Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1861 — Page 2

WEEKLY SENTINEL.

J AM AK 1IU 184.1 rttard Scfrctary of State. The Vib.mv Ermine Jvxrual announces ih..t llr Srw.ian was offered the noshiö of Secretinf 8ts.tr in the Cabinet of Mr LiüCOLü early in j December fast, and by ilto ad rice of friends he j an wwrttJ to accept it. What will the Kepuh licans of Indiana, who oppose! the nomination Mr. Settakt at Chicago on account of hi ultra Ltd on .he tlavery question, say to hi being ma.!, the premier of the new administration it maste piril 1 r. ev ;iril'H Speech. A synopsis of Mr. Skwakd's speech, in the Senate, on Saturday, will be found in the tele graphic column. Its leaning .r i i-.ti-ervu ti ::i is 'list i!efil to 'he Republicans here 'bout--. M.iny and bitter were the curses heace 1 upon hiWnl smoBiIej, therefore, by Iiis pontic! friends. The speech undoubtedly ev-rc--.-- :'. '. the in cumins; Administration We are';., d. that it wad submitted to Mr. Lincoln before de livery, ami tlutf it had his approval. This fact gives the sentiments of Mr. Seward a peculiar at the present time. The Sentiment of Kentucky. The Louisville Cmrier says ''the pepie of Kentucky ire tuiiteil in their determination ofre1 to those who would eairv out the police t Chicago; they ate united hi their that the time has come for a full ami final adjustneat of the questions of difference between ti. Noth and the South; they are unite 1 in the o acithit acw guarantees must be had; they a:, un-red in the conviction that should ;uh guirantees be denied by the free States, at ieist seven or eight of the slave Stated will withdraw !' :i the L'uiou never ugiin to return; and they ate almost united, wc lel:eve. in the com lu-loti sboul ! the Union be tba dissolved, to go with the other slave States into a Southern Conf acj. Will Tin v do 1! A gentleman in Washington C ity, occupying an influential position, write to his friends in this Slate that the present politk -.1 d;flii ult:e- of the country could be satisfactorily sctiicl in thirty d-. i ti - l.e -1 ature of Indiana would give a d'vid-l inl emphatic iii'lo-MMiient oftheCiitTTENlls c jinpcoanM. The Deawctati have airc.iiy made an effort to give this expression, but the result hows they wen without the power to accomplish it, The responsibility now re-ts with the Republican, who have a large majority in the Legisla tare. "We will soon see whether patriotism, and a rios;rc t i perpetuate the Union, will rise aJxve party. It is in their power te restore peace and hirmoay to the country. Will they do it? Ifthe Tu. Ii mi Legislature win give an unanimous vote for tire Ckittknte compromise, the doubt r.nd gloom which now hang ever the land would insiantly be dispelled. Have the Republicans the courage and manliness to take the -tep? Democrats in Council. Thi meeting of the Democracy on the .-th.not . i.h-:.uidinr ti e -hortne - f the call, only one iiek'-i notice h-! he-t "ivi.:. v.i- larHy- ittendol by citizoii from various parts of the Sute, who manitc ted a lieep interest in the present periloas ennfitata of the country, and the im; -e-atv of prompt action to s tv the goremmeat ftoadJsso!ution. Gov. HaiDWMt preside!, i und u-u taking the chair, with deep iee.mg. ad----d the meehnr in aide and eloquent terms :p"n ih ? ohj(-t whi' h h-I a.-eadue I if. Hon. 'oicii K. McDoxalk. Hon. X i:.man Lni v, and Hon. 1 non.vs A. Hx-vdricks were called out, nd taey exprewed their views wih that ability and Hoijuei:ce for which these gentlemen are dis tinguiiked. Th.; of the speeches and the meeting v ere k 'ideilr averse to coercion. 1 hev were for maintai Laent of aC eoimttioD o the Union by the faithful fulrill:is, tlie full ree Htl rishts oi' etch ami all the xerc?se of that spirit of concession i which controlled the fathers of States, snd the exerc'se of that 1 conciliation which eootn the Rpuhiie in it; f rmatioa. s'-irit d the . ol-it .... md th Such, too. is the poller tbev ndvocate. The idea of a fratricidal war with our brethren of Kentucky, whose nans had stood by those of Indiana in many a tierce contest against a common enemy, was repudiated. Asonespeaker expressed" it, " My hand car. never drive the dagger in a Kentackian's heart." The resolutions expre. a willingne-s to uo--.; the CniTTcmEr amendment, or any other compromise which wDl save the Government, if consseaant mia-generosity, justice and honor. Without purfvnderin? the eonvfetion that the rinciples maintained by the Democrat!.- party in the late canvass upon the slarery issue would conserve tbe GoTernment and prevent the troubles the coTjTitrr is now ex erieneip r the nve' e I nion, with its incalnil-.ib'e l ie . . . coald on. The U of the Union all feit to be in the conservative sentiment of the bonier I c , , ., , t. . 'v . . , S.atcj, and Uie resolutions look U tlmt, as theiast h -pe. when all other efforts hare t'ailei. An excellent spirit was manifested throughout the meet- j ing, ind the reeolations, which elaborate the , , . view we have expressed, acre unaiumoeaW The meeting did not attempt to give an authoritative mter.ince oi the fecnLiaento of the Indian Democracy irpon the issues now before the coantry, orwas ich its olijet; but we hive no doubt ihe spirit of the meeting and the doctrines it announced, will be re-ponded to by the conscrva til e citi zens of Indiana. Waihington orr'ponilrncc. RrubUeamt Itimm$ Mm üeats tf Comoro Miar The Orirtrt MUUm, JfC Wiiiinwtni, January 9, IML T-yVit R' - ''. Da3v Sentinti: When I wn.te vou Iooke.1 favorable up. in a ay wr era, rks a rhen W are I cent of mrated: we don't car And so thev act. an .r.ler I k.bef iple for their co mo tins attjus: I this mailer. ooent. I knntr But the Presi Poetauiter Hott. Upon their advice, he .-.-.it trooaato Anderson, although Anderson's brotiier di-tioctly stated that he was perfectly secure, an 1 did nor want am in ire men l hi-. :i the prti-ent excit! state of the South, is like touching a spark to a magazine. If Mr. Buchanan dedres (and it looks m it he does) to have the lienor of leaving a civil war aaa legacy to Lincoln, he is in a fair way or" accouapihamng it. Holt' piau to uiganize the District Militia here tnnat out to !c ? complete failure. He put a etat aakee at their bend, and the Would li"t touch it. 'I hev sr. th it the specious pretext f preparing for Lin coin's hiauimraiion, they are to be led to put themselves in position to commence the work of civil aar awl carnage against those of their own hoiMcbovd and bkvaJ, and they don't intend to be i a trap. i still continue to jMinr in here from the Dem.Krracv. Thev are tili tu in and rdnn. ro n-e while it thev decided for cour-romi- .ml iif on-t They say that the Bhtck Republicans m them aa cats'-pawa to push them ah tliey amod back at a safe distance ft . ... .. mm. li o e t. p uglit I he ! it ' -u . '.:i:f. DI the country dial it they .1. rv to greater crime and the y.tev caht war, in preference to a fair and h promhe. why tkry win hire to d mum upon to this the " of a civil rable i e fighting It is now ascertained beyond question that tbe Secessionists have a vary large majority in Vir ginia, aid if the Question could be got lefrc the people, they would carry Maryland also. So we go. And yet while the Republic h crumbling to piccea, die Republican Nerocä of the House and Senat will not move an inch to save it. " What a Bedlamite is man"' Pas.

The ;.t'i;ilmu;'i ! trM Day. The House assembled Thu;day morning. As soon as the memhecs ware sworn in Mr. Heffkut, o; V :-'.i'.n; ii . .mmy, öftere I tin- following resolution, which took '.he Republicans by surprise: Resolved, Tlvit the member- of this House

