Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 79, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1849 — Page 2

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Weekly piper. 'J a year Semi-Weekly, si a year, i I'UIANAIOL,IS, Fi:ilUUAKY lO, 1849. 1 a j :h o c z i a 'r z c . o.ti a a a ' b ox s. FOR GOVERNOR. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, OF I'MUdl COUXI Y. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. JAMES II . LANE, of ni-ZAiunmx cofxty. w Democratic St:iUr Outrnl Committee. A. (?. rORTKR, DR. A. GAM, DAVID REYNOLDS. C. O. WERUE, DR. L- DUNLAT, N. HOLTON, WM. II. MORRISON, FRANCIS KINO, GEO. A. CHAPMAN, GEN. J. P. DRAKE. Marlon County Convention. A County Convention of the Democrats of Marion County will 1 heM at the Curt House in Indianapolis, on SATURDAY, the 1th nf APRIL next, at 10 o'clock, A. 31.. for the purpose of appointing delegates to represent said county in the Congressional District Convention; and also to nominate candidates for the several oiiices to be filled by the people of Marian counlu at the next Aufruft election, to-wit : a Senator, two Representatives, a Clerk r.f 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 arc respectfully requested to meet at such time as may suit their convenience and appoint delegates to represent them in the county convention as above. By order of the County Committee. tf. Congressional Conventions. The following times and places have been agreed upon in the districts named : 1st. District Thursday, April 12, at Petersburgh, jikc county. d. District Saturday, April '21, at Clnrlcstown, Clark county. 5th. District Thursday, April PJ, at Indianapolis. Centre Township Elution County. The Democrats of Centre Township, are requested to meet at the Court House on SATURDAY Ike 3M of March, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of lippointing Delegaten to represent Faid township in the county Convention to be held on April the 7th, nnd to transact any other necessary and proper business. It is hoped that there will be u general turn out. tf. Mr. J. P. Chapman, one of the crowing cocks of the State Sentinel, i favorably announced in several exchanges for Congress from the fifth Congressional district. We arc decidedly agreeable to the proposition. It takes editor to "waken thorn up to a redoubling of diligence" and tt curtailing of many mipcrtluitics in Congress. Witness the "noise and confusion" created by Homcc Greeley nt the present fusion, in exposing tlio ". 7ce7'eV' und 'oi--ckargings" of members. Greeley is nn editor and representative in Congress, and in bt!i capacities we are proud of him, although a political opponent. The country require more practical men in her Halls of Legislation men who are honest, faithful nnd fearles, who will not shrink from duty, nor fear to expose Korruption iii high places and low, wherever it is found. Chapman is one of that nrt. We hope the dem H'racy uf the fifth district will send him up to Washington a a specimen of Western crowing Ptock. Orj''".i l'''op?t's l'ri'n I. Air. J. P. Chapman, of the Snto Ser.tin 1, ia spo ken if 13 t!.e ; rVjablo candidate of the demcra)' of t!ie th oiiirn- t, fur Congress. We always rejoice' to see printers hiking up, but nre cetnl.'v sorrv t.i i pee any of tl.e craft looking down ta n seat in Conrrert. Wc supple, however, that where no one else ho is citable ou Le found, ll.ey should be excused. You'll have a right jolly race. Page, if the whig get "Old Nie" after you. fmVi'v Uevietlc, whig. About Rioiit. The democrats of the.rth Congressional District talk of nominating .Mr. J. P. Cnupman, of the iState Sontinel, m their candidate for Congress. We hope this will amount to something j more than mere talk ; that he will be nominated, and : UJ lilt: UIIUIlliIIUU3 h ft 1,1 VJ 1. III' 'I. J 11 J , IH. IIH - ed. He is an energetic, business man, the very kind we want in Congress, and would we doubt not, be a vigilant guardian of the interest of the State. Peru Sentinel. Mr. J. P. Chapman, of the Sentinel, is spoken of; by the Democracy of this District as a candidate for j Congress. We know of no other Democrat we would ! rather see elected. Shd'jyiiUe (uz Lie. i Go it CiIatman! The Democracy of the 5th Congressional District of Indiana, are about to nominate that old renowned and redoubtable crnicer J. P. Chapman, Esq., ns their candidate for Congress. We rejoice to see this, because friend Chapman is, in every respect, competent to represent the people of hin district ; and it gives evidence that the editors are rising to a higher position in society, than they once occupied. We shall rejoice to hear of Chapman's nomination, for he well merits ir. Mtysciile, Ky. Fiig. J. P. Chapman Esq., junior editor of the State Sentinel, is spoken of as a candidate for Congress in the 5th Congressional District. He would make an efficient Representative, and we hope he will receive the nomination at the approaching convention. 11 'askington Democrat, Saltin, la. fj"Thc editor of the Richmond Palladium connects the name of one of the editors of this paper with that of Hon. R. D. Owen, and calls ih 4io.'ori cus iniJds." We can assure friend Holloway that we are more of a christian than to retort such language, or otherwise to interfere with his religious opinions, which certainly appear unenviable, to say the least. Drying Newspaper. The Post Master General in hi9 recent annual report recommended the drying of newspapers, in order to lessen their weight. How delighted he would be with with the State Journal! It is dry enough in all conscience as to weight, we're mum. Ask the whigs ! Senator Hanxean. This eloquent and truehearted friend of -he South and the constitution has teen defeated, before the Legislature of Indian, nsn candidate for re-election to the Semite of the United Staus, by a Free Soil opponent. Thus, one by cr.e, our friends in Congress are being swept away, and yet the tita? has n t come fr action! When will it come -l,n;nrtt Stale B.tnntr. The time has come, and passed, 6ays the N. Y. True Sun. It came whn Lewis Cass, the champion of the constitutional right of the South and integrity of the Union, was nominated at Baltimore. Then end through the cor.M.quei t political canva, was! the time for action. How did tin.- Pulmetlu State aci! Her prominent politicians hesitated, and almost to the last moment endeavored to rrvike it doubtful how the State would go. This curs' lor-t Casa more vote at the South than would have been sufficient to elect him, Cass was defeated by the defection of the South, and Hannegan i "swept away" for defending men who would not itand bv their own friends. CrGreat excitement prevails in Allegheny city, in cons,etjuence of the discovery that rive graves have been robbed of the bodies deposited in them. One or two arrests have been made, and several of the most respectable physicians and students of Allegheny, are said to be implicated. Or-The Whig of Cincinnati are to illuminate the city when General Taylor arrives. It will be a good time to look up that $0,000 f, ,r tJ,e p(K)r ; fj3Gen. Taylor arrived at Nashville, Teun., ou the 7th. He left oh the 8th for Louisville. Markets. Flour, nt Pittlun:l-,on the 7th, &3.Gi a3.73; New York, ..37a5..r0 for western ; at Phil, adolphia, 5.2fwri.37 ; at New Orleans; 1.10 to 4.31, very tmaW lots 4.50. Provision etand at last quotation.

