Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 64, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1848 — Page 2

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f 1)1 A i'O I.ES, i) !2S. 1 s i s. I Tin (JIulihir.K S) strut. j The f !u'.hirir vt:n introdurfj. the u-t-lrrsign I has not met j r ir rijwctniio.n. W l.atc given i'. a fair tii;d; lut the extra j -tt-lir .a t ct Wm mot ly coriv-j.orn.Kn; t-lforts vu the p irt of i:r fn'(N, with a few cM'fjiik-ris. It 'o.s n)t,anI cur.not ,undrr r:tin circtimstcr.rps, Mlfinl tu a fjir rt minora-i jn. 'hi. we olurenril y ir:.!e t lie then rr-'iit MCMlice, wc tli.l hope that the ir..'.ucrrim.t smiirn-nt to iiicrmsc-our list s to it Irayt tt-veral ! jusands ovrr our lornifr ' iTption. Giving n.ore reo.ling : alt r for tl.e pr.co than c n tiMair.f.l in any part of the Wrstcou'itry, ue ha lOfM.l our frit-nd wr.nM take advantage of l e 1 bfrslity , anl ert thrmM lv accordingly. Thi hat nut "ren done t a .Vgrre commonsuThte with the plan prnpocJ. I!nrc, af.er what Labbern fair trial on our part, we rliail abandon : yt-m of Cut ! in ; a.vi sha!l,ticrianr, a-lcpt the follow. ,n. whirh will be invariable anJ permanent : FOR or WEEKLY TAfERS, Two ! ollari a yi-ar.carf the mvntf must ttltcay ar company the order or no attention vriU be giren it. JOHN D. DEFREES, Fatacr Journal 4S-tDecl rilAP.M ANS S PA N N , FJitors State Sentinel Slate Convention ! Are our friends alive 1o the importance of our next State Convention 1 Are they prepared ! Are the delegates selected, nnd such as will attend 1 These nre important queries, and every democrat in the State is interested to see that they are attended to. No time is to be lost. We have a wily foe, and consequently it behooves us not to sleep on our arms, because we feel flushed with victory ! Fire! Our city wa8 alarmed yesterday morning by the cry of fire, at about 7 o'clock. The back part f the extensive cabinet and chair manufactory of Joseph I. Stretcher was found to be on fire, and before the engines could be put in motion the fire had hfcome utterly ungovernable. The large bark building used for workshops, Sec. was entirely consumed, together with a larjre amount of furniture, materials, twin, machinery, and an engine and apparatus of the value of 81500. The fire oon communicated to the storage room of S. V. B. Noel & Co on the east and that of C. &, J. Cox on the west, both of which were burned to the ground, Mr. Noel losing a considerable portion of his lk of groceries, Sic. The energy nnd promptness of the citizens, aided by the fire companies, prevented the further spread of the fire. Mr. Stretcher's estimated loss is $1,000, Mr. Noel's nbout $600, and that of C. Sc J. Cox about S0 to $300. No insurance on any of the property destroyed. The fire was caused by the carelessness of one of Mr. Stretcher's boys in building the morning fires. Thomas N. Meeker The remains of the lamented Mr. Meeker, who died in consequence of injuries sustained on the steamer American, arrived in our c ity on Tuesday list, via the railroad, and wero esrorfed from the depot to the residence of the Messrs. West, by a very large concourse of citizens. They were interred on Wednesday. The general manifestation of respect and sympathy, show how highly the deceased was esteemed ; find while scrrow fur departed worth throws a chill over the senses, the heart is warmed at the grateful tribute, the last though it be, thus manifested. fjrGcv. Whitcorr.b t eat his rcsii n ition to the Hous? of RofTtiser.tatives ou Tucsdny, and to the Senate on Wcdn$diy. Mr. Dcnnp:j, the Lt. Governor, will 'therefore act a3 Governor until a successor is elected and qualified. Mr. D. will execute the duties of the office, we have no d'-ubt, faithfully, honestly andtar:t!Sttf. CO"The proceedings of a public meeting in DcarbGrn county, (nominating Col. James II. Lane fr Governor,) are necessarily deferred till our next. Al-o the remarks of Mr. Milliken in the Senate, on the slavery question, hs well as gome- other matters. As uual we arc crowded with matter, which we shall publish as fast as we can. We regret that we cannot publish a daVy as Jarge as our tri-weekly. 67-Ti.e Orange county delegation to the 8th of January Convention, are instructed to vote for Hon. E. A. Hanhegan aw the first choice of that county for Governor. Free Soil Uvctl Mr. Charles Mcikcill intends, to slaughter for Tuegday's market, f2d January,) a fine fat BUFFALO hetfer. This will probably be tho only chr ncc of getting Free fckii! Beef thia winter. Recollect us, Charley, betöre you tng-ge it all. A Draw A ml a Kfch One! Duty to the Public induces us to exfoe o:e of the 'humbugs" of the day, notwithstanding the Ciptain and ourtehes were niade the sulj cts of as keen a draw, as any ever performed by a New York "Dropper." The location of the ecene " may be supposed to be in the Captain's Counting house. Time just before Christmas. Present, the Captain, Pat, Mynheer, (a drairrr .') and us. Enter Gent. Good morning all, gentlemen ; you're in business I see. No doubt handle considerable money ! Cfipt. A rille, now and then. G'7it. As I expected. You are often cheated with base coin, no doubt. Well, if uot, then you sometirr.ei have trouble to d.stinguisli the genuine from the base. Cnt. O, not much. Cut very little that we can't dftct ; and if in doubt, we rjct it. G?nt. Well, my dear sir : I have here an article patented in Richmond. Va. (!) and f r your satisfactiuti, I will show y.-u how completely it (jeritH. Here ho performs s-voral monkey fiat-s with coin, Bnd apparently his diluted acid works as well a9 the nitric. There was no pale. Gent, then unrola a batch of certificates, some of which are calculated to deceive ; but on close examination, will b" found of the nature of ihone who p:iid for seeing a horse's tail where Iiis head ouht to Lc." Gent. Thon perhaps you would like to learn an infa'ubU rule tor detf;ctiriir counterfeit bank notes 1 Us ! 0 yes, if you have any thing new. lieut. I have the very article drawing from his pocket a fine looking pocket memorandum. I have the mean of knowing myself, and of teaching others, which I learned from a celebrated counterfeiter from Canada. Capt. and Us. Proceed. Then fallows n rcrne the genr. showing some dozen counter ftit notes, with a frx genuine; and repenting rapidly over er.ch note the following, which h? furnishes in writir.g, as his f;r fear it might be forgotten. Infallible Rule For Petectir.g Counterfeit Notes. 1st principal is the Eye which is generally bolchcd. Ill) the CoursenesH f the Shading of the Lettering. :ID the Clouding which is generally Course and Streaky. Ith the Engravers Name which h generally botched snd Mured and when d.'cs not tell wf iere tho Note was Executed proves to he a Counterfeit. G. T. IHNES. We think the Capt. nnd ourselves deserve not to be hiMghed at, for the reason that we are thus enabled to caution the public against euch irnfiosition, and probably being the means of inducing the Gent." to take gome more honest course of procuring a 'ivFount Carolina. The Hon. A. P. Rutler has bn re-e!ectf d a Senator of the United States for six vfar from the l:h of March :, when h;s present term expires.

