Cirol.na, in this city, on the second day of ta to the victim who survived its horrors -u place jour election. It was of a piece with the whole lJUsiwhere cacli inoiiii.ful iu)te of the dead m neli wa dis-j ,ie 'p,i jne js H -monopoly by one party, and tinctly and indelibly improved upon our minds; it corruptly used foi party purposes, w as dinned in our ears from day to day r.s the poor j Every honorable man, w hig and democrat, should feilows were borne out by their companions to be aid in it forming it, or putting it down. There can stuck in the sand banks, where the bom s of near a i he no excuse for thee faUe and fraudulent reports.

hundred of our regiment now lie bleaching, and among them arc those of sixteen members of my own company twenty-five in all died of d.sces contracted at the mouth of the Rio Grande, and twenty-five more were discharged in consequence of

diseases incurred at too ;r..o place. wy company stated the vote of the w htg candidate for Governor to nmnbemlOO mm v.hrn miw!ered into service, cxdu-jl 3!).973 -just 10.000 more than the truth ; and betive of couiniiri-heied ofiLcrö, ami a fin-r company i sidos it is f ;ilse inasmuch ns the returns are Hot C0!hr.evcr appeared (Ml pando : they were all either ! plete. Notwithstanding the truth hud come by reguyoung farmers or meclrinics, riot one 1 iwvr, doc'or, ! , t;e ,,v before, our neighbor believed the

merchant, or cle: k ui; :ig them ; m.iny of them were

neighbor hys wit a whom i had been raised, a r.u to'j.:-; readers that the whijrs had a plurality over tie see them suffering and dy ng around m destitute (democrats. This report will da to go cut uiicoTitrnahnost every bumau Comfort, gave me feelings too ; d.a -led. Some w ill eo it that will never bee the truth, horrible for description. And why were we hept i r VA rrv iMt'.e i:c!p in desperate case.

living ,a i.iat mi-ratie, iniiuspi;an;o piace Where U"1 ! .' II. till. i re our arrival, w.iii i:.e exception oi a sinau ct. .u. guard, no tnops had over been stationed, and where Idler W0 lett, wi"i toe exception of the same ,'u ird, no tro'ps were ever afVnvard- stati.e, d ; and if it Was ItfCfiWiry ut Ml l !veep troops stationed tit that place, the place it -elf was fully as important before wo weiit there, at d much more so afi'T we loft than vw.iiu mere. oui. layn r was iremienuy inrormeü ol our suiicrings, Des.d. s our monthly reports, which showed film the number of shdv. dead, nnd dis'h;i nr. led, and yet we were totally t,e-lecud and unnoticed uy ii in ; a;.u wuai greauv siirpnsei i am l mortui a us J , . . i , was, tnat wc saw regiments, battalions, and companies, landin- weeks and months alter we did. and hv Gen. Taylor's orders, pa-s on by us up the river into the interior. Rut there is another eircuni-Uuice that shoas m .st glaringly the most studied partiality by Gen. Taylor against ihe Ind. ana volunteers. i, it! .i ci-M, It is Will known that during the summer of IS lu, there lay along the Rio Grande at and between Ciinargo, and at its mouth, about 20 regiments of volunteers, and it is als- well known that every one of those regiments, with one exception, was moved otf by the first of December, in different directions into j the interior, eitl.cr towards P-nierey and Saltilm, or Victoria and Tampico, till the force on the Rio Grande was whittled down to the bare 1ml, una rci - J incuts, the one exception was ihe ;5d Ohio, which was stationed at Mutamoras, the only desirable statloiiontlichioGrar.de. All three of our regiments lay unnoticed by Gen. Taylor till every other volunteer regiment tli2ii in

