Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 81, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1849 — Page 2

3nMaua 6tatc Sentinel. BT KR!t AL VIGILANCE IJ THE PHICE UF LtDFHTY.

WiM'kiv piiHr. "J n vear S-m: -WVeklv. 1 a var. i'II,lX.4lOE.IS, FS:mi5JAUY 17. tHIO. IK3IOCi:.TlC X OMIXATIOXS. FOR GOVERNOR, JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, or pauke couxrv. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. JAMES II . LANE, or dearuorx corxrv. Democratic Glitte Central Committee. A. O. roilTER, DR. A. CALL, DAVID UKYNOLDs. C. C. WKKUK, DR. L. DUN LAP, N. linLTON. WM. II. MORRISON, FRANCIS KING, GKO. A. CHAPMAN, E.V. J. P. DRAKE. Clarion Count Convention. A C'unty Convention of tho Democrats of Marion Ov.m'v will be held nt the Court jIoue in Indianapolis, (.n SATURDAY, th-: ih of APRIL next, at 10 ojnc!;. A. M., for the purpose of appointing delegates to represent said county in Ihn Congressionaf District C-:'tv!im; and also to nominate candidates for the soven! o?t".ces to be filled by the people of Marion cvvilu at the next Antust election, to-wit : a Senator, two Representatives, Clerk of the Circuit Court, two Associate Judges, and a County Commissioner for the 3d District. This District is composed of Pike, Wayne, Decatur and Terry townships. Tiic Democrat? of the several townships of the county are respectfully requested to meet at surh time as may suit their convenience and appoint delegate? to represent them in the county convention as above. By order of the County Committee. tT. CoiiKi'sioiial ('on volitions. The following times and places have been agreed upon in the districts named : lsr. District Thursday, April 12, at Petersburg!, jike county. 2d. District Saturday, April 21, at Charlestown, C'ark county. 5th. District Thursday, April 12, at Indianapolis. Centre Township -Million County. The Democrats of Centre Township, are requested to meet at the Court House on SATURDAY the 'Sift of March, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of appointing Delegates to represent said township in the county Convention to he held on April the 7th, and to transact any other necessary and proper business. It is hoped that there will be n general turn out. tf. Lafayette Railuoad. Persons interested in the location of the Pepot of this road in the South-western part of the town, are requested to meet at Mr.Sheets's Store, Monday evening at 7 o'clock. Don't fail to be there. COThe county Jail at Fort Wayne, Allen county, was burned on the lid inst. The building was old, and nobody regrets the accident. It contained at the Dutch man, recently on trial in the U. S. Circuit Court in j 1 I i 1 I ' I T I I Uns city. cti?ir2eu wiin roouing me man. lie was Eaved, uninjured. (gj-TUe whins of the Ohio Legislature have nom inated Judge McLean for U. S Senator. We doubt whether Judge McLean would be willing to leave his place on the bench, and ve do not believe he could be j elected if he would. W e shall see, however. The whigs alarmed at what they have done, afraid of the man they themselves have chosen for president, and trembling for the enscquences, are endeavoring to surround him with such men and euch influences as will aue him into submission if he should prove refactory. Our opponents remind us of the story of the Irishman who was ent to grease the wagon, Paddy returned in an hour saying that he had greased it all over except the black sticks that the wheels went on !' and h; did'nt think they needed any ! The political movements of th 3 whigs have recently been made with about the same amount of judgment. The Democrats have nominated Hun. Wm. Allen as their candidate. fC- "The Goldometer." A large number of the newspapers thr- ugh' ut the United States have been sully hoaxed by one S-igm-r de Alvaer, who his for sale an artkle which he is pleased to call by the nunc ab ve indicated. Th'y have been advertising f r him and puling hi- Goldometer, but they now ro'r.idain that ih pay d n't cme. Serves them riht. They should not have trusted him. Cincinnati and Sr. Iviiris Railroad. A telegraphic despatch to the Cincinnati papers, dated St. l.oui, Feb. Li, fays the general Railroad bill which passed the Lower House of the Illinois Legislitur, w as defeated in the Senate yesterday by a tie vote. The legislature having adjourned sine die no further adtion can of course be had for two years. Thus we arc sorry t see, the project fails for the present. We tlrni: it very narrow and short-sighted policy far Illinois to refuse the right of way fjr a work of 6i much general importance. 07" The Ohio Senate lias adopted a resolution instructing her Senators and requesting her Representatives in Congress to support the Wilmot proviso with reference to tlx new Territories. The vote fctocd, ayes 2G noes 0. Awful Fratp.icide. The St. Louis Union of the 7th int. contains an account of an unnatural murder committed near Columbia, Monroe Co., Illinois, on the 3d ine-t. Three brothers named Rhiiedinger conSpired with a man named Miller, for the murder of Chisnim Rhinedingor, a brother of the three first named, in order to obtain 000 which lie possessed. They executed their purpose by hanging, and concealed the body. Suspicion being awakened Miller was arrested and turning State's evidence confessed the whole afiair. The brothers were arrested and with Miller committed to jail. Pennsylvania. At the special election of a State Senator in the 20tb Semstorial District, Augustus Drum, democrat, has been elected. It will be remembered that Gov. Johuson was elected for this District at the same time he was elected Governor, in October last. This is the first tear of repentance from the old Keystone for the folly she committed in making Gen. Tayk-r President. There will be more of the same sort. A Gentle Hint. A gentleman who came up the river with General Taylor, as far as Smithland, informed us yesterday that Gen. Taylor stated in conversation, that if he. was an office holder when a new administration came into power, against which he had taken an active part, he would resign his office! Cincinnati Chron ick. With all dne deference to Gen. Taylor we beg leave to fay that we dont believe a word of it. If he (?uppoea he would have re-iirned in such a ease Us is bdly mistaken. He is not of the resigning kind. The rem.irk goes to how, however, that froni the time he entered the service up to the time he was talked of for the Presidency, he neither knew nor cared enough about politic or politicians even to form an opinion of any of the many administrations under which he has held office. Gen. Taylor never come nearer the truth than when hJ declared himself utterly unqualified for the Presidency. Q7"Wahington Hunt, was nominated on the 6th inst, by the Whig members of the N. York Leglaturp, for the effice of Comptroller, in the place of Millard Fillmoke resigned.