T'11 -CI. erson for any otiice ue.-ewary : i of this lhm-e.or for cny office 3cner.il Assembly, who i- not in' eiu itiou of the Feiend Union at partisan theoiio- or beliefs. UK)H ' the slavery .,iu '::i. vv h eb will of the people of v. cli und every without rele.eiieo to party ante rniretlie projiosiMoii known .is the dnient-a- mc-e.ililis: Mich a basis i UM or elective by favor of tl am a e ure the right to. and that v riuem cti a iuc;ki int'i.i - a- i i e a ni; -u n A her. the resolut; n was ottered t wa - re e v d with his-ei from the Repub" in s:de oi the House. The Clerk decLir! the proportion out; of ..pier, ami the Republican- (Hereupon sn feste 1 their approbation by the ?tmp;ng of lev! und the clapping of hands. Af'er the organ iza tion of the House Mr. Heuri.n .dl'ered it aiain. when a Republicin tnovel to rel'er the ie o!io!oii To a -e'e-.-t committee of thirteen. Thi - motion cjrried.all the Democrat voting no, and all the Republicans aye The Republican were not reidy ! to meet the issue and baring the power they Mave-j it oft' to a more convenient sei -on. It w: evident they were not preparel to show their hand- u;on the jH.!;t'-a! difficuliies which are threatening the overthniw of the Government. The House was organized by the election of the following oliicers, all Republic in-: Hon. (.'. M. Ai LtN. of Knox county. Speaker; Jox'atii n W. Gordon, of Marion, Clerk; AaBB f. S"w kiuk, of Fayette, Principal .W;.-r mt I lerk, and .Tames F. Job-toton, of Putnam, Principal Doorkeepei'. The Senate was organizeJ by the election of Hon. John R. Cravens, of Jefferson, President; James N.TvNUt, of Miami, Clerk; Francis P. Getrrrrt, of Lagrange. Assistant Clerk ; S amih. ti. TuoMrwoN, of Wabash, Door keeper, and Rn hard H. Listox, of JeiTerson Assistant Door keeper. In the Senate the Republican"; pursue 1 the same tactics as in the Hou-e. They lure uiiwilling to meet the questions which are exciting the country. To gag debate and present vote-tu t- thesetitiment of the Senate, they raised n committee to whom all resolutions upon FeJer.d relations ere to be referred. We do not think they will be able in this way to shitt iliscuiou upon ipie-tions which are now engroeyiag the public mind. KGOCP PAY. A resolution .as pastel in the House on Fri d iy to appoint a committee to investigate the offi eial conduct of the Directors of the Northern Penitentiary. Govenur Hammond, in his mes- - i e .-uggested that such a course w as due to the Directors. We undent md that the Directors of the prison North invite the do e scrutiny into their official conduct. They are confident that they will be able to maint du their official intcg rit;. . ;uii o -hou that they have been governeil by a riaeere chaire to promote the public interests in all they have done. Proposition- w ere made to aboli-1; f';e offiee of State Printer and to let t!:e jrint'mg out by contract. Several resolutions were offered on the state of the Union, which we;e ie.'frr-l, without debate, to the Cuaiojittee of Thirteen on Federal Relatione. IN MEMORY OK GOTiRNOR W III.ARD. Mr. Helfren submiite;! the loll owing: Jt'to'rttf, That Stati- ! liuti.-n.i I. ; Uie atiiwuncenK-Dl V. ,iiard. . Rttolrtd. That ! wi?t wv.ir tho u ail m of th si'nMhilitv. Ahbel t. of this llou.-e in rIaipl. be onic.uu,. .:-.I f Clerk. rmjkcl for the memory now .uiiuuru. Reolvtd. As s tuiiber in of the iifi--il, ih.it I'uL- Hi. Mr. Hi.iFKtN -.do: Mb. Speaker: We have just had communicated to us, in an official manner, the doafh of our late Covernor, Ashbel P. Wühird. This is the first time in the history of Indiana that her Chief Exeentive has deceased in office, ami the reins of Government hae fallen into the hands of him who was elected as the -e.-mid in command. InI diana is callel to mourn the loss of one of her 1 brightest intellects, one of her most genial c:tir.ens, and a nation the logs ot one of her first statesmen. Sir. I can not pass snch an eulogy upon the life, services and character of the de-cea-ed as I could w i-h. but will le i e to older and more experienced heads than mine the task, yet 1 can not suffer the present occasion to pass without offering a tribute of re-"jiect to his memory, ami while we drop the sympathe.ic tear over !iigrave. let us not forget to do Ms life and actions justice. Ashbel l'io-son- WiMard was born October Hist, lv-g, at Vernon, Oneid i county. New York. His father n-as a highly re -eject able farmer, and at one time Sheriff of the county. Young Willard early evincel those j.wers of intellect which made him such fame in after years. He wps of a family of live son- and a daughter. His liater und three ef his brothers went to their long home before him. The cold jrrave closed over their remain ami shut from !os si-.dit hi- kindle 1. i A lnther of our Covemor still survives; tltela-t of that family. They have all fallen, I believe, iv that msidrons and fell de-troyer, consumption. One I well knew, and he was possessed of the same uoble traits of ch -r-.o-ter as as our lamented GowemoT and deported friend. With the e irfy hLtory of the life of our late Governor I urn not very famHur, but I understand th:.u b.v constant and severe ..ppli.-atiou, he almost luinol his health, and r.erha pa olantel the seeds r i.- i i i i i of Ins own aeitructi., n a. he pored over his books by the flickering beams of the midnight lamp, 1" I?42, he -' 1 for the far off We--;, whc.e ;'the ll" "''empie takes it- a ay, there to b hark upon the temK-t fos-el, turlmlent set ol' liIe. He iurive-1 in Mai-shall. Mich;.,.:. wherr he ' remained a time, and from thence into Texas on j horseback, and back to Kentucky, and finally sett ed at New Albany, Indiana, in the year lHi, ! where by industry, energy ami perseverance, he won friends in the rank-" of all parties who never ae-'exteJ li:m ui later years. In 117, he returned East, und on the Hl-t day of May, of tint yea , wu awrried to the be .;,ri ful and a-.-wii. ,.!.-!-..; C.noü'ic C. Cook, of Hadla mv Connecticut. T1m- ofl'spring of tint mar i ige who.now survive are James H. and Caroline C Win.ini. One. Ashbel P. Willard. Jr.. m j ceded his father to the grave, and the dust of , fat tie.- and son i..w n- - in quiet, aide by side . in thecemeterj of New Alb.;n. All .. ; th. thrill of aadaw thai ran through our veins a.s the news was received thai Ashbel P. Willapl was dead. We felt an involuntary shudder pass over our frames and a chilling sensation t'rirougji our hearts. We (fid not think it passible that he who was onr delight and joy had pas-e I away from eirth to return no more forever. Yet so it was, for on Thursday, October I. at about five o'clock, his -pirit took it- flight to the God whs .gave it. He died at St. Paul, Minn, sou, far away from his intimate Ii lend- and associates, and I had almost said in a land of sträng but nowhere in the f'nion was Ashbel P. Win.ini a stranger, and do place on tiie soil of the Uuited State-, where ci vi li. it ion rules, but he . uld have b-eu ho-pttably received. Just before he died he askel that the paper- m;-.ht be reid to him, and he niauile;tc 1 reat a;ix etv for the fire of L:- country, which he believed drifting to i -tiuctiou. Ala-! too well f.tun '.c.l were ir- leu -. too true his bdief. He wo.- electel to the City Council of Kew Albany in May , 1-10. and in 15-1, ,4 uiember of ihe General Assembly, and he!da scat upon this Hoor. He was one of the working men of this hod , and the statute books of the State still bear the im-pre-.-of his geniu- and wisdom. In -.Vhe waeleted Lieutenant (Joiernor of the State b his party, and ÜMreby became ex ufflcio President of the Senate. Four years ago, wli-:i 1 first entered the General Assemhv of this State ns .i Senator from the conuty oi Washington. Lie. ten it ( enior Willard was m the chrJr. Well ! 1 reuicuiner i iie uuoii.eoi scenes oi tnat organuuion. ; Well do I know the firmne-s and forbeir im-e e . hibiteil by our friend at tint time, when there as i langer upon every h..nd, and how well I remember the heroic courage he cxhibite 1 there. 1 well remember, sir, that, had it not been lor his coun sei. the floor ofthat Senate would hive been bathed in blood and covered with the bodies of the debt, But his advice prevailed, aadpeaceand coneopi once more heel swav. In l-öfi, Willard was nominate. as a candidate .c u r He in ide one of the most I. .ho rious canvasees ever made in Indiana. When we see him elected over so able and accomplished a st eaker an 1 gentleman as Olh er P. Morton hi - ; lar.e a majority, when, bur two e;rs before the State lind been thousands against his partv, we' m:ii w ell stand abashed at the power, will and I nuyest of bis intellect. S'r, I haie .-een him j sw;ii the tumultuons crowd to an-I fro like the top of the tall onk in the storm; I have seen him. as the words of burnm? elo.iien- e H-.-.- el fn-m hbi liiis, hold thousands enchained and enraptured, and when he had done, sigh that their feist was so short. He hud all the elements of a popular orator 1 and well he knew how to n-e them to make them tell upon his admiring hearers. His rare was short hut brilliant. He rose mpidlr to distinction und honor, eminence and usefulness. Like the lightning that Hashes athwart the ky. his intellect blaze 1 upon us, but when if went out left us in deeper darkness. In him the youth of the land have a model to follow and an example to guide them onward and upward to fame and honor.

