Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 93, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1849 — Page 2

3aftiana State Sentinel. ETCR9AL VIGUAUCE 13 THE fRICE ÜF LIBERTY.

Weekly paper. 2 year iSenu -Weekly. t a yrar. IM)IMPOLIS, ,11 ARCH til. 184. DEJIOCItATIC KO.lllXA'A'lOSS. FOR GOVERNOR, JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, or parke couxty. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. JAMES H. LANE, of dearborx couxty. Democratic Stau Central Committer. A. G. W RTF. Ft. DAVID REYNOLDS. DR. L. D17NLAP. VM. II. MORRISON', GEO. A. CHAPMAN, DR. A. GALL, C. Cr. WKRBE, N. BOLTON, FRANCIS KINft, E.V. J. P. DRAKE. illariou Comity Convention. A Cunty Convention of the Democrats of Marion County will be held nt the Curt House in Indianapolis, on SATURDAY, the 1th of APRIL next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.t for the purpose of appointing delepates to represent said county in the Congressional District Conxfnlinn ; and if deemed expedient to nominate candidates for the several offices tobe filled by the people of Marion county at the next August election, to-wit: a Senator, two Representatives, a Clerk of the Circuit Court, two Associate Judges, and a County Commissioner for the 3d District, composed of Pike, Wayne, Decatur and Perry townships. The Democrats of the several townships of the county are respectfully requested to meet at such time ai may suit their convenience and appoint delegates to repreent them in the county convention as above. By order (f the County Committee. tf. Congressional Conventions. The following times and places have been agreed upon by the Democracy, in the districts named : 1st. District Thursday. April 12. nt Pot.roburgh, 2d. District Saturday, April 21, at Charlestown, Clark county. 3d. District Saturday, May 5, at Napoleon, Ripley county. 5th. District Thursday, April 12. at Indianapolis. 6th District Wednesday, April 25, at Bloomfield, Greene county. 8th District Saturday, Ju ne 12, et 'Lafayette, Tippecanoe county. 10th District Wednesday, May 23, at Fort Wayne. Perry Township. The Democrats of Perry township will hold a meeting at Marrs's schoolhouse on the first Monday in April next at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the approaching Democratic County Convention. t.Ap.2. Centre Township -Marion County. The Democrats of Centre Township, are requested to meet at the Court House on SATURDAY the 'Msl vf March, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for the purpose of ap- j pointing Delegates to represent said township in the I county Convention to be hold on April the 7th, and to i transact any other necessary and proper business. It is hoped that there will be a general turn out. tf. To Correspondents. To J. W. II., Cumberland. Wearanot able at prettnl to mike rocta for your communication, tut will do so as toon at pmiible. It will notfpoU by keeping. Spuds. Will any of our good farmer friends be bo kind as to furnish us some tea or a dozen bushels of good, large, xchile Meshannock potatoes, and receive a liberal price thereof! Don't all speak at once ! Who will it ee. This is a most important question from democrats of all parts of the county. Who will be the candidate for Congress in tins District, is a hard question to answer: but we have an idea it will be the man we desire it to be; the man who has tood at the held of the Democratic party for the Lst j ten years and has labored day and night without reward. That man is J. P. Chapman. He is in every way qualified to represent tha 5th Congressional District in the next Congress. But here is our declaration again; the nominee of the Convention, fairly and honorably made is our choice. Columbus Democrat. OO-The Vincennes Sun pays Wm. M. Franklin, Esq., editor of the Owen County Republican is a candidate for a seat in the Legislature. We are truly glad tO hear it, for Mr. Franklin is a man well qual ified to do much for his constituents in that capacity as an editor ho stands deservedly high as a speak- i er there are but few in this district can equal Inm. WlNCHELL. This match'etM humorist recently gave a couple of his "queer, quaint and quizzical'' entertainments in this city. We were there of course; the performance was about the richest thing in that line that ever fell to our lot. The crowds that attended were scarcely allowed to stop laughing, even to rest, from the commencement to the end. In fact his humor is irresistible. We hope he will come this way again. Hon. John 31. Potts addressed a large meeting of his constituents in Richmond last week, endorsed Gen. Taylor'n Inaugural as whig enough for him, and avowed his intention to support his Admsnistration. This did not save Botts with his friends, for they have nominated another man against him. Rjtts is now endeavoring to get up a convention of his own. Rome a Republic We have at length the conummatiouof the great efforts of the people of Rome. in the deposition of the Pope, and the establishment of a Republic. This important event took place on theOUi of February. Great enthusiasm seemed to mark the event; and the circumstanced under which the republic is declared, evince strength and stability. The government of the Roman state is declared to be a pure democracy. The Roman Pontiff, while divested of temporul power, will enjoy all the guaranties necessary to the independent exerciie of his spiritual power. (ttrThe Lafayette Daily Journal is so indignant at McGaughey's rejection by the U. S. Senate that it proposes to ruu him for Governor of Indiana ! Whew ! It is stated, on the authority of the arne paper, that Albert S. White of Lafayette has been tendered the nomination for Governor, but declined it. The whigs of Indiana arc in 'struightened circumstances' truly. Will nobody relieve them I O-The whigs of Valparaiso, Porter county, Indiana, have determined by a ballot vote, to recommend Dr. Salisbury for postmaster of that town. The whigs of Lima, Largrango co., have chosen (in the same manner) Jas. S. Castle, editor of the La Grange Whig, for pos'mastcr of that town. CrThere was a very destructive fire a few days rgoat Cincinnati : about $10,000 worth of property destroyed. Also, on Sunday morning last at Louisville a large amount of valuable property was destroyed by fire. CrChas. G. Swain has teerj elected cashier of the Diyton Bank. Ohio, rief I). Z. Pierce resigned.

