Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 82, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1849 — Page 2

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FOR GOVERNOR. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, OF PAUKE COVXVY. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. JAMES H. LANE, OF DFsARlMRX COFXVY. Democratic State A. G. rORTER, DAVID REYNOLDS. DR. L. DUNLAP. WM. II. MORRISON, GEO. A. CHAPMAN, Central Committee. DR. A. CALL, C. 0. WERBE, N. BOLTON, FRANCIS KING, ;i:n. j. p. drake. ITIarion County Convention. A County Convention of the Drmocrats of Marion County will bo held at the Uourt noose in iuuiamp olid, on SATURDAY, the 1th of AI'RIL next, at 10: o'clock, A. M., for the purpose ot appointing ueiegates to represent said county ia the Congressional District Convention ; and if deemed expedient to nominate candidates for the several offices to ba filled by the people of Marion county at the next August election, to-wit : a Senator, two Representatives, a Clerk of the Circuit Court, two Associate Judges, und a County Commissioner for the lid District, composed of Pike, Wayne, Decatur and Terry townships. Several members of the County Committee think, that while it would be well to appoint delegates to the District Convention at the time above specified, it would be best to defer the nomination for Stute und county officers, to a later period, say the 30th of June. The Democrats of the several township' of the county are respectfully requested to meet at such time as may suit their convenience and appoint delegates to represent them in the county convention as above. By order of the County Committee. tf. Congressional Convention. The following times and place have been agreed upon in the districts named : 1st. District Thursday, April It!, a: Petersburgh, jikc county. 2d. District Saturday, April 21, at Caarlestown, Clark county. 5ih. District Thursday, April 12, at Indianapolis. Centre Township -.Marion County The Democrat of Centre Township, are requested to meet at the Court House on SATURDAY the '.list of March, at 10 o'clock, A. 31. for the purpose of oppointing Delegates to represent er id township in the county Convention to Lo held on April the 7th, and to transact any other necessary and proper business. It is hoped that there will b? a general turn out. tf. Wc were ready, on opening the Sentinel yesterday, to charge the editors with wrongly quoting from the Volunteer. We were conildent the name of J. P. Chapman was among our published list of candidate fur Congress but on examining the file found we wer? mistaken. The omission was purely accidental, and believe it was caused by an impression from the name of J. IV attached to the name of Col. Drake at the beginning. Our apology is rather weak, hut nevertheless truo. It is necessary that democratic editors should be careful and not create diFatfcction in tiie ranks. We have been guarded in thin, though we may entertain personal preferences. But find them out if you can. We know the impression at Indianapolis is that we arc partial to Old Shelby." Have it just as you please. Shelby county has an equal right with any other county in the district. She his proved faithful and true! Sheibyville Vo-unUer, Feb. 16. Thii "apology" would be perfectly satisfactory, if indeed any were needed ; which, by the way, we do not conceive to be the fact. We did supyose, of course, that oar friend of the Volunteer personally preferred eome other than J. P. C. But, if so, it would be his right, and we should ba the last to complain. The 'omission" may have misled us, but whether so or not, our personal and friendly relations towards the editor of the Volunteer would have remained unchanged. Nor is any fault to be imputed to tho Volunteer for being careful of tho interests of old Shelby.' We should consider that in the lino of its duty, and worthy of praise rather than censure. First District. We see the name of Judge Lockhart, N. Albertson, B. R. Edmondson, C. C. Graham, and Smith Miller, mentioned in connection with tiie congressional nomination in the first district. They are all excellent men, and either of them would make an excellent Representative. 07" We refer the reader to an interesting letter from Judge Bryant, dated at Panama, to be found in another column ; also to that of Mrs. Bolton from Washington. Correction. In the notice of the petition, published by order of the City Council, the last paragraph should read, "Saturday the 2-lthof February, instead of the 2Gth. Those interested will govern themselves accordingly. Crawfobdsvxlle Review. We are pleased to learn that Messrs. Englc &. Johnston are making an effort to resume the publication of the Review. A prospectus is bfore the public, and we sincerely hope the democrats of old Montgomery will eec it to be their interest to comply with its reasonable requirements. The Review was always a well-conducted paper, and j we hope to seo it established upon a permanent ' basis. The "Pioneer." It may be that many persons j know cf no euch place as Xew London, Indiana. For ' the benefit of such, (and to refresh the memory of an " inquirer,) wo will state that the said New London is situate in Howard county ; that it is ' pretty conaid-! erable ' of a town ; that there are merchants there ; and this latter fact we learn from a newspaper printed i there, by our friend Dr. 31. R. Wickeksham, whilom j a resident of this city. The Pioneer" is a five; soil paper, ably edited, and deserves success, which j we heartily wish it. j Sudden Death. The business of the House of' Delegates cf Virginia was brought to a close onThursday by an awful event, which overwhelmed the! members with grief. Col. John W. Thompson, of j Botetourt, was on the floor, advocating a bill for the j establishment of a branch bank at Fincasile. Sud-j denly, after speaking a few minutes, he sunk in his! ch&ir, with his head on his desk, and called for water, j This was instantly brought, and, after an ineiTectual ! effort to bleed him, he fell back and died. 0-A resolution was introduced into the U. S. Sen- j ate, on the 10th inst., by 31 r. Underwood of Kentucky,) providing for the purchase of a burial ground in Mexico, for the interment of Americans who fell or died j in that country during the late war; objection being! made, the resolution lies over. CO"Thc Louisville 'oiks, in one of their regular toasts cn the occasion of Gen. Taylor's reception, ayb .f him that he is "the common property of the nation." Indiana would sell her claim cheap. Who bids! 07The gallant General James Shields, Senator elect from Illinois, was present at Louisville and Madison, and took part in the ceremonies iu honor of Gen. Taylor. OCT A bill exempting a homestead to the amount of $300 from sale, has been passed by tho Senate of j Pennsylvania, by a vote of IS to 11. , 0"Soe notice in reference to Dr. Shannon, in an--cthr column.