Starting poor and alone, he carvel his way in a few sluu t ears to the highest post of distinction in the gift "of the people of his State. Hut he is cut off in the morn of manhood and vigor of his life. Forty summers had just passed over his head and he was called aw ay from us. Yes. death ha- entered, as it were, into our circle r.nd stricken down the husband and the father ,i- well as our Chief Kxecutii e. T he beaming eve o full of fire

and intelligence that we were wont to look Un, is closed and lustcrles-s. 1 he hund that gree'ed u.-witfi arm friendship und kind a He; tion is cold uiitl clammy in death. 1 he lips und toimue winch i poured forth .-ire mis of e'.Mpjence and enraptured it-arc -i:et;t. and that countenance upon which be i med intelligisice and wisdom, nrfeonity and genen.sity. has lost its teeling. The wife has j lost a ki'id and doting husband, the children an ' anecuonate ami loving parent, the auie noinc Executive, the peupie a kiml hearted and noble friend. But he is gone. His body has been borne to the cold and - ilcnt grave by his countrymen, and j now reposes in solemn grandeur upon the banks j of our own Ohio, whose water.-, taking their rise j in Pennsylvania und Virginia, mingle and intermix, and are iu-hed together over the falls of the Ohio, near where his b tie- now rest in (juiet and repose. So may the people of th it country w hich lie so loved, mingle and commingle together, until time shall be no more. And now, when his form has passed from our bjhl when hi-body has been buried beneath the cold clods of the eirth. and the dark and .-ilcnt pave has receive lit let us honor his memory and his -e: ices. Cut off in the zenith of his fume and glory, it is a warning to us all; and when the grass -hall grow green over his grave t ill and rank and high and be swayed to and no l the night winds and breezes of heaven? when the nightingale shall our forth her plaintive song neir his last resting place let us do Iiis memory justice, and preserve hi- example in our he u t-, .- that when we are called from labor to refresh ment, we may be ready la layoff these mortal habiliments and be rai.-eJ and exalted to the home of the blest. Mr. Sro.-i - in no - lid: LMk. Spi.Ai.hK; Coming as I do from the city and count v which was once the love 1 home of Ashbel P. Wibafd, and from the banks of the beiutiful river where his ashes now repose, I can not refrain from adding n few wards to the expressions of sympathy and regard w hich have been ei, init iated by the gentleman w ho preceded me. It is, indeed, eminently proper that this House should give its unanimous assent to the resolutions of condolence which havejust been presented. At a time, sir, when the State of Indiana was convulsed with the strife of politicians, and when men were grasping after worldly honors and emoluments, Ashbel P. Willard the Governor of the proud Commonwealth of Indiana, was s'ricken down by the aVstroying Angel. At any time such a calamity would have been greatly de plored and widely felt; but how striking and e eu'hirly impressive did the circumstances make it. The people of Indiana, casting aside all arty difference-", und forgetting the excitement of pop ular strife, with one he irt and one voice unite in paying the last tribute o; respect to their departed and honored Chief. Imitating ihe'r example, lei us, the re; resent:it: e oi the people, turn aside fbf I moment foal tiie pressing cares and. anxieties efSl itc and National affairs, and render our honige to the memory of him w ho was so lately the chosen leader of our S i'e. It was never my fortune to meet Sorer nor Willard on any public -arena; to notice the gr.i-i of his mind or the powers of his great intellect. 1 knew him rather a a private citizen and as a friend. In all my intercourse with him 1 found him to be the soul of honor, kind, faithful ami generous to a fault. Iiis public acts and political e:.ie.-:- arc known t: all. and the record ol his I i . ' -has been given to the world by abler and wiser men. As fr his name und dee N are they not enrolled in oiir capitol? How op; or: line w as iv; death! Patriotic always, and with a ho irt throbbing with love for the union cf the States, Pro i idence vouchsafed to t ike him Vrom us ere the black .storm of civil war threatened to imnaHn awful de- 1 it over our beloved America. He will never see the troops of a -ister State marching with hostile ban ners against brethren and friends, and he has lieen spired the pain of witnessing the bitter strife that i- now precipitating us into u fratricidal war. Felix non oluiin:triti''- rit.i ! Hum ojiptr lit, ii.nl) mart .;." Mr. Yv.ati.h submitted the follow ing: Rr Ire I, That ail matter- and resolutions in relation to thi- pre.-ert excited Stat of our country, and all matters and resolutions propositi: remedies therefor. lw refcrn-d to (hi; Cummittf-e of Thinoen withut d. l.ate ; and ili.it -aid coiiiinit,.- Ijc instrurt.-d to r"-;iort at as rarly a day a-" pr.ittic.ible. Mr. Heffren moved to lay Mr. V catch's resolution on the table, and demanded the ye is und nays, which bg orderej and taken, resulted. ye.t39, nay.- ö", as folhajvs: n. ,n. f'.i " If. Ilr- tt. ('.Ullis ,,f .;.H'i -. ('mli-, Coopridcr, Dum-, K i-..IT I It-nuiii:. lord, (iifford. Hall. Hayes, HeOYtn, Hok-omb. Httftea, Howard. Jenkin--..n. Joim- TipiH-caiH'. KiUin-n, Ku--mlfi1:-. M-('larir. McLean. Mo-s. Mutz. OTcn, ParKaja. litt? Polk. Prosrcr. ITow, Itoblaus, Robert-. Smith ..f IlarthoBmcw. Stevenson, Stut-.-nliurp, Trier mid Warnitn 'J9. v" i Yii t And.-r-en. Itintebaui Uoyd-tou. P.ranbam, nruokPT, Kryan, ISundy, Burgeija. Cameron, Campbell, Ch-i n. t'olltns f Hnntintrlon. Cram, DasbW. Kppei"s"!i. Krwin, Feajfler, Keriruson, Fisher, Fray ley, Fra-ier. (tort-, o r-bam. Grovcr, Harvey. Hawortk. Henrirks, Hopkins, )iud.-ou, Hurd. Jone of Vermillion, Jon of Wayne.. K-u-drick, Ijine. I-e, Lif(btncr, SlotHty, Moorman, Nebeker, Newman, (y'rr, Parrett, Kaan. Knnlall. Sherman. Sloan. Smith of Miami, Thoniaa, Tumor. lnderwood. Yentch, Will-, William-. l-..:i, W ..-Ihull. Wo-MlrufT, Wood and Mr. Speaker 5S. Mr. catch's resolurion passed without a di v ision. In the Senate Mr. March introduced a bill to abolish the office of State Printer and let the printing out by contract. Various proposition.were made on Federal relations, one by Mr. Tarkington, offering substantially the Crittenden amendment, which were referred, without de bate, tj the committee on that subje:t. At two o'clock the Senate and House met in joint convention to hen- the Governor's message. After prayer hy Rev. Hilbert Small, of Indianapolis, Governor Hammond appeired on the floor, and delivered his biennial message as follows: aorauon! mlssace. Sn-itorn ami IttfHtlfttttK For the first time in the history of our S'-it.--.-en.inent it be -omes the dut;. ol t'ie acting Ex entire of tbe State, to nnounce the de tth of his prede.-essor in flice, Itefore the time for which lie was electel h ,d expired. On the third day of October. 1-tK), at St. Paul. Minnesota. A-libcl P. Willard departed this lii'e. Hisiem iii. we.e brought back to our State by his widow, accom ngnicl by the levc:norof Minnesota, the Hon. Hem y M. Rice, one ol her Set ators in ('niri'--. und by other eilizens. For their kindness in thus attending the remains of onr deemed Obi trie to the Capital of our Siate, I deüre, lor the pc .p!e of the State, a- well as for my. -elf. to extend!.. them our heartfe!i thanks. This aed eeearrence ha devolved upon nie, by virtue of the Constitution of our S:ate. the dutie- of the Executive ofti.-e for the period lor which the late Gov ernor Willard was elected. During the time that I have been acting as the Executive of the State, there has been no ipie-t.i.-i pre-ei:ied to ni". sa . e one. that can by mt possibility, affect the tecuniary intere.-ts of In diana. The semi-annual interest on our public debt for January, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, was maturing without the means in the State Trea. urv to meet it. There was no mode of liquidating that interest except by borrowing money. And belie; ing that the citizens of lu diana desired tint her obLgutious should be kept, the Auditor and Treu-urer of State, together w ith mi netfa htkfng n our authority an act of the General Assembly reacribine the duties of Oovemor, approved May 'XI, W'J. made a loan of One liuntlred and twenty-five thousand dollars from Mc-i - Win-low . Lanier & Co., of the city of New York, giving our obligations to pay the s inie in May next out of the revenue for the year lHi . It is a matter much to be regretted that Indiana is in such a condition that she is com -relic ! to go into the market to Unrow money for aat DO! pose vi h.itei er. I!ut it is due to truth to Mate thit this iie e -'t would not have exi-te.l hut for the failure of the Senate of Indiaua to pass a revenue bill for the years lf'öT-"'. Kor the action of the oliicers of the State Cov emmcnt, und for the condition of the State Tr- .- urv since the la- meeting of the Legislature. 1 intpect fully refer you to the able und full reject of the Auditor of State. The management and prosperity of our banal olen: institution- for the lust two yeirshive been most satisfactory, conductel as they have been by able and eflicient officers. Their several re petrta are liereaith submite.l, and I iuo-t ciieer ftilly second the leeenunendatieaa therein mane in reference to legis! itive action. The rejiort of the I . rector of the St itc Prison at .lertersonville, shows that th- pii.-on is indebted be e. ii e'ght and ten thousand dollar-, with ut i i cnt meins ol payment. This indebtedness .. - c oi-e i in tlie tailure ol the !i-.ir- ol dip c uivict labor to pay the State the amount due for Mich lalmr. The mot ol the money thus due the State is believed to be amply secured but the time of its payment is uncertain. This failure to meet the just demand! of the St ate by these lessee has been caused by the financial crWs which h is existed for the Inst few months. I therefore recommend that the Legislature make tin appropriation to meet the indebtedness of the State in connection w ith this rftstHntkaY The law- fixing the pmüficution of voters-, nnd for the protection of the h-llot-hox again-t fraud i d. e t e Our present law does not insure a fair and honest expression of public sentiment. At our elections on i cry many occasions within the last few years, in consequence of this defect in the laws, citizens of one county have, on the day previous to the election, emigrated to another county expressly to control the election. Our (ioveniment rest upon the action and will of the in tjority of her citizens, and that being the c i-e. :t is important that by provi-ions of law we may be assured that public sentiment shall have a fair expression through the ballot box and.

