Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 94, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1849 — Page 2

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Weekly piper, a Yrar Semi -Weekly, gl a year. i x ii a v roLi s, askii. 4, is-ijk i i o c 1 1 a rr i c iomi x rr toys. FOR GOVERNOR. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, or parke county. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. JAMES H. LANE, or DEARIiORX COLWTY. Democratic .Slate A. G. rORTKR. DAVID REYNOLDS. DR. L. DUN L AP. WM. H. MORRISON, GEO. A. CHAPMAN, Central Committee. DR. A. CALL. C. G. WF.RKL, N. 1WLT0N. FRANCIS KINO, (i KN. J. P. DRAKE. ITIarion Comity Convention. A C-unty Convention of the LVmocrats of Marion County will he held nt the Court House in Indianapolis, on SATURDAY, the Ith of APRIL next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of appointing clelegates t represent said courty in the Congressional District Convtntinn ; and if deemed expedient to nominate candidates for the several offices to be filled by the people of Marion county at the next August election, to-wit : a Senator, two Representatives, a Clerked the Circuit Court, two Assoeiate Judges, and a County Commissioner for the t3d District, composed cf Pike, Wayne, Decatur and Perry townships. The Democrats of the several townships of the county are respectfully requested to meet at such time as may suit their convenience and appoint delegates to represent them in the conty convention as al oe. By erder of the County Committee. tf. Congressional Conventions. The following times and places have been ngreed upon by the Democracy, in the districts named : Is. District Thursday, April K at Fetersburgb, Pike county. 2d. District Saturday, April 21, at Charlestown, Clark county. lid. District Saturday, May o, at Napoleon, Ripley county. 5:U. District Thursday, April 12, at Indianapolis. (5ilj District Wednesday, April 25, at üloomfield, Greene county. 5th District Saturday, Ju ne 12. at 'Lafayette, Tip9;h District Thursday, June 14th. Plymouth, Mar- j shall county, pecanoe county. lUth District Wednesday, May 23, at Fort Wayne. To Correspondents. O. E. Will endeavor to find room for your communication. D.R Same to jou. And to some dozen others. V'e will ,a our best to roply to your communication by mail or otherwi-. And lo ore an J all 'Tyou will prcate tear w ith ui till we gft through tlx; jmblicatiun c f the U. S. Law, we wilt "attend to your case?. Mary A L. Ina few weeks you hall lare all you desire in the j way of a newspaper and recollect that ice sy it. Ward. I A meeting of the citizens of the third ward will be i held at Richard's carpenter shop, (near S. Major's residence,) on Wednesday next; lhe 12th inst., at ; o'clock, for the purpose of agreeing upon a suitable! person to be voted for as Councilman for said ward, f April 1, leiU. SEVERAL VOTERS. .Ith Ward. j At a large and respectable meeting of citizens of, the 5th ward, held at the Brewery on Saturday, last, ! Mr. Daniel Carlisle was unanimously nominated ! bv ballot to be voted tor at the coming election as j Coucilman for said ward. ; J. F. MERRILL, Tres't. j T. M. Bricxett, Scc'v. Hon. U. A. llaiiiuan. 1 This gentleman, t!ie newly appointed minister to Prussia, passed through our city last week on his way i to his residence in Fountain county, to piepnre for -his immediate departure on his mission as instructed by Gen. Taylor. He will probably reach our city on next Tuesday on his return to Washington; whence he takes the first steamer from New York or Boston. As much has been said in regard to Mr. Hannegan's appointment and as the whig prcs of this State has made a d-al of hubaboo over a letter sai.l to have been written ly Daniel Webster, we would simply ask the public t j suspend their judgment until this matter is placed properly and correctly before them. ; "We have teen a copy of a letter written by that same Daniel icksn he icas sober; and which, in connection with other matters, may be given to the public at a proper time. Hence we would advise those editors, especially those who expect office under General Tav- ' lor, or to receire any other favors from him, to wait their time with patience, or they may find that they . have been '"barking up the wrong tree." Fire. On Saturday evenii.g last, between Ü and 10 o'clock, the inside of Reck & Tully's hatter-shop, on Washington St., was discovered tobe on fire. . The flame was discovered through the crack- of the ; board partition, by the person who occupies the adjoining room east as a bakery shop and duelling. : The alarm was gien, and the fire was soon put ut j by a few persons who fortunately happened to he near, j The damages is but trifling. The Laker eays the per- ' ion last in the hatter-shop had not been gone more than five minutes before he (the baker) discovered the! room was on fire. It must have been the result of great carelessness. ' Second District. Messrs. C. L. Dunham and j John I. Morrison of Washington, E. G. English of j Scott, A. P. Wiliard of Floyd, and M. G. Bright and J. W. Chapman of Jefferson, have been spoken of as ' probable candidates for Congress from the 2d District, j This is a talented list ; with such men to chose from a poor choice cannot well be made. f Centre Township. At the annual township election, which took place on Monday last, the following persons were elected : Inspectors Samuel Beck and John Wilkins. Constables Sims A. Cilley, Samuel T. Woolen, (r. W. Moore, and R. Doggett. Super i isnrs. 1st Dist. Isaac Smith-ion; th Dist. F. P. McLauirh2d John McFull lin it Robert Roe 9th Edward Pope 10th William Roe 11th Xo one voted for. 12th S. J. Patterson 13th Jacob Wolfe P. Howland James Hanua W. Schoolcraft Thomas Wyatt 4th 5th 6th 7th fVncff Viewers No one voted for. For License to sell spirituous liquor, Against license 129 479 191 Blank Maj. against license156 That "Sechet Cikci lak" Auain. In commenting upon our exposure of Chrkson's pretended "Secret Democratic Circular," the Bro kvi!!e American says : The foregoing is from the State Sentinel. The editors are cute fellows, and have always managed the ifiaira of their party with much adroitness. When they find themselves cornered, they laugh it ofT, and mike their readers believe it gx,j joke. Any one must acknow ledge tho hrewdnra which they evince in the above notice of the Sucret Circular. Ttiev are too gentlemanly to charge us with forgery they have too much courtesy injheir composition to do that. IJut it i truly laughttble to see with whst gravity they turn it into a joke. Pretty well done!" The editor of the American imposes upon our good nature w hen he assumes that we do not charge he circular in question to b: a forgery. It is a forgery. But the circular itself bears such unmistakable evidence of forgery on its own face that vc scarcely thought it necessary to say so. The "circular" was publiihed in ivrry whig psper in Indiana, yet we venture that thre ore net tw nty men in the State UIm.vc it t be u genuine document.