Iev-II:i in isl lire Election. The New-Hampshire papers which reached us on Sunday have sufficient returns to show that Wilson nnd Tuck are both reelected to Congress. The Concord Patriot, Loco, concedes the election of Wilson by about 200 plurality, nnd that of Tuck by 300. So the Conprcssion.il Delegation stands politically the Fame as in lheXXXtS Congress us follows : 1st. District Amos Tuck. Free Soil, lid. Charles II. Peaselee. Loco. Hid. Ges. James Wilson, Whig. IVtli. IIaf.ky Hiebakp, Loco. Dixsmoor, the Loco-Foco candidate for Governor, is chosen by something over 4,(-00 majority. LocoFoco Senitors are chosen in Districts No. 1, 3, 4, G, 7, 9. 10, 11, nnd 12. In the 9th District, John Preston, Whig, is chosen. No choice in the 2d, and in the .r:h it is extremely doubtful which of the two candidates has succeeded. In the House as fir as heard from, 213 Representatives have been chosen, of whom 129 are Locos, and 64 Whiys end Free-Soilers. The same towns last year chose 223 Representatives, of whom 120 were Locos and 103 Whigs end Free-Soilers. Xew York Tribune.

CCtCol. Fremont. We are deeply pained at the following disastrous intelligenci from Col. Fremont and hi3 party. We trust it may prove incorrect: The Santa Fe Republican, of the 2d February, contains a letter from Taos, which represents the winter as having been very severe, and that Lieut Col. Fremont, while passing through one of the Mountain gorges, lost one hundred and thirty mules in one night. Rein; thus left on foot, he determined it was impossible to proceed further, and lie finally despatched three men to seek a settlement and succor. These men not returning in twenty days, Fremont started for Taos, distant three hundred ami fifty miles, where he arrived in nine days. Mnj. Reale immediately despatched a parly of dragoons, with mules and provisions, to relievo Fremont's party, and Fremont, much emaciated, accompanied the expedition. The suffering of the party is represented as having been great, the men being driven to the extremity of feeding upon each other. Greene, who brought this news to Independence, left Santa Fo several days after the publication of the Republican from which this intelligence is reported, reports ail Fremont's party perished except the Col. himself, who is badly frost bitten. Our correspondent at Independence expresses a doubt about the authority of the news, but we do not eee with what reason. 07The Democracy of New York city nocm to be uniting in an amicable manner, and we have now some confidence that good feeling will be restored between the two divisions, and that they will once more regain the proud position in the great democratic family which was lost only through their own dissensions and strife. OrThe Hon. Rudolphus Dickinson, member of Congress from the 6:h District of Ohio, died at Washington a few diys after the adjournment of Congress. His funeral was numerously attended by the distinguished personagca at Washington. (CjThe Dayton, Ohio, people seem to be highly delighted with their new gas works. They were put in operation by the same gentleman who has the con tract for the erection of f,'as works in this city. fc-This is the day sot apart by the Whig Junto of Indianapolis to nominate a candidate for Governor. Up to the time of going to press we have not learned who the unfortunate individual is to be. fC7"The Legislature of Wisconsin at its recent session, passed a joint resolution in favor of altering the Constitution of the United Stales so that U. S. Senators may be elected by the people of the several States instead of by the legislatures thereof. CcT-The Washington correspondent of the United States Gazette says the President has directed the recall of Henry W. Ellsworth, charge ds AJfaii es at Stockholm. E. W. M'Gaughev. The Senate of the United States, by a vote of 22 to 20, instead of sending Mr. McGauhey to Minesnta, have given him a clerkship in the Hume Department. Ohio Statesman. The Dayton Transcript has the Dayton Journal man by the ear. He makes him bray, for there is ruorn to take hold with both hands. (7"Thc Ohio Legislature adjourned sine die on the 26th inst. State Libraries. A publication is going the rounds, which states as follows the number of volumes in each of the State Libraries of the Union. States. Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut Pennsylvania New Hampshire New Jersey New York South Carolina Kentucky Missouri Vermont Virginia Vol.. i:i.4uu 20:i. 000 71,MM 107,100 States. Michigan Ohio Louisiana Tennessee Vol. 9,500 03,500 13,3(10 20,700 20,500 North Carolina 10,000 23,.HK) Maryland 5-1,500 171,007 Delaware 33,-100 Alabama 43,0 0 Georgia 20,500 Mississippi 10,000 Indiana 59,300 Illinois Maine 3,000 12,200 22,01 Kl 5.000 6,900 3,700 4,3U0 We have been requested to publish the following regulations of the Post Office Department: The entire postage for a single letter, i.A exceeding half an ounce in weight, will bo l2i con s o Havana; 20 cents to Chagres; 30 cents to Panama, to be prepaid in all cases; and 10 cents to San Di-;go, Santa ihrbara, Monterey, San Francisco, and Astoria, to bo pre-paid, or sent unpaid, at the option of tho writer. Newspapers and pamphlets, sea postage ft cents each, and inland postage to be added. We etate, for the information of those who have had occasion to correspond with the gentlemen who have lately been calbd to preside over tho executive department, lhat their occupation has been such since they have entered upon tho duties of office, in tho reception of visiter und the dixpatch of t lie most urgent public business, as to make it impossible for them to answer Jetlera adlreHed to them individually, even so fir as to acknowledge the receipt of them. This explanation will serve to prevent the misapprehension which their not promptly replying to such letters iniflit lead to. Xatiunal Intdligencir. Hail Columbia ! Among the letters of excuse for non-attendance received by the committee of arrangements f.-r the recent Franklin Festival iu New York, was one from Old John," a father of the press. He relates the following incident in hi early life. One day when I had got to bo foreman in the office of the Philadelphia Gazette, an evening paper, a piece of poetry came in at a late hour, and, as was supposed, waa all set up. Hut just as we were going to press, it was discovered that the ropy was written on both Fides, nnd that we had omitted half. Py dint of great scratching wo got t he remainder up in pretty good time. That piece of poetry has umde considerable noise in the world since that day. It was the song of Hail Columbia," in the original manuscript of 'the author, Judge llopkinson. The Fjkst Indian IIepuhmc The New York Sun; of March 3d, says: A revolution occurred among the Seneca tribe of Indians, in thi State, last December. The people met in council, formally deposed the reigning chiefs; and proclaimed a democratic republic, for which they invoke the blessing of the God of Nations." The new constitution declares that tho old government of the Chief is abolished, because it afforded no security to property, permitted a plurality of wives, left the poor to perish, and provided no means of education. The new constitution remedies all these defects, and makes suffrage universal. We shall now have an opportunity of witnessing the influence of liberal institutions upon the red men.

