Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 October 1848 — Page 2

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FOR I'M KM DENT, GEN. LEWIS CASS, OF MIC IIKi AX. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GEN. WM. O. BUTLER, OF KENTUCKY. IRC!1UXTIAL ELECTORS. jiE VT0RIAL. ROBKRT DALE OWEN, of Poey County. KUENEZER M. CHAMBERLAIN, of Elkhart county. DISTRICT. 1. NATHANIEL ALBERTON, of Harrison county. 2. 3. CYRUS L- DUNHAM, of Washington county. WILLIAM M. McCARTY, of Franklin county. 4. CHARLES II. TEST, of Wayne county. 5. J AMES R ITC HEY, of Johnuii county. 6 i . 9. to. GEORGE v. CA Kit, of Lawrence county. JAMES M- H ANNA, of Clav county. DANIEL MACE, of Tip;ecn..e county. GRAHAM N. FITCH, of Cass count v. ANDREW J. HARLAN, of Grant county. Democratic Sl:iic C'cnfr;il Committee. LIVINGSTON DUN LAP, DAVID REYNOLDS, JAMES P. DRAKE, GEO. A. CHAPMAN, E. N. SHIM ER, WM. SULLIVAN, CHARLES MAYER. 11EA1C IX MIND! fO-THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TAKES PLACE IN INDIANA ON TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH OF NOVEMBER NEXT, (NOT MONDAY.) To Correspondents. C.lI.R.,Sec,yC. &. B. Club, Plymouth. The Germaa rP P0cured and forwarded a per ndr. You will receive a package from ' in con'aining tt.e O. (Jocurr.t nt. for which please srndusSl 00 by lu-ot. The other doc. i n.l in our city, anJ cannot lie procured in : ti ne to answer your purpnj. j , ; CO!,. GOKMA i Will iddress the people at Morgantown on Wednes-! t!;- Iii 1st of Nov., at Waverly on Thursday the 2! of Nov., and nt Mooresville on Friday the 3d of j N vember, at Y2 o'clock; and at Monrovia on the j same day, at 6 o'clock. He will also speak at Mar-1 tinsville on the lih of Nov. I Mooresville Oct. 23, 1?43. J TICKETS ! Our friends in the adjoining counties wishing tickets, will please send in their orders as soon asconve-j niont. ?rThe Journal of the 2Gtli devotes itself to the Democratic Central Committee. No lives have been ; lot, we believe. Its main point iMo contradict the coMTiittf'fl statement about the congressional dele-! L'n'ion. Here i a statement by a Taylor paper, the Jo mal of Commerce of Oct. 19. which i usually, l ty correct i;i t!.C3C matter, and it sustains the Committee : i "It is ascertained that Janr" Thompson, dem., is re-elected to Ongrepa in the 231 district, and Alfred Gilmorp, dem., in the 24th. th litter a pain. The mire delegation will consist of 15 whigs and 9 de-' inocrat ; being a dorn, pain of two, as compared : with the delegation elected two years ago. j PainUr, the dem. candidate for C;nal Commission- j or, is elected by about 2000 majority. Ineiava Jourval. Thia excellent whig Journal i now published dailv. Ever since Pefrees gat the , management of the Journal.it has been improving dailv, and it is now onn of the best piper? in the! Union. As the Journal goes up, the Sentinel goes i!iwn. which is a uood omen for the future welfare of, Indiana." i The above enmpo from that very -viart concern, the , Loganport Telegraph. If, as it affirm, "the Journnl hx ben improving daily" for the pa?t two or tl ree years, ensible whigs will admit that it wa9 a' pretty poor affiir in the beginning, which is not very complimentary to its past editors. But the Tel- , f graph fool, did not eeo that in attempting to assail i the State Sentinel in ihis way, it hit half a dozen of its own side as hard a blow as it could ! fjf- We learn that Die!: Thompson has been mnk-, ing speeches in the Quaker settlements in his District, ; and asserting tint (ien. Taylor considers the Mexican' irar unjust. An old Quaker in allnd rig to this Roorback, said I cannot think that Zarhary used any J language that justifies friend Thompson in making j uch a remark ; but if hp did siy so he ought to resign ', his commission and make his confen-ion fr command- j ing the American Army which prosecuted that war."j Perhaps Dick might have deceived a few Quakers if. the Whig5 had not fooled them to often. "A burnt j child dreads the fire." OrWc lately cautioned Democrats to l.Hk out for the lies arid frauds of Whig Scoundrels" not so much on their own account, r for the benefit of Aon-! est W'hig." The Journal at once classes itself among 1 the scoundrels and wretches" we denounced, nnd, tries to draw all ether Whigs upon tho sime form. Tho Journal has an undoubted right to mount j tho platform itself, and voluntarily put its neck into ) the ha'ter, if it plnss ; but in bchnlf of honest Whigs, we submit that tii' y are nor r.hliged to follow the Journal's bid, arul put themselves in tin same category. A Falsehood Manufactory." Under thi appropriate caption the Journal tries to deceive its readers into the belief that Taylor never received extra allowances, because he received them according to laic. Savage an the Journal tries to be about it, nobody ever said any thing else. Nobody ever charged Taylor with stealing, ns the Taylor hounds have charged 'Cass. Both hive received extra allowance? Tuylor to the amount of an independent fortune. The great difference i-, that Cas performed extra services and Tavlor did not that's all. A well might you commit a lamb to the custody of a wolf, as to trut the free-soil principle to a Slaveholder, who) had been born, who had lived, and who had been educated south of Mason &, Dixon's line, or to any man who had become bound at a price of office to the Slave power." John Van Uurtn. That's John's opinion. But perhaps he's not so smart as the famous Dr. J. the eclectic politician ! fjOThe Cincinnati Gazette of the 25th begs the Quakers not to vote fur Van Buren, for fear of carrying the election to the House of Representatives! This show how little confidence the Gazette has in Taylor's chances. Afraid even that Van Buren will get moie votes ! Vermont has no governor chosen by the people. The legislature is not organized, because the whigs have not a majority, and are unable to elect their Speaker. The New Orleans Bee, Taylor par er, says that "no one tut a FOOL would etect Gen. Taylor to be in favor of the Wilir.ot proviso." O-Gor. Whitcornj his returned to this city, in improved health.