Done Gone! By a notice from the whig State Central Committee, (said centra! committee being pretty generally scattered over the State,) we learn tint that body ImH . backed out from making a nomination of a cand.da'o lor Governor, to fill the place of Judge Ernbree, who was keen and smart enough to decline; and that they have called a convention nf the whigs to make a selection of one f r the sacrifice. There are probably many considerations which havo induced said committee to adopt this cause. We believe that a majority of those resident hern were in favor of one, who, in their opinion, would be likely to catch the Free Soil vote. Hence, to make sure work of it, they desired an ultra abolitionist. This was objected to by the more wary tecause, if done now, it would give the democrats time to make a full exposure. Then again it might have been orgued, that by postponing the nomination, they might steal a march on us by not permitting their candidate to show himself to the people, or to he compared with his competitor, knowing well that they have no man who can successfully compete with Hon. Josetii A. Wright, when side by side'with him on the stump. In fact, they tacitly and openly admit this fact. Again: They may think that our candidate is tobe caused to be idle during the campaign by a show of non-resistance. In this they will be wofully mistaken. Nor will all the false talcs which they may nnd can, and no doubt w ill, concoct nnd circulate on t lie eve of clevlion avail them, if we understand the people of Indiana. They are not of the chss generally to attempt to "lift hot iron" twice. While we promise our friends to keep them advised, as fir as possible, of the intrigues of federal whiggery, we would caution them not to be f und sleeping at their posts. Apparently, but little is at stake in (uir next State election; tut in reality, there is much, and no one more important. The government of the State is to bo newly composed : subjects of vital importance to the whole people will no doubt como before our next Legislature; and t thit especiil'y tciu!il vv direct the attention f the dimocracy. The School question not Free Schools nlone, but a heavy additional ttx to be levied to feed a horde of hungry cormorants. Also, the exceedingly important rjue:itiou of a revision of our State Constitution, w hereby the people of the State may be protected from robbery by wholesale, as has happened in by-gone years. Study these matters for yourselves read oil sides and then decide. Do not complain, if you ore celinqueut in your duty, that evil overtakes you. On several of these subjects we will talk with our readers as leisure permits. But as the federal whigs have about confessed their inability to elect their candidate, we trust the democrnts will not be lulled, into a false security. Recollect always that " Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty." Anothet. Bit or Hito;y. It sill doubtless bo recollected by our readers, sr.ys the Pcnrisylvaninn, th-it the celebrated letter of General Taylor to Gen. Gaines, was furnished to the New York I'xprcss, by Dr. Bacon, now the responsible editor of the New York Diif linnk. From certain remarks contained in that paper of Tuesday, we infer that Dr. B. corrected an I reiisrd it, so as, as he- intimates, to make it fit for publication. We extract two paragraphs : 'The original letter of General Taylor to General Gaines, wns much worse written than the worst thing ever printed with hi signature. It ntforded conclusive evidence that though he wrote his celebrated despatches,' somebody must have corrected them beeore they were despatched. 'If any person deny this, the public can be furnished with examples of the original uncorrected English of the letter, compared with the version or paraphrase given by the editor of the Day Iio', which General Taylor has so promptly claimed as his vicn production."

The West Tennesce Whig tells a yarn upon a farmer in that part of the State, who, to make a speculation, put a large stone in one of his hogsheads of tobacci, and forwarded it to his Commission ?vlerchant ut New Orleans directing his merchant there to send him a barrel of sugar. By accident, or otherwise, the stone was discoered. The merchant took the frtone from the tubacco and put it into the barrel cf euor before be weighed it, put on the head and jent it back to the tobacco man in course of time, and didn't say a word about the stone. But he found it before he had ued up more than half of the sugar. This is a fact. He got four cents per pound for the stone, and had to pay eight cents per pound for it. The report that Mr. Hannegan has received his comrnis-ion is not true. Taylor, it is said, has openly expressed his indignation nt his nomination, nnd it may bo considered settled that no steps will be taken to sanction or perfect it. We hope that on this point, the President will rebuke tue outrageous conduct of Mr. Polk. Wayne County WhigAs usual with the Whig, its statement is wide of the mark. Mr. Hannegan passed through this city a few days ßince with his commission in his pocket, the big awkward signature of Old Zack thereto standing out in bold relief! What docs the Whig say now ! The Pkess at Panama. The American character is in nothing more strikingly illustrated than in the progress of the Pre-s; for wherever the American people gather in any considerable numbers, no matter for how brief a time, there the Press is sure to shed its rays. The firet number of a new paper, entitled the Panama Star, was issued at Panama, on the 2-1 ih February, and contains, among other things, the celebration by the Americans there of the 22d of February. A sumptuous dinner was given, a procession formed, and salutes fired. The Philadelphia Ledger says that only blockheads revolt from petticoat government. Josephine, eays our excellent contomporary , "exerted a powerful influence over Napoleon. And she would have done it over Alexander, and Cuisar and Alfred, and Edward I, and Henry IV of France, and Cromwell. But all her talents, her aspiration, her refinement, her expansive benevolence, her faith in (JohI'h justice nnd man's perfectibility, would have been thrown away upon on ass." 07-Jas. II. Hunt ban withdrawn from tho Cambridge Reveille nnd is succeeded by Messrs. Dormor & Craig. Mr. Hunt also withdraws his name from the canvas for Representative from Wayne county ; he designi to engage in o'her business at Cambridge. Cgjr-On Friday last the citizens of Cincinnati took a vote as to the propriety of subscribing a million of d-dlars to aid in tho construction of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, with the following result: Yea, ; nay, UEW ; majority for subscription, 2Ü.V). Q7-Thirty thousand dollars worth ot property waa destroyed by fire at Perkin, Illinois, on the 23d of March last. Larue Crop of Hoctoks. At a recent meeting at the Academy of Medicine in New York, Dr. Manly, btatcd that 'at the present time doctors were made at the rate of fron 1ÖU0 to 1G 0 a year, not for the benefit of the public or the profession itself, but for the benefit of the very men who made them doctors. There were forty medical colleges throughout the country, which gave diplomas, and at many of them were but two ami three professors no, cli'iical in-ttructto-n whatever, and no practice of anatomy."

