Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 102, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1849 — Page 2

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ET F. RS 4L. VIGILASCE IS THE TRICE OF LIBFHTV. Weekly pair. s'i a y:r N mi -Weekly. 1 a year. FOR GOVERNOR. JOSEPH A. WRIGHT, OP PARKE COUXTY. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. JAMES H. LANE, OF ÜEARBORX COUXTY. FOR CONGRESS FIFTH DISTRICT. WILLIAM J. BROWN. Deuiocr.ific State; Central Committee. A. fi. rORTKR. DR. A. GALL, DAVID RKYNOLDS. C. G. WERBE, DR. L. DUNLAP, N. BOLTON. WM. II. MORRISON, FRANCIS KING. GEO. A. CHAPMAN. GEN. J. P. DRAKE. Congressional Con vent ions. The following times and places have been agreed upon by the Democracy, in the districts named : 3d. District Saturday, May 5, at Napoleon, Ripley county. 5th District Saturday, June 12, at Lafayette, Tipjeeanoe county. 9i'i District Thursday, June 14th, Plymouth Marshall county. 10th District Wednesday, May 23, at Fort Wayne. JOSEPH A. WICIGIIT, A candidate for Governor, trill address his fellow citizens at the. following places and times, to-tcit : Wahireion, Davie? co., Thursday, May 3, 2 P. M. Petersburg, Pike co., Friday, May 4, 2 P. M. Princetin, Gibson cu., Saturday, May 5, 2 P. M. Cynthiana, po-ey co., Moniay, May 7, 10 A. M. New Harmony, Posey co., Monday, May 7, 4 P. M. Mount Veinon, Po.ey co., Tuesday, May S, 2 P. M. Evansville., Vanderburgh ca., Wednesday, May 9, 2 P. M. llonville, Warrick co., Thursday, May 10, 2 P. M. Rockport, i-pencer co., Friday, May 11,2 P. M. Troy, Prrry co., Saturday, May 12, 10 A. M. Rome, Perry co.. Saturday , May 12, 4 P. M. Fiedonia, Crawford co., Monday, May 14, 10 A. M. Leavenworth, Crawford co., Mondaj May 14, 4 p. M. Maiickpoif, IUrrison co.. Tursday, May r, 2 P. M. Corydi-ii, Hairion co., Wednesday, May 16, 2 P. M. Georgetown, Floyd co , Thuiday, May 17, 10 A. M. Now Albany, Fl .yd co., Thursday, May 17, 6 P. M. Charles'" wn, Clark co., Friday, May IS, 2 P. M. Salem, Washington co., Saturday, May 19, 2 P. M. I'a li, Orai.ge co., Monday, May 21, 2 P. M r.I.unt Pleasant, Martin c i , Tuesday, May 22, 2 P. M. jtedf id, Lawrence co., Wednesday, May 23, 2 P. M. D;oorniiton, Monroe co .Thursday, May 24, 2 P. M. Nashville, Brown c., Friday, May 25, 2 P. M. Columbu, Bartholomew co., Saturday, May 26, 2 P. M. rlt seems that Mr. Nathaniel Albertson is Judge Embree's opponent in the first district fur C ingress. Fron all we can learn, the two candidates are honest, upright men. Tins nomination and the hints we have lately had, hive caused us, in some degree, to think tint some of the political wire-workers have thought it necessary to mike, in Fome cases, church memDership a test of fitness for office. The nomination of right j and Embree for Governor, and since 3Ir. hmbrce s declination to run for Governor, there is brought out ngunst him f r Congress not Robert Dale Owen, the learned democrat of the State, but Mr. Albert.-on. a member of the same church as Mr. Embree. We: t!. 'U'ht we had noticed a squinting that way on ac c t.unt of "avai'ahily," and we mentioned the subject j to a minister. He m of the same opinion, and with i us despises the practice. We must say that, while we like to see men moral and religious, we do not ! like to see it "stick out" quite s strong, that they. must b',' members cf any particular church to ensure I an election. Yinenues (lazttte, UAg. It is a tine time of day for a whig papr to talk in this s'yle, we don't think. The whigs of the first district have, f r ten years at least, made it as an in superable objection against Mr. Owen, that he was! not a "church member." They admitted that his nr.ral standing was unimpeachable in every respect ; j that he wus an honorable and virtuous mm, not only j ns the world construes those terms, but that in these i respects, he has always stood far above the majority j of members of Congress, whether "church members" ; or not, and below but few if any of them in any good j qinlity. Still they warred against him with reat i bitterness, simply because he was not a "church .' member," and beat him by the grossest falsehoods and slanders, and by infamous appeals to ignorance and superstitiun. If they had only subjected him to those j te-ts which the Great Author of Christianity affirms i to be fundamental, we should not complain ; for we j beheve that it is not only the right but the duty of! citizens to subject every candidate for office to a test j of this description ; and that a man by becoming a candidate be:ore the people voluntarily subjects ntmsdf to just scrutiny not only in regard to Ins politi-j en!, but also as to his moral and personal integrity in j nil things. But this will not answer the purposes of i most politicians. The fashion is, therefore, for the ; m st dishonest rogues of the lot, to make some pro-i feision of faith in eorne popidar church, uing that as ' a cloak for a multitude of sins, and then to disclaim i nnd denounce all enquiries except as to party ques-! tious. It has always been the custom ot whiggery j to encourage this kind of hypocrisy and iniquity;! nrd the man who dares, as we d.i. to raise the mask iMasionally, is denounced by thcrn as a heretic at ! heart, and "slandered with every vile epithet at