A IVztinelcss Hero. When the "free f.iil party" commenced operations in this quarter, it had not o superabundance of available material out of which to form an electoral ticket, or for aty such purpose. That was the reason, perhaps, why a certain quark doctor of this town, not very well known to that party, and still less to the public, and only known in politics at all ns a small-potato-half-abolition whip, was, by force of accidental and circumstantial necessity, nominated as the "free soil" elector for this district. He was very willing to accept, and we are told, on pood authority, even begged the nomination for the sake of the eclat it would give to his name ; and we should have heard no objection from him now, had he not at last discovered that there would be a very small chance of his petting the ftes to which successful electors are legally entitled ! The same desire of eclat leads him, under the circumstances, to prove treacherous to those whom lie lately hugged in fraternal embrace, and to play the Judas, if not the judy, towards those to whom he had pledged his integrity ! The Journal in its desperation, evidently considers the retmcetsion of this "original whig' to the forlorn ranks of Taylorism, ns a god-send, or perhaps a devil-send, for they do say, that when men cannot succeed in wicked designs, in any other way, they sometimes appeal to the Powers of Darkness for the aid of the General thereof, or some of his imps. But the most laughable part of this ludicrous farce, gotten up by the Journal Managers for the benefit of Old Zack and his Horse i6, the use which it makes of it3 new Monley-ridtr. Horace Greeley, who really has some brains, though his bump of "firmness" is not very large, recently addressed a letter to the 'free-soilers" in Ohio. Having had his own tail snapped off by the Taylor trap, he is anxious to make others believe that it is fashionable to be curtailed. They serve dogs that way frequently, and Greeley forgets that "though Brag was a good dog, Holdfast was a better." "Like Master, like man," es the play says. The Journal makes its "famous' quack enact the character of a regular professor ; and the performance is just nbout as like ns that of "Richard,' at the "Nigger" theaters in Philadelphia, to the personations of Junius Brutus Booth or anv other white man. What term of contempt is sufficiently expressive to characterise a man whose sole merit is his own admitted treachery? Can the Journal find nothing else but the trash of such a man, who in his stupidity talks of the "proans of our country over a debt of a million" as the result of the Mexican war, it had better go into the republication of Esop's Fables, to which its accomplished military candidate has devoted so much attention ! If the people at a distance only knew the real man-of-straw out of which the Journal is trying to make a paper hero, by puffing and publishing his infamy, we should hear a horse-laugh loud as an earthquake. Here, we are confident, that every high-minded, honorable whig, as heartily despises the willing traitor, whose prurient desire for notoriety we will not gratify by naming him, as we, or any democrat can despise hirn. Even the "free-soilers" ought to be thankful for so early a deliverance, for he never was any thing better than a member of the 'free dirt" division of their party, which answers to the knaves in all. When Taylorism chuckles over such a "prodigal's return," it really itself becomes too contemptible to incite indignation. All that need be said is, that as the dog returns to his vomit, and tiie sow to her wallowing in the mire, 30 is it natural for such men to return to Taylorism. He tfiat is filthy, let him be filthy still !

("According to Cincinnati papers, the Taylorites acted very disgracefully towards John Van Buren, influenced by their usual spirit of intolerance ; but it seems that a portion of their own party were ashamed of their conduct, judging by the follow ing card in the 'Globe :" Mr. Editor : Three of us were, on the IStli, present at the Van Buren meeting, in Fifth street market space. We have always, before this, lecn Whigs, and acted with the Whig party; but when we saw Whig, the men with whom we .had Iwen associated, acting so much like dogs, showing that they had no breeding or decency, wc backed out no longer Whigs. Wm. Johnson, Ja. Hfnlen, Hf.nky Jones." (Jforia Election. The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel says : "We have returns, nearly all official, from ninety counties, of the late election in this State. The vote in the ninety counties stands : Democrats, .... U.,7M0 Wiiigs, ----- :iö,(i:n Democratic majority, - - 1KJ In the three counties to hear from, viz : Montgomery, Ware and Union, Towns (dem.) received a majority of votes." So torus out the large majority and great gains claimed by the telegraph for whiggery. Fennsvlvania. The Pa. Ledger cf the 20th gives what purports to be the official vote in all the counties but threo, which foots up as follows, the first two columns being the votes for Governor, and the second for Can-.! Commissioner. Johnson, whig; Painter, democrat : Totol, 1.1l,.7J7 151.419 140,759 141.50G 151,414 140,75-J Johnson's maj. 179 Painter's maj. 749 Arkansas. Governor Drew's proclamation, giving the result of tl.e recent congressional election in Arkansas, appears in lh Little Rock Banner of the 19th ult. The vote is as follows : For Robert V. Johnson, dem., - - 14,400 For Thomas W. Newton, whig, - - 1),J:14 Johnson's majority, Baltimore Argus. South Carolina. The following members of Congress have been elected, viz: Isaac E. Holmes, in the Oth (Charleston) district ; Joseph A. Woodword, in the lid (Lancaster) district ; Armistrad Burt, in tho .r:li (Abbevilh) district; Wallace, in the 1st district, represented formerly by the Hon. Jas. A. Black, deceased. Orr, in the Laurens district, and McQueen in tho Georgetown district, have both been elected. Truth from a Whig Source. The New Bedford Mercury, a strong whig paper, after looking over the result of the elections in Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Georgia and other States, says : 44 Wc regret as much as any one can the nomination of General Taylor. Wc have always maintained that the parade made about his popularity and availability was delusive, and noie we can see it too plainly to change our opinion." OCT The Hon. Harrison Gray Otis, the distinguished Bostoniau, is now' suffering with illness, from which there is no hope of recovery. Jouisville Courier. The last public act of Mr. Otis was his appeal to the Old Federalists to aid Taylor. Can it be possible that that extraordinary effort" is the cause of his illness ! It certainly made others tick, at any rate. OA letter passed through our post office the other day, postmarked and directed a? follows : Nrw Bimro, Mich. Co, little missive hasten down To one Sam. If'ishard, Greenwood toten, In Johnson county, Huosier State, They both are found, or were of late. When there arrived, should ho reject you, Come back, poor thing,! will protect you.