Indianapolis and llellvfbiitaiiie Itailrojul. Extracts from tho American Railroad Gazette Bostoa :

.'..iiumi .ill') 1 i;u Kill fl H)I l: um II wau vv;iii , li jf , have d'cl:iicd a dividend of mx pr cent, for the last j hve months, winch is equal to fourteen percent, per annum. For two years post the company has paid equally large dividend.'. Thi is encouraging to those who in y be disposed to invent in stork of such railroads os me on the great routes nf business and travel. There are railroads now constructing to connect Indianapolis with the Mad-River Road nt Bellefontaine, Ohio, which whm i-oiuplrted, will without doubt, have as large business from freight and travel ns that from Indianapolis to Madison now has. The line is regarded ns somewhat rival to the other proposed route (from Cincinnati to St. Louis via Vincennes) as its tendency will b-3 to diert a good deal if trade and travel from Cincinnati. By the time, however, that both nro built, there will undoubtedly be business enough fur both. It is poor economy to build cheap railroads, they are continually getting out of repair, occasion numerous delays, are more expensive after the firt cost than those substantially built with the heavy iron ral. The same speed cannot ho attained upon tip m, and they never give satisfaction to stockholders." Extracts from the Railroad Journal : It (the great Central Railroad) will intersect und cross more important artificial means of intercommunication, than probably any other railroad iu the country, t narre a few all in the State of Ohio. It would cross the Wellsville ami Cleveland railroad, the Ohio canal, the Cleveland, Colutnbn", and Cincinnati railroad, and the Cincinnati and Sandusky railroad, oil i-.innectiiig the lakes with the Ohio river, und all acting ns to many artificial channels to convey passengers and produce to the main greut trunk. Then it will intrrsect the most important public works in Indinni, and by imans of the latteral branches tho railroads of Michig.in n;.d Northern Illinois. No railroad could Le projected on the whole continent possessing so many and so important advantages of connection as this. To the citizens of the central parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and St. Louis this great central rond is of the lat importance, Itm we call their especial attention to it. St. Louis is deeply interested in this enterprise, and we expect she will render all the nid which can bo given by her enterprising population.' Such are the views entertained abroad of our great central ro:d, wh.le our companies iu charge of the line in our S ate nre actively engaged in prosecuting the work. We trust that it may be constructed at the earliest possible day that it can be substantially made. The National Pacific Road. In the U. S. Senate, on the 7th inst., .Mr. Benton introduced a bill for the location and construction of a National Road, at government expense, from St. Louis to San Francisco on the Pacific, with a branch extending to Colutiibit river. Mr. B. wants such a road as the government only can n.ake and sustain. He wants a great national highway, by rail road where practicable, and turnpike where not, to be built by the U. States and supported by the U. States, ond made as free as possible. He as opposed to putting the matter into any private hands. This was to be the great central Rail Road connecting the port of New York, by way of St. Louis, with the Pacific ihe road which nature and commerce indicated as necessary. Toe bill was referred to the committee on military affairs. The first section of the Rill is as follows : That 75 per centum of tho proceeds of the public lands in Oregon and California, and 50 per centum of the amount cf thi sak9 of all other public lands in the United States, shall be, and the fame hereby arc, set apart ond pledged to defray the expenses of locating and constructing a central national road, &c. The remarks of Mr. Benton, upon introducing this bill occupy five columns of the Union, and are very interesting. We shall copy it, in whole or in part, as soon as we can find room. Benton's proposition comes just in time to defeat, we hope, the Panama scheme, which has been before the Senate, and the propriety of which we very much doubt. We have also read a well written article in the American Statesman on the same subject, by Charles Eilet, Esq., a distinguished civil engineer. He asserts that such a road can be completed in two years. We shall copy his article, for we consider this moro grand and important than any similar work in which any nation has engaged. 07-Thc Washington Union has letters from San Francisco, dated on the 20th of December (Christmas day,) which describes the state of affairs there, as desperate in tho extreme. Robberies and murders are matters almost of hourly occurrence. Twenty murders were perpetrated within the six days preceding the date of the letter. Indignant at this state of affairs, and feeling their own personal safety involved, the people are preparing to organize a Provisional Government, in order t stop these outrages and to punish the aggressors. The revenue laws when enforced will yield largely. The inhabitants opposo their extension over the country. The gold mines continue abundantly productive. ij7"The Washington Correspondent of tho Louisville Cjurier in commenting on the decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in the case of tho New York and Massachusetts alitn tax law, says "It is not improbable that the whole question of foreign influence, by immigration, disease, crime, ignorance and control of our elections will come up again before the people. Things look like it now. Should it be so, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you early did your part in informing the public mind on the question." If this means anything it is that nativism, with all its narrow and selfish bigotry, is to acquire fresh impetus from the new order of things. And why not! Geu. Taylor accepted the nomination of tho natives before he did that of the whigs, and with quite as many "profound acknowledgments," done up in Maj. Blip's best style. CC7" An extra eession of the Legislature of Mississippi is demanded by the citizens of Hancock county, iu that State, for the purpose of enacting laws prohibiting the further ingress of slaves from tho border States of the South. In their petition to the Governor, they represent that the States of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri, where slavery bus ceased to be profitable, from the uncertain tenure by which slaves are held, are now throwing an immense black population on the extreme Southern States, which is destined to increase with iuimenso rapidity. To avoid this result, they propose to compel the moro Northern of tho slaveholding States to retain their slaves within their own borders. (r-We find the following iu the Cincinnati Gazette, without co'iunent. It is exactly the sentiments of whiggery, but that it should be published is a little curious. It comes the nearest to expressing whig principles of anything we have seen. As tho whigs have no written creed we suggest that they mount this at the head of their newspapers, and paint it on their flags: We hld these truths In be sdf evident "That all men are endowed with inalienable rights except jtftor men. AH men who do not pay their honest debts are great scamps except those who cheat on a largo scale. All men are born free and equal except ncgntrs. All men are sinners except those who lit lung to Church. All men are allowed to think and act freely except those who work for a living. All well dressed and accomplished women nre ladiesexcept factory girlx. OCrJhXnca H. Hunt, editor of tho Cambridge Reveille, is announced as a candidate for tho next Legislature, from Wavna county.