S'.xn'E Indianapolis : A o.?'V ,.' U'A.h :: t.uir tray ! rntri; t. U. Will, G , what do you think of our nominations this time! Won't we give the locos a tight race think? (J.-N.,! R. (I'ye-brovvs elevating.) What's the reason? Ivnbree's said to be a first tale man, the most available candidate we could ;et. (j. You necd'nt believe more than half of that! R. Whnt'd the matter with him do you know him! G. Yvs. IJ. Well, who's he like! G. Judge Thompson! U. Come, G , you'r joking. E:nbree!s not of that stripe. He has advocated popular measures in Congress and given popular votes (J. Yes, one or two since his nomination for Governor. R. No matter when. On the mileage question, for instance, he has (J. Put his foot in it. R. (Dyes hko saucers) Why, sir! what do you mean? Did'nt he make a speech in favor of reform! G. Yes for the next C uigrcss, but refused to let apply to himself! R. (petulantly) Well, well, wo nced'nt say anything about that, nnd if the locofucos d , we can deny it. (I. Deny your sister! It's all over the State now. And if it was not, it's not best to deny a tiling which can be easily proved. That stupid thing the Journal don't seem to know there is any election pending. It' as dumb as an oyter what's the mutter with it? U. It is true the Journal id not quite as talented a paper aa the National Intelligencer, but that's no reason why we idiOuM'nt g it strong for the party go it blind, man, that's the only way in politics. (j. mini! I want honesty in a candidate. And I want a candidate, who, if he should happen to be elected, could sustain himself Kmbree could'nt. Our State nffiirs are in a pretty fair way ngain, nnd there is no us? in denying that the locofocos put them co. When we were last in power we run the state in debt about fifteen million of dollar to build twenty-live mih of railroad and a few little patches of canal, (three times the estimated cost of building a railroad to California) which have since been given away for the taking. The locofucos have arranged this disastrou busincH. got the credit of the Statt up again an I the prople know it. Suppose Kmliice tiouhl bo tlerted interest on the public debt fail to be paid and thirg run down to the ruination point, as when the locollnto ramo into power in 1-13 when rould the whig pr.rty ever hope for thu iisctndency in the Stito again! Never! The fact i. the ticket is imih in ht!i end neither of our men nre equal to the emergency and the people can't be made to believe that they nre- they know better. (Thu luirkt-t-bell rings R. has hrgo purchases to make, and ollcred no reply. Nt many d.tyii alter, a few f "the committee" A.Y ' nt,l to meet at -V renter, nnd walkt d towards G.'s. Il 'pe they hud u in rry tune of it. J (; '-.Mr. 1 hillock, theliieud tu.d partner of that excellent M:i: :!..: lato Mr. David II!'' of the New Verl; Journal of Commerce, give a brief history f the tirnt establishment of that p iper. It is vveli kimwii that tie: Journal of Commerce posses.-e- nt this time, nnd hau fir many years past, nn intluence second to few other newspapers in the country. Its revenue is a princely fortune to its owners but the foundation of that fortune was hid in much iub r und patience. We irive nn extract : "The ciicurr.statjcf 1 which ttoiittt Mr. Rale anJ the wiite r into c nrifTlioit uilh eadi ullu r. as j n t editor- uiui pruj lit ton if tins j.i;ei, Jie a tittle reinai Wal'le. At I aiJ Lcf iti(iff'i cot vnTu nee uke ti e un let will allow rue to Ute tl.e l'.fkt ici9ii MHtiUr,) I tiecan.e ucjunU'il with turn in Horton in b3. lie wa then in rrupeious Iumiicm a a merchant; I wai a tiaret, com;3fi'iVfly veiy jouni, witlu-ut p cuniaiy i fsuiucrs, yet nolveJ if few humtreit !vjl'aiM cjuUI It loai.cJ nn, to cstaMhh a vv r tkl y piper there fur wliich there appeared an opining. Sc4icely tuil I made known my object, plan and want, when the m-mey uaj handed me by Dnid Hale, wh' ha1 collected it fiom a few fi ieri'ts, Iii T"!f incluJeJ, with the condition that I should ' letuin it when convenient." In a httle more thau a ytar I dil iittnn it, u i h Ltctcsl. Uff.Me IS27, a ch mc hsd e.me ovei u both. Mr. Hale tuJ ieldid to the ototm tf I hsd letnuved to New Yjik. ai d had become editor an! hilf ropi ietor of the New Voik Oh-erver. When Arthur Tappn, then a princtj in liberality, and row moie ths'i a piince in benevolent apira-ti'-ns, th nifjii hi means aic less, dttenninej tu establish the Journal of ('oMimeice, I lost no time in recommending Mr. Hale for the commercial or Luii!-ss department, and had the sitUfaetijii tj te ihe recommendation rained into cflVct. At the veiy commencement ef the piper, Sep. 1, 1S27, Mr. Hale cra-i on hwd, and entered up m his du'iei. Du t neither he nor I forsaw the ditZkultie he would have to conten 1 With, i.or the embaira.rnents of vaiiuus kinds, which would imj cde the success of the euterpn-e. Mr. Tappjn himself became dicouiaed,- nut much on account of the money he had expended, (though the amount wai laie,) as because it seemed imposiible, with any amount i f money, to make the paper what it ouht to be. In this state of thing Mr. Lewis Tappan called at my otSce one day, and told ne that hin brother had determined to disomi inue the paper next week, ut.le it could be pbeed on a dilfercnt footing. Thi was near ttie cloe cf IS2S, the paper luviü bt-eu in existence ubout ixteeu month. He at the same time presented me cciUio picpo-iti'jui which contemplated the conditional puichase of the establishment by Mr. Hale and myelf j.iiiitly, and then retired, sayii. "t)'0- 'on. ir, I thiow the iep.nsitiliy of deciding whether the Journal of Commeice shall be (!i-conlinued, 01 iivt or to that elfte t. The appeal was a strong one, especially to me, who had taken much interest in the .ucce-s of the entetpiise, though I had :;ot entertained the remotest tdei of being petsonally connected wilh it ; and although pleasatrly Mtuated wheie I was, I decided on tcflection, to accept the overtuie. and the C'inequencc ha bten, twenty years of unceasing toil, both to Mr. Hale and myself, and the establishment of the paper on a Lasis of permanent usefulness.' "Political Beacon. m -This is the title of a new Democratic paper, published by our old friend, C. V. Hütchen, Esq., and takes the place of the late "Argus," aUo published by him. Judging from the editorials, Mr. H. has been lltssrd, as moit editors usually nre, with Jritnds and patrons, of a certain description, well known to the fraternity. He now stands on "his own hook," democratic nnd independent. The widest step of all is, his determination to adhere to the cash t-ystetn.",' ,Ti.e Ueucoti is a large, well gut upfchect; and we wish its industrious proprietor complete success. State PnixTi.Nii in Iowa. The Legislature of the Stute of Iowa, say-, the Boston Time., now in session, hi vp passed a law creating the office of State printer, the incumbent eb-cted hy a joint vole of both Houses. He h allowed, by law, the folbnving prices: Tor