Jollll lYowLllltl, C.'ipt. YaildCVeer, Old Taylor and our Volunteers. The recent publications in the State Journal by Mr. ,T r J Rowland, involve two principal points, as ti.e matter

now stands, first, the existence of such a pen-on as . . IT J r tii i 1 1 1 . I . vipi. v anoeveer oi Illinois; nnu secondly, uoes , n. : .-.ti r i n i ,' L.iptam sustain he slanders of (jeneralluylor against ' our volunteers Tliu (ircl n.llilt i-ni? .1 ntitns! I.tr Tlfl!l P.. . O f SI 1 P 1 - I aim lit i I" ; 1 1 1 1 (I 7 liiiVi . j tuw'v - - - - Ibyville, Ind., and the rest of the statement was there- . .... .... . r. lore interred hy him to l'fal?-e. i-urther intoruiaiion satisfies us as to the corporeal existence of such an otlicer as Capt. V., and that Mr. Beck was miled by the fact that he was not attached, as stated by Mr. Nowland. Capt. Var.dcvcer was attached to the Arkansas regiment. So in this, both are partly right, and partly wrong. This, though of not much consequence iii itself, relieves both parties of ull cause of difference, on this particular point. The main and important question which remains is, docs Cipt. Vondeveer endorse the slanders of Taylor against our volunteers, as affirmed by Mr. N.! On this question, we happen to have, jut in season, the testimony of Capt. V. himself. Soon after Mr. Nowiand's statement first appeared, Mr. Is.aac Smith, (whose exertions in defence of the volunteers d him the greatest credit, and ought to ho better appreciated by the public,) wrote at once to Capt. V. which correspondence we publish below. It docs not need any commentary from us, for it spo;,ks for i'seif. We could nhk nothing more from the C.iptair, either as an officer or gcrtleuun. We can imagine, by the way, that if an Imlianian should go into any other State in this confederacy, and profe-s greut zeal for Taylor's election to the Presidency, that Taylor's opponents would he very apt to remind him, In not very choice terms, of Taylor's successful effort to affix a stain of damning digrace upon the State, and, that by supporting and defending him, a portion of our own citizens, at least, sanctioned the slander. Ixdiaxapolis, Oct. 27, 181S. Mrssns. (h apm ans A; Sp vnn : It will be recollected thit Mr. Nowland, while in -JShelbyville, III., wrote a letter which was published in the Indiana Mate Journal- This letter purports to eive the substance of a conversation in which Capt. Vandeveer (assistant qunrlermnsU-r from Illinois in (ien. Wool's division) is represented to have said that the 2d Indianians tied trorn the field, and that (Ien. Taylor "h:-d not spokvn of thern half i lud as their conduct deserved." I addressed a letter to ('apt. Vandeveer on the sutject to enahle hirn to set the matter right, and having received his reply I ut nut the. following correspondence to you for publication. Yours truly, ISAAC SMITH. Isvt iNO'oLis, Oct. 14, 1S1R. Si a: The Indiana täte Journal, of the (J:h int., contains a letter from Mr. Nowland, reintjve to h conversation with yourself. In order that you may fully understand the nature of the letter I herewith enclose :i copy. It is unexpected to me that stich a statement should come from you, und it is ourprising that an Indianian chould take the troub'e to array this testimony ugainst his State, and cause it to he published. 1 am aware that a feeling exists to some extent throughout the Union against the citizens of Indiana that our Slate has been wrongfully reproached our fljg hissed and our soldiers who contributed much to the success of our arms at Buena Vis-la branded with cowardice. It is likely tint these assaults will continue to be made o

long as (ien. Taylor's report remains uneorreet d, and 6o way, knowing him tu be an Indianian.u He an Indianlong as a portion of the citizens of our own State apolo- J i" Indiana should hlush to know she has a sou thus gie for this refusal, and give currency only to tuch stale- i ready to lasten upt n hur the st'utni of cowardice !

rnents as seem te corroborate that report. When I relied I I too, am an Iudianun Indiana is my native State; seriously upon the matter, I am not at all surprised thatj many of my near relations were in the 2d Indiana rrgicharees should be made au iinst our State under cxUtinir 1 n.eut at the battle of Butn.i Vista ; und some of them