BY TELEGItAPII. Explosion of Steam-Iloilcrs Several lives lost Ii tea t destruction of property. Pmsr.i'Koir, March 2G h. At 11 o'clock A. M. the steam b olero, in Fife &

Brothers Ratting Factory, Allegheny City, exploded,;

ruising the r of entirely off th building. The boil- : i I)Stn 1 In t ion of a provisional government at Home, it crs were thrown a distance of forty feet. Five bodies ; was quJto cvjdent t,at decisive step must be tahave already been dug from the ruins and besides kon The very word f. reign intervention is sickenthese there are several badly injured. J. Fife, one of U(r Q thr. ilajani jn tj,0 sitting of the Roman AsIhc proprietors, was killed. It is suppesed that there 8,.mbly 0f the 5th of February, Mazzarelli, the Miliare other bodies still among the ruins. Five dwellings jster cp u e interior, inaugurated the opening of the near the factory were destroyed by the explosion, nnd pi(,mnu Constituent Assembly, by the following

lour oiner persons were oauiy injureu uy mu luiuu of a chimney. The river is raising with 1G feet water in the channel. The Allegheny river is raising rapidly and a hrne amount of timber, shinnies and sawed lumber is running out. Destructive fire at Iouiwille. March 2Gth, P. M. A fire broke out yesterday morning, in the wholesale grocery store of 11. G. Cutler &, Co. Main St., below 5th, and before the Ihmes were checked, the entire back warehouse and a portion of the front buildings were destroyed, together with a portion of the husc occupied by L. S. Shreve &. Co., Iron Mongers, Louis Wilde' Hardware and Crockery Store, aud 15. F. Hiker &, Co. wholesale Hoot and Shoe dealers. Large quantities of goods were damaged and destroyed. The lire was the work of incendiaries. Shreves 1oa i ..000; II. G. Cutter &, Co. $12,000, Louis &. Wilkes, $5,000; R. F. Piker &. Co., 0,000, all of which arc fully covered by insurance. Nteainboat Disasters. Sr. Louis, March 20th. The steamers Dr. Franklin and Amaranth came in collision at the mouth of the Illinois river, sinking the latter. Loss $30,000; slight insurance. The steamers Alphonzo and Lamartine were burned yesterday, opposite Hath, lilmoin both totally destroyed books only saved. Their pnssengers took refuge on West Point Island, with the crew, and were all baved. Hank Itoobcry. Sr. Louis, March 10th. The Hanking House of Nishet &. Co., was robbed last night. The vault was entered and $10,000 stolen. From Philadelphia. Mirc'i 2Gth,P. M. Judge Kane fully committed Torn. Hand, charged with stealing the Government jewel. Mr. Pidlack. Charge do affairs to Do Bogota, died on the Gth of January. Cholera on the Ilivcr. Louisville, March 2Gth. The Cholera has been very prevalent on steamboats arriving from New Orleans since Saturday. The steamer Bride had 14 deaths on board, and many more are still Mck. The George Washington had lü deaths previous to her arrival at Memphis. The Beeile Key hn,t ihr,.e denths. The wenther at New Orlerns was hot and sultry, and much sickness prevailed, princi - ----- . pally among emigrants Keceipts of California CoIcI. Boston, March27th. The ship Czar has arrived at this port from the Sandwich Islands lUth November, and Tuhita öt i December, bringing seventy thousand dollars in Cali- i fornia "old ' i Destructive Tornado. ! , . t, ,T ! HariiislukoH, March 27th, 1 r. M. i ,tr i .-. A . r i We are in the mid?t ot a great storm oi wine, hail, and snow, which is raging with unabated vio-! . ' 0. ' - i . - r .i irnee. Six spans of the unfinished bridge ot the! 4 , T ., ' , .1 o i i " u r miles from this place, is carried away. Destructive Fire in Allegheny City. PiTTSBfiir, March 28, Ot P. M. Great fire raging in Allegheny City. The Union Cotton Factory and a number of frame dwellings are already destroyed, and the Ihmes are spreading with unabated fury. I will send the particulars in the morning. From Philadelphia. Ma neu 2S. Col. Penton's family think the Santa Fe news relative to Co!. Fremont untrue. The following was written for the Cincinnati Eniquirer; but by a hocus pocus it was