without this is "secure 1, we can not reasonably hope tint minorities will long submit. Every Cit zen of our Slate, therefore; without regard to party, is interested in having an efficient and effective law guarding this mode of expre-- u public sentiment. I therefore respectfully rccm mend the jki-sulc of u law inflicting heivj alt if- upon persons voting illegally . and also upon officers of the election who refu a legal vote, or who knowingly receive an illegal one, and fixing the residence we cnantj neeanmry to entitle one to tote, at a period that nil! m ike it unprofitable for bad men to change ilieir residence lor voting purposes alone. Had I the power of li!ng the penalty fof a violation of the election law of our State, it never would be below that of imprisonment in the State Priaon. That penalty would deter bad men. und do much to preserve the purity of the ballot-box. The commercial oriaia which we are now undergoing, the depreciated condition of the -ecu ritiea upon which our free bank circulation is based, and the con e.iuent de;.re.-i itiin of our

curreoei warn us that in order to promote the hnanctu! interests Ol our State to prevent loss arising from the receiving of pare; money, so liable to depreciate while in the vaults of the Treasury, we should provide by law a sub tree urv IJ llaai The report of the commissi uei upioii!teJ by theiast Legi-luture to examine into the debt-due the State sugge-ts mam leas -.tp for the passage of this law. During the last ten ream the State lias suffered to the amount of ihm.- mils of d-.lJars by the depreciation of the currency while in the h inds of the State and county oliicers by the bankruptcy of persons w ho hare become debtors to the State for money borrowed out of her vaults; by the suspension of banks in which her revenues ivere depoeited for safety; by the imprudence and improvidence of her officers, and their neglect or failure to dis change the duties bnpoeed upxi them by law. Ai.d to guard against a recurreuceof (h loases; to give that feeling of security to the citizen tu it the taxes he has paid are safely kept and prudently disbursed, it has now become ab-olutely m -s-u-y that a rigid law should be peaaed enebodying these provisions: First, the collection of the debts due the State in gold and silver; S' ondly, tiie erection of a suitable building, with secure vaults, lor the preservation of the public money; und, thirdly, placing those officers having control of the public money under such s!ri t guards tliat the loaning or disbursing of any of it. except in th5 manner provided by law, should constitute a felony, und render them liable to impiisonment in the State Prison. It is manifestly unjust to require on officer to execute bond to the State, in a heavy penalty, f. r the secure keeping of the revenues of the State, when no provision is made specifying the kind of money he .-.hall receive, and no suitable place pro vided in which it shall be kept. The necessity is great, therefore, of providing for the erection of a building suitable lor the ptttpose, With Tnutta sufficiently Strong to guard the public records und revenues "from accident and crime; and reniembering the success that has attende I the sub treas urv system in some of our si.-te.- Slates, and in the Federal Government, I trust thai y-u will give this mutter your early and favorable atten tion. At the last May term of the Supreme Court in the case of Igoe r.. the State of Indiana, the law apj cored Febi nary Id, L-55, regulating the business .,t foreign insurance companies, wa.-declared to be unc institutional. 15y i-eferenc! to tlie Auditor's books, I have learned thai whiU the luw was en 'ore cd, nineteen foreign insornuce companies complied with its provisions by fling their semi-annual statements, and after,-aid making necessary dejiomtfl of funds or se ui itie . 'I'he-e deposits w ere he'd in tru -T ly Üe Amiitor for the policy hohle; -of the aompanies making them. When the law w$ declare 1 unconstitutional the e deposits were withdrawn, und we are left without any law regulating this import-mi and growing branch ol commercial badness. It is now questionable whether there is a law authorising the service of process on the agents oi i.. reign i . r t iu :!.; i. - hi .-tt tgrow ing out of contrac;s made by them in this State. Tint tiie magnitude of this branch of bu-ine.-s may be seen. 1 Ieirn l'nmi a gentleman conversant with insurance in tin- State, that there is paid annually by policy holders for insurance in foreign companies not less than fiSOfNO, and that the amount covered by insurance in those companies is about $20,000,000. I, therefore, recommend the passage of a law whi ii will in the lu-t place give to the pofiej holder perfect security, and in the second, foster and encourage ltona j.de insurance companies organized b our own citizens under the luv. of the S;ute; without such stringency, however, in its provisions, as to drive from our State good and .-o'.i ent foreign companies, thereby cutting ... a healthy competition. In the progress of our State in population it has been found necessary to erect two prisons, which contain about live hundred convicts, and of that number about fifty are under twenty-one years of age. The Legislature of 1855, impressed with the necessity of providing a place in w hich the young delinquents might be confined, w here the old und hardened criminal should have no ower to leid them further astray, or induct them deeper into crime, provided for the purch; -e of a piece of ground for the purpose of e.-tab'ishinga House of Refuge. In April last, Governor Willard and the State officers negotiated with General James P. Drake for the purchase of one hundred acres of land, four miles west oi" the city, for that pur pone. The importance of such an iiint'tuMou can not lie overestimated, and it has bad the frequent recommendations of my pre dve-sors. In view of the bet tliat the penitentiary to a young mind is a j er feet school for vice; that meie boys are sentenced there in order to avoid uu expense to the county for their maintenance in the county jail; and thai lo contact with old offenders, come out at the end of their term us vicious as their in tractors, I can hardly conceive a want more se riously felt than this. In our .-i.-ter Suites, these institutions, under the names of "Houses of Reform," "House, of Correction," S;ate Reform Schools." Ac., have been tiie i with siicce-s. The e tohlishment of a Ho.i-e of Refuge ii!on the ground Mjiecie.l and purchas -d for tii.it purpose, is iuijici-.t lively dcui.iiii.ed dein utile. I alike by g(Md mnfab) and sound policy and 1 reeom meud that prompt and adequate action betaken by you iu hie matter, and tliat tin appropriation for that purpo.-v be made. By a law, appro-Ted March 5th, 1S"9, the Legislature provided for building u Sute Prison north of the Natii Hal Road, and up ropriated fifty thousand dollars to carry the provision of the law into effect. A- the Legislature luiieu to elect three directors, the Governor, b virtue of the law, apHinted Dr. 1. F. Mullen, lohn P. Dunn und John W . Rlake such c io, -, w no proct-ded to locate the pris m al Fort Wayne. But for -'lire i -on the Governor failed lo upproie of this location, nnd it was (in illy ahandoacl. mid the lo cation subsequently nude at Mm liigai. City. Under a contract in. .de by the I re -tor- on the part of the Stite. with Messrs. Talbot? und Co-ligan, lor ihe building of such State Prison. 1 learn the full amount of the appropriation has been ex pen. led. As i have hud no connection, either personal or official, with this transaction, 1 am Oanppe' le I :u tins general manner lo allude to n In regard to the location of tiii.- prison, the mi king the contract and the direction of the work, in a nutlet- of the inioortance of this, it is due lo these directors, as well as to the public, that you should cause a lull investigation to be made in reference to their action tut such directors, and I respectfully recommend that you cau-e such an investigation to le made. Their ro;-ort is here w it'n submitted. The commission appointed under a joint resolution of the General Assembly at the last session, in l elation to the settlement, adjustment and collection of the dues to the State, assembled in this city "in duly, lr-oil, to discharge theduties confided to them. By the terms of the joint resolution, the authority of the commissioners seeme I to be limited to the detailed statement of the unsettled accounts of all persons heretofore acting as officers or ::cnts of State, and evidences of debt, delivered to them by the Auditor of S: ite. They thev oiighly investigated such accounts und claim-, and, lis far us practicable, hive etile i the -.u.-n-in piir-iiance of the terms of the joint resolution. The im estigaiion required, in some instances, much hdmr. and the examination of a great variety of facts. The settlements so made were, in my opinion, -uch as the interests of the S; ;tc rentiere l BeeeAat, and I have, upon mi examhi ation of them, given my full approval thereof iu writing. The report of their proceedings is here with bad liefore yon. In enter iii.it ihe citizens of Indiana should compete favombly w ith those of her sister States in the full and profitable development of her minerd resources, the feel Legislature, following out the wise um) enlarged policy demanded by un in creise in the number of our inhabitants, und a friendly emulation with our sister States, p.is-e an act requiring a geological reeonnoisanco of our State preparatory to mora full ami extended ex amination of all her hidden resources. This survey you ilaced ursler the fostering cue of the able and energetic State Bo nd of Agriculture, wh i hue. in their direction of the survey. Full v sustained their well merited char acter for discern ment in plan and promptness in the execution of work entrusted to their charge. Already with the fiv e thou and dollars placed by you at "their di-po-al, thev have had ne.iiiy every cnunrv pirtially exammel, and are ready, through their ee....Li-t. to report upon the most important lo ealitie-. minerals, soils, etc., meriting more full and detailed examinations, should the same wise and liberal polier dictate a further pro--e.-ution of the work, and furnish the nc-esnrv means. The advantages of a thorough geolegleal snr vey are manifold. It will show to our citizens and the world that we have more than fwenti counties in which a gool working eo il can be dtveloped to any repii.el amount: coal from whlebr oil can be extraeted etpml in qaaaar, nnd nearly in quantity to that of Breckinridge counts . Kentucky: abundant deosih of iron ore at pre-. ent worke! successfully at a few furnace, chiefly on the edge of our coal fields; and also on the same coal field margin favorable locations for sinking 1 brine wells and boiling salt: various localities in

