Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 80, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1849 — Page 2

3nMattci 5tatc Sentinel. KT CR! A L VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OT LIBERTY. Weekly pnxT, S"J a vnr N mi-Wceklv, a year. IXIANAIMr,IS, l'l'.IIUtTAUY 1J, 18J!. muiouit a tic x o.uzx awioss. FOR GOVERNOR, JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, OF PAUKE COVXVY. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. JAMES H. LANE, OF DE ARBO RS COVSTV.

Democratic Slate A. G. rOUTF.R, DAVID REYNOLDS. DR. L- DUN LAP. WM. H. MORRISON, GEO. A. CHAPMAN, Central Committee, i DR. A. GALL, C. Ct. W KU BE, N. HOLTON, FRANCIS KINO. CE.V. J. P. DRAKE. Ularioti County Convention. A County Convention of tho Democrats of Marion County will be held at the 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 ol7es to be filled by the people of Marion county nt the next August election, to-wit : a Senator, two Representatives, a Clerk of the Circuit Court, two Associate Judges, and a County Commis sioner for the 3d District. This District i3 composed of Pike, Wayne, Decatur and lorry townships. The Democrats of the several townships of the county are respectfully requested to meet at such time n may suit their convenience and appoint delegates to represent them in the county convention as above By order of the County Committee. tf. Congressional Convention. The following times and place have been ngreed upon in the districts named : 1st. District Thursday, April 12, at Petersburg!!, .Tike county. 2J. District Saturday, April 21, at Charlestown, Clark county. 5th. District Thursday, April 12, nt Indianapolis. Centre TownshipMarion County. The Democrats of Centre Township, are requested ti meet at the Court House on SATURDAY the 31s ff March, at K o'clock, A. M. forth? purpose of appointing Delegates to represent said township in the rounty Convention to be held on April the 7th, and to transact any other necessary and proper business. It i hoped that there will be n general turn out. tf. J. P. Clf AFMAN, Junior Editor of the Indiana State Sentinel, is favorably fpoken of by the Democracy of his district, as their candidate for Congress at the npproaching election. Chapman is an industrious, iterpri3ing man, and would make as good a Reprrsentative as the Democracy of that District can find. We hope, if the District is to be represented by u Democrat, that Chapman may he the man. Fort Wayne Times, ic'iig. We sec that J. P. Chapman, one of trie Editor of lue State Sentinel, is named as a candidate for ConCres, in place of the Hon. V. V. Wick. The Democracy of the district cannot well e!cet a hotter candidate. He will, at lca?t, make a working memI ;r, and is vastly superior to the other candidates named. ltrrys i iile IZagle. J. P. Chapman, of the State Sentinel, is highly spoken of, an the. Democratic candidate for Congress, in the Indianapolis district. Ho will make a good Congressman. If the people would send a few more pi inters to Congress, tlry world hive less of the public money iw.des-dy squandered. The editors of the State, both whigs and democrats, speak in high terms of Chapman. We hope the democracy of his district will nominate him and then elect him. Mr. Wick has bren in Congress long enough. Apply the jacksoman rule to him, and eud Chapman to Congress. American Eagle, Panii, Ind. Printers fur Coy chessmen. We sec by üinc of our fxchmes that Piiuter an J Etitots ate tirinnimr t te I ke J upun the same as other paitizwi leader. Tlivre aie !j. w ! me fire vx six ia Cotigif , and ni many more thiunjicut the country in nomination f t set in tint bo.ly. This is as it houl l te. We do iiot ee aiy itrioa why I'lintei i d Editors should not le etiti i lo the liorni of their pnty. as well a other men of the paitr. Were it n t for the f.Tmer, the o'hers couM not win. e Pies ha the power either to make cr ui mike a min in Iiis political cateer ; yet it conductor frequently get " moie kick than coppers." We h'jye the Craft will unite u; uo s me plan whriety their l')ois will be better lewaidcd, anl their poitiu a little m ie respeclett. These reflection were ucte! by seeing J. P. Chapman, the Junior Kdiior of the State Sentinel, spoken of as the Democratic cu. dilate for Convicts in the Fifth Iis: icl. All liht ! With Bright Democracy in the Senate Chamber an J a Page of Democratic History in the Home cf Ker reentatires, the rights of Indiana will te fiimlr and feaileflr vindicated. 