Appointment, Humors, Ac. hitt' no frif-vds to rticard, and no ennnicx to punish. Old 7,trh. Robert Morri (editor of th Philadelphia Inquirer,) to

'be poMimanter at IMiiladclphi.-i, Pa., riet (leo. V. Lehman. Samuel Kost-hcrry, to he postmaster nt Pittsburgh, Pa., j rice C. M'Kibh n. f This ptac was Und red to Walter Forward hut he declined it William Pennington, of New Jtrsfy to b Governor of MimiiMn. ! Charles K. Smith, of Ohm, to be secretary of Iho lerritorj of Miiieguia. Aaron Goodrich, of Tennessee, to be cliief justice, and David Cooper of Pennsylvania, nid Itonj.ninin H. Meeker of Kentucky, to he HMociute justices of lloi Supremo! - e.i m . i c r -i. . Court of the Lntted Mites for said territory. , Ilnrv L. Mos,, of Minesuta. to be attoruev of the United States Ibr snid territory. J ' 9 4 Joshua L. Taylor, of MincsoU, to be marshal of the Jnited Mates for said territory. George Rvnns of Maine, Caleb B. Smith, of Indian, and Kobt-rt T. Paine, of North Carolina, to b commissioners under the net of the Congress of the United States of the 31 of March, entitled "An net to carry into efiect certain stipulations of the treaty between the United States of America nnd the republic of Mexico of the 2.1 d..y of February, 1 Id " William Carey Jones of Louisiana, to bu secretary to the Board of Commissioners appointed under the 6aid act. William S. Scott, of Louisiana, to be marshal of the United Slates lor the Lüstern District of Louisiana. (ieorge M. Dewey, of Flint, Michigan, to he receiver of public moneys at Genessee, Michigan, vice Charles C. Ilasrall. Tluw. Ewiue, Jr., (son of th secretary of th Home Department to be secretary to the President to sign land patents. Andrew M. Tntt, of Missouri, to bo Register of the land ofHce at Clinton, Missouri, rt'rs Wilkins Watson. Richard B. D ilium, of St. Louis Missouri, to be Receiver of public moneys at St. Louis, rice Edward Dohy ns. Septimus Caldwell, of (Irenadu, Miss., to be receiver of public moneys at Grenada, Miss., rice George S. Gollady. John T. Brooks, of Chickasaw county, Misj., to be register of the land ollice at Pontotoc, Miss., vice Andrew J. Edmonson. William Lyon, of Demopolis, Ala., to bo receiver of public urmeyj at Demopnhs, rice David K. Moore. John Shelhy, pustninster at Nash ville, Tennessee, vice L. B. Cheathem. James McDermot, postmaster at Washington, Washj ington county, Fa., rice J. D. Lett. William It. I Lonmomt, postmaster at Berlin, Worcester eutinty, Maryland, rice C. M. William. James G. Campbell, of Louisiana, to bo judg nf the disiriet court of tho United States for ihn westein district of Louisiana. Henry Boyce, of Louisiana, to bo attorney of tho United States for said distrirt. John F.. Kiri, of Louisiana, to be marshal of tho United Srate.s for naid district. William B.Scott, of Louisiana, to bo marshal of the United States fir the eastern district of Louuiana. Thomas C Ferkiri", of Connecticut, to he attorney of the United States lor tho district of Connecticut, in the place of Jonathan Stoddard. Gales Sen ton, of Virginia, (son of one of tho proprietors of tho National Intelligencer) to be perretiry of the legation of the United State to tho federal government of Germany. William S'oauaker, navy agent at Philadelphia, from 15th day of March, rire S. D. Patterson. Alfred Covvles, to he register of tho land ollice at Chicago, Illinois, rice William Jack-on. Jfsse Iv. Dubois, to he receiver of public moneys at Palestine. Illinois, rice William Wilson. Mathew Gillespi, tu ha register of the land ofHco at Edwardsville, Illinois, rice Jacob Judy. Ilarrv F. Brown, to be register of tho land office at Green Bay, Wisconsin, rice Joel S. Fisk. W. II. Leroy (brother-in-law of Daniel Webster,) tobe navy agent at .New York city, rice I. M. W'etmore. W. IS. Morris to bo purveyor of the port of Philadelphia, rice General Davis. Zebedee Rin; to be hurveyor of the port of Mew York, rice Elijah F. l'urdy. Charles W. Hoc k well, of Connecticut, to bo commissioner of Customs. (A new fhre created by tho organization of the. Homo Department.) Allen A. Hall, of Tennessee, t; bo register of the treasury of the United States, rice Daniel Graham.