COKIlSSlOITDEIVCK j Washington City, Fb. 15, 1349. ; Dear N. : To continue rnv remarks upon the le- - . . vee. V e promenaded through that world-renowned east room until tho crowd became 0 dense, that we 1 1 1 t .1 . . ..!, .,1 I could scarcely breathe ; then we wandered away,! - ' and seated on one of the luxurious ottomans of the

reception room, noted the "ronpin ef that brilliant ' 1 " assembly. Near the centre of te room stood the President receiving his guests, with a kind and cor dial welcome ; on one side of him was the minister of England, conversing with a fair lady ; on the other an Indian chief, tricked out in his best moccasins, leggins, blanket and beads, with his dark brow shaded with the raven's plumps, and his wild eyes Hashing with wonder and admiration. Just b-forc me Mrs. Polk, dispensing to one a kind word, to another a sparkling smile, and thus shedding the sun-light of her own warm heart to all around her. Br her side was Mrs. Madison, and the beautiful Mrs. Walker, wife of the private secretary. On my left, glittering in diamonds, was the lady of the Peruvian charge d' utTairep, conversing with the Spanish minister, and on my right a couple of fine looking younj attaches. chatting merrily with a bevy of bright-eyed American girls. About eleven o'clock the puests commenced taking leave, and then, such struggling for precedence ; such calling for hacks; such grumbling of drivers, uch cracking of whips, such jostling of ladies and gentlemen, and such meeting and mingling of small arid great, high and low, I never saw before. On lat sabbath we went t Alexandria and attended divine service in the church lo which Gen. Washington belonged, and of which he was vestryman. It so happened that we were invited to be sealed in the pew that belonged to the Washington family. It is different from tho others, being twice as large, and having a cushioned eat round three sides of it. Seated there, instead of listening to the words of the holy man, (I crave forgiveness for the Pin) I gazed at the old fashioned pulpit, the quaint carved cornice the deep-set oval windows, the purple hangings, the

gallery, the pillars, the ceiling, all, everything on (Human' advertised m the States to leave here on the , , j ... , .. y, fth, has not yet arrived ; nor his fho been heard from, which my eyes rested with the awe and veneration of ... , ,. ... ' . ,.. ,..