service liad been disposed of, and they would have re- lenance of Democratic principles. Hy is the third mained unnoticed by him till their terms of service editor of the Sentinel who in the short period of about had expired, had not Gen. Scott, about the first of , live years has, maityr-Iike, sealed his devotion to his December, ordered nearly all the regulars away from principles villi his liie. j him io rendezvous at the mouth of the Rio Grande. : It is not in the power of eur feeble pen, overwhelmed ! preparatory to sailing for Vera Cruz. Then, and not 'ns we .are with sorrow at his loss, to do any thi:g like j till then, did he show some interest in drawing justice to the nobleness, worth nnd virtues Mr. J around him all the liusy volunlfcrs he could find in j km; ins. Perhaps no man who has ever lived in our ; the country, and sent an order down along the Rio 1 community was more generally beloved. Possessed in Grande for two of our neglected regiments; and ; an almost unlimited degree of all the noulo-st uttribjeven in that order nut only was military precedence j utes which adorn human nature, his character chalj disregarded, by taking forward the :W and 2d rcgi-j hnges the highest admiration, and his loss is indeed j mciits instead of the 1st and 2d, but his plighted a public calamity, hi all the relations of life as word, through one cf his minions, was violated. Col. 'son, brother, husband, father, friend ho was a model j Drake went to the mouth of the Rio Grande under a for imitation. Warm-hearted, devoted in his afivefolcmn promiso that his regiment should be the first j tions, firm in his friendship, noble and lofty in nil his in the brigade that should be moved in advance, but actions, objects and ends, ho lived and died more than ! by that order wc were to remain w here wc were, en- anv man we have ever known, faultless, and without

I gagtd in our gloomy occupation of nursing our sick, j burying our dead, and watching their graves, nnd we ' would have probably been kept there for months IonJgcr, had not the brave, good old Gen. Patterson came down on the lower Rio Grande, and learning our sufferings and oer deep anxiety to bo moved off into the interior witii our brigade, took the responsibility to order us on with it. Aral where i there a living member of our re iincut that docs not remember the great glorijicaliuii we took on the evening that order was received 1 no convict in prison or under sentence of death, ever heard his reprieve with more delight. And where is there one of us that dues not remember the deep gloom and indignation that pervaded every breast, when after being on our march in high spirits for Monterey, wc were met by an order from Gen. Taylor to march back to the Rio Grande, part of us to our old death hole at the mouth of that river again. (Ten. Scott happened to be there when our companies arrived back at that point, and regarding their being stationed there in a military point of view as totally unnecessary, he promptly ordered them back up to Matamoras; and for this little favor he is remembereJ by us with gratitude. This is a plain, brief statement of facts, which can be substantiated by every living Indiana volunteer then in service, who has any regard for truth. Not only did the 1st regiment suffer by his (Taylor's) injustice, but tne 2d and 3d aho, leaving out his false report whereby he otficially attempts to disgrace the brave 2d ; that attempt will appear the most culpable in the estimation of persons possessing any military knowledge, who, if they will examine the matter, will see by Taylor's miserable generalship, that regiment, nbout 300 strong, was placed in a situation where, far beyond striking distance of any efficient support, and nearly surrounded on three sides by hosts of Mexicans, and its ranks ploughed through by the murderous fire of a heavy battery, had to make choice of one out of three desratc alternatives : The first was singly to repulse the onset of Santa Anna's army, some eight or ten thousand strong; 2d, to stand and fight Uli annihilated; or 3d, to fill back till supported. Gen. L ine thought the first alternative practicable, and determined with his handful of men to attempt it, but the chances were strong in favor of his meeting the second alternative. Col. Rowlcs determined to cmbrace the third alternative, and because his regiment obeyed his order and fell hack till it found support, it vvai disgraced as far as Taylor's otlicial report could do it. How any Indiana volunteer can support Gen. Taylor for President, is truly wonderful, and demon-

Mratrs the fact thnt party spirit will sometimes blind men to every oll er sentiment. Every Indianian who supports him, directly endorses his sl;iud r of our volunteers, and sanctions his unjust tieattnent of them. I have extended this communication much farther than I had intended, but the subject is one : that always deeply interests my feeling, and when on it I cannot hold up easy. j Re kind enou:h to make my respect fa' nefenow-!