'Justice." "Insimas Cutsut.i.l, Esq.," perl ap; ue should say by nmrlfsy, the lion mb! Insidun?, ngain pays his respects to w in the Joiirnnl of the l5th. His main j!-jfft , ns h- snvs, is to "conclude his corrtspi-.ndvnr?" with the Sentinel ami, what is more important to him, to try to skulk behind the convenient clonk which he had borrowed fr the performance he intended to enact for our b'n'f,t. The drapery however is too scant, the um-k too transparent, to ai.sv.er his purpose. Just ns certainly as the whole community here were able to locale our recent charcoal sb.lch, or daguerreotype of him, instantly and without hesitation, just ns certninly enn every man of ordinary intelligence see through the thin disguise which he has put ou. The poor Toor. wh, f r the price of flattery, at starvation rates, and in the expeclatiwi which will never be realized, of payment herettfter in something mure substantial than flattery, this poor Tool, who has nil the dishonesty, without any of the ability of his master, Insidias knows v til that we unaffectedly despise too much to uusle our ammunition in shooting at him." In no way could we Lc provoked to devote 'u column a d a half" to him. A squib would do his business effectually enough ; a bare allusion to his disorganizing und deceptious course, by which we lost a democratic congressman in the Gt!i Cr district last summer ; or to the corrupt conduct which he has displayed for two or three winters in this city, would be enough to damn him past redemption. The Tool is of no consequence; for even the Employer will not trust him to copy his manuscript out of his own sight, for fear ho might ftral a part of it, to be used against the master, if a chance offered hereafter. We bestow so much notice upon the Tool, only because the master has magnified his consequence by making him lie outrageously, in asserting ttiat the communications of his master are his own. Insidias is safe in trusting to the inflated vanity of tho Tool however; for his dishonesty is so notorious, ns well a weak, that if ever he hould acknowledge or priK'lairu his present baseness, it could not injuriously affect others, while it rested on l.is own responsibility alone. "Like master, like man," as the man says in the play. Considering the character of the Job, the Tool is prudently selected. Inmdious truly fays, that he but reiterates, on the 20th what he said on the 20:h. We but reiterate our denia! of every one of either his insinuations or assertions, so far as they are directed against t lie State Sentinel, or either of its editors as private members of the democratic party. Every one of them is as false as the cold, black heart that instigated them. Ho threaten i "in due time t raise the veil, and present his true name to the public." We dure him to do it, now, when men are present, knowing the f.icts, of their own knowledge, who can act as jurors. If he is such a devoted votarv of Truth and Justice, as he pretends, he need not fear our ''severe animadversion" any more than the 'sophisms of a goaded logician." We shall rely, it'i confidence, upon the "small stone and sling" of simple truth, even though Calle to defend nurselvts against a ;i:iht. lwsrDiAs is right in supposing tint the small p-iss'ivord" in our paper of tho 121st implied a disinclination m got into a personal controversy with him, lie can appreciate us, as well as wo have learned to estimate him. The "pass-word" was written after our ''prolixity of generalities" was prepared, and nothing but duty to ourselves an 1 the democratic party, after rejection, induced us to public our "abortion." Strange, that he should have deemed such an abortion worthy of reply ! Rut his object icas, and ij, to break dntcn the present ascendancy of the democratic party in the State. He wishes to have it understood, and demonstrated seemingly by events, that without Iiis aid nnd influence, tho democratic party is nothing. That end accomplished, the fame and credit which would inure to him, would be certain. Well did ho know that we could fully analyze the purposes and motives which he has so long fostered. Well did he know, that we should hesitate in replying to his falsehoods in the Journal, until fully satisfied in our own minds that the true and permanent interests of the democratic party would justify us in so doing. Wc are called irnpulive : honest men are often so: yet he knows well enough, that we have some degree of prudence and caution, though thoo qualities have not yet become emphatically rascally virtues" in us, as ihey naturally are in him. "Pass-icord .'" We understand the allusion ! Yet we should think he ought to he the last man to make such an one. After we have proven false to the. strongest ties which bind man to man, as we have evidence to believe that he has been, it will be high time that our sense of that principle? which should exist even among thieies, should receive such a .eminder : not till then. Insipiaj asks "what is the duty of a democratic organ or public newspaper at the metropolis of a State !" for tho purpose of answering thus : lt it to occupy the ground of an armed independent the tarsal of none ! to follow and conciliate, not to lead and driie. Il is for the pEorLE fa open the vake, and the organ should follow in, and give publicity to their intelligtnce." We will not say that Insidias borrowed this idea of us, though he hii often profited in that way, able as we admit him to be in intellectual gift", so unfortunately misplaced by u singular freak of nature. He knows that 1 lie line of conduct indicated by his onswer is the one by which we have ever been guided, as unswervingly ns was ever devotee by the first principle uf Iiis religious ftiith. None know better than he does, tint it was owing to our unyielding determination to adhere to fuch a rule of impartiality that first brought us into collision with any professed democrat. If we were in fault at all, then, or since, it was in consequence only of perhaps a too jealous fear that this just rule was about to be infringed. This was the rule we laid down from tho beginning "independent impartial the vassal of none, but the People.' Such was the rule by which we determined to guide the State Sentinel, and, wo have observed it, regardless of personal considerations, as faithfully ap if our lives depended upon the issue. Nor was its adoption the result of romance or scutirncut, but principle and right. We knew well tho certain risks to which it would subject us tho fate of the Washington (Hole was one lesson and wc !:nc..- that we should, in all probability, ultimately be crushed by the corrupt hostility and selfishness that would secretly, if not openly, m ike war upon us. S do wc mean t:i continu-? 1 1 the end, by tl.o help i.f God and tin People. When we can no longer do o, let the time be long or short, we shall retire with pleasure inexpressible, and leave the State Sentinel to those who can conduct it more acceptably. We know that "he who assails the Tartar, must beware of the dirk ;" but let the dagger, if not the poiion, be our portion, rather than vassalage to any man who would make merchandize of principle. Thus much in self-defence. When the threatened "lifting of ill 5 veil" 'is executed, wo shall take cure that it bij lifted high enough to let tho people see whether he is a demi-god, or a devil incarna'ie. 07-The Georgia Patriot says thnt there were ot least sixty candidates for the appointment of Messenger to carry the Presidntipl vote of that State to Washington. If so small an office can attract so large a crowd, what may be expected to be the tutc of affairs on ihe fth of Mi roh !