a Hindoo worshipper. Around the church there is a small burying-ground, and as I wandered amongst the old graves, reading the half obliterated inscriptions on the broken tomb-stones, my thoughts went back to the generation resting there, and forward to the time when wo shall all sleep as soundly and as silently as they. Last Monday had been appointed for a pirty to visit Mount Vernon. It is sixteen or seventeen miles from this city, and part of the way over a bad road. Sunday had been bright and beautiful, but Monday made its appearance veiled in clouds, portending a heavy snow storm ; nevertheless, as arrangements had been made for the excursion, we set out at half past nine in tho steamboat for Alexandrii ; from thence wc were to go in carriages the remainder of our journey. When we arrived at Alexandria the snow was falling briskly, and some of the company spoke of return inr- thev were over-ruled, however, and in two hours we drove past the dilapidated porter's lodges at the first gate of the Mount Vernon estate. The gentlemen of our party had obtained letters of introduction from the Virginia delegation. These were presented, and after all due forms and ceremonies, we were permitted to enter the mansion that had once been the home of the father of his country. The house is one hundred and three years old, nnd unique within and without. Iu the hall I noticed a 8ofi nnd four or five chairs that evidently belonged to the o!den time; some geological specimens and sevcral pictures; but tho most interesting object was the i key of the Ilastile presented to Gen. Washington by Gen. Lafayette. That massive key, in its glass case, is powerless now, save to unlock recollections of the j times when its grating was the death knell to many a trembling heart. The first room we entered is furnished very tastefully in the modern style, nnd contains nothing that belonged to (ten. Washington but a few pictures. In the next room there are a number of portraits and a bust of Gen. Washington, cast on his face nnd placed where it now is by his own hand. In this room there ore glass doors from the ceiling to the floor, through which you have a fine view of the Potomac and the surrounding country. The lady of the present proprietor, Mr. Washington, treated us with the kindness and courtesy for which old Virginia is so famous, and never did wc enjoy n warm room and a bright wood fire moro thin we did that cold day at Mount Vernon. After remaining at the house a short time, we set out to visit the shrine of our pilgrimage, tho last resting place of George Washington. This is a brick vault, built in the side of a gentle h'.ll, whero tho wild waves of the Potomac chant forever a requium to departed greatness. We looked through the iron lattice door of that silent chamber where Washington and his wife arc sleeping, each in a white marble sarcophagus, and turned away, musing on the littleness of earthly greatness. After we had partaken of a cold collation, as beBt we could, the ground being too wet to admit of our serving it up with any particularity, we set out on our return. Py tho way, I must tell you, and I ought to have told you before, that our party consisted of Miss Moreell, Miss Morris, Miss Mary Ann Brown, Miss Mary Alvord, the Hon. John L. Robinson, of Indiana, Hon. Wm. Thompson, of Iowa, Mr. B. F. Brown, the poet, and Mr. Gibbons, of this city. By this time it hid ceased to snow, and we had an occasional gleam of sunshine; but it mado no difference whether the fun shone or not, for there is no scenery between Alexandria and Mount Vernon to pay you for looking out of the carriage window. We go' to Alexandria just in time for the boat, and in one hour were at home, with keener appetite nnd wiser heads than we started with in the morning. S. T. B. Treasury Department, Feb. 7, 1819. The means of the government being amplo to liquidate all claims against it up to tho 1st of April next without calling in, before that dite, any further payments on account of tho loan of 1813, and desiring to save all unnecessary interest, notice is hereby given to nil the successful bidders for that loan, by whom any balance is still due, that they arc permitted to postpone any further payment until the let of April next. ' 11. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury. Judge Fmbrce, the new whig star of Indiana, declines to have any thing to do with the Taylor inauguration ball in Washington. The judge says the Mexican war, which Inx made President Taylor, was a war of passion, ill-judgment and part) cupidity," a "war of invasion nnd conquest," ''prosecuted with blundering blindness ond wasteful extravagance." It is due to truth to say that the judge has not been recommended for a seat in the cabinet. Uoiton Statesman. Democratic Victory in Lancaster City. Tuesday last wns the charter election in Lancaster, Pa., one of our most flourishing and enterprising inland cities. The Natives nnd Whigs combined their f rces, placing in nomination n full ticket, with Geokgf. Ford, Esq., a prominent Nativist, for their candidate for Mayor. The Democrats renominated the present worthy incumbent, Michael CAnrENTAK, Esq. After a most exciting rontest, the whole Democratic ticket was elected by a majority of more than two hundred. We congratulate our old friends of Lancaster upon this crowning triumph over their wealthy and unscrupulous opponents. Long may their citadel withstand both Federalism and nativism ! Dem. Vn ion.

Ccrretpondenee of ihe Indiana State Sentinel. Panama, Jas. 9ih, 1S49. Messrs. Chapmans Gentlemen As much will probaly b said in t!. States, ami much interest H it by those who Inure triPiid lien, a Miort note from one on the prxit, wijf j jIOfJPf t be unaccf.,ah,. lo yOUr rPaders. I tind in our number no one from our Sun? but impelf, C t. MfDougal, lady und child, and Major t 'nnhy, IL S. A., .. j j ,, . und lady; all or whom are well; end my own lienlih is as ,K,j ns CouM wish. Of the Pakensers of lim Fat-

.cuner, we have had three deaths Cant. Elliott, V. S. A ' , ... . e 1 11 t .1 1. ... 1..

a Mr. Surkelt, of Louisville, und a gentleman by tlm and substantial than those granted by the Govern- claims ot the north have been strangely and unacnüine of Itirch. of Washington city. We have had, and j ,m.nt ,,f New Granadi, nnd they ore granted for a pe- countably neglected. Without the h-Ip of the north, still liHve, much kkims. which is pronounced by some r'md of fifty v ears instead nfU'entv. The road and Indiana would ha ve ecu a whig Stat'! nt this day.

Asm'ic cholera : the syoptoms 01 the disease certainly j 1 .... , ;. j i. .i,,r lev. II J 9 J . HO , II 13 IF1 . s fl Wllx. U J much exertion, exposure in the rain, (of which we have

a great deal,) ami e-iting. too much of tiie rich fruits of ! 8 I" U'C rigni 01 way, 1 m vn ini-.rmeu you on a prewliich there is a "ret nliunitHiice, and very inviiing; and 1 vious occasion, that Mexico is willing to grant it in