book and pamphlet work, 75 cents per thousand ems, and double prices for rule and figure work; 75 cents per token for a form of eight pages. For printing blanks, for the first quire, and 90 cents for each additional quire. These prices are nearly double those allowed in this State. ----- ----->A Yankee down east has invented a specific for the use of gold hunters. The operator is to grease himself well, lay down on the top of a hill, and then roll to the bottom. The gold, and "nothing else," will stick to him. Price $94 per box. ----- ----->NEW YORK SENATOR.—Ex-Gov. William H. Seward has been elected a Senator of the United States for six years from the 4th of March next. He succeeds Hon. John A. Dix. ----- ----->A gymnasium has been established at Boston for the ladies. A good thing.---------->A company of adventurers have started for California from Evansville, Ind., among whom are the sheriff, auditor, and coroner of the county. ----- ----->Hooe's large machine shop, Gold st., N. Y., was burned on the night of the 6th inst. Loss heavy.

California--The Other Side. I IMauft Ko;iN--o. 3. Emi ncA iioN to Calikokn:.. The New York Her- I have written two short articles for the Sentinel, nld publisher a lit of the vessels which have left thoTirst to t-how the mode of constructing plank roads,

dillereut cities in the duted States for California, which includes ninety-nine vessels nnd 5,710 passen tiers. One hundred and fiftv vessels more are ndvertised to go, which, it is olimated, will take eight thousand more pern n.. According to the last account- from dlif.irmn t!,.. ircbl lrwrs l.ml iiif.renri. - edtoH.x thousand persons, which, with those from the United States nlon would swell the number to nearly twenty thousand. A correspondent of thc New York Courier writes from Hatto City, Mo., that from the best sources of information he can oa' er. that next summer there will be an emigration '.nm that State alone or l'0,C00 persons, which will go near to depopulate the State. As all the islands and port on the Pacific are adding to the number, it is plain that California will not lack for hands to gather the precious metal, no matter bow abundant it be. Twenty thousand persons, each gathering only five dollars worth of gold daily, will yield AlO'V'OO, or thirty millions in n single year, allowing three hundred working days in the year. It is easy to estimated what 40,000 persons will produce, some of them gathering their ten ounces or one hundred and ti.xty dollars worth a day, and working only 100 days in the year, deducting the rainy season, nnd the time when the ground is covered with snow. The figure will probably set some individuals to thinking. The Fame correspondent of the Courier, lo which we allude, lets down this enthusiastic coloring a little by giving the following account: A man, now in Weston, in this county, who came in from California in sixty day1, and arrived in the middle of December, gives nu account of operations of the eold region which bear less semblance of exaggeration than the newspaper accounts generally. He collected $1000 worth of gold, and while he admits that in several cases individuals were very fortunate, in a great many others the miners merely got nn equivalent for their daily labor, and, as in all other eold diir,riiirs, in a number of cases they work for r r o r days in succession without finding as much ns will defray their expenses." Tin: Sickntss a mono tmk Cai.uoknia Emkkavi s. A gentleman of New York, writitig to Ins friends from Cruccs, on the route to Panama, speaks as follows of the cllcct produced by the sickness among the emigrants: Four of the Falcon's passengers have died of the real Asiatic cholera; also, two of the unlive. Purser Kllio.l is dead. A lar;e number of passengers, per Falcon, Benson and Crescent City, were congregated here yelerduy, nml the greater portion were panic stricken. Many abandoned every thing and started oil' on foot for Panama. Friends parted company, nnd each m m looked out for himself. O.ie ot the Falcon's passengers, now lying ib'ad in the village, in neglected, ml none of his party Will attend to the burial of his body. Selfishness and fenr predominate, Nim, nays i.ait.i; t i;om Chamh s. The steamer ('roont (.'ih arrived at New York city from Cha-j gr", on the VTth tilt, but brings no a lt ices at all J) mt California, sa)s the New York Herald. It is hinted that the California Emigrants Miller much ou