circumstHiices. It has long been the custom to look to the Commanding (iei.eral for a correct account of a battle, and lo rely upon his report; heme it is that Gen. Taylor's report disgracii g Indiana so fir as it was within his ti mer. is looked upon as the only correct version of the battle of Buena Vista, tsince the date of lhat report two Courts of Inquiry have been held in which it was established that' the d Indiana regiment retreated in consequence cf an order twice given by Col. Bowles in the following words : "cease firing and retreat!" The moceedings of these I Courts received the cllicial approval of (ien. Wool, and ' the facts and opinions were issued by him in orders No. ! 279 and No. 2Jl. These orders were oublished to the; troops in (Jen. Wool's division; but as it is nut customary to publish orders of this kind to quarteraiasters or other etatF efficers, it is possible that you may not have seen them. You will lind a copy of the orders enclosed, and I would respectfully call your attention to their contents. All true Indiatii ini claim these orders as vindicating tho 2d Indiana regiment, but as the matter interests none ex- ; cept Indianians, others do not siek after t!em to read, conserpuently the sta'enients in Gen. Taylor's report are ftill i adhered to, and our volunteers a-sailed when they acted in ; accordance with the command of 8n officer whom they ; were sworn to obey. But it may be said that the men fell back in disorder. In reply I would ay that their ! disorder was the inevitable result of the order being given j in iiiimihtary language. The command "cense f ring ! and retrtut " would have thrown into confusion the beet; disciplined troops in the world. If a r treat was actually necessary the legimeiit thould have been moved off ly ll ink.lile, column, or in 6ome other manner known to military tactics. - (ien. Wool acted magnanimously in approving the prortnbracimr their facts and ooinio us. But Gnu Tavlor ha. 'never iriven them his official annroval. n-.ir ha he rver made any correction in Iiis i flicial report. The court of V 7, o, Vl I'ÜW";.'-"y rsmn.snes tnci tif f ( M l I 111 A .! !. ri At ft f.t ,1 .... . - ,.l . I der of their colonel ; but (Jen. Taylor in his Dunn letter ' intimates that the regiment retreated in consequence of fninic (Jen. Taylor also endeavors to frame excuses for : not correcting his report. In his Dunn letter, among other mailers, he says: "I find no evidence that the proceedings of the ci-urt of inquiry, instituted at ihe request of (Jen. Lane, were sent to me. To the best of my recollection, they certainly were not. In the absence of Major Bliss, my Adjntanl Ucneial, I cannot sneak more positively." i Ties refer only to tho court of inquiry in the case of t ien. lidn, and has no reference to the court of inquiry j in the case of Hol Bowles; hut slilj the matter is left in I doubt, according to (Jen. Tnylor'a odininsion. Even if he were positive in his supposition (which could only be solved on the return of Major B iss) hi position would avail him nothing. Barograph M7S0" of Ihe Army Regulation, is in the following words: "Should it happen that generul order are not received in regular uccession, commanding officers wilt report the facta to the proper headquarters in order that the deficient number may be supplied." If Gen. Taylor had not received order No. 279 and 281, it wa hi duty to "report tho lads to the proper headquarters," arid being a superior officer to (ien. Wool, he could issue an imperative order to havo the above named "order" forwaided to his headquarters. I now appeal to you, (after again calling your attention to the facts mid opinions of the court of inquiry) for an expression of opinion whether ihe 2d Indiana regiment justly deserve iho censurn so ofleri reiterated in consequence of Gen. Taylor' uncorrected report. An early response from you is desirable. Your truly, ISAAC SMITH, Of the late 1st Ind. regiment. Capt. H. M. VixiiETtkii, Taylorville, III. Tai ton villf., III., Oct. 21, 181R. Mr. Isaac Smith : fcMii: Your favor of the ICih int., covering a letier from J. Ii. B. Nowland, as published in (lie Indiana Mate Journal, is before me. I am equally surpr eed and mortified to find my private conversations seized upon in detached and. garbled sentences, and published a evidence against the 2d regiment Indiana volunteers. In speakii g of the battle of Buena Vista, I have express d myself j freely, and sometime carelessly, no doubt ; and therefore cannot say what word I may have used in any given conversation. I taw the retreat of that regiment : but I certainly have not pretended to know, from observation, any fads or circumstances connected with the retreat which would justify or condemn it ; unless it be Ihe fict that the regiment was exposed to a murderous fire from a vastly superior force of the enemy. It was the gencr.il impression that there was something wrong in the retreat. There were many injurious ami conllictiug reports in the command as lo the causes which led to the retreat, and tho circumstance attending it. The report of the commanding general wsi looked to by all who were unacquainted with the fads as settling the matter. That report seemed to have fixed the fault upon the regiment itself. Taking it for granted that the information on which the commanding general based his report wa correct, some feeling and prejudice was the consequence. I have doubtless spoken of this feeling existing at that time. The officer and men of the regiment were conscious that this feeling did exist, nd to their prejudice. They were unwilling lhat s stigma should rest upon them, and hence a court of inquiry

was called. After the report of that curt 1 never heard on officer or soldier speak of the retreat without expressin the Pini." ,hat . he 'nt w, uld have nicyed la commandto charge with as murh alacrity as it obeved the prJt,r to re,reat; amj tht ,ie confusion of the retreat was