6a now, "Chap," juU shoulder that trutty weapon of yours, march into the Capitol, and give the nation a specimen nf llonsier eoon-$kinning. Nor doo't forget, Faze, to scrape that moss olT Old ZarJt'i back. The Burnt Di'tticl will furni'h a good Lemociatic baud to help hang all the varmints. Go it, Paje ; and while friend Jrnk hol.! your rooster, wMl put on the gifßes. Facette Ca. Democrat. QrThe Junior Editor nf the Indiana Slate Sentinel is firm ably spoken of by the Locofocos of the Indianapolis Disti iet for Congress. Chapman is an ultra Ltcof.c, riothir g hortner, but he posse some excellent rpnhhei, aMile frm his Locofocoism, and if a mm cf his chMl of politic i lo represent that district, we know of none more eminently qualified than Jacob P. Chapman. But we hope a good whig may be soared up in that disdict, who will sive Mr. Chapman or an)' other Locofoco Ihe fatigue of a long journey to Washington city on the brst of December next. Winchester Patriot, u-Mg. DOrJ. P. Chapman ii spoken of ai Ihe drmocralie candidate for Congress from the Indianapolis dittnet. He is an Industrious, persevering, practical mm, and if we have to have a Locofoco from that district, we would at soon see f'age elected as any other. He will not ay as many rft things as Wick has said, should be be elected, we will guarantee. But we hope the Whigs of tnat district will go to work and elect a Whig, good snd true, one who will make a Letter Representative than Wick, Chapmao or any olher Lrafoco.Rushville Republican, xthig. Jr"Mr. J. P. Chapman, Junior Editor of the Indiana State Sentinel, ii lecommendeJ by the democracy as a suitable candidate for CoogreM in the Indianapolis disliict; and should he be the fortunate man, we have no dubt but be would make a faithful Representative. Wabash Commercial, Khig. WWe notice that our friend, J. P. Chapmn, junior editor of the State Sentinel, i favorably spoken of as a candidate for Congressman in the Indianapolis, district. Mr. C. has the talent and business quahtications to make a good liepiesent- ! ative. The intciests of the people of thai district would be afe in his hinds. Richmond J'Jfersonfan. 1 Chapmm himtelf, we sec, hn some prt leni jns lo C cgrets, and this account, in some measure, fur his eppi'iofi j to the leducti'm of mileage. He ii veiy simple, however, for enteitaining any desiie for a seat in Congiess, for Although he may possess as much ability as mmy who have been elected metr.ben cf that loJy, yet Ihere is no doubt but be would be scandjloul beaten by a!mot any :epcctable Whig, even in that district. Harrison Gazette. U'Mg, InsteaJ cf oppoting, the readers cf the State Sentinel know that it has commended the measure of emending the mileage lawj. As to being scandalously beaten by almost any whi, we should not fear t venture the risk. Eds. Sentinel.) Per Conti n. Ji-The names of the following reruns baTe been spoken of in our bearing as candidates for Congress. The people need not be at any hss for the want of a vaiiety: Col. J. P. Drake, W. W. Wick, Wm. J. Pesslee, Dr. Coolr, A. Morrison, Dr. Ritchey, Baibour of Bartholemew, Baibnur cf InaiaDipoli, Capt. E. Lander, William J. Brown, Carver and S tu tie of Hamilton, Riley, T. M. Sleetb, and T. A. Heudiicks. Some other name, we believe, have escaped our memory. If any person will hand jr. addiliural lit we will thank them. Shall uot submit our name Ihis lime. And cannot let you know who wc are for until after the norniualiom Shelbijville Voluntetr, Feb. 0. OOW. J. Brown, who has teen eting ander the administration of James K. Polk, as Second Postmaster (leneral, is about to retnrn to bis borne in Indiana. He iutends residing cn hi farm i.i J.hr?n county. He is willing to serve Ihe people in Congress, and otitis his pretensions to their eonsiieration and suppoit. The democrats of his district will, of course, avail themselves of the opportunity of selecting an able, honest, respectable, aud efficient representitive, one wh se experience in public matteis, at Washington, will enable him lo be of some service to the people. Such men are an h nor to the country and a tower of strength to the demooacy. Terre Haute Journal. fjT" Several deaths from that terrific disease the Hack tongue havo occurred in Kentucky. It is a dreadful malady indeed. The heads of patients swell immoderately, the tongue protrudes from their mouths, eyes glaring and the whole faco is discolored and horribly distorted, ending speedily in death.