ledgmenls to tlie committee, nnd accept yourselt the assurance of my regard. HOBT. Ii. MILROY. S. W. NortRis, Esq. Tlie following from the Louisville Democrat will show that ice. are not tlie only persons who have good cause to complain of the present manner of conducting the telegraph business. Read it ! Tf.j.rgkafiiic Despatches. Our readers are aware, perhaps, that there is a line of telegraphic reporters organized, wh supply the w hole press with the news. They have noticed, moreover, that these reporters are all whigs, nnd the reports of elections are enlirely and dishonestly partisan. The telegraphic reports to the eastern papers about the elections in the West, in August last, are of the most shameless character. There is hardly a whig editor that would not be ashamed to put out such statements in the face ol facts. We give a specimen or two about Indiana: August 9ih. It was sta'ed that Wayne county gave a whig majority last year it was democratic. This is the most notorious whig county in the State never gave a democratic majority since the time beyond which the memory of man runneth to the contrary. It was further stated that "Washington county hail gone whin." Simply a falsehood. It was further stated that "the returns thus far ind.eute a hrge whig gin." This was August 9th. On the llth it was stated thus: ,4The indications are favorable to the whigs having a majority in the legislature." Our readers know that there were no indications of the1 k'nd. These are only specimens of partisan falsehoods. All the returns from whig counties were paraded, with only democratic returns enough to make falseh od appear truth. The statements about other States are, if possible, more false. McClernand, of Illinois, was beaten; Legare, whig, was elected; and even John Wentworlh was beaten by the telegraphic reports. Compared with the truth as it came in due time, the statements are ludicrous, and the p;.rtis:uiistn of them supremely contemptible. Considering that these reporters are employed nnd paid by democrats ns well as whijjs, such reports are dishonest and knavish, and deserve the scorn of honorable men. The telegraph should state facts impar j. rep nters plead ignorrtnee. thev are mtl for , heir employment. Tlie whole reparts will satisfy ' anv ,nau f their entire party character. i iju Saturday the telegraphic report gave what was stated to be 'the complete returns from Maine, and j ! Hcgrnphic roorback, nnd in nti editorial informed' o mav be .asked whv we pubh.-h these reports at . ...... ' . ... I cti. Simply because, without concert, which cannot he ohtnili 1, we can 'et no better : rdid ti.rv urn t-oioctiints important. Jtut we now caution our read-I Crs to put n.) faith In whig news by telegraph. It id I j not to bo tnMed at nil. The Geo.rria elections for j ; Congress and members of the legislature come effi j LexTweek, and the Ohio and Pennsvlvania elections' ! the week following, and vou tnav looit out tor IVin,T reports in abundance. j (VV-The Vickshur" Sentinel of the 19th Sept.1 . ,, . n e 'comes to ns tn mourning tor the dcatu ot one ot its t ... t Ji:nkins who was killed in a street tight, ; caused by a political dispute. This is the third Fditor of that paper who has füllen a martyr to his devotj.--,., to democratic principles. Pistols, Swords, Powic- , i ii i i .i r . knives and R udgcons seem to be the favorite argu- " . , n,CIlts ,jf tl,; " 11,(2 Sentinel says: " With emotions of unutterable grief, we announce to the patrons of the Sentinel the death of our asso-I ciate, partuei and friend, John Jenkins. He was j killed in an encounter with II. A. Ckaijse Ksq., of j this place, on Friday evening last, between 5 and G o'clock. A full statement of thccircumstances which ;lcd to the lamentable alfair is preparing, and a legal ' investigation will 'e had. Under these circumstances, ; we ask in justice to our deceased friend, that our co- ; temporaries of the press forbear giving publicity to : ; partial statements concerning it. The difficult) orig-; inated in the zeal of our lamented friend for the main-1 J reproach. Mr. .lenkiu was a native ot this immediate vicinity, und had sp nl the greater part of his hfe bete. His father was one of the earliest settlers and most esteemed citizens of the county and is atfectiunately remembered by nil who knew him. His aged mother still survives. Our bclovul associate was about 32 years of age. He was the architect of his own fortune, and had been thrown upon his own resources at an earlv period of hfe. In the fall of 1S3U, when but just of age, he was elected a Representative of Hinds county in the Legislature, und sened with honor and distinction. He became connected w ith tho Sentinel Dec. 13, 1314, and since then has been known to the readers of the paper rs a fearless advocate of those doctrines and principles which he honestly and fervently believed calculated best to promote the interests of his country. Rut whatever may have been his abilities as a public man, they were eclipsed by those virtues that adorned his private life, that made him at once the dutiful son, the kind husband, the tender father, the steadfast friend. When such a man is suddenly deprived of life, and sent unwarned before his linker when wife, children, mother, sisters and brother arc thus deprived of one whose existence was emphatically entwined with theirs, an awful responsibility must rest somewhere. We are too much oppressed with painful thoughts to say more, and we endeavor to ssh-om our sorrow by the remembrance of the virtues of him we have lost. May a kind Heaven bind up the wounds this terrible stroke has inflicted, and grant to the bereft ones fortitude to withstand tin; shock. Our friend is gone! taken from us in the bloom of manhood and in the midst of his usefulness. May the sod rest lightly upon his bosom, lor il was the abode of a chivahous, generous, noble soul." An immense concourse of citizens attended the funeral ceremonies of Mr. Jenkins. The profoundest gloom pervaded the city. He was buried by the side of Dr. Hakan, wh was stricken from the same post of duty in a similar manner only a few years ago. Cct" General Taylor is now at Raton Rouge, where it is said he will remain until the Presidential election. He has not yet resigned his commission, nor will he do so. . . . ...... A plurality elects the Presidential electoral ticket in Maine. The ticket having the highest number of votes will therefore be successful, without the intervention of the Legislature.