the necessary consequence of the order. j It pma f. In ff c 1 1 ! f. I rnnviftiufi rti flu nnMhlrt? nil ! - - vwUlll, , , UIIVJ ( of ihe regiment itself, that there wm something wrong' , . , p . h aliout the retreat, mid I have eo expressed mvelf. IViw- ; ; land and Henry cannot sec hut that an admi-sion that' ! I 1 1 T ft W S Kl ) m t l 1 1 1 IT UT.IIIfr :itmllt ll I ...... - - ' rt " " . . ha.ve mtt'HrA the anathem of the con justitjcation of the report in fixiwr , ie retreat which may commanding general, is justitication of the report in fixing that wrong upon the regiment itself. I trust you, and the volunteers of your State, can pee a str.Ling difference, and that difference is four d to exist in the report of the commanding general and the finding of the court of inquiry. j Without attempting to arrogate to myself a sufficient degree of military knowledge to determine whether the report of the commanding general does injustice to the j regiment, I may be permitted to say that I know nothing j in disparHgement of the regiment but the retreat, and the Ucts and circumstances under which it was made are known to the world. And in this connection I may remark that the whole secret of our succees in that bloody engagement was a succession of retreats from one ravine to another, nearly evtry regiment on the field having retreated at one lime or another during the engagement. I will not proceed further to show you under what circumstances I have spoken of the 2d Indiana regiment, and to what I alluded when I spoke of fe ling against it. The i unfair nee of seizing upon a privulo conversation and publi.-hing it, rnu he appment to all. If Now and had defcired to use my statements against Indianiuns, justice to me anil them would have required hirn to call on me to draw up that statement with care and deliberation. But such is the stilish and reckless course of some persons that they will seize upon a careless and accidental expression and publish it as evidence against a portion of their cit ziMis who left their homes and all the ei-deurments of sochty to avenge the injuries and sustain the honor f their country. And inasmuch as Nowland dtemed it necessary to have his statements corroborated by another p'rsoii, if he were not conscious of having made me say what I never intended, why did he not apply to me instead of Henry, to sanction his report of my private and verbal conversation ? I occupied a very humble position in the army, and set up no claim to military reputution or knowledge; and yet these guiidians of the honor ef Indiana would publish my opinions of the conduct cf her soldiers as evidence against her, when they know that their conduct has been p isscd upon by military men, convened as a court of inquiry, and who reported the facts as established by sworn witnesses acquainted with them as they occurred. Indiana can with propriety say, 'jre tue from my friends " I da not know this Nowland, or recollect ever to have seen or spoken to him. He certainly suspects his own credibility, as he procures, in advance of a denial, the certificate of one A. (J. Henry to the accuracy of his rep rt of my verbal statements; and by way of establishing the credibility of Henry, 6ays he is a Taylor Elector, &c. This, by the-by, would go but a little way toward esiahlishiog his credibility with those who have witnessed his unscrupulous course during the present canvas. I woiidcr he had not deemed it necessary to get some one to certify lo the accuracy and ability ol Henry in tradociiig those who served in the war with Mexico. As Nowland has neglected so iinpoitint a point, I will do it for him, and herewith enclose you ihe s-tatenu nt of Maj ir Hairis, the representative in C.ngres from Henry's own district, as published in the Illinois State Kegister of thu Gth in.-t. Although I know nothing of this Nowland, I am not surprised (when I see his naino connec'el with Henry's.) I to lind him ready to seize upon any pretext to sustain the acts of Y big leaders, although it be at the expense of jus tice, and the h mor of his own State. The design of Henry in putting words into Nowland s mouth is apparent when he makes him siy I sp. ke " in rather an exulting ' drenched its plains with their blood, and left their bones to ; bleach upon its hills, thus aiding that gallant regiment in j Us noble eU"rtB to sustain the stars and stripes in the hour ' oi tearful responsibility. It must be with diep indignation that the gallant men composing that regiment, and every true Indlinian, Can witness the selfish effjrts of politicians to ascend to power by their du-grace I trust I have said enough to set myself right before your community ; and as 1 said bef re. without presuming to make one so humble as myself a witness for or against the volunteers of Indiana, I remain. Very respectfully, your oh't serv't. i - - - - H. M. VANDEVEER. American Horst, I Sphim;fii;lij, Sept. 28, 18 18. S Messrs. jAimphicr Walker: Dr. A. U. Henry of this city, stated publicly, at Be irdstowu some days since, ' that I skulked ot the battle of (.'erro (iordo, and lhat he could prove it by whigs and democrats, and that he would ; be in this city on yesterday, and would repeat the ch.irge j to my face. I arrived here yesterday and endeavored to get sight of him. I addressed a note to him desiring an interview, but he refused to si e me. This morning, as I ! am inforrneJ, ho left the county without making his pronv.se good. The facts in the case and the correFpondencc I will ar ranee for your next. - I her by pronounce him a LI Alt, A SCOUNDREL and a (JOWAKD, and ns such pulli!i him to the world. j 1 HOS. L. IIAKKlS. (w-Tho St. Louis Union observes that the com " "S"'5 tl,c 'Tnnrally telograpnic reporters are Ii-;t confined to democratic papers. The neutral pipers nnd swine of the decent Taylor prints do ; co:ulct. The following is a specimen V 4 fr,,m 1,10 J'Hirnal of Coinmorco : j TiiF. Tki.iokaiii and Elkctio.N Uktukns. Th i public hate already h'lrned that election returns ran-mitted hv telerrnph, are not to be relied on. There were chances enough for error under the old svstetn ; but now, in addition to thc-e, is tho chance of having the returns mystified by an ignoramus at the p'unt of transmission, or purpo.e!y misstated by a villain, or unintentionally by a politician, whose wishes regulate his judgment. Ihe announcement that tin; whigs had gamed a member of Congress, and probably two, is a cat; in point. And we hall have others, no doubt, still more in point, before the result of the Presidential election is fully know n. Wut; Election KKiti xu. Tho Cincinnati Enquirer publishes the following extract from a privute letter to a citizen of Cincinnati. It shows the means to which the whig capitalists at the east are resorting to, in the hope of accomplishing their ba-c ends : Boston. Oet. 1(5, ISIS. Dun Siu: Wc hpe everything for Ohio. Today, however, two strong and moneyed Boston Whigs h-ft town for your State, with some j$J),OU0 in their pockets to help Taylor in Ohio! Money has done what has been done in Pennsylvania si,0lt went from this city to Philadelphia within twenty days! Abbot Lawrence give a thousand and if money will do iinvthiiig, it will not bo wanting. Tell the Buckeye hoys that this is the game now." Wo have no doubt that thou-rand? of dollars will he spent, for the same corrupt purposes, in Pennsylvania. Every villian that is purchasable will be botiüht. What is Modern Wtiiggcry T 'Tis a serpent in the grass, 'Tis a noiy braying ns ; 'Tis a wolf in sheep's attire, 'Ti a reptile, colled a liar; 'Tis ambition raving mad, 'Tis tho fever Burr once had ; 'Ts of tyi.'inny the tool, 'Tis a creature, named a fool. Wnrso thmi maniac biting dog, Worse by fur than Egypt' frogs. Yawning round both night and daily, 'Ti tho whale that swallowed TAYLOR! 0TThe Cincinnati Commercial thus quietly digs the Tel-lic-graph : It is said that the telegraph wires in our streets, answer all the beneficial purposes of lightning rods, to the houses in their immediate vicinity. If so, they are of some use after all. Exportation of Enumsii Felons to Amf.kica. According to the London Times, nn association in England, of which Lord Ashley is president, are busily'at work weeding English society of the thieves, felons, pickpockets and reprobates of all descriptions, and sending them out to this country. The Times denounces this expedient as an "intolerable injury unjustifiably inflicted on the United States."