Ctilcb II. Smith. This gentleman is now most violently denounced by the abolition papers thtouhut the coun'ry, and their denunciations find a witling echo in Ihe Lornfoco Pie. They go so far as to call him traitor.' A "liailoi" to whom or to what! He never was an Abolitionist, th uzh a moic Untere oppo rent nf slavery than two-thin! of 'Int fcii n. lie has nut therefore piovrd himsi-lf n t.aib.r to thorn. He never was a LoC'foco, !nd tlierif.jr" i no tiaitor 0 tlut poty. 11 is now what he has ever been, a ti uc, c o!5iicnt and honest Wl ig. A :. the question f the exti-nsinn f Jltvety he Stand now a ever its unconipioinNin opponent, and at the presitit seoion of Ct-ngtes rrpoittd a till excluding it fiutn our new tetii'otic. But the Aboliti-nisK say he il not vote for Gott'j lesolution that he did not vote at all. Suppose he did not, that fact does in -t prove him false to any piofesion he ever made on the laveiy question. He did not vote for (lott's resolution because he believed it ptemb!e eontaimd latuuige which was unnecesari1y plarrd iheie f r the puipose of harrowing up the embitteied feelings nf a poition of ihe people of this confedeiacy and because he believed the rejolut'n n itself was couched in hrguage so indefinite that it was I. able to nicristruction. Tht he i tppised to the exitcnc- of the slave trade in the Pi!iict of Columbia is proved by the firt, that he vnlej for ihe recmisideiatioti of the vote n Gott resoluriiii for the exptes puipose of moving an amendment more certainly attaining that object than the original reoluiiou. Kor tli he is called a tritor by tlioe who pretend to be favorable to that oect ! The ptopositioti mae by Mr. Smith is the only one which can ieult in any piactical good, and we hope hw may be able lo cany it though C nress Should he do so. mo.e will havel eeti accomplished by him in the cawse of freedom than has bren doce by all the liimeys and Cauitons of the nation. State Joui nal. The above paragraph, which appeared sonic days ago, is so characteristic of that mendacious sheet that we copy it entire, as a specimen of its honesty and veracity. TIip Journal editor even ahead of himself this tim.'. It i well known, nnd will bo readily admitted by every candid pftrson. that txery statrmnit made in the article quoted is either a downright falsehood, or toviylh; very least, nil rvisinn of honett truth. And the l nii!s n re still worse ! The Journal denies that Smith U a traitor ! What is Treason 1 Webster defines it, in its secondary sense, to be the betrayal of a trust. Tho anti-slavery men of the 4t!i Congressional district, (and a large majority of thoso whovotrd for Mr. Smith wern such.) confided the execution of their views and .sentiment on this subject to that person. He pledged himself, nnd n tho Ptrengtli f his pledge was elected. This was a trust, and a most sacrod one. The question came up, and C. IJ. Smith voted contrary to the known will of Iii constituents, and in violation of pledges expressly mide, thereby becoming what Wtbster calls a traitor, 4,one who betrays his trust." JJut the Journal apologises for Mr. Smith's not voting for (fOtt't resolution because the preamble was calculated to "harrow up" the feelings of a portion of the country. and yet Mr. Smith (according to the Journal) is in fivor of abolishing the slave-trad' in the District of Columbia, the accomplishment of which measure, would harrow up" such feelings to an infinitely creator extent ! Rut Gott's resolution was "indefinite' and "liable to misconstruction !" We will place the two propositions side by side and let the people judge which is definite and which U indefinite: GOTT'S PROPOSITION, j SMITH'S SUBSTITUTE. Whereas, The traffic now! JiesolveJ, That the Ccmmitptostco'id io this mctr poliitee on the Dii'iict of Colomcf the Kf public in human be-'bia be instructed to inquire in, as cluttle, is contrary t"what legislation is necessity t.atural j-itice, and the funda-jto prevent the intioductbn t f mental piinciples of our polit-Ulaves fr m any State in this ical ystem, and i notoii tis-, Union, to be soi l heicor eUely u if pio.idi to ojr countr) -v heie, and that they itpoit by throughout Christendom, and bill or othei wi?e. a s nous hindrance to the roivi of hu nati liherty amoii;