FOItKIGX NEWS. The Cambria arrived at Roston on the 0th inst., bringing dates from Liverpool to Sept. 2"3d. The accounts from Ireland represent that the Irish rioters still succeed in foiling the igihnce of the police, and that the military are unable to suppress their meetings or rupture the leaders of the present rebellious movements. The opinions are various as to the probable result of the State trials, and the course that the government will adopt if a verdict should be obtained. Tle Rink of England has declared a dividend of 4 a 41 per cent, free of the income tax. Paris presents a gloomy appearance, and it is the general opinion that Cavaignac and the Assembly will he unable to establish a Republic. As yet no one offers to remedy the present state of affairs without a conflict, which tlie friends of good order deprecate. Military conspiracies are feared. Cavaignac is regarded as honest, and is capable of forming a good government. Vienna has again been the scene of fresh bloodshed and disturbances. Hamburg has also suffered from local disturbances and broils. Hostilities have been suspended in northern Italy, on account of the acceptance of the meditaion of other powers to settle her affairs; but it is feared that certain influences are working which will lead to cfforts on the part of Naples to subjugate Sicily. Frankfort has been the scene of a most sanguinary conflict and revolt. Upwards of thirty barricades Wi re erected and defended with great desperation, which was not yet suppressed at the last accounts from t'-at country. The armitice between Denmark and Prussia has been ratified by the Frankfort Assembly. The continental polices still exercised an injurious influence upon commerce, and create doubts and uncertainties in business. The manufacturing business has been diminished, and prices have receded. The factories are all adopting short time sales. Com.mkkcial. The corn maiket was firm, on account of easterly winds preventing supplies from arriving ; otherwise the American intelligence was calculated to check any tendency prices might have had to advance, as large imports were expected. Corn was quoted at 35 a I7s. Me.il 10s. Flour 33 to 33s öd. Wheat 8 a 0s per 7(1 lbs. The duty on wheat was 4s and on flour '2 Gd. The weather was very fine for harvesting, and fears of a deficiency' and necessity of large imports were less general than during the past fortnight.

To the miserable Taylor whig slanders of T. R. King of Georgia, who made a speech at Patterson, N.J., in which he calb d General Ciss "tlte hen) of Hull's surrender, an ass, a vi 1 1 i i n and a traitor," and said he "ought to have been hung," Geo. Je.up, being called upon, has written a letter, which he closes us follows : "That gentleman (meaning King, whose speech proves he is not a gentlema n) lias teen so unfortunate in rand 'in statement of his fact, as not to have Mumbled up' u a single truth. His charges 1 know to bo utterly uuiound-d from beginning to end. There is nothing m the history of the couatry, written or unwritten, to justify any one ot them m the smallest debtee As to Gen. Gass, I served with him in two cam paign, a part of the time under h;s orders, and attaehed to his brigade. 1 have seen ium m situations, and under circumstance that would test the courage of anv man, and he never faltered ; but always acted m ueconittuce w m. me uiciaicb i io-u courage ami Inti-i., I - v.i inlv'Am'flf I1I I' , n Iii.i .iiitr.-n ' IP HI l 'Ulil. 11 ll.llTULHI IIOV V 111. IWllir'. HI o.jiei.s, lie is never the npologi-l of the enemy, hot is always found oa the side cf the ceuntrv." This is a severe and cutting rebuke to those con temptible whig bhekgard friends of Tavlor who do