poked to us for publication ! Knowing the fair authoress, we authorize ourselves to make it public ; especially as he, to whom it is addressed, "after an interval of four years,' has left some hero who knew him four years before. G. A. C. Initios On teeing .iddarns, oßer an intrrtal qf fvur years. And thou att changed ! Yet GoJ-hke still Thou wiell.'C the mighty sceptie i-f thy art. Enchanting thousands ! With thy magic skill And :naster voice, touch and subdue the heart. First on the lht in Fame's high temple, With adamantine stroke, thy name enrolled ! A living wonder and a proud example Für faithful emulative spirits tu behuld. Why tell thee of thy fame Disease and eate Have set their seal upon thy tnm anJ face ! Be fire in soul! Let not despair Leave its dark impress thy genius tu dirace ! Oct. 18. Kate. SusricioN ofBarkatkt. The ship Franklin, Capt. Smith from LondorTbound to Boston, was recently wrecked, and the Captain and 14 of the crew drowned. The ship had a cargo valued at some jsGO.000, and the vessel injured at lioston at 15.ÜU0. " The vahse of the Captain drilled ashore, and in it were found several letters, instructing him to destroy the ship, as she was xcell insured. These letters, it is said, were written by a man named Wilson, of Charleston, who was joint owner with Mr. John V. Crafts, of South lioston. On the letters being discovered, Wilson absconded, and Crafts haB been arrested, and his examination is now going on, chamed with having advised thn run. ...... ,v uwuiiui'ii n; oiiij wr ensi ner away, i ne letters were given in evidence, nnd in one of July 2öth, lwl, the Captain is advised that the ship is insured for 15,000 that the bebt way to abandon her was, ' to let her leak and watch your opportunity to leave her, and before you leave her, roll a barrel of turpentine into the cabin and.ZVe her." This letter concludes by saying that the letter is written with the consent of J. W. C. (John W. Crafts) nod that it must be destroyed when read. In another letter, Aug. 12. 1919, it is stnted that a note comes due, Sept. 10th, of 2100, which there is no means to pay, but should the tdiip ba reported lust, the partieH would be entigfied, and conclude a follows : Dr Sir this will be the eternal making of us all if not it will dam us for ever but that cannot be --we know you will do every thing to your own satisfaction and ourswrite us on receipt of this and let us know when you will be uble to Lr-t away." tniil tik atinnilun lltr ol,!, .. . I . mi 1 rrom me testimony, as tar as published, we incline to the opinion that the horrible transaction will ' dum il. ,.C l... .1 .r .1 . .1 1 ' ",v r"" .uipiivuitu. 11 js touieiiueu on tu in un- ucieute, iimi me letters are lorurics (Jin. (iazttf. Mr. Collarncr, of Vermont, now ut the head of the Post Otlicc Department, is a self made man emphatically the architect of his own fortune. To illustrate his exertions and his merits in this regard, we may without impropriety repeat a remark a writer in the Courier heard him make at a dinner of the graduates of his Alma Mater the University of Vermont over n vfnr mtn ... C r .1 ti 1 ! Ü , r "L . ' : ..i-Z , LV" college, Mr. Collarncr said he never heard him utter whit neemed to him a harsh reproof but once, and that was when he directed him never again to appear in the recitation room without shoes. The harshness of the remark, he said, sprung from the fact that he had no shoes. He procured some, however, and, for the sake of economy, carried them in his hand to the door of tho recitation room, and then put them on. A. Y. Ej press. - . ......i w ik'h, ,ii v.in tu uiuic VVIIII'J liu was III The Rev. Mr. Mullen, of Columbus, Ind., was on board of the üteamer Caroline, when she sunk, lie lost all his baggage, and saved his life Y swimming to the yawl of the Consignee. J .m.

Afluirs of Home. Establishment of the Rowan RepvbHc, cc. The London correspondent of the New York Herald gives the following additional particulars of ti e installation of the Republic of Rome, nnd the deposition of the Pope :