For tht State Sentinel. Foreign New. Oil the death of the llw. S. L.. Johnson,' The P. Ledger mnn up the news as brought by Lite Pastor vf the Episcopal tVruch it In. Hanarois, 'Niagara as follows. Rome is to be added to the list

. ."''I"'"'1 11115 ,l c "J wrnmg, utc. 2Uh, 13 1 V' MR. FAR AU T. lLToM. IIit lluiu too fllfn on the j'utli of lifej Thou. ii the piinte t f t aily manln ol' tnijit, Wh thy tiue hcait, with hoi)' zi-al w. nfe; When I a. pitipNS was new und !i ipp wis biijit ? Oh (hid! we kiiow tint all thy way aio lihl, Aeu we won kl humbly bow to thy ilt-ciio, WhiNt to cur eiiiuc an 1 uncrrt .iu ilit , Still mut thick ihikix-ss thy pavilimi he; Thy ftot-su-ps all unkiiOkVii, ihy pathway in the et. Cold, coM and puUelcs u the m.inly btow. That fver bvatm-d with huh mnot-lnu thought; The lip are pali), fixed tint tolei t iiuw, That ttuly, faithfully and kindly taught The way to heavin ; the heail thai ever brought It homage to it (5"d, i wiccked and riven. Oh Di .it I) ! what feaiful changes thou hai wrought, At d yet thou ait n ang ; thou hat given A puie, a noble tout, back to it home in Heaven. Kthcieal essence! soul, und) ing soul, Now trait thou see and know as thou ait known, Whilst ages, never-ending age roll. Thou halt unveil all inyteiy, aod own The Justice, Coodtusj, Meicy.God hath shown Tu ertii man, and thou sh tit j tn the hymn That teal foievir round the (lieat White Throne, Whete the Archangel and the Chciubim Bathe in the radiant liht that never can gtow dim. Farewell ! we should not mourn that ihou lnt died, When II iuound thee Mill was bright and fir ; Whilst yet beloved ft tends weie by thy side. Thy j )S, thy soiiows, and Ihy hopes lo share. The wasting of decay, the blight of caie. Thou, in thy cloiiou-t home, ctuA never kuaw ; For sin and sjnow cannot enter Iheie ; God callt-d thee from the wearines below, To where the bUssed stieami of life eternal fliw. But there is demolition by thy hearth ; Taients and gentle sUlcis mourn lor thee. And she, thy neatest, dearest fiiend oncarlh Oh ! none but God's omniscient eye can see The daik, the fearful wiht of aony That prases hk a mountain on her soul, Kending il coid asunder. Oh, may He Who hold the Universe in hi contiol, With sweet, far-seeing faith, those bleeding heaitJ console. The Ohio Legislature. We nre happy to announce that ihe House of Representatives of Ohio has at length been organized. Of course in bringing about this result, the insolent and turn nrrantable positions atsumtd by the whigs nnd maintained with such pertinacity for three weeks, had to be receded from by them, nnd the democratic house acknowledged as the lawful one. We give from the Statesman the following resolutions, on which the House was organized: Resolved, Thatv for the purpose of eflecting an organization of this House, the two partial organizations already existing be united, nnd that Mr. Leiter, of Stark, act as chairman, and Mr. McCIure of Summit as Clerk, to whom the certificates nnd other evidences of claims to sent, heretofore handed to Mensrs. Smith and Swift, shall be delivered; and that the House immediately proceed to the consideration of the following resolutions: Resnhrd, That George F.. Vvgh and Alexander X. Pierce at e entitled to stats on the organization of this House. Upon which resolution, neither the said Pogh or Pierce, or Spencer, or Runyan, shall vote; but the came shall be decided by the other seventy certificated members; nnd on the consideration thereof, tho certificates of the said Pugh and Pierce, nnd Spencer and i Runyan, and any other evidences whiHi either party ! may present, phnll be read ntid considered, and nil j parties may b heard by counsel, or otherwise ns they ( may prefer. And in case jaid resolution shall not be I decided affirmatively by a majority vote, the Houf-e jbhali proceed to consider the following resolution: I AV Wiv-7, That