. .-.Ki. .-.m,,.! .r tt rt 1.'.. .' t,-.. ...., w r.l o i cars. Trie s'.camcrs are al! construct d ondT Govliot bcruide to employ the o.aciv weapons oi ialsehooJ - ... , . , , ' J i crnment inspection, with a view Ut their employment, and slander. t c ' . when pfpuri'd. ns vrs? s of war.

ii- i i . Potato Rot. this singular disease has mr.de its ' ... appear.". nee m tic crop cf this vicinity. U e have well defined specimens in our possession. To what extent the crops is generally ufi'eclcd we d not know, Th.. .to., however is much larger than usual, and w e shall have enough for consumption. If wedo not, we have plenty of corn, which is a great deal cheaper and better. Tne Jhilv Wisconsin, of a recent date, savs, in rehit ion to this disease " We hear of it in Jefferson, Milwntikic, Racine, Rock, Grant, nnd Iowa counties.! We fear tint it extends to every county in the State It is also said to he m-irc serious th?.;i usual." Vancouvku's Island and thk IIuusox- Ray Com-

TANV. In tho House of Lords, on tiie 2'Jtu instant, j from Mr. Montalivet, amongst which the marriage Lord Monitagle, in moving fir papers relative to the . contract of the Duchess of Orleans is said to prove cession of Vancouver's Island to the Hudson's Ray the existence of nn immense nmonnt of proper! v beCnmpany, took the opportunity to urge the impolicy longing to Louis Philippe in the United States. The of the transaction. Earl Grey defended tlie grant, ,1 Government, it is sa id, lia ve resolved to allow him an

on tne grouuu uiai u was me n.osi nia.uai mono oi income surn.i"nt to maiiuaiu ium in a manner r.TTeepreventing 's-.juattiiig" from America, which would ! able to circumstance and his p .sjti.m. lot notralcu-

piacc the practical possession ot the l-Jnnd in the hands of the United States. He sis -cried that the Hudson's Ray Canipany were better prepared to colonize the Is'. and than other parties, and that the most ample security had been taken for the proper govern ment of the colony, and its resumption ny the crown at the end of eleven years, on equitable terms, if deemed necessary." The U. S. Mail Steamships of the New York and Liverpool line, arc in rapid progress of constiuctiou. Thev are to be live in number, and the proprietors ami agents of the line, Messrs. Collins & Co., have select ed Oceanic names for their Ocean Steamers. J hey aie to be (ailed the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Arctic, the Adriatic and the Rtliic. The first two will bo launched about the lt of December, and others in j time to krep up the line. They .".re to be of about 2,000 tons each, and built in the bt st manner and with all the improvements which experience both at home and abroad have suggested. The Sn:nr.K Madkk Movement. It is surprising, after nil the tn Ik about this aft'tir, tint every officer w hose mine ha been mei.tioned in connection with it repudiates it. Cd. Kmney, who was mentioned ns one of the leaders, says he never would lend his name t. och no nbiect. while our country is at neace with Mexico. He thinks the people of the United States i have no right to meddle with .Mexican quarrels, till a ! state formally declares her iiulepeiHteiice, tuen tney may volunteer their aid to maintain that independence. The Potato C.toi in Massachusetts. It is nowj verv generally conceded, we believe, that the crop of j late potatoes in this S:ate. is almost enlirely free from j rot, and will give a large yield. The early potatoes, j , .-.i riii ..... on the contrary, were more or less laitueu. i ne same mav be said of C umccticut in reference to Ihe winter potatoes. Good Chenangoes can be bought there for forty-five cents a bushel; other qualities for forty cents atid under. Boston Traveler, 30A. Failure or Cuors in Nova Scoiia. Halifax papers of the 25th st.ite that the corn crop in Nova Scotia is very light, und that, the wheat is almost destroyed. The oat crop is not heavy, and the early potatoes are nearly nil destroyed by the rot. Tne late crops, however, sire in a better condition. .Much suifenng is anticipated among the poor seillers. Noktii Cahouna Lkoislatuke. The Raleigh Register contains an otlicial list of the members elect to tlie Legislature. The Senate stands 20 Whigs and 25 Democrats, of which number two have since oied one of each party. The House stands 00 W higs and GO Democrats, of whom otic, u Wing, has since died. Americans Guarding the Halls of the Montkzuma. Capt. White having been authorized by the Mexican government to raise a regiment of one thousand men to act a a guard to sustain the present government, has opened a recruiting station in New Orleans for that purpose. Hoiis. Wo learn that pretty large purchases and contracts have been made at $2 25 a 2 37 per head in this State, and in Indiana, for this market nnd JehVcrsunville, at $1 75 a 2 12 per head. Lou. Dun. Od. 7. Louts PiiiLLtrrE, the Niagara Chronicle learns, has purchased Stamford Park, Upper Canada, nnd will fchortly establish his residence there.