also the use of unwholesvmc provisions. The firt audi second causes nre without remedy ; for they must be en dured if Ihe Isthmus is crossed ; as it rams all the lime ; and the road is impassable without the severest toil to which our race waa ever subjected. If cannot bo described in a letter, but let those who know me, take my word for it, and nftver oltempt tho pnssago of it. Many have died in the atlempt ; and I tear it is to be the price of man moro valuable lives. A great many passengers have got over ; but half their taggas is siill behind ; und Ihe good nnd merchandise M neaily all behind. And when or whether it will ever come, no one- knows. Mules have been hired at Ironi $S to PJ per load to be carried from Crucea to thin plare. Tiie good 4 will cot two or three limes their price by the time tliy reach here if they average heavy. A mule will carry from one 10 two hundred pounds; but they uro II worn out. There is not in fact more than two hundred of them; but iome will t-ay the can walk this distance. This is a mUtake. We had s hardy men as ever was and there is not a single instance known 10 me of a man walking the ro-id without tto prostrating bimel( as to take this dangerous uid deplorable disease, without it be a few of the natives.. We have been here since the third of this month. A few days alter us, a vessel named John lienson urrived. Among her pnsengers much sickness prevails, and there his been two deaths. t?ho had about thirty passengers; and sinco her arrival, the Crescent City arrived, and her passengers nro alto suffering much with this dixeaHO ; and they have had sotuo two or three deaths. Hut iu addition to all this, the expenses uro too great for any common laborer's pur?e. The passage money is exorbitant ly his h on both sides. My expenses across the Isthmus, (and 1 had rather a light baggage,) was at least one hundred dollars. Our ten dollar tagh a are worth but einht dollars; nnd every thing bears enormous prices. The native swindle ui in the way of trading ; though as carriers, thev are doubtless fothlul and honest. The'Calij . ... ... . Uut if she was here, she could not take hall the passen gers already here, if wo should all survive this deplorably fatal disease which is amongst us. Wo are burying our comrades every day ; and I tear we shall not soon be relieved from this melancholy task. I sincerely hope our friends will not think ot adopting this route to California. I would rather cross the moun tains, by the pluins, twenty times, than to risk life and limbs, as we have done, and toil through this Isthmus once. This steamship lino is emphatically tho greatest national nuisance of the ago : one of the most reckless or villainous speculations upon life and property ever nernetrtted upon an unsuspecting community. Their owners, 1 am aware, may say they did not know the dangers and hardships of this passage. It bo, they ought to have known before they offered tho inducements they have to throw crowds of American citizens together here to perish with diseaso without relief, or the hope of relief. Passengers ought not to he detained here ; nnd they ought to have known the thip would have been here befure they pent or encouraged passengers to come here with the hupe of getting a passage. I must close. Send my packet regularly, that 1 may see what vnu are doing; and by all means advise every body you can not to attempt this passage. 1 his is Ihn healthy season ere il it were their summer, instead ot their winter l wo'tiu expect 10 see ai leusi iwo-inirui 01 wie inree hundred passengers now here buried before we should getaway. ours, truly, U. P. Ii Df.magolt.uism. .Mr. Fmbree, the whig candidate tor Governor of this State, is acquiring an unenviable reputation in Congress, for his barefaced and con templible demaguuguery. One of his hobbies to catch popularity among the 44 dear people" is ihe question of the reduction of miltage of members. There can be no doubt that a reform in this respect is much needed ; but Mr. Embree runs the thing so completely in the ground, that his brother members cannot help seeing Iiis motives; and they take every opportunity of exposing nod holding him up to ridicule. The cream of the joke is, that this honest and consistent advocate of reducing- the mileage of members, has j actually himself charged and received upwards of js'dOO m rc mileage than he is justly entitled to!! Vo feel ashamed that our State is so represented iu the National councils; and wc cannot but wonder that the whig pirty should ever think of nominating so contemptible a demogougue for the responsible and honorable stution of Governor uf Indiana. However, we have the consolation of knowing that the people will put their seal of condemnation on his course, and next August will teach him that the Hoosiers are not to be caught by such shallow trickery as he resorts j to under the mistaken idea that he will thereby create political capital. Ft. Wayne Sentinel. The following general order was issued by order; of General Tavlok, on the occasion of his retirement from command of the Western Division of the Army. It is in the brief, neat and elegant style of all his former orders. 1 Ass't Adj't Gen's Othce, West. Djv. ) Baton Rouge, Jan. 25, 1319. ORDERS NO. 1. Having received official notice of the acceptance of his resignation, Maj. Gen. Taylor relinquishes the command of the Western Division, which, in conformity with "General Ordert," No. 1, will be j assumed by Maj. Gen. Gaines. In resigning his command to tho veternn and distinguished chief appointed to succeed him, the General cannot withhold an expression of his regret at his separation from a service t which he is attached by so many pleasing nnd proud associations. To Ihe officers and men who have served his immediate orders, he would here express his parting thanks for their zealous ond cordial support in tho execution of tho duties confided to him during a long and eventful service. To them and to all he extends a heartfelt farewell, and his warmest wishes for their continued happiness and success in tho arduous and honorable career which they have chosen. By order of Maj. Gen. Tavwr : W. W. S. BLISS, Assistant Adjutant General. Odd Fellows and Catholics. Some time since the Catholic Bishops, or some other authority of the Church, issued iettcrs ngaint secret societies of all kinds; and the clergy prohibited from encouraging them iu any way. Vesterday at the funeral of Mr. Ray Marsh, several lodges of Odd fellows, with their usual badges, followed his body into St. Patrick's Church. Father O'Reilly, however, before proceeding with the funeral services, gave notice that the rules of the church forbade the tolerance of euch badges, and unless they were removed, the ceremonies could not proceed. Whereupon the OdJ Fellows left in a body, followed by several of the citizens who sympathized with them, nnd repaired to their lodge rooms. Rochester Dem., Friday. Defunct Banks. A resolution has been adopted by the Senate of Ohio, instructing the Attorney General to institute proceedings in tho nature of a quo warranto ngjiinst the Manhattan, Wooster, Norwalk, Sandusky, and other broken banks in that State. In the course of the discussion on the resolutions, n desire was expressed that tho Legislature would repeal their charters, as it had power to do; but as that wus not considered expedient, the course indicated above was finally resolved upon. The Bay of San Francisco, nceording to English writers, was discovered by Sir Francis Drake. The Philadelphia North American doubts this, and adds : Whoever really discovered tho Bay, it was named by the Franciscan missionaries, who went to California two centuries later than Drake, iu honor of their patron saint, Saint Francis not, most assuredly, in compliment to tho man whom they, like all other Hispano Americans, had been taught t remember with horror, as the worst of heretics and bucccaniers." A Clekuyman rouM) Guilty of the Muhper or His Wife. A correspondent of the Boston Clironotypc, writing from-Plymouth, N. IL, says that the Rev. Ezra Dudley, a clergyman of a neighboring town, has been found guilty, 011 the 2d inst., of the murder of hiü wife, on the evening of the fth of March last his connection with another woman being the cause of tho murder. He says he was tried at a special term of the Common Pleas, a court that we did not know had cognizance of criminal offences.