which extended seirch may develope lead and other metals one deposit having recently been ili-i e!o e l by analytical re-eirchin the laboratory of the State Geologist as rich in the valie.ble mineral cobalt, extensively used in arts and man ul'actures besides, further, the elimination and recommendation of many valuable quarries affording materials for building rock and road making, with others affording grindstones and whetstones of excellent quality , und a good article of lithographic stone; as well, also, as numerous deposits adapted to the manufacture of firebrick, earthenware, etc. Daihini all these imMirt int and practical results, I would m ue cpectajty call your attention to the cheiuC! en aiyaea of thirty -three soils selectel firom .lifi'erent geological formations, designed to sliou tbe man ner in which tliat important Work should b per formed for every county in Indian i. To enumerate all the aaVantagej which our State would secure, would occupy nine space than can be appropriately devoted. Qotwithstand ing the vital import inc.- f ti--- -:-.'.- t i m whole comtntitiity, but it is cadidctitly hoped anewrh h '- been here said to direct vour atten

tion to u work alike useful und interesting to the , farmer, the niechunic, the mutineer, and many others, as well us to the general io.c ... -, 'e. -.- Our lamented man of science, of world wide reputation and an ornament to our State, our late State Geologist, Dr. David Dale Owen, is mat to science and to us by death, and it w ill be indeed hard to till the void thus occa.-ionel. As, how ever, he was oceupied previous to the call made on him by our Suite Board, in the surveys of Kentucky and Arkansas, he had not personally taken the field. The work has been hitherto pandin ted and reported upon by' his brother. Dr. Rioh urd Owen, whose report is herewith submitted to jn'i, w ith the ne e-.-ary maps, diagram, tables of analysis, etc., connected therewith It is now eventy-one yean since the present Federal Constitution was udojitel. and the United States formed into one nation ander its provisions. In that t nie, under the benign influence of our Federal Union, our advancement in all the elements of national gre uiie-s and xwcr, has been untiaruHcled; and now, iu the very zenith of our power, in the morning of wur national existence, w ith all the elements of our national and individual we ilth in rapid proce-s of development, we find our?eive- on the brink of disunion, and liom the high position we have hitherto enjoyed as a power among the nations of the earth, we seem about to tall into the fathomless depths of anarchy and avfl war. As one of die members of tili. gre it confederacy of Slates, it is our iinperaliie duty to c irc-i'ully and honestly r op rider the causes that have .-o much distarhed our Federal relations, and if any remedy can be devised to stay tin- progress cl disunion, Indiana should be w illing to seize upon it at once, and ine that rem edy to heal the dissention existing between tbe Northern and Southern States. The Federal Government, based as it is apoe a w ritten constitution, formed of delegated powers from the several States, and pos.-e--ing no powers that are not federal in their character, necessarily leaves untouched und to be exercised by the several Suites alone, all local rights of persons or property. Its mission is to regulate our intercourse with for -gn nation, and to promote and secure domestic tranquility. Its strength rests with the affections of the people of the several State . Il i a government of u fleet ion, und not of force, mid the dangen that now surround us, arise from the fact tliat the fraternal bonds that have thus far he'd us together as nation, have been growing weaker und weaker until they ure about to break i.-.o.der. The causes that haie produced this alienation of affection between the people of the different bcction of the Union, in my judgment, are ail traceable to the unwise, und, iu many falsi lin es, iaiiutic.il agitation of the qucotiou of domestic slavery. The very f orm of our Federal Qeectnmoat pre ; .-' - .i'ib i c in the ioctl and dome-tie institutions of the several States, und has wiselyleft each State in the undisturbel right to control its domestic policy. At the time the Federal Constitution aas adopted, twelve of the thirteen riginal States recogniaed slavery. But the institution was then in its infancy m this country, and had been forced upon tisc c ilonies by the mother country. Most of the leading men, lioth North and South, then looked u n it- existence a- ephemeral, and contemplated a day, at no great distance, when it would wholly dnuppeat from our sstem. Fur .-eeing as the founders of this Government were, they did not estimate rightly the future of this institution. Sub-Cjiient developmenthave fixed the line of demurkution between free und .-lave institutions. This line has been established by self-interest, and not by any principle of religion or philanthropy. The S" ort' em States relieved ummeelrm bom the burthen when they disjiosed of their slave prop- : -. to their Southern neighbors and abolished the institution, and the Southern States found in the lav wins demand for the peculiar productions ol their climate and .-oil, a profitable field for the employ ment ol this species of lab. .r, aim they haie. il.ci.-'.c l and maintained it, until it has be come the basis of their social system ns well as the mainspring of their wealth, and its product' uis now form the staple of the world's com inerce. From the time this line was formed a gradual but perceptible cliange in the tone of sentiment, both Sörth and South, began to manifest ttedf. In the beginning of the agitation of the slavery question in the free States, the advocates of antislavery sentiments found but few synqiathizers, and the abolition lecturers met w ith but un indifferent reception at the hands of the jieople. The honest instincts of the mas-es recoiled from the danger with which these sentiments were pregnant, and the fear of the popular mind has been fearfully verified in the events that are now tuns piring around :i.. In the change of opular sentiment on this .subject, the politician und the demagogue have had much to do; but their efforts would have been powerless but for tlie aid thev have received from a much more pow erful as well as dangerous class. I reter to thai claSi of polit ical teacher.- who belong to tlie ministry, and who claim to speak by authority. In all ue- of the world, the ministers and priests of the prevailing religion have exercised a moot potent influence over the minds and conduct of men; and in no country more than in our own. notwithstanding our boasted independence. Their power for good or evil is greater than any or all others. They stand us the professed representatives of heaven, in attempting to reclaim a world from sin. Clothed with this sacred rooe, as ambassadors from that high cntrt, they claim to piss the judgment f Heaven upon the acts and conduct of their fellow -men; and when this high mission faithfully nnd conscientiously performed by one capable of understanding the true relation between man nnd his maker, when the Christian religion i applied to the world us it is, and not as it ought to be, no nobler spectacle can be presented than that feature of our social system that is so strikingly exemplified in the church circle of which its minister nnd pastor is the center, and no cla-s of men are entitled to higher regard than those ministers who faithfully , and in a spirit of charity . diecbarge the high duties of such a stnti.ui. But unfortunately for us ns a nation, too many who have thus armed them-eives with this double power for good or evil, have turned their attention to political reforms, tod invoke, in their m'guidel zeil, all the fanatical elements by which they are Surrounded. Profoundly ignorant of th' political bearings of questions of social nnd political e con omy. they claim to judge all such questions from n mom I point of view, und to condemn or approve according to their standard of moral right, without any regard to the effect of such a decision npon the well being of society at l uge, and without considering the probable result of their pretended mora! reform open the political condition ot' the country, and their labors have thrown every wave of sectional commotion higher than the last, until the whole country is convulsed by it. The slavery agitation in the free States has naturally produced itltruism at the South, und, as a consequence, the eoiint.-v has b v nie divided into se tioual parties, separated hi geographical lines. Acainst the-e uitraisms. North und S -uth. it is the duty of the conservative element of the whole country to interpose; and this must be doi.e at once, or disunion is inevitable, if if be not alreidi accomplished. The piint of difference between the shiveholding and the uon sl.ivcholding State; are tew, and ev en those are more im ig'nury than red. We are as much interested in the development, growth and prosjerity of the Sinthern States a they ure themselves, becm-e soothe n productions hui e fiecome necessaries f life. On the other hand, thev are deeply interested in our pr.-r rit v. and suffer from unv "cause tint ret inU it. The Constitution demand-th it tiieh-fugitive staves be returned to t hem . tvquity und common honetV raqnire th4 they shall have full and 1 ,n il rieht- in the territories le-'oncing to the (iener it Ooi ernnient. The future condition of the tern tories, so far as the extension of .-la 1 e: is concerned, will ultimately be defo: mine I I the natural laws that have hitherto controlled that -.jHvies of Wverty. that is, climate, soil, and production.-. so that an i,iie-ti.ui tiiat mi now be marie

upon it must be more an abstraction th mi liv in', the weigh? and character of the State. No one vital principle. AVhr then is it so difficult to ! could see them with-ut teeling that it was no mean adjust all difference- between us. and wh it Ins gathering of p-ttv olitieian, seeking lor olli e, cause 1 this fearful Kilitieal commotion, this panic ' but the citizen') of the St .te. called from their that bus prostrated all the commercial relations of ! home- by the de-j er Me emergencies of the c mnthe entire Union? This state of thing followed I try. We nie Jad t - n that tite r action, grave

immediately njion tbe result of our lute Presldeutial election, and it would be ditti ult, I anpre bend, to given a reason for the pre --ent condition of (hing anv other than the result of ill it contest . The South regarded the election of 1 Km that candidate by u Noi theni party as -vp-en. e M iinii -lav er , agitation, as the solemn v edict of the people in the free States against ihe S ni'li and hr institution.-, ami the in-t-r.ci of Bell preservation is now causing in the S inth tlul chnrac ter of action which threiten- to shake the fnbric of our I lovernment to it-centre l iie triumph of the Kepubliean parly in tbe late Presidential coniest i-the jiroxiniite cause of our present political tnmbles. But the täte of (Mipular sentiment nece--iry to produce these results has been maturing for years, and is the result of slavery agitation. The Suit hern ni'-nd has become im jire -ed with the belief that then- is no longer unv safety to them or to the:r property in a union with non-slaveholding States; nnd that belief does not rest ujmiii any oi.e act of the prevailing party, but