the route from Chagrcs to Panama, nnd nt b th of tho-e places In fore they get to tl.e gold region. The news from Panama i- to the Hth tilt., when the utenmcr ( 'uüjoi nia, from New York, had not arrived there. There were UÖ0 to iUKI persons waiting at Pananm tor a passage, and on the 1Mb tilt., it is aid not over OH) persons were on the Isthmus. The ll ra'i! correspondent closes his letter from Panama, January 17th thus: One word to our friend in the United States who are feverish to goto California. Slay nt home. I.M. If you go- there take any route but this. ttl. If you insist on crossing the Uihmu, bring but one trunk, weighing not more than 10 lbs. You should also bring tea nnd sugar, hard bread, und ham enough to lat you from Chagrcs to Panama; brandy, to be used in moderation, do. Ith. Ten ent pieces as many ns you can get transportation for eight of them make a dollar. A'Dif.u. The Steamer made the run to Chagrea in niny and a half days. At Cntc.es, between Chagrcs and Panama, Fevcral deaths of cholera morbus some call it cholera have occurred among the emigrants. The disease was of great violence ami terminated in a few hours. The lit raid correspondent als) says, that no urgency short of life and death should brinj a man on this route; for a female it is utterly out of the question. It has taken most of the passengers eight days to get from Ciiigrc to this city, and many of those by )he John Benson and the Falcon are still on the road. The canoes from Cingres to Cruces cost Ä'JO fjr each person, and $12 for a mule bringing a single trunk from the latter place have been paid by many. In fact, there are not half mules cnojgh in the whole Isthmus to supply the demand. Slavery in Kentucky. The Maysville Ealc publishes the following project ns that which meets the views of most of those in Kentucky win desire the emancipation of their slaves : First. All slaves now in existence, or born in Kentucky before the first of January, 1:5-30, retnain slaves for life. Second. Let nil male slaves born after January, lGO, be free at twenty-five, and all females born after the same period, be free at twenty-one provided, that upon reaching that age, they shall be hired out, for two years, or longer if necessary, until a fund shall be accumulated sufficient to Iransport them to Liberia, and give them a stiirt in that colony. Thin!. No slave thus emancipated shall remain in Alu,UU) us

(ttrThe Finance committee of the U. S. Senate'11- One, in Maine, lately treated himself to a new

have settled upon the terms of a bill authorizing the i , ,..) , T i! iC eagles, (sJO in value,) and I a half cent pieces, amf pennies coinage of gold doub! also of silver two and compoouucuoi iHT.nuopr, msicau i our pre8. Tit clumsy and uncouth cent pieces. The bilk will 1 1 C :l i i r also contain provisions for the appointment of a U. S. Assayer nt Sun Francisco, authorized to run gold of a' certain fineness into bars of S100, $,00, or $000 in value, to be stamped with nn official mark, for convenience in trade or transfer home. No mint, it is said, could possibly work up into coin the ore produced there, and for the purpose of exportation, gold in bars is even preferable to coin. fC7-The authorities of the city of Brooklyn, N. Y.. and the fire companies, nre at loggerheads about the appointment of a Chief Engineer, both claiming the right to elect that officer. The companies have sent in their resignations, which are not accepted. If a fire should occur during this state of afiairs the'eonsequenceo would be rather expensive. CcT"Mr. Benton of ?Iissouri reported to the Senate on the 7lh inst., a bill to construct a National road from St. Louis to the bay of San Francisco. Illinois He it Dkut and Resouiicf.s. Governor French in his message, states the total amount of the State debt at $10.GPJ,79ö Ü7, of which $3,0(1 UW-j 00 i,s the canal debt. To p.ij this, besides the ordinary revenue from taxation, the State has 1 '15,000 acres of land, valued t $S70,0:iO; also the tolls receivable upon the Illinois and Michigan Canal, which amounted last year, being firt season, to ÄSS.00O anil which must increase greatly each successive vear; and alo canal lands, lots, fcc., from which will be realized not less than $11,500,000. We learn from the Washington Union, that the mint at Philadelphia has coined some of the gold re ceived from California into quarter eagles, with "Cal." inscribed over tho head of tha eagle.

