Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 76, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 January 1849 — Page 2

3nManci State Sentinel.

TERIfAL YI&IH3CE II THE FÄICE Of LIBERTY. "Weekly paper, a yenr Semi -Weekly. $1 a year. 1XPIAAIMU,1S, JAMIAKV 1, 1SI9. DEMOCUAT1C NOMINATIONS. FOR GOVERNOR, JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, OF Parke County FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. JAMES H. LANE, OF Dearborn County Democratic State Central Committee A.G. Porter Dr. A. Gall DAVID REYNOLDS. C. G. WERBE, DR. L. Dunlap N. Bolton Wm. H. Morrison FRANCIS KING, GEO. A. CHAPMAN, GEN. J. P. DRAKE. Marion County Convention. A County Convention of the Democrats of Marion County will be held nt tho Court House in Indianapolis, on SATURDAY, the 1th of APRIL next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of appointing delegates to represent said county in the Congressional District Convention; and also to nominate candidates for the several offices to be filled by the people of Marion county at the next August election, to-wit : a Senator, two Representatives, a Clerk of the Circuit Court, two Associate Judges, and a County Commissioner for the 3d District. This District is composed of Pike, Wayne, Decatur and Perry townships. The Democrats of the several townships of the county are respectfully requeued to meet at such time aa may suit their convenience and appoint delegates to represent thcrn in the county convention as above. By order of the County Committee. tf. Congressional Conventions. The following times and places have been ngrecd upon in the districts named : 1st. District Thursday, April 1 at Petersburg, jike county. 2d. District Saturday, April 21, at Charlestown, Clark countv. ' 5th. District Thursday, April 12, at Indianapolis. Centre Township Marion County The Democrat? of Centre Township, are requested to meet at the Court House on SATURDAY the 'Mst tf March, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of appointing Delegates to represent said township in the countv Convention to be held on April the 7th, and to transact any other necessary and proper busi- j Ties. It is hoped that there will be a general turn out. lfJ. P. Chapman, Esq., of the State Sentinel, is spoken of as a proper person for the democratic Congressional nomination from the Indianapolis district. We notice that in a letter from Judge Wiek to the Senti nel, that gentleman very modestly intimates that he ! wants to be in the service yet a little longer to try the "dashing dragoon service." We think he would soon pet tired of "dashing" ngainst Gen. Taylor, but of course. Page, he will diddle you out of your j anticipated Congressional honors, if you entertained any. The Judge has climb d up and will likely now kick down the ladder. Wabash Express, whig. It is vr-ry natural for a u big editor to sny ill-natured things about a Democratic politician; and that's the reason, we suppose, why the Repress thinks that J. P. C. will bo diddled," 5cc. by Judge W. Put we do not think that the Judge will take any other than a fair and open course ; his letter is to us is proof of this. He is willing, no doubt, as we are, that the People ... int. . ' than decide the question, anu we snail uc coniem with their decision, whatever it mny be. To a man who expects to do the duty of a representative faithfully, ehould he be chosen, there are other things much more desirable than a nomination to congress, if they could le attained. We pee that .Mr. J. F. Chapman, editor of the Indiana State Sentinel, is spoken of as a Democratic candidate for Congress in the Tub District in this State There arc many far worse men than Chapman who go to Congress, and few better crowers than him of the Sentinel. Xac Albany littiktin, whig, j Thank you, gentlemen ! The PuUetin, by the way, j appears to be a little better itaturcd than the Wubah , Express; and we are "glad to see it." 1 0Cf Put just listen to our democratic friend Jenks, the inimitable Jenk,' of die Lafayette Courier. His heart talks sometimes, instead of his tongue ; nml wo ore afraid it docs so in this very friendly and complimentary notice. The fear of diappointing ; such friends, ought to make any man hesitate to take office : j An Editoh Coming Down. Tino Democracy of the rth Congressional District, talk of electing J. P. Chatman at the next election, to represent them in Congress. 'lhc Madison Courier pisses a deserved compliment upon Mr. Chapman in this relation, and in answer! the State Sentinel says that "though the iricntN of; Air. J. P. Chapman hive spoken of him ns a candidate j for Congress, and though he would feel honored by fucIi a manifestation of the confidence of the ikmo-j cratic party in his favor, and would endeavor to be j faithful to the people if nominated and elected, it! would nevertheless bo painful to him to stand in the way of any other democrat who mny have stronger claims upon the generosity of the party, or who may j possess greater ability to sene the peopled tins district in Congress." We hope friend Chapman won't let his modesty cheat him ont of his just desert. There is no man in the district that has greater ability or stronger claims upon the Democracy than the junior editor of the State Sentinel, and the people know it. Go in, Page, and win ! 11 V 7.' hohl your rooster. Enough said, friend Jenks ! Upon condition of fulfilling this promise, "holding our rooster," Page xcill "go in," and will win," if he can ! 0-A. C. Dullctt, of the N. O. Picayune, and J. P. Chapman, of the Ind. Sentinel, are spoken of f r Congress. The; six or eight editors now in thtt body hare sustained themselves so well, that we should not be surprised to find a "considcnble sprinkle of these gentry in the next Congress. Danvil'e Advertiser, whig. Editorial Fkienps. We had the pleasure at Indianapolis of meeting and exchanging congratulations with a number of our editorial friend", among whom were the veterans in the cause, the Chapmans and Spann of the State Sentinel ; Kent, formerly of the New Albany Democrat, Hall of the Loganspert Pharos, and Milligan of the Huntington Age. If a few more such men of honest hearts, of liberal views and upright intentions had been present, it certainly would nt have been an omen for evil. May they have length of days, and the reward of the jiL-t be theirs! Goshen Democrat. ArrnxY and Death. On Saturday evening last a fatal rencontre occurred near Air. Peck's shop in this city, between John Spnrlan and John Pogue, in which the former received wounds of which he died on Monday morning. The wounds were given with a jack-knie, in the abdomen. Spartan appears to have been the aggressor, and public opinion is so much against him that no one could be found to make affidavit on which Pogue could be lawfully arrested. The deceased leaves a wife and a large family of young and helpless children. We understand that Sparlan, a few hours before his death, sent for Pogue, and acknowledged that the blame was on his own ide. We hope that this awful affiiir will be an admonitory le9eon to others. The Pension Office. It teems to us that there must be something wrong in issuing Soldier's Land Warrants from the P ension Office. Some we receive regularly, while others lay over f r months. We are aware that the force of the office was entirely inadequate to the prompt execution of its duty in this matter ; and if a proper remedy has not been applied by 'Congress, then the blame should there attach. It should be attended to at once.