the nations of the caith: Theiefote Resolved, That the committee nit the District of Colum bia be instructed to repoil a! bill, as soon as practicable prohit'itio the s'ave trade i' j ail Di trier. Xo reader will hesitate a moment to pronounce the Jonnnl' statement of the character of these two resolutions filso. It is to ho eeti at a glance. Gott drives straight at the alleged evil, and brings tho question to immediate decision ; be is open, bold and definite. Smith goes clear round and t ever touches the question nt all. He may desire the discontinuance of the slave trade in the District, it is posible ho would if he thought the new Whig President desired it also, but he desires a cabinet appointment much more. The Journal's servile defenco of Smith's course is inexplicable to some of its friends, but the editor knows that it will pay, if Smith should become Postmaster General. The editor of the Journal is understood to be one of tho nineteen who will ask for too Indianapolis post ofikc ! Of The petition of a foreigner is pending before the New York legislature, asking leave to hold real estate in New York without acquiring the rights of citizenhi ! The reason alleged for this singular request i, that the petitioner cannot conscientiously become a citizen of the IJ. States whilst slavery is tolerated nnd the mails transported on Sunday. This is about the most brazen specimen of English impudence wo remember since Lord Brougham attempted to set up a claim to French citizenship, and hold on at the same time to his rights and privileges as on Englishman. It did not take the French anthoritira long to give the Noble Lord his answer in that case. No one but an Englishman could muster brat-s enough to make such a request. The New York legislature should inform the petitioner that they desiro no dealings with such an excrutiatingly conscientious individual, on any terms. He had better remain a subject of that model system which not only holds a whole nation in the worst of slavery, but robs them of their bread, and leaves them either to starve or be feil by the very government a citizen of which the petitioner could not become for cnnsciencc sake! Yes, pray let him remain a subject of that pious and conscientious government which hang", draws, and quarters m m for loving their native land. That's the place for him. and all like him. Cincinnati and Sr. Louis Pa n. road. Tho friends of this enterprise were surprised to learn that the legislature of Illinois had, by a close vote, refused to grant a charter or yield tho company the right of way through that State. This will probably not defeat the end in view, however. Under the new Constitution, says the Cin. Uazcttc, there i3 great doubt whether the Legislature can incorporate any railroad company, and it will be remembered that the bill to charter a company, and build a Roilroad from the Coal mines to Illinois Town, failed some weeks since. No charter will probably be granted to any company, but it is believed that a general law will bo passed, giving lo all companies the right of way through the stale of Illinois. (ry-We learn that a serious accident occurred to th morning freight train on the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, kon Mond ly last. During the night a large stone had fallen from the bank above into the deep cut beyond Vernon, and lay between the rails. The train arrived at the place before daylight, the stone was not discovered by tho engineer, and tho car run upon it aud was thrown from the track against the ledge of rocks ; tho engineer's leg was broken, besides other serious injury, and tho rar completely smashed. A bill restoring Thomas W. Dorr to citizenship, has been defeated in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, by the casting vote of tho Speaker. A most exciting debate took place on the occasion, in which tho Algerine whig rascals evinced all their wonted hate of Republican institutions, ami of those who dared to contend for tho rights of freemen. Bjt "there's a good timo coming."