coitzti&i'oxuExci:. WrAMii.noN February 1), IS 19. Deah N. I ff-lt very much hkrt scolding s me one, whii I Fiw that my first letter, wrie:i f r the eye of atFection only, hfid been given t the world. It was to l evidently a transcript of my wounn's heart for publication iiUt ,.t thit pas"". The first morning nfer my arrival here, as I lookM from my ehamb'-r window' over the beautiful Capitol grounds, I remembered my promise to describe everything that appeared to me interesting. There, stretching out before me, wa a scene worthy of the pencil of a Hogarth ; but how should I describe itTrue, I might tell tf jid extent; of its broad beautifully paved walks; of the fine arrangements, of its rare shrubbery, of itsepnrklmg fountains; its marble basins, the statue of Washington ; the naval monument, erected in 1S0-1 and bearing this inscription 'Erected t ) the memory of Captain Richard Som.?rs, Lieutenants James OihKvell, James Decatur, Henry Wadsworlh, Joseph Israel and John Dorsoy, who fell in the ditTerrnt attacks that were made on the city of Tripoli, in the year of our Lord 1804. The. Zor? f glrt inspired them." I might speak of the magnificent Capitol, lifting its beautiful dome to heaven, as if to invoke the protection of Him who controls the destinies of nations I might tell of its arches, its porches, its pillars, its rotunda, its pictures, it statue?, and then after I had said all, w ho would be the wier! I felt that ihoe things to be appreciated must be seen, and gave up in dipuir. I spend much of my time in the capitol, listening to the eloquence of Mir great men. On Tuesday I heard Mr. Webster make a speech on the proposed Panama Railroad. He was not as brilliant on that occasion as he usually is perhaps the subject wus not sufficient to arouse the energies of his mighty mind. He is a great man you would know it by the first glance at his original face. No picture of him that I have yet seen does justice to him. On Wednesday Mr. Renton made a long speecli on the subject of a road which ho desires to have constructed from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. This, and other questions growing out of our newly acquired territories, will necessarily occupy much of the time of the present session; perhaps it could not bo tetter employed. Night before last we attended the President's levee. It was said to be the Inst of the present dynasty (to use a word not much to my taste,) and of course every body was there. The bewitching strains of music, (for a fine band was in attendance,) the eoft light, falling from a hundred sparkling chandelier, the low murmur of a thousand voices, and the moving, mingling forms of gallant men, and beautiful women made the President's mansion a fairy ecene on that occasion. We passed into the East Room, the celebrated East Room, before the crowd arrived, mid had a fine opportunity to examine it. Taking the splendid mirrors, the marble tables, the beautiful window curtains, the glittering chandeliers, all, every thing together, I cannot say that I could desire to see the White 1 louse better furnished than it is at present. S. T. Ii. TilE PiTTsnuK'JH Posr. The Iron Manufacturers of Pittsburgh have formed a combination to put down that able and fearless adv-vate of the people's rights, the Pittsburgh Post. It can't be done. Harper is a host, he has law, right, humanity, and the people with him, and will ultimately triumph over the haughty Money Kings, however formidable they may be. He has our warmest sympathy, as he must have that of every man who has any feelings in common with those who cam their bread 'by the sweat of tho brow'

There are a goodly number of the Kentucky Cavalry who could have money and land granted them if good running be tho ouly requisite if reports be true. Stats Sentinel. 'There arc a goodly number of the" Second Indianians who could have money and land granted them if good running be the only requisite," or else Gen. Taylor lies. In liaru Whig. (xj-Bftire the eltction, tho whigs bitterly denied that Gen. Taylor had ever said or written anything di-':reditable to Indiana. AW, the acknowledgment is distinctly rnado above. Of course Gen. Taylor "h:d" when he charged Indianjans with "good running," and the whigs "lied," when they denied what is now admitted ; tho people of Indiana hurled the lio indignantly bur!; and crammed it down Gen. Taylor' throat, where it is bound to stick. Took it. The following funnicisin took the prize of a silver cup, at the Star Circus in Louisville last week: ('in. (iizeit". Why is General Taylor liko Picayune Butler! Because he iscomiW to toicn. Louisville wit must bo rather shallow if that is the cream of it. 07" At Nashville, in replying to tho address on his reception. Gen. Taylor said ho was indebted to no troops more than to those of Tennessee for hia brilliant victories in Mexico; at Juisville, he was indebted to none more than to Kentucky's volunteers. He was over at iVttr Albany in Indiana, a few minutes, but Le did'nt say anything of that sort there. (7 Two men were seriously injured, each losing an arm, by the premature discharge of a cannon on the occasion of the reception of Gen. Taylor at Louisville, on Sunday last. (-In tho Congressional Navy Appropriation Bill ii an item of $10,00;) to Dr. Locke of Cincinnati, for the construction at the National observatory, of a .Magnetic Clock under his own direction, nnd to pay him for the free use, by the United States, of his invention of said clock, und of all improvements ho may make thereto. An n.T'doverii'n- turned Ilditnr. Ex-Governor James Clarke, the founder of the Rirlington (Iowa) State Gazette, who withdrew from the establishment in IS 15 to officiate as Territorial Governor, has again become associated with his old paper as the chief editor, and also as one of the publishers. Per Contra. The editor of the Providence Journal has turned Governor of Rhode Island, rather a small affair, but remarkable f r its rarity. Good Definition. A town clerk, in Massachusetts, in making out the census and stating the occupations of 'unmarried girls and boys," as required by law, writes thus to ths Secretary of State: "My vocabulary is not extensive enough to express in a single word the occupation of unmarried young ladies. Can't do better than losst i: down preparation for matrimony." (jCr A man in Louisville missed his pocket-book containing js."!; after awhile he felt in his pocket and found the pocket-book, but tho money was gone, and iu its place was a receipt for $50 from the thief. OO" The Arkansas Legislature voted an appropriation at its late sesaion for a monument to Hon. A. IL Sevii r. 07-The city of New York and the city of New Orleans are both petitioning Congress for tho establishment of a branch mint at those points. Slavery in Dei.awakk. The committees of both Houses, to which the long petitions on tho subject were referred, reporled unanimously that it was "inexpedient to legislate upn the subject at thi time." which report was unanimously sanctioned by Loth Housb?.