OUvtr M. Sjcnrrr and George W. ) Ilnnyan are entilltd to seat iri the organization of the I (U.H j On which resolution the other seventy certificated members shall vote as on the preceding one. In case I neither of said resolutions shall be decided afiirma- ! tivelv bv a majority, Messrs. Pugh, Pierce, Spencer , and Runyan, shall withdraw their claims to seats un til the organization of the House shall have been effected, and nothing in these proceedings shall be construed to interfere with, or in any manner affect the right of Messrs. Spencer and Runyan, or Messrs. ! Pogh and P.erce to claim seats after such organiza- ; tion. I On the adoption of the resolutions, a loud cheer, clapping of hands and stamping of feet told how glad was every body in the state houe at the auspicious event. The democrats of the House must have felt partic- ! ularly happy to be released from their long and tedi ous session of three weeks, but more grateful to their j feelings than any thing else, must have been the re flection thnt through their constancy and self-denial the right had triumphed against lawless impudence. OtSamuel Treat, Esq., editor of the St. Louis Union, has been compelled, on account of ill-health, to spend the winter in the South. The citizens of St. Louis took the occasion of his departure from the city to present him with a valuable gold watch. fj-The whigs of Louisville have recently presented Prentice, the editor of the Journal of that city, with a silver pitcher probably to drink his temperance punch from. 0O"The editor of the Nashville Union has been presented with a suit of clothes by certain of his admirers, which he promises to wear out in their service. It's n luxury to have one's efforts properly appreciated all the more so for the rarity of its occurrence in editorial life. Forming Soldier's Land Warrants bv Wholesale. A respectable citizen of New Orleans has been charged by Major Deshielda with obtaining soldiers bounty warrants and extra pay by forgeries. It is supposed he got the muster roll from some one of the clerks employed in the War Department. The amount thus fraudulently obtained is unknown. The matter will undergo a searching examination in Washington, as it ii supposed this fraud is very extensive. In some capes six signatures have hecn forged, including thrive of the (Jovcrnor nnd Secretary of State of Louisiana, as well as in every case that of Judge Reverly. The Panama Railroad. Our treaty with New Grenada, which grunts to ti.e United States the free and uninterrupted right of way over the Isthmus of Panama, binds us also to guaranty the neutrality of that important region, ns well as the authority of New Grenada over it. (rr-Henry Dodge, L. S. Senator from Wisconsin is u native of Indiana. The Senators from the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, NewJtrsey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, are natives of the States represented by them. 03""The Philadelphia North American takes decided ground in favor of W. H. Meredith of thnt city, for U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania, to succeed Mr. Cameron. That paper generally controls the action of its party in that State. 0"Riautiftil females in Turkey, Greece, and Ituly, make a living by standing as models for artists in statuary, nnd aro said to be virtuous und respected. Thirty different ones stood for Powers' s Kve, and sevtnlecn for his Greek Slave. 07The Sandwich Islands uro in a fair way to be depopulated by the gold fever. The inhub'üants nre emigrating, it is stated, to the gold regions of California os fast ns conveyances can be procured. 07"A t G race Church, yesterday, a young lndy made her tirst appearance as one of the choir, and was received with the most distinguished approbation. iV. 1'. Day Ut('k. Wits the young l ;dy encored, or wa the ' distinguished approbation" confined to rlnppin ?