Archibald Wilhams, of Illinois, to be attorney of the howevi-r great my surprise might be at his unexIn.ted Stat s for the district of Jllmo.s, rice David 1-i ,H.ote,l app.-n ranee, it "would be much .greater when I MTtn' 1 heard tin: intelligence he had o une to brim' me. "In-' John Peters of Vermont, to be mnn-hal of the United ! ti,' hc ai!(j(,t -whicli if properly profited by, States lor the d.str.ctot er.nont, rice Jacob Kent. : UOnld put both of t:s in posSr,V,,n of unheard of ( harles B. Penrose, Lsq.,of IVnn., has been cipuin(ed -1,1, milli.nis ar.d millions and imil.ons of dollars, nss.stant secretary ol the trer.sury. in ftir, , fran,.,v v.i(M1 j Mr. Claynm of (leorg.a, to be the id auditor of the tinWr)lX eu,ethimj had tou?herl Marshall's brain, : trea.-urv, rice J. 31. 3IcLa a. i 1 1 n ... ; ' t u hen, suddenly, al! tnv misgivings were jmt to nn , James Colhrr. f Ohm. hns been appointed collec- eii(! bv j,;, n,,,;rin,r on"the table a handful of seab-s of tor ol rr.stoms in California, the mo.-t lucrative ofwee pure virgin gold. I was fairly thunderstruck, nnd j probably within the gift id' the Pre-ii!ent. This is a-sked him to explain what all this meant, when ho ! the gentleman who declared in the Philadelphia Con-: wont m say that according to n.v instructions, he ' , , ,. - . ,, e I had tnrown the mill wheel out of gear, lo let the vention that the whigs of Ooio would vote for Old w!io!o l(l)(ly of wMer in lllCflfim flml a pas,njjC through I IVA iffy' for President, if he were nominated by a ; the tail-race, which wns previously too narrow to al-1 whig convention. Has he been rewarded for his low the water to run off in sufficient quantity, where- : proper appreciation of Ohio whige, or for his high !'.v tht" wlt('cl w,ls preventrd from etScientiy perform- j

re-prct fr the old horse?J Jol court ""'V:- ' r' u,am'.' l" Ufi Ju??e 01 , ,e n,Vnci urt ol the L ruled States lor the northern and southern T I... r- ...t 1- 1 . a . ! dintrictrt of .-M.diama, rice Wm. Crawford. ! Palmer V. Kellogg, of Mew York, lo be niarshnl of the L nited States for the northern district of Mew 1 ork, rice Jacob Gould. COM.KCTOKS OF Tllf fUTOMS. P V.... o M..:. ... . . .1 1 " "i ii j", cum, .1 iiiin.-, rirr lcnnuou uuoi. Thomas Hedge, Plymouth, Massachusetts, vice Wm. rice KuflJ,ÖAn"I,,' co,lec,r at PeBrl ricr ''""'PP' ' ' rn'

, .-" ""fi"! iiivrii, v.onneci.cui, rice or- thit he stooped down and picked one of them up. (ns u.icox. "Do you know," sumI Mr. ."IarIiall, positively I I Jamej F. Morflcet. F.denton, Morth Carolina, rice debated within myself two or three times whether I j j Äiop Kawls. should take the trouble to bend my back t pick up1 j .Joshua Taylor .collector at Ocracoke, Worth Carolina, one of the pieces, and had decided on not doing so, rice 1 homas J. Pasteur. ,..i. i'..r,i,.., .1.4i.M i;tt.;.. ,.,..,.1 ..Atl

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Kicliard Holme?, f.reat Lgg Harbor, ISew Jersey . found that it was a thin scale of what appears to be rice Robert B. Itii-ley. j pure gold. He then gathered some twenty or thirty John S. Rhea, Brazos Santiago, Texsi. Mew office. similar pieces, which, on examination, convinced him Fdwin Rose, Sag Harbor, New Yoik, rice Abel Hun-j that his suppositions were ri;ht. His first imprestingtou. ! fion was that this gold had been Inst or buried there

scrvetors. William B. Morris, Philadelphia, rice John Davis. Cordon Forbes, Veocomico, Virginia, re-appointed. Hoheit Butler, Smithfield, Virginia, re-appointed. John M. Trust, surveyer at Portsmouth, New Hamnj shire, riVe Winthrop Pickering. PTJuhn Cross, Pnwcatuck, Rhode Island, rice Ceorge Brown. Ceoig Howland, Tiverton, Rhode Island, rice Asa Uray. Wm. P. flreene, Provideuce, Rhode. Island, rfre I). F. Somans. naval nruiEiis. Charles Hudson, Boston, Massachusetts, rice William Parmenter, whose commission expired. George Loyall, navy agent at Morfolk, from the 14th March, 1041), re-appointed. Mr. Philip Greeley, it is said, lias been appointed collector of tho customs at Boston. Fletcher Webster, Esq., 11 said to have been nominated ns district attorney for Huston. Jamrs Hunter, to be nppraiser of merchandize at Havaunah, Georgia, rice Charles Stephens deceased rosTM isrr.Rs. Timothy Coghall, Newport, R. I. Ephriam Hutchin-, Concord, N. II. Joseph J. Pitman, II unt v ille, Alabama. Samuel C. Cook, New Rrunmvick, N. J. Thomas B. Bigger, ( re-appointed,) Richmond, Va. Edwin Boyle, Annapolis, Md. Mrs. Mary Christie, P. M., , Rock Run, Hartford county, Maryland, vice John S. Christie, resigned. W. W. Hariway, to be postmaster at Greensburgh, Ind., rice Hubert Hargiit, postmaster at Kingston, Decatur co., In J. new oflice. C. It. Williams, to be postmaster nt Richmond, Ind. rife James Elder. F. Johrnonbaugh to be postmaster at Cambridge, Ind., rice John Brown. We have rumors of the removal of the postmasters at Knightstown, Milton, kc, in this state, but await more authentic information. W. B. Smith (democrat) has been appointed postmaster nt Norwnlk, Ohio. Tho whigs thereabouts are furious ! The Ohio Statesman says A. F. Perry, Esq., will 1 probably be appointed potrnastcr at that city.

Futnmnc," the reckless concpondent of the Baltimore Patriot, intimritcs tl at the gallant General Lank is to he recalled ns Governor of Oregon. It is very likely he will be. Mission to Sr. ix. A correspondent cf the Tribune writos, that 'Icn. B-irrinjjer. M. C tYmn North