Mexico. Our recent coll.sion with the Mexican Ilcpublic seems to have done them good in one sense, at least, it has given them some ideas, a thing they needed badly. They have learned that, in point of civilization, ihey nro themselves uhat they thought Americans to be, barbarians, that as for v:ilor, "magnanimity," litid other matters of that sort of which they had boaste.-l much, they were just 7u:rh.ret and that oiher ways of transporting merchandize arc known besides the plan of packing it on the backs of mules and mustangs. They have commenced acting upon , the information which they acquired at Fort Rrown and Matamoras up to the city of .Mexico inclusive, nt f irgetting the few gentle hints which Jo. Lane and his Indiana boys gave the greasers at Atlixro, Iluamantla and other places about there, "too numerous to mention." It will do them good, certain. Their attention is now turned to machinery, rail-roads, steamboats, &c, to some extent, and if we should have occasion to flog the "mnjrnanimous Mexican nation" twenty years hence it might prove a more serious affair. The papers nt the capital announce that all the shares in the Mexico and T-icnbaya rnilrond have been taken; and that at a meeting of the shareholders. Gen. Herrera (President of the Republic) was

elected their chairman. It is intended, at a fitting time, to extend this railroad to Vera Cruz. The chairman, in his inauguration speech, sketched a plan of supplemental aids to industry, which would surround the city of Mexico with railroads, extending to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the termini being Vera Cruz nnd Acnpuleo, and piercing the interior in all directions, by the way of Tuluea, Puebla, Queretaro, oVc It was also intended by the enlightened speaker lo render the river Pnnuco navigable as far as the Villa de Vnlle, in order to connect the trade of that port with San Luis Potosi. Steamcs nre also to be constructed for tho purpose of transporting merchandise and passengers on tho waters of the lakes Surrounding the capital. Other internal improvements were contemplated, which only required the continuance of peace and the confidence of capitalists to realize. Herrera's government, established soon nfter the treaty of neace with to. has sustained itself for n.vir I a year without being compelled to resort to force except in a few trifling instances, ronunciamenlos arc Rt a discount. They should profit by their experience, i

for it cost them dearly. j I C7Tho Keuluckians are getting out their tallest Co.mmf.kce of PiTTHUUK'JH. The Pittsburgh Ha-j timber as candidates for the Convention to amend zette says thr following is an annual aggregate of the State Constitution. It i- paid not to be considerthe arrivals of steamboats and other vessels nt the I c,j a art mie:lion , ftny tflMlsw ; but the Democrats port of Pittsburgh, together with the amount of ton-: .... ,, , , , r 1 r ., b tJTo . sjta- i will do well to keen both eves open, or they may nage from the year 113 to li? 1"3 inclusive : ; ' - 4 J J Xumber. Tonnage. ! v a,J llP s une morning and find themselves most

191, steamboats, - - - 1,7 7 keels and flats, - - - IS 11, steamboats, - - - VJW5 keels nnd flats, - .r:t0 1S1."), sfenmbotls, - . . 'JJCiO heels ond flats, ... CrJl IS 10, steamboats, - keels and flats, - - - (VM 1817, steamboats, - - -11,171 " keels and flats, - - - 701 1SH, steamboats. - - - 2," " keels and flats, - - - 705

1 r.,:n 7 Fo07. ; Ultt.lM'i i,H(ii .f IX) 'J70.Ö7SIi,?il ISOl'llUO 'J0,f00 After reading the above, ore our whig friends aware of the " ruin" which they arc constantly preprcdicting in the event of a Democratic administration of tho Government 1 Facts and figures arc stub-

born things, and n-ver agree with whig prophecies, handbills circulated, going to show that one of his anLov; Speech es. Tho Loudon Dispatch, in r.llu- : eestors, Ekkiei. Poi.k, of North Cirolina, was a vioding to the bunkum speeches made in Parliament j ltut tory during the revolution. It was denied at tho

says : Oh, 8cIdoui-speaking Cromwell! whose vocation was by no means talk, but who made Europe tremble, Ireland orderly, and England great how need we wonder that a true worker should wk to get rid of chattering Parliamentary magpies, ami pray the Lord to deliver us from Sir Harry Vanes!" Oh ! silent Washington, whocould conquer tho mighty, and found the greatest empire in the world, but whom a DT-raeli could confound in utterance! Oli, taciturn Prutus, who could even make Homo more illustrious, and uemic tannage imm iue worm s map, mil could not outspeak even the rawest of reporters. Have wo not 'fallen on evil days and evil tongues ' rX"The special election in Clinton county, Ohio, of a member of the House in the place of Mr. Jones, who was illegally elected at the October election, has resulted in the re-election of .Mr. Jones. Tho resnlt ie somewhat singular, nnd clearly shows that he could easily have been beaten if tho democrats hid turned out to the election. Clinton is a whig county, however, and nothing else was expected. GO" The telegraphers have thought it of snflleient importance to inform the public that liver, who is a New Yorker, has whipped Sullivan, the English bully prize fighter. The bets on this fight were unprecedented! Pets were made, more or less in the principle cities of the Union. Wc despite tho whole proceeding. It was brutal. A man may fight in self defence, but deliberate match-fighting is not to be tolerated. Louis Natoleon, a correspondent of tho Boston Atlas says.J has a cottage at Pougfral, whither he drives immediately after the breaking up of tho Assembly, and where he is welcomed by one whoso emilcs once inspired the most popular of modern poets with tho theme of his noblest song, one who, in this very place, moved and looked a queen, whose English beauty set all Taris in a blaze not two years since, and whoso marriage, celebrated at the British Embas. pv, was made the occasion of a kind of national feto amongst her countrymen gathered here. A writer in tho JeflVrson (Mo.) Enquirer, states that an extensive bed of the finest Marble has been discovered in Callaway county, near Fulton in that State. It is of a light cream color, and beautifully variegated. In the same neighborhood there exists nn immense bed of coal, gaid to be thirly or forty feet in thickness near the surface of the earth. It is now aid, that recent discoveries of Iron ore have been mado in the eame neighborhood. New Histories. It is said that ex-governor Soward of New York is engaged in writing the life of John Quincy Adams ; Major Bliss, the author of the able correspondence of General Taylor with the War Department is 6aid to be at wurk upon a history of Cen. Taylor's operations in Mexico, all of which he witnessed, and most of which ho was consulted about. These works, if they should appear, together with Webster's history of Washington'! administration, would form quite an era in the literary world. OrThc Michigan State Journal, published at Lan sing, the capitol, has been selected by the Legislature of that Stato to bo what is technically called "the State paper," that is, tho paper authorized by law to to publish the daily proceedings, laws, resolutions, tc., for which payment is made from the public Treasury. More Promotion from the Ranks. Henry B. Anthony, Esq., the gifted and accomplished editor of the Providence Journal, has received the nomination of the Whig Convention for Governor of Rhode Island. (jT-Benj. Watkins Leigh, who has filled a large xpaco in the history of Virginia, died at Richmond on the 2d imr.