Caleb H. Smith. " Independent," the Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, speaking of Mr. Smith's speech in the House, on the proposition to reconsider Gott's resolution, says : " Mr. Caleb P. Smith, of Indiana, followed in a speech which attracted the attention and applause of the Chamber, without distinction of party." No doubt of the applause. Any northern man who will betray the cause of Liberty as he did, and denounce the friend f freedom in the Hou?e, will bo applauded there, and be rewarded too in the Taylor times coming, and crushed too by the people 4 in the gtxfd time coming." Ohio Standard (free soil.) 07-The free soilers of the 4th congressional district arc looking out for a candidate upon whom they can depend. Smith has deceived them, sold himself to the slaveholding interest for the hope of an office which he will not get; so will all of the hypocritical whig leaders upon sufficient inducement. We seriously submit to all free soilers from principle, whether it would not be better for them, in cases where they cannot elect their own men, to vote for democratic candidates in future, for although they may not make qti'.te a3 loud prufesions as the whigs do, they will perform a great deal more. Congressional Milf.au e. This subject being under consideration, on the lltli, in committee of the whole House, Air. Emtjkee oilered an amendment embodying Greeley's proposed reform ground, (mileage by the shortest post routes) and proceeded to advocate the same in a set speech, in which he attempted to create the impression that he of all others was the most anxious for the reform of this as well as every other abuse. This speech was intended to be among the chief of Embree's claims in the coming canvass for Governor. Put a little and an unexpected incident well nigh spoiled the whole afl'air. Mr. Embrce was going it at the rate of fifteen knots an hour or so, when he was interrupted by a member, Mr. Haralson of Georgia who wished io inquire whether Air. Embrce's amendment was intended to include the present Congress! This was no part of Air. Embrce's intention, and so he was compelled to acknowledge! That would have cut him out of his excess of mileage, as Greclev calls it ! This patriotic gentleman is very willing to make most stringent reforms in the case of others, but unwilling to have the rule extended to himself. Some member then wished to know whether Mr. Embree expected to be a member of the next Congress? Mr. Embree replied that he difnt know : that depended on circumstances! What circumstances ! Is the gentleman to be a candidate for Governor and for Congress at the same time? We merely ask for information. The members of the House laughed in Air. Embrce's face for his foolish attempt at humbug, and so will the people of Indiana when this most consummate demagogue shall attempt the same game here, as he will in due time. Plank Roads. I propose in a few short articles to describd Plank Roads and point out some of the advantages of constructing thoni in this country. For a single Track the Road-bed should bo graded about 21 feet in width from the inside top cih'cs of the Ditches: the enrth 011 the surface to be fine, smooth and hard : the Ditches on each side to le two feet deep two and a half feet wide at bottom and of a proper slope each w ay : and a sufficient number of sluices should be made under and across the bod to carry olT the water rapidly, nnd elfect a thorough drainage. The timber to bo laid on the Road-bed is first two stringers four inches square laid lengthwise on the road level with each other, and with the earth, and well imbedded in it; the stringers to bo laid six feet eight inches apart as near one side of the bed as safety will admit so as to allow of turn outs on the other side. Plank eight feet in length and three inches thick are then to he laid on the stringers close to each other and spiked to them, and the road is done. The Timber may be oak or walnut ond probably red beach would answer. In Cinada and New York, hemlock is generally used, which is ns soft as P.ne or Poplar. . Many of the roads that have been constructed and that answer the purpose very well, of ascents and descents of from three to four degrees, or from 4 to f feet in the hundred. On such Roads, two horses will draw rapidly and with ease, 0 wcgon loaded with two tons of freight. M.