their I command. Put Christ himself had to bear this moral, ' as well as a physical crucifixion ; and both were inflirted by the scribes, pharisees and hypocrites, who are just as apt to show tho cloven-foot in these days as they were in those of yore. We know what the penalty is, but, thank God, we have as yet had the strength and the courage to bear it. Mr. Wright's "church membership" had but little, if any thing, to do with his nomination for Governor, if we correctly apprehend the matter, and we think we do. The public mind of the democratic party had j settled upon him for that nomination, long before it took place, and this determination was occasioned by political, and not by religious considerations. No nomination, of which we have any knowledge, has ever been made so eminently because of the candidate's political fitness. We think that every man who attended the last Democratic State Convention, and who is in the habit ot attending such bodies, will bear us out in this statement in full. On the other hand, we have no doubt, that the Whig Convention was very much influenced by the fact of "church membership," in nominating Embree against Vf right. They knew he had brought those influences to bear with great force and eflect against Mr. Owen, and they wished to neutralize any supposed comparative advantages that Mr. Wright might possess on that account. The game which the whigs thus commenced nnd perpetuated, may or may not have been checkmated bv the democratic nomination for Congress in th ? first district. If such an attempt has been made, we hope and believe that they have nominated n better christian than Mr. Embree has tnus far proved himself to be. That certainly would not be very har.l to do; for if the cloak i stripped from the f boulders of such men, their rottenness and hypocrisy will become apparent to oil. Ct-Samuel A. Huff, Eq., on original whig, but wi went the Van Buren figure strong in the carnjign last full, announces himself "subj-ct to the derision of nobody," as a candidate for State Senator from Tippecanoe county. CIf the editor of the Whig Pveveille will read Proverbs xxvii, 22, he will find his answers in full to his late "blasphemous" efibrt. fgj-Col. John S. Roane (democrat) is elected Govcri.or of Arkansas by eomething like 01 majority.

Latest IVfws-by Telegraph. PRESENTATION OF A SWORD TO GENERAL T A YLO II A rFOINTM E N TS. Washington, April i 19 P. M. The White Hnun whs crowded to-day with spectators tn whines the ceremony of presenting the Virginia Stau tisvi.nl to Jon. "Zachary Taylor. The presentation was mm de by Jodge Diniol who delivered a highly interesting speech chaiuctrristio of tho occasion. The Mexican Commission hive appointed Mr. Ho-

pan, of Philadelphia, Clerk; Lours Baker, Notary J. none ; Mid Mr. Kyon, Messenger. ARKANSAS ELECTION SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MRS. JOHN QÜINCV ADAMS. Washington, April "J 110 P. M. Er tho mail, this evening, we have intelligence of the election of Col. Roane, Democrat, as Governor of Arkansas, hy a smili majority. Mr?. John Quincy Adams is still lying in a critical situation, and it is feared by some that she will not recover. THE CASE OF THE SHIP FRANKLIN. Boston, April 210 P. M. The trial of John W. Crafts was returned to-day. The testimony given by James Wilsci fully compromises himself and Craft. in the destruction of the a!iip. ELECTION FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICERS. Sfkingfif.ld, (Mass.) April iMth. After four trials we have elected a hoard of town officers. The Democrats and Independents united and achieved a partial victory, electing 3 select men, 'J Democrats and 1 Whig. Of the Assessors two arc Whigs and one Free S ul. VIRGINIA ELECTION. Baltimore, April 2S, P. M. Tho following is the result for Congressmen in the counties named : Norfolk county Watt?, whig,rS3; Millison, dem. 1)77. Portsmouth county Watts 353, Millison 4-15. Great Pudge Watts 1)7, Miliison t?S. Elizabeth City Mallory, whig, PJ7 ; Bayly, dem. 6"). In the 9th district, Pendleton received 7Ö0 votes. Another account says : "Moreton beats Pendleton in the 0th District 750 votes." This is doubtless a blunder of the telegraphers. In Winchester, Faulkner, the whig candidate for Congress received 17)9 majority ; in Charleston, Faulkner lias J35 majority. DEFAULTER. New Yokk, April S3, 1S10. It is reported that Eli Moore, Marshal of N. York, is n defaulter in the sum of Js2t,0Ü0. New Yo:tK, April 20. Great excitement prevails in Montreal, in consequence of the Governor General having signed the Rebellion Loss Bill. The Parliament House was set tn fire and destroyed. Wimcgf.ry AT Half Price. We find the following in the Madison Banner of the 2'th. We hope the lCor hi?s will take im with the oiTr. We'll f , , r t.m - , . nf. , J . " if thev will only conu ! We d) want u whrir candi date, if one can be scared up ! 'We are authorized to e;iy that tl e delegates to the State convention at Indianapolis will be taken from and returned to this county for half price, provided there tire thirty passergers paid for. Delegates fioui other counties, travelling by this route, w ill be counted. Wo hope tho whigs will go to work nnd make the number in this countv. Such as determine to im will l,.uVe their names at the orlice of Stapp &. Hendricks or ut ( 1 a i hi oiEce." 