1'Ycc 15ail''iu in Hmniltoii County. At a meeting of a portion of t!ia democrats of Hamilton county, held nt ihe (Joint 1 1 im in Nohlesvillc, on Monday evening October Ud, l4d, Col. l'laneis It. Cogs well n r.iIWd to lh chair, and John II. Butler appointed srret;iry. The otjeris of the meeting was explained by Win. Carver, Bsq., to be for the puipor ol taking into consideration the propriety of holding a Muss Meeting and Barbecue at iSohlesville on some future day. On motion, llesulrtd, That the dernoi rnts of Hamilton county hold a mar-s meeting in ihe town of N.blesville, on Saturday the 4th day of November next, and tlmt a free barhecn he givvn on said ocrnsion. On motion, Itcsohrd, Thai the county of Tipton be specially invited to meet with us and take part in our meeting, and alsr the counties of Boone, Madison and Marion. On motion, llesoltcd, That the following peakers be invited lo address the mewling : James Whitcuinb, B. A. Ilmnegati, J. I). Bright, J a. II. Lane, Wni. Stewart, John H.Cook, II. II. Harbour, A. . Porter, W. W. Wiek, W.J. IVaslen, J. I'. Drake, lid ward Lander, Jas. Bitchey.J. II. Sleeth, T. A. Hendricks, Dr. Itvan, C. If. Test, Joseph II. Buckles, It. A. Ililry, Franklin Hardin, (i. A Chapman, J. I Chapman, L. C. Dougherty, W. B. Beech, L. Barbour. On motion of Judge Colborn, Resolved, That the ladies of Hamilton, Tipton and Boone counties be particularly invited to uttend our

meeting. Several committee were appointed to carry into effect the objects of this meeting. Tho meeting was addressed during the evening by Messrs. Cogswell, Mr.rs, Butler, Carver, Sec. On motion, llcsolted, That a nutior.al flag be presented to the township sending in the largest number of delegates to the meeting On motion, Ilcsolttd, That tho proceedings of 1 his meeting be signed by the efiicers, and published in the itate Sentinel. On motion, the meeting adjourned. V. B. COGSWELL, Chairman. John II. Butlkr, Secretary. AdiSi css to l!u Democracy of ' Old. Iloont'.' I. low CiTizt.Ns On Tuesday, 7lh of November, you will be permitted lo exercise the highest privilege known to an American citizen. On that d;iy you will be called upon to cast your votes for individuals to fill wie most important othces w illiin the gut ol Hie Amenjail people. Upon ihe result ot that election depends tho ile. feat or success of thoso grand and fundamental principles which were so dearly purchased by the patri ots of '75. Upon that result depends the perpetuation of those measures which were established by the blood nnd treasuie of the revolution, and transmitted to u us a rich inheritance. It is lor vou, at the approaching election, to cat your votes in favor of a President and Vice President who will support those measures advocated and maintained by th preat democratic party of the nation, and which (with but few short intervals) have prevailed from thu foundation of our constitution down to the present period. Fellow democrats, ar yo" ready tor the crisis? We trust you an;. We need not remind j ou of the absolute, necessity of unceasing diligence in the cause of demornoy. Pull well we know that our political opponents will exert every possible efi'ort t cany the election in thi county. Every stratagem that ingenuity can invent, and cunning devise, will hn brought into requisition. No subterhiüe will escane their unwearied efforts. Allhough, in ldlO.they succeeded by hard cider, excite- . . . a . I ment, und fiddling and songs, passing strange and absurd as it is, they now rely upon tho opposite extreme, lxccssire quiet. They ihereby vainly hope to catch the democrats "napping. Against a movement so insidious, we warn ihe democratic pailv, and call upon thim toremunher, mat 'eternal vigilance is llie price oi ireeoom. Democrats, arouse, from your lethargy ! Do ijou intend voting for the whig candidates ? Will yuu vote for the man who slanders the far fame of your countrymen, , and whose qualification is mere availability? Will you uii. iiuiiiiiiitiwii in uii-it uiiimiii'iiiij . . ... j vole with the party w ho denounce you a3 murderers and cut-throati and robber, and whose tender sympathies are in favor of a .Mexican enemy? Lvery nu sation of an . , : ;.. . 1 it American heart answers in the negative, and echo anwer, Will ft... ,!.;. I, L.,,,1 eT.M.h to vote for swers No ! Will the whig b kind ei üli to vote for our democratic candidates r No. verily. Their kindncM is manifested in quite a different manner. Such conduct with them would be held as treason to their party, and the perpetrators denounced as political heretics Then lt them not expect our support. Who would

Mipply an enemy with weapons to break his own head ? j wji(JSL. milfin mnbers, intelligence, position and proNot a sane man, surely. W ho would engage in deadly d -;M ,e th( .m ,o by Ulkvtl ail . lLy firfet combat, and rout the enemy from e.vciy retreat, and then j n calmly surrender his arms and munitions of wiir, and ,iat;0ns 01 the earth.

uuietly receive an equal flogging for his kindness ? (Tan a democrat, can any man in honest sincerity vote with a party who have abandoned their principles, whose favorite measures are an obsolete idea, and whose absurdities are but a hissing by-word ? Tarnish not vour fair fame with a deed so inglorious. Ephraim is joined to Ins idol, let him alone. Let than pronouncu toeir eulo gics upon their slain upon the political battle-fields, "Let the dead bury the dead." Fellow democrats, vours is a nobler work. Your labor is with the living. our cause is the cause of fieedom. With such cheering prospects in advance, iVu.n the north and from the south f.on, the east ami from the est, et not your ardor abate. Remember the victory of the 1st Monday in August, and forget not the 7th of 'November. Put in lliu uliol. nrnw.r nf out rn-.l i lnu I t ri . f..w i . ntwl inscribe upon your bannen the illustrious names of Cass und (Sutler. Come, up to the polls in the majesty of your strength he good and loyal subjects in your country's cause roll up ihe mighty car of demociacy, then will victory perch upon your border.-, and your noble cflorts t.. ... . . I li-l I Ii t . I l r . I i 'l t i-its...- . Lc 1 1 V ut.u ii nu ll i u ill m ii.iii l mii..vja. . ... - . JLFFERSOX. Still more r.xlraorrihiury I. ( tier.