Glorious Victory! Every lover of justice and of right will be rejoiced to learn that Piy;h and Pinr.cE, the democratic members from Hamilton county, have nt last hern admitted to scats in the Ohio House of Representatives. This decision, besides being a triumph of tho right, brings with it glorious results. It decides ngainst that most iniquitous whig fraud, the appointment scheme, which was smuggled through the legislature by fraud and trickery, and adhered to by the corrupt whig bullies of thnt State with a stubborn ternacity which should damn any party past redemption. With Pugh nnd Pierce, ns wo understand, the democratic parly will have a majority on joint billot, and that will secure a democratic U. S. Senator, State officers, several Judges, Sec. This is a triumph of the pcnjde over whig selfishness, violence, nnd Jraud. Let all rejoice! Cov.re-sional. On the Oth inst., a bill pissed tho House of Representatives allowing compensation to Antonio iVhoco, for a slave killed in tho Florida war. R. W. Thompson nnd G. G. Dunn of this State for it, nnd Judge Embree and tho remainder of our delegation, (except Judge Wick, who did not vote) against it. Slate Journal. And wc think the votes of Thompson end Dunn were on the right side, and as correct, honest and proper as any votes they ever gave. Wabash Express, ultra uhig. 07-Another nut for the frco soilers. Stick a pin there ! If the votes of Thompson and Dunn were "on the right side, correct, honest and proper," of course the vote of Mr. Embree must bo on the u-ronn side, incorrect, dishonest and improper! Oh! honest Mr. Embree ! (7-The Philadelphia Pinnsylcanian, speaking of our candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, says : "These arc excellent nominations. The eloquence of Mr. Wright w as highly appreciate d in this city last summer, and he has a host of friends in this State who wish him success." You shall be gratified, gentlemen. No one here, at all informed on the subject, seriously doubts Mr. Wright's election by a good round majority. In fact it is as certain as anything future in politics. It is well known that we are not in the habit of deceiving our friend, at home or abroad, in relation to the drift of things in our own State. We know whereof wc affirm and this may bo relied upon as O. K. (t"Dr. D. M. DoiisoN is announced in the Spencer Republican, by his authority, aa a candidate for the Congressional nomination in the (ith District. The Dr. was defeated at the last election by a most villainous ruse, as is well known to our readers. If it be the will of the democracy of that district, the election of Dr. Dobson would afford us much pleasure. 07-We publish the prospectus of the American Metropolitan Magazine in this paper, and invito public attention to the same. The January number, which we have received, contains some excellent matter and beautiful engravings. The publisher expects to make this magazine worthy of public patronage and second to no other in tho country.

COKIircSPOXDErVCE. Washington Citv, Jan. 21, 1919. We arrived at Pittsburg at nine o'clock on Saturday night ; put up nt the Monongahela House, got an excellent brenkfast next morning and embarked at

j r 11 v tin ijiunuviui;. n: in n u tu umu.iu ; us that he would land us nt Provvnsvillc by two or 1 j three o'clock. (By the way, 1 have learned that there I is very little dependence to be put in the promises of I steamboat captains, in this particular.; weuiunui arrive there until past four, and we were very fearful that the delay would bo the means of detaining us at Cumberland a day longer. When the boat landed the stage was ready and waiting for us. Oh.il shall never forget that long, long drive over the mountains in the night time. The occasional glimpses I caught of the high precipices and the deep chasms, ns the light flashed fitfully over them, left the imagination free to create and revel in a thousand wild and bewildering vagaries and then the night wind, now singing a low, mournful dirge through the tall pines on the mountain, and the next moment shrieking till the rocks gave back a thousand sounds, like the murmur of wild unearthly voices. That w as a long night; but it passed as all nights will pass, and at seven o'clock, cold, weary and worn we reached Cumberland. Preakfast was ready. They

allowed us five minutes to eat nnd we took our eoatajof talent. His popularity nnd strength where he is