07" Complaints are made in tome of the eastern pepers about the non-appearance of the Gold Dollar. The Pa. Ledger says: 'Ml is the impression out of i!o ;rs that some of the Mint officers are opposed to the gold dollar, and consider it ridiculous on the part cf Congress to authorize it indeed, the gentleman u jj0:n we cunVersed yesterday said so in direct terms nnj 0lfefed j,oino argument in support of his eXprc?eti opinion that it would not ovj into general c;rcuiatiun. jt j harjy tim,. now t" discuss the policy of tjC ftCt of Congress authorizing the gold dollar; it is sufficient that Congress, in its wisdom, and wisjom we think it was, did authorize the issue, and t;ie pilbl.c win vcry muc!, rc;;ret if nny of lLe officera of t!lCJ Government are permitted to unnecessarily retar(j jt, coina?c. 'fhe law for the coinage of the gold dfjJar ig yimlc to two years, and unles tho Mint u,cs R iitliG more expedition tho time will elapse befre the necessary arrangements are comnleted." These mint officers prefer filthy bank rags, we suppose, it is to oe nonen ttrat me next congress will u0i. l0 lne gentlemen. Length of Ska Coast of the; United States. We lind in the report of the Commissioner of thetieneral Land Office, the following data exhibiting the length of the sea coast of the United States. From the Northern limits to tiro C ipe of 1 lends, on the Atlantic, is 1,000 miles; from Cape Florida to the mouth of tho Hit) Grande, 1,01)0 miles; from the boundary i""-, wuu .a.Su 4 ..iitw. lJ:l n.the Pacific, to the bound iry point -19 deg. North latitude, l.G.'O miles; making together a sea coast of 5,120 miles. The 4,shore line following the irrcrularitics of the shore and sea islands, according to an estimate of the superintendent of the coast survey, is in length i'J.OOJ miles. Dedts of the different States. Tho following table may prove interesting to most of our readers : Debt. Pop. P. head. Maryland $12.000,000 Pennsylvania.-.41.000.000 Louisiana 9.500,000 Aiabami 9,000,000 Ohio 19.000.000 405.000 2,125,000 470,000 090,000 1, 50.000 2,750,000 850,000 1,200.000 850,000 950,000 750,000 20 20 1 10 0 7 f Xew York 21,000,000 Massachusetts 0.200,000 Virginia 7,390.000 Kentucky 4,200,000 Tennessee 3.200.000 Illinois 21,000,000 5 29 20 17 54 NON-rAYING STATES. Michigan Mississippi Indiana 7,500,000 370,000 10.500,000 oio.ooo 9,500,000 090.900 Washington Union. We had thought that Indiana should be now reckoned among the "paying" States, but we suppose tho "Union" knows all about the matter. We certainly have borrowed some big sums to pay interest with. O-It is said that Mr. Meredith the Secretary of the Treasury, pays ,000 per annum house-rent at Washington, precisely the amount of his salary. If he conducts the afftirs of hi Depirtment with a profligacy in keeping wiih this, in whit sort of a condition will the country find itself in four years? Id such a man fit to be the Government financier ! How dies he expect t meet l'.r, other heavy expanses incident to a residence at Wahing'on ! Will he use his private funds, or help himself from the public Treasury We merely ask for information. OCr-The While Water Vulley Whig papers seem to be strongly in favor of John A. Matson, of Brookvillc, us th? Whig candidate for Governor. The Whig State Convention to be held to-morrow (if any body come-,) will probably settle the matter. We hope they wdl put up their test and strongest man, for it is no honor to beat a very weak or bad one. Sixth District. Col. W. A. Gorman was nominated as the Democratic candidate for Congress, on tho 25th April, by the Convention held ot Bloomfield. A friend writes us that "great harmony ond good feeling prevailed, and all went off well;" and that "the Col'a. success is beyond all question, let who may run on the whig ticket."

City Election. The following is the official result of the election for Mayor and C.uncilmen of the City of Indianapolis, h'ild April 23, 1349: FOR MAYOR.

I Xeiromib. Strt'ns. McCluer. I 1st Ward, - - - - 12J3 - 23 - - 0 j2! Word, - --- 111 - - 17 - - 0 j.!d Ward, - --- 121 - - 20 - - f j4th Ward, --- - 25 - - 10 - - 8 '5th Ward, --- - 71 - - 25 - - 0 Oih Ward, --- - K - - 22 - - 0 1 7th Ward, - - - - 73 - - 'M - - 0 ! Total, --- - 012 150 ü

FOR COUNCILMEN. 1st Ward H. Bates, 60 ; G. McOuat, 73. 2 IVarc J. Gillespie, 74; H. Tutcwiler, 50; iD. Woodruff. 2. 3i WardC. King, 80 ; A. A. Louden. 70. 4th Wird S. S. Rooker, 25 ; A. Wallace, 23. 5.' Ward 3. Sulgrove, 54 ; D. Carlisle, 45. 6h WardW. Eckert, 81 ; J. R. Nowland, 19 ; J. S. Dunlop, 11. 7 lVarJ Wm. Montague, 01; Samuel Merrill, 43. The City Council. The members elect of the new City Council met at the Council chamber on Tuesday, May 1st, 1319, at 9 o'clock, A. M.t and the following gentlemen presented certificates of election, and took seats as such, to-wit: From the 1st Ward Hakvev Bates. 24 Ward James Gili.kmme. 3d Ward Coknemus King. 4th Ward Samuel S. Rooker. 5th Ward James Sui-miove. 