of cities jn revolution against the sovereign

power. The unpopular measures of the Pope, who, nfier btittg a progressionist, nttempted to In? n reactionist, has stimulated the Democratic spirit to opto insurrection, which outbreak bus been crowned with complete success. The Pope's power virtually at n:i end, nr.d the people rule in the Holy City. The llame f republicanism which has lighted up Italy, : I'ri'.nce and Germany, is not to he trampled out by the despotisms that created it. It is sure to break out j ogain with renewed force from the attempt to suppress j it. The fire rages in all the principal cities in En-! ! rope. Tu Vienna, by its premature development, it j has met with a check, but the atrocities of those who j jhavc been successful, ure rousing n feeling of opposi tion, that once general, will never be again subdued. In Rerlin, the people have acted calmly and lirmly, and are patiently waiting the issue which promises eventually to be successful. In Paris, the question !of the Presidential election is decided. It is one fraught with importance to the cause iT republicanism in that country. A munifesto front Louis Napoleon has appeared, and r. change again came over the minds of the Parisians, and the star of Ronaparte was again in the ascendant. His address was calculated to win the 'good opinions of all parties. He avows hi republi can sincerity nnd detestation of socialism, the friend of peace with the surrounding rations, nnd promises if elected that ho will do all in his power, without repaid to party, for the benefit of the whole people. Cavaignac has taken another step within a few day, which cannot fill to influence the contest. In consequence of the alarming news from Italy, and fears entertained of actual personal danger to the Pope from his own subjects, and his reported flight from Rome, Cavaignac has despatched four steam frigates, carrying a brigade of 1500 men toChiti Vecchia for the purpose of securing the liberty of his Holiness nnd respect for his person. MANIFESTO OF PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON. Tl.e Paris Pien Public of Nov. 2Sth, publishes the following manifesto of Prince Louis Napoleon : Louis Lapoleoti Ronaparte to his fellow-citizens : To recall rne from exile, you named me represent ative of the people. On the evcof the election of the first magistrate of the republic, my name presents it self to you as a symbol of order and security. These testimonies of so honorable a confidence are tender ed, I am nwure, rather to my name than to me, who have as yet done nothing for my country ; but the more the memory ot the emperor anords nie its pat ronag, ?. nd inspires your suffrages, the more do I fee! bound to declare my sentiments and my principles. There must be no misconception between us. 1 am not an ambitious nun, who sometimes dreams of the application of subversive theori". Educated in free countries, in the school of misfortune, I shall always remain faithful to the duties which your suffrages shall impose ou me, nnd the will of the Assembly. If I am named President, I will not retreat before any danger, before any sacrifice, to defend society fo audaciously attacked. I will devote myself wholly, without meotnl reservation, to consolidate a republic, wise in its laws, h nesft in its intentions, great and powerful by its acts. I shall engage my honor to leave, at the end ot four years, power consolidated, liberty untouched, and n real progress accomplished. Whatever may be the result of the election, I shall bow before the will of the people ; and my concurrence is given by anticipation to nny just nnd firm government which re-estublishes moral ns well as physical order ; which effectually protects religion, family nnd property, the eternal bases of all society, which takes the initiative in all reasonable reforms, calms animosities, reconciles parties, nnd thus allows the disturbed country to rely on the morrow. To re-establish order, is to restore confidence, to provide, by establishing credit, for the temporary insuliicicnty of resources to restore financial prosperity. To protect religion nnd family, is to assure the liberty of worship and the liberty of instruction. To protect property is to maintain the inviolability of the produce of labor, is to guaranty the independence nnd security of possession indispensable foundations of civil liberty. As to the reforms that may be effected, the following appear to be the most urgent: To adopt such rigid economy as, without injury to the public service, will allow a diminution of the most onerous burdetH of the people ; to entourage enterprises, which, by developing the riches of agriculture, may in France and Algeria nflbrd employment to unemployed artisans; to provide for the old age of the operative classes by suitable institutions; to introduce into our industrial laws the ameliorations which tend not to ruin the ric'i for the advantage of the poor, but to found the welfare of each ou the prosperity of all; to restrain within just limits the number of tviploites dependent on th State, and which often make a free people a people of mendicants ; to avoid that dangerous tendency which induces the State to execute itself what private parties could do as well or better than it. The centralization of interests nnd enterprises is a kind of despotism. The principle of a republic is opposed to monopoly. And lastly, to preserve the press from tl.e two excesses which always compromise it arbitrary interference, and its own license. With war, there could be no cure for our ills. Peace, then, would be tho most intense of my wishes. France, at tho first revolution, was warlike, because she was compelled to tie so. To invasion she responded by conquest. Now, she is not provoked to it. she may consecrate her resources to pacific ameliorations, without renouncing an honest and resoluto policy. A great nation should hold its peace, or never speak in vain. To caro for the national dignity, is to care for the army, whose patriotism, so noble and so disinterested, has been often mistaken. In maintaining the fundamental laws which are the strength of our rnilitnry organization, the load of the conscription should ho lightened, and not aggravated. Not only the officers, but the suhnlterns and soldiers, who have so long served under the banners of the country, must have a certain provision made tor them. The republic must tie generous, nnd place faith in its future. I, who have known exile and captivity, look forward with the most nrdent hopes to the day when tho country may, without danger, abolish all proscriptions, nnd efface the last traces of our civil discords. Such are, my dear fellow-citizens, the ideas that 1 shall carry to the exercise of power, if you elect me to the presidency of the republic. The tak is difficult the mission most important, I am aware; but I d not despair of discharging it, in calling to its accomplishment, without distinction of parties, tho men whose hign intelligence and probity recommend them in public opinion. Moreover, when placed at the head of the French people, there is an infallible means of effecting good that is, to desire it. The Washington Union publishes an official letter of the director of the mint at Philadelphia to the Secretary of the Treasury, showing tho assay of the Cilifornia gold. The gold assayed yielded js'50,l!)'J. Tho purity is extraordinary, the gold dust yielding 'JS 2-3 pure g'dd; the melted gold yielding within (i-RKK), or six dollars in the one thousand dollars, of the mint standard of 000. This far exceeds the ex pactations of the most sanguine, and places the ex traordiuary purity of the gold beyond controversy. OrThe North Carolina Standard has no hesitation in asserting that ihe contest in that State turned mainIp upon tho slavery question; nnd that as many as forty thousand whigs, and probably a thousand democrats voted for Gen. Taylor, because, they believed he would vtto the Wihnol proviso, while on the other hand the Whigs opposed Gen. Cass, and democrats failed to vote for him, because, he was a nor Pier n man. 07-Tho population of Arkansas, by tho Gover nor's estimate, is 300,000, which will gic it three 1 in place of one member of Congress, in t! e next apportionment. Q-Tho Legislature of North Ctrolinn h is elected Hon. George E. Badger U.S. Senator from that Slate for six vr.irs from the -1th of Much next.