From theTeru Sentinel, j Peru atifl Indianapolis Kail ZSoacf . ; We Inst week nnnouueed the letting of the Super-1 structure of that portion of this road, the grubbing and grading of which was placed under contract lut August. It is gratifying to Ihe friends of the road to those who have faith that itcan and will be made

to find it progressing so rapidly. Let it be b rne in mind that nineteen miles of the rond wert put under contract last August, six months ago, nnd that now, the contracls are taken lor hying down the rails on the same ! Is this only talk! only gas or does it look like a rcalitv like niakin" the r'ad! We know there are those alio nre constantly throwing j cold water on the undertaking, men too, whose influence would he of great advantage. We are sorry to see this, tor we w.uhl be glad to find the people of Miami acting unitedly in any public enterprise which is calculated to promote ihe general good. We hope they will yet ihink belter of this road and the advantages to be derived from it. and lend their aid to its completion. It was objected hy its opponents that the estimates of the Engineer would be round entirely below what the cost of construction would actually be. Subsequent facts, however, have demonstrated that, the estimate of the cost, was honestly nnd fairly made, nnd that the report is reliable in every particular. To prove this, we advert again to the Jottings. The estimated cot of grubbing and grading the It) miles let last summer, was 30,500 .r0, arid the work was let and will be finished, at nJ1,2(RI 9o being a saving of .15,1) 'Mt on the estimated cost. Again: the superstructure was estimated to co-t 1?" per mile; and that portion which has been put under contract, was taken nt 14JV tier miie, being $'J25 per rnil'3 Jens than the estimate; in addition to which, the contractors take 15 per rent, of the amount in stock of the company. From thi it will be seen that the work let, has been at ..'(). ltti 57 less than the estimate of" the Engineer; and, if a proportionate saving be made on Ihe whole line, which it is reasonable to suppose will bo the case, tho cost of the road, ready for locomotive power, will be 75,2;M less than the cmount given by the Engineer in his report. The road, therefore, instead of costing .;.r)00,00 1 n as estimated, can be made for $124,770 00. The most rigid economy is observed in the contingent expenser of the company; sixteen hundred or two thousand dollars per annum boing ample to cover them, w hile those of the IlellefonUine road are not less than JsOOOO. This is still more important when we take into consideration the fact, that, active operations I have been in progress on our road for the last six j months, and vet ground has not been broken on the une referred to. TiiC facts we have adduced are, we lUlDK, enlitletl to rlue consideration, nnu rwum tio ... ... . . . . . ... i n-.ucli to remove nny doubt which may exist, os to the ultimate completion of the Peru ond Indianapolis Rjiilroad ni.ngti i ticenuy swindled. In the matter ot Constitutions the whigs arc not to b3 trusted they are a littje j0,, rrmejj wedded to class legislation to euit the spirit of the age and the jut expectations of tho;)ove. wnileiii'? ci.Miiccrats Miouiu noiu inemseives in readiness to nittt every proper advance for a temporarv cessation of party strife, they should also reniemh:rthatto them, and lo them alone, the cause of pro- I Kr'ss equality, and the rights of man, is especially j committed. That cause, as all experience has shown, has nothing to expect from the whigs. Q-During the Presidential contest in 1811, trie Whig pipers, anxious to destroy Mr. Polk, the Dem- j ocratic candidate, before the people, had thousands of j ti,lic Mr. lJ.NCi;or r, the American Minister, inj 'London, has recently discovered the original copy of j ! 'he Mecklenburg (N. C.) Declaration of IlldepClld j nice from the Tower of Urent Pritain, made May ID, j 177.. To this Declaration the name of Ezr.KlEh Por.K. who was availed ns a tory by the Federalists in HU, is prominently attached ! j ;A3 Lights. The DuvtoTiT To.) p ople are rejoic ' i2 exceedingly because of the lighting of that place' wiu, n9m A4 the City Council of this city have' wanted a charter to tho same comoanv. for rather! ' i - - J T - - given an exclusion privilege to a branch of the corn- ! pany for a limited term,) for the sirne purpose, we' hope soon to bo 'not groping in darkness," nnd that ! young bloods," who no earnestly call for light, may have s'lflicient to sec Acre to perform their midnight orgies, or to he recognized by the police. I COTii'.Comicr!viIlc Democrat cannot hear of a single copy of C. P. Sinith'd famous speech on the Uott resolution having been sent into the 1th District. It has been that gentleman's usual custom when he made a speech in Congress to flood his district with copies of it. He has very good reasons for departing from that rule in this case. The speech in question was made expressly with a view to tickle one Zichary Taylor, of whom our readers have heard much, and will prubab!y bear much more. We 6hall sei how he succeeds. That 'Pkotocoi..' The Washington Union of the Oth inst., contradicts tho statements of the Na tional Intelligencer and other Whig authorities to the eflect that dilliculty was likely to occur in relation to the Treaty of Peace with Mexico. Tho validity of tho treaty can in no way be alTected by the nlIcged discovery. The Union pronounces the whole aflair a mare's nest. We take it that the Union knows what a marc's nest is. It has found many a one. Tho President has been called upon for information, which he will no doubt speedily communicate to Congress. 07-Thc Whigs are an ungrateful set of people, or they would be more prompt to acknowledge the obligation they are under to the Democrats for their successful candidate, General Taylor, who never could have been such, if the Democrats had not so firmly stood by him when in Mexico, and kept up his supplies against all Whig opposition. If the Whigs had had their way, Gen. Taylor would have starved to death in Mexico at the head of Iiis army. (jcirThe Boston Atlas, the pensioned mouth piece of Abbott Lawrence, urges the appointment of that gentlemen to the Trcosury Department, because ho is immensely rich. The government fortunately has sutlicient resources of her own, and has no need of the ill-gotten wealth of the Cotton Lord; all that is required in the Secretary of the Treasury is ability to manage and brains to comprehend those resources. Mr. Lawrence seems to think money can buy any position; he offered, it is said, $100,000 for the nomination for the Vice Presidency on the Taylor ticket. He has made no definite otFer for the object of hi present ambition that wc are aware of, but if money can buy it he will have it. We hope that the incoming administration will place Col. J. R. M. Bryant at the head of the Patent Oifice, at Washington, a station which he is every way qualified to fill with honor to himself and the country. Wabash Commercial. Rather late in the day with your nomination, neighbor. That oflico has been 'spokcn for" long ago. We could'nt help indulging in an inward chuckle when we read the above, and we guess the Col. did the same. Was it really the Patent Office you intended Mr. Commercial 1 Locomotives in the City. T.ie corporation of Cumberland, Md., have allowed the Railroad locomotives lo pass through tho streets of that city at a rate not cxceding eix milts an hour.