0th Ward Wii.mam Eckeut. Tili Ward William Montague. And organized by the election of William Eckefit as President, on' the 4th ballot, ami James G. Jordan ns Secretary, on the 1st ballot. The following officers for the ensuing year were then elected, each receiving a majority of all the votes given : (Uly Treasurer James H. Kennedy. City Marsh'i'XUu A. Colley. Strat Commissioner Jao-b B. Fitler. .4 ses sor 1 1 e n ry O i i r . Clerk vj the MirhU Jacob Miller. Messenger to the Pire Companies Hiram Scibert. City Attorney E. Coburn. Mr. Montague presented a petition from butchers in relation to prohibiting other than regular butchers I from selling meat in market, wilhour paying stall rent by the )enr. On motion of Mr. Rooker, said petition was laid on the table. The council then adjourned to meet on Monday next at 2 o'clock, P. M. A Miss Lav, in Washington county. Ind., was taken with a fit when standing by the lire, last week, purlieu neauiong in a neu oi nurning coais, anu was burnt so badly that her life is in great danger. .V r tral City Exchanges. The nlv.ve melancholy accident occurred 4n Wash- ton inmnnip. Marion county, lmi. 1 lie uny papers condense everything, they rarely copy and give credit to the paper from which their information isdcr.vrd. Hence the error. So much for stealing. The Vanderburgh Democrat bears at its mast head the proud flag of Gen. Joe Lane for President in 1-52. i II .. Well: we o that figure as Etrong as ever ; nnd all we are watting tor is t r ord iavlor to give the or- der ior iitie s recall, as ne swore at .uauisou ii suouiu be tho first tiling he did as President. A drove of cittle recently broke through the Canal bridge at Lafayette. Twenty-live were precip - itated into the canal, nnd one was drowned. Two men on horse back tumbled in after them, one of whom, Robert Seymour was somewhat injured. They say they will repair the bridge in a few days. Success to them! 07" The Taylorite Washington correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, says: The great criterion of appointment is not, as in Jaci;sun'stime, the number of sigucrs that a man gets. Severn! removals have been made from office in the departments here, nnd n general sweep is contemplated. Par?on Brownlow writes from Washington to his paper, the Jonsborongh, Term., Whig, that "the main objections of the Senate to McGaughey were, first that he was ugly, and second, that he is irritable." A lack, poor Mac ! The present whig Governor of Tennessee, Neil S. Brown, has been nominated by a State Convention for re-election, lieu. Wm. Trousdale is the Democratic candidate. Tho election takes place in August next. The Fkost. The recent cold weather prevailed, and tho blighting influence of frost was felt, to the renntest points heard from of our widely extended country. Judge Dewey was recently thrown from a buggy, between New Albany and Chnrlestown, and in the fall had his thigh broken. OT-Horn has the most elegant pattern of carpeting which we have seen in this city. See his advertisement. 0-Judge A. M. Ciiane of Lafayette, declines to be a candidate for the nomination for Congress in the 9th District. So does Maj. Dan. Mace. As some indication of editorial feeling on an important question, we copy the following, from piorninent papers in this State: We say let Democrats nnd Freesoilers unite against the common enemy. The Buffalo Platform was essentially Democratic its leading principles are such as would have received the sanction of a Jefferson, and it placed them in the ndvocacy of Equal Rights, a full head and shoulders in advance of the Whig party. They committed nn egregious error in securing the election of Gen. Taylor, but they can atone for it by aiding the Democracy in sustaining their own glorious motto, "Free Soil, Free Labor, and Free Men!" Goshen Democrat. " Fkee Soil Whigs. The Whigs who went over to tho new "Platform' erected nt Buffalo, and who supported Mr. Van Buren', are gradually "returning to the house of their friends." The delusion could not last long, and we rejoice that it is so. A few days ngo, Mr. Howells (a leading free soil editor of Ohio,) expressed his determination to support the Administration of General Taylor and to co-operate with his old whig friends in all future political contests. Jos. L. White, of New York (formerly a resident of Madison, Indiana,) lately delivered a speech in New York, nird "shook hands" with his ohl whig friends, including President Taylor, who, he said, was "nothing but a Whig." Mr. White was a member of the Buffalo Convention, and voted for Mr. Van Buren. There are a good many honest Whigs in Indiana who went off on the same scent. We would suggest to them that they have carried that joke far enough, and they should no longer be estranged from the companions with whom they fought shoulder to shoulder in days gone by. Wuhnsh Express EuRor-FAN NoiiiLn v in Amf.imca. The last num I ..( .,. 1 'P t 1 1 tisement of a sa e of anils 111 that Slate, on a writ of n 1 1 n el 1 lni'Tl r tup tl Iniin of Cr: '11.' mminul Ilm ou n tn owned by numerous German noblemen, nnd a citation for them to appear and answer, viz: The Duke of Nassau, Duke of Meiningcn, Duke of Coburg Gotha, Prince Frederick of Prussia, Landgrave. This array of German nobility is known in Texas as the German Emigration C impany, under whoso nuspices large numbers of German emigrants have been introduced into that State. The claims ngninRt the Company is for 5.011), on account of several dr ifts drawn by the Company's agents.

( anndiau Troubles.