Carolina, will tnn'oubldely " he the .Minister to p.,jIK Ox pits'. That Col. HasKclI, of Tenn., will be . . -, , -, r, e nppointed Minister to ( Jul , and l.tilic Teyton, or Louisiana, Minister to Mexico. A telegraphic despatch in the New York Herald . , . ,. e .. gives the following as the proceedings of a Cabinet ' h j council nt Washington on ihursü.y night: The question of proscription win formally considered; j .',.,,sl i"tpr'"'2 debate, the question whs put, jai,J ,,M! tUrin wa" ng""l proscription, by the followins vote: For Proscription Mr. Ewinir nnd Mr. Cnllamer. Against it The President, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Preston, nnd Mr. Johnson. Mr. Clayton was unavoidably absent; but his views were considered with those of the majority. Mr. Meredith made a courteous, firm, manly nnd determined Hand against the views of tho minority; and the President himself declared ho would stand by his pledges. Whether Mr. Ewing or .Mr. Collarner will remain in the Cabinet, is to be seen. It is thought they will not resign. Mr. Fillmore is on their side, nnd is a warm advocate for proscription ; but the question is now settled. The Pittsburgh Pent learns from a sourc entitled to the highest credit, that the present Cabinet of Old Zarh is about being dissolved at the leapt considerably modified. It is said that Mr. Collammer, the Post Master Cicneral, is an ultra proscriptionist, even worse than Tom Ewing. Hi manners are said to be coarse and undignified; and almost every gentleman who ha? business to transact at the department feels aggrieved and insulted before leaving! Col. Collier, of Steubenville, received outrageous treatment from the Vermonter lately, and the story goes, that the gallant Colonel, without much ceremony, compelled the Cabinet rlTicer to make full apology for the gross insult received at his hands! GooJ for the Colonel! But tliis is only the "beginning of tho end!" Iitifcr from S;iut:i a---Col. Fremont Safe. St. Louis, March -JOth, $ P. 31. I have news from Santa Fe to the tioth ult. Col Fremon had arrived there and was on his way to California, taking Cook's route. Ho lost eleven men in the mountain, of whom the names of only three nre known, viz: Henry J. Wise, of St. Louis. Henry King, an assistant surgeon of Georgetown, Va., and Preii-s, im rtit of Washington city. Fremont did not reach the top of the mountain, which ho was ascending when Cid. Renton last heard from him. He wns compelled to retire to the valleys, J wh'Ttf the smnv fell to the depth of from 'M to 10 feet, j killing his mules and covering up alibis outfit. He j lei't the valley nnd took to the hills. Here he nent ! out a party, to obtain relief, win were to return nt a ' stated time, and they failing in doing fo, he started; and overtook them in six days. Ho finally reached j Tos, and then proi ceded on his journey to California. I ieu last heard from, he vas at Soroccoand progress- j ing without diiuVulty. He expocti d to reach Califor- ' n:a in thirty days. . . i (L7Thn following is Cabt. Sutter's account of the ! first discovery of the gold in California : 'I was sitting one afternoon," s-iid the captain. ! 4,ju-t nfter my siesta, engaged, by the by, in writing j a letter to a relation of mine at Lucerne, when I wn interrupted by .Mr. Mare-hall a gentleman with whom i had frequent business tnnsTctioii? bursting! hurriedly into the room. From the unusual agitation in ; his manner, I imagined that something f-eri"'js had ; occurred, and ns we involuntarily do in this part of the j world, I at nr.ee glanced to see if my rille was in its! proper place. Von should know that the mere ap-! pearanco of 3Ir. Marshall, at that moment in the fort, j was quite enough to surprise me, ns- he hi." but two! days before left the place to make some alterations in i a mill for sawing pine phinks, which he had just rim I im for nie some miles higher up tl.e Americanos. 1 i When be had recovered himself a little. Uc told me ing its work. By this alteration, the narrow channel ; unq rnnsidern bl v nnlnrrrpd nnd n m.iss rif nn.l nnd -' - - ...... Travel larried ulT hy the force of the torrent. Early r , . e,' (1 . . 1 , AT ' III 1111: 10-1 iiiii- 1 inn i-iorv jihii.', itj .tii. iishall,) was walking along the left bmk of the Rtre.-im, when he perceived something which he at tirst took ; for a piece of opal a clear, transparent stone, very ! common here glittering on one of the spots laid bare ' by the sudden crumbling away of the bank. Ho paid ; no nttpntinn to this : but while he was fiiirirr dirre,jon3 to tK. workmen, having observed seyerafsimilur glittering fragments, his curiosity was so far excited ! eMitterinir morsel eaupl , my eye the largest of the pieces now before ymj. j I condescended to pick it up, and to my astonishment ; j by some early Indian tribe perhaps some of those j ; mysterious inhabitants of the west of whom we have j 1 no account, but who dwelt on this continent centuries ago, and built those cities nnd temples, the ruins of ' which are scattered ah .ut these solitary wilds. On ! ! proceeding, h iwever, to examine the neighboring soil, J discovered that it wus more or Jes-j auriferous, j ; This at once decided him. He mounted his horse, and J j r''iJe dow" t0 me af4 as ll would carry him with j ! the news. ' j G uiiKKN vTuiu a i. Stltipity. (iovernor Johnston,. 1 4)f Pennsylvania, falls into a very uirly blunder in his; late messnge to the Legislature ofthat State. He. says : j ,4What may be said to the contrary, no natural an-. I tipathy exists between Capital and Labor." ; As the Pittsburgh ll'l'maer remark, theC iovernor is not to blame for this delectable bit of nonsense. ! It is a repetition of the slang taught in those institu- j ( tions po prevalent among us, called by way of eminence, "seminaries of learning." If the Coventor had enjoyed during his life the Ftiperior advantages, per taining to the education of a shoemaker or carpenter. he v.v.uld now bo very much astonished himself at such extraordinary stupidity. As it is, however, bred for the leoal profession and stultified in intellect ho understands nothing beyond the contracted sphere in which the energies of his mind have always been held. He has been told educated bred to think that the interests of the laboring man and his employer harmonized, and it is on utter impossibility for him to sec the contrary, though it is as palpable and evident as that two and two mike four. The child, ten years old, who would asseverate that the interests of buyer and celler were not inimical, should be llogged and yet this very extraordinary political economist takes that very position. The otject of every working-man is to sell his labor for as ;nurh as j he can get; it is his interest to do so ; while the capatnlist, or employer, regulated by the pa ma selfish principle, is striving to buy that labor for as little as possible. Is there no clash nf interests here And yet this exceutivo wiseacre eagely tells us that "mi natural antipathy exists lietwecn Libor and Capital." Verily, the nsa ha ceased to bo an emblem of senseless utupidity. IhiH. Argus. Q-Henry Clay was in Louisville "n the tWJth in

1 good health.