in the cars, right glad of the change in our mode of travelling. Away, awny wc went, leaving cities, villages, valleys and mountains behind us. Away, away with the speed of the wind Hew the iron horse, puffing and panting and clanking his iron harness, on the path made for him, through the bosoms of the old grey mountains, over the rapid streams and along tho very edge of the most fearful precipices. We stopped to dine at Harper's Ferry. In all my dreams of the beautiful, the grand, the sublime, I have never for one moment conceived any thing like the scenery there. Well might Mr. Jcflerson say, "it was worth a journey across the Atlantic to sec it." I shall describe it hereafter. We arrived at Washington about eight o'clock on Monday evening. Voti may be sure we were weary, having travelled three hundred and twenty-five miles, without 6lecp or rest, in less than two diys. Mrs. Crown received mo with open arms. She said she had been fearful I would not come. Yesterday I went to tho capitol. It is a most magnificent building; but I must sco' it ngain before I describe it. While I was in tho House of Representatives they had'like to have used up Greeley. Ho has so many opposed to him that every motion he makes is met by the most uncompromising opposition. After all he is a match for a host. 1 knew it by his pale intellectual face, his flashing eye and quivering lip, v.s he stood there launching out sarcasm, like lightning shafls on his opponents. There is a great contrast between tho Houo of Representatives nnd the Senate. The one busy, bintling and stormy; the other, grave, sedate, dignified and calm as the surface of a summer sea. .Mr. Dix of New York was speaking when entered, and so breathless was the silence around him that vou mi"ht have heard a pin fall. Mr. Dallas was presiding. He appears older than he is, on account of his hair being very grey. Altogether he is one of the finest looking men I ccr saw. I have already received kind attentions from Messrs. Pright and Wick, and proffers to conduct me to the President's, and this morning Air. and Mrs. Henley called upon me, and requested mo to go with them to the White House. So vou sec I shall have no difficulty in seeing the President and his lady. Air. Ward has also called. I am yet all confusion and unable to write with interest. S. T. II. O- The Whig Congressmen from Pennsylvania have held a meeting and adopted a resolution asking the Treasury Department of General Taylor for onio citizen of that Slote. They put forward Andrew Stewart as their man. This Stewart is the author of the lying stories ahmt General Cass's extra charges. vVc. during the late presidential einliest. He is not worthy of that place, nor qualified for the discharge of its important duties. The Pittsburgh Post can hardly tell whether to treat this as a serious matter, or as a bit of Congressional irony. Supposing, how ever, that the Whigs in Congress were in earnest, wc cannot but smile at their lamentable want of common sense. We consider Andrew Stewart the most perfect specimen if a small potato politician in the Union. His abilities have been vastly overrated. His knowledge of the country is extremely limited. He has a genius for quibbling, fault-finding and magnifying small matters into something wonderful. He is a perfect political Munchausen, and combines in his character a love for all that is marvelous and ridiculous. Hence, his conscience is never troubled should he perveit the truth, or deviate from the path ed rectitude. To place such a man in the Treasury Department, would he a lasting disgrace to the nation. Compare Andrew Stewart to the high-minded, honest Statesman, the intellectual ginnt, Ror.KKT J. Wai.kki:. Hyperion to a Satyr ! If the Whigs of Pennsylvania cannot offer some better material than Andy Stewart, for a place in Gen. Taylor's Cabinet, it is an open acknowledgment that the incoming administration w ill bo a failure ! 03-We perceive that Mr. E. A. Webster, who delivered several interesting lectures in this city recently, has been lecturing at Madison and Cincinnati. OrThc Cincinnati Chronxck is a very ill-bred concern ; its editor has not sense enough to bo decent. Wc don't know that wc ever sought the honor of its acquaintance, yet it makes its appearance on our table daily. Get out ! Shoo ! Pr.o;iinssiNr; Paokwakps. The Michigan State Senate, on the IM instant, adopted the following : Resolnd, That tho committee on tho judicinry be and they are hereby instructed to bring in a bill restoring capital punishment 111 cases of murder in tho first degree. 0C7A Air. Mon.ighan of Chester county, Pennsylvania, has invented a machine for taking the ayes and noes in Legislative assemblies without loss ef time. It is soon to be tested by the House of Representatives of that State. A part of the fixtures arc already in the Hall. Death of David Hale. Tho New York Tribune of the Ittd inst. says: We see with. deep regret, the announcement, under our Telegraph head, of the death of David Hale, Esq., one of tho Editors of the Journal of Commerce. Though this has long, been expected, the news will bo received with unaffected sorrow." Air. H. died at Frrdericksburgh, Va., on the XlOth inst. He was a very able journalist, and has for many years exerted a wide influence through the columns of his paper. C7Mr. Sawyer of Ohio has succeeded in having an amendment tacked on to the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill, prohibiting tho degrading practice of flogging in the American Navy. This amendment was adopted by a vote of two to one a favorable augury that the popular sense is against the practice, and that the Senate will unite with the House in giving it its death blow. !rrJAnnDSi ahks. L. L. D., has been elected President of Harvard University, in the place of Edward Everett, resigned.

The Nominations. ! The nominations made by the late Democratic State '