fnd second, as to their co:t. By them it appeared j jthat the only timber required, except for bridge, is jtvvo stringers or sleepers lour iriel.es square, to run ,

JenjMhwise of the road, and plank eight feet long and three inches thick, to be laid across eo a to form n continuous bed, nnd the cost is stated to he from : $1,01)0 to Ä-l'OJ a mile, according to the plan ot j : making the road and other circumstances. In this COUI,try il climated that a good road may be made ;at l'r"ili .OOO to $2.000 a mile. There may be a ! luad tif al 1 a Uvu na transported on them, by two horses, in a wagon, at the rate of from four to seven miles nn hour. It is now generally the case, that at the season of the year when the furmcr has most leisure, he can do the least in transporting his wood, bay, und other heavy articles to market. In fact a very strong team can only haul from a fourth to half a load when the roads are bad, and the rate of travelling must be very slow, so that when some articles of marketing arc in much demand, in town or at a railroad depot, it is not possible to transport them even a short distance by the common roads. I have understood that wood has been sold in town this winter at from three to four dollars a cord, when it is usually sold in the fall at from one dollar to one dollar und fifty cents per cord. It will no doubt generally bring from $1 00 to jJ'J 00 a cord in winter hereafter, and the farmer therefore, who lives near a plank road might secure constant employment nnd good wages in the most desirable season of the year. If it should add only '-20 cents a cord to the price f his wood, this would odd from $10 to $!0 an acre to the value of a great deal of wood land, nnd the saving would not be Sos to the citizens of town, who could then purchase wood at all times ut reasonable prices. I venture to say that the saving in wood alone to the farmers and citizens of town would pay for the construction of a plank road annually at least six miles in two directions from it. Iusteud, then, of spending the whole day in going to town with 11 single load, the rate of travel in going might be four miles an hour, nnd in returning six miles. The advantage would be scarcely less in having an easy access to market, whenever other articles on hand should be the most wanted. If Indianapolis is to become such a city as from the improvements und facilities contemplated here, and the rich country around it promise, the benefits of plank roads will every year become more important. Business of nil descriptions, travellers, movers, cvc. will find them must useful nnd desirable thoroughfares, und what has been already done here is but little to what may bo herealler. 1 see by the Eastern papers that although there is already a railroad from Schenectady to Saratoga, they nre conti tiding a plank road also to facilitate builiens und intercourse, if with such opposition plank ro.'idseau be sustained in New York, much more can they bo here, where for a part of the year there certainly enii be no competition. When we look nt our streets when the roads nro good, ami oflcii see not less than a thoiis wid wagons either stationery or travelling them, and when at other times we can see but a few wagons and teams, and then scarcely moving through the mud, it would seem i desirable to h ue a change if any can bo had. Plank j roads are not, at this day, an experiment. They ! have been long used in Kussia, and in Canada they have been tried for many years with success, ami now they have been brought into use in New York, und for near threo years have been much approved. M. Items. Time inn' retrieve everything but nothing can retrieve time. Truth overcomes f-tlsehood, and suspicion cannot live before perfect frankness. (ioethe says: ! see no fault committed that I have not committed myself." Hid the gentleman ever committed suicide! If a ship is of the feminine g nder, why are not fighting vessels called womtn-oj-tcar instead of men of war ! Answer that, will you ! If two omnibusses are running, never hail the first, unless you have a particular fancy to be run over by the second. The Romans would not administer an oath, or receive as a witness any person but one who was married. "Jack," said one sailor to another, ' I don't want to hurt hurt your feelings; but shiver me if I don't j believe you have stolen my watch.9 The colored population of Philadelphia is given by a late census, taken by the Society Friends, at lO.b'JO males and 0,140 females. United States Bank shares are now sold in Philadelphia at $3, which formerly sold readily at $PJ0 both at home und abroad. The editor of the Steuben N. Y. Courier publishes marriage noticed under the head of Joint Resolutions." The prices realized for real est'ito in the upper part of New York, lately, exceeds those of the speculative era of '3o and ii7. Eliphalet Case, formerly of the Cincinnati Enquirer, is owner of a wuod-yard near Patriot, Ind., the largest in the west. fiov. Drew of Arkansas, has vetoed a bill for the distribution of the proceeds arising from the sale of the donated 500,000 acres among the counties. The Springfield Republican says that there was once a man in that town who was so polite as to say, as he passed a lien on her nest, "Don't rise, ma'am." ; Editors down east must have a pretty hard time of lKlir of ' "d -Wl his paper for two weeks to einov the luxury. . T1' w 81 : "T.,IC hasln? J ,ak" pruflab!(1. QilC ehip which COt $,000 complete, j nxA a freight worth $10,000, and all paid in advance. Pathetic. A short time since a man was heard lamenting the death of two of his sons. "Two stout, hearty boys," said he, "and died just afore hayin it enymost ondid me !" The Boston Times, exulting in the fine quality of ice gathered in l-resii 1'ond, siys, "the ice is in prime condition, (hick as the head of a faratic, and cold as charity." What a comparison ! An Irishman received a challenge to fight a duel. but declined. On being asked the reason 'Och, I Fau 1at WU('ld you have me leave his mother an orphan V Mrs. Loudon affirms that a small quantity of nitrate of soda put into the water every time it is changed, will preserve cut flowers in all their beauty for above a fortnight. A Paris caricature represents Louis Philippe receiving a kick from Lamartine, who is receiving one from Cavaignac, who is in turn kicked by Louis Napoleon ; and then comes a scroll, "To be continued." In London the elilt breakfast at noon, dine nt eight o'clock in the evening, nnd sup at two in the morning, nnd our "upper classes" are fast acquiring similar bad habits. Judge Eldred has decided that listening at a key hole, though highly improper and even a violation of law in n man, is perfectly justifiable in a woman owing to the natural curiosity of tho sex. A Contrast. A lit may stagger through a brief existence, as a blackguard edges Iiis way, by dint of bullying, through a crowd; but the truth, however abused for a time, will triumph and live forever. David Paul Brown, Esq., of Philadelphia, returned from England in the last steamer, after an abscence of just fifty days, having travelled nearly ten thousand I miles, at the average of two hundred miles per day.