ITEMS. Gen. La Vega is in command at Tampico. Prince Meiterni' h is ah tit to return to Germany. Spirits t.f uino rnt b d on tho ums will recover a person from s nco; e.

Toe Mew Yor:; Assembly Ins r-j-vted the divorce j bill making m.-anitv a ground of divorce. The new llei.no'.ie i. Bono' will oot b? governed bv a President, as m Frnri.- nnd America, but bv three Cnsuls, , in ti,. mutient ,!.. of the Republic. . J ' lhe Jews in Jeni-alem are si d to h-: very nuoierous- ami III ureal poveity. Hiey . re grievously alloc- - ted with tln:aei of the rv. 1 here are s.iid to be fivn m:l i ns ofnn-iriotM M.exi- , . , , , ' 1 Al can rl unis to be a.-led upou by tho commissioners a?ainAn arrival at .New Or.eaii re;frt8 n Inre stemshii ahore on the Florid. i reef and b;l z d II er name wa not ascertained. Vekv Go.d ! The Steubenville Herald cills the fistculV that came olfat the close of th late Couresp, "Examples iset by the Hyer clashes!" Hon. Stephen H. Chase of Fryohurg, formerly President ef the Senate of Maine, his st irttd for California with the intention of making it h:s perminent residence. He took with him his Uw library. Mary Hoit procured a verdict of Äl.OtK) ngainst William H. Moulton at Portsni-nith, N. II. a few davs m a-o, ,or ureaui oi promise, .uouuou na. courieu .... c - i. i. r : . it ...ti l . I Alary for 1" years and then married another. Vive La Hiiblt;. It is reported that the person who acted the w ;fi in the late marriage of the piant at the museum in Mew York, is a Frenchman. If so, thi" is the greatest Harnuni yet. The Weekly Jakev " is the name of a paper printed at Pittsburgh bv Jnky Sikeg," with the motto, "Sav ! How do you like us as fir as we've rt0t " Don't Sieai. MEWM'Ai'Ens. A mnn was held to bail in three hundred dollar?, nt Philadelphia, a few days fiince, for stealing a newspaper from the door of a subscriber. Pou ei: of THE Pkess. Hunt's Independent pays "The press is very powerful, but it cannot, after nil, induce ils corresponden s to write only on one side of the paper when they want their letters printed." A young lady who was rebuked for kissing her intended, justified herself by quoting the passage. 'Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.' A M ei. tin.; Time. The M. V. Mirror estimates that the dresses of those who attended the great Whig Inauguration Ball at Washington, Buffered to the amount of f-omrr twenty thousand dollars from the droppings of the supenous spermaceti cat. dies. Mrs. Ann Gekky, relict of FuiRiir. Grnitv, died nt Mew Haven, on the ITtli inst., a-jed 6t. Mr. Gn::nv was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and a prominent Democrat in the old struggles between Democrats nnd Federalists. We understand that the President of the Fnited States availed himself, on Siturday, of the f'rst hour of leisure he has found since his inauguration, to visit Mesdnmes Madison, Adams, and Hamilton, and pay h;a personal respects to thoseladies. Sat. Intel. A.notmfj; Decision in Fa vor. of Mouse. It is stated in the Washington Union, that after trying Bain's system of telegraphing, Mr. O'llcily's nsviciates in the lines West from Philadelphia, have come to terms with Professor Morse, rather than abandon Morse's telegraph and adpt Bain's. Gkeat Covntkv. Thero is a strange conspiracy cus.i going on in the Supreme Curi, Sisi prius, at Philndelphiti, to confine o snne man in a Lunatic Asylum fur the purpose of getting possession of his property. We imagined the days for such doinge had gone bv. The citizens of lvanpvillc have decided by a vote, to subscribe Si 00,000 to the Kvansville and Illinois llailroad. W hope there will be-iio movinfV away when tlie money is to be raised. The vote (only -seven nays) shows a fpirited resolution to carry the work through. St'NitAV Mai:kia(;es. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Ins decided that a contract, entered into on Sunday, is not binding ; tiie same Court had previously de-ided that marriage is a civil contract. The conclusion is that a Sunday marriage in that State is not valid. The Legislature of Mnssnehtisetts ndopted a reso lution paving a man, named Zebulon Payne, five bun C.retl dollars for his time and services in the State Pris n. under an erroneous conviction. Ten thousand would not have remunerated him for tho disgrace which he endured. The V. S. Suoreme Court, iut before the adiournmeut, decided '.hp important uue-tion of boundary be - tween the State of Iowa and Missouri, in favor of " the former, and directed the appointment of comis-f-ioners (who were named) to run the line, according to tho decision. A K.Aii.noAH at Sheriff's Sale. The Sheriff at Hagerstown, 31d., has seized upon the Franklin Railroad, extending from that place to the Pennsylvania line, with all its lands and appurtenances, and will bell the same oti the lOih of April next, by virtue of a writ of fieri f arias issued out of Washington county court. President Taylor cannot resis the fascination of the lad.es. The pretty ."Mrs. Bodisco was observed in close conversation with him at the ball the other evening, and the next day Mr. Brook Williams, brother-in-law of M. Boilisco, the Rmsim Miniver, was a; pointed a clerk in the War Department. Beauty ia irresistible. Land Warrants. The Washington News quotes land warrants, regulars, at .-slUG to lOOj : irregulars slO'J. Tho regulars are those assigned by the s ddiers themselves on the back i-f the warrants. The irregulars are where the assignments are made Cj e under power of attorney, or by separate assignment attached to the warrant. Abby Pinnock, aged 17 years, a chambermaid in Boston, was recently found dad in her bed with a handkerchief, impregnated with chloroform, pressed to In-r nostrils and a bottle of this article in the bed. From taking chloroform in a surgical operation she had acquired delight in its effects, and its imprudent use produced congestion of the brain. In the Britisli House of Commons, Lord John Kussel has carried his measures to leiiMve the Jewish disabilities, so that a Jew can hold a t-eat in Parliament. The measure passed the House of Commons by a vote of UM to 111, amid large cheers. Should the bill pass the Lord--, Binm Rothschild will take his seit us a member from London. Moke Smart Savings of Cen. Taylor. The wealth of a cuntry is in the number of the people, and the wealth of n parent i in the number of his children." The whig press have noted this down os f-ometliin-r. and we gue it, not to be behind the times. The world should never lo-e original and smart eayings. NEWsrArr.i; IV-staoi.. The postage upon newsp.i pers dropped into the post-office by individuals, is now reduced to one cent fir any part of the same State, and a half cent additional for distances over 100 miles out of the State the postage to be prepaid as formerly, except when sent from the office of publication. The postnge heretofore, it will be recollected, wan three cents in advance. Some witty chap who" know the ropes," shrewdly says that bowing is a science by itself, and must be attended to by those who would, by turning and twisting themselves, keep in the sunshine of fashion. Bow very reverently lo a million of dollars, most re spectfully to a hundred thousand courteously to fifty thousand, civilly lo ten thousand and never know poverty by sight. Wine foij Communion Service. Frederick A. Paige, of Providence, was convicted last week for a violation of the license law. The I'ay Siar says hat it wns nroved that the defendant hail sold f small