convention are every where not only favorably, but enthusiastically greeted. The State Journal, to bo sure, at first attempted to embitter the disappoint ment naturally felt by the Northern Delegates, who desired the nomination ot Judge uiiAMnci;i.AiN ; uui it lQS not bccn vcrv gucccs-ful in this "labor cf love." Though disappointed, the Northern democracy have (,f ,1C honorable spirit, which has invariably Inarkcd the character of Judge C, to induce them, f(r ijic sake of the cause, to sacrifice all personal feeling, and even what is more important, the just claj!ns which all admit they have upon the party in other sections of the State. Wc hone the time tcil come when those just claims shall receive some other anj i,ctter than a mere paper acknowledgement. q;i,G p0rt Way ne Times has the -folowing : Demociiatic State Convention. The convent ion at Indianapolis on the 8th iust. wasoneof the largest that ever Hirt in the place, nnd the utmost harmony and unanimity pervaded its deliberations. Jos et A. Wkkjiit of Parke county was nominated for Governor, and Col. James 11. Lane of Dearborn for Lieutenant Governor. k These nominations caunot fail to meet a hearty response from the free democracy of Indiana. .Mr. Wright is a thorough democrat, strongly imposed to any extension of slavery, and while in Congress proved himself n ready and able debater arid man best known are nbundantly shown by the fact that he was elected to Congress from a district which usually gives from' 11)00 to PJOO whig majority; and was only defeated on a second attempt, when every effort was made to draw the line ngainst him, by a meagre majority of less than two hundred Col. Lane is well known as the commander of the gallant Third Indiana Volunteers at the battle of Pu ena Vista the only regiment in that conflict which never retreated und never gave ground, and w hich did more hard lighting, eind contributed more to Taylor's victory, than any other regiment on the ground. We wouhl refer our readers to the proceedings in another column, and to the resolutions adopted, which w e heartily upprove and endorse. With such a plat form and such candidates, we consider the nomocracy of Indiana invincible Wo this day place at the head of our columns the names of Jom-.i m A. right nnd James II. Lane, the nominees of the Democratic convention assembled at Indianapolis, f r Governor and Lieutenant Govern or of the State. In the language of a resolution pass eil at the nominating convention, " we recognize in tho candidates nominated for Governor and Lieut Governor, two able ami sound advocates of democrat ic principles, whose patriotism and sterling integrity. entitle them to the support of the democratic party o Indiana." Miami County Smtincl. The nomination by the Democratic State Convention of Hon. JosF.iii A. Wright, as a candidate for Cjovirnor, will be hailed with satisfaction by the par ly generaly throughout tho State. In every station in w hich it has been tho fortune of Mr. W. to be placed, ho has discharged his duty with marked ability, and received the approbation and confidence of his constituents. As a member of the Legislature, he gained great personal popularity, and as a member I of Congress, his untiring devotion to tho interests of his district and State, won for him the title of Iho working member. As a democrat, there arc none more firm and unflinching. Emphatically a self-made man having been left an almost pennyless orphan at an early nge he has without any aid, save his untiring industry and perseverance, elevated himself to his present proud position, and that his nomination will lie confirmed by his triumphant election by the people, we have not the least doubt. Our candidate for Lieut. Governor, all will recollect as tho gallant commander of theild Indiana Uommentof Volunteers, Col. James II. Lane. He is a host within himself, and he too will run ahead of his party ticket. With Joe Wright and Jim Lane to lead us, who can doubt our success? Wtstern Ranger, (Porter Co.) The campaign for this State is fairly commenced. Wc have this day raised the names of Josei ji A. Wright, and James H. Lane, the nominees of the State Convention for Governor and Lieutenant Governor; and in doing so we feel assured that Mr. Wright possesses the qualifications for that, or any other dignified station, which, when he is properly known to the people of Indiana, will inspire general enthusiasm among the Democracy. He is a fair sample of western greatness. Like most great men in the world, hejs perfectly a pelf - 0rj made man ; and us a civilian and orator stands second to ij-mc in this or any other State. He is a man of commanding appearance and address, and of unblemished moral character. With such a man for our standard bearer, success is not sufficient, we hive a right to expect an overwhelming majority. Of Col. Lane we know nothing, but it is admitted that he is brave. Democratic. Age, Huntington Co.) a ti. n.,.. , t.. i;n., ... 1 ,1 nominations in a tone and with a fervor which will bo overwhelming to the cohorts of Taylor whiggery. The gentlemen selected are of the first order of talents, of sound judgment, and of extensive experience. Mr. Wright is well known throughout the State as the able and eloquent member of Congress from the 7th district in H13 1, having been elected over his competitor in a district giving some twihe hundred whig majority. This is sufficient testimony of tho estimation in which l.e is held by his immediate fell jwcitizens those who know him b st. In 117, whni again a candidate, upon the call of the democratic party, lu was defeated by a majority of between one and two hundred by Richard W. Thompson, one of the most popular whigs and accomplished orators in the State. Put even Mr. Thompson's eloquence could not prevent hundreds of honest whigs from paying their just tribute to the worth of Mr. Wright by casting for him their votes. Of Col. Lane our nominee f )r Lieut. Governor, it is unnecessary to speak at length. His fame as a gallant soldier and commander of the 3d and ) regiments of Indiana volunteers is co-extensive with tho State. His eloquent voice was heard. in the late canvass, warning his fellow-citizens from casting their suflVnges for one who had done an irriparable injury to our gallant State. With such standard bearers as WRIGHT and LANE, the Democracy havo nothing to fear, if they are true to themselves and their principles. yew Albany Dem. Mr. Wright was a member of the VHth Congress, and was noted for his talents, his integrity, and his indomitable energy und perseverance in accomplishing everything for the benefit of his State. He is a self-made man, and has ris.ui to the high position he now occupies by his own exertions. His great personal popularity will secure fir him and his party an easy and certain triumph. Col. Lane, the nominee fur lieutenant Governor, commanded the third regiment of Indiana voluntei rs nt the battle of Poena Vista, und conducted himself with such skill and bravery as to draw forth the highest commendation of his commanding ollker. lie will give weight and btrcngth to the ticket. Washington Union. The Democratic convention on the Sth, nominated JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, of Parke county, and JAMES II. LANE, of dearborn, as our standard bearers in the approaching gubernatorial contest. They will walk over the course in gallant style. ShtlbyviUe Volunteer. It is with sincere jrrat ification that we hoist nt our mast-head tho glorious flag of the Democracy of the State, with th name if JOSEPH A. WRIGHT and Col. JAMES H. LANE inscribed upon its folds as candidates for Governor and Lieut. Governor) They are emphatically the peoples candidates men of tho first order of talents, of sound integrity, good judgement and extensive experience in the nll'iirs of our State. Princeton Dem. Clarion. Plank Road Puoi rrs. The Rome nnd Utica Plank Road Company, N. Y., has declared a dividend of ö per cent, for four nlonths the short time the road has been in operation. Only a portion of the road is completed, and still here is a better dividend than two-thirds of the stock companies are declarirg. The plank road to Duty's in this county, has also declared a dividend, and, we understand is clearing a very handsome per ccntagc on its first cost. Let us havo a fow more like it. Chicago Democrat. Mrs. Partington, in allusion to tho many advertisements headed "Ho! for California." thinks a spade would be more useful than a hoe, to the diggers. . ...... 1 . 1 . 1 mi