Tlic Def.ilr ttioti of the fStnte Treasurer; Officii! UC'Ii) . Tho report of the commissioners to settle with the !

Treasurer of Kentucky, d:.r loses tho fact t! at thnt functionary is a defaulter in th:' s'hIi, in the round sum of fifiy-two thousand dollar". Where, the monev I Ins gone or what has Invome of it. no one can tell.

l ne i,oujsv me uemocrat states t ie t !io ving startling j tured one of th ; co:nbatan:s : j facts from which woiniywvll conjecture to what; 1st round. Sullivan after considerable sparring purposes this money was devoted. Uuceoeded in knot-king Hyer down.

In !S5!I, tins vv!i t. treasurer ui-olo n HiN. report to I.V.' Legislature, slating that thi n? was a deficit iti the treasury ot .s.,(H),t)t, when a eummittee, nppointed fr the punnse of ascertaining the facts in the lease, reported tbi ihere ouht to have been a surpl s jof.30.0Ut. Ti.:s was bet"re the election of 13-10, j when the whig party carried the State by an over- ; whelming majority. Was the money devoted to that purpose ? What makes it more evident to our mind that such is tho fact, arises from the whig membors of the Legislatur re-electing him, after the report of the committee, showing that he wm either dishonest or incapable. In IS 11 no false report was made, and the whig majority reduced more than one half. Iu 1313, the whigs being hard pressed, his aid is agnin inveked, more money is spent, and the whig majority again is very large. But thi- time tho Treasurer cannot conceal his delinquencies, and thereupon resigns hisoffice, leaving the state minus 5,000! Has our neighbor given these facts to his readers ! Oli, no, that would never do. Had it been a " loco loco " that had committed ibis deadly " sin, how his righteous indignation would have been kindied! What homilies he would have written on honesty! As the Democrat says The idea of leg treasurers would have haunted his imagination dav and night. He would have dreamed of streams of gold pouring down into capacious pockets, and seen the Treasurer flying off with it in his ponderous coattail ! But 1 , it is a whig definition, and we must cultivate a f rbearing spirit ! This is a kind of political corruption that we cannot understand, and to which we hope never to descend. liushvil'e Jacksonian. The above is a fair specimen of the whig party, all over the country. The Protocol to the Mexican Treaty. The Washington Union, in explaining the existence of this document, says : Messrs. Sevier aril ClitTjrd were nent tt Mexico fir the purpse, amons; otrvr duties, of expl lining to the Mexican government the nature of the aineiuiaiei't male by the Senate to the tieaty of peace. Tin tieity, with iho amendments of the Senate, hadbe-?ii ratified by the President before their d'pat ture. He fore their airivat at Queretam, on the 2ÖO, of May, 1S43, the treaty, with the amendmen of the Senate, had been approved by both the Sewzle and Unite of Deputies of Mtxico, according to the formi of their contitution. Before the Pieü'!cnt of Mexico ratitird the treaty, it wa deemed necesary, to atify Mexican scruples, that an explanation should be made by our commissiouei , in the form of a Protocol, on three points. This explanation was niaJe hy Protocol. When the treaty reached Washington, on the 4h of July, IMS, the 3,000,000, the fust hist.Iment under the trevy, had been pail ; the blockades of the Mexican p uts ha I beeu raine.l ; aiol oar troops haj left the city of Mexico, and were fat evacuatinj the country. The ratification had been exchanged on the 30th of May, 1SH, and the treaty va the upreme luv of the I out. Had the r.otocoi contained any Miputation which violated the treaty, theie coull luve been nu other remfdy but to open a opw n? lOtin with Mexico on th sut ject. The Prei.tent. aOr carefully exaauuiiij; the Piotocul, found i.othiog in it which was t ot in confimity with lh tie-ify, and tlieief ji c di J not attempt to institute auy new negotiation. The Protocol is in the f dlowing words: " PROTOCOL Of the Conference previous to the ratification und change of tho Treaty of Peace between Ambrose II. Sevier and Nathan Clifford, Commissioners nnd Ministers rienipotentiarv on the part of the United oiiiii-s 01 ."tiiicrica, iiuu umi Jjiiis ue la ivoa, .Minis ter of Foreign and Internal Affair, of the Mexican Republic : " In the city of Quc retaro, on tho iiOth of the month of May, IS 13, nt a conference between their Excellencies, Nathan Clifford and Ambrose H. Sevier, Commissioners of the United States of America, with full powers from their Government to make the Mexican Government suitable explanations in regard to the amendments which the Senate and government of paid United States have made in the treaty of peace, friendship, limits and definitial settlement-., between the two republics, signed in the city of Guidalopc Hidalgo, on the second day of February, of the present year, and ins Excellency, Don Luis dn la Kosa, .Minister ot l orcign Affairs of the Republic of .Hexico, it was agreed, after adequate conversation respect ing the chatiges alluded to, to record in the present protocol the following explanations, which their afore said excellencies, the Commissioners, gave in the! name of their government, and in fulfilment of the commission conferred upon them near the Mexican Republic : " 1st. The American government, by suppressing the 9th article of the treaty of Guadaloupc and subptitutin the 3d article of tho treaty of Louisiana, did not intend to diminish in any way what was agreed upon by tho aforesaid article 9th, in favor of the inhabitants of the territories ceded by Mexico. Its understanding is, that all of that agreement is contained in the IV. article of the treaty of Louisiana. In consequence, all the privil?gcs and gurantces, civil, political, and religious, which would have been possessed by the inhabitants of the ceded territories, if the 9th article of the treaty had been retained, will be enjoyed bv them, without any difference, under the article which has been substituted 2J. The American crnvernmnnt. bv Pnnnresinr thr. 10th article jf the treaty of Guadaloupo, did not in any way intend to annual the grant of hnds made by .Mexico in the ceded territories. These grants, notwithstanding the suppression of this article of the treaty, preserve the legu nnturo which they would nossess. and thp tranter mnv muco tholr loWlnmto