quantity or wine - fur emmumvn service nnd as the Asc,im. Lr ,D M ine IhsoovEUEU.-We have been object could not be deemed one of medical or artistical L:i,. f, a very lluc euwn 4if a ..leac recelilly purposes, he was mulcted in the usual tine twenty Hni.k n t,je yieini (lf 0 yVmn nw ouf u dollars, winch he declined to pov, and appealed to a ! c ,1, , rtll ..,. .1 ., , f ...1 : 1 ,f- . . . ' t . 11 : is id the finest quality ot what is known in this rehiL'her court. ; ton aJ t)f, ..tpej j,ri"i,lt.j orv nnij lA willnut doubt Extensive Forgery. An exteWive and cunningly much richer in tulver than any vein yet opened. The devised forgery was discovered in Cincinnati on thu upecimeii may be seen at our ofiice. lth inst., amounting to jj&.OUU. It appears that a We learn that the proprietors of the Mines havo draft for that amount was accep.ed by John Swasey made arrangements to ship their ore to Philadelphia, Co. An exact copy was foou aller negotiate-d in where it will be smelted. -IaUU Hnk Ark.) Demo Pittsburgh, an inquiry was made of Mr. Swasey by erat. telegraph if it was genuiue. Ho replied that such n draft was out. Soon after both the original and the' An act i about to he parsed excluding intoheot forgery was presented for payment. from the Britich House of Commons.

Centre Township n,inr.:,:iti Merlin-;. PurMOi'it to j nbfie. notier, rSj c?tM- rootilo-r of th, rilizrii ot (' mre fown-liip noM at t!i Court llrue in Indianapolis, u Illst "f Match, for the purple of appoiotl: lrlr ii:s t i tlo- -oiiiity f oiitt tili 01. v Inch i to fiSM inhh; i n the Till i f April. A. KOOMTZ wn