Correspondence of the Public Ledger.) Our Xoillilintioil. Letter From Washington. The Noizth and the South. We are sorry to geo Washington, Feb. Gth, 1349. that a feeling ..f j. slous is slowly but ft.-adily gainThe war between Panama and Tehuantepec has ' ig ground among i,r Democracy of the n-.rth, against fairly begun. Mr. Fote, to-diy, presented the me- their brethren in ti e Southern portion the State, morial of Mr. Hargou and others, of New York, We know that this feelii g exists to a considerable which was ordered to be printed, nd produced no extent, although we cannot, iu justice to ourselves small sensation. Tiie condition under which the "d to the principles of ihe rmK-ratie party, eympaMexicau government would grant our citizens ihe thite with it. It is not to be denied that in the nomprivilege of iMiildin the road, are much more liberal inutions and appointment made this winter, tho

. merchandize travellin t on it 'ro nvnmnt from ! t a x a 1 1 on , .o ii (I within h distance of fifty leagues from i. 1 ? till the roai! foreigners or aliens may oold real estate. perpetuity to our citizens, providnl its neutrality bo mutually respee ed in time of war as iu peace, and this neutrality requires no guarantee, as the whole transaction being between neighbors a treaty for the purpose is sulileientto bind both parties. When the Panama project was first started, a dozen Senator at once st tried to arrest the perni cious example which its execution would set to our ,,n .onl... Hot their ardor, wonderful to relate, has since very much cooled down or has taken a different direction. Tremendous efforts are now making to force the bill at least through the Sende ; but up to the last Saturday but twelve Senators were positively pledged to its support, to which three miht have bern ndded en the score of protrl'ilitt SCI n .n ilm i limn I lifii-f roiintpd fo'.ir more. makin in ail nineteen : nnd with such a tremendous

lobby fore-, as Messrs Aspinwall, Stephens nnd As for ourself, we go for the nomimtions, and Chuiincey have now organized, there is no knowing should were the circumstances ten tunes more aggrawhat things may not be accomplished. An old vatmg than they are. Give us a good Democrat no French adrige says, do u"1 triM the reputation of a matter in what particular part of the State he may man who has a good cook; which translated into happen to reside and we will support him to the Washington lan-niarre, means "don't yon count the best of our ability, considering it better to submit to votes before vmi have ascertained the quality of anything, rather than ngain to suffer the State govChampaign nnd oysters " By the by, this is the gen- eminent to fall into the hands of the Whigs. jsoii for Terrapins and oytcn, nnd very agreeable rrane Dfmoci at. concomitants thev nre of legislation during a short ;;- - session. A man who dines nnd acta for himself is I Homewead Ksemphon Ü11.L in Ohio. A fai.l hai never entirely out of danger. "You know," eaid 'triuccd into the Ohio kernte to exempt homeTheodore Hook, to a friend who found him in rather from forced .sales on execution, a predicament, when a man dines bv himself, the 11 Prides that any resident of Ouio, the head of a bottle will come round so ofien !" ' fanill'vn'a ct ftlart ,MJ4 fr lhe ,bnefit f bl.m" How the Wet and Southwest can support the Pa- eelf and family, exempt from forced sale on execution nnrm bill I cannot possibly conceive. They efTect a lot 7 Unfl not exceeding in extent 100 acres, nor nothing by it except a delay in the building of the 1Mlue,,,osr,cl,,cr N'i,Ul V'" b!,,Uhu'"' xh? 9!,m nf only route that can permanently connect the Athn- fcU'M. It also provides that the owner ot a hou-e tic with the Pacific States of the Union, ond which 'm hu,(J ,u.'t ,,JS ovvn m7 rl PY a.n1 hoM"J must ro through the Mississippi Valley. The money house as bis homestead, a house and lot m any village, expended on such a route would be expended among town or city, not exceeding the value of $1000. It our own citizens, who would reap the benefits of it, provides tha t in case a house and lot or other horneNind in return multiply our national wealth. Every stcad e,,al1 be appraised at more than $1000, tho dollar spent on the road, every yard of the road built plamtitf may accept a sum annually equal to a fair would contribute to the civilization of this conti- rent for sa,d premises, until said debt is paid, or at nent, and plant the germ of prosperous settlement. T'Jio'y rcUiW lho 'tead to be put to Relioion, education, morals, commerce and tho arts, h". and SU) of the proceeds shall be paid over by wouFd follow the road, and its improvement would 1,10 sheriir in execution, and the balance be applied be permanent, and at all times at our command. In discharge of the debt. But such homestead peace the commerce of the world would pass through !S,i:t11 1,01 h(i solJ for Iyss thn lls appraised value. It the United States, and enrich not a solitary company also exempts the heads of families not owning a and its stockholders, but the whole country, while homestead, chattle property not exceeding $1001). in time of war it would enable us with the greatest Kentcckv Reform Convention A Convention safety nnd expedition to transfer large armies from of Constitutional Reform in Kentucky, assembled in the shores of one ocean to the other. Chanty, .says Frankfort on Monday last. Twelve or hTteeu counan old Enghsh proverb begins at home. The Pana- Ucg onlv wefC represcnlca ''n0 meeting is pre. ma Road we build for the world, at all events quite as paratory and for lho pnrposc of giving tone to the much for England as for ourselves, (and in time of Conven,jon ()f legates authorized by act of Assemwar entirely for England.) while an over.and road byt fur tue revi!jioil 0f llie Constitution. A preamble would be exclusively beneficial to our own citi- ün( rpsüiutio:H Wlre introduced, declaring ngainet zens 1 ny agitation of the question of emancipation but Should an Isthmus route be agreed upon, it would t(J makc m(st oflicoj, ejoclive nnd for hh(rl lerms; t0 not be ditucult to show that the Tehuantepec road haVt) bip,inial B4s,iong of the Legislature; restriction ought to be preferred. It is essentially an American , Statc dcbl . ,,cnerai education, and for an approroad, easily reached from our Gulf ports and ndmi- ya, by VQte of U)C . fjf the npw Con,titution be. rably calculated for the transportation of the products fore'it fUU into ' cralio.,. Tlie resolutions deof the Mississippi alley to the Western shores of precaleol(1 part y(l,vis,onsu pontile question of reform, the Calcutta. The Mextcan Gulf is an American and invilc ttl, whft coincide with them to hold meetsea, and, wonderful! it is the only sea of any extent - ad conccntrale upon propcr persons for delin which the British have not a single port or naval 0f0lJ