Ever since the flight of the Pope to (ueta, and the speech: Citizen, Representatives if the. People The work of our redemption is achieved. What a majestic spectacle is that of a real National Assembly! rorj the first time, it holds its seat at P.ome. Welcome, ... a. av I citizens, representatives ot the people! We are proud to salute you, and the provisional government incline themselves before you. This is the happiest day of my life. I have only one wish to be fulfilled to behold Italy free and united, to see it raised to the rank of nations, and of all nations the greatest. Applause. To day we are all Romans wo call ourselves Romans we belong to Italy we belong to Italy, to ourselves for the people ore no longer the property and prey of a priestling. Applause. God created people free, and infamous is the man who would affix the seal of right divine to crowns, as if God could contradict himself. Yes, let ua resume our baptismal name of Romans. Rome is the most holy, the most privileged, and the most historical country of Italy the heart of Italy and we are proud to bear the name of Romans ! After passing a sort of funeral oration on Tio Nino, the orator continued : The task of the provisional government has been immense; but it cares little for threats and projects of intervention. The people were with it, and God is with the people. Applause. The Ministry faced every difficulty and triumphed. You are the living results of its etfect. Wc have a force of thirty thouea;.d men ready to take the field to-morrow. The Tuscans sympathize with us. To every threat wo will reply by preparing our ewords. The western powers are for us, and the people need no longer kneel to demand pardon for having conquered their rights. You arc sitting between the tombs of two civilizations the tombs of the Italy of the Crosars, and the tombs of the Italy of the Popes. You mut raise abjve these tombs a new edifice: and your work must not cede in the least to the work of death ! Inaugurate your immortal labors by two names Italy and the people ! On resuming his seat, a deputy rose, and in a loud voice declared "The Roman Assembly is open!" Prince Charles I'ona parte then rose and exclaimed Long live the Republic !" Soon after, the following proclamation was issued: Hornaus A great act has been completed. The National Assembly of your legitimate representatives having assembled, the sovereignity of the people being recognized, the only form of government t hat could be proper for us, was that which made our fathers great and glorious. This the Assembly has decreed, !"d" tlie R'"" republic has been this day proclaimed ! fr"m the cipitol. Lvery citizen who is not an enemy to ms country, must lmmeuiateiy anu loyany aunere ! to this government, which, originating in the free and 'universal vote of the repreentatives of the nation, . 1.., ,1 Ii j will follow the paths of crder and justice. After so ! I !"any aes we u?ain Poss a country and liberty ; j 1,8 P " - uru.y i i. Bm .c" has sent us, and the Roman Lepublic will be eternal nt, happy. Sl'10" lut Ministers of the republican government. TllC following speech of the Pope at the festival of the Purification of the Virgin, though spoken before ., , , ,. ? .e.. ? ? 1 ... , , the declaration of a republic ot Home, will be lead wjjj, interest T, . ,, . T r , ,r ... , 7V . Lvery time that I find myself called upon, bv Divine , ., i , i mercy, to preside at those sacred meetings where are I discussed, with the aid of the Holy Spirit, the decisI P , r . r ., J , ' . V. OI . T I mnc nf tlirt aria fl lirrm (it thr i-liitrrli it I ruf I feel my heart fill with joy and confidence, and at the I Wt t II U L t V. a.t-.. -' ..tatx-a. i..., i fame with admiration fur the marvellous dispositions i of (lod, who, with the intentions suggested bv his j love towards mankind, infills from time to time his i divine spirit into the minds of some of his servants,! i in order that, by declaring war against hell they might J assiil the enemies of truth, and tight ngaiust them the tight of the Lord. The idea c nsoles me in mv j present sufferings : it opens my heart to that conti-1 dence in the Lord, tha.' he will rise up amongst his J ministers, new, good and faithful servants, who will i

devote themselves to enlightening and instructing the ' Poktkait of Col. Bf.ntox. Ry resolution of tho ; l,ml lawpeople, and removing from them the wound which is ' House of Representatives, parsed a few days since, I The Court alto decided that the hw of every d.iy increasing, to their great injury and p?ril. j the large and beautiful portrait of the Hon. Thos. j was unconstitutional and void, b.-cause it purports to Pride, impatience of all subordination, and the strong ; H. Benton, heretofore in the State library, was placed ' convey to one man the land of another. The Court passion of some of them for command and domination, ; in tho hall of the House, on the left of the Speaker's j further decided that the Auditor's deed, unaccompaprepare for them a voke more hcavv and more disns-! chair. This portrait represented Col. Benton, stand-' n,C as m tlie case at the bar, by proof that he had trous than that which they have wished to destroy.! ing wrapt in a black cloak, with a scroll in the left ; Performed nil the requisites of law authorizing him And since that spirit of pride dircctlv attacks God. it hand, and we believe was originally painted for some to Ec31 thc ,anJ ur tlx'' conveys no title. Theremay happen that the Almighty may immediately resist, ! association in St. Louis, but was "purchased by the 1 f,,re t,e defendant is not protected by claim and ns he formerly resisted in the fields of Babel. Hum- State at the list session of the General Assembly, j coIor ,llf!c Iimd in n,)li in ,tlje Inean'"ff f hie prayer is the most efficacious remedy to alleviate1 No one who now enters the hall of the House f! the law. The Court defined the "claim and color of this present malady ; prayer, which, beginning under Representatives but at once is struck with the noble tJt e ma?c 1,1 -,"0(l fa,lh" un ,or l,,,s ,aw; lo be sUCil a the domestic family roof, afterwards extends to the ! appearance of Missouri's uistm?uished Senator, and ' title as in law would pa the estate prima fade, if a house of God. Tho Holy Mary offers us. in the sol- j cannot but form some idea of the admiration with better title be not show,,. that is a.ouestioti of law.