TCtc Hour hern Addresses. We have read, with n little care and interest, the Addressee; from both wings of the Southern Caucus, as published it; the Washington L'u'oi, received y est er I ay. One r.f these pipers is the work of Mr. Calkoun the other of Mr. Bkkkikn. In committee of the

caucus tie? hitter was adopted; but the caucus itself, j ot now generally known, that dutiug all the time of by a Mnail majority, ovi n tiled the committee and j his service in the revolutionary war, Washington refixed upon Mr. C.w.moun's. There is 110 difference ccivcd 0 comrvni.-nion f,r h services. Ileledtho whatever between them us lo the doctrines asserted rr e , r , . nnA I ,-,,1 ... . rM .1 i!p IinM'I a plum, frugal nnd honest soldier. He lnnnd hut little as to the conclusions reached. Air. . ' Uekkien's addresses the people of the Union, and j dulScJ 1,1 " excesses, created no unnecessary cxnims ut conciliation, cwma-oniisc, f irbearance, und I peusc, and kqt a strict nnd daily account of every the buttering of Southern p.irsnip by soft words. Älr. 1 item of bis expense, which was promptly allowed Calhoun's, on the other hand, is addressed to thefa:(1 ,aij bv the United States. Probably the course South nlone and is couched in stern cud somewhat ! d , b -,iin r keeping nn account t be paid by threatening language. I ' " 3 lloth make a special nnd specious array of what t,lC Covomment, would be more liable to be abused are termed the grievances f the South. Arnorv.' ' bv our public men, at thii time of extravagance and

these ure enumerated the opposition to the Admission j of Missouri as a slave State, which resulted in the compromise line ot o'j deg. .IU mm , which, it is said, : 1 was forced upon the South by Northern voles ; the i holding of abolition meetings, and publishing of abolition papers in the North und V est ; the agitation of the subject of abolition, without restraint by the Siate governments; the assisting of slaves to escape ; the alleged non-enforcoment of the provision in the Constitution of the Union for their reclamation; the various propositions and votes at the present session of Congres, upon the exclusion of slavery in the new Territories; tho suppression of the slave traffic und of slavery in the District of Columbia ; Mr. (JiDPtMjs's bill to take a vote of the inhabitants, (slaves included,) of thut District, upon its suppression, dec, Arc. In bih of them the exclusion of slavery from the new Territories, is spoken of as tho exclusion of the people of the Southern States from an equal participation in tho results of their blood and treasure in common with those of the free States. The untenable sophism is continually set up that Southern men arc inseparable from slavery, nod cannot go and settle where that institution does not exist. And it is all along asserted that the slave Slates aro condemned to inferiority and wrong, if slavery be prohibited in the free Territories of the West. An army is even made a most inaccurate one, too, of the number of volunteer troops engaged in the war with Mexico, furnished by the respective sections of the Union, and showing the greater number from the South. This is urged to strengthen the nrgument that slavery ought not to be excluded from New Mexico und California, upon the assumption that Southern men will thereby be excluded. Neither of these addresses make any discrimination ns to the views of the people of nonslavcholding States, in respect to the institution of slavery und the rights of Southern States. We are nil confounded together, and held up in the light of tho people united in intentional wrongdoing to the South. Even the proposition of Mr. (iiulii.v.m, that negroes, bond and f ree, in the District of Columbia, should vote uoon the question of abolishing slavery therein, is regarded us the sentiment t the whole free States. No dis claimer id' intention to interfere with the riyhti and sovereignty of Southern States no evidence of respect for the peculiar institution where it exists beyond the control and the responsibility of the gen eral tioverumenl, i tr o moment regarded. A htiti'l a moht mischievous nnd unjust impression is sought to be fixed upon the Smith that the non-slave-hohling portion, without distinction or reserve, are unitedly ami fatally bent upm trampling down their State sovereignties und institutions. Air. C.m.houn even carries ins mind forward to the period when tho free negro population. Composed of multitudes who shall ha vo been seduced uway from their masters and protected among us against reclamation, may be admitted t tho right of voting; and when colored voters, uniting with M profligate whitej," shall bear down the South, by means of arbitrary power in the general Uoverument. Mr. Bi'iikikn's manifesto closes with an earnest nppeal to the people of the free States to forbear the WÜmot Proviso, to compromise it somehow; to compromise also the question of Slavery and the slave traffic as t the District of Columbia. The Proviso it assumes is not a practical question. slavery cannot, in tho nature of things, bo established in either of the new teiritories. As to the free States, it is but an empty abstraction, involving no advnntuge; as to the South it is declared to be fraught with obloquy and insult. ."Mr. Calhoun enjoins the people of the South to be united, to devise themselves the best means if resisting the aggressions complained of; but suggested that the fact of unity and a determined purpose to resist may stay the progress of aggression. Many considerations press themselves upn us, in reference to these manifestoes; but we have not time