Value of I'pper Califoi iii.i. We nre indebted to a gentium mi juM arrived from California for a copy of "the Ciiifornia Star." published at Sau Francisco mi the 1st April. It contain a long description of the "prospects of California." They realiz- the most brilliant anticipations which wc had formed of it value, m.d completely refute the sneer of Mr. Webster, that nor new acquisitions were scarcely worth n d. liar. Agricuturc wheat, com, rye, oats, Htatoes, garden vegetables can be raised easily ns bdv where else. Its grapes are unsurpassed by those of Fiance, and excellent wine may be made there. Resides great varieties of fruits, from the orange and olive to the pomegranate and fig, the soil produces tobacco, hemp, cotton, and the sugar plant. Manufactures are expected to raise up in California. Most of the materials are tn be fund there; and if the agency of steam be employed, many varieties of arts and manufactures may flourish. Cinnmerce is advancing; more vessels are touching at her ports. The total value of exports from San Francisco for the last quarter of the last year is near $50,000 ; of imports, more than $53,000. "The commercial prospects of California arc brilliant ; and a little reflection will convince us that it is destined in lime to furnish many of the most important necessaries and luxuries for trade, not only to the whole coast of western America, but to the entire commerce of the Pacific, while in many article, especially quicksilver, it will supply the world. The Lay of San Francisco, (the finest known in any country,) is the safe, convenient, and commodious harbor where all this trade will be concentrated. In a very few yeais, numerous vessels of all nations men-of-war, merchantmen, whalers, the Chinese junk, and the powerful steamer will find here the safest anchorage, the most central situation, and the best market of the Pacific. This will become the point of rendezvous for all the whalers of these seas. They are now only waiting for protection ngainst the desertion of their crews. Let this matter be looked to.t once, let the law be rigidly enforced, and wc will soon see this desirable branch of trade entered here." The fisheries nre abundant and productive. The mineral resources are rich, especially in quicksilver, which are described in very brilliant terms. Forties's mine is said to be worth in pure metal between 13 ami 25 per cent. richer than the celebrated mine of Almadin, in Spain, which has bee.i rented by the Rothschilds. As one ev idence of its richness, tlie " Star' states that "Mr. Alexander Fothes recently failed from Monterey with a cargo of quicksilver. tLlO.OU) dollars in value, the products of the mines of New Almadin, near the valley of San Jose, nnd extracted within the short space of three months."