cinnity ot this day, an example ot the manner in; which wc ought to resist the pride of the age : nimely, by acts of humility and by prayer. May our suppllcations, modeled from so high an example, merit her ! mediation, in order that the Lord may hasten the accomplishment of his mercies ; turning promptly his paternal regards on tho misery of a!l his children, nnd especially on those who, in thc capital of the. Christian world, have allowed themselves to be led away by the seductive words of men who, in calling them to happiness, have miserably deceived them, j Oh Rome! Rome! God is my witness that I every day offer up my voice to the Most High, and prostrate, niii! n aiinnlinnt I n rilmttltr urn tr tlint Iki i.i.v ... .. ""'I uuirjjuuin, uiuiiiHi ,iu, iiiuti lit; unit luk fill end to thc hcourgc which desolates thee, find which evcrv dav weiirhs more hcavilv on thee! I nrar him to put an end to the suggestions of those perverse M ' V J doctrines, and to remove from thy walls, and from all the State, those political speakers who abuse thc name of the people. I also supplicate him to protect and save thc King, the royal family, and this kingdom, from the general commotion. His Majesty merits it by his piety, and his people by their faith. The Verdant Gkoomsman. On no occasion do people seem more prone to commit blunders, and plunge themselves into embarrasing predicaments than at weddings. The following nctually occurred in a neighboring town. Iti the midst of a crowd of witnesses, the clergyman had just completed that interesting ceremony which binds iu the silver bonds of wedlock, two willing hearts, and hi retched forth his hands to implore the blessing of heaven on thc union. At tili! point, tho groomsman, seeing the open hands reached out, supposed it was the signal for him to surrender the wedding fee, which was burning in his pocket. Accordingly, just ns the clergyman closed Iiis eyes in prayer, lie felt the pressure of two sweaty half-dollars on bis open palm. The good man hesitated a moment, nppallcd at the ludicrousuess of his situation, but at last deposited the money in his pocket, and proceeded with hia devotions. Land Route to California. Tho distance from Galveston to Kl Paso on tho Rio Grande, is short f ; ()() miles, with an entire passable road for wni?ons. i The more familiar route leads up thc valley of thc j voierauo, striking the una, wntcn takes tue party nearly to their destination. The distance from Kl Paso to San Diego is not fir from 800 miles making the whole distance from Galveston to the diggins" about 1100 miles. The cost to the emigrant cannot exceed thirty or forty dollars after he is astride his mule or mustang properly provided possibly not half this amount. Lou. Dem. Ki.opement. We understand that a day or two since ! '. (. Danforth, eloped from Moorcsville, la., some To''' & . back rNw AU,. vi.l. tho uife of Mr. Saml. Dunn, of thnt place. The guiltv cou pie reached this city on Thursday evening, and stopped that night at Shnefer's tavern, at the lower ei;d o! Main street. Yesterday morning they started on thc Htcamer Santa Fe, bound for the Wabash. Danforth has a wifu at Moorcsville, from whom he Ins been separated for a year or two. Mrs. Dunn is the wife of an honest, hard working man, who U now absent on business to Tcnnesse, and she has heretofore borne a good character. She had seven children; tho two youngest she took with her and the others were left at the Catholic institutional Portland. Ijou. Cour. The Mks. Howard case is now in progress of trial before the criminal court, ot Cincinnati.

From the National Intelligencer. Notice to Hie Public and Instructions to lot 111:1 stcrs. Relative to the ratiag tf Lttl'.rs, the return of Dead

letters, Transient X wsaj srs, and the Postmark in" of Istttrs cinic u'd ? the British and Vnited Stales Ini'.-nntlimt j.' Mtil. Hereafter, when a lein r rsn-edi nn ounce in weight, but does not exceed two ounces, it will be rated with f..ur charges f single postage; when it exceeds two ounces but does- not exceed three, it will berated with six charge of Kindle postage; and so .

on, there being a single postage tor the tirst halt be rejoiced at becaus.; of the effect it muet have on ounce, a double chirg? fur t.;o first ounfc, and two the whole civilized tvorid. England's influence in additional charges f r each succeeding ounce, or matters of commerce nnd nvmufactures is till of the fraction of an ounce, beyond the first ounce. This is j first class, though u a fe.v years more it mut come ordered in virtue of the provisions of an act of Con- to be second to of th.; United States; and pergress approved M'irch 11, 110. ihans there w;ts never a more fortunate thing for the And, in pursuance of the fame act. , is required cause of liberal principles Wum the fact that Great that letters which are refused ;it the oflicc of delivery, j Britain, while ranking at the first f commercial pow-

Ly lilt jjii.a uuuica-, u.im idtis wiiii.u, iui uuv other cause cannot by delivered to paid parties, shall j be immediately returned to the Dead Letter office in i by the parties addressed, and tetters which, for any Washington, under address to the Third Assistant Postmaster General, without waiting the time for advertising, as heretofore required in relation to this class of dead letters. They must in every case be marked in red ink on the face, with an entry showing they are refused, or the cause that prevents their delivery ; also stamped with the stamp of office, and, with a view to the proper adjustment of the accounts, Le placed tinder post-bill to the Dead Letter Otfice. Transient newspapers (that is, papers not sent from the office of publication) will hereafter be subject, in virtue of the act aforesaid, to the general newspaper postage rate only ; that is, one cent for any distance in the same State, and one-and-a-half cent for any distance exceeding one hundred miles, where the newspaper is sent from one Slate into another. But postage on such newspapers is in all cases to be prepaid, as heretofore. In respect to rJritish mails, where the official postage entries on the letters received are in red ink, the letter is to be considered as paid, and is to be delivered Accordingly ; where in black ink, as unpaid. The postage figures on such letters show, on the paid letters, the amount to be credited to the United States; on the unpaid letters, the amount charged to the United States. The postage to be collected from unpaid British letters is in all cases to be, whatever may be the credit or debit figures, twenty-four cents for each additional rate, and, after the first ounce, each letter exceeding that weight is to be charged fortyeight cents for each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. J. COLLAMKR, Postmaster General. Post Office Department, March 15, 1349. Mrs. General Taylor is a native of Calvert county, Maryland. A writer in the National Intelligencer says Mrs. Taylor's father was Capt. Walter Smith an independent and highly respectable farmer, whose estate was situated on the right bank of St. Leonard's Creek, in which Commodore Barney flotilla was blockaded in the late war. She is the sister of the late Major Richard Smith of the marine corps, well remembered, in New York especially, for his gallant and soldierly appearance and bearing, and Iiis fine social qualities. It was in Kentucky that the genj cral, then a very young man, saw her, was con quered, and "surrendered. Pittsb. Post To Remove Motes from the Eye. A very simple, but an immediate way to remove motes from the eye, without doing the eye the least injury, is to wet the corner of a eilk handkerchief in cold water, and roll it over the head of a pin, then carefully work it under the corner of the eyelid next to the nose, and wipe it quick across the ball, and you will remove whatever is iu the eye, no matter how small. I have done it often myself, as well as recommended it to others, who have tried it and never knew it to fail. No one need fear to try it, for it not only gives immediate relief, but makes the eye feel comfortable, and cool afterwards.