The difficulties in Canada resulting from the pas- j sage of the Rebellion Losses Bill is prevailing among,1 all cKssea of Out England population. The Kingston j Chronidi says : ) "Tlii people of this colony are seriously 'casting : about in their mind's eve for a new state of ex-; ivtence.' Some arc led, partly by the recent changes j in the. commercial policy ot the empire, and partly by I the Gcnseof an injudicious Franco-Canadian dotninaj tion, to seek an alliance with the people of a kindred race who inhabit a neighboring country ; others and : we believe these constitute the overwhelming majorjitv of the lovalists of the country look to a union of the British American province, with central and local Governments, as offering all the advantages which could he realized by a connection with the adjoining Bepublie, together with the maintenance of those monarchical institutions which they justly regard as nli'irding at once liberty to the subject nnd stability to society." Preliminary measures for a National Convention have already been taken. A despatch, dated Montreal. April 10th, says: "The first step towards calling a National Convention was taken last night at a preliminary meeting held at Orr's hotel, in this ci?y. About thirty-Jive persons were present. Much discussion took place in relation to the in me that should be given to the intended association. It was at length determined to call it the Iiriti.sh League.' A despatch, dated the 11th, announces that the list of names to the "League" is rapidly filling up. While a feeling advise to colonial dependence is beginning to pervade the Canadian population, some of the ablest journals in Great Britain are calculating the value of the relation, with commendable coolness. The export of British manufactures to the Colonics nnd to Forcigh Countries is thus compared To Cj ionics. To Foreign Countries. 23,432,319 30,331,200 35,431,3') 1 43.317.135 1330 -1335 -1340 -1315 - 9,7-9,247 10,991,010 - 15,974.020 - 10,203,397 The entire vnlue of British exports, then, in the last of those periods was 00,111,03, of which 10,203,097 went to tho colonies, and 43,947,135 to other countries. So much for their value ns markets. Then, as regards their utility as outlets for emigration, the following table is furnished. "From 1-25 to 1347, there emigrated to the United States ... -52,501 persons. North American Colonies - 730,303 persons. Australian and other Colonies 143,725 persons." The conclusion to which these journals arc led in regard to the colonies is that The I 'tindatioii of free and self-governing institutions should be i aid, which should ere long enable them, while they remain firmly attached by every natural tie to the parent State, to govern and protect themselves ; nnd thus, while they promote their own prosperity, pave the parent State a portion of that enormous cost they now entail on it." The M ntral Witness remarks that ' Canada 6eems pretty near thii point, and the feeling here , t) ,neel th.,t ct poiclcal economists at home." fr-v- Another difficulty recently occurred between ;Gp1 Scott and Gen. Taylor. It is thus alluded to ! j b ,hf, corre-Mnndeiit of the Pa. Ledger: ! I I ynu win Uvc h(,nr(, nml pPen in the pr5nN a story ! nlvut another hasty leiter from that veteran, Gen. j Scott, (irtat mm often have their little foibles, and j small meo hke to ridicule them. The matter refers ; to an interview between Gen. Scott and General layi lor, and a subsequent rcqueft which Gen. Taylor ; either has or is about to refuse. Taylor nnd Scott ' ....t ..t lint. Pw lit- Titrt,fc; fSmrtli nmi llirt fTit.t i f l T i was to all appearance cordial. Gen. Scott was in-j ! vited to rail : Ho did so. nnd sent his card up. Gen. , , , , ir.o I Ia lor sent down word for Scott to wait in the par-: ; iir as ,J(, v as cntrriir,.d, bur that he would be down presently. In about five minutes he went down, but '(Jen. S-otthnd left. j .)rr,!M0 ,iero is nothin" in this that cannot be 1 i i explained. The servant probably told General Scott th.it tire President was engaged, and thereupon the latter left his card nnd left. If Gen. Scott had been announced by an Aid-de-Camp instead of nn ordinary 1 servnrit, the mistake would n 't have happened ; certainly the mistake was the fault of the servant and ; not of either General. A few davs subsequently I believe Gen. Scott expressed a wish to be transferred from New York to Washington, where he had been residing so long and where lie has so many frit-nds. To this letter no answer was returned for one or j two days, when at last General Scott was informed j that his case or reques, or whatever it may hive' bet.Mi, was being considered. He then wrote another j "hasty" letter that there was "much to consider 1 about," any how. My opinion is, that notwitlistaud-! ing the cordial meeting of Achilles nnd Hector, they were not intended to live in the same city, and that General Scott will not be brought back to Washington. I heard a Western gentleman observe, on the occasion, that the sinking of a steamboat made an j island in the Mississippi, nnd that General bcott, it j permitted to stay here in Washington, might, in ; course of time, collect "considerable" of a deposit. j From the New York Journal of Commerce. Washington, April 0;h. j The 'Intelligencer" nnd the "National Whig," j both claiming to represent the views of the President ! on the free-soil and territorial questions, differ very J widely ns to the position of the President. The In-i telligeiif-er represent Gen. Taylor as threatening the free-soil party with his displeasure, in case they should continue their course of policy on the territorial qucs- ; tion. The Whig declares that the President never i threatens that he does not say beforehand what he j intends to do that 110 one is authorized to denounce ! the frce-s tilers in his name that he stands aloof from : the question and it is not his purposo to interpose ' his influence in legislation and that, in fact, he will do as he said in his Inaugural he would do, leave domestic questions to Congress. I have no doubt that Gen. Taylor will reserve to himself the privelege of acting according to circumstances. He may approve of a bill extending the principles of the ordinance of 1737 over California, if that be the condition without which no bill giving a territorial government to California can pass. Or he may veto such a bill, should he be persuaded that j its enactment would be lraught with more public evil than continued anarchy in California. He might find that such nn net would seriously menace the harmony of the Union, and therefore veto it, as he would be in j duty bound to do. But that he will not attempt to trammel the free action of Congress in this or any subject, he has repeatedly declared. As to the Tariff and Financial questions, he will sustain whatever they please to enact. Nothing can occur in regard to them, which can render it proper for him to interpose his veto. There is probably more harmony in the cabinet, than prevails between its organs. A rumor is again current that Mr. Bullitt and Mr. Sarirnnt arc to establish a new Daily Administration paper, with tho sanction of the Cabinet. Another rumor is, that there will be no exclusive organ. Each of the threo are to be official. I should doubt whether all these papprs can be supported hrc by mere subscription, and a little Government and local advertising. The Indiana Journal, by authority, announces William Herod, Esq., of Bartholomew county, ns a candidate for Congress, unconditionally. Mr. Herod thinks he was chiseled out of a nomination when he was last before a wliiir convention, and it would seem that ho does not mean to run that risk again. Wc think it highly probable the people will "chisel" him out of his election. The so-called "independent" candidates are generally on unfortunato set of individuals. They ore not oppreciated. I4OU. Courier , Yhig. Snow anu Srit awheukies. The Columbia (S. C.) Telegraph, of the lGth, Bays: "We certainly enjoy a peculiar privilege in having rsnow and strawberries, both fresh at the same time. j For two weeks past the favored ones have been hixunating in early strawberries, and yesterday the , , i J- . heverest snowstorm we have had this winter put the .. ' house-tops and the streets in its pure white 1 very. 1 1 J A SritANoe Casc. A young man named William Thomas, residing near Oxford, Chester county, Pa., attempted to commit suicidu on the "Otli ult., by cutting his throat. Strange to pay, although his windpipe was cut entirely off, nnd his swallow two thirds off', he is still alive, ond his pulse bents ns regular as that of any individual in health. What food he tnkes hns to be introduced through his nostrils in a liquid state.