station. Tiie Tehuantepec road, properly fortified. might be made the Gibraltar of the gulf; the Panama road has Its Eastern terminus within GO miles of a jirinsn scuiemem. anu may u aiu to uu penueui on tue cuuuou 01 Jamaica. If the Panama bill pass the Senate, (which I still

doubt,) it will not pass the House, and should it pass The Justice of History. hi the notice which both Houses, the President will most assuredly veto your paper of this morning contains of the Mecklenit. So the lobby members, after all, will not have b rg. North Carolin, Declaration of Independence.

earned the sah of their dinners. Observer. Tlir Great Prize Fi Slit. Nothing has recently caused so great an excitement in the eastern cities as tue great tight between bumvan and Hyer. It was a most bloody und barbarous affiir, nnd his roused up the just feelings of indignation which such a horrid affiir should awaken. The r i- 1 . , ,w o iiprize for which they taught was $10,01)0. Sullivan was Deaten, ami :t is sain may not survive; nyer was but slightly hurt, liver is under arrest, and will be dealt with according to law, and we hope ao" cording to justice. Sullivan is on Irishman, known in New York ns the keeper of a small porter hou;e in Chatham street. He has been long famous as a pugilist, nnd was the second to Lilly, in the famous prize fight between Lilly and McCoy, which terminated in the death of the latter. In England he fought with the celebrated Champion of the Ring, as it is called, Hammer Lane, and obtained the victory; since which time his name has ben "up" as the champion prize tighter of all Christendom. liver is a stouter and stronger man than his antagonist, but is said not to possess his science and skill. He is an American a native of New York ; and this circumstance, coupled with the fact of Sullivan being an Irishman, tended not a little to foment the bitterness nnd increase the excitement of this affair. Ilyer weighs over U10 lbs. stands G feet high iu his stockings, and is a fine, strong, wellproportioned man. This gives him a decided advantage over Sullivan, who is a man of ordinary size, and not so remarkable for strength and stamina. This fight originated in tho following manner: It seems that Tom Ilyer had got it into his head that Sullivan was not quite so great a man os his friends believed him to be, and felt confident that he, himself, deserved the title of champion, more than Sullivan. A little jealousy between the two was thus created, nnd in this state of fueling they accidentally met one day at a porter house in Broadway. Taunts nnd jeers between thu two natural!' arose, till Ilyer, ex asperated, and burning to try his powers, threw off his coat, nnd dared Sullivan, then and there, to battle. Sullivan instantly "peeled," and they had a regular "set-to." Ilyer caught Sullivan by the head, held him by tho neck firmly under his arm, and there kept him, thrashing him nt his leisure, till Sullivan was obliged to cry, "hold, enough." From this time, it wo open war and hostility botween the two, and Sullivan and his friends burned with desire for revenge, nnd to vindicate the honor of their fallen champion. In this irritated state of feeling, they met ngain by accident, in one of the flish housed with which New York abounds, and another "set-to" instantly followed an immense row was kicked up, and Tom Ilyer again gave Sullivan a licking, precisely iu tho same way as before, getting his head under his arm, and then battering the poor champion at his liesure. Afler this, several belligerent cards were published by the parties, a bitter warfare of was carried on in the public papers, until the present fight, for a stake cf ten thousand dollars, was arranged between them by their several friends. California Mania. Marriages will be fewer, cays the Green Bay Advocate, the coming year, than they have been for years back. A large share of the young, marriageable men are, or soon will be. off for California, and tho discovery of the gold mines will work the ruin of more girls prospects thin it will tho fortunes of the boys. This is a view of the case that all our political economists have forgotten to consider in the general excitement. The evil must be met iu the outset, for whut are the girl good for, without the boys and what is human life worth, even in the gold mines, without tho girls ! We can only illustrate the relative worth of women and gold, by imagining the world as having existed heretofore amid such a dearth of the fair sex as there has been cf the " root of all evil." Then let a mine of girls be discovered, in California, the Fejee Islands, or where you will, and what a rush there would be ! The California stamped wouldn't be a circumstance. The truth is, we mundane mortals don't know the blessings of this world till we lose them, aud that accounts for the present scampering after what ia foolishly considered happiness. Wisconsin.