Ke'llis. A gun has been invented in Utica which will fire twenty-six discharges by one loading. The Catholic church at Cleveland, Ohio, was robbed recently of a valuable gold cross. Lawyers, like fops, delight in the number and variety of their suits ! Louis Philippe has, it is said, gone to live at East Cowes Custle, in the I.le of Wight. During the vear of 181, there were exported from

Galena W 1,903 pigs of lead (47.737,b30 lbs.) valued at $l,.r)37,G10 r(. In Mermann, Missouri, Mr. Pwsehcl's vine-yard of one acre of Citawba grape vines produced $1,700, and one thousand gallons of wine. (Jen. Rutland of St. Louis, one of the late Gen. Harrison's stall, and a long time Indian Agent, died at Jefferson City, on the 5th. A school of whales, some twenty-five in number. came ashore "dead" on Cumberland beach, near St. 1 Mary's, on the i-'Gth ult. The most tender-hearted man we ever saw was a shoemaker, who always shut his eyes and whistled when he ran his awl into a shoe ! It is Mrs. Partington's opinion that "these men arc hard creatures to find out, and ain't worth much after you have found 'em out. - Stuanok. One or the inmates of the assylum at South Poston was made insane by the sudden sprouting of beard on her chin, and at the age of '39. All preach humility, none practice it. Tho master thinks it good doctrine for his crvants the worldlings for the clergy the clergy for their congregation. .A ijscence of Mind. Ask a man what's the word ? ond ten to one he will tell you gold bright gold! Ask him how his wife is. and he. will tell you She yields eighty per cent."" HrooJuille American. Henry Davis, a negro, recently died in Dearborn county, la., at the ago of 115 years. He was once a servant of, and accompanied General Washington in several of his campaigns. Wc learn thnt of the IS students who were entered at the West Point Military Academy last July, 20 of them failed to pass the January examination, and have got their dismissal. A Costly Experiment. It is stated in an English paper that the proprietors of the London Daily News, have lost five hundred thousand dollars ! by the publication of that paper one year. Mr. Musters, who is not remarkable for anything but for having married Pvron's Mary Chawworth, one of hi first lvc?," is said tobe hopelessly sick. Mrs. Musters died years ago. M.araulav, in his new History of England, remarking on the puritan character, uses this language : 'The Purita'ns hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators." Sinn pk of a Lr.nisLATon. A member of tho Alabama House of Representatives, Alfred Von Kleeck, Eej., committed suicide at Mobile on the Uth inst., by blow ing his brains out. Ho was in easy circumstances, but had very poor health. A CineuLATiNu Mf.pium. As they have no money in California, some have taken out with them a complete smelting, and coin-stamping apparatus. They will fabricate pieces of gold equal in size and value to :V, and mark them with their own names. Cam: of Poisoning. A centleman in Pelham. Westchester county, N. Y., was poisoned by catiti pheasants, on Friday last. The birds were killed on Long Island, and had probably eaten some poisonous berry, which produced such disastrous consequences. Colonel E. D. Piker, who has been elected to Congress from the Galena district, was formerly a clerk in a dry goods store in this city, and a fellow clerk in the same establishment nt the time, was ex-Governor Edwards of this State. S7. Jjouis Faion. Illinois and the Wilmot Pkoviso. The Illinois Legislature, containing a large majority if Demo - crais, nas instructed the senators ironi that Mate and requested the heprescntativcs to vote lor the application of the Wilmot Proviso to the newly-acquired, territory. Tn fa DO Opp TiiiNus in Havana. The following piece of information, in reference to the w ay " they do things in Havana," we receive through the medi - I urn of the Philadelphia Spirit of tho Times: " A ! lew days ngo, M. Manni, while performing in the i 4 Puritans,' took it into his head to leave the stage, nnd go to his house, leaving unsung the prettiest part of the opera. The people felt insulted ; the Governor ordered that he shou'd be sent to prison, and fined js'JOO. He went to jail, and slept there one night ; the next day two soldiers conducted him to the the - atre to perform. He sang so well, and with so much spirit, that the liovcrnor pardoned him, and did not exact the fine. 1 fie next day the Governor fell lrom ! his horse, nnd M. Marini went and offered his ser vices to watch him, and remain at his side during his sickness, in gratitude for his generosity." This is the same Alarini who, not long Fincc, yenhired upon the proper pronunciation of the interdicted