St. Johns. N. IL, April 20. The Cambria, with Lond n papers of the 13th, and Liverpool dates of the 14th, arrived at hnlf-pist 2, P. M., yesteiday, at Halifax. Our express immediately set off and "arrival at Greenville, where they took eteatner and reached her wharf lo-re nt half-past 9, A. M. to-day. Tie Cambria had 40 passengers for Boston. She will probihlv r.-ncli there nt 4, P. M. Friday. She has on board 52,0011 in sp?cie. ftciicinl I iiirllij;eii . Hostilities have ree.. mm-Mio'd between Denmark and Prussia. A Danish force, in attempting to capture the f i tress of Eckenford, on the 5th inst., were utterly defeated, and a line of battle ship and frigate fell into the hands of th- Prussians. The line of battle ship grounded and took fire; shortly after she exploded, with 700 persons on board. A victory has been gained by the Hungarians, over the Austrians; the loss of the latter was 1,300 men, 21 pieces of cannon, 40 wagons. On the 7th inst.. Lord Palmerston received a notice of the blockade of Palermo by the Neapolitan Government on the 31st of March. A blockade of Venice by Austria was formally announced by a despatch on the 13th, which was published ; it makes a strict blockade of the German ports ofCammin, Levenmunde, Wolgast, Griefsweide, Stralficcnt and Rostock hy Denmark. Central Germany is in a state of confusion, the King of Prussia havimr refused the offer of Imperial made to him by a small majority of the Frankfort Assembly. Renewed distractions have arisen in Italy. The people having gained a temporary triumph in Genoa and Tuscany, are preparing to resist the further encroachments of Austria. Rome, though quiet, is unsettled. The Pope still continues at Gaeta. The King of Naples is preparing for an immediate attack upon Sicily, nnd has been hitherto restrained by an apprehended rising of the Catahminns. France continues tranquil, but all parties are preparing for a great e'ectional struggle. England is quiescent but with less glowing prospects of revival of trade. Duffy's tail is progressing, but the result will not be known until to-morrow. There are now 30 vacancies in the French Republican Assembly, occasioned by death or resignstimi ; sixty members nro confined by inisposition. Th appointment of Changnrnier to th Legion of Honor will not be officially announced until it is known whether Cavaignac will accept the same honor. Duchesne, editor of Le People," has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, and fined 0,000f. De Ledtic, socialist, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined 1.000. The" Presse" states that neither the French or British Government will take any part in the negotiations about to b opened nt Vienna, for the conclusion of peace between" Austria and the Piedmontcse. The " Constitutional " states on authority of a letter from Perpignam that a sanguinary battle had taken place at Catalonia, be tween the royalist chief, Pens Binalali, and Cabrera in which the two generals were killed. Another account states that Cabrera, who had been wounded in the action, took refuge in a tavern where he was put to death by the Emiguilaps. A special train arrived on I hursdav evening with JoO Londoners, forming the .i i- t .i . . .i first portion of the English expected on a visit to ti e1 National Guards. They were received with honor bv j the ant h jrities. " St'lly The town of Bresci, after "a seige or eizht days, was destroyed and tire inhabitants slaughtered. Bros-j ci, or rather the ruins of what once was Bresci, i in the hands of the Austrians. Ti? town was bombarded ; for six hours, and the streets were carried at the point , of the bayonet, and the inhabitants were driven into j their houses and burned alive. The Milan Gazette, ! of the IJOth ult., contains a summary of the revolt and j capture of Brescia. It says: ' Small detachments were drawn from Verona nnd Mantua, in order to save j the city from the anarchy fomented by the Camozzi nndtlic Uaimoreui. Uaynam ao repaired loine city, i.r r 1.-1 I and on the .jo ult. set down Dolore tne wahs wiih .Jou men and six cannon. He offered terms of arrange- . j ., . 1 . 1. .- 1 ii- f . r 1.! . 1 c I 1 , , 1 1 r linn lit v; ii 1 11 v.. ii 1 lit. :i 1 ' r" , .n.n i i iiivii in'niiij iniu m the gates. The artillery of the citadel opened its fire at the same time. The attack wai terrible, ns each j house was taken hy assault; but on the 1st inst.it was accomplished." The Concordia says the Austrians surrounded the town so that escape was impossible. The carangc was immense. Il-l'I.ll.tl. The reports fir the ln.-t year, from the District Poorlaw inspectors, to the Commissioner nt Dublin, record a volume of misery of the mos? dispiriting character. 