The lev Spray.-Fot some weeks past, says the j $ort ,a3fcs; "n.üer Ahc ,act 1,iC Audllor 8 deed Niagara Falls Iris, the winter scenery at the f Falls j daf ,n, lf' .as his u e. has besn surpassingly beautiful, and quite beyond de-! The defendant maintains that he is protected by scriptum. On the perpendicular banks arc suspended i hc. Limitation aw f If t.-.t by that then he huge icicles of the most fanciful shapes, which are ! ,s bry the, I:T of ,9' t0 V1 Passion white as alabaster, and appear at a distance like confirmed titles to IrinJ. magnificent columns. Put the most beautiful sight is As to t! ac (UX lC Cf,irt C1 I??5 the spray congealed upon the grounding trees and . ss.on without tie wo old not avail, lhat the SushrulL 'Every brunch lis incited. little herrien up- j Pt-me Court of Ulm..,. , 1 ... h, cause of

on the shrubs are bills of ice. It looks like a forest c , . .. . . i- I . i of coral, glittering with hanging diamonds, and , .. i . dazzling whiteness. which the representatives Ot thC people hold this dlS - tinguished champion of the people, nnd this great and

goodmin. hJJ'trson Enquirer. uy oi ine min tojuug-, in vw.icu case, ji would protect one and not avail another, who might be A rich scene transpired recently at a fashionable , more intelligent. boarding house in New York. A lady, with nny i The above embraces the miterial points in the dequantity of trunks, called at the house in question and cision of Judge Pope, which must suffice until the retook lodging. ihe gave out that she was the wife of quest of thc members of the bar is complied with, n wealthy planter at thc South, and receivdd that at- and a copy of the able decision procured for publitention which the possesion of wealth always inspires, cation. The ''upper ten" received her into their exclusive circle, and she was a lionets' for a time. In the Slavery in Hie District. course of time, a gentleman from the South was in- A correspondent of the C ncordia (La.) Intelligenrnrlnrtnt I n t tint KiifirilmrT liniKu mut rvnrm i ! tKfl I n i .i c i . . . .i

1 . . C C "11 C K t ! ftf the keeper of a house of ill-fame at Augusta, iii"iui.iu im' ti.v. . - o"'-1 v I Georgia, me wnuiauy wua norioi-suieu. u .u a a A 1 A 1 A. I ; L . 1 A I policeman was eent for, but betöre his arrival, the lady left for parts unknown. tti. En,j. Novel use of a Kiss. A kiss, ever since the day of Adam, has been thc token of friendship; but alas ! it his served a traitor' purpose iu .some cases, as miy be Feen from the following : A gent, not many miles from Lewistown, returning from a sleigh-ride, on arriving at the pitcrnal mansion of his lady, gave and received a kiss of friendship, as he supposed ; but ulas ! thc sequel will show how much he was mistaken ; f r the door hiving been closed, he overheard the following conversation : Why, Lucy ! ain? you ashamed to kiss a man out there all alone with him ? When I was a girl I would not have done it for the world." No, ma, I am not," answered Lucy ; for I only kissed him to smell his breath, to ere if he halben drinkitiir." Isuist-m Falls Me.) Journal. RornF.nv ok the Goveknment Jewels RemarkArtLE Revelation. Tho National Pclice Gaiette of this week contains some remarkable revelations respect inj the robbery of the Patent Office in November, IS 13. The Gazette has from thc first charged that the robbery wn committed by two well known thieve. Hand and Webb, under the direction t f others, nnd that the object of these men was not no much plunder, as to be in n position successfully to negotiate for the rehvise from prison of s brother of Webb's, who had l.ii roovieied of fonrerv. Leiter ncem.! bv Pri-. ident Polk, offerin" to lestorc the iewels have been traced by the editors of tho Police Gazette to Hand, nnd many facts are given countenancing the foregoing supposition. Py wi-d m is an house built, and by understanding it is established, and by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches." Proverbs, tilth c, 'd v. 4,I congratulate my fellow-citizens on the high state of prosperity to which Divine Providence bus conducted our Commonwealth." Taylor s Inaugural Address. Thus, at the close of the four years democratic rule of Mr. Polk, we have the Scriptures fulfilled and the fact acknowledged. Lou. Dem. A Fat Offk e. The richer office in the United States, is that of llallh Ojjicsr at the port of New York. The fees of this station are said to amount to fexenty thousand dollars a year ! Nearly three times the piy of the President of the United States. A bill is now beforo tho Legislature of New York, which, if it become a law, as it inoHt certainly ought to, will take oway the fees of the office, and affix a liberal palary to it. It seems wonderful, that the discovery of this faet should just now have been made. Cin. dazettr.