word liberty in one of his theatrical performances be- j piisnin icr wisl.es. Days pissed nnd yet she seemfore a large Havana audience, and for which he was j 0J nu nearer securing a passage to California than at arrested, &c. He's one of 'cm. first. Fortunately nt last she hecamencquainted with - - - ! a party ef young men w ho were going out on board Pueciiasf. of Cl'I-A i:v the U. States. The Ga- j one of tho vessels bound for San Francisco. They cola ile la Ilabana of tho J7th ult., after quoting from , wished a cook, and nt once agreed to ralllc for her. the .Madrid Gazette a contradiction of tho story that j The amount paid fir chances wns to be given to her, a negotiation was going forunrd in that capital for! nnd the fortunate fellow who won, was to marry her, the sale of the Island of Cuba to the U. States, remarks before leaving tho city. If she did not fancy the poras follows: son on whom the lot fell, then she was to pay her "Thus speaks the official organ of Her Majesty's j own passago out, nnd under the protection of the government, and the same has been our opinion from j whole party wns to cook nnd wush for them. Tho the moment the impostures of certain presses in the) money was accordingly paid and tho girl rallied f r. U. States first reached us. It is now utterly impossf- j There was one person whom she hoped would w in, ble thnt there should have been, wc will not say a but the fates were against her choice. A little shoeconvention, but even a conference, on matters of that maker won her. port. The men now at the head of tho Government, Tho girl would not marry him, but true to her nnd those who are to follow them, whatever may bo promise, she wrote a farewell letter to her friends in their creeds or principles, their political complexion ! Connecticut, and then took passage with her cornrado

nnd tendencies, would view with indignation such an idea, which moreover bears on its face all the char acteristics of the visionary and absurd. A unrs r of a Sedloek. Some months apo the Western papers brought an account of tho attempt by a wife to poison her husband frustrated in the very

act of commission, by an impulse of repentance on 1 eludes: "It is difficult to fix uponny other location, her part. The wife, a .Mrs. Guthrie, had been cor- j than our even coast, upon the Pacific, from whence tho ruptcd by her physician, a Dr. Mitcheson, and it was Navy of Hiram could have taken gold, in abundance, at his instigation that she prepared fir her husband j and still maintain the correctness of time consumed the fatal draught. As her hu-band was about drink-J in the voyage. If then, as Dr. Adam Clarke says, ing it she struck it from his hand nnd fainted; her j " no man knows certainly, to this day, where this husband found in her dress a note from Dr. M., which jOphir was located" and if recent discoveries, provo betrayed the ' guilty secret. Dr. Mitcheson fled. A j that California is a gold country, abounding in reward of 1000 was offered f t his apprehension,! that precious metal, wo may fairly conclude in view but ho evaded pursuit until a few days since, when ho of the thrco years voyage with all the circumstances

was captured nt Grand Lake, Arkansas, and taken to . Shelby ville, Ky., where the parties resided Allowance to Mks. Shunk. Wc think there can be one who will find fault with the prompt and unanimous action of the legislature of our State, in allowing ."Mrs. Shunk the balance of a year's salary from thi time of tho resignation of the late executive. The bill was proposed, passed by both Houses, and sent to (iovernor Johnson for his signature, all in the space of one day. (iovernor Shunk's resignation occurred on the IHh of July. The bill passed by the legislature allows his widow the amount of his salary accruing from that date (o tho KJth inst., amounting to s3il,rTi7. Phil. L'dger. The printers of Indianapolis, as well as those of Cincinnati, celebrated Franklin's birth-day, the 17th init., by a convivial party. In looking over the sentiments given nt the two places, aa published in the papers, we think the Hoosier boys displayed more w it nnd sentiment than those of the Queen city. Madison Courier. Thank you, Covington what a pity your name commenced " with that fatal letter C." The Title 4 Honoiiahle." This title has been applied of late years to so many worthless characters that it has become cheap and ridiculous; and we wish that our public men to whom it belongs by courtesy, would dispense with it altogether. All expletive titles; except such as directly designate in the simplest form tho official station of an individual, are anti-republican and worse than superfluous.

The Snl-Trc:iniy. Some of the Newspapers in the cities nrr complaining of the Sub-Treasury, fr deranging nil the business of the country, by locking up three or four millions from circulation. They add that, if this hoarding continues. United States slocks will full below par, which will be a serious calamity. And they ask us to complete the mischief which will enpue, when th whole forty millions of revenue are hoarded in tho Sub-Treasury, and thus ahstractcd from circulation, a communication to which things arc rapidly tending. We understand these financial wailing and predictions at this period, fir a Presidential election is pending, and such weapons have bren wielded in more than one Presidential election. Wc had supposed that the day of such things had pas!, that troubles with the currency had become obsolete ideas, and that, all hid become enlightened enough in finance to regard gold and silver as the safest rurrrncy, and paying as you go the best policy. Put Job