1 Every p.ge of this b"ok teems with evidence of the exemplary patience of the unhappy peasantry of Ire - land, under sufferings that have had no parallel in the civilized world. A clergyman, from the parish of Cannaught, says : "This whole district is now almost a wilderness, and out of a population of 12,000 four years ago, there now scarcely remains one-half that number. So that creatures that still live and love the place, may be termed rather an accumulation of dead nnd dying humanity, that which is generally meant by a population." The Rev. Dr. Cooly, a Roman Catholic prelate, died of cholera at Drayheda on the 0th inst. He was highly esteemed by all religious and political persuasions. France. The cholera is making sad ravages amongst the troops quartered in temporary barracks eret.fd in Pans. It is believed that the dampness of the weather lias contributed to develope this disease. Measures have been adopted for the removal of the troops to more healthy quarters. Letters from Pupignam state that Count Montmelin and his companion had been betrayed by the guide whom he had largely paid to cotiduct him into Catalonia. He was taken to a French village and handed over to the authorities Letters Irom Doullen, dated .1111 inst., says: 1 ne prisoners of Borghese arrived here under a etrong .... M.l I ) . . M nwl A I V- t a rn Ts.1 rt sr A va t hn c: m n st 1 I J5Ianqui and f lotto in nnoiuer, naspan, coroner ana Quintis in a third." The discovery has just been made that the clubmen Wilmcr had organized themselves so as to be able to act as a military guard. Ociion. Letters from Turin of the 8th inst., announce that nfter Mastora had bombarded Genoa f.r twenty-four hours, the city had been set on fire in several places. A deputation from the municipality had waited on him on the evening of the 0th, to request an armistice of 4J hours in order to proceed to Turin to arrange a capitulation. The armistice was granted and a deputation proceeded to Turin, where they arrived on the 7th. The triurnphants had fled from Genoa, with the exception of Arrinna. The agitators Acccned.atta ond Misselin embarked for Leghorn. Austria. The Vienna Journals contradict the rumor of Gen. Bern's defeat by the Russians, and flight of his troops into Wallachia. It appears on the contrary, that the Austrian General Puckner surrounded by a hostile population has thought proper to resign his command, and place himself under the protection of the Russians in Wallachia ; three other Austrian Generals accompanied him. His troops were left under the care of Zilliaud. Tho Austrian forces at Cronstadt was short of ammunition, and preparing to return to Wallachia, their baggage having already left for that Province. They were almost in undisturbed possession of the whole of Transylvania, and were preparing to take Cronstadt, the last city in that Kingdom which is still held by the Austrian troops. 07" Gen. Taylor, it seems, does get offended, once in a while, ot the terrible boring of the office-seekers. A letter to the Lrdgcr relates the following incident: "There is a good old fellow a Pennsylvania!!, from Harrisburgh a messenger in the War Department, who is not yet turned out, and whose place has already been singled out by about twenty applicant, may be more. One of them, in spite of Gen. Taylor's express declaration, went directly to Aiwi, and not to the Secretary, to get the place, and had a long argument with "'Rough und Ready" on the subject. The General told him that he had nothing to do with it, and that he had not the slighest idea of ordering the man to be turned out. The hungry office seeker, notwithstanding this express declaration, renewed the attack, nnd became even reproachful in his importunities; whereupon "Old Zach," ( I have this on military authority,) did lose his temper for a while, exclaiming in an under tone, "D u your eyes clear out." The party retreated quicker than Santa Anna from tho battle field of Buena Vista; and Gen. Taylor, with his UMial magnanimity, did not pursue him." Is all this after the manner of our "early Presidents! "

IT1MSK. Sin is like a l ee, with honey in its moirji, but a sting in its tail. What word may I? pronounced quicker by nddin" a syllabic to it 1 Quick, of course. Why is a 4 hicken pie likn a gunsmith's -hop Because it contains fowl-in-pieccs. There were m-w potatoes in Tho Charleston (S. C.) market on the 14th inst. Not Favouablc to Q l a i:tf. r, i v; . A New Orleans paper advertises for ale one un liiiJ- J half of a negro. A Sweet State The amount f maple sugar made in Vermont, is five millions of pounds annually. Mr. Philip Hone is appointed Naval Officer, and Mr. J. P. Hall District Attorney, of New Yo.k. A one wheeled carriage has been invented for tho Western prairies which puts the horses inside and turns the passengers outside. Col. Humphrey Marshall has lecn nominitcd by the Whigs of the Louisville district, as their candiditc for Congress. The measles is killing nearly all the Sandwich Islanders. 10,000 are reported to have died of tho disease. Emigration is going on so rapidly from New Brunswick to the United States, that fears ore entertained that her place will soon become depopulated. Mackenzie, the Canadian revolutionist, the Hamilton Journal slates, has departed for the JStaee, never more to return to Canada. Mr. B. Ougalte, on Alderman-elect of New Orleans, recently drew $25,000 in the Havana lottery. His prize was cashed the same day the news readied the city. An association ha been formed in Prussia f ir th? purpose of eradicating from the German language all words derived from the French or any other foreign tongue. Another phase of German unity. A Hai:i Case. A young widow, who edit a pr.per in a neighboring State, says: "We do not look so well to-day ns usual on account of the non arrival of the males." Why is a foolish young lady like a cartful housewife Because her tcait is ns little as she can possibly make it. "Papa, what is humbug ?" Parent, (with a deep drawn sigh:) "It is, my dear, when your mamma pretends to he vcry fond f me, and puts no buttons on my thirt !" "Mr. Swipes, I've just kicked your William out of doors." 'Well, Swingle, its the first bill you've footed this many a day." A ModllJui;e "Silence! keep silence in court!"