or space now to pursue tho subject. We have aimed ; lived there. Siie aid she wanted to see him very parto give our readers a fair idea of tho character of j ticularly, nnd asked if she could remain there until each of the papers, and here, for the present, we must j she could set; him. I told her t come in, and asked pause. Cincinnati Fwpuircr. her business. She immediately commenced walking

T!i! Fruit of 1'crscvcrniicc. Some twenty years ogo, when what is now called the Indiana University opened its first session, a boy of some fifteen years of age presented himself before the faculty, expressing a strong desire to be connected with the college ns one of its students. He was dressed in the plainest homespun, somewhat the worse, for wear, indicating that toil nnd poverty had been j bis heritage. His embarrassed and diffident manner j might have made against him, had it not been for the i bright, keen, piercing and Hashing eye which spoke cf a strong will, ardent impulses nnd lofty aspira - tions. The cxpeuses of a collegiate life, even inj those primitive days, were far beyond the boy's hum-! b!e means; but having, lurough the kind interest which the faculty were induced to take in his welfare ob'uined some humble post connected with the college, he was enabled, though under many disadvantages, to prosecute his studies. After some years of patient devotion to his boiks, he terminated !ms collegiate course, and left the institution, bearing with him the best wishes of troops of friends. Replenishing his exhausted purse, by the only mode then open to him tho labor of his hands ho obtained access to the library of a distinguished lawyer, and applied himself to the study of Cjke and Rlackstone. His examination for admission to the bar in those times somewhat mure strict than at present was passed with credit; and ''julliug out his shingle," in one of the small villages on the Wabash, lie commenced the practice of his profession. His industrious habits, prompt attention to the interests of his clients, profound knowledge of the law, and great inlluence with courts und juries, soon brought him a large and lucrative professional business. Securing in an eminent degree the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens, they insisted upon sending him to the legislature of the State; and for several years', both as Representative and Senator, he discharged the duties devolved upon him to tho entire satisfaction "f his constituents, and with ability that priced him, at once, in the foremost rank of Indiana's ablest sons. In lSUi, he was brought forward as a candidate for Cnngres, in a district opposed lo him politically by some fifteen hundred majority. Party excitement was at that time unusually aroused, ond success seemed impossible; but his strong personal popularity, aided by a most thorough canvass, enabled him to achieve it. The once humble boy thus placed himself in the halls of the national council. It is scarcely necessary to say, that while there fie occupied no unknown place, and played no inferior part. Though defeated in subsequent contests, tho diminished majorities against him gave abundant proofs of the strong hold he had upon the popular mind. His political friends, desirous to avail themselves of this popularity, earned as it had been in the most honorable way, have recently presented him as their candidate for the highest office in the gift of the people of Indiana. Such is now the position of JOSEPH A. WRIGHT of Parke county. If talents, integrity, moral worth and uniform devotion to political principle, in sunshine and in storm, are properly appreciated in that State, wo cannot doubt, that the ensuing election will result in his triumphant success. Mississippian, Jan. Ho. Suit of tiik Rank of Kentucky Gained. We learn that the Directors of the Rank of Kentucky received a telegraphic despatch yesterday, informing them that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania had decided in their favor in the suit of the Rank of Ken-; tuckv vs. the Schnvlkill Rink. This suit was brought) by the Rank ot Kentucky, tor the recovery of the value of stock fraudulently issued by the Cashier of the Schuylkill Rank some years since, while that Rank was transfer agent of the Rank of Kentucky. The Rank of Kentucky, by this decision ot the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, gains ecveral hundred thousand dollars. Louisville Courier.

Washington' IiaiiK-i'"l Address. Mes::s. Cmatmans Spann : Will you please to publish for the consideration of politicians and voters, the following extract from Washington's address upon the occasion of his inauguration as the first President of the United States. It is a fact, peritop