tells us that ircat men are not always wise, and this reminds us of something said by Solomon about 44 bray in" in a mortar." If some more brayed in a mortar who bray in newspapers nnd legislative nans, other some," "as they say in Yorkshire, might be wiser. Put let us examine the foundation of these complaints and predictions. About four millions are now hoarded by the Federal Government. This is an enormous mihi to alnlracl from circulation, in a country whose circulating coin is about eighty millions, and whose circulating paper, tho representatives of coin, though a representative oftm sadly deficient in a constituency, is ah nit two hundred millions. Of two hundred and eighty millions, four millions are about one and a half per cent. And these four millions arc the accumulation of several weeks. Truly the business of a country must be on a solid foundation, when it can be deranged by the gradual abstraction, in the course of several weeks, cf li per cent. from the circulation! i;ut ne otijeciors win say that, these four millions, in the banks, would be a baVis for eight millions of circulation in paper. This would add only four millions to the circulation. A' 'money market," founded upon a circulation of JS0,000,000, must Income very tight by the abstraction of li per cent., and he sensibly relieved by an adlition of 1 J per oent. 1 Put they tell us that, in addition t,i this abstraction, the money market stillers another through the f ar cf the banks; for, continually liable to be called upon for coin to pay duties, they dare not discount so largely as they would if the Sub-Treasury were abolished. We admit this influence over tho banks, regard it as very salutary, and wonder a littlo at the blindness of thoso who view it differently. Put opinion and speech are free, and tficref re those who do not see beyond their noses, have full right to tell what they see to that extent. Should this restraint be removed, the banks would discount more freely, and essentially relieve the money market, especially to tiles- who must borrow and burrow and borrow for every operation of their business. Put when pay day come, the difficulty of meeting it would be just in proportion to the previous relief. When the4;mks are under no restraints, these periodical pay days come upon all at once, who becomo suitors, in a body to the banks, for money to pay the banks ; and thus all the bank4, wanting payment together, cease to be lenders and become duns. Then comes the revulsion. PuUwc have taught this long and often enough for the benefit of rational people, and those w ho are still blind must do as well as they can. The manufacturing interests, thy tell us, are very injuriously affected by the Sub-TreasUry. Perhaps 1 . A : . 1.1" t 1 4 1 i so. iiul vcrv soon aucr 11s repeal, mey wouia una 1 themselves still more injuriously afiVctcd by some cause, perhaps obscure to them, but plain enough to 'us. If the Sub-Treasury restrains the banks, prices must be low in proportion. This facilitates exporta tion and obstructs importation, and brings homo in coin, the balance on our side, if any. Is that a hid system for manufacturers which prevents foreign competition, sends us produce abroad, and brings J home coin to supply the place of paper and save the 'currencv from fluctuations? Perhaps it is. Put j without the Sub-Trecsury, paper increiscs, prices ' rise, foreign manufacturers rush in, produce cannot , find a foreign market, and coin goes abroad to pay . balances. This may bo the best system of the two. especially as it will compel me tnanuiacturing interest to ask lor the suicidal remedy of high tariffs. Put where is the mischief produced by this SubTreasury to stop! When the whole revenue of forty millions shall be locked up in the vaults of the goveminent, all business must stop. Certainly ; just aa ' when the sky falls, wc must catch fcky-rvekcts, or l possibly stars. If the annual revenue be forty milt Hons, the n.rpcnditure must be about as much; and collecting a whole year's revenue, and paying nothing I in the moan time, is what no government ever did or j can do. We predict a speedy scattering of this four j millions. Put United States stocks will soon be beiow par. Indeed! Then the government, with four ; millions in hand, r not wanted for other purioes, can j buy them advantageously, and extinguish so much of I the public debt. Kvery question has two sides. Pa. , ledger, Oct.. Raffung ron a Wovan. A young girl residing in the upper part of the city, was not long ince desperately attacked with the gold fever. The Sacramento nnd its precious sands were ever hefure her ' mil!? bul, th'r' oiiio and of unblemished repntnfirm .lir :i s nnf i rM without t !n m".M fi? i it nrrorn1 advcnturcrs.--.Y. Y. Sun. California the Land ok Ornrn. The Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch gives a column editorial to prove that California is the " land of Onhir," where tho shins of ! Hiram nnd Solomon obtained thecargoen of "old used in building Solomon's Temple. The Dispatch conof the case, that the country of California is the hnd of Ophir, so long unknown to the commentator urv. on holy writ." Tkf.mendf.ous Fall. A young nun named Edward, Greiner, was engaged w culling cedar on Uic bluff, about nine miles north of Prairie du Ciiien, whcii his foot gave way, and ho was precipitated ovtijthc preci- ' pice, falling a distance of over two hundred and fifty feet. He fell perpendicularly, touching nothing on the way, so his fall was not broken in the slightest uegrce. 111s ieu leg, irom ins Knee to his ancle, was badly broken, and that was the only injury that lie received by his fall. He nlighted in a bed of loose sand. Such a chap might take his leap from the Tarpeidn Rotk, and jump up and put his thumb to bis nose afterwards. X Chaokes and Panama. Ch in Chagres, should be pronounced as in champion ; the ag as in rag ; and the res us in tress, only shorter. Attaclvthe g to ilia first sy llabic. Chag-res. Panama should be accented on the last syllable, which is pronounced exactly like Ma when substituted for mother. Attach the n to tho first syllable. Pan is pronounced like the English word pan. Pan-h-mah. So says, and correctly, the N. Y. Sun. Labor, industry, ami virtue, gu hand in hand. Idleness aDd leisure lead to wickedness, immorality and vice. Down with all aristocracy and nobility, save tho nobility of true virtue and honest industry Toil, either of the brain or the hand, is the only truo manhood, and the only true nobility.

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