paid nn angry judge. "Here we have judged a dozen causes this morning, and I have not heard a word of one of them !" Miseries of Autiioks. "Now, then, Themas, what are you burning off my writing table there ! " "Only thfj paper what's written all over, sir; I aint touched the clean." Precepts have been issued by Gov. Briggs, of Masn- ... . ... , " c . ,: ' 3 ot next month, , ll,E 'P1; Law ix I ennsvlvanm. The new license law m I eurisylvania gives to all persons the tiil to VCn(. liqirs the payment of a certain eum into the c- .urty treasury. ' " IIali.f.ck. A report has been going1 the rounds, that the poet Halleek was in the lunatic Asylum. It s a mistake or something worse. Halleek has been ill "f fever; but he is now convalescent, Thomas Jefferson never spoke in public, neither did fie ever write an article for t'.-i newspapers. His principles were mainly infused amongothers bv means of epistolary corre-pnJence and by conversation, t. TTv-..m TT 5s Stvatop Tin. n.im IT, '7 gests Colonel John A. MoClernand. at present one of w - - - --- uitiv.f m m. r no t ,ilo membrs of Congress from Illinois, as a suitable person for United Slates Senator from that Stale. ,4 ... Death of aIf.s. 1 .;l'.man b.Mn :r. U e regret to an no'.ince the decease, nt tue residence ot ( harh'slreichel Eq., of .Mrs. Smith, wife of the Hon. Truman Smith, of Connecticut. Phi!, liu! e'in. A IIa i:i Cnorcc. The Albany Knickerbocker says that the water to be tound in that citv is so very shocking, that people have to drink brandy in self defence. The most of them preferring to die with the delirium tremens rather than the gravel. The Albany Knickerbocker, ruminating on the effects of spring, wonders how the tree get their clothes nut of their trunks without opening thern. j ! lre;, lie forgets that the trees leare out their summer New Invention. Mr. Hiram C. Brown, of Xenin, Ohio, on excellent mechanic, has invented a very useful machine for raising brick, mortar, and other substances to nny required height, thus saving a vast amount of laborious work. .V: ie7itifi: American. Massachusetts. The joint smnding committee of the Massachusetts legislature have reported acts of incorporation for the construction tf fourteen new railroads in that State generally short roads involving a cost of S'J.STO.O'.H). Mr. Mtdlla, Second Auditor, got permission from General Taylor to visit his wife, who was lying ill at Charleston, Va. Whilst he was gone the second Washington removed him from office und appointed his successor.Moual Boots. An advertisement in one of tho morning papers says : Wanted a female who Ins a knowledge of fitting boots of a good moral character. Wc suppose boots of a good moral character are such as have whole soles. A Mammoth Ti'sk. Some workmen enaed in i repairing the mill dam n riugar crck, Illinois, found j a tusk not long ngo, embedded in the gravel, soma .-tu 4s Lrtl.Mif tl. caf.f I 1 rnd nineteen inches and a half in circumference, and three feet in length. Railiioad Accident. We learn that, on last Saturday night, a young man named Baker, whose father lives in this county, was run over by a locomotive on the railroad, nar North Madison, and injured bo severely that he died in a few hours. Madison Banner. I.mtosition of the Law. The expense of on ordinary conveyance of a small house, in England, inclusive of the examination of the title, stamps, &c.t usually amounts to over a hundred dollars ! It jg not ot nil unusual for the transfer of n firm to cost a thousand dollars in law expenses. We see that one .Air. Henry Broken has just married, in Baltimore, a .Miss Bank. S there is one more bank now broken ! Troy (X. Y.) Post. But, unlike most other broken banks, previous "promises" appear to have been met, and it is likely issues will yet be made. A SlMTLE ANSUT.K TO A PoLtTE QfF.HTIOX. "Can I show you anything nmro to-day, sir ! " asked tho civil gentleman behind the counter, of his worthy customer. "Yes," was the reply. "Will jou be good enough to show the silk umbrella I left here three weeks ago !" A gentleman sit down to write a deed, and began with "know all women by these presents." "You are wrong," said a bystander, it ought to be know nil men." "Very well," answered the other "if all women know it, all men will of course." Penalty ron Sf.lun; Liqimm: to a Slate. J. C. Mengles was recently convicted, at New Orleans, of selling liquor to a slave, arid compelled to forfeit his license, and bo for ever debarred from holding a license in the .State; nlso to pay a line of js'JOO, or to be imprisoned six months. MnTKi.it.-The Boston Transcript of April 13, savs : One f the most brilliant tneteurs we ever witnessed fell latt night about twenty minutes after ten. For a second it was os if n Drummond light, of intense brilliancy, had been suddenly lighted immediately overhead. The wicked wag of the Goshen Democrat, perpetrates the following : "Mauried. At Rochester, Noble county, February lth, by Rev. Mr. W'uolf, Mr. Silas Lion to Miss Edith Jjirnb. "Our devil calls this a beaFtly affair, but it reminds us rather of that inilleuinl era spoken of in Holy writ: ' The Lion and the Lamb schall lie down together, and a little child "our Bible is lost, and we furgel the remainder of the quotation."

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