in the chain of events that connect together the history of anti-slavery agitation. Underlying, as the institution of slavery does, the whole structure of Southern -ociety, both social and political, and forming to them one great element of their wealth, regarded by them as indispensiblc to the growth and development of the country, and sensitive to all attacks ft-. in every quarter, there can only be jierm ment "ice and tranquility between tlie two great sections of the country, when we of the free St ite; ure ready to stop this discussion of the al --tract question of morals connected with this institution, ami to look upon it only as a peBtieal

question, and as it stands connected with our in te.eds r.s u n it'oti. l'iini"ronr.-. i of in.!:'.icti d Iferences may do much, but that which is most needed ut this time, is a restoration of the eentiincor. of kindly feeling lietween the North and the Smtii that so .-oikingly characterized the early hiatory-ot owe republic, and then we mar hope that an honest und l'aithlul discharge oi . ill our c institutional obligations toward each other, will resuil in heabng the pre -ent breach and insure to us as a nation u brilliant future. It prfvw MM great pie sure to say that Indiana, us a State. h -nitherto faithfully kept the bead of anion with all her .-'-tor s itea. Hi t re. -or. I is unstained by any act o; bid faith. Siie has never attemptel, di" re 'ti) or indire.-tly, to evade or avoid uny of ihe requirements of the Federal G m-titutii.n, and no man can doubt but it' the same could be said of every other State, instead of discord, peace and biruimy would reign throughout our binders. Let us then take pride in maintaining the high position we have thus far occupied as a conservative. Union loving State, and. while we throw our weight into the scale in favor of any practical mode of settling the present tivub'.e, let us also endeavor to aid in that more permanent an i la-ting sett'ement that must flow from a restoration of amity and cordiality among :;'.! our people. North und Sauth. Then, as ynu have met iu a legislative capacity, you should place Indiana in this control er- where she right fully belongs, as a conservative, law-abiding and union State. Siiow to the peo;üe of thia OMtrede racy that Indiana will main fn in the constitutional t -hi- '-. e:y St ue in this Union tint she will extend to the S luth all rights in the territories belonging to this (government that .-he would claim lor her-e!i th.u she will look to the Constitution and the law s to determine rights of property, und not permit any moral questions to inlerpoee to effect that determination, and that ill (iropcrty recognize i by the Constitution and lawsshall Ikj alike protected. This position, although it may not affect the action of the extreme Southern Btatat, ftt it may do much to bring about a c .ii ention of the bonier, free and slav e States. And regarding, as I do, these States to be conservative, and in favor of maintaining the Union as it is. it would be well for the peace of this country, if they could meet in convention and con-ult together in regard (o tlie present unliappi differences existing between the North and the S tii. Thev mi o 1 it hi their conservative action. induce the extremists of the North and South to pause and rellect ujion the consequences which must necessarily result from their fanatical cour.-e, and if by their action, this much could be gained, theie would then be hope that by a union of the couserv.itii e elements of the country, these unhappy differences might be satisfactorily settled, and ihe bast goiernment under heaven, saved from the horrors of disunion and cii il w ar. A.A. HAMMOND. TIIIRO PAY. Various propo-itions were made in reference to taking newspapers in which were reported the legislative proceedings ; on the rtateof the Union; to furnish the members with $:i of postage stamps, and for the distribution of stationery. Five htinxli cd copies of the Governor's Message, with accompany ing documents, were onlered to be printed. In the Senate, prepositions were offered to let out the public printing by contract, to reorganize the militia of the St ite, hi Mr. Line to change the temperance law so as to permit the sale ot wine, lieer nnd cider without restriction; on Fed end relations; ami to print 5.00!! copies of the Governor's Message in English, und 2,00a h, German was referred to the Committee on Print ing. Mr. SLACK submitted the following: Retnlred. Tliat the Sciiali- ..f t! Stute of Indiiuia has received with the deepeM -cn-ili lit v the aiinounceiiH-ni l the death of Governor Asl bei 1. M illard. BfUflred, That tlie eflk er-, and memeeri of the Senate will wear the usual '.irtre of no .iirninir for thirty days, aa t .-sttiuon.v of the profound re-ix-ct the Senate entertains fcr ihe memory of ihe deceased. HeaitlreJ, That the proceedings of the Seuate in relation to the death of Governor Willard be roinmanic.-tted to the fninilv of the deceased by the Secretary. Renolred, As a furmer mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, that the Senate do now adjourn. KIR. BLACK. Mr. President: Iu present ing these resolutions to the Senate, 1 do not propose lo deliver aetilogy upon the life, character and public services of our late distinguished Executive, but I cannot resist this opportunity of testifying to his many virtues, aud his most generous impulses. In early youth he was thrown npon his own resources; and when we view the fact that he began life in a remote land, far from his native home, amidst entire strangers, with no other capital than that intellect which a genorous Maker had given him. and with a fixed and unalterable determination to do his duty, and view the high and lofty position to which he attained, the commanding influence he exerted in the councils of his country, wc cannot do otherwise than cherish his memory, and view with respect and admiration thechaplets which encircled his blow. As old age creeps upon the distinguished, and admired statesman, whose many acts of self-sacrificing patriotism have endeareed him iu the hearts and affect ions of his countrymen, we are nntiirally taught, as lime rolls round, that he must soon pari from us, and leave fur a higher und more happy sphere; then the keen pang of separation is greatly mellowed by the reflection thai the change is what we anticipated, and we are prepared for the loss. P.ut. Mr. Prescient, when inexorable death knocks at our doors, and obtains admission, ai d select s ii.r its victim one so youiij:, one -o gifted, one so distinguished, one who had so sir ng r. hold upon 'he affections of a generous people, and one too, whose distinction had not yet reached its meridian height, with what redoubled Co roe does the blow cotne, how much keener the pang, how much more crushing ihe ufllici iun. Dut. .Mr. President, the immutable hat was issued, and we must bow lo the will of Him who dooth all things well." To the family flud friends of our lamented Chief Executive, I may be permitted to express ihe conso'tiog thought that those who knew him I: st. upprciiaied him most; his kind nnd generous nature knew no harl.or for jealousy, env y or malice, and may we not. with propriety, entertain the thought that their aud our loss is his gain ? The Kentucky I nion Conventions. The State Union (.' inventions assembled at Louisville, on the !th in.-t., one representing the IJeinoeratic party and the other the American. The first chose the venerable ( 'it akl.es A. Wick LiriT. for its presiding officer, and the latter the Hon. John L. Hi ,.m. The Courier, of ve.-terdav , It is rumored that the committees have agreed that in the event of a dissolution of the Union, that Kentucky and other States form a bonier Confederacy. That the right of a State to secede Is denied; and that Louisiana is de I a red to be only the custodian of the mouth of the Mis sipoi. Crittenden's amendment is indorsed. ..ml the Northern States are requested to repeil their (obnoxious personal liberty bills. The Louisville Dinuirrat in noticing the two convention'', remarks: F"i- .-cieral du- our citv has been fillim; up with delegates in attendance on the two conven dona, which were called by the Democratic and Ui n partiaii, to assemble in our city. Ye-'. , tlai the town was full, und the -tree- ehUvened with the crow I. At ten o'clock, the "Union" convention assemble I in Mo.trt Hall in ' uge nunibers, and we were enabled to -ee them. ! Thev were men of fine appearance; manv 01 : them are old men, and their proceedmgs were conductel with orde. und decorum. The Democratic Convention, which met ut j Concert Hall, presented aim tine .ippeiraiue. though n, it c.fual in number to the other. The gen-lernen were generally those of age and ex perience, and occupying high positions iu the Democratic party in manv a hanl fought field. Ko man could see either bodv of men without ' feeling that thev repre en ted, to a gre it extent. and rte lberate. pisitliel tne.r appc ir.ince. Ihe (iis..-ier and c..i.iu-ion that h ir.;cterie- all conventions when the pofitici ms ir atriving for office, v. a i, ot neen. Even one penned imj re-.-ed by tiie dangers in w hich w e are involved and fully aware of the rasjMdi.-ibility reiting anon them, acdi.ens of a gicit State, un ' sneaking for its I cople. m , f" The Chicago Timrt nukes the following Ci,mmcnts upon the late Union meeting in that lefty: To those at a distance, who read these resolu tions, we can s, that they do not represent the opinions of the Democracy of Chicago or Illinois The Democracy ure now, as heretofore, in full accord with .lodge Douglas, and believe with him that peace alone can save the Union, und that "icr ü disunion, certain and inrcitalde ." The Democracy of Illinois, we rejat, are for coxcek siox ad rcict.