Irovi the Evening Pitt. The Fran ti inj; I'i i vilcjrc 11 Uses iiusl Abuses, The obj cts for whirl, governments are instituted are the protection . f person, their Intruders and property. In this country we have a natural govern-

i.-ui fi i eoo 01 on i. Muio.ii at.-...T, ..u Ifreat internal interests totaiiit'n d lo its clnirire, while ue have State, county nod town governments haym g Charge of !1 other matters loiuvmi-.g our wellare. Each of ti.ese i:. ernm..-uts, withi.i Hs lentil n ite sphere, exercises the powers within it jurjtd;cti.n in tho manner it deems most c m luei ve to the objects in view. Ti.e subjects within the Ijinted powers of n i- . . v ...... ..11 1 ktt iifj nttii pitrTfl in : tioilal government nre really f.-w and simple. Wo have great depn rtrm-uts witii numerous ollicers subordiitate to the head; the armv, mvv and judiciarv. i- i These perform the functions necessary to the working of the machine of government. Through the treasury and post office department the funds necessary to meet its expenses are collected. Not a dollar is rtiised but what is in some way paid by the people. Some contribute by purchasing ami paying fr tin; public lands. Others do so by consuming merchandise paying duties imported from abroad. Ou some occasions direct taxes have been levied upon certain descriptions of property. In some form th millions cousin ed in the carrying 00 of the government are li.Mwn from the pockets of the people. We, as a people recognize equality of rights. On this theory, when money is unnecessarily expended to benefit only a portion, a positive wrong i committed upon the residue of the people. If a privilege is conferred on one portion of tho people, which is withheld from the others, the same rule of equal rights is violated. This is quite clear, when this privilege is enjoyed at the expense of others. We apprehend that these propositions will not be disputed. Nor will it be denied that the public agents of the people are in no respect entitled to privileges beyond the people themselves. It will be conceded that they are entitled to a fair remuneration fir their services. This should be tlenrly declared by law, and equally enjoyed by all occupying the same station, and oi.ly to t o increased or diminish, ed by an open public law. Let us opply tiiese rules to the franking privilege. The Post-Olilce establishment is supported by charges upon letters, papers and pamphlets, or by a direct charge upon the national treasury. In either case its expense is borne by the people. Heretofore it has been the policy to make those interested in sending matter by mailk sustain the expense of its transportation and delivery, lt has not been deemed right or just to require others to contribute to these objects, because those who send are the only perBons benefitted by it, ithers having no interest in thema'cr. Hence postages have been graduated with reference to raising revenue sufficient to meet the expenses of the mail establishment. Those who pay a tax to the government in tho shape of postages, are interested in having it as low ns possible. A gratifying reduction on postages have already been made. A further and greater one is sought by the people and claimed on Etronir and incontrovertible irrounds. This could be

easily accomplished but for the franking privilege, j l)erg arR l0 lhQ FCjl00imnsier to their constituents If the matter now sent free was charged with postages, ! bv disseminations from Washington, what is the practhe department could sustain itself with a uniform rcsutt Que side teaches" that democracy is a rate of two cents ou each single letter sent by mail. : ijeing nnd whig2crv a curse, nnd the other a conNow these liec letters and papers cost the govern- ; trnrv doctrine. Each instructor leaves his pupils ment two emits each, which is paid to the receiving ; wjlf:re he folld them, except more confirmed in a good postmaster for delivery and keeping the accounts, nnd opinion of themselves and in a bad one ef his neibis coosequently a severe tax upon the mail moneys re- ' borg, Tho poope ar(, reajv nad(J m pore KC0T ceived from paying pntnmzcrs of the mail. happy bv all this. The franking privilege is the great obstacle to the , Wc now appeal to the peopb; to say whether thev speedy reduction of postages to the trilling sum of two; wis,, tjeir pi.hic FL.rvants clothed with such power--cents on all pre-paid letters, nnd the great simphhea- wit &IJ jnv jmotls a privilege, which is really eo much tion of post cilice accounts. Prom the tirst of Decern- : ni1S(,j ail(j ()n,. ,ial cofls ,iCn p0 mic ! her last to this time, the free matter passing under R cannot be disguised that this vt-m in ir Sethe frank of Member of Congress through the mail, aml nbuse, U ptlpaldv hostile to the interest of the exceeded in weight all other matter transmitted counlrv rross. I,;,uad c f resortin-r to the local presn through it. Before the close of the last session, on fir u?-ful j(ic,1nphta and speeches'they are printed measuring tho matter franked by members through at Washington and distributed under the frank of the Washington ofhco, for seven successive days, it incmhf.rSf tll0 quanlitv transmitted us.nllv indication was f und to exceed J,0 0 bushels, bemgobout Jso lhe rxtcnt t f lnc tcuc and expectations of 0. rc-cle"-bushels per day, weighing, in the whole, Ho.fol) lbs., t;on or 0f wjniljng flVorwith those expected to wield or over 7,078 lbs, (Miree ions and a haif ) per day. ! politiral j.mvrr. y.liQ awav tnis nti-demoeratie Eor some time past, since the adjournment, the mat- ; privif.p anj tjjC counlrv prrM wü receive a new

ter passing unuer tue rann, at me samcomce, nas vnweight, costing a ast sum lor its transmission anu . . . . . ,

neu irom w 10 ou?neis, or irom 1000 eo over u-.-v uJjoro jlcatrü jv nbolislung it, ti.e expense of transpounds, averaging, probably, 150 bushels, or a ton porting the .nails'will be materiallv diminished, and and a half per day. The amount thus franked at oth- ' t1G qrrrvl obstacle to low postage effectuallv remocd. er nfliccs must swell the free matter to an enormous Abrogate tin eriuh nnrsm.:.! n-iv.Wo referred bv