Ocean Stkamkks. The line of mail stcsmers between New York und New Orleans, by way of Havana, with its branrh t hagres, will soon bo in operation. The arrangement is to connect with the mail line on the Pacific from Panama to the Columbia River. This service is to he performed by a steamer touching at San Rias and Mazatlan in Mexico, and at some of the principal ports in California, until it arrives nt San Francisco. Tlicme another steamer takes the mails and passengers to the Columbia. The whole distance from New York to Oregon, between five and six thousand miles, will be performed in lit tle more than thirty days. Some of the Government ! s!l.amerH are now fitting out for ll.e Pacih'c, to extend the mail communication to the Sandwich Islands, and it J-; rfint(mi)liifil lilt ini i! l v to rom iirehend Ciiini in .j slV.., U is MU).M,ed'ihat theSnmhvirh Ll-mds i ma v be reached m f ;rtv day from this iKrt. The s:;!Cv will be arranged with reference aho t a coniiirctin! uiih Wheel A'riiit's line of Rntish sli'.i'inri ' ti,e p,lCific coast of South America. The Government pd"s s 11)0,0'. a) a vear, for a monthly mail by this route bet Veen New Voi k and the Columbia. luer, nitd :t semi-monthly mail bet ween New York ami New Orleans by way of Charleston, Savannah, and Havana. The contract is for Vu ! One f ho Pacific steamers 4s in such a ttatc of , r , , , ... , , , . , , . forward. toss, that s.ie will lu d.spritclied ! her desti- . IJ:ltiun in October next, and two more will fidlow her I successively at intervals of one month each. The j w hole line between New York and Oregon U cxp.vtea w ül? ' 'wratioii neu January. The magnitude of the project, and the expedition with which it has been carried out, reflect the highest credit rn the enterprise and energy of New York merchants. It has involved the expenditure of nrm ly two millions of dollars, all of v hi h has been furnished by our citiz u, with the exception of one vear'i mail pay advanced by government in small instalments, t be refunded out of the first year's mail service. Louis Piiimite ami FitANcn. The Paris papers state that certain doniM.ents have been demanded Mod to enable him to foment civil discords. lsn. )cm. The Senate of Indiana passed a vote of thanks to General Tavlor. asking him to rortd his official report of the In tile of Ferna Visin. Ry.-ry Whi j voted for the resolve. General Tuyl r has not yet i acceded to the request. The resolie, it is said, was dej signed by the friends of Henry Clay "to kill General Taylor," and it srems to have answered the purp se j admirably, so far as Indiana is concerned. Chicago ; jßemoenn. The elections that have e imc off in many of the States niTrd us great encouragement. Ilirtford Courant, ( Whig.) " How are your folk, John 1" "First rate! tho old marc is dead, father's broke, the barn's burnt down, ami Dick an 1 Tom have got the measles, I thank you, sir!" Ntic linen 'rgjttr. One of the cnrliesl orders from the War Department und'-r Cass's administration required sugar and roflec to bo given to the soldiers, instead of their firmer spirit rntiou. Yet detraction lias gone so far ns to charge him with the introduction of the whisky business into Michigan a charge which nlthoiitrh disproved by a cloud of witnesses has never yet been withdrawn by the convicted libellers. Immigration. The number of immigrants arrived nt this port (says the Journal of Commerce,) during the month of September, was 15.917, of whom 7.4H1 were from Ireland, M,870 from Germany, and 2,704 from England. The total number arrived from 1st Jnnunrv last, to Sept. 30, is 143,239, more than one half of whom are from Ireland. Gkn. Taylor. " I greatly doubt my qualifications to discharge the duties properly, of an office which w as liiled by a Washington, a Jeflerson, and others. Mu. W r.ris i kk. "So do I, General. T come to this point at once, 1 think of you very much as vou seem to think of yourself." lion. Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts, apologizing for the want uf a Tuylor "Platform," said it wan "the vame on wnich ihe elder Adams was elected." The administration of the "elder Adams" was the most tyrannical and bigoted that ever disgraced the country. It was old fashioned Federalism. A Whig meeting in Princeton, Massachusetts, a few days ago, passed the following resolution : 44 Whereas Daniel Webster has pronounced tho nomination of Taylor not fit to be made, the peoplo of Massachusetts should declare it not lit to be s.ipportcd." Kncke's Comet can now be seen with an ordinary telescope. It may be found nenr the bright :r Cpclla, about a degree northeast, in the constellation Aurigae. Probably it will be visible to the nakc' eyo in about three weeks. South Carolina. Governor Johnson has determined to call nn extra session of the Legislature cf South Carolina, in order to enable ttiut State to enst her vote for Electors of President and VkoIVsident. A NEW Patky has sprung up called Empathy, in which medicines arc introduced in the form of vapor by breathing.

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