Of all the astounding cllus'i ms of all the strange and his disinterested patriotism have bcquatl.ed lo and unwarrantable productions of all the queer and America, nev r cease to live nuiong your people. I perfectly inexplicable epistles that have ever yet seen carry in my luatt a s;neeio i neratioii fr him, and the light from the pen cd Gen. Tuylor, si;rely the ne regard him ns an exalted model of ;A the virtues, now under our immediate eye, and sent us for pnbli- : Like him would I seek my highest fiii.e in this, that cation from a distant State, brief iw it is, is the most the trust which Germany Ins iep-s..ii in me may bo remarkable. We have read it, and re-read it over 'justified by my cordial and constant i nde-ivor to found and over again, with the most unqualified amazement, legal ordr, audio secure to my h 1 ord fatherland Nor can it be that wc w ill stand alone in our estima- undisturbed poa e from within and without, put these lion of this great anomaly the only one struck with my ellorts must be tifsisU-d by lhe friendship of foreign utter astonishment at the contents of a communica- powers, and particularly by your noble Auk rican nation mi very seriously a fleet ing the intelligence, or : tion. 1 reply upon this friend-hip, and will do all I rather the positive want ol all gtneral information, ' can to merit it. evinced by the whig candidate for the presidency, j In this respect it is a good omen, Mr. .Minister, that Put we will at once open up this singular budgtt. i you are chosen to represent your government near me. Tho letter in question w as written many months Vour trustworthy chaiacter, your matured judgment ago. Had its contents been fully known pievious to your a fleet ion for the German people, are already the Philadtlphia convention, we can scarcely bring j known, and give you universal esteem in my fatherour minds to the possible conclusion lhat Zachary i land 1 derive from this souice a satisfactory asstirTavlor could ev( r have been brought forward for such 'once that all will be done lo give t fleet to the mutual

a high nnd responsible trust ns that of Chief Mngis Irate of lhe American republic. The rrentleman communicating the letter to us nccompanies it with the following explanatory note; Pattf.ksos, Nkw Jkkskv, Oct. 1U, 1S48. Dkak Sin: I take the liberty of sending you the enclosed letter from General Taylor. If )ou think it will help the cause along, )ou can publish it, with the exception of my name, to whom it is addressed. I asked the (jcncril Iiis opinion on nil tho great question of lhe day the bank, tarilf, proviso, etc.; and see hi answer, which is as explicit ns all of his answers are. Hu says, " Lven if President, my opinions would be worlh nothing." Slii k a pin thnie. If you publish the letter, ami It is doubled, )ou can give my name. We have strong hopes of earning New Jersey. The free-soil movement is taking off ft wings to 1 democrat in this section of the State Passaic connly ; and be not surprised if we pive Cass the State The whigs cannot give in this county more than half their usual majority, if that. Yours, respectfully, Ac. And here wc present the General's most singular, most unaccountable response to the inquiries thus fairly addressed to him : Raton Roter, La., March ., im Sirs: I luve to acknowledge the receipt of your polite communication of the Tili instant, asking my views on certain questions of domestic policy. I beg to inform you that 1 have uniformly declined yielding to similar requests, in the belief that my opinions, even if I wer the President of iho United States, are neither important nor nee sary ; arid I regret to add, tint I see no reason for departing, in the present instance, from lhat course. Willi sentiment: of much respect, 1 nm, sir, your obedient .servant, Z. TAVLOR. And what will be said what can he said by any intelligent man throughout the country, he he whig or be lie democrat, be he free-soil or be he native, to the strange position here assumed by one aspiring to be the Chief Magistrate of tho American Union? Look nt it, read it, ponder it over, fellow-countrymen ; and while your eyes are thus fixed upon its unaccountable contents, mark well the significant expression, My opinions, even if I were President of the United States, are neither important nor necessary." What an admission have we here! Is the General to become a mere political automaton ! Does he mean to be understood that he is to have no opinions of his own ! that, if elected, he is to sit a mere dor-n-.ant, unmoviug machine in the chair of the White House, to he shoved about, and taught and instructed in his duties by others! What else can he mean ! Opinions upon what ! He was politely inquired of upon the three most vital question of the day a bank, a tarilf, nnd the Wilmot Proviso. And how doe he answer them ? In what way are they responded to! It is by throwing them all to the winds as utterly futile, as unnecessary and unimportant. Uii ion.

Xetv Oraiiiiif ion of llur i'i manic l.iniir. We hive Icon favored with the folhiwing documents, jiit received by the Hepa rtinei t of State, nt Washington; nod we lake great p!eaote inlaying them before M,r leaders, ll is del ghtful to see tin manner in which our country is uppn ei ited abroad. What a iiub'.e compliment does the Aichduke pay to our political institutions, and t tl.e character f our Washington! We are sure that every American will read it with pride and with pleasure. The letter of .Air. Donelson is worthy of ho country. His nllus-ion to the federal system of government comr with great grace from the representative of our own federal government, appearing before the head of a new federal government, recently rising in Germany. The Archduke's allusion to the Germans who have emigrated to our shores, and united their destinies with our own, is singularly happy: Mr. Duiielsoti's sp'cch to his Imp'rinl Highness the Cirand Yiraire of the (Ser manic Umpire on ; rtsenting his credentials. 'o higher honor could be conferred upon me than that (if presenting the letter w hich I now do, accrediting me as the minister of the United State- to your Imperial Highness. On a former occasion, anticipating the decision of the President w hen he should be informed of the existence of the central power established by the Gorman States, 1 ventured to expn- in advance the friendship und sympathy he would feel for its success. The letter which I now deliver will show that it was not possible for me to overstate tho warmth and sincerity of his sentiments. Permit mc, in addition, to assure your Imperial Highness that no c tlort shrill ho spared on my part to render the jKifonnance i' my duties acceptable. The United States, having ii' interest v hich can be opposed to that of Germany, will lk with a nteady friendship to ihe great work which has been intrusted