titles to be acknowledged before the American tribu- tll'ul t,,rre hours afterwards that the lion was subdued, nals. J and rendered obedient to the keepers." Conformably to the law of the United Sta'es leiti-i 7 mate titles to every description of property, personal A House at Ska. A singular instance of cmand real, existing in the ceded territories, and those barking upon the deep occurred on Friday evening, which were legitimate title under the Mexican law A horse went to the lake to drink, some distance north in California and New Mexico up to the YMh May. d le north pier, and stepping upon a cake of ice, IS IG, und in Texas up to the Jd March. lSJlj. the wind, which blew strongly from the diore at the "od. The government or the United States, by sup-! l'"'e. t!r(vc thc brit,Ie bark nn(1 ,,,e Poor 1)0381 into pro-sing the concluding paragraph of article TJth of I tho lnke. The captain of the schooner Oneida witthe treaty, did not intend to deprive the Mexican Ke- nessetl the occurrence, and says that v. hen last seen, public of the free and unrestrained faculty of ceding, 'o borne was going out of eight in the distance, conveying and transferring, a! any time, (as it may Nothing has been heard from him since. Wo hope judge best.) the sum of IVJ.OOO.OOO, which the same be will bring up at some friendly port on the other government of the United States is to deliver iu the of the nh Chicago paper. places designated by the amended article. j The above horse has arrived safely at Buffalo. The "And these explanations having been accepted by poor brute was discovered by the pilot of one of the tho Minister of Foreign Affiirs of the Mexican lie- lake steamers, when nearly 70 miles from his port of public, he declared, in the name of his government, j departure, and was, with much difficulty, hoisted on that, with the under-standing conveyed by them, the . board. Tho ice upon which he stood, was, by the same government would proceed to ratify the treaty ! action of the steamer's paddles, to broken, that the of Guadaloupe, as ratified by the Senate and govprn-: quadruped navigator was plunged into the water; but.

merit of the United Slates In testimony of which, their excellenciesv the aforesaid Commissioners and tho Minister, have signed and sealed, in quintuplicate, the present protocol. i.. s. Signed, "Nathan Cliftohd. l. h.J "Amiu: sf. H.Sevif.k. ' P.J "Lt'IS DR LA PiOSA." Whites vj. lh.ACK. C,mrress assorts for a runaway

naimy husband! Th Washington Correspond- i by presenting thc fair one of his choice with a brit of the Riltimoro Patriot, says: j dal dress which cost $1500. in which, after the stylo "Mr. (lidding, the great "uu of Abolitionists, is ot" ancient sacrifices, 6he was decked for the altar.

ent in hi iin le'iwiiTjusi now, on account ol a petition to: gross from a Mrs. Mary Johnson, pomcwhere in ! C ngre the State of New : York. She represents that her ! ir army in Mexico that he deserted I husband was in cur arm v to tho enemy that he was captured and brought back, that General Taylor would not allow him to remain, but sent him oti that he is lost to her. in con sequence, if not to the world and that as Comtess is paying lor negroes in a similar way bs iu the Pncneco case, and she consider-, one white man worth two negroes, she prays to be paid two thoiu-and dollars, (double the sum paid for I'acheco's Lewis,) for the lost hushrw.d." '1 he Wabrh was seven miles wide at Vincennes , yesterday. The flood has done immeu.u damage to the surrounding country. Three or four men lft Vincennes a few d-iv ago in a can c. They have not been hoard of since. It ia- feared th-y were lost. hut. Jo'innih ';. 0. A Golden Dr.K.i:.!. A colored man in Philadelphia heard so much of gold that ho dreamed "a hap" wan buried iu his cellir, and dog n great hole 10 feet deep to fi l l it. An old colored woman fell into the hole. land l-.nr outcries exp svd th'. secret operations" ot th digger.