The Democratic vo'e at the north Ins been Meadily

on the increase, ever since the State first threw otf the yoke of Federalism while a corresponding decrease at t lie Fouth has kept o ir mnjority in the Statenearly the same. Under thee circumstances it was to be supposed that the claims of the Northern Democracy t a hare of the pubhc patronage, would have some weight, and that some of the otficerB or nominations might have b'Mm given to Northern !)?- tins: 'a Is. We have no lack ef talented men at the North the South cannot tdit this us mi excuse for their conduct. We i!eprrate ns much ns tiny one the stirring up of seitional feeling, to mstract and divide the early we nothing against the nomi1 ' nations for Governor and Lieut. Goveni'-r they are both good men and true, rnd we can lbo- for their election a zealously ns we could lor men from our own section of the State hut we say to the South in all sincerity Beware! You ore pursuing a foolish nnd unwise course. Unless you pursue a different one. there are many men vvho will think the time has come when "foreharnnce has ceased to be a virtue. But these propositions did not meet with any thing ikc harmonious nction in the Convention, and it is doubted by the Common ea? whether any attempt to prescribe a reform platform could ba effectual. Ci?i Fnauirer J the J0th of May, 1775, it is correctly stated that tho convention met at Charlotte, in said county, in conformity to an order issued In the co'onel nf Mtch enI IitttrST iikiiti f I Vtitt tnttk& st4 flwft iIima! 1 J tfkf ft 1 I' O ri tQ m(, (f go & üol woud 8ecni Xo req,iire the appearance of his inmo in such a connexion. Allow me, therefore, to eay tint Thomas Polk, whose name appears among the signers, wa,? th,at coIonel- "e, u:'fl fRlhcr t)f (;,en' Wm: Polk, deceased, of Raleigh, who was a gallant and distinguished otlker during the revolutionary struggle. 1 Will add, that Ezekiel Polk, whoae name also appears among the signers, was a brother of Col. Thomas Polk, and grandfather of the President. He also served in the revolution, commanding a company of rangers. J. F. P. Washington Xili mal Whig, Jan. 13. A MoNsTEi;. Mr. E. A. Johnson, if Nahant, while fishing for codiUh, about tn miles to the eastward of that peninsula, captured o huge monster of the finned tribe, ealh-d a nure-Jlh, or sleeper. It measured over ten feet in length, and weighed about one thousand pounds. He was accidentally hooked in the fin with a common cul-hook and entangled himself in euch a manner iu the fishing line, that Mr. J. succeeded in drawing him to the surface of the water, where, with the assistance of another fisherman, he succeeded in disabling him so as to get him on board the large boat that was anchored near by. He wan brought to Nahant, and afterwards taken to Boston for exhibition. This fish is very rarely 'aken iu our waters. It is of the shark family, but much les3 active. Lynn Xcu s. OT-The following is an extract of a letter from Washington to the Cincinnati Enquirer, under date of Wacmi.vjtux, Jan. II, 1S19. The House to day, was engaged on tho mileage question. Embree, of Indiana, spoke at length, and as ho i a candidate for Governor of the Horsier State, you may suppose that his effort was not deficient in buncomb indeed, it wasn't any thing else. His exordium reminded every ono of "You'd scarce expect one of my age To f peak in public on the stige." Strangers in the the galleries, and particularly the Indies, without exception, voted Mr. Ivubree a very weak as well as a cli-luii(st man (politically speaking.) Daring Wmiu Outrage. In Henry county, Georgia, three democrats and one whig wer! chosen justices of the inferior court. But in order that the olj court, which was whig, might elect a clerk, the returns of the election were stolen from the mail by the whigs, who substituted a bundle of brown paper, and directed it to the proper odicer ! Ism. Democrat. Tho "Whigs" are cursing Gov. Johnson the monopolists of the party, sc mean lccaue he is opposed to the repeal of tho Ten Hour Law. They supposed that he advocated ihe law on the stump last fall, for the purpose of obtaining voles, and that he had no idea that ho would adhere to his profetsions after being elected. That is a ganl i ke, surely! Pittsburgh Post. A desperate attempt is now being made, to have the Ten Hour Law The Four Man's lsiuof thie Stale, repealed; aud we presume every man who will u. i0 ov.in lhls vvickcd ..ne, w,'ll be denounced in the monopolist' organ, in a three column article. as an enemy to the "interests of Pittsburgh," and an "advocate of riots! ! ! " i'ilts'aurgh Fast. A Chance for Watchmakers in Mexico. Frost' History of Mexico states: "The Spaniards arc bad mechanicians, and no tlforts of foreigners have been able to prevail on Mexicans to deviate from the routine of their forefathers. In all .Mexico, within a few years, there has been but one manufactory ot watches and optical instruments." Case of Conscience. A petition has been presented to the New York Legislature by a foreigner, fr leave to hold real estate without assuming ihe rights of citizenship. His reason Lr this application is, that he cannot conscientiously become a citizen whilst slavery is tolerated in the country aud the mails run on Sunday.