Free Trade. 1 Ths Free Tr .ie Policy resolved up n by the English governm m as yidiy disappointed our protccionis's, who b 0 hoped to find in the example of that government ..it of excuse for returning t the old

barbarisms n which, with an instinctive r'-jnrd for the absurd, thev arc t-o fnd. Although tht EnglisU some time since resolved upon the overthrow of the corn-laws, it has not until now been by any means certain that they v. ouhl b completely abolished. Apart from the good 1 1 . a will ri v to the Loglisli people themselves fron; this uif resolution, it is to .crs, was compel. n to tnri'W asid-i the restrictive tl p, u l i" iin' system of which he had champion among ih ? nation long been the greatest n. Ju upholding that system, for period of ahnest t - o centuries dating from the time of the piss age of the Navigation Act, Lngland was comp died to wage tinny long, Costly, nnd in some instances disastrous wars, and to incur a debt that now weighs upon her energies, and which must, for a long time, prevent het from playing the part of an effective upholder of liberal ideas. Her position has been happily compared, by one of her own sons, to that of an aged debauchee, who Ins been brought to a knowledge of his errors through suffering, but which knowledge is wholly useless for good because all his means of doing good were expended in riotous living during youth and manhood. The example should not be lost on a rising nation like the United States, soon destined to lead in every thing. It should teach us that liberality in national matters is as ennobling and productive as it is in the concerns of individual life. The notion that what other countries gain is necessarily our los, is unworthy of the common ense of men, and of the religious dispensation tinder which we live, that teaching us that we should rejoice over rather than regret the prosperity of others. The truth i. that every nation is benefitted by the prosperity of any one of its cotemporaries. England cannot be prosperous without the Uuited States nharing her prosperity, nor can we be in a commercially soued state when England is distressed. The partition walls between nations which have existed for centuries, making enemies of the different branches of the human family, must come down, now that England his entered upon a nobler career than she has hitherto pursued. It may be that she is actuated only by selfish motives in changing her policy, and nvt probably it is so; but the good will not be the les-a on that account. It i with the fruit that the world will have to do, and not with the motives of the sower of the Feed. Generations sit under the shade of trees that were originally planted only to gratify the selfishness of an individual, and their enjoyment was not the les because he thought not of their comfort. Boston Times. Tax Titles in Illinois. The District Curt of the United States for the District of Illinois was recently in pessinn at Springfield. Among other casts disposed of was one in relation to tax titles in Illinois. The St. Louie New Era gives the following report of the ense: The suit was an action of ejectment instituted by Anoweurth against Purlington to recover 1C0 acres of land in Adams county. 111., Messrs. Williams and Lawrence being the attorneys for the plaintiff, and .Messrs. Frowning and Pjiishnell attorneys for the defendant. The argument und trial consumed six days, and on both sides was conducted with consumute ability. The plaintiff showed good title derived from the United States, and possession by the defendant, and rested his case. The defendant relied upon seven years possesion, the payment of taxes during that time and a tonj nected title from the Auditor of the State, of Iz'J, ! 5 "'. " '.uor s c deed, unaccompanied with proot ot the performance of, c . . ' r , . of the essential renoisites of the law, con if veil no l 1 . c , . - . . - , . little. Ihertlore, the defendant is not protected by , UMU uv) uepunm.y ; up.iii i. wpin.ui oi nie occupant, otherwise tue n-ie.,ee wouui aeoena upoinrie capaccer nan compiieu me lowowing Fiaiement oi irie ac ' ------- m - tlPn taken at Various ,im in Congress, in reference to the abolition of slavery in the District of Colum i,ia. lt ;3 un interesting historical naraTnmh. nnd . . . . j p1()W8 lliat ,jt,crtri Southern men have been foremost ! in the mitter which now is so objectionable lo them : ln 1310, John Randolph, of Roanonke, brought forward a resolution for a contnittec to inquire into thc traffic in slaves in the District, and for legislative measures to put a stop to the Fame. It was adopted without a divUimi. On the DJth of December. 1S27, Mr. Rarney, of Maryland, offered a memorial for the restriction i f slavery in the District, which, on hia motion, was ordered t b printed. Mr. McDuffie, of South C irolini, objected to the printing, but expressly admitted the right of Congress tu grant the people of the District any measures which they may deem necessary to free themselves from this deplorabie evil.' On the it i, of J.muiry, Ir.'f, .Mr. Minor. of Pennsylvania, offered a resolution, instructing tho Committee on the District to inquire into the expediency of abolishing slavery within the name. And the vote was, ayes 1 11, nays 00! Mr. Mark Alexander, of Virginia, reported, in substance, that slavery could not be nbolishcd in the District without the consult if the peop'c lhrof. The same committee like wise rejorted a bill, declaring negroes brought into the District for sale, fire ! In I'J a memorial, signed by l'JOO of the citizens of the District, waj presenTI ed, praying for t he abolition of slavery there, nnd tho project was decidedly popular. On the 'TdJ of January, lK, Mr. John Tyler, then a senilor from Virginia, In one of a series of resolutions, conceded the right of Oongre! to abolish slavery in the District, with the consent of the slave-owners therein. .Mail Rolueuy Akkest ok the Thief. The mail bag from this place to Logansport was robbed on the t:id January last by the mail carrier, and nearly the whole contents taken out. The rublery wai not discovered until a few days ngo, when some citizens of Huntington happening to paws along an unfrequented ro.id loading from Lewis's firm to Huntmgton, picked up a large number of letters nnd papers which weie trewed al -og the route. The boy wh.i carried the mail at the time of the robbery had since been dischirged and was living at Lngro. He was arret? ted on Wednesday last and brought to Huntington for examination. We have not learned his name, nor heard the result of the examination. Fort Wayne Sentinel. Wo.mkn AHE i.AUELV coi UsEi. A young gentleman who was in thc act of popping the question to a young lady, wus interrupted by the father entering the room and enquiring what they were about. 0h, replied thc fair one, 'Mr. was jubt explaining the question of annexation to tne, and he is fur immediate annexation.' 'trll, id pap 'if you caa Hgree on a treaty, I'll ratify it.'