.a. The people of Indiana, in adopting their present Constitution, eiH-esse their gratitude to Almighty God for the free excrei-e ,.; the riLdn to choose their own form of government, in order lo establish justice, maintain public order, und pcrjM!tu:ite the (rinciple- of civil and re'.L ibbarty. For the present enjoyment of these n estimable rights aud pririlage; for the blessings of peace .nr.! order iv ithin our bonler-; for boon tiiitl crops and for general beilth and uwawmttf throughoat tbe yen- which has just close i. our most heartfelt thank- nnd gratitude, uftliridualiy, .;;.. i !lcct: .e'y as a j- -.e, are due to the s .me almighty, aiiwise, and beneficent Being. I feel "'' ' d.yree of confidence, Sen it-r and Uepce-omat.ies. m lue llief tliat you will, in the exercise of those high and important legisla j tiie powers with which you are invested bi the institution , lx' con-tantly governed by streng m 'tives impelling you to ,ido.t wise measures t"i the advancement and maintenance of the true i interests of the people of the different aotlona of ii- : an .; and also by a patiiotic ile-ire to prevent or al'ui all unnecessary and injurious local political excitement, and to promote and secure as far . as j:s.-ile the general prosperity, sife'.y, an 1 ! uouor ot our Leaned state. I he annual reixirLs of the several 8late officers for the fiscal vea'rs ending in l.-:VJ und l-iel have been laid before both branches of the Legislature, ami the-e documents present an official exposition ot thebusii...... at,.;. .ii-oi'the v.iriou-de .. : men. oftheSi ite govern meat. They are worthy of, and will doubtless receive, your 'most cre:ill exauiiuati ti and consideratiou, in order that the proj er legislative remtsiie may be applied for de rem iv.il of any dcfeoCs thut'mav be. found texist . cither in die nv rciat ng to tiie . . me. its r in she ulniini.-ii..ti..n ot those laws. K;itiTtaining as I do the strongest confidence in the honesty ami capacity of the re -ent ly ehv.ei Treisurer of State; and witiioul intending to car any reflection upou the official corduct oi any of hia predeces.se rs in office, still I deem it pi oner at t i.s liiue to recommend to vou such ch inges in tlie law re,...idinu he 'Ire is ure;'. olhee . -most ed'ectually prevent any mis appropriation ol the i ubiic tuiids. or their u-e for any purpo-e "! pniate speculattou or gain, und which shall insure the availability and Men of money in the public treasury at all times. " Changes' calculated to effect these desirable aud important objects, will receive my most cordial approbation and suport. Our common school system, from its impor tanee, demands und will "doubtless receive your careful consideration. It is believed that such a mollification of the school law can be made as will make the system more useful and ie-l.-irthen-some to the people. In yuiir efforts to se. are the-e objects vou may rely upon ray co operation. From the report of the Auditor of Public Accountit appears that the total receipts from all sources, for the fiscal vear ending the .'ilst of t)c tolier. l.-M), amounted to 1 .tiö-.-Jl 7 7. The to tal expenditures during the same period .. I (igl .Ills 4-, leaving in the treasury ai the close ol liie li-cil vear an actual l.alun. e of SIM I. Ill', i .M'l Ii on the same re; ort i( appears that the dome-tic debt of the Stale on the .ilst of October amount e 1 to S-'.( '-,''!'. i -l, and the foreign debt to$7,77i. 27U öd. lly a cireiul revision of all the laws which relate to the mode of conducting the finan cial affairs of the State, and by the application of the most rigid economy to nil the various do part ment-of the Stale udm:ni-t' ation. the pi e ent Legislature will, it is confidently believed, be enabled to provide ways and mean- le--onerous and more effectual than those which have heri-.ofore leen iu operation for the madnal reduction and tiit.il extinction of our Si u debt. In the administratiou of every de partuieiit of tlie State tioi ernnient. the fri -; economy th it can be introduced, conriaftly with a stculy maintenance of the public int.-re-:, will le .ii aeconlanee with the wishes and just expectations of the people of Indiana; and in all your effort-' to make provision- for a mithin economical administration of the Stale Government, iou will hue my earnest, active and lion est co-ojieration and support. And iu this con neetion permit me to suggest the importance of instituting a rigid inquiry, by a joiut committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, into the jn'.st management und present condition of the various benevolent institutions of the State, and also of our State prisons; and if extravagance and mi-mauaemei.i .mc nuin i to c;-t administration of either or all of those institution-, to take -uch stcos as sh ill in future prevent a recurrence of such abuses. The honor and ii. terests of the citizens ef the State of Indiana alii;.- demand u thorough ini e-tigaimn iu !:. ence to the manlier in which the swamp lauds given to the Stale by the Congre-s of the United States have been disjiosed of. Tlie iiniortance of a well organized and thon (Uglily drilled militia, in the present critical condition of our National affairs, can not be over-estimated; and I will most heartily concur with you in unv measures which you may devise, for the purpose of giving greater efficiency to the j (re-en t very defective militia laws of our State A possible. (I hope not a probable.) contingency mm arise during the present session of the Leg islature, which will make it necessary and proper for you to appropriate a sum sufficient to eijuip a portion of the Indiana Militia for the purjose of aiding in the prompt execute -n of the law-, i ; in the maintenance of the (loi eminent. If this contingency shall occur during your session 1 doubt not that iou will meet it in a spirit beem ing freemen and patriots. The present laws in relation to the mode of conducting elections ure not sufficient to protect the purity of the bullnt-box, nor to prevent frauds upui the ine-tjmali'e privilege t the elective franchise; and I therefore recommend mk-Ii a ie vision and change of the election law - as will most effectual! i accomplish these objects. Within the iast lew months, gentlemen of the Senate and House of Kejresentatives, we have been compelled t- be unwilling witnesse- of the JMnid program of certain events which hare eeriously threatened the iutegrity of the Constitution and di in;:..-! the harmony of the Union. In a few of the Southern States a treasonable conspiraey, originated by pestilent demagogue, hat bean allowed to grow and spread mHammhad and even unrehuke l. until, overrating its own streuet li and vastly underrating the patriotism of ihe people, it aaau med form and lohlueao immediately after tbe laie Presidential eie tion, mid now dc dares it- object- to lie the di-uiem'oeriuent of the Un o i Si. M - and ilo founding of a Southern Confederacy of seceding States. To thoee w ho hate carefully observed the ri-e und progress d" this scheme of trei.-sn. it is evide.it that no eon, promi-es ir concessions, which the people of the Un. te-1 Slate- ought lo make, in onk. lo preserve the peace of (be country, would lie sufficient to sati-fi ihe di-i.i. nist- ..i S .utii ( arol.na: and I regret to sav thut it seems to lie almost certain tliat the people of a lew of the Southern Slates are incline I, if iioi determined, to resist, by armed force, any attempt to hold South Carolina, or any other seceding S;.ite. in the Union, by means of the military ami naval forces of tbe United States. Hut. not withstanding the extraordinary lino I reasonable proceedings, and partial uc e-s of a luree cla.-s of di-unionist-. 1 do not, at preen! Iielieve it will become necessary to owe any considerable part of the luüit.u y jhiw er of ihe National (Voverumeiit, iu onler lo puni h oiert acts of ire ison in llhj part of t lie Union. Every cit '-ii of the Union is under an obligation to de fend the country, and its Constitution and laws, again-: tiie attacks of foreign cneniic-and tiie assaults ol domestic traitors, and if ever a majority of the people of the United States shall deliberately repudiate this iMtriotic obligation, and shall wiliullv and ubuiissivcli permit treason to w alk abmad iu our fair land, defy our Constitution and laws, and assail our National Goiernment, then our once magnificent, werful and fraternal Union w ill sink into a state of hopeless anarchy and decay, and thus exjsjse to the nations of the e-.rth a chaotic in iss o mighty iuin. u:- !i which the friends of free popular government, through out the world, may look with sorrow und despair. Mi faith in the power of American patriot. -i.i conijiels me to lue tliat a majority of the citizens of tim-e Stale I ii". Ii tiictre te-t amount ot angry exciteineiit now irciails. wiil ie found, in the hour of trial, ready to support and dc the coiistitution.il authorities of the g-oen.i of the Unite i States, to liaffie and dele it all the m id Schemes o traitors and disunionisti e-i iblisli, in their resm-ctive State.-, the in the laws and the sureuiaey of the 0 nanu to save out iieloved coiintiy from thi of civil warfare and fraternal bloodshed, lloweier al-irtn'ng the pre-ent eii-; ie r 01 in our at! ri - mu be, still I hope, by prudent firm, und patriotic action 011 the put ol the people and their represeut.itiie-. the right of even indi vidiial und Suae in the confeIeracy may be pre c: c i ii,-. loiaie. . ml t'.i.M ..idee, law , and ju-lice niav siMMi be permitted to resume authority in those j ant ions of the llepublii whore mob law hah been too long tolerated in its murderous assaults on the 1 its and 1 on-titutional rights ..I American citizens. The nine', alarming, and treisouable iis.-umptia.ii that unv S oe in the Union h.s a r -!M 1. nde. the Fe ierai Constitution to sece le at ple.Lure. is a doctrine unknown to the Consij tution, at war with the princiiie on which our pivenunent was establi.-iiel, and de-trectiie of those high and - li re I object- -ought t. be accom plished by the confederation. If tiie anti Demo cratic and anti-Kepubliean p-ition now u umel bj .1 large jwrty at the South be true, ' that the result of a Presidential election, legally and con stiliitioiiully coiiuuct'si in all re-;s- :-. to be held a good iei-oii for a dissolution of the Union." then the Union can only le presern-d l.v .1 I. i-e -ui render of the rieht ol" the majority to rule, and ny striking down that lilierty and e pialitv which the Con-tituiioii was ord.iiaed and C-t tblished to giiar.il. tee and 'rpeliiate. The pre-enl disastrous agitation now ei-ting in the S -.tin : ii ; oiti. n of the Unit-1 States has been c.oi-ed by the disingenuous mid di-hone-t eh 0 -of Uli-c-ruj uioi S and IC kie.-- pirt.s.ui-. who, in their madness and folly, hai e giv en to Jwrty that love which the patriot only bctows iiin his countrv . ( bit Soiijhem brelhreii h. l. 11 t.night to l.eheve that the paity lateli triumpliaiit in the Presidential election meditate an attack ujsm their domestic institutions and a violation oi their