delivery. 'electioneering camps where fraukcrs preside and proThe departments at Washington receive and trans- tiluto n privilege conferred fir other purpose, and mit offcial letters by mail free of postage. Tlio cx-1 enve tiC people, llirotiph the counlrv and other papense of transmitting these must be borne by the poo- j pors to o0jn sucSl infrin:itirtn nn,f intelligence ai pie in some form. It cannot be satisfactorily establish- t,lCV (tPSire TlC irQtr, and acrimonious contentions ed, that this expense should fall exclusively upon those ! usuaiiv exhibited at elections will, in consequence, who use ihe mail. It is justified, however, on the become much moderated. The ill effects of an elocground that tho mail establishment has been occasion- , liun campaign w ill not l iti ' linner among the p?onlly, in part, nt least, charged on the Treasury, and ! ptc Tjl0 tics 0f friendship will then be less likelv to that the other revenues of the government have erect-; uo Pun(or(.,i ou mt.ro matters of opinion, while'the ed the department at Washington and paid its expen- j nflccljons flf kindred will nearly cease to be effaced by ses, including clerks and contingencies, while in va-; ,icrn Will members i f Congress longer elm" to rious wnys (the steamships for instance,) it occasions . ,his justy iMums and oft abused privilege or "will a charge upon the general revenues of the treasury. tIPy patnoticaIIv abandon ii ? What sav the press. It is worthy of remark, that with the exception of the parIjcuJar!v tjlC 'countrv VTC tm j,s subject 1 p0 President, no executive otiicer can, by law, frank a , ioy n f,,' njj FVtcm ,,f privileged nbuse and letter except on official business. , jh postages, or for reform, purity and equality and The franking privilege was originally conferred on ! ln0 jovv ralcsi Members of Congress to relieve them from the tax of; paying postage on letters in which they had no per-; ITZUMS, pönal interest. This thev could not avoid. Their constituents and others would, through en relcssnees or Cim kac 1 Kirts : ic. An Amerirr.n 1-tdy, who had

de$irn, write on their own business Without paying V stage. In many instances th s occasioned great exMise. It was but reasonable to relieve them from pe this burden, which in justice ought to hate been borne by the writers when sent on their ov n business. Prom this simple beginning tiiO franking privilege has grown to mi enormous nbuse. The transmission of free matter as originally intended, was a small matter, and did not encumber the mails. Now it is a large and grieveus one, costing the mail establishment an enormous amount. If franking had been conhned within the limits originally intended or had not extended beyond the transmission f public documents printed by mu U-upuMrnum . . y. uw ...v..,- , y. -j of C mgresa, and private written correspondence g the session, the people would probably have esced in its continuance. But a few yeirs since order durin Congress conferred upon its members, without the request of the people, and for no substantial reasons, ttie ri"ht to frank from sixty days before they take their seats in Congress, until the" meeting of tl.e next Fureeeding Congress. This extension has no reference to public business or the Public wants. Each member of Congress, though n ro 11 in elected for two years, enjoys tne privilege 01 irnriKingthe period of two years and two mouths. During the term of two months before the first session of n Congress, there arc two sets of members favored wit 1 this privilege. It is the matter franked by members t l.i,.l. Innrt. Jntvn nr.d dorr the tnail. nrodticimr ir- - - . . f - 1 regularities, and which so materially enhances ti e expense of their transportation and delivery. This privilege is not for the benelit of the public, and has ' " l f iittlo or no connection with the public business. iVob nblv, not one Utter in ten received and sent by mein .... . . . bers relates to his duties as a member. K is not pre tended to bo justified on the ground of increasing the compensation of members, by indirect means, ns in the ease of postmasters w hose commissions are below S"J0O per annum. Without this privilege many of the smaller offices could not be filled by competent and suitable persons. Not so with the office of member of Congress. In every district there arc an abundance of competent candidates. We may then ask, why is this privilege, so injurious to low postage reform, continned! We answer, partly to save the person enjoy - ing it a few dollars postage, but mainly for political effect. The former is too apparent to be disputed, to the extent it goes. He receives and sends letters free, when, on many of them, without this privilege, he would, like othir men, pay hUrc. ' ... 1 No good reason cr.n be assigned why one who en - joys a high and lucrative othce, sitouiu ue exeoipi mm ; the taxes borne bv the neonle out of office, who elect him. No member of Cmigres can deny the truth of this position, nor justify Ihe exemption when directly and fairly put to him. Will nny Intelligent, honest man deny that the franking privilege is mainly used for political effort! We think not. Go to the postoffices, little and great, nnd notice what compose the bulk of Ihe mail. It will he found to be printed electioneering matter, addressed to and intended to influence the voter. The party in a state election, which has the local member of Congress with it, has n clear advantage over its adversary, in being able to distribute its electl neering matter free of expense. To overcome this advantage it oftsn happens that the representative of another district is tmploycd to frank countervailing matter. In the end each district becomes a partisan camp, fro n which to fire political piper bullets and bombshells into the other. In case he seeks a re-election, the sitting member can, in his

own way, address his constituents fre of exjense, with such facts and arguments s he deems best suited to his purpose. This is an adantn'je oer his competitor c if no slight imHtrt.Tiice, and f.en, very often, controls the tesUlt. Rut tl.e abuse of this privilege is