called lo the ch-or, nnd Is c rsviTil .-ippointed Sern tary. I he 1 r'iil nt Lro-Uv i:i-d llie ohjct f the meeting. On motion bv Mr. G . ('ha:. man. I Ilestdrrd, That thirty ilYK-ues t unpointed to tha i ' county on ventio.i to repn s. nt th tow i.shm of Centre. n J;:,rt-'8 "'.h n-en wer, nonnnated as defeat,-: Dr. K. Uonihur, M .j. A. I. .Moruxm, John S. Spann, J icoh Vandegrift, Snml Birk. Wm II Mnrrirxm. '.mm f Richard I isli-r, I.. Ilr.id.-rly. J. l.n t. i.M, John K. Ltdel, S. llel7idsr.Si T, J -o oh B- Chnrt. M;ier, Geo. f i i w t : v . i" i i i t- i i i v i t- . V - Iveelv, Dime! l.;irh.f , John K'-Iy, jeorp Pitt Belli. iMbe'an, George llnlman, IV-r Mi-m rsimth, Dr. D. A. Gall, T. R. Fh'tchcr, John L-o r, Fhn.tMM Stalling, F. I nn kses, A. Koi.mz, m. Uoikmi Which nominations wre ronruned in. Mr Sjiann moved tint a billoi vole he now take ) for l li ritirooo of i n s I me 1 1 n ihf il l'!at liotn thia town. Hhi,, m rearrl to the fust rlmire for Congress. Mr. Wiu. II. Morrison moved to keep opn the polls until 4 o'rlof k, P. M. Mr. Thome, railed for a division of the question. Mr. Spann withdiew his motion. Mr. Thorne moved to take the sense of the meeting on itisti iirtinj. The question then hrinjj will the meeting instruct?" ns decided in the affirmative. n lhe q:.'n then he,nC on tl Icon lena ducolud in Ilm tu.!!., ie motion f Mr. Morrion was derided in the negative. Mr. G. A. Channi.ni moved to nrorr-.t lv httr.t in in ! strut t the delegates from this township fr wliorn to cu I their vots lor the nomination fr (.ongrehs, ami that the person receiin the highest number of vott.-n bha'1 b considered the first rholce. Mr. Lanjsd ile moved to amend the motion n as torequire a majority of all the vote given, which motion did not nrevuil. Mr. Howland moved to lay the motion of Mr. ChapI man on the table, which motion did not prevail. j The question then recurring on the mution of Mr. I ' .1. aZI ' Viiapmaii, w;u oecioeu in me uiirmnii ve. The meeting then pioeeeded to ballot for first choice for Consress. On counMng the votes it appeared that J. I. Chapman received - - 42 votes. Win. J. Brown " - - 15 Win. J. PeasUe " - - 12 44 James Iiilehey 73 J. P. Chapman having received n majority of all th vote? given was declared to be the first choice- of the meeting, and lhe de legates were instructed accordingly. (mi motion ot .Mr. deo. J. Lhnpmxn, Resolved, That the domorrnt-j uf ihis townhhip will ftiipporl the nominee of the Dibtiirl Convention fur Congress, whoever he inav he. On motion the meeting proceeded to ballot for second choice. On counting th votes it nppearej tliHt Wm J. Peaslei; received - - - L" vo'es. Wm. J. Brown - - - 11" James Ititchev - - - 1 1 " Scattering " . . . j I 11 The result being annout.ced, objection was mndo to instructing the delegates according to the .highent vote of this ballot, on the ground that a full vole of the meet ing was not given, nearly had of the. meeting having withdrawn. On motion by Mr. Vandegrift the dclegnf- from Centre towiifhip were instructed to support J. P. Chapman bs the first choice so long 10 thre was a chance of ecuring his nomination, nnd in case it becamo necessity lo support a second choice, the delegation be left untram rnelcd, with full liberty to support whoever thev might choose. 1 On motion, the meeting adjourned. A. KOOMTZ, President I?aac Smith, Secretary. Ii!ia Township. In pursuance of public notice the dmocratt of Pike township in MarioTi county, held a meeting on the l?th of March, for the purpose, of appointing delegate to attend the county convention on the 7th day of April, at Indianapolis. On ruction, Petrr Anthony, Lq., was appointed to prei'ulrt over said mettinjj. Those present proceeded to ote by ballot for their choice to represent them in the next Congress of ibo United States, which resulted ms fdlows: Win. J. Brnwri bein" their first choice. Hon. Wm. J. Pealee their second choice, the delegates were instructed to vote in the county convention accordingly. The following gentlemen were appointed deb gites : Le Istac, Iq.. A. C Legan, Allred Hawkins, James 1 fanes, F.-q , Dr J. M. Chew, Jacob Souerwinr, Dr. F. K. Johnson, and Dr. Sampld Ltdtin. The democrats of Pi!e town-hip in convention assembled, beg lea to tender to the Hon. W. W. Wick their M nee re thanks for the uhlo manner in which he repre sented them in the Congress of the Fnited States, ml j sincerely regret his determination to r-nre to private lifts. ' 4 ''O.v 1 , I res. Ft on the State Journal. At a meetin ef the Wliij State Central Cr-rnnut'ee the j j!'.. J?'!''! 1 l :,,"ar,I on 31t d.y cf .11 j 1 n i-s'Trisi,iiiii 111 r 1 rL r w ' i inj w m r' 1 1 1 Piesmt .f the ('rmiittee : John V. I)efiee,C. P. J. Aiion, Themü Powlii.. J. s. HoM, Nicholas MrCar'y, Wm. Ii a on nm;i n, (. ha 1 les Hi m-nel aid HoMtio 0. N comb. Letters wete irceivt-d fiotn tli at setit mtmbeit of the comniittee. (la muion cf Mr. Dcwlin;. Jdn V. Difiees was elected chaiiman of tht cnmrnitte f o llie pieer,t 3 ear. On motion of Mr. Aiin, Huntio C. Newcomb was appointed Sectctity Mr. Dow in 1 t! re te fdl-nin ics..1uiotis. "which, after full cons;.!. 1 atioti at. 1 1:1 tichai f n u 10:1, wcie Uf'.aDitnouly ad . pi e-1 : JlosvlveJ, I hit l!ii corrmittce i-eem it iix xpeditnt, at this nme, la ii-une a ct. '.i.U;e f r Ciovi iuoi of Irdiana to fill the vacancy in lhe Whi Tic W et . RfSOlveJ, Th' t'.ii comtnitti e rcccnimci.d t;i their Whig brethien thtonhout ho Mate the p'ojniety if electir. delratei to met in Conventi n at lndianapoli, nn lhe first Thtiri13- ii My, Is -13, f.-i the puip-e f c o 0.11:4 om suoab'e person t tc oppoite t f.n (1 reti.or in A rit lUsAvcd, Thl lhe Whig papei l-c iejicetr'u1ly icqnctej to j.ub!ih thcc ics. lutem-i, at once, an t give iht m such m. ctihtion as will cnuie ti lhe sutject the curly c .niJeratiou of the people of thN Ma'r. Tle fwpowii'c Aitdie" T the people f Indiana wss ad'j-ted, after whica the t'om oiltee adjnimt-d, ttne die. JnHN 1). DKKKIXs, p.esider.t. Borati'J C. Newcj.mb, Sccietaty. Election ov Jui-;k-; nv the Pi'.ori.i:. The subject of Llecting Judges by a direvt vote i tho people, is attracting general attention nil ovr the country. Tin reform has been adopted by several state und works admirably. The .piestiou is now bef ire the Legislatures of many other states, and appears tg meet with great favor. We earnestly hopj that the Legislature of Pennsylvania will not adjourn without adopting this important measure. The general voice of the people, id all parlies, is in its fivor. The candidatef.r jmlu-ial ;h-es, nay the Editor of that excellent paper, the Louisville I h-m -crat, in nn able article mi thi-i subject, would of course be confined to the legii proft-Hj-ion; nd we here (dated a fact known fo ail, that no el tfs of men is fts fairly c-timited by the whole public as that of the lawyer. Tney utand before the public upon their meri's n nd demerits, properly estimated; and weih not -see that public -sentiment would be likely to commit any serious error m choosing a judge. But supo-e the ( lectors err; thev have the best right to err; and the evil would be n" more serious, or of more frequent occurrence, than in either of the oü.er modes. . , , ...v , . -x. -v.. Indeed, we think that popular suffrage on this point j would make a great nnd salutary change. Tne vvav , to make a man independent, as far as independence 14 a virtue, is to muko him respon-Mbl. to the popular verdict, lie will then be vigilant and cautious; know ing that a thousand eyes are upon him, and that his acts will undergo a thorough scrutiny, and that his only defensible positicu is that of stem, inflexible juslice, (iive us f.r the judicial offn-eg od salaries, limited tenures, and popular elections, and o.r court will Im: indeed courts of justice. We shall have no ind oleiice, or superannuated twaddle fiom the bench. We should then have a hope f u the reform of abuses in our laws. We should have vigilant, active men upon the bench, who could point cut by experience w hen off the bench what the law should be, oa well as to decide nn the bench what it is. We think it would diffuse new hfe into this department f our government, greatly lo lhe benefit of the state. Pitts bariih Post.