The Croat I'rizt right. pALiiMonr, Feb. 7. liver and Sullivan left the city yesterday and proceeded to Poll's Island, when they commenced their prize fight for 10,0; HI. The figlit commmened at " min ites after l o'clock, A. M.. with the following

: results up to the time that the police and soldiers cap- -'! round. Sullivan had tlie atlvun n're. lij round. Sullivan succeeded in los old trick of dodging, and escaped all the eiFects of a well directed and heavy blow; which though it knocked him down did him but litt! injury. Ith round. Hyer succeeded in hitting his man a tremendous blow which knocked him ti t t on hi3 back, tilling at least seven fe- from the place where lie had stood. 5th round. During this entire round Hyer had the advantage and milled Sullivan most effectually. Cth round. They both came up to the Gih round with considerable distrust. Sullivan finally succeeded however in hitting liver immediately behind the ear, dropping him for dead. Dnrim' the 7th, 8th and Oth rounds liver had the advantage all through, uid afier the 10th round Sullivan was taken up insensible; Hyer received the Colors and was proclaimed the victor. This fight has already cost the State over jk'JUOU in the endeavor to stop it. The Tkeasurv. So many misrepresentations have gone out respecting the state of the treasury, and so much have the letter writers insisted upon the nece.-i-sity of resorting to a new loan for its relief, that we are sure the sympathizing w higs will feel great pleasure in having their gloomy apprehensions dissipated hy the truth. We refer, therefore, with great satisfaction to the notice from the Trrasnry Department, which is to be found in our advertising columns, announcing that "the means of the government are competent to liquidate all claims against the treasury up to the 1st of April next, without calling in before that date any further payments on account of the loan of 134S, and desiring to save interest," and the "successful bidders for that loan, by whom any balance is still due," are informed ' that they arc permitted to postpone any further payment until the 1st of April next." We are happy to congratulate the incoming heirs of the estate, that it is not handed over to them in an insolvent condition that the purse is not empty and that there are ample means to nay its expenses and comply with its engagements. The notification of the postponement of payment will, of course, have its duo effect upon the price of public stocks and the Mate of the money market. The New York Courier has already anticipated that Puch a movement would give relief to the money market. 1 ' i v h ino i o n U linji. Capt. Bkagg Couuectinu Hisiuur. A dinner was given in Mobile on the J0th inst. Col. IJraxton Bragg was present. On being toasted, the Col. made a neat reply, in which ho took occasion to speak modestly of his own individual claims, and eulogized iu the highest terms the materials of the army, tho rank and file, by whom our battles are won, for which their l leader carry oil so exclusively the whole of the glory. j j,, the corso of these remarks Od. Umgrr corrected tiic popular story which associated his name fo much with the political campaign of last summer, during which lie figured in so many pictures, with a scroll. j upon which was painted the celebrated order said to have been given ium by ben. 1 aylor, nt litieni Visla "A litth; more grape, Capt. Uragir." Tho Col. wtuted this as a fancy sketch altogether no such occur- ! renc t ok place on the held of battle, nnd tho first fie nearu ol tins lamous oruer, was irom newspapers from the United States. He added that many events. I tin .! riiiniln t inn n si 1 1 1 vr PYifit in tlio Tlitnnlnr j ,iaJ n ot'er )rjin th;g Mmc invcn. tive faculty of tin press and its correspondents. Man Killed by a Catamount. Mr. John Soulo cf Errol, in this State, who, in company with two others, was hunting near Umbagog Lake, went out one afternoon, -ome four weeks since, on the line of his traps, but not returning, his companions etartod on his track next morning, and about a half a mile from the camp they found his body badly torn in ; pieces, and the tracks of two animals going from the i place. From nil appearances, Soule came across two ' catamounts in a tree pome half a mile beyond where j his dead body was f und, and nt daring to risk a shot, retreated backwards towards his camp, and had , accomplished nearly half the distance, when befell backwards oover a log, and was leaped upon immedi ately by the catamounts. H'i3 rille lay by his side, loaded and cocked. His companions followed the . . . T . . . ,.C I 1. a r. i . t n i n Li (ill lliaif .- n t n t fwl 1 n n ii rnl I Uiltft' "l ill' ti:uni.ii- mi uiri iriiuiinu ill u. i.iiv.11;, anil, hearing them make a noise, became frightened. and gave up the chafe. L- bann (A. 11.) Whig. DniESRACit Cittkn bv ms Liow Wo find the following in the Boston Mail of Wednesday. It looks to us suspicioua. i el, it may he true: "esterday morning, at tho jNational Theatre, Herr Drieebach put a newly imported tiger into the cage with the lion, liones and leopards, and euppociing the animal to be tinder sufficient subjection to secure him from all danger, left the enge under the care of the usual keeper. No sooner had he got out of sight than the lion made an attack upon the tiger, and in an instant both were clenched, and w ent at it "tooth and nail." They disputed every inch of ground like well drilled generals. Driesbach went to quell the fight, withspear8 and pieces of joists, and at last entered the cage. Hut his power over the beast was ! at an end. The lion seized him and threw him down, ; tnre vcalp off his head, and bit him severely on ' 'i right arm, which bled profusely. Ho made his j escapo imni me cage, wnn ins ciotnes compicieiy torn from his back. Medical aid was called, and from the last accounts, we learn his wounds, though extretnelv painful, are not serious. It was far more by getting slings uml'-r Mm, lie was nnaiiy rescueu. nearly exhausted. .V. V. (Hobe. There was a marriage party at the U.S. Hotel last evening, one of the parties to which was a blushing bride of twenty, and the happy man a "gallant gay : Lothario" of over fifty. A daughter of this young j and ardent lover, older than his bride, firmed one of the party. This young man consummated hie addrcssuic usm.n uun. -...- fortune of some hundred thousands as an offset to her youth and beauty diamonds won and, the milk b3 cocoa-nut is readily accounted for. There is nothing like being able to fork up your tare and pay the tad as you pass along the railroad of life. Cin. I) '-snatch. Tnr. i.AK'JKsr vet. Two "humans" have arrived in Boston from the old world, measuring each (male id female) over eight feet in height, and large in proportion. I hey dress in (Quaker costume ami can themselves Quakers. Before the Election, two, of tho Whig Editors of this city were daily addressing factory meetings in Allegheny city, and using all their persuasive eloquence lo convince the operativ s that the Ten Hour System was -a whig measure. After the. Election, the whigs stigmatised the friend-jof that Ten Hour Law as advocates of mobs and riots! Let the working men, whigs and denncrats, remember these thing. Pitt Virgil Post. A IV.xiresTiAKY to Let. Tu diuctors of tho Iowa Penitentiary report to thc Legislature that during the vetr there Ins b reu 4 one conviction, two pardon and one ccipe," leaving th,- State's Trison without a sin?'' tenant. .... . i 1 i