greaies: ui n rreMiltMitiul Icctir.n. or manv years) , j,al W(0 principal etlorts of the long sessi-ns jut j,ri,,r xho ,:,.,.,;,, j,ai(. b, , .,r(Kliro rr(r,rts M,d ; 8jw;t.c4l.( j,H.Ull.j ,ifll!al l)V rncl irirly tf) jn. ijiuen,.t. ,. result, uhi. l, are f.anked br dm,! over ' ,)C lan,l. 'J loe instead of enli st, nj., ,1 e public mitatl. tend to confuse it ; m,l1, cilort- are.rcrted. not lrt dissetnminate truth alone, but put that fare upon , tilings best calculated ...w,r..t ti.. -o. ti. - . 1 (PVil Joes n..t st.p here. Ea.h party rolb-ds its fuuds, j .renemllv hv contributions exuded from !,f,d..r. . . v and employs nnd stations at Washington, such mcm bers of b"th houses of Congress ns it is believed arc most admit managers ai d ready franker. These superintend the printing of speech's nnd pamphlets, tho folding, directing and franking them to all parts of the country. As tl.e member or tnernlers thus employed nre about equal, with equal means and industry they accomplish about thp same result. Each party succeeds by this abuse f the franking privilege, in nrousini: their partiznits. end Stirling up th bitter waters of strife without essentially controlling the result. The fight being with equal weapons ns well as strength nnd persevt ratn e, g nerally ends where it betui, savo the wear and tear of character, and the loss of temper and amiable feel.pg. There arc now at Washington, platoon f members of Congress employed ill this partizan labor. Litcrnllv, cart loads of prii.ted matter ere sent off daily to different parts of the country, to stir up the pfpl, on either "ide, with the vain hop? by each of securiinr favorable results. From nil such lab r no good results to the country, can be expected to flow. We may here safely nsk, was the frmking privilege designed to nid in such pirtiznn efforts fir public office! Will nny member of Congress boldly and frankly tell his constituents and the world, that it is preserved on the statute book for any such purpose? It is too bite in our history to pretend thnt such a law is necessriry to enable a member of Congress to enlighten his constituents and the p.vtpb. Such an allegation mijrl.t escape criticism when the people are B't deeply steeped in ignorance, that the few who have been educated are authorized to control nnd covern. In this country the people select their public servants to carry out the views nnd wishes of the elector", and to reflect their opinions and intelligence. They do not elect them as schoolmasters. Tho people nttend to their education in their own wny, nnd need no schooling on political questions. On the contrary they instruct their public servants rnd inform them in their duty. We doubt whether there is one member of Congress so brazen-faced as to tell his constituents that they were too ignorant to know for whom th'.y ought to vote for President, or any other officer, and too stupid to know what opinion to adopt nnd act upon. One who should do so, would furnish the most conclusive evidence of l.is want of qualifications for nn instructor or renresentative. P.ut if mem. 0 ndvanta-reous to itself nnd to the country - r 1 nersonril o members on hemselves. and von will break un those 'been sick at Marseilles, and had received very kind attentions front many of her s'X, both French and 1 English, was risked to give her opini n respecting the two classes t her sympathizers. Her reply was: They were b th u ry kind. The Trench ladiea brought tne ti mers alldiy; the English ladies sat up with me nil night." i AttltF.sT of tjic Mayo:; of New V..RK.-TI. grand . f ilic,im4uJ cutllltv x. y., ,Uvit,g found a bill . (f i:(!icImrjl iSl . t0 , rj)J. V()r J(f Vofkf anJ lJ(? t;1II1Iljiwiont.rrttlrc.mii:ralil,rlf rr maitl. lailli nuisaI,L.t; al s,laten Island, the sheriff of Ricl!lu,nJ counly calJIC , ,i0 citv cm Friday, with j, ,,,, J COUtlty calUO t tllOCltV 111 l((,udl warrnntrt f.r lhe arrest f lLe pa tj0Mj,j7f tuK arties in ques- ; An old man named Allen, residing at Palmyra, N. i V., set two birns on tire, and then hung himself up in one of them. The first wag burnt to tbe ground, , but the fitc went out in the one in which he hung him- : 8eir ,u,d he was found next morning suspended from a. beam, A codv of Webster's dictionary, b-nmd in sunerb ' . style, is to be sent out from Springfield, Mas., us a present to Queen Victorin. Exchange. they mean to insinuate tint the Queen don't understand her own English1 Sktti.f.mf.n r ok tiif. Postal Tkouhi.f.s. Among ,i , ,1 .. . I . ... . . u. m; ,,n-i, uunu ir ,. lNjt. 'lulues between (.real Pntam and the Lntted States. The Palais Royal in Paris, so long the residence of the Orle-ius nice, and in a portion of which vast buildiprr Ojo Theatre Francais. ti e national theatre of France, has its locality, is about being given up to the USlS f a General Post Office. . Gn. Worth has rem .v. d hi family to ashington. ' He is now on his way to take command i f tho bill ami 0th military departments, embracing Texas and New Mexico. Hanovck Coi.Ln;n. This institution is in a very , nourishing condition. There are nt the present time j the institution one hundred and thirty-two stu(jenjSi 4uisvi!le Democrat. . , . , , Iv. (Jus irooKs cff I,,t(;M l!nH ,,, vented 1 ,,f 7,"'- nU l,'c h"U "f Rl 77.1 nnolher to give tire tilarms in evi 1 v part of the citv at 1 m7,m.)L A lump of g Id. il is said, bns been fauud near Taunton .Mass., containing fifty pt r cent, pure gold. It is not known whether I here is any more vf the samo sort in those "digging.' Tiie Rev. Mr. W.'i.te, late p ts'or o ' tl.e Pughtowa congregation, in Brooke county, Va., committed suicide by hanging himself, recently. The Banks uf New York ure said to have $3,000,(00 vf specie in their vaults, while the Sub-Treasury has oer S'J.tiUO.tHiU. In New Orleans, a man ii not ot liberty to emancijate his own slaves without having first obtained peruiisiioii of the municipal authority. The Boston Cholera C mmittco has recommended an appropriation uf SIU.WJJ for cleaning the city. Chloroform relieved deie-ium tremens in a desperate case reeemlv, nt Rochier.