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f that ere m arses. A rem. f itu.le ay be found in 1832 and 1833 n iir ('iiiciit. crii-md out by sklent Jackson, eition shown in him in the ex ircservation of the bv and all ti II tl and in niit, v. . : k ! hour for the Kepub ke f administration of miliar doctrines bare -upiK.rt. Hut the im it i-risis wa ihe repeal i-e. That act of bad -hip, that in again-i tlie caure of peace, ' ' -e Me:.- to destrov ic .v enimcnt uku !... i. ii i- c uitributcd of things in the South lie. under faith and wi the can rai.-e i i! the frees the c.irtl lar -eiv t is tins: e;it froi S.mthen to the o1 b.siv ot irm which :nc aim jiajiers irculated in the Xorth. anl freely cir es, conveying a false aims and doctrines ti of the great ie answer to Teils is never s, and hence, nd orgauiard fiber to make itions of the ent man here an exba. If -"ii .i r.o '. -c -e.v-iou mi N fii coplc. T I ire I-.-II .l':c .o the-e incendiarr partv the North, ln S interest an 1 le, when every -ii -Ii p n ; v io South C iroliiK . -- ;. in the & ml . i h i- her je. uhar grievances. th I also has many aud jo-i causae of aw M my of l.ei c.tizena have been derwired I erti . lilierty and iif'e without evidenoa, trial, without crime. Mo, violence ha , träte I su.-li outrai'e- u; ui American c.t would leid inevitably to a -t ite of war mitte l hi the iibje-u of a foreign ik I e, in meat nciec i. to be re-Mred to our i If pv South. Tiie doctrine of secession, peaceable or tbrci ble, now or at any other time, is a dangerous iie. c-v . fraught with all the terrible conseueaees of civil war and bloodshed, and leading directlv to the utter ruin of all our free im heresi ha- not vet iMii.-oned the I uhlic i of Indiana, and may God in his kind providence put afar off the evil da v which shall witness ite prevalence amongst us. I most sincerely believe, and am proud to declare, that the ieoplc of Indiana ol all parties are true to the Consul ution . und loyal to the Union: and that thev will always lie in the future a- thev huv e shown themseli e.- to h.iv e In-en in the past, willing to yield a ready and cheerful obedience to all the requirement- of the Cnnstitu tion and laws ,, the United States, and to maintain and uphold at all times, under all ein ii in-1 in. -. and at every baz.mi. the glori oa- I tiii ot tree co. eminent, under hieb we live. The people of our noble State, with verv .. . evcepiions. are. I liiink, resolve I to the Pre-ident of the United States in the free ex erase of his constitution i ! powers, with the mm liness anj courage worthy of a free people. Tbe pe iple ol Indiana fully appreciate tiie importance of the Union, aud all the blessings which it confers upon us as a nation. Thev do not believe th il scces-.on or inilli for an v iKilitic.il evil. thev aie r h ed lo transmit to undiminished, the rich inheritance of civilization and glory, bought for us by tlie IiI.mhI of the Fathers. The light of no single star w hich blaze-on our national flag .-hall ev er be dimmed by the unconstitutional action ol either the jasopie or Legislature of our noble commonwealth. A voluntary and prompt repeal of all State le islaiion, either bv Northern or S .inhere Slate-. contrary to the letter or spin( and intended to deieat the ext lau s of Congre-s. w ould be a p of a great, iufelligent and ire be li ide i w ith joy by eien Indiana has not now, and n . sluiion ui.n her statute li the Cons m of any of the tnaWng worth v ple, and would mt in the land. - bad, any such of iublic senti in. tiie neoraeof our Siate would favor an amical the i vi.-'iuc d:th. ui: . oe. .urn t of the Republic, but such settlei to be per m lient and hnai. mu-: i-e l..i-.l uih.ii e-4u.1l und ju-i in their operation, and alike honorable to all portions of our common countrv. In all the official relation of Indiana with her si.-ter States. 1 I,,,,, her conduct will be charac teiied li courtc-vaud fraternal feeling. 1 we shall cheerfully and is-omiiiiv yield to all their just rights a equals under the ConsüUi lion, and liiai ui all our acti. 11 us State or u individi.ils, we shall liegovenied by a high sense of justice, and by a sincere desire to advance tbe pe.oe and p.-peiilv ..1 the people ol all ihe St..i in the C'-iifolcruci . While e are pre pared to respect and observe ail the just rights of the citiaeus of all other Strtea, we should be careful to assert, maintain aud protect all the rights cd" mir own citirens st Imme ami abroad. Standing as the main pillar which support our noble Christian civilization and our boasted freedom, there are certain inesti mable rights which belong to every citiaen of the United State- by the law - of God and man. These rights rise in importance immeasurably above all party triumphs und partv creeds, all local laws and false Political theories. The liberty of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of :. uu- wor-hip under ju.-t must and will he maintained and the people of the-e United States, all opposition, and even bv the free use of the sword, if all other means should tail. In conclusion. Senators and Representative. I I re-t iu tue nrin ociiet that you will labor mm j gently and successfully iu the discharge of your j difficult and important dunes; and tliat the results I of our legislation will promote tiie general welfare ol the State, and improve the condition of tbe various puldig aud private in lerer is confided to your care by the eople of In&huu: and to that end may all your deliberations be guided by "that wisdom wliicii comctii down from on hiiih.'' biu mtvt Iii hl S. ty Amoiiir the list of about forty farms on the book of Del 7 el I & Smith, Baal Estate Agents, there are a few good ones which would be traded for city property - mm 19 The man ui make licine palatable to children has certainly achieved a de-irable re suit. Ih Bull has effected thi in the preparation of his Yn.LTAbLi. W..K11 Dlotuoii. It is a pie L-ure to see the little oaas en them, and that pleasure is enhanced by the certainty that they w ill destroy all w orm- iu tlie intestina. Iw C3P A large d. . . Innent of the Republican "army of observation" left for their home- on S.itnrday. digutH at the prospe-t. Tbe quar icl for the offices under the organization of tiie Legi-Jataire was bitter. Th nnarlmg and snap ping when a bone was hed up in view of the hungry pack, was terrific; and when the jaws of the successful wolf closed ujmiii il. the ciin-ei .i tlie defeatetl w ere loud and deep. The offices ye' to le disjiensed by the Iiegislatnre will keeji a big crowd here until after the election, and it wa ill be sw elled to the dimensions of an army again when ever the da v lot action is settle! iion. Mexicax MrsT.ixo Liximent. It wonderful effects and coiiseipieiit p'pularity. Perhaps uo article in the histon 1 Materia Me'ltra ever ac iiuired the same patmni'.o. was subjected to the same numler of severe and different lest, aud im-t with so few failures, as tbe llustang Liniment It has justly Ven styled a Panaeea for all external wounds, cuts, swellings, pr.iin-. bruises, or erup tions on man Otbnsat Pbj ici.ins are eompellel to prescribe it; and from it.- rem ok d.le eile ts in stubborn lam. tu --. cm-nnie rhe.nn itisin. etc . i( has nttrictei the uticniion of the first scientific m ud- of the age. No house or stable should be witiiout it. Becarefalof whom iou purciiasr. ; Vile counterfeits have been put in circulation awl - "nc--o ! in ii.M;, ,1, All genuine w ill liere after bear tlie signature ii. W. N vi brook, 1 ii.-mi-t. and I. S li it vi - h f . w li, th wools Trade." '! irk," in two medallion-of the Federal enrrenev Three siae. Sold everywhere, junl 1 daw-m I) S. Btwaaa0 ,New York. Till Uviviit-.il Cm r.H Rl KRUATIK 'I'll AlliMM, t Heme.lv. 111 .- 11... fairii befo L-r-.it Kemisli ent ire' v bv ho ; that anv forte , ni-.il of them, miv ! found nitty, t de rhieh The descriptive fullv -ent by the proprietors, contain 1 of inovirtaiiec to all, and testimonial strengthen confidence. Many who tlie'r testimonials, aud min 1 now us.ii e dies, whoso cures we prefer to mu . lief ire testifying, ire ter lint th 1 -!. mid aopeir in this form. Tbe pnpnetirs. thoroughly educate i m me licine. will an-wer anv iiuestion w Inch in 1 le socrestedinifjfjhe iiaiiiiihlet In tin- new meal of phnriii lev . the fidcnce f physician find patient, 1 d di dealer- I o add Ui the usefuhi' I pamphlet, descriptions of ewe. and results will be very a:.-eptabie from all. and used as thev mav dinvt. Saa adiertisement. decHO dicwIm " il l - I'-uk Demi- ad. e.-.-.uent of car. riages, bug. i. - i-.t.-i - Th. y offer great bargains. HdwSw

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