Tax oil Alien I'acitget's -Important Decision. A correspondent of the Evening Post pays toe Supreme Couri, now mi session at Washington, has agreed upo.-i n derision of vast on-cquencc to the State or New-York, and indeed to all the States upon the sea board. A majority of the Court have agreed to render judgment adverse to the constitutionality of the laws of States imposing taxes upon alien pessenrcrs arrivimr in i!:r iui. Tim States vvImkc in-

tercst will be must riinily nlR'teu by this issue ol the h.ng pending controversy upon this question, are New-York, Massachusetts, Louisiant, Maryland, Texas and Pennsylvania. i I learn that opinion stood equally divided in the Court for a long time, upon theNc.v-York and Massa- j chusetts ras, und it thus stood in equilibria after the last argument of Messrs. Webster and Van Buren until the arrival of Judirc McKinley, which made a full Bench. It is impossible at present to get at the precise points decided. Judgment will not be rendered until near the end of the term, which will i be about March 10. There will be many opinions j delivered, hanllv anv one of the Justices agreeing in ,

the reasoning of any other. Nor is it easy to state country with his father and his father having beeu the aggregate effect of the decision. It i bied up- .naturalized, he was, hy that tin ans naturalized himon the"genernl principle thnt the State can pass no (self. Some ten ears ago, when there was a revolul.i wa t. tr.ior ...r,...nr,v Uj the la vs o f project .-d i ii Can adi , S!i lel.ls, then a young and

the Union, that, consequently no tax" can be levitd upon the passengers while on board the ship, though within State jurisdiction, nor upon the owners of the vessel at any time A Novel Cirltmstaxce. Fieadcrs will perhaps remember that s ime time ago a lady. Miss Elizabeth Blackwell applied for admission as a student in one of ti e medical colleges at Philadelphia, her purpose being to go through an entire course of the study of mc licine. The application was denied, and the lady subsequently entered the Geneva Med cal College, where at the annual commencement on the'Jd inst., she graduated with high honors and received the degree of M. D., the subject of her thesis being ship fever. On receiving her diploma she thus addressed tho President " I thank you, sir. With the help of the Mo?t High, it shall be the rffirt of my life to shed honor upon this diploma." Miss Blackwell commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Elder, of Philadelphia. Professor Lee, who delivered the customary oration, complimented the lady, and said that she had won the distinction by "attending faithfully to every point required of candidates for the honor." Eighteen young gentlemen received the degree of M. D. at tho same time. X. Y. Spectator. The Rhode Island Case. A correspondent of the Washington Union makes thc following statement in regard to the recent decision of the Supreme Court on the subject of tho Dorr rebellion : The naked truth is this: only six of the judges out of nine expressed any opinion in the case, as judges M'Kinly, Catron, and Daniel declined to sit. The other six did not declare that Dorr did or did not improperly set up the new constitution, or that it was not of right entitled to be supported by him; but they, on the contrary, expressly held (and the chief scope of their opinion va9 to justify what they held) that these questions, they, as judges, had no power or jurisdiction to decide; that they were political questions, and must be settled by the political tribunals or political functionaries, without the dangerous interference of a body of men, not chosen by the people, nir directly amenable to them; and when so settled, it was thc duly of the judges to take the decision of those p-MiticHi authorities for a guide: that in this case, the political authorities of the Statt and of the general (ivernment having decided in favor of the T e National Convention. There is to be a National Convention held at Baltimore on Tuesday, the Oth of March, 1919 not of politicians, but of capitalists, inventors, and amateurs of ingenuity and skill in the productive arts. Tho objects of holding the convention are: 1. To examine discoveries, new inventions, plans and compositions of matter, 5cc. ". To furnish true and original inventors, when required, with advice, the means of sustenance, materials, See. 'S. To purchase a library for the use of e.ximiners and inventors, &c. 1. To establish a room for the exhibition of models, plans, drawings, &c. 5. To give couhsel and advice (for a fee) to thoso who may desire information about machines, &c. 0. The establishment of a warehouse of machines, implements, manufactures, &.c. 7. The establishment of workshops for the instruc tion ot apprentices, &c 8. The establishment of a school for the instruction of mechanics, scholars. &c. This brief summary will give an idea of the objects proposed to be accomplished by the convention. old charter and sustained it, the Supreme Cmirt must take their decision for its guide, whether believing it to be correct or not. t III- i an v nun; v.aC, IU III 111, VAV-Cpi llIU Ulf "III I of one judge against five on the correctness of the extension of martial law, by the State, over "all iti people.