The Democrats or Fiance.

While the press of our country, as a general thing.

is led into gross misrepresentation and calumny of the A Woman is now living in Boston, in lull postruost Democrats in France, by the base slanders cf session of her fac ulties aged 101 yeirs. a hireling press in England, it is a satisfaction indeed, j The bank of Vienna his borrowed ten millions of to find fo just nn appreciation of the motives and francs from the Rothschilds.

doctrines of Lirnartiuc and loa ro-iati rcrs as evinceil in the fellovviiig article, taken from the N. 0. Crescent, one of the het papers in ihe country: " Lamar. ine and Ulnu; nnd Pollm were not the men for the time they wanted to do what angels could not do will, the present rncc of men. They desired that all should be upright, industrious, frugal, just, benevolent and wise; and they expected to make men so through forms of government and law! It was a high, holy, magnificent design, but unfortunately it was not adapted to the time, nor Ihe men of the time. The age is utilitarian the political economists have brought selfishness to n science nnd the utilitarian predominates over nil ; even those who see its ruinous elfects in the permanent degradation of the larger portion of the species, and who confess that society is diseased and is pinking to decay, have not the knowledge, the will, or the power, to suggest the remedy. The wnnt, the great want, is the means of securing a fair distribution of the bounties of nature and the proceeds of industry to all. This is the equality and frnternity desired and desirable. Put how is it to be done" That is the question which the revolution attempted lo solve, und in the solution of which its leaders failed, because they did not calculate Ihe strength of the selfish, utilitarian spirit predominant in the world, and attempted to oppose that spirit, which was stronger than themselves and their revolution, national guard, standing army, ouvries and all. They began the wrong way. To produce the equality and fraternity desired, the reformer will have to prove to ench thnt his own individual interest will be promoted by a system whih will insure the social equality of all; when this is done the work will be eilected. nnd not before, unless sjme radical change takes place in human nature, which, however desirable to theorists, is not likely soon to occur." Lamentaki.e OecuiiKENCE. It becomes our melancholy duty to lay before the public the particulars, so fdras wc have been enabled to learn, of one of the most lamentable occurrences that has ever transpired in this country. On Thursday last, Mr. John Sebastian, eon of William Sebastian, Esq., of this place, started from Rushville in company with Miss Mary Jane Ofiutt, a young lady who had been attending tchool at llushville, on a visit to her relations in this place, with whom she usually resided. When about nine miles from here, and at a email stream called Six-Mile, on attempting to cros, the water, in consequence of the recent thaw and heavy rains, being much higher than anticipated, and running very swift, the top of the carriage together with the eeat were detached from the wheels and body. This threw the two persons into the stream, from which Mr. Sebastian was rescued by the timely arrival of Mr. White, who lived about four hundred yards from the ford, and who was attracted to the spot by the cries of the unfortunate persons. When he was taken up be exhibited the symptoms of a person in the last agonies of drowning, and it was some half hour before ho was again brought to his proper mind. The unfortunate woman for some time clung to Mr. Sebastim, but at length becoming exhausted, loosened her hold, and was seen no more, until this (Sun thy) morning, when hrr body was found but a short distance below the. ford. .Alisa OlTutt was born in Scott county, Kentucky, and was about twenty years of nge. Sue was ihe daughter of Jlezekiah and .Nancy Oil'utt. She was a young lady of a kind nnd amiable disposition, universally respected, and her nudden death has cast a glo m over the inhabitants of this village which will not be easily eradicated. (irecnCs fehl Spectator. A largo amount of machinery fir the working of the gold mines of Major Heissand Commodore Stocl ton, in Virginia, has recently passed through from Philadelphia. One of Fulton's patent direct-action steam pumps has also been built and forwarded to the mines by him, from this city. It is calculated to raise a ton of water two hundred feet from the bottom of the shaft per minute; and so simple is the plan, that, tj perform this labor, it will require but a six-horse power bend of steam. It is n beautiful piece of ma chinery, and has been constructed of brass. Rich mon l iht'inirer. The above is not the only evidence we have that our former partner, in taking himself to Virginia and leaving us here, has got the best of the bargain. We met a friend a day or two t-ince, who told us lie had seen a certificate from the mint, of nine thousand dol lars' worth of gold deposited as the result of five or six days work, with about as many hands, at the Whitehall mine 111 irginta.of Messrs. Heis. Stock ton, S:r. Six negroes, we learn from another entire ly reliable source, had obtained thirty-fire pounds of gold from the 1st to the Gth or ith ol this month. "The last day's working of three negroes was worth $1,.01." "This," says our friend, "throws California completely in the shade." But he had nut then pcen the last accounts from that fairy hnd, which seems to have endured the to ich of Midas, leaving single specimens weighing twenty-live pounds of gold. Washington Union. Metiioiust EnsropAL Ciiukch, South. The Georgia annual conference of this Church commenced its session at Augusta, on the 10th u!t., and continued its sittings until the evening of tho 10th. Twentythree preachers were admitted on trial, and three were re-admitted aficr temporary connexion with other conferences. One of these latter. Rev. Francis Bird, was seventy years old, and had been located forty years. Rev. Dr. A. B. Longstreet, having been chosen president of Centenary College, was transferred to the Mississippi conference, and Rev. Dr. W. A. Smith to the Louisiana. Both these gentlemen took an active part in the discussions of the General Conference held in New York in IS 11, when the division of the Church took place. The secretary of the Conference reported the numbers as follows: Whites, 43,726; colored, 10.GJ4 ; local preachers, 5011. Increase, during tho year, w hites, 2,"YI ; colored. 502 ; local preachers, ifJ. Total increase, J,S2S. Money raised for missionary purposes fur ISIS, ,;8,8ö3 25. Increase over former year, 82,401 :. Mu. Pole's Administkation. The Journal des Dtbals of Paris, thus speaks of the administration just drawing to a close : "North America enjoys a degree of prosperity higher than she has possessed since the year 1S3G. which was followed by a disastrous revolution. Capital is abundant in the United Slates. Europe, alarmed by revolutions, is sending there a part of her own. Agriculture is extending and becoming more perfect. Manufactures of all kinds are advancing with giant steps. The probability of high prices of food in England during the winter, determines the embarcation of a great deal of grain and Hour at advantageous prices. Railroad enterprises are multiplying, and a railroad is beginning to be seriously talked of, 1,000 miles in length, which will unite the valley of tho Mississippi to tho Pacific ocean, and which, with the communications already existing, will permit one to traverse from one part of the American continent to the other, at its greatest breadth. Happy country flourishing republic! Here are the fruits which are gathered when the laws arc respected, and public morals have sufficient authority to restrain, within legalJJIimits, the turbulent and factious minority and the violent chiefs which exist in every country." Hon. Mokuis L'ingstketh, Canal Commissioner, is now in this city, and though feeble, will certainly make the attempt to leave tor Harrisburg, to assist at the organization of the Board during the present week. As Mr. Powek, the Whig Commissioner, cannot oblige his sick colleogue by visiting Philadelphia to organize Ihn Board, the latter will go to the capital himself. Pennsylvanian. 1 The Wisconsin Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist connection, held at Walworth, in November, passed, unanimously, a preamble and resolutions declaring that the pirnciples advocated by the National Reform Association arc the principles of the Holy Scriptures, and, as Mich, ought to bo advocated and supported by the Church of Christ. Tor IWtmkkn and Southern Methodists The Committee appointed by the last Methodist Episcopal General Conference, at Pitt-burgh, to consider the application of the Southern section of the Church for a division of the Church property, have rejected the application according to the advice of eminent legal counsel. The Southern Church will now bring suits in the United Slates Courts.