excessive indulgence, than the reception cf a fixed !cntr . u,,t ti. cri;r;t r nitrintlsm and honest rron : . , , ,, c . niiii 11 ,ir . it f trl v. nc'iinTim. will fiirecer rem? " " 4"v . remain a most illustrious example I ) our public men. The extract is ns follows : "To the preredin observations I have only to add, which will be most properly addressed to the House of Representatives. It concerns mvself und will. therefore, be as brief as possible. Whf n I was first honorod with a call into the service of my country, then on the eve of an arduous struggle for its liber ties, the light in which I contemplated my duty, required that I should renounce every pecuniary com pensation, rrom this resolution I have m no instance departed, nnd being still under the impressions which produced it, must decline as inapplicable to myself i ? .i i i . any Fnare in me personal emoluments wiocn may ie indispensably included in n permanent provision lor the executive department ; and must accordingly pray that the pecuniary estimates for the stntion in which I am placed, may, during mv continuance in it, bo limited to such actual expenditures us the public good may be thought to rt quire." It is the lifjht in which public men contemplate their duty, that generally leads them to determine the amount of compensation they ought to receive. 11. Hor.p.inLK MunPF.n. One of the most horrible murders that it has become our duty to record for a long time, was committed yesterday afternoon about five o'clock. A woman, inullled in a clak, entered the boarding-house of Mis. Wolf, on Fifth street, north side, between Plum nnd Western Row. and inquired if Capt. John Howard lived there. She vvn nnswered by the servant in the atlirmative. "Is Mrs. Howard in !" said she. "I will go up stnirs nnd see," said the girl. She accordingly went up nnd told Mr. Hownrd that a lady was down stairs who wanted t see bei, und then came down and went into Ihe kitchen. Mrs. Howard cninc down into the dining roiu where tho woman was waiting, nnd in a moment after she rubed into the kitchen with both bands boh! of her neck, exclaiming : "Oh, Mrs. Wolf," and fell dead. She had been stabbed in the neck in a most shocking manner with n knife, nnd was blading profusely. The woman who committed the bloody deed instantly fl d, but suspicion immediately alighted upon a former wife of Capt. Howard, who bad been divorced. Thi woman was met a short time after the act wai perpetrated, by a member of the council of the second ward, on Fourth stree. (wo believe,) who had been engaged in her divorce cae; exhibiting a large knifo to him then reeking with blood, she said, fierce with rage nnd passion, wrought up by je lousy : "Seehere, do you suppose I can make that much out of Captain Howard !" .She then madly rushed along. The oilicers were in pursuit of her when our paper went to press. Mrs. Howard was a native of (lilnanton, Nw Hampshire, and is said to have been n very amiable woman of about twenty-five years of nge. ilreat excitement prevailed in the vicinity of the murder. Cincinnati Fnquirer. The murderess was arrested late in tl.e evening cf the sumo day and sent to prison. An examination wis had before tho .Mayor on Tuesday the Gth, nnd Mrs. Howard whs remanded to jail to await their trial at the next term of the criminal court, fur murder in the first d'grer. Tho testimony of one of the witnesses on the examination, which we give bobjw, throws liht on the woman's motives in committing the horrid deed: Mr. Jo'K Ilalse,on of Marshal Hülse, was at his father's house on Friday night, when nbout 0 o'clock .a lady came t the door and inquired if the Marshal about the room, appearing much excited. She asked me if I was the Marshal's son. I replied in the afUrinative. She then commenced a conversat on which lasted half an hour. She asked me where father was. I told her a murder had In-eu committed down town, and Mr. Sutcr, the wntchinan, had come fir him, and ! he went to see about the affair. She then nsked me if I knew her. I told her I bad seen her. but did not know her name. She continued to walk about the room, muttering "my God." "my (Jod," and at one time muttering something about a prisoner I said "I don't understand you." She replied, facing me, "I ani the person your father is looking for. I have come to give myself up to him, ns I am acquainted with him; and if I had not been, I would have given myself up to Ala vor Spencer in the morning. I invited her forward to the fire, she took a seat, I asked her how the murder wcurred, she replied "I moved from Lodge street a few days ng , Capt. Howard told the people I was a woman of bad character; the woman who kept house told me the next day what Howard had said, I felt insulted and would not stay. 1 moved to Cutter street. Two or three days after I had been down there, I met a girl on the stairs who said "Are you Howard's wife or do you only pretend to be! Arc you the woman I saw mentioned in the paper the other day us having a fuss about some children!" When the children were metioned it set my brain on fire. I worked bard oil next day making shirts and at night dressed myself to go out. I could neither eat or sleep till I knew what .had become of my children. I went down to the place where Capt. H. boarded. They told me that Capt. II. was not in. I then asked for his lady, and said I wished to see her. She came down stairs. I said "Are you Mrs. Howard!" She said "Yes." I nnswered, "You dare to call yourself Mr?. Howard I nm Mrs. Howard." With that she (deceased) reached forward to grasp me. You know the rest." Mr. Hülse stated that during this confession defendant appeared much excited. In a few moments she began to tali; again and said, Captain Howard had said he would fetch her lower than the dußt and he had done so, and that if be had a pp.uk of feeling left belonging to a man he would know what lie had driven her to do. No one knew what she had suffered. She had livtd fifty years in four. He had driven her from house to house, he had tortured and dogged her, and told people that she was n woman cf bad character, and such people would insult her. She had sutfered so much her mind was gone. At times when her children were mentioned she did not know what she was doing. Mr. Hülse stated from what he learned of her, that the murder had been Jed on by Capt. Howard and the deceased having visited her children a few days before. That, together with what Ihe eirl had said M her, set her brain on fire, she said that for four years she had lived with him and tried to be a good, honest wife that aft er her second child was bom he came home one day and beat her in her bed until she was black and blue. She sent for Judge Wiseman; ha asked her for some deeds conveying property to her, she would not give them up. When Howard camo borne he burned them up. She lived on in hopes ho would treat her better, if not for her sake, for tha sake of the children. A year ago she sent Marshal Hülse to Howard to see if he would not do something for her. Howard cried and told how he had loved her, but when money was asked for he ßhowed the cloven foot by saying she might starve. When the conversation had proceeded thus far father carne home and I said nothing more to her. While we were talking she walked up and down the room, sometime sitting down for a moment. On cross examination, Mr. Hülse said defendant had told him that Howard had thrown her into all sorts of society. When they first came here he introduced her to blackguards and women of ill-fame.