, rr o ti ir c, i c will number "00, and every one is armed "to the A Touch i nt. Stokv. Hon. A. H. Stephens, of , ,.r . ,, r ' t i r ry . . .ii . 1 , teeth. e take three 0-pounders, bv wav of makGeorgia, in a recent address at a meeting in Alexan-' ... , . v r idria. for the benefit of the Orphan Asylum and Free H1 0ut t!,y component. -V. Lawnncc Republican. School, of that city, related the following anecdote:) The Hon. Horace Greeley's expose of the extra "A poor little boy in a cold night in January, w th mileage charged by members of Congress, has thrown no home or ro.f to shelter his head, no parental or Somc of the dignitaries of that honorable body ujon maternal guardian or guido to protect or direct him their "reserved rights." They seem riot n know how on his way, reached at nightfall the hu?e of a rich to treat the matter, whether seriously or j(cosely. planter, who took him in, fed, lodged, and sent him Ve tltink their bet way is to acknowledge the cor;i, on his way, with his blessing. Those kind attentions anJ amend their wavs for the future. It appears that cheered his heart and in-mired him with fresh cour- au amendment to the appropriation b;ll has been ndopage to battle with the obstacles of life. Ware rolled ted iu the House fixing Ihir pay, hereafter, at $2,000 round; Providence led him on. he had reached the pPr annum and ten cents per mile to be reckoned on legal profession; his host had died, the cormorants the nearest post route. Should such become the law that prey on the substance of man, had formed a it may correct the abuses utider the present system conspiracy to get from the widow her estate. She ; Washington Co. Democrat. sent for tho nearest counsel to commit her cause to ; . him, nnd thai counsel proved to be tho orphan boy, j The Grand Taylor Ball at New Orleans, on years hforcwelcomed and entertained by her deceas- tie night of the 2öth ult., the Delta says, encountered husband. The stimulous of a warm, tenacious cd several serious obstacle, and the company wai not. gratitude was now added to the ordinary motive con- : in consequence, so large as had K-en expected. In nected with the profession. He undertook her cause ! addition to thc absence of the Old Hero himself, the with a will not easy to be resisted; he gained it; cheering presence of thc great orator and statesman, the widow's estates were secured to her in perpetuity; j Mr. Clay, was wanting by reason of thc accident and Mr. Stephens added, with an emphasis of emotion J which had befallen him and the fair Creole ladies that sent its electric thrill throughout tho house, ; xVfi usually compose so brilliant a portion of Souththat orphan boy stands b'fore. you!" I em assemblies, were also missed, though this wai 77 ' i attoned for in some degree bv the presence of a large Gen. Jackson s Will. W e notice tho following . IUItnber (,f tlC frjr children of the Saxon and the Celt, extract from Gen. Jacksons will m some of ouryx- witli a goodly sprinkling of the "dark-glancing," changes : ( pensive-bniwfcj daughteis of Jodah. Tho gold box presented to me by thc Corporation j "Many persons were so impracticable as to think of the city of New York, the large silver vase prü-1 tj,at a Taylor Ball, without the presence of th Old sented to rue by thc ladies of Charleston, S. C, my : ir,.ro himself, was likeplayincr ihetrai'cdv of Hamlet, n .tive state, with the large picture representing tho With Hamlet omitted. Thus we werJVprived of tha unfurling of the American banner, presented to me ,,rPMM,ce of that Jargoclav of lively, pleasant, chatty, by the citizens of South Carolina, whc;i it was refused ciable and agreeable friends of the President elect, to be accepted by the United States Senate, I leave in j wnose patriotism is suspected to be at the disposal of trust to rny son, Andrew Jacks m, jr., with directions , their country, under the in-coming administration, that, should our happy country not be blessed with in otj,er m,t few of the candidates for Execupoace an event not always to be expected he will, tive favor were oresi-nt. and tho who wen h-Aed

at the cloo of the war, or end of the conflict, present j each of said articles of inestimable value to that patriot residing in the city or state from which they were presented, who shall be adjudged by his countrymen or the ladies to have b;en the most valiant in defence of his country and our country's rights." Mrs. Partington on California Gold. "Dear me!" exclaimed Mrs. Partington, sorrowfully, " how much a man will bear, and how far he will go, to get this soddered dross, as Parson .Martin called it when I he refused the beggar a sixpence, for fear it might Inn1 Lim 5ntd p vtrava nrmiee : everv b dv is r;oinT to I California and Chagrin arter gold. Cousin Jones and the three Smiths have gone; and Mr. Chip, the carpenter, has left his wife and seven children and a blessed old mother-in-law to seak his fortin, too. This is Ihe strangest yet, and I don't see how he could have done it ; it lo ks so ungrateful to treat heaven's blessings so lightly. But then, we arc told that the

love of money is the root of all evil, and how true It or about half the. American gold sent to the Mint, is, for they are now rooting artcr it like pigs arter The, total coinage of the United States Mint since ground im!s. Why, it is a perfect money mania 1793 has been, gold, 70,311,410 00; silver, 73,arnong everybody;'"' and she shook her head doubt- j 440,514 00; copper, 1, 2U9.75U 20. Total, 151,ingly as she pensively watched a small mug of cider 017,714 10. C insisting of 313.2S1.750 pieces of with an ajqd in it simmering by the winter fire; shot coin.

was somew hat fou l of drink made in this wav. A dead letter, recently received at the Department encloses two hundred dollars and a note apprising the

person uddressed that a number of years ago the 'income of 10tJ.(K)v). The real properly of this eswriter defraudf-d his father's estate of that sum; that! tale, in the city and county of Philadelphia, consist he has now embraced religion, and thus pays over. of 177 buildings; of which 39 are small houses, 77 No signature gives a cluo to thi- correspondent. I larg do; nd 01 Höre.