to ihe guardiunhip of the provisory ;overii:iriit arid the national assembly. That tho work may be succcssfi;!, that it mu) unite the German Slate in a just federal government w hich w ill make them, as a Union, stronger and greater, and as a people more free, prosi pemus, and happy, w ill be the aox ous v ish of every true American. Allow me also to express on this occasion the confid once reposed by my country turn in the personal character of your Highness. They rep-ct it as a guarantee that the object proposed by tnis Union of the German States may be attained without wnr t civil convulsions. Having hecn aided themselves by a kind Providence, which gave tin m a Washington, to show how much stronger is a political fabric which rest upon ihe spirit of fraternal concord and ferbeannce, than upon ihe rivalries of pejorate interests and conflicting nationalities, they indulge the hope that a similar blessingavvaits Germany. They rejoice in the w ish that the generations which are to come may place the name of your Highness by the side of Washington, not for glory gained in fields ot battle, bot for services ns a statesiiKin, who persuades his coui.tryhiori to continue together in brotherly counsel, to bury their local ditlirences nnd sectional prejudices, nnd to es'ablish, by patriotic compromises, u government on. tin ! public order and private right with individual lib.r.y j 0d national indepeudt nee. jrow.rn,.,lt aUl countrymen are aware that it U their example, and not their advice, which may engage the attention of foreign Siato, w hen seeking loameud their political systems. Hence they studiously abstain from becoming partisans to the internal differences of other nations respecting their tonus of ojovernj mcnt. They know that whatever is good in itself j iii.i. A 111. njJOfcV UIUI Idill. I - I I j u ,u uc useful only as a political example, a J ;il(mu jy jH peaceful and unpretending r ,. the exchanges of commerce, ur.d in those I. . . , , , , . r ! t,ces which belong to the spirit of an age is it becomes presence in friendly ofV".lC11 . mf " e '4l 1 a" "V"'" i Knowledge nnu virtue u.e cnumon oi national greatness and private happiness. It is not, therefore, in the spirit of propagandism that the sentiments of which I am the organ are ottered. It is in that of a ., resnect f,r the German Slates and neotde. Addrtss of the Achdukc John, Yicairc of the Herman Ilm ire, to Mr. Donthon, F.nvoy Ilxtraordinnry of the United S'atts. It gives mo sincere joy to see nn envoy from the United States of America accredited to the German j Central Power ; nnd my thankful acknowledgments 'are due for the friendly advances your government ha ; ,;uje in this respect. These advances will serve to ..,?, tho hood .if fellowthin and cood understnijdiii' i)(.Uvcfn lhe United States and Germany more durable, , j l j d suraiK.u . " J . . , ,, ' 111 I,,e- bt'licf in ;ls 't Is increased by tllO COIlVlCtiOll that tjC llltl-TOtS et tllO tWO COUIItries political, sjurilual, and material are of a kind to guaranty the accomplishment of my hopes. .Many people of German ori-Mii have found a second home jM 1UiipjtHUc America? ii nd hav" been received there . &lwXitvucVm Tllis a Uc t IIlUke still more 1 . . i i i . i . . pnrtnin tin I r I i.iiH w 1 1 1 ii t it IliU I nil ri'ltlillK ...... ..... ...v...vi.-...r ... I May the remembrance of your great Washington, and the blessed legacy his wisdom, hit rare v irtues. wishes of our governments. I bid you welcome from my heart welcome ! A Fatal Affkav i Paltimoui:. On Wednesday night an affray occurred in Paltimore, at one of the election polls, between John Met iallagher and William Hunter, in w hich the latter received n stab in the neck, severing the carotid artery, and causing death in a few hours. Hunter was a young man, TJ1 years of age, and was a member of the old Paltimore Pattaliou. Death of an Emtoh. William Simons, publish r of the Providence (It. I.) Herald, died in lhat city on Sunday week. He was connected w ith the prets from his boyhood, and for the Inst four ears ho has had tho responsible management of the Herald. He was a man ot lhe kindest a fleet inns, of generous impulses, and honorable in all his transactions. The amount of wine already made this year, in tho neighborhood of Hermans, Ohio, is about 0,000 gal. Ions. It is worth on an average 1 Xlö per gallon. A considerable amount, however, remains to arrive, as the Catawuba grape has not yet attained perfect maturity. Old and Nr.w Lnolanh. Out of every hundred persons in Lngiaud, forty cannot w rile their name. In Massachusetts, according tu the last census, but one person in every two hundred is in this condition ; nnd nearly all these are recent emigrants from Europe. Nf.w York City Extends. The annual report of the Comptroller of New York, shows that the expanses of lhat village, for the current year, are Js'J.TOO,452, equal to about jJl.US on every $100 of taxablo property, being about cents on the jslOO over tho assessment of last vear. Arrival ok hie Cociiituate Water in Poston On Saturday, about o'clock in the afternoon, the first water from Lake Cociiituate reached Postoti through lhe aqueduct, preceded by a current of air nearly strong enough to knock a man down. A member of the Hartford Insane Pttrcat who jumped from the stone bridge into the river last week, was restored to his reason by the shock, und has given no evidnce of insu inly since. It would not be a bad notion of our whig f'rii i!s to try the cold water. A Want. The following appears in the Albany Express: "Wanted nn ob!e-bod cd person to hold j my w ife' tongue, the onJ 1 being unable to keep it s'lii.-