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Hordes of destitute emigrants are traversing tho street j of New York, bet cin-.r from door to door. A Costi.v Jug. It is rumnrrd t),at the nw Jail in Boston, will cost the city from llXM',,-,t to $G0O,000. The annual sweepings of the streets of Paris sell for $700,000, after thry nre collected in the depot for manure. A Dublin paper recently inad. the announcement that 'Mbe dislui U d districts remained in a continued state of peare." Seventy-five persons, one-fifteenth of all the leal voters in the town of Plymouth are bound to California. Taunton True Dcr.wcrat. The St. Louis Daily Organ says that it is reported that gold has been found in large quantities 011 tho Rocky Mountains. It is said that two persons have ben sent to th Insane Asylum nt Philadelphia, who have gone mad in consequence of the California excitement. At Pensacola, on th lGth inst., the flowers were in bloom, and the orange trees overloaded with fruit. The weather was pleasant as May. A great movement is on foot in England, to have a practical reform in the government, agitation has already commenced. Cornelius S. Pognrdus has been re-appoinled by tho President and confirmed by the Senate, as a Naval Officer for the port of Ncw'York. Tho Albany correspondent of the Courtland County Whig, says that Gov. Seward is writing the life of John Quixcv Adams." The Legislature of Florida having failed to elect Judges, that S'ate will he without a Judiciary from July to December, 10. Mayor Havemeyer lias vetoed the incipient eteps taken by the New York Council toward a union of the cities of New York and Brooklyn. The total appropriation proposed for the expenses and improvements of the Webt Point Academy, 131'J, is 171,205. Several young ladies were sliding down a hill in Milton, Vt., when one of them was precipitated over a precipice 15 feet high, and instantly killed. A Sofa has been invented in Boston thit can bo instantly converted into a pretty dining table, with scats on either tide. Accw.nt. Mr. Joseph II. Defrees, of this place, was seriously injured on Mondiv evening, by the fall of a flight of stairs in his store. Goshen Democrat. James Dean. LL. D., formerly Professor of Mathe matics nnd Natural Philosophy in Vermont University, died at Burlington on the 20th ult., aged 73 years. Insurance has been refused in Boftmi on ships fir Chini touching at San I rancisco. The insuranco companies will not run the risk of a crew deserting at San v rancisco. The Platteville (Grant co. Wis.) American, says that the led-min rs in that vicinity are preparing to emigrate to California. As they have experience in mining they may uecced. Col. Benton. Mr. Benton, it is said, will accompany his daughter (Mrs. Fremont) and Mrs. Benton to the other side "f the Isthmus, on their way to California, soon after the adjournment. A Novel Decision. A woman was convicted of stealing a piece of linscy, in Randolph county, la.; and the justice sentenced her husband to jail for tho otTence. John Randolph predicted thnt th' time would come in Virginia, when the masters would run awny from their negroet, and their negroes would advertise thetn in the newspapers." Cost of War in time of Peace. The items cf the Army bill before the Hor.se of Representatives, making approportions for the military service for the year, foot up at 5,-125,rr'i7. Mr. Clay hr.d a fall in New Orleans the 2ht instant ins head trikiti! Ihe t aemrnt and wounding him severely. He is f.!! recovering, and his health, otherwise, is p'p'-rted very go..d. Loss rY Patcr Monf.v. Since'the oreanizition of Ohio, there have been enty-i.iue bank failures; netting a loss to the poonle, we mean the bill-hc!ders, of about five rniliioiiS of dollars Col. Richard M. Johnson his gom t Washington city on private busings. He l-ft Carrollon, Ky.9 fir Cincinnati, 011 Monday, on the mail hat Pike No. 7. He wore the red vest. The aggregate valuation of taxable property in Iowa, according to th .Usevsors returns for amounts to about 915,000,000, or near 3,000,0(10 more than in IS 17. An AnTFt'L D-'ixiER. Tho Hon. Daniel Webster has been absent from his place in Washington during almost Ihe whole session. He thus avoids committal on tho vexed question of slavery or freedom. Lucian Bonaparte, lected to the French Assembly, f nun C trsica. Ins lot his seat for some informality. Ho declares he will be re-eiectod by a Urge majority. ' When I am dead, my soul will return to France, and dwell in th hearts of ihe French People, liko thunder in the clouds of Heaven, and throb with ceasoless life in New Revolutions." Napoleon. David Hale. A project has been started in New York by several merchants and gentlemen of the press, to erect a monument to the late David Hale, Esq. The subscription is to be limited to one dollar. An Erring Wife, at Philadelphia, on being questioned by her injured husband on the delicate eubject, on Saturday became enraged, and seizing a hatchet struck him a seerc blow on the left thigh, cutting into the bone. Tho Egyptian Government has issued a proclamation declaring it unlawful for a woman to mourn more than three days, except for her husband. In tho latter case she may mourn till she gets another husband. It is said that the Philadelphia and Biltimore Railroad Company, in the hojie of litving the pleas ure it transporting the I resident over their road on his way to Washington, arc having a magnificent car built expressly fur his accommodation. Young ladies who are accustomed to read newspapers, are always observed to possess winning ways, most amiable dispositions, always select good husbands, invariably make good wives, and arc seldom or never taken in by itinerant cheats and impostors. Robbing. The Government. A messenger in the Pay Department of the Government at Washington, on Tuesday, ab?trated five drafts from letters he got at the Post Office, and absconded, but was taken and the money recovered. Young ladies who are accustomed to read newspapers, are always observed to possess winning ways, most amiable dispositions, always select good husbands, invariably make good wives, and are seldom or never taken in by itinerant cheats and impostors. Wooden covers to books arc now fashionable. Thin boards are made, by pressure, to receive the most beautiful reliefs, which closely resemble wood carving. At present they are rather expensive, but they will soon be cheap enough. Baltimore. The assessed value of tho property in the city, liable to taxation for city purposes, for the year 1310, is $73,80 1,0 jö, showing an increase of the corrected assessment for 1313, of the sum of Debt of Canada. The debt of the Canadis is sta ted as being nearly fourteen millions of dollars a ! deadweight not likely to be lessened by the additional evils of on extravagant system of official expendi ture and a decreasing revenue. The Boston Chronotype, speaking of tho anniversary of the birth of Thomas Payne, says we owe nearly as much to his pen as to the sword of Washington; but adds, wo are not christian enough to be grateful lo an infidel.