Miüiary CtialifiratiiMis. Col. Lnne Ins rshown no qualilieatius fir the office for u hi h i.o has leen iiomitnted. thr than nre t' b.; discovered in the ilircit irec of ou!rry d.jty, wh'rh alone, is ixr pr u-f of qual.li atio.i f r Lieut. Governor. tt. Yy ii Times. Well neighbor. Ui do you think f the propriety of electing a man to the Proidtney. who never vtcd, never bei 1 a civil rffi. e, never had time to ex

amine qiif-iHMij .t nit i nil i...i-v, mill a lio ima imwu no quniifientions for the office, other than are to b discovered in the disci. nre of military duty !" Don't you think tiiat this alone would be poor proof of qualification for the Presidency or do you think that sauce for the goose j.s not auce for the jander ! We pause for a reply. (i.ishen Unmoral. General Shields. The question of Gen. Shiclds's eligibility to tin seut in I he U. S. Senate to which ho has recently been elected by the Iliiii'is legislature, seems to be settled by the following t-iHtcment of a correspondent of the St. Iuiis Republican: "Gfp. Shirlds was a lid when be carne to this Indent spirit, while travelling the circuit with a certain Judge, expressed tt determination to join the Patriots. The Judge told him, if he should do so, and was caught by the British, unless he was naturalized, it might prove a hanging bu?insn for him ; and advised him to be naturalised. He did so; not that lift considered it necessary to render him eligible to oil the privileges that are extended to citizens of foreign birth, but because he thought it might be of servico to him, if, by the fortunes of war, he should fall into the hands of the British, in his prop ted visit to Canada. This, in plain talk, disuses of this matter." We ore truly glad to find that (Jen. Shields will have no difficulty in taking that post of honor which it is the w ill of the people of his State that he should hold, and which he is so worthy to occupy. Audacious Rogueuv. A daring attempt was made night before last to rob the otHce of Dr. Handy, on the corner of Pratt ami Albemarle sts., Baltimore. About midnight, a person called at hisolhce, requesting him to attend a serious case of sickness around in Broadway. Dr. II. went with his conductor, who afier directing him to the house of Capt. Myers, found some excuse to make off. Finding his services not required by the family named, Dr. Handy returned to his room, and found that in his ubscence a trunk containing islOO or more, had been taken. With the assistance of an officer of the watch, who was sent for, thc trunk was afterwards diovered upon tho premises, with its contents safe, the thieves having probably been frightened off by the alarm. The Gold Dollak. Mr. McKay reported on Thursday last to the House of Representatives, a b.U to authorize the coinage of one dollar gold pieces at the mint of the United States and its branches. Thero seems to be but one opinion about the utility of such a coin. The press has teemed with articles j-trongly recommending iti introduction. Its uses are obvious. It spreads a beautiful coin over the country, which may serve to check tho circulation ot those ragged one-dollar notes which ore issued by the banks. It furnishes a convenient mode of sending a small um of money by mail; for its small weight rarely increases the postage of a letter beyond the lowest rate, viz: on the half ounce. Stick the gold dollar to a letter sheet by a wafer, and it travels to its destination with the greatest security. Washing tan Vnion, 'JTith. Map.k the ScA.vr. A fellow who had been passing under the name of E. F. Foote, engaged in selling books, hi stock consisting of pictures, novels, letter-writers, Negro songs, i.e., insulted a highly respectable lady in this place one day last week. Ho was promptly arrested, nnd, after the payment of a fine which about emptied his "weazel skin," learning that rotten eggs were -suddenly getting in great demand, he took his departure on short notice in the direction of Indianapolis. He is described aa rather dark complected, with a prominent chin and hooked nose; not over middle size. 1 rankhn Lxaminer A California Outfit. One of the St. Lawrence boys, who has just sailed from New York for California, 6euds us the following "bill of goinls" and chattels, which he found it üecessary to lay in: "One hunting-coat; X! pair of Russian duck pants; 1 pair of blankets; 1 comforter; 1 oil suit and hat; ! 1 matrass; i doz. socks; I doz. red flannel shirts: 4 1 rtair flannel drawers: 1 Leavv short coat " nair lnrwr boots: 1 do. hnvrrun: 1 hovrl- 1 oil!- 1 .rm-m-jment rifle; 1 revoU. r. (hix shooter :) 1 Duwie-knifo j an,i belt ; 0 lbs. powder ; D U lead ; Ö90 perc. caps ; bottle sweet-oil ; J luxe nU; 1 box seidlitz powj Jer D. salts. ..p !t oir,rcj mc a Urrcl of rurnf bat Qa our vessel goes on temperance principles altogether. I j WJJ JCaVe It UChltlU. ..Ti,c price of passage is ft'i'H). This wi ; us a interest in the vessel "and cargo at.d ill ensure .d make a homo for us while there. Our passengers gloomy, and peculiar, as if their thoughts were accompanying Geu. Taylor iu the triumphant tour to the capitol. Coinage in tiif. U. S. dukinvj HIS. By the annual report f the Director of the Mint we learn that the coinage in the U. S. fir the last year numbered 12,040,700 pieces, the total value of which was 5, 879,723, as follows: .Tf. Silver. Copper. $3G4.330 00 Chirl itte, N. C Daliloiiega.Ga., ; ."." 271,272 50 3.3S0.O 00 2.7S0.93J 00 1 ,6-20.000 00 420.050 00 Fbi aJelphia, 64,157 93 To'al, $3.775.512 50 f 2.04o.05o 00 J64.157 99 The deposits of gold al tiic mints tor coinage, which was tin? produce of the United States, was 2-11,541. North Carolina, furnished 100,031 of the amount. Since 121 this State, has furnished nearly fuur mil lions out of a total of nearly eight millions deposited. Tun Gik ard Ks täte. The city of Philadelphia, now in possession of tiic estate of the latK Stephen Girard, is said to have derived from it last year an